By JUDY CHERN

This summer, a group of six Langa-ra students and recipients of the C.A.R.E. Langara Volunteer Trav-

el Abroad program devoted their time to volunteer projects overseas.

As applicants to the program create their own projects, the students’ trav-els spanned across the continents, with their range of humanitarian work be-ing even more diverse.

Four of the six students shared their experiences at an information session last Tuesday.

Leilani Reum taught english at a school in Nepal, where she was valu-able resource just for being a native English speaker.

Reum’s interest in cross cultural in-tegration and communication was fur-ther enriched by the diversity she en-countered at the school. Christians, Hindus, and Muslims would be togeth-er in one place, she said. “How every-one was in harmony...really opened my eyes to acceptance,” said Reum.

Kathleen Higgins worked in Costa Rica at a wildlife rescue centre. She would take care of animals, then send them back into the wild. “It was re-warding as I could see them grow up,” she said. She says the experience will provide the “inspiration and spark” for her plans to study zoology at UBC.

Christina Theocharis initially volun-teered for a nutrition program in Ke-nya, then realized that “nutrition was not a priority” at the hospital where she worked. As a result, she became a general assistant, which she described as “enormously rewarding”, as she as-pires to become a nurse.

Theocharis became involved in three volunteer programs, including a local NGO that fed, clothed and provided visibility for more than 300 orphans.

“It truly changed my life...the mo-ment I finish my nursing degree I will

be back and it will be a permanent move,” said Theocharis.

Kathleen Parker describes her work in a Kenyan school as an experience where she took more away than she was able to give. “I thought I would just be pitying them...I found the opposite to be true. They were all so happy all

the time it was impossible not to be happy when you were with them,” she said of the Kenyan children. She also worked with child soldiers.

Students interested in the C.A.R.E. program can contact Megan Richard-son, the program coordinator of VOLT at mrichardson@langara.bc.ca

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Langara phone issues plague studentsCommunication companies say there’s a solution, but college won’t discuss itBy JENNIFER THUNCHER

Students are frustrated by prob-lems they face logging on to Langara’s wireless network or making cellphone calls at vari-

ous locations around campus. Representatives from Rogers, Bell

and Telus all say, while it is common for concrete or metal buildings to have Wi-Fi and call reception problems, there are things that can be done.

The telecommunication companies

suggest Langara could pay to have ex-ternal or signal boosters placed around campus to improve reception.

The Voice reporter’s seven requests for an interview with someone from Langara’s information technology de-partment were not responded to by deadline.

Students complain most about Wi-Fi reception in Building A, the library and the grass courtyard outside the library.

For student Nathaniel Wai, the wire-less network in the cafeteria and the

library is the biggest problem. He notes he gets decent Wi-Fi recep-

tion in the cafeteria between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., but barely any between 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

“The library is bad 24-7,” Wai said. For other students, cellphone calls

on campus are the biggest frustration. Ashley Wong says her phone, “ran-domly disconnects all over the school.”

Wong thinks the dropped calls have more to do with her service provider than the buildings on campus. She is

with Bell Canada and says her friends who are with other providers have few-er issues with calls.

An unscientific Facebook and Twit-ter poll of Langara students asked them to name their service provider and if they had reception problems on cam-pus.

Rogers Communications Inc. cus-tomers reported fewer problems (17 per cent) while Bell Canada (50 per cent) and Telus Corp. (100 per cent) trailed well behind.

Student humanitarians are honoured

photo courtesy of KATHLEEN HIGGINSKathleen Higgins acts as a mom for Nere, an orphaned spider monkey at the Jaguar Rescue Centre in Costa Rica, on a volunteer program last summer.

Six members of Langara’s Volunteer Travel Abroad program return after their overseas adventures

Faregate funding and costs remain unclear Millions of tax dollars are being spent on cheaters while paying riders get cuts to transit services

By GIllIaN HamEs

Though the new Faregate system TransLink plans to have opera-tional in 2013 has been in the works

for several years now, there is still a lot of uncertainty surrounding the project.

When asked if fares would have to increase in order to pay for the Fare-gate system, Derek Zabel, spokesper-son for Coast Mountain Bus Co., was unsure. “Those discussions are under-way,” he said, but did not speculate on when a decision might be made.

The main goal of the Faregate proj-ect, which is estimated to cost $171 mil-lion, is to prevent people riding for free.

However, Zabel admits that fare eva-sion has decreased, though security inspections have gone up. “In Septem-ber 2011, there were 164,000 checks and 5,000 tickets issued. In [September] 2012 there were 240,000 checks and 2,900 tickets.” He attributes the de-creased rate of evasion to people being more aware of the potential to get caught.

Given that fare evasion is down, some question why TransLink is going ahead with the project, especially giv-en their current budgetary problems. Last month TransLink announced a three-year plan to cut cost and boost revenue, including service cuts affect-ing less busy lines and off-peak hours.

Zabel says the Faregate project is go-ing ahead because the government has agreed to help fund it. When asked how

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By Steven Chua

On Oct. 18, Langara College will join over half a million partici-pants from across the province for ShakeOut BC, part of the an-

nual international earthquake drill.Starting at 10:18 a.m., participants

will meet in the foyer of Building A to practice ducking and crouching under desks and tables until the simulation ends.

Video projections and speakers will be used to mimic the sights and sounds of such natural disasters.

Event organizer Dan Krefting, Lang-ara’s facility safety manager, is bring-ing ShakeOut to campus for the first time because he wants to test Langa-ra’s emergency procedures

“Just like any campus, [Langara’s] safety programs need to continuously

improve and evolve,” he said.Krefting wants to raise awareness of

earthquake danger and to gauge how prepared the college is for disaster.

