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Get ready for Frosh 2014

» Douglas’ Frosh weekend is back for round three

Angela Espinoza
News Editor

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@theotherpress.ca

Fes weekend is returning

to Douglas for its third year
this September 4 and running
until September 6. Since Frosh’s
introduction by Campus Life in
2012, DougLife has continued
organizing and preparing each
Frosh to be bigger and better
than the last.

“Typically Frosh is meant
to provide a good opportunity
for new students to meet other
new students on campus,”
says Campus Life’s events,
communications, and marketing
coordinator Chris Raeside. “A
lot of [students are] in closed
programs, so they dontt get that
opportunity very often.

“If they're coming
from a completely different
atmosphere, it’s a great
opportunity for them to find
out about the campus and meet
other people and get to build the
relationships on campus that'll
make their time [at Douglas]
that much better moving
forward.”

Each Frosh offers a number
of indoor and outdoor events for
students to partake in. Students
are separated into different

; teams and proceed to compete
: against each other for various
: prizes—and for fun.

“We usually try for

physically challenging activities
: as well as mentally challenging:
: activities, just to try and diversify :
: between... [students’] different

: strengths. Typically it usually

: ends up being a little messy, fun,
: and all the activities focus on

: some sort of team bonding in

: one way or another.’

Raeside and DougLife’s

marketing and promotions

: assistant Aran Armutlu didn't
: want to reveal all their Frosh :
: surprise activities, but they were :
: happy to discuss some of their

: more annual events. One such

: activity will be volleyball, which
: Raeside suggests may havea

: “pros versus [average] joes”

: competition. Another one of

: their annual events is Jeopardy.

‘Jeopardy’s a good [event]

: to have because it’s nice to take a
: little break from all the physical

: stuff that’s going on throughout

: all the day,’ says Armutlu.

: “It’s that game where people’s

: specializations come out.”

“On the [Douglas Students’

: Union’s] end ... we usually doa

: big banner; the banner’s 10-feet
: by 4-feet tall,” says Raeside. “So
: every year the teams come in

: and one by one they actually

: draw and design and create their :
: ownart...on the banner. Bythe  :
end we get a large banner that

: basically ... ends up being quite
; unique and artistic, with the

: Frosh logo in the [centre]

”

Another aspect of Frosh

that Raeside and Armutlu were
: passionate about is how other

: Douglas campus groups get

: involved. “We bring a lot of

: different parts of the Douglas

: community together ... and

: [Frosh is] also good because

: then new students get to see all
: the things that Douglas gets to

: offer” says Armutlu.

“We've had all these

: different departments involved

: for the last three years ... we’ve

: worked with the DSU and the

: [Office for New Students],” says

: Raeside. “This year we're also

: bringing in the Learning Centre,
: so they’re going to run the

: Jeopardy—because we figured

: who better to run Jeopardy than
: them?”

As Douglas’ student body

: has grown each year, so has the
: number of Frosh attendees.

: “Every year we're seeing more

: registrations and more people
: coming out,” says Raeside.

In addition to Frosh

: attendees, Raeside stated that
: each year more students sign
: up to volunteer—either as new

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: students or returning for team
: leader positions.

“General volunteers ...

: typically participate in any

: number of ways, but they’re

: basically helping making sure

: the event ... goes smoothly.

: [Frosh] is a very intensive thing
: to put on so all the help we get

: from them is much appreciated.

“Team leaders are,

: not always, but a lot of the

: time they’re students who

: participated in the past ... but

: the great thing about the team

: leaders is it gives them an
: Opportunity to fine tune and
: hone... [their] leadership skills.

“[Team leaders] need to

believe in what we do, and

: that’s obviously that there are

: Opportunities outside of the

: classroom to meet other people,
: to learn about what [those

: opportunities] have to offer, and
: to learn about themselves.’

If you're interested in

volunteering for Frosh 2014, you
: can visit short link http://goo.
: gl/5sl8ny to sign up.

 

TransLink’s month of difficulties

» Multiple SkyTrain issues occurred throughout July

Angela Espinoza
News Editor

Mi news
@theotherpress.ca

hroughout July there were a
number of issues plaguing
the TransLink SkyTrain system.
As with last summer, multiple
shutdowns and other events
have occurred for various
reasons.
The month started with
an announcement that the
Compass Card system was
to be delayed again because
of “technical issues.” On
July 8, it was revealed that
the Compass system may
not be able to proceed until
this October at the earliest,
but even by then the system

: won't be operational. One of

: the technical issues regarded

: commuters testing out the

: system, who have revealed

: frequent overcharging when

: using the card, as the system

: is not always accurate enough
: to record when passengers tap
: out

shutdowns then followed, the
: first occurring on July 17 and
: the second occurring on July 21. :

While the Compass fare

Multiple SkyTrain system

: The July 17 shutdown affected
: the Expo and Millennium

: lines for over three hours, and
: was blamed ona “computer

: glitch.”

The July 21 shutdown

: also affected the Expo and

: Millennium lines. The

: shutdown occurred around

: : 12:30 p.m. and lasted for over
: gates were meant to be in place :
: back in 2008, installation

: did not occur until 2012, with
: issues and delays occurring

: since. With nearly $200-million :
: spent overall thus far, the

: project is nearly $30-million
over budget.

five hours, leaving on-board

caused the shutdown cut out

: the PA system, so there was
: no communication between
: passengers and SkyTrain

: officials. Eventually passengers :
: were escorted out of the cars

: to walk along the tracks to the

next SkyTrain station. Those

: at SkyTrain stations were asked :
: to leave until the issue could be :
: resolved.

The shutdown was blamed

: of Surrey Dianne Watts spoke
: to CBC, stating:

“We need to hold

: TransLink’s feet to the fire
: in terms of ensuring that the
: proper infrastructure is in

place, that if something like

: this should happen, what the:
: backup plan is, how are people :
: being communicated to?”

TransLink offered a “free
day” on BC Day for all transit

: users as an apology, including
: : bus, SkyTrain, SeaBus,

: ona now-suspended electrician :
: who had been working on the
: Evergreen Line rail system. The :
: worker allegedly “tripped” over :
: a circuit breaker that affected
: the connecting lines, causing
: the outage.

: commuters stranded at various :
: locations. Reports also show
: that the power outage which

HandyDart, or West Coast

: Express services.

While not a technical
issue, on July 28 transit police

: proceeded to take down several
: hundred sexual assault ads

: after a number of complaints
Following the event, Mayor :
: While the message of the ads

: attempts to raise awareness of
: sexual assault, the line, “Not

: reporting sexual assault is the
: real shame,” made many feel

: the wording blamed assault

: victims.

regarding the wording.

TransLink intends to
replace the ads with a similar

: campaign.