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the Ubyssey n How fresh do we smell? Founded in 1918 Vancouver, B.C., Friday, October 26, 1990 Vol 73, No 15 Student input sought on Jericho lands by Mark Nielsen An opportunity to alleviate the current shortage of affordable housing in Vancouver and provide low cost accommodation for UBC students may lie across the road from Jericho Beach. Some 38 acres of the Jericho lands will be opened up when two existing occupants—the B.C. Justice Institute and the Jericho School for the Deaf—move to new locations. A further 50 acres could be added to that total if the Department of National Defence finds a new home for its Pacific headquarters. Not only is it a chance to develop one of the few remaining open pieces of land left in the city, but the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) at UBC is playing a role in its future. Twenty second-year students and two professors from SCARP are working with the West Point Grey Residents Association (WPGRA) to draw up options for the use ofthe lands and part ofthe process is a workshop set for next week. Moreover, the workshop will provide UBC students with an opportunity to have some input on what can be done with the lands, said SCARP member Tom Rye. Long weekend causes trouble by Niko Fleming UBC will be observing the Remembrance Day holiday on a Friday rather than Monday this year, unlike the rest of the province. Many campus groups are dismayed by the decision to buck the trend ofbanks, businesses, schools, government workers and other businesses around the country who will be closing on the following Monday. The university will be open for classes on Monday the 12th, but closed on Friday the 9th. This will cause serious problems to students and staff with children in daycare, according to Fiona Maybin of the UBC Single Parents Association. "Hundreds and hundreds of people will be without childcare," because daycare centres will be closed on Monday while classes are in session, said Maybin, a graduate student and single mother. Maybin said the Child Care Society, individual daycares, the UBC Women's Centre, the Acadia Tenants Association and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are all angry about the universities decision. University administrators told Maybin that because the calendar is already printed, it is too late to make any changes in scheduling. The decision will also destroy the long weekend for many people who will not be able to spend it with family and friends, she said. "This will affect staff even more." Greg Fisher, president of CUPE local 2950, agreed that this is a "really pathetic situation." Local 2950 consists mainly of the clerical, secretarial and library staff at the university, ninety percent of whom are female; many of them single parents according to Fisher. "This is hardship enough on married people with children," he said, "but single parents have no place to take their kids" when the daycares are closed. In addition, UBC classes at the Vancouver General Hospital have been cancelled for Monday because the Hospital Employees Union members will not be working, said Fisher. The CUPE members at the hospital Monday will have nothing to do but "sit around and twiddle their thumbs." The decision "ignores the realities of the affect on staff, and throws money down the drain," Fisher said. Fisher wrote a letter to UBC president Strangway after the calendar came out in spring, and was informed that nothing would be changed. Strangway could not be reached for comment, but a member ofhis staff confirmed that there is no chance of the decision being changed. "The decision was made by the Committee of Deans, and all the deans of all the faculties agreed to it," she said. Vice president academic and provost, Daniel Birch, chairs the committee meetings, andal so could not be reached for comment. Libby Nason, assistant to the provost, said the administration regrets that problems have been caused and that people will have to make other arrangements. Nason said the holiday will be on Friday because all the holidays this term fall on Mondays, and people with Monday labs would otherwise "miss quite a substantial part.of their curriculum." The deans had no idea of the difficulties that would be caused, and the problem will not be repeated next year, Nason said. The decision was made "for teaching reasons," she said, "(teaching) is why we're here." Maybin said the Single Parents Association will be sending letters to the Vancouver Sun and MLA's because their concerns have been ignored. "This speaks volumes for the way decisions are made around this campus by a small group not based in the real world," she said. "A lot of students live in West Point Grey and resi dents there like having students in the area," Rye said. "Students should have an interestin the lands, because there could be some affordable housing to go in through this process." A survey taken at a meeting on the development of the lands indicated that many people are interested m parks and community facilities such as cultural and recreation centres, Rye said. Between 100 and 200 people are expected to attend the workshop—set for November 1 at Queen Mary School (Sixth and Trimble) starting at 7 p.m.—where Rye hopes people will be able to learn about the points of views of others, as well as express their own. "We don't want people to think completely in terms of their own interests," he said. "We want them to step outside that and look at the whole picture." Rye also said the workshop will help the community plan for the changes it will face as more people come to live in the city. "It's a prime site for some imaginative development,"he said. City of Vancouver area planner Heike Roth said the formal planning process will not be launched until after the new year when a report on terms and reference will be presented to city council. "When the time comes, we too will have an official public process that will involve the existing associations and the community at large," she said. In past years SCARP students have been involved in similar projects, said planning professor Michael Seelig. These included reevaluating the town centre at Whistler and developing options for the Burlington-Northern Lands next to the Canadian National railroad station. "It's a masters program, but one where students should be exposed to some real issues that need to be addressed," Seelig said. What the hell is it7 REBECCA BISHOP PHOTO Two years later student still missing Two years ago, a 20 year old UBC science student disappeared from the UBC campus. Emerson Grant Dobroskay was last seen on Friday, October 28,1988 after he spent the evening at the Pit Pub in SUB. In an interview two years ago, RCMP constable Hough said "we're totally baffled as to what happened to him." In the past two years, the RCMP investigation has not progressed much further. "The file is still ongoing, but there is no new informa- tion," said an RCMP spokesperson. The Dobroskay family has continued its efforts to find the former UBC student, including offering rewards for information resulting in his being found alive. Dobroskay is a 5' 6", 1271b Caucasian male, born in 1967. He was last seen wearing a brown pullover sweater, blue shirt and dark shoes. 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"PImm can tor dot-* Our phone number has changed' W.iS 263-1 794. Now changed to: 240-6647 Call anytime between 8 am and 10 pr 7 days a week. Inter-varsity Christian 1?ellow- ahip. Prayer me _ ting/breakfast W int. stad<mts< 7:30am. SUB211. Phii StwdenW Assoc* Kick Sleigh^Compatibilist Utilitarian- i_m." 7* yd Grad Ontrr. P_ nthous-. CDttnS-IJjng & Resources Centre Workshops Stress Busters, Nqgih Brock 200. DisaWed Student's Assoc transit Ofike of Woman Students* Nancy Horaman etrtsv-ws t^sti-ms, _£&&<-_$&, Speakeasy,-StJBlQ&S*' 1 T^l:3^:3O^*****«>?