70/I • anniversary! THEUBYS9zY / 4^S WEDNESDAY 05 JAM AKY 199 1 VOLUME 76. ISSUE 23 A FOUNDING MEMBER OP THE CANADIAN UNIVERSITY PRESS A RAT AND A GOOD READ SINCE 1918

Counselling psychology r i • withheld by Pat Thuriow the investigation was closed," coun­ raised in the report, releasing the In a meeting for counselling [summary of the] report does com­ The university will not make selling psychology student Miriam report publicly could put the inves­ psychology students and faculty on ment on fear and dissent in the public the 118-page report of the McClellan said. tigators at legal risk. There are Wednesday 10 November, UBC department and yet there is no ac­ inquiry into the origins of harass­ Thereport summary stated the claims or accusations about indi­ Birch said "there will be represen­ countability for it. I think the uni­ ment letters received by women in investigating committee had "no viduals that [the university inves­ tatives from the graduate students versity is responsible for the poison the counselling psychology depart­ power to compel the attendance of tigators] haven't been able to sub­ that will view the report and help in the department. ment. those whom it wished to interview" stantiate," Crombie said. us decide whether or not the report "To date there are no conse­ After the report was completed and that "for various reasons three A group made up of faculty an d will be published." quences for what has happened. in early December 1993, UBC vice- persons, two former students and administration including Monika Stein said it is difficult to make The university investigation and president Daniel Birch released a one existing student, declined to Stein, president of the counselling recommendations without all the the police investigation have not seven page summary of the report appear." psychology graduate students, met information. stopped the letters." which described the investigation The university is now consid­ to discuss the report summary. "There were no recommenda­ McClellan did see some good as being unable to discover the ering conducting a private investi­ Stein, who argued that the full tions attached toth e report. I think resulting from the investigation source or sources of the letters. gation. report should be made public, said, they [school of nursing director process. "I think that the fact the Some students are worried that According to administration "I assumed we would see the whole Marilyn Willman and law professor university has publicly, in writing, not releasing the report means a spokesperson Steve Crombie, report." Tony Hickling, co-authors of the supported feminist scholarship is a failed investigation. the reason for keeping the report AccordingtoBirch, whochaired report] would have great insight positive thing." "I am concerned with the fact secret is the possible legal reper­ the December meeting, the group because they are the only people One student who participated that the report is not complete. cussions. met to work "in identifying further who know whaf s in the full report. in the university investigation said There is a lack of information about "We felt that it couldn't be re­ actions which could be taken by the They may have been able to give she did not assume the results would who's responsible for the letters. leased mainly for legal reasons be­ department, the dean of education some good recommendation," Stein remain confidential. Some people did not show up to be cause it would probably open the andthepresidenfsoffioe,"butwere said. "There is no point in having the interviewed by the investigating university to libel suits. not allowed to view the report. McClellan agreed that "the report if it's not made public." team, and the fifth letter came after "Because of allegations that are Polar Press pressed by Talvo Evard day the student union is scheduled '^, The Polar Press and its student to meet and decide whether to adopt union at Confederation College in the policy or to remain under the Thunder Bay have been at odds for existing structure. the lastfour months over the format At present, Polar Press oper­ of its newspaper—and now the ates under a five member editorial ^*6 student union has threatened to board consisting of student union shut the paper down after their members. The board reviews the •^\*e final issue in December. newspaper before it goes to the According to editor Carol printer so that any changes they Cannon, friction between the stu­ deem necessary can be made, in­ dent union and Polar Press cluding removing articles. stemmed from complaints that not Another part of the friction enough "college news" was printed. between the paper and the student Cannon said the newspaper's criti­ union is caused by advertising. The cal coverage of student union orga­ student union and the campus pub nized events at Confederation advertise free of charge. According College upset the student union. to Cannon, campus ads were often "Actually, everythingthey [the delivered after deadline. student union] have done has In one case, Polar Press could turned out to be a flop," Cannon not fit a student union ad on the said. front page, where they had wanted At a meeting on 4 January, two it, as well as the flag identifying the of the fivemember s of the editorial newspaper. Student union mem­ board met with the Polar Press bers were angry when the ad was editor to discuss the future of the placed on another page. paper. Those board members who The student union also did not were most vocal against the paper approve of the use of the front page failed to attend. for pictures. "They said it should be The staff of the Polar Press used for valuable student writing must create a proposed editorial pieces," Cannon said. policy by 8 February. The following

