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Aya Abdulhadi looks over papers she wrote documenting an agreement between her and who she thought was a landlord. Abdulhadi said she was a victim of a
rental scam and doesn't expect to get much money back. LAUREN GARGIULO PHOTO
'I admit to being scammed'
Rental fraud rises as internet ads pose high risks, VPD warns
 By LAUREN GARGIULO
A
ya Abdulhadi took the
correct steps to protect
herself mid-rental agree-
ment, according to police
recommendations. Yet despite going
“by the book,” Abdulhadi said she
was still scammed with little hope
of a full refund.
Vancouver police media spokes-
person, Constable Tania Visintin,
said in recent years Canada and
Vancouver have been seeing more
rental scams because the internet has
become the primary source of apart-
ment hunting.
A part-time instructor at the
Native Education College in
Vancouver, Abdulhadi said she
found a downtown Vancouver apart-
ment on a social media site, met with
a woman who identified herself as
the landlord and who showed her the
unit. Abdulhadi paid up front and
signed a B.C. rental agreement.
Shortly after, the landlord ghosted
with the money — without giving
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Lang's
love of
news
revived
 By KRISTEN HOLLIDAY
A
Kerrisdale school is remem-
bering the only Canadian
journalist who died in the
War in Afghanistan.
Magee Secondary School held
an assembly on Thursday, Nov. 8, to
honour one of its alumni, Michelle
Lang, the only journalist who was
killed while on assignment to cover
the war.
A plaque was unveiled during the
ceremony, which will be permanently
placed in the school to commemo-
rate the journalist. Lang’s family and
friends were in attendance, along
with Member of Parliament for
Vancouver-Granville, Jody Wilson-
Raybould.
In front of a full auditorium of
students and faculty, Catherine
Lang, Lang’s aunt and a former
Langara journalism school gradu-
ate, spoke about
Lang’s life, career,
and the assign-
ment in Afghani-
stan.
She said Lang
was aware of the
dangers, but knew
it was important
Catherine Lang to tell Canadi-
MICHELLE LANG'S
AUNT ans the stories of
Abdulhadi a key or access to any monthly accommodations, she found tion went silent. ordinary Afghan
apartment. an apartment on Facebook Market- “That’s $1,500 from someone who people.
According to Visintin there are place. She said after viewing the suite just graduated, just started work,” “She loved to learn, and wanted to
ways to avoid these kinds of scams. at 1001 Richards Street with the Abdulhadi said. see that the women and girls would
“Don’t send money to anyone you “landlord,” she handed over $1,500 Director of Operations at Land- finally be able to get an education
haven’t met in person” said Visintin, in cash and e-transfers over a couple lordBC Hunter Boucher said there after five years of brutal Taliban rule.
who advised getting as much infor- of days. She even got receipts, she has been an increase in apartment If she could write about those people
mation as possible on the person said. rental scams. and their stories, maybe Canadians
taking your money, and to call 911 Abdulhadi said she asked the “It’s something we’re hearing more would pay attention,” Catherine
if needed. “ land lord ” about,” Boucher said, “[But] gener- said. “Maybe Canadians would care
“Once that “That's $1,500 from for photo ID ally, the scammer doesn’t meet the more, and better understand why we
911 file and received potential renter in person.” were there fighting that long and
number is someone who just a photo of LandlordBC provides legislation messy war.”
open, police her B.C. ID clarification and advice to owners Lang, an SFU graduate, started
will activate graduated, just started card. and managers of rental housing in her journalism career at the Prince
an investiga- The Voice B.C.. George Free Press. She moved on to
tion.” work.” called the Boucher said landlords who rent the Moose Jaw Times-Herald, the
Ye t t h e — AYA ABDULHADI , PART-TIME NATIVE EDUCATION “ land lord ” out apartments don’t have much Regina Leader-Post and then the
London, COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR twice with control over what their tenants do Calgary Herald, where she worked
Ont. native contact with it. on the health beat before accepting a
said because she “willingly gave over information supplied by Abdul- “[The landlords] can cooperate six-week assignment in Afghanistan.
cash,” there was nothing the police hadi but the number had since been with the police and end the tenancy In an interview with The Voice,
could do, despite the precautions disconnected. agreement but past that, there isn’t Lang’s mother, Sandra Lang, said
Abdulhadi said she had taken. Abdulhadi said she met the “land- anything they can do,” Boucher said. her daughter was always interested
Visintin said she couldn’t comment lord” three times, and was in constant “I went by the book,” Abdulhadi in writing and current events from a
on Abdulhadi’s case because it was communication using texts and said. “I always thought [people who very young age.
an open investigation. phone calls, yet she said after the get scammed] weren’t doing the
Abdulhadi said while looking for cash was handed over, communica- right thing.” Please see LANG'S LOVE, page 2
 2 THE VOICE | THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 2019 | EDITOR NATHAN GAN
Atlarge
Frack
fight
risks
Colombian
activists discuss
harmful practices
of companies
 By LINA CHUNG

