"CONTENTdm"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1211252"@en . "University Publications"@en . "2015-08-28"@en . "1993-02-09"@en . "Ubyssey special."@en . ""@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/Ubysseynews/items/1.0127699/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " VOL 75, NO. 34\nINSIDE:\nPHOTO FRENZY\nPAGE 6\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0^^^ HAVE NEWSPAPER WILL TRAVEL\nPOW\nUBYSSEY SPECIAL\nQUOTE\n\"There is little that\nis sacred to a scanner.\"\nPAGE 3\nVancouver, British Columbia, February 9,1993\nDifferent\nstudents\nBY KAREN YOUNG, KAREN GO\n AND MICHELLE WONG\t\nT\nI HE library line up in South Korea begins before dawn.\nJL Earlier a 19-year-old student jumped to her death from her\napartment in November after a poor showing in school. Another\nstudent died of self-immolation after she failed an exam.\nThese two young women are among dozens of stress-related\nyearly student suicides in South Korea. They cracked under the\nnational entrance exams pressure for top South Korean universities.\nFor a three-month period of ipshi jiok or \"exam hell,\" several\nmillion students cram up to 20 hours a day as the December 22 exams\ndeadline approaches.\nAnyone who sleeps more than four hours fails exams. Many\nstudents will practice quizzes as part of their breakfast ritual.\nEven a 98 per cent high school average will not ensure those\ncoveted university spots. Only the top 25 per cent who successfully\ncompleted the nine-hour test will move on to the top universities.\nThose who fail the exam will fail to find good employment\nAlmost every year Korea's students have earned top science and\nmathematics scores on international placement tests, fuelling the\nnation to better its standards.\nCanadian students in comparison usually fare a full ten percentage\npoints behind as in they did in the 1991 International Assessment of\nEducational Progress for 13 year olds. But unlike their Korean\ncounterparts, they have considerably less university entrance worries.\nStill B.C. educators want to dramatically lessen student pressure:\nas pan of B.C.'s controversial Year 2000 program, pre-university\ngrade levels will be abolished and so will marks for what used to be\nGrades 1 to 3.They are considering scrapping marks until Grade 10.\nAt the implemented \"Primary Level\" which groups together all\nstudents until Grade 3, report cards have only comments called\n\"anecdotal reports\" but no marks.\nThe Intermediate level will group together grades 4 to 10 next\nyear and Graduation Level will group Grades 11 to 12 by 1995.\nProvincial and scholarship exams in Grade 12 will continue.\n\"The latest draft for the Year 2000 program indicated that the\nphasing out of (letter) grades will be optional for the Intermediate\nlevel,\" said education ministry spokesperson Gerald Morton.\nMorton said \"it's very unlikely\" that letter grades would be\nstricken from final high school years.\nBut the push for the high letter grades show no signs of receding\nin homes headed by parents used to Asian education systems.\nOne third-year UBC student, a St. George's School graduate.\nAIMING for a better future: Ray Lau takes time off from his UBC studies.\nPHOTO BY KIM CHENG\nwho did not want to be named, recently left home because of\nincreased yelling and physical disciplining.\n\"My mother would mention school work two to three times a day\nand there would be a full-blown lecture every two days,\" said the 20\nyear old.\nHis parents object to the time he spends on extra-curricular\nactivities as a hospital fundraiser, an intramurals volleyball captain,\na tutor and a part-time lifeguard and swimming instructor.\nBut not all Asians mind the pi-rental pressure.\nUBC scholarship student Jane Chua, 18, said that while grades\nare dear to her, her parents don'tmind abad mark\u00E2\u0080\u0094provided she diet\nher best.\n\"When I was younger, it was my parents who always pushed me\nto succeed, but now, it's the competitive spirit in me that makes me\nwant to do my best,\" said Chua, who studies 25 hours a week.\nDespite her good grades, Chui does not study all the time. The\nPre-Medical Society member dances in a UBC funk class, plays\ntennis twice weekly, volunteers at University Hospital, and works\npart-time at her parents' store.\nUBC frosh Suzy Ong, 18, said that \"being Asian has a lot to do\nwith my wanting good grades.\"\n\"I don't mean to say that only Asians study hard,\" Ong said, who\nstudies 15 hours a week. \"It's just that having come to Canada only\nfour years ago, I see a difference between the way people from Hong\nKong and people from Canada regard their studies.\"\nStudents with letter grades further along on the alphabet will be\nrelieved to know that many employers are focusing more on a\nstudent's personality, extra-curricular initiatives, and leadership.\n\"It's very important for them to fit in withothers,\" said Christopher\nGreen of the Hongkong Bank of Csinada. \"Some people are\nacademically good but don't work well with people.\"\nWhile club activities are considered leadership indicators, those\nwho participate in athletics. Green said, are viewed as less of a health\nrisk, the people who \"take less time off.\"\nMany employers feel B.C.'s Year 2000 program is aligned with\ntheir hiring procedures. However, educators are being squeezed\nbetween the demands of parents and those from employers. But most\nparents are more particular about careers than grades.\nSaid parent Josie Hidalgo: \"If [my son] picks up a profession that\nI know will cause him heartache then I'll do my best to discourage\nhim and turn him towards business.\"\n'Deadly' discipline at UBC\nBY STEVE CHOW\nBLACK-CLAD men and\nwomen of all ages meet at a\nbasement at UBC every Tuesday and\nFriday night, carrying on an ancient\nChinese martial arts legacy.\nIn full-flight \"light sparring,\"\nWing Chun kung-fu exhibits the\npotential for utter devastation as ultra-\nquick, powerful hands move\nintuitively in threatening blurs,\npolitely breaking short of full impact.\nWing Chun means \"praise the\nspringtime,\" but the harmless title\nbelies the deadlier aspects of the art.\n\"Don't call it self-defense,\" said\nDr. G.K. Khoe, a chemical engineer\nwho instructs Wing Chun at the Asian\nCentre basement \"You don't want to\napply it\u00E2\u0080\u0094it's too deadly.\"\nKhoe compares its deadliness to\nthatofanM-16.\n\"If someone takes your wallet,\nyou don't want to mow him down,\"\nhe said. \"It's too much.\"\nThe master has preserved this\nancient martial arts system for a\ndecade, during practices that have\nbecome weekly rituals for hisstudents.\nKhoe was on a sabbatical from\nHolland in the early 1980s when\napproached by a group of 12\nVancouver residents who wanted\nto learn Wing Chun.\nHe was initially reluctant to\nteach the discipline, but wanted to\npass on his knowledge to another\ngeneration. Tide AMS Internal\nWing Chun Kung-fu club has now\nprospered into its eleventh year\nand remains the only Chinese AMS\nmartial arts club.\nSEE PACE 7\nMartial spirit on campus\nPHOTO BY SIOBHAN ROANTREE\nThe Smoothest Way To The Bumps\nBCRAIL\nTHE BEST WAY TO SKI B.C.