*-fraB$-001 2/THE UBYSSEY October 26,1990 NEWS GopanMiugh third woman to break colour barrier by Christena Chen In 76 years ofthe UBC's history, only three female visible minorities have sat on the AMS executive council. Valjeet Johl acted as interim president for a month in 1979, before becoming coordinator of external affairs. Pat Chow was interim vice-president from October to February of 1981-82. Roma Gopaul Singh was elected as director of administration in February, 1990. Gopaul-Singh said she has not experienced any particular form of racial discrimination. But it is probably because "I don't look like a typical East-Indian female." Except for a few isolated incidents, her background did not create an obstacle for her present position. In fact, she could recall more incidents when ethnic minorities people approached and congratulated her during the election. "They were just really happy for me," she said, "they were very encouraging. "Other people would look at my picture, look at my name, then again at my picture and just couldn'tseem to put the two things together," said Gopaul-Singh, who has Irish, Trinidadian, and East Indian heritage. Because of her appearance, people are not as aware of her background, "and I certainly don't think any differently than others, no matter what color or race they are," Gopaul- Singh said,"! think of myself as a Canadian." She believes discrimination exists, and is deeply ingrained in people's mind. "It's there if you look for it, but I don't look for it," she reflected, "If you let it get to you, then you've lost half the battle." The few occasions she remembered being paid less attention to, or not being listened with proper respect concerned a few AMS executive. "It's more because of my sex rather than my background," she said. Other times her ethnicity worked against her when people saw her last name but had never met her in person. Gopaul-Singh said she felt being stereotyped and judged prematurely. "The AMS does make discrimination one of its priorities,"she said, but it is a difficult task because of its prevalence and persistence. Optimistically, Gopaul-Singh said if anyone wants to run for a certain office, or participate in any organization, they should put in their efforts without hesitation. Background or gender should not be a hindrance. Guardian Angels patrolling Campus by Paul Abbott They wear red jackets and patrol campus to discourage violent crime and sexual assault. Have the engineers given up locating Volkswagen chassis in improbable places for more noble and humanitarian pursuits? Actually, this group wears red berets as well and call themselves the "Guardian Angels." They are here at UBC to patrol the campus one or two nights a week. The Angels uniform consists of the red beret—often decorated with badges and crests—and a red jacket. According to Sean Williamson, head ofthe Vancouver chapter, the important part ofthe uniform is a white Guardian Angels t-shirt, presented exclusively to members who successfully complete the rigorous three month training program. On the chest ofthe shirt is the Guardian Angels logo—two wings joined at the center by a shield embellished with an "all seeing" eye. The organization originated in New York as a response to urban violence, which they felt was not adequately dealt with by the existing law enforcement agencies. They are private citizens and in Canada operate under sections 449, and 30 ofthe criminal code, which entitles private citizens to make arrests. Last Saturday night, The Ubyssey followed the Angels on their patrol from the SUB to Place Vanier, Totem Park, and B-Lot. They make these patrols one or two nights per week. The group consisted of Williamson, who at 25 manages his own production company; Chris Buckley, an 18 year old first year Arts student at UBC; Shirley Rosner, 19, a shift manager at McDonalds; Ohan Korlikian, 25, also a McDonalds manager and actor; and Arlene Macalino, who at 17 is still in grade 11 in high school. There are a total of 25 Guardian Angels in Vancouver, five of whom are women. Their purpose at UBC is to "provide another set of eyes" to discourage sexual assault. According to Williamson, "that's 90 percent of what it is." "We came to UBC at the request of some students who approached us in the street last April," said Williamson. "When we contacted the administration, the women's groups, and the RCMP, we realized there was a problem." Carol Gibson of UBC administration admits there is a problem on campus. "I think there is a certain amount of ambivalence on campus," she said. "There is a variety of ways to deal with (the problem of sexual assault), and we don't know if this is the preferred way. "We need to be concerned with the environments that we create for women, and empowering women to feel themselves that they have the ability to deal with this," she said. "We haven't put out a welcome mat but we haven't dissuaded them from operating either." Linda Shout of the AMS Women's Centre said the presence ofthe Angels is proof the university has not been able to deal with the issue of sexual assault on campus. "The fact of their presence is basically an embarrassment to an administration that so far has not demonstrated an understanding of the seriousness of this issue", Shout said. You too can arrest someone by Paul Abbott Section 449 ofthe Canadian criminal code states that "A private citizen is entitled to arrest without warrant when indictable offences are committed." "Circumstances are more restricted than a police officer's powers," said Brian Higgins ofthe Law Students Legal Advice Program. "A person must be found committing an indictable offence." Indictable offences are serious crimes, such as homicide, rape, and armed robbery. The Guardian Angels, however, claim to operate under section 30 ofthe criminal code. Section 30 provides no powers of arrest. It states that when there is a "breach ofthe peace, persons may be detained for the purpose of giving that person unto a peace officer." "For offences such as vandalism, it is questionable whether that constitutes a breach ofthe peace," Higgins said. "Ithas also been argued that detainment for the purpose of giving unto a peace officer is equivalent to arrest, and is therefore contrary to section 449. "There is a real grey area there, and it is debatable how much force to detain is justified," he said. Three Guardian Angels patrol UBC at night. "I'm concerned that the use of a patrol first of all takes power away from women, and encourages them to rely on outside sources and other people for their safety. "It also denies the reality of violence against women in this society in that the majority of sexual assaults are committed by someone the woman knows," she said. "Our main concern on this issue is certainly education. We are also concerned with empowering women. What could be done (on the latter) is that the administration could completely fund WenLiDo classes, (women's self-defense and awareness), for all women in residences, or all women across campus," Shout said. Nancy Horseman ofthe UBC Office Women Students was more positive. "Personally, I'm very pleased they are here," Horseman said. "I feel reassured that they are here on weekends. Students have reported that they have seen them and felt reassured. "They are very careful to let people know about their presence on campus. He (Williamson) phones regularly, so our office is aware of them, very much so, but we didn't ask them." Similar responses were voiced by the RCMP, and Traffic and Security. "They have been friendly with us and we will be friendly with them," said Gord MacLean of Traffic and Security. "We have had no connection with them and we did not ask them to come out. "There has been concern from other areas. If they are out here on their own without official connection to the administration, how will women know that it is in fact a Guardian Angel? Women and men still have to be concerned when someone approaches them," Maclean said. AMS coordinator of external affairs