Local man outruns bus

By Tim Drake, News Editor

na bid to highlight the lack of suitable
= transportation provided by

Translink to students of Kwantlen
University, the Kwantlen Students
Association (the KSA) organized a unique
challenge to the province’s primary transport
artery: In the wake of increased fares, prove
that taking the bus is a faster method of
getting to school then cycling or even running
on foot. As it turns out, taking the bus is the
slowest way to get from A to B.

A so-called “beat the bus challenge” was
conducted by three Kwantlen students, who
too three different modes of transportation
to get from the Kwantlen University Surrey
campus to the Kwantlen campus located in
Langley. Ashley Fehr took the bus and was
able to complete the trip in 79 minutes. John
O’Brian soundly beat the bus by bike though
when he clocked in the trip at 59 minutes.
However, the real surprise came when David
Palermo, who traveled all 19 kilometres by
foot, finished ahead of the bus with a time of
just 66 minutes.

The B.C. Liberal government made
a pledge to ensure that every college and
university within the Lower Mainland would
have access to a U-Pass (which the DSU at
Douglas College have been fighting in favour
of for years). However, the U-Pass will cost
students up to $30 per month, and the KSA

is concerned that there is inadequate public
transit to make the pass worthwhile.

“Translink should be embarrassed that it
took 13 minutes longer to take public transit
between two Kwantlen campuses than it took
on foot. This just proves the need for express
service between Langley City and Newton”
said Fehr, who is the Director of Operation
for the KSA, in a press release.

 

 

By Tim Drake, News Editor

ward winning pop star Karl Wolf will

A= performing at this year’s edition
of Cram Jam, held at Kwantlen
University on Thursday, September 9.

The 31-year old is headlining a back
to school extravaganza at Kwantlen’s Surrey
campus, and he is far from the only attraction.
The event is being sponsored by the hit radio
station the Beat 94.5, and will also feature a
number of activities along with providing an
excellent opportunity to get acquainted with
other members of the pos-secondary crowd.

Cram Jam kicks off at 11 A.M. on

the ninth, and will play home to a beer garden.

The event is open to people of all ages and

while it is organized by the Kwantlen Students

Association (the KSA), everyone is welcome.
Wolf is a Canadian star based out

of Quebec. He has released three successful

albums, beginning with Face behind the

face, which debuted in 2006. In 2007, he was

nominated for a Juno award for RR&B/Soul

Recording of the year for Face the face.

 

 

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Newest Deep Fried Heart Attack

By Maria Asselin-Roy, Staff Reporter

 

\ N y e have seen many things enter the deep fryer. Foods

such as doughnuts, chicken, and French fries which

we all knew are bad for you, but ate them anyways.
We have even seen foods such as mars bars, ice cream, and
even Pepsi become deep fried. But never have we seen deep
fried butter, until now.
On the PNE’s one hundredth birthday, they

introduced deep fried butter balls as one of the food choices
at Playland. Deep fried butter balls were invented not long
ago by a man in Texas, the same man who invented deep fried
Pepsi. They are first deep fried, then covered in powdered
sugar and drizzled with chocolate sauce. The people at
Jimmy’s Lunch have been selling deep fried foods at the PNE
for years, only recently have they introduced deep fried butter
as “a special treat.” Steve Parsons (who is the grandson of
Jimmy Parsons) has taken over his grandfathers business at the
PNE and is the one who thought of serving butter deep fried at
Playland. After making and remaking different ingredients in
the dough, and experimenting with different toppings Parson’s
is “happy with the result.”

 

 

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