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The British Columbia Research Council predicted earlier this year that there would be a shortage of university-educated workers in British Columbia by 2016. UVic’s own undergraduate enrolment numbers foreshadow this coming demographic shift — having missed their targets in the last two years and been short by about 750 to 800 students.

According to  Jim Dunsdon, UVic’s associate vice-president of student affairs, other universities (excluding ones in large immigrant destinations such as Vancouver and Toronto) are experiencing the same thing across Canada. 

“It is becoming much more com-petitive between different schools. That traditional age group, the 17- to 24-year-old population continues to decline, making it much more com-petitive in terms of recruiting,” said Dunsdon, in a quote he clarified by email. “It has been offset a bit by increased participation rates, as over the last several years that cohort was declining, the percentage of that cohort going into post-secondary education was increasing. I don’t think, however, that we can count on participation rates continuing to rise. We think we have reached the maximum.”

Universities are now starting to com-pete for potential graduates in much the same way that local high schools and elementary schools are compet-ing for local students. The declining youth demographic continues to nar-row the number of students entering university direct from high school, as

school boards across the province are considering which schools to keep open and which ones to close to deal with falling student populations.

While the undergraduate program has seen a drop in enrolment, the graduate program in contrast over-enrolled by 750 to 800 students. Canada now has the most per capita number of college graduates in the world, with about 50 per cent of the population having at least some level of post-secondary education to get ahead in the current tight labour market.

Camosun College, which has a strong academic relationship with the University of Victoria, has consistently enrolled older students instead of the 19- to 24-year-old group even before the demographic shift; most fall into the 24- to 30-year-old age cohort. The average age of a Camosun stu-dent is 26.

According to BCStats, fewer young people is likely not an isolated or temporary issue for universities and, in a couple of years, the labour mar-ket as a whole. Population levels in the crucial 20 to 24 age range are projected to drop by 48 000 province-wide by 2018. This is a symptom of a larger population change in Canada outside of immigrant-destination cit-ies like Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Regina.

As this new reality sets in, universi-ties will have to start providing more incentives for students to come to their campuses, with increased schol-arship and bursary programs as it becomes a student’s market.

“One of the things we have done for this year is to enhance scholarship

offerings for students in a particu-lar band of grades that we have had lower conversion rates,” said Dunsdon. “So we have put out a new scholarship program that we think has helped based on the positive growth

in admittance and application num-bers, and we hope that is going to translate into greater number of stu-dents come September.”

UVic has recently increased entrance awards scholarships for

those students with 85 to 95 per cent grade averages. Award amounts for the three levels of non-renewable entrance scholarships that fall in that range have each increased by $1 000.

UVic sees lower enrolment in light of demographic shiftsB.C. statistics project 48 000 fewer 20-24 year olds by 2018

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At the end of June, UVic President David Turpin will retire, and Jamie Cassels, a UVic law professor, will assume the post of UVic president. Many students, although aware of this change, do not fully understand the role of the university president. Some have questions about student involvement in the president’s selec-tion and role in the institution.

Turpin, who was appointed in 2000, says university presidents run the large organisms of universities that meet the needs of a diverse number of stakeholders. The majority of stu-dents, however, most likely are not aware of the president’s involvement.

Political science major Sydney Scout, 19, says, “For me, I have no idea who the president is. I think it would be good for the president’s

role to be more visible. There is defi-nitely a division between students and the president.”

Turpin views this division of stu-dents and administration as a natural process. “When I was an undergradu-ate student, I had no idea, you know — ‘department head? Huh?’ ” says Turpin. “It would surprise me if eve-ryone did know.” A president’s role is successful, according to Turpin, if students have the freedom not to concern themselves with administra-tive issues. Students then have the ability to focus solely on their studies, and governance is not a concern.

The president’s main responsibility is to attend to the day-to-day admin-istration of the university. Students, university employees, the local com-munity, government and the university alumni are all invested in the univer-sity. For the institution to function

effectively, their needs and expecta-tions must be met through budgets and strategic planning. It is President Turpin’s role — soon Cassel’s — to work with each group and propose ideas on how to further university relationships and build the credibility of the University of Victoria.

Andrew Weaver, faculty member of the school of Earth and Ocean Sciences and deputy leader of the Green Party of British Columbia, finds the prospect of a new presidency refreshing. “The role of the president is to come in and bring some new ideas on the way stuff is governed,” says Weaver. “It’s healthy.”

This healthy process, however, may have fundamental problems. Weaver believes that it is imperative to involve students in the governing of a university, just as it is integral for undergraduates to be involved in a

democracy. The problem lies in the procedure of choosing presidential candidates. Students have repre-sentation on search committees for various applicants; but the process is secretive to protect the privacy of those applying. Shortlisted candi-dates and their qualifications are not made public.

The private method of selecting appropriate candidates is the cen-tral area that could be improved, according to Scout. She says the appointment should be a public pro-cedure. “It should be as transparent as the elections of the [UVic Students’ Society] UVSS members,” says Scout. “It’s a representative of our school in both cases.” The reality, however, is that only the student representative on the presidential search commit-tee and those on the university Board of Governors may view the possible

candidates for the entire student body. Knowing who is selected, therefore, is only possible after the appointment.

Although the process of choosing presidents may be an issue for some, Turpin strongly believes in the current system to select new administrators. “I think the university is in extraor-dinarily good hands,” says Turpin, reflecting on the appointment of Cassels. Cassels, according to Turpin, has strong leadership qualities that are effective in building an intimate community.

