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www, ubyssey. be. ca VOLUME 79 ISSUE 2 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1997 'Birds fumble ugly home opener by Wolf Depner

Be wary of the wounded opponent who seems down and out. The Birds learned that lesson the hard way as they kicked off the 1997 season with an ugly 30-7 home loss to the defending Vanier Cup Champion, Saskatchewan Huskies, who are now 1-1 on the sea­ son. The Huskies opened the 1997 season with a sur­ prising 21-16 home loss to the previous year's one- win wonder Manitoba and observers wondered whether the Huskies would be good enough to defend the national title against the up-and-coining Birds. Well, the answer so far seems to be a clear and resounding yes. "Obviously, they played much better than they did last week. They had their backs against the wall and they came out scratching and kicking like a wild ani­ mal," said Birds head coach Casey Smith, who was vis­ ibly upset by his team's uninspired play. He had every reason to be. UBC's defence and special teams broke down more often than the Mir space station and several key offensive players, including second-year starting quar­ terback Shawn Olson, were missing in action. "The offence has to pick it up and I'm at the head of that Ust," admitted Olson who was intercepted three times and completed 16 passes on 35 attempts for 203 yards. In a way, these numbers are inflated. Most of Olson's completions and yards came late in the second half when the game had all but ended and Saskatchewan was playing its reserves in the sec­ ondary and on the defensive line. Olson had little time to throw the ball early in the game as Saskatchewan's pass rush was as varied as it was suffocating. They were bringing blitzes from all over the field and., our protection schemes broke down a little bit" CANC TACKLE: UBC's defence wraps up Husky Doug Rozen who rushed for 94 yards on 17 carries, RICHARD LAM PHOTOS admitted Smith. er/punter Trevor Bourne shanked a 33-yard second-half fieldgoa l attempt, consistently failed "We seemed to shore it up a little bit better in the second half but you gotta come out in the to place the ball inside the 20 yard line on kickoffs and his net punting average was in the first half and be ready all the time," said right guard David Pol. teens. Olson defended his offensive line. They did a good job as far as I'm concerned," he said. "I Return specialists Dino Camparmo and Shane Summerfeld also struggled. got to stand in there, throw the ball and if I can't do that then things are not going to work offen­ "We're concerned about [special teams] heading into the season and we're still concerned sively. If the blame has to be put anywhere, it has to put on me," added Olson who passed for about them," admitted Smith. only 42 yards in the first half on three completions. M of this leads to the inevitable question: what will this resounding loss do to the team's Meanwhile, Husky pivot Ryan Reid completed nine out of thirteen passes for 149 yards and confidence, which some say bordered on cocky heading into the Saskatchewan game. one touchdown. Unlike Olson, Reid had all night long to pick out his receivers since UBC's pass "This might be the best thing that could have happened to us," said Olson. "We had a long rush lacked bite. training camp. We waited three weeks to play our first game. I flunkwe'r e going to come back "We need to get more pressure [on the quarterback]," said Smith. wilh a renewed interest, not thinking that we're God's gift to football." UBC could also needs better play on special teams. Rookie kick- Friday's game certainly proved they are not*> Record crowd flock to see the 'Birds by Wolf Depner in a decade for a regular season game. To put Vancouver media outlets ran preview sto­ cent of all complimentary tickets return. If this figure in perspective, UBC drew a com­ ries. this figures holds up, it means Friday's game Did you hear the two bined 2,680 fans for four regular season To generate frosh support, UBC Athletics drew around 2,400 paying costumers which sounds coming from games last season. also handed out close to 4,000 free tickets to is still an excellent figure. Thunderbird Stadium So how come Friday's game was such a all first-year students who participated in "We're really pleased with the crowd," Friday night? One was big hit? First, any football team from Imagine UBC, a first-year orientation pro­ said UBC head coach Casey Smith. "I thought the hiss of deflating egos as the Saskatchewan is always a big draw in gram. it was really exciting to see as many people as Saskatchewan Huskies punctured the Birds Vancouver given the large number of Prairie Exact figureso n how many free tickets there were. I'm hoping that the fans will 30-7. Tlie other was tbe roar of a 2,850- expatriates who live in the Lower Mainland. were actually used were not available by come back the next time we play at home strong crowd which, according to Marketing The game was also well advertised around press time, but UBC sports information and we can provide them some good quality Coordinator Don Wells was the biggest ever campus and in the community and several director Jacquie Dyck said in general ten per­ entertainment"* •i Y ^TU^D/VI-, SEPTEMBER 9, 1997

GREYHOUND GROUNDED. The Airline's shutdown may mean one less cheap airfare option for students. RICHARD LAM PHOTO

