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Progressive Student Advocates face off against Yours Truly Wade Tomko EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ω In case you hadn’t noticed, the last couple of weeks on campus have really started to heat up with election fervour. The incumbent slate on campus, Progressive Student Advocates (PSA) is up against a new slate, Yours Truly.

Last week, the slates, as well as independent candidates,

had a chance to answer questions from both the electoral committee as well as TRUSU members in the Lecture Hall.

Though PSA has experience over Yours Truly, as well as several successful campaigns under their belts, Yours Truly presidential candidate Gagandeep Singh believes reinforcing trust between the union and its members will lead his slate to succeed.

“We need to reinforce trust in the students’ union and not just around the time of the election,” Singh said at the

executive representative candidates forum on March 9.

“We need to build that trust every day and we need to build that trust fast.”

While Singh touted his slate’s honesty and commitment to TRUSU members, current president Tatiana Gilbert spoke of her own commitment to the TRU community and how her slate has led by example in the last year.

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Like every year, this year's IDays festivities came to close with one final celebration of diversity last Friday with the flag parade, followed by the cultural showcase. (Juan cabrejo/The Omega)

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Sign up to learn a new language A new TRUSU club for American Sign Language has just started on campus Jennifer Will NEWS EDITOR Ω A TRU student hopes to learn a new language and help others to do so too.

Robert Wisła, a fourth-year journalism student, is the president of the brand new American Sign Language (ASL) Club on campus.

On March 6, the club was officially ratified at the TRUSU board of directors meeting. Wisła started the club out of his own want to learn the language and when he found out TRU didn’t offer any classes already, he decided to take the initiative himself.

“Personally speaking, I think it’s really nice to have the ability to speak ASL so that if you do run into a deaf person, if you have a deaf family member, or whatever the case may be, you’ll be able to talk to them,” Wisła said.

So, far Wisła says that the TRU community has been really supportive and responsive to the club.

“I got all 50 signatures for the club in about half an hour,” Wisła said. “Things are moving along really quick.”

The club is just the first part of bringing ASL to TRU’s campus, Wisła is also starting a petition to get a for-credit course put in place.

In order to do this, he needs to get 1500 signatures from the TRU community and then he can present the idea to TRU's modern language department and administration.

“We are so close to our 1500 goal, I think I only need 200 or 300 more signatures, so we’re just on our last little push here,” Wisła said.

The course will consist of three levels: beginner, intermediate and advanced.

“I just think having more opportunities for courses on campus

makes a big difference, people want to learn,” Wisła said.

The club will help serve as a valuable resource to get the course running and to garner support from members of the community, students and various campus organizations such as TRUSU. “We’re really going to push for this course and we’re also going to be a forum for people to help themselves learn to sign,” Wisła said.

The club will also act as a support system for any deaf or hard-of-hearing students on campus and will help connect them to any resources available to them at TRU. Wisła hopes that TRU admin will see the overwhelming support for ASL and that they will be able to get the course up and running by next year.

The clubs first meeting will take place at 7 p.m. on March 22 in front of Common Grounds.

Robert Wisła started the club out of his own want to learn the language and when he found out TRU didn’t offer ASL. (Juan Cabrejo/ The Omega)

Expert on transportation has suggestions for Kamloops Award-winning author Taras Grescoe spoke to the Kamloops community on alternatives to automobiles and the future of the world's large cities Wade Tomko EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ω As part this year’s IDays celebrations, TRU Sustainability invited award-winning author and freelance journalist, Taras Grescoe, to talk about alternatives to cars and trucks in the ever-growing cities of the world.

Having journeyed through many major cities in a variety of countries, Grescoe has had a long-time interest in methods

of transportation, specifically alternatives to automobiles.

Touring the world and talking about his second-latest book, Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile, Grescoe told the audience in the CAC’s Terrace Room that private automobiles are quickly becoming a thing of the past in larger cities.

“Private automobiles no longer work as a form of mass transportation in our cities,” Grescoe said. “Cars just aren’t going to fit

in the megacities of the future.”

With congestion becoming unbearable in major cities from L.A. to Moscow and transportation becoming the number one source of pollution around the world, Grescoe believes that the future lies with straphangers.

Grescoe, who himself is a straphanger, says the dictionary definition of the term is anyone who makes use of public transportation. However, Grescoe believes that this term is fairly limiting and would like to see it

Grescoe stands in front of Margaret Thatcher's famous quote on individuals who use public transportation. He would take several shots at the Iron Lady and her elitist views over the course of his presentation. (Wade Tomko/Ω)

expanded.

“For me being a straphanger can mean being a cyclist or a pedestrian. In many cities bicycles are used for mass transportation,” Grescoe said. “Every ride on a bus or metro ends with a walk to work, school or home.”

Despite Grescoe’s dedication to using public transit, including in his home city of Montreal, he did admit that not everyone sees public transportation the same way.

“To some people, because I don’t own a car and ride transit, that makes me a loser,” Grescoe said. “As far as I’m concerned, elitist snobs can have their limousines.”

Despite Grescoe's aversion to using automobiles, he did admit that he does have a driver’s licence and is part of a rideshare program in Montreal, even though he’s never personally owned a vehicle. Grescoe added that if he lived in Kamloops, he’d probably own a car as well.

While Grescoe shared many examples of successful bus systems in Colombia and Korea and efficient tram systems in France and the Netherlands, he admitted that many cities around the world have failed their citizens when it comes to transportation. Among those cities, Grescoe said that Phoenix, Detroit and Sydney have implemented terrible metro systems.

Yet Grescoe doesn’t see Kamloops having a metro

system of its own anytime soon, despite the city being one of the few medium-sized Canadian cities without an original tram or trolley system. Instead, he believes that Kamloops could become less reliant on cars by revamping their bus system.

“I’ve only been here twenty-four hours and I’ve already heard complaints about transit to the university. Low frequencies, not going where it should and I actually haven’t seen that many buses around,” he said.

“The rational thing to do is to increase the frequency and the quality of the bus experience.”

Given Kamloops' topography and how spread out the city is, Grescoe believes that increasing the number of buses in the city and the frequency at which they operate could do wonders for the city’s street life and small businesses.