Jason Brett has a somewhat different view. "We recognize that there is a problem on campus, but we don't know if this is the answer " he DAN ANDREWS PHOTO said. "It would be a lot nicer to see these people get involved with existing programs like the RCMP auxiliary or the walk home program. "I've got problems with a group who may or may not be students roaming around campus dressed in military fatigues who might dispense vigilante actions. "I don't know who these people answer to. As far as the RCMP or Traffic and Security there is a chain of command, and they are responsible to their superiors for their actions," Brett said. Phone calls to various residences and organizations on campus failed to produce a single corn- plaint about the Angels presence. "Dare to care is our motto" an Angel said. "It comes down to a positive, helpful attitude, and we don't want anyone who is a hothead, and is going to blow up on anyone in the street." "We've never put anybody in the hospital that I know of," Williamson added. "In five years of doing this myself I've never punched anyone." Survey asks for students' concerns by Matthew Johnson The AMS executive wants to hear from the students of UBC. In September, a 53 question survey on topics ranging from service organizations to transportation issues was placed in each of the 18,000 copies of this year's Inside UBC. According to Roma Gopaul- Singh, AMS director of administration, an estimated 500-700 students responded. "I was pleasantty surprised at the number of people who responded," she said. "I'm looking forward to seeing the results." To encourage participation, the survey included a form for a mountain bike draw. This bike was purchased for $280 dollars by the AMS, but went missing before the planned drawing date. Rather than cancel the contest, the AMS went ahead and held a draw on October 12. Mary Danieli's name was chosen. However, there is no prize for Danieli yet. The AMS will have to purchase another bike, this time at regular cost. The original bike was bought at a di scount. The bike problem has forced the survey project over its $3,130 budget. The survey's goal is to "get an idea of what students are thinking, what they want to see," said Gopaul-Singh. The results will be presented to the 1991 executive to help shape the new AMS council's policy and goals. Gopaul-Singh will be tabulat- ingthe survey herself, unless room for a hired student can be found in the budget. "It'll take hours and hours of work for data entry," she said, adding that due to her duties and a full course load, results will probably not be available earlier than the planned late December goal. Gopaul -Singh said survey s are still available in the AMS business office, or outside Speakeasy, and interested students can fill them out to give the AMS input. October 26, 1990 THE UBYSSEY/3 HILLEL HIGHLIGHTS THSAfcIS Wednesday. Oct. 31 12:30 PM Torah Study Group With Rabbi L. Dubrawsky HMel's Famous Hot Lunch Tuesday* October 30 12:30 FM Thursday, ivpi>t i 12:30 PM "The Realization of Kibbutz Today" 0r.e6SHABeAtt)_^NefiJW;N0V.i! WATCH fOftbTTAO m^ Hillel House is located on the North side ol SUB next to the parkade. Tel:2244748 __ iiVil_h_-*ir Canadi»n Canada's Ski Afc&te QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4 - 5:00 & 8:00 PM MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5 - 6:30 & 9:30 PM Tickets available at all TICKETMASTER locations, HOGARTH'S, EATON'S and WOODWARD'S stores, and INFOCENTRES in major malls CHARGE BY PHONE 280-4444 Brought to you by HOOABTH I 'She^nrouptrSun J_l_l_l/™*£** -Ml Dental Plan REFUND CHEQUES Available for PICK-UP November 12 -16 November 19 - 23 AT THE Graduate Student Society Office IN THE Graduate Student Centre OFFICE HOURS: 9 am - 3 pm, Monday to Friday TELEPHONE: 228-3203 AFTER November 26, remaining cheques wiH be mailed out! M-TH 8-9 =_ = _ ==£ §==1=-*-=-*= free services Mike Gribble and his friends PAUL THOMPSON PHOTO Animation has no rules SAT-SUN S-i= jMiy*^ binding UNIVERSITY VILLAGE 2ND FLOOR 21 by Michael Booth EVER wonder what the best job in the world might be? Mike Gribble may be able to answer that question. He watches cartoons for a living. Gribble is one half of the partnership of Mike and Spike, renowned for compiling and promoting an annual review of the world's best animated short films. Beginning 16 years ago in California, the two film promoters have seen the popularity of their work grow steadily every year. "When we started out it was just Mike and Spike in a broken down VW and, as the shows grew and more and more people would come, we had to add shows," Gribble said. "Last year we played in 50-60 cities in the US and Canada." Gribble said the two got involved in the film business as a spin-off of Spike's participation in a rock-and-roll band. "He would promote the band and they would sometimes show movies as an opener for the band," Gribble said. "From that, and making contacts in the movie world, we'd show feature films— he and I were roommates—and show short films with the feature films. "People kept asking for more short films like the Betty Boops and the Bosco cartoons and stuff like that. So that's sort ofthe genesis ofthe Animation Festival." One ofthe things that attracted the two to animation was that the genre really has no boundaries. "I think one ofthe great things about animation is the notion that there are no limits," Gribble said. "There's no physical demands and there's no reason why a sky can't be pink or a sky can't be black or whatever. There's no laws to animation so there's so many great things you can do with it." Mike and Spike travel around the world each year attending film festivals and watching animated shorts from a wide variety of countries. In the past year alone, Gribble has visited Japan, France, Great Britain, Yugoslavia and Poland. It is not unusual for them to ring up phone bills exceeding $2,000 a month. On the international animation scene, Gribble said Canada consistently produces outstanding works of animation. "You're very fortunate to have the National Film Board," Gribble said. "In Vancouver you have one ofthe best ink and paint houses in the world. We've had, I think, 12 films inked and painted up here. There's International Rocketship, (and) a couple of commercial houses that do sort of Saturday morning cartoons. Rocketship turns out a film...every six months. There's some great animation here in Vancouver." Mike and Spike will view as many as 800 animated short films before selecting the 18 best efforts for their annual festival. Animation's popularity, coupled with the large number of films being produced each year, has lead to some other companies trying to imitate Mike and Spike. "I think in some ways it can be very good if the programs are good," Gribble said. "If, when you start putting together programs where you just sort of slap a name on it and then throw out some animation that you happened to get cheaply, then it's bad. If there's care in putting together the program, it's fine. "We spend an awful lot of time putting our program together. Just to figure out the order that the films will play in...it'll take us sometimes a week just to hash out which film will follow another film. There's an art to putting together the films properly so there's an ebb and flow to the show. "It's a deplorable business in some ways. The bookkeeping in Hollywood is the most perverse—it's scandalous," he said. "We are fortunate in that we're working with short films and the deals that we make don't involve creative bookkeeping. It's just a straight "I'm an honest guy, you're an honest filmmaker, here's the money' and it's over and done with. "The great thing that we do is that we are on the periphery of that business. We don't get involved in a lot ofthe crap that goes on because we're independent." The 1990 Festival of Animation opens tonight (October 26) at the Ridge Theatre. fToons a twisted delight It is wild and dark; it