"CONTENTdm"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1211252"@en . "University Publications"@en . "2015-08-28"@en . "1988-01-22"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/Ubysseynews/items/1.0127599/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " the Ubyssey\nTelephone\nregistration\nlacks input\nby students\nBy Jeff Silverstein\nAn AMS council member has\ncriticized the administration for\nlack of student representation on a\ncommittee to introduce a new system of registration at UBC.\nCarolyn Egan, president of\nthe arts undergraduate society\nand one of two students on a\ncommittee reviewing the benefits\nof TELEREG, a telephone registration system for UBC, said \"I\ncan't see every student's viewpoint.\"\n\"They're doing it for the\nstudents...yet it's abigoversight to\npass up on one of the easiest\nsources of information? Egan\nsaid.\nDirector of administration\nTim Bird echoed Egan's feelings\nabout lack of student representation.\nThe registration office is set\nup mainly to serve students and\nthere are very few students on any\nof (their) committees? Bird said.\nWhen TELEREG, the new\ntelephone registration system\ncomes into effect this summer,\nstudents will have to fork out $100\nwithin ten days of registering to\nsecure their spot in school.\nThe non-refundable deposit is\nrequired to prevent abuse of the\nsystem by ensuring students who\nregister by telephone are serious\nabout attending school.\n\"The system benefits those\nwho are serious about coming?\nsaid acting registrar Alan McMillan. \"There will be no option to\nregister in person?\nThe deposit will apply to the\nfirst winter session fee installment, which now must be payed in\nfill by August 31.\nStudents with student loans\nor on scholarship will be able to\ndefer the first installment of fees.\nMcMillan said TELEREG\nwill eliminate inefficiencies in\nregistration.\n\"The basic reason we adopted\nTELEREG was concern about the\namount of work compressed in a\nfour day arena style registration\nIt was felt it was not adequate for\nour current day needs? McMillan\nsaid.\n\"We wanted to look...at something that will be a better system\nfor the student? he added.\nMcMillan said the new system will save professors from\nspending valuable class time sorting out registration problems.\nEvery department will be using TELEREG, but departments\nhave the option of identifying\ncourses that require auditions or\nportfolios which they do not wish g*\u00C2\u00AB\nto be accessible to TELEREG. In\nthis case, the department would\nadd each student to the course\nthrough an on line screen once\napproval had been given.\nOnly touch-tone telephones\ncan be used to reach the \"digital-\nised\" voice of TELEREG, said\nMcMillan. BC Tel has promised to\nextend the touch-tone system to\nalmost every community of BC by\nthe end of the summer.\nAn information booklet detailing the complexities ofthe system will be available this March.\nVancouver Art Gallery: perennial protesters pound pavement while nuclear noodleheads test terrible toys\nArts students' fee increase\nto subsidize science labs\nBy Deanne Fisher\nThe one per cent devoted to\nmiscellaneous fees added to next\nyear's tuition increase is \"ridiculous\" according to arts undergraduate society president\nCarolyn Egan.\nThe miscellaneous fees have\nbeen paid on an individual course\nbasis in the past and include such\nthings as lab fees.\nThe extra one per cent is included in the five and half per cent\ntuition increase approved by the\nBoard of Governors this week.\nEgan said most arts\ncourses don't involve these fees\nand arts students woul a be \"paying an extra one per cent to subsidize science students.\"\n\"We're getting screwed,\" she\nsaid.\nUBC President Strangway\nsaid most students will benefit by\nthe incorporation ofthe incidental\nfees into tuition fees.\n\"There are some fees in arts\nlike fine arts and home economics,\nbut it's difficult to have an\nabsolutely equal distribution,\"\nStrangway said.\nThe one per cent increase does\nnot incorporate photocopying,\n\"which is what the majority of arts\nstudents have to pay for? said\nEgan.\n\"Perhaps they should use that\nextra one per cent for photocopying so the arts students are paying\nfor things arts students use? Egan\nsaid.\nBoard of Governors seals the fate of fee hikes\nBy Katherine Monk\nThe decision to raise fees by\nfive and a half percent is final.\nThe board of governors voted\nin favour of a four and a half per\ncent tuition increase with a one\npercent hike in incidental fees at\nlast Tuesday's board meeting.\nThe board broke down the\noriginal single motion to increase\nfees into six separate resolutions\nat the request of student board of\ngovernors' representative Simon\nSeshadri.\nThe resulting six motions included the two-part fee increase,\nraising late registration fees from\nforty to fifty dollars, and tying\nincreases in student activity fees\nto increases in tuition fees.\nAll motions were\npassed with little debate\t\nAll motions were passed with\nlittle debate except the decision to\nlink tuition and activity fees,\nwhich will be reviewed next year.\nSole opposition to the four and\na half percent tuition fee increase\ncame from Seshadri.\n\"A four and a half increase in\ntuition is not a lot taken on its own,\nbut in a string of increases it is\nsubstantial? said Seshadri.\nStudent representative Doug\nStewart, who voted for the tuition\nincrease, voiced concerns about\nthe proposed deadline for payment\nof first term fees, due two weeks\nbefore classes begin.\nPresident Strangway declined comment on the board's\nbusiness and approval of the increases.\n\"The board has a policy of not talking\nabout decisions.\"\n\"The board has a policy of not\ntalking about decisions. All I can\nsay is the board voted in favor of\nthe proposals. I'm not at liberty to\ndiscuss the details of the voting\nprocedure? said Strangway.\nStrangway said the \"in camera\" policy ofthe board was justified by the sensitive nature of\nsome of the issues approached in\nmeetings, such as tenure.\n\"The board has an open session and a closed session. Students have ample opportunity to\nmake input prior to board meetings? said Strangway.\nVOLUME 70, Number 32\nVancouver, B.C. Friday, January 22,1988 BETWEEN\nCLASSES\nNOTE:\"Noon\" = 12:30tol:30p.m.\nFRIDAY\nUBC Sailing Club\nSpring Cruise: sign up at office or\ncome to meeting Tuesday, Jan.\n26th. Office hours and lunchtime,\nSUB 58.\nLe Club Francais\nReunions du Club Francais. Noon,\nInternational House.\nGays and Lesbians of UBC\nBzzr Garden. 3:30-7 p.m., SUB\n205.\nGraduate Student Society\nBzzr Garden. 4-7:30 p.m., Ballroom, Grad Centre.\nUBC New Democrats\n4-party Bzzr Garden. 4-8 p.m.,\nSUB 207-9.\nLutheran Student Movement\nWeekend retreat. Meet after supper, Lutheran Campus Centre.\nGraduate Student Society\nDarts Tournament. 7:30 p.m.,\nFireside Lounge, Grad Centre.\nALSO: Dance to live band NAKED\nCROWS. 8-12 p.m., Fireside\nLounge, Grad Centre. No cover\ncharge.\nCITR Radio FM 102\nInvasion of Victoria Basketball\nBroadcast: UBC vs. U. of Victoria.\n8 p.m.\nBaha'i Club\nTalk on Baha'i faith/discussion. 8\np.m., 5957 Chancellor (across\nfrom St. Marks).\nPolitical Science Students' Association\nSkating party. 8:30 p.m., Robson\nSquare Rink.\nClassifieds\nSATURDAY\nUBC Sailing Club\nSpring cruise: sign up at work\nparty at 12:00, or come to Tuesday\nnight's meeting.\nOrthodox Christian Fellowship\nVespers, 5 p.m., St. Andrew's Hall,\n6040 Iona Dr.\nPsychology Students' Association\nWinter beach party! Everyone\nwelcome. 7 p.m.-Midnite, SUB\nParty Room.\nCITR Radio FM102\nInvasion of Victoria Basketball\nBroadcast: UBC vs. U. of Victoria.\n8 p.m.\nSUNDAY\nUBC Sailing Club\nGo sailing today, and sign up for\nspring cruise too! All day.\nOrthodox Christian Fellowship\nSunday of Zacchaeus: Divine Liturgy. 9:30 a.m., St. Andrew's Hall,\n6040 Iona Dr.\nLutheran Student Movement\nCommunion Service. 10 a.m., Lutheran Campus Centre.\nUBC Stamp Club\nPenny Black Day. Noon, Intl.\nHouse Boardroom.\nLutheran Student Movement\nEvening prayer and fireside. 7:30\np.m., Lutheran Campus Centre.\n'In Performance'\nThis popular performing arts series, sponsored by the Dance\nCentre, returns to Vancouver at\nthe Main Dance Place, 2214 Main\nStreet at 8 p .m. The first of a three-\npart series, 'IN PERFORMANCE'\nwill showcase an eclectic range of\nVancouver's independent dancers\nand choreographers. Tickets are\n$4 for Dance Centre members and\n$5 for non-members. For info call\nThe Dance Centre, 872-0432.\nMONDAY\nUBC Sailing Club\nSpring Cruise sign-up at office or\nTuesday's meeting. During office\nhours, SUB 58.\nJewish Students' Association\nCurrent crisis in West Bank &\nGaza Strip w. Dr. Uri Zoller. Noon,\nBuch B323.\nInstitute of Asian Research\nFree film: \"Philippines: No Choice\nBut Change.\" Noon, Asian Centre\nAuditorium.\nJapan Exchange Club\nJapan Trip information meeting.\nNoon, SUB 119 (near SUB Cafeteria).\nUBC Astronomy and Aerospace\nClub\nGeneral meeting; new and prospective members welcome. 5:30\np.m., Astronomy and Geophysics\n142.\nGraduate Student Society\nVideo Night. 6 p.m.: \"Stop Making\nSense\"; 8p.m.: \"Blue Velvet.\"Fireside Lounge, Grad Centre. Free.\nRates: AMS Card Holders - 3 Unas, $3.00,\nadditional lines 60 cents, commercial-3 lines\n$5.00, additional lines, 75 cents. (10% DISCOUNT ON 25 ISSUES OR MORE) Classified\nads payable In advance. Deadline 4:00 p.m.\ntwo days before publication. Room 266, SUB,\nUBC, Van., B.C. V6T 2A7.\n05 - COMING EVENTS\nWENLIDO. Women's self-defense. 6-week\ncourse begins Wed. Jan. 27. Beginners: 5:30-\n7:30, $20 studeny$30 non-stu. Intermed.:\n7:45-8:45, $10 stu./$15 non-6tu. Register:\nOffice for Women Students, Brock Hall.\nTONIGHT! The naked crows 8:00-12:00\np.m., Fireside Lounge, Grad Centre. Free.\nCall 228-3203.\nTHE VANCOUVER INSTITUTE\nFree Public Lecture\nRADICALISM IN\nELITE INSTITUTIONS\nProf. Duncan Kennedy\nHarvard Law School\nSaturday, Jan. 23\nLecture Hall 2.\nWoodward Building,\n8:15 p.m\n11 - FOR SALE - PRIVATE\n'68 VW VAN 600CC Eng. rblt. new clutch,\nnew shocks, gd. running cond. $600. Call\n288-0881.\n20 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 HOUSING\t\n2 OK 3 BEDROOM 1IOUSE or apt. desired,\ncirca June-Sept '88.\nReliable/Responsible adult couple.\nWrite: M. Rogei., 1890 S. Ocean Dr., Hallan-\ndale, FL. 33009, U.S.A.