T
his human rights activist’s
hope for the future is that
his son and daughter will
grow up in a more peaceful Colom-
bia.
Ivan Madero is one of three
Colombian human rights activ-
ists who were invited to come to Michelle Lang (left) and then-Chief of Defence Staff Walter Natynczyk (right) pose for a photo during her journalism assignment covering the Afghanistan War
Langara College on Nov. 6 to talk a decade ago. GARY LUNN PHOTO
about their country’s recent political
history and the Canadian resource
companies that want to conduct
hydraulic fracking in Colombia.
Madero, speaking through an
interpreter, said he recently found
out that a paramilitary leader had
put a 5 million peso bounty on his
head and that a grenade had been
ordered to be planted in his car.
“You get used to it,” Madero said.
He also said that his wife and two
kids understand the work he does,
and it helps that they receive support
from psychologists to handle the
stress.
Colombian lawyer Julia Figueroa
has been involved in social, environ-
mental and human rights causes for
20 years; she said, “it’s our life project
because all we have is blood.”
The Canadian resource companies
who are in Colombia are doing more
bad than good, Figueroa said, “their
presence in our country is affecting A photo of the commemorative plaque that will be placed on the walls of Magee Secondary Catherine Lang, Michelle’s aunt, delivers a speech at the
our water, our animals, our plants, School in Kerrisdale, in remembrance of alumni Michelle Lang. KRISTEN HOLLIDAY PHOTO event in Magee Secondary School. KRISTEN HOLLIDAY PHOTO

LANG: school commemorates the war journalist's legacy

our very livelihood.”
Brent Patterson is the Canadian
chapter executive director of Peace
Brigades International, a non-
governmental human rights organi-
zation, and has been accompanying
the human rights activists on their
Canadian tour. “Since the [2016
Colombian] peace agreement was
signed, 738 human rights defend-
ers have been killed,” Patterson said,
“[That’s] two activists killed every
week.”
Patterson also said that one of
the most harmful issues discussed
among the Colombian activists is
fracking, which is a process of blast-
ing water and chemicals into the
ground to retrieve petroleum and
that, “it is more polluting than the
regular extraction process of oil.”
PEACE DEAL 2016
LANG'S LOVE continues from page 1
“We’ve always had two news-
papers coming into the house, we
discussed a lot of news at the time,”
Sandra said. “She was very well
informed, and she loved to write.”
Catherine said politicians and
officials, “learned to duck,” when
they saw her coming.
“She lambasted them on many
occasions, and drew attention to
the shortcomings in the delivery of
healthcare in Alberta,” she said.
“She worked incredibly hard, and
was often the last reporter to leave
the office.”
Kelly Cryderman, a Globe
and Mail journalist and a former
colleague of Lang’s at the Calgary
Herald, also reported from Afghani- Forces’ work there, about telling In December 2009, Lang left for
stan. Canadians as much as we could Afghanistan. She had only been in
In an inter- about what the country for two weeks when the
view with The was going on a light armoured vehicle she was trav-
Voice, she said “We lost a loved one. world away.” elling in was hit by a series of impro-
Lang did a Cr yder- vised explosive devices.
lot of research Canada lost a fine man said she Lang and four Canadian soldiers
before going remembers were killed.
overseas. journalist.” Lang as a tena- Catherine Lang says the event
“She met — CATHERINE LANG, MICHELLE'S AUNT cious yet kind has left an “inescapable” impact on
with everyone reporter, who her family.
who had been c ared about “We lost a loved one. Canada lost
there already and peppered them accuracy and communicating the a fine journalist,” Catherine said. “I
with questions,” Cryderman said. facts. carry it with me all the time, as of
“ We often talked about the “I’ll never forget her sitting across course do all her family and friends.
dangers, but we talked about the from me, and her beautiful smile, and It comes with a sense that life is ever
important stories too, about women, her interest in everything,” Cryder- so fragile and that we are obliged to
about poverty, about the Canadian man said. be vigilant in preserving it.”

