the Ubyssey i N S I D E DANGER fringe epic within Founded in 1918 Vancouver, B.C., Friday, September 13 ,1991 Vol 74, No 4 Senate backs tough evaluation by Mark Nielsen Onlookers applauded as the UBC senate adopted in full a series of recommendations on Wednesday night intended to strengthen the teaching evaluation process for undergraduate classes. The recommendations came out of the fma\ te^rt of the Senate Committee on Teaching Evaluation chaired by student representative Orvin Lau and professor Graham Kelsey after a nine-month review ofthe process. Lau said he felt good about seeing the senate embrace the recommendations. "I am glad that many of the senate members read [the report] through and found our recommendations were what the university needed," he said. When senate voted to accept the recommendations, and when Lau finished his preamble on the report, groups of students, including AMS president Jason Brett and Wendy King, student representative on the board of governors, broke out in applause. In general, Lau said the intent ofthe recommendations is to push the faculties to respond in some way to the results ofthe teaching evaluations. "UBC is finally seeing that teaching is important at this university and that there really is a lot of pressure to really improve," he said. "It's a shift from 12 years ago [when the evaluations were first introduced] when they said you have to evaluate teaching. Now you have to do something about it." Lau said that the recommendations call for another review committee to be launched when new members enter the senate in 1993-96, in order to gauge the extent to which the evaluations have been strengthened in each faculty. In total, 14 recommendations were adopted concerning four primary issues: • inadequate action on what teaching evaluations reveal • variation in the quality of teaching evaluations between departments and faculties • ensuring that evaluations are seen to be done and well used • implementing the recommendations According to the report, the committee looked at the policies and practices of the faculties, schools and departments as well as the views of students. "Many of the written comments [taken from aquestionnaire handed out to students last term] were very depressingindeed," Lau told the senate. Although support for the recommendations was not unanimous, Lau said the committee had little fear that senate would turn them down. "We didn't do any lobbying," he said. "This report is on very solid ground so there wasn't any real worry about having the recommendations approved." The senate considered making available statistical summary results of the evaluations a requirement for all faculties and departments, instead of merely asking them to give serious consideration to the idea. The motion, however, was voted down. (The Faculty of Commerce currently makes such results available for students.) Brett said although many professors will have more incentive to pursue research projects, they are also paid to teach. "We are paying for a commodity," he said. "Professors are paid to provide that commodity. "If they want to tootle off to their research projects, well, that's fine, but they can do it elsewhere. I believe that teaching and research aren't incompatible." Brett said he had only intended to show up to the meeting in support of the students' view and had not planned to speak to the senate. Wallet reported found in Sedgewick, owners line up. CHERYL NIAMATH PHOTO Campus research centre controversy reaches senate by Paul Dayson Controversy over the Terry Fox Biomedical Research Centre took an added turn on the floor of UBC's senate meeting Wednesday night. The Terry Fox Medical Research Foundation, the non-profit society which runs the centre, has recently faced accusations of conflict of interest involving the foundation's chairperson Michael Warren. Investigations have been carried out by auditors into the financial dealings ofthe foundation. During the meeting, UBC professor in Pathology Dr. Anne Autor questioned the nature of the university's role in the centre. The former director ofthe centre, Dr. John Schader, was hired by the Fox Foundation in 1986 for five years. His contract was not renewed when the term expired in July 1990. Since there have been no complaints about the quality of Schader or his staff's work, questions are being raised about the decision not to rehire him. According to Dr. Tom Perry, Jr. ofthe department of medicine, "Schader is acknowledged to be a successful scientist. "Under his leadership, the bio medical research centre gained $7 million in grants (an exceptionally large amount)," he said. "The independent scientific advisory board, outlined in the Terry Fox Foundation's constitution, had given a very positive review in July 1990," said Perry. "Not long before he was sacked." Schader and other senior researchers at the centre are also tenured professors at UBC. In addition, students are hired on scholarships to work at the centre. Autor said, "So we have academic, teaching and scholarly aspects of these considerations." UBC president David Strangway said UBC has no control over the situation and does not plan to intervene in the business ofthe Fox foundation's board, for the non-renewal of Schader's contract i s an explicit action ofthe foundation's board. Strangway said the centre is not a UBC facility. "We have an agreement with the individuals but it is not an operation of UBC." The centre, which is located on campus in the Bio-Medical Building, has a lease agreement with the university (one dollar per year). Auter disagreed and said the centre was not peripheral to the university, which unlike other research facilities is in the middle of an academic research centre (the bio-medical building). Strangway said, "[The university] has been asked to take a more significant role — that is being worked on. "Changes are taking place and recommendations will be coming," he said. The Fox foundation is not affliated with the Terry Fox run and does not receive money from the run. Classifieds 822-3977 RATES: AMS Card Holders • 3 lines, $3.00, additional lines, 60 cents, commercial - 3 lines, $5.00, additional Vines 75 cents. (10% discount on 25 issues or more) Classified ads payable in advance. Deadline 4:00p.m., two days before publication. Room 266, SUB, UBC, Vtuu, B.C. 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We hope that our name change will more concisely express what we are here for: • a peer support network for U.B.C. students which provides counselling by phone (822-3700) or on a drop-in basis • a plethora of information on every subject imaginable (information line 822-3777), including a referral service to organizations on and off campus • a tutor file and car-pool registry. U.S.S. is located in rooms I00A and I0OB in the Student Union Building and we are currently looking for people interested in volunteering for the 1991- 92 school year. Applications are available on the front door of office 100A rams ^ Applications Are Being Accepted for the following Student Court Positions: rams l#J Chief Prosecutor* Assistant to the Chief Prosecutor* Defence Council* Assistant to the Defence Council* Applications are available in SUB Room 246. Forward application with resume to the Administrative Assistant in SUB 238 by Friday, September 20,1991. * Subject to approval by the Student Council 4 Applications Are Being Accepted for the following Student Court Positions: Chief Justice* Associate Justice* Alternate Justice* There are five Student At Large Positions Available and Two Positions Available to those students who are members of the Law Constituency. Applications are available in SUB Room 246. Forward application with resume to the Administrative Assistant in SUB 238 by Friday, September 20,1991. * Subject to approval by the Student Council i *> 2/THE UBYSSEY September 13,1991 Party advocates "family values" by Frances Foran The new Family Coalition Party wants to be more familiar and familial with BC voters. As the founder and first candidate for the Coalition, Kathleen Toth wants to emulate the Social Credit party in its heyday. Toth said that Socreds' negligence of the values that first attracted her to the party caused her to resign her membership and start the FCP last June. "[The Social Credit party] was different in 1986. I think it lost touch with its values. "The Family Coalition stands for values that affect the family. We're opposed to the government encroaching on the rights and responsibilities of the family," said Toth, candidate for the Oak Bay- Gordon Head riding. However, Elizabeth Cull, who has held the seat since 1989 for the