\nTelephone (305) 458-1890.\nI Hot\nI Flashes\nUBC Film Society\nClassic SUBFilms: \"Vertigo? the \u00C2\u00A7tllCl*8llt tlG-D\nAlfred Hitchcock classic. 7 and ~\n9:30 p.m., SUB Theatre, SUB.\nInternational House\nEnglish Conversation class, open\nto all international students and\nEnglish-speaking volunteers. 7:30\np.m.-l0 p.m., International House\nBallroom.\nALSO: Movie Night:\n\"Kagemusha\" (1980, Japanese\nsubtitles). 8 p.m., International\nHouse, upstairs in Gate Four licensed lounge, 1783 West Mall.\nTUESDAY\nJewish Students' Association/\nHillel\nHebrew University Information\nand Falafel. Noon, Hillel House.\nPre-Medical Society\nLecture on cardiology by Dr. San\nDor. Noon, Woodward IRC #1.\nGMAT LSAT GRE\n(Graduate Management\nAdmission Test)\n(T _iw School Admission Test)\n(Graduate Record F.xam)\nWEEKEND TEST PREPARATION COURSES\nOffered at the University of British Columbia CALL\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Includes Sexton text book, lectures and 222-8272\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 One year personalized services.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Instructors hold PhD, MBA or LLB. *(\u00C2\u00A3\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n6extOfl Educational Centers 0\nPROFESSIONALS IN TEST PREPARATION f\nIf you are a UBC student with a\ndisability, and need assistance\nwith disability-related tasks that\naffect school, such as note taking\nor library research, then \"Students Helping Students\" can help\nyou!\nFor more information, contact:\nAllison Felker, coordinator\nStudent Counselling and Resources Centre, Brock Hall 200\nTuesdays 12:30-4:30\nPhone: 228-4840\nUbyssey gays\nand lesbians\nissue\n...comes out on February 14. Anyone interested in contributing\ncome by the office, SUB 241k and\npick up a story.\nRED LEAF\nRestaurant\nLuncheon Smorgasbord\n22B-S114\n10% DISCOUNT ON '\nPICK UP ORDERS\nLICENSED PREMISES\nMon.-Fri. 11:30-9:00 p.m.\n CLOSED SATURDAYS\nSundays and Holidays\n4:00 p.m.-9 p.m.\n2142 Waatarn Parkway\nUBC Villaga\nOpposite Chevron Station\nTWO FEM. STUDENTS from McMaster U.\nin Ont. are looking to sublet an apartment\nfrom May 1-Aug. 31/88. Interested??? Send\ndetails ASAP to N. Webb, 13 Algoma Cres.,\nHamilton, Ont. L9C 1S5.\nEARLY SPRING HAY FEVER\nSUFFERERS (over 19 yrs.)\nParticipate in a West Coast antihistamine study. Please call before\nJanuary 31st.\nTo register please call\n576-6555 or 576-2727.\nAPT. TO SHARE, female, nonsmokcr, available now, 43rd & Balsam, $200, 15 min. to\nUBC by bus, Jae 430-4790 or 263-2852.\n80 - TUTORING\n30 - JOBS\nSPANISH OR FRENCH with native\nspeaker Ph.D. student. Grammar-conversation. Oscar 738-4102.\nSTUDENT WANTED for P/T evening work\nas clerk/operator at a Richmond Instant\nPrint Shop. Exp. with Xerox high-speed\ncopiers essential. Call Tim at 270-9891.\n85 - TYPING\nDRIVER OF VAN or small truck with abilities in: horticulture, architectural design,\nand public service needed for exciting decorating firm. Apply in writing to 8235 Cartier\nSt., Van., B.C. V6P 4T6.\nENROL MEMBERS FOR GREENPEACE\ndoor to door, decent pay, evenings part-time,\n736-0321.\nP/T EVENING (6 p.m. till Midnight), employment available for young persons willing to work alone. Must be clean, courteous,\nand hard working. Apply in person only to\nDiscount U-Drive, 1317 SW Marine Dr.,\nVan., Tuesday, Jan. 26, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.\nPlease bring a resume.\nPROFESSIONAL TYPIST, 30 years exp.,\nWord Proc. & IBM typewriter. Student\nrates. Dorothy Martinson 228-8346.\nWORD PROCESSING SPECIALISTS - U\nwrite, we type. Theses, resumes, letters,\nessays. 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Call Katie\n737-0575.\nKER-WORD PROCESSING SERVICE.\nUsing IBM-XT with Wordperfcct #202-151 5\nE. 5lh Ave. Call Kerry 253-8444.\nTYPING - NO NOTICE REQUIRED. Essays, theses (low price), resumes. Editing &\nResearch assistance. 327-0425 (before 10\np.m.).\nGOT THE RESIDENCE BLUES? On campus rooms available now - great food, all\nmeals provided, free parking, pay TV. See\nFred or Rusty at 2270 Wesbrook Mall, or call\n224-9866.\n75 - WANTED\nWANTED - USED CHEMISTRY model sets\nin good condition; will buy - good prices. Call\n266-4627, leave a message.\nWORD PROCESSING: A & Y Manuscript\nMasters. Incomparable quality. Essays,\nterm papers, theses, manuscripts. Spelling,\ngrammar, style corr. References. 253-0899.\nADIXA WORD PROCESSING: Student\ndiscounts. Letter quality printers. 10th &\nDiscovery. Phone 222-2122.\nP0*f\n\"So they destroy our civilization and wa daatroy theirs \u00E2\u0080\u0094 now hare's my plan\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft ft ft ft ft AMS concerts # ^ ft ft ft\npresent\ntrcm Tcrcntc\nFrank soda\n& The Pep Tarts\nTCNITC\nSUB Ballreom\nTichets at the Deer\nonly S2.cc\nHappy rcur 8-9 Nc Miners Please\nBUCK A BZZR\nft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\n2/THE UBYSSEY\nJanuary 22, 1988 B.C. appeals court\nfavours professors\nin retirement fight\nBy Jeremy Fraser\nThe recent decision of the B.C.\nCourt of Appeal that age can not be\na basis for discrimination could\nmean the reinstatement of two\nformer UBC employees who were\nforcibly retired in 1985.\nFormer UBC professor Robert\nHarrison and staff member John\nConnell took the university to\ncourt, claiming they were discriminated against because of\ntheir age.\nThe B.C. Court of Appeal\noverturned the ruling of a lower\ncour'. by declaring that the Charter ot Rights did not allow age to be\na basis for discrimination.\nPreviously, the B.C. Human\nRights Act had only protected\nthose of ages 45 and 65 from discrimination based on age.\nFaculty Association president\nJoost Blom said that the decision\nNew trolley\nlines dash for\nUBC bus loop\nAfter over ten years of talk,\nB.C. Transit will finally extend\nelectric trolley lines down University Boulevard and into the SUB\nloop.\nThe electric trolley lines are\nbeing installed in an effort to reduce the cost of transit and to keep\nup with increasing student use of\nthe system.\nThe trolley buses are cheaper\nto run than diesel buses and produce less noise and pollution, said\nB.C. Transit planning supervisor\nGlen Leicester.\nCurrently the majority of\nVancouver buses, which are trolleys, cannot enter the campus.\n\"The number ten (UBC) runs\nninety per cent of its length under\nwire, but must run on diesel because ofthe last ten per cent,\" said\nLeicester.\nTransit engineer Hansel\nWang hopes the new system will\nbe in operation by September and\nsaid bus service will improve with\nthe number four bus (Nanaimo)\nextending into the university once\nthe trolley lines are in place, and\neventually the number nine\n(Broadway).\nInitially approved in 1981,\nthe project will cost B.C. Transit\nover two million dollars.\n\"B.C. Transit has been working on this for a long time and they\nfinally got all the financial approvals? said Bruce Stenning, University Endowment Lands manager.\nThe installation of lines will\nnot require the trees along the\ndrive to be disturbed said Stenning.\n\"The idea is to preserve the\nbeauty of the drive, and back in\n1981, the project did receive support of the local community? said\nStenning.\nUBC president David Strangway said the university has been\nkept informed on the transit plans\nand said that \"efforts will be made\nto ensure there are no trees to be\ncut down.\"\nA study conducted in 1981\nreported on the effects to the trees\nsuch an undertaking would in-\ncurr.\n\"I believe the report said they\ndid not have to (cut down any\ntrees)? said Strangway.\nThe report will be \"dusted off\nand updated\" said Stenning, and\nan outside consultant will be\nhired.\nCommerce undergrads\nappeal removal of\nbooking privileges\nStudent council's decision to\ninterfere in the commerce undergraduate society's appeal of the\nsuspension of their SUB booking\nprivileges may threaten the credibility of the student administrative commission, according to director of administration Tim Bird.\nThe commerce undergraduate society was denied booking\nprivileges for the rest of the year\nafter being accused by SUB security of liquor and security violations during a commerce \"unicorn\nnight\" January 8.\nAccording to a SUB security\nreport, eight to 10 tables were\nbroken, the liquor license was violated, and organizers disregarded\nrequests from SUB security.\nCommerce decided to appeal\nSAC's decision and brought the\nmatter to council's attention last\nWednesday evening.\nCouncil appointed a special\ntwo-person committee to review\nthe events of commerce's function.\nBut Bird said council's decision to intervene may set a precedent which could jeopardize the\ncredibility that SAC needs to\nmaintain security in the building.\nBird said it is not unusual to\nsuspend booking privileges if it is\nfelt a club has abused their privileges but it is unusual for the\nmatter to be appealed through\ncouncil.\n\"I've never seen it (in the year\nand a half I've been director)? Bird\nsaid.\nRepresentatives of the commerce undergraduate society say\nthey are justified in their appeal.\n\"I think it (the penalty) was\ntoo extreme? said senate representative Michael Fehy.\n\"I don't think we're trying to\nbe obnoxious or slick? said commerce representative Murray\nBodor. \"It could happen to any\nconstituency holding an event?\n\"It was the band that was\nenticing us to drink and to dance\non the tables? said Bodor.\n\"was a sign that mandatory retirement is on its way out.\"\nBut Blom said that some\npeople might question the effectiveness of older faculty and staff.\n\"If mandatory retirement\ngoes, people will say that something will have to be done about\nnon-productive older faculty. This\nwould necessitate some kind of\nperformance review in their eyes?\nsaid Blom.\n\"Such a review would erode\nthe relationships between staff\nmembers and between the faculty\nand administration? said Blom.\nStudent Libor Vlcek agreed\nwith the decision to abolish mandatory retirement, but noted also\nthat \"the individual must be paramount. Some kind of review process should be established to evaluate performance. Age should not\nbe one of the criterion for good\nperformance. \"\nUBC stands to lose out financially if manditory retirement\nwere to be abolished. The\nuniversity's budget depends on\nthe retirement ofthe older senior\nprofessors and the hiring of\nyounger professors who can be\npaid less.