Protestors fight murder in El Salvador By DEBBIE WILSON Special to The Ubyssey Speakers and spectators carrying placards saying "Bonzo stay home?' and "While Reagan parties, thousands die?' condemned U.S. support of the junta's use of force against Salvadorean civilians in a Saturday protest at Robson Square. Some of the 750 were costumed Sandin- ista-style with bandanas over their heads and faces. One woman wore a skull mask behind a placard saying "U.S. foreign policy: If it moves, kill it." Another demonstrator with a painted Hitler face wore a bloody laboratory jacket stencilled "No aid to military butchers." They cheered and chanted in a demonstration full of energy and outrage. After listening to speaker after speaker condemn U.S. involvement in the Latin American country, the protestors marched along Granville St. to the Pacific Press building. The protest concentrated on the Canadian government's passive non-resistance to American military aid to El Salvador's junta. It criticized the media's role in obscuring the Reagan administration's maintenance of violent military control despite broad opposition. A letter to Vancouver Sun and Province editors gathered 200 signatures. It levelled protest at the sketchy coverage of Salvadorean guerrillas' final offensive against the government in a bitter civil war, and criticized the unquestioning acceptance of Reagan's claims of Cuban and Soviet intervention in the conflict. The letter was still unprinted Monday. NDP MP Pauline Jewett said U.S. government claims that opposition to the junta was externally motivated were fabrications. "Our documentation shows that they were in El Salvador long before any other help came. They sparked the other help." Jewett said the murders of more than 13,000 civilians in the past year, U.S. aid to the junta and widespread popularity of the Democratic Revolutionary Front, the coalition recognized as the Salvadoreans' representatives by 50 countries, were the facts in the continuing war. "We must not allow ourselves to be propagandized by another set of so-called facts," she said. Jewett said El Salvador is "a kind of litmus test" for international support of U.S. military policy. And she said the Car nadian government has agreed to give that support. External affairs minister Mark MacGui- gan promised Canadian "quiescence" to U.S. aid to El Salvador last week. Rachel Epstein, a Woman Against Imperialism spokesperson, said, "When the U.S. talks about sending military advisors to El Salvador they really mean highly trained specialists in genocide and torture. . . We want to make it clear we won't stand for any more genocide in our name." One protestor debunked the impression given by U.S. secretary of state Alexander Haig that Soviet intervention is behind the junta's civilian opposition. "They want to say it's their fight — it's not their fight," he said. "The Soviet Union is not increasing their sphere of influence," said another. "The U.S. just wants to maintain their sphere of influence in Latin America, Central America and the Caribbean." A woman in the crowd, "outraged" by American intervention, attended the demonstration "because I have to have some outlet for my anger." "To some extent the government does look at our response," she said. "Though they do listen to the U.S., if we are very vociferous about how we feel there's a chance they might listen." Gears want cheaper beer By CRAIG BROOKS Students have given student council an ultimatum to immediately lower Pit beer prices or take the issue to referendum. But Alma Mater Society president Marlea Haugen opposes the move, saying Friday, "It would be a mistake for students of this campus to bother themselves with the business affairs of the society." A petition, signed by 500 engineers, requests a decrease in beer prices from the current $1.15 to $1 because of Pit profit. It has been delivered to AMS vice president Peter Mitchell. Social centre manager Graham Smythe revealed Friday the net profit for Pit operations as of Jan. 31, since May 1, 1980, is $25,000. Only 500 signatures are needed to force student council to hold a referendum. But Mitchell said Friday "The way (the petition) reads it doesn't ask for a referendum, it's just a bitch." Mitchell said he will present the petition to the next council meeting because it expresses a concern of a large number of students. Engineering undergraduate society president Don Ehrenholz said Friday the petition drive started in early February and was aimed at informing council of student dissatisfaction with current beer prices. Council's failure to act on the request could result in further action from the engineers, Ehrenholz said. "If there are enough people upset (about beer prices), a referendum petition could result. There are enough serious people who want to go to referendum with the price at $1.15." Mitchell said the AMS executive would have to check into the profit margin at the Pit and see if a price change would mean beer drinkers would be subsidized. In September, the price of local bottled beer was raised from $1 to $1.15, while the price of draft stayed the same. Imported beer and hard liquor decreased slightly. Beer leapt from 85 cents to $1 in September, 1979. Due to time constraints involved, it is unlikely that the issue could be taken to referendum this school year, Mitchell said. GSA motion fair By MIKE BRAND The Graduate Students' Association has denied charges that their representatives "railroaded" a motion through student council at its meeting Wednesday. Two Alma Mater Society executives accused the GSA of deliberately proposing the motion near the end of the meeting, when a vote would not "represent the council's true feelings." GSA acting representative Robert Cameron said Monday the motion, which called for a referendum to either drop or retain the SUB building fee of $15, was not intentionally introduced late in the meeting. "The only reason the motion didn't come up until late was that the motion was under new business," he said. Cameron also rejected the claim made by AMS vice-president Peter Mitchell and finance director Jane Loftus that the council members who were present at the time of the GSA motion did not represent the council's true feelings. "I believe there were 20 council members present at the time of our motion. It seems to me that if you have 14 yes and four no votes, which the motion did, it is quite representative," he said. "That's over half by a long shot. And council never had all 31 members at the meeting," he added. Cameron said GSA representative Sean Boyle decided to introduce the motion shortly after student board of governors representative Chris Niwinski withdrew his own referendum proposal. "Sean spoke to several people, including Chris Niwinski, between 8 and 9 p.m." Niwinski gave the GSA motion his moral support, he added. But Mitchell maintained his belief that the vote was possibly suspect. "I don't know if any deliberate manipulation was involved on the part of the GSA, but I think it's .possible that it could be interpreted that way," he said. Mitchell said he overheard Boyle telling Niwinski that a referendum should be held on the SUB fee. "I'm not sure of the exact time of the conversation, but even 9 p.m. is late in the meeting, which started at 6:30 p.m.," he said. Council eventually decided to hold the referendum between March 16 and 20, on the same ballot as the PIRG vote. THE UBYSSEY Vol. LXIII, No. 68 Vancouver, B.C. Tuesday, March 3,1981 228-2301 — gord wlab. photo HELLISH HELICOPTER revs rotors and roars over rocks of Wrack Beach in practice run to ready roguish crew for rash attack on first robin of spring. Evil mad scientist who wishes to warp world's weather by wasting well- known seasonal signs directs action from secret headquarters in barge. Swing low, fleet chariot of the clods, he sings as he accidently presses self-destruct button which brought whole fiendish plot to premature end. March referenda fever hits UBC Students could be faced with referendum ballots containing eight separate issues if a petition drive conducted by engineering students is successful. Student council