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By analysing and comparing interview\ntranscripts MacBeth hopes to take a step\ntoward determining the relative roles of environmental factors and inborn characteristics such as temperament in an individual's\nability to engage in and maintain close emotional relationships.\n\"This will be the first study of adult\ntwins' attachment relationships using\ninterview methodology,\" says MacBeth,\nwho has undertaken previous questionnaire-based research on attachment relationships as part of the UBC Twin Project\nled by Psychiatry professors John Livesley\nand Kerry Jang.\nAwards from the Hampton Research\nFund are made to research projects in\nthree categories: humanities, fine arts\nand performing arts; social science and\neconomics; and applied interdisciplinary\nresearch and public policy.\nOther examples of projects funded include Fine Arts Asst. Prof. Maureen Ryan's\nproject \"History and Trauma: Violations and\nBody Politics in Graphic Works of Theodore\nGericault,\" and Economics Prof. Samuel Ho's\nproject \"Leaving the Good Earth \u2014 The\nTransformation of Rural China.\"\nDorcey says first grants from UBC can\nallow researchers to establish a research\nprogram and gain results to prove the\nworth of their research to organizations\nsuch as the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).\nThe committee is also developing what\nDorcey sees as an important role in helping researchers make their funding proposals more attractive to outside funding\nsources. Several proposals critiqued initially by the committee later succeeded in\ngaining funding from other sources.\nThe fund awarded more than $743,000\nearlier this year. The $ 157,000 remaining\nwill be used to support applications seeking funding under the SSHRC's Major\nCollaborative Research Initiatives program.\nAdult twins who are interested in participating in MacBeth's research can contact her at 822-4826.\nSurvey ranks UBC\ntops for reputation\nUBC claimed the top spot for best\noverall reputation among Canadian medical\/doctoral universities, according to\nMaclean's magazine's annual ranking of\nCanadian universities.\nAccording to the rankings, UBC's reputation for innovation is growing and the\nuniversity remains very highly regarded\nby Canadians. Under the reputation heading of \"most innovative,\" UBC took a big\nstep up \u2014 from fourth last year to second\nthis year behind McMaster University.\nUBC also scored well in the reputation\ncategory under the heading \"leaders of\ntomorrow\" where it placed second to the\nUniversity of Alberta.\nThe magazine bases its reputation results on a survey of more than 3,400 high\nschool guidance counselors, academic\nadministrators and chief executive officers of major corporations across Canada.\nTop marks in the medical \/doctoral\ncategory for overall ranking \u2014 which\nmeasures factors such as class size,\nalumni support, operating budget and\nfaculty awards \u2014 went to the University\nof Toronto for the third consecutive year,\nfollowed by Queen's, McGill and UBC.\nUBC has placed fourth in the category for\nsix consecutive years.\nUBC President Martha Piper is featured in the issue's lead article, which\ndraws attention to the Think About It\ncampaign designed to raise awareness of\nUBC research and the university in general. The article, titled \"Measuring Excellence,\" highlights Piper's emphasis on\nresearch-based learning and the rethinking of undergraduate education.\nThe article also draws attention to the\nfinancial challenges faced by Canadian\nuniversities and to the decline in government support of post-secondary education in Canada since 1993.\nAmong the criteria used to determine\nMaclean's overall ranking, UBC placed\nfirst in the percentage of faculty with\nPhDs and the number of social sciences\nand humanities grants received in addition to reputation. UBC ranked second in\nstudent awards, medical and science\ngrants, and student services, and third in\ninternational graduate students and total library holdings.\nSimon Fraser University was again\nranked first in the comprehensive category which ranks 13 universities offering a range of undergraduate and graduate programs. The University of Victoria\nremained in third place in that category,\nafter the University of Guelph.\nThe survey ranks universities on the\ncomposition and academic achievements\nof the student body, library resources,\nclass size, percentage of tenured professors who teach first-year courses, calibre of faculty and success in securing\nresearch grants.\nAustralian Studies a\nfirst for Canada\nby Gavin Wilson\nStaff writer\nA Centre for Australian Studies \u2014\nthe first of its kind in Canada \u2014 will be\ncreated at UBC in collaboration with\npost-secondary institutions in Australia\nand with the support of the private\nsector.\nThe centre is one of the university-\nsupported APEC initiatives that will benefit students, teaching and scholarly\nresearch at UBC. Leaders of the 18 Asia\nPacific Economic Co-operation economies met at UBC's Museum of Anthropology Nov. 25.\nAs well as creating a series of legacies, the APEC meeting is expected to\nstrengthen UBC's position as one of\nCanada's leading institutions for higher\nlearning in Asia Pacific affairs and serve\nto reinforce the university's links with\nAsia and other APEC economies.\nThe establishment of UBC's Centre\nfor Australian Studies was announced\nNov. 26 at a plaque unveiling held at\nthe centre's site in the Institute of Asian\nResearch.\nThe Centre for Australian Studies is\na key component of an expanded program of Canada-Asia Pacific research\nSee STUDIES Page 2\nInside\nBacteria Bust\nProf. Brett Finlay and team crack the devious infiltration methods of E. coli\nWork Ethic 4\nWhat businesses do isn't all that matters, says Assoc. Prof. Wayne Norman\nForget Farming 8\nAg. Sci. Dean Moura Quayle suggests taking a new look at a core faculty\n\"walls withstanding\nearthquakes and wind\"\nHELMUT PRION\nUBC CIVIL ENGINEER; Forintek collaborator\nAboutE\nUBC RESEARCH 2 UBC Reports \u2022 November 27, 1997\nLetters\nParking fees fly\nin face of\ncommitment\nEditor:\nI'll admit it: I drove in to\nUBC today as I am heading off\nto Seattle this afternoon.\nPaying only $2 per day in the\nB-Lot certainly makes it\naffordable and convenient.\nBut perhaps it makes it too\naffordable and too convenient.\nLiving in Kitsilano, I can\neasily ride my bike or take a\nbus, which I do most days,\nreducing the numbers of cars\non the city streets and at UBC.\nHowever, at $3 (a little less if I\nremember to buy my tickets),\nthe round-trip bus fare ex-\nLETTERS POLICY\nUBC Reports welcomes letters to the editor on topics relevant to the\nuniversity community. Letters must be signed and include an address\nand phone number for verification. Please limit letters, which may be\nedited for length, style and clarity, to 300 words. Deadline is 10 days\nbefore publication date. Submit letters in person or by mail to the UBC\nPublic Affairs Office, 310 - 6251 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver B.C.,\nV6T 1Z1, by fax to 822-2684 or by e-mail to Janet.ansell@ubc.ca.\nceeds the cost of parking by 50\nper cent! Thus, the new, lower\nparking fee flies in the face of\nUBC's commitment to reduce\nsingle-occupancy vehicle traffic\nto campus by 20 per cent.\nBus service in Vancouver is\nby no means perfect. However,\nfor persons, like myself, living\nwithin one zone of UBC \u2014 all\nof the western part of the city\nand downtown \u2014 the service is\nmore than adequate.\nThe last thing the university\nshould be doing is encouraging\nus to drive. Therefore, at a\nminimum, the cost of parking\nshould be greater than that of\nsingle-zone round-trip bus fare\nand more on the order of the\ncost of a two-zone fare.\nThis would be a good first\nstep in moving UBC to a more\nrational transportation policy\nin support of its commitments\nlaid out in the Official Community Plan and in the broader\ngoals expressed in its Sustainable Development Policy.\nDale S. Rothman\nSustainable Development\nResearch Institute\nStudies\nContinued from Page 1\ninitiatives at UBC's Institute of\nAsian Research, and builds on\nthe already strong and vibrant\nnetwork of academic relationships between UBC and Australian academic institutions.\nAustralia and Canada share\nmany similarities, and intensive\nresearch into common issues\ncould inform public policy choices\nin both countries. For example,\nthe two nations share similar legal systems, immigration patterns, aboriginal issues, federal\npolitical systems and a reliance\non primary resources. Both also\nface the economic and political\nchallenges of globalization.