The first 80 participants who show up will also receive a secret treat, said Krefting.

Event volunteers will be on hand af-ter the simulation at information booths with tips to stay safe during an earthquake.

UBC earthquake seismology expert Michael Bostock observed ShakeOut BC last year at UBC and said the drill is a good way of preparing people for di-saster.

“The ShakeOut exercise reminds people of imminent danger, and it’s a good thing,” he said.

“Integrity of buildings is the most important thing,” Bostock added, stat-ing that earthquake safety is better en-

sured when people are in seismically upgraded buildings when disaster hits.

Presently, the seismic upgrades for Langara’s gym and Building A do not measure up to current building safety codes, said facilities director Wendy Lannard in an email.

Langara students have mixed feel-ings about the drill, with some ques-tioning its effectiveness.

“Yeah I think the drill will help out,” says Greg Sit, a nursing student. “It should raise awareness.”

Nursing student Israel Alcoreza said most people don’t even know about the drill.

“Well if there’s going to be drills like this then sure, people are going to be more aware of earthquakes,” said Al-coreza, “but this is the first time I’ve heard about this drill, so I would say right now, I kind of doubt it.”

Students get ready to rumble

Affordable housing pilot planned in Marpole area

Higher fares may reduce commuter ferry trafficVancouver Island and Lower Mainland residents may reduce ferry trips due to an increase in fare rates

ShakeOut BC will help raise awareness of earthquake preparedness

Vancouver city council voted last Tuesday to consider thin streets but residents are wary of the possible consequences of the project

STEVEN CHUA photoLangara student Annie Ellison crouches under a desk to help demonstrate emergency procedures that will be used during the ShakeOut simulation. ShakeOut BC is part of the international ShakeOut which happens annually with schools, businesses and individuals.

Image courtesy of re:THINK HOUSINGThe diagram shows how city land would be divided into affordable housing projects and single-lane streets.

By KatJa De BOCK

Cruising B.C.’s coasts will become tougher with BC Ferries’ ongoing service cuts and price hikes

planned for April 2013. Catharine O’Brien-Bell, photo-imag-

ing chair at Langara College, has lived on Vancouver Island for two years.

“It was a change in lifestyle that I chose. And the price I pay for that, I suppose, is the ferry fares,” said O’Brien-Bell.

“There are people that pay thou-sands of dollars for cruises to get that kind of scenery.”

On Oct. 1, BC Ferries commissioner Gord Macatee announced a rate in-crease of 12 per cent to be spread over the next three years.

A decrease of service on less fre-quented routes was decided upon after a public consultation process. “Some [vessels] have no vehicles at all,” said Macatee. “Some have less passengers than crew.”

Peter Huron, audio visual technician at Langara’s instructional media ser-vices, chose to live on Hornby Island when he was in his 20s.

The island’s economy depends on tourists, he said, adding that past fare hikes “have completely wiped out the day trippers.”

Huron and his wife cannot afford regular trips to the island anymore. A round trip, car included, currently costs $235 and takes about five hours.

Huron’s island neighbour Tony Law worries about the greater picture.

“It’s expensive, but good transporta-tion is essential for the social and eco-nomic wellbeing of our communities,” said Law.

BC Ferries needs to find another $54 million to supplement reduced staff costs and to fund a gradual upgrade to vessels powered by liquid natural gas are intended, said BC Ferries spokes-woman Deborah Marshall.

The government of B.C. will be hold-ing more public consultations shortly, to be held at various ferry terminals.

Marshall encourages the public to attend the consultations to voice their opinions in person.

By BranDOn KOStinuK

Vancouver’s answer to affordable housing may rely on thin streets, but Marpole residents don’t see

this idea suiting their community.Last week, Vancouver city council

voted to consider three communities as pilot sites: Marpole, the West End and Grandview-Woodland.

The plan, coming from the Mayor’s Task Force on Affordable Housing, pro-poses halving north-south streets, cre-ating single lane with alternating right-of-ways with additional parking room.

The proposal said it eliminates the greatest impediment to affordability: the cost of land. Since the City already owns the street there is no purchase price for the new lots, which helps re-duce housing costs.

Mayor Gregor Robertson was diplo-matic on the issue in a “Twitter town

hall” meeting Thursday afternoon.Robertson posted: “Thin streets

won’t be forced, people can opt-in. Idea has merit but neighbourhoods need to decide,” adding that incentives to opt-in will not be provided.

But residents of Marpole are hesi-tant to accept council’s plan.

“The land’s not here for that type of development,” said resident Brad Fra-ser. “What are they going to do, expro-priate people’s property in order to put thin streets in?”

“The congestion as far as [traffic] is concerned would become absolutely horrendous,” he added.

Marpole resident Brian Williams said he supports densification but doesn’t think thin streets are the solu-tion, especially in Marpole where traf-fic congestion is already high.

“So we’re going to have little thin, narrow streets like Europe?” asked

Williams. “It’s just going to make traf-fic worse.”

Brendan Hallinan and his wife, hav-ing lived on their corner lot for 23 years, expressed concern that the thin street design will shifts their lot one place over, changing their position on the block.

“We have a view of the street, a view of the trees,” said Hallinan.

“If they built a house here, we’d be looking straight at the next-door neigh-bour’s house.”

Besides, Hallinan said, he and his wife wouldn’t have bought their home if it weren’t a corner lot.

Claudia Laroye, executive director of the Marpole Business Improvement Association, said that Marpole wants an assurance that an open dialogue with the city can be had and that any changes made should reflect the local needs and desires.

