@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, "1993-01-26"@en ; dcterms:description "Contains: \"Election Supplement\"."@en, ""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/Ubysseynews/items/1.0128770/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ UBJSSEY THE Volume 75, Number 30 Female residents furious Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, January 26,1993 by Steve Chow Student housing officials have let women in residences down again, women students have charged. The charge comes after a man was arrested by campus RCMP last Monday at Gage towers after a residence advisor saw him leav ing a North Quad with a bag of stolen food. The arrested man, who had previously been barred from university property until December 1995 as part ofhis probation for an unrelated offence, was seen around student residences a few nights before the incident and is consid ered a potential threat to women. Female residents of Gage towers do not feel any more secure with the man's incarceration and are upset with the way that campus security and residence advisors handled the situation. They want to know why women's quads were not given specific warnings about a suspicious person. "We are very pissed," said Ronni and Alison, two North tower residents, "very pissed." "When it comes to things like throwing things out of your window, they have those posters on every floor, in every tower," Ronni said. Students cel«brato Chinese New Year at UBC. UBC contests student's rights in supreme court by Frances Foran UBC will be battling a court case tomorrow that could declare Canadian universities "human rights free zones," said a women's rights activist. UBC will argue in the Supreme Court of Canada case that the BC Human Rights Act does not apply to its treatment of students once they are admitted to the university. Vice president and former dean of law Albert McLean explained the position as a recognition that "the university does not provide key services customarily available to the public." In other words, the Human Rights Act should not apply to schools because they are not public "government" bodies. The case involves a student with a disability who claimed that the university discriminated against her when she was denied privileges usually granted graduate students. Janice Berg brought her grievance to theBC Human Rights Council seven years ago when her graduate studies department denied her keys for access to the building after hours. The Council ruled in favour of Berg, a decision that UBC fought and had overturned in later BC Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal decisions. "UBC was concerned with her history of mental illness; they thought she was dangerous," said National Action Committee on the Status of Women vice-president Sheila Day. "To take the position that the Act doesn't apply to universities is extraordinarily irresponsible. I don't know how the university can justify it given all the cases of discrimination on campuses," she said. While McLean argued that because of the non-"public" or "governmental" status ofthe university, students are immune from some aspects ofthe Act once they are admitted, UBC spokesperson Steve Crombie said UBC's position turns on treating students as members ofthe public. "Providing students keys or letters of reference aren't services provided to the public, therefore they are not necessarily provided to students. A professor or department head shouldn't be obligated to provide them on demand," he said. But if UBC wins the case, Day sai d, students will have no recourse to statutory human rights when they experience discrimination at the university. The ruling could reverberate across the country because of the similar wording of rights legislation in other jurisdictions, Day said. Rights immunity for "I didnt know about this until the day after he had been arrested," said Alison, who checks the bulletin boards regularly but did not see the security notice. White 8"xl0" sheets featuring a description and photocopied picture ofthe suspicious person were posted in Gage common areas, but few people noticed them. "They could have put them by the elevator—that's where lots of people look when they're waiting. That would have been a perfect place," she said. All advisors were given one poster so that they would be aware of a suspicious person, according to Richard Perrin, the residence advisor who first naw the man in North Tower. When asked why women's quads were not given specific warnings, Perrin stated, "That is basically a judgeme nt call. We don't want to cause any unnecessary hysteria among people." Such inaction only served to give female residents a false sense of security. "They coul d ha ve at least given us some warning that there was a strange person around the towers and to be a little more careful than we usually are, rather than just assuming that things are going to be fine," Alison said. According the residents ofthe quad, the man had entered an unlocked quad and raided the fridges while the unsuspecting female residents wens in their rooms. Staff sergeant J.B. Jansen of the University Detachment said the suspect faces charges of breaking and entering, theft, breach of probation and other charges to be addressed on a court hearing on Thursday. schools would be "up for grabs," she said. "This is an issue of policy and process," Day said. "Faculty and students were not consulted; nobody knew the university was taking this position against a student. Students wouldn't voluntarily give up their rights," she said. NAC argues that UBC's success in the case could leave students defenseless against all types of discrimination, from inaccessible buildings to sexual harassment. But McLean said that the Human Rights Act would still apply to UBC in those areas where students might be considered outside the special relationship the university seeks with students. "The Act is a wide range of things like employee relations and admissions. They would still apply to the university. It's not a matter ofthe wholesale application of or exemption from the Act," he said. Exam scam A phoney preliminary exam schedule for the 1993 April period has been posted all over campus. It is being taken down by custodial services and individuals within academic departments. The official preliminary schedule will be posted in imid- Febuary. Students are advised to use only those schedules posted in locked areas such as glass cases. "^ Don't Be Chicken! *J\\ Celebrate the Year (X>i ofthe Booster YUM YUMS In the OldAuditotiw Januarjr25to29.1993 •Special New Year Combo only $3.50 + cut NewYear Treat* GmCMYFATCHOYI WIN A FREE FLIGHT TO LONDON With TRAVEL CUTS during the... Big Balloon Bash! February 8-13 "Pop a Balloon and you could win!" To be eligible, just come in during the Big Balloon Bash and book &. pay a deposit on a Travel CUTS Charter to London or anywhere in Europe. Then pop one of the balloons to see what you win. There is a prize in every balloon. Maybe your balloon will give you a chance to win your London flight free! (or the value of a London flight towards your flight to Europe) Soe TRAVEL CI ITS for full details: Student UnionBuilding fljf TRAVELCUTS 822-6890 mm ow-i..**. v pit!!"-. ffJV I iv'vkr tMsilv..:: The position of Assistant Director of Finance is available. Responsibilities include: - reporting to the Director of Finance; - keeping regular office hours; assisting clubs and constituencies in preparing their budgets; - orientating treasurers to the procedures of the Business Office and to the fiscal policies of the AMS; and - membership on the Student Administrative Commission. Please deliver your resume to Terri Folsom, Administrative Assistant, in SUB 238 by Wednesday, February 10,1993. Please direct queries to Bill Dobie, Director of Finance, in SUB 258 at 822-3973. mtm i^j ON THE BOULEVARD s300 off cuts s1500 off perms with presentation of this ad 5784 University Boulevard Hair Care Services Esthetician Suntanning Special 10 sessions for 29' Exp. Feb. 15/93 Phone 224-1922 224-9116 'Classifieds 822-3977* RATES: AMS cardholders - 3 lines $3.15, additional Unes 63 cents. Commercial - 3 Unes $5.25, additional lines 80cents. (10% dtscounton25 issues ormore.) Classified ads payable inadixmce. Deadline 3:30pm, 2 days before publication. Room 266, SUB. UBC. Vancouver, B.C. V6T2A7. 822-3977. 11 • FOR SALE (Private) 1982 SAAB 900 Turbo; Sunroof, AJC power windows, locks & mirrors, new brakes, trans. & turbo, very clean car. $4200 OBO. 739-1891. 1985 VW SCIROCCO, sunroof, new stereo, 96,000 km, no rust, garage kept, auto. $4500. 739-1891. 20-HOUSING KITS 3 BDRM UPPER SUITE in duplex, l'bth, fireplace, parking, non- smoker, no pets. Feb. 1, perfect for mature grad students. $1190/mth, pis call 876-4850. FEB 1 OR 15 FEMALE ROOMMATE wanted to share 2 bdrm bsmt suite. Say NO to smoking & homophobia; YES to unbridled merriment. $385 incl. Call 222-2410. ROOM IN TOWNHOUSE, shared facilities. Cambie & 25th. Quiet n/s wanted. $375mthly. Leave message 873-9932. 30 ■ JOBS EARN UP TO $8000/MONTH Owning & operating your own lawn & garden business. Perfect for students seeking summer employ. Complete package w/money-back guarantee. Send $19.95 + $2 P+H to M&M Enterprises, 84 St. Cross Street, Winnipeg, MB R2W3Y1. WANT BUNS OF STEEL? Pedicabs with licences owner/operators req'd. One-15 avail. Vict. 1-10 avail. Van. Proven $$$ maker mid April - Sept. Call Kabuki Kabs 1-385-4243. CAN YOU QUALIFY FOR THIS IMPOSSIBLE JOB? Work 12 hours a day at start, study continuously, be a self-starter, keep up, cope through rigorous development period. If you're success-oriented; rewards and professional independence are worth it. Send resume to: P.O. Box plOO c/o The Ubyssey GREEKS & CLUBS $1,000 AN HOUR! Each member of your frat, sorority, team, club, etc. pitches in just one hour and your group can raise $ 1,000 in just a few days! Plus a chance to earn $1,000 for yourself! No cost. No obligation. 1- 800-932-0528, ext. 65. 40 ■ MESSAGES LOVE FOR SALE The Ubyssey is now accepting Valentine messages tor the Special Feb. 12th Valentine Issue Deadlines is Feb. 10th. Avoid the rush ... Book your love now! 15 - WANTED WANTED TO BUY 1 VW van or bus in reasonable shape. Will pay cash! Brian 524-9995 lv. msg. 80 ■ TUTORING TUTOR FOR ECONOMICS or statistics. Call 732-1304 or toll free pager, 1-978-7594. 85 - TYPING PROFESSIONAL typist, 30 years exp., wd process/typing, APA/MLA, thesis. Student rates. Dorothy, 228-8346. — ON CAMPUS — Resume Special On Now AMS WORD PROCESS-ZING Room 60, SUB Mon-Thurs 9-6 — Fri 9-5 Drop in or call: 822-5640 WORD PROCESSING Fast & accurate with laser printout. 