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March 17, 2014 | theWeal.com News EdItor Crystal Schick
A&E editor Inonge Chimwaso
A&E writer Husson Zaman
lifestyle Editor Yashica Anandani
Lifestyle writer Krista Conrad
opinions Editor Monica Henderson
Sports Editor Steve Sucha
Sports writer Andrew Halipchuk
photo Editor Brent Calver
At approximately 7:10 a.m., Security received a call from a SAIT staff member reporting missing items from a room in the John Ware building. She stated that when she arrived for work at approximately 6:15 a.m., she noticed that some items were missing or moved. It is suspected the activities took place sometime between 6 p.m. on Feb. 28 and 5:30 a.m. on March 3. The incident is currently under investigation by Security.
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At 1:05 p.m., Security re-
ceived a call from a SAIT staff member reporting vandalism to a bulletin board in the hallway outside of room NN901 in the Senator Burns building. At 1:15 p.m., Security was shown the bulletin board, located beside the ninth floor’s elevators. Photos of the postings on the board, which had profanity and racial slurs written on them, were taken. The postings were removed and destroyed.
At 2:08 p.m., Security received an automated notification that a 911 call had been made from the SAIT Health Clinic in the Senator Burns
building. At 2:20 p.m., Security met with Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in the P9 parking lot and escorted them to the clinic. Due to patient confidentiality, patient information was not requested from EMS personnel. At 2:50 p.m., EMS was off-site with the patient to an undisclosed medical facility.
At approximately 7:35 a.m., a SAIT student visited the Security office to report that his SAIT-issued Toshiba laptop was taken from a Campus Centre men’s washroom between 7:30 and 8:00 p.m. The student left the laptop
on the washroom counter and when he went to retrieve it, it was missing. A witness told the student that a man had found it and said he was going to return the laptop to the nearest office. The student could not locate the laptop that night since several offices were closed. The student completed an incident statement, but said he would not file a report with Calgary Police Services, because the computer belongs to SAIT. NOTE – As per the SAIT Information Systems ’ Student Laptop Contract, the student is contractually obligated to report this theft to Calgary Police Services.
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SAITSA’s new Student Executive and Legislative Council’s announced By Amamda Siebert Weal writer
SAIT’s Students’ Association (SAITSA) announced four new student executive council (SEC) members and six new student legislative council (SLC) members on the afternoon of March 7 at the Gateway. Scheduled to begin at 5 p.m., the Gateway was packed with candidates, supporters, and students alike. The new council members were announced by David Jones, SAITSA’s chief returning officer (CRO). Voter turnout came in at 10.55 per cent, up 2.5 per cent compared to SAITSA’s SLC elections in September 2013.
SAITSA’s six new SLC members are Kaitlyn Harris, firstyear travel and tourism student, Suzanne Ngo Likaa, first-year network systems student, and Isreal Maya, Mauricio Jimenez, Peter Guan, and Nitin Parswani, all first-year business administration students. The tight race for VP Student Life, which saw four candidates running for the position, was announced next. International student Thao Jenny Nguyen beat competitors Daniel Cassar, Stevie Polga, and Miguel Miranda for the spot on executive council. Joshua Bettle beat Tanya Barstead in the race for VP External, and Kimmi Nguyen, who
was the only candidate running for the position of VP Academic, succeeded in receiving more “yes” votes than “no” votes. Jones announced the coveted presidential position last. President of the SAIT Student Petroleum Society Jared Stock beat out Adam Doyle, Spencer Janke, and Shyamili Velmuru-
gan. Velmurugan, who campaigned with winners Bettle, Maya, Thao Nguyen, and Kimmi Nguyen, was disqualified from the race. The final election report must be presented to SLC by March 24. ~Full disclosure: Amanda Siebert sits on the current SLC.
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Jared Stock was named SAITSA’s new president on March 7 at the Gateway. Stock, seen here delivering his student executive council speech in the Irene Lewis Atrium on March 4, is also president of the SAIT Student Petroleum Society.
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Stirring the ‘pot’ in res Some tenants smoke marijuana in their rooms
Despite the illegality of the situation, 24 drug-related incidents have been reported to security this school year. Some of these incidents include smoking marijuana in SAIT Residence. Brent Calver Photo illustration
By Crystal Schick News editor
That pungent, skunky aroma wafting suspiciously—and illegally—up and down the hallways of the SAIT residence buildings is exactly what you think it is. According to Paladin Security daily reports, some SAIT Residence tenants are taking their chances by breaking their lease agreements and smoking marijuana inside their rooms. Since September 2013, Se-
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curity has recorded approximately at least one drug-related incident per week, which includes incidents outside residence halls as well. With 24 incidents already reported this school year, SAIT is on its way to beat its yearly average of 33 incidents. SAIT Residence has a zero tolerance policy towards drugs and has written the rule into the renters’ lease agreement. “Drugs and drug paraphernalia is prohibited, and students found in possession of
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Tegan cochrane and friends bid farewell, welcome new SEC
By Tegan Cochrane SAITSA President
When we were first taking office as Executives, we were warned that our term would fly by. We all heeded the warning, though none of us could really prepare for just how fast it would go. It’s hard to believe that we are already nearing the end of
our term and welcoming in our successors. So, for my final Weal article, I would like to reflect upon this extraordinary experience. Being the point of contact for all SAIT students has been the most interesting part of my job. I want to thank all students who felt comfortable sharing with me their successes, failures, ideas, struggles and opportunities. You inspired me to do my best in this position, and to continually seek ways to improve my leadership abilities. SAIT is home to many twoyear programs that have demanding and intense course loads. As a result, it can be very difficult to establish a campus community. The greatest challenge this year was creating a strategy to engage our students outside of the classroom in various activities.
