UCBC cautioned on tuition By TOM HAWTHORN A recommendation by the Universities Council of B.C. that tuition fees be raised in direct proportion to university budget increases should be treated with caution, UBC administration president Doug Kenny said Monday. Kenny said the recommendation was briefly mentioned during a Friday meeting between education minister Pat McGeer, UCBC members, and the presidents of UBC, Simon Fraser University and the University of Victoria. "Unquestionably, we would have to approach very cautiously any index or statistical scheme for determining tuition fees," he said. The recommendation, which calls for a directly proportional tuition fee increase when the provincial government raises UBC's operating budget, was originally presented in the council's annual report last May. The UCBC is an intermediary body between the universities and the government which evaluates university budget requests and makes funding recommendations. Kenny said McGeer called the meeting to tell the three university presidents that he wants the universities to present five-year budgets to the council. "The main purpose was to provide an opportunity to indicate his wishes and desires that he receive five-year fiscal estimates for the university," Kenny said. "The universities council will be working with the universities to fulfill that mission so that the government gets the total fiscal picture of higher education." But student board of governors representative Paul Sandhu said he was disturbed that the council, McGeer, and university presidents met to discuss tuition fees without student participation. "The implication is that there will be a fee formula devised for these five-year programs. I don't think anyone should be raising fees until student accessibility and other reports are tabled," Sandhu said. "The only reason is that they feel students should pay more because our fees are the lowest in the country. That's no justification. In fact, I've never heard UCBC give a valid explanation for raising fees." Kenny said he would prefer to have annual budget reassessments to complement five-year budgetary estimates. Total expenditures for five-year planning can be made with "pretty sophisticated guesses," Kenny added. McGeer's executive assistant Jim Bennett refused Monday to discuss the meeting. Centre in for petrobucks? THE UBYSSEY Vol. LXI, No. 31 VANCOUVER, B.C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1978 ««ri>48 228-2301 Administration president Doug Kenny is courting trouble if he allows a wealthy Alberta business group to complete funding of UBC's Asian centre, Alma Mater Society president Paul Sandhu said Monday. "Kenny is throwing his principles out the door on this. The Japanese Economic Association has also provided money for the centre and they aren't going to like this," Sandhu said. The Devonian Institute of Alberta is a group of wealthy businessmen who recently approached the UBC administration with an offer to complete the project. The centre's construction has been stalled for lack of funds but was partially financed in the past by an independent organization, the Japanese Economic Association. Sandhu warned that the Alberta government may resent the Institute taking historical artifacts out of provincial collections to be put into UBC's Asian centre. "If the government of Alberta finds out this stuff is going to UBC they would be pretty pissed off," he said. Kenny said Monday he would not comment on the matter except to say that the amount of money discussed with the institute is "sizeable." "I am not really in a position to talk about this," he said. "It would not be appropriate at this point in time. They would prefer that it not be discussed." Kenny also refused to say what kinds of artifacts the institute wants to display in the centre. "We're involved in important discussions and it would be inappropriate to disclose the nature of such matters," he said. The centre's future remained doubtful until Nov. 7 this year when the UBC board of governors approved an authorization from the provincial government to borrow the $3.5 million needed to complete the building. Since then the institute has offered to provide the centre with grant money. IT'S GOING, GOING, gone, exclaims UBC administration president Doug Kenny as he watches happy faculty and student affairs vice-president Erich Vogt sail out of Empire Stadium and into orbit over Thunderbirds' football victory against despised Simon Fraser Clansmen. Vogt and Kenny in particular and UBC students and alumni in general were in high spirits after —peter menyasz photo T-Birds demolished SFU 22-14 before 12,000 in revitalized Shrum Bowl action Saturday night. Inventor of bowl, former B.C. Hydro boss Gordon Shrum, stands with device at left and Thunderbird quarterback Dan Smith on right. See story, more pictures, on page 8. 'One-man self-help scheme is a scam' By GEOF WHEELWRIGHT A self-appointed one-man "self- help organization" operating on campus is a dangerous rip-off, UBC off-campus housing director Dave Johnson said Monday. A one-time follower of the Ruth E. Potter Foundation, Johnson said organization leader Robert Thompson, a former insurance salesman, preys upon students who are at a crucial period in their lives and con vinces them that his "personal development program" will save them. "People who are at a turning point in their life are attracted to him . . . he's not a person anyone should get involved with," said Johnson. Johnson said he lent money to Thompson during one of his personal development programs and had to go to court to get it back. Corrupt campus cops caught TORONTO (CUP) — It's getting so you can't trust anyone on campus these days, even the campus patrol. University of Toronto students were shocked over the weekend when five U of T constables were charged in connection with campus break-ins that Toronto Metro police say may have netted tens of thousands of dollars in cash and goods. Police have seized master keys that would make offices all over the U of T campus vulnerable. There may still be more arrests, police say. Gordon Huff, manager of protective services for the university, said the university became "quite concerned about the loss of cash and property" in the past 18 months. "We were losing all this cash and property and we realized something had to be done. It was the normal thing to ask the Metro police to take over — our police have limited resources to carry out an intensive investigation." Also arrested was the wife of one of the university patrol constables who was charged. The six arrests followed a five-month investigation by Metro police. Huff refused to say how much was taken, except that it was "considerable" and came from buildings all across the campus. The university patrol has 43 men in its main detachment patrolling the U of T's St. George campus. "I did not get the amount owed me," he added. Thompson set up a table Monday in the SUB snack bar with pamphlets and signs on it dealing with everything from bank policies to Christ. Thompson "persuaded" people to do things for him, but charged no fee for his self-improvement program, said Johnson. Johnson said he and others were persuaded to lend money to Thompson and added one member, (Thompson's girlfriend) was persuaded to buy Thompson a condominium, furniture and a car for his