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THE UBYSSE• **&* Y Vol. LXIX, No. 8 Vancouver, B.C. Friday, October 3,1986 228-2301 UBC students jeer Vander Zalm By ROBERT BEYNON premier in at least 10 years. "I'm not being chased out. I'm he was shouted down with calls of "There's a lot of hatred here," Jeering and heckling students Vander Zalm — wearing a blue just moving along," said Vander "Socred Youth" and "Log all the he added, saying he had been called shouting "Socreds out! Socreds UBC sweatshirt — left SUB after Zalm as he left. forests, Bill." a faggot and a communist by out!" harrassed Premier Bill only 20 minutes as a stream of The Social Credit Party Club had The premier told the crowd he Vander Zalm supporters. Vander Zalm on a short visit to chanting students followed him advertised a one-hour visit to SUB had a good, private talk with Arts student Dana McFallard SUB on Wednesday. through the building's halls. Some with posters of a smiling Vander representatives of student Social said Vander Zalm supporters called The 30 jeering students and 100 students gave Nazi-style salutes. Zalm holding a tulip and saying: Credit clubs in the Lower her a faggot until they realized she Vander Zalm supporters scuffled On SUB concourse Vander Zalm "Grow with me." Mainland. couldn't be one. Then they called and shouted obscenities at each ignored the hecklers and shook When Vander Zalm stepped up He promised to look into student her a lesbian. other during the B.C. premier's hands with corporate recruiters hir­ on one of the short brick walls debt loads, difficulty transferring But Scott Leaf, a Social Credit short walking tour on campus. ing students as he headed for the above Sedgewick Library to speak college courses to universities and youth member from Douglas Col­ This was the first UBC visit by a door. to the 250 students following him, the inaccessability of post- lege, said the hecklers had started secondary education to students in the scuffling and name calling and B.C.'s interior after the Oct. 22 had stopped the premier from election. meeting with students. The Vander Zalm supporters "They shouted him down when sometimes drowned out the he tried to speak," said Leaf. hecklers by chanting "Bill! Bill! Leaf met with Vander Zalm in Bill!" and formed a loose knot the brief private meeting before the around the premier to stop pro­ heckling began. He said the premier testors from approaching him. was very responsive to student re­ This was the first major confron­ quests and had written them all tation Vander Zalm has faced since down. he called a provincial election Sept. The Social Credit government's 24. controversial restraint program in­ On SUB plaza the premier con­ troduced in 1983 angered many fronted provincial Liberal leader students. In 1984, student grants Art Lee before entering SUB. Lee were eliminated resulting in an in­ challenged Vander Zalm to a debate crease in the average student's debt and criticized Socred education load. policy. The premier turned down University operating budgets the debate offer. were cut five per cent in 1984 and Graduate student Kevin Annett have not been increased since then. said he came to heckle Vander Zalm Simon Fraser University, the because the premier stands for the University of Victoria and UBC same poor policies of the Social have all increased tuition substan­ Credit government for the last 10 tially to help cover the drop in pro­ years. vincial operating grants. Socred nominated Kim Campbell emerged as the "authority". winner of the Social Credit nomina­ She said she agrees with former tion meeting for Point Grey Tues­ premier Bennett's position on deny­ day night. ing Indian land claims. Campbell, Social Credit can­ Campbell said NDP candidate didate and former executive direc­ Darlene Marzari is a strong oppo­ tor of Bill Bennett's office defeated nent. former deputy attorney general "I've beaten Weinstein and Richard Vogel, former Vancouver Rankin and I'll beat Marzari, but I do not underestimate her strength - Jennifer lyall photo mayor Jack Volrich, and current INTREPID UBYSSEY REPORTERS not visible but lurking in the background seek answers to major educational parks board trustee Helen Boyce as a candidate," said Campbell. issues from Bill Vander Zalm. As usual the doctor of charisma simply smiled and said nothing. for the second in the seat riding, Before the nominations began, filling the position vacated by the candiate Helen Boyce asked retiring Garde Gardom. meeting moderator Bernie Smith to explain the changes in qualifica­ Liberal leader blasts Socred policy International trade minister Pat tions for candidacy for the nomina­ McGeer won the first nomination tion which had been made by the By SVETOZAR KONTIC tunate that due to his tenure as set its priorities straight. by acclamation. provincial party executive that mor­ The government of B.C. must education minister, premier Bill "The province is wasting money Campbell received 176 votes on ning. stop considering education spen­ Vander Zalm can be considered the on mega-projects. McGeer wants to the second and final ballot. Richard Smith explained the prim con­ ding a cost and consider it an in­ father of the education crisis in build a tunnel to Vancouver Island Vogel received 129. One hundred stitution states a candidate for vestment, said the leader of the B.C. which no one really needs or and sixty-one votes were needed to nomination must have been a B.C. Liberal Party Wednesday. "It was during his reign when wants," said Lee. win. member "in good standing" of the Speaking to a small group in communications beween the "We have to have a deliberate, In her speech to the crowd, party for 30 days. Smith explained SUB 215, Art Lee said it is unfor- government and communities, ad­ conscious program and take a good Campbell said education is impor­ the party executive had chosen to ministrators, and teachers broke hard look at where jobs come from. tant to residents of Point Grey. As interpret that to mean 30 days down completely. As minister of I suspect a lot of those jobs will be former chairman of the Vancouver before the return of the election education in 1982, Vander Zalm at­ coming from the private sector," School Board, Campbell said she writ to Victoria, which is November tacked education professionals and said Lee. can speak about education with 17, 1986. isolated the decision making pro­ "The jobs of the future will be cess in Victoria," said Lee. high skilled jobs. Those jobs will re­ Lee called education a favourite quire people with an education, yet target of government slashing. B.C. has the lowest college par­ Disabled form group ticipation rate in Canada. We have "We must begin to compensate OTTAWA (CUP) — A national organization representing disabl­ for five years of underfunding and to wonder how we will supply the job market," said Lee. ed students and the administrators who deliver services to them will facilitate long range planning by likely be struck at a. conference td be held here in November. guaranteeing the province's post- Lee said failure to fund the The National Educational Association of Disabled Students — secondary system annual increases education system is equivalent to NEADS — will be the first national organization in Canada to repre­ of 10 per cent a year for the next turning our backs on it. sent disabled post-secondary students, says organizer Frank Smith. three years. That would mean $60 "Previously we extracted "The idea is to hold a conference to bring together disabled million a year, totalling $180 resources in the province through students and administrators," Smith said. "But what we're really all million over three years," said Lee. our hands and backs. Now we must face the fact that we are moving in­ for is making campuses more accessible." Lee also said the government A co-ordinating committee of four Carleton University students must freeze tuition fees. That would to a knowledge-based economy and that is how this province will sur­ received $35,000 this summer from the federal Secretary of State to be the first step in putting the organize the Nov. 9 to 12 conference. educational system back on track, vive," said Lee. Smith said NEADS will provide relevant information to disabled he said. Lee said the choices in directions students, and will advise on how to lobby for change. "Ending the educational crisis re­ open to the government are clear. "We'll be a lobby and advocacy group. The idea of NEADS is to quires massive committment. If we "It can continue to administer the make campuses as accessible to as many groups as possible," Smith don't act soon, education will only deterioration of our public educa­ said. be accessible to the wealthy. It tion system, or it can work with the Smitfi is confident NEADS will be successful. "There's never been — Jennifer lyall photo should be universal," said Lee. people of this province to turn anything like this before," he said. •*; ART LEE . . . visits campus. Lee added the government had to things around," said Lee. v: Page 2 THE UBYSSEY Friday, October 3,1986

Premier avoids Stein THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA By PETER MEHLING minister of Forestry, there was little Premier Bill Vander Zalm is optimism that the SocFeds would THE CECIL H. AND IDA GREEN avoiding stating his position on the change their policy on logging the logging of the Stein River Valley, a Stein. VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS member of the Stein Alliance said The alliance sent letters to the Wednesday. premier's office asking for the pro­ "They (the provincial govern­ vincial government's policy on log­ ment) don't want to make any ging in B.C., but received no 1986 AUTUMN LECTURES mistakes (before an election)," said answer. UBC graduate student Ken Lert- "Anything they say (about logg­ zman. ing or not logging the Stein) could DAVID BRAYBROOKE The Bennett government decided get them into trouble," said Lert­ ProfeMor of Philosophy and Political Science at Dalhousie for the past two decades, David to allow logging on the Stein river zman. Braybrooke Is recognized as one of Canada's most distinguished political philosophers. Often valley despite the Stein Alliance's Invited as a visiting professor, he continues making significant contributions to main-line pro­ claims to its unique wilderness If the stumpage rates in B.C. go blems In ethics and political philosophy, at the same time as he uses and extends his quite value. up, as recently proposed by interna­ unusual expertise In economics and political theory. tional trade minister Pat Carney, it Series Title: "CONCEPT OF NEEDS: Poignant; Belittled; Indispensable" Lertzman said the Stein Alliance will make even less sense to log the will initiate a letter writing cam­ WHATS AT STAKE WITH THE CONCEPT OF NEEDS? Stein, said Lertzman. paign aimed at convincing the Monday. October 6 In Room A-106, Buchanan Building, at 12:30 P.M. Socreds to change their policy on The Stein Alliance was formed THE CHARGES AGAINST THE CONCEPT OF NEEDS AND THE CONFUSION SURROUNDING IT logging the Stein. He hopes by ap­ one year ago when it seemed certain Wednesday, October 8 In Room A-106, Buchanan Building, at 12:30 P.M. plying public pressure immediately that a logging road would be con­ A SCHEME FOR RESCUING THE CONCEPT OF NEEDS after the election, there will be a structed into southern B.C.'s last Friday, October 19 In Room A-106, Buchanan Building, at 12:30 P.M. chance the Socreds will change their major unlogged watershed. CONCEPTS OF JUSTICE policy. Since last fall, the Alliance has Saturday, October 11 In Lecture Hall 2, Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, Lertzman said under Bill Ben­ been involved in educating the at 8:15 P.M. (A Vancouver Institute Lecture) nett's government and especially public on the issues concerning the during Tom Waterland's term as Stein,

