ampus news EDITOR MEGAN BOBETSIS

THE DAILY VOICE, WEDNESDAY NOV. 26, 2014 3

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A crowd gathers at the Burnaby Mountain protest site on Nov. 14 where some protesters have been camped out for weeks.

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UBC forestry debates climate

University corrects email discouraging students from protesting

By MARY BEACH AND ALI CRANE

espite a recent email from UBC

discouraging international stu-

dents in their forestry depart-

ment from protesting against Kinder Morgan, a forestry course of- fered in the program specifically focus- es on debating environmental decisions and policies.

The email was sent to 249 internation- al students last weekend and warned that if students were arrested for pro- testing the Kinder Morgan pipeline they would be expelled and face possible de- portation.

George Hoberg, professor in the de- partment of forest resources manage-

ment at UBC said he teaches a course that shows students how to address im- portant policy issues, although he stressed that the course was not about protesting.

“One of the main exercises I do is have students act as stakeholders in a pretend multi-stakeholder consultation. We've done that on creating area-based tenures in forestry,” said Hoberg.

Hoberg said that his course develops problem-based learning that is relevant to the students’ studies.

“Tm trying to teach them a form of policy analysis which is designed to be useful both for independent analysts and for people who are working for in- terest groups, and it gives students a

deep-dive into a particular policy issue,” Hoberg said.

“It’s practical and it’s addressing timely issues that are relevant to their studies and their future career.”

UBC spokeswoman Susan Danard said in a prepared statement that the email was sent out in response to stu- dent interest in participating in the pro- test and concerns about what might happen if they proceeded.

“(The email] was well intended, but created unnecessary confusion and the

facts were not accurate,” Danard said. Danard clarified that UBC stu- dents are free to protest as they see fit, and UBC does not direct the activities of students when they are off-campus.

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It gives students a deep- dive into a particular policy is- sue

GEORGE HOBERG

PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF FOREST RESOURC- ES MANAGEMENT

No gym for Langara after YMCA leaves

There are no plans to add a fitness facility to the campus to replace the YMCA after it moves

By SABLEEN MINHAS

involved are the main reasons be- hind the absence of a workout facil- ity at Langara.

With the Langara Family YMCA moving to the Pearson Dogwood Rede- velopment, students who relied on the centre’s workout facilities will have to look for other options, as Langara has no plan of building such a facility on campus in the near future.

Jake McCallum, director of athlet- ics and intramu- rals, said he is not aware of the col- lege having plans to build a workout

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facility.

He said that JAKEMCCALLUM “cost, space and su- Langara director pervision” are of athletics and

some reasons be- imtramurals

hind the lack of a workout space on

campus.

“T don’t think there is a huge impact by not having a facility on campus,” McCallum said.

“There is an obvi- ous inconvenience for those who would like to work out, but they will find a way to work out.”

McCallum — said that motivation is a more important factor than having a facility on cam- pus.

“Those that want to train [go to] other locations and there are those who would not even use the facility if we had it on campus,” he said.

Gala Bahagia, a Langara arts stu- dent feels that having a dedicated workout facility on campus would be helpful in improving students’ health.

McCallum said that Langara does have available workout routines like combat ropes, which are incorporated into the training of Langara athletes.

GALA BAHAGIA Langara arts student

Langara business club makes it to semi-finals

The team is no stranger to success when it comes to the UBC case competition

By SANDY POWLIK

(LCC) got to the semi-finals at UBC’s Acumen Business Case Competition last Saturday.

Langara has done extremely well at Acumen in the past, winning the compe- tition the previous two years. This year there were 16 teams in all, with two of them from Langara and other teams from both UBC and SFU.

The LCC is the perfect hub “for stu- dents passionate about business,” club vice-president Lara Hawel said.

Hawel is one of the four members of the semi-finalist team, along with club member Zain Khoja, president Gavin Randhawa, and other vice-president Ka-

Te: Langara Competition Club

trina McGuire.

Hawel said the competitions are an opportunity to al- low business stu- dents to take the skills they learn in a classroom and apply it to the out- side world.

“It’s an opportu- nity for students to get out and try their skills out and see how they do against other peo- ple,” Hawel said. “Yowre getting the experience to be judged on your ideas in an external way, by the industry.”

“It’s definitely one of the best things you can do for meeting people and the opportunity it provides.”

The LCC holds two of its own internal competitions during the year, Aspire in the spring and Strive in the fall.

LARA HAWEL

Langara Com- petition Club vice-president

Randhawa said the LCC’s internal case competitions “focus on a company that is for profit and the level of compe- tition is different too.”

According to Randhawa, the club’s in- ternal competitions are open to busi- ness students of all different levels, of- fering good experience for Langara’s budding entrepreneurs and serve as tryouts for the external competitions.

Randhawa said the Acumen competi- tion is really “taking it up to the next level” from the internal ones. Acumen said he took the end goal of the competi- tions from “this will make you the most money or double or triple your income,” to, “this is what will help the community the most, at the same time will also keep you a successful business.”

The LCC has been going for seven years. About 60 students in all partici- pated in the last internal competition. From this group, students are chosen to compete in the external competitions, such as Acumen.

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One of the two Langara teams that went to Acumen.