UBC Open House attracts 150,000 people -see photos and story p. 6-7. THE •^ Vol. LXIX, No.M Vancouver, B.C. Tuesday, Ma Gage emptied By PATTI FLATHER In the letter she said single Students in twelve-month pro students can move to "excellent grams are being kicked out of Gage furnished accommodation" in Fair- Apartments during the summer view Crescent Townhouses, while months in favor of conference- married couples can apply for year- goers, a group of residents charge. round housing in Acadia Park or sub-let from Acadia tenants. Students living in the two-year old apartments must move from "I realize that this year not many their furnished suites by May 31, of the married couples from the and year-round students are upset Apartments will be able to transfer by what they call unnecessary to Acadia Park before May 31st," hassles of moving and buying fur wrote Flores, who met with tenants niture for only three months. Feb. 17. "The University simply cannot Gage Apartments committee, guarantee on campus accommoda members sent a letter Monday to tion to all students who choose to UBC president David Strangway, live at the university, and many and met with UBC's housing direc students must live off campus." tor in February. Flores could not be reached for "We are being kicked out of here comment Monday. for conferences over the summer. The students say Fairview Cres They (housing) are running a cent only offers group living, with hotel," said John Hole, a masters shared kitchens and bathrooms, student in geophysics. and the other options do not in Tenants estimate that only 23 clude furnishing. And they say mar couples and 13 single students have ried couples must compete with studies year-round and want to families on waiting lists for Acadia stay, out of a total of 21S units. suites. The students say housing could Barry Lizmore said when Flores still operate a viable conference met with the tenants Feb. 17, she business, and that housing's first tried to minimize the costs of mov priority should be with students. ing by saying students could buy us Barry Lizmore, a masters student ed beds for $35. He said he needs in urgan land economics, said he other furniture such as a desk and and his wife Carol are very upset at chairs as well. the prospect of moving and having Lizmore added, "Would Mary to buy furniture only for the sum Flores want to sleep on a bed that mer. cost $35?" But Mary Flores, UBC director Suites in Gage Apartments cost of student housing and conferences, $480 a month for a one bedroom, said in a letter to the committee and $330 for a bachelor. The apart dated March 4 that the apartments ments were built two years ago, and have already been offered to other were used exclusively for Expo ac groups during the summer. commodation last summer. Peterson elected By DAVID FERMAN Peterson and the 20 per cent of _ maicoim pearson photo Leslie Peterson, a former Social alumni who voted. SPRINGTIME LOVE BLOSSOMS for happy heterosexual couple enjoying sunny weather last Friday. "My nose Credit cabinet minister is the new "It proves that you can endow a is longer," coos woman, right. "But I have bushier eyebrows," retorts man, left. "And neither of us has a single chancellor of UBC. university with anything but in- pimple," they exalt in unison. UBC's very succesful Open House provided fertile ground for young lovers to frolic Peterson easily defeated his only telligence. Once again the alumni of without a care in the world. It's a pity they both had massive mid-terms Monday. competitor Stan Persky with 11,787 UBC have voted to maintain the votes to 5,425 in Friday's final education policies of the Socred ballot count. government. This time they've ac The chancellorship is the univer tually elected the man who sat as Factory waste dumping condemned sity's highest honourary post and chair of the Board of Governors By SVETOZAR KONTIC who is also assistant director of "It is so unacceptable to see fish carries with it an ex-officio during the restraint program. And Factories should treat toxic West Water research centre on cam dying directly because of waste," membership to the senate. as far as we know he didn't utter a wastes before they dump them into pus, said toxic materials should be said Birtwell. Persky, a Capilano College pro peep (in protest against government removed at the source rather than Vancouver's sewage system, said a Birtwell said recommendation fessor, and now a four time loser in uts to the university)," he said. spilled into the sewage system to were made to the provincial govern the chancellorship race, was far Leslie Peterson was out of town UBC engineering professor Mon then be removed and diluted in the ment to intall secondary treatment from disappointed by his latest loss. Monday and unavailable for com day. water. facilities for wastes in 1980, but that He says he still has his eye on the ment. Ken Hall of civil engineering, Hall said source control and nothing has been done. But the chancellorship. secondary treatment of raw sewage benefits of the new outfall far "I feel great. Of course I'll run /I which is not done in Vancouver are outweigh the disadvantages and it again, my campaign has just necessary steps needed to protect does solve the Sturgeon Bank's pro begun." Studonts help refugees VICTORIA (CUP) — Student groups at the University of Victoria our marine environment. blem he said. Peterson, who has sat on UBC's He said the new Iona sewage Although he agrees Iona needs Board of Governors since 1978 and are raising money to help Guatemalan refugees living in southern Mexico. treatment plant currently under both the outfall and secondary served in three different cabinet construction is not a compete solu treatment, Birtwell said Annacis posts between 1956 and 1972, has Local groups of both World University Services of Canada and Oxfam are sponsoring the Guatemalan Refugee support program, tion to waste treatment because Island, which produces more in met with premier Bill Vander Zalm many persistent materials don't dustrial pollutants, is in greater and told him that his first priority which has already sent over $600 to a group living outside of San Cristobal in the Chiapas region. degrade immediately and stay need. will be the university. around for several years. John Lydon, a member of WUSC, said student response to fund- Hall said bio-assays conducted at UBC president David Strangway "We may have problems for was pleased with Peterson's victory. raising bake sales has been good and the group hopes to meet its goal Annacis showed that discharges ex of about $1,400. quite a few years — the outfall is ceeded acceptable levels of toxicity "I've already enjoyed working "Students have a lot of energy and they are not as apathetic as simply putting problems out to the 50 per cent of the time. Govern with him (on the Board) for the past they look," he said. future," said Hall. ments complain that the costs of 16 months. He's