@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 "2015-08-27"@en, "1982-03-23"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/Ubysseynews/items/1.0126812/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ Feds pull EPF funding plug The federal government Friday introduced legislation to decrease expenditures on health and post- secondary education by $5.7 billion over a five year period. Finance minister Alan MacEachen introduced amendments to the Established Programs Financing Act after the federal government failed to reach agreement with provincial governments on a new for mula during negotiations this year. The Liberals originally proposed the cuts in the Nov. 12 budget but shelved them for consultaticn with the provinces. From the beginning of the negotiations, MacEachen threatened to act unilaterally if the provinces would not agree on changes. To compensate for reduced federal transfers, provincial govern ments were given taxation powers which in effect reduces the shortfall to $1.9 billion. B.C. finance minister Hugh Curtis said in November reductions in EPF funding would mean $370 tuition increases for B.C. post-secondary students. But secretary of state Gerald Regan said in Vancouver Friday the Liberal government still believes THE UBYSSEY Vol. LXIV, No. 62 Vancouver, B.C. Tuesday, March 23,1982 "dy*?.* 228-2301 — ttuart davl* photo JUST ANOTHER 'break in the wall' for gloomy competitor in Stcrm The Wall competition last week. Medics designed makeshift splint but could do little to ease stomach ache, causing grimace for camera. Event had hundreds of competitors, not all injured as seriously as No. 256. post-secondary education is a "high national priority." Regan said the new arrangements would net 12 per cent annual increases. The cut is only relative to existing funding levels had they continued for the next five years, he said. The federal government is currently paying 57 per cent of post- secondary costs in B.C., while provincial shares have declined dramatically, he said. B.C. lowered its contribution from 37 to 34 per cent. "They (B.C.) are pretty clean," Regan said. Provinces like Ontario, with a reduction from 33 to 21 per cent, are not pulling their fair weight, he said. Regan said he would like to make the general public more aware of federal contributions to such programs. Federal money earmarked for individual institutions instead of general provincial revenues, is one way of doing this, he said. David Haley, Confederation of University Faculty Associations of B.C. president, said Monday there seems to be a controversy over whether or not the legislation means a cut. By a complicated formula of tax point transfers, the provinces get additional revenues. However, given the current economic situation in B.C., this will probably result in a net decrease in funds available to UBC, Haley said. Cynthia Southard, Alma Mater Society external affairs coordinator, did not comment on the funding shortfall faced by UBC from changes in federal funding. She said the AMS had not heard any reaction on the cuts. "Nobody has got radical and called me up," she said. "Ever since the rally (to protest cuts, March 12), I've had no correspondence," Southard added. Southard said UBC is planning a big year of "action" starting with an external affairs committee meeting Thursday noon in SUB. Housing boss 'good choice' By CHRIS WONG UBC has a new student housing director. In a joint decision made by student representatives and administration, Mary Flores was appointed to the position Friday. Flores, who has been acting housing director since the resignation of Mike Davis last November, said Monday that her priority will be to improve the residences in accordance with student needs. "1 plan to place much more of an emphasis on the quality of life in the residences," said Flores. She added her duties will not include management of the Gage towers summer conference centre, leaving her more time to meet with students about their concerns over housing. Neil Mort, outgoing piesident of the Vanier residence association, said student input received a high priority in the selection of the new housing director. "The administration was very cooperative with us," <;aid Mort "We really had a fair say." Mort said Flores seems genuinely interested in student's needs. "She's very open to student input," he said. He cited increased renovations and improved family housing as priorities that should be set on housing under the new director. Mort was a member of the student selection committee for the housing director along with the outgoing presidents of Totem Park and Gage towers residence associations. The administration selection committee consisted of UBC vice president Michael Shaw, employee relations director Robert Grant, employees relations and registrar and acting vice provost Ken Young. Young said he was "ecstatic" over Flores appointment. "Mary Flores is just an absolutely competent woman," he said. He stressed that the two committees were in agreement on the appointment. ' 'The students came up with pretty much the same decision that Dr. Shaw and I had with respect to the appointment," Young said. GSA questioned By CRAIG BROOKS A move by the graduate student association to take complete control of the graduate centre has met opposition from UBC administrators and some students. r Stance on El Salvador changing Canadian University Press The Canadian government's "wishy-washy" stance on American intervention in El Salvador's civil war is slowly changing, Warren Allmand said Monday. Allmand (Lib.