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The agreement\ncovers the 1988-89 term and expires\nJune 30.\nThe arbitration board also called for the\ncreation of a salary equity adjustment\nfund of $1,125,000. This fund will be distributed to full and associate professors under\na formula proposed by the Faculty Association.\nAn additional $28,000 was added to the\nuniversity's proposed gender inequity fund,\nbringing it to a total of $125,000.\nThe additional expenditures, which go\nbeyond what was budgeted for in the fiscal\nyear, may mean further cuts in university\nspending, said Albert McClean, Associate\nVice-President, Academic.\nThe total award package represents for\nthe university an increase of nine per cent\nin faculty salaries and benefits. But only an\nadditional eight per cent was budgeted to\ncover the anticipated increase.\n\"Basically, we are pleased that the award\nsubstantially upheld the university's position,\" McClean said. \"But we are disappointed that they added the extra amounts.\nThe university's position was that the amount\nwe offered represented the very limits of our\nability to pay.\"\nJohn Cragg, head ofthe Faculty Association's bargaining committee, also expressed disappointment with the award.\n\"The association is glad that the arbitra\ntion panel recognized the case for a\nspecial equity salary provisions, but we're\ndisappointed in the amount. We're way\nbehind our counterparts at other institutions,\" he said.\nCragg said the arbitration panel of\nStephen Kelleher, Hugh Ladner and Leon\nGetz was too strongly swayed by consideration of the university's ability to pay, a\ncondition placed on them under the terms\nof arbitration set out in the Framework\nAgreement.\nThe Framework Agreement states that\nSee IMPLICATIONS on Page 2\nRobert Will resigns\nas Dean of Arts\neffective June 30\nBy PAULA MARTIN\nDean Robert Will of the Faculty of\nArts will step down from his post on June\n30,1989.\nAssociate deans John Stager, Anne\nPiternick and Jonathan Wisenthal have\nalso tendered their resignations, clearing\nthe way for a new dean to appoint his or\nher own staff.\nWill, who was appointed dean in 1975\nand reappointed to a six-year term in\n1985, will return to full-time teaching in\nthe Department of Economics, following\na year-long leave of absence.\n\"I respect Dean Will's decision to\nresign before his term is up,\" said President David Strangway. \"I share his\ncommitment to excellence for UBC and\nwill continue to support the goals he\nworked towards.\n\"In his demanding administrative post,\nDean Will has advanced the quality and\ndefended the integrity of UBC's arts\nprogram, one that is crucial to the life of\nany university,\" Strangway added.\nThe search for a successor to Dean\nWill has already begun, said Daniel Birch,\nVice-President, Academic and Provost.\n\"We'll be establishing a President's\nAdvisory Committee for the selection of\na new dean, which I will chair,\" he said.\nThe advisory committee will be made\nup of four faculty members elected from\nthe Faculty of Arts, two students elected\nfrom the faculty and four people named\nRobert Will\nby President Strangway.\nThe Registrar's Office will supervise\nthe election of committee members.\nThe committee will engage in a search\nand recommend one or more candidates\nfor the position, Birch added.\nIn the meantime, Birch is seeking\nadvice from Arts heads and directors on a\ncandidate to take over as acting dean on\nJulyl.\nAn economist, Will joined the UBC\nfaculty in 1957. He became a professor in\nthe Economics department in 1969 and\nwas also appointed assistant dean that\nyear.\nPrior to becoming dean in 1975, he\nwas acting dean for a year.\nSenate adopts guidelines\nfor college degrees\nBy GAVIN WILSON\nSenate has adopted guidelines to ensure high academic standards for UBC\ndegree-completion programs offered at\nInterior colleges.\nUnder the Access for All program\nannounced in March by the provincial\ngovernment, UBC will offerthird- and\nfourth-year programs leading to undergraduate degrees at Okanagan and Cariboo colleges. The programs will begin as\nearly as this September.\nThe set of guiding principles approved\nat the April Senate meeting outlines the\nacademic steps the joint ventures will\nrequire.\nRichard Tees, chairman ofthe committee that presented the guidelines, said\nwhile guiding principles are essential in\nsuch agreements, it is too early to provide\ndetails of how they will work in practice.\n' 'We have to have some experience\nwith this type of program first before we\nsee how these guidelines will be put into\neffect,\" he said.\nArts Dean Robert Will said the guidelines could be seen as safety valves that\nmay be eased as confidence is built between faculties at UBC and the colleges.\n' 'The integrity of our degrees is foremost in our minds,\" he said.\nSee FACULTY on Page 2\nThe University or British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.\nVolume 35, Number 9    Mav 4, 1989\n'Suitable support network*\n$300,000 set for bursaries\nBy PAULA MARTIN\nUBC President David Strangway has\nearmarked $300,000 for an emergency\nstudent bursary program which will begin in September.\nThe allocation from the university's\noperating budget will provide emergency\nbursaries for students who are most seriously affected by a 10 per cent tuition fee\nincrease, which takes effect this Fall.