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(Note: We will be closed December 2 for a staff dinner) ^m ^F Mm ^m «S^J 3 SPONSORED BY: AMS AND VANCITY I MAG I NE BCTEL Mobility Sign up now for a BCTEL Mobility paging package, and get 25% off. Package includes: • The network that offers the best paging coverage in B.C. • Our newest compact numeric pager with high visibility number display. • Voice messaging personalized wth your recorded greeting. • Pager loss protection. For more information, contact your nearest BC TEL PhoneMart or BC TEL Mobility dealer. CALL NOW! 293-6820 Outside the Lower Mainland, call I-800-663-7243. Offer available on a one year contract. BCTEL -^ Mobility WEDNESDAY 01 DECEMBER 1993 UBYSSEY OD'Ed 3 Editorial Af*. ffHfNQTetff n^er by Amass We buy, we sell, and we are closely monitored while we do it. But in a world run by bureaucrats, there are a surprisingly wide array of ways to rock the system. Employee sabotage is rarelyreportedas businesses dont want this information to become a more common occurrence. But mistreated and underpaid employees have found non-verbal ways to air their greivances. Anything that affects the efficiency of a company—a work slowdown, threat of resignation over a pay raise demand on a day when your boss really really needs you, or anything which raises costs— will lower profits and hurt the organization. Many cases have been documented of disgruntled employees taking action against oblivious owners. Employees have purposefullymisplaced files, thrown files away, put the boss' mail in the trash, and randomly hung "out of order" signs on bathrooms and photocopiers. Many UBC students work in coffee shops, and sometimes nuts and bolts are accidentally "dropped" into the grinder. A server at a major Vancouver coffee shop chain has taken steps to vent anger over being paid ■mini-mum wage. Franchisors contractually ensure that all coffee is sold in cups advertising the company logo. The franchisors sells these cups to the franchisees. This way, they also know exactly how many cups franchisees use. They compare this number to the reported sales ofthe franchisee, as a way ofensuringhonest reporting ofirKome.as franchisors extract a percentage of franchisee profits. Now, when they look at reported sales and the number of cups the franchisee bought, and there's a discrepancy, the franchisor will take action, legal or otherwise. Each shift, this employee dumped a couple of sleeves of the company logo cups in the garbage. After a week or two the effects were irreversible. The owner faced major troubles and permanent mistrust from the franchisor. Restaurant employeeshave stolen food from restaurants to give to food banks. Some plan to expand this endeavour to money from the cash register. Concerned citizens placed an ad in the publication Maximum Rock & Roll urging people to call Jimmy Swaggarf s new toll-free number. Each time a connection is made Swaggart pays about 19 cents. Readers would call the line and scream "I'm pregnant...with satan's baby!!" One person set up their computer to call Swaggarf s line over and over again. Swaggart ended up losing over $150,000 before he had his line shut down. One Toronto cyberpunk, irate with Canadian government, has done the same to members of parliament. Their toll-free 1-800 numbers, which each MP has, cost about 50 cents per can. The hacker also bundles and mails old newspapers to -their MP. Anything sent to an MP in Ottawa is free of charge. Vancouver is much further, and rocks add weight and postal charges to the bill. The Ubyssey, of course, would not advocate such actions. They are not only anti-establishment and anti-authoritarian, and done en masse would lead to the downfall of Canadian society. What we at The Ubyssey suggest is this: static has been known to cause malfunctions in circuit boards, so at your place of work, unscrew the sleeve fromyour computer. Bring inaballoonandrubitall day on your head—the static created could screw up acomputer'smemory. The first hundred times it may not work, but the 101st... Canadians trapped by WiMam Hamlin For Marilyn Lamont, the October elections havent changed much, in spite of hopes extended to her by Jean Chretien. It will be four years this month that her daughter QiristiiwandChristine'afianceDavidSpen- cer, from Vancouver and Moncton respectively, have beenimprisonedinBrazil.Chargedin connection with the kidnapping of a wealthy Brazilian businessman, they recently began their 28-year sentences. Butthe Canamans maintain theirinnocence. Lamont is furious with the Canadian government's refusal to request a Brazilian presidential expulsion for them. In early 1992, she said, "a couple of sentences from external affairs [to the Brazilian minister of justice] would have been all that was needed". She said the couple's trial was rife with irregularities. A chief of police, said Lamont-. "zeroed in on David and Christine," then used his efforts as a platform for a successful campaign for a governor- ship. Lamont said their sentences are "illegal and unconstitutional, even by Brazilian standards," for the peripheral activities for which they were convicted. "Canada is obliged to act on its nationals' behalfiftheirhuman rights are abused or ifthey have been subjected to an unfair trial," she said. "I think the Caradian governments a*fraidtosetaprecedent in helping its citi zens in trouble abroad." Although Jean Chretdencritdcizedthe Conservatives' handling ofthe matter, last Friday the new Liberal foreign minister Andre Ouellet repeated the refusal to request expulsion. "Wecertainlyhopeandcare about what happens to every single Canadian abroad," said foreign (formerly external) affairs spokesperson Lily Campbell. "There is every indication that a request for expulsion would be refused at this time." As the political climate in Brazil changes, however, "there could be a possibility of it," Lamont said. The foreign affairs departmentinsistedthat it is bound to respect "due process", and that Canadians are responsible for abiding by the laws ofthe countries in which they travel. The department favours a Transfer of Offenders Treaty (TOT), now being discussed with Brazil, under which prisoners would be returned to their home country to serve the remainder of their sentences with the possibility of parole. However, prisoners must have rescinded attempts to appeal. "The TOT is the best hope of [Lamont and Spencer's] return to Canada", Campbell said. Full ratification ofthe treaty, however, is entangled in bureaucratic hassles. Brazilian president Itamar Franco needs to sign it, but Campbell said he is "nowhere to be found". Lamont doesnt expect much to come ofthe treaty negotiations. "Canada has pushed the treaty so hard that theyVe alienated the Brazilians...the treaty may already be dead in the water in Brazil," she sai d. "I really don't think our department of external affairs has a lot of expertise... I dont think they understand the Brazilian character." She is upset by Ouellefs decision to forego an expulsion request, but held out hopes ofthe Liberals comingthroughforher. "We're hoping this is just a preliminary settlement," she said. Amnesty International cites prison conditions in Brazil as ranking among the worst in the world. Lamont and Spencer narrowly avoided being tortured "as a matter of course" only because ofthe intervention of a Catholic cardinal. Christine Lamont has since developed tuberculosis. They did well at first," said her mother. But when she saw her daughter and Spencer last August, "I could see a real deterioration in their health and psychological outlook." She was hesitant to elaborate, for fear of repercussions. "We're very careful not to criticize the prisons in Brazil." Bone of contention: a call for national help by Sharon Undone and Chung Wong TORONTO—Bureaucracy kills. Ontarians Richard Chang, 18, of Windsor and June Lee, 38, of Toronto are finding out the hard way as they lay dying in their hospital beds. At a press conference last week Richard's mother Lai Lin tearfully plead: "I just dont want my son to die, please help him." June's nephew Martin Seto quit his marketing job to help both Richard and his aunt. He has launched the Search For life Campaign which will arrivetaVanccuvershortiy after Christ- mas. His aunt June was a senior buyer for Tip Top clothiers. "Now her life is standing still, she is not enjoying life, she is just existing," Seto said. "But she has a lot of inner strength." Both patients are suffering from leukemia and and their peers desperately search for bone marrow matches from Chinese donors. It would seem an easy task considering 10,000 Chinese had their blood types registered for the Save the Elizabeth Lue Campaign in 1990 and another 7,000 in 1991 donated for 18-month-bld Gordon Wu. But until last week the two dying patients had access to only 1000 of those 17,000 names. The remainder were locked in a paper shuffle. During the two previous life saving campaigns tiie Red Cross did not have the registration forms for mass donations. As a result the donors registered onto private lists which have not been fully transferred onto the Canadian bone marrow registry and remain in limbo. They are, however, registered in US bone marrow banks which helped test the volumes of Chinese donors—a caseload which overburdened Canadian medical facilities capable of processing only 60 a week. The U.S. banks are now locked in a bone marrow co-art battle for exclusive rights to the valuable list of Chinese donors, the largest of its kind in the world. It was only last week that Dr. Joseph Wong, who organized the Elizabeth Lue campaign, struck a deal to have 5000 names released from the list They are available now to Chinese Canadians, but only at a Hong Kong regis- try- Of 56,000 names ofl 7-59 year olds registered for bone marrow matching in Canada, less than 2000 are Chinese. "Blood types ofthe Chinese population are not well known," Seto said. "In the Caucasian world, the chances are one in three with thecurrentamount of people in the bone marrow registry. But for the Chinese it could be 1 in 100 or 1 in 40,000 or 1 in a million. We just dont know. There's no history. This is true of all ethnic groups." The Red Cross has not made any effort to solicit more Chinese donors because they would then be obligated to all ethnic groups which would be too costly. Six-year-old Elizabeth Lue died after a four-month campaign which raised $800,000 while Gordon Wu stopped his search and is barely surviving with the aid of Chinese herbal medicine. On Sunday 200 Chinese had their blood types checked in Toronto for a cost of $11,000. Potential donors in Vancouver may call Judy Au of the Red Cross at 431-4200 (Ext 234). Concerned citizens can also donate money to the Bank of Montreal's Search for life Campaign which is hoping to raise $250,000. Two years ago in British Columbia, only one telescope was available to process three tests a day to find a bone marrow match for Colin Beechinor, a daycare child at UBC. He miraculously found a match but died of complications. To this day, there is a backlog of several thousand potential donors. RYSSFY Rurrtnucra' SDecial Issue WEDNESDAY 01 DECEMBER 1993 WTAHEN'lHevn - --- srovAMfctivsj Rl&tfT1 FOR ONCE IN YOUR UFE, LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER ouver ervices 271 EAST 2ND AVE. VANCOUVER, B.C. V5T 1B8 PH: 879-1833 FAX: 8796966 BRITISH COLUMBIA LEGISLATIVE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM PURPOSE To provide recent university graduates with an interest in public affairs an opportunity to supplement their academic insights ofthe legislative process with practical legislative and administrative experience. WHO IS ELIGIBLE Students who will have received a degree from a British Columbia University by the program commencement date. HOW MANY Seven interns are selected for the 1995 program. LOCATION Parliament Buildings, Victoria, British Columbia. WHEN Commencing in January, the program's duration is twenty-six weeks. STIPEND: $1,700 per month. APPLICATION DEADLINE: 4P.M., Friday, January 14,1994. HOW TO APPLY Program applications are available from the Political Science Departments, and the Student Employment Centres on Campus, at the University of Victoria, Simon Fraser University, and the University of British Columbia. They are also available from the Assembly Services Office located at 431 Menzies Street, Victoria, British Columbia V8V 1X4 Telephone 953-4645 HV MEMORY OF THE FOURTEEN WOMEN KILLED AT L ECOLE POLYTECHMQUE, DECEMBER 6,1989. UBC CAMPUS COMMUNITY VIGIL Friday December 3,1993 12:30 meet at the Clock Tower candlelight march to SUB Auditorium Vigil at 1:00 in the Auditorium For more information call 822-2163 Beauty in buy of beholder by Sandra Iseman Coupons, vouchers, flyers, ads. All telling me if I buy a product Fll save fifty cents. If I dont buy it Til save three dollars and fifty cents. Somewhere along the conveyor belt that must have just been forgotten. After all, companies which are so considerate as to inform me of their great bargains, so pertinent to my existence, only have my best interests at heart. Doesnt shoppers'drug mart want us to have the best of holidays? Now we can with tampons for only $7.99! My concern however isn't with tampons, (though 111 spend over four thousand dollars on them in this lifetime). My grief doesnt lie with the volumes of paper so carefully designed to capture our diminishing attention. After all, people can choose what they will and wont buy. We're all consenting adults here. Aren't we? As children we are given toys to play with to occupy our minds and our time. As we mature, our minds broaden, (or so we think), and we seem to depend on, need and demand more toys, and more complex ones. Considering our generation grew up with lego and tinkertoys, I hate to think of whafs in store for the kids of today. On many a wish list there will be requests for dolls who actually urinate, (do they defecate too?), and toy cars with voice-activation. Imagination seems to have gone outof style. Everythingisnow battery-operated, more complex, more expensive, less fun. These are novelty items, and the western culture is a novelty-oriented society— Trends, Fads, Fashions, en Vogue. The commercial market occupies our physical and our mental space. Everybody's in style now— especially ifyou say you're not. If you dare to disagree, go turn on the TV for some prime-time programming. Just what's being programmed? I realize that being up on trends is one's way of displaying success. Ifyou haveacellularphone you must be important and you must be very happy. If you're thin and beautiful you must be loved and you must be very happy. If your nose is a tittle tag it is no problem to have it remodelled. Your life will change entirely after one operation and you will be very happy. Not like old wrinkly grandma on ihe rocking chair. She's smiling? She's just fooling herself. With the fast-paced life and in-your-face ads no one has time to examine what one buys, they just do. Not only are we buying cigarrette extinguishers cleverly disguised as a pen, but a one-way ticket to idleness and apathy. Our society is the greatest spectator sport. Nobody does, we just consume. Once a year we think of consuming for someone else. I still like the tradition we had in my house of making gifts. Even in an era of non-smokers, homemade ashtrays say a lot more than a cucumber-peeling-hypnotizer- CD-playing-comes in two great colours-whatchame callit. Decaf nonfat foaming at the mouth by Julie O'Connor About a month ago I quit my McJob, one bestowed to me by the great coffee gods ofSeattl e, no other than the Starbucks coffee corporation. Welcome to the 1990s service economy where the commodity, coffee, is marketed to the max, traded publicly on the stock market and appears on every neighbourhood streetcorner in your city. The line-ups are incredible in those small spaces and everybody who's somebody owns a Starbuck's commuter mug to save the environment. Starbuck's success is enviable to anyone who values the "money talks and bullshit walks" philosophy (and we all value that when faced with the prospect of debt or starvation). It is a vertically integrated system that starts with a huge organization of people in Seattle and smaller headquarters in the targeted cities. In Vancouver it is located in a classy, red brick building in the heart of fashionable Yaletown. Every big decision is made by the people in Seattle, including the tunes you hear as you wait for your latte. The same formula (Green, politically correct mermaid, called siren) is applied to every Starbucks built from here to Denver. As already mentioned, people flock to the stores in the lower mainland and presumably everywhere else considering they keep building them. Their success is infectious as I witnessed on my vacation to the Big Apple this summer. Imitations abound and people wouldask when they found out my occupation: "when are they going to build one here?" So who can predict how much further the siren and her drink will be carried? Certainly not I of the mediocre grades in a few UBC economics courses. If Starbucks attempts to penetrate the european markets where they may experience some serious competition. Even in Vancouver they are resented by east-side residents who already had an established coffee culture. In my opinion, the company that used to pay my wages is a sign ofthe times (post yuppiedom, reign of the disenfranchised generation Xer's ). It utilizes an abundance of cheap labour and fulfills a desperate culture's needfor ritual in daily life. And since there are very few rituals in this modern society (or should I have said post) that one can rely on, a decaf non-fat, extra foam latte every morning at nine o'clock sharp will do the trick., .until whatever they think of next. j IJiT. AMS ELECTIONS '94 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Nominations for the following AMS Executive positions are now being accepted by the Elections Committee. • President • Vice-President • Director of Finance • Director of Administration • Coordinator of External Affairs Nomination forms are available from Terri Folsom, Administrative Assistant in SUB 238. Nominations close JANUARY 7th, 4:30 PM Candidates must attend an all candidates meeting to be held in SUB 206 on January 7th at 5:30 PM. ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD: January 17,18,19, 20 & 21,1994. JESDAY01 DECEMBER 1993 THE UBYSSEY Bureaucracy and Consumerism Special Issue "Dirty old man" sees penii in ice cubes by Taivo Evard The average north american views over 1000 ads per day and by the age of 60 has spent nine years watching TV. Most media products, including advertisements, have been sub- liminally altered, containing words or images which are only perceived at the subconscious level. The use of subliminal techniques has its roots back at least as far as 14th century art, although the motive for manipulation there was aesthetic, not monetary. One ofthe most popular methods of subhminal advertising in print media is "embedding," wherein certain word with strong emotional attachments, such as SEX, DEATH, KILL and FUCK, are inserted into backgrounds, on faces, in folds of clothing, hair, water, and virtually anywhere imaginable. They are etched in at barely perceivable levels, appearing as shadows or water droplets. Genitalia are inserted both symbolicallyand inactuality.How- ever, contrary toarecent Vancouver Sun report on the use of subliminal penii to attract female customers on "zoodles" cans, male genitals are used to attract a male consumer, through a taboo effect," and female genitalia are inserted to attract female consumers. Most advertisements are no longer real pictures, but rather expensive paintings or retouched photos loaded down with subliminals. Ad agencies spend tens of thousands of dollars mak- ingapaintingofatumbler of scotch on the rocks, while a photo shoot could easily be done for under ate that we are free-willed independent thinkers in total control of our own lives. They insist that subhminals do not exist, and even if they did, would not prove effective on "free" people. While concerned citizens have lobbiedforlawsrangingfrom strict whyindividuals continue to drink." Heavy alcohol users, who make up less than 5 percent ofthe population, consume 75-80 per cent of all liquor sold. Key, who began his subliminal investigations as a professor at the University of Western Ontario Smoking children are the key to tobacco manufacturers9 survival $1000. Now, if the ice cubes melt under the hot camera lights, false cubes could easily be substituted. In order to jusify the added expense ofthe paintings, advertisers demand some guarantee of success from the ad agencies. And to justify the high space cost of advertising in a national magazine, where the reader will likely flip by the ad with a mere glance, there must be something more. Subhminal advertising critic Wilson Brian Key said "Most print advertising is designed for a perceptual time of less than one second. If the ad is to justify its investment, any information capable of motivating a purchase must enter the reader's brain in this instant, even if the actual purchase situation may not arise until days, weeks, or even months later." Ad agencies constantly reiter- No fiick fuclc, byTliivoBvArd '^wdolllndagublimiiud'r ecHieli/hypanisfc<-y*- but it Is the easiest way to explain, Ffesty relax you? ayes, and look atthe picture. 1 The beet And) easiest tiling to «tftrt -with wttnld b* « fitshiou utagasdne coryeiwihc^m usually loaded with sob* Kminat "Ajmbed*** words etched into* th* image At barely perceivable levels. They always have feces o» the cover. Iao* ai tha feee-. Concentrate on the nose, the cheeks, and the forehead, They are laden with the word *sex." Look at the skin tang, slowly. Not praetratingstares, hut long; lazy examinations. Take abort a minute or $o to relax and let the picture present itself to you* Look for discrepancies in the skin tone* for fighter and darker Areas* for areas where there is a change in light or shade. Many word* appear as a thin trail of beaded water. The words are written; in a tone extre*mefyeIoa& to th» dominant eeiourof the area you're looking at, took first &r two lines like at ntilreAd Crossing, They could he .r>nywherefea«n a centimeter to a few mHlfmeter-? high, TltOy Should take the term of ftn*X?* 3_et your eyes 9&p to -ihe left ofthe <9Fr. Look for three hoiiwntel lines, «#d an *K? should take shape* ThesqtriggletlMtt-farnis by itself, BtSSU do not focus hard on the imAge,butreA£ze ifsthere* Now put the picture away for s few seconds. Turn it Around soy ou can see it>hotd it at a distance. And the word thatyo«*Ve discovered should pop right out at yon. Ton wfOSnd these words not only on focee hut inflate tone backgrounds, inanimate objects, just About any ad or Even professor*** versions of textbook* Are laden with snhliminal stimuli to attempt toentioe the professor to order the text for his class* Subliminal stimuli are so common, in fect-that notions© them would put your adagency wmagaxfrie-, or novel, etc., at an immediate disadvftnt&ge* Anamorphic projections* not uncommon in art, are im* Ages on A photo -or painting -which *ru only -visible firom « certain angle, These are common in works of art but few realize their prolific use in ads* So when dipping through Vogue or CK__ through pages and pages of expensive, glossy fblLcokrar adsy these anamo-cv phic proJectionA Come in hAndy for the advertisers. To find them, try to catch theimageatanangitebe^rethepageis flat. Slowly sbeckout every angle** These Are harder to Identity, but with practice they also become quickly recognizable. Keep hi mind*, when you get that feelingthatyou have to buy Something; you just have to> and yon dent know why*, these are times that subliminal advertisements have -tacked you. regulations to outright prohibition of the use of subliminal messages in any media the practice remains "legal.'Even the UNhas attempted to pass a resolution banning subhminals. Death and suicide, powerful Hobbesian compulsions for some, are prominent features in alcohol ads. Their commercials are laden with subhminals, often hidden in ice cubes and backgrounds. Key said, the alcohol beverage industry knows a good deal more than do its consumers, and even the medical profession, about in the early seventies, faced harsh criticism and ostracism from his peers, many branding him a "dirty oldman." Marshall McLuhan wrote several letters on Key's behalf to Western's president. In a memo to Key "at tiie height of the battle," McLuhan reminded him that Louis Pasteur was banished from the medical-scientific estabhshmentof his day for discovering germs. Cigarette advertisers are also prolific users ofthe subliminal. The use of powerful subhminal messages in even one ad contributes to the yearly statistics on cancer, emphysema, and coronary disease. The saddest truth is that millions of dollars and many years invested in market research have discovered the most useful group to target, a group needed to ensure future sales, is children. In fact, much contemporary advertising, like Camel cigarette's "smooth character", is directed towards children and adolescents, who account for one billion dollars of illegal tobacco sales annually. Smoking children are the key to tobacco manufacturers' survival. The subliminal question, how- ever.ismuch larger than the simple advertisement of products or political candidates. "If personal value judgements—culture—can be modified via substimuli, then it is entirely possible to change a cultural value system in virtually any direction if one spends enough time and money on subliminally reinforced media," Key said. STAND-BY FOR TAKEOFF. At Canadian Airlines, we understand how difficult it is for students nowadays to make ends meet. That's why we're offering a year-round student stand-by fare at 65% off the regular economy fare anywhere that Canadian flies. So, if you thought a flight home or a chance to get away was beyond your budget, then think again. For more information, call your travel agent or Canadian Airlines and simply stand-by. Canadi>n Canadir-_n is a registered trademark of Canadian Airlines International Ltd. Fares available on a one-way or return basis. Fares applicable for students between the ages of 12 and 24. Proof of age is required. Travel is on a stand-by basis only. * Applies tor domestic travel only. WEDNFSDAY01 DECFMBFR 19$ Conference brings Arab women together byNohaSedky It was 8am Friday, the Friday following Remembrance Day when an Egyptian elementary school teacher and myself, a mere UBC arts student, set off on a weekend expedition to the nation's capital. Ottawa was the locale of the first National Conference of Canadian Arab women. Though the agendainvolved presentations and workshops with the purpose of achieving plans for change, it was easy to be pessimistically curious or at least mildly apprehensive. Ihe focus ofthe gathering was the ambitious theme of "Breaking the Barriers—Challenges & Pros pects." Ihe creator and organizer ofthe gathering, the Canadian Arab Federation, is a federation of Canadian Arab groups from across Canada. They were assisted by the local host organization, the Palestinian Arab Women's Association of Ottawa. We discovered that being part of a very small group from the west meantthat each time we mentioned our Vancouver residency we were greeted with more oohing and ahhing sighs of bewilderment and approval. The surprised reactions are due to the distribution of the 260,000 Arab Canadians. Ihe ma jority of them are in Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal, though there are some concentrated groups in Edmonton and Halifax. As a result these areas can develop a community sentiment similar to that of their countries of origin. In fact, one newcomer to Canada enquired as to whether we came to Ottawa by car, since her sense of Canada up til then did not include Vancouver's location. The middle eastern trait of lateness was exemplified at the opening banquet.Butonceitbegan the highlight of the evening was the keynote speaker and president ofthe National Action Committee / ^Take Cover BOOK / / / selection 'and hardcover nooks prices! Come into the ana get a nead 5ur holiday shopping. UBC BOOKSTORE 6200 University Blvd, Vancouver V6T 1Z4 -Tel (604) 822-2665 (UBC-BOOK) Fax (604)822-8592 Hours: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 8:30 am - 5:00 pm • Wed 8:30 am - 8:30 pm • Sat 9:30 am - 5:00 pm on the Status of Women, Sunera Thobani. Her speech intended to serve asamoodsetterforthe weekend attended by women of colour. Then again, maybe the highlight was the closing poem written by the Algerian woman who gave a beautiful classical Arabic reading ofher work. The true nitty-gritty of this convention began the following morning (only one hour behind schedule) where the main speaker Dr. Leila Ahmed presented her thesis on Women and Gender in Islam. Ahmed is a professor of women's studies and director of near eastern studies at the University of Massachusetts. With an air of experience signified in the elemental streaks of white flowing through her wavy black hair, Dr. Ahmed presented her topicthrough the distinguished eyeglasses common to every brilliant professor. She examined the history of western hostility towards Islam and proved that the Arab women's issue was embedded in the "political". I can only highlight her elaborate speech. In 1899, a man by the name of Qassim Amin called for the unveiling of Arab women. The controversy to ensue was critical—ironically, the veil had never been a great concern for women before colonialism. But the veil is a concern now "because it is a potent symbol of oppression of women by Islam in european discourse," Ahmed said. She also discussed how Egyptian women were encouraged by British colonial officials like lord Kromer to abandon their culture and follow western examples to fightoppression—ignoringthefact that western women had yet to achieve the right to vote or own property. In fact both Kromer and his follower Amin promoted policies that held back women in education. Amin, although sometimes regarded as the father of Arab feminism, should be more precisely looked upon as the son of Kromer and colonialism," according to Ahmed. The discrediting of this blind acceptance of western ways and the ethnocentric persuading ofthe Oriental man to accept tiie "true spirit of western man—the paragon ofhumanity and rationality" is not to suggest that Arab women were not oppressed. The critics ofthe imperial position of their value systems were also men. The patriarchical sector of society captured the veil as the symbol of affirmation of native culture and thus women became a tool and taint of imperialism. "Refusing to change anything regarding Arab women does not prove authenticity of country. As everything else in society has changed, the veiling of women cannot necessarily remain," Ahmed said. Women are therefore forced to face a battle on two fronts: against the patriarchy of male dominance in their own society and against the western racism against Arabs and Islam. Later, a panel of prominent women dealt with gender relations, identity and adaptation, women in abusive relationships and parenting. This was followed by workshops on each subject. I attended the "identity and adaptation" workshop, the subject matter to which I could easily relate. In our group the women were Christian and Muslim, young and old, of different social backgrounds and a variety of origins. Despite these differences, the anxieties of integration into an unknown culture were similar. One example was the pressure instilled on young high school girls longing to be more tike their friends at school. This is countered by the rigid enforcements by the parent who is overly cautious of their children wasting their heritage or more importantly, adopting Canadian value systems. The generation gaps that result often leave parent-child rela- tionshipsoverlyedgyandreactions misunderstood and self-identities muddled. We also discussed the criticism of our own value systems in the new Canadian setting where the privileges to the son differ from those to the daughter. These double standards also applied to the husband and wife, wherein the man often had a better opportunity at integration because of better access to language classes and work relationships. These workshops created an instant bond amongst us where I found my memories of the very lengthy adjustment period rushing back to me. Our group was able to recommend action plans involving awareness education for Arabs as well as Canadians. Ihe most valuable achievement ofthe gathering was the networking. On Sunday groups were broken down regionally and contacts were