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Inside: An Interview witli Cliff Ronning Letters, commendations, and stuff...

The following ore the only letters we received regarding our last issue. Sex, Les and Gender...

"Wimpy, MP Svend Robinson middle of the road rag"—NOT! applauds Link's "courage and vision" I am writing to congratulate you and your colleagues at 77ie Link for die courage and vision you have demon• Congratulations! You've finally turned diis wimpy, middle of die road strated in pubUshing your mosi recent issue of The Link including die first annual Gay Lesbian Bisexual sup• rag into a diought-provoking, controversial STUDENT newspaper. So plement The language was often blunt, explicit and powerful. The imagery was strong and real. Most impor- women do have orgasms? I love it! The reaction from die "head-in-die- tandy, you gave your readers at BQT an insight into die loo often invisible and silent reality of our brodieis sand" homophobes and the "nobody here ever fucks" conservatives has and sisters, fellow swdents, teachers, employers, friends, and neighbours who happen to be lesbian, gay or been fantastic! Stand by your guns and PLEASE continue to inject a ht• bisexual. And yes of course we are everywhere, even at BCIT as Gordon Handford wrote so eloquendy in his tle radicalism into this tired insumtion. article in your supplement Let us hope diat die publication of dus issue will generate lots of discussion, dia• Mel Rudeen logue and debate and most importandy greater understanding, awareness, and acceptance of die tremendous Instructor diversity at BCIT and diroughout our community. Automotive Department Again diank you for your leadership on this issue. 1 have no doubt diat it was controversial but trust diat all elements at BQT wdl recognize dial growdi only comes dirough education and awareness. I look forward to an even better issue next year! Dr. John Blatherwick Svend J. Robinson, MP Bumaby-Kingsway commends Link

Congramlations to The Link for putting together a well diought out edi• tion on sexuality. I caimot find any references to pornography or sexual AIDS congratulates Link sensationalism. No doubt, die edition will upset some people, but on the whole you In response to your letter of May 7di, I reviewed die April 15-28di issue of The Link, "Sex, Lies, and Gender," j have addressed sexuality issues diat are very relevant to our contempo• diat includes a Gay Lesbian Bisexual supplement. Congramlations for putting togedier an interesting and com• rary world. In fact, we must start talking operdy about die continuum of prehensive review of sexuality issues! our sexual expression if we are to prevent sexually transmitted diseases ^ It is a basic fact diat human beings are sexual. As sexual beings we are diverse; we like to experiment and including HTV and save lives. We lived with a perception of sanitized; explore and it is most imponant dial we develop die skills to do diis safely. So, we need to develop a dia• sexuality for a long time, sexuality that is private, covert and taboo.! logue that encourages frank and explicit discussion to take place widiout fear of exclusion or discrimination. Some of the negative results of this continue to be rape, sexual abuse of We must realize that people are becoming infected because we don't have die language or die skills to dis• children, STDs and mV. ' cuss diese issues or to buy latex lo protect ourselves. If we're gay lesbian or bisexual dien we're further Your courageous effort of bringing these issues out in the open will marginalized in a predominantly heterosexual and heterosexist society. validate many people's experience and hopefully bring those who are Our population is smck in an adolescent stage of sexual developmeni where anything sexual is gro«>8 (or uncomfortable widi sexuality further along the road of self discovery. highly romanticized) and women who carry condoms are "bad." The discussion in diis issue of The Link is absolutely necessary to eliminate activities from our lives that put us at risk for HFV infection and for making FJ. Blatherwick, MD, FRCP (C) us more aware of die diversity diat exists among us. PubUcations dial deal openly and frankly with information Medical Heallh Officer on safer sex and sexuality are absolutely necessary to encourage people to talk about sex and all die Issues sur• Vancouver Healdi Department rounding it which is the first step toward feehng good enough about who we are to protect ourselves. It's time for us to wake up. Pubhcations Uke yours are in Une widi die times. Thanks for your work and I hope you receive the support you need to continue. Wie Unit welcomes your letters. We will endeavor to print eveiy letter we receive, except those containing d'lscriminatory or degrading material. Ann Bradbury The link reserves theright t o edit for brevity and clarity. Opinions expivssed are Speakers' Bureau Coordinaior those of tlie autlior. i , i -ii IfHen must include name and phone number lor venhcahon (or Hiey vnll nol AIDS Vancouver be printed).

