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By STACY THOMAS
L
ast year’s cafeteria renovations
came in $50,000 under budget and
the surplus has been returned to
the college for use in other areas said
Mark Adams, ancillary services direc-
tor.
According to Adams, a myriad of
contingencies which were budgeted
for didn’t happen, such as replacing old
piping or potentially removing asbes-
tos.
Now that renovations are complete,
students have access to a serving area,
booths, couches, three new restau-
rants, an improved salad bar, and new
microwaves are on there way. The caf-
eteria also features new televisions.
The new cafeteria opened a month
late due to red tape, subjecting stu-
dents to long line-ups during renova-
tions.
Four and a half months after the of-
ficial opening, there are still com-
plaints. Some students aren’t happy
with what they feel are high prices at
the new restaurants, and questionable
food choices.
“This cafeteria would benefit from
giving more student deals,” suggests
Andrea Houssin of Studio 58. “I guess
we’re paying for convenience, but the
college needs to realize that we don’t
have the kind of money that our par-
ents have.”
“I feel that there is not enough good
food here, for [college] life,” offers
peace and conflict studies student Igor
Oliviera while lunching on Triple Os
burgers and fries. “We go to [class],
and then we melt our brains with this
food. It is a very U.S. style of doing
things.”
Unanimously popular, however, are
the spacious, comfortable, and rarely
available booths.
“I’ve never actually sat on one of
those booths, but I really want to,” said
arts and science student Carlos Gonza-
les.
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Who’s the hottest instructor?Students on campus are hot for teacher, see who got the most votes
Photos by JACQUELINE RICHARDSON and courtesy of BRAD GIBSON and SCOTT MCLEAN
From left to right English instructor Gregory Holditch, Studio 58 instructor Brad Gibson and Economics Chair Scott McLean have been
voted Langara’s best looking.
By Jacqueline Richardson
W
ho is Langara’s hottest pro-
fessor? According to rate-
myprofessor.com, English
department’s Gregory Hold-
itch, and Economics Chair Scott
McLean top the charts, while on cam-
pus it was Studio 58’s Brad Gibson.
Around Langara talk of ‘who’s hot’
was heating up, as students discussed
their favourite professors with friends.
Anais West and Noelle Sediego of
Studio 58 were all giggles and grins
trying to pinpoint their favourite teach-
er. Brad Gibson was quick to top their
list; West calling him a “renaissance
man” while Sediego praised his “bright
scarves”. Fellow Studio 58 classmate
Erin Cassidy added that “[she likes]
the way he moves his hands when he
talks.”
When it comes to reviewing teach-
ers both for their hotness and class-
room skills, students may be aware of
the popular website ratemyprofessor.
com. The site features three categories
to rate your professor including, ‘over-
all quality’, ‘easiness’ and ‘hotness’.
While the site may give students a
chance to review their teachers, pro-
fessors like Gibson say the ‘hot factor’
takes away from any value the site may
posses. “It’s not what teaching’s about,”
he said.
While ratemyprofessor.com has
been knocked for not having the most
extensive review process, other profes-
sors aren’t as skeptical as Gibson.
“Measuring anything as complicated
as the ability to help a student think
and learn is a difficult task,” said
McLean, “…there are always going to
be flaws in (its) measures.”
McLean is presently rated on the
website, and featured as one of Langa-
ra’s hottest professors. When asked
what he thought of his fiery ratings,
Mclean’s response was more than mod-
est.
“If I had to guess a reason for this, I
would guess that it was simply because
I am on the younger side of the age dis-
tribution,” said McLean, “As I age I
would not be surprised if the hot pep-
pers disappear.”
Krizia Ilagan who took English with
Holditch, said he was first to come to
mind as her favourite professor. “[He’s
a] really good teacher with a good
sense of humour.”
Holditch, who according to ratemy-
professor.com sits just below Mclean in
hotness ratings, said he felt a little em-
barrassed by being featured as a ‘hot
instructor’. Holditch noted the limita-
tions of the site’s review process but
didn’t mind the site overall.
Langara nets a 50K surplus from cafeteria reno
Almost five months after a
renovation, the cafeteria is
still getting mixed reviews
from hungry students
B.C. benefits
from foreign
students
International students
help boost the economy
and the college
“Measuring
anything
as compli-
cated as
the ability
to learn
is a diffi-
cult task...
there are
always
going to be
flaws.”
Scott McLean
STACY THOMAS photo
The Oliviera’s, Igor and Raquel enjoy the new booths,
burgers and fries in the cafeteria.
By Carissa Thorpe
B
.C. Government plans are in the
works to bolster the number of
foreign students in B.C. by 50 per
cent over the next four years.
As announced last September,
Premier Christy Clark hopes this
move will strengthen the provincial
economy.
“International students pay high-
er per credit fees than domestic stu-
dents and make a significant contri-
bution to the college’s finances. This
contribution increases access to pro-
grams, courses and services for do-
mestic students,” said student devel-
opment and marketing Associate
Vice-President Ian Humphreys via
email.
According to data compiled by
economist Dr. Roslyn Kunin for the
British Columbia Council for Inter-
national Education, foreign students
contribute $1.8 billion to the B.C.
economy each year, and account for
the creation of an estimated 21,540
jobs.
Currently there are 94,000 interna-
tional students in B.C. each year, and
83 per cent of those students are con-
centrated in the Lower Mainland.
Of the 23,000 students who attend
Langara annually, some 1,100 of
those are international students,
with the most popular study choices
being in the areas of English, busi-
ness, economics, marketing and fi-
nancial management, among others.
Humphreys went on to say that
there is room for both more interna-
tional and domestic students at Lan-
gara into the future.

2. EditorAlannaHardinge-RooneyTheVoice,THURSDAY,February23,2012 news&features2
SASCHA PORTEOUS photo
A U-Pass dispenser in the Student Union Building (left), Matt McCann shows off next month’s pass (right).
U-Pass policies vex students
Costs, security concerns
and reports from other
schools drive decision to
keep paper ballots
Under new system, passes must be collected monthly — something
students say is frustrating when dispensers are often empty
LSU ditches
plans to take
voting online
By SASCHA PORTEOUS
T
he U-Pass is meant to give stu-
dent riders universal access to
the bus, SeaBus and SkyTrain
within Metro Vancouver, but
some Langara students say the system
has left them stranded.