\n\"There may weD be some students for\nwhom an increased tuition fee is a problem,\" Strangway said.  \"We want to\nensure that there is a suitable support\nnetwork in place.\"\nThe criteria for awarding the emergency bursaries will be finalized over the\nsummer months by the Awards and Financial Aid Office.\nThe $300,000 allocation will deal with\nemergency student aid on a short term\nbasis, while a student bursary endowment fund now being set up will ensure\nthere is help over the long term, Strangway said.\nThe principal of the endowment fund\nwill come from parking fine revenues\ncollected on campus - an idea proposed\nby student representatives earlier this year\nduring a meeting with Strangway and\nother senior administrators.\nAbout $100,000, or two-thirds ofthe\nfines collected annually, will go into the\nfund, which will build to $l-million after\n10 years.\nThe income generated on the principal ofthe fund each year will be used for\nemergency student bursaries. The criteria for these awards will also be worked\nout over the summer months.\nAs 6,000 litres of water rush down a 70-foot flume in the engineering lab, simulating the eroding effects of ocean waves,\nCivil Engineering Professor Michael Quick measures how the water currents move the sediment. The information gathered\nby Quick's experiments is valuable to marine consultants and others who are trying to protect coastline areas for\nrecreational and marine use. >\/i\n- *    r '\u25a0' 5-S\nfll*\nUBCREPORTS   May 4,1989       2\n(\/5C researchers training\nCanadian astronauts\nBy GREG DICKSON\nCanadian astronauts Roberta Bondar\nand Ken Money will spend four days at\nUniversity Hospital next week training\nwith UBC researchers.\nThe astronauts will learn to perform\ntwo experiments, one that involves a technique designed to separate living cells in\nspace, and another to determine why back\npain is a problem in weightless conditions.\nUBC Pathologist Dr. Don Brooks has\nbeen working with NASA for 10 years\ndeveloping die cell separation experiments,\nwhich involve mixing liquids such as oil\nand water.\n' 'There is no weight difference in space.\nWe're looking at how the liquids mix and\nunmix in the absence of gravity. If we can\nseparate liquids, we should be able to\nseparate cells,\" he said.\nDr. Brooks'\nexperiment could\nlead to advances\nin the treatment of\ncancer, diabetes\nand a variety of\nother diseases, as\nwell as new biotechnical industries in space and\non Earth.\nThe astronauts\nwill also train with Dr. Peter Wing's back\npain research team at University Hospi-\ntal-Shaughnessy Site.\nDr. Wing, Head of Orthopaedics, will\norient the astronauts in experiments designed to determine why back pain is a\ncommon problem in space.\n\"It's the second most common problem in space after motion sickness,'' said\nBondar\nUBC investigator\nLark Susak.\nAstronauts'\nspines increase in\nheight 4.5 to 6.5\ncentimetres under\nweightless conditions. For this\nexperiment, their\nbacks will be\nphotographed\nfrom    different\nangles to record changes in height and\ncurving.\nThe astronauts will also fill out diagrams called pain drawings to describe\nhow they feel, where the pain is centred,\nand what conditions make it worse or\nbetter.\nBoth experiments are scheduled for a\nspace shuttle mission in February, 1991.\nMoney\nHardier seedlings needed\nNew forest group set up\nBy JO MOSS\nA new UBC research group wants to\nboost B.C.'s reforestation efforts by finding out how to better equip tree seedlings\nfor life outside the greenhouse.\nOn certain sites, as many as 80 per cent\nof transplanted nursery seedlings initially\ndon't grow as well as expected. And the\nreasons why often aren't apparent to foresters or scientists.\nInadequate growth costs the industry\nmillions of dollars annually and weakens\nthe future potential of the forests.\nThe Western Forest Regeneration\nResearch Group (WESTFORR) was set\nup at UBC in April to address some of\nthese forest renewal concerns.\nMembers of the unique group are:\nForestry Professor Hamish Kimmins;\nformer Botany research associate Edith\nCamm; and three new faculty members\nPhil Burton, Chris Chanway and Robert\nGuy. WESTFORR research is supported\nby the provincial government's Centres\nof Excellence program.\nWESTFORR researchers will undertake basic research in seedling physiol-\nKimmins\nogy and ecology\nwith an eye to producing a better\nseedling.\n\"We want to\nfind out exactly\nwhat the seedling\nis experiencing,\"\nKimmins explained. \"There\nare certain differences between our\nnursery stock and what nature does.\"\nResearchers don't know why nature\nsometimes does it better.\nAnd while foresters view competing\nvegetation as the major impediment to\nreforestation. A stronger seedling, rather\nthan weed control, may be an answer to\nthe problem, Kimmins said.\n' 'There's been a tendency to focus on\ndie bad guys, die weeds. If we could plant\nreally big, strong seedlings and give them\na kick in the pants to get them going, make\nthem big, tough guys, they can look after\nthemselves out on the streets,'' Kimmins\nsaid.\nBeatty promises action\non Beiser proposals\nBy GREG DICKSON\nNational Health and Welfare Minister\nPerrin Beatty has promised to follow up\non recommendations in a task force report on immigrant mental health by Dr.