has already scheduled a March 16 to 20 referendum on funding a Public Interest Research Group at UBC and the chance for students to cancel the $15 SUB fee levy. Now petitions on five other issues are being circulated in engineering classes, Alma Mater Society vice- president Peter Mitchell said Monday. And there's yet another as well. The petitions circulating among engineering students call for referenda on: • a $2 fee levy per year for establishing an off-campus housjng registry, • a $2 fee toward an autonomous Ubyssey, e a $2 fee toward CITR campus radio, • a $5 fee to fund a Concerned Research And Planning (CRAP) group on campus, and • SUB renovations. A referendum to renovate the SUB plaza and courtyard failed already in February. On top of that, the engineering undergraduate society says unless council decides to lower Pit beer prices it will force a referendum on the issue. Council must hold a referendum any time it is presented with a petition signed by more than 500 students. The Alma Mater Society executive is unsure how to respond to the referendum demands because some appear to be serious while others are obviously jokes, according to AMS vice-president Peter Mitchell, himself an engineer. And some campus organizations are surprised and angered by the petitions. All groups involved in the issues say they have not been contacted for any opinions or informa tion about the referendum demands. Organizers of the B.C. Public Interest Research Group are concerned the CRAP petition, which parodies BCPIRG, contains many false conceptions about what the group is about. The petition, in part, is worded, "Whereas 4,300 (students) have expressed an irrational desire to blindly throw away $5 towards a committee/society/God knows what (?) that has no constitution, no bylaws, no rules or regulations, and whereas they (PIRG) may do anything they like with the money. . ." Carol Riviere, PIRG spokesperson, said Monday "we were specific in our pamphlet that we would be a society, with all the controls a society has." She said the complaint about the lack of a constitution was, to some extent, valid but added a framework of the bylaws will be See page 2: BYLAWS Page 2 THE U BYSSEY Tuesday, March 3,1981 Bylaws abused From page 1 ready by the time the referendum for PIRG takes place. She added the petition is "an abuse of the process that we are provided with under the AMS bylaws." She questioned the engineers' motives for starting the petition, saying they might be insecure that PIRG would attract more attention than engineering pranks. The seriousness of the re-referendum for SUB renovations was questioned by AMS executives. Administration director Bill Maslechko said the wording was extremely vague. But he said the petitions for the housing registry funding and CITR were serious. CITR president Hilary Stout said she had not heard of the petition until informed by The Ubyssey, but was "totally in favor of it." "I am so stunned I don't know what to say," she added. She said she wished the engineers had contacted CITR before starting the petition, but "I love the fact that people out there support us." Off-campus housing manager Dave Johnson said Monday the housing office had not been consulted about the petition for a housing registry. The petition calls for the registry to be based on the computerized system established at the University of Alberta. Johnson said, "A lot of what they do can't be adapted to our situation as our housing shortage is much more severe." Earlier this year student council supported the idea to establish such a registry, but housing director Mike Davis did not act upon the request. EUS president Don Erenholz denied knowledge of the petitions except that the petition drive started Friday in conjunction with EUS executive elections. He was unsure how many signatures have been collected so far. Mitchell said if the petitions do collect 500 signatures, an emergency council meeting to deal with the matter can be called with 24 hours' notice. Buzz on thru 10th Ave. gate V4 way along University Blvd. HONEY 3 FLAVOURS Er HONEYCOMB One Per 1.51b. $1.99 Customer 6 lb. $7.99 $2 X on 50 lb. 12 lb. $15.60 SavingXPurchase 367 lb 1.26/lb GRADUATING? A good resume is a MUSTI only $24.95 .INTERVIEW-PREPARED- TYPED "All By Telephone" Call 271 5711 9:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Mon. to Sat. 1 j THE DINER, I Serving U.B.C. and West Point Ony . for the last 23 yean. 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We'll welcome you at more ( branches than any other bank in Canada. And we can help vou finance ■?™R™~.- your future. Tuesday, March 3,1961 THE U BYSSEY Page 3 Students struggle to save Cap By NANCY CAMPBELL They're not trying to save whales, they're trying to save a college. And the Anti-Cutbacks Team at Capilano College is very serious about their mission: to save the North Vancouver college from "withering away" from the effects of drastic cuts slated for next year. Formed Wednesday, the coalition of student, faculty and staff representatives already has an alternative list of plans geared towards promoting March as "Save Capilano College" month. "We've just really got started," says ACT chair Karl Koblansky, who is also faculty association president. The formation of the team followed closely upon the recent increase in tuition fees and an announced $700,000 cut in funding for next year. ACT intends to make the community and media fully aware of the problems faced by the college. Plans include benefit beer gardens, benefit performances, public soup kitchens, petitions, information booths, and the distribution of 400 donation cans at North Shore businesses to seek contributions towards the huge shortfall. "ACT is optimistic about our plans," Koblansky said Monday. "We don't know how the community will react yet, though." Support staff member Bill Little said the community plans are similar to the actions undertaken over 10 years ago to establish the college. "Getting the community on our side is very important if we want to successfully pressure the government to increase the college's funding," agreed Steve Howard, ACT member and student society executive member. Koblansky said the intent of "Save Capilano College" month is to save the college from witheftngiaway. "It's not going to die, of course, but it will wither from the funding cuts," he said. "We don't want it to become less responsive to community needs on the North Shore. "We're pretty worried. We just won't be able to supply the same amount of community resources as we've been doing right now, which is already pretty bare bonesy." Koblansky said the $700,000 cut, which is 10 per cent of the college's budget, will result in Manpower, academic and career courses being cut, as well as instructor and staff layoffs. "Maybe whole areas will disappear, like the learning assistance centre," he added. Members of the 15 person team appeared before the three North Shore municipal councils Monday night, asking for an official proclamation of "Save Capilano College"' month. It was a "somewhat abortive" attempt Koblansky said. The West Van council decided the request was a purely educational issue, and referred it to the school board, while the North Vancouver city and district councils decided to table the request until their meetings next week. "At least all of the city councils have been informed, even though West Van sloughed the decision off to the school board,"Koblansky said. College campuses in Sechelt, Squamish and Pemberton will also approach their municipal councils with the same request, he added. The Capilano College board was asked to join ACT, but it refused, saying it is taking action in a different direction. The board said it is approaching the three provincial college funding bodies to secure more funding, Koblansky said. —atuart davla photo MEDITATING MUMMY recently found in War Memorial gym excited anthropolgy department, which said find confirmed theories of physical fitness plans for Egyptian nobles to be carried out in tomb after death. Mummy, from Sithup dynasty, was found in fetal position on angled board facing bas-relief of god of participaction Charlatan Fatless. Worship of god demanded firm thighs and flat stomach. 