"CONTENTdm"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1211252"@en . "University Publications"@en . "2015-09-18"@en . "1994-02-25"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/Ubysseynews/items/1.0128879/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " *fl 'the vilest rag west ofBlanca\"\nubyssey\nFRIDAY 25 FEBRUARY 1994\nWHORES NOT SCHOLARS SINCE 1918\nVOLUME 76, ISSUE 35\nsee centrespread for the\nBlack History Month supplement\nUBC welcomes rich international students\nby Ian Gunn\nUBC's administration is\nconsidering a proposal that could\nsee a 10 per cent increase in the\nnumber of students at UBC next\nyear, president Strangway\nannounced yesterday.\nThe plan calls for the number\nof international students on\ncampus to rise from its current 3\nper cent to 15 per cent ofthe total\nstudent body.\nUnder the proposal two-thirds\nof the international students\nwould be paying what Strangway\ncalled \"the full cost of their tuition\".\nThe remaining third would be\ngiven a scholarship equivalent to\na tuition waiver for the extra\namount. The increase would swell\nthe student body by roughly 3,000\nstudents.\nAt a hastily-called press\nconference yesterday, Strangway\nsaid that the plan appealed to the\nuniversity for two reasons.\n\"The full-fee students will be\nproviding for the student body as\na whole,\" he said. \"They will be\npaying the full cost of their\neducation. That means that they\nwill be providing monies for more\nlab space and more books for the\nlibrary, for instance. They will\ntherefore provide facilities that\nothers on campus will use as well.\"\nIn addition, Strangway said\nthe alumni this proposal would\ncreate would be \"lifelong\nambassadors for BC and the\nuniversity... and it fits with our\nefforts to increase the\ninternationalization of the\ncampus.\"\nThe fees for the additional\ninternational students would be\nhigh. First and second year arts\nstudents would pay $6,864 a year,\nfirst year science students $11,688\nand a master's in engineering\nwould cost $21,323.\nInternational students\nalready at UBC need not worry\nabout facing dramatic fee increases immediately, Strangway\nsaid.\n\"Obviously there will be\nincreases, but it would be\nunreasonable to accept students\nunder one fee structure and then\nAttendants have no phones\nby Sara Martin\nIn January a new policy\nprohibited parkade attendants\nfrom bringing radios to work, and\nas of last Monday parkade phones\nhave been programmed to prevent\ncalls being made to off-campus\nnumbers.\nOne parkade attendant in a\nB-lot kiosk said employees were\nnot notified about the change to\nthe phones.\n\"They didn't send out any\nmemos or anything, they just had\nBC tel come and change the\nphones,\" she said. \"There was no\ncommunication about it, they just\ndid it.\"\nThe parkade attendant, who\nwanted to remain anonymous, said\nshe was surprised at the\ndisciplinary action taken and\nstated if parking and security have\nproblems with some employees\noverusing the phones, \"they\nshould put letters on those\npeople's files and deal with it that\nway instead of making these\nstrange, inhibiting gestures\ntowards everyone... it's a petty\nthing to do.\"\nNow, when someone wants to\nmake a personal call they will\nhave to use the pay phones located\noutside of each parkade instead\nof using the phones inside the\nbuilding. Employees calling for a\nride home after work will have to\nstand outside and use the pay\nphone in order to make this work-\nrelated call.\n\"It is inconvenient because a\nlot of times people will lock their\nkeys and wallet in their car and\nthey could just go to the parkade\nand use the phone there, but now\nthey can't do that... it was a public\nservice,\" said the parkade\nattendant.\n\"I've worked in a lot of\ndifferent places and I've never\nbefore had anyone say you can't\nuse the company phones to make\noutgoing calls,\" she said.\nParking manager David\nMiller said the new policy was a\nresponse to several complaints\nabout employees not paying\nattention to the customers.\n\"Its just to confine the calls to\non-campus or work-related,\"\nMiller said. \"They are not\ncompletely cut off.\"\nEmployees can still call\nemergency numbers and any\nincoming calls may leave a\nmessage with parking and security\nmain number.\nTextbooks removed from shelves\nby Rick Hiebert\nThe UBC Bookstore is\nstarting to remove all textbooks\nand course materials from its\nshelves\u00E2\u0080\u0094five weeks before the\nend of class.\nThe store is pulling the\nmaterials to allow for the second\nphase of major renovations to the\nstore, which will take place this\nsummer, store director Debbie\nHarvey said.\nThere has been confusion\nabout what is going on at the\nbookstore folowing the release of\na memo 1 February. The memo\nasked instructors to announce\nthat \"Texts and Course materials\nwill be unavailable to your\nstudents after this date.\"\nAlthough many professors\nmade the announcement,\ntextbooks are still available.\nAccording to Brian Ball, the\nbookstore's section head for\ntextbooks, texts won't be easily\npurchasable for much longer.\n\"We're working on returning\ntextbooks now,\" Ball said\nTuesday. \"If your book happened\nto be on the top of the list, it may\nbe gone already. Ninety-nine\npercent of the textbooks are still\navailable though, but the majority\nwill be pulled by April.\"\nHe added that the memo was\nnot well worded.\n\"It implied that everything\nwould be hauled off that same\nweek, which we didn't intend to\nsay at all,\" he said.\nTextbooks were pulled instead\nof other merchandise as their sale\nis not as profitable.\n\"We sell more computers and\nclothes this time of year. We do\nmake a lot more money on\ncomputers and clothes, so it makes\nmost sense to keep them out. But\nwe certainly have a mandate to\nsell textbooks,\" he said.\nOrdered textbooks that\nhaven't yet arrived for this\nsemester will be shelved and\navailable, he said. One of associate\nprofessor Bill French's history\nclasses is still waiting for a book to\narrive.\n\"I call it a candidate for memo\nofthe year, it was just amazing,\"\nFrench said. \"Receivingthe notice\nthe day before they are to start\npulling texts off the floor when\nyou are still expecting one is a\nlittle unnerving.\"\nMichael Hughes, student\nrepresentative on the board of\ngovernors, is unimpressed with\nthe UBC Bookstore's action.\n\"It's really a dumb sounding\nmove,\" he said. \"It certainly wasn't\ndone with students in mind.\"\nHe added that many poorer\nstudents, faced with hundreds of\ndollars in textbook costs, may be\npenalized for being too poor to buy\ntheir textbooks until the last\nminute.\nThe AMS student council\ndidn't discuss the bookstore's\naction at their 2 February meeting\nnor their 16 February annual\ngeneral meeting. AMS President\nBill Dobie first heard ofthe texts\nbeing returned on Tuesday, three\nweeks after the original memo was\nreleased.\nDobie plans to lobby the\nbookstore.\nsuddenly demand that they pay\nunder another. Their fees will go\nup, of course, but not all of a\nsudden,\" he said.\nThe university hopes that the\nproposal will raise as much as $20\nmillion once it is fully in place.\nBut, according to Strangway, it is\nnot designed as a fund-raising\nmeasure.\n\"We do not see this as a\nrevenue-generating move,\" he\nsaid. \"These students will pay for\nthemselves, but we don't see this\nas a means for raising revenue...\nwe considered that, but decided in\nthe end to go the full-cost recovery\nroute instead.\"\nGiven that the proposal\ngenerates no extra money, AMS\npresident Bill Dobie had a tough\ntime understanding the reasons\nbehind the plan.