@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 "2015-09-17"@en, "1973-11-29"@en ; dcterms:description "Misprinted volume, should be LVI."@en, ""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/Ubysseynews/items/1.0128448/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ Kenny blasts profs: not enough failures ■"^7fw^y%$g%*% —marise savaria photo GRANT SCOTT, aka The Bear, gets lesson in personal hygiene, not to mention military discipline, as an estimated 20 pounds of hair falls to the floor. Scott, in an attempt to clean up campus for Commerce week, is setting an example for other Angus types. Senate bogs down on brief Vol. LV, No. 33 VANCOUVER, B.C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1973 <^^^>4 228-2301 Social event of year set The Ubyssey staff formally requests your presence/presents at a party to celebrate our last paper of the term, 12:30 p.m. Friday in the Ubyssev newsroom, SUB 241K. Refreshments will be available until the supply runs out. After that donations will be accepted. Everyone including people, staffers, lackeys, Young Socialists, engineers, realists, Alma Mater Society hacks, university employees, professors, administration heavies, canteloupes, campus quasi-cops and large full bottles of liquor are invited. By KEN DODD Senate Wednesday night dealt with only four of 20 recommendations from a senate report on the Universities Act — and defeated any motions of increased student participation. Senate approved the recommendation that a "provincial universities' commission" be set up as an intermediary between universities and colleges and the provincial government, but defeated motions that students be voting members of this commission. Senate defeated a motion by student senator Art Smolensky that students and non-academic staff be added to the recommendation calling for one-third faculty membership on this commission of 10-15 persons. A part of Smolensky's motion calling for the deletion of the report's original recommendation that the appointees have at least five years experience on a B.C. university faculty was also defeated. Student senator Graham Burns then asked that the amendment be reworded to delete any reference to non-academic staff and include only students. Burns also asked that the five- year experience provision be amended to two years experience. Burns said he believed this shorter required period would be of advantage to students and to faculty members coming from non-B.C. universities who had experience on a faculty elsewhere. Burns' motion was also overwhelmingly defeated. However head librarian Basil Stuart-Stubbs later had an amendment passed for the report to recommend "non-academic employees with degrees" be included in the possible academic membership on the commission. Student senator Svend Robinson said he objected to Stubbs' motion because he said it was unfair to veteran non-academic staff members in particular. "Why should someone necessarily have to have a degree to properly understand what is going on? "Robinson asked. "Surely, for instance if someone has been on staff for 30 years they are potentially as competent as any degreed person to understand the workings of the university." Stubbs disagreed with Robinson saying he believed non-academic staff representatives on such a See page 2: SENATE By GARY COULL Arts dean Doug Kenny says not enough students are being failed in home of his faculty's courses. In a Nov. 14 memo to his department heads, Kenny says 11 courses are suspected of having low standards because students were given too many first classes and too few failures. He acknowledged the situation is improving from past years, however the 1972-73 registrar's mark distribution report "raises questions about the maintenance standards" in certain courses. They are: anthropology 412, creative writing 202, English 305, German 100 and 200, home economics 343, 360 and 362, linguistics 100, political science 311 and psychology 401. First classes in these courses range from 39 per cent in linguistics 100 to 75 per cent in home economics 360 with eight having no failures and English 305 reporting a one per cent failure rate. Failure rates for creative writing and the two German courses have been omitted from Ihe memo. Kenny points out certain average percentages of failures and first classes should "be remembered" by faculty members. These are 8,6 per cent first class and 5.3 per cent failures in lower division courses and 14.8 and 3.3 in upper division. "While one cannot of course expect rigid uniformity of marking procedure in a faculty as large and varied as ours there is some reason to have doubts as to the academic standards applied in some cases I have cited," Kenny continues. "I hope that all heads will give serious thought to the problem of maintaining proper standards in courses offered in (sic) this faculty." Some department heads and professors contacted Wednesday disagreed with Kenny's analogy that low failure rates mean low standards. "If students work hard they should be rewarded in that way (good marks)," said linguistics professor Bernard Saint-Jacques. "I think last year's grading was fair, the students were good and they worked hard. "You can't force any one system of evaluation on all departments of the university." Creative writing head Robert Harlow said selection of his department's students is based on creative material they submit and they are considered second-class calibre students-when they begin the course. "We deal on improvement in this course not on marks," he said. German department head See page 2: GRADES Union signs 50% An independent group organizing UBC library and clerical workers has signed 540 members, more than enough to gain union certification. A spokesman announced the Association of University and College Employees has now signed over 50 per cent of a potential bargaining unit of 1,050 and plans to announce Friday when they will apply for formal certification. A similar attempt to form a union failed last year but a strong organizational drive began on Sept. 11 has succeeded well before the Dec. 10 deadline,. "The AUCE is a completely independent union, formed by UBC staff because existing unions have done little to organize the unorganized, particularly women office workers," a spokesperson for the organization said Wednesday. "The successful organizing drive has been carried out entirely by UBC staff themselves with no paid organizers and no financial aid from the outside." Most organizing was done during the volunteers lunch hours, with the center of operations being a room rented by the union in the Student Union Building. The majority of the signees were from the library, largely because most volunteers worked there, with the main difficulty in signing members being in the Angus and MacMillan buildings, mostly through lack of organizers, a spokesperson said. There may be delay in applying for certification because the union would like a stronger majority before going to the Labor Relations Board, the spokesman said. Until the formal application is made members will continue to be signed in SUB 228 or by phoning 224- 5613. Page 