"CONTENTdm"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1210082"@en . "University Publications"@en . "2015-07-17"@en . "1995-03-23"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/ubcreports/items/1.0118456/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nUBCREPORTS\n# John Chong photo\nMan In Motion\nRick Hansen speeds along West Mall on a hand-propelled three-wheeled\ncycle. The 15-kilogram Varna n cycle is highly manoeuverable and has 18\ngears for a variety of uses. Hansen is national Fellow, Disabilities in the Rick\nHansen National Fellow Program at UBC. He is also director ofthe Life Skills\nMotivation Centre, which is part of UBC's Institute of Health Promotion\nResearch.\nBoG approves fee\nfor new MBA program\nby Abe Hefter\nStaff writer\nUBC's Board of Governors has approved an increase in tuition fees for a\nradically revised MBA program in the\nFaculty of Commerce and Business Administration.\nTuition for the new 15-month program, which goes to Senate for approval\nnext month, will be $7,000 for 1995-96,\nwhich is still far short of full cost recovery. The faculty may eventually consider\nrecommending a further increase in tuition.\nThe revised program means a single.\n15-month program will replace the traditional two, eight-month sessions and\nenable graduates to enter the business\nworld five months earlier. Anticipated\nearnings during this initial period in the\nwork force would more than defray the\n$2,500-increase in tuition, said Acting\nDean Derek Atkins.\nA part-time study program, which\nnormally requires three years of study,\nwill also be available in September 1996.\nThe foundation material of business\neducation has been completely rewritten\nand restructured by the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration to be\nSee MBA Page 2\nIs it real, or is it\nacoustical virtual reality?\nby Abe Hefter\nStaff writer\nIt's one thing to don a pair of headphones to listen to a selection of recorded concert hall music. It's another\nto slip on a pair of headphones to listen\nto a piece of concert hall music in a\nconcert hall that hasn't even been built\nyet.\nHowever, as a result of research being done by Asst. Prof. Murray Hodgson\nand a group of UBC master's students\nit will soon be possible to experience the\nacoustical environment of an area\nthrough computer simulation.\nIt's called acoustical virtual reality,\nor auralization. And as the term would\nsuggest, it is the acoustical equivalent\nof visualization.\n\"Using a computer, it will be possible to simulate the acoustical environment of a particular room in such\na way that the person feels as if he or\nshe is in the real environment,\" said\nHodgson, who has a joint appoint\nment in the departments of Occupational Hygiene and Mechanical Engineering.\n\"Auralization is increasingly becoming an important aspect of my research\nactivity. In addition, industrial applications will result in cost-saving implications for people who are in the business\nof designing and building concert halls,\ntheatres and offices.\"\nHodgson is currently writing the software and assembling the computer hardware that will make auralization a virtual acoustical reality at UBC within\none year. Although there are operational systems in existence at other labs\naround the world, Hodgson said they\nare limited by very large calculation\ntimes and computer hardware requirements.\n\"Auralization involves complex signal processing techniques which are\nimplemented using computers and signal processing cards,\" Hodgson explained.\nSee NOISE Page 2\nFederal funding slashed\nCuts pose threat to\nresearch programs\nf^A\nUBC researchers are bracing for bad\nnews as Canada's largest research funding agencies decide how to make cuts\nannounced in the recent federal government budget.\nEveryone from graduate students to\ndirectors of prestigious research centres\nwill feel the pinch as agencies funding\nresearch in medicine, science, engineering, social sciences and humanities are\nforced to slash their budgets by more\nthan $200 million in the next three years.\nUBC's share of those cuts is unknown,\nbut university researchers here stand to\nlose millions of dollars,\nthreatening well-established programs and making it difficult to initiate\nnew projects.\nThe university's largest source of research\nfunding, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC),\nwill be cut 14 per cent\nover the next three years,\na total shortfall of $142\nmillion from previously\napproved funding levels.\nThe Medical Research\nCouncil (MRC), the next\nlargest funding agency,\nwill lose 10 per cent of its budget over\nthree years, while the Social Sciences\nand Humanities Research Council\n(SSHRC) will suffer a 14 per cent cut.\nUBC initiatives that rely on major\ngrants from other sources may also be in\njeopardy. The Centre for Human Settlements must renegotiate a $6-million grant\nwith the Canadian International Development Agency, which had its budget\ntrimmed by $300 million.\nAs well, both the National Networks of\nCentres of Excellence and the Canadian\nInstitute for Advanced Research suffered\ncuts. ,\nThe worst loss, however, will be from\nNSERC funding. UBC is a major recipient\nof NSERC grants, second among Canadian universities this year only to the\nUniversity of Toronto, but often ranked\nfirst in the country.\nUBC researchers received nearly $29\nmillion from NSERC this year in research\ngrants, equipment and fellowships, university-Industry programs and strategic\ngrants.\nMartha Salcudean, associate vice-\npresident. Research, said the cuts to\nMartha Salcudean\nNSERC will have a very negative impact\non UBC and further erode Canada's already slim research base, leaving capable\nresearchers without the funding they need\nto continue their work.\n\"There are some very good researchers\nwho will be losing their research funding\nand important programs that will be cancelled,\" she said.\n\"On one hand, we tell our young people\nto choose a career in science and technology, but on the other we are not using the\ncapacity we already have in our universities. That's a contradiction I don't understand,\" Salcudean said.\nThe MRC will see its\nbudget reduced by 10 per\ncent over the next three\nyears for a total loss of almost $60 million.\n\"The obvious effect is\nthat it is going to be harder\nfor people to get a grant,\"\nsaid Dr. Bernard Bressler,\nhead of the Dept. of\nAnatomy and MRC regional\ndirector for UBC.\nIn 1994/95, 246 UBC\nresearchers shared about\n$17 million in MRC funding for core programs.\n\"As of September last\nyear, only 20 per cent of the faculty who\napplied for new grants were successful,\"\nBressler said. \"That's down five per cent\nfrom the year before because of budget\nconstraints; now we have a budget cut.\"\nBressler also noted that the number of\nfaculty receiving grant renewals may decrease to as low as 50 per cent from a\ncurrent level of 65 per cent.\nIn addition, a special fund sponsored\nby the council, which supports medical\nstudents engaged in summer research\nprojects during their first two years of\nstudy, may be in jeopardy, he said.\nBressler anticipates that cuts in federal transfer payments to the provinces\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 beginning next year \u00E2\u0080\u0094 will have an\nimpact on the infrastructure required to\nsupport the research effort.\nInfrastructure costs are paid out ofthe\nuniversity's general purpose operating\nfund which is determined by the amount\nreceived from the province's transfer payment allocation.\n\"It is important to realize that the full\nimpact is not yet known,\" Bressler cautioned.\nSee BUDGET Page 2\nInside\nPatent Push\nUBC Inventors urged to act now with changes to U.S. patent law pending\nLooking Outward 4\nA Pacific Rim universities agreement opens doors for graduate students\nQuality Commitment 5\nForum: Maintaining teaching quality a priority for the Faculty Association\nMountain Man 12\nProfile: Avalanche expert Prof. David McClung likes living on the edge 2 UBC Reports \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 March 23, 1995\nLetters\nLETTERS POLICY\nUBC Reports welcomes letters to the editor on topics relevant to the\nuniversity community. Letters must be signed and include an address\nand phone number for verification. Please limit letters, which may be\nedited for length, style and clarity, to 300 words. Deadline is 10 days\nbefore publication date. Submit letters in person or by mail to the UBC\nPublic Affairs Office, 207-6328 Memorial Rd., Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z2, by\nfax to 822-2684 or by e-mail to pmmartin\u00C2\u00AE unixg.ubc.ca.\nGVRD does not\nmanage UEL\nEditor:\nPage 12 ofthe March 9,\n1995 UBC Reports states \"The\nUEL ... is managed by the\nGreater Vancouver Regional\nDistrict on behalf of the\nprovince.\" This is untrue. It is\nmanaged by an on-site management directly responsible to\nthe minister of Municipal\nAffairs. The GVRD has nothing\nto do with it, but so much\nmisinformation about the UEL\nhas been spread over many\nyears by the proponents of\nincorporation that anyone who\nmakes an unchecked statement about this area has a\nvery good chance of getting it\nwrong.\nRalph Spitzer\nProf. Emeritus, Pathology\nVancouver, B.C.\nMBA\nContinued from Page 1\ndelivered in a single integrated\ncore followed by a choice of specialization,\" said Atkins.\n\"The movement away from a\ngeneral management degree to\none that adds real value through\na specialized course of study has\nbeen greeted with keen interest\nby prospective students.\n\"An increase in tuition fees\nwas necessary to help defray\nsome ofthe costs associated with\nrunning enhanced student services like the Career Centre and\nthe Study Abroad and Exchange\nProgram.\"\nThe revised curriculum will\nenable students to meet the dramatically changing expectations\nof employers.\nWith middle levels of management shrinking and businesses taking on a flatter organizational structure, the program\ndesign committee of faculty\nmembers Ron Giammarino, Ken\nMacCrimmon and David\nMcPhillips determined that specialization would be the key component of a revamped MBA pro\ngram. It also capitalizes on the\nfaculty's pre-eminence as the top\nresearch business school in\nCanada.\nAfter completing a 14-week\nsingle integrated course, students will move into one of 11\nareas of specialization, including international business, entrepreneurship, banking and\ninternational finance, and management information systems.\nThese specialized courses\nwill be taught in six, six-week\nmodules. The fourth module\nperiod will feature a hands-on\ninternship program and work\nexperience with a Canadian\ncompany.\n\"The entire program has been\nvery strongly supported by the\nfaculty's advisory council, which\nconsists of representatives from\nthe Canadian business community,\" said Atkins.\n\"Although other universities\nin this country are moving toward integrated MBA core programs, the enormous range of\nspecialty courses that will be\navailable at UBC is totally with\nout precedent.\"\nSix, one-week sessions devoted to professional development will form a common thread\nthroughout the entire 15-month\nfull-time program.\nStudents will have an opportunity to build skills associated\nwith leadership, career guidance\nand personal communication. In\naddition, they will be encouraged to take part in UBC's international exchange programs.\nStudents with limited management background, or who\nlack adequate preparation in\nprerequisite courses, will be required to participate in a three-\nweek pre-core program consisting of non-credit basic business\neducation. Topics will include\naccounting, computing, and economics.\nThe implementation of this\nrevised program over the last\neight months has involved a huge\neffort on the part ofthe faculty,\"\nsaid Atkins. 'This program will\nput UBC at the forefront of educational innovations amongst\nbusiness schools.\"\nNoise\nContinued from Page 1\nThe process involves digitizing a particular sound signal,\nsuch as speech or music. A computer model is needed to simulate the way a particular room or\narea would transform those signals and how the human ears\nwould transform that sound.\nThen, you must have the capability of replaying these sounds\nto a person through headphones,\nwithout distortion. Hodgson said\nthe procedure involves compensating, electronically, for both\nthe headphones and the listener's ears, so that the result ofthe\nsimulation is the sound that\nwould arrive at the listener's two\neardrums in the real environment.\nHodgson and his team members are currently working with\nresearchers in UBC's School of\nAudiology and Speech Sciences\nand the Psychology Dept. at the\nUniversity of Toronto in a project\ninvolving speech understanding\nin the elderly.\nThrough auralization, they\nwill attempt to determine how\nspatial characteristics of sounds\naffect the ability of the elderly to\nunderstand speech by simulating difficult hearing situations.\nHodgson said UBC will likely\nhave two auralization systems\nin operation in about a year,\nwith both industrial and academic applications.