@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, "1977-10-07"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/Ubysseynews/items/1.0128522/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ Rebel coup d'etat liberates Totem Park Totem Park residence was taken over by a "liberation army" last weekend, but the alleged rebellion was really nothing more than a stunt designed to promote residence spirit. Totem Park residents' association treasurer J.D. Bonser said Thursday the rebels' main reason for "taking over" Totem Park was to "get the people of Totem Park involved and let them know what the council was all about." Bonser said he was involved in the plot for one evening but had a change of heart in the morning. According to a "communique" delivered to The Ubyssey by TPRA Social co-ordinator Darrell Croft, one of the rebels, the attempted I overthrow started Sept. 30. I That day Crofts hid under TPRA I president Cameron MacKay's bed as the president was preparing to leave with vice-president Bill Hain for the UBC student leadership conference. When MacKay and Hain had left, Croft emerged and let the other Totem Park liberation army rebels into the president's suite. The rebels also intercepted a note intended for Bonser in which MacKay and Hain instructed him to act as TPRA president in their absence. Later Friday evening the rebels explained their campaign to Bonserwhoagreed to support their cause. "They talked me into it," Bonser said. He said the campaign was successful in its attempt to get people interested in the TPRA Because "people are wondering what went on." But Bonser changed his mind Saturday morning. "I woke up and wondered if it was a good idea." He said he tore down TPLA posters and locked MacKay's room. But Croft said the counterrevolution was easily put down and the TPLA continued to "control" Totem Park. Hie game came to an end Sunday evening with the return of MacKay and Hain. The communique claims the TPLA was vanquished by the pair with the aid of the RCMP And the campus patrol. But Croft admitted this is untrue. '"Riey came back and we just fled," he said. "We were only trying to get a point across to THE UBYSSEY Vol. LX, No. 12 VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1977 »^^»48 228-2301 Totem Park and UBC in general." He said the TPLA Communique adequately sums up the aims of the group. It reads, in part, "the manifesto. . . was simple. Number one: first overthrow the TPRA...; secondly, set up a five-man committee to' replace the old president and thirdly, to allow the separation of Totem Park from the department of housing, and the university, so that the residents of the university, mainly in Totem Park, could be free to carry out what they believe is right, and to allow their voice to be heard, as they represent 15 per cent of the students at UBC. . ." The communique says, "more than likely our comeback, as you call it, will occur at Totem park, hopefully around the first week in February, and this time the whole campus will feel it." Gays protest CBC policy OCT ''■■ ^ ,%\\ Canadian University Press The National Gay Rights Coalition (NGRC) is in the midst of cross-Canada protests against the CBC. The protests are in the form of opposition to all CBC radio station licensee renewals. "We have a national campaign going in an effort to stop the CBC from discriminating against gays," said Maurice Flood of the Vancouver branch of the NGRC. Protests arose over the CBC's refusal to air public service announcements concerning the Gay Alltance Towards Equality (GATE), in Halifax, Flood said. GATE requested a clarification of CBC's policy. The CBC said its national policy would not allow public announcements for any gay groups. "At first they said it was because of a shortage of time but then finally admitted the Canadian public was not ready to hear that sort of thing," Flood said. The Halifax group filed an in tervention against the renewal of the CBC Halifax license — and also made a formal complaint to the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission. The NGRC directed questions to the ministers responsible for the CBC, including prime minister Pierre Trudeau who, Flood said, was reluctant to intervene in CRTC matters. "This is a joke, given the fact that he is waging a witchhunt against Quebec journalists. He is prepared for reactionary reasons to involve himself politically over that issue, but he is not prepared to involve himself politically with the CBC," Flood said. Most reaction will occur in the form of protests, Flood said. 'The NGRC is not taking legal action at this point. But in Vancouver GATE has been involved iri legal action against the Vancouver Sun for its refusal to run gay advertisements. The issue is already three years See page 3: GAYS ** V „ S- ' Gov't cuts back on UBC research By MARIO LOWTHER The provincial government cut back research funding by $121,407 last year, while all other sources have increased funds, a report to the UBC board of governors shows. The provincial government contributed $792,244 in 1976-77 to UBC research, down from $913,651 in 1975-76. Federal funding is up almost $300,000, to $11,637,589 from $11,347,294, support from Canadian companies is up about $200,000 ($498,598 to $692,278), foundations and non-profit agencies contributed $350,000 more than the previous year ($1,969,521 to $2,320,982), as did the contribution of U.S. and other foreign sources $911,693 to $1,261-982) for the academic years 1975-76 to 1976-77. The report was presented at the board meeting Tuesday by UBC research head Richard Spratley. The reasons for the drop in provincial support are inflation and government cutbacks, he said Thursday. Earlier this year a report to the provincial government said research at B.C.'s three universities was in trouble because of lack of funds. The report, prepared by Montreal professor Roger Gaudry for education minister Pat McGeer and economic development minister Don Phillips, said research funding had dropped below acceptable levels and recommended that the provincial government put $3.27 million into university research in 1977-78. The report specifically recommended that research money should not come out of university operating funds. The increase in foreign funding and the drop in provincial funding cannot really be compared, Spratley said. "Relatively few projects got See page 3: GOV'T —chris bannister photo POOLING LIQUID ASSETS found at bottom of Empire pool, Victoria Garm comes up with enough coppers to win penny dive at women's intramural swim meet Thursday afternoon. Garm, arts 2, grabbed 37 pennies out of pool to help her team beat out other competitors in aquatic sports. Domestic violence is problem for police By LLOYANNE HURD "Your best chance of getting killed in Vancouver is by the person you are living with." These are the words of Don Dutton, a UBC psychologist whostudied police approaches to domestic violence. In Vancouver 40 per cent of assualts and homicides are domestic and Vancouver is typical of all North American cities, Dutton says. The police are often the first to be called in a domestic dispute. If it is a clear case of assault an arrest takes place, but it isn't always clear, he said. A prevalent attitude of the police is that if they intervene the wife will attack them and if she does lay charges against her husband she will drop the charges the next day because of fear of retaliation by the husband. Police are reluctant to interfere and do not always answer calls to domestic disputes, he said. Dutton, an associate professor of social and community psychology, and Bruce Levens, a social policy resreacher for the United Way, completed their study in 1974. Using information from the study, they set up a human relations training curriculum for all municipal police forces. Police are taught to use authority, power and toughness and when they approach a domestic quarrel and in this way they contribute to the fight, Dutton said. When the police walk in and start getting heavy, the woman see a stranger threatening someone she loves and she takes a swing at a policeman, he said She may not be able to see an economic alternative to living with the man who abuses her. Most police training in domestic intervention is not highly developed in Canada, Dutton said. Vancouver is more advanced since the human relations training course was started. The course teaches policemen safety proceedures for entering the situation, diffusion, mediation, and how to make referrals to social workers Police learn concepts of personal spacing such as setting the angriest person in the softest chair with no objects around that can be thrown and how to separate the couple. "Police have been trained in crowd control and minority group problems," he said "and police thought in the past that training for policemen required a good rifle range." See page 3: DOMESTIC Page 2 THE UBYSSEY Friday, October 7, 1977 CANADA'S LEADING STEREO CENTRE RHODES features t S z < I* 0 o 3 z s s 1<40 STEREO POWER AMPLIFIER 75 Watts per Channel into 8 Ohms, Minimum Continuous Power Output from 20 Hz to kHz, with no more than 0.1% Total Harmonic Distortion. Full Complementary Direct Coupled Output. Illuminated 3-inch VU Meters. Separate Left and Right Gain Controls. PROFESSIONAL PREAMPLIFIER/CONTROL CONSOLE .05% THD, .05%IM Distortion (3 volts output). 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David Adamson, deputy commander of the North American Air Defence Command, said that if the Soviet Union fired a nuclear missile into a remote area of the North American Treaty Organization territory, the U.S. could retaliate similarly without total nuclear war breaking out. "Kissinger (former U.S. secretary of state Henry) moved the United States away from the concept that total retaliation is necessary to counteract a Soviet limited attack." Adamson told a group of 100 students in Buchanan 100 that the U.S. and the Soviets are more afraid of the use of nuclear weapons by terrorists or third world nations than by each other. He said the proliferation of nuclear weapons among unstable nations is a growing threat. "Imagine Idi Amin with a nuclear weapon." The decision by U.S. president Jimmy Carter to scrap the B-l bomber and cruise missile was a mistake, Adamson said. "You can't bargain from a position of weakness with them," he said. "We can't scale down our armed forces unilaterally. "We should have both the B-l and the cruise missile and then bargain with the Soviets from a position of strength." An advantage of the bomber is its potential for "posturing" he said, a technique similar to gunboat diplomacy. By deploying the bombers in certain areas or putting them in a particular stage of readiness, NORAD can warn the Soviets of its intent to retaliate against a Soviet threat, Adamson said. The cruise missile does not have that potential, he said. "The Soviet Union has been unwilling to settle for-parity with the United States" in terms of military hardware, he said. But its defence situation is different from Canada's as they must defend themselves from a Chinese threat as well as NATO. Adamson said Canada currently spends 2.5 per cent of its gross national product on defense which is the second lowest percentage in NATO. Luxembourg is the lowest. The U.S. spends seven to eight per cent on defense compared to 20 to 30 per cent for the Soviet Union, he said. But the Soviet Union is having internal problems with consumerism. "The government is having a hard time catering to the new consumer desires" he said. "They have to