As of July 1, Turpin’s new com-munity will be the Discovery Islands, where he will spend the summer reflecting on his next steps and work on projects outdoors. “My plan at this point is no plans,” says Turpin. “I’ll be sitting on the sidelines, watching and cheering on.”

President and students: a divided relationshipUVic gets a new president in July, but do students understand his role?

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4 News May 9, 2013

Shandi Shiach

The UVic Students’ Society (UVSS) board of directors will fund $10 000 in renovations to a new space for the Society for Students with a Disability (SSD). The total cost of the planned renovations to two rooms in the Student Union Building (SUB) office B109 and one at B106 is over $30 000, of which the SSD’s council has voted in favour of funding $21 000. The SSD expects the rooms to be ready for use this fall.

The SSD has been operating out of SUB B106, a single room off a hallway between the Upper Lounge and UVSS offices. The group will retain that space and gain two rooms of B109 (which is down a neighbouring hallway), while one of the three rooms in B109 will remain for UVSS pur-poses. The proposed renovations would close off the two new SSD rooms from the other room and add an accessible, sliding-glass door to the new SSD space. The UVSS’s $10 000 portion will come from the Dr. Ewing Memorial Fund.

“The board is really glad to see this change happening,” wrote UVSS Chairperson Kelsey Mech, who started her term this month, in an email to the Martlet. “SSD is currently in a space that isn’t sufficient for them to properly be able to do their work, and it is very important work. We’re really happy to see a larger and better space being provided for advocacy on behalf of people with disabilities. When advocacy groups have moved in the past, the UVSS has historically done some form of cost sharing with them for renovations.”

The UVSS board and the SSD compromised on the $10 000 amount. The UVSS board was origi-nally willing to fund $5 000 and the SSD asked for $15 000 to cover about half the projected cost of

the renovations. SSD Councillor of Finance Michael Allen-

Newman says, “The reality is we do rent the space, we pay a charge for it, and since really [the UVSS is] like the landlords, the tenant doesn’t normally pay to get upgrades.”

The SSD says all of the renovations are fixtures — built-in changes that will not go with the SSD if it were to leave the space in the future. The UVSS board approved the $10 000 after the SSD’s UVSS board representative, Pamela Savage, submitted a report on accessibility requirements in the B.C. building code and Saanich building bylaws.

Using the new space, the SSD plans to make some existing adaptive technology more acces-sible, ensure privacy protection in advocacy matters and provide a respite room. The SSD has been liaising with the UVSS finance committee to get to this point and wants to continue work-ing with finance and policy development. The SSD says that organizations often don’t realize that they are in fact ignoring provincial laws and human rights tribunal precedents when they do not consult or heed the advice offered by advo-cacy groups and experts.

B.C. currently has little in the way of compli-ance monitoring for accessibility. That is part of why the SSD has sought a UVSS board-approved legal fund. But that process has taken several months, so the group says it now won’t be able to take part in development of a B.C. Accessibility Act. The SSD is also disappointed that its $21 000 portion of the renovation fund will come out of advocacy for students.

SSD Office Co-ordinator Liana Robinson says, “If we don’t get our students accommodated, they drop out of school. That affects the rest of their lives.”

Student Union Building to get new accessible spaceSociety for Students with a Disability hopes to improve education accessibility

photo by Shandi ShiachFrom left: Chair Gabrielle Sutherland, Office Co-ordinator Liana Robinson, Education and Administration Co-ordinator Pamela Savage and Councillor of Finance Michael Allen-Newman in SUB B106.

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EDITORIAL

It’s that time of year again; exams are over and students are fl ocking to far-off lands and summer destinations. But what to do with all that junk: cube TVs, bat-tered desks and stank couches. On some days, the curbs around campus seem to turn into a veritable bazaar of furniture and cheap electronics. Unfortunately, when that sun disappears and the rain pours down, all of the green-hearted sentiment and responsibility gets washed away along with any trace of useful-ness. The once-vibrant hoard of street-side goodies turns into grimy, broken, waterlogged junk.

Even on a sunny day, items left out unsupervised often get sabotaged by ani-mals or passersby. It doesn’t take a PhD to fi gure out the appropriate way to get rid of all that junk in your trunk (or . . . apartment). In fact, the CRD “Junk-it” team visited UVic last month and provided information on the best way to recycle old furniture and used household goods. Sure, the orange “junk-it” bag may end up in your junk pile itself, but the kit also includes a tarp and bungee cord to cover items while moving (and keep them out of the junk pile) as well as information on how to dispose of unwanted goods.

While it’s great to be in a community that puts free, useful objects on the curb for someone else to come along and give a good home to, if the object is broken, rained on, or left for more than a day, it’s littering, plain and simple. Hauling your broken desk out onto the sidewalk for someone else to deal with is just not right. We live in a society people! Luckily, there are many options available when dealing with junk. If the object is still usable, try selling it on craigslist.ca or usedvictoria.com. If you need to get rid of it quickly, offer it for free on one of those sites or on freecycle.org, where people look for and offer up free stuff. Alternatively, many charity organizations will pick up used items for free.

