@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 "2015-09-11"@en, "1986-01-31"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/Ubysseynews/items/1.0128385/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ UBC Archives Saricri :'d ^ovirioiA 'y:U< THE UBYSSEY Friday, January 31, 1986 ^vS^w^ir ptf@Q®ffi d)y§ hsmte By RHONDA COSTAS reprinted from the Arthur Canadian University Press Nothing is better than a doughnut. They are made from dough, sugar and grease, and I love them. Doughnuts are better than Don Johnson. I've never actually met Sonny, but I think he's really hot. I have met plenty of doughnuts though, and they've always treated me right. I love doughnuts and Don Johnson. If I had to choose between having Don Johnson forever, but no more doughnuts, or doughnuts with no Don, I think I would have to take Don. Then I would switch to chocolate bars, which are also very near to my heart. Picture me and Sonny in the Ferrari with melting Crunchie bars. Oh, I can't stand it! THE DON JOHNSON CHOCOLATE BAR DIET: Morning: Take a shower with Don. Then help him do his hair. Afternoon: Drive around Don. in the Ferrari with Evening: Do tons of coke and have the big pork fest with Don. Vocg® U®y Sim fficgrfifiKfQtf felhlDOlnl From page 1 Klovan's words, "more streamlined for a cooler colour and a jazzier look." Miami Vice's visual style is interesting for the dichotomy it creates. The world of Miami is a very polished one. (Before shooting night scenes, for example, the streets are watered down to get a nice smooth reflection of moonlight off the pavement.) Yet underneath this glittering world of polished streets and winking pastel nightclubs are sleazy degenerate dope dealers and outlaws. The setting for the show has been appropriately coined 'glitter-sleaze'. There is one very strict rule on the Miami Vice set and that is 'no earth tones.' Pastel shades are definitely the rule and anything red or brown is strictly taboo. "One of the reasons for this," said Klovan, "is to reinforce the dream-like quality of the show." Another appealing aspect to the programme is its quick, rock videolike editing. "Miami Vice is the first show to use rock video-like editing," said Klovan. "In conventional television every shot must either reveal character or advance the plot. It is linear narrative. Every shot must be self-explanatory so that if you leave the room for a few minutes, you can still follow the few strands of plot when you return. It's like Dallas. Every three months or so I watch 15 minutes of it. Don't ask me why, but in those minutes I'm caught up in everything that's going on. The techniques of TV restrict the range of choices. Since every shot must be self-explanatory, one show is pretty much like the other." "Miami Vice is quite different. It's told in non-linear fashion. Like Flashdance, gaps are left in the story. Each scene does not necessarily build on the preceding one. And after the first ten minutes the story doesn't give you a lot of exposition. If you miss the first few moments of the show, you're lost. "The scenes themselves contradict the edicts of television. Usually the TV scene is a complete entity unto itself. There is a beginning and a middle and an end. Not so in Miami Vice. The viewer will enter a scene in the middle and leave before the end. Miami Vice likes to do this. It likes to challenge you. It throws you into the middle of something and lets you figure it out. Also the quick editing from one scene to another gives the impression of a dream. The knock on Miami Vice has been style and sound at the expense of storyline, but Klovan does not see this as legitimate criticism. "Miami Vice's audience doesn't read. It wants images and emotion and energy rather than plot or words." Although he applauds Miami Vice for the innovative use of visual and aural techniques, he also sees the show's success in the context of television just keeping up with the times. "Forty years ago," he said, "the television screen was very small, as was the speaker. Because of this, the producers didn't bother with composition or mise-en-scene and paid little attention to the music score. Today, though, the screens are much larger, the picture is better, and you can hook your television set up to speakers the size of a refrigerator. But television has refused to adapt. Their visual style is forty years out-of-date. Miami Vice is alluring and powerful because it uses modern techniques to present an ancient theme. 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Call 733-3187 Open daily at 11:30 a.m. ■ » Friday, January 31, 1986 THE UBYSSEY Page 3 2,000 petition against godiva ride By EVELYN JACOB The Godiva ride will continue — but in a different form — assures The Coalition Against Sexism on Campus. Coalition members met with President David Strangway and Dean Axel Meisen of Engineering Thursday to present a petition containing more than 2,000 signatures opposing the event — a tradition that has been an annual campus fixture for more than 30 years. CASC member Anita Srivastava said Strangway and Meisen made clear their opposition to the ride and has warned the Engineering Undergraduate Society that "direct and immediate" sanctions would result if the event is "offensive." Srivastava said that Meisen will attend the ride to decide whether the event is offensive. The EUS has UBC loses experiment on "Challenger" By VIRGINIA McKENNA A UBC professor's cell separation experiment, second in a series of space-based tests to find a better treatment for blood cell cancer, was destroyed Tuesday in the explosion of the space shuttle "Challenger." Pathology and chemistry professor Donald Brooks said the experiments, which will be slowed by Tuesday's disaster are studying the separation of solutions in the absense of gravity, possibly leading to a method of separating different cell types. On the ground solutions don't completely separate because the lighter liquid floats on the heavier. The medical profession currently uses chemotherapy and radiation to kill cancer cells, but this method also kills healthy cells, said Brooks. If doctors could separate the good cells from the bad, then they could kill only the bad cells and put the good ones back into the body, he added. "But this is a very long way off, and would be only one of the many applications of the cell separation procedures," said Brooks. The explosion of the "Challenger has further delayed such a medical breakthrough. The experiment was scheduled to fly again in about six months, but this will not be possible with the N.A.S.A. slow-down, he said. "The best they could do now is three-quarters as fast as the previous year, because they only have three of their four space shuttles left," said Brooks. The experiments started ten years ago when Brooks approached N.A.S.A. with his ideas. "They were interested in experiments that would specifically be aided by performance in space," he said, adding N.A.S.A. funded the project alone until three months ago, when Canada became involved. It is illegal for N.A.S.A. to supply funds to Canadian researchers, so most of the work is done by a small team at the Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon, he said. Brooks received his PhD from HSU and presently has an adjunct appointment there. The only other Canadian who has worked on the project is Jim Van Alstine. He recently got his PhD in experimental pathology under Brooks and is now at work on the project in Huntsville, Alabama. "Space science is not like doing regular science," said Brooks. "It is very expensive, and slow to produce results. You have to have pretty special kinds of problems, otherwise they get solved in the interim." since informed both the Administration and CASC that the event will not be "offensive to women." "The president stands against public nudity," said Srivastava. "He suggests that if the engineers persist in the Godiva ride that Godiva be garbed in period costume." Despite assurances from Meisen that sanctions placed on the society would be "appropriate to the event," Srivastava said CASC was "disappointed" that no specific sanctions were detailed. "If we don't know what the sanctions will be, we fear the event will happen again." Both Strangway and Meisen could not be reached for comment. According to some engineering students, the undergraduates themselves have no say in the organization and continuation of the tradition. "It is all up to EUS," said one student who asked not to be identified. "Once we vote them into office, they become like a government." Alfred Fischer, University of Victoria acting engineering dean, said the ride is in "bad taste". "It should never have been acceptable, and certainly not in 1986," he said. Fisher said the administration does not want UVIC engineers to even think about holding a similar event. Terry Hunt, Canadian Federation of Students pacific region chair said the term "Peeping Tom" parade was accurately coined by' CASC. "Personally, I think it's a sexist event," he said. Srivastava said coalition members plan to attend the ride but have not determined if or how they will protest. THINNING SLIM-FINGERED cancer victim reaches for yet another and delivers dozens of noxious chemicals from equally noxious companies, pack of coffin nails. Despite Cadillac-like lettering, machine takes money Victim died after pushing single button. Apartheid protest changes library name PETERBOROUGH, ONT. (CUP)—Trent University students want to rename the university's Bata Library because of the Bata company's investments in South Africa. Six hundred students, out of 3,000 registered, signed a petition circulated by the South Africa Action Committee demanding the board of governors change the library's name. Besides supporting the apartheid regime in South Africa, Bata has considerable investments in other developing countries such as Chile and Indonesia. Some want the library to be renamed the Stephen Biko Memorial Library to honour the black student activist who was killed in a South African prison on Sept. 12, 1977. Trent students should not increase the company's profile by allowing the building to be named after company head Thomas Bata, said Richard Hamilton, a fourth year sociology student. "We are fundamentally opposed to honoring a man with that kind of corporate profile," Hamilton said. The library was named after Bata because he organised a library fundraising campaign and donated large sums of money to the university. Bata now sits as an honourary member of Trent's board of governors. Susan Wheeler, Trent's commun- ciations director, said the university is not able to reveal how much money Bata donated to the library. The students' petition is being considered by the social responsibility committee of the university senate. Student