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1 NEW XEROX 2060 8 /2x 11.28lb Digital Colour Prints 49 ea. each side Film draws criticism from Africa Awareness Large Selection of • Very Fast • Brilliant Colour • Prints on Heavy Card stock by Dan McRoberts was completely unintentional, DVD, VHS & GAMES Ask About Volume Pricing NEWSEDCTOR according to Lauren Emberson, clas - • please cut ou t coupon • valid to Febru a ry 28, 2005 ; • sics president for the UBC Film for your enjoyment! A film screened in the SUB this week Society. Quality Digital Printing an has drawn a concerned response 'I'm really sorry that it's the same RESERVATIONS 604-221-9355 IVlon to Fri 8arri-9prn - Satto Sun 1pamr-6pm from organisers of Africa Awareness week,* said Emberson, who booked Week. the screenings in November. *I wish The UBC Film Society presented I would have known because I could Humah R^ The Birth of a Nation, a film that have avoided it* depicts African Americans in a racist Attendees at both screenings were manner, on Wednesday and provided with a leaflet that outlines Thursday evening at the Norm the racial stereotyping in the film. ?fca M ste-****1**-' Theatre. However, Fynn feels that the film Africa Awareness Week, a celebra should only be shown to Film Studies Take your degree fo a February is Pea nut!; : tion of African culture and an attempt classes if the intent is to educate. whole new level of success. ; to push UBC towards a greater incor This film is not meant to be After just two semesters, you'll be able to apply your Butter' mohtNrTh;is!- / poration of African issues in its cur shown to anyone,* she said. 'It knowledge, skills and management tools to any human riculum, began Monday and runs should be shown in the classroom, resources department. excit i n g i n; f a et, that'; through Sunday. where students have learned more Humber can prepare you for professional designation/ *We are trying to erase the nega about the context and not in the accreditation by the Human Resources Professionals you should be writing Association of Ontario (HRPAO). tive stereotype of African people,* Norm Theatre." for; news sectioh.: ; said Veronica Fynn, one of the organ Thirty people attended the Coll 416-675-6622, exL3381 or [email protected] isers of Africa Awareness Week. 'It is Wednesday screening and 60 were in for further information. Apply for all Business School programs at ;Gome to our meetings the OCAS web site - www.oiaariocollegesxa not the time to be showing this kind the Norm on Thursday evening, said on Tuesday, 1pm m;^; of a movie.* v^. 5, Emberson. Seating is » imitftrfi IMHBM : Room 24; ^.&.'yy\':C-y-:;: The UBC Film Soc^y ivj^lod -to- ;K:-3Ve were showing it on classics screen the film because it is a land fdp^i>(itt hasn't being contexts mark achievement in the history of alised as a mainstream film," she Ij)* HUMBER cinema. Made in 1915, The Birth ofa said, defending the choice to show The Business School iamiii ^e\\BW;- Nation is considered to be the first the film in public. feature-length film ever made. www.busine9s.humberc.0n.ca *I see the UBC atmosphere as a THEUBYSSEY The fact that the screenings coin place where there is the context of cided with Africa Awareness Week criticism,* she said. • PAGE FRIDAY Friday, January £8,2005 3 Controversial economist Students to decide future of U-Pass challenges focus on Referendum to approve fare increase and summer pass running next week global warming
by Dan McRoberts asked if they support the forma posters and lollipops, according in favour of continuing the by James Weldon NEWS EDITOR tion of a summer U-Pass that to Foxcroft. UBC's TREK program program. NEWSWRFTER would run from May through will provide funding for the cam "We'll do what were able to do The future of the Universal August This pass would cost $20 paign materials. under the university's referen Out of all the problems facing the planet today, Transit Pass (U-Pass) is in stu per month for the upcoming year At this point, nobody has dum process," said Bill Lambert, climate change should be the last on our agen dents' hands now. and then jump to $22 for future stepped forward to organise a program manger of project plan da, according to Bjorn Lomborg, a statistician A campus-wide referendum summer sessions. If approved, "no* campaign, according to ning for Translink. "We'll lay out from the University of Aarhus in Denmark. running from January 31 to the new summer pass will Foxcroft In order to receive fund the facts—we've done market Lomborg made the statement at a talk promot February 7 has been approved by become mandatory for students ing, any group wishing to research and had good feedback ing his book Global Crises, Global Solutions at AMS Council. Students are asked enrolled in the summer session mobilise against the U-Pass must from students." the Liu Institute on Monday. to approve the continuation of for more than five weeks. gather 500 signatures. The fare increase will lead to Lomborg's assertion is based on the results the U-Pass with a two dollar per For both summer and winter Even with the fare increase, increased service, Lambert said. of a conference he helped to organise in month price increase. If less than session passes the $22 per the U-Pass is a good deal, accord "We think our increase is