Array lJti(.' Archives Serk Bleed for the Red Cross today and tomorrow in SUB 207 THE UBYSSEY Vol. LXVIII, No. 35 Vancouver, B.C. Tuesday, February 4,1986 .,<m^ 228-2301 Faculty vote affirms firing policy By JENNIFER LYALL The UBC faculty association voted Friday to give the university administration the power to lay-off tenured faculty during periods of financial crisis. Faculty association president Sidney Mindess said the results of the vote—which passed 655 to 336 — indicate faculty believe the motion was a reasonable proposal. "It is the first step towards normalization of relations between the faculty and administration," said Mindess. "Relations with the administration have been getting worse over the past years." The proposal, which has been negotiated since the summer, incudes a description of the procedure by which tenured faculty can be laid- off. Once a financial crisis has been determined a committee chaired by the president will divide cutbacks among faculties and departments. Departmental committees will then determine which, if any, faculty members "performance is significantly less than satisfactory." If delinquent members can not be identified, lay offs will proceed according to seniority. Mindess said a "strong and binding appeal procedure which will require the administration to prove its case" will be used if a faculty member wishes to appeal a committee decision. Philosophy professor Gary Wedeking opposed Friday's motion which he said "guarantees that there will be victimization" of faculty members. Wedeking said the university should not wait for a financial crisis to eliminate incompetent faculty. "Tenure is a completely different issue from financial exigency. . .the two should not be linked." He said in the event of a financial crisis, layoffs should be made according to seniority, adding incompetency should play no part in the decision. UBC's board of governors approved the redundency policy last year in July, without negotiations between the faculty and administration. Seshadri wins AMS presidential • :%\z Lucky Simon Seshadri gets to run the Alma Mater Society for the next year. "It feels good, but I don't think it's really sunk in yet," said Seshadri Monday. Seshadri won the Friday election with 1,636 votes. Blair Longley was second with 911 votes followed by Mercer and Jackson. The vice-presidency was much more competitive. Rebecca Nevraumont slipped by Nindy Duggal 1,783 votes to 1,596. Incumbent Jamie Collins gets yet another chance to dazzle us with his stunning portrayal of a Director of Finance. Collins had 1,470 votes to Richard Fitzpatrick's 1,163. "A student not a politician," Carol Pedlar, gets the opportunity to be a politician after winning thecoordinatorof external affairs laurels. Pedlar grabbed 1,239 votes to Chris Friesen's 1,094. Martin Cocking defeated No Vote 2,268 to 836 for director of the administration. No Vote took defeat as graciously as could be expected and intends to run again in some capacity next year. The new president, Seshadri, says he plans on getting together with the new student council on Valentine's Day. In the meantime Seshadri said he will be hitting the books for the next few days in preparation for upcoming mid-terms. He will no doubt be an inspiration to us all. "Selfishly speaking, this is a really good year to be President with it being the city's centennial," he said. "I'm really looking forward to the coming year." A. Pathy was unavailalbe for comment but rumour has it he was rather perturbed that the AMS was too cowardly to put him on the ballot. "Whether the polls show it or not, I'm in charge here," he said. V PLASMA PHYSICS — steve engler photo AS SCIENTIST PREPARES for subatomic realm, he contemplates how mirror bought cheap from NASA solved multiple problems. It amuses first year Physics students; it shrinks pride to proper Scientific attitude; it reduces the occurrence of the tardiness-corner collision principle; and don't steal the neutrons! BA builds foundation sotid Attaining a bachelor of arts degree is the stepping stone to a successful career said five UBC graduates Friday. In a forum entitled Life After a B.A., five panelists including Ron Langstaffe, ex-vice president of B.C. Forest Products; Ray Williston, B.C. Cellulose president; Murray Budd, Merrill Lynch vice- president; Diane Millen, of D. Millen and Associates; and Donald Hudson, Vancouver Stock Exchange president, told about 100 Education ministers blast federal report TORONTO (CUP) — Provincial education ministers across Canada have requested a meeting with Secretary of State Benoit Bouchard to review a federal report on post- secondary funding they fear is "erroneous, incomplete and misleading." Bouchard will table the report, which deals with funding levels in 1984-85, in the House of Commons in the first week of February. At a Jan. 28 news conference that wrapped up a two-day meeting of the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), the ministers said Ottawa understated provincial expenditure by some $1.8 billion. Asked about the request, Marie- Josee Lapointe, Bouchard's press secretary, said "I would not want to comment before the report is tabled in the House this week." Nigel Chippindale, director of policy and analysis in the educational support sector of the secretary of state, called the report a "factual accounting of federal and provincial support of post- secondary education" and said it represented a "serious effort to provide information." CMEC chair Jean-Pierre Ouellet said the provinces have seen only part of the report, but that the inac curacy "leads us to believe that much of the statistical data developed for use in the report are erroneous, incomplete and misleading." Oullet, who is also Minister of Education for New Brunswick, said the provinces should have been consulted when the report was being prepared. However, the ministers stopped short of accusing Ottawa of trying to use faulty numbers to support its plan to substantially reduce health and education tranfer payments to the provinces. Instead, they dealt with transfer payments separately and warned that if the federal government goes ahead with the scheme to cut $2 billion per year in payments by 1999 (a total of $6 billion), "the effects on post-secondary education could be severe." "Provinces have developed a variety of institutions—universities, community colleges, technical institutions — capable of serving the needs of our citizens," said a communique from the ministers. "It seems counter-productive to erode their basic funding support while at the same time expecting them to address new priorities for the future." New non-partisan group in Manitoba has trouble fighting education cutbacks By RICHARD SANDHURST Canadian University Press WINNIPEG — A unique attempt to link students, administrators and the provincial government in fighting planned cutbacks to federal education funding is failing because of internal disagreements. "Most of the groups involved have been reluctant to take concrete action," said Sean MacDonald, University of Winnipeg student council president. "Because of the group's non-partisan nature, we've had a lot of trouble coming up with policies that everyone agrees with. That's why we haven't done much." MacDonald said the group represents students and administrations of Manitoba universities and colleges and the Provincial Nurses and Hospital Presidents. The group is working with Manitoba's NDP government, MacDonald said. "It's essential to the future of Manitoba that we stop the cuts," MacDonald said. "The cost of running universities and hospitals is increasing at a rate of 11 per cent a year and it's just ridiculous to think we can maintain the level of services if the federal government goes hog with the cuts." Thirty-six per cent of the province's revenues in 1985-86 came from federal transfer payments. Tim Sale, Manitoba's federal- provincial relations analyst, said 50 per cent of Manitoba's expenses are in health care and education. Sale said any further reduction in transfer payments will directly affect the quality of these services. A major problem for the students is the government's priorities. While Manitoba acknowledges the importance of post-secondary education, health care is the top priority because it directly affects everyone in Manitoba. students at Cecil Green Park the years they spent studying the arts allowed them time to mature. Langstaffe said his arts degree gave him a solid foundation on which to build a house, and added it takes diligence and intelligence to complete the degree. Langstaffe encouraged B.A. graduates to apply for jobs in fields