use. Thompson's followers were fascinated with his constant insistence that he was under surveillance and that the Mafia was out to exterminate him, said Johnson. He said Thompson would see enemies in parked trucks, try to act on "secret signals" from cars that flashed their headlights at him and all the time remain highly credible. "We believed every damn word of it," said Johnson. Johnson said Thompson led him to believe there was a large organization backing his activities because he had an office in Vancouver's Royal Tower and held self- improvement seminars at the Century Plaza hotel. He .said his association with Thompson lasted for about three months in 1973 and ended when Thompson was arrested on welfare and unemployment insurance fraud charges. Johnson said the program involved various "self-improvement activities" conducted by a group of organization members. Some of these activities included jogging at Spanish Banks beach at 5:30 every morning, soliciting interest in the group by approaching people in shops and public places, and asking people if they wanted to "maximize" their ability to make money. Johnson said one of the names associated with Thompson's organization is the Ruth E. Potter Foundation which is allegedly a non-profit organization. Thompson said Monday the organization, named after his See page 2: DEVELOPMENT Pago 2 THE UBYSSEY Tuesday, November 28, 1978 'Development' hit From page 1 former wife, aims to to allow people to help themselves. Thompson said he is working with Robert Thompson and Associates International, College University Student Enterprises, and Christian Investment Finance International, during his current campus visit. Thompson claimed that he is being hunted by major American insurance companies who wish to see him dead because he does not support their plans and ideas. He added he was once a member of Mutual Life Insurance in New York, but realized that insurance was a "big rip-off" and quit the business. Because of his anti-insurance STARTS THURSDAY views, Thompson said attempts have been made on his life by insurance companies who fear the effect Thompson's "revelations" could have on the insurance industry. "I am one of the most feared men in North America," said Thompson. Thompson describes himself as self-employed. His business card lists his social status as "not retired, just tired, no address, no phone, no business, no money." "I'm a 19-year-old with a three- year-old mind," he said. the RETURN ■of the Pink ■Panther United Artists G I Thurs. Sun 7:00 1 Fri. Sat 7:00 & 9:30 I AMS card must be shown UBC Graduation Portraits since 1969 Amnyraylt ^iittiimi tCtiX 3343 West Broadway 732-7446 Phone now for your Free sitting rd hair studio inc. master charge UNISEX HAIRSTYLES FOR APPOINTMENT 224-1922 224-9116 5784 University (Nexf to Bank of Commerce? NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING The President having called for a Special General Meeting following receipt of a petition duly signed by over 500 active members of the Society evidencing the members registration numbers; TAKE NOTICE THAT a Special General Meeting of the members of The Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia will be held: AT THE STUDENT UNION BUILDING BALLROOM ON THURSDAY THE 18TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1979 AT 12:30 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. AND THAT it is intended to propose the following resolution as a special resolution. The proposed special resolution proposes amendment? to the Constitution and By-laws of the Society and must therefore, pursuant to the provisions of the Societies Act, be passed in general meeting by a majority of not less than 75% of those members of the Society who, being entitled to do so, vote in person at a meeting the quorum for which is set by By-law 23(1) (a) as 10% of the active members of the Society (as defined by By-law 2(a)) who are day members. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS ARE POSTED AT ALL UNDERGRADUATE SOCIETY OFFICES (NEXT WEEK) AND AT THE AMS BUSINESS OFFICE (SUB ROOM 266), AND ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST FROM THE AMS SECRETARY/TREASURER. NO OTHER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION AND/OR BY-LAWS OF THE SOCIETY MAY BE CONSIDERED AT THIS SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING UNLESS SUCH AMENDMENTS ARE INITIATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH BYLAW 23(2) AND NOTICE SPECIFYING THE INTENTION TO PROPOSE A SPECIAL RESOLUTION PROPOSING SUCH OTHER AMENDMENTS. TOGETHER WITH THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. IS POSTED IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE IN EACH CONSTITUENCY AND PUBLISHED IN THE UBYSSEY NOT LESS THAN 14 DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE MEETING (in the calculation of which time period the date of giving the notice and the date of the meeting is excluded). In order to vote at the meeting a member must be an active member, and produce a valid student card so identifying the member. Dated this 23rd day of November. 1978. -''l.m ^civ -<-.(—if-vi lv AMS Secretary-Treasurer 223-2050/SUB Room 250 FAMOUS PLAYERS 24 HR. SHOWTIME INFORMATION — 681-4255 j WARNING: May ya.a. folk frighten some — children — B.C. Dir. w^n -VANCOUVER CENTRE. GRANVILLE &GEORGIA 6694442 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 K^ | 7:30, 9:30 DENMAN PLACE InThe Big City 1:30, 3:25, 5:25, 7:25, 9:25 DOWNTOWN 965 GRANVILLE 685 6725 "MESSAGE FROM SPACE" ] CAPITOL 6 Cap 2:45. 4:55, 7:05, 9:20 Richmond 7:30.9:30 NO MATINEES WARNING: Some gory scenes- -RICHMOND SQUARE. NUMBER THREE ROAD 273 4474 -B.C. DIRECTOR C^Epp* THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL if they survive...will we? :M»IiI:M;MH|: CAPITOL 6 —LOUGHEED MALL — BURNABY 9373461 HEAVEN CAN WAIT CAP — 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00, 10:00 LOUGHEED MALL — 7:20. 9:15 — Mats. Sal. Sun 2:15 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:40 CAPITOL 6 820 GRANVILLE MALL 669 6000 I «flTHfl CHRISTIES I bEtfTHMLE ^VANCOUVER CENTRE. GRANVILLE&GEORGIA 6694442 VAN CENTRE 1:25, 3:30, 5:35, 7:45.9:55 WARNING: Some coarse language. — B.C. DIRECTOR j<*CKrflCH0Lsori IH/ CAPITOL 6, 820 GRANVILLE MALL 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 ■ PARK ROYAL WEST VANCOUVER 9229174 _ PARAMOUNT NEW WESTMINSTER 522 4958 from WALT DISNEY Productions -WITH- -RICHMOND SQUARE. NUMBER THREE ROAD 273 4474 Escape—7:00 Return —8:35 MATS SAT SUN 1:30 FINE ARTS 1117 WEST GEORGIA 685 7821 Fine Arts 7:30. 9:30 Sat. 1:30. 3:30. 5:30. 7:30. 9:30 Sun. from 3:30 Vftffei mim LOUGHEED MALL Lougheed Mall 7:00, 9:05 MAT. SAT. ONLY 2:00 LUNG OF EUROPE? WARNING: Some gory violence, coarse language throughout. —B.C. 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SUN. 2:00 A WEDDING FREE PARKING FOR BAY THEATRE PATRONS AT Shampoo 7:30 Laura Mars 9:25 THE COMMUNITY CENTRE LOT. 1700 BLOCK HAHO ADMISSION $3.00 THE BAY DENMAN at BARCLAY 685 9822 "EYES OF LAURA MARS" "SHAMPOO" <^Ep* WARNING: Violent and frightening scenes, coarse and suggestive language. — B.C. DIRECTOR LOUGHEED MALL LOUGHEED MALL 7:45. 