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by RICHARD HODGES

A new Langara-UBC Aboriginal Transfer Program announced last week aims to help guide ab-original students through the

traditionally treacherous path of post-secondary education.

Students who self-identify as aborig-inal during registration are eligible for the program.

They will spend two years at Langa-ra before transferring over to UBC with guaranteed admission to the faculty of arts.

Each student is also eligible for up to $8500 in scholarships over their four years in school.

Graeme Joseph, coordinator of UBC’s strategic aboriginal initiatives, says the program identifies three main areas to give students a pathway to suc-cess.

“We’re helping them academically, financially, and within the community,” said Joseph. “We’re trying to take away the barriers that traditionally discour-

age aboriginal students.”Currently the high school gradua-

tion rate among aboriginal students is just 50 per cent.

This helps explain why just seven per cent of aboriginal adults hold post-secondary degrees compared to 25 per cent of the general population.

To combat these numbers, the pro-gram aims to inform aboriginal stu-dents in high school of their post-sec-ondary options, says Larry Railton, manager of services for aboriginal stu-dents at Langara.

“We’re going to target high schools and talk to counsellors and aboriginal workers to make sure students know of their opportunities provided by Langa-ra to go to UBC,” said Railton.

Students will also take part in the ab-original plus program during their time at Langara to cultivate life and study skills.

“The aboriginal plus program is workshops and engaging in learning, and it could be as easy as going to the writing centre,” said Railton. “It’s go-

ing to be about financial management and time management and things that are critical for all students to do.”

Those students who have already navigated the Langara to UBC post-secondary leap, , like Graeme Joseph, see considerable potential in the pro-gram.

“I floated around after high school and was struggling by the skin of my teeth,” said Joseph. “I certainly could have benefited from a program like this.”

Randy Robinson, an aboriginal UBC law student who transferred from Lan-gara, believes the community aspect of the program is the most important as-pect.

“A program like this is valuable for an aboriginal student because it takes into consideration the cultural identity and specific needs of aboriginal learn-ers,” said Robinson.

“When aboriginal students are com-fortable both culturally and academi-cally, their success rates are dramati-cally improved.”

by KEVIN HAMPSON

Langara students have to wait al-most two weeks for the LSU elec-tion results.

Although the polls closed last Friday, the LSU executive will not post the re-sults until next Tuesday, according to LSU media and queer liaison Andy Sandberg.

The election will fill five openings on the board of directors: board member at large, disability liaison, environmen-tal issues co-ordinator, queer liaison and women’s liaison.

In federal and provincial elections, the results are made public as soon as the polls close. When the Capilano Uni-versity Students’ Union had an election last fall, the unofficial results were posted online as soon as the polls closed, according to Capilano’s web-site.

The CSU’s policy on elections posted on their website states that “prelimi-nary results of an election” can be made public “as soon as all votes have been counted.”

But the LSU has a different policy. Although the ballots at LSU elections are counted as they come in, the re-sults cannot be made public until they are approved in a meeting by the board of directors, Sandberg said.

That meeting will be held Oct. 15 at 4:30 pm. Since it will finish at the end of the day, the election results will not be posted until Oct. 16, said Sandberg.

Second-year bi-ology student Jef-frey Du was sur-prised at the delay. “No special pre-arrangements?” he asked. “I’m pretty sure within the span of 11 days, they could find the time [to re-schedule the meet-ing].”

However, Sandberg said it would not have been possible to schedule an ear-lier meeting, adding that the LSU board members are all students with busy schedules.

Ballots are counted by an LSU staff member and three members of the LSU board of directors.

Langara partners with UBC

Long wait for voting results Even though the results are already available, the LSU won’t reveal results from the election yet

A new transfer program will give aboriginal students coming to Langara up to $8,500 in scholarships among other benefits

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much the government was contribut-ing, Zabel wasn’t sure.

According to a press release on TransLink’s website dated January 2011, the provincial government is providing $40 million and the federal government is providing “up to” $30 million.

However, this still leaves TransLink to fund the remaining $100 million.

Zabel says that Langara students will still be able to use their U-Pass, but it will be integrated into the new system.

“Everything is migrating towards the Compass Card,” Zabel said.

“It’s a reloadable, one-time ap-proach that can be used anywhere on transit.”

He explained that users can load their cards similar to how one would load a reusable gift card, either online, by phone or in person.

The fare gates will be installed in SkyTrain, Canada Line and Seabus stations.

Langara students currently pay $120 for their U-Pass per semester. This price is guaranteed until March 31, 2013.

Faregate system goes ahead despite bugetary problems

JEREMY SALLY photoLarry Railton, manager of services for aboriginal students at Langara, talks to the Voice about the new initiatives

“I’m pretty sure with-in the span of 11 days, they could find the time [to reschedule the meet-ing]”

Jeffrey Du, biology stuent

Students enrolled in the first year of a two-year journalism program at Lan-gara College want to go to the Webster Awards next Thursday.

The Webster Awards are held each year to honour some of the best-known and best journalists in the province. This year’s awards ceremony will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

But it’s not cheap. Even student tick-ets cost $65. So to raise that kind of money, the students in the journalism are planning to hold a bake sale next Thursday, Oct. 18, from noon to 4 p.m. in the main foyer of the A Building.

Cupcakes, cookies, bars and more will be on sale then. Satisfy your sweet tooth.

Journalists to hold bake sale next week

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Artist to speak on public artRYAN BANAGAN photo

Vancouver is home to a number of striking public art pieces, including these monstrous figures outside City Hall.

Former Langara artist-in-residence Samuel Roy-Bois will be back By Ryan Banagan

Last year’s Langara artist-in-resi-dence, Samuel Roy-Bois will re-turn to the campus next week to speak about public art.