they are unfamiliar with. Williston said an arts degree is extremely flexible and most things are learned by performance. Millen said arts graduates have an advantage over other faculty graduates because employers don't want to hire people with "tunnel visions". Arts graduates are "upwardly mobile," she said. Hudson said he, like other arts students, had an inferiority complex when studying the arts. "I felt very uncomfortable about my middle of the road course," he said, adding unless a job has special knowledge requirements, the type of degree pursued is not important. "Students should have absolute confidence in a B.A., he said. "Once you're hired its achievement that counts." Arts undergraduate society president Mark Reder said the event was "extremely positive." Reder, also an event coordinator, said the forum series, which includes a Feb. 6 law and civil service discussion, and a Feb. 13 journalism and fine arts discussion, is designed to improve the image of the B.A. The AUS, faculty of arts, and UBC Alumni association have jointly sponsored the events. Page 2 THE UBYSSEY Tuesday, February 4, 1986 Engineers monthly dies campus groups cheer WATERLOO, Ont. (CUP) — The engineering society at the University of Waterloo has ceased publication of its controversial monthly newspaper, Enginews, after years of complaints about sexist and racist content from the administration and Campus Women's Groups. "It is no longer feasible in this day and age to publish a newspaper that exhibits these biases," said society president John Stephenson. The UBC engineering society's Red Rag, was officially "killed" in March, 1982. PANGO PANGO (UNS) — Hairy puce Blorgs on this tiny island kingdom said the soul of Talkathon Merciless stormed out of the operating room after his agonizing failure and subsequent death. I should have succeeded in the breakthrough brain transplant operation, not that Slimy Soshod- dy, screeched the crazed doctor all the while destroying the equipment of his past successes. Flunken Doodleart says that vile rag may not mention this poor man's failure due to incredible moment of never- before-seen pity caused by fever brought on by much-abused piece of literature. Photographers may not enter the trashed site for fear of further exclamations from Doodleart such as: such immature behaviour from so tragic a doctor are not for children's eyes. The past glories of the doctor are all forgotten as he remains in hiding, pleading with the rag for Mercy, Mercy, Mercy. Stephenson said he wanted to produce a high quality humour magazine for engineers, but after meetings with U of W vice president academic Tom Brzustowski, realise ed it wasn't possible. Brzustowski was pleased with the society's decision. "(The society) has made a good choice. Attempts at improving Enginews always slid back." Stephenson said the newspaper was folded to prevent the administration from closing down the society. The newspaper was banned from campus in 1983, and had consistently been criticised by administrators, including engineering dean William Lennox, ironically one of the paper's contributors during its first year of publication 27 years ago. Reaction from campus women's groups was positive. "Good stuff!" said Angela Evans, student federation women's commissioner. GRADUATION PORTRAITS by StubtoB iCto. Phone now for your complimentary sitting, free 4"x5" color photo, choose from 18 previews (proofs! 732-7446 3343 WEST BROADWA Y Resume photos as low as 75c in colour. The Coalition Against Sexism on Campus is meeting in front of the Main Library today, February 4, at 12:30 p.m. to continue their protest against the Godiva ride and give concerned students a chance to express their disapproval of the event. | THE DINER I Serving U. B. C. and West Point Grey for the last 27 years. 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Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Sat. 10 a.m.-5:00 p.r Telephone: 224-1911 Visa & Mastercharge Accepted Tuesday, February 4, 1986 THE UBYSSEY Page 3 Board urged to sell investments Ubyssey Staff and Canadian University Press UBC Students for a Free South Africa want to make sure UBC's board of governors pulls the university's investments out of South Africa by rallying at Thursday's board meeting. The board is considering a policy of "selective divestment," selling shares in those companies which refuse to comply with the Canadian Code of Conduct for companies operating in South Africa. The code, last changed in 1977, advises companies to pay blacks equally to whites and allows blacks to unionize. Alcan is the only Canadian company which has filed a report of compliance with the code. "We want to tell the board that we want to keep our hands out of South Africa," said SFSA member horacio de la cueva Monday, adding the rally will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday outside the board meeting in the old administration building. "The only way to end apartheid is to press economic sanctions," he said. The student councils of McGill university in Montreal and the University of Prince Edward Island have stopped stocking Carling O'Keefe and Rothman's products in their pubs and campus stores in protest against these companies' control by the South Africa Rembrandt Group. UBC's SFSA will be holding a referendum in March to press the Alma Mater Society to boycott O'Keefe's and Rothman's products, said du la cueva. South African law is based on apartheid, which ensures supremacy to five million whites, denies rights to 24 million blacks and restricts the rights of almost four million Asians and people of mixed race. Meanwhile, contrary to CUP reports last week, Dalhousie University in Halifax and not York University in Toronto became, Jan. 21, the second university in Canada to "completely divest all holdings in corporations which have economic interests in South Africa." At Dalhousie, board members disagree about what divestment means. The university's vice-president for finance says $3 million in investments is involved. Others say $6 million, and a committee of four board members, two senate members, and two students will sort out the dispute. McGill's board will not tell students exactly how they will divest McGill funds for corporations linked to South Africa. The board's committee on matters of social responsibility told student representatives Jan. 20 they will rely on quarterly financial reports to determine if the university is divesting. "Divestment is going ahead," said McGill anti-apartheid activist Nigel Crawhill, "but the board has not changed its policy that students do not have the right to know about the internal workings of McGill's finances. Fee vote Thursday UBC's board of governors plans to raise student fees 3.6 per cent at their meeting Thursday. The Alma Mater Society and the Graduate Student's Society will both be presenting proposals about the increase. Students want to see student aid increased at least as fast as tuition fees. "Ontario is raising admission fees four per cent a year for the next three years but at the same time increasing student aid eight per cent," said student science senator Kirk Hancock. The average increase is 3.6 per cent, but average UBC undergraduate fees are already the highest in Canada, especially in professional faculties, Hancock said. He added one fourth of UBC students receive Canada government loans and the average debt on graduation is $10,000. Student board of governors representative Don Holubitsky said the increase is reasonable considering the financial pressure on the university from the provincial government. "I'm glad it's limited to inflation. Practically, I don't think we have a choice," said Holubitsky. "The problem is we don't know what the government finances will be. We have no indications they will increase funding." Weiner blames others W i& fiS E By ANGELA WONG Gerry Weiner waxed and waned during his speech to UBC students Friday, but mostly he whined, as he shifted blame away from the Conservative government for its current political woes. Weiner told 24 people in SUB 207 Friday, that affirmative action, a policy which requires employers to meet quotas when hiring minorities, is a low priority. He wants people to work in a "free, open, fair society and not force compulsory quotas." Said Weiner, "Give people a chance based on merit." As parliamentary Secretary of Employment and Immigration, Gerry Weiner has surprisingly little to say about employment opportunities for graduating students, but said "society should make room for today's graduates so they can utilize the skills they have learned in school." Weiner's work in