@prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isReferencedBy "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1211252"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "University Publications"@en ; dcterms:issued "2015-08-13"@en, "1980-01-31"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/Ubysseynews/items/1.0126013/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ Residents get hetel ultimatum Gage residents will face higher rent if they choose to stop a plan to convert the Gage low rise into a hotel. Housing director Mike Davis told about 70 residents at a Gage community council meeting Wednesday that they must pay part of the $8 to $10 million cost of renovating UBC residences before outside sources will offer financial assistance. "We have to come up with our own source of funds. Unless we think of ways to help ourselves, we'll get a deaf ear. We have to examine ways to get additional revenue," he said. He added a large increase in rent at Place Vanier and Totem Park would make them unattractive to students. And residence food services have already proposed a 22 ■ ■■-■■■■::->:'-' ■- ,■;:•■",-.-■■:.■.■ ■ ■ . :;:.■>>..-■-. ?-?-?-:-'?.: ^V . ■•■■■:^:-' ?^?. ■\\?V ?'' ?■ V :':■.; THE UBYSSE Vol. LXII, No. 46 Vancouver, B.C. Thursday,January 31,1980 <^7y*' per cent increase in costs which will boost rents. Davis said the only solutions to the problem are changing the low rise into a hotel to accomodate campus visitors or raising Gage rents next year. One low rise resident said Davis showed little concern for the students who would have to find other accommodations if the hotel proposal goes through. "If you close the low rise to students what are you going to do for married students? You're saying 'Screw you'. Where are we going to go?" he said. If low rise residents cannot find alternate accommodation, what should they do — not go to school? asked one resident. "Yeah," said Davis. Davis is not considering the pressing need for accommodation for married couples, said Brian —admond o'brien photo "I THINK I'VE SEEN this movie before," says goldfish facing imminent destruction at hands of Jaws. Deja vu lasted only few moments before former pet became another statistic in contest between cheeky collegians. Aggie week will be around for two more days with more crazy events. Rhinos find horny dilemma By PETER MENYASZ What kind of person votes Rhino? Not the kind of animal you might think. You might suspect that a Rhino supporter would be short-sighted and thick-skinned, like the rhinoceros that is the party's symbol. But that isn't always the case. Yvette Stachowiak is a Rhino supporter. She's 21 years old and proud of it. She wears glasses to correct her short-sightedness, and admits to being thick- skinned. Her friends are polite enough not to mention it, but she grunts often and charges anything that catches her attention. "I'm going progressively grey all over," Stachowiak said in an interview Wednesday. "And I'm always horny." Some Rhino supporters are men. One 25-year-old male Rhino, Mr. X, also has a job and refused to be named for fear of reprisals at work. X is also shortsighted, but said he is extremely sensitive. And he attributes his political preference to a semi- religious experience. What converted him? "John Eh? McDonald," said X. "We lost our political virginity together. And it was good." Rhino supporters come in all shapes and sizes. Stachowiak describes her shape as "wobbly," while X said he is definitely "ellipsoid." Stachowiak said she wears size 7 shoes, while X's are size 9. But the differences don't stop there. "I eat Animal Crackers for breakfast," Stachowiak said. But X said his favorite first meal is granola with dates and raisins. Another rampant Rhino, Terry Asseltine, described her shape as Rhino-weight. "I am so overweight that when I walk, the seismologists in California worry that I really might be the big one." And Asseltine added she expects Ottawa's political hacks to soon hear the sound of thundering hooves. But the important facet of the Rhino groundswell is the vote at the polls. Stachowiak and Asseltine said See page 2: RHINOS Short, outgoing Alma Mater Society president. "You're not considering a lot of couples that didn't get into residences. I don't think this is the proper way to go about getting the money," said Short. Another resident said the low rise is the only viable alternative to off campus housing. Married couples in the low rise could not afford an $80 per month increase that would cover the par tial cost of the renovations, said another resident. "Pay $360 a month for a one bedroom apartment? You're nuts," he said. Several residents charged that Davis does not care about student concerns on campus. "From the answers you've been giving us, it doesn't seem that you care about what happens to the students living in the low rise next year," one student said. "You really don't care about the students on campus," charged another. "I know the low rise is filled up ... so if you're