Poor little critters won't be Asserted anymore? Cuts like a knife by Tessa Moon From September 1993 to HOTFLASHHOTFIASHHOTFLASHHOTFLASH The department of biology is January 1994, more than 2400 ani­ ENVIRO-WEEK—10 to 14 January 1994 in SUB. Speakers, booths, enviro-friendly products—ifs eco- considering eliminating animal mals were dissected in first year spectacular! dissection as a required lab activity biology alone. A biology teaching In SUB Auditorium: in the following school year. assistant who wants to remain Monday 12:30-1:00: Opening by Vincent Stogan, Hereditary Chief of the Musqueam Nation However, many life-science anonymous said the number is far 1:00-1:30: Markus Eymann from the Coalition Opposed to the University Plan—The South Campus students believe that vivisection is greater than necessary. "A lot of Plan an integral part of their laboratory animals are wasted, just never used experience. after being killed," she said. Tuesday 12:30-2:00: Mae Burrows from the United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union; Catherine "I think dissection helps stu­ She also sai d that if dissection Stewart from Greenpeace dents learn," first year science stu­ was an optional lab exercise there Kemano Completion—Nechako River giveaway: native and salmon sacrifice for ALCAN profits and dent Kathleen Wong said. "Discon­ would be fewer animal deaths with power tinuing it will have a negative effect greater learning benefits. There Wednesday 12:30-l:30:The RagingGranniesin SUB main concourse—raising awareness of issues related on teaching." are always at least two people who to the environment, justice, peace and disarmament through songs and skits Ron Yang, a teaching assis­ are grossed out to every one who's tant of biology and a phd student of fascinated," she said. Thursday 12:30-1:30: Tisbeotl, from the House of Queesto of Pacheena speaks about the ancestral lands fish physiology, agreed. Some students disagree. of the Pacheena—Kaxiks (The Walbran) "I think if s necessary for sci­ "People are scared offby the thought entific research to dissect some ani­ of cutting up a live animal," a sec- Friday 12:30-1:30: Mitch Friedman from Greater Ecosystems Alliance—Cascadia wild:protecting in­ mals," Yang said. "I don't think ondyear biology student said. "They ternational ecosystems there's a substitute for dissection. get into it once they've tried it. You This is the only way to do it. Text­ never really learn about living For more info drop by the student environment centre, SUB 215, or call 822-8676. books are not the same." things without living material." WEDNESDAY 05 JANUARY 1994

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CALL THE UBC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AT Call (619) 221-8058, FAX resume to (206) 343-8519, WordPerfect 5.1 - Level I Class 822-8920 or send to P.O.Box 99040, Cost: $93 + GST Jan. 22nd & 23rd / 9 AM - 1 PM Seattle, WA 98199. Room 60 SUB • Ph/fax: 822-5640 WEDNESDAY 05 JANUARY 1994 THE UBYSSEY Paae Graham 3 CFS/PIRG petitions go down to the wire by Graham Cook CFS/PIRG organizer, believes the interested in a PIRG on campus." To pass, the referendum needs tion of a women's resource guide. The coalition pushing for ref­ group will make the deadline, and PIRGpusherJasonMogussays to be voted on by ten percent ofAM S The CFS is a national coalition erenda on membership in the Ca­ will be intensely campaigning to getting enough signatures is "not a members. This quorum is about involved in student issues and lob­ nadian federation ofstudent s (CFS) have the referenda passed over the problem. The signatures are not an 3000 people, of which more than bies for causes such as student loans and the creation of a public interest next two weeks. issue." half must vote "yes". ' and university funding. Arguments research group (PIRG) at UBC are If the group does not get the Mogus says the important is­ The proposed PIRG would co­ against membership in the coali­ frantically trying to make needed signatures, Hughes said sue is that "I talked to people and ordinate progressive research on tion have focussed on the large fee Wednesday's deadline for petitions. they can conceivably put the ques­ they still don't know what the hell campus and serve as a clearing­ UBC would have to pay (about The petitions must have 1000 tion forward at any time. Alterna­ I'm talking about. People should house of information for various $300,000 per year) and the one- valid signatures to be on the ballot tively, "we can see what we can do really know what this is because social issues groups. At other uni­ institution, one-vote structure of with the AMS election, takingplace without a formal PIRG and go to a it's a big issue. It's going to be an versities PIRGs have pursued the organization. Those in favour the week of 17 January. referendum next fall. It's not going [AMS] election issue. It's going to projects like the sponsorship of con­ point to the effectiveness of joint Michael Hughes, student board to end tomorrow if we don't get the effect student involvement at the sumer boycotts and the compila­ national lobbying and research. of governors representative and a signatures. There are a lot of people school." Committee reviews student services honoraria by Graham Cook There are nine employees in Carole Forsythe is the AMS work for students, and getting said the members of the committee Amy Nunhra's hours of service the USAO, each working about five coordinator of external affairs and personal satisfaction and market­ were chosen to avoid the possibility to students may finally receive some or six hours a week on a volunteer the chair of the new compensation able skills, which is good, but at the of a similar conflict of interest. financial recognition. basis. committee. She also has first hand same time they're sacrificing a lot. The committee is made up of Nunhra is a caseworker at the A new committee has been set knowledge of working for starva­ They may be taking fewer courses members of various branches of the university student affairs office up by the AMS to determine tion- wages as a former UBC which prolongs their school and AMS and will be using the services (USAO),formerlytheombuds office. whether people likeNunhra should ombudsperson. costs them more for school, or living of a private company with expert! se The USAO is one of many branches receive some form of payment, and As ombudsperson Forsythe in near-poverty without being able in compensation matters. The ex­ of the AMS student society which to review the entire structure of was paid $650 for an entire year. to supplementtheir income, because pense of hiring the company "will relies on workers who receive little honoraria and salaries given out by "[The honoraria we received] was basically the volunteer job they're be in the thousands of dollars," ac­ or no financial compensation. the AMS. quite disgusting, not just for the doing is their [full-time] job," cording to Forsythe, but likely less "We donate many hours a week Those who currently receive ombudsperson but for the Speak­ Forsythe said. than ten thousand dollars. when we have office hours to hear salaries include the AMS executive, easy coordinator, and the people at Forsythe is not running for an The committee will also be student complaints and concerns," while student administration com­ The Ubyssey, who were also AMS position next year, and will doing its own research into the pay Nunhra said. "It would be nice to be mission members and Ubyssey undercompensated," she said. not be the beneficiary of any deci­ rates