Complaints were posted a few weeks
ago on the Langara Facebook page af-
ter students came to the school to pick
up their cards over the weekend, but
found the U-Pass dispensers empty.
Kelsey Pilon posted her disapproval
on the Langara Facebook page: “New
Bus Pass System - #Fail... Why are the
machines always empty?? Now I have
to pay to take the bus tomorrow. . . .
GREAT.”
Chris Formosa, a fellow Langara stu-
dent agreed with Pilon. He wrote,
“same here. . . just spent hours to get to
school to pick it up for no reason. . . I
am so fed up with this new system.”
The revised U-Pass system came into
effect last September.
Previously, students were issued
personalized passes with their name
and photo that were valid for four or
eight months, depending on their en-
rolment.
The changes were made in hopes of
reducing revenue losses due to lost,
stolen or sold passes.
Under the new program, students
must swipe their student ID’s using one
of the three dispensers on campus to
receive their monthly pass.
U-Passes are only valid for one
month, as regulated by Translink and
is the same for all educational institu-
tions within Vancouver.
Goals of the U-Pass program are to
provide lower-cost travel for students,
reduce single occupancy vehicles, and
to create a sustainable transit pro-
gram.
The pass dispensers are located in
the student union building, the book-
store and the library, but only the li-
brary’s dispenser is accessible over the
weekend.
Langara’s U-Pass Co-ordinator Ray-
mond Yeung said dispensers are
stocked full before the weekend but if
the machine has a lot of traffic it could
run out of cards before Monday.
“For security reasons there are only
two people on campus that have access
to change the machines and they are
not here over the weekend,” Yeung
said.
During the week, Yeung gets noti-
fied via email once the machines start
running low on passes.
Yeung said that this is a mistake that
they are trying to avoid, but U-Passes
“are available two weeks in advance,”
and he advises students to “pick them
up earlier.”
English and history student Matt
McCann recently lost his pass but said
“it’s not worth paying to replace the
card with only a week left before the
end of the month.”
Formosa says, “they should just al-
low us to grab all three months’ worth
of passes [at once].”
By Clayton Paterson
W
hile Langara has moved a por-
tion of their student elections
online, the Langara Student
Union has taken a stance against mov-
ing future elections online.
LSU board member Eli Zbar said
that because this is the first year Lang-
ara has used online voting, the effect on
the college’s voter turnout has yet to be
fully analyzed.
“After careful consideration, we have
halted our efforts to establish online
voting,” said Zbar.
According to Zbar, a move to online
voting would prove too costly as they
would have to purchase new equip-
ment, implement new security mea-
sures and upgrade the website.
He also said that the lack of effective-
ness at other schools is a major factor
in the LSU’s stance on the issue.
The University of British Columbia
eliminated paper ballot voting in 2010,
and that same year they experienced a
major issue with fraud when someone
hacked into the system and submitted a
large number of votes for themselves.
Approximately 731 of 6,900 votes cast
were identified as fraudulent as they
came from the same IP address at a
rate of around one vote every 16 sec-
onds.
A UBC study also found that moving
the elections strictly to an online for-
mat showed no significant increase in
voter turnout compared to previous
years where either paper ballots or a
mix of the two were used.
Zbar said that while this specific in-
stance did not play a significant role in
the LSU’s stance, security in general is
a major concern.
“The last thing we want is for some-
one to say our elections have been com-
promised,” said Zbar. “We have not
found a way to mitigate those problems
effectively, but if that comes to light in
the future we’ll reconsider.”
Only 141 ballots were cast in Langa-
ra’s last election from among a student
population of approximately 10,000.
A common feeling among students is
that low voter turnout is a problem be-
cause there isn’t enough awareness
about the elections and the candidates
who are running.
“The polling stations themselves are
an excellent form of outreach,” said
Zbar.
LFA, college yet to sign contract
ROSS ARMOUR photo
LFA president Lynn Carter said that job action similar
to what happened last spring is unlikely. The LFA’s con-
tract with the college expires at the end of March and a
date for negotiations has not yet been set.
President says it’s important to remain optimistic that an agreement will be reached
All students at
eligible schools in
Metro Vancouver
pay a manda-
tory $30/month
included in their
student fees
Since last year,
the program has
expanded to
10 schools and
125,000 students
Langara students
voted 97 per cent
in favour of the
new program in
a referedum held
last March
Source: TransLink/Langara
Student Services
U-Pass
Facts
By ROSS ARMOUR
A
new contract for members of the
Langara Faculty Association is
still on hold as a date to negotiate
with the college is yet to be set.
The current LFA contract expires
March 31.
“There has been no encouragement
so far from either side to re-enter nego-
tiations,” said LFA president Lynn
Carter.
From September 2010 to April 2011,
LFA members worked without a con-
tract after the college dashed hopes of
a pay rise.
This prompted job action last spring,
with some instructors choosing to walk
off campus and the students’ grades
nearly being withheld.
“There was a small strike. One or
two days of classes were missed,” ex-
plained English instructor and LFA
member Trevor Newland. “I feel like
the LFA wouldn’t have done that unless
under extreme circumstances. Nobody
wanted to go on strike.”
Staff at Vancouver Island University
went on strike for a number of weeks
around the same time last year.
Asked of whether a similar situation
might happen at Langara with further
uncertainty ahead Carter said, “It is
highly unlikely that we would ever
have a situation like the one that oc-
curred at VIU.”
The problems last spring resulted in
worry for many students and staff.
“I was very nervous. The LFA were
holding these big meetings and nobody
really knew what was going to hap-
pen,” said Newland.
The current contract is the third one
in a row that has not included a pay
rise for LFA members.
B.C. Premier Christy Clark outlined
the government’s determination not to
raise the pay of any government work-
ers in her throne speech last October.
The fact that she raised the issue
again in her recent radio address is
relative.
LFA hopes of a pay rise occurring
next time round may be slim and mem-
bers may just be praying for another
contract that is similar to the current
one.
“It’s important to go to the table with
optimism so there’s the best chance of
working something out,” said Carter.

3. EditorAlexandragrant TheVoice,THURSDAY,February,23,2012Campus news 3
By ALEX SKERDZHEV
L
angara’s Biology Club is helping
out the needy by organizing a food
drive for Vancouver’s homeless
and poverty stricken communi-
ties.
