"CONTENTdm"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1210082"@en . "University Publications"@en . "2015-07-17"@en . "1990-10-18"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/ubcreports/items/1.0117944/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " TJBC Archives\n3euu*\nPhoto by Larry Scherban\nUBC's 1990 Arts '20 Relay attracted 198 teams of runners who covered a 10.6 kilometre course through the\nstreets of Vancouver retracing the steps ofthe Great Trek. Top honors went to the Tri-Club.\nTake lead in racism fight,\nuniversities are urged\nBy GAVIN WILSON\nUBC and other universities should\ntake a leadership role in fighting racism in Canada, said Kogila Adam-\nMoodley. the chair of a newly established campus committee on race relations.\nAdam-Moodley, director of the\nMulticultural Liaison Office, heads the\ncommittee of faculty, staff and students created to look into the problem\nof racism on campus and advise President David Strangway on policy responses.\nStrangway initiated the committee\nafter racist and homophobic remarks\nappeared in an engineering student\nnewsletter earlier this year. Since then,\ncampus radio station CiTR has been\nInside\nSUMMERTOURSPOPULAR:\n- More than 4,300 visitors\ntoured campus from May\nthrough August as part of an\n\ expanded program. Page 3\nSEASONAL AFFECTIVE\nt DISORDERS: A new light\ni. system is being tested for\n: the treatment of SAD. Page 6\nGOLD MEDALS: David Dolphin and William Unruh have\nbeen awarded gold medals\nby the Science Council of\nB.C. Page 8\ninvolved in a controversy over the\nbroadcast of song lyrics.\n\"Recent incidents on campus have\nalerted us to the need to have some\nkind of policy or guidelines about what\nis appropriate and what is not,\" said\nAdam-Moodley.\n\"Racism at UBC can be expected\nto be less than it is elsewhere in society. We expect better behavior because\nwe are a special community united in\nsharing a common pursuit of knowledge. We are supposed to be rational\npeople, so it is all the more disturbing\nwhen racist outbreaks become evident,\" she said.\n\"If we can't develop sensitive,\nsound interpersonal relationships with\none another, or fair working procedures, it bodes ill for the wider society.\"\nThe committee will invite students,\nfaculty and staff to share their views\non existing conditions that create or\nhinder the development of a fair and\nequitable climate on campus.\n\"At our first meeting we reached a\nconsensus that we ought to consult very\nbroadly on campus,\" said Adam-Moodley.\nThe committee will look for ways\nto foster awareness among students,\nfaculty and staff about conditions that\ncontribute to systemic and overt racial\ndiscrimination in the university community.\nThey will make recommendations\non potential educational programs that\nwill make all members of the university community aware of the history of\nCanada as a multicultural society and\nAdam-Moodley\nthe processes by\nwhich discrimination functions.\nThe committee will also recommend university policies\nand procedures\nto address racial\ndiscrimination.\n\"We have\nrecognized the need to look at what\nother institutions have done,\" said\nAdam-Moodley. \"A number of Canadian universities have already developed policies. One such attempt is the\nUniversity of Alberta's Commission\nfor Equality and Respect on Campus,\nthe spirit of which we would like to see\nemerge from our deliberations.\n\"We will also use existing research\nin the field of race relations to orient\nour practices,\" she said.\nShe said the committee's decision\nto concentrate on race relations in no\nway reflects a view that other forms of\ndiscrimination are of secondary importance. The committee's underlying\ntenet is that all members ofthe university community have the right to freedom from discrimination, regardless\nof race, gender or sexual orientation,\nAdam-Moodley said.\nCommittee members were chosen\nto represent a broad cross-section of\nthe campus; some have special expertise in the area of race relations.\nInvited to join the committee were:\nSee RACISM on Page 2\nWomen showing\nrenewed interest\nin engineering\nBy GAVIN WILSON\nDiane Churchill was one of the millions of Canadians who\nrecoiled with horror at the murders of 14 female engineering\nstudents at the University of Montreal last year.\nShe also had a second, unexpected reaction. She decided\nthat engineering would make a good career.\n\"It happened at a time I was thinking about a career change,\"\nsaid the 35-year-old former nurse. \"It didn't deter me at all. In\nfact, it almost had the opposite effect.\"\nChurchill wasn't alone. The tragic \"I enjoy the outdoors, but often I've\nevents of last December seem to have used my knowledge in projects that\nsparked a renewed interest in the pro- have taken something away from na-\nfession among women.\nIn Churchill's graduate-level program, environmental engineering, six\nof this year's 13 new students are female.\n\"We usually have one or two\nwomen enter the program each year,\nbut we've never seen these numbers\nbefore,\" said Donald Mavinic, a Civil\nEngineering professor and Environmental Group head.\n\"Another striking thing is the diversity of backgrounds they are bringing to the program: chemistry, biochemistry, molecular genetics, microbiology,\" he said.\nWilliam Oldham, head of Civil\nEngineering, said this diversity has the\nadded bonus of bringing more women\ninto the faculty. The trend will alter\nperspectives within the profession \u00E2\u0080\u0094 a\nchange Oldham feels is crucial to engineering.\n\"It's very gratifying to see. People\nwho come to us from other disciplines\nbring a new dimension to what we\ndo.\"\nNoting that there is now more interest in high school science courses\namong young women, Oldham said:\n\"I expect to see the trend increasing.\nThere's no way of reversing it now.\nThe whole image of engineering is\nchanging and I think the change is essential.\"\nMavinic said another two or three\nwomen have been accepted to begin\nstudies in January and three more have\nIjeen accepted for September, 1991.\nFemale enrolment is up in the undergraduate engineering programs as\nwell. Women now account for 15 per\ncent of first-year students, compared\nwith about eight per cent in third and\nfourth years.\nEnrolment is also up at the University of Montreal's l'Ecole Polytech-\nnique where, despite the tragic slay-\nings, 23 per cent of those applying to\nengineering this year were female.\nEnvironmental engineering at UBC\nmay be attractive to women because it\nis one of the \"soft\" science programs\noffered in the faculty, Mavinic said.\nSaid Churchill: \"I'm a nurturing\nperson. I feel that I'm accountable for\nwhat I do and how it affects people. I\nthink I can apply those things to environmental engineering.\"\nAnother female environmental engineering student at UBC, Leslie\nGomm, said women can bring a more\ncompassionate nature and broader\nrange of thinking to environmental\nengineering, which deals with problems of water quality, waste water treatment and toxic hazard management.\nAfter graduating as an engineer\nfrom Queen's University in 1985,\nGomm worked in the petroleum and\npulp and paper industries.\nture. I want to put something back,\"\nshe said.\nGomm, 27, believes the Montreal\nkillings turned the public spotlight on\nwomen in engineering and provoked a\ngreat deal of discussion within the profession.\n\"I wonder if it didn't infuriate\nenough women who said, 'I'm not\ngoing to let this scare me away,'\" she\nsaid.\nNothing has stopped Gomm from\nachieving her life-long goal of becoming an engineer.\n\"I come from an engineering family. My dad is an engineer, so is my\nbrother. But in high school, the counsellors told me to go into physiotherapy,\" she said. \"I didn't listen.\"\nOne of 15 women in her undergraduate chemical engineering class of\n63 students, Gomm said she was treated\nfairly by classmates and instructors,\nalthough she was \"disgusted\" by some\nof the antics of some engineering students.\nGomm's experiences in the male-\ndominated workplace have also been\npositive, despite occasional examples\nSee TREATMENT son Page 2\nForestry\nawarded\n$2 million\nBy CONNIE FILLETTI\nUBC's Faculty of Forestry has been\nawarded $2 million over the next five\nyears toward the establishment of an\nIndustrial Research Chair in Forest\nProducts Biotechnology.\nA major goal of the program is to\nimprove the quality of pulp and paper\nby using enzymes and microorganisms\nto facilitate the pulping process. The\nvalue of pulp and paper products would\nbe enhanced while combatting environmental problems associated with\ncurrent pulping processes. The chair\nwill also address opportunities in the\nsolid wood sector.\n\"Wood is normally preserved by\nputting chemicals into it,\" explained\nJohn Saddler, senior appointment to\nthe chair. \"We want to complement\nthe mechanical processing of wood\nwith more benign biological systems.\"\nFungi that eat off of other fungi is\none system that Saddler and his colleague, Colette Breuil, will be investigating. They will also explore the possible use of materials produced by fungi\nwhich are toxic only to other fungi. In\nSee IMPROVING on Page 2 UBC REPORTS October 18.1990\nCampaign volunteers carry\nmessage to faculty, staff\nBy CONNIE FILLETTI\nMore than 120 UBC faculty and\nstaff volunteers are carrying United\nWay's message of help and hope\nthroughout the campus community this\nmonth.