'Art is political'—Morgan Art without politics is a misconception of terms, says well- known American writer and feminist Robin Morgan. "Real art has never been apolitical, including (the works of) Dante and Shakespeare to name two of the big boys," Morgan told about 300 people in the Woodward building on Friday. Women's art has historically been labelled "crafts," because it has appeared in useful forms. "Another thing we already know Ontario profs on exodus OTTAWA (CUP) — The Ontario government's consistent underfun- ding of education is driving quality professors out of the province, says the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations. Sarah Shorten, OCUFA president and a professor at the University of Western Ontario, said salaries at Ontario universities have fallen drastically behind other groups. "This constitutes a serious threat to the human resources of the Ontario university system," she charged. "The teachers in our universities represent a large and vital public investment but if professors continue to suffer erosion of salaries exacerbated by reductions in research support and funds for professional expenses, we risk a major and alarming loss of scientists and scholars to other parts of the country." According to OCUFA, during the past eight years there has been a loss of 17 per cent in real terms in salaries. The cost of living has increased 95 per cent while professors' salaries have only risen 65 per cent. Compare this, says Shorten, to an increase of 90 per cent in the salaries of community colleges teachers, 106 per cent in high school teachers' salaries and 94 per cent for professional engineers. Assistant professors in Ontario earn an average of $19,000 a year. A professor with about 16 years experience earns between $33,000 and $40,000 a year. Shorten said the general public is convinced professors have huge incomes. "I meet people who confidently believe that professors earn $45,000 a year to start," she said. OCUFA has been lobbying the government concerning the underfunding and has's*t€p"p"ecrlip* tK&6 HroHsMuTMg'WTJr&Wdar elecfiflrr fcSmpaigh. is that what men have done is known as art, and what women have done is crafts. Once it's of use, yuck on it." As feminist art and the womens' movement evolved they had to redefine "everything, from the skin in, and the skin," Morgan said. At first women were faced with patriarchical standards for their art and had "to learn the difference between catharsis and art," she added. She added.that in recent years women artists in the U.S. have made contact with the art produced by many minority groups. "There was such an exciting interchange. In so many cultures art is not an individual thing but a collective experience." One question feminists must still grapple with is whether there is a womens' art and womens' culture, she said. "I look forward to the day when there isn't. I would like to see that different consciousness suffuse the culture so that it would no longer be womens' art." Art, said Morgan, is like a religious experience. "I think "basically art, when I make a poem, is like a prayer. I don't know how else to describe it." She added that art is very definitely a political expression. "It has ethics to it that I struggle with a ■^.^.•.•.■..•.■.Vm.v,-.,'.,.-.-,-.-..--.-..•■■•■ ■ -.-.,-.-,-,-. Huge fee hikes hit foreigners MONTREAL (CUP) — The speculation is over. International students studying in Quebec will be paying an extra $4,128 in tuition fees next year. The increase was confirmed Monday by Michaele Brunet, director of services at the ministry of education. The announcement also included a $1,000 fee increase for international students already studying in Quebec. University officials and students were highly critical of tht: move. "I think this is an excessively large increase," charged Concordia University rector John O'Brian. "For students presently here especially it is a very big increase and an unexpected one." But Brunet denied the charge. "It's not that we're against foreign students, we just want foreign students to take a greater part of the cost," he said. The increase will not affect all international students because of Quebec government deals with 11 countries exempting those students from differential fees, Brunet added. But O'Brian did not think the new policy compensates for the increase. He said the exempted students are largely from francophone countries and for the most part attend Quebec's seven francophone universities. McGill University principal David Johnston agreed with O'Elrian, saying the exemption policy was consistent with the government's "desire to have certain types of foreign students studying here in Quebec." Beth Morey, international student advisor at Concordia, said the new policy could be an election ploy to get votes from people who resent the presence of foreign students in the country. "(The new policy) means a lot of foreign students may have to go home," she said. "It will be disastrous. "To take out the increases on students coming from other countries is unfair. It seems to be part of a move to increase fees everywhere." The McGill senate and board of governors passed resolutions last week protesting the then-projected increase in differential fees. Johnston also suggested a letter- writing campaign to the ministry of education and provincial government, which set the fees, but was uncertain about how effective the action would be. Quebec student organizations have also spoken out against the increase. The Regroutement des association etudiantes du Quebec is against the principle of differential fees, said the group's secretary-general. "There should be other ways of dealing with international students," said Jose Roy. He felt prejudice against foreign students was not a factor, and supported a plan of securing places for foreign students through agreemenys with other countries. But a spokesperson for l'Associa- tion nationale des etudiants du Quebec felt prejudice existed and affected the policy. "We have to sensitize to Quebec students who have prejudices against international students," said Jacques Beaudoin. He said his group is against the increase, but is not optimistic about the results of any concentrated campaign. "A lot of pressure will be needed to overturn the decision," he said. The average international student now pays up to $7,000 annually to study in Quebec. Nader slams McGill MONTREAL (CUP) — The McGill University student society has joined General Motors and IT&T on Ralph Nader's hit list. Nader, a prominent American consumer advocate, is accusing the council of "strait-jacketing" students by refusing to allow the McGill Public Interest Research Group to seek a refundable fee through a campus referendum. The fee of $2.50 would be used by the PIRG to create and maintain a resource centre, and to fund research activities. "This is a problern that has plagued many universities in Canada," Nader said. "You don't have to wony about your trusiees, but about your own student representatives." Councillors argued that McPIRG, established only two months ago, was untried, making an autonomous levy premature. "It's a big risk for a group that's only been around for a while to get an $80,000 budget," student society president Todd Ducharme said. "And they submitted a flawed constitution. If you're going to give students a choice on something you have to ensure it's a workable choice." Said Nader: "Let's be candid — anytime there is a strong student government they see a PIRG effort as overshadowing them "^ Page 4 THE U BYSSEY Tuesday, March 3,1961 I \i*jr°fc aGl^6 TO (ht Q LOOK££> W\S-/ R IT THE UBYSSEY March 3, 1981 Published Tuesdeys, Thursdays and Fridays throughout the university year by the Alma Mater Society of the University of B.C. Editorial opinions are those of the staff and not of the AMS or the university administration. Member, Canadian University Press. The Ubyssey's editorial office is in room 241K of the Student Union Building. Editorial departments, 228-2301; Advertising, 228-3977. Editor: Verne McDoneld "The editor is dsad. If you see it, kin HI" chanted Nancy Campbell, June Wheelwright and Glen Sanford. Mike Brand stomped hia feat while Craig Brooke banged tha gong. Tom Hawthorn didn't do much except smile, but Stuart Davis and Gord Wiebe marched about SUB spreading the joyful news. Jo-Anna Felkiner and Eric Eggerteon jumped up and down and atutterad with glee, and another unmentionable wimp waa left speechless. Too bad. Meanwhile, Arnold Hed- strom drew knee on paper and drooled. Debbie Wilson gaeped, amead, left the room and spread tha news afar, which wasn't vary far because she's got such a low voice. Verne McDonald just looked up and sighed. "One more month," he thought, snd returned to his woric. Withdraw There are ways in which the Alma Mater Society constitution shows some of the more libertarian tendencies of those who drafted it. On few other campuses is so small a portion of the students given the right to initiate referendums; the AMS requires only 500 signatures out of the student population of 23,000 to force a referendum. But the ease with which a referendum can be called within the AMS is in danger of destroying the very liberty the provision for petition was meant to protect: the right of the students to make an informed decision as a whole. Instead we are confronted with a very small group of people trying to force poor and uninformed decisions. The students circulating the current series of referendum petitions, a confusing stew of serious issues, parodies, old ideas and new ideas, are doing a great disservice to all members of the AMS. They are mocking and abusing a very important power of the students. That some of the ideas may have merit is entirely beside the point. If anything, this could only have happened by accident anyway, since no one who will be affected by the referenda, such as CITR, the housing office, SUB building committee or ourselves, were ever consulted or warned. What is to the point is that a small group of people are trying to legislate for all. Nor are they giving any time for the students to hear any informed opinions on the petition topics. And they are accomplishing this travesty by misusing a vital tool of democracy which should only be invoked as a last resort. They have had their joke and made whatever statements they wished to make. The petitions should be withdrawn and the groups they refer to allowed to work on their own problems. All of the students have more important business than to deal with spurious referenda. :?§i WMHHjfigN ":%fiSI^ BMaaBssaiaeaaaasslaiii Women's speaker weakened women's cause Although women's week at UBC was generally successful in terms of stimulating awareness of women's issues in a number of diverse ways, we feel that the week's conclusion was a disappointment rather than a fitting celebration of women's causes. We are referring to a lecture given by writer Robin Morgan and sponsored by the women's committee. The lecture was entitled Feminism in Art and Literature; accordingly, we assumed this was the ground to be covered. What unfolded, however, were the incomprehensible musings of a manipulative stage personality who, in the name of feminism, devoted the 'lecture' to reading exerpts from her prose and poetry. The result was tantamount to a form of self- advertising more suitably called The Robin Morgan Hour. Expecting to hear at least a summary account of the historical in volvement of women in art and literature, we were given only scant historical material which was neither logically presented nor clearly explained. The lack of historical evidence would have been pardonable if, in her writing, Morgan had been able to offer some unique personal insights regarding feminism — or anything else. Despite her self- proclaimed status as an 'artist of the world, her ideas were platitudes, and the phrases used to express them unsuccessfully masked cliches. We believe she should be charged with first-degree murder of the English tongue: using a medley of hybrid words, convoluted sentences, and pseudo-profundities on tawdry adaptations of Zen philosophy, her prose contorted the language beyond all recognition. Moreover her poems, of the marshmallows-of-my-mind variety, offered little in the way of substance or originality. Given that Morgan chose not to establish a historical framework for her lecture, at least she could have addressed feminist concerns in contemporary art and literature. Doing so, she might have.discussed definitions of feminist art/literature, why there currently exists a need for art/literature which is specifically 'feminist', and the complex relationship that exists between artistic expression and political causes. That she failed to address these or any other concrete issues is evidenced by the lack of discussion during the ensuing question period. Perhaps it would be more accurate to describe Friday night's speech as a sermon rather than a lecture. Reciting the litanies of her own extremist sect, Morgan preached an emotionally-based revolutionary stance, one which implied replacing the current unequal distribution of power with another equally unfair arrangement, in the form of a matriarchy. Instead of appealing to those present to broaden community support for women's rights, Morgan advocated the position that feminism remains the concern of women only, arguing against enlisting aid from men, even the groups of gays and artists commonly believed to be more sympathetic. In fact, by directing her comments to women only, Morgan chose to ignore the men in the audience. Indeed, Morgan could only reinforce the sort of prejudice which makes the term 'feminism' sound slightly suspect to many, conjuring up images of irrational, almost bitchy haters of men. The evening reflects the same harmful attitude found earlier this year in a women's studies class where the professor confided her happiness that there were no male students in the room; and in the same shortsightedness of other women's committee events which fail to stimulate support of the movement outside the numbers of the already-converted. Eve Wigod arts 2 James Young arts 4 A letter from the president An open letter to Jon Gates: It warms my heart to hear from students who really care about what happens on this campus. It impresses me when those concerned students have amazing credentials like "10 years . . . in several of the largest democratically run organizations in B.C." I appreciate learning about "square one" from such an individual, especially when that individual is so well-informed. But before we go on to square two, perhaps I should teach you about square zero. In your letter you state that "several years ago the students on this campus voted by referendum to levy a building fee." Incorrect. Several years ago (1964 to be exact), the students passed a referendum to raise the general AMS fee by $5. This $5 was applied to SUB. Note though that this was part of the general fee which was diverted for use on SUB. A second $5 was currently in our general fees and was diverted also. The final $5 was then collected as caution money. This fund was used for any projects (usually building projects) the students wanted to pursue. It was also applied to SUB. Get the picture? I will explain in extremely simple terms. The fee mandate has not ended. It has not expired. It is alive. Your point, however, is well taken. If we no longer have a specific project to apply these fees to, why should we continue to collect these fees? I can and will answer that question and at that time I will do my best to show the rest of the students on this campus why I feel the fees should continue. But that is the subject of a lengthy and involved Perspectives which I will soon be composing. Until that time, I would like you and all other students to consider that question, because on March 16 to 20, you will be asked to vote on whether you wish those fees to continue. It is a referendum that I firmly support because I do believe that the students should be allowed to determine the destiny of their AMS. That, Mr. Gates, is democracy. Incidentally, Jon, let you think me a simpering, weak-willed