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HIASPIRE does not take any responsibility for any inaccurate information presented within this issue.
Copyright Hiaspire ’10Issue 14 Fall 2010www.hiaspire.ca • For general inquiries, e-mail [email protected]
Cover illustrated and coloured by Jonathan Morrissey
September Activities presented by Student Life
Week of Welcome [10am to 3pm]
Tuesday • Fun Day • Stop by the Mezzanine (Mez) to interact with different booths and get free frozen snack Wednesday • The Surrey Campus Committee BBQ • Come and an enjoy a free BBQ outside the Mez and giant games in the Mez! Thursday • Student Services Fair • Get informed about the resources and services available to you! Friday • Games Day • End off the week by kicking back and enjoying different games in the Mez
Weekly Move Night • Every Tuesday starting at 5:30pm in SUR3090
September 14 • Prince of PersiaSeptember 21 • Robin HoodSeptember 28 • Iron Man 2
The Volunteer and Civic Engagement Fair - SFU Surrey September 29th in the Mezzanine from 10am to 2pm
10 | Fall 2010
Six years ago, a high school friend told me about a local anime (Japanese animation) convention in the lower mainland and asked if I wanted to go. I had only discovered what anime really was that year, and heard about Toronto’s Anime North on YTV, so I was super excited about attending an anime convention in British Columbia.
I started out as a volunteer for the convention in exchange for an admission pass. Since I wanted to help out whereever I could, I started to accumulate more than 24 hours of service throughout the three day convention. I decided to be more involved and became a staff member since the requirement is 32 hours minimum. I ended up being the audio/visual assistant manager because the only requirement was to be able to run around for the entire day throughout the convention weekend and the A/V manager would train me on how to connect devices such as projectors and microphones.
Since all the staff members are volunteers, we plan the convention aside from our daily lives. With over 250 volunteers, there are bound to be disagreements within the planning processes and not everyone will get along. We try to make the events and activities run as smoothly and professionally as possible. There are always technical difficulties or confusion, but it’s hard to keep everyone satisfied when there are over 6000 attendees. I have seen the passion and dedication from each staff member in making the convention the best we can. Everyone in the staff team starts to plan and work on promotions for next year’s convention as soon as this year’s convention has ended.
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“Why do you want to be staff when you don’t get paid?”
There are many benefits to being part of staff, such as skipping the line ups to events and panels, free laminated convention pass for the whole weekend, free lunches and dinners, and a free T-shirt. Also, I have gained work experience in customer service and tech support. It is difficult to stay for a panel or attend the events we, as staff, want to see, but it makes us happy to know that the panels are running so that the guests and attendees are having a great time.
“Do you cosplay (costume role play)?”
I have cosplayed as Train Heartnet from Black Cat for two years. I have to consider what is comfortable and easy to run in because of my job. Cosplay is a lot of fun because the attendees are excited to see their favourite characters in real life and are even allowed to give them hugs. There are many group photo shoots the attendees themselves have set up on the forums.
I don’t think I would have considered studying at SFU if it wasn’t for Anime Evolution. Anime Evolution used to be held at SFU’s Burnaby Campus. I enjoyed the small campus environment and decided to apply for SFU’s Faculty of Business Administration. Since the admission into Business is quite competitive, I enrolled in the TechOne program, intentionally as a back-up. My plans have changed since then and I have decided to continue my studies in a technological field. Currently, I am pursuing a degree in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology program with a concentration in Informatics at Surrey Campus.
16 | Fall 2010
The
Uppe
r Han
d: A
s a
rule
, the
per
son
whos
e ha
nd is
on
top
is th
e do
min
ant p
erso
n in
the
hand
shak
e. E
ven
when
bot
h ha
nds
are
verti
cal,
the
pers
on w
hose
han
d is
mos
t vi
sibl
e to
onl
ooke
rs is
ass
umed
to b
e do
min
ant.
Left-
Side
Adv
anta
ge: T
he p
erso
n st
andi
ng
on th
e le
ft fro
m th
e po
int o
f vie
w of
the
cam
eras
usu
ally
appe
ars
to h
ave
the
uppe
r-ha
nd p
ositi
on, s
ince
the
back
of h
is
hand
is th
e m
ost v
isib
le p
art o
f the
ha
ndsh
ake.
Whi
le p
oliti
cal s
ituat
ions
are
ge
nera
lly to
o de
licat
e fo
r any
one
to e
lbow
so
meo
ne a
side
to c
laim
this
pos
ition
, you
ca
n be
t tha
t the
per
son
on th
e le
ft di
dn't
get
ther
e by
acc
iden
t.
Doub
le-H
ande
rs: O
ne o
f the
mos
t un
derh
ande
d—pa
rdon
the
pun—
trick
s in
m
any p
oliti
cian
s' b
ags
is th
e do
uble
-han
ded
hand
shak
e. It
's li
ke a
nor
mal
han
dsha
ke,
but y
ou p
lace
your
oth
er h
and
over
the
clas
ped
hand
s, e
nsur
ing
your
han
d is
on
top
with
out h
avin
g to
forc
e th
e ot
her p
erso
n's
to
turn
pal
m-u
p, a
nd it
impl
ies
that
ther
e's
a pe
rson
al b
ond
betw
een
you.
