Chilliwack-Hope by-election underway
The upcoming provincial Chilliwack-Hope by-election is shaping up to be a true battle royale, winner-take-all with high stakes. Running for the Liberals is Laurie Throness, for the NDP is Gwen O’Mahony, and for the Conservatives is John Martin.
The lab science requirement is good for you!
The scientific process is an important skill that is applicable to almost any aspect of life. It is the knowledge of how to deduce a solution through a breakdown of what works and what doesn’t. The concept sounds simple, and I’m sure that it’s possible to figure it out alone, but the practice and knowledge behind each required-lab-science-experiment are valuable lessons in both problem-solving and data acquisition.
The science requirement is a waste of time
There is a huge difference in the thought-process behind learning science and learning humanities. Science is far more black and white: you’re either right, or you’re wrong. There is only one atomic weight for chlorine, and it’s going to stay that way forever.
Vapour
I must admit that with only a couple weeks to go in the semester, I’m beginning to feel a strong sense of familiarity. Not that I’m really tired, or sick, or frantic in the way these times often inspire, I just feel that I am perhaps lost in the Emyn Muil, and Frodo Baggins has just turned to me with his moon-sized baby blues and declared “We’re going in circles!”
The post-Fukushima plan
A year has now passed since a massive tsunami hit Japan and caused the nuclear meltdown of three reactors at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant; more than 50 square miles of the Japanese coastline area is now uninhabitable due to radiation, and will remain so for several decades. In the wake of the disaster, a massive anti-nuclear energy movement emerged from the concerned public, to the point where a poll taken in the summer of 2011 stated that 74 per cent of people surveyed wanted Japan’s other 54 nuclear power plants shut down as a safety precaution.
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.
Prostitutes branded with barcodes in Spain
A gang which has been recognized as “The Bar Code Pimps” have been forcefully tattooing barcodes and price tags to the prostitutes who work for them as a sign of “ownership.”
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.
No bottles, no brainer: moving to a greener campus
Although many universities in BC aim towards becoming a green campus, UFV included, Vancouver Community College (VCC) is taking a large step in the right direction, deciding to completely stop selling plastic water bottles on campus.
Yes! Take the pennies!
What good are pennies? Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said in his 2012 federal budget release that the penny is “currency without currency.” As a result, the penny will soon be extinct, and rightfully so.
No! Leave the pennies!
People have been talking about it all week, some even celebrating. All I know is that I’m not particularly happy. I mean, the penny may have been more of an annoyance than anything, but it is the single digit, a necessary piece in any calculation. I can’t have two cents without the penny.
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.
Quebec students fight tuition hikes
Could you afford school with a 75 per cent increase in tuition? Dish out an extra $325 per year for the next five years? Quebec students are having the same reaction you would, with tuition increasing $325 each year until an overall increase of $1625 is reached in the 2016-2017 academic year.
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.
Sirhan Sirhan: the real Manchurian candidate?
Sirhan Sirhan is soon up for parole once again. He was arrested shortly after the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, tried and sentenced to death by gas chamber – a sentence which was overturned and replaced with life imprisonment. He is now in his 60s, and judges have been denying his appeals for parole for years. He has, as of 2011, been denied parole a total of 14 times.
North Korea tries to be sneaky, pulls nothing
North Korea is slated to launch a new Kwangmyongsong satellite into space following a March 16 announcement by the Korean Central News Agency. The launch will be held on April 15, 2012, to commemorate the 100th birthday of the nation’s founder and eternal President Kim Il-Sung, father of the late Kim Jong-Il and grandfather of the current President, “beloved leader” Kim Jung-Eun.
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.
Feminism, sexism and equality: discussing the purpose of the third wave
Having difficulties forging through the terms and history of feminism? No worries! Sasha and leanna tackle the ins-and-outs of what, exactly, feminism is, was and ought to be.
Mulcair declared leader of NDP after a long campaign
Following months of campaigning and 12 hours of balloting, it was Thomas Mulcair who came out as the top choice to fill respected leader Jack Layton’s shoes.
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.