Roy-Bois’ project, Nothing Blank Forever, was designed and constructed last year in the quadrangle right out-side the Students’ Union Building.

He will discuss the importance of public art and speaking about his time spent here on Monday, Oct. 15 at 12:30 p.m. in room A130.

Asked to comment on his experience on campus last year, Roy-Bois wrote in an email: “It was great. It was both an experiment and an affirmation of all my beliefs and skills.”

The college’s Centre for Art in Public Spaces agreed. It said on its website: “Focusing on architecture, uniquely

constructed spaces, and large scale in-stallations, Samuel brought a wealth of creativity to the campus and an ability to engage the community with his work.”

“The context was very specific, working with students, locating the artwork on campus, the duration and money, and I work[ed] with all these things to create something I am really proud of,” said Roy-Bois.

The final product, a “makeshift mov-ie studio,” served as a movie set, a lec-ture room, a recording studio, a gallery space, an art studio and a theatre.

He will also screen the movie he made to accompany the art project dur-ing his presentation next week.

“I have heard through the fine arts, theatre arts, film arts, as well as art history and design formation depart-ments that Samuel’s residency at Lan-

gara was very successful,” said Langa-ra College Centre for Art in Public Spaces divison assistant Katie Eliot. “[He] inspir[ed] the students in their own art work, providing them an ex-hibit space, giving them a focus for dis-cussing public art, and for talking with Samuel about being a professional art-ist and considering many relevant as-pects of art.”

Roy-Bois was the third and final art-ist-in resident at the college because there is no funding to support a fourth.

The college budgeted one per cent of the cost of the new library toward pub-lic art programs, explained Eliot.

“The majority of this funding was utilized for three artists-in-residence. Kristina Lee Podevsa was the first cho-sen from 2008-09, then Holly Ward from 2009-2010, and Samuel Roy-Bois from 2011-12.”

Langara actors simulate an extended journey to the red planet

By JuLes Knox

It’s 2036 and seven astronauts are on the first round trip mission to Mars when they suddenly lose communi-

cation with Earth. The fate of the mis-sion comes down to a vote. Will the as-tronauts risk everything for the glory of reaching Mars?

Actors from Studio 58 are exploring this scene in the student production 500 Days to Mars at Langara this week.

The character drama was inspired by Mars 500, a psychological and medi-cal experiment conducted by Russia, the European Union and China. The simulation was designed to monitor how astronauts would fare during an extended period of isolation. Six volun-teers were locked in a Russian re-search centre for 520 days, the estimat-ed length of time required for a round-trip to Mars.

Directors Genevieve Fleming and Sean Harris Oliver flushed out a clear concept for the show, but they left script writing for the actors to impro-vise.

Oliver says the students had a firmly established internal dynamic that made the piece possible. “We couldn’t have done this play with professional actors that didn’t know each other be-cause it would have taken forever to build those relationships.”

The directors whispered dark se-crets about each character’s past to the actors while the cast was improvising in rehearsals. The secrets became part of a colourful layering process that added complexity and nuance to each character.

“I feel as though I’m conducting a so-cietal experiment where we get to con-trol circumstances and layer in our own catalytic events,” says Oliver.

Fleming says that she enjoyed di-recting the play because it brings up tough questions about society. “Is soci-ety something that we as civilized, en-lightened beings have inherent with us, or is society a social construct? And if it is a social construct, what happens when you remove the construct?” she asks. “What happens when you lose touch with Earth.”

The show is free by donation. It runs from Oct. 9 to Oct. 13 at 8:15 p.m. and Oct. 14 at 3:15 p.m. in Room S032.

This New Orleans inspired nightclub touts to be one of the most unique entertain-ment venues in Vancouver

By MICHaeL LeTenDRe

When you walk through the colo-nial doors of FanClub, one of Vancouver’s newest and most

unique venues, you’ll think you have entered a club in New Orleans’ French Quarter.

Fanclub’s marketing and public rela-tions Consultant, Stella Panagiotidis, explained that FanClub, located on Granville St. between Nelson St. and Helmcken St., was inspired by New Or-leans and created with the purpose of giving the people of Vancouver some-thing original. “It’s our goal to inject excitement on the Granville strip.”

The French Quarter is in every de-tail at FanClub. Many of the decora-tions around the club are antiques

brought in from New Orleans. “It’s a room that’s sexy but elegant,” said Pan-agiotidis.

The club is open 12 p.m. to 3 a.m. Fri-day and Saturday, and 12 p.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday to Thursday. It continually has live music playing inside.

In the quieter hours of the afternoon, FanClub’s resident pianist, Mike Van

Eyes, can be heard twinkling away on an upright piano to an eclectic mix of songs.

In the evening, a live band takes the stage. The genre of music depends on the night.

You can expect to hear everything from blues and jazz to country to indie rock. After

the band’s set is done, the New Orleans inspired venue goes electronic with a

live component four nights a week. “We’re so eclectic. That’s reflected

in the design, but it’s also reflected in our programming,” Panagiotidis says.

She also touts the FanClub as an im-pressive sound space. “A lot of thought, time and energy has been put into cre-ating the best sound system possible.”

If bass is your thing, FanClub’s woof-er is the same size as the one used in BC Place. As Panagiotidis puts it, “That’s insane.”

The music may be diverse, but the food is New Orleans influenced. Fan-club has it’s own smoker and every-thing is made in-house, from their smoked ribs, where the meat falls off the bone, to their pulled pork sand-wiches.

Word is starting to get around to Langara about what’s happening this new venue, which opened late August.