In defence of Open House...

without even consulting die smdents who had at diat time I was very disappointed upon reading a letter published in Many of the entertainers on campus during Open worked for six mondis and raised $30,(K)0 in corporate the last edition of The Link by Paul Kovach. As Student House were smdents, friends, and family. The hot air bal• Coordinator of BQTs Open House 1992,1 would Uke to loon, besides being a great attention-getter to passeis by, sponsorship. explain why hot air balioon rides, clowns, and RCMP aUowed people to see die truly large size of die campus in I do, however, wish to thank the many odier smdents vehicles add interest and excitement to such an event. one breaditaldng view. and staff who did put much effort and many hours in die While die focus of BCITs Open House has always been As to early closing of many of the displays on Sunday, organizing of die event I believe Open House '92 was a and always will be on BCIT smdents and the high tech I too was very disappointed. All programs were informed very positive, successful event and considering die diffi• nature of their programs, an effort has been placed on dial die Open House was open untd 4 pm on Sunday and culty encountered by Smdent Organizers, I believe dial aU makuig Open House a family event dial is bodi education• some chose to shut down early perhaps from lack of sm• parties involved should gel a pat on die back. al and entertaining. In order lo draw people of all ages and dent involvement. The Open House Committee had more interests, and to create a larger awareness of BCIT within than their fair share of obstacles diis year, die strike hav• Jennifer Comyns Ihe community, it is important to add colour, noise, and ing a major negative effect on die attimde of die smdents excitement lo the campus. and staff towards Open House '92. Several programs would not participate in Open House and several more A focus was put on attracting children and making a dropped out at die last moment Apadiy abounded and was positive impression about science and technology to diem. demonstrated dirough die difficulty in recruiting volun• Besides recommending displays for children to view. teers, die lack of smdent involvement in displays, a very Science World, Imagination Market, facepainters and negative attimde displayed by several staff membeis and a clowns were enjoyed by many children. Those children motion passed by the Staff Society to cancel the event ate die BCIT smdents of tomorrow!

The Unk May 20-29, 1992 Opinion Safe Sex? Or How To play Russian Roulette WARNING: In the issue of April 15-28, 1992, several articles used the term 'safe sex.' What exactly is safe sex? According to the following statistics it certainly is NOT 'sex using While this article may sav^^ condoms." 'Sale sex" IS definitely a 'myth.' your soul" It may be hazaroou MYTH*!: Condoms allow for 'safe sex." to your health! [AIDS VancowvBT argues lhat condoms allow lor 'safer sex* when on electronically- tested latex condom is used properly. EDITOR]

RESPONSE: MYTH #3 Condoms hove become the focus of the 'safe sex" message. However, given their high failure rates, this is gravely irresponsible. 'Safe Sex" programs will reduce the number of teens at risk from AIDS.