\nThe UBC centre will be established in collaboration with a\nnumber of Australian post-secondary institutions. Among\nthose expressing interest are the\nAustralian National University,\nthe universities of Melbourne,\nNew South Wales, Sydney and\nQueensland, Bond University\nand Monash University.\nUBC also welcomes the participation of other Australian\npost-secondary institutions with\nwhich it has existing agreements\nfor the exchange of faculty and\nstaff, including Edith Cowan\nUniversity, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, the University of Adelaide and Western\nAustralia University.\nMonash University will be involved in the first initiative of\nthe Centre for Australian Studies \u2014 a conference to be held at\nUBC in the fall of 1998 that will\nbe jointly sponsored by UBC's\nInstitute of Asian Research,\nheaded by Prof. Terry McGee,\nand the Monash Asia Institute,\nheaded by Prof. John Mackay.\nThe conference will examine how\nCanada and Australia approach\ntheir economic, social and political relations with Asia.\nThe centre is also receiving\nsupport and encouragement\nfrom the private sector. In Australia, North Limited, a resource\nmanagement company which is\nnow owner of the Iron Ore Company of Canada, has indicated a\nkeen interest to be involved.\nEnvironmental and sustainable development issues, including natural resources policy and\nmanagement, are expected to\nbe among the initial focuses of\nthe centre.\nOther research collaborations\nmay build on existing UBC scholarship \u2014 occurring in the faculties of Law, Arts, Education and\nCommerce and Business Administration \u2014 involving the\ncomparative study of Canada's\nand Australia's literature, federal systems, energy policies,\nlegal histories, urban experiences and multiculturalism policies and practices.\nChristmas Sale\n1998 GVO Tickets at Reduced Price\nGV&\nAlRCANADA\nChristmas is coming, and we have a great idea\nfor pleasing the golfers on your shopping list.\nPurchasing a 1998 GVO Ticket Package will help support\nthe men & women's varsity golf teams.\nBuying now makes sense because you will save $100 off\nthe cost of either of the packages available if you purchase your tickets\nI   from the UBC Golf Team before Christmas.\nClubhouse Charity Sponsor\n\u2666 2 Weekly Clutfiouse & Grounds Passes\n\u2666 12 One-Day,\/|ny-Day Grounds Tickets\n\u2666 4 Monday-Orijy Grounds Tickets\n\u2666 4 Tuesday-Onjy Grounds Tickets\n\u2666 2 Wednesday-Only Grounds Tickets\n\u2666 1 Preferred Parking Pass\n\u2666 1 Copy Souvenir Program\n\u2666 Souvenir Program Recognition\nBefore Christmas $299\nAfter Christmas $399\nCharity Sponsor\n\u2666 2 Weekly Grounds Tickets\n\u2666 6 One-Day,;f\\ny-Day Grounds Tickets\n\u2666 4Monday-\u00a9nly Grounds Tickets\n\u2666 4 Tuesday-Only Grounds Tickets\n\u2666 2 Wednesday-Only Grounds Tickets\n\u2666 1 Preferred Parki ng Pass\n\u2666 1 Copy Souvenir Program\n\u2666 Souvenir Program Recognition\nBefore Christmas $169\nAfter Christmas $269\nHELP SUPPORT THE UBC MEN & WOMEN'S GOLF TEAMS\nPlease contact June at 822-8205 or leave a message.\nCampaign makes\nfinal push\nWith most United Way campus events set to wrap up by\nDec. 15, the 1997 UBC campaign is into the final stretch.\n\"We're more than two-thirds of\nthe way to our goal of $310,000,\"\nsays campaign chair Peter Nault\nof Plant Operations. \"If you've set\naside your pledge card, now is the\ntime to fill it out.\"\nThose who get their pledge card\nin before Dec. 10 have a chance to\nwin a trip for two to anywhere\nto goal\nCanadian Airlines flies.\nTraditional fund-raising events\nsuch as the Plant Operations Bake\nSale, which raised $2,000, have\nhelped bring the goal closer.\nProceeds from a holiday season gift-wrapping service at the\nUBC Bookstore will also go to\nUnited Way. 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UBC Reports \u25a0 November 27, 1997 3\nl*5 -. *f*li.\n.....I\n\"^g^M\ns^^W*\u00ae**^     ...... .. w\u201e,^\n^   \"*\u25a0\"\u25a0\u25a0         \u00b0^:\"*xi\nSeasonal Sign\nTheatre graduate student Kelly-Ruth Mercier takes advt\nin the rain to review her notes among fallen leaves in fror\nWood Theatre. Exams begin Dec. 2 for students in mos\n^^s^p\nStephen Forgacs photo\nintage of a break\nit of the Frederic\nt faculties.\nEconomics study reaps\nmillion-dollar funding\nby Sean Kelly\nStaff writer\nThe distribution of material well-being\nin Canada and Canadians' attitudes towards inequality and related public policies, are among the subjects of a UBC-led\ninterdisciplinary research project that\nrecently won a $1.25 million grant from\nthe Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).\nBernie Bressler, vice-president, Research, called the SSHRC award \"a significant achievement for UBC.\"\nThe award reflects the high calibre of\nour applied and policy-oriented social\nscience research,\" Bressler said.\nThe UBC team, led by Economics Prof.\nJonathan Kesselman, competed against\n22 proposals for funding under SSHRC's\nMajor Collaborative Research Initiatives\n(MCRI) Program. Normally only one such\naward is made annually.\nThe five-year study, titled \"Equality,\nSecurity, and Community: Explaining and\nImproving the Distribution of Weil-Being\nin Canada,\" involves 12 UBC researchers\nfrom the departments of Economics, Political Science, and Sociology, as well as\nthe faculties of Law and Commerce and\nBusiness Administration.\nThey are joined by seven researchers\nfrom Simon Fraser, Queen's, and\nDalhousie universities, the University of\nMontreal, and Statistics Canada.\nKesselman, who is also director of\nUBC's Centre for Research on Economic\nand Social Policy, says the researchers\nwill examine how economic, political and\nsocial factors, as well as people's attitudes, have affected the inequality and\ninsecurity experienced by Canadians.\n\"The distribution of well-being in\nCanada is the result of shifting socioeconomic forces and public policy,\" he\nsays. \"We hope that by understanding\nthe way these elements have interacted\nin the past, we can improve economic\nequality and security in the future.\"\nAs part of the research, Canadians will\nbe polled on such topics as incomes, job\nsecurity, taxation, connectedness to community organizations, attitudes towards\nthe efficacy of governments, and involvement in political groups.\nOne of the keys to landing funding from\nSSHRC was UBC's financial commitment\nto the study well before the application to\nSSHRC was made, says Kesselman.\n\"SSHRC's MCRI program looks for significant institutional support, although\nthey don't specify a particular amount,\"\nhe says. \"We were able to leverage university funds to obtain larger amounts of\nexternal funding. This is important news\nfor UBC faculty members wondering how\nto finance larger projects in these days of\nconstrained research funding.\"\nOf the total project budget of $1.75\nmillion over five years, $500,000 comes\nfrom sources other than SSHRC, including the university's Hampton Research\nFund, the Faculty of Arts, the office of the\nvice-president, Research, and the Dept. of\nEconomics, as well as government agencies and non-governmental organizations.\nStudent fellowship\nlasting APEC legacy\nUBC has announced the creation of an\nAPEC Graduate Fellowship established\nwith $250,000 from the President's Fund,\nan endowment which supports various\ncampus initiatives.\nThe new fellowship, which will provide\n$15,000 each year for a graduate student, commemorates the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation Economic Leaders'\nMeeting. The leaders met at UBC's Museum of Anthropology Nov. 25.\nThe APEC Graduate Fellowship is one\nof a number of university-supported APEC\ninitiatives that will benefit students, teaching and scholarly research at UBC.\n\"It is fellowships such as this that help\nto maintain UBC's ability to attract the\nmost academically capable students from\naround the world,\" said Daniel Birch,\nvice-president, Academic and Provost.\nUniversity graduate fellowships are\namong the most prestigious awards offered at UBC. They are open to any graduate student with superior academic qualifications and are unrestricted by program\nor area of study.\nLinkages may also be made between\nthe fellowship and St. John's College\nUBC or Green College, both of which\nprovide a broad international focus across\nmany academic disciplines.\nAbout one-quarter of UBC's graduate\nstudents are here on international visas,\ndrawn from dozens of countries around\nthe world, including all of the APEC\neconomies.\nBreakthrough could\nlead to E. coli vaccine\nby Stephen Forgacs\nStaff writer\nA new understanding of how E. coli\nbacteria bond to host cells may lead to the\ncreation of a vaccine against strains of\nthe bacteria that cause potentially fatal\ndiarrhea in children, as well as hamburger disease, salmonella and dysentery.