However, Grescoe also remarked that given Kamloops’ sports and recreation culture, he was surprised that so few people use bicycles as a form of mass transportation.

“Many places are very defeatist about these forms of transportation. They say they can never do it here, “We’re too windy, we’re too cold, or we’re a car kind of culture”,” he said.

“But when people start realizing the benefits for physical fitness and happiness, for a renewed sense of society, then they start finding ways to make it work.”

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Parking and food service the top LETTER TO THE EDITOR concerns in budget consultation Re: The parties cannot be Once again both parking and food service have trusted on electoral reform been cited by students as major issues at TRU Wade Tomko EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ω While this year’s budget consultation is far from over, with a town hall taking place on March 28 before TRUSU can start drafting up reports over the summer, it is clear from this semester’s responses what the biggest issues on campus are.

Between surveys completed in-person and online, TRUSU had 391 respondents this year, the highest number ever and has since shared the results from the initial stage of the consultation with The Omega.

“Our top five have been parking, obviously, and then second was food service, then study space, then advising and finally course materials,” said TRUSU president Tatiana Gilbert.

“We had some really intense days of campaigning and getting students to fill out the surveys, be it with the most amount of participants this year. It is interesting to see study space as a new item on the list.”

While Gilbert admitted that nothing about this year’s consultation was particularly surprising, the information collected reinforces the idea that TRU still has some major work to do in several areas.

“I believe students deserve a response for everything that has been going on with parking,”

Gilbert said. “It’s been a fiasco since September. The one positive thing that has come out of that is that they have decided to freeze fees for one year.”

Though much of the results of this year’s survey are directly comparable to last year’s, one of the biggest changes was TRU’s responsiveness to last year’s budget consultation.

“One thing that is surprising is that the responses from TRU on last year’s budget consultation have been the fastest they have ever been. We were really happy to see TRU’s responsiveness to the results from the previous year.”

Gilbert attributes TRU’s response time and attentiveness to the previous year’s survey as one of the reasons why the 2017/18 academic year has been such a success for TRUSU campaigns; with TRU’s administration having responses to the priority areas of the survey for the union

by January 2018.

Besides the freeze on parking rates, which Gilbert attributes directly to student discontent, TRUSU’s Hungry For Choice and Open Textbook campaigns have also been successful.

Though Aramark’s contract has been extended by a year, TRU has promised to commit to a full and meaningful conversation with the union and its members on the quality and diversity of food services on campus.

As for Open Textbooks, Alex McLellan, TRUSU’s university governance coordinator, believes that due to the positive responses TRUSU has received from administration, TRU will likely have a grant funding program to support faculty writing textbooks within the year.

“We have had some really positive responses from TRU on Open Textbooks,” he said. “So much that we’re hoping there is going to be a grant funding program to support faculty to write those textbooks in the next year and then continue on it in the next year and try to build that culture and practice on campus.”

Given TRU’s response time to student concerns has been gradually increasing, TRUSU remains quite optimistic about the future.

“I think there are some areas where we can definitely be optimistic about change, like actual change for students,” said McLellan.

The next step for this year’s budget consultation will be to host the town hall, McLellan said.

“We’re basically halfway down the student budget consultation for this year,” he said. “The survey is the first half and the second half is the town hall which is coming up on March 28 and that is open to all students to come participate. It’s 6 p.m. in the Lecture Hall here.”

Both the NDP and the Liberals have said they will openly campaign for their own preferences on the upcoming referendum on electoral reform. Is this driven by dedicated altruism and principle in trying to influence what they perceive to be the best system for the management of the province and its' citizens welfare?

Given their record of behaviour only the most naive would think so. It is driven in both cases by what they perceive to be in the best interest of their political party.

The NDP has been militantly committed to a Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) system for decades, largely because under this system their seat counts in the legislature would have been routinely higher due to the proportional aspect of the vote. It must be noted however, that it appears they are approaching the fall referendum in a fair and balanced way.

The Liberals advocate keeping the existing First Past The Post (FPTP) system not because it is best for British Columbians, but gee, take a guess, because it is the best means of continuation as the dominant governing party of BC. In the past they have formed governments not always with a majority vote, but by usually out-margining the NDP in more seats than not. In many cases this resulted in claiming huge majorities of seats despite being only slightly ahead on votes cast. Not very proportional.

But in the past both parties have demonstrated untrustworthy behaviour on electoral reform. On the 2009 second STV referendum,

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the then Liberal Attorney General Wally Oppal funded two entities; one to oppose it and the other to advocate for it. Unbelievably the opposition group he chose was headed by a Mr. Bill Tieleman who is almost exclusively associated with the NDP and union interests as the principal of a left-oriented, media savvy public relations firm. Mr Tieleman was a strategist in NDP Premier Glen Clark's government. This hard barking issue spinner set out to smear and demonize STV much in the same manner as the Liberals are now smearing and demonizing anything and everything proportional. Mr. Oppal chose a group called Fair Vote BC to advocate for STV; a hapless and effete organization which was very non-media savvy.

So, with this demonstrable cynicism where they in fact became collaborators to defeat a system outside their preferences, they cannot be trusted. They want what they want, and power is what they want first and foremost and keep in mind MLAs will support the party line as always.

It is clear that we are on our own in this choice, so beware of the parties' rhetoric and exercise due diligence in informing yourself. Study hard; because if you feel it is time to abandon anachronistic ways and give something else a chance, this will very likely be your last chance.

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TRU gives community the chance to discuss intersectional experiences of sexual violence

Local speakers queued up to talk about marginalized community's experiences Cailyn Mocci ARTS EDITOR Ω Just in time for International Women’s Day, the TRUSU equity committee held an informative and interactive discussion on intersectional experiences of sexual violence both in the Kamloops community and in society today as a whole.

While the cultural climate is warming up to the stories shared by those who are survivors of sexual violence, there is still lack of representation from those in marginalized groups such as indigenous people, sex workers and those in the LGBTQ2S+ community.