make difficult decisions in deciding how much of the budget to devote to defence and how muchr to consumers." Canada currently pays 15 per cent of NORAD costs but on a per capita basis it pays more than the Americans, said Adamson. But our geography is also a major contribution to NORAD, he said as the location of radar and tracking stations in Canada gives NORAD more time to respond to a Soviet attack. The general said Canada should become more involved in new technologies at the expense of the current unweildly peace-time bureaucracy of the armed forces. "Space is an example," he said, "I would be willing to give up a fair portion of our defense budget for space." "We are a young nation with good technological resources," he said. Space is a frontier technology and Canada should become involved in this industry, or we will "lag behind in industrial development and become the hewers of wood and drawers of water in the 21st century," he said. TTie Soviet Union has developed "killer" satellites, capable of destroying other satellites, he said. But the use of space for military purposes is primarily for destroying the communications —chris bannister photo BLOWING OUT THE WIND at noon concert Thursday in SUB are, from left, UBC Wind Symphony members Barbara Baxter, Alice Brock and Catherine Riddle, all UBC music students. Group drew crowd for hour of flute music that provided welcome change from boring disco beat. Gays fight discrimination From page 1 old. Human Rights Commission director managed to strike a board of inquiry that came down in favor of the gay protest. The commission ruled that The sun was in contravention of the Human Rights Code in denying the Gay Tide (a Vancouver newspaper for gays) advertising space. The Sun retaliated with a challenge to the supreme court of B.C. which upheld the ruling of the human rights commission. The Sun then appealed to the court of appeals, which ruled in the newspaper's favor with a margin of two to one this summer. The Sun would not comment on current legal action, but Sun advertising and sales promotion manager Arthur Smart did say, "we don't have a stand against or, for any kind of advertising. We decide on issues as they arise." When asked how The Sun decides general policy, Smart said, "we go by the law of the land." Currently, the Vancouver branch of the NGRC is appealing to the supreme court of Canada on behalf of GATE and should know by Oct. 17 if its case will be heard. "We are confident we have a good chance of overturning the B.C. ruling and we have full support of the Human Rights Commission and the B.C. Civil Liberties Association. We welcome their support," Flood said. Other groups expressing support are the Vancouver Status of Women and the B.C. Federation of Labor. The Ubyssey and other student newspapers belonging to Canadian University Press, the national news co-operative, have placed a ban on all CBC ads for the duration of the dispute. "This ruling has an effect on everyone because it attacks on the Human Rights Commission," he said. "Right now the Sun has the support of the attorney-general (Garde Gardom), and I also guess that they have the support of the minister of labor (Allan Williams) because they have refused to direct the commission in any way. "The Social Credit government is anti-human. It is no surprise that they are anti-homosexual. Their failure to act in this case indicates a willingness to sabotage the •human rights code." Domestic violence problem for police From page 1 "Police didn't know where crime was coming from and overlooked domestic disputes where most of the violent abuse really exists. In the past three years police have become more aware of the problem and in the near future Dutton will be training police instructors. Even people other than the police don't like to intervene in a domestic quarrel becauwe a fight in the next apartment cannot always be identified as a serious problem, he said. "By-stander aid comes to women only 19 per cent of the time if they are married to or know their abuser and 65 per cent of the time if the assault is by someone they don't know," he said. People do not know how to intervene in disputes without being snoopy or how to accept advice from other people. "People in our society have to be educated to look after each other. People don't want the neighbors in on their business," he said. A popular view that button challenges is that only a few men are wife abusers. Tests are given to these men to see how they differ from so-called normal men. Not enough answers to the problems are found using this method of approach. "Partially because of men's attitude to violence any man has the potential to strike out in violence," he said. "We have to look at the whole sociable problem of man-woman relationships," Dutton said. "Men have trouble expressing anger to women. When anger can be expressed, violence is cut down. "Courses for police in handling domestic disputes are only a band- aid solution but it must stick." ADAMSON nukes necessary" and detection satellites of the enemy, rather than using space as a place to fire weapons on earth targets. The Soviets, are far from having an effective system for destroying NATO satellites, he said. Satellites operate on many different orbits and it requires a great deal of energy to change the orbit of a satellite to bring it within range of a satellite it is to destroy. An alternative is to use many "killer" satellites, but the Soviets only have a few, he said. Adamson said deterrance "is a medium whereby we can survive until a point in time when humanity can truly get along." "But we can't unilaterally disarm or walk-away from the situation," he said. BCSF advises consolidation Canadian University Press The B.C. Student Federation will recommend to its members at its fourth annual meeting Oct. 14 that they divide their time this year between working on student issues and consolidation. The BCSF executive report, released Thursday, states that if the organization doesn't expand and consolidate its membership, resources and internal operations, the BCSF will be "distrusted by those whose interests we seek to represent." The report also recommends cutting back the two-member staff, a f ieldworker and researcher, to a single "information officer." The staff cut is recommended because the BCSF "can no longer attempt to service all the students of this province" because of a deficit that has increased annually since 1975, according to BCSF fieldworker Karen Dean. Dean said Thursday that to add UBC and the University of Victoria to its membership list "just might mean the life of BCSF." The BCSF represents all the colleges on the mainland except Fraser Valley College. But UBC UVic, Vancouver Island colleges, and provincial institutes are not members. Dean said if successful membership referenda take place this fall at UBC and UVic, "we could have three staff workers all year round." The BCSF conference, which will be held at Simon Fraser University, will also consider ways to form liaisons with college staff and faculty unions to fight against Bill 82, the Colleges and Provincial Institutes Act. BCSF president Gordie Bell said the organization should form a "common front," with faculty groups like the B.C. College Faculty Federation, which will meet this weekend to consider methods of consolidation and a common front of college faculty and staff. The CFF executive will meet at the Richmond campus of Douglas College Saturday. According to Gordon Gilgan, Douglas College Faculty Association president, a "common front" is the "only way to deal" with the problems created by Bill 82. CFF president Fred Smith said the executive will consider models for a "provincial bargaining unit" that would include members of staff and faculty unions to deal with problems created by the legislation. Bill 82, which was enacted last month, prohibits faculty and students from representing themselves on college "boards", which will replace councils. The autonomy of the colleges is also threatened, according to the CFF, by the creation of three provincial "councils" to oversee colleges. The Universities Council will also take part in controlling colleges. Cutbacks hit UBC research From page 1 foreign support, but all were at high levels (high amounts of money). They were mostly in health," he said. The provincial government is attempting to get things organized, Spratley said. William Armstrong, chairman of the Universities Council, has been appointed a special advisor to the education ministry for a proposed research secretariat. "It (the secretariat) is to coordinate research fund efforts for fhe whole province, such as for industry and universities." "The provincial government is anxious to stimulate industrial research problems," Spratley said. He said that the federal government support is more applied to things such as energy,, oceanography and pollution. For next year? "More support for applied faculties," said Spratley, "I hope." Page 4 THE UBYSSEY Friday, October 7, 1977 Gays are people The CBC is supposedly a public service for communication between Canadians. But for some unmentioned reasons the CBC has refused to carry public service announcements for a gay group in Halifax, apparently thinking Canadians are not ready to face the fact that gay people exist and have just as much right to announcements as anyone else. Their attitude simply makes no sense. The CBC has consistently refused to make public its reasons for the ban, instead issuing a feeble excuse that it has no time to spare for gay announcements. A similar case has been developing in Vancouver, with the Vancouver Sun's refusal to carry ads for a politically-oriented gay newspaper published by the Gay Alliance Toward Equality. The Sun has refused to run the ads because it is a "family newspaper," but it was not until this fall that this same "family newspaper" stopped running pornographic and violent photographs in its movie ads. In addition the Sun has refused to abide by a decision made by the B.C. Human Rights Commission in GATE's favour. Instead the Sun took the case to the B.C. supreme court, which also ruled in favor of GATE. The Sun finally won in an appeals court decision but GATE has not given up. The issue is now being appealed to the supreme court of Canada. In both these cases the Vancouver Sun and the CBC have shown themselves to be more concerned with bad publicity than with the exercise of human rights. How sad. Letters Beer money The student administrative commission feels that a detailed explanation of the increase in beer prices is warranted. As you are well aware, the price for a Pit token has increased from 60 cents to 75 cents, a jump of 25 per cent. The following facts and figures will attempt to justify this increase. On Sept. 6, 1976, SAC increased the AMS employees' wages 8 per cent and on Oct. 20, 1976, SAC closed the Pit for three weeks due to increased vandalism around the campus. To combat the alleged vandalism, which the RCMP said was caused by the overconsumption of liquor, SAC decided to cut the seating in the Pit from 400 to 350 and institute table service. To accommodate table service, four extra staff persons had to be hired, an increase in the payroll of 27 per cent. Also, hard liquor and the infamous jugs were eliminated. Closing time was moved back and free coffee service from 7 p.m. was started. However, some abused this sobering idea, and took up table space that should have been used for token-paying students. On March 1, 1977, the price of bottled beer increased by 8 per