is thought-provoking and superficial; it is amazing and simple—all at the same time. It is the 1990 Festival of Animation. Mike and Spike's annual salute to the best of the world's animated short films has once again rolled into town and, as in past years, it proves to be as sick, twisted and delightful as ever. With subjects ranging from the political (Great Britain's hilarious "Creature Comforts" and Italy's "Grasshopper") to the silly (Japan's "Tarzan" and the USA's "Simon" and "Denny Goes Airsurfing") to the incredible (the USA's "Panspermia") to the just plain sick, (Norway's "Vroom" and the USA's "Mother Goose") the show offers something for everyone's personality quirks. This year's edition of the festival features two academy award winning shorts, "The Fly" and the 1990 Oscar winner "Balance" from Germany. The festival explores a wide range of the genres used in animation including clay animation, object animation, figure animation and computer animation. "If you've never been to an animation festival and you have the notion that you're going to be watching Saturday morning cartoons or—even worse—dreary art films, you have the wrong idea," said Mike Gribi le, one half of the Mike and Spike tandem. "It's a great time, it's two hours of short films, it's two hours of just great entertainment." Featuring the old (an original "Superman" clip) to the new, this year's edition of the festival lives up to the reputation of its tradition of quality entertainment. 4/THE UBYSSEY October 26,1990 THE ARTS The politics of passion by Effie Pow and Laurie Newell JUDE Narita brings out the unspoken about the lives of some Asian women. Her one- woman show, Coming Into Passion, presents five culturally different women. Some are characters and some caricatures; she finds herself in all of them. THEATRE Coming Into Passion: Song For A Sansei Jude Narita Vancouver East Cultural Centre until October 27 First we meet a Vietnamese prostitute in Saigon, proud of her "good job." We hear about her predicament in this war-torn country, and the choices she must make. Her choices are limited, but there is dignity in the control she sustains. Lita, a Filipino mail-order bride is eager to please and knows the right answers for her video taped interview. "Are you a good cook? Who do you think should be the master of the house? And what if your husband hits you? You would never tell anyone, would you? Because then your relatives would never be able to visit you in America." She smiles and says she will be docile, subservient, and even tolerate abuse in order to gain what she sees as a better life. In a segment entitled Nisei Day, a second generation Japanese American (called a "Nisei,") finally speaks out. She confronts one man's insult—an insult that embodies the oppression that has been with her since her mother's time. Perhaps the Nisei's comment is applicable to the entire show: "I don't think he even knew what I was talking about, but at least I said it. I finally said it." Jude Narita's show is significant because of what she says and because she is an Asian woman saying it. Narita reclaims common stereotypes of Asian women and makes them personal. She adds detail to complete the woman behind the stereotype. Narita anticipated that Asian audiences would identify with her portrayals. She did not, however, expect the play to have such universality. After the show, she related an incident that had surprised her: "The first person that ever came up to me was a Jewish woman who said, That's me. That's me up there.'" Coming into Passion is about speaking and acting from the heart. After much applause, Narita returned to the stage to leave one final thought. Opening her arms to us, Narita said when we recognize our hearts as our centres, skin colour doesn't matter. Symphony enlivens composers by David Chivo _l_J_r AYDEN, Beethoven, and chaikovsky—such composers are trapped within our minds as abstracts, representatives of classical achievement, but remain unheard by most of us in these times of superficial and transient entertainment. The UBC Symphony Orchestra though, playing to a near capacity audience at the Old Auditorium last Friday, demonstrated the enduring vitality of these composers in a dynamic performance. Conducted by the world renowned Jesse Read, the orchestra played Haydn's Symphony #85 "La Reine", Beethoven's Concerto #2 in Bb Major, and Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Overture- Fantasy. The symphony's intimate performance of Hadyn's piece revealed the symbiotic relationship between the conductor and his orchestra. Read subtly integrated each instrument so the sounds not only precipitated the music but also evoked subconscious responses in the audience as well. Thus, the soul absorbed the music as much as the ears did. The orchestra's ability to catalyze such a spiritual union between sound and mind results from each player, demonstrating the pinnacle of their achievement, equally contributing to the concert. Pianist Sylvie Beaudoin's performance enhanced the symphony's rendition of Beethoven's work. Together they produced a provocative presentation ofthe concerto, masterfully expressing the "sound and fury" which characterizes this composer's work. Beaudoin discharged pianistic fireworks on stage. Each note she played, forcefully but not intrusively, manifested the vigor ofthe piece, thus, displaying not only her talents, but her interpretive ability as well. The orchestra finished the concert with Tchaikovsky's Overture. This powerful work, composed for a ballet based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, is a musical metaphor of human life as it contains both moments of devastating passion and merciful serenity. Read controlled the tension of this piece, balancing the tranquil parts with the dramatic ones. The orchestra, fully developing both the highs and the lows, in this manner, portrayed the ambivalent identity of love in Shakespeare's play. Commenting about the UBC Symphony's performance, Read said that the musicians should be congratulated for their effort. "Putting together such a challenging program as the one tonight, and then succeeding is very gratifying," Read said. "The players are all hard working students who have found themselves in this music." Read also said he regrets that not more university students take advantage of such a high level resource available to them on campus. "UBC needs its cultural faculties as much as it requires the scientific environment. The University Symphony represents an interaction between history, politics, esthetics, and philosophy with music," he said. "Popular music," Read concluded, "is appealing because it is entertaining and immediate. As one searches for meaning in life, however, classical music has much more to offer. This music not only brings the past into reality, but we can find spiritual, classical, and philosophical insights in it as well." Artropolis exposes artists by Brenda Wong Artropolis 90 is an exhaustive exhibition of diverse and evocative works from over 200 B.C. artists. This is the fourth such exhibition to celebrate art unrecognized by mainstream galleries in Vancouver. ARTROPOLIS 90 Mixed Media CPR Roundhouse Until November 18 The modification of its mandate to include "emerging artists" like Atilla Richard Lukacs and "senior artists" like Gathie Falk may smack of selling out its protest politics. But the undeniable richness of work exhibited validates an inclusive and integrated direction for Artropolis 90. The bold murals mocking pop art encircling the courtyard at the CPR Roundhouse on the old Expo site. They indicate a unique and accessible approach to contemporary art. Despite drawing on many influences, a sizable portion ofthe works illustrate strong influences from pop art. One theme focuses on criticizing our shallow society through our identification with consumer goods. The Emblem Car typifies the North American obsession with automobiles and the concomitant status conveyed to their owners. Turning sexual conventions on their head, figuratively, Persimmon Blackbridge combines the lyrics of Marvin Gaye's How Sweet It Is with her witty and ironic pop art rendering ofa lesbian relationship. Another feminist artist, Jill Manahan, chose to challenge our perception of sexuality by focussing on the common elements of both men and women. Manahan's asexual people make a sad commentary on the differences between men and women, to the detriment of our shared humanity. Similarly Joseph Haag's use of sombre colours on a warped corrugated steel surface mirrors the dependence and hazard of relying on nuclear energy as a fuel source. One ofthe most visually stunning and overwhelming paintings was Clint Atkinson's depiction of two teenagers trapped behind a barrier, unable to communicate directly with us. The intense undercurrent of hostility is evident even 20 feet away. My only criticism is that there were not more works from native and Asian artists included in the exhibition. Admission is $2 Tuesday to Sunday, 10 am to 8 pm, but Thursday is free from 5 pm to 8 pm. Dunbar Greetings 3360 - Dunbar Street, Vancouver, B.C. 