For stuff that is useless (your old nasty mattress) or obsolete (your iMac G3), be responsible and recycle it. The cost of recycling computers, monitors and many electronics is actually now paid for at the time of purchase, so it’s free to recycle these items. Visit the Encorp Pacifi c Return-It website to fi nd locations (and remember to delete your psych paper and bathroom-mirror selfi es before you drop it off). Old mattresses are not an appropriate item to put on the side of the road in any situation. Give it to a friend, post it online for free, or, if it’s at the end of its life, arrange to have it taken to the landfi ll or Ellice Recycling in Victoria where it will be broken down and recycled.

The CRD now has a hotline for reporting illegal dumping — which includes abandoned furniture, mattresses, TVs and appliances placed in public spaces with the intention of re-using. The best way to avoid being a jerk to your neigh-bours and make sure that items aren’t landing in the landfi ll is simply not to take on so much junk. Ask yourself: do I really need this item? Can I do without it? Avoid bringing junk into your house, and you won’t have to deal with it when you’re moving. It’s that simple.

The learning curb for well-wishing wasters

GRAPHIC BY KLARA WOLDENGA

JON-PAUL ZACHARIA S

Once, I went to a talk about defor-estation. The speaker told a story about a grove of old-growth trees. “They were magnifi cent, enormous trees .  .  .” the speaker began. “We sent a letter to the government .  .  .” he continued. “But,” he concluded, “they were clear cut.” “Ohhhhhhh!” moaned the audience in apparent shock and dismay.

I, however, did not moan. I had pre-dicted that the story would end this way. Most of the audience, I suspect, also predicted the story would end this way. I had heard dozens of similar stories that ended like this. Was it a genuine moan of shock that everyone let out in unison? Was the story really so stunning, so unexpected? Or was something else taking place?

Once, a grad student came to my biology classes to present his research on the Great Bear Rainforest. He pre-sented many facts and statistics. But every time he stated an impressive fact, he’d smile at us sadly and shake his head in bewilderment. “They har-vested 100 000 kilograms of salmon.” Shake, shake, shake. “The wolf popu-lation is dependent on salmon for food.” Shake, shake, shake. I began to wonder how he expected us to respond. Did he want a hug? Was he hoping we’d burst into tears?

There is something going on here other than the pure sharing of infor-mation or the expression of genuine

emotion. The emotion feels manufac-tured. Perhaps it feels requisite. The emotional weight might feel manipu-lative as well, except that it’s often presented to a group who is quite receptive to this kind of talk, and responds to it by moaning in all the right places.

Most people would call me an environmentalist. I agree with envi-ronmentalist views. I worry about environmentalist worries. But how-ever much I believe an idea or support a stance, I cannot bring myself to leap up in enthusiastic bewilderment and dismay, nor join in any weeping, praising, throwing of hands into the sky or other behaviour that rings as an affectation of evangelism.

Environmentalism is a movement that relies on science. For the most part, it is faithful to science. But movements produce cultures, and cultures have communities. People look for identity and acceptance. The trouble is that members of the com-munity may lose their objectivity to questions, accepting the stance of the community majority, sans any real understanding of the science itself. It’s very easy to do.

There exist certain qualities of movements that trouble me. They are shared by subcultures and counter-cultures, by right-wing and left-wing persuasions, by religions, cults, mobs and political lobbyists.

When a speaker is not presenting new ideas, but rather familiar ones

that the audience knows how to respond to, it’s a sign that a culture is nurturing its own existence, com-forting its members. What do such presentations accomplish? They reaf-fi rm that we are right and remind us that our opponents are silly. But the cost is that we turn off our objectivity and our capacity to question ourselves. They do not teach us any new ideas, nor even enhance the old, except to entrench us more and more comfort-ably in what we already believe.

This is so common. Most of us don’t realize how common it is. Around here, we mock it when we see it in religious or politically con-servative communities, yet replicate it in left-wing, counterculture, envi-ronmentalist or feminist forms. We believe that since we preach toler-ance, justice and sustainability, we may use the same group-mentality and intolerance to opposition found in the groups we oppose.

Once a movement begins to focus on insulating itself from the threat of challenging ideas, it becomes dogmatic, oppositional, one more inward-looking island in a sea of non-communication. Each shares the common trait of believing its cause so uniquely moral that it justifi es acting the way others may not.

This wasn’t really a commentary on environmentalism. The specifi c move-ment is less important than we think. It’s dangerous to forget that.

On being annoyed with environmentalists

KLARA WOLDENGA

I feel like the human race has a lot of potential and as a species we are doing pretty well for ourselves. We have been able to completely remove ourselves from the food chain (minus the occasional bear, bee, or shark attack). We have thumbs which allow us to handle tools and, more impor-tantly, give a thumbs-up sign to our comrades. We are constantly creating new technologies, ideas and ways to express ourselves as individuals and as a whole. We have been to the moon ourselves, and our creations have been to mars and beyond.

We are propelling at amazing speeds in regards to knowledge, communication and discovery. In the ‘90s I watched Star Trek: The Next Generation with my family and was amazed at the portrayal of the future and the human race. There we were, working together towards the goal of knowledge, regardless of skin col-our and background (we even had a Klingon on our ship, so we were clearly super progressive). They had warp cores, 3-D printers, and those cool food things that gave you any-thing you wanted but for some reason weren’t able to create a simple bar of

Latinum. Today we are getting closer to the

technology Star Trek had. Although we obviously don’t have holo-decks, we have 3-D printers and cellphones, which were infl uenced by Star Trek’s communicators from the fi rst series. The fi rst space shuttle orbiter that went into space was called Enterprise, and I like to think that fact refl ects the infl uence Star Trek has had in our society. All of these technolo-gies are impressive, but I believe we are still missing the most important part of what Star Trek had to offer: the idea that the human race can work together regardless of skin col-our or religious belief and strive for the greater goal of exploration and knowledge.

