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THE UBYSSEY FRIDAY, 7 APRIL, 2006 CULTURE 3 wants Sarah Silverman's comedy may be funny but it's certainly not for everyone
JESUS IS MAGIC geous, something that she takes full Vancouver Jewish Film Festival advantage of. Yet, despite some Vancity Theatre stunningly inappropriate state April 8 ments that left me utterly gobs macked (and there were more than by Greg Ursic a few), Silverman is more than a CULTURE WRITER simple foul-mouthed comic—she clearly sets out to provoke both So what's a nice Jewish girl, whose laughter and reflection, highlight sister is a rabbi no less, doing ing the absurdity of her statements. telling jokes about the Holocaust? After ripping through myriad Making people laugh. Silverman stereotypes, she notes pointedly "we cut her comedy teeth writing for make fun of people we're not afraid Saturday Night Live, and has dab of." Obviously she's not scared of bled in acting on TV (Greg the many people. Too bad she doesn't Bunny) and film (ironically her have a healthy fear of music. most memorable role was as the Silverman stitches her act shrewish girlfriend in School of together with a collection of musical Rock), as well as having carved out numbers, most of which fall flat,ar e a loyal audience on the stand-up distracting and strangle the circuit. But she didn't achieve momentum of her monologue. widespread recognition until an Moreover, why they chose not to infamous joke about racism on edit out the impotent "backstage Late Night With Conan O'Brien diva" skits or the roadie masturbat drew the ire of the Media Action ing offstage is a total mystery. Network for Asian Americans. Silverman's greatest sin however is Despite the ensuing hate cam that she delivers a weak wrap up paign, Silverman refused to be and goes out with the crickets. cowed or soften her act. If Jesus is If you're a Sarah Silverman fan Magic is any indication it seems to or like your comedy with an edge have steeled her resolve. (preferably razor and with a slice of Petite, attractive, possessed of a lemon), you are likely to enjoy Jesus soft-spoken demeanor (some of her is Magic and will laugh in spite of best lines are practically after yourself—despite its faults. If, how thought whispers) and sporting a ever, you are PC or easily offended, ¥§K* healthy self-deprecating streak, do not see this movie—a dozen audi Silverman is charismatic and dis- ence members stormed out of the ri arming. This in turn grants her fur screening that a friend of mine '•$". ^:r^M&^ pf;^ i ther creative license to be outra attended. You've been warned. IB Dark comedy gets lucky with clever dialoque Persistence of Vision LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN rather than falling back on his boyish April 7 charms to get by, dexterously finess Now playing ing his way through tongue-tied showcases best of UBC film prone dialogue and subtle plot by Greg Ursic points. Another surprise perform Festival has everything from samurai to drama CULTURE WRITER ance comes from Lucy Liu who plays against type as the sweet love interest Slevin is having the mother of all bad next door—who ever thought she POV FILM FESTIVAL well-advertised. days, losing his girlfriend, apartment could carry off vulnerable and cute Empire Granville 7 Cinemas What can movie-goers expect to and job in one fell swoop. In the without seeming disingenuous? April 28-29 see at POV? hopes of regrouping, he heads to Surely not me. Sir Ben Kingsley is A complete list of films can be New York to spend some quality time excellent as The Rabbi, a calculating by Carol Domanko found at with a buddy only to get mugged step gangster with a wry sense of humour, CULTURE WRITER tto://www.film.ubc.ca/pov, but let's ping off the subway, proving that the while Morgan Freeman's calm, pro just say you'll get everything from axiom "bad luck comes in threes" can fessional exterior belies the malice UBC Film Production students will witty, dialogue-based dramas to be further pluralised. Before you can that lies beneath The Boss' surface. show audiences that they've got exciting action movies with blood say "things can't get any worse," they Rounding out the cast is Bruce Willis what it takes to make exciting, pro and samurai. do when Slevin is mistaken for his who wrings the most out of his brief fessional, and inspiring films at "My film is a drama called The friend, who happens to be heavily in appearance as a man of few words the 17th Annual Persistence of Dinner Party," explains Boake, "[it debt to some unsavoury gangster who prefers to let his assassinations Vision (POV) Film Festival on April looks] at expectations gone awry, types that also happen to be sworn speak for themselves. 28 and 29, when their 17 short and how assumptions can cause the enemies. Adding insult to his assort Unlike its predecessors, Slevin is films will be shown to the public most dramatic miscommunica- ed injuries, Slevin suddenly finds not averse to bloodshed—indeed, sev for the first time. tions. It is a screenplay film, so himself thrust in the middle of a SLEVIN IS NOT AVERSE TO eral characters are dispatched in The festival is a student-run, don't expect anything flashy. [It's] looming gang war and destined for BLOODSHED—INDEED, splashes of crimson in the film's student-funded operation with the just a story." the discomfort of No Man's Land. opening sequence, yet there is a aim of exhibiting students' work Like all of the other submissions, The question remains whether or not SEVERAL CHARACTERS stylised quality to the carnage. This and giving film hopefuls the Boake's film must wrap up at under he's smarter than his mouth. And ARE DISPATCHED IN attention to detail is mirrored in the chance to meet industry profes ten minutes, including the credits. let's not forget the cold-blooded assas cleverly scripted dialogue, wherein sionals. According to third-year This can mean a lot of heartbreak in sin who'has taken a distinct (hshking SPLASHES OF CRIMSON IN few words are wasted in the telling student Terry Boake, however, it is the editing room but Boake says, to our poor, put-upon protagonist THE HLM'S OPENING and subtle turns of phrase reveal far more important to show the "Although it isn't my forte, the While I'm not one to heap acco essential plot points. If your attention works for one's own self-satisfac process is definitely the most excit SEQUENCE, YET THERE IS lades on cable television, we can wanes for even a moment you risk tion as opposed to garnering atten ing. It's the chance to see the prod undoubtedly thank Turner Classics A STYLISED QUALITY TO being left behind once the seemingly tion from possible producers. "We uct come to life in front of you. It's Movies for the resurgence in the pop straightforward ease of mistaken make films for an audience, and the moment when you can decide THE CARNAGE. ularity of film-noir (two of my friends identity* veers off on a different tack. opportunities like POV gives us whether or not certain things are currently on the 12 step pro While it relies on the occasional that audience." worked, or didn't work. When it gram). A spate of films mcluding the the process. Lucky Number Slevin gimmick, Lucky Number Slevin is a In the past, several of UBC's film works, it's the most rewarding deliriously devilish Kiss, Kiss, Bang deserves its own special place among clever little film that doesn't take students have gained recognition at moment of the entire process." Bang, and the stylish Sundance hit the filmnoir revival. itself too seriously. It's a studied national and international film fes On April 29, all their hard work Brick have paid homage with their Josh Hartnett breaks out of his cin blend of dark comedy, cerebral mus tivals following their premieres at will pay off when a panel of profes own special twists of dark tongue-in- ematic slump as Slevin, the titular ings and messy mishaps that is thor POV. This is why students, particu sional judges will bestow groups cheek humour, Mobius strip-style hero of the piece, the proverbial suck oughly enjoyable. If you like a little larly fourth years, put so much ener with awards donated by local spon plotlines and rapid fire pacing, wows er who can't seem to get an even fibre in your cinematic diet, grab a gy into making sure that the POV is sors to go towards their next discerning movie-going audiences in break. Hartnett relies on solid acting fork and dig in. 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by Caroline Chuang CULTURE WRITER
My sister, friends and I went to a semi-staged Vancouver Symphony opera at the Chan Centre last week that was backed by the stellar UBC orchestra ensemble. I feel lame tak ing a major that involves reading and using pen and paper when Alistair Macieod groups of students at our school actu ally perform choral epics and operas hits the stage of with a full-fledged opera company. The beauty of the opera is its collabo rative nature, involving the coordi the Vancouver nation and teamwork of so many tal ented people. The lead-up to Dido and Aeneas Playhouse was rife with feverish expectation — we were all supposed to dress up, as this was a classy way to spend time NO GREAT MISCHIEF together, and what's more, we were Vancouver Playhouse going to be treated to a rarely-per April 15-May 16 formed Baroque gem and first-ever !)•• British opera (1689) written by palatable. Wearing a bright violet and seems effortlessly combined. ures we borrow." by Jason Webb Henry Purcell. The libretto is adapt dress with a gold embroidered stole, The opera didn't grow on me While in Italy, I visited La Scala, CULTURE WRITER ed from Virgil's classical epic The she accomplished the unenviable until its completion. Dido's lament the legendary opera house in Milan, Aeneid and includes six scenes cap feat of courting the audience to provided the melodramatic emotion which is as melodramatic in terms of As this year's season comes to a turing the tragedy of the star-crossed indulge in the pain, sorrow, and al catharsis I had been expecting to its setting as the operas performed. close at the Vancouver Playhouse, love between Dido, the Queen of anguish of tainted love. experience I sobbed and savoured The Chan Centre, by contrast, did not come celebrate the end of another Carthage, and Aeneas, a Trojan fated Dido and Aeneas is a tragic love every moment of Piatt's rendering of have the ambience that befits a night grueling semester by seeing No to found Rome. story, a rare theme for a Baroque those lines, as pure and rare as her of costume and a story of treachery Great Mischief, the last show to Aeneas lands in Carthage and opera, but is perfectly suitable to faithfulness to her love. For Dido, and ill-fated love. At any single appear on its stage in 2006. meets Dido after being exiled from the melodramatic underpinnings of there could be no more possibilities moment during the opera I could see Adapted from Alistair MacLeod's Troy following its destruction by the the period. of future suitors or desperate trysts- whoever was sitting in the balcony celebrated novel, the play is direct IK Achaeans in the Trojan War. Aeneas I found the overture boring. it was only Aeneas and he fled her to above, or anywhere else, because the ed by Dean Paul Gibson and eventually flees to Rome when Having never seen an opera outside pursue his destiny. theatre was fully lit. In retrospect, it includes an original score by M. J. ""* reminded of his fate and leaves the movies, I expected the singing to A surprise in the fibretto was the might have worked better if they had Ross. The play promises to be a Dido to sing her galvanizing aria, commence right away. Then my appearance of sorceresses, which dimmed all the lights to put the focus grand, memorable production that "When I Am Laid to Rest" or "Dido's friend informed me that it was the are not in the original epic—they are on the stage and add more drama-you will leave you wanting to learn Lament." This is sung before Dido overture and I felt stupid. The only entertaining to watch, as they come can never get enough of it at the Gaelic and then travel to the salty Ii takes her own life because she has instruments were strings, including in a group of three, and the women opera. Atlantic coast to hang out in the been forsaken. many violins, some bass, and the each contribute something of their As a result of this opera, I look local pubs. Dido is played by the talented piano. The conductor Bramwell own personalities and singing styles forward to experiencing operas on a In the story we travel alongside Susan Platts whose voice is so sup Tovey was a suave maestro who to add colour and visual interest to regular basis. It is a phenomenal three generations of the Clan ple, awe-inspiring, and genuine, it is could saunter off the stage and come the story. The head sorceress, played privilege that allows you to support MacDonald as they emigrate from heartbreaking to hear her sing the back on cue to thundering applause. by Rose Ellen Nichols, wore a bright the VSO and enjoy some of the world- Scotland's rocky shores to Cape lines, "When I am laid to earth/May The music stops all at once and the flarning red gown with a train that renowned singers who perform with Breton Island and experience the my wrongs create/No trouble in thy auditorium becomes so quiet you had slits cut inside the bust, as well them. Only next time I will most like difficulties and triumphs the fami breast/Remember me, but ah! forget can hear a pin drop, then the various as a long flowing scarf. She was a ly choose a more elaborately-staged ly encounters. The play focuses on e my fate." The singular execution of instruments and singers blend in powerhouse with her equally fiery opera—one that is acted out, with two brothers in the present: this difficult aria by the Victoria-born perfect harmony again, but the syn- red lips and her bitchy lines, such as stage design, costumes, and dimmer Alexander, who is a dentist and Jr***. mezzo-soprano made Dido's lament chronicity is multi-layered, complex, "From the ruin of others