With
a n
ice
smile
and
a n
od o
f ack
nowl
edge
men
t, it
look
s gr
eat f
or th
e ca
mer
a, w
hich
tend
s to
fo
cus
in o
n th
e ha
nd-s
haki
ng a
nd th
e sm
iling
can
dida
te. I
n ac
tual
ity, i
t's a
s in
timat
e a
gest
ure
as a
min
iatu
re h
ug a
nd
near
ly im
poss
ible
to g
et o
ut o
f.
The
Not-
So-F
riend
ly H
ands
hake
:
A ha
ndsh
ake
is g
ener
ally
unde
rsto
od to
be
a si
gn o
f acc
ord,
to g
reet
one
ano
ther
or t
o se
al a
dea
l. In
pol
itics
, the
m
edia
, bus
ines
s, a
nd o
ther
cut
thro
at e
nviro
nmen
ts, t
he h
ands
hake
has
bec
ome
a wa
y of e
stab
lishi
ng a
nd
disp
layin
g do
min
ance
ove
r one
ano
ther
.
Stan
ding
Tall:
Heig
ht is
equ
ated
with
pow
er. A
n eq
ual w
ould
mee
t you
r eye
s di
rect
ly, ti
lting
his
hea
d ei
ther
up
or d
own
so yo
u do
n't s
ee h
im "l
ooki
ng d
own
his
nose
at y
ou" o
r loo
king
"up"
at y
ou re
lativ
e to
the
plan
e of
his
face
. A p
erso
n wh
o til
ts h
is h
ead
back
and
sta
nds
tall
mak
es h
imse
lf ap
pear
talle
r and
mak
es a
vis
ual c
laim
of a
utho
rity.
A pe
rson
wh
o tu
cks
his
chin
and
sta
nds
lowe
r app
ears
sm
alle
r and
less
thre
aten
ing.
On T
V, h
eigh
t is
seen
as
rela
tive
to th
e ca
mer
a an
d th
e ot
her
obje
cts
and
peop
le in
vie
w. To
see
m ta
ller a
nd m
ore
auth
orita
tive,
a s
peak
er m
ight
use
a s
light
ly sh
orte
r pod
ium
, po
sitio
n th
e ca
mer
as s
light
ly lo
wer,
sit o
r sta
nd o
n so
met
hing
, we
ar h
eels
, tilt
his
hea
d sl
ight
ly up
ward
, or s
ome
com
bina
tion
ther
eof.
Conv
erse
ly, to
see
m s
horte
r and
mor
e hu
mbl
e, a
spe
aker
m
ight
use
a ta
ller p
odiu
m, p
ositi
on th
e ca
mer
as s
light
ly hi
gher
, no
t sta
nd a
s st
raig
ht, w
ear fl
at s
hoes
, and
/or i
nclin
e hi
s he
ad
slig
htly
down
ward
.No
t the
Rea
l Que
stio
n:
Man
y tra
ined
spe
aker
s do
n't r
eally
ans
wer t
he q
uest
ion
that
th
ey'v
e be
en a
sked
. Ins
tead
, the
y ans
wer a
sim
ilar q
uest
ion
that
th
ey w
ant t
o be
ask
ed—
not s
o di
ffere
nt th
at it
's o
bvio
us th
ey're
ig
norin
g th
e or
igin
al q
uest
ion,
but
say
ing
what
they
cam
e to
say
ra
ther
than
giv
ing
a fu
ll an
swer
. And
sin
ce it
's s
uch
a wi
desp
read
pra
ctic
e an
d th
e ex
act q
uest
ion
is ra
rely
brou
ght u
p wh
en th
e in
terv
iew
is q
uote
d, th
ey g
et a
way w
ith it
.
Thes
e ar
e ju
st a
few
of m
any,
man
y tac
tics
used
. It i
s sa
id th
at
up to
93
perc
ent o
f com
mun
icat
ion
is n
onve
rbal
—fa
r mor
e th
an
just
a fe
w ha
nd c
ues.
Suc
cess
ful s
peak
ers
are
peop
le w
ho m
ake
the
mos
t of a
ll th
eir c
omm
unic
atio
n. S
ucce
ssfu
l lis
tene
rs a
re
peop
le w
ho k
now
what
the
spea
kers
are
doi
ng.
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www.hiaspire.ca• www.hiaspire.ca•
HIASPIRE does not take any responsibility for any inaccurate information presented within this issue.
Copyright Hiaspire ’10Issue 14 Fall 2010www.hiaspire.ca • For general inquiries, e-mail [email protected]
Cover illustrated and coloured by Jonathan Morrissey
September Activities presented by Student Life
Week of Welcome [10am to 3pm]
Tuesday • Fun Day • Stop by the Mezzanine (Mez) to interact with different booths and get free frozen snack Wednesday • The Surrey Campus Committee BBQ • Come and an enjoy a free BBQ outside the Mez and giant games in the Mez! Thursday • Student Services Fair • Get informed about the resources and services available to you! Friday • Games Day • End off the week by kicking back and enjoying different games in the Mez
Weekly Move Night • Every Tuesday starting at 5:30pm in SUR3090
September 14 • Prince of PersiaSeptember 21 • Robin HoodSeptember 28 • Iron Man 2
The Volunteer and Civic Engagement Fair - SFU Surrey September 29th in the Mezzanine from 10am to 2pm