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TRUSU ICE Club holds pitch competition Brianna Schellenberg STAFF WRITER Ω Last Friday, the TRUSU I.C.E Club held the It Starts With An Idea pitch competition. Seven entrepreneurs each had two minutes to present their ideas to a panel of judges, and the winner of the event would receive $2,500.

Pitches were scored on if they had a clear problem and solution, value proposition, a market, profitability, feasibility and overall presentation.

Payal Khadaria kicked off the event with their idea of mobile salons, where businesses would bring personalized services to the customer. This would be convenient for stay-at-home parents, for a birthday

party or perhaps just a night in.

“I want to target the student population in Kamloops with this idea. It’s untested, therefore we don’t have local competition,” Khadaria said.

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The judge panel at the I.C.E pitch competion celebrated Women's Entreprejeurial Week. (Aidan Grether/The Omega)

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OCTOBER 30, 2019

Canada Votes: Results come in from recent federal election What were the final results and how will they impact our day to day lives?

Kaylee Butler CONTRIBUTOR Ω Oct. 21, 2019, marked the 43rd Federal election and had many people tuning into CBC and local news stations to see what the results would be.

There were a few surprises, the first being the minority government which hasn’t happened since 2008. Justin Trudeau will lead the Liberals into this government as his second term as Prime Minister.

The Green party won three seats, one more than what they recieved in 2015. Two of those were from the island, including leader Elizabeth May as well as Jenica

Atwin from New Brunswick.

All ridings in Saskatchewan were declared Conservative for the first time since 1965. As usual most of the prairies voted the same way.

“They’re going to have to cooperate and give some concessions on some of their policies,” Robert Hanlon, political science professor at TRU said about the government as a whole.

“The Liberal party has a strong minority here which is to their advantage. I think they’re going to be around for a bit longer than most minority governments.”

Hanlon finished Jody Wilson-Raybould was re-elected but this time as an

independent. Wilson-Raybould was the only independent elected to a seat.

Maxime Bernier did not win his seat as the leader as the People’s party. He was beaten by Conservative, Richard Lehoux.

Andrew Sheer and Jagmeet Singh won their ridings as well, in Saskatchewan and British Columbia respectively, which was predicted by most.

In order to qualify for official party status in the House of Commons parties needed to be elected into at least 12 seats, meaning Liberal, Conservatives, Bloc Quebecois and New Democratic Party all make the mark.

The Bloc Quebecois almost

tripled the seats they had won in 2015, claiming 32 in total, making them the third-largest party in the house.

In the Kamloops-Thompson-Caribou riding, Conservative MP Cathy Mcleod won, with Terry Lake coming in second.

“We need to think about what we can do in this country that will keep us together and that will keep us strong,” McLeod said in her acceptance speech.

“I really respected the fact that in spite of our differences of opinion and in spite of the fact that we were competing with each other in many ways for our vision of the country we kept it respectful,” McLeod said, regarding the

multiple debates that had happened with the seven candidates.

There were multiple debates throughout the riding for people to ask questions and get informed views on all seven candidates.

“I think the margin [between Terry Lake and Cathy McLeod] was quite surprising, I don’t think anyone was expecting it to be that wide,” said Hanlon “It was a real clear win for Cathy McLeod and I think it demonstrates that she has a strong base here,” said Hanlon about our ridings outcome.

Kamloops won’t have any election flury for a while, the next federal election takes place in 2021 and the next local election in 2022.

TRU holds annual career mentorship event The ‘Connect All Faculties’ event helped students to network and gain career advice Brianna Schellenberg STAFF WRITER Ω Last Tuesday, TRU held its annual Career mentoring event: Connect All Faculties, in the Grand Hall. In order to enhance their own career paths, students were able to meet forty different mentors from a range of fields, including Tourism, HR, Education, Computer Science and Finance.

This is the school’s tenth year hosting the Connect All Faculties event. Since then, they have helped 3,300 students and 600 mentors make career connections.

Students got to meet five mentors of their choice for ten minutes each before rotating. Students were encouraged by career counsellors before the event to

give a brief description of themselves and their career goals.

“There’s going to be many ripple effects that come from the conversations today,” Larissa Pepper, a TRU alumni and mentor explained, “a network is built one conversation at a time, and this event is designed for you to practice that.”

Students asked questions such as what’s new and trending in an industry, are their technologies that will change the future of the industry, or if their jobs will exist by the time they graduate. In addition to this, students asked about the mentors’ personal career paths, such as their first job or post-secondary education.

A member of Alumni Relations gave advice on how to make the most of the event. “Talk to someone who might not even be in your field, try and really

personalizes your first impressions, and suggest a follow-up meeting. These conversations will only last 10 minutes each and you can only cover so much, so I encourage you to reach out to them on LinkedIn to keep the relationship going.”

