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4 f * I ' ' 1 Steamroller splurge since 1918 TAs rally at Koerner Teaching assistant strike enters third week

by Kevin Groves the crowd. NEWS WRITER Alan Richardson, an associate professor with the philosophy More than 500 UBC students, facul­ department, also criticised the uni­ ty and staff braved snow and wind to versity's refusal to offer tuition relief participate in a rally supporting the for TAs because McGill, the Teaching Assistant (TA) Union last University of Toronto and Friday. The strike has now moved University of Alberta do not have into its third week. similar offers. The TAs have been joined by "UBC has claimed to be the best UBC's 1600 clerical and library university in Canada and one of the workers, on the picket line looking best in the world,' said Richardson. for pay equity for their largely "But UBC cannot be the best univer­ female membership. sity in Canada if it is taking its lead With Twisted Sister's "We're Not from Toronto, McGill, or Alberta.' Gonna Take It" greeting hundreds of U^C's 1600 TAs are looking to passing UBC students, the rally- have their tuition, which went up an held outside Koerner library—began average of 20 per cent this year, with waving Canada flags, honking waived. horns, banging drums and signs To justify this request, TAs have ridiculing UBC President Martha pointed to UBC's decision to raise Piper. " tuition by an average of $5QQ each, "Throughout this bargaining year for the next three years to Bring process the university has treated it in line with peer institutions. each and every student here with According to the TA Union those YES, THEY'RE EATING CAKE: But they won't take it from the university. No resolution is in sight as utter contempt' said Law TA Kirk the strike enters its third week. NIC FENSOM PHOTO Tousaw, to cries of 'shame' from See "Rally'ron page 4.

SECOND THIS ISSUE: UNION GOES Closing in on a cure for cancer by Carlos Sutter ON STRIKE NEWSWRITER

by Kathleen Deering A new treatment for cancer is near­ NEWS EDITOR ly a reality, thanks: to research done at UBC by Dr Wilfred Jefferies. He is' Labour relations between the uni­ carrying out research related to the versity and its employers have once NEVyS: Bike Hub moving immune system and his work has again deteriorated, as the second \ B-Lot to take over space. Page 3. recendy generated positive results. CUPE local served strike notice and "Cancer is a disease largely ofthe began job action at 10am Friday. CULTURE: The Ubyssey very immuno-suppressed," Jefferies Approximately 1600 members variety show explained. These include people like of CUPE 2950 (Chan Centre for the Pot the Earth, videos, poems, the very young, who are developing Performing Arts staff and support opera, music and photos. efficient immune systems, or the staff, including library workers) Pages 9, 11 and 12. very old, whose immune systems have been without a contract since are degenerating. It also includes last January and have been in medi­ SPORTS: UBC hockey pt. II people on anti-transplantation rejec­ ation since March 2003. Talks A look at the 5-21 men's team. tion drugs. broke down last week. Pages 6-7. 'Our work has focused really on how your immune system recognis­ CUPE 2950 President Natalie MAKING YOUR BODY EARN ITS KEEP: Dr Jefferies helps the Lisik said one of the main unre­ [email protected] es those cancer cells and detects immune system recognise cancer cells, NIC FENSOM PHOTO solved issues at the bargaining WWW.UBYSSEY.BC.CA them and then kills them,' the med­ table is funding pay equity for ical genetics and microbiology pro­ recognition by the immune system," allows the immune system to identi­ union members. "It's a large issue the equity plan, bargainers looked fessor elaborated. explained Jeff e ries. fy the cancer cells as 'alien cells," for our • membership because the at specific factors and compared In the early 90s Jefferies made "The next thing that we did was and then destroys the cancerous majority of our members are- individual jobs in both female

I.III...1II..MIIM.I.W..III UBC seeks injunction IMBLE BELIEVING: MODERN TERATURE & THE CONFLICT against picketers \ INTERPRETATIONS: Mar 17, 4pm, Buch B Penthouse. Speaker: Dr. Roger Lundin, Clyde S. Kilby Professor The university is requesting an of English Literature, Wheaton College, NEWS Chicago. Sponsored by UBC Graduate injunction from the Labour TORY TUESDAY - Come have a drink & Faculty Christian Forum. Relations Board against striking & a little political chatter with the UBC UBC MEDICINE PRESENTS "THE CUPE locals 2278 and 2950 which Young Conservatives. Get involved as the RUN FOR RURAL MEDICINE" Sun, would force the unions off-campus. Progressive Conservative Party of Canada Mar 23. For info & registration details,. chooses its next leader! Gallery Pub, Mar go towvyvy.ubcmedicinexjb.net/2005/run CLASSIFIEDS UBC officials contend that UBC is 11, 7pm. Info: Matt 604-681-8420 or private property and therefore the malexb^ijnterchange.ubCjCa— WOMEN'S CENTRE'"ANNUAL unions cannot strike on campus. " ATTENTION ALL HISTORY GENERAL MEETING: Mar 27, 5pm. UNDERGRADS GRADUATING Come out & participate in the women- "^e think it's absurd to claim run, women-oriented resource group! THIS SPRING: Please take your grad that UBC is private property when photos at: Evanaelos Photography, 3156 MAKING PEACE IN A TIME OF., it's clearly a public institution,' said ' W. Broadway, 604-731-8314. Deadline: WAR" - CUSO's overseas projects. Feat : STUDENTS! March 15. ; '"',; Olympic Gold Medalist, Daniel Igali. ' Anthony Waldron, spokesperson for ENGINEERS W/O BOARDER UBC Marl4,7-9pm,YWCA(733BeattySt). P the TA Union. i > i if SPEAKER SERIES: 'Globalization & 604-683-2099: Scott Macrae, UBC director of the environment" by Dr. Peter Dauverge. Looking for a Mar 11, 6:30 at CEME 1202. Everyone MfiWffl. Public Affairs, said" concerns were welcome, www.ubcewb.ca; ubc@ewb ca. h raised Thursday when TAs picketed 2950 members, the latter of whom TEACH ENGLISH OVERSEAS: JOBS went on strike Friday morning. Over FRONTIER COLLEGE, A NON­ $$ GUARANTEED - GREAT PAY. roommate? the General Services Administration PROFIT LITERACY ORG'N, NEEDS *TESOL Certified in 5 days in.-class (or building, which he said they have no the past two weeks, TAs have picket­ USED BOOK DONATIONS for an online or by correspondence). Attend a right to do as the building is not a ed different buildings around cam­ upcoming fundraiser. There are drop-off FREE Information Seminar. FREE pus each day. boxes at Speakeasy (SUB ground), Infopack: 1-888-270-2941 or Got something workplace for TAs. He further said Resource Groups Commons (SUB www.globaltesol.com. when CUPE 2950 joined pickethnes Noisemakers and bullhorns upstairs) & Gage.Commons. 604-713- to sell? sounded, and music was "played 5848. " • TEACH ENGLISH OVERSEAS! One- on Friday, they caused the campus day TEFL workshop. Mar 15. 1 866- JY to become too disruptive to stu- Friday afternoon as those attending ENGINEERS W/O BORDERS UBC 912-4465. www.goteach.ca : the rally at Koerner library marched presents a benefit concert to raise money dents. Thus, the injunction included to the Buchanan complex, including For an overseas internship. Mar 11, 8pm Or lust have an both unions. - •• at Mesa Luna (1926 W. Broadway). $7 Buchanan Tower, to set up pickets. imiw Waldron said the move would cover. [email protected]. COMPUTER TABLE WITH PULL Pickets were also set up at 7am announcement to force all of the unions to picket the BIRDWALK ON CAMPUS EVERY OUT KEYBOARD TRAY. 4'xl', like Monday morning in the same area. TUESDAY. Meet at the Flagpole (above new. Black & grey. $70 obo. Call 604- entire campus, not just individual Rose Garden; by Chan Centre) at 221-5314. make? buildings. "Tnis would be far more A giant paper mache head depict­ 12:30pm. For info or to get on mailing disruptive," he said. "This would hit ing UBC President Martha Piper with list, contact Christina: emces money spilling from her mouth was [email protected]. every individual .student as well as- VEGETARIAN LUNCH/BUFFET THE BIKE KITCHEN: Campus Bike wheeled around the Buchanan com­ Shop. Full-service, non profit, good members ofthe community, includ­ EVERY TUESDAY from 12:30-2:30 at If you are a student, ing businesses and other people plex and a board for people to write International House (1783 West Mall). times! Used bikes, accessories, repairs, shop & tool use, bike repair instruction, messages of support was set up. All welcome. who work here." Located in SUB basement. Call 82- Other buildings picketed LET'S SUPPORT OUR AMERICAN SPEED. you can place Transit buses will not cross the FRIENDS: In light of recent offensive picket lines should they be set up at' Monday were the General Services remarks made against our southern classifieds for FREE! the university gates, meaning stu­ Administration Building, the neighbours by Liberal MP C. Parrish & Buchanan complex, and the the insult directed at US President G.W. ESSAY RESEARCH & ASSISTANCE: dents would have a 30-minute walk Bush made by PM's former " Any Subjects A to Z. Call toll-free: 1- . to get to campus-. University Services Building. communications director, the UBC Buchanan complex, not including 888-345-8295. www.customessay.com For more information, visit But Macrae said the entire uni­ Young Conservatives invites you to sign Buchanan Tower will be picketed our petition of support to the White CALCULUS & C++ TUTOR Available. versity would not shut down. "We Room 23 in the SUB from 7am to 5pm today. House. SUB Concourse, Mar 11-12, 12- Tin @ 604-448-8869 or know from past experience that stu­ 2pm. Info:.Ron 604-301-0750 or [email protected]. Commercial (basement] or call 822-1654. [email protected]. experience in home tutoring. dents and professors have crossed those picket lines to continue the UBC rallies against a war educational process," he said. on Iraq Staff Meeting Agenda Wed. 12pm •SUB mi: 2f 7- ,- TAs are currently bargaining a new contract with the university. Ofntro 5)Ultimate •• . 9)Other business TAs are asking for tuition rebates to An estimated 30Q students ral­ 2)Staff 6)Cofours Issue 10)Post mortem protect them from rising tuition, as lied against the impending war on 3)T-shirts 7)Spoof paying tuition is a condition of TAs' Iraq outside ' the- Goddess of THEUBYSSEY employment UBC has stated it will Democracy this past Wednesday 4)Elections . 8)lmpeachment review BEING SUBTLE SINCE 1918 not discuss tuition in bargaining. afternoon. Macrae has estimated that Spearheaded by UBC's Coalition 23,000 of the 29,000 undergradu­ Against War on the People of Iraq ates on campus have been affected (CAWOPI) the anti-war rally coincid­ UBG by the strike sq far. ed with protests held throughout the The hearing for the injunction world on the International Student Commerce began..Friday and is expected to be Day of Action. resolved today. From 12pm to lpm student pro­ testers listened to CAWOPI mem­ bers speak against a war on Iraq. Unions shut down Students were also able to sign a Build Your Career As An Accounting Professional. Buchanan UBC petition against war, which will be passed onto the national Build Your Credentials With UBC Commerce. government Thousands of students missed Organisers of the rally and classes or were forced to cross pick­ CAWOPI members Hemsa Nosh and et lines in what has been the biggest Jesse McLaren said the rally was a UBC Diploma in Accounting disruption on campus since the success. They said the purposeof the teaching assistants (TAs) went on If you are a university graduate seeking a professional accounting designation, you can fast rally was to show the federal govern­ strike February 10. trackyour education through the UBC Commerce Diploma in Accounting Program (DAP). ment that UBC students are not in Prepares you for: the Chartered Accountant School of Business (CASB) and the Certified CUPE local 2278, TAs, shut down support of a war on Iraq. the Buchanan complex Friday after­ General Accountant (CGA) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA) programs. Students interested, in protesting noon and yesterday all. day. They can join an anti-war march Saturday were joined in solidarity by CUPE noon at the Vancouver Public Application Deadline For Courses Starting in May: March 31 local 116 members and CUPE local Library. • . Application Deadline For Courses Starting in September: July 15

