"CONTENTdm"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1210082"@en . "University Publications"@en . "2015-07-17"@en . "1990-09-20"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/ubcreports/items/1.0118076/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " *\nUBC Archives Serial\nUT3CRETORTS\nSrECiAL Great Trek Edition\nThe University Of British Columbia \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Volume 36 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Number 16 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 September io, 1990\nGREAT TREK\n'GREAT\nADVENTURE'\n1,200 students march\nto Point Grey to urge\nVictoria to build campus\nBy GAVIN WILSON\nFor 16-year-old Dorothy Washington, it was the most exciting day\nof her young life.\nThe first-year UBC Arts student\nwas marching through the streets of\ndowntown Vancouver chanting and\nsinging with 1,200 other students,\nvirtually the entire campus. It was\nOct. 28,1922.\n\"To be on the march to Point\nGrey was a big thrill,\" she recalls\nnow. \"We thought it was a great\nadventure.\"\nWashington is one of about 30\nof the original Great Trekkers who\nwill be retracing their footsteps by\nbus as part of UBC's 75th anniversary Homecoming Week.\nWhen they drive that route on\nSept. 27, they will be reliving the\nsingle most evocative moment in the\nuniversity's history.\nThe Great Trek stirred a foot-\ndragging government to action, resulting in the birt h of the present-day\ncampus and setting a standard of\nstudent commitment.\n' 'I think it was important because\nit showed that you can influence\npublic opinion,\" says another ofthe\nsurviving Trekkers, Harry Warren.\nThe university's Point Grey\ncampus was originally slated to open\nin the Fall of 1913, but delays and\nthe outbreak of war put those plans\non hold.\nFor more than a decade, the bare\ngirders of the incomplete Science\nBuilding rusted in the rain, ringed by\na silent forest.\nIn 1915, the new university\nopened instead in temporary wooden\nbuildings on the Fairview site of\nVancouver General Hospital. Enrolment swelled to 1,176 students at\nthe end of the First World War.\nClasses were taught in shacks,\nchurches, attics and nearby homes.\nStudents in the auditorium literally\nsat in the rafters.\n\"Chemistry labs were held in a\nmakeshift tent,\" says Warren, then a\nstudent in Geological Engineering.\n\"We felt that it was time to let the\npublic know that we deserved to go\nto Point Grey.\"\nClutching sheafs of petitions, the\nstudents fanned out across the province to work at summer jobs.\nJoseph Kania, one of Warren's\nsix classmates in Geological Engineering, went to Trail, where he\nworked at the smelter.\n\"I knew everyone there, so I was\nable to get about 600 or 700 signatures,\" he says. \"Only one other\nstudent topped that. He collected\n2,000 signatures by standing at the\nPlease see POINT on Page 2\nAbout 1200 students gather in downtown Vancouver in preparation for die Great Trek to Point Grey to pressure a\n'emment.\nflioto courtesy UBC Archives\nTREKKERS\nFACED\nCHALLENGES\nUBC achieves\ninternational status\nWRITER NICOL\nSTILL TIED TO\nALMA MATER\nBy ERIC NICOL\nShe is five years older than I am.\nThree score and 15, my Alma Mater.\nFoster Mother ofthe Year. Single mom\nto tens of thousands of greying grads\nlike me, who are grateful that so much\ncould be learned at our mother's knee,\nwhen that joint was briskly applied to\nthe groin (final exams).\nUnlike most, I am still tied physi-\nILLUSTRIOUS\n75 TO COME\nUBC President David Strangway receives a Bachelors degree from\nUniversity of Toronto in 1956.\nAs we welcome our alumni to\nUBC during Homecoming Week, I\ncan't help but think about the many\nchallenges faced by the original Great\nTrekkers and builders of UBC, who\nset out on a road full of obstacles and\nuncertainties in their quest to establish a great university.\nDuring the past 75 years, UBC\nhas grown into an internationally respected university, one that I am\nvery proud to be associated with. I\nextend my best wishes not only to\nour alumni, but also UBC's faculty,\nstaff and students, many of whom\nhave set foot on the Point Grey campus for the first time just this month.\nHappy Anniversary and remember, Tuum Est \u00E2\u0080\u0094 It's Yours.\no\nKen Bagshaw, Chairman ofthe Board\nofGovernors, graduatedfrom UBC s\nLaw school in 1964.\nOn behalf of the members of the\nBoard of Governors, I would like to\nextend congratulations and best wishes\nto the University of British Columbia\non the occasion of its 75th anniversary.\nAll of ns are proud tobe involved with\nthis splendid university during this\nvery significant time in its history. We\ntrust that the next 75 years will be just\nas illustrious as those in the past; and\nthe board joins with me in wishing all\npossible progress and success in the future.\ncally to the Silver Cord. Whenlbiked\nto UBC classes in '37,1 lived in a house\non the verge ofthe University Endowment Lands. I still live in a house beside\nwhat is now called Pacific Spirit Park,\nand bike to the campus for recreation\nthat some might see as an unhealthy\nattachment to the maternal. Intellectual\nthumb-sucking.\nActually, though, I have evolved,\nin terms of campus destination. From\nthe University Pub to the University\nHospital. While I am unfamiliar with\nmany of the other new buildings, the\nravages of time have assured my regularly attending studies in Radiology,\nlike, I have had abrain scan. They said\nthey found nothing.\nI love what they have done with\nthe Vascular Lab. (Ask for Jimmy.\nTell him I sent you. You may need a\nreferral from your doctor as well, but\nit's well worth the effort:, just to watch\nand hear your own heart pumping\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nwhoosh! whoosh! whoosh!\u00E2\u0080\u0094on the\nmonitor. Beats hell out of English 100.)\nI also like what they have done\nwith the foyer of Emergency. For one\nthing, it is close to the cycle paths that I\nwheeze along. I can have a cardiac\narrest anywhere along the miles of wilderness trails, and be within crawling\ndistance of some of the most sophisticated medical equipment in the world.\nFind that at the U of T!\nAlthough my bike runs have yet\nto carry me over the cliff of Foreshore\nPark, I am told that UBC wields the\ncutting edge of anatomical research,\nthanks to the Faculty of Wreck Beach.