senator Chris Wiggins said he expects opposition based on practical, not ideological, grounds. A decision to change the name of the library must be approved by the senate and board of governors and be discussed by the appropriate committees of both bodies. Should the board not act soon, the committee plans a boycott of the library, a candlelight vigil and civil disobedience, he said. Basil Baker, secretary of Bata Limited, said he is surprised students do not understand how the company is actually helping end apartheid by working within South Africa. "I've been associated with this organisation for 35 years and I've seen some amazing things this company has done. The company is doing the same in South Africa as they are doing in developing countries around the world," Baker said. Bata employs 3,200 black workers in its South African manufacturing plants but the workers at these plants make less than subsistence income, according to Canadians Concerned About Southern Africa, a Toronto lobby group. CCASA member Joanne Nayman said Bata receives large grants from the South African government to locate there. "It's hardly a situation which Bata can turn around and try to change the system," she said. "Bata is in there pro fitting from apartheid." The company has consistently refused to allow its workers to join unions. In 1982, Bata refused to meet with a textile union that had signed up hundreds of workers and fired those involved with organising. Workers at the time made between 60 and 117 rand per month. Subsistence income at the time was 236 rand per month per average family. But the student council, which has its office in the library, has not waited for official approval. The council's address is listed in the Canadian Federation of Students' national students council directory as the "Biko Library, Trent University." Chickens fall from sky U of A students flunk writing test EDMONTON (CUP) — The university informed fifteen university of Alberta students over the ' Christmas holidays that their registrations have been cancelled because they did not write the Alberta Writing Competency Test. Seven students wrote and passed last week, and then registered, but eight others are out of the university for good. Five hundred-and-three U of A students registered in 1985 and '84 who have written and flunked the test were in danger of expulsion from the school. The U of A senate decided to give them until April 1986 to pass the test. Caroline Nevin, U of A student council vice-president, said the council has no plans to intervene on the students' behalf. "If they wish to challenge it in court, we'd probably back them," Nevin said. Nevin said she has recommended some changes to the test to benefit students, and also said the senate should accept other proof of writing competence like a passing grade in a full English course or a pass on the Test of English as a Foreign Language, which international students have to pass before studying in Canada. "The exam itself is stressful and detracts from most students' performance. An English course is a better reflection of their abilities," Nevin said. EDMONTON (CUP) —. Two University of Alberta agriculture students will appear in provincial court Feb. 20 in connection with the death of five chickens during the university's engineering week. Reginald Shandro and Earl Greenhogh were among five students who, acting independently of their faculty society tossed a bag of chicken feathers followed by live chickens off the second floor balcony in the student union building during a noon engineering week rally. "They thought they would flutter down, but they fell like rocks," said director of campus security Doug Langevin. They thought the chickens would land safely because chickens are capable of flying short distances. The chickens were bought from a local farmer. "We told him it was engineering week and that we were going to use the chickens in a prank against them," the students said. "He said he didn't like engineers either." The chickens were "half-dead", said engineering students' society executive Dale Hildebrand. "Two of them couldn't even lift their beaks off the ground." The engineering students running the event disposed of the chickens by wringing their necks and tossing them into a dumpster, Hildebrand said. Greenhogh and Shandro are charged under section 402 of the Criminal Code with willfully causing unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to an animal or bird. The maximum penalty is a $500 fine or six months in jail. "We didn't want to hurt anybody or the chickens," the two said. The stunt was organized "in order to maintain the ongoing rivalry between the aggies and engineers," they said. Marks go down Physics 110 students are getting worse at physics — only 55 per cent of them passed the Christmas exam this year, compared with an average of 70 per cent in past years. "The performance this year is not as good as in the last two years," said physics department head D. Llewelyn Williams. Williams said he was "not very happy with the sudden change in performance of a large number of students." "If it became a trend we'd start seriously worrying," he said. Betty Howard, who is in charge of Physics 110, said it was difficult to determine the cause of the decline. "The students were not as well prepared perhaps," she said. "Each year students have more trouble with elementary physics." Both Williams and Howard thought the poor showing could be due to the fact the exam was written on the last day of an intensive exam period. Howard said declining performance is also a problem in first year math courses. Page 4 THE UBYSSEY Friday, January 31, 1986 Alternative ride proposed I would like to make an interesting proposal vis a vis the Lady Godiva issue. This proposal was suggested to me by an intelligent, independent lady friend. As with myself, she finds the Godiva issue rather inane. But she feels that if the women opposed to the Godiva ride want to do something significant, they should stage their own ride, with a naked male. I thought this was hilarious, but upon further contemplation, I figure she's right. AMS booking line-up soon This is a reminder to the Bookings Representatives of all AMS Constituencies and Clubs. The Spring bookings line-up will be held Tuesday, February 11, 1986 at 8:00 a.m. outside of SUB 230C. If your organization is planning an event for the 1986 Fall term and will require a room in the SUB, be in line early (or late the night before) in order to get good booking. Also, please note that each organization must have one representative in the line at all times. Lorna Pritchard bookings commissioner Elementary school celebrates reunion As Vancouver celebrates its centennial year, Lord Strathcona Elementary School will also be celebrating its 95 years of memories. A reunion, "back to strath" will be held on June 13 and 14, 1986 and all former students and staff are invited to share in the festivities and nostalgia. Help make this reumion a memorable event. Call your former classmates and register now! To register: phone 255-5882 or 533-4497 or mail your name, address, telephone number and year(s) of attendance at Strathcona to: Reunion, Strathcona Elementary School, 592 E. Pender St., Vancouver, B.C. V6A 1V5. See you there! Nancy Woo graduate studies—CMTE 0i' ,*& Why don't all the protestors get together, and go for it? Don't tell me that sexism, regardless of the gender, is wrong; therefore a male ride is not the intention behind the opposition. Just do it and note what kind of protest occurs from the male population. I doubt if there would be much, if any opposition from us. We can usually take a poke thrown at us, and come out laughing. I know, I know what the next rebuttal is: women have been abused and mistreated in our society since "Quest for Fire" times, the Godiva ride further symbolizes this abuse, and since men have not been exploited as such, of course they'll get a laugh out of a male ride, it's no threat to their ego or dominance, directly or symbolically. Hell, that's the way it should be! Neither ride should be considered a threat to anything, and one should laugh, regardless of sex. There are more important and constructive issues that should be concentrated on. Take the ride, or rides for what they are, purely external fun and foolishness! But don't ask me to get up on the horse . . . Hire a male stripper, that's his job. J. R. Good murphy political science 4 PANGO PANGO (UNS) — Hairy Puce Blorgs on this tiny island kingdom were dumbfounded as Please Fuckme and Crisp Dong attempted to take over the entertainment section of the Daily Blah with the magical weapon, "PDA." "What about me," cried Avid Vermin. "I like to entertain too." The Pre-Medical Society of UBC presents a symposium on TRANSPLANT SURGERY Saturday, February 1, 1986 1:00-5:00 p.m. In Woodward IRC 1 FREE ADMISSION — EVERYONE WELCOME WflLKfTlAn WM-F15 IF IT'S NOT A SONY - IT'S NOT A WALKMAN STEREO CASSETTE PLAYER FM STEREO/AM TUNER LIGHT AND COMPACT EXTRA 10% OFF WITH AMS CARD CHROME SWITCH DOLBY B HEADPHONES INCLUDED $ 169 2053 WEST 41st AVE. VANCOUVER 263-0878 ii H SCUBA DIVE Join UBC's Scuba Club for low-cost courses, rentals, gear purchases, charters and activities. Next Introductory Course Feb. Aqua Society- Lower Floor, Student Union Bldg. 228-3329 the EXCELSIOR Restaurant l^s a restaurant of distinction SPRING BREAK SPECIAL 2 for 1 SPECIAL (on food only) $16.95 MENTION FROM UBC TRY OUR SEAFOOD BUFFET PARTY AND BEST MUSIC IN TOWN MUSIC WITH HOT TRACKS AND TOP 40 HITS!!! 