All of the mentors had volunteered to be at Connect All Faculties, which helped students to keep in mind that the mentors want to hear their questions and give advice wherever it was needed.

A key piece of advice given by a career counsellor before the event was to meet with whoever they’re most nervous to talk to at the end so that they’ve gotten a feel for how to approach mentors by their final conversation.

The event gave many students their first opportunity to meet people in their chosen field, helping them to get a start in making connections for their futures.

Students filled the Grand Hall to chat with local career leaders at annual mentor event. (Brianna Schellenberg/The Omega)

TRU students band together to create new startup CarGo introduces their opportunities for safe, stress-free shopping of used goods online Lisa Chernyshova BUSINESS AND TECH EDITOR Ω On Sept. 21, a team of TRU students worked collaboratively and officially released their startup, CarGo. Sachin Akula, the CEO of the startup shared their story in the interview with the Omega.

“One day I was seating on the couch at my home, and thinking, that I want to buy a Google home.

So, I opened Facebook Marketplace and started to look for it there, and I texted a random seller guy,” described Akula. But Akula and the seller couldn’t find a convenient time to accomplish a sale, as a seller had to leave town the next day, and Sachin didn’t have a car to pick up the item right away, “So, I thought why can’t I buy something for my comfort, why can’t I have this item delivered to my door. It will be so awesome.”

Once this idea had stuck in his mind, Akula had talked to random

people to get to know what they think about such opportunities as the delivery of used goods to their homes. Most of the women he asked reacted extremely positively.

They believed that such an option will provide safe transactions during shopping, and will eliminate the possibility to deal with strangers.

Akula also noticed that in the past he has been involved in another startup, which called Ready at Door.

It was about the delivery of food from restaurants to the doors of customers.

But it was too competitive, because of Skip the Dishes and other already existing delivery companies. Ready at Door has shut down after a year.

Since the CarGo startup is unique and there are no similar businesses that provide such services, CarGo promises to have success.

“During our planning, we have learned a lot, and that’s the best part of it,” Akula said.

Akula said that during the

summer while planning the implementation of the CarGo he has done some networking. He went to Toronto, for the Collision Conference, where he met a lot of influential people and introduced his idea, one of them was Janet Bannister, the Kijiji founder.

CarGo team is still working on networking and talking to investors, who might be interested in their idea.

Recently, Sachin had a chance to discuss their startup with Adam Miron, who was in Kamloops on Oct. 9.

Right now, CarGo’s team is working on building their audience of users, and promotes their startup for a public.

The team of CarGo consists of seven members, from different educational fields. Alex Vera, responsible for Sales and Marketing; Darshan Patel-operations; Dipak Parmar - Digital Solutions; Ildus Khalitov – Frontend lead; Gagan Bajwa- Backend lead;

TRU students are hopeful that their new start up CarGo will be successful Kamloops. (Sackin Akula/CarGo) Corbin Marcotte – Marketing & Content; and Akula –CEO. Akula advised other startups founders, to be ready to deal with the problem and to stay entirely focused on their idea. As well as to do some market research before

the implementation stage.

CarGo startup is an inspirational example to other students to take a challenge and create something of their own, something that can become their future success.

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Young entrepreneurs compete for a platform for their ideas CONTINUED (COVER) Nafis Ahmed came in third place, receiving $1,500 for his idea.

Ahmed wants to create an online service market that would connect customers with their desired service, whether it’s healthcare, auto repair or entertainment. The company would only bring up verified services, helping to eliminate any safety concerns.

Allan Voykin and Karampreet Kaur came in second place, receiving $2,000 for their idea: Lift Me Up. Voykin, who’s wheelchair-bound, explained the difficulties he faces when using public washrooms. Lift Me Up wants to create standard toilet seats that can be raised and lowered using an app.

“The problem that exists with most toilets is that they have a fixed activation switch,” he explained, “this is unsanitary and can be difficult for people in wheelchairs to access.”

The app would be programmable in order to set the toilet at the proper height.

Chinomso Onuoha came in first place, receiving $2,500 for her winning idea: Chop.

Chop would eliminate produce waste from local grocery stores, making sure everything gets used. Onuoha explained that she’d collaborate

with grocery stores to get access to leftover fruits and vegetables that haven’t gone bad but aren’t bought due to dents or marks. Chop would start with making juices from the produce and then move onto creating meals.

The event brought out lots of people to hear new ideas and learn more about the work that TRUSU I.C.E has been doing on campus and in the community.

Some ideas pitched included a sustainable restaurant and increased accessability for bathrooms. (Aidan Grether/ The Omega)

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TRU Food Services launches reusable container program TRU's new iniatives encourages campus community to live sustainably Sadhika Burman STAFF WRITER Ω TRU Food Services have always been at the top of their game when it comes to sustainability and reducing our ecological footprint.