9:40—MATS. SAT. SUN. 2:00 REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER WARNING: Some violence —B.C. Dir. GUILDFORD GUILFORD TOWN CENTRE 5811716 *» GUILDFORD 7:00, 9:10 Mat. Sat. only2:00 WARNING: Altered version — B.C. DIRECTOR , PARK ROYAL WEST VANCOUVER 922 9174 j mmm« m ■*mmimmtmtmi.imVMi>"fi w^yww» —«-*»nrtin;wiiiiii»wiii«M»*w ^jf — LOUGHEED DRIN — I BROADWAY E.olBOUNDRY 2942991 Park Royal 7:30. 9:30 MAT SAT ONLY 2:00 Lougneed Dr. In Gates 7:00 Snow 730 Tuesday, November 28, 1978 THE UBYSSEY Pag* II Theatre students hit department UBC theatre students are unhappy about the lack of student participation in Freddy Wood Theatre productions, the president of the theatre students' association charged Monday. "There are two (Freddy Wood) productions that use students this season and that's all," Chris Smith said. "It doesn't seem that it (the department) is giving students what they want — more participation." Smith said the current season's theatre productions are obscure plays but added that even if there were more commercial productions, the student status would not change. "They (the department) don't trust student actors," she said. "It's a weird season. There was all that fuss last year and then they turned around and did this (put on two productions where students are used)." Theatre students complained repeatedly last year about hiring professional actors first before students for theatre productions and the theatre department set up a meeting between students and theatre faculty members last spring to discuss the situation. Students understand the theatre department's policy and situation as a result of that meeting, theatre department head John Brockington said Monday in response to the complaints. "The job of university theatre is to present plays of interest to the university community at large and to involve students of the department often, and to the greatest extent possible," he said. Brockington said the theatre casts from students first and any UNSUSPECTING STUDENTS sign souls away to devil, unaware that table in SUB is clever attempt by Alma Mater Society to gain signatures on petition opposing tuition fee increases that will be presented to UBC board of governors in order to show student opposition to higher fees. AMS is — ross burnett photo organizing fight against any tuition fee increase for next year, something now being discussed as means to deal with perennial provincial government education funding cutbacks. CITR transmits FM frequency request By PETER MENYASZ UBC's campus radio station CITR has applied to the Canadian Radio and Television Commission for a low-power FM band to increase its broadcasting range. "We could reach the whole campus for sure, and provide reasonable reception in the West End and even in some parts of the North Shore," CITR president Darrell Noakes said Monday. The new broadcasting license, which would provide the campus radio station with a frequency of 92.1 MHz, would mean an Alma Mater Society expenditure of about $8,000 for new equipment. A new transmitter would be purchased and an antenna would be erected, probably on the east tower of Gage residence, said Noakes. "We think we need it (the FM band), and we would like to have it," he said. "We get a lot of phone calls from people off-campus who like to listen to CITR," he added. Noakes said residents of Gage Towers and Totem Park have complained about poor CITR reception caused by cable radio transmission. One problem exists with CITR's application, which was submitted Nov. 21. There are no FM frequencies available for the Vancouver area. "There are six frequencies available for Victoria," Noakes said. "And we've asked for the one at the bottom of the list." "Technically speaking, we could get bumped if someone else asked for the same frequency, but that isn't likely for quite a few years," he added. He said that CITR does not plan any changes in format or content to accommodate its increased audience, as students seem pleased with CITR's current programming. "The CRTC says that all of our papers are in order," said Noakes in reference to the mass of paperwork required for the application. "Their last hearing in Vancouver may have scared them a little," he added. "I'm optimistic that we'll get the application through. We just have to wait until they get around to having the hearing." The CRTC is the government agency responsible for the licensing of radio and television stations. Their decisions are made after open public hearings on the applications they receive. UBC wins battle of words The UBC debating club won the annual University Cup tournament at the University of Victoria Saturday for the first time in the tournament's history. Previously, UVic was the winner of every tournament. UBC won the award for best team, and members placed first, second and fourth in the individual debater category. Eight teams competed in the tournament, two each from UBC, UVic and Pearson College and one from New Caledonia College. Members of the winning UBC team are Richard Clarke, Christine Preson, "Susan Fisher and Simon Van Norden. The top debater was Nathalie Cooke. This year's tournament debated the resolution That the Main Priority of Today's Youth Be To Change The Values of Their Society. Debating teams from universities and colleges across western Canada will meet at UBC Jan. 26, 27 in the McGowan Cup Tournament to debate the topic That the CBC's Eastern Elitism Will Be Its Downfall." AMS task force sets sail l IM" will soon have its very own task iorce on Alma Mater Society uuitv. AMS finance director Glenn Wong said Monday the task lorce will find oui what students want the AMS lo piovide in services. "Everyone previously gave us a budget and we were supposed to make a budget without goals or direction," he said. "Ihe task force will go around campus and having meetings with undergraduate societies and find out what they really want." The AMS budget committee will form the nucleus of the task force, which received $500 from the student representative assembly Wednesday. Wong will be chairman of the task force, which is designed to explore the use of AMS funds. "This is a last-ditch uffoit. As it gets tighter (financially), we're going to need more definite priorities, so we waste less money." Wong said the task force will hold hearings in January and added he .plans io present recommendations to the SRA in February. . roles not cast through the student population tend to be filled by outside actors. Smith charged that professors are given "free-reign" in productions at Freddy Wood and as a result can put on obscure and experimental productions. "Professors want to do what they want and they are going to do it," Smith said. "It is an insoluable problem." But Smith also said Freddy Wood cannot host all-student productions because the theatie department has to provide for three crowds: an intellectual, a university and a general theatre audience. The department also has a big budget and professional facilities, so at times it puts on elaborate productions that require equity actors, she said. The theatre department can afford to hire equity actors with such a large budget and hiring professional actors coincides with other professional factors of production, another theatre student said. "There is a full professional staff here of set technicians and designers," he said, "and if there are no students good enough for the lead roles then they (the department) should be allowed to hire equity actors. If they don't, then the rest goes