-Lachine East), a former federal solicitor-general and a member of a recent parliamentary all-party fact finding mission to El Salvador, told 225 Simon Fraser University students the changes are a result of the mission's findings. He said the Canadian government simply had "bad information" when it endorsed U.S. intervention in El Salvador last year. The current Canadian position has still not shifted sufficiently, Allmand said. "The initial responses from (external affairs minister I Mark MacGuigan were quite shocking." MacGuigan promised Canadians "acquiescence" to American foreign policy. But since then Canada has refused to send bilateral aid to El Salvador and Honduras and observers to the March 28 election and has condemned human rights violations in El Salvador, he said. "But just when I thought things were going well they abstained on the vote on human rights violations in the United Nations," he said. "The U.S., of course, opposed, along with Latin American countries like Argentina." Allmand said all three members of the fact finding mission concluded a negotiated settlement, proposed by the French and Mexican governments, is the best solution to the conflict. And he said a Liberal-dominated subcommittee on Latin American and Caribbean affairs concurred with their conclusion. "It didn't take too long to conclude that you are not going to have fair elections in this country," Allmand said. "The only parties left are the ruling junta, and three other more extreme right wing parties and the remnants of the Christian Democrats." "People may be afraid they might be identified for not voting or for destroying their ballots," he said. And Allmand denied U.S. president Ronald Reagan's charges in a recent N.Y. Times article that "guerrillas backed by Cuba and the Soviet Union are trying to impose Marxist-Leninist doctrine on the people." Said Allmand: "It didn't take us very long to conclude this is not a struggle between communism and democracy. See page 2: MORE The GSA is urging graduate students to vote for full graduate student control of the centre at a special general meeting March 31. The centre is currently managed by a society with appointees from the GSA and the administration. Administration vice president Michael Shaw expressed alarm over the move at a Monday morning meeting with the GSA, according to association representative Rob Cameron. Cameron said the administration wants to keep partial control over the centre because of "history." "They shouldn't have that much to do with the centre," Cameron said. "It should be no real problem. We should control it." i But three grad students, led by Yvonne Hebert, also oppose the move. They said the motion should be defeated in an open letter sent to graduate students Monday. Hebert said the motion would have hidden ramifications, which include making the centre's manag- See page 2: GRADS Page 2 THE UBYSSEY Tuesday, March 23, 1982 Grads eye centre From page 1 ing society appear to be a representative body of grad students. Hebert's criticisms are "nit-picky and erroneous," Cameron said. He said the GSA would clearly continue to officially represent grad students. GSA president John Davies also denied Hebert's charges, and said there have been several months for students to comment and work on the proposal. "We will be dealing with criticism at the general meeting," he added. "Obviously they are out to demolish the whole proposal." More Allmand From page 1 "The philosophy we hear over and over again — was mostly Campesinos, uneducated, but frank and open — when they talked about their struggles continually referred to Christ and Bishop Oscar Remero (killed by military forces while giving mass in 1980)." Allmand said the team recommended international observers should patrol the El Salvadoran- Honduran border and report aids and massacres on refugee camps. Davies said the GSA wants a special independent audit on the centre. The association formally passed a 10 point objection to the centre's 1982-83 budget, which is one reason the GSA wants full control of the centre. Cameron said the GSA intends to maintain full participation in the Alma Mater Society. Pango-Pango (UNS) — Thousands of hairy puce blorgs on this tiny island kingdom are picking up lead sticks and marking 'x' on scrap pieces of paper. 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Application forms are available from the EXECUTIVE SECRETARY'S OFFICE, SUB ROOM 238 Nominations close on Wednesday, March 24, 1982 Tuesday, March 23,1982 THE U BYSS EY Page 3 College students on hit list By MARK ATTISHA University students are among the most wanted on the death lists of Pacific Rim military regimes, several speakers at International House said Saturday. Speaking at the Human Condition in the Pacific Rim conference last weekend, Amnesty International representative Michael Schelew said a state of war exists on Guatamalan campuses. Schelew, refugee coordinator in Canada for AI, said this situation also exists in other countries of the Pacific Rim including the Philippines, El Salvador and South Korea He said these governments promote paramilitary groups that in- discriminatly execute student activists as well as opposition leaders, priests, medical personnel and professors. Schelew said that in El Salvador, government death lists are actually published in the local newspaper. "I had a refugee come to me saying he was going to be killec by his government. I told him to prove it so he showed me his narre in a newspaper. I couldn't believe it!" University students are in the greatest danger while living under military regimes, Schelew said. "If you are young at all, vou are considered subversive and may be shot. People have to go into exile or go abroad to avoid being victims." Armando Peredes, a member of the General Association of University Students of El Salvador, did just that. Peredes said in 1980 the Roman Catholic church discovered 4,000 people have been killed by the military junta of El Salvador. Of these, he said, there were 392 social workers, 797 students, 132 political leaders, five Red Cross workers, five priests, four nuns, 353 polish employees, 42 professors, 170 small business owners and 2,100 people whose identities could not be established. Schelew described how members of the Salvadoran security forces paint a "white hand" on the door of suspected peoples' homes. "If you wake up one morning and find one of these outside, you know you are lucky if you and your family live for more than 24 hours." Immigration laws unfair says Amnesty activist By KEITH BALDREY Unfair immigration laws make it