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And Career- Oriented Student Employment application forms for the programme, are moving like hotcakes at the Canada Employment Centre on campuses across the country. But the Canadian Federation of Students is worried the government might be juggling money to replace full-time employees with the summer students. Because of "person- year decontrol", ministries are being encouraged to find extra money in their budgets and use it to hire students. The extra money may result from full-time positions being eliminated while budgets stay the same. Other parts of the government's summer employment programme may also be giving students jobs at the expense of others. A total of $30 million from employment and immigration is going to Statistics Canada, providing StatsCan hires students to fill more than half of the 45,000 jobs available on the 1986 census. "Traditionally the census is done by retired people or housewives," said Sandra Kearns, public relations officer at Employment and Immigration. But now students will be given priority. "Now we're supposed to be glad, that we're taking away jobs from other unemployed people," said CFS chair Barb Donaldson. There are other problems for students who want to work for the census. The training date at Ss* Queen's University in Kingston is April 11, right in the middle of Queen's students' exam period. And most census jobs end halfway through the summer. "It's completely criminal that students will take this $6,800 on census work and, having passed up other jobs, will find themselves out of work by mid-June," Donaldson said. Hopi threatened Fourteen thousand Navaho and Hopi are resisting U.S. government efforts to move them off their traditional homelands, said a member of Seattle's Big Mountain support group Wednesday. "There is a possibility of violent military action to remove them by July 8, 1986," said Marilyn James. These tribes have shared a 1,500 square mile area of northeastern Arizona for over 400 years. The traditional leaders of the Hopi and the Navaho say there is no conflict between them, but the U.S. government still wants to partition the area, said James, to 20 people in Buchanan A204. In 1934, the U.S. government rejected traditional native democracy, declaring it would only deal with elected tribal councils, she said. Only a small minority of Hopi and Navaho support these councils to this day, said James. But "progressive" leaders of the Hopi tribal council — all men, though the traditional elders were always women — tried to have the courts partition the joint use area. However, the courts refused, declaring it to be "for the common use and benefit" of both tribes. The traditional people were convinced partition was aimed solely at making it easier for large corporations, already strip-mining coal and uranium extensively nearby, to move into the area, said James. But in 1974 Congress passed a law "to provide for final settlement of the conflicting rights and interests of the Hopi and Navaho tribes ... to lands within the joint use area." Navaho and Hopi, led by their traditional women elders, resisted relocation from the start, beginning at Big Mountain, James said. The land was divided equally between Hopi and Navaho, but the Navaho are far more numerous. Though the Navaho as a whole own over 24,000 square miles, the land is either occupied already or uninhabitable, James said. Thus, the traditional Navaho sheep herders in the joint use area, who had adapted themselves over the centuries to raising sheep on vast tracts of desert, now have nowhere to go to follow the only way of life they know, James said. Yet until now, they were self- sufficient. James stressed the spiritual nature of her message. "We need to let people know the traditional, spiritual way, that all people — red, white, yellow, black — are put here to protect the environment and the planet." Thus, the struggle in Arizona incorporates environmental, nuclear disarmament and human rights issues, she said. James said the Navahos in particular need our help. "Because of the possibility of military action to relocate them, it is important that more people — nationally and internationally — be aware of that. This way we will have a better chance to avert or at least minimize the violence," James said. The Dali Lama and Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa are amongst world figures invited to join with the Navaho and Hopi before the deadline date, she said. Canadians can urge their government to pressure the U.S. government to repeal the relocation law and end the human rights violations caused by it, James said. Muster food UBC science undergraduate society raised $362 in last week's food bank in the student union building. Science undergraduate society representative Nindy Duggal said he was pleased with the student support given. "We had a good response from students," he said. The food bank was organized as part of the week-long SUS week last week. SUS president Donald Mustard said students donations varied in amount and some were as high as $10 per donation. He said they came up with the idea for a food bank because they wanted to support a local cause with a lower profile. Students were able to purchase food at the stand or donate money. Mustard said organizing last week's food bank was more effective than their earlier attempt in November which did not allow students to purchase food on the spot and raised in total less than $50. ACID RAIN KEEPS falling on my head, sings intrepid, unprotected soul on left while other less indomitable youth carrying umbrellas notice contraptions dissolve after two or three weeks. Persistent rain isn't really sinister; it's just there to make your car faster and lighter for the spring racing season through the modern miracle substance, iron oxide. Oxide treatment also provides extra ventilation after a few years and creates new, interesting, ever-changing patterns on sides of cars. Huge student aid fraud charged TORONTO (CUP)—A Kitchener, Ont. couple are to appear in court this month in connection with a $175,000 student aid fraud that spanned two years and five provinces. Ontario Provincial Police arrested Paul and Lena Schuler in December and charged them with fraud. The investigating officer, Corp. Nelson Kinkaid, said the pair are suspected of swindling $108,000 in Ontario student grants and $67,000 in Canada Student Loans between 1981 and 1983. Kinkaid said a man and woman forged the high school transcripts of 60 living people, then registered at 23 universities and applied for student aid. Thirteen of the universities were in Ontario, with the remainder in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Col- Students invade Montreal newsroom MONTREAL (CUP) — Sixty students occupied the McGill Daily office last week to protest what they call the biased and irresponsible journalism of the student paper. "The Daily is totally unresponsive to student needs," said Perry Smyth, a third-year economics student. "What students want is more campus news." Students also claimed the Daily is "cliquish" and anti-Semitic. In a petition circulated after the occupation, the students called for an amendment to the Daily's statement of principles "to accommodate the free expression of diverse opinion." Organisers of the occupation made rallying speeches in the cafeteria and student union lobby before going to the Daily offices. According to Smyth, at least 30 people spontaneously joined the occupation. "There was a wide cross-section of students there," Smyth said. "They weren't all conservatives by any stretch." Students carried placards that said "Put the dogma to sleep" and "Free speech at the Daily." Senior news editor Brendan Weston objected to the disruption. "We've always discussed issues with any student who asked, and our staff and staff meetings are open and democratic," he said. "We've explained this to the organisers. It's just a few students grandstanding." Editor-in-chief Melinda Wittstock pointed out that all newspapers are biased. "The difference is that we admit our bias," she said. "The Daily is an alternative press," said Wittstock. "Its purpose is to combat racism, sexism, heterosex- ism, and economic injustice, while covering news fairly, accurately, and to the best of its ability." Co-editor of The Ubyssey, Stephen Wisenthal said he would love to have hordes of students occupying room 241K in SUB. "We have plenty of filing for everyone," he said. Smyth said staff members told him if he wants to change the paper he should write for it. "To get something worth paying for, I don't think I hae to do that," Smyth said. "Most students don't have time to be journalists. We have careers and whatnot." The Daily is being attacked on other fronts as well. The McGill Students' Society is refusing to sign a rent agreement with the Daily unless its statement of principles is changed. An opt-out campaign, where students could choose whether they want to pay fees to the paper, has also been organised. The Daily's statement of principles is based on the belief that Canada is a class society and that the newspaper should be an agent of social change. "I don't want to see the paper die," said Smyth. "I think having a McGill Daily is great, but there has to be some way to set up so students can register their approval or disapproval." The McGill Daily is celebrating its 75th year of publication. umbia. Police say the pair visited the universities twice—once to register and once to pick up their student awards. They did not attend classes but were former students at the University of Waterloo—ironically, one of the two Ontario universities not used in the scam. The Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities grew suspicious when several people approached about overdue loan payments were able to prove they had never applied for the money. Police tracked down the suspects using duplicate student photos kept by some of the universities. Because of the theft, the ministry's student awards branch is reviewing the method used to hand over aid money to students. "Nobody's ever considered that people would go to this limit (to defraud the programme). . .but now that it's happened, we've got to take a close look at it," said Doug Anderson, the manager of the branch's verification section. He said students will probably have to give university student aid officers more identification before being able to receive their money. Anderson said he knows of only one similar case of fraud. However, in that instance, which happened several years ago and ended in a two-year jail term, the scope of the operation was considerably smaller, Anderson said. Of the $175,000 taken, a portion was paid in fees to the universities. Police have not been able to recover the rest. Page 6 THE UBYSSEY Friday, January 31, 1986 Friday, January 31, 1986 THE UBYSSEY Page 7 L_^ Berger seeks solutions By KENNETH SALLITT In 1971 the U.S. Congress passed the Native Land Claims Settlement Act. Forty-four million acres of Alaskan Territory and nearly a billion dollars was transferred to the native population in the form of shares of stock in village and regional corporations. In 1992 the stock goes public, the land can be taxed and the native peoples stand to lose control of it, and with it, their culture. Village Journey By Thomas Berger New York: Hill and Wang, 1985 The Settlement Act has been an attempt by the U.S. government to bring the native peoples of Alaska into the mainstream of American life by forcing them to become corporate citizens and manage their land and its assets as a business venture. Few of the corporations have made money, many have been en- mired in litigation and poor investments, some are bankrupt. Often the beneficiaries of the native corporations are non-native employees, advisors and lawyers. The collaboration of the corporations with oil concerns has raised the possibility that self- determination may be compromised by