The TRUSU equity committee worked hard along with Amber Huva, TRU’s Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Manager, to create an all inclusive discussion on a topic that has gained immense power over the past months with social phenomenons like Me Too and Times Up campaigns.

The night’s speakers came from the TRU and Kamloops community to share personal stories of violence in a way to get the attendees talking.

The evening opened with Natalie Clark, a professor in the Social Work faculty at TRU and Secwepemc band member. Clark

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spoke on the issues that indigenous girls and women face when if comes to sexual violence.

Clark focused her speech on the idea of risk boxes and how even as an established woman, she was still put into the risk box that many indigenous women face.

“I was put into a risk box and someone checked the box for me.”

Clark said.

Clark was followed by Jillian Watson from the ASK Wellness Society here in Kamloops, an association that aids in social and health options for persons in sex work. Watson brought with her ASK’s peer advisor, Sam, who is a fifth-generation sex worker.

Sam shared her views on how the ASK Wellness Society aided in her getting clean and becoming a helping hand in educating and helping women on Kamloops’ street stay safe and avoid violence.

Guests were also invited to speak about the risks that LGBTQ2S+ community members face when it comes to sexual violence and how common it is for these instances to go unrecorded out of fear of the repercussions that may follow.

The evening’s speakers opened the minds of all that came and the inviting discussions opened up the group to talk about personal thoughts on why this is happening and how we as a society can overcome it.

From working with nuclear reactors to web development Robyn Larsen reflects on her career and more at TRU’s business kickstart event Justin Moore CONTRIBUTOR Ω TRU was host to an inspirational female entrepreneur on March 6.

Robyn Larsen, who in a matter of months went from being a nuclear engineer to a front-end web developer, has worked with companies such as Apple and Rogers.

Larsen reflected on her grandfather’s passing, inspiring her to leave her job as an engineer, something she studied towards for many years before entering the profession.

“A lot of people talk about overnight success, they don’t talk about the 15 years of grunt work, they don’t talk about the failures they had,” Larsen said.

She then moved on to speak about her four months travelling the Middle East, finding herself and moving to Toronto and finding a passion for web design after a few small projects and contracts.

Larsen also spoke on the importance of networking at conferences and events. Many projects she worked on came by word-of-mouth and even Twitter, before eventually

working with Apple to rebuild their discussion forum pages.

Larsen explained that the experience was uncomfortable and like nothing she’s done previously as an engineer.

“As you’re going through career changes or life in general, your job now is to get really comfortable with being uncomfortable,” said Larsen, giving words of wisdom to the students in the room.

Larsen now resides in Revelstoke where she works remotely as a front end developer on Shopify’s International Growth Team.

Robin Larsen spoke to students about her life experiences in TRU's Irving K. Barber Centre. (Submitted)

Majority of election candidates want a more sustainable TRU

A poll by the TRUSU Eco Club shows much support for sustainability initiatives Robert Wisła CONTRIBUTOR Ω The environment is usually a lesser known issue in student elections, however the TRUSU Eco Club wanted to change that this year.

As such, they put out a questionnaire to this year’s candidates on key environmental issues.

The questions ranged on issues across campus and if implemented would have a profound effect in reducing emissions, reducing waste and for increasing sustainability at TRU. If every policy put forward was implemented tomorrow TRUSU would become a strawless, paperless organization, offering vegan and fruit options at commons grounds, with lockers for any student to use, along with creating a permanent clothing swap, as well as making an official position for the advocacy of divestment from fossil fuel investments at TRU! Of the 42 candidates running for election this year, 25 responded to the survey, representing 59.25 per cent of all candidates.

Of candidates that did the survey, the majority were from the incumbent slate, Progressive Student Advocates, with 15 respondents.

This compares with nine candidates from the Yours Truly slate and one response from an independent, Kazim Amirali.

92.3 per cent said they were in favour of banning straws on campus and at common grounds. While 100 per cent of candidates were in favour of TRU divesting from fossil fuels.

96.2 per cent of candidates were in favour of the creation of a permanent take, leave, swap at the student union. A take leave swap is a term for a clothing or used items exchange.

80.8 per cent of candidates were in favour of building more student lockers on campus. Currently only clubs have access to lockers in the student union building. Other areas with lockers on campus include the trades and technology building and the arts area of Old Main, which are only for students of the respective facilities.

96.2 per cent of candidates were in favour of changing common grounds menu to offer more fruit and vegan

100 per cent of the respondents to the survey were in favour of TRU divesting from fossil fuels. (Robert Wisła/Ω) options. 84.6 per cent of candidates supported making the student union a paperless organization.

96.2 per cent of candidates supported renovating the bus stops on campus to be heated in the winter months to encourage more bus ridership in the winter.

Finally, 100 per cent of candidates were in favour of more zero waste stations to be put around coffee shops and classrooms around campus. “[We need to promote sustainability] in any way possible.

Sustainability doesn’t just end at banning straws, there is so much more work that needs to be done,” Gilbert said of her environmental priorities.

Some initiatives Gilbert and her slate would like to see implemented beyond the survey questions included a rent a plate program, campus community garden, more flora and fauna, a better food waste plan, creation of a solar program in the Trades department and importantly, according to Gilbert, divesting from fossil fuels.

Yours Truly Presidential candidate Gagandeep Singh that he wishes to “create awareness and continue to educate the student body about the importance of sustainability and then implement sustainable approaches.”

Some key policies beyond the survey raised by that slate included promoting awareness regarding wildfire prevention, seeking greater help from the students and staff towards mitigation activities and encouraging students to choose cycling over driving to school.

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Candidates talk previous experience and committment CONTINUED (COVER) “During my time here on campus, I have constantly done all I can to involve myself in any way possible through clubs, through events, through co-ops and I plan to continue the fight in making sure students deserve what they deserve,” Gilbert said.

However, Singh has quite the experience under his belt as well.

Singh became a part of the student caucus in his first year, was elected as vice president internal the following year and is currently serving as vice president services.

While heated discussion came from both sides of the room, many of the candidates, no matter their slate, agreed on quite a few points.

Building trust and committing themselves to their members was echoed by candidates on both sides, with Singh specifically wanting to reinforce the mentality of positivity on campus.