TO FIND OUT MORE: EVENTS www.commerce.ubc.ca/dap Public Forum tVV6€f1S Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Between Classes University of British Columbia Women's Forum at the Vancouver Public Library central branch, 2053 Main Mall, Vancouver, B.C., V6T1Z2 Wednesday, March 12 7-9pm. Telephone: 604 822 8412 Fax: 604 822 1900 A discussion on women's equality/cuts to health care, child care, disabil­ ity benefits, human rights and abuse services featuring panelists and E-mail: [email protected] information booths. Lunch sans viande

FACULTY OF COMMERCE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Vegetarian Lunchat the International House, every Tuesday 12:30- THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA 2:30pm The Vegetarian Club hosts a weekly lunch featuring vegetarian food from different regions of the world. Drop-in, pay by donation ($4). • THEUBYSSEY NEWS TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2003 No home for Bike Hub Cyclists' portable to be paved for parking by Anna King hot' section for the last three years. NEWS STAFF But lots of people still don't know we exist' The portables housing the AMS As wiell as selling and fixing Bike Hub and the Food Co-op are bikes at the Bike Kitchen, the Co-op slated to be torn down. The huts, runs a number of programs on located near Totem Park, will be campus, including a 'Build your demolished to make way for a new own bike' program and a bike bor­ B-Lot, according to Director of rowing system, and offers low Planning, Campus Planning and rates for bike maintenance instruc­ Development, Fred Pritchard. tion. The move has some members of Jackson plans to approach the the Bike Co-op, which runs the Hub university and the AMS, among as well as the Bike Kitchen, located other sources, for funding for the in the SUB, worried about what the expansion project. An external future holds for their club. estimate has priced the project at According to Pritchard, the around $230,000. space will be ready for cars in Atkins said he would like to see September in case the U-Pass does­ the university help to make sure n't reduce parking needs on cam­ the Bike Co-op remains on cam­ pus as much as is being projected. pus, but said he couldn't comment Meanwhile, Geoff Atkins, asso­ on any funding specifics until he ciate vice-president, land and received an official copy of the building services, said the plan to Bike Co-op's proposal. reclaim the area is only partially josh Bowman, AMS vice-presi­ related to parking needs. The real dent, administration, also offered problem, he says, is the dilapidat­ verbal support, but said it was too ed condition of the huts. "There is soon to tell if the AMS could finan­ no question we need to get out of cially back the proposal. the huts,' he said. "They really are Meanwhile, the B-Lot develop­ living in a hovel there.' ment can't proceed until a home is Whatever the reason for the found for both the Bike and Food demolition, Jesse Jackson, a past Co-ops. president of the Bike Co-op, has Jackson is worried that when begun a campaign to find a new push comes to shove, and funding home for the Bike Hub in the SUB. for the SUB relocation project His proposal would expand the doesn't appear fast enough, the Bike Kitchen into an unused and university will fall back on an ear­ undeveloped area in the basement lier suggestion to. move the Bike of the SUB, making one larger area Hub to South Campus. instead of the two separate areas This, Jackson maintains, would the Co-op has currently been oper­ be a disaster, as the Hub would be ating out of. about five kilometres from the cen­ "We've got two sets of tools and tre of campus and not on a bus two administrative areas, and if we route. He feels this would defeat could combine them we would the purpose of the Bike Hub. gain all sorts of efficiency," Jackson thinks that by Jackson said. approaching a number of possible He also hopes the move would funding sources, he will only be create more prominence for the asking Campus and Community club, which isn't well-known on Planning, which is responsible for campus. "We're a high-profile parking lot development, for group for the university," he said. $30,000. "That is only the cost of two stalls in a surface parking lot,' "For example, we've been listed in NEEDS A FAST FIX: The AMS Bike Hub is losing its space this summer to make way for surface park­ he added. • Maclean's Magazine in the 'What's ing. Jesse Jackson, right, wants a solution soon, NIC FENSOM PHOTO UBC asks students where money should go consultation. From the initial results of the survey, the There was also confusion about how the Students call for more UBC Vice-President, Students, Brian university has come up with some tentative awards would combine with funding the uni­ Sullivan admitted that "the marketing could suggestions for the university's Board of versity already provides. have been more effective' for the Governors (BoG), who will decide later this The university is also suggesting that $4.3 classes and more consultation. month where the money will go. million be allocated toward faculty and Last Wednesday, the university sent out a UBC is currently planning on setting aside libraries to support teaching. This would cover consultation broadcast e-mail informing students of a sur­ $500,000 in tuition awards for full-time PhD more sections for courses and who would vey they could fill out on-line. The survey students in their first to fourth year at UBC. teach those sections. asked questions about where students saw The awards would be for both domestic and "That's where a lot of [the funding] is by Chris Shepherd improvements in their education experience international doctoral students and the uni­ going,' Sullivan said ofthe increased sections. NEWS EDITOR after last year's tuition increase, and where versity is moving to have both domestic and "[More] instructors, faculty and [teaching their priorities are in terms of future funding. international PhD student tuition levels the assistants] so we can increase the number of UBC hag begun consulting students on Best felt that asking students what should same. Currently international PhD students sections that are offered." where to direct money generated from be done with their money after collecting it is pay $7200 in tuition while domestic students Sullivan added that students should see increased tuition fees, amidst criticisms by illogical. pay $3200. more tenure-track teachers and an emphasis the Alma Mater Society (AMS) and the "The university should set benchmarks Sullivan ruled out any tuition awards for on experiential learning, such as case studies Graduate Student Society (GSS), which have and goals and then try to reach those, and Master's students. and problem-based learning. both questioned the effectiveness of raise money to reach those, instead of collect­ Chris Fennell, vice-president external for Finally, the university is suggesting the process. ing all this extra money [from students] and the GSS, liked the idea of the tuition awards $200,000 for student service improvements. AMS Vice-President, Academic, Laura Best then saying, 'Where do you want it spent?" but was concerned about the structure behind This would go towards projects such as web is not impressed with the university's effort "It was done in the context ofthe universi­ the system. offerings and student financial assistance. to date. ty's overall budget situation,' Sullivan said. "The problem with [the tuition awards] is Sullivan is unsure if there jvill be consulta­ "I think the university could do a lot more 'Once we knew something about the provin­ they were very poorly thought out and there was tion with students for this round of tuition to make sure that the tuition allocation con­ cial budget and knew something about the no consultation surrounding them," he said. increase allocations, though a presentation to sultation is more relevant and more accessi­ federal budget and knew something about the Fennell said that departments and the GSS a BoG committee on Thursday is open to stu­ ble to students,' Best said, criticising the uni­ university's commitments, we were able to did not know what was happening with the dents. Contact Nina Robinson at (604) 822- versity's efforts made to advertise the identify the gaps we had.* awards and who would be providing them. 2127 for information. • 4 TUESDAY, MARCH 11,2003 NEWS THE UBYSSEY Canada's first telescope 'humble'