just a grand man." Currently Iona and other sewage secondary treatment are high, but When asked if he thought Peter Lydon's sister Maeve, a member of the Central American Support treatment plants around Vancouver Hall said cleaning up wastes after son's previous affiliations with Committee, met the group of ,85 refugees while travelling in Mexico in 1985. This particular group of Mayan Indians was chosen because such as the Annacis Island plant use wards also costs a lot of money. Social Credit governments would only primary treatment which help or harm his role in dealing with they are easy to contact and "their needs are clear," she said. "Sinking money into secondary Lydon said the group is comprised mostly of widows of men killed allows many harmful chemicals into Victoria, Strangway said: "In prin the water system. treatment facilities is like insurance ciple it could go either way, but by the Guatemalan army, children and the elderly. She added the money for politicians," said Hall. money raised at UVic will be used to buy things like a corn grinder to Ian Birtwell, head of the pollu knowing Les I think he will be a tion and toxicology research branch Birtwell said ecology was very great asset to the university. make tortillas, a pump to irrigate their fields and school supplies. John Lydon said the refugees fled the Guatemalan army which is of the federal fisheries department much in its infancy in the early "I was very pleased that he has attacking native villages, razing crops and burning houses, and caus said the outfall was constructed to seventies. The sewage treatment already met with the premier and ing about 150,000 people to flee their homes, he said. alleviate the problems around plants were built in the early sixties the minister responsible," said Sturgeon Bank where thousands of long before environmentalists were Maeve Lydon said she was worried the Canadian government Strangway. fish are killed directly by toxic out fully aware of the dangers toxins might renew aid to the Guatemalan government later this year. , But Persky was sharply critical of fall. pose to sea life. 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The report called, the in one year which would create the goal should have been the tion program, said the head of UBC "must be done in an intelligent Forest Management Review, 20,000 new jobs for the Forest Sciences. number of vigorously growing manner," he added. recommends that section 88 of the unemployed in B.C. Denis Lavender said, "there are seedlings and saplings." The B.C. government is presently Forest Act be abolished. Under Sec Most of that money would come tion 88, logging companies from the 15 per cent surtax on soft deducted tree planting and road- wood lumber exports to the U.S. building costs from stumpage fees But Lavender said he was op paid to the government. timistic at former forests minister The government proposed to Jack Kemp's promise to improve contract out road-building and quality of B.C.'s silvaculture pro bridgebuilding and pay tree plan grams. ting contractors directly instead of Lavender said "we are desperate paying forest companies. ly short of well trained NDP Forestry Critic, Bob silviculturists in this province Williams, however, labelled the because of restraint. If the province Forest Management Review adopts a reasonable attitude "lightweight fluff delivered in one towards reforestation than more paragraph solutions that give the students could be employed," he report the depth of a mud puddle". said, adding that a government Williams argued the report ig committment to excellence in nored the "need for a competitive reforestation will lead to more jobs pricing system to establish an for UBC forestry students. Rally fails to spur divestment vote TORONTO (CUP) — A 27-hour meeting, the crowd followed him sit-in, a rally and a near-riot in the into the council chamber. However, chambers of the University of campus police would allow only 150 Toronto's Governing Council did of the students into the chamber, not convince council members to and barred entry to television put a divestment motion on the cameras. agenda of a March 5 meeting. Before Khenti's address, Connell About 28 members of the U of told the meeting he had sent a letter T's Anti-Apartheid Network took to External Affairs Minister Joe over president George Connell's of Clark, asking that the Code of Con fice shortly after noon on March 4. duct be revised. He said U of T ad Students held the sit-in to protest ministrators were not satisfied with an earlier decision by a Governing the code. Council executive committee not to "I believe the university policy on propose a divestment vote for the divestment should be reviewed in March 5 meeting. October 1987," said Connell, evok U of T has $4 million and ing boos and hisses from the crowd. $280,000, respectively, invested in "The U of T policy on divest American and Canadian companies ment has racist and paternalistic with South African ties. In Sept. connotations," said Khenti. "It im 1985, the Governing Council voted plies a few white people in North to divest of all companies that did America can decide what is right for not comply with the federal govern the black people of South Africa. ment's criteria outlined in a Code of "Avoiding the issue through non Conduct. action will not make us go away," Connell was not in his office Khenti said. "Bring this motion to when the students entered, but ar the floor. Divest now." rived shortly after 6 p.m., and met After Khenti's address, which privately with Anti-Apartheid Net was peppered by chants and cheers work leaders Tom Parkin and from supporters in the crowd, Akwatu Khenti. Claire Johnson, a part-time "The sit-in is a way to show our students' representative on council, disgust with the watered-down introduced a motion to add a divestment policy U of T came up divestment motion to the meeting's with, and as a way of getting media agenda. attention to the issue," said Khenti. Campus police were called to the "We should consider this motion scene, but did not remove the pro (to divest) now," Johnson said. testors, who spent a night in the "No reconsideration or review of president's office. Protestors left the policy will address the concerns the office the next afternoon to at of the students here today. The tend a pro-divestment rally outside. Code is utterly inappropriate." About 300 students attended the When Johnson's motion was rally, where sit-in organizers defeated 16 to 13, the crowd distributed lyrics to a song called erupted into chants of "Racist "Come On, George", typed on of scum" and "Freedom yes, apar FOREST CREATURE SWINGS from the trees of Witty's lagoon. This species is peculiar to the lagoon only on ficial Office of the President note theid no." Protestors weaved their sunny Saturdays. Greenpeace workers fear that the species may become extinct if long school terms are not paper. way through the