• When used as the only means of contraception, condoms have a standardized RESPONSE: failure rate of 15.7% over one year. This figure applies to all condom-users, Given the failure rates of condom and the hesitancy of teens to use them, the number but group-specific failure rates are even higher. [In actuality this 'failure of young people at risk from AIDS increases as the number of sexually active teens , rate is due to human error and specifically to a lack of condom education increases. 'Safe sex" programs increase the number of sexually active teens. EDITOR] • Planned Porentood reports that the NUMBER ONE reason teenagers initiate • This translates, for the average user over the course of one year, into a 1 in 6 sexual activity is peer pressure. Sexual gratification came in fourth behind chance of getting pregnant flilce Russian Roulette). But unlike pregnancy, you curiosity and the attitude 'everyone else is doing it." 'Safe sex" programs can get AIDS any day of the month, 365 days a year. Would you lood a six- increase peer pressure, curiosity and the sense that "everyone else is doing it." shooter with a bullet and it at your head? [Or would you rolher render ['Safer Sex' should only be one aspect of sexuality education. People your six shooter 'safe' by wearing a condom? EDITOR] should be encouraged to make informed and personal choices, respect other's choices, and not feel coerced into any type of sexual activity either by force or peer pressure. EDITOR] • THE HIV virus is 450 times smaller than human sperm. • The smallest detectable hole in a condom is 1 micron. The Hrv virus is one- THE ABSTINENCE ALTERNATIVE tenth to one-third the size of that hole. (This is not true if an electronically- tested latex condom is used. EDITOR] What is obsHnence? Some sex educators have tried to 're-define" abstinence onlv to mean non-penetration, • Researchers studying surgical gloves made out of latex (the same material thereby including oral sex, muhjol masturbiation, etc. But this does not stop someone used in condoms, only 6 times thicker) found channels of 5 microns that from contracting sexually transmitted diseases. It also misses the intent of abstinence penetrated the entire thickness of the glove. The HIV virus measures behween education v/hicR is best defined as avoidance of any genital contact which is sexually .1 and .3 microns. [The rigorous testing for condoms is now done on latex arousing. [It is unforiunote that fhe article that seems to have disturbed rtie greatest gloves. EDITOR] number of individuals in the last issue was Ihe one which talked about women practicing abstinence by masturbating vinlh vegetables... EDITOR] • In 1989, The New England Journal of Medicine reported that among married couples using condoms, where one partner was HIV positive, 10% of the healthy partners became infected within 2 years. [According to AIDS ARE READY FOR ABSTINENCE Vancouver this is due primarily to a lade of clarity as to what safer sex is, a lack of condom education, and not using a barrier for oral sex. EDITOR] A December '91 USA Today poll, SAFE SEX vs. NO SEX, calls chastity the "second sexual revolution." MYTH #2: • The USA Today poll shows that 54 per cent of adults and 63 per cent of Given the proper information, teens will practice 'safe sex." teenagers find the so-called 'safe sex" message disturbing since it implies an endorsement of casual sex [The Unk was no more endorsing casual sex than RESPONSE: the Motor Vehkle Branch endorses getting into a car accident. Rather, both Under the best of circumstances, condoms present an unacceptable measure of risk. The Unk and the Motor Vehicle Branch endorse 'defensive' measures which But in spite of billions spent on 'safe sex" education, most teens fail to use condoms will reduce the risk of harm to yourself and others. EDITOR] properly, if they use ifiem at all. [While you may not be able to moke a horse drink, does that mean you should not lead h to water, or even more specifically, assuming • The poll also shows that the majorily of teens and adults agree that today's self-destructive tendencies teach it to drink? EDITOR] teens don't hear enough about saying no to sex. • Planned Parenthood's own data shows that educating teens about sexuality and contraceptives does not result in increased contraceptive use. [So we • Magic Johnson now concedes that 'the best sex is no sex." [Put more shouldn't continue to educate and indeed find more effecthre ways lo succinctly, Ihe safest sex is 'no sex.' But responsible sex education should educate? EDITOR] not encourage sex and promiscuity any more than a history class should promote war and racism. EDITOR] • According to Dr. Nicholas Fiumara of the Massachusetts Department of Health, there are certain conditions necessary for effective condom usage... In light of these statistics are you going lo follow the "safe sex" message and play |1) no preliminary sex ploy, (2) the condom is intact before use, (3) the sexual Russian roulette or are you going to follow the abstinence message and nave condom is put on correctly and (4) the condom is removed correctly. However, 100 percent protection physically, emotionally, and psychologically? the male population has never been able to fulfill the very first requirement. [This is an incredibly sexist stereotype of males as irresponsible, testosterone-burstina adolescents. If it is correct |and I don't believe it is), for more information call the AIDS HELPUNE—687-AIDS. then we ore doomed to extinction as a species. EDITOR]