Langara Psychology student Kamilla Mihalik is already a regular. “I would definitely recommend it,” she said. “The FanClub is where it’s at.”

MICHAEL LETENDRE photoThe bar at Vancouver FanClub serves signature cocktails as well as smoked bourbon, which is smoked

Studio 58 presents 500 Days to Mars

FanClub is Granville’s newest live music venue

MIKe Van eyesFanClub’s resi-dent pianist

“Samuel’s residency at Langara was very successful for inspir-ing the students

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By JANA MINOR

The record-breaking sunshine streak has kept raincoats and gumboots at bay and created a welcome opportunity for Van-

couver style mavens to strut their stuff during fashion’s high season.

And strut they do, as trends from New York to Milan are sashayed down campus like a runway.

“Beautiful weather inspires me to put on beautiful clothes,” said Katery-na Paliy, an arts and science student wearing a rust-toned jacket and golden scarf.

Nature inspired earth tones like-marigold yellow, olive green, rusty or-ange, and oxblood red are popular co-lour trends for women this fall.

Boots of all heights and colours re-main the foundation of most ward-robes. Arts student Ros Teeple shows off her camel coloured ankle boots with wood-grain heel she got from Plenty. “I don’t like wearing flats. Ev-eryone wants to be at least one inch taller,” she said.

Nearby on trend-setting Main Street, Cara Stryer rattled off a list of must-haves: high-waisted denim, oversized knits, military-style boots and coloured denim such as leopard print.

“People are going simple,” Stryer says. “Anything goes … people can do whatever they want.”

Similarly at Hazel & Jools, shop-keeper Monica Kotekova says that the brand and style of jeans -- skinny, straight or boot-cut -- are no longer im-portant. “If you like boot-cut, wear boot-cut,” she said.

After not selling jean jackets for years, Woo Vintage owner Natalie Ku-now said they are flying off the racks now.

Fur, ‘80s loafers and jumpsuits are also back in style and high-waisted shorts will be a big item for fall and winter, she said.

The freedom to be quirky this sea-son means students can buy styles on a dime by shopping at thrift and second-hand stores.

High-waisted shorts and ankle boots

Tapered pants, bright colors and less traditional patterns

Stylish guys and gals sport this season’s trends around campus

JANA MINOR, BRONWYN SCOTT photosFrom top left: arts student Ros Teeple in ankle-high camel boots; environmental studies student Tristan Stumpf rocking red tapered jeans; commerce student Katia Ortiz in denim shorts and leggings; business student Samuel Swanson wears tapered jeans and fitted shirt; hats are in season for men; as are boots of all heights for women; Kateryna Paliy’s marigold scarf and rust coloured jacket reflect the colours of fall; Natalie Kunow, owner of Woo Vintage on Main Street.

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Ayurveda

By TANYA HILL

Madhuri Phillips, yoga teacher at Langara College’s Holistic Health Centre, gave a lecture

last week entitled “Great Health At Any Age and Stage With Ayurveda!” as part of Langara Continuing Studies Lecture Series.

Ayurveda is a 5000-year-old practice that literally means the knowledge and

wisdom of life. It is a healing system native to India,

based on balancing body and mind us-ing and herbs, diet, aromatherapy, yoga, and meditation.

“Our modern world disconnects us from nature’s cycles and thus from our own cycles. This has brought about an imbalance to many of our lives,” Phil-lips said.

“Not sleeping well, eating what we shouldn’t, forgetting to breathe and be in our bodies. Many of us walk around in our heads forgetting we have a body.”

Phillips was a professional dancer, but she turned to Ayurveda when she became ill and went through typical medical avenues with no success.

She emphasized that by changing our small negative habits, we will start to see health im-provements.

“We could have health issues that are mild and tran-sient in nature for decades until it manifests into something big,” Phillips said.

“By changing our thoughts, diet, using herbs, aro-matherapy, yoga, meditation, we can start to gain better health.

There are small things people can

do, like getting to bed at a decent hour, eating and waking at the same times everyday.

“We don’t have to be tree huggers, go out and live in the woods. But how aware are we of what’s going on exter-nally and how aware of what’s going on internally?”

“Are those two worlds working to-gether? For most people they are not. That shows up in mental problems, physical problems, and emotional problems,” Phillips said.

The Langara Holistic Healing Centre has community yoga classes and holis-tic health clinics open to all. www.lan-gara.bc.ca/continuing-studies/pro-grams-and-courses/programs/yoga/clinics1.html

Langara teacher advises Ayurveda for vital health

Madhuri phillipsStresses the importance of a balanced life.

By BRONWYN SCOTT

Trends in men’s fashion are taking a turn this fall as bright colours are on their way in and some mainstays of past seasons are on

their way out. Tapered jeans, preferably in a mer-

lot, mustard or blue, are all fair game.Menswear columnist J.J. Lee said he

has bright greens, cerulean blues as well as pinks and yellows in his ward-robe.

“Less plaid,” said Avi Juliá, employ-ee at Main Street men’s boutique Motherland .

“Men’s lines are trying to redefine themselves,” said Carol Stephenson, Lululemon design assistant. As wom-en’s clothing is becoming more mascu-line, men’s lines are exploring new av-enues of design.

Trevor Phillips, creator of Ebon Aves Apparel, has found his niche in origi-nality.

“I look at T-shirts as a new form of canvas for the modern age,” he said via email. “Kind of like a functional piece of art.”

As for fabrics, cottons, flannels and canvas are popular this season, Juliá said, adding that more men are looking for fitted shirts.

Even linen works well for fall in Van-couver, Lee said. But he advises to but-ton up your jacket for a neat, trim look.