\nBudget\nContinued from Page 1\nThe MRC is scheduled to meet\nin Montreal this week to decide\nhow it will distribute the cuts.\nResults will be published in the\nApril issue of Decisions, MRC's\nin-house newsletter.\nUBC, which traditionally\nranks third after Montreal's\nMcGill University and the University ofToronto in funding from\nthe MRC, received 10.4 per cent of\nthe council's total budget last year.\nOlav Slaymaker, associate\nvice-president of Research for\nHumanities, Interdisciplinary\nInitiatives and Social Sciences,\npoints out that the differential\nimpact of a 14 per cent cut is far\ngreater on SSHRC's $100 million budget than on NSERC's\nannual allotment of $500 million and the 10 per cent cut on\nMRC's $300 million.\n\"It's reasonable that everyone\nshould take a cut and share the\nload but unreasonable that the\ncouncil with the smallest amount\nof funding should take as big a\ncut as those with much larger\nbudgets,\" he said.\nFor SSHRC, federal budget\ncuts translate into an immediate\nsix per cent decrease in individual research operating grants\nand more extensive, but still\nundefined, cuts to strategic research grants for larger, interdisciplinary projects.\nTwo initiatives in the latter\ncategory are the Fraser Basin\nEco-system Study, led by\nMichael Healey at the Westwater\nResearch Centre, and the Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Research Centre, directed by\nCommerce Prof. Raphael Amit.\nSlaymaker says income from\nUBC's Hampton Place endowment is more important than\never. The Hampton fund, directed to new social sciences\nand humanities research initiatives and funded by the proceeds of land lease sales for\nmarket housing on campus, is\nscheduled to rise to $900,000\nby 1997.\nFrom a national perspective,\nSlaymaker noted that the removal of all funding support to\nthe Canadian Federation of the\nHumanities and to the Social\nScience Federation of Canada\nwill have far-reaching implications\nfor the roughly 100 academic associations they represent.\nWith no central organization\nlobbying on their behalf, individual associations will be forced\nto generate their own income to run\nmeetings and publish journals.\nThe result, said Slaymaker, is\nthat small academic associations\nwill either become more regional\nor collapse altogether and affiliate with American counterparts.\n\"It's a shadow of the political\ndisintegration that's occurring\nin the whole country,\" said\nSlaymaker. \"We'll have a split\nCanadian personality with no\ncentral body of Canadian academic effort.\"\nAttention\nForeign\nStudents!\nAre You Considering\nCanadian Permanent\nResidence?\nDo You Need Help With\nStudent/Work\nExtensions?\nVan Reekum Veress\nImmigration Consulting\nLtd.\n1-800-565-5236\nFor All Immigration\nConcerns\nBerkowitz & Associates\nStatistics and Mathematics Consulting\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 research design \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 data analysis\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 sampling \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 forecasting\nJonathan Berkowitz, Ph.D\n4160 Staulo Crescent, Vancouver, B.C., V6N 3S2\nOffice: (604) 263-1508\nHome: (604) 263-5394\nr\nCaring For Pets and People\nWest Tenth Veterinary Ginic\n106- 4545 W. 10th Ave.\nDr. D.A Jackson& Associates\nPlease call 224-7743 for appointment\n, Conveniently located next to the Point Grey Safeway.\nMax - ii\nHistologfy Services\nProviding Plastic and Wax sections for the research community\nGeorge Spurr RT, RLAT(R)\nDaytime (604)266-7359\nEvening (604) 266-2597\nE- Mail spurrwax@infomatch.com\nKevin Gibbon ART FIBMS\nDaytime\nEvening\n(604) 856-7370\n(604) 856-7370\nUBCREPORTS\nUBC Reports is published twice monthly (monthly in\nDecember, June, July and August) for the entire\nuniversity community by the UBC Public Affairs Office,\n207-6328 Memorial Rd., Vancouver B.C., V6T 1Z2.\nManaging Editor: Steve Crombie\n(scrombie@unixg. ubc.ca)\nEditor: Paula Martin (pmmartin@unixg.ubc.ca)\nProduction: Stephen Forgacs (forgacs@unixg.ubc.ca)\nContributors: Connie Filletti (filletti@unixg.ubc.ca), Abe\nHefter (hefter@unixg.ubc.ca), Charles Ker (charlesk\u00C2\u00AE\nunixg.ubc.ca), Gavin Wilson (gavinw@unixg.ubc.ca).\nEditorial and advertising enquiries: (604) 822-3131\n(phone), (604) 822-2684 (fax).\nUBC Reports welcomes the submission of letters and\nopinion pieces. Opinions and advertising published in\nUBC Reports do not necessarily reflect official university\npolicy.\nMaterial may be reprinted in whole or in part with\nappropriate credit to UBC Reports. UBC Reports \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 March 23, 1995 3\nChanges in patent law\nwill affect researchers\nThe University-Industry Liaison Office\n(UILO) is urging UBC researchers to disclose inventions to the UILO before\nchanges to U.S. patent law come into\neffect.\nBeginning June 8, the U.S. patent\nterm for an invention will be 20 years,\nmeasured from the filing date of the patent application. Currently, the U.S. patent term for an invention is 17 years from\nthe date of grant of the patent.\nSince it can take several years to obtain a patent, this change in patent law\nmay lead to shorter patent term protection.\nThe UILO is asking that all researchers review their work in progress to determine if they have an invention to disclose.\nThese disclosures should be submitted\nto the UILO as soon as possible, and the\noffice will attempt to fast-track its evaluation to make any necessary patent applications before June 8.\nResearchers should remember that it\nis important they follow correct procedures for evidencing the date of an invention. As UBC policy number 88 states, if\na patentable device or process might arise\nin the course of work on any project,\n\"laboratory records should be kept in a\nbound, not loose-leaf, notebook and be\ndated, signed and witnessed as a routine\nprocedure.\"\nFor more information on this and other\nU.S. patent changes, contact the UILO at\n822-8580.\n1995 honorary degree recipients\nUBC alumnus known\nas top of his field\nThomas Franck. a UBC alumnus\nrecognized worldwide as one of this\ngeneration's most\nproductive and influential international legal scholars, will receive an\nhonorary degree\nduring the university's spring Congregation ceremonies on June 2.\nSince 1965.\nFranck has been\npeerless as the director of the Center\nfor International\nStudies at NewYork\nUniversity.\nHe was cited by\nthe UBC Tributes Committee, which\nrecommends nominees for honorary\ndegrees, for his significant contribution to the betterment of international law and human rights on be-\nThomas Franck\nhalf of foreign governments.\nDuring his career\nhe has served as a\nlegal advisor and\ncounsellor to the\ngovernments of Tanzania, Kenya, Zanzibar. Mauritius.\nSolomon Islands, El\nSalvador, Chad,\nBosnia and\nHerzegovina.\nThe author of numerous works on international and constitutional law,\nFranck is a three-\ntime recipient of the\nCertificate of Merit\nawarded by the\nAmerican Society of\nInternational Law in recognition of\nhis writing.\n(This is the fourth in a series of\narticles featuring UBC's honorary\ndegree recipients.)\nAuthor places stories\nin rural B.C. settings\nCelebrated novelist and UBC\ngraduate Jack Hodgins, author of\nSpit Delaney's Island, The Resurrection of Joseph\nBourne and other literary treasures of\nCanadian West\nCoast regional literature, will be awarded\nan honorary degree\nduring UBC's spring\nCongregation ceremonies on June 1.\nA resident of Victoria, Hodgins is a\nprofessor of creative\nwriting at the University of Victoria\nwhere he has inspired hundreds of\nstudents with his superbly crafted style\nwhich ranges from\nrealism to experimental postmodernism.\nSet mostly in small towns and\nalong the back roads of rural Vancouver Island, his writing creates a\ncompelling portrait of the region's\npeople and history.\nJack Hodgins\nHis fiction has won the Governor\nGeneral's Award, the Gibson's First\nNovel Award, the Eaton's B.C. Book\nAward, the Commonwealth Literature Prize (Canada-\nCaribbean region)\nand the Canada-\nAustralia Prize.\nSeveral of his stories and novels have\nbeen translated into\nother languages including Dutch,\nHungarian, Japanese, Russian, Italian and Norwegian.\nIn nominating\nhim for an honorary\ndegree, the UBC\nTributes Committee\nsaid that Hodgins\nhad brought renown\nto the university and the province as\none of Canada's finest fiction writers\nand as an innovative stylist and distinguished academic.\n(This is the fifth in a series of articles featuring UBC's honorary degree\nrecipients.)\nGavin Wilson photo\nMechanical Engineering students Ian Colotla, (left) fourth-year computer\nautomation option, and Wendy Ho, third-year electro-mechanical option,\nwith an x-y table that Colotla designed and built. The table uses computer\ncontrols and a linear motor to make precision movements accurate up to\none-thousandth of a millimetre. The same principles are used in industrial\napplications from machine tooling to making circuit boards.\nEngineering program\ntakes novel approach\nby Gavin Wilson\nStaff writer\nA new program is educating Applied\nScience students in the interdisciplinary\narea of electrical and mechanical engineering design while giving them valuable industrial experience.\nThe five-year Electro-Mechanical Engineering Design program combines bachelor and master of engineering degree\nprograms and provides for two summers\nworking in industry.\nAs computers become more closely\nintegrated into many products and processes, mechanical engineers must have\nan increasing knowledge of electronics\nand computer operation and software,\nsaid YusufAltintas, professor of Mechanical Engineering and co-ordinator of the\nprogram.\n\"This is a bridge between the two fields,\"\nAltintas said of the program, which was\ndeveloped jointly by the departments of\nMechanical Engineering and Electrical\nEngineering.\nAs well as the fundamental analysis\nand design knowledge required of all\nmechanical engineers, students graduating from this program will have special\nabilities in integrating computers into\nthe design of mechanical devices and\nprocesses.\n\"Since current technology requires an\ninterdisciplinary knowledge of mechanical, electrical and computer systems, the\ngraduates from this program are expected\nto be in high demand by industry,\" Altintas\nsaid.\nTen students in second-year Mechanical Engineering will be chosen to enter\nthe program according to their academic\nrecord, design aptitude and interpersonal\nand communication skills.\n'The reason we ask for good communications and interpersonal skills is simple.\" Altintas said. \"No one can make an\naircraft on their own; it requires a team.\"\nWhen students are admitted to the\nprogram, they immediately spend a summer working in industry, something they\nrepeat at the end of their third year of\nstudy.\nThird- and fourth-year curricula are a\nmix of Mechanical Engineering courses\nand Electrical Engineering courses in\nelectronics.\nAt the end of year four, the graduate\nschool year of 12 months begins on May\n1, with the students working in design\nteams comprising two to four students, a\nprofessor and an engineer from industry.\nEach team takes on two parallel\nprojects. The first involves designing and\nbuilding a piece of complex machinery,\nfor example, a gear box or a hydraulic\npress. The second project requires they\ndesign a single-board computer to control the machinery.\n\"It's a very hands-on approach. These\nare not fundamental research projects.\"\nAltintas said. \"We want them to be similar\nto professional projects done in industry.\nIn fact, we hope the projects will be initiated by the companies in which the students do their co-op work terms.\"\nWhile doing these projects, students\nwill also take related graduate courses.\nAt the end of their fifth year they receive\na Bachelor of Applied Science and a Master's of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering simultaneously.\nThe program should produce its first\ngraduates by May, 1997.\nRecently approved by Senate, there are\nalready students enrolled in the program. 4 UBC Reports \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 March 23, 1995\nAgreement opens Asia to UBC students\nby Gavin Wilson\nStaff writer\nFor one UBC graduate student, an exchange agreement\nwith a Philippine university provided a chance to meet face-to-\nface with rural managers of rice\nand livestock co-operatives.\nFor another, it gave an opportunity to conduct research on\ngenetic differences in tropical\nfish, which will strengthen her\nPhD thesis on the disease resistance of B.C.'s coho salmon.\nThis exchange program, one\nofthe very few focusing on graduate students, is among the benefits that UBC has gained from\nmembership in a consortium of\nSoutheast Asian universities.\nConsortium supporters on\ncampus say this is just the beginning. As links with these universities grow, so will potential\nopportunities for both students\nand faculty.\nFormed in 1989, the Southeast Asian University Consortium for Graduate Education in\nAgriculture and Natural Resources unites five universities\nto share resources and expertise\nand enhance graduate education and research.