“We need to start working together and not criticizing each other,” Singh said. “We need to come together, we need a mentality of positivity.”

When it came to The Reach though, the slates had slightly

conflicting opinions, with Singh saying that his slate isn’t here to tell TRU Community Trust what to do.

Gilbert however, wants to work directly with The Reach and see them become an integral part of campus.

“It’s very exciting to see that there is a new development on campus,” Gilbert said. “However, I think the Reach needs to consider a few things first. One, affordable housing for students and two, we would love to have them become integrated into our campus, so it’s important that we become as much of a part of their community as we are to theirs.”

Paola Lopéz, the Yours Truly candidate for vice president external and running against incumbent Cole Hickson, shared many of the same sentiments as her running mate Singh, especially when it came to the Fund the Future campaign.

“As an international student, I know what it’s like to pay three times the fees,” Lopéz said. “I know what Fund the Future is fighting for and I really want to support it and continue that idea.”

While Hickson himself has been a driving force behind Fund the Future, he believes the solution to

Tatiana Gilbert, the incumbent president of TRUSU, takes the stand at last Friday's forum. (Wade Tomko/Ω) international tuition increases lies elsewhere.

“I absolutely believe this is an issue we need to tackle,” Hickson said. “I’m advocating for a campaign called Fairness for International Students, we are going to work with the B.C. Federation of Students to make sure TRU recognizes the value

brought to our region by international students.”

If you’d like to find out more about the candidates and what they represent, you can do so on TRUSU’s candidates for election 2018 page, http://trusu.ca/news/ candidates-for-election-2018/.

Voting for the TRUSU 2018

election begins today, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the TRUSU Lecture Hall. Tomorrow the polls will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and on Friday they will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. In order to cast a ballot, TRUSU members must bring one piece of photo identification.

WUSC Club introduces Student Refugee Program to TRU Two former child refugees share how the program has transformed their lives Farrah Johnson CONTRIBUTOR Ω As part of the TRU IDays Celebration, The World University Services of Canada Club (WUSC) introduced its Refugee Student Sponsorship Programme in the Actors Workshop Theatre, on March 8.

The event featured two African speakers who presented under the theme: Two Students, Two Stories, Two Futures.

Daniel Riach Mach was the first speaker. Now working as an engineer in Winnipeg, Mach explained that he wanted to share his own story, to show what it could mean to the next student the TRU community may sponsor.

“It all began in a little village in South Sudan, as a child I went from an army camp, to a refugee camp, to a university campus,” he explained.

Raised in a family of farmers and cattle keepers, Mach said that he was about to begin blacksmith training, but his aspirations were cut short after his village was attacked.

“It was chaos, the sound of guns, smoke, wailing of women, children crying. I panicked and ran away, leaving my mother,” he said.

Mach explained that after the dust had settled he had realized that everyone else was with family, but he was alone.

“I was in the bushes for two weeks unable to find my family.

When I finally got back home,

everyone had already left the village, my mom included,” he said.

Mach explained that children who could not be reunited with their families were placed under the care of the Rebels.

“They put us into small camps and called us the red army where we trained and went to school,” he said.

Mach said he was about 12 when a teacher asked him to escape with him. Taking his chances, they fled the camp and crossed the border to Kenya, where they settled in another refugee camp.

Mach explained that it was there where he learnt about the WUSC program.

“I started to study hard and in grade 12 I became the top student,” he said. “I was interviewed then selected by the University of Manitoba, so I came to Canada in 2008 and got a degree in Mechanical Engineering.”

Mach now works at the water treatment plant and thinks of it as repaying a service.

“I call it the educational ripple effect, I didn’t have anything before, but now I am able to help my brother finish college,” he said.

The second speaker, Romans Manyiel Garang, is TRU’s very first student from the student refugee program.

“My country always had conflict, so I went to a refugee camp with my uncle when I was 7 and decided to use the situation to my advantage,” he said.

As part of last week's IDays celebrations, the Actors Workshop Theatre hosted Mach, who told his story of survival in Kenya amongst both refugees and rebels and how the WUSC program gave him a new life. (Submitted) Garang said that after some time, he decided to give education a try, one of the best decisions he has ever made.

“They noticed my height and I received a basketball scholarship for 4 years until 2013, when I graduated,” he said.

Garang said he could not afford to attend college so he stayed with a schoolmate until they were ambushed. After that Garang said he went back to the refugee camp and became a teacher at one of the primary schools.

He said he had felt guilty because he knew that the other teachers were not as good as he

was, but he recognized that they were trying to make a difference.

“I realized that I was better than most of the teachers there because I had studied outside of the camp,” he said.

However, Garang explained that the teaching conditions were unbearable. There were about 5000 students, compared to only 17 teachers and they were all meant to function in one classroom.

“I complained a lot and was threatened and locked up, but after 2 years I was given a call and sent to the United Nations Headquarters where I made my

presentation,” he said.

Garang said he didn’t apply for the student refugee program until 2016, explaining that he didn’t believe he would get in because there were over 200 applicants and only 20 would be selected.

Jasmine McMillen, a member of the TRU WUSC Local Committee, explained that TRU has struggled for years to get the program running. However, the WUSC Refugee Referendum, proposed to raise student tuition in order to provide a levy for the student refugee program, is confirmed for next fall.

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2018 Kamloops Film Festival Reviews A Fantastic Woman

Call Me by Your Name

Daniela Vega is a force to be seen and heard in Sebastiàn Lelio’s heartbreaking, transgender saga that swept the best Foreign film at the recent Academy Awards. Following Marina after the death of her partner, Orlando, she becomes the subject of scrutiny from his family in increasingly awful ways. From Orlando’s ex-wife to his brother and children they all view Marina in a skewed and unaccepting light.

Hailing from director Luca Guadagnino comes a story of two star-crossed lovers during a hot summer in 1983. 17-year old Elio (Timothée Chalamet) is spending the summer in a small town in Northern Italy with his family, when a graduate student named Oliver (Armie Hammer) comes to stay with them and participate in research with Elio’s father Mr. Perlman (Michael Stuhlbarg).