\nHaving a rough time getting to Whistler? Take the train. Same-day return fare:$18. For schedules and info, call 984-5246. February 9,1993\nPOW\nVbl. 75, No. 34\nFor kicks.\nPHOTO BY KIM CHENG\nCLASSIFIED ADVERTISING\nRates: AMS cardholders-3 lines $3.15, additional lines 63cts. Commercial-3 lines $5.25, additional 80 cts. (10%\ndiscount on 25 issues.) Advance payment Deadline 3:30pm, 2 days before publication. Rm266 SUB 822-3977\n20 - HOUSING\nRESIDENCE ROOMS are available for\nwomen and men in the UBC single student\nresidences. Please contact the Student\nHousing Office at 2071 West Mall, Tel:\n822-2811.\nAvailable March 1st\nBusy professional female looking for quiet,\nmature, N/S female student to rent\nunftirnished bedroom in 2-bedroom\nfamished penthouse in Westend. $630/mo\n- incl. microwave, dishwasher ft utilities\n(exc phone). Laundry in bldg. Parking\nextra. Rets and deposit req'd. Pis. call\nafter 6:30pm or leave msg - 688-3340.\n30-JOBS\nCAMP COOK June 1 - Aug 30 at Camp\nNamia on Salt Spring Is. Live in, R&B\nprovided, salary negotiable. Commercial\ncooking/kitchen exp. essential. Apply 663-\n4364.\nPART TIME HELP wanted in bed &\nbreakfast Exp. in hospitality industry\nhelpful. 3 pos. avail. Could be 0t end\nApril. 879-5682.\nFT RECP. NEEDED for busy optical store.\nExp. an asset but not req. 8-10 hrs. per\nwk. Pis apply in person with resume to\nRod at Visions West Optical 3959 W.\nBroadway.\nMAKE $780 per week. Experience for all\nmajors. Travel. 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Dorothy, 228-8346.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 ON CAMPUS \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nMiracles Performed Upon Request\nAMS WORD PROCESS-ZING\nRoom 60, SUB\nMon-Thurs 9-6 \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Fri 9-6\nDrop in or call: 822-6640\nTYPESETTING AND laser printing -\nresumes - essays - word processing call\n266-6326.\nKCS WORDS ON PAPER otTers\nprofessional word processing and laser\nprinting of your essays etc Editing, pick\nup/delivery also available. Call Kerry at\n683-4336 or fax 683-3423. Reasonable\nrates.\nWORD PROCESSING\nFast & accurate with laser printout\n224-8071 Reasonable rates.\nFebruary 9\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Student Counselling Ctr. Wkshps:Motivation;\nSelf esteem bldg for women. Noon Brock 200.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Gays, Lesbians A Bisexuals of UBC (GLBUBC).\nMalcolm Crane^nide foundatn. Noon, SUB 211.\nRim 7pm SUB Thtr.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Photo Society.AnnualShow. 104pm, SUB Gallery.\nFebruary 1*\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Riva Joshee: Understanding that a Crow is not a\nSwan: Conunun. Strategies in Doing Research w/\nSouth Asian Cdn. Women. Noon Geog 229.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2St-^emCounselling&ResourcesCtr. Film: How\nto get the job you want Noon Brock 200.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2GLBUBC. Noon mtg SUB 21S.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2C. Waltham on his work w/ Sudbury Neutrino\nObservatory. 5:30pm, Gcophy/AsL Reading Rm\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Vanity Outdoor Qub.Mtg Noon, CHEM IS\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2GLBUB.Smith & Hughes LawyenNconSUB 211.\nAsian Studies\nUndergraduate Society's\nValentine Panda Sale\nFeb 8-12\nMWF 11:30-1:30 &\nTTh 12-2 at Asian\nCentre Lobby\nOnly $3\nASUS T-shirt orders\n& Valentine's dance tix\navailable\nUBC Student Counselling\n& Resources Centre\nRoom 200, Brock Hall\n822-3811\nMon-Thu: 8:00am-6:00pm\nFriday: 8:00am - 4:30pm\nAMPUS\nOMPUTERS\nPremium Exec\n386SXI25 Notebook\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 4MB RAM (expandable to 8MB)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 60MB Hard Drive \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Carrying Case -MS-DOS 5\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\n1788\nU.B.C SURREY KELOWNA\n228-8080 584-8080 862-3188\nUPCOMING GROUPS\nSURVIVING A RELATIONSHIP BREAKUP\nAre you having trouble coping with the end of your relationship? Learn\neffective ways to cope with the breakup and explore present and past\nrelationship patterns in this four session group.\nMondays: February 22, March 1,8,15 4:00pm - 6:00pm\nBEFRIENDING YOUR SHYNESS\nThe Befriending Your Shyness group is designed to help you understand\nthe nature of shyness and to learn new ways to relate with yourself and\nothers. The group will help you to transform anxious energies into positive\naction.\nThursdays: February 25, March 4,11,18 10:30am- 12:30pm\n(Individual session required before group begins)\nMANAGING YOUR STRESS\nLearn how to identify stress. An opportunity to learn how to identify your\npersonal sources of stress; to become aware of your unique reaction to\nstress: physiologically cognitively, and behaviorally; and to learn techniques\nwhich can help you deal with stress more effectively.\nThursdays: March 4,11,18, 25 4:00pm - 6:00pm\nENHANCING SELF-ESTEEM FOR WOMEN\nIncrease awareness and understanding of sources of self-esteem, develop\na framework for change and learn strategies for enhancing self-worth.\nThursdays: March 25, April 1,8,15 10:30am- 12:30pm\nFor more information or to pre-register,\nplease phone 822-3811\n(Pre-registration is required)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Student Christian Movement. Dinner A ethics\ntalk. 5:30, Lutheran Campus Ctr\nFebruary 11\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0Christian Science Org. Mtg. Noon, Buch B234.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2CounseUingWkshp**mident blues .Noonjiock 200.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Pacific Rim Perspectives:academic, business A\nartistic communities. 6pm, Waterfront Hotel\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Medical-Legal Club Jim Mclnney on Soft-Tissue\nDamage. Noon, Law 180.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2GLBUBC Rev. Brad Newcom, United Church of\nCda. Noon, SUB 211.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Consequences of *heProc*jrnauoncO-di*ui]*jh to\nthe Kings & Rulers. Noon, Family Nuu*Sc320.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Clark Binkley Dean A Forestry - BC'i Forests.\nNoon, Macmillan 166.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Intervarsity Christian FeUowshipiiarth Summit\n92 LWUkinson, Regent College. Noon, Wood4.\nAnnual General Meeting\nof the Alma Mater Society\nWednesday, February 17,1993\nStudent Union Building, Room 206\n12:00 p.m.\nAGENDA\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 AMS Interim Financial Statements as of 31 December 1992\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Auditor's Report - Financial Statements as of 30 April 1992\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 President's Annual Report\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 General Manager's Annual Report - Review of Business\nOperations 1992\n\"I.Be it resolved that Peat Marwick Thorne be retained as the\nauditor for the Alma Mater Society of the University of British\nColumbia for the ensuing fiscal year.