2 THE UBYSSEY Thursday, November 29, 1973 EUS project gets support By JAKE van der KAMP The engineering undergraduate society's project to renovate buses in Vancouver so they will be easier to board is receiving support from people and groups all over Canada, according to project co-ordinator Phil Lockwood. Lockwood said Wednesday the EUS has received letters supporting the project from people in various cities in Canada and from such groups as the Canadian Arthritis Association. He also said newspapers across Canada have been publicizing the project. The EUS wants to modify the buses because many older and handicapped people have problems getting on and off them — especially when carrying parcels. Modification could also save B.C. Hydro a great deal of money because buses would not have to wait as long at every stop if people managed to get off and on more quickly, Lockwood said. He cited the opinion of experts who say if the buses in London, spent one-second less at each stop, the bus service would save 1.25 millions pounds sterling (about $3.13 million) a year. Lockwood said the project has so far received $6,400 for its research. Altogether $5,400 has been donated by the UBC transportation centre; $500 has come from the engineering grad class of '58; and another $500 came from administration president Walter Gage as a personal donation. Lockwood said $70,000 will be needed if the project is to be fully completed and a modified bus put on the road. He said the EUS has not yet started soliciting funds but is confident industrial concerns •will donate all the money needed if asked. Currently the project is divided into three groups: physical renovation in which existing buses are being studied; conceptual design in which ideas for modification are proposed and tested; and data collection in which information on how people board buses is being collected. The EUS has obtained a 1946 trolley bus which is at present being torn apart, Lockwood said. The bus has just recently come out of service and the structure is similar to that of trolley buses still on the road, he said. Proposed design changes so far consist of moving the front door to just behind the front wheels or making a large central door which could be used both for entry and exit, he said. Lockwood said one of the biggest problems at the moment is people having to board and pay their fare at the same time. He said the people working on the project are trying to find a way of separating these two functions. Grades not good index Senate 'bit strange' From page 1 commission "should have some part in the academic function." After Stubbs' motion passed education professor Roland Gray said he thought senate's action a bit strange saying that if non- academic staff was to be included in the recommendation then surely it was the spirit of senate that students be included as well. Due to Robert's Rules of Order, Gray could not re-introduce a motion on student participation on the commission. However because of further confusion over the exact implications of the one-third faculty composition of the commission clause all parts of the recommendation delaying with the composition of the commission were referred back to the senate committee on the Universities Act for further discussion. Earlier though an amendment by Burns was passed calling for wording of the recommendation be changed to provide special consideration be v to make sure "members (of the commission) be from as many social and economic segments of society as possible." Senate did not deal with parts of the report's recommendations dealing with changes in the structure of the boards of governors and senates of B.C. universities. In passing the first recommendation of the committee's report senate did approve the principle of setting up at least two separate commissions, one to deal with administering universities the other regional colleges. High price of metal keep plastic in SUB The use of plastic cutlery has been continued in SUB cafeteria because of cost and insufficient amounts of metal cutlery, SUB cafeteria dietician Mary Stovell said Wednesday. Stovell told The Ubyssey disposable knives, torKs ana spoons were being used along with metal ones to accommodate customers with takeout orders. "Hopefully all those with take-out orders will use them," she said. "We also use them during periods, such as last week, when we're short of metal cutlery." "We only have a certain number of dollars with which to buy cutlery," Stovell said when asked why the food service did not buy more metal cutlery to make up for the shortage. "I believe last week, the day we were short, cutlery had been issued, but we didn't receive it until the next day," she said. From page 1 Michael Batts said marks vary between years because of the varying difficulty of final exams but "these things happen I suppose." As for the memo itself: "Like everything else I'll file it away and forget about it," Batts said. Assistant arts dean Donald Soule said the marks themselves prove nothing but they make the standards suspect. "Grades are not an absolutely reliable index but suggest a question about the standards in evaluating each course," he said. "If students are graded by one standard in one course and another somewhere else it's not very good from students' point of view." One student in linguistics 100 this year gave this assessment of Saint- Jacques and the course: "The probable reason for the course having a low failure rate is because he is a very good teacher unlike some in other departments. Students understand the course so well they just don't fail," he said. "Classics for example would probably be able to comply with Kenny's standards." However one acting department head said the high number of good marks in political science 311 were the probable result of a "fairly eccentric" marker. R.S. Milne said Paul Smoker, who taught the course last year, had his own ideas about marking. "I guess it just comes down to different views of education." Home economics head Melvin Lee said his department is having a meeting to evaluate its courses and will not know until then if standards were low in the courses cited by Kenny. 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SS8C £»!