ews & features mrorseanvonxosmux THE DAILY VOICE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2013 7 JES CUNNINGHAM photo Culture Shock will be the Langara Social Club’s largest event, held tonight at the Lamplighter Pub from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets are $10. LSC's biggest event of the year The social club’s latest function geared towards fundraising By JES CUNNINGHAM angara’s Social Club will be host- ing Culture Shock tonight at the Lamplighter Pub. In what will be the social club’s biggest event of the year, it hopes to get students together and promote talent with a mind to foster community spirit and additional scholarship funding. “lve been [at Langara] for five years and I’ve noticed... I don’t really get a chance to socialize with everyone in the school,” said club member Kim Tompkins. “We want to create that sense of community and sense of belonging for some students.” Ben Livingston, a marketing student and club member, said, “We’re a com- muter college, everyone comes in and out. “We want... people to chill out, get to know their classmates and watch some entertainment.” “We also want to display some of the talent that Langara has to offer through photography, design formation and musical talent,” added Tompkins. Several photography students will be displaying their work in the pub, along with dresses created by Langa- ra’s design formation program. Several Langara performers, such as stand-up comedians and interpretive dancers, will take the stage. Some of the proceeds will be going to three student scholarships offered for Langara’s business administration pro- gram. “The focus of the event is on stu- dents, however the event is open to the public. The point of this event is to raise money for the scholarships,” said Livingston. The LSC has put on other events like trampoline dodgeball at the Extreme Air Park in Richmond and dancing at Fortune Sound Club. A live DJ is set to perform at the end of the night, with the LSC expecting ap- proximately 140 people to be attending tomorrow. Tickets are $10 each. More informa- tion is available on the LSC’s Facebook page or on Twitter @LangaraSocial, #CultureShock. DETAILS ME Wed. April. 3. 7 to10 p.m. at Lamplighter Pub 92 Water St. ME Tickets: $10 For more information see: LSC's Facebook page or Twitter @LangaraSocial, #CultureShock Marpole relocation uncertain Planners propose closing the recently refurbished community centre with an eye to rebuild elsewhere By WARREN JANE community remains uncertain. Founded in 1949, the community centre is now the topic of discussion for a possible relocation to Granville Street and reactions to the potential move are mixed. “T think it’s nice where it is right now,” said Marpole resident Amy Tam. “Obviously you’ve got lots of space here and a big field for kids to play. I don’t really see any reason why they need to move.” But not all Marpole residents dis- agree with the proposal. “Tt’s kind of a convenient location for me here but I guess Granville Street is not that far away,” said Marpole resi- dent Eveline Herrington. One of the ideas discussed at a re- cent Marpole Community Plan Work- shop was to combine the community centre with the Marpole branch of the Vancouver Public Library, whose lease is ending soon. “Tt’s a good loca- tion here, but I don’t think it’s that bad a location over there because east of Oak [Street], there’s this com- munity centre and the new one by Queen Elizabeth Park,” said Marpole resident Cameron Mac- Gillvary. “There’s quite a few commu- nity centres already this way, but not many aside from Kerrisdale over that way, so it could work out well.” Another centre close by is Sunset community centre, located on Main Street, just a few blocks from the Lan- gara campus. Granville locals, however, were hap- py to hear about the plan. “If it moves closer to my house I'll be happy,” said local resident Michelle Wetzel. “It seems like a good place. There are lots of families there.” Wetzel said it currently takes half an hour to get to the community centre from where she lives. The Marpole-Oakridge community centre has recently received numerous refurbishments and additions, such as new floors and painting, additional of- fice space, public art installations, a walking path around the park and a new kitchen. T future of the Marpole-Oakridge CAM MACGILLVARY Marpole resident Langara president wants to reduce school waste with recycling But environmental studies co-ordinator says recycling is only part of the solution By KAYLA ISOMURA completely eliminate waste at the college. Roy Daykin recently sent a letter to the board of governors outlining plans to become a “zero waste” school with the help of a recycling program. But using a recycling program to Lome new president hopes to eliminate waste is not entirely possi- ble, said environmental studies co-or- dinator Frank Williams. “T think it’s part of the solution,” he said. “I don’t think it’s the solution en- tirely. It would be a lot better not to use stuff in the first place then to recycle it.” However, Williams is happy the pro- gram is coming. “Other places have done it so I'd say it’s possible [to become waste-free],” he said, but warned “you can’t recycle endlessly.” “Every time you use paper, you lose ... quality but we could reuse a lot more than we do now.” The college wouldn’t comment on the program, but Williams speculated it is likely focused on solid waste. This would include compost, paper and garbage, he said. “The trick is how you diminish the amount of garbage so that you can re- cycle everything one way or another.” Jim Bowers, geography department chair, wouldn’t comment on whether a waste-free school was possible without further details of the plan. “Tm sure we could reduce waste if that was a question,” he said. “But you have to look at defining zero waste and what [it] mean[s].” Bowers was surprised to hear about the school’s aims, saying he wasn’t sure how the college currently manag- es its waste. Neither Williams or Bowers was aware of the letter before speaking to The Voice. According to the letter, the program includes “a small number of recycling bins around the college for wet waste” and will be annually audited to show its progress. HOW IT will work URBAN IMPACT WASTE MANAGEMENT “We are assisting the college in bigger and better wys with our recycling program including wet waste.”