» FARC accord
Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia signs cease fire peace
deal with government

» 260,000 deaths
Number of overall fatalities from
the previous five decades of
conflict

» 137 lives lost

Ex-combatants killed, after peace
deal

SOURCE: REUTERS.COM Art and Sandra Lang, Michelle’s parents, hold an award posthumously commemo- Michelle Lang smiles at a colleague on a tour of Afghanistan forward operat-
rating Michelle's work as a journalist. KRISTEN HOLLIDAY PHOTO ing bases to spread Christmas greetings to the troops. GARY LUNN PHOTO
 Campusnews
Master plan
underway
Passersby walk past a placard displaying details of Langara's rezoning application. While the application won't involve any new buildings, it plans to increase
the campus' density. The application process should be complete by next spring. RAY CHOPPING PHOTO
Rezoning a demanding process: facilities
 By RAY CHOPPING
A
rezoning application
to increase Langara’s
density is expected to
be complete by spring
2020, according to a senior facilities
consultant at the college.
The application is to allow
increased density, setting the
groundwork for the future devel-
opment of buildings. The rezon-
ing application was filed to the city
in the spring of 2019 and a public
open house was held on July 23 this
year. Any permits for new build-
ings would come later; the rezon-
ing application will have no impact
on students.
“Rezoning is a complex process,”
said Wendy Lannard, senior facili-
ties advisor for Langara.
The college’s five-year capital plan
has identified the need for a 350,000
sq. feet building (roughly 32,500
sq. m) at Ontario Street and 49th
Avenue, but the project has yet to
secure funding.
Neal Wells, communications
A diagram that details the campus' future footprint in the Master Plan. The most prominent additions to the college include a new building along Ontario Street,
which is the subject of a rezoning application. The small orange numbers indicate the number of storeys each building will be. LANGARA COLLEGE MASTER PLAN IMAGE
EDITOR CHRISTINA DOMMER | THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 2019 | THE VOICE
3
Old
emails
a real
switch
College finishes
its transition
from myLangara
to Office 365
 By SOUBHIK
CHAKRABARTI
T
echnical difficulties with
CAMPUS PLAN
BY THE NUMBERS
college email accounts
will no longer be a worry,
said Lawrence Carrington, project
manager for civic engagement engi- Wells said. manager in Langara’s information
neering at the City of Vancouver, Though no new buildings will be technology department.
350,000
said that the proposal is currently built in the immediate future, some Instructors and teachers alike had
under review. Langara faculty members say they many problems with the myLangara
“The staff will raise various ques- have pressing needs. accounts, such as the lack of a record
tions with the application team that Raymond Chow, continuing stud- of emails sent, and emails from
will need to ies program students being filtered into instruc-
be addressed coordinator tors’ junk folders. The old myLan-
b e f o re t h e
“... By the time a for computer
The campus' master plan calls for
gara accounts have been in place
a 350,000 sq. feet building (around
application proposal like this technologies, 32,500 sq. m) within five years. since 1998.
can move would like Carrington said that Office 365
large campus master
7
forward,” to see more “learns with time” and offers better
Wells said. computer labs. filtering options.
These include plan gets to a public “Students “It’s a modern system integrated
e n s u r -
ing it meets
hearing, an outright use our labs
for homework
The plan identifies seven "hubs of with Microsoft tools.”
Carrington said that the integra-
activity" on campus that will be de-
local area rejection from council is which makes veloped into spaces for socializing. tion for LinkedIn Learning was
or commu- r unning completed Oct. 28. Some instructors
nit y plans, unlikely.” classes in saw the move to Office 365 over a
2005
design guide- — NEAL WELLS, COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER FOR them difficult year ago, when the migration process
lines, existing CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, CITY OF VANCOUVER at times.” started.
zoning and is Lannard Jonas Quastel, program coordina-
mindful of the surrounding neigh- said the college is seeking funding tor of film arts, considered the previ-
bourhood context and development from the provincial government. The college's current plan was ous system counterintuitive.
objectives on the site. Once funding were approved, the developed in response to its 2005 “Students don’t even like to use
“Typically, by the time a proposal following step would include hiring Master Plan, which initially pre- their [previous] Langara emails,”
like this large campus master plan an architect to design it and then file dicted a smaller student body. he said.
gets to a public hearing, an outright a development application with the SOURCE: LANGARA COLLEGE MASTER PLAN However, the Office 365 system