to waste. "As far as a university acting program goes there is not a lot of room for complaint," another theatre student agreed. "It is not meant to be a conservatory acting program and this is stressed in the orientation talk for theatre students (given by Brockington) at the beginning of the year." Another student who also did not want to be identified said that students were given sufficient opportunities to act and that two student productions at Freddy Wood each year is satisfactory. (The Bacchae and All's Well That Ends Well are both student casted.) "But," she added, "The Bacchae wasn't any representation of student acting. It (the play) was just such a blatant display of (director) Donald Soule's ego. I couldn't get over it." In a letter 'addressed to The Ubyssey Friday one reader who declined to be identified wrote that The Bacchae was typical of Freddy Wood productions. Soule directed the play for egotistical purposes and overwhelmed the audience with stage effects instead of displaying student acting, the author charged and added that she will boycott all future faculty productions in Freddy Wood as a result. "I could have easily written a letter like that myself," one of the theatre students said. "The whole thing (The Bacchae) was contrived, people just did what they were told and nobody had any responsibility. "It wjis technically well coordinated but there was certainly no chance for creativity on the student's part," she added. Another student said she agreed with the person's charge in The Ubyssey letter that productions are for "the egos of certain members of the theatre department." "At least 50 per cent of the directors are doing it for themselves, and you have to ask whether their (UBC professors') purpose is to direct or to teach us." But a change in the way plays are produced would mean a change in the whole theatre philosophy, she added. The theatre department does not fulfill certain responsibilities to the students, another student said. "For example, a requirement for the first-year acting course is that we (the students) have to audition for a main-stage, Freddy Wood production. Pag* 4 SSE Y Tuesday, November 28, 1 978 Break ties A poor idea which has been receiving increased attention as the academic and fiscal year wears on is the concept of tying tuition fees to the university budget. Under this scheme, which was discussed at the Universities Council of B.C. meeting on Friday, tuition fees would be required to make up a specific proportion of the university's budget. When the budget increases, so would fees. The long term effects of such a policy on tuition fees and student budgets would be disastrous. Necessarily, as the province grows so will UBC, but demographic surveys indicate the university student population is levelling off and is actually declining in some provinces. Tying fees to budgets will mean a de facto increase in tuition fees and will save education minister Pat McGeer and his successors from the unpopular decision to raise fees, blaming the increases on an impersonal fiscal mechanism instead. McGeer, the man who brought you the new, improved auto insurance rates, is merely extending the Socred "let the user pay" philosophy (which has had and is continuing to have such a disastrous effect on the ferry system, tourism and municipal finance) to higher education finance. Finding a way to pass a provincial government responsibility onto students has taken a little longer than the much-used tactic in other areas, but it was bound to come. The decisions to raise tuition fees are being made now in Victoria and in UCBC offices. In fact, the only segment of the university community not actively involved in the issue are the people who will be hit hardest — students and potential students. To date, some Alma Mater Society politicos have begun to protest higher fees and are starting a petition campaign. But those involved in the campaign are few and this battle will require the full resources of the AMS. A full-scale anti-tuition fee increase campaign, like the one managed two years ago is needed. The people involved then succeeded in pressuring the government to downgrade an anticipated 40 per cent increase to 25 per cent. AMS politicos are currently examining their collective navels, mulling over the society's constitutional set-up. The constitution issue is of marginal concern to many students but a proposed fee hike touches the thin pocketbooks of most students now on campus and those to come in the future. THE UBYSSEY NOVEMBER 28, 1978 Published Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays throughout the university year by the Alma Mater Society of the University of B.C. Editorial opinions are those of the staff and not of the AMS or the university administration. Member, Canadian University Press. The Ubyssey publishes Page Friday, a weekly commentary and review. The Ubyssey's editorial office is in room 241K of the Student Union Building. Editorial departments, 228-2301; Advertising, 228-3977. Editor: Mike Bocking In a rare Monday afternoon practice, the Ubyssey football team showed off the miraculous skill that has kept them at the bottom of their league.. As quarterback Mike "the Snake" Bocking called the signals, halfback Tom "Flash" Hawthorn rushed for several spectacular one-ya'd gains. Fullback Geof "Scythe" Wheelwright moved down several members of the defensive squad, including middle linebacker Steve "Speedy" Howard and safety Heather "King" Conn. Wide receivers Bill "Spike" Tieleman and Kevin "Spoke" Finnegan ran beautiful pass patterns through the defensive backfield, but were outsmarted by defensive backs Don "Butch" Mclntyre and Paul "The Thug" Wilson, who b'oke up the plays by breaking The players' legs. Petei "Foot" Stockland thumped out several ten-yard punts, and field goal specialist Peter "Two-left-foot" Menyasz barely missed breaking several SUB windows. Coaches Vicki "Guts' Booth and Fran "the Brain" Maclean shouted encouragement, and team spiritual leader Verne "Sky-pilot" McDonald prayed to the great coach in the sky for a chance to play the only team the Ubyssey Pesshogs could beat - the AMS Hacksaws. \ ./ Letters Nuke argument blown to pieces I refer to the letter by Karl Erd- man, Nov. 23, about nuclear energy. In my opinion one can also lie by omitting important facts. So let's add some facts. Of necessity I will refer only to some parts of his article and give only uncomplete answers (trying not to lie by doing so). I) Of course alpha, beta and gamma rays are not "radioactive particles" (and Maureen McEvoy did not claim they were). But our scientist Karl Erdman, might know that in many cases the isotopes resulting from decay are radioactive again. One can also observe r. Short Elvis lives After reading your review of the Elvis Costello show I felt compelled to return a few notes, to the scene of the crime, so to speak. It was the most dismal account of the evening that I encountered anywhere. It totally missed the point, dwelling on Elvis "Declan McManus" Costello's psychological makeup rather than the statement that he makes through his music. Sure, it's swell to know that Elvis plays a Fender Jazzmaster, is short and wears glasses like Woody Allen, doesn't smile a hell of a tot, but who cares? It would appear to me that by simply categorizing Elvis a "new wave act," you're