cent, draft by 16 per cent and cider by five per cent and on April 1, 1977, the Pit obtained a University A licence, which requires that a 7 per cent sales tax be paid on bottled beer, an expense of $22,000 per year. Anyway, the grand total of expenses is 37 per cent and the price increase is only 25 per cent, thus leaving the AMS to absorb 12 per cent. There is some good news, hoever, to all those cider drinkers. Cider, which is a bigger item than draft, used to sell at 85 cent, but now is reduced to 75 cents. However, the new SAC, an enlightened bunch, have made some new changes in the Pit. These are: 1) beverage service hours in the Pit are extended to 12 midnight, with the premises being closed at 12:30 a.m.; 2) red and white wine is sold by the glass — 5 oz. for one token; 3) hard liquor is sold in the Pit on Disco night, and 4) free coffee service starts at 10:00 pm.; 5) guest passes can be obtained at the Information Desk up until Saturday, 8:00 p.m., $1.00 per ticket; and7) bowls of soup are now available in the Pil Coffeehouse. It is hoped that these changes will provide for a more enjoyable atmosphere in the Pit. Another thing that students can do to provide better service is to raise their hand when requesting another order, this will enable the waiters to see you clearly, thus providing for faster and better service. PaulSekhon chairperson, SAC Cozy camp We, as participants of the Student Leadership Conference which was held last weekend at Camp Elphinstone, would like to respond to Chris Gainor's neutral article in Tuesday's Ubyssey. Unlike Gainor, we do not feel bound to the "off-the-record" policy of this conference. We feel that we have a privilege and, in fact, a need to reveal what did, and/or did not transpire during this past weekend's so-called "student leadership conference". Actually, the "off-the-record" policy which was stressed time and again throughout the conference is very ironical, because there was nothing discussed at the conference which needs to be "off-the- record". There were many controversial topics suggested for group discussions, but due to an unrealistically tight schedule, there was little time available to discuss topics in depth. Consequently, topic upon topic was dismissed with a superficial report from the various discussion groups. Nothing of earth-shattering importance erupted at this conference. Furthermore, we would like to point out that it is unethical for the organizers of this conference to have presumed to impose an "off- the-record" policy on us. Such a policy is certainly not honored during themeetings of the board of governors, and such a policy is certainly not practised by thepress once these meetings have adjourned. One must therefore conclude that a student leadership conference, in accordance with its implicit relation to the UBC community, must adhere to the "on-the-record" policy of this university. Although there was needless emphasis placed upon the conference's "off-the-record" nature, there were some participants who appreciated the security which this policy provided. These participants were none other than the political hacks of UBC. Camp Elphinstone, for them, became a cozy locale for some back-room politicking, and they proceeded, throughout the Con- THE UBYSSEY OCTOBER 7, 1977 Published Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays throughout the university year by the Alma Mater Society of the University of B.C. Editorial opinions are those of the staff and not of the AMS or the university administration. Member, Canadian University Press. The Ubyssey publishes Page Friday, a weekly commentary and review. The Ubyssey's editorial office is in room 241K of the Student Union Building. Editorial departments, 228-2301; Advertising, 228-3977. Editor: Chris Gainor It was the Nuremburg trials revisited. Standing before the court was the archest-criminal of all, David Morton, who only a week before had mercilessly eliminated noble newsslde staffers like Mike Bocking, Kathy Ford, Crhls Bannister and Heather Conn with a stroke of his arrogant typewriter. The like of Marcus Gee, Steve Howard and Mario Lowther may never be seen again. Bill Tieleman, Lloyanne Hurd, Chris Gainor, Dave Dixon and Matt King fell at the hands of the fiend, who mumbled something about only following Bruce Baugh's orders. Meanwhile the Page Friday staff were bragging of the superiority of the Poofta master race. Will Wheeler, Robert Jordan and Gray Kyles boasted of their literary talent to the Immodest Verne McDonald, Merrllee Robson and Geof Wheelwright. Poofta chanteuse Paisley Woodward sang sweet nothings (believe me) to Les Wiseman, Brian Stoffell and Michael Trew while Alan Mlllen and Murray Helmer shouted Poofta slogans. But justice prevailed and the rabid beast was sentenced to a term at a Ubyssey news seminar, at noon today. ference, to exploit their secure secrecy, a secrecy which the board of governors, for example, does not enjoy. Lastly, but definitely not of least importance, we would like to ask: Why was this conference called a "student leadership conference?" To our minds, this conference included very little discussion about student leadership per see. Rather, the weedend appeared as a hodgepodge of shallow discussions which were conducted by biased participants, most of whom were intent on supporting the status quo. Thus, we do not see this conference as having been a student leadership conference; if it had been, then one could justify the weekend's great expense. We now wonder, with the power of hindsight, what benefit the UBC community will receive from such a farcical conference as this. D. J. Currie Heather Bryans Doug Watts co-operative Christian campus ministry J-school I should like to comment on your news item "UBC J-school faraway dream" which appeared in the Sept. 27 issue, as it contains several inaccuracies about the report which was submitted to the faculty of graduate studies in May this year. To set the record straight: the committee unanimously recommended the establishment of a graduate school of journalism to offer a two-year course of study leading to a Master's degree; it suggested a curriculum structure which would combine practical newroom work, media studies and graduate work in areas of study already offered by the university; it recommended the kind of staffing the school should have and gave an estimate of costs and speace requirements. The committee did not consider undergraduate journalism as that was outside its terms of reference. When the report was presented to the executive committee of the faculty of graduate studies, some modifications were suggested to the committee and willingly accepted; one modification concerned the timing and proportion of practical work; another was to do with the name of the degree and a third was that an outside professional opinion on curriculum structure be sought. As far as the committee was concerned the report at that point was both positive and complete; the report certainly went far beyond offering the pallid opinion that a journalism school was "a good idea" which might be further studies; we unequivocally recommend that a graduate school be set up. Concerning the amateur status of the committee, I must say two things: first, it is quite a normal procedure in government, business and in public administration to ask for recommendations from a committee of reasonably intelligent people on matters in which they are not immediately expert; there is a lot to be said for having experts on tap rather than on top; second, the committee did not pull its recommendations from empty air, but made them only after consulting publishers, professional journalists, faculty in existing journalism schools, faculty and students at UBC and members of the general public, as well as reading the published comment on journalism education. Much of the documentation, whether in the form of briefs or published commentary, was finely detailed in its consideration of curriculum structure, equipment requirements, eventual placement prospects for graduates and so on. Naturally, this documentation accompanied the committee's report. Having traced the discussion of journalism* education at UBC back to 1945, I think it is high time we made a definite decision; the committee has made its recommendation; whether it is adopted is up the University at large. Fred Bowers chairman, committee to consider a graduate journalism programme The UDyssey welcomes letters from all readers. Letters should be signed and typed. Pen names will be used when the Writer's real name is also included for our information in the letter and when valid reasons for anonymity are given. Letters should be addressed to the paper care of cmmpoM mail or dropped off af The Ubyssey office, SUB 241 Jt. Friday, October 7, 1977 THE UBYSSEY Page 5 World ignores human rights By JAMES JOHNSON Once again the international world is focusing its attention on human rights. This week in Belgrade the Human Rights Commission opened its conference to review the results of the Helsinki Treaty signed by the major powers of both east and west. But the results do not look promising. It was at that time, some two years ago, that the heads of states met to discuss the escalating incidences of illegal detentions, torture and murder which were playing an increasing active part in the control of dissension within certain countries around the world. The majority of these dissenters were classed by the Helsinki Conference as 'prisoners of conscience,' that is: men and women who were imprisoned for their beliefs, color, ethnic origins or religion and who neither used nor advocated violence in any manner. These prisoners were found to have been denied all semblence of rights despite the fact that virtually all the countries involved were co-signers of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, sponsored by the United Nations. It was in relation to this blatant disregard for justice that the world leaders were prompted to organize the Helsinki Conference with the end result being the formulation of the Helsinki Treaty whereby all signing countries would work James Johnson is a member of Amnesty International at UBC, which next week will sponsor activities coinciding with prisoner of conscience week around campus. towards the goal of true universal rights. The conference, as good as it was in broadcasting to the public the actual situation in the world, has not managed to effectively curtail the growth of state controlled torture in the majority of the nations. In Argentina some 20,000 people disappeared in 1976 alone, with an additional 10,000 imprisoned for their beliefs. And in Chile, where U.S. representatives investigated the actions of the Chilean junta in depth, some 7,000 people are in prison and the practice of disappearances has become more prevalent during the last year. Bernarda Araya, a 67-year-old lumber of parliament, typifies this stark reality. Araya, because of his trade union affiliation, was considered too dangerous to the people of Chile after the overthrow of the Allende government, and conveniently disappeared on April 2, 1976. Not only prominent politicians, but perspectives students, lawyers and also carpenters have disappeared or been tortured for disagreeing with the government. The Amnesty International dosier is filled with literally thousands of such cases — from Russia to Ghana, from Vietnam to Greece, even to our neighbor to the south — all prisoners of conscience. Whey has the Helsinki Conference, heralded by so many as a major step