difficult for refugees to stay in Canada, an Amnesty International spokesperson said Sunday. Lack of an oral hearing, bureaucratic bungling and delays cause unnecessary and unfair hardship to people seeking refuge in this country, Michael Schelew, AI refugee coordinator in Canada told 50 people at the Carnegie centre. "The major problem is the lack of an oral hearing to determine if the person qualifies for refugee status," Schelew said. "How can you decide if a person is credible if you never talk to or see the person? Many times they ((immigration boards) see an apparent contradiction which would be cleared up when they talk to the person. "We have oral hearings for something as inconsequential as traffic hearings. An oral hearing is absolutely essential for fairness." Schelew said AI is currently lobbying the federal government for changes in the process for determining refugee status. "The minister employment and immigration minister Lloyd Axworthy) is getting the message. He realizes there are serious problems." But Schelew said any changes will be slow in coming. "It will take about three years to get it on the legislative agenda. In the meantime we'll continue to have bad cases." Schelew also criticized the federal government's visa requirements for refugees from certain countries. "Visas are quite incompatible with free and quick escape for refugees. You can't wait around for visas when you are being persecuted." Schelew said Canada requires visas from refugees fleeing such countries as El Salvador, Chile, Phillipines and South Korea, all major violators of human rights, according to Amnesty International. Schelew said AI makes an exhaustive investigation of a person's case for refugee status. "We go through a checklist to make our case compact. We want to be satisfied," he said. AI conducts its own hearing to determine the validity of the person's claim. "If we're satisfied with his or her testimony, we will intervene. It makes our case easier if we have written or oral corrabora- tion. We would feel more comfortable and it would make our case stronger. "We have to be very, very careful before we intervene. When we do, we intervene vigorously," he said. Schelew said AI's increased credibility improved its procedure for handling refugee cases. "We have lawyers, doctors, dentists who know what to do and they're free," he said. Despite the problems presented by Canada's immigration laws, Schelew said refugees still have a good chance of winning their case. "Hardly anyone will be turned away from our borders if they make a valid claim for refugee status. If it does happen it's a scandal and someone gets their knuckles wrapped." Schelew said 90 per cent ot all refugees enter Canada through Toronto and Montreal airports. The rest enter through Vancouver and other cities across the country, such as Saskatoon and Halifax. He said it can sometimes take up to three years before a person can be granted refugee status. Panels push people It was a Pacific Rim conference with a twist. Eighty people attended n weekend conference at UBC on the effects of rapid industrialization in Pacific Rim countries. While most such conferences concentrate on trade and corporate relations, this one dealt with working conditions, education and human rights. Panels included speakers from Chile, Hong Kong, El Salvador, United States, Japan, the Philippines, China, South Kor;a and Canada. Organizer Alice Kim said the conference was designed to offer a different perspective than most trade conferences which are concerned with profit. "Our choice ol' topics indicate that we are looking at people's lives," she said. Canadian panelists included aboriginal people of Canada and a member of Vancouver's race relations committee, who discussed human rights violations in Canada. "We (Canadians) have to be aware of the dangers that we are subject to in our own society," Kim said. Stuart Parking, another conference organizer, said: "We wanted to show there is a lot of commonalities in these countries. For example, the penetration of international capital is common to all these countries. "(Canadians) don't realize we are affecting the situation in the Pacific Rim with our lifestyles," he said. Schelew said South Korean students, professors and teachers are arbitrarily detained, tortured to obtain confessions and executed. Bill Home, an AI Central American consultant said victims of these death squads are selected by their profiles in society. "If doctors care for people who were attacked by the paramilitary forces, they are suspected of being subversives. You don't have to be a radical Marxist insurgent. Anyone can be a victim. This is pointed out rather well in Costa-Gavras' film Missing." Joanne Fisher, a United Church human rights monitor in South Korea, said torture is used regularly, systematically and with increasing brutality on victims in South Korea. Fisher mentiond the Kwangju incident, a student protest in the city of Kwangju in May 1980 in which 1,200 persons, mostly students, were shot. Schelew said 200 Salvadoran refugees crossing the Lempa river which borders El Salvador and Honduras were gunned down by a Salvadorian helicopter gunship. "When you read Time magazine and read how difficult it is to tell who is killing who, let me tell you: It isn't difficult at all!" 1 — atuart davf* photo WILY professor waits for moment to take revenge on smart-ass and cheeky law students who have bombarded him with paper airplanes for too long. Prof made direct hits on all targets during law students' trike races Friday, including snide student who always sat up front and had all answers on torts and contract quizzes. "Got 'im right in the nose, the little twerp," sneered prof. 