6 THE VOICE, THURSDAY, OCT. 27,2016

EDITOR JENNA TYTGAT

New
houses.
no transit
access

tis the season to be spooked, but
fe: scariest thing going on in

South Vancouver isn’t people
wearing clown masks or taking
treats from strangers, it is the
crippling economic situation we are
in.

In comes the City of Vancouver
with a new plan to help. It was
recently announced that 250 new
rental units will be built along
Marine Drive, east of Kerr Street, to
accommodate people and families
with low incomes. This sounds like
an amazing plan, and to a certain
extent it is, though the rental prices
of these units and how they will be
managed has not yet been released.

What is apparent, though, is that
they are practi-
cally floating in
the Fraser River.
They are as far
away from
everything as it is
possible.

Not all low
income families
have access to
cars, so it would
be in the best
interest of any
low income
housing area to have adequate
public transit nearby.

Vancouver busses do not run
there and if they come close, the
rider is in for the most inconvenient
commute imaginable. A Google
Maps search of the address with the
most units (3185 Riverwalk Ave.)
shows dismal coverage.

The search indicated that to get to
Metrotown by bus, a 4.5-kilometre
car ride, it will take a transit user
approximately 41 minutes. It is
roughly a 30-minute bus ride to
Killarney Secondary School, 2.7 km
away, which includes scaling a large
hill on foot. The closest shopping
centre, Champlain Square, is about a
25-minute walk, as no buses go up
the same massive hill the high
school students would have to take
on their slow trudge to class every
day.

After looking closer, maybe
affordable living, in this case, does
not quite equal convenient family
living. Aside from maybe having the
convenience of rolling your grocer-
ies down Kerr Street hill.

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Wow ?

epitome of a cult classic horror

movie. With Halloween right
around the corner, it will surely be
watched by countless fans, old and
new, but what makes it a cult
classic?

We've all heard the term thrown
around, but it can be hard to pin
down what it actually means. Oxford
Dictionary defines it as, “A film or a
book that is popular or fashionable
among a particular group or
segment of society.” This is accu-
rate, if a little vague. With taste
being subjective, perhaps a closer
definition is, “You know it when you
see it.”

Does The Evil Dead qualify? Many
would argue that yes, of course it
does, but why?

It’s a cult classic for many

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reasons, not least of all is because of
the influence it had on countless
horror movies that came after it.
What Raimi accomplished with his
first film is astonishing, and it
should be required viewing for any
aspiring filmmaker, or even just
movie fans.

It is the film’s legacy that cements
its place as a true cult classic. Its
use of practical gore effects, and
amounts of fake blood which were
unprecedented at the time, caused it
to be banned in several countries.
Its ban in Germany was only lifted
in 2016. Because of this, the film
spread mostly through word of
mouth and bootlegged videotapes in
an early example of video piracy.

It’s also quite funny, with a script
full of black humour and the
excessive gore coming off as

tongue-in-cheek, a
quality sorely
lacking in today’s
miserable world
of ‘Torture-Porn’
horror.

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reboot, a TV

series and even a
stage musical.

It has also been a lasting influence
on a generation of filmmakers, even
beyond the horror genre.

Whether you like it or not is up to
you, but it’s hard to deny that The
Evil Dead is a fantastic and endur-
ing example of a cult classic.

ex assault policy overdue

an extensive sexual assault policy,
and it’s about time.

The college is reaching out to
students for their opinions and
input, and overall, it seems like a
very positive process so far.

Students can submit feedback
online about different aspects of the
policy, or take part in a discussion
group. The
student involve-
ment is quite
promising.

The unfortu-
nate part is that
this wasn’t
Langara’s idea.
The college is
merely complying
with a new
provincial bill,

Li College is finally drafting

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Bill 23, stating that all post second-
ary institutions must have a clear
sexual misconduct policy, and it will
cover sexual assault and sexual
harassment for students and staff,
and will extend to anyone involved
with the college in some form or
another, under a limited reach.

It is surprising that Langara did
not already have an extensive policy
outside of their student code of
conduct. The college has a campus
safe walk program, and The Voice
did an article last year and a recent
follow up on the security cameras.

With semi recent reports of sexual
assault on campuses in B.C. and
across Canada, it should have been
safe to assume that the college
would have taken it upon themselves
to update their policy without
prompting from the provincial

government.

The fact that sexual assault still
happens is a terrifying reality. There
needs to be understandable, cut and
dried, policies in place in schools to
help prevent assault, and how to
deal with it should it happen. Clear
consequences are very important for
the offender and set resources for
victims, should a student, faculty
member, or anyone involved with the
college face assault.

As the public consultations draw
to an end in early November, it will
be interesting to see what Langara’s
approach ends up being.

All in all, points to Langara for
drafting a new sexual assault policy.
Partially in the way that you give
someone hypothetical points for not
stealing your wallet, but points
nonetheless.

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