\nToday's medical students\u00E2\u0080\u0094lucky beggars\u00E2\u0080\u0094merely have to slither down to\nthe tidal amphitheatre to observe how\nPlease see TRIUMF on Page 2\nCHANCELLOR\nCITES\nACADEMIC\nLEADERSHIP\nChancellor Leslie Peterson graduated\nfrom UBC's Law school in 1949.\nThe accessibility to and the quality of higher education is becoming\nincreasingly important in this growing and dynamic province. For the\npast 75 years, the University of British Columbia has provided outstanding academic leadership and made a\nsignificant contribution to the quality\nof life and education in British Columbia. In celebrating this diamond\nanniversary, I am pleased and proud\nas Chancellor to extend my sincere\nbirthday wishes to acknowledge the\ngreat contribution that so many generations have made to our university,\nand to wish it well in the future. May\nits great tradition of excellence and\nservice continue to flourish for the\nbenefit of many generations to come.\n^(\u00C2\u00A32*^.\nBERTON NAMED\nGREAT TREKKER\nGrades no indication\nof success\nin later life\nBy GAVIN WILSON\nHe cut classes, crammed for exams\nand was lucky not to flunk out during\nhis two years at the University of British Columbia.\nPierre Berton, who will be pre\nsented Sept 27 with the Great Trekker\naward at a gala dinner that caps UBC's\n75th anniversary, is living proof that\ngrades in school are no indication of\nsuccess in later life.\nInstead of studying, Berton was editing the Tuesday Ubyssey, covering\nthe campus for the Vancouver News-\nHerald and helping edit the Point Grey\nNews-Gazette.\n\"I went to few lectures. I never\nwent to classes at all on press days,\" he\nsays.\nA mediocre history student.\nBerton became the foremost champion\nand chronicler of Canadian history.\nA passable pupil of English, he\nwent on to feme as a reporter, columnist, broadcaster, editor and author. He\nhas written 36 books (including his\nlatest. The Great Depression) and won\nthree Governor General awards.\nBaton's achievements are prodigious: Honorary Degrees from 12 universities, Stephen Leaccck Medal for\nHumor, two National Newspaper\nAwards, Companion of the Order of\nCanada, a lengthy career on radio and\ntelevision.\nIf you went looking for the young\nBerton in the years 1939-41 you\nwould find him in the basement of\nBrock Hall, working long hours writing and editing the Ubyssey. This was\nhis classroom, where he learned the\nskills that would launch his meteoric\ncareer.\n\"I gave little thought to lectures or\ncurriculum but instead went straight to\nthe offices of the Publications Board,\nwhere the Ubyssey, the Totem (the\nuniversity annual) and the Tillicum\n(the student handbook) were all produced,\" he recalled in his autobiography Starting Out.\nOne of the stories Berton wrote for\nthe Ubyssey was a paean to the Great\nTrek.\n\"It's an old story,\" Berton began,\nalthough it was only 18 years after the\nTrek took place, \"but it's worth telling\nagain.\"\nBerton urged students to make a\npilgrimage to the stone cairn the\nTrekkers had built on Main Mall and\npay homage to their spirit and determination.\n\"The Tuum Est motto was taken\nvery seriously at UBC because of the\ntraditions of the Great Trek,\" he says\nnow. \"That caim was a big thing, it\nmeant a lot\"\nBerton came to UBC after two\nyears of study at Victoria College. Bom\nin the Yukon, he worked in mining\ncamps to pay his university tuition\nThe Ubyssey was the main reason\nPlease see BERTON on Page 2 UBCREPORTS, September20.1990\nftg=2\nfTwto courtesy UBC Archives\nWhen the students on the Great Trek readied Point Grey, (hey climbed onto timeframe ofthe Science Building to sing and chat.\nUNITED WAY CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF\nON SEPT 24, GOAL SET AT $240,000\nByCONNEHLLETTI\nOrganizers of this year's United\nWay campus campaign have set a goal\nof $240,000, an increase of 20 pa-\ncent over last year.\nThe United Way is a volunteer-\nled, registered charitable organization\ncommitted to caring for people through\nfunding for its agencies and other non-\nmember organizations.\nThe campus drive, which officially\nJocks off Sept 24 and runs through to\nthe end of October, is a particularly\nappropriate charity for the university\nto endorse, said Jim Richards, Dean of\nAgricultural Sciences and chair of this\nyear's fundraiser.\n\"It provides people with an opportunity to channel their charitable giving to any organization they wish,\"\nexplained Richards. \"The United\nWay is very versatile and can accommodate anyone's interest It also gives\nus a chance to support the community\nas a whole, including the campus community.\"\nBERTON LANDS JOB\nAT NEWS HERALD\nContinued from Page 1\nBaton came to the university. He had\nseen other UBC grads parlay their student apprenticeship into real newspaper jobs.\n\"I went to UBC specifically to\nwork on the Ubyssey and get a job on\none ofthe Vancouver dailies. It was a\ngood journalism course,\" he said.\nBerton had illustrious company.\nAmong the Ubyssey writers were Eric\nNicol, honing his skills as a humorist\nwith a weekly column, Patrick\nKeaUey, who went on to Fleet Street\nand CBC Renaissance Man Lister\nSinclair. Soon-to-be-legendary CBC\nbroadcaster Norman Depoe was also\nan acquaintance.\nBerton said he and his cohorts had\nno sense of themselves as a golden\ngroup destined for greatness.\n\"We never thought that way at all.\nWe were just having fun putting out\nthe newspaper,\" he said. \"I wanted to\nbecome a newspaper reporter, but my\nambitions never went beyond that.\"\nIt was also in the offices of the Publications Board that Berton met Janet\nWalker, editor of the Tillicum and the\nFriday Ubyssey. Today, after more\nthan four decades of marriage and eight\nchildren, they live in Kleinberg, north\nof Toronto.\nWorking on the Ubyssey allowed ,\nBerton to sharpen his legendary nose\nfor news. Walking down Main Mall, a\nNorwegian visitor to campus asked\nhim for directions^ Berton quizzed the\nyoung academic and discovered he had\nspent a year among South Pacific\nheadhunteis. He wrote a feature on the\nadventures of the as-yet unknown\nThor HeyerdahL\nBerton also aspired to be a broadcaster, and although a campus radio station was just a dream, there was a thriving Radio Society. Baton's voice was\nfirst heard over the airwaves as he read\nthe campus news during a weekly IS\nminute spot on radio station CJOR.