External Affairs during Joe Clark's term has taken him to Russia, China and Central America. He said his travels have helped Canada open new markets. He said the Pacific Rim will open up a new market for B.C. "They need the technology and expertise beneficial to you and B.C." He praised the Conservative government for already decreasing the national debt by 3-4 billion dollars, and added people can expect a similar decrease in another five years. He said people should not assume unemployment insurance is a basic right. "Who can afford Unemployment Insurance and pensions to the year 2000?" he asked. Weiner did not apologize for the mistakes his fellow MPs have made. "Good people make mistakes and they get blown out of proportion. Maybe they should go to a can- didate's college. : ; f Weiner also rel^i^ to; the Suzanne Blais-Grenier anatr (Blais- Grenier resigned her post when a refinery in Quebec was shut down) and said MP's should be judged on jobs and unemployment, not mistakes made in tuna, the refinery in Quebec or a tape given by someone 25 years ago." Weiner defended the govern ment's policy of privatizing Canadian industries and putting them in Canadian hands. "We're going to sell Petro-Canada and Canadair," he said. "Dehavilland ... is the sweetest deal the Canadian government gave to people," said Weiner. - susce pekt photo FACULTY LOUNGE TEMPORARILY closed for renovations after attacks by paint-wielding vandals. U.F.O.s sighted in the area have officially been charged but students in the vicinity at the time claim militant groundhogs are to blame for the dastardly deed. Reports of random earthquake activity are also in being investigated. Federal government dumps OTTAWA (CUP) — The Katimavik youth volunteer program, which involved 20,000 young people during its ten years of existence, died last week without a sound of protest in the House of Commons. But down the hall Senator Jacques Hebert, who founded the program, read his colleagues a blistering open letter to prime minister Brian Mulroney, attacking the decision "on the pretext that times are hard, to pass up this marvelous investment in the future." Secretary of State Benoit Bouchard met Hebert and Katimavik administrators Jan. 28 to inform them the $19 million funding for the program was being cut. "He said after ten years we have to try something different," Hebert said. Bouchard's office said the money would be redirected to job creation programs from the ministry of employment and immigration, or to other programs that will soon be announced by the ministry of youth. But Lisa Van Deusen, press secretary to minister of youth An- dree Champagne, would not supply any details of these future programs. And she said Champagne took no part in the decision to close Katimavik. "This was a decision of the secretary of state," Van Deusen said. "Priority number one is jobs," said Bouchard's press secretary, Marie-Josee Lapointe. "For a $20 million program that reaches 2,000 people, we thing that we can do bet can turn into a Volkswagen program .'' Youth's main concern is jobs, she said, and Katimavik is not a job creation program. "Bullshit!" said Hebert when asked about Bouchard's statement he had replacements for Katimavik. "I don't believe a word of it." The Liberal and New Democratic parties have been silent on the cut. The day after Katimavik was shut down, the parties instead spent 45 course about a bugging of the Liberal caucus 23 years ago. The program pays the shelter and food costs for 2,000 young people a year, to work for nine months on community projects and in social work in three different provinces. One of these three-month periods is spent in a French-speaking region. Hebert predicted the House of Commons would be flooded with petitions from the 20,000 or more Katimavik participants across people, we tning tnat we can ao oet- uown, me parties instead spent 43 Katima ter. It's a Cadillac program that we minutes asking the prime minister Canada B.C.'s wilderness threatened by logging By DENNIS SELDER Saving Moresby Island from logging gives British Columbians a chance to do something special, David Suzuki said before the Provincial Wilderness Advisory Committee Saturday. Although plants would grow on the island again if it were logged, the plants would be different ones; so would many of the animals, he llitoves steed irreplucocibles The RCMP has still not caught the thieves who stole 130 data discs which contain irreplaceable information from the UBC based wood products research institute, FORINTEK, last week. Pat Bottomley, FORTINEK officer, said the discs contained between five to 10 years of research on field results of wood preservatives. ' ..'"., . '•'ii?ft Two apple computers were also stolen. Bottomley said she could place a dollar value on the missing discs which contain the work of about 90 researchers. Bottomley suspects someone wanted to use the discs for blanks, because the theft included two computers. "I have no idea if we will get it back," she said. Forintek currently has a contract with the federal government, most of the provincial governments national research funding, and members of the public. said. Moresby Island is in its pristine state, making it one of the rarest places in the world, said Suzuki, adding science is never absolute; our most sophisticated models of nature fall far short of their actual complexity. To predict the effects of even careful logging in places such as Moresby is gross optimism and pompousness, he said. The Wilderness Advisory Committee, a group of eight panelists set up by B.C. environment minister Austin Pelton will recommend to the provincial government how many of the wilderness sites they are considering should be logged, and to what extent; • ;ld*ly five and* a half per ceni<>f B.C.'s land area is protected from logging now, said B.C. heritage caucus member Peter Dooling, asking the committee recommend some of these areas not to be logged. The legislation protecting those areas could be changed, he said. Peter Sansburn, mayor of Port Alice, is certain his town will face serious unemploymeni problems if prevented from logging Moresby. He demonstrated what percentage of B.C. land area Moresby represents by dumping five millilitres of water into a large measuring cup. The Haida artist Bill Reid called Moresby "A place to go to heal us of all our wounds," a place where we see "ancient murrelets and puffins with fish dripping from their bills." He said the theft of this aldn which was first an accident, would now become conscious. If the land is given over to logging, "the Haida will lose the only link they have with their distinguished past," said Reid. Dooling said: "The wilderness is a unique Canadian metaphor, capable of representing to the world who we are and what we represent." The heritage caucus made 10 recommendations to the advisory committee calling for specific legislation to determine the relative importance of parts of B.C.'s natural space. Page 4 THE UBYSSEY Tuesday, February 4, 1986 Generalize B.C. Cellulose and the Vancouver Stock Exchange have something other than capitalism in common. They, along with many other companies, have presidents who originally got a bachelor of arts degree. Along with three other successful business people at a faculty of arts forum Thursday, they said their B.A.'s helped them in their careers, while overspecialization wouldn't have. But they did more than just work for a job while they were studying at UBC. They expanded their awareness of the ideas necessary to be full members of society. They studied arts. Instead, of slogging away at an accounting degree, they did something and worthwhile and took courses about how people live and think from departments like political science, history, philosophy, english and geography. And since arts courses prepare people to fully appreciate their role in society, students in professional programs should be encouraged to take in at least a few of the intellectual delights over in the Buchanan building. Former British prime minister Harold McMillan had an interesting insight on what studies are important: "Nothing that you can learn in your studies will be of the slightest use to you in afterlife — save only this; that if you work hard and intelligently, you should be able to detect when a person is talking rot and that in my view, is the main, if not the sole purpose of education." Letters Stewart imitates bomb, provoking a reaction Duncan Stewart's article, "Was disaster inevitable" (Ubyssey Jan. 31) provoked a lot of different reactions in people. The explosive power of his prose affected everybody and it is a little hard to