NDP, thinks the FCP is out of touch. "They're basically a one-issue party, and that issue is anti- choice," Cull said. "The Family Coalition represents that part of the constituency which supported Vander Zalm and his ideas." Toth and the FCP made headlines last week when former premier Bill Vander Zalm spoke at the party fundraiser, ending his media exile. "We were surprised at his sup port," Toth said. "We needed someone who could draw a crowd, so we asked him." During his speech, he praised Toth, his longtime supporter, claiming he would vote for her over Socred candidate Susan Brice if he lived in the Oak Bay riding. The FCPs agenda is to refurbish the tax structure, allowing the family unit to reclaim its responsibilities. "Taxpayers shouldn't pay for things they disagree with, such as special interest groups, abortion, daycare or school lunches," Toth said. About the school lunch programme, Toth said, "If a family is dysfunctional, it's up to them to seek help, and if a child is hungry, obviously there is a problem in the family. "Giving a noon meal to everyone is a collectivist way of dealing with a problem particular to a few. It's not the government's job to feed children; that territory belongs to the family. "It would be like giving castor oil to the whole class because one is constipated." In addition to subsidized food, AIDS awareness should also keep out ofthe classroom, Toth said. "I don't believe in teaching children as collectivists. It's the right of the parent to teach certain issues. Schools are for reading, writing and counting." Toth said taxpayers should not subsidize the problems of special groups such as those in a high risk category for HIV infection. "It's not the government's job to use taxpayers' money for condom and needle distribution. They need help, but it's almost encouraging them. We're paying for their demise, really." The FCP would also like to see changes in the student assistance programme. "There's a penalty for living at home," she said. The programme presently "discriminates against intact families. Students who live at home are often penalized when they apply for assistance because of their parents' tax bracket. Just because the student who lives at home isn't paying all the costs doesn't mean that nobody is." When asked her opinion about the BC Supreme Court ruling last week that a same-sex partner may be treated as a spouse by BC Medical Assistance Plan, Toth clarified the FCP definition of a family. "A family are people related by birth or marriage," she said. "Two people of the same sex can't be legally married." Cull, however, said that Toth and her party are overly nostalgic. "She is harkening back to a family that does not exist and has not existed in Canada for a long time," she commented. Child learns family values. RLE PHOTO Demise of Diversity leaves void in city by Carta Maftechuk Vancouver's only magazine produced by and for lesbian women will cease production this November. There are no plans for a replacement. Diversity, "the lesbian rag," has come out bi-monthly since May 1988. The magazine has been published without an office or paid staff, with work being done in the homes of collective members. Evie Mandel, a member ofthe collective, has been involved since the first issue. She said the reason for the end of Diversity is not financial trouble. "Mostly we're just worn out. We've always had enough money to publish; each issue pretty much pays for itself. It's just really, really exhausting. It [takes] an incredible amount of time and energy to put out a paper," Mandel said. A group of women decided to produce Diversity because they felt there was not an adequate voice for lesbians in Vancouver. The magazine's content ranged from fiction, poetry and book reviews to art work. "There is hardly any voice in print for lesbians in the country. There is a little bit more than there used to be three and half years ago were prepared to get it going. We have had new collective members in but we've never had enough harder and harder to keep going. Instead of just drifting away we wanted to finish in an orderly way. "We spent about six months trying to find ways to continue the paper and when we couldn't do when thisidea [to publish Diversity] first came up," Mandel said, "There was a space to fill so there was lots of support for it in the city. "There's two of us left now from the original group of people who new people with a big enough commitment to do it," she said. "The two us who are left are getting burnt out and its getting that, w e planned for an appropriate ending," Mandel said. To raise money to pay for their final publication—a lesbian of colour issue—the collective held a "wake" at Graceland last Sunday. "Normally a fair amount of our income is derived from new subscriptions, and we haven't been accepting new subscriptions for the last two or three months. We wanted to make sure that we had the money to publish the lesbian of colour issue. We'll be able to do that now," Mandel said. Mandel feels that the absence of Diversity leaves a big gap for lesbians in Vancouver. "I think there's lots of room for more reading material for lesbians and for some kind of news- oriented magazine. We weren't very news-oriented...[there is a need for] something that will publish all different kinds of writing by lesbians in the city," she said. "I think the attitude in the city is generally more sympathetic since the Gay Games, so there's even more news in the regular papers," Mandel said. "That's good, but it's not the same as having a publication that represents the community—that doesn't exist at all. Unless there is one, there is a need for one." Library offers language tours by Cheryl Nlamath Main and Sedgewick libraries are nowofferinglibrary tours in Cantonese and Mandarin during the week of September 23 to 27. Tours in Farsi, German and Spanish will be offered at a later date. Sheryl Adam, an Information and Orientation librarian, said the tours are important to English as a Second Language (ESL) students. "International students [with English as their second language] have even less time than any other students because they read more slowly. On top of that they have to learn thousands of things in just a few weeks," she said. "The library tours include 100 facts. If second-language students can hear the tour in their own language, at least they will be able to learn how to use the library without too much trouble." Frank Wang, an international student advisor, said the library tours are a good effort. "They might be useful for new international students who find it easier to learn some technical library terms in their mother tongues." The library checked the registrar's list of students with international visas to determine in which languages to give the tours. Tours are not being offered in French, Canada's other offi- ciallanguage. Adam saidthere are not enough students with French as their first language to warrant the tours. Also, students coming to UBC from Quebec or France are used to UBC's type of library system, Adam said. More tours will be offered if attendance is high. September 13,1991 THE UBYSSEY/3 RED LEAF RESTAURANT LUNCHEON SMOkCASBORO Unique Traditional Chinrsr ^rxy* Cooking tin Campus ,£♦ 0 LICENSED PREMISES 10".. DISCOUNT on ash pick-up ordi-rs. 21-42 Western Parkway, University Villaee 228-9114 f— fc3 S it Dflwn °n fupn W! "MORE ON BROADWAY" • Largest Selection • Quality •'Service • Cotton • Fsamcore • Cetoured Futons • Sofabeds • Bedding • Accessories • Metal ♦ Wood * Foam Furniture • MFG * Wholesale * 873-1722 or 737-1648 490 W. Broadway 3150 W. Broadway VANCOUVER'S OLDEST FUTON CO, d$//*>* * A" * «•/ Senate report on teacher evaluations ISMS AWARDS Have You Picked Up Your Canada Student Loan? Students who applied for aid through the B.C. Student Assistance Program before June 28 should now have received their Notification of Award/ Statement of Personal Responsibility from the Ministry of Advanced Education, Training and Technology. This form confirms the amount and disbursement dates of your BCSAP award. If you have received this form, your Canada Student Loan Schedule I should be available for pick up from the temporary Awards Office desk, located in the lobby on the main floor of the General Services Administration Building. Documents may be claimed on weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.. You will be required to present picture I.D. Loan recipients are urged to pick up and negotiate their Schedules I as soon as possible. Loan recipients should note that they have signed a declaration saying that the FIRST use of their loan funds will be to pay fees owing to the educational institution. BCSAP applicants are also reminded to complete their Statements of Personal Responsibility promptly and return them to the UBC Awards Office for subsequent forwarding to Victoria. Failure to do so could disqualify applicants for Loan Remission after graduation. •Have to •Have to •Have to •Have to •Have to •Have to •Have to •Have to •Have to •Have to •Have to •Have to » tions carry a copy of this statement and indicate clearly what the results ofthe evaluation are used for. 8. That senate reaffirm its requirement for an annual * evaluation of teaching, less be- -r» cause the pattern of results may change in one year than because each year's students should have the opportunity to express their views. 