From the subtle to the overtly ugly, their barbed jabs pick away at the confidence that Marina had built up through her life. Thankfully, the film never aims for pity with her viewpoint. She is strong and willing to fight for her rights in the face of almost constant persecution. Coupled with an alluring and seductive soundtrack and inventive camerawork that pays homage to multiple classic film styles, even throwing in a dance number to boot, the film showcases a director and star at the peak of their inventiveness.

The film is adapted from André Aciman’s 2007 novel by the same name and is beautifully adapted for the screen by James Ivory. We follow Elio in this coming-of-age story as he plays the piano, reads books, swims in the river and experiences his first love.

Reviewed by Jonathan Malloy

Vega is astounding in her performance. Putting up with the slurs and attacks from her lover's family she is never completely taken down. The things that happen to her character are completely aggravating and hard to watch but her resilience is honestly a true revelation.The filmmakers have crafted a delicate, understanding and provoking film on the fall out of love and the power needed to fight against the whatever oppression comes your way.

Reviewed by Jennifer Will

When Elio and Oliver first meet there is an instant and unspoken attraction between the two, their relationship is so realistic which makes it all the more interesting to watch. The way in which we get to see Elio navigate his sexuality, build relationships with people he’s know for years and people he has just met, truly captures a genuine sense of finding yourself and transitioning from your teenage years to young adulthood Call Me By Your Name is subtle, romantic and at times very frustrating, but incredibly realistic and heart wrenching. By the way, if you loved the film as much as I did, you’ll be excited to hear that sequel to the film has already been announced.

The Insult

Dim the Fluorescents

Reviewed by Jennifer Will It’s no surprise why director Ziad Doueiri’s film The Insult was nominated for Best Foreign Film at this year’s Oscars. The film follows Tony, played by Adel Karam, who is a Lebanese Christian and Yasser, played by Kamel El Basha, a Palestinian refugee. The pair meet when Yasser tries to repair a drainpipe on Tony's balcony and the conversation goes south. The dispute between these two characters is tense and often inflated by their masculinity.

This civilian dispute leads to a court case that garners national attention and is only further aided by the traumatic experiences that both characters witnessed as youth. The films screenplay by Ziad Doueiri and Joelle Touma is extremely insightful and helps inform an audience who perhaps doesn’t fully understand the current state of life for people living in Lebanon. It addresses issues such as free speech and hate crimes, while allowing the audience to make up their own mind. This is perhaps what makes the film so special, it presents the audience with information and skips holding our hand and trying to lead us to a conclusion or to side with a particular opinion.

Even though courtroom drama tends to be a little over-rated in films, this movie does a fantastic job of making the courtroom scenes intriguing and filled with suspense. This emotion-driven film is definitely a must-see.

Reviewed by Jennifer Will

An aspiring actress takes on her dream role of staring in a series of corporate training seminars! Except it’s not her dream role, for obvious reasons, it’s just the only paid acting job Audrey (Claire Armstrong) can find. She takes on this laughable role with aspiring playwright Lillian (Naomi Skwarna) and the two women make the best of the situation, using it as a creative outlet and a jumping point to try and further their careers. Dim the Fluorescents is director Daniel Warth’s debut feature film, and he shows loads of promise with his unique style and confidence.

Armstrong gives a fantastic, intriguing and hilarious performance as she navigates the harsh realities of life, her mental health and going to a variety of auditions to make her dreams come true. The main downfall of this film was that it was trying to do to much at once inside of focusing on its smart concept and the complicated friendship between Audrey and Lillian. This film has a lot of weird, crazy and kind of funny side plots that do add a bit charm, but overall don’t aid the storytelling.

However, even though the film lacks in consistency, it does have a lot of redeemable qualities. Dim the Fluorescents will keep you on the edge of your seat and have you laughing for a good majority of the runtime.

Thelma

Reviewed by Cailyn Mocci

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Joachim Trier’s thrilling Norwegian supernatural horror film Thelma opened with a shocking introduction. Tension is formed right away as Thelma finds herself at the other end of her father’s hunting rifle.

The film follows young and naïve Thelma as she embarks on her first year away from her controlling and extremely religious parents. Her religion acts as the cause for much of her confusion as she falls in love with fellow student Anja; releasing powers unknown to Thelma and far from her control.

Trier’s use of extreme lighting in the film carried with it a warning that flashing lights could trigger epileptic episodes in viewers. The extreme flashing is meant put you in the same disorienting mindframe that Thelma lingered in during the whole film.

As the film continues you get a sense of the danger Thelma possesses in her body with her power to virtually banish people from the world, rendering them them to simply memories of the past. As Thelma’s powers progress, the horrific events of Thelma’s past are brought to light, shedding more knowledge on the severity of this power and the reason for her parents’ controlling ways.

Thier’s take on forbidden love and guilt in Thelma was beautifully tragic. The film triggered emotions that were unescapable, placing you in the middle of what the characters faced.

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The Party

Reviewed by Cailyn Mocci Think of everything that could go wrong at a dinner party, then add murder and cocaine. That was the chaos that engulfed Sally Potter’s hilariously dramatic film The Party.

Following a successful political campaign, we are introduced to the main-character, Janet, bustling around prepping for an intimate dinner party in her London home. Shortly thereafter we meet her husband Bill in a rather bizarre manner.

The whole first 15 minutes are virtually dialogue free, building the tension of the bombshell that Bill will later drop. From there on, the dinner party declines at such a rapid pace that as a viewer you can’t help but laugh at the misfortune of the guests.

Janet’s hilariously blunt friend April acts as the voice of reason in the film, even if the reason she’s spewing was uncalled for. Her witty quips and often harsh insults towards her eccentric partner and life coach Gottfried left the crowd in stitches.

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In the Fade

Reviewed by Morgan Hunter This film is the definition of a plot that is saved by its ending. The premise is about a woman who has lost her family to an attack and the events that transpired afterward. The filmmaking was well done and the main lead was terrific in her performance.

However, the entire film's pace was very off as there would be very tense scenes one moment and then three scenes to counteract it with mindless information that not only doesn’t add anything to the film, but makes you root against the protagonist.