224-8071. WILL DO TYPING reports, resumes, etc. Laser printing or dot matrix $8 per pg. Use W.P., Lotus, Harvard etc. 875-1151. Tbeadsy. January 26 UBC Student Counselling 4 Resources Ctr. Workshop hnpuwyoBTcopcraitTiticTaT Noon-1:20. BrockRm200. Volunteer CnmoOioni. Fair • Voluraeer Fair of organisations wHJ be imiaaiamapdlo recruit volontBen. 9*30-3:30, SUB Concourse. Wednesday, January 2 Gays.lxsbiai-a.Biaenu-UofUl'C.Meeti^.Noar-t.SUB 215. Vanity Outdoor dab. Ocaoral Mooting: atida abnw "Africa Overland from Alforia to South Africa.** Noon, CHEM 150. For h-fo,cc-*tK» dub-room m SUB bemL Anaieaty faxl (UBQ. Regional Action Network loner anting, Chma/Woat Africa. Noon, SUB Rm. 205. hutaa-Vanity Chri-rien Fellowship. OuyBeUerby**CanI GMs Handle on My Problemsr 1130pm Bach Al00. AMS Bhangan dub. IVifmjuapcc practice. 4:00 pm, hat. Hoaje, Lower Lounge. UBC Student Couneelling * Resource Clr. Him: "Be Prepared to Speak." 12:30-1-20, Brock Hal] Rm. 200. UBC School of Music Wed. Noon Hoar Series with Terence Dawson, Piana 12:30, Recital Hall. Ovmeataua Anonymous. Wkly. meeting for ccmpulj-h-e owresters, bulimica ft anorexics. 12*30-1 '30, Lutheran Campus Ceutie. Student Christian Ministry. Dinner at diecusaion (TBA). 5*30 pm, Lutheran Cam-pus Centre Lounge. UBC Astronomy Club. Dr. Halpern of tbe UBC Ptaysks Dope on lbs Cosmic Background Radiation, 3:30 pm. Geophysics A Astronomy Reading Rm. Hmrad-ty, Jar-nary 28 fari.RdationaStndonts' Aran. "The European Challenge" . conference on the EEC. 5 European ConsulalD Oenetmls snd***rofr will be there. Rr-fieshme-nta*. Free. l-4pm,md. House, Lower Boardroom. Christian Science Org. Testimony Meeting. Everyone is welcome. 12*30 pm. Bach B234. UBC Student Counselling ft Resource Ctr. Workshop - Stressed Out? Harness Your Mind Power. 12:30-1:20, Brock Rm. 200. UBC Symphcny Orchestra, Jesse Read, Conductor. 12:30 pm. Old And. UBC School of Mi-sic, Distinguished Axtia*. Series. Robert Davidovici, Violin, ft Roua Sharon, Piana 8.-00 pm. Recital Hall. AMS Bhangan Club. Performance practice. 4:30, Int'l. House, Lower Lounge. Student Health Outreach. Intimacy in the Ws; Reality, Riak ft Respaoaibility. *-*tfbnmtiontabaoac« communication ft mlari-nship skills, contraception ft STD's- 11:30- 230, SUB m Stude-a* Health Outfeach. htmacy in tbe 90's; Reality, Risk ft Responsibility. "This Is SEXUAL Jeopardy" game. Watch the contestants test their sexual IQ. 12:30-1:20 pan. SUBm Cafeteria Old Time Lunch Favourites! • Shepard's Pie • Italian Lasagne • Hot Beef Sandwich NEW Deli Sandwich Special $3.10 «po»*fo PLUS SPECIAL BONUS OFFER Small Coffee 47< I plus GST - HUlel/Jewish Students' Assoc. Storytelling with Joan StuchxKrfeaturmf arifin-daij-dEastfiui^^ 12:30 pm, Hillel House. International Socialists. Meeting. Prom Somalia to Yugoslavia: Hie Case Against UN kaerventiou. Noon, SUB 212. Students far Forestry Awareness. Speaker Dr. Michael Feller - Logging -ft Water Quality in Vancouver Watersheds. 12:30 pm, MacMillan 166. UBC Pacific Rim-Dub. Bob Bagshaw of Cap. College's Asia-Pacific Mgmt. Co-op program, "Cdn. Mgmt. Putures in Asia." Noon, Asian Or. Aud. Medical-Legal Club. Quest ipeaken Thomas Griffiths, ao Mediation and ICBC. 1230 pm, Curtis Bldg. Rm. 180/82. Friday, January 29 UBC Student Counselling ft Resource Ctr. Workshop - Dual Student Couples. 12.30-l:20,BrockRm.200. UBC Symphonic WmdEnsemble, Martin Bermbaum, Ccn- ductor. 12:30 pm. Old Auditorium. UBC Symphcny Orchestra, Jesse Read, Cmductor. 8:00 pm. Old Auditorium. History Students' Assoc Movie: "Mississippi Burning". 11:30-1:30. Buch A100. Student Health Outreach. Intimacy in the 90's; Reality, Risk -ft-. Responsibility. Information tables on communica- tion ft relationship skills, contraception ft STD's. 11:30- 230. SUBm Student Health Outreach. Intimacy m the 90's; Reality, Risk ft Responsibility. A debate presented by the UBC Debating dub. The New Rape Shield Law: WhoDoestt Protect? Victim or Accused?" 12:30-1:20 pm, SUBm-iin COLOUR LASERS! 51.45 1st copy .95 each additional copy (8.5 x 11 troin same page) UNIVERSITY VILLAGE 2ND FLOOR 2174 W. PARKWAY VANCOUVER. B.C. 224-6225 FAX 224-4492 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK M-TH 8-9 FRI 8-6 SAT-SUN 11-6 2/THE UBYSSEY January 26,1993 N:;:E-W;:Sm .'.V'...' Thousands come out to denounce racism An anti-racist rally took place on Friday to counteract a planned white separatist meeting. A few thousand people met peacefully in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery, yet most of the media unfortunately focused on an alleged "riot" afterwards. nohasedky photo Woman murdered at BCIT by Frances Foran The murder of a 22 year-old student has thrown a pall of shock and sadness over BCIT. Sylvia Leung was attacked by an unknown as- sailantSunday at 7:30pm. She was leaving the student activity centre where she attended a computer class and was approaching her car, about 300 feet from the building. Staff sergeant Mike Eastham said Leung suffered a massive wound to her shoulder and fell unconscious before being taken to Royal Columbian Hospital. She was pronounced dead on arrival. Leung had been a financial management student at BCIT since 1989, "I feel really uneasy and numb," said Jennifer Philip, a 20 year-old first year engineering student. "You don't usually think there is a reason to feel unsafe tat school]. Now there is. It's pretty sombre here." Spokesperson Terry Jorden said the school intends to expand its security with surveillance cameras and better lighting around campus. Emergency telephones with direct connection to security will be installed in the near future. At present, students have to use a pay phone to access campus security. Police have no suspects in custody. At present there is no indication ofthe assailant's motive, Eastham said. by Lucho van Isschot More than 3,000 people gathered on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery Friday night to denounce the proliferation of white supremacist groups in Canada and the visit of White Aryan Resistance leader Tom Metzger to Vancouver. Braving cold and wet weather, the protesters listened to a number of speakers and musicians give their different perspectives on the issue of racism. Sunera Thobani of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women declared, "We will not tolerate this hate-mongering; we will not allow our children to be brought up with this kind of hatred. "We will send a message out so loud tonight that not only will everyone in Canada hear us, but they will hear us south ofthe border as well." Thobani urged the crowd to remember that racism is as big a problem here in Canada as it is in the US. --.-■*-, ./-■ • ■ ***t. *.. v*-- - "'-a* —j •**.■■*-** -*■ -.*" S-.,.-i.*,--"--'-"--r' ¥ r. **** i»7 »*a. f^-. TheMetzgers ofthe world do not live in isolation," she said. "Our own federal government has not worked to protect the rights of racial minorities, women, and gays and lesbians." Paul GUI ofthe BC Organization to Fight Racism said it is important to "ferret out" the hate-groups that operate in Vancouver. "The main question is: Who are the local proponents of this kind of racism, and who are they connected with?" Gill said there are a lot of racist groups currently in the Vancouver area, and that their cause is supported by prominent local professionals and politicians such as Victoria-based lawyer Doug Christie, former Vancouver mayor Jack Volrich and former Vander Zalm aid Judd Salorn. Yvonne Brown of the Vancouver Congress of Black Women said, "We have a justice system that ignores racism as an issue of discrimination and a motivation for crime. Judy Nutley of the Japanese Canadian Citizen's Association also called upon the crowd to fight the racist traditions that exist in Canada. She said, "We often hear that the Canadian situation is not as bad as the,American, but racism has no borders. It is right here in our own country." Brown added, "The issue of racism is too broad to be dealt with in this address. Suffice it to say that whole empires, whole economies have been built on racism." A small handful of racist skinheads attended the event, displaying British flags and arguing with a few of the protesters. Most people however, didn't seem to notice the Nazi skinheads' presence. It wasn't until after the protest had ended that a minor altercation occurred at a nearby hotel between a group of protesters and white supremacists. See analysis, page 11. a •*. ■/■> ■■'■ 7.%.V*=C*'s5 z~ **c r.-fV-U-<->- RALPH MONTEMURRO PHOTO ■ *, .■ . j. '-:, „ ■-•..=*■ .-■ -. '-•+*&■ s- -■. -.=--.- ■ -'* •■*..- -..-■*. -,-■ •■- .-•■■-*%"= p <■ ■■ .- AV** -:/--vJ*:.4-"?-*. & ' ■*■* -"--.- -"?* • * i.' - -. ■*■■ - w a •• ■»»* -. -*. ■*" *■*- ■"- *■%$??■*■-?>£ 1"'■*."*-" *■*£-■- ■a.-."- ■ ■*. .4-.. A'S ' "> iTf- **«.' ■a"? * "*■ ."-'■£?Jig. H^J^Vt T»**»TSaS5i4Ba*^ *- ' ?$^&^^z 5s?&"' -fe^:■■■* January 26,1993 THE UBYSSEY/3 IS HIRING Great Money $$$ • Part-time Work Interviewing on Campus BROCK HALL, Room 215 Thursday, January 28th 8:30 am -12:30 pm Part of UBC Arts Fest '93 Open to all UBC students Topic: "The Rites of Spring" $150-First Place $100 - Second Place $50 - Third Place Thursday, February 11 and Friday, February 12 Prizes: Dates: If you are interested, please leave your name, student number, telephone number and other particulars c/o Alison Carvalho at the English Db>artmb«it Office (3rd Floor Buchanan Tower). Contest Application Deadline: Friday, February 5, 1993 ALMA MATER SOCIETY THE GRAD CLASS COUNCIL is now accepting Proposals for the 1993 GRAD CLASS GIFTS Proposals must: 1) Be as specific as possible 2) Include the following information: name of group requesting funds number of people working on project name of a contact person (include telephone #) who will benefit from the project description of the project in detail a summarizing paragraph including the most salient points the amount of money requested sources of other funds if applicable. There is a limit of one proposal per particular group of graduating students. There is a upper limit of $3,000 for each proposal. Past projects/gifts included anything from a student garden to a talking book fund for Crane Library - be creative. Each group must be prepared to give a short presentation of their idea to the members of Grad Class at the end of February. The deadline for proposals is 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 17th, 1993 and is final. No proposal will be accepted after this date. Proposals will be received at SUB Room 238. Please contact Thrasso Petras, c/o SUB 238, 822-3971 if you have any questions. Damage report: sex, obssession, and symmetry A by Paulo Lemos na enters a cocktail party and sees someone who looks familiar. Stephen Fleming? You must be my boyfriend's father. An awkward pause. Public Speaking Competition m They are taken aback by each other. She calls him at work. Ifs Ana. Stephen replies: Give me your address, I'll be there in an hour. When