\nIt was a lighthearted era, Berton recalls, despite the ominous news from\nthe war in Europe. Jazz concerts and\nhamburgers at the White Spot filled\nhis free time. Hijfnks and spoofs brightened the pages of the paper. Once, he\naccidendy spilled an entire bowl of\nsoup on then-Applied Science head\nGordon Shrum.\nBy graduation, Berton had acquired\nthe skills \u00E2\u0080\u0094 reporting, editing, page\nmakeup, headline writing \u00E2\u0080\u0094 that\nlanded him a job at the News-Herald.\nAt 21, he became the youngest city\neditor in the country.\nBerton has returned to UBC many\ntimes since, but finds the campus now\n\"unrecognizable.\"\n\"It was a small university back\nthen. There were only 2,100 students\nand two permanent buildings.\"\nIn 1985,he was given an honorary\nDoctor of Letters, sharing the platform\nwith Stuart Keate, another Ubyssey\nstaffer who had a distinguished career\nin journalism. He has also won the\nAlumni Award of Distinction and\ndelivered Vancouver Institute\nlectures.\nRichards hopes that 30 per cent of\nUBC's faculty and staff will participate\nin this year's campus campaign, an increase of eight per cent over the 1989\nparticipation rate of 22 per cent.\nThe slogan for 1990 is UBC\nUnited Way Campaign \u00E2\u0080\u0094 It's Yours.\n\"It's your campaign and we would\nlike to make sure no one forgets that it's\non.\" said Richards.\nHe recommended that anyone\ninterested in helping to raise awareness\nof the campaign within their own department or office can best do so by\nbecoming a volunteer.\nRichards hopes that UBC students, as well as faculty and staff, will\nalso participate in the campus campaign\nby organizing special fundraising\nevents.\nDick Meyers, 1990 campaign\nchair of the United Way of the Lower\nMainland, also encourages support\nthrough UBC's United Way campaign.\n' 'The United Way is the best way I\ncan help those in need. I believe it is the\nmost worthwhile charity to support. It\nassists over 100 charitable organizations in Vancouver and the Lower\nMainland and without this support,\nthese agencies would have difficulty\nsurviving,\" he said.\nFaculty and staff will be asked for\ntheir support in a personalized mail\ncampaign scheduled for the end of Sep\ntember Payroll deductions are available\nfor most employees.\nFor more information, or to become\na United Way campus campaign volunteer, call 228-3105.\nIt Brings Out The Best\nIn AU Of Us.\nUBC - United Way\n'It's Yours\"\nPOINT GREY\nCLASSES BEGIN\nSEPT 22,1925\nContinued from Page 1\nentrance to the PNE.\"\nThey collected more than 56,000\nsignatures that summer, a staggering\ntotal in a province with barely\n500,000 people.\nThe students also organized a\nmarch, a trek to Point Grey that\nwould dramatize the need for a new\ncampus.\nOn Oct. 28, a motley parade of\ntrucks, makeshift floats and a couple\nof marching bands wound through\nthe streets of downtown Vancouver.\n\"We had a lot of old jalopies,\"\nsaid Warren. \"Students didn't have\nmany cars in those days, but we\nmustered up those that could be had.\nIt was enough to make quite a show.\"\nKama rode in a car decorated to\nillustrate conditions at Fairview.\n\"We were packed in like sardines,\"\nhe says.\nThe Trekkers honked and waved\ntheir way down Main, Hastings and\nGranville streets, attracting bemused\nand supportive crowds.\n' 'They were cheering us along all\nthe way,\" recalls Kania.\nSays Warren: \"I blush to think\nabout it, but we told the good people\nof Vancouver that the university\nwouldn't cost them a cent. The Endowment Lands would pay for all of\nit.\"\nAt Davie Street, the marchers\nhopped aboard B.C. Electric streetcars for a ride to 10th and Sasamat.\nThen it was on foot though the forest\nto Point Grey.\nThe students climbed onto the\nframe of the Science Building \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nKania and Warren clambered to the\nvery top \u00E2\u0080\u0094 to wave banners, sing,\nshout and chant. Then they formed a\ngiant U-B-C to lay claim to the site.\nWashington remembers she was in\ntheB.\n\"The excitement was very high.\nWe felt like we were making history, and I guess we were,\" she says.\nBefore they left, they tossed rocks\npicked up along the march route into\na hollow cairn, which still stands in\nfront of the Chemistry Building.\nAb Richards, President-elect of\nthe Alma Mater Society, said in a\nspeech that the cairn was built \"not\nas a monument to the campaign\ncommittee or to the student body but\nto mark...a milestone in the history of\nthe university, and a landmark for\nthe future.\"\nThe Build the University campaign wasn't over yet.\nA committee went to the Legislature in Victoria, where six pageboys\nwere needed to lay the reams of paper\nof the petition before the speaker.\nRichards spoke to the House, and the\ncommittee met with Premier John\nOliver.\nIn the face of such a well orchestrated campaign, with its wide public support, the government recanted,\nand authorized a loan of $1.5 million\nto resume construction of the Point\nGrey campus.\nThe first classes were held here\non Sept. 22,1925.\nJoseph Kania went on to become\nan investment consultant with Pemberton Securities, and continue his\nassociation with UBC as a member of\nSenate and part-time teacher.\nHarry Warren is a Professor\nEmeritus of Geological Sciences. He\nretired in 1973 but still conducts\nresearch at the university and keeps\nregular office hours.\nDorothy Washington became an\nexpert in childhood speech defects\nand is an Assistant Professor Emerita of Education. She retired in 1971.\nUBC's first graduating class in Arts, 2916\nftwto courtesy UBC Archives\nTRIUMF\nCLEARS\nSINUSES\nContinued from Page 1\nthe naked human body reacts to contact\nwith a frisbee, among other things, and\nto see whole families frolicking in a\nstate of innocence usually found only\nin the Amazonian jungle.\nDuring the years I attended the\nUniversity, Tower Beach became out\nof bounds because the Department of\nDefence put a cannon there. It was\nnaked, but I never saw it Hence my\ngraduating as a virgin. I have never\nforgiven Emperor Hirohito.