UBC Archives Serial T| Hhe vilest rag west ofBlanca" ubyssey FRIDAY 28 JANUARY 1994 CONTROLLING CUP SINCE 1918 VOLUME 76, ISSUE 29 A CONTEST: SOME SPACES ARE HARDER TO nil THAN OTHERS. Submit your graphics to SUB 241K, and if chosen by our celebrity panel, YOUR visual brilliance will run In this space, every Ubyssey for the remainder of this term. DEADLINE: as soon as possible. Daycare users face fee hike by Tessa Moon and Steve Scali Cash-strapped student parents using UBC daycare services are facing yet another fee hike. In 1993, the newly approved childcare budget translated into a $50 increase per month for each child in daycare. The increase went into effect in August, with serious repercussions for financially constrained student parents. Heather Neun, a first year Law student chose to use UBC daycare because of its high quality. "But it's really expensive," Neun added. "I think it would be really good if they appreciated the fact that students are using this daycare system, that people deserve high-quality daycare without having to spend so much of their income on it." "I've worked very closely with a lot of parents," said student representative to the board of governors Michael Hughes. "[Some] removed children from UBC childcare because they can't afford it and because they got really pissed off at the administration." Hughes explained that the rise in fees was needed to meet the increasing cost of physical maintenance and staff salaries. Student member ofthe Board of Governors Orvin Lau revealed that within three years the administration wants to move to full cost-recovery with no subsidies. However, he assured that three months notice must be given before approval by the BOG can be given for a fee increase. He revealed the next increase would probably be in May 1994. Meanwhile, parents and daycare personnel are attejnpting to reach a compromise between maintenance and service quality and cost reduction. "We're going [to] look at the budget, at what kinds of things we can cut out," said administrator of UBC childcare services Darcelle Cottons. "How clean do we really have to be? How many times a week does the floor have to be waxed?" Cleaning up the system The controversial 1993 increase was preceded by another fee hike implemented between May and June 1992. That hike was part of a successful attempt to standardize the fee structure of the then-independent daycare centers in the system. Prior to this consolidation, at least five of the nine centers ran illegally in an effort to maintain affordability and staff wages. "They were using parents as qualified staff and counting them in the child-staff ratio," Cottons said. "[Parents] would have to work in the daycare center to be in that center." Once the university took over the operation, additional full-time staff were required. "That alone cost over $30,000 a year," Cottons said. "Right there, I knew fees were going to go up." As the daycare service grows, maintenance and staff expenses are increasing again, foreshadowing another rise in fees in the next fiscal year. "On January first of this year, there was a three percent increase to all staff. Fees have to go up to WIN parents be able to afford daycare at UBC In the future? STEVE SCALI PHOTO cover that." said Cottons. Another two percent increase is scheduled in the staff contract. "The rates will probably go up another $50 this June," Hughes said. According to Hughes, the university also wants to decrease subsidy to childcare. "My position is [that] if the university can't provide affordable childcare, it should get out ofthe business," he said. In March 1994, Hughes intends to make a motion which "starts by opposing any increase. One thing I'm in favor of is not directly subsidizing childcare but getting the department of financial aid to subsidize parents who need subsidy." Despite the improvements introduced by the pro-daycare NDP government, Cottons believes that "daycare in BC, not just at UBC, is in a financial crisis. A single mother working in a small job somewhere earning $1800, $2000 a month will not qualify for subsidy, or the difference will take up so much of her budget that she can't afford licensed daycare." Admin rams through hikes Lau blames the UBC administration for not presenting other alternatives to raising fees. "The administration would like to see us as a rubber stamp" he said, adding that "it's the administration's job to put options before us." Lau sees the daycare fee increase as a philosophical issue. "The original concept for daycare was not cost recovery so much as providing a service to parents in need. "Some parents don't have time to take care of their children. We must provide high quality daycare, at a reasonable cost, but also consider the ability of parents to pay." Cottons said the issues surrounding affordable daycare are of concern to society as a whole. "We need a federally funded childcare program. If we value out children, we need high quality care. Children are an investment." AMS elections: Times not a changin' by The Freewheelin' Graham Cook The "vote for experience" slate swept last week's Alma Mater Society (AMS) elections, leaving re-elected president Bill Dobie with an executive of familiar faces for the upcoming 94/95 school year. But the traditionally low student turnout and the number of candidates contesting each position, along with the high number of spoiled ballots, meant less than five percent of the student population voted for the members of Dobie's slate. Vice-president Janice Boyle was re-elected with 1519 votes, less than 4.8 percent of the student population. Tim Lo was elected with 871 votes, representing 2.7 percent of students and with 577 ballots spoiled. The elected "experience" slate is made up of Dobie, Boyle, director of finance Randy Romero, director of administration Tim Lo, and coordinator of external affairs Leah Costello. In elections for the two board of governors positions, Michael Hughes proved to be the most popular student politician, by a long-shot, by a country mile, garnering 1635 votes, about 5 percent ofthe student population. Orvin Lau also squeaked in by a nose, winning the position over Richard Kwan by 74 votes in the tightest race ofthe election. Jan King, Byron Horner, Lica Chui, Jim Boritz and Dave Preikshot were all elected to senate-at-large positions. The "experience" slate ran on a platform of renovating the SUB and rethinking the structure of the AMS through the Committee for Organizational Review and Planning (CORP) "I'd like to see the AMS brought a lot closer to students," Dobie said in an interview before the election. "In the past, people have thought that you tended to need some sort of status or position to be effective in the AMS. That's the wrong attitude and something we want to change," Dobie said, after his previous election as president in February 1993. CLASSIFIEDS Rates: AMS card holder - 3 lines, $3.15; additional lines 63 cents. Commercial -- 3 lines, $5.25; additional lines HO cents. 