meeting room, and eliminated. Fortunately as the weather improves, similar species have also been spotted at Willow's beach. This When Khenti told demonstrators some climbed onto table, pointing is the only genus of animal that is known to use a tool to aid migration — such species have often been sighted he had been permitted a five-minute and yelling at council members who traversing the country side in silver hare powered carts. address at the Governing Council had voted against Johnson's mo tion. "It gives me no pleasure in McGill University's plan received with cautiondisruptin g a meeting," said Khenti into the chair's microphone. "But MONTREAL (CUP) — Reaction to the McGill said she thought the time limit was a bad idea the same program." the time for debate, for talk is over. University plan to place time limits on the com from the beginning. Rigelhos denied that the policy change will You leave us no choice — there is pletion of undergraduate degrees ranges from "I'm quite surprised by the decision, and I create assembly line graduates because many blood on your hands." nonchalance to alarm. don't understand their rationale for wanting to students can maintain full course loads. He also The proposal, which goes into effect next fall, impose the limits," she said. said that extensions for cases of illness or other Campus police escorted council members out of the building, while will restrict arts and science students to a max Associate dean of science Roger Rigelhos said extenuating circumstances will be fairly easy to imum of eight terms to complete their programs. obtain. protestors occupied the chambers it won't be that difficult for students to satisfy for more than 30 minutes. The "Even though students can apply for an ex the requirements of the time limit. Gilles Cote of the Concordia University ad tension, I can't see anything good about the missions department said no such time limits are meeting was informally adjourned. plan," said McGill student council arts represen "All we're asking is for students to maintain in effect at Concordia, although the engineering Governing council chair St. Clair tative Peter Nixon. reasonable progress towards a degree," he said, and commerce departments both have grade Balfour said he expected some trou "It seems like a little bit of Social Darwinism, adding that the plan will help ensure general point average requirements. ble at the meeting, but "did "not ex in that it will put a lot of pressure on people to standards. "Actually, I think it's a good idea and I agree pect them to make so much noise finish and it will cut down on the quality of "This will allow programs to be updated and with the general standards arguement," he said. for so long." Balfour said this was education by making the experience totally course requirements changed. If you get a "Unfortunately, these decisions are often made the second time in his eight years as academic," he said. bachelors of science degree in physics in 1987, quickly and students are told after the fact. 1 chair that a meeting had ended Council club representative Carlene Gardiner you expect two people graduating to have taken think they should be given plenty of warning." because of a disruption. Page 4 THE UBYSSEY Tuesday, March 10, 1987 h Letters AL-TH006U. \\
Non-existent or potential being has no rights There is only one fundamental actions. The right to private proper physical force to protect human human beings. A human fetus has not apply in the realm of rights. alternative in the universe: existence ty, for instance, is a necessary cor rights. no rights precisely because it is not It is a tragedy that the pro- or non-existence. The choice in ollary of the right to life; the denial To further specify the notion of born. The fact that the fetus may abortion groups use the words herent in this alternative is possible of the former implies the denial of rights, consider the issue of abor survive outside the womb before its "pro-choice" to symbolize their only to one entity: the conscious be the latter. tion. Firstly, one person's rights natural birthtime does not give it position. Their stand should be in ing — i.e. man. The essential sanction of the no cannot make any claims on the rights when it is in the womb. fact "pro-life", because morality is We possess only one means of tion of rights is in fact this: rights of another person. To deny To assign rights to the unborn on their side. cognition and thus action: reason. freedom. The role of rights in one's right by using the equivalent fetus is in fact meaningless, in This proper view of rights wa Because life is preserved by self- preserving this freedom is to protect right of another person is to make a asmuch as it must require the denial first fully specified by Ayn Pand sustaining action, man has to act to people from the fundamental threat wholesale assault on the notion of of all rights of the mother and and is now a central point, but cer generate the physical requirements to life: physical force (and its rights itself. because there is no social relation tainly not a starting point, of her (fuel) for life, and by our nature derivative, fraud.) Secondly, rights cannot apply to ship between the mother and the philosophy of Objectivism. For must think before we act. In order non-existent or potential beings. fetus to be protected. more detailed literature on this or to exist, we must be allowed to In this respect, the proper role of They apply only to individuals, to All of the details regarding the any aspect of the philsophy of Ob choose between life and death; we a government is to apply the notion their entity of physical form and fetus, the abortion process, or con jectivism, please leave a message in need the right to life. of rights in protecting individuals mind. traceptives are appropriate in the our club's mail #218, upstairs in The important point to be from one another by repudiating Thus to deny one's right over any realm of exposing the mother to the SUB. remembered is that rights are not the initiation of physical force in aspect of one's body or external possible psychological, emotional, Stephen Weaver arbitrary social conventions. The human affairs. The government is property is to deny the right to or physical impacts of terminating a applied science 3 right to life cannot exist by permis the socially legalized institution one's life. potential human being, but they do President, Ayn Rand Club sion, or else it can be revoked at any with the monopoly on the use of Rights apply to actual, discrete time, which makes the entire con cept invalid. The notion of rights UBC presupposes an objective evaluation CE-XC-E L-L-E-N -T)x, of the essence of life and humanity. Coming soon to UBC: I Once the fundamental right to T H E EAT E RY life is recognized, all other rights are 1. Rock & Roll Seminar derived from this basic one, and 1 their purpose is to specify the * 600 slides * Group Symbols necessary requirements for preserv * Back masking * Occult Influence 1 FREE BURGER THE GOOD DEAL IS YOUR LEAST EXPENSIVE BURGER IS FREE WHEN ing the right to life. Wed., March 25th, 7 p.m. BUCH A104 TWO ARE ORDERED. 