\nA research team in UBC's Biotechnology Laboratory, led by Prof. Brett Finlay,\nhas discovered that enteropathogenic\nEschericia coli (E. coli), which causes a\nmillion infant deaths worldwide a year,\ninserts a chemical advance party into a\nhost's intestinal cells to prepare a hospitable landing site for the bacteria.\nResearchers previously believed that\nthe receptor, a protein which allows the\nE. coli bacteria to adhere to a host's\nintestinal cell walls, existed within the\nhost cells.\n\"All our biochemical data said it was a\nhost membrane protein,\" says Finlay.\n\"We thought the bacteria come in, stick to\nthe cell, and then send signals that get\nthe cell warmed up so it can bind properly. But the bacteria are far more devious than that.\"\nFinlay found that rather than making\nuse of a host protein, the bacteria fire a\nsoluble bacterial protein into the host cell\nmembrane. The protein is then modified\nin the host cell membrane to form a\nperfect landing site for intimin, a bacterial surface molecule that binds with the\nhost cell surface.\n'That's completely unprecedented. We\nknow of no other pathogen that inserts its\nown receptor.\"\nFinlay calls the process, in which a\nsoluble bacterial protein is inserted into a\nhost cell membrane, \"biochemically completely absurd.\"\nIronically, the bacteria's self-sufficiency\nmay prove its downfall. Having identified\nthe bacterial protein, Finlay says it may\ntake only one or two years to develop\nvaccines that will prevent the transmis\nsion of the bacterial protein to the host\ncell. This would prevent E. coli from binding to the host cell, forcing it to be passed\nfrom the system.\nVaccines could be used to prevent the\ninfection of cows with the bacteria, and\nthus prevent the transmission of the bacteria to beef consumers. Or. vaccines\ncould be used to inoculate humans against\nthe bacteria.\n\"What's become apparent is the machinery that E. coli uses to shovel these\nproteins out is very similar to the machinery used by many other pathogens\nsuch as salmonella, shigella, which causes\ndysentery, and yersinia, which causes\nbubonic plague and major food poisoning\nin Vancouver.\"\nFinlay calls the discovery \"typical science.\" On a hunch, Brendan Kenny, who\nwas doing post-doctoral work in the Biotechnology Laboratory, tracked a bacterial protein which appeared to be inserted into host cells.\n\"The scepticism in the lab was huge at\nfirst,\" says Finlay. \"The concept has never\nbeen explored before. Luck, skill, perseverance \u2014 it has all the elements of a\ntypical science story.\n\"Yet this is probably one of the biggest\nthings we've ever found in the whole field\nbecause it will now make people consider\nthat pathogenic organisms, bacteria,\nparasites, maybe even viruses, can basically encode their own receptor. Then\nthey can put their receptor in a host cell\nand capitalize on it.\"\nEarlier this year, Finlay received\n$275,000 US from the Howard Hughes\nMedical Institute to further research into\nthe genesis of bacterial infections \u2014 innovative work combining genetics, biochemistry and molecular and cell biology. He is a member of the Canadian\nBacterial Diseases Network (CBDN) of\nthe Networks of Centres of Excellence.\nFinlay looks at molecules which aid\nand abet the passage of disease-causing\nbacteria in the human body. His focus\nhas been on salmonella and E. coli.\nPigskin T-Birds triumph\nin Vanier Cup victory\nFor the first time in a decade, the\nUBC Thunderbirds have brought home\nthe holy grail of Canadian university\nfootball, the Vanier Cup. The T-Birds\ndefeated the Ottawa Gee Gees 39-23 in\nthe Canadian Interuniversity Athletics\nUnion (CIAU) championship game in\nToronto Nov. 22.\nRunning back Mark Nohra returned\nto the field with a vengeance after being\nsidelined during the Western and Atlantic championship games with a knee\ninjury to help quarterback Shawn Olson\nlead the 'Birds to the title for the first\ntime since 1986 and bring home the\nuniversity's third Vanier Cup.\nNohra was unstoppable, carrying the\nball 29 times for 166 yards and scoring\ntouchdowns from one and 19 yards. His\nefforts earned him the game's Bruce\nCoulter Award for outstanding player.\nThe victory caps a stellar season for\nthe Thunderbirds and comes just one\nweek after they defeated the MountAllison\nMounties In the Atlantic Bowl in Halifax\nand two weeks after the team crushed\nCalgary at UBC to win the Canada West\nchampionship title, the Hardy Cup.\nUBC finished regular season play 5-\n1 -2 with the only losses coming against\nlast year's Vanier Cup winners, the\nSaskatchewan Huskies.\nUBC won the Vanier Cup in 1982\nand 1986. In 1987, the team made it to\nthe Vanier Cup game but was defeated\nby McGill.\nNohra's performance this season drew\nnational attention and earned him the\nHec Crighton Trophy for Outstanding\nPlayer of the Year. The top rusher in the\nCanada West conference, he set three\nschool records Oct 25 in Calgary including the most carries in a single game (48),\nmostyards rushing (351), and mostyards\ntotal offence (413). His 48 carries also\nestablished a new conference record. He\nwas injured in the final season game\nagainst Manitoba Oct. 31.\nOlson has shown further proof of his\ntalent this year. In 1996, the second-\nyear pivot had a remarkable debut coming off the bench mid-way through the\nseason. He has continued to perform\nthroughout the 1997 season, showing\nin Atlantic and Western finals that he\ncould lead the team's offensive efforts\nwithout the workhorse Nohra.\nOffensive tackle Bob Beveridge received\na CIAU nomination for outstanding\nlineman. Coach Casey Smith, who was\nnamed Canada West Coach of the Year,\nwas nominated for CIAU Coach of the Year.\nNohra, Beveridge and offensive lineman\nJim Cooper were named All-Canadians.\nSmith also joins nine of his T-Bird\nplayers on the CIAU all-star team. All-\nstar team members from the T-Birds\ninclude Smith, Beveridge, Cooper,\nNohra. wide receiver Brad Coutts, tackle\nTravis Fehler. linebackers Dan Elliott\nand Stewart Scherck, halfback Strachan\nHartley and cornerback Curtis Galick. 4 UBC Reports \u2022 November 27, 1997\nInterprofessional Conference\nThe University of British Columbia\nADVANCE\nNOTICE\n1998 Women, Children and Youth HIV\/AIDS\nDate:    March 6 and 7,1998\nLocation:    The Coast Plaza at Stanley Park\nVancouver, B.C.  Canada\nFOR FURTHER INFO, contact:\nTelephone: (604) 822-2626; Fax: (604) 822-4835\nE-mail: elaine@cehs.ubc.ca\nBrochure available December 1997.\nFACULTY OF ARTS\nUBC KILLAM TEACHING PRIZES\nOnce again the University is recognizing excellence in teaching through the awarding of prizes to faculty members. Five (5)\nprize winners will be selected in the Faculty of Arts for 1998.\nEligibility: Eligibility is open to faculty who have three or more\nyears of teaching at UBC. The three years include 1997-98.\nCriteria: The awards will recognize distinguished teaching at\nall levels; introductory, advanced, graduate courses, graduate\nsupervision, and any combination of levels.\nNomination Process: Members of faculty, students, or alumni\nmay suggest candidates to the Head of the Department, the Director of the School, or Chair of the Program in which the nominee teaches. These suggestions should be in writing and signed\nby one or more students, alumni or faculty, and they should include a very brief statement of the basis for the nomination. You\nmay write a letter of nomination or pick up a form from the Office\nof the Dean, Faculty of Arts in Buchanan B-130.\nDeadline: 4:00 p.m. on Jan. 26,1998. Submit nominations\nto the Department, School or Program Office in which the\nnominee teaches.\nWinners will be announced in the Spring, and they will be identified as well during Spring convocation in May.\nFor further information about these awards contact either your\nDepartment, School or Program office, or Dr. Errol Durbach,\nAssociate Dean of Arts at (604) 822-6703.\n[UBC\n\u25a0\\otv\nCo^\n&***\n,&**\n\\*f'\n__ Biomedical Communications\nWow\/4<uul*6le! l\/>lirorif*09,\nor^e?rro0^enceP\u00b0S\nPhone 822-5769 for more information\nSean Kelly photo\nEthics is as much a cultural issue as an individual one, says Assoc. Prof. Wayne Norman,\nthe first holder of the Chair in Business Ethics in the Faculty of Commerce and Business\nAdministration. He tries to teach his students to understand what's needed to build an\nethically sensitive culture for employees.\nBusiness ethics not a cut\nand dried issue, says chair\nby Sean Kelly\nStaff writer\nWhen an employee of a local\nfirm was caught on video stealing a pickup truck full of goods\nfrom his company's depot, he\nwas fired immediately. But the\nunion grieved on his behalf, and\nreluctantly, the company gave\nhim his job back.