Food Services have worked closely with the TRU Sustainability to achieve the title of the coolest university in North America.

Recently TRU Food Services have levelled up their sustainability game by launching eco-friendly

reusable containers at different food joints across campus.

TRU Food Services and TRU Sustainability joined hands for this venture and have a name it the eco-container reusable program. The goal is to cut down on waste by reducing the number of compostable takeout containers on campus henceforth reducing our ecological footprint while also getting a free meal.

The participating food joints include Urban Market, The

U&M Deli, The Workbench and International Café. All students have to do is order food and ask for it in a green eco-container which is free of cost.

The next step is to get a stamp card with your container, return your container after you’re finished with your meal and get a stamp on your card. The final step is to get your free meal once you have received 10 stamps on your card.

TRU Food Services has been working hard with many other

great initiatives. These initiatives include zero-waste stations across campus to promote proper waste disposal. All napkins on campus are biodegradable and made with 100 per cent recycled content as well as to-go cutlery made of 68 per cent renewable materials and to-go packaging of 100 per cent recyclable or biodegradable materials.

All food preparation locations on campus work hard to compost all organic food waste and ensure all packaging and materials used

to prep your meals are recycled properly. As well, all food waste is measured and tracked to provide data that will assist in keeping TRU as sustainable as possible.

On top of their new Eco-Container program, TRU Food Services also has been working with its Fill it Forward program available at all water refill stations on campus.

To get on board with this new initiative, visit any TRU Food Service location and inquire further.

TRU’s sustainability office celebrates Waste Reduction Week TRU hosts a number of events to promote sustainability on campus Farrah Johnson NEWS EDITOR Ω Earlier this semester TRU was dubbed the “coolest school” in Canada and the United States for its innovative sustainability initiatives.

In light of this title, TRU’s Environment and Sustainability office hosted a variety of events on campus to show students ways they can reduce, reuse and recycle during Waste Reduction Week in Canada.

From Oct. 21st-25, the office set up sustainability booths in various buildings on campus for students to visit and learn about a host of sustainability projects including a short video contest and a waste reduction pledge.

“The whole point of the week is to

get people to think about their waste and little things they can do to reduce it,” James Gordon, Environmental Programs and Research Coordinator, told The Omega, “And I do say little things because what I’ve determined over the years of doing this many times is (that it’s best to) just start with one thing.”

Gordon insisted that a person doesn't need to commit to giving up using plastic for the rest of their life. Instead, he said it is much more practical for them to try to make a “substantial change” that they could put into practice daily.

“We’re living in a waste disaster zone right now around the world and the oceans are just getting completely hammered,” he said.

“In particular, landfills are filling up and it’s not just the pollution part

but the actual waste. It’s so much usable things that we could reuse instead of just throwing it into the landfill.”

Indeed, one of TRU’s sustainability office’s newest programs, the Eco-Reusable Container, seeks to decrease the number of waste placed in landfills.

Gordon explained that the project revolves around a reusable food container system with a clam shell.

“It’s very simple. You go to one of the four participating outlets, you get your food, you ask for an eco-container, you eat your food, you bring back the dirty container and they give you a punch card,” he said.

“On the back there’s 10 spaces and they punch one of them once you return the dirty container. Once you get ten punches, you get a free $10

lunch.”

During the week, students were also asked to make S.M.A.R.T waste reduction pledges. Gordon said they wanted the pledges to be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely, because it increased the likelihood of students adopting them into their daily routines.

“Again, it’s maybe not so realistic to say ‘I’m going to ban plastics from my life until I die,’ but for instance, my pledge was to not use plastic bags for one month.”

Gordon also spoke about the Fill-itForward program, which encourages students to reuse their travel mugs and water bottles, instead of buying paper cups and plastic bottles.

“So, you get a sticker for free and put it on your water bottle or your travel mug. You download an app,

you register, then every time you refill you scan the barcode and your name automatically goes into a draw to win monthly prizes,” he explained.

“Plus, a little bit of money goes to a large development project in a part of the world that needs clean water.”

The sustainability office is also launching the Pick Me Up Challenge, which challenges students to pick up one piece of litter every day for thirty days and a short video contest where can submit a “simple, silent and ideally humorous” short video about responsible waste management.

“The reason silent because there’s ‘x’ amount of international students that are not that familiar with English, so if you make it without words and still get the point across we’re hoping that will get the message across.”

TRUSU continues campaign as food trucks return Student union to hold second annual Hungry for Choice Food Truck Farrah Johnson NEWS EDITOR Ω In celebration of International Open Access Week, TRU’s Library hosted a special ‘Open Library’ event on the third floor of the House of Learning Building on Oct 22.

Students got the chance to speak with representatives from the library, the research office and TRUSU, to learn about the various services the institution offers that support open access and scholarships.