\nUBC was invited to join in\n1993, and officially signed on\nlast November as an associate\nmember, along with Australia's\nUniversity of Queensland.\nThe founding members are\nIndonesia's Universitas Gadjah\nMada and Institut Pertanian\nBogor, Thailand's Kasetsart\nUniversity, Malaysia's\nUniversiti Pertanian and the\nUniversity of the Philippines,\nLos Banos.\nGeorge Kennedy, who facilitated UBC's membership in the\nconsortium, is the Faculty of\nAgricultural Sciences' director\nof International Programs.\nHe says UBC is an ideal partner for the consortium, with its\nPacific Rim location, pre-eminence in Asian research and\nstrong programs in agriculture,\nenvironmental studies, fisheries, forestry, and resource management.\nBelonging to the consortium\ncan also help strengthen existing UBC programs, he adds.\n\"For example, we have no\ncourse on agricultural extension\nhere, but now we can offer it\nthrough the exchange program.\nThe consortium can strengthen\nfunding opportunities. Such\npartnerships also promote interdisciplinary research across\ncampus in natural resources.\"\nDown the road, Kennedy\nGavin Wilson photo\nShannon Balfry, who is working on a PhD in Animal Science,\nwent to a Malaysian university to conduct research under an\nexchange agreement with Southeast Asian universities.\nHere at UBC, she looks at genetic variations in coho salmon\nstrains from different B.C. river systems.\nhopes that consortium members\nwill develop programs together.\n\"In the future, it may not be\nunreasonable to think ofthe consortium as one university with\nseven campuses, each with its\nown strengths, expertise and resources.\"\nFor the time being, the exchanges are the most visible aspect of the consortium's activities. They allow graduate students to carry out research or\ntake courses overseas, and get\ncredit toward their UBC degree.\nAmong the other benefits a\nsemester abroad can bring,\nKennedy says, are language\npractice, insight into other cultures, international experience,\ndifferent expertise and access to\ncourses not available at UBC.\nFaculty exchanges have been\nlimited to short-term visits, although that may change later.\nSo far. Maureen Garland, Brent\nSkura, Murray Isman and Rick\nBarichello, all from Agricultural\nSciences, have made visits\nfunded with B.C. Asia Pacific\nScholars Awards.\nAs well as the exchanges,\nconsortium members are sharing information on courses, research expertise, faculty members and library resources,\nKennedy says.\nAndrew Howard, director of\nInternational Programs in the\nFaculty of Forestry, is also excited by the possibilities the consortium opens for his faculty.\nAlthough there have been no\nexchanges yet. there are several\nstudents, especially at the graduate level, who are interested in\ninternational work, he says. The\nfaculty is also co-sponsoring an\ninternational conference with\nMalaysia's Universiti Pertanian\nnext year.\n\"The consortium has great\npotential for us,\" Howard says.\n\"It is consistent with our goal\nof expanding activities in Pacific Rim countries. We can\nNotice to UBC Staff Pension Plan Members\nfyetwi Saand o\u00C2\u00A3 'Dinectona ia fdeoAed ta utoitc ie.\n6371 0te4ce\u00C2\u00ABt IRoad\n1Refiie46me*U cvitl 6e tewed.\n*?>tee Pantutq. PaAAeA cuc\u00C2\u00A3C 6e /twtiladle at tie Vaa%.\nalso act as ambassadors, improving understanding of Canadian forestry practices.\"\nAndrea Harris, studying for\nher master's degree in Agricultural Economics, went to the\nPhilippines on a four-month exchange last spring. There she\nconducted research on agricultural co-operatives, which parallels her thesis research on\nCanadian co-ops.\nAfter growing up on the Canadian prairie, with its huge,\nmechanized farms, it was an eye-\nopener for Harris to see draft\nanimals in use and the intensive\nlabour in the rice paddies.\nHarris also found that co-ops\nhave a different role in the Philippines, where they are used as\na development tool and are often\nimposed from above by government. This, however, distorted\nkey aims of co-ops, such as community control, she says.\nTravelling from village to village, she interviewed managers\nof 10 rice and livestock co-ops in\nthe provinces of Laguna and\nBatangus. She found that grassroots, self-funded co-ops were\ndoing best.\n\"I have always been interested\nin development issues, and this\nexchange gave me valuable experience that would otherwise\nbe hard to get,\" Harris says.\nAs well as broadening her\nperceptions of co-operatives and\nhow they work in developing\ncountries, the exchange gave her\nfresh insight into Canadian agriculture \u00E2\u0080\u0094 and into her own\ncharacter.\n\"You learn a lot about yourself and how you deal with situations that might make you uncomfortable. It's a real test of\nyour character,\" she says.\nAnother exchange student,\nShannon Balfry, who is doing\nher PhD in Animal Science, went\nto Malaysia's Universiti\nPertanian to conduct research\nwith funding from a Canada-\nASEAN Centre/Asia Pacific\nFoundation travel grant.\nAt UBC, she looks at genetic\nvariations in coho strains from\ndifferent B.C. river systems, to\nsee which may be related to the\nability to resist diseases.\nThe results of her study could\neventually benefit B.C.'s growing aquaculture industry.\nIf there is a genetic component to disease resistance, then\naquaculturalists could breed it\ninto fish stocks, reducing the\nneed for antibiotics, which have\nhealth and environmental impacts.\nTravelling to Malaysia was an\nopportunity for Balfry to work\nwith a different fish species \u00E2\u0080\u0094\none that lives in warm water and\nis exposed to different pathogens \u00E2\u0080\u0094 to see if her hypothesis\nheld true.\n\"The results were perfect. They\nfit in nicely with my coho work,\"\nsays Balfry, who will incorporate\nthe findings into her thesis.\nBalfry said she was pleasantly surprised when she arrived at Universiti Pertanian, a\nbeautiful, modern campus where\ngraduate courses are taught in\nEnglish. Even the library was\npredominantly English, and featured the latest CD-ROM database systems.\n\"I'd like to go back as a postdoctoral fellow,\" she says. \"With\nthe world. becoming a smaller\nplace, to have international experience puts you a little ahead\nwhen competing for jobs. Especially as a graduate student, it's\nan advantage.\"\nAnyone interested in learning more about the exchange\nprogram \u00E2\u0080\u0094 current and prospective graduate students or\nfaculty \u00E2\u0080\u0094 can find out more at\nan information session on\nThursday, March 30, from 1 to\n2 p.m. in Room 158, MacMillan\nBuilding.\nSuccess in private practice requires\nmore than professional expertise...it\ntakes business know-how!\nParticipate in this exciting 12-hour series and learn the skills\nnecessary to build and run a successful private practice.\nFor dates & further information, call 737-8145\nThe Learning Curve Training Systems Inc.\nUBC CONTINUING STUDIES\npresents\nECOLOGY, POLITICS AND\nCLEARCUTTING\nPatrick Moore\nfrom the Forest Alliance of British Columbia\n(Co-founder of Greenpeace)\nDouglas Hopwood\nForestry Consultant\nAuthor of \"Principles and Practices of New Forestry\"\nThis two-hour session will provide current and varying perspectives\non the issues confronting the forest industry in British Columbia.\nAudience participation with questions and comments will be\nencouraged.\nThursday, March 30, IRC Lecture Hall #6\n7:30 - 9:30 p.m. UBC Reports \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 March 23, 1995 5\nForum\nFaculty Association\nstrives to maintain\nquality of education\nat UBC\nby Tony Sheppard\nLaw Prof Tony Sheppard is\nPresident ofthe UBC Faculty Association.\nThese days, it seems that every\naspect of university life is subject to a\nwelter of criticism. Even the quality\nof university teaching is being\nquestioned. Some also criticize\nfaculty associations for playing an\nobstructionist role, and frustrating\nattempts to improve university\nteaching. These criticisms are ill-\ninformed. The quality of teaching at\nCanadian universities, in general,\nand at UBC, in particular, is second\nto none. Of course in teaching, as in\nevery other form of human endeavour, one always strives to do better.\nThe Faculty Association has played\nand continues to play a pivotal and\nconstructive role\nin attempts to\nimprove teaching at UBC.\nThe exemplary quality of\nuniversity\nteaching is\namply demonstrated by a\nStatistics\nCanada survey\nwhich found\nthat 86 per cent\nof Canadian\nuniversity\ngraduates are\neither satisfied\nor very satisfied\nwith the teaching quality in\ntheir programs.\nAt UBC, the\nuniversity's\n1994/95 Budget and Planning\nNarrative reports that annual student\nevaluations of teaching in thousands\nof course sections result in only 30 to\n40 less than satisfactory teaching\nassessments. The budget narrative\ngoes on to state that there is no\ndiscernible problem whatever with\nthe quality of teaching at UBC:\n\"What was most striking was that\nteaching is overwhelmingly positively\nevaluated by students and that in the\ncase of the small proportion of\ninstructors whose teaching is evaluated as less than satisfactory,\napproximately one-third are not with\nthe university the following year, one-\nthird have taken action to improve\ntheir teaching effectiveness. Of the\nbalance, some are reassigned to\ncourses in which they are more\neffective leaving a very small number\nwho repeat the same problems in the\nfollowing year.\"\nFor an individual member of\nfaculty to become a good teacher and\nremain so over the years requires\ncontinuous dedication and effort. The\nFaculty Association plays an important role in sustaining the development of teaching skills throughout a\nmember's career. The goal of improving the quality of teaching and the\npurposes of the Faculty Association\nare completely consistent. The\nassociation's constitution states that\nTony Sheppard\nits purposes are to promote the\nwelfare of its members and the\nUniversity of British Columbia and to\nact as bargaining agent for its\nmembers\nQuality of teaching depends\nprimarily on the quality of faculty. To\nrecruit and retain the most qualified\nfaculty, the association must ensure\nthrough bargaining and, if necessary,\narbitration, that the university does\nnot shirk its responsibilities to\nprovide financial rewards for good\nteaching through career progress\nincrements, merit awards, etc.\nThe association has also succeeded in obtaining rights of bargaining for part-time faculty and to\nbargain not only salary and economic\nbenefits, but also conditions of\nappointment for sessional and part-\ntime faculty. The Faculty Association\nand the university administration are in the\nfinal stages of\nbringing into\neffect a new\nagreement\ncovering\nconditions of\nappointment\nand providing\nsome job\nsecurity for\nthese individuals. Sessional\nand part-time\nfaculty bear\nheavy teaching\nloads, and\nthese new\nconditions of\nappointment\nwill help to\nensure that the\nuniversity rewards their good teaching\nwith offers of continuous employment.\nWhen the Faculty Association\nsubmits a denial of reappointment,\npromotion and tenure to arbitration,\na critical concern is whether or not\nthe quality of the candidate's teaching has been fairly and accurately\nevaluated beginning at the departmental level and proceeding onwards\nand upwards to the president of the\nuniversity.\nThe appeal board has observed\nthat candidates' teaching records are\nsometimes undervalued, resulting in\nan unfair loss of employment. In\ntaking such appeals to arbitration,\nthe Faculty Association seeks to\nvalidate teaching as a worthy criterion for granting reappointment,\ntenure or promotion.\nDefending academic freedom and\ndrawing public attention to deteriorating teaching conditions on campus are only two examples of how the\nFaculty Association serves to improve\nthe quality of instruction at UBC.\nThis ongoing commitment is\nperhaps best exemplified by the\nassociation's founding of the Centre\nfor Faculty Development and Instructional Services in 1987. The association continues to be represented on\nthe advisory board of the centre and\nmost of the centre's programs are\nconducted by faculty volunteers.\nCutting Edge\nDave Thomson photo\nShyan Ku from UBC's Dept. of Electrical Engineering was one of more than\n100 Applied Science graduate students who showed their research wares\nduring the B.C. Advanced Systems Institute Graduate Students Presentation\nDay at the Robson Square Conference Centre. Ku's project involved a\nmachine that allows microsurgeons to manipulate delicate tissue more\nsafely and efficiently.\nEffect of fisheries extends\nto phytoplankton: study\nby Gavin Wilson\nStaff writer\nThe world's fisheries have a greater\nimpact on ocean food chains than previously believed, says a study by Daniel\nPauly, a professor at UBC's Fisheries\nCentre, and Villy Christensen of the International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management in Manila, Philippines.