\nAnd much as I appreciate the way\nthe Triumf meson facility clears my sinuses when I pedal past it I hope that I\nhave gone to that great bike rack in the\nsky before they build the mega-particle-\naccelerator that will hurl subatomic\nshrapnel under the cowbams, giving\nBessie Big-Bang buttermilk.\nUnlike the Musqueam Indians,\nwho have lived in the area slighdy\nlonger than I have, I can lay no claim to\nthis peninsular paradise that is the\nUBC campus. Occasionally, biking\nthrough the park, I hear the sound of\nthe drum drifting up on the south-easterly. Simon Fraser had sense enough to\nretreat up the river when he heard that\nmenacing throb. I wish that my adoptive mother too may desist from empire-\nbuilding, respecting the spiritual presence of this wondrous forest.\nThat, surely, was the most enduring memory we absorbed from knowing Marregardless of our choice of academic discipline, we remember that\nsublime conjunction of book learning\nwith the enriched course of autumn's\nfog rolling in off the Strait, scented with\nsalt chuck, and with the sandpiper\nclaiming the playing field of an\nevening, and of course the mating\nstridulation of a bicycle bell. UBC REPORTS Sept. 20.1990 3\nFitness Group founder\nCrompton named to Board\nBarbara Crompton, founder of the\nFitness Group, has been appointed to\nUBC's Board ofGovernors.\nCrompton, who established the\nFitness Group in 1978, is president of\nB.C.'s Health Systems Group which\nmanages exercise, stress and nutrition\nprograms exclusively for corporate\nclients.\nA graduate of UBC (B.Ed '72),\nCrompton received the Maxwell A.\nCameron Award in her graduating year\nfor academic excellence and most outstanding teaching performance in the\nFaculty of Education.\nShe is also the recipient of several\nawards for her notable achievements\nas a fitness professional.\nIn 1984, Crompton was honored\nwith the Award of Merit from the British Columbia Parks and Recreation\nAssociation for years of outstanding\ncontribution to the health and fitness\nindustry. More' recently, she was pre-\nBarbara Crompton\nsented with the 1990 UBC Alumni 75th\nAnniversary Award of Merit for\nachieving a high level of personal and\nprofessional success. participate in study on Exercise and the\nMenstrual Cycle. Fit, healthy, having normal menstrual cycles and not currently on\noral contraceptives. Physiological testing\nprovided. Allan McGavin Sports\nMed.Centre, John Owen Pavilion, UBC.\nCall Dr. Connie Lebrun 228-4045 or 980-\n6355.\nBadminton Club\nThursdays from 8:30-10:30pm and Fridays from 6:30-8:30pm in Gym A of the\nRobert Osborne Centre. Cost is $15 plus\nlibrary card. Call Bernard 228-6209 or\n731-9966.\n\u00C2\u00AB. Fitness 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.\n| Executive Programmes\nOne/two day business seminars. Sept.\np 24-Oct. 4. Series includes: New Manager\nGuidelines, $450; Managing Upward $495;\nBest Seller $350; Executives Computer\n$550. Call 224-8400.\nCo-ordinator, Health\nSciences Courses\nSt. John Ambulance Safety Oriented First\nAid (SOFA) and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). Offered to UBC students\non Saturdays in October and November.\nSOFA, 8 hrs; CPR, 4.5 hrs. Fee: $20.\nPre-registration at IRC Mall Sept. 25/26,\n10:30am-2:30pm. Call 228-5083.\nEnglish Language\nInstitute Courses\nEvening ESL Courses. Start Oct. 1 or 2\nand run twice a week for 8 weeks. Choose\nfrom Conversation Skills; Speech; Fluency\nand Pronunciation; Writing and Grammar;\nand TOEFL Preparation. Call 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.\nReading, Writing and\nStudy Skills Centre\nOpportunities for Fall include courses in:\nPresentation for Professionals; Critical\nThinking-Clear Writing; Analysis and design-Writing Effective Reports and Proposals; Writing-Process and Product;\nComposition for ESL Students; Word\nPower; Spelling-Demons and Logic; and\nStudy Skills. Call 222-5245.\nCentre for Continuing Education\nEvening 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, Sept. 26-Nov. 14, from 7:30-\n9:30pm. H.R. MacMillan 116. Call 222-\n5328.\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. IRC G65/66. Call\n222-5238.\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.\nLecture\nBreaking Through Red Tape: Bureaucracy Unbound, Barry Growe, Amherst\nColl., Harvard U. Fee $48. Thursdays,\nOct 4-25 from 7:30-9:30pm. B225 Buchanan Building. Call 222-5238.\nCNPS 25th Anniversary\nOpen House\nPanel Presentation: Certification Of Counsellors, Options And Challenges. All welcome. Sat., Sept. 29, CNPS 102, 5780\nToronto Road from 1-2:30pm. Call 228-\n5259.\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.\nFamily/Nutritional Sciences\nResearch Study\nWeight Cycling\u00E2\u0080\u0094The Metabolic Effects Of\nRepeated Dieting. Participants having a\nhistory of repeated dieting needed. Females, able to attend UBC clinic once/\nmonth for a short follow-up visit, except for\n3 test days which will be about 2 hours\nlong, for one year. Call Dr. Linda McCar-\ngar at 228-6869 or Jennifer Lee at 228-\n2502.\nDiabetic Clinical Study\nVolunteers required. Patients with diabetes who have painful neuropathy affecting\nthe legs needed for 14-week trial of an\ninvestigational new drug. Call Dr. Donald\nStudney, Dept. of Medicine, University\nHospital, UBC Site at 228-7142.\nSun Damaged Skin Study\nVolunteers again needed, aged 35-70\nyears. Able to attend 6 visits over a 12-\nmonth period. Honorarium paid participants. Call Dermatology at 874-8138.\nStudy For Acne Vulgaris\nVolunteers aged 14-35 years needed.\nMust be able to attend 4 visits over a 12\n19 15-1990\nANNIVERSARY\nTHE GALA GREAT TREKKER\nDINNER & DANCE\nJoin UBC alumni and friends to honor this year's recipient of\nthe Great Trekker award, author and broadcaster Pierre Berton\n(Arts '41). We'll celebrate UBC's 75th anniversary and dance\nthe night away!\nTHURSDAY, SEPT. 27, HOTEL VANCOUVER.\nCocktails - 6:30, Dinner - 7:30\nDance to the sounds of The Preservation of Swing Band.\nTickets: $75 per person. Tables of 10 available.\nPlease send cheque payable to:\nGala Great Trekker Dinner\nUBC Alumni Association\n6251 Cecil Green Park Road\nVancouver, BC V6T 1W5\nFor further information call 222-8927.\nBlack tie optional.\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\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.