10% discount on 25 issues or more. Classified ads payable in idvance. Deadline: 3:30 pm two days before publication date. 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And while many students with disabilities find existing policies "very helpful," certain areas still need to be addressed. "Ramps are fine if they're not too steep. The one outside Sedgewick [leading to Main library] is a real pain," said Johanna Johnson, a second year math student with paraplegia- Johnson admits she rarely uses the libraries because the doors and turnstiles do not Disability Resource Centre consultant Frank Jonasen (left) and Physical Access Advisory Committee student rep Natasha Edgar (middle) are working for accessibility and safety on campus. accommodate her chair. Accessibility at UBC has undergone some major changes in the last two years. The most significant has been the adoption of provincial as opposed to national building codes. "British Columbia has some of the most progressive building codes in the world," Frank Jonasen said. "The trick is to ensure the codes are enforced." In the past, buildings have been constructed and then ramps, electronic doors and bathroom stalls added as an afterthought. "Sure it's great to have a sink at the right level but if the paper towels are on the other side ofthe room...," Jonasen said. Pending Jonasen's recommendations to the ministry of schools, training and labour, UBC and the provincial government will likely act together to enforce building procedures. "For students who are visually and/or mobility impaired this means more student housing, walkways and classrooms that meet their needs," Jonasen said. He disagrees with claims that the SFU campus is more accessible than that of UBC. "Considering SFU is newer and smaller, they have lots of problems with parking, buildings and pathways," Jonasen said. In addition to working for the DRC, Jonasen has been appointed to Campus Planning and Development (CP&D). Already, several of his recommendations have improved upon well-meaning but shortsighted policies made by able- bodied planners in the past. "People think improved accessibility means more ramps but look at buildings like David Lam and Brock Hall. They are totally wheelchair accessible without ramps," Jonasen said. Natasha Edgar is a student representative for the Physical Access Advisory Committee. She agrees with many of Johnson's concerns but stresses safety. "I'd like to see improved pathways for all students. The pot holes are extremely dangerous, especially at night," Edgar says. At this point, Jonasen said there are more jobs than dollars but he is encouraged by the growing optimism and support of the university. High-free pot paves way for progress by Tanya Storr Cannabis hemp, banned in Canada since 1923, may soon be grown here again for industrial purposes if Canadian farmers and hemp advocates have their way. And hemp supporters claim that if industrial hemp cultivation in Canada does become a reality, the plant could help pull the country out of its economic and ecological crisis. Cannabis hemp grown for industrial purposes contains a mere trace (normally less than 0.3 percent) of the psychoactive compound tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, and thus does not give a "buzz" when smoked. Instead, industrial hemp can be used to make over 25,000 products, including paper, building materials (lumber and particle board), food (everything from salad oil to tofu), fabric, fuels, and plastics. Hemp is "the most endurable substance in the world ..." Hemp around the world Currently, countries growing hemp for industrial purposes include England, France, Hungary, China, and the Netherlands. China and Hungary in particular have large export markets for their hemp products. England lifted its ban on hemp cultivation for industrial purposes last year, and a group of farmers calling themselves Hempcore successfully grew 1500 acres of hemp in East Anglia this past summer. Her majesty's Home Office set several guidelines for the hemp cultivation: for example, the hemp could contain no more than 0.3 percent THC and all fields had to be invisible from the road. Although the Hempcore farmers had planned to use the hemp mainly for livestock bedding (hemp shives are extremely absorbant and easily compostable), several industry groups in Britain have shown interest in other hemp products, including paper mills, craft supply distributors, and foreign trading companies. Reefer madness at home Here in Canada, Health and Welfare Canada's Bureau of Dangerous Drugs is in charge of issuing permits to people who wish to grow hemp. Ross Hossie of Health and Welfare Canada said that if the the department were to review the existing hemp permit policy, they would definitely look at the examples set by other countries such as England and France. The bureau's present regulations do not distinguish between hemp grown for industrial purposes and that with a high THC content. Instead, the regulations lump all strains of hemp under one category, making obtaining a permit near impossible. At the moment, the few permits given out can only be issued under two clauses: if the hemp will be grown for scientific purposes or if its cultivation is "in the public interest." Hossie said that although the department is currently reviewing one application submitted by an individual wanting to grow hemp for industrial purposes, he believes it could take a while for a third clause to be introduced that would allow for such hemp cultivation to take place. "A change in the regulations might go through next year perhaps. Right now there is a backlog of regulation changes in the system. We make recommendations to the minister, so the only way the hemp issue would happen quickly is if she decided it was a high priority," Hossie said. Bud for business Hemp supporters, including several influential Canadian business people, believe that making hemp legal in Canada for industrial purposes should be a high priority for the government. Karen Tilley ofthe Canadian travel clothing company, Tilley Endurables, is a member of the Business Alliance for Commerce in Hemp, or BACH. Tilley said hemp is "the most endurable substance in the world," and that she is glad she and her father, Alex Tilley, have been a part of the hemp movement in Canada. hardy plant which is better for the environment because it does not require pesticides or other petro-chemical treatments. A recent scientific study in the Netherlands proved that hemp fibre presents a better alternative to wood pulp for making paper because dioxins are not required to break it down, its fibres are stronger, and, in a 20-year rotation, an acre of hemp yields Chris Bennett, a hemp activist from Vancouver Island who sells hemp products, said Canada should take note of the favourable response from industry enjoyed by the British hemp farmers. "There are five years of backup orders for the farmers in England who grew hemp this summer. Farmers in Quebec are now circulating a petition pushing "My father is quite an important businessman and he has been quite influential in encouraging the Canadian government to allow hemp reindustrialization," she said. about four times as much fibre for paper than an acre of trees. While trees take 20 to 80 years to mature, hemp grows 10 feet tall in four months. In addition, hemp industrial for industrial hemp cultivation in Canada. 