\nThe study, published in the March 16\nissue ofthe sciencejournal Nature, found\nthat a surprising percentage of organisms at the most basic level of the food\nchain are needed to support global fisheries.\nUntil now, the authors say, studies of\nfisheries problems usually emphasized\nthe decline of the exploited fish\npopulations, which are generally on top\nofthe food chains.\nIt was assumed that fisheries have\nlittle impact on the lower links ofthe food\nchain: zooplankton, the small shrimplike animals on which many fish feed,\nand phytoplankton, the microscopic algae that zooplankton eat.\nZooplankton are eaten by small fish,\nwhich are food for larger fish which are in\nturn eaten by ocean-going predators at\nthe top ofthe food chain, such as tuna.\nThe researchers based their calculations on the 90 million tonnes of fish\nlanded each year by the world's fisheries,\nand added another 30 million tonnes of\nby-catch, fish accidentally caught in nets\nand then discarded at sea.\nThe researchers estimated that eight\nper cent of the world's production of\nphytoplankton, four times the previous\nestimate, are required to sustain the total\ncatch of 120 million tonnes.\nThis, however, is an average that combines a low of two per cent in open ocean\nwaters with much higher figures in areas\nwhere the most intensive fishing occurs.\nNearly 90 per cent ofthe world's catch is\ntaken in fresh water, upwellings and continental shelves, the narrow bands of\nwater less than 200 metres deep.\nOn shelves, the percentage of\nphytoplankton production required to\nsustain the fisheries is as high as 35 per\ncent, which the authors call \"a surprisingly high figure.\"\nIn other words, in areas where most\nfishing is done, one of every three algal\ncells works to support the fishery.\nBut even these high figures could be\nan underestimate, Pauly and Christensen\nsaid. They did not include unreported\nand illegal catches and did not take into\naccount the fact that some phytoplankton\nproduction is recycled by the algae themselves.\nThe researchers say this is strong evidence for the limits of global fisheries and\njustifies concerns for the sustainability\nand biodiversity of the world's marine\nlife.\nPauly and his colleagues at the UBC\nFisheries Centre are now doing a detailed\nstudy of the global food and primary\nproduction requirements of marine mammals, and a global study of the extent of\nunreported and illegal fisheries catches.\nTheir ultimate aim is to estimate the\nsize ofthe catch that the world's fisheries\ncan take without depleting fish stocks or\nendangering top predators such as marine mammals and sea birds.\nCharles Ker photo\nWoman Of Words\nVancouver author Joy Kogawa\ntakes a break in the courtyard of\nthe Buchanan complex before\nreading from her acclaimed works,\nObasan, and its sequel, Itsuka.\nKogawa was the final speaker in\nthe Dept. of Creative Writing's\nreading series sponsored by the\nCanada Council. 6 UBC Reports \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 March 23, 1995\nCalendar\nMarch 26 through April 8\nSunday, Mar. 26\nCollegium Musicum\nJohn Sawyer/Morna Edmundson, directors. VST, chapel ofthe\nEpiphany at 8pm. Call 822-5574.\nMonday, Mar. 27\nElectrical Engineering\nSeminar\nWhither Neural Networks. Prof.\nIgor Aleksander, head, Electrical\nEngineering, Imperial College,\nLondon. CEME 1202 at 8:30am.\nCall 822-6660.\nOrigami Demonstration\nDiscover the delights of Japanese paper folding. Joseph Wu\nshows how to create amazing art\nobjects from the special papers\nthat have been developed over\nthe centuries. UBC Bookstore\nArt/Design section from 12-\n1:30pm. Call 822-0587.\nUBC Zen Society\nColloquium\nBeginning Zen. Graham Good,\nEnglish. Buchanan D-201 at\n2:30pm. Call 822-4086.\nBiochemistry /Molecular\nBiology\nTumour Suppressor Genes: Exploring Their Clinical Applications. Dr. Stephen Friend, Molecular Genetics, Massachusetts\nGeneral Hosp., Boston. IRC #4 at\n3:45pm. Refreshments. Call 822-\n9871.\nAsian Studies Colloquium\nAn Investigation Of An Early\nWestern Zhou Bronze: The\nXueding. Robert Stephenson,\nAsian Centre 604 from 12:30-\n1:30pm. Call 822-3881.\nPlant Science Seminar\nPhysiological Changes Associated\nWith Aging Potato Tuber. Rick\nKnowles, U. of Alberta. MacMillan\n318-D at 12:30pm. Call 822-\n9646.\nAstronomy Seminar\nMolecular Gas In Local Group\nGalaxies. Christine Wilson,\nMcMaster U. Geophysics/Astronomy 260 at 4pm. Refreshments at 3:30pm. Call 822-2696/\n2267.\nCentre for Applied Ethics\nColloquium\nFinding The Lost Lawyer:\nKronman On Practical Wisdom/\nProfessional Ethics.Dr. Tim Dare,\nPhilosophy, U. of Auckland, NZ.\nAngus415from4-6pm. Call 822-\n5139.\n1995 Comparative\nPhysiology Seminar\nTransport Of Para-amino\nHippurate And Urate By Reptilian Nephrons. Dr. Bill Dantzler.\nPhysiology, U. of Arizona, Tucson.\nBioSciences 2449 at 4:30pm. Call\n822- 4228/822-3168.\nBotanical Garden Special\nLecture\nDiscovering Exciting/Unusual\nPerennials, Shrubs And Vines For\nBC Gardens. Sponsored by\nFriends of the Garden. Crofton\nHouse School Addison Theatre at\n8pm. Admission $8/$5 (available\nat the Garden). Call 822-4529.\nGreen College Seminar\nPride, Prejudice/Corruption: In\nSearch For Neurobiology's Holy\nGrail. Chris Shaw, Ophthalmology. Green College recreation\nlounge at 8pm. Call 822-8660.\nTuesday, Mar. 28\nMOST Workshop\nThe Fundamentals Of Communicating. Maura Da Cruz, training\nadministrator. Human Resources.\nBrock Hall 0017 from 9am-12pm.\nRefreshments. Call 822-9644.\nAnimal Science Seminar\nSeries\nMetabolic Responses Of Early Life\nStages In Fish To Salinity Change.\nErick Groot, PhD candidate.\nMacMillan 256 at 12:30pm. Refreshments. Call 822-4593.\nCentre for Biodiversity\nResearch Spring Seminars\nBioindication Of Heavy Metals In\nThe Fraser Valley. Ute Pott, MSc.\ncandidate, Botany. BioSciences\n2000 at 12:30pm. Call 822-2131.\nPharmaceutical Sciences\nSeminar\nCarvedilol: Stereoselective Analy-\nsis/Pharmacokinetics. Lilian\nClohs, grad student, Pharmaceutical Sciences. IRC #3 at 12:30pm.\nCall 822-4645.\nLectures in Modern\nChemistry\nRadical Approaches To Highly Reduced Compounds Of The Early\nTransition Metals. Prof. John Ellis,\nChemistry, U. of Minnesota. Chemistry 250, south wing at lpm. Refreshments from 12:40pm. Call\n822-3266.\nMOST Workshop\nCentral Agencies II: Human Resources \u00E2\u0080\u0094Recruiting Staff At UBC.\nKim Simms, personnel assistant.\nHuman Resources. Brock Hall\n0017 from l-4pm. Refreshments.\nCall 822-9644.\nPharmaceutical Sciences\nLipoprotein Lipase In The Diabetic\nRat. Dr. David Seversen, MRC Signal\nTransduction Group, U.of Calgary.\nIRC #5 at 4pm. Call 822-4645.\nPsychology Seminar\nAlternative Metaphors For Judgment And Choice: The Psychologist, The Economist, The Politician And The Theologian. Visiting\nScholar Philip Tetlock, director,\nInstitute of Personality/Social Research, U. of Calif., Berkeley.\nKenny 2510 Peter Suedfeld lounge\nat 4pm. Call 822-5675.\nMedical Genetics Seminar\nMolecular Characterization Of\nHuman Phospholipase A2 Like\nGene. Paul Kowalski, PhD student. Medical Genetics. Wesbrook\n201 at 4:30pm. Refreshments at\n4:15pm. Call 822-5312.\nGreen College Seminar\nContested Space: The Politics Of\nCanadian Memory. Veronica\nStrong-Boag, Centre for Research\nin Women's Studies/Gender Relations. Green College recreation\nlounge at 5:30pm. Call 822-8660.\nWednesday, Mar. 29\nCentre for Japanese\nResearch Seminar\nJapanese Labour And The Miracle: The Missing Link. Dr. John\nPrice, History. Asian Centre music\nstudio from 12:30-2:00pm. Call\n822-2629.\nOrthopaedics Grand Rounds\nCervical Spine/Rheumatoid Arthritis. Dr. Marcel Dvorak, speaker;\nDr. Robert W. McGraw. chair. Vancouver Hosp/HSC Eye Care Centre auditorium from 7-8am. Call\n875-4272.\nMicrobiology/Immunology\nSeminar\nDevelopmental Genes Discovered\nBy Restriction Enzyme Mediated\nIntegration Plasmids In\nDictyostelium. Dr. Bill Loomis,\nBiology, U. of Calif., San Diego.\nWesbrook 201 from 12-1:30pm.\nCall 822-3308.\nMusic Concert\nUBC Jazz Ensemble. Fred Stride,\ndirector. Music Bldg. Recital hall\nat 12:30pm. Free admission. Call\n822-5574.\nCentre for Japanese\nResearch Seminar\nProductivity In Japan. John Price,\nHistory. Asian Centre 604 from\n12:30-2pm. Call 822-2629.\nInstitute of Applied\nMathematics Colloquium\nTBA. Dr. Huaxiang Huang, Mathematics, SFU. Math 203 at 3:30pm.\nCall 822-4584.\nGeography Colloquium\nGlacier Dynamics/Anomalous\nPost-Glacial Emergence On\nEllesmere Island: New Perspectives\nOn Paleoclimatic Change And\nNeotectonics In The High Arctic.\nDr. John England, Geography, U.\nof Alberta. Geography 201 at\n3:30pm. Refreshments. Call 822-\n4929.\nPharmaceutical Sciences\nSeminar\nComplete Androgen Block In Prostate Cancer: Is It Cost Effective\nTherapy? Donna Buna, PharmD\nstudent. Clinical Pharmacy. Vancouver Hosp/HSC G-279 from 4-\n5pm. Call 822-4645.\nCentre for Biodiversity\nResearch Spring Seminars\nAmphibian Population Declines:\nEvidence, Causes And Implications: Andy Blaustein, Zoology,\nOregon State U. Family/Nutritional Sciences 60 at 4:30pm. Call\n822-2131.\nRespiratory Seminar Series\nShould We Put The Respiratory\nMuscles To Rest? Dr. Jeremy Road,\nassociate professor. Medicine.\nTaylor-Fiddler conference room,\nVancouver Hosp/HSC Laurel Pavilion from 5-6pm. Call 875-5653.\nDistinguished Speakers\nSeries\nPolitical Or Politicized Psychology:\nIs The Road To Scientific Hell Paved\nWith Good Intentions? Philip\nTetlock, director, Institute of Personality/Social Research, U. of\nCalif., Berkeley. Hotel Georgia from\n7:30-9:30pm. $10. Call 822 1450.\nMusic Concert\nUBC Percussion Ensemble/\nCapilano College Percussion Ensemble. John Rudolph, director.\nOld Auditorium at 8pm. Free admission. Call 822-5574.\nGreen College 19th Century\nStudies Colloquium\nBreaking The Sound Barrier: A\nShort History Of Noise. Peter Bailey, History, U. of Manitoba. Green\nCollege recreation lounge at 8pm.\nCall 822-8660.\nThursday, Mar. 30\nContinuing Studies Lecture\nEcology, Politics and Clearcutting.\nPatrick Moore, Forest Alliance of\nB.C.; DougHopwood, forestry consultant. IRC Lecture Hall 6 from\n7:30-9:30pm. Call 822-1460.\nMusic Concert\nUBC Contemporary Players.\nAndrew Dawes/Stephen Chatman,\ndirectors. Music Bldg. Recital hall\nat 12:30pm. Free admission. Call\n822-5574.\nPsychology Lecture\nHow Politicized Has Political Psychology Become? Examining The\nDebates OverThe New Racism And\nThe End OfThe Cold War. Cecil/\nIda Green Visiting Professor Philip\nTetlock, director. Institute of Personality/Social Research, U. of\nCalif., Berkeley. Buchanan A-106\nat 12:30pm. Call 822-5675.\nForestry Lecture\nBetter Utilization For Sustained\nProduction And Profit. Dr. Robert\nYoungs, College of Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife Resources, Virginia Tech. MacMillan 260 from\n12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-5303.\nAgricultural Economics/\nRelated Information Meeting\nSoutheast Asian University Consortium For Graduate Education\nIn Agriculture And Natural Resources. Opportunities for faculty/\nstudent exchanges. MacMillan 158\nfrom l-2pm. Call 822-2193.\nMultimedia Demonstrations\nPresentations by Marc Broudo,\nHealth Sciences; Michelle\nLamberson, Geological Sciences;\nPaul Hibbitts, Media Resource\nNetwork. USB, south end\nTELEcentre from l-2pm. Call 822-\n3062.\nPhysics Colloquium\nQuantum Mechanics In Your Face.\nSidney Coleman, Harvard U.\nHennings 201 at 4pm. Call 822-\n3853.\nMusic Concert\nUBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble.\nMartin Berinbaum, director. Old\nAuditorium at 8pm. Call 822-5574.\nFriday, Mar. 31\nHealth Care/Epidemiology\nRounds\nQuality Of Life Outcomes Following Cataract Surgery. Dr. Simon\nHolland, clinical instruction of\nOphthalmology; Dr. Rick Mathias,\nprofessor of Epidemiology; Ronnie\nSizto, systems analyst. Mather 253\nfrom9-10am. Call 822-2772. Parking available in B lot.\nPediatrics Grand Rounds\nPartnerships/Opportunities: The\nCentre For Molecular Medicine And\nTherapeutics. Dr. Michael Hayden,\nMedical Genetics. GF Strong auditorium at 9am. Call 875-2307.\nPolitical Science Seminar\nGood Judgment In World Politics:\nWho Gets What Right, When And\nWhy. Cecil/Ida Green Visiting Pro\nfessor Philip Tetlock, director Institute of Personality/Social Research, U. of Calif., Berkeley.\nBuchanan A-104 at 3:30pm. Call\n822-5675.\nMathematics/Institute of\nApplied Mathematics\nColloquium\nTopics In Singular Perturbations/\nExponential Asymptotics. Dr.\nMichael Ward, Mathematics.\nMath 203 at 3:30pm. Refreshments at 3:15pm in Math Annex\n1115. Call 822-2666.\nChemical Engineering\nWeekly Seminar\nMathematical Modelling Of\nFluid/Ion Exchange Following\nThermal Injury. CristinaGyenge,\ngrad student. ChemEngineering\n206 at 3:30pm. Call 822-3238.\nTheoretical Chemistry\nSeminars\nAspects Of Kinetic TheoryTo Ionospheric Physics. G. Arkos, Geophysics. Chemistry 402, central\nwing at 4pm. Call 822-3997.\nSaturday, Apr. 1\nVancouver Institute Lecture\nProspects For Peace In Ireland. Prof.\nConor Cruise O'Brien, essayist,\nhistorian, diplomat, Dublin. IRC\n#2 at 8:15pm. Call 822-3131.\nMonday, Apr. 3\nCancer Research Seminar\nHelix-Loop-Helix Protein In\nHematolymphoid Development.