developed to link the nation by building a web in order to pool all tiie fragmented efforts. My initial skepticism was shattered by the holistic efforts and achievements of the first Canadian Arab women's conference. The discovery of so many women with rich experiences and backgrounds: social and political activists, professionals, workers andacademics. The amalgamation of their insights in one setting such as this one instilled in me pride, hope and excitement. HOTFT^ASHHOTFLASHHOTFLASHHOTFLASHHOT Feds for Clayoquot rally to hold Jean Chretien and his Liberals to their promise to turn Clayoquot Sound into a protected area. Sunday 5 December at the Vancouver Art Gallery/ noon to 3:00pm. Speakers include Tzeporah Berman from Greenpeace, Valerie Langer from Friends of Clayoquot, Joe Foy from WCWC, Vicki Husband of the Sierra Club and other local eco-stars. Musical guests include Ngoma, Colleen Eccleston and Imbrue Huzza. Sponsored by Green Fire and the UBC Environment Centre. HOTFIJISHHOTFLASHHOTFIJVSHHOTFLASHHOT SDAY 01 DECEMBER 19°3 Benetton uses AIDS to sell more merchandise by Paula Foran Some companies sell products- Benetton sells ethics. Critics say the company's tactics are "amoral" in their exploitation of images of human suffering. The company's latest campaign on billboards and magazines feature three different pictures of body parts tattooed with the words "HIV positive." Commentators charge that the notion of people with HIV tattoos i s reminiscent of neo-Nazi and right wing political plans to label people with HIV. Benetton representatives say they came up with their latest campaign to protest such fascist views being aired in the media. Many progressive groups are finding it difficult to criticize Benetton when the company gives so much money to AIDS and other organizations. "gives money away because ifs a taxshelter.onlyto stimulate-profit." Maser describes Benetton's advertising as "a really lamentable and insidious example of amoral advertising." The owner of the Benetton outlet in Richmond Centre, Liz Radcliffe, said these sorts of attitudes are "typically shallow, cynical and naive." She added that there are so many ways of using money, and Benetton chooses HIV to be one of their main causes. It is not a tax shelter." Benetton says their ad campaign includes realistic and often disturbing images to raise awareness about subjects that society would rather not face. "Our pictures symbolize the social complexities experienced by people with HIV, who, in the eyes of society are at once victims, or threats, rarely just human beings," "Benetton has taken a license to exploit and violate the rights of people without their permission,, The company defends the images, saying "Benetton's advertising focuses on the plight of human beings who are 'dehumanized' by society as a result ofthe fact that they have HIV or AIDS." The Vancouver Sun ran a full page version ofthe ad on 15 September which led to floods ofletters and calls. One letter-writer said that she "was immediately struck by the thought that this resembled the meat grade stamps that are placed on animal carcasses you sometime see in butcher shops." A representative from Benetton's head office in Toronto, Mina Tommasi, said 80 percent of the calls she receives regarding the ads are positive. "One man living with HIV called me to complain about the ads, but once I explained to him all ofthe positive things that the company does for AIDS hospices and research, he ended up really supporting the campaign." In 1993 Benetton raised $500,000 for AIDS research and care through a fashion show and $4,000 for St. Paul's Hospital Foundation for AIDS research through a Vancouver fashion event. These examples of philanthropy do not convince Michael Maser, a media and literacy advocate and teacher at "Virtual High" school. Maser believes that Benetton the New York office wrote in a press release. But Maser argued that "Benetton has taken a license to exploit and violate the rights of' people without their permission." The manager of tiie education department at AIDS Vancouver, Rick Marchand said "it would be interesting to see if[Benetton] have anyone living with HIV among their [advertising] staff." HIV groups around tiie world have had mixed reactions to the campaign. While some are suing and boycotting the company, other groups believe that attention to AIDS is much needed in Canada. Marchand says that "people have very mixed feelings about it because it seems tike a commercial venture is using AIDS to sell merchandise." But he adds "in Canada, we have not had a lot of visible HIV campaigns, so things like this really stand out. I appreciate the fact that the company is drawing people's attention to HIV." Michael Eaton, who has been living with HIV for 11 years, said Benetton could find a better way of publicizing AIDS issues. "It doesnt have to be so controversial in order to get this message across. There are more positive and health-promoting ways to discuss this disease," Eaton said. Hey staffers!!! 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But it also includes files on almost anything imaginable, including stuff that drives puritans mad. "Ifs sex education ofthe worst kind for our kids," says Dolina Smith, president of Canadians for Decency, who demand the removal of erotic material from the Internet. "I think we have a responsibility to the society." With the growth of Internet, the ability to access such files has sparked a debate over the propriety of computer files. One question is whether the elimination of these files is a breech of freedom of speech and information, protected by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. "I think this freedom of speech thing has been carried far too far," argues Smith. "Our families are going down, all in the name of freedom m THE SKIN LASER CENTRE v?^ at Arbutus For the non-scarring removal of birthmarks, and unwanted: ...facial veins, spider veins ...age spots, sun spots ...facial wrinkles ...leg veins ...tattoos ...scars Staffed by qualified laser physicians. 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Application forms are available from Terri Folsom, Administrative Assistant in SUB Room 238. The deadline for applications is 4:30 pm, Friday January 7th, 1994. of speech." Internet proponents and civil libertarians would like to allow users access to all files without restriction. UBC set up a task force on the Appropriate Use of Information Technology, which looked into the pornographic contents of Internet in September 1992. Their report recommended the reinstatement of all newsgroups and a "hands-off" attitude to information on the 'net. "I dont think that ifs a particular problem," says task force member Shirley Marcus. "Ifyou dont like it you dont have to look at it." "If you went to turn on your computer it wouldn't be sitting there," she adds, noting that users must actively search out such information. And people are tapping in. Boardwatch magazine ran a reader's poll of the best computer boards. Three of the top ten were "Explicit Adult" systems—including Pleasure Dome, based in Tidewater, Virginia. Pleasure Dome offerselectronic access to networks like ThrobNet, SwingNet, StudNet and KinkNet, continued from page 2 Friday. Dacamlwr Srd Nursing Undergraduate Society. Christmas party. Admission by donation to the Food Bank. Come out & see Santa. 4-7pm SUB party room. UBC School of Music. UBC Symphony Orchestra, Jesse Read, Conductor. 8pm, Recital Hall. Dance Horizons. Stretch & Strength Dance Class Noon SUB party room. Thursday. IWrnnW ftth UBCWomen'sCentre. Coffee andHerbal Tea House. All women and their children welcome. 4:30-7:30pm SUB 130. Friday. IW_-,T***itw**r Iftth Pacific Rim Club. Winter Festival & Dance. 7pm International House. according to a recent article in lime. Internet is designedfor the free flow of information, but another BC university has decided to restrict some content. "It is intended to be open to encourage people to do different things," says Worth Johnson, manager of network operations at Simon Fraser University. "The nature of Intemetis to allow anything to go on." SFU decided to exclude anything from their system that was not "scholarly," said Johnson. Sam Scully, a University of Victoria vice-president, said Internet should be wide-open for the general transmission of information. UVic supports the "general right of access of any kind for academic research versus the collective right to protect people from offensive and repugnant things," he says. In Canada, there is a six per cent growth in tiie Internet system every month. "There is no controlling whaf s getting trafficked," said Johnson. "Over the upcoming years will be a period of creating new processes and rules." Monday. Junmrv UrA Dance Horizons. Stretch & Strength Dance Class, Noon, Jazz II, 5pm, SUB party room. Tn-Mday. .Ian-nary 4th Dance Horizons. 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Information for all programs can be obtained from: Coordinator of External Liaison Faculty of Environmental Studies York University 4700 Keele Street North York, Ontario, Canada M3J1P3 Tel: 416 736-5285 Fax:416736-5679 BitNet: ES052003@ORION.YORKU.CA THE UBYSSEY Cyberspace News Nmconsumptive Xmas gifts by Tanya Storr "lis the season to consume— or so the retail industry and the mainstreammediawouldhaveyou believe. BUY! BUY! BUY! GET! GIVE! GET! Such materialistic messages are everywhere during thepie-Xmascommeraalblitz,and they can be very hard to resist. Clayoquot River Valley, as well as the opportunity to sponsor a metre of cedar boardwalk on the Clayoquot Witness Trail or a "share" in the Boise Valley Fool's Gold Trail, These gifts cost between $25 and$50,andallcomewithacertifi- cate in the recipient's name. In '*'-*-, '•}'-» *'"»trJj£tf4i At least you'l haw your student loan in January. SIOBHAN ROANTREE PHOTO But before you buy into the consumer-oriented Xmas hype, think again. Consumerism has dev- astating effects on the environment. We are using up the earth's renewable resources way faster than we can rep] -iish them; thus, in the spirit of giving, we are really taking—from the earth. Thisyear, you can help diminish the problem instead of adding to it by considering the following non-consumptive gift ideas foryour family and friends. Eco-goodies Western Canada Wilderness Committee (WCWC) and the Sierra Qub both offer non-consumptive gifts that help preserve temperate rainforests. Usually these gifts involve making a donation in order to save a tree or a patch of land from logging. The recipient of your gift then receives a certificate stating that you have preserved a tree of section of forest in their name. WCWC currently offers sponsorship gifts for trees in the Upper Carmanah Valley and the addition, the name of each recipient ofthe Clayoquot Witness Trail gift will be carved in one of the planks that make up the trail. Through the Sierra Club, you can purchase one acreoftemperate rainforest in someone's name in either BC or Chile. Sharon Chow of the Sierra Club explained that the Chilean option is most popular, because your $25 literally buys an acre of rainforest there, thus saving it from logging and preserving the indigenous people'sUving environment. In BC, $25 donations go towards the campaign to preserve our threatened temperate rainforests. Both gifts come with a certificate in the recipient's name. Chow also suggests buying a membership in the Sierra Qub as a gift idea. Student yearly memberships cost $20, and include six issues ofthe Club magazine. The Sierra Qub also offers calendars and Clayoquot Sound t-shirts. Jane McAslan explained that Greenpeace offers virtuallyno merchandise "in order to discourage consumerism, even green consum- erism,"but she suggested buying a yearly membership in the organization as a gift idea. Greenpeace memberships cost $25 and include regular newsletters. Buying justice Bridgehead is an "alternative trading organization" run by Oxfam-Canada. The company es- tabUshes-SEdrtra(-ing contracts with cooperatives andcharitiesin Southern countries. The contracts are for considerably higher than the regular market value, giving workers in the South a fair wage. Bridgehead sells by mail-order and stocks food products like coffee, cashew nuts and chocolate and crafts ranging from clothes to windchimes to candles and games. Ihe UBC Global DevelopmentCen- tre stocks Bridgehead coffee. Unicef offers over 100 Xmas gift ideas, the purchase of which aids their projects in various countries. Many of these gifts are crafts from around the world, and the money raised from their sales will go towards such projects as providing clean water and safe sanitation services in Indonesia. Unicef gifts are a good option for those looking for material gifts that help a good cause. GiftlOU-s Peggy Stortz of the Worldwide HomeEnvironmentalists'Network has lots of original gift ideas designed to take the strain off our natural resources. Stortz believes we should stop feeling we have to spend large sums of money on one another at Xmas, and should instead give creative gifts that cost less and help the environment. Stortz recommends promissory notes, guaranteeing that you will do ten hours of free babysitting or five hours of free weeding in the garden, as a non-consumptive gift idea. She suggests plants as a gift option, particularly live herbs that people can use for cooking. She also recommends gardening tools or seeds, doth coffee filters, used clothes or books, and homemade foods as environmentally-friendly giftideas. Non-material gifts she recommends include certificates for massages or bicycle tune-ups, transit passes, and enrollment in night-school courses or seminars. 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Some lost waif (McCauley Culkin?), might get his hands on your new rap CD and (gasp!) actually contribute to inflating your sizeable wallet I don't need to mention the effect it might have on your ego. The songs on Shaq Deisel make your healthy concept obvious. Any man who, without a trace of irony, can write songs called "I Know I Got Skillz" and 'I'm Outstanding" is not in any need of any Daily Affirmations a la Stuart Smalley. Some ofthe sexist lyrics (Did you think up till those nasty things all by your little old self?) would certainly qualify you for some sort of a misogynist reeducation program. Maybe it's cool for Bo Jackson to switch careers at will, but you, Mr. Shaquille O'Neal, ought to stick to basketball. P.S. Promo me tickets to the game Saturday? Susan Juby Out the Shizzy 7 Seconds War of Words Fight t Y **.