\nAssoc. Prof. Wayne Norman,\nthe first holder of the Centre for\nApplied Ethics' Chair in Business Ethics in the Faculty of\nCommerce and Business Administration, has been confronting\nhis MBA students with real-life\nscenarios such as this one, which\nwas discovered by one of Norman's colleagues.\nHe says many students see\nthis problem as an example of\nwhat's wrong with unions, but\nNorman challenges them to look\nbeyond the basic dilemma.\nIn this example, it turns out\nthat just before the meeting to\nhear the grievance, the union\npresented the company with a\nlong list of \"thefts\" by managers.\nThese thefts ranged from the\npresident having improvements\ndone to his property by employ\nees on company time to managers padding expense accounts.\nThe union pleaded that theft was\ntolerated in the company.\nThe employees' theft was\nobviously inexcusable, but I\nthink the union had a point,\"\nsays Norman. \"The managers no\ndoubt felt entitled to a freebie\nnow and then. But the result\nwas an organization that had\nabdicated moral authority.\"\nNorman says he wants his\nstudents to learn that business\nethics is not just about exhorting people to do the right thing,\nor giving them theories to help\nresolve nasty ethical dilemmas.\n\"It is most importantly about\nunderstanding how to foster an\nethically sensitive organizational\nculture.\"\nWith those lessons in mind,\nNorman says he plans to write a\n\"radically different business ethics textbook\" \u2014 one focusing\nless on formulas, and more on\nthe conditions that give rise to\nethical problems in the\nworkplace.\nThere is a tremendous amount\nof interest in business ethics\nand questions of moral authority in business, according to Prof.\nMichael McDonald, director of\nthe Centre for Applied Ethics.\n\"More and more, business\nleaders realize that long-term\nsuccess requires building a\nsound ethical culture within\nthe organization and in relation to the company's\nstakeholders in the community,\" says McDonald.\nActing Dean of Commerce and\nBusiness Administration Derek\nAtkins says no introduction to\nbusiness would be complete\nwithout a significant section of\nethics material. He expects Norman's professional expertise and\nresearch credentials to enhance\nthe faculty's ethics teaching.\nNorman's appointments to the\nFaculty of Commerce and Business Administration, and the\nChair in Business Ethics, follow\nseveral years teaching philosophy at the University of Ottawa.\nHis research interests include\nthe ethics of foreign investment\nas well as ethical problems in\nlarge organizations.\nThe Chair in Business Ethics\nwas endowed by W. Maurice\nYoung, the former chief executive\nofficer of Finning Tractor and\nWhistler Mountain Ski Company.\nShootout unfit end for\nwould-be soccer champs\nby Sean Kelly\nStaff writer\nSports quiz. In what sport\ncan a team out-shoot an opponent 20-0 and still lose?\nThe answer is soccer, and members of the UBC Thunderbirds\nmen's team are still shaking their\nheads after a penalty kick loss to\nthe McGill Redmen in the finals of\nthe Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU) soccer championship tournament in Halifax earlier this month.\n\"It's no way to decide a championship,\" says coach Mike Mosher.\n\"We were confident going into the\nshootout, but McGill came away\nwith it \u2014 that's the cruelty of the\npenalty kick system.\"\nThe previously undefeated and\ntop-ranked T-Birds lived up to their\nreputation in the championship\ngame, out-shooting the Redmen\n20-0 during 90 minutes of regulation time. But they failed to finish\nseveral golden opportunities to put\nthe ball past red-hot McGill goalkeeper Jason Forsythe, who was\nnamed the tournament's most valuable player.\nThe game was still scoreless\nafter 30 minutes of overtime,\nand the teams headed into a\nsudden death penalty kick\nshootout. The Redmen came out\nahead 5-4 to take the gold medal.\nDespite the defeat, Mosher is\nproud of his team.\n\"Before the tournament, we\ntalked about doing the little\nthings that separate a champion\nfrom a runner-up, and we did all\nthose things,\" he says. \"We can\nhold our heads high.\"\nThe Birds began the tournament with a 1-0 win over number\ntwo-ranked Western Ontario on a\ngoal byTroy Wood, whowas named\nThunderbirds' player of the game.\nWood was the goalscorer again as\nthe team reached the championship game by defeating Dalhousie\n1-0. Chris Franks set up the goal\nagainst Dalhousie and was named\nto the CIAU's first all-star team.\nBrother Mike Franks was named a\nsecond team all-star after recording his second shutout of the tournament.\nUBC was favoured to win the\ntournament after capping off an\nundefeated season by beating\nthe University of Alberta 2-0 in\nthe Canada West finals. Calendar\nUBC Reports \u2022 November 27, 1997 5\nSunday, Nov. 30\nChristmas At The Shop In\nThe Garden\nFresh Festive Wreaths, Baskets\nAnd Tree Ornaments Made By\nThe Friends Of The Garden. Give\na gift that keeps on growing,\nchoose a live tree or plant this\nyear. Botanical Garden while\nquantities last. Call 822-4529.\nExhibition\nIndian Editorial Cartoons. 60\nyears of Indian editorial cartoons\nby three generations of India's\nfirst cartoonists. Asian Centre\nAud. from 12-5pm. Continues to\nDec. 12. Call 822-0810.\nChristmas Bakeshop '97\nPlace Your Orders. Orders can\nbe picked up or shop in person.\nFree delivery on campus for $75\norder or more. Pacific Spirit Place\nfrom ll:30-2pm. Continues to\nDec. 16. Call 822-6828.\nWorld And Aboriginal AIDS\nAwareness Day\nReadings, Video Screening,\nNames Quilts Viewing. Various\nspeakers. MOA Great Hall from\n2-5pm. Admission by donation.\nRefreshments. Call 822-5087.\nGreen College Performing\nArts Group\nMemorial Reading For Poet\nCharles Lillard. Colleagues and\nFriends. Green College at 8pm.\nCall 822-1878.\nMonday, Dec. 1\nAstronomy Seminar\nAndrew Jaffe, CFPA, Berkley.\nHennings 318 at 4pm. Refreshments at 3:30pm. Call 822-2267.\nGreen College Resident\nSpeaker Series\nCantor And Borges: The Frightful Dynasties Of Infinity. Enrique\nLemus, Commerce. Green College at 5:30pm. Call 822-1878.\nTuesday, Dec. 2\nFaculty Women's Club\nChristmas Boutique And Luncheon. Cecil Green Park House from\n10am-2pm. Call 222-1134.\nAnimal Science Seminar\nSeries\nEffects Of Unilateral Ovariectomy\nOn Follicular Dynamics, Plasma\nGonadotropin, Progesterone,\nIGF-I Concentrations, Ovulation\nAnd Pregnancy Rates In Cattle.\nMahesh Mohan. MacMillan 160\nat 12:30pm. Refreshments. Call\n822-4593.\nOceanography Seminar\nThe Role Of Iron In Fish Deaths\nDue To Harmful Algal Blooms.\nCharles Trick, Plant Sciences, U\nof Western Ontario. BioSciences\n1465 at 3:30pm. Call 822-3278.\nCentre For Applied Ethics\nColloquium\nThe Missing Voice In Genetic\nRisk: Adolescent Experiences.\nJessica Eas ton. Interdisciplinary\nStudies. Angus 415 from 4-6pm.\nCall 822-5139.\nStatistics Seminar\nThe Use Of Robust Methods In\nGeostatistics. Lola Ugarte; Ana\nFernandez Militino, Statistics,\nPublica de Navarra U. CSCI 301\nfrom 4-5:30pm. Refreshments,\nbring your mug. Call 822-0570.\nArt Exhibition Opening\nRecalling The Past: A Selection\nOf Early Chinese Art From the\nVictor Shaw Collection. MOA\nLobby from 7-9pm. Call 822-\n5087.\nWednesday, Dec. 3\nOrthopedics Grand Rounds\nCurrent Concepts In Posterior\nTibial Tendon Ruptures. Dr. J.\nChris Coetzee, Prince George Regional Hosp. Vancouver Hosp\/\nHSC, Eye Care Centre Aud. at\n7am. Call 875-4192.\nDickens Christmas Lunch At\nCecil Green Park\nFull Buffet And Plum PuddingToo!\nTwo seatings. 11:30am:  1:30pm.\nContinues to Dec 5. $20.95. Call\n! for reservations 822-2018.\nLecture\nMeet The Author Of Unhealthy\nSocieties: The Afflictions Of Inequality. Richard G. Wilkinson,\nTrafford Centre for Medical Re-\nj search, U of Sussex. Mather 253\nat 1:30pm. Call 822-6014.\nEcology, Evolution And\nCentre For Biodiversity\nResearch Seminars\nTruffles, Fire And A Tropical\nMycophagist: Ecology Of The\nNorthern Bettong In Fire-Prone\nWest Sclerophyll Forest. Karl\nVernes, James Cook U. Family\nand Nutritional Sciences 60 at\n4:30pm. Refreshments Hut B-8 at\n4:10pm. Call 822-3957.\nThursday, Dec. 4\nContinuing Education\nWorkshop\nBasic Trade And Business Management Of Intellectual Property.\nVarious speakers. Koerner Library\n216 from 9am-5pm. Continues to\nDec 5. $460 includes course material, lunch, certificate. Call 822-\n3347.\nUBC Faculty Pension Plan\nInformational Session\nBasic Principles Of Investing. Rob\nHeinkel, vice-chair, Faculty Pension Plan Board of Trustees.\nBuchanan A-104 from 12:30-\n2:30pm. Call 822-0685.\nPolicy Issues In Post-\nSecondary Education In B.C.