“Generally, as a safe rule, you look a lot sharper,” he said. “I never unbutton the jacket no matter how hot it gets.”

However it’s okay to be casual. “The idea of patching and weathered [cloth-ing] is kind of cool,” Lee said with a laugh.

Outer pea coats and trench coats, or some blend of the two together, are fashionable, said Lee.

If you’re topping off your outfit with a hat, stay away from a short brim that “makes the head look like a melon,” Lee said. Instead, try a two or three inch brim and tilt the hat to create flat-tering angles.

Men’s fashion lines redefining themselves

1980s continue their reign for women’s styles

Ayurvedic practices such as yoga, meditation and exercise, can lead to a full-filling, stress free life

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I’m pretty sure everyone has noticed the new gates plaguing every SkyTrain and Canada Line

station. Since you now have to filter past

them single file after leaving a crowded bus, the gates seem to be more of a nuisance than anything else.

TransLink’s justification for these new faregates is that they will eliminate fare evaders and allow TransLink to collect the money they would otherwise lose.

But in reality, the amount of fare evaders has decreased.

There were 3,100 fewer tickets for fare evasion issued last month in comparison to September of last year. And the kicker is that 76,000 more people were checked for valid fare in that same span of time.

One could argue that because TransLink is cracking down on fare evaders, the number of people riding the train system for free has drastically reduced.

And that’s totally fine.

But if it’s been proven that having a stronger enforcement presence on transit is the solu-tion to the problem of people cheating the system, why do we need these gates?

This new gate system is estimated to cost $171-mil-lion to implement. Sure, TransLink

won’t be fronting the entire cost by itself; the provincial and federal governments have pledged to contribute a total of around $70-mil-lion to the project.

But just last month, TransLink announced its three-year plan to cut costs by reducing services during off-peak hours and on less busy routes.

Surely they can’t possibly just cut $100 million worth of services – this extra money needs to be coming from multiple sources.

The only other way I can think of to boost revenue for a transit company is by increasing the cost of using its services.

And it’s not fair to increase the cost of using transit while decreas-ing services to fix a problem that is already being resolved.

OPINIONOmaR shaRIff

Job descriptions should accom-pany job openings — it’s how we keep people accountable when

they get hired for a position.Listings for jobs let us know what

new employees are supposed to be doing and it makes their progress, or lack thereof, measureable.

But when we have fuzzy, or worse, no job descriptions, how can we know if they’re doing what they’re supposed to do?

The short answer — we can’t.And during the Langara College

elections, we haven’t seen any clarity in those job descriptions at all. A few weeks ago, while brows-ing my email inbox, I noticed the Langara Students’ Union was

holding nomina-tions for the board of gover-nors and educa-tion council. There was nothing in the messages to describe what their responsibili-ties were.

A fancy title with a student

government sticker — it must be an important job!

I scrolled down the brick wall of text just below, hopeful some of the information there would enlighten me. I was wrong.

In a nutshell, here’s what it said: want to be nominated? Pay your tuition.

Fair enough, but it would be nice to know what kind of jobs your tuition’s supporting. The Langara website doesn’t do much better, providing a hazy, general outline of what their responsibilities are.

The board of governors site will make you dizzy from the legalese, while the education council descrip-tion doesn’t fare much better:

“Education Council is responsible for policies concerning student evaluation, withdrawal, academic standing, appeals, grading, awards for excellence and curriculum content.”

It’s so general it’s equivalent to saying the education council is responsible for education. In the case of the LSU we don’t even know what they do, so they’ll be staying for a long time — whether or not they get the job done.

OPINIONsTEVEN chua

Vancouver cannot afford to lose good, progressive ideas like the ‘thin streets’ proposal to bad political practice.

Such ideas must be legislated in ways that generate credibility, support and trust, rather than increase skepticism.

After a rushed vote by city council, the zoning amendments pertaining to the ‘thin streets’ proposal were approved last Wednesday.

Legally, any proposed changes to zoning may only become policy after meaningful consultation with communities.

Although Marpole has historically been a “not-in-my-backyard” neighbourhood (I’m remembering the Canada Line construction), residents have justifiably expressed their anger at having these pro-posed changes forced on them with no consultation.

While I applaud projects that directly address Vancouver’s housing issues, anything that is

tabled, voted and rushed through a government body in three days piques my interest.

When the project is valued at $2 billion, and the proposed changes are taken into effect immedi-ately, I become wary of the motivation behind the development.

More interest-ing still, the Mayor’s Task Force on Afford-able Housing is co-chaired by Olga Ilich, former BC Liberal MLA and millionaire development diva.

What do she and the rest of the developers on the task force stand to gain? And what exactly are her insights on affordable housing?

Greater Vancouver Homebuilders’ Association CEO Peter Simpson made the prediction that only a

“shrill minority who don’t want change” would oppose the project.

And shrill they were. It’s difficult to feel bad for

someone who owns a corner lot on the westside, but homeowners like David Griggs were not given that meaningful consultation.

Since Wednesday’s outcry from residents, the city has backed off on the immediate effect of the zoning amendments, and those missing neighbourhood discussions will now take place.

Why the rush, councillors? I suspect council tried to approve

this valuable proposal before too many screechy homeowners waved their million-dollar mortgages and said no.

Well, they’re waving them now. Lack of regard for residents has

made the proposal more controver-sial that it already is.

I hope that this lack of transpar-ency does not jeopardize the future of such an innovative solution for Vancouver’s density dilemma.