'No' campaign sinks UVic's student paper Autonomy vote this week Voting has started on a week-long referendum to establish an autonomous publications society for The Ubyssey. Advanced polls opened at the residences Monday night and 233 students cast ballots. Voting around campus opened at 10 a.m. today and concludes at 4 p.m. The referendum asks students whether they want to set up an independent Ubyssey Publications Society and increase student fee; by $2 a year. The Ubyssey is currently published by the Alma Mater Society and is funded by student council. Polling stations will be set up at major campus locations from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Friday, subject to the availability of poll clerks, elections officer Alexis Cherkezoff said. "We need more ix>ll clerks." Forty-three students voted at the Walter Gage residence Monday, while 90 voted at Totem Park and 100 voted at Place Vanier. Advance voting is down from the 275 figure hit at the January elections \\ for AMS executive. By MARK LEIREN-YOUNG A vigorous "no" campaign and a lack of student awareness resulted in the narrow defeat of the University of Victoria student newspaper's bid for autonomy Wednesday. Martlet staffer Marc Fike said a lot of the campaign's focus was negative — so many students perceived the paper's bid for autonomy as a petty argument between the Martlet and the UVic student council. He felt the issue of freedom of the press got lost in the fight. The results of the vote, which took place last week, were 778 students in favor of autonomy, 952 against. Martlet editor John Lutz said "although students have decided freedom of the press is not worth $3, we'll mount a better campaign and try it again next year." A "no" campaign spearheaded by the UVic's student council's vice president finance, Sherry Parker, was said to be a major factor in the referendum. Parker's job currently includes publications and the Martlet is presently under her jurisdiction. Two other council members were also involved in the "no" campaign. But UVic student council president elect Eric Hargreaves and a number of other council candidates were coming out in favor of Martlet autonomy. Fike said the Martlet staff was disappointed by the results but is optimistic about trying again next year. "A lot of us considered that we didn't get all the information across to the students. . . Next year we'll likely set up a petition. That will give us a chance to talk to people, it's a more personal approach," Fike said. Fike said the future of Martlet autonomy .depends on who the UVic student council chooses as editor for next year. The Martlet editor is currently chosen by UVic's student council. Last year the council decided on hiring a nonstudent editor from Montreal. In the referendum students were asked to pay $3 directly to the Martlet in addition to their current Alma Mater Society fee. The same ballot also contained an athletic/recreation fee question which editor Lutz felt might have hurt the paper's chances. The three day referendum managed a turnout of close to 2,000. The campus has only 9,000 students. Page 4 THE UBYSSEY Tuesday, March 23,1982 tit sft*s hcuu Be gflOC UiHC^ TM**GrS y>\\cuL oP /tPoLo+ies Ah, spring. . . So there we were, sitting around the office yesterday, looking at the clear blue mountains which, on a clear day (and it was) you can see tiny skiers hurtling down the slopes, and suddenly the phone rings. That's not an unusual occurence. But this was different. It was from back east. And get this. It was snowing. It's not every day that The Ubyssey writes an editorial about the weather. In fact, it's rather rare. Some might call it a trivial topic, and others say it doesn't do enough towards smashing the state. To most, this topic is basically boring. But we don't care, because hardly anybody reads these editorials anyway. To the wretched few who do, though, this edit is for you. We're not going to write about depressing things. We're going to write about nice, happy things. (Is this getting nauseating?). Nice, happy things like . . . sunshine! Oh yesl Golden, warm rays beating down upon your face while your cousins in Moncton or wherever are getting fitted for new showshoes. Hee hee hee. Or how about . . . flowersl? You know! Crocuses, lillies, tulips rhododendrons to name just a few. Bright colors. Delightful fragrances. Too much. Let's see, what else. Oh yeah, what about wearing cutoffs and riding your bike around campus, trying to keep up with people on rollerskates. Oh wonderful! And if you're off campus, how about the smell of freshly mowed lawns and the gay laughter of kids playing softball or tag? Oh to be young on a day like todayl (Can you believe we're actually writing this stuff?) It's a nice day to go the park, the beach, sit under a tree or even to sunbathe. Oh yeah, it's also a nice spring day to vote. THE UBYSSEY March 23, 1982 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's editorial office is in room 241k of the Student Union Building. Editorial departments, 228-2301; Advertising, 228-3977. It was a day for losing things. Brian Jones lost his membership in the FDR, and he was really upset. But it seems it was just a clerical error, and it appears he really lost his membership in the KGB, so he was a lot happier. Not as happy as Lance Balcom though. He lost his EUS card and was joyful as could be, until he gets his Ubyssey card, that is. Chris Wong didn't lose anything, and was instead given his press card. We lost Kevin McGee's story, but we found it again, so he was happy. Scott McDonald and Stuart Davis lost their bearings, but found them in time to go to work. The two Marks, Attisha-Leiren-Young, though they were losing their marbles, but they rolled back to them when they handed their copy in before deadline.Craig Brooks and Glen Sanford just seemed lost, period, as usual. The same could be said for Keith Baldrey, who was busy losing everything on city desk. That left Eric Eggertson and Arnold Hedstrom. "I think I'm losing my mind," said Arnold. "Aw, get lost," replied Eric. Then everyone went to vote in the referendum, but they lost their ballots. Just a lost cause. Letters Military, not political end to El Salvador war The bloody civil war in El Salvador is raging at white hot heat. Leftist guerrilla fighters have got the butcher junta on the run. Reagan has proclaimed Central America the front line of his anti-Soviet war drive. The Trudeau government is