\nThey are part of a record 2,250\ncampaign volunteers trained by the\nUnited Way ofthe Lower Mainland so\nfar this year.\nThe efforts of UBC's volunteers are\nshowing in the $119,000 raised to date.\nThe goal of the 1990 campus campaign has been set at $240,000.\n\"I'm confident we will reach our\ngoal,\" said Dean Jim Richards, chair\nof the campus campaign. \"Its achievement will reflect the dedicated work of\nvolunteers throughout the university\nto personalize the campaign, to answer\nquestions, and to make sure that everyone is aware ofthe benefits and importance of United Way giving to our\ncommunity.\"\nAngela Henderson, an assistant\nprofessor of Nursing at UBC, is a first-\ntime volunteer for the campus campaign. Her long standing involvement\nwith a North Shore transition house\nhas given her a greater understanding\nof the importance of agencies like the\nUnited Way, and the work they do.\n\"As a volunteer counsellor with\nwomen and children in crisis, I am\nIt Brings Out The Best\nIn AU Of Us.\nUBC - United Way\n\"It's Yours\"\nwell aware of the real value each contribution makes to people's lives. I\nhave seen the difference first hand,\"\nHenderson said.\nShe added that by the time women\nOktoberfest\nOct. 19\nUBC's Plant Operations department\nwill be presenting an Oktoberfest Oct.\n19 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in\nsupport of the campus United Way\ncampaign.\nRefreshments and live entertainment, including authentic German\nmusic performed by members of the\nvarious trades in Plant Operations, can\nbe enjoyed for a minimum donation to\nthe United Way.\nat the transition house are ready to\nleave, they express interest in becoming volunteers at the facility themselves.\nGayle Smith has been a UBC staff\nvolunteer since 1987. Her efforts for\nthe campus campaign have increased\nevery year since.\n\"I saw other volunteers working\nlong, hard hours,\" Smith said. \"I appreciated their commitment and resolved to do my share.\"\nAs a volunteer, Smith feels that\nproviding information about the many\nand varied services provided by United\nWay funded agencies is important in\nencouraging people's support.\nVolunteer training for the UBC\nUnited Way campaign takes place at\non-site workshops. Anyone interested\nin more information can call 228-3105.\nImproving quality expensive\nContinued from Page 1\naddition, Saddler and Breuil plan to\nwork with parasitic fungi known to eat\ndecay and stain-causing microorganisms as another biological system.\nThe use of biological catalysts and\nchemicals has been shown to work but\nthe technology is slower and more\nexpensive than the traditional methods\ncurrently in use, Saddler added. Both\nhe and Breuil hope their research will\nlead to ways of making processes such\nas bleaching of paper using non-toxic\nsources more economical and efficient.\n\"We now have the opportunity to\nwork on the structural integrity and\nmodification of wood products using\nthe many tools available through biotechnology\" said Saddler. \"This should\nallow us to develop higher value products from lumber and pulp using more\nenvironmentally benign processes and\ntechnology.\"\nSaddler and Breuil agree that although longer lasting wood products\nare more attractive to consumers and\nare competitive in the marketplace,\nimproving the quality of the pulp and\nRacism\ncommittee\nContinued from Page 1\nForestry Dean Clark Binkley, Winnie\nCheung, director of International\nHouse, Sociology Professor Gillian\nCreese, students Jennie Jack and\nWendy King, Education Professor John\nKehoe, Science Dean Barry McBride,\nApplied Science Professor Sidney\nMindess, Mary Riseborough, director\nof Student Housing and Conferences,\nLaw Professor Lynn Smith, Registrar\nRichard Spencer, K.D. Srivastava,\nVice-President, Student and Academic\nServices, Anne Stanton of Plant Operations, Education Professor Charles\nUngerleider and Catherine Vertesi of\nCommerce and Business Administration.\nthe efficiency of the pulping process,\nor the use of more specific wood preservatives, is still an expensive enterprise.\n\"The cost is high so nobody is willing to do it, even though there are\nrecorded losses of over $50 million\neach year in Canada as a result of stain\nor decay of wood products,\" Saddler\nsaid.\n\"We hope to use tools, such as immunology which are currently used in\nthe health care area to detect blood disorders or infections such as AIDS, to\nalso diagnose changes in pulp or the\nefficacy of alternative wood preservatives. Our primary role is knowledge\nand we can use that knowledge to get\nthe cost of biology based processes\nand the efficiency of traditional processes down.\"\nAnother major component of the\nfive-year program will be to examine\nthe microbiology of the cultures used\nto treat pulp effluents.\nAlthough progress has been made\nin the design and manufacture of reactors for treating pulp effluents, there is\na lack of knowledge about what happens in them, Saddler said.\n\"These reactors contain an ill-defined soup of different microorganisms.\nWe need to look at what's in the soup\nand soup it up by determining which\nofthe ingredients really do the job,\" he\nexplained.\nSaddler and Breuil will focus on\nthe treatment of bleach plant sewage\nwhich has been a prime concern to\nboth environmentalists and industry.\nAlthough the research is based in\nthe Faculty of Forestry, Saddler and\nBreuil will be adopting an interdisciplinary approach and plan to recruit\nstaff and students with training in areas such as microbiology, immunology, chemical engineering and chemistry.\nThe chair also has a training component whereby a group of post-doc\ntorate and graduate students will be\ninvolved in the program so that the\ntechnology they learn can eventually\nbe transferred to the Canadian forest\nindustries.\nSaddler was an advisor to the Science Directorate of Forestry Canada\nbefore his UBC appointment. Breuil\nwas the Group Leader for the Biotechnology Department of Forintek Canada from 1987 until assuming her position with the university. Both scientists were appointed to the Industrial\nChair of Forest Products Biotechnology Sept. 1.\nThe chair is endowed by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research\nCouncil and several industrial sponsors including MacMillan Bloedel,\nWeyerhaeuser Canada, Novo Nordisk,\nForintek Canada and the Pulp and\nPaper Research Institute of Canada.\nUBC has also contributed to the chair\nas part of its fundraising campaign.\nTreatment fair,\nengineer says\nContinued from Page 1\nof sexism.\nShe has received letters addressed\nto \"Mr. Leslie Gomm\" and been asked\nat meetings if she was there to take\nminutes. But on the whole, she feels\nshe's been treated equitably, noting she\nwas chosen over eight men for a prestigious job on a Norwegian oil rig project.\nChurchill said she is extremely\npleased with the warm and enthusiastic welcome she has received in engineering, but admits she is \"a little\nscared\" about the attitudes she may\nfind in the workplace after graduation.\n\"After working for years as a subordinate to physicians, who are generally men, I'm interested in working\nwith men as colleagues, in an equal\nrelationship,\" she said.\nEarthquake advice\nfeatured during\nHealth and Safety Week\nWould you know what to do if an earthquake struck campus?\nWere you aware that how you sit at your desk can make you ill?\nThe answers to these and many other questions will be\naddressed by a series of noon-hour speakers during UBC's\nHealth and Safety Week, Nov. 5 to 8.\nThe week is an annual event organized by the University\nHealth and Safety Committee and Occupational Health and\nSafety.\nEarthquake preparedness will be discussed by Peter Byrne, a\nprofessor in Civil Engineering, and Mel Blaney, Director of\nEmergency Programs for the city of Vancouver. They speak on\nMonday, Nov. 5 in SUB Room 205.\nDavid Bell, of Occupational Health and Safety, speaks on\noffice ergonomics, the study of efficiency of people in their\nwork environment, in SUB Room 209 on Tuesday, Nov. 6.\nConstable Bernie Smandych of the University Endowment\nLands RCMP discusses personal safety on campus on Wednesday, Nov. 7 in SUB Room 212.\nBarb Lepsoe and Robert Asher of the Bicycling Association\nof B.C. speak on bicycle safety on Thursday, Nov. 8 in SUB\nRoom 212.\nAll lectures are from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.\nAlso planned is the Safety Show, featuring displays by Student Health Services, the fire department, campus unions and\nothers in the SUB concourse, Nov. 5 and 6.\nWe admit it,\nwe're showoffs!\n.... and we can help you show off your ideas\nto the best advantage,\nbe it as documentation photographs, 35mm\nlecture slides, overhead transparencies, black\nand white prints for publication,\nor full colour laser copies for that upcoming\nposter session.\nShow them clearly just what it is you are working on. 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If your course requirements\nare not covered by available textbooks, give us a call, and create your own course material.\nacademic services\nFor further information : contact Mark Elliott\n5706 University Blvd., Vancouver, B.C. ph 222-1688 UBC REPORTS October 18.1990\nGuide Lisa Murray (standing far right) answers questions about UBC from a group of Vancouver students.