\nCareer Development Study\nResearch study on communication between parents and adolescents regarding\ncareer and educational choices. Young\npeople aged 12-19 and one parent needed\nto participate in an interview. Call Dr.\nRichard Young at 228-6380.\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\nphysician). Call Dr. Wolfgang Linden at\n228-4156.\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\u00E2\u0080\u0094nonpregnant women aged 30-40 and men\nover 40, no pacemakers, no intracranial\nclips and no metal fragments in the eye.\nAbout one hour required. Call June, MRI\nUnit, 8am-4pm, Monday-Thursday at 228-\n7720.\nSurplus Equipment\nReycling 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\n \u00E2\u0096\u00A0im* Located west of the Edu-\njffijME cation Building. Free ad-\nWgSKf mission. Open all year.\nwfw^ Families interested in plant-\nimiiiimiii 'n9' weeo,'n9 or watering\nthe garden, call Gary Pennington at 228-6386 or Jo-Anne Naslund\nat 434-1081.\nBotanical Garden\nOpen every day from 10am-6pm through\nSeptember and 10am-5pm from Oct. 1 -8.\nFree admission Wednesdays. Call 228-\n3928.\nNitobe Garden\nOpen Monday to Friday, 10am-6pm\nthrough September and 10am-5pm Oct\n1 -8. Free admission Wednesdays. Call\n228-3928. UBCREPORTS Sept.20.1990 6\nPeople\nMunro decorated by Chile\nMunro\nEconomics Professor Gordon Munro has\nbeen decorated by the\nnew government of\nChile for his contributions to fostering cooperation among the developing fishing nations\nof the Pacific.\nMunro, who specializes in natural resources\neconomics, is coordinator of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference (PECC) Task Force on Fisheries Development and Cooperation.\nHe was named a Commander of the Order\nof Bernardo O'Higgins the Liberator, the first\nruler of independent Chile, in a ceremony in\nSantiago. Munro received a similar decoration from the Peruvian government in 1988.\nZoology Professor David Suzuki has won\nthe 1990 Wiegand Award for Canadian Excellence for his significant contributions to an\nunderstanding of the human dimensions of\nscience and technology.\nThe award is administered by Waterloo's\nCentre for Society, Technology and Values.\nIt is given annually in memory of William\nWiegand, an Ontario native who was an inventor, business executive, philanthropist and\nchemist.\nSuzuki was honored for his substantial in\nvolvement with the public through various media\nand for speaking out on major issues, including\nAIDS and the environment. He was nominated\nfor the award by author Margaret Atwood and\nJohn Stubbs. president of Trent University.\n\"As an educator and explicator of science, he\nis unsurpassed in Canada.\" Atwood wrote in her\nnomination. \"If we are to stop destroying our environment, we have to start at the grass roots level\nand David Suzuki, more than any other public\nfigure in Canada, is telling all of us in clear and\nunderstandable language what we are doing wrong\nand how we can work to improve things.\"\nMechanical Engineering Professor Vinod Modi\nhas been named a fellow\nof the American Institute\nof Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).\nModi, who is the third\nCanadian to be named to\nthe 60-year old society, was\nrecognized for his pioneering contributions to the\nfield of flexible spacecraft\ndynamics and control and\ntethered satellite systems.\nModi\nSchechter\nDr. Martin Schechter, professor of Health\nCare and Epidemiology, has been appointed to\nthe World Health Organization Steering Commit\ntee on AIDS Epidemiological Research.\nThe two-year appointment, effective June 1990.\nis renewable for another\ntwo-year term.\nComprised of 12 healthcare professionals from\naround the world, the committee will advise WHO on\nresearch into the spread of\nHIV infection and AIDS\nworldwide. The committee will also monitor\nWHO's efforts in the area of epidemiology and\nreview applications for WHO-sponsored projects.\nDr. Schechter is also a principal coordinator of\nthe recently established National HIV Clinical\nTrials Network based at UBC and St. Paul's Hospital. The network is responsible for testing new\nAIDS drugs and vaccines across Canada.\nEpidemiology is the science concerned with\ndefining and explaining the interrelationships of\nfactors that determine disease frequency and distribution.\nMichael Healey has taken up his post as the\nnew director of UBC's Westwater Research\nCentre.\nHealey was with the Science Branch of Fisheries and Oceans Canada in Nanaimo where he\nworked as both a researcher and director of mul-\ntidisciplinary research programs in fresh water\nand marine systems.\nHis interests are\nin the design of resource management systems and\nin the ecology of\nsalmonid fishes.\nHealey holds a\ncross appointment\nat the Westwater\nResearch Centre,\nResource Ecology\nand the Oceanography Department,\nwith Economics\nHealey\nHe is also co-chair\nProfessor Gordon\nMunro of the Ocean Studies Council at\nUBC.\nFormer Conservative MP Pat\nCarney, an adjunct\nprofessor in the\nSchool of Community and Regional\nPlanning, has been\nappointed to the\nCanadian Senate by\nPrime Minister\nBrian Mulroney.\nCarney is a former minister of Energy, Mines and Resources, International Trade minister and\npresident of the Treasury Board.\nA UBC graduate, she retired from politics in 1988.\nCarney\nClassified\nClassified advertising can be purchased from Media Services. Phone\n228-4775. Ads placed by faculty and staff cost $6 per insertion for 35\nwords. Others are charged$7. Monday, Sept. 24 at 4p.m. is the deadline\nfor the next issue of UBC Reports which appears on Thursday, Oct. 4.\nDeadline for the following edition on Oct. 18is4p.m. Monday, Oct. 8. All\nads must be paid in advance in cash, by cheque or internal requisition.\nServices\nGUARANTEED ACCURACY plus\nprofessional looking results with WP5\nand HP Deskjet Plus printer. Editing\nand proofreading. Competitive rates.\nPickup and delivery available at extra\ncost. West End location. Call Suzanne\n683-1194.\nVICTORIA REAL ESTATE: Experienced, knowledgeable realtor with\nfaculty references will answer all queries and send information on retirement or investment opportunities. No\ncost or obligation. Call (604) 595-\n3200. Lois Dutton, REMAX Ports\nWest, Victoria, B.C.\nEDTHNG: Needtfatfinalpoishingtouch?