understand all of their reactions. Some who read the article after their first class (Friday) raised their eyebrows, shrugged, and went about their usual business. They, like all of us, knew that a disaster like this was bound to happen sooner or later, and that each successive Ubyssey was merely a postponement of the inevitable. But not everyone reacted in this accepting way. Some older students compared this disaster with the feelings that they had when they first read 'The National Enquirer'. Friday will turn out to be a day that some people will remember the rest of their lives, and will always remember where they were when they first read the article. I don't know about you, but I felt that way. That edition of the Ubyssey meant a lot more to me than the destruction of a billion dollars worth of technology. I wonder why I spent my first hours that morning rereading the article, trying to make some sense of it. Time after time, I read the words, examined the syntax, and watched those tiny flames creep up the paper as I set fire to copy after copy. Within milliseconds the article was all gone, only a foul vapour and black ashes remained. No matter how often it was explained and analysed, I still refused to accept what I'd read. Then I had to take a walk across campus to deliver a letter bomb. Going past students, even people just walking from one place to another. They probably knew all about it, but it just didn't make sense, that they could walk as if nothing had happened. I wanted to run up and grab them, to shake them, to ask them, didn't they know what had happened? I'm not really sure what it was I wanted them to do. How should they react differently? How should they move, how should they talk after "the article"? The problem was, my world had changed, but the people hadn't. The Ubyssey was the culmination of everything we have stood for since we first left high school a step and a light year behind. Newspapers contain thought and reason, and the Ubyssey was the ultimate. Maybe not the ultimate hope of the future, those are Expo and the ALRT. Maybe not the ultimate of creativity, those are B-lot and the numbering system in the Buchanan buildings. The Ubyssey was the ultimate reading experience. It was our most complex creation, and as I saw it, as close to perfection as we have ever attained. I'm not saying I believe in the following, but the whole thing makes some kind of sense if you believe that humans were not meant to read and write. If we are being presumptuous, and some God or Goddess disapproves of what we are doing, what better way of showing it? This article shows a brain cell annihilation that was so swift and so complete that one can almost imagine a divine hand of retribution at work. Even if such is not the case, the Ubysseys to which we had grown so accustomed were not perfect. While I knew that newspapers could not be failure proof, I subconsciously believed that nothing could go wrong with the Ubyssey. It may have been foolish, but I believed in the Ubyssey and in newspapers in general. The atomic bomb must have caused similar feelings to those alive in 1945. But all I know is that the printing of this article brought to an end all my ultimate belief in reading. Other articles will go to press, and newspaper writing will rise to new heights and accomplishments. 1 do believe that human destiny transcends one very small article and that human accomplishments will number more than Friday's Ubyssey. But the failure of this article makes this harder to believe than before. E.T. left a message on this planet that all can aspire to. "Phone home." Duncan Stewart's article hasn't changed that ideal, it has just made the other party more difficult to reach. And maybe that's the biggest tragedy of the episode. Maybe that's why I want to reach out and touch someone . . . Cathy Hunt arts 9 Engineer objects to peeping torn parade petitioners February is quickly approaching and with it comes the Lady Godiva ride. This ride has been deemed by some as sexist and responsible for much of the sexism and sexual discrimination that exist on this campus, by some others as plain and harmless fun outside the classroom, and by still others as indicative of the lack of morals and self-government on the part of the Engineering Undergraduate Society (EUS). I would like to point out a few things on behalf of the EUS. In her letter, "Why can't engineers think less selfishly," (The Ubyssey, Jan. 17) Sara Scott mentioned that we, the engineers, don't think about the people we "hope" to offend through the event, implying that the ride is staged to purposely offend them. Perhaps he/she (I don't wish to be labelled as sexist by presuming the sex of this person on the basis of the first name alone) ought to revise his/her line of thinking. No one in his/her right mind will do anything for the sole purpose of offending others. He/she also seems to think that the engineers are all driving Mercedes- Benzes and wearing custom made shirts — where daddy has paid for everything since day one. Are you saying Sara, that all those who choose to enter the faculty of Applied Science are non-self- supporting or are you saying we have no notion of the real world? That we are not aware that there are some such things as rape, incest, and secretary has to go to bed with boss to get raise, and that they still exist today? This 36th day of 1986? If you must know, we are as aware of these problems as anyone else is, and are more than happy to see them stamped out for good. Having the ride stopped, however, is not going to do it. Furthermore, I still cannot appreciate why some people are so provoked by this supposedly non- offending event. I can see their line of reasoning behind it, but I don't feel the same way they do, threatened, frustrated or otherwise, nor do those female engineers whom I know. In fact, I have reasons to believe that not all people who signed the petition of CASC are willing to take a deterministic stand. Firstly, if I am neutral on this issue, when someone comes up to me asking me to scrawl my John Henry on that sheet, I am really being forced to take a stand. Signing it would mean I am con and not signing it would mean I am pro. Also, it would be hard for me to refuse to sign once the pen is in my hand, and many people would say "what the heck!" and sign it anyway. You may ask what happens when you don't wish to sign. The following was what happened to me as I was leaving SUB the other day. "Excuse me. Would you like to sign this petition to have the Godiva ride stopped?" The lady was right in my pathway, and I tried to veer my way past her, only to have her stop right in front of me, with her pad and pen. Now, I had to tell her. "Well, actually, I'm really for the ride. But would you care to explain to me, briefly perhaps, what is it that really bothers you?" "Well, . . . it's degrading to women and . . . (and she spots her partner) . . . here, we have this pamphlet and it can probably explain it better than I can." "Oh! OK! Thank you." The exchange brings up two points. By stopping me in my path again, she has, in effect, applied pressure (albeit soft pressure) on me so I had to come up with a decision. Secondly, even the petitioners do not seem to know the issue very well. The letter of Bonnie Yoon, "Geers nice but Godiva isn't," (The Ubyssey, Jan. 17) has exactly the same characteristic (. . . blatantly promotes sexism (which does not need) further elaboration . . .). Of course, only Bonnie can tell us whether he/she was simply trying to keep the letter brief or was avoiding the discussion altogether. Finally, I would also like to point out that a large number of people who oppose the ride do so because they were misled in one way or another. For example, iceballs and eggs suggest premeditated violence; no woman department heads is another popular belief. These have already been discussed by other letters to The Ubyssey. The point is, all you have to back yourselves up with is pretty well the issue of the degradation of women as a whole, and knowing that it is not a very robust excuse, you had to add a little gas and a little paper to get the fire going. Degradation of women may not be a small issue, and yes, it does exist. It is alive and kicking. Killing the ride, however, is not gonna help much. Rape and incest and sexual discrimination and sexism and what not existed long before the ride came along, and I personally don't think we'd have any less of that no matter what happened to the ride. Give the geers a break. Yung-Tsin Hsi civil engineering 4 THE UBYSSEY February 4, 1986 The Ubyssey is published Tuesday and Friday throughout the