rejection from council is unlikely,” city. is not perfect. Quastel said he has
already received a phishing email
in his inbox without filtering. The
counterfeit email was supposedly
from Microsoft, and required Quas-
tel to re-enter his password and user-
name for hackers to obtain.
An instructor in the geography
and geology department, Jenny
Francis, agreed that some emails
don’t get through as intended.
“I look forward to seeing how
Office 365 will address the issues in
the older systems,” Francis said.
SYNC OR SWIM
OFFICE 365 FAST FACTS
» Mixed mail
Before Office 365, faculty may
have previously used Mozilla
Thunderbird, Outlook, Zimbra, or
Mac Mail.
» Delayed entrance
The switch didn't happen sooner
because Microsoft didn't have
Canadian data centres.
» Workday perks
Faculty and students now have
access to Microsoft products
under Office 365, including an
improved calendar.
SOURCE: LANGARA.CA
 4 THE VOICE | THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 2019 | EDITOR LIAM HILL-ALLAN
Capturing 'the power of shadows'
Sutrisno Hartana keeps Indonesian shadow puppetry alive in Vancouver
Stories and photos by Steven Chang
S
utrisno Hartana is one of
the few experts in Vancouver
practicing the art of wayang
kulit, a form of traditional
Indonesian shadow puppetry.
Hartana is currently holding
workshops at the Moberly Arts and
Cultural Centre in South Vancou-
ver. The workshops are designed
for schools and those interested in
exploring the art form.
While being one of the few
specialists in the city means receiv-
ing invitations to teach these types of
workshops and to perform, Hartana
said the experience can be demand-
ing due to a shortage of resources.
“Bringing the puppets to North
America is difficult because the audi-
ence might not know what wayang
means,” Hartana said. “I also don’t
have a crew to accommodate the
puppets, so I have to make my own.”
Despite Indonesia being home to
the fourth-largest population in the
world, Vancouver has seen relatively
low numbers of immigrants relocate
from the country. Hartana is one of
less than 5,000 Indonesian immi-
grants living in the city.
Consulate Officer Firman
Priambodo, in charge of infor-
mation, social and cultural
affairs at the The Consul-
ate General of the
Republic of Indo-
nesia, said that
besides Bali, a
popular travel
destination,
Canadians
might not be
aware of Indo-
nesian culture.
Priambodo added
that Hartana provides the
knowledge and experience
ABOVE: An Indonesian drum used to accompany shadow puppetry.
BELOW: A silhouetted wayang shadow puppet.
to intrigue a local audience.
Hartana’s childhood in Indonesia
was influenced by wayang perfor-
mances in his hometown. Hartana
says he would go watch the perfor-
mance even if it meant sneaking out
after his bedtime.
“There was no radio or television,
the opportunity for social gather-
ings among villagers only occurred
on special occasions,” Hartana said.
“Wayang is not only entertainment
but also a branch of art, including
theatre, music and visual image.”
In 1982, Hartana pursued his
interest in the art form by study-
ing performing arts and gamelan
music at the Conservatory of Java-
nese Traditional Performing Arts in
Yogyakarta.
After immigrating to Canada,
Hartana earned an MA in ethno-
musicology at UBC and a PhD in
interdisciplinary studies with art
history and visual studies from the
University of Victoria.
When puppeteering, Hartana has
to express Over the years, Hartana has been
the puppets’ emotion through BELOW: Sutrisno Hartana holds up two of his traditional wayang puppets.
shadow with gestures, sound effects
and speech. Hartana also illustrates RIGHT: A gamelan instrument used to accompany Indonesian shadow puppetry.
action, conflict and demonstrates
moral values for education purposes.
“From the audiences’ perspective,
they can’t see what is happening in
the back of the theatre,” Hartana
said. “But they can imagine through
the power of shadows.”
Along with his puppeteering skills,
Hartana is also a skilled musician.
“Sutrisno is not only the master
of the puppets but the master of the
gamelan,” Priambodo said.
Gamelan is a type of music that
often accompanies wayang perfor-
mances. Don Chow, a musician
who performs with Hartana, said
that gamelan music offers some-
thing different than North Ameri-
can music.
“The philosophy and theory of
the music are so different compared
to western orchestral music,” Chow
said. “I was stirred quite deeply when
I first heard the gamelan.”
established by academic institutions,
museums and the The Consulate
General of the Republic of Indone-
sia as a prominent expert in Indo-
nesian performance art. He now
teaches ethnomusicology at SFU.
“The east and west are learn-
ing from each other,” Hartana
said. “Right now, there is
plenty of information
on the web, but how
to know the exact
culture, the subject
and presenting to
the audience is
a whole different
story.”
 News&Features 5

ABOVE: A silhouetted wayang shadow puppet.