\nExperienced English PhD Student will\nedit your MS, thesis, novel, etc for spelling grammar and general style, 536-\n5137.\nNOTARY PUBLIC: for all your Notarial Services including Wills, Conveyancing and Mortgages, contact\nPauline Matt, 4467 Dunbar St., (at\n28th & Dunbar), Vancouver, B.C. Telephone (604) 222-9994.\nPRESCHOOL: University Hill Preschool, 5375 University Blvd. Openings available in morning 3-year-old\nprogram and afternoon 4-year-old\nprogram. 228-9145.\nAccommodation\nHOME EXCHANGE: English family\n(2 adults, 4 children) in N. England\nwishes to exchange homes with Vancouver family in August, 1991. For\nfurther information call 731-4109.\nFor Rent\nOFFICES FOR RENT: Two offices\nfor rent. Lutheran Campus Centre at\nUBC. One full-time, one shared. $500\nand $300 incl. utilities. Phone 224-\n1614 or 224-3328.\nMiscellaneous\nRINGETTE: Vancouver Ringette\nAssociation is looking for women Ringette players for recreational team.\nAlso players, coaches and referees\nneeded for children's team. Phone\nBonnie, 263-1087 or Sally, 222-1249.\nINDEPENDENCE DAY: Nigeria Cultural Association of B.C., 30th Independence Day Dinner/DanceSept. 29,\n1990 at 7 p.m., Acadia Commons\nBlock, 2707 Tennis Cresc, UBC $10\n- Lots of fun.\nFor Sale\nBLACK & WHITE ENLARGEMENTS: from your negatives, individually hand exposed, cropped,\ndodged and shaded to your exact\nspecifications. High quality papers in\nmatte or high gloss finish. We can\nget the best from your sub-standard\nnegative. Great prices, an 8x10 custom enlargement just $5.70! Call\nMedia Services Photography at 228-\n4775. (3rd floor LPC, 2206 East Mall).\nYou are cordially invited to attend the\n'90 UBC/AMS Computer Show\n\"Computing for the 1990's\"\nUBC\nWednesday, October 10th and\nThursday, October 11th\n10:00 AM - 5:00 PM\nBallroom\n2nd Floor\n6138 Student Union Building\nEXHIBITORS\nNetworking & Communications\nUBC Bookstore\nUBC University Computing\nServices\nSilicon Graphics Computer\nSystems\nOracle Corporation, Canada\nKoa-Didak Ltd.\nIBM Canada Ltd.\nABS Technology Ltd. DBA\nTIC-IDM Distribution Inc.\nAbaton Technology Inc.\nToshiba of Canada,\nInformation Systems Group\nPrecision Visuals, Inc.\nData General (Canada) Inc.\nNeXT Canada Ltd.\nZenith Data Systems\nNEC Canada Inc.\nSun Micro Systems of Canada Inc.\nGriffco Marketing\nEpson Canada Limited\nHewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd.\nESRI Canada Ltd.\nSharp Electronics of Canada Ltd.\nInterworld Electronics\n& Computer Industries Ltd.\nB.C Tel\nDoor prizes donated by: Abaton Technology Inc.; Koa-Didak Ltd.;\nSun Micro Systems of Canada Inc.; UBC/AMS.\nWE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU\nAT THE SHOW. UBC REPORTS Sept. 20.1990\nComputer pub simulation\nSpeakeasy to promote alcohol awareness\nBy CONNIE FILLETTI\nSpeakeasy, an innovative response\nto the need for effective programs encouraging the responsible use of alcohol by young adults, will be unveiled\nfor the first time in British Columbia at\nUBC on Sept. 24 al 11 a.m. in the SUB\nconversation pit.\nUsing interactive computer technology. Speakeasy simulates a pub environment complete wilh a computer-\ngenerated bartender named Zack who\nqueries the user aboui :heir alcohol\nuse.\nUsers make alcohol-related decisions in response to the bartender's\nquestions. Variables such as age, sex,\nresidence, lifestyle, stress and family\nhistory ofthe user determine the many\npossible conversations that can occur.\nDrug and Alcohol\nAwareness week\nset for Sept. 24 - 28\nIn addition to Speakeasy, the Alma\nMater Society (AMS) is planning a\nfull roster of events and displays for\nDrug and Alcohol Awareness Week,\nSept. 24-28.\nPresented by the Drug and Alcohol\nAwareness Committee ofthe AMS, all\nevents will take place in the Student\nUnion Building. Confirmed events\ninclude:\nMonday, Sept. 24 Speakeasy is\nlaunched at 11 a.m. in ihe Conversation Pit.\nTuesday, Sept. 25 a guest speaker\nfrom the Spinal Cord Research Foundation will address alcohol-related injuries in the auditorium at 12:30 p.m.\nWednesday, Sept. 26 TBA.\nThursday, Sept. 27 Ranger Mike\nBuckingham will speak about his accident at the hands of a drunk driver at\n12:30 p.m. in the auditorium.\nFriday, Sept. 28 a Bavarian garden\nfeaturing non-alcoholic beverages will\nbe presented between 4 p.m.-7 p.m. in\nrooms 207/209.\nDisplays are accessible daily in the\nconcourse from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.\nTo confirm the schedule, call the\nAMS at 228-2901.\nFollowing each four-minute interaction, the user receives a short printout which assesses their risk profile.\n\"Speakeasy is a dynamic tool used\nin conjunction with other educational\nmaterials to promote responsible drinking and decision making,\" said Margaret Johnston, UBC's Student Health\nOutreach Nurse. She added that it is an\nintegral part of Alcohol and Drug\nAwareness Week (Sept. 24-28) which\nUBC students should take advantage\nof.\nThe technology for the Speakeasy\nprogram was developed by the Clinical Research Institute of Montreal\n(CRIM), a pioneer in the application\nof computer-assisted learning in health\npromotion.\nThe simulation process provides a\nhighly personalized and credible interaction, said CRIM health promotion\nconsultant Robert Perrault. He added\nthat Zack was chosen for his double\nrole as confidant and sage.\n\"Speakeasy provides a receptive\nenvironment, free of the occasionally\nparochial tone and value judgments\nassociated with traditional alcohol\neducation programs,\" Perrault explained.\nFinancially supported by Molson\nBreweries of Canada Limited, Speakeasy is part ofthe company's commitment to promote the responsible use of\nalcohol.\n\"With Speakeasy, we have attempted to create a learning tool to\nassist young adults as they wrestle with\nthe difficult issues of personal values,\nresponsibility and individuality,\" said\nBruce Pearce, Public Affairs Manager\nof Molson Breweries Western Division.\nSpeakeasy was launched in 1985 as\na pilot program at universities and colleges throughout Quebec. It has since\nenjoyed similar success in Ontario and\nAlberta. After its launch at UBC,\nSpeakeasy will tour other post-secondary institutions throughout the province.\nFor more information about Speakeasy, call 228-3811 or 228-3904.\nMorrison named\npresident of U.S.