The Star Trek world wasn’t perfect; they still had confl ict with their crew mates and aliens they encountered, but they were leaps and bounds ahead of us. With all the technologies around us comes news of bombings, wars, general human corruption and jerkish behaviour. If I had a huge megaphone that was able to speak to every person on the planet in every language ever, I would say, “Hey, could we stop fi ghting for maybe fi ve years and work together? We can fi ght

after. But since there’s over seven bil-lion of us, I think we should use our abilities to get something done. Even if it’s just to create the world’s biggest shopping mall.”

At what point in technology and knowledge will we all realize that we live on the same planet and are the same species regardless of skin col-our or background? Maybe it has to be like the movie Star Trek: The First Encounter. In the fi lm, when Vulcans make contact with Earth, it makes people realize that we aren’t the only ones in the universe, allowing us to band together in refl ection of a newer, more realistic other instead of turning upon ourselves. Whether or not aliens are real, it’s odd that with all the technology and knowl-edge we have, world peace may only seem possible when we have another entity or what-have-you to contrast with to understand that we are more similar than we imagine (instead of all the DNA results, scientifi c graphs and history lessons). So here’s hop-ing that aliens come soon and make us band together. We may not have great insight to offer them when they arrive, but at least we can give them a thumbs up.

It’s 2013, where is my holo-deck and world peace?

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6 Feature May 9, 2013

ay 5th, 2013 – a modest crowd has gathered for the fi fth annual Look Beyond Addiction Awareness Walk outside the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney, B.C. A collective sense of hope and sombre remembrance travels through the audi-ence on this bright Sunday

afternoon, as they listen to words of those affected by addiction. Speakers include recovering addicts and alcoholics, as well as friends and family members of those who have lost their battles with the illness. Look Beyond Addiction founder Christine Barnhart warmly expresses her gratitude to all who have turned up for the event. Although her bubbly smile falters when she shares the jour-ney of her late husband Vince Law and his consuming struggle with addiction, her message is honest and hopeful.

“We have a lot of people who understand it is time for change in our community,” she says. “But there are still those people, who when they hear the word ‘addiction,’ a look of panic, fear and judge-ment crosses their face. That is when I know in my heart that there still needs to be change in our society.”

Barnhart founded the annual Look Beyond Addiction Awareness Walk in 2009, two years after her husband Vince passed away sud-denly from a massive heart attack that was triggered by an overdose of cocaine. This was not a result of binging, Barnhart stresses. In fact, Vince had been clean for weeks leading up to his death — it was the last of many attempts at recovery. Christine describes how his sober periods, though optimistically ticked off on the calendar with smiley face stickers, were always bookended by relapse after Vince was unwilling — and more often unable — to seek help.

Gordon Harper, executive director at the Umbrella Society, a Victoria resource that bridges service gaps for those struggling with addiction and mental health issues, says addiction is characterized by “fear, sometimes anger . . . and shame. Always shame.” A recov-ering alcoholic himself, Harper believes he was sick for much longer than he should have been due to a fear of admitting failure and a lack of understanding from friends and family — one of whom told him, with genuine concern and the best intentions, that if he had a

problem with drinking, why didn’t he simply stop?“There’s an awful lot of mythology around addiction,” Harper

says. “There’s a need that people have to boil complicated sub-jects down to real simple stuff. But it’s not all the things we used to believe it is. It’s not a moral failing, it’s not laziness, lack of will power . . . it’s not that. It’s a combination of really complex factors that are highly individualized.”

He does note, however, that things have gotten better. More and more people are starting to see it as an illness and understand that it’s a widespread issue. According to Statistics Canada, one in 10 Canadians over the age of 15 has or will have an addiction. It is classifi ed as an Axis I disorder in the latest Diagnostic and Statistical

Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) by the American Psychiatric Association, though Harper believes there is debate within the med-ical community over whether or not it should be called a disease. And there is still a nucleus of people, he says, who hold on to the belief that addiction is a choice, rather than an illness.

“I often say that the current mental health care system is frag-mented — only tenuously attached to the larger healthcare system — and addictions are even more so.”

Umbrella Society is a non-profi t organization funded largely by the United Way. It aims to provide support to addicts and their loved ones who are unable to fi nd help elsewhere. The staff of just fi ve, all recovering addicts themselves, assist people of all demographics and at any stage of recovery, with an emphasis on individualized and one-on-one care. They often meet with their clients in coffee shops, at a park or on the beach.

“Whatever it takes to help the scared, angry and ashamed person feel more comfortable,” says Harper. “We work with them through the housing system, the criminal justice system, the welfare system — and we don’t just tell them what to do. We sit down with them to fi ll out the forms, we accompany them to appointments. Just the personal presence . . . it makes a big difference.”

While many clinical services provided by the health authority have a waitlist — one to two months for individual counselling — Umbrella Society makes a point to see their clients within 24 hours of referral. This is no small feat for a staff of fi ve, but time is crucial when it comes to treating an addict. Barnhart speaks of her hus-band’s moments of clarity in the months leading up to his death, the hopeful periods of sobriety when they were unable to fi nd adequate and affordable treatment. On April 28th, 2007, the week before his death, Vince willingly handed her his hidden bag of cocaine and asked her to throw it away. “It’s poison,” he said.