going to turn them out of the low rise you're not giving the students what they want," said another. But Davis said the low rise is the See page 2: KEEP Returning officer rejects proposed UBC campus poll By GEOF WHEELWRIGHT UBC students will not get a polling station on campus for the Feb. 18 federal election, despite mounting pressure from students to have a campus poll established. Vancouver-Quadra returning officer Harold Morris refused a request Wednesday by Alma Mater Society president Brian Short to have a poll set up in one of the university residences. Short said Morris refused his request to create a residence poll for the more than 2,000 students who will vote on campus, and also denied a request to allow students to vote at the Lutheran Campus Centre poll. "Most students say it seems sort of dumb that we don't go to the nearest polling station," Short said. But Morris maintains that the issue is over with and said he sees no reason why residence students should not vote at their designated poll in the University Hill secondary school, although the school is a greater distance from the university than the Lutheran centre. Morris said that changing the poll at this point is impossible because notices of poll have already been sent to voters and they could not be notified of any changes in time for the Feb. 18 election. There are four polls in the university area, which has 19 polling districts. The polling stations are located at the University Hill secondary and elementary schools, the Lutheran centre and the UBC extended care hospital. Morris said students can only vote at the secondary school and should accept the fact and forget about moving the poll. He said he is fed up with wasting time on the issue. "People are instigating the problem for self-interest. Maybe they're looking for brownie points. "If an individual is so incapable of walking that distance (up to three kilometres), they can go to the advance poll at Walter Gage residence," he said. Morris said students can vote at the Gage advance polls on Feb. 9, 11 and 12, if they can show good reason why they cannot reach the University Hill poll on election day. He added there is no reason why the returning office should consider changing the poll structure on campus. "It's set, it's pattern since 1974. The whole thing is absolutely asinine. Do students intend to request special status?" But students at Simon Fraser University already have the "special status" Morris claims UBC is asking for, and have had it since 1974. Burnaby returning office spokeswoman Arlene Browning said a residence poll at SFU was installed specifically to accommodate the student vote. Polls at both the University of Victoria and British Columbia Institute of Technology are located one and two blocks respectively from their institutions. Morris, however, said he does not feel the polls are an important issue in student voter turn-out and claims his revising officers have received no complaints about the location of the polls. See page 2: RESIDENTS Athletes accept boycott By STEVE McCLURE UBC's Olympic '80 hopefuls are finding that the road to Moscow has more political hurdles than they bargained for. Talk of a possible Olympic boycott as a protest against Soviet intervention in Afghanistan has caused some UBC athletes to question their participation in the Moscow Summer Olympics. The situation seems serious, Susan Sinclair, a member of the UBC women's rowing team, said Wednesday. "A boycott seems to be the only thing the Russians can understand." Sinclair said the money slated for sending Canadian athletes to the Olympics should be redirected to national teams to pay for their participation in world champion ships. She added she would like to go to Moscow but said she feels that the political situation is too important to ignore. Diana Harris, another member of the women's rowing team, said Wednesday that politics and sport have no place together. "However, if there's no other way of getting our message to the Russians then the boycott could be a last resort," she said. Judo hopeful Tim Hirose said he is in favor of whatever the Canadian government decides. "I don't really hold any strong stands," he said. "It would be See page 2: OLYMPIANS Page 2 THE UBYSSEY Thursday, January 31, 1980 Olympians accept fate From page 1 nice to have an alternative games, although many athletes don't like this since many countries wouldn't be there." If the federal government decides to withhold financial support from the Canadian Olympic team, it 'Keep low rise for students' From page 1 most luxurious accommodation on campus and it is unfair for couples or groups of unmarried people to be living there. Short charged that the renovations are not necessary and will not solve the problem of vacancies in Place Vanier and Totem Park. "That's not the big issue why students aren't (living) on campus," he said. The next Gage council meeting will examine the results of a questionnaire attempting to gauge residents' reactions to the low