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Handing over of the gavel and brief\nstatements by the incoming AMS President.\nAll members of the Alma Mater Society are\ninvited and encouraged to attend.\nRefreshments are available.\nrams\nm\nScholarships for\ngraduate studies towards\na Master's Degree Program\nin housing\nFOR THE 1993-1994 ACADEMIC YEAR\nIndividual scholarships of up to $14,154 each for graduate\nstudies in housing are awarded by Canada Mortgage and\nHousing Corporation (CMHC) to candidates of demonstrated\nability and high academic promise.\nScholarship winners are chosen competitively by a national\ncommittee representing business, universities and government.\nThese awards may be used for studies in such disciplines as\nengineering, environment, business and public administration,\nsocial and behavioural science, architecture, economics, law,\nplanning and history.\nA Guideline and Application form may be obtained from your\nuniversity office responsible for graduate studies or student awards.\nOr write to:\nAdministrator, Scholarship Program\nCanada Mortgage and Housing Corporation\n700 Montreal Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0P7\nYour request for a form must reach Ottawa by March 9,1993.\nIn turn, your application for the 1993-1994 academic year must\nbe sent to CMHC by your university no later than April 8,1993.\nCMHC rt SCHL\nCMHC\nsubscribes\nto Canada's\nGreen Plan\nHelping to house Canadians\nCanada VbL 75, No. 34\nPOW\nTuesday, February 9,1993\nMl II MM**!,)-,,) II\nirr\nNEWS\nTaming\nthe tiger\nin China\nBY HAO LI\nFOUR YEARS AGO many\nyoung Chinese left their\neconomically-ravaged homeland in\ndroves for a better life in the WesL\nToday fewer people are leaving\nChina as they now relish a life that is\ndrastically different from the one\nthat drove them to the Tiananmen\nSquare protests: Cars, VCRs, dance\nparties and karaoke bars have now\nbecome attainable thrills.\nBefore when an energy-drained\nChina was bled by hyperinflation,\nits impoverished citizens watched\ncorrupt politicians drive large cars\nand make big bucks. Now regular\npeople are taking their turn at the\nwheel and making the cash.\nChina's government has\neffectively calmed its people with\nbetter living standards and an\nentrepreneurial spirit\nCars are hitting the streets as\nfast as factories can produce them.\n.And motorcycles, color TVs, VCRs\nand video cameras line store front\nshelves in several rows.\nFormer student Jeyne Chan, a\npro-democracy activist in 1989,\nrecently conducted a business visit\nin China and says the mood has\nchanged remarkably in her\nhomeland.\n'The only thing people are\ntalking about is how to make money,\"\nshe says.\nThough the nation's human\nrights record still rates as the worst\nin Asia, Chan says, \"Nobody cares\nthat much about the democracy\nmovement\n\"The life there is apparently a\nlot better than three or four years\nago. You can do whatever you want\nas long as it's not demonstrating on\nthe; street.\n\"I think that people have begun\nto realize any turmoil will hurt\nthemselves eventually.\"\nThat lesson was learned when\ninternational economic sanctions\naimed against China's government\neffectively punished its people.\nUBC graduate and former\nmainland China graduate student\nJiang Wei, now a financial consultant\nin Vancouver, says China's people\nare currently mesmerized by\nopportunities they never had before.\n\"I think theChinese government\nhas learned a lot from the 1989\nevent That is why they give people\nmore economic freedom.\nDemocracy will prevail in China\neventually with better living\nstandards.\"\nSince China started its\ninternational open-door economic\nreforms in 1979, its Gross National\nProduct has grown at a yearly rate of\nnine per cent, one of the world's\nfastest\nSEE PAGE 6\nCaught on the call by an outsider\nBY LILLIAN AU\nTHE victims have been humiliated.\nCharles. Bud. Bourassa.\nIt may be technology but there are no laws. At least not\nones to catch the cracker.\nRadio hacks are tapping into confidential conversations\nsimply with goods from Radio Shack. And the victims are\nmobile, cordless and cell phone users.\n\"There's little that is sacred to a scanner,\" said Gordie Jay\nof Dubberly's in Vancouver.\n\"I get a lot of senior citizens who are tired of watching TV\nand want some other form of entertainment\"\nDubberly said he could tap into a cell phone transmission\nwithin fifteen minutes given a general location and phone network.\nBut for the \"entire\" dialogue he would need two scanners for two\nphones. A scanner need only stand outside a house to listen for\na cordless phone call\nNo UBC bigwig has yet been caught with the phone off the\nhook as eavesdroppers face interference from UBC's multi-\nmillion dollar nuclear KAON experiment where atoms are split\nKAON coincidentally interferes with car alarms.\nThe cracking of cell phone calls is simple for an experienced\nhack: you just have to be in the same cell or area (usually a 2-13\nkm radius) with a high frequency scanner usually in the range of\n800 to 900 Megahertz.\nThe cell concept almost akin to a radio broadcast was a 1947\nBell Telephone invention which finally launched in Great Britain\nin 1985.\nAs soon as the caller leaves a cell neighborhood you lose the\ncall. The frequency switches.\nThus it is difficult to track a specific call. That is unless\nyou're a persistent tabloid employee.\n\"We tell people to refrain from talking about sensitive or\nhighly competitive information on a cellular phone,\" said Debra\nHamilton of BC Tel Mobility,,\nIn the U.S., eavesdropping is illegal but not in Camada.\nSaid one North Vancouver scanner enthusiast: \"It's\nbetter than TV. I spent Halloween night listening to the\npolicc.once I heard a friend of mine become witness to a\nstabbing...it was a total fluke.\n\"I even heard Jimmy Pattison's house was sprayed with gun\nfire three or four years ago. No one was hurt but it sounded like\nsomeone had a grudge against him.\"\nPolice officers will often use pay phones to avoid\neavesdroppers on serious crimes.\nAlmost one million Canadians own scanners, including\nEavesdroppers prey on wireless phone users photo by rosa tseng\ndrug traffickers and thieves. Roughly the same number own cell phones. B.C. has\nabout 130,000 cell phone users and the number is expected to double in two years.\nRadio Shack scanners are altered so they may not pick up cell phone calls but\nexperts say only a slight alteration can convert them for eavesdropping.\nCommunications Minister Perrin Beatty proposed Last month to change the\nRadio Communications Act and the Criminal Code so that maximum fines of\n$25,000 and prison sentences can be handed to eavesdroppers. Cell phone companies\nhave even lobbied for scanner bans.\nBut hard-core electronic eavesdroppers aren't despairing. With some basic\nknow-how, a solder gun, they can make a scanner from old TV parts.\nE-mail intimacy: uncensored material\nBY PINGNAN SHI.