> -o If**/-* Today I reviewed a CD from 7 Seconds. At first the drumming and guitar riffs brought back nostalgic reminisces of early skater tunes, I figured hey, maybe this will be a good CD. Alas, I spoke too soon as the reverberations of a whiny voice began to drip through the speakers and very very sad wanky guitar solos pplkaed across my listening terrain. I was truly grossed out. What we have hoe is GrapesKjf-Wralh-me-ets-Suicidal-Tendancies wanna bees. And although certain fusions of certain musical genres has proven to be successful in the past, I must sadly say that thrash and folk are not a musically functional combination.! The great irony is that the lead singer's name is Kevin. Amazing! Maybe after the Grapes split up; Kevin packed up and headed for Sacremento and tried his Iwnd at hardcore music. Alas he did not succeed. I suggest that if indeed Kevin did head to South that he stay there and find alternate employment at McDonald's. Overall this CD sucks I wouldn't waste my money on it, I'd rather chew on the slices of rubber tire served up by our very own AMSandPie-R-squared. Liz van Assum freeze Don't Move Varga Ahhhhhhhh... metal. Rob HaJford has returned. But this is not Judas Priest— this is Fight! As guitarist Brian Tilse explains, "[Fight] isn't Priest Part II. Ifs a totally new band with a completely different vibe happening." Well, different it is not War of Words is stereotype metal: suitably demented lyrics, pounding, mind- numbing bass. Songs range from the token slow, depressing ballad "For All Eternity" to "Kill It" (the title says it all). The rest of the twelve tracks fall somewhere between these extremes. War cf Words is a CD for anyone who finds today's crop of metal to be too short on death and depravity. War of Words is for anyone who enjoys rhythmically bashing his or her skull against brick walls. This doesn't mean it's unlistenalbe, though—ifyou have thrown away any hopes of hearing something new or different, and in the mood spend an hour annoying your neighbours with high-decibel rock. Mike Kitchen v^hmm^m -:*! What do you expect of a band that thanks Hustler for Hack EP Hardship Post Pounding, whining, relentless monotony, every twenty-one minutes and fifty-two seconds of it Hardship Post does a recital of contemporary editions of Mother Goose, rehashed with all the dogged persistence of overgrown nursery rhymes. Hack is a loopy ode to musical idiocy. One gets the distinct impression that the vocalist is afraid to jar his voicebox. Ifs time someone told their songwriter ifs legal to use more than ten words and half an octave per song. Their instrumentalists had better decide soon between blowing off the roof and listening for the pin drop—as it is, they've got an acute case of Sound in Suspended Animation. Three minutes into the recording, your insulted sense of musical appreciation takes over and painstakingly tunes them out, right alongside that annoying roto-rooter screaming away outside your bedroom window. Superbly boring, utterly predictable—"repetitive" doesn't begin to describe them. They've got six songs, all dead as a doorknob and a litde less interesting, glaring evidence that recycling is best when confined to old beer cans and newspapers. x You can count their innovations on one hand and have four fingers and a thumb left over. Hardship Post came anonymous into this recording, and that's how they'll leave it—if they're lucky. Tessa Moon Flood Plain Mecca Normal Lost souls in the pits of hell scream in torment They all cry, "Turn that shit off! Please, turn it off! Oh, horrors! No more Mecca Normal!!!!" Only awesome hate and contempt for the masses would possess Mecca Normal to release the plague known as Flood Plain upon the unwitting world. The aural puke-fest is unbelievably bad. The tormented wails of a tonally-challenged Janis Joplin poseur combined with the riffs of what must be a bored pre-pubescent child learning to play electric guitar could only be used at some twisted sex/blood ritual involving small animals. Lyric sheets were included, defying all logic—vomit hitting the floor has no vowel sounds. Unnecessarily and unforgivably lame, really intolerable. Mecca Normal has to be a running joke between record executives. fXa,-...*. R6-**. ltSl Fully completely disgusting. Hellish. Let in Light Sam Black Church When the music of Sam Black Church belches from the stereo, everyone reacts. From "turn it down its giving ine a headache" to "ifs supposed to be loud enough to make your ears bleed", all who pass need to adjust the volume up or down to their concept of the correct level. . A Mend of mine Wants to know if they're playing their guitars using disc sanders. It does sound like some sort of power tool, but to me if s more chainsaw- esque than anything you might find on a construction sight The album liner credits no machinery, so it must be the organic sounds of Strat and Marshall at then- most ferocious. Another friend wants to know what they are doing to the cat After much discussion, it was decided that while animal mutilation is not allowed to be shown on television, it is allowed to go on a CD if it is thinly disguised as vocals. Oyster and Neville, cowering under the couch, have nothing to add to the conversation. Ifs Hardcore—the alternative to the alternative. Music for the Young and Atonal. Other Bands do it better. When one overly excitable Mend spontaneously begins to mosh with himself and knocks over a lamp, I figure its time to quit Christ, can anybody get a record deal these days. Pat McGuire Varga sucks hog. The first song is the absolute worst, and things deteriorate steadily from there. It is all played on about four chords and one drum pattern. None of it is listenable. With Freeze Don't Move, Varga tries to jump the hard rock/rap crossover bandwagon. The lead singer's stupid fake Ice-T accent makes you cringe with embarrassment Most of the rest of the time they sound like they're trying pathetically to be Metallica. Then there are die lyrics: "The rich get rich, the poor get shit/ Ask yourself... where do-I fit?/ Cause those who have a lot/ Don't care if you have not/ But don't despair cause when your winfall [sic] comes/ You'll be just like them." Huh? In other places if s so obvious that they 're trying to piss people off with lyrics about killing school- girls and so on that I don't want to do them any credit by talking about it Varga is die type of crap band that gives heavy metal a bad name. The sooner their reign of masturbatory terror is over, die better. William Hamlin The Nightmare Before Christmas OMP Soundtrack Music and Score by Danny Elfman Looking at the liner notes of The Nightmare soundtrack makes it easy to see that this is Danny Elfman's pet project Working on his fifth Tim Burton release, Elfman composed all of Steve Chow & the music on this twenty track disc and penned all of the lyrics. The songs are a. little cheezy—alright a lot cheezy, but hey, this it a Disney movie. Listening to this disc was like having to listen to an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical gone wonky, and it wasn't a comfortable experience. The songs are too narrative, essential to the movie I suppose, but they make the movie, and the soundtrack awkward. Notable exceptions are die opening and closing pieces narrated by Patrick Stewart, and the track "This is Halloween" performed by all of the characters of Halloweentown, and not just the cheese-weasel Danny Elfman. 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Beatles ff) "Help" £f*}>o< VT.fir^JXJjlWL. te*£o/:B?Mj&-«j&»o£tfl>-fc ^^friiLti^v^^v^Mmxhmx'Mmxtnmh ir**>?.> t-ii #<#jioo-* W^f-i^'CttSft/':. M&O'g&t *M-*>** Wanted Dead or Alive" t "Livin on u Prayer" X\tW&m&tH*)■*&&&'&I-. *&mt %o£• EA¥^o>ii>-c-*?L'r^^>^--4*46i6«*^i*^^H^^< s-^srimt. -mm L<#•:>/iii<<0■••r-■. Ml*:*l'fctf>-C**6: Love Tara Eric's Trip Never Mind the Mollusks was the first time I ever heard the east coast garage-smelling band "Eric's Trip." It was an east coast sampler put out after "Sloan" broke the mainland. Thus, encouraging the barrage of A&R reps to hit die coast Their latest album "Love Tara" was released by Seattle's SUB POP, who first released Nirvana and Mudhoney. Listening to it for the first time I did not find the vocal ability of the band to be awe-inspiring, butl hadn't expected it to be. There were a few cool-sounding songs like "Allergic to love" recorded with ambient outside noise. Also, "Stove" with its odd-sounding drum track and other musical inventions. The songs I really like on this album were "Follow" with its strong vocal harmonies and the Sonic Youth-esque "Blinded," a constant scorch of guitars, cat-like howling vocals and a seismic proportion of percussion. So, did I like it? Love Tara is a truly dynamic album covering the acoustic-electro garage spectrum. I would far rather listen to this album than go to a Bon Jovi concert Pretzel "Sloan lover" Levesque Get in Where You Fit in Too Short It's all fun and games until'Too Short," aka Shorty the Pimp, is let anywhere remotely near recording equipment The torture began as I started to listen to the new album Get in where you fit in. My body began its nauseating descent into 74 minutes and 17 excrutiating seconds of "Shorty World." The cringe-inducing rhymes and pure musical anguish was enough to induce vomiting. It reminded me of the time I bludgeoned myself with an iron skillet while listening to Bon Jovi—in fact I enjoyed that more. Shorty is obviously comfortable with his inner—and outer—self as the subject ofhis life seems to reappear in every song. For example, "I'm a Player," which discusses how many women he sleeps with. Then there is the likely Disney-inspired family hit "Blowjob Betty," a song that leaves a bad taste in everyone's mouth. The list of ego songs go on with the mega hits "Playboy Short," and the track most likely to be covered by the Mini Pops, "All my bitches are gone!" (That's bitch pronounced "bee-at-ch.") When all is said and done, and this album bums in the eternal fires of music hell, we will thank Shorty the pimp for successfully making die worst rap music in the universe bar none. For if there was no Shorty there would be no need to create the music of Public Enemy, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, De La Soul or the Poor Righteous Teachers. Because they have not lost track of what the rap medium was created for. They have not lost track of the 'message. Pretzel "ain'tpimp'n" Levesque The Buried Life Medicine The CD cover is very pretty. I like cherries and so die cover makes me very hungry. On the cover is the word "Medicine." I guess that's the name of die band. When I turn the cover over, the back says "Buried Life." I guess that's the CD tide. The music on this CD attempts to be etheral in a thrashy kind of way. Ifs a kind of cool exploration into strange and wonderful musical harmonies. It kind of reminds me of the Boo Radleys. Her voice is really nice sounding. The guitars are nice and heavy with a nice heavy produced sound. I wonder what these people sound like in concert Fish here thought it was like lullaby music and it put him to sleep. "I like it" says Fish, "in fact I'll buy it" Well there you have it folks. Fish likes it fi ^-^CidCrf**^ wit: «j#. Actually I can't say I dislike this CD. It would fit well next to my Boo Radleys, Curve, Lush, My Bloody Valentine and Cocteau Twins CDs. It's not great and ifs not awful. Ifs a nice in between. Medicine makes unobtrusive music that attempts to be alternative and experimental, but being the great musical queen that I am, I didn't find it very different to the other musk I listen to. Liz van Assum Wining Dining Drilling lan Stephens It is impossible for this album to be worse. There is no musical substance to it at all. And Ian Stephens' voice made something difficult to listen to even more difficult Or perhaps the musk was good but I just couldn't hear it because of the montonous droning vocals. Ifs surprising how a voice can sound so good during an oral and sound so horrible when it tries to cany a time. Those three tracks of orals gave me the only opportunity to really understand the lyrics and they were, suprisingly enough, worth listening too—strong images of ecstasy, despair, destruction. Ifs appropriate that Stephens is publishing a book of prose. He should stick to writing. Michelle Wong QWWOD3HaHiaiOH3aiVOJIHllinOANMOaa3AOHSAliaOWW03aNV3}in Buy into Capt. Kirk and ihe Professor by Rick Hiebert When I was taking my first Canadian history course in college (when Tupper was PM), the power of American culture was brought home to me in a unique way by one of my classmates. During an oral presentation, he said something to the effect of "We can't remember who our Prime Ministers were, but we all remember when Gilligan ate the radioactive spinach." And we do, too. Many of the US's favourite programs are our favourites as well, for better or worse. Who hasn't seen Star Trek ot NEED TIME FOR EXAMS? You Have it! DROPOFF your laundry Gilligan's Island! Now the many would be readers who remember watching every episode of these programs have two fascinating books that explore that "three hour tour" and that "five year mission." 20 % OFF WITH STUDINT I.D. UNTIL DEC. 31ST GOLD COIN CLEANING CENTRE 3496 West Broadway 2 blocks east ol Alma on South Side -OPEN 7 DAYS- Who better than Russell Johnson, "The Professor," to write on Gilligan's Island! Yes, Gilligan's , Island is not exactly Masterpiece Theatre, but Here on Gilligan's Isle is as amusing to read as die show was to watch. Gilligan's Island—Ihe mid- sixties comedy—needs no introduction, but Johnson has written an interesting exploration of the show and its enduring appeal. Johnson persuasively makes the case that Gilligan's Island was never pretentious or harmful, a clean and fun television show. The genius of die show is that it allowed a group of American cultural archetypes (such as the proverbial small town girL a cliched millionaire, etc.) to interact for humourous purposes. The show was not quite Voltaire, but perhaps of more lasting value than a lot of other programs from the same era. Hereton Gilligan''sIsland also exposes a lot of the behind the scenes details about the show and its stars, and there is a lot that's amusing in this. At the time, some of them wondered why they were "doing this I""' I and happy holidays from all of us at the Delly What if Scrooge worked at 7-11 and the Ghost of Christmas Past was Elvis? Vancouver's Only "Skrtch" Comedy Troupe crap" and cast members continue to be amazed by their fame. Johnson has an amusing anecdote about visiting Westminister Abbey only to find that the other tourists were more interested in him. The book has an episode guide, sections on bloopers, profile of the show's stars, lots of never before seen photos and occasional surprises. The US Coast Guard, for example, complained that there were people writing to them complaining mat there were seven Americans stuck on a South Pacific island. Why wasn't something being done to rescue them? Ifs hardly "dumb," however, to note that Johnson has crafted a fun read. I should note in passing that the author now lives on an island off the Washington coast Will he never leam? Moving to the other end of the universe. Star Trek Memories also shares a lot of behind die scenes information about a cultural institution. William Shatner is uniquely positioned to give us the authoritative account of the first Star Trek series. A science fiction writer in his own right (with the TekWar series of novels), Shatner has written die best book on Star Trek yet Star Trek Memories includes a detailed account of how the series was conceived, lots of informal photos, artwork, and never before written facts. Readers will get a feel of how revolutionary the show was seen to be by Ihe cast and creators of the program. Star Trek was a unique show for its time. People of colour were given important roles in the program (the character of Uhura especially) and Star Trek's creators used die program to comment on American society, racism *^m§& * ^W?.