very Denmark in May of last year. The conference, ten per cent of the student body month price will be frozen until ing to Geoff Atkins, associate vice fair and Translink will be putting called the Copenhagen Consensus, brought casts a ballot in favour of the con 2008. After that time, any further president of Land and Building in a lot of new services into the together thirty economists to decide how best to tinuation, the U-Pass program price increases will again be sub Services for UBC. program." solve the world's problems. This group drew up will expire at the end of April. The ject to approval by referendum. "When you look at what the Translink has committed to a list of the world's ten most pressing issues, program will also be scrapped if AMS Council approved a yes average student has got out of it, increasing service hours substan from malnutrition to warfare, and ranked them there are more no votes than campaign for this year's U-Pass it's a bargain," he said. tially to and from UBC for the in terms of which would be most cost-effective yes votes. referendum last Wednesday. As a The university will be employ next three years. An additional to treat "The whole U-Pass program is result of this choice, the society ing students to promote the U- 7,000 service hours will be Climate change wound up at the bottom. at stake," said AMS VP External and its employees can actively Pass and reinforce the benefits of offered in 2005, with that figure "If you invest a dollar in climate, you get less Holly Foxcroft. To have it fail for campaign in support of the the program, Atkins said. This rising to 24,000 by 2007. than a dollar back," said Lomborg. lack of quorum would be changes. group will be maintained so that A forum on the referendum Regardless of the approach to climate abysmal." The AMS' External Commis UBC will be prepared for the next has been scheduled for Tuesday change—whether through the Kyoto Protocol or In addition to the continua sion is preparing a coordinated time a fare increase is proposed. at noon in the SUB Conversation through carbon taxes—the investment would be tion question, students will be effort that will focus on leafleting, Translink will also campaign Pit* extremely unwise, compared to other interna tional projects. "It is really hard to compare these issues but that's the crux of what we have to do," said m Lomborg. UBC Biophysics student wins Rhodes Scholarship The limited funds available for aid cannot solve everything, he said, so the world must decide where to put extra money so that it will Provincial winner awarded $100,000 to study two years at Oxford do the most good per dollar. One place to look is AIDS prevention, by Mai Bui Lomborg's top pick, which would have a rate of NEWS WRITER return of about twenty to one on the dollar. Preventing AIDS, he said, would stimulate the It's off to Oxford University for economies of affected countries in a way that UBC biophysics major Michael preventing global warming never could. Rivers-Bowerman, who was "You get more economic growth," he said. recently named BC's Rhodes "You get countries on track to helping Scholarship winner. themselves." "I'm very excited,* said Lomborg admits that some may object to the Rivers-Bowerman. "This was methods he used in determining his ranking. not something I had expected One issue, he said might be that there were no to work out. It's a good oppor scientists or experts in anything other than eco tunity for me to further my edu nomics invited to the conference. He justifies cation. Oxford is an incredible their exclusion by saying that experts have institution.* no way of ranking their own areas of focus The scholarship, worth against others. approximately $100,000, will "You can't even put them together and say see the medical physics student 'work it out' They don't have a methodology for tackle philosophy, politics, and that," he said. economics at Oxford this fall. Many of these excluded experts have been "I know little to nothing highly critical of Lomborg. While the about politics,* explained Copenhagen Consensus was taking place last Rivers-Bowerman, 'so that's year, a group of scientists and nongovernmental what intrigued me. organisations met in a parallel conference in 'My education has been the same country. This alternative meeting, pretty focused on Sciences. I called Global Conscience, issued an official haven't had an opportunity to statement attacking the Copenhagen study Arts at any depth. I'm Consensus' conclusions. very interested in studying how 'The future of the globe cannot be deter political systems work, how mined solely on the basis of economic calcula economic policy influences var tions," the statement read. It went on to note ious decisions.* that it is "widely accepted that environmental The scholarship is awarded HEAD TRIP: Rivers-Bowerman will be at Oxford soon, thanks to his brain, NIC FENSOM PHOTO problems and poverty are closely related and based on both academic per that these problems must be solved together." formance and extra-curricular to school and come back home, The tutors are not paid; people," he added. 