academic year by the Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia. Editorial opinions are those of the staff and are not necessarily those of the administration or the AMS. Member Canadian University Press. The Ubyssey's editorial office is SUB 241k. Editorial department, 228-2301/2305. Advertising 228-3977/3978. "The moon is blue in June" ranted Ed Mou. Steve Chan tripped the lighter side of fantastic. Trumpets blared and banners flew as David Ferman and Michael Groberman strode into the room. You've aged before our eyes cried Gordon Clark, bursting into tears Lise Magee and Steve Neufeld formed a line (a short line) as Debbie Lo changed ancient incantations. Camile Dionne passed the torch to Stephen Wisenthal who combusted, not so spontaneously, and Karen Gram chortled with glee. Renate Boerman, Amanda Wong, and Jennifer Lyall decided that Coke is it and the room began to swim before their eyes. Svetozar Kontic saved the day by tilting it back but not before Gordana Rasic had discovered gravity. Dalbir Tiwana, Corinne Bjorge and Joel Silverman disappeared in a puff of smoke. Dennis Selder, a bright-eyed newstaffer, was concerned about masthead linguistics. Tuesday, February 4, 1986 THE UBYSSEY Page 5 mmmmmfmmmmmm fetters Dancing feet will aid Vancouver food bank A group of students from UBC, through the auspices of International House, are organizing a food and cash drive with all proceeds going to the Vancouver Food Bank. A 28-hour Dance Marathon will be held at International House, 1783 West Mall, UBC beginning at 8:00 p.m., Friday, February 14th, Valentine's Day and ending at 12:00 midnight, Saturday, Feb. 15th. Sponsorship of Dance-a-thon participants by their friends either with canned food or cash, as well as Election delays bursary an admission charge in canned food or cash will all go to assist the Food Bank. Sponsorship is on a per half hour basis or with a pre-fixed total amount. While the Dance-a-thon is for 28 hours, participants may dance for as long as they wish, with as many breaks in between their total dance time as they want. Sleeping bags are welcome and food will be available at International House. A pancake breakfast will be served at 9 p.m., Saturday. Even without sponsorship, the admission charge of $3.00 in cann- I wish to thank the thousand students who voted for me and assure them that the availability of the Rhino bursary has only been somewhat postponed by the reelection of the incumbent AMS executives. Their likely continuation of the de facto veto of Student Council's motion to "help promote the programme" could hamper the need for more publicity to communicate the complexity of tax credit benefits to students, their friends and families. But, I already have my letters from Ottawa confirming the opinion that what I have done is correct. More importantly, in the last few weeks of 1985 I managed to create five bursaries worth more than $500 each for UBC students. By the summer of 1986 two things will have been demonstrated; first the 1985 tax return will prove Rhino bursaries are actually legal, which is more than the present theoretical legality, and second the federal government is not going to be able to change the legislation within 1986. Assuming these two events transpire as I predict, the precedent will be firmly established and the stage set for a large scale utilization of tax credits to create Rhino Bursaries (and Jacques Ferron Memorial Scholarships) for September of 1986. It is important to realize that the aggregate potential for Rhino bursaries on UBC's campus is orders of magnitude greater than the annual AMS budget. Moreover, the financial potential could be doubled if we had a Rhino B.C. party to complement the federal Rhinoceros Party's willingness to use its registered status to create bursaries for students. Being president of the AMS could have assisted me greatly in the short-term in promoting the idea that paying a particular student's tuition fees is a bona fide registered political activity that contributors may choose to do. But nevertheless, perhaps the new members of the AMS executive or the new students' council members will realize and have it sink in by summer of 1986 that I am offering students something of extraordinary value, namely an original and creative idea with immediate practical applications. A thousand student voters had faith in the resourcefulness of new ideas, but several hundred more wanted to stay within the confines of the old bureaucratic procedures, which was the social habit that everyone, including myself, expected as the outcome of this election. Therefore, at present I am caught in a Catch 22 of implementation obstacles. I don't have the funds nor the personal time and energy to singlehandedly promote and publicize this opportunity enough to make it popular and it will not be popularly participated in until it is promoted and publicized. As long as the AMS executive continues their de facto veto of student council's motion to "help promote the program" it will be much slower in getting started and students at UBC will miss out on millions of dollars of bursaries that they could otherwise have claimed. Pro-choice movement sensationalizes porn ed food or cash will help the Food Bank. With a sponsorship card, available from the International House office, the admission charge is $1.50 in canned food or cash. Every pair of dancing feet will help, along with your support and promotion of the event. For more information, please contact the I.H. Office at 228-5021. Together we can all make Valentine's a success for the Food Bank. Rorri McBlane director, international house Kevin Shelly dance-a-thon coordinator Blair T. Longley arts 3 There are few social issues that arouse controversy like abortion. With such a controversial issue, many people are adamant in their beliefs. However, a lot of people are not aware of both sides of the issue. Debbie Lo's article in the Nov. 28 Ubyssey, "Inquiry Puts Abortion Law on Trial," is very convincing unless one is aware of the other side of the issue. This article gives the impression that women seeking an abortion must battle to all ends of the earih to obtain their desired operation. In fact, the reporter goes as far as to state that abortions are illegal. The law states, and I paraphrase, that a woman may be granted an abortion, if carrying the baby will affect her health. Health, in this case, can mean mental, physical or emotional health. Hospitals have taken advantage of the ambiguity of the term health, and approving abortions has become a matter of rubber stamping. Give blood between classes This week, the Forestry Undergraduate Society is co-sponsoring a blood drive for the Red Cross. Giving blood requires very little effort, just a half hour, between classes, and the result could be a life saved. Everybody counts in this game, nobody's just a drop in the bucket. During this week, we will be giving away two dinners from the Keg Coal Harbour, two Canuck game tickets, and six burger cards for P.J. Burger and Sons. We will also be challenging all other faculties to beat our percent participation in or annual Molson challenge. So come on out to SUB 207 from Monday to Wednesday, Feb. 5, lie back and feel good. Tim Salkeld external coordinator forestry undergraduate society Abortions are not only legal, but easy to obtain as well. The pro- choice movement is trying to give the impression that we have harsh laws that do not allow any abortions at all. In fact, there were 62,000 abortions in Canada alone last year. What the pro-choice movement wants is for slaughterhouses like Dr. Morgenthaler's abortion clinics to be made legal. The pro-choice movement is guilty of sensationalism. The article quoted women who said they used "coat hangers, knitting needles, ball point pens, and silver pills to perform procedures on themselves . . ." This is a shocking, horrific description of self-induced abortions. Hospital abortions are, however, no better. The suction method of abortion involves inserting a vacuum tube into the womb and sucking the baby out piece by piece. The saline method involves injecting a highly concentrated salt- solution into the womb so that the baby is poisoned to death. If the pro-choice movement wishes to use the gross-out method to gain followers, then go ahead. Hospital- induced abortions are just as horrible as self-induced abortions. The ultimate fallacy lies in the feminist movement's desire for freer abortion laws. Feminists want equal rights for women. More power to them! But by supporting abortion on demand, they are hurting their own cause. Abortion on demand allows the male population