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University housing going up in the student neighbourhood

Alumni return to perform with UBC Theatre

Professor takes firm stance against Drake

Women’s soccer wins national title

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Neal Yonson, a UBC graduate and the voice of investigative blog UBC Insiders, responds to The Ubyssey’s questions with his own: “I don’t know, why do you do journalism?”

“We try to explain why things are happening and why things matter,” he said, summing up the mission of UBC Insiders. Although he did not start the blog — which was born in 2007 to report on AMS elections — Yonson has grown it into a platform for investigative reporting and analysis of UBC politics.

Yonson’s fascination with the inner-workings of university governance is “a very acquired taste,” he acknowledged. Most UBC students are disengaged, according to Yonson, not because they don’t care or cannot be made to care, but because their interests and attention are focused elsewhere.

“Ignorance is bliss,” Yonson said of his long-gone pre-Insiders days when he was not concerned with campus affairs outside his academics. “I am someone who pays a lot of attention,” he said of his attitude of late.

Yonson’s investigative process involves plenty of reading — agendas and minutes from Senate, Board of Governors and AMS Council meetings as well as all the background information needed to make sense of the decision-making processes at UBC. “Once you’ve done that for a long time, you just start noticing things that seem a little bit strange,” said Yonson.

“Then I just pull on those threads and often they don’t lead anywhere or often there’s a good reason why something’s happening. But by pulling on those threads, sometimes you find things

that are not the way they should be.”

Just last month, Yonson’s reporting on plans to build a new academic building for the School of Kinesiology revealed that the school had spent more than the Kinesiology Undergraduate Society’s entire annual budget on organizing a referendum for a new student fee. His investigation had involved analyzing over 300 pages of records, receipts and email correspondences between those involved in the referendum.

“There’s nothing we like more than curling up with a hot mug of tea and hundreds of pages of FOI’d documents,” Yonson wrote as a conclusion to a blog post instructing readers on how to file Freedom of Information requests — appeals for the release of public documents not readily available. His commitment to sifting through records is what makes UBC Insiders’ coverage of campus affairs stand out and hard to dismiss.

In 2009, Yonson catalogued and analyzed all 730 requests for a Special Occasion Licence — a permit to serve alcohol at events — made to the RCMP at UBC since January 2008.

He uncovered cases in which the RCMP had granted SOLs in violation of provincial liquor regulations — often to events which were not student-run — while also refusing to grant SOLs to other parties based on rules that did not appear in provincial laws. Yonson’s data served as hard evidence to back up many students’ intuition that a “war on fun” was taking place at UBC. It taught him the importance of solidifying what he felt everyone knew “anecdotally” with indisputable data.

“People can have their own opinions, but they can’t have their

own facts,” said Yonson, pointing to how the data he gathered exposed problems with the RCMP’s conduct in a way that could hardly be challenged.

Yonson believes that UBC Insiders’ example has prompted the The Ubyssey to refine the quality of its reporting. “I think the best lasting effect of UBC Insiders is that it also made The Ubyssey better,” said Yonson, noting how this paper has started placing more attention on university governance and its decision-making process.

“That’s what I’d like the legacy to be.”

“I would love to see more media outlets come and do their own original reporting,” Yonson added.

“There’s still not enough of that on campus.”

This year, UBC Insiders branched out to a weekly podcast on CiTR. Maayan Kreitzman, a former UBC Insiders blogger back for a PhD, has teamed up with Yonson to provide a weekly run-down of news, commentary and interviews related to campus affairs.

Despite his frequent criticism of the university, Yonson believes there are many good and caring people at UBC who strive to improve the student experience. If it appears that he doesn’t give them due credit, it is because he views his critiques as a counter-balance to the university’s public relations narrative, providing coverage that doesn’t already exist.

“The way I think about myself is like sandpaper. It might be rough to come in contact sometimes, but it’s how things go from rough and unrefined to polished,” Yonson explained. “You need that pushback and that questioning to make sure that the ideas you’re putting forward can stand on their own and are as good as they can be.” U

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Elizabeth May speaks at UBC

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May spoke on climate change and inequality.

Sophie Sutcliffe Staff Writer

Last Tuesday, students and other members of the UBC community packed into the Frederic Wood Theatre for another talk as part of the Lind Initiative. This time, the speaker was Elizabeth May, member of Parliament and leader of the Green Party of Canada.

May has long been involved in the environmental movement. In the 1970s, she helped lead a successful grassroots movement to stop the spraying of aerial insecticides on forests in Nova Scotia. She then went on to be the founding executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada and was a senior policy advisor to former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.

Although she has been the leader of the Green Party since Stephen Harper’s election in 2006, May still considers herself an activist.

“I would have very happily continued as executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada, except that Stephen Harper became Prime Minister in 2006,” said May in an interview with The Ubyssey.

“I ran for leadership of the Green Party of Canada because it was the only thing I could think of to confront what was about to happen to Canada.”

May’s talk on Tuesday examined equity through the lens of climate change.

“The richest societies are less at risk from the damage of the climate crisis than the poorest societies,” she explained. “The poor have done nothing to create the climate crisis and yet they are the most vulnerable to its impact.”

During the public discussion, May focused on actions she thought the Canadian government should be taking, particularly in the upcoming COP21 talks in Paris. She named a determination to rapidly move away from dependence on fossil fuels as being of the utmost importance.

“The collectivity of national government commitment, as of today for the negotiations taking place at the end of this month, are far too weak to avoid hitting two degrees level average temperature increase. We really must have movement from particularly the wealthiest countries,” said May to The Ubyssey.

She argued that the current initiatives such as the carbon tax and other trading schemes “open up the possibility of fraud and gaming the system.”

May’s advice for young people had a more positive note.

“I’m convinced that Stephen Harper was driven from office from thousands of students who decided to vote in 2015,” said May. “Seize that political power and push it further.” U

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PROTEST //

AMS’s boycott of food services faces criticism Sruthi Tadepalli Senior Staff Writer

The AMS’s campaign to boycott UBC Food Services faces opposition from the workers’ union, CUPE 116.

In response to international tuition hikes, the AMS recently passed three motions. One of these mandated the AMS to campaign for students to boycott UBC Food Services, a profit-based arm of the university. This motion inspired an information campaign through which the AMS hopes to encourage students to think more about where they spend their discretionary income.

“It’s planting a seed of information in students’ heads about what businesses on campus do to contribute to the university’s bottom line,” said AMS President Aaron Bailey.

Jenna Omassi, AMS VP Academic and University Affairs, acknowledged that it is not possible for all students to avoid using UBC Food Services, especially first years with meal plans.