of students in various service paid a small amount [for the USAO editors are among those who receive "Everybody was doing a lot of sions made by the committee. She positions at other universities. work]." honoraria. CORP crap crops creeps in AMS by Graham Cook one," Mogus said. "If we could run a referendum Itiseitherachance for students like we run the Pit we'd be laugh­ to create sweeping change in their Reform or revolution? ing," he said. student government, or to recom­ The two CORP members have mend smaller reforms to be imple­ different ideas of what the com­ Getting students involved mented by student politicians mittee can achieve. Mogus sees it Dobie admitted the AMS has trained in the "art of the possible." as a chance to radically change the serious problems with involving Either way, it will be one of the focus of student government. students, saying that to many stu­ few opportunities for UBC students "The biggest change I want to dents the government had become to have a real effect on the way the see is to say we are a union of "irrelevant." AMS (alma mater society, the UBC students, not a business of students. Ultimately, Dobie did not see student government) works. The AMS is a pretty decent orga­ CORP as promoting fundamental The avenue for change is a nization but it has some big prob­ changes to the bylaws of the AMS. group engagingly named the com­ lems. If s good that we're rich but I "I dont think it's a major re­ mittee for organizational review and think we should be doing more for thinking of what student societies planning (CORP). Its mandate is to underprivileged students. There's are for. There's a lot in our consti­ conduct a wide-ranging internal a real lack of knowledge among the tution that we want to achieve that review of the AMS. AMS about what if s like to be a we aren't achieving, and I think poor student," Mogus said. thaf s what we're going to work AMS reviews itself "The point is to serve not just from. There are no bylaw changes WhileAMSpresidentBillDobie students who buy our pizza and go intended in CORP." said he wants CORP to make the to the Pit. We're focussed more on What Dobie did hope to see AMS more accountable and involv­ making money than student ser­ from the committee was a clarifying ing more students, only two stu- vices. of responsibilities among the AMS dents-at-large are on the committee "From my point of view I want executive and a process to involve of nine. The rest are members of the to see a less conservative attitude more students in the government. AMS executive or council. towards things and a more con­ In addition, he said the AMS Dobie said the domination of frontational attitude. The AMS is "shouldbe providingmore resources AMS politicians will not turn CORP very business-oriented and if for students who are involved, into a corpse. something will not bring much of a whether thaf s the gays lesbians AND I CAN PEE ALL BY MYSELF PHOTO BY ED O'BRIEN "I fought to keep the member­ profit then it will less likely be and bisexuals, whether thaf s the ship of the committee this way done," he said. student senators, so that those simply becauseithas taken those of Dobie disagreed. people can spend more time doing us who are here this long just to get "We're not businesses. There their job than typing a letter or "The key to to this point, and I was very con­ are a lot of people who look at our worrying about whether or not the cerned that a lot of students have budget from a completely financial lock on their door is changed." an incredible amount to offer but do approach, they're upset that we A private consulting firm will immortality is to not understand, unfortunately, the spent on something but thaf s our be approached to help with the in­ system that they are reforming will right, ifs the cost of the democratic ternal review, but the company and not be able to achieve it," Dobie process, a right and privilege of the cost of the services have not yet first live a life worth said. students to spend money on what been determined. "I want to hear what the stu­ they want," Dobie said. Both Mogus and Dobie said dents want, which will all be public, But he sees positive similari­ student input was important for and then as the elected officials it is ties in the "clarity" of a business the CORP process. remembering." still ourresponsibility toimplement approach towards both pizza places "We want every single student that," he said. and student services. to write down their ideas and put Surrender to the Tao of The Ubyssey. Jason Mogus, the director of "I think [CORFs mission] is them in a suggestion box," which the global development centre and about getting back into a sense of will be set up in SUB Mogus said. Write news. Cover culture. .Shoot a member of CORP, expressed service in general, and I think ser­ "We want everyone to think photos. Become a production demon. concern about the potential for AMS- vice applies whether you're talking about it. We plan on personally types to dominate the debate, but politics or buying beer or playing answering every single one of the said that "from a logistical point of video games at an arcade. requests," he said. The first staff meeting of view if s easier to get things done "There is concern about the Public meetings will also be with people who know the basics." commercial focus of the AMS. Our held. 1994 "We plan to get lots of student business operations seem to out­ "I think the opportunity is there input and incorporate that in their perform the service side of things, if we work with it, but I want all the discussions. If s not that the execu­ which is not how it's supposed to be. students to get involved or else it Thursday, 12:30 SUB 241K tive has made up its mind and this What we may do is try to emulate gets the fear of the executive rail­ [committee] is just window dress­ the success of our business opera­ roading it through," Mogus said. It is THE WAY ing, I think we'll hear from every­ tions. fHF UBYSSEY News WEDNESDAY 05 JANUARY 1994 Humanities are getting a raw deal by Michelle Wong sible research, budget cuts are un­ experiencing cutbacks. Chiarenza said. we have to sacrifice — the grad UBCs trend of increasing fo­ dermining theliberal arts programs "I think universities every­ She disagrees with employers program, or sacrifice the major pro­ cus on the bottom line has meant and consequently affect the teach­ where are suffering from this kind and university administrators who gram, or cut down on the language that humanities have been getting ing quality in those departments. of cutbacks and sometimes we feel question the practical application teaching," Chiarenza explained. shafted. Head