\nBlom said, \"the case could also\naffect how our pension and salary\narrangements are negotiated with\nthe administration?\nBlom noted that the university could make it \"easier\" for professors to retire than to continue\ntheir work.\nThe issue is complicated by\nthe fact that a similar court in\nOntario ruled in favor ofthe employer and mandatory retirement.\nThe issue is of national significance and the two conflicting decisions may encourage UBC to appeal to the Supreme Court, according to Blom.\nThe Faculty Association has\nno official stand for or against\nmandatory retirement because of\nthe broad variety of opinions\nwithin the faculty.\nThe Faculty Association contributed financially to the funding\nofthe legal battle ofthe two former\nprofessors because they \"were\nsupporting members in a legal\ncase against employers?\nEducation Students Association\nlobbies for wheelchair accessibility\nThe curriculum laboratory in the Scarfe building will soon be wheelchair accessible if the Education Students Association has anything to do about it.\nThe entrance to the laboratory is blocked by a door in the middle of a steep ramp.\n\"You have to station yourself on the ramp and pull the doors open...while you're opening the\ndoor you're falling backwards? says ombudsperson Nick Curalli.\n\"We have a couple of students in wheelchairs who find it very difficult?\nCuralli is writing aletter to the Education department administration to try to get some action\non the issue.\nJanuary 22,1988\nTHE UBYSSEY/3 Free trade pact could\nimport American schools\nToronto (CUP)\u00E2\u0080\u0094Free trade\nmight encourage more American\nuniversities to set up satellite\ncampuses in Canadian cities, according to Ontario's minister of\nindustry, trade and technology\nMonte Kwinter.\nWhile Kwinter said the increasing number of American institutions offering degree programs in Canada is something to\nwatch, he said he hopes the high\ntuition of the programs will continue to act as a deterrent.\n\"Where we do have the control\nis that our universities are all\nstate-financed? said Kwinter,\nadding that Ontario's student\nassistance program also helps to\ndefray the cost of a Canadian university education, but not a for-\npion onp\nKwinter spoke at the University of Toronto to outline the Ontario government's opposition to\nthe recently signed free trade pact.\nThe minister said an economic union between Canada and\nthe U.S. won't work because the\ncultures are so similar and Canada is already dominated by the\nStates.\nHe pointed out that 42 per\ncent of all Canadian industry is\nAmerican-owned, and 95 per cent\nof all prime television shows,\nmusic and films are American.\n\"We have a severe problem\nand we have to be extra vigilant to\nbe sure that we don't get swept\naway by it? Kwinter said. \"There's\nvery little to differentiate us if we\nwant to maintain that Canadian\niHpntitv\"\nA graduate of Syracuse University and of the Massachusetts\nInstitute of Technology, Kwinter\nsaidhe knows the American way of\nlife but said \"there is a quality of\nlife in Canada that people cherish.\"\nKwinter said the free trade\npact does not give Canadians any\nmore of an economic advantage\nthan they already have, while it\ngives the United States a coveted\ncontinental energy policy.\n\"What we have done is given\nthem the right to proportional\naccess to our energy? said Kwinter, adding Canadian oil producers will no longer be able to charge\ndifferent prices to domestic and\ninrhi<*f\".rip1 f*nnsn-n~ipr<*\n..\u00E2\u0080\u009E:<__.\u00E2\u0080\u009E __ig_\n_*__\nEx-'Birds\nfeatured in\nCanada\u00E2\u0080\u0094US\nvolleyball\nmatch\nTonight marks the homecoming of three former UBC\nvolleyball greats as Canada's\nnational volleyball team faces\nthe world's number one\nranked team in exhibition play\nat War Memorial Gym.\nChris Frehlick, Paul Thei-\nson, and Brad Willock, all\nmembers ofthe 1983 national\nchampion UBC team, will represent Canada against the\nUnited States.\nWillock, the starting setter, and Frehlick, the starting\nplay-set hitter, will have their\nhands full with the likes of\nAmerican stand-outs Steve\nTimmons and Ricci Luytis.\nThe trio of UBC alumni\nwill be joined by current UBC\nplayers, Greg Williscroft and i\nKelly Bukowski, who will don !\nthe Canadian colors and participate as guest players.\nUBC will be the final\nmatch of the four game Canadian tour by the two teams.\nCanada holds a two to one\ngame edge in the series - winning in Victoria last night (3-2)\nand in Calgary on Monday (3-\n1). The US team defeated\nCanada (3-1) in Regina on\nTuesday.\nAs of Thursday 1300 tick- ,\nets have been sold and the '\ngame is expected to sell-out.\nWarm-up begins at 7:30 and\nthe game begins at 8:00.\nSwim 'Birds\nsink in UBC\ndual meet\nagainst\nWashington\nHuskies\nLast Friday at a UBC-Uni-\nversity of Washington dual\nswim meet the host 'Birds\nswam well but lost to a talent\nladen Washington team.\nThe UBC women were\nnarrowly defeated 50-45 and\nthe depleted ranks of the men's\nteam were overcome 67-27 by a\nfull contingent of Washington\nswimmers.\nThe UBC men's team\nswam with but seven swimmers compared to the 13 sent\nfrom Washington - missing\nfrom the Thunderbird line-up\ndue to shoulder injuries were a\npair of their best swimmers,\nClint Hirst and Steve Nordstrom-\nOUare...turned in\ni a lifetime best time\nof 1:52.50,\nStrong performances for\nthe UBC women wer* turned\nin by Nadeane Holley, who\nqualified for nationals irt the\n100 metre freestyle {1;Q1-5Q)\nand 200 metre freestyle\n(2:12-57), and Angie Haveman\nwho qualified for the nationals\nin the 50 metre freestyle\n{28.39),\nIn men's corr-pet$on, Tuf-\nlough O'Hare won the 200\nmetre freestyle and turned in a\nlifetime best time of 1:52,50,\nSki 'Birds\nplace first\nin alpine\nand second\nin nordic at\nSnoqualmi\nAt Snoqualmi Pass in\nWashington. State this past\nweekend the UBC Ski team\ndominated alpine events and\nposted strong finishes in nordic competition.\nIn. the men's giant slalom\non Friday Rich Richardson\nfrom the-University of Wash*-\nirtgton won in a time of 83.90\nseconds edging out UBC's\nSean Jaegli (84.4$) and David\nBwfcley (84.57).\nMu lil id !.__*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 .ii in. .n\t\nAanTaciukofUBC\ncruised to an easy\nvictory\nIn the wotnen*s giant sla-\nIqW that s_.m# day, Ann\nl*aduk of UBC cruised to an\neasy victory isa atime\u00C2\u00AB_f 89.62\nseconds - theaecond pla<:e time\nwas a distant 93,50*\nOrt Saturday UBC dan?***\naafced toe woman's slalom\nevent with Traeey Degrunchy\nand Christine Hatt teking\nfirst and second place respectively.\nUBC dominated the corniced alpine team standings\nWHMsrogWh the giant slalom\nandalalomevenUin themen*.\nand womenV categories,\nlite XXBC men placed see-\noft4\u00C2\u00AB>\u00C2\u00A5\u00C2\u00AB**JI in th* rtordlft ctHa*\npetition as did (he women-\nGET$1 OFF YOUR MEAL\n$1\nL_?_LF.\nDonair & Pizza Subs, Lasagna and Nachos\nAlso, We Have Regular & Dark on Tap\n2958 W. 4th AVE.\nwith this coupon, dine in & take out only\n$1\n_OFFj\nSOW\nN E R\nFully Licensed\n2 fori\nONE FREE BURGER\n(Of equal or lesser value)\nBay One Get One Free!\nValid until February 5\n4497 Dunbar at 29th\nPhone: 222-9922\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Mast present this coupon\n375 Water Street at The Landing\nPhone: 683-7632\nLOOKING FOR A\nBARBARIAN?\nThen come to the Bookstore--\nthe only place on campus you'll find one.\nBARBARIAN Rugby Shirts.\nInternational quality, made in Canada.\nGet one of a kind by ordering custom\nfor your club or team. 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But mass media is big\nbusiness, and in the last 10 years,\nthe concentration of ownership\nand power has fallen into fewer\nand fewer corporate hands.\nTwo newspaper\nchains...own and run\nthe print medium.\nThree television stations\ndominate the market in the U.S.\nand Canada: ABC, CBS, and NBC.\nIn 1986, the General Electric corporation bought out RCA, the\nparent company of NBC. General\nElectric is the tenth largest corporation in the U.S. and a major\nmilitary contractor, with sales\nfrom its electronic components,\nelectrical and nuclear systems, air\nand spacecraft components, and\ninsurance and banking interests\nexceeding $28 billion a year.\nIndependent Canadian news-\npapersareall butextinct. Inl970,\nfor instance, there were 108 daily\nnewspapers in Canada. Of these,\n43 were independently owned,\nwhile 65 were owned by corporations running newspaper chains.\nBy 1980, the number of dailies\nincreased to 117, but only 28 were\nindependently owned, while 89\nwere owned by chains. Of those 89\nchain-owned papers, 65 were\nowned by just three firms, according to the 1970 Davey Royal\nCommission, and the the 1981\nKent Commission.\nTwo newspaper chains across\nthe country, Thomson and\nSoutham, own and run the print\nmedium. Besides their newspaper\nmonopoly, Thomson and Southam\nhave diverse corporate interests.\nThomson, for example, has holdings in Hudson's Bay Company,\nZellers, Simpsons and interests in\nNorth Sea Oil; Southam controls\nseveral publishing companies and\nthe largest book retailer in Canada, Coles\u00E2\u0080\u0094both heavily invested\nin some of their largest advertisers.\nFor Canada, media owner-:\nship and control, the Free IVade\ndeal may mean Canadian news\nbroadcasts will become entirely alternative programming.\nWhen Ben Bagdikian wn&te\nthe first edition of his book, Tlie\nMedia Monopoly, in 1983, there\nwere 46 corporations that controlled most of the business in\ndaily papers, magazines, television, books and motion pictures in\nthe U.S. The number now stands\nat 29.\nBagdikian, dean of the University of California School of\nJournalism, has spent almost 10\nyears tracking the quickening\npace of monopoly control of the\nmajor media. He released the\nlatest edition last November.\nAccording to Bagdikian, at\nthe end of World War Two, more\nthan 80 per cent of daily U.S.\nnewspapers were independently\nowned, but by 19871 the number\nhad almost reversed: 72 per cent\nWere owned by outside corporations, and 15 of which controlled\nmost ofthe business. In 1981, 20\ncorporations controlled most ofthe\nbusiness in the U.S.' 11,000 magazines. Five years later the number\nhad shrunk to six.