marching in lockstep with its senior imperialist partners in the White House towards thermonuclear war against the Soviet Union. Frustrated by the blow to their "rollback" plans in Poland, the imperialist warhawks want "to teach the Russians a lesson" by drowning the Central American masses in a sea ofl blood. Which side are you on? Daily Reagan and Haig escalate their threats to use a big stick to stop Communism in "America's backyard." Helicopter gunships, Green Beret torture training for Salvadoran troops, CIA hit teams of Cuban gusanos and Nicaraguan exiles, now talk of a Caribbean blockade and send in the Marines. Yet the reformist organizers of the El Salvador protests refuse to call for the leftist rebels to win the war. Last year the Trotskyist League built anti-imperialist contingents in El Salvador demonstrations in Toronto, Vancouver and Seattle calling for leftist rebels to win the war in El Salvador and against the imperialists' anti-Soviet war drive. The Trotskyist League is calling for anti- imperialist contingents to march in Toronto and Vancouver, March 27 for "Military Victory to Leftist Insurgents in El Salvador!" and "Defence of Cuba/USSR Begins in El Salvador!" A decade ago the New Left mar ched to chants of "Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh, NLF is Going to Win!" Today the ex-radicals call for a "political solution" in El Salvador — a coalition with sections of the military- /Christian Democratic junta. It is a dangerous illusion to think that the massacres can be stopped by talking with the blood-crazed military butchers. For the brutally oppressed working masses of El Salvador, the only just "poltical solution" is workers revolution. A decade ago the New Left marched to chants of "Two, three, many Vietnams!" Today the reformists call for "No More Vietnams," appealing to the liberals' and social democrats' fear of becoming mired in one more losing imperialist adventure. On March 27, only the TL-initiated anti-imperialist contingent will say "Vietnam was a victory!" over imperialism. All the liberals and reformists, who refuse to call for military victory of the leftist insurgents over the blood-drenched junta, heralded NDP leader Ed Broadbent's attempts to broker a "negotiated settlement" in El Salvador last year. But the social democrats don't differ with Reagan on whether Central America ought to "go Communist" — they only argue over how to prevent it. Their call for "political solution" is an attempt to block the road to communists and preserve capitalist rule. Playing the soft cop for imperialism in El Salvador, the social democrats have served in the front lines of the imperialists' anti-Soviet war drive attempting to whip up an anti- communist frenzy behind Poland's company union for the CIA and bankers, Solidarnosc. The reformists try to hide from the cold war and the class war. They herald Broadbent's "initiative" in El Salvador and many of them join in the obscene chorus hailing "democratic socialist" counterrevolution in Poland. The imperialists are taking aim at Nicaragua, Cuba, Poland, the Soviet Union. We say: "Defence of Cuba/USSR begins in Central America!" Reagan/Trudeau have brought the cold war home. Auto plants are closed while war production booms. Here Trudeau preaches austerity and threatens wage controls. Race terrorists in white sheets and blue uniforms are on the rise. Desperate East Asians and Jamaicans are deported or herded into detainment centres while Polish anti-communists are welcomed with open arms. The reformists appeal to the Trudeau government to "support the FDR." The Trudeau government stands fully behind the murderous junta in El Salvador as it has its own imperialist interests at stake in the Caribbean. In early November, Canada met with the war ministers of the U.S. and 20 Latin American countries to discuss joint operations against Cuba and Nicaragua. Recently the Canadian imperialists have participated in NATO naval manoeuvres in the Gulf of Mexico. For the reformists class collaboration abroad means class collaboration at home. For us, anti-imperial ism abroad means class struggle at home. Military cargo to right-wing juntas in Central America must be stopped by labor boycotts. But this will never be done by the pro- NATO cold war labor bureaucrats or their social democratic partners. Class-struggle militants fight against the anti-Soviet war drive, against capitalist austerity and racism. Today the slogans of the anti-imperialist contingent are more urgent and obviously necessary than ever. Salvadoran leftists, trade unionists, minorities — we're all on the cold war hit list. The line is drawn in El Salvador. Those who fight for a victory of the Salvadoran masses over their oppressors, who oppose the imperialists' anti-Soviet war drive, will march with anti-imperialist contingents initiated by the Trotskyist League on March 27 in Toronto and Vancouver. Come see the film Revolution or Death this Thursday (12:30 in SUB 209, 7:30 in SUB 205) and look for our banners in Victory Square on Saturday. In El Salvador the choice is revolution or death! Which side are you on? Join us! Trotskyist League Club Divinsky colorful, not sexist As I am a perilously-near- borderline student in Nathan Divinsky's math class, I realize that my motives for writing may be viewed with skepticism by some. Be that as it may, the commotion caused by the report of that meeting has reached quite impressive proportions, and I don't feel comfortable about remaining silent. Although I'm not anywhere near conservative in my leanings, I attended the PC meeting last week to hear the man discuss something other than derivatives for a change. I found Divinsky's remarks to be much more accessible than the calculus, clearly the statements of a man much concerned with his society, and candid in a rare and refreshing way. It was a shock to me to read Craig Brooks' perceptions and to compare them with my own. Divinsky railed against the abuse of welfare, and got quite colorful about it too, but his remarks could only be construed as offensive if one selected certain