\n\"I don't see the rationale here\nat all. Why accept extra students\nwhen we don't have room for those\nwho want to be here as it is?\"\nDobie asked. \"If this is some means\nof publicizing chronic\nunderfunding [of post-secondary\ninstitutions] by the province, so\nbe it, but why pack more students\ninto already crowded classes? They\nsay that there is going to be no\nrevenue generated here, so I fail\nto see how this is any sort of\nsolution.\"\nBill Elliot, an Arts graduate\nfrom 1972, voiced concerns that\ninternational students could now\nbuy their way into the university.\n\"I've been paying taxes for 18\nyears, and all of a sudden they\nhave room for all these foreign\nkids,\" Elliot said.\n\"Meantime, when you get out\nin the real world, there's no extra\nspaces for my kids, for your\nyounger brother and sister.\nThey're going to take kids who can\npay 100 grand,\" he said.\n\"As somebody who has\ncontributed thousands of dollars\nto the university, no more [will I\ncontribute].\"\nAsked if he saw a down-side\nto the plan, Strangway said his\nonly real concern was how the\nplan might be perceived.\n\"I guess the perception could\nbe that these international\nstudents are buying their way into\nthe university. That is most\nassuredly not the case, as they\nwill all undergo the same\nadmissions requirements as\ndomestic students, but we worry\nthat that might be the way it is\nseen,\" he said.\nThe bookstore sells more than Just books.\nSTEVE SCALI CLASSIFIEDS\nRates: AMS card holder - 3 lines, $3.15; additional lines 63 cents. Commercial - 3 lines, $5.25; additional lines 80 cents. 10% discount on 25 issues or more. Classified ads payable in advance. Deadline: 3:30 pm two days before publication date. Advertising office: 822-397\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0COMIXC EVENTS\nNEED A JOB? 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The\noriginal plan called for the federal\nand provincial governments to\neach contribute a third ofthe cost,\nwith the remaining third to be\nsolicited from international\nsources.\nThose attached to the KAON\nproject however, claim the\ngovernment did not do an effective\nj ob in selling the project to foreign\ngovernments.\n\"The cut is very\ndisappointing,\" UBC vice-\npresident and chair of the\ntri-university meson\nfacility (Triumf) board of\nmanagers Bob Miller said.\n\"They weren't selling it\naggressively. They\nweren't sincere about\nsearching for\ninternational\ncommitments.\"\nThe KAON project\nwould have generated an\nestimated 17,000\ntemporary construction\njobs and 500 permanent\nresearch jobs.\nAn estimated 2,000\ninternational scientists\nwould have used the\nparticle accelerator.\nTHE UBYSSEY 3\nKAON is dead. What now?\nby Ted Young-Ing\nThe cancellation of UBC's multi-billion dollar KAON project has meant,\nthat the tri-university meson facility (Triumf) will have to reexamine its role\nin the university research community.\nThe federal government has scheduled a one-time $4 million allocation\ngrant so that Triumf can redefine its objectives.\n\"What wc have to look at now is the base budget of Triumf, \"Triumf board\nof managers chair Bob Miller said. \"This is the central issue in the future of\nTriumf. If the base budget is secure, it will continue to be the international\nsuccess it has been.\"\n\"We have developed an alternative programme,\" Triumfs associate\ndirector Jean-Michel Poutiffou said. \"Triumf has ultimate plans that could\ngenerate some interesting research\u00E2\u0080\u0094not maybe on the scale of KAON\u00E2\u0080\u0094but\nit could be interesting if the federal government would support it.\"\nTriumf plans to create ISEC, an isotope accelerator facility which would\nenable physicists to study special nuclei and enable nuclear astrophysicists\nto create reactions similar to those which occur in supernovae explosions.\n\"There are several projects that are doing this kind of physics already.\nBut ISEC would be a unique facility in North America,\" Poutiffou said.\nISEC would cost $60 million to build the full facility, and could run on\na budget of $35 million\u00E2\u0080\u0094$2 million more than the current Triumf operating\nbudget.\nMedia friendly Chomsky makes it to Canadian television\nby Graham Cook\nNoam Chomsky has attained\nalmost mythical status for saying\nimmensely rational things.\nThe Boston-based linguist\nand philosopher talks about the\nforeign policy ofthe United States\nand the way that the mass media\nworks in terms that get a lot of\npeople hot under the collar. Yet\nhis \"radical\" message is passed\nalong with a dry professorial\nhis major public work involves\ncriticizing US foreign policy and\nwhat Chomsky sees as\ngovernment apologists in the\nmainstream media.\nThe film features several\nlecture appearances by Chomsky\nas w*ell as often hilarious\ndialogues with opponents as\ndiverse as William F. Buckley,\nthe Dutch defense minister and\nNoam chomps at the bit of post-industrial society\nSTEVE SCALI\nspeaking style.\nChomsky is at his best in a\nfilm by Montrealers Mark Achbar\nand Peter Wintonick called\n\"Manufacturing Consent: Noam\nChomsky and the Media\" which\nairs on Monday night 28 February\nat 10pm on CBC.\nThe film uses a variety of\napproaches to illustrate\nChomsky's major thesis, that the\nmass media in North America and\nespecially the United States toes\na former editor of\nThe Ubyssey. It also calls\nattention to how the media is put\ntogether, including a tour ofthe\nNew York Times and interviews\nwith those involved in\n\"alternative\" media.\n\"It changed my life\"\nThe film has been a huge hit\non the international festival\ncircuit and has introduced a lot\nmechanical engineering student\nat McGill university, and after\nseeing the film last summer he\nsaid, \"without a doubt [the film]\nchanged my life.\"\n\"My whole outlook on society\nhas changed, even my outlook on\nmy career. I'm soon graduating in\nengineering, but I don't want to\nbe an engineer, I want to do\nsomething about the state of this\nmessy world,\" Nerenberg said.\nJ.F. Knoe, a student at\nConcordia university said the film\n\"profoundly changed the way I\nlooked at many aspects of our\nculture and political associations.\"\nKnoe's first exposure to\nChomsky was during the Gulf\nWar. Knoe thought the war was\n\"a just war in order to purge the\ndevil out of Kuwait, and I quickly\nplaced Chomsky on the list of\n'idiots' [for opposing the war].\"\nBut, after seeing the film,\nKnoe read all of Chomsky's\npolitical works, and now describes\nas \"pure genius\" Chomsky's ability\nto \"go against the common grain\nand be able to pick out the inherent\nproblems with our system and to\nstate them outright.\"\nMichael Leibensperger of\nCalifornia State University in\nFresno reacted in a different way\nto the film.\nWhile he admitted he \"was\nquite impressed by the movie...\n[Chomsky] is quite persuasive,\"\nChomsky's eminently logical\napproach encouraged him to do\nsome critical distancing.\n\"I'm trying to remain critical\nof his ideas and methods, though,\nbecause I suspect that is what he\nwould want,\" Leibensperger said.\nHigher profile folks like David\nSuzuki and Judy Rebick have also\nlauded the film. \"We desperately\nneed to hear his voice as we roar\nalong the information highway,\"\nSuzuki said. Even Burnaby MP\nSvend Robinson has faxed all\nother MPs urging them to watch\nthe film.\nTeaching Noamthought\nKhristina Haddad is a\ngraduate student at McGill\nuniversity who used the film as a\npolitical philosophy TA.\n\"I was teaching an\nintroductory course and we\nstarted off by looking at classical\npolitical philosophy, and in one of\nmy discussion groups we were\nlooking at who or what was\ncomparable to Socrates in\ncontemporary society,\" Haddad\nsaid.