BELOW: A decorative carving sits on top of a stand used to hold gamelan gongs.

History of Indonesian puppetry

Looking back at the ancient Indonesian art form
J
avanese shadow puppetry or
wayang kulit, is an ancient form
of storytelling that dates back to
over 1,000 years ago.
The performance derived from
Indian epics such as the Ramayana
and the Mahabharata that were
introduced to Indonesia during the
first wave of Hinduism. The stories
were then localized to include
LEFT: A colourful puppet. Despite being used to create shadows, wayang puppet are Indonesian folklore.
often ornately decorated. In the state of Java, shadow
puppetry was considered a sacred
BELOW: The silhouettes of two wayang puppets interact.
treasure that was only performed
in the royal court of Yogyakarta
during important events. Shadow
puppets were eventually passed
down to the public for educational
campaigns.
The puppets used are tradition-
ally made out of buffalo hide for
durability. Performances would be
held at night in a courtyard and
the shadows would be produced by
igniting coconut oil in a lamp.
Traditionally, puppets are kept in
a wooden box. A puppeteer will tap
on the box in order to create sound
effects and cues during a perfor-
mance.
Though the puppets are typically
used to cast a shadow, they tend to
be ornately decorated. The colour of
the puppets can assist the puppe-
teer in telling them apart when
selecting new puppets.
Today, shadow puppet perfor-
mance remains a popular form of
entertainment in Indonesia.
 6 THE VOICE | THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 2019 | EDITOR MISSY JOHNSON
Viewpoints
Being a
reporter
means
rising up
R
eporting on the frontline is
as dangerous as ever, but in
an unstable world, journalists
have a responsibility to fulfill.
Last week, a celebration was held
honouring Michelle Lang, the first
Canadian embedded journalist to be
killed in the War in Afghanistan, on
Dec. 30, 2009. Lang had been in the
country for roughly two weeks, when
the armoured vehicle that she was
travelling in - with four Canadian
soldiers – was struck by a bomb. 
It brings me to question the lack of
safety journalists experience, report-
ing on war and conflict, in a world
that is growing increasingly shaky.
Taking photos or reporting on
such events first-hand isn’t easy.
This kind of jour-
nalism involves
being in situ-
ations which
can turn deadly,
before one can
react. Over 154
documented
OPINION journalists have
been killed in
Syrian's civil war,
SOUBHIK
according to the
CHAKRABARTI Syrian Journalist
Association. The
War in Afghanistan has seen over
27 journalists killed.
Although there have been count-
less examples where journalists have
been able to make an important
difference with their story, I can’t
help but wonder if this comes at too

“For those of us who

want to be on the Museums in Vancouver can be costly at roughly $20 per entry; for a family of four this adds up. Many cities in other parts of the world offer entry to museums
battleground, the for free, by donation or discounted on certain days of the month. JOE AYRES ILLUSTRATION

Free museum, free culture

stakes are risky. Yet,
as journalists, we
need to rise up to it. ”

M
high of a cost.
For example take the photo useums have the abil- them we knew someone in one of dollars. Some have a discount for For instance, the Musée du Louvre,
Kenneth Jarecke took of an Iraqi ity to bring commu- the pictures. They provided us with students which would save them a which offers free admission to youths
soldier burnt alive trying to come out nities together. They a copy of it for free and it hangs in bit.  under the age of 18, individuals with
from a tank.  It showed readers how teach, inspire and our living room The Vancouver Art Gallery disabilities and art teachers. Entry is
gruesome the Iraqi war really was. explore meaningful societal events. to this day. charges $24 for free for anyone
War reporter John Sack helped Museums should be a right to every- Museums are an adult entry, under the age
redefine war journalism using liter- one. important for with students “Museums have of 26 every
ature techniques to put the point When I was young my dad often members of a who are able Friday after 6
across when he knew the original took me to the museum in my home- society to under- to show valid
the ability to bring p.m. and free
version wasn’t portraying things town, Port Alberni. It was something stand their own ID only having communities together. for anyone on
right. fun and interesting we were able to history. Know- to pay $18. On the first Satur-
Journalist Martha Gellhorn, on do together. 
OPINION ing one’s own Tuesdays, from They teach, inspire and day of each
the other hand, shifted war jour- One afternoon, we went to the history is benefi- 5 to 9 p.m. month after 6
nalism by focusing on the people museum and they had a small cial for a better entr y is by explore meaningful p.m..
MISSY
instead of the armoury, military and
government.
exhibit examining the tsunami that
had hit our town in 1964. One of the JOHNSON
understanding
of one’s culture,
donation.
In other
society events.” The first
museums were
For those of us who want to be pictures was of my dad’s father, who language and cities, there are museums you can originally only meant for the wealthy,
on the battleground, the stakes are had passed away when my dad was current social issues. visit for free, such as in Paris and but an understanding of one’s society,
risky. Yet, as journalists, we need to young.  The average cost of entry to muse- London. Some are free on certain history and culture shouldn’t have
rise up to it. We went to the front desk to tell ums in Vancouver is roughly 20 occasions.  a cost. 

