Incognito Mode: Studio 58’s latest play probes the effects of instant access to unlimited Internet porn. P7 campus healthy lifestyle. P3 Not so smoke-free Langara’s attempt to promote a ue 4 years on 49th Coverage of the Great Trek and Pep Rally exclusively online. PRODUCED BY LANGARA JOURNALISM STUDENTS | WWW.LANGARAVOICE.CA OCTOBER 11, 2018 * VOL. 50 NO. 01 * VANCOUVER, B.C. COPE puts hope in students Former Langara instructor re-entering politics with a focus on student benefits By DARREN AMNER former Langara instructor and previous city council member is seeking re-elec- tion. Her platform of rent freezes and cheaper transit passes is aimed at appealing to young voters and low-income residents. Anne Roberts, who is running for the Coalition of Progressive Elec- tors (COPE), says she wants young voters to keep pressuring politicians to act in their interests. Along with Jean Swanson and Derrick O'Keefe, the COPE can- didates announced at a rally outside Broadway-City Hall Skytrain their plan for a Universal Pass for the Working Class. The pass will be free for kids 18 and under, free for people with low income, and $41 per month for people with middle incomes. ‘The proposed U-pass combines a three zone transit pass which would pro- vide access to Park Board programs including swimming pools and skating rinks. “You can't build your way out of congestion, but you can provide enough affordable, attractive tran- sit to take 40,000 cars off the road,” said Roberts. “No one will be left on the curb.” Anne Roberts at Broadway-City Hall DARREN AMNER Roberts, who served one term in 2002, taught in the journalism de- partment at Langara College. Stephen Phillips, Langara politi- cal scientist, said he hopes students and other young people will get in- volved in the electoral process. “COPE'’s call for a freeze on resi- dential rents should be of interest to students, who're struggling to meet their monthly rent payments and cannot sustain any increase in rent,” said Roberts. Langara engineering student Ethan Alexander, 19, had not known about the civic election but plans to vote for the first time. “I’m hoping to find a party and vote this year,” he said. The election is Oct 20. journalism department 49 years ago. 4G4Zy MENGESHA Campus marks 49th Langara takes unique anniversary approach By AGAZY MENGESHA his year Langara is cel- ebrating its 49th year on 49th Avenue. A pep rally was held at Langara’s gym on Wednesday celebrating “49 years on 49th Av- enue” an event which organizers promised to be one of the campus’ “biggest parties yet.” Carly Barrett, a communications officer at Langara, said she wanted a unique twist to Langara’s anni- versary party because an important part of the event was to celebrate the college’s community on 49th Avenue and its history. “We know that a lot of colleges celebrate their 50th anniversary and I think that we wanted to try and be a little different,” said Bar- rett. Before 49th Avenue, Langara City of Vancouver Alumini Launch 12pm - 1:30pm | Town Hall Meeting Space, Vancouver City Hall was located at King Edward Cen- tre, as part of Vancouver City Col- lege. But in 1969, the college made the decision to relocate. Jean Sorenson and Wyng Chow were former journalism students at the King Edward Centre during the time of the move. Although they still consider themselves stu- dents of Vancouver City College and not Langara, they have fond memories of their college days. Chow reflected on his first few days at Langara when a teacher gave specific instruction on how to properly spell names. Accord- ing to Chow the teacher said, “The name's Russell, two s’ and two I's, and if you spell it wrong you fail immediately.” Meanwhile, Sorenson had what she described as a disastrous first day but a memorable year. “I had no idea what I was getting into,” Outstanding Alumini Awards 11:45pm- 3pm | Second Floor, Sci- ence and Technology Building Former Langara graduate student Jean Sorenson holding up a photo of her “interviewing” Tawana the cheetah in the Sorenson said. “I thought I was in the wrong room ‘cause there were all these typewriters and I didn’t want to be a secretary.” Sorenson turned things around when she met her classmates. “Ev- erybody started cracking jokes and just the camaraderie, the spirit of that first group was so wonderful,” she said. In 1969, Sorenson led efforts to have the school’s bell tower pre- served when the school was going to be demolished. “I started this campaign, and we sent out press releases, I ended up on CBC, and on Bob Switzer's television show and in the Vancouver Sun,” So- renson said. Unfortunately, the bell tower was destroyed in a fire soon after. Overall Sorenson said Langara had a good atmosphere in 1969. Langara Employee Celebration 2:30pm-3:30pm | Employee Lounge A Building Young seeking top job South Van-based candidate targets city bike lanes By ROXANNE EGAN-ELLIOTT ayoral candidate Wai Young, who once repre- sented Vancouver South for the federal Conservatives, says any resemblance of her populist campaign to Doug Ford’s govern- ment in Ontario is unintentional. Young, who formed her own par- ty, Coalition Vancouver, uses the slogan 100 Per Cent for the People, similar to Ford’s Government for the People. “T think he copied me,” Young said outside a volunteer meeting at her campaign office at Main and 50" Avenue. “But that’s another election in another province and I don’t think that has anything to do with what we’re doing for the peo- ple of Vancouver.” Young, one of 21 candidates run- ning for mayor in the Oct. 20 mu- nicipal election, represented Van- couver South from 2011 to 2015. Young has become best known for her position on removing what she refers to as “ideological bike lanes” and if she becomes mayor, she has vowed to rip up existing lanes and not build future ones. Annie Bula- so, a long-time Young support- er, said her big- gest concerns are being addressed by Coalition Vancouver. “Lower taxes, clean city,” Bulaso said outside Young’s campaign of- fice. “I like her platform.” The University Women’s Club of Vancouver held an event where Young, alongside mayoral candi- dates including independent can- didate Shauna Sylvester, answered questions about housing, violence against women and the opioid cri- sis. Janette McIntosh, who attended the event and said she will not be voting for Young, said she was not convinced that Young should be the mayor. McIntosh thought Young focused too much on her compe- tition rather than focusing on her policies she plans to put in place. Wai Young MAYORAL CANDIDATE