our pleas fighting. II family patriarch and his alcoholic older sibling Calum. The two brothers allow us a view into the It family's past, employing humour, I tragedy and Celtic music live on stage during the show to explore ft Anderson steals the show in inspired Beckett production themes of how culture and family ties us together as human beings. § WAITING FOR GODOT monologue which goes so far put of control that This production never slows Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage the other characters must repress him.. Their sit i down, propelling the audience at until April 23 uation is disturbed once more by the intervention of a young boy (Cole Heppell), seemingly an envoy breakneck speed and doesn't *# by Jesse Ferreras from the enigmatic Godot, whose sole function is release its grip until the final scene is over. CULTURE STAFF to inform the vagrants that "Godot will not be coming today, but surely tomorrow." Vladimir Using MacLeod's best-selling Just in time for Samuel Beckett's 100th birthday, and Estragon move stagnantly through these novel for the production should be which the playwright claimed was April 13th, motions twice, failing to make sense of a circular exciting for both regular theatre 1906 (both Good Friday and Friday the 13th), the situation that gradually draws them deeper into a goers and first time audiences. Arts Club Theatre Company has staged a spectac void they cannot escape. The novel has won numerous Although it takes some time to get off the awards, including Fiction Book of £1 ular production of the play that made the absur dist playwright famous, Waiting for Godot. Under Pinter's The Caretaker) and Estragon (Quebecois ground. Waiting for Godot is an inspired produc the Year and Author of the Year the direction of prominent Vancouver playwright import Stephane Demers) are effectively stuck, tion, not attempting to make sense of the text but from the Canadian Booksellers unable to transcend their situation. They inhabit rather framing its various occurrences and visu Association Libris Awards. He is fl Morris Panych (7 Stories, The Dishwashers), Beckett's absurdist masterpiece remains as a grim landscape that, in this production, resem als around the confusion. The set looks to be the well-known for his short stories set migrating on the stage as it does on the page, bles the fallout of an industrial complex with a aftermath of a Northern England factory in the on the grey and chilly Maritime without any attempt to make sense of the ambigu rusted and broken fence, skids, a wooden spool Thatcher era while the actors are played by island of Cape Breton. The charac ously constructed text. Panych and company and a dead tree with branches so weak it could French and English Canadians, perhaps to reflect ters seem to overcome their bleak ft assemble an elaborate set and seasoned actors for not support them if they wanted to hang them on the national linguistic barrier between Quebec environment to explore the con If a production that emerges as a compelling, selves. Estragon insists that they leave the place, and Canada. Peter Anderson steals the show with frontations we experience and to although frustrating production, no less madden but \fladimir constantly reminds him that they his portrayal of Lucky as a subservient, psycholog which we sometimes succumb. ing than a study of the text in a course on mod are waiting for Godot, an entity who is never seen ically-disturbed figure, receiving raucous Preview performances run ernist English literature. in the play but maintains control over their situa applause from his single monologue that from April 15 to 19 and the regu ! *3^ The play, billed by the author as a "tragicome tion nonetheless. They are soon greeted by Pozzo breathes life into the show that never lets up lar run begins on April 20. The dy in two acts," is essentially the chronicle of a (Brian Markinson), a sadistic man who dominates thereafter. Overall, Waiting for Godot is a spectac Playhouse also offers a student static situation in which two vagrants, \fladnnir his servant Lucky (Peter Anderson, previously ularly designed production that initially takes discount if you show a valid stu (Vincent Gale, previously seen in the 2003 seen in Panych's The Overcoat), who himself time to find its footing, but once it does, it is a dent card at Ticketmaster or at the Vancouver Playhouse production of Harold never speaks except for a single nonsensical challenging, yet enthralling spectacle. M Playhouse box office. SI fi CULTURE FRIDAY, 7 APRIL, 2006 THE UBYSSEY ^ i *., i i i Rock Swings I'm not laughing out loud. Paul Anka Just think about it for a sec Verve Records ond whether you like him or not: here's a guy with 60 plus by Mike Hurwitz years under his belt, God CULTURE WRITER knows how many years after most people thought his teen- i- I've never met Paul Anka, but idol career would dry up, and I wouldn't even know what to he decides the next move in say to a 60-something that in his career path is to do an my mind is somewhere entire album of rock 'stan between Neil Diamond on The dards' from the last two Last Waltz and Neil Young on decades in a style that's been acid doing Elvis in the Tropicana dying a slow death since the of the old Vegas. Instead of sitting start of the Second World War. down with the Canadian crooner And bebop? It's got Viagra ad writ in one of Tony Danza's piano bars ten all over it whether he's on the listening to him sing show tunes, stuff or not. It's these kinds of i* I've decided to write about one of musical geniuses that make films my newest hero's albums, Rock like Spinal Tap possible! But even if he's 'trying to live while he's Swings. So, without further ado, m e this one's for you, Paul: alive," I could still hardly contain the my laughter. It all happened in a Toronto album way you basement. The same relative who had come So naturally, I skipped ahead a love so hi: made me sit and listen to Frank to be com much. And track to get my next dose of mirth Zappa's Freak Out when I was 13 monplace mock broken-hearted and settled on track three. As the threw Anka's newest album onto ery among me and you obviously ain't: CD player took its time to line up the stereo. I was made to sit in the my sadistic family mem because you—much like the laser this time, I was over special chair—it was perfectly ber: 'Anka covers Soundgar David Hasselhoff—are free of whelmed with images in my mind spaced near the speakers for the den? Nirvana? Oasis? Spare me pain, free of being held back from of a perspiring Sylvester Stallone optimal acoustic transfer of sound the ugliness and just release the Even Bon Jovi and Richie criticism, age or creative blockage; in his youth, running stairs and vibrations from eardrum to brain. fucker already so I can get my lat Sambora would have been shaking you, Paul Anka, are doing a cover inspiring millions of youth in box My cousin handed me the remote est fix of serotonin.' Now the time in their I'm still stuck in 1988' gui album of rock songs, and you are ing rings, basketball courts, hock and told me to press play as soon as had come, and I was alone with my tar solo* when the first notes of singing your first track like a bat ey rinks and any other sport which he left the room, 'So I could be neurotransmitters, remote control their Y2K composition blasted out out of Meatloaf s hell. We are hear was starved of a pre-game pump- alone with Paul.* and the original Canadian Idol. from Anka's supporting orchestra. ing your voice when you're shout up soundtrack to make you ram it For the weeks leading up to me What a beautiful way to start a 'This ain't a song for the bro ing out loud: 'It's your hfe and it's into fifth. Yes, that's right: he sings sitting in that chair, Anka's latest Sunday afternoon. ken-hearted.* Ouch Paul, you hurt now or never,* but that isn't to say Journey's 'Eye of the Tiger.* IB ounds are better in French with Dilated Peoples and Beth Fictions even her English songs make you like you are in an intimate setting in such a way that they require they want to get back to basics. Jane Birkin feel as if you are sipping a latte in with Orton. It's just O'Rourke on time to be heard and re-heard This is a group that lets their DJ, Capitol Records a Paris cafe. I recommend Jane bass, a drum player, and a vocalist before they begin to show. Babu, have his own track just to Birkin to anyone who wants to with confidence and soul. show off his skills ("The One and by Melissa Woodside experience something entirely After the attention grabbing Only.*) I CULTURE WRITER unique, or to anyone who craves an first track 'Worms,* with the open Dilated Peoples The album begins with a n experience *en francais.* ing tine 'Worms don't dance/They 20/20 cliched phone call intro that Produced by Renauld Letang, Jane haven't got the balls,* the relaxed Capitol Records should have been cut. The lead sin Birkin's new album Fictions folk sound of Orton is immediately gle, 'Back Again,* features some % proves to be a success for the Beth Orion established. Most of her lyrics are by Kian Mintz-Woo excellent production by The I London-born beauty. The former Comfort of Strangers unpretentious, if a trifle character CULTURE STAFF Alchemist, with a cyclical verse actress employs a team of seven istic and vague ('An illusion is structure. The album works best fe EMI Si' songwriters who masterfully hope born from fear/But now I'm Dilated Peoples are often labeled when there are catchy samples, orchestrate their original pieces. Kian Mintz-Woo right back here*) but it really does conscious rap, but their new such as those in 'Kindness for The album also borrows covers of CULTURE STAFF n't matter since her vocals often album, 20/20, lacks many political Weakness,* where Kweli drops a W songs from Neil Young's Harvest lose the distinctness of her words. or topical references. Those that smooth verse ("A fool can't play «*,; Moon and Tom Waits' Alice and I first heard Beth Orton sing in This album is all about Orton's are present ('George got a few the wise, but the wise can act a spins them with a unique touch. William Orbit's laid-back 'Water delivery, which is also unpreten more years/That's a couple wars fool*) and Babu performs some Her collection can be described from a Vine Leaf* and so I, like tious but undeniable. It takes time there/And a couple more here*) effortless mixing. as a collection of sultry tales. many others, know her only for the subtlety of this disc to pen are unfocused. In the age of Jon Too often, however, the songs (.••• • • Followers of Birkin adore her through her electronic collabora etrate but there is a strong musi- Stewart, that doesn't even come are not memorable. 'Another specifically for her innocently frag tions. Orton is mostly well-known cality within this collection. close to throwing a barb t at Sound Mission* and 'The Eyes is .i ile voice that connects the twelve for her work with the Chemical The Guardian UK said that these George Bush. Have It* feel like B-sides mixed in .i*:.' songs in Fictions. Birkin's trade Brothers and Beck. So Comfort of songs are unlikely to be heard as My conclusion is that being with some strong tracks. Babu's mark voice teams up well with Strangers comes as a great shock. ringtones since you need to hear labeled 'conscious rap,* is now moments are ultimately the most other voices. In the past she has In contrast to the overproduction Orton in her entirety. I agree, that essentially negative. All you have to powerful in this collection, but collaborated with her former of a Chemical Brothers track, this you won't find these songs as ring- do is avoid talking about guns and remain unchallenging for casual husband, Serge Gainsbourg, and album is sparsely arranged. Let us tones, but for a different reason. hos. Once you eliminate these listeners. Both Rakaa's and her voice harmonises perfectly all thank the producer Jim Not only is this a compliment to themes, you are 'conscious.* Evidence's verses lack the My with his. O'Rourke (of Wilco fame). He has Orton due to the overproduced So what is Dilated concerned strength of their contemporaries: Although she sings mostly in the confidence to let Orton's insta-hits that are heard as ring- with? The absence of Kanye West too unusual for the pop rap set and English, her songs in French carry vocals show through. He allows tones, but it's evidence that, like (after he produced their last sin not clever enough for the con m the entire disc to make you feel Orton, these songs are measured scious set. II a theme throughout the album, but gle, 2004's 'This Way') shows that v.-I: I THE UBYSSEY FRIDAY, 7 APRIL, 2006 FEATURE 7 I w 1 P:ano and friends stopped in at The Hive studio last weekend to record an album before heading off toward general fame and glory.This spring will see the band touring with the Books and then taking off to Europe, where they will be featured in Barcelona's Primavera Sound festival. Catch the ever-evolving and understated brilliance that is P:ano at Richard's on Richards, April 22. MICHELLE MAYNE PHOTOS I n FREE ROOM fr BOARD IN CHINA Moie^ i I fe Si' Do not miss this opportunity! $ Be quick and apply if you are interested as the number of the spaces assigned is limited. St No experience and certificates are needed. &•* ft'? TRAVEL AND STUDY CHINESE - A TRUE CULTURAL IMMERSION IN CHINA! ton*. Zp'X, > "** vv ** **fv^** '^'-"^ *» **#.** Would you like to go to China and learn more about this mysterious £f <#.#vsttt>?