The campaign was quickly met with criticism. CUPE 116, the workers’ union representing nearly 2,000 support staff on campus, opposes this campaign.

The union says that the campaign risks negatively affecting people working for UBC Food Services,

especially students working part time.

“If there is a reduction of clientele, the first people it is going to affect are the students on campus who work [at UBC Food Services] because they are not working under a collective agreement. They work flexible hours … so if they see a reduction in the need for service, they’ll cut them,” said CUPE 116 President Colleen Garbe.

The union was also upset that the AMS did not communicate their plans to boycott UBC Food Services directly to CUPE 116.

Union VP Dave Lance explains that they only found out about the motion and intended campaign when they read the article regarding the boycott in The Ubyssey.

“We work with the AMS on campus, we negotiate collective agreements on behalf of the students on campus, we have the Graduate Students Society, we have the Aquatics Centre ... so we were a little taken back when this happened without any kind of communication with the union on campus,” said Garbe.

In response to CUPE 116’s concerns, the AMS says that, from their perspective, it does not seem like workers will be impacted by the three-week campaign.

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The AMS is following through on a boycott of food services, but what will the effect be?

“We don’t think it will have a tangible impact on the scheduling of the actual workers in Food Services in the way that CUPE is purporting within such a short time frame,” said Bailey. “We do recognize that, as an organization, they cannot legally support our boycott, but … through discussions with them, [we] have come to the realization that it won’t have the adverse impact ... that was originally expressed in that letter.”

Bailey also noted that this campaign cannot be halted due to AMS bylaws.

“We as the AMS have a directive … from our board of directors, which is council, to pursue this boycott because general students from the Social Justice Centre brought this motion forward,” said Bailey.

“Because of that, we have to enact the boycott campaign. It’s the way our organization is structured and it’s what makes us functionally democratic.”

The AMS also intends to open — and keep open — communication between them and the union both through this campaign and in their future plans.

While CUPE 116 appreciates the AMS’s promise of continued communication, they still do not understand the need or support the boycott of UBC Food Services.

“I know they’re trying to bring attention to the raising of the tuition ... we totally understand that and support their efforts to try and reduce the hikes, but we don’t think this is the proper way to go,” said Garbe. U

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Mental health initiative starts chapter at UBC Sophie Sutcliffe Staff Writer

Jack.org, an initiative that aims at de-stigmatizing mental health on university campuses, is coming to UBC. “There’s a discontinuity between physical health and mental health,” said Madi Wood, the leader of Jack. org at UBC. “The way we talk about mental health is not at all congruent with the way we speak about physical health. ” Another aspect of the stigma, Wood points out, has to do with the way we discuss suicide. “[The issue is about] the connotation of the word ‘committed.’ It’s a word that equates the act with crimes like murder, which is negatively connotated [sic] and not directly translatable to suicide,” she explained.

Originally called the Jack Project, the initiative was started in 2010 after Jack Windeler, a Queen’s University student, died as a result of suicide.

The Jack Project was previously a subset of Kids Help Phone and helped to launch an online chat service and mobile app to make it easier for young people to reach out.

In 2012, the project shifted focus from working with students to develop initiatives to decrease the stigma and improve mental health on university campuses. Now Jack. org is an independent charity with 71 chapters across Canada — all led by youth — aiming to raise awareness about mental health and reduce the stigma associated with it.

One of the ways that Jack.org at UBC is doing this is through social media. Their Facebook page frequently shares articles, photos and

videos from around the internet speaking about mental health.

They also have used their Facebook following to promote another group at UBC — the UBC Mental Illness Network for Destigmatization (UBC MIND). Specifically, Jack.org picked up MIND’s “Speak Up” video.

“The fact that they are med students speaks volumes to how related [mental health issues] are to physical health ... people who are med students not only have these same issues, but also want to tackle them,” said Wood, who hopes that the group can collaborate with as many other organizations as possible in the future.

As a chapter in a national organization, Jack.org at UBC gets $800 in funding each year from the main organization in order to plan two initiatives on campus that are used

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Jack.org is a national organization to destigmatize mental health.

to start a positive conversation around mental health. The group already has the two required events in the works. They will be screening a film at Gamma Phi Beta’s film festival to raise awareness and are planning an initiative for first years that’s set to take place at Vanier and Totem

Park residences on November 24th.

Wood hopes these actions will create real change at UBC. “We have the ability to change the conversation [and to] get people to realize that it’s okay to not be okay,” said Wood. “It’s okay to have that conversation.” U

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DEVELOPMENT //

University housing being constructed in “student neighbourhood”

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The area under development is also known as Village Centre Academic or the “gateway” to campus.

Emma Partridge News Editor

The university is constructing a new private housing complex at the gateway to UBC’s campus.

The area being developed, known as Site B, is beside the bus loop and across from Shoppers Drug Mart, Boulevard Coffee and Mahoney’s. The housing will be part of what Michael White, associate vice-president of Campus and Community Planning, calls an active mixed-use precinct.

“The first plans were created for the area around 2004 and articulated a mixed-use academic gateway to the university,” said

White. “That’s all the properties [along] University Boulevard and so it was always envisioned to be a place that had a mix of uses including academic-residential services.”

Known as the Village Centre Academic, to members of the university administration the “student neighbourhood” includes Walter H. Gage Residence, the Aquatic Centre and where MacInnes field used to be.

The building on Site B will be rented at or close to market prices, but tenants will need to be an affiliate of the university to live there. Because one needs to work at or attend UBC to be

considered an affiliate, the housing is technically university housing — and not market housing — despite its prices. AMS VP Academic and University Affairs Jenna Omassi believes that having the housing restricted to either employees or students of the university is a step in the right direction.

“The people this housing is for are members of the UBC community so they have an understanding of the student population, of their colleagues [and] what this community is,” said Omassi. “We don’t want to run into another situation where … [people] come in expecting to be living in a quiet neighbourhood

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when they actually are in the heart of campus.”

However, both Omassi and her predecessor, Anne Kessler, expressed that there are still potential drawbacks to having this type of housing in the student hub of campus.

“A concern around there being housing here is noise…. The new MacInnes field was going to be right there and what about when students want to have concerts there?” said Kessler. “We don’t want this to become a situation where those people are really frustrated that this noise is happening there when really the students were there first.”

The rooms of the building may be more appealing to students rather than families who would likely take issue with the noise.

According to Paul Young, director of Planning and Design for UBC Properties, approximately 60 of over 90 units are either going to be micro units or studio units.