Since September, we have seen tremendous progress in terms of student engagement and community creation. This would not have been possible without the continual effort of the SAITSA team. Through the good days and the bad, our team was there. We congratulated each other on the successes, and picked each other up when there was failure. No team is perfect, but what fun would it be if it was? Thomas, Amanda, Ken and I work together to help each other be the best version of ourselves, and for that I am truly grateful. We are honest with one another, we care for one another and we are continually striving to be the best team we can be for our students. Investing in your colleagues and caring for them is what makes a healthy and thriving professional environment.
As the hallways are scattered with election posters I can’t help but feel overjoyed for each and every candidate. These individuals have realized that in order to achieve great work, you are not always going to be comfortable. Stepping out of your comfort zone and making yourself vulnerable in front of 15,000 students is not comfortable, and for doing that, I congratulate you. Our vision as an organization is to improve the student experience at every opportunity, and looking back, I can say that our team worked our hardest to do just that. We stayed true to our organization’s vision and that is a success in itself. I want to thank everyone who has helped our SAITSA team along the way, who has supported us, loved us, challenged us and helped us to be-
come the best organization we can be. I would like to thank you for this opportunity to represent you—I have worked hard, and have done my best to make the most of this experience. I wish you all the best and I look forward to staying connected with you. Your President, Tegan Cochrane
The Executive Corner is a weekly column series written and submitted by members of the SAITSA Students’ Executive Council. This content is unedited by The Weal’s staff.
SAIT campus extends out of Calgary SAIT-AIM Centre for Innovation opens in Airdrie By Amanda Siebert Weal writer
On Friday, March 7, SAIT Polytechnic’s campus expanded further when Alta Innovative Manufacturing (AIM) opened a new manufacturing facility in Airdrie. The new building, called the SAIT-AIM Centre for Innovation, is intended to link entrepreneurs companies that manufacture composite-based projects in Alberta. Entrepreneurs will have access to an advisory team, and students will be able to receive training
from industry professionals. According to a press release from SAIT, AIM has partnered with SAIT in the past. Since 2010, AIM has funded and facilitated a number of applied research projects related to the fabrication industry. Notable attendees at the centre’s opening included Members of Parliament Michelle Rempel and Blake Richards, SAIT President and CEO Dr. David Ross, Corporate Development and Applied Research Vice-president Dr. Alex Zahavich, and General Manager of AIM Brett Darichuk.
The new, full-service innovations centre offers a number of engineering and design services including full computer-aided designs and drawings, 3-D printing of parts and prototypes, and laser etching. Alta Injection Molding, the tooling and mold-making department, as well as MPak Plastics, a polyethelyne packaging manufacturer, and Alta Tooling and Design are three companies that are now housed within the centre. The new building was constructed after an investment of $3.5 million was made by
Western Economic Diversification Canada. “Our investment in the SAIT-AIM Centre for Innovation ensures businesses and students have the tools, resources, and knowledge needed to thrive in today’s western Canadian manufacturing sector,” said Rempel, Canada’s Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification. Ross praised “the new opportunity for SAIT students and faculty to carry out work with industry partners,” and said that the new centre gave SAIT students an advantage
upon graduation. Brett Darichuk, AIM’s general manager, promised that the centre, which has already hired many graduates of SAIT’s mechanical engineering technology program, would continue to create opportunities for innovation. “The centre has seen more than 40 innovators in the last year that have started the process of developing and manufacturing products for this global market,” he said. The new centre is located at 2927 Kingsview Blvd., in Airdrie, Alta.