the politics of oil. Thomas Berger, who is professor of law at UBC has become something of a hero in the north. Between 1974-1977 he headed the enquiry that recommended a moratorium on the shipment of gas by pipeline down the Mackenzie valley. This study provided many of the models for land-use and occupancy studies across the north. In 1979 he headed a commission which looked into Indian and Inuit health care. In 1983 Berger was commissioned by the Inuit Circumpolar Conference to hear testimony throughout Alaska on the effects of the Settlement Act. "Village Journey" is a presentation of some of the testimony and Berger's analysis of the dilemmas facing the Inuit, Aleut and Indians of Alaska and indigenous peoples in general: enforced assimilation into colonial society, the imposition of alien mores and the replacement of hunting, fishing and gathering subsistence systems by artificial economies. Berger has perceptively interpreted the concerns and priorities of the native peoples, particularly those in the outlying areas, hence the title of the book. He has also clearly documented how the settlement act once hailed as enlightened legislation, has provided the • framework for what might be the greatest misappropriation of land in history. His recommendations support native self-determination, a radical reassessment of the concepts of land and natural resource ownership and the establishment of tribal governments to replace the corporations in the administration of land and stock. While Berger himself has no legislative power in Alaska, his recommendations may influence Congress to forestall a clearly preventable tragedy. ^r^ tH 5353 Passion plays in the West By MARY CAMERON With a slow drawl, quick smile, spurs on his taped-up boots, and faded jeans and jacket, Sam Shepard is a cowboy. He lassos jukeboxes, car hood ornaments, garbage cans and he loves his woman. Shepard plays Eddie, the American mythic cowboy, in Robert Altman's film adaptation of Shepard's play, Fool for Love. Fool for Love directed by Robert Altman at the Royal Centre Altman's done a great job here. Unlike his last play adapted to the screen, Streamers, which took its claustrophobic, staged time in an army barracks, this movie has a great sense of the immensity of the American West, roads shooting off into the darkness, high dark skies, and wild sage-covered land with sudden monstrous cows approaching in the dark. The story, or "exploded play", as Shepard calls the film, takes place at the El Royale Motel, a dusty, peeling, six- unit motel with sputtering pink neon signs, in the Mohave Desert. Eddie comes hundreds of miles off his route, in a battered truck while towing a trailer of horses, to find beautiful May (Kim Basinger) who is working at the motel. The two circle around each other like boxers, attacking and retreating as part of their obsessive, passionate relationship. May's motel room door is repeatedly bashed in, until eventually just the frame is left. Then May's current boyfriend shows up, Martin (Randy Quaid). This marks the shift in the movie's momentum, and turns it into the popular, money-making film that it undoubtedly will be. Martin is a small-town gardener who waters the high school football field before arriving on his date, wearing an orange leisure suit and bow tie. He becomes the outside figure to which the other characters must confess, in the tradition of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. There's a deep dark connection between Eddie, May and the Old Man. The Old Man is Harry Dean Stanton, last seen in Paris, Texas (also written by Shepard). He's got the dark glassy eye of an alcoholic and is persistently after Eddie's stash of tequila. He lives in a rusted trailer in the middle of a junkyard behind the motel, rocks in an old chair and plays harmonica beside an empty picture frame. Very surreal. And he tells stories in a low, mellow voice like Bing Crosby's. There is also, unbelievably, a Countess who shows up at the motel. She was Eddie's last fling. It's this Countess, with her high teased hair, tights, diamonds and high heels, standing in front of her Mercedes Benz that suddenly, briefly, turns the movie into a rock video. She uses a .357 Magnum. This movie has everything. There's a big explosion at the end too. But aside from this "exploded play" that Altman has created, the movie deals specifically with the characters' awareness of their own past and how film can comment on A whole lot of hailing going on B> USE MAtiEK It is hard to believe that something so lame could inspire so much controversy: the only offensive thing about Jean-Luc Godard's, Hail Mary (Je Vous Salue, Marie) is how terribly dull it is. Hail Mary Directed b\\ Jean-Luc Godard Opens Fridat, Januar> 31st al the Ridge The Roman Catholic hierarchy has dubbed it blasphemous and even the more liberal of the church's critics insist Hail Mary is an irreverant, tastelss, parody of the Virgin Birth. Merely by virtue of his subject-matter Godard verges dangerously close towards blashphemy. There are some, shall we say. playful parallels with the Gospels. For example, the Virgin Mary i.s a sober young Swiss woman obsessed with basketball, Joseph is a taxi driver and the Archangel Gabriel drives to the Annunciation (at a gas station) in a cab. But Hail Mary is a tasteful treatment of a lender subject by a film maker who seems to sincerely want to explore something a little more transcendent and spiritual than usual. Predictably the film is charged with being vulgar. Marie (Myriem Roussel) is seen nude a number of times. Yet none of this nudity seemed excessive or unnecessary. In the inimitable style or Godard these scenes arc beautifully rendered and certainly nothing that a contemporary film-going audience would find pornographic. It' anything, he treats women as too sacred. He sees them as, due to their role as the child bearers, bestowed with a superior knowledge and a stronger link to the creator. If anything he is guilty of convoluted sexism. There are things in the film that are annoying. The plot verges on painfully simplistic — woman gets pregnant and spiritual, even though an agnostic virgin, boy marries her even though he isn't lcsponsiblc and isn't convinced about Who is (boy never gets spiritual). The baby- is born, grows up, and the woman > gets hedonistic and wears lipstick, the end. All that rivetting action is interspersed with music by Bach, Dvorak and Coltrane as well as philosophical musings about life, the universe and everything by- various characters. Actually Godard's film is not nearly as enjoyable as the 25 minute long Hail Mary Part 1, directed by Godard's associate Anne-Marie Mieville. It has nothing to do with Godard's film despite the title and how both of them have main characters named Marie. It is a charming piece about a young girl (Rebecca Hampton) whose parents have separated. She is a haunting lovely child who longs for the strong feeling of love that she experienced as an infant. She is tender and unaccustomed to the harshness of existence. It is a touching portrayal of a heart-hurt sadness. What is truly curious about the controversy surrounding this film is that no one has objected to what. in our modern secular society, Godard is saying about spirituality. He de\\otcd a great deal of dialogue to discussions of the relationship between (he soul, the spiiii and the body as well as the utterly taboo subject of God. Coming from .lean- Luc Godard. a man who ha? in the past espoused his own brand of Marxism, makes it all the more remarkable. Potentially intriguing subject matter . . it's too bad it had to be so relentlessly dull . . . the past. The other guests at the motel are subtly woven into Eddie and May's own story, so that memories become tangible. Eddie and May eventually tell Martin about moments in their childhood, but while we hear what they want to believe happened, we see what really happened. Humour comes from the Old Man and Martin, and especially from Eddie. He lopes around the motel, leaning forward as though he's riding a horse, takes swigs of tequila and winces, watches May through her room window and awkwardly tries to make contact. This is only the second time Shepard has acted in one of his own plays. For one night, he played in Cowboy Mouth, co-written by Patti Smith. He should do it more often. At one point he's lying on the floor, bugging Martin as they wait for May to come out of the bathroom. Eddie's cowboy hat swings back and forth like a puppet balanced on a two-by-four while Eddie gives some mocking sweet advice to Martin. The soundtrack is good country music, eight songs written and performed by Sandy Rogers, Shepard's sister, and the cinematography is excellent (lots of shots through windows and an especially good one through the mud-spattered windshield of Eddie's truck) and done by Canadian Pierre Mignot. By MAIDA PRICE Your slightly-strange family and the skeletons in its closets are going to look positively banal once you've seen Buried Child. This Pulitzer prize winning play by Sam Shepard should reveal home truths about every family, but in this production the acting, while always competent, is often not strong enough to release the universal meanings of the play. ■ Buried Child Directed by Robert Garfat at Dorothy Somerset Studio until February 1st The return of Dodge and Halie's sons and grandson to the decaying family home and the consequent unearthing of the buried child, emotionally and literally, is an event capable of moving off the stage and into real life. Yet in this recent Dorothy Somerset product the actors cannot always sustain the intensity of the piece, allowing their characters to flatten and edge towards caricature, they become merely a bunch of interesting crazies in a farmhouse in Illinois. The best performance comes from Don Johnson, who rises well above competency to give a convincing portrayal of Dodge, the aged patriarch of the family. His Dodge shifts effortlessly from malevolent prodder to querulous old man and back again as the action unfolds around this pivotal figure! Every line Dodge utters is perfectly delivered, from the opening scene, as he sits on the couch trading barbs with the unseen Halie, to his final speech, the darkly comic recitation of his will as he lies on the floor. Although marred slightly by overdone facial and head movements in the opening scene, Johnson's portrayal evened out as the play progressed. He has the power lo sustain his role at center stage. Others in the cast did have their moments as well. A particularly strong image was the symbolic burial of the sleeping Dodge by his eldest son Tilden, played by Peter Giaschi, who carefully arranged the corn husks over the body and then stood surveying his work with a beautifully detached