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By EVELYN JACOB May of last year. port for the event. More than 150,000 people visited Stevens said she was overwhelmed by "It's a good idea in a time of restraint UBC last weekend for the first full- the enthusiastic response from faculty, and government attacks on education campus Open House in 10 years. staff, and students who put thousands that we show the community how useful "We wanted to open the university to of hours into organizing the event. a university is," said Lincoln Bodner, the community and show what we do. It About 200 students from all over cam Arts 1, who attended Open House. was phenomenally successful in that pus volunteered as information officers But not all UBC students approved of respect," said Community Relations said Margaret Copping, Open House Open House's message that the universi senior writer Elaine Stevens who helped volunteer coordinator. ty is open to everyone. organize the three-day celebration. By early Saturday morning, buses A member of the campus group, The Planning for Open House began in travelling to UBC were packed solid Coalition for Accessible Education, said with visitors of all ages, said Stevens. while it is important to get community "You couldn't get on a bus west of Mac support for post-secondary education, donald Street." B.C. universities are not open to lower- The last time UBC opened its doors to income people. the public was three years ago on a "We tried to make that apparent to much smaller scale. people this weekend," said Vanessa UBC president David Strangway said Geary, who, along with group members the total cost of Open House has not yet collected about 500 signatures from been determined, but that $150,000 was parents and students in a petition for set aside for the event. better access to university education. Strangway said Monday Open House But Strangway defended Open House, (publicity) was not aimed directly at the saying UBC is wide-open to everyone. provincial government, but he hopes the "One hundred and fifty thousand peo government pays attention to the impor ple came out — that's pretty open," he tance of the university. said. But if the government failed to notice Thursday night's celebrity alumni the fair the public did not. auction, which kicked off the event, High school and elementary students drew alumni from all over North from all over the province attended America, and featured poet Earle Birney Open House, some from as far away as and t.v. talk show host Jack Webster. Stewart, said Stevens. The night raised over $20,000 for The Visitors had a choice of over 400 Rick Hansen Special Needs Bursary, events, including a chemistry magic which will be matched by the provincial show, an earthquake room where people government, Stevens said. re-enacted the San Francisco earth quake, a children's garden which On Friday night, a debate on the value parents, faculty and staff helped build, of a liberal arts education in the 80's and an open forum on AIDS. with scientist David Suzuki, Birney, and Stevens said Open House was more arts critic Mavor Moore, filled SUB than just a series of shows and displays auditorium. of what the university has to offer. "We Stevens said the university has not tried to reach the schools to come out so decided when the next Open House will students could be persuaded to come to be, but hinted another one may be held UBC." in 1990, in celebration of UBC's 75th And UBC students showed their sup anniversary. Page 8 THE UBYSSEY Tuesday, March 10, 1987 pirns ATTENTION! CTms ALL GRADUATING STUDENTS THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE GRAD CLASS IS: THURSDAY, MARCH 12th, 1987 12:30 p.m. at HEBB THEATRE THE FOLLOWING SUBMISSIONS FOR GRADUATION CLASS GIFTS WILL BE VOTED ON: (MAXIMUM REQUEST PER GIFT IS $3,000)
Annual Student Christmas Decorative Light Display Science Undergraduate Society. Amount: $2800 Interactive Language Library David Lam Research Library Anyone who has been on campus during Christmas Infrared Assistive Listening System: International Relations Students Association. Commerce Undergraduate Society. exams, particularly those living in residence, have Disabled Students Association. Amount: Amount: experienced the depressing atmosphere that per Amount: $3000. $3000 vades the university during that time. The Annual $3000. Funds to initiate the drive for installation of a state- The Commerce Undergraduate Society requests Student Christmas Light Display is a gift to the As hearing aids are inadequate for discernable of-the-art interactive language lab at UBC are re funds to build a collection of annual reports of university community aimed at raising spirits and transmissions of signals in classroom discussions quested. This lab involves technology which allows Canadian and American companies. This collection creating a focus for Christmas events involving and lectures, the Disabled Students Association for immediate positive feedback to the learning stu students, faculty, administration, alumni, and the is intended for use by researchers, faculty, and proposed the investment by the Grad Class of 1987 dent; learning time for a foreign language can be cut public in general. On December 1st lights would be students for investigative research, and by students of $3,000 to cover the cost of purchase and installa by up to 40%. The total cost of this project ts far placed on trees situated on the grassy mound of all faculties to tailor their resumes and application tion of an Audex Infrared Assistive Listening greater than the $3000 Grad Class contribution and, southwest of the Student Union Building, remain letters to specific employers. It is believed that this System in one university lecture hall, for the use of at present, there are no other contributions. As a ing there until the end of the month. Students collection will help the Library to provide the highest hearing impaired students. This system enables the result, funds will be kept in trust for a maximum would be encouraged to add their own tasteful possible level of professional and business services removal of background noise by directly transmit period of 36 months. If complete funding has not decorations to the trees. Funds are allotted to in to students, faculty, and members of the com ting the lecturer's voice to the listener's ear. been achieved by that time, monies will be stallation of underground servicing electrical cables, munity. reallocated to the most popular 1987 Grad Class pro and the light strings {including bulbs) be placed on posal that did not receive funding. the trees. Upkeep would be the responsibility of future Grad Class Councils and/or the A.M.S. and Undergraduate Societies.