\n\"We were thinking about\ncontemporary intellectuals and\nChomsky seemed to be a good fit.\nWe watched [Manufacturing\nConsent] together and talked\nabout the connections between\nSocrates and Noam Chomsky,\"\nincluding themes of persecution\nand political commitment among\nintellectuals.\nHaddad was first exposed to\nChomsky's writings in a\nphilosophy of social science class,\nand seeing the movie later really\nimpressed her.\n\"I think the film is really\nrich. One thing that happens in\npolitical philosophy is that we\nconnect the products of\nknowledge with the view of\nhumans in society. The image in\nthe film of the man in the\napartment watching TV\u00E2\u0080\u0094this is\nsomething we do really well,\nisolatingpeople. The movie brings\nall these things together, and\ndiscusses this cumulative effect\nthat leads to a docile population.\n\"That was the real virtue of\nthe movie, it bridged the politics\nwith the dynamics of bur own\nlife,\" she said.\nFighting for Noam on CBC\nChomsky has been receiving\nwider attention since the release\nofthe film, but he remains on the\noutskirts of mainstream thought.\nWhile he often provides political\ncommentary for the European\nmedia, he has been shut out of\nUS punditry.\nAnd while he has appeared\non CBC radio and occasionally on\ntelevision, the fight to air the\n\"Manufacturing Consent\"\ndocumentary on CBC TV was\nsurprisingly difficult.\nDespite winning major\ninternational film awards, the\ndocumentary was passed over by\nCBC on several occasions.\nChristine Birt, with the\nNecessary Illusions production\ncompany which made the film, said\nthe-negotiations ran up against\n\"the big chill\" at CBC.\nThe documentary \"The Valour\nand the Horror\" recently aired on\nCBC to the vocal protests of some\nwar veterans.\nBirt said that \"in defense of\nthe bureaucrats [at CBC] you have\nto remember the Valour and the\nHorror was backdrop for Chomsky,\nan American anarchist who is\ncritical ofthe media.\"\nA letter-writing campaign\npromoted by the film directors as\nthey toured to different film\nfestivals eventually helped secure\nthe airing.\nAnother CBC criticism was\nthat documentaries were \"too\nhighbrow, that the Canadian\nworking person is not bright\nenough to understand them,\" Birt\nsaid.\nIn addition to political\nworries, the length of the film (167\nminutes) was the victim of what\nco-director Peter Wintonick calls\n\"slottism.\" The film has been cut\nto about 100 minutes and will run\nas a two hour film with\ncommercials.\nNo word yet as to which\ncompanies will be willing to push \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\ntheir products in between\ntestimonials from a media-\ncriticizing anarchist.\nFebruary; and on CBC TV's\n\"Midday\" on 28 February, talking\nabout the situation in Bosnia.\n\"Worthy\" and \"unworthy\" dead\nChomsky looks to real-life illustrations to bolster his contentions\nof media lockstcp. For example, he compares the US media coverage\nof one Polish priest killed by the KGB to more than 30 priests killed\nby the El Salvador government over a simultaneous one year-period.\nThe former murder, according to Chomsky, supports the dominant\nideology of anti-communism in the US, thus being a \"worthy'\" death.\nBut t he murders ofthe Lat in American priests, killed by proxies ofthe\nUS government in Salvador, are \"unworthy\" of coverage hecaune\ndrawing attention to them questions US intentions in the area.\nAnd as the study proves, the coverage ofthe Salvadorun priests\nis miniscule compared to that ofthe Polish victim\u00E2\u0080\u0094less than ten to\none in terms ofthe column inches and minutes of broadcast ofthe\nstories.\nChomsky also compares coverage of the Cambodian \"killing\nfields\" with the comparable genocide of the East Timorese, by the.\nIndonesian government. Again, the former is worthy of continuing\nfront-page coverage because it condemns communism. The latter\ngenocide, which is tacitly approved by the US and Canada, is buried\nin the newspaper if reported at all.\nChomsky supports neither Soviet-style communism nor\ncapitalism, preferring instead an approach akin to non-hierarchical\nsocialism. The \"Manufacturing Consent* film provides several\ninterviews in which Chomsky expounds on his hopes lor a more just\nand free future. Black is not a colour.\nBlack is not a culture.\nBlack is a state of\nmind.\nExperience.\nIt is marginalized,\nstigmatized\noppressive repression\nof freedom to think\nwithout consequence.\nBlack is a concept.\nDesigned to invoke\nBinary opposition\nto white.\nBlack is not a colour\nIt's an image\npoor, dirty\nsubordinated.\nBlack is a trap\nA void in space\nDesigned to look\nappealing\nIt's a concept\nDesigned to invoke\nImages of power, unity\ncontrol.\nIllusions giving way\nto reality.\nA state of mind\nexperience\noppression, repression\nA concept designed\nTo look like progress\nbut it's not.\nNot a culture\nan experience.\nNot a colour\na concept\nDesigned\nto invoke\nconsequences.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Tara\ncourage\nto be\nft88\"* m Mm \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nisTeimaMgiTOini\nThe courage to be who we are is the challenge of our\nfuture. Blacks have to fearlessly accept themselves on\ntheir own terms. For too long we have lived only as shadows,\nfollowing at the heels of certain white people. But as the sun sets\ndown, all shadows must die. And for many black people the\nexperience of death happens too often and with too great a\nprice.\nOur families and friendships are dying, along with the\ncultural strength and sustenance they provide. Dying is our love\nfor one another and our love of self. Unfulfilled hopes and\ndreams are slowly slipping away, into a grave of embittered\ntime.\nNow more than ever we must come out of the shadows and\nresurrect ourselves, to live the lives we want and need most. Our\nfamilies must be revived and fortified. Parents and children\ncaring for each other, as opposed to caring for images of what\nwe want each other to be. Friendships must be unselfishly\nsustained, with brothers and sisters helping, instead of deceiving,\none another.\nOur dreams must not be lost In our unconscious slumbering.\nWe must arise in confidence, knowing what we imagine Is not\nbeyond our reach. Knowledge of our history will entrust us with\nthe power of hope, which in turn will entrust us with the spirit to\nstruggle forward.\nAs we awaken the souls of our ancestors to pay them\nhomage, let us not forget that the greatest respect we can show\nis to follow in their examples. As we remember Malcolm and\nMartin, Marcus Garvey, Mary McLeod Bethune, Harriet Tubman\nand the countless number of African heroes and heroines, let us\nacknowledge their strong devotion to \"Blackness.\" In the face of\nwhite oppression, their committment to Black prosperity, pride,\nand love, was unflinching. For African Heritage month, and\nespecially the months that follow, our committment must be\neven greater.\nThe Black women's inner beauty and strength has\nbeen objectified Into a \"nappy dug-out\" or a \"big\nbooty\" to be conquered. Rap artists have\nexploited the Black female body in order to-increase\ntheir level of \"HARDNESS.\" The rewards reaped from\nthis exploitation of the Black female materialize as\n\"nuff props,\" and the ching! ching! of the cash\nregister.\nFor years rap music has been showered\u00C2\u00BBwith a\nhigh degree of popularity, but in 1993 the boomin'\nbass of Gangsta style rap exploded in the eardrums of\nmillions. Hardcore hip hop has painted one facet of\nthe Black community, which is shrouded with\noppression and demoralization by the dominant\nculture. Although hip hop is a fair representation of a\ncertain facet of African-American life, it's often\novershadowed by sexist lyrics.