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Darshan Singh Canadian was 20 workers," said Bjarnason, now aid and for jobs during the depres­ Relatives believe Canadian was years old when he came from India director of the Trade Union sion years. targeted because he criticized Sikh to enroll at UBC in 1937 — one of Research Bureau. In an interview, Shaparla called extremists in Canada. the university's first East Indian Bjarnason was 18 in 1937 when he Canadian a gentle man and "one of When Canadian left for India in students. met Canadian in classes and the best members of the interna­ 1948, he was a Canadian citizen and Last week Canadian was shot and through UBC ^groups including the tional community who studied a vice-president of the IWA in B.C. killed by two attackers as he rode Social Problems Club and the here." At this time he changed his last his bike along a dirt road, near his Canadian Students Assembly. Shaparla said while he went on to name from Sangha to Canadian. village in Punjab, India. Both men Bjarnason remembers Canadian organize in logging camps, Cana­ In the early 1940's, Canadian and escaped. as a charming man and a natural dian worked in sawmills in the other young Sikhs were approached Police believe Sikh extremists leader. Cowichan Lake and Fraser Valley by the Canadian government and killed Canadian, who had visited Willis Shaparla, said he met areas. asked to fight in WWII, relative Vancouver several times since he Canadian in 1937 through the "He was one of the truly original Makhan Tut recalled. returned to India in 1948. Youth Congress. This was a na­ organizers of Ihe International But East Indians at that time tional umbrella movement of young Last year he spoke out publicly in Woodworkers of America in could not become Canadian people working for peace and social Vancouver against terrorists in B.C.," said Shaparla. citizens. Canadian was active lob­ issues, backed by organizations in­ Punjab who use violence to gain an He said Canadian liked B.C. and bying the government to grant cluding the YMCA and the United independent Sikh state they call had family in Vancouver but felt he citizenship and the right to vote to Church. Khalistan. could do more to help people in In­ people of Indian descent. Shaparla, active in the labor dia. Some members of the lower During his 11 years in B.C., movement for many years and a Canadian served three terms in mainland Sikh community held a Canadian worked for the rights of retired UBC physical plant worker the state legislature of the Punjab as memorial service Sunday in Rich­ East Indian woodworkers and said young people in the congress a Communist Party member, mond for him. Darshan Singh Canadian others. He also helped obtain Cana­ dian citizenship in the 1940s for people of Indian descent. Canadian enrolled in first year Social Credits fail to keep dates arts at UBC. He left school in 1938 to work in the lumber industry, and Canadian University Press Fraser this March. the provincial election that both discuss student aid, post-secondary joined the Communist Party of By JAMES YOUNG Agnes Sauter and Brian Shaw Bennett and Fraser used media funding and the closure of the Canada. Socreds make lousy dates. And were members of the Student Issues publicity to give the impression of David Thompson University Centre "I think he ran out of money," voters should know that. Action committee, which organized addressing students concerns while in Nelson, B.C. Bennett agreed to a recalls former classmate Amel Bjar- That's the opinion of students 25 Okanagan College students to doing nothing. preparatory meeting Nov. 11, nason, a UBC graduate who later who organized a sit-in at former occupy Bennett's Kelowna consti­ where he told students and local worked with Canadian in the trade premier Bill Bennett's office last tuency office for six days last Oc­ During the sit-in, students called media it would only take "two union movement. year and who met with post- tober and November. on Bennett to attend a public minutes" to set up the public "He went into the woods and secondary education minister Russ Now they are warning voters in meeting at Okanagan College to forum. The public meeting never hap­ pened. "Bennett co-opted us at the November 11 meeting," said Shaw, now in first year journalism at Van­ couver's Langara College. "He turned it into a big publicity affair for himself," he said. Sauter, now in second year science at UBC agreed. "Bennett never felt compelled to answer any of our questions about educational issues," she said. "It is a clear example by the former leader of the government that students should be wary of pro­ mises given during the election cam­ paign." Following the November meeting, Bennett placed a new con­ dition on the public debate — he said he needed a brief on the stu­ dent's concerns. But neither the brief, nor daily phone calls to the premier's office, nor a series of two minute protests in early March convinced Bennett to honor his earlier promise. The last hope for a meeting was after Bennett retired as premier. "We thought that following the leadership convention, there was the possibility he would contact us," said Sauter. "But there seemed to be no intention on his part to come back to the issue," he said. Sauter and Shaw were further disappointed when 20 Okanagan College students met with post- secondary education minister Russ Fraser in March. "We were enthusiastic at first," said Shaw, "but when Fraser came PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY PLAYER, caught selling the secrets of the as white-clad CIA technicians prepare to inject truth serum into his body. into the meeting, he sat down and it Canuck power play to the Central Red Army hockey team, smiles bravely was like he was going to talk to us on a father-son or father-daughter basis." Faculty salary negotiations underway Shaw said Fraser was sipping tea, didn't take notes, and argued with By EVELYN JACOB $10,000 has been allocated for In 1984, SFU faculty voluntarily Howard Petch said UVIC has lost details in the student presentations. Faculty salary negotiations for faculty merit increases and renewal. took a 2.7 per cent salary cut during more professors than usual this year "He may as well have had his the year have not yet concluded, Faculty association president the Bennett government's con­ because of low salaries. socks off and his feet up on the the head of UBC's negotiating team Barrie Morrison said in a telephone troversial restraint program. desk," said Shaw. "If we can't get our salaries com­ said Monday. interview Thursday that UBC facul­ Neither Shaw nor Sauter saw any Dennis Pavlich said negotiations UBC's board of governors passed petitive with the rest of the country ty salaries have declined by 12 per a motion on August 1 to grant merit better prospects for education between UBC's/^culty association cent in real purchasing power in it will become a real problem," said increases to faculty salaries over the Petch. under the current premier Bill and administration are currently the last three years. Vander Zalm. underway and a decision on faculty next three years — which in addi­ UBC lost 50 professors to other "I am scared of what might hap­ salary increases should be reached "We have to at least get the rate tion to general increases — will raise universities this year, twice as many pen in the next few years to post- by mid-October. of inflation," said Morrison. UBC salaries to competitive levels of other Canadian universities over as last year. secondary education," said Shaw. Pavlich would not comment how Last year, faculty salaries increas­ a five year period. UBC president David Strangway "We have a new premier who much money is involved in the in­ ed by three per cent, less than the rate of inflation. said last Thursday the government smiles and smiles but is just as creases or where the funds will The average salary at UBC last must ensure the universities remain dangerous as Bill Bennett was." come from until the negotiations Simon Fraser university ad­ year was approximately $49,000 competitive by granting adequate "For the last three or four years, are over. He said however that part ministration and the faculty compared with $57,000 at the funding for faculty salary increases. B.C. students have been subjected of the money will come from the association agreed to a 2.9 per cent University of Toronto, and $55,000 "We (UBC) really need help to to the absolute worst post- provincial government's Fund for increase for faculty salaries for the at the University of Alberta. get back in a competitive mode," secondary education system in Excellence in Education, of which next two years. University of Victoria president said Strangway. Canada," he said. Page 4 THE UBYSSEY Friday, October 3, 1986 Education It is difficult to say how important education will prove to be in this election, mainly because the two prime contenders have problems vocalising their ideas, or lack therein of; when one opens his mouth all that comes forth is a blinding Col­ gate optimism, with the other timid apologies. Yet B.C. Liberal leader Art Lee has made a valid point on the subject: B.C.'s economy will (if it is to survive) become knowledge- based. Our hewing and drawing prowess is coming, not to an end, but a mismanaged crisis of debilitating proportions. There are internal (provincial politicians, union leaders, and industry captains) and external forces (federal and foreign politicians) conspiring against us. It is common knowledge that the B.C. economy will have to expand into a diverse set of the technologically specialized industries. In order to achieve this we will need highly trained technical experts. And to train these people we need specialized technical schools. The greatest problem we, and the rest of the world for that matter, face with technology is the supersonic pace at which everything becomes obsolete. The only way to deal with this is to teach the work force to be flexible. Education is once again the panacea. Flexibility requires knowledge in a wide range of fields, most vitally communication skills. Hence the need for strong universities. If all of this seems blatantly obvious ... it is. Yet for the Letters last five years education has suffered at least as much as in­ dustry and the provincial government has made aid to in­ dustry seem Herculean in comparison. Sanctions will hurt blacks Education and the future of this province are inextricably I believe that Janice Kirk government would bear the conse­ Africa apartheid is on the wane. linked. Now if only we could get politicians to go back to (graduate studies) was wrong in quences. I am convinced that the Ten years ago the blacks did not school and out of harms way. writing "do not believe the South majority of black South Africa is have the right to join a union, or to African government's propaganda opposed to divestment and sanc­ travel in the country without a pass; that economic sanctions hurt the tions, and at meetings I have held and this too is no longer so. To black population." (The Ubyssey, throughout the country (attended quote Chief Buthelezi once more: September 26.) It is widely by hundreds of thousands of peo­ recognized, even among pro- ple) I have yet to hear one person "There can be no doubt that the sanctions groups, that sanctions support the tactic." recent (government) political will hurt blacks. Claiming otherwise changes with regard to blacks are Chief Buthelezi is a moderate. He far more than cosmetic. The aboli­ is like claiming that American is not alone in his views. Much of tariffs on B.C. lumber will hurt the tion of influx control, the pass laws the cry for sanctions comes from and the mixed marriages act have LtQT* L>er*s * B.C. government but will not hurt supporters of the banned African been significant in that these laws workers in the lumber industry. National Congress, which believes were virtual backbones of apar­ Here is a recent statement of in armed revolution and which theid." Mangosuthu G. Buthelezi, anti- seeks to make South Africa Socreds sell Hydro apartheid chief of the Zulus, the ungovernable. Sanctions would Barring an extremist Afrikaaner largest tribe in