wimp, I extend an invitation to you and all others to join the SUB users committee. This committee will decide what students want to see incorporated in the courtyard and plaza mall projects, and will recommend to council whether those projects should be pursued and brought to referendum again. The time has come for you to pull your foot out of your mouth, take the knot out of your shorts and dive head long into the activities with the rest of us. We'd love to have you. Marlea Haugen AMS president Boycott Blarney Stone We are writing to you to protest the treatment we received at a popular Gastown pub, The Blarney Stone, on Saturday, Feb. 21. We arrived early in the evening, paying a cover charge of $3 each. A group of friends joined us shortly, and sat at an adjacent table. Service was surly to say the least, perhaps partly because checks were generally paid individually. The waitress frequently rolled her eyes or stalked off in exasperation if she didn't receive a prompt response. Although we put up with being treated like unruly children, we were made to feel uncomfortable and this couldn't help but put a damper on the evening. At about 11 p.m., however, the manager approached us and stated that there were people outside waiting to get in who would undoubtedly buy more drinks than we did. She reprimanded us further by adding that we hadn't had a drink for a half hour and had "missed two rounds!' We could either buy more drinks in short or leave. Needless to say, we were both offended and surprised by such treatment. When we pursued the matter we were told that "it's simply good business practice" and that "you don't understand." She implied that it was really the adjacent table that she wanted to get rid of (which she succeeded in doing) and that "they knew who they were." Admittedly, our friends had been enjoying themselves rather conspicuously, but this was entirely in keeping with the spirit of the place. The band openly encouraged patrons to "get well oiled" and to "bang your glasses on the table" etc. We made it clear on Saturday night, and we maintain it now, that if patrons of the Blarney Stone are expected to drink up or leave, they should be told so-when they buy their tickets. It is not adequate to muscle customers into leaving after they have occupied their seats for a couple of hours. The fact that we were required to pay a cover charge should ordinarily entitle us to an evening of ice water if we so choose. It is beside the point to maintain that "this is a business." Any business which offers services to its customers at a price should make the terms of the agreement clear at the outset. We urge readers not to patronize the Blarney Stone in light of their heavy-handed treatment of its patrons. Any pub which alienates its customers in this manner clearly needs a lesson in the meaning of the term "good business." Mary Macdonald history 4 Reid Lester economics 4 Tuesday, March 3,1981 THE U BYSSEY Page 5 Nishgas fight for common good By DON JOHNSON Amax Corporation of the World is developing a molybdenum mine at Kitsault, British Columbia. In 1979, under special Order in Council of the federal cabinet, they were granted permission to dump tailings into the ocean at Alice Arm. This will involve dumping lead, zinc, nickel, cadmium and radium 226 directly into the waters of Alice Arm over a period of the next 26 years. This exceeds by 8,000 times the amount permitted under federal law. Permission for this dumping was granted without reference to parliament and without reference to public hearings. On Jan. 12, 1979 the provincial cabinet granted a pollution control permit to Amax for the same operation. This permission was also granted without reference to the legislature and without public inquiry. Neither the parliaments nor the public have anything to say about this matter. Amax through its own studies claims that by dumping the tailings into the deepest part of the channel that they will come to rest and not affect marine life in the channel. It remains difficult to assess the evidence in that they have not released their study to anyone. Many people throughout Canada have been calling on both governments to rescind their orders and to call a public inquiry prior to the opening of the mine. Neither government has yet responded to the call. The Nishga has invited Amax to join them in a call for a public inquiry. Amax responded by saying that the dumping of the toxic tailing into Alice Arm was perfectly safe. For the Nishga the implications of this dumping could be drastic on their lives. Much of their income comes from fishing. Much of their diet is fish. They fear the possibility of poisoning as these toxic metals move along the food chain. They fear the loss of resource which has sustained them for their whole history. They fear the loss of culture and life. The same questions are not only being raised by the Nishga but also by many other people in B.C. Are we to allow the possibility of the loss of an important source of food to take place in this province because a mining corporation has assured us that all they do will be safe and we have nothing to fear? The record of Amax in environmental issues appears to be dubious. At the present time they face a number of court cases in the United States over the issue of environmental damage. Are we to blindly accept that their studies are sufficient for the people of this province? This case also says something about the country in which we live. Most of us would agree that we would hope that in environmental issues that affect the life and health of all that it would be a matter of course that a public inquiry would be held. Why is it still possible in this country that legislation still exists which permits a few to make decisions for us all without our knowledge and without our input? We remain victims of secrecy and private interest groups who can go beyond the law with a secret government order. Will private interest groups, multi-national corporations continue to force their plans onto the rest of us with careless abandonment for our welfare and the welfare of people like the Nishga? What is to be done? In the short run it would appear that we must join with the Nishga and call both the federal and the provincial governments to rescind the Orders in Council and to create a public inquiry. In this inquiry people must be called as witnesses and must be permitted to bring in testimony regarding the safety of this venture. There is considerable evidence that Amax is wrong and all of this evidence must be called for. Labor groups, churches, environmental groups are already involved in this process. Pressure must be brought to bear on the Houses of Ottawa and Victoria. Not far from the Amax mines on Alice Arm is another body of ore which is located in the Alaska panhandle and which has enormous deposits. This mine is owned by Rio Tinto and it is proposed that the tailing from this mine also be dumped into the ocean. As a chaplain on this campus I belong to a group called "Project North". This association supported by national churches has for the past few years sought to support Native groups in the north. The churches have seen that the Gospel calls us to stand with the poor and the powerless. The peoples of the north have always insisted that we have common concerns and that we must stand together in solidarity. We have had to struggle to know what this means. Too often churches have been paternalistic. This issue of a threatened environment calls us to stand together with the Nishga. Their lives are threatened by this mine. We discover that our lives are threatened as well. We can stand in solidarity over this issue. I call on students and faculty to respond in all ways possible to insure a public inquiry. Don Johnson is a chaplain from the Lutheran Campus Ministry. Perspectives is heavily backlogged column not for long open to members of the university community. Only 11 issues left. CAMPUS BICYCLES * Same day service on small repairs — in by 10 out by 6. * 24 hour service on most other repairs. IN U.B.C. VILLAGE 6706 University Blvd. QUALITY BICYCLES & ACCESSORIES 224-0611 THIS WEEK AT HILLEL HOUSE TUES., MARCH 3rd: Shefa Vegetarian Lunch Vl:30a.m.