\nMorton Beiser, a UBC Psychiatry professor.\nBeatty said the report made it clear\nthat Canada must do more for immigrants\nand refugees who are die victims of torture.\n\"It is clear from the task force report\nthat we do not know enough about the\npsychological devastation caused by torture or how to help refugees who have\nhad these terrifying experiences,\" said\nBeatty.\nHe said he would ask the Canadian\nCentre for Victims of Torture to propose\nspecific research on how torture affects\nIhe mental health of refugees. He will also\nask the centre to suggest effective treatment strategies.\nThe Beiser report found that die number\nof torture victims in Canada and the extent of the problem has probably been\nunderstimated. It asked the minister to\nfund further research into die psychological consequences of torture.\nThe Beiser task force also asked the\ngovernment to set up special centres to\ntrain social and health service professionals in the treatment of immigrants, refugees and ethnic minorities in general.\nBeatty expressed concern about the\ncost ofthe centres, but said a feasibility\nstudy would be done.\n' 'Establishing centres of excellence\ncan be very expensive. Still, I think the\nidea has merit and I would like to see it\nexplored,\" he said.\nThe minister also promised to set up a\nspecial working group on multicultural\nhealth to advise federal and provincial\nministries of health on issues brought up\nin the Beiser report, such as treatment and\nprevention of emotional distress in immigrants.\nOne answer to a better seedling may\nbe biological fertilizers. WESTFORR\nresearchers will investigate natural microbes which can manipulate seedling\ngrowth-encourage them to grow bigger\nroots, for example.\nIt's thought that how seedlings are\ngrown, handled and stored in the nursery\nmay adversly affect their survival rate on\nsite. WESTFORR researchers will investigate whether cramped conditions in\ngreenhouses stunt root and stem growth,\nputting the seedling at a disadvantage\nwhen competing vegetation for nutrients\nonce outdoors.\nEven planting in cold soils may retard\nseedling growth and development, Kimmins said.\nWESTFORR researchers believe\nseedlings may go into a state of shock\nafter planting.\n\"It has been sitting in a nursery where\nit's watered and fertilized. Suddenly it's\non a sub-alpine site half way up a mountain,\" Kimmins said.\nNursery seedlings are just one aspect\nof forest renewal the WESTFORR group\nwill study. Vegetation management and\nnatural regeneration are others.\nWith recent legislation putting the costs\nof reforestation directly on industry, forest companies are taking a second look at\nlow-cost, natural regeneration. But little\nis known about how natural regeneration\noccurs. And up to now, forest management practices haven't taken it into account.\n\"In the past, we've just walked away\nand said nature will do it,\" Kimmins said.\n\"We're going to have to move towards\nharvesting systems that facilitate natural\nregeneration in the future.\"\nWESTFORR research will also look\nat how the next generation of trees will\nfare if the earth's temperature warms up\nas predicted.\nScientists are predicting global temperatures will rise between 1.5 and 4.5\ndegrees Centigrade, perhaps in the next\n40 years. From the point of view of a life\nspan of a tree, Kimmins says, that increase is far too rapid\nKimmins says any solutions\nWESTFORR researchers come up with\nwill have to take global warming into\naccount.\n\"It's a broader framework within which\nthe group intends to look at specific problems,\" he said.\nComment\nReflections on\nretirement rules\nBy ALLAN EVANS\nWe can expect a ruling soon from\nthe Supreme Court of Canada on whether\nor not mandatory retirement at age 65\nviolates die Canadian Charter of Rights.\nSection 15(1) ofthe charter guarantees\nevery individual equality \"before and\nunder the law\" and rhe right to \"equal\nprotection and equal benefit of the law\nwithout discrimination\". The question the court must answer is whether\nmandatory retirement at a certain age\ndiminishes a person's protection and\nbenefit of the law.\nThe wording ofthe charter leaves\nroom for some doubt, but prevailing\nopinion seems to be mat the court will\nthrow out mandatory retirement, and\nthat it would be a good thing if it did.\nBut there are a few points to give us\npause.\nFirst, the law must apply equally to\nall age groups. If mandatory retirement is discrimination for die over 65s,\nlaws preventing the young under 16\nfrom driving, or those under 19 or 21\nfrom entering pubs for a drink are no\nless discriminatory. Adolescents are\ncapable of driving before they are 16,\nand of drinking under 19, and it will not\ndo to argue that it is socially beneficial\nto prevent them.\nSecond, ruling against mandatory\nretirement will have the practical effect\nof giving the over 65s a right to their\njobs as long as they want them, or until\nthey can be persuaded to leave with a\ngolden handshake. Any firm that dismissed an employee over 65 would lay\nitself open to prosecution, and the only\nlegal defence open to it - that the\nemployee had grown incompetent with\nthe passing years - would be difficult\nto prove. Better not to try.