phrases and entirely ignored their context and the spirit in which they were intended. As 1 am female, and raising my child alone, I would have been among the first to holler if the remarks had been as they were reported to be. The sad aspect of all the fuss is that everytime remarks are distorted, for whatever reason, further honest communication is constricted and interesting public meetings become more of a rarity. Jane Kinegal unclassified 5 ~ Tuesday, March 23,1982 THE UBYSSEY Page 5 Letters Help Clyne choose president Okmt «H you untlwarxhwt**. dan t i—< «ny furrtwr. TM» awry box I* lnt»nd«d for profanor* only, fit vw •mnmrhmI pomworo ot Ph.O.'t - thto ta fun for you. I know your MlucaCMNyM e*n't »•*■* rw-Kng ov*r my gray nMtwr.w I'm taking tM* opportunity to wk you what tho fuck you think you'ra doing. Oo you anjoy guarding th* gatM of th* button of th* aatabttahmant? Won you n*v*r a w*» "mr~w »»»»» «pw*^**wp^w^***" ■'it •"■*w^p*»^*P**^ *^»*w ^-^~w jp***"^y^^-****^ "" tdmtot. DmdKntk Uk30a.m. tha day bafora pubtcatfon. Pubtcatfon* OfUcm. Room241, S.U.B.. UBC. Van.. AC VST2AB 5 — Coming Events 70 — Services 10 — For Sale — Commercial COMMUNITY SPORTS: A store full of ski wear, hockey equipment, sleeping bags, jogging shoes, soccer boots, racquets of all kinds, and dozens of other items at very attractive prices. 3615 W. Broadway. SCIENTIFIC information analysis and simplification. 731-1548 (mornings or eves.). TAX RETURN $10 plus $5 per schedule. 437-9177. 86 — Typing 11 For Sale — Private 1976 CAPRI II V-6 2.8L Auto. P.S., P.B., deluxe interior, AM/FM, cassette deck, sun roof. New radials, Holley 4 barrel, 51,000 miles. $4400. 574-4447, Tony. 15 — Found FOUND: Pair black gloves in SUB somewhere. Identify. Call 228-3977. 20 — Housing MONTREAL: Sublet 3% room, furnished apt. May 1st for 3 months. $240 per month. Call 514-933-3861. SHARED summer accommodation, furnished, 4-bedroom, Kitsilano home. 733-7850. 25 — Instruction 30 - Jobs BASEBALL/SOFTBALL volunteer help needed in Kitsilano/Arbutus area to coach and umpire youth (7-151 baseball and soft- ball. Call David Cooke, 224-4331. 35 — Lost BLACK WALLET on main mall, credit cards and money please phone 873-4855 or 324-2323. LARGE SUM OF MONEY wrapped in hand kerchief. Lucrative reward if returned. Miss Kassam, 734-1654 anytime. LOST Calculator HP-34C in SUB March 17th. Reward $10. Call 734-4590. MICOM WORD PROCESSING-$10.00/hr. Equation typing available. Pickup and delivery. Phone Jeeva, 826-5169 (Mission). EXPERT TYPING: essays, term papers factums, letters manuscripts, resumes, theses. IBM Selectric II. Reasonable rates. Rose 731-9857. TYPING: $1 per page. Legible copy. Fast, accurate, experienced typist with IBM Selectric. Gordon, 873-8032 (after 10 a.m.) TYPING SERVICE for theses, correspondence, etc. Any field. French also available. IBM Selectric. Call 736-4042. FAST, EFFICIENT TYPING. Near campus — 266-5053 WORD PROCESSING. We prepare research papers, term papers, theses, etc. Other languages available. $1.50 per page. Call Ellen at 734-7313 or 271-6924. FEELING FRAZZLED? Let me type that paper for you. Thoroughly experienced and dependable. Call Iona in North Van., 985-4929. RESUMES. ESSAYS, THESES. Fast, professional typing. Phone Lisa, 873-2823 or 732-9902 and request our student rate. ESSAYS, THESES. MANUSCRIPTS, including technical equational, reports, letters, resumes. Bilingual. Clemy, 266-6641. FAST, accurate typing. Reports, theses, term papers. My home, 228-1697, Vonne. Rates neg. with project. EXPERT TYPING available. Situated close to University campus. Call 732-1745. 40 — Messages 90 - Wanted 1832 TO 1982 "The moon and star will n'er grow pale." Schlong. 50 - Rentals WANTED: Information about "Killer" for article on student games. Send names, addresses, phone numbers to: Gregg Chamberlain, General Delivery, Burns Lake, B.C. V0J 1E0. Confidentiality guaranteed. Tuesday, March 23,1982 THE UBYSSEY Page 7 Paper dies, other lives SCARBOROUGH (CUP) — The staff of The Underground, a newspaper formed at Scarborough College after the student council (SCSC) closed the Balcony Square, has announced it will no longer negotiate the problem with the current council. The Balcony Square had been the official college newspaper but was closed by the council executive after an allegedly libellous comment was published last month. SCSC president Ted Grinstead released a report March 17, titled Autonomy for Balcony Square. He called for the immediate reopening of the Balcony Square, if the disputed comment was retracted. Grinstead pushed for a student referendum early in April, to ask that $2.25 of the $19 full-time student fee the SCSC collects be directed to the newspaper. The autonomy proposal would mean separate incorporation for the paper, removing legal liability from the student council. In rejecting the SCSC proposal, Shona Nicholson, editor of The Underground, said the Balcony Square is dead. "The report has some good points but mostly bad ones," said Nicholson. The report also called for the SCSC to set the paper's budget. "Only we can do that," said Nicholson. The newspaper could not become financially stable with the $6,500 provided by full-time student fees, said Nicholson. It would need $2.50 from each full-time student and a $1 levy from the college's part-time students, she said. But Grinstead said the SCSC could not force the Scarborough part-time students association to direct a porition of its fees to the newspaper. Nicholson said the paper is also concerned that the SCSC would charge them $1,000 each year to rent the council-owned typesetting equipment, under Grins:ead's recommendations. "We can lease time on a machine at another school or even buy one used and get a better dea than that," said Nicholson. She said the Grinstead proposal also featured lowered staff salaries. The Underground will publish for the rest of this year using revenue from advertising sale;.. Meanwhile, the student council decided not to take immediate action on Gtinstead's report. Ombuds Office Problems??? Complaints!!! Come See Us Room 100-A (Main