'We had Dr Stewart Cohen, an adjunct professor at activities. you have no connection with instead, the money raised goes to some great discussions." UBC's Institute for Resources and 'Michael's academic record people around you. I find that's scholarships for the students. The short-listed candidates Environmental Sustainability, is likewise criti is very strong, [but] he's also not a very fulfilling existence. Rivers-Bowerman has volun include "a couple of Olympic cal of Lomborg's approach. Dr Cohen said that got some of the broadest inter "To be able to walk down the teered at the Vancouver athletes and an SFU student the whole idea of drawing up a prioritised list is ests we've seen of anyone in street and always be bumping General Hospital and at the who has been involved in flawed. the [biophysics] program," said into people I know to various Canadian Cancer Society's municipal politics since he was "I don't believe there is value in creating a Dr Carl Michal, an assistant capacities, I enjoy that" Camp Goodtimes, a camp for eighteen. pecking order," he said. "It doesn't tell us how to biophysics professor. The UBC student's involve kids with a history of cancer. "To be honest, after meeting plan. All it does is get us into some kind of mor Rivers-Bowerman has played ment with projects has earned He also spent three co-op terms [the other candidates], I wasn't bid popularity contest" the euphonium in the UBC him the admiration of those with the BC Cancer Agency. too concerned with whether I Lomborg, like other skeptics, is failing to Wind Ensemble for four years, around him. "It was the first time I was would win. There are many take a holistic view of global issues, Cohen said. plays basketball in men's "One thing that's impressed able to see where my schooling qualified people out there; To address certain problems without taking into leagues and coaches basketball me the most is the tutoring pro was leading. The researchers I being one of the top five was account others, such as climate change, may at Killarney, his former high gram he set up at his old high worked with are amazing peo good enough for me." just make things worse. Not only must the world school. school," added Michal. ple, very inspiring, and it was The would-be doctor, who is study curbing global wanning, he said, but "I've always enjoyed school, Rivers-Bowerman and a great to meet them and be interested in treating cancer more research is needed into its possible effects but I've never made it my life. group of Killarney alumni help involved in their work." with radiation technology, so that other problems can be addressed with There are a lot of other things students prepare for provincial Meeting the other candi plans to return to UBC to study these effects in mind. that are important in life, like exams, "but the goal was to dates for the only Rhodes medicine. Lomborg anticipated such criticism in his making time for family and teach them how to study effec Scholarship awarded in British "I was born and raised in talk, but remained unapologetic. friends, and being involved in tively so that they could be suc Columbia was "pretty intimi Vancouver; my family, friends "A lot of people will scream and kick," he the community," said Rivers- cessful at post-secondary level," dating," said Rivers-Bowerman. and girlfriend are here. It's the said. "But it should not be a question of listening Bowerman. "If all you do is go explained Michal. "[But] they're very, very nice logical place to be." • to those who scream the loudest" • PAGE FRIDAY 4 Friday, January 28, 2005 5
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Asexuality. After having recently heard of this extremely inter sorts of questions." People just really wanted to talk about meaning they are non-sexually attracted to members of their I asked Jay what causes asexuality. "Well, the causes of lation is asexual. A recent poll conducted on the internet by esting concept for the first time myself, I thought I would see it." Soon after, he added the online forum. sex as opposed to members of the opposite sex or vice-versa. asexuality are just as mysterious as the causes of heterosexu- CNN asking "How would you categorize yourself?" found that if the general public had any more of an idea than I did. "Do The bottom line is a romantic relationship can take place with ality of homosexuality," he argues. 6 per cent claimed to be asexual with 16 per cent bisexual or you know what asexuality is?" I asked random strangers on out sexual endeavors. He says he has made out with someone What I wanted an academic perspective, and when I con homosexual, and 78 per cent heterosexual out of a total of^ the corner of Granville and Robson one night, while the snow The Official Non-libidoism before, but has never gone farther because "it just doesn't tacted the World Association for Sexology (WAS), Pierre 108,893 votes. What is clear, is that there hasn't been nearf«j| fell silently through the sky and clung to our hair. Blank faces make sense to [him]." As for arousal, everything works down Assalian M.D., President of the 17th World Congress of enough studies done on asexuality creating a limited, ques stared back at me. ' Ummmmmmm, ahhhh, huh.?" Society there, but it's never really directed at anyone, he just sees this Sexuality to be held this summer in Montreal, told me asexu tionable amount of information that leads to confusion and Although many simply had no idea, I did get some creative