****? L.. DECEMBER 14TH - 30TT4 % JS^* STATION STREET ARTS CENTRE mmm** 930 STATION STREET TIX $12 & $10 8PM (2 FORI WEDNESDAY MATINEES 6PM) AIDS VANCOUVER BENEFIT PERFORMANCE DECEMBER 14TH RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED 688-3312 (GROUP RATES AVAILABLE) Damn it, Jim! I'm a doctor, not a plastic surgeon! and sexism. The program is perhaps as thought provoking today as it was in the 1960s when it first aired. Shatner delves into the interior workings of the show, discussing in detail die interaction of the various creative personalities involved. He notes correcdy that Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry had a lot of able help that enabled him to turn a good idea: for a program into a very good product, bringing forward some very creative people for overdue praise. Star Trek Memories is full of reminisces from several cast members from the original series. Some recollections are very revealing—such as Leonard Nimoy's struggle to protect the integrity of his Spock character— and pretty amusing, such as the accounts of practical jokes and mistakes on the set Commendably, Shatner is honest in several aspects ofhis account that it would be easy to gloss over. He talks openly about conflicts between the cast and crew and seems commendably sorry for his roles in these conflicts. Although most of the book is about the positive aspects of die show, Shatner's account is honest and hardly sugar- coated. Star Trek Memories is a meaty account essential for any Trekkie or anyone who wants to properly understand the show. Telling stories of boys by Tanya Storr Viewers beware: The Beys of St.Vincent is a chilling film. Taking a frank and in-depth look at child sexual abuse in a church-run orphanage during the 1970s, this Canadian film is both disturbing and thought-provoking. Set in Newfoundland, The Boys of St.Vincent details die lives of the boys and priests in a Catholk orphanage. Director John N. Smith was inspired by die highly publicized inddent of sexudabiise between Reverend James Hickey . and several young boys in die tiny Newfoundland community of Brigus South. Filmmakers Smith and Sam Grana were shooting another film in Brigus South at'the time the incident took place and saw first hand how it devastated the community. The Boys of St. Vincent VISION IS TELEVISION Les Productions Tele-Action Inc. airing on CBC 5 and 6 December Portraying such a highly-controversial subject has its risks, but the film manages to get its message across without being overly graphic. "Die scenes in the orphanage between Brother Lavin (Henry Czeroy) and Kevin Reevey (Johnny Marina), the boy Lavin abuses, are made suggestively disturbing through editing and camera angles, but the actual abuse is hinted at rather than displayed. The film's subdety serves two purposes: it allows the film to be clean enough for TV, and it makes the abuse scenes all die more chilling, for much is left up to die viewer's imagination. When filming The Boys of St.Vincent, the filmmakers were careful to make sure thai bonds of trust and friendship had developed between the boy actors and the actors playing the priests before shooting the abuse scenes, particularly between Czemy and Spence. A psychotherapist was also hired to advise the filmmakers, actors, and the boys' families during production. These precautions were taken in order to ensure that the young actors could distinguish between acting and real life. The film is split into two parts—part one depicts the scenes in die orphanage, while part two picks up the story 15 years later, when the boys have grown up and are forced to relive their abusive experiences before the courts. All the boys on die witness stand have been severely affected by their abusive past although some have made a stab at living normal lives. One former abuse victim is so traumatized by the courtroom experience that he overdoses on drugs halfway through die trial. The grown Kevin Reevey (Sebastian Spence) leads a seemingly normal life, but is haunted by memories of Lavin abusing him. Lavin himself now has a wife and children in part two, and is trying to lead a'normal'life, though he is still tempted to abuse young boys, as revealed by die camera's frightening vision of his thoughts when he is driving a neighbour's kid home firom die store. When Lavin is summoned to court, his litde world falls apart Though Lavin's wife—who knows nothing of his past—tries to help her husband, he can enly open 19 to his ccWeUcv.M die scenes with his counsellor, Lavin reveals himself to be a completely isolated and pathetic man who has no self-esteem. The night before the trial Lavin refuses his wife's aid, choosing instead to mutter his "Hail Mary's" over and over in their hotel room. Thus, she finds out about her husband's crime in the court room along with everybody else. The Bays of St. Vincent exposes a very sensitive issue in an honest way, managing to do so without sensationalizing die problem. The film is particularly chilling as it allows the viewer to get close to the characters involved, and see how the abuse affects their lives. Excellently crafted and very well-acted (Brother Lavin's angry face will haunt you), it is definitely worth watching if you can handle die brutality of its subject matter. This film is so emotionally painful that it has been censored and may again be censored in provinces where similar sexual abuse cases concerning priests are currendy before the courts. Slated to play on CBC television nation-wide on 5 and 6 December, it may not run in Ontario and Quebec because of its controversial subject matter. The powers that be are afraiddie film willinfluence the outcome of the trials. Hopefully, diis film will not be censored because die issue of sexual abuse needs to be brought out into die open-md discussed, not once again suppressed The Kids Hdp Phone munber win appear on the s accomodate callers. WFDNESDAY 01 DECEMBER 1993 THE UBYSSEY World AIDS Day 13 No Alternative by Ted Young-lng The most recent AIDS awareness and fundraising CD from the Red Hot Organization (the people who brought you Red Hot and Blue and Red Hot and Dance) is No Alternative. This album contains 19 tracks from some of the most promising so- called alternative (the liner notes are quick to point out that there is no such dung as alternative music) bands signed to major labels today. No Alternative CD REVIEW various artists Red Hot Arista Rec No Alternative comprises new trades, live versions and re- recordings by an incredibly diverse group of bands. Some of my favorites are Matthew Sweet's odd "Superdeformed," the Beastie Boys's funky live version of 'It's The New Style," Urge Overkill's apocryphal 'Take A Walk" and Smashing Pumpkin's foreboding rerecording of "Glynis." The last track is an uncredited (but not at all bad) track by Nirvana—I can only assume its meant as a reference to Nirvana's unlisted last song on Nevermind. Pattie Smiths' "Memorial Song" is a poignant reminder that this album is dedicated to die many who have lost their fight against AIDS and the many more for whom the battle continues. The liner notes contain two short essays: on the nature oi modern rock (or whatever you choose to call it), and another a responsible (and non- preachy) essay on AIDS prevention, AIDS awareness and the effects of AIDS on our culture and community. Undoubtably, the organizers of this CD are counting that you will buy it for die songs and artists represented upon it And this definitely offers enough reason for me to recommend this. However, all of the net proceeds from the album sales go to AIDS organizations around the world. This is probably the best reason to buy this album. A By Liz Van Assum Today is World Aids Day. A special day set aside to remember AIDS and to remember a world without art, one with a great void imposed by the erasure of thousands of artistic and productive lives because of AIDS. It is rather ironic and embittering experience for those who live with HIV and AIDS everyday to only have their cumulative WORLD,'! Some people however bow their heads everyday grieving about the meaningless loss of yet another life. But why not celebrate die people who are living with HIV and AIDS. Why not celebrate their courage by joining an HIV and AIDS action group. Why not celebrate suffering and struggle recognized by the institutional powers their lives by bringing them food, love and support in their for twenty four hours every year. Some people are privileged to think about HTV and AIDS only once a year and to wear a red ribbon to show it too. The solidarity implied by the red ribbon shows group strength and reveals a unified and mobilized sense of identity. However, the donning of only a red ribbon has become the limit of involvement in the battle against HIV and AIDS for many people—it has become an empty political vehicle homes and on the streets. Have you ever touched a person with HIV or AIDS. What have you felt? Did fear strike you in your belly? Were you terrified? Were you happy? Ask yourself why the mainstream culture has taught you to be so afraid? What do those who are in power stand to gain by die negative politicization of people with HTV and AIDS? Deconstruct your phobias and embrace the courage and strength of these people who are fighting to live against without an engine of direct action to maintain the momentum the most negatively stigmatized disease in our very own beyond twenty four hours. Maybe if you're on MTV and a record company sees your ribbon they might give you a better record deal or maybe you'll be invited to more parties. Maybe you think there is nothing you can do and yet your conscience knaws at you—you wear a red ribbon and externally all looks well and correct your friends are proud of you and it matches your winter coat rather nicely. For many people the red ribbon has become a fashion statement The initial power of the red ribbon campaign seems to have been lost somewhere between Spring wear and Autumn assortments. We are supposed to be morbid today, to bow our heads western, ethnocentric, homophobic, sexist rasdst classist culture. Take the time to consider what die impact of HIV and AIDS has had on your life and take the time to consider the creative energy of the lives that have been robbed by AIDS. Here is one last question you should ask yourself—do you know what AIDS is? Can you tell the difference between HIV and AIDS or do you use die terms interchangeably? Here is an answer, HTV is the virus which may or may not be alive in your system at the time you get AIDS, the immune system breakdown, which may or may not happen up to ten years down the line from your first encounter with HIV. hi fact a whole quietly to pay respects to those who have passed and when the consciences of those who remember HIV and AIDS once new set of questions are arising as to the exact nature of a year are appeased they move on to the next special day. die relation between HIV and AIDS, if in fact there even is one. AIDS also affects women differendy than men, yet women are being measured against male standards of what constitutes AIDS symptom. Women, particularity women of colour, are less than invisible in the HIV/AIDS devastation and regularity end up as endnotes in articles, just like it does here. Imagine always being last on die list Imagine the full scope of the impact of HTV and AIDS. WAKE UP PEOPLE—if not todavwhraV fc__ WITHOUT I ART Iack for your used Bring your used books to the UBC Bookstore and get CASH BACK! Softcover or hardcover course books, we will buy all current edition titles having a resale market value. CA$HBACK DEC. 13-18, 1993 HOURS: Mon - Fri 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Sat 9:30 am - 4:30 pm £ & Sell your books & etrt^ ^ r •*->. 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The study, the most comprehensive of its kind to date, interviewed 12,300 women by telephone . Fifty-one per cent reported having been sexually or physically assaulted some time in their lives, with ten percent of all women reporting such assaults in the last 12 months. But 27 percent of women between the ages of 18 and 24 said they had experienced physical or sexual violence in tiie last year. The study also indicates that 21 percent of women with a degree or some post-secondary education were assaulted in the last 12 months, compared to only 17 per cent of women who had completed secondary or high school education. Glenda Simms, president of the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, said the survey results show that "Violence against women cuts across class and education lines." -"Education does not protect women. What this means is that our universities themselves are not protective environments for young women," said Simms. Another study released earlier this year, which focused on dating behavior among women and men in universities, found that 28 percent ofthe 1,835 women polled had been sexually abused or assaulted and 22 percent had been physically abused by men they were dating. The report also found that ofthe 1,307 men polled, 13 percent said they had been physically abusive and 12 percent admitted having been sexually abusive. The recent Statistics Canada study confirms that most women who experience incidents of physical or sexual assault some time after tiie age of 16 have been assaulted by men known to them. Only six percent ofthe women who reported having been assaulted said the abuse came from a stranger. Although University of Toronto sexual harassment officer Paddy Stamp cautioned that it is difficult to explain why young women are being assaulted at rates high above the national average, she added that the findings are not surprising. This confirms statistics that have already been produced. We have known for some years that one in three women would experience sexual violence some time in their lives," said Stamp. ®5338®3»®38®-18$»'ie«<«-«- PARTY ROCK Top 40 Dance Christmas Break at The Wild Coyote New Year's Eve V\J\/\ featuring /\/\ \ The Roonies < Tickets ON SALE NOW Every Thursday is Ladies Night 1312 S.W. MARINE DR. 264 7625 UNDER THE ARTHUR LANG BRIDGE 'The penis is sometimes our enemy, but it can be your friend" by Paula Foran 'The penis is sometimes our enemy, but it can be your friend," says Naomi Wolf, author of Fire with Fire, the latest feminist bible instructing women howto wear the friendly, "sexy" face of feminism. She refers to her brand of feminism as "userfriendly"— like a computer. Wolfs goal is to speak for and to women who have been alienated by the feminist movement because traditionally, feminism has been associated with not so "user- friendly" things—what she calls "ifyke-baiting, which led to the common perception that feminism and lesbianism are synonymous... antifemily and antimale." In fact, she speaks for those middle-class, hetero- She calls upon women to acknowledge their "dark side", and reminds her readers that "it takes one generation for victims to become tyrants." These "dragons" within women condition middle-class women to think of money as "vulgar" and to be uncomfortable with power. The answer is money. Women will unlearn their victimization through money. Women will gain equality through business, politics and votes—the male, patriarchal way. "Power feminism," her phrase for women with money, power and sex-appeal, on the bri ghter side, says thafwomen shouldn't have to beg for justice because we have been victimized." Naomi Wolf, author of Fire with Fire sexual women who love, and feel a little sorry for men. In fact, most ofher arguments are traditionally male ones, andher style, based on excellent rhetoric and statistical backup, is also reminiscent of that politician, Aristotle. Was he a feminist? According to Wolf, to bringfeminism into the twenty- first century, we need tobringit into the media. The media that has created such representative images of women throughout its history, right? She tells us to break out of our "victim feminism" and to grasp "power feminism," embrace your "bad girl" and put on a happy face and a Chanel suit. "Victim feminism," Wolf proposes, is the result of women taking on the victimization imposed upon them by society. She calls this the internalization of the "dragons of likeness* which makes women seem "pure, fragile, and harmed." Seizing power is achieved through political equality, Wolf argues. "The tools for political equality are available to us and can be used to make a change within this era," Wolf says. She believes women are starting to use their majority population and votes to gain power. She begins her book with a description of the "genderquake," when the walls of patriarchy in the US began to tumble down after the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill hearings. After the hearings, Wolf writes, women began to use their political power to make important changes for women's equality. Events in the US shape the ideal power feminist world in Wolfs book. As an example for the "genderquake," she points to the passing ofthe Family Leave Act, the anti-stalking bill and the doubling of breast cancer research's budget in the US. She explains that since women are getting so much power on a huge political scale, the backlash is a natural process resulting from men being forced to share their power. She calls "war against men" an outcome of "victim feminism," the dark side of feminism, led by "the left." Wolf speaks of the left" quite a bit. This is the "ugly* face of feminism, as opposed to its "sexy face." Maybe these are the women whoare not as privileged as Wolf, and dont have the money and power to use their 52 per cent majority status. Maybe these are the women who are not as traditionally beautiful as Wolf is, women who could never be as educated, eloquent and dynamic as she is, because they just don't have that "sexy" brand of feminism—money. The subtext of Naomi Wolfs "power feminism" is get over it, buy some stocks, and go for a facial. Women would love to get over it, but is it really the right time? It will be time when the world, and all power structures, embrace and acceptfemi- nism asawhole.Thatmayhave happened in Wolfs world, but it hasnt yet happened in the real world where women are still continuously subjugated. Wolf speaks about "twenty years of revolution" as if the feminist revolution is a thing of the past. The revolution changes throughout time, but it will not end until it succeeds. Women refuse to accept the backlash as a "natural process." "The backlash, though, is proof that people are still struggling to accept feminism, and that the revolution is far from over. Her favorite phrase is for women to "leam the tools of power—leam the master's tools to dismantle the master's house." To Wolf, this means using money to gain power and change the face of bureaucracy—from an all-male to a male and female one. In her book she looks at recent examples of "power feminism" in the media, especially in advertising. She writes that "after the genderquake, phallic objects began to emerge from women's groins." She continues in her book to describe specific ads that show women "sprouting" phallic objects. This is "women's capturing of "male" authority and power." Women don't want "male" authority and power, and most definitely dont want a penis. Wolfs world view is that oppression of women will end when women enter hierarchical power structures, because they will make laws more equal for women. This concept is very patronizing to women living in poverty. Perhaps the oppression of those women in the powerful positions may change, but what about those men and women unable to enter that power structure? Wolf urges women to "get as much power as you possibly can" while preaching equality at the same time. Maybe the "left* are still angry, and are not willing to accept the pretty face of feminism yet because the world is still not a safe place for women. She refers to her brand of feminism as ''user friendly" s> YALETOWN ATHLETIC CLUB 1011 Hamilton Street • 669-3533 • Mon.