rise conversion. The questionnaire, still circulating in the residence, so far shows that 90 per cent of the residents want to keep the low rise for students, said Gage budget committee member Shane Boyd. UBC's board of governors will make the final decision on the housing budget at their Feb. 5 meeting. PANGO-PANGO (ZNS) — Political leaders Dead Godsent, Joan D'Arc and Peer What- thehelldoyouthinkyouknow lost to the "no" vote today. would mean Canadian athletes would not be able to participate in the Olympics, said UBC men's athletic director Bus Phillips. He added that this would be true even if the government chose not to revoke the athletes' passports. But UBC track and field coach Lionel Pugh said he thinks that some athletes will be able to make it to Moscow irregardless of the politicians' decisions. "Both the Canadian and U.S. Olympic Associations have enough money to go ahead anyway even if they send just a token elite group," he said. Pugh said the Olympics will go on anyway. "It's a political football," he said. "And the boycott could backfire in the sense that the Russian people will see this as a symbol of Western imperialism and arrogance because it's not really clear if the Russian people know what's going on in Afghanistan. "If the boycott goes ahead on Feb. 20 and then the situation in Afghanistan stabilized with some Russian puppet ruler then Canada and the U.S. will look stupid," he said. No decision on Canadian athletes' participation in the Olym pics will come before the national teams are chosen in May, well before the Feb. 20 deadline U.S. president Jimmy Carter gave the Soviet Union to withdraw from Afghanistan. Only if the Russians fail to comply with Carter's request will the U.S. withdraw its delegation from the games. Rhinos 'are TEACHER INTERVIEWS SCHOOL DISTRICT 80 (Kitimat) A recruiting team from Kitimat will be interviewing prospective Elementary and Secondary Teachers at the Four Seasons Hotel in Vancouver from March 31 - April 1, inclusive. Interested applicants are requested to forward a completed resume and formal application to: The District Superintendent of Schools, 1515 Kingfisher Ave., Kitimat, B.C. V8C 1S5 on or before February 15, 1980. Check with the Canada Employment Centre on campus for further details. kinky' From page 1 will mark their ballots for the Rhino candidates in their ridings. "Basically, I'm making a protest vote," said Stachowiak, who lives in Vancouver-Quadra and will vote for John Eh? McDonald. Getting a Rhino in power is the ultimate protest against the pseudo-intellectual bullshit perpetuated by the opposing parties. "I'll vote for the Rhinos because it sounds kinky." But Mr. X will be unable to fulfill his Rhino fantasies. He's a landed immigrant and can't vote in the election. It's probably just as well. Residents upset with poll From page 1 A random sampling of residents yesterday revealed that many students are concerned about the distance of the poll. Fourth year music student Ruyun Tan said she will have to walk to the poll and probably miss a class to get to it. "No, I don't like the idea. I think Joe flunks again EDMONTON (CUP) — The man who says he taught Joe Clark everything he knows about politics doesn't know where he went wrong. "Why he didn't pay decent respect to the other parties mystifies me," says Max Baird, a political science professor at the University of Alberta. And Baird predicted his prodigal protege will be defeated in the Feb. 18 election, with a Liberal minority taking the reins of power. Baird and fellow professor Garth Stevenson examined the Clark government's record in a recent lecture at the university here, and Baird said he advocates the continuance of minority governments. "It's time Canadians came to terms with the multiple party system," he said. "The sooner we come to think in terms of minority governments, the better government will be." Baird said Canadian political parties are only "marginally" different in ideology, but added there was still a tinge of Toryism in the Clark approach . Stevenson said he credited the prime minister for keeping the "ultra- reactionary Tories" out of the cabinet, with the exception of treasury board president Sinclair Stevens. He also said Clark wisely avoided over-representing the West in his cabinet, something John Diefenbaker did not do. But he criticized the federal Conservatives' dealings with the provinces. Stevenson said the Tory "confederal" view allowing the provinces more autonomy is a "recipe for national paralysis." they should have it right here (at Gage)." She said relocation of the poll would definitely make it easier for her to vote. And Totem Park resident Kerry Breck said many of his housemates will have difficulty getting to the polls, although he plans to drive. "It seems with all the people voting here we should have a poll on campus," he said. Fellow Totem resident Bruce Watts agreed and said he saw no reason why a campus poll could not be established. "They would get a lot more students out to vote," he said. THE FIRST ANNUAL PIT RACES — Every Tuesday, at 8:00 p.m.