Law Students Legal Advice Program University Endowment Land (LSLAP.) Neville Scarfe Children's Garden SUB South Plaza Benches Public Information Display Law Students Association. Education Students Association, Landscape Alma Mater Society Forestry Undergraduate Society. Amount: Architecture Department. Amount: Amount: $3000. Amount: $3000. $1430. Monies are to go to the hiring of a UBC law student $3000. Funding of this project will allow for the construc to work in the LS.LA.P.-for the summer. The Proposed is the creation of a children's garden in the tion of several benches similar to those currently in Approximately 2,000 people, students and public, L.S.L.A.P. is the second largest legal aid organiza now unused grass area south of the Education place. SUB Plaza is a very popular place, particularly visit the Endowment Lands trails each week, and tion in British Columbia, with an annua! budget in building. Education, planning, and architecture in good weather, and suffers from a serious shor Forestry feels that a permanent display of the excess of $100,000. The L.S.L.A.P. provides free students and faculty are involved in the design, tage of seating. The gift of benches has been a vegetation (trees Et shrubs) found on the U.E.L. legal assistance to greater Vancouver residents who planning, and creation of this project, which will tradition for the Grad Class Council, and each bench would be beneficial to both the visiting public as cannot afford a private lawyer (including UBC serve as an outstanding demonstration project in would be marked by a plaque or inscription well as to students involved in the conception and students), gives law students practical legal ex children's play environment, a retreat and sanctuary acknowledging the generous donation of the 1987 completion of this project The display would be a perience, and provides legal education to the for students, staff, and the public in general. Grad Class. cedar-framed and roofed display board and viewing general community. bench.
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Without Quorum, NO GRAD GIFTS WILL BE FUNDED BY THE 1987 Class.
(The Grad Fees YOU Paid In September Will Be Turned Over To Next Years Grad Class.)
OTHER TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION INFORMATION ABOUT: CALL DON MUSTARD 1. GRADUATION CEREMONIES 228-6101 2. GRAD TREE PLANTING or 3. GRAD DANCE LEAVE A MESSAGE IN 4. GRAD-ALUMNI WINE & CHEESE SUB BOX 118 Tuesday, March 10, 1987 THE UBYSSEY Page 9 Letters EURAIL PASSES Save youiself time and money with a EURAIL PASS OR YOUTHPASS-. Youthpass Eurail Pass Propaganda rules future One Month $434 15 Day $392 One Month $616 More than 90 per cent of the peo immediately popular or profitable avoid its own ecology. More and Two Month $560 21 Day $490 Two Month $868 ple who live in B.C. have never first and then, maybe, think about more an artificial environment is FREE "Lefs Co Europe" or Travel Bag or Money Belt with purchase! gone to university and probably it later. being created to live in, but very TRAVEL CUTS VANCOUVER TRAVEL CUTS VANCOUVER STUDENT UNION BULDING GRANVILLE ISLAND never will. Our government can cut That is a fair turnaround, after few, especially not the politicians, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA 1516 0URANLEAU STREET VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA VET 1W5 VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA V6H 3S- the university budget in half over a all, scientists and scholars were not are talking about the artificial selec (6041 224-2344 t604) 687-6033 decade and still get re-elected. Our originally obliged to think through tion that must go along with it. In .r^TRAVELCUTS university responds by becoming an the impact on society of their sistence upon paying attention to "Expoversity" for, after all, the research. The classic example was unpleasant, unavoidable truth is iGoingYburWay! B.C. Place deficit alone could have Einstein and his "amusing and in not part of an Expoversity. Ex paid all the expenses for all univer fectious idea" that matter could be cellence of entertainment, rather YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYE:3 sities for a whole year and still have released as energy. For twenty years than the pursuit of truth, is why Ex UUilUiillililliliiUUiiililllljiiiUllli.iiiliiil£::a some change left over. nobody thought E = mc2 would poversity is a perversity. *- • The recent Open House, judging have any practical consequences — But nevertheless, we must all x\\ Duke's by the crowds, was a great success. while now we are in a runaway arms hope the public enjoyed our Open we're going bananas and Yet, Expoversity, and it paraphras race which is making an accidental House. It is such publicity stunts coconut and even pineapple. ed slogans can be seen as tragic annihilation of civilization a real and propaganda that will probably We're 3 years old at U.B.C. testimonials to the truth. and growing threat. control the fate of higher education and we are celebrating with Knowledge and power are deeply, Yes, turnabout is fair play. When in this province. As disgusting as Hawaiian days, complete intrinsically, related. However, in this generation of high addressing this truth is, it is not with deliciously blended the short-term, when political technology job training succeeds, much compared to the facts in the Hawaiian coffees, pineapples power arises out of mere populari there will be little work left what greater world system. After all it and palm trees, warm balmy ty, then to have knowledge, but no soever for human beings to do that really can make one puke to think breezes and Dukettes in power over action is, as Herodotus computers and robots can not do of the propaganda that can get us grass skirts swaying to wrote, the sorest of human ills. better! There will be nothing left for nuked. It is necessary for our sur the sounds of Don Ho. To demonstrate the value of us to do but be human, and then vival to smile at the profanation of Come to our party and give us