£«)£«£«£» Thursday, November 29, 1973 THE UBYSSEY Page 3 Pit may open Mondays next term By BEN GELFANT The new Pit may be opening Mondays starting in January if its current popularity continues, a management committee member said Wednesday. Rick Murray, former Alma Mater Society co-ordinator said the current demand on The Pit could mean extra staff will be hired. "The Pit has only been open five days a week to make it a regular five-day-week for a manager, and because the cost of being open Mondays was deemed too high," he said. The Pit, which holds 380 persons, has had line-ups most nights it has been open, Murray said. "If we don't take into account the wear and tear on the furniture it's —marise savaria photo MASSIVE CHOPPER broods outside Main Library as dissipated Leader of the Pack - varroom, screech, etc. - researches his paper on Baroque art. Ricco "the Glandular Secretion" Torque, owner of the gleaming 'bird', admitted to Ubyssey fotog Marise Savaria, his complete disdain for physical exercise from libraries to the Buchanan building. He vowed he would not set foot on the ground again until the sweet departed soul of his beloved Ramona — oo wah, ooh wah — was avenged. AMS to hold Bremer talk during January noon meets The Alma Mater Society's education committee is planning to hold discussions on the Bremer commission's report on post-secondary education. AMS president Brian Loomes said Wednesday noon-hour discussions will take place for two weeks in January. He said the discussions would enable students to formulate some ideas on the report before the public hearings on it are held later in January. "We'll get people talking about the structure of the university and we'll bring in student representation on faculty committees," he said. The Bremer report proposes changes in the major governing bodies of B.C.'s universities but does not propose increasing student representatives on these bodies. Education committee chairman Graham Burns said Wednesday he wants to have a panel of student senators discussing the Universities Act. Burns said he is also planning to ask someone from the provincial department of education to speak on the NDP's views of higher education and to ask John Bremer on campus for a discussion with students. Burns said these are only tentative plans and because of exams nothing can be done until after Christmas. . The education committee has been working in coordination with the AMS speakers committee this year. The committees are operating on a budget of $1,000 each. making a fortune," he said. "Even with the depreciation on the Pit, it is making a nice profit." AMS co-ordinator Joanne Lindsay disagreed with Murray. "I think the traffic is going to slow down after the novelty wears off. Afternoons are already not as packed as they were the first week," she said. Lindsay said the addition of Monday to the five-day schedule might force a change in the staff, composed mostly of part-time student workers. The present structure gives the Pit a different atmosphere than the conventional pubs in the city, she said. Murray said he favors keeping staff in the present form as long as possible. However, he said he believes the only staff changes made by the pub opening Mondays would be to have the assistant manager or another part-time worker take over managing the Pit for Monday or another relatively light night, and to hire more part-time workers. Both Murray and Lindsay said incidents of vandalism have become infrequent and are no longer a major problem. Two of the solid mahogany tables, worth $90 each, had to be withdrawn from use during the first week because they had been carved and covered with graffitti. Murray also said there has been a crackdown started on under-age drinking although there is no firm directive from management to that effect. Everyone entering the Pit must now show an AMS card and may be required to show a driver's licence or liquor card in the future, he said. Murray expressed his satisfaction with the Pit project, which he has worked on since 1971. Lindsay was not as satisfied as Murray: "An awful lot of energy was put into The Pit which I think could have been used in other areas," she said. "We're not getting to the root of the problems of society by escaping in an atmosphere like The Pit's," she said. Although the AMS will not be able to get a draft beer licence until the provincial liquor regulations are changed, Lindsay said SUB management committee is prepared to apply for such a licence as soon as the laws are changed. AMS ineffective, says treasurer The present structure of the Alma Mater Society is ineffective AMS treasurer John Wilson told council Wednesday night. Wilson said the current system was put together 15 years ago and therefore is no longer sufficient for the operation of the AMS. "At the moment it has lost contact with the undergraduate societies, its greatest constituents," he said. Wilson asked council to look at the way the AMS is composed to get some idea of how it should be changed to be effective for the next 10 years. Council approved a motion that the constitutional revisions committee be instructed to investigate the structure of the AMS with a view to re-writing its constitution. Council also approved a motion by Wilson to appoint five law students as the AMS defense council in the student court hearings on whether the AMS has the right to ban free distribution of publications from the UBC campus. Wilson said the five students, Larry Halbauer, Tom Peach, Terry Stewart, Gerry Owen and Jim McLellan, are highly qualified for the job. He expressed concern that the position the AMS takes in the hearings may hurt its case before real courts should the matter be taken there. The motion appointing the students specifically instructs them to co-ordinate their arguments through. Wilson so that any base of defense in another court would not be impaired by representations made to student court. In other business a $100 grant made to the abortion action committee to bring a speaker Anna Cushman to UBC was cut to $50 when it was noted she attracted only 25 people. A grant of $150 made to the Chilean solidarity committee to bring Hortense Allende, wife of the late Chilean president Salvadore Allende, to speak at UBC was cut to $75 because council members felt students could easil5y attend her speech at John Oliver High School. casm a humor column By RYON GUEDES (SANTA MERDO, Calif.) — Members of the metadynamicology department at the University of Aluminum Patio Awning have initiated a new grading system that might very well alter the very foundation of education in North America. The new system, colloquially known in the academic world as F.O. — literally 'Flop Orientation' — proposes the complete redesign of the success-geared educational system to one existing solely to confound and discourage the student in any given discipline. The main architect of the new order, Wendell Mundane, gave newsmen a preview of things to come Wednesday with the unveiling of the Zitding Memorial Vomitorium, a monumental cardboard structure towering inches above the adjacent Montmorency combination skating rink and administration building. The Zitding Vomitorium, which seats 15 students out of a student population of 2,500, is constructed with the sole intent of rendering a minimum yield of student- teacher concentration. So designed as to contain no more than five-cubic-feet of oxygen at any given time, the vomitorium also offers as distractions: o An incredibly weak north wall, necessitating all students to lean against it while the lecture is conducted at the opposite end of the vomitorium; o Piped-in barnyard and street noises carefully modulated to overwhelm the voice of the lecturer; o Compulsory headphones translating the lecturer's speech into esperanto; o Rigid temperature control — no warmer than 30 degrees below zero, the common freezing point for human blood and the ink in ballpoint pens; o A regulated flow of sulphur gas into the building's ventilation system; o Exits and entrances that