\nSummer tours popular\nway to explore campus\nByRONBURKE\nSecond World War veterans, inquisitive toddlers, foreign visitors,\nconference delegates: They are some\nof the more than 4,300 curious people\nwho explored UBC during the\nuniversity's Summer Campus Tour\nProgram.\nThe May-through-August service\nwas expanded this year, as part of the\nDiscover Summer celebrations,\nthrough additional funding from the\nUBC 75th Anniversary Committee.\nFour guides led informative walking tours of the campus, seven days a\nweek. The additional guides enabled\nthe program to provide specialized\ntours for children, seniors, the disabled\nand other groups.\n\"Probably the most popular feature\nof the tours is the human face they put\non UBC,\" said summer tour program\ncoordinator Alexa Bold, a second-year\nLaw student at UBC.\nSeven versions of the tour were\noffered during the summer, from the\ntwo-hour, full campus route, to the VIP\ntours, which normally concentrate on\nteaching and research facilities. Also\noffered were English as a Second Language tours, they were geared toward\nforeign student groups. The ESL tours\nfocused on visual attractions and were\ndesigned to encourage participants to\ndevelop their language skills by asking\nquestions about the campus.\nSpecialized tours for the disabled\nwere adapted to the needs and interests\nof the people involved. Sometimes the\ntours followed an abbreviated route, or\nthe guides would ride along in the\ngroup's vehicle.\nThe tour program joined forces with\nthe Alma Mater Society this year to\noperate a Summer Tours and Information outlet on the main concourse of\nthe Student Union Building.\nAn AMS information officer and\nthe tour guides staffed a desk and answered questions about campus facilities and services. They also informed\nvisitors about concerts, exhibits and\nother Discover Summer activities.\nAt the start of each tour, the guides\ngave participants literature about publicly accessible attractions on campus.\n\"People love to ask questions about\nthe history of the campus,\" explained\nBold. \"Many participants are amazed\nat the range of UBC facilities and programs open to the public \u00E2\u0080\u0094 and kids\nlove the dinosaur skeleton in the Geological Museum.\"\nThe tour program has rapidly grown\nin popularity every year since its inception in 1985. The 1990 summer\nprogram operated close to capacity\nlevels, giving a total of 778 tours from\nMay 1 through Aug. 31.\nThe number of tour participants this\nyear, 4,332, represents an increase of\n19% over last year's total and 256%\nover 1985.\nFifty-nine per cent of those taking\ntours described themselves as \"visitors\nto campus\" \u00E2\u0080\u0094 members of the community, as opposed to faculty, staff,\nstudents or conference delegates. This\nreflects the university's emphasis on\npromoting awareness ofthe campus as\na public resource for all residents of\nB.C.\nUBC's Mission Statement stresses\nthe importance of public understanding\nand support of the university. The\ncampus tour program has proved to be\na popular vehicle for introducing members of the community to publicly accessible programs, facilities and services on campus.\nThe Summer Tour Program was\npublicized in several ways this year:\nPosters and flyers were distributed to\ncommunity centres and schools throughout the Lower Mainland, to school board\noffices and Tourism BC, Travel hv\nfocentres across the province, and to\nmany campus locations. Public service\nannouncements were also sent to all\nLower Mainland media outlets.\nThis year, the summer tour program\nworked with the Theatre Department to\npromote its children's outdoor theatre\nprogram. Performances outside SUB\nwere scheduled at noon to coincide with\nthe conclusion of morning tours.\nThe summer tour program also cross-\npromoted other university facilities offering tours at such attractions as\nTRIUMF, the Dairy Barn, the Main\nLibrary, the Museum of Anthropology\nand the Botanical Garden.\nThe summer tours also help to publicize special events, such as this year's\nvery successful UBC SUPER Sale,\nwhich drew about 5,000 people to campus for a one-day recycling fair.\nThe 1991 summer tour program\nstarts up again on May 1 and is expected to build on this year's success.\n75TH PROJECTS\nCONTINUE\nBy RON BURKE\nSunday, Sept. 30 may have\nmarked the university's official 75th birthday, but there\nare still many anniversary projects yet to come in 1990.\nReligious Tolerance and Intolerance in a Multicultural\nSociety is the title of a symposium in the Buchanan Penthouse from Wednesday, Oct.\n24 to Friday, Oct. 26. The Department of Religious Studies\nis the sponsor.\nThe symposium will examine the issue of religious tolerance. How do\nreligious groups r _ -_\ntreat those outside the group\nand vice-\nversa? History shows *->#\nthat the an- /((\nswers range\nfrom indifference to outright\nrejection and\npersecution.\nAdmission is\nfree and members of the\npublic are wel- [\ncome. The symposium\nwill run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.\nall three days.\nIn addition to helping mark\nthe university's 75th anniversary, the symposium is held in\nmemory of N. Keith Clifford, a\nprofessor in the Department\nof Religious Studies for 20\nyears.\n75TH LECTURES\nA lecture series from the\nCentre for Continuing Education examines politics, the\narts, science and society\nduring the last 75 years.\nOn Wednesday, Oct. 31,\nDavid Vogt, curator of the\nDepartment of Geophysics\nand Astronomy, looks at Albert Einstein's theories of the\nuniverse in 1915 and how\nthose theories have evolved\nsince then.\nVogt explains why\nEinstein's theories are interesting and important today. The\npresentation is geared for a\ngeneral audience.\nThe talks begin at noon on\nsuccessive Wednesdays in\nthe Robson Square Conference Centre, 800 Robson St.\nThe last lecture is on Nov. 14.\nAdmission is free and no preregistration is required.\nHISTORY OF WOMEN AT UBC\n\"It's Yours\" is the popular\ninterpretation of UBC's Tuum\nEst motto, but another is \"It's\nUp To You.\" The latter reading serves as the title for a\n75th anniversary book on\nwomen at UBC in the early\nyears. The book details the\nexperiences of women dur\ning the university's formative\nyears and the struggles to expand the scope and nature\nof various programs to make\nthem more relevant for\nwomen.\nThe book was written by\nLee Stewart and published by\nUBC Press and the Academic\nWomen's Association.\nNATIVE WRITERS\nFirst Nations writers are the\nfocus of a special 75th anniversary double issue of the\nprestigious journal Canadian\nLiterature, published by UBC.\nStories,\npoems\nj\u00E2\u0080\u0094^~^ and ar-\n^--C_J tides by contemporary Native writers are featured in the issue,\nalong with related\npieces by various\nacademics.\nEditor and UBC\nEnglish Professor William New says the\ncollection recognizes\nthe importance of Na'-\ntive literature in Can-\n-* \u00E2\u0080\u0094 ~i ada.\n\"Most people aren't\naware of the wealth and\nrange of Native writing available \u00E2\u0080\u0094 from the nineteenth\ncentury tale-tellers to the novelists and dramatists of the\npresent day,\" explained\nNew.\nA condensed version of\nthe journal has been published in book form, with proceeds going to the First Nations House of Learning. The\njournal is available at the UBC\nBookstore and the Canadian\nLiterature office in Ponderosa\nAnnex B, while the book is\navailable from the Bookstore\nand UBC Press.\nCREATIVE WRITING\nANTHOLOGY\nThe Department of Creative Writing celebrates both\nUBC's 75th anniversary and\nits own 25th with the publication of Words We Call Home:\nCelebrating Creative Writing\nat UBC.\nThe anthology features\nworks by former students in\nthe department. A book\nlaunch, including readings, is\nset for Saturday, Oct. 27 in\nthe Granville Island Room,\n1502 Duranleau St., Granville\nIsland, starting at 7 p.m.\nTickets are $10 ($9 for students) and available from\nthe UBC Bookstore. For more\ninformation call 681-8400.\nThese are just some of the\n75th anniversary projects still\nto come in 1990.\nThere will be information on\nother projects in future columns. UBC REPORTS October 18.1990\nOctober 21 -\nNovember 3\nMONDAY, OCT. 22\nii\u00C2\u00BB\nCancer Research Seminar\nMonday Noon-Hour Series: Photosensitizer Delivery And Distribution In\nTumor Tissues. Dr.\nMladen Korbelik, Cancer\nImaging Unit. B.C.C.R.C\nLecture Theatre, 601 W. 10th from 12-\n1pm. Call 877-6010.\nBiochemistry Seminar\nRetinal Regeneration In Vivo Induced By\nGrowth Factor. Dean M.J. Hollenberg,\nMedicine, UBC. IRC 4 at 3:45pm. Call\n228-2142.\nPediatrics Research\nSeminar Series\nDilatable Pulmonary Artery Band Prostheses; Physical Properties, Fatigue Testing, Ultimate Failure Mode, Factors Of\nSafety, Human Clinical Trials. Dr. Dennis\nVince, Cardiology, Pediatrics, UBC. University Hospital D-308, Shaughnessy Site\nat 12 noon. Call 875-2492.\nUnited Church Campus\nMinistry Lecture\nFree Speech In A Pluralistic Society: What\nIs Hate Literature? Dr. Bryan Teixeira,\nLangara. Sub 205 at 12:30pm. Call 224-\n3722.\nOptics Seminar\nOptics Technologies. Representatives\nFrom The National Optics Institute, Que.\nRecent developments in optics technology. Reservations required. Grad Student Ctr. Ballroom from 9am-5pm. Call\n224-8594.