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The winner of the AMS student survey mountain bike is: i _ _ * MARY DANIELI October 26, 1990 THE UBYSSEY/5 Politics of oil The western world, including Canada, is floundering like a fish out of water. For too long we have been swimming in a sea of foreign oil, reacting only when our precious streams stop flowing as they should. We are one of the wealthiest countries in the world, and yet we thrash our tails about and jerk back and forth when oil is threatened. After the Meech Lake Accord failed, the Mulroney government put the Hibernia mega-project off the shores of Newfoundland on hold. The project, which will set up the infrastructure for extracting oil from the Atlantic ocean, is steamrolling ahead now in the face of this current "energy crisis." Oil is cheap. And oil from the third world is even cheaper. Multinationals need this foreign oil because poorer countries need to sell, so places like Canada can set the price. Now that this price is high, up to a consumer price of 69.9 cents a litre in some places, these companies can serve to make even more by claiming crisis. Will the prices drop when the rigs start pumping again? How loudly we cry for energy alternatives such as natural gas when our oil is threatened, but where are the cries when the black gold flows freely? They are silent. How loudly do we hear those bankrupted by the oil booms of the 70's crying out that they were shafted when, after the OPEC crisis was resolved, the wells were capped, the workers canned, and the fat tunas grew fatter than ever? We don't hear them at all. In places such as Alaska, where a thousand miles of coastline was devastatedby millions of litres of our valuable dependency, fouling the lives of people and animals alike, they are starting to call for rapid development of new potential reserves. These reserves are in designated wilderness areas where one spill would make the tragedy of the Exxon Valdez look like a drop in the bucket. If we are really concerned about gas prices, or conflict in the Middle East, we should look at the long standinghistory and policy on our dependence on the third world's oil. It is not a recent problem, the gas lines ofthe seventies are a good reminder of that. We need to reduce, reuse, and recycle oil, and hopefully eliminate its consumption, period. We also need to dispassionately, and calmly look at energy alternatives, even during times where the tease of Texas oil still to be extracted titillates us. Flopping around like suffocatingfish is pointless, and fattening up on black gold is lazy, irresponsible, and utterly reprehensible. Instead, we should simply be intelligent human beings. theUbyssey October 23, 1990 The Ubyssey is published Tuesdays and Fridays by the Alma Mater Society ofthe University of British Columbia. Editorial opinions are those ofthe staff and not necessarily those of the university administration, or of the sponsor. The Ubyssey is published with the proud support ofthe Alumni Association. The editorial office is Rm. 241k of the Student Union Building. Editorial Department, phone 228-2301; advertising, 228-3977; FAX# 228-6093 How fresh do we smell? Mark Nielsen listened but didn't really want to smell Paul Abott OR Matthew Johnson's arm pit. "Well, fresh as a daisy?" suggested Laurie Newell and she became an airplane and took flight in her Birkenstocks. Zoom. Carol Hui grinned in her jazzercise gear and just wanted to parallelogram-dance with Paul Dayson who wafted of vegetarian pizza and moldy tofu. "Oh fart," pondered Raul Peschiera, "this CUP thing—can you drink chocolate milk out of it?" Michael Booth insisted that Sam Green eat a mound of green eggs and ham. Meanwhile on the other side of town... Rebecca Bishop bit Martin-Mootin Chester's ankle bone just as Lydia Cheng swathed in glittering chiffon and sequins, slipped on the moldy tofu and squashed Kathryn Weiler. "Oh boy, action!" cried an excited Niko Fleming as chomped on Becca's kneecap. And as he proceeded to make the move on David Chivo's main Squeeze—Christina Chen, Paul Thompson bit Hao Li's shoulder in feeble retaliation. "Darling you don't know what you are missing," crooned Dan "the mysterious man" Andrews the neurotic shutterbug. The bitingbecame an epidemic and spread like wild fire all across town. Gosh, Brenda Wong wanted to nibble on Yukie Kurahashi's cheekbone and Nadene Rehnby wanted to take a bite out of her own thigh. But Anita Whose-last-name-we-don't-know beat herto it. And Ernie Stelzer shouted, "Okay I think we are 90 percent done, all body parts have been chewed on!" Chester sneered and jeered, "Yeah right." and claimed Ernie's nose for himself. Sneaky devil thought Effie Pow. Oshiri o kamitai, HER ankle bone tingled and she sunk her teeth in. Editors Rebecca Bishop • Michael Booth • Martin Chester • Paul Dayson Letters But we all love The Ubyssey The fact that you are reading this letter sets you apart from many students on this campus. No, it's not that you can actually read, it's that you have taken the time to do so. So what's my problem?" you are probably asking now. Well, in a single breath the response is apathy and the terrible things it can do to something everyone seems to take for granted - our student society - the AMS. The fact that a member of our society is seriously talking about dissolving the AMS frightens the hell out of me. If people think the AMS is not functioning, it The Ubyssey welcomes letters on any issue. Letters must be typed and are not to exceed 300 words in length. Content which is judged to be libelous, homophobic, sexist, racist or factually incorrect will not be published. Please be concise. Letters may be edited for brevity, but it is standard Ubyssey policy not to edit letters for spelling or grammatical mistakes. Please bring them, with identification, to SUB 241k. Letters must include name, faculty, ana signature. does not mean that the system is flawed and beyond repair, it means that people are not participating and challenging it. A system which, by the way, has been created by students over that last 75 years. If a movement to dissolve is followed through it will mean there will be no more SUB (the administration will own it as well the Aquatic Centre and the Thunderbird Winter Sports Centre, all of which were built by students), clubs, service organizations, undergraduate societies (even the EUS) and no representation of students' concerns to lobbying groups and the government. We would have to sell off all our assets, lay off all our employees which include over 75 full time jobs and 400 jobs for students, and trust the administration to make its decisions in the best interest of the students without any of our input. We would no longer have the option of attending the AMS