towards the mitigation of torture and political abuse, failed so miserably? Can we blame it on merely the lack of sincerity on the part of the signing countries or does the answer lie deeper? True, the extent of such a commitment by some of the nations may not be one-hundred per cent, but does not a large part of the blame rest in the lack of commitment by the citizens of those countries? The most unfortunate result of the treaty has been to allow ourselves (ourselves as Canadians, ourselves as world citizens) to place all responsibility with the governments to stop these atrocities and none with ourselves. The government has become the sole organ of protest which has led to increasing unawareness on the part of the average citizen, and more so with that group of people with no excuse for lack of information — the student. We are increasingly. turning- towards isolationism in our at titudes of human justice at this university, an act, not only dangerous to those who don't have those rights which we take so lightly, but to ourselves as well. It is not the lack of involvement on the part of students (many of us are not political creatures) but precisely this unawareness is what scares me. People have decided that this is not their problem, that, being neutral, they have no stake in world affairs. But neutrality tacitly supports aU of the status-quo. I am not looking for the return of the 1960s, nor am I advocating the political involvement of every student on this campus. What I am advocating is the realization of every student that we will all reap the effects whether good or bad of this situation; that simple awareness can change t|je world. One can not feign neutrality. Why settle for less? The 2020 is 100% DOWN insulated and includes a stuff sack! ABC Recreational Equipment 555 Richards St., 687-7885 1822 W. 4th Avenue, 731-4018 m OPEN TILL 9 THUR&FRI That's Right - Two Discos Happening in the same building simultaneously. Your choice or both. TONIGHT 8:30 p.m.-1:00 a.m. At the Graduate Student Centre ^SCIENCE > UNDERGRADUATE { SOCIETY 1 DOUBLE DISCO Ballroom Bisco I.D. Required Garden Room Bisco Free Punch and Soft Drinks TICKETS: SHOW S.U.S. CARD-ADVANCE .50* AT DOOR 75* NON-SCIENCE STUDENT-ADVANCE $1 s0 AT DOOR *2 00 Advance tickets available at the AMS business office or during noon hour, at the S.U.S. office - Room 216 Auditorium Annex, or in the SUB foyer Page 6 THE UBYSSEY Friday, October 7, 1977 Tween classes TODAY FENCING CLUB Practice, 7 p.m., winter sports centre gym E. BAHA'I CLUB Discussion on the Baha'l faith, noon, SUB 115. DEBATING SOC I ETV Practice debate, noon, SUB 113. SKYDIVING CLUB General meeting, noon, SUB 212. CHINESE STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION Mandarin class, noon, Bu. 2238-2239. Special meeting, 5:30 p.m., SUB party room. INTRAMURALS Registration deadline for Arts 20 race, men's Intramural office, War Memorial Gym. Men's and women's turkey trot, noon, gym field. Registration deadline for slo-pltch. Men's Intramural office, War Memorial Gym. SATURDAY LUTHERAN CAMPUS MOVEMENT Hike to Hollyburn, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Meet at Lutheran Campus Centre. CSA Film on Newly Found Han Tomb Relics and Male Corpse, 2 p.m., SUB auditorium. BLACK & LEE TUX SHOP NOW AT 1110 Seymour St. 6882481 TUESDAY CVC Gym night, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., gym B. CHARISMATIC CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Weekly fellowship, noon, SUB 205. NDP CLUB General meeting, noon, SUB 212. WOMEN'S COMMITTEE Organizational meeting for women's week, 5:30 p.m., SUB 130. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION Fred Hobson speaks on Christian Big or Small Jobs also Parages basements & YARDS 732-9898 CLEAN-UP The Git and The Fiddle Bookshop Ltd 4529 W. 10th Avenue 224-1121 GBooks for and about Children Short Cuts! They We'll give you that shorter cut you want, if you want it . . . with the special look you want. Try us! APPOINTMENT SERVICE 731-4191 Science as a Life Commitment, noon, SUB 213. WEDNESDAY PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVES Election of delegates for national convention, noon, SUB 212. CONTEMPORARY DANCE CLUB Creative dance workshop, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mclnnls lounge In Gage Towers. WOMEN'S COMMITTEE Lesbian drop-In, noon, SUB 130. UBC LIBERALS General meeting and election of officers, noon, SUB 215. LATE PAYMENT OF FEES A late payment fee of $35.00 additional to all other fees will be assessed if payment of the first instalment is not made on or before September 23. Refynd of this fee will be considered only on the basis of a medical certificate covering illness or on evidence of domestic affliction. If fees are not paid in full by October 7, 1977, registration will be cancelled anB the student concerned excluded from classes. If a student whose registration has been cancelled for non-payment of fees applies for reinstatement and the application is approved by the Registrar, the student will be required to pay a reinstatement fee of $35.00, the late fee of $35.00, and all other outstanding fees before being permitted to resume classes. Interested In C.a. Employment ARTHUR ANDERSEN ft CO. is seeking 1978 graduates for Vancouver and all other offices of the Firm. Mail an original or photocopy of your personal resume (UCPA form or AA&Co. data sheet contained in brochure is suitable and available in Placement Office) by October 24, 1977 to: DIRECTOR of PERSONNEL ARTHUR ANDERSEN & CO. 2300 - 1055 W. Hastings, Vancouver. V6E 2J2 All resumes will be acknowledged. You will be contacted on or about October 31 regarding campus interviews which will take place November 7-lOth. Additional information is available at the UBC Placement Office. Attention ! ! ! Applications for positions on the A.M.S. Special Events and Speakers Committees will be accepted at the A.M.S. Business Office S.U.B. during regular business hours. Please hand in all applications by Friday, Oct. 7. Dave Jiles Div. of Services 0* CO-REC d? CANOE TRIP ^ JjL jl We Serve Good Food at Reasonable Prices *^. 4J* OPEN EVERY DAY ^UK >£*• FROM 4:30 P.M. TO 10:00 P.M. 5p &> PHONE 224-6121 /* Available in sizes 6VS-14 A-EEE Black & Burgundy 516 W.Hastings 770 Granville MHHHTHIMTTMM ITiTIT CABARET I! Till Sat. BOWSER MOON Coming next week: GABRIEL FRASER ARMS 1450 S.W. Marine Dr. rrrTrTTTTTTTTTTTTT-rrH Page Friday, 2 THE UBYSSEY Friday, October 7, 1977 aesthetics Ugly buildings vandalize city After receiving a record-tying number of nominations (the previous record was zero), we've come up with some buildings we think are contenders for being the ugliest building in Vancouver. Inappropriate, in bad taste, and without imagination; these are the qualities that make these buildings visual pollution. some stand out more than others. We'd like to know which building you see here is the ugliest, the nastiest, the most offensive to the eye and mind. Bring your choice to SUB 241K some lunch hour. The vote deadline is Wednesday, Oct. 12. We'll have the loathsome winner next week. B.C. SUGAR REFINERY... shades of Dickens and Victoria in an ugly mood. Rows and rows of small, filthy windows glower down on a sterile East End street, evoking memories of a time best forgotten, when the 40-hour week and child labour laws were unknown. A thoroughly depressing and intimidating mass of brick. CARLING O'KEEFE BREWERIES... An industrial plant dropped inexplicably into a green residential area. On one side is the confused mass of pipes, tanks and technology; on the other, facing 12th Avenue, is a six-storey wall — utterly blank. Molson's at least has some windows and a clock. Carling's is an example of making the absolute least of what you've got. THE POLICE STATION AND COURT COMPLEX... Does this ugly off-white building remind you of any novels that you might have read? Let's say, 1984 and the bombproof Ministry of Truth? A colossal concrete monolith with colonades and a jail with elevators, the police station is a bastion set on the very frontier of Vancouver's slums. This monument to order and regularity just might have enough vacuity to suck clean the mjnds of the enemies of empire. If the Romans are inside, where are the Christians and the lions? PACIFIC CENTRE A one-two punch of offensive architecture. On the left is the "Tower of Darkness", a black monolith that wasn't photogenic enough for Kubrick's space odyssey, while on the right is Eaton's, the world's largest urinal wall rising from Howe street as blank as the architect's mind. Hated from the day it was first constructed, Pacific Centre is a monument to the empty imagination. —photos by gaoff wnealwright KITSILANO TRANSFER ... A rustic and rusting grey, the Kitsilano Transfer is a fine example of one of Vancouver's many industrial parks. This relic from the days of cheap sheet metal is scenically situated by the railroad tracks. The roof of this ugly building is a corrugated iron slab and there is a shiny aluminum awning over the door to protect someone's head from the seagulls roosting on the roof. Friday, October 7, 1977 THE UBYSSEY Page Friday. 3 politics Libertarians fight authority By BRIAN STOFFELL This is the first of a two part article on \\libertarianism. It is not possible to give a thorough account of the libertarian position in a short piece like this, or for that matter in a full-scale article. What follows should be thought of as one person's attempt to outline a few connected points from within a libertarian ambiance. Politicially, the oppositionist and anarchist character of the libertarian stance is most obvious. The State, taken as that group of institutions which include Parliament, the ministries, the army, the law courts and the police, is regarded as the most powerful authoritarian force in society. As distinct from the Marxists, who view the state as an instrument of the capitalist class which exists to protect capitalist interests, it is the anarchist view that the State has a special interest of it own, independent of class function. That special interest is of course control. Consequently, libertarians look with sympathy on the following anarchist views: What anarchists do reject is the institutionalization of organization, the establishment of a special group of people whose function is to organize other people. Anarchist organization would be fluid and open; as soon as organization becomes hardened and closed, it falls into the hands of bureaucracy, becomes the instrument of a particular class, and reverts to the expression of authority instead of the coordination of society. Every group tends toward oligarchy, the rule of the few, and every organization tends towards bureaucracy, the rule of the professionals. (N. Walter, Anarchy, 100, June 1969) The same spirit can be felt at work in the next piece which is by Anton Pannekoek, a theorist of council communism: The goal of the working class is liberation from exploitation. This goal is not reached and cannot be reached by a new directing and governing class substituting itself for the bourgeoisie. It is only realized by the workers themselves being master over production. (From "Five Theses on the Class Struggle") No matter what reasons are given for the necessity of accepting State authority or for the extension of state power, it remains a fact that power and control are the dominant State motives, and this is at the expense of freedom, self- management and the exercise of initiative. The theoretical assumption on which this view partly rests is as follows: libertarians reject the soKdarist or organic theory of the State — i.e. the theory or assumption that society is a unitary or somehow totally integrated thing in which it is possible to discern a common interest or function or purpose. This assumption is rejected in favour of the view that there are an irreducible multiplicity of groups and interests constituting society, which all too often may be in conflict with one another. Acceptance of this position does not entail the acceptance of a theory often referred to as "social atomism" or sometimes "social individualism," a position which does seem tobe tacitly accepted by many people. The debate at this level is about the nature of society, and needs to be kept quite separate from considerations of "individualism" in the sense of support for the plight of particular people in relation to the State or some other looming institution. Getting back to the theoretical debate, individuals ought not to be thought of as the basic atoms or units of social analysis, for there are wider wholes to which they belong, such as classes, groups, movements, institutions and organizations which are also important ingredients of society — e.g., the State has its own distinctive and authoritarian way of working quite irrespective of which particular individuals happen tobe running it at the time. As I have already indicated libertarians draw much of their inspiration from the values and aspirations of the classical anarchists; that is the activities they support are of an anti-servile, probing and unauthoritarian kind. The vision is one of an individual free from the illusions of dependence, not credulous of the dominating trends that sweep across society, and substantially self-defining in regard to projects of development. The libertarian view of the Church is similar to that held about the State, namely that it is a repressive, authoritarian institution, allowing of course that the Church has a different mode of operation. In one respect you have to hand it to religion, it undoubtedly surpasses every other human activity in sheer weight and variety of bullshit, but if one gives a little thought to its role as an accomplice in class domination throughout history, it is hardly a surprise that growing numbers of people are contemptuous of it. "Bulldust!" While theological questions about the existence of a god are all spurious, the earthly role of the Church is an important matter for consideration. Beliefs in the supernatural hang like a dense fog over the fundamental issues of daily life in society, obscuring and hiding the proper objects of critical activity. Further to this, the more powerful the Church the more submissive and servile are its adherents; a state-of-affairs en couraged by the religious emphasis on the notions of obedience, worship and reverence. Tied to these functions of course one finds an extension of control over sexual practices and moral codes which issues in support for the family and marriage, restrictions on sexual behaviour and the subordination of sexual pleasure to the wheel of meat — procreation. The second part of our libertarian feature will appear next Friday. Page Friday. 4 THE UBYSSEY Friday, October 7, 1977 East Germany paradoxical travel I By ALLEN MILLEN UBC student Alan Millen recently returned to Vancouver from Switzerland. As the train pulled out of Bebra, a small West German border town, we settled back into our seats and tried to act as relaxed as possible. The sense of tension which had made my hands clammy and my stomach tight gradually disappeared as we passed through the pleasant rolling countryside of houses, farms and fields. For those thirty or so minutes we could have been anywhere in the world, but as the train drew to a slow, screeching, ear-piercing halt the realization that we were within the borders of the German Democratic Republic struck somehwat disquietingly home. s The sound of howling dogs, not far from the train underlined the fact in a not especially subtle tone. They sounded vicious and hungry. The snarling and snapping, which never stopped during our fifty-five minute wait, defied anyone to try anything. After a few minutes the first member of the parade of guards appeared. Our passports were checked and our hostel reservations examined, after which we received our visas at $6 each. The second guard, a customs official, looked at our bags but nothing was opened. After they left, the money changer arrived. We were required to change just under $6 a day. Then finally, last but not least, the conductor came around Everything was in order. ERFURT... deceptive first impression The journey continued. Although terse, the guards were neither as officious nor as unfriendly as had been rumoured. One even wished us a pleasant stay. It was only shortly after the train resumed its journey that we encountered the first of the ubiquitous propoganda sbgans. In the course of the two hour trip we saw signs about every ten minutes along the track, obviously directed at passing passengers. "Workers of the world unite!" and "Marxism-Leninism: The building plan of our lives" became as eye-catching and as mind-numbing as "Come to Marlboro Country" or "Drink Coke. It's the Real Thing." The placards were to become as much an eyesore as billboards and flashing neon signs in any western country. Propoganda, it seems, makes the world go round. Erfurt, the first city we visited, proved to be a deceptive initial impression. Embodying my conception of what prewar Europe must have been like, it was a scruffy, shabby, down-at-the-heels city. Caked in'industrial blackness, it was in desperate need of a face-lift, which we soon discovered was already underway. The entire city centre was hidden behind a network of wooden scaffolding and an army of workers busy remodelling the town's face. Except for its cathedral, Erfurt has little to offer the tourist, but is was as good a town as any in which to begin. It was there that we had our first of many unforgettable experiences with East German restaurants. The first fact of life one has to accept is that there are extremely few restaurants and are therefore, regardless of category or price, nearly always full. To complicate matters they are not easy to find. Nothing is done to help the potential customer. It is impossible to look down a street and decide whether or not there are any eating places in sight. One is forced to walk the streets from door to door peering into windows to see if anyone inside is eating. No sparkling neon signs indicate a restaurant, no golden arches beckon enticingly with the promise of a hamburger at the end. Secondly, the selection of dishes, regardless of the numer of items on the menu, is narrow indeed. On several occasions we accepted fifth or sixth choice, but after a few days we learned to ask first what was available and then choose. It saved time and spared both us and the waitress considerable discomfort. But now comes the good part. The food everywhere was good and cheap. Dinner for two including drinks never exceeded $5. On one memorable occasion we had lunch of pickled herring, boiled potatoes and cabbage plus drinks for the total price of $1.30. Drinks, however, were a constant problem. Trying to find anything cold and refreshing became an obsession. The beer, at least until we go north to; Berlin, was mediocre at best. It had a peculiar metallic flavour which lingered long after the last drop. Soft drinks, when available, were flat, warm, and sickeningly sweet. Time and time again the only choice was a syrupy cherry juice with all the thirst quenching qualities of salt water. It became routine to discover that even classy looking restaurants often had only warm beer on offer. On a sizzling hot afternoon in Wittenberg we were delighted to find a restaurant which served a cold drink something akin to grapefruit pop. But two hours later when we returned for a second glass the entire supply of grapefruit pop had vanished. Luther himself might have considered a deal with the devil for a couple of tall cool ones. A man at our table informed us that as the summer wore on the drink situation would worsen. The supply is never able to meet the demand. After about a week we were beginning to get used to it. After a few days in Erfurt we travelled by train to Weimar. Public transport was very cheap. Tram rides cost about five cents and the train fares were about half as much as those in western Europe. Weimar is a pleasant, well-preserved town, one of the cleanest and most attractive we visited. In contrast to Erfurt it was much more colourful and certainly better kept. It ranks as one of the most interesting and most visited towns in the country. Tourists from aH over eastern Europe flock there on pilgrimage to the Goethe-Schiller Museum, which sad to say was something of a disappointment in that literature unfortunately takes a back seat to socialism. Goethe is presented as a man of the people deeply concerned with agrarian and social reform who anticipated the communist revolution by about a hundred and twenty years. All this came as something of a contrast to his reputation in the west as a famous lady-killer who liked nothing better than to hobnob with the aristocracy. His works were shunted well into the background and his supposedly socialist sentiments are given the spotlight. There is even an entire section of the museum devoted to the comments of latter day socialist and communist party members on Goethe's importance as an example of early socialist thought. The notion of integrating classical literature into present day socialist ideology plays a major role in the museum's interpretation of Goethe's significance. This determindedly anachronistic presentation severely damages the museum's credibility. Somehow the past is reconstructed to fit the present, humorously reminiscent of Cinderella's step-sister trying to jam her ugly foot into the shoe of perfection. In the Brothers Grimm version of the tale she cuts off her toes to make the shoe fit. A visit to the Goethe Museum give one the impression that the same brain was at work there, too. Our contact with the people showed them to be very warm, helpful and friendly; a far cry indeed from the dour- faced, unsmiling stereotype so often portrayed in the western press. Having booked ahead at the youth hostels we were always received with the greeting: "Oh yes, here are our friends from Switzerland." People spoke to us quite readily, but rather surprisingly not about politics. No one mentioned anything about freedom, money, or ideology. They gave the impression of being reasonably satisfied with their lot. No one showed any burning desire to escape to the west, but without exception they regretted that they weren't allowed to travel there. It seems that only intellectuals, scientists, and artists EAST GERMANY ... highest living standard in bloc really have anything to gain by defecting. The average East German worker is simply not prepared to sacrifice security, family, culture, and language for whatever intangible benefits he or she may find in a western country. Conversations we had with people revolved around fairly mundane topics such as family, holidays, wages (average monthly wage is 360 dollars) and the weather. One detected a sense of pride at East German accomplishments, especially in sports. People also seemed pleased at the country's economic progress. There is presently an acute manpower shortage which has led to heavy reliance on foreign workers, mostly Czechs and Poles. In fact, it is generally agreed that East Germany has the highest standard of living among all the communist bloc countries. In western terms the standard of living might correspond to a country like Italy or Ireland, except for the fact that there is neither extreme poverty nor extreme wealth. But whatever the pluses and minuses of communist economics, East Germany is certainly a strange place for a westerner to go shopping. Food everywhere was rathsa cheap, but there was little or no variety. There are shortages, noticably of fruit jwd vegetables.; Cherries were in abundance, but except for atftpv peaches in. Berlin at eighty cents a pound, and a ft|# bananas im- Leipzig, we saw nothing else. Cauliflower, ^cucumber, and*'; cabbage dominated the vegetable stand*, parrots an#|y tomatoes were conspicuous by their absence. ' .