Brenda Smith, TRU’s Open Education Librarian, told the Omega that the event was held to “promote Open Access literature and publishing.”

“Libraries spend thousands and thousands, or 10s of thousands of dollars every year for access to scholarly literature and with Open Access literature it’s available for free,” she said.

“So this is encouraging students to be aware that they can get really

quality open access journals… and to let them know that there is stuff that is available for free online that is there forever.”

Smith added that it is also important for faculty to understand that publishing in open access is “completely credible.”

“People are donating their time and their effort to make their information available,” she explained.

“It’s been becoming more important with grants from faculty that they have to make their stuff available on open access and publishing an open-access journal is one way of doing that.”

Smith added that one of the “cool things” about open access is that it’s “digital, free and generally free of copyright and licensing restrictions.”

“It’s still not free to produce because stuff takes money to do it but it’s way less costly,” she said.

When asked how open access benefits students, Smith said it provides them with more options to

work with.

“You don’t have that barrier of cost,” she said.

“Once students have graduated, they won’t have access to the library so open access provides access to scholarly literature forever, whether they’re students or not.”

Erin May, TRU’s Reference and Scholarly Communications Librarian, added that the sole purpose of the event was to bring awareness to open access resources.

“There are lots of different portals where you can access Open Access resources,” she said.

“Like Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) for instance has the list of many reputable journals that have open access articles,” she said.

“So things that you don't have to pay for and the library doesn't have to pay for so that more people can access research.”

May said it is important for students and faculty to understand that when they access academic resources

and avoid “hitting a paywall,” it’s the library providing resources for their open access.

Students can find Open Access Articles and research through the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) by visiting doaj.org or

Unpaywall at unpaywall.org Resources are also available at the TRU library through the Digital Commons at digitalcommons.library. tru.ca, TRUSpace at tru.arcabc.ca and Open Access guide at libguides.tru. ca/openaccess.

Open Library Week was celebrated with cupcakes and treats on the third floor of the House of Learning. (Aidan Grether/The Omega)

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KamCon is sure to bring out the geek in everyone

KamCon is preparing a bigger and better convention for its second year in Kamloops Elizabeth Nygren ARTS EDITOR Ω KamCon 2019 is the perfect place for anyone to get their geek on. Tyler Carpentier and Julian Leader will be hosting their second convention at the Campus Activity Centre from November 2-3.

KamCon is a convention for those interested in gaming, among other geeky elements, such as Dungeons and Dragons also known as D&D, as well as anime.

Tyler Carpentier, organizer and owner of KamCon, works with his business partner, Julian Leader, to put on this convention. Carpentier says that their main goal is “to try and give people exposure to stuff that they’ve never tried or maybe never even thought of before.”

It’s the perfect place for advanced gamers to go and meet other fans, or a great place to go if you’re new to the gaming scene.

Carpentier said “We’ve got stuff for beginners, and then we’ve got stuff all the way up to advanced high tier sort of gaming. The current edition of Dungeons and Dragons is a big part of why it’s exploded in the last few years,” Carpentier said, “Probably within the last five years, there’s almost been like a Renaissance for it. The current edition is very easy to get into.”

The convention itself started off as a D&D themed event but has since grown to accommodate more of the

gaming community. This year, they’ve added even more to the schedule. They’ve specifically added more anime-themed content, which they didn’t really have much of previously.

“We’ve expanded it this year, so this year we’ve got not just D&D or games, we’ve got live music coming, a Punk band, called ‘Let’s Go’ is coming out … there are the Freudian Slips, they’re doing a D&D improv, and they’re funny as hell. This year we’ve added a lot of anime content.”

Carpentier said.

Because the event was so successful last year, Carpentier and Leader decided to branch out even more, with

a Board of Organizers to help fund and coordinate the event with them. The first year was completely out of pocket for Carpentier and Leader.

“Last year, was just us. We just crossed our fingers and worked our butts off. And this year, we’ve got a Board of Organizers that have helped us make it bigger. We knew that to make it bigger, we couldn’t do it just by the two of us, so through the last year, we’ve had a board of organizers of about 8 people or so working on different aspects of it and that’s been absolutely critical.”

Luckily, Kamloops has an excellent gaming community.

Due to the initial reaction to

the convention, Carpentier and Leader hope to make this an annual event.

“We want it to become a local institution in the gaming community because we learnt last year that our gaming community’s pretty big. We want it to be able to help people who are sort of on the fence, we want it to be a place where people can come and learn the hobby, and a place for people to try new things.”

If anyone is interested in getting involved with KamCon, they can contact Carpentier at info@kamloopsconvention.ca or can check out their social media channels.

