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NEWS BRIEFS PhD student a finalist for conservation award Amanda Vincent, a professor at UBC, was recently announced as a finalist for the Indianapolis Prize. The prize is said to be the “world’s leading award for animal conservation.” Vincent was one of six finalists chosen from 29 nominees. The prize is $100,000 and the recipient is awarded the Lilly Medal. Vincent was nominated for her extensive seahorse and commercial trade research, as well as initiating a conservation project called Project Seahorse, and has been credited with putting seahorses on the global conservation agenda. Students chased with machete in alleged hate crime According to The Ottawa Citizen, Carleton University students Nick Bergamini and his roommate Mark Klibanov were attacked on April 5 by a group of men wielding machetes. Bergamini said that he was leaving a bar downtown at around 1:45am when the men shouted they were Jews and Zionists. He said he responded to the shouts, and suddenly the two roommates were surrounded by about ten men. Bergamini was struck in the back of the head. The pair returned to the bar to escape. According to Bergamini, as the two were walking home later, a car drove up and a man shouted from the vehicle, “I f**king hit you, you Jew.” The passengers of the car got out, one of them wielding a machete, and proceeded to chase the roommates. Bergamini and Klibanov managed to get away. Bergamini is the VP Student Issues for Carleton’s student union, and is not Jewish but a well-known student supporter of Israel. He alleges that the attackers were Carleton students. Police are still investigating.
crime watch April 7 The complainant reported that while eating in the food court of the SUB, someone stole his wallet from his jacket.
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April 7 Between 9 and 9:30pm, the complainant reported his backpack was stolen from the UBC Aquatic Centre. Police are still investigating. April 9 At 10:20pm, a suspicious male attempted to flag down the vehicle the complainant and her three friends were driving along East Mall and 16th Ave. When the females attempted to speak to the male through the crack in the window, he attempted to open the car door. The females then drove away. The male was described as Caucasian, 20 to 25 years old, with facial stubble and wearing a white hoodie. The females thought the male was also intoxicated. Police made patrols for the suspect, but were unable to locate him.