9. That serious consider- * ation be given to making statis- ^ tical summary results of the evaluations available for inspection. 10. That all units give serious consideration to establishing committees whose function "* is to monitor the processes whereby teaching is evaluated and whose membership includes student representation. Recommendations concerning implementation. *. 11. That the report be circulated to faculties, schools, de- "* partments and the AMS students' council and that a copy be lodged in the library. 12. That action based on the recommendations begin in „ January 1992. 13. That during the term of » the Senate of 1993-96 there be established an ad hoc committee to review the progress made following these recommendations. 14. That senate discharge the senate committee on teaching evaluation. * Increase in student representation UBC's senate passed a motion Wednesday night to increase the student representation on the graduate council to 14 members from nine. The approval follows Faculty of Graduate Studies recommendation that student representatives be increased to include one for each faculty plus two to represent all the schools. The increase was considered appropriate considering the diversity of programmes and the needformore students to share committee work. Way cool bug. E. GRIFFITH PHOTO 4/THE UBYSSEY September 13,1991 NEWS -<$%', Dummy at heart of racist incident i by Franka Cordua-von Specht The most blatant racism graduate student Kathy Harrison had encountered at UBC was graffiti scribbled on bathroom stalls. That is, until three weeks ago when she and assistant political science professor George Hoberg were walking toward the Student Union Building. Sitting on the cab of a gray five-ton university truck was a black mannequin. "It didn't look exactly human but looked kind of stuffed and without any fine features. Its skin tone was black," Harrison said. "One of the guys working in the truck got out and walked by me. We stopped him and asked what that thing was. He replied: "That's our nigger."' "We were stunned and looked at each other, but he just kept going," said Harrison, who studies political science. "I was offended by it [the mannequin] and the in- sensitivity ofthe remark. Tve seenracistthings written on bathroom walls all over campus, but never anything like this. People write on bathroom walls secretly, but this was out in the open." Harrison complained to Brenda Jagroop, Waste Management Coordinator at Surplus Equipment Recycling Facility, which owns the truck and contracts out employees from Plant Operations to collect the recycled paper and cardboard on campus. "I guess it started out that they put a mascot wearing a recycling T-shirt on top ofthe truck. I wasn't aware of too much of this and was quite unhappy to hear about the racist comment," Jagroop said. "Our apologies to anyone who was offended by it." Jagroop phoned Rant Operations to have the mascot taken down and asked their supervisor to speak to the employees. "Our office got the call and one of the guys told them to take it down immediately," said Mike, acting head labourer of Plant Operations (who did not wish to be fullyidentified). "I dontknowwhat happened to it—it is probably in the compactor." "The guys were told that what was said was notappropriate," said Mike, who was on holiday at the time of the incident. He said the fellow whom he believes put up the mascot and made the comment is a summer student who has returned to Montreal. "But Fm not even sure who said it or what was said. All I've heard is hearsay. I don't even know what was actually said." He believes the mascot might have been intended to draw an analogy between the employees and slave labour. "I think it was supposed to be a token labourer— to show that we need more help," he said. "It was not meant to be racial remark. Everyone is welcome to work here and go to UBC." Associate professor Kogila Adam-Moodley, chairperson of the advisory race relations committee to the President's Office, said it's not the intent that matters. "They must be sensitive to the effects it has on the groups and individuals involved. "What makes this [incident] racist is that they said 'nigger". Ifs an unacceptable term that carries with it a whole history of slavery and subjugation of people," she said. Adam-Moodley was not surprised by the incident and said the committee had received a steady stream of submissions that documented racism. "It underlines what we had thought was out there and from what we could see scribbled on library desks. All of these are indicators of the unpleasant racist sentiments out there." Adam-Moodley is currently putting the finishing touches to the recommendations for the university's race relations policy that is intended to help establish a racist-free and more inclusive environment on campus. She would not comment on whether the policy includes any disciplinary terms. Currentlythere is no policy and it's up to the individual departments to decide on any disciplinary action. Once the President's Office receives the recommendations for the draft policy, it will be published and students, faculty and staff will be able to critique them. Traffic threatens school children by Sharon Llndores University Hill Elementary School is concerned about the safety of their students. They must cross Chancellor and University Boulevards at Acadia Road during times of heavy campus traffic. Head of a safety committee for the school Karen Duncan said, "It is horrible to see cars barrelling through the intersections. A lot of UBC students don't even know that the school is right there [5395 Chancellor Blvd]." Duncan said that safety programmes by the school and the police are in effect for the students. However, speeding cars, and vehicles that ignore lights and cross walks put the children at risk. "Despite the help ofthe crossing guards, children are unpredictable and they watch the university students set poor examples. "The traffic has been a problem for the last few years. New parents are quite frightened for their children, particularly students' children (because the parents are at university, they often can't walk the children themselves)." " * *—' Jft.vr^eg^.- Attitfefc .j^miu -. Give the kids a chance to grow up—slow down around the school zone. According to Duncan, the school continues to push for the implementation of silhouette signs and flashing lights. Officer Bernie Smandych, ofthe RCMPs University Detachment said that the amount of accidents in this area is down this year. "There could be a correlation between our awareness programme and the drop in acci dents. Ithink that people are really making a conscious effort." 