To attend KamCon, people can either register online ahead of time at kamloopsconvention.ca or at the event when they arrive. A full detailed schedule of their mainstage shows and events is available on their website. Tickets range from a $5 general admission pass to a $60 Critical Access pass, which gives you access to gaming the whole weekend, along with some exclusive merchandise.

Check out KamCon at the Campus Activity Centre from November 2-3, with events happening from 8 a.m.-1 a.m. on Saturday, and from 8:30 a.m.-11 p.m. on Sunday. Bring a friend and roll for fun!

Arts Ambassadors Club hosts their first event

TRU club hosts Harry Potter-themed event to bring students together Sadhika Burman STAFF WRITERS Ω Halloween came early on campus with this Harry Potter themed party hosted by the TRU Arts Ambassadors. The second floor of the art and education building was no less than the King’s Cross Station.

Students flaunted not only their Harry Potter themed attire but also other props. The event was hosted by the current arts ambassador Emily Breiteneder, who is in her last year of the Bachelor of Arts program, Michael Zaitlin, one of the forerunners of the arts ambassador program and Benjamin Matthews, who came up with the idea of having a social gathering for Arts student. Matthews is currently away studying abroad.

The event was open to all and regardless of it being Harry Potter themed, students were welcome

to wear any kind Halloween attire.

The ambassadors were not expecting such a big turnout.

Arts After Dark being their first event, all they wanted was for a few people to show up.

“We’re trying to work with the dean’s office to create this arts ambassadors program to find an access point where events can happen and eventually supplemental learning, student resources and other things can be added.

It is just a way to make memories amongst the Arts department,” Zaitlin said on the new program.

The ambassadors said the real motive behind this event was to bring the arts community together.

Benjamin Matthews, who is a final year arts student studying abroad right now originated this idea and wanted to make it work.

Zaitlin said, Matthew, he is in his last year and it was his idea you’re a science student if you’re

in physics or chemistry or biology, if you’re a business student, there is marketing or math but art definitely gets trapped in the mindset that they’re a philosophy student or geography student and we just don’t have that kind of community.

“This is our first event, we are doing it as a set of events that are going to be hosted over a couple of months to bring the arts communities together.The harry potter event was based around a couple of games, we’re gonna do a mock Quidditch game, we’re doing trivia, we’re doing hide and seek trivia cards, collectible wizard cards.” Regarding the future for the arts ambassadors, Breiteneder said they just hope to continue to bring the arts community together. “I don’t know the exact direction that it will take, but just giving a voice to Arts students, and having them more involved in TRU. Things like that.”

The first Harry Potter-themed Arts Ambassadors event was a hit amongst students a(Michael Zaitlin/Arts Ambassadors Club)

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The Cooney Papers: A history lesson in review Tranquille Farm Fresh’s mixed-media show aims to teach you about Tranquille Elizabeth Nygren ARTS EDITOR Ω Tranquille Farm Fresh has been a staple in the Kamloops community for unique theatre, and The Cooney Papers was no different.

When you arrive at the playing site at Tranquille

Farm Fresh, you are greeted and sent on your way inside the buildings and down to the tunnels. From there, you find your way to the theatre by exploring the inner workings of the buildings.

I had never been to Tranquille Farm Fresh and down into the tunnels before, so it was a very eerie experience.

There were a couple of points where I wasn’t quite sure which way to turn as there were two ways I might have been able to go, but the music playing in the halls and the lights helped me find my way.

Once I found my way to the theatre, I found myself in a very intimate setting.

Not many people could fit in the space, but it wasn’t at all cramped. I was fronted by a large curved screen, and props and set dressing strewn around the space as well. It was vastly different from the usual theatre spaces I was used to. Unfortunately, the room we were in was rather cold and I wished I had worn a couple more layers.

Once the show began, the film started playing on a large screen. It first showed how Annette and Tim McLeod got the story about The Cooney Papers, a mixed-media show complete with live theatre mixed with film, played on a large, curved screen for all attendees to see. (Elizabeth Nygren/The Omega)

the Cooney’s and then went into more or less a history lesson about Canada in the 1800s. Eventually, the story reached the Cooney’s and how each of them, Charles and Betsy, arrived in Kamloops. The acting didn’t begin until after their stories were introduced, and then they told the tales of their lives in Kamloops and how they impacted the city.

The acting itself was well done. The actors who portrayed Charles and Betsy did very well, and all the actors in the film, including current TRU student, Greg Brown, all played their roles well. The story of Charles and Betsy was brought to life by the actors, and they took my mind away from the idea that I was watching a documentary.

I was expecting the show to be more immersive than it was though. The audience was only directly spoken to once or twice, but each time I was spoken to made me feel giddy and excited to be there. Perhaps the actors may have shined more if it

weren’t for the unfortunate troubles in the technical department.

I was very impressed by how such a small group like Tranquille Farm Fresh could create such moving theatre.