Shaun Singh, a 21-year-old biology
student who has led the club for the
last two years, organized a food drive
this February. Students have been do-
nating canned goods to one of several
drop-off boxes located on the second
and third floors of the A building.
“Basically what we’re doing is just
collecting cans,” he said. “[The funds]
are being donated to the B.C. Food
Bank.”
Singh said choosing B.C. Food Bank
as the fundraiser’s charity was a no-
brainer.
“A lot of organizations make it diffi-
cult to be able to use their name,” he
said, adding that working with B.C.
Food Bank was as easy as filling out a
single form, which took roughly 20 min-
utes.
To promote the event, the club ad-
vertised through biology newsletters
and put up posters on bulletin boards
around campus, which Singh said has
generated a lot of interest from the stu-
dent body.
“We had a couple donations during
Clubs Day from people who saw the
posters,” he said. “I would say we got
about 20 cans that way, and 20 cans is 20
meals’ worth of food.”
Mario Moniz de Sa, a biology instruc-
tor and assistant chair of the depart-
ment, devised a unique way to entice
his students into bringing some food.
“It was Friday afternoon, I’ve just
given an exam the day before, and I was
reluctant to start a new topic because
of the spring break,” he said. “So I said
[everyone] can skip class on Friday on
the condition that the entire class must
bring in at least one food item.”
Moniz de Sa, who approved Singh’s
initial proposal for the food drive, said
he is happy with the student response.
“Just from this office I’ve collected
three boxes of food,” he said. “I had no
idea it was going to be that successful ...
we have a room down the hall and
there are a lot of boxes of food there al-
ready.”
Both Moniz de Sa and Singh said
they love doing charity work.
“My mom’s a nurse, and ever since I
was old enough, I was helping her vol-
unteer,” said Singh. “If you’re some-
what privileged and well-off, you
should try and help people around
you.”
Moniz de Sa said what he gained
from the food drive was “a warm feel-
ing in my heart.”
By CARA MCKENNA
A
former student of the peace and
conflict program at Langara built
a library in Palestine that is help-
ing many illiterate women and chil-
dren.
Emma Swan, who graduated in Au-
gust 2011, was going to volunteer to
teach English in Palestine; however, af-
ter discovering that most students
were illiterate a year after going
through the English program, she de-
cided to think bigger. Building a library
immediately came to mind.
“Because I’m extremely determined
and stubborn I started obsessing about
it,” said Swan. “It started out as a
dream for me.”
She started to solicit donations and
eventually raised more than enough
money to pay for the project.
Swan, who was in Palestine from No-
vember to December 2011, stayed in a
refugee camp in the West Bank of Pal-
estine where she steadily worked to get
the library up and running..
“It was kind of difficult being a wom-
an and heading the project,” said Swan.
“It was full of all sorts of interesting
lessons in itself, operating in a predom-
inantly Arab country . . . I think we
broke through a lot of boundaries for
myself and for others as well.”
She said that building the library
was hard work which involved building
shelving units and organizing more
than 1,200 Arabic and English books
into different read-
ing levels.
“I’m very versed
in children’s books
now, I had to read
all the English
ones front to back,”
she said.
Since there is no
airport in Pales-
tine, Swan took a
plane to Israel and
hid 200 books in
the bottom of her
suitcase because it
is illegal for west-
ern visitors to work for non-govern-
ment organizations there. She also ar-
ranged illegal shuttles throughout the
trip to bring the rest of the books in.
The library took a month and a half
of tedious work, but once it was open,
Swan started to see her work pay off.
“There was a line-up of young girls
everyday,” she said. “These girls really
wanted to take books out, they were so
excited.”
Swan said that her education at Lan-
gara helped her realize what she want-
ed to do in a larger sense.
“[The peace and conflict studies pro-
gram] helped me connect with a lot of
like-minded people in Vancouver and
opened up chances for dialogue for
things that I cared about,” she said. “I
got a lot of inspiration from the pro-
gram and also the confidence I needed
to go on and do these things.”
The library is currently being run by
local volunteers from the refugee
camp, though Swan said she will not be
forgetting about it anytime soon.
“I’m planning on going back again.
This is something I’m going to build on
for who knows how long. Hopefully for-
ever.”
By CARLY RHIANNA SMITH
H
umans and apes owe their smarts
to their large “little brain,” or cer-
ebellum, an anthropology profes-
sor at Langara says in a recently pub-
lished article.
Dr. Carol MacLeod shows that the
apes and humans, the most closely re-
lated primates, have a lateral cerebel-
lum 2.7 times larger than expected
when compared with the rest of the
primate brain.
Her article, titled “The Missing Link:
Evolution of the primate cerebellum,”
was published in Progress in Brain Re-
search, an anthropology journal. It be-
came available online at the end of
January 2012.
The cerebellum is not the main part
of the brain, the neo-cortex, but is lo-
cated at the bottom of the brain, close
to the spinal column. The lateral cere-
bellum is the part of the brain that
handles movement, language, and step-
by-step learning.
“The cerebellum has been a missing
link in our understanding of brain evo-
lution and our understanding of how
the brain works and that, fortunately, is
changing now,” said MacLeod.
MacLeod began the research used in
the article in the mid-1990s studying
brains of monkeys, apes and humans.
She studied macaque apes in the wild
on Gibraltar Island in 1972, 1974 and
1984.
To collect her live data, MacLeod
scanned primate brains with Magnetic
Resonance Imaging (MRI). She also
visited the Brain Research Institute in
Düsseldorf, Germany six times to study
brain samples from dead primates.
These samples are mounted on slides
for study. She looked at 42 ape brains,
the largest number of primate brains
ever studied at one time.
After years gathering all her data,
such as the size of brain parts and
number of circuits, MacLeod next had
to analyze and compare the findings.
That is when she found that the lateral
cerebellum developed faster in humans
and apes than in monkeys.
EMMA SWAN photo
Langara grad Emma Swan with a group of children in
the library she built in the West Bank of Palestine.
Former peace and conflict
studies student Emma
Swan built a library in
Palestine last fall
Bio club to help locals in need
Langara’s biology students and instructors organize food drive
Grad brings literacy to Palestine
Missing link
in brain
research
Instructor discovers new
functions of cerebellum in
primate brain study
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A360
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A352
Around the corner
from room A267
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findthe
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ALEX SKERDZHEV photo
Shaun Singh, the co-leader of Langara College’s biology club, surrounded by food donations from the club’s food drive.