automatically lock shut when the lecture begins. The vomitorium is named after Roscoe B. Zitding, a regional ingenue who set the 19th century scientific world astir with the discovery of dysentery, and who is credited with the first prototype design of the anal suppository. "The Zitding Vomitorium is a springboard from which we plan to launch the F.O.", Mundane said. "By next fall we should have all classes and seminars held in the Vomitorium and in five years our enrolment will quadruple. Mundane contended the F.O. system allowed for a much higher student turnover than with the present outdated systems in post-secondary education. "For the first time failure is no longer the exception but the rule," Mundane told newsmen. "This is the one and only educational system that is truly proletarian," he said. Mundane also summarized the principles of the subsequent new grading system, which he called F.O. marking. "The concept is simple," he said. "Whereas the common practice in most colleges and universities has been to correct and criticize irrelevant factors in the student's work, we have gone one step further. We not only correct irrelevant factors of the student's work, we correct these irrelevant factors incorrectly." "For instance, if young Johnny writes an essay on the homosexual tendencies of Brecht, it is not enough merely to ignore the theme and content of the paper, and to correct grammar and spelling mistakes. But to totally mislead the student in even these factors is F.O. marking." Mundane elaborated on future developments of the F.O. system in terms of social problems. "Think, just think of the enormous number of losers and social derelicts who will suddenly find themselves significant contributors to society," he said. "Not to mention the enormous aesthetic value in being the first on your block to flunk Psiolinguistics 235." Page 4 THE UBYSSEY Thursday, November 29, 1973 Dougie separates wheat from chaff Arts dean Doug Kenny has discovered a grievous error in marking procedures of some of his faculty's courses. The problem is that too many people are getting first class marks in certain slack courses.- Not only that, but horror of horrors, some of the courses aren't having any failures at all. Kenny, as would any well informed faculty dean, has detected this scandalous practice thus proving once again the old adage that "crime does not pay". How did he find out all this was going on, you ask? Statistics. For example take Anthropology 412. This course has had a record of 51 per cent first class marks and zero failures. Or how about Home Economics 360? This incredible offender had 75 pes cent first classes and again absolutely no failures? No failures? What could those miscreant professors be thinking of? Don't they realize that one of the basic facts of life is that there must be failures? After all how else could we tell who the successes are? % Don't the professors realize that once the graduate schools find out — through statistics, of course — that UBC is an easy mark they will be less considerate of admitting our students to prestigious graduate programs. Can you image the reaction of the alumni? Well, obviously Kenny's fear that standards are lax at UBC is well founded and we salute his resolute determination to keep this sort of thing from continuing. The only other possible explanation is that these courses are actually well taught, that students taking them are really learning as much as they need to know, and as a result when exam or essay time rolls around everyone demonstrates their excellent grasp of the subject material. But how absurd. Good teaching in the arts faculty? Students actually learning? Good quality work being produced? We're glad to see Kenny didn't even bother to investigate that silly notion. -N PAH ON! 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Letters Society This letter is not about the non- issue of freedom of the press now before the student court. First, the Alma Mater Society, as a society, has the same rights regarding property as any other individual, corporate entity, or other society. The only limitations placed on the society are those required by law. However, that its operations are limited by law does not presume or imply that it is denied enjoyment of those privileges, duties, rights and obligations that any other legal entity has. A society has the right, within the law, to own property. A society has basically the same rights as Energy Crisis Administration president Walter Gage, like many others, is over-reacting to what he claims to be "the international energy crisis". (The Ubyssey, Nov. 27) The only international crisis involves petroleum, which is only a part of energy used by man. Predictably, all fossil fuels will be burned up. So in order to prolong the existing supply, we must use oil and gas efficiently to have time to transfer to other energy sources. But why does Gage want "lights, typewriters, office machines, ventilating fans and other electrical appliances turned off when not needed"??? Why is North Van district not putting electric Christmas lights on municipal hall this year??? Such things run on electricity. Now to the unwashed, electricity is not a fossil fuel. There is no limited amount of electricity. But Gage wants us to "conserve energy". As far as fossil energy goes, he is exactly right. But electricity does not sit in a tank waiting to be used. B.C. has a great productive capacity for hydro-electricity. This means that B.C.'s electricity comes from moving water. If you look out your window, you'll see there is no shortage of that. Gage wants to reduce our use of the continuously replenished supply of electricity because there is a shortage of fossil fuels. Absurd. We will only have to worry about our electrical supply when everyone switches to electric heaters. And that ain't gonna happen for a mighty long time. But, undaunted, our president says more strange things: 1) "Incandescent bulbs should be switched out when a room is to be vacated even for a few minutes." Someone should tell him about the net increase in wear on a bulb's filament and gas when they repetitively get cool and then hot from being constantly switched on and off. 2) "Fluorescent fixtures should be turned off ... whenever a room is unused for half an hour or longer." Someone should tell him that the heat from the lights is included in planning a building's heating system. Gage's suggestion will only reduce the electrically produced heat and will make the furnaces burn longer to compensate for the loss. More fossil fuel will be used, than if the lights were left on. The real crisis is that people react irrationally to critical situation in which they unthinkingly include themselves. At least two presidents have reacted in this way. I'm not going to write any more or else my lamp will waste too much electricity. Laurence Leader arts 4 has any other individual in his use and enjoyment of his property. The difference between the two is that in a society it is usually the case that the determining of the mode, and the specifics of the use of the property are decided by an elected body. One of the