the opportunity to thank you education to someone who has had again perhaps education will higher learning and say "ask me" for your patronage. dne is easy. However, how do we become a cultural adventure or to the public. Welcome to Open We look forward to serving educate someone about the value of spiritual journey. House, we don't discriminate you in the coming years. education when they necessarily do Whether our society can adapt to because we don't have the power not know what it means? This bald or compensate for these changes re to. Like the nuclear missiles which paradox gives us the Open House of mains to be seen. The human are aimed at us at this very moment, Expoversity. species is the only animal that ap Welcome to UBC. Look at the fact that 10 per cent pears to be able to deliberately Blair T. Longley of the most ignorant and stupid people in B.C. have just as much political power to vote with as the 10 per cent who have university * NEW YORK SELTZER presents * degrees. There is no "discrimina ¥ tion" here, neither intelligence nor ¥ ¥ education confer any political ¥ ¥ w power. ¥ PUNCHLINES!! ¥ Gourmet Cookies ^3 and Cappuccino ^-j From a sublime stance if is ¥ FREE COMEDY ¥ perhaps amusing — modern science ¥ ¥ • and technology has unleashed WITH KELLY DIXON ¥ •fYYYYYYYYYYmYfYf Y powers which are literally billions of ¥ , YYYfYYYYYYYmYYYYYYTYYYYYYYYYYYYTYYYYYYYYYYYY, times greater than any available to TOMORROW - WEDNESDAY AiiuuAiimuumuimmiAim.uuu.uummu, UUiilUUiUUl U previous generations of homo sa ¥ MARCH 11th-12:30p.m. ¥ piens, meanwhile, how these ¥ ¥ powers will be used in our society is ¥ SUB AUDITORIUM - FREE ¥ often decided by people who really ¥ WIN $$$$$ ¥ do not understand them. What we ¥ ¥ m CALL FOR m need is not a weekend Open House, but Expoversity 365 days a year. P. LAWSON TRAVEL Modern science is built on a APPLICATIONS method of knowing, and that knowledge has proven itself im mensely powerful! But modern mystery with us! A.M.S. Summer Project Coordinators society has appropriated the power without appreciating the knowledge. Oh well, that is the path The Alma Mater Society is now receiving ap of least resistance, do whatever is when you book plications from students interested in employment our special as summer project coordinators. These positions UBC involve working for the A.M.S. on specific projects Housing as determined by the A.M.S. Hiring Committee. In charter fares the past, projects have included the A.M.S. Used Bookstore, High School Orientation activities and key policy all flights the A.M.S. Tuition Fee Lottery. The complete list identified and of projects will be presented to candidates during criminal fully confirmed interviews. The purpose of this letter is to in at time of booking The successful candidates will: form the campus community of a housing policy that tends towards -be returning full-time U.B.C. students acephalousy. If a student loses his -have had previous responsibility for staff or or her house or parking key, the GUARANTEED LOWEST budgets cost of replacement is thirty dollars, per key. A criminal amount. FARES ON CAMPUS! -will be self motivated The housing department feels -have the ability to work independently that the high price of replacement -be able to work well with others and keys will control the amount of LONDON communicate effectively keys, i.e. security. and from £ t*f\Q However, if we examine a possi ble scenario, the absolute PRESTWICK Experience in marketing or public relations; mindlessness of their policy reveals knowledge of the A.M.S., its operations and ser itself. If a young Fairvillewite, goes * non-stop flights out on the town and her purse is vices; and supervisory or managerial experience stolen, why should she have to pay * open bar, wines & liqueurs would be assets. an extra sixty-five dollars, because her keys were in her purse? Let's be An * first class meals Period of employment will be a minimum of 12 real!!! 5* T tc£ * in flight duty free weeks. The hassle of replacing all your b identification is the shits. Why does $ * 66 lbs. baggage Applications can be obtained from and returned the housing office have to add in with current resume to the A.M.S. Administrative sult to injury? I asked a housing of hurry, campus allotment limited fice employee this same question, in Assistant in S.U.B. 238. the context of this scenario. Their CALL YOUR CAMPUS REP NOW! reply was they "thought it was still fair". at the Village UBC 224-4391 DEADLINE for Applications: Can one reason with a brick? 4:00 p.m. March 20, 1987 Harris Silver P. LAWSON TRAVEL Over 50 years of dependability arts 2 Page 10 THE UBYSSEY Tuesday, March 10, 1987
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Harding-Russell IN THE KEEP SAFE MINI STORAGE (PH.D) will tutor or give help with essays. UBYSSEY also 6 other locations 1680 B Southeast Marine Drive Phone 594-0960 after 6 p.m. $10/hr. Tuesday, March 10,1 THE UBYSSEY Page 11 Roundballers offtonational By CHEW WONG blems for the 'Birds. "They play If you were up early this morning quite a bit like Alberta," says UBC you may have heard the Thunder as head coach Bruce Enns. "A lot of the 'Birds departed this morning for full court man-to-man, and a lot of the CIAU man's national basket pressure." ball tournament to be held in "The word from scouting reports Halifax March 12-14. is that they're all about 6'4", 6'5", The eight team field was com and they're all good athletes." pleted this weekend with Concordia UBC co-captin Paul Johansson, University winning the Quebec title, a consensus Canada West first team St. Mary's taking the Atlantic con all-star, is optimistic. ference, and the University of "We're quite confident right Western Ontario and the University now," says Johansson. "But we of Winnipeg selected as the two have to be careful — Western has wildcard teams. been in the finals with UVic several ( SPORTS ) Last weekend UBC, Toronto, times. They have an experienced Brandon, and McMaster all secured team." tournament berths by winning their UBC's