“They tend to be on the smaller side. So it provides another option for students, but also for others who are affiliated with the university,” said Young.

Nonetheless, speaking to the concerns about the effects of living in a student neighbourhood, Kessler said, “I think the university maybe didn’t think through that so much.”

However, according to White, Campus and Community Planning (CC+P) has acknowledged the adjacency issues. They’ve recommended that tenants be made aware of the nearby student recreation through a note in their leases. CC+P also suggested that the university, AMS and the University Neighbourhood Association and Properties Trust look into a letter of understanding to acknowledge the area’s activity in anticipation of residents.

According to Kessler, it’s difficult to address some of these potential issues since the decision to have this type of housing in this location was made so long ago. The consultation process dealt more with what the building would offer or look like rather than the decision of whether to construct it at all.

“That stage of consultation [wasn’t] ‘what’s going go here,’” said Kessler. “[It was] more about

what kind of shops and ... how this building looks, which is really a different conversation than, ‘Should there be housing here?’”

White confirmed that the consultation process that campus and community planning engaged the AMS for Site B specifically was about “the overall principles for the neighbourhood.”

Speaking to the consultation, Omassi said the AMS and Graduate Student Society were consulted and — as always — there were extents to which the feedback from those student groups was and was not taken into consideration. In addition to these parties, “there’s also the desires of UBC Properties Trust and the board taken into it — and UBC Properties Trust specifically really did want to see Site B be housing,” said Omassi.

According to White, the original 2004 plans for the precinct were updated and confirmed by the Board of Governors last June.

So how is the project being funded? According to Young, a lease from the university allows for a mortgage against the site to cover the cost of construction.

“What we do is we borrow money for the construction of the building and then we get a mortgage at the end, and that mortgage gets paid off over time through the rental revenues,” said Young. “It doesn’t use any university funds. The university doesn’t loan us any money, we get that from third parties like banks.”

As for going forward, Omassi believes the best thing to do is establish reasonable expectations to be shared by people who plan to live in the area.

“Understanding where they’re moving in to and what place on campus they’re moving in to is really important,” she said.

“Setting reasonable expectations is really important because every year we run into issues with the neighbourhoods and people living on this campus who have expectations for noise and the campus community that can’t be fulfilled because this is a student population here.” U

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MOUNT PLEASANT PROJECT //

Using art to raise awareness for mental health

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“I am not this mental illness. I am a strong person who has all these goals and things I want to do and I will continue to do them despite this difficult period in my life.”

These are words Anja Hedji is able to say confidently after her own struggles with depression.

Now she hopes to open up a positive conversation about mental health with The Mount Pleasant Project. The project, in its first year, invites those affected by mental illness to share their experiences through visual art and has organized two workshops with complimentary art supplies for participants. The collection will be displayed at a reception at the Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House for anyone to enjoy.

The project is a culmination of Hedji’s passion for art and her personal experiences with depression.

“I found art is a really great way to express myself without words, especially because there aren’t always specific ones for what goes on inside,” Hedji said.

The objective is to create a sense of community and provide a safe space to discuss mental illness.

“It’s a good way to get people together,” said Gab McCarthy, one of the artists and friend of Hedji who has also faced depression.

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Although it’s difficult to talk about mental illnesses, communicating through art makes it easier.

“It’s hard to just talk [about mental illness], but while you’re painting together, it’s really easy.”

McCarthy emphasized how art personalizes mental illness by providing individual stories rather than the anonymity that forms when the topic so rarely discussed. McCarthy believes personalizing the subject encourages people to think more deeply about mental illness and to consider the people behind the illness.

The workshop showed the “who” to have many faces — a point Hedji seeks to emphasize.

The art varied from gentle landscapes to abstract work with

bold colours, charcoal sketches and several portrayals of the body.

Another artist, Mikela Vetro, said most of her knowledge comes from her loved ones experiencing depression. This proximity made her more aware of the prevailing stigma, particularly with common slang used at the expense of those with mental illness.

Her biggest advice is simply to “get informed” before forming assumptions and — as McCarthy and Hedji agree — to consider how our everyday language affects the destigmatizing process.

Hedji affirms there is still a long way to go in destigmatizing mental illness and this project

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is the first of many she hopes to initiate. Hedji has expressed hope to develop a “more positive education system” that encourages conversation around mental health from a young age.

She and McCarthy have also discussed creating a youth female magazine focusing on mental health.

Creating communities around art and shared stories is the primary goal, giving everyone an opportunity to talk “whichever way they want … and be honest.”

The reception is open to the public at the Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House on November 18 at 6.30 p.m. U

THEATRE //

Beckett 15 brings alumni back to celebrate UBC Theatre

The production is bringing back several UBC alumni.

Hannah Kahn Contributor

There are few things chamber music and cooking have in common. It turns out one of those is the work of playwright Samuel Beckett.

From November 18-21, the Theatre Alumni Group and Professor Emeritus Norman Young will be producing Beckett 15, an amalgamation of the shorter works of Samuel Beckett and works of Dr. Young.

Director as well as assistant dean of facilities and human

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resources in the Faculty of Arts, Gerald Vanderwoude explained that chamber music and cooking have many layers and many ingredients – just like a Beckett’s plays. Like these, Beckett’s plays are delicate and fragile.

Explaining why Beckett was the focus of this piece, Vanderwoude said, “I love Beckett. I think he is the most economical playwright.

He really takes work, takes life experiences and boils it down to the very essence.”

That idea of the essence of life is something fundamentally important to Beckett’s pieces.

Writing in the wake of World War II, his absurdist theatre is some of the most influential in the world.

Comparing him to Shakespeare, Vanderwoude explains the story of Beckett 15.

The project was the brainchild of Peter Loeffler, whose Memorial Award proceeds will go towards.

In 1998, Loeffler came up with the idea on a whim over tea and biscuits with Vanderwoude to create a production centred on the plays of Samuel Beckett.

Inspired by Arthur Miller’s famous quote that he was “full” after having seen one of Beckett’s 13 minute plays, Rockaby, performed, Vanderwoude decided the production would be focused on Beckett’s shorts. So Beckett 15 was born.

In asking what the audience should expect from such a complicated playwright, Vanderwoude articulated clearly that the audience is central to the performance in that their energy and relationships with the characters are central to the stories. The audience goes through what the characters do in the same time frame, connecting them in a way rarely experienced in other productions.

“He’s very deep. He’s very challenging. He doesn’t pander in any way to his audience,” said Vanderwoude.

In these ways, Beckett draws his audience in, causing them to think hard about everything from the essence of life to its purpose and its end.