as a mechanical annoyance. ality is part of sexual dysfunctions and referred me to a num misunderstanding in the general population. answers. "Someone who masturbates, loves themselves" an Another website promoting asexuality, The Official Non- ber of sex therapists in Vancouver. I attempted to contact Dr. old pudgy man responded proudly. "Temporary disillusion Libiodism Society (www.theofficialasexualsociety.com) was Rosemary Basson, a consultant for sexual medicine at ment" a young woman told me, arching her eyebrow, looking founded by Geraldine Levi in 2000. Levi's definition of an The double agent Vancouver General Hospital and she is also a professor of psy Orientation of clever. "Yup—when you are neither male nor female, or when asexual is "someone who is born without sexual feelings." This chiatry at UBC, to clarify this matter of disorders and asexual you exhibit signs of both," Adriana, a 28 year old student website doesn't have an online forum like AVEN, but pro Through AVEN, I found Keith Walker, 32, from Texas. Walker ity. When it comes to sexual disorders, she is careful to point disorientation? responded. My personal favourite was from a fellow Ubyssey motes asexuality and informs readers with advice based on been on both sides of the sexual fence. As it turns out, this out that the Diagnostic and Statistics Manual of Mental writer: "Go talk to someone who's been married for 20 years." Levi's life experiences as well as with posted life stories of articulate, witty man has quite the resume: he worked in Disorders is mostly genitally focused as it is difficult to pin But the lack of proper science and numbers isn't the only rea other asexuals. But Levi isn't an average lady: the 24 year-old school cafeterias through college, got a degree in journalism, point any other factors with which to rate sexual desire, and is son people are confused or ignorant about asexuality. There is comedian, writer, actress, singer and painter from Arnhem, became a journalist got bored, became a stock broker, got also a less accurate judge of female versus male experiences. even debate within the online asexual community about what AVEN: Hie Asexual Visibility Holland has been performing a one-woman comic musical stressed out, and then decided he really liked being a lunch But she goes on to say that "when additionally, erotic stimuli constitutes asexual. Many different terms like semi-sexual and since she was 16. lady. He found the AVEN website about two years ago, and fail to trigger desire, AND during sexual activity potentially non-libidoism are being thrown around, while others still are and Education Network "In those shows I often turn the subject to sexualities, try only realised he was asexual around this time last year. In the useful stimuli fail to trigger arousal and desire, AND there is using the term "amoeba" as an ironic comment to reclaim ing to make people understand things via the power of meantime, he struggled with the dating game as a non-sexual distress, then disorder may be considered." their asexuality. While there doesn't seem to be a strict defini To clear up the confusion, I called up David Jay, the founder of laughter and music," she tells me. More recently, having person for at least 20 years. He admits that pulling out the "It's tion—perhaps because sexual experience, at least in this case, the AVEN website (www.asexuahty.org) otherwise known as become frustrated with the lack of information of asexuality not you it's me line" most ofhis life caused some problems. doesn't seem to be a proper measure of sexual orientation- the Asexual Visibility and Education Network. beyond that of plants—I wasn't green last time I looked into "If I had a dollar for eveiy argument I'd gotten into...but it's Sexy science others aren't even sure if it is in fact an orientation. -^Sa.. UBC A Two Year Degree Jay, a 22 year-old graduate of sociology and physics, cur the mirror!—she decided to write a book, Strangers in a true, when someone says that it sounds like they're cheating!" After having long, drawn-out conversations with a few asex for University Graduates rently living in St Louis, founded the website in 2001 and Strange Land, that will be published in the spring of next he says and stumbles into laughter. He'd resorted to using Although WAS told me there wasn't an official expert on asex uals about their sex lives, or lack thereof, close relationships W added the online forums in 2002. According to Jay, an asexu year. She is also apparently working to develop a sitcom fea religion as an excuse. "But having no interest one way or uality, Dr. Anthony F. Bogaert comes close. He has done one and tough times, I asked how they would like to change or Department of Computer Science al is someone who does not experience sexual attraction or turing an asexual, a bisexual man, a lesbian and a gay man another that is something people just don't understand, they intensive study on asexuality based on a question asked in a improve regarding society's perspective on asexuality. Walker someone who doesn't pursue partner sexuality. He's careful to expanding her promotion for understanding. Will and Grace just tell me I'm not doing it right" He stops and sighs. 