“This is
something
I’m going
to build on
. . . hope-
fully
forever.
EMMA SWAN

4. By QUINN MELL-COBB
W
ith the 84th Academy Awards
just around the corner, Langa-
ra College students and faculty
have weighed in on who will walk away
with Oscar glory.
The big night comes this Sunday,
February 26th, when Hollywood’s best
and brightest will gather at the famous
Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles to find
out which screen talent, directors, writ-
ers and films reigned supreme in 2011.
At Langara, a random survey of 40
Langara students revealed that there
were three films in particular that
stood out as favourites – The Artist,
Moneyball and The Help.
When asked what movie should win
best picture, 45 per cent of respondents
went with The Artist, while 40 per cent
were in favour of baseball biopic Mon-
eyball. Extremely Loud & Incredibly
Close finished third with 15 per cent of
the vote, an interesting surprise given
its lack of Oscar recognition amongst
mainstream film critics.
Somewhat un-
surprisingly, Brad
Pitt was over-
whelmingly Lang-
ara’s choice as best
actor, for his depic-
tion of Oakland
Athletics general
manager Billy
Beane in Money-
ball — a perfor-
mance which Lan-
gara human
kinetics student
Abdul Fadel was particularly enthused
by.
“It was an awesome movie,” said
Fadel. “and (Brad Pitt) made it work.”
Pitt garnered 80 per cent of the vote,
with his Ocean’s Eleven co-star George
Clooney accounting for the remaining
20 per cent, for his role in film adapta-
tion of The Descendants.
Meryl Streep earned 70 per cent of
the best actress votes for her role in
The Iron Lady, while Bridesmaids’ Me-
lissa McCarthy was the favourite for
best supporting actress taking 75 per
cent of the vote.
With all of Langara seemingly jump-
ing on the Moneyball bandwagon, Jo-
nah Hill was the leading vote getter in
the best supporting actor category.
However, Langara film arts instructor
Gary Fisher disagreed with the popular
pick, choosing Nick Nolte from Warrior
as his pic. Noting that he “should have
won an Oscar” in 1997 for his starring
role in Affliction.
It was a two-horse race for best direc-
tor, with Michel Hazanavicius, The Art-
ist, edging out legendary director Mar-
tin Scorsese, Hugo, 45 per cent to 40 per
cent. Once again, Fisher went off the
board in terms of the survey results for
his pick, choosing Terrence Malick’s
50’s drama The Tree of Life.
EditorShawnGillTheVoice,Thursday,february23,20124 entertainment
Scene-stealers make the play
Kazz Leskard and
Katey Hoffman
are hidden gems
in Julius Caesar
By LEV JACKSON
S
tudio 58’s rendition of Shake-
speare’s Julius Caesar takes the
audience into an alternate vi-
sion of Ancient Rome. As a
whole, the cast does a good job portray-
ing the world they created, but two of
the supporting actors really capture
the audience’s imagination.
In Studio 58’s version of the classic
play, viewers don’t see a traditional im-
age of Rome, but rather a society domi-
nated by women.
The Studio 58 team, a cast of ten
women and six men led by director
Scott Bellis do a good job creating this
“gender bender” to cater to the pre-
dominantly female cast. With the male
leading roles taken by women, the
world of Rome is turned upside down.
Whether saying lines with emphatic
passion or singing a chilling lullaby,
Kazz Leskard as Casca the Conspirator
and Katey Hoffman as Brutus’ servant
Lucius, show talent and poise beyond
their years. The actors captivate the
audience whenever they step foot on
stage.
Leskard, 26, in his final term at Stu-
dio 58, got started in performing at an
early age.
“Both of my parents are actors, so I
did a lot of that growing up” said Les-
kard. “I hung around backstage help-
ing out wherever I could. It was inevi-
table [that] by around 10 or 12 I got into
acting.”
The great imagery Leskard puts into
every line makes it easy for other cast
members to feed off the energy he
brings forth.
As a long-time performer, when on
stage Leskard is fully in his element.
“I have always been very comfort-
able on stage. I think that’s because for
a little while I savour the opportunity
to be someone else, in a different time
or different place. Someone who is not
me.”
In the second act Lucius (Hoffman)
sings a lullaby to Brutus on the eve of
battle. In an almost eerie tone, Hoff-
man’s voice tugs at the heartstrings of
the audience.
Hoffman, 23, who grew up in Vernon
B.C., where she took part in community
theatre, is convincing in her perfor-
mance as a Brutus’ manservant.
“You have to get rid of the stereo-
types in your head surrounding the
character. When I read the script, I vi-
sualized these characters in a certain
way” said Hoffman. “I think going into
it, you have to have a completely open
slate, be open-minded, find the mascu-
linity in myself and find the feminine
traits of the character.”
DAVID COOPER photos
Lindsay Winch as Cassius in an onstage discussion with manservant Casca, played by Kazz
Leskard (above). Andrea Houssin as Brutus confides in Lucius, played by Katey Hoffman.
Performance dates
The play is in its last week. Shows run tonight through to Sunday with shows at 8 p.m.
every night and matinee shows Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m.
ticket prices
SIngle tickets for evening shows are from $17.00 to $22.00. Matinees are $12.00. There is
a $5.00 per order additional fee for phone orders
Where to get tickets
Tickets are available at www.ticketstonight.ca or at 604-684-2787
Source: ticketstonight.ca
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Have fun for
free in and
out of the box
Free meals and flamenco
dance among the best
deals in town for students
on a shoestring budget
By AUDREY McKINNON
T
o anybody who’s on a tight budget
after their Spring break excesses,
freedom from the broke-student-
blues can come in the form of free
things.
Here are some free spoils that fall
outside the box and beyond long walks
on the seawall, checking out the Gran-
ville Island buskers or perusing bins of
dried seafood, ginkgo biloba and gin-
seng in Chinatown.
The Shree Mahalakshmi Temple, a
Hindu Temple in Mount Pleasant, of-
fers a free meal at 2 p.m. every Sunday.
Line up for a free helping of curry, rice,
potatoes and veggies. It’s self-serve
and diners wash their own dishes.