«.* Of all the household staples bread was the cheapest. * Fresh-baked buns cost about two cents each. Most dairy products were inexpensive with the exception of eggs at $1.40 a dozen, but of all the food items we saw the most surprisingly high-priced was instant coffee at an astronomical $720 for a 3.5 ounce jar. Throughout the country people were adequately clothed, but many people wore homemade garments. The men were rather blandly dressed, the women more colorfully outfitted. LENIN MONUMENT... symbol of Russian influence Mini-skirts seemed to be the rage although it was difficult to determine if that was due to the dicates of fashion or economics. Clothes in the stores were nearly all made of synthetic fabrics, about fifteen years behind western fahsions, and extremely expensive. A man's shirt with the texture of thick wax paper sold for $20. Acrylic women's cardigans were priced at $25. Nylons were nowhere to be seen. Blue jeans drew both curious and envious stares confirming their reputation as a cherished article. Luxury goods which we in the west take more or less for granted are still considered a prize possession. 19 inch colour televisions were on display for $1600 and even more modest black and white models were $800 on the average. But despite the prices television atennaes were a common enough sight. The youth hostels we stayed at were all supplied with a television; one actually had two television rooms, one for smokers and one for non-smokers. The first really large city we visited was Leipzig, a sprawling industrial city and the home of Karl Marx University. Of special interest was the museum of the city's history. Divided into two distinct parts the museum charts Leipzig's medieval beginnings and its development into a cultural (Bach spent many years there) and economic centre. The second part, which is entitled The History of Leipzig from 1917 to die Present, is actually a long and detailed account of the city's communist party's activities from the Russian Revolution onwards. Despite the obvious bias and the accompanying propoganda the presentation is still an interesting and well documented one. Leipzig is a city looking toward the future. A stroll through the centre reveals towering high rises standing next to deserted ruins and what looks like post war rubble. The entire city is a confusion of construction and demolition, but it promises to be reasonably attractive when completed. Unfortunately, Leipzig's most noticeable feature is a negativeone: pollution. Industrial expansion at the expense of the environment has yielded some truly sorry results. The smog level was bad, but even worse was the condition of the river which flowed behind our hostel. The White Elster is anything but white. Pitch black and motionless, it gave off a stench which defies description. Suff ice to say that in eighty degree heat we had to sleep with all the windows shut. If Leipzig is at the moment a somewhat non-descript city, then Berlin, which recently celebrated the fiftennth anniversary of the building of the infamous wall, is a city unique unto itself. Its huge seven hundred foot television tower at Alexan- derplatz is unfortunately only Berlin's second most famous landmark. The tree-lined pedestrian zones beneath the tower make the city centre a popular and pleasant area for walking. The whole square serves as a meeting place for people of all description. Che of the many fountains, simply nicknamed "Alex," is an international crossroads where eastern youth, their tape recorders blaring out western hits, gather and congregate in scenes reminiscent of Trafalger Square. Another place of interest is the Palace of the Republic, an ostentatious yet awe-inspiring tribute to the socialist cause, and incidentally the only place in the country were we saw drinks with ice. No wonder the place was packed! See pf9: POLITICS Friday, October 7, 1977 THE UBYSSEY Page Friday. 5 Cinematheque moves forward By GRAY KYLES Until 1971 Vancouverites who wanted to see movies other than the kind on show in commercial theatres were restricted in what they could find. During the school year they could subscribe to Cinema 16 here at UBC or take in the Burnaby Mountain Film Society showing at SFU. But other than that there was no regular alternate film programming available in the city. In 1971, Tony Ejnery, then director of the Vancouver Art Gallery, asked Kirk Tougas of the small Vancouver Filmmaker's Coop to organize a weekly film series at the Art Gallery. Thus was born the Pacific Cinematheque Pacifique. The Filmmaker's Co-op was mostly concerned with film production but Tougas was more interested in exhibiting and distributing films — so he formed the new organization. Tougas had been involved with film for several years. He had been the co-ordinator of Cinema 16 and was once the film critic for Page Friday. He was also an active filmmaker. He interested the NFB in the young Cinematheque and secured the use of their mini-theatre on West Georgia for most of their screenings. The Art Gallery provided the first funds for the organization and money has since come from the Canada Council, B.C. Arts Fund, the Koerner Foundation, the Secretary of State and the Vancouver Foundation. But Tougas, who is still the director of the Cinematheque, has never been satisfied with the support government agencies have provided. "All grants to the arts are tokenism," he said in a recent interview with Page Friday, "and film is the lowest priority. "We're not receiving the kind of money we should from government arts councils now and we never really have in the past." The Cinematheque generates a great deal of its operating budget through admissions to its various film showings. But with a theatre that only seats 82 people the amount that can be taken in is severely limited. "We've been negotiating with the provincial government for some time now to move into the theatre that will be included in the new Courthouse complex," Tougas said. "But they haven't been too responsive so far. We've proposed that the Art Gallery share it with the government during the day and the Cinematheque use it at night." Increased revenue is not the only reason Tougas wants to move. "The new Courthouse and Art Gallery looks like an exciting CINEMATHEQUE .. first Chinese features in North America project and could become the cultural centre for Vancouver. We'd naturally like to be part of it." The move to the larger theatre would also mean that the Cinematheque would not have to turn patrons away for their more popular series. Each month there are four or five separate series which range from studies of various film genres to examples of new experimental cinema. "We have a strong commitment to feature experimental or underground movies that would otherwise never get shown," said Tougas. "Sometimes we only draw small crowds for those but that's alright. "Some of those people may have been reading about a filmmaker for five years. They appreciate the opportunity to finally see some of his work. And if we can bring him in with his films then that's even better." Over the years several important experimental filmmakers have been showcased by the Cinematheque and many have come to town to speak with audiences. People such as Lenny Lipton, David Hykes and the Maysles Brothers have appeared at showings of their films. This month the Cinematheque is bringing in British directors Tim Bruce and David Larcher. One director Tougas would rather forget about is Ken Russell, who arrived in town for a speaking engagement last August and then disappeared one hour before showtime. Fortunately, he has been the rare exception. Some of the most memorable series the Cinematheque has presented have been: films by women, several animation programs, film noir, ethnographic films and studies of directors such as Renoir, Scorsese and Godard. Last summer Tougas organized a three month Ozu festival which was probably the most comprehensive ever presented in Canada. But one of the most exciting programs the Cinematheque has ever presented takes place this month beginning on Oct. 7. The China Film Week is the result of two years of work by Tougas and is being presented in cooperation with the Chinese Embassy. Each night for the entire week the Cinematheque will screen a different feature produced in the People's Republic of China. This is the first series of its kind ever in North America. When the series ends here it moves on to Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa. "These eight pictures that we will be showing will give Vancouverites a better understanding of modern Chinese life than they could ever get from newspapers or television," said Tougas. All eight pictures will be shown at the Bay Theatre on Denman Street and admission is $2.00 per show. In December and January the Cinematheque is planning Canadian film festival featurin; British Columbia films, movie from Quebec, experimental short and features from the past fiv years that never made it to Var couver. Although the Cinematheque filr showings are most visible to th community, the organization ha two other major functions. It has established an extensioi service under the direction o Kathy Razutis which organize film programs for libraries schools and similar institution throughout B.C. Now in its third year, th program is growing and has beei accepted in many communities There is now also a distributioi wing which handles films made b; West Coast filmmakers. "Previously many local film makers had to distribute thei films through organizations ii Toronto," said Tougas. "Ofte their films were just buried an forgotten about. "Now they can come to us am we'll distribute and sell their film; to libraries, schools, communit; centres and the like. Because we'r< smaller we can give each filn more attention and of course we'n much more accessible than som< company that's 2,000 miles away.' Tougas says that he and hi: small staff have no desire t< become involved in production Exhibition, distribution and ex tension services are enough to keej things buzzing down at their offici at 1616 West 3rd Avenue. In only six years the Pacifii Cinematheque Pacifique hai established itself as the mos important and vital force in filn exhibition in Vancouver. .Wear it*. to say it ...whatever your message! Custom screen-printed T-shirts for business promotions, groups & organizations. 