\n\"It is quite possible? says\nBagdikian, \"and serious corporate\nleaders predict -- that by the\n1990's a half dozen corporations\nwill own all the mcst powerful\nmedia outlets in the U.S.\"\nThe concentration of corporate control in the media raises\nSerious questions about the information the puplic is receiving.\nFears about (pi's influence on\nNBC coverage \u00C2\u00A7nay have already\nbeen confirmed. The network recently aired a documentary on the\nFrench nuclear industry, a country that openly supports the expansion of nuclear power, and\nwhich just moved to expand its\nmedium-f&nge missile arsenal.\nWho taix ensure that a parent\ncorporatiot**6 interest in the arms\nrace, or banking business, won't\naffect the presentation of issues\nlike nuclear weapons, in the major\nmedia outlets they control?\nABC's involvement in the\n1973 coup d'etat that deposed\ndemocratically-elected socialist\npresident Df. Salvador Allende for\nthe current dictatorship of Gen.\nAugusto Pinochet, is one historical\nanswer.\nABCs negative coverage of\nAllende's government reflected\nthe interests of its parent, ITT,\nwho als*ng with Anaconda Copper,\ninc., stood to lose hundreds of millions in profits if Allende national -\nizecfc -the country's communication* systems and natural resources.\n' U.S. corporate power dwarfs\nthat of Canada, and since the U.S.\ndpminates the world market in\nmany other industries, the media\nis no different. Before the public\ndebate on free trade was underway, for example, U.S. owned Gulf\n& Western, of the largest companies in the world, bought out one of\nCanada's leading publishers,\nPrentice-Hall.\nThis brings to light what\nBagdikian refers to as 'interlocking directorships' of corporations,\nwhere directors of mega-corporations sit on several boards at a\ntime, extending their stake in the\nmedia coverage of the companies\nthey represent.\n'Time, inc., has so many interlocks? he writes, \"they almost\nrepresent a plenary board of directors of U.S. business and finance,\nincluding Mobil Oil, AT&T,\nAmerican Express, Firestone Tire\nand Rubber Co., Mellon National\nCorporation, Atlantic Richfie'jd,\nXerox, General Dynamics, and\nmost of the international banks.\"\nIt is not surprising the mainstream media paints a particular\nview of foreign and domestic affairs \u00E2\u0080\u0094including government elections\u00E2\u0080\u0094 when they are owned by\ncorporate leaders with heavy investments in North America and\nabroad directly effected by decisions on tax reform, foreign policy,\netc.\nThe Progressive Conservative party, however, has found a\nway of avoiding the potential conflict-of-interest situations of large\ncorporate media-owners.\nFor a fee, a private Ottawa\nfirm, Parliamentary News Service, will package taped interviews\nand even whole radio 'news' broadcasts for distribution to Canada's\nhundreds of private TV and radio\nstations.\n\"Where the news\ncomes from is not\nimportant...\"\nWith its shiny image tarnished in the commercial media of\nlate, the Tories have been paying\nfor videotaped interviews of PC\nMPs on the hill, and sending the\n$750 satellite feed (free of charge)\nto regional news stations. But\nwhen audiences see the clips, or\nhear a 'news' broadcast from parliament, they are not told it was\npaid for with Tory money.\nThe technique has proved\nremarkably successful, according\nto the Dec. 2 edition of CBC's Journal \u00E2\u0080\u0094 of the 60 stations targeted\nfor the publicity packages, 45 used\nthe clips.\nWhile the Liberals and NDP\nare outraged at being told they are\nfree to compete with the Tories for\na service that's open to them, others are much less concerned.\n\"Where the news comes from\nis not important,\" said Manitoba\nTelevision Network news director,\nMark Evans, \"It's the information\nitself.\"\nUBC'S SHOE AND\nSPORTSWEAR\nHEADQUARTERS\nNIKE AIR PEGASUS.\nFOR THE RUNNER WHO DEMANDS\nVERSATILITY!\nNike Air Pegasus\nhas twice the\nNike-Air\ncushioning.\nNike Air Pegasus\nis the fourth\ngeneration ofthe\nworlds best selling\nrunning shoe. 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This rendering of the strife-\nfilled life of a poor Dublin family in the\nmiddle ofthe 1922 civil war is a flavourful\nperiod piece, though the family troubles\nfeel awfully contemporary.\nCaptain Boyle, known as the Paycock\nfor his arrogance and need for attention,\nis the father. Juno is his wife. The\nCaptain is out of work, and Juno increasingly frustrated with him, when a lawyer\narrives to tell them they have inherited a\nfortune. The story chronicles the effect of\nwealth on this unhappy family, set\nagainst the backdrop of a civil war in\nwhich their son lost an arm fighting.\nWith this family mocrocasm of a war-torn\nIreland, Johnny, their son, is the clearest\nrepresentative ofthe side wenever see.\nDirector Stanley Weese has played up\nthe light moments, and carefully establishes a credible family. Timothy James\nHyland and Janine Payne as the titular\nparents find an angry, emotional meeting\nplace in the bitter arguments which\nreveal their unhappy marriage. In her\ncontempt for her husband's constant\nrefusal to find a job because, he claims,\nhis legs hurt, Payne admonishes angrily\nand brusquely, \"You can't climb a ladder\nbut you can skip like a goat to the snug\n(pub)\". Hyland's performance clearly\ncaptures the Paycock's pathetic attempts\nto assert power in the only forum which\nrecognizes him: his family.\nTHEATRE\nJuno and The Paycock\nby Sean O'Casey\nFreddy Wood Theatre\nThe show-stealing performance is\nprovided by Dennis Kuss as Captain\nBoyle's drinking buddy, Joxer Daly.\nKuss's whiney, sing-song vocal pattern,\nfilled with the music of his Irish accent,\nestablishes the endearing thief, drunk,\nand disseminator of folk wisdom: \"I'd\nrather be a coward than a corpse.\" Also\nexcellent is Neil Ingram's angry, terrified\nJohnny Boyle, the one armed freedom\nfighter with a big secret. He represents\nthe only successfully portrayed torment in\nthis family tragedy.\nRobert Gardiner's entrancing set is a\nremarkable, revealing reflection of the\nfamily's attempt at order within this\nworld of poverty and grief. His transformation of the small apartment after the\npromise of wealth\u00E2\u0080\u0094garish furniture, long\ngreen garlands\u00E2\u0080\u0094looks properly inappropriate in this home.\nThe real shame here is that this\nserious family tragedy is relegated to the\nworld of dark comedy because director\nWeese has not incorporated the trauma.\nWhen Mrs. Trancred arrives to share the\nstory of her son's violent death, Weese\nkeeps her, and the other mourners, way\nup-stage, on the periphery. It is confusing\ntreatment for a scene that should ideally\ninvade and permeate the atmosphere, so\nthat the ending, where the scene is\nechoed, works. Instead, the tragic ending\nis merely banal as a sense of impending\ntragedy has not been introduced. Ultimately this production fails because its\ncomedy works too well, at the expense of\nthe real drama.\nEscape Entertainment worth escaping\nBy Justine Brown\nThree tedious individuals hash out a\n(ho-hum) Uniquely Canadian\nIdentity for a film being shot in Toronto.\nThis is the uniquely Canadian plot of\nCarol Bolt's play, Escape Entertainment,\ncrurrently playing at The Firehall\nTheatre.\nHappy-go-lucky film director Pancho\nPotter (Don Thompson) is selling out his\nartistic integrity in a big way, having\nrewritten his distinctively local screenplay to suit the American moneymen.\nHe's reduced to importing Miami-style\npalmtrees in order to transform his\nToronto location. Pancho is a harried\nman: the phones are ringing off the hook,\nhis wife is dying of neglect, and his star,\npistol-waving Matt Payne Jr. (Gavin\nRhodes) is plastered again.\nTension mounts as Pancho and Matt\nawait the arrival of a Toronto film critic\nwho, it turns out, is (horrors) Matt's ex-\nwife Laurel Hayes. In recent years Laurel\nhas made her mark tearing Matt's career\ninto little bits. He worships her: \"We were\nmarried for TWO YEARS, Pancho! I love\nher.\"\nMatt's a wild one\u00E2\u0080\u0094he takes scotch\nwith everything, shoots the set full of\nholes, talks like a dumbo, and clomps\naround in green Frye boots. Needless to\nsay, he has a heart of gold. A real romantic. You know the type.\nEnter Laurel, woman with a harsh\nexterior who's only covering her own\ndeeply crippling insecurity. Her character\nis conveyed by her clothes: grey slacks,\nblack crewneck pullover with giant shoul\nder pads, man-eating makeup, short\nsculpted hair, mean-looking jewelery.\nJill Daum as Laurel struts around\ndoing the glare-and-warble routine and\ngenerally behaving like Joan Collins with\na migraine. She hisses on and on about\nthe lousiness of all things Canadian while\nberating Pancho for selling out: a real\nhomespun reviewer.\nTHEATRE\nEscape Entertainment\nby Carol Bolt\nDirected by Robert Garfat\nFirehall Theatre\nSurprisingly, Laurel turns out to be a\nYank. This is confusing and weakens the\nplay, since no American could possibly be\nso bitter and defensive about Canada.\nPancho and Laurel engage in a Hollywood style battle of the wits which\nunfortunately never really gets off the\nground. She insults him; \"I beg your\nPARdon?\" retorts Pancho. He insults her;\nshe replies scathingly: \"I BEG your pardon.\" Hardly scintillating dialogue.\nBolt's stereotypical characters get\nlittle help from the performers. Daum's\nLaurel is far too fluffy and shrill\u00E2\u0080\u0094she\nloses all audience sympathy. By the time\nshe changes her tune we can't stand her.\nThompson's Pancho is too mild to impress\nus as an influential filmmaker; he lacks\nthe charisma to make us care about his\nart.\nEscape Entertainment is made somewhat exciting by some reasonably good\neffects and a clever set. 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Broadway 733-1612\n6/THE UBYSSEY\nJanuary 22,1988 f>j(\u00C2\u00A7)D(6)zoan\nFurniture designed for the future\nBy Clara Young\nIt's time that North America\nmoved beyond the Lazy\nBoy\u00E2\u0080\u0094 those upholstered things whose\nfootrests are raised and lowered like the\nbucket of some tractor.