46,000 farmers have signed the petition to date," Bennett said. Jim Sherry, development officer for Agriculture Canada, Dioxins are not required to break it down, its fibres are stronger, and, in a 20-year rotation, an acre of hemp yields about four times as much fibre for paper than an acre of trees . Tilley Endurables have recently developed the "Hemplin Hat" which is currently made of imported hemp, but Karen Tilley said the company would much prefer to support Canadian farmers by buying Canadian- grown hemp fibre for its produ cts. Eco-friendly Unlike cotton, hemp is a fuel produces no sulfur, hemp fuel for cars releases less carbon dioxide than gasoline, and synthetic lumber made from hemp is reputedly more durable than wood. Besides the obvious environmental benefits, advocates claim that the cultivation of industrial hemp could help boost the Canadian economy. also feels that industrial hemp cultivation could greatly benefit Canadian farmers. "In my personal opinion it (industrial hemp cultivation) would be an excellent idea, if the groups concerned can satisfy all legitimate concerns. The farmers need something like this—the crop could provide substantial revenue." 4 THE UBYSSEY ELECTION NUMBERS FRIDAY 28 JANUARY 1994 61 Mogador Moorish S Mcditerroneon Cuisine From Morocco, Spain and France, the influences combine, for an unforgettable, yet affordable, dinina experience. Open for lunch, dinner and after the theatre for desserts or a light meaL 4473 West 10th Avenue Information and Reservations • 222-2668 ANNOUNCING THE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' EDUCATION FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP FOR "GAP STUDENTS." The Chartered Accountants' Education Foundation of British Columbia, in cooperation with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia, has established scholarships for students enrolled in the Institute's Graduate Admission Program (GAP). What's the GAP Program? Good question! The GAP Program is a series of courses which equip non-business graduates with the requirements to enter the Institute's School of Chartered Accountancy. So if you're a Physics or English grad and want to pursue a challenging career as a CA, the GAP Program helps you get there. Up to 10 scholarships of $2,000 each will be awarded annually. GAP Scholarships are available to university graduates, or students entering their final year of a university degree program, who combine scholastic achievement with interpersonal and leadership skills, and plan to register in the GAP Program. For further information on applying for a GAP Scholarship please call Daina Vecmanis at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C. at 681-3264, toll free outside of Lower Mainland 1-800-663-2677. ■!. Chartered Accountants of British Deadline to apply is February 28, 1994. % Columbia HAIR CUT T$200@FF 5784 UNIVERSITY BLVD VANCOUVER, BC V6T 1K6 224-1922 • 224-9116 ^- AND ^TANNING STUDIO GRAND OPENING SPECIALS EXPWES MARCH 31 N.4 perms'" $500 OFF EXPIRES MARCH 31 WA colour" Ji $300 OFF O^Di EXWflES MARCH 31 WA the evil you know sweeps ALMA MATER SOCIETY ELECTION RESULTS x = victorious champion winners Winning AMS candidates shown with percentage of votes cast in their favour in curved brackets— (). The other brackets—{}— contain vote percentages based on the student population, the voting populace, listed only when greater than one percent. PRESIDENT Dettlebach, Kevan: 62 votes xDobie, William: 1181 (36.5%) 13.68%) Haeusser, Jens: 258 Ivanoff, Jim: 119 Norman, Chris: 106 Rozario, Antonia: 802 {2.50%} Schaper, Marc: 151 Watts, Roger: 320 total ballots cast: 3240 spoils: 241 VICE-PRESIDENT xBoyle, Janice: 1519 (47.7%) 14.74%) Kim, Rhea: 374 (1.17%) McCuaig, Ryan: 289 McNeill, Laurie: 228 Watts, Roger: 316 total ballots cast: 3190 spoils: 457 DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION Agnew, Carey: 626 {1.95%) Biela, Dan: 184 Coleman, Steve: 494 {1.54%} Hogeling, Julia: 281 xLo, Tim: 871 (26.6%) {2.72%} Meyer, Noah: 238 total ballots cast: 3085 spoils: 577 ^CTCKASHHGrmASHHCJIF^ COORDINATOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OF Cho, Charlie: 194 xCostello, Leah: 918 (30.1%) {2.86%} Hanan, Sunshine: 588 {1.83%} Lee, Sophia: 565 {1.76%} New-Small, Alannah: 318 Wright, Chris: 234 total ballots cast: 2910 spoils: 411 DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Dadson, Lee: 410 {1.28%} Emerman, Eddie:251 Lum, Patrick: 661 {2.06%) Paolozza, Daniel: 211 xRomero, Randy: 1013 (31.2%) {3.16%} total ballots cast: 3236 spoils: 696 BOARD OF GOVERNORS (2) xHughes, Michael: 1,635 {5.10%} xLau, Orvin: 1,456 {4.54%} Kwan, Richard: 1,382 {4.31%} total ballots cast: 2,985 spoils: 295 COMMERCE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Bender, Joshua: 25 Sharun, Jay: 12 xTam, Steven: 76 Wong, Henry: 19 total ballots cast: 137 spoils: 5 EDUCATION xChan, Paul: 25 Mosher, Lome: 15 total ballots cast: 40 spoils: 0 STUDENT LARGE (5) SENATORS AT Women Against Violence Against Women/Rape Crisis Centre is looking for female volunteers to do crisis line work. The next training begins on Wednesday 16 February for 11 weeks. Wednesdays 7- 10pm and Sundays llam-5pm. Childcare and transport subsidies available. Sign language interpreters will be provided if needed. For more information please call at 255- 6228 or TTY 254-6268. xBoritz, Jim: 1,295 {4.04%) xChui, Lica: 1,495 {4.66%) xHorner, Byron: 1,531 {4.78%} xKing, Jan: 1,538 {4.80%} xPreikshot, Dave: 1,277 {3.98%} Schaper, Mark: 1,066 {3.33%} total ballots cast: 2,985 spoils: 431 OTHER SENATORS: APPLIED SCIENCE Foan, Jon: 26 xMacLaren, Keith: 110 total ballots cast: 139 spoils: 3 ARTS xHeys, Andrew: 142 Rodocker, Talman: 120 total ballots cast: 291 spoils: 29 