1994 survey of Sexuality in Britain. In his study Asexuality: replied with an honest plea: "I would like it to be acknowl Bachelor of Computer Science point out that this has nothing to do with abstinence or celiba fans, brace yourselves! Here's the kicker: Walker was married for six years, and prevalence and associated factors in a national probability edged that not having sex is perfectly okay." Jay realises that (integrated Computer Science) cy; it isn't a conscious choice. "It's not that we have a problem although he loved her, it didn't work out as sex or lack thereof sample, Bogaert begins by explaining the difference between first we need to establish a dialogue so that the tough ques www.arc.cs.ubc.ca with sex or think it's bad or dirty, there's just no interest" he became an issue. She along with many people Walker knows Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD) or sexual aversion tions can be asked, even if there aren't answers right away. tells me. Lov e wiithou t sexf believe he is gay. But sex seems very clinical to Keith, and even disorder with asexuality: "In both sexual aversion disorder The amount of research done on the subject of asexuality to But clarifying the actual definition of asexuality is difficult porn just doesn't do anything for him. He currently lives with and HSDD, there usually is or was a sexual orientation toward date is pitiful, forcing young asexuals, growing up in a world of because as one can see from the forums on his website, those Asexuals want to let it be known that they are not hermits, sex another man he met at a local bar one night who coindden- partners of either or both genders, but there is either an aver hormones and constantly advertised hot sweaty bodies the likes who identify as asexual do so for different reasons, and lead ually repressed, frigid people. Some asexuals want relation tally is a member of AVEN as well. "I've never felt so comfort sion for genital contact with these partners (e.g., extreme anx of Britney Spears, to question their identity, sanity and some very different lifestyles. Some asexuals experimented with ships, but only non-sexual relationships. And in a world able with anyone else," he tells me. But skepticism is a major iety when a sexual encounter presents itself) or a low sexual times, force themselves to commit to non-consenting acts. Dr. sexual relations before they discovered they were asexual or obsessed with sex since the sexual revolution of the 60's this issue all asexuals have to deal with on a regular basis. Walker, desire for these partners." He notes, however, that asexuals Basson said it clearly: if there is distress, there may be a disor were involved in a relationship with a sexual person, while can be quite challenging. 'All I wanted from love was to be who tells me his friends think he's just plain nuts, tells me, 1 seem to be sexually unattracted to either sex, and thus do not der. In an era of diversity and acceptance, where gay men and some asexuals have never had any sexual experience. with someone. A hug, a kiss, a dance, sharing moments don't mind ifyo u have serious doubts, just don't try to change fit in with these disorders. As for the causes, although he women in most of Canada can proclaim their devout love to For Jay, sexual interest was just never there. He tells me together," Levi writes. Although an obviously fun, charismatic me to your conception of what I need to be." explores a variety of options, there isn't enough data to prove each other under the oath of marriage, it should be acknowl nostalgically of the early school days, when his friends first woman, she's had difficulties with relationships. Her first it is anything in particular. He thus classifies it as another ori edged thai there is a community of people that don't think about started talking about crushes, liking girls, wanting to date high school boyfriend of three years dumped her because of entation along with homosexuality and heterosexuality. And sex; don't want sex, and never intend to have sex. them. Jay just didn't get it: "But what are you getting at? her unwillingness to have sex. Sex once a day keeps the with this in mind, one of the main questions he focuses on in "Some of us have never had sex; others may have dabbled, And what'8 the difference between like, and like like?" he After this she had a relationship with a gay man. "He real his study is the prevalence of asexuality. still others might have put in years of community service, yet laughs. It wasn't an issue at first, people just assumed he ly loved me and I deeply loved him, a perfect relationship doctors away The survey asked approximately 18,600 people in Britain we all still identify as asexual* This comment written by Walker was a late bloomer or introverted. He came from a very without sex," she recalls. But he eventually found a man and questions relating to sexuality. Ihe results were impressive. A under the screen name KAW143 responds to a thread on the accepting school that spoke about sexuality early on. By left her too. Her last relationship with a woman she had met When I asked the asexuals I spoke with if they felt any dis total of 195 people responded 'I have never felt sexually AVEN site that asks "Is Asexuality Really an Orientation?" Out of grade nine, students had come out as gay and bisexual and one night at a gay bar after having