*~* oriental country with as many as 5000 years of history? Walk on the $-i' Great Wall in the footsteps or*old warriors. Stroll through the Forbidden City where once no commoner dared enter. Visit Window of Mainland Ks'l China — Guangdong, the southernmost province with the strongest economic vitality and fastest development speed in China. Immerse yourself into the memorable Guangzhou of a unique past and a dynamic future, and taste the natural flavours of the "best food in China"? If yes, we certainly can help you make it! We are now organizing groups of Canadian people to go to China, learn fe'<: Chinese and teach simple and conversational English to students there during this forthcoming summer vacation. : :: : .. , ...... ,..,...... _ :^/\:::0:^W'''y :--M ^( r:'- t;*f &f rr%x^ae*J-**x*^ym^r**wiL.watJrnv*i**tBtiBfi*tu.wiwjir ,iim!9nt>'>M«HiM 'mm m ft SPORTS FRIDAY, 7 APRIL, 2006 THEUBYSSEY Don't take me out to the ball game fei b •••: by Alvin Lui this was exactly what the profession media pass so that I could get in a few much the same, dusty seats and bird play by UBC in the third inning to get SPORTS WRITER als did—write down every single words with the coach and maybe the droppings on several of them. So I their pitcher out of a jam. V I took on my first story as a sports- thing that happened in. the game. players. picked a clean seat, relatively speak I found out that the series was writer last Saturday, when I cov Nothing came out of that, but a sore But then halfway through the ing, waited for half an hour for the actually a doubleheader but I did ered the baseball game between hand and several pages chockfull of game, I realized that some of these game to start, and then began record n't stay, deciding that the editors the T-Birds and the Concordia useless information, one note stand guys could possibly be going to the ing every at-bat, every out, every of the Ubyssey would probably be Cavaliers who had come up from ing head and shoulders above the pros a la Jeff Francis of the Colorado detail of every inning. In any case, it throwing up their hands wonder Portland. Needless to say, I had no rest "the pitcher slipped." Rockies, so I chickened out, thinking was a classic game of small ball: ing what to do with my report on idea how I was going to go about I came to the conclusion that they probably wouldn't have time for defense and pitching dominated the the first game anyway (see above). "covering* a game, let alone write there was no way I was going to be a rookie sportswriter. game, and runs were few and far So I left, managing to hit a giant a summary of the game itself. able to write a proper summary of I was expecting a bigger crowd to between. pothole on my way out of the park. But hell, I wasn't going to go down the game; a description of my first be at Nat Bailey that day, but as it UBC ended up on top, eking out But don't get me wrong, I think I without a fight, so I brought my note time experience would have to suf turned out, I had my pick of where I the win by a score of 3-2. It was a nice could learn to like this gig as a book along, thinking foolishly that fice. 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Please see coverage maps or go to telusmobility.com for details. © 2006 TELUS Mobility. THEUBYSSEY FRIDAY, 7 APRIL, 2006 SPORTS 9 r Cross-border shopping spree by Brian McLennon Canada. In the March 6 issue of dent-athletes—many of whom have the NAIA National Champions in NCAA institutions that compete in THE OTHER PRESS (DOUGLAS COLLEGE) Maclean's, in an article titled, "March faced rising tuition fees over the past 2003 and the women's soccer team the Pacific Northwest and California. i-i U Madness, Here We Come," Nancy few years. The theory is that increas won it all in 2000. However, in 2001, UBC Athletic Director, Bob Philip has V;l-. NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. (CUP)- MacDonald explains UBC's plan to ing athletic scholarships would help SFU's basketball programs opted to had a couple of visits from NCAA offi The number of cross-border shop reduce the amount of Canadian ath keep top athletes at home, thus withdraw their membership from cials to prove to them that UBC can pers between Canada and the United letes from crossing the border to the play with the big boys. States has increased over the past few US. In an "if you can't beat them join In recent exhibition games years. But recently, those with fat wal them" attitude, UBC has already against the traditional powerhouse 1 IN A "IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM JOIN THEM" ATTITUDE; lets looking for deals are not begun wooing the NCAA, the govern schools Georgia and Kansas State, Canadians heading to Seattle's outlet ing body for inter-university athletics UBC HAS ALREADY BEGUN WOOING THE NCAA, THE UBC defeated both teams, and have •fi ^aaxtalls,- but American coaches from in the US, to consider having their A GOVERNING BODY FOR INTER-UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS recently won as many as four 1 NCAA athletic institutions looking for Canadian cousins "join in all their games against NCAA Division I our top athletes. reindeer games." IN THE US, TO CONSIDER HAVING THEIR CANADIAN schools. Even against the Kansas •§: Every year, thousands of top COUSINS "JOIN IN ALL THEIR REINDEER GAMES." Jayhawks, the Thunderbirds held prospects from across Canada are And why not? their own for much of the game. So awarded handsome athletic scholar The governing body for interuniversi- what is the hold up? ships to compete at universities and ty athletics in Canada is the Canadian Well, for starters, the NCAA has colleges south of the border. With Interuniversity Sport (CIS). Their per improving the quality of competition the NAIA and rejoin the growing been somewhat reluctant to open its over 4,000 post-secondary institu sistent stubbornness regarding ath throughout the CIS. Canada West conference of the CIS. borders to include non-American tions, the US can offer a large amount letic scholarships has resulted in In support of this model, Simon Increasing travel costs and erratic members. However, with two recent of athletic scholarships in a wide vari many universities seeking answers to Fraser University (SFU) said that they scheduling were cited as the main visits to UBC's Vancouver campus, it ety of sports. the question of athlete funding. would be willing to "defect* and join reasons for the controversial move. could mean that they are willing to The most common athletic schol The topic of athletic scholarships UBC in the NCAA should the opportu Some former SFU players regretted change their views. In addition, there arships are awarded in basketball, in Canada is nothing new. It has been nity present itself. SFU, which still not being able to compete for a are several requirements for mem football, and track and field. Just like a topic of heated debate for decades has the majority of their athletic pro National Championship—a lost bers who apply to the NCAA for mem a buffet, the choices of scholarships and has always created a division grams (cross country, golf, soccer, opportunity for a program that for bership, and officials need to ensure seem unlimited as Canadian high between CIS member institutions. softball, swimming & diving, track & years had one of the best men's bas that UBC can comply with these school athletes can earn a debt-free Some institutions (Ontario) believe field, and wrestling) competing in the ketball teams in Canada. requirements. education in eveiything from bowl there should be a balance between NCAA sister operation—the National So how will UBC overcome these Publicly, CIS officials are saying ing to fencing and even rifling. academics and athletics, and that Association of Intercollegiate barriers to ensure survival at the big that they hope UBC will remain a part However, the migration is no awarding athletic scholarships would Athletics (NAIA)—has seen some diss- dance? According to recent reports, of the CIS. But when will the CIS wake longer just affecting Canadian univer upset this balance. Others claim that apointments when competing south UBC's fundraising and athletic budg up and realise that some of the sities; it is now affecting the govern by adopting the NCAA model, it of the border. et totals approximately $4 million, schools aren't thinking along the ing body for university sports in would help ease the strain on stu- SFU women's softball team was which is comparable to many of the same lines? SI MlM-'TWEENS Asian Library Open House RiALTYTuTdfti 'SjjecialyU. $. C^ St Md;erit;yft'ate^ Asian Centre EALTTTUTQ&SI Secure • CIeari » No Administraitioil Fee April 22 A series of talks and workshops . Real Estate Trader Licensing about health and vitality, featuring UBC professors and community • Mortgage Broker Licensing "STORE YOUR STUFF" specialists. FOR THE SUMMER OR FOREVER! 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The only one played a very prominent role in Spain up until cork that refused to go back into the pers out of the same amount of raw material. who has ever served me in a cafe was from the 15th century, and that the Muslim influence expensive bottle of red I'd just served to So, regarding the rumoured cork shortage, France, but how can it be a question of EU visas remained, not just in ancient architecture, but in .0 some high-class guest I tried not to Pedro says, with a pun, that it just isn't true: when white Canadian girls are working illegally popular culture too. curse as the cork slipped through my fingers "It's easy to see that this argument does not in restaurants all over the place? Africans, thus, For example, shwarma, which is essentially and the wine spilled all over the counter. If hold water." mostly work the trade jobs, such as construction, variable versions of pita or flatbread wrapped you're an avid wine drinker, you may have But why are synthetic closures slowly taking and are somewhat hidden from the city, in the around curried lamb, chicken, or beef, is every noticed that plastic corks are becoming more over? I went to a source on fine wine and spoke sense that you don't really interact with them, where. Little food stalls decorate the city, and and more common even amongst popular bot to a sommelier in Lyon, France, the food capital but rather see them on the periphery. The lan they are open until 4am, so bar-hoppers every tles like Australia's Yellowtail label. So why are of the world to find out. guage barrier is also a factor which affects your where queue up to listen to Arabic rock and these popping up all over the place and invad chance of employment, but the black people from messily eat Spain's most common version of ing restaurants, bars and liquor stores? Colombia, Venezuela and Cuba working here fast food. A rumour running around the Vancouver i £ "If" 'M SORRY, THE DANCE FLOOR IS FULL. YOU don't usually get too many extra points for The Christmas float was an extravagant affair restaurant crowd alleges that cork is i-uniiing Ludovic Rey, a young sommelier whose stained &; can't enter." The bouncer scanned already speaking Spanish. of children, colours, and gigantic representations out, but my skepticism lead me to search out lips betray his un-moderated passion for wine •J? the spaces just above our heads, and I was volunteering for an NGO where we of the three wise men, Disney characters, and the truth in Portugal, where 50 per cent of the is quick to offer his take on the disappearing jt.)• told us we weren' t allowed in the club were raising money to buy mosquito nets for a space cadets with candy. The most popular float world's cork oak is harvested. Experts here say cork situation. Rey believes a big factor is cost. called Karma. Karma. The name refers to an town near Dakar, Senegal. My university profes looked like a take-off of an Aladdin-esque harem, the culprit is the diminishing demand for natu An average cork stopper these days can range Eastern spirituahty which dictates that your sor says to me, "Lisa, you 're saving the fives of all with dancing bellies, girls wrapped in sequins ral cork and they're worried that its replace from ten to 40 centimes d'euro (or cents) in actions continuously affect the future pain and the negritosl" and scarves and men with swords. The music ment will have a tragic impact, not only on the France, so one can imagine the cost in Canada happiness of not only yourself but of those around I asked him if it was a little bit patronising or was upbeat, loud, and the most entertaining four economy, but on the fragile ecosystem as well. with the conversion rate, plus the cost of import you. I asked if I could check inside just for a incorrect to refer to Africans as "little black peo minutes of the entire three-hour spectacle. to reach easily 70 cents Canadian. In compari moment, because I already had friends waiting ple," and this is when he got serious with me. Suddenly, Arab (or the European representation son, a synthetic cork can be as cheap as eight or ing an ever-growing number or wines sealed becoming more inclined to plant eucalyptus for the cork industry is that wine bottles for me. Lisa, he said, it's not racist, and the black peo of Arab) was cool. nine cents. with plastic or synthetic tops. According to the trees these days because they can be harvested rarely, if ever, specify the origins of their clo He nodded, and looked over my shoulder at ple here don't mind. Because we don't have a Andalusia wouldn't be the same without Before traditional cork tops, oiled hemp was Let's be serious though, the prices on the American Plastics Council, plastic corks repre earlier and provide larger incomes relative to sures, thus failing to capitalise on the poten my Canadian friend Kathy, visiting for the week history of conflict with Africans the way it exists teterias, which are Arabic tea-houses. They smell used to seal bottles. This method wasn't very wine list at your favourite restaurant will tell sent five per cent of the market Add to that the cork trees. Unfortunately, eucalyptus trees are tial value of cork with FSC-certification. end, and my boyfriend, standing next to her. in the U.S. So it's OK. like incense, they glow with beautiful hanging efficient as it allowed gases to leak out and you that a few cents are no object for a true percentage of other synthetic closures and highly flammable and are the first in line for His bouncer friends escorted me in, and they I begged to differ that most people don't want carpets and warm lighting, they jingle with little change the wine's flavour. Some say the first wine drinker. Which means the real culprit is screw tops, and we can see that the market for forest fires. In the summer of 2003, over watched me suspiciously. I suddenly felt sick, and to be belittled within their racial group, but I bells, and they keep you warm because Spanish cork tops were found in Egyptians tombs and TCA (2,4,6 trichloroanisole), the nemesis of a natural cork closures is diminishing. 