other Canada West all- respective conferences. star, second team forward Aaron Second ranked UBC will open Point, received some bad news this tournament play on Thursday after weekend regarding the spiral frac noon in the 11,000 seat Halifax ture he suffered in his left hand in Metro-Centre at 1 p.m. (Atlantic the Saskatchewan series two weeks time) against seventh ranked ago. m\ mm, University of Western Ontario. "I got hit in last weekend's games UBC MIRACLE MAN says he will beat the Soviets any day of the week. Man has been practising for the last Western may pose some pro- (against UVic) and the broken bone hundred years under the tutelage of Fidel Castro and another wild-eyed group of expatriates led by Che Guevera. moved back several millimetres," said Point. "It hurts a little, but not that much. I'm still going to play." Championships disappoint gymnasts Point will once again have to play with the support of his custom or- thoplast splint. a strong performance after their even second place. The CIAU National Champion ting from the balance beam. After the season Point will dismal meet in the Canada West ships were held over the weekend Coach Branda has acquired a undergo surgery to have the bone championships, but still only Women's coach Alena Branda with disappointing results for the video of Beres' routine and says she reset — with a national champion Thunderbird gymnastics teams. managed a sixth place finish. believes her team may have been denied a shot at the medals by slop is "going to pursue it all the way to ship ring on the adjoining finger, he On the men's side York Universi The University of Manitoba led py officiating. In particular she the judging body." hopes. ty won their eleventh straight title the pack with 102.65 points and less took exception with a low score while UBC's rookie-laden squad than two and a half points given to Bev Beres on the balance finished in ninth position. Veteran separated the next five teams. beam, costing Beres a chance to Kevin Seburn attempted to defend UBC's Jennifer Dong qualified compete in the individual finals. the silver medal he won in last to compete on the vault in Satur year's final, but had to settle for a day's individual events, but was Branda believes the judges were third place tie. sidelined due to ankle injury she out by as much as a point which The women's team came up with had received Friday while dismoun could have lifted UBC to third or Eightteams seek basketball title HALIFAX (CUP) — The wagers Gerry Hemmings is a good coach," the stands.' are coming in as Canada's top said Donahue. "U of T has been McConnachie admits there have men's university basketball teams playing up and down — they aren't been some difficulties with prepare for the Canadian Inter real stable but if they have a good marketing. "Marketing is a com university Athletic Union's Men's weekend, then they have an ex plex thing. Money is tight and we Basketball Championships here on cellent chance," he said. can't keep going to students and ad March 13. Gord Cutler, CIAU producer for ministration for more money. The University of Victoria has TSN, also mentions Brandon. There isn't a lot of provincial won the Championship for the last "Brandon has to be the favourite. government assistance for universi seven years, but was beat out They are big along the front line, ty sport and athletics." recently by the University of British and they have John Carson who McConnachie says CIAU is con Columbia. But this year, experts was last year's Most Valuable cerned about the TSN contract say it could be a toss-up between the Player. Toronto and McMaster are negotiations. "TSN has a double eight top teams. quality teams but not good enough impact in terms of exposure and "No one team seems to be to win the championship. Toronto financially." He would not specify dominating this year, the way has been super inconsistent but they the amount of the TSN contract, Waterloo or Victoria have in the played a great game to beat Lauren but said it is "substantial by Cana past," said John McConnachie, tian for the OUAA East Title. dian standards." public relations officer for CIAU. McMaster has a good work ethic — TSN producer Rick Briggs-Jude "Someone gets hot for a couple of they work hard but they were not said, "I'd like to keep the contract weeks and rises up in the rankings even favoured against Western? and I'm sure they like the and then something happens . . . Regular season games have been exposure." But Briggs-Jude added and this has been happening in all broadcast on TSN for the past three there has been no noticeable in the regions." years, but poor marketing on the crease over the last three years in the television audience of university sport. "You have the core fans and "Unless it's on TV, people don't that's it," he said. "I think TV whets the people's believe it really happened. Television appetite for the sport," says ?> Donahue. "This is the healthiest makes it 'bigtime' situation now with TSN broad casting games every week and with Jack Donahue, who coaches the part of Canadian universities and regular updates of where the teams Canadian National Team and does low attendance at games may are in the conferences." colour commentary for the CIAU jeopardize future telecasts. TSN "Unless it's on TV, people don't games televised on the TSN cable and CIAU will be re-negotiating believe it really happened. Televi sports network, predicts that Saint their contract this year and there is sion makes it 'big time"' he said. Francis Xavier will take the Cham talk of severely reduced coverage. Donahue also added that the ex pionship. "If we came into a school, the tra exposure TV gives to Canadian "I would bet on St. FX off the top least we would expect that the athletes means Canada loses even of my head," said Donahue, "but school would promote and market more to American recruiters. "This then I'm prejudiced because their the hell out of that event," says is the biggest problem for Canadian coach (Steve Knochalski) has been TSN's Cutler. "If viewer A turns sport, and the fault lies with the ad working with me and the national on the TV and sees only 500 people ministration at the universities. If team for years. in the stands he's going to turn the our best business students all left — steve chan photo "But you also have to look at the channel. We can only do so much. Canada for the States, you can be FABULOUS T-'BIRD FLIES high in the air to stuff orange spherical ob sheer fire power of Brandon. They We put it on the air to the best of sure we would do something about ject into mesh and steel rim contraption. 