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Smartphone app urges victims to ‘aspire’ against violence
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By Yashica Anandani Lifestyle Editor
A new smartphone app promises to deliver help to people in trouble quicker than picking up the phone and dialing 911. Available on Google Play and iTunes, the Aspire News app was founded by Robin McGraw in October last year. According to PRNewswire. com, Aspire News “allows the user to create pre-written text or voice messages to be sent to designated numbers (911 or other chosen contacts) with just the tap of a button” and “the ignition of the app’s “go button” also starts a recording to capture the details of the domestic violence encounter or other dangerous event underway.” Ryan Ayliffe, staff sergeant of domestic conflict unit at the Calgary Police Service [CPS}, likes the idea behind the app but suggests that it be used as part of a larger safety plan rather than as the primary source for safety. Ayliffe recommended that every user of the app should have a back-up plan for safety, since phones can fail because of low battery levels or a lack of reception in the area, so the app may not always be available to users when it’s required the most. “We [CPS] don’t like to set our victims of crime up with only one fallback strategy,
should they be in trouble. We like to make sure they understand that they’re responsible for their safety in many ways,” Ayliffe explained. “If people are thinking about using stuff like this, they should be thinking about using this in conjunction with other [safety methods].” While the app can help people feel safe and report a crime taking place to the necessary authorities, Ayliffe pointed out that the app can also lead to delivering false information. Once downloaded, the app appears as an icon embedded on the screen of a smartphone, which means a false alarm can be caused by a mistake like a pocket-dial could accidentally alert 911. SAIT alumnus Shylo Thompson heard of the app through a friend and decided to download it after watching promotional videos on popular TV shows such as Dr. Phil and The Dr. Oz Show. Having been in an abusive relationship in the past, she remembers how she wished she had something like Aspire News to rely on in times of need because it could’ve helped her end her relationship “a lot sooner.” The experience of being in situations where her ex-boyfriend had complete control of her phone, she said, played a role in her decision to share the app on Facebook because
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On-campus Denny’s barely scrapes the surface for students
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The Denny’s All Nighter screams limitless possibilities to the hungry, sleep-deprived student with its allure of low prices and late hours. It also promises the good old-fashioned greasy diner fare we have come to love and expect from the Denny’s chain. Once I got the chance to have lunch at the Denny’s AllNighter, however, I found it to be just a fast food version of the well-known breakfast restaurant with a limited menu. Perhaps the establishment’s smaller space is the culprit behind the on-campus location’s condensed menu, but I’m not sure.
The grilled chicken Panini is one of the items offered on the Denny’s All Nighter Restaurant’s limited menu. Mikaela MacKenzie Photo
To put it bluntly, though, do not expect all of your favourite menu items from a regular Denny’s to be featured in the Denny’s All Nighter. For example, the All Nighter does not have premium lemonades, milkshakes, smoothies, desserts, and not a lot of specialty Slam meals as well. The only menu item on the All Nighter that correlates to
any other Denny’s that I could find was its classic Original Grand Slam, though that wasn’t my final selection when ordering. While I browsed through the menu of the All Nighter to pinpoint what I wanted for lunch, I noticed that the $10-20 price range for meals was fairly decent. When I finally decided on
the grilled chicken Panini meal, the overall cost was pushing close to $10, which I found to be fairly reasonable for having included fries and a drink. As my meal was served directly to me, I was pleased by how it was portioned with a fair amount of fries and the Panini sliced in two. However, this pleasure was short-lived when I found that
the Panini plainly lacked zest. The blend of grilled chicken, Swiss cheese, bacon, tomato, and honey mustard sauce all packed together with potato bread was a good mixture but just did not stand out to my taste buds. While I was eating that Panini, it just did not give me a reason to savour it. I know when I truly enjoy something when I savour it, and I couldn’t because there was nothing special about this sandwich to relish in. A part of me did enjoy how the sandwich itself was put together, but the other part of me found the Panini to be slightly greasy, which was a bit of a chore to ignore. The grease wasn’t too bad on my fingers, but seeing the large grease stain left behind on my paper plate wasn’t exactly a sight I enjoyed seeing. To sum it all up, the meal was acceptable—I’m a student, and I’m not expecting five-star quality. Keeping that in mind, the Denny’s All Nighter is the right place for students that are not too picky and are looking for some decently priced food that tastes just as decent.
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When Parth Patel was in his first few years of the engineering program, he found getting a summer job to be quite challenging. “I applied to more than 60 or 70 jobs,” he said. “I [was] trying to find work [in engineering], but I wasn’t able to.” The frustration of finding a summer job is something many students have experienced before, especially since the 2008 economic crisis when markets around the world crashed. Searching through thousands of job listings online, perfecting your resumé and sending it out can take hours. But if you’re hoping to score that ideal job, going back to the basics is the way to go, said Daniel Kennedy, a career consultant at Ryerson University’s Ted Rogers School of Management careers and employment partnerships centre in Toronto. “If you go into [the websites] Monster or Workopolis and you type in ‘summer jobs’ you’re going to find job postings,” he said. “The problem is there are about four million other students across Canada who are going to find those same job postings.” It often comes down to doing some old-fashioned scouting on the ground, Ken-
nedy said, adding that proactively approaching employers can make a bigger impression than simply sending a resumé by email. “What students should do if they really want to make a go of it is to look for companies that don’t have the capacity to advertise for those summer jobs,” he said. “If you can identify, and find those companies and approach them proactively, that will give you a much better chance.” Because finding a job can be so difficult in urban centres and university towns, many students decide to go back to their hometowns for the summer, where the competition is less fierce and jobs are easier to come by. Laura Hamel, a Ryerson firstyear performance acting student said the cost of living in Toronto has helped determine her choice. “I’m from Regina so I’ll be moving home to find a job,” she said. “It’s a lot cheaper to live at home and I have a solid job at home.” The summer job market comes down to basic supply and demand, Kennedy said. “On the supply side, you have basically a lot of students that are looking for jobs during the summer months and that’s fine as long as the demand’s there,” he said. “The demand really hasn’t been there since 2008.”