\nA\nLONE individual\u00E2\u0080\u0094not\nthe Cable News Network\u00E2\u0080\u0094signalled\nthe first news of the Gulf War to\nVancouver by triggering a global\nelectronic computer message.\nAnd despite being surrounded\nby tanks ordered by the Soviet\nUnion's 1991 coup leaders, Boris\nYeltsin's electronic mail passed\nuncensored to the outside world as\nthe insurgents controlled state\ntelevision, radio, and newspapers.\nThe power ofE-mail also helped\nUS President Bill Clinton who sent\nhis address electronically across the\nAmerica.\nThe revolution has just begun.\nCarefree teenagers and the\ntwenty-something group see E-\nmail as a free-for-all anything goes\nplayground for writing.\nE-mail, short for electronic\nmail, has given birth to an invisible\nanarchic global village where\nanything can be said with absolutely\nno policing. All you need is a\ncomputer linked to a modem.\nFriendships are made between\nstrangers. And sometimes even\nmarriages. People write without fear.\nPeople answer without fear.\n\"It is the greatest thing a lonely,\nmoney-poor, time-rich student could\never have,\" said Carleton University\nstudent Wen Bing in an E-mail\ninterview.\n\"This is a wonderland of\nnetworking where you do not have to\nspend a penny.\"\nAdds UCLA student Zhao Hua:\n\"Itkeepsmeaway from TV and draws\nme closer with many friends I never\nreally met.\"\nHua equates his electronic\nmailbox to the \"ringing of the phone.\"\nIt makes people feel wanted.\nIdeally-suited for the inhibited,\nthe atmosphere of E-mail excludes\nthe visual and audio prejudices of\nface-to-face dialogue. Intimate\nfeelings can be relayed to a complete\nstranger without visual barriers.\nBefore fatally shooting several\nfaculty members last fall at Concordia\nUniversity in Montreal, engineering\nprofessor Valeri Fabrikant sent a\nblanket call for help to the 800,000\nhosts ofE-mail'sworld-wide network\nInternet. His E-mail message\nreached UBC faculty who were\npuzzled over his plight\nE-Mail lets people know\ninstantaneously what is happening\nat any corner of the world:\naltdesertstorm was an electronic\nnews bulletin for the Gulf War.\n\"It is the best thing since sliced\nbread,\" said Zuofeng Li, a\nUniversity of Washington\nresearcher.\nIt takes only a few minutes to\nsend E-mail from UBC to almost\nanywhere in the world\u00E2\u0080\u0094even China\nand Cuba. The sender mails a\nmessage from a computer linked\nvia telephone lines and satellite to\nanother computer.\nA UBC user can purchase a E-\nmail account which is hooked up to\nInterNet, the US-based E-mail\npioneer connecting 108 nations.\nE-mail can send text in any\nlanguage, graphics and even voices.\nThere are three forms: person-to-\nperson, bulletin board and wide\ndistribution used by electronic\nmagazines.\nThe volunteer-run ChinaNews\nDigest (CND) has for four years\nsent news daily in English to more\nthan 20,000 E-mail subscribers\nworld-wide. During China's 1989\nstudent demonstrations, CND kept\nChinese students overseas informed.\nSaid Qiaobing Xie, a UBC Phd\nstudent: \"Whenever our E-mail\nsystem broke down, I felt like I was\nblind and deaf.\"\nCND recently launched the\nworld's first Chinese electronic news\nweekly called Hua Xia Wen Zai\nwhich circulates among 10,000\nreaders.\nIt is very difficult to control the\nflow of information, however.\nRecently UBC investigated the\ndistributionof pornographic material\non Usenet which houses all the news\ngroups. About 15 news groups\nchannel sex mail. A couple deal\nstrictly with pornography. But E-\nmail was designed the to be void of\ncensorship.\nBy the year 2000 E-mail users\nexpect the possibility of\nsimultaneously watching a movie\nwith a person living on the Amazon\nRiver and chat face to face with\nthem at the same time on the screen. February 9,1993\nPOW\n\tol. 75, No. 34\nALMA MATER SOCIETY\nTHE GRAD CLASS COUNCIL\nis now accepting Proposals for the\n1993\nGRAD CLASS GIFTS\nProposals must:\n1) Be as specific as possible\n2) Include the following information:\nname of group requesting funds\nnumber of people working on project\nname of a contact person (include telephone #)\nwho will benefit from the project\ndescription of the project in detail\na summarizing paragraph including the most salient\npoints\nthe amount of money requested\nsources of other funds if applicable.\nThere is a limit of one proposal per particular group of\ngraduating students.\nThere is a upper limit of $3,000 for each proposal.\nPast projects/gifts included anything from a student garden to\na talking book fund for Crane Library - be creative.\nEach group must be prepared to give a short presentation of\ntheir idea to the members of Grad Class at the end of\nFebruary.\nThe deadline for proposals is 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, February\n17th, 1993 and is final. No proposal will be accepted after\nthis date.\nProposals will be received at SUB Room 238.\nPlease contact Thrasso Petras, c/o SUB 238,\n822-3971 if you have any questions.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"i \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0y,*v\"w*K.,*y-1 '\n-\" ^ *\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0$- \" NX-v* *\nARTS\nBody distortions exposed:\nKatherine Gildav's Famine Within\nBY LAUREN DAVIS\nT;\n44\nALL, thin, with\nbig breasts and no\nflaws\" is how one woman describes\nthe ideal body. \"35-25-35, 5 foot 8\ninches or taller, around 115 lbs,\"\nconfirms a modelling agent in\nKatherine Gilday's powerful\ndocumentary film The Fa-nine\nWithin.\nThe average North American\nwoman is 5 foot 3 inches and weighs\n144 lbs.\nThe Famine Within (1990,90\nmin) is a well-structured and\nintelligent investigation into\nsociety's obsession with thinness\nand the \"perfect\" female body.\nCanadian filmmaker Gilday\nexplores how these concepts are\nenforced and undermine women's\nself-worth, often leading to the\ndebilitating disorders of anorexia\nand bulimia.\nShe weaves interviews of\nshocking information with touching\npersonal accounts by women\nstruggling with these disorders.\nAlmost 100 people saw the film\non Thursday at the Pacific\nCinemateque as part of Eating\nDisorder Awareness Week. The\nafternoon also featured the\nVancouver-based documentary\nDying To Be Perfect and a panel\ndiscussion.\nA weekend before The Famine\nWithin was screened at Sedgewick\nLibrary. University women are more\nlikely to be affected by eating\ndisorders than any other group.\nAbout a third have suffered from\neither anorexia or bulimia.\nAnorexia nervosa is identified\nby drastic weight loss from excessive\ndieting, unrecognized by the person\nwith die disorder. Bulimia nervosa\nis characterized by periods of\nuncontrollable binge eating followed\nby some form of purging\u00E2\u0080\u0094either\nthrough self-induced vomiting,\nabuse of laxatives, excessive\nexercising, or fasting.\nBoth disorders are characterized\nby an intense fear of weight gain,\nfeelings of ineffectiveness and low\nself-esteem. The Famine Within\nlooks at how these fears and beliefs\nare reinforced by society's\npromotion of an unrealistic body\nsize.