\nThe Demand And Supply Of Post-\nSecondary Education And Training In British Columbia. Robert\nAllen, Economics. Green College\nat 4:30pm. Call 822-1878.\nFriday, Dec. 5\nHealth Care And\nEpidemiology Rounds\nA Qualitative Study Of Cervical\nCancer In Acculturated Chinese\nWomen In Vancouver. Dr. Greg\nHislop, Cancer Control Research\nProgram, BC Cancer Agency.\nMather 253 from 9-10am. Paid\nparking avail, in Lot B. Call 822-\n2772.\nPediatrics Grand Rounds\nThe Implications Of Foetal\nEchocardiography. Various speakers. GF Strong Aud. at 9am. Call\n875-2307.\nOccupational Hygiene\nProgram Seminar\nLowering Wood Dust Exposures\nIn Small Businesses: An Intervention Study. Lisa Brosseau, U of\nMinnesota. Vancouver Hosp\/HSC,\nUBC Koemer G-279 (ground floor)\nfrom 12:30-l:30pm. Call 822-\n9861.\nSaturday, Dec. 6\nVancouver Institute Lecture\nAnd Concert\nOn Performing Beethoven. Prof.\nRobert Silverman, Music. Chan\nCentre at 8:15pm. Call 822-3131.\nMonday, Dec. 8\nGreen College Resident\nSpeaker Series\nWhy The Worm Turned Green: The\nUse Of Transgenic Nematodes As\nBiomonitors For Environmental\nPollution. Helen David, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Green\nCollege at 5:30pm. Call 822-1878.\nTuesday, Dec. 9\nFirst Nations Discussion\nCircle\nThe Amazing Sameness Of The\nOther, Or, How ListeningTo Haida\nOral Literature Turns Society Inside Out. Robert Bringhurst. Green\nCollege at 4:30pm. Call 822-1878.\nWednesday, Dec. 10\nOrthopedics Grand Rounds\nEconomic Analysis In Orthopaedics. Dr. K. Stothers, Orthopaedics.\nVancouver Hosp\/HSC, Eye Care\nCentre Aud. at 7am. Cal 875-4192.\nFood Services Christmas\nEvents\nOld Fashioned Christmas Lunch.\nPacific Spirit Place Cafeteria from\nllam-2pm. $5.95 includes GST.\nCall for reservations 822-3461.\nSenate Meeting\nRegular Meeting Of The Senate.\nUBC's Academic Parliament.\nCurtis 102 at 8pm. Call 822-2127.\nThursday, Dec. 11\nBoard of Governors Meeting\nOpen Session Begins At 8am. Fifteen tickets are available on a first-\ncome, first-served basis on application to the Board Secretary at\nleast 24 hrs before each meeting.\nOAB Board and Senate room. Call\n822-2127.\nFood Services Christmas\nEvents\nOld Fashioned Christmas Lunch.\nPacific Spirit Place Cafeteria from\nllam-2pm. $5.95 includes GST.\nCall for reservations 822-3461.\nGoverning Modern Societies\nDivide And Rule: The Modern State\nSystem As A Regime Of Population\nManagement. Barry Hindess, Australian National U. Green College\nat 5pm. Reception Graham House\nfrom 4:15-5pm. Call 822-1878.\nConcert\nTafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.\nJeanne Lamon, Director. Chan\nCentre at 8pm. $25-$35. Tickets\navailable through Ticketmaster or\nat the door. Call 280-3311.\nFriday, Dec. 12\nHealth Care And\nEpidemiology Rounds\nCreating Change At BC Women's :\nFirst Births Quality Improvement\nProject. Dr. Michael Klein, Head,\nFamily Practice, BC Children's and\nWomen's Health Centre; Stefan\nGrzybowski, Director Research,\nFamily Practice. Mather 253 from\n9-10am. Call 822-2772.\nPediatrics Grand Rounds\nGlucose: The Food For Thought.\nDr. Robert Forsyth, Neurology, BC\nChildren's Health Centre. GF Strong\nAud. at 9am. Call 875-2307.\nSaturday, Dec. 13\nConcert\nThe St. Lawrence String Quartet.\nChan Centre at 8pm. $18-$28.\nTickets available through\nTicketmaster or at the door. Call\n280-3311.\nNotices\nMuseum of Anthropology\nCurrent Exhibits. Written In The\nEarth. An exhibit exploring the\nroots of Coast Salish Art. Continues to Dec. 31. From Under The\nDelta: Wet-Site Archaeology In The\nLower Fraser Region Of BC. Continues to April 1\/98. 6393 N.W.\nMarine Drive. Hours of operation\nare: Wed.-Sun. 1 lam-5pm: Tues.,\n1 lam-9pm (free 5-9pm). Call 822-\n5087.\nArt Exhibition\nRoy Arden: A Selection Of Works\nFrom 1991-97. Arden's subject is\nthe landscape of the economy, as\nit appears through the everyday\nsurface of his local surroundings.\nMorris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. Tues-Fri 10am-5pm; Sat-Sun\n12-5pm. Continues to Dec 21;\nJan 2-25. UBC students, staff,\nfaculty free with valid ID. Call\n822-2759.\nChildren's Art Program\nThe UBC Dept. of Curriculum\nStudies, Art Education,  invites\nchildren 7-10 to participate in a\nunique visual art program at the\nUBC Child Study Centre Mondays 5-6:15pm. Feb 2-Mar 30\/\n98. Call 822-5321.\nArt Exhibition\nRecalling The Past: A Selection\nOf Early Chinese Art From the\nVictor Shaw Collection. MOA. Dec\n2 - Aug 31: Wed-Sun. 11am-\n5pm: Tues llam-9pm (free 5-\n9pm). Call 822-5087.\nUBC Food Services\nChristmas Hours of\nOperation\nI Nov 28-Dec 13. Barn Coffee Shop\n: from 7:30am-4pm; Yum Yum's\nDec 1-5 from 7:45am-3pm, Dec\n8-12 from 7:45am-2pm, Dec 12-\n31 closed; Pacific Spirit Place\nCafeteria from 7:30am-2pm;\nTrekkers Restaurant from 11am-\n2pm; The Express at Trekkers\nDec 1-4 from 7:30am-7pm, Dec\n5-19 from 7:30am-4:30pm. For\na complete list call 822-3663 or\nvisit www.foodserv.ubc.ca.\nGREEN COLLEGE THEMATIC LECTURE SERIES\nGreen College invites applications from members of the UBC\ncommunity to hold an interdisciplinary thematic lecture series\nduring the 1998-99 academic year. The series can be on any\ninterdisciplinary theme, and should consist of eight lectures spread\nover the period September 1998 to March 1999. It is expected that\nthe organizers Will edit and publish an anthology based on the\nseries. The College will support travel expenses of invited lecturers, and publication of an anthology with a university press based\non the series. Wherever possible, applicants should seek co-\nsponsorship of the series with other relevant bodies.\nApplications must include the following:\n1. Title of the series and a list of proposed speakers and topics.\n2. A budget that estimates the total cost of least expensive\nexcursion airfares for all invited speakers. (Speakers will be\naccommodated at Green College. No honoraria will be\noffered.)\n3. Actual or potential co-sponsors.\nOnly one lecture series will be funded. Questions about this\nprogram should be directed to Carolyn Andersson, Event Coordinator. Email: cmtander@interchange.ubc.ca.\nPlease send completed applications by no later than January\n31, 1998 to:\nThe Academic Committee, Green College,\n6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, BC, V6T\nI UBC REPORTS\nCALENDAR POLICY AND DEADLINES\nThe UBC Reports Calendar lists university-related or\nuniversity-sponsored events on campus and off campus within the Lower Mainland.\nCalendar items must be submitted on forms available from the UBC Public Affairs Office, 310 - 6251 Cecil\nGreen Park Road, Vancouver B.C., V6T 1Z1. Phone:\n822-3131. Fax: 822-2684. An electronic form is available\non the UBC Reports Web page at http:\/\/www.ubc.ca under\n*News.' Please limit to 35 words. Submissions for the\nCalendar's Notices section may be limited due to space.\nDeadline for the December 11 issue of UBC Reports**\nwhich covers the period December 14 to January 10\u2014\nis noon, December 2. 6 UBC Reports \u2022 November 27, 1997\nNews Digest\nThe university detachment of the RCMP and campus security\nhave seized a number of stolen parking permits from students as\npart of an ongoing investigation into permit thefts.\nCampus motorists are reminded that parking permits are nontransferable and should be purchased only from the campus office\nof Parking and Transportation, Campus Security.\nAnyone found in possession of a stolen parking permit will be\nsubject to a criminal investigation, police warn.\nViolators will also have their vehicles impounded by campus\nsecurity and will be assessed outstanding lines and payments for\nparking privileges.\nThe debut of Continuing Studies' new Certificate in Internet\nMarketing program attracted more than twice as many applicants\nas there were spaces this fall. Continuing Studies will offer a second\nsession in the spring.\n\"This program has hit a nerve with marketers who see the\ninnovative possibilities for marketing communications and electronic commerce the Internet provides,\" says William Koty, Manager\nof Internet Programs for Continuing Studies.\nDeveloped with co-operation from UBC Executive Programs and\nindustry leaders and tailored to working individuals, the program\ncurriculum includes Web instruction, lectures, computer workshops, and individual and team projects.\nThe registration deadline for the next six-month program is Jan.\n16.\nA public information session will be held Dec. 4 at 5 p.m. in the\nRoundhouse Community Centre. Register to attend by calling (604)\n822-1431. Those unable to attend the information session can\nreceive a free handbook by calling the same number.