\nYet an employee in his 30s or 40s\nwould have no such protection against\ndismissal or lay off. It is not likely that\na man in his 30s who lost his job could\nprove he had suffered discrimination\nby reason of age. Yet he would be a\nvictim of discrimination nonetheless,\nif those over 65 had a practical guarantee against dismissal and he did not.\nOf course, we hear the argument\nthat only a tiny percentage of die work\nforce would want to work after 65. But\nthis introduces another subtle discrimination. It is the employees whose jobs\nrequire no great physical exertion who\ncan take advantage of die right to work\npast 65. Civil servants, white-collar\nworkers, professors with tenure. Not\nprofessional athletes or truck drivers.\nLet me be clear. There is nothing\nmagic about a retirement age of 65. It\ncould be 68 or 70. But giving the\nelderly the constitutional right to work\nuntil certifiable senility overtakes diem\ngives them protection the rest of the\nwork force lacks.\nJustice and the human rights that go\nalong with it depend on the continuation of a just society, which in turn\ndemands equal rights for all members\nof the work force. Giving the over 65s\na constitutional right to a job and a\ndegree of protection against age discrimination that is denied to other age\ngroups, would diminish the just society. And along with that, our respect\nfor human rights in general would grow\na little less.\nALLAN EVANS is head ofthe department of Classics at UBC. This\narticle first appeared in the Financial\nPost on March 31.\nImplications considered\nContinued from Page 1\narbitrators must strike a \"reasonable ratio\" between faculty salaries and all other\nuniversity expenditures. The board interpreted this to be 42.1 per cent of total\nexpenditures,the figure resulting from\nthe last freely negotiated collective agreement in 1987-88.\n\"We will have to look at the award\nmore fully to see what the longer term\nimplications of that might be,\" McClean\nsaid.\nNo change was made to standard\nfunding for career progress, inequity,\nanomaly and merit awards, which, taken\ntogether, total a further three per cent.\nEarlier in negotiations, both parties agreed\nto amend the pension plan to take into\naccount changes in the Canada Pension\nPlan contributions.\nThe award also increased the annual\nminimum salary for librarians to $26,030\nfrom $23,137. Sessional lecturers had\ntheir monthly salary increased to $2,236\nfrom $2,132.\nMeanwhile, the first round of negotiations for the 1989-90 contract began the\nfirst week of April and ended April 24.\nFaculty to offer courses\nContinued from Page 1\nThe guidelines suggest that UBC determine student admission, promotion and\ngraduation requirements, set examination and grading policy and award degrees. Diplomas may indicate where studies\nwere completed.\nThe university will also set qualifications for instructors of upper level and\nprofessional courses, although appointments to college faculty will be made\nunder the terms of the local collective\nagreement. UBC faculty will also offer\ncourses, where necessary.\nSenate agreed that funding for joint\nprograms should be separate from the\ngeneral operating budgets of UBC and\nthe colleges.\n\"There should be no direct or indirect\ncost assumed by UBC for participating in\na new joint venture,'' the guidelines state,\na principle the Ministry of Education has\nagreed to, said Daniel Birch, Vice-President, Academic.\nThe guidelines also said that special\ncommitments should also be made to\nfund the development of additional library and laboratory resources at the\ncolleges.\nThe goal, the guidelines said, should\nbe to establish independent, degree-granting institutions in Kamloops and Kelowna\nwithin a decade. UBCREPORTS\nMay 4,\n1989\nPeople\n4 named to Royal Society\nClarke\nThe Royal Society of\nCanada, die country's most\ndistinguished learned\nsociety, has elected four\nUBC professors as fellows.\nThey are:\nGeophysics Professor\nGarry Clarke: Clarke\nwas cited for his understanding of thermo-me-\nchanics. He has become\nan international authority\non thermal regimes of glaciers and the effect of\ntemperature on glacier flow.\nChemistry Professor\nEdward Piers: Piers has\nmade notable contributions to the field of synthetic organ chemistry,\nboth with respect to the\nsynthesis of naturally occurring compounds and\nthe development of new\nsynthetic methods.\nPsychology Professor\n'^ers Jack Rachman: The so\nciety lauded Rachman, a leading investigator in\nthe areas of clinical psychology and behavioral\nmedicine, for significant contributions to the assessment ofthe effects of psychotherapy.\nPolitical Science Professor Mark Zacher:\nThe society cited Zacher, director of the Institute\nof International Relations, for\nhis international reputation\nfor studies on Canadian\noceans policy and pathbreak-\ning work on international\nmanagement and collaboration.\nFounded in 1882, the\nRoyal Society of Canada has\nmore than 1,000 members\nfrom the humanities, social\nsciences and the sciences.\nZacher\nLois Bewley, a professor\nin the School of Library,\nArchival and Information\nStudies, has been awarded\nthe 1989 Outstanding Service to Librarianship Award\nby the Canadian Library\nAssociation.\nBewley, who is on leave\nfrom the school, teaches in\nthe areas of public libraries\nand library building and architecture.