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» Should mysteries end without resolution?

  

Elliot Chan

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t has been one of the biggest
mysteries of our generation:

of Malaysian Airline’s MH370.
After roughly a month of
searching, speculation, and
outrage, the airliner carrying
239 people on board is still
lost. Although the search team
consisting of 25 countries

has narrowed the area of
disappearance to somewhere
between Kazakhstan and

the South Indian Ocean, the

for it. So, I must ask: can we
move on without closure?
The history books are full
of unsolved mysteries: from
serial murders to paranormal
activities to geographical
phenomena such as the
Bermuda Triangle. I’m aware

that giving up on MH370 might
: our own lives, and not let the
: loss diminish our happiness.

: The world is full of inexplicable :
: mysteries. Why do bad things

: happen to good people?

: Why do we work so hard for

: nothing? What is the meaning
: of life? These are all questions
: without answers that we live

: with every day. Although it

: might bum us out every now

not be an option—not with
so much tension built, and
not with such a tantalizing
storyline following it. Perhaps
it might even be found by the
time you're reading this.
Regardless, once the
initial shock of the tragedy
has dissipated, I think we can
all appreciate the suspense
of a good mystery. But while

: we, the distant and detached,
: continue living our lives and

: checking in occasionally, the
: family members, the search :
: teams, and the people affiliated :
: with the lost airliner are living :
: in the aftermath of (pardon my :

the TV show-like disappearance : language) a shit storm.

“Never give up hope”

is acommon saying

: when challenges seem

: insurmountable. But then :
: again, we also say, “Let’s cut our :
: losses.” There is no timeline :
: at the moment for the search,

: but I believe one needs to be

: implemented soon. The longer
: we keep searching with no

: results, the harder it'll become
searchers have nothing to show : to give up. Like gambling,

: we'll have placed too much on
: the line to walk away. When

: all we're playing for is less

: than breaking even, I can’t

: help but feel that regardless

: of finding the airliner or not,

: the sensation will still be the

: same—it’'ll be sorrow.

We must continue with

Ican’t help
but feel that
regardless of
finding the
airliner or not,
the sensation
will still be the
same—it’ll be
SOITOW.

and then, we still wake up in

: the morning, put on clothes,

: and face the cruel reality.

: I’m sorry to say, but “What

: happened to MH370?” might be
: another one of those questions
: to keep us up at night.

It’s human nature to

: seek resolution. Discovery

: isa great triumph and it

: can define a generation, but

: unsolved mysteries are not

: defeats; they are proof that

: life on Earth is more than

: problems and solutions. Life is
: full of wonders, conundrums
: that keep us guessing and

: imagining. If we consider

: ourselves gamblers ina

: celestial casino called Earth,

: we must also remember that

: we are playing by house rules.
: Sometimes we need to know

: when to fold.

 

By www.theguardian.com

 

Take a Dougie tour
» Why Douglas College should do a lip dub

Jerrison Oracion
Senior Columnist

I? the past few years, a new
genre of video has surfaced
on YouTube called a lip dub.
Lip dubs are a way to show

excitement by having various
people do a variety of things
including singing, dancing,
and performing stunts to a
song ina single shot. The
most impressive thing about
a lip dub is that the camera is
recording during the entire

or edits. This allows the lip
dub to flow, letting the video
progress organically to a big
exciting finish.

In 2006, one of the
founders of Vimeo, Jake
Lodwick, made a video in
which he lip-syncs to a song.
When he edited the video, he
synchronized the song with
the video, which made it look

: as though he was singing the
: song, thus inventing the term
: “lip dub.”

Next, lip dub went viral on

: YouTube when L’Université de
: Québec a Montréal did a lip
: dub of the Black Eyed Peas’

1 . : song “I Gotta Feeling” in 2009.
school spirit or raise awareness. :

These videos amass alot of : This inspired students from

: other colleges and universities
: to do their own lip dubs.

The first time I saw a lip

: dub was when I watched the

: opening scene in the season

: premiere of (Steve Carell)

: Michael Scott’s last season in
: The Office. In the scene, the

: staff at Dunder Mifflin do one

video without stopping for cuts : ° ]
pps : in humorous fashion.

Then I watched Science

: World’s version of lip dub

: in which people in sang and

: danced to two of Bachman-

: Turner Overdrive’s hit singles
: “You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet”
and “Taking Care of Business.”

Some post-secondary

: institutions in the Lower
Mainland have also taken part, :
> like UBC and SFU.

In UBC’s lip dub, the lead

: singer of Marianas Trench, Josh
: Ramsay, makes an appearance.
: In SFU’s lip dub, zombies and

: zombie hunters can be seen

: going through the campus.

Lip dubs are a lot of work,

: but they have shown their

: worth. Douglas College should
: do one, because it would get

: the entire college involved, and
: inspire prospective students to
: attend the college. The college
: could attempt to make the

: longest lip dub possible on a

: low budget. They could also

: try to film the entire lip dub at
: both the David Lam and the

: New Westminster campuses

: in one shot to get involvement
: from both campuses.

The Douglas Students’

: Union, if you are reading this,
: I just want you to know that I

: hope that Douglas College will
: doa lip dub this fall or during
: reading break next year. It

: would be worth it.

 

Screenshot from UBC's 2011 lipdub // By UBCLipdub (YouTube)