b-b-q, welcome back events, Homecoming, Frosh Orientation, Intramurals events or any other special functions held randomly throughout the year. So you don't like The Ubyssey? Well, that's OK because it won't be here, nor would CiTR or any other campus publication which does its best to let us know what's going on. Let's not even think about any new undertakings such as the AMS Walkhome Programs, anti-discrimination movements, environmental efforts or the like. We would be too busy earning $5.00 an hour to pay for our rising tuition—who's going to lobby? I thought it was important that you knew what the ramifications were of such an action, in case some petition or another is being passedaroundcampus. Our motto—It's Yours or It is up to you—is dead on as far as I am concerned. Ifyou don't like it, get involved and help fix it. Ill show you how. But don't destroy it. There won't be anything left for anyone else. Johanna Wickie AMS Vice-President Here's the buck... by Paul Abbott Bureaucracy sucks! Take a stroll with me through the halls ofthe administration offices, the department of political science, the department of English, the office of the dean of Arts etc. etc WAIT! Let's do it again. Had enough? Got other more trivial matters to deal with; sii-h as yi studying for midterms or working on a term paper? Cry me a river. 'Hie first time you went, half of the people who supposedly work here weren't there. Ah, the joys of professorial perks and all that snot- Allow me, if you will, to paint you a picture. The nervous novice arrives in the big smoke from, shall we say, Kaslo, in late September and immediately begins hi s/herfran tic search for a hole in which to burrow, (more commonly known as a basement suite), or apartment. He was, you see, number 342 on the waiting list for Gage Towers, and expected to be admitted sometime after his degree was completed. Knowing that the privilege ofi inhabiting one of these holes was going to cost him in the neighborhood of $400 per month, and: not wishing to burden himself or society with a student loan, (oh to be young and innocent again), our intrepid intellectual slaved away at his summer occupation until the last possible day, then packed his belong- i n g s onto the bus and set out with high spirits for Vancouver. Through the wonders of telereg our adventurous, but average academian has managed, by virtue of his intermediate registration date, to enroll himself in all of nine units of courses, and so upon arrival he spends hi s time on the bus between various apartments, standing at a payphone dialing and redialing telereg, waiting in line at the bookstore and occasionally trying, in vain, to get someone to treat him as an individual and not a digit. FREESTYLE _j Two weeks later, the freaked-out freshman has with herculean effort, found an apartment, got a bus pass, enrolledin 15 units, procured most ofthe texts required for most ofhis classes, obtained his student card, and paid the first installment of his fees.... Well, that is, he's paid for the first installment for nine units, plus a couple of hundred | dollars extra to coverthe additional six units. You see, when he phoned telereg to get a fee assessment all that was given was the total for 15 units. By the time the letter arrives, by way of Kaslo, informing him ofthe additional $100 owing on his first installment he has already been dropped out ofhis second term courses. Now you know the routine. Our persecuted pupil tramps to and fro over campus in the wonderful autumn weather, (read: sideways rain), getting signatures from professors who are figments of somebody's imagination. Fill out this form, and that one. PAY $50, GO DIRECTLY TO FOOD BANK, reinstatement fee, which by filling out another form you may appeal, good luck to you. The interesting thing about the whole convoluted procedure is that at no time does our stupefied student encounter a single soul who takes the smallest particle of responsibility upon her/ himself. He is confronted by forms and rules. He gets thefeelingthatifthere were cartoon thought bubbles above people's heads they would read, "it's ten minutes to coffee break, when will this jerk leave?" I believe it was Harry Truman who said, "the buck stops here." Well it is the deeper purpose of any bureaucracy to divide the buck into a hundredpenniesand spread them over as wide an area as possible. What's a penny worth today anyway? With that in mind, I only have one thing to say. David Strangway you Asshole! 6/THE UBYSSEY October 26, 1990 LETTERS/OPINION So what about a Hitler scholarship I am writi ng in response to the "behind the scenes' (i.e. things that happen that the majority of the student body does not know about) debates, discussion, arguments etc about The Ubyssey's decision not to print an advertisement informing students about the Rhodes Scholarship. First, I want to apologize to The Ubyssey for my motion directing them to print the ad. I did not realize the implications of the motion, nor what sort of process The Ubyssey had gone through to reach its decision. I was angry and had I thought out the issue more fully beforehand, would not have taken the same route. It is, however, frustrating to realize that information is not reaching students because those that produce the paper refused to print an ad based on a judgement call of racism. This ad is, in my opinion, a borderline case. Yes, Rhodes may have been a racist in his time and I certainly do not condone his actions. However, I feel that the scholarship that Rhodes initiated has grown into a respectable and time-honoured award which does not entertain racist policies. The Rhodes Scholarship Foundation is today an organization that provides opportunities to students of any class, creed or colour. I think we are taking a step backwards when we judge things on how they used to be; it's simply counter-productive. I'm glad The Ubyssey does take a stand and sticks to deci sions made, and I do agree that the paper should be autonomous. I'm sorry, however, that the information about the Rhodes Scholarship (i.e. deadline & the process by which one applies) was not printed in the most widely circulated student newspaper on the UBC campus. Yes, it's true that anybody who had the intelligence to receive the Rhodes Scholarship would probably be intelligent enough to get the information on their own. But the point is that students should have a right to information and they can make their own decisions about whether or not they want to apply for the scholarship. Abby Majendie Arts 3, Arts representative to AMS Council Larger issue than letters There has been some unpleasant tension between women students at UBC over the Place Vanier incident. The AMS Women's Center sees this situation as a good opportunity to utilize the women's only space in the SUB. We are all affected by both (a) the letter writing and (b) the institutional response to the letter writers (silence, denial, protection ofthe oppressors). This is a much larger issue than the letters themselves. It is about how all women on campus are in danger because of the institutional response to violence against women. We are inviting all women to attend. The purpose ofthe discussion would be to have dialogue between women who felt that the issue was blown out of proportion and women who viewed this incident as an act of violence against women. This would be an opportunity for all women to speak up. From women who felt violated but are afraid to take action, to women who are angry at the protestors, to women who are outraged at the amount of abuse women must tolerate. If you are interested in attending, please call the Women's Center at 228-2163 for more information. Linda Shout No bigots here While attending the recent Social Credit Conference (October 11-13, 1990) at the Vancouver Trade and Convention Center, I was bothered by one reporter's repeated references to the Young Socreds as "Nasty Little Bigots." Vancouver Province