“He knew what it was doing to him, in those moments,” she recalls. “This is why I say you have a short window to get peo-ple into treatment, because they will sometimes respond and

“If walking into a treatment centre was as simple as walking into a grocery store…”

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Looking beyond addiction in society's moments of clarity

ay 5th, 2013Gordon Harper, executive director at the Umbrella Society, a

Victoria resource that bridges service gaps for those struggling with Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) by the American Psychiatric Association, though Harper believes there is debate within the med-

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by Meredith Black-Allen

sometimes just shut you out. But if you can get them treatment immediately, if walking into a treatment center was as simple as walking into a grocery store  .  .  .  this is why these walks are so important. Why funding for these groups is so important, because of that short time frame.”

Just weeks before his death, during a period of sobriety, Barnhart made a promise to Vince that neither of them knew she would soon have to try to fulfi ll.

“I told him, ‘if anything ever hap-pens to you, Vince, I’ll help save lives for you.’ ” Her voice catches when she describes the tears in Vince’s eyes as he replied, “I would love that.”

It was this memory that inspired Look Beyond Addiction’s logo — a blue eye fi lled with tears. But rather than tears of grief or sadness, Barnhart says, these are tears of hope. A year after Vince’s death, Barnhart began to look for opportunities to raise aware-ness about the issue of addiction in our society. Her goal, on top of fund-raising for resources such as Umbrella Society, was to educate the public about the reality of drug and alcohol addiction and the dangers of recrea-tional use.

“It takes that one choice for some-one to get lost on this path,” she says.

“From that point on, that journey is something that affects us all. For some it isn’t even a journey. Sometimes it just takes that one time for someone to lose their life.”

This year, the proceeds from the Look Beyond Addiction Awareness Walk will go towards Foundation House — a place where young men in recovery can live for up to two years (provided they have been sober for at least 30 days and have gone through some sort of treatment program) while they adjust to sober living, with support in fi nding employment, education and commu-nity involvement.

“Addiction affects everyone,” says Geoff Hughes, director of Foundation House. “Even if you don’t have a friend or family member who struggles with it, even just economically speak-ing . . . it’s everywhere.”

Harper agrees. “We’ve made the social argument — that this is some-one’s mom, sister, uncle, and so on — for years. It goes so far and then falls on deaf ears. I think it would be cool if somebody put together a good economic argument. What’s this cost-ing? How many ambulance rides have to do with addiction? What percentage of people in the emergency ward are actually there for addiction? And if we can provide immediate help to even 10

per cent of the addicted population, what would that do in terms of police calls, ambulance rides, child protection and all those costly services out there?”

Just prior to the 2.5 km walk, the day’s speakers gather on the stage to release butterfl ies. There’s silence as one speaker opens the cage and, one by one, the butterfl ies fl utter out. Some fl oat and dart amongst the crowd, oth-ers fl y upwards and disappear into the sun’s rays. Hughes explains that the symbolism of the butterfl ies comes from a Native American legend: “According to legend, if anyone desires a wish to come true they must fi rst capture a but-terfl y and whisper their wish to it. Since the butterfl y can make no sound, it can-not reveal the wish to anyone but the Great Spirit who hears and sees all. In gratitude for giving the beautiful but-terfl y its freedom, the wish will be taken to the heavens and granted.”

Barnhart’s wish is evident. At the end of the day, the message she hopes to get across through the Look Beyond Addiction Walk reiterates the impor-tance of time.

“It is time now for change. It is time to get real about the problems in our community, to make treatment acces-sible. It’s time for people to realize it’s all around us, and that it could happen to them.”

sometimes just shut you out. But if you can get them treatment immediately,

“From that point on, that journey is something that affects us all. For some

per cent of the addicted population, what would that do in terms of police

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Over the years, what has been pre-sented to the listening public as “hip-hop” has become increas-ingly homogenized, catering to listeners’ most basic (and often destructive) desires. Luckily for those wanting more from their hip-hop music, Toronto rapper MC Abdominal (aka Abs) is fi ghting the good fi ght, bringing honest, intelligent rap music into the world.

“I think it’s a problem, really,” explains Abs from his home base in Toronto. “The average listener doesn’t have the time to dig and see what else is out there. They will, sometimes by default, listen to what’s presented to them. If you give listen-ers a choice you’ll be surprised that they’re actually capable of getting into different things. If what was out there was more diverse, the indus-try would be surprised. I think they underestimate the listener.”

The music Abdominal has been cre-ating for over a decade is the sound of a man trying to get in touch with those deeper parts of himself — those parts that we all share as people.

“The majority of us are not these superheroes who are the toughest guys who get all the girls and have crazy money and jewelry. The average listener is just a regular person who is into the music, so I think so long as music sounds good and is done well, it’s not like you have to per-petuate that image and stick to those themes,” says Abs.

That drive to bring something unique and positive into the hip-hop world has manifested itself in the “blues-hop” record, Sitting Music. “I think I was just getting tired of doing the typical, straight-ahead rap music, hip-hop music that I’d done in the past just because I’d done it so long,” says Abs, recounting the genesis of the album. “I wanted something a lit-tle quieter, more introspective, that would showcase the lyrics a bit more. As much as I’m a fan of big, heavy, fat hip-hop beats, sometimes they have a tendency to drown out the lyrics a little bit, particularly when you’re try-ing to perform the songs live, so I just wanted something a little quieter.”