OPINIONaNNIE ELLIsON

No due process evident in ‘thin streets’ proposal

Langaraelectionsare still too vague

Faregates at SkyTrain stations not needed

BRANDON KOSTINUK cartoon

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By JULES KNOX

A recent study published in Ma-clean’s Magazine reveals unset-tling statistics about depression

in post-secondary institutions. More than half the students sur-

veyed said they have felt overwhelming anxiety and hopelessness within the last year.

More than a third admit to feeling so depressed that it was difficult to func-tion. Langara students surveyed large-ly agree that the pressures of school can be overwhelming.

Fred Landeen, a health sciences stu-dent, says that a heavy course load triggers his depression.

“I don’t sleep. I gave up on my hob-bies. My only way to cope is to stress out, not sleep, to do it all,” he said. “I try to be proactive and force myself to muscle through.”

Andy Sandberg, media and queer li-aison for Langara Students’ Union,

says she fights an ongoing battle with depression. “I isolate immediately. My friends know that when I don’t return their calls, I’m not mad at them, I’m just being a hermit.”

Corey Gaunce, a student in the social service worker program, agrees that students are under pressure, but he’s not convinced that the extreme stress is warranted.

“I think it’s a lot of undue pressure because students get really worked up about exams and marks, but in the end it’s not as bad as it feels at the time,” he said.

“As they say, ‘Cs get degrees.’” However, as the pressure mounts

and sometimes turns into depression, students have to find other ways to keep going.

Sandberg fights depression by keep-ing a strict schedule.

“Routine helps me get back into my-self and onto the right scale,” she says.

Landeen recommends going for a cup of coffee with a friend. He also says living conditions play a big role.

“Ride that support wave,” he said.“Live with your parents for as long

as you can.”

By ANNiE ELLiSON

Students today face fewer job prospects and more distractions than previous generations, rais-ing the risk of depression.

With midterms underway, Langara students may need some advice on how to cope with the stress and consequent effects stemming from the condition.

“It’s normal to have days of feeling sad, but not when those feelings inter-fere with day-to-day functioning,” said Dr. Sharon Jeyakumar, a psychologist based in Vancouver.

Post-secondary students are “cata-pulted into an environment that may be considered the perfect storm” for triggering a mental health issue like depression, Langara counsellor Mi-chelle Bowers said in an email.

Keeping a regular sleep and exercise schedule, eating wisely, limiting caf-feine and increasing exposure to day-light helps maintain a foundation of basic physical well-being.

Today’s student may feel to busy to slow down, but it can pay to relax.

Jeyakumar says constantly stimu-lated brains need time to recover.

Although it may seem contrary to managing school-related obligations, taking downtime is “very important in maintaining balance and emotional health.”

While social media allows people to connect almost effortlessly, Bowers said she encounters “more and more people who have lots of Facebook friends but feel increasingly isolated.”

She says social isolation frequently triggers depression.

Joining a club, seeing a counsellor or family doctor and reaching out to friends and family helps at-risk stu-dents reconnect socially and avoid dea-lin with their stresses by themselves.

Coping by disengaging from friends and family only perpetuates depres-

sion.“Don’t be suffering alone,” said Jeya-

kumar. For those feeling overwhelmed, it

helps to identify stressors and try dif-ferent coping strategies.

“While excessive drinking may be one way of winding down,” said Bow-ers, alcohol can increase stress by lead-ing to financial strain, heightened mood changes, and loss of study time.

Flexible and realistic backup plans help students remain motivated and avoid feelings of hopelessness about their personal or school situation.

Nevertheless, depression sometimes can creep up unnoticed.

“You don’t have to be in a crisis to come see a counsellor,” said Bowers.

Langara counselling services offers free and confidential sessions in room B111 for students seeking help.

Health services, located in room B101, provides referrals, prescriptions, and information.

Despite high demand, emergency walk-ins are given priority and will al-ways be helped.

By TANYA HiLL

More than a third of university-age Canadians will experience a mental health problem, most

often stress or depression, according to a recent finding published on the CBC website.

Midterms are in full swing at Langa-ra College, which can leave students wondering how to cope. Recent re-search conducted by Maclean’s Maga-zine reveals that there was a 200 per cent increase in demand for counseling services across North America.

The 2008 global financial crisis has caused historically high levels of unem-ployment among young educated peo-ple, leaving post-secondary students facing a possibly uncertain and precar-ious future.

Langara’s counselling department offers short-term personal and aca-demic counselling to students seeking help. There are also student workshops such as stress management and “Brains, Emotion, Health,” which ex-plores the relationship between the brain and emotions, and how this rela-tionship affects health. Langara has nine counsellors on staff that offer pro-fessional help and are available throughout the year.

“There is an uptick in terms of de-mand everywhere,” said counselling department chair Fraser Archibald during a phone interview.

“There is less stigma attached to seeking counselling services, which is great”, said Archibald. “Students are more comfortable coming in to talk about mental health issues.”

If a student is seeking peer to peer support, there is a mental health awareness club in the process of being formed and students interested should contact the student engagement cen-tre,” he said.

The counseling department also of-fers a virtual wellness centre on its website where students can find phone numbers to help lines and crisis cen-tres.

The Red Book online is a guide to community, social, and government agencies services across the Lower Mainland. Archibald said the college is always looking to expand its health ser-vices. “There could always be more service. The difficulty is funding, [which is the same everywhere.]”

Age no defence against depressionAn alarming number of young adults in Canada are struggling with its effects. This

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College undergrads open up about struggles

ANNIE ELLISON photoGeneral studies student Carlos Domingues hopes to cheer himself up with the help of sugar and caffeine while studying.

Langara students also feel pressured, lonely and over-stressed

“I don’t sleep. I gave up on my hob-bies.

