AMPUS NEWS oro THE VOICE, THURSDAY, OCT, 2,2014 3 Campus security plans to implement crime prevention strategies News comes too late for kinesiology student who had car broken into, items stolen vides. SABLEEN MINHAS photo Students walk by a Blue Emergency Call Tower, one of many placed at various locations across campus. The towers are one of a few security measures Langara currently pro- 66 Itwasa crime of opportu- nity... where any- one can see it DAVID AUCOIN By SABLEEN MINHAS AND NICH JOHAN- SEN angara Campus Security is plan- ning to increase patrols, improve lighting and implement crime pre- vention strategies this year, though the move comes a bit late for one student whose car was burgled in the underground parkade last month. David Aucoin, Langara’s security and safety manager, said that the goal is to deter crimes from occurring on campus. One of the strategies that Au- coin proposed is altering the campus design — such as to control where stu- dents congregate — to deter criminal activity. Aucoin said that he is working to- wards making the campus “more unap- pealing, for the people to commit crime on the campus itself.” The annual budget for campus secu- rity is set at $600,000. “It includes all the security 24-7. Walking patrols, bicycle patrols and over-all security on the college proper- ty including the security office across the bookstore,” said Barry Coulson, as- sociate vice-president of Administra- tion and Finance at Langara College. On Sept. 18, fifth-year kinesiology student Brett Wiens left his backpack on the seat of his car in the under- ground parking lot. He ran back to the gym to drop off a set of keys, leaving his bag in view and unattended for five minutes. He returned to find his car window pried off and his backpack, containing his laptop and textbooks, stolen. A security guard was already on the scene, but since no one had seen the crime take place, the Vancouver Po- lice Department and Wiens had few clues to go on. “Tt was a crime of opportunity, where someone left valuable items in a clear space where anyone can see it and pro- vided the opportunity,” said Aucoin. “Someone broke the driver side win- dow, reached in and grabbed the knap- sack along with the laptop.” Due to lack of video surveillance, the Vancouver Police Department and Weins had few clues to go on. “I think they should have some kind of surveil- lance,” Wiens, a Falcons soccer player, offered. “Definitely down there, be- cause nobody real- ly sees anything down in the under- ground parking lot.” BRETT WIENDS A kinesiology stu- dent and victim of a car theft. A plan to install 10 to 12 closed cir- cuit television cameras is also in the pipeline, Aucoin said. Photography prodigy changes the face of fashion A “rule bender” photographer redefines beauty and fashion through her photos By NATASHA CHANG photography prodigy. As a teenager, she gained world- wide attention by snapping a photo of plus-sized model Elly Mayday toppling a skinny manne- quin in 2013. The photo quickly went viral. That same year, she launched her own interna- He student Lanaya Flavelle is a tional magazine called ReFashion Book to raise awareness for a va- riety of issues she supports while also promoting her ar- tistic talent. LANAYA FLAVELLLE A continuing studies student and photographer Last month, she put out an issue called Refashion Youth, made for Free The Children, a non-profit organiza- tion that helps children deal with pov- erty. Using her artistic eye, she has also published issues of her magazine for charities such as the Cancer Research Institute and Action Against Hunger. “lve always felt that I need to incor- porate some kind of charity into what I’m doing,” Flavelle said. “This is my opportunity to do that and introduce a publication for other photographers to have the opportunity to give back with their work as well.” Discovering her passion at 14, Fla- velle repurposes photography to chal- lenge the typical physique of women in fashion. In her photos, she primarily works with different models that are not in the norm of fashion photogra- phy. “My focus is to photograph women who are not necessarily agency stan- dard or the standard type of beauty that we’re all suppose to be. I think women need different role models, and diverse models, to look at in the fash- ion industry,” Flavelle said Although her iconic mannequin pho- to received widespread attention, it also spawned negative feedback saying it was “bashing skinny women,” the point of the photo is to redefine the fashion industry’s unrealistic defini- tion of standard beauty in women, she said. Due to her unique perspective in photography, Flavelle is one of the fi- nalists for HP’s #BendTheRules con- test which is closed. She now awaits the results of the $25,000 prize. LANAYA FLAVELLE photo Lanaya Flavelle’s photograph of plus-sized model knocking over a skinny mannequin went viral. Fla- velle’s work canbe found in her magazine ReFashion Bookwhich is published semi-annually.