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 Arts&life
Artist Bronwyn McIvor paints in her studio, Studio 580 in East Vancouver, in preparation for the annual Eastside Culture Crawl. LINA CHUNG PHOTO
College art grad creates paintings to then inspire literature
 By ANITA ZHU
A
Langara grad is debut-
ing in her first East-
side Culture Crawl, and
bringing a collection
of work where she combines her
art with stories from local authors.
Bronwyn McIvor is a Langara fine
arts graduate from 2007, and she has
created a unique collection of work
called The Townsfolk.
She has been sharing her art with
her friends who are writers. She
asked them whether they wanted to
write stories about the creatures she
was creating through her art.
“Bronwyn's characters have a lot of
personality, but the most intriguing
part to me was the contrast between
what you might expect these char-
acters to sound like, [the] voices and
the world that they actually inhabit,”
said Bill Radford, one of the authors
of The Townsfolk.
Local accessibility to art has barriers
Visiting museums, art galleries in Vancouver may be out of price range for some, especially youth
VANCOUVER ARTS
ENTRANCE FEES AT A GLANCE
Museum of
Anthropology
Located at UBC, entrance is free
for UBC students, faculty and
staff.
Bill Reid Gallery
Located in downtown Vancouver,
entrance is free every first Friday
of the month from 2 p.m. till 5
p.m.
Vancouver Maritime
Museum
Located in Kitsilano, admission is
$11 for students.
SOURCE: WWW.GOOGLE.COM
Helena Wadsley, a Langara fine
arts instructor, said that the event is
great exposure for the public to know
what’s going on in their neighbour-
hood. It is also great exposure for
the artists to show their work to the
general public.
“There are 400 artists and we get a
lot,” she added.
Students go from Langara and
sometimes finish their BFA some-
where else, but they usually do
become professional artists, accord-
ing to Wadsley.
Being part of the Crawl can be
attractive to artists because it doesn’t
require them to go through a formal
application process. If their studio is
situated within the Crawl’s boundar-
ies, spanning from Columbia Street
to Victoria Drive and First Avenue
to Waterfront, they can take part.
Studying at Langara built a solid
foundation for McIvor, which carried
her over to Emily Carr University
 By GINA ROGERS
A
new course, introduction to
museum and curatorial stud-
ies, is coming to Langara
College in the spring of 2020 on how
museums are “complex social and
cultural institutions”, with students
exploring the history and theory of
curating art.
Vancouver Art Gallery, unlike
many art galleries in the city, operates
by donation every Tuesday between
5 p.m. and 9 p.m. Art Gallery of
Ontario made admission free for
anybody under 25-years-old earlier
this year.
Students in a visual arts program
get a $5 annual membership to the
VAG, compared to the standard
$48 per year membership price. The
drop-in student rate is $18 per ticket.
The Museum of Anthropology offers
EDITOR MATHILDA DE VILLIERS | THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 2019 | THE VOICE
Langara
grad joins
the annual D
Crawl
where she completed her BFA.
Beyond The Townsfolk, McIvor’s
paintings are focused mainly on the
waste of food preparation rather
than the prized objects.
The inspiration came from her
second year at Langara while she
was on her final painting project for
the last term. She was taking pictures
while cooking.
“Just like the parts you're not
eating. I just found that really inter-
esting,” McIvor said.
This year, she is showcasing The
Townsfolk series to the Crawl, drawn
in ink.
It is the 25th year of the East-
side Culture Crawl, running from
November 14 to 17. It began with
four artists back in 1994, and this
year there will be almost 500 artists
participating.
McIvor will be showcasing her
work out of Studio 580, situated on
Clark Drive and Frances Street.