The Link May 20-29, 1992 AClifn interview fwit h Ronning and know so many people and The Link interviewed Burnatn/'s for you. And vice versa, five years older than me. you've got to face diem. Maybe it own Cliff Ronning on May 9lh, ihe diey got me die puck. Brian They'd be smacking around pushes you a Utde more. day before Game 5 in the Noonan was very shifty, but I'd always get up and L: Have you found it more diffi• Canucks-Edmonton series. very crafty. He had 50 keep going. That's die only goals that year. It was a way I fmd a small player cult to go places in Vancouver? can stay in die game. R:Well, it's only a good sign. Link: You grew up in Burnaby great experience. L: Throughout die season Everyone's b-en very positive and played minor hockey at... L: I guess a lot of those you were stuck between die towards me. It's tough sometimes Ronning: Bumaby Winter Qub. experiences prepared you twin towers of Sandlak and when you go out and eat... L: And the Canucks were always for what you're achieving Momesso, was dial because For myself it's great. I enjoy your team? now? of your size? people coming and talking to me. I R; Sure. R: Definitely. Playing sign autographs for them. If any• L: As a kid who were some of Junior prepared me, but I R: Well it's simational. The diing I diink it would be toughest your heroes? diiidc what really prepared year went really well for on my little girl. She doesn't R: I grew up in die era of Thomas me was playing for Team me. From what I was told understand why sometimes we're Gradin, Stan Smyl, Kurt Fraser. Canada for two years, and everyone thought we were eating dinner and all of a sudden And players like Gary Lupul, playing for the Canadian one of our best all-around people come over. Harold Snepsts, and Ron Olympic Team with Dave lines. We could play L: How old is she? Sedalbauer. King. I diink if anything defense, score, and also hit I think die coach felt dial if R: She's four. L: The old cliche of the dream that prepared me to play I could get those two big come une... Is it kind of strange against stronger competi- L: So school might be difficult? guys playing to dieir capa- dial as a kid die dreams that pro• uon. R: Yeah. She goes to preschool. bdities we'll be dial much pelled you to become the player L: Did you play in the One of die children found out diat better of a hockey team. I that you are are now being real• Olympics in Calgary? she was my daughter and all of a diink dial dirough die years ized? R: No, I missed it by 11 or sudden they started crowding, I've always been die type around her and she didn't really R: It's defmitely different. Always 12 days, I believe. Bemie of player dial I Q7 to make understand what was going on... It dreaming of playing for your Federko broke his jaw in whoever I'm playing with goes widi the territory I guess and hometown, playing roadhockey St. Louis and they needed a excited 10 play and get it only lasts so long. with all the kids on the street, centreman. I got called up diem die puck so diey feel L: How is it playing for the always being the smallest guy out to play and I was under like playing hockey that Canuck organization? j there... ReaUy, the odds were contract. night. R: I've talked to a lot of people and j against me making the NHL. And L: A couple of us were it's one of the best organizations ' to be able to come and play in talking about you at BCIT L: What's happened to going. The owi^'s greal here. He Vancouver is very satisfying—it's and we were wondering play. You know I went to play in Sandlak? He's playing like Cam Neely diese days? wants a winner and yet all he a great feeling. why you never got the chance to Europe and got my confidence R: We practiced skating a lot in expects from his players is effort L: You also played Junior "A" for play regularly in St Louis? back and realized diat I could stiill die summer and at die start of die and to give it our best. That's die New West Bruins? R: Well, I don't know. There was play this game. I was constantly obviously something in the season I told him dial I was going somedung for an owner to be like R: For two years. getting put down by die coaching organization that didn't feel they to try to get him die puck because dial. L: Did you make it to the staff in St Louis and I was scared wanted a small cenaeman. he's got a great shot. He lost a lot L: But how does die lack of a win• Memorial Cup? to make a play or make a move L: But you were certainly getting of confidence here. He didn't have ning tradition affect the players. R: We never made it there. We and dial's tough... went to die fmals in our division die points when you did play? a lot of success but he had the tal• Some people say dial just putting L: And in Vancouver you're get• against Portland one year and lost R: When I did get to play I was ent and the skill. He's a big guy on a Brain's jersey makes a player ting die chance to come into your out in the sevendi game on a con• fortunate to play with two good dial can play the game and I was a star... own? troversial in overtime that wingers. One year I was with just trying lo get him die puck. In R: I understand what you are say• R: I'm getting the chance to play was in and then disallowed. Other Pazlovski who plays widi Quebec exhibition he was scoring a goal a ing but since the trade with St. hockey with two good wingers. dian diat, we came second in our now and Gino Cavilini. We were game, during the season he got Louis a lot of die guys have found The coach gave me the opportuni• division each year. For the team producing a point a game each and pretty hot, and now he's making diat diings have changed, die adi- ty to play and it's always been a we had we did pretty well. playing weU. We were on the plus great plays. The coach can pretty hide has changed. We want to wui L: Who was die coach? side. And dien all of sudden... It's dream to play here so I Q-y to play well play him with anybody and we're not settling for anydiing R: Al Patterson. He was die coach tough to say—someone in the as hard as I can every night and because he's making every line go else but... never give diem excuse to want to for most of my hockey career right organization just didn't care for by making good hits and good You know players Idee Trevor B^de me or get rid of me. from Pee Wee on. me. plays. Linden have been here for a while L; There's a myth diat die smaller L: Is it diat Don Cherry mentality L: It must be gratifying playing for and he's carried the team. Now L: And who were some of your player would have difficulty over teammates widi New West? of what a hockey player should your hometown but is diere a lot of they're bringing in players like die long haul, the bump and grind R: The most obvious was Bill be? pressure? —world class players— of an eighty game schedule. Ranford. Brian Noonan whose R: I guess so, but Don Cherry's R: Well, the toughest thing is and all I can see is die team getting Obviously that doesn't seem to starting to come into his own in always been very supportive of when you lose. Sometimes you stronger and stronger in die year have affected you given your per• Chicago. Craig Haroovie, Tod me. If you don't back down or shy maybe take it a httie too personal I and a half diat I've been here. formance in the playoffs. How Ewen. There's a lot of odier ones away, and just get in there and fmd. You know so many people, L: What's die character of team? Il does it feel after your first full sea• dial are great hockey players who give it your best I think even Don you know what the city's gone seems that when the chips are son in die NHL? just didn't seem to make it. Cherry Idces you. du-ough, what die fan's have gone down the Canucks play dieir best R: I think it's a grind for any hock• and yet they're always there to L: You had an incredible last sea• L: Your size has obviously never through. I'm the type of player ey player. Eighty games is a long play. And you have a lot of depdt son widi New West—70 goals and been a factor because you've who plays widi a lot of emotion. It season but I've always been the R: I fmd dial really stems from our 197 points. always produced wherever you've bodiers me for quite a while after a type of player dial didn't mind die coach. He's die kind of guy you'd played but has odier people's per• loss. I know how long the fans R: 1 was pretty fortunate to have a rough going. It's part of die game. do anything for when it comes ception of your size affected your have wanted a winner here. coach who believed in me. I You know, I'd always be play• right down to it. He tieats all his played widi two great wingers and confidence? Every player on our team feels ing road hockey with my older players fair. Even die players diat that always helps. You get them R: If anything it's given me the die same way but maybe it's a htUe brother and guys who were four or aren't playing. He talks to diem. die puck and diey put it in die net drive to prove to people that I can different when you're from here