he enters her flat there is silence, broken only by their having sex. When he returns the next time we hear him speak to her: This...this needs some structure. Stephen is very concerned with bringing bits together, with order, with control. At one point he suggests he will leave his wife and marry Ana. You already have me, Ana replies. Ana was deprived of any sense of order or control when her brother killed himself over his love for her. / am damaged, she warns Stephen. I know I can survive anything. Stephen has lived his life safely, distant from his own family, afraid of rising to the top of his career for the uncertainty which that might bring. He is about to experience both love and damage for the first time. Ana and Stephen are obsessed with each other. No doubt they wake up sore after making love for they have sex with a ven- ance. Stumbling across her apartment. As if wrestling. Palms er each other's eyes, or wrapped around the other's throat, tly. Making the beast with two backs, so to speak. Canadian rockers start a riot D by Stan Paul I eat ears, bodyslamming bruises, sweat beading down from stomping like elephants is what Canadian rock and roll is all about. The AMS Programs-sponsored event featuring home brew 54-40 was a riotous Saturday evening. FILM Damage screenplay by David Hare directed by Louis Malle I commend Louis Malle for his direction; obsession, as well as sex, is too important a subject matter to be neglected by the likes of him. Though one of the most important insights of Damage may be that we can not order or control things and that we should let go of such aspirations, the film itself is paced and shot with an extraordinary sense of balance and order. Perhaps the plot is too symmetrical at times. Consequently, some lines and actions have a predictable ring to them. In general however, the order and art with which the film is presented serve to flesh out, in realist tones, the roughness of the emotions that dominate the film. If there is one word which is present at every turn yet remains unspoken it is incest. Malle presents the many love relationships in the film with an eye to their incestuous ramifications. This is hard to take. The humour of the film plays on the many incestuous links but does not lighten up the film; it is appropriately dark. If I have not mentioned the performances so far it is because they are so fine that I was not conscious of watching "performances." I remember only characters, to the actors' credit. A fine, disturbing film. MUSIC 54-40 SUB Ballroom Saturday, January 23 Excited tension was felt even before the first set took place as the sold-out crowd clawed and scratched for positions—just for a look at lead i vocalist Neil Osborne (He is I , married by the way). A few sought* ■* the thrill to make it over the crowd and climb into the pit where they were severely escorted by the "keystone cops" of the Chem-Eng club. Osborne and the rest of his compa- triots deserve a lot of praise for their new release "Dear Dear" which was featured. However, tne distinctive, eerie cut of Osborne's vocals seemed to have been lost in the shuffle from the studio to the live show. Although the crowd certainly was not disappointed with the heavy bass and fiery drum versions of the live performance, the unique enjoyable sound of the album stayed in the studio. Students said to be from UBC, SFU and Kwantlen College were treated to "Dear Dear" as well as the staples of 54-40 concerts, One Gun and One Day, which usually receive the greatest screams and stomps. The band also "road tested" a few new songs such as Hit the Brake and Blame your Parents. Drummer Matt Johnson said that the band quite often tests songs in front of live audiences "it is an edge... you are not sure how the song goes." From crowd reaction, the cuts from Hit the Brake and Buddy Caught in Love will be stomped to by all on their next album. Most of the material from "Dear Dear" was thoroughly road tested before they went into the studio. 54-40 is also trying to record their music "live on the floor" with virtually no over-dubbing or computerized experimentation. Johnson says "there is a certain kind of energy that you can capture" when you are not preoccupied with technology." Johnson adds, "The Canadian music scene has come a long way in the last five or six years. It tended to be very derivative of ugly American mainstream bands from the US. "Bands like the Tragically Hip and Cowboy Junkies tend to be a lot more successful, while bands copying US mainstream are being lost" "If the commercial definition of success is longevity, I wish that the Hip, the Junkies and 54-40 don't become successful. In the idealist world I live in, the originality and distinctiveness of Canadian bands somehow get lost as they are inducted into the 'Billboard Hall of Fame.'" Whispers of sports by Siobhan Roantree and Steve Chow Bwkty The hockey gods did not smile fondly upon the UBC Hockey Thunderbirds this weekend, as our Birds were stomped on big-time by the Alberta Golden Bears in last weekend's two road games. Sweeping the T-Birds 5-0 and 10*4, ihe Bears, now 12-5-3, moved into a tie for first place in Canada West with the Regina Cougars. Hopefully, UBC (4-14-2) can rebound this weekend as they face the fourth place University of Calgary Dinosaurs (12-6-2) this weekend at the Winter Sports Centra1. Faceoff time for Friday and Saturday night is 7:30. Basketball The men's basketball team were swept in weekend action against the UVic Vikings, losing 112-88 on Friday night, and 80-78 on Saturday, This drops their record to 4-8, fifth place in the conference. The 'Birds travel to Calgary this weekend to take on the first place Dinos. The -woman's team didn't fare much better on the weekend, losing 85- 75 on Friday and 93-58 cm Saturday to ihe first place Vikettes, who are still undefeated in conference play. Playing in Calgary this weekend, the T-Birds have a chance to move into sole position of third place with a couple of victories over the Dinos. Volleyball Both the men's and women's teams were winners in Victoria this past weekend. They play host to the Calgary Dinosaurs at War Memorial, Friday and Saturday. Trie women play at 6pm, tiie men at 7:45. Swimming The swim team takes on Alberta and Calgary in the UBC Tri-Meet at the Aquatic Centre, Friday, 7pra. Try it STEAMY HOT! Directions: Pour in microwave safe mug and heat to desired temperature. Made from real Italian espresso coffee, whole milk and sugar. No Artificial Flavouring, Colouring or Preservatives. dinoccino!| WE HEED YOUR INPUT! The Senate Ad Hoc Committee on University Residences is enquiring into the current academic atmosphere of university residences. In addition, the Committee is going to make recommendations as to what steps might be taken to improve their academic atmosphere. This is where you come in. You live in residence. You know what contributes to your academic life and what doesn't. We need to hear it from you. The more we hear from you, the more we'll be able to give an accurate account of your concerns. Do you have suggestions as to what would improve the academic atmosphere in your residence? We'd like to hear them. Everything you discuss with the Committee will be considered in confidence so you can tell it like it is. Written submissions may be sent to: Senate Ad Hoc Committee on University Residences c/o Box 194, Student Union Building 6138 S.U.B. Boulevard Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1 For further information, please contact Carole Forsythe, Co-Chair in SUB 248 at 822-3092. LJ ISI h t i m e e invite you to join us for our series of Lunchtime events featuring: JAN 27 Dr. Ian Slater, author of thrillers and other books, and Managing Editor of the Pacific Affairs Journal, will be speaking on the writing and marketing of "Thrillers". FEB 3 Staedtler Day Plus, 8:30 am - 8:30 pm. • One Day Sale Event! Save 40-60% off all Staedtler Products and on other in-store arts & graphics products. FEB 10 Dr. Veronica Strong-Boag, Director for the Centre for Research in Women's Studies and Gender Studies at UBC, will be speaking on "Women in B.C.". FEB 24 Ms. Jane Durant, expert presenter and dynamic trainer in Personnel Management, will be speaking on her new book, Don't You Have >-*-. Anything Better to Do? 3 UBC Computer Shop presents Super Computer games Day! Come into UBC Bookstore for our fun-filled Computer Games Competition, and test youf abilities. Prizes will be presented to the top scorers. Number of contestants is limited, so please come in early. vents are at UBC Bookstore, Wednesdays - 12:30 pm. Refreshments will be available. COFFEE BOOKSTORE 6200 University Boulevard •*-? 822-2665 The position of AMS Ombudsperson is available. Responsibilities are to: investigate and resolve complaints from students; recruit, supervise and coordinate caseworkers; - sit on various AMS and UBC committees; and be available for a minimum of 20 hours per week. Qualifications include: ability to act as an independent, neutral and objective officer; - ability to deal effectively with students, faculty and administrators; knowledge of the structures and services of the AMS and UBC; and - ability to work closely with experienced staff. Please attach your resume to the application available from Terri Folsom, Administrative Assistant in SUB 238 by Wednesday, February 10,1993. Please direct queries to Carole Forsythe, Vice President, in SUB 248 at 822-3092. 4/THE UBYSSEY January 26.1993 January 26,1993 THE UBYSSEY/5 aK "5 -V -*-*-* j j y a" .a 5 * , •^^^^^^^***' fc *■» ■*>., ^.