"CONTENTdm"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1211252"@en . "University Publications"@en . "2015-08-26"@en . "2002-10-11"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/Ubysseynews/items/1.0126291/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " \u00C2\u00A3>>\u00E2\u0080\u0094-\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nnoJZAiwnvestigation of\nmysterious religion. Pages 4-5\ntimmm:\nCULTURE:\nHouse music by Sasha.\nWelsh DJ rocks Vancouver. Page 3.\nEDITORIAL:\nPaying for what?\nWe weigh in on the proposed increases\nto 'non-instructional' fees. Page 6.\nSPORTS:\nScrum sisters:\nInside the women's rugby team.\nPage 7.\nHEWS:\nGAP back at UBC.\nStudents For Choice and GAP displays\nexist harmoniously. 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Vi i>'.''< iop't hardware store.Iiakea1\ndee]) !i:'i',i '1 ;-u 1 \u00C2\u00AB'i'rmon forth all n$ f|pu|-\nties of *\u00E2\u0096\u00A0-?- -'l.iithought and analysis, as well \u00C2\u00A3s.x\nmy <-.p-.: _.* Singling myself, I stride ifiibugh-\ntlie j,'. i.--! \u00E2\u0080\u00A2! ji-r, only to be confronted with ail \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\narray o\u00C2\u00A3 glussy lamphlets and two or mik&\nniud-manaijredj relatively normal-ldoMiig'\npeople sitting, calmly at their desks. \"\"' ,,\nPLifflNiwiTHFIRl-\nAND BRIMSTONE '^\nI enter, fully expecting a weird and unsettling experience* TJi\u00C2\u00AB Scientologists do not\ndisappoint - ,. -5 -\\\nImmediately, a. man~ approaches me,\ninquiring as to my business, % play innocent,\nciting an interest in Scientplogythat remains\nunquenched by my casual1 web surfing. He\noffers to show me an instructibnafVideo that\nhe hopes will answer some of my quoHti'pjis,\nand I accept v - Y\nHe ushers me into a special viewing iubi-\ncle, where I sit among stacks of videos with\nnames like Operation Manual for the Mind\nand The Dynamic Principles of Existence. The\nvideo I watch consists entirely of a 1966 mte^C\nview with L. Ron Hubbard, the charismatic\nfounder of Scientology. He has 'cult leader'\nwritten all over him: a friendly Nebraska\ndrawl, intent eyes, an avuncular air. I do my\nbest to conceal my reporter's notebook m\nwhich I furiously scrawl notes, convinced that\nI am being watched.\nIn the video, L. Ron\u00E2\u0080\u0094as he is affectionately\nknown in Scientology circles\u00E2\u0080\u0094explains that\nthe practice of his new religion, which to my\neye seems like a harmless mix of futuristic\ntechno-spiritualify and crack psychotherapy,\ncan improve my reaction time, alertness,\noverall happiness and IQ. He discusses\nScientology therapy, or 'processing,' as well\nas the training involved to become a full practitioner, or 'auditor.' It all sounds terribly\nOrwellian to me, but I keep listening.\nWhat I discern to be the basic premise of\nthe faith is the following: human beings, in\ntheir unconscious or 'reactive' minds, accumulate memories of painful experiences,\nwhich Scientology calls 'engrams.' The presence of these engrams impedes personal\ndevelopment and happiness in one's later life,\niiitl >- > h.-y ih'i1 111I'i' .\p;i.isj(\"l. C'r \"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Jimh-.!,'\nin l.-di-r lo _ '\".'ii' iv?r-=, a *!ci p'ltl n'u li :v\n1 !\"ii--l rrua ,ip]i-,n\u00C2\u00BB *sp,K:\u00C2\u00BB'1 1111' 1 i.n-J Ij\np^pi'.k.viiij p.i'ipjw hij'SrtS* Ifil p.vl''m\"ilo\ni l.lit ji-r.t (uIjicIi' .ni\"l \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0it '>jpji')s.i;p l\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00C2\u00ABi .it a\nV-k Im k'j'g..p jt,aiir'^h ui'l'i\r'\u00C2\u00BB.iA' 1 i\"ir-\n!r.:il pjl L U >;i \"'miWif In 'In' >ii \t r > ''n iN .1\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0::. i^.w, f.'.i\ *\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00BB.\u00E2\u0080\u00A2%i'IZi' L 1?'in bii-l llio <\ j!1.-*\n..K1 mA'.ti-iI in gaudy Scientology postersof\nrl.-.-u v,;i^ Logans, and happy white.feanSt\n'.he S( lenlnlogy food chain, costs one million legitimacy, '^cientologv- lus io have merit, m\ndollars. As a result of its shady dealings, the the sense that Hundreds <-f !ii.>usands of puo\norganisation has found itself the target of pie have practised it and found, it extremely\ninvestigations in the United States by the Food helpful and rewarding\" F il:-.<'t' say&. \"Of\nand Drug Admi^is1^atioaf^tlj% internal course you'E find so'\".!' po-.