Buddhist community slowly growing in Abbotsford
Local Buddhists have been enjoying their new and semi-permanent home as a part of the Abbotsford community at the Dorjechang Centre, which opened September 2011. Hoping to expand further and spread peace and relaxation to stressed and overworked university students was a dream cut short as UFV’s Continuing Studies department turned down an application by the Dorjechang Centre to teach a meditation class through UFV.
The fight for copyright
UFV is in the midst of a battle. The University has been in negotiations with Access Copyright for the last year-and-a-half in an attempt to find a middle ground between what both parties believe is a fair tariff to pay on the copying UFV students and professors do on a day-to-day basis.
Another successful exhibition for BFA students
UFV’s 2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts Graduation Exhibition, themed “Soon This Space Will Be Too Small,” runs from April 27 to May 17. The B Building Visual Arts Gallery plays host to the free exhibit that showcases the artwork of BFA student degree candidates.
SUS pulls out of CASA full membership
The new Student Union Society’s (SUS) executive board has now voted to step down from its full CASA membership to associate membership with a vote of nine to five. This follows an earlier decision to table the issue so the board could become more informed about the role of the Canadian Alliance of Student’s Associations (CASA) as it applies to UFV students.
Coast Capital Savings: Investing in a brighter future
Coast Capital Savings has decided to invest in the students of UFV in the hope that this money will allow a growth in leadership and experience for the students.
UFV students venture abroad to study
Students are taking advantage of the outbound international program offered though UFV international. UFV international offers extensive programs through partnerships with many universities all over the world.
Daffodils were cancer survivor’s “Symbol of Hope”
The purpose of the daffodil campaign, which is running through April, is to further the cause in the fight against cancer (proceeds going to research and cancer prevention initiatives) and, as the Canadian Cancer Society’s website states, “let those living with the disease know that they are not alone.” On April 27, there will be coordinated events across Canada.
VA Grad Show: A whole lot of Eklektisch
This last week the Visual Arts’ Eklektisch show displayed the creative works of eight diploma graduates at the Kariton Gallery in Abbotsford. “Eklektisch?” No, it is most definitely not an English word and not a spelling mistake either, but rather German for “eclectic.” Eclectic by dictionary definition means to be made up of the best, picking out what you like about something—in this case art—and composing something else with those elements.
State of the Arts: BA faculty hosts roundtable on creativity
For the third roundtable session organized and attended by the College of Arts this academic year, the importance, feasibility and methodologies of teaching creativity to students was discussed and thought through.
Fraser Valley Regional Science Fair hits UFV’s Abbotsford campus
Right at the end of what has been “Youth Science Month” across Canada, Fraser Valley grade school students put on an impressive display of research-based projects up in the Envision Athletic Centre at UFV.
Turn It Off Week at Abbotsford campus
Prism Engineering, an energy consulting firm in Burnaby, has been working in conjunction with UFV to promote energy conservation at UFV’s Abbotsford campus in the past year as a way to be environmentally friendly as an institution.
Science associations send year out with a Big Bang
This past week went out with a Big Bang. Not the sitcom or the origination of a universe, but an end of the year event put on by three different student associations which brought students out to their event in hordes.
March of the Bronies
Love and tolerate: this is the primary message of the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic television show, as defined by SUS vice president financial Samuel Broadfoot, host of UFV’s first ever official Brony party. Broadfoot was the driving force behind the March 19 event, which featured pizza, games, episodes of the TV show and cupcakes.
Vicki Gabereau talks about Canadian media
Last Thursday night on Abbotsford campus, Vicki Gabereau was interviewed in front of an audience by UFV student and Board of Governors member Justin Goodrich. She began discussion in front of a full room about her career as a public figure in the Canadian media.
Words and Wine brings English students together
At the English Students Association (ESA)’s Words and Wine Poetry Reading and Slam, AfterMath’s wine specials and the ESA’s poetry contest resulted in a completely packed house. The event drew in UFV’s artistic and expressive crowd who performed energetic, witty and heart touching poetry.
Former UFV student Joel Primus: Naked and proud
One of UFV’s former students turned business success story, Joel Primus, was on campus earlier in the week to give a talk on his Naked business, background and philosophy. He also opened up some of the more intimate details on his labour of love company while speaking to The Cascade.
Activity and Wellness fee referendum results scrapped due to “technicality”
The “Activity and Wellness fee” referendum held by the Student Union Society (SUS) last week passed with a final count of 849 to 701. Just a day after the results came out, a SUS press release announced that no action would be taken on the referendum. The official reason given by SUS is that on February 3, 2012, when the SUS board voted in favour of holding the referendum, they did not receive support from 75 per cent of the board. Thus, the referendum never should have been held. The announcement came in the midst of allegations that the vote and the campaign leading up to the March 19-21 vote violated SUS referendum by-laws.
Dude looks like a lady…lady looks like a dude
Songs such as “I’m Sexy and I Know It” and “Born This Way” were blaring from inside AfterMath on Thursday, March 15, as UFV students gathered for the King and Queen Drag show, put on by PRIDE, and co-sponsored by AIM (the Anti-Ism Movement), CIVL radio and AfterMath.
NDP critic for Advanced Education visits Trades and Technology Centre
This past Friday, Michelle Mungall, Advanced Education and Labour Market Critic for the NDP, visited various post-secondary institutions in the area escorted by Wyatt Scott, a vocal NDP member and UFV student. One of her stops was at UFV’s Trades and Technology Centre (TTC).
Oxfam: Black Gold
On March 14, OXFAM and Fair Trade Vancouver presented a film in order to make students more aware of the need for fair trade products. The very heart-touching film Black Gold hit the audience hard, allowing viewers to see the day-to-day struggles of a coffee grower in Ethiopia. Where on average a coffee-grower makes a meager eight pennies a day, big-name coffee industries make an average of $80 billion a day. The film followed fair trade coffee advocates from cooperative farms to the small-hut auction houses to the big name houses in New York City, where the prices of coffee are decided.
CIVL asks for $2 increase in next referendum
The upcoming CIVL Radio referendum, set to take place at the end of March, is a compromise from the campus radio station’s previous referendum, which failed to pass by a slim margin in December, asking for a $2 increase to student fees instead of $4.
SUS Board of Directors decided for the coming year
The votes are in. Student Union Society (SUS) elections have come to a close and the SUS Board of Directors for next year has been decided. While SUS president Carlos Vidal was reelected for another term, as many of the current board members will be graduating this semester, a whole roster of new faces will be seen in the SUS office in the upcoming year.
Athletics director hosts info session: The case for the Campus Recreation Fee
A low turnout did nothing to dissuade the motivated Bertram along with Susan Francis from Student Life, who hosted an information session regarding the proposed campus recreation fee and referendum ahead of the March 19 to 21 voting period. The cost to students, the potential benefits, and what to do about those who don’t or won’t care were all topics up for discussion.