LOTTO 6/49 13, 14, 27, 31, 38, 40 SCIENCE xDouglas, Kevin: 133 Kil, Steven: 80 total ballots cast: 214 spoils: 1 ELECTED TO SENATE BY ACCLAMATION: AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES: Azim A. Raghavji DENTISTRY: Hugh Leung GRADUATE STUDENT SENATOR: Brian Goehring LAW: Chris Lim MEDICINE: Emile Woo PHARMECEUTICAL SCIENCES: Shelina Dawood There were no nominations for the faculty of forestry. REFERENDA RESULTS QUESTION 1 (WUSC refugee funding increase): yes: 2,542 no: 805 spoils: 53 QUESTION 2 (PIRG, Public Interest Research Group): yes: 1733 no: 1,610 spoils: 59 Neither referendum questions passed as they did not achieve quorum of ten percent daytime AMS members, 3,206. "it's cool to be queer" ueer issue story meeting 31 January 12:30 pm be there, or be square iuction 5 pm Thursday k 4 February eyiucker-\ t££: ime sign up for a storX SUB24^ FRIDAY 28 JANUARY 1994 NEWS THE UBYSSEY 5 NU rejects AMS conference by Sara Martin Nipissing university refuses to send a delegate to the AMS "women in politics" conference because it only deals with women's issues. "They see it as discriminatory, anything advertised solely for women," said Rene Zavitz, student vice-president at Nipissing university (NU) in North Bay, Ontario. Zavitz, along with 191 other woman college and university student executives across Canada, received an invitation from the AMS to attend the 9-13 February "woman and politics" convention. Council voted down Zavitz' request to attend the four day event after looking at the agenda, on the grounds that the conference was of interest only to women and therefore would not benefit the university as a whole. "They basically said, 'that's only for women so you can't go'," Zavitz said. "I'm getting sick of it, the whole attitude. One executive made a blue bracelet and called it straight white male week," she said. Zavitz said the university does not have a women's centre and attending such a conference may give her the skills to create a space for women on her campus. However, council's humanities representative Jeff Lefebvre, one ofthe members who voted against sending Zavitz to the conference, disagreed. "If there was a need for that, women's centres and those sort of things, we would have them in place," he said. Lefebvre said the conference "sounded like it would be great for Rene but it wasn't clear how it would benefit the rest of the campus." "It seemed like it was a gender issue...we look at students as a blind mass regardless of gender or race. Here things are equal," he said. Seventy percent of NU students are women while there are only five women among the fourteen-member student council. Carole Forsythe, AMS coordinator of external affairs and organizer of the "women in politics" conference, said she was in disbelief when she heard NU student council's reason for not attending the conference. "It frightens me that people with this attitude are in a position of leadership," she said. Women and violence, women and poverty, and women and employment are a few of the seminars offered at the conference. "All this information Rene would be bringing back with her to her campus," Forsythe said. "One [seminar] she would really benefit from is 'working with the old boys'." Forsythe has offered to waive the $150 delegate fee for Zavitz and suggests she approach rotary clubs for additional funding to cover air fare. Village burnout still lingers by Steve Bercic The boarded up, burnt out, saran-wrapped eyesore which the UBC community has had to endure for over half a year will not be erased any time soon. It has been seven months since a fire raged through the building in the 5700 block of University Boulevard. The fire spread from the kitchen of Hong Kong Chinese Foods destroying the restaurant along with two adjacent businesses and four suites above. Since then, little progress has been made in reconstructing the site. "We're still in the preliminary discussions stage," said Bruce Stenning, manager of the University Endowment Lands (UEL), where the ravaged building is situated. "Up to this point, we've talked with the architects concerning the application of the BC Building Code as well as UEL zoning and development bylaws to any prospective rebuilding plans," he said. According to Stenning, Sandy Chow, the owner of the building, is currently evaluating the cost factors to decide whether to repair the old building or build a new one on the site. If Chow chooses to repair, his plans will only be subject to the requirements ofthe BC Building Code. If he chooses to build, this option would entail conforming to the additional requirements of the UEL zoning and development bylaws. "The process of making sure redevelopment ofthe site conforms to current standards won't begin until the owner finalizes his intentions," Stenning said. It may be some time before Chow decides what measures to take in revamping the site. Any plans he may have are on hold until his insurance claims are settled. His insurance company, The general accident assurance Co. of Canada, is still in the process of assessing his claim. "It's been over seven months and I still haven't received any money from them," a frustrated Chow said. According to him, settlement seems to be taking an inordinate amount of time. "I've been pushing them for results, but every time I call the adjuster, I don't seem to be able to get a clear answer," he said. Meanwhile, as the behind- the-scenes administrative tale drags on, students are left without the essential service provided by one ofthe former occupants ofthe derelict building—Kinko's Copy Centre. The local market is now dominated by Copies Plus in the university village and the AMS- owned Copyright in the basement ofthe SUB. According to the manager of the relocated Kinko's outlet, Alex Gyongyosi, "it is Kinko's intention to move back into the building once repairs or rebuilding is complete." Kinko's temporary outlet at 4th and Alma will relocate to a permanent site at 1900 West Broadway in March while the target date for opening a new branch on the UEL is late summer 1994, according to Gyongyosi. But given the insurance and planning hassles so far, students looking for a new alternative to Copies Plus in the village shouldn not-hold their breath. Bureaucratic red tape is holding up reconstruction ofthe village SIOBHAN ROANTREE- UBYSSEY RLE PHOTO e Send a message to. eetheart h ^.