-Fri.,ll-6pm,$8 ALL YOU CAN PLAY • Sat. - Sun., 12 - 6 pm, $10.... ALL YOU CAN PLAY • Ladies Play for FREE on Tuesdays STUDENT SPECIALS 10% off Food, Play & Drinks l"Rl£l£ CO! 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The program includes courses in the arts, social sciences, humanities and business. Excursions to historical sites and cultural institutions in Britain and other European countries provide students with unique opportunities for learning and exchanging Ideas. Consider a study term abroad at Queen's University's International Study Centre. For more information call or write: Admissions Office, Queen's University, Victoria School Building, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7M 2D6 1-613-545-2815 Science & Society Dr. Stephen Jay GOULD Orpheum Theatre December 1st, 7:30 pm "Rethinking 'Pattern1 in History and Evolution" Special 50%Discount for UBC Students, Faculty and Staff through UBC Bookstore Tickets: Community Box Office 280-2801. Presented by the Institute lor Science, Kngint-e'tf ng and '-' Public Polity. Co-sponsored*v BC Tel, KCTS/9, University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia Institute of Technology and Science World. With special thanks to the Hotel Vancouver SOME LIKE IT HOT. SOME LIKE IT COLD* dinoccino iced cappuccino is the new, refreshing alternative to everyday beverages. Made with fresh milk and real Italian espresso coffee, dinoccino is delicious hot or cold. By itself. Or as added zip to coffee or ice cream floats. dinoccino9! made with real italian espresso Racism in Quebec's past by Rick Hiebert Quebec's own brand of nationalism allows for some to be seen as second class, according to Quebec writer Esther Delisle. Delisle said although Quebec nationalism is not as racist as it was in the 30s and 40s, the elite's definition of "Quebecois* can be exclusionary. The definitions of Quebecois are always blurred,* she said. "Some in Quebec are seriously suggesting that the votes of anglophones or non-Quebec born people shouldn't be counted the same in a sovereignty referendum." Jacques Parizeau's first wife, a Polish-born Jew, would not have been seen as Quebecois by some nationalists, she added. "Nationalism has sometimes had nothing to do with language in Quebec. It has a lot to do with perceptions and definitions of who is Quebecois and who is not." Delisle spoke at UBC last Thursday. She is the author of The Traitor and The Jew, a book that raised a lot of controversy last year due to its argument that bedrock supporters of Quebec nationalism, such as Montreal's Le.De*i*o*> and revered theologian and writer Lionel Groulx, were anti-semitic. She said although she did not set out to attack Quebec cultural institutions, she does think she has done some good. This hadn't really been studied before." "Ifs very difficult to look at this naked hatred for what it was. The editor of Le Devoir, for example, said that the newspaper wasn't anti-semitic, St was malevolent towards the Jews." Le Devoir often fostered anti- semitic stereotypes in front-page articles. Their music critic for example, called jazz music "A negro- judaic concoction." Le Devoir also referred to its cross-town rival La Presse as "Hie Hooker-in-chief of Israel." "one had to have a french heart, french soul, and respect for the dead" Articles complained about Jews taking up too much space on the beach and in streetcars. The paper said "the Jew is king in Hollywood and Moscow." "It was a real rag, trash really,* Delisle said. Thank goodness it only had a circulation of 15,000." Groulx and other Quebec intellectuals ofthe time had two enemies, Jews and the mythical "traitor" to the french-Canadian race. The most trivial gesture could become treasonous. Groulx once at tacked french-Canadians who liked to watch hockey, liked to play golf or joined the Rotary Club." Democracy, Groulx wrote, was "a hideous sore which we wear on out foreheads and contaminates our entire body," and french Canada was "eaten to tiie bone with all the diseases of democracy". Modernity, capitalism and democracy were loath to Groulx because they promised "freedom, money and fun". Society had been *_uified" and "the Jew was as bad as the nationalist was good." "Many intellectuals today try to say that Groulx was old fashioned and reactionary."Delisle said. This is very malevolent, very violent fascism." The particularly frightening thing about elite obsessions, she said, was that they were not based on any shred of truth. "One needed a french spirit or soul and what this is was always very elusive. Ifs not enough to be bom of french parents. No, that would have been too easy. One had to have french blood, a french soul and respect for the dead." She noted that a lot of elite talk about the need to have proper blood and soul evoked much ofthe ideology of Nazi Germany in this period. Some nationalists had seriously discussed re-education camps for "traitors.* They also favoured taking away civil rights from Jews, and giving them special passports until their eventual deportation. JHOT FLASH HOT FLASH HOT FLASH HOT FLASH HOT FLASH HOT FLASH HOT FLASH HOf In memory ofthe fourteen women killed at L'ecole Polytechnique, 6 December 1989, there will be a UBC campus community vigil: Friday 3 December 12:30 meet at the clock tower, candlelight march to SUB auditorium Vigil at 1:00 in the auditorium. First mourn, then work for change pOT FLASH HOT FLASH HOT FLASH HOT FLASH HOT FLASH HOT FLASH HOT FLASH HO"J It's not too late to REGISTER! TELEREG reopens for Term 2 evening student* registration on December 29. Two new courses have been added to the TELEREG evening listing: ANTHROPOLOGY 140 section 901 (3) Introduction to the Study of Human Evolution. Introduces the theoretical, methodological and fossil evidence for human physical and behavioural evolution, from a prehuman primate ancestor to modern man, and to provide a basis for understanding modern human biological variation. Investigation ofthe hominid fossil record, the important archaeological sites relating to that record, and the artifacts and features left behind by our various ancestors. (Th; 7-10 pm) Plus a one-time only course: CLASSICAL STUDIES 303 section 901 (3) An Introduction to Maritime Archaeology. A survey ofthe development ofthe subject from its beginnings to present sophisticated deep-water technology. Consideration of shipwrecks, harbour sites, and associated land areas, with focus on significant areas of Europe, the Mediterranean, North America, the Caribbean, and Australo-Asia. Examination of legal and practical problems of protection and conservation of underwater remains. (Th;7-10pm) For further information, please contact Continuing Studies at 822-2657, or call the Department or TELEREG. *Returning UBC students only. Continuing Studies Credit Courses Y 01 DFGFMBER 1993 THE UBYSSEY Freestvles A Press back in time SUNDAYS THRU THURSDAYS by Chung Wong Newspapers often forge anidentityofacommunity,real or not. It was interesting to vi ew the identities of several eras on Saturday night during The Ubyssey's 75th Anniversary ai the Press Club across from Pacific Press building, home of the Vancouver Sun and Province . Yet it was also painful to realize that the identities forged in the past had excluded almost every fabric of my self. Simply put, in the entire history of the student paper, there had been only one Chinese news editor, who came in the 1980s. When scrolling through the mastheads ofthe decades it was clear there would be no need to look before 1948 for an oldhack of Asian extract. Prior to the new-found right to vote after world war II, "orientals" were banned from joining any society in Canada, which included the Alma Mater Society, the paper's publisher. Ubyssey greats like Pierre Berton, Joe Schlesinger, Allan Fotheringham, Peter Worthington, and John Turner bylawwould not know them on staff. The Chinese were left out of Canada's social fabric. In later decades, more Ubyssey staff would enter the media brass—Peter Ladner, Virgina Gait, Charles Campbell, Vaughan Palmer and of course Katherine Monk, who was the Ubyssey city editor during my rookie year as a reporter. They came from power cliques which were idolized by Ubyssey staff. They became icons. Later they would move on tohelpshape establishments like the CBC, The Globe and Mail, The Vancouver Sun, The Province, Canadian Business, Macleans, the Georgia Straight,TheTorontoStar ,and a score of others. In effect for generations thesemaestroes ofthe press had shaped society's social blueprint, one that locally faced few alterations. At our table sat the campus" first generation of Chinese news editors, the first group to forge a campus identity which included the Chinese, who for the past five yean have formed at least a quarter of the campus but were seldom interviewed. In those years, a chronic case of missing journalism had developed and it was mirrored in the city. The news editors at this table, all former Ubyssey staff from departments other than news, were at first reluctant to enter the club, feeling'disenfranchised from the past But they came convinced their presence should be known, that they finally exist. That night a record number of Asians may have entered those hallowed doors. At this table were not Ubyssey news editors, however. Rather they were news editors of a special Ubyssey edition called Pow, a paper which effortlessly interviews a broad mix of people, attempting to forge a new picture ofthe campus, one that coincides with an emerging demographics. Still, its existence has always been in question. Why did Pow launch? I saw loads of interviews, character sketches and psychological portraits. While everyone else had a voice in the paper, the Chinese had not even a whisper. One only needs to look at The Ubyssey. The 75-year-old student voice has made a gigantic leap forward toward more representation, but the campus has leapt even further. And The Ubyssey tends to forecast the fate of future editorial staffs for local papers, which today remain a product ofthe past. There are nearly a quarter million Chinese people in Greater Vancouver yet on any given day you would be pressed to find one being interviewed in print, in spite of potential circulation benefits. The point was made by French reporter Phillip Le Carre who is based in Hong Kong and recently passed through Vancouver after covering the Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC). Le Corre had just interviewed Vancouver Sun editor- in-chief Ian Haysom after speaking to several leaders and entrepreneurs in the Chinese community, many of whom labelled hispaper racist. Haysom, known for his open-minded managing style, immediately pointed out he had several Asians aboard his staff. But they seldom appeared in Section A- And as he admits in a recent column, the Chinese are seldom interviewed. No social wizardry has enveloped the Sun. Le Corre asked if I thought The Sun was racist—a fast ball indeed. I took him up, however, on his question, skimming through three binders of local newspaper clippings between 1985 and 1992 on the Chinese. This is the identity that emerged: the Chinese are notorious gang members and they buy houses which destroy neighbourhoods. But even in these pervasive stories on the Chinese, the Chinese themselves were rarely interviewed. In the other grouping, I saw national heroes in sport and culture, political legends, financial wizards, and a few criminals whose race was unknown. I saw loads of interviews, character sketches and psychological portraits. While everyone else had a voice in the paper, the Chinese had not even a whisper. When I gaze upon the binds on the Chinese, I simply feel ill. What would it take to frame a truer identity of our community?The Ubyssey asked that question with great pain in 1992. Reform could happen from within the paper, went the argument, but it had been trotted out for five years and little had changed. The machinery ofaninstitution tended to reject alien transplants. After a massive lobby effort, a smaller but completely new machine was eventually allowed to be created from scratch, one that could be far more flexible than a newspaper entrenched in tradition, it was to be The Ubyssey's twin engine. Its creation, however, coincided with draconian budget cuts and politics by its pub- lisher which has all but drained tiie fuel of both papers. It is said that papers should take a leadership role in the community. However, until this day, they have mainly editorially mirrored the social ills that prevail. The cogs responsible for future change will more than likely face a difficult experience, becoming more a specimen of scrutiny than a colleague—much like the first generation of women to walk into the newsroom. But these changes must occur to ensure the next generation can look back without feeling ill. Baby you can tow my car by Taivo Evard UBC parking "services" is a misnomer. They do not provide valet services and they do not ensure there is supervision and safety in parking areas. They ticket and tow students' vehicles. Out-of-province plates may lead officers to believe they can ticket with impunity, but that forces those students into a bureaucratic nightmare. My car has received $110 worth of parking tickets, $90 of which are due to oveizealous ticketers. Since I always have a valid parking pass face up on the dashboard, I ignored the tickets. On Sunday, parked legally and with pass in window yet again, I was shocked to see a ticket on the window. Later that rainy night I noticed a tow- warning sticker had been affixed to my window. The ticket turned out to be a warning—but why had my plates been put through die computer if I had parked legally? I was forced to go down to the parking office to deal with this headache. Having to visit die office was an annoyance, but even more frustrating was that the parking office won't take any action. A written appeal must submitted, WTTH payment Guilty until proven innocent "What you should do, then, is pay the tickets and see if you'll be reimbursed," the parking office counter-help said. I don't have $110 for food or rent much less for parking "services" to hang on to until they decide whether to acknowledge their error or not My car only cost $200. "Then I recommend that you don't park your car anywhere on campus," she said. She confirmed that my car may now be towed from anyplace on campus, even if it is parked legally with a permit in the window. "What happens often is that the officer can't see the number on the pass or it's expiry date [two of the three pieces of pertinent information on the front of the three-by-five inch pass]," she said. I'm glad our parking system is so efficient fonwo Chips & Salsa plus Margarita Salad and your choice of Steak, Chicken or Vegetarian Fajitas to share... served with all the trimmings. Expires Dec. 30/93 I . KITSILANO: 1999 W. 4TH AVE. at MAPLE 734-7117 j HI University Copy Centre Alma at Broadway #2, 3701 