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UBC’S ANNAMAY PIERSE
GOES FOR WORLD RECORD
Annamay Pierse in the women’s 200m bAreast finished with a time of 2:18.59, setting a new Canadian record and missing the world record by less than one second. keegan bursaw photo/the ubyssey
by Kathy Yan Li including one that she set herself came in 0:0.19 seconds behind was Pierse. Having broken 4 narrowly eclipsing the 661
Sports Staff last year. Already in her last year the Canadian record, bagging the records this weekend—taking score of the Dinos. With only
of university, she looks to be a gold for the 4 x 100m freestyle home three golds and two sil- a difference of 28 points, the
Last weekend, UBC hosted the medal threat for Canada in the relay. Callum Ng won the gold vers, Annamay was content with Thunderbird’s win was deemed
2008 Canadian Interuniversity 2012 Olympic Games in London. in the Men’s 100m backstroke her achievements. “It’s been re- to be the closest win ever in CIS
Sports (CIS) championships at On the first day, it was the Di- and came in second in the 200m ally great. It was a great cap off swimming history.
the Thunderbird Aquatic Centre. nos who dominated the first few Butterfly race. And in the high- my university career,” she said, The team celebrated and
The UBC women’s swim team events, though Callum Ng won light of the competition, Pierse adding, “I had some awesome cheered, oblivious to the remain-
had fiercely guarded their cham- UBC’s first gold medal in the broke the Canadian record in the times, all best times, so I’m re- ing award ceremony happening
pionship title for the last eleven men’s 50m backstroke. Pierse 200m breaststroke by a whop- ally happy with that.” in the background. Gingerale
years, but sadly, a 12 straight ti- did UBC proud in the very next ping a second and a half, with a The highlight on the third and congratulatory hugs were
tle was not to be, as the woman’s event, the women’s 100m breat- new record of 2:18.59—just 84 and last of the championships passed around.
team finished second to the Cal- stroke, coming in first and break- milliseconds short of the world was certainly the record break- Scott Dickens, the men’s
gary Dinos. The result was re- ing both the Canadian record record. ing performance by the Thun- swim team captain, was ec-
versed on the men’s side, as the and the CIS record standing by But not all the records set over derbird men’s team in the 4 X static that they took back their
managed to take first place for over a second, with a new time the weekend were by T-Birds. 100m medley relay. The crowd crown. “We’re the underdogs
the men’s team championship, of 1:05.16. She lead the Thun- A worthy competitor was Erica went wild with the commenta- coming into this meet and we
defeating the Dinos to win their derbirds into an all-win for that Morningstar from the Calgary tor spurring the crowd on, re- really knew we had to step up
11th championship in 12 years. event, with Haylee Johnson and Dinos. After a Canadian record- peating the how amazing it was our game. All of our swimmers
Records were broken this Martha McCabe in 2nd and 3rd breaking start from Thursday in to witness the breaking of a re- stepped up and really showed
last weekend, many by our very place respectively. Her younger the 200m freestyle, Erica also cord that was unbroken for sev- that they really wanted this title.
own Thunderbirds. Olympian sister, Hanna Pierse, competed took home golds in the 50m free- enteen whole years. It was not For a lot of us, this is our first
Annamay Pierse was one of the in the 400m individual medley style and with her team in the 4 a moment. With the victory, the title as a team. It’s a great feel-
many athletes that brought and clinched the gold in that x 200m freestyle relay. UBC men’s swim team clinched ing to win as my last year as a
glory to our school, breaking race. In the men’s 400m indi- However, the story of the the top place for the champion- CIS swimmer. Going out on top
four Canadian and CIS records, vidual medley, our mens team weekend on the women’s side ships with a total score of 689, is just a great feeling.”U
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1. Women’s Issue HEARING could go to classrooms together
to campaign, but not to plan to
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3. NASH fund raiser update took place this morning. Repre- Frederick said that he did this
senting him was Geoff Costelo. within the rules, and that of the
4. Kate fund raiser update Also present were Elections Co- 50 classroom announcements
5. Set date for motivational staff meeting ordinator Sarina Rehal and Chief he did over the course of his
Justice Donald McIntyre. campaign, nine were with VP Fi-
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Frederick and losing candi- or VP admin candidate Tristan
7. Ubyssey board election update dates Tristan Markle and Ale Markle.
8. Staff restructure meeting Coates did campaign as a slate, In the end, McIntyre said that
which would have justified the the way that the bylaw works was
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Feeling stressed?