by Zerah Lurie created when this equilibrium is disturbed by the con- NEWSSTAFF vective reactions that bring hot gases from the centre of the star to the surface. Canada's first space telescope is getting a boost from UBC , However, sound waves can't travel in space, so they GO UNlDOIl physics and astronomy professor Jaymie Matthews, can only be detected by observing how the light changes A Travel CUTS Exclusjwel whose efforts, have helped make an inexpensive tele­ when they expand and contract the star. Since these scope capable of finding worlds in other solar systems. sound waves are resonating, they appear as periodic Matthews is the head scientist of the Microvariability oscillations in the brightness of the star. Fly for $200 when you and Oscillations of Stars (MOST) project, which is nick­ To detect these stellar oscillations, MOST must use a purchase one ofthe selected named 'the humble space telescope', because it is one of light metre so sensitive that it is able to detect light the world's first microsatellite space changes as subtle as one part in per mill inn. To get an Contiki European tours. telescopes. idea of how sensitive one part in a million is, Matthews While the Hubble space telescope is over five stories relates that, 'you can see a similar change if you stare at high, MOST is no bigger than a suitcase. And unlike the a street lamp one kilometer away and move your eyes ,<6ntiki US$2.2 bilhon Hubble space telescope, MOST is being just half a millimeter." launched for only CAN$10 million, with most of the Because of this amazing sensitivity, MOST will also be - money provided from the Canadian Space Agency. able to look for planets orbiting distant stars. MOST HTRAVELCUIS "If MOST is successful, then it shows that yes, you can should be able to detect the change in light levels as the 1 Seethe world your way Lower Level SUB do big-budget science on a shoestring,' said Most "The planets show different phases during their orbits. 604-822-6890 hope is that other countries, other individual universities, 'Our science team can be the first humans in history and Canada itself will continue to do these missions...at a ever to directly detect light from a planet outside our solar The New UBC Marketplace fraction of the cost' system. It's a little bit analogous to when Galileo, 400 years 604-659-2860 MOST is designed to peer into the inside of distant ago, saw the phases of Venus for the first time through his www.travelcuts.com _ stars using sound waves, much the same way geophysi- telescope. Ironically, our telescope is not that much bigger cists peer into the inside of the earth by looking at how than Galileo's, at least in physical size.' This $200 flight offei applies to flights from Calgary, Charlottetown, Edmonton, Fredericton, Moncton, Quebec City, Saint John, Thunder Bay, Vancouver or Winnipeg for selected March tout departures Fly for S299-S399 with selected tou: departures in April waves generated by earthquakes travel through the inte­ Matthews will be in Russia for the June 30 launching and May. Other fares available frorn other cities. Must be paid in Full by Marcti 31/03 or immediately if boo ked within 45 days of rior. This practice is called stellar seismology, or helio- of MOST. While MOST is in orbit, Matthews will be able departure. Weekend surcharges, taxes, and other government fees not included. Valid Internationa* 5ludent Identity Card (1SIQ required.„Other restrictions apply, Drop by For full details. seismology, when looking at our sun. to communicate with the satellite for 20 minutes a day Travel CUTS Is owned and"operated by the Canadian Federation of Students. Most stars, like our sun, axe in hydrostatic equilibri­ through a ground station in the Hennings building at um, balancing the force of gravity with the gas pressure UBC. MOST is expected to be in orbit for up to ten years from the nuclear reactions in their core. Sound waves are depending on how the satellite fares in space. •

"Rally" from page I. Scott Macraie said UBC administra­ on,' he said. tors did not feel the need to attend As for UBC, administrators are scheduled increases equal a 16 per the rally because while a recent scheduled to meet this week with the cent wage cut to a TAs $9000 salary seven per cent wage increase has BC Labour Relations Board to ask for GRAD CLASS COUNCIL OF UBC since TAs can't work without paying gone up to 10 per cent over three an order to remove all pickets from tuition. years, there has been no change in university property, due to concerns But UBC's administrators say the the university's bargaining position. about the noise disrupting classes. university is legally unable to "We have spoken on these mat­ Meanwhile, Jesse Morin, an Annual General Meeting. increase wages beyond market rates ters on campus before,' said anthropology TA, said the TA strike after the BC government prohibited Macrae, mentioning a February 16 has been getting varied reviews such increases for the foreseeable forum where Piper addressed more from undergraduate students. Barbeque and Beer Garden future, unless it can be proven that than 1100 people. "The general "It's really mixed. A lot of them wages are not at market rates or position has remained the same don't understand what TAs do^ and Graduating students are invited to come socialize there are savings that can be shared. since then.' feel that any wage increase is with the rest of the Class of 2003. Food will be UBC policy also says that tuition Macrae added that he hopes the obscene,' he said. "But I think that is relief should also apply to all stu­ TA strike—which has prompted lab a minority view, and I hope this rally offered and Grad Class Gifts will be voted on. dents, regardless of employment closures, cancelled classes and post­ will get our message out to status. poned exams across campus—will undergrads." Barbeque from12 - 3 pm, Beer Garden From 3-7 pm. As such, it is a separate issue that not last much longer but said the ulti­ Currently, TAs at York, Toronto, will not be discussed in the TA col­ mate decision lies with TAs, not the SFU and Carleton get rebates when lective bargaining process, the policy UBC administration. tuition goes up, while Guelph and adds. 'It's up to [TAs] at this point to McMaster index wages to tuition fee ~ SUR Partyroom and Courtyard - UBC Director of Public Affairs determine how long the strike will go increases. • Friday, March 14th. "Cure" from page 1. the clinical trials in the future will than the young ones.' www.ams.ubc.ca/gcc/ factor in candidates according to Jefferies is hoping to start clinical about ten people exclusively on their age. trials on people with cancer within or email: [email protected] research regarding the fight against "My personal thinking is that the next year. Jefferies has already cancer. He has graduate students, possibly we will select the patients received a US patent for applying undergraduate students, project stu­ according to the age. Maybe age is TAP to all types of solid tumors. dents, post doctoral researchers and an important factor. Because for our "[We're] hoping that when we re­ technicians working on his team. technology, based on the immunal introduce the TAP gene that we start Qian-Jin Zhang, a research asso-- response for old patients, the immu­ getting [an] immune response...that SNOWBOARD ciate in Jefferies's lab, believes that nal response level is always less kills and eradicates the tumours.' •