W. Broadway, Van., B.C. Tel: 222-4142 • Fax: 222-9855 COPIES (STUDENT SPECIAL - NO MINMUM) Limited Time Offer • AUTO FEED or SELF-SERVE COLOUR COPIES • RESUMES • REPORTS • LABELS • FAX SERVICE B.CHydro Scholarship Program To support and encourage students pursuing a post secondary education in British Columbia, B.CHydro is providing several $1,000 scholarships in three categories: General Scholarship Several scholarships of $1000 are available to students currently enrolled in the following areas: Engineering, Environmental or Resource Sciences and Business/ Commerce. Power Smart Scholarship A $1,000 scholarship is available to a student who has completed a paper related to energy conservation. L'Ecole Polytechnique Memorial Fund This category is in commemoration to the tragic deaths of fourteen women students at L'Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal in 1989. Several $1,000 scholarships are being provided for women already enrolled, or planning to pursue post secondary education in an engineering or technology-related program. For more information and application forms, contact your Financial Aid Office or our Employment Centre, 6911 Southpoint Drive, Podium C-01, Burnaby, B.C., V3N 4X8 or telephone (604) 528-1857. The deadline for applications is 14 January, 1994. BG hydro Dedicated to Employment Equity ^V THE UBYSSEY Letters WEDNESDAY 01 DECEMBER 1993 Professor Schmufessor To The Cascade: The Women's Centre Collective of UBC must voice our support of the two U.C.F.V. women who wrote a letter to the editor (dated October 29) to protest the October 20,1993 edition ofthe University College of the Fraser Valley Cascade Student Newspaper. In particular we take great offense to the article that you published under the heading "Predator on the Prowl". This "article' sports a semi-nude cartoon of this "predatory' woman. It asserts that "her reason to be is to drive all males into temptation." Furthermore, 'she is said to push them to "excessive drinking" and drug abuse. She is described as "extremely crafty" and "vengeful". We must question why you, as the editor, could have possibly deemed this sexist 'article' appropriate. It is obvious to anyone with any concern about violence against women that printing this was not only offensive to all women readers but dangerous to all women everywhere. This 'article* serves merely to propagate the myth that women are to blame for male behaviour an somehow deserve to be physically or sexually assaulted when men succumb to their "temptation". This publication goes a long way towards forming opinions such as those expressed by the UNB professor who recently published a letter attempting to absolve men of their responsibility in date rape. But their is an important difference to note: the UNB newspaper only printed the professor'sletter in order that the students would know his dangerous and sexist views. But the Cascade printed its 'article' without crediting an author and without explanation, seemingly with full support ofthe editorial staff. We demand to know the source ofthe article. We demand that someone take responsibility for writing it. In light of this incident, we would also like know your newspaper's policy on sexist, racist, homophobic or ableist content in publication. The UBC Women's Centre Collective Lecture Schmecture Time is a precious commodity for students around this time of the term. The stress and anxiety around final exams and term papers due has meplottingevery hour of my day on a 3" X (T card which I attempt to follow. Efficient time management... task oriented... focused attention on study schedules... staying on track... And now, to the point: I am outraged that today I rushed from downtown from a dentist's office at 3:05 P.M. to get on campus on time for my 3*30 P.M. Psych 300 class with Dr. Alden, only to find that there was no lecture because of course evaluation forms. I am not so much mad at having to fill out the evaluation form, but at the tacky manner in which we were deceived into staying to fill the thing out. It was done in such poor taste. 1. The person who handed out the forms lied through his teeth to the bitter end. The first part of today's lecture is used for course evaluation.* After the forms were completed, he says, "I have a surprise for you! There is no lecture today." As if the "surprise" of no lecture was a treat. Are we grade 7's or what? 2. We should have been informed that today would be course evaluation day and there would be no lecture. And is we dont show up, that is our right. We have a right to infbr- mation, a right to choose whether to spend the time and energy to get on campus to fill out a form instead of receiving a lecture. I walked away with a bad taste in my mouth. What a waste of my time, gas, and parking cost Is deception and nondisclosure of information a part ofthe education process at University of British Columbia? Does the Department ofPsychology understand this is high stress time for students? Does the Faculty Head comprehend the damaging effects of psychological frustrations from being tricked into staying to fill out a form while expecting a half lecture? name withheld by request Mends Schmends! Please allow me space in your esteemed university newspaper or in any facility published by your publications department, to publish my request for penfriends from Canada. My nameis Matovy Julius aged twenty years. I'm a student at school, we have studied widely about Canada especially the province of British Columbia, and I would like to find friends of any age and sex from there. I have many hobbies and fascinating tales to tell about Africa! All letters to be replied. Thanks. Sir, please accept the expression of my gracefid thanks in anticipation of your kind assistance in this regard. Matovy-Julias P.O. Box 9974 Kampala, Uganda, East Africa IRSA Schmersa As the third member of the IRSA-HMUN selection committee to whose procedure Danielle Bretton so strenuously objected (Nov. 23), I was initially content to have my views en the subjected represented by the responses of my colleagues, Mike Sheehan and Dr. Paul Marantz, to Ms. Bretton's letter. However I am concerned with the impact that Ms. Bretton's "words of warning" may have on potential HMUN candidates in future years. I would like, therefore, to address one further issue on the subject: that is, why do we choose to undergo any selection process at all for this conference? Harvard does not require it; indeed, many schools have no selection process whatsoever. Nothing in the conference regulations, therefore, prevents the IRSA executive from simply choosing the HMUN team on the basis of friendship or dub loyalty. Yet the selection process has been enshrined in IRSA's constitution (perhaps the "unwritten rules" Ms. Bretton was referring to?) for the following reasons: 1. to ensure that students from all disciplines have the opportunity to apply 2. to establish a set procedure that can be followed in subsequent years 3. to secure a prestigious position for the UBC team at Harvard by sending the best Impossible delegates - this guarantees that the next UBC team will be assigned an influential country. Thus it is both in our interests as members of the HMUN team and in IRSA's interest as a club that we be objective and fair in our judgement Although I expected to hear expressions of disappointment from those not selected, I did not expect the kind of vicious slander contained in Ms. Brettons's letter, and Fm afraid that, in light of her career ambitions, her vindictive behaviour has done little to rectify our skepticism about the degree of integrity in the legal profession. Megan Reiter Vice-President, IRSA Dobie Shmobie While I have made it a practice to never write a letter toThe Ubyssey correctingyour gross inaccuracies when it comes to reporting campus news (mainly because 300 words would not be enough space), I feel very strongly about two issues covered in your November 26, 1993 issue. These issues are campus safety and AMS membership in the CFS. Tessa Moon's typically incomplete reporting on the issue of campus safety failed to add that I have encouraged and requested "specific, constructive suggestions and strategies for addressing the issue of chilly climate* from the AMS Women's Centre. This is an issue of paramount importance in ensuring and protecting academic freedom and safety at this University. The AMS will take action on these issues and we encourage input so we can actually do something for once, instead of talking or writing about what needs to be done. As for CFS membership, the reasons I'm opposed are too lengthy to list here, but I look forward to articulating them to students the coming months. One thing I think needs to always be remembered in this issue is that, if students of UBC choose to pay $336,000 annually to an Ottawa based organization to represent UBC students on top of their $1,110,000 they already contribute to the AMS I would be the first to represent UBC students there with our one vote. I would hope, however, that UBC students would instead focus their energy and their already sufficient student fee contribution to their student society towards seeing what UBC students can do to improve the state of education in our country rather than relying on an outside group to decide what needs to be done on our behalf. Bffl Dobie AMS president Panel? Cocker Spaniel? I am writing this letter in response to Danielle Bretton's attack on the selection process for the Harvard and UBC Model United Nations (Nov 24). Hererroneous statements need clarification. Firstly, IRSA coordinate*? a team to go to the conference. Anyone who is interested in participatingin a MUN can go to the event; you don not have to be an IR student. All you need is interest, knowledge, skill, organization, and the ability to fundraise. The only reason IRSA set up a selection process was because so many students wanted to be a part of something that is reputable, organized, and financially self- sufficient. Past delegates do not automatically return to the conference. Returning delegates are needed to set-up simulations and to take on the momentous task of organizing the trip. The conference organizers establish the team maximum, and the number of returning delegates is one quarter of that figure. Ms. Bretton needn't be worried about her tax dollars or school fees. The trip is funded by grants that are set up by individuals, by the team's own fundraising ingenuity, and by the delegates themselves. The biggest problem I have with Ms. Bretton's criticism is her accusation that the panel picks friends. Now, if that were the case, why wouldn't the panel select a person who is not only a good friend, but sole signing officer oftheir finances (i.e. they cant access their money without me)? Like Ms. Bretton, "I must have spoken badly that day*. Of the 45 students who make the presentation, only one student appeared on the wrong day. If it were true that Ms. Bretton was not bitter, her let- ter would contain constructive criticism; as it stands, however, her letter is a scathing one that is based on conjecture. Lilian a Daminato, Treasurer International Relations Student* Association Impugn Schimpugn I am writing to respond to the letter of Ms. Danielle Bretton (The Ubyssey, Nov. 24, 1993) which asserts that the procedures by which students were selected for the model U.N. conference were unfair. In particular, she alleges hat member of tbe International Relations Students Association (I.R.S A.) "traditionally pick their friends to attend the conference.* It is easy for an individual who was not successful in the competition to cry "favoritism," but this was not the case. As Chair of the International Relations Program, I have participated along with tow students from I.RJ3 A. in the selection of delegates for the past two years. I can ass-are Ms. Bretton that every effort was made to make the selection process as fair and objective as possible. If it were otherwise, I would never have consented to participate in this process. Our procedure was a follows. After each applicant completed his or her oral presentation, each of us gave a numerical mark to the student These were compared and discussed. In the cast majority of the cases, our rankings were very similar. I did not see a single instance of favoritism. The two students on the selection committee were scrupulous in attempting to judge all candidates solely on merit and it is unfair to them to impugn their integrity. PaulMarantx Department of Political Science PIRG Schmirg In regards to your Nov.26 article getting out much needed information about the PIRG and CFS petition campaigns, I want to stress the large differences between these two organizations and the way in which they will affect this university. A Public Interest Research Group would be an entirely UBC-student run organization that would teach students research and activism skills on a broad range ofpro- gressi ve* issues from the envi- ronment to social justice. PIRG's are active at many other Canadian and American universities includingSFU and U. Vic. The PIRG will be run by a student elected Board of Directors who will decide, along with any other interested students, the types of activities the group will get involved in. The PIRG will then have an amount of resources, people, and time to tackle these issues that simply isnt available under the current situation that similarly interested groups of students have with the AMS (ie. the Global "Development* Centre and the Student Environment Centre, among others). In essence, a UBC PIRG will increase student involvement with important, tangible issues and give those involved invaluable experience in dealing with people and solving real world problems that simply is not learned elsewhere at this institution. I really want to stress that, although the PIRG and CFS campaigns have been run concurrently to date to save time and money, the questions and implications of these two separate issues are very different. Both will,if passed by referendum in January, vastly and directly affect the way some things are run at this university. I really urge all students to inform themselves about the separate issues these groups are bringing up and to sign the PIRG petition and/or the CFS petition in order to create a forum for debate on these important and exciting issues. Jason Mogus Freedom to speak—and disagree by Trevor Presley Freedom of speech. These are three very powerful and misunderstood words. Freedom of speech, opinion, thought, belief and expression are considered by many to be the most important of the fundamental human rights. Both the American and Canadian constitutions list freedom of speech as a person's legal right. Freedom of speech is meant to protect an individual from persecution, regardless of their beliefs or opinions. Although this sounds good in theory, it runs into some trouble in practice. University student newspapers are notorious for pushing the boundary of what constitutes free speech. Many people forget that the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms guarantees the freedom ofthe press. Freedom ofthe press guarantees that reporters and columnists will not be persecuted because oftheir opinions. This right protects such people as the UNB professor who published that controversial article on date rape. Even though most people would agree that the views ofthe UNB professor were outrageous and downright sexist, he still had a right to have his views published. Many people forget that his views were published in the opinion section of a UNB student newspaper. There have been similar incidents on campus of various groups or individuals demanding heads after a controversial article appeared. Although we may not agree with many articles published in students newspapers, the writers of these articles should be free from persecution. The Ubyssey, the Campus Times, the 432, the Underground, the Informer, POW and several other student newspapers will at one time or another publish articles or pictures that you do not agree with. If you disagree with something printed by a student newspaper, write a letter or counter-article. It is easy to support freedom of speech when you agree with a particular article, but it is quite another thing to support freedom of speech when you are faced with an article that attacks your core values. University newspapers