South Africa: make this easier to accomplish. To backlash against the effects of The Davis Plan to deregulate dled with paying off that debt "It (sanctions) is a tactic that will say that Mangosuthu Buthelezi and liberalization and sanctions (the ex­ B.C. Hydro, which was adopted by through increased hydro rates. cause untold hardship and suffering Nelson Mandela do not see eye to tremists are not now in power) the Socred caucus when it met in The Davis-Vander Zalm plan within the black South Africa and eye would be an understatement. apartheid is doomed. It's time to Prince George recently with goes much further than Bill Bennett in our neighbouring black States. I I believe that Ms. Kirk's view of start thinking about what will take Premier Bill Vander Zalm, would ever did. Bennett abandoned the am totally opposed to divestment apartheid as a spreading cancer is its place, and whether or not post- constitute a major sellout of B.C. policy of generating hydro for B.C. and sanctions. Does the West want also wrong. The evidence is that apartheid South Africa will be bet­ hydro resources to private cor­ use only, and replaced it with a us, in the end, to depend on its apartheid of all kinds is decreasing, ter than South Africa is now. porate interests and the United policy of large-scale exports. This charity? We dare not destroy the not increasing. Fifty years ago There's a possibility that it may not States. latest scheme would turn over the economy in bringing about radical public washrooms in the United be; it may even be worse. Look at terests to develop hydro sites all resource to private interests as well change. How will more jobs be States were segregated by race and what happened to Rhodesia after it over B.C. to get cheap power and to as step up exports to the U.S. It created if disinvestment and sanc­ blacks were occasionally lynched; became Zimbabwe. For many export to the U.S. would mean the would threaten B.C.'s dwindling tions are imposed? South Africa's but this is no longer so. Thirty years blacks, I understand, life is much end of any rationally planned over­ agricultural land, fisheries and economy would be permanently ago the aboriginal population of worse than it was before. all energy policy for B.C., which is ecology. damaged (with disastrous human Canada did not have the vote; this Robert R. Christian possible only under public owner­ All in all, the Davis Plan is a very and other results), and any future also is no longer so. Even in South department of mathematics ship. bad deal for B.C. It should be re­ Under the plan announced by jected outright. B.C. Hydro has not Davis, the public will pay for the been a model public utility, but Thomas hired as sports columnist transmission system and provide abandoning public ownership of low transmission costs to the hydro to the profit-seeking private I wish the following to be printed Intramural staff members who have it comes to campus news — ignore private companies. At the same sector would be much worse. B.C. in this Friday's letters section. I dedicated hundreds of hours to this it! That way your simple attempts time those companies would be ex­ Hydro should be reformed but not dare you! event for the benefit and enjoyment at cheap laughs will not cast a dark empt from having'to pay anything abolished. Maurice Rush Why is it that an off-campus of their fellow students. shadow on an otherwise outstan­ toward paying off the huge B.C. B.C. Leader, radio station will report on a major If you don't have it in you to ding campus event. UBC deserves Hydro debt. The public will be sad­ Communist Parly UBC event while our own student report honestly and seriously on a better from its own student newspaper ignores and even insults program which serves over 14,000 newspaper! it? UBC students, faculty and staff, Richard Thomas Last Saturday, the Intramural then why not do what you do when arts 4 Sports Program held its annual THE UBYSSEY Logan Cycle 200. Over 200 cyclists, Hatred mars premier's visit October 3, 1986 representing almost every faculty on campus, competed in an ex­ The hatred and mob-mentality ing "Socreds." A prominent The Ubyssey is published Tuesday and Friday citing, challenging and well- among Bill Vander Zalm's campus Young Socred called another pro­ throughout the academic year by the Alma Mater Socie­ administered competition. CKKS- supporters was disgustingly evident tester a "communist bitch," and ty of the University of British Columbia. Editorial opi­ FM heard about this event, came Wednesday when the premier grac­ then went on to claim that all those nions are those of the staff and are not necessarily those out and aired a report. The ed UBC with an hour-long media who oppose Vander Zalm are "fag­ of the administration or the AMS. Member Canadian Ubyssey, on the other hand, decid­ show filled with platitudes and gots and lesbians." University Press. The Ubyssey's editorial office is SUB ed that no one on campus would devoid of substance. To conclude this happy event, as 241k. Editorial department, 228-2301/2305. Advertising possibly be interested in reading Twenty or so Young Socreds the premier's bus pulled away, all 228-3977/3978. about this unimportant event. But chanting in unison, "Bill! Bill!" the Young Socreds took up the always striving to utilize its stupid was bad enough, as was Vander chant "Communists out!" "What in Pete's sake's going on around here," growled the bemused Svetozar Kontic and three and uninspired sense of "humour", I was shocked by the neanderthal heads turned. "Peter Mehling, Peter Berlin, Peter McDougall, can't we find staff with different Zalm's refusal to talk to any names," asked the ever practical Dave Ferman. "We should recruit people with names like James The Ubyssey editors displayed a students besides his local hacks. But attitudes and gross intolerance of Young, Rory Allen, Steve Chan, Jennifer Lyall or Ron Stewart." "That's right," agreed Michael photograph of the Logan Cycle when some other students began the Young Socreds, and by Vander Groberman. "We should purge all the staffer's whose names no-one can spell," piped up the tolerant with an absolutely inappropriate Rick Hieberty, "Let's purge Muriel Draiaasma, with three As, Michelle Artmann with two Ns and heckling Vander Zalm, and others Zalm's superficiality. If the Socred Robert Beynon with a Y." "Speak for yourself," grunted Malcolm Pearson. "And," suggested and unfunny cutline (September 30, tried to get near to ask questions, campaign has so much hatred in it, Stephanie Lysyk, "what about the people with only half a name like Angus and G. Madden?" "Add to page 3). that all failed Presidential candidates like George Anderson!" burst forth Patti Flather. "What's in a the Socreds began pushing and in­ perhaps it would be best if it stayed name?" Sharon Knapp mused. "Ah yes," replied Chris Ponting, "An Evelyn Jacob by any other name I find your immature sense of sulting. off our campus. Or better still, the would smell so sweet." And that set them all talking . . . except Anya Waite. humour insulting to the many par­ For example, I saw one fellow get province. Kevin Annett : ticipants of this event and to those elbowed and shoved twice for yell­ Vancouver School of Theology Friday, October 3,1986 THE UBYSSEY Page 5

Mysterious thief makes off with Charlie Brown Will the real Charlie Brown, is Career Days — it is a labour of love and a benefit to you. ed that it would be neat to take sense of laughter and joy. Just please stand up? Cartoons are love. It is an annual event where However, when someone takes Charlie Brown, Lucy, Snoopy and remember Charlie Brown, Lucy, marvelous. They really are. They major companies come onto the that simple Charlie Brown, Lucy, the gang home, because you Snoopy and the gang make you see first of all make you laugh. They campus to show that they care Snoopy and the gang (that also hap­ thought it would be great to see yourself as you really are. make you laugh at them. Then they about the student population. Their pens to be Metropolitan Life's cor­ them every Sunday morning (and If you have Snoopy and Gang, make you laugh at yourself. They primary purpose is to recruit you porate display fixture sign and every morning for that matter), you please return them to SUB 216A or make you see yourself as you really (the student). They take the time to worth an enormous amount of have made many people unable to call 228-6256. are. come out and meet with you, saying money), it destroys that one minute laugh, because you haven't let Rosanne Bubas Charlie Brown is famous for that they are the corporate citizens of laughter and joy, not only for the others share your rather foolish President, AIESEC that. Schulz has the marvelous they are and they believe in you. individuals who spent months ability to dissect human nature and It only takes a minute of time to organizing the event, not only for human psychology. He puts in see your potential employers, Metropolitan Life but it also hours of labour to give us only a whereas it takes AIESEC (the Inter­ destroys your chances for future Their liquid legacy minute of laughter and joy. One national Association for Students employment, not only with The recent political trend to col­ minute we see it, the next it is simp­ of Economics and Commerce), six Metropolitan Life, but also with all Liberal era. lect urine in the United States and ly gone, a crumpled piece of the long months to put the event the other corporations who come to However, what is of particular now in Mulroney's ideal Canada is Sunday morning funnies. The fun­ together. A committee of some 40 Career Days. concern is that the only lasting a peculiar one. While Canada has nies that made your day. people work for your benefit. It is legacy of any substance that Reagan been apt to follow in American Synonymous with Charlie Brown on AIESEC's behalf a labour of So that someone, whoever decid­ and Mulroney's government may footsteps it seems we are doing leave behind are their own specimen more of that these days. In bottles. Mulroney's Canada we are even John Pennant Divestment prevents change following American footsteps arts 3 behind the bushes. Apart from the obvious infringe­ On the topic of South Africa it can be arrested without due process Africa would be a form of govern­ See display ment on civil rights that a person is should be said that disinvestment is of a just written law, and who are ment with two equally powerful Fire department display. guilty until proven innocent by the illogical. If a company or corpora­ imprisoned in their own country. houses. One elected on the basis of Tuesday, October 7, 1986, 12:00 test, one must also perform a tion sells its holdings in South These abominations are often population, in which the blacks noon until 1:30 p.m., SUB Plaza. private act in the company of urine Africa someone else will just pur­ grouped under the title of com­ would form the majority, and a se­ W. J. Ferguson analyzers. Psychologists recognize chase them and the business enter­ munism and include the U.S.S.R., Fire Chief cond house elected on the basis of a that sometimes people can not per­ prise will still be operating in South Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, certain number of representatives form this task in front of an au­ Africa except under new manage­ Hungary, Czechoslovakia, per racial group. This second house dience, thus in this Conservative ment. If disinvestment is supposed Rumania, Yugoslavia, Albania, would protect the rights of the land it may imply the person has Oooooops to make the South African govern­ Afghanistan, Mongolia, Vietnam, Chinese, mixed peoples, and whites something to hide. One can almost ment aware of our disapproval of N. Korea, Cambodia, Laos, On Sept. 30, The Ubyssey incor­ in S. Africa. envision the day in Mulroney and its policies then it seems also to be Nicaragua, China, Uganda, Liberia rectly reported the average student Reagan's ideal nations when the an unproductive tactic. If they do (where only blacks are allowed to The West should export debt load increased $1,200 since average worker may spend more not already know that we disap­ vote), and Ethiopia, where the democracy and capitalism for the 1984. The correct amount of the in­ time working up to and providing prove of their policies then I doubt largest army in Africa is maintained good of everyone. crease is $12,000. The person urine then the workers ever spent on that disinvestment will succeed in while the people starve. Dissent is S. Macdonald responsible has had their student the eternal coffee break during the convincing them of this after all the not even allowed to be voiced in arts 3 loan debt tripled. rhetoric on the subject. these states. On the subject of sanctions it For all, democracy, however im­ seems that the politicians are mak­ perfect, is a force for good and ing a moral law for the people to those who would topple it are forces 'HONDA. follow. If South Africa is so awful for evil. I'm not saying that S. then it's up to the people to decide Africa does not need change but in whose products not to buy. a democracy the change should be Also if the S. African govern­ through the system. Willie Mandele SCOOTER SAVER SALE ment is so oppressive then the peo­ (sic) yells for the overthrow of the THEY'RE EASYT0 RIDE. EASYT0 PARK. STINGY ON GAS. 