\nThe gap between the ideal and\nthe real is getting worse. Today the\naverage female model weighs 23\nper cent below the average female\nweight up from 8 per cent 25 years\nago.\nMany models suffer from eating\ndisorders as this absurd image\npromoted in advertisements and the\nmedia is unattainable for most\nwomen, as well as unhealthy.\nChris Alt, sister of \"supermodel\" Carol Alt, weighs 165 and\nmodels larger-sized clothing. As an\nanorexic earlier in her career, she\nsaw a picture of Karen Carpenter\nbefore she died ofthe same disease.\nAlt's reaction was this:\n\"I thought she was lucky to be\nthat skinny when she died, and I\nwondered how I could get that skinny\nwithout dying.\"\nweight back to an inherited \"set\npoint,\" four in five grade 4 girls still\ndiet in California.\nGilday looks at what today's\nperfect body symbolizes with the\nhelp of psychotherapists, a social\nhistorian, an anthropologist a MD\nand a bio-medical researcher, who\nsay, words and images associated\nwith the modern \"superwoman\" are:\n\"tall, thin, carries abriefcase, knows\nexactly what she wants, independent,\nstatus, power, has a lover\u00E2\u0080\u0094but\ndoesn't need him.\"\nMost feminine traits and\nemotions are now seen as negative\nqualities. Women reject the image\nof their mother for that of their father\nto be taken seriously in a man's\nworld.\nFor women who grew up with\nthe law guaranteeing equal rights,\nthe \"beauty myth\" is a new form of\noppression. The film suggests the\nmessage they receive is: you can\nhave equal rights and access to\nopportunities as long as you have\ntherightbody, as long as you behave,\nas long as you don't show weakness\nin asking for things for yourself.\nThe personal accounts of\ncurrent and recovered anorexics and\nbulimics are the most moving parts\nof The Famine Within. The fear of\nnot having control over their lives\nand the struggle with emotional pain\nand depression being played out in\ntheir bodies comes through strongly\non film.\nThe student the mother, the\nprofessional may appear to be\n\"perfect\" and \"in control,\" but her\nreal needs are denied; the inner\nperson is starving.\nDying To Be Perfect (Eileen\nHoeter 1988,30 min) gives personal\naccounts of three women who\nphysically starved themselves.\nMolly and Erin talk about their bouts\nwith anorexia. The story of Darlene,\nwho died of the disease, is told by\nYou can have equal rights and access to\nopportunities as long as you have the right body,\nas long as you behave, as long as you don't show\nweakness in asking for things for yourself.\nWith the fitness craze, the ante\nhas been tipped even further. Not\nonly must a woman be thin, the film\nexplains, but muscularly toned.\nObsessive exercising for weight\ncontrol is also considered an eating\ndisorder and often a dimension of\nanorexia and bulimia.\nSurveys show that a majority of\nwomen believe losing weight will\nbring them greater happiness than\nwill romance or any career. In one\nsurvey, three quarters of the women\nsaid they were overweight But half\nof that group was actually\nunderweight\nAlthough researchers believe\nthat weight like height is genetic\nand almost all dieters will gain lost\nher mother who gives insight into\nwhat the family goes through. These\naccounts are intercut with a\nconfusing one-woman performance\nart piece on anorexia which makes\nfor awkward transitions. Although\nDying To Be Perfect presents\ninformative and interesting accounts\nof anorexia, it fails to put the\nphenomenon in a larger context as\nThe Famine Within succeeds in\ndoing.\nBoth films were presented by\nthe Academy of Canadian Cinema\nand Television and by Women In\nFilm and Video. They are available\nat the Eating Disorder Resource\nSEE PAGE 5 Vbl. 75, No. 34\nPOW\nTuesday, February 9,1993\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0x a if Ay\nXi h ^\nNEWS\n-rmmmm**mmmrm\nPrisoner riehts activist Claire Culhane spoke on Canada's penal system at the Access\nto Justice Conference at UBC's law faculty Saturday, photo by barry buternowsky\nChan triumphs politically\nBY LILLIAN AU\nRAYMOND Chan hasfought\nhard to earn freedom for\nstrangers whose voices have been\nsilenced by the barrel of a gun.\n\"Canadians don't realize how\nfortunate they are to be able to\nparticipate in the democratic process,\"\nsaid Chan. \"It's like a treasure that\nremains undiscovered.\"\nThe Hongkong-bom Chan, 42,\nwho works at UBC's TRIUMF,\nentered public life in Vancouver when\nhe started the Vancouver Society in\nSupport for Democratic Movement, a\nlocally-based globe-trotting lobby\ngroup for Tiananmen Square activists.\nRecently tiie soft-spoken Chan\nemerged victorious atafederalLiberal\nParty candidate election against Herb\nDaliwal to represent Richmond.\nChan's campaign had included\nrenting a booth at Aberdeen Centre, a\nRichmond retail mall dense with\nChinese traffic. He also rented a bus\nto drive voters to the nomination\nmeeting.\n\"A lot of Chinese people don't\nwant to rock the boat,\" said Chan,\nwho hopes more Chinese will\nparticipate in politics.\n\"It may be because of the lack of\ndemocratic rights and political\ninstability they have left behind in\nAsia that they're now so reluctant\nto get involved.\"\nThat is the dilemma. Even in\ncountriesoutsideCanada, Chinese\npoliticians have only won elections\nwith Chinese support.\nGim Huey, who ran for\nVancouver City Council in 1986\nand 1989, said: \"You will never\nwin an nomination if you focus\nyour energy on the general public.\nYou must rely on your own people\nfirst because they support and trust\nyou.\"\nHuey, however, lost because\nof media flack he received for his\ncampaign tactics: like Chan, he\ntoo, bussed voters from\nChinatown. \"It's within the law to\nbus people in. It's the old fashioned\nway.\"\nAs most Canadian politicians\nincreasingly focus inward, Chan\nCONTINUED FROM PAGE 4\nCentre andTheNationalFilmBoard\n(666-0716).\nAfter the films, the audience\nflooded the panel with questions.\nMost wanted to help remedy eating\ndisorders and know how those in the\nfilm reached recovery.\nUnfortunately, the panel of two\nfilmmakers and two therapists was\nnot as qualified to answer these\nquestions as it couldhaveand should\nhave been.\nCynthia Johnston is the\ncoordinator ofEDAW and the Eating\nDisorder Resource Centreof British\nColumbia which has the best\ninformation on where to get help\nand how to help. It is also a source of\nliterature and films on the subject\nJohnston says that EDAW has\nencouraged people to ask for help.\nDuring the first three days she\nreceived almost 300 calls. For an\nunder-funded, one-woman\noperation she is swamped, proving\nthe need for greater resources for\neating disorder awareness and\ntreatment\nStatistics Canada estimates that\nfor 1991 in BC, there were 542\nwomen suffering from anorexia and\n4,876 from bulimia. \"These are\nconservative figures,\" saysJohnston,\n\"based on those: who we know about\nand that fit into the strict\npsychological definitions.\"\nThe Famine Within states that\n1 in 5 young women suffer from\neating disorders. Studies quoted in\nThe Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolfe\nindicate that for college women this\nfigure is much higher, that between\none third and one half have suffered\nfrom either anorexia or bulimia.