Call pooch over
Psychologist claims dogs reduce
stress quicker than drugs
by Alec Young Anecdotal evidence about the
News Staff health benefits of dog ownership
has existed for years. Sigmund
There is a growing body of evi- Freud claimed that having a chow
dence that suggests man’s best chow in his office helped calm
friend also helps mental health. visiting children. In the 1950s,
That’s according to Dr Stanley psychologists began to note posi-
Coren, a researcher in the UBC tive change in autistic children’s
department of psychology, who behavior when they were with a
has just completed a study on dog. Now, says Coren, “we’re find-
dog ownership and depression. ing just how powerful these effects
His latest work is part of a se- really are. We’re actually taking
ries of studies that conclude that physiological measures, looking
individuals experience reduced at the chemistry of the blood, find-
stress levels when in the pres- ing that this is not just a placebo
ence of their pet. effect. These are real physiological
When a subject suffering from effects and you can effectively see
depression or stress is with their the stress drain away.”
dog, they experience immediate Another study conducted at
physiological changes, including the University of Pennsylvania
slower heartbeat, muscle relax- found that men who had suf-
ation and more regular breath- fered their first heart attack
ing patterns. were much more likely to be
What’s more extraordinary is alive years later if they owned
that the beneficial effect is ex- a dog. Researchers there con-
tremely rapid, especially when cluded that the stress reduc-
compared to medication. While tion offered by the pet helped
antidepressants can require sev- reduce the effects of coronary
eral weeks to become effective, disease.
having a friendly dog nearby can The stress-reduction benefit
counter stress within thirty sec- is not breed specific. According
onds to a minute. to Dr Coren, when it comes to
“We can show that the pres- pet-specific therapy a docile Lab-
ence of the dog is actually more rador retriever is just as effective
stress reducing than having a as an energetic terrier. As long
family member around,” Dr Co- as the animal is familiar and
ren said. He believes this could friendly, it will have a positive
possibly be because a dog’s affec- effect.
tion is almost unconditional. A Unfortunately for cat lovers,
dog will not criticize in the same the health benefits of pet owner-
way a family member might. ship are most closely associated
Dog ownership also has a ben- with dogs.
efit for the elderly, who are more “Cats tend to be more aloof,”
prone to clinical depression and Dr Coren said. “They’re better
require more frequent medical than nothing, better than [own-
attention. Elderly people with a ing] a bowl of fish, but [the ben-
dog’s companionship are only efit] seems to be associated with
one quarter as likely to develop the level of interaction.”
clinical depression. So are Canadian doctors likely
to start prescribing dog owner-
ship as a form of therapy in the
Antidepressants future? Dr Coren says this is a
possibility, especially since there
can require several is a cost-benefit ratio to be con-
sidered. “If you can eliminate
weeks to become even two visits to a doctor or
psychologist over the course of a
effective, having a year, that [saves] $200 or $300,”
Coren said.
friendly dog nearby Dr Coren said that the UK is
the only country where dogs, usu-
can counter stress ally papillons, are “prescribed”
as companions for health rea-
within thirty sons. However, the UK National
Health Service website offers no
seconds to a minute. information on this practice. U
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Will host Canada West Final Four this week and hopes to clinch CIS Championships berth
by Shun Endo appeared to pull away from After an intense game the
Sports Editor TWU, with star guard Chris Dyck night before, it was evident
hitting two consecutive three- early on that both teams still
Two playoff series down, two to pointers late in the period. This had plenty in the tank for Satur-
go. After sweeping the SFU Clan momentum silenced the Trinity day night’s game, which Trinity
in the Pacific Division semifi- fans, and with a commanding needed to win to prolong the
nals two weekends ago, the UBC 11 point lead at the end of the series.
men’s basketball team claimed frame, it seemed as if UBC was The Birds led early in the
the division title, sweeping the going to finish the Spartans off quarter, but the frame ended in
ninth-ranked Trinity Western easily. a bitter note after Brent Malish
Spartans this past weekend in It was not to be. Trinity came allowed a turnover to allow the
two games. Though some wor- storming back, keyed by three- Spartans to take a 16–15 lead
ried that it might come down pointers from guard Brian Ban- after one.