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NO MINORS-NO ADMISSION CHARGE 'M**BW'M»IMi*'MaW'l*'Hr;;ii'.iKKT-- Mjrtudents and student griMBara Tuesday (frjulittionslieM^ Last day to drop term j| class 1887-88 school year AflfcattiifornisaraJvaiiWa FRIDAY SEPT 12 hmran238andn«istbecanvletsdaDd ' ' without a "W" ' *' - ret-rodfrRlhy, ttplf «.W7fcif*> 97 UKj students are given priority, however al Mtatkns wl be conadered. MACINNES FIMJD For more inforamation, please contact Michelle fv{noro eiformation pleasacont^ Carrie Samlu O'Neill, AMS Communications Coordinator at jgfe-ZWL RESIDE THE SUli) 822-1961, email [email protected] or drop by SUB room 264. '[~~i M \^\\:r-\;/y: THE UBYSSEY • TUESDAY, SEETEMBER 9..1997 . Tech fee dead Student debt scheme in doubt .. by Casey Sedgman by Douglas Quan of $22,000. That figure is expected to rise to end up drawing out that repayment for so $25,000 next year, according to a recent long." UBC won't try to reboot last Chartered banks, student groups and the Statistics Canada report. She says the province is reviewing a num­ year's proposed tech fee after province of BC believe a joint Ottawa-Ontario Vanderlip said Scotiabank does not dis­ ber of proposals for reforming the system, all me student body voted four to student loan proposal would raise the cost of agree with the principle of ICR, but that there of which emphasise the need for the federal one against it in a campus-wide student loans, boost tuition fee levels, and must be provisions for interest relief, which government to implement a debt-reduction referendum held last April. keep university graduates out of the economy this latest proposal does not include. grant program. The $90 ancillary fee for full- long after graduating. That comes as welcome news time students was proposed by Under the proposal, which would set up an to student organisations which the Student Information Tech­ Income-Contingent Repayment (ICR) scheme, "It's not $®M mmmm..WQeOD G have maintained all along that nology Access Committee graduates put ten percent of their income debt levels are too high. (SITAC). It would have helped over $15,000 to loan repayment. Unpaid that is required, "It's not debt management pay the cost of expanded inter­ interest would compound into the loan princi­ Lf@(a >» that is required, but debt reduc­ net access, improved computer ple and bankruptcy would be forbidden. The but tion," says Maura Parte, BC labs and campus information maximum repayment period would be 25 chair of the Canadian technology wiring for students, years, after which unpaid loans would be for­ —MAURA PARTE Federation of Students. She wor­ but was defeated after the uni­ given. BC CHAIR OF THE CFS. ries that ICR schemes will give versity's Board of Governors The joint proposal also calls for tuition provinces the ability to raise decided to put the question to a increases and increased annual loan limits for tuition. vote. students. Reforming the student loan system has Vivian Hoffman, AMS director of finance, Although the referendum "They end up paying more in interest than become an increasing priority for Scotiabank shares the same concerns. "[Ontario and was non-binding, Byron they do in principal," said Scotiabank's Fred because administering student loans has been Ottawa] feel that the ICR...would allow stu­ Hender, executive co-ordinator Vanderlip, who is trying to re-work that bank's a losing venture for the bank due to a growing dents to manage their debts better and not of student & academic services, student loan program. Scotiabank, the Royal number of defaults. default on loans, which is what is happening said mat the proposal has been Bank and CIBC, the three lenders under the The BC government also opposes the joint now, but we feel the reason why default rates officially withdrawn. current Canada Student Loan program, reject­ Ottawa and Ontario proposal. are so high is because the level of debt is "We've come to the conclu­ ed the proposal this summer. "What if a student got a job that does not high." sion that students are happy He adds that expanding the current repay­ pay the highest wage level?" asked Paige Hoffman hopes other students will raise with the service [UBC has] got ment period to 2 5 years would see some grad­ MacEarlane, a spokesperson for the BC min­ concerns about the future of loan programs at and there is no proposal to uates' debt loads rise substantially. "It's like a istry of Education, Skills and Training. "It an AMS-sponsored panel discussion of gov­ bring [the possible fee] back." mortgage," said Vanderlip. Students graduat­ looks good on the surface to be able to tie your ernment, bank and student representatives to .AMS president and SITAC ing this year had an average student loan debt loan to your level of income, but it would just be held October 3 in the SUB.* member Ryan Davies was dis­ appointed with the result. "I respect the decision of the stu­ dent body... at the same time New students imagine UBC feels it is falling behind in student access to technology." Davies added that as a result a number of projects proposed their first impression by the cornmittee will no longer be possible. by Ronald Nurwisah prised at the large numbers that partic­ Graduate Student Society ipated. She said about 80 per cent of (GSS) representative Jessica First year students at UBC were greeted first year students came out for the Escribano, who helped cam­ with more than a monotone roll-call on event. paign against the fee, hopes the their first day of school last week. "For a long time students felt very current budget for information Instead, they got Imagine UBC, a intimidated by UBC, there has always technology will be protected. $50,000 orientation day of speeches, been a need to address that concern Currently, UBC's technology meetings and a scavenger hunt. and to make the transition easier for infrastructure is supported "Organisation was great. Walking students," said Dunnet. with funds from the general from [Koerner Library] to the [War This idea was echoed by group operating budget dispersed Memorial Gym] you could see just leader Hayley Reisterer, who said stu­ through a large number of dif­ thousands of students. It looked really dents new to UBC often feel like they're ferent departments and facul­ good," said Meghan Gardiner, a first treated as a number, not a person. She ties. year Arts student who took part in said the event made a good first "The main issue here is Imagine UBC. impression on students and that in the about what ancillary fees are. The students were shown around highly competitive nature of modern The students looked at what campus by senior students who dou­ day universities, first impressions are they'd get, and they didn't think bled as mentors for the day. The fresh­ very important. that it would be worth it." men also met their deans and were "I think the university is changing in Escribano said she was sent on a campus scavenger hunt. The how it sees its role towards students happy the decision was brought day ended with a festival at the Koerner and for a long time its focus was pro­ to the students. "Any time the concourse. viding academic support and in this administration consults stu­ Alison Dunnet, coordinator of world when you're competing for stu­ dents it's a good thing."* Imagine UBC, thought the day went dents you need to provide more than JUGGLING a hectic first day's activities, RICHARD LAM PHOTO well and said she was pleased and sur­ just that," said Dunnet* Talk until

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by Sarah Galashan make choice, they do realise the The need for outside rev­ mine how much government Directors at JobLink, a service that helps stu­ practical reasons for going ahead enues, especially in Alberta, funding Alberta universities will dents at UBC find work, say job postings this Coke is not it at the University of with the deal," said Cleary. He comes from a lack of government receive. One KPI under the cate­ summer were booming. But a Statistics Canada Calgary (U of C). Pepsi is. added that U of C students under­ funding, said Stu Reid, executive gory Enterprisal Revenue study on student unemployment tells a differ­ The U of C has signed a letter stand the university is looking for director of external relations at includes partnerships with corpo­ ent story. of intent with Pepsi which will alternative sources of revenue to theUofC. rations. "May was a naally good month," said Paul give the cold beverage giant exclu­ subsidise the cost of education. "Several years ago the provin­ Reid said the government is Muirphy, JobLink riirector. "In May. 309 job sive sales rights on campus. Like the Coke deal at UBC the cial government [of Alberta] encouraging corporate deals by orders [were placed] and for August it's been The agreement, modelled on a amount of money that will reduced our grant by 21 per cent making it one ofthe KPI's but it's close to 285 and those are really good job similar deal with Coca-Cola at exchange hands is not being and that was over $30 million. So not a major factor in considera­ orders." According to Murphy, the numbers UBC, is not creating a stir like it made public. Fred Frey, Pepsi's the University is in a position tion for funding. are up from,las t summer's average of 200 to did here. According to Pat Cleary, Alberta education liaison, insists where it has to maximise rev­ Cleary feels that government 230amon&. the U of C student union presi­ exclusive contracts must be confi­ enues wherever possible and this policy left the university little But despite JobLink's success at UBC, dent, few students have raised dential in order to remain com­ is one of the number of different choice but to sign the agreement: around the province student unemployment issue with the deal. petitive. initiatives," said Reid. "If the government doesn't was the worst this decade. The provincial stu­ "Although students have had "We don't want the competi­ In addition tothei r cuts to edu­ change its financial stance then I dent uneinploynient rate this summer was 19 some concern about the limited tion knowing what we presented cation the Alberta government feel the university has no other per cent up three per cent ow last summer. choice and intervention on the and what kind of dollar figures has introduced Key Performance alternative than to pursue these Still the prtrvince tried to findstudent s jobs, university's part on their ability to we're talking about," said Frey. Indicators (KPI), which help deter­ deals," he said.-J* said Bev Verboden, program -coordinator with the Program Operations Branch in the Ministry of Education, Skills and Training. Student Summer Works '97, a federally funded pro­ gram that works with provincial cooperation, Thousands of student health files erased marked its second year this May. by Stanley Tromp said Lloyd-Smith. tained health records failed. He said the drive "In 1995 Student Siunmer Works '97 According to the acting director the back was installed in December 1996 and didn't became part ofthe government's Guarantee for Data updates are ongoing at UBC Student up system was never programmed because seem to be having any problems. "It was mak­ Youth initiative and [the program] focuses on Health Services after thousands of patient of a mix-up within the companies that ing the right backup noises to the uninitiat­ post secondary students," said Verboden. files were wiped out last March when the Student Health Services hired to set up the ed." Through raeprogram , the federal government hard-drive they were on crashed and the computer system, which cost $ 120,000. The disk drive was sent to a file recovery provides grants to employers who want tohir e backup system was not programmed. "Each company is saying the other is company in California but that company was youth for %e summer. All records after September 1993 were responsible for the prograrnming, because a unable to retrieve any information from the Verboden said the jobs are needed to give lost in the crash, and doctors are now trying backup system was not part of our specific drive. students career skills and to help pay for their to piece together patient information. In an management contract with either one," said Thanks to the general good health of UBC educatioa She added Student Summer Works effort to replace the data, Dr. Rob Lloyd- Lloyd-Smith. "It fell through the cracks." students Iioyd-Smith said the loss shouldn't funded about 3,350 jobs this summer. Smith, the centre's acting director, posted a Student Health Services was not insured impact patients at the clinic. Most students' But ina statement last week the BC liberals notice in the waiting room explaining the sit­ for the data loss, but doesn't plan to sue the health problems are "a series of isolated inci­ said the province should be doing more to help uation and asking students for help in recre­ consultants, (Compuplan and Compro), said dents" without histories and records of lab students ind worit. "Glen Clark has used tax­ ating their records. Lloyd-Smith. results are still on file elsewhere. payers' money to buy advertising to brag about "What we're doing to rectify the problem is Lloyd-Smith said he was surprised that the The clinic has paper records up to 1993 .• the youth jobs he's created, but the only thing to test the backup system on a daily basis," backup system for the hard drive that con­ he's abated for our young people is a line up at the student loans office."** UBC FilmSoc For a change, Sep 10-11, Norm Theatre, SUB Wild at Heart someone's lowering 241^1^2-3697 Lost Highway student fees. GET A RESTAIRANT JOB TODAY! Canada Trust introduces the Service Plan for your needs