to screw around as they please, and leave the responsibility to women. It does take two to tango, but the women gets left holding the bag. Unwanted pregnancies are difficult to deal with. But killing 55 million babies per year (worldwide) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA THE CECIL H. AND IDA GREEN VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS 1986 SPRING LECTURES HERBERT SIMON Dr. Herbert Simon, Nobel Laureate, is a Professor of Computer Science and Psychology at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh. A scientist of world-wide renown, his work has made important contributions in economics, as well as in cognitive psychology and computer science with emphasis on artificial intelligence. His extensive publication list attests to his extraordinary intellectual versatility and curiosity. Series Title: "INTELLIGENCE IN PEOPLE AND COMPUTERS" THE MIND AS AN INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Tuesday, February 4—In Room 104, Angus Building, at 12:30 PM SOME RESEARCH FRONTIERS OF COGNITIVE, MOTIVATION, EMOTION, IMAGERY Thursday, February 6—In Room 104, Angus Building, at 12:30 PM EXPERT SYSTEMS AND THE SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Friday, February 7—In Room 104, Angus Building, at 12:30 PM WHY ECONOMISTS DISAGREE Saturday, February 8—In Lecture Hall 2, Woodward Instructional Resourses Centre, at 8:15 PM (A Vancouver Institute Lecture) is no solution. There are two very simple solutions: carrying the baby to term (with help), then adoption; or chastity. There is a place called the Crisis Pregnancy Centre located at 1037 W. Broadway, near the Vancouver General Hospital. If you are pregnant and feel that you cannot care for the baby, or you cannot cope with the mental, financial or situational pressures of pregnancy, this centre offers counselling, prenatal care, and provides homes for mothers during their pregnancies. Once the baby is born, the arrangements with an adoption agency are taken care of. The reporter was deceived by the pro-choice movement with the statement "even today there is no perfect birth control method." this is partly true — the condom and the pill are 98% effective (give or take). However, abstinence is still 100% effective, even in 1986. The solution to avoiding unwanted pregnancies is simple: don't have intercourse. I realize this is an unrealistic statement in our permissive society, but a simple solution nevertheless. The pro-choice movement desires freedom of choice for women. Well, they do have freedom of choice — intercourse or no intercourse. This is not an easy issue to resolve, I grant you. Because of people's extreme polarization on this issue, there are inherent problems in the pro-choice and pro-life movements. Hitler, however proved the solution is not millions of deaths. To those who believe in the sanctity of life, please speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves. Peter Reynolds psychology 3 AFTER THE B.A. A Forum An opportunity for Arts Undergraduates to meet with notable graduates of programmes in which they are now enrolled. Keynote Speaker: Hon. Nathan T. Nemetz, B.A. '34 Chief Justice, Prov. of B.C. Panelists: Mr. Michael Horsey Deputy Minister of Tourism, B.C. Hon. J. V. Clyne, B.A. '23 former Chancellor of UBC Ms. Gayle Stewart-Gray, B.A. 76 Manager of Public Affairs, First City Financial Corp. Ltd. Thursday, February 6th, 5:00 p.m. Cecil Green Park 6251 Cecil Green Park Rd., UBC Sponsored by: Arts Undergraduate Society Faculty of Arts UBC Alumni Association Page 6 THE UBYSSEY Tuesday, February 4, 1986 folA ('ltf&fi TODAY THE UBYSSEY Screenings for WRCUP, noon, SUB 241K. JSA/HILLEL Hot lunch, noon, Hillel house, UBC DEBATING SOCIETY Meeting, new members welcome, noon, Buch B223. PRE MEDICAL SOCIETY Lecture on cardiology with guest speaker Dr Sandor, noon. Woodward 1 cuso Development Education Series, "Overseas Education" film: Paulo Freire'swork in Peru and perspectives from CUSO returned volunteers, 7:30 p.m.. International house CHINESE STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION Beginners' Mandarin conversation class, noon, Buch B317. UBC SPORTS CAR CLUB Meeting, 7 p.m., SUB 205 ISMAILI STUDENTS ASSOCIATION Tutorials, 5:30-6:30 p.m.. Brock hall 350. SOCIAL CREDIT CLUB General meeting, noon, SUB 205. BALLET UBC JAZZ Registration for unlimited winter dance classes. you may take any or all of the classes offered for just $45. 11:30 a.m. 12:20 p.m., SUB 208 MARANTHA CHRISTIAN CLUB Bible study and discussion, noon, Brock hall 302 SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE Lecture by Daniel Liebskind on "three lessons in architecture" noon, Lassere 102. EAST INDIAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION Executive meeting, noon, executive office UBC DANCE CLUB Dance practice, noon, SUB partyroom. WEDNESDAY GAYS AND LESBIANS OF UBC Gallery night, 4:30 p.m., Gallery lounge. JEWISH STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION Wednesday night dinner, 5:30 p.m., Hillel house. INTEGRITY IN ACTION Lecture: "The integrated woman", guest speaker: Susan Maranda, noon, Buch B221. JSA/HILLEL Rabbi M. Feurerstein on Jewish divorce, noon, Hillel house. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS STUDENT'S ASSOCIATION Pacific Rim seminar series, noon, International house. JEWISH STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION Whhhine garden, all welcome, 4-6:30 p.m., Hillel house. UBC NEW DEMOCRATS New ideas from Vancouver East's next MLA, noon, SUB 205. UBC HAND GLIDING CLUB General meeting, 6:30 p.m., SUB 125. AMS ROCKERS Organizational meeting for Saturday's party, noon, SUB241B. UBC ANARCHIST CLUB General meeting, noon, SUB 237. GRADUATE STUDENT SOCIETY Music night, featuring Avi Gross, 8:30-11 p.m.. Graduate student centre, garden room lounge. UBYSSEY SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM Grey eminence Nancy Campbell on how to write news, everyone welcome, noon, SUB 241K. THURSDAY MARANATHA CHRISTIAN CLUB Bible study and fellowship, 7 p.m., 1868 Knox Road. CHINESE STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION Intermediates' Mandarin conversation class, noon, Buch B317. FOURTH YEAR DIETETICS STUDENTS "Tropical Night" dinner, 4:30 p.m., SUB cafeteria. UBC DEBATING SOCIETY Advanced debating workshop, noon, SUB 125. UBC PERSONAL COMPUTING Nominations for all positions accepted, get involved, noon, Hebb 12. CHINESE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Video: The dating story, all welcome, noon, Scarfe 209. UBC ANARCHIST CLUB Feminist herostorian Kandace Kerr speaks on "Women and direct action", noon, Buch A104. DEPARTMENT OF CREATIVE WRITING Sideshow '86 is a series of 14 short plays by UBC creative writing students. If you would like to audition please sign up at .he theater dept. main office. Auditions, noorv2:30 p.m. and 4:30-7:30 p.m., theatre department main office (Freddy Wood theatre 207). GAYS AND LESBIANS OF UBC Organizational meeting re Pride week, noon, SUB 205. CHINESE STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION Chinese painting class, 4:30-6 p.m., Asian centre 604. PRE DENTAL SOCIETY Tour of the dental clinic, noon, main lobby, Macdonald. ISMAILI STUDENTS ASSOCIATION Hockey night, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Osbourne gym F. GREAT TRIALS ON THE SILVER SCREEN "A Man For AH Seasons", noon, Law Building, Rm. 101. ARCHITECTURE Lecture: Peter Busby "The Challenge of Quality", noon, Lasserre 202. ARCHITECTURE/FINE ARTS Lecture: Work of artist Shelagh Keeley — mud architecture/wall paintings, noon, Lasserre 202. ISMAILI STUDENTS ASSOCIATION Committee meeting, noon, SUB 119, all members welcome. CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST Prime time meeting, special training, noon, Brock 302. UBYSSEY Production, writing and general interesting work for Friday's paper, everyone welcome, aft day^ SUB241K. FRIDAY THE UBYSSEY Staff meeting, 3:30 p.m CHWCSE STUDENTS' AS Beginners' Cantonese corr Bucn B317. POLITICAL SCIENCE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION Bzzr garden, 4 p.m., Buchanan lounge. AUDIOPHILE CLUB Organizational meeting for club of connoisseurs of fine art audio equipment, noon, SUB 224. STUDENTS FOR PEACE AND MUTUAL DISARMAMENT Bob Hackett and Jim Sands: "The News Media and Peace: Responsibility and Performance", noon, SUB 205. INTRAMURALS Rick Hansen run, 3 km and 6.8 km, noon, SUB plaza. THUNDERBIRD HOCKEY UBC hockey team host the league's hottest scorer Tim Lenardon and the Brandon University Bobcats in Canada West action, 7:30 p.m , Thunderbird arena. THUNDERBIRD BASKETBALL UBC men's and women's