The quieter sound comes courtesy of his band, the Obliques, rather than the obligatory DJ spinning boom-bap and funk beats. “Really, it’s not even a band; it’s just two guys, percussion and guitarist, very stripped-down and minimal. I just like saying that I have a band,” jokes Abs.

Lyrically, Sitting Music is full of intelligent and refl ective rhymes covering everything from Abs favour-ite food on “A Brief History of the Chicken Wing” to, more arrestingly, his experiences with OCD on “Sock Hop.” Talking with Abs, it’s clear that releasing a song that covers such delicate ground is a catharsis for both rapper and listener. “I’m defi nitely not the only person with OCD, so I’ve already seen — since I put out the record — people have already got-ten in touch with me and been like, ‘Oh man, I totally have that too! I’m

going to play this song for my friends to explain.’ ”

Looking inward and reporting his honest fi ndings is something that separates Abs from many of his hip-hop contemporaries. “It’s always good to put yourself out in your music. It can be a little uncomfort-able at times, but ultimately those are the songs that people really end up resonating with the most,” says Abs. “There’s probably enough rap songs in the world where people are like ‘Yo, I’m the best! I’m the shit!’ I think it’s kind of rare for people to show a slightly more vulnerable side, be a lit-tle honest about things that are going on in their life.”

On “Courage,” the latest sin-gle from and one of the many high points in Sitting Music, Abs touches on a vulnerable subject every single person can relate to — familial love and inspiration. Most strikingly, he does this with help from his 61-year-old mother, whom he enlisted as guest MC. It’s clear that this track, of all the personal moments on the record, stands out as something Abs is rightfully proud of. “I said, ‘Mom, on my next album I want to do a song together.’ She said, ‘Okay, cool.’ I wrote my part and she wrote her part completely independently, and the third verse — we go back and forth — we got together and wrote that last verse. I sort of coached her about how to get it on beat and how to fl ow it. But her verse, she wrote it all by herself. It’s actually her throw-ing down!”

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If you Google “Tibet,” the search results are a humdinger: not eas-ily condensed into a short preamble used for a column concerned about eating out. Instead, it’s much simpler to recall the many Tibetan prayer fl ags hung in fi rst-year dorm buildings and retort at their clichéd-ness. Then, segue into introducing the restaurant up for review: The Tibetan Kitchen Café.

Tibet, located in the north-east Himalayas, lies close to Northern India, hugs Nepal’s border and could consider Thailand a distant neighbour. This central Asian setting infl uences the regional cuisine, draw-ing fl avour pairings from each nearby country.

My friends and I started with Tibetan pan-fried Momos ($14), a cir-cular dumpling fi lled with pork, onion, scallion, ginger and garlic. Unlike the dough of pot stickers, Momo dough is softer and slightly sweet. Paired with a tomato cilantro puree, much like chimichurri, for dipping, each bite is fi lling, yet bright.

I tucked into Thukpa soup with chicken ($16) for my meal. The homemade broth, a rust-coloured concoction smelling of a far-away spice shop, swam with thin egg noo-dles, bok choy, Brussels sprouts, bell peppers and chicken. Crowned with mung beans (bean sprouts) and scallions, the Thukpa easily dou-bles for lunch the next day. Like all

menu items, it can be ordered mild, medium or hot.

One friend, curious to try the Tibetan take on an Indian favour-ite, ordered chicken curry ($18). Unlike restaurants that rely on dairy to thicken the sauce, all Tibetan Kitchen’s curries are gluten and dairy free. Instead, ground cashews work double duty, both as a sauce base and a protein punch. For the chicken curry, diners may choose kale or spin-ach to have it cooked in. Flavoured with fenugreek, a sweet and nutty spice similar in taste to cashew, with a brilliant yellow tinge, the curry is earthy and nutritious. A side of poorie (naan-like bread) accompanies each order.

My other friend ventured to try the Shepta beef stir-fry ($14), a bold combination of garlic and ginger with mushrooms and bell peppers on a bed of fried rice and spinach. Bold not so much for the ingredients, but taste. I found the overall dish too salty, a common occurrence when soy sauce appears. My friend complained of too much grease, stemming from the fried rice. A slight miss.

Tibetan Kitchen poultry is always free range and local. At lunch, meals are all under $14 and I hear the qui-noa stir-fry routinely receives rave reviews. As well, season two of You Gotta Eat Here featured the restau-rant on a recent episode.

Oh, and a strand of prayer fl ags hangs above the bar.

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VISUAL ARTS FAcULTy exHIbITSeven UVic faculty members from the Visual Arts department will show their work in the Now Art exhibition. It’s right on campus, and is a great motivator to finally locate UVic’s Fine Arts quarter, if you haven’t already. (Hint: it’s sort of a diago-nally opposite corner of campus from the SUB, if circles have corners.) These folks have created amazing art from old TVs, colourful lights, pho-tographs, glass — you name it — in the past. So don’t miss your chance to check it out. Then you’ll know where Phoenix Theatre is, too!