Floor) S.U.B. Phone 228-4846 APPLICATIONS are still being accepted for election of A.M.S. REPRESENTATIVES to the following Presidential Advisory Committees: Concerns of the Handicapped 1 Representative Food Services Advisory 1 Representative Men's Athletic 1 Representative United Way Campaign 1 Representative Youth Employment Program 1 Representative Application forms are available from the Executive Secretary's Office, SUB Room 238 Nominations close on Wednesday, March 24, 1982. Applicants should attend the Students' Council meeting on March 24, 1982 in SUB Room 206 at 6:30 p.m. THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA THE CECIL H. AND IDA GREEN VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS * 1982 Spring Lectures STAFFORD BEER Stafford Beer, visiting professor of cybernetics at Manchester University, is world renowned for his contributions to management science. He is internationally recognized for his work in general systems theory, and has been a consultant to such organizations as the UN, UNESCO, NATO and the governments of Britain, Canada, Chile, Denmark, France, Italy, Sweden and the United States. Professor Beer is a provocative thinker and an extremely entertaining speaker. The General Organization of Viable Systems Tuesday, March 23 — In Room 106, Buchanan Building at 12:30 p.m. Specific Organizational Problems in Viable Societary Systems Thursday, March 25 — In Room 106, Buchanan Building at 12:30 p.m. ALL LECTURES ARE FREE — Occasionally unadvertised seminars are presented. PLEASE CALL MRS. R. RUMLEY AT LOCAL 5675 FOR MORE INFORMATION. An Award Winning Feature Length Film, 1981 Release El Salvador: The People Will Win Wed., March 24 — 7 p.m. S.U.B. AUDITORIUM Admission: $2 and donations. Sponsored by UBC Latin America Support Committee LASC Information Table: March 22-26, SUB NOTICE OF AMS POLLING —The Ubyssey Referendum Polls: Tues., Mar. 23-Fri. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. C.E.M.E. Mar. 26 Computer Science Sedgewick Library MacMillan War Memorial Gym Mar. 22 to S.U.B. Angus Woodward Library Law Buchanan Scarfe Advance Polls: Mon 5-7 p.m. Totem Park Common Block Place Vanier Common Block Walter H. Gage Common Block *Poll locations and times are subject change due to availability of poll clerks. AMS BALLOT THE UBYSSEY REFERENDUM EDITORIAL AUTONOMY Be it resolved that members of the Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia (AMS)approve the formation of an autonomous society known as The Ubyssey Publications Society (UPS) with an elected board of directors, with a constitution and by-laws substantially in the form as published in the AMS paper known as The Ubyssey on March 19, together with any amendments that may be required by the British Columbia registrar of companies; and That the AMS rent the current office space occupied by The Ubyssey and the AMS Publications office in the Student Union Building of the University of British Columbia, to the UPS for one dollar ($1) per year until the AMS' lease on SUB expires, and transfor all assets in both offices used in the publication of The Ubyssey to the UPS; and That the AMS transfer the exclusive right to use the name "The Ubyssey" to the UPS. YES □ NO □ FINANCIAL AUTONOMY Be it resolved that two dollars ($2) of the current Alma Mater Society fee per active member per year (pro-rated for part- time students) be collected on behalf of The Ubyssey Publications Society, and that the current AMS fee be increased by two dollars ($2) per active member per year (pro-rated for part- time students), with such increase to be levied on behalf of the UPS by the AMS. for a total of four dollars ($4) per active member per year (pro-rated for part-time students), and that all such fees received by the AMS on behalf of UPS shall forthwith be paid to the UPS for the publication of an autonomous student newspaper at the University of British Columbia. YES □ NO □ AMS BY-LAW INCONSISTENCY Whereas the AMS by-laws currently contain a reference to The Ubyssey as an AMS publication; and Whereas if The Ubyssey is published by an autonomous society (The Ubyssey Publications Society), as set out in the above referendum question, an obvious inconsistency will exist in AMS by-laws; Be it resolved that, subject to the passage under AMS bylaws of the above resolution approving the formation of an autonomous society known as The Ubyssey Publications Society, AMS by-law 1.2 be amended to change the definition of "Ubyssey" to read "Ubyssey—shall mean the publication of The Ubyssey Publications Society known as The Ubyssey." YES C NO D Page 8 THE UBYSSEY Tuesday, March 23, 1982 Forsyth is top athlete : \\m*. .w. * ""* — .tu.rt davf« photo TWENTY YEARS from now these people will be ones who run our society. Isn't that great. They spend seven months at law school creating another language so they can charge outragous sums telling us what that language is. The other month is spent scouring local neighborhoods on the lookout for tricycles they can steal for annual "we're going to be rich someday so let's get drunk instead of donating our time to defending the poor" race. The Ubyssey was told we would have to go to court if we wanted to find out results of annual law school tricycle races. SPORTS By SCOTT McDONALD Bob Forsyth, the shortest centre in the Canada West basketball conference, was named UBC men's athlete of the year at the annual men's athletic banquet Thursday. Forsyth received the Bobby Gaul trophy awarded to the fourth year student who shows athletic and academic excellence. At 6'5" Forsyth is not short; it's just that the other centres in the league are taller. Forsyth is a fourth year engineering student who has played on the varsity basketball team for four years, three of those years as centre. Each of those years he was UBC's top scorer. Forsyth was the captain of the latest edition of the 'Birds. He became the top scorer in UBC history this year when he broke Ron Thorsen's record of 2051 points. Forsyth finished the season with 2141 points. Besides the standard Big Block awards (close to 80 of them) there were