['I_ v&f^aqn't\nRevenue,Servjfca-.and jEd-^dlrdf ^ure^al>^|^_^approve of it or who di^.J,* it, Imtdoes _&t\nInvessaga1ron> among others^, * 7Y *^^! 'v \" ^pjjoy its entire merit'' _,\n4\u00C2\u00A3ye\u00C2\u00A3TOJjdere^wliaiScie^te^ neither expi.it :s-,nnicii-\n.-t^fB.about?Sd JtJgtfJ I|*j|ot|[>^|G&ii^chvisit'\ SefentddQ' fan, each acknowledges thft com-\n^ T . fj-ifAjfS -f*V _3t-rtV?v*\"T8\u00C2\u00A3_r*-tt \u00E2\u0096\u00A0i-ri'TrvT'Tr. ofinii^ alJ_/\*i_:- -prrtrvi.VrWint.*^( it cri-^oo TAn'+li /-.+Viq\u00C2\u00BB- a/->/*ix**'f__rf \u00E2\u0096\u00A0*^&1-5'_\n'of a\nK.'nl ron'i'i'ies. fdeally, a g/oup should say\nup frjiil wliat it's ill jboiit Scientology, by\ncontrast, \u00C2\u00ABlj,.nihly proierts its most important information, ,avl is a \"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2'r-L-t, it's \cry difficult to de term I'lr! lis ri-)ti\t's'\nTHE FUTURE OF\nFUTURISM\n1- ,~ vV\n1 \u00C2\u00A3!\u00E2\u0096\u00A0.' m m\u00E2\u0080\u0094.Main\u00E2\u0080\u0094 and I taJJ, for sonx3 time,\nffi is |_ther non-threatenitigv JI^ asi%lbout\nany nptential engrams I,nfiiy btj haiffiuring,\n- 'and jfquickly invent a tali of a frquffled rela-\nties on to tell me f$tal I\nard-unl'.blc ind \"i.n become hysterical or'\nviblei'-t\" n \"iy i-vt-iylay actions. I am \"totally-\nirres}'vjn_iblo,\" as well as \"totally insensitive\nand without ki-art\" OuciBV\nAlain tel!s me lhat my Cbiqdition is urgent,\nbut that\u00E2\u0080\u0094ror.vemeiidy\u00E2\u0080\u0094S'-ionlology can help\nme. As I \u00C2\u00ABlart lo wonder about the legitimacy\nof the lesl, Ala-.n. becomes allti^'thcr more\naggressive, demanding what I plan lo do\nabout the advanced stale of miteiy and initial\nturpitude in which I have found mj.eif\nDeciding that I have had enough, I t-\lnc,atd\nmyself from the silualion, 1 a.ng budgolary\n' ccmslraints and a need to think thing- qver, I\nf pronnse to return later in the week and quick-\n- ly waSfe out, vowing never to return Afraid of\nbeing fofloji^ed, I take a circuitous route home.\nSclentojo^isi t^racket, a savvy\nscheme d^W^^'te extract cash fr > n vw.ik-\nwilled and brainwasned adherents?\ninfegr^tetl into socie\nnot a cult/\nr/t\n\"On the w]lQl^'7^7>;\u00C2\u00BB~ \"Everyon4,le3\u00C2\u00ABls fi_j,racket charge v\L\u00C2\u00AB;o.4-\n,.-*'\", v , < f -,' t: ^nT^A, comes to Scientbfegy/ \u00E2\u0082\u00ACowan says. \"It seenCis, ,\nScientolOg|stS|E_'^p^Q\u00C2\u00BB'X, like we want ta criticise Scientology^for som0-,\ns! 7*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2' 'Y*-!' ->- !~\" 1T ''~ 'Y thing that is c\u00C2\u00A7p__fe$S_____lly American: cotp--\nQyfhpWC^Yety W^L-r; * .^modifying evoytM^i tfcnk it's very intej^\nsting that a- coij^oVerslal new religious\n.ovement is cjitf^Oed\" fok something that fe~ '\neen as a credit t^ ^i^ri^an society in any' -\n'>\": Tnumber of othesr; \vay9. ^girdless, I've talked '\nto lots of Scientologists, wno aren't out thei;e \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nscamming people fof money,' he says.\nOne could easfflf mak| the case that org4\u00C2\u00BB- .\nised religion has bf en. Mmmodifying, or selling, itself; __v Ctbtup.es. Why, then, has\nScientolo^ $2mh& itself tmder specific aftackY\nfor ,a1telbtites, shkretl not only by other relit -,\nAmon^tlj.f.tfac^Jl'fgrned: that adherents , gj^n%%tals>3 ^Western society itself Y - ' <\ncan buy u^uitn^^^nu^e^bla^^fli^^V ,,-*-tnink_iaiui many ways, Scientologyh^s,\nthe supreme. ^el^otiS l^Ve|-_pf --fOp'esfa6ngV,.o$&-*\u00C2\u00ABi:'-^f'to criticism Every time you use\nThetan' involves spMlji^t~Jng^rla^,^^|^^ - heWk0^as spokespeople,\" CowansayS# \"you ;\nRon Hubbard has\" 'dange^psly hyp\"nop\u00C2\u00A7*'-^j)pefi yourself to ridicule. What 'does Jenna?'\n\eyes, that Scientologists are frigMening'stalS^ Elfman have to say to me abcra* sgirituali^f\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Sus_A'F|3pi\u00C2\u00AB#\nProfessor,\nps^Kiordia Universily\n> 1w|, that Scientology treatments can help me\nY J|_wget over the death of a parent in just one\n\ yis^apd^aore.\nIi,v^as onlj ^ter my paranoid jaunt to the\n;; Cnurc&Yof Scleniolbgy that I bothered to seek\nShe recites lines like the?& fbf a liyingl^ ^ut\nScientology\u00E2\u0080\u0094nonetitefess\u00E2\u0080\u0094h.\"-? .-'-J u< k *gold\nwith its celebrity^ h^-jm'fi^5 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0n\cils. 