Brennan Thompson, undergraduate program director at Ryerson’s school of economics says that the recession of 2008 has brought everyone down a notch when it comes to the job market. “The guy who was working at the auto assembly plant loses his job and now he’s taking the low paid job at Tim Horton’s,” he said. “Now the young person who used to have that job at Tim Horton’s [doesn’t] have anything.” Kennedy says the market is starting to bounce back. But compared to 10 years ago, finding a summer job is far more of a challenge. Even in a city as big as Toronto, competition can be fierce because there are so many students looking for temporary employment. According to Kennedy, even if the job you end up with isn’t at all related to your field, it’s still a good idea to include it on your resumé. Employers look at how your skills have evolved, even if the job you had was just bussing tables. The hard skills you gain might not be related to your future career, but the soft skills—like leadership skills, problem solving abilities and customer service experience—will come in handy. “No one is expecting you to graduate here and have four years of senior project management experience,” he said. “What they want to see is that there’s a progression.”
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The Doctor is in Eating healthy during exams By Dr. Joseph MacAlpine SAIT Campus Chiropractic
We are past mid-terms and entering the home stretch before final exams. One of my favourite professors in chiropractic college said that we stop doing the things we really need to do as we sacrifice sleep and exercise and proper nutrition in the name of preparing for exams. We’ve already talked about sleep and the necessity of eating breakfast, so let’s look at the importance of eating to fuel our brains and avoiding foods that diminish brainpower during exams. Your brain is fueled by glucose – or, simply put, sugar. Keeping that in mind, chocolate bars and sugary drinks sound like a good idea to fuel your brain up, but the massive sugar rush they provide always leads to a crash on the other side of the sugar high.
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When examined by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), the resulting MRI image of a sugar rush looks very much like the MRI image of an addict’s high. The problem with this rush of energy is that it is like quickly climbing an energy mountain and though your brain gets to the peak of the mountain quickly, it just as quickly comes crashing down on the other side.
If you look at this effect in terms of time, you are only getting peak performance from your brain for a very short period. If you ingest a can of pop and some other sugary snack prior to exam time, you run the risk of getting off to a good start mentally, but spending the last essential part of the exam with a pooped-out brain and sagging memory.
Many of us save the hardest questions for the end of the exam. If you do this with a tired brain, the result will likely be poor exam performance in the last half hour of your allotted time. The solution is to moderate blood sugar and, by extension, the sugar available to your brain. You want a steady supply of sugar over two to three hours with no huge peaks and valleys. Complex carbohydrates slowly release their sugar content and this simply means not eating processed foods that rapidly break down into simple sugars. An easy rule for exam day is to stay away from processed foods like chips, white flour products, and highly refined foods such as cookies and doughnuts. All meals on exam day should include a mix of complex carbohydrates such as
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Ditch the chair and have a ball at work A fitness ball in lieu of office chairs can increase energy, blood flow, focus, and productivity
With computer work at the heart of several professions and areas of study, many people tend to spend a lot of their time sitting, which is not ideal for the body. For professionals sitting at desks for the majority of each day, using a fitness ball in lieu of an office chair can increase energy, blood flow, focus, and productivity. According to Dr. James A. Levine of the Mayo Clinic, health risks involved in sitting for more than four hours per day include high blood pressure, excessive body fat, and irregular cholesterol levels. When he read similar statistics two years ago, Ben Reed, RFID Application Development Lab (RADLab) support specialist in SAIT’s Applied Research and Innovation Services, decided to try using an exercise ball as a chair in his home office.
“I found I was a lot more alert when I was on the exercise ball, and felt less sedentary,” Reed said. “I felt much better sitting on the ball at the computer, which for me could be from one hour to 10 hours in a day.”