to the last game of the best-of- man, and gritty play by forward Trinity had a poor shooting
three playoff, the Birds showed Jamie Vaughan, who lead his effort the entire game, con-
the fans at War Memorial Gym team with 23 rebounds and 11 necting on only 28.8 per cent
that they are a determined points. A few sloppy turnovers of their shots. They adjusted
team, performing exceptionally by UBC later, when the fans by focusing their plays to star
well in the closing minutes of looked up on the board, the forwards Jamie Vaughan and
both games. As Pacific Division Spartans led 76-71, having gone Jacob Doerksen, who combined
champions, the Thunderbirds a 19-3 run to start the fourth for 26 points and 17 rebounds
will host the Canada West Final quarter. and managed to keep close to
Four this week, with the top two However, in the final two min- UBC for most of the game. With
teams guaranteed a ticket to the utes of the game, with the Birds UBC up 50–46 going into the fi-
CIS championships in Ottawa. down by four, the comeback nal quarter, it appeared that the
Game 1: UBC 83, TWU 80 began. After a layup by Dyck, stage was set for another epic
It was a rare scene at the War who led the team with 28 points, finish in front of the 1,474 fans
Memorial Gym on Friday eve- centre Bryson Kool took one for at War Memorial Gym.
ning. The stands were packed the team as he made a diving But it was not to be, as UBC
with supporters from both steal and passed it to Dyck, who dominated the last quarter,
teams, the beer garden was fully was fouled. With Duck standing outscoring Trinity 19–4 in
functioning, fans were on their at the free-throw line ready to tie the final quarter, as the Spar-
feet, and most of all, the two the game with forty seconds left, tans seemed unable to match
teams played one of the most the fifth-year senior made the the defensive intensity and
exciting games of the year. first shot, but missed the second. shooting abilities of the Thun-
Though the nationally num- Fortunately for the fans, UBC derbirds. Leading the charge
ber two ranked Thunderbirds guard Alex Murphy picked up the for the Thunderbirds were
got off to a fast start, starting rebound and returned it to Dyck. fifth-year seniors Chris Dyck
off with a 22–13 lead, it was As the clock winded down to just (16 points) and Bryson Kool
evident that the usual defense 30 seconds remaining, Dyck at- (14 points), with Kool leading
style of the Birds was not func- tempted a fadeaway while double- the team with eight rebounds,
tioning. Though UBC forced the teamed, only to see it fall short. three blocks, and creating
Spartans to shoot from outside, But as the ball bounced off the difficulties for TWU post play-
they responded by firing three- rim, swingman Kyle Watson, who ers Jamie Vaughan and Jacob
pointers and staying aggressive had been silent most of the game, Doerksen all night.
under the board, cutting UBC’s leaped into the air and made the “Bryson was just a beast and
lead to seven at the half. lead-changing layup. A despera- he did a lot of things for us,”
In the third quarter, the Birds tion three-point miss later, and commented Hanson. “From
UBC pulled out the three-point guarding one of the best players
victory. in the country to rebounding
“From guarding one of the “I just thought it was a heck and just being a force in the
of a basketball game,” said head post, I thought he did just a tre-
best players in the country coach Kevin Hanson. “This mendous job. Full kudos to him
to rebounding and just group is really about the entire coming through for us when we
being a force in the post, I team. Different guys made big needed it.”
plays and different points in the All was not lost for the Spar-
thought [Kool] did just a game, and Chris [Dyck] is our tans though, as they received
tremendous job. leader, and he made some great the wild card spot into the Can-
—Coach Kevin Hanson plays down the stretch.” ada West Final Four, to be held
Game 2: UBC 80, TWU 64 this weekend at UBC. U Chris Dyck scores against TWU defense. keegan bursaw photo/the ubyssey
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Now we all know UBC isn’t quite as outrageously rich as before.
This economic downturn has dropped the endowment from one
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wasteful spending on making paths from scratch, we temporarily Annamay Pierse just broke a Canadian record for swimming.
stop with pathmaking entirely. Build buildings—sans walkways— What’s one of your swimming experiences?
and let the students decide where to walk. Then once all the grass
has been torn up and the ground is compacted, UBC can easily lay
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7. Sultanate bordering the UAE and
Yemen
8. A mythical monster having the head
of man, the body of a lion and the tail
of a scorpion
9. A common conjunction
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