\nAstronomy Seminar\nDoppler Imaging Of Spotted Stars. Dr.\nArtie Hatzes, Astronomy, U. of Texas,\nAustin, TX. Coffee available from 3:30pm.\nGeophysics/Astronomy 260 at 4pm. Call\nH. Richer 228-4134/2267.\nPsychology Colloquium\nReasoning By Model. Dr. Phillip Johnson-\nLaird, Princeton. Kenny 2510 at 4pm.\nCall 228-2755.\nApplied Mathematics Seminar\nProjected Methods For Differential-Algebraic Problems. Dr. Uri Ascher, Computer Science, UBC. Math 229 at 3:45pm.\nCall 228-4584.\nUBC Mixed Chamber Ensembles\nFree admission. Music Recital Hall at\n12:30pm. Call 228-3113.\nTUESDAY,\nOCT. 23 \"I\nPsychiatry Lecture\nThe Psychotherapy Of Divorce. Dr. Judith Gold, Psychiatry, Dalhousie U.\nDetwiller Pavilion 2NAB from 8:30-9:30am.\nCall 228-7325.\nUBC Reports is the faculty and\nstaff newspaper of the University\nof British Columbia. It is published every second Thursday by\nthe UBC Community Relations\nOffice, 6328 Memorial Rd., Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1W5.\nTelephone 228-3131.\nAdvertising inquiries: 228-4775.\nDirector: Margaret Nevin\nManager: Steve Crombie\nContributors: Connie Filktti,\nPaula Martin and Gavin Wilson.\n4\ Please\n\u00E2\u0082\u00AC\u00E2\u0096\u00A0<\u00E2\u0096\u00A0? recycle\nCALENDAR DEADLINES\nFor events in the period Nov. 4 to Nov. 17 notices must be submitted by UBC faculty or staff on proper Calendar forms no later\nthan noon on Wednesday, Oct. 24 to the Community Relations Office, 6328 Memorial Rd., Room 207, Old Administration\nBuilding. For more information call 228-3131. The next edition of UBC Reports wil be published Nov. I. Notices exceeding 35\nwords may be edited.\nSATURDAY, OCT.\n27)\nNeuroscience Discussion Group\nHow To Get Rats Lost In The Morris Water Maze: LTP, Hiprxicampus and Valium!\nDr. Ron Skelton, Psychology, U. Vic.\nAcute Care Unit G-279 at 4pm. Call 228-\n2330.\nHistory Lecture\nThe First World War: Rescuing And Interpreting Evidence Of Personal Experience. Peter Liddle, Keeper\nof the Liddle Collection,\nEdward Boyle Library,\nMain Library, N. Wing 835 at\nLeeds U.\n11:30am\nCall 228-5166.\nBotany Seminar\nEvolution Of Dioecy In Hawaiian Schie-\ndea (Caryophyllaceae). Dr. Stephen G.\nWeiler, Ecology/Evolutionary Biology, U.\nof California, Irvine. Biosciences 2000 at\n12:30pm. Call 228-2133.\nOceanography Seminar\nResidence Time Of Deep Water In The\nBlack Sea. Jim Murray, U. Washington,\nSchool of Oceanography. Biosciences\n1465 at 3:30pm. Call 228-2317.\nMedical Genetics Seminar\nMolecular Genetics Of Leishmania. Dr.\nW. Rob McMaster, Medical Genetics,\nUBC. Coffee available at 8:15am. Hennings (Physics) 202 at 8:30am. Call 228-\n5311.\nDow Lecture.\nUltramicroelectrodes. Dr. Mark Wightman,\nChemistry, U. of N. Carolina. Refreshments served from 12:40pm. Chemistry\nB-250at1pm. Call 228-3266.\nRobert Bateman Autographing\nRobert Bateman will be\nsigning copies of \"Robert\nBateman: An Artist in Nature\" ($60 each). Bookstore from 12 - 1:30pm.\nCall 228-4741.\n! WEDNESDAY, OCT. 24-\nClassics/President's\nLectures Committee\nLecture With Slides. Hephaestus the\nOlympian. Prof. John Grant, Chairman,\nClassics, U. of Toronto. Lasserre 102 at\n12:30pm. Call 228-2889.\nReligious Studies Lecture\nReligious Tolerance, Intolerance and Idolatry. Edward T. Scott, Murrin visiting Prof./\nformer Moderator World Council of\nChurches. Buchanan A-104 at 12:30pm.\nCall 222-2515.\nGermanic Studies Lecture\nDie DDR-Prose Der80er Jahre. Dr. Klaus\nHammer, Humboldt U., Berlin. Buchanan\nPenthouse at 12:30pm. Call 228-6403.\nPhysiology/Zoology\nSeminar Series\nThe Biochemical And Molecular Pathology Of Genetic Disorders Of Cholesteral\nEsterification. Dr. Haydn Pritchard, Pathology, Shaughnessy. IRC Lee. Theatre\n3 at 3:30pm. Call 228-4224.\nNeurosciences\nDiscussion Group\nStimulated Release of Dopamine In The\nCaudate Nucleus And Nucleus Accum-\nbens. Dr. Mark Wightman, Chemistry, U.\nof N. Carolina, Chapel Hill. Kenny Psych\nLounge 2510 at 9am. Call 228-2330.\nEconomics\nDepartmental Seminar\nStatistical Inference Theory For Measures\nOf Complexity In Chaos Theory And Nonlinear Science. William A. Brock, Economics, U. of Wisconsin, Madison. Host\nis Prof. James Nason. Brock Hall 351\nfrom 4-5:30pm. Call 228-2876.\nWednesday Noon-Hour\nConcert Series\nMiranda Wong, piano. Admission $2.\nMusic Recital Hall at 12:30pm. Call 228-\n3113.\n'HUR3DAY. OCT.\nJ\nBliJMWBCihWW t-'ir-K Mi\nAsian Research Centre\nChina/Korea Seminar\n|'W( Rural Nightmare In Mo\nYan's1980's Fiction. Prof.\nMichael Duke, Asian Studies, UBC. Paper available\nprior to seminar from Asian\nStudies. Asian Centre 604\nat 3:30pm. Call 228-3881.\n%:\nrWi\nPlanning Lecture Series\nGuest Lecture. A Reporter's View Of Civic\nPolitics. Jamie Lamb, columnist, The\nVancouver Sun. Lasserre 105 at 12:30pm.\nCall 228-3276.\nReligious Studies Public Lecture\nThe UN Declaration on the Elimination of\nAll Forms of Intolerance Based on Religion or Belief: Its Potential for a Multicultural Society. Professor David Morrison, Religious Studies, University of P.E.I. Buchanan A-202 at 12:30pm. Call 228-2515.\nHistory Lecture\nRediscovering America: John Locke And\nDispossession Of Indian Peoples. James\nTully, Philosophy/Political Science, McGill\nU., Buchanan A-106 at 12:30pm. Call\n228-5166.\nHistory Seminar\nPufendorf: The First Modern Political Philosopher. James Tully, Philosophy/Political Science, McGill U., Buchanan Tower\nLounge 1299 at 4pm. Call 228-5166.\n1990 Fall Colloquium Series\nModal Attributes. Dick Robinson/Mark\nDickson, Philosophy. Buchanan D-336 at\n12:30pm. Call 228-3292.\nDal Grauer Memorial Lectures\nCasualty, Chaos, Explanation and Prediction In Economics and Finance. William A. Brock, Economics, U. Wisconsin,\nMadison. Host: Prof. Erwin Diewert.\nBuchanan A-100 at 12:30pm. Call 228-\n2876.\nDal Grauer Memorial Lectures\nIs The Stock Market Characterized By\nDeterministic Chaos? William A. Brock,\nEconomics, U. Wisconsin, Madison.\nHennings 201 at 4pm. Call 228-6709.\nCo-op Education\nInformation Meeting\nInternational Association For The Exchange Of Students For Technical Experience. For students of Engineering/Sci-\nences/related fields interested in working\noverseas with IAESTE. Woodward IRC 6\nfrom 12:30-1:30pm. Call 228-6271.\nVancouver Writer's\nFestival Reading\nReading From New Novel \"Wildlife\".\nRichard Ford, American Author. Tix available Bookstore/Door. Admission $7; $5\nstudents. Freddy Wood Theatre at\n12:30pm. Call 228-2514 or Writers' Festival.\nForestry Seminar\nImplications Of Sustainable Development\nIn Forest Sector. Prof. Les Reed, Forest\nResources Mgmt., Forestry. Admission\nfree. MacMillan 166 from 12:30-1:30pm.\nCall 228-2507.\nGeological Sciences Visiting\nSpeakers Seminar\nThe Pinchi Lake Hg Belt: Upper Levels Of\nA Motherload-Type System. Dr. George\nAlbino, Corona Corporation. G.L.S.C. 330-\nAfrom 12:30pm-1:30pm. Call 228-4525.\nPharmacology Seminar\nRelease Of Noradrenaline By A Tropane\nAlkaloid. Dr. Vladimir Palaty, Anatomy,\nFac. Medicine. Friedman (Anatomy) Hall\nB from 11:30-12:30pm. Call 228-2575.\nUBC Jazz Ensembles\nFree admission. Music Recital Hall at\n12:30pm. Call 228-3113.\nTHE VANCOUVER\nINSTITUTE\nButterflies And Business\nCycles: Is Economic Turbulence Like Nature's Turbulence? Prof. William A.\nBrock, Economics, U. of\nWisconsin, Madison, Dal\nGrauer Memorial Lecture. IRC #2 at\n8:15pm. Call 228-5675.\n25th Anniversary of\nUBC Creative Writing\nWords We Call Home. Various writers. A\nLiterary reading, book launch, benefit and\nparty. Tix $10. Proceeds go to the Earle\nBirney Scholarship Fund. Granville Island Rm, 1502 Duranleau St. at 8pm. Call\nVer International Writers Festival 681-\n8400.\nBand Festival Program\nPacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble. David\nBranter, director. Free admission. Old\nAuditorium at 12:30pm. Call 228-3113.\nBand Festival Program\nUBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Martin\nBerinbaum,director. Freeadmission. Old\nAuditorium at 7:30pm. Call 228-3113.\nl-FSiDAY.; OCfJO I SUNDAY, OCT. 28 ]\nHH.HBEUlMMaiMHM\u00E2\u0080\u00941 IIHWMWiHtiWtWWaiglW\u00E2\u0080\u0094M\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094Ji\nPediatrics Grand Rounds\nThe Adolescent Employment Readiness Centre.\nDr. Patience White, M.D.,\nChairman, Rheumatology,\nAssoc. Prof. Paed. Medicine, Director Adolescent\nEmploymentCtre., Washington, D.C. G.F.\nStrong Rehab. Ctre., Auditorium, 26th and\nLaurel St. at 9am. Call 875-2118.\nEconomics\nDepartmental Seminar\nA Young Person's Guide To The Economics Profession. Daniel Hamermesh,\nMichigan State U. Host: Prof. W. Craig\nRiddell. Buchanan Tower 910 at 12:15pm.\nCall 228-2876.\nEconomics\nDepartmental Seminar\njrtnmaaninE The Dynamics Of Labour\n1%'^hK Demand. Daniel Hamer-\nit&^N mesh, Michigan State U.\n3|j|pi^ Host: Prof. W. Craig Rid-\ndell. Brock Hall 351 from\n4-5:30pm. Call 228-2876.\nFisheries and Aquatic Sciences\nSeminar Series\nDesign Of A Very Large Experiment For\nThe Assessment Of Effects Of Fishing On\nThe Great Barrier Reef. Carl Walters,\nUBC. Biosciences 2361 at 3:30pm. Call\n228-2731.\nChemical Engineering\nWeekly Seminar\nElectrochemically Mediated Oxygen\nBleaching Of Pulp With Ferri/Ferrocya-\nnide Redox Couple. Y-S. Perng, Grad.\nStudent. Chem. Eng. 206 at 3:30pm. Call\n228-3238.