\nHoney check it out\nYou got me mesmerized\nWith your black hair\nAnd Phat-assed thighs\n-A Tribe Called Quest\nDon't hypocritically praise me as your Nubian,\nQueen who commands respect on one track, and on\nthe next transform me Into your \"bitch\" or \"ho\" in\norder to fatten your wallet! The sellout of the Black\nwoman may take you to the top, but how long will\nyou survive without a backbone.\n:oxane irace>\ncolour\nYOU THINK I DON'T KNOW\nRadical Noise - Black Music\nIllegal Sales District - Black Market\nStock Market Crash - Black Monday\nThe Bad Guys Wear Black\nEvil Mistress - Black Widow\nFollowed By Evil - Black Shadow\nWhen Disease Wipes Out Millions of People - Black Plague\nYou think 1 don't know\nSub-conscious PSYCHOLOGY Reversed\nYou think I don't know\nYou think I don't know\nYou think I don't know\nthat everything you fear is Black\nI am Black and Aware So Beware\nas I cross your path for I am\nThe one THAT Brings Bad Luck\n- BLACK KATT\nHip hop has illustrated the futility of\nBlack-on-Black shootings, and the\ncontamination of guns in Black\nneighbourhoods. This drawing is amazingly\nclear in the minds of all Blacks, but it has\nbeen smeared by the \"pull da trigga\nnlgga\" attitude which glorifies and\ntrivializes catching a bullet in the heart.\nMurder is a hobby\nThat I had from way back\nA hit ain'tsh\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nI learned it in class\nCreep slow\nShoot fast\n-M.C. Pooh\nGangsta beats have sold the image of\n\"real niggas\" as those who are in control of\nan uzi or nine. \"Real niggas\" don't get\nstepped on, they simply pull the trigger.\nWhat's real is the brother or sister who\nis blown into so many bits that they only left\nbehind a chalk outline on the concrete or\nL.A. Crips who tattoo teardrops on their\nfaces for how many people they smoke.\nDon't sell me an image of the\nmurderous destruction of a Black mind for -\nyour own profit, because regardless of\nbeing \"real,\" \"it just ain't right.\"\nCenturies ago, Black music lifted the\nspirit of our race from the trenches of\nslavery and pushed it defiantly along a\nroad of inequality. Today this struggle\npersists, but so does the power of our\nmusic. The strength which it radiates can\nbe manipulated either positively or\nnegatively. It is my wish that we harness\nthe beauty of this force to solely create a\nrealistic portrait of the black race, without\n\"selling out\" our people.\npicture\n-V \u00C2\u00AB 5%\nPI*liH3l\nI am different from others\u00E2\u0080\u0094my skin is darker, my lips are fuller, my hair is\ncurlier and my nose is broader. Yes I am definitely different, but that should\nnot make me any less of a person. But time and time again I see my\npeople. Black people, on television or in the movies being presented in a\nnegative light.\nFor centuries whites have been creating the Images of Blacks in.a negative\nlight. Yet can we really complain? Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and\nperceptions,- whether we agree with them or not. But what we can do, as\npeople of African descent, is change the picture. Black people should begin to\npresent themselves through the black perspective.\nFor instance, at York university's department of fine arts, one can clearly\nsee that the 'minority' students are truly the minority. A fine arts student admits\nthat there are approximately only five Black students in the field of film and\nvideo production for both first and second year combined. In theatre/there are\nonly a couple more. Yet the reasons for these small numbers do not lie solely on\nthe concept that arts are not preferred by Blacks, but on the concept that they\nare not inclined to be interested in the arts.\nThis is partly due, yet again, to the ever-so-faithful Canadian educational\nsystem. Many Black students perceive drama or art courses to be nothing more\nthan an easy credit. They don't have to learn anything of importance, and they\ndon't have to attend the class to get the grade. The truth about the arts is\nburied beneath the layers'of white, male, eurocentric views.\nTheatre, like so may other artforms, originated in Africa. Of course, this is not\ntaught specifically and many of the texts state that they cannot go further than\nthe Greeks due to \"the racism and prejudice that existed in those days.\" It's a\npity \"those days\" are over and still the truth has not been disclosed.\nOne should always keep in mind that if an individual is\nconfident and proud of who they are, they will be more likely to achieve\nsomething in their life time. But if one sees themselves being continually\nportrayed as criminals, happy-go-lucky-Negroes or as the ever resilient athlete,\nhow can they feel confident entering fields which appear alien to their race?\nBlacks have to take on the responsibility of portraying Blacks other than\nbeing pimps, hustlers, whores, athletes, gangsters or just another subservient\ngrinning black face.\nSince it is through the mass media that many of the negative images of\nBlack people were created, it should be through that same vein that positive\nimages of Black people are broadcast.\nREVOLUTION\nNot content with mediocrity\nBelieving that progress begins\nwith Revolutionary\nldeas...thoughts...vision...\nACTION\nI know some that talk of\nchange.\nREVOLUTION!\nI know some that sing of\nemancipation.\nREVOLUTION!\nI know some that scream for\njustice.\nThey wave their hands. And\npoint at you.\nBe clapping & howling &\ndancing too!\nBut after the speech and sermon\nis done,\nNo one wants to finish what\nhad begun.\nrevolution?\nIf our ideas move our hands,\nIf our words inspire our hearts\nThen no man, no society can\nbreak up apart.\nREVOLUTION!\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Kateri Ferede\nAll copy courtesy the Excalibur (CUP).\nWOMAN\nWoman\nI guess that's me\nI'm no longer a girl\nand lady sounds too distant\ntoo other-continent\nmore European than African.\nSo I am a woman\nAs such I should be an assertive,\nprogressive,\nindependent, feminist, womanist,\nready-to-face-the-world\nWoman.\nAnd I like to think that I am all of\nthat\nbut I am also my mother\nin many ways traditional, afraid\nyet intensely proud and forever\nambitious.\nI am my mother's mother\nstill struggling to come to terms\nwith race and identity\ndesperately seeking a defining\nspace for the soul.\nI am the coming together\nof many great-grandmothers I have\nnever known\nWest African women surviving the\nMiddle Passage\nto touch me in the Caribbean,\nEast Indian indentured labourers,\nand\na white woman, or two.\nWoman\nYes, I know that's me\nbut I know that to be woman is\nnot to be a-\nlone, individual\nbut to be part of a shared history\nthe proof of an assured continuity.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Andrea Davis\nThat the business of Blackness is treated so seriously is fascinating and\npolitically stimulating. Ironically, while this is true, there are times\nwhen it isn't being treated seriously enough.\nBlackness for many up and coming scholars represents a case of life\nor death. It is treated as a symbol of pride, a symbol of struggles, a\nsymbol which \"is.\" Blackness for the most part is systematically viewed as\na symbol of political culture, which comes into being as a result of \"a\ncommon history.\" Some among us choose to discuss this common history\nin term of race and colonialism, others in term of class and paternal\ncapitalism. Discussing this history in terms of one without the other can't\nbe taken seriously unless one looks at how one affects the other, and\nwhy.