The entire film is dependent on the audience empathizing with her feelings of tremendous loss, yet we only have two minutes of screen time with the people she's lost. There was no connection which made the tone of the film that more of a chore to get through instead of enjoying.

That is however, until the ending, where the last 20 minutes captivate you and turn a very dull puzzle into a decently crafted movie.

Potter’s progressive dark comedy leaves you confused in some moments only to dramatically bring you back with humor. The film is refreshing, dramatic and left you wanting to know exactly what happened after the final guest arrived.

The Divine Order

Reviewed by Morgan Hunter

Meditation Park

Reviewed by Justin Moore

The Divine Order is not only a film that must be watched today for its personality, charm, well-made characters and message, but also for the significance that it holds as a history piece that is very rarely discussed: that being the anti-voting laws for women in Switzerland in the 1970s.

Empowering, warming and tender, Meditation Park follows the story of Maria (Pei-Pei Cheng) as she realizes that there is more to life than being a housewife as she ventures off to begin a new lifestyle on the heels of discovering her husband’s (Tzi Ma) affair.

The film revolves around a housewife's journey in Switzerland to overcome both the population that doesn’t desire for their way of life to change, as well as her own personal relationships being affected by her desire for equality.

Director and writer, Mina Shum, beautifully captures the importance of friendship, forgiveness and a woman on a journey to find herself again. The scenic and romantic cinematography of the Vancouver area is striking, from the heart of Chinatown to the backdrop of the Second Narrows Bridge, it sheds light on communities not usually seen on screen.

The film uses both humor and grabs your attention right out of the gate with its main character having both charisma and relatability. It also introduces just-as-likable side characters, who watch those on the fence with no disrespect, but instead a desire to understand the goal they are after.

The tone of this film has you continuously interested with its sense of humor flourishing when it needs to, yet leaves room for the heavier themes ready to be looked at and digested. All in all, the film holds strong on the theme of equality yet respects its objectors and is well worth the price of admission.

Loveless

Reviewed by Justin Moore Andrey Zvyagintsev captivates his audience with long cinematic shots of the urban and wild Russian landscape composed of muted colours as his characters fall far into dismay and further out of love, making Loveless an emotional and at times triggering film.

The narrative follows Zhenya (Maryana Spivak) and Boris (Aleksey Rozin), a bitterly divorced couple as they track down their runaway son Alyosha (Matvey Novikov) who has been on the receiving end of his parent’s fallout.

Loveless is a film that focuses on the deeper emotions such as loss, isolation, melancholia and raw hatred. Even with many long scenes of passion, there is a strong undertone of lost love which parallels the setting of the film with the prophesied doomsday of 2012 and later the unrest in Ukraine.

Loveless succeeds in drawing you into its desolate setting, leaving you emotional and without reward as the credits roll across the screen, making it one of most powerful films of KFF.

Adventures in Public School Reviewed by Farrah Johnson

The film’s cast of supporting characters, such as Maria’s daughter, Ava (Sandra Oh) and Maria’s supportive group of friends who sell parking add humour and open Maria’s eyes to new and unrealised opportunities, reigniting Maria’s life even at an old age.

Meditation Park is a feminist-driven film with strong themes of departure and escaping the norms of society. Pei-Pei Cheng’s Maria captivates you with her charm and heartwarming nature.

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool Reviewed by Elizabeth Nygren

Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool comes from the Scottish filmmaker, Paul McGuigan and explores the relationship between the aging actress Gloria Grahame and young aspiring actor, Peter Turner. The film starts after the end of the two actors’ relationship, with Gloria reappearing in Peter's life with an illness thats severity is unknown. This film provided a well balance of comedic relief while also tugging at the audience's heart strings.

The film travels back and forth through time, transitioning seamlessly through Gloria and Peter’s relationship. Presently Gloria and Peter are in Liverpool, where Peter’s family has offered to take care of the recently ill Gloria. During the flashbacks, Gloria and Peter travel to many places including London, California, and New York City and their love becomes stronger with every moment.

Near the end of the film, it is revealed why their relationship actually ended and Gloria only came to Peter in the opening of the film for help because she didn’t want to worry her own family. This film was a true story on Gloria and Peter’s love, and is one to see for those that enjoy love, laughter, and stories that bring you to the past.

Indian Horse

Reviewed by Alina Kalinichenko

This jam-packed comedy revolves around the awkward protagonist Liam, who has been homeschooled by his overprotective mother. Fueled by teenage hormones, Liam becomes weary of his sheltered life and intentionally flunks his graduation equivalency exam so that he can attend public school.

Based on the novel by Richard Wagamese, Indian Horse brings an incredible, moving and heartwrenching story of human suffering. Directed by Steven Campanelli, the film depicts traumatizing aspects of abuse and discrimination to Indigenous people and the horrors of Indian residential schools.

Daniel Doheny delivers a convincing performance as the gawky science geek Liam as he encounters the typical growing pains that come along with living life outside of a sheltered bubble. Meanwhile, Judy Greer, taking on the role of the suffocating mother, masters the art of embodying the amusingly overbearing guardian. The pair make the ideal mother/son duo and trigger a lot of laughs and cringeworthy moments as they explore the themes of rebellion, sex and drugs.

It is told from a perspective of an Indigenous boy named Saul who finds solace and escape from abuse and mistreatment in hockey. Having talent and passion for the sport, Saul struggles against stereotypes and discrimination. The story is not about a hero fighting his way to victory to earn fame and glory.

Director Kyle Rideout succeeds in his ambition of creating an entertaining twist on a feel good film that takes a couple jabs at the state of the public education system. However, the project fell short at some points as the plot gets off to a very slow start that accelerates into overdrive in a sequence of jumbled events.

Still very much entertaining, this film is ideal for anyone in the mood for shallow humor and interested in learning some fun facts about physics.

Indian Horse does not provide a flattened story of success-despite-all-adversities. What it does offer is a story of internal struggle and emotional scars that do not heal. Indian Horse is marvellously written and directed, inviting empathy from the viewer without having to demand it. Paced and even in narration and tone, the plot unravels itself slowly, disclosing more of Saul’s internal and social strains.