team battle it out with the University of Alberta for one of four Canada West playoff spots. Tonight is Rick Hansen night where gate proceeds will be donated to the Man in Motion campaign. Also, the Wheeled Wings wheelchair basketball team will play the UBC Ail- star Women at 6:45 p.m. and Men at 8:30 p.m. at War Memorial gym. Attention all you rocking poets and rolling fools! Check out Rebel Rhythms starring Montreal poet Norman Nawrocki with his original, hilarious poems on such important topics as Vancouver's own Expo '86. The rhythm behind the rhythms is supplied by Vancouver's own Animal Slave, Rachel Melas. The Rebel Rhythms will be performing at Vancouver's own Laquena (1111 Commercial), Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 8:30. Donations of one dollar will be graciously accepted. The self-proclaimed smartest human being on earth, Nancy Campbell will show her intelligence off to the world on Wednesday afternoon in SUB 241K. Since Nancy is a former Ubyssey editor and Sun staffer, of course she would know everything there was to know on the planet earth. Moreover being an Aggie she would know every single thing about the biological makeup of a somewhat rural world. Therefore being incredibly worldly and wise, having lived at least ten lifetimes already, nobody could possibly know more about news. And news is exactly what Nancy is going to enrich the feeble minds of stunned onlookers with. Prospective staffers will be left gasping for breath having finally seen the light of their intellectual poverty. If you ever felt a little unsure about your life and the way it was going, 50 minutes with Nancy Campbell will clear all that up. Come one, come all — make the pilgrimage to the Wednesday news seminar. Receive the greatest gift of life from the one who has it all. Who loves ya, BABY! The Ubyssey is now accepting Valentine messages. Forms available in Rm. 266 SUB $2.50 for 3 lines Stand Out and Be Counted Suki's Advanced Hairdressing School is now accepting models for our advanced cutting classes. 16-35, male or female — if you're interested in creative, high-fashion haircuts our teachers want you to have the style of the 80's which suits you best. We're open Monday to Friday, 9-5. We'd love to see you, so give us a call, 738-0519. $5.00 Cut I^Cokhr $30 Perm "Remember it's The Cut That Counts" Suki's Advanced Hairdressing School Int'l Ltd. 3157 Granville St., Vancouver, 738-0519 Our Art Director is also interviewing hair models with potential for photographic and demonstration work. ON THE BOULEVARD hair and suntanning co. SUNTANNING Wolf Systems 8 Sessions 10 Sessions 20 Sessions ONLY $39 $49 $79 5784 University Blvd. (in UBC Village) Vj Blk. Away Ph. 224-1922 224-9116 THE CLASSIFIEDS RATES: AMS Card Holders - 3 lines, 1 day $2.50; additional lines, 60c. Commercial — 3 lines, 1 day $4.50 additional lines, .70c. Additional days, $4.00 and .65c. Classified ads are payable in advance. Deadline is 10:30 a.m. the day before publication. Publications Room 266, S.U.B., UBC, Van., B.C. V6T2A5 Charge Phone Orders over $10.00. Call 228-3977. 5 - COMING EVENTS "SHAME THE DEVIL" is a career woman's novel. Lyn Morrow writes it inside House of Commons, Press Gallery, W.P.T.B., Civil Service, sex, & liquor. Publicity, Buttle Lake, S. James. $15.95 postpaid, ISBN 0-9692282-0-1. Lynmor Publishing, Osoyoos, B.C. 11 - FOR SALE - Private '72 VW VAN. Good cond., 2nd motor, radials & 2 snows. AM/FM cassette, $950. 922-8238 after 6 p.m. 20% OFF USED BOOKS (floor models) from now until 4th April when the "Prop" will close for 5 mths. while the manager buys in Europe. Proprioception Books, 1956 W. Broadway. 734-4112. Open 2-6, Mon. Sat. Park in rear betw. Maple & Cypress. WEIGHT TRAINING WORKSHOP Weight-training workshop with REC. UBC Saturday, Feb. 8th, 10:00 a..-4:00 p.m. War Memorial Gym, Room 211 & 213. Register EARLY Room 203 War Memorial Gym. Students $15.00. Others $20.00. Suits ALL strength training needs. Fabulous instructor. 30 - JOBS WANTED: Friendly, energetic person for part-time reception work in family doctor's office. Good telephone manner & typing skills essential. 731-8201. JOB HUNTING? Our intensive one-day job search skills seminar will get you results! Only $85 including complete manual. Call Advanced, Communications Network for details, 684-6845. 35 - LOST JAN. 13/86 — pair prescription glasses in rusty-brown hard case. Near Math. Bldg. or SUB. Call 434-7679 after 6. LADY'S CHINESE yellow gold bracelet, lost possibly on Campus Jan. 28/29. Heirloom. Am able to identify. Call 251-4558 aft. 8:30 p.m. Please return, very urgent. Reward. LADIES black wallet, SUB Main Concourse. Reward. Wed., Jan. 28. 1:15 p.m. Ph. Lenore, 277-3951 eves. 40 - MESSAGES PREGNANT? 731 1122 Free tests—confidential help. NEEDED: Witnesses to Wesbrook Mall accident 6 p.m. Mon. Jan. 27 involving silver sports car. 228-3393 or 224-3036. PREGNANT Er DISTRESSED? We are a childless couple desiring to adopt. Perhaps we can assist each other. Please respond in confidence with your name & address to Pauline, P.O. Box 48552. Bentail Centre. Vane, B.C. V7X 1A3. CONGRATULATIONS to the new AIESEC executive! "Those who reach, touch the stars." The 1985 Exec. MACHIAVELLI, The Prince; buttons on pack; B of M Fri., Jan. 31 — let's meet: The Gallery, Thurs., Feb. 6, 1 p.m. 40 - MESSAGES ROSES ARE RED, violets are blue, I'm telling the world, that I love you. Send a message to your Valentine in The Ubyssey. Deadline 4:00 p.m. Feb. 10th. SUB Rm. 266. 70 - SERVICES FREE FACIALS!!! Introduction offer by a major skin care company. No obligation! Call Jean at 224-4706. 75 - WANTED LEFT HANDERS needed for Neurological Study. UBC. Involves MRI Brain Scan. Volunteers call 228-7390 or 228-7367. COMPLETE SET SCUBA GEAR excluding wet suit, $400. Ellen, 682-3014. 1 pr. Ladies Galibier hiking boots, 7'/2, $20. 15 - FOUND ASTHMATICS: Well paid volunteers are needed for a study at St. Paul's Hospital. Contact 682-2344, ext. 2259. 80 - TUTORING ON DEC. 23/85 a recovered stolen pocket calculator was taken into RCMP custody. The pocket calculator was stolen from an unlocked locker in a hallway of Computer Science Bldg. No one has reported this property as stolen. Anyone who had a calculator stolen at this time from the Comp. Sc. Bldg. please call 224-1322 or attend in person to identify. 25 - INSTRUCTION ARE YOU A TUTOR? Want to Earn Extra Income? For Contacts Unlimited Send Resume to: G. & C. Associates #110, 1089 W. Broadway Vancouver. B.C. V6H 1E5 Ph. 736-3399 85 - TYPING WORD PROCESSING SPECIALIST. U write, we type theses, resumes, letters, essays. Days, evgs., wknds. 736-1208. EXPERT TYPING: Essays, t. papers, fac turns, letters, mscpts, resumes, theses. IBM Sel II. Proofreading. Reas. rates. Rose 731 9857, 224-7351. GEETECH WORD PROCESSING. 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SOFT SOLUTIONS word processing: papers, theses, reports, mscpts., resunStfs, mail lists/labeta. ;Dav», eves., wkends. 731-1252. v -■■« Student Rates $1.50/pg. db. sp. text Theses - Equations - Reports All work done on Micom Word Processor FAST PROFESSIONAL SERVICE JEEVA'S WORD PROCESSING 201-636 W. Broadway 876-5333 Ihrs. 9-4:30 p.m.) Eves., Sun.-Thurs. 939-2703 Tuesday, February 4, 1986 THE UBYSSEY Page 7 UBC MUSSOC . . . the good old days. The society's first full scale operetta. Garden of the Shah. UBC's musical theatre society: 70 year spirit By LISE MAGEE Come on, go ahead, admit it — you've cried at one of those schlocky Broadway musicals. Maybe it was South Pacific at Malkin Bowl, maybe it was Fiddler on the Roof, or maybe it was an amateur high school production of Hello Dolly, but no matter how horrid it was, come on, admit it, your heart turned to mush sometime during the finale. Yessiree, there is something infectious about the unabashed emotion, gaiety and energy of amateur musical theatre. MUSSOC, the musical theatre society of UBC, has been around since 1916, the year the university was established. Its first performance in 1917 was at the Hotel Vancouver, in aid of the Red Cross. Concerts were staged annually and in 1930, they produced their first operetta, The Garden of the Shah. In 1952 Grace MacDonald, Vancouver's well know choreographer, arrived on the scene and MUSSOC began to produce "modern" musical comedies such as Hello Dolly, West Side Story, South Pacific, and No, No Nanette. At a gala reunion Saturday, MUSSOC Alumni celebrated the society's 70th anniversary. It was everything you'd expect from MUSSOC in full swing furry canine. Sweet Charity dancers (1971) upstaged by the people who create those wonderfully sappy sweet productions — brimming with warm