However, for those who are not familiar with Beckett, going into a production of his work

could be intimidating. After all, there is nothing in the world quite like absurdist theatre and anyone’s first experience with it is thought provoking and memorable. Vanderwoude, however, is not worried about his audience.

The plays are fragile things — quiet and still. Vanderwoude said a cell phone going off in the production would be like an express train riding through it. The audience must be prepared to be challenged, but will always be entertained.

The thoughtfulness of the piece lasts far longer in the mind than the physical performance does.

Leaving an audience shocked and confused, Beckett 15 is the type of performance that stays with you.

The highlight of the production, Vanderwoude added, will be the end as each part of the production builds on itself.

“It’s all about communication and our desperate desire as people to reach out to people and to touch them ... yet at the same time, that practical reality that you can’t,” he said. “You can only know yourself. As Beckett would say, ‘We die alone.’ There’s hope in that as well as great despair and great comedy.”

Beckett 15 will be a production that opens minds. Whether the audience goes into the production intending to be changed or not, it is likely that they will look at the sky, the trees, the leaves on the ground and the rain, seeing something different as they walk out of the theatre — something symbolic.

They will see the world in a different and Beckettian light. U

Where’d the time go? With the holidays and end of term approaching, it’s time for a good old fashioned get together with all your friends whom you can’t bear the thought of parting with for winter break. And what’s better than a potluck when you all want to gather over some food? Whether you’re hosting or attending, here are my tips and recipes for a successful event: Get organized. We’ve all been to that classic all-dessert potluck where everyone brought two-bite brownies and no one thought to make an entrée. If you’re the host, get everyone to coordinate dishes in advance to avoid any potential overlap.

Make something easy. Save yourself the trouble: don’t try and pull a Martha Stewart. Make something delicious, but portable and not overly complicated.

Chances are that by the time you bring it to the party (or your guests arrive), you won’t want to fuss with any last-minute details or have it fall to ruins on the way there. Choose dishes that can be made in advance. Whether you’re the guest or the host, aim for finger foods that don’t need to be served at any specific temperature.

Keep dietary restrictions in mind. I know, I know – it seems like everyone’s a gluten-free vegan with a nut allergy these days. But it sucks for people with dietary restrictions not to be able to eat anything. Even though most of them probably won’t say anything, it’s always nice to have your needs considered. If you’re at a loss for what people with X allergy or Y dietary regime eat, ask them for ideas or do some googling – there are plenty of specific food blogs out there that cater to many a food niche.

Have fun. I mean, duh. You’re getting together for an evening with all your friends where everyone heaps their plates with random delicious foods! What could be better?

Snack: seasoned popcorn. Pop your own at home and sprinkle with a mixture of the spices while it’s still hot.

Appetizer: Guacamole. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. Rather, make that lime squeezy.

Dinner: Vietnamese salad rolls. Sounds fancy, but these are cheap, delicious and very easy to customize.

Dessert: Scones. Easily made in advance, easy to transport and hella impressive-looking.

There you have it! Your friends will be the (pot)lucky ones when you roll up with any of these in hand. U

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EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE

Is academic excellence enough for a start to a good career?

In the 2014-15 academic year, 1.7 million students attended university in Canada. There are not 1.7 million jobs available in the country for the students graduating after four or five years of university – youth unemployment is at 13.9 per cent.

With so many graduates and so few jobs, the excessive emphasis on the value of a university degree only makes the problem worse.

The woes of a student don’t begin after graduation – it’s hard enough attaining the degree in the first place. To thrive in a university setting, it’s necessary to possess certain traits: appropriate levels of preparation, curiosity and motivation.

Youth unemployment is at 13.9 per cent.

Yet there is a difference between studying hard and working hard. Regardless of the degree type — be it in arts or sciences — an undergraduate university education is unlikely to bring students a return on their investment unless they work hard to maximize the investment while they’re in school.

This is where work experience comes into play. A 2013 study in New Zealand found that university graduates who had work experience already were significantly more likely to find jobs sooner and with a higher starting salary than graduates without work experience. The students in the first group were able to get a return on their investment to a much higher degree than those in the second.

There’s no denying the investment is a huge one. A recent report by TD Economics revealed that 10 to 15 years ago, students could fund their tuition, other school fees and living expenses from savings accumulated through summer and part-time jobs. Those days are past.

A student who started studying in 2011 would spend $55,000 over the course of their degree if living at home, and $84,000 if the student lived away from home.

In contrast, children born in 2011 are projected to pay $102,286 for their post secondary education if they live at home, and $139,380 if they live away from home. To fully cover the cost of university, a Canadian citizen would have to dedicate $1.22 of their hourly wage

during their entire working career.

For a student paying international tuition, this would increase to $3.16 after UBC’s proposed tuition increases.

Students who need a Canadian student loan now graduate with an average debt of $28,000. When job prospects rely heavily on work experience that a student is able to aggregate before they graduate, this places extreme limits on the kind of internships indebted students can take. They often find themselves unable to afford taking an unpaid internship, which could help them find gainful employment in work related to their studies.

An estimated 300,000 young people work without pay in internship positions. However, these opportunities privilege those who have the financial support to work for free while their peers fall behind in valuable experience.

Many graduates are forced into unemployment or work outside of their field of study, such as retail, which leads to skill degradation and lost networking opportunities.

They become stuck in a position where their expensive and time consuming degree is all but worthless in practical terms.

Javed Iqbal, director of the UBC Science co-op program, is one of the voices aiming to make students’ university experiences worth their time and money.

“By the time you graduate and you have 16 months of work experience, it’s absolutely invaluable,” he said, pointing to how stepping outside of the lecture hall gives students both insight and skills employers value. From work-learn programs to paid research assistant positions, many universities offer opprotunities for extra development.

While some students’ paths are very focused with goals like medical school, law school or pharmacy, many students are

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unclear about how they can apply their degree. Leaving the campus environment to work for a year or 16 months is — to Iqbal — about finding out what their chosen field is like, what skills they’ll need and how to succeed in their profession.

“I think it is so important for students to have that knowledge so they can make informed, educated decisions as to where their career is heading,” he said. On top of career exploration, co-op is an early opportunity to connect with potential employers or even secure a post-graduation job.

“Many of my students who have graduated are actually working with the employers where they were a co-op student,” said Iqbal.

“I always tell the students, ‘When you go in there, you should be focused and so successful that your employer will call you asking when you’re going to graduate because they have a job for you.’”

According to The Guardian’s list of the top 10 criteria that business employers look for when hiring for entry-level positions, degree subject studied falls in third place – below relevant work experience and a good work ethic.