\nThe West Coast revolution against the\nchesterfield has begun, and is being led by\nfurniture design group Protozoan. To\nthese six recent graduates ofthe Emily\nCarr College of Art and Design, upholstery is simply a bad word. They have\ntaken common household furnishings and\nstripped away the facade, leaving exposed\nbolts, hinges and ball-joints in all their\nglory. A coffeetable stands like a metal\ntrampoline; a nightlight takes the shape\nof a gravestone; a lamp made out of black\ntubing resembles a corrugated worm.\n...upholstery is simply a bad word.\nThey share a common philosophy\nwhich has two central tenets; the first of\nwhich can be called their manifesto\nagainst upholstery. They insist on\nintegrity, directness and primitivism in\ntheir design. Nothing superfluous,\nnothing hidden. The second is a belief in\nutilizing indigenous West Coast products\nin their work.\nSo, why the name Protozoan? Keith\nSpivak, one of the members of the group,\nvaguely replied that he thought protozoans were a family unit of single-cell\norganisms which can be found in their\nnatural environment. I leave that\ndefinition to the biologists but note that\nthree of their members are also involved\nin an offshoot graphic design group called\nAmoeba. Apparently they simply have an\naffinity for catchy biological terms.\nThe six are individually known as Les\nBarth, James Koester, Keith Spivak, Todd\nInouye, Mike Lee and Jeremy Bee. Protozoan does not design as one collective\nbody, so each piece reflects the personality\nof its designer.\nFor example, James Koester largely\ndesigns lamps which border on extra-terrestrial and Keith Spivak is drawn to the\nmedium of screens and room dividers. As\nSpivak puts it, \"Everybody just kind of\nworked separately, experimenting and\ndoing what they wanted and when the\nshow came together, we realized that a lot\nof things worked together.\"\nThe show Keith Spivak is referring to\nwas Protozoan's public debut at Sinclair\nCentre during the Christmas consumption season. In fact, Protozoan only began\nserious work in September last year,\nconsequently missing Artopolis, Urbanar-\nium and the Commonwealth Conference.\n\"Why furniture?\" I asked Keith\nSpivak. \"It all started innocuously enough\nas a class semester project but then it\nsnowballed into a kind of furniture show?\nhe explained.\nThe snowball grew when the designers\nrealized that their work could fill a gap in\nthe furniture market. According to\nSpivak, they began to ask themselves,\n\"Why can't we do something in Vancouver\nor Canada for that matter, which can be\nlike an import replacement? Why pay the\nbig money for imports when something of\nquality can be found right here?\" The\ndominant attitude nowadays seems to be\nthat sophisticated furniture only comes\nout of Italy. Protozoan is attempting to\ncombat that idea by producing furniture\nthat can compete both in innovative\ndesign and price.\n\"We had the idea of having this\nfurniture group situated in Vancouver to create recognition that\ncontemporary furniture Or\nfurnishings can be made and\nbe marketed out of Vancouver. So in that respect\nit could bring a bit of\npopularity to Vancouver.\" This evolved into\na conscious decision\nto promote B.C.\nproducts in the\nmaterial they\nwould use.\nIn\nkeeping with this decision is the product\nwhich Protozoan highlights: Parallam,\nshort fer Parallel Strand Lumber. Parallam is an extremely strong structural\nwood being pioneered by MacMillan Bloedel, composed of scrap Douglas fir\nplywood. Not surprisingly, Protozoan's\nuse of this material puts them one step\nahead ofthe general public: Parallam\nhasn't been released on the market yet.\nBut most likely Macmillan Bloedel will\nbegin engaging in major research in order\nto develop it for consumers.\nSpivak says that Parallam consists of\n1 long plywood strands or sheets which are\npressed together and bonded by a pheno-\nlie adhesive. It is then \"cured\" using\nI microwave energy to produce beams of ,\nj variable size and complete uniformity.\nThe major source of its strength lies in the ;\nI fact that Parallam has no knots, a\nstructural deficiency of natural wood. I\ni The multiple strands of plywood give Par- j\nI allam beams a myriad grain effect. Color j\ndyes can be added to aspen plywood, resulting in varying shades of blue or any j\nother color, in one beam.\nAside from Parallam, Protozoan\nmainly uses metal, glass, laminate and\nmarble. Most of the furniture has a raw,\nalmost industrial appearance infused\nnonetheless with a sense of whimsy.\nSome pieces look like stage props from\nAlice in Wonderland - throne-like chairs\npainted in primary colors; a looking glass .\nwith brushed aluminum as the reflecting i\nsurface inside a plywood frame with me- j\nandering edges. j\nKoester constructed a night-light that j\nlooks like a miniature grain elevator. It's\nperched up on four wheels with four tiny j\nblinking neon lights on top, and a squig- j\ngly cord attached. It's made for the rich\ntoddler to drag around his custom-built\nnursery room. With prices at $800\nupwards, that toddler had better have\npretty well-endowed parents. Spivak says j\nthey don't like to charge that much but\nit's difficult to avoid since the pieces are\none-of-a-kind, hand-made prototypes.\nThey hope to lower the prices once\nProtozoan comes out with a limited run of\ndesigns.\nSome pieces look like\nstage props from Alice in Wonderland...\nThe range in design is tremendous.\nFor instance, a chair by Les Barth has\nsuch sinuous contours that it looks like a\nwell sculpted marshmallow. The shiny\nfinish and rainbow hues impart an\nethereal quality. Imagine that beside\n\"Departure\", a mean coffee table designed\nby Keith Spivak; a sharply triangular\nshape with one side left somewhat jagged.\nRunning into this would incur flesh\nwounds.\nWheels are an unabashed part of\nmuch of the furniture\u00E2\u0080\u0094a reflection of\nProtozoan's design integrity. In conventional furniture, wheels are equivalent to\neverybody's dirty laundry. Laundry goes\nunderneath the bed and wheels are\nhidden underneath the ruffles. Not with\nProtozoan. They put wheels on everything: end-tables, coffee tables, planters,\nnightlights... Have them interior decorate!\nand your entire livingroom would roll.\nClearly the furniture is designed to be\nmobile.\nIronically, while they gave first dibs\nto British Columbians, and deliberately\nshowcased provincial products, many say\nthey might have to find appreciative\nbuyers elsewhere. Spivak thinks there's\nhope here but \"we're not forming this\ngroup to sell exclusively to Vancouver\neither.\" Already word is spreading and\nSpivak revealed that they now have\nconnections in Philadelphia, Los Angeles\nand New York.\nThis extremely eclectic collection of\nfurniture prompted me to ask what sort\nof influence they were working under -\nJapanese minimalism? Bauhaus?\n\"Flintstones? Spivak laughed. Their\nprimitivist design philosophy may have\nbeen inspired by the Flintstones but the\nresult looks more like vintage Jetsons.\nJanuary 22,1988\nTHE UBYSSEY/7 Film functions as floss\nHIULEL'S FAMOUS HOT LUNCH\npresents\nMAKE JERUSALEM YOUR CAMPUS\njoin us for a\nFALAFEL LUNCH\n&\nINFORMATION ON PROGRAMS AT THE\nHEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM\nTuesday January 26\n12:30 p.m.\nat Hillel House\nSpeaker: Ava Lynn Herman,\nCoordinator of Academic Affairs in Canada\nSlides * Videos\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0!\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0!\u00E2\u0096\u00A0!\u00E2\u0096\u00A0!\u00E2\u0096\u00A0!\u00E2\u0096\u00A0!\u00E2\u0096\u00A0!\u00E2\u0096\u00A0!\u00E2\u0096\u00A0!'\nHillel House is located behind brock hall\nFor Further information: 2244748\nBy Rolf Boon\nThe oversized full-moon lies suspended\nover the cityscape. A rare presence that\nis seen and felt. Serene, yet so powerful it\nposseses a mystical force that makes people\nchange their ideals and dreams. It becomes the\nguiding light for the unanswered question. Moonstruck: this is the underlying symbol for the film\nofthe same name.\nMOVIE\nMoonstruck\nVancouver Centre\nCanadian Norman Jewison's film Moonstruck\nis a sophisticated romantic comedy about love,\njealousy, and personal entanglements of an\neccentric Italian-American family in Brooklyn.\nCher (Mask and The Witches of Eastwick)\nplays Lorretta Castorini, a thirty-seven year old\nwidow who hopes to mend the bad blood between\nher fiance Johnny Cammareri, played by Danny\nAiello (Man on Fire), and his brother Ronnie,\nplayed by Nicolas Cage (Rumble Fish, Peggy Sue\nGot Married, Raising Arizona).\nLoretta is transformed when she envisions a\ndifferent life with Ronnie. She is Moonstruck\nwith glimpses of what it would be like to live out a\ndream. She falls in love with difference itself.\nRonnie is a wolf compared to the nice guy wimp\nwhom she plans to marry for companionship and\nnot love.\nLoretta's predicament mirrors her parents'\nfaltering relationship. All of them are reaching\nfor solace from the unanswered question. Their\nperplexing problems eventually collide in a\nclimax over the Cantorini breakfast table.\nThe characters are well developed and\nconvincing. They act and say things expected of\npeople in unpredictable situations. But this is,\nironically, where the film fails: the characters'\nrealism works against the mood ofthe movie.\nGritty realism and Romantic Comedy mix like\noil and water. The comedy is not hilarious but\nrather silly and the romance lacks the intensity\nof true passion.\nJewison tries too hard to meld the dramatic\nwith the off-beat. The film ends up as a lingering soap opera which leaves you walking away\nuninspired, unprovoked and not even emotionally affected.\nThe film's success lies in its craft. The scenes,\nsets and musical selections (La Boheme, That's\nAmore) enhance the romantic comic flavour of\nthe film. The unpredictability ofthe characters\nkeep interest sustained. Each character is acted\nwith panache with the exception of Cher's\nLoretta. Cher just doesn't make a convincing\nItalian.\nMoonstruck is Jewison's twenty-second film\nand is nominated for five Golden Globe awards\nincluding best picture. He remains consistent\nand dedicated to quality. It's a good film but not\na great one, enjoyable as mental floss, but it\ndoesn't offer enrichment or answer any\nunanswered questions.\nfree work\nflexible hours, nc besse.\nat The Ubyssey SIB U\k\nTHE BEST DEAL IN TOWN!