—.heXIbysst VJjENTEVE'S edition" February 11th - All entries are eligible to in a dozen gourmet bkies from BlueXhii Forms available Room 266 Student Union Buildl RESOURCE LIBRARY INDIVIDUAL ADVOCACY GROUPS WORKSHOPS CD UJ to O o m co o cr 33 O m r; CD I Women Students' Office 5 UJ co Q_ o 3: 3 O £ CO Ol ZD o cc CD >- o < =3 > Upcoming Groups Come join us for support, discussion and information Assertiveness Training February 2,9 & 16 Dating Relationships February 11 Self Esteem February 25, March 4 & 11 For further information & registration for groups, call 822-2415 Brock Hall Room 203 Open: 9:00am to 4:30pm FEMINIST COUNSELLING GROUPS WORKSHOPS INDIVIDUALS < a cz I o o > o -< CD 33 O cr "TJ CO o 33 5 zr o -v CO a CO Fed up with exams & papers? GO AHEAD, QUIT SCHOOL (You probably won't get a decent job anyway). nOWBVCF, before you run away to Whistler or Rossiand, let us tune up your snowboard Or SKIS. (You may be ruining your future, but at least you'll have fun waiting for it to arrive) jHOTFLASHHOTFlJlSHHOTFMSHHO^^ • The "I'd rather go naked than wear fur" rally ia being held downtown Sunday, 30 January, in a • • raw fur auction. Anyone opposed to murdering animals for fur is invited to attend. Four people, * • including director ofthe Vancouver Humane Society Bob Chorush, will be naked; others will be • • wrapped in and/or carrying protest banners. Call Chorush at 266-7206 for details. • !HOTFLASHHOTFLASHHqT^^ ouver rvices 271 East 2nd Ave Vancouver, V5T1B8 Fx: 879-6966 Ph: 879-1833 LearyofTim...Yeah!!! by Taivo Evard "We are losing our common sense and our intelligence, that's why we need a brain surgeon like Dr. Timothy Leary to teach us how to operate our brains." This, the sweeping statement tram Lean/s introduction, a long-winded, slow speech full of long pauses by Sarkar, Lean/s old friend from India On strode Leary, the doctor himself, his bearded face scarred, nose swollen and memory faded from years of overindulgence Sometimes a sweet memory is better than a pathetic reality. How to Operate Your Brain Tirnothy Leary SUB aurJtorium 24 January Leary came to UBC, self-admittedy, to flog a video made by some young friends of his, Psychic TV. Between senility jokes, which were genuinely amusing, and the video, which induced sharp left brain-right brain head pains, Lean/s unfocused approach induced simultaneous confusion and amusemenL The video's loud music and fast-paced kaleidescope of colours and images of powerful people attempting to invoke powerful sentiment comes up flat An annoyance, at best Leary sat to the right of the screen, jncantine "a hundred million" this and "a hundred billion" that, avidly displaying his, as well as the human race's, ce about the workings of the world around With big white clown feet and a LoDapalooza vest, Leary preached about the rudiments of chaos theory. ^our ability to deal with the 21st century is your ability to deal with chaos." Complex truisms packaged into neat packages. That's the Leary of today. "Chaos is good If you want to control your mind, you have to know how to recognize when someone else is trying to fuck your head up with this stuff." Thaf s better, Timmy. Someone who's figured out the world on drugs and then tries to explain their understanding to others, who's realized that other thought processes are dif ferent, but refuses to apply it to themselves. Thaf s Tmothy Leary. At times coming through with extreme clarity, lucidity. At others, a confused doddler. In a heartfelt speech, he identified the number one problem of the human race, "a problem that has been there for over 25000 years, is pervasive, is relentless.... That problem is the brutal repression of children and women by men" "Mo matter how bad a day dad has had, be he a spearhunter or what have you, he can come home and beat the shit out of the wife and kids." Leary identifies himself as "a hope dealer, a hope addict" Icons of the past, especially those who found fame in the sixties, wodd be best off if they didn't try to reinvoke past glory for present praise. Leary was a revolutionary thinker in the world of psychoactive drugs, seeing them as explorative, experimental A Harvard professor standing proud waving his freak flag high, sparked a ray of hope for a generation- that they coiid get through to the institu- tion-if only someone would listen. Now Lear/s pushing a video and selling himself for $15 a pop. Hopefully, Leary will find a new racket, or at least take his own advice to "turn on, tune in, and drop out" by Rick Hebert When Roy MacCregor was first assigned to the National Hockey League by his newspaper, the Ottawa Citizen, the veteran political reporter wondered what was going on His reporting in his new beat however, is a boon for sports fans tired of the "he gives IX) per cent* school of sports journalism. Some of his fine reporting is collected in a thoughtful new book about the NHL, Road Games, which looks at some of the behind the scenes stories of the 1992-93 season As an NHL reporter in Ottawa, MacCregor followed the Ottawa Senators, a woeful expansion squad in their first year back in the NHL The sad plight ot the Senators allows him to explore some interesting insights into the business of hockey, and sports in general. Road Games A Year in the Life of the NHL by Roy MacCregor Macfanane, Walter and Ross The lameness of the team, which had a 10-70-4 record that year gave rise to certain suspicions that the team was deliberately tanking the season in order to finish last, ensuring the top draft choice-Alexandre Daigle The Senators "battle" with the San Jose Sharks to see who would finish last was immortalized by "The Yelnats Puc," one paper's daily comparison of the record of the two teams. MacCregor believes "on one level there can be no argument that the Senators let it happen [finishing last}." He notes that the team stuck witn lame players when they could have picked up "snipers" like Dan Quim (This is rather siHy to fans who recall how well the former Canuck sniped.) Club governor Bruce Firestone allegedly told MacGregor last June that the team had been prepared to pull their goalie in their last game against Boston to ensure a loss and sew up drafting first This last allegation led to an investigation by the NHL into the story, which found no wrongdoing on the part of the coaches and managers but fined Firestone $100,000 for inappropriate comments. Unlike MacCregor, I don't feel that the team tanked the season, due to evidence cited in his book. Although they could have iced a squad of aged arthritic grandmothers and sold out their games, the Senators weren't skilled enough to deliberately fail. General Manager Mel Bridgman wasn't machiavellian enough, or skilled enough—this is a person who was drafting ineligible players at the Expansion Draft-to deliberately fail without making it look obvious. That aside, there are two areas where Road Games is a fine book. MacGregofs exploration of the atmosphere of playing for a last place team is very evocative. Two of his player profiles—Darcy Loewen, the forward