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Precedent set in plagiarism victory 1997 Speech-Essay Contest

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by Chris Bodnar One ol the United Nations principles states: "Young people shall be brought up in the knowledge of the dignity The Fulcrum and equality ot all people, without distinction as to race, color, ethnic origins or beliefs and In respect for fundamental human rights..." OTTAWA (CUP)-A graduate student has Writing Topic: Write about personal experiences that illustrate respect or disrespect won his lawsuit against the University (or diversity. Relate how these experiences have affected you and what of Ottawa (U of 0) and a professor in a insights you have gained. precedent setting plagiarism case. RU]lJ: ' Must be Canadian Citizen, or Landed Immigrant Paul Boudreau, a 44-year-old part- Must be between the ages o( 18 and 25 as of January 1st, 1997 time MBA student, was awarded (Senior Division) Must be submitted in typewritten, single-sided and double-spaced $7,500 in damages and his legal costs format Aug. 20 after Madam Justice Monique Must write an essay roughly 800 words in length (no more than 5 Metivier ruled that both the U of 0 and minutes when presented verbally) Finalists not attending the speech portion (in Vancouver. November business professor Jimming Lin were 25, 1997) will be disqualified responsible for copyright infringement Grand Prize - Trip to Los Angeles of a paper Boudreau wrote. 2nd Piace - $500,00 4lh Place - $200 00 Lin used the paper in a case book for 3rd Place -$300 00 5th Place - $100 00 graduate students and presented it at a Entry deadline is October 15, 1997 Need more tnlo.. or a registration form? 1992 conference in New Orleans. He Call/Write us: also referred to himself as a co-author RCC International Canadian Office (1 8833 Selkirk Street of the paper in an application for a pro­ I'micritivrr Ihirranl Vancouver, B.C. V6P 4L6 motion. Boudreau was not given credit l.ittrn ( Vi.A tel: 263-6551 fax: 263-0933 E-mail: reiyucnd@globalserve net for his work in any of these instances. PLAGIARISM is best kept among students, RICHARD LAM PHOTO Internet: http //www.globalserve. net/-reiyucnd It is the first recorded judgment with extensive rationale in Canada in which relations representative Helene Carty Basically, (Boudreau] received no help a student took action against a profes­ would not say if the university will whatsoever from the university," said sor for plagiarism and the university appeal the decision. Ramji. "If it had been a professor who was also found at fault in the incident. In the meantime, Carty says the U of was charging a student with the same "The cavalier attitude of the univer­ 0 is reviewing the events and internal offense or charging another professor sity toward this complaint included proceedings that brought about the there definitely would have been a way showing great deference to professor case. of dealing with it within the university." Lin's self-interested view of a most seri­ "The university regrets it did not Another significant aspect according ous matter while barely deigning to view in the same light, the events that to Cotton is that although there is "anec­ consider the student's view," wrote led to this," she said. dotal evidence" to indicate this has hap­ Justice Metivier in her decision. Metivier specifically criticised the U pened in the past, this may be the first " The university cannot stand idly by of O's handling of the complaint, saying time a student has taken action against while its professors blatantly breach the university's investigation focused a university and a professor in such a copyright laws. At the very least, the on the omission of Boudreau's name situation. Cotton blames students' per­ university is a passive participant," she from the paper rather than the plagia­ sonal finances and resulting inability to continued. rism. The university is also blamed for pursue legal matters of this sort and the Boudreau's lawyer Katherine Cotton, not responding direcdy to Boudreau fact most plagiarism goes undetected. says the U of 0 promoted the case book regarding its findings or inviting his Sanctions against students for pla­ that included Boudreau's paper and response. giarism can include suspension or Ahhh! was Lin's employer, and is therefore Rubina Ramji, president of the expulsion from the university. The col­ responsible for his actions. Cotton said Canadian Graduate Council, is pleased lective agreement between the U of 0 3 blocks south of the village ID the heart of Fairview Residence the way the university handled with the judgment. She says a prece­ and its professors has provisions for a Boudreau's complaint contributed to dent was set on how universities deal letter of reprimand, suspension or dis­ s^ Mon. - Fri. 7:30 am 11 pm iS" Sat. - Sun. 9 am -11 pm the decision. with student complaints. missal of a professor found violating U of 0 officials would not comment "The university deserved the harsh professional codes of ethical be­ Phone: 22+2326 on the specific details ofthe case. Public comments the judge has made. havior.•

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replete with whisties which On the night Princess Di became a saint were blown all night, and (or so it seemed) and martyr, Vancouver saw many pay Luton Hoo in the UK (Britain's last remnant of the outdoor right behind my right ear. Come on guys, do homage to a very different icon. Cream is the rave) epitomized for many exactly what is wrong with the you think it's still the 1980s? If there is anyone Saturday night institution of British progressive club scene. But Cream in general, and Sasha in particular, out there who does actually appreciate this house, whose home at The Nation in Liverpool were everything they promised to be. And more, it seemed. assault on their eardrums and their sensibilities, showcases the very best in UK clubbing. Noble House For once, there was a real relationship between the DJ and please let me know. Oh, and don't forget the people productions saw 1,400 advance ticket sales for the crowd with each attempting to match the other's raise in who persist in thinking that sucking a baby's com­ Cream's USA tour date at UBC's winter sports centre. tempo. forter looks less stupid than ecstacy-induced jaw move­ First reactions from those few brave enough to dis­ Arriving early had some unexpected perks. Most ments. Trust me, it doesn't. play their skills on the near-empty dance floor con notably was the totally surreal nature of the pro­ I have to confess that I failed to make it through to firmed that this would be a cool evening. Well, vided portable toilets whose confined spaces, the end and only managed to catch the beginning of freezing cold, actually—hardly surprising before they became too grim to contem­ Dave Seaman's 2 1/2 hour set before leaving a little given the venue was an ice arena. plate, gave a sense of being part of the before 6:00 am. Seven hours of unassisted dancing is Arriving at 10:30 was perhaps too music as their plastic superstructures pretty much my limit and, on reflection, it might have early, and I felt a rising sense of panic on held on to the beat. Oh, and lets have been more sensible to arrive later and see it through seeing the near-deserted arena, a feeling a big thank-you to the company right to the bitter end, in this case 8:00 am. The uni­ which confirmed for me the extent to responsible for designing the curi­ form brilliance ofthe evening promised a grand finale which clubbing always involves a pecu­ ously ineffective locks on the portable and there seemed to be many with enough energy to liar combination of hope and fear. In doors which, as one embarrassed and keep going. every sense, then, Cream had a very anonymous member of my group dis­ My leaving early is more a reflection on my age than big space to fill and a long time in covered, had an unsettling tendency to on the quality of Dave Seaman's which to do it (9:00 pm to 8:00 am). spring open at the most awkward of DJ-ing skills. I sometimes I went to Cream ready to be cynical moments. feel myself to be a very and scathing, particularly towards the The evening remained apparently trouble- old twenty-two. flyer-hyped showpiece of the evening, the 3 free and did much to dispel the myth of the club Cream have a date 1/2 hour set by Sasha, the biggest of the big scene as an express lane to drug-induced satanic rites. The in Seattle on Sept­ name European DJs. For the majority of eclectic crowd resolutely refused to fit any universal stereo­ ember 20th and the set, the dance floor was packed type. All different looks and styles were represented, from maybe I'll try and solid and frantic. The empty an- the "I don't give a fuck anything goes" right through to the see this one through; thernic content of his much- "I look absolutely fabulous and I know it". The people alone if anyone out there is criticized appearance at were fascinating. Drugs there were, but their presence was interested, call One this year's Tribal restrained, limited to a few very friendly, wide-eyed and Promotions at (206) Gathering at hyper people, clearly determined to make it through all the 255 1929.<- way to the end. The only real criticism I have is of that significant minority who attended