feelings, happy memories, enthusiasm, accolades, comraderie, friendliness — sort of like one big happy family. The list of MUSSOC's "top 40" alumni reads like the Who's Who of Vancouver performers — Ed Astley, Brent Carver, Jeff Hyslop, Margot Kidder, David Y. H. Lui, Ken McDonald, Bill Millerd, Ann and Jane Mortifee, Ruth Nicol, Richard Ouzonian and Pat Rose — to list a few. For these people MUSSOC was where the learnt their craft and the starting point of their careers. For many others it was just a good time. One thing is consistent though — fond memories and a great deal of respect and affection for Grace MacDonald, the inimitable Grace. Mark Hopkins, Tevye, in this year's production, Fiddler on the Roof, is a recent graduate of the acting programme in the UBC theatre department. His sentiments are characteristic of MUSSOC Alumni. "Even after graduating with my acting degree I still learn plenty during a MUSSOC production. Besides that it's fun and, sorry for the cliche, a lot like working with one big happy family," he said. "In a lot of other shows I've been in it's like you punch a clock after rehearsals and performances. With a MUSSOC show we all invariably end up at some pizza place in the wee hours of the morning." The Grand Dame of MUSSOC, Grace, is largely responsible for this spirit of good will. She possesses boundless energy and does indeed seem to embody the spirit of MUSSOC. She is retiring this year to move on to new things and there is no doubt her presence will be missed. MUSSOC's 70th anniversary celebration is, in part, an acknowledgement by the hundreds of Alumni who attended; a chance to say how important the club was to them. It is a reminder to one and all about what kind of tradition they are a part of. 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In both games UBC could not overcome early deficits in a 78-51 drubbing by Calgary and a heartbreaking 70-68 loss to Lethbridge. Both losses mean that all three teams are tied for third place in conference standings leaving UBC and Calgary to battle it out for the playoffs. Once again, officiating played a major role. Differences in decision making across provincial borders in western Canada loomed their ugly head. In the Calgary game, UBC doubled the Dinosaurs in personal fouls while in Lethbridge visiting teams find it very difficult to win. The main concern for UBC coach Jack Pomfret was not so much the UBC fouls as "the ones the ref didn't call on the other team." Nadine Fedorak continued to improve her play at a higher level by scoring 31 points during both games (including 20 against Lethbridge). Teammates Andrea Belczyk and Joanne Devlin added 16 and 12 respectively against Lethbridge. The Lethbridge game saw a spirited late game comeback by UBC fall short of the mark. A UBC shot with 7 seconds left and the Thunderbirds down 69-68 hit the back of the rim and fell out. The upcoming weekend, the team hosts the University of Alberta on Friday night and the University of Saskatchewan on Saturday. At the same time Lethbridge will host Calgary in a game that Lethbridge must win if UBC is to have a chance at the fourth and final playoff spot. Breweries battle on slopes By WENDY MORRISON The great battle of the breweries will take place this weekend on the slopes of Whistler. Molson's, Labatt's and Carling O'Keefe will go head to head in a war of corporate sponsorship. Molson's, which has been a long time supporter of the UBC ski team will be competing with Labatt's, corporate sponsors of Simon Fraser University. The entire meet is sponsored by Carling O'Keefe whose American affiliate, Millers, is sponsoring all National Collegiate Ski Association ski meets with some big money. Last weekend the UBC Thunderbirds dominated the field in the regular season Northwest Collegiate Ski Conference race at Snoqualmie Summit in Washington. The T-Bird women clinched their first overall Alpine-Nordic combined title while the men captured the alpine combined and finished third overall. SPORTS Skiing in dense fog, both the men's and women's teams won in the Giant slalom. Ken Stevens had the fastest time of 1:49:34. Stu Gairns finished second with 1:49.70 and rookie Bob Walton was 8th. Kenny 'La Coupe' Stevens was beaming after winning his first race this season. "I just stayed loose and let my skis go," said Stevens. Hoogewarf victorious By JOEL SILVERMAN This weekend members of the UBC track team dominated events at both Toronto Star Indoor Games and The Sled Dog Invitational in Saskatoon. Simon Hoogewarf got the Maple Leaf Gardens' crowd on their feet as he blew by an international field to win the 1000 m in 2:24.62. Not content to run anybody else's race, Hoogewarf gamely took the lead after a slow first 400 m. "The pace was ridiculously slow at first. I came here to win but I also wanted a good time," said Hoogewarf. Hoogewarf's time in Toronto was just outside his own Canadian record of 2:21.54. The balance of the team competed in Saskatoon. It was hoped that more team members would achieve Standards in their events that would qualify them to compete in the CIAU's. Many did including Ed Neeland who placed first in the 60 m in 6.00s. Dave Wilkinson who won the 60 m hurdles in 8.53s, and Boyd Mason vaulted a personal best of 4.70 m to win the event as well. Other strong performances were by Franca Luongo who placed second in the 300 m (women). Linda Diano finished second in the 1000 m, Viki Agar was second in the 1500 m, Bob Dalton won the 300 m (men) and Ed Booth won the 3000 m. Wendy Morrison led the women's team in the GS, winning over Elke Socher of SFU. Andrea Jaegli was 8th and Susan Hagen finished 12th. In the slalom the women put together a strong team performance capturing five of the top 10 spots. UBC's main goal was to concentrate on finishing the races in preparation for the upcoming regional championships at Whistler. "We feel that we have a very strong team, one that could qualify and even win the national championships in Killington, Vermont in March. But we were lacking concentration during the races and falling, causing disqualification. We can win the Whistler regionals if we don't fall," said Jaegli. Field hockey UBC men's field hockey teams returned to action Saturday in the Vancouver league with a clean sweep, after a two month winter break. Playing through a thunder storm and torrential rain the first team scored a 2-1 win over Richmond with their two goals coming from Steve Ingvaldson. This game saw the return to action of ex-national player, Robby Smith, and the last game this month for current national players, Steve Ingvaldson and Doug Harris. Steve and Doug leave next Saturday with the Canadian squad for a tour of Pakistan as part of their preparation for the World Cup to be played in London in October. Hansen moves past heat Rick Hansen is approaching the grueling halfway point (12,340.5 miles) on his "Man in Motion World Tour" to raise money for spinal cord research. He is currently in the second week of the Australian leg of his tour and is expected to reach Melbourne by February 11th. The 100° f weather has made this a particularly difficult section of the world tour, however Rick continues to persevere in good spirits despite tendon problems with his shoulders. So far he has had a tremendous response with donations reaching the $640,000 mark. Support remains overwhelming with people lining the route and others wheeling and running with Rick. After crossing Australia, Rick heads for China, Korea and Japan. UBC is honoring Rick Hansen's Man in Motion World Tour with Rick Hansen Fundraising Days on February 5, 6 and 7. As part of this event, Intramural Sports is dedicating The Boulevard Road Run to Rick Hansen's cause — to raise money for spinal cord research. Two distances are available — 3.0 km and 6.8 km. A $5.00 donation from each runner is suggested. The funds collected will be forwarded to Rick Hansen in Australia. On February 7, lets show Rick Hansen some hometown spirit. Y* JERRY RUBIN i H, "The Debate of the Decade" ~&& * SAT. FEB. 8 ,'*4SM* ORPHEUM Networking 7 pm Great Debate 8 pm Yippie vs Yuppie Questions 9-11 pm v - RESERVE YOUR % TICKETS NOW All VTC/CBO outlets, Eaton's, Woodward's, Mall Info Centres, AMS UBC or charge by phone 280-4444; Common Ground, Healthy Gourmet, Banyen & Duthie Books TRIUMF ROAD RUN 6. Lindsay Hall, P.E. 13:37 Men's 3 km 7. Ann Cervi, Nursing 14:09 1. Paul Rapp, Georox 12:00 8. 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Title | The Ubyssey |
Publisher | Vancouver : Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia |
Date Issued | 1986-02-04 |
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