not quite good enough for most NHL teams and Brad Marsh, the old defenseman trying to hang on-help the reader empathize with the Senator players. The book's examination of hockey as a business is even more damaging than his revelations about the Senators deliberately losing. Hockey is becoming a multi-million dollar business and the author looks at how the power of money is changing the sport, by moving franchises and players to the US and holding taxpayers to ransom, forcing them to pony up large amounts of government cash, tax breaks and new arenas test they lose their team. He exposes the hypocrisy of owners like Minnesota's Norni Green, who attacked the tactic of owners saying "Buy more tickets or HI move the team" in 1990 and proceeded to do just that. Using the NHL's own statistics, MacCregor shows that almost any team can be profitable and most threats to move are attributable to sheer greed. Road Games looks beyond the score sheet to see what is unfortunately starting to really count in the NHL these days. If s essential reading. Love them „ nudie fucks!! by Damorv fiht reviewer Never having seen a Mike Leigh film before, I had no idea what to expect from his latest effort, Naked After watching the opening scene, in which a woman is raped, I had a sneaking suspicion that this film was going to be like nothing I had seen before. Naked™ already won Mike Leigh the best director prize at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, but will probably not even be nominated for one of those funny looking statues that Hollywood hands out every year. With three rape scenes, it is safe to say that this film is a tad controversial Naked a fin by Mice Leigh Starlet Theatre starts 28 January The film telk the story of Johmy, a bitterly sarcastic outlaw from Manchester, and the different people he interacts with during his attempt to escape the law. David Thewlis' (winner of the best actor prize at the 1993 Cannes Fihi Festival) performance as johmy is brilliant and his rx>rlrayalalore makes the movie worth seeing All of the Xrting performances are ex- t, but are helped by an impressive screenplay. There are some wonderful lines in the film, and some of the most intriguing, not to mention frightening, characters written for the screen in a while. The relationships that develop between Johmy and the various characters witn which he interacts are often amusing, sometimes violent, but always disturbing. Despite the excellent performances and screenplay, I am still unsure if I liked the movie or not. Naked is a difficult film to enjoy because of the disturbing content. There is no love, the sex is either acts of violence or rape, and the issues dealt with are those which most people would rather ignore It is definitely not a film see if you feel your life is going nowhere. However, if you want to see a fascinating performance by David Thewlis, a philosophic security guard, and a character who defines some of the more common expletives used, then this may be a film for you WEMM)MEil byWillHamtn Lars Vogt, 24, is a certified Happy Person. The spaghetti on his lunch plate is good, and eating spaghetti, he says, is a good way to prepare for a concert, in this best of all possible worlds. (Well, maybe he's not that happy.) Vogt's career brought him from Germany to the Vancouver Playhouse last Sunday, where he gave his Canadian debut piano recital as part of the Vancouver Recital Society's series of emerging, young classical musicians. Lars Vogt Vancouver Playhouse 23 January He's as happy about his career as he is about his spaghetti. A few years ago he was part of the cast of thousands of struggling young artists, but perseverance paid off in 1990, wnen he won second prize at the Leeds Piano Competition. A year later he got a good recording contract with EMI. Now ne is scheduled for around eignty concerts a year all over the world Although most pianists hate piano competitions, Vogt has reason to like them He met Russian composer Tatiana Komarova at the 1991 Tchakovsky competition in Moscow. He later married her. "Around that time she wrote a small piece in a very harmonic style for me.... She jtBt came to my room one day and sat down and played this piece for me, and I melted away." Vogt sometimes performs Komarova's music, but last Sunday, he didn't The first pat of his rxrcramme consisted of a C major sonata by Haydn, Schumann's rarely performed Bunte Blatter, ana Liszt's Ballade No2 in B minor. After the intermission he played (to a standing ovation) Mussorgsky's fiicfures at an bfabilion, originally written for the piano, but more often heard in an orchestral version arranged by Ravel at a later date. Vogt prefers the piano version, he explains, because of the music's "piano colours" and "a certain Russian roughness" which cannot be brought out by an orchestra. "Raver was also wrong in some places, In Bydlo [one of the pictures! for example, Ravel starts quietly, because he was sent the wrong score by Mussorgsky. Mussorgsky's version starts fortissimo." Vogt takes a proactive approach to his music "It's important to live life to see things, to experience happiness and sadness. If you're just sitting at the piano, you're trying to produce something you haven't experienced." Watch out for this guy. He's got it all figured out, man. by Ron Eichler :: ■ ^^^-^M^x^'i^;^ :-m^^M§ t;g|§;:':: §-Wmgmgl§ Growing op is a comnioMtM jnso many mainstream 'MiM%^^0^ki^i rei|^|i|||[ can make this transition more ih^clKhe. The Night oi the .wenfeffr revolves around seven young jews who left theffHdrr.es and famllsbOT to buikl a new life for themselves in Palestine in 1920. They plan to leave behind the hate that led to th||6groms of Russia and the greed that led the horrors of The Great War, and to build a new society based on something else. That "something else'' might never determined—and it's not even important, ,.S^^ri^i&Tvvii^::' .ftesepd by i|! jewftSiilfi =€p^§^- "f ;ir , ::;i|A$sociation::and HJlld^.fljBsi^^ ;;^:;::\;;;:";:;,;;r::;|evvish;;^o^^ ::^W\:'-^M i;;;^9 i J^lptjr^.j 1IM between Ephraim (Andrew ■|ppii|r^who wants to yd the lard of ^ wants to slowdown ilpHrfc to force self-confession and Iclon feilhe oilier characters. Some of tte corrfeilo^ (Daniella Weber), who came toSstiri to show' the world tfot women cart efforts as men, and SNfralla SflllrJIlp^ play as a parable of Israeli: contihuoipbceii^ r^^'I^HIfe^Jp^l accord with the Palestinian^ Liberation Org3nl^jiS^^||fl|^ip-an <8p|SjiMB(p-;^}in itself before it can effect change witrx)ut-j!