\nsaid he will also look out\nChan's parents, both teachers,\nfled China during the Communist\nRevolution in 1949 and became\npenniless.\n\"In Canada, we have to let the\nChinese government know the free\nworld is still watching,\" he said.\nHis wife Maureen Chan is\nrelieved that he will be spending\nmore time in Canada.\n\"There was always acalculated\nrisk when he went to China,\" she\nsaid. \"He would be detained for a\nfew hours by the government and\nyou can't predict the Chinese\ngovernment.\"\nShe said her husband\nsometimes weeps while he speaks\nof his recent experience in China.\n\"He is still heartbroken about\nthe situation. It's the idea that China\nis in such chaos.\"\nRaymond Chan flew to China\nin 1990 to console families whose\nchildren were imprisoned for\nparticipating in the Tiananmen\nSquare demonstrations.\nSaid Chan: \"Many of the\nfamilies I met were not aware their\nson or daughter was going to spend\nthe next 15 years of their lives\nconfined to a cell. They were never\nnotified.\"\nJohnston is quick to point out\nthat it is not only women who are\naffected. Approximately 5% of\nthose affected are men and of these\nhalf are gay men.\nEDAW was designed to make\npeople aware of the prevalence of\neating disorders and the societal\npressures to control one's body and\nto make a move toward its poster\nslogan:\"Breaking Free...Celebrating\nOur Natural Sizes.\"\nAn important message to\nsufferers of eating disorders is that\nyou are not alone. And that eating\ndisorders don't \"go away\" with\nwillpower. Experienced help is\nneeded to overcome them.\nFor information and a friendly\nvoice contact: Eating Disorder\nResource Centre.StPauTsHospital,\n631-5313.\npositions on the\nStudent Administrative\nCommission\nare available.\nThe Student Administrative Commission (SAC) is\nresponsible for implementing the policies of the\nStudent Council. Each member of SAC is responsible for a specific portfolio.\nFor further information, please contact Caireen\nHanert, Director of Administration, in SUB 254 at\n822-3961.\nPlease deliver your resume to Terri\nFolsom, Administrative Assistant,\nin SUB 238 by Monday,\nFebruary 22, 1993.\nJ OUTWEEK\nI ACTIVITIES\nJ February 8-12\n' r?rnr tvtt^ i\nI\nFOUND\nl\nj Man's watch found j\nI in Mclnnes Field. |\nI 822-2301, Raul |\nV. J February 9,1993\nPOW\n\bl. 75, No. 34\nBrenda Wong Cheryl Mama* Rou Tseng Lillian Am\nNew* Editor Photo Editor Photo Editor New\u00C2\u00BB Editor\nStan Paid\nManca Zm Wanda Chow Char*)** Nho\nColumnist Sports Editor\nGonhani Toor\nColunrnht\nChona Wong Steve Chow Cathy Ui\nEdhtar Coiumnbt Newt Editor\nFEATURE\nMarita Luk Siobhan Roant-ree [dra Cheng\nPhoto photo.\nLncho Van bachot\nNew\u00C2\u00BB Editor\nKaren Co Michelle Wong Phyllis Kwan Angela Tiang\nAdvertising: Lyanne Evans, 822-3978\nNewspaper Design: S.J. Ahn 822-6681\nArts Editor Yukie Kurahashi\nPOW **#\u00C2\u00AB\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 V^ WW T\u00C2\u00ABt (O3-2301\nEdHltw, -HiUhhW\nUW wtntcr wnltm.\nFtuc (23-9379\nPhoto frenzy\nExhibit features UBC's best\nSTAFF REPORTER\nPICTURE THIS.\nSalgado, Capa, Adams\nand Leibenitz. They would be\nproud.\nThese photos should win\nawards: Too badabook hasn't\npublished these photos,\nprinted from UBC's very own\nPhoto Society. It would be an\ninstant seller and a boost to\ncampus morale.\nBut for now they're on\nexhibit for free at SUB Art\nGallery.theUBC'sbestphoto\nsociety exhibit in recent\nhistory. They're are some\ngems and a broad range.\nTakeastroll by Malcolm\nDuff's \"Spilt Milk\" a surreal-\nyou-can-feel it pic. Next to it,\nthere's the Big Pop.\nPeter Kao's multi-photo\nAndy Warhol stylized\nsequence of Beluga Whales\nat the Vancouver Aquarium\nis a main attraction. Kao also\nfeatures dramatized rural\nlandscape.\nThe exhibit which ends\nthis week also features Pow's\nown Rosa Tseng. Her picture\nof three women intertwined\ncarries an interesting\nspiralling motion. Her photo\nof a veiled face may be up for\nan award in photo circles.\nOne of the greatest\nstrengths of the exhibit is the\nglobe-trotting efforts of M J.\nDalmers sketches slices of\nlife in China and Malaysia.\nOther photographers have\ntravelled far and wide to bring\nan interesting change in you\nviews.\nRichmond eats up Asian cuisine\nBY PHYLLIS KWAN\nAND ANGELA TSANG\nTHE fast growth of\nRichmond's\nHongkong-based restaurants\nhas beleaguered local restaurant managers who say it is\noutpacing the population.\nThe Hongkong-based\nFloata restaurant group may\nbe typical of the 200-plus\nChinese restaurants in Greater\nVancouver.\nManager Philip Lau of\nthe group's fledgling\nRichmond seafood restaurant\nsays competition has stepped\nup as \"the growth rate of\nChinese here is slower than\nthat of new restaurants.\"\nBy opening the restaurant\nat the new retail mall, Parker\nPlace, the Floata group joined\na flood of Chinese restaurants\nwhich either relocated from\nChinatown or added new sites\nto Richmond's Asian market\nThe Floata group already has\na seven-year-old branch in\nVancouver on Main Street\nGeneral manager\nLawrence Wong pumped $1\nmillion into interior\ndecorations for the new 8,900\nsq. ft restaurant, where an\nenormous kitchen takes up a\nthird of the space.\nChef Peter Ip, who has\nwon several international\nculinary awards, most\nrecently France's\nCommaderie des Cordon\nBleu in 1991, operates the\nexpansive multi-wok kitchen\nwhere Cantonese dishes are\ncooked with Canadian\nseafood.\n\"Floata's name is very\nmuch spread by word of\nmouth,\" Lau said.\nThe restaurant has\ndiversified its \"Hongkong-\nFROM PAGE 3\nFloata Restaurant joins Richmond market\nstyle\" services to attract more\npatrons with weekend\nmahjong rooms and\ncomputerized karaoke\nequipment. Karaokes have\nbeen added to dozens of\nGreater Vancouver\nrestaurants to draw more\ncustomers on slow nights.\nThe Floata, which\nemploys about 50 people,\ncaters to up to 380 patrons.\nThe Floata restaurant\ngroup also has eight branches\nin Hongkong and five in\nChina.\n\"In Hong Kong, it just\ntakes two or three years for\nreturns,\" Lau said. \"In\nVancouver, it takes almost\nPHOTO BY WM CHENG\neight to ten years. One factor\nis that costs in Canada are\nhigh.\"\nDishes in Vancouver are\nnearly double the sizes in\nHongkong.\nRecently Floata bought a\nbrewing plant in China and\nhas begun to sell their own\nbrand of beer in Hongkong.\nYearly exports jumped\nfrom less than $10 billion to\n$75 billion in twelve years.\nThe economic sanctions\nimposed temporarily on China\nafter the Tiananmen Square\nmassacre was merely apebble\nin its momentum.\nYoung people were still\nsent overseas for education\nand Western businesses\nswarmed mainland China\neager to make a stake.\n\"Politics can't feed you,\"\nsaid Tian Yu-chuan, vice\npresident of a China state-\nowned investment company\nin Vancouver.\n\"Gaining democracy\ndoesn't mean the economy\nwill be developed\nautomatically. Take a look at\neastern Europe, they have\ndemocracy now, but their\neconomy is in chaos.