— Featuring . . . . 1. Feb. 5 2. Feb. 12 3. Feb. 19 4. Feb. 26 5. Mar. "JUG RACES" "PYJAMA GAME" "the 4-MINUTE BANANA" "the TALENT TONIGHT SHOW" 4 "the WET T-SHIRT/ JOCKEY SHORT CONTEST" "This is an Inter-Faculty competition with the respective teams receiving bonus points for:" — Faculty donations to the RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE — Faculty support each night — Mystery question answers. WINNING TEAM RECEIVES THE "PIT TOKEN AWARD" one jug full of tokens COME OUT AND SUPPORT YOUR FACULTY U.B.C. Liberals present: JEAN CHRETIEN WITH PETER PEARSE - Van. Quadra ART PHILLIPS - Van. Centre FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 12:30 SUB Ballroom DOORS TO OPEN AT NOON Authorized by the Liberal Party in British Columbia. Phone 736-2331. yukon yukon Swimming Pool Managers The Government of Yukon has several openings for persons interested in summer employment, from approximately Mid-May to Mid-August, as Managers of portable swimming pools in a number of Yukon locations. Reporting to the Yukon Government's Recreation Branch and working in close liaison with community sponsoring groups, the successful applicants will be required to manage portable swimming pools and perform routine maintenance tasks to ensure efficient operation of the pools, as well as instructing Red Cross and Royal Life Saving Society courses and introducing and implementing other aquatic and recreation programs. Applicants must possess or be eligible for a Red Cross Water Safety Instructor's Certificate. They should also possess a current Life Saving Award (minimum Bronze Medallion) and be able to work effectively with a minimum of supervision. Previous experience in maintenance and pool operations will be an asset. Government of Yukon will pay for transportation costs to and from Vancouver or Edmonton. Closing Date: February 15, 1980 Salary: $505.63 bi-weekly Submit detailed resumes to: Public Service Commission Government of Yukon P.O. Box 2703 Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6 Thursday, January 31,1980 THE UBYSSEY Page 3 'Gay lifestyle repugnant'—Siddon Prime minister Joe Clark's Conservative government has done much for women's.rights, Tory MP Tom Siddon said Wednesday. And he said external affairs minister Flora MacDonald is living proof. Siddon, MP for Richmond-South Delta, told about 20 people in SUB that women should have a prominent place in government, but added women's rights are not high on his list of policy priorities. "I guess I come from the red jacket school of thought," he said. But Siddon, a former UBC engineering professor, admitted it is "more of a burden" for women to finance a university education. "But when I was at university there were just as many girls as guys." He added women and men should be treated as equals and financial discrimination should be legislated out of our society. "My wife is very much involved with everything I do and I'd be happy to trade places with her tomorrow." But Siddon added he is not opposed to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and said employers should have the right to turn away known homosexuals. "I don't think we can take all rights away from the employers. If they (homosexuals) want more acceptability publicly then I'm against it. I find their way of life repugnant." The whole attitude towards divorce and "free living" has weakened Canadians' moral strength, he added. "I'm not a fan of gay rights and I don't deny them their rights to do what they want in private." Siddon said he is not well informed about the Canada Student Loan Plan but added he feels financial support should go to the students who need it the most. 'Disgusting1 Pit event slammed Some UBC women are disgusted about the Pit's proposed wet T-shirt and wet jockey shorts contest. "I just don't see the purpose of it," Valgeet Johl, outgoing Alma Mater Society external affairs officer, said Wednesday. "I think it's disgusting." And Johl said that having participation by both sexes does not make the event any less sexist. A member of the AMS women's committee said she was shocked when she read about the proposed contest. "I felt offended," said the member, who asked not to be named. "The whole idea of showing off your genitals and breasts is sexist. It shows a disregard for human sexuality." And she added the boat races that are also planned are not healthy recreation either. "I don't think we should push alcohol in our society," she said. The wet T-shirt and wet jockey shorts contest is not at all offensive, social centre manager Graham Smythe said Wednesday. "It's not the person's sexual endowments that counts," said Smythe. He added that the contest would be judged on the entrants' talents and personality. And Smythe said contest participants will be allowed to wear other clothing under their T-shirts and jockey shorts, and lewd behavior will not be allowed. Students an outside group on task force By GEOF WHEELWRIGHT