-V •>■" 'a- ^^-- ' ■* ^? • *" ' ■M'^^ *a ■* -r its'* Demockrassy ITS VOTING TIME kids. This is the democratic moment when we get to exercise our rights as a self- rul ingbody and elect the folks who will be our student leaders for the next year. These are the people who will represent your interests to the big boys and girls on the board of governors, and they are the ones who conduct student council meetings, who play Twister with Roberts Rules of Order, and hide-and-go-seek with their codes and bylaws. Since there is no choice but to accept whatever decisions they will make on our behalf for a full year, it is wise to consider this voting stuff carefully. We think participatory democracy 1b the best approximation of a fair system that must encode its operation. We would encourage you to play the game and drop your ballot if we didn't think it were tokenism. Unfortunately, it is. Why can't prospective student leaders stand for real material change, we complained, collectively ruminating over this editorial. Cut tuition fees, liquidate the UBC Real Estate Corporation and the new condo complex they razed the forest for, spend more money on books, keep the corporate sponsors from bastardizing our research, make student housing affordable... But the reality is that UBC student leaders don't wield any power. Moreover, when the AMS does act, it often behaves like a greedy elitist organization. It often acts like the university administration, in embryo. The matters the AMS has taken up with passion in the past couple of years have revolved around the power struggle with the administration; business initiatives on the university's turf, negotiating property leases, striking deals to secure future capital projects. Then there is the half mill spent expanding the UBC pub, which with its 4000 hostage student consumers, has the highest sales of any bar in the province. It is hardly surprising that our student leaders and the admin can play monopoly together so well when you consider that ours is the wealthiest student society in the country. Lake any bureaucracy, it looks after its own interests—which don'tnecessarily coincide with those ofthe average student. In an ideal world, student leaders would have real power. But we are expendable as a generation; the economy doesn't need our labour, and we are too busy competing for the rewards of our work to take the necessary risks that might make a difference in students' lives. Besides, if past voter turnout is any indication, fewer than 2 per cent of tbe student body will elect our next council, Brian Mulroney won with less than 45 per cent ofthe electorate and lookhow representative he is. So what do you do? Vote for the cutest candidate...? D -I ■• T 0:R 'IrA'-fe XX- * 'd' •*, ''' d,"//*! '/ / i % Tzn J v^^vW ^. -— £ /} »A- IL theUbyssey January 26,1993 THE UBYSSEY IS UNFORTUNATELY A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN UNIVERSITY PRESS. SORRY. The Ubyssey is published Tuesdays and Fridays by the Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia. Editorial opinions are those of the staff and not necessarily those of the university administration, or of the sponsor. The editorial office is room 241K of the Student Union Building. Editorial Department phone 822-2301; advertising, 822-3977; FAX 822-9279. In, the, beginning, there, was, Lucho, van, Isschot. Then Frances Foran commanded, "Let there be Steve Chow!" And there was Steve. And Doug Ferris saw that this was good. The profit Helen Willoughby-Price beseeched Patrick Shu, "Mine people are the chosen. Let my people go." Siobhan Roantree, the Holy Photographer appeared to Sam Green and told her that she was with child. She begat Stan Paul who begat Rebecca Bishop who begat then ate of a Granny Smith apple. Yukie Kurahashi spoke to the gathered masses saying, "Let those among you who are without lubricant cast the first carrot." Oliver of Atnenium spake to her saying, "Oh, master, would that Martin Chester were more like Alex Dow." She replied, "Verily, verily I say unto you it is easier for Ted Young-lng to be more like Paula Wellings than it is for a camel cigarette to pass through the eye of a needle." Then on the third day, Denise Woodley rose from the dead and appeared to the eleven who were gathered in an upstairs room. Sara Martin sent Miranda Alldritt forth to preach the word of the collective. Editors Lucho van Isschot • Yukie Kurahashi Sam Green • Frances Foran Letters Pigs aid the nazis For the second time in three days, the leading story on the newsis "Violence mars anti-racist demonstration". In Vancouver on Friday night, about 2000 people gathered to protest a speech by a well-known fascist. Following the rally, several hundred people took to the streets and marched to where the fascists were holding their meeting. Chanting "Hey, hey, ho, ho Nazi scum have got to go!" we surrounded the hotel. At this time it was a loud , spirited, but still peaceful rally. Then the cops moved in. They pushed the demonstrators back in a show of force. At no time did the cops attempt to mediate the situation. While this was going on, other cops were helping the Nazis to escape the building. Confronted with cops openly protecting, and in some cases takingthe side of, the Nazis, many demonstrators began chanting "Whose side are you on?" At this point someone threw a rock and broke a window. This was the extent of the "violence" on the side ofthe demonstrators. As the demonstration broke up, cops randomly picked off demonstrators, stole their signs, The Ubyssey welcomes letters on any Issue. Letters must be typed and are not to exceed 300 words In length. Content which Is Judged to be libelous, homophobic, sexist, racist or factually Incorrect will not be published. Please be concise. Letters may be edited for brevity, but it Is standard Ubyssey policy not to edit letters for spelling or grammatical mistakes. Please bring them, with Identification, to SUB 241k. Letters must Include name, faculty, and signature. and knocked some to the ground. As I am writing this, I am watching Newsworld as Toronto cops are wading through another anti-Nazi demonstration, wavingtheir night sticks and marching through the crowd on horseback, obviously injuring some ofthe demonstrators. What lessons can we learn from this? The first lesson is that we cannot rely on the state to protect us from the fascists. Not only have the cops taken the side of the Nazis in these two demonstrations.butToronto cops have recently held their own racist demonstrations protesting, of all things, a requirement to fill out a form. In Vancouver we saw on TV two copsbrutallybeat a young Asian immigrant by "mistake". Since we cannot rely on the cops, we have to rely on ourselves. In order to fight fascist groups, it is necessary to understand how they operate. Unlikeotherright-wing organizations, such as the Reform Party, fasci sts do not build simply on racistideas. If that were how they built, it would be possible to adopt a strategy of "oppose and expose", to attempt to reach possiblerecruitsthroughout own anti-racist ideas. The fascists, however, build on organized violence. This means that as part of a sort of "initiation" procedure, new recruits are brought in on attacks against immigrants, lesbians and gays, people of colour, socialists, or other "targets". In Vancouver recently, they have focusedon gay-bashings, but in the early 80's they were attacking primarily East Indians (sic). Because they build on organized violence, it is necessary to deny the Nazis a political platform. This means holding large anti- Nazi demonstrations wherever they go, in order to deny them the "political space" to attract new recruits, and to demoralize existing members. This was what the rally on Friday night accomplished. This Nazis had to move their demonstration away from the Vancouver Art Gallery because of the anti-Nazi demonstration, and their meeting in the hotel was cut short as they had to sneak out. Congratulations! We have won the first battle! It was, however, just that. The fascists have a foothold in this city and it will take several more demonstrations to seriously demobilize them. SMASH THE FASCISTS!!! Dan Moore International Socialists Lawl Support the scabs Anyone who has bothered to glance at campus newspaper headlines this year knows of the feud between The Ubyssey and The Campus Times, and the Young Conservatives' petition to end funding for The Ubyssey. But the vote has been passed at the AMS, the petition was rejected and now ifs over. Right? Wrong. When The Campus Times started publishing last April, we all assumed that it would peter out fairly quickly. But it di dn't: it stuck around, gradually established an identity, and despite financial problems has continued to publish. Its style is extremely far removed from that of The Ubyssey, and it does at least as good a job of representing student interest as does ^;he rag." The number of copies left by the end ofthe week leaves no doubt that it has been accepted by the student body. It was'understandable that the AMS refused to sponsor a hack paper that jumped from nowhere in the middle of a strike, but things are different now, and I strongly encourage our AMS to take a second look at the situation. At the very least, the Campus Times should be allowed to recommence dis tribution in SUB. Better yet, they should be alloted a portion ofthe money currently poured into The Ubyssey. Best of all, though, would be for them to be granted all of it. Surely our dear old rag would ADORE having another excuse to write articles galore on being unrecognized by the student government, poverty stricken, and unappreciated? There now, we've found a way to keep everyone happy. Katherine Panton, Arts 3 Long live the press It has come to the attention of the Okanagan University College newspaper, The Phoenix, that a motion threatens the future of The Ubyssey. It is regrettable to hear of the possible dissolution of a society with such a distinctive and prestigious history, having published over SEVENTY-FIVE years worth of unbiased and socially revolutionary literature. It is because of institutions like the Ubyssey challenging society's oppressive frontiers that the dark clouds of racism, homophobia and sexual bias have been pushed back. Removing the student voice of one of Canada's major universities is not a wise step. It would be yet another leap towards a censored society. The motion is undemocratic. It does not require a majority to exercise its influence, but only the signatures of a small splinter group to topple such a worthwhile enterprise. Consider that three-quarters of a century worth of UBC students have enjoyed the publication. An average enrollment of about 20- 30,000 per year approximates between 1.5 to 2.25 million students happily satisfied with The Ubyssey. Now consider the relatively few who wish to destroy this bastion ofthe student press Qess than 10 per cent of current enrollment, less than l/l,000th of a per cent of The Ubyssey's readers over the span since its production). It would be prudent to reconsider the motion. In closing, we would like to affirm to you that The Phoenix will be watching the situation very closely. Don't deprive yourself of the chance to participate in a student press with such a long standing history. Don't remove your only source of information. Do not strike a blow for fascism in the modern media. Do not oppress. Christopher A. Donalds, CFPS Chairperson The Phoenix Collective 6/THE UBYSSEY January 26,1993 LECTION SUPPLEMENT President 1) What do you see as being the role of the AMS president? 2) What three things would vou be eager to see happen during your term as president? 3) What experiences do you have which makes you the best candidate for president? .