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in his SAIT office for a year now. Since then, he has lobbied for the department to purchase several exercise balls, and now everyone in RADLab has the option to use a fitness ball instead of a chair.
and posture were improving with regular use of the exercise ball as his office chair. “I’ve felt a lot of improvement in my joints,” Reed said. “I never feel stiff because I’m shifting my weight all the time.” Marta Edgar, educational
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The fitness ball allowed Reed to move more freely while working and he found that when he was not distracted by the stiffness and discomfort in his body caused by office chairs, he was able to focus more on tasks at hand and became more productive at his desk. The satisfaction Reed had with a fitness ball in his home prompted him to purchase another for his desk at work. He has been using an exercise ball
Reed enjoys the mobility of an exercise ball as opposed to an office chair when he’s hard at work with hours of programming and coding at the computer. “I have 360 degrees of freedom while I’m sitting at a desk, and that works really well for me,” Reed said. “I’m usually highly caffeinated so I need to move.” Reed also found that his core strength, muscle endurance,
counsellor for SAIT Student Development and Counselling, also began using an exercise ball as a chair at work after hearing about its potential health and fitness benefits. “When I sit on the ball, it doesn’t feel so much like sitting because I can move a little
bit,” Edgar said. “And if nobody’s watching me, I can even bounce.” Edgar has also noticed a significant increase in her productivity since adopting the exercise ball in her office almost two years ago. She finds the ball is beneficial “especially if it’s the end of a long day and I’m tired and feeling restless, then I need to stimulate my body a little bit and at that point it helps me focus,” she said. Edgar recommends the use of a fitness ball instead of an office chair for anyone who spends hours at a desk or computer to keep the body and mind invigorated, as well as to promote a healthy lifestyle. “I think we do all sit too much, and it’s good to do something different for yourself and keep yourself strong and fit.”
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Sled Island Music and Arts Festival is back and better than ever By Yasmin Mayne Weal Writer
Last year’s devastating flood forced Sled Island to cancel its annual music and arts festival. However, despite its losses, Sled Island is back this summer from June 18 to 22. The tag line for this year’s show is ‘Nobody rains on our parade,’ and is meant to remind the Calgary community that Sled Island is not going to be smaller or less interesting than in previous years. “Sled Island will be as big and as good as previous years, and hopefully even more so,” said Maud Salvi, executive di-
rector of Sled Island. Sled Island would not have been possible this year if it wasn’t for the 70 per cent of last year’s pass holders who didn’t ask for a refund, and the 40 per cent of bands who didn’t cash their paycheques. “We were facing huge losses—almost $200,000. If everyone had asked for their money back, Sled Island would not have happened this year,” Salvi said. Thanks to the generosity of last year’s participants, Sled Island has been able to book approximately 250 bands, 35 artists, 12 movie screenings, and 12 comedians for this
year’s festival. The first wave of band headliners for the festival was announced on Tuesday, March 4 at the Commonwealth Bar and Stage, and UK rock band, Spiritualized—who haven’t performed in Calgary since 1998—was one of the headliners Salvi was pleased to announce. “I am very happy about getting Spiritualized. I don’t think they would have come to Calgary if it wasn’t for Sled Island,” she said. The other 11 headliners announced on March 4 were Neko Case, Rocket from the Crypt, Joel Plaskett Emergen-
cy, St. Vincent, Touché Amoré, Rhye, Killer Mike, Earthless, The Julie Ruin, Bob Mould, and Chelsea Wolfe. Salvi is particularly looking forward to Chelsea Wolfe’s performance because, she said, “from a purely musical stand point, [Chelsea Wolfe] is very talented, and I think she will benefit a lot from the exposure.” Other performances to look forward to, especially for those who have never attended Sled Island before, are hip-hop rapper Killer Mike and rock and roll band Rocket from the Crypt. Salvi encourages Sled Island
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Sled Island’s executive director Maud Salvi announced the first wave of the festival’s headliners at Commonwealth Bar and Stage on March 4. Chief among these headliners are Spiritualized, Neko Case, and Chelsea Wolfe. Yasmin Mayne photo
first-timers to have a schedule of what shows they would like to see, prior to attending. However, she said “it is also important to have an open mind, and try to take in as much as you can. You will stumble on at least one band that you are really going to like.” Sled Island is still looking for volunteers to help out with the festival, and is also accepting art submissions up until April 14. Individual show tickets are available at www.sledisland. com and Ticketfly.com and Sled Island passes are available at SledIsland.com.