air. Karen Austin is Halie, and as a voice upstairs calling down to Dodge she is very effective. It is unfortunate that the disjunctions between her appearance and her role disrupt her onstage presence. Other moments which should carry power fall strangely flat, as when Bradley (Christopher Beck) orders Shelley (Beatrice Boepple) to open her mouth, and then sticks his fingers into it. The heavy sexual connotations and the power carried by Bradley are conveyed weakly, and this serves to lessen the later shift in power onto Shelley, the catalyst who allows the revelations about the buried child. \\ Despite having too much play for his actors, Robert Garfat has done a solid job in directing this. He pays careful attention to the thematic concerns of the piece, and small details are not overlooked: when Vince sits down on the couch to take over Dodge's place his feet fall into the same position as Dodge's previously took. As well, Garfat's usual good sense of pacing is evident here, with only a slight lag in the middle of the final scene as Vince is kicking Bradley's leg around the room. Sound effects, another Garfat hallmark, are also good, and he is well supported by his technical people. • Runaway Train needs quick crash course By RICHARD WOLOSHEN That Runaway Train is such a disappointment can't be blamed solely on Jon Voight's performance; almost everyone in the film embarrasses him or herself with acting so shrill and hammy as to make Sylvester Stallone look like Olivier by comparison. No, Voight's characterization is on the same level and in relative terms is no worse than any other in the movie. Runaway Train directed by Andrei Konchalovsky at the Dunbar Cinema The basic premise is also fairly sound, and could have resulted in a good action film. Two convicts, Manny and Buck (Jon Voight and Eric Roberts), escape from an Alaskan penitentiary on a small freight train, unaware that the conductor has died and that the locomotive is hurtling at ever- increasing speed towards various deadly obstacles. Their trip is monitored by harried railroad officials as well as by the psychotic warden of the prison (John P. Ryan). The convicts' trip is further enlivened by the appearance on the train of a young railworker (Rebecca DeMornay). On paper, these elements make an exciting, if standard, action movie. On film, the screenwriters and the director (Andrei Konchalovsky) conspire to create as cliche-ridden a motion picture as was ever churned out in Hollywood in the 1930's. The script has it all: a legendary older con, Voight, who has seen it all, done it all, knows it all, is a crazed loner, and whose every move is cheered by his cellmates; an over- eager younger con, Roberts, whose clumsiness, dopiness, and puppy- dog devotion to the older con endear him to one and all; a young woman, Demornay, accidentally thrown together with the escapees, who ends up helping them more than her conscience would normally allow; and a brutal, relentless warden, Ryan, engaged in a battle of wits with Voight and determined to track and punish the prisioners. There is nothing inherently wrong with jamming so many stereotypes into one script. In films like this, the simpler the characters, the easier it is for the audience to identify with them and their predicaments. Nevertheless, even the most rousing action flick should be tempered by a little subtlety or intelligence, either in the script or in the performances. In Runaway Train, the actors are made to rant, rave and scream with wide-eyed hysteria. The script encourages this hysteria, and the direction underlines it. Andrei Konchalovsky spares us no overused prison-film device, right down to a mournful harmonica solo echoing from some distant cell that would make James Cagney and Edward G. Robinson blush. There are a few deftly handled action sequences, such as an attack on Voight during a prison boxing match and some freight-car acrobatics on the train, but these are brief and their effectiveness is more than outweighed by the many close-ups of the three protagonists at various stages of emotional stress, and by the ludicrous final sequence of Voight standing atop a disconnected engine-car riding off into the wintery wastes with the warden now prisoner. The scene is intercut with the sad, staring faces of the convicts behind bars back at the prison, all to the strains of Vivaldi's Gloria! As mentioned, Jon Voight's acting is really no worse than that of anyone else's in the movie, but his credentials render this particular performance a real curiosity piece. The hallmark of Voight's best work has always been understated intelligence, as in Coming Home (1978). His efforts in genre remakes like The Champ (1979), or "rehashes" such as this film (usually acompanied by impossibly phoney tough-guy accents), have resulted in overblown, ham-fisted portrayals that seem to be at complete odds with this fine actor's talents, and incidentally make a mockery of the Golden Globe award he recently (and incredibly) won for this film. Let's hope Runaway Train remains an unfortunate oddity for Voight, as it is for anyone unfortunate enough to pay to see it. Page 8 THE UBYSSEY Friday, January 31,1986 F H K A N 0 F ft a D o v I'M DEPRESSED. WHY? I FAILED ALL MY MIDTERMS.AND MY TERM PAPER is dueyesterM I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.T/VEVER HAVE ENOUGH TIME TOOOALt- MY HOMEWORK. Yah! mi wo if I swrrcH CHAMMELS? )(fr^^ SZE: B-Lot a waste of money The board of governors decision to turn B-lot into a giant toll booth has to be the most blatant attempt at highway robbery this university has seen. Mr. Hutchinson has said the daily fee paid by students will be about $24. To do this means Help Rick's fund effort This week is the Rick Hansen "Man in Motion" fundraising week. In order to help Rick on his journey to raise money for Spinal Cord Research, and to honour one of UBC's most distinguished graduates, I am requesting all student organizations to get involved in the drive. Please hold benefit events or set up posters and donation boxes in your building. You may pick up posters and donation boxes from the AMS Programs Office, SUB 220 or phone AMS Programs Coordinator, Bruce Paisley at 228-5336. On Friday, Feb. 7, 1986 at the UBC Thunderbirds vs. Alberta Golden Bear's in a benefit game for Rick Hansen, the half time show participants will be Rick Hansen's wheelchair basketball team. Also, Chris Hansen, Rick's sister, will be at the game on behalf of Rick, to officially accept all donations collected. Please collect money from your respective organizations and present Rick's sister with your donation. Rick needs your support, show you care and get involved!!! Groups presenting donations at the half time of the game, please contact Bruce Paisley for confirmation. Nindy Duggal Chair Rick Hansen Fund Raising Committee feeding the machine twenty cents each day for the 122 regular days of school. Two dimes, not likely. We can expect to pay a quarter, which raises the fee to $30. But currently we can park in B-lot all year for $24, that means at twenty cents the fee becomes $73, a 67% increase, unless of course we pay seven cents a day. Cost aside, what about the reasoning the new parking system will reduce congestion in the mornings? Well what about the new line ups caused by people fumbling for change, caught without quarters, waiting to be let out at 4:30 or 5:00? This system is currently in use at Douglas College, where it has proved to be anything but a traffic mover. As for the gate closing when B-lot is full, what about the person who discovers that there are no spaces wide enough, or that another car has taken up two spaces? Remember how people parked at Christmas? How can the board of governors feel justified in spending $100,000 on a system that will be more a hindrance than an asset. A $100,000 that could be used to hire much needed T.A.s, or used for loans, bursaries and scholarships. The Ubyssey is cracking down on fake letters. So, while S. Gluzenheimer, Erick Chu, Wayne R. Sankey, Michael Glenister and others submitted letters typed triple spaced on a 70-character line, we can't run their letters until a staff member has seen their ID or phoned them. If you do provide ID, we reserve the right to edit for grammar, brevity and taste, and to refuse sexist, racist or homophobic letters. That said, we do love hearing from you. Christian needs charity? Since I have been attacked, I may as well respond. The segments ofv my previous letter quoted by Susan Thornwaite et al. (Self-respecting men and women, Jan. 21) were taken completely out of context and represented to mean something quite different from what they were intended to. Maybe these women have an axe to grind and deliberately misrepresented my comments; more likely they simply did not understand what I meant. What I have to say to them is this. Maybe you four do not feel that your feelings or opinions have ever been repressed: many people feel that way. Many others, men and women both, do not (and not only in engineering). Yes, I have met some of the female engineering students at UBC. And I have heard some of them complain that they feel threatened, afraid to express their feelings for fear of ridicule and ostracism. If you four have never felt this way, more power to you. Maybe you were sufficiently well conditioned as children that you have never felt any need to say or do things that would make men (or women) who have stereotyped ideas about how women should behave feel threatened. Or maybe you just don't give a damn. But accept that some people feel differently from you: from the hostile tone of your letter I suspect that this is something that you find rather difficult. Jim Christian science 4 B-lot has seen a lot of improvements recently, new lights are going up, the dusty gravel was paved over and lines were painted, albeit the parking spaces are a tad too narrow. B-lot is still a bargain even at $30.00, but not at $91.25 (one year at 25 cents). The best thing to do, and the cheapest, would be to scrap the whole project. A few dollars lost is better than $100,000 wasted. If this is not feasible to the board of governors, the least they could do would be to issue magnetic strip keys to each user. Each key would plug into the gate machine to allow passage, either in or out for regular users,. occasional users could still pay by change. Kyle R. Kirkwood science 3 We're bugged You can bug them, you can hug them, you can tap them, you can slap them. We're talking about Canadian phones and the fallacy of private phone calls. The Law Reform Commission of Canada said yesterday police wiretaps are 20 times as common in Canada as they are in the United States. At the same time deputy prime minister Erid Neilsen has admitted to listening to closed Liberal