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Saturday, May 11

THIRdSpAce LAUncHThe UVic Students’ Society Women’s Centre publishes an awesome anti-racist feminist zine. It’s the space for discussing questions like “Does feminism matter?” which is the title of this year’s issue. At the launch event, you can check out artists painting murals and playing concerts and, while you’re there, pick up your free copy to read all month long. I’ve always thought this publica-tion was a handy size and earthy design — not to mention all the good stuff inside.

For more info, visit Thirdspace.ca.Vancouver Island School of Art (2549 Quadra St.),

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and informed at this one-day workshop? Childcare is available free if you register before May 15.

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VIcToRIA SLAm cHAmpIonSHIpPerformers have been vamping up all season in hopes of scoring a slot on the five-poet Victoria Poetry Slam Team heading into the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word. They get even more challenge and the audience gets extra entertain-ment now that there will be two events, both Semi-Finals and Finals, on two evenings this month. These can get pretty raw; so prepare to bear them bare — it won’t be a bore.

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cApITAL RegIonAL dISTRIcT pARkS oUTIngSCelebrate returning migratory birds on May 11 at Beaver Lake Road (9 a.m.), hop a 55 or 54 bus and explore intertidal creatures at Witty's Lagoon on May 12 (10 a.m.) and take the 70 or 72 bus on June 1 for a Morning Mist Canoe Adventure at Elk Lake (8 a.m.). These events are hosted by natural-ists who can tell you interesting things about the flora and fauna. Of course, you could also show up to some of the area's lovely regional parks on your own, and maybe have a picnic.

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conceRT FoR LITeRAcy VIcToRIAIt’s always kind of a shy moment for me when I admit I love country music. With this event, you don’t even have to. You just have to love literacy, and in exchange you get bluegrass, country and roots music, world-renowned harmonica jams and some comedy from a winner of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. All the proceeds go to helping adults with low literacy levels improve their reading, writing, computer and math skills.For more info, visit literacyvictoria.ca.Belfry Arts Centre (1291 Gladstone Ave.), doors at 6 p.m. $45 or $100

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SportS | LifeStyLe

Celina Silva

Throughout my late teens and early 20s, I experienced mild forms of anxiety. As I made the transition into post-secondary education, I had the added pressure of fully supporting myself while pursuing an education — an education that will lead to a rewarding career: a.k.a. adulthood. This resulted in what my counsellor diagnosed as debilitating anxiety, and what I now call my early-life crisis.

The barriers that the anxiety cre-ated in my daily life resulted in a full year of depression. Just getting out of bed felt like a struggle. I lost interest in the activities I once loved; even recreational activities such as yoga and soccer dropped out of my life. Meeting friends felt like a chore during which I would have to pre-tend to be happy. I knew I needed help when I quit my favourite sing-ing group and hid in bed crying on

a beautiful, sunny day. It was time to admit to myself that this was not my fault, and I’d been wearing the mask of “I am okay,” and believing I could “fix” myself alone, for too long.

Reaching out for help and sharing the experience of living with a mental illness are powerful tools for recovery, mintenance of balance and relapse prevention. It is a sign of strength to open up to a friend or a mental health professional; they will remind you that there is a self to return to. The phrases “I am not my emotions; my emotions are running through me” and “this too shall pass” got me through difficult times and continue to be a support. Feeling absolutely alone is an intense and real emotion for anyone with anxiety and depres-sion. But people with mental illnesses are not alone in feeling this, and by reaching out they will uncover that there are resources and professionals who can help.

Sports and recreation are also important aspects of managing anxi-ety and depression, especially mild forms. Physical recreation can benefit anyone, regardless of mental health history, in combating mood swings and everyday stress. UVic recreation facilities offer drop-in classes, intra-murals, recreational classes (yoga, dance, weight training), aquatics programs and health and nutrition services. Sports and recreation act as a stress release by raising the feel-good endorphins, and are often social activities where other people surround you, working on their health and well-being. Yoga is especially beneficial for anxiety and depression, with its focus on breath, mindfulness and spirituality. But for many people, physical activities must be combined with counselling and medication, for such things as chronic mental ill-nesses. Depression and anxiety are often not just situational but also

physiological. Brain chemistry is either deficient or altered to an imbal-ance through these mental illnesses and needs medication to become balanced — whether that’s for the short or long term.

Today, I am more deeply connected to my life and myself than I was last year, as are many others who have dealt with the pain of a mental illness. A fulfilling and meaningful life is pos-sible; I now know this. But a person who has had anxiety or depression knows that there is always the pos-sibility of a relapse. The anxious part of me finds it easy to get lost in the academic pressure of university, to put my health and happiness aside in pursuit of finishing that paper in time or cramming for the big test. For those prone to illness, self-care and management of the signs and symp-toms are crucial.

Summer can be a particularly dif-ficult time for students experiencing depression. Summer weather puts us into the pressure cooker of think-ing we should be happy, but often it becomes a struggle just to go outside. Pretending to be happy or okay might be a coping mecha-nism. Summer classes, summer jobs (or finding summer jobs) and the busyness of the season disrupt the protective routine of other semesters. How can summer students who are prone to anxiety and depression stay connected to our healthy, balanced selves? Surrendering and admitting the reality of the struggle to a safe, supportive friend or mental health professional is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of immense strength and deep self-love.

Rita Knodel, director of UVic Counselling Services, outlines options available to students on campus this summer. Counselling Services is a free, professional, confidential resource for students. “Many of our counsellors have been here for many years,” says Knodel, “and are tuned in to the needs of students and come with their own approach and skills, which you can view online.”