400,000 hectares of forests were consumed by Thanks to reforesting programs, Pedro con moments like this are when the culture shock of immediately thought about the last sentence my hippies sometimes smoke water pipes that smell were also used by the Ancient Greeks. But Dom good bottle of red wine. Most simply, call him But is there a difference between these flames, marking serious losses for many firms that cork forests are actually expanding being in a different country really sink in. professor didn't say, which would have been like strawberry. You can order Moroccan tea, Perignon, the French sparkler himself, really 'cork taint.' alternative tops and real cork? Portuguese farmers. by four per cent annually. In order to promote "Hola! dQue pasa?" Everyone clinked their "...but of course, we do have 800 years of history which is sweet and minty, little Arabic biscuits, started the trend in 1695 and the deliberate cul "On young wines that are meant to be con cork cultivation in Portugal, the government glasses towards me. of fighting with the Arabs." and on Wednesday nights, they have five acoustic tivation of cork trees followed a bit later, in the sumed immediately or within the year, no, and provides subsidies to farmers that can vary Sorry guys, I can't stay and dance because guitar. Arab is always in style here. 18th century. AN AVERAGE TREE WILL PRO it really isn't in our interest to seal them with between 80 and 220 euros (or $120 to $330 they won't let Nabil inside. Did you know, also, that flamenco, south of In an effort to save these precious ecosystems Today, cork is harvested in southern France, real cork/ says Rey. As for older wines, Rey CND) per hectare on an annual basis. "These My boyfriend is Muslim, from Morocco, and "LISA, YOU SHOULD REALLY ONLY Spain's most treasured style of music, has its ori DUCE 110 POUNDS OF RAW and the diverse wildlife that depend on them, Spain, Morocco and Tunisia, but the majority of doesn't really know...yet subsidies are very important and they are an word on the street is that recently, most dance gins in Arabic guitar? the WWF implemented the Cork Oak DATE THOSE KINDS OF PEOPLE the world's cork oak comes from Portugal. The CORK MATERIAL, CREATING "There is a big, big problem with corked bot incentive as for the first 2 5 years [during which clubs won't allow Arabs inside. If you are Moroccan hving in Spain, all this Landscapes Program injuly 2004. According to typical cork oak tree has a productive life span tles, but to deal with this problem...it's just too time] the farmer will not have any income," Inside the club, eastern designs invoking an WHEr^QU, ARE Ity YOUR OWN ; doesn 't really matter. 3000 CORKS ON AN ANNUAL their mandate, the aims of the program are to of 150 to 200 years, and it will be cultivated early to see how plastic affects aging wine." Pedro emphasises. There are approximately exotic land decorate the bar. Romanticised allu Because the mother who is taking belly danc address key challenges by "promoting sustain COUNTRY." every nine years. An average tree will produce BASIS. WHICH RAISES THE QUES Rey only expects to know the effects of 12,283 cork industry workers in Portugal, so sions to a mysterious and mystical Orient give ing lessons at the local gym would never allow able markets, improving governance, changing 110 pounds of raw cork material, which will alternative corks as early as five to seven these subsidies don't only feed the farmers, but this club flavour and colour. You're no longer her daughter to date a Muslim. Because the TION: HOW COULD THIS RENEW policy, building capacity at local, national and create 3000 corks on an annual basis—not your years from now. a whole industry as well. in Malaga, Spain, you're partying it up in Swedish student who decorates her bedroom international levels, and demonstrating solu average leaf-bearing hunk of wood. Which rais ABLE RESOURCE BECOME SPARSE? Exacdy how large is the industry? It's diffi Istanbul, Turkey. If you mentions Arabs,or moros, as they are with hanging lanterns and sequined pillows tells tions through field projects." The program sets es the question: how could this renewable cult to calculate considering its variety of facets. Except it's a false cultural front, and colloquially and negatively called here, be pre her conversation class that since coming here, its sights on Portugal, Spain, Morocco and resource become sparse? Aside from its main market as bottle closures, Andalusia is full of this type of cultural deception. pared for an incredibly spiteful reaction. Despite she has had so many problems with "people Tunisia. Rey estimates that ten per cent of wine that Cork oak forests feed more than the local cork can also be used as bunding materials It represents what it means to be globalised with the fact that for eight hundred years Spain was, from different countries" that she has a whole reaches his palate is tainted or 'corked/ which wine-bottling factory. The World Wildlife In Portugal, a recent collaboration such as insulation or even for clothing and out crossing that comfort level dividing 'them' indeed, Muslim Spain, and that cities like new negative image of Muslims. Because so means the wine has taken on an undesirable Federation (WWF) has identified Portuguese between the WWF and the Reforestation shoes. It has also been marketed as a beautiful, and 'us.' I notice it every day in Spain, and when Granada and Cordoba generate hundreds of many tourists who take photos of the intricacies I spoke to Elisa Pedro, a representative from taste traditionally attributed to the cork. This is cork forests as "key hotspots for forest biodi Cornmission in Algarve launched the Cansino renewable and recyclable flooring product. people ask me if I feel any culture shock, this is thousands each year in tourism dollars because of the Alhambra would never go to Tunisia APCOR, a Portuguese Cork Association with 300 a touchy number in the wine industry and not versity in the Mediterranean and in urgent Project in the summer of 2005. This project is "Light, flexible, buoyant, impermeable are a what comes to mind. the Muslim architecture, such as the incredibly because "it's a Muslim country, and that means member companies. APCOR currently leads the everyone would place the percentage of corked need for protection." The survival of the concentrated in Monchique, the southern few of cork's unique and natural characteris I arrived in August, and intend to stay for beautiful Alhambra, are what draw the awe of it's dangerous for women." world in the manufacture of cork so I asked bottles as high as Rey. The numbers range from Iberian Lynx, a highly endangered wild cat region of Portugal that suffered the worst tics. Even NASA uses cork for their shuttles!" one year. With my brand new UBC degree in both Spanish citizens and foreigners alike, the There is a very heavy re-appropriation of Pedro to help me get a grip on the situation. two to 12 per cent and the average consumer whose population has dwindled 90 per cent damages during the forest fires of 2003 and raves Pedro. Anthropology proudly behind me, and an actual present-day Muslims do not enjoy the Arabic, Muslim, and Eastern elements woven According to her, there isn't a lack of cork. might not even notice the difference. since 1988, and the Iberian Imperial Eagle, 2004. The project aims at re-estabhshing an However, the richness of cork oak forests incredible feeling of freedom and fear, I expect same respect. into the Euro-Spain lifestyle—people like to look, Much to the contrary, the industry is growing. The origins of TCA are highly contested, whose population lingers at 150 in Spain in economically feasible and enviroiunentally also allows farmers to diversify their sources of ed what most foreign students expect: lots of I lived for four months in an apartment with taste and listen. But they* still maintain their fear "One Portuguese cork producer has a net though most agree it's produced by microbes Portugal, depends on the cork trees of these diverse ecosystem in the region by, rehabili income. These forests nurture livestock that cheap wine, lots of cheap tapas and lots of cheap my Canadian roommate and a Spanish man and prejudices. But bad people are everywhere. growth of about four to five per cent a year, that grow in the air and many say the porous forests. And that's not to mention the large tating the burnt areas and re-designing forest create milk, cheese and ham in addition to agri dates. I had vague ideas about finding work as from Barcelona. It was through him that I began You can't divide them into cultural groups. between natural regeneration and plantings, quality of cork bark allow its growth. But variety of migratory birds—including 60,000 landscapes in order to make them more cultural products such as mushrooms, acorns, an English teacher or a waitress, and of course, to realise how a lot of people here think, and talk You 're a thief because of circumstance, lack of versus natural mortality rate." Pedro explains. Pedro from APCOR takes the analysis farther: herons from northern Europe, black storks resistant to fires. Stands of cork oak trees will berries, pine nuts and honey. the learning Spanish aspect was high on the fist about, immigrants. conscience or because you are a delinquent. Not She goes on to say that the industry's potential "While cork can be a source of TCA in wines, it be planted amidst eucalyptus plantations as More recently, Portugal and other cork-pro of accomplishments. About the African construction workers (who because you pray facing Mecca. in Morocco and Algeria is slowly being chan is not the only possible source, as contamina barriers against fires. The Cansino Project ducing countries have begun developing the I didn 't come for the racism, but I faced it were of Portuguese nationality I will add) who I have until September to change my opinion nelled thanks to social and political develop tion can occur in wine barrels where the wine REY ESTIMATES THAT TEN PER will be implemented in an area of 4000 rich culture around these forests to expand eco- head-on, and am still dealing with it daily. were drilling holes into walls next door, he would of racial attitudes in Spain. I hope that I meet all ments. Meanwhile, technical advances have is aged, in glass bottles contaminated by wood CENT OF WINE THAT REACHES HIS hectares over then next three years, revitalis tourism in the regions. Most Spanish people are not racist, especially loudly grumble about how those "goddamn the right people who can help me realise that all en pallets used in transportation and through ing the somewhat charred landscape. While the forests of Portugal seem far away those under the age of thirty, those who have a blacks" didn't know what they were doing, and my experiences have been in the minority. II airborne contaminants. As such, there is PALATE IS TAINTED OR 'CORKED,' Another important aspect of the Cork Oak and the survival of the Bonelli Eagle or the liberal arts degree, or those who are generally left that he shouldn 't have to live in a country where numerous anecdotal and scientific evidence WHICH MEANS THE WINE HAS Landscapes Program is motivating farmers Iberian Lynx may seem futile since you may not of centre in their political and social views. But they give jobs to such useless people when there of TCA in wine bottles with screw caps, bottled and cork cultivators to obtain a FSC certifica have known of their existence until several despite being a people that have legalised same- are unemployed Spanish people looking for work. water, beer, spirits, soft drinks and packaged TAKEN ON AN UNDESIRABLE TASTE tion. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) was paragraphs ago, their survival will affect much sex unions, and who have elected a president While everyone meets someone like this in food products. TCA can [be] found in many TRADITIONALLY ATTRIBUTED TO created in 1994 by environmental organisa more than the simple 'pop' sound you hear, at who has separated Church from State as much as every country, it seems that I was confronted food products." tions, a variety of companies and retailers, for the opening of a bottle of wine. A vast possible, there is still an incredibly nervous reac with these racist attitudes in many other places Despite this evidence, many wine producers THE CORK. THIS IS A TOUCHY est dwellers and professionals in order to estab Mediterranean economy and its populations tion to immigrants amongst Spaniards, especial too. The fact that I was dating a Muslim named have been searching for alternatives to tradi NUMBER IN THE WINE INDUSTRY. lish an international, standard for responsible are wrapped up in their fate as well. ly as now, more than ever, there are so many Nabil for five months caused considerable tional cork closures, which continue to be the forestry practices. Injuly 2005, 912 hectares of Let those vineyards, sommeliers and wine non-Spanish people living in Spain. uproar for instance. biggest culprit for TCA. cork land in the Alentejo region of Portugal was enthusiasts exhaust the capabilities of alterna In Malaga, the three biggest immigrant "Lisa, you should be careful. People like and black vultures—that use these forests as FSC-certified. tive wine closures in an attempt to defeat cork groups are from Morroco, Western African that...they are different. They don't understand breeding and nesting grounds. Hares, wolves This certification aims at opening new taint and to save a few cents, but do not beheve countries such as Nigeria, and Argentinians. our culture. They won't treat you right" Jean Michel Gerin, a big name in the viticultur- and wild boars also contribute to the biodiver markets in industrialised countries where their stories about the disappearing cork trees. Thus, the face of Spain, culturally and physical "Lisa, you should really only date those kinds al industry in the Lyon region, produces a wide sity of this fragile ecosystem. consumers are increasingly demanding They are very much alive, and still growing ly, has been changing for a while. But despite a of people when you are in your own country." range of wine products such as the rich Cote As a result, cork oak trees play a large role more natural products produced in an envi their multi-purposed bark. For the sake of a younger generation already used to a multicul "Lisa, he might kill you. I'm serious." Roti, a red that retails for 50 euros a bottle ($75 in the protection and maintenance of these ronmentally and socially friendly way. As of unique ecosystem and culture, one can only tural world with inter-racial dating and restau "Lisa, I have never personally found CND), to a sweet and fruity Syrah that goes for ecosystems. What's more, these trees protect November 2005, Canada has the largest area hope that these forests continue to flourish rants with owners who don't speak the nation Morrocans attractive, and I have never dated five euros (around $7 CND). Gerin has already and maintain soil and water resources through of FSC-certified forest with 16 million along the Mediterranean coast. al language, the sense of feeling out of place in one...but, hey, it's OK if you date one." begun using colourful synthetic corks for his out the hot Portuguese summers. The tough, hectares. In a global market that now repre The next step is to promote the labelling of Spain is still sticking around. And it went on. And on. cheaper young wines, but is only at a trial stage thick cork tree bark also acts as an amazing and sents $5 billion, FSC-certified forests moti wine bottles according to their type of closures The Argentinians are the lucky ones. Some of And on. with his grand cru or high-end vintage bottles resilient fire inhibitor and can impede the vate companies, farmers, and all people so that consumers, from all walks of life, who them may not have jobs, but they speak Spanish What surprised me the most, and what made that are intended for a longer stay in the cave, growth of forest fires as well. involved in the production and consumption don't necessarily know much about wine or with charming accents and their fair faces don't me the most uncomfortable, is that the verbal or wine cellar. But Claire Doole, head of communications of forestry products to maintain and protect the stories of the cork trees, can make make shop owners nervous. abuse that immigrants get here often goes very At La Cave des Voyageurs, the quaint wine at WWF International, explains that despite the the environment. While obtaining FSC-certifi- informed, environmentally and socially The Sub-Saharan Africans stick out in Malaga. uncensured. The boundary between us and them bar Rey works for in Vieux Lyon, they're receiv advantages of cork oak trees, farmers are cation is a positive step forward, a problem friendly decisions. 81 I have seen a total of one in a business suit, and is incredibly pronounced, even though Muslims ^-^isrn-rraMT^iim^.KCT^Q"^ 12 SPORTS FRIDAY. 7 APRIL. 2006 THE UBYSSEY Next Year s Stdft: (in no particular order) ry Coordinating tditor = Eric Szeto, Sports Editor - Boris Korby, Features Editor = Momo Price, News Editors =• Carolynne Burkholder & Colleen Tang, Culture Editor A fantasy roster for Ferreras, Production Manager - Champagne Choquer, Volunteers Coordinator - Mary Leighton, Letters & Research Coordinator •= Andrew McRae, Photo Editor- Vdcdnt, Copy Editor- Vacant (By-elections for vacant positions to be held next year) big-league dreamers TOFINOBUS Sports fans play at being owner, GM and coach EXPRESS DAILY SERVICE with star players signed to win online hockey pool by Thomas Sluchinski were based in New York, New Jersey tion after a win or loss, instead of THEMARTLETT and Pennsylvania,* he said. having to wait until the end of the And for Greg Laface, a 'disgrun season to name a champion. 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II 5$t m v.."» -"•••• •* ..**. -iNHw«rt>svMUyoe«^fcK t'O-V^, />£ THEUBYSSEY FRIDAY, 7 APRIL, 2006 NEWS 13 UBC spin-off inks Campus reacts to tuition increase $500 million deal AMS currently redrafting tuition policy by Eric Szeto NEWS EDITOR by Michael Kenacan tionary pressures on the cost of still working on the budget to bring come into the AMS and help us NEWS STAFF teaching and learning,* he added. things in fine.* craft a new policy, because we're Terry Snutch started at UBC 14 years Tim Louman-Gardiner, outgoing For Pattillo, the government going to be updating it,* announced ago with a partner, a technician and At its regular meeting last month student BoG representative, agreed should be doing more to ease the Pattillo. an idea. Last month, after endless the UBC Board of Governors (BoG) with Pattillo. "The cost of education burden on students. 'We view The AMS also expressed a worry hours and countless sleepless nights approved a two per cent tuition is going up, and it's not unreason tuition increases and really the cost over the creation of a capital contri Snutch had inked the largest licensing increase for UBC students—the able that students bear some of that of education as a partnership bution fee for capital projects that deal in Canadian biotech history. maximum allowed under provin cost,* he asserted. between students and the govern is independent of tuition in the 'It's pretty exciting to have so cial government legislation that But that cost may be higher than ment,* said Pattillo. 'With tuition approved proposal. much interest from the pharmaceuti pegged tuition to an inflationary two per cent, suggested UBC's VP increases for students, we think it's The letter states that 'the more cal industry on the drug that we devel term known as 'cost of living.* The Students Brian Sullivan, who said only fair that the government con costs the University removes from oped,* Snutch, the co-founder of hike will take effect this May. that University would likely require tribution would increase as well.* tuition and defines as a fee, the Neuromed Pharmaceuticals, said dur The Alma Mater Society (AMS) an increase of around four to five Student reaction to the increase more freedom the University has in ing a phone interview from the consented to the tuition increase in per cent to be able to cover non- was mixed: '[An increase] above setting the rates of those fees, as Cayman Islands. 'Half a billion dollars a letter to the BoG dated March 8, salary cost increases. inflation I wouldn't be too happy they will not be subject to the is quite a bit of money, hopefully the 2006, signed by AMS President 'There are some significant about, but [the two per cent provincial governments rate drug will succeed and people will ben Kevin Keystone, AMS VP External costs that for us mean our local increase] seems reasonable,* said increase caps.* efit from it* Ian Pattillo and AMS VP Academic education price index is greater third-year political science student Louman-Gardiner put things in The $475 million deal Neuromed Jeff Friedrich. than two per cent,* he explained, Joe Samuel. perspective. Pharmaceutical signed with Merck Explaining the AMS' stance on pointing to utilities as one area that Wendy Cheng questioned why 'I'd love it if tuition were cut, I Pharmaceutical will help develop tuition, Pattillo maintained that is rising well above that number. UBC needed to raise tuition. 'It think tuition should be cut,* he Snutch's experimental pain blocking 'we have a policy—based on the He added that since the provin could be kept the same; it's too said, but added that given the cur compound, NMED-160, into a new policy of the last five years of huge cial government hasn't stepped in much already,' she declared. "They rent circumstances, it would be class of painkillers as powerful as mor unsustainable [tuition] increases— to cover the shortfall, the already raised it last year.* unrealistic. *I think, all things con phine, but without the nasty side that we're going to be okay with an University has been forced to cover The AMS is in the process of sidered, that a two per cent effects that most opiate—based increase of the [Consumer Price the remaining gap through the revising its tuition policy and is increase ain't so bad.* II painkillers currently entail. Index].* budgetary process. seeking input from students. *Doctors don't like to give opiates 'We accept that there are infla 'At this point, the University... is 'People with views on this should because of the addiction. If [NMED- 160 drugs] does work for long-term chronic pain patients, [it will be] a real breakthrough for patients with long term pain,* he said. NMED-160 targets the N-Type cal cium channel, a main component to where an individual feels pain. By blocking this receptor, it limits the pain one receives by essentially turn ing down the volume. If all goes according to plan, the drugs that emerge from this research might be the first breakthrough to hit the drug market since selective sero tonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI's) and Triptans in the 1980s. Additionally, several other drugs maybe developed from this formula might also lead to new methods of treatment for various mental disorders. "With Merck it's a collaboration to develop more drugs for pain and other indications that this gene may be involved in...such as anxiety, stroke and mood disorders,* said Snutch. Christopher Gallen, CEO of Neuromed, has great hopes for this drug. *We have the chance to change the lives of maybe hundreds of millions of people and I think that this deal moved that possibility forward in a big way,* said an elated Gallen. There are tons of people trying to do the same thing that we've done,* he said. *I think that the trick is that we are well ahead of the rest of the world in part because of the particularly bril liant, one might even say genius of STEAL ME: Keep an eye on your valuables during study season because thieves wil be as well, KELLAN HIGGINS PHOTO Terry Snutch.* Gallen explained that Neuromed has a clear advantage because Snutch RCMP warns about thefts during exam period discovered how to purposely block cal cium channel signals while others by Amanda Stutt patrols he has seen many instances UBC Security's Steve Bohnen, a We will come along and wake stu were still only doing it by accident NEWS STAFF of students sleeping with packs full community relations officer, works dents up.* He also advised, 'if you Currently in its phase two trials, it of valuables left open on the floor in tandem with the RCMP on the fall asleep, thread the strap of your will take another five to six years Campus libraries crowded with nearby. theft prevention campaign. backpack through your chair before the drugs are available on the. students busily cramming for *We went to the library and it was He explained that when students leg...and please don't leave your market exams can create a fertile environ unbelievable how many packs were change their focus from going to laptop when you walk away to get a Test trials in animals have gone ment for thieves to work in—a real left behind...if you walk away, even if class to going to the library and coffee or anything.* exceedingly well, he added. *We can ity that UBC's Theft Prevention it's just for a moment, here we have studying in cubicles, 'their situation He also said that wallets and give animals 100 to 200 times the Initiative, a joint venture between people actively looking for an oppor al awareness changes. They are bikes are a target of theft, and therapeutic dose without causing sig UBC Campus Security and the tunity just like that,* he said. focused primarily on reading what's explained that using a cable lock for nificant tissue toxicity/ he said. RCMP, aims to circumvent. "The most important thing here in front of them, and they are less bikes is not conducive to theft pre There are so many people whose According to Constable Rob is to get the message to the students aware of their surroundings.* vention because cable locks are lives are ruined because of constant Saguri, the RCMP-UBC community that they just can't leave their items Bohnen said that this lack of very easily broken. nagging pain, Gallen said. Bad backs, liaison officer, the Theft behind and expect that they'll awareness of surroundings can Bohnen is optimistic, and said knees, shoulders, nerve injuries and Prevention Initiative aims to cre always be there when you return,* translate into a kind of tunnel that as a result of the Theft headaches are just a few of the exam ate greater student awareness all Saguri stated. vision, and this is something a Prevention Initiative, 'numbers have ples, he added. year round. 'We are trying to bring In addition to patrols, the Theft potential thief could capitalise on. been driven down. There's been a If we're right and we have what awareness about thefts to all of Prevention Initiative has had stick Bohnen encourages students to be substantial and steady decline [in we think we have, we'll be able to take UBC, said Saguri. *We work with ers placed in various strategic loca aware of their property and thefts] in the months since October.' that pain away without them feeling auxiliary officers, patrolling places tions around libraries warning warned, 'We will be patrolling the He said, 'it's better to prevent theft significant side effects/ Gallen said. like Koerner library.* about the rash of thefts that have SUB, Koerner library, and any from occurring through awareness, "That would be a great lifetime He explained that during library occurred there. where students are busy studying. and it's working.* VI achievement* H , , i.'.i i^^i;*Lttp"iirt- iiiJ'.. 14 NEWS FRIDAY. 