giving him the write-off simply for the period of his emergence into the music scene. Yes, he is new, different and vital, but still totally removed from people such as Devo or the Clash, although they're excellent bands in their own right. Getting back to the music, you only need look as far as the Cheryl Tiegs, Suzanne Sommers and Farrah Fawcett lookalikes on this campus to know that a song like This Year's Girl is important and relevant. The voluntary censorship of local stations such as CFMI, CKLG and CFUN will keep Radio Radio from getting any air play; count on it. And then there's I Don't Want to Go to Chelsea, a classic tune about the artist as product, that you couldn't even be bothered to mention, even though it's an integral part of Costello's show. Sure this guy's intense, he's got something to say. Your review however, showed that he's obviously not getting through. The 5,500 that were there on Friday night I'll take over any of you "crazed" Fleetwood Mac, Chicago and Steve Miller fans. Have fun at the Queen concert. Aw, you all make me ill. What's the use? Stan Jones science 3 J "cascade effects" (radioactivity- caused by radiation). 2) Of course coal contains radioactive material, like everything else. But for understanding Karl's figures, let's think about what happens to the released radioactivity and above all, how our scientists "measure" the "radiation dose" caused by nuclear plants. Many of the radioactive isotopes released by nuclear plants are accumulated in high concentrations in vegetation and animals '(e.g. iodine I3l up to 3.5 to 10 million times compared to the air content in the surrounding area). Within the organic tissue the biologically high efficient alpha and beta rays can damage genes, whereas you can hardly detect them in the open air or water (they are short range rays. Ask Karl Where and how they derived their comparative figures.). Some facts: Dr. Sadao Ichikawa, a biologist, found (by using plants as detectors) that surrounding nuclear power plants there is an increase in the mutation rate during the time of growth of the stamen hairs which was at least as high as that caused by 300 millirem in the laboratory. However, official scientists have "measured" 7.5 to 8.7 millirem per year. A group of Heidelberg biologists recently found that the International Commission for Radiological Protection recommended the lowest available numbers (out of a wide range) for computing the estimated radiation dose caused by plants. Probably much too low. 3) Deaths from nuclear technol ogy (Karl's "0 in nuclear power plants" is not only actually wrong but leads readers astray): Contamination by nuclear technology is not only dangerous for workers (in years past 20 to 50 per cent of uranium miners died of lung cancer (Helen Caldicott, biologist, New Age, Dec, 1977); it is also a threat to all living things. The effects to following generations by genetic mutation is most hidden and treacherous. You might know for example, that plutonium is concentrated in the testicles and ovaries of humans. In the Laguna Pueblo reservation near Grants, a uranium mine in New Mexico, more than 100 babies (for comparison: the tribe's work force is about 600 people) were born in recent years which suffer from some form of birth defect; (disclosed this month by a staff member of a U.S. senate committee on Indian affairs (New Times, Nov., 78). Probably because these people use to live in heated, sealed, concrete apartments, if one is to believe Karl. 4) The "knowledge" of our faithful scientists: e.g.: The other day I read in the New Scientist that the assumptions that were used to derive concentration limits for plutonium (Pu) in water ire suspected to be wrong: Chlorine changes Pu4 (hardly incorporated) to Pu6 (very well incorporated) by oxidation. 5) Karl "forgot" to quote the actual total costs of nuclear technology. Who knows them? In the end a "polemic" questian (referring to the unsolved waste problem). Would you start driving a car downhill if the only thing you have heard is that the car perhaps might have brakes or at least there are some engineers that should be able to develop and provide th«m during your trip? Gerhard Steinmt tz Road to ruin To pay $1 a gallon for gas or 50 cents a trip on the bus is barely acceptable under normal circumstances but when the majority of the roads west of Blanca begin to resemble the Alaska Highway, rage sets in to the degree that commuting via helicopter becomes more and more feasible. Whoever, in their infinite stupidity, decided that an extensive overhaul of the major arteries in question around campus was necessary, should personally pay for all the flat tires and suspension work which students and B.C. Hydro will incur. The campus can best be described as an inverted speedbump. Students using the south exits in and out of campus are faced with massive traffic slowdowns in addition i:o playing hopscotch with 18- inch potholes, in various B lots. If the Trans Canada railroad took as long to build as it does :o complete the construction of these roads, B.C. would still be a colony of England. Dean Neumann Tuesday, November 28, 1978 THE UBYSSEY Page 5 Letters Concentrated power frightens In his article on nuclear power on Thursday, Nov. 23, professor Karl Erdman correctly argued that as with any other poisonous substances, concentration of radioactive materials at particular locations should be taken into account in the assessment of their effects on living organisms. It is unfortunate then that he quite failed to carry his argument to its most important conclusion, namely that it is the very concentration of these materials at power plants, as well as during transportation and at sites of waste disposal, that have aroused public and scientific concern. Surely it is obvious that persons working at nuclear installations, and the population in surrounding areas, run the greatest risk of harm should leaks occur (as they already have; see for example R. Gilette's paper in Science, volume 181, page 728, 1973). The article by B. L. Cohen in the June 1977 edition of Scientific American, which is recommended by professor Erdman, is similarly deficient in not considering the effects of high local concentrations (he prefers to envisage the 'worst case' situation where radioactive material is spread as a powder with equal thickness across the surface of the continent or deposited in the rivers), as well as in discussing the effects of radioactivity only in terms of deaths from cancer. It is worth repeating that immediate or subsequent death from the effects of gamma radiation is only one of the known hazards; the possibility that genetic mutations caused by such exposure is one that Assistant learns As an assistant to the director of the recent production of The Bacchae at the Frederic Wood Theatre, I learned a number of valuable things beyond new techniques in set design and construction. First, I learned that all acting does not have to be realistic. In today's theatre (as anyone who mentions "the peculiarities of Brecht's style" should know) there is a place for masks, choruses, dance, even loud sounds. Second, I learned that a theatre production is a composite effort. Thirty intelligent and enthusiastic students, especially if encouraged, provide a unique input. Professor Soule does not come to rehearsals with a fixed