\nfuture institute\nResearch Associate Ian Morrison\nof UBC's Department of Pathology\nhas been appointed president of the\nInstitute for the Future (IFTF) located\nin Menlo Park, Cal.\nFounded in 1968, IFTF works with\norganizations to plan their long-term\nfutures, and helps them take advantage\nof the opportunities offered by new\ntechnologies.\nMorrison graduated from UBC in\n1966 with an interdisciplinary PhD in\nurban studies which combined training in health economics, organization\ntheory and health care administration\nwith urban geography.\nHis current work focuses on modeling the health care delivery system\nover the next decade and analyzing the\nimplications for public- and private-\nsector organizations.\nMorrison's research interests also\ninclude analysis of the impact of technology on the geography of health care\norganizations and the role that health\ncare plays in the changing pattern of\nurban development.\nHis appointment is effective immediately.\nZack, a computer-generated bartender, will be at SUB during Drug and\nAlcohol Awareness Week, Sept. 24 - 28 promoting responsible drinking.\nBerkowitz & Associates\nStatistics and Mathematics Consulting\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 research design\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 sampling\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 data analysis\n\u00C2\u00BBforecasting\nJonathan Berkowitz, Ph.D.\n4160 Staulo Crescent, Vancouver, B.C., V6N 3S2\nv Office: (604) 263-1508 Home: (604) 263-5394 y\nInstitute of Health Promotion Research\nPresents a Special Seminar\nFriday, Sept. 21,1990\nWoodward IRC 3, 3p.m.\nSir Denis Burkitt, M.D\n\"ARE OUR COMMONEST DISEASES PREVENTABLE\"\nDr. Burkitt has become world famous first through his work on Burkitt's\nLymphoma and then as the 'fiber man.' He identified, treated and worked\nout the epidmiological feature of Burkitt's Lymphoma, and then clarified\nand confirmed the concept that much Western disease was causally\nrelated to Western culture, in particular in relation to dietary fiber.\nAll welcome. Please bring your friends.\nFor information please call: 228-2258\nAttention Professors\nHow to Build a Custom\nCourse Packet\nKinko's Academic Services was created with the professor and student in mind. With\nour Copyright Clearance Service you have the ability to develop the perfect course packet,\nlegally and efficiently, with no cost to you or your department. If your course requirements\nare not covered by available textbooks, give us a call, and create your own course material.\n'r copies\nacademic services\nFor further information : contact Mark Elliott\n5706 University Blvd., Vancouver, B.C. ph 222-1688 UBCREPORTS Sept.20.1990 8\n^|^^K-*''V3?\u00C2\u00ABfefe\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0mmmmwm$smi' i mumm \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nmsm.z^\nEducation key element\nPolice launch campus safety campaign\nBy CONNIE FILLETTI\nThe university detachment of the RCMP\nhas designated September as Campus\nSafety Awareness Month in response to\nan escalation of crime on campus.\nStatistics released by the RCMP indicate that the\nnumber of thefts, sexual assaults, motor vehicle accidents and hit and runs were all up in 1989 compared\nto figures for the previous two years.\n\"These crimes are common throughout university\ncommunities,\" said RCMP Corporal Dave Klassen of\nthe university detachment. \"The numbers are up\nlargely due to the increased volume of people coming\nto campus.\"\nHe added that as more people become aware of\ncrime, more incidents are reported which also accounts for the rising statistics.\nKlassen said that common sense is the best weapon\nagainst campus crime.\n\"Walk in pairs if possible, don't hitchhike, keep to\nmain streets and lock your valuables,\" Klassen explained. RCMP Constable Bernie\nHis colleague, Constable Bernie Smandych agrees. UBC students in the foyer\nShe has been staffing a temporary campus safety awareness display and\ninformation desk in the lobby of Sedgewick Library since student registration\nbegan on Sept. 4.\n\"Common sense as well as education are key elements in preventing crime,\"\nSmandych said. \"Thefts usually occur because of opportunity. People leave\ntheir valuables unattended. We're here to let people know there are some very\nsimple steps you can take to safeguard yourself and\nyour property.\"\nAs part of its educational program, the RCMP has\nproduced a variety of materials including pamphlets\non bicycle theft and sexual assault, which are being\ndistributed at the information desk. Operation Wallet,\na bookmarker outlining how to prevent wallet theft\n(this includes purses and backpacks), has been popular\nwith students.\nSmandych said a significant rise in the number of\nwallet thefts on campus prompted the university RCMP\ndetachment to organize Campus Safety Awareness\nMonth. In 1989, 270 wallets were stolen compared to\n178 wallet thefts in 1988.\nShe said the program has been successful, but cautioned students about leaving their backpacks unattended in the Bookstore where wallet theft is a particu-\na\u00C2\u00A3\"' ^Fi MKBlM il lar problem.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 jr JB5h|I8 ^e hope that Campus Safety Awareness Month\n/' ^^^^S^S will help increase the campus community's awareness\nI lni|pfl|p fjf ofthe possibility for crime,\" Smandych said. \"We also\nwant people to continue feeling safe by telling them\nabout our programs as well as foster their cooperation\nwith police. We encourage the community to report\nsuspicious persons and occurrences immediately and directly to the police. It's\nthis information that helps the police protect the community.\"\nThe RCMP display and information desk will remain at Sedgewick Library\nuntil the later part of September. For more information, call the university\ndetachment of the RCMP at 224-1322.\nSmandych will be advising\nof Sedgewick Library.\nTorontonian survived by stealing UBC wallets\nBy JO MOSS\nRCMP Constable Bernie Smandych likes\nto tell the story of the young man from\nToronto who survived for two weeks at UBC\non pickings from stolen wallets.\nThe man's downfall was his methodical\nsystem of thieving. Aided by information\nfrom his victims, Smandych went undercover and left her wallet where she knew the\nman would come for it. Within an hour, he\nwas caught.