OR SKI "Strike" from page 1. 2950 members. She said this will position.' cause workers to be laid off. Lisik said 2950 members are government, at the time. "We both Although the university has not moving forward with job action FOR FREE! agreed on a figure that we felt would given specific examples yet, Lisik because during mediation, after address the issue,' he said. "Turns said CUPE 2950 bargainers their strike notice had been served out we were wrong.' "have received 'contracting-out' on Thursday, the university had not This overall sum was meant to language.' budged. No further talks have been STUDENT, STAFF & FACULTY address pay equity. It turned but not But Macrae said UBC is only scheduled. to be enough, but Macrae said the requesting to change the language of Macrae said the university is GROUP SPECIAL current provincial government has CUPE 2950's contract to reflect concerned with the disruptive effect not stated it will continue the fund­ CUPE 116's, with which UBC is cur­ the strike is having on students' ing. He said UBC does consider par­ rently bargaining. UBC has a pro­ classes. "It's just making a bad situ­ Organize a group of 10 or more and receive ity between men's and women's posal with CUPE 116 on the table ation worse,' he said. "We're now wages to be important requesting contracting out construc­ into the 11th day of withdrawal of complimentary lift pass & rental. 'I think we've agreed we've got a tion jobs worth over $50,000. With services by teaching assistants, now remainder of way to go on that,' he this request, the language ofthe con­ we have the additional picketing by Group Rates Start <§> $19 (incl. tax) said, 'and that's why in our collec­ tract would change. 2950. It's extrememly disruptive for tive bargaining we're trying to Because the language for con­ students." address.this issue as best we can, tracts for CUPE 2950 and 116 has Anthony Waldron, a spokesper­ Mention this ad upon arrival & the organizer's given the constraints that UBC is been the same in the past, UBC is son for the TA Union, said TAs are name is entered to win an exciting River under. We've got a mandate from requesting to change the language sympathetic to CUPE local 2950's the government that is zero, zero, in 2950's contract as well. concerns. "I think that we have fair­ Rafting Adventure for two. zero, so we're trying to work within "We don't have a contracting out ly similar issues, both of us are that' proposal for 2950 in the same way underpaid compared to market val­ Call 604.98&.2261 local 215 Lisik said another concern mem­ we do for 116,' he said. "It's a tech­ ues,' he said. bers have is that the university will nical issue, it's not that we have a "We're wholly in support of them privatise certain jobs done by CUPE proposal to contract out 2950's and their issues.' • THEUBYSSEY NEWS TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2003 Theology school being disemboweled by Celine Asril Roger Moors,. president and CEO of the VST Property times muddy. He said students were not' consulted about liv­ NEWS WRITER Management Corporation. ing near construction works. "They have given us no money *At the end of the day there will be a combination within rebate and they didn't announce their construction until The Vancouver School of TheOlogy (VST), is currently being the neighbourhood of existing [residences], some new insti­ everyone was here," he sajcL torn apart on the inside—but UBC students can rest assured tutional and some new market residential and, student But Phillips'said students have known for three years that the familiar castle will remain the same on the outside. housing and rental housing.' " """' that there would be construction at VST, and that he has met Discussion for redevelopment started eight years ago, Some students, however, are not impressed with the con­ with student represeht'ativestb discu.ss redevelopment. "It's but construction only began recently after a community struction so far. Fourth-year economics major Ben Larkman true that noise will affect students,* he said. "I don't know plan was approved. is a residence advisor for VST residence. "The whole build­ how we can prevent noise. But we've been quite careful they The reason for the redevelopment, said VST Director ing shakes sometimes,' he said. , only work within the hours we agreed on." Reverend Dr Phillips, is that the school wants to build a He said water has sometimes been shut off during the He said any problems students are having with water or neighbourhood around the school "We'll use our land bet­ construction, and when students do get water, it is some­ noise should be reported. • , ter, more efficiently, and [will] create an endowment for the theological education,' he said. He' added theological schools at UBC must ensure they have enough funding because although they are affiliated SFU clerical workers vote to strike with the university, they don't get university lands or gov­ by Stephen Hui sector, including universities, provide for no wage increases ernment grants. THEPEAK 7 Y over the next three years. 'We raise money from our own people [and] churches, so" "The university is bound by that directive/ said Aberle. we need to [otherwise] maintain our financial stability," BURNABY, BC (CUP)—Members of a union representing over The union; however, disputes the university's position. Phillips said, 'and the way to do that is to rent our space- 800 workers at Simon Fraser University (SFU) returned a "There may well be some government mandate here," in some cases, to sell the places to builders and to create positive strike vote late last month. Bannister said, "but we think the employer is in a position to endowment' On February 25, SFU's clerical, secretarial and technical give us a wage increase regardless.' Some people wonder how this will affect students living staff affiliated with Local 3 3 3 8 of the Canadian Union of Public . Both the university and the union maintain that they are at VST residences. Students currently currently living in the Employees (CUPE) voted 81 per cent in favour of job action. committed to reaching a negotiated settlement. lona building will not be able to live there next year. "We're being offered three years of zeros in terms of wage Job action by 85 trade workers represented by the Poly Phillips said VST is planning for most of the students to increases,' said John Bannister, business agent for CUPE Local Party unions is already in effect at SFU. Poly Party, which is be moved from the lona building to St Andrews, a residence 3338. "We're losing some of our dental and medical benefits also seeking wage increases and benefit improvements, has affiliated with VST. But others will have to apply for resi­ and we don't find that acceptable.' instituted a ban on overtime and its members walked off the dences outside ofthe theological community. After a year of negotiations, an impasse was reached and job for one day over a week ago. UBC's Housing Office said applications are reviewed the union requested a mediator. If mediation fails, the union Brent Mayne, chair of Poly Party, said there have been ho purely on a 'first come, first served basis' and that there would be in a position to issue 72-hour strike notice. talks between the labour group and the university since medi­ will be no priority placed on finding housing for students at 'Our members are very upset,' Bannister said. "I mean, Q- ation failed, and that strike action is a possibility. , VST. • 0-0 is unacceptable in itself, but there's three otSer employee .'Our members,' Mayne said, 'are feeling anger, exaspera­ But Phillips is not concerned. 'At the end of the redevel­ groups on campus that would be getting wage increases of two tion and a sense of unfairness.' opment, there will be, if not equal, more residences avail­ per cent for at least a couple of those years.' Iri the event of a* strike, some courses would be cancelled able,' he said. The SFU Administrative and Professional Staff Association and many university services would be unavailable or Currently the lona building only has 45 residence place­ and the SFU Faculty Association and Teaching Support Staff reduced, "'•«-•. ments, but eventually will have 70 or 80, Phillips said. St Union have agreements with the university that include wage Members of CUPE Local 2278, which represents teaching Andrews will have 130 and Terry Hall will have 60. increases and improved benefits. assistants at UBC, are currently on strike over wage disputes as Currently about 10 acres of the land owned by the school Kathryn Aberle, director of media and public relations at well. Office, technical and child care workers of CUPE Local is unused, but there will be approximately 350 units built SFU, said the Public Sector Employers' Council, a provincial 951 at the University of Victoria voted 85 per cent in favour of on that land over the next seven to ten years, according to government body, has ordered that settlements in the public a strike on February 20. •