FrEd LANdEENLangara health

sciences student

Editor roSS ArMoUrsports thE VoicE, thUrSdAY, octoBEr 11, 2012 8

Weins goal gives Falcons win

By RichaRd hodges

In a Thanksgiving Sunday meeting between rivals Langara Falcons and hosts Capilano Blues, both soccer teams conspired to beat the stuffing

out of each other, with Langara coming out on top.

Aided by a 20 year competitive feud between Langara coach David Shank-land and Capilano coach Paul Dailly that stretches back to their playing days in Scotland, the game featured fouls, injuries, and yellow cards.

In the end it featured just one goal, an early second half strike by Brett Weins that gave the Falcons all they needed to down the Blues. It was Weins’ fourth goal of the year.

“There’s a bit of a rivalry and we pasted them 4-1 last time so they were looking for revenge,” said goalkeeping coach Paul Segovia. “I thought we played better yesterday [in a 2-1 loss to Vancouver Island University] than we did today.”

Segovia also credited goalkeeper Noah Pawlowski with a superb shutout and making a number of crucial saves, including a couple during a frantic run of corners at the end of the first half.

The Falcons also had strong perfor-mances from midfielders Konstantin Vasic and Mynor Campos Jr.

With the win, the Falcons remain two points ahead of Thompson Rivers University for the final playoff spot in the PACWEST with just two weekends remaining in the season. Thompson Rivers University hosts the Falcons this Sunday in a vital match-up.

In the injury bay, the Falcons lost for-ward Zako Fuat Majeed to a dislocated shoulder while Campos Jr re-aggravat-ed a knee strain. The Blues’ Lukas Sta-warski was initially feared to have bro-ken his leg but was seen walking after the game.

By siMoNe PFeiFFeR

This past weekend, Langara’s wom-en’s and men’s basketball teams played and lost pre-season games

at home against their competitors in the provincial league.

On Friday evening, the women’s team was defeated 38-48 by the Camo-sun Chargers.

But Falcons’ coaches Mike Evans and Greg Eng were positive about their team’s performance.

“It’s early in the season, this was an exhibition game and we’ve got a lot of rookies who are trying to figure out the system,” said Eng.

“Although we didn’t win, we’re quite happy with the way we played.”

Evans echoed Eng’s sentiments. “We played a good game. It’s a very good team, but we’re small and we lost our biggest player this year. That hurt us hard.”

Evans also noted the challenges fac-ing a new team. “I love my team, they’re a great group of girls…we’re getting to know each other as we go along.” he said.

Denise Busayong, one of the Falcons’ top players, said they’ve worked hard to improve following last week’s alum-ni game and “are slowly getting to where we want to be.”

The women’s team will compete against Kwantlen this Saturday.

The men’s team also played a three-game tournament to kick off the sea-son, last Saturday.

In the final game against Quest, the team lost by just one point.

“It was a good day for us to see other teams in the league. I saw a lot of prog-ress,” said coach Paul Eberhardt.

“We’ve got a deep team with strong players. Brody Greig, Jeff Chu, Elliot Mason, Glenn Ruby. Big group, really solid.”

As for their hopes for the season, he said that they plan to go after both the provincial and national champion-ships.

Brody Greig shares his coach’s confi-dence in the team.

“We hope to win it all, I think we’re a strong enough team to do so,” he said.

The Falcons will play the University of Northern B.C. on October 27th.

Victory also gives coach Shankland one over on old rival Dailly

Women lose to Camosun as men are downed in tournament by Quest

Jerik Brown loses cham-pionship match in just under two minutes against George Vourtsis Friday at the Cascades Casino

RICHARD HODGES photoA Langara player holds off his Capilano opponent in a match-up this past Sunday

LEV JACKSON photoLangara’s Jerik Brown sports a goose egg after the fight

Both Falcons basketball teams suffer defeats

Langara boxer’s loss ends 3-bout winning streak

October 13 away at UBC Okanagan

Ocotber 14 away at Thompson Rivers University

October 20 vs Kwantlen Polytechnic Univserity

October 21 vs Douglas College

Upcoming matches

By saM ReYNoLds

For Jerik Brown, a Langara student and semi-pro amateur boxer, the title match of last Friday’s Clash at

the Langley Cascades Casino was his Fat City moment.

Brown, 25, describes the 1972 boxing drama Fat City as his favourite boxing movie “because it isn’t a ‘Cinderella’ story.”

The welterweight (between 140-147 pounds) economics major was paired against George Vourtsis of the Sun-

shine Coast Boxing Club for the city championship in the main event of the evening — a fight expected to be a shoe-in for Brown, who was on a three-bout winning streak.

It ended in a victory for Vourtsis in under two minutes after he delivered a frenetic and punishing series of un-blockable one-two blows to the chest.

Before the fight, Brown said that Vourtis, while shorter, has a similar fighting style to himself relying on a combination of jabs and uppercuts.

“I’ll be working the jab and trying to get him to bring his head down,” Brown said. “When he does that I’ll be waiting with the uppercut — in theory.”

In the dressing room before the fight Brown’s trainer seemed confident he would be able to beat Vourtsis.

He couldn’t.Vourtsis was awarded a technical

knockout as the referee stopped the fight because of swelling on Brown’s forehead.

Dave Allison, a promoter for the event, called the match-up between Brown and Vourtsis “a highlight fight of the year” because of how intensely both fighters competed to earn the po-sition. Vourtsis reportedly broke his hand in the qualifying bout for this match.

Though Vourtsis took the title in the end, when asked before the fight about his opponent Brown had sportsman-like remarks.

“He looks like a nice guy,’ Brown said. “I’ve never fought someone who wasn’t a nice guy.”

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