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SPORTS NEWS AND VIEWS FOR THE SAIT COMMUNITY
The Surf Anywhere Project is aiming to promote river surfing with the help of a man-made wave in the Kananaskis River. The construction of this wave will cost over $200,000. Mikaela MacKenzie photo
EVERYBODY’S SURFIN’, SURFIN’ ALBERTA Surfing in Alberta will be more fun after man-made wave is complete By Inonge Chimwaso A&E Editor
Surfing isn’t a sport that is normally associated with Alberta, but according to Neil Egsgard,
president and founder of the Surf Anywhere Project, the surf community is very active here. “People love [surfing],” Egsgard said. “They love the feeling of it, they love watching it, it
brings people outside, it brings people together and it gets people active.” Because the prairies are far from the coast, surfers in Alberta trade the ocean waves for the ones found in the rivers. While Egsgard said river surfing is a treat, his goal is to build on that experience by building a worldclass surf wave in the Kananaskis River as part of the Surf Anywhere Project. In order to build a world-class wave, a steel frame has been engineered and will be placed in the river. The steel frame will outline the shape of the slope making it easier to know where to place the concrete blocks when construction takes place at the river. Other materials that will be used to complete this project that will cost over $200,000, include marine plywood, boulders, bolts and nuts. The completed structure will be similar to a skating ramp, with the smooth sloop designed at a seven-degree angle. “We want the water to move on that concrete in the same way a skateboard would in a skate park—nice and smooth,” said Surf Anywhere Vice-president of Communications and Culture Jacob Quinlan. This, he said, will help accel-
erate the water creating a wave. “The idea behind the Surf Anywhere Project is to make it really easy for people to bring surfing into their home towns— to show them that you can surf anywhere, really,” Egsgard said. The project began in 2009, and it underwent a major setback after damages to the dam that were caused by the flood that occurred in Southern Alberta in June 2013. While this pushed the in river construction date from Sept. 2013 to April 2014, Egsgard said the completion of this project will promote river surfing to other landlocked cities to build a wave of their own—something he says many cities around the world have tried but failed to successfully do. For this reason, he said the Kananaskis River serves as the perfect location to build a wave because the dam shuts off daily allowing his team to easily test the wave. Despite the setback, Quinlan said the surf community in Alberta is one that has been very supportive. “It’s not like all board shorts and bikinis out on our waves, and our beach isn’t all sand. It’s big rocks, it’s pretty cold, it’s wet suits, and all the rest of it, but it’s
pretty welcoming,” he said. “It’s not about waiting for weather patterns—it’s waiting for your buddies and just hanging out with them.” Quinlan started his surfing experience on the coast of Australia, but has since grown to love river surfing more. “There’s something about surfing that’s very addicting and it’s almost like a lifestyle that you carry with you outside of the ocean,” he said. “River surfing started as a way to train for my ocean trips or to kind of scratch that itch that I couldn’t scratch. But after river surfing for eight years, it’s sort of started to transition over and I’ve become a full-on river surfer.” While Quinlan said surfing in the ocean and surfing on a river share a few similarities. River waves can last anywhere from one to five minutes. Lasting 30 seconds on an ocean wave, however, “is considered a long ride,” he said. Through the Surf Anyway Project, both Quinlan and Egsgard hope to inspire other cities to embark on a project that will enrich their communities. For more information on the Surf Anyway Project, visit www.surfanywhere.ca.
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Trojans volleyball teams look to build off successful seasons By Andrew Halipchuk Sports writer
The SAIT Trojans men and women’s volleyball team seasons came to an end late last month, with mixed results for both teams. The Trojans 2013-14 season ended with an Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) third place finish, winning their final match of the season 3-0 against the University of Alberta Augustana Vikings. “Bronze isn’t what we wanted, but it is definitely still an indication of a good season,” said Dan Gilbert, head coach of the men’s squad. In his first year as head coach, Gilbert led his team to a record of 12-6, putting the Trojans in third place in the ACAC standings after the regular season, giving them an immediate birth into the ACAC championship. While in the championships, SAIT defeated the Grande Prairie Regional College Wolves in their quarterfinal match 3-0. “Coming into the playoffs ranked third, we knew we had to live up to and exceed [our] expectations,” said Brady Harder, Trojans fourth-year libero. “We were seen as underdogs heading into our quarterfinal game and that made the whole team mad, so we wanted to prove a point.” Harder came to the Trojans in his fourth year of ACAC eligibility after playing three years at Lakeland College. He said that the Trojans’ mentality is completely different from Lakeland and it fits his style of play. In the semifinal match, the Trojans fell to the Grant MacEwan University Griffins 3-1. “[The Griffins] outplayed us but I know we could have played better, and the outcome could have been different,” Harder said. Gilbert expects about seven or eight players from his roster of 14 will return next year and plans to bring in some strong
recruits in the off-season. Harder will be one of the players not returning next year. He would have had a fifth and final year of eligibility, but he will be graduating from the petroleum land administration program. “I’m glad it ended here [at SAIT], on a good note, it’s been great,” said Harder. The women’s volleyball team failed to make the playoffs this season falling to the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) in the playoff qualification match 3-2. “Losing in the qualification match was a big disappointment, we didn’t play our best at the end of the season,” said Art O’Dwyer head coach for the women’s squad. The women of Troy had a rough start to their season where they lost their first five matches of the year and starting with a 1-6 record in the first seven matches. “We had quite a few young players and it took them a while to get used to the speed of the game and how we were going to play offence,” O’Dwyer said. The team went on to win 10 consecutive matches from the end of November to the start of February. During this time O’Dwyer said they “started to gel as a team.” After those victories, the women’s volleyball team lost their final three matches of the season and played a qualification match against NAIT for a chance at the ACAC championship. Head coach O’Dwyer said that he expects to have most of his team back for next year with only about three or four players graduating and leaving SAIT. One of the girls leaving will be third-year middle, Ellen Grundy, who will be graduating from the business administration program. “I’m disappointed leaving SAIT like this, I would have been content had we made it to the playoffs,” said Grundy.