\nDr. Adam Goldfarb, Institute of\nPathology, Case Western Reserve,\nU. of Cleveland. BC Cancer Research Centre lecture theatre at\n12pm. Call 877-6010.\nPlant Science Seminar\nThe Regulation Of\nPhenylpropanoid Natural Product Biosyntheses: Molecular Approaches. Carl Douglas, Botany.\nMacMillan 318-D at 12:30pm.\nCall 822-9646.\nAstronomy Seminar\nProperties Of Invisible Galaxies.\nGregBothun, U. of Oregon. Geophysics/Astronomy 260 at 4pm.\nRefreshments at 3:30pm. Call\n822-2696/2267.\nCentre for Chinese\nResearch Seminar\nThe Chinese Communist Party's\n'Case Examination' Apparatus:\nA Secret Party Organization And\nIts Operating Procedures. Prof.\nMichael Schoenhals, Pacific Asia\nStudies, Stockholm U. Asian Centre 604 from 4:30-6pm. Call 822-\n2629.\nUBCREPORTS\nc Ai.F.iAm ar Pour* Aim nFAntJWRs\ni The UBC Rep&tts Calendar lists uriiversiiy-relaied or\nuniversity-sponsored events on campus and off campus within the Lower Mainland.\nCalendar items must be submitted on forms available from the UBC Public Affairs Office, 207-6328\nMemorial Road, Vancouver, B.C. VST 1Z2. Phone: 822-\n|t3l. Fax: 822-2684. Please limit to 35 words. Submissions for the Calendar's Notices section may be limited\ndue to space.\nDeadline for the April 6 issue of UBC Reports\u00E2\u0080\u0094which\ncovers the period April 9 to April 22 \u00E2\u0080\u0094 is noon, March\n28. _., . Calendar\nUBC Reports \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 March 23,1995 7\nMarch 26 through April 8\nPublic Lecture\nOf Summits, Security And\nSustainability \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Rio, Cairo, Copenhagen, Beijing, Halifax: IsThe\nWorld A Better Place? Arthur J.\nHanson, president/CEO International Inst, for Sustainable Development. IRC #3\n7:30pm. Call 822-9150.\nTuesday, Apr. 4\nCentre for Biodiversity\nResearch Spring Seminars\nFactors Restricting Plant Growth\nIn The Boreal Forest Understory:\nA Field Test OfThe Relative Importance Of Abiotic/Biotic Factors. BioSciences 2000 at\n12:30pm. Call 822-2131.\nFaculty Women's Club\nAnnual General Meeting\nElection of officers/presentation\nof life memberships. Featured:\nGreat Plant Hunter \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Native BC\nHorticultural Species And How\nTo Use Them In Our Gardens.\nWilf Nicholls, Botanical Garden.\nCecil Green Park main floor at\nlpm.\nOceanography Seminar\nOn Cows, Fish And Man: The\nCarrying Capacity OfThe Northeast Pacific For Sockeye Salmon.\nMichael Baumann, Oceanography. BioSciences 1465 at\n3:30pm. Call 822-4511.\nGreen College Seminar\nSynthetic DNA And Biology.\nMichael Smith, director.\nBiotechnology Lab, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology. Green\nCollege recreation lounge at\n5:30pm. Call 822-8660.\nWednesday, Apr. 5\nOrthopaedics Grand\nRounds\nUpper Extremity Reconstruction\nIn Quadriplegia. Maura\nWhittaker/Liza Hart, Spinal Cord\nProgram, speakers; Dr. Peter T.\nGropper, chair. Vancouver Hosp/\nHSC Eye Care Centre auditorium from 7-8am. Call875-4272.\nAstronomy/Geophysics\nSeminar\nClementine At The Moon. Eugene\nShoemaker, U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Ariz. BioSciences\n2000 at 4pm. Call 822-2696/\n2267.\nSchool of Nursing Scholarly\nColloquia\nFeminist Methods And Their Ap\nplication. Claire Budgen, professor, Okanagan U. College. Vancouver Hosp/HSC UBC Pavilion\nT-180 at 4:30pm. Call 822-7453.\nMOST Workshop\nConflict Resolution: An Introduction To Win/Win. Gary Harper,\nHarper & Associates. Brock Hall\n0017 from 9am-4pm. Refreshments. Call 822-9644.\nRespiratory Seminar Series\nRole Of Alveolar Macrophage\nFlastase In Emphysema. Dr.\nSteven D. Shapiro, professor,\nWashington U. at St. Louis. Taylor-\nFiddler conference room, Vancouver Hosp/HSC Laurel Pavilion from\n5-6pm. Call 875-5653.\nGreen College Science/\nSociety Seminar\nGreening The Campus. John\nRobinson, director. Sustainable\nDevelopment Research Inst. Green\nCollege recreation lounge at 8pm.\nCall 822-8660.\nThursday, Apr. 6\nComputer Science Invited\nSpeaker Seminars\nAn Integrated System Architecture\nFor Distributed Boundary Value\nProblems. Prof. HarrickVin, Computer Science, U. ofTexas at Austin. CICSR/CS 208 from 11:30am-\nlpm. 7th of 8. Call 822-0557.\nFriday, Apr. 7\nPediatrics Grand Rounds\nThe Role Of Imaging In Pediatric\nOncology. Dr. Mervyn D. Cohen,\ndirector of Radiology, Riley Children's Hosp/professor, Indiana U.\nGF Strong auditorium at 9am. Call\n875-2307.\nPlant Science Seminar\nThe Development Of ASolar Greenhouse. Prof. Dov Pasternak, Agriculture/Applied Biology, Ben-\nGurion U. of the Negev, Israel.\nMacMillan 318-D at 11:30am. Call\n822-2329.\nChemical Engineering\nWeekly Seminar\nDynamic Study Of Surfact During Catalytic Reaction. Prof. Yoshi\nAmenomiya, Chemistry, Ottawa.\nChemEngineering 206 at\n3:30pm. Call 822-3238.\nSaturday, Apr. 8\nVancouver Institute Lecture\nThe Emperor's New Mind Revisited. Prof. Roger Penrose, Rouse\nBall Prof, of Mathematics., Oxford. IRC #2 at 8:15pm. Call 822-\n3131.\nNotices\nUBC Zen Society\nZazen (sitting meditation) will be\nheld this term every Monday 1:30-\n2:30pm in the Tea Gallery of the\nAsian Centre. Beginners welcome, cushions provided. Meet\nat 1:30pm outside the Asian Centre Auditorium. Call 228-8955.\nStudent Housing\nA service offered by the AMS has\nbeen established to provide a housing listing service for both students and landlords. This service\nutilizes a computer voice\nmessaging system. Students call\n822-9844. landlords call 1-900-\n451-5585 (touch-tone calling) or\n822-0888, info only.\nFriday Morning Tour\nSchool/College Liaison tours provide prospective UBC students with\nan overview of campus activities,\nfacilities and services. Brock Hall\n204from9:30-l lam. Reservations\none week in advance. Call 822-\n4319.\nCounselling Psychology\nStudy\nMidlife Daughters/Daughters-In-\nLaw. Daughters, who are caring\nfor a parent in a care facility, are\nneeded for a study on stress and\ncoping. Involves one evening small\ngroup discussion with women similar to yourself. Call Allison at 822-\n9199.\nGrad Centre Activities\nDance To A Latin Beat. Every\nThur. at the Graduate Centre at\n8:30pm. To find out more about\nfree Mon. movies (presently Japanese) in the penthouse at the Grad\nCentre, free Tai Chi and other activities call the hot-line at 822-\n0999.\nInternational Student\nServices\nWomen's Support Group. Jennie\nCampbell, International Student\nAdvisor/Program Coordinator.\nInternational House every Thurs.\nbetween 4-5pm. Call 822-5021.\nUBC Libraries\nLibrary branches and divisions\nare offering more than 100 training/tutorial sessions this term.\nLearn how to use the online catalogue/information system, or one\nof more than 75 electronic\ndatabases in the library. Check\nbranches/divisions for times and\ndates. Call 822-3096.\nClinical Research Support\nGroup\nUnder the auspices of Health Care/\nEpidemiology. Provides Methodological, biostatistical, computational and analytical support for\nhealth researchers. Call 822-4530.\nDisability Resource Centre\nThe centre provides consultation\nand information for faculty members with students with disabilities. Guidebooks/servicesforstu-\ndents and faculty available. Call\n822-5844.\nEquity Office\nAdvisors are available to discuss\nquestions or concerns. We are prepared to help any UBC student, or\nmember of staff or faculty who is\nexperiencing discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment, find a satisfactory resolution. Call 822-6353.\nContinuing Studies Writing\nCentre\nWriting 098: Preparation For University Writing And The\nLPI.Summer Session: June 27-\nJuly 27, Tues., Thurs., 7-10pm.\nCall 822-9564.\nA Study on Hearing and Age\nSenior (65 yrs. or older) and junior\n(20-25 yrs.) volunteers are needed.\nExpected to attend 3 one-hour\nappointments at UBC. Experiments will examine how hearing\nand communication abilities differ with age. Honorarium. Call\n822-9474.\nDermatology Studies\nVolunteers Required\nGenital Herpes\n16 yrs/older. Approx. Eight visits\nover one-yr. period. All patients\nwill be treated with medication.\nNo control group. Call 875-5296.\nSkin Infection\n18 yrs/older. Looking for participants with infections such as infected wounds, burns, boils, sebaceous cysts or impetigo. Four visits over maximum 26 days. Honorarium. Call 875-5296.\nStatistical Consulting/\nResearch Laboratory\nSCARL is operated by the Dept. of\nStatistics to provide statistical\nadvice to faculty/staff/students.\nDuringTerm 2, 94/95, up to three\nhours of free advice is available for\nselected clients. Call 822-4037.\nBadminton Club\nFaculty/staff/grad students welcome. Osborne Gym A, Fridays\nfrom 6:30-9:30pm. $15 yr; $2\ndrop in. John Amor, Geophysics/\nAstronomy. Call 822-6933.\nSurplus Equipment\nRecycling Facility (SERF)\nDisposal of all surplus items. Every\nWednesday, 12-5pm. Task Force\nBldg., 2352 Health Sciences Mall.\nCall Vince at 822-2582/Rich at\n822-2813.\nGarden Tours\nWednesdays/Saturdays until October. UBC Botanical Garden at\nlpm. Available with the price of\nadmission. Call 822-9666.\nPsychology Study\nContinues to May 15. Music And\nMood. Volunteers required for 2\none-hr. sessions booked 2 days\napart. $20 honorarium upon\ncompletion. Call 822-2022.\nEnglish Language Institute\nHomestay\nContinues to Aug. 17. English-\nspeaking families needed to host\ninternational students participating in ELI programs for periods of\ntwo to six weeks. Remuneration\nis $22 per day. Call 822-1537.\nNitobe Memorial Garden\nBotanical Garden\nSummer Hours effective\nMarch 11 - October 15.\n1995:10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.\ndaily (including weekends).Call\n822-9666 for garden information.\nShop-in-the-Garden 822-4529.\nNOTE\nCalendar entries for the\nperiod of May 7 to June\n17 must be submitted\nby April 20.\nThe Calendar will not\nappear in the May 18\nissue of UBC Reports.\n'Wet sites' yield ancient artifacts\nImagine an archeologist from\nthe future trying to reconstruct\npresent-day society if all material made from plastics or\nsynthetics had disappeared.\nClothing, furnishings, computers, airplanes \u00E2\u0080\u0094 no trace of\nthese objects would survive.\nArcheologists face a similar problem when looking at the remains\nof ancient societies in British\nColumbia without the benefit of\nwood or plant material. Many\ntools and containers, as well as\nclothing, fishing nets, houses\nand canoes, were made from\nwood and other plant material\nthat perish unless preserved\nunder special conditions.\nA new exhibit opening March\n28 at the Museum of Anthropol\nogy (MOA) will provide a unique\nglimpse into the early history of\nthe Lower Mainland by looking\nat objects that normally decay\nover time.\nEntitled \"From Under the\nDelta: Wet-Site Archeology in\nBritish Columbia's Lower Mainland,\" the exhibit features rare,\nperishable wood and bark artifacts, some of which date back\n4,500 years.\nAdvances in conservation science now make it possible to preserve and show these important\ncollections, most of which have\nnever been on public display.\nThe exhibit's artifacts include\ntools, baskets, cordage and fishing gear retrieved from 11 archeological wet sites across the\nLower Mainland. Most of the\nobjects in the exhibit were recovered from the Musqueam Northeast site on the Musqueam Reserve, and the Water Hazard site\nin Tsawwassen. Other objects\non display come from sites in\nRichmond, Delta, Crescent\nBeach, Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows and the Fraser Valley.\nThe exhibit was developed in\nconsultation with local First\nNations communities that have\nparticipated in wet-site archeology projects and draws attention to issues relating to the\nmanagement and preservation of\nFirst Nations cultural heritage.\nIn conjunction with the exhibit, MOA will be hosting an\ninternational conference on\nA 4,300-year-old basket fragment from a Fraser River site\nwetland archeology April 27-30.\nOrganized in co-operation with\nthe Musqueam, Tsawwassen,\nKatzie and Sto:lo Nations, the\nprogram includes scientific sessions on current wet-site archeo\nlogical research and object conservation, as well as public talks\nand workshops on education and\ncultural resource management.\nFor information and registration, call MOA at 822-5087. 8 UBC Reports \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 March 23, 1995\nSupplement to UBC Reports\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nUBC TUITION POLICY\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nMarch 23, 1995\nDear Colleagues:\nEarlier drafts entitled \"Towards a Tuition Policy\" were prepared following the Board\nof Governor's August retreat at which the issue was raised and the themes identified.\nThe fourth draft was discussed at the December first board meeting. Subsequently\nit was refined and reformatted following advice received from vice presidents, deans,\nheads and directors and from the Senate Budget Committee.\nAt its January 1995 meeting, the board discussed the fifth draft and approved the\nfollowing resolution: \"That the Board request the Administration to proceed to\nconsultation and further development of a strategy on the basis ofthe December 30,\n1994 draft ofthe paper entitled Towards a Tuition Policy.