of the hispanic and that the faculty of arts gets hit of humanities. "We have to neglect something. We While UBC continues to in­ italian studies program Marguerite hardest, that the attitude is: what "I don't think the practical just dont have enough people to do crease funding to economically fea­ Chiarenza is one of arts professors is the practical value of arts?" value is the issue," Chiarenza said. everything well." 1 think we're talking about under­ "I do feel that the RESOURCE LIBRARY INDIVIDUAL ADVOCACY GROUimWORlSBOPS FEMINIStCOUriSELLtNG standing, developing the mind, administration...is not giving DO education—a better mind is a bet­ enough of the budget towards teach­ rrt tn ter thing to have whatever practi­ ing," Chiarenza added. "All of the O cal thing you go on to do." faculty of arts, I think, have been m asked to cut back and if s not clear cr Chiarenza said an education JO is an end in itself. A degree in the to me that money is not being spent WOMEN STUDENTS' OFFICE MIDWINTER TERM GROUPS o humanities, whether in Hispanic in another way. CD and Italian studies or classics, will "It should be more of a priority Come join us for support, discussion and information. m expose one to the great thoughts to have enough teaching so that and writings of the past and that classes are not too large and so that Meditation and Stress Reduction January 11 - March 29 (12: 30 - 1:20 pm) -< knowledge itself is profitable for special classes dont have to be can­ Bicultural Women January 17 - March 21 (12: 30 -1:30 pm) whatever purpose one will use it. celled." "We want to see universities With a limited number of Mature Women Students January 12 - March 30 (12: 30 - 1:30 pm) < as places where people's minds classes, departments must pool Inequity In the Classroom January 20 (lpm - 4 pm) o develop and they think about prob­ their resources with other depart­ Dating Relationships February 11 (12:3 0 - 2:30 pm) lems that people think about just ments and offer courses which en­ because they're people and not just compass more than one depart­ Freedom of Choice: Exploring Your Decisions to balance the budget," Chiarenza ment. Collaborationisagood thing, 30 - 2:20 pm) < said. "If people's minds are well however too much interdepartmen­ About Drug & Alcohol Use February 1, 8 and 15 (12: O developed then, when they go on to tal overlap can result in too general 30 - 2:20 pm) O Assertiveness Training February 2, 9 and 16 (12 a> be architects or doctors or what­ courses similar to those offered in Violence: Addressing the Epidemic February 3, 10, 17 and 24 (12: 30 - 2:30 pm) ever they go on to be, they will community colleges. perform better. Since the liberal arts at UBC Self-Esteem February 25, March 4 and 11 (12; 30 - 2:20 pm) m As a result of the financial appear to be the first departments Career Planning March 3, 10, 17 and 24 (12:3 0 - 2:20 pm) o cutbacks, the Hispanic and Italian hit by financial restraints in the Returning RNs Support January 20 - March 24 (2nd Thursdays) (12: 30 - 2:30 pm) studies department must consider university, future quality of educa­ I which courses their departmentcan tion in the humanities is threat­ For further information and registration for groups, call as afford to offer the students. ened. With that threat is the threat "We have to worry about what of a diminishing understanding of 822-2415 differentphilosophiesandcultures. a stone was cast into my heart and there it settles coldly weighed FILM SERIES down i gather into a frown to consider these grave incursions i 3 Fridays, 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Brock Hall Room 204D: m breathe and exhale the function is so dual that i feel split at every moment between lost where i cannot breathe and in that instant i Still Killing Us Softly January 14 £ understand what it is like to feel torn into pieces over an impasse which has no reason whystruggle against the weightof stone which To a Safer Place February 4 * is hard in my shadows of refiectionapool has gathered to invade the The Famine Within March 18 H glass of my deception and so i float around these visions ideas like waves wash over me and wet with promise i did awaken to only see these walls restrain me how can i speak when i am not spoken how g FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE: canifeel whole whenmymindisbroken?why ask even what i cannot know?i have tried to unveil, the undress, to unlearn, toundo, to un- jg Family & Nutritional Sciences Room 60, 12:00 - 2:00 pm inform but i always come back to the stones the solid foundations in my vacant soul philosophers have tempted me with the comfort of IP Chilly Climate January 13 insanity to dispell myself of these reasons to tranformto myth what I have become and lose me in the illusion of their devices but i know FEMINIST COUNSELLING GROUPS WORKSHOPS INDIVIDUAL ADVOCACY RESOURCE LIBRARY that to crawl upon their words gives me little comfort in the night when desire weighs heavy upon me and the darkness settles around me and the corners of my room take on the contours of my fantasy a living dream awakens only in the safe embrace of the night where noone else wiD see me think the tilings, the struggles that are m(in)e AMS ELECTIONS CALL FOR NOMINATIONS SOME LIKE Nominations for the following AMS Executive IT HOT. positions are now being accepted by the Executive Committee. • President • Vice-President • Director of Finance • Director of Administration • Coordinator of External Affairs. Nomination forms are available from Terri Folsom, Administrative Assistant in SUB Room 238. SOME LIKE

Nominations close FRIDAY JANUARY 7th, 1994 IT COLD. dinoccino iced cappuccino is the new, refreshing at 4:30 PM alternative to everyday beverages. Made with fresh milk and real Italian espresso coffee, dinoccino is Candidates must attend an All-Candidates Meeting delicious hot or cold. By itself. Or as added zip to to be held in SUB Room 206 on Friday, January 7th, coffee or ice cream floats. 1994 at 5:30 PM. ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD: dinoccino ! January 17,18,19, 20 & 21,1994 made with real italian espresso WEDNESDAY 05 JANUARY 1994 THE UBYSSEY Perspective