Students were not included on a federal-provincial student aid task force because they were considered a special interest group, secretary of state David MacDonald said Tuesday. "It would no longer be a federal- provincial task force if we allowed outside groups on the task force," he told 100 people in SUB 207. MacDonald said he would try to keep contacts with students "as close as possible." The task force will also examine research material from the National Union of Students and other student groups, he said. MacDonald promised that students would be the first group to see the task force report when it is prepared, but refused to give details on how he would seek student input during the life of the task force. MacDonald also made several election promises which he said will improve the status of Canadian women. He also said a Conservative government would lower the female unemployment rate, develop legislation to eliminate job segregation and reduce the wage gap between men and women. "Women are in the labor force to stay and have the right to participate in the economic activity on the same terms and conditions as men," he said. MacDonald, minister responsible for the status of women, said the Tories had plans to improve women's employment provisions for child care, parental leave, family planning and part-time work before the government fell. He said the program would begin by "cleaning house" and eliminating sexual discrimination in all federal civil service jobs. The federal government is currently under investigation on several counts of discrimination, said MacDonald. He said after the government has corrected the unfairness of its own departments it would begin putting discrimination restrictions on all government contracts awarded to the private sector. And MacDonald added that the equality program would also be implemented in the armed forces. "Women should be allowed to play a more equitable role in the armed forces." He also promised a joint federal- provincial employment strategy, which would be monitored by Status of Women Canada. "Up until recently there has been a tendency to look at solving women's problems outside an overall economic context," said MacDonald. He said he met separately with each of the provinces last September and was planning a first ministers conference on the status of women before the government's defeat. "It (the September meetings) was a real breakthrough. It was the first time a federal minister had met his provincial counterparts on a province-by-pr«vince basis." "The federal government should be concerned about the way the student loans are structured." The Tories plan to spend $70 million on student summer employment if they are elected Feb. 18, he said. 1 And he said centres of research and development like UBC are needed for the future. "I worked on this university for 10 years . . . and it was an absolute frustration to me that we couldn't continue the momentum of our research." It would be a tragedy if young Canadians had to go fight a war, Siddon said, but added that Canada must be uncompromising when dealing with the Soviet Union economically and politically. "Canada must take every economic and political initiative to face up to the Russians. Kabul isn't much closer to Moscow than Vancouver." He said Canada cannot trust the Russians and the possibility of an attack. "This next war will be a nuclear war and we don't want to think about that." — edmond o'brien photo MORE FUN THAN barrelful of Aggies is new campus craze. Tame the Wild Administration. Entrants are expected to maintain balance for 10 seconds while coping with wildly erratic movements of mandarins pushing tuition increases, research park and hotels in residences. Most students have already gone down for count. Rabbit joins political menagerie The list of candidates for Vancouver-Quadra has created a political zoo. Peter "Rabbit" Milne, hopping in on the heels of the Rhino party candidate, is running for the Engineering Society Party, a recent concoction of UBC's engineering undergraduate society. Peter Rabbit could not be coaxed out of his hutch to comment on his campaign, but his campaign literature urges voters to "put a hare in the House." And in return for his supporters' votes, Peter Rabbit promises "not to play bunny with your money." Support for the Engineering Party is growing, EUS president Russ Kinghorn said Wednesday. "We've sold some 200 party memberships at 50 cents each to engineers and people all over — even people you meet on the street." But Kinghorn added most of the party's support so far is coming from gears. The rabbit's campaign has even attracted some celebrity supporters. "I'm a card-carrying member of the ESP," Brian Short, outgoing Alma Mater Society president, said Wednesday. But Peter Rabbit's campaign platform is far from funny. Unlike other fringe parties, the engineers are taking the election seriously. "Basically our principles are pretty straightforward," states the Peter Rabbit policy statement. "We