production concept. Ideas from the cast are suggested, tried out, rejected, accepted. This sort of forum is more to the point than training actors — something the present theatre department B.A. program is not designed to do. Schools such as The Playhouse Acting School train actors. Third, I learned about a kind of courage that is involved when a group of people create something unusual and then, despite some serious last-minute emergencies (the show must go on even in the Freddy Wood Playpen) expose it and themselves to public criticism. We put our names in the program. Betty Tully the general public, ignorant or not, is well advised to fear. These effects, especially at low dosage, can only be quantitated by years of careful study during which humans living and working with ionizing radiation will be used as guinea pigs, and for professor Erdman to blithely quote comparative accident statistics for 1969 is thoroughly misleading. Because no one is thought to have died as a result of the use of nuclear power in 1969 it does not mean that in the wrong hands the technology is not dangerous. Analysis of risk in this connection has thus far relied on the statistics of random events, such as the failure of components. How can a proper statistical argument be based on so few observations taken in such a short time, especially when the possibility of malicious human intervention (as from a terrorist group) has never been, and probably can never be included? Furthermore, we have no reason to believe that the resource and energy industries, which have shown such appalling lack of concern for the health and safety of workers in the past (as in the coal mines which professor Erdman justly criticizes will apply measures devised for human protection, especially where profits suffer in consequence. Prof Erdman falls into a trap which is all too easily set for the academic scientist in assuming that means which exist will automatically be applied. This is an especially dangerous premise in countries like India and Argentina, to whom Canada has sold nuclear reactors, and who simply do not have the technical expertise (nor, perhaps, the political will) to deal with them in the rational manner which the academic scientist might wish or envisage. In conclusion I might add my own voice to the voices of those who have criticized the initial article by Maureen McEvoy of Canadian University Press (Ubyssey, Thursday, Nov. 16) in making the point "that the issues which are central to the nuclear power debate are not complex and scientific as much as ethical and political. The twentieth century has shown us how the science created by disinterested 'pure' scientists can be used to concentrate power in ever fewer hands; the issue of nuclear energy is crucial to the reversal of this frightening trend. John Aplin Chuck you Farley I am writing in response to Charles Slade's letter of Friday, Nov. 24. Sure Charlie! Ignore those disgusting warnings from doctors. All you have to do is avert your eyes. It is much harder to ignore the fact that someone is smoking at the next table in the ritzy restaurant you can only affford to visit once a year. Your New York steak tastes like tobacco smoke. I am not accusing you personally, Charlie, as you may well be more considerate than the average smoker. People should be free to choose "the pleasurable life of a smoker," but they should not be forced to choose that life. Unfortunately, my choice seems to be to put up with cigarette smoke in my lungs, or to remain at home for the rest of my life. By the way, I do know some very considerate smokers. Robyn Beck arts 4 SMEDTLER DAY NOVEMBER 29,1978 from 10 a.m. — 3 p.m. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BOOK STORE HIGHLIGHTS! * Demonstrations On: MARS 700 TECHNICAL PEN MARS LETTERING EQUIPMENT MARS FINELINE (0.5 mm) LEADHOLDERS * Questions answered on all MARS products * Staedtler Day Specials Page 6 THE UBYSSEY Tuesday, November 28, 1978 iH*Z <! '•%'i»y *#-<. £&',JZ44?t,, ~? ">, / t» ■:,<,/■■# 'Tween classes TODAY YOUNG TRUTCHKEYITES Jonestown punch party, 8 p.m., Trutch House. WOMEN'S COMMITTEE General meeting, noon, SUB 130. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION Testimony meeting, noon, SUB 224. CSA Sports night, 7:30 p.m., Thunderbird Winter Sports Centre gym B. LUTHERAN STUDENT MOVEMENT Supper with important business and programming for next term, 6 p.m., Lutheran Student Movement. BAHA'I CLUB Informal discussion, noon, SUB 113. UBC TRACK AND FIELD TEAM Practice Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:45 p.m., meet in foyer of War Memorial Gym. PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION Guest lecture by Barry Ledwidge, noon, Angus 104. CHARISMATIC CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Prayer and sharing, noon, SUB 213. M.F.A. STUDENT PRODUCTION - UBC THEATRE DEPARTMENT The Great American Desert one-act play with free admission, noon, SUB gallery. WEDNESDAY INTERNATIONAL TRUTCHKEYITE ASSOCIATION Official close to birthday season, 6 p.m., Trutch House. WOMEN'S COMMITTEE Lesbian drop-in, noon, SUB 130. OPEN HOUSE COMMITTEE 79 First general meeting, noon, SUB 206. CSA Lecture of some observations of economic development in China, noon, Buch. 320. WORLD UNIVERSITY SERVICE CANADA General and informational meeting, noon, International House board room. VARSITY OUTDOOR CLUB Slide show, noon, Chem. 250. Hot flashes Open season on UBC campus Doug Kenny revealing himself? Not quite. UBC will uncover its dark, innermost secrets in this year's soul-baring session, Open House 79. The university will be open to the public and other curious spectators who wish to discover what goes on behind closed doors. Faculty and student representatives are invited to attend the first general meeting at noon Wednesday in SUB 206. Cocke adds life NDP education critic Dennis Cocke will be on campus Thursday to tell us how the Socreds are wrecking higher education. Festivities begin at noon in SUB 207. War is hell Most people first heard about Cambodia after it was invaded by American troops in 1970. It was an ignominious beginning.- David Chandler, a research director for Southeast Asian Studies for Monash University, will speak on the Tragedy of Cambodian History at noon Thursday in Buch. 106. to vin' spoonful If twinkies are a turn-on, then make sure you attend The Great American Desert. There will be two showings of Joel Oppenheimer's one-act play in the SUB gallery at noon Wednesday and Thursday. PUBLIC 228-6121 FRI. & SAT. 7:30 p.m. - 9:45 p.m. SUNDAY 1 :00 — 3:00 p.m. STUDENTS & CHILDREN .75 ADULTS $, 2S THUNDERBIRD WINTER SPORTS CENTRE Student Admin. Commission 1978 — 1979 APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING RECEIVED For positions on: THE A.M.S. ART COLLECTION COMMITTEE At the A.M.S. Business Office, Rm. 266, S.U.B. Applications close 4:00 p.m. on FRI. DEC. 1 APPLICATIONS MAY BE PICKED UP AT ROOM 246 & 266 S.U.B. GREBB DUNHAM HIKING BOOTS Half steel shank, medium weight—rough out leather. PACKS & BOOTS snooo SPECIAL only 9B3 PACK& BOOTS SHOP 3425 WEST BROADWAY, Tel. 738-3128 710 YATES MALL VICTORIA 383-2144 THURSDAY Women's drop-in, noon, SUB 130. PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE CLUB Caucus for model parliament, noon, SUB 213. UBC NDP CLUB MLA Dennis Cocke speaks on How the Socreds are wrecking higher education, noon, SUB 207. LIBERTARIAN SOCIETY General meeting, noon, SUB 224. UBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Playing works of Stravinsky, Rossini and Beethoven, noon, Old Auditorium. FRIDAY WOMEN'S COMMITTEE Women's drop-in. noon. 