Dear Dr. Strangway: violence. able that they must subsequently reflects a gender hierarchy which versity must strengthen, and fully We are men in the department AND THESE IS A FUNDA­ overcome to the indifference and is deeply embedded in the univer­ implement, existing policies on of geography who are concerned MENTAL ISSUE OF RESPON­ inaction of their male peers, their sity and society as a whole. Achange sexual harassment and employ­ about the continuing problem of SIBILITY HERE. This point can­ departments and the university in rhetoric may also save the uni­ ment equity. sexism at UBC. Our letter is not be overstressed. Discrimina­ administration. For these reasons, versity the embarrassment of hav­ 4. Hire and promote more women prompted by recent events in the tion, harassment, abuse - these are we urge the University to take ing to issue reassuring statements faculty, and provide further insti­ departmentofcounselling psychol­ typically seen as "women's prob­ strong and effective action to ad­ about campus safety whose empti­ tutional supportfor feminist teach­ ogy, and we wish to express, in the lems," but the description is mis­ dress the concerns of the women of ness is indicated by the frequency ing and research. The only way to strongest possible terms, our sup­ leading. It obscures the role of men counsellingpsychology, andtochal- with which they must be repeated. challenge sexism on campus in port for the women in that depart­ in creating 2. Take the con­ through anti-sexism: feminism. As ment, particularly those who have them.THEY cerns of the long as women are under-repre­ been directly threatened in these ARE MEN'S women in the sented among faculty members, reprehensible letters. P R O B - department of and feminism remains The problem of sexism at UBC, LEMS,TOO. counselling marginalized within the univer­ like racism, homophobia, and other They may be PERSPECTIVE psychology se­ sity, they will continue to be easy forms of discrimination, is neither men's prob­ riously and targets for antagonistic men. new nor limited to the department lems, period. make public the in question. Sexual assaults, most Either way, it result of any in­ We, the undersigned, believe often "date rapes", occur regularly is essential that we as men accept lenge sexism on campus. As a start­ vestigation. that the issues raised in this letter on campus or in connection with responsibility by working to ing point, we offer the following 3. Provi de faculty and students with are of fundamental importance to off-campus university activities; change, not just our attitude and practical suggestions: resources to combat sexism and the future of the university as an and sexual harassment, reflected behavior, but a whole system of violence against women on cam­ institution dedicated to equal and variously in the attitudes and be­ unequal gender relations. It is a 1. Abandon the language of "iso­ pus, as well as other forms of dis­ equitable access to education. havior of male students and fac­ system in which we daily partici­ lated" incidents and "deviant" be­ crimination. The present situation Tuum est. ulty, is endemic. pate, and from which we consis­ havior. Such behavior, far from in counsellingpsychology suggests, In addition to these "indi­ tently benefit, whether or not we as being exceptional, is pervasive, and among other things, that the uni­ department of geography vidual" manifestations, we must individuals are rapists, harassers, also acknowledge that sexism per­ or the authors of threatening let­ vades the very structure of the ters. We are all implicated, so the university. For instance, only 4 out real question becomes, what are of 13 faculty members in the de­ we going to do about it? partment of counselling psychol­ A crucial part of accepting re­ mms ogy are women. This is astonishing sponsibility, we think, is accepting in a field which the practitioners the essential value of feminism. By and clients are overwhelmingly this we mean learning about it, women. thinking about it, and putting it m None of these general points into practice in our daily lives. Con­ are meant to detract from the seri­ ventional portrayals would have ousness of the threats directed at us believe that it is impossible to be women in counseling psychology, amanandsupportfeminism. Femi­ COMMITTEE FOR ORGANIZATIONAL but to suggest that the present nists are seen, almost by defini­ crisis ought to be seen as part of a tion, to exclude men, to revile them, REVIEW & PLANNING much larger, and quite pernicious, even to threaten them. social problem. Indeed, this is precisely the In an effort to improve accessibility to your Student Association, the Alma Mater Society — It is precisely because of the view of the anonymous authors of and to increase opportunities for student involvement and effectiveness we are undertaking pervasive and institutionalized the counselling psychology letters, nature of sexism on the UBC cam­ whose violent threats were directed an aggressive internal review. pus that we are so dismayed by the specifically at "radical feminist, university's adoption of an ap­ man-trashing females." At which proach that systematically point we must ask, just who is The Committee for Organizational Review and Planning is charged with reviewing, downplays the seriousness of the threatening whom? evaluating and making recommendations to improve issue. The administration offers Contrary to this self-serving, questionable "assurances'that the anti-feminist view, not only is it campus is a "safe environment" for possible to be a pro-feminist man, • the Society's role as advocate within the University women (ostensibly to reduce fear but imperative if we are to help • the Society's relationship and role outside the University and avoid widespread apprehen­ dismantle the gender hierarchy of • the Society's support structure available to student volunteers sion), while its all too easy reliance which feminism is a critique. To on the language of Isolated inci­ reject feminism is to accept the • the Committee structure within the Society, and the opportunity dents" and "deviant individuals," status quo, with all the violence for student involvement therein, and and apparent willingness to pur­ and inequity that it entails. It is to sue business as usual, provoke fur­ deny, along with those spiteful cor­ • the administrative structure reporting to the Student Council ther alarm. respondents, that women are hu­ • and to develop a mission statement for the Society Surely there are good reasons man to precisely the degree that for widespread apprehension! Such men are. a policy allays no fears. Worse, it It is unacceptable that women The AMS is accepting applications for two (2) Student-At-Large positions for this commit­ evades the larger problem of en­ on campus continue to encounter tee. Application forms are available from Terri Folsom, Administrative Assistant in SUB trenched sexism, and encourages and struggle against the sexist at­ men to absolve themselves of re­ titudes and behavior of male stu­ Room 238. The deadline for applications is 4:30 pm, Friday January 7th, 1994. sponsibility for a persistent pat­ dents, faculty, and employees. And tern of male privilege,hostility and it is perhaps even more objection­ OMMITTEE FOR Please note: Selections for these positions will be conducted RGANIZATIONAL on Saturday, January 8th. Successful applicants will be contacted on January 7th to arrange an "^ EVIEWJr T ""vS interview time. CAN LOVE How t>o LANNING YOU fc£feT> LAST A MORONI •Toronto. Mississippi'by Joan HacLeod'"Powerfut and Hilarious" .2*-. SUSPENSE^ The University of British Columbia 2 for 1 Coin Wash Special! FREDERIC WOOD THEATRE USE ONE TORONTO, MISSISSIPPI Washer by Joan MacLeod "POWERFUL AND HILARIOUS" GET ONE Directed by Stephen Malloy o a. 3 January 12 - 22 O g on your next visit 2 FORI SPECIAL PREVIEW-JAN 12 I ...say Alejandro and Debora Curtain 8:00 pm > U.B.C.'s nearest neighbourhood £ Professional Dry Clean • Dropoff • Coin Wash Box Office • Frederic Hood Theatre • Boom 20/ GOLD COIN wc AW Birr Mzgrnvrres M