\nPhysics Colloquium\nIs The Stock Market Characterized By Deterministic\nChaos? Wm. A. Brock,\nW.F. Vilas Research Professor of Economics, U. of\nWisconsin, Madison.\nHennings 201 at 4pm. Call\n228-3853.\nUBC Stage Band\nFree admission. Music Recital Hall at\n12:30pm. Call 228-3113.\nBand Festival Program\nHigh School Honour Band. Martin Berinbaum, director. Free admission. Old\nAuditorium at 1:30pm. Call 228-3113.\nMONDAY, OCT. 29 \\nB.C. Cancer\nFoundation Seminar\nExploratory And Speculative Data Analysis Of Secondary Tumor Formation. Dr.\nJim Thompson, Statistics, Rice U., Houston, Texas. B.C.C.R.C. Lecture Theatre,\n601 W. 10th from 12-1pm. Call 877-6010.\nThe Gairdner Found/Biotech\nLab/Biochemistry Seminar\nDiscussion Groups. Molecular Genetics\nOf Cystic Fibrosis. Dr. Lap-Chee Tsui,\nResearch Inst., Genetics, Hosp. Sick Children, Toronto. IRC #4 at 3:45pm. Call\n228-4838.\nPediatrics Research\nSeminar Series\nPurification Of Rubella Virus Structural\nProteins And Their Use In Immuno-As-\nsays. Mr. Chris Mauracher, Immunology,\nPediatrics. University Hospital, Shaughnessy Site D-308 at 12 noon. Call 875-\n2492.\nAstronomy Seminar\nPopulation II Field Stars. Dr. Sean Ryan,\nU. of Victoria. Coffee available from\n3:30pm. Geophysics/Astronomy 260 at\n4pm. Call 228-4134/2267.\nUnited Church Campus\nMinistry Lecture\nCaring For Persons With AIDS: Beyond\nCompassion. Rev. Neil Gray, Chaplain,\nSt. Paul's Hosp. Sub 205 at 12:30pm.\nCall 224-3722.\nMECH 598 Seminar\nSome Recent Research In Control And\nAutomation. Prof. Clarence de Silva,\nMechanical Engineering. CEME 1202\nfrom 3:30-4:30pm. Call 228-6200.\nAsian Studies Public\nLecture/Seminar\nChu Hsi And Quiet-Sitting: Meditation As\nPart Of The Way. Dr. Rodney Taylor,\nReligious Studies and Assoc. Dean,\nGraduate School, U. of Colorado, Boul- UBC REPORTS October 18.1990\nOctober 21 -\nNovember 3\nder. Copies now available in Asian Centre\n403. Asian Centre 604 from 3:30-5pm.\nCall 228-5728.\nHistory Lecture\nThe Protestant Enlightenment Of The Eighteenth\nCentury. Prof. Meindert\nEvers, History, U. of\nNimwegen, Netherlands.\nBuchanan A-104 at\n12:30pm. Call 228-5166.\nUBC Chamber Wind Ensembles\nFree admission. Music Recital Hall at\n12:30pm. Call 228-3113.\nTUESDAY, OCT.30~)\n1 Botany Seminar\nStructure-Function Relationships Of The\nMembrane-Bound Cytochromes Of Oxygenic Photosynthesis. Dr. William A. Cramer, Biosciences 2000 at 12:30pm. Call\n228-2133.\nLecture In Modern Chemistry\n' The Self Assembly Of Molecules On Zeolite Surfaces. Prof. Galen D. Stucky,\nChemistry, U. of California, Santa Barbara. Refreshments served from 12:40pm.\nChemistry B-250 at 1pm. Call 228-3266.\nMedical Genetics Seminar\nASHG Meeting Highlights.\nVarious Speakers. Coffee\navailable at 8:15am. Hennings (Phys) 202 at\n8:30am. Call 228-5311.\nWEDNESDAY, OCT.\nHI\nWomen and Development Study\nGroup Lecture\nSurvivors Of Sexual Abuse:\nCross-Cultural Perspectives. Ms. Dara Culbane,\nPh.D Candidate/Sessional\nLecturer, SFU. Geography\n223 from 12:30-1:30pm.\nCall 228-5875.\nEcology/Resource Seminars\nFighting Failure: Response Of Female\nWillow Ptarmigan To Nest Predation.\nKathy Martin, U. of Toronto, Scarborough.\nBiosciences 2449 at 4:30pm. Call 228-\n2731.\nZoology/Oceanography/Crypto-\nzoology Club Seminar\nDragons: Disproof Of The Nul Hypothesis. Dr. Cas Lindsey. Biosciences 2000\nat 12:30pm. Call 228-6973.\nGeophysics Seminar\nGeothermics In The\nHundred Years Before\n1939. Alan M. Jessop,\nInst. Sedimentary/Petroleum Geology, Geological\nSurvey of Canada. Coffee\navailable from 3:45pm. Geophysics/Astronomy 260 at 4pm. Call T. Ulrych 228-\n3100/2267.\nGeography Colloquium\nThe Challenge Of Sustainable Development. Dean Pat Marchak/Panel, Arts,\nUBC. Geog 100 at 3:30pm. Call 228-\n3268.\nApplied Mathematics Seminar\nElliptic Boundary Value Problems With\nSingular Domain Perturbation. Dr. H.\nWeinitschke, Inst. Applied Mathematics,\nU. Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlange, W. Germany. Math 229 at 3:45pm. Call 228-\n4584.\nWednesday Noon-Hour\nConcert Series\n1990 Eckhardt-Gramatte Music Competition Winner. Jane Leibel, soprano with\nRachel Andrist, piano. Admission $2.\nMusic Recital Hall at 12:30pm. Call 228-\n3113.\nTHURSDAY, NOV. 11\nliiiwiiiiiwiiiimin iiiiimu\u00E2\u0080\u0094iiiiiii\u00E2\u0080\u0094 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0iiiiiiiiip i 11 mu iiti\nForestry Seminar\nAustralian Rain Forest Trees, Their Eco-\nphysiology And Implications For Forest\nManagement. Dr. William Thompson,\nResearch Assoc. Forest Sciences, UBC.\nMacMillan 166 from 12:30-1:30pm. Call\n228-2507.\nGeological Sciences Visiting\nSpeakers Seminar\nA New Look At The Structure Of The\nQueen Charlotte/Adjacent Continental\nMargin. Henry Lyatsky, Geological Sciences, UBC. G.LS.C. 330-Afrom 12:30-\n1:30pm. Call 228-4525.\nPhilosophy 1990 Fall\nColloquium Series\nLife During Life? The Survival Of Persons. Warren Bougeois, Kwantlen College. Buchanan D-336 at 12:30pm. Call\n228-3292.\nWomen Students' Lecture\nProcrastination. Ray Edney. Free admission. Brock Hall D-204 from 12:30-\n2:20pm. Call 228-2415.\nFaculty of Medicine\nDistinguished Faculty Lecturer\nAcidic Amino Acids - From Pharmacological Curiosities To Excitatory Synaptic\nTransmitters. Dr. Hugh McLennan, Physiology. U. Hospital/UBC G-279 at 12 noon.\nCall 228-4305.\nPharmacology Seminar\nMechanisims Of Anaesthesia I. Dr. Hos-\nsam El-Beheiry, Pharmacology/Therapeutics, Medicine, UBC. Friedman (Anatomy)\nLH B from 11:30am-12:30pm. Call 228-\n2575.\nPresident's Advisory Committee\nOn Lectures/lnst. of Asian Re-\nsearch/Dept.\nSeminar\nAsian Studies\nThe Stone Of Fiction And\nThe Fiction Of Stone: Re-\nflexivity And Religious\nSymbolism In The Hung.-\nLou Menq. Dr. Anthony C.\nYu, Carl Darling Prof.\nHumanities/Divinity School/East Languages/Civilizations, U. of Chicago. Asian\nCentre 604 from 3:30-5pm. Call 228-\n5728.\nPhysics Colloquium\nSpider Silk. John Gosline, Zoology, UBC.\nHennings 201 at 4pm. Call 228-3853.\nTAG Fall 1990 Seminars\nThe 35 MM Photographic Slide. Don Stevens, Education Media Ctre. Ed. Media\nCentre, Scarfe 1310 from 3:45-5pm. Call\n222-5249.\nFRIDAY, NOV.\nThe President's Advisory\nCommittee on Lectures\nChinese Dreams: A Literary Analysis. Dr.\nAnthony C. Yu, Humanities/Divinity\nSchool/East Asian Languages/Civilizations, U. of Chicago. Buchanan A-205\nfrom 12:30-1:30pm. Call 228-5728.\nFisheries/Aquatic Science\nSeminar Series\nPredator-Prey Spatial Relationships In\nDynamic Physical Systems: Examples\nFrom The Northwest Atlantic. George\nRose, Fisheries & Oceans, St. John's.\nBiosciences 2361 at 3:30pm. Call 228-\n2731.\nEconomics\nDepartmental Seminar\nEconomics/Dynamic Programming. Peter Streufert, Wisconsin. Host is Prof.\nHarry J. Paarsch. Brock Hall 351 from 4-\n5:30pm. Call 228-2876.\nChemical Engineering\nWeekly Seminar\nStudies Of Particulate Fouling In Compact Heat Exchangers. Dr. Guohong\nZhang, Postdoctoral Research Fellow.\nChem. Eng. 206 at 3:30pm. Call 228-\n3238.\nUniversity Chamber Singers\nTwo Concerts: Cortland Hultberg, director. Free Admission. Music Recital Hall at\n12:30pm and again at 8pm. Call 228-\n3113.\nSATURDAY, NOV. 3~|\nTHE VANCOUVER\nINSTITUTE\nInformation Technology In\nThe Global Economy. Dr.\nWilliam J. Raduchel, Chief\nFinancial Officer, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mt. View,\nCA. IRC #2 at 8:15pm.\nCall 228-5675.\nNOTICES\nAwards And Financial Aid\nRhodes Scholarship (1991) application\nforms for Oxford are now available in the\nUBC Awards Office. Awards Office, General Services/Administration 101 or call\n228-5111.\nExecutive Programmes\nExecutive Programmes one/two-day business seminars. Oct. 22-23, Manufacturing Strategies, $875. Nov. 1 -2, Marketing\nManagement, $550; Industrial Bar Coding, $875. Call 224-8400.\nUBC Speakers Bureau\nWould your group like to\nknow more about\".... the\nFirst Nations House of\nLearning or the History of\nLogging (with slides)\"?\nMore than 500 topics to\nchoose from; most speakers available free\nof charge. Call 228-6167, Mon., Wed.,\nFri., 8:30am-noon.\nOur Chiefs And Elders\nPortraits of BC Native leaders, chiefs, chief counsellors and elders by Kwaguitl\nphotographer David Neel.\nContinues at the Museum\nof Anthropology. Call 228-\n5087.\nAsian Centre Art Exhibits\nUntil Oct. 30: Exhibit of historical Buddhist\nicons painted on seasoned wood by\nKojima Tadashi. Asian Centre Auditorium, 11am-5pm daily. Call 228-2746.\nSports Medicine Study\nVolunteers, female, age 18-35 needed to\nparticipate in study on Exercise and the\nMenstrual Cycle. Allan McGavin Sports\nMed. Centre, John Owen Pavilion, UBC.\nCall Dr. Connie Lebrun 228-4045 or 980-\n6355.\nBadminton Club For\nFaculty/Staff\nThursdays from 8:30-\n10:30pm and Fridays from\n6:30-8:30pm in Gym A of\nthe Robert Osborne\nCentre. Cost is $15 plus\nlibrary card. Call Bernard\n228-6209 or 731-9966.\nFitness Appraisal\nPhysical Education and Recreation\nthrough the John M. Buchanan Fitness\nand Research Centre, administers a physical fitness assessment program. Students\n$25, others $30. Call 228-4356.\nAgricurl\nLate afternoon curling starts Oct. 16. New\nplus experienced curlers welcome. Thunderbird, Tuesday evenings, 5:15 or\n7:15pm. Call Alex Finlayson at 738-7698\nor Paul Willing at 228-5468.\nEnglish Language\nInstitute Courses\nEvening ESL Courses.\nStart Oct. 1 or 2 and run\n7 fiidtfifk twice a week for 8 weeks.