7 APRIL, 2006 THEUBYSSEY Cabinda's invisible genocide •• 53W'-*-<»»--^***'^i,G'-:'!!ia •r-. by Corey Sine Cabindan population has fled to NEWS WRITER neighboring countries to escape the violence. The number of Cabindan Wedged between the Republic of the refugees living in exile is estimated at Congo and the Democratic Republic 950,000. of the Congo (formerly Zaire) is As to why Cabinda has avoided Cabinda, a small, boot-shaped pocket global attention UBC anthropologist '<8 *> i of land. Forgotten is the brutal situa David Ryniker stated, *I think tion that has led to the mass exodus Cabinda is outside of our conscious '•X of almost a million people. ness—Angola was prominent in the The enclave, with a population 1980s but Cabinda was not. of roughly 300,000, is rich in petro "Add to the fact that Zaire has •^^-.-f-' been in civil war, Cabinda never •-:.•*&&<• leum, diamonds, gold, gas and phosphates, making it an invalu became the poster-boy for African able piece of property to occupying relief...There's a case of charity- forces. The enclave has set up a fatigue in the West, people just don't website (www.cabinda.net) in the want to hear about it." •it hopes of drawing attention to to the "Genocide can be fast or slow, in ruthless killings, gang rapes and the case of Cabinda; it is the extin 'V'£%1^^^%£''1&. the corruption that has plagued the guishment by Angola of the Cabindan nation since the National Union for national identity through an ongoing the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), pattern of human rights violations invaded in 1975. including rape, torture, deportation, Amnesty International notes on summary execution, and criininalis- the Cabinda website that "soldiers ing the Cabindan identity,* said and other officials threatening to Jonathan Levy, attorney for the harm or kill people or actually carry Republic of Cabinda. ing out beatings and killings are com Levy remains positive however. monplace...One of the main causes of "The independence of Cabinda is suffering in Cabinda is the illegal and not just likely but it is a historical Saturday, April 15 9:00 p.m. unchecked actions of soldiers and inevitability. The battle will be other law enforcement personnel.* fought not just in cities and hinter u"*>- The Great Easter Vigil: The prophecies, Lighting of the Fire, Since the invasion by MPLA lands of Cabinda but now in the Baptism, and First Mass of Easter forces, nearly one-third of the world legal courts* Ii Sunday, April 16 ing his family's privacy. Possibilities Low Mass: 8:30 a.m. for a ransom in exchange for McMynn Parish Family Sung Mass: 9:30 a.m. have been speculated but have not High Mass of the Resurrection: 11:15 a.m. been confirmed. The Vancouver -ffigw?^.«3gg^^ Police Department will continue its NEWS search for McMynn. BRIEFS Worst nightmare Elizabeth Dunn, assistant psychology UBC student kidnapped professor who survivedva^-isiiark attack % 23-year-old computer science student two weeks ago during a surfing trip in Graham McMynn was abducted in Hawaii, is recovering fine. the path ybu choose can m front of his home this past Tuesday. Dunn initially believed that a He was held and taken at gunpoint at large sea turtle had come in contact midday. His abuctee left his girlfriend with her board but soon realised behind. that it was not a turtle when some Students and the public are still in thing took a bite out of her calf. disbelief. 'He's just a student and the Unable to swim to shore as she was way they grabbed him was like some recovering from the shock, Dunn Advanced Placement into Diploma Programs thing out of a movie/ said student screamed for help and was saved by Colin Olson, a UBC computer science two surfers in the area. student The shark most likely mistook Put Your Degree to Work Business Administration The motivation for the abduction is Dunn as its normal food source but still unknown to local officials. 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(604) 806-4040 (604) 685-4066 mm. 427:5639 m THEUBYSSEY FRIDAY, 7 APRIL, 2006 NEWS 15 Venezuelan trade union leader speaks in Vancouver Luis Primo talks about Venezuelan history and the prospects for unions by Chris Adamson suppress workers wages, deny He explained that those within costs that had to be cut: 'To this moting privatisation and reducing NEWS WRITER benefits, pensions and seniority the CVW who truly advocated work day, the toiling workers have been production costs. rights, and eliminate job security.* er solidarity branched off to form not paid a cent of the money they As UBC Professor of Economic The leader of the Venezuelan In the 1980s and up to the mil the Venezuelan National Union of Geograph Trevor Barnes noted, 'if National Union of Workers, Luis lennium, the demands of the global Workers (UNT) in 2003. Primo said Chavez can remain in power— Primo, spoke in Vancouver at the market forced oil rich Venezuela to of the UNT: 'we have embarked on "ALL OVER VENEZUELA which is a big if—and implement Maritime Labour Centre late last open its doors to increasing invest a radical program of struggle to his socialist economic reforms, month. ment from foreign multinationals bring workers fundamental rights WORKERS ARE TAKING including democratising the labour Hosted by the Vancouver in the oil, paper, steel and mining in Venezuela.* CONTROL OF FACTORIES, unions—which will also be a strug District Labour Council and Hands sectors, and the CVW union played 'All over Venezuela, workers are gle—there is a good prospect for Off Venezuela—a group made up of a key role in facilitating these taking control of factories, and ris AND RISING UP AGAINST progressive reform. various non-profit groups involved groups' access to Venezuelan ing up against corrupt bosses,* CORRUPT BOSSES." 'But it is not going to be easy, in raising awareness about work resources. added Primo. He spoke of the suc both because of outside US pres ers issues—Primo's speech was Despite the country's huge oil cesses of workers' efforts to over sure and counter claims from with •it -Luis Primo translated for a few dozen reserves, the state treasuries saw take abandoned by foreign compa Leader Venezuelan National in Venezuela's entrenched power observers filling the small East less and less of oil revenues in the nies, where workers had been fired elite,' he added. Vancouver venue. 80s and 90s, as leaders of without adequate notice or sever Union of Workers Those who hosted the speech Primo described how since the Venezuela's state oil company, ance pay. mentioned the international 1970's corruption has plagued PDVSA, moved operations offshore UNT's efforts to improve work communities' role in raising Venezuela's trade unions. He went to Europe and the United States to ers rights are also illustrated by awareness of workers struggles. on to lambaste the country's oldest avoid paying taxes in Venezuela. the nationalisation of Venezuela's earned, and no one has been held Miriam Pollack a member of the trade union, the Confederation de Meanwhile, the CVW, remained banking sector; a move propo accountable for this theft,* he Vancouver District Labour Council Trabajadores de Venezuela (CVW), complicit in this arrangement, nents hope will reduce corruption exclaimed. who observed Primo's speech, calling it a pro-management, argued Primo. and fraud. 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Please visit: http://www.ams.ubc.ca/sac rnore^information please seer^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ December 6th Commemorative Design Competition winners announced -•I The UBC students and staff of the December 6th Memorial Committee are pleased to announce the winners of the December 6th Commemorative Design Competition. First place goes to Eli Puterman design entitled Two Solitudes. He would like to acknowledge Tania Bruehler and David Shortt for their help. Fibonacci Method S3 Memorial design by John Schaer, and Glass Panels design by Ang Yu were the two Student Rights Advocate/Advisor 4 finalists. We'd like to thank all the contributors for their outstanding efforts. The AMS Student Advocacy Office is seeking a student to serve as an The Memorial Committee, as well as the faculty adjudication members, were Advocate/Advisor. Our office provides free representation, guidance and pleased with the high level of thought and creative talent that comprised all of the assistance to students engaged in conflict with UBC. The work includes submissions. disciplinary hearings, academic appeals, admissions appeals, housing, and Members of UBC December 6th Memorial Committee. parking fine appeals. We work very closely with the AMS Ombuds Office to % resolve student rights issues and concerns. We offer a supportive and flexible work environment within the larger group of AMS Student Services. A salary of $8,400.00 will be paid for this position (bi-weekly installments). The workload is 22.5 hours per week for the summer period (May 1 to Aug 31) and 15 hours per week for the remainder of the year (Sept 1 to April 30). Deadline for submission of resumes is April 21, 2006 by 4pm. The position will begin on May 1, 2006 and will end on April 30, 2007. Due to the expected number of applicants only successful applicants will be contacted for an interview. Resumes should be forwarded via email, in confidence, with cover letter and contact information for two references (note: references will be contacted) to: Mariana Payet Executive Coordinator of Student Services SUB 249C [email protected] (please use MS Word) Speaker of AMS Council Duties and Responsibilities: • Facilitate AMS Council meetings as a non •rfw«|-JM wdw-d-lft «& voting member • Coordinate and facilitate the smooth execution of the Council Agenda • Be available outside Council meetings for occasional discussion of Council issues/items • Other duties as outlined by AMS Code or assigned by Council from time to time Relevant Experience/Qualifications • Must have knowledge and experience implementing Robert's Rules of Order • Must have good public speaking XCOM is Hiring for 06/07! skills and an ability to be assertive in carrying through the rules and proce If you have an interest in parties and events, government and post-secondary dures of Council • Must be objective and impartial • Knowledge of the AMS education, or anything related to UBC or the AMS, we encourage you to apply to governmental and services structure is an asset • Must not hold any other the External Commission (XCOM). This is a team that assists the AMS Vice- elected, staff, or appointed position in the Society, including positions within President External in designing and implementing the tasks of his portfolio. constituencies Positions include: Vice-Chair; Post-Secondary Education Commissioner Time Commitment: • Approximately 20 council meetings for the year on (Provincial and Federal Government Focused); Events Commissioner; U-Pass Wednesday evenings from 6pm • Approx. 4-5hrs per meeting though the Commissioner, and webmaster for the studentsforBC.ca website. meetings may run later than 11pm All are encouraged to apply. For more information, and complete job descrip Compensation: • $2000 for a 12-month term. May 1, 2006 to May 1st, 2007 tions, please visit JobLink or ams.ubc.ca./jobs. or $100/meeting, whichever is higher I SASC Hiring Volunteer Coordinator Applications should be e-mailed to [email protected] with the job title The Sexual Assault Support Centre (SASC) is a sexual assault support service included in the subject heading or hand-delivered by April 17, 2006 to: Jeff run by the AMS. We are committed to the education, support and empowerment of Friedrich Vice-President Academic & University Affairs, Chair of the students, staff, faculty and visitors of all genders who are survivors of sexualized Appointments Committee c/o Alma Mater Society Room 238-6138 SUB violence and their friends, family and partners. Through our feminist, anti- Boulevard Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1 Thank you for your interest! oppression framework we are dedicated to working towards ending all forms of violence. 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They should have a strong Develop vision and goals for the electoral year • Periodically review and understanding of improve electoral regulations • Maintain integrity of the electoral process • feminist and anti-oppression perspectives and approaches in relation to sexual Act to improve campus participation in elections and referenda • Be ultimately ized violence and abuse, experience working with volunteers and providing responsible for successes and failures • Other duties as listed in AMS Code, training workshops, knowledge of on-campus and off-campus resources available Section IX, Article 1, Subsection C, paragraph 1. to survivors of violence, be well-organized, self-motivated and able to work independently and/or as part of a team. Deadline: noon April 17, 2006 For application information and a complete job description please visit Visit www.ams.ubc.ca/jobs for full details. www.ams.ubcxa/jobs. THE UBYSSEY FRIDAY, 7 APRIL, 2006 NEWS 17 Campus media: forcing our opinions by Matt Hayles dents for students. *I feel that we problem is that students don't see together its freshman and sopho stories about them.* NEWS STAFF represent students,* he said. any results from student leaders. more issues, published in January For Robinson, the most impor But Robinson takes a different *I don't see them doing anything and March respectively. He tant asset for student journalists is This is the last installment in a focus with the paper he oversees. that benefits me on a personal believes, that as a newcomer, The an environment that promotes series about stewardship and stu He feels that The Ryersonian is a level,* he said. Knoll differs from UBC's estab regular contact between campus dent leaders. Part one addressed paper for all of Ryerson—students, lished media, such as the Ubyssey media and university staff. He said the question of who becomes a stu teachers and staff. He feels that and CiTR, by focusing on social that Sheldon Levy, Ryerson's dent leader. Part two explored newspapers are responsible for issues rather than hard news. 