a group rate for reduced admission.
The National Gallery in London,
United Kingdom, is free at all times.
The Musée du Louvre in Paris is free
“The government
has cut back
funding in the arts."
— LYNN RUSCHEINSKY, LANGARA TEACHER
to all visitors who meet certain crite-
ria, including being under the age of
18, in possession of certain passes, or
persons with disabilities.
Lynn Ruscheinsky has been curat-
ing art for 35 years and will be teach-
ing the new course at Langara.
Ruscheinsky says entrance fees are
like the other costs of schooling. She
said making art free to view for all is
“just not realistic”.
Bronwyn McIvor's Golden Hour. SUB-
MITTED PHOTO
“The government has cut back
funding in the arts so much,"
Ruscheinsky said. “Who’s going to
support the arts if we don’t encour-
age young people to get involved."
Ruscheinsky said that countries
with free art have patronage, where
“wealthy people donate the works
and donate the money in perpetu-
ity to maintain those works.” With
costly upkeep covered, this art will be
accessible to a wide audience.
Local artist, Ian Horsfield, said he
would support free viewing of his art
if someone were to buy it and then
show it for free.
Langara computer science student,
Wayne Navarrette, said that if the
gallery were near campus, and free,
he might consider it for date night.
Navarrette enjoyed walking around
the Imaginus poster fair on campus,
saying that “people were drawn to it”
7
Comic
artists
endure
Vancouver comic
publication group
keeps inspiration
going
 By LINA CHUNG
espite declining numbers
in comic book sales, a local
non-profit comic organiza-
tion is keeping the art alive.
Comic book and graphic novel
sales fell 6.5 per cent in 2017 from a
2016 high of $1.015 billion. Graphic
novels brought in $570 million while
comic books brought in about $350
million, according to TechCrunch,
an online publisher focused on the
tech industry.
Jeffery Ellis founded Cloudscape
Comics Society in 2007 because he
always liked comics and wanted to
find other comic lovers who were
writers and artists.
From the early days when the
group of comic writers and artists
created their first anthology, or
collection, of comics, Cloudscape
started publishing their comic books
finances through crowdfunding.
Cloudscape Comics Society has
published 10 anthologies of comics
from local artists since its inception,
alongside many other comic books.
And more recently, it has published
comic books and graphic novels
through crowdfunding.
Their latest comic book titled Life
Finds a Way, an anthology about
stories where people find hope
in a post-apocalyptic world, was
published by the means of crowd-
funding.
Two of their members pitched the
story idea which Cloudscape then
approved.
“We helped them launch the
crowdfunding via Kickstarter. We
have the shipping account, we have
the relationship with the printers,
[and] the infrastructure that they
can take advantage of to facilitate
the project coming together,” Ellis
said.
Daisy Mak was new to Vancou-
ver. She always loved drawing comics
and wanted a way to socialize and
meet other people who loved making
comics. She googled and went to a
comic meet-up where she met Ellis
who encouraged her to try a weekly
meeting at Cloudscape.
“[I] really liked it, so I just kept
coming back,” Mak said.
Cloudscape hosts meetings every
Wednesday, where comic artists and
writers can work on their comics,
get feedback, socialize and find
encouragement.
“Coming here was a way of being
okay with [it and] here’s a space
where I can just focus on it and get
it done,” Mak said.
"[Comics are] fulfilling litera-
ture and art in a way that no other
medium is,” said Oliver McTavish-
Wisden, treasurer of Cloudscape.
“We want to continue to be an
organization that offers a [publish-
ing] platform for people that maybe
couldn’t find a platform,” Ellis
said.
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Sportsnews