Kino Café on Cambie Street at 18th
Avenue offers passionate flamenco
performances Wednesday to Sunday
beginning each night at 8 p.m. Donate
what you can, even if it‘s nothing, by
dropping it in the hat as the dancers
and musicians take a deserved break.
One Yoga at 150 W Hastings asks
that you part with $12 to stretch your-
self limber, but it‘s only a suggestion
and free-riders are welcome on the
faith that an equilibrium will eventual-
ly be met through future contributions.
Tiffany de Lima, an 18-year-old Lan-
gara student taking psychology and
Spanish, says she would pay half the
recommended donation to ease her
conscience.
“I’d give a donation. I wouldn’t just
go in,” said Lima.
If it’s music you’re after, grab the
Starbuck’s Pick of the Week for a bit of
on-campus freeness. Last week, stu-
dents freed their minds with Big Deal
by Chair from iTunes. This week it’s
Scrabble from the AppStore.
Cory Gibbons, a 22-year-old Langara
transfer student, said he doesn’t share
Starbuck’s choices though.
“I like the concept, I don’t like their
picks,” said Gibbons.
If you would rather do some reading,
the Vancouver Sun leaves left over
newspapers every weekday during the
morning rush at 8 a.m. at the bottom of
the escalators at Marine Drive station.
Students, film instructor
choose their favourites in
advance of Sunday’s big
awards extravaganza
Gary Fisher
Langara film arts
instructor
“Moneyball
was an
awesome
movie and
Brad Pitt
made it
work.
Abdul Fadel,
human kinetics
student
photo courtesy of FMTACCESS.com
Oscar awaits Sunday’s winners.
And the Oscar goes to ... Langara makes its picks

5. THEVOICE,THURSDAY,FEBRUARY23,2011 5EDITORJENNIFERFONGlifestyles
By JEREMY SALLY
V
ending machines are blamed for
rising childhood obesity rates,
but the weight of responsibility
still lies with parenting, says an
American study.
The study, led by Pennsylvania State
University and published in the Sociol-
ogy of Education has found no correla-
tion between student obesity and the
sale of junk food.
Body mass index values of 20,000
Grade 5 to Grade 8 students were tak-
en.
Researchers saw that pupils attend-
ing schools with vending machines did
not have a noticeably different BMI
compared to their peers in schools
without machines.
Lead researcher Jennifer Van Hook
told the New York Times that “Food
preferences are established early in
life,” and schools cannot be solely re-
sponsible for childhood obesity.
“Childhood eating behaviours are es-
tablished before adolescence” says
Monica Molag, nutrition instructor for
Langara. “What mom does, kids do.”
But Molag cautioned that this survey
must be considered carefully. She be-
lieves that if the study were to be taken
during high school years, the results
would be much different.
“As kids grow older and move into
high schools, they have extra finances
available and they are not restricted in
their movement” said Molag.
“Go into any high school, you'll see
students wandering halls with easy ac-
cess to vending machines.”
Van Hook speculated that the stu-
dents in her survey had regimented
schedules, which minimized the con-
sumption of junk food.
“Parents feed kids junk just so they
stop crying,” says arts and sciences
student, Marianne Coquillon. “It's lazi-
ness.”
As a mother, Coquillon is shocked at
the foods parents fed their children. “I
was very careful and very observant
when feeding my child.”
Peace and conflict studies student
Victor Krefting agrees, saying junk
food is a pacifier for children. He be-
lieves “the education system should be
teaching people about healthy diets.”
“It is down to parenting,” says kinet-
ics student Betty Kang. She attributes
her own health to good examples set by
her own family.
“For example, my dad doesn't eat
much meat. It's healthier and much
more natural.”
Despite the study, instructor Molag
believes vending machines have no
place in schools.
"Schools are making a profit on
something we know to be deleterious
to students' health," says Molag.
“Do we want to put foods we know
are toxic, into the reach of children?
Even in high school, those students are
still children.”
School junk food not to blame
Study says vending machines not responsible for childhood obesity
By AGUSTINA COCCARO
O
n Feb. 27, people across the coun-
try will be celebrating No Brainer
Day, a day in which only simple-
minded activities are allowed. Any
tasks that require thinking, studying or
analysis of any kind are not permitted.
Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith, Amer-
ica’s premier eventologist, created No
Brainer Day in 1995. She created this
day as a way for people to detach from
strenuous everyday activities and re-
lax. Koopersmith has created over 500
holidays including Learn a New Word
Day (Oct. 16) and Funk Awareness Day
(July 15).
Many students at Langara are un-
aware of No Brainer Day and find it dif-
ficult to apply such a holiday to their
busy schedules.
“It’d be really hard to make it work
because as a society, our entire day still
has to function and jobs need to get
done,” said Kelsey Bartha, a university
transfer student.
“As a student you have to study, obvi-
ously, and I have to go to work so I can’t
shut off.”
Art student Tom Lougheed said, “I
think it depends on what you’re study-
ing, if you find school strenuous then
I’m all for it.”
Max Knowlan, psychology student,
said “I think people in general are too
high strung, in the back of their mind
they might want to do it, but I can’t see
it happening. Our society runs on the
fact that everyone is running 24/7.”
No Brainer Day this year falls on a
Monday, which some consider one of
the most stressful days of the week, so
a high number of participants for this
day are not expected.
Feb. 27 also happens to be Interna-
tional Polar Bear Day, Orthodox Green
Monday for Lent, and the 11 year anni-
versary of when the 100-Hour War be-
tween the U.S. and Iraq ended.
So unplug your alarm clock, forget
your homework and take the opportu-
nity to relax and recharge by celebrat-
ing No Brainer Day.
Little-known holiday calls
for mandatory rest, with
no thinking, studying, or
difficult tasks permitted
No brainer: Feb. 27 a day for relaxing
Not just an
extra day:
Behind the
leap year
Traditions, superstitions,
and the actual science
behind a day that occurs
only once every four years
By DANA BOWEN
T
here is a complete science revolved
around the leap year according to
Langara astronomy teacher Ben-
oite Pfeiffer, but students don’t notice
the extra day on the calendar.
Because the Earth’s revolutions are
not exact, every four years our calen-
dar adds a leap year, which means Feb-
ruary goes until 29 rather than 28.