believe in liberty, justice and freedom of the individual to pursue his or her own life. We seek a society in which everyone has the opportunity to reach their full potential." The statement outlines the party's policies on energy, finance, foreign policy, industrial development, Indian land rights, the armed forces, the constitution and student concerns. The student concerns policy includes promises of $500 per month tax deduction for students, higher salaries for summer research associates and more cooperation with industry. Despite its animal candidate, the Engineering Society Party does not see itself as a rival of the Rhino party, Kinghorn said. "We're an offshoot in a different direction than the Rhinos. "The Rhino party doesn't want votes — we do." Page 4 THE U BYSSEY Thursday, January 31,1980 ,7jsr soMMe*. i DecteDTo ^ To SCHOOL '3 PlJTl PU3KT McMey.... ^ So I STRRT€D"K> , r\\SfAW£JUC/ GOOLDNT FirtD ft SiNOfeT KK& So I APPLieD R«OfyJ6MPLOy- AAcTNT.. LflST H4IPTHC30GH, NWOuN. ^ lOOfJLDNPTj G6T04E. PARENTS EftRM . BofcSRRV U>AS I money UHL-flTCEHSTlM rf ■suair.'* Morris minors poll One fine day the government of a country called Canada was removed from office, and the word went out that an election was to be held. And the Angel of the Bureaucrats appeared unto them and said, "Go ye and revise the voting lists of the land. Pay particular interest to they that have moved, come of age, or are students in the universities of the land." "But thou must count thy gold coins carefully as we knowest that this is an unwanted and unnecessarily expensive election." The bureaucrats were sore afraid and bustled about their duties with speed. But there was one lowly returning officer named Harold Morris who had arrived at the scene of the vision too late and only heard the commandment to be frugal, and frugal he was. He was so frugal he did not deem it necessary to waste the Crown's money on the frivolous problems of students, whom he had really been asked to help. Morris saved all kinds of money by declining to place election advertisements in the university's student newspaper and entertaining expensive suggestions which could help more students to vote. He then sat back and smiled, thinking that his superiors in the bureaucrat Valhalla of Ottawa would be proud of the task their faithful servant had been doing. But alas, Morris' dream was shattered as com plaints poured in about the lack of an easily accessible polling station on the nearby university. He could not believe and did not believe the students would not appreciate his Good Work. The demons, however, had other ideas and began to plague Morris. He then rose up and said, "Begone, purveyors of treachery. Thou wastest mine important time. If thou wishest to vote, USE THINE LEGS." But the demons could not be exorcised that easily and Morris was forced to consult the Good Book. And Morris waved the good book in the air, saying unto the students that it was not meet, not just, not possible to establish a polling station for the mere 2,000 of them. And he spake the wisdom of his forefathers who had not seen fit to establish a poll on campus after a multitude of summer elections. The demons said the situation had changed and more students were now on the campus, but Morris held his ground saying that a poll had never existed before and was not needed now. Morris gave his final word yesterday that a poll would not be established, although many students say the distance of the current poll will make it very difficult to vote. The work is now etched in stone and Morris is happy he has satisfied his superiors by saving many gold pieces and much of his valuable time. Let us pray for his salvation. What, me sexist? "My wife - I think I'll keep her." Shot of hubbie, with broad gentle smile gazing at petite gorgeous wife. Wifey smiles back, glad of the approval and gratefully squeezes hubbie's arm. You sit back, wonder what's on channel 3? Joe Handsome slips from shiny Rolls and is ushered into a wide, plush room. Women like spirits float by, eager for the man's approval and do their best to sell their clothes. One exquisite model is chosen and presumably spends the rest of her life in idyllic bliss with her wonderful male provider. Stop and think about it for a second. If you haven't been retching in the corner or reaching for the TV off knob then you probably haven't been listening. Sexist advertising in the media doesn't draw as much fire as violence. But only because it's not as obvious. There's no blood, no guts in glory color spread out to shock you. There's only a subtle influence, guiding your views into the channels the advertisers want. Women are presented as little more than mindless automatons whose biggest worry is getting rid of household odors and serving the family the best peanut butter. Men are depicted as handsome and macho, smoking the right cigarettes and keeping their underarms dry for that special moment. This is absolute rubbish that people continue to swallow. Advertising presents