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ATTENTION: STUDENTS courtside seat to the all-powerful SFU But the man who guaranteed his team a playoff showing for Friendly! Clan's sudden demise in the cham­ every year he coaches is looking only at the future. And if anyone IN THE FACULTY OF ARTS pionship semi-final. The Clan fell 68- can lift the UBC hockey program out of its losing tradition, new 61 to the Winnipeg Wesmen, making head coach Milan Dragicevic might just be the man. He is WHAT'S BEYOND 2ND YEAR??? Convenient! it their third loss of the year. Their emphatic and energetic, bordering on fanatical. first defeat came on home court back P INFORMATION FAIR 'I firmly believe in my heart that we're going to make the play­ in November, when Blair was given OPEN MON - FRI * 7;00AM TO 6:00PM offs next year,* says Dragicevic after the final game (and loss) of THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2003 the task of defending leading CIS the season. 'It hasn't been done in seven years, but as I told the SUB LOWER FLOOR scorer Jessica Kaczowka..The Birds players after the game, they have to start believing as well, not 12PM - 2PM, SUB BALLROOM won that game 69-59. only in their heart but in their head, that we are going to make Blair averaged 11.1 points and the playoffs, and that we are going to turn the corner and that Thinking about a Major? 6.7 rebounds per game for UBC, and only good things are going to happen from now on.* STRUGGLING SINCE 1977: The Birds haven't gone to the national championships in 26 years, but the promise of is the first ever UBC female basket­ Dragicevic, fresh off a one-season stint with the Vancouver bright new recruits and a better admissions policy could banish such trivia to the basement arqhi'ves. ROBERTO Thinking about Honours? Put Your Degree ball player to receive the award. Giants, may be more confident than most, but he's up agairis'l WITTMANN/UBYSSEY FILE PHOTO Thinking about a Minor? some giant obstacles. Last words Last year, UBC's admission average for Arts was 86 per cent minus 20. That's not the reason,* Kamel laughs. *I get lots of ice Marrying academics and athletics has never been easy, but Thinking about a different Faculty? To Work and 88 per cent for Sciences. With top ranked hockey schools like time, and I think the coach has confidence in us as players and, there are some small changes in the works this year. The univer­ Thinking about a Professional School? Rookie left-side hitter Emily the University of Alberta and Western University scooping up academically, UBC deserves a lot of credit, so as a whole package, sity recently decided to accept high school courses outside the Cordonier was happy to provide the retiring Western Hockey League (WHL) players, it's much tougher UBC is good place to play hockey.* province as being transferable to BC requirements. Many junior Thinking about Careers? Ubyssey sports desk with an explana­ to recruit at UBC. Alberta, which has 29 of Canada's 158 WHL But ia the program invested in making people's university hockey players—who often spend their high school careers out­ If you have a university degree in any field you may be able to tion of this year's women's volleyball athletes on its roster this year, has an admission average of 65 experience better, or creating a winning hockey team? side of the province and return only for grade 12—will have an Thinking about Graduate School? obtain a BCIT diploma in one year. upset, and we're sorry that we can't per cent for all faculties. And the provincial gov­ easier time getting into UBC. Thinking about requirements? print the whole thing. For the last five ernment in Alberta automatically gives every stu­ "I firmly believe I orey Lafreniere, a wily forward who grad­ BCIT's direct entry and post-diploma business programs can The presence of a minor league hockey team like the Giants years, the UBC women have been dent athlete attending a post-secondaiy institu­ uates this April, has a slightly less chip- also allows future recruits a chance, to put down roots in fast-track you into a career in: Thinking about a Year Abroad? eliminated by the team that goes on tion $1800. The University of Western Ontario in my heart that 'per take on things. 'Well, with the Vancouver/ Having a social circle, a loved one in town and a to win the national title, but this year, (currently ranked second in the country) accepts amounct of wins that we had, you feel disap­ familiarity with the city can be a deciding factor in any player's Financial Management Information Technology Come talk to representatives about program opportunities. after being ranked one and two in the students with grades in the 'high 70s," regard­ we are going to pointed and you feel like there's unfinished decision to stay and play for UBC. • Finance DOOR PRIZES! DOOR PRIZES! DOOR PRIZES! • Information Technology country all season, the Birds were less of the faculty. business,* he says quietly. 'It's been a weird • Financial Planning Management eliminated in the first round of the make the play­ SPONSORED BY THE FACULTY OF ARTS IN COLLABORATION "The last thing a seventeen-year-old guy— season too, with the coaching change. We've hle team got together last month, donning their full (and • Professional Accounting tournament by the Sherbrooke Vert WITH THE ARTS UNDERGRADUATE SOCIETY whose life is hockey and who spends most of his also had really good chemistry with the guys, freshlfr< y washed) gear for" the final tiene this season. They Contact: David Horspool et Or. offs next year. It Contact: Tim Edwards Associate Dean - time on the road—is thinking about is what cours­ and got along really well. In the past when that's Twerwe e posing for a team picture. As the Birds skated out Associate Dean 604.432.8382 or 'Our team faced Sherbrooke in es he needs to get into a top university,' says UBC hasn't been done happened, it usually breeds success, but this onto the ice in the empty arena, their jerseys a crisp blue 604.432.8898 or itm@bcitca the first round of Nationals,* wrote Athletic Director Bob Philip. Dragicevic agrees, year, it just didn't happen.* Lafreniere, a scor­ against the white ice, they seemed to have forgotten the 5-21 [email protected] Cordonier in her e-mail, 'and three blaming the current system for the recruiting in seven years, ing leader for UBC in his four years on the ros­ season already. sets later pur dreams for gold were problem. ter, has never gotten the chance to net the puck Marketing Management but...we are Some of the faces that smiled so easily for the photographer Business Administration dashed, it is hard to understand what "These guys have been out of school for three in a post-season game. • Commercial Real Estate that day will be gone next year. Dragicevic is actively recruiting went wrong, for it all seemed to hap­ or four years, and to go back and ask them to 'It's really tough because we haven't made and Operations • Direct Response going to turn the and has been doing so since the day he arrived at UBC."The pen so quickly. Sherbrooke was eager upgrade when they can easily get into other uni­ the playoffs in the four years I've been here,* he Management Marketing coaching staff and I know exactly what positions we need to fill, and ready to play, and our squad just versities is a very difficult responsibility,' he corner, and only admits, 'and that's the ultimate goal of any exactly what guys we need to get and who will have to go,* he • Business Administration • Entrepreneurship never seemed to find a rhythm. The ; says. "So, they go elsewhere. Our academic stan­ hockey team. It doesn't matter what league says. He thinks the current players will understand. 'I think the • Human Resource •, Marketing final whistle left us reeling in disbe­ dards are some of the highest in the country and good things are you're playing in.* He shifts gears suddenly. guys know that I'm going to do what's best for the team, and Management Communications lief; did we really, just blow every­ that's something to be proud of..from an aca­ "But I can't say any bad things at all, I've had an if that means cutting some people, we'll do it' • International Trade and • Professional Sales going to happen thing we had worked so hard for all demic standpoint, but it really doesn't help us as unbelievable time, and I've met some of the Transportation • Tourism Management , year? It was especially difficult for far as our hockey program is concerned.* best friends that I've ever had.* hxee last time I spoke with Dragicevic, he put me on hold. • Operations Management our five graduating players who had from how on." Contact: Barry Hogan There was no love lost between the visiting Lafreniere shys away from the topic of UBC's Ten minutes later, his voice came back on the line with led us in play and spirit all season Contact: Chris jaques Associate Dean Alberta Golden Bears and the Birds as they suit­ 5-21 season. 'It's tough to describe—talk to any an apology, and an understandable explanation. 'I'm long. Now the best our team could T Associate Dean 604.456.8066 or ed up for the last series of the year on Valentine's of the trainers that have been with us. They've,, sorry,' he says. "That was a very, very important guy—a possi­ finish was fifth place.* 604.451.6714 or [email protected] Day weekend. Alberta handily beat the Birds 6-2 Milan Dragicevic, been on the road with us and they understand ble recruit—and I had to talk to him.' [email protected] The rest of the weekend seemed on Friday, and followed up with a 3-2 overtime the things that we go through, the close games That guy could have been Kevin Swanson, a goalie scouted to go better, with the second-string win on Saturday night Seeing the worst team in head coach, UBC that we have. It's a difficult thing to talk to peo­ and signed by the Canucks, who has reportedly committed to Birds, (named Team Rudy) getting the West play the best was an interesting study in m^n's hockey ple about' playing for UBC next year. Or, it could have been Tiihiny Apply now for Fall their digs in on Dalhousie and Laval contrast—talking to the Birds, afterwards was Preston, a third-round draft pick by the Buffalo Sabres, who for straight sweeps. even more intriguing. After.fleeing to the locker I aptain Dave Penner, who recently went has left Michigan Tech in the hopes of enrolling at UBC. The The last time the UBC women's room and then emerging clad in the standard suits, the players to Italy as a member of the Canadian infusion of much-needed talent certainly improves the Birds' volleyball team went all the way was went upstairs to the co2y rinkside pub for an endof-season cele­ c"nationa l team, seems equally ready to chances for next year, but as Dragicevic cautions, "There is no in 1978. Not only did that year's bration. At least that's what it was supposed to be. But the disap­ move on to other subjects\jr. . *I think you want to make the playoffs, firm commitment—it's just word of mouth that we've tried to team snag a national gold medal, but pointment wasn't quite drowned out by the classic rock music and from day one in first year, that's something I thought we convince" these players to come and play for us.' in 1998, they were inducted into the and $1.50 pints of Canadian. could accomplish and it never happened.' * Mar 18-28 The UBC ice shouldn't be melted down just yet Even if the Men-Sat 7:30pn UBC sports hall of "That left a bit of a bitter taste in my mouth—that loss tonight,* Although he doesn't have a hockey trophy,.! Penner never evidence of a failed program is overwhelming, the age-old fame. Starting in 19 9 5, UBC has been said second-year defenceman Tito Kamel. So why did Kamel, who thought of leaving the Vancouver rink for greener pastures. 'I argument of tradition added to the future possibility of the • Frederic Wood Theatre at every national was playing on scholarship in the States and who is used to win­ don't think it was ever a question of leaving UBC,' he says. "The Olympic games in Vancouver will keep Thunderbirds in skates Tickets: Reg $16. St/Sr $10 championship, taking home ning, decide to skate for UBC? academics are top notch, and there's always the opportunity to for at least another ten years. Whether they can beat the sys­ ' Tfreatra at UBC Box Offica two silvers and three 'Playing, for UBC, it feels like a bigger challenge-1 wouldn't take the athletics to the next level, and it's the desire to do that tem, and add a. picture of a winning team to the wall, is bronze medals. • like to play anywhere else. I mean, in Alberta right now, it's that keeps people coming back' another question entirely. • 604-822-2678 www.theatre.ubc.ca IMAX film gives an animated boost to environmental activism