\nChristmas Events at UBC TOOD SERVICES\nfT'lS THE 5TH ANNUAL TREKKERS CHRISTMAS BRUNCHf)\nDECEMbER 24Hi - 8:00 AM TO 1 :00 pM i\nA OiNly$ 9.95\/person      CST IncIucJecJ a\nVS$> (C^RiSTMAS LuNch AT TREkkERS ON DECEMbER  1 7) |S5\"\n(?) 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Advertising enquiries: 822-3131.\nThe deadline for the December 11, 1997 issue of UBC Reports is noon, December 2.\nAccommodation\nPOINT GREY GUEST HOUSE  A\nperfect spot to reserve\naccommodation for guest\nlecturers or other university\nmembers who visit throughout\nthe year. Close to UBC and other\nVancouver attractions, a tasteful\nrepresentation of our city and of\nUBC. 4103 W. 10th Ave.,\nVancouver, BC. V6R 2H2. Call or\nfax 222-4104.\nTINA'S GUEST HOUSE Elegant\naccom. in Pt. Grey area. Minutes to\nUBC. On main bus routes. Close to\nshops and restaurants. Incl TV, tea\nand coffee making, private phone\/\nfridge. Weekly rates available. Call\n222-3461. Fax: 222-9279.\nGREEN COLLEGE GUEST HOUSE\nFive suites available for\nacademic visitors to UBC only.\nGuests dine with residents and\nenjoy college life. Daily rate $52,\nplus $14\/day for meals Sun.-Thurs.\nCall 822-8660 for more\ninformation and availability.\nBROWN'S BY UBC B&B Rooms for\nrent short or long term in a\ncomfortable house very close to\nUBC. Prefer graduate, mature\nstudents. Call 222-8073.\nBAMBURY    LANE    Bed    and\nbreakfast. View of beautiful BC\nmountains, Burrard Inlet and city.\nClean, comfortable. Use of living\nrm, dining rm, and kitchen.\nMinutes to UBC, shops and city.\nDaily, weekly and winter rates.\nCall or fax (604) 224-6914.\nGAGE COURT SUITES Spacious\none BR guest suites with\nequipped kitchen, balcony, TV\nand telephone. Centrally\nlocated on Student Union\nBoulevard, near SUB, Aquatic\nCentre and transit. Ideal for UBC\nlecturers or campus visitors. 1997\nrates- $81 -$110\/night. Call (604)\n822-1010.\nPENNY FARTHING INN 2855 West\n6th. Heritage house, antiques,wood\nfloors, original stained glass. Ten\nminutes to UBC and downtown.\nTwo blocks from restaurants, buses.\nScrumptious full breakfasts,\nEntertaining cats. Views. Phones in\nrooms. Call (604)739-9002. E-\nmail:farthing@uniserve.com.\nB & B BY LOCARNO BEACH Walk\nto UBC along the ocean. Quiet\nexclusive neighborhood. Near\nbuses and restaurants.\nComfortable rooms with TV and\nprivate bath. Full breakfast.\nReasonable rates. Non-smokers\nonly, please^Call 341-4975.\nENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN B&B\nWarm hospitality awaits you at this\ncentrally located view home. I_g.\nrms with private bath, TV, phones,\ntea\/coffee, fridge. Full breakfast,\nclose to UBC, downtown and bus\nroutes. $50-70sgl; $80dbl. Callorfax\n737-2526.   \t\nJASMINE'S Peaceful location for\nthis private, comfortable double\nwith ensuite bath and separate\nentrance, 10 min. from UBC.\nNightly and weekly rates. Short\nwalk to buses, cafes, shopping,\ncinema, and forest trails. Call 224-\n9191.\nAccommodation\nAccommodation\nDELUXE 2 BR apt. on campus\navail. Jan 1\/98. Pool, exercise\ncentre, u\/g parking. $1500\/mo.\nutil. not incl. Call (604) 947-0396.\nLARGE 2 BR 2 bath top floor\ncorner! Brand new prestigious\n(Wyndham Hall) bldg. 6 appl,\ngas f\/p, 2 parking spc, 2\nbalconies, SW exposure. Min 1 yr\nlease. Ref required. Avail Dec 1 \/\n97. Call Chris Hopkins 943-3478.\nFULLY FURNISHED 1 BR corner\nsuite, Nelson\/Burrard. \"Elektra\" -\nhi-tech deluxe secured bldg\n10,000 s.f. facilities. Bright, view,\nspacious, spotless. Close to\nRobson. Avail, immed. Former\ntenants incl Phantom performers.\n$1000 + util. Call 228-8368.\nFURNISHED HOUSE 2 BR (2000 s.f.)\non park. 15 min from UBC. Avail\nmid-Jan to mid Aug. $2000\/mo +\nutil. Call 734-7337.\nWEST VANCOUVER charming\nfurnished beachside 1 BR\nbungalow with 1 BR self-\ncontained guest suite in garden.\nAvail May 9-July 18\/98. Only\n$4500 for 10-week period. For\ndetails and photos call or fax\n926-6169.      _ \t\nBREATHTAKING VIEW Arbutus\nRidge 1 BR garden suite built in\nalarm, vacuum, w\/d, close to\ntransit. Suit one n\/s person. $750\/\nmo incl util. Call 739-9101.\nServices\nWHISTLER4BRhome. New, bright,\nspacious. Beautiful kitchen, w\/d,\nno pets, n\/s. Quiet area in\nBayshores. For rent on weekends\nor weekly rates. Call 538-2933.\nVISITING DOCTOR on leave back\nto Europe offers pkg of everything\nyou need to survive in\nVancouver; simple furniture, bed,\nkitchenware, TV, car (Hyundai).\nIdeal for new visitor to UBC. Avail\nJan 1 \/98. Take over apt. at most\nbeautiful location, downtown\nterrific view of English Bay. $ 1000\/\nmo. Call 681-1408.\nSECRET GARDEN B&B Mike and\nSelinda's famous but discrete,\ntasteful hospitality and attractive\nrates make this your first choice\nfor short or long stays in the Point\nGrey\/UBC area. 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Broadway   732-4240 UBC Reports \u25a0 November 27, 1997 7\nStephen Forgacs photo\nBehind the clean, practical lines of campus buildings such as the Buchanan Building\npictured here rests a major international architectural movement, which in the 1940s and\n'50s aimed to put human needs first.\nCampus' modernist jewels\non display in VAG show\nThe construction of the\nWesbrook Building in 1947 was\nan important milestone in UBC's\narchitectural history. It was the\nfirst of many modernist buildings constructed on campus\nduring the city's modernist era.\nAmong the buildings now considered gems of the era are War\nMemorial Gymnasium (1949),\nBuchanan Building (1956), the\nLasserre Fine Arts and Architecture Building (1958) and the\nKoerner Graduate Student Centre (1959).\n\"UBC has one of the finest\ncollections of modernist architecture of the 1940s and '50s,\"\nsays Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe,\na UBC Fine Arts professor and\nauthor of The New Spirit: Modern\nArchitecture in Vancouver, 1938-\n1963. The book deals extensively\nwith Vancouver's modernist architecture in text, drawings and\nphotographs. One section, \"Modernizing the University of British\nColumbia,\" deals with buildings\nconstructed at UBC during the\nperiod and the thinking that led\nto their construction.\nWindsor-Liscombe's book was\npublished to serve as a cata- \u2022\nlogue in support of an exhibition\nof the same name at the Vancouver Art Gallery. The exhibition\ncontinues to Jan. 18.\nIn buildings viewed by some\nas stark and without character,\nWindsor-Liscombe points to details such as the angling of the\nstairways in Buchanan Building\nand the Anglo-Dutch appearance\nof the rear of the Wesbrook Building as features that add depth\nand character while helping define some of the forces that made\nthe architecture of the period\nexceptional.\nThe ideals that guided and\ninspired the modernist architects\nwho flocked to Vancouver during the '30s, '40s and '50s\nstemmed from the development\nof new technologies, materials\nand processes coupled with a\nsocial consciousness. This combination led to the design and\nconstruction of buildings meant\nto serve people.\nFred Lasserre, founding director of UBC's School of Architecture, urged that neo-Gothic\ndesign be set aside in favour of\nthe practical.\nCharles J. Thompson, was architect to UBC in the '40s when\nthe university was in dire need of\nnew buildings due to the enrolment of war veterans. He needed\nto decide between \"imitation\nGothic or frankly and honestly\nmodem,\" wrote Lasserre. \"You\nmay be able to justify a sentimental compromise with true Gothic\nas in the library, but it is impossible to justify a compromise with\nModern. Modern means honestly\nexpressing the needs of today,\nthrough the frank and economical use of structure and materials in contemporary language.\"\n\"The idea was to\nprovide facilities\nthat would allow\npeople to grow...\"\n\u2014 Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe\nThis sense of practicality and\nservice provided architectural\ndirection.\n\"The idea was to provide facilities that would allow people\nto grow as people, to be educated\n\u2014 to provide good spaces for\npeople to use,\" says Windsor-\nLiscombe.\nHe cites architect Bruno Taut\nwho said: \"Where utility has been\nfully solved, there is beauty.\"\nIndeed, the disciplined look of\nUBC's new buildings earned recognition, such as a Massey Silver Medal awarded for the War\nMemorial Gym and a Gold Medal\nfor the Koerner Graduate Student Centre.\nThe book also highlights residential and institutional structures close to campus including\nSt. Anselm's Anglican Church\non University Boulevard, University Hill Secondary School at\nthe south end of Acadia Road,\nand the University Endowment\nLands home of the former UBC\nchancellor, the late Hon. Nathan\nNemetz.\nThe New Spirit also deals extensively with many of the city's\nhistorical buildings, including\nlibraries, churches, banks, hospitals, office buildings and private homes.