\n- \"-\u00E2\u0084\u00A2 Choose from Conversation\nSkills; Speech: Fluency\nand Pronunciation; Writing\nand Grammar, and TOEFL Preparation.\nCall 222-5208.\nOct. and Nov. Tues. and Thurs. evenings\n7-9pm. Professional Development Series\nfor Practicing Language Teachers. 7\nworkshops range from Improvisation in\nthe ESL Classroom to Current Events and\nthe ESL Class. Call 222-5208.\nCentre for Continuing\nEducation Evening Courses\nFaculty of Forestry Lecture: Our Forests:\nA Citizen's Course In Current Issues From\nthe Forest Industry, Labor, Recreation And\nEnvironmental Groups. Fee $39. Wed\nevenings, to Nov. 14, from 7:30-9:30pm.\nH.R. MacMillan 116. Call 222-5328.\nSocial Sciences Lecture\nAn Introduction to Persian Literature. Monir\nTaha, U. of Tehran; author and poet.\nTuesdays, Oct. 2-Dec. 4, 8:30-10pm.\nFee:$95, students $45. IRCG65/66. Call\n222-5238.\nReligious Studies 75th\nAnniversary Lectures\nReligious Tolerance And Intolerance In\nA Multicultural Society. Different Speakers. Oct. 24-26, 9am-5pm. Buchanan\nPenthouse. Call 228-2515.\nIntroductory Language Course\nIntroductory Persian: Reading, Writing &\nConversation. Tuesdays, Oct 2-Dec 4\nfrom 6:30-8pm. Fee $95, Students $45.\nIRC G65/66. Call 222-5238.\nRed Tape Lecture\n!HIWB>1 breaking Through Red\nMpp**\ I Tape: Bureaucracy Un-\nVj->. J Ji! bound, Barry Growe,\n-'jf^tM I Amherst Coll., Harvard U.\nujffin 1 Fee $48. Thursdays, Oct\nimhhihm 4 25 from 7.30.9.3Clpm\nB225 Buchanan Building. Call 222-5238.\nII!\nMemory and Memory\nStrategies Study\nVolunteers wanted, aged 60-plus, to participate in a memory investigation that\nexplores memory strategies and their ability to boost memory performance. Call\nKaren at 228-2140.\nDermatology Study\nFor Alopecia Areata\u00E2\u0080\u0094scalp area. Volunteers 18-65, good health, greater than 50%\nhair loss for more than 1 year. Able to\nattend weekly visits for 1 year. Call Dr.\nShapiro at 463-6111.\nDaily Rhythms Study\nVolunteers needed to keep a daily journal\n(average 5 min. daily) for 4 months, noting\npatterns in physical/social experiences.\nCall Jessica McFarlane at 228-5121.\nDiabetic Clinical Study\nVolunteers required. Patients with diabetes who have painful neuropathy affecting\nthe legs needed for 14-week trial of an investigational new drug. Call Dr. Donald\nStudney, Dept. of Medicine, University\nHospital, UBC Site at 228-7142.\nStudy For Acne Vulgaris\nVolunteers aged 14-35 years needed.\nMust be able to attend 4 visits over a 12\nweek period. Honorarium will be paid for\nparticipation. Call Dermatology at 874-\n8138.\nSleep Disorders Study\nVolunteers 18-45 years suffering from\nChronic Insomnia needed for a study on\nsleep-promoting medication (hypnotics).\nMust be available to sleep overnight at a\nlab for five nights. Call Carmen Ramirez\nat 228-7927.\nHypertension in\nPregnancy Study\nPregnant women, concerned about their\nblood pressure, are invited to participate.\nThe study compares relaxation training\nwith standard medical treatment (own physician). Call Dr. Wolfgang Linden at 228-\n4156.\nPost Polio Study\nPersons with polio needed for functional\nassessment and possible training programs. Elizabeth Dean, Ph.D., School of\nRehabilitation Medicine. Call 228-7392.\nMultiple Sclerosis Study\nPersons with mild to moderately severe\nMS needed for study on exercise responses. Elizabeth Dean, Ph.D., School\nof Rehab. Medicine. Call 228-7392.\nBack Pain Research\nVolunteers needed for magnetic resonance imaging of healthy spines. Call\nJune, MRI Unit, 8am-4pm, Monday-Thursday at 228-7720.\nSurplus Equipment\nRecycling Facility\nAll surplus items. Every Wednesday, 12-\n3pm. Task Force Bldg., 2352 Health Sciences Mall. Call 228-2813.\nSexual Harassment Office\nTwo advisors are available to discuss\nquestions and concerns on the subject.\nThey are prepared to help any member of\nthe UBC community who is being sexually\nharassed to find a satisfactory resolution.\nCall Margaretha Hoek or Jon Shapiro at\n228-6353.\nVolunteering\nTo find an interesting and challenging volunteer job, get in touch with Volunteer\nConnections, Student Counselling and\nResources Centre, Brock 200. Call 228-\n3811.\nNarcotics Anonymous Meetings\nEvery Tuesday (including holidays) from\n12:30-2pm, University Hospital, UBC Site,\nRoom 311 (through Lab Medicine from\nMain Entrance). Call 873-1018 (24-hour\nHelp Line).\nNeville Scarfe Children's Garden\nLocated west of the Education Building.\nFreeadmission. Open year round. Families interested in planting, weeding or\nwatering the garden, call Gary Pennington at 228-6386 or Jo-Anne Naslund at\n434-1081.\nBotanical Garden\nOpen every day from 10am-3pm until Mar.\n15/91. Freeadmission. Call 228-3928.\nNitobe Garden\nOpen Monday to Friday, 10am-3pm until\nMar. 15/91. Freeadmission. Call 228-\n3928.\nAdvertise in\nUBC Reports\nDeadline for Nov. 1\nissue is 4 p.m. Oct.22\nFor information,\nphone 228-3131\nTo place an ad,\nphone 228-4775 UBC REPORTS October 18.1990\nNew system studied for treating SAD\nBy CONNIE FILLETTI\nUBC's Seasonal Mood Clinic will participate in a multi-centre study of a new artificial\nlight dosage system for the treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).\nA light visor which provides artificial\nbright light (or light therapy) approximating\nearly morning natural light while filtering\nout ultraviolet rays, will undergo clinical trials\nbeginning Nov. 1.\nPsychiatrist Dr. Raymond Lam, Director\nofthe Seasonal Mood Clinic, described SAD\nas a mood disorder characterized by recurrent winter depressive episodes and summer\nremissions. Researchers believe that SAD\nmay be triggered by a person's inability to\nresynchronize their biological clock after it's\nbeen disrupted by changes in the season.\nSince being identified by researchers at\nWash., D.C.'s National Institute of Mental\nHealth in 1981 as a depressive syndrome,\nSAD has been responsive to daily treatment\nwith light therapy. Until now. most studies\nhave involved the use of light boxes to induce\nthe necessary antidepressant effect in patients.\n\"We have achieved excellent results with\nlight therapy in our clinic.\" said Dr. Lam.\n\"However, light boxes are cumbersome and\nexpensive. It is also difficult to measure exactly how much light patients are receiving\nbecause they are required to sit still in front of\nthe device for a minimum of two hours a day.\nPeople fidget, which may impinge on the effectiveness of the system on their treatment.\"\nThe battery-operated visor is approximately\nhalf the cost of the light box, weighs eight\nounces and is headmounted above eye level\nallowing the user complete mobility during\ntreatment.\nIt also only requires 30 minutes of use on\naverage per day. The visor was developed by\nan American firm specializing in the research\nand development of light therapy systems.\nAlthough Dr. Lam estimates that about 70\nper cent of the population experiences some\nseasonal mood changes, SAD sufferers exhibit\nextreme symptoms of winter depression. They\nare chronically fatigued, sleep more, lack interest in their usual activities, crave carbohydrates, gain weight and feel alienated.\n\"About five per cent of a northern population like Canada experiences SAD,\" said Dr.\nLam.\n\"The sustained duration of the symptoms\nand their negative effect on a person's ability\nto function differentiates SAD from the winter\ndoldrums which the majority of people develop as the days grow shorter.\"\nThe Seasonal Mood Clinic, located at the\nUBC site of University Hospital, is the first of\nits kind in Canada and now in its third year of\noperation.\nAnyone interested in more information\nabout the clinic, or about participating in\nNovember's light therapy studies using the\nlight visor, call 228-7325.\nAn economical and portable battery operated light visor may offer new help to\npeople plagued by winter depression.\nThe following table was incomplete\nin the UBC Budget 1990/91 published\nin September.\nGENERAL PURPOSE OPERATING FUND\n1990/91 BUDGET\nAnnual-\nization\nFinal\nFiscal\n& Budget\nAnnualized\nBudget\nFiscal\nAnnualized\nBudget\nRevisions\nBudget\nChanges\nBudget\nBudget\n1989/90\n1989/90\n1989/90\n1990/91\n1990/91\n1990/91\nINCOME (thousands)\nProvincial Grants\n219,131\n(1)\n219,130\n17,712\n236,842\n236,916\nCredit Course Fees\n41,997\n619\n42,616\n2,484\n45,100\n45,216\nNon-credit Course Fees\n11,567\n102\n11,669\n652\n12,321\n12,321\nMiscellaneous Fees\n726\n14\n740\n263\n1,003\n1,003\nInterest Income\n4,640\n(800)\n3,840\n590\n4,430\n4,150\nOther Income\nTotal Income\nEXPENDITURES (thousanc\n845\n0\n845\n155\n1,000\n1,000\n278,906\n(66)\n278,840\n21,856\n300,696\n300,606\nis)\nSalaries\n206,617\n3,629\n210,246\n17,172\n227,418\n230,189\nBenefits\n25,615\n763\n26,378\n1,300\n27,678\n27,870\nSubtotal\n232,232\n4,392\n236,624\n18,472\n255,096\n258,059\nUtilities\n6,859\n(173)\n6,686\n238\n6,924\n6,924\nLibrary Acquisitions\n5,711\n(143)\n5,568\n307\n5,875\n5,875\nStudent Aid\n5,378\n(275)\n5,103\n936\n6,039\n6,303\nOther non-salary\n35,217\n(3,409)\n31,808\n4,584\n36,392\n34,543\nCost Recoveries\n(6,491)\n480\n(6,011)\n(1,027)\n(7,038)\n(6,908)\nEst. Underspending\nTotal Expenditures\nExcess of expenditures over\nLess: Pre-committments ags\nRecurring excess of expend\n(2,592)\n278,906\n872\n279,778\n23,510\n300,696\n304,796\nincome\nlinst 1991/92 Access Funds\ntures over income -1991/92\n(0)\n4,190\n3,000\n(1,190)\nScholars to\nstudy religious\ntolerance\nScholars from around the globe will\nexamine the roots of religious tolerance and intolerance during a symposium sponsored by the Department of\nReligious Studies, Oct. 24-26 at UBC.