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For example, we see a polar bear with her two cubs in an 1 issues. But how, I asked myself, could a film with hardly any arctic setting. We experience their day-to-day life and have Si S '' - ' .V *% •• J *-" ' K 'V.* • live animal footage do any justice to the environmental move­ great sympathy for them. Then suddenly, due to climate f ment? SOS Planet accomplishes its goal, though: namely, to change, the section of ice they inhabit melts and breaks off of ...... --•••? ', iVA, A .- * A- ^ promote an awareness of the devastation the planet faces. the mainland. Essentially, the film brings us into the fives of its individuals, can reduce our impact on the planet Even better, the film gets its point across in an characters, and then we feel great distress when we see the Still, SOS Planet is certainly entertaining. And this in itself entertaining medium. environmental degradation they encounter. is quite effective; its poignant moments serve as a catalyst for Deforestation, climate change and over-fishing are some of Unfortunately, while SOS Planet is high on emotion, it's low me to find out more about environmental destruction. SOS the pressing environmental issues covered in SOS Planet, Ben on facts. It's shocking to witness the Earth's destruction. But Planets power and engaging format has the potential to spur Stassen's emotive 3-D film. Narrated by former news anchor the documentary offers surprisingly httle advice on how we, as people to take action regarding the Earth's future. • Filmmakers stirring the pot, compassionately CRIMES OF COMPASSION; shaven scientists, businessmen and ijuana liberties are given legal consid­ sion was serious and had compas­ from the night's main focus: getting COCO MAMA: THE WAR ON even former federal Health Minister eration, plenty of sleuthing into the sion in mind, at least until one of the pot to those who really need it DRUGS; Allan Rock. substance's immediate effects, side interviewees at the front of the cine­ Coca Mama, the second film of STONED: HEMP NATION ON TRIAL Jennifer Pickford's film Crimes effects and socioeconomic effects will ma'began confessing that he had the evening, revealed the ineffec­ IN CANADA of Compassion focused not on the definitely need to happen. Whether or "been smoking pot since he was tiveness of the US's 'War on Drugs' at the Pacific Cinematheque injustices faced by recreational tak­ not this research will be conducted is knee-high to a grasshopper," and as starving farmers abroad are Feb. 26 ers trying to 'find themselves' dur­ unknown. "There seem to be simple that, as a professional truck driver, arrested instead of the drug lords ing tumultuous formative teenage solutions, but it has been slow to "pot never affected [his] driving," all who act as the hubs of the cocaine by Heather Pauls years, but 30- to 40-somethings happen," Pickford said. in the rhetoric of Beavis and/or industiy. CULTURE STAFF v struggling to hold down their AIDS The federal government has Butthead. Whoops, he told the audi­ The night's last film. Stoned: Hemp medication, stop the common shud­ promised to research the drug and ence not to tell anyone and now I've Nation on Trial in Canada, focused on Not one punk-ass teenager or dering symptoms of multiple sclero­ has spent approximately $5 million gone and published it Chris Clay, former owner of a London, washed-out hippie graced the screen sis or deal with the painful effects of towards offering 1000 sick persons "I am not against the recreation­ Ontario hemp store that also—sur­ at the February 2 6 showing of Crimes cancer treatment The film advocat­ legal permission to use marijuana. al use of pot," shared Lucas, while prise, surprise—sold marijuana of Compassion, Coca Mama: The War ed clinics that provide clean and This hardly sounds efficient, Riel, a representative of the BC seedlings. His much-publicised court on Drugs and Stoned: Hemp Nation potent marijuana for those who according to Lucas. Compassion Society—another group cases were interesting, sure, but not on Trial in Canada. Okay, the last one want no part in the sketchy "They haven't even started the providing the drug—reasoned that nearly as entertaining as the com­ had a scattering of dreadlocked back-alley drug market research they promised,' he pot "relieves stress, depression and ments by Clay's well-wishing middle activists, one of whom seemed very One word dominated the govern­ exclaimed during the post-film ques- fatigue just as one might use Prozac class parents. They were really cute, in tune with her inner and outer glit­ ment workers' comments on this sub­ tion-and-answer period, not without a or alcohol." while sort of ticked off, creating a bril­ ter. But other than that, the sprightly ject" research. There seemed to be a certain degree of frustration. 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COORDINATORS VOLUNTEERS Jesse Marchand RESEARCH/LETTERS Parminder Nizher

The Ubyssey is the official student newspaper of tlie University of British Columbia. It is published every Tuesday and Friday by Tlie Ubyssey Publications Society. Injunct this, Martha! 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 UBC's administration has taken campus labour Blanca Street, commuters will face at least a inaction with legal wrangling. expre$sed opinion of the staff, and do not necessarily reflect tne tensions to new heights. By seeking an injunc­ half-hour walk to campus. In regard to negotiations with CUPE 2950, it views of The Ubyssey Publications Society or the University of British Columbia tion against CUPE locals 2278, the Teaching Rotating pickets may be inconvenient for would seem that, of all initiatives for the uni­ The Ubyssey is a founding member of Canadian University Press Assistants' (TA) Union, and 2950, clerical and some, but it would take a campus-wide picket versity to renege on, neglecting to ensure wage (CUP) and adheres to CUP's guiding principles. All editorial content appearing in The Ubysseyis the property of Trie library staff the university showed not only its to unleash real chaos. And what was it that equity for women (one of the central issues in Ubyssey Publications Society. Stories, opinions, photographs and bad faith towards the TA Union, but revealed pushed the administration to such an escala­ 2950's dispute) is amongst the most shameful. artwork contained herein cannot be reproduced without the expressed, written permission of The Ubyssey Publications Society. its disregard for those trapped in the middle of tion? Noise complaints. According to the uni­ For a university—an institution which should Letters to the editor must be under 300 words. Please include youf the current dispute: students. versity, the TAs' picket of the General Services be dedicated to progressive labour practices- phone number, student number and signature (not for publication) as well as your yea" and faculty with all submissions. ID will be If the injunction is successful, the striking Administration Building (GSAB) on Thursday avoiding an effort to stamp out sexism is truly checked when submissions are dropped off at the editorial office of was not allowed. UBC argues that the GSAB is disappointing. Of course, UBC may be more The Ubyssey, otherwise verification will be done by phone. CUPE members would have- their pickets "Perspectives" are opinion pieces over 300 words but under 750 pushed off-campus. TA Union representatives not a TA workplace. This could be the case, but committed to paying market wages (which is words and are run according to space. the rhetoric they keep spouting) than to coun­ "Freestyles" are opinion pieces written by Ubyssey staff members. have said this would force them to begin a is it worth a response as heavy-handed as the Priority will be given to letters and perspectives over freestyles campus-wide picket of the university's gates, planned injunction against the union? We tering discrimination. If that's the case, then unless the latter is time sensitive. Opinion pieces will not be run paying women 70 per cent of the wages allbted until the identity of the writer has been verified effectively shutting down the university. In would argue that it isn't. Jt is agreed by all persons placing display or classified advertising this case, get ready to say goodbye to Food If UBC's administration feels that pickets to men would be keeping up with the status that if the Ubyssey Publications Society fails to publish an adver­ quo—an unbalanced objective the university tisement or if an error in the ad occurs the liability of the UPS will Services, goodbye to custodial services, good­ are becoming too disruptive to students (the not be greater than'the price paid for the ad. The UPS shall not be bye to most campus services. Futhermore, reason that the university'gave for naming appears to support. responsible for slight changes or typographical errors that do not lessen the value or the impact of the ad. those students who refuse to cross picket both 2278 and 2950 in the injunction) then Brian Sullivan, who, as UBC's vice-president, lines, who currently might miss an occasional they should settle with the unions, not just students, is charged with addressing students' class as rotating pickets work their way sweep them out past the university gates. As concerns regarding the university's negotia­ around campus, would miss all of their class­ union members, striking employees have a tions, has said that he welcomes any questions EDITORIAL OFFICE es. It wouldn't be much easier, for those cross­ right to picket and it is cowardly of the univer­ students may have. We encourage you to write Room 24, Student Union Building ing pickets. With bus service terminating at sity to try to avoid the consequences of their him at: [email protected]. • 6138 Student Union Boulevard Vancouver, BCV6T1Z1 tel: 604-822-2301 fax: 604-822-9279 LETTERS web: www.ubyssey.bc.ca e-mail: [email protected] 0y vey, I'm a gentile! twice before writing this letter. lessness. I can't in good conscience this debate. Privileging one group BUSINESS OFFICE Rather than protecting the vul­ say that it shouldn't be my respon­ in a matter where the AMS has no Room 23, Student Union Building nerable, the solidarity implied by sibility to pay my tuition. power or responsibility shows bla­ advertising: 604-822-1654 I was interviewed for your article business office: 604-822-6681 on the Palestine-Israel forum unions can have a less benevolent The union has on occasion sug­ tant bias and favouritism and fax:604-822-1658 (."Israel-Palestine forum causes effect. Unity might be used to stifle gested that Martha Piper should underscores the illegitimacy of the e-mail: [email protected] controversy* [March 4]) that was dissent and debate and to achieve share some of her pay raise with organisation. I can only applaud held at UBC last week and I wanted goals by brute force. Because of this TAs. This idea has some merit. But those councillors who realised that BUSINESS MANAGER to make an important correction. possibility, I thought I should write it is also true, that as TAs we should the AMS is not the place to raise the Fernie Pereira In the article, it mentions that I am this letter. share our wealth with others less banner of their personal politics, to AD SALES Jewish. I do not know where you got I am a teaching assistant who fortunate than ourselves. the detriment of open discourse on 1 Karen Leung this information, but it is not true. I does not support this strike. campus. This is just one more AD DESIGN am an atheist (baptised as a Financing graduate work is cer­ —Kelly Foley arena where the vocal members of Shalene Takara Catholic); my views on Israeli for­ tainly a struggle for most students. Graduate Student-Arts the activist left have out-shouted eign policy have nothing to do with Teaching assistants typically rely those who are less boisterous yet my religious (or lack thereof) back­ on their TA income. Paying higher have equally valid and compelling Lost like a little dog, Heather Pauls wandered through the AMS goes too far Duncan M. McHugh-infested streets. "Get off the road you stu­ ground. I appreciate your attention levels of tuition will increase the arguments. When the coverage in pid monkeys," yelled Bryan Zandberg out of his Rabbit convert­ in this matter. all campus newspapers, including ible to Anna King and Sarah Conchie. Sara Young's abandoned financial burden. However, it is cat Pip Stanaway darted across lhe rusty garbage cans search­ important to remember that TAs The "reluctance" you mention, with the Ubyssey, is unashamedly ing for the scent of Greg Ursic. Lonely chirping came Ercm para­ biased in opposition to the forceful keet Zerah Luxie trapped in a tiny metal cage in Claris —Camilo Cahis are the lucky among graduate stu­ regards to the Alma Mater Society Shepherd's window. The vicious Parminder Nizher spider spun disarmament of Iraq, as are many her gossamer web waiting to entrap fruit Hies Kevin Groves, Arts 4 dents. Many graduate students do (AMS) passage of a motion on Iraq Hywel Tuscano and Carlos Sutter. The Jesse Marchand beedes of the most outspoken students, cowered under the already wet cardboard as tlie rain began to not receive any funding and must ("AMS reluctantly joins war debate" pour dowtL.Micheal Schwandt began to sing to Celine Asril not support themselves with loans or [March 4]), should not have been one would expect our elected bod­ realising that she was just a mouse, Alison Benjamin wrapped ATA who doesn't ies to act as a bastion for plurality the fur shawi that Nic Fensom had given her around her bare with jobs that pay far less. dismissed so quickly. Apparently, and white shoulders. Adam Kaufman shouted, "Look an owt* of discussion. On an issue where but it was just a reflection of Dan Eiyo casting dark shadows on support the strike Moreover, graduate students, on members of a special interest the student and faculty populations the picket fences. But then Kathleen Deering turned and shut average, are not the least well off grbup, namely the Coalition her creaky apartment window and Emily Cordonier disap­ are so divided, adopting a motion peared into the night Unions are most effective when all people in Canada. The BC govern­ Against the War on the People of that wholly supports one side is a members act in solidarity. As collec­ ment expects a welfare recipient to Iraq can just show up at an AMS clear abuse of power. The com­ tive bargaining implies: the pur­ be able to pay for a family of four meeting and get their particular pletely unprofessional behaviour of pose of having a union is so vulner­ with the same ainount that a TA gets agenda adopted by a body intended the AMS has shaken my belief that able employees can generate power each month (about $980). In 1999, to represent all students. Not only there is any forum for real political by acting together. The slogan "A 18.5 per cent of all Canadian chil­ has the AMS greatly exceeded its discussion on campus. Supported Strike is a Short Strike" dren lived in poverty. The Greater mandate on this matter, but it has Canadian, University has some logic. Consequently, as a Vancouver Regional District esti­ violated the trust of students it is Press mated in 1996 that 57,685 families meant to represent who hold equal­ Canopup Port Satai Agraamappt Nurnbar 0732141 teaching assistant (TA) who hopes —Milan llnyckyj the strike is over soon, I had to think in Vancouver were at risk of home­ ly valid views on the other side of Arts 2 THEUBYSSEY CULTURE TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2003 11