\nBy 1963, says Windsor-\nLiscombe, modernism was moving into a new phase, leaving\nbehind the \"heroic\" modernism\nof the post-war era for a return to\na \"monumental\" and self-conscious interpretation of architecture such as the Simon Fraser\nUniversity campus.\n\"At the heart of the problem\nwith modernism was the extent\nto which you could adopt the\nindustrial to human ends,\" says\nWindsor-Liscombe.\nWindsor-Liscombe was recently recognized for The New\nSpirit with the 1997 City of Vancouver Book Award. The award\nis given to the author of the book\nthat best contributes to the appreciation and understanding of\nVancouver.\nThe book is available at the\nUBC Bookstore and other Vancouver bookstores.\nFor information on the exhibition, call the Vancouver Art\nGallery at 662-4719 for recorded\ninformation or 662-4700 during\noffice hours.\nPeople\nby staff writers\nFormer UBC President David Strangway has\nbecome the only non-Korean to win the First Order\nof Civil Merit from the government of South Korea.\nThe order is awarded to individuals who have contributed to Korea's international standing and its people's\nwelfare.\nStrangway was recognized for his contributions to the\nadvancement of Korean studies in Canada, particularly\nfor his leadership in establishing the Centre for Korean\nResearch in the Institute of Asian Research.\nThe award ceremony took place in Seoul earlier this\nmonth.\nJim McEwen. a UBC adjunct professor of electrical\nengineering, has won the $100,000 Manning\nAward for the invention of a microprocessor-controlled\nsurgical tourniquet.\nMcEwen, a biomedical engineer, designed the Automatic\nTourniquet System after witnessing complications resulting\nfrom tourniquet use while he was director of biomedical\nengineering at Vancouver Hospital. The microprocessor-\ncontrolled tourniquet makes it possible to apply the lowest\npressure possible needed to keep an area bloodless. McEwen\nestimates that versions of his device are being used daily in\n16,000 surgical procedures around the world.\nMcEwen is president of Western Clinical Engineering Ltd.\nHe received his doctorate from UBC in 1975.\nThe Manning Awards were set up in Alberta in 1982 with\nmoney raised from private donations to honour Canadian\ninnovation. The awards were named for former Alberta\npremier Ernest Manning.\nUBC neurologist Dr. Juhn Wada has received the\nDistinguished Research Recognition Award from the\nJapan Epilepsy Research Foundation in Tokyo.\nWada, a professor emeritus in the Dept. of Psychiatry,\nwas honoured for his outstanding research achievements\nwhich include a diagnostic test, now known as the Wada\ntest, to help brain surgeons assess speech and memory\nfunction. He also developed a new surgical treatment for\nepilepsy patients and identified genetic links in both epilepsy and human language development.\nWada is the first recipient of the award which commemorates the 10th anniversary of the Japanese Foundation.\nApproximately 50 Japanese medical scientists have\ntrained with Wada at UBC. Many have gone on to become\nleaders in the fields of epilepsy, neurology and neurosurgery\nin Japan.\nWada is also an Officer of the Order of Canada and its\nequivalent in Japan, the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold\nand Silver Star.\nBook buyer pens journal to\naid fellow cancer patients\nby Hilary Thomson\nStoff writer\nAs senior general book buyer\nfor the UBC Bookstore, Jennifer\nPike knows you can't tell a book\nby its cover.\nUnless you wrote it yourself.\nPike has just published her first\nbook, A Safe Place\u2014A Journal for\nWomen with Breast Cancer.\nPart journal, part workbook,\npart coping hints, the book was\na cathartic experience for Pike.\nDiagnosed with breast cancer\nin 1993, she spent six months\nundergoing surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treatments. In her book. Pike talks\nabout living with cancer as being\n\"in a bizarre twilight, a kind of\nunderworld of which you were\nprobably not conscious before.\"\nShe started writing her own\njournal to bring order to what she\ndescribes as emotional chaos.\n\"My journal was my safe\nplace,\" she says.\nHer publisher, Raincoast\nBooks, aware of Pike's experience as a cancer survivor and\nprevious work as a freelance journalist, approached her in 1995\nPike\nto write the book. Pike interviewed 14 women in various\nstages of the disease and used\nquotations from some of them in\nthe book. She also spoke to researchers, psychiatrists, cancer\nspecialists, nurses and other\nhealth care professionals.\n\"It was difficult to revisit those\nemotions \u2014 I felt I was done with\nit,\" she says.\nShe credits both the women\nshe interviewed and the medical\nprofession, especially medical\nsocial workers and nurses, for\nsupport in writing the book,\nwhich she completed in just four\nmonths.\nPike hopes A Safe Place will\nhelp breast cancer patients and\ntheir families in communities\nwhere resources such as support groups may not be available.\nEmphasizing that it's not intended as a substitute for professional therapy. Pike says the\nbook can serve as do-it-yourself\nlife support, emotional first aid\nor a companion. It offers some\nmedical information, hints on\ncoping with treatment and questions designed to help women\nstart writing in the journal about\ntheir own experiences and feelings.\nThe final two chapters contain a suggested reading list and\na description of other resources\nsuch as cancer information services, volunteer visitor programs,\nvideos and Internet sources.\nB.C. has the third highest\nincidence of breast cancer in\nCanada. It is estimated that\n2,500 women will be diagnosed\nthis year and 540 will die.\nA Safe Place- A Journal for\nWomen with Breast Cancer is\navailable at the UBC Bookstore\nand other bookstores. 8 UBC Reports \u2022 November 27,1997\nAgricultural Sciences?\nThink again, says dean\nby Stephen Forgacs\nStaff writer\nAgricultural Sciences. What does that\nmean to you?\nChances are, says the faculty's new\ndean, Moura Quayle, the impression that\nmany people have of the faculty poorly\nreflects the range of expertise  and  activity\nwithin its variety of pro-\ngrams   and   departments.\nThe Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, one\nof UBC's founding faculties, is in the early\nstages of a process that\nwill bring about a transformation, including an\nemphasis on interdisciplinary research and\neducation, stronger relationships with the\ncommunity outside the\nuniversity and even a\nnew name for the faculty.\n\"While many of us in the faculty have\nroots and research interests in the areas\nof agriculture and food production, we\nneed to set what we do in a much broader\ncontext. We have to become, in a sense, a\nmarketer of the importance of food and\nagriculture as it exists in the context of\nbeing a resource system,\" Quayle says.\n\"We have to be able to say to students:\n'Are you interested in being part of a\nfaculty that is engaged in critical problem\nsolving for the planet's future?'\"\nChanges, says Quayle, are necessary\nto reposition the faculty to better meet\nthe needs and interests of students, to\nallow the faculty to address global issues\nrelated to sustainable land and food systems in an interdisciplinary context.\n\"I've spent many hours during the past\nmonths speaking with our faculty members, students, representatives of industry and government, and others. It is very\nclear that we need to transform the faculty in order to take advantage of the\nknowledge base we have,\" Quayle says.\nThe Faculty of Agricultural Sciences\nincludes the departments of Agricultural\nEconomics, Animal Science, Food Science, Plant Science, and Soil Science as\nwell as the School of Family and Nutritional Sciences and the Landscape Architecture Program.\nQuayle, former director of the faculty's\nLandscape Architecture Program, has\ninvolved faculty members and administrative staff in a process of rethinking the\nstructure and role of the faculty. Staff,\nstudents and faculty members formed 14\nQuayle\ninterdisciplinary groups, or circles, to\nexamine issues and areas such as the\nBotanical Garden, graduate programs,\ncontinuing education outreach, and land\nresources.\nThis process has led to the creation of\nfour new larger circles: sustainable resource systems; family, community and\nplace; food and nutrition systems; and the\nfaculty core.\nFaculty, staff and\nstudent members of\neach of these new circles will deal with a\nnumber of challenges,\nincluding trying to determine which undergraduate and graduate\nprograms should be\nmaintained, created or\nremoved.\nOther challenges include finding ways to\nintegrate different models of education delivery\nand suggesting new\nnames for a transformed faculty.