first restrictions usually placed by the society on the use and enjoyment of its property is to limit access to the property to society members and to determine the mode and specifics of the use of the property on the part of its members. The society may decide these by elections, the operation of its constitution, by referendums or in the day to day operation of its council. However, that the elected representatives of the society may choose to be lax in the application of these restrictions does not mean that the right to limit access to the property has been cancelled. They can choose to be, within the limits of some too obvious laws, as discriminatory as they like when deciding who has or does not have access to the society's property. For example if I choose to let one person or a group of people on my land or into my house this does not mean that I have forfeited any right to exclude them if I choose to do so. Nor does it mean that they can expect to enjoy access to my property indefinitely. I can be as arbitrary as I want to be. The Alma Mater Society has the same right with respect to its property. It cannot deny access to the society's property to any member (in good standing) of that society but, it can limit or restrict or deny access to that property on the part of any who are not members of the society. The society then has the rights of limitation and restriction concerning its own property. But that it chooses not to apply any restrictions today does not mean it cannot be restrictive tomorrow. And where the use of the society's property on the part of a non member interferes with the society's use of that property it must then obviously decide to limit or restrict or deny the non member access to the property, and what constitutes interference is a decision to be made by the society itself. And if it decides to do this during the day-to-day operation of the council and the rest of the members acquiesce it is just as binding as if it had been done by any other of the possible methods. Therefore I would like to suggest that the council consider the possibility of the bringing of charges of trespassing against those who persist in interfering with the society's use and enjoyment of its own property. And if not this then at least the denying those who persist in interfering access to the society's property. Ken Strang arts 4 Etiquette Anyone who uses the library on the top floor of the MacMillan building knows that although it is a -convenient place to work it does lack up-to-date books and a wide selection of journals in certain agriculture/forestry subjects. This is understandable due to its limited size and, no doubt, limited budget. However, it makes one wonder when one peruses the bookcase housing new books and finds a copy of Emily Post's Etiquette: the Blue Book of Social Usage. What a waste of time and money! Among other bits of trivia this book will serve to enlighten the ignorant on such fine points as how to act and dress when dropping in on the Pope and/or the White House. If you're wondering how to care for and display your American flag, Emily has that figured out too. Under the circumstances, we feel that this book is in extremely poor taste. Ken Giles Scott Plear food sciences Listen Would it be possible for those inconsiderate fools who use the SUB listening room for social purposes to either use the lounge for their talking or keep their volume down to a dull roar. I find it very distracting when trying to listen to soft music if there is someone talking with a loud booming voice. After all, the headphones aren't exactly designed for keeping the noise out. Douglas Oliver education 1 The Ubyssey welcomes letters from all readers. Though an effort is made to print all letters received, The Ubyssey reserves the right to edit for clarity, legality, brevity and taste. THS UBYSSEY November 29, 1973 Published Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays throughout the university year by the Alma Mater Society of the University of B.C. Editorial opinions are those of the writer and not of the AMS or the university administration. Member, Canadian University Press. The Ubyssey publishes Page Friday, a weekly commentary and review. The Ubyssey's editorial offices are located in room 241K of the Student Union Building. Editorial departments, 228-2301; Sports, 228-2305; advertising, 228-3977. Co-editors: Vaughn Palmer, Michael Sasges Reminder to the gang 1) there will be a party in the office noon Friday 2) we got a big paper today so show up 3) these worked: Ralph Maurer, Rick Lymer, Vaughn Palmer, Ryon Guedes, Michael Sasges, Gary Coull, Dru Spencer, Murray McMillan, Ken Dodd, Lesley Krueger, Alan Doree, Peter Leibik, Jake van der Kamp, Gord Mullin and Pat Kanopsky. Thanx to Brian and Jan for the ride.v Thursday, November 29, 1973 THE UBYSSEY Page 5 Letters Pass-out Sometime ago, as I recall, a big hassle ensued over Dan McLeod's right to pass out free copies of his paper, the Georgia Straight, here on campus as it was thought the Straight, being a 'commercial' enterprise, would impringe on the almighty Ubyssey's circulation. Well, what's done is done, but let's be a little fair about it. Almost everywhere you go now on campus you are accosted by smiling chaps who pretty near force you to take their literature, if you can call it that: the Pacific Tribune, the Vancouver Student, countless pamphlets and all other kinds of bullshit abound on the campus. I don't argue with their freedom and right to print and distribute their literature, but I do take issue with The Ubyssey and the Alma Mater Society for discriminating against the Straight, while letting all thse other publications circulate unhindered. Especially since the Vancouver Student, although not a 'commercial' enterprise carries advertisements which might impringe on The Ubyssey's revenue, and was this not one of the main issues of argument against the distribution of the Straight? Ron Joseph science 2 There is an essential difference between the distribution scheme of the Pacific Tribune and the Vancouver Student and that proposed by Straight owner Dan McLeod. Distributors of those papers are permitted to stand at campus locations and offer copies of their paper to passers-by. When day is done they must gather up all copies not taken and remove them from the campus. McLeod, on the other hand, wanted to bring thousands of copies of his paper to the campus dump them, and forget about them. When the Simon Fraser University student society offered McLeod roughly the same deal as the Tribune he refused. Apparently he couldn't make enough money if he had to'pay people to hand his paper out, and to remove it from campus at day's end—Eds. Massage The massage program you reported in Page Friday (The Ubyssey, Nov. 23) is not part of the program of Arts One. In future when you invade the bedrooms of the student body please understand that the scandal you find there, though done by • students of the university, is not necessarily sponsored by the university or its various programs. Furthermore, one does get the sense that the bedroom itself was not invaded but that your reporter