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The University of British Columbia FREDERIC WOOD THEATRE presents 5fli of My by Lanford Wilson A comedy in the Chekhovian mode Directed by John Wright September 18-28 Special Wednesday Preview- September 18 2 fa Ihe price of 1 regular admission 1991-92 Seam of far Plays 5th of July Romeo and Met Sarcopiaos SemperRddis September 18-28 November6-16 January 15-25 March 4-14 by Lanford Wilson by William Shakespeare by Vladimir Gubaryev by Ian Weir Season Prices • Adult $33 • Student $22 Box Office • Frederic Wood Theatre • Room 207 Support Your Campus Theatre September 13,1991 THE UBYSSEY/5 ▲ ▲A to by Greg Davis GREAT warrior heroes have become legends through the centuries due to their exploits in foreign lands. From Jason and the Argonauts to Swarzkoph and the Coalition army, these men, whether fictional or not, have etched their mark on our history with sword and flame. Collateral Damage: The Tragedy of Medea Main Dance Place September 8 The men who stood in their way were vanquished, the women and children who could not get out ofthe way were summed up as collateral damage—destruction of secondary importance that is unfortunate, but hey, it's war. Collateral damage was a term widely used in the Gulf War. Medea, a princess ofthe ancient world, experiences the meaning of this term first hand; her life is controlled and exploited by the machinations of men. The most famous account we have of Medea is in the Euripides play ofthe same name. Euripides is documented as one ofthe great Greek tragedians, and an unabashed misogynist as well. In his rendition, Medea is the vengeful madwoman who slays her children. In Vancouver playwright Jackie Crossland's new version, Medea, like so many women since, gets a bad rap. Not willing to spend her life guarding the Golden Fleece and fending off assaults from her incestuous brother and father, she splits with the hero Jason to Corinth where she ends up barefoot and pregnant as Jason's chattel—that is wife. The plight of women in the thralls of male domination is thus presented in this social comedy of Medea's tragedy, still in the workshop stage. Nora D. Randall plays the savvy Cleo, who with other women acts as the chorus, hang out in an East End kitchen, drink coffee, read the account of Medea's exploits in the tabloids and comment on the action. The language is modern and pungent, including all-too-true anecdotes on women and the ways of men. The mixture of the ancient and modern milieu showed how little chauvinistic attitudes have diminished through the centuries. The all-female cast included River light as the naive yet stubborn Medea and Jane Kalmakoff who played the cynical and wise maid, as well as the sexist King Crayon. Most of the cast played multiple roles. There were a few flubs but the strong sense of intimacy generated by the performers more than compensated for any pratfalls. A live musical section directed by Jacqui Parker- Snedker enhanced the production with songs and sound effects, which added haunting and comical dimensions to the sequences. The pace was brisk, the dialogue clever and the actors had their stuff together, so two hours flew by painlessly. The play will run again in December at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Dealing with horrors all too familiar in a piercingly humourous way, it is sure to make one exclaim "Right on!" at the accuracy and poignancy ofthe story. by Paul Gordon ii CC r«l - 'LAIR Nicol's autobio- V-/graphical play, The Ol* Lady's Manual, examines the complexities of a woman who struggles to attain personal freedom and self-respect. She is constrained by an addiction to cocaine and the mentality of being "the ol' lady of a guy who rode a motorcycle." The Ol' Lady's Manual The ANZA Club September 10 Hampered by the social structure of a male-dominated motorcycle gang while trying to assume a level of personal dignity, Nicki walks the fine line between emotional self-control and a nervous breakdown with moderate success. An addiction to cocaine heightens her anxieties when she becomes pregnant with the child of a man she realises she can no longer love. On the strength of her childhood memories, Christian attitudes, her eloquent poetry and the reality of bearing a child (later named Christian), Nicki is able to redeem her dignity and achieve self respect. The cast (save Nicki's future lover) is appropriately absent of male characters, which helps direct the focus towards the suppressed female roles. The script provides difficult material for inexperienced actors. However, it does legitimately portray a vision of a woman who has the ability to succeed in every endeavour. 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Interested candidates should speak with the AMS Archivist located in SUB 230E. The AMS encourages all who qualify to apply. AMS ARCHIVES 4 VARSITY &AUCPAK; CUSTOM fRlltfTfrO HC*£ .* pwce. iNcuoes: 1 Coml num, OMW SET-UP, j tTmu , oTnee. jTYlfS A*»t<-«i* iv< ounATiow. Ptw&ty Time I weti* c fftT. | <6JT UHSAfc ***>***■ \ ffcCWW fry cojm* &*€ iTP*-T.Su<')»<.| 6/THE UBYSSEY September 13,1991 To tell a grim tale $km **&*'* by Harold Gravelsins FOLK wisdom, be it in the form of myths, legends or psalms, is a way of preserving cultural memories and articulating collective experience. A Grim Tale Heritage Hall September 5-11 It would be wrong to simply attribute the captivating qualities of folk wisdom to creative abilities of a single author and his or her solitary imagination. The notions of order, destiny and virtue given voice through folk tales are part of a wider dialogue. A Grim Tale offers us a story replete with dragon, frog, wolf, assorted nobility, and other characters that we associate with fables of enchanted times and magic places. But its purpose never seems entirely clear and as a result its story-line tends to ring hollow. The script is at its best when it substitutes feminine primacy into the place ofthe patriarchal assumptions familiar to us from traditional story-telling, and feigns apprehension instead of offering uncritical deference. It is at its weakest when the author, Bill Roxborough, attempts to mimic traditional narrative structure. The latter makes up the bulk of his script. Recent interest in Joseph Campbell aside, archaic paradigms can't be made to speak to us with the clarity and resonance they may have had in the past. I found it difficult to connect with Roxborough's characters and found his over-riding traditionalism to be an obstacle or even a dead end in the endeavour to provide a spectacle that was both witty and entertaining. But then, the genre is darn near impossible to recreate for our times, at least in a way that comes anywhere close to the relevance and standard it once enjoyed. There are some fine performances in the show. Chris Robson excels as the sinister Black Prince. In his presumptu- ousness, in the way he carries himself, and in his baritone voice, Robson reminded me, quite appropriately, of Brian Mulroney. In her dual roles as the Old Woman and the White Queen, Suzie Payne was variously enthralling and hilarious, and in each instance demonstrated a delightful poise. *<*.**> \ Troublesome by Cindy Dowsling HThe _L Auc rm$t *=»^rr play Tenderness begins with two women folding laundry. Audrey and Jan, played by Yvonne Campeau and Estelle Coppens respectively, are newly acquainted friends. Audrey is an uneducated housewife who lacks self- esteem, while Jan is a well-educated, confident businesswoman. The friendship between these two seemingly different women blossoms, much to the dismay of Audrey's husband Norman, played by Russell Ferrier. Norman is your typically narrow-minded redneck, whose use of double negatives is enough to drive any English teacher crazy. Norman's gruff, macho image is contrasted throughout the play by the well-spoken and soft Jan. Jan seems to want what is best for Audrey, while Norman wants Audrey merely for himself. As the relationship between Audrey and Jan grows we see the disintegration of Audrey's marriage. Fender's performance is excellent as he allows the audience to see v the complexity of his character. Unfortunately ,-> ''* the same standard of performance was not main- -•■'" tained for the character of Audrey; her character is dry, flat and passionless. As the play ends we are uncertain if she will make it on her own or continue her life in the same vein. Student Representatives FACULTY OF ARTS Nominations are invited for Student Representatives to the Faculty of Arts: a) One representative of the Major, Honours, diploma and resident graduate students in each ofthe Departments and Schools of the Faculty of Arts. b) Two representatives from each of First and Second year Arts. Student representatives are full voting members in the meetings of the Faculty of Arts, and are appointed to committees of Faculty. Nominations forms are available from School and Department Offices, the Dean of Art's Office, The Faculty Adviser's Office, the Arts Undergraduate Society Office. Completed nomination forms must be in the hands of the Registrar of the University not later than 4:00 pm WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18,1991. Note: In constituencies from which no nominations have been received by the deadline, there will be no representation. 