A university-level education does not necessarily foster these qualities, but workshops, internships or co-op programs are the most beneficial opportunities a university can offer for gaining these skills.

Iqbal believes many students don’t have the direct capacity to work full-time straight from university. “It’s really, really important to start your career in an environment where you have so much support available,” he said.

Students ask co-op advisers why they should sacrifice graduating “on time,” but work experience gained early on is far more valuable than getting the certification on time, according

Students requiring a student loan will graduate with an average debt of

$28,000.

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to Iqbal. In fact, four out of five surveyed employers say that co-op positions and internships take priority over GPA or class standing when it comes to hiring graduates.

Jobs in medicine, pharmacy and education depend on university degrees. However, in many fields — computer science being a prime example — experience and skill are far more qualifiable. A university degree, along with all its expenses, is unnecessary to people with the acquired skills.

“There’s quite a demand for rudimentary computer science skills,” said Kevin Leyton-Brown, a professor of computer science at UBC. “If somebody drops out of a computer science degree and gets

It’s really, really important to start your career in an environment where you have so much support available.

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- Javed Iqbal, director of UBC Science co-op program

a job at a computer tech company, I don’t think they’ll have any problem staying employed throughout their career.”

However, Leyton-Brown believes it is still worth completing a degree program, noting that a computer science degree is less about landing somebody their first job and more about helping them learn the basic skills.

Steven Richards, who began his first year as a computer science student at UBC in 2013, sees things differently. He worked at Hootsuite, a Vancouver-based social media company, as a junior operations engineer the following summer. After his four-month contract expired, Richards was invited to stay as a full-time employee. He accepted the offer and left UBC after his first year.

“I was learning more in a week of work than a whole year,” said Richards. “[At UBC], I only had a few computer science classes and only some of them touched on things that are actually relevant to what you’ll do in the real world.”

He believes it is essential to do whatever helps you learn best — which may not necessarily be going to university.

Attending university because of a love for learning or an interest in the subject is challenged by the common question — “What are you going to do with that degree?”

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that a degree program has to directly lead to a career, which is uncommon. This begs the question: Does university need to focus on directly preparing students for a job in order to make a degree valuable? Perhaps as higher education becomes more and more expensive over time, students should only attend for the applicable job qualifications as they can no longer afford to treat university solely as a place to learn and explore interests.

A report in The Economist showed that engineering and computer-science students earn the most following graduation — a 20-year annualised return of 12 per cent on tuition. Courses in business and economics also tend to result in good pay, delivering an 8.7 per cent average return.

The report suggests that while arts and humanities graduates may pay well in intellectual dividends, the economic returns are mixed.

According to The National Post, universities have responded to increased enrolment with large first year classes, a growing reliance on contract instructors and limited student support services. This has resulted in considerable dissatisfaction among students, faculty and parents about the quality of educational experience. Unless students take part in other activities — such as relevant work and volunteering — is university

going to be worth the time and money?

A degree program might be interesting, enlightening and compelling. However, students need to take the initiative and make more of their program than simply attending lectures, taking exams and writing papers.

Students need to take the initiative and make more of their program than simply attending lectures, taking exams and writing papers.

Or else they will finish their program with no real-world experience in a pool of graduates with the same skills — to study and get good grades. Being realistic about the role a degree plays in future prospects can help students make smarter choices about their program, school and the way they spend their time at university. U

COMPARE A post-secondary student studying in 2011 would spend $55,000+ if living at home or $84,000+ living away from home throughout their degree.

A post-secondary student born in 2011 will spend an estimated $102,286+ if living at home or $139,380+ living away from home.

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MUSIC //

Genre-defying performance at the Chan Centre UBC alumna to conduct Vancouver Academy Symphony

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Carminho and Tavares both are famed for their music.

Adam Waitzer Staff Writer

As part of an exciting Portuguese music double bill, renowned artists Sara Tavares and Carminho will be appearing at the Chan Centre on Saturday, November 21.

On a joint North American tour, the two singers hope to provide an evening of compelling world music.

While both artists are native to Portugal, each bring a unique stylistic approach to their musicianship.

Sara Tavares, a Lisbon-born musician with Cape Verdean roots, will be opening the concert.

In her genre-defying music, Tavares integrates a mixed bag of languages, rhythms and instrumentation. Throughout her diverse sound however, Tavares retains her hallmarks — hushed vocals and understated guitar strokes.

Having taken an interest in music at a young age, Tavares was quickly exposed to a variety of musical styles from radio pop to church gospel and Cape Verdean styles.

“I just got into church because of the music actually. I had heard

of gospel music through my musical heroes, so I went in search for a church and I started singing,” said Tavares. “Then I won a contest – a very antique version of American Idol. Ever since, I’ve been singing, recording and travelling.”

Drawing from a wide range of influences and having no formal musical training, Tavares likens her songwriting process to cooking.

“I learned a couple of chords on the guitar, I practiced a bit – I just let it flow. When I start writing some words, it comes in either Portuguese or Criollo and I follow.

It depends on who and what I’m thinking of,” said Tavares. “If you talk to a Cape Verdean in Lisbon, you would be speaking most of your words in Criollo, but you’d have many little sentences in Portuguese.”

For Tavares, performing her captivating music is equally as important as sharing her sunny, cheerful disposition with the audience and creating an inviting atmosphere.

“I’m a very smooth kind of personality. I have to feel comfortable to sing and perform, so I try to create a positive mood,” said Tavares. “I want people to feel

comfortable, light and smooth.”

Following Tavares’ performance, acclaimed Fado singer Carminho will take the stage. Growing up in Lisbon, Carminho was immersed in Fado – a rich Portuguese musical tradition – from a young age.

Fado emerged in early 19th century Portugal and continues to be the country’s main musical emblem to this day. Dealing in melancholia, the genre expresses the spirit of “saudade” – an allegedly untranslatable Portuguese term for a distinct strain of nostalgic longing.

Lately, the genre has witnessed a dynamic resurgence.

Led by artists such as Carminho herself, today’s Fado revival carefully balances modernity and tradition. Carminho’s music has received ample critical praise and has topped charts in Portugal and Spain. Having also toured internationally, Carminho has deservedly become a cultural icon in Portugal.

Together, these two promising artists look to showcase their native musical traditions in what is sure to be an excellent performance. U

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Allan is using her dance experience to influence her conducting.

Emilie Kneifel Contributor

Symphony orchestra concerts are unique in that they are one of the few musical performances lacking an accompanying dance – no flailing lead singers nor leaping ballerinas.