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FAMOUS DEAD STORIES WE JUST MADE UP riences ofthe cast members. This gives the play a strong sense of honesty. M u s i c i a n s Nominations are invited for at Vancouver East Cultural Centre "They're death stories and every one comes from the heart basically, and some September 6, 7, 8,12,13, & 14 are funny and dark and black and all are heart felt." Show us the STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES Famous Dead Stories, also marks the return of several actors to the stage. Most Students - Staff TO THE By Ronald Nurwisah notably, Kathryn Shaw, the artistic director of Studio 58, who has not been on stage FACULTY OF ARTS for 23 years. Pam Johnson, a veteran stage designer, also makes a return to the stage punks Join UBC School of Music When was the first time you stared death in the face? Was it when a beloved pet final­ after a 15 year hiatus. But why now? There will be a total of 25 student representatives: ly died? Or was it when someone more significant died? A parent? A friend? Death "She's [Kathryn Shaw] telling her own stories, so it's not like working on a play as Symphony Orchestra Choirs Wind ensembles is an unfortunate and unavoidable fact of life. It is something we all have to face. an actor," Linds explains. "She's playing versions of herself and her parents and her a) 21 third- and fourth-year Arts students to be elected (one representative from Famous Dead Stories We Just Made Up is a play that looks death in the eye. grandparents, and as an artist and a director you want to touch base and get on the Performances in Chan Centre the combined major, honours, or graduate program in each of the Brian Linds, an actor in the play and veteran of the stage explained how the play boards and practice what you preach." Departments and Schools in the Faculty of Arts); and came into being. Another notable actor tak­ Credit or non-credit b) 4 first- and second-year Arts students to be elected (two representatives from "The common link was that ing part in the production is Jay each of first and second year). three of the company mem­ Brazeau, a very well estab­ Call 822-3113 bers' parents had passed away lished local film and stage Student representatives are full voting members in the meetings of the Faculty of in the last couple of years and actor. His most recent success Arts, and are appointed to committees of the Faculty. Look for the CD in Bookstore!! all the members ofthe compa­ was the local film coup Kissed. NOMINATIONS OPEN ON SEPTEMBER 8,1997 AND CLOSE SEPTEMBER 12,1997 ny had friends they've lost in Brian Linds says, 'Jay chose the theatre community recent­ to do a fringe play because it's DAFT PUNK Sept 7 at the Rage Nomination forms will be available from School and Departmental offices, the ly due to the AIDS epidemic, so a chance to do work that you The Handel Society Choir Office of the Dean (Buchanan B130) and the Arts Undergraduate Society office everybody had this on their want to do, not work that you (Buchanan A207). Submit completed nomination forms to the Office of the Dean mind and felt that this was have to do for ajob. This is one by Alec MacNeill-Richardson is auditioning Tenors, Basses, Altos and a few 1 st by 4:00 p.m., Friday, September 12,1997. something they could all write sure-fire way of working with about," says Linds. the people you like to work with By merely flipping switches and punching buttons. Sopranos for our Fall Season. IN CONSTITUENCIES FROM WHICH NO NOMINATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE, Famous Dead Stories We and be in charge and in control Daft Punk captivated the crowd of nearly a thousand, We will be performing Haydn's "Lord Nelson's THERE WILL BE NO REPRESENTA TION. transforming the Z95 bopping top-40 Rage into a full- Just Made Up marks the return ofthe product." Mass," Mozarf s "Requiem" and Handel's "Messiah" of the Angry Actors, a company Like most Fringe produc­ on warehouse rave. Two guys, forty thousand dollars that has performed at previous tions, the play uses the bare worth of hardware, 80000 watts, bass, lights, ravesque INTRODUCING Fringe Festivals. This is the minimum of sets and props, video effects and....not much of a "show" for anyone For information, please call 596-2435. first time the Angry Actors though Famous Dead sober enough to be paying attention. are performing a work of Stories does try to be origi­ The French sensation (yes, they are French) hit the their own creation. The pro­ nal and innovative in the North American mainstream about eight months ago with "Da Funk," accompanied with a most notable £l-orr*, - duction is a collaboration way they are used, in spite of r 11 between all members of the Angry Actors Playing Dead budget and time restric­ video starring a dog-headed character. Since then 5 Angry Actors, every aspect tions. An example of this is a another infectious song, "Around the World," has infil­ 25% trated the daily humming of thousands. Their album of the production was a result of a collective effort. hospital bandage that reappears throughout the play. -{a^-^-I" ^. •*?> ''Eveiything was consulted with the group, any note session was not with one "It [the hospital bandage] becomes props, it becomes bodies, and we're using it in offers more of these surprisingly simple but catchy or (X-I/T-) rhythms cleverly mixed together to produce a very actor it was always with the one group being there and everyone putting in their two innovative ways throughout the whole show to tell the stories. It's proving to be quite in some circles tight album. cents, and whoever had the loudest voice sometimes won and whoever had the fascinating, and it was really fun in rehearsal to be creative with it," says Linds. strongest opinion sometimes won, and sometimes there were clashes," Linds Famous Dead Stories, is set apart from many other Fringe plays by the calibre of - It was clear from the moment the doors opened OFF ALL recalls. the actors involved. Several of the actors have been acting for over 2 0 years and have that we would be hearing a much more potent sound The play is a collection of approximately 20 scenes and monologues which were numerous credits all over Canada. This production also marks the first time the than their disc offered. Opening DJs Czech, Tripwire developed and workshopped over a period of two years. The stories range from the Angry Actors have written and performed their own pieces. In the past the company and Sean Broderick set the tone and built the tempo, &HEYHO0HD humourous to the sombre and they are all united by the theme of death and coping has produced some very successful plays, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea was award­ using rave standbys Doc Martin, Keoke and others. By with, or surviving, its repercussions. The play is entirely based on the real life expe- ed four Jessies. If their track record is any indication this is a show that will be a hit.»> the time Daft Punk took the stage, the crowd was in full fever. The floor was packed. The music stopped. Two BOS TRAVEL short guys, looking all of sixteen years old, dressed in black skater gear, slid in behind the barricade of digi­ SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO tal equipment, strapped on the headsets and began to IN WESTERN at W.I.S.E. Hall Sigmund Freud is not funny "play". ..Share the Secret.. September 5, 6, 7, 8, & 9 RALPH STEADMAN ing and kvetching at the shocked and hor­ To give them credit, they didn't mess around. Daily Baked Goods • Lunch • Dinner CANADA Sigmund Freud rified world. "Musique," a track off the popular Wipeout compila­ to by John McAlister [Firefly] Steadman's ambiguous "x-rated alpha­ tion, was the opener, with "Da Funk" waiting in the Live Music & Tapas - Thurs., Fri., Sat. 01 Watching David Mamet's play Sexual Perversity in Chicago, bet," which introduces each section, is wings. After getting through the obligatory recognis­ is like eavesdropping on the lives of people you hate the "If Marx were functioning today, he would more explicitly Freudian than his bigger- able tracks, uptempo and remixed, they quickly set­ most. All the characters are there: the stud whose conquest have been hard put to avoid saying that than-Rolling-Stone monochrome graphics. tled into an acid-trance set that surpassed Rabbit in STUDENTS WELCOME and confidence are only exceeded by ignorance and vice;, imaginary sex is the opiate ofthe people." To be fair, some of the jokes are good. the Moon. The strong raver element ofthe crowd, eas­ 10% discount with student ID John Ralston Saul tells this memorable ily identifiable by neon orange boots, glow in the dark the jaded man-hater who consoles herself vicariously, Freud says to Carl Jung, "Damn it, man! between 3:30 Si 6:30 pm 01 laughing at her own romantic failures through others; Freudian joke in his book Voltaire's Have you just farted?" To which Jung deele boppers, and clothing made out of material Bastards. replies, "Of course I have. Do you think I chemical engineers had helped to develop, carried Deborah, the free-spirit whose lust manifests itself as Restaurant • Licensed romance; and Danny, insecure and confused. Sigmund Freud, in his 1905 publica­ always smell this way?" the posers and regulars with it in ecstatic delirium. 4434 west 1 Oih Ave No one was left unaffected. Even in the washroom, Takeaway • Catering 222-9800 The director of the play, and UBC Human tion Jokes and Their Relation to the Some jokes are short. Some are long. Unconscious, may have described Saul's All of them are burdened with unneces­ swaying to the beat while pissing was a common Kinetics/Theatre student, Andrew Smith does not tone theme. down any of Mamet's brutally frank dialogue. Scott joke as a tendentious joke which means "a sary explaination. Ralph Steadman's Tremblay, playing the cheesy Bernie Litko, swaggers up to purposeful remark is delivered via any of Sigmund Freud may have been a rather An hour later, Daft Punk surfaced again with the singles bar for another bourbon demanding: "What the joking varieties." The title would be good Sigmund Freud's Greatest Jokes if "Around the World" which drew even more shouts of does a guy have to do for a drink around here, come on a labeled as a double entendre, evoking ana­ Steadman had passed on the terminology joy. THE cracker?" Maybe because ofthe intensity ofthe dialogue, or logical and offensive meanings. lessons. Fans of his Rolling Stone sketches But for the discerning fan, the one who had enjoyed 20th Annual for the very reasons Mamet wrote this play, Sexual Yawwwn. In Freud's own words (which may flip through this book hoping for their videos and their quirky songs, what was there Perversityis currendy running at the Fringe Festival, rather appears in Steadman's book), "It remains some lively jolts of shock value. I imagine besides the music that made this concert worth GREYHOUND 01 than say, The Ford Centre for the Performing Arts. One has an uncontradicted fact that if we undo the they'll be disappointed. Academics who shelling out thirty dollars to see? The screens dis­ Indoor Plant Sale to wonder if the graphic, occasionally vulgar and violent technique of a joke it disappears." want to learn about Freud's theories about played the typical barrage of psychedelic visual effects play has evolved into a funding exclusive club, censored by Yet Ralph Steadman, the zany illustra­ jokes would do better with his original. common to most raves which take a heavy dose of "Great prices—profits to benefit the Garden" STUDENT production costs and donation, resulting in "Fringe" status. tor best known for visually accompanying This unpleasant union of humour and amphetamines to get excited about. The light show pedantic exposition flips and falls on its Mamet's criticism of sexual powerplays and politics is as gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson on offered nothing new. It was apparent that DP was out 1997's Dried Flowers will also be on sale! face with a Rorschach inkblot splat. • penetrating as ever, irregardless of current political liabili­ his "fear & loathing" escapades, feels com­ to prove to the underground that mainstream success COACH CARD. ties. In an intimate moment discussing sexual pleasure, pelled to explain each of Freud's jokes should not overshadow digital prowess. Dena Ashbaugh's Deborah asks boyfriend Danny what he with bold-type terminology like a first year Which leaves those people who were hoping for a fantasises about while masturbating. Kasey Kieler pauses, textbook. show (of some kind) in the dark. Watching DP work then responds with his characters trademark honesty, "My But you're buying this for the pictures, was rather like watching chemical engineers putting y^J l\ ,L T tjp J- D ™ left hand". The audience laughs, women sarcastically, and aren't you? You'd expect that Sigmund together aspartame. Sure the end result is excellently men ironically. Freud's anecdotes of psychoanalysis and produced music and no tooth decay, but it doesn't give sexual repression to be a perfect fit for the the sober fan anything to get excited oyer. You might It pays to get an education and we're going to prove it For Mamet is renowned for both the graphic and real con­ just as well wait for the remix album lo come out. tent of his dialogue. Danny's comment reveals both his own •man who produces drawings fueled by only $1 5.00, anyone with a valid student ID card can purchase Besides, there are a lot of advantages to staying home sexual limitations and the expectations of his partner. pure id. In a '94 issue of Rolling Stone, a Greyhound Student Coach Card This entitles you to 25% OFF and hstening to music. You can get homework done. Romance and reality share the same bed, albeit for differ­ Steadman's page-and-a-half lead illustra­ all regular fare bus travel in Western Canada. Even on weekends There are no line-ups for beer. You rarely stumble over ent reasons. tion for Hunter S Thompson's article "Polo and holidays.' The Card is valid for one year from date of fa Is My Life" is dominated by a towering people doing lines of crystal in your bathroom. You The musical score by UBC music student Broek E.Bosma purchase and can be found at any Greyhound depot. The offer four-eyed horse with large, pendulous have volume control. You don't have second-hand is heavy on the blues, which complements the few subtleties is simple. The savings are terrific. Climb on board with your 01 mammaries reclining like a human seduc­ chain smoke. You want fighting effects, try flickingth e in the play. He should drop out of school and start writing tress on a wide couch. switeh a few times to the beat. For bass, crawl into a Student Coach card today. Call 1-SOO-661-87T7 for the Ben Harper's next album. It is not often that you leave the Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept 11,12 & 13 nearest Greyhound location. At her elbow is a little polo player with confined space with your subwoofer. If you like a par­ theatre and people immediately declare that they missed the ticular track, you can put it on repeat. play's irony. "She's got great tits!" two young men comment­ his legs meekly crossed and his hand and 11:00 am -5:00 pm ed loudly on Miss. Ashbaugh's fluid anatomy, displaying the mallet between his thighs. All in all, unless you are a raver, or you enjoy a 01 very attitudes the play ridiculed for over an hour. But again, Almost none of that appears in good night of dancing at a decent hour on a school UBC Botanical Garden 6804 SW Marine Drive as Mamet suggests, what did they really mean?^ Sigmund Freud, consisting mainly of night, Daft Punk would best be left on disc or video Canada* Q. grumpy pictures of a bearded Freud glar­ format. • .... 10 11 IE UBYSSfc V • 71 If DAY SI PTrMf I R 9 1 ",97