HOLLYWOOD BOX OFFICE FODDER dir. Alan J. Pakula w'Julia Roberts & Denzei Washington

Pelican Brief was intended to be a thriller, but it didn't work. The highest paced action sequence in the parkade was overly formulated and the car bomb sequence in which Denzei Washington repeat­ edly "almost" sets off the bomb was milked to death. Pelican Brief is a very good example of a poorly constructed Hollywood thriller, except for one bizarre thing. Why didn't Julia and Denzei ever f UCk I ike rabbits? They had every reason to, after being through innumerable bonding type experiences and constantly sleeping in the same space. This film is not about government corruption, the power of the media, or saving pelicans on government land. This film was about Denzei and Julia; will they get away from the bad guys and live happily ever after? In case you see the film, I won't Spoil the ending for PisSindie fldewate you, but just think Reservoir Dogs... ha ha. by Taivo Evard This is not presented as history, this is not presented as historical fact, this is presented as a set of fond memories of racism and Sexism, written as eloquently as this haggard old dicknose can.

A Tidewater Morning—Three Tales from Youtr DEADNESSPHRASED by William Styron Random House

This book is about a man who grew up in a racist environment, learned it well, and never forgot it He uses it, espouses it, revels in it. He is swine. BUKOWSKI He dreams of killing. He paints war as beautiful, women as "gash," and displays an enormous energy laden with latent homosexuality which he tries to disguise "oh, so cleverly" with homopho­ THE WAY OFF BROADWAY GROUP bia. He is a mule. A Servant. A sheep. Too Stupid to think for himself. Too Stupid to change DOUBLE BILL his ways. Too Ignorant to think his way out of a paper bag. If verbal diarrhea had a smell, it would be his essence. He would not be fit to sleep with cattle. He might offend their sensibilities, or try to relieve his massive masculine ego on them. He would doubtlessly be rejected, and leave the bovine herd in ERECTIONS hysterics. Therein lies the danger. Laughing livestock, losing balance and slipping. Maybe breaking a leg. EJACULATIONS Animals should not be forced to suffer this way. The contents of this book were published in Esquire between 1978 and 1987, the worst of which EXHIBITIONS appeared in 1985.

& THE FUCK MACHINE hEavelMLy Riffs by Tessa Moon It's a wild, ardent Elizabethan sonnet "Steamy, searing, gutsy." mixed with African folk rhythm, topped Pat Donnely Montreal Gazette off with refreshing simplicity. "An intoxicating, hilarious and shocking piece of theatre." Paul Mackie Winnipeg Free Press Riffs by Tessa Moon "A stunning work that will surprise, excite and disturb you. You'll be P IS FOR POETRY This book should come with a warning label: laughing at the begining but shaking at the end." by Dennis Lee Don't read if your age is a two-digit number. Erika Smiskek Saskatoon Star Phoenix "Brutal violence, savage lust. Knocks you right square in the teeth." Riffs is a story of love derailed, Stories of String Colin Alcarres AF Magazine with startling imagery that moves like IT IS WRITTEN "Intense performances. Not theatre you 're likely to be comfortable at." transcendental music in full colour. author William Maranda Renee Doruyter The Province The conceptual beauty in its structure and University Editions "This show is lobe actively avoided at all costs." shape is far, far greater than the sum of the Liz Nicholls Edmonton Journal words. Stories of String is a collection of eighteen "Nasty, compelling, brutally honest and frequently funny." stories, set everywhere from Persia to the North Pole. Jo Ledingham Georgia Straight The words sing; the images sing; each and every line and space sings about being They have two things in common—the String motif "IVaftj a daring and dangerous line between the humor and the horror." crammed in just where it's not needed, and the Chris Dafoe Globe and Mail at two with oneself. Complacent assumption that readers have just "Excellent theatre. The best I've seen." There is a rapid, dizzying progression enough brains to keep their ears apart Mark Creighton CBC of moods underrunning the words— "Bold and electrifying. Dangerous, risky theatre pulled off with great skill." playful to macabre to ecstatic to speculative. Each story has its own set of unlovely quirks, H J. Kirchoff Globe and Mail The philosophical edge doesn't weigh them be it chauvinism hiding behind a miserable "Bukowski has seen the low life and they are us." down; Riffs remains fiercely contemporary apology of a fairy tale, or bad old plain blah writing Randall King Winnipeg Sun from start to finish. that looks anything but intentional. "Grotesque beyond belief. One laughs but through gritted teeth." It's an exhilarating, holistic Everybody has heard of simplicity for impact, but Isabelle Mandalion Voir Montreal experience, best saved for those days when nobody can fall for something so blatently f atuOUS. "A hallucinatory examination of the baser human instincts. you need borrowed wings. Here is evidence that the line between simplicity/ Faint hearts need not catch this." clarity and simplicity/idiocy is far from fine. Vit Wagner Toromto Star If accidently read, administer ten ounces of hard "The most disturbing piece of theatre I've ever seen." liquor and contact a neurosurgeon for radical Robert Enright CBC-TV lobotomy. STATION STREET ARTS CENTRE January 6 - 23 8:00pm Both Shows for $12. 2/1 Wed. 930 Station Street Reservations: 688-3312 spangled by stting L RSALVATIONINYOUROWNBLOOD

by Graham Cook It was loud, it was overpowering, it rocked my world. It was the best concert I've seen since, well, the last Nomeansno concert Pol^Y wAnt a rEa L two and a half years ago.