\n\"We are bringing people with expertise together in order to look at a\nvery serious issue, not only in Canada,\nbut increasingly, around the world,\"\nsaid symposium organizer Hanna Kassis, who teaches Islamic Studies in the\nReligious Studies Department.\nKassis pointed to the debate over\nwhether Sikhs, for example, are allowed to bring kirpans, or ceremonial\nknives, into courtrooms.\n\"People are dealing with specific\nevents, but not looking in depth at the\nfactors that make people stand apart\nfrom one another,\" he said.\nScholars will examine the different\nways in which religious groups have\nbeen treated in society, ranging from\nindifference to persecution.\nThe symposium, Religious Tolerance and Intolerance in a Multicultural\nSociety, will be held at the Buchanan\nPenthouse and the public is invited.\nCommittee on\nlearning disabilities\nis established\nThe President's Office has established an Ad Hoc Committee on Specific Learning Disabilities.\n\"We want to identify ways in which\nthe university can assist faculties in\nresponding effectively to the needs of\nstudents with specific learning disabilities,\" said committee chair Daniel\nBirch, Vice-President, Academic.\nThe committee is exploring several\navenues to make it easier for UBC\nstudents who have learning disabilities\nto get help, and easier for faculty who\nare asked for assistance to give it.\n\"One of our major concerns is that\na faculty office, faced with a claim\nabout a particular learning disability,\nmay have no idea about how to find\nout if it is a legitimate claim and no\nidea about what kind of accommodations may be made for the student,\"\nBirch said.\nThe committee will eventually\nmake recommendations to the university and Birch said he would welcome\nany comments and suggestions from\nthe campus community on the issue. UBC REPORTS October 18,1990 7\nPeople\nDixon named president of international group\nGlen Dixon, Associate Professor in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts in Education and Director of the Child Study Centre,\nhas been elected President of the Association\nfor Childhood Education International (ACEI).\nThe association is the oldest professional\nassociation in the field of early childhood and\nelementary education. Based in Washington,\nD.C, it has 18,000 members throughout the\nworld.\nDixon has served in many roles with the\nACEI, sponsoring the 1984 international conference held at UBC and holding the position\nof vice-president for the past four years.\nThe first Canadian-bom president of ACEI,\nDixon will preside over the association's 100th\nanniversary celebrations in 1992.\nLuciana Duranti, a professor in the School\nof Library, Archival and Information Studies,\nhas received the W. Kaye Lamb Prize for 1989.\nThe prize is awarded annually to the author\nof an article appearing in Archivaria, the journal\nofthe Association of Canadian Archivists, which\nadvances archival thinking and scholarship in\nCanada.\nDuranti, who teaches archival studies, concentrates her research in the area of records management and diplomatics.\nDr. George Beagrie, Dean Emeritus of UBC's\nFaculty of Dentistry, has been made an honorary\nmember of the American Dental Association\n(ADA).\nThe honor is conferred by the ADA on individuals who have made outstanding contributions\nto the advancement of the art and science of dentistry.\nDuring his early career in Scotland, Dr. Beagrie developed new methods of pre-clinical teaching related to peridontology and restorative dentistry. Dr. Beagrie recently introduced a new approach using computer simulated teaching techniques and performance logic \u00E2\u0080\u0094 a method now\nused worldwide.\nHis research interests\ninclude the reaction of oral\ntissues to clinical procedures and clinical research\nin management of periodontal diseases.\nDr. Beagrie served as\nUBC's Dean of Dentistry\nbetween 1978 and 1988. He\t\nwas made an honorary Beagrie\nmember of the ADA during an awards luncheon held in Boston, Oct.\n14.\nPatrick Dennis, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and a Fellow in the Evolutionary Biology program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, has been honored\nby the Alexander von Humboldt-Siftung Foundation ofthe Federal Republic of Germany.\nDennis is the recipient of the 1990 Alexander\nvon Humboldt Research Award which fosters\nscientific cooperation between Canada and\nthe Federal Republic of Germany.\nThe award allows Professor Dennis to\ncarry out collaborative research in molecular\nand genomic evolution with colleagues at the\nMax Planck Institute for Biochemistry in\nMunich, over a six month period.\nKeith Brimacombe, Metals and Materials Engineering, was awarded the Meritorious Achievement Award by the Association\nof Professional Engineers and Geoscientists\nof B.C. at its annual meeting in Kamloops.\nThe award is presented to association\nmembers for outstanding achievements in professional or technical fields.\nBrimacombe, director of UBC's Centre\nfor Metallurgical Process Engineering, has\ndistinguished himself as an educator and as a\nfacilitator in technology transfer. 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Write us for full information.\nBox 46136 Station G, Vancouver,\nB.C., V6R 4G5\nNew traffic lights sought\nto help colorblind drivers\nBy PAULA MARTIN\nGreen means \"go\" for most drivers\nat traffic signals, unless they are colorblind.\n\"Colorblind drivers themselves find\nthat they have a lot of problems and\ntend to be anxious while driving,\" says\nUBC Psychology Professor Ron\nLakowski, a world expert on color vision.\nLakowski is studying the problems\nfacing those who are colorblind in an\nattempt to design traffic signals that\nwill be easier for them to see.\nPeople who are colorblind, or color\ndeficient, suffer from an absence of or\ndefect in the perception of colors,\nmostly red, green and blue \u00E2\u0080\u0094 and they\ntend to confuse the colors.\nIt is a problem that some people are\nborn with, and which develops in others as a result of disease or aging, says\nLakowski, adding that he was bom\nwith a minor congenital impairment.\n\"From my own experience, I know\nthat if I come to a traffic signal and it's\na good day, no problem,\" he says.\n\"But, for example, if the sun is shining\nbrightly on the lights, I can't tell\nwhether 1 should go or not. I have to\nlook at what other people are doing in\nthe intersection.\"\nStatistics show that up to nine per\ncent of men are born colorblind and an\nadditional 15 per cent of men and\nwomen acquire it through disease or\nPhoto by Media Services\nPsychology Professor Ron Lakoswki with some ofthe equipment he uses\nin studying the problems that face drivers who are colorblind.\nVisual Laboratories for vision testing.\n\"They'll certainly get a better sense\naging.\nMany people who acquire color\nvision losses as they age aren't even\naware of it, Lakowski adds.\nVolunteers are needed to participate in his study, including people between the ages of 30 and 70 who have\nno color vision problems.\nThe study also requires people who\nknow they have color vision deficiencies.\nThey will be asked to spend two\nhours at the Psychology Department's\nof what their vision difficulties are,\"\nsays Lakowski. who is collaborating\nwith UBC's Civil Engineering and\nOphthalmology departments in the\nresearch project, which was commissioned and funded by the provincial\nMinistry of Transportation and Highways.\nFor more information or to volunteer, call Dr. Lakowski at 228-6220 or\n228-6598.\nThe Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of UBC\nCreative Writing\nWORDS WE CALL HOME\nA literary evening with Roo Borson, Robert Bringhurst, Daryl Duke, Gary\nGeddes, Genni Gunn, Jack Hodgins, Debbie Howlett, Surjeet Kalsey,\nDaphne Marlatt, Daniel David Moses, Morris Panych and Fred Wah.\nVANCOUVER\nNTER NATIONAL\nSaturday, October 27, 8 p.m., Granville Island Room\n1502 Duranleau St., Granville Island\nTickets $10\nWRITERS\nFESTIVAL UBCREPORTS October 18.1990\nii'ff'iifiiSI\nmm\n'l!IINlM*liffl\u00C2\u00AB!*\u00C2\u00ABl;;\nScience Council of B.C.\nDolphin, Unruh awarded gold medals\nBy GAVIN WILSON\nTwo UBC faculty members have\nbeen awarded B.C. Science and\nEngineering Gold Medals by\nthe Science Council of B.C.\nDavid Dolphin, Chemistry,\nand William Unruh, Physics, will be recognized for their achievements at an awards\ndinner on October 23.\nThe awards were established in 1980 by\nthe Science Council to increase awareness of\nthe high quality of work being done by B.C. 's\nscientists, engineers and innovators.\nDolphin was named winner of the 1990\nGold Medal in Health Sciences for his research into innovative, cancer-combatting\ndrugs as well as for his work towards the\ndevelopment of a strong biotechnology industry in B.C.\nThe former Acting Dean of Science now\ndivides his time equally between chemistry\nresearch at UBC and his position as Vice-\nPresident of Technology Development at\nQuadra Logic Technologies, a Vancouver\nbiotechnology company.