687-3083 Tfavd YOUR KEY TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC We have seats to Sydney & Auckland for X-Mas Dep. 20 Dec return 05 Jan or 12 Jan Special Airfares for Sep/Oct/Nov Auckland *999 return Sydney $1199 return Book before Sep 16 #417 402 West Pender, Vancouver Outside Lower Mainland 1-800 663-5115 8&ss ^v4>- 'Waft*- Jsv* TSV BinvMji .J& a&. Hoohah he's stuck byHaraldGraveUin* Stuc* in tte Hoohab TheAiuaCli* September 9, IV1* ,——~——" ~~~~~TT„ 1iveS 0f ordinary people The AMS Coordinator of External Affairs is now accepting applications for 5 student at Large positions for The External Affairs Commttiee, This committee deals with long-term and current student issues such as Tuition, On and Off-campus Housing. The provincial and federal student assistance programs and post-secondary education in B.C. The committee will meet about once per month and will be chaired by The Coordinator of External Affairs. Any student can apply. Applications in the form of resumes are to Kelly Guggisberg - SUB Rm. 250 by no later than Sept. 20th. September 13,1991 THE UBYSSEY/7 To fuck or not to fuck Definitely not with Medea by Cindy Dowsling THE play Beirut is wonderfully powerful. Before it begins, the audience is brought into a room fifteen at a time by actors dressed in military style with the initials L.S. on their sleeves. L.S. stands for Lesion Squad. The audience is given cards with the letter "N" on them, which stands for negative. Beirut Vancouver Little Theatre September 10 In the play, there are two worlds: outside, where those who test negative for the plague live, and inside, where those who test positive are quarantined. The unfortunate thing about the outside world is that it is devoid of excitement. Sex is not allowed, babies are not allowed, and all in all it sounds like an oppressive place to live. On the other hand, people who have been quarantined can do as they • please. They are allowed to have as much sex as they like because they have already tested positive for the disease. The play opens with Torch, played by Andrew Litzky, lying on a mattress in a rundown room. His girl-friend Blue, played by Llysa Holland, comes to visit him from the outside. Blue has snuck into the quarantined place at some peril to herself, since we are told the last three men testing negative who were found in the quarantine zone were hanged. The play is an extremely thought-provoking piece of theatre. You realize, in spite of our "civilized* society, the quarantine ofthe unhealthy is a very real possibility. The problem with the play is that its impact begins to wane when the same idea is brought up over and over again. To fuck, or not to fuck. To fuck, or not to fuck. The play would have been much more intriguing if the script had offered more than just this dilemma- by Cindy Dowsling MEDEA'S Disgust is a one- person play written and performed by John Lazarus. The play is a witty piece of theatre. Medea's Disgust Cinderella Ballroom September 13,14,15 The performance takes place entirely in the classroom of professor Lome Pender. He is obsessed with an ex-student he had an affair with when she was 17. His ex-lover has written a book, which he talks about to his college class. The professor goes a bit wonky as he tries to explain the way the Greek story of Medea is similar to his ex- girlfriend's new book, but unlike his relationship with his former lover. For those unfamiliar with the tale of Medea, she was a Greek woman who took her revenge on her ex-lover Jason. Medea helps Jason get the golden fleece by betraying her father, and then she chops her brother up into pieces as she escapes with Jason, so her father will have to stop and pick up hit pieces. The two go back to Jason's homeland, where he marries another woman. Medea decides to get her revenge by sending Jason's fiancee a wedding dress, which burst into flames when she put it on. After this malevolent act, she proceeds to kill her two children. In her final act of destruction she kills herself. Professor Pender makes the connection between the characters in the book and the Greek tragedy. He tries to tell his class, rather emphatically, why these two stories are not related to his relationship with his young ex- girlfriend. The three stories are inter-woven in an entertaining wav. >tt FRING FESTIVi " ^•,$S5? j.s ** 'JSfJf. i'-filBt/'Jk •go Jilfosk by Greg Vaxi» S^Kofstayinghotneajd watching MarnedWth Childrenor some other ^to sitcom? 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The play involves three people: Thomasina, a blind women played by Mary Harvey; Richard, played by Ben Dudley, who later becomes blind in the play; and Jane, the wife of Richard, played by Diana Dent. Crystal Clear Vancouver Little Theatre September 13,14,15 The play opens with Richard and Thomasi bumbling about in the dark. The lightsipefn« on and we are introduced to the characters. TJromasina feels her way around the room taking everything in. Thomasina explains to Richard that^he knows him by his smell. He seems a little upset that she has no mental image of him, to which Thomasina replies, "If you like someone, you like their essence not wliat they look like." The two eventually wind up in bed. I In the next scene we see a different view of Richard, 'i'be way Richard treats Thomasina is nothing less than cuntemptible. Richard eventually ends up blind, ahd as a result, irupi-tent and angry. After Richard's blindness is cbnjplete ThiMiiasina no longer wants to have a relationship witni Sin- w.ints to marry a man with sight, so that her life will The play allows us to look at some ofthe prejudice that exists for the blind. We see the fears and frustrations a blind person must endure. Heath and Beatace . t -0the^aW^-tW8day nieans to De » and age. T°°^Snge Cabaret Lunatic Frms 5 Septen*erlj»j^__ _ lick. Emmet s ^ t ^ ^£SBone,but lewd as Close wi it does have it^^ents occurs 0ne luffXmen stands in '^;>-yr^^Kg:,v.tf'v'-r' stf^^fehX? *?$®&$dXt SAM GREEN PHOTO 8/THE UBYSSEY September 13,1991 September 13,1991 THE UBYSSEY/9 St. Marks College Roman Catholic Theological College On U.B.C. Campus Announces Courses for 1991 - 1992 Graduate Courses: (Fun Term) 1) Augustine: A Christian Transformation of Culture Thurs., 7:30-9:30, begin Sept. 12. Fr. Paul Burns 2) A History of the Church Thurs., 7:30-9:30, begin Jan. 16. Fr. James Hanrahan 3) Theological Themes in Literature Tues., 7:30-9:30, begin Sept. 10 or Jan. 14. Fr. Ed Heidt Non-Credit Courses: (Normally six weeks) Beginning the Week of September 16 1) Ethical Issues in Life and Death Mon., 7:30-9:00 p.m., Sr. Marina Smith 2) Galileo Science and the Catholic Church Wed., 7:30-9:00 p.m., Fr. Leo Klosterman 3) The Gospel of John (at Little Flower Academy) Wed., 7:30-9:30 p.m., Fr. James Hanrahan 4) Jesus Ben Stra and Hebrew Wisdom Literature Mon., 4:00-5:00 p.m., Dr. Paul M. St. Pierre 5) Liberation Theology Thurs., 7:30-9:00 p.m., Fr. Eduardo Diaz 6) Newman and the Development of Doctorine Thurs., 7:30-9:00 p.m., Fr. Leo Klosterman 7) The Spirituality of Thomas Merton Mon., 7:30-9:00 p.m., Fr. Ed Heidt 8) Women in Canadian Society: A Social Justice Approach Thurs., 7:30-9:00 p.m., Sr. Marina Smith Pastoral Courses: (Full year; no fee) 1) Fundamentals of Faith (begins October 8) Tues., 7:30-9:00 p.m., Fr. Leo Klosterman Sr. Monica Guest 2) Third World Immersion (begins September 17) Tues., 7:00-8:00 p.m., Fr. Paul Burns Beginning the Week of January 13 1) The Catholic Church in B.C. History Mon., 7:30-9:30 p.m., Fr. James Hanrahan 2) The Church and Contemporary Challenges Mon., 7:30-9:00 p.m., Sr. Marina Smith 3) Darwin, Evolution and the Church Wed., 7:30-9:00 p.m., Fr. Leo Klosterman 4) The Divine Poems of John Donne of Bread Street and St. Paul's Mon., 4:00-5:00 p.m., Dr. Paul M. St. Pierre 5) Faith and Post Vatican II Church Architecture Thurs., 7:30-9:00 p.m., Shelagh Lindsey 6) Help in Living Through Serious Loss (Pastoral Course) Tues., 7:30-9:00 p.m., Dorothy Stanwood 7) Prayer in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Wed., 3:30-4:30 p.m., Dr. Shirley Sullivan 8) Religious Education for the Year 2000 Thurs., 7:30-9:00 p.m., Sr. Marina Smith 9) Religious Vision of Bernard Lonergan Thurs., 7:30-9:00 p.m., Dr. Patrick Crean 10)The Spirituality of Thomas Merton Mon., 7:30-9:00 p.m., Fr. Ed Heidt Registration and Fees A Registration Form and course description will be found in the College Catalog. Please pick one up at the College or write the Registrar requesting a copy be sent to you. The fee is $15.00 per course for students and seniors, $30.00 for others. To obtain graduate credit for the Credit Courses, it is necessary to register through tthe accrediting institution. ST. MARK'S COLLEGE 5935 Iona Drive, Vancouver B.C., V6T1J7 (604) 224-3311 Principal: Rev. T. James Hanrahan, CSB, BA, MA, LMS Registrar: Rev. Leo J. Klosterman, CSB, BA, MS, PhD Seft.m,19&:20' SOtB a J D FRINGE REVIEWS AND COMMMENTARY Hey kids! It's heavy duty time 1 b ] p CI ii I The Last Temptation of Christopher Robin Crackwalker The Ruffian on the Stairs The Bastard H OW do you like your theatre? Sunny side up and a bit fluffy perhaps? Marketing researchers want to know. Actors and artists as a whole are considered to lack business acumen and to