also two special service awards given out. These recognition awards were for service to men's athletics and they went to universities minister Pat McGeer and David Helliwell former B.C. resources investment corporation chair. Giving this recognition is a smart move on the athletic department's part. Both are former top jocks (McGeer was the Bobby Gaul winner in 1948 and Helliwell won a gold medal at the 1956 Olympics for rowing) who the athletic department can now sponge off. When McGeer was introduced the audience was told he was being honored for his efforts in getting the government to give $1,600 scholarships to varsity athletes. The real reason is that the athletic department is trying to get in McGeer's good books just in case it should be our unfortunate luck that McGeer becomes the next president of the university. Helliwell was just being rewarded for the money he has donated to UBC athletics. The air was rife with cold hard cash that night. Another rich person at the head table was the guest speaker Doug Mitchell, a Calgary lawyer. Mitchell gave a fairly good speech but unfortunately parts of it could not be heard because some of the teams at the banquet were acting like they played this past year. There was one double Big Block winner. Wendell Cornwall won a block for football and wrestling. Fencers first in province The UBC fencing team took top honors at the B.C. fencing championships which were held at UBC on the weekend. UBC was led by Craig Bolsby, Jane Milton and Ho Qun. Bolsby won the men's foil and Milton took the women's foil. Qun swept the epee competition. Other UBC competitors who placed were Patrick Tam who was third in the sabre and Chris Deskas who finished second in the junior foil. On April 10-11 UBC will host the University of Victoria and Simon Fraser University for an interuniversity meet. It will be the first time that these teams will meet. Rick Hansen, UBC's world-class wheeler By KEVIN McGEE The most amazing thing about Rick Hansen is how well-adjusted he seems to be. This is not in reference to his being in a wheelchair, but generally. Hansen, a UBC physical education student, is perhaps the premier wheelchair athlete in the world. In recent years, Hansen has been concentrating on the specific challenge of wheelchair marathons. The result of this concentration has been numerous championships in competitions around the world and the current world record for the event. On March 8 Hansen was the keynote speaker as exceptional persons week commenced at UBC. He joined a wheelchair tour around campus after the talk, and then retired to the SUB cafeteria to talk to The Ubyssey. When asked if there was anything in the world which upset him, he responded, "About the only thing in the world I really dislike is olives." But on closer examination, a number of other concerns become evident. The immediate goal in Hansen's life, if it can be called immediate, is preparing for the 1984 wheelchair Olympics in Champagne, Illinois. He is totally committed to this goal, to the extent that he is willing to put off career goals until after these Olympics, even though he will be graduating in physical education this year. Aside from the actual training involved in realizing this goal, Hansen is concerned about how friends would deal with the time limitations his training would impose upon his availability to develop the friendships. As he talked, a steady parade of people approached him to chat and say hello, and if there was any conscious awareness of Rick's being in a wheelchair, it escaped notice. Hansen is justifiably popular. Hansen discussed his relationship to Terry Fox. "We were good friends, and did I ever admire that man. Terry ran for nine hours each day during his Marathon of Hope' — for me to do the equivalent would mean I would have to do three marathons in one day. There is no doubt in my mind that under different circumstances Terry would have made it all the way." Hansen said being a world class athlete costs $8,000 a year, with two custom designed wheelchairs at about $2,000 each being a large part of his expenses. He said UBC does not offer scholarships to wheelchair athletes and the majority of the funding he receives is from organizations such as the Kinsmen and the Lions. "One of the advantages of having attained world-class stature is that sponsors of meets will invite you to them and pay your expenses, in hope that you will set a record," Hansen said. Hansen said he performed at maximum- intensity about three times a year. He has been ill recently and said he would probably not be in the condition he would like to be for the upcoming Boston marathon in April. Hansen has stated his desire to work with high school students, but when asked if he wanted to work with higher calibre university students he said: "I've thought about that, but I feel it is equally important to work towards developing the total person. There's more to life than athletics." Hansen praised his current trainer, Tim Frick, an instructor at Selkirk College. He credits Frick with maintaining a training program which is best for Rick Hansen. In addition, Hansen said Frick acted as a stabilizing influence in times of stress. "One of the reasons I feel I'm a good competitor is I know how to relieve stress in myself," Hansen said. MARATHON RACER . . . WHEELING WAY TO Olympics •ric •ggsrtson photo"""@en ; edm:hasType "Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:spatial "Vancouver (B.C.)"@en ; dcterms:identifier "LH3.B7 U4"@en, "LH3_B7_U4_1982_03_23"@en ; edm:isShownAt "10.14288/1.0126812"@en ; dcterms:language "English"@en ; edm:provider "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en ; dcterms:publisher "Vancouver : Alma Mater Society of the University of B.C."@en ; dcterms:rights "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from The Ubyssey: http://ubyssey.ca/"@en ; dcterms:source "Original Format: University of British Columbia. Archives"@en ; dcterms:subject "University of British Columbia"@en ; dcterms:title "The Ubyssey"@en ; dcterms:type "Text"@en ; dcterms:description ""@en .