performed one of her stand- crimination because they were asexual, they all basically said attracted to anyone." This constitutes approximately 1.05 per a total of 54 votes, only 70 per cent think it is, while 20 per cent were accepted. "But there wasn't a discussion of as asexu up comedy shows, failed for different reasons: the girl's moth the same thing: It all boils down to disbelief and skepticism. cent of the respondents. But he also concludes that those will are undecided, and nine per cent respond in the negative. Some ality as an identity," he recalls. er did not approve. I wanted to see for mysel£ so I told random people down ing to participate in sexual surveys have a tendency to be suggest it is a disorientation; while others think since it isn't a When he finally heard this obscure word in passing dur As for Jay, he isn't in love right now, although he would like town around Granville and Robson the AVEN definition of more sexually experienced and active than those who do not sexual orientation, it should have a category of its own. Jay's ing a conference on lesbian, gay, bisexual diversity, he to be and says he is in a lot of relationships at the moment asexuality. The responses varied from shock—Is that possi and thus with a refusal rate of 30 per cent it is highly likely answer was simpler and more direct knew he wanted to start the website. "My goal was really to although relationship definitions are huge questions around ble?' and "With their OWn freeWill?" — to migirndftrgfenriditig — that the actual asexual population may have been underrepre- "Asyone who uses the term asexual to describe them create some kind of community," he tells me enthusiasti asexuality. Although Jay is more attracted to women, he points "Oh, like nuns" to "Well they're just shy." And then there was sented in the survey. selves," he told me, "and find is useful to do so is cally. Soon after, he started getting emails asking him all out some people may identify as straight-sexual or ga^exual the token That must be a chemical imbalance." As a result it is still unclear what percentage of the pqpu- asexual."^ PAGE FRIDAY Friday, January 28,2005 THE UBYSSEY FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2005 VOLUME 86 ISSUE 32 Democracy EDITORIAL BOARD COORDINATING EDITOR Jesse Marchand NEWS EDITORS Sarah Bourdon under fire Dan McRoberts For many students, Sunday is the There is also the fact that many CULTURE EDITOR last day of freedom before return of the candidates names are not Ania Mafi ing for another week of classes and even known to voters, making it dif SPORTS EDITOR assignments. But for the people of ficult for people to make any sort of Eric Szeto Iraq, this Sunday will mark what decision beforehand. The public George W. Bush believes to be a has little knowledge of the political FEATURES/NATIONAL EDITOR great step toward freedom—the parties and electoral candidates. A Alex Leslie first 'democratic* election in Iraq report from Reuters claimed that PHOTO EDITOR since the US occupation of the 'Iraqis don't have any idea of who Nic Fensom country. Januaiy 30 signifies a cul they are going to vote for and have PRODUCTION MANAGER mination of the successes the US little information on what each Michelle Mayne President feels have come about party is offering.* Security con over the last two years. But many cerns have limited the amount of people, including the Ubyssey, are publicity for candidates. The possi COORDINATORS questioning how this election will bility of educating voters on their VOLUNTEERS represent democracy. As the day choices has been further hindered Carrie Robinson fast approaches, the entire process by the fact that people who have appears less and less democratic. been caught distributing leaflets RESEARCH/LETTERS have been threatened with Paul Evans Many Iraqi authorities have warned not to go forward with the decapitation. 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BUSINESS MANAGER AMS needs to communicate Fernie Pereira AD SALES by Lucas Teodoro da Silva Every year, the AMS talks about Dave Gaertner how to decrease student apathy. A Thank you for the wonderful edito V good start would be letting stu AD DESIGN *^ ^^ rial exposing the incompetence of •**» Shalene Takara '• lA5 <* * hi > *V* p) t i dents know in advance what is the elections officer in charge of going on. I bet the AMS will send a TYevor Gilks was on top of Claudia Li who was on top of Jon the AMS elections ('AMS Elections Woodward. A Claudia sandwich! proclaimed Alex Leslie. mass e-mail announcing the refer Colleen Tang was horrified and wanted nothing to do with it, Debacle,* Tuesday Jan. 25). not seen a single advertisement, endum the night before voting but Megan Smyth was extremely tantalised. Carrie Robinson wants in too, pointed out Sara Norman, although Jesse Unfortunately, the inability within poster or banner declaring that ends, with their organisation. The Marchand claimed that Sarah Bourdon had already shot- the AMS to run a decent election gunned. Michelle Mayne was brought in to mediate, but Dan there is a referendum coming up e-mail, undoubtedly, will be lost McRoberts overruled her and proclaimed Eric Flesh Missile campaign doesn't seem to have next week. among the Viagra ads that Utter Szeto to be the new grand champion of the