-2:00p.m. WED., MARCH 4th: FREE SALAMI LUNCH Sponsored by B'nai B'rith Women. 11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Speaker: Stan Urman, Assistant National Director of Canadian Jewish Congress THURS., MARCH Sth: Shefa Vegetarian Lunch 11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. FRI., MARCH 6th: ISRAEL DANCING 12:30 p.m. FREDERIC WOOD THEATRE THE RIVALS A Comedy by Richard Brinsley Sheridan Directed By John Brockington MARCH 6-14 (Previews — March 4 8-5) 8:00 p.m. Matinee — Thursday, March 12 — 12:30 Student Tickets: $3.50 Box Office * Frederic Wood Theatre * Room 207 Support Your Campus Theatre ATTENTION ALL INTRAMURAL REFEREES!! — Play-off schedules have now been posted — Please sign-up as soon as possible in WMG Rm. 203. FIRST COME! FIRST SERVE! NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Thea Koerner House GRADUATE STUDENT CENTRE Thursday, March 19,1981 at 12:30 in the Ballroom at the Centre NOMINATIONS NOMINATIONS are now being accepted for thraa positions on tha Board of Directors of tha Graduate Student Centre. TWO ordinary members shall be elected for a term of one year and ONE for a term of two years. Nomination FORMS are available at the Centre office, until Tuesday. March 17, 1981 at 4:30 p.m. ASH WEDHESDAY WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4th 12:30 p.m. SUB 207-209 SERVICE OF SOLIDARITY AND REFLECTION Speaker: ARCHBISHOP TED SCOTT CHAPLAINS U.B.C. Page 6 THE U BYSS EY Tuesday, March 3,1981 'Tween classes TODAY STUDENT LIBERALS Ganaral maating, noon, SUB 213. LSM Shrove Tuesday, with packs snd repentance, 6 p.m., followed by discussion, 7 p.m.. Lutheran Campus Centra. AMNESTY UBC Information booth on tha German Democratic Republic snd Dsnylo Shumuk, form letters available to sign, sH week, noon. SUB concourse. HILLEL HOUSE Shefa lunch, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.. Hisel House, behind Brock HsH. CCCM Eucharist with Rev. Gaofge Hermanson, noon, Lutheran Campus Centre. wso Koerner Foundation special lectures: Judge Nancy Morrison spaaks on the impact of the women's movement on contemporary culture, noon, Buch. penthouse. S.F. SOCIETY Critically important organizational meeting for all members, please attend; it has just Dean discovered the executives are alien beings, noon, SUB 111. HUMAN SETTLEMENTS VIEWING CENTRE The Shock of the New: a PBS-TV documentary which explores pop art, noon. Library Processing 308. H.E.. P.E. and F.S. Nutrition information displays snd fitness testing, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., SUB concourse. SUB ART GALLERY COMMITTEE Bachelor of Fine Arts srt show, open week days until March 13, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., SUB art gallery. WEDNESDAY AQUASOC Marine identifcation seminar, free slide show and talk by marine biologist Rick Hsrbo everyone welcome 7 30 p m Law 201 H.E.. P.E. and F.S. Nutrition information displays and fitness testing, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., SUB concourse. Action B.C. computer nutrtion sssassment, 5 to 8 p.m., Gage reaidence. Joyce MacKay speaks on nutrition and fitness, noon, IRC 1. HUMAN SETTLEMENTS VIEWING CENTRE Ascent of Man series: The ladder of creation, about Darwin and Wallace and the theory of evolution, noon, Library Processing 308. QAY PEOPLE OF UBC Drop-in, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., SUB 215. NDP CLUB General meeting, noon, SUB 211. HILLEL HOUSE Free salami lunch sponsored by B'nai B'rrth woman, also special gueat Stan Urman from Montreal, assistant national director, Canadian Jewish Congress, noon, Hillel Houae, behind Brock Hall. CCCM Community feast, 5:30 p.m., Lutheran Campus Centre. INTERNATIONAL HOUSE French conversational evening, 7:30 p.m.. International House, st gete 4. INTRAMURALS Registration deadline for sailing regatta, War Memorial Gym 203. Event occurs Saturday at Jericho Beach, instruction available. THURSDAY PRE DENTAL SOCIETY Dr. Swanson speaks on oral surgery, all members please attend noon, IRC 4. AQUASOC Marine identificetion seminer, with free slide show and talk by marine biologist Rick Harbo. Everyone welcome, 7:30 p.m.. Law 201. GAY PEOPLE OF UBC Cedar Dolby of the Weaver's Institute speaks about what to do t'l1 your p""ce a"'ves noo" SUB 212 WUSC Marvey MacKinnon from Oxfam speaks on the situation in El Salvador, noon, Buch. 206. LE CLUB FRANCAIS General meeting, noon, SUB 230. LATIN AMERICAN SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE Videotape showing current reality of Chile, 11 s.m. to 2 p.m., SUB concourse. HILLEL HOUSE Shefa lunch, 11 s.m. to 2 p.m., Hillel Houss behind Brock Had. CASV Lecture, 8 p.m., Vancouver Art Gallery. IVCF The world win end at 7 p.m., 7:30 in Newfoundland, whh speaker George MeUone, noon, Chem. 250. INTERNATIONAL HOUSE Morie: the sacred world of the Mayas, noon. International Houaa 400. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION Public meeting, noon, SUB 117. Office is in SUB 230a. FRIDAY GAY PEOPLE OF UBC Planning meeting, noon, SUB 115. UBC PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE CLUB Important elections for executive for 1981-82 season, noon, SUB 206. LE CLUB FRANCAIS General meeting, noon, International House lounge. LASC Benefit Nicaragua reconstruction: music, bar, food, $3 donation to help build a rural radio station, 8 p.m.. International House. DANGEROUS RADICALS DEPROGRAMMING SOCIETY Speech on normalcy, all members must attend. Library Processing building 206. THE UBYSSEY Ne*juspap8*r design g«minar 3 p.m. Ubvssev office in SUB 241k Fitness and nutrition Nothing funny here. Just some real sensical information on Wednesday from those kind folks in home economics, phys ed and food services. Starting at 11 a.m., there will be nutrition information displays and fitness testing in SUB. At noon in IRC room 1, Joyce MacKay will speak on nutrition and fitness. And at 5 p.m. till 8 peeyem in Gage Towers, these same kind folks will provide a computer nutrition assessment. (Dammit, I wrote a whole hot flash without coming up with a funny way to alter 'you are what you eat.' Shit.) Garbage Civic workers on strike? You mean that you didn't notice the piles of garbage around the city? Oh, you thought that the garbage was a new art form put out by drug- crazed weirdos. Well anyways, there is a rally at Vancouver city hall today at noon to support the strikers. So if you are so inclined drop by and show you can fight city hall and win. Vroo Mhumvk Amnesty for Danylo Shumuk. Whatl You don't know who Danylo Shumuk is, and you got into UBC? To satisfy your obviously over- "EXTRAORDINARY!" MS GeneS**}* I NBC IV W/Richard Grere £r Brooke Adams I Wed., Mar. 4—8 p.m. Thurs., Mar. 5 12:30 noon 1*1.00 SUB Aud I ■«• hair studio inc. Make an appointment today and give your head a rest. 224-1922 ™ 224-9116 W Hot flashes whelming curiosity (after all, you are still reading this), drop by the Amnesty International booth in the SUB concourse some time this week. People there will tell you about the prisoner of consciousness program, and give you information on the German Democratic Republic. You can also sign form letters, supporting Shumuk. So drop by their booth. Because, you know, not everybody can be free like you and I. Lay down The plans have been all laid out. It's designed by fate that if you wish to learn the newspaper skill of layout and design, you should show up in The Ubyssey office at 3 p.m. Friday. Tom Hawthorn, the B.C. bureau CINEMAWEST Presents chief for Canadian University Press, will limber up his phlegm ruler and be there to give a seminar on that very topic. The Ubyssey office can be found in SUB 241k, the northwest corner of the building. The seminar is open to ali. In fact, students who don't show up and complain later will have their faces laid out on the ground. SUBFILMS Presents The Best of the N.Y. Erotic Film Festival MARCH 5-8 Thurs., Sun. 7:00; Fri., Sat. 7:00 Er 9:00 $1.00 w/AMS Card SUB Auditorium 1981 Intramural Banquet FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1981 Faculty Club 6:00 p.m.