\nWhile Blackness is treated as a serious political and cultural reality-\nthere are other aspects of this reality which are ignored, or rather\nmarginalized, for the sake of the \"popular.\"\nBlackness, when it's \"commoditized\" or \"fetishized\" as a monolithic\nor stagnant entity, becomes problematic in its mere narcism. In other\nwords, when one aspect of blackness is forced to the center and\nsurfaces, as a result.of that which is popular, then other aspects of itself\nbecomes marginalized.\nFor instance, \"rock n' roll\" is no longer considered an aspect of Black\nculture form, as is the case currently with hip hop. The point being, that\nBlackness has moved beyond the monolithic conceptualizations of the\nsixties and seventies, and has emerged politically discursive in the\neighties and nineties.\n\"Black Pride,\" while it maintains its initial political and cultural stance,\nhas also taken on new significance in other aspects of ethnicities of\nBlackness, The meaning has emerged in the here and now more so than\nin the seventies. Not to understand this and take this discursive reality\nseriously is to ignore the basic and current \"fact of blackness,\" and this is\nwithout a doubt culturally and politically dangerous.\nDo not misinterpret what is being said. The \"Black popular\" and the\n\"Black marginalized\" is not one side against the other. Both are politically\ndiscursive, politically significant and relevant. One is no more \"Blacker\"\nthan the other.\nIn other words, John Singleton's Boyzin the Hood, is no more\n\"Blacker\" than Julie Dash's Daughters ofthe Dust, nor is Wendel B. Harris's\nChameleon Street* backer\" than Isaac Julien's Looking ForLangston. All\nthe above directors and films have genuine interests in the \"fact of\nblackness,\" and are working through their own experiences and histories\nto present different aspects.\nThe same is true when we begin to deal with other black cultural\nforms, such as music. Public Enemy isn't blacker than Snoop Doggy\nDogg, nor is Snoop blacker than the Marsalis Brothers. When certain\nIJlTTTItldMiWM\nSpectators admiring the artwork.\ncritical andcultural aspects of Blackness are put up\nagainst itself and measured in terms of that which is\nsubversive and superior. Blackness begins to be treated\nas a static political entity. And this is far from being true.\nWe must understand that at one point in time every\ncultural aspect of Blackness, in its infancy, emerged\nfrom the margins of the underground. This is true with\nblues, jazz, rock and roll, disco, house music, hip hop,\nand dance hall, just to mention a few.\nIt is not being suggested that one should accept all\naspects of Blackness without critical discourse on\n-ni^-r-lrt #3*\n** ^*\u00C2\u00AB\ni$\nBlackness:\nALL PHOTOS STEVE SCALI\ncritical dialogue. Think in terms of jazz, and one may be\nsurprised to see the cultural inquiry that this aspect of\nBlackness has endured, and how jazz has grown. The same is\ntrue with hip hop, and reggae. We may not all agree and\nsupport certain aspects of rap and reggae, but we should\ncritically consider these qualities, and the role it plays in\n\"Blackness,\" before they dismiss it as pseudo.\nAs cultural theorist Stuart Hail said, \"\"The Black\nexperience', as a singular and unifying framework based on\nthe building up of identity across ethnic and cultural\ndifference between the different communities, became\n\"hegemonic' over other ethnic/racial identities\u00E2\u0080\u0094though the\nlatter did not, of course, disappear.\" 6 THE UBYSSEY\nOP/ED\nFRIDAY 25 FEBRUARY 1994\nEDITORIAI\nThe announcement of a proposed hew increase in\nthe number of international students at UBC still has to\npass the senate and board of governors, but it is already\nraising ire.\nThere are several currents to the reaction. One\ndoubts Strangway's claim that the new students will not\nput a burden on existing stervices. Students crammed\nwith hundreds of others into alienating lecture halls\nnaturally wonder where the extra ten per cent of new\nstudents will go, and who will teach them.\nAnother linked current are those who decry the\ninflux of \"foreigners\" who will be \"taking spaces\" from\nCanadians.\nIn a time when universities were adequately funded,\nwhen university presidents did not have to go begging to\nMolson's and Merck Frosst for cash, the announcement\nwould not have raised the former sort of stir.\nBut to put it bluntly, much ofthe latter worry is part\nof a racist reaction to the perceived \"Asian menace\":\nsmart folks from Asian countries coming to \"take our\njobs,\" \"buy our houses\" and so on.\nThe fallacies in this argument are many. Obviously,\npeople of Asian origin built Canada and remain a central\npart of its heritage. International students often fill\nresearch and job vacancies in which there are no local\nexperts, or create businesses which end up employing\nCanadians. Immigrants built Canada, and skilled, intelligent international students, if they choose to stay here,\nwould fit that tradition nicely.\nAnd as for students from many countries in Africa or\nLatin America, for example, the facilities just do not\nexist for them to fulfill their potential.\nInternational students also bring new ideas and\nless parochial attitudes - or at least, different parochial\nattitudes - which enrich the university experience immeasurably.\nBut the criteria for the new international students\nis not that they be skilled or intelligent - at least, no more\nthan most students here. The main criteria is money,\nand here the proposal falls flat.\nOne-third ofthe students will receive scholarships\nor other support, but the remaining will be paying the\n\"full cost\" of education-up to $23,000 for an MA in\nengineering.\nMedia reports have discussed how Canadian education is a \"valuable commodity\" which people in other\ncountries want to \"buy.\" While it seems hopelessly naive\nto say so, education should not be treated like a commodity. It should be available to those with interest, curiosity\nand the base understanding necessary for further study\nin their fields of interest.\nEducation should not be something the rich can just\nbuy into. Already at UBC and elsewhere in Canada\nstudents are becoming a more homogeneous group:\nliving offdaddy's money, driving in from the right side of\nthe tracks each day without a care (economically, at\nleast) in the world.\nThe proposed international student admissions will\nwelcome the super-rich, since $10,000 a year tuition is\neven more inconceivable for the average Costa Rican or\nIranian as for Canadians.\nMaking things more accessible will entail much\nmore than rearranging the financing deck chairs on a\nsinking ship. Education has to be recognized as fundamental, and the massive wastage in society (the advertising industry, the military, uncollected taxes, thousands of financial and insurance companies duplicating\nservices, Bon Jovi power ballads) has to be \"rationalized\"\nout.\nAnything less leaves international and Canadian\nstudents in the cold.\nTHE UBYSSEY February 25.1994\nThe Ubyssey is a founding member of Canadian University Press\nThe Ubyssey is published Tuesdays and Fridays by the Alma Mater\nSociety ofthe University of British Columbia. Editorial opinions are\nthose of the staff and not necessarily those of the university\nadministration, or of the publisher. The editorial office is Room\n241K ofthe Student Union Building. Editorial Department, phone\n822-2301; advertising, 822-3977; FAX 822-9279\nNiva Chow told Gregg McNally that a chilly climate had\npurvaded the masthead for too long. Liz van Assum said, \"but\nTaivo Evard has declined to answer my challenge regarding\nSara Martin's blatant disregard for the tenet's of Ian Gunn's\nad hominem scale. \"\"Familiar rhetoric?