reporter Brian Kieran wrote this insulting display of ignorance which demonstrated that he does not understand that Social Credit works to benefit all peoples, regardless of race, creed, or colour. My own affiliation with the Young Socreds has shown me that the party is a heterogeneous mixture of all races, religions, and ethnic groups. Proof of Social Credit's commitment to all peoples can be found in its Constitution which explicitly "opposes any attempt to implant the seeds of racial discrimination, class hatred, or religious prejudice among the citizens of the province of British Columbia." This is a fact that Mr. Kieran deliberately overlooked when he All we know is that we know nothing or do we? University is the great period of generalization in which we create a connection between knowledge and life, and imagination and experience, claimed the philosopher Alfred North Whitehead. However, when looking at the university today, and the precarious position of society in general, one cannot but wonder whether the university is fulfilling its role. In other words, is our present political, economic and most importantly ecological situation due to a failure on the part ofthe university system to connect knowledge and imagination with relevant and practical use? Many students, in all ofthe faculties, harbour the sentiment that their studies hold little practical value. So with whom does the blame lie for the fact that the students fail to see an application of their knowledge? In fact, such a question is irrelevant. Not only is the issue far too complicated to be framed in such a black and white fashion, but such confrontational stances are not conducive to solutions. It is a mistake to blame any individual group in society when the problem is inherent in society as a whole. Thus as an integral part of this society the university can no longer be satisfied with coping wjth society's problems, but must try to reshape society itself. This can only be accomplished if professor s and students express and come to terms with contemporary issues on the campus and in the community. The world faces many daunting, seemingly insurmountable problems such as pollution, a population explosion, deforestation and desertification. Yet, another tirade on the woes of the world is superfluous. We need solutions. However, few solutions will be forthcoming from the university until it is based less upon the number of papers it produces and more upon its effectiveness in bettering our society. We will only see results: when the university and its students re-leam how to apply the power of knowledge to pur life with energy and imagination. Students can easily point to the apparent lack of stimulating intellectual activities outside PERSPECTIVE classes that benefit society. Itis easy to talk about what must be done, prigs abound in ever increasing numbers, but action, not talk, is needed. We cannot, as US president George Bush says, wait until the scientists confirm our worst fears. Students must take action by themselves on the campus and in the community. It is surprising how contagious energy and imagination can be once someone, takes the initiative. If you see a problem address it and it will be likely that others will be more than willing to help. Likewise, ifyou see a solution, it does no good telling those responsible. Only through acting regardless of authority will those solutionsbring results. Would we still be talking about a comprehensive recycling program on campus if all those concerned took some initiative? Professors are as culpable in this process as the rest of us, if not more so. Too often has the ivory tower concept been a reality. However, in no way should professors' specializedknowledge disconnect them from the reality of our situation. Professors hold a very privileged and highly respected place in our society and are role models for many thousands of students. If their actions show an apparent disinterest in getting their hands dirty dealing with our complex problems, students take note. This is not to say that professor must bear the burden of leading us (no one would accept a Platonic philosopher ruler,) but they must wholeheartedly offer their skills and knowledge to address important contemporary issues. Auniversity and its students can become no more detached from the serious issues facing our society than a starving person in the Third World. Our education can be thrown out the window if it increasingly becomes a conforming process detached from our contemporary situation. We must become totally absorbed in the search for connections between our learning and societal problems, or like a starving person who fails to find nourishment, we will, as a society, die a slow death. Though wemay be pessimists of theheart, we must not only remain optimists of the will, but must now take the initiative to create a better society. Bruce Colquhoun Arts 4 publicly maligned the integrity of many youths attending the convention. Therefore, it can be concluded that the ignorance which Mr. Kieran displayed in making this statement serves to belittle only himself, suggesting that he is amongst the most primitive element of our society. Bruce Adanac Sorry, Pollyanna I was disappointed to read in the Oct. 5 issue of The Ubyssey the article entitled "GDC wants new office". Informing students of the Global Development Centre's hope to provide them with development resources right on the concourse is great; however, there was one quote attributed to me that I know I did not say: "A lot of what they [Speakeasy and Ombudsoffice) will use that space for is counselling and administration which they'd want to doinanother place (besides the concourse) anyway." I sincerely recognize Speakeasy and Ombudsoffice's need for more space but also believe that there is ample space for all service organizations to serve students from a concourse office. I don't know whether Speakeasy or Ombudsoffice would WANT to do part of their business elsewhere, but I think that it may be possible for everyone to compromise and for each organization to take up no more valuable concourse space than really necessary. In light of the limited concourse space, each organization cannot justify using it for either administration or counselling. A location elsewhere in SUB would suffice for administration, while a private location (i.e. not the extremely public concourse) would perhaps be more appropriate for counselling. This misquote has compelled me to take time to talk personally to both the Speakeasy coordinator and Ombudsperson in or der toclear up any misunderstandi ngs that the article may have caused. The space issue is a very touchy one and a wrongly quoted statement can lead toincreased tensions and distrust. Perhaps The Ubyssey could place such problems in a cooperative problem-sol vingframework rather than in an adversarial framework. Also, the phrase "third world" is outdated and connotes cultural bigotry. Instead, we must recognize that our entire world is one global village. I hope that this misquoting does not happen again. Sabrina Hong Arts 4 MAGAZINE short fiction ♦ poetry ♦ non-fiction ARC Undergraduate Literary Magazine ARC Wants your writing We pay $10 plus one free copy of ARC — Upon publication of your work DEADLINE for SUBMISSIONS is Friday, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1990. Send Submissions to: ARC mailbox English Office - BUCHANAN TOWER 397 PLEASE NOTE: Submissions MUST be typed. Maximum number of submissions allowed is: 5 poems, 2 short stories and/or 2 essays per contributor. Please, do not exceed this set limit. Thank-you. We are also looking for art-work for the cover. Ifyou woulo\Jike your work(s) to be returned to you at the end ofthe year, please enclose a SASE. AND, finally with your submission(s), please include a short handwritten autobiography of yourself— although an autobiography is NOT mandatory, each submission should have your name and phone