-1:a.m. — $12/person RESERVED TABLES of 10 at $120.00 Reception: 6:00-7:00 p.m. (a) Unit Manager Presentation (b) Sport Champion Photographs 7:00-8:00 p.m. - Dinner 8:00-9:00 p.m. — Honour Awards 9:00-9:30 p.m. — Entertainment Feature 9:30-1:00 a.m. - Dance Tickets Available Starting MONDA Y, MARCH 9th at IntraMural Office: WMG 203 ALL INTRAMURAL PARTICIPANTS AND GUESTS ARE WELCOME THE CLASSIFIEDS **Tf:S:CBmp»a~3tinaa,\n*iUm*,Xic. C«mm«rcW-3fInw,1d«y«.»;addttton^ &6*»r£ir*f«^ . , / aaadBmisti;ma.m.mdayWt^ '"' ■- .X. Publications Office, Room24f, S.U.B, UBC, Van, B.C. V6T2A5. 5 — Coming Events AMNESTY UBC 1961-82 executive nominations are now open. Election meeting to be held in Rm. 224 on Thursday, March 12, 1961. UBC SAIUNQ CLUB BZZR GARDEN Wed. March 4 Room 206 SUB 8:00 p.m. 10 — For Sale — Commercial FRUIT LEATHER. Delicious Dried Fruit Treat from Okanagan Valley. Write now for mail order catalogue and free sample. Edible dried goods. Box 843, Penticton, B.C. 11 — For Sale — Private FOR SALE 1976 Grey Mazda 808. New Tires, Radio, Thirty-Six Thousand Miles. Phone 731-9332. FULL AND PART TIME shippers wanted by local stereo store. Opportunity to learn to mount cartridges and deal with customers. Drivers licence an asset. Reply in writing to Box 100, The Ubyssey, Room 241, SUB. STUDENT (Mala preferred) to walk around campus for approx. 2 days (4-5 hrs. per day) and conduct survey. Call Steve Crumpton 985-9594. 36 — Lost GOLD CHAIN with 1 gram gold pendant. Gold bracelet engraved "Kathryn" at Aquatic Center or Wesbrook Parking Lot Feb. 11th. Phone 261-2489. Reward. LOST MY WALLET. Keep money but please turn wallet and contents to Brock Hall Lost/Found or phone 224-6910. D. McDevitt. 60 - Rides 66 — Scandals 80 — Tutoring TUTORING in English offered by fully qualified and experienced British teacher. Tel 224-1103. HAVE MANY QUESTIONS about business statistics. Surely someone wants to help by teaching me. Its ubiquitous nowadays. 86 — Typing 40 — Messages 15 — Found 50 — Rentals 20 — Housing ARE YOU TIRED of commuting to U.B.C. every morning? If so, the Student Housing Office may be able to help. We now have vacancies for women in Totem Park Residence. There are only seven double rooms left — so act quickly. Come to the Student Housing Office during regular office hours (8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) and let us help you solve your housing problem. For info 228-2811. GRADUATING BSMT. STE. required for Sept. Will rent through summer if necessary. Call Susan evenings 321-4013. ROOM TO RENT on campus April 1st single or double. Call 228-9334/921-9518. 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Cash reward for suitable offer. 738-0449 or 228-5336. 99 — Miscellaneous Tuesday, March 3,1981 THE UBYSSEY Page 7 c 'Bird droppings J UBC's athletic endeavours for the year are winding down, with most teams either resting up for the national finals or else eliminated from Canada West play. The Thunderbird basketball team ended their season this weekend by splitting a pair of games with the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns. Friday night UBC managed to easily defeat a disinterested Pronghorn team by a score of 92-78, while on Saturday the Pronghorns overcame a 47-36 UBC lead at halftime to take the game 81-80. Both teams were already eliminated from the Canada West playoffs. * • • After finishing the season at the bottom of the league, 'Birds hockey coach Bert Halliwell has decided to pack it in. Word from the athletic office has it that a decision on a replacement will not be announced TESTIMONIAL I used to write coherently in full sentences, with no grammatical errors, and I never misquoted anyone. Then I joined The Ubyssey. My life will never be the same. — Bert Smegg Ubyssey Fashion Editor BILL DOCKSTEADER Mi Mileage Maker, Bill Docksteader. says you'll always find best m-town Honda deals at Docksteader's Kingsway Honda, 446 Kmgswayl CaH 879-7414 'tH 9p.m. Are you a UBC student? Check out our UBC specials behwt T» Honda Civic rr.tchb.ckl Gotd 4-spd! 66 000 mitosl Show us your student card for UBC special — only price of tMISJ, 77 Honda CMc hatchback! Another golden deal! 67,000 kmagel But a UBC speciol, onty 71 Honda Civic wagon! Brown 4-spdl Only 33,000 kml Only MMSI 70 Volvol It's a 1421 Blue 2-dr. four-spaed! 97,000 miles. Open to studsnt offers on asking price of tllKI Bring this ad with you to: Docksteader's KINGSWAY HONDA! 445 Kingsway 879-7414 So many mora good used can to chooaa from I DLt711 AU UNITS SUBJECT TO PRIOR SAUI until after the national hockey playoffs next month. * • • The Thunderette curling team managed a tie for second place with the University of Lethbridge at the Canada West playoffs held in Lethbridge last weekend. First place went to the University of Saskatchewan Huskiettes, while the University of Victoria came third. * • • UBC's Cathy Bultitude was the only Thunderette basketball player named to a Canada West All-Star team last weekend in Victoria. Bultitude, the sixth highest scorer in the league, was named to the second all-star team. * • * The Thunderbird rugby team returned unbeaten from a four- game California tour Friday after decimating teams from the newly- formed West Coast Universities Conference. UBC started off the tour by completely humiliating the previously undefeated Stanford squad 37-0. They went on to defeat UC-Santa Barbara 28-3, UCLA 30-11 and UC-Berkeley 9-3. According to coach Donn Spence, "it was our team play that did it." Team play is regarded as the key to consistently winning rugby and UBC has it down to a science, he said. • * • Morton Shnur, the world famous tiddlywink champion, visits UBC Thursday to speak on thumb exercises. The Scotland born twice winner of the grand tour tiddlywink championship will also try and establish a North American university league. He concedes the sport is rather obscure, but is a fantastic event for spectators, especially university students. GRADS Phone now for your appointment for your complimentary sitting Am0grapii®TD "UBC's Official Graduation Portrait Photographers since 1969" (We are pleased that we have again been endorsed the Grad Class Photographers by the 19B1 Grad Class Council). 3343 WEST BROADWAY VANCOUVER, B.C. V6R 2B1 Phone: (604) 732-7446 This Week JERRY DOUCETTE FRASER ARMS 1450 S.W. Marine Drive CALLING ALL CYCLO-COMMUTERS! RIDE YEAR- ROUND on a CUSTOMIZED BRC ROADACE with • All Rounder Bars • Union Combilite • Anatomic Saddle • Esge Fenders • Mini Toeclips • Kangaroo Baggs • BRC Rear Carrier • Zefal HP Pump Reg. $436.00 Package $400.00 less Baggs $340.00 SALES TAILORED TO YOUR NEEDS 3771 W. 10th at Alma 224-3536 Make sure your bright ideas dorftg^off track. A message of special interest to students* We're not only happy to see a bright idea get rolling; we'll even help pay the freight. But it's important to get our acts together now. March 16th is the final submission date for projects under the Summer Canada '81 program. So if you and your sponsor are already on track, don't let your project get stalled by a late application. For projects accepted, we'll put up salary contributions equal to the provincial minimum wage. And up to $35 overhead, per person, per week. So make sure your sponsor sends in that application to the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission, by March 16. Because we want to see your bright idea get a green light. of D"S.it*Ki Person 14 1981 W I* Employment and Emploi et Immigration Canada Immigration Canada Lloyd Axworthy. Minister Lloyd Axworthy. Mi rust re •Vnpff nter natonak? sO J1*1 Canada Page 8 THE U BYSSEY Tuesday, March 3,1981 PIRG builds framework - gord wisba photo OMINOUS SHADOW of Huey gunship menaces first robin of spring as it gambols through sylvan sunshine. Robin told photog it didn't feel safe in today's society. "Don't shoot?' it cried. It is hoped that any bad feelings will soon be PIRG- ed. The Public Interest Research Group organizing club at UBC approved in principle a framework for a constitution Monday night after a gruelling four hour meeting. Club officials say they hope the framework will clear up any questions or