\" Graham Cook asked\nof Liz van Assum.. \"If she knows everything about me then why\ndoen't she just up and tell me why she calls me by my sister's\nname?\" Graham Coleman asked of his sister Steve Chow.\nSteve said, \"I have never recieved a threatening letter from\nTed Young-ing.\" Siobhan Roantree pointed out how akin to\npersonal servitude attending meetings where all people did\nwas pick lint out of their navels. Rick Hiebert said that all of\nSteve Scali's wierd stereotypes associated with the Ubyssey's\nletter policy were the fault of Andrea Dworkin, Tony Zuniga\nand Teresa Yep.\"' Yup\" Douglas Ferris noted, \"you really gotta\nquack when the shit hits the fan.\"\nEditors\nCoordinating Editor: Douglas Ferris\nNews Coordinator: Graham Cook\nNews Editors: Sara Martin, Taivo Evard\nCulture Coordinator: Steve Chow\nCulture Editor Ted Young-Ing\nPhotography Coordinator: Siobhan Roantree\nProduction Manager: Liz van Assum\nColours %\nSlaan2>oltfer in\nMac-3k\nLetters to the Staff\nget a job with\ncollege pro and\nyou get to go to\nbarbecues!\nI am writing in reponse\nto the article which ran in a\nrecent issue of The Ubyssey\nentitled \"College pro - perpetual scammers\". Upon\nreading the article I felt it\nnecessary to offer an alternate point of view of college\npro painters. Having worked\nwith college pro for the past\nsix years, I have found my\nexperience with them to be a\nwholely different one from\nthat of Gregg McNally. I began with college pro as many\nuniversity students do, having very little painting experience. I was taught the trade\nby an experienced and capable trainerwho thoroughly\nexplained and demonstrated\nthe painting process from\npreparation through finish\ncoat. Once trained, I then\nproceeded to paint residential homes, where my quality\nand speed were monitored\nand my techniques \"fine-\ntuned\" I until could efficiently produce a quality\npaint job. At no point did run\ninto any sort of problem with\nrespect to payment for my\nwork. I was paid bi-weekly\non fridays, like at any other\njobs. I found my manager to\nbe an excellent individual to\nwork for. He and other managers from surrounding areas would often organise barbecues or sporting events. I\nfound that virtually all of us\npossessed a similar positive\nattitude towards college pro\nas an employer. House painting can be hard work. The\nheat, the heights, and the\nfact that the job does involve\noccasional weekend work\nmake it a job not everyone\nwould enjoy. However, I have\nfound that college pro has\ndone everything possible to\nmake my job as a painter a\nmore enjoyable one, and I\nwould recommend working\nfor college pro to anyone as a\ngreat way to spend a summer\nwork term.\nPaul Guy\nTeam Player\nvery intense\ngrammar marty \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\ndoes the com\npany look terrific\nin a good light?\nUpon reading the article\nwritten about college pro\npainter's in your recent issue\nof The Ubyssey, I have to say\nI was quite disturbed. Firstly,\nI thought that it portrayed\nthe company that I believe is\nterrific in a poor light. Secondly, college pro takes pride\nin the relationship we have\nwith all our full and part-\ntime staff. The painter's in\nthis company are what make\nit all go. Day in and day out\nthey are the one's who are\nout on those house's on hot\ndays painting until sunset.\nNot only is it upsetting to\nhear that one had problems,\nbut it is something I have not\nexperienced. Six years ago, I\nbegan my career with college\npro as a painter in Ottawa\nand in all of the next three\nyears as a franchise and now\nfor the last three as general\nmanager, I have never experienced any problems whatsoever in being paid. This\ncompany has treated me\nprofessionally andfairlysince\nday one. All of our franchisee's\nattend and participate in very\nintense training seminars\nthroughout the painting\nseason to learn the technical\nskills necessary to both paint\nand operate a small business.\nTaking care of your employees is a big focus. After all,\nthey are the bread and butter\nof a small business. If any\nissue of a painter not being\npaid has ever come to my\nattentionittakespriorityone.\nIn summary, I suppose it is\neasy to be defensive about a\nclaim against the company\nyou work for. In this case, the\ncompany has been terrific so\nit dig's a little deeper. Should\nyou have any questions,\nplease let me know.\nMarty Natterer\ngeneral manager, B.C.\ndivision\nhe's baaack - the\nannoying prof\npart XII\nTwo students commented on\nmy recent perspective on the\nmyths ofthe \"chilly climatology\"- Janice Fiamengo responded with the recipie I\nexpected -- a few ad\nhominems about my \"vitrol\nand seasoned ignorance\"\nseasoned with hackneyed\nfeminist cliches about \"oppression\" and \"patriarchal\ninstitutions\". She decline to\nanswer my challenge to\npresent, in print, a single\ncoherent criticism of technical arguments in my original\narticle. Her (weak) excuse is\nthat my mind is \"closed\". If\nFiamengo had any arguments she thought could\nstand up, I'm sure my closed-\nmindedness wouldn't bother\nher for an instant. Rachel\nPrior also scores high on the\nad hominem scale ( are we\nbeginning to detect a trend\nhere?), opening her piece by\nsaying I'm \"threatened\" by\nThe Ubyssey's editorial, and\n\"obviously unaware\" of my\nposition of power, because\nI'm a \"white male professor.\"\n(familiar rhetoric?) Unable\nto debunk any of my critical\ncomments, Prior tries her\nhand as a psychic, listing\nnumerous assumptions\nabout my life history. She\nknows everything about me,\nsimply because I am a white\nmale, (racist stereotyping?)\nPrior knows that I have not\nreceived threatening letters.\nActually, I have received\nthreatening letters, one from\nafeminist student, with some\n50 students witnessing the\nevent. I have been sexually\nharassed (by a woman \"of\ncolour,\" when I was a young\nstudent). Ihardlyever attend\nmeetings with only \"white\nmales.\" I do listen to women\nand people \"of colour\" without \"defensiveness.\" Where\ndoes Prior get her wierd\nstereotypes? Moreover, living\nin the U.S., I was forced\n(\"drafted\") into involuntary\nservitude for 3 years during\nthe Vietnam War. I was\nlucky. A number of male\nfriends and classmates were\nkilled or maimed. All women\n(including those \"of colour\")\nwere exempt from participation, a status they never\ndisputed and probably never\ndreamt of relinquishing.\nProf. James H. Steiger\nFaculty of Psychology\n(Ed. Note)The Ubyssey\nwould like to invite all interested students, faculty, staff\nand other transients to come\nsee the esteemed Professor\nmake a riveting presentation\nto the AMS Publication's\nBoard meeting Wednesaday\nMarch 2nd at 7:00pm. Location SUB241K.\nBrent wishes he\nhad rat-sized\ntesticles too!\nI was going to write a\nnasty letter to the collective\nbut then I saw the sex issue\nand did the quiz. I thought\nmyself socially conservative\nbut garnered 118 points. An\naetheist acquaintance of\nmine also tried it and got 55,\nthis being three points shy of\nbeing labelled a \"Bible-\nthumper\". Being 37, I had\nmore time to get corrupted,\nso this shouldn't come as an\nUtter shock (and I shot up\ntens of points since coming to\nUBC, this \"den of iniquity.