have suffered the consequences. Recently, marketing research has been part of an attempt to bring entrepreneurial discipline and financial health to the struggling thespian enterprise. According to basic marketing principles, the theatre community should find out what an audience will pay to see and then give it to them. In this fair city of ours, getting a chunk ofthe entertainment dollar requires a hard sell, given all the other diversions . ,, that abound here. What exactly did the people by Harold Gravelsins c I N The Last Temptation of Christopher Robin, Salt Spring Islander Michael O'Brien takes as his starting point the warm and fuzzy world described in children's literature. In O'Brien's tale, Christopher Robin is a nineteen-year-old setting off to become a hero for his nation in a war whose cruel physical and moral dimensions are as yet utterly unknown to him. Pooh and Piglet are smuggled along. The actors playing Pooh and Piglet, Raul Tome and Charles Herriott respectively, double in Prizes for most intimidating poster and most discouraging title might well go to The Bastard. at Vancouver's Arts Club Theatre clue into after conducting their audience surveys, that they keep giving us Angry Housewives, Dads ih Bondage and other inane musical comedies? Obviously not the wavelength several performers at the Fringe Festival have tuned themselves to. A glance through the listings in this year's Fringe Program turns up a good number of shows about tormented people coping with situations of abuse, humiliation, inner conflict and despair. The same has been true at previous Vancouver Fringe Festivals. Yes kids, it's heavy duty time again at the Fringe. I decided to take in four current Fringe productions dealing with weighty themes. I was seeking some answers such shows provide on the theatre experience and why these shows flourish at the Fringe. military roles. Set and role changes are effected with a speed and economy that press home the playwright's concern about an unresolved dichotomy between the adult and the child within, and between cynical maturity and youthful altruism. The dark insight ofthe play is summed up by Christopher Robin (actor David James Young) who, breaking into song, tells us: "No amount of kindness can combat the world's blindness, and so that foolish side of me has died." For O'Brien, struggle, defeat and spiritual annihilation seem to be inevitable steps along the way to developing moral awareness. Yet if childhood betrays itself in the passage to maturity, some positive aspects of childhood are seen to live on. The lyricism of youth, for example, persists in the form of marching tunes and anthems. RACKWALKER is a classic work in contemporary Canadian theatre that was written by Judith Thompson. In watching the performance, I relived my strained acquaintance with a former flatmate from small town Ontario who was like one of the characters in this play. Both had all the answers they needed in life: women are sluts who only pretend to resist male advances; getting pissed is second only to getting laid; and peer acceptance is all-important. Thompson's script is superb in capturing the texture and cadence of dialogue in the milieu she has written about. Beneath the veneer of hedonism, beyond the conformity to impossibly narrow stereotypes and notions of what it is to be cool, lies the unfulfilled need for simple respect. In this particular setting, however, granting another person his or her dignity becomes a zero-sum game of chicken. Violence and submission play off each other on various levels. Each ofthe four lead actors in the show (Kevin Conway, Jennifer Fahrni, Don Foran and Nancy Sivak) is called upon at a different point to address the audience with a monologue of some length. These monologues are an effective device for opening up the characters and the action to us. These passages also test the extent to which the actors have mastered their characters. At the show's opening performance, the actors were close but not quite there yet. The troupe may also have underestimated the difficulty of scene changes as indicated by their attempt to include an inordinately large number of props and set pieces in the production. 10/THE UBYSSEY September 13,1991 W7& ViV/rmwr, FRINGE REVIEWS AND COMMMENTARY the role of David, a character of delicate complexity about whom the show's many scripted conflicts and confusions swirl and refract. JOE Orton's The Ruffian on the Stairs provides another treatment ofthe themes of brutality, vulnerability and resignation. The attraction ofthe show lies in the accumulating sense of tension and suspense that it provides. Actors Barry Duffus, Bette Thompson and Mark Gash hold together well throughout the show in a set of well- matched, ■ ■■ polished performances. PRIZES for most intimi dating poster (a crucified woman, her face covered by a lamp shade) and most discouraging title in this year's Fringe migh go to The Bastard, the creative offspring of SFU graduate Michael Eric Chouinard. Otherwise, this show is captivating, scary, topical, filled with great performances, executed with classy production techniques, and well-deserving of attention. The show's synopsis in the Nothing could be further from the Fringe Festival's open door approach than determining artistic expression on the basis on audience surveys. Fringe Program tells us the script concerns rape. How, you might be asking yourself, can anyone present anything interesting about rape, and do so with artistic merit and integrity during an entire hour? If this amounts to something like the supreme theatrical challenge, Chouinard has pulled it off exceptionally well. The integration of video into the performance is stylish and highly evocative, and provides opportunities for some resourceful comic relief. Backlit mid- stage curtains, judicious musical accompaniment, and highly choreographed set changes are aspects of a confident and successful technical production. The actors all meet a similarly high standard, giving us well-grounded and articulate performances. Tyler Tone, a graduate of Langara's Studio 58, deserves particular mention for the firm grasp he exerts on the role of David, a character of OVERALL, I found these shows more satisfying than the lighter fare at the Fringe. The actors have the opportu- nity to take greater risks, and these by and large pay off. Each ofthe productions is careful to redeem itself from the didacticism which audiences expect from heavy duty shows and justifiably loathe. Among the four shows, The Last Temptation holds off longest before allowing us to come up for air, at which point it breaks into song. Both The Ruffian and The Bastard send us off with a cathartic event. We leave Crackwalker with anger and sorrow still fresh in our hearts. Apart from some rough technical edges in Crackwalker, these shows demonstrate strong if not occasionally brilliant production values. Nothing undermines an attempt at serious theatre more quickly than a hokey set. So why, then, do such a number of heavy duty shows make their appearance in the Fringe? One ofthe reasons is that such productions provide actors with strong roles. The experience of appearing on a public stage is often the only thing Fringe performers can take away with them. The bulk of door receipts at the Fringe tend to go towards paying the director, purchasing set materials, printing up posters, and giving the organizers their fee. Actors at the Vancouver Fringe don't go for the bucks so much as they shoot for the sort of recognition and exposure that can lead to a big break later on. Aleaty roles are what they need. Another ivason is belief in the importance of putting on a genuinely good show. The definition of good in this case is provided by people in the emergent and alternative theatre community. These people are dedicated to their art to a degree that those outside the community might have difficulty imagining. They want the respect of their colleagues as much the applause ofthe public. A third reason is that the Fringe Festival, being an unjuried showcase, provides a forum for a whole range of trends and tastes in the theatre community that are generally deprived of outlets elsewhere. Nothing could be further from the Fringe Festival's open door approach than determining artistic expression on the basis on audience surveys. The actors have the opportunity to take greater risks, and these by and large pay off. Each ofthe productions is careful to redeem itself from the didacticism which audiences expect from heavy duty shows and justifiably loathe. 