The criticisms come from awkward lighting and sound cues, and scene transitions from film to action that didn’t quite f low that well. There were confusing pauses where the audience was waiting much too long for the next thing to come, and no music in between to keep our minds busy.

Although the live technical elements weren’t perfect, the film itself was shot very well. All the images were smooth and crisp and it was enjoyable to watch the beautiful shots of the scenery in Kamloops and of the actors themselves.

If you are not interested in the history of Kamloops or Tranquille, this show may not be for you. The mixed media was a great idea, and I think it was done well for what Tranquille has to work with.

The Haunted Courthouse welcomed Kamloopsians to take a tour Attendees dared to take on the spooky courthouse as it shifts from Arts Council to horror house Lisa Chernyshova BUSINESS AND TECH EDITOR Ω During three days on Oct. 25 to 27, the Haunted Courthouse was a place were citizens of Kamloops had a chance to get scared by lots of beings and to have some adrenaline experience.

The event was especially attractive for students, who had a chance to have a break from studying and pressure of school’s deadlines. The Kamloops Makerspace provided LEAP with the building for the event, which is located on 7 Seymour Street West, Kamloops, and usually operates as Kamloops Art Council.

On Oct. 25, 2019, the first evening of the event the weather was super windy, but all the visitors were extremely excited to get in.

By the entrance, volunteers hospitably met all the visitors in beautiful and scary outfits.

Students of TRU had a chance to present their student cards and to have free tickets for the tours.

Furthermore, students were treated with free tickets for food and sneaks.

Students were assigned into different groups that followed the schedule of tours into creepy rooms with sketchy characters of the old courthouse.

Right from the doorway of the

entrance, students were presented probably with the creepiest, disgusting scene of a dead baby in the hands of a crying lady.

Going further there were scary, and the fun scene which gave visitors an adrenaline rush, and sense of being present in the horror movies.

The fact that the event took place in the Kamloops’s old courthouse, gave the event an additional touch of mysticism.

LEAP coordinator Jillian Folk not only organized the event but also took part in the event by meeting and helping visitors.

“As an event planner, you always think in long-term and short-term. So, honestly, I probably had started planning the event back in August”, shared Folk on how long it took for her to organize the event.

“In the short term, probably three weeks before, of really starting the marketing and all that kind of stuff, and getting volunteers,'' said Folk.

Most of the volunteers are from the TRU, yes. But, we also worked with Makerspace, so some of them are from the Makerspace as well. The event also had a security guard, and St. John Ambulance to provide a secure and safe environment.

“We never had any accidents before”, assured Jillian. “But just in case, for an event like this,

Haunted Courthouse lined up outside a spookily lit courthouse awaking a frightful night (Lisa Chernyshova/The Omega) for this many people, in case of accidents of hurt attacks or allergies, I’d rather have professionals to deal with that,” said

Folk.

Folk said, that the Makerspace worked on decorations part this year. The event had

welcomed lots of people, who had some great fun a bit spooky experience and had a taste of Halloween.

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Rocky Horror Picture Show comes to Kamloops

KFS hosts the epic film screening of cult classic complete with costume contest Cailyn Mocci EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ω The Kamloops Films Society in collaboration with local horror connoisseurs Drunk in a Graveyard, presented acclaimed cult classic Rocky Horror Picture Show with all the bells and whistles. Attendees took to the sold-out show in all levels of costume in anticipation of the costume contest that preceded the film.

Drunk in a Graveyard’s Robin Goodfellow greeted a sea of audience members who filled the theatre with excited chatter.

All attendees who dressed up in anticipation for the contest took to the front of the theatre, anxiously awaiting instructions from Goodfellow to strut up and down the

aisles of the theatre for all to see including the panel of judges.

All costumes held amazing skill, craftmanship and/or a truly beautiful sense of humour. The competition was a hard one for the panel of judges but ultimately the judges gave the title of Best Costume to the picture-perfect replica of main characters Brad and Janet.

Attendees were encouraged to bring props from home or purchase pre-made prop kits from KFS, props including water guns, confetti, toast and newspaper to name a few. This was anything but a silent, “polite” film screening.

Moviegoers took the instruction to call back at the screen with gusto, making for a hilarious viewing of an already entertaining classic. Callouts ranged anywhere from sarcastic lude comments

towards the characters to booing the narrator off the screen.

The Paramount Theatre became home to water gun fights, toast tossing, and gleeful shouts and laughs. The Kamloops Film Society and Drunk in the Graveyard hit it out of the park with an event Kamloops has been missing for years.

Locals can look forward to more fun events like Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Paramount.

Keep an eye open for announcements from KFS at thekfs.ca.