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None of their songs are much to say and too dynamic vocals, of Alma St. on S. sit exceptional or terrible; instead they range few minutes allot­ with basic drum­ UBC's nearest Launderette from pretty good, like the songs "Friend of ted on the track to do it in. .Also, a lot ming added to flesh Mine" and "Red," to weak in "Scatterbrain," of the musical accompaniment out the beat. and "Take me Down." The best song on the seems boring and unoriginal. As with the choral album is the slightly haunting, wistful, minor- Perhaps the reason most of the resonation of the dou­ key "Christ is on the Lawn," sung beautifully by songs fail in the album are the vocals. ble-helical so far co-frontman Bill Priddle. In particular the vocals sung by Sal. Like so inscribed with the lyric Treble Charger are decent pop songwriters, many alterna vocalists today, Sal tries to insert transcriptions on the but uncreative musicians and uninteresting anger and angst into her songs, but it quickly leaflet underbelly, echoes lyricists. .After five-plus years and three releas­ comes across as not being genuine. Even of other contemporary musicians can be heard es, it would be reasonable to expect some kind when spouting a four letter expletive, she lacks in the restive undulations of the recording. of evolution, but there's none to be found here. the venomous tone which leaves an impres­ There is possibly a touch of 1NXS in "Desire," lAayhe It's Me's greatest fault is that it's an sion long after the last notes have been played. and maybe a throwback to Tom Cochrane in average album in a music world already satu­ Melt as an album falls just short of being a "Throw it all Away." rated with average music. Diehard Treble good album. It does not establish the Joy Club However, mdulging in an extensive range of Charger fans (is there such a thing?) and stay- as anything different, merely as imitators of an influences hasn't sacrificed the soul of Toad's puff alterna-kids may appreciate this record, already successful formula. • sound; there is no detraction in either the emo­ but otherwise, it's better to look elsewhere. • Ronald Nurwisah tional tide of the instrumental ebb and flow, or AliMadani lapses in the poignancy of Phillips' lyrical skill. TOAD THE WET SPROCKET Coupled with impressive studio work, and a ARTIFICIAL JOY CLUB Coil capable production staff, the final product is Melt impeccably clean in both sound and content. Perhaps one of the most under-appreciated This well recorded, enhanced CD is highly rec­ Songs are a fine balance between music and bands to develop in the milieu of the late 80's ommended to those who enjoy a lighthearted word. If the lyrics take over the music, it's concert-rock collapse and the gestation of its approach to a basic four-person-band rock; a poetry. If the lyrics are insubstantial, the song bastard offspring, 90's mainstream alterna­ must for a Paisley Suitcase fan, a suggestion for is better off becoming an instrumental piece. tive, Toad the Wet Sprocket has managed to fall the REM diehard and a relief from the stagnan­ In their debut album Melt, the .Artificial Joy back into anonymity following their break­ cy of Bush and similar groups of entertainers. Club has tried to marry their lyrics with music. through release, Fear, in 1992. Having settled Nathan Kennedy Taking inspiration from every aspect of mod­ into a steady sales pattern supported by a