'I newest president, opened up the environmental factors within the communicating a broad range of Something similar is occurring at think we start on the point that stu University by removing restric AMS that help or hinder student issues. UBC according to Ian Pattillo, VP dents operate in a broader social tions that had been put in place by leaders. This article, part three, External for the Alma Mater context,* he said by email. 'And so the previous administration. 'Levy examines campus media, and the Society (AMS). He agrees with Tite Knoll deals with issues beyond unbuttoned the lips of people that role they play in communications "I THINK STUDENT Chung that students are cynical campus life, and sees campus soci were too scared to say anything," between student leaders and the when it comes to campus politics, ety as a starting point for societal he said. "The atmosphere on cam student body. MEDIA IS VERY but said that the AMS does do a change.* pus has changed, and that needs to Peter Robinson is a professor at IMPORTANT. .. FREEDOM tremendous amount for student come from the top." Ryerson University, aging and interests. He thinks that the AMS OF THE PRESS I THINK IS bright-eyed. He worked at The could do a better job of branding "PART OF WHAT PAPERS Toronto Star for twenty years, start ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL itself to students, and informing ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ing at the bottom and working his TO AN ACADEMIC them of its accomplishments. He Piper, for her part, has seen a lot way up. Since the early nineties, he sees UBC campus media such as ABLE TO DO IS LOOK AT of outspoken faculty during her has been teaching a journalism ENVIRONMENT." me Ubyssey, CiTR, and The Knoll, SOMETHING AND SAY term in office. 'Well we certainly course that brings together eight as a route towards this goal. 'I see that in the public media,* she een students for six weeks to put think campus media, like any THIS IS NOT RIGHT AND said. "I mean certainly if you fol -Martha Piper together The Ryersonian, one of media, is the conduit between stu DO SOMETHING ABOUT low The Sun or, you know. The Ryerson's two main student UBC President dent government, and the public,* Province or The Globe and Mail or papers. he said. IT" Tie National Post," she said. The Ryersonian is published Outgoing UBC President -Peter Robinson 'People are often speaking out twice-weekly by the School of 'At its highest level, [we] Martha Piper agrees with Pattillo. about issues that might be seen as Professor Ryerson University Journalism, and is usually twenty inform and educate people,* he T think student media is very criticism to the administration,* or more pages. said. But he is alarmed by recent important,* she said by telephone. added Piper. Opposite The Ryersonian is trends in media that focus on rock- *I think it's important for commu She doesn't see any reason why another student paper, The Eye stars and celebrities. 'It's become nications in both directions...* Robinson agrees, saying that university staff would feel more Opener, (EO) which gets its fund entertainment,* he said, adding Piper, who is leaving UBC at the the media is a conduit for change. restrained speaking to campus ing from the Ryerson Student that this trend applies to both end of May, believes that UBC has 'Part of what papers are supposed media, but admitted that she doesn't Union (RSU). It publishes every mainstream and campus publica a strong tradition in its campus to be able to do,* he said, 'is look see a lot of university staff speaking Wednesday, and maintains a lively tions. The day after Ryerson's elec media. *I think we have a long his at something and say this is not with campus publications. website in between. Matthew tions, he commented that, 'the tory on this campus of supporting right, and to do something about Robinson praised Levy for Chung is the News Editor for The person who runs for President is a student media,* she said. 'And it.* He added that he encourages expanding a policy that regularis EO, and a journalism student him sort of celebrity.* freedom of the press I think is his students to pull no punches on es contact between the two self. But Chung feels that the reach absolutely critical to an academic the important issues. Ryerson papers and the adminis But despite their similarities, of student politicians is limited. environment that is strong and Chung takes a similar approach tration. Every week, each of the The Ryersonian and the EO repre *I think for the average person has an important voice." with his paper. 'If there's a prob two papers are given a chance to sent two very different under at the school you -can go your Nathan Crompton is one of sev lem with the RSU we let them sit down with the President for a standings of what a student paper whole four years without knowing eral editors for The Knoll, a new know...* he said. 'The current question period. In order to pre should be. For Chung, the paper he they exist* he said. publication on campus. He worked executive and the EO do not get pare, Levy asks that the papers works on is an initiative by stu He believes that part of the with five or six others in putting along. We write a lot of negative email in their questions ahead of time, but unlike previous /^ ~"\ Presidents he allows follow up University of questions and phone calls. GRADUATE Waterloo Balsam Dental Centre When asked about adopting a O similar policy at UBC, Piper's reac STUDIES Dr. Francisco Leos-Marquez, Inc., Dentist tion was cautiously positive. T don't see any difficulty with meet N Preferred Rates for Students! ing with [campus media]," she ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER Just 10 minutes from campus on the 41st bus* said, but she added that a weekly We also specialize in implants and orthodontics* meeting could be too much. 'The ENGINEERING demands on my time are such that I don't think I could make that With the largest ECE department in Canada and a world-wide reputation of excellence, the University of Waterloo is a commitment. But certainly on a research-intensive university with excellent faculty and less frequent basis I think it could research program in all major areas of ECE. be possible." Why consider UW Graduate Studies? Piper suggested that campus media work to establish a stronger s AH ECE Graduate students are fully funded. relationship with other members of the administration as well. She s We offer an excellent supplementary scholarship recommended Brian Sullivan, packages for holders of OGS or NSERC graduate Vice-President Students, and scholarships. (If you have received a scholarship, Lome Whitehead, Vice-President please contact us for more details). Academic and Provost, as two s UW's ECE faculty hold several Canada Research & members of the administration industrial Research Chairs. that are involved in student issues on a day-to-day basis. 'People s We have strength in areas of Communication, Energy think the President makes all the Systems, Electronics, VLSI and devices, Machine decisions,* she said, "of course intelligence, Computer and Software Engineering, that's not the case.* Microwave and RF, as well as many others. Kevin Keystone, president of s We are committed to the emerging disciplines of the AMS, approved of the idea. Nanotechnology, and Quantum Computing (in 'It'd be a better way for the partnership with the Institute of Quantum Computing). University to communicate with the student body,* he said, adding * UW accounts for 22% of all Canadian technology spin that it could allay a lot of hostility off companies. towards the UBC administration. Our researchers own 100% of their intellectual property. But he also cautioned that regular meetings might give the adminis s The City of Waterloo is one of the world's Top Seven tration some editorial control. Intelligent Communities of 2005. 'That'd put a lot of spin on things,* he cautioned. APPLICATION DEADLINE (for Canadian & Permanent Residents) Piper's bottom fine? 'Well obvi D ously you'd have to ask the new MAY 15, 2006 president* G For info: www.ece.uwaterloo.ca/Graduate or contact Stephen Toope, who takes over from Piper in June, could not be Wendy Boles, wholes® uwaterloo.ca, 519-888-4567, ext 2912 reached for comment by press L time, a • 18 OPINION/EDITORIAL FRIDAY, 7 APRIL. 2006 THE UBYSSEY The be all and end all masthead So much has come and gone and what with the fights off. Jesse Ferreras better way to describe it then by mak and Greg Ursic found this appalling, OFFICE ing the biggest masthead in the but didn't mind when Meredith Ubyssey all year long. Hambrock, Aha Dharssi and Sarah STREETERS Let's begin the journey with a Colgrave were getting frisky in the broomcloset. Trevor Gilks likes fig few veterans. They are the incredi WHAT'S THE BEST PLACE ble Jesse Marchand and Michelle newtons and Kian Mintz-Wo, Chris Mayne who oversee of all the fives Hergesheinier and Nick Black LOVE TO EAT ON CAMPUS AND of the Ubyssey staff and change veggie samosas. Luke T. Johnson WHY? everyone's lingo with phrases like, and Nathan Phillips and Matt 'Whatevs.* Eric Szeto and Paul Hayles really like Granville island Evans wear Michael Kenacan winter ale. No wait, that's Max. Will flavoured lipgloss. Evans claims Keats Osborne and Jenn Chrumkd that Basil Expo is actually his real they enjoy charma chameleon as name while Yinan Max Wang has a much Aman Rai. Michelle MacNeil fetish for Charles Miller Muffins! always had a thing for Heather Pual rj»> Claudia Li craves Quinn Omri, Yalin but she winked at Candace Vallantin Lin and Stephanie Tait. Megan during the staff meeting. Jason Smyth has magic powers and has Webb now he really enjoyed a good turned Simon Underwood, Sarah Jacklyn Chang with a side of Corey Bourdon, and Colleen Tang into a Sine. Alex Leslie, Liz Green and David Yuen bunny. Boris Korby Alvina Lo were walking to the *I try not to eat on campus. I once hates cheese and Champagne Carolynne Burkholder sex shop in Woodside, George Prior, Carol Lam, Ada Chen, Ross Pruskowski, got Norwalk. And oh yah, never Choquer knows it. However, she is search for the magical wizard Bryan Pomanko, Mike Hurtwitz, Lisa Gemini Cheng, Peggy Cho, Catherine eat the free meat* afraid of Bruce Pirrie and Teresa Zandberg to find a vibrating con Cooper, Irdrissa Simmonds, Whitney Hart, Joanna Yauorsky, Shagufta —Eric Szeto Ienakidis. But she thinks Andrew dom... And the ubyssey loves the fol McCaskUl, Hilary Smith, Jackie Wong, Pasta, Khatidja Vaitya, Wendy Tay, Philosophy Graduate MacRae and Mary Leighton are lowing people (but not in the way that Tia Toun-Schon, Amanda Stutt, Jenn Colleen Ma, Ruth Chan, Peter Clark, "aight* Levi Barnett, well, let's just requires a vibrating condom): Cameron, D. Winterwhite, Reuben Erik Lauder, Johnson Lee, Duncan say that Kellan Higgins saw him Benjamin Groberman, Ritu Kumar, Heredia, Cheadta Nao, Peter Warren, McHugh, Nadya Belland, Sarah Buck, with Momo Price, Mai Bui and Erica Baird, Frieda Luk, Caroline Sean Lee, Amanda Truscott, Jill and Alissa McArthur. Aaron Carr in the production room Chuang, Maxwell Maxwell, Melissa Orsten, Megan McCanley, Serena P.S. Szabo. Enough said. 81 tyjk* PERSPECTIVE OPINIONS The Right's new tactics youthful idealism, etc, but the fact what I am learning will be obsolete other undergraduate researchers, remains that the Left is nothing new soon after I leave UBC. My friends opportunities to learn from estab by Steven Klein at universities. As well, it is worth and family often ask why I devote so lished researchers, and information noting that outside the universities much time to pursuing knowledge about graduate school. 'MURP is flex The Right has found a new tactic of we are currently fiving under a con when I know that 'truth* changes ible, so students may pick and choose 'Curry Point. Can't beat da buttah victirnhood, especially on campus. servative government, both federally with every passing day. I tell them, it what they need to develop their skills,* chickin'.* The story goes that at universities the and provincially. is the process and the journey which says Jackie Stewart —Paul Evans New Left views of the 60s have In the absence of any proof for the matters most, not the destination. To MURC is a conference at which Arts 2 become the institutionalised norm, Left-wing conspiracy on campus, let me, a successful learner is one who undergraduate students can show the Man, and the conservative voice is us move on to the next, more surpris realises that education is not a case their research projects in both now the radical outsider, subject to ing argument: why can't we all just means to an end, but rather, an end verbal presentation and poster for oppression. This argument is at get along? The answer is simple: it's in itself. What I gained most from mat Last year, there were about a the core of a recent editorial, politics! The author asks, 'why vilify university is the ability to learn. hundred presenters from both arts 'Conservatives minority victimised at a conservative student merely I beheve that the highest form of and science backgrounds. "We hear a UBC* [Mar. 28]. Ironically, the article because she wears the conservative learning is achieved by the decon- lot from folks who go to the confer uses the soft, PC language that the tag, or a liberal because she is a liber struction and synthesis of knowl ence for the first time about how Right decries, but more importantly, it al?' Why? Because I think politics edge, and that research is the natural impressed they are with the caliber is based on nothing but innuendo and have consequence. I think that peo extension of classroom learning. of the projects and how professional w false assumptions about the nature of ple who hold views I disagree with Research provides the opportunity to the presenters are,* says Desiree universities and pontics in general. are in fact comrmtting an injustice, break down the theoretical frame Mou (who co-coordinates the MURC 'After five years of eating at the 1 The first problem anyone dealing as I form my own views in support of work of knowledge learned in class, with Jennifer Jasper, both from SUB, I've never been done wrong with this issue encounters is the what I see as just and in opposition organise it in a way that is personal, UBC's Centre for Teaching and by the Delly.