universe. His first prize was getting Ania Mafi to be his queen for life. But Nic disappeared. It is also alarming that when junk mail boxes everywhere. Fensom said something and then something else happened Today, in my morning class, a involving Candies Vallentin and Ritu Kumar in some wqy. Terry students visit the AMS webpage, I urge all UBC students to Boake and Sarah Scouten did stuff too. Oh. and by the way, these colleague of mine stood up in front there is not a single mention of the people: Mai Bui. Hilary Onas. James Weldon and Paul Evans. inform themselves about the of the class to inform us that next referendum on the front page of upcoming referendum. If passed, week the AMS would be running a the site, nor is it listed in the cal it would renew the U-Pass, while referendum on the U-Pass. The endar of upcoming events at the increasing its price by $2 per room gasped...no one seemed to bottom of the page. (I do notice, month. The referendum could EDITORIAL GRAPHIC have any knowledge of such a ref Joel Libin however, that they have the mean the difference between a erendum. Valentine's Gift Fair, which we are $22 per month bus pass and a $70 COVER DESIGN If not passed, the referendum all awaiting with sweating palms per month bus pass for many stu Michelle Mayne will effectively kill the U-Pass pro and pockets full of cash to spend, dents. Translink has agreed to gram—a program that the AMS VP is prominently displayed in pink). freeze the new price until 2008. External and the University's U- The U-Pass referendum page Meanwhile, I suppose I will be Trek program spent over eight is instead hidden on an informing my classmates by word years working to implement. ugly and difficult-to-find page. of mouth, since the AMS doesn't It's not surprising...The AMS Furthermore, the page is, as of this seem to be interested in doing has done little to spread word of date, riddled with programming their job. the referendum, which needs errors (how do I pronounce Canadian University 4,000 positive votes to pass. Aside '??????????????'?). See it for —Lucas Teodoro da Silva Press from one poorly-designed ad that yourself: http://www.ams.ubc.ca/ Canada PM* Safe* Agramnant Numbw 0O40S7M23 has a B.A. in History from UBC ran in last week's Ubyssey, I have content.cfm?ID* 104. and is an Education Student PAGE FRIDAY Friday, January 28,2005 •J Students beaten in York university protest ! by Maryam Behmard it's pretty major.' THEEXCAUBUR Toronto police also allege two officers were punched in the face and one officer had a hot TORONTO (CUP) - Two students were badly beverage thrown in his face. But Cotton con beaten by police after they refused to leave an firmed no officers received bruises or injuries. anti-imperialist demonstration in York The Grassroots Anti-imperialist Network University's Vari Hall, where protest is forbid organised the demonstration. den. The administration called police after mem Police beat PhD student Gregory Bird with a bers of the anti-imperialist group and local baton, while political science student Nicholas 3903 of the Canadian Union of Public Birtig was taken to hospital due to beatings he Employees began using megaphones in Vari allegedly received by police in a holding room Hall and allegedly disrupting classes. in the Ross Building after the January 20 rally. The administration released a notice When student protesters refused to leave Januaiy 21, stating the protesters became vio t Vari Hall, police circled a group of demonstra lent, endangering the safety of students and dis tors and a riot transpired. Students were tack rupting classes. , •A led to the ground by several police officers and Students are prohibited from holding security personnel before being taken to a room demonstrations in Vari Hall because of its prox in the Ross Building. imity to classrooms and protesters were pro Konstantine Kilibarda, an academic vided the option of going to the Burton researcher from Cambridge University, was Auditorium in the fine arts building. arrested and detained in the room with four Nancy White, university spokesperson, said other students and said he witnessed the York security asked the protesters to leave alleged beating of Birtig by the police. numerous times and to refrain from using a Another demonstration was held Januaiy dents who viewed the video. They started hitting him repeatedly and megaphone, after receiving complaints from 21, criticising the administration for calling 'I don't believe that a student was going when he lifted his head, it was just covered in faculty members who were teaching in Vari the police to come and intervene at the pre for the gun. But the police were also here for blood. The group were all pretty roughed up,' Hall classrooms. vious day's protest. our safety,' said Syed. said Kilibarda, adding: 'In detention, I was tack 'It's very unfortunate that these individuals Nick Lary, professor of humanities and Jared Saltz, an anthropology student, was led from behind by an officer and brought to became involved in a violent altercation with vice-president of the York University Faculty at the January 20 protest and said both the ground. I didn't resist—I just went limp.' the police,* said White. "Ihe university will do Association, maintained Vari Hall should be police and students aggravated the situa Five people—Bird, Birtig, Kilibarda, Alissa what it can to accommodate students who wish a space in which students can voice their tion, and police were not concerned with Watt and Erin Gray—were arrested and taken to to engage in peaceful protests. We are always opinions. who should be arrested but rather with i Toronto police's 31st division after participat open to dialogue.