'We\nare a celebrity^frivgn {ri\"U-\"P.' c-ominues\nCpwan,'*aM Sden&logy has taken advantage\n^t,^\u00C2\u00ABiiblelr\u00C2\u00A3o^a1ionr\u00E2\u0082\u00AC^dii^my, expert- \"ofthat*\neniCiwtWmmti^fibo^t&s^^ all _a\u00C2\u00AB- u$jtiK5\u00C2\u00A5\u00C2\u00ABn^pl3_ (NRgJ^;\nwho actually support Scientology \"as\"*, bona\nfide religion and who see the term 'cult' as a\ntotal misnomer.\n7s^Scientology is definitely a legitimate religion/1 attests Professor Susan Palmer, an\nexpert on, modern, religions who teaches a\n! course called 'Cults and Religious Controversy' ; 'classify It, serious moraL ethical and personal\nat Concordia llniyersi^: *^ religions a ^oupY issues exist within Scientology. The lower-\n_i* 1- ...t'_--jj_._^J.PL-...i4j^.i^\u00E2\u0080\u0094^_^^_^. leyd functionaries don't necessarily know\nabout the'upper-level abuses-.*\n7 Kent- cites LY 'Ron Hubbard's own\nScientology dictionary. Modern Management\ntechnology Defined, as evidence of\nScientology's nebulous and sinister ways. In\nit, one of the given definitions of 'ethics' is the\nfollowing: \"The purpose of ethics is to remove\ncounter-intentions from the environment\nHaving accomplished that, the purpose\nbecomes to remove other intentionedness\n[sicj.from the environment' One interpretation of such newspeak is that the purpose of\nScientology is to eliminate all its opposition,\nKent proposes.\n\"Once you're in the Church,' Kent says, 'no\ndiscussion, debate or criticism are permitted.\nHigher-level adherents must advertise and\nadvance L. Ron Hubbard's teachings in all\naspects of their lives, or else they will be\nsilenced.' What's more, Scientology is\nextremely secretive and closeted about its\nsacred texts and upper religious levels, punishing and attacking those who release such\n'classified' information\n\"There are issues about full disclosure,'\nof people whh address ths iiltimata* questions\nof me^wng'and Ufe/ JPaliner believes that U13\nword 'cini' has been at\u00C2\u00BBu.-ed and eirplcyerl\nparticularly iii the media, as an recuse to isolate and persecute- nascent religious movements. \"On the whole. Scientologists are people who are very well-integrated into society\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nthey no longer have a charismatic leader, they\ndon't demand that their adherents drop out of\ns society, they use modern medicine,' she says.\n' .\"They're not a cult'\nDouglas Cowan, prpfessor of Religious\nStudies and Sociology at the- Umversirl*\"of\"\nMissouri/ Kansas City, agrees. \"In the early\n1950s, when Scientology was first getting\nstarted, it was not a religion\u00E2\u0080\u0094it was more like\nFreudian psychoanalysis with a techno twist,'\nhe comments. \"But now it's evolved. It accords\nwith all the accepted definitions of a religion\nand so a case can certainly be made for it in\nthat respect That's not a value judgement on\nwhether it's good or bad.\"\nBoth Palmer and Cowan point to the religious phenomenon's popularity, its resilience\nin the face of adversity and its similarity to\nmany other accepted faiths as indicators of its\nSo Scientol\".;v Kis ili'wr.y cat-h-'d ~.n un\nu'lr ennsumen-m, -\u00C2\u00ABt ult-brity Feti-hes .i!.J\nuilt searching f\"r m i-liT'i s-juri'u .''ly 1:1.1 'fih-\nnologieal and glob-di^d .v nVL T'ti \u00C2\u00BBU>-_nt; to\n1hinkt\u00C2\u00BB|ttheseScientoli'Ui'-:s, .\\ 'iiipi\"hap.-.a\nlitife 'creative in their b.'Y, r*. -in* r.i,hcr\ncfevef-Aey're obviouslj fil]':\u00E2\u0080\u009E>.i iU'hii .i:id, \$\nCotfvaii observes, \"they ma\ *vj wiiHr\u00C2\u00AB wry\nhard to create that niche, but Jwy'ri* ^aL^h :i%\nit nonetheless.\" The com!or it.-13 of high'oi-h\nFal_j an<|entrepreneur! il 'i!rw\ as k )pjky as it\nmay sound, has proven mii \u00C2\u00BB-W' J iv.irl\u00C2\u00AB!wiiif\u00C2\u00BB.\n\"I sfe Scientology is .i !i-.uli:fvi''.i'tl,\ntraiisn^ional organisati'm, '>\"ly tnrl \"f whu h\nisrelig\u00C2\u00BBus,\" Kent says. In I nicy's ioTJi'\u00C2\u00BB.t, \u00E2\u0080\u00A2me\nof cc^orations and gl-i!'.l m:' 'MHi'j'inn,\nSdeMology seems to be J'e bi/uiiv, pcifcd\nreligious manifestation of Ji-ar 'nilli'inl ^1\naafft.\n' f \"Scientology looks like one >f ill, new 1 ( h\ngious movements that ivil _.l_illy .-Jivne \"\nPalmer says. \"They've o\r-,M\u00E2\u0084\u00A2 ihe death of\ntheir leader, as well as incredible) ppr.-ei uLinn\nand bigotry.'\nJean La Riviere, Dir-rt'T of Public \ffairs\nat Montreal's Church, of S'-k-ntology 'ind a\npractitioner of tile faith snip IM i, acknowledges how damaging~\" the widespread criticism and' scapegoatiiig'of Scientology has\nbeen for its believers-\"It's |6rd to hear these\nstoiii'.s, which continue/pushing negative\nsteieotvpes of our-,Beliefs.