Only by the end of the story does it feel out of touch. The ending is rushed, leaving certain aspects of Saul’s life, relationships and struggles undiscovered. The plot twist by the end of Indian Horse is out of place too, as the true relationship between characters is not discussed further. Nonetheless, Indian Horse remains a powerful story and well-crafted screen adaptation.

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MARCH 14, 2018

A Celebration of Diversity: IDays 2018

(Top Left) Flag parade by Justin Moore. (Others) Showcase/fashion show by Juan Cabrejo.

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TRU celebrates diversity with IDays showcase International Days finishes strong with celebration of diversity Teshu Agarwal CONTRIBUTOR Ω TRU held its annual finale on March 9, marking the end of International Days. With over 2800 (10.2%) international students, IDays showcase's have become a platform for many to display their culture through their traditional wear, songs and dances.

For the better part of IDays’ history, it has been organized

by Craig Engelson and his team at TRU World. Last year, the university bid him farewell and his team took over. Though no longer a part of IDays, Engelson made an appearance at the fashion show in his customized jacket with his name sewed over it.

The Omega spoke to Idah Msiska, international student advisor at TRU World, about this year’s organization.

“Everyone had to come together,” said Idah, “It’s hard to fill in Craig’s shoes but we did it.”

Idah also extended her sincere appreciation to the volunteers and participants who make the event possible time and again.

The second highest majority

of international students on campus is Indians (22.1%), after Chinese (29.7%). This was evident in the showcase where the performances were dominated by the Asian subcontinent, especially Indians. Though the showcase has usually ended on an East-Indian (Bhangra or Bollywood) performance, at least within the last few years, this year it ended with a phenomenal African performance by Dance Afreaka.

“Next year I would like to see singing and dancing from more cultures,” Msiska said, “I would like to encourage other students to seize this opportunity to showcase their own culture because this is the one event that we have in a whole year where we get to learn about their culture.”

IDays has cultural representation from several nations from across the globe, and that raises questions about their authenticity and how true to their roots the representation is. The Omega spoke to a well-travelled TRU student who visited Zimbabwe last year and her expectations were to find some traditional dances at IDays. In her opinion, most of the pan-African performances were very westernized.

Food, feminism and fun Mary Walsh brings hilarity of her many personas to TRU Justin Moore CONTRIBUTOR Ω The lights dimmed and Mary Walsh’s booming Ontario accent flooded the room as she entered the Grand Hall on March 5 for her show Food, Feminism, Fun and All the Other F’s.

The sold-out room roared with laughter as Walsh spent the first ten minutes of her monologue roasting PM Justin Trudeau, BC Hydro and the mayor of Kamloops or as Walsh called it, “Fruit Loops.”

By the end of the introduction, she was standing in front of the crowd wearing only pants and a bra, the audience hysterical with laughter and applause.

The whirlwind of energy and humour continued on as Walsh began to speak on the topics of the #metoo movement and the

upcoming International Women’s Day, referring to the fact that “women only get one day, while nuts and fruits get whole months of celebration.”

Walsh also spoke on the serious issues of women in the mediums of film and television, calling for a boycott of female abuse portrayed on screen so that we may be able to live that reality as well.

The floor soon opened to questions, where Walsh opened up to the people of Kamloops. This included TRUSU vice president external Cole Hickson asking what it was like kissing Stephen Harper and others asking Walsh’s opinion of the CBC and its future.

Walsh even took a more serious standpoint talking about mental health and its importance, calling for our society to “turn the light on mental health” and admitting that a lot of change still has to happen in our acceptance of it.

This Hour Has 22 Minutes star, Mary Walsh, entertained the audience in a sold-out show in TRU's Grand Hall last Monday. (Viet Hoàng/TRU World)

Another TRU student Swathi Anna Sunil, who hails from India, has performed a Bollywood dance for three years in a row at IDays. In a conversation with Sunil, she said some changes had been made to their routine.

“We definitely make some

changes to it. There are some modern twists, but we try to keep the root true to Bollywood dance,” she said.

Even though the crowd’s energy was palpable as every year, the event received criticism from a few students regarding the limited knowledge one

receives about a culture from mere spectacles of dances.

Maybe the time has come to incorporate changes in the IDays showcase to help attendees gather more information about a cultural performance, rather than just enjoying it for the entertainment value.

IDays nears its closing with a celebration of diversity at the ashion show last Friday. (Juan Cabrejo/The Omega)

TRU welcomes two day Pow Wow

IDays finishes with a lively display of Indigenous culture Cailyn Mocci ARTS EDITOR Ω TRU closed out their annual IDays celebrations with a two day traditional Pow Wow at the Old Gym to honor the Secwepemc land TRU is located on.

Day one of the Pow Wow started with a tobacco offering by both the young and old. Offerings were given to praise the land, the community and pray for those who need it. The tobacco was placed on five coloured square pieces of fabric to represent all the colours of the world.

As an elder prayed over the five tobacco offerings, five men participated in the tradition of tying of the fabrics to commence the Pow Wow. The afternoon proved to be a very inclusive and caring environment with the many prayers and thanks that were given to the community.

The Grand Ceremony started strong with the songs and drums of the host drummers, Sage Hills, as dozens of traditional dancers and tribe royalty danced through the centre of the gymnasium.

The room was lively as the sounds of traditional songs carried through the gym along with the beating of the drums and jingles of bells that adorned countless outfits.

The Secwepemc community opened their arms to

non-indigenous visitors and took the time to educate those of the importance of their songs. They spoke on how the songs honored the warriors of their past who fought for their freedom and

culture.

The lively event acts as the closer for the 2018 TRU IDays; finishing a week of cultural events with the celebration of the original culture of our land.

Like it has in years before, the Pow Wow marks the official end to a week of cultural celebrations on TRU's campus. (Justin Moore/The Omega)

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(in the March 14, 2018 issue of The Omega) This is the 250th puzzle of the week published in my blog (http://genew.ca/).

Taking the digits 2, 5, and 0 and using only the operations addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and factorial along with pairs of brackets as needed, come up with expressions that evaluate to the integers from 0 to 9.