caucus meetings during the Diefenbaker years. Is nothing sacred? We have to wonder about trust in our supposedly free society when the police, who are charged with protecting citizens, clandestinely eavesdrop on them instead. They are noted for their broad definition of what is a threat to society, often including disarmament and social reform organizations in their "hit lists." So, if the official opposition was spied upon by man now our unofficial prime minister, how can any member of the university community involved in political agitation, however benign, assume their activities are private from a judicially approved police surveillance operation. They can't, and neither can any other Canadian. This is a sad comment on our society. The government and the judicial system should interfere with our right to communicate privately only under the most grave circumstances, and certainly not as often as they do now. Letters Esperanto course offered at SFU Increasingly the business community needs people trained in foreign languages in order to effectively compete in the international marketplace, in countries such as Germany, Japan and China where, for all their good will towards English, people know that it is the buyers who determine the conditions. Suppliers who serve in the language of the consumers have the best chance for making a sale. As Germany and Japan have become economic powers in their own right, English, as the language of the U.S., has lost its monopoly as the international language of business. Learning a foreign language, however, is easier said than done, because learning a language to any reasonable degree of fluency means learning a different variant of a system so intrinsic to our lives that it seems almost as "natural" as walking. Thus, high motivation is required. Most students surely do not study foreign languages at UBC for love of foreign cultures so it is important to give the students a feeling that learning the foreign language is a pleasurable experience, while teaching important grammatical concepts so that students end up speaking the language in a socially acceptable way. One way of easing students into a foreign language is by first presenting to them concisely a language whose grammatical constructs are very clear and which is related both to the learner's own language and to the "target" language. For centuries Latin was used to introduce speakers of English to other languages, but there are a number of problems with using Latin as an introductory language. Firstly, its large system of conjugations and declensions is bulky and very irregular, which tends to overwhelm the English speaker rather than give him/her a pleasurable introduction to foreign language and secondly, the community of fluent speakers of Latin is so small that there is little point in the student making the great effort to reach fluency in Latin. In recent years, however, innovative educators in countries as diverse as Germany, Yugoslavia, Brazil and China have been trying another "introductory" language, Esperanto, with great success. Esperanto presents its grammatical concepts clearly and without exception and its word stock is related not only to languages such as English, French and Spanish but also to German and Russian. Thanks to its regularity it is relatively easy to learn, which means that, with proper study, students can learn to use it for conversation, letter-writing and reading in much shorter time than would be necessary to reach the same level in another language. This means: a) the student quick-- ly sees that learning a foreign language need not be hard (and this positive attitude will greatly ease the learning of another foreign language) and b) many people (with diverse interests) already speak it fluently, so that it is worthwhile continuing the study of Esperanto to communicate in the community of Esperanto-speakers (Esperan- tists). The Esperantists of UBC would like to share the opportunity to learn Esperanto with others and are therefore, in cooperation with the SFU Esperanto Club, sponsoring an intensive course designed to give learners a basic competence in Esperanto. This course will be held at SFU on the weekend of Feb. 1 & 2 (9 a.m.-4 p.m. both days). Details are available from the Esperanto Information Centre, tel. 298-6019. Paul Hopkins Mark Fettes students from SFU THE UBYSSEY January 31, 1986 The Ubyssey is published Tuesday and Friday throughout the academic year by the Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia. Editorial opinions are those of the staff and are not necessarily those of the administration or the AMS. Member Canadian University Press. The Ubyssey's editorial office is SUB 241k. Editorial department, 228-2301/2305. Advertising 228-3977/3978. "Let's eat at the SUB," cried Debbie Lo. "Yeah," agreed David Ferman and Neil Lucente. "No, no, no," cried Evelyn Jacob and Ronald Stewart in horror, as Maida Price, Kenneth Sallitt and Richard Woloshen slumped slowly down their seats in disgust. "Let's go to the William Tell," suggested Lise Magee. "Yes, yes," said Camille Dionne, Mary Cameron, and Sarah Millin. "Wait . . ." screamed Virginia McKenna as Stephen Wisenthal pulled up beside the drive-in window of a strange little building with a big yellow sign. "God, no", moaned Chris Wong, Jennifer Lyall and Dan Andrews. Hunter S. Thompson and Bob Freeman started to fashion some kind of noose with their seat belts while Jeffrey Kibble and Tom Wolfe began to pray. Meanwhile, Steve ordered himself twelve Big- whatchimicallits and subsequently died of a big attack! Todd Wong pastelled out over the vice page at 3 a.m. Courier time. Gordon Clark put in a cameo appearance. Friday, January 31, 1986 THE UBYSSEY Page 9 Was disaster inevitable? By DUNCAN STEWART Tuesday, January 28 provoked a lot of different reactions in people. The explosion of the shuttle Challenger affected everybody, and it is a little hard to understand all of the reactions. Some who heard the news right after their first class raised their eyebrows, shrugged, and went about their usual business. They, like all of us, knew that a disaster like this was bound to happen sooner or later, and that each perspectives successful shuttle launch was merely a postponement of the inevitable. But not everybody reacted in this accepting way. Some older people compared this disaster with the feelings that they had when they heard that John F. Kennedy had been shot. Wednesday will turn out to be day that some people will remember the rest of their lives, and will always remember where they were when they first heard the news. I don't know about you, but I felt that way. That explosion meant a lot more to me than seven lives or the destruction of a billion dollar piece of technology. I wonder why I spent my first hours that morning watching the television footage, trying to find some sense in that minute and a half. Time after time I heard the words of the tower, heard the shuttle commander respond, then watched those tiny flames creep up the hull. Within milliseconds it was all gone, only a fireball and the two horned vapour trails of the boosters left on the screen. No matter how often it was explained or analysed, I still refused to accept what had happened. Then I had to take a walk across campus to deliver a package. Going past students, people just walking from one place to another. They probably knew all about it, but it just didn't make sense, that they could walk as if nothing had happened. I wanted to run up and grab them, to shake them, to ask them, didn't they know what had happened? I'm not really sure what it was I wanted them to do. How should they act differently? How should they move, how should they talk after 8:29 a.m.? The problem was, my world had changed, but the people hadn't. The Space Shuttle was the culmination of everything humans have stood for since we first left the apes a step and a light-year behind. Humanity is thought and reason, and the shuttle was the ultimate. Maybe not the ultimate of faith, .those are cathedrals or temples. Maybe not the ultimate of creativity, that is some poem or painting. Challenger was the ultimate of science. It was our most complex creation, and as I saw it, as close to perfection as we have ever attained. I'm not saying I believe in the following, but the whole thing makes some kind of sense if you believe that mankind was not meant to leave earth. If we are being presumptuous, and some God or Gods disapprove of what we are doing, what better way of showing it? Those films of the disaster show an annihilation that was so swift and so complete that one can almost imagine a divine hand of retribution closing about the shuttle. Even if such is not the case, the shuttle launches to which we had grown so accustomed are not perfect. While I knew that technology could not be failureproof, I subconsciously believed that nothing could go wrong with the shuttle. It may have been foolish, but I believed in the shuttle and in technology. The atomic bomb must have caused similar feelings to those alive in 1945. But all I know is that the explosion of the shuttle brought an end to an ultimate belief in science. Other shuttles will leave our planet, and technology will rise to new heights and accomplishments. I do believe that humanity's destiny transcends one very small planet, and that our accomplishments will number more than destruction and hatred. But the failure of the shuttle makes that a little harder to believe than before. Apollo 11 left a message on the moon that stands as the highest ideal that we can aspire to. "We came in peace for all mankind." Challenger hasn't changed that ideal, it has just made it more difficult to reach. And maybe that's the biggest tragedy of the episode. Maybe that's why I want to go out and hit something Duncan Stewart is a third year arts student about to finish his term as Alma Mater Society director of external affairs, which doesn 't ex- : elude responsibility for outer space. RICK HANSEN DAYS AT UBC FEBRUARY 5r 6, 7 Schedule of Events: Wed., Thurs., Fri.—SUB Concourse— 11 a.m.-3 p.m. "MAN IN MOTION" DISPLAY T-Shirt Sales, Audio-Visual Presentation Thurs., Feb. 6th-SUB Party Room - 3 p.m.-8 p.m. RICK HANSEN FUNDRAISING BZZR GARDEN $1 Door Donation —Music by CITR —Hosted by FIJI'S Fri., Feb. 7th —SUB Race Centre, lntramurals-12:30 p.m. RUN FOR RICK $5 Suggested Donations. 3 km & 6.8 km routes UBC vs. U. of Alberta Basketball-8 p.m. Women's Basketball—6:45 p.m.