The theatre was filled with replicas of classic Rocky Horror Picture Show characters including costume contest winning "Brad" and "Janet" (pictured), Riff Raff and Dr. Frank N. Furter in all levels of undress. (Cailyn Mocci/The Omega)

Drunk in a Graveyard brings classic to the screen

Kamloops Film Society screens classic Army of Darkness for excited crowds Morgan Hunter CONTRIBUTOR Ω Some might have certain films they put on for the spooktastic season. But this year, the KFS decided to put on a classic that has a charming sene of horror with a timeless wit that is Army of Darkness.

Army of Darkness stars Bruce Campbell as Ash, a salesman from a department store that, after going through the events of the film Evil Dead, finds himself back in time with knights and wizards. Armed with his witts and his chainsaw, he must face the evils within the Book of the Dead and find a way back to his time.

I had never seen this film before this showing, and after watching the film put on by the Drunken

Graveyard team, I have a newfound respect for this film. It’s quite easy to see how this series of films had put Bruce Campbell’s name on the market. The character of Ash comes alive every scene he’s as well as steals the show (Though he is in every scene so that makes sense. However, it is very easy for leads to lose the attention of the audience, but here the audience hangs on every word.) His straight man delivery contrasted by most of his co-stars giving it their all in a medieval setting negates any feelings of campiness that has aged exceptionally well.

The comedy is most likely the biggest accolade that the film holds, due to how prominent it is here. The motion picture came out in 1992, yet more than 20 years later, I found myself audibly laughing throughout the

show, not just at parts.

Campbell’s timing, as well as the delivery of his lines, generates a timeless quality that isn’t pushed back by out of date references or shock value. Even the low budget effects that were the only thing available of the time come with a hint of satire that gives off an awareness to it that gives it charm.

Some films don’t hold up either by their dependency on the original source material, their special effects, their humour becoming dated/crude or a mixture of the three. Thankfully, Army of Darkness succeeds at avoiding all of those tropes as well as holds a classic performance from a talented actor to create an almost perfect Halloween film. It doesn’t beat out the Shining but it definitely comes in the top five.

Maleficent: Misstress of Evil film review

The most uninteresting Misstress in the one most non-needed Disney sequel Morgan Hunter CONTRIBUTOR Ω You ever watch a film that, when you tell others what you saw, people ask: “Oh, that's a thing? When did that come out?”. Honestly, I’d make that scenario a rating of the quality of a film. Cause this movie sucked so bad I’m forgetting the plot as I write this review.

Maleficent 2 is about

Maleficent’s adopted daughter wanting to marry Prince Philip and unite the kingdoms of fairies and humans. They then clash when Phillip’s mother is hostile towards Maleficent and tries anything so that the unification of the two beings never happens.

You can tell when Disney wants a film to fail. I found that its when they don’t promote for it except for the occasional trailer, don’t gain any meaningful coverage from mainstream

outlets and the film is released during another anticipated film; the Joker for instance.

Maleficent 2 matches all of these steps and telling from the actor’s performances, they knew it too. And if you think that Disney would never intentionally want their film to fail, just look at Treasure Planet.

When a film has heavy hitters such as Angelina Jolie, Michelle Phifer, and Chiwetel Ejiofor, it shouldn’t have trouble having its

characters convey emotion. Yet, with the exception of Michelle Phifer (who has more screen time than the woman in the title of the movie), none of them seem like they want to be there or interested in giving their lines.

Angelina Jolie seems as if she cares whenever she speaks to her on-screen daughter Aurora, played by Elle Fanning, but then a moment later, she remembers the god-awful script that she has to read from and becomes a stick

with horns.

I could go on about how this didn’t work, from an inconsistent tone to characters of no value having far too much screen time to some very disturbing parallels to the Holocaust (don’t ask), but I will leave it with this closing statement. If you make a sequel to a movie, give it as much if not more passion for the 2nd film. If you can’t do that, don’t make a sequel.

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By Gene Wirchenko Puzzle #8: Cookies Four people made two statements each. One person's statements were both true, another's were both false, and the other two people each made one true and one false statement. Who is who with regards to honesty?

Alan: 1) Carol always lies.

2) I never lie.

Beth: 3) Alan always lies and Carol always tells the truth, or it is the other way around.

4) Carol always lies and Alan always tells the truth, or it is the other way around.

Carol: 5) I like cucumbers.

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Don: 7) Beth lied exactly once.

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Last week's solutions Puzzle #7: Hallowe'en Numbers One possible solution is: 0: 0 × (1 + 3 + 1) 1: 1 + 0 × 3 × 1 2: 1 + 0 × 3 × 1 3: 1+ 0 + 3 – 1 4: 1 / 1 + 0 + 3 5: 1 + 0 + 3 × 1 6: (1 + 1) × 3 + 0 7: (1 + 1) × 3 + 0!