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Indoor track wraps up leaving the Trojans with mixed emotions By Steve Sucha Sports Editor
Trojans indoor track runner, Kenton Sportak, second from the left, rounds a corner at the Edmonton Garrison Military Fitness Centre for the ACAD indoor track provincials.
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The first Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) indoor track championships concluded on March 8, and the results were mixed for the SAIT Trojans. Hosted by the Grant MacEwan University Griffins, the ACAC indoor track championships started on March 7 in Edmonton. For the men, Trojans head coach Jamie Grant and his team managed to finish in second place overall with a total of 42 points, while the Lethbridge Kodiaks took home the championship with 64 total points. Assisting the Trojans in their journey to earning a silver medal in the inaugural ACAC indoor track championships was third-year environmental technology student Kenton Sportak who, on day one, competed in both the 1500 metre and 400 metre events. Sportak came in third place in the 1500 metre race with a time of 4 minutes 16 seconds and crossed the finish line in first place in the 400 metre race with a time of 52.64 seconds. Despite their second place victory, the men’s team will be losing six runners to graduation. Grant will need to do some recruiting in the off-season. “It was a great weekend for
us as a team,” Sportak said. “It is just hard knowing that it is my last race with the Trojans.” “Losing Kenton is tough,” Grant said. “We will still have plenty of time to find some good talent over the summer and we also have a few runners sticking around that will be our anchors come next season.” On the women’s side of the track, Grant’s runners struggled throughout the championship’s two days, finishing fifth overall in team standings with 25 points. This allowed the hosts, Grant MacEwan University, to take home the championship with 60 points. The Griffins were followed closely behind in second place was the Lethbridge College Kodiaks with 58 points, and Grand Prairie University Wolves took home the bronze with 37 points. “The field for the women was very strong,” Grant explained. “Going into the [championships], our strength was going to be our depth, but due to some bad luck and injuries we had some runners missing.” Grant added that while on paper the results do not look the best, the Trojans are still a young team and said that next year should be very promising for both the men’s and women’s teams.
The Trojans look to make their mark on the ice By Carys Richards Weal writer
With the regular season already a dwindling memory, SAIT’s men’s hockey team now sets their sights on an Alberta College Athletics Conference (ACAC) championship. The Trojans finished their season on Feb. 22 with 24 wins, six losses, and two ties in 32 games played to secure the second seed in the ACAD behind their Edmonton rivals, the NAIT Ooks. “Looking back on the season, I think we had more good moments than bad moments,” said head coach Ken Babey, who aims to lead his squad to its twelfth ACAC championship title. “You have to go in and play your best hockey every game, and hope it’s enough to win.” The Trojans will enter the playoffs on a six-game winning streak and look to build on their success heading into the
three-game elimination series. “We know what we’re capable of,” said academic upgrading student and first-year forward Ryan Matthews, who believes his squad has established plenty of confidence in the final weeks of the regular season. “We’re all in it together and we want [to win] really badly.” Despite some losses heading into the final stretch, the Trojans were able to rebound and string together a series of wins to bolster their confidence heading into the break prior to the playoffs. Trojans leading scorer forward and second-year business administration student Ben O’Quinn feels his squad has been playing better defensively and structurally as of late, which is one reason for the team’s success. The team, which consists of 11 new players, has developed together over the course of the season and has evolved into a
Brayden Hopfe of the SAIT Trojans made a glove save against the Concordia Thunder at SAIT arena in Calgary on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. The Trojans men’s hockey team are looking to build on their success this season as they enter the playoffs. Jenn Pierce Photo
playoff contender. “I look at our team now, there are no rookies in my eyes,” said Babey, who also said his players have matured and gained valuable experience over the past seven months. “We’re all the same.” By finishing second in the league, the Trojans earned a
buy into the second round of the playoffs. At the end of the regular season, the team had five of their starting skaters injured, and Coach Babey anticipates using the additional time to get his squad healthy and back into game shape. Among the areas the team
feels they can continue to improve heading into the postseason is the ability to eliminate undisciplined penalties, which is an area O’Quinn believes will bolster his team. “If we eliminate some bad penalties we have a chance to capitalize with our high-octane offence,” said O’Quinn.