* 'Students are citizens and have civil fiber- clearing the area. ing in the rally, which was held in protest of the Gary Brewer, York's vice-president of ties. They are our future teachers, leaders 'We know that cops can be defensive, inauguration of United States President George finance and administration, said the school has and defenders,' Lary told the crowd. 'We call they will panic in certain situations, and we W. Bush and the university's corporate ties. never restricted free speech, but those who on president Marsden to make Vari Hall a know that as students, and they might act in Constable Isabelle Cotton, spokesperson for want to carry out demonstrations must do so in public space dedicated to free speech.' violence,' said Saltz, suggesting perhaps the police division, said a struggle in Vari Hall designated areas that will not disrupt classes. Video footage, taped by one of the protest protesters should have exercised caution. between one student and police led to the stu The university is not against free speech. ers, showing the use of batons on students as The president of York's student union, dent allegedly attempting to reach for an offi We do have principles of disallowing the dis well as physical intervention by the police Omari Mason, has called for the dismissal cer's handgun. ruption of classes,' said Brewer. "We have peo and York security, was screened in Vari Hall of all criminal charges against the five stu They will be processed and charged for ple here that are willing and able, wanting to to over 1,000 students. But it was unclear as dents, the establishment of an external trespassing, assault and obstruction—those are show people how to express themselves without to whether or not a student attempted to grab inquiry in the police's intervention, and dis the charges we are looking at,' said Cotton, disrupting classes. We have classes going on in an officer's gun. ciplinary action against security personnel adding: "When you try to steal an officer's gun. this space.' Student Moiz Syed is one of many stu and administrators in charge of security.• Landslide causes grief in the North Vancouver community by Jonathan Woodward and then was taken in critical condition to 'The worst thing is her [14-year-old] 'It will probably become a benefit con BRITISH COLUMBIA BUREAU CHIEF Lions Gate Hospital. daughter Anita, who is in California, and cert for Anita,' said West. Over 200 search and rescue workers coming home to no home and a dad in the At UBC, the school's bus loop was closed VANCOUVER (CUP) - Record rainfall in combed the slide's path, but Eliza's body was hospital.' when heavy snow and a frozen ground dis British Columbia combined with the sudden not found until about 2 pm, more than 50 The heavy rainfall—over 200 millimetres rupted the pavement. melt of a large snow pack has wreaked metres from where the house originally stood. in the past week in much of the Lower When the rainfall washed much of a founda havoc on B.C. roads, closed one college and Her death is a shock to students and Mainland—melted a snow pack and tripled tional layer away, the rest of the loop's surface has resulted in the evacuation of more than teachers at Capiiano College, said Ben West, the volume of water that local drains had to collapsed, said UBC Properties Trust spokesper 100 homes for fear of mudslide danger. chair of Capilano's student union. absorb, said UBC plant operations son Dan Bock. And early January 19 morning, the rain 'It was so unexpected,' he said. 'It was spokesperson John Metras. Thousands of students trekked through collapsed a ridge in North Vancouver, send so out of the blue. I don't know what to think That rainfall overloaded a North the mud as buses unloaded at the side of the ing a giant wave of mud that flattened the about it.' Vancouver water main, forcing Capiiano road, while emergency crews poured a tem house of former Capiiano College computer West, who knew Eliza through their work College to close hours after the mudslide. porary surface over the bus loop. science professor Eliza Kuttner. on school committees, said she worked hard Classes were cancelled, staff was sent home, 'The weather wreaked havoc on the Her husband, Langara College teacher for her students. and as of Jan. 22 the school is still closed. asphalt,' said Bock. 'It was basically impass Michael Kuttner, was pulled alive from the 'We're pretty upset about it,' he said. The Students and staff had planned a benefit con able; the buses were bottoming out on it. 100-metre-long mess of debris by neigh school's been closed, and people are happy to cert for victims of the tsunami in southern Asia 'With the rain and the snow, it was real bours shortly after the 3:15 am mudslide, have some time off, but maybe we're, in shock. on the night of Jan. 21, but it was postponed. ly a one-two punch.**
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