anxieties students may have about the group. PIRG spokesperson Carol Riviere said the group now wants student input into the constitution before it is finalized. She said she expects the constitution to be accessible to students before a referendum to fund the group goes before students Mar. 16 to 20. At the meeting the organizing club settled several controversial items, according to Riviere. Most notably, a formula for how much representation each B.C. university would have on the board of directors was decided. Every campus in the province which chooses by referendum to join B.C. PIRG will have at least one elected representative on the board. Campuses with between 2,500 and 5,000 students will get two direc tors, and one more director will be added for every 5,000 students on campus. Riviere said the framework must also be approved by PIRG organizers at Simon Fraser University. She said the framework approved at UBC allows for a lot of autonomy on local campuses in the area of organization. For instance, she said the method for electing representatives to the board of directors and the mechanism to refund students who do not wish to help fund the group will be decided locally. "Things like that have to be done on an individual basis," she said. The PIRG organizing club at UBC has not yet decided how elections and refunds will be handled, but Riviere said the group is looking for student input. PIRGs are an idea developed by consumer advocate Ralph Nader. They are designed to provide students with a mechanism to research consumer, worker, environmental and student issues. One project of the local group is to establish a research centre for students. The group is to be run on a province-wide basis by democratically elected directors. Ubyssey fails to explain why Godiva is wrong Far be it from me to tell you how to cover engineering week. We just had a mob of a hundred engineers storm up to our office, bang on the door for 20 minutes, tear hundreds of papers up and demand their money back. This violent turn against us is directly related to our engineering week coverage, but that's another story. As human rights coordinator, I'd like to comment on yours. I had some problems with the picture of the Godiva ride in your Jan. 22 issue. I can see your reasons for running it, that you can't ignore such a major event on campus, and that you are not sympathetic to their cause is evident from the cutting cutline. And indeed, the accompanying news story presents both sides fairly. However, nowhere is there an editorial comment or explanation as to why the ride is still sexist "despite the fact that about 50 male engineers wore no trousers or underwear ..." So, just in case it hasn't been explained to you, I will give you the reasons why I think it is sexist. The woman on the horse is still singled out from the crowd and is on display for her physical beauty. The 50 men marching with their members hanging out are not to be judged. It just makes more explicit the fraternal bonding which occurs and in which no woman can par ticipate on an equal basis. The woman is being objectified — she is being looked upon as a 'thing? not a human. This serves to to all women as merely trophies for men. I could go on to explain how this furthers the division of roles in our society, polarizing people according to sex, granting the power to men, who use it to "keep women in their place," but I'll keep it short. I guess I would have liked to have seen an analysis of that sort along with the Godiva ride to balance it off and provide food for thought. All the picture does now is make the ride accessible to those who missed it. Otherwise I've been really pleased with your paper in terms of sexist and racist content — there is very little. I commend you on your features concerning women's issues, Julie's feature on women in the universities was valuable, as was Lori Thicke's background on the goddesses. As well it's good to see a paper using terms like chairperson instead of chairman — many papers refuse to do this. nina miller WRCUP human rights coordinator Gather for tales of oppression and torture It is almost a joke to talk about human rights these days, but the joke is a grim one. An excerpt from Amnesty International's latest bulletin tells part of the story: "They (30 Chileans) were held in secret detention centres for five days and were reported to have been brutally tortured by being kept hanging by the feet for hours; by being taken outdoors and having their naked bodies hosed with jets of icy water (it was winter in Chile); Right to cross line Your editorial of Tuesday, Feb. 24 stated that picket lines should be respected, regardless of the issues involved or the way in which the protest is carried out. I disagree. Strikes and pickets are not good by themselves, because they disrupt people's lives. They are only worthwhile if they achieve something of value, or change unfair practices. Strikers set up pickets to register their protest. But by the same token, if citizens feel that the power of unions is being misused, they have a similar right to protest, by crossing the line. The right to decide for oneself is a fundamental human right. We cannot forfeit our responsibility to think, because a protest is approved by a registered union. Unions have achieved a lot. But I wonder, when the TWU strike is over, will anything have really changed? If the union is pressing for human rights for their workers, or for greater worker control of the company, I haven't heard of it. If the employees gain more benefits or higher wages, that's fine, I'll The Ubyssey welcomes letters from all readers. Although an effort is made to publish all letters received, The Ubyssey reserves the right to edit letters for reasons of brevity, legality and taste. Neatness counts. listen to their protest, but I shan't rearrange my life each time a contract negotiation breaks down. Quality of life is what's important, not only higher wages. When unions start holding out for some real changes, they have my full support, but until then, I reserve the right to draw my own lines. Sylvia Berryman by being punched and kicked. Some were said to have been forced to swallow human excrement and urine." Certainly human rights are in a pitiful state when children are tortured before their parents; when over 8,000 people "disappeared" in El Salvador in the past year; when people are held for months, sometimes years, without trial; when the Soviet authorities crack down on the Helsinki monitors . . . The university community should particularly sympathize with what is happening to students and academics elsewhere in the world. For instance, in Benin, Africa, at least 30 students are being held without legal redress, while only this month 20 faculty members of the National University in El Salvador were taken by armed troops. Intellectuals are not, however, the only ones who suffer repression. Trade unionists, the present population of a country, housewives — all are potential victims, whether through torture, detention, or permanent removal. Since 1961 Amnesty International, a world-wide organization, has documented many such instances of human rights violations. Their number is appalling. In an effort to increase campus awareness of the world human rights situation, Amnesty UBC, one of the many AI groups throughout the world, is holding a public discussion on human rights. We ask both students and faculty members to come and participate. Two professors teaching at UBC, Harold Kasinsky and Boydan Czaykowski, will speak on Scientists and Human Rights and Human Rights in Eastern Europe respectively. Afterwards there will be an informal discussion of whatevr issues are raised. The forum will take place on Friday, Mar. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Buchanan Lounge (down the hall from Buch. 207). Alcoholic refreshments will be available. In the meantime, consider that in many countries today such an assembly would be forbidden and labeled "subersive." Alice Kim arts 2 Johnart Hairstyling With Spring Perm Special we include free conditioners. 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