number. THANK YOU!!! Application now being accepted for the position of Anti-Discrimination Co-ordinator for the 1990/91 school year Applications may be picked up in. SUB Room 238 to be returned with resume by November 2nd 1990. Futher Info call 228-3092 Johanna Wickie. October 26,1990 THE UBYSSEY/7 APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR POSITIONS ON THE STUDENT ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION* Applications forms ar& available in SUB room 238 an3 must bet handed tn by 4 pm on Friday, November 2nd, 1990* For more information, contact the Director of Administration, RomaOopaut-Singh (Room 254) or the SAC Secretary, Martin Ertl (Room 252). We're looking for people who look at this glass and say: "There's gotta be other glasses of water." We nee0 people capable ot going beyond nail full or halt emgtv thinking People wtio see suDtleties Who ate quite (tankly bored by easy answers and off the shelf solutions People who ate constantly challenging their own thinking and ate thirsty tor new ideas ana knowledge. You'll nave a degree from a top school. Genmgaiob won't really be an issue. The question is: which job7 Which industry'' Vou don't want to gel locked into one area and then discover three to five years trom now lhat you don't like it. By then you've invested Ander_ei' Consulting oflp's ,o_ ot projects. ■ with tnents m a wide ranged industries. We are the leader in helping organizations apply information technology to their business advan tage Every hour of every business day. we implement a solution to help one ot out more than 5,000 clients worldwide What makes that possible is the quality o' our people Ano the quality Of ou' training. Were known for both Because business and tech nology are ever changing, we see training as a continuing process. And out $123 million Center (or Professional Education .n St Crimes. commitment We tram you tor a career not |ust aiob. Are you (he kind Of person we're talking about' The kind of person with an unquenchable desire for challenge and professional grow t IT? If so. come talk to us And find out more about a career with Andersen Consulting. Andersen Consulting Where wa go from here.' EngtONriag/Saeiice) InformatiM Seuioa ., November 1,1990 13:30-1:30 p.m. * BW(.. Rm. 201 All Faculty Applicatioa SvbmiuHMi Deadfine: Thursday, November «, 1JM Submission to: Canada Employment Centre on Campus NIW$ SUMMER EMPLOYMENT MOP_C__tf*C Itilll EHiniilCCDIMft The Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada, in Pointe Claire, Quebec, and in Vancouver, B.C., offers project-oriented summer jobs in 1991 to undergraduate students in science* and engineering**, who are graduating in 1992 or 1993. These jobs will be of particular value as training for students who are planning careers in research, and are open to students eligible for Industrial Undergraduate Student Research Awards from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). For students receiving scholarships, the Institute will supplement these so that total salaries will be commensurate with education level and experience. Please send your resume along with an NSERC application form (form 202) and a copy of your latest transcripts, before November 30, 1990 to: Associate Administrator, Education PULP AND PAPER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CANADA 570 St. John's Boulevard Pointe Claire, Quebec H9R 3J9 * e.g., Biochemistry, chemistry, computer science, physics. ** e.g., Chemical, electrical, mechanical, physics. N.B. Eligibility conditions are described in pamphlets available in University departmental offices. SERF gets campus recycling by Kathryn Weiler On a university campus the size ofa small municipality, recycling 5000 tonnes of waste produced by students and staff is a complicated and overwhelming task. Although UBC Food Services is responsible for a significant amount of the tins, plastics, and styrofoam on campus, paper accounts for 70% of that waste, said Brenda Jagroop, project manager of UBC's paper recycling program. Two years ago, the Surplus Equipment Recycling Facility (SERF) was created as a storage depot and distributor of old office equipment at UBC. The facility's mandate was expanded last year when the university administration granted SERF $200,000 to begin a recycling program. The program has received an overwhelming response. Jagroop said her phone has been ringing off the wall with people wanting to be involved in the program. She also said the reason there has been relatively little promotion of this recycling scheme is because "right now we're just trying to keep up with the demand of people who want to recycle." The logistics of setting up a program of this size and scope present many problems. Right now, SERFhas two employees and a five tonne truck that collect from around campus four times per week. Two people are then faced with the burden of sorting the paper collected. Although SERF is understaffed, Jagroop said in order for the program toexpandandbecome more efficient, students and staff must separate the paper and refrain from contaminating the material. She also said there should be a recycling monitor for each building to explain the procedure. Jagroop would like to see her office become an information centre for people with environmental concerns and hopes the program will "demonstrate a response to the environmental needs and concerns of all members of the community and be one in which people will want to participate." Guy Ferrari, a university employee in charge of waste collection, said although the program was met with uncertainty due to initial fears of either job loss or additional labour loads, the union's re sponse has been posi ti ve. Ferrari said paper accounts for 50 per cent of waste produced on campus but in his view, "no recycli ng program i s economically sustainable." However, he hopes the recycling of paper products will generate income that will subsidize the recycling of other consumer wastes. Ferrari predicts more labour will be required as a result of this mandate but said the administration is committed to recycling. As for the students, "they are the worst pigs I've seen," he said. Ferrari said students are environmentally aware but demonstrate little responsibility in their actions. UBC Food services maintains they are committed to recycling as well. At present, cans are being recycled but when asked why no signs have been put up indicating this to patrons, a manager of UBC Food Services, Judy Finley, said special garbage cans should be arriving in two to three weeks. According to Finley, Food Services is waiting for the introduction ofa university master plan for recycling before dealing with paper and plastic disposal. The cafeterias will be offering eating utensils, mugs and bowls for students to purchase as an alternative to disposable plastics. When asked if Food Services would be willing to offer economic incentives (ie: discounts) for students bringing their own utensils, Finley said this "gets pretty detailed" and added the issue has not been yet been raised. At present only students who purchase a china UBC Food Services mug at $4.95 plus tax will receive a large tea or coffee for the price of a medium. Blue Chip Cookies on the other hand, offers mugs for a dollar, as well as ten cents off all coffee for those bringing their own mug. if your're swamped with work... and you're all uptight, this is the place to go tonight! EVERY TUESDAY "The Improv" featuring Brave New Cowards i Cr MI presents: NEW TALENT SHOWCASE EVERY WEDNESDAY door proceeds to CFMI Variety Club Kids Farmyard fercHA^i! SHOWTIMES Tues.. Wed., Thurs. 9:00 pm Fri. & Sat. 9:00 pm & 11:30 pm NEW LOCATION Expo Site (next to 86 Street) 687-LAFF Book vour Christmas Party Now! EVERY STUDENT_ TVTT _P TIT1 Tues-thru Fri- 1^±VJ"__L_L± Exp. Nov. 30 '90 AT THE DOOR 2 DOR 1 ADMISSION YUK YUK'S 8/THE UBYSSEY October 26,1990
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