\"\nUncertainty around the future of federal transfers to the provinces and provincial\nsupport for higher education makes it essential that the university have in place a\nclear policy to guide its actions in the determination of tuition fees under the various\nscenarios which could be played out over the next few months. The position ofthe\nadministration is that government grants to higher education are an investment in\nthe future ofthe economy and the nation, both in the development of Canada's human\nresources through education and training and in the development of intellectual\nproperty through research and creative professional activity. Consequently we\nbelieve adequate funding of universities to be not only an important investment for\nsocial reasons but a wise investment for economic reasons.\nIt is also demonstrable that higher education benefits not only society generally but\nthe recipient personally. Consequently there is a rationale for regarding the student's\npayment of tuition fees and other related costs as a private investment with a high\nprobability of private benefit. There is no simple or straightforward method of\ncalculating the appropriate share of the cost of higher education which should be\nborne respectively by the public generally and by the student specifically.\nThe policy suggests that the university should maximize revenues from governments\nand from all possible sources other than students provided doing so does not impose\nobligations inconsistent with its mission. Further it suggests that the university must\nbe demonstrably committed to effectiveness, efficiency and accountability in carrying\nout its mission. Then tuition fees should be established in such a way that they enable\nthe university to maintain resources at the current level in constant dollars per\nweighted full time equivalent student. In so determining tuition fees, the university\nhas an obligation to establish scholarship and bursary programs such that, taken\nwith provincial and national financial aid programs, they ensure that no student who\nwould otherwise be eligible for admission to UBC is excluded merely for personal\nfinancial reasons. An added element in tuition fee policy will be a provision for\nstudent financial awards.\nIn keeping with the resolution passed by the board and the board-approved policy\ngoverning consultation on tuition, following the January board meeting the administration proceeded to consult with the campus community generally and with\nstudents specifically in further developing a tuition policy. The attached statement,\n\"UBC Tuition Policy,\" incorporates advice from board members, from about a dozen\ndeans, heads and directors, from the Senate Budget Committee and from others,\nincluding students, who provided advice verbally. All letters have been acknowledged\nand many ofthe proposed revisions and clarifications adopted. In the attached paper,\nsignificant revisions are identified in italics. An outline ofthe process of consultation\nis also attached.\nI look forward to receiving further comments on the tuition policy.\nDavid W. Strangway\nPresident\nUBC TUITION POLICY\nThe University of British Columbia has a\nspecial (national and international) role\nin a well-articulated provincial system of\nhigher education. To fulfill this role, it\nmust be responsive to the province and\ncommunity of which it is a part. A well-\ndefined vision and mission drive strategic\nplanning to achieve its goals and priorities. The University is committed to\neffectiveness, efficiency and accountability and every avenue is explored to limit\nexpenditures and to generate additional\nsources of revenue.\nMaintaining the quality required to\nachieve its mission depends on stopping\nthe erosion of operating funds, i.e. on\nmaintaining the real value of the provincial grant and tuition fees. General purpose operating funds derive directly from\nnon-earmarked provincial grants and tuition income and are allocated in terms of\nUniversity priorities to maintain operations and implement plans. UBC will\ncontinue, by all methods possible, to\nachieve greater effectiveness and efficiency\nand, in doing so, will be accountable to\nthe people of British Columbia. Any\ncontinuing savings will be used to enhance academic activities. The University will also make every effort to raise\nendowment funds from private sources\nto support chairs and professorships to\nattract and retain exceptional faculty and\nthereby to reinforce the margin of excellence. Capitalfunds can only be used for\nconstructionprqjects and related purposes.\nThesefunds derivefrom provincial alloca-\ntion,fromfundraising orfromfinancingfor\nself-funding projects. In addition to major\ncapital allocations, the province provides\ntwo capital allocations: a fund for minor\ncapital (public works and renovations) and\na fund for cyclical or deferred maintenance.\nWith its commitments to effectiveness,\nefficiency and accountability firmly in\nplace, the University will determine future tuition fee increases in a manner\nthat offsets any reduction in the provincial grant in constant dollars per weighted\nfull-time equivalent student. Constant\ndollars will be calculated using an inflation index appropriate to the University\nincluding imposed and regulatory costs,\ne.g. mandated increases in the cost of\nbenefits. (The resulting index has been\nand for some time will continue to be one\nor two percent higher than CPI.) Tuition\nfee increases will provide an additional\nallocation equal to one-third of the basic\nannual increase to fund scholarships for\nthe most outstanding students and bursaries for those in greatest need.\nThe sections which follow say something\nabout the University's special role and\nstrategic planning, steps taken to enhance effectiveness, efficiency and accountability and to gain access to additional resources. The policy on tuition\nfees is proposed in the light of the evidence of careful planning and decisionmaking designed to ensure that the people of British Columbia receive the greatest possible return on the resources entrusted to the University to carry out its\nmission. We also recognize that governments and citizens are observing that a\nuniversity education is not only an investment for the benefit of society in\ngeneral but that it confers a private benefit on the individual. An issue with\nwhich we are engaged is the determination of an appropriate balance between\npublic and private investment for public\nand private benefit.\nUBC's Role\nA recent economic impact study has\nshown that the universities of British Columbia make a major contribution to\nBritish Columbia's economy. It is now\nrecognized that UBC is one of the principal job creators in the province. In an\nincreasingly knowledge-intensive world,\nthe province requires an outstanding and\ndiverse university system, among the\nbest in Canada and the world, not only for\neconomic but for social and cultural leadership.\n1. A diverse and well articulated post-\nsecondary system is now established in\nthe Province and within this system UBC\ncan and must play a very special role.\n2. Outstanding research and teaching\nin core academic fields and in the professions are essential to the future prosperity of the Province.\n3. In addition to teaching and research.\nthe University provides benefits to British Columbians in many ways, e.g. the\nenhancement ofthe arts and the transfer\nof technology.\n4. Carrying out the University's special\nrole requires that we maintain the quality\nof teaching, learning, research and service at UBC. It also requires that every\neffort be made to provide good facilities\nincluding new space and maintenance\nand renovation of existing space. (The\nlatter is done with provincial minor capital\nand cyclical maintenance funds.)\n5. We plan to maintain the policy in\nplace since 1965 that the student body at\nUBC should be 28,000 (22,000 undergraduate and 6,000 graduate students).\n6. We recognize that the quality of the\nfaculty is key to our mission.\n7. We recognize that the quality and\nefficiency of support staff are key to our\nmission.\nCommitment to Effectiveness,\nEfficiency and Accountability\n1. Effectiveness and efficiency have\nimproved dramatically and are reflected\nin the awarding of 40% more degrees\nannually now than ten years ago.\n2. The increased retention rate of undergraduate students is the product of an\nadmission process that selects students\nwith the highest academic standards and\nof a variety of other strategies designed to\nprovide support for personal and academic growth while students are at the\nUniversity.\n3. Graduate students are equally rigorously selected and faculties are working\nto improve retention and completion rates\nin graduate programs.\n4. Since 1981/82 UBC has absorbed a\n27% reduction in the constant dollar\nvalue ofthe provincial grant per weighted\nstudent and has accordingly improved its\nefficiency (or its productivity) dramatically. The effective value ofthe provincial\ngrant has been reduced even further by\nthe requirement that the University absorb without incremental funding the\ncosts arising from government legislation\nand regulation and from mandatory or\nfixed costs in such areas as Unemployment Insurance, Canada Pension Plan,\nequity, safety, environment. Workers'\nCompensation, utility rates, insurance\nrates. Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy. We can no longer\nabsorb added fiscal demands without\ncommensurate funding.\n5. Major reengineering projects are now\nunder way to seek further efficiencies,\ne.g. in the appointment and procurement\nprocesses. The principles of continuous\nquality improvement are applied explicitly in a number of departments and in\nseveral additional projects.\n6. We have raised awareness of the\nimportance of stewardship and have introduced incentives for fiscal responsibility by allowing carry-forward of surpluses\nand deficits as a first credit or first charge\nagainst the following year's budget of a\nfaculty.\n7. Both efficiency and accountability\nare served by the policy of requiring an\nincreasing number of self-funding ancillaries to operate on a break-even basis\n(including salaries and benefits, capital\nand space operating costs). Efficiency is\nmonitored in part by benchmarking. Current ancillary enterprises include:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Bookstore\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Athletics and Sports Services\n(complete by 95/96)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Biomedical Communications\n(complete by 95/96)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Educational Measurement Research Group\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Computing and Communications\n(complete by 95/96)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 UBC Press (complete by end of 95/\n96)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Media Services\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 University Computing Services\n(complete by 95/96)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Telecommunications Services\n(complete by 95/96)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Food Services\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Housing and Conferences\n(note: Any minor remaining subsidies\nhave been identified and will be removed\nby the end ofthe 1995/1996 fiscal year.) Supplement to UBC Reports\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nUBC Reports \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 March 23, 1995 9\nUBC TUITION POLICY\n8. Many units, sub-units or programs -\nnot referred to as ancillaries - generate\ntheir own revenues and do not receive\nsupport from general purpose income,\ni.e. provincial operating grant or credit\ntuition revenue. They carry forward\n100% of any year-end deficit or surplus\nand cover all their costs including the\ncost of employee benefits. These principles apply either to the entire budget of\nthe unit or to a designated portion of its\nfunctions and its budget. In the latter\ncase two budgets are provided, one for the\nGPOF core functions and one for designated or non-core funded functions (including benefit costs).