*£'.. Bill Dobie Students First . X l)Besidestheobviovis,whichistodirectStiidentCouncilrneetings, X j the AMS President is also responsible for representing the AMS to its students and so they should try to get to know as many students as possible and to promote involvement in the AMS. 2) -1 would like to see the President's office become more open to students. My door now is always open and my office is always a mess because of people coming in and out I would really like to see that happen with the president's office too. (Except 111 keep it clean) :. "*- *-_ - My second goal would be to develop a long term plan for the I AMS. One of the AMS's problems is that the executive changes every year and so the priorities also change. Things like tuition campaigns are needed almost every year, though the AMS always seems to be re-inventing the wheel. A long term plan could help to provide some continuity. 3) This year, as director of finance, I have had a good view of how the AMS works, not just from a financial perspective but also by watching the way in which the internal politics happen. A large part of the president's job, for better or for worse, is ego management. In order to have people involved, it's important to make everybody feel happy about the part that they play, be that part very big or very small. John F. Kennedy Famous Dead People 1) When at some future date the high court of history sits in judgement on each of us, recording whether in our brief span of service, we fulfilled our responsibilities to the state, our success or failure in whatever office we hold will be measured by the answers to four questions: First, were we truly men of courage...Second, were we truly men of judgemenL..Third, were we truly men of integrity...Finally, were we truly men of dedication? 2) If we all can persevere, if we can in every land and office look beyond our own shores and ambitions, then surely the age will dawn in which the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved. Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we may pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty. All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin. And, so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. 3) Let the word go forth from this time and place to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, bom in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancientheritage and unwilling to witness orpermit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world. Kevan Dettlebach Independent 1) Well the basic thing is just the leader of the AMS. To lead the general direction of council that year, set policy and lead the others to a common goal. 2) - More student involvement - I'dlike to see the general population's opinion aboutuniversity change. The trend is university's are being looked at kind of as a big technical institute where you just go to get training for a job and I'd like to see that attitude changed a bit. - A better liason with the administration so that the whole thing is run more smoothly 3) Well it's not that many. This year, I was the treasurer of the personal computer club. I'm really good at dealing with people and that's really about it I don't have too many qualifications. // ^"■P*a* l'/ Erik "the Fish <#^' jenSen Radical Bec7 Faction .*-'•* ' a/ ""■ % 1) The greater the role the greater the president. For instance, a V*'- :*'V» * president with three rolls in his beer belly is a far better tj; lH;Hs\\r determinant of campus mood than a president with only two. "^■- 2) -A greater cumming together of die AMS and the student body. -flashback days at The Pit where pints are $1.75 (and with no rap to be found) ■ Jj -to see David Strangway finish that pint of Pub Guiness I gave him at graduation. t' *. 3) I'm the best candidate for prez 'cause I have fewer middle };,-jir names than Bill Frank Al Dobie HI, can boatrace any other ..' ■; candidate on the slate (am willing to prove that at the Science •■*.-.'■•■ WeekDance tonight!) andbecausel'mnotlettingthiscampaign run MY life (I sleep at night...). Mary-Jean O'Donnell Independent 1) I would like to seeithe AM S president be open to good conflict resolution and have an open AMS that's fun and able to see the lighter side of things as well as get some serious work done and try and streamline the bureaucracy and let go of Robert's Rules just a little bit. 2) -1 would like to see more people get involved in the AMS. -1 would like to see the AMS become more environmentally friendly. -1 would like to see the AMS acknowledge more of the minority groups, not necessarily talking about race, but just more of the non-obvious sort of groups that are out there. 3)1 used to be a real-estate broker and that gives me experience in working with all kinds of different people and working on all kinds of different subjects and coming to good resolutions on varied goals. Board of Governors 1) What do you hope to achhve v aEcrro to BoG? 2) What b the dh-ferb-jce between BoG and the senate? 3) What experib>jce qualfes you for this position? Michael Hughes Independent lan Flint Independent Bill Johnson Independent 1)1 Want to make sure that there are no more tuition increases. I think that's really important. We're paying too much money as it is right now. The ideal dream would be to have a tuition decrease, but I don't expect that's going to happen. But it's something to woik towards. 2) Ihe board of governors deal with the money matters. The senate deals mostly with the academic matters, faculty appointments, course changes, etc. 3)Iamcurrendyamember ofthe BC field hockey board of executives. I've done a lot of management work with looking after various sports teams. I have a pretty good head on my shoulders, I guess. Jeff West Independent 1) I hope to add to the board a real voice for students. I don't think students have had very good representation on the board for the past several years. A lot of the previous board members have tended to be rather wishy-washy in terms of putting students and student issues first. There arc two issues which are really important to me. One is, obviously, the tuition increase. Idon't think we should have tuition increases. I would definitely not accept anything more than an inflation increase because it limits accessibility which is already pretty low. The second issue is also an accessibility issueand,that'scampus safety. 2) The senate is a son of internal body within UBC which deals with academic matters. It's a large body. The board is quite small - fifteen members. Eight of them, including the president, are appointed by the provincial government. The senate is a subordinate body to the board of govemers. The board of govemers is the body that deals with all issues on campus buildings, tuition, lighting and some academic issues. 3) I've been politically active on campus since I got here. Three years now. I sat as an AMS rep. for the arts undergrad society for two years. I've been on the board of directors f-r -.'UK. I've been on selections committee, honoraria committee. The ad hoc committee to review Ubyssey honoraria. 1) Right now I see that the university has a serious problem with management Few students have ever met their deans or department heads let alone the vice-president or the presient and if the university is to provide a service to the students and meet their educational needs, they must know them. That isn't being done right now. More than just letting the board of govemers know of the needs ofthe students,! want tochangethe process to let the university become more open and actually change its mentality to start thinking about providing a service to students instead of just having students there as a problem and getting on with research. 2) The board of governors is chiefly responsible for the finances of the university. It sets tuition and sets the budget, and stuff like that, but the senate is more concerned with academic affairs, although it does make recommendations on the budget The senate is more concerned with programs. 3) Well, right now, I'm involved as one of the primary organizers of the anti-tuition hike campaign. I organized both yesterday's rally and the one in November. I'm chairperson with Martin Ertl of the comittee and I orchestrated the meeting with Tom Perry that we had in December. I've been on the AMS student council for two years now and if you follow my record there, I've done quite a bit to repesent students, in general. I've also been on the graduate student's council for two and a half years. I've been one of the executive's of the Global Development centre for the three years I've been at UBC. At my previous university I did many of the same kinds of things. I've chaired many committees and I've always been in a situation where I've been organizing things and bringing forward views which is excellent practice for being on the board of governors. Mike Wagner Independent Mike Wagner is also running for the Board of Governors. Dean Olund Radical Beer Faction Dean Olund is also running for the Board of Governors. 1) An effective student voice on the board of govemers that covers a lot of different issues from finances to communications to the way students are treated to campus life. A lot of different things. 2) I think I'm going to answer that on philosophical grounds, more than anything else. The board of governors is more of a policy and decision thing while the senate deals directly with academics. 3) Well, if you want political experience, than my political experience is basically non-existant I grew up in a political familly but, that's irrelevant. As far as representing the students goes, I've had a long academic career, I guess you could put it I'm a grad student here and I've had exposure to various different universities around the country and I like what I see at UBC, but I also see a lot of things which could be improved. So, I think that background gives me a very unique perspective in that I've taken arts courses, I've taken science courses, I've taken engineering courses. I've seen it both from the perspective of a grad student and an undergrad student but I'm still close enough to being an undergrad that I understand what they're going through. At the same time, I have a perspective from different universities and different jurisdictions across Canada. I've also worked in private industry for a few years, In design teams and so I've had a lot of experience working with other people. And so again, I have a pretty varied background. Even in government because I've been associated with governments, too. So, I think that I can cover not only the academic and social aspects of the job but, I also have an overview of the "what are you going to do when you get out"?" question. I think that people like that are needed on the board of governors for the policy decisions and so forth. Especially entering what has been termed the information age where everything is being turned up-side-down and topsyturvy. I think that a bit of long-tram vision is needed. Orvin Lau Independent 1) For the past three years, I have been working on teaching issues with the senate. Now, I want to bring these concerns to the board of governors. 