\" La Riviere\nobserves that any nev^ religion encounters difficulty and opposjtfon at its inception, as did\nChristianity a^d other now-accepted faiths\nwhen they were getting off the ground.\n'When you have a new religious movement, this kind of targeting happens because\nthe faith is not understood,' La Riviere says.\n\"Right away, because they don't have any\ninformation, people will create information\nfor themselves. It's unfortunate, but that's\nhow human nature works.\"\nWhat does the future hold for Scientology?\nIt's hard to say. Now that society has legions of\nsecond- and third-generation Scientologists on\nits hands, it looks as though the faith is here to\nstay. \"If the media start reporting on\nScientology in a more positive way,' Cowan\nremarks, \"that might fuel its growth even\nmore.'\nIn the end, Scientologists' are harmless\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nthey don't have laser eyes, they won't stalk\nyour family, they don't have apocalyptic fantasies. They're just people who go to church,\nlike any other people who go to church.\nUltimately, I'm amazed at how entrenched my\nmisconceptions about these people were, and\nI feel rather silly.\nI have to say, my greatest comfort through\nthis whole experience has been learning that\nthe personality test I took at the Church has\nbeen widely documented as being skewed\u00E2\u0080\u0094\ndesigned to indicate that people have problems that Scientology can solve. So while I\nmay still need to worry about my stereotypes\nand biases, I can sleep easy about my hysterical, violent outbursts. \u00E2\u0099\u00A6\nLive and Learn\nJapanese!\nWaseda Oregon Programs take North American and international students to\nthe prestigious Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan for Japanese language and comparative US-Japan Societies study:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Waseda Oregon Transnational Program\nJanuary 15 - June 27, 2003\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Waseda Oregon Summer Japanese Program\nJuly 9-August 19,2003\nScholarships of up to $1000 are available for the Transnational Program.\nFor more information, contact:\nWaseda Oregon Office\nPortland State University\n(800) 823-7938 www.wasedaoregon.org\nemail: info@wasedaoregon.org\nIN THEATRES\nOCTOBER 18\nCome to\nSUB Room 23\n(in the basement\nbehind the arcade)\nto receive a\nCOMPLIMENTARY\nPASS to an exclusive\nadvance campus\nscreening of:'\nfor.iH.la51\nshowing:\nTuesday, October 15\nSUB Norm Theatre\n9:30pm.\nUBYSSIY\nV E A W A Y\nPTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA'\nCecil H. & Ida Green Visiting Professor\nCarol Richards\nProfessor, Rehabilitation Department, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University\nRehabilitation Research Centre, Quebec Rehabilitation Institute (CIRRIS)\nDirector, Quebec Provincial Rehabilitation Research Network (REPAR)\nResearch Networking Across Canada\nTuesday, October 15 at 7:30pm\nGraham House, Green College UBC\nEnhancing Rehabilitation Outcomes Tltrough Mental Practice\nWednesday, October 16 at 7:00pm\nGF Strong Auditorium, 4255 Laurel Street, Vancouver\nResearch in Cerebral Palsy: An International Perspective\nThursday, October 17 at 12:00\nSunny Hill Health Centre for Children, 3644 Slocan Street,\nVancouver\nEstablishing an Interdisciplinary Research Centre [ICORD]\nThursday, October 17 at 3:00pm\nFamily & Nutritional Sciences Room 40, 2205 East Mall, UBC\nMaximizing Walking Capacity After Stroke\nVancouver Institute Lecture\nSaturday, October 19 at 8:15pm\nWoodward IRC, Hall 2, UBC\nrS^^^S\u00C2\u00AE\n'\"\"! * 6\nEDITORIAL\nTHEUBYSSEY\nFRIDAY, OCTOBER 11,2002\nVOLUME 84 ISSUE 12\n. life jitif $mj. inaiaiififr\nPAGE FRIDAY\nFriday, October 11, 2002\nEDITORIAL BOARD\nACTING\nCOORDINATING EDITOR\nChris Shepherd\nNEWS EDITORS\nKathleen Deering\nChris Shepherd -\nCULTURE EDITOR\nMichael Schwandt\nSPORTS EDITOR\nSarah Conchie\nFEATURES/NATIONAL EDITOR\nDuncan M. 