\nShe is widely recognized as Canada's leading\nexpert on public library legislation.\nBewley is a former president of the Canadian\nLibrary Association and is participating in an eight-\nyear research project on the role, organization and\nfuture of public libraries in Canada.\nBruce Woolley has been named president and\nchief executive officer ofthe B.C. Development\nCorp. Woolley, agraduate of UBC'sLaw faculty,\nhas been a visiting assistant professor in the Law\nfaculty since 1986. A lawyer with Clark Wilson from\n1978 to 1985, Woolley was in-house counsel for\nCominco Ltd. and Expo 86 and has been corporate\ncounsel and secretary to the B .C. Enterprise Corp.\nsince last fall.\nThe second annual Michael Ovenden Memorial\nLecture was delivered at the Vancouver Planetarium\nApril 24 by James Oberg, a noted author, NASA\nspaceflight engineer and one ofthe United States'\nforemost experts on the Soviet space program. The\nlecture series was \u25a0initiated by the B.C. Space Science\nSociety in 1988 in honor of Ovenden, a UBC professor emeritus who died two years ago. When Ovenden\njoined the university' s department of Geophysics\nand Astronomy in 1966, he was B.C.'s first astronomer.\nVancouver businessman Ronald Longstaffe was\nelected Senior Vice-President ofthe UBC Alumni\nLongstaffe\nAssociation in\nboard of management elections\nheld in April.\nLongstaffe\nwill serve in that\nposition for one\nyear then automatically become\nassociation President for the 1990-\n91 term.\nA well-known supporter of the arts in\nVancouver, Longstaffe has also been an\nactive volunteer with St Paul's Hospital,\nthe Vancouver Economic Advisory Committee and the Canadian Club of Vancouver. He is currently chairman of die alumni\ncommittee of the UBC 75th Anniversary\ncelebrations.\nAlso elected were three Members at\nLarge: Janet Cakter, executive assistant\nto the Regional Manager, Greater Vancouver Regional District; Martin Cocking, Liaison Officer with the UBC School\nand College Liaison Office; and Curt\nLatham, a family physician.\nAnn McAfee, last year's Senior Vice-\nPresident, begins her one-year term as\nPresident at the Alumni Association's\nannual general meeting, to be held May\n18 in Cecil Green Park mansion at 7 p.m.\nEquity policy goal\nis to ensure fair\ntreatment for ail\n\u201e_  By PAULA MARTIN\nA draft policy on employment equity\nand terms of reference for an advisory\ncommittee to oversee it have been drawn\nup for campus-wide comment.\nThe goal ofthe policy is to ensure that\n\u2022\u2022 all UBC faculty and staff are treated fairly\nin the workplace, said Sharon Kaha UBC's\ndirector of Employment Equity.\nThe primary consideration for recruitment of faculty and staff, the policy states,\nis individual achievement and merit\nLibrary needs\ncomputers,\n. Mclnnes says\nThe library on-line catalogue needs\n10 times as many computer terminals as\nit currently provides, University Librarian Douglas Mclnnes told Senate at the\nApril meeting.\nRemote on-line access has recently\nbeen made available to all library card\nholders but only a limited number of\nterminals are in place in library buildings,\nMclnnes said as he made an annual report\nto the university's academic governors.\nResponding to a question from a student senator, Mclnnes said financial\nconstraints have limited purchases of new\nequipment.\nUBC, it adds, will ensure that equal\nopportunity is given to all those seeking\nemployment, with emphasis on four target groups identified by the federal government \u2014 women, visible minorities,\nnative Indians and disabled people.\n\"It seems to me to be social justice -\nthat groups of people who have been\ndenied opportunity should be granted the\nopportunity to compete, gain employment and be productive,\" said Kahn.\n\"Offering fair and full opportunity on\ncampus will make this not only a better\nworking environment, but also a better\neducational environment.''\nKahn said the first step is to identify\nwhat UBC's workforce looks like through\na census or survey.\n\"We have to find out who we are,\nwhat we look like and, more importantly,\nwhat we look like compared with die pool\nof qualified applicants.''\nA key component ofthe policy states\nUBC will identify and eliminate discriminatory barriers that interfere with employment opportunities in all jobs and\nlevels throughout the university.\n''We don't know whether we have\ndiscriminatory barriers in hiring, training\nand promotion, because we haven't got\nthe hard data to say who makes up our\nworkforce and we haven't done any kind\nof a review of our policy and practices,''\nKahn said.\nAnother objective is to increase the\nSharon Kahn\nrange of applicants for faculty and staff\npositions to reflect the diversity ofthe\npool of potential candidates.\nThe final goal is to build a workforce\nthat is representative of the pool of potential candidates, including die four target\ngroups identified by Ottawa.\nTerms of reference for the President's\nAdvisory Committee on Employment\nEquity have also been drafted.\nThe committee will advise the president on matters relating to the employ -\n* ment equity policy. It will also advise on\nthe preparation of a workforce profile of\nUBC faculty and staff, die analysis of that\nprofile and the review of existing employment policies.