\nThe story illustrates two points. One, that\nwallet theft\u00E2\u0080\u0094a classification that for the\nRCMP includes theft of packs and purses\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nis the major crime problem on campus. The\nsecond is that the more information police\nhave to go on, the better chance there is the\nperpetrator will be caught.\nThe most important thing to remember is\nthat if a wallet is stolen on campus, the UBC\ndetachment ofthe RCMP wants to hear about\nit as soon as possible. All criminal activity\non campus falls under their jurisdiction, not\nParking and Security.\nAll information is useful, Smandych explained, but recent information is most useful. \"The sooner it comes in the better. We\nalways take old information, but often the\ndelay hinders our investigation,\" she said.\nPeople sometimes wait days, or weeks,\nbefore reporting crimes. One person delayed three months, Smandych said.\nThe wallet or cash may never be recovered, but the police may be able to determine\na pattern of behavior from the information\nsupplied. As with the case of the young man\nfrom Toronto, that could lead to an eventual\narrest.\nPrime areas for wallet theft include the\nAquatic Centre, Student Union Building,\nlibraries, gyms and the UBC Bookstore.\nThere are some common sense steps\npeople can take to deter thieves, Smandych\nsaid. Never leave a wallet unattended, even\nfor a few minutes, or if it's well hidden in a\nbag or pack. It only takes a few seconds for\nsomeone to walk off with it.\nLocked lockers aren't necessarily theft\nproof. Lockers in the gyms and elsewhere\nare regularly broken into and the contents\nlifted, Smandych said.\nShe recommends faculty, staff and students approach strangers in their buildings to\nfind out why they are there. \"It doesn't have\nto be a confrontation,\" Smandych said, \"Just\nask if the stranger is looking for someone.\"\n\"You have a right to ask questions and\nassess the situation,\" Smandych said. Word\nwill quickly go out to avoid that particular\nbuilding if thieves know they are likely to be\nchallenged, she said. Call the RCMP immediately if the person seems suspicious, Smandych added. It may be a false alarm, but give\nthe police a chance to check it out first.\nDon't carry a lot of money. Smandych\nsaid she is often amazed at the amount of\ncash victims report stolen\u00E2\u0080\u0094more than\n$13,(XX) in total in 1989, up from about\n$10,000 the year before.\nThe RCMP will give presentations on\nsafety and security issues to campus groups\non a demand basis.\n-8?S\u00C2\u00BB3\na*i,3\nSludge project may help cities, forests\nBy JO MOSS\nUBC forestry researchers are applying treated sewage sludge to growing trees in a recycling project that\ncould provide solutions to two pressing, but widely different, problems.\nThe City of Vancouver and other\nLower Mainland municipalities are\nurgently looking for an environmentally friendly way to dispose of increasing amounts of sewage sludge.\nAt the same time, B.C. foresters are\nseeking a fertilizer to replace badly\nneeded nutrients and boost productivity on large areas of forest land.\nThe answer to both problems may\nlie in the innovative three-year pilot\nproject, involving Professor Hamish\nKimmins, Research Associate Morag\nMcDonald and graduate student Mike\nVan Ham, which is underway at the\nUBC Malcolm Knapp Research Forest in Maple Ridge.\n\"There exists a very happy coincidence between what our forests need\nin order to grow faster and the material\nsociety produces as a waste and must\nbe disposed of,\" Kimmins said.\nThe researchers want to demonstrate that using treated sewage as fertilizer can be both low-cost and problem free.\n\"We want to develop practical\nguidelines for applying the sludge to\nforests to get the best results,\"\nMcDonald explained. \"Things like\nhow much, how often, and on what\nkinds of soils and slopes.\"\nNow reaching the end of its first\nyear, the study is a joint undertaking\nbetween UBC and the Greater Vancouver Regional District, which put up\nSi90,000. The\nGVRD is\nproviding\n$350,000 in\nfunding for the\nsecond year and\nthe B.C. Science Council\nhas contributed\na further\n$85,000.\nAlternative\ndisposal methods for city sewage\nsludge have problems. Discharge in\nlandfills or on agricultural land can\ncause groundwater contamination and\ntoo few disposal sites are available.\nOcean dumping disturbs marine ecology. Incineration contributes to air\npollution and produces large amounts\nof ash with its own disposal problems.\nKimmins\nMeanwhile, forest fertilization is a\npressing issue to the forest industry\nbecause of a recently identified, widespread shortage of nutrients in forest\nsoils\u00E2\u0080\u0094especially nitrogen and phosphorus\u00E2\u0080\u0094which is reducing tree growth.\nCommercial fertilizers that add these\nnutrients to the soil are expensive to\nuse in large amounts and are environmentally questionable since they are\nmanufactured from fossil fuels.\nSewage sludge is potentially superior to most commercial fertilizers\nbecause it is organic and because it\ncontains other nutrients required by\nplants in addition to nitrogen and phosphorus, Kimmins said. In contrast to\ntraditional commercial fertilizers, it\nreleases nutrients slowly into the\nground over several years.\nKimmins says sewage sludge fer\ntilization has the potential to take care\nof most of the sewage produced in the\nLower Mainland. As for the forest\nindustry, it will save on the high costs\nof commercial fertilizers and earn more\nrevenue from increased timber yield.\nWhen the sludge arrives at the research forest, it has received primary\ntreatment and has been dried for easier\ntransportation and storage. Water is\nadded to it just before it is to be used to\ncreate a slurry mixture. The liquid is\nalmost odorless and is sprayed onto\n10-by-10 metre trial plots from a four-\nwheel-drive tanker truck.\nThe researchers want to find out\nhow well trees of varying ages absorb\nthe nutrients, and what their growth\nrate (and the growth rate of competing\nvegetation) is in response to fertilization."@en . "Periodicals"@en . "Vancouver (B.C.)"@en . "LE3.B8K U2"@en . 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