The typical year does not have an ex-
act number of days. There are approxi-
mately 365.25 days in a year, so an extra
day is added to even it out.
Pfeiffer says there is a science to Feb.
29 and that it affects our harvesting
season.
“We could have
Christmas in June
if we didn’t pay at-
tention to it,” said
Pfeiffer.
However, there
have been cases
when a leap year
has been cancelled.
There was no
leap year in 1900,
and there will not
be one in 2100. Leap
years do not occur
on years that are
not divisible by 100,
unless they’re also
divisible by 400.
For some cul-
tures however,
rather than having
an extra day in the
year, they add a
whole other month.
The Chinese, He-
brew and Hindu
cultures are some
that have 13
months in a leap year and they occur
more often than every four years.
They measure this by using the lu-
nar calendar. But all this passes over
many students’ heads.
“I just saw it on the calendar and
thought, “oh yeah,”” said arts and sci-
ence student, Michelle Worden.
Worden doesn’t think much of the
leap day.
She said she recently met someone
whose birthday is Feb. 29, but before
then, it held no real significance.
There are a few superstitions involv-
ing the leap year, many of them about
marriage.
In Greece, it is considered unlucky
for a couple to marry during a leap
year, especially on the leap day.
The most well known however, is the
Irish tradition that Feb. 29 is the only
day a woman can propose to a man.
This was done to balance the roles of
men and women, just as the leap year
balances the calendar.
“I think [the Irish tradition] is amus-
ing, but just to watch and observe, not
to actually do it,” says Amana Shanbaz,
in the arts and science program.
For any woman who is rejected, the
man must buy her 12 new pairs of
gloves, in order to hide the embarrass-
ment for lack of an engagement ring.
“I look for any excuse to celebrate
and have fun, but personally I don’t re-
ally care [about the tradition],” said
Shanbaz.
There are several unique facts re-
volving the leap year, but for many stu-
dents, it is just another day on the cal-
endar.
“We could
have
Christmas
in June if
we didn’t
pay atten-
tion to it
BENOITE PFEIFFER
Astronomy teach-
er at Langara
Sleeping
Watching TV
Playing with
animals
Fingerpainting
Daydreaming
Video games
Allowed
onFeb.27
“Childhood
eating
behav-
iours are
established
before ado-
lescence
MONICA MOLAG
nutrition
instructor
JEREMY SALLY photo
Student Jennica Grieke buys a bottle of water from one of Langara’s vending machines, which primarily sell pop and unhealthy snacks.

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W
e can all agree that volun-
teering your time to help
those who are less fortunate
than yourself is a great idea.
Langara graduate Emma Swan
has certainly done her part in
assisting the less fortunate: she
helped to build and maintain a
library in Palestine. Her goal of
increasing literacy among Palestin-
ian women is admirable.
Further, he situation in the West
Bank has not made this an easy task
for Swan as even the importation of
books faces heavy restrictions,
making her efforts even more
impressive.
Volunteering is a great thing to do,
and the people who choose to do it
are rarely in it for the recognition.
Unfortunately, many among us
have a double standard in how we
judge a person’s efforts, focusing on
where that person chooses to
volunteer instead of the act itself.
Let’s recognize that someone who
volunteers at a homeless shelter in
Vancouver is as selfless as someone
who volunteers in Palestine.
According to the 2010 Vancouver
Homeless Count, conducted by
Eberle Planning and Research,
Vancouver had
approximately
1,700 people
identified as
homeless that
year.
Approximately
400 of them were
without nightly
shelter.
That number
was down from
the over 800
people without
shelter in 2008.
Without the hard work of volun-
teers, local shelters like the Union
Gospel Mission would not be able to
help as many people as they do.
And don’t think that volunteering
need be a huge endeavour.
Whether you take an ambitious
overseas route or stay closer to
home, volunteering is easy to do and
is truly commendable work.
The important thing is the act of
volunteering itself, not where that
volunteering takes place.
Let’s acknowledge that all volun-
teers, whether local or elsewhere,
are equally deserving of the thanks
and praise for what they do.
Emma Swan went to Palestine. So
can you, but helping out in your own
community is just as good.
C
anada’s long-standing policy of
multiculturalism is seen every
day at Langara. Students from
backgrounds that span the
globe walk our halls, bringing new
perpectives and,
just as important-
ly, fat wallets.
Having
international
students in our
classrooms
promotes an
inter-cultural
exchange of
values and ideas.
But their
higher tuition
rates also are
keeping Langara’s coffers brimming
with funds that can be directed
towards all sorts of programs.
With Tuesday’s provincial budget
offering little new money for
education, this overseas recruitment
could lead us down a slippery slope.
In an email to the Voice, student
development and marketing
associate vice-president Ian Hum-
phreys explained that Langara
welcomes international students
because “a mixture of international
and domestic students is the
preferred learning environment”
and for their higher tuition fees,
which “make a significant contribu-
tion to the college’s finances.”
The college shouldn’t have to
consider such a funding model.
Bringing in students from other
countries gives those students
exposure to Canadian culture.
Concurrently, Canadian students
also get exposure to the values held
by our international colleagues.
Bringing in students from abroad
should be about expanding our
cultural knowledge, not finances.
Contrary to what was reported in
the Georgia Straight, the college
tells us that space remains for new
students to attend Langara, be they
from Canada or abroad.
When Langara recruits prospec-
tive students, a student’s potential
should be the only consideration.
In 2007, the most recent year for
which data were available, the
Organization for Economic Co-oper-
ation and Development showed that
Canada was third among the
organization’s 34 members in
per-student post-secondary spend-
ing. This is great, but it also needs to
continue to be true.
And it’s no wonder that so many
overseas students are attracted to
Canada’s seemingly well-funded
system.
As a society, we’ve been willing to
spend money on post-secondary
education, but we must not step
back from that willingness to spend
on education.
It shouldn’t fall on the backs of
international students to fund our
education, nor should we ask our
administrators to be creative in
funding our programs.
Stable funding from government
is essential and must continue.
P
erspective counts in how we
spend our time — not voting
because you’ve judged the
issues at hand is one thing, but to
not vote because you’re lazy? That’s
a bad way to start your time as an
adult.
When you leave Langara with
your degree, you’ll enter the
workforce. Did you pay attention to
where the levers of power are
creating opportunities for young
workers?
