Rap for religion A Langara student uses rhyme and rhythm to spread the word of his faith. P4 Caps seek a win The Vancouver soccer club is looking for gains after a disappointing season start. P8 End of a VHS era Find out what happens to old tech at Langara in a behind-the- scenes video at langaravoice.ca PRODUCED BY LANGARA JOURNALISM STUDENTS | WWW.LANGARAVOICE.CA MARCH 30, 2017 * VOL. 48 NO. 38 * VANCOUVER, B.C. | Brandon Ferko, Jennifer Cole and Britaney Ellis share two joints near Cannabis Culture and the New Amsterdam Cafe on W Hastings Street. s4sHa ZE/DLER PHOTO 4/20 smoked out of city parks Park board ban wont deter cannabis celebrators April plan By SASHA ZEIDLER espite a ban from the park board, organizers of Van- couver’s 4/20 rally plan to continue celebrating at Sunset Beach Park, even as city council ponders potential replacement spots. After two decades at the Vancouver Art Gallery, the annual event which cel- ebrates marijuana culture was relocated to Sunset Beach last year. On March 6, the Vancouver Park Board voted to deny a permit to all cannabis-related events on Vancouver parks land, includ- ing the beach. Though city councillors discussed new 2018 locations Wednesday, 4/20 organizers are staying put. "We've never had a permit for 4/20 over the years, in fact this is the first time the park board ever considered giving us a permit,” said cannabis activ- ist and 4/20 organizer Dana Larsen. “I would rather have a permit, but it's not “T would rather have a permit, but it's not going to stop us...” —DANALARSEN, 4/20 ORGANIZER going to stop us from protesting and doing our celebration.” Proposed 2018 locations include Lar- will Park and city lands in south False Creek. The PNE de- cided against host- ing the event despite interest. PNE media relations’ Laura Bal- lance said they may reconsider next year. “We evaluated the event from a lo- gistics and business point of view and made the decision not to host it on our site,” Ballance said. Shane Simpson, the MLA for Van- couver-Hastings, agreed. “I thought it was inappropriate to suggest putting [the 4/20 event] in a residential area without any consulta- tion with people in the area,” he said. Larsen thinks the park board is not treating the cannabis community with the level of respect they deserve. “[Next election] we will definitely be lobbying the cannabis community to elect a more favourable park board that will treat 4/20 like all other civic events and grant us a permit,” he said. 49 is the new 50 at Langara Pricey promos planned for college's birthday By JASON GILDER s Langara College approach- es its 49th anniversary, the school’s proposed budget has revealed plans to celebrate the year as a milestone. According to Langara’s proposed 2017/18 budget, the college will seek to set aside funds to put together “49 years on 49,”a celebration with a nod to West 49th Avenue. Langara College has yet to officially announce the launching of the initia- tive, but the proposed budget earmarks $324,000 in salaries and benefits to “initiate a major promotional and fun- draising campaign celebrating [the an- niversary.” Also allocated was $57,000 for fees and contract services. All told, $411,000 has been set aside in the po- tential 2017/18 fiscal budget to produce “49 years on 49.” Gerald Calderon, a coordinator for UBC Centennial, said their 100-year anniversary celebration thrived because of external community involvement, and believes Langara should take note. “We consulted with students, faculty, staff, the external community,” Calde- ron said. “The best way to do that is to engage the community as widely as possible.” Adam Brayford, associate project director of SFU’s 50th anniversary, encouraged Langara to declare what makes Langara unique. “Tt’s all about identifying who you are and then using this increased period of attention and exposure to really ham- mer that home,” said Brayford. “Cele- brate what makes you distinct in higher education.” Mark Dawson, manager of commu- nications and marketing at Langara College, declined to comment. Actors get into fighting form Arts week shows off useful skills By VIOLETTA KRYAK P unches flew in the foyer of Lan- gara College’s Building A this afternoon, though this brawl was just a demonstration of fight choreog- raphy by film arts department students that highlights a useful skill in the film and theatre industry. The half-hour fight demonstration is the opening act of nearly two months of Creative Arts & Industries Pop-Up Gallery exhibits to showcase Langara students’ work, including those in film arts. Garwin Sanford, an instructor at the film arts program, said the event is a good way to let students know what his department is doing and advertise to students. “We've actually had students come to the program because they saw us in the hall here,” Sanford said. This year, Sanford chose to display some fight choreography, meaning ac- tors perform violent scenes that look real, but nobody gets hurt. It's a po- tentially key skill for actors looking for roles in anything from Shakespeare to Superman. “We'll be choreographing a fight. [Today we have] the first two beats, then we are going to add more and it'll be probably be a 60 second fight by the time we are done,” Sanford said. Asher Krohn, a student in the film arts program, who is one of the fighters for the pop-up event, said that safety is Please see COMBAT SKILLS, page 3 4 | Garwin Sanford, film arts instructor, choreographs a fight between students Asher Krohn and Jarod Kaplan at Langara College. viol ETTA KRYAK PHOTO