JEAN ET BEATRICE scccccceeeeeeneeneeneeneeneeneeseuseeneeneenensenens4l Bridging the gap between French and English theatre with a show that caters to a diverse audience Harassment policy ‘confusing’ Students aren’t necessarily aware of options for filing complaints 20 YEARS STRONG By ROSEMARY NEWTON iling a sexual harassment com- plaint at a post-secondary cam- pus can be a complicated process. On Sunday, former UBC stu- dents filed a human rights complaint against the university for its lengthy handling of a sexual misconduct case. In the case, a PhD student accused of sexu- ally harassing and assaulting six stu- dents was not expelled for a year and a half. Here at Langara College, students aren’t necessarily aware of the process of filing a sexual harassment complaint against, for example, a faculty member. “T would talk to my friends and then I would go to security,” said Victoria Dudzevich, first-year marketing man- agement student at Langara, explain- ing what she might do if she were to be sexually harassed by a faculty member. According to the Langara student services website, students who feel sex- ually harassed by an instructor have two options: they can get in touch with their department chair or contact the director of labour relations and human rights. Sexual harassment claims fall under the Langara Human Rights Policy, which subscribes to provisions of the B.C. Human Rights Code. Lara Campbell, department chair of gender, sexuality and women’s studies at SFU, said that Ontario recently im- plemented a provincially mandated sexual assault policy for all colleges and universities, but B.C. does not yet have such a policy. “Every college, every university is go- ing to have a very different procedure in place, which can be very slow and con- fusing for everyone involved,” she said. Langara’s human rights director, Sherry Chin-Shue, is presently on ex- tended leave. Dawn Palmer, associate vice-president of HR is currently away and no one from HR was available to comment before deadline. ; cz bm Langara harassment policy leaves students unclear on the steps to take necessary action. JOURNALISM ANNA DIMOFF photo illustration Shady racist group causes alarm at UBC White Student Union pages that popped up nation wide caused a furor on UBC campuses By VINCENT MATAK which inspired fierce opposition from students and faculty alike, have been accused of orchastrating a hoax. The organization that fraudulently claimed to be affiliated with UBC first appeared online on Nov. 22, with simi- lar Facebook pages being established at universities across Canada and the United States, including the University of Toronto, Western University and the University of California Berkeley. The groups all claim to “unapologeti- cally provide a safe space for white stu- dents to air their true feelings about the future of our nation, discuss and reflect on the lessons laid down for us by our great European writers, philosophers and artists, and develop a positive pro- gram to restore the pioneering will and greatness of our unique and virtuous people.” The group told The Voice that they’re affiliated with other white student unions only “in spirit”, and are com- prised of 29 current and former UBC students. See UBC WHITE STUDENT UNION, page 7 Up “White Student Union”, Pono: Young's take on old tech Neil Young brings music player that revives authentic studio sound to Canadian listeners By SEAN LEE highest quality option in digital music listening experience that has not been available until now, ac- cording to Neil Young. “This gives you a freedom of choice in the digital world,” Young said. Young was in Vancouver today at the Warehouse Studio to promote Pono, a Pres will give consumers the & new music player that aims to bring un- compressed audio to the listeners. “The player delivers music the way the artists recorded it in the studio,” said Sami Kamangar, marketing direc- tor of PonoMusic. Pono will also sell music much like iTunes, but in a quality that is as close to the original studio recording as pos- sible. Pono has partnered up with Sony, Universal, Warner, and other indepen- dent labels to provide a huge catalogue for their online store. Much of the digital sound files today, such as MP3s, are compressed in order to reduce file size for convenience. The reduction in file size, however, leads to loss of quality in the music. “In compressed files, such as MP3s and MP4s, 97 per cent of the data is thrown away. You only listen to three or four per cent of the song that the artists spent hours and hours on,” said Ka- mangar. Young said that Pono’s goal is to make the listeners “feel” the music the way it was intended. “The pure sound is what we try to give people,” said Young. “Whether you can hear it or not, it doesn’t matter. If you can feel it, that’s what matters.” Pono, which has been available in the US. since last year, is now available in Canada for $399 through a partnership with London Drugs and Amazon Canada. SEAN LEE photo Neil Young at a Warehouse Studio press conference.