\n\"In one sense we're ahead of the game\nin that we have an interdisciplinary faculty. What we need to do is to make sure\nwe use that foundation to deliver programs that are relevant to today's students, that use our collective expertise to\naddress global issues, and that provide\nour graduates with knowledge and thinking skills that will make them invaluable\nas employees and decision makers.\"\nQuayle says that students should emerge\nfrom the faculty as potential employees who\ncan think on their feet and can view resource\nissues in a broader context.\n\"We need to remember that we're\npartnering with university colleges who\ncan deliver some of the more technical\nand production-related people that those\nindustries need. We have to find an appropriate niche and really build on it.\"\nA \"transformed\" faculty, she says, will\nbe more global and interdisciplinary in its\noutlook; combine research, teaching and\noutreach as components of the learning\nprocess at all levels; emphasize problem-\nsolving and provide an environment for\nintellectual debate; and build connections\nwithin the university and with external\nworkplaces, industry, and the national\nand international research community.\n'This is a difficult juncture,\" says\nQuayle. \"But I think that in the past we've\nbalked at it because it hasn't been clear\nwhere we want to go. The process we're\nnow engaged in will give us more shape\nand the ability to determine what we\nshould be doing, and how we should be\ndoing it.\"\nSimon Pulfrey photo\nWorking to help ensure children such as these were saved from starvation\nin a country racked by civil strife was all in a day's work for second-year\nmedical student Simon Pulfrey. But nothing, he says, could have prepared\nhim for the horrific things he saw.\nStudent spends spare\ntime fighting famine\nby Hilary Thomson\nStaff writer\nSpending three months fending off\nstarvation in a war-ravaged African country isn't anyone's idea of a summer holiday.\nYet second-year medical student\nSimon Pulfrey didn't hesitate to spend\nhis summer organizing feeding centres\nin the former Zaire in central Africa.\nFrom May to August he worked as a\nnutritional expert for Medecins Sans\nFrontiers (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders, a private international humanitarian organization providing emergency\nmedical aid.\nMSF doesn't usually hire medical students. However, a master's degree in\nnutrition, the ability to speak French\nand previous experience with other aid\nagencies working in Nepal and Tibet\nmade Pulfrey a good fit for the job.\n\"I like the challenge of raw situations\nwhere there's an elemental need,\" says\nPulfrey. \"It both intimidates and motivates me.\"\nThe day he arrived in Goma in the\nnortheast part of Zaire, rebel forces overthrew the government. So after only six\ndays in Africa, Pulfrey was evacuated\nback to Canada. He returned to Zaire 10\ndays later when the situation was less\ndangerous.\nDuring a seven-month rebel campaign,\nthousands of villagers fled their homes\nfor the jungle to escape the fighting.\nFarmers whose crops had been looted\nNew Science Chairs support marine,\nminerals and bio-chemistry research\nThree professors in the Faculty of Science have been appointed to new chairs\nin minerals and the environment, biological chemistry, and the ocean environment.\nEarth and Ocean Sciences Prof. Paul\nJ. Harrison has been appointed to the\nChair in the Ocean Environment and its\nLiving Resources. Harrison is a biological\noceanographer specializing in the ocean's\nprimary productivity and its regulation\nby various environmental factors. He is a\nfellow of the Royal Society of Canada and\npast recipient of a UBC Killam Research\nPrize.\nResearch undertaken by the chair will\nlead to a better understanding of the\nfactors governing ocean productivity and\nto an increased understanding of marine\necosystems and their biological, social\nand  economic importance.   Harrison's\nappointment to the chair will allow the\ndepartment to appoint a junior faculty\nmember in the area of ocean environment\nand its living resources.\nThe chair was created with the support of an anonymous donor and supplemented by donations from the David and\nLucile Packard Foundation, the Dept. of\nFisheries and Oceans, contributions from\nfaculty, staff and friends of the Dept. of\nEarth and Ocean Sciences and a matching donation from the Province of British\nColumbia.\nEarth and Ocean Sciences Prof. Les\nSmith has been appointed to the Cominco\nChair in Minerals and the Environment.\nSmith is recognized internationally for\nhis research in hydrogeology. He has\nreceived numerous awards for his work\nincluding an NSERC EWR Steacie Fellowship for outstanding contributions in\ngeological science and a UBC Killam Research Prize. Smith's appointment will\nalso allow the department to recruit a\njunior faculty member in the area of\nminerals and environment.\nChemistry and Biochemistry Prof.\nStephen Withers has received a five-year\nappointment to the Gobind Khorana Chair\nin Biological Chemistry.\nWither's research focuses on the area\nof enzyme mechanisms, and particularly\nenzymes which break down\npolysaccharides \u2014 sugar polymers such\nas cellulose or starch. Part of his research, including work on the degradation of cellulose, has been in association\nwith the Protein Engineering Network,\none of the Networks of Centres of Excellence. Wither is a recent recipient of the\nChemical Institute of Canada's Hoffman-\nLaroche Award.\nwere afraid to return to their fields because of bombing and gunfire, Pulfrey\nsays.\n\"It was chaotic,\" he says. \"There were\npockets of displaced ethnic groups living\nin dense jungle with no road connections. People were cut off from food and\nstarving, especially the children.\"\nAlthough rebel forces had seized the\ncapital of Kinshasa, fighting continued\nas the army secured its hold on the\ncountry.\nPulfrey worked with an MSF doctor\nand about 100 local staff including\nnurses, nutritionists, radio operators and\nsecurity guards to get food to villagers.\nTravelling in convoy through combat\nzones, the team covered an area about\nhalf the size of Vancouver Island. They\nset up tents, kitchens, beds, latrines and\nfood security to create temporary feeding\ncentres.\nPulfrey surveyed villagers, collecting\ndata on the rates and causes of local\nmalnutrition and death. He evaluated\nthe information and reported it to UNICEF\nand the World Food Program, triggering\nshipments of food from Europe, which\nMSF workers trucked to the feeding stations.\nMost of the recipients were children\nsix months to five years old. They were\nprioritized according to a ratio of height\nto weight. Those who could be helped\nwere given high energy meals eight times\na day.\n\"In three days they'd be dead or getting better,\" Pulfrey says.\nBesides malnutrition the children suffered from HIV, measles, malaria, tuberculosis and meningitis.\nPulfrey says he was shocked at how\nhe learned to distance himself from the\nsuffering.\n\"Nothing could have prepared me emotionally for the horrific things I saw. I had\nnever witnessed that degree of conflict,\nthat hatred before.\"\nBut being part of a group trying to\nmake a difference helped him through\nthe experience.\n\"When eyes that had been dull started\nto sparkle a bit \u2014 that was wonderful.\"\nSetting up the centres under hostile\nconditions gave him a sense of accomplishment, he says.\n\"I tapped into resources I don't normally use.\"\nPulfrey also feels privileged to have\nwitnessed such an intense appreciation\nof life.\n\"I really gained respect for how people\ncan suffer so much and still have a drive\nto continue living.\"\nWhile he may work abroad again\nPulfrey plans to go into family medicine\nafter graduation:","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/hasType":[{"value":"Periodicals","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/spatial":[{"value":"Vancouver (B.C.)","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/identifier":[{"value":"LE3.B8K U2","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"value":"LE3_B8K_U2_1997_11_27","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/isShownAt":[{"value":"10.14288\/1.0118480","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/language":[{"value":"English","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/provider":[{"value":"Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/publisher":[{"value":"Vancouver: University of British Columbia Public Affairs Office","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/rights":[{"value":"Images provided for research and reference use only. 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