* I vagueness of the terminology Left vs to what I see as unjust and utilise it to solve problems. I Academic Growth). —Jesse Marchand Right, liberal vs conservative (or is it Therefore, why would I do any beheve it is vital for undergraduate The name multidisciphnary Arts 4 1 Liberal vs Conservative?). When we thing other than vilify my political learners to engage in research, defines both programs, because they I talk about the Left, do we mean radi opponents? Why would I do anything before they face the graduate school are open, and useful, to students of calism? Or moderate state socialism other than exert my entire intellectu pressure to produce significant pub- all disciplines. "Currently, we have and multiculturalism? If so, how is al force to defeat their position? I will lishable results. Even if one has no students studying biochemistry; the Right different? Anti-statist free approach them as another individual intention of pursuing an academic engineering; philosophy; economics; marketers? People who do actually with the respect that entails and for career, the skills of critical thinking religious studies; medicine; and want to conserve what we currently the most part deal in clear-headed, and independent learning are trans earth and ocean sciences, to name \fl*.r.t have in place? Gordon Campbell? I rational debate, but my view of them ferable to all areas of life. only a few,* says Embree. Mou adds, barely have a clue, and this makes as a more or less unjust person will For years, other universities have "Making the conference multidisci throwing around a term like liberal affect that, and, as such, ridicule and run undergraduate research pro plinary gives [students] an 'opportu mindset' hazardous. fear-mongering are fair game. grams, recognising the resource that nity* to chat with folks outside their Semantic issues aside, we have Censorship, though, is not, although undergraduate students provide, discipline and flex their communica the claim that conservatives are 'vic I don't think I've ever had enough and the importance of framing new tion skills with people who are prob 'Bubble Tea Shop, because I like tims of censure, prejudice, and fear- power to censure someone. researchers early. Recently, UBC cre ably not familiar with the jargon spe my food in ball form.* cific to their discipline.* mongering.* These would indeed be We are not born with our political ated its own Multidisciphnary —Boris Korby Undergraduate Research Program serious crimes if the author gave us views. They are not an innate trait. Communication, especially across Arts 3 any reason to believe him. But, he The language of ethnic repression (MURP), housed within the Office disciplines, is vitally important for the does not Not one incident cited. does not transfer to the political of the Vice President Research. generation of new ideas, public sup Innuendo is at the core of the entire realm. We choose our opinions on Together with the Multidisciplinary port, and research funding. According political tactic of victirnhood. In the the world; we choose what to support Undergraduate Research Conference to Mou, "Research is great but if we US, where the neoconservative or not, and if you support something (MURC), a separate entity offered by can't tell people what we're doing and movement has launched larger proj I see as horrific, I will tell you that, I the Centre for Teaching and why it's important it may become ects in an effort to 'Right* universi will vilify you for it, and I will do Academic Growth, MURP provides divorced from some of the useful appli ties (some, such as Campus Watch, eveiything within my intellectual undergraduate students with cations that might have been made of with a distinct McCarthyite feel), they power to ensure that your views do resources and guidance to begin suc it" Thus, both MURP and MURC have have dug up surprisingly little evi not translate into a continuation of cessful research careers. been designed to hone cross-discipli dence of the Left-wing juggernaut injustice. You are not the victim; you MURP was created by Dr Ingrid nary communication skills. oppressing dissenters. are wrong. Price and Jackie Stewart in September As a former participant of both This all ignores the sociological —Steven Klein is a student in 2004. A new addition to the team, Dr MURP and MURC, I found that the reality that universities, for the most second-year arts Sonja Embree is coordinating the emphases of these tandem programs part, are going to be more progres 2005/2006 offering of the program. supported my growth as a learner in sive than the non-academic world. MURP and MURC: promoting MURP is a free extra curricular pro the ways that I needed most. "I try not to eat on campus Within universities this will vary; undergrad research at its finest gram open to all students, which pro Research led to a new appreciation, a because I hope to five past the age nobody would call Sauder a hotbed of vides framing in research skills such new perspective, and a new way of of 35.* radicalism. But, historically, univer by Alexander Leung as critical thinking, grant writing, and thinking about my education. —Claudia Li sities have been fermenting grounds oral presentation. It provides infor Applications for the MURP Art3 for progressive politics. This can be A prof once told me that all human mation and guidance needed to find a 2006/2007 academic year are due explained in many ways: economic faculty sponsor and develop a on May 15th 2006. Alexander Leung knowledge doubles every ten years. —Streeters coordinated by status of university population, Though I was inspired as a citizen of research project Further, it provides is a fourth-year integrated sciences urban location, intellectualism, opportunities to meet and share with program Carolynne Burkholder and humanity, I also realised that a lot of Yinan Max Wang THEUBYSSEY FRIDAY, 7 APRIL, 2006 NEWS 19 Students, seniors, and a cross- dresser in pink cowboy boots were among the crowd that showed up for the rally to 'de-elect' Conservative MP David Emerson this past Sunday. It was an upbeat and determined collective that arrived at Kingcrest Park for the march past Emerson's Kingsway office. All were there to protest his defection to the Conservatives in early March, just a week after being voted in as a Liberal in the federal election. Alex Boivin, a concerned local res ident, organised a letter of legal action people could sign to support Emerson's recall. He intends to send the letter to Industry Canada. Tt's false advertising. If you buy a case of Coke and get Pepsi, you could sue,* Boivin commented. Boivin remarked that it was perilous to have a man with a questionable past involved in trade negotiations. 'The person across the table is going to be thinking, is he dam 'Maybe he'll do a good job but One of the most impassioned showing the youth? To jump ship? We are all here in the name of aged goods? Is his handshake he's not representing the people speakers was Zoe Miller, a grade 11 To backstab?* Miller asked. democracy,* said Mike Watkins, sincere?* who voted for him,* he said adding Kitsilano highschool student Even Conservative voters showed one of the events main organisers Ethan Collister, a fifth-year arts that there should be a law against During Miller's emphatic up to march in the traditional and a previous national commit- student, feels that Emerson is cheat floor crossings because 'this speech he challenged the MP to NDP riding. tee chair of the Progressive ing those who voted for him. shouldn't be the thing to do.* run in a by-election. 'What is this 'Nobody got what they wanted. Conservatives. II jti r---* : : r *.- '."V - i^C '" s^^y^.i^'^TS -*^^^ **^^ &?wm$m «*<•* T'*r> ? is} 1 I I v- & >* i > - *when w§ do your student taxes m^m coupon. -.".. "-**>:, i'.Mi '".< S.L-U 'A.-4- vjjA>2^*£U„?,'i>- \>. •*. i *,}.*.?. 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'Computers can NEWS STAFF the ways people learn and effective help us get a lot more information ways to teach and better ways to meas from individual students—help us Students may notice a change in ure how people learn and understand know what they're thinking, what the way science is taught at UBC things,* Wieman explained. The sim background they have, what they're next year when Nobel Prize winner plest way to characterise it is taking a struggling with—then we can pro Carl Wieman puts his theories into scientific approach to education and vide much more targeted help.* action on campus. doing careful measures of what To Wieman a comprehensive Wieman, who received the students are thinking in their courses.* science education is vital, not just Nobel Prize for physics in 2001, Wieman believes science educa for UBC students but for the rest of was also named United States tion should help students develop the world. Professor of the Year in 2004. their own understanding and not *I think science is awfully impor When Wieman approached UBC just recite facts. tant for everybody. And I'm not just adrninistration last August, he was 'You really have to be actively worried about people who are going looking for an institution that engaged in struggling with this and to become scientists. I'm more wor shared a similar philosophy about working it out in your own mind,* ried about the ones who aren't going science education. said Wieman. to become scientists,* said Wieman. 'I have some things I'm anxious Jason Klar, a fourth-year chem-. "The world's going to fall apart if to do in improving science educa istry student said students would people don't understand science,* tion,' said Wieman. 'It really benefit if science education became he continued. "We're dealing with seemed, after visiting here, that more relevant and practical. issues such as global warming, UBC was a good fit.* Third-year biology student, genetic modification. If people UBC has earmarked $ 12 million Fernando Lucero agreed. 'Right make the wrong decisions, the for Wieman's science education now most science is taught straight world is going to be really screwed research. from the textbook,* he said. 'It up for the next 1,000 years.* When Wieman begins his term would be great if it dealt with real Wieman is optimistic that bis pres at UBC next January he will only life problems.* ence at UBC will benefit students. teach one class a year, but will be Wieman said technology has a "Hopefully by the time we're done, involved in many more courses place in science education, but not every student will be wanting eagerly providing expertise in scientific as a substitute for teaching. to take science courses because they'll teaching techniques. 'All educational technologies can find them so useful and they'll get a lot There's been a lot of research over be a disaster, or they can be very better education,* he said. II I-**- AMS by Paul Evans In the meantime, Council has agreed "It just seems so cloak and dagger,* bring forward before it was carried,* it's to benefit the most amount of stu NEWS EDITOR to conduct a consultation process said John Henry, a fourth year she said. "I understand where stu dents.* with concerned parties. Japanese language student and arcade dents are coming from in feeling While Haque was glad to see so Student uproar has caused the Alma On March 28, the Ubyssey report regular. cheated.* much student interest on the issue, Mater Society (AMS) to temporarily ed that the AMS had plans to close the For Henry, the Arcade fulfills the While she stands behind the AMS's she was realistic about its prospects. suspend plans for the SUB Arcade. Arcade no later than July 24 on AMS's mandate of providing social decision to close the facility, she said *I think [the petition] will have very A petition with over 1,000 signa account of declining revenues. For space for students. The AMS say they she is more than willing to hear argu little impact on the decision that has tures was presented to AMS council many students this news came as a want to create more student social ments from patrons and is supportive already been made/ she said. this past Wednesday and called upon surprise, since the only discussion space... [the Arcade is] such abig social of a consultation process. But for Henry and others, the the student society to reconsider the about whether to shut down the space and they're taking it away,' he Haque clarified that the space with Arcade's closure will be unfortunate, announced closure of the Arcade and Arcade had happened at an in camera commented. in which the SUB Arcade is located will and they look forward to the opportu allow for proper consultation before session of AMS Council, meaning that AMS VP Finance Sophia Haque remain student space and even raised nity of voicing their concerns. any final decision is made. the public was not able to hear what responded to concerns about a lack of the possibility of a smaller arcade run "The arcade is a place you go to Councillors then passed a motion was said. proper consultation saying that the by an outside party. unwind and relax. People need a agreeing to cease any changes to the It is this secrecy surrounding the AMS was forced to hold discussion in *We're wanting to put in student place like that,* he said. 'It's not like SUB Arcade space initiated by the decision that has patrons of the SUB camera due to union considerations. space,* she said. 'The new proposed the end of the world, but it's impor AMS until the next council meeting. Arcade up in arms. 'This is an issue we were unable to spacc.is not a money making space; tant to us.* 11 /CIT-, There is a bright new spot at UBC where you can meet friends, take a break from the day or make a quick stop aiong the way. 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