Nqmeansno all she desires is the ability to read. Unfortunately, •W-The Loved One. Pigment Vehicl p/ay, or this is pointed out constantly, as she begins almost NERD INTENSITY every sentence with "if only I could read . Commodore . ." As Polly points out, her grandmother seems to >8 December blame all of her lifelong misery on her inability to read, yet has never made an attempt to Nomeansno is one of the few bands I've loved since before wHat? learn. they received wide acclaim. Lucky for my grade eight nerd pals and by Roxane Carr In contrast, Polly's other grandmother Ruth is L Owen's sister was a punk rocker. Through her we found Stiff Little If We Are Women is a play about a well-educated, agnostic, Jewish woman who Fingers, The Clash, The DK's, and Nomeansno's glorious Mama LP. We four women from three generations regrets not attending an "Ivy league" devoured the latter in Owen's basement, grooving to the Wright who differ not only in ace but also in school. She feels that attending the "right" schools is Brothers and their rhythm-heavy Punk Freud. education, religion, and cul­ crucial to receiving recognition and the "right" Many years have passed since, including the addition of guitarist ture. jobs and cannot believe that Polly would turn down Andy Kerr and his evacuation to Amsterdam after the band's The play focuses on 18-year old such a chance. aforementioned last conceit at the Polly, who falls in love with a farm Polly's mother, mourning the recent Commodore. worker at the senior prom and decides to Now the No boys are back and death of her partner, never went to college. Although forsake an opportunity to attend Yale in she is an accomplished novelist, she also feels that they have added guitarist Tom order to be with him. Her mother and Holliston of the Showbiz lion- her lack of college education has caused most of grandmothers are upset at this Giants. I was worried that he might the problems in her life. decision and want Polly to succeed where If We Are Women brings up many issues but be overqualified for the job, as they did not. Andy Kerr was at his best with never really deals with any of them. Issues that have mangled one-note guitar solos, but a greater effect on these women's lives than nErdS If We Are Women luckily Holliston was both education—cultural stereotypes and nerdy-looking and, uh, ACTING!!! THESPIANS!!! biases and violence against women- playwright Joanna McClelland Glass: loose in his playing style. are passed over. The viewer is left frustrated by Vancouver Playhouse Some of the stuff from the new women characters who blame their misery on their until 29 January album ..Mr Happy was lurvely. need education (or lack of) or the men in their lives, yet "Kill Everyone Now" matched its never attempt to change their situations. One grandmother, a Canadian who apocalyptic title with heaven- Only Polly seems to realize that misery is raining-down rhythm. grew up on a prairie farm, is not predetermined or unchangeable, and that illiterate. She swears and talks about sex. individuals are the determiners of their own Perhaps not surprisingly my /vot Sanitary napkins and her miserable happiness and future. favewas"Red Devil" from farm life. She cannot understand why Polly Mama. TWO drummers, Rob would give up such an opportunity when Wright thundering on bass, and an adoring not-too- neanderthal crowd—what appAT more could a nerd punk ask for? 3 THF URYSSFY Gultu WEDNESDAY 05 JANUARY 1994 Now punch it through your fucking face! by Douglas Ferris liners while he and his pals perform five-inch needles. illustrated as a jigsaw puzzle— is famous for though, is "Gevage," "Don't look away," Jim Rose their amazing art-form. Rose tells him, "I will never swallows things for a living. He eats which means shoving seven feet of says, "you don't get your money's For instance, Mr. Lifto uses all of exploit you Torture King—NOW nightcrawlers, crickets, and maggots tubing down his throat to his stomach worth." his eleven body-piercings to lift and pumping various substances—a If you are one of those poor various objects. Rose says that "his act mixture of beer, ketchup, chocolate unfortunates who has never had the is the most popular public display Matt "The Tube" Crawley can suck condoms up his and Maalox—down it. chance of seeing master entertainer since the outlawing of hangings." nostril and pull them out his mouth, and he even Audience members are invited to Jim Rose and his Circus Sideshow, He lifts irons with his nipples, sample the bile-beer when the now you can. The Pirn Rose Circus and a suitcase with his tongue. reverses the process. Neato! mixture, including Man's dinner of Sideshow has finally released a 30- "Beautiful, Lifto, beautiful." Then, chicken chili, is pumped back out. A minute live video of their on-stage Rose announces, "the amazing Mr. PUNCH IT THROUGH YOUR not to mention swords. few testosterone-laden fellas do. Not antics. Lucky you. Lucky us. Lifto will put a hook through the end FUCKING FACE!" Sword-swallowing was outlawed me man. I ain't drinkin' nobody's of his dick and lift up these two irons . Rose serenades the Torture King, in 1987 because of two deaths. The bile, minute of fame or not. The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow .." He sure does, but unless you're "You're too good to be true, can't take sword the Enigma swallows is two Rose himself ends off the show HEAVING VIDEO RELEASE like me, don't try this at home. I my eyes off of you." inches longer than those were. It's by lying in broken glass and having an dir. Jonathan Dayton really, really, really like it