Throughout the show one person remains standing, treading in a sea of string, brass, woodwind and percussion.

This individual moves in time with the composition, but her dance is different. It hasn’t been choreographed in order to flow in tandem with the music. It is the music. On November 22 at the Orpheum Theatre, that new moon will be Kathleen Allan.

Allan, a UBC alumna who recently graduated from Yale University with a master’s in choral conducting, is back in Vancouver to join the Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra (VAMSO) as associate conductor of orchestras and the Vancouver Academy of Music (VAM) as director of choral studies — a brand-new program at the academy.

“These young players are so passionate about what they’re doing,” she said. “I can feel that.

It’s so satisfying as a conductor to stand on the podium and feel that the 80 people in the room are invested in the same thing. It’s quite magical actually ... they are young and they’re pursuing their instruments with a real passion and quite a lot of talent. It’s a very exciting energy to work with.”

The performance features three of Tchaikovsky’s best known works. The first piece, Nutcracker Suite, is from the infamous Nutcracker Ballet — a favourite of the upcoming holiday season. The second piece, Piano Concerto No. 1, features soloist Amanda Chan who is the recently appointed head of the VAM piano faculty.

She is described by Allan as “really riveting and … quite impressive.”

“It has very beautiful and soft moments, but also really bombastic and exciting parts. So that might be one of the most exciting parts of the program for me,” said Allan.

“Working with a soloist of that calibre and to introduce these young players to a repertoire like this is really exciting.”

Tchaikovsky’s compositions are pervasive in ballet, but

the distillation of the music in symphony performance reveals the potency of Tchaikovsky’s works as their own entities.

“The music is just universally awesome. It’s some really powerful stuff just on its own merit.... The thing about it is that it’s timeless,” Allan said.

“These Tchaikovsky works that we’re doing have lasted and they have always been hits. There’s a reason for that and it’s because the music has such integrity and complexity that you can listen to it a hundred times and still get something new out of it. I think that it’s very relevant to our culture today.”

Allan’s job is to bring all of that to life. Part of that means incorporating her own connections with Tchaikovsky.

Growing up, Allan was heavily involved in ballet dancing until a hip injury ultimately steered her towards other forms of musical expression. But Allan’s continued love of dance has allowed her to relate with the pieces in the upcoming program.

“I definitely feel that it’s a reconnection with [the dancing] world. Even though we’re performing just the orchestral suite without dancers, it’s music that I grew up knowing as part of my involvement in dance,” she said. “I was talking to the orchestra the other day about the way that the phrases flow together and I said, ‘If you delay here, if you hesitate, you have to remember that. If a dancer’s in the air, they can’t wait for you, right? They’ve got to land!’”

As a conductor, Allan has to incorporate that into the interpretation of the music as she imagines that somebody is relying on the orchestra to support their gracefulness.

“But conductors make no sound and that’s the challenge,” she said. “We have to shape the music. As a conductor, I have to impart my musical decisions and my interpretation of a work without actually making any sound myself.”

Although Allan no longer dances ballet, she will nonetheless be seen moving at 2 p.m. at the Orpheum November 22. Keep an eye out — she will be the one steering the VAMSO with her baton and her very own soundless conductor dance. U

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We need a fall break Last Words: Hatin’ on Drizzy

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Bailey Ramsay Op-ed

Right now, many of us have friends who are resting after a long and strenuous season of midterms — so why aren’t we?

Senate has considered implementing a fall reading break. “The highest traffic for counselling services is right around November and October,” said Lina Castro, the AMS Mental Health and Well-Being commissioner in an interview with The Ubyssey. “A short break in that time would be very beneficial for students.”

That was in September.

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A university’s academic timetable can significantly affect the mental health of students, especially with the days growing shorter, darker and colder.”

While our fellow students across the country are about to return to their classrooms well-rested and refreshed, UBC’s crowd continue to lose more and more sleep. We are all crying out for a pause from essays, exams

and assignments. Two weeks of winter break is not enough to compensate for the stress caused during the hectic fall term or prepare us for the following spring term.

While the idea of a fall reading break is still working its way across Canada and is relatively new to a lot of universities, why is UBC Vancouver one of the last to the plate? Even UBCO has a fall reading break, albeit a two-day one.

A university’s academic timetable can significantly affect the mental health of students, especially with the days growing shorter, darker and colder. After a survey in 2012 at Queen’s University, 10 per cent of students admitted to having thought of suicide at some point in their academic careers. Queen’s, which had experienced numerous suicides in as little as two years, made a proactive effort to adjust class and exam schedules as well as created a fall break to alleviate the pressure of academic stress for students and improve their mental well-being.

Universities all over the country have taken the fall reading break into effect and expanded their counseling services to directly address the abundant presence of mental illness and severe stress on campus. Why aren’t we? U Bailey Ramsay is a fourth-year English literature major and Copy Editor at The Ubyssey.

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Anthropology professor Charles Menzies got his cane out on Twitter.

Ubyssey staff Last Words

At 6:06 a.m. on November 13, professor of anthropology Charles Menzies got out of bed and took to Twitter to trash the Hotline Bling project put on by Dive Into UBC, The Calendar and the AMS. AMS Senator Gurvir Sangha (@girby) was quick to defend the completely harmless series of dance videos, and called out Menzies for cane-waving and fundamentally misunderstanding what happened.

Not one to give up easily, Menzies doubled down on calling out the AMS out for not doing enough for social justice causes, presumably while on top of a mountain, peering down and hating the happy town below, or writing a one-star review of Footloose.

Only middle-class, entitled students dance to Drake. And dancing to Drake is the only thing those entitled, middle-class students care about. Damn those entitled, middle-class students and their ... dancing.

Sangha then linked Menzies a Ubyssey op-ed on UBC’s international tuition increases to illustrate what the AMS is actually investing their energy in; we’ll just let the last couple of tweets on the right speak for themselves. U

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Women’s soccer capture national title in 3-0 win over TWU

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The women’s team captured the Canada West title and their first CIS national title since 2006.

Olamide Olaniyan Senior Staff Writer

In their first CIS national final since 2006 and their first time hosting the Gladys Bean Memorial

Trophy in 25 years, the UBC women’s soccer team defeated the Trinity Western University Spartans 3-0 to record the program at six CIS title wins — the most of all the teams in Canada. This win

also records the UBC athletics program’s 100th CIS title.