^;^lSBH|j^H|li^. "Samara (Sp|eil^^^nli||g team) a|rJillSed^p;l(p:ils®o each other and to talk to each other" said c^iillliBlilil an inteiie^t SMuliitheir efTotts were quite successful The cast took the spari^'il^^i^MsilP^aiif^, and r^sa^^^o.brir^$£ixtt: al)e8e^S>le, yet hfeHy philosqphical and engaging prptoi^3ifili||pct matter t$ ^elf rBrrdlecl b)| this aJ-sturJeiit cast anricrew. One is left with the feeling of jusl:wai|§M|i!a friend, lie downloh the gr'ass, look up at the stars, and ponder. •8 THE UBYSSEY PAID ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY 28 JANUARY 1994 ^>X(~ The AMS needs YOUR input on how to serve YOU better! The Alma Mater Society, your student government, needs to know what you think of the job we do. Any suggestions or comments are welcome - be as general or as specific as you want! FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF: Student Administrative Commission Clubs Organizations like: Intramurals, The Ubyssey, CiTR, Gays, Lesbians & Bisexuals of UBC, Global Development Centre, Student Environment Centre, Speakeasy... Other services like: ESL, SafeWalk, JobLink, etc. Business operations in the Student Union Building Written submissions may be given to Terri Folsom, Administrative Assistant, SUB Room 238. Oral submissions may be scheduled through Randy Romero, Assistant to the President, SUB Room 256 or at 822-3972. For more information, please contact Bill Dobie, President, SUB Room 256 or at 822-3972. OMMITTEE FOR RGANIZATIONAL EVIEW £r LANNING FRIDAY 28 JANUARY 1994 PERSPECTIVE THE UBYSSEY 9 Remember the abortion battle January 1994 marks two significant anniversaries. It is the sixth anniversary of the striking down of Section 251 of the Criminal Code, the abortion law, and the third anniversary of the defeat of bill C-43, the recriminalization of abortion. So, has the sky fallen in the past six years? Judge for yourself. At the Supreme Court of Canada in January 1988, Henry Morgentaler, in a case against the crown, argued that section 251 violated a woman's right to privacy and security of person. The supreme court agreed and struck down that section ofthe criminal code. In November of that year, the first free standing abortion clinic in Vancouver, the everywoman's health centre (EHC), was opened amidst jubilation or disgust, depending on your point of view. And premier Vander Zalm tried to remove the payment of abortion services from the medical services plan. His actions were viewed with jubilation or disgust, depending on your point of view. 1989 saw the arrival of operation rescue (OR), a militant anti-choice group based in the US. There were blockades at the clinic—people chained themselves to the door and put bicycle locks attached to cement blocks around their necks. After clinic requested an injunction and OR faced criticism from pro-choice advocates, operation rescue left town. The same year, the PC government introduced a new abortion bill, bill C-43. The bill said a woman would be able to obtain an abortion only if her physical, mental or psychological health was threatened. She would have to justify her reasons for wanting an abortion but her doctor who would make the final decision. If a doctor provided an abortion without "good reason" they could be jailed for up to two years. A woman who tried to induce her own abortion and survived would have faced a jail term of up to two years. The bill was viewed as a compromise! Pro-choice people across the country expressed their outrage in the form of demonstrations. At international women's day celebrations across the country, PERSPECTIVE by Bonnie Roth women's reproductive rights was the theme. Two national days of action were held, one in May followed by one in October. In Vancouver, the BC coalition for abortion clinics, the largest pro-choice organization in the province, organized an occupation of Kim Campbell's office (she was Justice Minister at the time and author of bill C- 43). Furthermore, 1989 was the same year in which Chantale Daigle and Barbara Dodd made national headlines. Both of them had boyfriends who placed injunctions to prevent them from having abortions. Dodd successfully defeated the injunction against her in the supreme court of Ontario. The supreme court of Canada overturned the injunction against Daigle only after she had an abortion in Boston. In 1990, the NDP government in Ontario fully funded their provincial clinics. The second free standing abortion clinic in Vancouver, the Elizabeth Bagshaw clinic, opened in September. Another large national day of action rally sponsored by BCCAC occurred in October at the Vancouver Art Gallery. On 31 January 1991, after passing all three readings in the house of commons, bill C-43 was finally defeated in the Senate by a tie vote! There is no federal legislation governing abortion services. However, each province can restrict coverage under the medical services plan. The BC NDP government set aside one million dollars for the two clinics, and forced the anti- choice hospital board of the Vernon Jubilee hospital to provide abortions. The hospital board resigned in protest. Through all these advances there has been opposition. Henry Morgentaler's Toronto clinic was bombed in May 1993. Locally and provi ncially, doctors such as Blake Wright have been harassed and verbally abused at home by anti- choice protestors. And despite the progress there is still a lot of work to be done, such as education on contraception, increasing access to abortion services for women in northern and rural communities, stopping doctor and abortion provider harassment. Steiger lives in chilly reality The 21 January editorial in the Ubyssey began with a (retrospective) plug for the "conscious (sic) raising" seminars and speeches of "chilly climate week," and quickly launched into misleading personal attack on me and my 13 January article in UBC Reports. The first part of the fourth paragraph sentence (at 90 plus words, possibly one ofthe classic run-on sentences in the history of written English) says "Steiger claims... he and his class... recognized the survey as 'meaningless' because Ledwitz- Rigby didn't also ask men how they experienced the campus..." This is not true. In my UBC Reports article, I said, "I find myself forced to conclude that the Ledwitz-Rigby survey, if as described, is biased, not particularly competent, and of little use. It is, on the other hand, nicely symbolic of what the Strangway administration has unfortunately come to represent to many faculty: meaningless but expensive bureaucratic surveys in place of serious solutions to the problems that plague our campus." The most reasonable reading of my paragraph is that (a) I am attributing the final judgment to myself, not my students, and (b) I was probably not writing on behalf of the UBC administration. The notion that my views were emblematic of the UBC administration makes colorful newspaper