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STUDENT WITH AMS CARD NOW OPEN TILL GET OUR STYLE FOR ONLY B.C.'s 8:00 P.M. FRIDAYS 6Q ftn [CARTER HONDASCOOTER Yes we're open Mondays ?5J.UU DEALER 2105 W. 16th at Arbutus HondaShop App. Phone 734-2343 Under the Granville Bridge, at 4th Ave., Van. 736-4547 Page 6 THE UBYSSEY Friday, October 3,1986 Canadian women join to take back the night By BARB WALDERN ed warships from our harbour. Obsessed over the past few mon­ made" millionaire, we cannot Reaganite reaction and militarism. For seven years, women across Thousands of sailors had roamed ths with Expo 86, they and their forget that this man's millions also We, the Democratic Women's Canada have rallied together under the streets, hustling women and mass media brag about the pro­ come from the worst sort of por­ Union, call upon all women to take the slogan "Take Back the Night" displaying typical arrogance and fiteering done at the expense of the nography. up the all-sided struggle of the to express our outrage against the chauvinism. The crimes they com­ public purse, and try to cover up the We must ensure that the Vander working class and people — men, violence, indignities, humiliation mit during each "visit" include growing provincial debt to create il­ Zalm government is defeated in the women and youth — for our and discrimination of women and many crimes against women and lusions about our future. Mean­ next election. He represents the democratic right to a livelihood and girls. girls. while, many of the youth have been most degenerate, racist and selfish to have our say on all the questions This year's protest, held on the The source of their violence is not reduced to low paid pedicab drivers interests directly linked to facing the people. evening of September 19 in the nature of men — it is more pro­ downtown Vancouver, brought found; it stems from the very nature together about 700 very spirited of the social system here, which is women. Our contingent of based on making profits for the perspectives party a little, party a lot Democratic Women's Union mar­ rich. It is a matter of great concern that the Vander Zalm government ched alongside many other groups, and waitresses and decreased educa­ keeps an ex-admiral and military such as "Women against Violence tion funds make it harder for them earl's place strategist as its economic lobbyist in against Women" and the to get higher education. The whole Ottawa. The government is clearly "Downtown Eastside Women's government policy of "tourism" is looking to militarize B.C., allowing Centre", as well as many in­ bankrupt — it is based on the entire 10th Ave/Trimble warships here and supplying the dividuals of all ages. province prostrating itself before U.S. war machine, as a "way out" Such inspiring moments show foreigners to serve their whims and tel: 222-1342 of the deepening economic crisis how mighty a force is womankind, pleasures. It is a big source of strangling our province. Poverty and how important it is to the violence to women and girls. overall struggle of the entire people and mass unemployment are major to overcome the crisies in our socie­ factors leading to violence in the The rich in B.C. also consciously fresh, fresh food ty today. home, divorce and many crimes promote pornography. While they celebrate their heroes, the likes of This demonstration follows the committed against women and Jimmy Pattison, the alleged "self- partyroom seats 15-50 departure of nine U.S. nuclear arm­ children. IBM-XT COMPATIBLES' NORA SYSTEMS* IBM PC XT COMPATIBLE SYSTEM 640K MEMORY 8088 (4.77 MHz) PROCESSOR 2-360K DISK DRIVES DISK CONTROLLER CARD MULTI I/O CARD (P/S/G/CLK) HERCULES COMPATIBLE CARD OR COLOR GRAPHICS CARD KB-5150 XT TYPE KEYBOARD $1,299 TURBO SYSTEM SAME AS ABOVE WITH 8 MHZ Student Special! PROCESSOR RUNS 60% FASTER $1,399

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Dick Darlene on October 22. Gathercole Marzari ick Gathercole represented ttl here isn't a faculty environmentalists in the member or a student in D Meares Island case. He T Point Grey that hasn't Your education went to court for the Queen been affected by the irrational Charlottes Islands Protection Socred financing of universities," Society at the recent offshore oil says New Democrat candidate hearings. A graduate of the Darlene Marzari. depends on it. University of Toronto and the "There isn't a parent in Point London School of Economics, he Grey that can't be incensed by traded in his corporate law what the Socreds have done to practice to set up storefront legal education. And there can't be clinics that provided help to anybody in Point Grey that's seen women's groups, the poor and Pat McGeer for the last 15 years." Central American refugees. He is Former Vancouver Alderman currently Executive Director and Darlene Marzari will bring the General Counsel of the B.C. ethics to government that have Public Interest Advocacy Centre. placed her on the Board at He has used his nearly 20 years Vancity Savings Credit Union's of legal experience on behalf of successful Mutual Ethical Growth consumers, seniors and anti- Fund. A city planner and poverty groups during B.C. Hydro businessperson, with degrees from and B.C. Tel rate hearings. And U.B.C. and the London School of as a teacher of communications Economics Darlene Marzari law at U.B.C, Dick Gathercole understands Point Grey. knows what poor government has done to higher education and he is committed to reversing the decline. Point Grey

Join the party! Our campaign office is at 3128 West Broadway. Phone: 732-7600. DmocmtB Friday, October 3,1986 THE UBYSSEY Page 7 WITCH #i# CTOR By Paracelsus is a long, predictable, pedan- tege. Mulligan crafts the maturation of Franz toc, often insulting, true story of a healer in with great care. MICHAEL Renaissance Switzerland named Paracelsus. Franz is, at first, the idealistic youth, Paracelsus takes the unusual, scientific ap­ fascinated by a remarkable teacher. When his GROBERMAN proach to treatment rather than follow the teacher is attacked and discredited, Franz useless religious theories of the practicing becomes a zealot, following his mentor still. doctors of the time. The town establishment But an older Franz lovingly, and with enor­ Canadian playwright George Ryga's aging despises Paracelsus for being different, and mous pain, recognizes his teacher's virgin Paracelsus, had its first date Saturday conspires to discredit him and destroy his dangerous arrogance and leaves him. Franz night and left its audience frustrated and practice. This they do and later, because they realizes that Paracelsus' character continues disappointed. hate him so much, they kill him too. to attract deep animosity, and Franz wants to Ryga, who wrote the wildly successful Ryga's script is still bleeding from its re­ be a healer, not a martyr. The Ecstacy of Rita Joe in 1967, published cent emergency surgery. It has fixed sections Christopher Gaze and Christina Paracelsus in 1974: an unwieldly four hour of action which leap, undeveloped, into the Jastrzembska play the two contemporary play with an enormous cast of 30. Nobody next section. The "Paracelsus the good doctors in Ryga's intelligence-insulting, touched it. healer" scene leads into the "Paracelsus the brow-beat-t he-audience-with-"relevance" arrogant prick who insults the council" scene play. The two wander out to the edge at the Paracelsus which leads into the "discredited Paracelsus right side of the stage every twenty minutes in By George Ryga does Bob Hope" scene (he mocks an evil con­ order to engage in some insipid dialogue in Directed by John Juliani spirator's dress, "Oh magistrate with an out- which Gaze, the doctor who hates humanity Vancouver Playhouse sized sack on your head."), then to the and heals for bucks, causes the idealistic until October 25 "Paracelsus as wise old father of modern Jastrzembska's character much consterna­ medicine" scene. tion. Their unfolding tale includes a doctor's Enter the Expo86 World Festival. The The character of Paracelsus in each scene strike (nice subtlety, George), which the government of Canada offered the Van­ is unrelated to the same character in other idealist considers wrong, and so she drinks couver Playhouse $250,000 to produce an scenes. Playwright Ryga has been unable to wine and plays the guitar. original Canadian play for the festival. incorporate a complete character into one Richard Cook's set is an impressive, im­ Next, commission Sharon Pollock, author role, and so has given us a tiresome parade of posing wall of romanesque arches supporting of Blood Relations, to write a musical version characteristics. a walkway seven feet high at the back of the of the Greek comedy Lysistrata. She couldn't August Schellenberg's portrayal of stage. Flights of stairs on each end of the write the script fast enough. She's cancelled Paracelsus is as inconsistent as the script. walkway bring the actors forward onto the in June. Shellenberg is the healer, then the prick, then main stage level. Now the Playhouse has $250 thousand and the dirty old discredited man, then the noble Given these two levels for action, director no play. Playhouse artistic director Walter old physician. Schellenberg's loyalty to a John Juliani ignores the higher level, except Learning asks director John Juliani if he'd flawed script is remarkably dumb. He does to have every entrance made down those like to try Paracelsus. An excited Juliani ap­ not look for depth, for a centre of his damn stairs. Everyone, it seems, is always go­ proaches Ryga who steps out from the character, but instead parades the ing downstairs. shadow of Rita Joe to slash nearly two hours characteristic of the moment back and forth Juliani seems out of control with this from his monster play: He left half a across the stage, condescendingly ghastly piece of writing. The story is monster. establishing for the audience another facet of fragmented, the hero unlikable, and the ingnd plaudis pnuio the great healer's character. elevated language dull. Strong performances are given by Duncan Juliani needed to help his lead actor find a Fraser and Brian Mulligan. Fraser is the evil, centre, and he needed to give the play overall establishment doctor who leads the con­ tone which says something about one of spiracy against Paracelsus. Delightfully Ryga's themes. Juliani needed to concentrate Film discusses sex despicable. his direction on one message. Unfortunately Mulligan is Franz, Paracelsus' young pro- the only overall tone this production has is By PETER BERLIN notably the opening credits. But for the superficial one of heavy, historical, Man- No member of faculty has ever the most part the film is intimate for-all-Seasons, type drama. But this text, made