This is a stark contrast to the ‘Birds 2014-2015 season. Last year, the T-Birds lost to the Spartans in the quarter-finals of Canada West

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and had lost four games in regular season play. This year, the ‘Birds have lost only one game, clinched the Canada West playoffs and defeated their regional rivals to solidify their place as CIS national champions. “[I am] proud of my team. I think they had this goal in mind all season and they never faltered in their preparation and their determination,” said Marisa Kovacs, who is finishing off her inaugural season as Thunderbird’s head coach.

“They have played for each other this season and they deserve it. I am extremely proud and happy for them.”

Kovacs’ high-pressure style of play and constant attack showed up right from the first whistle to the first goal. After a mad scramble in the Spartan’s box in the 17th minute, the ball found T-Bird midfielder Madison Guy and she proceeded to lob the ball over Spartan goalkeeper Ally Williamson for her first goal of the season.

There was an opportunity for a Spartan comeback in the 30th minute, to level the score and equalize. Spartan forward Seina Kashima snuck into the box to receive a through pass from the left side of the field, but Thunderbird goalie Olivia De Goede dove deep and saved it. In the next minute and after an incredible counter-attack, the Thunderbirds scored another goal to make it 2-0 in the first half.

T-Bird forward Jasmin Dhanda made a quick drive down the right side of the pitch and fourth-year Shayla Chorney polished it off.

Spartan forwards Isabella Di Trocchio and Krista Gommeringer went on a rampage in the opening moments of the second half, posing a big danger to the ‘Birds. A real scare occurred in the 55th minute when

Gommeringer unleashed a hard shot from the edge of the box, but De Goede dove and caught it.

In the 63rd minute, the T-Birds got a free kick. Thunderbird defender Aman Shergill took three steps back before launching the ball towards Williamson. Williamson intervened at the last seconds, tipping the ball over her and out of bounds, putting it momentarily out of danger. However, the following corner kick by UBC midfielder and assist leader Taylor Shannik led to a hustle right in the middle of the Spartans box and found its way into the back of the net.

Dhanda and her striking counterpart Amirit Berar were a fantastic duo in the game with quick back and forth passing and weaving in between defenders. The gaps that they opened up in the Spartans defence seemed to wear down the opposition. The two were also very proactive forwards, coming back several times to make a tackle or to defend the goal.

The ‘Birds, as a unit, managed to stay comfortable and composed the entire game and tournament — even with the pressure of hosting the national championships.

Perhaps the comfort was as a result of their home advantage or their firm belief in Kovacs’ coaching philosophy. Whatever the case, the ‘Birds managed to completely shut out all their opposition — the University of Calgary and the University of Sherbrooke — in the CIS, maintaining clean sheets throughout.

“I think the talent speaks for itself on the pitch and ... we couldn’t have done it without all 27 players,” said Kovacs.

“We just needed something to believe in and they started to believe in themselves and believed that they could win the national title.” U

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UBC Lacrosse wants to rebuild Canada’s oldest sport Olamide Olaniyan Senior Staff Writer

The UBC Thunderbirds’ Lacrosse Sport Club has come a long way since its inception in the fall of 2012. What started with a couple of friends, three-foot long lacrosse sticks and a ball tossed around Totem Park Residence now has 25 players on its roster and is one of nine clubs selected to kick off the UBC Athletics’ new athletic stream — the competitive club.

Despite field lacrosse being one of Canada’s oldest sports, many people are unaware that a UBC lacrosse team even exists. But things may be about to change.

The team, due an early season start, will be the first in the new competitive status division and the first non-varsity team able to don the Thunderbird name.

Kyle Robinson, New Westminister native and head coach of the team, has been playing lacrosse most of his life. Being from around here, UBC should have been an obvious pick for his postsecondary education. However. the lack of a strong and competitive lacrosse team at UBC means that he went to school at McGill.

The East Coast boasts a more established and prominent league called the Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association (CUFLA) which is comprised of 13 teams from Ontario and Quebec.

He ended up playing four years in that league.

“One of the major driving forces for not going to UBC was that there was no lacrosse,” said Robinson, who is also the club’s competitive director. “I’ve grown up playing lacrosse here, the club level [and] the high school level — everything but at the university level.”

After he graduated from McGill in 2013, Robinson came to UBC

where the lacrosse club was still a fledgling team trying to grow. The previous year, Dan Millar with his friends Sam Neuharth and David Hammond, recruited friends to their new lacrosse club — albeit with free beer. Months later, they had their club constituted by the AMS. Robinson arrived in the fall and UBC had just played a lone exhibition match against the University of Victoria. There was talk of going to Edmonton to play in a tournament with the University of Alberta, University of Calgary and the University of Lethbridge. It would be a great opportunity to procure some competition and at least put them on the map for Canadian field lacrosse. They came second, losing to University of Alberta in the round-robin segment of the tournament and the final.

“We practised for two months [and] went over there at the end of October ... that’s where I saw we have enough guys here at the university and we can compete against a similar level of teams around here.”

Come February 2014, the team applied for competitive club status just as talk of the infamous sports review was gaining traction. While waiting to see if they would be selected as part of the competitive club stream, the team started playing in exhibition matches against teams in the Canada West Field Lacrosse League (CWFLL).

“So we played a few exhibition games in there and the commissioner asked in the summer — in the off season — if we would be interested in joining that league full time,” said Robinson.

Their 2014/2015 season was their first in the CWFLL. Despite being the newest team and a fresh entry into the league,

UBC’S lacrosse team is celebrating its first year as a competitive sports club.

the Thunderbirds managed to come fourth in the league out of seven teams with a 6-10 regular season record. They proceeded to the provincial championship tournament in April and were a runner-up in the Tier II Championship.

The club’s initial goal was to gain varsity status and eventually play in national intercollegiate lacrosse. However, that is an especially large problem considering that there is no overarching college lacrosse championship across Canada like the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS). For this lacrosse team, every step they take is a new one. They are pioneers not only for lacrosse teams on the national front, but also on the competitive

club front here at UBC. “We really laid the groundwork for a lot of what are becoming new policies in this new division they have created. So that’s been pretty cool being on the forefront of that and getting a little bit more support within the university rather than just operating on your own,” Robinson said. “[UBC] Recreation [has] been ... helping us begin to achieve some of the goals.”

Joining a seven-team league and gaining competitive club status is a good start. According to Robinson, having the status comes with its own perks.

These perks come in the form of support from UBC, but not in the way you might think.

The competitive club teams do

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not get funding, but they do get small stipends for coaches, allow easy access to fields for practice, reduced fees for field use and they get to use the “Thunderbird” name at their competitions and tournaments.

According to Robinson, the next step for the club is to develop their on-field product and continue their growth within their new competitive club status.