\")\nStill, why does using heroin\ngarner a 3, sex with the dead\na 5 (what about the terminally frigid?), eating someone else's flesh a 6 (I assume\nwe're not talking about oral\nsex here) but having more\nthan one partner the same\nday somehow garners a 10? I\nmean, guys and gals, what's\nthe thinking here? (So I have\na high sex drive, but I didn't\nthink that was, in itself,\nweird.) There are other factors. Being male, I find it\nhard to fake orgasms, being\ncircumsized, somehow more\npainful to pierce my genitals, and being 37, haying\nsex with someone 3 times my\nage would mean going after\nsomeone 111 (now that's\nkinky !). I mean, obviously,\nthe survey wasn't intended\nfor Boomers, but these are\npoints I'm being deprived of\nby Generation-X. (In fairness, I have had sex with\nsomeone half my age, less\nactually (16), but I didn't\nsleep with him.( Do I get the\npoints?) As to the content of\nthe issue, I largely agree with\nthe lead article. While your\nfallen angel's penis, was beyond the cherub stage (and\nhence not qualifying as child\npornography), I hooted in\nlaughter at what is supposed\nto shock, I suppose? To those\nwho say \"men would look\npowerless and vulnerable if\nstripped of their clothes\", I\nwould reply \"not necessarily,\nbut some look better with\ntheir clothes on.\"\nBrent Galster\nGeography 3 FRIDAY 25 FEBRUARY 1994\nBLACK HISTORY MONTH SUPPLEMENT\nTHE UBYSSEY 7\nJean Augustine first black\nin house of commons\nby Laesa Barnes (CUP York)\nThe Struggle\nAs the federal Liberal party\nbegins its quest of restoring hope\nin Canadians, it will rely on the\nhelp from its MPs. For black\nhistory month, we salute the first\nblack woman to be elected to the\nHouse of Commons and the only\nblack federal incumbent, Jean\nAugustine.\nHer views, goals and\nstruggles as a black woman should\nbe an example to black people\nwho are striving for success.\nAugustine's interest in\npolitics originated from the many\nactivities she was involved in\nwhile growing up in Grenada.\nWhile attending St. Joseph's\nconvent, she became involved in\nmany activities, joined many\norganizations and gave back to\nher community.\nWhen asked why she became\ninvolved in politics, she replied:\n\"The question isn't why because I\nalways participated in community\nactivities and I was always\nconcerned about others\".\nAugustine's political history\nBeing in Canada for 33 years\nhas enabled her to finish many of\nher goals, head many\norganizations and even create\nones which didn't exist.\n\"In the late 50s when I first\ncame to Canada, there were no\norganizations for blacks. So I\nhelped form the Grenada\nAssociation,\" she said.\nHer record as a community\nactivist is enormous. She started\nthe Mississauga chapter of the\nCongress of Black Women and\nbecame involved with the\nNational Congress of Women.\nAugustine has also served as\na member ofthe Canadian\nAdvisory Council on the Status of\nWomen, the Urban Alliance\non Race Relations and as a\nGovernor of York University.\nSince 1988, she has been chair\nof the Metropolitan Toronto\nHousing Authority. Through the\nMTHA, she was able to improve\nfacilities and form ambitious drug\nand crime prevention programs.\nBefore becoming involved in\npolitics, Augustine was a\nelementary school principle at St.\nFelix's in Etobicoke. She also\nholds a BA (honours) and a MA in\neducation from the\nUniversity of Toronto.\nBlacks and education\nBy studying education in\nuniversity and teaching in the\neducational system for a number\nof years, Augustine said that for\npeople of colour, the system is\ninadequate.\n\"Years ago, there was nothing\nin textbooks about blacks,\" she\nsaid. \"No system is perfect, but\nthey are moving too slowly to\ninclude us in their history books.\"\nThis may be one of the reason\nwhy there is a lack of interest in\nschool for blacks. They see no\nrepresentation of themselves, no\nheroes to identify with, no black\nfigures in history to take pride in.\nThis is where the debate of\nblack focused schools become an\nissue. A school in which black\nstudents attend, learn about their\nhistory and culture and are taught\nby black teachers.\n\"I can see both sides to this\nissue (of black focused schools).\nBlacks would be able to work in a\npositive environment.\nChildren will find it\nempowering to learn about their\nculture,\" Augustine said. \"But if s\nnot the answer because it may\nnot be in the best interest.\"\nAfter the campaign\nBy being hand picked by\nprime minister Jean Chretien,\nwho wanted to ensure his party\nwas reflecting the Canadian\npeople, she has make more blacks\naware ofthe political system. Her\npresence made a lot ofblacks read\nthe\nnewspapers, listen to the news\nand follow the elections\nclosely.\n\"A lot of blacks assisted me\non my campaign. About 90 per\ncent had not been involved\nbefore,\" she said.\nShe always felt support, not\nonly from the black community,\nbut from all different racial\ngroups. She always felt that she\nbelonged to the people and she\nfeels that this is important.\niflRTsj ikiiiaa'ajfciiiiiisii\n**\nsuziaxz\nIs accepting nominations for the positions of\nPresident, Vice-President {Communications).\nVice-President (Administration), Treasurer,\nAcademic Coordinator, General Officers (8),\nAMS Representatives (5). Nomination forms\nare available at the A.U.S. Office (Buch A107)\nas of Mon, Feb 28. They are due on Friday,\nMar 4 at the A.U.S. office. Nominations are\nopen to all undergraduate students registered\nin the Faculty of Arts.\nWhen asked if she would\nchampion the cause ofblacks in\nthe House of Commons, she\nreplied that her first job would\nbe to represent her constituents.\nTm not saying no, but it's\nnot my purpose. I have to\nrepresent those who elected me\nto office and their concerns,\" she\nreplied.\nAugustine acknowledges\nroots\nAugustine said she will never\nforget where she comes from,\nnever forget her roots. She is a\nblack woman and is proud of this\nfact. Many blacks reach the top,\nforget their roots and feel they\nare better than those blacks who\nare still struggling.\nHer struggle to the top is not\nuncommon to many blacks, but\nthe way she handled the\npressures involved shows a\nstrong individual. She never\nallowed anyone to put her down.\n\"I feel one has to make goals\nand look to the positive people,\nthose who'll help,\" she replied. \"I\ndidn't focus on those who would\ndeter me from my goals.\"\nShe is disappointed the\nmedia always feeds off the\ndisunity of blacks. She stated\nthere is disunity among all racial\nand ethnic groups. The call for\nblacks to unify is admirable, but\nmay be too much of an\nexpectation.\n\"Never has all the people\nlistened to one black leader at\nthe same time,\" Augustine said.\nBut she also pointed out that\none black person can always\ndepend on another.\n\"When the rubber hits the\nroad,\" she said, \"we're there for\neach other.\"\nLSAT - GMAT\nWEEKEND TEST\nPREP SEMINARS\nSessions on NOW\nCall 228-1544\nRenert Seminars Inc.\nFree\nTutoring\nforUBC\nStudents\nDrop-in and get help with 1st year\nsubjects in Math, Physics, Statistics,\nEconomics, and English.\nGET AN EARLY\nSTART ON STUDYING\nTUESDAYS and THURSDAYS\n7pm to 9pm\nMagda's (in the Common's Block of\nTotem Park Residence) 2525 West Mall\nSATURDAYS SUNDAYS\nlpm to 5pm 5pm to 9pm\nRoom 205 In the SUB\n(Student Union Building) 6138 SUB Boulevard\nc\nTRTbird\n101. 9fM Basketball\n CMU Wm phyoft h Victoria\nT-brds vs. Vikings ...best 2 out of 3\nFriday, February 25th at 8pm \"ttHlC In, tUPD\nSaturday, February 26th at 8pm gn f|mj\nand, if we don't crush them by then, ^m\nSunday, February 27th at 5pm\nCBMiantttiii'K dirts Utot a Den Wclur fa\nRESOURCE I\nGROUPS WORKSHOPS\nC3\n2\nUJ\nCO\nZ3\no\no\nI\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nCO\nz\nCO\nQ.\no\nX\nCO\n:*:\ncc\no\nCO\na.