when The extraction of the needles is amazing to watch how the Enigma's audience member stand on his head. & Valarie Fans people love what their good at even more difficult "Sometimes he eyes glaze over after he pulls twenty- "It's the lowest form of entertain­ The Torture King is world goes off like A GEYSER... two inches of cold steel out of his ment," he says. "Thank you for If you're not familiar with the famous for what he can endure. sometimes like A SPRINKLER... throat coming, now get the fuck off my Jim Rose Circus Sideshow, poor you. Sometimes he walks on razor sharp eighty per cent of the time, blood-free. Matt "The Tube" Crawley can head." He spent years gathering together his swords, sometimes he just puts a Trickles don't count" suck condoms up his nostril and pull If being a freak is this much fun, collection of strange humans, because blowtorch out on his tongue. This The beautiful "world class them out his mouth, and he even I want to run away and join the side­ he believes "people are tired of things time he does the human pin-cushion eccentric" Enigma—he is fully reverses the process. Neato! What he show. Doug sez, "check it out!" that are slick, contrived, choreo­ act which Rose says has made junkies graphed, manipulated, and clean. It is faint time for some entertainment that is To Rose's chant of "punch it, live, real, raw and dangerous." punch it" and "quit teasing them," the Rose himself is a crucial part of Torture King gives himself a couple this stage-based science show of hundred dollars worth of piercings delivering stomach-churning one- in about three minutes with three to Dr. Alister McGrath • Biochemist/Theologian • Oxford University Tues.:"There Must Be More Than This Wed.:"There Must Be More Truth" Thurs.: "There Must Be More Love" Fri.:"There Must Be More Life" (TOP TEN questions -

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POLL CLERKS lems with crime and guns are very Just as unfamiliarity with different from what our cousins someone of another race is often south of the border must deal with. accompanied by a fear of the un­ Canada does not have the known, leading ultimately to rac­ The Elections Committee is seeking Poll Clerks hyperviolence ofWashington, D.C. ism, so too does ignorance of fire­ or south central LA. arms and of their legitimate uses for the AMS Executive Elections. While I hesitate to wave the lead to an unjustified fear of guns Canadian flag, proudly declaring and, sometimes, of their owners. us to be a morally superior race, it Violent crime is a serious prob­ Wage: $8.00 per hour. is quite apparent that Canadians lem, and there can be no argument are, on average, a far more laid thatagun has the capacity tofacili- Many shifts and locations available. back and peaceful people than the tate these acts. I do not condone Americans. This is a historical and firearms legislation which permits social truth. We simply do not have anyone who wishes to own a gun to the problems the Americans have, have one. I fully support stringent Shift sign-up will be held: and solutions they find are not nec­ screening, training, and licensing essarily applicable to us. requirements for those who wish to January lOth, 2:00-5:OOpm, SUB Room 224 Another popular misconcep­ acquire a firearmo f some descrip­ tion I frequently encounter is the tion. I believe our laws should re­ belief that it is presently permis­ flect this need. sible to run about with a high ca­ At the same time, it must be Poll Clerks must attend a paid training session to pacity automatic pistol or some recognized that legitimate firearms thing placed in the glove compart­ owners have rights. We are not be held Thursday, January 13th, 1994 1:00-2:00 pm ment of one's car or tucked into obligated to justify our existence, in SUB Room 212. one's pocket. which is an expectation I often en­ Again, this perception is a re­ counter. We have not done any­ sult of the influence of the Ameri­ thing wrong. There is a latent fear These positions are open only to members of can media, and it is simply not of firearms among many Canadi­ the AMS. true. Canadian firearms legisla­ ans, particularly in urban areas, tion falls under the mandate of the and this is understandable—to a federal government. degree. Our federal gun laws are al­ A large part of this fear, how­ ready, to the best of my knowledge, ever, is due to ignorance. And igno­ far stricter than anything seen in rance , whether it be with respect to ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD: any U.S. state. 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he Alma Mater Society Committee for Organizational Review and Planning (CORP) was Tcreated in order to evaluate your student society. CORP is to propose improve­ ments that will make the AMS a more effective organization and an even better resource for the students of UBC. But we can't do it alone. We need to know what you want to see from your student society, and what will best benefit your life at UBC. Please stop by the CORP suggestion boxes on the SUB Concourse and drop off your ideas, suggestions, complaints and/or opinions, or drop them off at the AMS Executive Offices (SUB Room 238). Because, JFK notwithstanding, it's time to ask what your Alma Mater Society can do for you. Written submissions may be given to Terri Folsom, Administrative Assistant, SUB Room 238. Oral submissions may be scheduled through OMMITTEE FOR Randy Romero, Assistant to the President, SUB Room RGANIZATIONAL 256 or at 822-3972. EV1EW cV For more information, please contact Bill Dobie, LANNING President, SUB Room 256 or at 822-3972.