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V3T 2X7 FAX: 564-8383 Ph: 584-8080 Hours: 9:30 AM • 5:30 PM Monday • Friday 10:00 AM-4:00 PM Saturday h=^t September 13,1991 THE UBYSSEY/13 Editoria Lest we forget: Section 122 Yesterday, charges of breach of trust were laid against ex-premier Bill Vander Zalm, on the recommendations of a special prosecutor. He could possibly face 5 years in jail. The charges relate to $20,000 Vander Zalm received during the sale of his Fantasy Gardens property and allege that he used his position as premier to further the sale. In the past Socreds have rushed to defend Vander Zalm's actions around the sale of Fantasy Gardens. Now, with an impending election campaign, it will be interesting to see if they continue to do so. It is more likely they will forget him and hope the voters will do the same. Butthe sale of Fantasy Gardens is not the only scandal Vander Zalm and his government have been involved in. Here is a small sampling: 1987 - Stephen Rogers, the environment minister and also forests minister, due to conflict of interest is forced to resign because of shares he owned in Westmin Resources, Ltd., a mining company. - Stan Hagen resigned as advanced education minister because of conflict of interest involving his business. Reappointed to cabinet in 1989 as regional and economic development minister. - minister of transportation and highways Cliff Michael resigns over impropriety in the sale of land he owned. Reappointed to cabinet in 1990 as minister for tourism. 1988 - Vander Zalm accused by attorney-general Brian Smith of interfering in the running ofthe office. Smith resigns. - interference by Vander Zalm in sale of Expo lands, getting a bid by his friend Peter Toigo considered, cited by economic development minister Grace McCarthy's resignation. - Bill Reid resigns as minister of tourism after allegations that lottery funds were given to a recycling company owned by Reid's friend and campaign manager. 1990 - social services and housing minister Peter Dueck resigned from cabinet after it was revealed that he accepted a free trip to Europe from Semens, a hospital supply company, while health minister. - attorney-general Bud Smith forced to resign after recorded car phone conversations led to accusations that he was interfering in an RCMPinvestigation of Bill Reid's role in misuse of lottery funds. - documents reveal Vander Zalm owned 83 per cent of Fantasy Gardens although he claimed his wife Lillian owned the property, avoiding charges of conflict of interest. - Vander Zalm's interference in pulp and pollution standards cited as the reason for John Reynolds resignation as environment minister. Later rubber stamped by Cliff Serwa, the next minister responsible. 1991 - minister of agriculture John Savage accused of conflict of interest when he bought a farm in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR)for a $0.25 million, taken out ofthe ALR and sold for $1.6 million. - environment minister David Mercier is accused of conflict of interest because of shares he holds in mining companies. He remains in the portfolio. the Ubyssey September 13, 1991 The Ubyssey is published Tuesdays and Fridays by the Alma Mater Society ofthe University of British Columbia. Editorial opinions are those ofthe staff and not necessarily those of the university administration, or of the sponsor. The Ubyssey is published with the proud support ofthe Alumni Association. The editorial office is Room 241K of the Student Union Building. Editorial Department, phone 822-2301; advertising, 822-3977; FAX 822-6093 Eariy last Monday morning. Made Nielsen and Francis Fonn were drivingbythatchemicalplant(youknowtheone), whenitoccuredtothemthat they weren't really sure what'i made in there, and they rally should be. So they took a left into the plant and were waved oa by Sam Green, thelaxidasical (ric) guard at the front gate. On their way they picked up Tedlng and Franks Cordua von Specht, two of the many peaty hitch-hikers that litter the roadi of the chemical plants. When the foursome arrived, they asked Charles Nho at the information desk about a guided tour. He sent them on a buraucratic goose chase to find Yau Soon Loo and Effie JPow, the co-heads of the Department of Guided Tours. They followed directions, but got lost in the inner sanctum of the building. They stopped to ask Paula WeDingp for drections.but she seemed too occupied in counting. They passed Chung Wong, who wti busy distributing free samples of dealcoholized beer. It was then they noticed the horrid smell coming from the locked door. They decided to investigate. Cindy Dowsie, one of the plant workers inadvertently let them in behind her. What they beheld was truly a thing of beauty. Paul Dayson was operating a massive machine emitting fluffy clouds of violet smoke. The smoke was bottled by Greg Davis, who sent them down an assembly line past Matthew Johnston (the infamous Inspector 13) to Helen Willoughby-Price who added leafy-green powder that gave the mixture a viscosity similar to Yggy King's saliva. Carls Maftechuk then poured the liquid into wreath-shaped molds and Cheryl Niamath took them and placed them in the lain. Dianne Rudolf took the molds out put them on another conveyer belt Paul Gordon removed them from the mold, then Sage Davies and Harald Gravelsins injected the shapes with unidentifiable bits of various colours. Sharon Lindores then squired white gook on top of the shapes. Tanya Paz put them in boxes and sent them to Ela3ine Griffith, the final assembly line worker whose job was to raise the blade and make the change. The boxes weredropped into shipping crates and sealed by you-know-who (a real wiz with packing tape). Raul Peschiera, the fork lift operator then stacked the boxes in the huge warehouse. "Wow," exclaimed Franka, "so that's how they make those jello mold things." Editors Paul Dayson • Sharon Lindores • Raul Paschlera Effla Pow • Carta Maftechuk Letters The Ubyssey welcomes letters on any Issue. Letters must be typed and are not to exceed 300 words In length. Content which Is Judged to be libelous, homophobic, sexist, racist or factually Incorrect will not be published. Please be concise. Letters may be edited for brevity, but It is standard Ubyssey policy not to edit letters for spelling or grammatical mistakes. Please bring them, with Identification, to SUB 241k. Letters must Include name, faculty, and signature. Accidental fascist? While commenting on how those traditionally underrepresented in Post- secondary education— namely gays, blacks, women etc—should be listened to in academia, Nikola Marin accidentally reveals that she may be a fascist in liberal clothing (Cry Me A River, White Boy, Sept. 3). She argues early on that posters which say— at the University of Michigan "A Mind is a horrible thing To Waste -especially on a nigger" are not "appropriate". Quite so. We should be all able to avoid name calling. However, Marin later writes: "Moreover, those who oppose these 'repressive PCers' often display a quite presumptuous, if not OFFENSIVE quality: that of contradicting, or not accepting what people ASSERT on the basis of a lifetime of experience as women, people of colour, etc. (capitals mine)." Amazing. Here we have a liberally educated young woman implying that disagreeing with a feminist or scholar pushing black power messages is exactly as objectionable and should be banned as the posters in Michigan were. TTie posters are offensive and should be "censored". Is a scholar arguing against the feminist bent of Women's Studies "offensive"? Marin says yes...after all, aren't non-feminists not accepting what women "assert on the basis of a lifetime..."