2) The Senate is an academic body, making decisions about cirriculae, teaching, examinations and so forth. The board of governors is in charge of financial matters, including, of course, the financial repercussions of academic decisions. 3) Generally, my experience on the senate as well as the other societies I've been involved in since I've been at UBC give me the experience necessary for this position. January 26,1993 ELECTION SUPPLEMENT/1 Vice-President 1) Should the vice-president have a pouticai or an administrative role? 2) What is a motion to divide? 3) If you were in an elevator on the twelfth floor of Gage when the cord broke, what would you do? Janice Boyle Independent l)Itwouldhavetobeacombinationofthe two roles. 2) Hey, I've done that A motion to divide is a motion to separate a question into two or more votes. You forward it when you're not sure about which way you want to vote because you're in favour of partof amotion and against one or more of the other parts of the same motion. 3) Pull out my lipstick and scrawl my epitaph on the wall. It would probably be "No Regrets!" Ron Fremont Independent 1) Mostly an administrative role. 2) A motion to divide separates something into two parts which council can vote on separately. 3) Nothing really, it would be too late. By the time I could have screamed or done anything,! wouldbe dead anyway. Shalan Parks Students for What's Right 1) It should be administrative because it's a council appointment as well as your dealing with rules and their implementation, but it's also political because you have to be responsive to the needs of the people who elected you. 2) I'm not sure. I'd have to consult my Robert's Rules of Order. 3) I'd probably faint. Christa "CC" Cormack Students First 1) It's a dual role. Although the routine work of the vice president is primarily administrative, every time you bring something to council or to a constituency or service organization, you are doing something political. 2) A motion to divide takes the motion on the table and divides it into two sections to be voted upon separately. For example, the referendums this year were passed all in one motion but last year, the question was divided up into three or four parts, one for each question and council voted on them separately. Dividing amotiongives some parts of itmoreof a chance to pass or to fail. 3) That's an improper question because the elevators in Gage never work anyway. Rob "Woodchuck" ]VtcGowanRad5ca| B°er f°c: ion 1) The role of a vice president is both political and administrative. For, if he is loaded when he makes his decisions, he should be loaded when he explains them. You can't get more neutral than that, unless you have a beer in each hand and can't decide "left or right?" 2) A motion to divide occurs when, after you have bought a case of beer for an impressionable young first year, you have to determine how much of their change you would keep as profit. A "motion to divide" therefore occurs when you return them less change than they deserve while boldly proclaiming "Hey, half that case is mine, you little punk!" 3)1 would count my blessings because, although my living hell is coming to an end, Dan Quayle's is just beginning P-O-T-A-T-O. Dr. Seuss Famous Dead People 1) He might even help out doing small odds and ends. Doing little odd jobs he could be of some aid... Such as selling balloons and the pink lemonade. 2) and now here is a hoodwink who winks in his wink-hood without a good wink-hood a hoodwink can't wink good 3) He starts down in a dive such as no man alive could come out of alive! But he smiles as he falls and no fear does he feel. His nerves are like iron, his muscles like steel. And he plunges! Down! Down! With his hair still combed neat four thousand, six hundred ninety-two feet. Then he'll land in a fish bowl. He'll manage just fine. Don't ask how he'll manage. That's his job not mine. Director of Finance 1) What are the major factors contributing to the incredible wealth of the AMS? 2) how do you fea about the way in which the ams has handled the student Recreation Centre question? 3) How much money does the AMS spend each year on art? Where does this art co? Salvador Dali Famous Dead People 1. As a mystic, I believe man is an alchemic matter capable of being turned into gold. This can be harvested and placed in GICs. 2. The two requirements of understanding RecFac: to be Spanish and to be named Galla Salvador Dali. Politics is merely historical anecdotes, therefore Hitler had six balls and no foreskin. 3. Obviously not enough, is there? Look, I'm a painter. What else am I supposed to say? Sometimeslsitwithpleasureonmymothei's portrait. I don't know about the AMS. Lobsters. Lobsters. Lobsters. Lobsters. Lobsters. Lobsters. Lobsters. Lobsters. Lobsters. Lobsters. Lobsters. Camembert cheese. Lobsters. Radical Beer Faction Scott "Scooter" Davidson 1) We actually returned all the empties this year. AMS flights to Hawaii were all booked coach, instead of first class. And, since we can't actually prove that all of the executive are human, we actually saved money on food promos, honouraria and rabies shots. 2)1 particularily admired the gloves the AMS wore when they handed us the information on where to pick up our tax credits. 3) That crap in the gallery? Nothing, if you have a keen eye for the topic. And by comparison to what they spent on beer, they spent too much. Where does all the "art" go? Well, right now, it's in Southern California, being applied to velvet for future decorative use around AMS pool tables. Rodney Snooks Independent 1) I'd say the large number of students and also the businesses it's able to run in die SUB. 2) I can't agree with it. If a referendum goes against a measure, I can't agree with going ahead with it. It just seems like common sense. 3) I'd have to admit I don't know. ¥ «■•■ .**■'# *#i - ' JtA. i ' *** ""*■■ ,'.-•.-# ' £ Kerry Kotlarchuk Independent 1) Well, we kind of have a captive audience here. The way the economic times have been in Canada and the US, students are going back to school in record numbers. In fact, you can see that with the grade point averages in the McLean's university issue. The grade point averages to get into UBC now are huge. So university's the place to be now and we have a large population of students. All the students pay their 40 dollar AMS fees and that contributes to the 1.2 million dollar discretionary income that the AMS will be allocating. Also, the AMS businesses have done reasonably well. The profit margins aren't large but the businesses are there to provide employment, not to make money. 2) I think that it could have been handled better. A lot of students really don't see what's going on behind the scenes in the AMS. After the referendum, the first I heard of all this was when I read an ad in The Ubyssey saying that I could get my money back. 3) I'm not sure but, I know it's quite a bit It all gets put away somewhere where its really hard to get to see it. Dean Leung Students First 1) The major factor, I think, is good financial management. As well as collecting money from the students, we do manage to turn a profit on most of our businesses. 2) Well, this is a question which you shouldperhaps ask Christa about since it concerns code and by-laws, butl think that there was really no better way in which the whole affair could have been handled. When a referendum fails to reach quorum, you can't legitimately act on its results. It was unfortunate that this all had to happen this way but, under the circumstances, council acted responsibly. 3) On art specifically, I couldn't quote figures but, I do know that the AMS art collection is valued at about half a million dollars and that at least $3 600 goes to the art gallery each year. The art all goes down into the vault. Phil Stringer Students for What's Right 1) A relatively large portion must come from the student fees at $39.50 which each student pays and which should be handled correctly by the AMS. The AMS would also get revenue from other sources, from the events that they hold such as the concerts. Our slate is looking to make an increase in getting students involved and this would also bring round an increase in the amount of money that the AMS would have and increase the overall enjoyment of the students at UBC. 2) The student recreation centre came up in such a way that not too many students got involved with it. If they had handled it in a way to tell more students about it and get more students involved then they could have done something good with it but I don't think they handled this as directly as they should have with getting as many students involved. 3) As nominee for director of finance, I have read the AMS budget for this year butl am unable to quote figures directly relating to AMS expenditures across campus. Coordinator of External Affairs 1) What would be your first priority as CEA? 2) How would you want to chance the AMS's current relationship with THE university? 3) Why do so few students participate in the AMS? •y it***** *>-**' Carmen "the blonde" McKnight Radical Beer Faction 1) Ensuring that MY tuition increase isn't 18%. Following that, I'd re-open the Victoria Invasion Fund in order to establish a "working" relationship with Gordon Wilson. 2) Hold a not-so-great Trek back to VGH, then trek south to Queen Elizabeth Park to setup anew university, thus leaving SFU with absolutely nothing to brag about (you weenies!). 3) Students are lame because the price of beer is so exorbitant. If students could afford more beer, they could afford greater participation in the AMS. "Give me a beer and I'll give you my time," I've heard many a student say. Jason Saunderson Students for What's Right 1)1 would like to be thoroughly informed about what the new NDP government has in mind for UBC. I think that that's very important in terms of planning. 2) I think that the AMS's relationship with die university at the moment is fairly good. Not ideal, but a lot better than it was a month ago. It's important for the AMS to stand up for students' rights but we should be co-operating with the administration. A confrontational approach rarely, if ever, works. 3) One of the major issues for our slate is student involvement Events need to be better publicised and the AMS needs to try to make itself more relevant to students than it is at the moment Carole Forsythe Students first 1)1 would like to see what the new government proposes to do about student loans. The matter was filed away to some committee and its been sitting there ever since. If no changes to the program are made, with the tuition rise many students will face further reduced incomes in 1993-94. This will add additional hardship to what is already a gruesome financial picture for many students. I'd say therefore that this is somewhat more pressing than most of the other issues I would like to address. 