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Reasonable FOR ACCURATE TYPING on an IBM Selectric Correcting Typewriter, call 986-2577 after 2:00 p.m. Rush work accepted. 99 — Miscellaneous WE COPY IT ALL FOR YOU BOOKS-THESES-FLYERS 845 Burrard 6S2-2919 TIME REPRODUCTION CENTRE 224-1011 Rm. 100 A SUB SKI WHISTLER Rent cabin day/week 732-0174 eve*. INSTANT PASSPOR1 PHOTOS I I ~~ icn i»i iru.1 ERAS LTD. 4558 W 10th 224-9112 or 224-5858 USE UBYSSEY CLASSIFIED Tuesday, November 28, 1978 THE U BYSSEY Page 7 Hoopsters split with Bears By DON MacINTYRE The UBC Thunderbirds basketball team saw a 10-point half-time lead disintegrate as the visiting University of Alberta Golden Bears plucked victory from the brink of defeat, downing the 'Birds 70-68 Friday at War Memorial gym. The Canada West Intercollegiate loss was the fifth straight for the young UBC team. UBC's sporadic efforts cost them a win Friday, but in Saturday's rematch they hung on to beat the Bears 70-63. The rebounding strength of the taller Alberta team allowed the Bears to take control in the second half of Friday's contest. UBC attempted to nullify the Alberta height advantage by using the full court press. The press is designed to keep the opponent's big men in the back court where they will not be as effective. This strategy worked well for the 'Birds on occasion, but not well enough to completely extinguish the visitors' natural edge. Alberta also had trouble adjusting to the "hands off rule on defence to which B.C. referees strictly adhere. The Bears fell into early foul trouble, but were able to recover their composure before the situation became desperate. Ultimately, it was the ability to score from the inside that spelled doom for the hometown hoopsters. Alberta's Pat Rooney claimed the game's high scorer honors, popping in 21 points and collecting 10 rebounds. Rooney barely beat out teammate Jim Bonin, who managed 19 points. One other Bear, 6'6" Tom Groat, dropped 14 to become the other Bear to find double figures in Friday's game. Groat also did real damage on the boards, helping Alberta dominate at both ends in the second half. Big man for the 'Birds was centre Bob Forsyth with 18 points, but the fact that only four of those points were scored after the half-time tip- off tells the story. Coach Mullins next takes the Thunderbirds down south for a two-game exhibition swing. 2.904 W. 4«« AVE. 733-37J3 'An eating experience not to be under estimated as one of the best mexican restaurants north of California.' Thats what it is all about! OPEN TUES.-SUN. TAKE OUT ORDERS WELCOME! LICENSED THE POPPY SHOP OUR CONCEPT — LOW PRICES UP TO 50% OFF LADIES FASHIONS Samples and size range also. ONE SEASON AHEAD OF LEADING RETAIL AND DEPARTMENT STORES So, buy wholesale and save ^y-fl your hard earned money! £^Hj 4394 W. 10th (at Trimble .224-4341 HELP YOURSELF TO HIGHER GRADES LARGEST SELECTION IN B.C. OF * COLES NOTES 400 Titles * MONARCH NOTES 300 Titles *SCHAUMS OUTLINES 80 Titles * PLAID PROGRAMMED LEARNING AIDS 50 Titles 'All available from BETTER BUY BOOKS 4393 West 10th Ave. A snap shot When you're drinking tequila, Sauza's the shot that counts. That's why more and more people are asking for it by name. TEQUILA SAUZA Number One in Mexico. Number One in Canada. LEGISLATIVE INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME Office of the Speaker Legislative Assembly of British Columbia INFORMATION MEETING University of British Columbia November 30, 1978 - 12:30-1:30 Student Union Building, Room 211 Competition for the 1980 Legislative Internship Programme is now open. WHAT'S INVOLVED: WHO: HOW MANY: DURATION: DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS Working with Members of the Legislature, doing research and assisting with matters administrative, legislative, political (constituency concerns) — providing first hand experience of the political and policy process for the intern. During the internship there will be regular seminars on provincial government and politics conducted by faculty from the three universities, as well as an opportunity to work in a government ministry. Majors or Honours graduates in Political Science, History, Economics or Sociology from the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and the University of Victoria. A maximum of 10 Legislative Internships. January 1st - May 31st, 1980. February 1st, 1979. All interested students are cordially invited to attend the above meeting. Those students unable to attend may obtain complete information from the participating departments on campus. LENORE NEVERMORE By DOUGLAS BANKSON An M.F.A. Thesis Production Directed By BILL MURDOCH NOV. 30-DEC. 2 8:00 p.m. Tickets: $3.00 Students: $2.00 TICKETS: Room 207 Frederic Wood Theatre FREDERIC WOOD THEATRE Pag* 8 THE UBYSSEY Tuesday, November 28, 1978 UBC beats Clan By PAUL WILSON The Thunderbirds proved they, are the best university football team in the province, downing the Simon Fraser University Clansmen 22-14 at Empire Stadium Saturday in the seventh Shrum Bowl* game. The turning point in the game came when the Clansmen faked a punt on third down with seven yards to go. Rick House's rushing attempt failed and UBC took over on SFU's 20-yard line with just over three minutes to play in the game. This set up a touchdown pass to Chris Davies from quarterback Dan Smith, which secured victory for the 'Birds. "You really have to give the defence a lot of credit for that touchdown," said Davies Saturday. "They got us the ball to set it up. 1 was just open deep on the touchdown. The defence, though, has played great all year and they played great again tonight." UBC played a passing game, in contrast to SFU, which relied on a strong running game, led by halfback Rick House and fullback Kevin Snider. UBC gained 258 yards in the air of 391 yards total offence while the Clansmen rushed for 252 of 390 yards total offence. Davies was the top receiver, catching eight for 154 yards and two touchdowns. Smith usually sent Davies in motion to try to confuse the defensive backs. "We'd have lots of motion in the backfield and the Clansmen just couldn't adjust," said coach Smith. The 'Birds were less successful in contacting the SFU rushing. House gained 94 yards in 14 carries. Snider ran 12 times for 77 and quarterback Nelson Martin ran nine times for 45 and the Clan's only touchdown. CHRIS DAVIES —peter menyasz photo caught two touchdown passes The 'Birds managed to limit the Clan rushers to short gains but several times it appeared SFU was about to break it open for the touchdown. Only last-man tackles by defenders prevented the score. In the first quarter UBC place kicker Gary Metz and SFU kicker Walter Passaglia each kicked field goal attempts wide, after which the score was tied 1-1. Metz attempted a 33-yard boot while Passaglia came close on a 41-yarder. Cornerback Jack Hirose intercepted a 25-yard pass by Martin on UBC's 25-yard line to start a 'Bird drive for UBC's first major. After three running plays, one penalty and two long passes to Davies and split end Barry Muis, fullback Gord Penn ran one yard for the