\nOyster River Farm\nMedical Student Alumni Centre\nUBC/Ritsumeikan (academic program)\nLibrary photocopying\nInterlibrary loans\nStudent Health Service (designated\nportion)\nAnimal Care Centre (budgeted portion)\nCampus Planning and Development\n(portion supported from capital funds\nas part of specific capital projects)\nUniversity Industry Liaison Office\n(designated portion)\nUniversity Research Forests\nGreen College\nAcademic Equipment Fund\nCooperative Education Administration Fund\nGraduate Student Awards Fund\nOral Medicine Clinic\nPartnership Costs of University College Programs\nTeacher Education Expansion\nTeaching and Learning Enhancement\nFund\nStudent Aid Fund\nDevelopment Office (portion funded\nby charges against endowment)\nPacific Educational Press ,\nDistance Education Office (Faculty\nof Education)\n9. A number of programs operate now\n(or will in the near future) with special\npurpose budgets supported either wholly\nor largely by endowment income. These\nprograms cover their own costs including\nthe cost of employee benefits. Where a\nportion is supported from GPOF, two\nbudgets are presented:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Disability Resource Centre (designated portion)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Life Skills Motivation Centre\nincluding Rick Hansen National\nFellow Program\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Graduate Program in Occupational\nHygiene (designated portion)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Peter Wall Institute for Advanced\nStudies\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Social Science and Humanities\nResearch Fund\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 endowed chairs\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 endowed professorships\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 MAGIC (designated portion)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Centre for Applied Ethics (designated portion)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Institute for Asian Research\n(Centres for Chinese, Japanese,\nKorean, South Asian and Southeast Asian Research)\n10. Many units or sub-units have a significant part of their operation supported\nby outside revenue. As of 1995/1996,\nyear-end shortfalls or excesses in budgeted outside revenue will be carried forward to reward stewardship and enhance\naccountability. For each such unit two\nbudgets are presented, one for core GPOF\nand one for non-core, Le. those functions\n(including salaries and related benefits)\nsupported by other sources of revenue. An\nappropriate business plan accompanies\nthe budgets.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Belkin Art Gallery (future)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Frederic Wood Theatre\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Child Study Centre\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Museum of Anthropology\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Botanical Garden (moving towards\nself-sufficiency)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 South Campus Farm\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Faculty of Medicine (MSP revenue)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Chan Shun Centre for the Performing Arts (future)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Dental Clinic\n11. Continuing studies across all faculties and units have been mandated to\noperate on a self-sufficient basis, i.e.\nthey carry forward year-end deficits or\nsurpluses. The University and the faculties are reimbursed by these units for the\ncost of services provided through them to\nstudents and to the public. Further growth\nin summer, evening, diploma and certificate programs can be expected since this\nuses the campus more effectively and\ndoes not draw on core GPOF support.\n12. An aggressive early retirement program has provided both budget reduction and faculty renewal opportunities. It\nhas been a significant factor in our ability\nto maintain a faculty renewal rate of at\nleast 5% per year. Thus tenure has not\nbeen a major barrier to appropriate levels\nof renewal and change.\n13. The costs of operating our physical\nplant have been kept consistently among\nthe lowest in Canada. On the other hand\nwe do have significant deferred maintenance costs.\n14. UBC is one ofthe few universities in\nCanada to eliminate selected academic\nprograms (and to sever the associated\ntenured faculty).\n15. Major steps have been taken and\ncontinue to be taken to reduce the unnecessary usage of utilities - electricity, water, gas, etc.\n16. To assess their standing, effectiveness and efficiency we now review every\nacademic and service program periodically (every five to seven years) with appropriate national and international comparisons.\n17. The year-round usage ofthe campus\nis increasing sharply. Within the next\nfew years, we will have as many students\nin the two terms ofthe summer session as\nin the two terms of the winter session.\nSome programs are operating formally on\na trimester basis, and the rest of the\nUniversity is operating, in effect, on a\ntrimester basis.\n18. In search of greater effectiveness and\nefficiency, we have embarked on a review\nof academic organization, including the\nnature and size of departments and faculties. Already some departments and\nother units have merged and others have\nbeen eliminated.\n19. The entire 1994/95 provincial innovation grant equal to one percent of the\noperating grant has been used to implement an integrated campus plan for the\ndevelopment and use of new media technologies in teaching and learning. We are\ncommitted to maintaining the student/\nfaculty ratio as a fundamental element in\nthe quality of education and we are seeking to enhance the quality ofthe learning\nenvironment through the innovative use\nof technology.\n20. We have increased substantially the\nsupport of student aid through operating\nbudgets, endowments and part-time work\nopportunities and this, together with provincial and federal loan programs, means\nthat no student, otherwise admissible, is\ndenied the opportunity to study at UBC\nfor personal financial reasons alone.\nCommitment to Maximizing Resources\n1. With the participation of the provincial government we have conducted the\nmost successful fundraising campaign in\nCanadian history to support academic\nenrichment through buildings and endowments.\n2. We have used wisely the Hampton\nPlace income to develop an endowment\nbase to support UBC's mission and to\nenhance fundraising activities for university priorities by providing matching\nfunds. (There will be more opportunities\non the South Campus for similar projects\nin the future).\n3. Based on widely accepted space\nstandards, UBC is short of space and we\nwill continue to seek all possible means to\ncorrect this shortfall and to deal with\nmaintenance, and the refurbishment of\nexisting space or its replacement when\nacceptable standards cannot be achieved\nthrough refurbishment.\n4. We will be recommending annual\ngraduate student tuition fees to ensure\nthat full tuition is paid as long as graduate students remain enrolled and that\nfees are based on full or part-time study,\nclearly defined by the Faculty of Graduate Studies.\n5. For some new and redeveloped graduate programs in professional fields, tuition fees are being established at a level\nwhich will recover all or most of the\nprogram operating costs, both direct and\nindirect, e.g. Pharm.D. and MBA\n6. Endowment and operating funds are\nbeing sought for new programs, particularly in fields which serve specific needs\nof industry and society, e.g. advanced\nwood products processing, fire protection engineering, vocational rehabilitation counseling.\n7. We are developing the policy framework to enable faculties to plan for full\ncost tuition for international students up\nto ten percent of enrolment in undergraduate and professional graduate programs. This ten percent which would not\ndisplace any Canadian students and\nwould be in addition to the approximately\nlive percent international students faculties are now encouraged to include within\ntheir undergraduate enrolment. Research-oriented graduate programs will\nbe excluded from this plan.\n8. We are maximizing the return to UBC\nand to the creators of intellectual property developed in the University, through\nroyalties on patents, through licences\nand through the creation of companies in\nwhich the University takes equity as appropriate.\n9. We are now recovering part of the\ncost to UBC for a number of services\nprovided on a fee-for-service basis:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 processing of applications\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 issuing of transcripts\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 administration of ancillaries\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 overhead costs of conducting\ncontract research\n10. The judicious use of campus facilities for academic conferences has generated sufficient revenue to facilitate the\nbuilding of student residences and thereby\nenabled us to exceed our goal of accommodating on campus 25% of full-time,\ndaytime, winter session students. Further construction of residences will be\naimed at refurbishing or replacing some\nof the older residences and addressing\nrequirements for a change in the mix, e.g.\nmeeting the need for family housing for\nolder students, students with children,\nsingle parents.\n11. The building of faculty and staff rental\naccommodation has been a significant\nfactor in enabling us to recruit outstanding faculty, further rental housing for\nthis purpose can be developed if and as\nrequired since no core budget assistance\nis required.\nUBC TUITION POLICY OUTLINE\nOF CONSULTATION\nAugust 5, 1994\nIssue raised by Board and discussed extensively at Board Retreat\nSeptember\nToward a Tuition Policy\" 1st draft prepared\nfor comment by VPs\nOctober 11\n2nd draft circulated to VPs and Deans for\ncomment\nOctober 26\n3rd draft prepared for comment by Deans,\nHeads and Directors\nOctober\nDiscussed with Senate Budget Committee\nNovember 18\n4th draft prepared for consideration by Board\nNovember 24\nDiscussed by Finance Committee ofthe Board\nDecember 1\nDiscussed further by the Board\nDecember 30\nRevised and reformatted 5th draft prepared for\nconsultation\nJanuary 12, 1995\nDiscussed by Finance Committee ofthe Board\nJanuary 16, 17\nExtensively reviewed at Executive Retreat (P,\nVPs, AVPs. Deans)\nJanuary 16\nCirculated to Deans for Discussion within\nfaculties and comment\nJanuary 23\nDiscussed with Minister Miller and Deputy\nMinister Wouters\nJanuary 25\nCirculated to Deans. Heads and Directors for\ncomment\nJanuary 25\nPublished in UBC Reports for campus comment\nJanuary 26\nApproved by Board as the basis for further\nconsultation\nFebruary\nResponses from Board members, deans, heads\nand directors\nFebruary 15\nRequest for comment from Senate Budget\nCommittee\nFebruary 14, 24\nDiscussion with AMS re process for consultation\nMarch 2\n6th draft prepared incorporating results of\nconsultation\nMarch 6\nCirculated to Deans, Heads and Directors for\ncomment\nMarch 9\nOn the agenda for the Board Finance Committee\nMarch 16\nOn the agenda of the Board for approval in\nprinciple\nMarch 22\nOn the agenda of the Senate Budget Committee\nMarch 23\nPublished in UBC Reports for campus comment\nMarch 30\nOn the agenda for the Deans, Heads and\nDirectors 10 UBC Reports \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 March 23, 1995\nJC\n26th annual UBC Faculty and Staff Golf Tournament\nMay 4 at the Surrey Golf and Country Club\nThe tournament is open to all golfers.\nCall Doug Quinville at 822-6090 or Ed Auld at 822-6746.\nJC\nClassified\nThe University of British Columbia\nGREEN COLLEGE\nApplication for Non-Resident Faculty\nMembership\nGreen College invites applications from UBC\nfaculty who wish to be non-resident members of\nthe College. 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UBC Reports \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 March 23,1995 11\nResearch centre named for\nsupporter Maurice Young\nby Abe Hefter\nStciff writer\nThe Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Research Centre has\nbeen named the W.\nMaurice Young Entrepreneurship and\nVenture Capital Research Centre.\n\"As a result of\nMaury Young's guidance, insight, sup-\nMaurice Young\nport and encouragement, we\n were able to turn the\ndream of developing\nthe centre into a reality,\" said Raffi Amit,\nPeter Wall Distinguished Professor in\nthe Faculty of Commerce and Business\nAdministration and\ndirector of the centre.\nEstablished in\n1992, the centre's\ncore activity is the\nThe Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting\nProfessorships of Green College at UBC\nPHILIP TETLOCK\nDirector, Institute of Personality & Social Research\nUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY\nAlternative Metaphors for Judgment and Choice:\nThe Psychologist, the Economist, the Politician and the Theologian\nTuesday, March 28 at 4:00 PM\nKenny Building, Room 2510 Peter Suedfeld Lounge\nPolitical or Politicized Psychology:\nIs the Road to Scientific Hell Paved with Good Intentions?\nWednesday, March 29 at 7:30 PM\nHotel Georgia, 801 West Georgia Co-sponsored by UBC Continuing\nStudies\nHow Politicized has Political Psychology Become?:\nExamining the Debates over the New Racism\nand the End of the Cold War\nThursday, March 30 at 12:30 PM\nBuchanan A-106\nGood Judgment in World Politics:\nWho Gets What Right, When and Why\nFriday, March 31 at 3:30 PM\nBuchanan A-104\nEntrepreneurship Research Alliance (ERA). The ERA involves\nmore than 40 researchers and\ngraduate students from across\nCanada and around the world\nwho are dedicated to obtaining a\ndeeper understanding of the issues that relate to the success\nand failure of new ventures.\nComplementing a wide range\nof courses at the undergraduate\nand graduate levels is the Entrepreneurship Experience Program, which provides students\nwith hands-on experience and\ntraining in a wide range of entrepreneurial ventures throughout\nthe Lower Mainland.