2) Over the last few months, the current executive has managed to work out a reasonable working relationship with the administration. Basically, the AMS and the vice president student services have agreed to co-operate. Really, we're working towards the same goal, so it doesn't make any sense for us to be fighting each other. 3) That's a sad question. I think that many students do participate in the AMS if not in the AMS proper, there are many clubs and service organisations which seem to draw good numbers of members. As to how to get students more involved in the political AMS, that's an interesting question. I shall be interested to see how the tuition rally (which will already have happened by the time this is printed) goes. It will be interesting to see the response because we've been doing lots of publicity work on this one, leafleting, postering, talking to ciasses and so forth. Dru Pavlov i"**™'*-** I 1) There is no reason why the external affairs office shouldn't be as buzzing as the other AMS offices. I would like to see more networking between different clubs and groups at different universities. For example, if a student from the UBC stamp-collecting club wants to know what's going on at the stamp-collecting club in Guelph, he should just be able to come into the office and I would have a packet ready for him. Things like that. 2) The AMS's relationship with the university isn't as bad as it was. I'll probably get killed for saying this but I think that both sides here probably see themselves as far too important. There needs to be a bit of compromise. It sounds silly, but the AMS has to realise that without the university there would be no university and the university has to realise that without students there would be no university. 3) The AMS needs to be more relevant to students. If it manages to do that, more students will get involved. Pam ROgerS independent 1) My first priority would be to set up a committee on housing. I am the budget rep for Acadia Park and I am aware of the large profits which UBC housing is extracting from its students. For example, last year, they profited 2.3 million dollars. I just think that makes university inaccessible. UBC is in a position to offer affordable housing and, yet, it does not It is always looking at the market and trying to do a percentage of the market I think that kind of reasoning is irrelevant. The land is free and it's here for the people of BC and other people who want to study 2) I think poeple need to talk to each other. Even if issues are difficult, people have to keep talking. 3) Well, that's a very good question because I am one of those students that has never participated in the AMS. I have felt the AMS is not really listening to it's students. I have been involved in housing for many years. The AMS never gives us any attention or support I have given different people on the AMS information about trends in accessibility. They never seem to pay any attention or to give the matter serious consideration. This past year the AMS has really been working hard against the tuition increase and Marya McVicar was on the Barriers to Post-Secondary Education Group and I was a contributor to that group. So, I'd say in the last four months, I've seen a real change and I guess that's why I'm involved now. Marilyn Monroe *»— *>»dPeop.e 1) My first priority would be to chair the External affairs committee. In fact, that is the CEA's only duty. It says so in the by-laws. 2) I would invite David Strangway over to my place and I think we could settle any of the conflicts over the SUB. 3) Because an actress who has been dead for thirty years can get onto the ballot for the executive election. 2/ELECTI0N SUPPLEMENT January 26.1993 January 26,1993 ELECTION SUPPLEMENT Director of Administration / 1) Why do you want to be AMS Director of Adm**mbt*at*on? 2) WHAT tS THE ROLE OF THE STUDBalT administrative commission? 3) What experience do you have which prepares you for this job? Ryan "D-Day" McCuaig Radical Beer Faction 1)1 want tobe AMS Director of Administration because I'll be able to pee in the pool and get away with it! 2) The role of Students Against Clubs is to ensure that beer drinking on campus is made an unenjoyable experience. I therefore propose to declare UBC a "free city" under the GenevaConvention thereby allowing anyone to obtain beer at any time. Furthermore, we shall enter into negotiations with the Granville Island Brewery to operate a satellite outlet where Blue Chip cookies currently is awaiting its demise (Long live Duke's!). 3) The first experience I had with administration occurred in the back seat of an '84 Volvo. Roger Watts Clubs", do that coming Students First 1)1 feel that its time for a change within SAC and that I can bring about that change. 2) The role of SAC is to administer and enforce AMS policy and regulations and to look after the day-to-day operation and maintenance of the SUB and other AMS buildings. 3)1 have had lots of experience working with the Science Undergrad Society and with the 432. I've also sat on council for the past year as science rep and so I know pretty well how council works. Some people have criticized my lack of experience with SAC but I intend to look at it in a slightly different light. Having never been on SAC, I have no preconceptions about how things ought to be done or about how they've been done in the past When we've reached a situation in which SAC has been nicknamed"Students Against I think that a new perspective is in order. As a member of several clubs myself, I feel that I can I would like to see SAC become much more open and welcoming. Students shouldn't dread to SAC. Instead, I would like to see them coming out to talk with the commission. Caroline Jones Independent 1) I feel that I'm well qualified to be the DOA because of my experience on SAC. I can see some of the important things that have to be done and I think that I could be effective in doing them. 2) We set policy and implement policy, but we do not make any political decisions. That's handled by student council. 3) I 've had the experience of being on SAC for the past year and I've seen how the current DOA does her job. So I think that I can see how I can both continue what she's been doing and also, make some improvements. MarleneTecson Independent 1)1 want to serve the students of UBC to the best of my abilities and be able to give the students of the campus the opportunity of more than just merely obtaining a degree. I want to improve and expand the services programs (such as carpooling, housing and walkhome) to ensure that the students of UBC will find them easily accessible and useful. ^ Groucho Marx Famous Dead People 1) When you're running a bureaucracy, the best way to safeguard your job is to make sure that you're the only one who knows how every thing works. I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member. 2) How do you know? That's supposed to be top secret. Guards, arrest that man. 3) I paid good money to become what I am today. I attribute my success to ambition,guts, integrity, fairness, honesty and having enough money to buy people with those qualities. Senator-at- Large 1) What does the sbmate do? 2) What b the worst aspect of academic ufe at ubc? 3) What would your first priority as a senator be? Elise Brady ******* 1) The senate is the academic decision-making body here at UBC. 2) The worst aspect of academic life here at UBC is the lack of accessibility of education to disabled -people. An example of this is the two year language requirement. This takes no account of ,for example, deaf people who just can't learn a new language that fast. The administration is inflexible and seems to show a complete lack of interest 3) My first priority would be to give a voice to disabled students at UBC. But by addressing disabled peoples issues.I am also addressing the issues of able-bodied people. Access and flexibility concern us all. M"^ ■'■'%, Paul Marsden "* 1) The senate is the academic governing body of this university, litis includes all decisions regarding policy, rules, regulations, any aspect of academics. 2) The worst aspect of academic life at UBC is the misappropriation of funds and the quality of education resulting. For example, despite a proposed tuition hike there is still a cut in library funds, primarily to serial collections. Students are being asked to pay more, yet they are receiving less. 3) As a senator I would have two priorities. First would be to fight against cuts in library spending. Second would be-to focus on improving the quality of teaching at this institution. Teaching should be promoted over research, and excellence in teaching especially should be promoted. We pay the salaries of professors and we are not receiving adequate return. Emile Woo # 1) Well, as you know, die senate is the academic governing body of this university. 2) The worst aspect of academic life at UBC would have to be those instructors who really don't care about teaching and the attitude of the administration towards teaching. Good teaching is only minimally recognized, and promotions committees look almost exclusively at a professor's ability to chum out paper after paper. I think thatthe student questionairesandteachingevaluationsurveys should have more weight in the overall consideration of faculty members. 3) Over the past three years, I have been working on teaching standards and there has been a committee set up by a student to evaluate the environment of teaching. If I am re-elected, I will have the oppurtunity to move on to that committee. ^V^^jfej%L. -"a.*. ■■* Talman Rodocker 1) The senate decides matters of academic policy in the university and to that extent the senate's probably one of die most important governing bodies for the university. 