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TRU mens soccer kicked out of playoffs The TRU Wolfpack men's soccer team knocked out of playoffs in first round James Fraser SPORTS EDITOR Ω The TRU men’s soccer team sure felt the cold after they were knocked out of the Canada West quarter-finals

by Mount Royal University in Calgary this past weekend.

The team fell 2-1 to the home side on a windy afternoon and a snow-covered pitch.

This is the first quarter-finals loss for the men in program history and the first year since 2016 that they will fail to make the Canada West final four. A tough pill to swallow indeed.

"It was a tough loss and a disappointing way to end the season. But very proud of the group being able to make the playoffs three years in a row," Head coach John Anutlov said, "That is great for our program.

We came up a little short today and were not at our best. A good learning experience for us going forward. Really optimistic about the future and the group of players coming back and the new players coming into the program. We will just continue to keep the program at the level where

it is at and take it a little further."

The team will have a large group of returning players as they will only lose one-fifth year this year, that being Justin Donaldson who played his last game for the wolf pack on Saturday.

"The game today, was definitely a tough one, the result didn't go our way and I feel we just weren't quite there today.

It wasn't our greatest performance but we ground until the end. Overall the season this year was all about consistency and we just didn't have that.

We went up and down but fortunately, we still made playoffs and showed many teams we can compete with anyone!

As I've said before it was an injury-filled year but we persevered and did what we could.

As a fifth-year, I'm happy to say I had a great time with this team and enjoyed my final year. Proud of this group of guys and finally we have a nice stepping stone for the team next year to build on. Many players returning and I\'92m sure coach John will bring quality guys in. I look forward to coming out and supporting the team as an alumnus and

fan of TRU WolfPack." Donaldson stated.

The men's team will now head into their spring and summer seasons. Although they didn't go as far as they wanted this regular season, they can be proud of the way they battled and can use this disappointment as motivation for upcoming years.

TRU men's soccer battle with MRU to a 2-1 loss in the Canada West quarter finals. (TRU Athletics)

Winter Wolfpack teams are back inside the TCC Volleyball and Basketball seasons have returned for the 2019/2020 season James Fraser SPORTS EDITOR Ω It's the most wonderful time of year for sports lovers and the busiest time of the year for our Wolfpack mascot Wolfie as the TCC will be hosting a TRU sports event each weekend through March.

TRU Basketball and Volleyball will share the TCC court and host both their seasons inside the gym where you will be able to catch all the action and stay clear of the cold weather.

All teams will be looking forward to a successful season, starting with women's volleyball who are out to roar, start of four straight wins. Their most recent victory was against Calgary in their home opening weekend where they beat the Albertan team by 3-1 in front of friends and family.

"It's been really good so far. We have a lot of players, a lot of depth, anyone can go in for anyone and play really well," second-year middle Haley McNaught said.

Its been opposite ends of the spectrum for the Volleyball men’s program as they start their season to an 0-4 record after losing to the University of Calgary 3-2 on their home court in a tight match.

"We got to get better at raising our

intensity after 20 points and closing out games. We've had leads almost all the way through so the only disappointment is on the coaches as we've missed out on some quality volleyball chances," head coach Pat Hennelley stated.

Not an ideal start but the season is still very young and promising as both teams will continue their campaign into next weekend where they will host the University of Alberta on Nov. 8. Come support your team as the men’s team will start things off at 5 p.m. and the women will follow up at 6:45 p.m.

The men and women's basketball will be having their season and home opener this upcoming weekend on Nov. 1.

"Being at home to start the year is nice. At the end of the day, you play 10 at home and 10 on the road. You have to take care of your home games in order to be successful," Men’s basketball head coach Scott Clarke said.

The men's team will be looking to have a big year after missing playoffs last year with a record of six wins and 14 losses. Clarke had a busy summer as he made multiple signings including Fredrico Martins who was Portugal's leading scorer in the 2019 FIBA U-18 European 'B' men’s basketball championship. The women's team will also be looking to

improve last year’s record after they finished the year with four wins and 16 losses.

The poor record leads to women's head coach Scott Reeves being terminated, replaced by new head coach Goran Nogic. The new coach is looking to kickstart his team for the season.

"The possibility to challenge and share my coaching philosophy at the university sports level was the main reason I wanted this position," Nogic states, " At the same time, I believe and I hope that together with the players, directors and all supporters of the program we can change the current status of WolfPack women's basketball in the Canadian basketball community as well as the chance to promote Kamloops as a sports city."

Come and watch your Wolfpack basketball teams play this weekend as the men tip-off Friday at 5 p.m. followed by the women at 8 p.m. The entertainment should be fixating as their will be passionate play mixed with music, games and cheerleaders.

(Top) Hayley McNaught shuts down University of Calgary player from tarnishing her teams perfect record.

(Bottom) New signing Fredrico Martins from Porturgal is looking to make an impact this season. (TRU Athletics)

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