was merely reporting gossip. I find it hard to understand how a newspaper of any calibre, even yours, can substitute gossip for news. Fred E. Stockholder arts one co-ordinator Weights During the past two weeks several students have voiced complaints about the 'quality' of the weights used on the circuit- training facility in War Memorial gymnasium. These complaints *appear to be justified — thus steps have been taken to rectify the situation. New rubber coated weights were purchased for the circuit in September, however they were stolen within the first two weeks of operation. It was decided that replacements would be designed in a manner un- ~- appealing for theft but suitable for exercise purposes. Weights were manufactured by the physical plant and installed on the circuit during the first week in November, however it has become obvious that they are unsuitable. We have now returned the weights to the Physical Plant for . structural modifications, but have provided temporary replacements in the interim. In another vein, our universal gym has arrived and will be installed during the Christmas break. We ensure Recreation. UBC participants that the weight training facilities will be greatly improved when they return in January. Finally, we thank those students who have provided constructive criticism of the program. We welcome your suggestions. Len Marchant student supervisor Recreation UBC Fiphe the flow of student power has wilted. I feel that the university student press of the last few years (journalism department) has melted under the banner lines of news, ads, sports and reviews format example in the media. Of these I am not an avid reader. Is Page Friday to become The Ubyssey's Leisure rag (lord save us from the boob tube) withall piz- asss^ advertising potential? My fears for you have been abated. Articles like Peter Duffy's Get a Haircut; You're on your way to Houston (The Ubyssey, Nov. 23) show you still have excellent talent on tap. I look forward to the next chapters with eagerness to have brain electrons flashing again. W. Callfford Fiphe creative writing The remainder of Peter's epic will run in Friday's Ubyssey—Eds. This is my first letter in the past three years of my six years of student 'vulga' servitude in this institution-away-from-the-public. I have witnessed and felt the winds of faco-trend get progressively reactionary and right wing while Arts Tuesday's article on the arts undergraduate society student representation meeting misrepresented what was actually taking place in the discussion. An arts general meeting last week passed a resolution asking senate to return the Prang report to the arts faculty for substantial modification. Monday's meeting intended to further develop strategy as was another meeting held Tuesday. Our statements were given as two possible positions which students could decide upon at Wednesday's meeting in Buchanan lounge (not yet held when this letter was written). We are both in support of equal voice for students on all decisionmaking bodies within the university. We also consider it important to develop serious political discussion on campus, especially in the classroom with respect to ideas and theories presented. We put forth two possible tactics for obtaining these ends. The actual demands that students will make when the arts faculty reconsiders the Prang report will be decided by arts students themselves at Wednesday's meeting. Bill Moen AUS president Brian Loomes Alma Mater Society president Parking I too am writing in response to Jim Dyck's letter on parking on Marine Drive. His letter so infuriated me that I called the local RCMP to complain, only to find out that parking on Marine Drive is now legal, the result of student pressure in the past. I was informed that complaints to have "no parking" re-instated can be directed to the Attorney- General's department in Victoria. The fact that Dyck isn't too concerned about polluting the environment with a used car lot, the mess being inflicted on the grounds, the door opening by car owners into passing traffic, jaywalking onto a busy thoroughfare, the U-turns from a parked position, the poor visibility at night and when it's raining and the people who leave their parking spots at night without turning their lights on bothers me. No parking should be restored and Dyck will have to go back to hitch hiking. Stan Hoffman grad studies 9 Tell us why you would choose life insurance as a career. Or why you wouldn't Maybe you've never even considered a sales career in insurance. On the other hand, maybe you realise that insurance is one of the most challenging careers you could tackle. For instance, did you know that to qualify to sell life insurance, you have to write a comprehensive government examination? We'd like to know what you think about a future in insurance; so we're offering you this unique opportunity. Simply write down your thoughts—in approximately 500 words—on why you would choose a sales career in life insurance. Or why you wouldn't. We're awarding $500 Government of Canada bonds for the two entries judged best—one "for", one "against". So go to it, and let's have your opinion. (If you'd like some factual background information, feel free to call your local Met Life office.) And, incidentally, if you think you're good enough to be a Metropolitan Life representative, now is the time to think about the future. So even if you don't enter the contest, why not contact us and talk it over. Write to Roy V Chapman, Assistant Vice-President, Metropolitan life, 180 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario KlP 5A3. OFFICIAL RULES 1 Contest is open to all students due to graduate from a Canadian university or college in 1974 or 1975. 2. Entries should preferably be typed, or clearly handwritten, on one side of the paper only, and headed either: "Why I would choose a sales career in life insurance" or "Why I would not choose a sales career in life insurance". Entries should not exceed 500 words in length and may be submitted in either English or French. (Duplicate prizes for each language.) 3. Each page of the entry must include student's name, address, university, course, and graduating year. 4. Entries must be mailed to: Gary L Smith, Director, Communications, Metropolitan Life, 180 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario KlP 5 A3; and must be postmarked not later than February X1974. 5. The final panel of judges will include a Canadian university instructor in a faculty of business, a commercial writer and a representative of Metropolitan life. 6. The judges' decision will be final. Material submitted becomes the property of Metropolitan Life. 7. Employees or representatives of Metropolitan Life, or their immediate families, are not eligible to enter the contest. 