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EDITOR BONNIE LEELA MADELEINE |

THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 2017 |

THE VOICE

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What is
the role of
feminism?

INTERVIEWS AND PHOTOS BY
SYDNEY MORTON

» Paris Tadege
General Arts

“T see feminism
as not so much
pro-women
only, but as pro-
everybody.”

» Harkaran Singh Mann

Computer Science

“To encourage
women and
give them equal
space to pursue
"their dreams.”

>» Anna Takeuchi
Fine Arts

“We should
fight for more
equality for all
genders, to be
more aware.”

Few campus events for women

Students want discussion, not treats and decorations to mark March 8

= By SYDNEY MORTON

n International Women’s

Day, Langara College cel-

ebrated with popcorn and

cake, free screenings of two

feminists films in the Langara Students’
Union building and shiny decorations,
but for some students in attendance,
these efforts did not seem like enough.
International Women’s Day comes
around every March 8, but accord-
ing to Harman Kaur, LSU councillor,
the movie screenings at the LSU held

on Wednesday were planned the week
before. The celebration was absent from
the college's official calendar and some
students said that posters advertising
the event were hard to find.

This day, which takes stock of wom-
en’s past, progress and future, had events
planned for the afternoon. Last month’s
Pink Shirt Day, an anti-bullying move-
ment, had a full day of events plus two
days of merchandise sales.

“Putting on a movie is just not
enough to get people talking about it.

Anyone can watch a movie,” said Gab-

by Garri, a psychology student at the
screening of Code. “It's important that
we start discus- [—

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sion. "People are
here, and some
of them aren't

“Putting on a movie
is not enough to get

“Tt is better listening to someone’s ac-
tual story and personal experience than
just watching a
movie,” Gon-
zalez said. “You

really get con-

even watching 1 lki nected to that

the movie.” peop e ta ng person and that
Alex Gonza- ‘uy experience.”

lez, a general arts ab out It. The idea of

student also at
the LSU event,
said he'd prefer to listen to people talk

about real experiences.

— GABBY GARRI, PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT

a panel discus-
sion also works
for Garri, who would like to see well-
known women come to campus to

speak about their experiences.

“If someone told me Justin Trudeau's
wife was coming, I'd be there,” she said.

For feminism to advance, events like
International Women’s Day need to
holler said Tracy Ho, college relations
and membership outreach ombudsman
at Douglas Students Union at Douglas
College.

“If we don’t keep watch, are not vigi-
lant and keep pushing for equity and
equality, there are always going to be
forces that want to push it back on us,”

she said.

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Director of photography Jacinta Jones, on the set of the student short film Lazarus, at Langara College last weekend.

VIOLETTA KRYAK PHOTO

Langara produces talent

College film
students see
bright lights after
graduating

= By VIOLETTA KRYAK

ccording to the vice president
and acting film commissioner
of Creative BC, the industry

is hiring as a result of high demand for
young film talent.

“Maybe if there is a bigger budget
[producers] would go with the more es-
tablished writers or directors, but! think
most projects are looking for a sort of a
new talent and are always on the search
for that fresh voice,” said Robert Wong,
vice president at Creative BC, an inde-
pendent agency that support the prov-
ince’s media industry.

That may be good for this year’s
graduating class from the Langara film
arts program. They are entering the job
market during a period of growth for

the local industry. According to the city,
Vancouver had 353 productions, that
include both film and television shows,
in 2015, an increase of 66 per cent from
2014. Students can expect to find entry-
level work as key grips and production
assistants.

“It’s about them after they have
trained,” said Garwin Sanford, an in-
structor in the program. He tells his
students that producers want to work
crew that don’t complain, show up on
time, and are hard working while on set.

Sanford also said that the program
produces graduates who are properly
trained to work on set and start build-
ing their reputations. As a result, he said
the film arts program has become the
go-to place for learning how to work in
film. He said students in the program
get hands-on experience producing and
working on films.

“No one is going to leave film school
and get hired to be a director, it takes
you time. This is why we get them to
produce. They do their own work, they
put it on festivals, that starts to move
them forward,” Sanford said.

Myles Regnier, a film arts student,

was shooting a short film called Laza-
rus on campus last weekend as part of
his course work. He is hopeful about his
prospects.

“Without education I was able to get
film set jobs, so it should be even better
with. I like it here and the film industry
here has become the second biggest af-
ter Hollywood,” Regnier said.

Clarification

In Two new voices, an article
that appeared in the March 2,
2017 issue, The Voice wrote that
newly elected education council
student rep Gurlal Singh wished
to address a lack of LET courses
on campus.

In fact, the English department
currently offers three courses de-
signed for LET preparation and
the Langara Writing Center of-
fers free workshops and _tutori-
als for students to improve their
writing skills.

~The Voice editors

soccer net-working

Whitecaps marketing
contest gives Brazilian
students game-
changing opportunity

= By DUNCAN ANDERSON

n Sunday, March 5, four Lan-
@) gara students helped fans of

the Vancouver Whitecaps FC
get more involved with their team.

Rodolfo Motta, Flavia Marcondes,
Rodrigo Landim and Victor Zeefried,
who are all international students from
Brazil, benefitted from a five-week
mentorship from the Whitecaps’ mar-
keting team.

They were joined by teams from
UBC, BCIT, SFU and Capilano Uni-
versity. ‘The challenge for each team
was to create and execute a marketing
plan that would sell 200 tickets to the
Whitecaps’ opening game against the
Philadelphia Union, and boost mer-
chandise sales.

“When you go to a game, it is a great
atmosphere, but you have nothing to do
but grab a beer, hot dog and watch the

game,” Landim said.

He said it was Langara’s challenge to
make the experience more engaging.

Ray Khan, account executive for the
Whitecaps and pioneer for the ‘Caps
Sales Project is benefiting from ticket
sales.

He feels that the real world experi-
ence which he is equipping the students
with is a fair trade-off for the free PR.

“We are getting access to markets we
don’t normally approach, but I think
they are getting a pretty neat practi-
cum,” Khan said.

In Brazil, soccer is like hockey in
Canada.

“Soccer is life in Brazil. It’s part of
the culture. Selling soccer in Brazil is
something totally different than selling
soccer here,” Motta said.

Last week the four students set up a
booth on the concourse of Building A.
with one on campus, to sell tickets to
the game. Their challenge was adapting
to the new culture and thinking on their
feet.

“For the four of us, I think this will be
a great opportunity and we are looking
forward to a position on the market. It’s
experience, it’s networking, it’s learn-
ing,” Marcondes said.

Team Langara sold 180 tickets for
the game.

Team Langara celebrating the start of the Whitecaps’ season opener. From
left to right: Rodrigo Landim, Flavia Marcondes, Rodolfo Motta and Victor

Zeefried. DUNCAN ANDERSON PHOTO