copy, but has no basis in reality. The last part of the (same!) sentence says "we suggest Steiger march on over to the women's students' office and ask how many women come there for counselling for sexual assaults they experienced on this campus, perhaps there he might be able to get some help as to how some men experience this campus." The colorful but irrelevant rhetoric is typical radical-feminist prose, tarring all men with the same brush. The fact that some men mistreat women is not at all relevant to my critique of Ledwitz- Rigby's research. Only in the twisted logic of radical feminism is the way some men behave relevant to an evaluation of the way men in general feel. Let me describe the section of my UBC Reports article the editor is referring to. Ledwitz- Rigby, apparently, attached profound significance to the fact that a certain percentage of women found the climate at UBC "chilly" according to certain criteria. A fundamental criterion for evaluating such information is a baseline rate. Suppose, for PERSPECTIVE by James Steiger example, we find that 47 percent of UBC women find at least some aspects of the climate here "chilly." Is this cause for concern? Not necessarily. For example, if we asked men how they experienced campus, we might discover that 70 percent of the men find the climate"chilly" towards them. If we surveyed other campuses, we might find that 87 percent of faculty on other campuses find them "chilly," and hence, relatively speaking, UBC is really quite "warm." Ledwitz-Rigby evidently began with the (sexist) premise that "chilly" climate is a unidirectional ("asymmetric") phenomenon. To her it is the result of the way (guilty, oppressive, sexist) men behave toward (marginalized, victimized, degraded) women, rather than a result of the way people of both sexes on this campus now react toward each other. In her view, men's feelings are not relevant. It is not difficult to predict the conclusions of research that begins from such premises. It is not difficult to predict that a conference of feminists, engaging in "groupthink" during "chilly climate week," would find such research laudable and my legitimate critique "the male rhetoric of oppression." Let's move on to the final comment the editor made about my article. According to the Ubyssey editorial, Joyce Fiamengo, a graduate student, described my article "for what it really was, 'the language of violence used to express men's psychological irritation.'" Now, for all I know, Ms. Fiamengo's comments were reported by the Ubyssey with the same level of accuracy as mine, so I hesitate to pass judgment on her. Clearly, the reported comment is nothing but a silly ad hominem, a cheap smear tactic. Read my article. There is not a "violent" word in it. Evidently, feminists have a "special" definition of "violence." For them, any criticism of their ideas is probably "violence against women," or "evidence of deep- seated hatred of women." No one with even primitive capacity for critical thought would be fooled by such blatant "argument by labelling." If Ms. Fiamengo feels she has any coherent criticisms of my article. I would urge her to step outside the comfortable confines of radical-feminist group think, and contribute them in writing, as I did, to a public forum. If she has the courage to do this, then I and others can evaluate her comments critically. Such open continued on page 11 • The Empire Builders • by Boris Vian • Directed by Alison Aylward * The Universiti) of British Columbia FREDERIC WOOD THEATRE THE EMPIRE BUILDERS Written by Boris Vian Translated by Simon Watson Taylor A haunting drama of crumbling hierarchies Directed by Alison Aylward February 1-5 & 9-12 ■ 2 FORI PREVIEW — TUES FEB 1 ■ Curtain 8:00 pm Dorothy Somerset Studio Reservations 822-2G78 The Empire Builders • by Boris Vian • Directed by Alison Aylward T ♦ ♦ ♦ ci. Jl • ♦ 3°00 Years on *e s"a$|»£" '': n*;) make a convenient target f. . feminists like Thobani, desperate to censure criticism of her ideas as her political constituency vanishes. But most of the current generation of students are not fooled by such "arguments by labelling"— because, in courses like Psychology 317, they are taught how to see through such blatant strategies, and sort out the facts for themselves. By comparing the actions of ideologues like Thobani, who appeared on this campus shrilly promoting censorship in the name of "protecting" minorities, with those of "white male" professors like myself, who encourage open discussion of controversial ideas in their classes, they can quickly conclude who the real intellectual tyrants are. To summarize: "Chilly Climate" is a misnomer. In an important sense, it is only a myth JOB OPPORTUNITY THE LANDMARK GROUP, a fast growing Sports Marketing and Special Event company, is hiring for part-time positions for a Western Canada consumer sampling program. The program involves working two days per week (Friday/Saturday or Saturday/ Sunday) from February through April, 1994. The wage is $10/hour. All candidates must have a valid driver's license and own or have use of an automobile. Experience in marketing and/or dealing with the public is an asset. To set up an interview, please fax your resume' to: Anne Graves, THE LANDMARK GROUP, 207 - 1505 West 2nd. Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3Y5 Fax: (604) 732-6025 Deadline for application: Wednesday, February 2, 1994. RESOURCE LIBRARY INDIVIDUAL ADVOCACY GROUPS WORKSHOPS CO The Ubyssey welcomes letters on any issue. Letters must be typed and must not exceed 300 words in length. Content which is judged to be libelous, homophobic, racist, sexist or factually incorrect will not be published. Please be concise. Letters may be edited for brevity, but it is standard policy not to edit letters for spelling or grammar mistakes. Please bring them with identification to SUB 24 IK. Letters must indued name, faculty and signature. Charles Bukowski said, "Fuck." Sylvia Math musta said, "Fuck" especially to that Ted Hughes guy. T.S. Biot said, "Fuck this Wasteland shit! I can't write it any more f Byron said, "Fuck me" The Ubyssey says "Fuck rhymes with Morning Dove White, you shmuck. stair yar words or sffr ttt psier monyndty. ygy tojsir bottoms, ygy. THE UBY^fyiERARY SUPPUMENT. SUBMIT SOON. o- CO d. o f o 3B *£** Z3 O' «?. ^Srmt > I O m VIOLENCE: Addressing the Epidemic A series of facilitated video!discussion workshops Thursdays, February 3, 10, 17 and 24 12:30 - 2:30 pm Brock Hall Room 204D All students welcome. Please preregister for this free workshop. Call the Women Students' Office, Brock Hall Room 203 822-2415 FEMINIST COUIMSELLttlS GROUPS WORKSHOPS INDIVIDUAL 33 m en o c: 30 o m CD 2 33 -< i£ o £ o I 1 g "< 33 O cz "P