There are, of course, multiple solutions. [n! (read “n factorial”) is the product of the integers from 1 to n with 0! = 1. 3! = 1 × 2 × 3 = 6. 5! = 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 = 120.]

This contest is sponsored by the Mathematics and Statistics department. The full-time student with the best score at the end of the year will win a prize. Please submit your solution (not just the answer but also why) by noon next Wednesday to Gene Wirchenko (<genew@telus.net>). Submissions by others are also welcome. The solution will be posted the Wednesday after that in my blog (http://genew.ca/). Come visit the Math Centre (HL304): we are friendly.

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SPORTS

WolfPack Women’s volleyball player goes all-star

Women’s volleyball team has had an all-star player for second year in a row

Alvin Mutandiro SPORTS EDITOR Ω Setter Anastasiya Muzyka, from Poltava, Ukraine, was named as a part of the Canada West all-star rookie team. It marked the second year that a member of the TRU women’s volleyball team was named in the squad.

Mikayla Funk, (South Surrey, BC) and setter Abby Spratt, (Calgary, AB) made the team last year, with the ’Pack team seeming to be developing a habit of getting a player selected annually.

Muzyka played 17 matches, 45 sets, had 344 assists, 58 digs, 24 kills, 10 service aces, 4 solo blocks and 16 block assists.

“I was so happy to know that I am a rookie all-star, it’s nice to see the results of hard work,” said the Ukraine native.

Muzyka was grateful for all the help she has received from the team.

“I am so thankful to my coaches and teammates who supported me throughout the season,” she said.

Muzyka is in her first year in the business program after having moved from Ukraine where she played professional volleyball.

Anastasiya Muzyka (TRU Athletics)

“I’ve played professional volleyball before, so it wasn’t too different coming here,” she said, “It has been easy getting along with teammates, we had good communication about volleyball.”

Muzyka also stated that she regularly sets goals in a season, although she didn't specifically state that making the all-star rookie team was one of them, it would be easy

to surmise that it isn’t far from her thinking.

Muzyka has a thick Ukrainian accent, one that can give an impression of an extremely laid-back individual, but the more you speak with her the more you realize she is a fierce competitor. She is very passionate and driven about achieving her and the team’s goals.

“Next season I will work even

harder to achieve bigger goals,” she said.

Muzyka also spoke highly of her teammates and her new environment.

“Our TRU team is a good team and the girls are so nice, this has become my home now,” she concluded.

Muzyka expressed the pivotal role head coach Chad Grimm has played

in her development and her success.

“He helped me all the time,” Muzyka said.

She spoke of how much help he gave her in settling into a new environment and a different culture.

Muzyka talked glowingly about the practices they had in the summer and how they helped her get ready for the season.

Coach Grimm, unsurprisingly, was as equally effervescent and impressed with Muzyka and described her performances as ‘great’ and praised her work ethic.

Grimm felt her performances improved greatly after the Christmas period, something he believed had to do with her becoming more comfortable and relaxed with her new environment.

Coach Grimm stated that having teammates that were helpful also played a major role in her performances getting better as the season went along. Issues such as language barrier, cultural differences and getting used to the team system were also factors that needed to be overcome to get the best out of Muzyka.

Muzyka has had an excellent debut season with TRU, with continued dedication and focus who knows what heights she could reach? Only time can tell!

TRU baseball plays three games in the States TRU won one game and lost two in a tough weekend in Washington State Alvin Mutandiro SPORTS EDITOR Ω The TRU men’s baseball team lost 3-1 to the Edmonds Community College on Friday, March 8.

The pitching was good, but the offense struggled with only three hits all game. Liam Rihela, (White Rock, B.C.) drove in the team’s only run with a RBI (run batted in) single in the fifth inning, had two walks and a stolen base.

Connor Mckenzie, (Kamloops, B.C.), finished 1-2 with a walk and scored the only run for TRU. Zac Comeault, (Pitt Meadows, B.C.), had a third hit and walked once.

Tyler Hodder, (Fort McMurray, AB.) had his first start on mound, he tossed 5.1 innings, allowed three runs on four hits, one walk and one hit batting. He struck out four.

Moses lake native Josh Snider threw two innings, not allowing a run and striking out five.

After a tough day TRU would be hoping for a more comprehensive day on the Saturday. The second day of play was better than the first as TRU split the two games.

The ’Pack team managed

to beat Big Bend Community College 3-0 then lost the second game to Edmonds Community College 12-0.

In the first game Tyler Moskalyk, (Thunder Bay, ON.), tossed seven shutout innings, only allowing three hits.

Bryant Jameus, (Kamloops, B.C.), got the hold in the eighth.

He got a huge double play in that inning. Cole Paquin, (Regina, SK.), got the save in the ninth, striking out the side.

Zac Comeault, (Pitt, Meadows, B.C.), came up big on offense against Big Bend Community College, going 3-4 with double and two RBI’s.

Liam Rihela, (White Rock, B.C.), had a RBI single in the first inning. Josiah Williams, (Cloverdale, BC), Adam Filmon, (Winnipeg, MB.), Lucas Lott, (Kamloops) scored three runs.

Williams finished 1-3 with a run and two walks.

Josh Lannetti, (Fort McMurray, AB.), went 1-2 with a double, a run scored, a hit by pitch and a sacrifice bunt. Lucas Lott pinch ran for Lannetti, scoring a run and stealing a base in the process.

Josh Hillis, (Calgary, AB.), had a base hit.

Unfortunately for TRU it was a totally different story in the second game as the team struggled. There were a lot of errors that contributed to the loss from the ’Pack team.

Regan Gillis, (Fort McMurray,

AB.), throwing five innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits and four walks.

Joe Siniscalchi, (Burnaby, B.C.), tossed two innings, allowing four runs (none earned) on three hits and two walks.

Cole Paquin got the ’Pack’s only hit in game two. Robert Scarr (Tsawwassen, B.C.), Josiah Williams and Rhys Mckenzie, (Kamloops, B.C.), each drew a walk. Williams also had a stolen base.

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