sexual advances at me. and conversational — and the con­ and the performances of it, fall far short of Perhaps, on the evidence of Le versation deals with sex. deserving his tone. Declin de L'Empire Americain (The Arcand gives his intellectual and celebrates Look that up in your dictionary of literary Decline of the American Empire) characters script, packed with fun­ terms. It's called a mock epic. that makes me a rare student. ny lines and deft characterisation. and hilarious sex-education lecture. He displays an academic turn of his While all the cast is excellent in The Decline of the American Em­ own in the neat, symmetrical way a film which demands fine-tuned pire he arranged the plot. acting, Dorothee Berryman as the Directed by Denys Arcand The film opens with the four men wife constantly turning away at the close friendships Varsity, Royal Centre preparing an elaborate dinner at the last moment rather than confirm country house on Lake Mem- her husband's infidelity gives a par­ The film depicts a weekend in the phremagog. Scenes there are inter­ ticularly subtle performance. Mario is the current partner of screen (although one scene fn a country and the afternoon im­ cut with scenes of the four women Arcand offers us his thesis early Dominique the mature graduate massage parlour gets very near the mediately preceding it for five pro­ bodybuilding back in Montreal. in the film. The woman professor student. He hangs around in the knuckle). fessors of history, two graduate The three male professors are giving has written a just published work afternoon listening to the boys talk By the end all the characters see students, an undergraduate and a the naive graduate student an eye- which argues the modern emphasis and returns during dinner, refuses the poverty of the sexual relation­ faculty wife. They are all intelligent, opening lecture on the theory and on sex is a product of the desire for their offer of food and wine, then ships that oppress them, but at the articulate, witty and, with one ex­ practise of sex. One is gay, the other instant pleasure which characterises announces that with all the talk of same time the film celebrates the ception, oversexed. two have worked their way through all great empires as they go into ir­ sex he had expected an orgy not richness of friendships. The subject The film was written and directed every eligible woman in their reversible decline — hence the more conversation. When he wants may be sex but the conversation, by Denys Arcand most of whose department with Remy doing the film's title. to fuck, he announces, he fucks warm, witty and smart is the film's previous work has been for the bulk of the hard work. But Arcand, like a good prof, rather than talks, and he leaves. centre. The film is a special treat. CBC. He makes the transition to Meanwhile the three academic suggests an antithesis. To balance But, this is not a movie about Who would have thought a room­ the big screen triumphantly. There women are giving Remy's faithful all the intellectuals he brings in a fucking. A rarity for a modern ful of history profs could be so are some visually striking scenes, wife Louise similarly outrageous self-proclaimed real man, Mario. movie, there is no explicit sex on the much fun? Loyalties suffer from implausible relationships By SHARON KNAPP Lily (Susan Wooldridge) is lonely resolution is undercut by the im- Over, and Lily irritates us because probable that Rosanne would not An upperclass Englishwoman and overwhelmed by trying to keep plausibility of the women's rela­ she is always smiling anxiously and feel a little suspicious and resentful and her doctor husband arrive in her family together. She reaches out tionship. trying to gain approval from so­ of a white woman who blythely tells northern Alberta with their three to Rosanne Ladouceur (Tantoo However, Riis has written a good meone. However, as Loyalties un­ her, "Oh yes, I have pots of children, their Jaguar, and their Cardinal), the local Metis she has cliffhanger which unfolds at a folds, we discover that Lily has money," and then offers her $4.00 grand piano. A fourth son, still at hired to help with her children. carefully measured pace. She has every reason to be hysterical, and an hour to mind her three children. boarding school in the Old Coun­ While Rosanne has family problems the audience sitting on the edges of we despise David's Machiavellian Likewise, we don't see Lily grap­ try, will soon join them. of her own, she copes much better their seats, waiting for the horrific courtesy. pling with any class or racial pre­ than Lily. and inevitable climax, and praying While Riis and Wheeler depict judices in her own dealings with Loyalties Confused loyalties are what that it will be averted. The arrival of the undercurrents between the Sut­ Rosanne. It is strange that a film Directed by Ann Wheeler result when the director and the the Sutton's eldest child brings new tons very well, the development of that talks about alcoholism, wife Written by Sharon Riis writer of a screenplay have different complications. Just what is Daddy's Lily and Rosanne's friendship re­ battering and rape ignores an issue Park Theatre visions about the focus of the film. secret? mains unconvincing. This is ag­ that would certainly come up in a Writer Sharon Riis scripted an The foreshadowing is well done, gravated by the inexplicable omis­ cross-cultural friendship. It would Almost everything is wrong with Alfred Hitchcock-type mystery and the relationship between the sion of an advertised, crucial scene add credibility if the characters had this picture. Doctor David Sutton about an English family who move Suttons is developed with subtlety where Lily saves Rosanne from articulated some preconceptions, (Kenneth Welsh) has a nasty secret to a small Canadian town and hire a and irony, as when, during a par­ drowning. After seeing the ads that and then moved beyond them. which has caused their exile, and local woman to work for them. ticularly strained dinner for two, used this as their subject, I was The sight of Rosanne embracing makes them shun the other families Director Ann Wheeler chose Riis to Lily breaks down and wails "But I distracted from the story by Lily as if all is forgiven — only in town who have ties to England. develop a story about two women. have no friends!" and her husband wondering how I had missed it. - hours after her whole world has Things are not what they first The resulting marriage between smiles reassuringly and says, There is little emotional warmth been shattered by her association seem between the good doctor and the visions of Riis and Wheeler is "Don't worry, Lily, you've got generated between Lily and with the Suttons rings false. Riis' his wife, either. Although she looks every bit as uneasy as the relation­ me." Rosanne, since Lily is so desparate mystery has a fitting resolution, but as though she stepped from the ship between the Suttons. In the Initially, David Sutton's boyish to keep up appearances that she' Wheeler's tale of friendship has an pages of a Laura Ashley catalogue, end, the strength of the mystery's charm and helpful nature win us shares very little of herself. It is im­ overly contrived happy ending. Page 8 THE UBYSSEY Friday, Oct< To be young, Jewish & lustful By VALERIE WESTFALL Our hero is Eugene, an over- ly: Eugene's mother Kate, full of sick little "Jewish Princess"; and Despite a few blown lines, Jason Ah, youth! Innocence, imagina­ imaginative, over-enthusiastic and Jewish wisdom ("Worriers always Nora, Eugene's sixteen year old Prior excells as the quirky Eugene. tion, the quest for the Golden over-sexed fifteen year old. Set in marry fainters"); his older brother cousing who longs to be a danger, He is enthusiastic — almost to the Palace of the Himalayas . . . 1937 in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, Stan, who is in danger of losing his and after whose budding breasts point of overdoing it — but never Brighton Beach Memoirs, a semi- the play revolves around Eugene job; and his father Jack, who has Eugene secretly lusts. forced. His performance accounts autobiography by Neil Simon, is a and his family, whose personalities just lost his job. Living with them is Largely a comedy of situations, for a number of eye-watering, charming performance about fami­ and problems are revealed through the sweet but ineffectual Aunt Blan­ the play is not without its dramatic stomach-holding laughs. ly relations,"being Jewish, the Great his diary. che, whose husband died six years moments, as differences are aired Depression, and youthful lust. In the first act we meet this fami­ ago; Blanche's daughter Laurie, a and conflicts resolved. Brighton Beach Memoirs By Neil Simon Directed by Bill Millerd Arts Club Granville Island

Janet Wright as Kate brings a stereotypical Jewish mama to life, and is a perfect contrast to Blanche, whose development from a weak dependant to a woman of increas­ ing self-confidence is portrayed more than competently by Sheila Moore. Movement on stage is well- directed and wholly natural. The set, a two-story house complete with bathroom and backyard, is a mammoth example of realism. Designer Ted Roberts pays great at­ tention to detail, from a birdhouse in the tree outside to knicknacks and postcards on the shelves. The effect is somewhat like peering into a stranger's home — one where the atmosphere is warm and love is prevalent. The Arts Club has made an ex­ cellent choice for its season opener. Heartwarming and funny, Brighton Beach Memoirs is an endearing coming-of-age story. It will be in­ teresting to see if the Arts Club pro­ duces the rest of Neil Simon's semi- autobiographical trilogy, which in­ cludes Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound. Oh, and what is the Golden Palace of the Himalayas? Go see the play Matlin performs brilliantly in and find out. romantic portrayal of deaf woma By STEPHANIE LYSYC that their differences entail. the deaf. It is reminiscent of his role An oralist, James concentrates Don't be frightened away by the However the movie is surprisingly as an "aware" seventies sociologist on encouraging his students to suspiciously "introducing Helen sparing of sentimentality and of in "Altered States". The film's love speak. This succeeds for the majori­ Keller" sounding theme of heavy moralizing judgements. scenes sizzle. ty of the class. But Sarah, a student, "Children of a Lesser God". The evolution of both Sarah and James and Sarah not only offer a refuses to speak and James refuses of James forms the interest of the refreshing film romance, they also to accept her preference of sign over speech. Children of a Lesser God action. Matlin, who starred in the present opposing sides of the ongo­ The film's serious tone is balanc­ Directed by Randa Haines stage production written by ing polemic in deaf education: ed by some lighter scenes: slightly Vancouver Centre playwright Mark Medoff, superbly should deaf children be pressed to portrays her character's transition speak in order to communicate and off-beat kids dancing and singing True, the film, centering on the from Angry Young Sarah to Sarah integrate quickly, or should they be motownishly, and Hurt's constant relationship between deaf/mute Loving and Confident. Matlin is a encouraged to develop their in­ and consistantly bad jokes. Sarah (Marlee Matlin) and hear­ rivetting actress. Hurt performs tellectual skills before undertaking The beautiful cinematography ing/talking James (William Hurt), equally well in his role as an en­ the long, difficult process of learn­ was shot in Ontario and New inevitably explores the difficulties thusiastic experimental teacher of ing how to speak. Brunswick.

TO Russian ph music does By ANYA WAITE Romantic music should be played with power, right? Not necessarily. Russian pianist Mikhail Rudy proved in his Vancouver debut on Sunday night that force is not a prerequisite for intensity, that power can be eschewed in favour of sheer fineness of technique. If tran­ quility can be arresting, this man was electric.