\nThe committee will recommend steps\nto identify and eliminate any discriminatory barriers dial block the participation\nin employment opportunities to the four\ntarget groups.\nIf you would like to review the draft\npolicy on employment equity, or would\nlike to be recommended as a member-at-\nlarge on the advisory committee, please\ncontact Sharon Kahn, director of Employment Equity, President's Office, 228-\n5454.\nShopping an addiction\nsimilar to alcohol,\nresearcher concludes\nBy GAVIN WILSON\nSome people are literally addicted to\nshopping, says a researcher in the faculty\nof Education.\nLisa Barnes, who recently completed\na master's degree in counselling psychology, said that overspending can be a\ncompulsive behavior similar to eating\ndisorders or even alcohol and drug addiction.\nEighteen months of research convinced her that consumer debt is a society-wide problem and, for some, an\nemotional addiction that can be painful\nto beat.\nAddicted shoppers wield credit cards\n\"like magic wands,\" said Barnes. If they\nfeel lonely or depressed, they buy something to make them feel better, regardless\nof need or expense.\nBut later, when these shopping addicts get home and face the bills, they feel\nguilt and remorse and the cycle begins\nanew.\n' 'There are people who can't tell you\ntheir bank balance and they don't know\nwhat interest rate they're paying on their\ndebts,\" said Barnes. \"They don't want\nto know \u2014 it's part of their denial.\"\nShopping addicts will not be cured by\nthe financial advice they often receive,\nshe warns. They need psychological\ncounselling that gets to the root of the\nproblem.\nUnlike other addictions, shopping is\nsanctioned by our society. In fact, our\nconsumer-driven economy encourages\never-increasing consumption and rewards\nextravagant purchases with social status,\nsaid Barnes.\nIn the 1950s, to be in debt was almost\na sin. But today, even bankruptcy does\nnot carry the shame it once did.\nBarnes said the turning point was the\ncredit explosion ofthe 1970s. The statistics tell the story: Canadians hold 14-\nmillion credit cards and owe $7-billion in\noutstanding debt; 70 per cent of Christmas purchases are made with plastic;\nonly one of every three credit card bills is\npaid in full.\nAs a result, Canadians have been transformed from penny-pinching savers into\nreckless spenders, said Barnes. The rate\nof savings has never been lower in Canada.\nThe provincial government's debtors\nassistance counselling service, which is\nstruggling with a record caseload of 31,000\nclients, is not equipped to handle the\ndemand for their services, she said.\nThai Princess\nto lecture\nA Royal Princess from Thailand visits\nUBC May 9, the first stop in a month-long\ntour of Canada.\nPrincess Chulabhorn, who holds a\nPhD in organic chemistry, will give an\ninformal academic lecture and attend a\nprivate luncheon during her brief visit to\ncampus.\nShe will speak on research into the\nmedicinal uses of plants in Thailand. Her\nlecture, to be held in IRC 6 at 10:30 am,\nis open to the public. UBC REPORTS    May 4.1989       4\nSUNDAY, MAY 7     j\nHoly Communion\nLutheran Campus Ministry. Lutheran Campus Centre,\n5885 University Boulevard. 730 p.m.\nMONDAY, MAY 8    j\n8 BaUroom Dance Lessons\n1st Lesson. Instructors: Joris & Penny Bedaux. Beginners\u00ae 7:30: the cha-cha and jive; Intermediates\u00a9\n8:30: the samba and the rhumba. Fee: Non-students\n$35; Students $25; Drop in fee $5. For information call\n228-3203. Ballroom, Graduate Student Centre\nCancer Seminar\nProspects for Proton Radiotherapy at Triumf. Dr. R.\nKometsen, Radiation Physics, Cancer Control Agency\nof B.C. For information cal 877-6010. Lecture Theatre,\nB.C. Cancer Res. Centre, 601 W. 10th Avenue. Noon-\n1 pm.\nTUESDAY, MAY 9    |\nFriends of the Botanical Garden\nSpecial Lecture\nPerennials Plus - The art of incorporating herbaceous\nperennials Wo a variety of landscapes. Pamela Harper,\nOne of North America's eminent horbculturalists, noted\nlecturer, writer, photographer. Tickets $5. Forinforma-\ntJoncaH228-3928. Lecture Hall#6, IRC Bldg. 8p.m.\nWEDNESDAY, MAY 10J\nVideo Teleconference\nUsing Technology in the Modem Language Classroom\npresented by Caitomta State U. (Chico) and the Computer Assisted Language Learning and Instruction\nConsortium (CALICO). Interact '89 win offer innovative\nappfcatbns and strategies in the use of video and audo\nted retogies for teaching modem languages. Fbrinfor-\nmation cal Carole Trepanier at 228-5058. Lecture Hal\n#4, IRC Bldg. 4-530 p.m.\nTHURSDAY, MAY 11  |\nSocial Work Evening Lecture\nTreating Families in the Work Place. Miriam Webber,\nMSW, Regional Employee Counsellor, Public Service\nHealth, Health and Welfare Canada. Fee $10. Prereg-\nistaton necessary. For rtormalon cal 228-2576. Lecture\nHal A, School of Social Work. 7-10 p.m.\nFRIDAY, MAY 12     \\\nObstetrics and Gynaecology Weekly\nGrand Rounds\nPlacenta Accrete, Discussion and Two Cases and Review. Dr. Stephen Hudson. D308, Shaughnessy Hospital. 8a.m.\nPaediatrics Grand Rounds\nCurrent Advances in Treatmentof Spastic Diplegia. Dr.\nP. Steinbok, UBC. For information call 875-2117.\nAudtorium, Q.F. Strong Rehab. Centre. 9 am\n|     SUNDAY, MAY 14    |\nHoly Communion\nLutheran Campus Ministry. Lutheran Campus Centre,\n5885 University Boulevard 730 p.m.