4447 QUEBEC ST, VANCOUVER, V5V 3L6 874-9243 Rod lacking From PF2 Sweet Little Rock n' Roller proved beyond a doubt that Britt must have bitten Rod's rock n' roll balls off. The only thing which saved the song was the Chuck Berry tutored guitar of Billy Peek, who is possibly the only human on the face of the planet who can successfully duplicate Berry's famous duck-walk. The set ended with I'm Losin You from the Every Picture Tells a Story album, which featured a solo by legendary drummer Carmine Appice. Now everyone knows that drum solos are the most boring things in the world, however a Carmine Appice solo is an exception. The man is superb, a combination of soul and technical proficiency that is unique in the rock world. Of course, Stewart was called back for an encore and never was the good time sloppiness of the Faces missing more than in Stay With Me. It was clean, crisp, precise and absolutely lacking in the male hormones, rampant horniness, and Southern Comfort that originally gave it such appeal. As always, Stewart ended with Twistin the Night Away, which although it is better than Sam Cooke's version just wasn't up to Stewart's previous standard of excellence. It was a competent show, not lacking in musicianship, not lacking in professionalism. What it was lacking was that old rooster- haired, slack-jawed, glassy-eyed, gravel-voiced Rod that we used to know. ARTS Mil! GARM Today, Oct. 7th - 4:00-8:00 Everybody Welcome GOOD MUSIC, CHEAP BEARS, & LOTS OF RED & WHITE BUBBLIES, GREAT TIMES. Page Friday, 6 THE UBYSSEY Friday, October 7, 1977 muste Punk vision reflects mood of the times By WILL WHEELER It seems that contemporary society is aking on an increasingly Dionysian :haracter. Each year sees the passage of lew cultural phenomena that convulse Vestern society into an orgiastic cycle of expansion and contraction that permits its nembers to have a sense of something in common. Examples? Protest against the var in Vietnam, disco music, Jaws, the wist. Now the onslaught is being prepared for he new wave of popular music, otherwise aiown as punk rock. As in the early 1960's, here is confusion about what this new music 5 and what its value is and whether the long erm effects will be good or bad. Many of the new wave groups have been notivatedby a reaction against the music of he 1970s. But although it is interesting in ome of its aspects, the new music lacks the ense of a broad cultural movement that irovided the exciting emphasis to the music f the 1960s. There is also a desire on the part of new /ave musicians to play a hard-driving >rand of sound, which cuts through the nulti-layered artifice of synthetic lisco/jazz/rock styles. This is shown by heir return to the basic guitars and drums nd the use of simple lyrics and guitar hords. Busting heads Punk musicians seek to retain their high tage impact on their records by recording ongs that are short and loud and by repeat yrics. The result is music that is practically mlistenable. Instead it is necessary to lance to it — or bust heads. It reminds one f theenergetic rock and roll of the Doors or he Kinks, where the gut feeling of the music /as just as important as the lyrics. Unitl recently, most of the information bout punk rock has been distant rumbling f the horizons from such places as London, -os Angeles and New York. There have een many lurid reports in the media about uch groups as Johnny Rotten and the Sex Istols, the Runaways and the Dictators. A lot of these people sound like the villains ut of comic books, vaunting their espective qualities of nastiness and no- oodness. There is a certain fascination that le phenomena holds, especially for naive Canadians, but there are some ugly facts ehind the fun-house terror. By most accounts, a great deal of punk ock's flavor has stemmed from its origins mongst Ihe working-class youth of Britain. Vustratedby a rigid class structure and an conomy that has steadily worsened they ave turned to new kinds of music and ac- ompanying cultural paraphernalia in an ttempt to create their own Values. It is an levi table part of a revolt against a society lat they find has no meaning for them. Many of the new groups are jealous of the lder groups such as the Rolling Stones and ie Beatles who are now middle-aged and xtremely wealthy. Even if they play material written by the older groups, as iey often do, punks are conscious that these eople sold out after preaching revolution. The new wave However, as a movement punk rock really oesn't exist. There are large numbers of erious musicians who resent the tag of unk rock being applied to their music, referring instead to be called hew wave. The only thing there seems to be in ommonisa desire to return to the basics of ock and to establish themselves as lusicians. It is a reminder that the need for change nd growth in music and in life is absolute, ven when it is marked by riot and evolution. Any understanding of punk rock, which is lost likely the music of the 1980s (1984, nyone?) rather than the 1970s, must start nth an understanding of the music of the 960's. It was one of those significant periods f time by which everything is measured for ears to come, like the 1830's, which saw a 'ave of revolution and the Romantic lovement sweep right across Europe. By comparison this decade has spawned ome pitiful musical phenomena, such as isco music and the Bay City Rollers, who 'ere to have been the Beatles all over again. But still it seems that every so often eople have to get at the barricades and do Mne shouting about something. Punk rock "*<*. A or new wave music is in danger because of the expectations up to which it has to live. Like the Bay City Rollers, the whole thing could go flat simply because there isn't any substance to support it. The Beatles, as they originally were, should be a good example for the young bloods who are now seeking to set the music world on its ear once agin. In the early sixties they were punks in the original sense of the word. They may have been nice guys, but they were disrespectful of culture with a capital "C" and the outworn concepts of existing society. They had their own ideas about life which clashed with those of the older generation — that it is what made them punks. However they had something else, something far more important. They were (and are) artists. They had the talent or the genius to create through their music and their lives new conceptions and ideas that affected a whole generation. By contrast the punks of the 1970's run the risk of being a pitiful bunch of copycats,' complete with torn-toorder t-shirts and carefully honed Mick Jagger imitations. They are often just kids with some talent and big hopes of scaling the walls into the citadel of the musical establishment, complete with a pie-in-the-sky recording contract hovering somewhere over the battlements. Faced with all the P.R. and media hype that inevitably muddies the water around any cultural event, there is only one weapon that one can use for self-defense. It consists of asking that age-old question — "But is it art", though in this case it might be necessary to scream the question. There are many people who are now saying, somewhat wistfully, "these new wave guys have a lot of good ideas, I just wish they could play their guitars". Hooefullv. out of the current state of con fusion will emerge new genius — artists who can really play their instruments. In the uproar about young people who stick safety pins in their noses, people have been taken in by a new schtick, a new wrinkle in the artist's maxim that one must shock the middle class, [epater le bourgeois]. Most of the obviously disgusting facets of punk culture are outward signs of a desire to gain attention for the new music — like Elvis' hips or Mick Jagger's tight pants. All the same, one starts to wonder how much is part of it a silly stage act and how much of it is real. The trouble is that even the most blatant sexual references are not obscene any more since their shock value was used up and redefined by the cultural revolution of the sixties. The punks have had to resort to a different vocabulary and set of images. Often relying on a madho-terror neo-fascist vision and a grab-bag of everything that might delight and/or frighten people, much in the same way that a roller-coaster does. It seems all so perfectly lurid and artificial — after all, Kiss has been doing it for years. But it's like violence on television. It's not real and everyone knows it isn't, but the effect on society is potentially far- reaching and damaging. However, the process of sifting out good new musicians continues, as it has always happened with any group given the label of a "movements." Growing up There are large numbers of people who are awaiting the first evidence of maturity among the new artists. It will be something on the order of the Sergeant Pepper Lp — a solid example of originality and talent that solidified the Beatles' position and disproved any doubts about the new music of the 1960s. Of course there are many mature groups such as Blue Oyster Cult that have nothing but disdain for the "new wave" and with good reason. They can't help but see phoniness and garbage in it all, since they haveprobably been doing the same thing for years, with their own loyal group of fans. The media hype has to a certain extent created something that really isn't there, an idea which vast numbers of people are now seeking to cash in on. And of course, the new wave is actually leaning heavily on the ideas and material of the 1960s 'punks,' who most likely didn't have that name at the time — Lou Reed and Ihe Velvet Underground, the Kinks, the Doors. They were the people who held onto a darker and perhaps more realistic vision of human life during the decade of love and flower power. There is one question that remains answered. That is, what does punk rock have to do with Vancouver? The artifice of punk becomes painfully apparent in a city that is relatively mellow, prosperous and mainly middle class. FVankly, people seem too self-satisfied to take on the anger that punk preaches. The ,1960's witnessed the burning of cities and fighting in the streets; the closest Vancouver ever came was the Gastown smoke- in. Shithead PUNKROCKERS ... from their current state of confusion will genius emerge? At punk events in Vancouver crowds have been fairly enthusiastic but they have been small and self-conscious. They are like the followers of any new religion — a diverse group, unsure of itself and the directions that the whole thing is taking. There are a number of local bands who are interested in introducing the punk sound to Vancouver. Names such as Joey Shithead and the Skulls, The Furies and DeeDee and the Dishrags (an all-female group from Victoria) come to mind. But it seems that they're going to have trouble trying to introduce music that has a heavy New York flavour. The amount of activity there is much lower, even compared with Toronto, and it will be hard for punk music to develop. This never was a city with a big music industry. As for the new wave music elsewhere, only time will tell. :riday, October 7, 1977 THE UBYSSEY Page Friday, 7 Bulging bods in tender story By LES WISEMAN Pumping Iron is a tender story of the love of a group of men for their muscles. Based on the book by Charles Gaines and George Butler, Pumping Iron is a documentary based on the preparation for the 1975 Mr. Olympic contest in Pretoria, South Africa. The undisputed star of the body building world is Arnold Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger is a personality and an ego-maniac on me order of Muhammed Ali. Pumping Iron, Directed by B. G. Tiore, Vancouver Centre. He seems to be the premiere spokesman for the sport and is an example of the little known fact that encased within immense layers of muscle there can in some cases lurk a vestige of intellect. The supporting cast is made up of contenders and losers. Big names in the