Vancouver Recital Society Concert Pianist: Mikhail Rndy Vancouver Playhouse September 21

The program began with Schubert's Sonata in A major, Op. 120. Rudy fell easily into the hints of Mozart's lyricism in Schubert's MARLEE MATLIN AND William Hurt embrace on the screen. building cadences. The first )ber3,1986 THE UBYSSEY Page 9 Torvill & Dean dazzle

By CASSANDRA FREEMAN separate entity. Music, motion, and Torvill and Dean's. After the finale and a standing could not help but almost hear them Jayne Torvill and Christopher emotion are as one. In The Last Song and Torro both ovation, the clearly exhausted Tor­ saying "Do we really have to do this Dean stunned the skate world in Toward the end of the work couples performed some dangerous vill and Dean performed a one AGAIN?! It was a somewhat 1984 when they won the Olympic Dean crouches on the ice leaning but smooth combinations that left dignified but extensively watered disappointing end to an otherwise Gold medal for ice dancing with back on his fingertips as he glides the attentive audience eager to see down version of their Olympic win­ exciting encounter with some of the their daring and innovative artistry. backwards with Torvill kneeling more of them. ning routine to Ravel's Bolero. One world's greatest artists on skates. They lived up to their reputation on his lap. It looks effortless, but it Tuesday night, with an entourage is an incredible feat of balance and of 15 international skaters before a control. Audience members release Coliseum audience of 8,000. a collective sigh of relief as the mo­ In the opening work, Paso Do­ ment ends and the lovers fall into bie, Dean captured all the fire, ar­ each others arms. rogance and grace of the Spanish Unfortunately, this rich and matador. Torvill, playing his in­ moving performance was countered animate cape was flung around the with parts of the program that suf­ arena, sliding across the ice on her fered from uncreative or inap­ stomach as Dean finally threw her propriate choreography. These off with toreador flair and moments belonged almost ex­ machismo. clusively to the corp de ballet. In the Song of India, for exam­ Torville and Dean ple, there was no serious attempt to Pacific Coliseum capture the flavour of traditional September 26 Indian dance. There were a few token Indian dance steps and In Tango, the two were gestures, but on the whole this piece delightfully playful and was a superficial, showy display of melodramatic as they tried to trip complicated patterns and lifts by 10 each other up and tango at the same skaters dressed in colourful time. costumes. The moves included But Torvilli and Dean are at their elevated female bhuddas and slalom best when they show off their con­ style skating through a chain of siderable technical and artistic skills human obstacles. in a slow and sensual pas de deux like Encounter. Surely a higher level of art could Torvill is wearing a short simple have been attained with such white dress to match Dean's flow­ talented skaters. Rimski- ing peasant blouse and loose brown Korsakov's choice of music sound pants. They begin lying together on ed more like a circus than a reflec­ the ice; Dean wakes her with a gen­ tion of traditional Indian musical tle caress and they leisurely glide scales or rhythms. across the ice together expressing Once out of the corps de ballet the perfect innocent and gentle joy Kelly Johnson and Jonathon of young love. Thomas as well as Lea Ann Miller Even when skating apart the two and William Fauver deserve lovers move together in perfect syn­ honourable mention for their pas de chronization; they are so attuned to deux's. Their-masterful artistry and the music that it ceases to exist as a technique were a close second to TORVILL AND DEAN decide to crush all opposition in upcoming NHL season by implementing radical new skating style. Symphony surges, rises, falls and tantalizes audience

By ANYA WAITK paced the first movement perfectly, swell more, to be smoother and less A rich, resonant sound greeted a and rounded the sectional rhythms mathematical. large crowd at the Orpheum into unity. The trumpet solo, dif­ Individually there were excellent Theatre on Sunday for the Van­ ficult and exposed, was fumbled in performances: the upper strings couver Symphony Orchestra's the opening by Jerold Gerbrecht, coming in with the theme and varia­ opening performance of the season. though he fell quickly into a better tions in the latter part of the move­ Though occasionally lacking in tone. ment were fine and strong, though musical contrast, the orchestra perhaps more delicacy initially managed a beautifully textured per­ Vancouver Symphony Orchestra would have added force to the formance of Bach's Brandenburg Conducted by Rudolf Barshai building climax, and the lovely Concerto No. 2 and a powerful Orpheum Theatre tones and textures in the violins. Symphony No. 6 in A minor by September 28, 29, 30 The Scherzo, again well-played, Mahler. seemed a little square. But already The Brandenburg opened with The second movement began the tone of the piece was changing. beautiful tone in the string section. And by the third movement the real WILL AND DEAN continue to amaze. The conductor, Rudolph Balshi, with a sweet violin-oboe duet joined subsequently by the flute, rising force of Mahler's work was let almost soulfully out of the Allegro, loose; the winds soared into spec­ more subdued after the opening tacular solos — the rich french horn insf Rudy proves romantic movement. The solo work in section, (nine horns) and the wood­ general (both here and in the winds were arresting — and the or­ Mahler) was outstanding, par­ chestra came together into true not have to be played with power ticularly in the woodwinds, with musical unity with some very sen­ sitive moments. Especially the clos­ dynamic overindulgence so temp­ reaching triple forte, but Rudy warm sound in both flute and oboe. noticeable element of his style was ing lines of the movement which ting in emotional works of this managed a commanding interpreta­ But again the fine trio sound was the astonishing delicacy of his became, magically, very soft. touch, the controlled strike of each kind. tion without once hardening his marred slightly by an imperfect key so finely tuned that each note Rudy better illustrated this with delicate tone. trumpet entry into the last move­ The final movement was the piece sang clear like a bell. Even the for- the last work before the intermis­ The very consistency of Rudy's ment, though Gerbrecht recovered de resistance, with superb work by tissimos never sounded percussive sion, Chopin's Sonata in B Flat style is potentially problematic. quickly and managed a fine blen­ Dennis Miller on the tuba and or abrupt. Minor. Understatement was never What is mesmerizing runs the risk ding of sound later on. otherwise exemplary brass. The per­ Schubert of course demands this so effective. Rudy paced the third of becoming dull, and what is tran­ The orchestra could have used cussion section took top prize for precise smoothness, but it is infre­ movement, the famous "Marche quil, uniform. He must retain his more colour, more dynamic con­ comic relief, when two great swings quently achieved to this extent. Un­ Funebre", with a soft virtuosity present intensity for this work to re­ trast. Dynamics are essential to of a huge drum mallet at climatic fortunately the lightness of his that rendered it mesmerizing. He main powerful. shade a piece as rhythmically moments almost sent one percus­ touch on one occasion made a run­ blazed into the finale for a rousing The excellence of the Liszt encore uniform as the Brandenburg, but sionist sprawling to the stage. The ning scale passage indistinct, but release. suggests that this may be his home Nalshi never really achieved a con­ french horns were again outstan­ this proved an exception. Brahms' Six Piano Pieces was an territory. It and the Chopin were vincing piano. ding, with a couple of sonorous, In the following Chopin Noc­ eclectic collection of short, con­ clearly the highlights of his perfor­ This problem was more pro­ swelling passages that were turne (in D Flat Major, Op. 27, No. trasting pieces played successfully mance. nounced in the Mahler for different breathtaking. The softest note in 2), Rudy's deeply peaceful inter­ without any of the distinction of the Rudy's noteworthy recital is the reasons. The work's power and the entire performance was just pretation had beneath it the subtle Chopin. The final piece, the Sonata first of a series at the Vancouver length require contrasting drops to before the drive to: the finale. This suggestion of a tension that made it No. 7 in B Flat Major by Prokofiev, Playhouse this season. The next pianissimo, both for relief from its was the climax of the evening. rivetting. Rudy achieved the was good. It would seem impossible performance in the series, on Oc­ intensity, and to accentuate the The VSO received rousing ap­ remarkable: a sensititve understan­ to bring off this most difficult, driv­ tober 5th, features the Italian surging rise and fall of the music. plause for a promising opening per­ ding of the piece without the ing, energetic work without once pianist, Andrea Lucchesini. The opening movement needed to formance. Page 10 THE UBYSSEY Friday, October 3,1986 Depo-Provera investigation secret By MICHELLE LALONDE recommendations to the govern­ Temporary or permanent infertili­ orgasm. While a loss of libido Worried the drug would be and MELINDA WITTSTOCK ment. "We're looking at the whole ty, anemia, diabetes, uterine would probably not be tolderated quickly and silently approved Canadian University Press area of fertility control, not only disease, permanent damage to the by most men, population experts without adequate research or con- The federal government has been Depo-Provera," the Health and pituitary gland, lowered resistance and Upjohn managers — sulation, the Coalition presented holding a series of closed-door Welfare consultant said. to infection, deformities in offspr­ predominantly men — are willing to four demands to federal Health meeting on contraception which Depo-Provera, a synthetic hor­ ing, severe mental depression, as inflict this on women. Male sex of­ Minister Jake Epp last year. The critics say are a "sham" — merely mone manufactured by the well as cervical, endometrial and fenders who have been ad­ Coalition wanted information in an attempt to deflect attention away U.S.-based multinational Upjohn breast cancer are some of the ministered the drug as a "cure" the hands of Health and Welfare from a demand for public hearings Co., is currently used in over 80 reported long term effects of the have called Depo "chemical castra­ Canda and Upjohn to be made on the pending approval for the use countries and has been given to over drug. tion." public, public hearings on the drug of controversial drug Depo-Provera ten million women in the Third A 1981 study by Dr. Donald Zar- Depo is administered by injection composed of medical as well as con­ as a contraceptive in Canada. World for birth control, with the fas, a professor of pediatrics and every three months and works sumer representatives, and a Health and Welfare Canada is approval of the World Health psychiatry at the University of similarly to the Pill. It inhibits guarantee that the safety of the presently winding up a series of one Organization (WHO) and the Inter­ Western Ontario, found that the ovulation by suppressing hormones drug be firmly established before its day, "invitation-only" meetings national Planned Parenthood reate of breast cancer was 25 times to the pituitary gland. After discon­ certification in Canada. this month in six Canadian cities, Federation (IPPF). above average in the institutionaliz­ tinuation of the drug, a women's But the Coalition's demands fell aimed at assessing the risks and But the U.S. Food and Drug Ad­ ed handicapped women in Canada body takes from six to eighteen on deaf ears. Not only have the benefits of using Depo-Provera and ministration (FDA) disallowed the who had been given the drug — months to become fertile again. The meetings been closed, but concern­ making recommendations on the drug because tests on animals over "usually without their informed injections last for three months so if ed groups also expressed disap­ controversy to senior Health and the past 15 years indicate the drug consent," he wrote. any negative side effects arise, a pointment that there had been no Welfare officials. The Canadian causes cancer. That the drug is fit Short term effects include weight woman must suffer through them attempt by the government to Coalition on Depo-Provea, an um­ for the use of Third World women gain or loss, abdominal discomfort, until the injection wears off. See page 11: Contraceptive brella group of 75 organizations but not white women in the U.S. nausea, headaches, loss of hair, across the country opposed to the has lead many critics to the conclu- limb pain, disruption of the menstrual cycle, vaginal discharge and the spotty darkening of facial "I didn't have any choice about taking it. How skin. DEYONG FOLLOW was I going to stop them? I experienced ali The drug also causes a loss or kinds of side effects while on the drug — decrease of sexual libido and/or YOUR NO'S. depression, loss of appetite, kidney haemor­ RED LEAF RENTALS No High Prices, No Hassles, • Party Systems No Appointments, rhage . . ." 