The summer months at Counselling Services offer the same group programs, check-ins, same-day appointments, grief groups and regular appointments as offered throughout the winter session, minus the Peer Helping program.

The campus community in the summer months is around 10 000 stu-dents, says Knodel, about half of the fall and winter semester population — but still a huge body of people. The majority of students are aged 18–25 and transitioning into adulthood. Since UVic is a destination campus, many of these young students are moving away from home for the first time — which leaves people who are prone to anxiety and depression with a smaller network of friends and family as a resource. Knodel says connecting with peers and groups is a successful tool for people dealing with anxiety and depression. Counseling Services will offer a variety of summer groups and workshops that focus on manag-ing anxiety and panic attacks, career exploration, learning skills, personal growth, gaining social confidence, mood and stress management and thesis completion. Knodel also calls attention to the power of student clubs in connecting students to peers with similar passions, as it can be hard to meet and create a community net-work in the large classes at UVic.

There are exciting partnerships developing between Counselling Services, the UVic Students’ Society and the Graduate Students’ Society, says Knodel, in which the groups are working to build student services and student awareness to mental health. The goal is to continue to make UVic an inclusive campus.

Knodel would like students to know that Counselling Services is more than a mental health office. “We do so much more,” she says. “Our focus is to help students adjust to university and thrive. We are a team of student development experts. Career is a big focus of ours — finding meaning and purpose in your career, networking for jobs.”

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� Insert Table: I just moved into a new place, and I’ll probably need a couple of these.

� Hyperlink: Oh, new iPhone? That’s okay, I’m hyperlinked.

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� Fit content proportionally: Useful for when you have much to do and less time to do it in.

� Separations Preview: Are you stuck in a relationship that isn’t going anywhere? A little foresight may help you make the right decision.

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� Accept all changes: For when life is going a little too fast and you need to let things go.

� Reject all changes: For when life is going a little too fast and you just want to lie in bed with a tub of ice cream and pretend everything is all right.

� Justify with last line aligned left: Now that’s a government I would vote for.

William Workman

The Martlet ran a story in its Humour section on March 14 (Volume 65, Issue 27) titled, “A Modern Modest Proposal: How to liberate the destitute and drug-addicted from their plight and for their potential to fuel the local economy.” In the subsequent March 21 issue, the Martlet published letters from the public expressing concern about the content of this piece. We also ran a staff-written clarification in the same issue.

In light of further community feedback, the Martlet editorial staff would like to apologize for any emotional or psychological harm our publica-tion of this article may have caused to street-involved persons or persons dealing with addictions. Though harm was never intended, we acknowl-edge the adverse impact the article had on some members of Victoria’s community.

The Martlet thanks those who have articulated the specifics of how this article was received and will strive to better consider and anticipate arti-cles’ impacts in the future.

Klara Woldenga

Humour — This afternoon Stephen Harper addressed the public on behalf of the entire Parliament to apologize for actions in yesterday’s budget meeting. “I’m deeply sorry for our actions yesterday,” stated Harper in the address. “We didn’t want to mislead anyone and we were not responsible for our actions.” In yesterday’s meeting of Parliament, an odd turn of events unfolded. The meeting was to address the country’s budget outline, but it quickly turned in a different direction. It started with NDP leader Thomas Mulcair who, according to sources, rose up to object with well plotted-out points to Harper’s proposal of education budget cuts, but instead only ended up stating, “That’s just like, your opin-ion man,” after a long pause, and suggested the speaker should ask Harper to “chill out.”

According to sources, an odd silence of the entire Parliament resulted from Mulcair’s statement, fol-lowed by small amounts of giggling by members from different parties.

Harper reportedly rose in response to Mulcair’s statement, but instead of speaking, looked at his open hands for an undisclosed period of time. The speaker requested Harper state his response or sit down so the meet-ing could continue, to which Harper replied solemnly, “No man, you’re right. I’m sorry, Tom. Just sometimes I get wound so tight. It’s hard being prime minister  .  .  .” Reports indicate that Harper then stepped out of his seat, walked into the open floor and asked Mulcair to “Come ‘ere and give me a hug!” Mulcair complied, stating “I love you man.” The entire Parliament reacted by flooding the floor and giving hugs in massive amounts.

This action was followed by the passing of two new bills: one to give free pizzas on Fridays across the country and one to allocate fund-ing to all the nation’s community centres to be spent on bean bags and bouncy castles. Unfortunately, investigations that followed the sus-piciously large amounts of hugging during the Parliament session showed that weed brownies had been snuck

into the lunch entree carts before the Parliament meeting. It is estimated 80 per cent of all members in ses-sion partook in those brownies before the call to order. A deeper investiga-tion has begun, but no suspects have been found yet. “We aren’t sure who did it or why,” states Michaelangelo Sheppard, head of the investigation. “But we will get to the bottom of this. Never again will we have a horrific Parliament hugging incident.”

Due to Parliament being under the influence of the “wacky tobaky” during their last meeting, all ideas and statements suggested at the time have been dismissed, including the two bills and budget sugges-tions. According to sources, major headway had been made in regards to the country’s budget. One wit-ness recounts, “.  .  .  everyone just stopped arguing and started focus-ing on the major issues.” Within two hours, Parliament had report-edly balanced Canada’s budget. Finishing early, Parliament then spent the last two hours voting on which pizzas to order for dinner, finally deciding on meat lovers'.

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