oo In case you haven't noticed, UBC's C/3 OO Opera Czechs out fine >- student body is not homogeneous. O Celebrate cultural diversity. The Ubyssey S THE BARTERED BRIDE Vasek turns out to be a total halfwit, a veritable boy OO presented by Theatre at UBC & UBC School of clutching at his mother's apron strings. Worse still is Colours issue. On stands March 21st. """ Music the news that her beloved Jenik has publicly received at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts a bribe from the wedding broker: 300 gold pieces for Mar. 7 signing a statement that only the wealthy farmer's son; may marry the beautiful Marenka. Marenka is, by Bryan Zandberg of course, outraged by this apparent betrayal. CUSTOMER CULTURE STAFF Thankfully, eveiything is set aright in the end when Jenik reveals his true identity as the long-lost son of UBC BOOKSTORE APPRECIATION DAYS Poets through the ages have compared the advent the wealthy farmer Micha, thus foiling the greedy www.bookstore. ubc. ca of spring with concepts like renewal and romantic wedding broker while effectively securing Marenka's love. Bedrich Smetana's opera "The Bartered hand as the eldest of the farmer's sons. Bride," with its playful rendering of the ageless Judging by last Friday's performance, it's easy to story of love's triumph over every obstacle, is just see why "The Bartered Bride' has been a hit ever one more of springtime's incarnations, fully indige­ since its first performance in 1866 Prague. Its March SAVE20% nous to a season which throws off the heavy mantle perennial allure lies in the richness and warmth of of winter in a riot of birdsong, daffodils and cherry its folk-inspired melodies and provincial setting, 14&15, on almost everything! blossoms. which were a total contrast to the sort of Wagnerian l : opera seria Smetana had produced before he wrote 2003 I si Hl \ .- "The Bartered Bride.'. The opera finally won the Regular-priced General Books • / .". *\ • beleaguered Czech composer the recognition •he deserved. An extra 20% off Sale Books Rather than simply importing the opera's musi­ CHP cal score and libretto, the UBC School of Music also All UBC Textbooks brought director Josef Novak and conductor Sportswear/Giftware f**rl Norbert Baxa over from the Czech Republic. Stationery/Art & Design Items a •'. f _? Novak's direction was crucial, given that our School Our of Music's cast sang all three acts in the original biggest Special Orders not included Czech. And surely being under the baton of a Czech . conductor was paramount in creating the sale v. m Bohemian melodies that cascaded out of the orches­ ofthe Sea in-store signs for additions and exceptions tra pit right from the very first bars of the gam­ season! Monday-Friday 9:30 AM - 5 PM . 11 / /, ii. i bolling overture. Saturday 11 AM - 5 PM Still, the talent that, brought so much humour 6200 University Blvd., Vancouver Still,' at the best of times love is something that and vitality to the work was undeniably the cast's. (604) 822-2665 www.bookstore.ubc.ca has'to be fought for, a tragic reality that the young Although slightly hampered by some of the more, peasant girl Marenka (played by Rhoslyn Jones) and physically demanding parts (the dances were a lit­ her sweetheart Jenik (Keith Klassen) know only too tle stiff), the vocal repartee and the choreography In well. That's because Kecal, the village marriage bro­ general delivered the same sort of comedy and ker, stands to earn a hefty sum for seeing Marenka peasant spirit that made "The Bartered Bride" so married to the wealthy farmer Micha's son, Vasek. popular in the first place. I couldn't stop laughing. Sadly, Marenka's impoverished parents sorely need at' the stuttering arias and dithering of Ben the capital the union will bring them. With neither Schnitzer, who'played the unfortunate, gullible and past'nor fortune, it seems the hired hand Jenik is altogether endearingVasek. His was just one ofthe helpless to stop the wedding. many strong performances last weekend. LIVE AND LEARN Counterpoint to the lover's distressing predica­ So yes, .spring, finds "opera alive and lucking at ment is the excitement in the little village over the UBC. "The Bartered Bride' was the school's first f upcoming town fair and the arrival of an itinerant venture into Czech, culture this season, but it won^t JAPANESE! circus. Meanwhile, Marenka's luck is getting worse be their last", as they-will be travelling to the Czech by the minute. For starters, her intended husband Republic in May to present Massenet's "Manon." • Study in Tokyo at the prestigious Waseda University for Summer, Winter or Spring: • Summer Japanese Program Videopoems less than sum of parts July 9-August 19,2003 • Transnational Program of Comparative US-Japanese Societies VISIBLE VERSE: A NIGHT OF their philosophy and art was boxed her work. As opposed to Knott's . January 12-June 25, 2004 POETRY READINGS AND and sold by the popular humourous style, Haley's work was SCREENIGS entertainment industry. stiff and overly sentimental Her cast Scholarships of up to $1000 are'availabte for the Transnational at the Pacific Cinematheque The lighthearted Doug Knott (The of characters consisted of teenage Program. For more information, contact: Mar. & Los Angeles-based founder of Poetry girls who get involved with tough TV) was in the house to read and crowds. These stock characters call Waseda Oregon Office by Adam Kaufman screen some of his own videopo­ themselves 'gangster girls' and drive Portland State University CULTURE WRITER ems. The veteran Knott, who has around recklessly in fast cars, have (800) 823-7938 www.wasedaoregon.org worked to promote poetry on public sex in the back seat and party all email:[email protected] t "We are gathered here tonight to ; access TV in LA and NYC for the past night To complete the film, Haley witness the marriage of poetry 20 years, gave the most compelling and director Katrin Bowen received and film,' announced Tanya reading of the night In one poem, a grant from the Canada Council of Evanson, host of Visible Verse: A called "Hamburger Heaven,' he Spoken and Electronic Words. That Night of Poetry Readings and envisions ketchup in his soul. In a they received money to produce this Screenings last Thursday night at timely satirical pdepi "about the hollow cliched'work can only be the Pacific Cinematheque. Middle East conflict, he questions explained by tha fact that one out As unoriginal as her statement why tourists! to Jerusalem spend all every four poets in Canada that seems, it is also historically inaccu­ their time at the Wailing Wall when applies for spoken word grants is rate. Video poetry is nothing new. To they could go to the "Laughing Wall' usually 'awarded' one. my knowledge, the earliest videopo- instead. The highlight of Knott's This night of "Visible Verse' also em was made in 1959 by beatnik, comical set was a poem about his featured readings, arid videopoems poets Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg car breaking down on the way to a by some other, lesser-known and Jack Kerouac, in collaboration Bob Dylan concert at San Vancouver artists. RJ Tuna's out-of- with American composer David Francisco's Warfield theatre in the focus film and in-and-out of con­ Amram, photographer Robert Frank early 80s, during Dylan's born-again sciousness poetry got the event and film maker Alfred Leslie. The Christian period. Knott's poems are rolling. Alice Tepexcuintle, the self- short film is called Pull My Daisy memorable for their absurdist com­ proclaimed "world's biggest plagja- and you can check it out yourself at mentary and original approach to riser," showed her new videopoem, the Blinding Light!! Cinema, April 1.- overdone subjects such as "Pencil Thifl Moustache." Katrin 2. The film is, loosely, about the America's car * culture and Bowen put on a sexy voice to read a troubles that artists encounter when Hollywood's amiable facade. piece of poetry called "Financially : they attempt to settle down and live After reading a selection called Strapped" and Dena Ashbaugh's a square/conventional family life. "How to Live with a Bitch' from her videopoem about an anorexic girl Kerouac is responsible for all the forthcoming book of poetry, entitled entitled "The Lines I Draw Upon my Free market economics getting you down? spoken word narration in the film. Sideways (Anvil Press), Heather Body* was alsg screened. Many According to folklore, he had a script Haley, the main act ofthe night, took more annoying interludes by Tanya prepared for the shooting, but in the podium. She announced her debt Evanson happened" throughout the" Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives classic beat fashion scratched it at to Knott, "who inspired [her] to pur­ night, b,ut she managed fo redeem Research and ideas for sociatjustice the last minute. The outcome is a herself with sonie farewell advjce to £* sue video poetry." After Haley's read­ rare look at these talented, ing and the screening of her new this crowd of hungry artists and improvisational and innovative videopoem Dying for Pleasure, I would-be writers?'" 'Go home and www.policyaiternatives.ca I 604.80i.5i2i writers/musicians in an era before struggled to spot a link to Knott in fuck for peace!" • 12 TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2003 CULTURE THEUBYSSEY Refloating the forgotten : Are we not androids? Countering the effects of sinking histories