\nFREE GOURMET BURGER\n(APPLIES ONLY TO BEEF OR TOFU)\nOR ENTREE\nWITH THE PURCHASE OF ONE\nOF EQUAL OR GREATER VALUE.\nNot valid with other coupon. Present coupon prior to ordering. Dining in only.\nTO: FROM:\nTCE-XCE \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 L- L-E-N-f) -. r\nH E EAT E RY\n3431 W. Broadway \u00E2\u0099\u00A6 738-5298\nm - WANTED\nClerks to man polling stations for\nSenate and Board of Governors Elections,\nJanuary 20, 21 and 22.\nSign up in the SAC office,\nSUB 246 (AMS Executive Offices).\ni/|}|lll Ill\n IC /\n*fCff\n \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n4*4*\nThe\npsychology department role reversal\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0nmen+qeta out oF hand.\n8/THE UBYSSEY\nJanuary 22, 1988 Rosanne Cash hit the money last\nMonday night playing to a\npacked Commodore Ballroom. Wearing\nblack leotards and tails she opened with\n\"She's Got It? and proved to everyone\nthere, nearly two and a half hours later,\nthat she really did have what it takes to\nwake up a sleepy eyed Vancouver\naudience.\nMUSIC\nRoseanne Cash\nCommodore Ballroom\nJanuary 18,1987\nFrom a heart-felt bluesy rendition of\na new Steve Goodman song \"Lovers\nForever? to a driving beat in \"My Baby\nThinks he's a Train? Cash proved that\ncountry music isn't just yelping lamentations of love gone bad, Harley riders,\ncowboy boots and cheating hearts. It may\nbe all those things, but on top of that, it's\na musical form all to its own. And a form\nwhich Cash has mastered to perfection.\nSupported by her tight band made up\nofthe crowd-wowing technical skills of\nguitarist Stewart Smith, the steady\nsuport and charisma of bassist Micheal\nRhodes, \"keyboard wizardry\" of Vince\nMelman, and the cymbal slapping\npercusssion of Vince San tone, the performance was clean, straight, and honest\ngood music.\nNot two, but three standing ovations.\nWhen a concert is so well-done that\nthe reviewer can't think of anything bad\nto say about it even if she tried, either she\nloved the band so much that she would\nhave loved the concert even if it sounded\nlike nails on a chalkboard, or else it really\nwas that good. Obviously, 111 plead the\nlatter, since I have a couple of hundred\nsupporting witnesses: Rosanne Cash\nreceived not one, not two, but three\nstanding ovations. Also, with the excep\ntion of \"Seven Year Ache? I didn't know\nany Rosanne Cash material before I went\nto the concert, and I've never considered\nmyself a country music fan.\nSo why was the concert such a\nsuccess? It could have been the level of\nprofessionalism exhibited by every\nmember of the production, from musician\nto techie. Or else maybe it was the kind\nof music; you can't argue with a four-four\nbeat and three chord progressions\u00E2\u0080\u0094it\nworks. Then again it could have been\nCash's rapport with the audience. She\ndidn't play to the Commodore Ballroom,\nshe played to the people inside it. Who\nelse would take fifteen minutes after the\nshow to talk to the audience, sign autographs and then praise the fans with \"You\nmake it fun to come to Canada\" ? Whatever the magic ingredient was, it was\npotent, and left me in a daze.\n\"Country music is real\nmusic.\nGreg Sherrett, the music director of\nJ.R Country radio, which co-promoted the\nshow with Timbre productions thought\nthe concert was \"scintillating? but said\nthe success is larger than just Rosanne\nCash, it is in the whole country music\ntradition. j\n\"Country music is real music, made\nby real people. So the audience is in right\nfrom the beginning because it says\nsomething to them? said Sherrett. In the\nlast ten years country has become more\naccessible to a larger market, mostly\npeople in their thirties who find today's\nrock and roll has nothing to say, Sherrett\nadded.\n\"Lyrics like 'I'm bad, I'm bad,' mean\nnothing. Country deals with real life and\nthat's what the lyrics get across? said\nSherrett.\n\"In the mid-seventies Nashville didn't\nwant to break new artists, in the last few\nthat's changed. As a result country is\nwell-produced, and moving away from a J\ntwangy and \"gutbucket\" sound,\" said j\nSherrett.\nRosanne Cash embodies this new\nspirit in country music: a confident and\nwell-rounded voice, good production, and I\na feeling of complete sincerity which\nseems lacking in the greater part of\ncommercial releases. So a big Yahoo,\ntwirl your lasso, you may not like it, but I\nsure do.\nBlanket art reveals new forms\nBy Katherine Monk //\nL\net the Acid Queen Rain: The\nWhite Goop Devours All? is just\none of the \"blanket statements\"\nmade by Metis artist Bob Boyer at the\nMuseum of Anthropology's latest exhibit.\nThe show consists of nineteen actual\nblankets which Boyer has painted with\nthick acrylics. From a distance, the\nblankets look, strangely enough, like\nordinary blankets. But what appear at\nfirst to be traditional designs are actu-\no\nby Greg Davis\nnee again the UBC Musicians' Network crawled\nout from hiding to\nopenly display their talents. But the\nmusicians proved easy to forget, and\ninterchangable with each other. It\nwas as if a host of studio musicians got\ntogether without any \"stars\" among\nthem. I remember better performances from my high school.\nROCK\nMusicians' Network\nBallroom Bash\nJanuary 16, SUB Ballroom\nAt least the Gear Jammers must\nbe commended for sticking to solid\nblues rock and not attempting to do\nbad covers of U2. The singer also\nshowed some promise in displaying\npersonality and stage presence.\nThe first act up was Freudian\nSlip, with a spiffy line up of back-up\nsingers. They set the tone for the\nevening with songs such as Jail House\nRock, Twist and Shout, and Pink\nFloyd's Money.\nGenerix dished out reheated versions of Top 40 rock without daring to\nstray from the originals. Their\nGenesis cover was perfect except the\nsinger still had all his hair.\nEven if these bands insist on playing covers, they could improvise a\nlittle and play the songs as if they\nwere their own material. But alas,\ntoday's students like their music\nMcDonald's style: tasteless and easy\nB\na\n1\n/\no\nom\nto chew. %\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nMen Without\nWork kept the lukewarm stream of\ncovers flowing with\nmore Police and Van\nHalen. Their saving grace was I Saw Her\nStanding There, which actually contained\nsome raw energy, yet this band was just\nas faceless and generic as Generix.\nFinally, a band called Sleepy Boy\nFloyd came to the rescue. They were\nanything but sleepy. The horn section\nblew off some hot soul steam as they ran\nthrough a mystical version of Black Magic\nWoman, and an explosive rendition of\nJames Brown's Sex Machine. Sleepy Boy\nhad texture and feeling to their songs,\nand their version of Low Rider was the\nbest tune all night. Sleepy Boy Floyd and\nthe Gear Jammers were the only ones\nwho had enough identity to warrant the\ntitle of \"band\".\nThe bands took a backseat to the\nparty event. For the most part they were\none step up from taped music and the\nbeer was cheap. The musicians played\nally a total break from anything orthodox.\nBoyer has rediscovered the geometric\npatterns characteristic of native blanket\ndesign and transformed their inherent\nmeanings to fit a modern context. In\neffect, Boyer has examined his roots,\nackowledged them, and emerged from this\ncocoon, with new and brilliant forms.\nBlanket Statement\nWorks by Bob Boyer\nUBC Museum of Anthropology.\nMuch in the same way that Judy\nChicago made the art world look twice at\nany dinner setting, and in so doing, reevaluate the place of women in a socio-\nhistorical context, Boyer makes us reevaluate the place of the native in society\nby using an immediately identifiable piece\nof Metis culture: the blanket.\nBoyd's formal art training, which he\nreceived at the University of Saskatchewan, shows through in his conscious use of colour and form. The colours\nare layered one on top ofthe other, each\none contributing to what could pompously\nbe called a palimpset rainbow. The\nb\na\nh\nwell, but lacked the\ntheatrical presence\nand originality which\nmakes a great stage\nshow.\nIt is a pity the\nMusicians' Network\ndoes not showcase any original bands.\nThey could get together with CITR and\nreally create a new music scene on\ncampus. All that is needed is idealism\nand imagination. Remember- Music is\nart, not business.\ncareful use of complimentary colours\nmakes the subdued tee-pee-like light of\nthe exhibition space seem almost glaring.\nBut the constrained and repetitious forms\nkeeps the chaos at bay.\nThe show effectively creates order out\nchaos, giving the viewer a false sense of\nsecurity where we should be pushed into\nself-examination. The resulting complacency was reflected in the way the other\nviewers reacted to the opening: people\nwere huddled in the centre ofthe recreated native space, talking about\nincome tax instead of the artwork around\nthem.\nThis is where Boyer's titles take\neffect, and slap us in the face with\npolitical commentary. Each of the pieces\nmakes a social statement, such as\n\"Smallpox Issue,\" which refers to the\nhistorical event in which the government\nreleased smallpox-infected blankets to the\nnatives. Other works comment on the\nEuropean slaughter of natives with the\nnewly discovered machine-gun, the loss of\ncultural identity to European standards,\nand environmental destruction. Hence,\n\"Let the Acid Queen Rain: The White\nGoop Devours All.\"\nBoyer's exhibit is part of the Museum\nof Anthropology's ongoing series: \"Indian\nModern? which has featured the works of\nBill Reid, Jack Shadbolt, and others. The\nseries is a heartening example of new and\nmore positive attitude to indiginous\nCanadian art, which is just beginning to\nbreak away from the dime-store souvenir\nstereotype, and take its well-deserved\nplace alongside the Emily Carrs and\nRiopels. Yet, as Boyer said, \"there's no\npoint in creating art if no one comes.\"\nJanuary 22,1988\nTHE UBYSSEY/9 Competition's\ncopy unfair\nJust when you get to thinking that an entire\nelection can slip by and escape the clutches of\ncontroversy, a scandal emerges and crushes\nthose expectations.\nIn the most recent issue of The Competition,\nthe campus' fledgeling sports newspaper, an\narticle was run with a headline that read\n\"Beynon Runs For Board\". The 150 word story\ngoes on to give a precis of board of governors candidate Robert Beynon's campaign.