\"\nThe government-\nemployed Tian, in his late 20s,\nagreed to be interviewed\nwithout any conditional\nstipulations, a signal that the\nusually secretive Chinese\ngovernment may be\nattempting to build\nconfidence with the West\nEither that or bait business.\n\"China has allowed the\nprivate businesses and market\neconomies and wrote this\ndown in the constitution,\" he\nsaid. \"This was almost\nimpossible four years ago.\nPeople know that they have\nthe chance to make money.\"\nOne UBC student who\nrecently arrived from China\neven says, \"I don't care\nwhether it's socialist or\ncapitalist as long as it gives\npeople better life, I'll support\nit...we are very practical\npeople.\"\nOnly about 40 per cent of\nChina's total economy is a\nproduct of state-owned\nbusiness, a percentage\ncomparable to Sweden,\nFrance and Italy.\nAs China's economy\nbooms and furnishes young\nChinese with new lives, those\nwho chose to stay in Canada\nin 1989are pondering areturn.\nCarlton University\ngraduate Yu Ling Yun, 30, a\nfinancial consultant for AA\nManagement & Services Inc.\nin Vancouver, has already\nplanned a business in China's\nripe market\n\"China is like Taiwan 20\nyears ago.,\" Yu said. \"The\neconomy is about to take off,\nand you have to grab your\nchance fast\"\n\"Though people have a\nlot of money on their hands,\nthey don'tknow how to spend\nit because of few available\ninvestment channels and\ninadequate consumer outlets.\nIt gives us a chance to develop\nour own businesses there.\"\n\"Some people are afraid\nthat the policy there might be\nchanged. In my opinion, once\nthe door is opened, it will be\nvery difficult to close it\"\nHowever, the growth-\nrelated inflation problems\nwhich sparked the 1989 pro-\ndemocracy movement still\nexists along with US $200\nbillion of unspent cash. Often\nit is describedasa\"tiger sitting\nin a cage without a door.\"\nBut several government\ninitiatives have temporarily\ntamed this \"tiger.\"\nStock markets were set\nup in many cities as a means\nfor cash collection. Housing\nreform are also underway: the\nstate now allows citizens to\nbuy and sell theirown houses.\nWidespread corruption\nhas been balanced by reforms\nwhich ironically have also\nequipped bureaucrats with\nmore loopholes to accumulate\ntheir wealth. \tal. 75, No. 34\nPOW\nTuesday, February 9,1993\nNEWS\nPeering at Gastown during high tea at a tea house\nFROM PAGE 1\nThe art first left the Shaolin\nTemple in southern China\u00E2\u0080\u0094the\nbirthplaceof the world's martial arts\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nabout 250 years ago. The temple was\nburned down by Manchu irulers in\n1674 leaving only five survivors.\nOne of them, a Buddhist nun\nnamed Ng Mui, introduced a fighting\nsystem based on snake and crane\nforms of movement\nNg Mui passed on the ait to Yim\nWing Chun\u00E2\u0080\u0094the female namesake\nof the system\u00E2\u0080\u0094and after more than\ntwo centuries of select students, the\nart left China in the 1950s for\nHongkong where Wing Chun master\nYip Man first taught it publicly.\nOne of Yip Man's first and best\nstudents was the scholarly Wang Kiu,\nKhoe's teacher.\nKhoe presents Wing Chun as a\ntrue and complete fighting art. Unlike\nsome so-called martial arts, it is has\nnot been diluted into martial\ncalisthenics or point-sports.\nChannelled through Buddist\nmeditation and internal energy\nbreathing exercises, Wing Chun\ndiscipline entails bare-handed and\nweapons forms, the \"wooden\ndummy\" form, and its trademark\n\"sticky-hands\" reflex-\nprogramming training.\nNot a flashy style polluted\nwith high-risk techniques that are\nuseless in true combat Wing Chun\nhas retained an integrity of virulent\npotency through the ages.\nThough most of the club's\nyearly 50 or so members are\nChinese, its martial legacy has\ndrawn people of other cultures,\nembracing Canada's multi-cultural\nideal.\nJust as Wing Chun stands\napart from myriad\nindistinguishable styles in concept\nand technique, Khoe's following\nis unlike any other.\nThe archaic notion of strict\nrows of tense practitioners yelling\nand performing motions blindly\nwill never be realized at this club.\nPractices have a free-wheeling,\nPHOTO BY CHERYL NIAMATH\ninformal quality forabetter learning\nenvironment.\nAnd unlike pedantic teachers,\nKhoe is not a domineering,\npunishing force to be feared and\nworshipped.\nInstead, respect for this man is\ngarnered in the equality he shares\nwith his students and in his\nunpretentious approach to teaching.\nThe club has become more of a\nfamily, rejecting the stifling\ntraditional formalism inherent in\nother arts.\nPassing onto his students the\nsame concepts and techniques that\nhave been shared by generations of\nteachers and students, Khoe sees\nthe preserving of this \"cultural\nChinese pearl\" as a way of life.\n\"For Chinese people, the\nbenefit is that they have a sense of\nhow valuable their cultural roots\nare. Fornon-Chinese, they can have\na sense of how rich the Chinese\nculture was before much of it was\nlost\"\nWE NEED\nYOUR\nINPUT!\nThe Senate Ad Hoc Committee on University Resi\ndences is enquiring into the current academic\natmosphere of university residences. In addition,\nthe Committee is going to make recommendations as to\nwhat steps might be taken to improve their academic\natmosphere.\nThis is where you come in. You live in residence. You\nknow what contributes to your academic life and what\ndoesn't. We need to hear it from you. The more we hear\nfrom you, the more we'll be able to give an accurate account\nof your concerns.\nDo you have suggestions as to what would improve the\nacademic atmosphere in your residence? We'd like to\nhear them.\nEverything you discuss with the Committee will be\nconsidered in confidence so you can tell it like it is.\nWritten submissions may be sent to:\nSenate Ad Hoc Committee on University\nResidences\nc/o Box 194, Student Union Building\n6138 S.U.B. Boulevard\nVancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1\nFor further information, please contact Carole\nForsythe, Co-Chair in SUB 248 at 822-3092.\nBEAT YOUR HUNGER\nWITH A CLUB.\nWhen your hunger just won't quit, beat it with a\nSubway Club. It's loaded with ham, turkey, roast beef\nand free fixin's. Look out wimpy burgers. Subway's\nClub is the serious weapon against big appetites.\nFOOTIOHG IL f \u00E2\u0096\u00A0Iff I f Emm FOOTIOHG\nm pi \u00E2\u0096\u00A01/1/ urr ss\n(50( off six-inch)\n5736\nUNIVERSITY BLVD\n222-08114\nON THE VILLAGE)\nOffer Expires: Feb 23/93 Valid at this location only\nHoik:\nMon/Tue/Thu/Sun:\n10 am-Midnite\nWed/Fri/Sat:\n10 am-2 am\n.J\nA CAREER IN ORTHOPTICS\nOrthoptics carry out a wide range of tests and procedures\nwhich assist the Opthalmologist in the diagnostic and\ntherapeutic assessment of patients of all ages with\nstrabismus, ocular motility problems and related disorders of the eye.\nIn July 1993, two students will begin an intensive 24\nconsecutive months' training programme at the UBC/\nVGH Eye Care Centre. Students who successfully\ncomplete the course and pass the final examinations\nare eligible for certification by the Canadian Orthoptic\nCouncil.