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TOMAS ELOY MARTINEZ son) in an intensely patriarchal and sciptions, lists of items, and first-per­ SANTA EVTTA class-bound country. Despite her son narratives from a host of B. M. Photography [VINTAGE INTERNATIONAL] success, Evita didn't forget her sources (including Evita, her moth­ roots. In the first months of 1951 er, several peasants and soldiers "Student Studio Portraits by John Zaozirny alone, she gave away twenty-thou­ and even the author himself). sand houses and almost three mil­ Sometimes even speaking directly Tel: 271-1148 Fax:271-4148 "Dying lion packages containing medicine, to the reader about struggles to tie jC!p„ email:[email protected] is an art like everything else furniture, clothing, bicycles and the novel together, Martinez _savt______-...—_ « — .J I do it exceptionally well" toys. The poor lined up at the door to explores the story from every angle. her foundation days in advance for He draws the reader into a world Sylvia Plath's lines lead in the a mere chance to plead their case in that vanished decades ago, and UBC STUDENTS strange and surreal world of Evita front of her. What most people, shows a culture and a country that Peron, the life of whom is captured including Andrew Lloyd Webber, most couldn't even point to on a Be a volunteer! in Tomas Eloy Martinez' novel don't know is that the money Evita globe. Yet, reluctant to stick to one Santa Evita. Dying may have been gave away came from the very pock- position, he's never really sure JOIN the PEER PROGRAM something that Plath about what Evita did well, but the cir­ means to him. Be a buddy to an International Student for the cumstances and the The novel boils down 1997-1998 Academic School Year. legacy of her death to the tale of Evita's .pale in comparison Sainted embalmed corpse. APPLY NOW 822-5021 with those of Evita Martinez looks at the Peron. story of Colonel Moori Even before her Koenig, who, appointed passing in 1952, "La to caretake Evita's Senora' had been ele­ corpse, gets drawn into vated to Argentinian a lifelong and life- sainthood by the masses destroying obsession with it from whence she had Through its meticulously sprung. Each day a new detailed portrayal of her SERVE COPIES record would be broken or corpse's journey for a resting established by an admirer spot Santa Evita strives to Featuring easy to use High Quality Xerox Copiers. Automatic Feeder, Auto Double Siding, Reduce/Enlarge. desperately hopeful that explain and reconstruct the 8''i x 11. Also available ff'2 x Hand 11 x 17at extra cost. their travails might some­ myth and legend of Evita, all single sided LIMITED TIME OFFER UBC how save Evita from the can­ the while in wonder at it nrawr cer that grew within her To get an understanding Mon to Fri 8am-9pm • Sat to Sun 10am-6pm womb. One supporter ran of the passion Evita arose in rantinuousJy for nine days, her people, one needs to another fasted for weeks, merely take the emotion and a particularly loyal cou­ expressed worldwide over ple simply crawled around the premature death of the Plaza de Mayo until their Princess Diana and bottle it knees had been worn down into a single country. Evita, WEST 10TH OPTOMETRY CLINIC to their kneecaps. the Argentina she inhabitat- Dr. Patricia Rupnow, Optometrist To many, the adoration ed and the Argentina that Dr. Stephanie Brooks, Optometrist and veneration of a woman who'd has inherited her legacy are brought ets of those lined up outside her General Eye 4320 W. 10th Ave. slept her way into power and kept it doors. Through her leadership and to vivid life in Santa Evita, from the ..... r. Vancouver, BC with the help of a kteptocracy, led by power, she kept in office a govern­ details of the high machinations of and Vis on Care her husband Juan Peron, seems ment that repressed its people, government to the depressing tra­ (604) 224-2322 sheer lunacy. But for her time and threw thousands of them in jail or vails of the impoverished. If the place, Evita was a miracle. Born a forced them into political exile. book gets wearing near its end, http://www.careerwiz.com bastard child to an impoverished Martinez is a student of the carry on For when it finally ends, lamily Evita gradually worked her Latin-American tradition of magic you find yourself thrust out of its way to becoming the most powerful realism, blending this style with well-written intrigue and mystery, Produced by L A S S 0 Communications Inc. woman (and some would argue, other approaches, ranging from and back into the all too real world, THI indirectly, lhe most powerful per­ film scripts, straight interview tran- saddeningly sobered. • caiwuiizwiD tit ultimate tool