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J.K., you have got to be JK (just kidding) By Monica Henderson Opinions Editor
“For reasons that have very little to do with literature and far more to do with me clinging to the plot as I first imagined it, Hermione with Ron.” On one side of the coin, any aspiring author can appreciate Rowling’s respect for the laws of literature. Literature is more than the written word—it’s a fictional way to describe the non-fictional realities of relationships and life in general, and an author’s strong understanding and demonstration of this is what will keep his or her works relevant for eternity (like Shakespeare, for example). So, Rowling admitted that in a moment of weakness—a moment stretched out over the authoring of her seven-title series—she allowed Ron to get the girl because she wanted it to happen despite thinking that, in the grand scheme of things, she thought the Ron/ Hermione pairing couldn’t work out. It’s true that Ron was a weaker character than Harry
The creator of magic herself has shaken up the wannabewizarding world of her fandom yet again by voicing her surprising thoughts about her characters Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley’s relationship. I’d say ‘spoiler alert’, but come on, if you haven’t read Harry Potter yet, you’re committing a bigger crime than the girl publishing spoilers in her school paper. In an extremely interesting and insightful interview between Emma Watson and J.K. Rowling for the magazine Wonderland (a direct transcript of which can be found on Hypable.com), Rowling admits that pairing Hermione with Ron may not have been the best choice. “What I will say is that I wrote the Hermione/Ron relationship as a form of wish fulfillment. That’s how it was conceived, really,” Rowling said.
and Hermione at most turns, the clearest example being in the seventh book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, where he takes off like a stubborn child for a big chunk of the novel. It’s for reasons like Hermione’s total dedication and commitment to Harry’s mission and Ron’s weakness in the face of danger that Rowling and Watson agreed that HArry and Hermione may have been better suited for each other. “I think there are fans out there who know that too and who wonder whether Ron would have really been able to make her happy,” Watson said. This is where I disagree. It is my opinion that couples complement each other rather than match each other. Ron is a softie, whereas Hermione is cool with intellect—disregarding the flaming fury of a woman scorned, like when she flips out at Ron once he returns from his stubborn search for self-discovery. I re-
ally think that they could make each other the best version of themselves through their differences. There was really nothing Hermione or Harry could do to accentuate or improve each other. Emotionally, they are too much alike. I’ll never doubt the genius that is J.K. Rowling, but I might advise her to stop
being so hard on herself and go with the flow every once in a while. Sure, upholding the impeccable wizarding world she created would be a heavy weight on anyone’s shoulders, but I think her success should be a big enough sign that she did something right, regardless of who gave who a PG-13 kiss at the end of the magical series.
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Communication Breakdown: SAIT Confessions is just the beginning By Amanda Siebert Weal writer
“Blonde girl in the Timmy’s line this morning wearing black yoga pants and a pink shirt—you’re a total babe.” Let’s be real for a second: how many times have you wanted to shout things like, “Use your words!” at your computer screen due to cringe-worthy ‘shout outs’ like the one above? It appears that the Internet has turned us into a bunch of lazy mutes so deprived of real human connection that we would rather enter a few keystrokes into an anonymous web-
site than, you know, engage in conversation. While genuine shyness plagues a number of people, the Internet has almost made it cool for the rest of us to be socially awkward. Afraid to talk to that handsome guy in your class? Write a SAIT Confession about it. Can’t think of anything original to say? Reference a meme. Bothered by the actions of a classmate? Rant about them online. Any number of arguments could be made against talking to someone in person: what if I say something stupid? What if the other person gets mad? What if
I get rejected? These issues are conveniently minimized when conversations are kept on the web, but we are sacrificing far too much in order to avoid being temporarily embarrassed. Whether we know it or not, we propagate social anxiety by doing this. Researchers from Benedictine University in Mesa, AZ recently conducted a study to find out how interacting with someone online affected their overall anxiety when later meeting that person face-to-face. They found that those who first ‘creeped’ or ‘lurked’ the person they were intended to meet showed higher
signs of anxiety than those who did not view a Facebook profile beforehand. According to the study, “initial Facebook exposure may not serve a protective function during a subsequent live exposure, but may lead to an increase in negative arousal.” The study also claimed that viewing photographs online prior to a meeting in person gave participants an opportunity to compare themselves to the person they were scheduled to meet, effectively (and unnecessarily) psyching themselves out. Limiting our personal engagement with each other in-
cites unnecessary anxiety and drives our fear of real conversation. It’s clear by the responses to some of these hot girl/hot guy shout outs that we want each other to be honest and to share in real connections, even if it’s as simple as saying, “You look great in that sweater.” Fellow Facebookers, let me end this rant with a small request: next time that tall drink of water catches your eye and you get that nervous feeling in the pit of your stomach, take that pre-packaged SAIT Confession you’ve been planning to write, and use your words. I’m sure it will be appreciated.
Photo editor Brent Calver asks the SAIT campus:
“If you could have a romantic comedy based on your life, who would play you?”
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Crockett from Miami Vice”
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awkwardly funny.”
The Hangover, Ken Jeong.”
would fit [the role].”
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Matthew Throckmorton, first-
Simone Engel, first-year radio
Mike Suk, first-year business
Austin Gies, first-year business
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broadcasting student
“Kristen Wiig.”
Katy Horvath, second-year radio and television news broadcasting student
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