-War Mem. Gym Free to AMS Students. Donations Suggested HALF-TIME: WHEELCHAIR GAME Vancouver Wheelwings vs. UBC All Stars — Message to UBC from Rick Hansen -BZZR GARDEN at Game (kwal#e»tee)n. 1. the degree of excellence of a thing 2. superiority 3. higher in order; status; etc. 4. above average 5. Kinko's kinko's 5706 University Blvd. 222-1688 M-Th 8-9 F 8-6 Sat 10-6 Sun 11-6 \\\\\\ Oh What A Fun ill \\\\\\ PLACE TO BE '" Home of the frosted mug Thru' Feb. 1st-Night Shade Feb. 3-8-David Sawchuk ### All groups wishing to make donations at the game please contact Bruce Paisley, 228-5336 HERTZ ft UBC HIVE BECOME * TEM Simply present your UBC identification at Hertz on Broadway, and you will receive your special UBC/HERTZ discount sticker. This sticker is valid at all Hertz locations worldwide. VANS CARS TRUCKS For more information call: HERTZ ON BROADWAY 731-9296 1322 W. Broadway Open 7 days a week 7:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. The #1 way to rent a car or truck Hertz rents Ford & other vehicles WORLD WIDE RESERVATIONS CALL 1-800-268-1311 Page 10 THE UBYSSEY Friday, January 31, 1986 I/jJA f'iJ00fi iiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii TODAY UBC PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE CLUB Speaker: Gerry Weiner, noon, SUB 207. MARANTHA CHRISTIAN CLUB Bible and government teaching, 7 p.m., SUB 213. GAYS AND LESBIANS OF UBC Bzzr garden, 3:30 p.m., SUB 205. BALLET UBC JAZZ Registration for unlimited winter dance classes, you may take any or all of the classes offered just S45. 9:30-10:20 a.m. and noon, SUB 208. AMS ROCKERS General meeting, important to all members, noon, SUB 241B. THE UBYSSEY Staff meeting, 3:30 p.m., SUB 241K. AUOIOPHILE CLUB Organizational meeting, 1:30 p.m., SUB 215. BALLET UBC JAZZ Registration for winter dance classes, you may tak any or all of the classes offered for only $45, noon, SUB 208. COALITION AGAINST SEXISM ON CAMPUS Petition table, noon-2:30, SUB foyer. MARANATHA CHRISTIAN CLUB Bible and government class, 7 p.m., SUB 215. CHINESE STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION Beginners' Cantonese conversation class, noon, Buch B317. UBC JAPAN EXCHANGE CLUB Broomball, 11:45 p.m.-12:45 a.m.. Winter sports center. UBC SAILING CLUB New members wanted, noon, SUB 58. ASTRONOMY AND AEROSPACE CLUB General meeting, new people always welcome, 5:30 p.m., room 142 Astronomy and geophysics building. DANCE HORIZONS 1986 program "Two sides to the wind", Tickets $6, 8:30 p.m.. Centennial theatre. North Vancouver. THUNDERBIRD FIELD HOCKEY UBC hosts an indoor women's field hockey tournament featuring the best club teams from the lower mainland, 6-11 p.m., the Armouries. PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT'S ASSOCIATION Bzzr garden, 4-7:30 p.m., Buch lounge. UBC SPORTS CAR CLUB Novice rally, 6:30 p.m., old bus,toop, in front of new bookstore. STUDENTS FOR PEACE ANO MUTUAL DISARMAMENT Simon Rosenblum: "the cruise missile, star wars, and Canada", noon, SUB 205. UBC DANCE CLUB Old bronze dance practice, noon, SUB partyroom. SATURDAY THUNDERBIRD SWIMMING AND DIVING UBC hosts SFU clan and the Victoria vikings in a B.C. university meet starting at 2 p.m. in the Aquatic Centre. UBC students admitted free with AMS card. THUNDERBIRD FIELD HOCKEY UBC hosts day two of a three day indoor women's tournament at the Armouries. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. INTRAMURALS Badminton tournament, all day, Osbourne gym. DANCE HORIZONS t986 program — two sides to the wind, 8:30 p.m., Centennial theatre. North Vancouver, tickets $6 at the door or AMS box office. ISMAILI STUDENTS ASSOCIATION Bowling tournament against ISA-SFU, 9 p.m., Thunderbird lanes, 16th and Lonsdale, North Van. Contact committee members for information. Also contact Rustum I985-9436) for details about the Blackcomb ski-trip Feb. 20. SUNDAY THUNDERBIRD FIELD HOCKEY Final day of UBC indoor women's tournament, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., armouries. UBC DANCE CLUB Practice, noon-4p.m., SUB ballroom. INTRAMURALS Badminton tournament, all day, Osbourne gym. MARANTHA CHRISTIAN CLUB Worship service, 10 a.m., UBC day care gym, 2845 Acadia road. CHINESE STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION Variety show organizational meeting, all are welcome, 2 p.m., Asian centre 604. ST. MARK'S COLLEGE Belief and the pursuit of knowledge-challenge or conflict? First presentation, faith and the economy: labor relations: Dr. Mark Thompson, 8 p.m., St. Mark's college music room. EAST INDIAN STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION Cultural and variety show, tickets $4, children 6-12 $2, 6 p.m. SUB ballroom. UBC ARCHERY CLUB Regular practice, all newcomers welcome, 7:30 p.m., armouries. First there was soccer . . . then indoor soccer. Then there was field hockey . . . and now indoor field hockey. And it's just as exciting as ever, especially since UBC's ace squad is featured in the women's indoor field hockey tournament to be held Friday from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the Armouries. The Thunderbirds former Canadian champions and leading contenders for this year, will be one of many top troops trying for the tourney trophy. Are you tired of violence against women? Want to learn violence against creeps or how to avoid getting into a dangerous situation in the first place? Check out the women's self defence course offered by the AMS Women's Centre. There are enough rapes and assaults on this campus already without you contributing to the statistics. Register tonight, 7 p.m., in Brock 203. All letter writers and tweens people. Take heed and note this down. The Ubyssey will publish only once in the week Feb. 10 to 14. So deadline for letters and tweens is Wednesday Feb. 12. But wait. Don't stop reading. The Ubyssey will only be publishing once the week after. Deadline for the Feb. 19 issue is Tuesday, Feb. 18. You have been warned. AQUASPORT $io°° $3.oo 1668 W. 1st Ave. Vancouver Performance Suits & Equipment OFF any women's suit OFF any men's suit with AMS STUDENT CARD Swimwear by ARENA SPEEDO HIND 1736-6446 OFFER GOOD UNTIL FEB. 28, 1986 vs JERRY RUBIN Ss "The Debate of the Decade" ^tf***' " SAT. FEB. 8th ORPHEUM Networking 7 pm Great Debate 8 pm \\ Yippie vs Yuppie ^ ' Questions 9-11 pm \\ RESERVE YOUR .A TICKETS NOW ^ All VTC/CBO outlets, Eaton's, Woodward's, Mall Info Centres, AMS UBC or charge by phone 280-4444; Common Ground, Healthy Gourmet, Banyen & Duthie Books MONDAY ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATE SOCIETY Redeye pancake brunch, all proceeds to the Variety club telethon. 8 a.m.-12 p.m., Cheeze factory (between CEME and Macleod). CHINESE STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION Beginners' Mandarin conversation class, noon, Buch B317. BALLET UBC JAZZ Registration for unlimited winter dance classes, you may take any or all of the dance classes offered for just $45, noon, SUB 208. UBC DANCE CLUB Dance practice, noon, SUB partyroom. TUESDAY CHINESE STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION Beginners' Mandarin conversation class, noon, Buch B317. UBC SPORTS CAR CLUB Meeting, 7 p.m., SUB 205. ISMAILI STUDENTS ASSOCIATION Tutorials, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Brock hall 350. SOCIAL CREDIT CLUB General meeting, noon, SUB 205. BALLET U8C JAZZ Registration for unlimited winter dance classes, you may take any or all of the classes offered for just $46, 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m., SUB 208. MARANTHA CHRISTIAN CLUB Bible study and discussion, noon. Brock hall 302. SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE Lecture by Daniel Liebskind on "three lessons in architecture" noon, Lassere 102. EAST INDIAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION Executive meeting, noon, executive office. UBC DANCE CLUB Dance practice, noon, SUB partyroom. Vve always had a soft spot in my heart for you! The Ubyssey is now accepting Valentine messages. Forms available in Room 266 SUB. &w- iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiii THE CLASSiFEEDS RATES: AMS Card Holders — 3 lines, 1 day $2.50; Additional lines, 60c. Commercial — 1 day $4.50; Additional lines, 70c. Additional days, $4.00 and 66c. Classified ads are payable in advance. Deadline is 10:30 a. m. the day before publication Publications, Room 266, S.U.B., UBC, Van., B.C. V6T2A5 Charge Phone Orders Over $10.00 - Call 228-3977 5 - COMING EVENTS AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND FILM- NIGHT Feb. 4. Planetarium. Camping (Kontiki) Adventure Tours/Biking. Pre- registration ($3) only at ANZA TRAVEL, 201-1754 W. Broadway, Vane, 734-7725. VAN. C.S.F. PRESENTS "Nutritional Management of Depression" by Janice Berg (M.Sc. Human Nutritionl Feb. 1st, 8 p.m., A130 — Langara College. Admission: $5. Students: $4. FOR A TRULY "SMASHING" experience. "FROG AND PEACH" 3:30-5:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. onwards. 4473 W. 10th. 228-8815. SMASH your worries, FROG AND PEACH 3:30-5:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. onwards. 4473 W. 10th Ave. 228-8815. 30 - JOBS STUDENTS' DELIGHT. Earn $400-$1000 per month, part-time working from your home. Call Mr. Morgan, 687-3927. WANTED: Friendly, energetic person for part-time reception work in family doctor's office. Good telephone manner & typing skills essential. 731-8201. WANTED COMPETENT BLUES, jazz or folk musicians. Frog and Peach, 4473 W. 10th, 228-8815. 80 - TUTORING 35 - LOST LOST JAN. 20: A 6 ft. black mohair scarf near Sedge Et Bus Stop Cafe. Please phone Jo Ann, 228-8631. LOST: Ladies black wallet, SUB Main Concourse. Reward. Wed., Jan. 28. 1:15 p.m. Ph. Lenore, 277-3951. TUTORING IN ENGLISH Private Assistance for students at all levels. W.S. Parker, B.A., M.A. 733-4534 85 - TYPING 40 - MESSAGES The Vancouver Institute FREE PUBLIC LECTURE Dr. Birute Galdikas Archeology, SFU ORANGUTANS: PEOPLE OF THE FOREST Saturday, Feb. 1 Lecture Hall 2, Woodward Building, 8:15 p.m. Free 11 - FOR SALE - Private '72 VW VAN. Good cond., 2nd motor, radials & 2 snows. AM/FM cassette, $950. • 922-8238 after 6 p.m. 640 K M.S.-DOS lap top computer, 80x25 line display. Fully portable, only 12 lbs. Et 4 hrs. free training, 10 free disks. Only $123/mo. Phone Capricorn, 681-5713. KAYPRO 16, 10 MB Hard Disk. IBM corfipat. 512 KB RAM; 360 KB Flop. Drive. Internal mono monitor, RGB £> composite outputs, colour graphics, para. & serial ports. MS — DOS & Menus, W.P. & Filemerge, DB manag. sys., s. sheet, Telecomm., Basic, Tutorials. Still on warranty. Price new: $5700. Sell for $3975. Danny 732-0157 wk. 20 - HOUSING INEXPENSIVE ROOM Er BOARD $350 (double occupancy). $400 (single!. Includes a VCR, TV, sauna, laundry facilities Et use of IBM Computer. 222-4470. Ask for lan. 25 - INSTRUCTION PRIVATE INSTRUCTION in vocal and key board performance. Professional European artist gives supplementary training re: style and performance practices. Call: 687-7377 Eva. Location? Your Choice. PREGNANT? 