Wm EAT SHIT FREE with selected McGraw-Hill Ryerson textbooks at your bookstore, jifjj The word from the street., and oHner poems %• mmm®? DRAKE DOFASCO ££££ Headlined S**™. age sissy today'" and BUMS EAT SHrr bums paying homage ftatiyofMEOiciNf SPARROW 13 BY SPARROW 13 to "garbage gods" (no IHE UW'RSiiy OF relation, however, to SWISH COIUMBIA ASTHMA STANZAS Vancouver's striking UNCOUVO HOSPITAL A COMPILATION garbage men), I by Susan MacRae enjoyed reading Bums Eat Shit for its straight off the San Fran street poetry. RBEMC1I We are looking for participants for ongoing asthma research studies Now that summer is over, everyone can start getting back THE INSIDE COVER DESCRIBES STANZAS AS A MAGAZINE FOR involving currently prescribed medications, as well as promising new to voraciously reading their poetry chapbooks for the win long poems/ sequences and boasts a long list of previous medications. ter. Bums Eat Shit and contributors, some recognisable in the literary up and Other Stories by Sparrow comers and some not. This particular issue of Stanzas You must be: 13 from manic d press out included a long poem by meghan lynch, who is a third • at least 19 years of age • diagnosed with asthma of San Francisco is not a bad year creative writing major at York University. • currently using prescribed asthma medications place tostar t lynch's writing focuses on language-based, serial poet­ • a non-smoker or an ex-smoker Although I was originally ry, quite akin to much of the language poetry emerging kind of put off by the title from The Kootenay School of Writing in Vancouver. In the If eligible, you will receive your asthma medication and a peak flow [Bums Eat Shit is actually long poem/sequence, titled "first floor inside at the ran meter to measure your breathing. some graffiti on Market domisation factory" lynch demonstrates that she is def> For more information, please call 875-5698. Street between 7th and 8th nitely language-based. Each poem appears to be a ran­ in San Francisco) the poems dom collection of nouns and verbs, fragments of images, in this chapbook are worth words that seem to have no reference point or juxtaposi­ taking a look at. " Cocaine tions of dissimilar words. The poet's skill and talent are Pantoum" is a formalist particularly highlighted in the last poem ofthe chapbook. Shibano |3|»| Academy look at a woman '' praying The way she connects, or refuses to connect words and to the Versateller Machine"' for fast cash, with "eyes red images, is particularly interesting, "skeletal as pills and psych ward bright". we/parts/picked apart/on frontlawns. " Learn Japanese "Clinical" describes the speaker of the poem getting Unfortunately, I found myself straining to find the con Get in touch with the Pacific Rim beat up after "meeting the wrong man" at the "wrong nections between words and themes in most ofthe rest of place at the wrong time". the poems. Although I admire lynch's oblique approach, Evening Classes—3 months The final poem, and definitely the coup d'etat of the I found them to be a bit too obscure, lynch's poetry does­ Beginner to Advanced Level instruction chapbook was "Evil Queen on a Monday Morning''. With n't create distinct images or sounds that the reader can verses like: '' What did you say/ I've got my witch tits/ a hold on to, and therefore the poems lose an 35 years teaching experience steely knife thigh/ And a painted evil eye/ I feel one sav­ emotional impact* 738-1235 14 THE UBYSSEY • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1997 lUlWMH*3'

September 9, 1997 • volume 78 issue 2 Editorial Board

Coordinating Editor Joe Clark News Sarah Galashan and Chris Nuttall-Smith Culture Richelle Rae Sports Wolf Depner National/Features Jamie Woods Photo Richard Lam Production Federico Barahona The Ubyssey is the official student news­ paper of the University of British Columbia. It is published every Tuesday by The Ubyssey Publications Society. We are an autonomous, democratically run student organisation, and all students are encouraged to participate. Editorials are chosen and written by the Ubyssey staff. They are the expressed opinion of the staff, and do not necessar­ ily reflect the views of The Ubyssey Publications Society or the University of British Columbia. The Ubyssey is a founding member of New student debt proposal unites strange bedfellows Canadian University Press (CUP) and firm­ ly adheres to CUP'S guiding principles. There's a new proposal to change the way stu­ owe $25,000. If tuition keeps on its upward Arts students are already being short­ All editorial content appearing in The dent loans work in Canada. The Income trend—Arts undergrad tuition was up an aver­ changed by a university that worries more Ubyssey is the property of The Ubyssey Contingent Repayment (ICR) system proposed age of 8.7 per cent across Canada, despite BC's about training its students for the workforce Publications Society. Stories, opinions, photographs and artwork contained here­ this summer by the federal and Ontario gov­ tuition freeze—student debt will follow. Debt is than educating them. How many students will in cannot be reproduced without the ernments calls for a 25 year loan repayment the problem, not repayment. clamour to get into art history or archaeology expressed, written permission of The period, during which graduates would put 10 It's strange the left-wing Canadian courses when those courses almost invariably Ubyssey Publications Society. per cent of their income over $ 15,000 towards Federation of Students (CFS) and the big banks lead to low-paying jobs, and in turn long-term, Letters to the editor must be under 300 words. Please include your phone repayment. would have a common cause. But like the CFS, high-cost indebtedness? How many will come number, student number and signature Interest relief and temporary loan forgiveness the lenders oppose this most recent ICR pro­ to universities to learn and to improve them­ (not for publication) as well as your year would be forgotten; bankruptcy forbidden. Seven posal. For the banks, 2 5 years is way too long to selves, and not to get rich? and faculty with all submissions. ID will be percent tuition increases for the next four years repay a student loan and the interest costs are The enemy of your enemy, the saying goes, checked when submissions are dropped off at the editorial office of The Ubyssey, with higher borrowing limits to compensate. too high. If the banks' customers are paying stu­ is your friend. otherwise verification will be done by Here's how the current proposal could dent loans, they won't be taking mortgages or We'll side with banks then, and suggest this phone. work: A graduate with $26,000 of loans who's making investments. proposal gets shelved. We'll stand behind "Perspectives" are opinion pieces over 300 lucky enough to get a $40,000 per year job Scotiabank says that while ICR isn't a bad idea Scotiabank's call for consultation with stu­ words but under 750 words and are run pays the loan, plus $34,000 in interest over 25 in principle, this incarnation would see 35 per dents before another program is developed. It according to space. "Freestyles" are opinion pieces written by years. cent of borrowers owing money after 25 years. is students after all, who are going to pay for Ubyssey staff members. Priority will be given We're stymied about how forbidding bank­ And they say it might have been a good idea to changes to the program. to letters and perspectives over freestyles ruptcy, raising tuition, and drastically increas­ consult students about the plan. It isn't surprising to see this proposal come unless the latter is time senstitive. Opinion ing interest costs will help make student loan For the CFS, a program that makes poor out of Ontario: the Harris government cam­ pieces will not be run until the identity of repayment easier on graduates. Besides, paigned on a platform that included an ICR the writer has been verified. graduates pay more than their rich counter­ repayment isn't the problem with the current parts—those with high paying jobs straight out student loan system, and they've made no Editorial Office student loan system. of school—is unfair. There's a flip side to the secret of their love of higher tuition fees. But Room 241K, Student Union Building, The stat is almost cliche' by now, but this ICR proposal: a graduate with a $ 100,000 per from Ottawa as well? We can only hope they're 6138 Student Union Boulevard, more supportive of access to education than Vancouver, BC. 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Business Office Room 245, Student Union Building advertising: (604) 822-1654 business office: (604) 822-6681 fax: (604) 822-1658 want to deal with is essentially Business Manager Slumlords against the law. The worse part of Marxist leader mourned Fernie Pereira this experience was that the Advertising get picky woman was a UBC employee, and HARDIAL BAINS In 1963, he founded the Scott Perry over and above her excellent elo­ AUG 15,1939- AUG 24, 1997 Internationalists which began as a Sirens screamed and people fled, for the apocalypse In my search for an apartment in cution and carriage, her attitudes discussion group at UBC. The had finally descended upon the land. Brought on by the August, I made use of the AMS seem to be quite incompatible Dorothy-Jean O'Donnel Internationalists contributed to cre­ incantations of Afshin Mehin, Jamie Woods, and with provincial Human Rights Stanley Tromp, the dark forces had arisen to take their Rentsline. One of the listings was ating an atmosphere of serious dis­ deadly tolls. At first Richard Lam and Federico for a bachelor suite in a Heritage Legislation and the university's Hardial Bains, National Leader of cussion and ideas on campus. In Barahona thought that they could ally with their fellow home, which is actually getting to own Equity Guidelines. So much the Canadian Marxist I^ninist Party evil-doers, but upon their disembowlment by Marina 1962 he participated in organising Atunes and Douglas Quan, they were proven fatally be a fancy way of saying rooming for sensitivity training. died of cancer last month in Hull, a mass rally of UBC students in wrong. Chris Nuttall-Smith's life of sin and outrage was house. Quebec. Bob Wakulich opposition to US nuclear threats at severed by the frantic chopsticks of Craig Reynolds and The woman who owned the Hardial Bains was a student Richelle Rae, his remains then sprinkled with ginger the time ofthe Cuban Missile Crisis. spice by Sarah Galashan for her immense dining plea home, let me look at the suite and activist and political organizer who His 1967 pamphlet "Necessity sure, Jerome Yau and Dan Gibbons searched in vain fill out an application, but during was active at UBC in the early for Change" (reprinted in Student for a sanctuary, but only Wolf Depner found it in his 1960's. He retained his connection beloved pipe'. Pipe! Emily Mak was slaying thou- our discussion, she mentioned Tell us what Power), provided an incisive analy­ sands with her flaming sword of Saint Charlie Cho. that she was a little leery about my to various university sis of the cultural context Jaime Tong, John Mcalhster, and Alec Macneill- age (over 35), my marital status campuses over the Richardson all fell beneath her banner. Nathan you think Kennedy and Ah Madam escaped by virtue of not being (my wife was planning to come past thirty years as a anywhere in particular, though Joe Clark was not so visit from out of town every guest lecturer and par­ fortunate, as a vengeful Ronald Nursiwah righted month or so) and my gender ticipant in Marxist wrongs affected centuries ago. Casey Sedgeman flew You may recognise this space as up through the arms of an angel, but Todd Silver was (testosterone enhanced). where we usually run letters. Leninist study groups not for the vassals of heaven. His was to die slowly as Needless to say I was turned Unfortunately we have run out of at various Canadian Perspective the wild goats of Athens ripped him from limb to limb, universities. driven all the while by John Zaozirny, risen from the down, even though I was one of letters that we can run. So we grave to wreck his vengeance upon the evil. the first people to reply to the ad. thought we would take this opportu­ Bains emigrated to of the struggle of youth and I think the AMS Rentsline is a nity to remind you about acceptable Canada from India in students in the 1960's. The great idea, but I think that when letters for publication. 1959. He completed his undergrad­ struggle between anti-conscious up-and-coming slumlords want to We also like letters to run 300 uate studies at Punjab University acceptance and conscious rejection Canadian take advantage of the lucrative words. If your letter is between 301 that year, and continued his gradu­ of the status quo was elaborated University and mostly mortgaged student and 750 words, we'll still run it as a ate studies at UBC in science. He and the role of consumer society in BESS economy, it should be made clear perspective—space permitting. completed his Masters degree in deadening social consciousness to them that getting too particular Microbiology (Bacteriology and Canada Post Publications Sales Agreement Number 07321d1 about the kinds of life forms they the Ubyssey staff Immunology) in 1965. ...continued on page 15 § 0