\nApplications are now being accepted from individuals\nwith a minimum of two years of university studies, and\npreferably a Baccalaureate degree, with courses in any of\nthe following areas \u00E2\u0080\u0094 anatomy, physiology, biology and\nphysics. Candidates should have good communication\nskills and be emotionally mature. They should be able to\nrelate well to patients of all ages from infants to the elderly.\nDeadline for applications is March 31,1993. For application forms and information, please write to the Orthoptic\nClinic, UBC/VGH Eye Care Centre, 2550 Willow Street,\nVancouver, B.C. V5Z 3N9. Fax 875-4663.\nKITTO\nJAPANESE HOUSE\nA Homestyle Japanese\nRestaurant Featuring:\nTeriyaki Set from 6.95\nRamen/Udon from 4.95\nDonburi (Rice&Topping)\n from 4.95\nIntroducing\nHAPPY HOUR with ROBATA\nBring Your Friends\nAfter 10pm Monday - Sunday\nAt Our New Location\n833 Granville St. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 687-6622\nMon. - Sat. 11:30 am - 1:00 am \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Sunday 1:00 pm - 12:00 pm\n1212 Robson St. I 833 Granville St.\n662-3333 I 687-6622 8\nFebruary 9,1993\nPOW\nVfol. 75, No. 34\nNEWS\nBCTVS MS-JUNG LEE ANCHORS ON SATURDAYS\nPHOTO BY ROSA TSENG\nLee in the limelight\nBY GRACE KE\nBCTV Saturday anchor Mi-\nJung Lee, 26, walks through\nthe leading news station's tall,\nsecurity-activated glass doors\nunaware of a disturbing call she will\nreceive that evening.\nJust over five feet tall, the\nstation's newest Figure zig zags into\nthe dark recesses of a litter-ridden\nnewsroom. In the background, a\ncluster of high-pitched voices\nscreech on playback and tabloids\ncloak several computer monitors like\nfallen leaves.\nThe UBC English Literature\nscholarship graduate was recently\nhired by BCTV from Victoria's\nCHEK-TV to be a full-time four-\nday reporter and one-day news\nanchor.\nLee reviews a few stories\nmaking quick corrections and then\nthe lights turn on. The Newshour\nbegins.\nAt Lee's first broadcast break,\nthe phone rings. One of 750,000\nviewers that night calls the station.\nUnknown to the caller, it is Lee\nherself who answers.\n\"Where's Pamela Martin\n(BCTV's former Saturday anchor)?\"\nthe viewer demands.\nLee explains that Martin has\nswitched to strictly weekday\nanchoring.\nThe viewer, growing irritated,\nsays, \"Yeah, well now they have\nthis chink lady on the air and you\ncan't understand a word she says.\"\nInterupts Lee: \"You're speaking\nto her.\"\nThere is a pause.\nLee tells the viewer, who has\nyet to complain of the phone call\nbeing incomprehensible, that she\ndoes not appreciate the remarksv\nThe viewer hangs up with a\nfinal comment \"Well, you are what\nyou are.\"\nMinutes later a flabbergasted\nLee must recompose herself to finish\noff the news.\n\"I was really angry,\" recalls the\n22-year Vancouver resident\n\"It sort of reinforces in my mind\nthe need to have more Asians and\nmore ethnic minorities in the media\nto just show that we are not going to\nbe on the fringe to go away from the\nmedia or stay out of the limelight\njust because of attitudes like that\"\nAs B.C.'s first Korean reporter,\nthe daughter of a Burnaby pet shop\nowner, Lee admits her race has given\nher a certain regard and access that\nother journalists may not possess.\nShe said viewers will feel more\nconnected to the news if someone\nfrom their community is shown.\nYet it also arouses initial\nskepticism from some co-workers\nwho feel she was hired only for her\nrace.\nSaid Lee: \"It bothers me and\nthere's nothing I can do except just\nprove to them through my own work\nthat race was not the only reason I\nwas hired.\"\nThough sheearned scholarships\nas a Toronto journalism student at\nRyerson Polytechnical Institute, it\nwas her unorthodox job-hunting\nmethod that landed Lee her job in\nVictoria.\nAt a Toronto journalism\nconference ! Lee saw CHEK-TV\ngeneral manager Jim Nicholl who\nwas approaching another student for\nhiring purposes.\n\"Well,\" saidLee, \"I'm not going\nto wait for him to approach me.\"\nLee swiftly introduced herself\nand then persistently sent every\ndemo tape of herself to Victoria. Six\nmonths lata*, after also a special\nvisit during Christmas to Victoria,\nshe was hired.\nCMAs\nwon't\nsurvive\nthe'90s.\nThey'll\nMANAGE\nthe'90s.\nThe graduates who become the managers of the '90s\nand beyond will have the flexibility to manage any change.\nEven a change of industry or two.\nThat's why the CMA program places so much stress on\nbroad management skills. In fact, it's the only\nprofessional program devoted exclusively to hands-on\ntraining in management accounting.\nThe CMA designation starts with a thorough grounding\nin finance - then goes on to provide an overview of all\naspects of business, and how each contributes to the\nbottom line. That overview is constantly updated, too,\nbecause the CMA designation carries with it a mandatory\nrequirement for continuing professional development.\nAs a CMA, you'll do more than just manage financial\ninformation. You'll use financial information to manage.\nAnd that includes managing your own career.\nFor more information on your future as a CMA, mail\nthis coupon now or telephone (604) 687-5891 or\n1-800-663-9646 in B.C.\nI 1\nPlease send me a copy of the Professional Program Guide 1992 - 93.\nNAME\nCMA\nADDRESS\nCITY\nPROVINCE\nPOSTAL CODE\nThe Society of Management\nAccountants of British Columbia\nP.O. Box 11548\n1575 - 650 West Georgia Street\nVancouver, B.C. V6B 4W7\nThe \"M\" stands for Management I I\nHJIBC AWARDS\nWilliam G. Black\nMemorial Prize\nWilliam G. Hack Memorial Prize - a prize in the amount of\napproximately $1,600 has been made available by the late\nE>. William G. Black. The topic for the essay will be designed to attract\nstudents from all disciplines. The competition is open to students who are\nenrolled in undergraduate or professional programs and who do not\nalready possess a graduate degree. A single topic of general nature related\nto Canadian citizenship will be presented to students at the time of the time\nof the competition. Duration of the competion will be two hours.\nCandidates should bring thei.\" student card for identification.\nThe competition will be held:\nDATE: Saturday, February 13, 1993\nTIME: 10:00 a.m. -12 noon\nHACE: Scarfe 100\nTry it STEAMY HOT!\nDirections:\nPour in\nmicrowave\nsafe mug\nand heat to\ndesired\ntemperature.\nMade from real\nItalian espresso\ncoffee, whole\nmilk and sugar.\nNo Artificial\nFlavouring,\nColouring or\nPreservatives.\n... drama, films, music,\npublic speaking, readings,\nsymposia and exhibits.\npresented by\nCreative and Performing Arts Departments\nFaculty of Arts\nThe University of British Columbia\nFebruary 11 -14,1993\nFor information and brochure call 822-5574\ndinoccino!\n^\u00E2\u0080\u00A2.1= *-,=. SELF SERVE\nEI ~ 1, ymLaserPrinting\n- IBM COMPATIBLE\nMACINTOSH\nWORK AREA\nQUALITY COPIES\nUNIVERSITY VILLAGE\n2nd FLOOR\n'2174 WESTERN PARKWAY\nVANCOUVER, B.C.\n224-6225\nFAX 224-4492\nOPEN EVERY DAY M-TH 8-9\nFRI 8-6 SAT-SUN 11-6"@en . "Newspapers"@en . 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