stereotyped, paper-thin images of what people should be like, and we lap it up like warm milk. So the next time you turn on your favorite show on the boob tube, don't turn your mind off when the commercials come on. And don't just absorb those glossy ads the magazines use to finance their copy. It's all aimed at you. As long as you realize what they're feeding you, you've beat the system. If you accept it without comment or complaint, you're doing exactly what the advertisers want. It doesn't matter if you don't buy the right detergents — you'll probably still have "ring around the collar" anyway. THE UBYSSEYN January 31, 1980 Published Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays throughout the university year by the Alma Mater Society of the University of B.C. Editorial opinions are those of the staff and not of the AMS or the university administration. Member, Canadian University Press. The Ubyssey publishes Page Friday, a weekly commentary and review. The Ubyssey's editorial offices is in room 241K of the Student Union Building. Editorial departments, 228-2301; Advertising, 228-3977. Co-Editors: Heather Conn and Tom Hawthorn It was during the last days of the war. I remember it because ... of, fuck, I don't roally know why. But it was like this. The. U-Biesee, wonder of the wolf-pack, had lost her conning tower and was adrift in the South Atlantic, trying to make for Argentina. Oberteutenant Tomm Hawthorn paced the corridors endlessly. "You are all sheep," he cried, and was silenced only when the icy Damsel of Dresden, Julie Wheelwright, set his breeches on fire in the night. "That was quite a breach of precedent," quipped Dave Francis. "Shut your cake-hole you non-aryan type you," snaried the Mendacious Magyar, Peter Menyasz. "I have found a place where you can hire city editors by the hour," noted Peter Finnegan as Erica Leiren hummed Springtime for Sanford, a tune that Glen might have written if his last name had been Miller. "Hold it, I'm the only one here whose name is anything close to resembling that of an Entertainment Personage of the 1940's," whined Edmond O'Brien to no one's surprise. Geof Wheelwright and Gary Brookfieid drew lots to see who would get Hawthorn's villa in Buunos Aires. Just the Steve McClure ran in. "Fuck all of you. Jimmy Durante dies and what do you care. Good night, Mrs. Calabash." And Jimmy, wherever you are. Campus gears way behind the times By JOHN BROWN reprinted from the B.C. Professional Engineer In the annual Lady Godiva ride, the engineering undergraduate society of the University of British Columbia hires a woman to sit naked astride a horse that the engineers chastity," as Tennyson has it, even the fact that she was holy — her Anglo-Saxon name was Godgifu, "gift of God" — all this made her the ideal target for the schoolboyish irreverence of the engineering apprentices. Boys, after all, will be boys! lead around the campus. While the origins of this activity are obscure, they appear to reside in a period in which the unexamined acceptance of male values in our culture made it appropriate to exploit this easy target of ribald disparagement. Lady Godiva must have appealed intuitively to earlier generations oi engineers, sometimes sensitive to the low status of the profession in a world in which gentlemen did not work with their hands. The availability of this archaic symbol of noblesse oblige, the fact that she was naked, the fact that she rode a horse, the fact that she was aristocratic, at least in the prototype, the fact that she was "clothed on with The imagery of Lady Godiva is ideally suited to the aggressive debunking of values held in low esteem in the culture of applied mechanics. The horse is the archetypical image of power. Here, it is harnessed and led by young engineers. The woman is mounted. She is naked and helpless. Ripped as she is from the traditional folklore: modesty mobilized against exploitation, she is transposed in this contemporary idiom into the commercial exploitation of women as sexual instrument. The symbol of modesty and unconventional courage is mocked by the male students who have rented her body for the day. The last element of the original charade is the infamous Peeping Tom. Tennyson states the classic case against him: "And one low churl, compact of thankless earth,/ The fatal byword of all years to come,/ Boring a little auger-hole in fear,/ Peep'd—. . ." Peeping Tom was blinded in most traditions, even died in some. But the engineers' song curiously celebrates the very churlishness itself as an entertainingly endearing trait of boisterous companionship: "We are!" ... "We are!" . . . "We are the engineers!" ... in time with the goose- step rhythm of the march. All this powerfully evokes the dominance incorporated in our traditional posture toward the world. Actually, perhaps the fact that the woman is widely believed to be a prostitute paradoxically recommends itself: what better symbol could there be of the culture of engineering as it is represented by our severest