\nMONDAY, MAY 15   \\\n8 BaUtoom Dance Lessons\n2nd Lesson. Instructors: Joris & Penny Bedaux. Beginners @ 7:30: the cha-cha and Jive; Intermediates\u00ae\n830:thesambaandtherhumba. Fee: Non-students\n$35; Students $25. Drop in fee $5. For information cal\n228-3203. Balroom, Graduate Student Centre\nCancer Seminar\nNon Standard Fractionation in Radiotherapy. Dr. Jack\nFowler, Professor of Human Oncology, U. of Wisconsin.\nFor information call 877-6010. Lecture Theatre, B.C.\nCancer Res. Centre, 601 W. 10th Avenue. Noon-1 p.m.\nTUESDAY, MAY 16   |\nChemical Engineering Seminar\nFUdfzed Bed Combustion of Difficult Fuels. Dr.Erzbieta\nBulewicz, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Technology, Technical U. of Cracow, Poland. For information\ncal 228-3121. Room 206, Chemical Engineering BWg.\n330 p.m.\nIWI\nWWteJey\nW\"i\ny-i \u00a3&^&fei'%\u00ab> \/%y;<v\u00a3%^\ncalendar\nMay 7-May 20\nFormer federal cabinet minister Pat Carney and VBC Chancellor Leslie Peterson congratulate Canada Scholar winner\nElaine McKevitt, a first -year Science student (See story on this page.)\nCALENDAR DEADLINES\nFor events in the period May 21 to June 3, notices must be submitted on proper Calendar forms no later than 4 p.m. on\nWednesday, May 10 to the Community Relations Office, 6328 Memorial Rd., Room 207, Old Administration Building. For\nmore information call 228-3131.\nThe Calendar deadline for the Congregation Issue of Wednesday, May 31 is 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 23. The period covered\nwill be June 4 to June 17.\nWEDNESDAY, MAY 17 j\nPsychiatry Academic Lecture\nTreatment Resistant Schizophrenia - Presentation and\nTreatment with Novel Antipsychotics. G. W. (B*) MacEwan, MD, FRCP(C), Director of Refractory Psychosis\nProgram, Clinical Research Division, Riverview Hospital. For information call 875-2025. Room D308, Acute\nCare Building, Shaughnessy Hospital. 8:30-9:30 a.m.\nBiotechnology Laboratory Seminar\nAnalysis of Activation of Transcription by the Human\nEstrogen Receptor in Mammalian Cells and in Yeast.\nJohn White, Dr., Institut de Chimie Btotagique - L.G.M.E.,\nStrasbourg, France. For information call 228-4838.\nLecture Hall #4, IRC BkJg. 4p.m.\nObstetrics and Gynaecology\nWeekly Grand Rounds\nUltrasound Diagnosis of Intrauterine Growth Retardation. Dr. Darryl Vine. For information call 875-2171.\nD308, Shaughnessy Hospital. 8 a.m.\nTHURSDAY, MAY 18 j\nAlumni Association Annual\nGeneral Meeting\nAl UBC Alumni can come see the new, refurbished Ced\nGreen Park, and meet the new Board of Management.\nNo Host Bar. RSVP Linda Sanford at 228-3313 for\nDetails. Cedl Green Park, 6251 Cecil Green Park. 7-9\np.m.\nFRIDAY, MAY 19     |\nPaediatrics Grand Rounds\nImmunization Practice. Dr. P.A. Brunell, Professor of\nPediatrics, Cedars Sinai MerJcal Centre, LA For information cal 875-2117. Auditorium, G.F. Strong Rehab.\nCentre. 9a.m.\nMedical Genetics Seminar\nIntracellular Population Genetics: The Implications of\nMitochondrial Inheritance. Dr. Jan Friedman, UBC. For\ninformation cal 228-5311. D308, University Hospital. 1\npm.\nNOTICES\nParenting Project\nCouples with children between the ages of 5 and 12 are\nwanted for a project studying parenting. Participation\ninvolves the mother and father discussing common\nchildrearing problems and completing questionnaires\nconcerning several aspects of family life. Participation\nwiH take about one hour. Everting appointments can be\narranged. Interpretation of questionnaires is available on\nrequest For information please contactDr.C. Johnston,\nCWcal Psychology, UBC at 228-6771.\nSafety Program Seminar\nMay 9\/10. The Occupational Safety and Health Department is offering a free 1 1\/2 day seminar for faculty and\n109 Canada Scholars\nhonored at reception\nBy GAVIN WILSON\nUBC's 109 Canada Scholars were\nhonored at a special reception at the Faculty Club ballroom April 13.\nThe students, all just completing their\nfirst year of study, were winners ofthe\nnew federal government scholarship\ndesigned to recognize excellence and\nencourage more students, especially young\nwomen, to study science and engineering.\nThe students were presented with\ncertificates and pins by Chancellor Leslie\nPeterson, former cabinet minister Pat Carney, representing Prime Minister Brian\nMulroney and William Winegard, Minister of State for Science and Technology.\nAlso on hand to congratulate students,\nwere President David Strangway and K.D.\nSrivastava, Vice-President, Student and\nAcademic Services.\nAwarded on the basis of academic\nperformance, the scholarships will provide up to $8,000 over four years to\nstudents pursuing degrees in science,\nengineering and related disciplines. More\nthan half the scholarships are being awarded\nto women, who have traditionally been\nunder-represented in these areas of study.\n\"We need to sharply increase the\nnumber of science and technology graduates in Canada,\" said Carney \"Our future standard of living depends on the\nquality of these graduates.\"\nWhen Ihe program is in full swing, she\nsaid, up to 10,000 students each year will\nqualify. This year there were 2,500 winners from 75 universities and community\ncolleges across Canada.\nMost UBC winners are enroled in the\nfaculty of Science, others were drawn\nfrom Applied Science and Forestry. Arts\nwas represented by three mathematics\nstudents. Strangway called them \"all very\nspecial students.