731-1122 Free tests—confidential help. SECTION 563-The Griggle Group, Happy Pseudo-Valentin's Day! Remember: When life gives you ankle biters, make lemonade! Mom and Bobo. LOOKING FOR RIDE, tired of bus. Do you drive to campus from/thru West End? Will help pay gas. Dave, 682-0128. CONGRATULATIONS to the new exec's of Alpha Phi! Hope you're enjoying Mardi Grasl! Happy weekend. A Phi-Be. NEEDED: Witnesses to Wesbrook Mall accident 6 p.m. Mon. Jan. 27 involving silver sports car. 228-3393 or 224-3036. PREGNANT & DISTRESSED? We are a childless couple desiring to adopt. Perhaps we can assist each other. Please respond in confidence with your name Er address to Pauline, P.O. Box 48552, Bentall Centre, Vane, B.C. V7X 1A3. MAY THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS be praised, adored & glorified throughout the world forever. Amen. Say 6 times a day for 9 days & remember to promise publication. Your prayer will be answered no matter how impossible it may seem to you before the 9th day. 65 - SCANDALS CLINT, ARNIE, Kirk, Bobo, Joan, Mir, Marc, Big G, Greg, Karen, Ben, Alan, Astrid, and Joanne, Thanks guys —I loved it!! Love Darcy (Mom) YOU STICK IN MY MIND like peanut butter sticks to the roof of your mouth. Send you Valentine's message in The Ubyssey, Feb. 13th. Form available Rm. 266 SUB. $2.50 for 3 lines. UNFROGETABLE SMASHING ludicrous prices. FROG AND PEACH, 3:30-5:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. onwards. 4473 W. 10th. 228-8815. WORD PROCESSING SPECIALIST. U write, we type theses, resumes, letters, essays. Days, evgs., wknds. 736-1208. EXPERT TYPING: Essays, t. papers, fac- tums, letters, mscpts, resumes, theses. IBM Sel II. Proofreading. Reas. rates. Rose 731-9857, 224-7351. GEETECH WORD PROCESSING. Student rates. Fast turnaround. 7 days-24 hrs. Kingsway/Fraser. 879-2027. WORDPOWER-Editing, proofing Er word processing professionals. Xerox copies, student rates. 3737 W. 10th Ave. (at Alma) 222-2661. PROFESSIONAL TYPIST. 30 years experience. Student rates. Photocopier. Dorothy Martinson, 228-8346. TYPING FOR YOU. $1.00 per page, double- spaced. Call Marlene at 736-4675 anytime. WORD WEAVERS Word Processing (Bilingual) Student rates. Fast turnaround. 5670 Yew St. at 41st. Kerrisdale 266-6814. TERM PAPERS & ESSAYS. Minimum notice. 222-4661, Mon.-Fri. 12-5 p.m. only. FAST. ACCURATE TYPING. Student rates. All types of typing jobs. Fraser-Kingsway area. Paula, 873-2227. ADINA WORD PROCESSING. Student discount. High quality work. 10th Et Discovery. Phone 222-2122. SPEAKEASY TYPIST REGISTRY. Find a typist or register as a typist. No charge. SUB Concourse. W/P 8- TYPING: Term papers, theses, mepts., essays, tech., equal., letters, resumes. Bilingual. Clemy 266-6641. MASTER TYPIST. Expert wordprocessing. Very fast. $1.50 per double-spaced page. 228-3881 or 224-0866. RACHEL. ANY TIME. Term papers, theses, etc. $1.25 per page. Cad Chrystai Typing Service. 5940 Crown Street. Ph. 261-3157. GALAXIE WORD SHOP for all your WP Et typing needs. P/U del. on campus. Stud. •ates. Mastercard, Visa. 985-4250. 70 - SERVICES TUITION Weight-training workshop with REC. UBC Saturday, Feb. 8th, 10:00 a..-4:00 p.m. War Memorial Gym, Room 211 E> 213. Register EARLY Room 203 War Memorial Gym. Students $15.00. Others $20.00. Suits ALL strength training needs. Fabulous instructor. A SMASH a day, etc., etc. FROG AND PEACH. 4473 W. 10th, 228-8815. 75 - WANTED LEFT HANDERS needed for Neurological Study. UBC. Involves MRI Brain Scan. Volunteers call 228-7390 or 228-7367. Student Rates $1.50/pg. db. sp. text Theses - Equations - Reports All work done on Micom Word Processor FAST PROFESSIONAL SERVICE JEEVA'S WORD PROCESSING 201-636 W. Broadway 876-5333 (hrs 9-4:30 p.m.) Eves., Sun.-Thurs. 939-2703 Friday, January 31, 1986 THE UBYSSEY Page 11 Buried Child, the Pulitzer Prize winning play by Sam Shepard, directed by Robert Garf&t, at Dorothy Somerset Studio (228-2678), until February 1st, at 8:00 p.m. Fiddler on the Roof, presented by MUSSOC in the UBC Old Auditorium (tix. AMS Box Office or phone 228-5656/228-6902) until February 8, at 8:00. Special 70th Anniversary Alumni Performance, February 1st at 5:30. Krapp's Last Tape, written by Samuel Beckett, at the Pitt International Gallery (36 Powell Street, 681-6740), until February 8tH, at 8:00 p .m. The Belle of Amherst, a one-woman play based on the life of Emily Dickinson, late night at the Firehall Theatre (280 Cordova, 68U-0926), until February 1st, at 9:00 p.m. Only in Vancouver, a lively musica comedy that pokes fun at our city, at the Arts Club Revue Stage (687-5315), Monday to Friday at 8:30 p.m., Saturdays at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. Fool for Love, another Sam Shepard play, at the Arts Club Seymour Street, (687-531 >, Monday to Friday at 8:30 p.m., Saturdays at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m., special price matinees on Thursdays at !>:30 p.m. and low price previews until February 1st a 8:30 p.m. Crossing Borders, performed by tie San Francisco Mime Troupe, at the Vancouver Hast Cultural Center (1895 Venables Street, 254-9578), until February 1st, at 8:00 p.m. Of Mice and Men, held over for only six performances at the Richmond Gateway Theartre (6500 Gilbert Road, 270-1812), February 4th-7th at 8:00 p.m., and February 8 at 5:30 and 9:00 p.m., 2 for 1 Preview on Tuesday, February 4th. The Fairies are Thirsty, a staged reading of Denise Boucher's play starring a wife, i hooker and the Virgin Mary, at the Firehall Theatrn (280 E. Cordova, 689-0926/689-0691), until Februa-y 1st at 7:00 p.m. The Slab Boys, a comedy by John Byrne, at Studio 58 (Langara Campus, 324-5227), February 4th-23rd Tuesday to Sunday at 8:00 p.m. with Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. On Tap, a fast-paced musical tribute to tap dancing, at the Arts Club Granville Island Theatre (687-1644), Tuesday to Friday at 8:30 p.m., Saturdays at 5:30 and 9:30 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 and 8:00 p.m., until February 16th. Wu& 't£ The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, singing the music of Monteverdi and Purcell (Tickets at the Cathedral office), February 7th at 8:00 p.m. The King Sisters, will sing event-thing from English madrigals to the Beatles at the Orpheum (738-6822), on February 5th at 8:00 p.m The Purcell String Quartet is featured in the 7th concert of the Masterpiece Music Chamber Series, at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (1895 Venables Street, 254-9578), February 2nc at 2:30 and 8:00 p.m. Albert Collins, "The Houston Twister' blows into town for two shows at the Town Putnp (tickets, 734-2828), February 7th and 8th. Ciacona, a baroque chamber ensemble, will be playing French and Italian Baroque music at the UBC Recital Hall (732-1610), February 1 at 8:00 p.m. Buddy Rich and His Big Band, will te appearing at the Hot Jazz Society (2120 Main Street, 873-4131), February 4th at 8:30 and 10:33 p.m. Rebekah, a folk musician playing traditional and popular folk music, with violin, guitar and vocals, at La Quena (1111 Commercial Dr., 251-66*6), tonight. Letters Art About Issues, a group exhibition of social and political subjects, at the Surrey Art Gallery (13750 88th Ave., 596-7461), until February 4th. The Basketry Link, at the Cartwright Gallery (Granville Island), until February 16th. Hinda Avery, an exhibit by an artist concerned with the environment, at the Contemporary Art Gallery (555 Hamilton Street, 687-1345), until February 1st. New Visions, serigraphs by Susan A. Point, coast Salish artist, at the UBC Museum of Anthropology, until March 30th. Free Admissions, new sculpture by Ray Reedyk, at the Pitt International Gallery (36 Powell Street), until February 23rd. 10 + 1, an exhibition of the work of ten photographers and one sculpture from the Emily Carr College of Art and Design, at the AMS Art Gallery in SUB, February 3rd until 7th, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Michael Morris, Early Works 1965-1972, Vancouver Art Gallery, until March 23rd. A Measure of Consensus: Canadian Architecture in Transition, at the UBC Fine Arts Gallery, until March 1, Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday noon-5 p.m. An exhibition of lithographs by Steve Nelson and Ken Pattern, at Granville Island Graphics (1650 Johnstone St., 687-8914), until February 22nd. y&XKi.tr ■*■ Two Sides of the Wind, a collection of ethereal, the spiritual and the baser human instincts, presented by UBC Dance Horizons, at the Centennial Theatre (228-6668), January 31st and February 1st, at 8:30 p.m. Human Sex, dance, performance art and musical spheres interacting with La La La Human Steps, at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (1895 Venables, 254-9578), February 6th to 8th, at 8:30 p.m. Dance Week, Vancouver's best dance troupes and companies, performing at a number of venues (call 682-8098), February 2nd to 9th. FACULTY OF BUSINESS UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA Edmonton, Alberta MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MASTER OF PUBLIC MANAGEMENT Are you interested in an MBA or MPM degree? Students from all faculties are invited to discuss the MBA and MPM programs offered by the Faculty of Business, University of Alberta with Professor Rodney Schneck, Associate Dean in 214 Brock Hall, 1874 East Mall Monday, February 3, 1986 from 9-12 noon and 1 - 4 p.m. Parking numbers I am writing with regard to your recent article on B-lot parking fees in the Tues., Jan. 21 issue. First, the current parking fee is $32 per year, not the $24 stated in the articfe. The $24 was the cost last year, thus there was a 33% increase in the last year. Secondly, the estimate of future cost, $24 is grossly undestated. Some of the coin boxes to control the B-lot gates have been installed. The coin boxes have spaces to insert 2 quarters. Thus the cost will be either 25c or 50c per day, A typical undergraduate using B-lot 150 days per year will pay $37.50 or $75 for the privilege. A graduate student who uses B-lot 300 days per year will pay $75 or $150. Therefore, the suggestion in your article that "students who park on a regular basis will spend approximately $24 during the school year," is a gross understatement of the true cost. At 25c per day undergraduates will be facing an 180% increase next year, and graduate students will be faced with up to 234% increase. The statement that parking fees have yet to be decided upon is patently false. The action of controlling parking through coin operated gates dictates that the charge will be either 25c or 50c per day, with the 50c being unlikely. I hope! Cris Guppy graduate studies Page 12 THE UBYSSEY Friday, January 31, 1986 Reason #67 for becoming a Ubyssey Staffer: GRADUATION PORTRAITS by Amugrajrfj &tubiae Utft. 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