Being aware of your future
well-being means making a judg-
ment about the importance of the
issues.
Langara students had the oppor-
tunity at the beginning of the month
to elect new representatitves to the
students’ union and to the college’s
Education Council.
Voter turn out was low. Out of
approximately 10,000 eligible voters,
fewer than 200 cast ballots for the
LSU positions.
One would like to think that the
low voter turnout was due in part to
limited exposure and a lack of a
compelling issue that needed to be
addressed, rather than voter apathy.
On a side note,
I hope the low
turn out wasn’t
for lack of
publicity. I’ve
seen the big
poster sale in the
main hallway,
I’ve noticed a
table selling
beads, and of
course there was
the sexual health
fair.
If any of the
people involved in the election were
ever campaigning in the main hall, it
went unnoticed by me.
Course work, commuting,
homework and trying to have a
social life make things extremely
busy for students.
As life goes on, your life obliga-
tions will not lessen. Getting used to
juggling our every day lives with our
broader awareness will serve you
well in the long run.
Hopefully, so many of us missed
out on voting because none of the
issues or positions up for grabs were
deemed important enough for us to
express our opinion.
Without any strong reasons to
vote, voter turnout will always be
low.
There are major issues in life that
need to be addressed by the voting
public. The quality of your life can
be affected significantly by the
people you elect into power.
For example, the structure of the
student health plan is in question for
next year, who we elect to the LSU
will influence that decision.
The issue is not whether you
voted, it’s really about whether you
are paying attention to the issues.
OPINION
CLAYTON
PATERSON
OPINION
Patrick
JOHNSTON
It’s the issues, man, the issues!
Praise the
volunteers
wherever
they may be
Make the province pay
OPINION
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7. Editor lynda chapple TheVoice,THURSDAY,february23,2012community 7
By OMAR SHARIFF
T
he Marpole Business Improve-
ment Area, in partnership with
Emily Carr University of Art & De-
sign, is planning to institute a public
art program in the area by this sum-
mer.
“The Marpole art project began with
our Board of Directors’ interest in pub-
lic art, sculpture, murals and the poten-
tial street beautification aspect includ-
ing such projects in commercial
districts,” said Claudia Laroye, execu-
tive director of the Marpole BIA.
The Marpole BIA is supplying $7,500
of funding for the first phase of the
project, an amount that will be matched
by the Mitacs-Accelerate program.
Ashely Guindon, an Emily Carr stu-
dent, has been chosen as the graduate
student intern who will play a pivotal
role in laying down the groundwork for
the 5-year project.
Guindon will be in charge of reach-
ing out to the community to get input
from residents and researching and
selecting potential artists and artwork
among other
things.
“This is a long
term project so
there are many
people to meet, sto-
ries to hear, and
ideas to explore,”
said Guindon.
Dr. Cameron
Cartiere, Dean of
Graduate Studies
at Emily Carr, sees
the project as a
tool to educate stu-
dents and providing them valuable ex-
perience as working artists.
“We want to embed things in the
curriculum and give the students a
chance to create artwork instead of
commissioning it from working art-
ists,” she said.
Dr. Cartiere helped establish the
partnership between Marpole and Em-
ily Carr and has a background in re-
searching and writing about public art.
The project is still in its early stages
but aims at having artwork up this
summer.
The following is one of a series of
profiles of people who live and work in
South Vancouver
By Dennis Page
B
radley Hughes spends most of
his free time having discussions
with students about issues that
become problems based on cor-
porate greed, corrupt governments and
other failings of capitalism.
Hughes is a physics and astronomy
teacher at Langara College, holding a
masters degree from Simon Fraser
University and a bachelor of science
degree from Dalhousie University.
He is also a writer and editor for the
Socialist Worker newspaper, which he
also helps distribute.
His reason for doing this type of
work is to help raise awareness for im-
portant issues that don’t typically get
addressed in any significant way in our
local politics.
Hughes points out there is a large
amount of politically aware and active
students at Langara and many looking
for alternatives to the status quo.
“When I talk to students what I find
is not an instinctive anti-capitalism,
though I’m starting to see more of that,
but just there’s no faith in the system,
“The system has always been getting
worse or staying at the same bad level
their whole life. So why would you be-
lieve this is the best way to organize
society,” he said.
In the month of March Hughes is a
busy man, aside from his teaching and
regular discussion groups, there will
be an art exhibit produced by children
from Gaza, and a discussion on the
politics of Malcolm X at the end of the
month.
Hughes holds his discussion groups
every second Wednesday, usually on
campus, but coffee shops such as Rhi-
zome Café get used from time to time.
If you have even a slight interest in ex-
ploring more political view points, do
yourself a favor and check out his
booth, attend one of the meetings or
visit socialistworkercanada.com
This is a man with a mission
Marpole
meets
Carr grad
Marpole residents
will be seeing the
art of Emily Carr
by Alex Skerdzhev
W
ith spring around the corner
and summer fast approaching,
what could be better than cele-
brating the season by swinging a golf
club at a course within walking dis-
tance of Langara?
The beautiful Langara Golf Course,
located right next door to the college,
offers a full, 18-hole golfing experience
with lush greens and well-maintained
grass, at an affordable price of only $35
per round and even cheaper at “Twi-
light,” “Sunset” and “Super” hours de-
pending on the date.
“What’s different with Langara is it’s
got a much more open course with roll-
ing hills,” said Gordon Barber, spokes-
person for the Vancouver Park Board.
“The other difference is its accessi-
bility, that it’s right in the city’s resi-
dential area, and its adjacency to the
new Skytrain [station],”said Barber.
Aside from the actual golfing, the
Langara course offers lunching on
premises, where they serve everything
from burgers to home-made soups and
sandwiches.
A proshop is also available, serving
those wishing to purchase new gear.
Originally built by the Canadian Pa-
cific Railway and named after the
Spanish explorer St. Eliza’s christening
of Point Grey as Punta de Langara, the
course underwent complete recon-
struction in the mid-90s.
“It goes back to July 11, 1926, so of
the three city golf courses it is the old-
est,” said Barber.
The course is open all year round
from dusk till dawn, and features a jog-
ging path, tennis courts and a play-
ground for any kids not interested in
being the next Tiger Woods.