\"\nThe $80-million scholarship program,\nwhich will run for five years, was announced by Mulroney last January as part\nof a drive to boost science and technology\nresearch in Canada.\nstaff on Occupational Health and Safety Programs.\nTopics include accident prevention, safety inspections,\naccident investigation and effective safety committees.\nOf interest to managers, supervisors and safety committee members. For information and registration cal 228-\n2643.\nMay 15\/16. The UBC Occupational Health and Safety\nOffice is offering a course for faculty and staff, covering\nchemical storage, handling and disposal, laboratory\ninspections, emergency response and spill clean up.\nThe course is intended tor people who harde chemicals\nin a laboratory, especially lab supervisors, lab technicians, stores keepers and safety committee representatives. Summer students are also welcome. IiJuii nation\nand course registration is available from the Occupational Health and Safety Office, 228-2029.\nGolf Lessons\nGet into the swing of things with adult golf lessons.\nClasses run throughout the spring and summer for basic\nand intermediate levels. For more information please\ncall the Community Sport Services Office at 228-3688.\nUBC Tennis Centre\nAdult and junior; spring and summer tennis lessons.\nDay, evening and weekend sessions available. For\nmore information cal 228-2505.\nFriends of the Garden\nWednesday Walks: An Introduction to the Botanical\nGarden. Meet at the Gatehouse. Admission: Free.\nTour: Free. Spend your lunch hour at the Botanical\nGarden. For information call 228-3928. 1 p.m.\nStatistical Consulting and\nResearch Laboratory\nSCARL is operated by the Department of Statistics to\nprovide statistical advice to faculty and graduate students working on research problems. For information\ncall 228-4037. Forms for appointments available in\nRoom 210, Ponderosa Annex C.\nVolunteering\nTo find an interesting and challenging volunteer job, get\nin touch with volunteer connections, the on-campus\ninformation and referral service supported by the AMS.\nStudent interviewers are trained to help UBC students,\nstaff and faculty find volunteer jobs in their area of\ninterest. For an appointment to explore the available\nvolunteer opticns, contact Vdurtaer Connections, Student\nCounselling and Resources Centre, Brock Hall 200, or\ncaH 228-3811.\nWalter Gage Toastmasters\nWednesdays. PuUc Speaking Club Meeting. Speeches\nand tabtetopics. Guests are welcome. For information\ncallSulanat224-9976. Room215,SUB. 7:30p.m.\nInternational House\nReach Out Program\n\"Reach OuT is a letter-writing program linking Vancouver correspondents with international students accepted\nto UBC, whose aim is to provide those students with\nhelpful information and a local contact Ifs a great way>\nto make new friendsand team about other countries. For\nmore information call International House at 228-5021.\nBoth Canadians and Internationals welcome.\nInternational House\nLanguage Exchange Program\nOngoing. Free service to match up people who wart to\nexchangetheirlanguagefor another. For information\ncal Mawele Shamaia, International House at 228-5021.\nInternational House\nLanguage Bank Program\nFree translation\/interpretation services offered by International stuo^nts and community in general. For information caH Teresa Uyeno, International House at 228-\n5021.\nInternational House\nFitness classes continuing over the summer. $5 per\nterm. Register for this term at I.H. Office NOW. For\ninformation cal 228-5021.\nLung Disease Subjects Wanted\nWe are seeking rtersMaJ lung Disease subjects in order\nto study the effect of this disorder on response to sub-\nmaximal exercise. For further information call Frank\nChung at 228-7708, School of Rehab. Medicine.\nDepartment of Psychology\nIndividuals 18 and older are needed for a research\nproject on changes in memory across the adult Me span.\nFor information cal Jo Ann Miller at 228-4772.\nTeaching Kids to Share\nMothers with 2 children between 21\/2 and 6 years of age\nare invited to participate in a free parent-education\nprogram being evaluated in the Dept of Psychology at\nUBC. The 5-session program offers child development\ninfo and positive parenting strategies designed to help\nparents guide their children in the development of sharing and cooperative play skills. For further information\ncall Georgia Tiedemann at the Sharing Project 228-\n6771.\nFitness Appraisal\nPhysical Education & Recreation, through the John M.\nBuchanan Fitness and Research Centre, is administering a physical fitness assessment program to students,\nfaculty, staff and the general public. Approx. 1 hour,\nstudents $25, all others $30. For information call 228-\n4356.\nSurplus Equipment Recycling Facility\nAll surplus items. For information call 228-2813. Every\nWednesday Noon-3 p.m. Task Force Bldg, 2352 Health\nScience Mall.\nNeville Scarfe Children's Garden\nVisit the Neville Scarfe Children's Garden located west of\nthe Education Building. Open all year-free. Families\ninterested in planting, weeding and watering in the\ngarden contact Jo-Anne Naslund at 434-1081 or 228-\n3767.\nNitobe Memorial Garden\nOpen daily from 10a.m.to7p.m.from April 1-May31.\nAdmission $1.25. 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