\n=3\nO\nCC\nCD\n>-\no\n\nQ\n,Z\nm\nWomen Students' Office\nUpcoming Groups\nCome join us for support,\ndiscussion and information\nSelf Esteem\nFebruary 25, March 4 & 11 (12:30-2:20 pm)\nCareer Planning\nMarch 4,11 and 25 (1:00-3:00 pm)\nFor further information & registration\nfor groups, call 822-2415\nBrock Hall Room 203\nOpen: 9:00am to 4:30pm\nFEMINIJ\nINDIVIDUAL!\n30\nm\nCO\no\nc=\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A033\nO\n00\n3J\n-<\n<\no\ncr\n3>\nr-\n3>\nO\n<\no\no-\n-<\nCD\nOf\nMM,\no\nI\no\ncB\nr$\n3\n25\n\u00E2\u0082\u00AC1 Mogador\nMoorish & Mediterroneon Guisine\nFrom Morocco. Spain and France, the influences\ncombine, for an unforgettable, yet affordable, dining\nexperience.\nOpen for lunch, dinner and after the theatre\nfor desserts or a lieht meal.\n4473 West 10th Avenue\nInformation and Reservations \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 222-2668\nMarisol \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 by Jose Rivera \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Directed by Richard Wolfe\nThe University of British Columbia\nFREDERIC WOOD THEATRE 1\nMARISOL\nby Jose Rivera\nstanding at the rim of the apocalypse\nDirected by Richard Wolfe\nMarch 1-5 & 9-12\nB 8 FORI PREVIEW-MS MRR1 m\nCurtain 8:00 pm\nDorothy Somerset Studio\nReservations 832-2078\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Marisot \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 by Jose Rivera \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Directed by Richard Wolfe 8 THE UBYSSEY\nNEWS/UBYSSEY ELECTION INFO\nFRIDAY 25 FEBRUARY 1994\nSo you think you can handle\nproduction hell, AMS vendettas,\ngreasy Chinese food and rancorous\ndebates over whether or not to capitalize \"Allah/allah\"? Then you may\nbe Ubyssey editor material!\nTo be an editor/coordinator (and\nto vote) you must be a staff member\n- and to be a staffer you have to\ncontribute to at least three issues,\nwhether by writing, helpingout with\nproduction, or taking/developing\nphotos.\nPlease post a brief position paper\n(why you want to be a Ubyssey hack\nand why folks should vote for you)\non the board in SUB 241k by Thursday 10 March. Voting takes place\nfrom Thursday 17 March to Tuesday 22 March. Balloting details and\nfinal staff list will be published in\nthe 15 March issue of The Ubyssey,\nand results in the 25 March issue.\nJob descriptions (from The\nUbyssey's constitution):\n1) The responsibilities ofthe coordinating editor are:\ni) to facilitate and coordinate the\ncommunication between all departments, editors and staff members of The Ubyssey;\nii) to facilitate staff participation\nand democracy;\niii) to ensure editorial and ethical\nresponsibility for all stories;\niv) to recruit new staffers;\nv) to set and keep regular office\nhours each week;\nvi) to attend staff meetings and\nkeep or cause to be kept records of\nthe meetings;\nvii) to oversee the production ofthe\nnewspaper;\nviii) to be responsible for all content\nof The Ubyssey and its production\naspects;\nix) to work with the Ubyssey treasurer to facilitate a responsible\nbudget.\nx) to be guided by the decisions of\nstaff;\nxi) to oversee the preparation of a\npractical budget by the Ubyssey\ntreasurer;\nxii) to facilitate and coordinate\nseminars and workshops; and\nxiii) to oversee the acquisition and\nmaintenance of supplies and\nequipment necessary for the\nsmooth running ofthe newspaper.\nb) The responsibilities of all department coordinators are:\ni) to facilitate and coordinate\ncommunication between all other\ndepartments and their own;\nii) to take responsibility for all\naspects of their respective departments.\niii) to ensure that ethical and\nprofessional standards are maintained;\niv) to recruit new staffers;\nv) to set and keep regular office\nhours every week;\nvi) to enforce and maintain deadlines. In extraordinary circumstances coordinators may choose\nto hold material pertaining to her/\nhis department until voted upon\nby staff at the next meeting.\nc) The responsibilities of all the\neditors are:\ni) to write copy in their respective\nareas;\nii) to edit copy;\niii) to ensure that ethical and professional standards of conduct are\nmaintained;\niv) to set and keep weekly office\nhours; and\nv) to recruit new staffers.\nSIDEBAR\nStaff list: the following folks have contributed to at least three issues of The\nUbyssey and are eligible to vote and to\nrun for editorial positions:\nDouglas Ferris\nGraham Cook\nTaivo Evard\nSara Martin\nSteve Chow\nTed Young-Ing\nSiobhan Roantree\nLiz van Assum\nNiva Chow\nChristine Price\nGregg McNally\nSteve Scali\nMichelle Wong\nOmar Kassis\nTrevor Presley\nTanya Storr\nGraham Coleman\nSarah O'Donnell\nPatrick MacGuire\nTanya Battersby\nKirsten Murphy\nJudy Chun\nWill Hamlin\nBob Beck\nPaula Foran\nAnne McEwen\nAnne Gebauer\nThe following people have contributed\nto one or two issues and only need a\ncouple more submissions to attain voting rights:\nMike Kitchen\nRodney Snooks\nEmily McNair\nBruce Wolff\nIan Gunn\nKenWu\nDamon Rand\nTony Zuniga\nDawn Lassoway\nPeggy Lee\nDavid Black\nSusan Juby\nOmar Washington\nEllen Costanzol\nSandra Iseman\nMatt Green\nSteve Bercic\nTeresa Yep\nJanice Fiamengo\nJason Hayden\nBijan Sepehri\nTanya Richardson\nKamala Todd\nLisa Kwan\nKatharine Smart\nJennifer Horner\nJulie O'Connor\nJeff Haas\nRon Eichler\nRick Heibert\nFernando Avendano\nGerry Straathofq\nPaul Dayson\nChristine Reynard\nJoseph Callaghan\nHeather\nKent Hurl\nTania Trepanier\nDenise Tang\nKristian Armstrong\nGary Francesini\nAlex Dow\nSteve Chan\nBonnie Roth\nPaula Wellings\nDavid Black\nDawn Lessoway\nTyler Steel\nZeba Crook\nPhil Banks\nProject Information\nLATENITEHS\nMeeting\nanyone who wants to be an\neditor or cares must attend\nfor we need to decide If this\nyear's editorial structure will\nbe the same for next year. It\nwill be a happy and cheerful\nmeeting so make sure you\nwear your happy face.\nWednesday Mar 2,\n1994 @ 12:30 In the usually,\nplace, SUB 241K. foolish\npeople and James steiger are\nnot welcome\nBuilding Topics\nEarth Sciences Centre\nBiotechnology Lab\nPhase II\nResidential College Facility\nfor St. John's College\nLiu Centre for International\nStudies - Phase I\nUBC Instructional\nResource Centre (IRC) RM 4\n2194 Health Sciences Mall\nFor additional information\ncontact: UBC Campus\nPlanning & Development\n822-9520\nMarch 3,1994\n7:00 - 9:00 pm\nLoves Labours Lost \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Directed by Neil Freeman \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nThe Universitij of British Columbia\nFREDERIC WOOD THEATRE\nLOVES LABOURS LOST\na delightful Shakespearean extravaganza\nDirected by Neil Freeman\nMarch 9-19\n2 FOR 1 PREVIEW - WED MARCH 9\nMATINEE-THU MARCH 17-13:30 PM\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Curtain 8:00 pm \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nFrederic Wood Theatre\nBox Office Doom 207 - Reservations 822-2078\nSupport Your Campus Theatre\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Loves Labours Lost \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Directed by Neil Freeman \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\ni VaJ* liht-e CrrouneVs for /\nCoff-c-e. btc\u00C2\u00AB,us* i + 's -^\nr-eajly tool <\nA +W-ty ,\nb^K-te^ tinn\u00C2\u00AB,K<\u00C2\u00BBiv buns /\nr-tajly \u00C2\u00AB3r-\u00C2\u00A3A+ prices.\nT\u00C2\u00ABk\u00C2\u00BBf* \u00C2\u00BB+ Frow a. fro\u00C2\u00ABj Cr.bbi-O\n\u00C2\u00AB,r\eV a, s+icKt \u00C2\u00BBA<\n... \u00C2\u00BB+'\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB\n. +W* b<*+ pl ^^____ A^IVEEKf\n|i r#FOR SOFFEE\n2565MmaSUee.-Lo\ned at "Newspapers"@en . 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