THgUBYSSSX-*'TUBDAY,tSEPT,*MBER SM997 -I ' LL ...continued from page 14 was analysed. Bains' celebrated thesis that •^Jnderstending requires an act of conscious participation Quiet side of support by the individual, an act of finding out", became a focal point for serious revolutionaries who took the task of Jerome Yau Despite the articulation by groups you would go to a shoes store and that building a new political organization in Canada, the like APEC Alert, not all students share you don't go to a bagel store to buy Communist Party of Canada (MajTrist-Leninist) which was 1997 means a lot to UBC students. Not their views, and they argue that APEC shoes. Furthermore, she said people founded in 1970. only do we have a new president but is a good thing. Even though students should complain to organisations like I did noteieet Hardial Bains untiljl9# 3, but I heard of the campus will also be the venue for at UBC have yet to see and hear organ­ Amnesty International for not doing him ten yeass earlier when my mother and he were both the upcoming APEC leaders' meeting ised pro-APEC voices, there are groups enough to articulate the human rights directors of International House at UBC. I recall hearing I in November. Students may have that are working on the issue and try­ issue, not APEC. Chow also said that of his energy, vitality and political acumen, and in partic­ noticed that this event is fiercely ing to come up with an objective, apo­ the reason for the lack of organised ular of his work to ensure that International House took a ; opposed by some students while some litical standpoint. One such group is pro-APEC voices is that students who stand against the South African apartheid regime from ' others think that the anti-APEC voices AIESEC UBC. Members of this group are supportive of APEC do not think the the early 1960's. | are misdirected and that the APEC are involved in a project to learn more upcoming meeting is an issue and Hardial Bains' theoretical tMnkiog in the fields of pol- i meeting will increase UBC's about APEC and their some of these students do not want to itics, oilture, journalism and interdisdplinary studies is international exposure and will conclusion will be based "yell and whine" around the campus to reflected in Ms consistent political wfifing for the Party hence be beneficial to UBC stu­ articulate their views. Instead, many press over, twenty-seven years (amongst others for The dents. APEC supporters would like to get Marxist teriMst weekly), and in a number of his impor­ Anti-APEC groups have been involved and focus on long term, sus­ tant works such as The New Journalism, Communism I very active and vocal over the tainable changes. In other words, con­ 1989-1991, Modern Communism, The Essence of the j upcoming APEC meeting on Perspective structive engagement is the strategy of Consensus report on the Constitution, A Future to Face, and ; campus. Jaggi Singh of APEC these APEC supporters. A Power to Share. Alert said that the main reasons In fact, students are deeply divided Bains worked consistently to raise the level of politics i they oppose APEC are that the on their findings, not any over the APEC issue and this is evident and intellectual life in Canada. He held a special place in j issue of human rights is ignored and pre-determined point of view. as the AMS does not have any official his heart for the youth, who, in the|*ords of the Party ! that APEC's agenda is "fundamentally Tinnie Chow of AIESEC UBC person­ position in this matter. Jennie Chen, statement Tie never failed to encourage to rely on their \ anti-people." He criticised APEC's agen­ ally feels that APEC is a good thing AMS Director of Administration said own convictions and abilities with utmost confidence and | da saying that it "helps to perpetrate because "it brings countries closer that the AMS represents all UBC stu­ to kowtow to no one." i and to increase environment degrada­ together [where] changes are likely to dents and that they noticed the polari­ Since his 1990 submissions to the Select Committee tion and human rights abuses." happen as countries become more sation of students' opinions on cam­ on Electoral Reform, Hardial Bains carried out a broad Students within APEC Alert, according dependent." When asked about the pus. In light of the situation, the AMS range of activity in the field of democratic renewal of the j to Singh, are particularly concerned human rights issue, Chow remarked felt that it is inappropriate to have an poUtical process in Canada, including the work with other with the fact that President Jiang Zemin that they are aware of the concerns official position. Nonetheless, Chen small parties to demand a level playing field in the elec- j and General Suharto will come to UBC raised by anti-APEC groups but feel emphasises that the AMS does "sup­ toral arena. ** ' to attend the meeting and they argue APEC is not the proper forum to dis­ port and uphold the UN Declaration of When Ireturned to UBC to do graduate work in 1993, \ that these two leaders are responsible cuss human rights issues as it is an Human Rights" and that the AMS is a requirement of the History Department for admissions for human rights abuses in China and economic organisation. considering playing a co-ordinating was to write a short essay on 'Why I wish I wrote this • Indonesia respectively. She argued if you want to buy shoes, role in this issue.• book". My response was to write about A Future to Face, Hardial Bains' analysis of the 1992 Referendum on the Charlettetown Accord. Hardial Bains is survived by his lifetime partner Sandra, a political personality in her own right, his six ubyssey s t aft me e t i n g children, and close extended family. j A memorial meeting will be held at UBC in October, , Wednesday September 10, details to be announced. For further information contact CPC (M-L) at 254-1040 or e-mail [email protected].<« : sub 241k, 12:30

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