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Hie\nparty was underway. Iva Cheung and Roberto Wittmann clinked\ntheir bottles together, the camera shilling away just as they\nwere about to take a sip. It ibcused on Michael Schwandt who\nraised his can in the air and yelled. \"Woooool\" he said. Laura\nBlue and Kathleen Deering grooved to the Rinky, home-grown\ntimes, while Anna King showed off the logo tattooed on her\nshoulder to Vampyra Draculea and Duncan McHugh. Billy\nCheung teared up when he heard Jesse Marchand giving her\nfamous patriotic rant to Parm Nizher. On the oiher side of the\nhouse. Chris Shepherd and Sarah Conchie laughed heartily,\nraising their drinks in the air. as Nic Fensom gave the normally shy Hywel Tuscano abottle. The camera cut to the kitchen just\nin time to see Krista McFadden and Zerah Lurie puB a couple\nmore bottles out of the refridgerator. And just as the 30 seconds\nwas drawing to a dose, Alison Bones reminded everyone not to\ndrink and drive. \u00E2\u0099\u00A6\nCanadian\nUniversity\nPress\nCanada Port Sofas Agraamant Numbar 0732141\nfrn\nPaying\nAt Wednesday's Alma Mater Society (AMS)\nCouncil meeting, Associate Vice-President and\nRegistrar, Enrolment Services Brian Silzer\nannounced proposed increases to non-instructional fees, which are mandatory for every student and separate from tuition fees. We at the\nUbyssey feel that many of these increases are\nshockingly high and, in many cases, unwarranted. These proposed increases would come into\neffect April 1,2003.\nOne of the most significant and unreasonable changes would be an'additional charge for\nstudents to write a deferred exam. Currently,\nthere is no charge. The proposed increase would\nsee a $30 fee applied per missed exam.\nFinancial arguments aside, it just seems\ncruel to assign a fee to something that is quite\noften not in the control of the student People\ncan only defer exams for certain reasons, including serious illness, family deaths and emotional\nproblems that prevent them taking the exam at\nthe alloted time. Assigning a full-time student\n$30 a charge for each deferred exam means that\none could be forced to pay up to $150 for\nunavoidably deferred exams\u00E2\u0080\u0094exams that have\nalready been paid for.\nThe university claims the motivation for\nthis new charge is cost-recovery for the exam\npreparation, scheduling and grading of a separate exam. However, more often then not, the\nperson responsible for supervising the student\ntaking the deferred exam, and marking the\nexam, is a teaching assistant (TA)\u00E2\u0080\u0094who, incidentally, is a salaried employee of the university. This TA, we assume, would not see any of\nthe $30 a student would pay for the deferred\nexam. And if a professor was indeed forced to\ncreate a new exam entirely for the student, in\norder to maintain a level playing field with\nother students, please refer to the previous\nargument\u00E2\u0080\u0094a professor is also a salaried\nemployee.\nSo we ask, what other costs are associated\nwith taking a deferred exam? The professor\nwould still use the same amount of paper and\nthe same amount of ink for marking, and it\nwould still take the same amount of time to\nmark the exam a few days or weeks later. And\nalthough a deferred exam may cause anxiety,\nfrustration and inconvenience for all those\ninvolved in the rescheduling of the exam, the\n$30 will not be doled out on a percentage basis\nto each person involved in the rescheduling of\nthe exam. This fee would be sent directly to the\nuniversity.\nWe would also like to draw attention to the\n$100,000 from this year's tuition increase that\nis allocated to Student Services for the administrative costs of exams and for childcare. Unless\nthe bulk of this oddly-grouped fund is used to\nbuild an enormous daycare on campus, and we\nhighly doubt that this is the case, it seems that\nstudents are going to be paying twice for their\ndeferred exams.\nProposed increases to other fees are just as\nquestionable. Silzer also announced a potential\njump in entrance application fees from $22 to\n$60 for applicants within BC; re-admission fees\nwould see the same rise. Out-of-province applications would remain high, increasing from $ 56\nto $60.\nIn all fairness, such fees have been frozen\nsince 1997, and the university is concerned\nabout keeping up with inflation. But, as stated in\na letter supported by the AMS, the proposed\nincrease is a 172 per cent rise, significantly\nabove the rate of inflation. (According to\nStatistics Canada, the Consumer Price Index\nrose only 8.1 per cent between 1997 and 2002.)\nThe university has argued this is justified as\nthe current application fee is below the national average. But why should we rise to the\nnational average? In the spirit of keeping our\nuniversity appealing and accessible to applicants, it only makes sense to keep fees at a reasonable level, given that most students apply to\nmore than one university.