\nCommerce Dean Michael\nGoldberg said Young's financial\nsponsorship allowed the centre\nto commence activities and develop both short- and long-term\nresearch plans and, in the process, map out a comprehensive\napproach to research, policy and\ncommunity outreach.\n\"His strategic insights and\ndirection were absolutely central in helping launch the centre,\" Goldberg said.\n\"In addition, Maury's ability\nto obtain support from the business community was a key element in the centre's receiving a\n$2.125-million Major Collaborative Research Grant from the\nSocial Sciences and Humanities\nResearch Council.\"\nThe centre's research is made\navailable through undergraduate and MBA entrepreneurship\ncourses, continuing education\nand training, workshops and\nseminars.\nPut a Green Office Giant to work for you!\nMULTI-LfiSEi\nLaser Toner Cartridg\n\o\n4*\nMULTI-LASER Inc., an All-Canadian company,\ncommitted to excellence, is the largest supplier of\nremanufactured cartridges in Canada.\nMULTI-LASER has only one specialty and one focus,\nmanufacturing the highest quality remanufactured\nlaser printer cartridges you can buy!\nMULTI-LASER, through a very active research and\ndevelopment department, has created a superior\nlong-life cartridge technology right here in Canada!\nMULTI-LASER tests and guarantees every cartridge\nit sells!\n*\u00C2\u00AB\">\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00AB,\nJJMULTI\n~ Laser\nWe make good\nimpressions!\nk Remember: Don't discard your empty cartridges!\nReturn all your cartridges when empty.\nAnd The Winners Are..\nft\nThe\nENVIRONMENT\nMULTI-LASER retrieves and recycles\n7000 cartridges every month saving that\nnumber from landfill!\nft\nThe USER\nMulti-Laser value-packed\nremanufactured cartridges offer the best\nquality and the best prices at significant\nsavings!\nft\nThe CfiNfiDlfiN\nECONOMY\nMULTI-LASER has injected millions of\ndollars into our economy with job-\ncreation, research and development,\nand new technology advancement!\nCamelol Computers prS82\nPeople\nby staff writers\nTwo UBC graduates and former faculty members are\nbeing honoured by the provincial government for their\noutstanding contribution to expanding knowledge and\nawareness of B.C.'s past.\nHistorians Philip and Helen Akrigg are the co-recipients\nofthe first annual B.C. Heritage Award, a $10,000 endowment which will be invested in a heritage-related, non-profit\norganization of their choice.\nPhilip Akrigg received an honours BA and a master's\ndegree from UBC before embarking on studies at the University of California at Berkeley and a research fellowship at the\nFolger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.\nHe returned to UBC where he served as a professor of\nEnglish until his retirement.\nHelen Akrigg, who also graduated from UBC with an\nhonours BA and a master's degree, worked in the Dept. of\nGeography and taught at Vancouver City College.\nThe Akriggs have collaborated on several books which\npreserve and present intricate details of B.C.'s history\nincluding British Columbia Place Names, British Columbia\nChronicles and The H.M.S. Virago on the Pacific Coast.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nVancouver lawyer Meg Gaily has\njoined UBC as a Personal Security Co-ordinator in the Dept. of\nHealth, Safety and Environment.\nAmong her responsibilities are coordinating and promoting personal\nsecurity programs for the university\nwith a focus on safety awareness and\ntraining; developing fact-finding and\nreporting mechanisms for personal\nsecurity issues and concerns; and\ncollecting information and data about\nincidents on campus.\nGaily, whose areas of legal expertise include human rights\nlaw, has worked with students and other university groups\nin the area of safety issues during her tenure as a foot patrol\nco-ordinator at the University of Western Ontario.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nPearl Wierenga is UBC's new Health Education Coordinator.\nBased in the Student Resources Centre, Wierenga is\nresponsible for identifying critical\nhealth issues affecting university\nstudents and designing, implementing\nand delivering appropriate programs to\naddress these issues.\nA graduate of the BScN program at\nthe University of Alberta, her previous\nexperience includes serving as a public\nhealth nurse for the city of Edmonton\nand establishing Alberta Health's\nsexual health program in the Jasper\nNational Park Health Unit.\nWierenga also served as a human\nsexuality education consultant with\nCorrectional Services Canada in Bowden, Alta., developing\nand co-facilitating a human sexuality education program for\nmale sex offenders.\nMost recently, she was responsible for planning and\nimplementing school-based prevention programs for the B.C.\nMinistry of Health's, alcohol and drug services branch in\nRevelstoke.\nGaily\nWierenga\nTechnical Support\nfor Social Science Projects\n* Course & Instructor Evaluations\n* Scannable Forms (multiple-choice)\n^Data Collection j\n* Statistical Analysis J\n* Custom Reports/Graphics \" .\n* Questionnaire/Survey/Test Design\nEducational Measurement Research Group\nUniversity of British Columbia\nRoom 1311 Scarfe Building\n2125 Main Mall\nDr. Michael Marshall\nV 7 Executive Director\nTel: 822-4145 Fax:822-9144 12 UBC Reports \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 March 23, 1995\nProfile\nAt the Peak\nWhile far below men crawl in clay and clod,\nSublimely I shall stand alone with God.\n- Mary Sinton Leitch\nThe Summit Mount Everest\nby Gavin Wilson\nStaff writer\nThere is something about mountain-climbing that brings out\nthe philosopher in people.\nMaybe it's the solitude. Or feeling\ninsignificant before the mighty,\nimpassive rock faces. Or knowing\nthat death could be around a corner,\nwaiting.\nThe philosopher in David McClung\ncomes out when he starts talking\nabout mountain climbing, avalanche\nresearch and life, topics that are\ninseparable for him.\nIn the past 25 years, the professor\nof Geography and Civil Engineering\nhas climbed nearly 200 peaks and\nroutes in the Pacific Northwest and\ntaken part in six major expeditions to\nthe Himalaya, Andes and Alaska.\nQuoting a fellow climber, he says.\n\"Life without risk is not really worth\ntoo much.\nThe way I see it,\" he adds, continuing in his own words, \"the things\nthat are worthwhile are those that\nare really challenging \u00E2\u0080\u0094 physically\nand mentally. I don't like taking\nthe easiest path in life.\n\"We live in the age of\nconvenience. Everything has\nto be convenient and easy,\nhe says with real distaste.\nprefer things that are a bit\nrisky.\"\nMcClung was born\nand raised in the Great\nPlains of the United\nStates, but his\naffinity for the\nmountains dates\nfrom childhood\nand family\nVacations in the\nRpcldess\nTJiat is whaf\ndrew him to the\nPacific Northwest and, ultimately, to\nhis field of research \u00E2\u0080\u0094 avalanches.\nAfter completing two physics\ndegrees, McClung shifted to geophysics at the University ofWashington,\nwhere he did his PhD on the study of\navalanches. Sincethen he has\nopened new areite'bf researc h in tins\nstill relatively new., veryspei i.iMsted\nfield. '' ,\nHis research has taken Mm from\nthe mountains of western\nNorway to Rogers Pass with the\nNational Research,Council, Canmare,\nAlberta with Environment Canada\nand, in 1991, to UBC.\ni^fhety per cent of Canada's\navalanches occur tn B.C. Although >\nmost are in untracked wilderness,,\ntheyaresttUart^rconcemfc J\nrailways, the ski industry and the :;\nMinistry of Highways, which each\nwinter must guard 66 hi^h-risk \"'.:\nareas. , >\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ) -,\n,*Every winter hi Western Canada ;\nwe have 300,000 large avalanches,?;\n* and 1 mean large ones, greater than\n1,000 metric tonnes of snow,\" he, <: j'\nGavin Wilson photo\nexpert Prof. David McClung, above,\nle tools *iif his trade: a shovel, a collapsible\nprobe pole and a transceiver. Inset at left, ice\ncoats McClung's whiskers at the peak of 7,817-\nmetre Nanda Devi, tine highest peak in the central\nHimalaya. Background, the Rogers Pass section\nof the Trans-Canada illustrates B.C.'s avalanche\nproblems. It is crittl-c^sjjssedby several avalanche\npaths and kept open through the winter only with\nsnow sheds built over the roadway and controlled\navalanches.\nommon than\niWS.\"\n;er than that,\nimmense\neven\nsays. \"They are \"^^^\nrock slides or\nAvalanches\nMuch Bigger. Soi\nslabs of mpw weig\n500.000 tonnes\nlOtiOO locomotives^\nInirtl|ng down the\nmountain at 200\nkilometres an hour.\nAlthough most\npose no threat to\npeople, til*- turning\npopularity ul hi li\nskiing and ot Ik i\nbackrioutttiy re< km\ntional pursuits has\nIncreased the\nchances of death\nand injury. .\t\nIn 1991 an ' *-.;\navalanche killed nine Skiers in south\neastern B.C.'s Purcell Bange. and in\nJanuary two young men were killed\nwhile hiking near prince George.\nCloser to home, fifaM&comb has 270\navalancfje paths around its ski areas,\nand Wbiikler 100 mote within the\nboundaries It controls.\n\"We live in th* age of\nconvenience.\nEverything has to be\nconvenient and easy. I mj\nprefer things that are a \"\nbit risky.\"\n- David McClung\nng heads the UBC Avalanche\nGrouji, which is based in\nGeography and Cfvil Engineer-\nin#flepartmen^i Their research deals\nwiib^five ardds: snow mechanics.\navafan^he*dynamics, land use planning, avalanche\nprediction and the\nforces put on\n^Structures in deep\nsnow cover.\nA numerical , i-'\nrecasting model %<#;\ns developed has*'/ \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nundergone r morousV;\ntesting lor the pastTT\nthree winters,\nproving 80 per cent\naccurate.\n _____ Based on a\ncomplex series of\ncalculations including past occurrences', snow and weather parameters,\nit is the first new advance in B.C. for\nQualitative avalanche forecasting In 40\nyears. The Ministry of Highways,\nprincipal sponsor of the research, plans\nto use the new forecasting model\nthroughout the province.\nIt is important to McClung that his\nresearch be put to practical use.\nThat's one reason he wrote the\nAvalanche Handbook, a technical but\naccessible guide used in training\nschools and universities across North\nAmerica. Published in 1993. 6.000\ncopies were sold the first year and it\nis being translated into Italian.\nHis insistence on utility may partly\nstem from his own experiences in the\nmountains, as a cross-country skier\nand mountaineer.\nM\ncClung himself has been swept\nup in avalanches, \"but only in\nsmall ones. I'm pretty conservative.\" he says.\nMany of his friends and acquaintances have not been so lucky.\nSeveral have died over the years.\nIn 1982 McClung and some\nfriends were attempting to climb an\n8.000-metre peak in Pakistan's\nKarakoram range. As they hunkered\ndown in their base camp, it snowed\nevery day lor three weeks.\n\"I went home, but others stayed\nbehind. One of my colleagues died in\nan avalanche after 1 left.\"\nFortunately, other expeditions\nwere more successful.\nIn 1978 McClung scaled Nanda\nDevi, the highest peak in the central\nHimalaya at 7,817 metres; {By\ncomparison, Mt. Baker is a. mere\n3,285 metres.)\nIn 1987 he was partof a: team\nclimbing 8,200-metre Cho Oyu, the\nworld's sixth highest mountain. 30\nkilometres west of Everest. Two in his\nparty reached the peak.\n\"My feeling is that on a big mountain like that, tt's the mountain that\ndecides who gets to the peak,\"\nMcClung said. \"You must stay\nhealthy, work hardatttl stay positive\ndespite the cold, high altitude,\npersonality conllictsjS^db^tednm.\"\nThese expe(litiost*a'puisb;lhe limits\nof mental and pby\u00C2\u00A3#^ei&|$*ranee. A\nHimalayan cliinb-lptleffis \u00C2\u00A7$days\nliving in a tent, a l6CNfcUoaietre hike\njust to gel to a base camp, and much\nhard work.\nThere are rewards^ of bourse.\nMcClung mentions, the solitude,\nscenic beauty, companionship and\nchallenge.\n' ' \"It's so wondeffu^tp go through an\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0i experience like|hatJQn the moun-\nstain for 55 dayisVwijb. no telephones,\n^no fax, no inteVnat'COmbuslion\n-; engines. All you* hsireto worry about\n' is moving from A to B't eating,\nsleeping and doing your work.\n\"To get up in the.aiorning and look\nout over Tibet. !:. its magnificent.\"\nAnd reaching a peak?\n\"It's the greatest feeling you can\nimagine.\"\nMcClung leans back In his chair\nand offers some more phflosophy.\n\"It's been said that mountaineering is a game of patience and endurance. I believe that's true. Perhaps,\nso is life, ff you're patient, a lot of\nthings follow,\""@en . "Periodicals"@en . "Vancouver (B.C.)"@en . "LE3.B8K U2"@en . "LE3_B8K_U2_1995_03_23"@en . "10.14288/1.0118456"@en . "English"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Vancouver: University of British Columbia Public Affairs Office"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the University of British Columbia Public Affairs Office."@en . "Original Format: University of British Columbia. Archives."@en . "University of British Columbia"@en . "UBC Reports"@en . "Text"@en . ""@en .