\nThe article is a disturbing one, not because it\nstrays from the paper's primary mandate \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nsports coverage; not even because the article\npulls the paper into the political arena. It is a\ndisturbing article because the paper chose to\nrun such blatently opinion charged copy in the\nbody ofthe paper and not on a separate editorial\npage.\nIt is also disturbing because what the article\namounts to is little more than cheerleading for a\ncandidate who is associated with the paper. The\nfirst sentence reads: \"Intramurals staff member\nand Competition assistant editor Robert\nBeynon is running to become one of UBC's new\nstudent Board of Governor's members.\"\nThe Ubyssey does not object to a paper having a specific political view; every publication\ndoes whether conscious of it or not. What is\nobjectionable, however, is the journalistically\nunethical practice of unfair election coverage;\nthat is, deliberately supporting one candidate in\nan election while ignoring the others.\nWhat this amounts to for Beynon is free advertising unavailable to others not in his position. Beynon did not coerce The Competition\ninto running the story, but then again he didn't\nrefuse the support. Both parties erred. Both are\nin jeopardy of spoiling an otherwise untarnished campaign.\nTHE UBYSSEY\nJANUARY 22,1988\nThe Ubyssey is published Tuesdays & Fridays throughout the academic year by the Alma Mater Society ofthe University of British Columbia. Editorial opinions are those of\nthe staff and not necessarily those ofthe university administration, or of the sponsor. The Ubyssey is a member of\nCanadian University Press. The editorial office is Rm. 241k\nofthe Student Union Building. Editorial Department, phone\n228-2301/228-2305; advertising, 228-3977.\n\"I wanna write a masthead sometime before April,\" whined Peter Francis\nweeping like a willow while he walloped Peter Lankester -- today'b Smile of the Day\nand Birthday boy -- about the head with an old boot. Cap'n Ross McLaren,\nresplendent in his sailor-suit, walked into the Ubyssey office saying \"Arm*...\"\n\"Ooooh,\" squeaked Alex Johnson, \"it's Cap'n Ross!\" Yes, it was Cap'n Ross, and the\nCap'n Ross Show was about to get under way Franka Cordua von Specht announced.\n\"Arrrrrrright,\" said the Cap'n. \"Call the contestants \u00E2\u0080\u0094 tell 'em to get their asses\ndown here.\"\n\"Well, Cap'n Ross,\" drawled Victor Chew Wong. \"Today's contestants are ....\nCdrumroll) Elynn Richter-- come on down!-- Peter MacDougall - get on down here!\n- Alison Felker... what's happenin', -- Derek Craig, Mandel Ngan, and Jennifer\nLyall... you're the next buncha dudes on the Cap'n Ross Show. Get on down here!\nMove! faster!\"\n\"Right - siddown. First question: \"What do you call a kleenex when it's not\na kleenex?\" asked Ross.\n\"A watermelon!\" wailed Deanne Fisher from her sea. in the audience.\n\"Shaddup!\" ordered Cap'n Ross. \"Audience member are not allowed to participate. Throw her out! Next question: \"Who was the first geo-physicist to give Revenge\nof the Nerds II a good review?\"\n\"Dr. Strange-way!!!\" hollered Elynn, Peter, Alison, Derek, Mandel, and Jennifer in perfect harmony, shaking their fists in unison.\n\"Good... uhh... That's uhhh,...\" started Ross.\n\"What'd they win?\" shrieked Justine Brown, Rolf Boone, and Michael Groberman from their seats in the aisle.\n\"Quiet on the deck!\" commanded Cap'n Ross. \"Throw 'em out!\"\nSuddenly there was silence. The office door, acting as the stage door, opened\nand His Royal Holiness, The Bagel King walzed through. \"Ooooh,\" swooned Clara\nYoung. The King spoke: \"I'm looking for a new Bagel-bunny for my bagel posters.\"\n\"Ooooooh,\" gasped Clara.\n\"Shaddup!\" screamed a frenzied Cap'n Ross. \"This is my boat an' 111 sail it!\nNext Question: \"What...\"\n\"You ain't told us whut they done won!\" spat Chris Wiesinger, wielding a\nblowtorch. \"We, the people, wanna know whut's happenin' and who gits whut.\"\n\"Dr. Strange-way\" hollered Elynn, Peter, Alison, Derek, Mandel, and Jennifer.\n\"Ooooooh,\" wailed Clara and Deanne.\nKevin Harris directed a stream of chemicals from a fire-extinguisher at the\naudience. Cap'n Ross chuckled as he threw a teargas grenade.\n\"What's going on in the masthead?\" screamed Laura Busheikin, Katherine\nMonk, and Corinne Bjorge in panic.\n\"Chris is having a breakdown! Batten up the hatches. Save the white wooly\nspandex intergalactic wooflemonsters,\" said Greg Davis calmly as he held Jeff\nSilverstein's head above the water. Steve Chan bobbed into the room, looking\nhelpless, and moaned. Someone grabbed the keboard away from .... The End\ncity desk:\nfeatures:\nentertainment:\nsports:\nCorinne Bjorge\nRoss McLaren\nLaura Busheikin\nVictor Chew Wont\nLetters\nBabb\ndefended\nThe unfairness, injustice, andblatant discrimination we in the West sometimes glimpse in South Africa compels us to protest.\nWhat is not seen or understood is that it began hundreds of years ago and the\nnarrow perspectives of bigotry brought by those first\nimperialists have simply\nbeen passed on through\ngenerations, as familiar to\nthe Whites (AND Blacks) as\ntheir own hands. Observing\nfrom the outside like we do,\nwe see only part of the picture and are shocked by the\napartheid there.\nBut as Glenn Babb,\nrecent S.A. ambassador in\nCanada said, similar ugliness is present within our\nown borders, but because we\nhave grown up with it we\ndon't see it as so terrible.\nOur Canadian ancestry\nmay go back as far as five or\nsix generations but the natives of this land have been\nphe Ubyssey welcomes letters on any issue. Letters must be typed and are not to exceed 300 words in length. Content\nUhlch is judged to be libelous, homophobic, sexist, or racist will not be published. Please be concise. Letters may be\n^dited for brevity, but it is standard Ubyssey policy not to edit letters for spelling or grammatical mistakes. Please bring\n^hem, with identification, to SUB 241k. Letters must include name, faculty, and signature.\nhere for centuries. Their\nrights, cultures, lifestyles,\nhealth and dignity have\nbeen historically truncheoned. Our ancestors\ntook their land by force and\ngave nothing in return, unless disease and pollution\nshould be counted. And\neven after a long history of\nexploiting these people\nnothing has been learned,\nnothing has changed. If the\nWhite man wants something he simply takes it,\nrefusing to acknowledge\nanother culture's values.\nConsider the Stein Valley. There are some things\nwhich simply need to be left\nalone. Surely this valley is\none of them. And this is in\nour own backyard.\nIf we cannot change\nourselves, who are we to\nexpect South Africans to\nchange themselves? And if\nwe cannot bring harmony\nand genuine mutual repect\ninto our own backyard, how\narrogant of us to believe we\nknow what is going to help\nSouth Africa, a nation with\nfar more complicated and\nmagnified issues than our\nown.\nToshiko Hyodo\nCommerce 3\nProtest Cruise\nOn January 19th, the\nU.S. Air Force once again\ntested the Cruise missile\nover Canadian territory,\ndespite the people's opposition. A second test is scheduled for this Friday, January 22nd. A protest rally\nwill take place at noon Friday at Robson Square, and\nagain on Saturday, January\n23.\nThe movement in opposition to the Cruise, like the\nopposition to superpower\nwarships in Vancouver harbour, focusses attention on\nthe ways in which Canada is\nbeing used to further the\nwar preparations ofthe Pentagon.\nThe Canadian government has signed a Cruise\nMissile Testing Agreement\npermitting the testing of\nthese weapons of mass destruction in Canada. It\nshould be cancelled.\nThe U.S. military dictate over Canada exemplified by the Cruise Missile\nTesting Agreement is not\nonly an affront to Canadian\nsovereignty, it threatens the\npeoples of other countries\nagainst which such weapons\ncould be used.\nIt is a matter of principle that we should ensure\nthat no harm shoud ever\ncome to others from Canadian territory. For these\nreasons and others, students should actively participate in the struggle to\nforce the government to\ncancel the Cruise Missile\nTesting Agreement.\nA tradition has been\nestablished in Vancouver\nthat protest rallies should\ntake place at Robson Square\nat noon hour the day of any\nCruise tests, and the following Saturday. Join in the\nprotests this Friday and\nSaturday, January 23 and\n24, at noon, at Robson\nSquare.\nDorothy-Jean O'Donnell\nLaw 1\n10/THE UBYSSEY\nJanuary 22,1988 Since the Second World War the\nmajor challenge to Canadian foreign policy has been to contribute to the stability\nof the relationship between the United\nStates and the Soviet Union, hopefully\nreducing the threat of nuclear war.\nThrough Canadian contributions to\nNATO and NORAD this goal has been\npursued, on the assumption that such\nalliance structures even out the military\nbalance between the superpowers, and by\ngiving smaller countries a voice, help\nrestrain potentially dangerous superpower policies.\nIt is a truism of recent years, especially in British Columbia, that the world\nis moving away from its traditional Eurocentric perspective to one which is much\nmore aware ofthe Pacific Rim. Unfortunately, this shift has not been restricted\nto commercial or cultural relationships;\nthe military forces ofthe superpowers are\nnow utilising the Pacific basin as an\nimportant theatre for their Cold War confrontations. For many Canadians, the\nfirst inklings of such ominous developments came on January 5, when the\nJournal aired a BBC report detailing the\nbuild up of Soviet and American forces in\nthe North Pacific.\nGeography alone dictates that all\nthis is of interest to Canada. The North\nPacific is British Columbia's backyard; a\nlarge proportion fo Canadian sea borne\ntrade moves across it, and the Pacific Rim\neconomies of Japan, Korea, and China are\nprogressively becoming more important\nto Canada. All this pales, however, beside\nthe fact that the military confrontation in\nthe North Pacific is of unprecedented\nsignificance for the area, and is profoundly destabilizing to the superpower\nrelationship. This is a direct threat to\nCanada's security.