\nThis rise is also out of step with our provincial peers: Admission fees for within-province\napplicants at SFU and UVic are $35 and $30,\nrespectively. Applying to Ontario universities is\neven cheaper\u00E2\u0080\u0094it only costs $8 5 to apply to three\nuniversities through the Ontario Universities'\nApplication Centre.\nSilzer treated such concerns at the Council\nmeeting casually. He said that, if a student cannot afford the $60 application fee, it would be\nan indication that the student can't afford university in the first place, and he would refer\nthem to the Financial Aid Office. Passing the\nbuck in this manner is simply nonsensical, and\ncompletely unacceptable from an officer\nresponsible for facilitating enrolment Students\nhave access to student loans only once they\nbecome students, not months before. Qualified\nstudents shouldn't be discouraged before they\neven attend our school.\nThese are not the only increases that worry\nus. Obtaining transcripts will potentially cost\nmore (up to $6 from $4), as will having an\nassigned standing reviewed (from $25 to $50).\nFurthermore, supplemental exam costs\u00E2\u0080\u0094fees\npaid to take exams for a course previously\nfailed-will rise from $25.50 to $60.\nNone of these proposed increases to non-\ninstructional fees are considered ancillary fees,\nnor tuition fees, and therefore they were not limited by the provincial freeze in place from 1995\nto 2001. We wonder why such fees have not\nbeen increased incrementally, rather than in the\nsignificant jumps proposed for next year. In any\ncase, the proposals will be brought to the\nNovember meeting of the Board of Governors,\nleaving a large window of time for students to\nbring their concerns to the university. We\nencourage you to do so. Brian Silzer's e-mail\naddress is brian.silzer@ubc.ca and his office\nphone number is 604-822-3265. \u00E2\u0099\u00A6 PAGE FRIDAY\nFriday, October 11,2002\ntfti iibfsiff fflaiaiirif\nSPORTS\nsis\nGiving it a tri\nby Sarah Conchie\nSPORTS EDITOR\nMost people travel to Hawaii to relax,\ncatch a few waves, and bring home\ntacky souvenirs. Tracy Hall is flying to\nthe lush, tropical island of Kuna this\nSunday, but instead of checking into a\nluxury beachfront hotel and ordering\na drink with a tiny umbrella in it,\nshe's going to swim, cycle and run a\ngruelling 300. kilometres in a single\nday. And instead of sending home a\ncute vacation postcard, Hall will likely\ntell her family to turn on the television\nto see her cross the finish line at one\nof the hardest athletic challenges on\nthe entire planet Ironman Hawaii\n\"It's the pinnacle of lhe sport,\"\nsays Hall. \"The best people in the\nwhole world will be there.\"\nAs well as being a teacher at the\nEnglish Language Institute at UBC,\nHall is a triathlete, and although she is\nmodest about her abilities, her stellar\nsecond-place finish a Ironman USA\nthis August means that she's one of\nbest\nIt wasn't always the case. After she\ngraduated with a BA in literature fropi\nUBC and began teaching on campus,\nshe started competing in casual\nmarathons and duathlons. After see-\nUBC teacher\ncompetes in the\nbig leagues\ning the healthy energy of some passing triathletes, Hall decided to up the\nathletic ante.\nRunning came naturally.\n\"It's just so easy. You just put on\nyour shoes and away you go.\nWhenever I go fast running on the\nsurface of the road, it's like I'm barely\ntouching the ground.\"\nSwimming wasn't quite so comforting. \"I was intimidated by swimming at first I had a lot of panic\nattacks,\" she confesses. \"I didn't like\nhaving my head under water and not\nbeing able to breathe properly.\" With\npractice, and the gentle guidance of\nher husband, triathlete Paul\nPierobon, Hall soon conquered the\nwater\u00E2\u0080\u0094most recently posting a time\nof 1:06 in the 3.86km swim at\nIronman USA in Lake Placid.\nHall spends six days a week in\ntraining. Three of those days are\ndevoted to pedalling around\nVancouver, and occasionally. Mount\nEYES ON THE PRIZE: lronwoman\nBaker. It's not easy. The race itself is\nexhilarating, but training rides can be\ntedious. \"A long run is over in three-\nhours. That's like a short bike.\" She\nfrowns. \"You're in the saddle a long\ntime.\"\nBut anyone who can commit to\nsuch a punishing schedule with the\nenthusiasm that Hall does must have\na certain inner reserve. The thing\nabout endurance, however, is that it is\nstrengthened through adversity.