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"They've been set up only Deborah Van Wyck of the Cana­ I Sundays and Holidays ' 5706 University Blvd. 4:00 p m. 9 p.m. Mention this ad and to sidetrack the Coalition's request dian Coalition, "Upjohn is treating 2142 Western Parkway . receive 10% off rental 222-1688 Canada as a Third World dumping UBC Village for public hearings about Depo," a Opposite Chevron Station Toronto representative of the ground. It's hoping a well-funded, 271 East 2nd Ave. Vancouver M-TH 8-9 F 8-6 Sat 10-6 Sun 11-6 Coalition told reporters outside the well-cloaked lobby will result in the Sept. 15 Toronto meeting. certification of the controversial "They're a mockery of democratic drug here, where it failed in the INT! process." U.S.," she said. Nettwerk/Capitol Recording Artists But Karen Kennedy, coordinator Used by doctors in Canada since and chair of the meetings, respond­ the '60s to treat endometriosis and ed to the criticism levelled at the cancer, as well as to stop the GRAPES OF WRATH process by telling reporters outside menstrual bleeding of mentally han­ With the Toronto meeting that the panel dicapped and physically disabled will discuss a wide range of birth women, Depo-Provea boasts a BOLERO LAVA control issues and not make any myriad of adverse side effects. and special guests THE WATERWALK FRIDAY OCT. 3 • UBC SUB BALLROOM Tickets now on sale thru Zulu/Odyssey & AMS Box Office. 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From page 10 base upon which the government to be injected were promised a never told her anything aobut the publicize the meetings and that hopes to decide, along with con­ chicken — a powerful inducement drug or its side effects. "I didn't some of the invited groups had not sumer input and consumer in a camp where refugees are fed have any choide about taking it. been given adequate time to prepare representation in such a decision," about four ounces of meat a week,'' How was 1 going to stop them? I ex­ their submissions to the panel. the DAWN submission Over Our the article in Healthsharing pointed perienced all kinds of side effects Health and Welfare official Nes Dead Bodies states. out. while on the drug — depression, Lubinsky told angry women turned "Too many times drugs have The closed meetings in Canada loss of appetite, kidney haemor­ away from the meeting in Toronto been prematurely approved in teh are perhaps a symbolic reminder rhage .-. ." past after intense lobbying by drug that the meetings were closed "en­ that agencies such as the IPPF and Depo-Provera critics say women companies," says Van Wyck, poin­ tirely for the protection of the WHO and companies like Upjohn must be better informed of con­ Thanks to everyone who par­ ting to the fact that the Advisory groups who are presenting. We are not properly informing women traceptive methods and consulted in ticipated in this year's exciting UBC Committee on Reproductive Softball Tournament. want them to feel free to speak their about the drug. Many women users decision making, as they are the Physiology, which has recommend­ minds," he said. of Depo are not even told they are ones most affected by drugs like The upcoming Co-Rec Wallyball ed the certification of Depo twice, Wingding promises to be just as "That's a load of crap," Joanne being given the drug, let alone what Depo-Provera. Although men con­ "has Upjohn people on it." much fun! Doucette of the Toronto Disabled is possible side effects are. trol most information on Depo and Women's Network (DAWN), one But Dr. Jack Waiters, an Ottawa A special thanks to Old Milwaukee Over Our Dead Bodies regulate its use throughout the for their generous participation. of the groups that made a submis­ gynecologist and the chair of the documents many cases of handicap­ world, women are calling on the sion to the panel. "We argued with Advisory Committee, says women ped women in Canada that have government to heed their concerns, (/(DC MM/KMOU •. • them for half an hour this morning opposed to the drug are "overreac­ been administered the drug without and to put more time, money and about public meetings." Doucette ting." According to all scientific their consent. Carolyn Colbourne, energy into finding safer, surer said none of the groups presenting data on the drug, he says, the drug a member of DAWN who was on methods of birth control. briefs to the panel had raised any is as safe as the Pill. the drug for four years, says they But is the government listening? objection to opening the meetng to Squires says that if Depo is ap­ the public and media. proved, it will probably be used by But Kennedy said at least two women who cannot take the Pill groups — one n Halifax; the other because they are over 35 and/or ON SALE in Calgary — had said they would smoke. not make a presentation if the Walters thinks Depo is a "good New Zealand's Finest meetings were open to the media, contraceptive method" for women Sale Starts Saturday Oct. 4th thru Oct. 18th but she refused to name the two who are "uneducated." For in­ groups. "We felt we had to be con­ stance, he says, there are "very few sistent across the country," she black women in South Africa who said. would understand how to take the Sylvia Gold, president of the Pill." Canadian Advisory Council on the But black women in South Africa Status of Women said he group have charged that the drug is being "would have preferred open forceably administered to them by meetings so that our recommenda­ government-funded family plann­ tions regarding research into con­ ing agencies. Dr. Nthato Motlana, a THE LYDIARD "LASER" RUNNING SHOE traception could be reported to the black South African physician, told ONETIME ONLY public." the Toronto magazine Healthshar- MIRAGE WHISPER Many groups were concerned ing in the fall of 1982 that Depo- Size 6-13 reg. $79.50 SALE $45.00 Size3%-12 reg. $54.50 SALE $32.50 that the panel was formed entirely Provera shots are being given to SEPTRE of medical practitioners, two of young black girls "without even LADY BLUE-PINK Size5V4-13 reg. $79.50 SALE $45.00 1 whom had already expressed their asking their consent." Size4-6 /4 $62.50 SALE $37.50 approval for the certification of Also BREEZ Meanwhile, at an IPPF- Opened toed runner WHISPER Depo for contraceptive use. "These sponsored clinic in Thailand, *o« rr« limited sizes $28.00 Red alround $29.50 are not the neutal experts the 60,000 women have received Depo government has promised," read a injections. 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July is selected as the best well, statistics are not kept for more on government assistance," ment is still promoting itself for set­ on July's employment statistics, month to guage the student job Prince Edward Island. he said. "Many students will have a tling regional differences, but which show the unemployment rate market. These rates also do not reflect the hard enough time finding a job hasn't proven it through its youth for returning students this year was Wright says the federal govern­ type of work available to students. when they graduate, let alone employment schemes. the lowest reported since Statistics ment is riding an economic recovery "If you worked an hour in this repaying their student loan." "They've always said they were Canada began counting the student in Ontario to promote the office, you'd be considered A study by the British Columbia trying to counter regional disparity, jobless in 1977. "success" of Challenge 86, a na­ employed for that month," she Public Interest Research Group at but this hasn't changed at all," she However, student leaders and tional summer job subsidy pro­ said. "We don't know how many the University of Victoria found said. researchers say July's 13.3 per cent gram. students worked part-time and how many students who land summer unemployment rate — down from many worked full-time." jobs experience some form of ex­ The unemployment rate for Said Wright, "Just because so­ ploitation, ranging from unpaid 19.3 per cent in 1982 — is not only 16,278 to choose from —all subjects still too high, but masking greater returning students in Ontario was meone is employed in a given week, overtime, sexual harassment or un­ Save Time and Improve Your Grades! youth unemployment woes. 8.5 per cent, down significantly doesn't mean they earned money to safe working conditions. 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Reprinted from advising the President on crucial offices and have women come to me faculty and staff of this university half of the South African portfolio the Washington Daily policy matters. in tears (because of) your approach, want," he told them. "This clearly — some $4.5 million. By MATT DORAN The regents chose to hold on to and the personal insults that you demonstrates the farcical nature of So only seven days after moving t may have taken awhile, but the investments, however, saying have levied against them, I begin to a meeting such as this one, where to keep the investment, the regents after nearly two years of cam­ they could play an active role in wonder whether or not your're you cheerfully pretend to oppose unanimously voted to sell over half I pus controversy, the University helping black South Africans win worth my time." apartheid in public, and act like ab­ of them. Why? of Washington vowed to stay clear civil rights, but they promised to In the mean time, the regents solute swine in private." Regents claimed it was not their of any business ties with South review the matter on a semi-annual were sending a number of mixed The regents responded by calling intent to increase the investments, Africa. basis. signals to the campus. At their Goldman's charges asinine and by but to allow them to remain at their the 6-3 decision by the UW Thus began the ideological tug- regularly scheduled meeting this questioning his motives. present level. A lack of communica­ Board of Regents to ban in­ of-war between students and January, the board again con­ The end result was a firm 8-1 vote tion between the board and their vestments in companies doing regents — one that would drag on sidered the University's stock in against the resolution, a vote four investment managers was business in the troubled country for the better part of two years. companies doing business in South unusual in that not only did Carlson blamed for the increase, and the was backed by student and faculty During this time, one of the most Africa as part of their semi-annual veto his own measure, but board regents ordered no new investments groups alike, and put an end to a visible groups on campus would be review. President Mary Gates, who only to be made — but chose to hold on­ trying time for the University. Students Against Apartheid — a As the sound of approximately 70 has to vote in case of a tie, chose to to the current ones. The drive for divestiture was small, cohesive, media-savvy band supporters chanting "Divest now" vote against it. The only regent to While the regents gave the topic a marked by student protests, charges comprised of students, staff seeped through the windows of the vote to divest was Judge Jerome six-month vacation, SAA was back that the regents were violating state members and hangers-on — who regents room, Finance Committee Farris, the only black member. in high gear, disrupting the regents' laws and division among both would both aid and damage their Chairman Edward Carlson stunned It appeared that the issue had monthly meetings, holding rallies, students and faculty. The campus cause more than any other entity. the packed chamber as he read a been given a sound push back. But and launching an investigation of played stage to many scenes, from Listing no more than 15 officials seven-page statement calling for the Gates called a meeting only a week the regents. SAA charged the student protestors being dragged University to sell its then-$9.2 members, but claiming "hundreds later to order the sale of more than See page 16: Conflict out of regents' meetings on a mon­ of supporters," SAA crashed million dollars invested in com­ thly basis to an attempted firebom- regents' meetings, held rallies, and panies operating in South Africa. bing of an anti-apartheid shanty. even tried to get a leader elected to It looked as though a turning The move for divestiture began the ASUW Board of Control. point had been reached. Carlson, a when students and faculty question­ While some may question whether 74-year-old retired businessman, ed whether a university should have they helped or hindered their cause, Chairman Emeritus of United an ties — economic or otherwise — no one can deny they kept the issue Airlines, and director of several to a country practicing apartheid. in the limelight. Fortune 500 companies, was hardly With few exceptions the answer was When these conflicts came to a the type of person to urge a Univer­ a resounding "No!," and the issue head, one SAA founder threw her sity to divest. But here, he had just began to grab attention as the cam­ hat into the ring in the ASUW elec­ joined forces with the ASUW, pus community took action. tions. While Preeti Sinha's bid for a Faculty Senate, and other pro- The first of these actions was a seat on the Board of Control failed, divestment groups by saying the rowdy protest in the spring of 1985, it brought additional attention to University had no business doing when over 300 students gathered her cause, and launched a spate of business with South Africa. outside of the administration mudslinging. At an ASUW can­ Yet in the two-and-a-half hour building while the regents heard didates forum last spring, Sinha debate that followed, both students testimony inside. Reminiscent of blasted ASUW presidential can­ and regents would exchange the '60s, students voiced loud op­ didate Jeff MacLean for being too pointed barbs, as tempers on both position to the UW financial ties to soft on the issue, and for criticizing sides of the table flared. Student South Africa, and eventually storm­ SAA. speakers leveled their guns on the ed Schmitz Hall, pouring through MacLean, now the current regents for their stand, accusing TRUE CHROME AT THIS PRICE! the doors as police tried to lock ASUW president, responded by them of withholding information Larry's Not Kidding!! them out. slamming SAA for its tactics, say­ and voilating the law. SAA member while no one was injured that ing they did more harm than good. Philip Goldman heaped abuse on EXTRA 10% OFF CASE OF 10 day, it was one of the largest pro­ "First of all, I firmly believe that a the regents, saying their personal in­ WITH AMS CARD tests in the last decade, and it professinal approach in any regard vestment in companies doing $ awakened the campus. is essential," he said than. "It is my business in South Africa posed a I II That spring also saw the Faculty opinion Students Against Apar­ conflict of interest. 