sport, such as Franco Columbo, Serge Nubret, and Mike Katz are given special treatment. The main competition comes in the form of Louis Ferrigno (who, rumour has it, has just signed a film deal to play the lead in the movie version of The Hulk comic books) Ferrigno is a six foot five inch 275-pound hunk of beef who is completely dominated by his father, has the mental capacities of a yak, and is possibly- the best argument for the idea that weight lifters have no brains. The cinema verite style of Pumping Iron results in some interesting effects. At various times the screen is filled with such choice shots as Arnold's nostrils dilating furiously as he builds himself up, close-ups of his muscular jaws chewing gum, and a never ending series of oil-laden biceps, triceps, deltoids and pectorals. Besides being ninety minutes of bulging bods and rippling sinew Pumping Iron also divulges the huge amount of psychological tactics involved when big money and big titles are at stake. These guys spend years working for three minutes up on a stage and they are merciless in their un- derhandedness. The idea of a movie about some fanatics who want to turn themselves into fleshtone imitations of the Hulk shouldn't repulse even those of who gasp after opening the refrigerator door. Arnold sets us straight as to what it's really all about. He describes a feeling called "the pump", which one gets when the muscles are engorged with blood. According to Schwarzenegger it's just like coming with a woman. He feels like he's coming in the gym, when he's pumping up before a competition, and at night at home withhislady. The guy is coming ali over the place around the clock Quite the profession. One final word: gentlemen, do not be envious of these muscle men; ladies: do not lust after them in your hearts for in order to achieve such tremendous muscle growth these fellows must take anabolic steroids. A slightly disconcerting side effect of taking these steroids is that the size of the penis decreases. r GENERAL "The movie that everyone is talking about is "Starwars" — Les Wedman, Sun Starring Mark Hamlll, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushlng and Alec Guinness. voquE 918 GRANVILLE 685-5434 SHOW TIMES: 12:15, 2:35, 4:55, 7:15, 9:35. Sunday 2:35. 4:55, 7:15, 9:35. FANTASTIC ANIMATION FESTIVAL THE GREATEST COLLECTION OF ANIMATED FILMS IN THE WORLD! Show Times: 12:05, 2:00, &50, 5:45, 7:40, 9:35 Sunday 2:00, 3:50, 5:45, 7:40, 9:35 General coronet 2 (51 GRANVILLE 689-6821 MARTI] FELDMAN MICHAEL 1JORK GENERAL SHOWS AT 7:30, 9:20 DROAaWAy 2 70 7 W. BROADWAY 874-1927 JOANNE GREENBERG'S I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN" KATHLEEN QUINLAN BIBI ANDERSON MATURE SHOWS 7:30-9:30 DARK CAMBIE at 18th 876-2747 GIANCARLO GIANNINI LA GRANDE B0UR6E0ISE ENGLISH SUB-TITLES MATURE SHOWS AT 7:30-9:30 VARSITy 224-3730 4375 W. 10»h SCIENCE UNDERGRADUATE SOCIETY PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE SUS The objects of the science undergraduate society are:— (7) to assist first year science students In their becoming oriented to university life. Officers (4) The members of the executive shall be the following members of the society:— a) the president who shall have completed his second year and attended at least two winter sessions as a member of the society. b) the vice president who shall have completed his first year and attended at least one winter session as a member of the society. c) a number of Alma Mater society representatives, the number being specified by the constltltlon of the Alma Mater Society, who shall have completed their second year and shall have attended one winter session as a member of the society. d) the treasurer who shall have completed his first year and attended one winter session as a member of the society. e) the academic coordinator who shall have completed his first year and attended at least one winter session as a member of the society. f) the athletic coordinator who shall have completed his first year and attended at least one winter session as a member of the society. g) the public relations officer who shall have completed his first year and attended at least one winter session as a member of the society. h) the publications officer who shall have completed his first year and attended at least one winter session as a member of the society. I) the secretary who shall have completed his first year and attended at least one winter session as a member of the society. " a) the president b) the vlce-presirtent c) a number of SRA representatives, the number being specified by the constitution of the Alma Mater Society. d) the treasurer e) the academic coordinator f) the athletic coordinator g) the public relations officer h) the publications officer I) the secretary (3) The requirements of the executive members shall be considered as complete If the principal part of the requirements have been fulfilled at the time when the member Is elected. All references to "Alma Mater Society" representatives should be changed to "Student Representative Assembly" representatives. E. G. KENWARD, Public Relations Officer for H. A. Welch, President M. E. Lockhart, Vice President Science Undergraduate Society Page Friday. 8 THE UBYSSEY Friday, October 7, 1977 r Vw By NICHOLAS READ The circus is coming to town! The internationally acclaimed Moscow Circus will be raising its big top for eight perfromances beginning Thursday Oct. 13 at the Pacific Coliseum. Featured from an array of world-renowned circus acts will be Russia's greatest clown, Popov, as well as Cossack horsemen, trapeze artists, a Soviet superman, and Moscow's legendary dancing bears. Thursday's performance begins at 8 p.m. with tickets available at all Eaton's stores, the Vancouver Ticket Centre, and at Harvey's Smoke Shops. On Sunday Oct. 9 and Monday Oct. 10, the Vancouver East Cultural Centre will present another concert from its Masterpiece Music series. Music by Barber, Brahms, Ibert, and Beethoven will be performed by The Winds of Vancouver which features such locally known artists as Roger Cole on oboe, Ronald de Kant on clarinet, and Linda Lee Thomas on piano. The concerts begin at 8:30 p.m. both evenings. The' first lady of political song," Gisela May, makes her Vancouver singing duet tonight at the Simon Fraser University Centre for the Arts with a collection of songs by Bertolt Brecht. The performance begins at 8 p.m. and tickets are available at the SFU Box office and at the Vancouver Ticket Centre. Also at the SFU Centre for the Arts wifl be the Cliff Keuter Dance Company. This New York modern dance company will be making its Vancouver debut this Thursday Oct. 13at8p.m. Tickets are on sale at the SFU box office. The Pacific Cinematheque is proud to announce the North vista American premiere of eight reature lengin films from the People's Republic of China to be shown at the Bay Theatre. Made in China these films provide the western audience with a unique opportunity to gain insight into modern China. This week's programme is Sparkling Red Star on Oct. 7,' Reconnaissance Across the Yangtze on Oct. 8, Wheels A- RollingonOct. 9, An Unforgettable Battle on Oct. 10, Mountains Astir on Oct. 11, Red Blossom of the Tienshan Mountains on Oct. 12, and The Pioneers on Oct. 13. All showings are at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Politics infuse East German schools and culture From pf 5 Then of course there is that inequalled monument to insanity; he wall. Ten feet high and sur- Drisingly white in color, it is somehow less imposing than an- icipated. From the eastern side it is completely unapproachable. A ifty yards wide no man's land separates the wall from the edge of he road. After careful consideration I've come to the conculsion that the Durposeof the wall is actually two- told. First and most obvious, it ceeps the people in. Secondly, it srovides a staggering 14,080 jobs ;or guards who spend their time creatively looking through binoculars while there is a drastic manpower shortage throughout the country. The East Germans admit that heirs is a country of con- xadictions. The wall, although the nost famous, is only one of them. 'Different' is the most neutral word I can think of to describe the East German interpretation of listory. The Museum of German History ii Berlin claims that the Communists were the only true enemies of Nazism. The ultimate defeat of the Third Reich is credited to 'the Soviet Union and Ihe other Allied powers.' Newspaper reports about western life portray it as a seething cauldron of absolute chaos. Unemployment, strife, crime, and racial and class prejudice make our lives unbearably miserable. The strong pro-Soviet tone of the aillboards is reflected on the streets by the number of Russian soldiers in evidence and in the classroom by the amount of Russian content in the textbooks. Aside from learning Russian from grade four onwards, schoolchildren and students are exposed to a great deal of Russian material in their own language. A ?rade three reader consists of about 20% Russian stories. Canada too comes in for its share >f criticism. Some extremely dated Dhotographs are offered as evidence of a country with a highly developed capitalist system which has nevertheless ailed to provide for and look after ts native population.' Otherwise Canada is lumped ogether with the rest of the vestern world as a mere extension >f the United States with our own xippet government, the strings of vhich are strictly controlled by Washington's mighty hands. Despite official efforts to liscourage it, western culture has jenetrated some of the barriers jut only on a superficial level. A ew teen-agers have long hair in heir desperate attempt to look vestem. We also saw one boy with i University of Alabama sweatshirt on and a man whose belt xickle featured a plastic picture of 3en, Hoss, and Little Joe Cart- vright. Music stores' complete tribute to vestern music amounted to one larry Belafonte album. In' tostock, the release of a kind of jarty record including songs by 3ade, Bee Gees, and the Rubettes imong others caused line-ups for two days outside the shop. No one seemed to have any second thoughts about the $6.50 price tag. Western films were also scarce; a few John Paul Belmondo thrillers were on as was Some Like It Hot and Those Crazy Young Men in their Flying Machines. There were no books by West German authors available, but Truman Capote and James Baldwin had several of their works on sale. Books were quite cheap everywhere. The average price for a new paperback was seventy-five cents. But despite the Helsinki agreement of 2 years ago there were no western newspapers or magazines on sale at all. Trying to draw conclusions is the most difficult task of all. Like any other country East Germany is a land of conflicting evidence, a land of contradiction, even a land of paradox. The propoganda is hostile, yet the people friendly. The people seem satisfied, yet one wonders if it is more resignation than satisfaction. After thirty years it seems unlikely that they would opt for capitalism if the opportunity suddenly presented itself. One thing is certain, they are not waiting to be liberated by the forces of freedom or whatever we choose to regard ourselves as. Their way seems set. If the reality ever reaches the level of aspiration and idealism^, then it will be a tremendous acheivement, worthy of the envy and respect of the rest of the world. Beefeater Dry Gin retains its fine taste even in mixes Distilled and bottled in London, England. 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