are the last bastion of truly free speech left in this great country. If our student newspapers are subject to the same pressures as the other major papers, censorship will have won its greatest victory. So before you reach for your petition, think ofthe quote by pastor Martin Niemoller: "In Germany they first came for the communists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the catholics and I didn't speak up because I was a protestant Then they came for me—and by that time no one was left to speak up." .E UBYSSEY New "A turban is not a shoe"—Sandhu by Bianca Zee and Chung Wong The fumes have not subsided. What began as a memorial for the dead has ignited into a racially tense war of words which has included death threats. And it erupted in the municipality ofSurrey, recently declared a "racism free* zone. On 11 November, Sikh world war II veterans invited from India were barred entry into the Newton Legion for refusing to remove their turbans, worn in obedience to their religion. Legion president Frank Underwood then enforced a 1946 by-law that prohibits entry to those wearing headgear. Underwood had previously abstained from a motion the legion had passed in September to invite the Sikhs. His critics have called him selective in his enforcement as female veterans were spotted in the hall wearing berets. Since the incident a bomb threat has been given to the Surrey-North Delta Now and a death threat has been sent to a Surrey Leader reporter, as the papers continue to cover the fallout and receive racially charged letters to the editor. The Leader editor and assistant editor were out of town yesterday while their paper received upset callers and an onslaught of letters. Leader reporter Robert Prince said yesterday the paper has been attacked from all sides, being called both a "racist rag" and a "Hindu loving rag." "Generally we get calls that do not like many stories on mi nority groups," he said. But the paper will continue to report on the issue "as long as it?s newsworthy," he said. "We have reported what happened. We have not tried to inflame it." But SFU communications student Renae Sandhu disagrees. Sandhu cast her term papers and exam studies aside on Sunday to write an angry seven pagelettertothe Surrey Leader in response to another letter published that day by A. Aiello. Aiello wrote: "They (the Sikhs) came to this country for freedom and better living. Well we have rules and regulations, too, so if this country can feed and provide for you then in return respect our rules or go home." The author later added: "When you are home be and act as you want, when in public be a Canadian. Thafs what you came here for. This is a good country, so dontruinitby dirtying the water constantly." While Leader staff have interpreted the last line as "muddying the water" or "dont stir up trouble," Sandhu calls the last statement a double- edged racist metaphor implying that Sikhs are not clean. "I was shaking afterwards, I was so mad," Sandhu said. "I was goingto study butlcouldnt do anything. So I decided to write a response." Sandhu said she resents Aiello labelling her as a foreigner despite being a Canadian "at home and in public." "Canada is my country," she says. "I am home." Sandhu was also upset by UBC's $262 m deal by Dinos Kyrou Rabbit pate, kiwi clams and prosciutto ham found their way onto the plate of David W. Strangway last week. The bunny was sacrificed for a dinner to celebrate Santa's early gift of $262 million. Santa had a little help from the UBC "World of Opportunity" campaign, which began in 1989. The final take was almost double the campaign's original target of $132 million. Many students might assume this early Christmas present will be used to reduce student fees, improve classrooms, upgrade bike paths, lighten the place up and basically make things safer and cheaper for students. But those expecting such changes will be disappointed. Director of tiie develop- mentoffice Ron Dumashel said, "no money is being spent on lighting. The money that was raised was previously identi- fiedfor specific projects on campus; either capital funds for buildings or endowed funds that generate income each year, not for the core operational budget" AMS Council rep Jason Mogus said, "all this money is being spentonflashynewbuild- ings for people to put their names on but no one will want to pay for their upkeep in the future. "We can't even afford to upkeep Buchanan at present and we are leaving a burden for the future with all these new buildings to look after." Most of the new buildings are named after their benefactors, for example the Koerner library. Naming a light after someone does not seem to have quite the same appeal. Dumashel admitted funds have not yet been allocated to improve the lighting. He added, "the campus plan for the next fifteen to twenty years puts lighting quite high on the priority list ofthe campus planing department and, [lighting is] recognised by the president and vice president as being a very serious issue." Despite the enormous surplus, areas such as campus lighting remain part ofthe core operational budget—and would remain so even if the campaign had raised ten or fifteen times its original goal. To put the money raised in perspective, $262 million would pay the fees for all the current students at UBC through the whole four years of their degree. Dumashel defended this by stating 53 scholarships were created with some of the fund although this is little consolation to the other 34,947 students on campus. Speeches at the celebratory dinner did not acknowledge the existence of any problems on campus. "It was all rah rah UBC with a pretence that no problems exists on campus; all the speeches were completely one sided. It was also decadent," Mogus said. another Leader letter by Krystine Rowes who compared a turban to a shoe. "The turban is not a shoe," Sandhu said. "In Sikh history, people have died for things like this, they have been martyred just because people in India wanted them to assimilate into other religions. "A lot of people just dont understand what wearing a turban really means and they demean the whole issue. They cant compare it to wearing shoes, as something you just put on and take off." Leader reporter Prince saidhis reaper is trying to run a "cross- section of letters." "We let people have their opinions," Prince said. "We dont censor letters because we dont like what they say. "But we dont run letters that are libelous...or if it's in bad taste." About 70 letters on the turban issue are awaiting publication, he said. o ^i^v**^ UBC BOOKSTORE 6200 UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD VANCOUVER, B.C., V6T 1Z4 (604) 8 2 2-2665 FAX (604) 8 2 2-8 5 92 N THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS, MY TRUE LOVE ^ GAVE TO ME..." BUNDLE UP & KEEP WARM 20% OFF All U3C Kids Clothing Traditional Crested Sweatshirt &&C UBC silk & polyester ties =0 "One size fits air Sweatshirts by Q Creative Embroidery - Clearance items SALE ENDS Pec. 51st 1995 1 Mondays are bach!! "Mm- cX Cabaret Super drink Specials Booh now for New Year's Phone Steve or Dave at 733-2821 for details favourite place to party" Cabaret 2291 W. Broadway at Vine • 733-2821 1HEUBYS2Y mmsmmammm UNIVERSITY PRESS SOMETHIN MWF*»t*llMilllUIUl«W Info on harassing prof kept under wraps by Sarah O'Donnell Colin Godwin, a professor in the department of geological sciences at UBC, was recently handed a two month suspension without pay following allegations of sexual harassment. Complaints against Godwin were filed with the UBC sexual harassment policy office by three women students after an industrial graduate student field trip to Chile in May 1993. The only information released on Godwin's suspension was a statement written by the professor, his lawyer, the university and the three complainants. In the statement Godwin did admit his "inappropriate comments and relationship... created an embarrassing and unprofessional environment for the students, in particular the other women graduate students on the trip." When asked about the university's conflict of interest guideleines, UBC media relations representative Steve Crombie said if any non-academic relationship "is not declared and there is an ongoing relationship, then the university has to take action to make sure the instructor isn't involved in the academic career of that student" These guidelines exist because any nonacademic relationship could result in special treatment and bias towards a particular student. Although Crombie said that while the allegations of sexual harassment were never actually determined, Godwin "has agreed to serve a two month suspension without pay commencing January 1st, 1994. During that suspension Godwin will not attend the university's premises." Another condition of Godwin's suspension is that he take a course related to sexual harassment issues. However, the exact nature of the course fell under the realm of taboo topics. Discussing it could violate the agreement. Crombie's only comment on the course was that it "is being arranged in conjunction with the sexual harassment office." In addition, Godwin will be unable to lead any field trips without the presence of a senior colleague for two years, unless otherwise decided by the head of the department The sexual harassment office refused to comment on the case. Sexual harassment policy advisor Margaretta Hoek said, "anything that transpires through the sexual harassment office is confidential." Other members ofthe administration would not say anything on record for fear of being sued. Florence Ledwitz-Rigby, advisor to the president on women's issues, also could not comment on Godwin's suspension because of "the very strong confidentiality rules in the sexual harassment office." Even Crombie had difficulty discussing the case at first. "It was happening around the time the threatening letters were hot in the media. Ifs hard to jump from issue to issue and keep them straight," Crombie said. BoG reps question RCMP booze report by Tessa Moon and Mike Kitchen Administrative conspiracy or increased awareness—which is the real reason behind the apparent increase in the number of alcohol- related assaults on campus? According to the campus RCMP, alcohol-related assaults are one ofthe main crimes on campus. Board of governors studentrep Orvin Lau said the Pit pub represents a large portion ofthe AMS's income andtheadministration may use the police report to gain leverage with the AMS. "The more money AMS has, the more it can affect things," Lau said. "[The administration] doesn't like that we're probably tiie only studentgovernmentin Canada who can afford to sue the university." Last year, the Pit pub made $26,900 for the AMS. "It's not a high margin in our net income," AMS director of finance Dean Leung said. Michael Hughes, another stu dent rep on the board of governors, said the increased emphasis on alcohol-related incidents on campus stems firom newly available information. "We didnt have the figures before," he said."The RCMP didn't release it or maybe no-one asked for them." Hughes also believes that "alcohol-related assaults* do not constitute a separate category. "An assault is an assault," he said. "Just because people drink doesnt mean they'll get assaulted. There's a danger of placing the blame on the victims." Lau, on the other hand, said "alcohol is certainly a factor in some assaults" and suggested any existing problems may be worsened by the lack of a general alcohol policy. "There's nothing really for the campus as a whole," he said. "Faculty members may have a little party or something with alcohol and break the law out of sheer ignorance." is, mm ii II A il 3 9 11 1 i It's a PH, alright. So far, there have been no decisive movements to respond to the problem. The board of governors has established the occupational health, safety, and environment committee, but has not proposed a specific course of action. The AMS has not addressed the issue either. "I cant speak for AMS; Fm not an exec," Hughes ZOW1E PHOTO said. "I dont know if they've got plans or not Not as far as I know." AMS vice-president Janice Boyle declined comment on the is sue. Computing services removes Homolka newsgroup by Graham Cook The freewheeling Internet newsgroups are a little less free as of Tuesday night. That was when UBC Comput- ingand Communications pulled the plug on the internet newsgroup "altfan.karla-homolka." Internet newsgroups function like an electronic wall on which people "post" submissions on different subjects. The censored Homolka group dealt with a manslaughter trial currently underway in Ontario. Karla Teale (formerly Homolka) was convicted of manslaughter in the deaths of teenagers Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy, and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. A ban was imposed by the Ontario court on most details ofthe trial, allegedly to ensure a fair trial for Teale's husband Paul. He is charged with first degree murder and seven other offenses. Bans apply to published material, with electronic communication like the Internet occupying a grey area of the law. Jack Leigh, the director of university computing services, said the decision to cut the Homolka newsgroup came on the advice of legal advice from other universities. "The advice from Dalhousie [university in Halifax] was that the newsgroup should be removed, and we thought it would be better to be safe than sorry because ofthe fact ofthe possible illegality of it," he said. A graduate student who called The Ubyssey on Tuesday was upset at the ban. "My thing against banning newsgroups has nothing to do with what should and shouldn't be on them," she said. "Ifyou haul up the gif[graphic] New Lab honours slain UBC student Aimt*mf$v^Wtwffim tfmmi<h&*tommi**fa Wmm&^m*m9ton&)0$m nasied after 1^Ear^f^iin<lar^ &^o£t)-«f&Cfia-^^ '" ;TSoBt\!oaia^sBa^d^y>^^ m&at&Tb»0emp*kee-systemi» •■ ; Ba«wsbe«tet»todfaa*tH .aifl-ig-^-eyj^ , S-gfefc s-, ' M,--:* *; $m^imA&MMm&XM*- #%& $m» wuwtnwr tot -gee** \ X mtG WGMF «*»««6d fotlaijt-'jMiiB*^^ ..,* m^^^i^^^^^tott^mxi^BL"- Co^SStBmtmAWiaaes>Cit0B^ .__„.„.._-__.....«_„_*.. „,*. . -ynjgfr, , h*m**w4bam*tlm1mh t &r«?Vm>W^'<^&^fc **" birthday, *■&££ *JlimfMK: WmjmMMbjk M **- **■ ' ,* -r $ *>* •>'■ ■* ' > ^V ■**^' * V "-*•> *f ^vWW** *)6,W \-* "' s? *■*•"**• -" — ■* 'T „ files off alt.sex.bondage or whatever, you're going to get stuff which could not cross the borders and be sold in Canada in published form. "I consider myself a feminist, and if you're going to start banning newsgroups you shouldn't start with [the Homolka group]. "But in the end ifs stupid, because you cant stop" the Homolka information from getting out on the Internet, she said. The information from the now- unavailable Homolka group has already been "cross-posted" on other newsgroups like "soc.culture.canada," which deal with a wider range of issues. As well, a service called "ftp" (file transfer protocol) can give access to most ofthe information on the trial that has been published in the United States, where the publication ban is not in effect. "For example, the Washington Post has an FTP service. All you have to do is call it up and you can get their articles on the trial," she said. "If you know enough about computers and the *net then you can access the information." Leigh says the Homolka group might conceivably just be the start "If there's any chance of any newsgroup being illegal we would likely remove it. We would only do that on the advice ofthe appropriate use group. The idea is not to censor it as such but we cannot do anything illegal," he said. The issue of freedom of Internet information has been debated on campus before. In early 1992 a number of newsgroups focused on sex and erotica were censored by UBC computing services. Critics of the move forced the formation of a committee on the appropriate use ofinformation technology. The report was released last year and called for free access to all Internet newsgroups. After the report was issued the sex-related newsgroups we're restored. More Internet news on page 8 TUTORS NEEDED. South Vancouver Neighbourhood House needs volunteers to work with children aged 6-12 in an After Schol Tutoring Program. Sessions run Tuesdays, 3pm to 5pm, from January 18 to April 4,1994. Ifyou want to help please contact Pattama or Carl at 324-6212.
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