\nIn the course of the BBC report, an\nPerspective\nAmerican defence analyst gleefully explained that, unlike Western Europe where\nthe United States had to listen to the opinions of Britain or West Germany, the North\nPacific was open to direct United States-\nSoviet Union interaction, free from the interference of allies. While Japan's pride\nmight be hurt by such a cavalier dismissal,\nin military terms it is largely warranted.\nAnd while Japan is currently increasing its\ndefence spending, and is in the process of becoming a factor with which both superpowers must reckon, Canada has yet to even\ncome to grips with the situation.\nThe essential point is that unless Canada takes steps to play an active role in the\nNorth Pacific it will remain merely a passive bystander,\nunable to exert any\npolitical influence\nover either superpower. In order to gain a voice of its own,\nand hopefully act as a stabilizing factor, it\nwill be necessary for Canada to take a role\nwhich necessitates attention from both\nsuperpowers. It is true that Canada could\ngain short term notoriety by declaring its\nneutrality, and closing ts waters to either\nside, but the real effect of this would simply\nbe to irritate the United States and amuse\nthe Soviet Union. There will be no easy or\ninexpensive options, no multilateral alliances to create, if Canada wishes to play an\neffective role in the North Pacific.\nThe only way to play a role in the political decision making process is to become a\nfactor in the military equation ofthe region.\nFor too long the Pacific has been neglected\nby the Canadian government and Armed\nForces. While given the budgetary limitations of a relatively small country like Can\nada there could l)e no vast armadas deployed, it would be possible to obtain an\neffective voice by creating a naval and air\nforce on the West Coast, and in the western\nArctic, of significant capability. There\nwould be three necessary components to\nsuch a force. First would be the actual hardware to be deployed. Central to any initiative designed to play an active role in the\nNorth Pacific would be the deployment of a\nforce of nuclear powered submarines\n(SSN's). Beyond this it would be necessary\nto station half of the frigate force, now under\nconstruction, on the West Coast. Complementing these naval forces would be CF 18\nand CP 140 aircraft in considerably larger\nnumbers than are currently present. Instead of four CF18's\nand four CP 18's and\nfour CP 140's, it\nwould be necessary to\ndeploy at least one full squadron of CF 18's,\nand an additional six to eight CP 140's.\nSuch force levels would give Canada a\nminima ability to project its political interests and opinions in the North Pacific, and\nthe decision making processes ofthe superpowers. However mere possession of the\nforces would not be sufficient to assure results. Gi ven past experience, it would be all\ntoo easy for any Canadian forces in the\nNorth Pacific to be simply made subordinate elements ofthe larger American presence. In order to avoid this, and to achieve\ndesirable political objectives, it would be\nnecessary for Canada to acquire intelligence gathering and decision making capabilities autonomous of their American\ncounterparts. There already exists, in the\nearly stages, a project to build an observational satellite in Canada. If this were\ncarried through, and supplemented by a\nsmall force of AW ACS aircraft (already\nbeing flown and operated by Canadians in\nEurope) then Canada would be able to\ncollect sufficient information to deploy its\nforces in order to achieve Canadian objectives. Always assuming, of course, that\nthe third component of any policy initiative exists. The political will in Ottawa to\nmake policies that, from time to time,\nmight be in opposition to American policies.\nThis should not be interpreted as advocacy for a withdrawal from Canada's alliances with the United States, or any one\nelse for that matter. Canada is, and\nshould remain an ally of the United\nStates, and a member of NATO. On the\nother have, it might be necessary to redeploy Canadian financial resources away\nfrom the central front in Europe in order\nto obtain a more effective force in the\nNorth Atlantic, the North Pacific, and the\nArctic. The superpower relationship, its\nlong term stability, and the prevention of\nnuclear war must remain Canadian priorities. As the century draws to a close, it\nmay well be that more effective ways of\naccomplishing these goals will be found\nthan basing a handful of people and tanks\nin Germany. Finally, lest anyone accuse\nCanada of disloyalty to its allies, a lesson\nshould be taken from ancient history and\nthe Delian League set up by Athens in the\n5th century B.C. After a time, the smaller\nallies grew tired of fielding their own\nforces, or making their own decisions.\nAthens was happy to relieve them of the\nburden; by that time the League had become an empire, and the result was a long\nand bloody war, ultimately disasterous\nfor all of Greece. Canada could help prevent the world falling prey to a similar\nfate.\nBruce Scofteld is not a Yankee.\nUbyssey staff,\nplease note\nnews deadline\nis now 5 p.m.\non press days.\nThis is not negotiable .\n. . .Well\nalmost...Ok\nwith a note\nfrom your\nmother, but\nREASON FOR HOPE\nJan 25 - 301988\nThe Bookstore staff is\nproud to announce that\nSHARON WALKER\nRetail Manager\ncarrying\nthe Olympic Flame on\nSunday January 24th.\nBOOKSTORE\nCAMPUS\nCUTS\nHaircutting for men & Women\n5736 University Blvd.\n(lnvThe Village)\n228-1471\nNoon hours\nWhat if...\nMonday: There is no God!\nTuesday: You count for something!\nWednesday: Lotus Land is not enough!\nThursday: You could meet Jesus!\nFriday: You run out of excuses!\nat 12:30 pm SUB Theatre\nEvenings\nTaste Heaven on Earth...\nThe Real Jesus\nThe Need for Two Birthdays\nThe Cure for Emptiness\nThe Impossibility of Neutrality\nThe Dawn of the New Age\nat 7:30 pm SCARFE. 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After\nthis date all course books will\nbe non-returnable.\nBooks must be unmarked and in\nsaleable-as-new condition.\nRemember to keep your sales receipt:\nNo Receipt \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 No Refund \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 No Exceptions\nTO\u00C2\u00A3 BOOKSTORE\n6200 University Boulevard \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 228-4741\nSHACK\nATTACK\nAAuffin Attack Special\nIs BACK\nYour Choice Of AAuffin\n& Regular Coffee\nExptr\u00C2\u00AB- April 30/88\n\u00C2\u00ABm\n_P jMH______tM_____W\nEDAM sparkles\nBy Martin Dawes\nEDAM stands for Experimental Dance\nAnd Music. Their current performance proves\nthat modern art, even in a medium as esoteric\nas dance, can successfully be both coherent\nand meaningful. Their show features\npremieres of three new works by the\ncompany's artistic directors, as well as two\nolder works chosen from the company's\nrepertoire of over fifty original creations.\nDANCE\nExperimental Dance And Music\nArcadia Hall, Main & 6th\n9:00pm Tonight & Tomorrow\nThe opening work - Brain Drain (1980),\nby Lola MacLaughlin - was both the most\nunusual and the most coherent work on the\nprogram. Dancers hop up and down in unison\nthroughout the work, pogoing about mindlessly on a simple checkerboard created with\nmasking tape, shouting out numbers and\ngradually becoming more and more exhausted.\nSurely this is what it must be like inside the\ntwisted brain of the modern paper-shuffler.\nSexual Outlaw, a new work by Peter\nBingham, is an audacious and humourous\nsatire on conventional North American sex-behaviour. The dancer-actors strut about in\ntacky, racy evening wear to composer-performer Jeff Corness' sleazy electronic jazz.\n\"Did you see it?\", they moan, clutching their\nprecious genitals protectively, then coupling or\ntripling. Bingham never offends; rather, he\nmakes us laugh at our typical bedtime drama-\nby-prescription.\nThe first half ended with another premiere: a frightening, intense examination of\nleadership by Peter Ryan called Ceremony of\nInnocence. Here the dancers improvise within\na given structure: they are to find a leader and\nfollow him or her wherever he or she leads\nthem. Through confrontation a leader\nemerges; Corness' music becomes more\ninsistent, then nightmarish as excerpts from\nHitler's speeches are mixed in and the dancers\nbegin following the leader in horrid, captured\nfascination, like groveling dogs. Here the\nmechanics of a dictator's evolution were laid\nbare. If Ryan's purpose was to disturb, he\ncertainly succeeded - and he also made us\nthink: what is mob behaviour? And why does\nthe mob love and embrace the loss of its\nfreedom?\nRed Animal, a new work by Bingham\nand Ryan, is a demonstration of the power of\na Ghandi over the ultimately futile and\nexhausting juvenile attempts at physical\npower that so many of us believe in.\nThe dancers stand around somberly,\ndressed as street people. Two of them become aggressive, attacking the others, who\nsimply drop lifeless at their feet. Puzzled,\nthey prop them back up with much heaving\nand straining, and then attack each other -\nthen, exhausted, they must face the silent\nones on their knees...\nThe evening ended tour-de-force style\nwith a big work by Peter Bingham about\ntelevision - big because it calls for dancers,\nactors, music, and video effects. In fact,\nTeller of Visions is so big that one hardly\nknows what to look at.\nOn a stage in the background is a slovenly couple watching TV, and a sexy \"TV\nTart\" inside a TV box delivering a funny\nsuper-seductive monologue: \"Television is\nmeditation\", \"It's imagination's toilet\"...\n\"Lubricate my brain enough and it may just\nshift down to my feet\"...\nThe dancers storm \"the wall\" - a large\nTV screen - or engage in exciting contact-\ndancing, spinning off each other and forming\ncircus-like pile-ups. Meanwhile, video artists\nflood the walls with projected images: the\ncouch potatos, the dancers' shadows, and\nslow-motion shots ofthe dancers.\nAll this was confusing, and the choreography was at times too much for the dancers. Several stunts failed completely, while\nothers indicated inadequate background\ntraining: one must practise one's scales\nbefore attempting a concerto.\nDespite these imperfections, the evening\nwas provocative and stirred thought. 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