'Birds continue to sing as they have so many strong players and our ability: we can't put people in it." head into national championships in Halifax. Page 12 THE UBYSSEY Tuesday, March 10, 1987 Provinces pleased with funding OTTAWA (CUP) — Economically rates. Nova Scotia and British Col Canadian Federation of Students, JOIN THE UBYSSEY! depressed provinces are the winners umbia, which posted respective said the allocation changes are in regional funding allocations for unemployment rates for returning "logical, given those rates". She the Summer Employment/Ex students last summer at 22.6 and said, however, it is unfortunate that • perience Development (SEED) 20.1 per cent, received the highest funding had to be decreased in component of the Challenge 87 SEED increases, of $1.49 million some areas to redress high wage subsidy program. and $1.85 million, respectively. unemployment in others. Though critics continue to Ontario, on the other hand, saw Barney Savage, chair of the dispute the government's claim that its unemployment rate for returning Students' Union of Nova Scotia, CONSIDER A CAREER Challenge 87's $180 million budget students slip last summer to under was pleased with the increase to is the same amount spent last year, nine per cent. Consequently, the Nova Scotia SEED funding. on the assumption that Challenge federal government dropped SEED "It's obviously a policy change in 86 included the extra $30 million funding in Ontario by $4.4 million. for the government, and we're spent on the national census, most Funding was increased for New pleased with that," said Savage, NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE are relatively pleased with the fun foundland, Prince Edward Island, who is waiting for the provincial ding redistribution. SEED this year New Brunswick, Alberta and the government to announce its sum The Ontario College of Naturopathic Medicine comprises about 70 per cent of the Yukon. Funding was decreased for mer program for students. (OCNM) is currently accepting applications for classes Challenge budget. Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan "We are worried, though, that commencing in September 1987. Prerequisites include 3 This year's allocation reflects and the Northwest Territories. the provincial government will look years of university with specific science courses. We offer varying regional unemployment Jean Wright, a researcher for the at those (SEED) figures and cut a four year clinically oriented program which leads to back on its own program," Savage graduation as a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine and said. Drinking age unchanged New Democratic youth critic eligibility for registration. The curriculum includes basic Howard McCurdy questioned how medical sciences and clinical disciplines as well as naturo TORONTO (CUP) — Ontario only will pubs be allowed to stay SEED money will be shared in On pathic diagnosis and therapeutics. OCNM is the only students can heave a sigh of relief open until 2 a.m., but alcohol could tario. recognized college of Naturopathic Medicine in Canada. now that a provincial advisory com be served at many campus sporting "Anyone who thinks things are mittee has recommended retaining events. For full information about the naturopathic profession and booming outside of Toronto just the program offered at OCNM call direct (416) 251-5261 or the current drinking age of 19. "It's nice to see them bringing doesn't know Ontario," said Mc The report, submitted to Con Ontario into the 20th century," Curdy, who cited his own riding of write: sumer and Commercial Relations Dharamsi said. "If (the recommen Windsor-Walkerville as an area fac The Registrar, OCNM Minister Monte Kwinter, also calls dations) are enacted, you can bet ed with an unemployment rate of Dept. 200, 60 Berl Ave. for extended hours of operation for that the student-run pub will be about 20 per cent for returning Toronto, Ontario M8Y 3C7 drinking establishments, tougher open later the very next day." students. restrictions on advertising, and looser guidelines on the sale of alcohol at sporting events. "A philosophy of moderation and responsibility" was the driving force behind the committee's in itiatives, according to project manager Rosemary Grange. Many of the report's more than 90 recom mendations aim to reduce drinking and driving, cited as the most im portant alcohol-related problem. Student reaction has been almost universally positive, following mon ths of intensive lobbying to prevent an increase in the drinking age. "We're very pleased," said University of Toronto student council vice-president Titch Dharamsi. "An increase would have been a big mistake." Guy Giorno, president of the Young Progressive Conservatives in Ontario, also embraced the recom mendations enthusiastically. "We find it very positive," said Giorno, whose group had pushed to reduce the age to 18. "The majority wanted to raise it, and leaving it re quired willpower. Statistically it is still inequitable, but holding the line is, to us, acceptable." John Bates, president of People to Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (PRIDE), said he found the report deplorable. "It's disastrous," Bates said. "Not only will the extension of drinking hours surpass subway closure times, but the refusal to in crease the drinking age will cost HOORAY! many people, especially teenagers, their lives." 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