critics? The celebrated Swiss dramatist Friedrich Durren- matt says as much in his The Physicists. But do we want to play into their hands? The cradle and source of the annual drollery that I have described above is that maelstrom of creative activity which periodically dec orates the campus trees with toilet paper: the engineering undergraduate society. The EUS is best known on campus for its occasional literary encyclical, the EUSlettre, better known by both promoters and detractors as the Red Rag. This splendid publication solicits interest in itself by means of a mixture of adolescent sex talk and crudely-drawn sketches of male genitalia frequently represented discharging their functions in a way that would not have disgraced Onan but which most contemporary men would find somewhat short of the ideals of erotica. Its publishers defend the practice by saying that if they abandoned it, nobody would read the newsletter. The EUS represents the active centre of engineering undergraduate social activity on the campus. Maybe the Lady Godiva ride was a good joke once the exploitation of women was part of a cruder and a yet unchallenged culture of male dominance. But times change and sensibilities change. Our symbols are imbued with meaning by our current understandings. Uncle Tom who started out as the faithful retainer has become the fawning sycophant. Many of us have come to see the justice of the feminist case. It appears, however, that the campus engineers will be the last group to display any sensitivity to the protest of a significant number of people who find their out-of-date practices offensive. I wonder why it is not enough that we do find them offensive? Finally, if it is really true that the practices represent only a minority of young engineers as is sometimes suggested, why are the majority so passive in the face of these aggressively hostile activities? Only in a collectivity endemically unable to extend its understanding of images beyond the immediately obvious could the ambiguity of the Lady Godiva symbol be treated with such self-conscious indifference. I am distressed that my profession has still not taken decisive action to stop these practices that denigrate the title and occupation of engineering. This editorial appeared in the B.C. Professional Engineer's January edition. Perspectives is a column open to all members of the university community, even if they don't wash and smell funny. Thursday, January 31,1980 THE UBYSSEY Page 5 New board reps are mature and logical I have always considered The Ubyssey an amazing publication but your issue of Jan. 25 reached new heights in narrow-mindedness. I am referring in general to your attitude of being against everything and in particular to the article by Geof Wheelwright (New board duo is lost to lip service). The article concerns the election to the board of governors of John Pellizzon and Anthony Dickinson. You seem to operate under the impression that every decision made by the administrative and governing bodies at UBC is designed with malevolence toward the students. You attack the new board members for stating that they intend to act like logical, free-thinking, intelligent adults. They intend to listen to the issues before the board, learn the proper procedures of board meet- Stop worrying, love, the bomb In regards to the Trident article of Jan. 29: the existence of Trident, desirable or not, is of little import to the security of the Vancouver- Victoria-Bangor area. It should be obvious that Vancouver, in its position as key communications hub for Pacific Canada, and also as the best harbor on the West Coast, is already a prime target. Learn to live with that knowledge. P. Green applied Science 1 The Ubyssey welcomes letters from all readers. Letters should be signed and typed. Pen names will be used when the writer's real name is also included for our information in the letter or when valid reasons for anonymity are given. ings, and consider each motion before forming an opinion and before voting. Apparently, Wheelwright thinks this is some form of treason. Dickinson and Pellizzon were elected by the closest thing to a landslide as you will ever see at UBC, yet Wheelwright claims it is a dark day for us all. Doesn't he realize that maybe there is a message here? After all, we are talking about a clear majority in the student population. He claims that this election is representative of our campus bogeyman, "student apathy." Apathy. By "the clearest majority ... in the past four years." Apathy? Perhaps this growing trend is not one of apathy, but of concern over credibility. After all, if we wish to be treated as adults, we must act like adults, and not react automatically and with unfaltering indignation every time the governing body makes an announcement of a decision. Don't just assume that all students are "yes-people."' Perhaps students just want to be dissociated with the image of the "no-people" that typifies your publication. 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