The Langara Golf Course offers
booking services for those looking to
host tournaments, and the clubhouse
has two separate banquet rooms which
can be reserved for private functions.
So grab your club and head on down
to the Langara Golf Course in the
bright, sunny days of Summer to hone
on those skills and get ready to win the
next Masters Golf Tournament.
Langara is a full 18-hole par 71
course off West 49th behind the college.
Grab your balls ­— your golf balls and go tee-off
Langara Golf course offers 18-holes, homemade soups as well as a
place to grab new gear for an alternative afterschool activity
Instructor hosts round table discussions about political
issues which gives alternatives for students to learn more
Dr. Cameron
cartiere
Dean Graduate
studies Emily
Carr University
Ashley Guindon photo
Marpole community banner above
the streets in the south Vancouver
ofSouthVancouver
FACES
6706 Alberta St.
Vancouver
Golf pro: Muncie
Booth
Driving range
practice basket:
$3.33
Twi-light 18-hole
$18.75
Sunset 18-hole
$12.25
GOLFING
Bradley Hughes
mans his political
information table in
the Langara lobby
on Wednesday
DENNIS PAGE photo

8. Editor CARLY WIGNES The Voice, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012sports 8
Bronze for badmintonLangara badminton team members are top in the province
By MICHELLE GAMAGE
T
he shuttlecocks flew true last
weekend and Langara brought
home the bronze.
The Falcons badminton team
won third place at the Pacific Western
Athletic Association’s provincial cham-
pionship, with team members Luke
Couture and Alisa Young continuing on
to nationals.
“It was an amazing match,” said Fal-
cons coach Marc Petreman of the men’s
singles from which Couture took home
the gold. “He peaked at the perfect
time.”
Couture will move on to compete
with B.C.’s Team One in the nationals
at the beginning of March.
“I [will still be playing singles] but I
will be joining a new team,” said Cou-
ture. “I know them all quite well; they
are all good people and good players
and I think we have a solid shot at na-
tionals.”
B.C. Team One’s biggest challenge
will be Alberta or Ontario, said Cou-
ture.
However, he added that Atlantic
Canada, where Couture is originally
from, also occasionally produces an ex-
cellent challenge.
Young won silver in the women’s
singles, closely beat by Douglas Col-
lege’s RuiLan Huang.
“Her competition was almost un-
beatable,” Petreman said.
Young will be competing in the na-
tionals as part of B.C.’s Team Two.
Spirits are high among team mem-
bers, despite not achieving their antici-
pated silver.
“I look forward to playing opponents
that I played against last year to see if I
have improved enough to beat them,”
said Langara Falcon Rachelle Ann Tan.
But Couture is content with bronze.
“One of the goals in college badmin-
ton is to send as many people to nation-
als as possible,” he said. “But the team
itself did good. Everyone chipped in.
We managed to pull out a bronze and
come home with some hardware. We
are content with third, but still hungry
for silver.”
The team was ineligible for the men’s
doubles match because of a missed
game earlier in the season and for the
mixed doubles match because of a sick
team member.
“Getting a medal is definitely a great
feeling,” said team member Andrew Li.
“But we [were] so close to getting sil-
ver that bronze doesn’t feel as pleasing
as it should.”
The provincials were hosted at
Thompson Rivers University in Kam-
loops, where the nationals will also be
held at the beginning of March.
Langara played in women’s doubles
and womens and mens singles, coming
close to winning silver. Second place,
however, went to Capilano University
and gold was taken home by Douglas
College.
BONNIE CHENG photo
Alisa Young and Luke Couture pose with their medals. Both athletes will be competing in the national’s in March.
CARLY SCARR photo
Luke Couture stretches for the birdie at the provincials.
By HAYLEY DOCTOR
T
he Langara Falcons women’s bas-
ketball team ended their season
last Friday coming up short
against the University of Northern
British Columbia Timberwolves with a
final score of 66-41.
“We played as a team and showed
our progression since the beginning of
the season,” said second-year guard
Jessica Eng.
“We came in knowing it was going to
be our last game win or lose, but we
still played the hardest we could to try
end the season strong,” added first-
year guard Denise Busayong.
But coach Mike Evans said the Fal-
cons had a rocky season from start to
finish.
“We did not win or even compete
well in most of the games that we need-
ed to win,” he said.
“Early season no shows versus
Camosun [College], and at home to
Kwantlen [Polytechnic University],
then later to Douglas [College] sealed
our fate.”
“We did not come ready to play in
any of those three games, which were
all very winnable,” he added.
Even if the Falcons had won their
game against UNBC, they would not
have made it to the provincial competi-
tion.
In a previous game against Kwantlen,
the team needed to win by 10 points to
stay in the running for provincials, but
only won by two.
“We are a very young, inexperienced
team,” Evans said. “We have hopefully
learned a lot from our experiences this
year.”
Despite the loss, the Falcons fought
hard to keep up with the Timberwolves.
By the end of the third quarter, Langa-
ra was ahead 55-30.
Rhea Silvestri, a second-year guard
and forward, scored a total of eight
points during the night.
Fifth-year Carling Muir played her
last game with the Falcons after being
on the team for five seasons.
Muir won PacWest player of the year
for the 07-08 season and has scored
over 1000 rebounds in her career with
the Falcons.
Remaining players are already look-
ing ahead to next year’s competition.
“Our game plan now is to focus on
school and get ready for next season,”
Eng said.
Season ended for womenLangara’s women’s bas-
ketball team lost to UNBC
last Friday in their final
game of the year.
By CARLY WIGNES
T
he men’s basketball team came up
four points short for the win in
their game against the UNBC Tim-
berwolves last Friday.
The game stretched into double
overtime with a final score of 94-98 and
head coach Jake McCallum said he was
disappointed with the outcome.
“I thought we let one get away,” he
said. “We had our opportunities to put
them away and we didn’t.”
McCallum said the team got into
some foul trouble that took a toll on the
scoreboard.
“We could’ve definitely done some
things better.”
Despite the loss, the Falcons ended
the season in fourth place securing a
spot at the upcoming PacWest Provin-
cials.
RANKINGS
1 Vancouver Island
University Mariners
2 UNBC Timber-
wolves
3 Camosun College
Chargers
4 Langara College
Falcons
5 Capilano University
Blues
Source: www.pacwestbc.ca
Men to provincials,
ranked fourth place