2) Having to trudge through the snow. That's it this year. 3) My first priority would have to be to become completely familiar with the issues that are at hand. What's going on in the senate sometimes seems to be a mystery to most students and I'm not completely familiar with all aspects of die senate. Regan McNeal As senator-at-large, I will ensure that the student voice is heard. My goals include: 1) fairness for all students, 2) academic equity, 3) and that the amount of programs and teaching quality is proportional to fee increases, not the other way round! Also running are: Chris Sing Jerry Olynyk Samson Shui Yan Hui Don't forget to vote!! 4/ELECTION SUPPLEMENT January 26,1993 . A,.N:.A,^L.ysis ■ Don't believe what you read by Lucho van Isschot A peaceful anti-racism rally took place on Friday night But if you read the articles which appeared over the weekend in both The Vancouver Sun and The Province, you might not be aware of that. Both newspapers overlooked the 3,000 protesters who gathered on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery, and focused instead on a minor violent altercation that occurred after the rally had ended. As the story goes, a group of anti- racist protesters left the rally site shortly after 8:00 pm and descended upon the Century Plaza Hotel, where a handful of neo-Nazis were holding a meeting. The protesters shouted, threw a few bricks, and went home. Both newspapers were very careful to report that the police showed up at the hotel to "protect* the neo-Nazis from the angry "mob* of protesters. Because ofthe way in which The Sun and The Province covered the event, the neo-Nazis were made out to be the "victims* ofthe "anti-racistmob." By association, the rally itself was cast in a negative light Bob Hackett, a professor in the Communications Department at SFU, said he was dismayed, but not surprised, at the way in which the rally was covered by the madia. He observed, "It's kind of an inversion of roles—the Nazis were made out to be the victims* "You almost have to wonder sometimes whether it is worthwhile organizing a rally when this is the outcome,* he mused. "I recall that the same thing happened following the rally protesting the Gulf War exactly two years ago," Hackett said. Indeed, following the anti-Gulf War rally which took place two years ago, the media focused on the fact that a small group of protesters took it upon themselves to vandalize some armed forces recruiting posters and break some windows after the rally had ended. But hey, you might be saying to yourself, recruiting posters should be vandalized. Fair enough. Unfortunately, most people aren't as iconoclast as you. Most people actually respect the armed forces. And journalists know it Journalists know that if they write a story about young "thugs" defacing recruiting posters, that it will be seen as a negative thing, and that it will cast a negative light upon anyone who stands up against militarism. So, why would a journalist write such a story? That is the question. According to Hackett, the anti-war rally, like last Friday's rally, was "discur- sively-appropriated by the corporate media—who have their own priorities* "Theirpriorities," he said, "are to sell newspapers and to get people to watch their newscasts. Covering violence and conflict are effective in that way." Could it be that corporate media outlets like The Sun and The Province also have an interest in ignoring or undermining the issue of racism? Think about it By covering Friday's protest as they did, The Sun and The Province accomplished three things: they sold newspapers, they undermined the protest itself, and they undermined the very serious issue of racism. According to Hackett, the media has a long history of undermining political protests—and the serious issues they attempt to address—dating back to the 1960s. "There is an analogy here. Many- people who participated in the peace movement in the 1960s were actually- more hated than the Vietnam War itself. It was partly the media's doing, but it was also partly the movement's doing as well,* he said. "Paradoxically, the movement's public image may have helped to prolong the war itself." The peace movement during the 60s is remembered as a sustained campaign that had a lasting impact on North America's collective conscience. Friday's protest, on the other hand, will be remembered as nothing more than an isolated incident, a piece of entertaining hyperbole—a "pseudo-event* in a "peek- a-boo" world, as media analyst Neil Post man would say. As far as The Sun and The Province are concerned, news items are like snack foods to be eaten on the run. These newspapers do not attempt to bring any analysis or context to their coverage. Hackett called this practice, "The fragmentation of issues." "Themediadon'tattempt to describe how racism, militarism and sexism are connected,* he said. "With respect to Friday's rally, the media, saw the different community groups that came together as hitching their wagons to an issue for opportunistic reasons. They didnt see that there were people there who make the connections and have a coherent analysis of these systems." Paul Gill of the BC Organization to Fight Racism concurred with Hackett He said, "The main problem is that the media don't do their homework and they dont provide any background.* Gill, who helped organize the protest, said it was frustrating to see how the media covered the event Nevertheless, he said, the rally was necessary. "We had to respond,* he said. "I think you cant do anything but respond when racists say they have a right to meet* Gill said that he daesnt blame the people who went to confront the neo- Nazis at the Century Plaza Hotel for derailing the goals of the rally. It's hard to blame anyone specifically,* he said. "Although I didnt participate in the confrontation, I understand why some people wanted to do that* Hackett reacted more cynically. He said, "When a group of people does that, they are setting themselves up." Hackett speculated that in fact, the confrontation outside of the Century Plaza may have been a set-up. The neo-Nazis, who could easily have anticipated the media's response, may heive leaked news about their meeting at the hotel to anti- racist protesters in a calculated attempt to provoke a confrontation. "If they had wanted to have a secret meeting, it would have been a secret," Hackett said. TRAVEL CUTS/VOYAGES CAMPUS THE ULTIMATE DEAL ULTIMATE HOLIDAY EUROPEAN contrasts 31 days 11 countries from $74 per day EUROPEAN adventurer 40 days 11 countries from $69 per day ultimate EUROPEAN 50 days 15 countries from $71 per day STUDENTS! BOOK BEFORE JANUARY 31ST *$99 from Toronto or Montreal. All departures before May 12, 1993. Some restrictions may apply. 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FILM: VANCOUVER PREM.1™ Where is Memo; Pacific Cinemateque: Friday January 29 Hitler and the Third Reich are presented as ideas easily manipulated^ once they have passed through memory into the realm of history where each writer will present and rearrange the "facts J as they see fit. Gallagher combines documentary evidence ofthe regime's orgy of destruction with a narrative ultimately blending fact with fiction, memory with denial. The main character (played by Peter Loeffier) after uncovering a suitcase filled with Nazi memorabilia, journeys around the occupied JEurope ofthe Third Reich like iker. With these ilysts he moves l^esent, t-ld a a sleep* objects as car between past anct- wrestling with his own- collective conscience. A chilling sense of recollection is suggested by images such as dead soldiers next to a farmhouse that exists today. Gallagher uses vintage film cameras in the present, but sees newsreel German soldiers through the viewfinder. Included in the toxt are interviews with a former fighter ace and a survivor of Dachau who, although from different sides ofthe war, have come lo similar conclusions about the Third Reich. This past mixes with the main character's own reality and the gradual realization ofthe Nazi's horror drives the sleepwalker to a desperate act. He tries to shoot Hitler but misses, as Hitler was there 50 years before Gallagher suggests that "the sleepwalker is the personification ofthe future where there is no memory of the Second World War, where there is only history. The sleepwalkers may actually come to pass as the past is romanticized and altered to make it more palatable. It would be nice to believe that it never happened, but the evidence shows us that it did...not many people even know about it now." "I wanted to explore the relationship of memory to ■- history in terms ofthe Third •.Reich. I feel that history ..becomes more theoretical -.and abstract as it loses i the emotion of memory," he says. Gallagher refers to the possibility of someone from the future looking at footage of Hitler and Himmler laughing and chumming it up, I thinking they were , normal rational people and wondering whether the historical facts surrounding them are true. Those who have never seen Holocaust footage might be tempted to believe people like David Irving. "There is a naked truth to imagery, it is the closest we can come to first-hand evidence of an actual occurrence. History on the other hand is selective, and is us to highlight specific as Hitler's Thous Reich exists < das.' 1 Year *fsioned, as the ruins 'lost civilization viewed ~by future people, although not quite in the time frame he had imagined. Gallagher said, "The Thousand Year Reich is the scar left in humanity that'll take a thousand years to heal from if we can actually heal from it at all." Jobs with JobLink JobLink is expanding! In conjunction with UBC Student Placement Office, the Alma Mater Society is going to help you find employment all year round. JOBLINK COORDINATOR* Responsibilities include: organizing the transition from a summer programme to a year round one; liaising between the AMS and UBC Student Placement Office; developing marketing strategies aimed at employers; developing educational material and programmes aimed at students; assigning and supervising the work of JobLink Assistants; and producing written reports periodically. We are looking for applicants with: experience in the human resource field, marketing and media relations; the ability to work effectively with students, employers and the staffs of the AMS and UBC; extensive knowledge of the AMS and UBC. The wage is $10.73 per hour. Applicants must be available for a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 15 hours per week from Monday, February 15 to Friday, April 23. From Monday, April 26 to Friday, August 27, applicants must be available for a 37.5 hour work week. 'Please note that a candidate is under consideration. JOBLINK ASSISTANT (2 positions) Responsibilities include: assisting the Job-Link Coordinator in his/her responsibilities. We are looking for applicants with: the ability to work effectively with students, employers and the staffs of the AMS and UBC; creative ideas on promoting students to employers; and the ability to work effectively in a busy atmosphere. The wage is $9.73 per hour. Applicants must be available for 7.5 hours per week from Monday, February 15 to Friday, April 23. From Monday, April 26 to Friday, September 3, applicants must be available for a 37.5 hour work week. Preference will be given to those applicants that are returning for the 1993/94 academic year. Further information may be obtained from Carole Forsythe, AMS Vice President in SUB 248 at 822-3092. 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