“Trying to attract students who are interested, ... create a sustainable competitive roster to grow within our league and increase our competitiveness is our first on field priority,” said Robinson. “Off the field, we want to continue to grow the competitive club division as well as our own team.” U

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UBC upsets Calgary 34-26 to capture Hardy Cup

UBC hasn’t won a Hardy Cup since the Thunderbirds Vanier Cup winning season in 1997.

Bill Situ Staff Writer

Coming off of a win against the Manitoba Bisons in the Canada West semifinal, UBC football earned a stunning 34-26 victory against the undefeated, numberone ranked Calgary Dinos to hoist the 79th Hardy Cup. The T-Birds opened the scoring right at the kickoff

with a rouge by kicker Quinn van Gylswyck. On their next possession, UBC scored a field goal to take a 4-0 lead early in the game.

The Dinos had a sloppy start as they picked up four penalties on their first possession. Still, Calgary erased UBC’s lead midway in the first quarter when star quarterback Andrew Buckley made an 81-yard pass to receiver

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Rashaun Simonese that set the team up for a touchdown.

The Thunderbirds then regained their four-point lead as tailback Marcus Davis scored a touchdown on a 12-yard reception from quarterback Michael O’Connor. Receiver William Watson caught two receptions for 42 yards on the drive. He finished the game with an impressive 130 receiving yards.

In the second quarter, Calgary narrowed UBC’s lead to 11-10 with a field goal. On the next kickoff, receiver Trivel Pinto returned the ball 61 yards before Davis got his second touchdown of the game on a 33-yard reception from O’Connor.

On UBC’s next possession, O’Connor completed a 70-yard pass to Canada West all-star receiver Alex Morrison to bring the T-Birds to the Dinos’ 15-yard line. Trevor Casey then came in as quarterback and scored a touchdown for the T-Birds on a two-yard run to give UBC a 25-10 lead.

Near the end of the second quarter, the Dinos scored a touchdown to narrow the score to 25-17. The T-Birds then finished the first half with a field goal after gaining 35 yards on three Calgary penalties.

The third quarter saw no scoring by either team until Calgary got a single point with 2:33 left on the clock. Van Gylswyck got a field goal for the T-Birds in the final seconds of the quarter as UBC led 31-18 by the end of the third.

The fourth quarter was a stalemate again until Calgary got

a touchdown with 2:16 remaining.

On the ensuing kickoff, the Dinos picked up another rouge to narrow the gap to 31-26.

With the four-point difference, intensity peaked during the final two minutes of gameplay as both teams anxiously fought to come out on top. The Dinos had a chance to take the lead after gaining possession on a T-Birds punt, but it quickly vanished as they fumbled the ball. UBC then scored a field goal to secure the 34-26 win.

UBC’s victory against Calgary is the team’s 16th Hardy Cup and the first one since 1997. The Thunderbirds now advance to the U-Teck Bowl to take on the St. Francis Xavier X-Men. “My heart goes out to them because they’re the top team in the country and on this one day, things just didn’t work out for them. It’s tough in football that way,” UBC head coach Blake Nill said of the Dinos. “You look at these kids and what it means to them, it’s worth it.”

“We knew we’d have to play the best game possible and we played a really hard-fought game,” said O’Connor. U

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Notice of Development Permit Application - DP 15034

Public Open House

Chan Gunn Sports Medicine Pavilion

Join us on Thursday, November 26 to view and comment on a new proposed sports medicine facility. The Chan Gunn Sports Medicine Pavilion will be located on the southwest corner of Thunderbird Boulevard and Wesbrook Mall, next to the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre.

Date: Thursday, November 26, 2015 Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Place: North Lobby, Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre, 6066 Thunderbird Boulevard Plans will be displayed for the new 1,630m2 Chan Gunn Sports Medicine Pavilion that will accommodate clinical practice and research facilities to serve varsity athletes and the general public.

Representatives from the project team and Campus + Community Planning will be on hand to discuss and answer questions about this project.

Can’t attend in person? Online feedback will be accepted from Nov. 12 to Dec. 3. To learn more or to comment on this project, please visit: planning.ubc.ca/vancouver/projects-consultations COURTESY BESTCROSSWORDS.COM

CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1- Currency unit in Western Samoa; 5- Aromatic compound; 10- Con game; 14- School founded in 1440; 15- Roman goddess of the moon; 16- Stinging insect; 17- Cool!; 18- Early Peruvian; 19- Bluesy James; 20- Potpourri bag; 22- Congregation; 24- Old anesthetic; 25- Besides; 26- Cat sound; 28- ___ firma; 32- RR stops; 35- CD-___; 37- Official count of population; 38- Small island; 39- Oldsmobile model; 41- Driving peg;

42- Gasoline; 45- Outdo; 46- ___ mater; 47- Capital of Yemen; 48- Memory unit; 50- Short essays; 54- This is only ___; 58- Having the form of a sac; 61- List of corrections; 62- Eastern nanny; 63- Brush a horse; 65- I’ve Got ___ in Kalamazoo; 66- Irritate; 67- Very, to Verdi; 68- Honeycomb unit; 69- Insect-repelling chemical; 70- Role for Clark; 71- Deuce topper; DOWN 1- High-strung; 2- Bothered; 3- Slender freshwater fish; 4- National songs; 5- Prepare a book or film for release;

This event is wheelchair accessible.

6- Transgression; 7- Be silent, musically; 8- Put into law; 9- Cattle spot; 10- Add sugar; 11- Burmese, Manx, and Scottish Fold; 12- Italian wine city; 13- Movie-rating org.; 21- Before;

For further information: Please direct questions to Karen Russell, Manager, Development Services karen.russell@ubc.ca 604-822-1586

23- After the bell; 25- Mil. truant; 27- Like the Sabin vaccine; 29- Queue after Q; 30- Sorry sort; 31- Cruising; 32- Dupes; 33- ___ yellow ribbon...; 34- Env. notation;

36- Ran into; 37- Reproduction; 40- Holds up; 43- Move by degrees; 44- Hawaiian island; 46- Take away; 49- Paving material; 51- “Enigma Variations” composer; 52- Waterlogged soil;

53- Irregularly notched; 55- Enthusiastic; 56- Stagnant; 57- Reckoning; 58- Reddish-brown gem; 59- French friend; 60- Racer Yarborough; 61- Send forth; 64- Muesli bit;

COMIC JULIAN YU/THE UBYSSEY

COMIC PATRICK MURRY AND MIKE PAROLINI/THE UBYSSEY

NOVEMBER 10 ANSWERS