25 Senate join the fray and urge the theid sacrificed their cause in an "The move for divestment is get­ regents to divest. 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By CHRIS PONTING and American multinationals can be as method which will shorten the day On the contrary, however, been proved now that economic ROSS HUTCHISON high as 25 per cent. Recently, of bloodshed the suffering to us will Gerhard de Kock, the governor of prosperity does not lead to political Apartheid is an institutionalized however, the dramatic fall in the be a price we are willing to pay." the Reserve Bank of South Africa, change. We want fundamental system designed to maintain white value of the Rand has begun to have The major federation of thinks in the face of mounting change . . . We do not want our political and economic power at the an adverse effect on such holdings. multiracial trade unions, Congress foreign economic pressure for chains made comfortable, we want expense of the black majority, both Some argue that foreign involve­ of South African Trade Unions, has tangible reform, "the reform pro­ them removed." in South Africa and Namibia. It is a ment in Southern Africa has been called for the speeding up of foreign cess must be accelerated." The people of South Africa view system supported and maintained used as a force for change by locally disinvestment as a "central and ef­ Those who support a policy of disinvestment as a force for fun­ by the immense natural resources improving the standard of living for fective form of pressure on the disinvestment claim that such damental change; it is surely a and highly advanced industries the companies' workers while inter­ South African government." economic measures would have a policy worth pursing. within Southern Africa and by in­ nally pressuring for political Zulu leader, Chief Mangosuthu dual effect. First, they would put vestments and loans from without; reform. Within South Africa itself, Gatsha Buthelezi, in a speech to the direct pressure on the South at present, such investments total however, the vast majority of Inkatha Movement, critcised in­ African government by weakening Chris Pointing is a UBC graduate $66 billion. popular movements do not see such dustrialists for continuing to par­ its economy. Second, they would student who is involved in divest­ These investments take the form "constructive engagement" (even ticipate in an oppressive apartheid put pressure on business to press for ment and Carling O'Keefe cam­ of direct loans to central govern­ within the terms of any of the system without jointly using their significant changes in order to paigns within the university. ment, the banking sector and public "Codes of Conduct") as being return to economic stability and corporations, as well as the beneficial or as productive of profitability. holdings of foreign multinationals political reform. Instead, as Bishop This is the effect that disinvest­ in their subsidiary and associate Tutu has said, they see such policies perspectives ment has already had. Many Divestment companies in South Africa and as "immoral, evil and totally un­ businessmen are pushing for Namibia, where every year multina­ christian." reform, as the recent meeting in tionals remove one-third of the pro­ They view the support as deriving economic power to stop apartheid Lusaka between a group of promi­ decision due fits of the country. from the multinationals' actual and yet he opposes arguments for nent businessmen and the ANC in­ By MURIEL DRAAISMA It is not difficult to see why presence within the economic and disinvestment on the grounds of the dicates. A leading South African UBCs Board of Governors will foreign multinational companies bureaucratic framework of apart economic hardship such a policy businessman, Tony Bloom of decide next week whether to divest should have invested so heavily in heid and from their financial con­ would bring. Barclays' Bank, conceded the itself of interests in companies that South Africa. The rate of return on tributions, through taxation paid to However, a 1985 poll, in ten potential power of disinvestment by do business with South Africa. investments held by British and the government, which is used in; metropolitan districts in South saying the only way to counter the the suppression of the majority of Africa asked "Which one leader or disinvestment campaign is through Bruce Gellatly, UBC vice- the South African people. Such tax­ organization would you most like to "political reform." president of finance, said Thursday ation contributes to a government represent you?" Buthelezi and the The dependence of the South the board is opposed to the system Conflict budget of which approximately 45 Inkatha Movement polled eight per African economy on foreign in­ of apartheid and is expected to per cent is allocated to spending on cent; this compares with 31 per cent vestments and loans is fundamental sever its ties with companies that From page 15 defence, the police and the security for Nelson Mandela and the ANC, to the maintenance of the economic fail to comply with a Canadian code regents with violating conflict of in­ forces. 16 per cent for Biship Tutu and 14 structure of apartheid. Multina­ governing their conduct in the terest laws by holding stock in com­ Despite a large increase in foreign per cent for the UDF. tionals operating within South white-led regime. panies the UW invested in, and that investment over the past ten years, Opponents of disinvestment Africa and Namibia have not over they were violating the Open Public Gellatly, who refused to say ex­ basic wages and bonuses for blacks argue that "far from inducing the past 20 years, forced an attitude Meetings Act by requiring iden­ actly how much money the universi­ have shown a decline in real terms. whites to negotiate a political settle­ of political reform and change; nor tification to gain entry to regents' ty has invested in South Africa- There has also been no appreciable ment with blacks, disinvestment have they improved the living stan­ meetings and by limiting the size of holdings, estimated the total advance in black job-status; only will strengthen the hard-liners, both dards of the majority of the in­ the audience. amount to be less than $2 million. two per cent of all managers being on the white and on the black habitants. The State Attorney General's of­ "African." It is just not true that side." They say it would alienate This is the background against "If we find that companies are fice assigned the investigation to increased profits from foreign in­ those businessmen who are already which the majority of popular not complying with the code, we are James Wilson, chief of its UW vestment do not themselves result in calling for an end to apartheid. organizations like COSATU, SAC­ going to recommend the proper branch — and is also the regents' better standards of living for the As Helen Suzman, a leading op­ TU, the ANC and the UDF, in ad­ course of action to the board," legal counsel. After lookng into the people. position MP in South Africa put it, dition to such nationalist leaders as Gellatly said. matter, Wilson said he was unable Many South African organiza­ "Just because some blacks have Nelson Mandela and Bishop Des­ The board decided last February to find any wrongdoing on the part tions, including the United said that to bring down the govern­ mond Tutu, call for the imposition to consider divestment when a of the regents, but cautioned them Democratic Front and the South ment by economic pressure will of economic sanctions and the total federal government civil servant, as not to require meeting goers to African Congress of Trade Unions, mean an immediate transfer of withdrawal of foreign funds. directed by external affairs minister identify themselves. have specifically called for the power to the black majority, I don't This policy would result in some Joe Clark, completed a review of At the next scheduled review, the withdrawal of foreign funds from believe that for a minute. I think increase in an unemployment figure Canadian companies operating in board chose to hold onto the in­ South Africa. this government will go into a laager of over three million, and in hard­ South Africa. vestments, but Carlson, now board The African National Congress mentality for years and years rather ship for the people. But it is a policy But the report by Albert Hart, president, appointed regent Samuel has said: "The economic boycott of than face what they would consider that all these organizations and completed in May, fails to provide Stroum to meet with SAA privately South African will entail undoubted to be the suicide of a transfer of leaders have endorsed. specific information on how each to discuss the issue. hardship for Africans ... if it is a power to the black majority. As Bishop Tutu has said: "It has company complies with the Cana­ At the July meeting, Stroum dian code, Gellatly said. reported that the meeting had gone "It was very general, and thus very well, and that a dialogue had not too useful for our purposes," begun. Carlson ordered Stroum, as he said. chairman ofthe Finance Committe, The administration is now asking to draft a resolution calling for the individual companies for their sub­ University to sell the remainder of missions to the Hart report, so that its holdings, which had dwindled the board can make its own decision down to $3.5 million. on their performance. At the board's August meeting, Submissions from the following Stroum presented the resolution to companies are expected: Cominco the board, after hearing over an Ltd., AMCA International Ltd., hour of testimony from students, International Thomson Ltd., faculty and citizens. Falconbridge Ltd., Dominion Tex­ The regents responded by voting tiles Inc., Moore Corp. Ltd. and 6-3 to sell all South African-related Seagrams and Sons. securities before December 1987, Mary McAlister, a member of and to prohibit future investment UBC Students for a Free Southern there. Africa, said the group plans to Regent Robert Philip said he pressure the board to adopt a policy voted against it because he thought of full divestment. it was hypocritical to accept gifts "It doesn't really matter if these from these companies, and then sell companies comply with the code or their stock. "These companies are not. The fact that they are conduc­ not only our partners in business, ting business in South Africa is they are our partners in education," reason enough to divest," she said. he said. "I don't find divestiture the "The code and the Hart report morally right thing to do." are irrelevant. The real issue is full Divestiture may be resolved, but divestment now." reconciliation has not followed. Last year, the board indicated it Did SAA really help their cause? had $1 million from its $90 million Not according to Carlson, who said endowment fund in six companies he changed his vote because of the that are linked to South Africa. It way he was treated at the January also had another $717,000 from its meeting. "I was personally attacked $90 million pension fund in three by one of the students at that companies with interests in the meeting, in a manner which was en­ apartheid state. tirely uncalled for, and 1 wasn't the Gellatly said he will not release only one," he said after the August the names of companies in which meeting. "There's no way in the the university has investments, until world that a group of us who serve after the board meeting — schedul­ as regents are going to have a group ed for Oct. 9. of young people come in and harass Students for a Free Southern us into doing something that we Africa is organizing a protest at the were trying to find a sensible answer board meeting to push for a policy to. of full divestment.