\nHall's initial character test came at\nher very first triathlon in 1998. It\ncould e asily have been her last\nDouble Shrum?\nAt the very same moment the\nThunderbirds football team was losing the Shrum Bowl to SFU, the\nBirds hockey squad was being\npounded by the U of Alberta's leading scorer, .Steve Shrum.\nWith two goals and three assists,\nthe third-year Alberta forward\nhelped the Bears defeat UBC 4-3,\nand 3-1 on the weekend. Let's hope\nthe next few weeks are Shrum free\nfor the Thunderbirds.\nGlatt\nAlthough his team is already slipping into the shadows of an 0-5 season, UBC's Javier Glatt is still at centre stage, and deservingly so. The\n6'1, 225-pound linebacker has muscled 43 runaway opponents to the\ngrass this season, and has tackled\nthe number one spot in the CIS for\nhis Herculean efforts.\nCross Country\n_ Far, far away in Salem, Oregon,\nthe UBC men's and women's cross\ncountry teams placed 12th and 13th\nrespectively at the Willamette\nInvitational. On the men's team,\nWarren Hatch placed 33 rd out of\n366 runners in the 8,000 metre trek,\nand Morgan Titus was right on\nHatch's tail at 36th. The women ran\nslightly faster, as Amy Higginbotham\nfinished 16th out of 319 contenders\nin the 5,000 metre run, and her compatriot Kristin Carpenter, followed\nclose behind in 18th place.\nField Hockey\nComing off a 2001/2002 championship season, the women's field\nhockey team has slipped into second\nplace in the country with a 5-2-1\nrecord after last weekend's loss to\nVictoria. The Vikes, long a thorn in\nUBC's side, have been keeping the\nwomen out of the first place spot,\nthanks to a perfect 8-0 season so far.\nAfter feasting on turkey and stuffing,\nthe Thunderbirds will host the final\ntournament of the season on the\nnewly minted Wright Field October\n18-20th. \u00E2\u0099\u00A6\nTracy Hail races in Hawaii October\n\"I was so nervous and fearful that\nI wasn't going to be able to do it. Even\nbefore the swim began, I was crying.\"\nAlthough her feelings of inadequacy\nat the sight of the athletes around her\nwere unfounded, the task at hand was\na disconcerting reality. \"It was the\nworst swim I've ever had in my life I\"\nShe exclaims. It was salty, and dirty\nand there were bits of wood in the\nwater. And it was cold.\" What helped\nher through was a glimpse of the\nnearby mountains. \"I'd look at the\nmountains, and then put my head\nunder the water and try again. But\nthat swim felt like it took forever, and\nit was only an 800m swim.\"\nAfter emerging from the waters.\nHall decided that she would never\nenter a triathlon again But instead of\ngiving up, she purposed to finish the\nrace and be done with it \"I just said,\nTou know what? Who cares? I have\nnothing to lose now, so I'm just going\nto go out and run and bike as hard as\nI can.\" Her attitude worked a little too\nwell. She won the cycling portion and\nwas presented with a brand-new wet-\nsuit\nEver since, hardship has brought\nopportunity rather than failure for\nHall. Three flat tires in thel999\nIronman Canada event forced her\nhusband Pierobon to lose an hour and\na half, but it enabled Hall to meet him\non the course. The pair crossed the\nfinish line together, hand in hand.\n\"It's not often that you get to cross the\nfinish line together, especially in an\nevent that has consumed your life up\nuntil that moment\"\nAs consuming as the sport is. Hall\nbelieves that competing together has\n19th. ROBERTO WITTMANN PHOTO\nenriched her personal life. \"Luckily,\n[Pierobon] is into the sport as well,\nbecause if that weren't the case, I\nwouldn't be as competitive or dedicated as I am.\"\nNormally, Hall and Pierobon\nwould be winding down from an\nintense summer season, but Hawaii\nhas loomed large on the horizon since\nthe end of August \"We struggled a bit\nwith our motivation. Everyone else\nthat we've trained with is finished.\nThey're ready to eat turkey and we\nstill have to do six hour bike rides.\"\nIf competing in the sport's most\nprestigious event wasn't motivation\nenough. Hall still has an extra week in\nHawaii to look forward to. \"We really\nneed a holiday,\" she sighs. And after\nshe crosses the finish line, the future\nsparkles like the turquoise water\nshe'll soon be swimming in. \"I think\nabout it all the time,\" she says. \"I have\nother goals I want to pursue.\" But\nwhether she continues in the sport as\na professional, or turns her energies\nto other passions, like travelling-\nIndia and Nepal are at the top of her\nlist\u00E2\u0080\u0094Hall is a true adventurer. \"I look\nforward to change. I want to see what\nelse I can do.