\nDolphin is an expert in the chemistry of\nporphyrins, naturally occurring light-sensitive substances.\nIn what is known as photodynamic therapy, cancer patients are given an injection of\nPhotofrin, a light sensitive, porphyrin-based\ndrug undergoing clinical trials at Quadra\nLogic.\nThe drug quickly accumulates in diseased\ntissues such as tumors. Activated by the light\nof a low-power laser, Photofrin acts to convert oxygen in the treated area into a toxic,\nDavid Dolphin\ntumor-killing substance that destroys the\ncancerous tissue without damaging nearby\nhealthy tissue.\nOther light-sensitive drugs developed by\nDolphin can be used to cleanse donated blood\nof potentially harmful viruses, such as the\nAIDS-causing HIV. When exposed to light,\nthe viruses in treated samples die without\ndamage to the blood itself.\nDolphin is also involved in the development of anew biotechnological pulping process using porphyrins. Wood to be converted\nto pulp can be degraded in an efficient, environmentally safe manner using the light sensitive chemicals.\nUnruh was named winner of the 1990\nGold Medal in the Natural Sciences for his\nwork on gravity and theoretical cosmology,\nthe study of the origin and evolution of the\nuniverse.\nWilliam Unruh\nUnruh joined UBC's Physics Department\nin 1976. As well as being a professor in that\ndepartment, he is now Director of the Cosmology Program of the Canadian Institute\nfor Advanced Research (CIAR).\nThe CIAR, a private, non-profit organization, has created a series of Canadian-based\ninternational research networks to foster creative interdisciplinary approaches to the study\nof complex problems.\nThe Cosmology Program is one of five\nCIAR programs in which UBC participates.\nIt is now in the fifth year of the initial $2\nmillion project and links six fellows across\nCanada with scientists around the world. It is\nfor the type of work encouraged by this program that Unruh has been awarded the prize.\nUnruh is interested in understanding situations involving the combined effects of\ngravity and quantum mechanics. The combi\nnation is important both for understanding\nthe first instants in the origin of the universe\nand in developing a complete theory of matter and gravity.\nUnruh has gained wide recognition for his\npioneering work on quantum field theory as\napplied to black holes, black hole evaporation and acceleration radiation.\nThe latter phenomenon is encapsulated in\na formula, which he discovered, linking the\nacceleration of a body to the temperature of\nthe radiation that the body experiences when\naccelerated in the vacuum.\nIt has applications from understanding\ndepolarization effects in high energy particle\naccelerators, to showing that black holes\ncannot be used to build a perpetual motion\nmachine.\nJohn Wheeler of Princeton University, past\npresident of the American Physical Society\nand the man who gave black holes their\nname, has called this formula one of the\nmost important discoveries in fundamental\nphysics ofthe past 15 years.\nUnruh has also been involved in investigating the fundamental limits set by quantum mechanics to the amplification and detection of signals, limits of crucial importance in the detection of gravitational radiation.\nAlso awarded a Science Council Gold\nMedal is the engineering and design team\nwhich supervised construction of the Alex\nFraser Bridge. Sharing the award are CBA\nEngineering Ltd. of Vancouver, Buckland\nand Taylor of North Vancouver and the\nMinistry of Transportation and Highways.\nBook marks Creative Writing's 25 years\nBy GAVIN WILSON\nWhen UBC established the first\nindependent department of Creative\nWriting in North America in 1965,\nnaysayers claimed, \"You can't teach\npeople how to write.\"\nNow the department is marking its\n25th anniversary by publishing a commemorative anthology that features the\nworks of 69 former UBC students,\namong them some of Canada' most\ncelebrated writers.\nThe book, Words We Call Home:\nCelebrating Creative Writing at UBC,\nwill be launched at an evening of literary readings held later this month at\nthe Vancouver International Writers\nFestival.\nAn anthology of UBC writers is\n\"long overdue,\" said editor Linda\nSvendsen, an assistant professor in the\ndepartment who is herself a former\nUBC student.\n\"Writers are quietly working on\ntheir own and they don't necessarily\nband together to shout about it very\nmuch. But the 25th anniversary declares itself as the time to do so,\" she\nsaid.\n\"It's a very substantial book,\" said\ndepartment head George McWhirter,\nwho has been in Creative Writing at\nUBC since enroling as a graduate student in 1967.\n\"What it says about our department\nis very simple. We produce solid writing and solid writers.\"\nThe department evolved from a\ncreative writing course offered by Earle\nBirney in 1946, the first course of its\nkind in Canada.\nBirney promoted the creation of a\nseparate writing department for two\ndecades, and was able to retire having\nachieved his goal.\nGraduates work in a vast array of\ngenres, including poetry, novels, short\nfiction, plays, television and screen\nwriting, children's literature, radio\nplays, editing magazines and literary\njournals.\n\"We're amazingly eclectic,\" said\nSvendsen. \"That's comforting. It means\nwe're not turning out a certain type of\nwriter. Individual voices emerge, and\nthat's what we want to see.\"\nThe eclecticism stems from a delib\nerate policy of\navoiding advocacy of any particular school or\nstyle of writing.\n\"We leave\nthe door open to\nwhatever stylistic bent the students have,\"\nsaid McWhirter.\n\"It's more important to teach them where they are as\nindividuals, and then let them pursue\nthat.\"\nAmong the contributors to Words\nWe Call Home are: Jack Hodgins.\nMorris Panych. Andreas Schroeder.\nHodgins\nDennis Foon,\nDaryl Duke,\nFlorence\nMcNeil, Gary\nGeddes, Ann\nIreland, Lionel\nKearns, George\nB o w e r i n g .\nHeather Spears,\nFred Wah, Morgan Nyberg and\nRobert\nBringhurst.\nBetween them, and other contributors, they have won seven Governor\nGeneral's Awards, a Seal First Novel\nAward, three Commonwealth Prizes\nand many other prestigious honors.\nPanych\nPostal Station \"U\" closes Oct. 26,\nreplaced by Bookstore outlet\nPostal Station \"U\" in the General\nServices Administration Building will\nclose permanently on Oct. 26, said\nCanada Post spokesperson llona Beiks.\nReplacing it is a full-service, retail\noutlet in the UBC Bookstore, which\nhas been open since August, she said.\n\"There's a variety of reasons that\nenter into these decisions,\" Beiks said\nofthe closure, including customer service, cost-effectiveness and inadequate\nspace.\nThe Bookstore outlet will provide\nall postal services formerly available\nat the postal station and have longer\nopening hours, she said.\nThe new postal outlet will maintain\nthe same hours as the rest of the Bookstore: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday\nthough Friday and 9:30 a.m to 5 p.m.\nSaturday, with a late opening on Wednesday to 8:30 p.m.\nBookstore Director Debbie Harvie\nsaid the new location will give customers the opportunity to buy stamps\nat the front cash tills, rent post office\nboxes and buy packaging materials.\n\"We're trying to make it as con\nvenient as possible for our customers,\"\nshe said.\nBeiks said there would be no loss\nof jobs associated with the closure.\nCanada Post staff will be assigned to\nother facilities.\nThe Bookstore outlet will also maintain philatelic sales. Beiks said UBC\nhas one of highest levels of philatelic\nsales in the Lower Mainland.\nAfter the closure, the nearest Canada Post postal unit to UBC will be\nPostal Station \"G\" at 3760 West 10th\nAve.\nGraduates and faculty have founded\ntheatre companies, the New Play\nCentre, The Sono Nis Press and literary magazines such as Tish, Contemporary Literature in Translation, Canadian Fiction Magazine and PRISM\ninternational.\nSvendsen tracked down contributors by checking individual contacts\nand scanning phone books and membership lists of writers' groups. Some\nwere located as far away as Scotland\nand Portugal. She asked them to submit \"anything they loved\" with the\nproviso that it be brief.\nAll the legwork and endless hours\non the telephone were \"a pleasure,\"\nSvendsen said.\n\"I received a great deal of encouragement here as a younger writer. I felt\nI should give something back.\"\nThe book launch will be a public\nevent held as part of the Writers Festival. Many of the book's contributors\nwill be there to read from their works.\n\"We've tried to cover all genres, all\ndecades,\" said Svendsen. \"I think it's\ngoing be a festive, perhaps even nostalgic evening.\"\nThe launch will be held at the Festival Centre, Granville Island Room,\n1502 Duranleau St., Granville Island,\non Saturday, Oct. 27 at 8 p.m.\nTickets are $10 ($9 for students)\nand available at the UBC Bookstore or\nat the door. Proceeds go to the Earle\nBirney fund for Creative Writing at\nUBC. For more information, call 681-\n8400."@en . "Periodicals"@en . "Vancouver (B.C.)"@en . "LE3.B8K U2"@en . "LE3_B8K_U2_1990_10_18"@en . "10.14288/1.0117944"@en . "English"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Vancouver: University of British Columbia Community Relations Office"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. 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