major. Metz added a convert. Eight minutes later Passaglia kicked a 36-yard field goal to narrow the margin to 8-4. But UBC marched back with seven completed passes. Smith connected on a nine- yard pass to Davies for his first touchdown, which Metz converted. The Clan scored its only major of the game when Martin capitalized on an interception by SFU defensive back Steve Harrison on UBC's 26. Harrison scampered 14 yards before Bernie Glier brought him down. Two plays later Martin ran four yards for the score. After Davies scored the insurance touchdown, converted by Metz, Passaglia, brother of kicker Lui Passaglia of the Canadian Football League's B.C. Lions, scored another field' goal to finish the Clan's scoring for this season. The victory marked the end of UBC's most successful football season. It finished with a 10-3 record, won the WIFL conference title for the second time in three years, appeared in its first national final College Bowl and won the Shrum Bowl for the first time in six meetings. The Shrum Bowl was cancelled in 1971 after UBC was waxed 42-0 by SFU. The best UBC had done previously was the 1969 Mud Bowl which ended in utter confusion and a 6-6 tie. The game was played before 12,000 enthusiastic fans, led by UBC engineers disguised as gorillas. Coach Smith said he thought the crowd really helped the 'Birds. Swim team takes to pool By KEVIN FINNEGAN UBC swim coach Jack Kelso just laughed when asked about the new $5.7 million Aquatic Centre. For one who used to train in the infamous 20-yard antique pool in Ocean Falls, the new splash-pond is a dream come true. "This is one of the finer centres anywhere," said Kelso, who along with Ralph Hutton and Sandy Gilchrist formed the nucleus of the pulp-town swim team that has won over 50 medals for Canada in international competition. Kelso won six medals in the 1962 Commonwealth Games and the 1963 Pan-Am Games, and later coached at the University of Oregon while working on his master's degree. Kelso, who says he is glad to be out of the rat race of age-group coaching, emphasizes that swimming takes second place to studying at UBC. "I don't have them by the short and curlies," he said. Kelso has some impressive help both in the water and on the deck for his first year at UBC. Former Canadian national team members Wendy Hogg (nee Cook) and Paul Hughes are swimming on the team while in education five. Doug Hogg, Wendy's husband and Women's Sports UBC hosts the Thunderette basketball tourney Friday and Saturday, playing games at 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. in the War Memorial Gym. At UBC on the weekend, the Thunderettes lost 80-61, 88-33 to a strong University of Alberta squad. * * + The gymnastics team heads to Seatttle University this weekend to compete in a dual meet. The Thunderette soccer team takes on the Hustlers at 1 p.m. Sunday at Collingwood Park. The Thunderette volleyball team showed new strength on the weekend in Edmonton, when it took first place at a tourney hosted by the University of Alberta. UBC won all five of its matches. The University of Saskatchewan finished second. a former national coach, is training while his eligibility is being considered. Don Liebermann, a former member of the Rhodesian national diving team, is both coaching and competing for UBC. Hogg, who represented Canada in two Olympics and set the world 100-metre backstroke record at the 1974 Commonwealth Games, sees the relaxed atmosphere of university competition as a way of easing out of swimming. "It's not the same commitment, and I finally have time for other things," she said. Hughes, a veteran of the 1973 World Championships and the 1974 Commonwealth Games, is swimming close to his fastest times. "Paul loves to train," said Kelso. "He has a particular tolerance for pain and agony." Hughes, however, finds university swimming low key and more enjoyable. Kelso hopes to have UBC among the top three swimming powers in the CIAU within two years, and was encouraged by the results of a dual meet at the University of Alberta this weekend. While the U of A won the meet 342-314, the UBC women's team defeated the Edmonton women 181-144. SPORTS GORD PENN — ross burnett photo ran in first UBC touchdown UBC beats rowers 7-0 in rugby action The Thunderbird rugby team tightened its hold on first place in the Vancouver Rugby Union with a 7-0 win over Rowing Club at Brockton Oval Saturday. To defeat the Rowers, which is the only side to win against UBC this year, the Thunderbirds altered strategy slightly and used only two forwards in their lineouts, rather than the usual seven or eight. This enabled the 'Birds to get the ball out to the backs more quickly and forced the Rowers to constantly chase the ball out to the wing. "They are bigger and stronger, but they're a bunch of old men," explained outside-centre Andrew Bibby. "We wanted to make them run a lot and tire them out." The plan worked and the Rowers could generate little offence in the match. However, their defence held them in the game. All the scoring came in a four- minute stretch late in the first half. Preston Wiley hit a 15-metre drop kick from a dead run at the 39- minute mark. Shortly after, UBC won a lineout and Rob Greig made an excellent run up the middle before flipping the ball to Bibby, who sauntered the last five metres for the try. The second half was a rough defensive battle, with several players being warned about their conduct. The Rowing Club added three missed penalty goals to the pair they missed in the first half. The 'Birds picked up several injuries. Greig received a badly mangled hand, Robin Russell was hurt near his right eye and Dave Whyte was spiked in the back. The 'Birds next game is 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Thunderbird Stadium against PoCo. Pucksters drop two — Pinos roll on The UBC Thunderbirds hockey team spent the weekend recovering from defeats handed them by the University of Calgary Dinosaurs in Calgary. The 'Birds slipped below .500 for the first time in the first half of the Canada West Universities Athletic Association season. The Thunderbirds' record now stands at 3-5 after losing 2-0, 4-2. Despite having many power-play opportunities in both games UBC could manage only two goals. Limited goal-scoring has been a problem that has plagued the T- Birds all year. Even the more consistent, experienced players have been subjected to scoring droughts in conference play. In over-all scoring, for example, Rob Jones leads all point-getters yith 14 goals and seven assists, but in conference play Jones has totalled only eight points. No player has yet surpassed the 10- point mark in conference play. UBC coach Bert Halliwell's hopes of being at .500 at Christmas are dwindling. The 'Birds don't play another conference game until after the holidays. There are still three non-conference games between now and Christmas and the chances of being even by Dec. 25 rides on the outcome of these contests. The first of these games will be played this Friday against the North Shore intermediates at the Winter Sports Centre. On Dec. 21 the 'Birds fly north to take on a team from Nelson and on Dec. 22 they face Trail in Trail. The Japanese national team has cut short its tour plans and will not play a previously-scheduled Dec. 5 game with the 'Birds.
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