? Good luck trying to make an argument that if a black professor argues that whites are inferior (as has happened in the US) he may be racist, with Ms. Marin. He could be asserting something about whites "on the basis of a lifetime...." Marin is creating two classes of scholars—the formerly oppressed who shouldn't have to be prepared to argue, instead of asserting, their views and white males, who should be prepared to accept anything uttered by the first group, lest Nikola Marin dub them "offensive". Scary. If Marin believes that this new scholarship has merit, she should be challenging all comers to argue against it, not mewing that people who don't agree with her agenda are "presumptuous" and "offensive". Are you afraid, Marin, that if this new scholarship is challenged, people will not agree with it? What a lack of confidence in your beliefs. Roger Schuykill Arts 3 Thanks, Nancy To a friend, I grew up near a woman who loved to help the children. During the summers she would be out in the park leading them in a game of baseball, always making sure that each one got a chance to play. So, when I got to UBC and had trouble with my courses, knowing that she was on campus I went to see her. Although she helped me get through a couple of my courses by giving me practical advice on how to study, I still failed out. But more important than the practical advice she gave me, she made me believe in myself. And without this encouragement I don't know if I would have made it back into UBC. For being a friend and helping me, I thank you, Nancy Horsman. Kevin Chisholm Forestry 4 From one goof to another re: Chung Wong, Antonia Rozario, Adam La Rusic I must wonder about the appropriateness of humour, considering the serious i ssue at hand. Glib labels of goofy, goofists, and idiotists belittles the issue at hand. The fact is, Affirmative Action that forces organizations such as The Ubyssey to observe hiring quotas of goofs and idiots is in itself discriminatory. This system perpetuates the myth ofthe incompetent goof, as well as ensuring that little emphasis is given to the level of goof creditability. All The Ubyssey i s concerned with is the maintenance of the Token Goof. As for Adam La Rusk's reliance on Politically Correct Buzzwords such as "goofist," I can only assume that such an attitude indicates a definite goofiness on his part and therefore his biased views must be disregarded. As for Chung Wong, take heart. From one goof to another.ours is a heavy burden. Power, brother. Aaron Drake BOOGER Brotherhood of Offended Goofs Erasing Racism (previously known as DORK Department of Misspelled Acronyms) KURT PREINSPERG The letter you submitted really exceeds the 300 word limit. Please come in and either edit your letter or re-submit a revised copy. Mark Nielsen, who worked at various BC community papers this summer, will give a news seminar on Friday at 3:30pm. Note: orientation will be at 2:30pm. ^_____ w 14/THE UBYSSEY September 13,1991 n r Asians and whites by Chung Wong There is a rivalry between Asians and whites here. Asians must emulate white role models (or face less vocational mobility) and most whites do not want to be Asian (there must be a reason). There is segregation here and a majority of Asians are coming out losing. In response to a controversial series that I have written on obstacles that Asians face at UBC, it comes as no surprise that white critics have been my only critics. Reactions from Asians so far have only been that of either support or immediate acknowledgement. A racial division of opinion hovers over what difficulties exist for Asians. Ones underscored in the series are clear to many Asians but alien to white critics. Critics have chosen mostly to focus on semantics in the series. Well, now you know. The English language was not meant to effectively articulate racial issues. Caucasian is a misnomer (people in Ethiopia, North Africa, Polynesia, Ceylon and India are considered Caucasoid populations); white or White is inappropriate (both The New York Times and Siskel and Ebert used it last week, but it seems some critics feel I should not) and non-Asians would not exclude Afro-Americans or First Nations People. My use of Asian (a white term) has also been suspect. Canadian- born, hyphenated Canadian, Asian (Oriental is a gross misnomer), of Asian descent—which is the best to use? No matter who we see ourselves as, we clearly cannotfool ourselves into believing that most whites will view any of us as purely Canadian. Many responses from whites have already viewed us all as foreigners who need to convert to a religion of white customs. What a free country. Let us have English names to begin our correct path or risk ending up in purgatory—disrespect, lower employment status and less recognition. Asians here know this. Our skin, however, gives us away—that our ancestors were not founding members of this religion. So we are double-checked frequently to make sure we have learned the religion well and have a good grasp of its commandments. But in the end, we will lose. We cannot be white. Assimilation will not wipe out a colour barrier. Along time will pass before an Asian pop star will be cool. The same goes for lawyers, politicians, teachers, writers and athletes. It doesn't sell: watch the »■ movies. Not to say, however, Asians should not assimilate: it's a better survival option (excuse the irony, it exists). When whites see us, almost always in their first glance, they will notice our "Asianess"—something that has not gained significant respect in this society. And that's what externally affects us most in a Caucasian environment. And we—whether Chinese, Malaysian, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, Indonesian, Filipino etc. etc.—will be seen as "Asian," as one big block, by only whites. Read the newspapers. "Asian gangs" and "Asian invasions" do not refer to people in the "eastern Soviet Union," for those afraid I am being offensive to them. In using the word, lam onlyrecogni zing reality here. Common usage ofthe English language in regard to race i ssues i s full of flaws. Words like racist and racism are ill-defined and so far white critics who have employed the term have done so with neither definition nor direction. A cameo death by Chung Wong BANG. BANG. BANG. On the mouth ofthe blackened Magdalena River, three deafening shots blast within the impoverished core of Barranquilla, a Colombian city of 1.5 million people. A police line is quickly set up on a dirt- covered p- road with x no street :," sign as a fc camera crew rushes in to get a close-up. Could this really be a movie? A body lays limp in front of a church as a monk walks past it, minding his own business. An anxious crowd buzzing with questions pushes against the line to gain a better view. A body lies still, slouched on its side while blood from it pools toward the road's sewer. The last remnants of breath exit a collapsing lung. FREESTYLE Gone, gone, gone. An officer smiles like another day's work while dozens gaze in awe of the passing action. The scene is almost like a voyeuristic view of a silent movie or quick skim of a tabloid news teaser. Read all about it. The camera crew tries a different angle. A thief has been shot to death, three times in the chest. For me, the third corpse IVe witnessed within only three weeks, excluding those at the no-name body dump at the city's edge. For many here, like the thief, it's an invisible game of Russian Roulette: every day could be the last. It's living with small probabilities, few chances and bad circumstances. Sometimes, there's no room to decide. Ihe Ubyssey needs you The Ubyssey student newspaper is looking for an omfmddy. must Be a staffer, preferably experienced. Rgood f&ozuledge ofthe system is important. Apply to SUB 241k Wednesday, noon at staff meetings Darlene Marzari, MLA Vancouver Point Grey Working for you As your local representative in the BC Legislature I want to ensure that UBC students are heard by the government in Victoria. For the last five years I've raised issues of concern to UBC students - issues like education funding, a student loan system that better meets your needs, affordable student housing and adequate childcare for students and university employees. I want to continue to hear from you and work with you to make UBC a better place for students. Don't hesitate to call my office at 732-8683, or drop by. We're open Monday to Friday, 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM at 2505 (©Broadway). Are you on the Voter's list? A provincial election must be called this fall. To vote, you must be registered on the Provincial Voter's list If you've moved in the last six months, or if you haven't received a BC Voter's card, you may not be on the Voter's list And that means you may lose your right to vote. To check your eligibility contact: Elections BC 100 475 E Broadway Vancouver Telephone: 660-6848 These students spent the summer working at Deloitte and Touche offices in Vancouver, Langley and New Westminster. Ask them about THEIR CHOICE and THEIR CAREER. YOUR CAREER If you are looking for a large C.A. firm that offers extensive diversity in its client base, an exceptional training program, in- depth support, an outstanding pass rate, local and international opportunities and an environment that fosters creativity and constructive feedback, you have only one CHOICE. YOUR CHOICE Come talk to us on campus and we'll tell you more about why Deloitte & Touche should be YOUR CHOICE. See the Commerce Placement Office or the Canada Employment Centre for application information prior to October 1st or contact: Sandra Heath Director, Human Resources 2200-1055 Dunsmuir Street Vancouver, B.C. 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