Hard start to basketball season

Women's team gets three consecutive losses, men's team wins one game
 By KRISTEN HOLLIDAY close and the women are focused Before the weekend, Paul Eber-

L
Ball gets tossed in the air between
two players. KRISTEN HOLLIDAY PHOTO
angara’s basketball teams
had a tumultuous week,
with the women’s team
losing two consecutive
games — as well as their coach.
Meanwhile, the men fared slightly
better, defeating one of their top
rivals and losing to another.
The women’s team lost to
Capilano University on Nov. 8 and
Douglas College on Nov. 9. They
now have three losses and zero wins.
Emma Jones, a guard for the
Langara Falcons, said she was frus-
trated with the game’s outcome.
“To lose a third one is kind of
tough, when we have the potential
and capabilities to play a lot better,”
Jones said.
Curtis Nelson, the former
women’s head coach, resigned in
the week leading up to the Nov. 8
and Nov. 9 games. Virginia Watson
was previously an assistant coach for
the Falcons.
Watson said all three games were
on refining skills and maintain- hardt, the team’s head coach,
ing control of the ball while on the predicted a tough game against
offensive. Douglas, who won second place
“They work harder than a lot of last season.
“The more important test is going
to be when we play [Douglas] again
“To lose a third one in January, when we’ve had a chance
is kind of tough, to get better,” Eberhardt said.
Eberhardt said
when we have with 11 new play-
ers, the Falcons
the potential and are still continu-
capabilities to play a ing to build their
team.
lot better.” Falcons’ point
— EMMA JONES, LANGARA FALCONS
guard Luka
PLAYER Lizdek said the Paul Eberhardt
team is f eel- HEAD COACH,
LANGARA MEN'S
other teams,” she said. “If we can ing positive after BASKETBALL
show that we don’t care about our the win against
previous three game losses and Capilano and is learning from the
show that we can play just as hard, Douglas loss.
I think we are going to win a lot of “We talked about communication
games.” all week and that’s where we showed
The men’s team won against in the second half,” Lizdek said. “If
Capilano University on Nov. 8, but we can have two halves like that, Jas Dhudwal, holding the ball, pre-
lost to Douglas College on Nov. 9. we’ll be better next time.” paring a pass. KRISTEN HOLLIDAY PHOTO

GAMES SCHEDULE

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Upcoming games:
- Friday, Nov. 15
Langara Falcons at Camosun
College.

- Saturday, Nov. 16, Langara

Falcons at Vancouver Island
University Mariners.

- Saturday, Nov. 23, Langara Fal-

cons at Columbia Bible College.

MEN'S BASKETBALL
Upcoming games:
- Friday, Nov. 15, Langara Falcons
at Camosun College.

- Saturday, Nov. 16, Langara

Falcons at Vancouver Island
University.

- Saturday, Nov. 23, Langara Fal-

cons at Columbia Bible College.
Virginia Watson, the Falcons' new head coach, talks strategy in the final quar- Langara Falcons’ men’s and women’s basketball teams faced off against the
ter of the game against the Douglas Royals. KRISTEN HOLLIDAY PHOTO Douglas Royals. Both Langara teams lost to Douglas. KRISTEN HOLLIDAY PHOTO

Golfing in the fall, why?

Fall and winter allow people to become better play- said.
ers. Jarvis said the fall season is a great

weather bring
“Sometimes the ground gets opportunity for those who want to
mucky, so if you hit your ball hard, get introduced to golf since space
it goes deep into the ground,” opens up with different coaches.
new challenges Jarvis said. “This is when the very “Also, it’s the best time to actually
committed students show up, and learn something and get a new golf
to the sport this is when
they seek to
swing,” he said.
A motivat-
 By PALAK KLAIRE start the proj-
ect of making
“During the winter ing factor for
golfers, despite
a better game season your clothes the weather

D
espite the harsh weather for the next conditions, is
during the fall and winter season.” change, there are that golfing is
months, players can capi- Golfer, an excellent
taliz e on low Mandeep
restrictions to your opportunity to
demand to spend Singh, said swing, you can't hit as network on the
more time on the the whole green.
green to improve perspective hard ... you have to use Jake McCal-
their golf game, of the game lum, director of
according to a changes. a different clubs, your sports at Lang-
South Vancouver
coach.
“During the
winter season
ball doesn't roll.” ara, said, “for
some people
— MANDEEP SINGH, GOLF PLAYER
Poor weather your clothes it’s the peace
Gordon Jarvis
COACH AT MC- conditions create change, there of mind, they
CLEERY GOLF new obstacles for are restrictions to your swing, you go out there for hours where they
the game, said can’t hit as hard, the course condi- can be on their own, focus on the
Gordon Jarvis, a coach at McCleery tions change, you have to use differ- game, and the rest of their problems A golfer playing at McCleery golf course in South Vancouver. The muddier
Golf Course. The tough conditions ent clubs, your ball doesn’t roll,” he just fade away,” he said. terrain makes it harder for golf balls to roll. PALAK KLAIRE PHOTO