8. All entrants will be advised by mail of the contest results. Metropolitan Life' Page 6 THE UBYSSEY Thursday, November 29, 1973 Hot flashes Nuclear power to be Here's your chance to listen and ask questions of six nuclear power heavies. Hugh Keenlyside, former B.C. Hydro director, will chair a public forum at the Hotel- Vancouver Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The panelists of the B.C. government-sponsored forum will be: Dr. John Gofman, former associate director of Lawrence radiation laboratory; Dan Ford, economist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Walter Patterson of Friends of the Earth, London; W. Bennet Lewis, former vice-president for research and development, Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.; Michael Pearce, nuclear physicist, TRIUMF; George Griffiths, ministry of state: science and technology. A two-hour question period will follow. Bremer Education commissioner John Bremer will speak at UBC Friday on social continuity and discontinuity, sponsored by the education faculty and the B.C. Federation of the Council for Exceptional Children. Bremer will speak 8 p.m. Friday in lecture hall 2 at the IRC. YevfusfienJco Yevtushenko, perhaps the best-known living Russian poet will read his poetry Monday noon in the SUB ballroom. Yevtushenko, 40, is currently touring Canada under the auspices of the federal secretary of state's department Two of his best known and most accessible volumes of poems are Stolen Apples, and Bratsk Station and Other Poems. Comp-psy University of Washington professor E. Hunt will discuss application of computer science concepts to psychology in a colloquium sponsored by the computer science department, 3:30 p.m. Friday in Angus 215. Rankin, Phillips Walter Hardwick's applied science 160 and urban studies 200 classes will hold a discussion between Mayor Art Phillips and Aid. Harry Rankin 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in education 100. Discussion is open to everyone. Bus stops The campus bus service which saves people the physical exercise of walking from the parking lot to their classes (and not from getting wet) will not operate during exam period. Service ends Dec. 7 and resumes Jan. 7 at 7:30 a.m. Happy walking, it will do you good. Biff 81 featured UBC professor J. B. McCreary will hold a discussion noon today in IRC 3, on Bill 81 which created the B.C. Medical Centre and a board in charge of medical education. McCreary will also outline the history of government and medicine in B.C. Photo contest Photosoc is sponsoring its first annual photographic contest in SUB art gallery Jan. 13-19. Deadline for entries is Jan. 5. For more information call 228-4405. James Bay Interested in the James Bay native rights issue? The Vanguard Forum is holding a discussion and debate on the topic 8 p.m. Friday, 1208 Granville. Duffy Attention , new journalism groupies, surrealism freaks, subjectivity freaks and first-person fans. Peter Duffy is still alive, and the final instalment of his narrative will appear in the Page Friday section of The Ubyssey and will recount peril and revelation in Portland, Ore., and a special attraction, a conversation with Ken Kesey. Follow the intrepid protagonist's travels and learn why the Millenium eludes his grasp. Tween classes TODAY ZOOLOGY A lecture on Gonzo biology in a tropical pressure cooker by Steve Stearns, noon, bio-science 2000. PRE-DENTAL SOCIETY Demonstration of instruments used in restorative dentistry, noon, dental building info desk. VCF Ray Bystrom speaks on freedom from sins power, noon, SUB auditorium. CCF Dr. A. Paul speaks on the call of three dimensional dicipleship, noon, SUB 215. MUSIC Collegium musicum directed by John Sawyer, noon, music building recital hall. REVOLUTIONARY MARXIST GROUP Public forum and discussion on the development of class struggle in Canada with speaker Will Offley, 8 p.m. Fisherman's Hall, 138 East Cordova. CHINESE MODERN DRAMA CLUB Meeting, 8 p.m., SUB 215. PRE-MED Dr. McCreary, medicine, on medicine, noon, former dean of government and IRC 3. FRIDAY ALLIANCE FRANCAISE Meeting noon, IH lounge. GAY PEOPLE General meeting, noon, SUB 105B. Rap session, arts one blue room, 8 p.m. UBC PRO-LIFE SOC Everyone encouraged to vote their view: either anti-abortion or pro-life by telephone (926-2896). YOUNG SOCIALISTS Panel discussion on James Bay Project versus Native Rights, 8 p.m., 1208 Granville. SATURDAY CLUBS PARTY Party in SUB ballroom, 7 p.m., sponsored by aqua-soc, sailing, sports car, sky diving, varsity outdoors clubs. MONDAY GERMAN CLUB Important organizational meeting for Christmas party, noon, IH 402. THURSDAY PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS' UNION General meeting, noon, east mall annex 116. FRIDAY GAY PEOPLE Final general meeting for first term, noon, SUB 105B. Dance, 8 p.m. arts one blue room. HAIR IS BEAUTIFUL and it has a lot to do with projecting a man's personality LET US LOOK AT YOUR HAIR AND BONE STRUCTURE AND BRING THE BESTOUTOFYOU Ask us about our protein body waves and any information on how to take care of your hair and skin. We also retail the very best products on the market for the needs of your skin and your hair. We are located on Campus. Come and see. us. (By appointment only). 2144 WESTERN PARK WAY UNIVERSITY SQ. 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Bacardi Sum.s Pinked 111 Special totally and Under the Supeiraon ol Bacaidi t, Company limited. "Bacardi and Bat Device aie Registered TtademarKs of Bacardi 8 Comoani limited Bottled by IBM Dislifaf Co. Ltd., Canada What gives cola a kick? White and Light-amber Bacardi rum. Though they're smooth and mellow, they've been kicking up a storm in cola ever since they were used in the first rum and cola in 1900. How's that for a kick back? White and Light -Amber BACARDI rum Thursday, November 29, 1973 THE UBYSSEY Page 7 UBC flips rings The UBC gymnastic team led by the performances of Bill Mackie and Maurice Williams began the season with the Oregon Open held Nov. 17 and 18. UBC was the only Canadian university competing. American universities which entered in the Open were Oregon State, University of Oregon, Portland State, Washington State, University of Washington, and Brigham Young. Individuals also entered the meet. The contest consisted of the six Olympic events. These are the floor exercises, pommel horse, long horse vaulting, still rings, parallel bars, and the horizontal bars. Bill Mackie, with consistent scoring, placed fourth in floor exercises and the all around competition. Maurice Williams delighted the crowd with a powerful still ring routine. He received a score of 9.25 out of the possible ten to take first place in the event. Sports flashes Tennis JOHN.DAVISON (with headgear) gets tangled up attempting to shoot for a leg takedown against the Grads Dennis Tazumi. Davison went on to gain a third round pin over Tazumi to help the Varsity, defeat the i Grads in Saturday's meet. The Thunderbird Winter Tennis Classic Open began yesterday. It will continue until Sunday when Frank Gnup will present the trophies at 4 p.m. In men's singles, Ken Dahl from SFU is the first seed. Doug Smith from UBC is eight seeded. UBC junior players Doug Holman, Peter Kearney and Phil Moody considered among the top five juniors in UBC will also partake. In men's doubles Dahl and Peter Vick from UBC will team up again. The pair recently won the doubles event in the Western Indoor tournament at Richmond. In the women's singles, Susan Stone, coach