\"\nFor the moment, it's one race at a\ntime. Winning is not important. Hall\nstresses. Completion is. \"I can't say the\nthought hasn't crossed my mind about\nwhere I might place,\" she confides.\n\"But I really don't care...because I just\nwant to absorb the whole experience.\"\nAs for conquering the usual pre-race\njitters, Hall has a simple philosophy:\n\"Once you've got all your gear, and\nit's all set, you've pretty much got to\ngive yourself over to the moment\" \u00E2\u0099\u00A6\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 E-mail spats@ubySsey:bc.Ga\nGet off the bus.\n...and on a scooter!\nGo where you'want, when you\nwant, for as little as\n$20 per month.\nCheaper than a bus pass!\n, Ride with a\nregular drivers licence.\nWe have quality used 2002\nHonda Jazz scooters for sale\nfrom $2350. 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Conducted by\nprofessors Susan Kennedy and Murray Hodgson\nfrom the School of Occupational and\nEnvironmental Hygiene, the study involved over\n6000 UBC students and faculty.\nHodgson, who is a professor of mechanical\nengineering, has been studying the acoustic properties of UBC classrooms since the summer of\n1993. ^ ^\nHodgson said there are two important factors\nthat ensure UBC classrooms have good acoustics:\nfirst, there must be as little noise as possible, and\nsecond, there must be just the right amount of\nreverberation in the room. Too much reverberation and the echo will make the classroom\nacoustics worse; too little and the students sitting\nin the back can't hear.\nWhile there is no magic formula that tells which\nUBC classrooms have good acoustics, Hodgson\nexplains some good indicators.\n'The best classrooms are the ones which are\nquiet, have an appropriate amount of sound-\nabsorbing material for their volume and tend to be\nthe smaller ones. But there are exceptions/ he\nadds. \"For example, some of the bigger classrooms\non campus like the Hebb Theatre came out surprisingly well.'\nHodgson further explains, \"One reason why the\nHebb Theater is surprisingly good is because it has\na beautiful sculpted ceiling (that works as] a series\nof reflectors which preferentially reflect the sound\nfrom the front to the back.'\nThis shows that not all large classrooms have\nbad acoustics; conversely, not all small classrooms\nhave good acoustics. In his findings, Hodgson\nfound many of the worst rooms are the ones with a\nhigh amount of noise, most often due to the ventilation system. \"There are some buildings on campus which are extremely noisy,\" he said.\nWhile poor classroom acoustics might make\ninstructors harder to hear, there are also other concerns. \"There are. all these profs teaching in these\nlarge classrooms with poor acoustical conditions\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nwhat happens to their voices?' Hodgson asks.\nTo compensate for these poor acoustics, many\nteachers are forced to strain their voices to be\nheard. This repeated strain can lead to many voice\nproblems, something Hodgson hopes to study further. -'\" '\nUBC has been renovating a large number of\nclassrooms but, as Hodgson cautions, that doesn't\nnecessarily mean that the classrooms will have better acoustics.\n\"It's an ongoing problem, that architects generally know nothing about acoustics,' he said, 'and\nare not interested in acoustics and keep creating\nthese spaces which they consider beautiful that\nhave serious acoustical problems associated with\nthem.'\nOften, architects hire acoustic consultants who\nadvise them on what changes are needed, but as\nTom Llewellin, the head UBC architect said, the\nrenovations are hindered by provincial funding\nwhich he describes as currently 'a little tight'\n\"Things that are seen as more important [than\nacoustics] are air and light quality,' Llewellin said.\nHodgson agrees that classroom acoustics are\noften ignored. \"If the [Minister of Advanced\nEducation] cuts the budget [for renovations] then\nvery often one of the first things to be cut from the\ndesigns are the acoustic improvements.'\nFor further information on this research, or to\nprovide input on classroom acoustics, please contact Murray Hodgson at hodgson@mech.ubc.ca. \u00E2\u0099\u00A6\nr-r \u00C2\u00BB.--v-a\u00E2\u0080\u0094_\"..,\" Jl t-\ns^j:' = i7.7\u00E2\u0080\u009E;i: "Newspapers"@en . 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