SUNKEN HISTORIES uates the observer in the artist's at Centre A perspective. Things then begin to A: We are until Mar. IS take ph a clearer meaning. Perhaps a; discfeet sign on the wall para­ by Dart Enjo phrasing what is said in the journal CULTURE WRITER -"" ' would be helpful in orienting the Liverpudlian quartet programmed reader immediately to the context From outside the Centre A Gallery of. the show by providing on Homer Street, the view of the some supplemental background for dance party small space is dominated by a row- information. ; boat that appears to be rising from The most interesting pieces on LADYTRON whom I—after having watched her ful cities she had ever seen, not even below the gallery floor. Upon enter­ the wall involve ink sketches of arti­ with Mount Sims and Simian band perform at a packed show last then allowing a grin to surface. ing the space, however, the domi­ facts superimposed onto copies of at the Commodore Ballroom Wednesday—could most aptly Despite all this gloom, the show was nance ofthe boat is dispelled by two old City of Vancouver documents. Mar. 5 describe as 'the one who smiled.' good. Playing a variety of songs from walls covered with various art These' piece"? .', seem to reflect Ladytron, a four-piece hailing (more or their two albums— 604 and Light & pieces that begin to tell an interest­ the uncomfortable' interactions by Duncan M. McHugh less) from Liverpool, is a band big on Magic— Ladytron put their many key­ ing but incomplete story. Keith between different cultures of the CULTURE STAFF aesthetics and small on warmth. In boards to good use. There were Langergraber's Sunken Histories time, while maintaining the individ­ their immaculate grey uniforms (the moments when you had to feel a tells this story through a sort of alle­ ual identities of each culture. They Backstage, after the Ladytron show: tour was sponsored by clothes manu­ twinge of jealousy for those people gory in which a barrage of 'frag­ also seem to act as a substitute for" "Helena, what the hell was that?' facturer Diesel) and even more now in their late 30s and early 40s ments' is carefully placed to approx­ the noticeable lack of historical arti­ "I don't...I don't know what you're immaculate haircuts, the band- who had the chance to hear this kind imate what the course of history facts that are essential to - the talking about" Mamie, Reuben Wu, Daniel Hunt and of music when it was first produced in has forgotten. story's reconstruction. "You do too: you smiled out there." Mira Aroyo (with a bassist and drum­ the late 1970s and early 1980s. Still, The show's name itself implies The rowboat's placement in the "I did notl' mer thrown in for the tour)—perform the audience, which consisted mostly an obscure, half-covered story from centre of the room is striking, creat­ "Did too." their songs with cold efficiency, quite of well-dressed walking haircuts, the past. Indeed, the various pieces ing an almost' theatrical effect. ""What..about three songs in? That nicely replicating the sound of their lapped it up. Some of them take the casual observer on a jour­ Waves are projected onto it by some was a grimace." layered, 1980s revivalist records. even danced. ney into a little-known episode in form of video apparatus, while sand "Bullshit. You know, Helena, you This absence of smiles became a Of the two opening bands, Mount the history of the UBC area involv­ and debris surround its half-sub­ have been warned about this." bit absurd when Aroyo, who occasion­ Sims Was the most suited to the bill ing Chinese migrant farmers rent­ merged hull. The boat reflects what "I know; it was a mistake. It won't ally sings in her native Bulgarian and Although I only caught the last song of ing land from the Musqueam band is seen on the other walls of the happen again." who always sings with an Eastern the set ("Black Sunglasses," from their just before the Second World War. A gallery: a slowly-dissociating narra­ Such is the imaginary plight of European detachment, praised debut, Ultra Serf, I think I received a 1941 court dispute over property tive that is made partially visible Ladytron vocalist Helena Marnie, Vancouver as one of the most beauti- pretty good sense of what Mount Sims taxes is used as a reference point to through unconventional methods. is about guy in headset sings sexy map the relationship between the Strangely, but perhaps intention­ songs, occasionally tinkering with his two ethnic groups, as well as with ally, the court dispute of over naif a iBook to change the clanging beats the colonial judicial sysfem. century ago echoes, the recent dis­ that his two bandmates, dressed in Langergraber uses drawings, pute over tenancy in the same geo­ revealing 1980s spandex leotards, photographs and copies of legal graphical area. This leads to the dance around to with wild abandon. documents arranged 'salon-style' to questioning of history itself—how I have no idea why the other band, spin his tale. Dark, aggressive lines much of it is excluded as a sacrifice Simian, was opening. Their enthusi­ prevail in his works, focusing tile for what is included? Langergraber asm was commendable (especially emphasis on maps and mapping "does- an admirable job in Sunken given how dour the next band up. was) territory that the colonial powers Histories to bring the observer into but their songs were not Simian pro­ used to validate their claims. one of those spots of excluded histo- duces boring music, absent of any real However, the eclectic mix of differ­ jy. Through the format of the show emotion or ingenuity. The most enter­ ent media is a bit too, well, eclectic; he is able to elicit endless thought taining moment of their set occurred the collection of pieces is initially in the observer's mind about much when an audience member juEhped overwhelming to the eye. Perusal of wider issues than just those on stage and, yelled "Rock 'n' rolll" the artist's personal journal (which that are raised in the Centre A's That was as close as Simian's set got to is placed on a shelf at the back) sit­ gallery space. • being compelling. • »

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