of the women's team and ex-UBC student, is top seed. Donna Knox and Geselle Lajoie are also representing UBC- The Open is being held in the Armories. Admission is free. Bamboo curtain up for hockey team By ALAN DOREE Hockey Night in China? That's right, the Thunderbirds leave Vancouver Sunday for a goodwill tour of the People's Republic. The trip, arranged by the department of external affairs and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, is part of the first cultural exchange between Canada and China. The Birds will play seven games against the Chinese national team and other clubs which coach Bob Hindmarch estimates are "the equivalent of good Canadian junior teams." Hindmarch feels the Birds should be two or three goals better than their opposition but stressed the non-competitive nature of the tour. "We're not going over there to win at all costs. We're going to give them a look at Canadian hockey. Our players will be conducting hockey schools and I'll be running coaching clinics. The games will be for the purpose of evaluating each other's approach to the sport." The Chinese national team played in the International Ice Hockey Federation's Pool C world championship this year. Their competition consisted of teams like Bulgaria, France, Great Britain and Hungary. CO-REC COMING ON STRONG IN JANUARY Get Off Your Ass PARTICIPATE GOYA!! DON'T HIBERNATE THIS WINTER! participate Get Off Your Ass- in intramurals! GOYA!! 228-4648 - 228-5326 ENTRY DEADLINES MEN HOCKEY — BASKETBALL — WOMEN VOLLEYBALL — HOCKEY — BASKETBALL — Dec 7, 1:30 Pam. 228-4648 Men - Room 308 - War Memorial Gym 228-5326 Women Room 202 In your own way. In your own time. On your own terms. You'll talse to the taste of flayers Filter. t^r ^.^vr*^ Warning: The Department of National Health and Welfare advises that danger io health increases with amount smoked. Page 8 THE UBYSSEY Prof speaks at women s studies Thursday, November 29, 1973 'Foolish' assumptions put to rest By DAVE FULLER English professor Annette Kolodny "laid to rest some foolish women's movement assumptions about women writers" Tuesday at the women's studies meeting. Kolodny also did an about-face on her previous theories of a "unique feminine consciousness"; she now says there is not one, or at least if there is, she does not know what it is. The first "foolish assumption" is that until recently, women have not been interested in writing. Kolodny, an assistant professor, refuted this by giving many examples of women's writings since about 1800. In the 1850s,: women dominated writing and were the main buyers of fiction — but these writings were very limited, containing nothing about poor working girls or sensuality for' example. In the 19th century Mary Woolstencraft, Margaret Fuller and Kate Chopin wrote about more important aspects of women's lives. The works of these three were ignored and derided until recently. A recurrent theme in these earlier women's writings is the Officials deny Trudeau to be next SFU president Canadian University Press Since a Canadian University Press dispatch about the nomination of Pierre Trudeau for president of Simon Fraser University, a number of official denials have made it apparent the story was not entirely accurate. Although Trudeau's nomination is before the presidential search committee, it is unclear whether Trudeau is the source of that nomination or whether his name was put before the committee by someone acting without the prime minister's approval. A number of categories have been established, however. Trudeau, as a member of the prime category, will receive the committee's strong consideration. Other famous personalities have also been listed by the committee. All candidates for the presidency will be measured against them. Eric Kierans, John Kenneth Galbraith, Sylvia Ostrey and Pauline Jewett have been placed in the prime category. None of these people, however, appear to have been contacted as yet. i ne report that committee members were sworn to secrecy while RCMP officers were present is incorrect. The members agreed voluntarily and in formally that the proceedings should remain under wraps. Such a statement, in fact, was released by Paul Cote, chairman of the board of governors and the search committee. The search committee is in the very early stage of proceedings and one thing that always seems to happen in these proceedings is that they become surrounded by a whole series of rumors which have no foundation in fact. "When the search committee and the university have something of substance to say there will be an announcement. Until then, this answer will apply to any rumor." „ A United Press International story appearing in The Province Nov. 19, said: "The spokesman (for Trudeau) flatly denied rumors on the West Coast that Trudeau was planning to resign to become president of SFU." The prime minister has "made it very clear that he's here to stay," said the spokesman. And when Trudeau was asked if he was in terested in the academic life, he replied: "Ask me in 10 years," implying the world was unfolding as it should. difficulty of finding time to write — the demands of children and husband prompted Katherine Anne Mansfield to complain in her diary and Tilly Olson, a working mother, to write about this problem, said Kolodny. The second foolish assumption is to believe that we can discover "a unique feminine literary style" without looking at these older works — that we need only study the recent outpouring of women writers. Kolodny's about-face was to proclaim that this assumption is foolish. Her theories about a "universal feminine mind" did not take into account the older writings. Kolodny discussed some of the common themes in modern women's writings such as the difficulty of finding time to write, the "fear of being fixed in images" and' "the world as a vast hieroglyph that needs deciphering". Margaret Atwood and Sylvia Plath consider the world to be "basically indecipherable and so unknowable", so their impressions of the world cannot be put down in a connected way. the . development of a unique literary style is just beginning and is the work of only a very limited group of women, Kolodny said. "Let us not yet make rules for what women should write about — rules such as 'women should write about subterranean reality', or 'women should write connectedly' — because we do not yet know the unique feminine consciousness," she said. Why men shouldn't have the vote WINNIPEG (CUP) — 1. Because men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions show this, while their innate tendency to appeal to force renders them particularly unfit for the task of government: 2. Because no really manly man wants to settle any question otherwise than by fighting about it; 3. Because a man's place is in the Army; 4. Because men will lose their charm if they step out of their natural sphere and interest themselves in other matters than feats of arms, uniforms and drums; 5. Because, if men should adopt peaceable methods, women will no longer look up to them. — Alice Duer Miller, 1915 "Wo PICTURE A PENTAX FOR CHRISTMAS! 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