The Link May 20-29, 1992 When I was in SL Louis if you weren't playing they wouldn't even School of talk to you. They'd walk right by Engineering Technology you. He's just a classy general BCIT News manager/coach and that filters right down to die rest of the play• Aowm^ ers. BCIT's School of Engineering New BCIT Board Named L: So die Pat Quinn diat we used Technobgy is pleased to announce to see playing hockey, the tough tfie abow award which will be pre• guy with the temper... sented lo ide successful candidate Victoria—An 18-member board of govemois widi a at Ihe June 1992 Convocation. • Ms. Marian Meagher of Victoria BC. Ms Meagher R: He's fair and he speaks from die mix of experience and new blood has been named for heart What he wants is effort All All faculty and staff who are is a Native Programs and Developmental Programs involvod with students in SET are BCIT, Advanced Education Minister Tom Perry officer at the Canada Employment and Immigration he asks from his players is to give eligible for this crward. announced on May 8, 1992. it your best and I think we try to Commission in Victoria. She is vice-president of die Candidates oiie nominated by Eleven new members were apponted and six mem• BC Federation of Labour. give him that both in the big sludenls, colleagues and others bers from the previous board were reappointed. Mr. games and every night who believe "recognition is due' G. Wynne Powell, vice-president of London Drugs, • Mr Peter Norris of Vancouver, BC. Mr Norris is a L: Do you fliink though diat it's for outstanding performances will continue as chair of die board. not untd die team is behind that it throughout ifie ocaaemic year. residential construction carpenter and co-chair of die Nominations are NOW being The remaining appointments from die old board Carpentry Apprenticeship Training Committee, a joint really ignites and plays its best were eidier rescinded or not reappointed. hockey? accepted unlil May 22nd, 19921 uiuon/employer committee. Do you know someone who "These new appointments demonstrate the govem- R:I don't know. I think we've mode a significant contnbotion lo ment's commitment to better reflect die diverse namre • Mr. Gary Edward Birch of Richmond, BC. Mr played some pretty good games the School of Engineering of British Columbia on its boards and commissions," du-oughoul die regtilar season and Technobgy and has, (or example: Birch, PhD, is a director of research and development said Perry. "The new board ensures a more balanced for the Ned Squire Coundation. He is also Adjunct die playoffs. Yeah, we do seem to representation for women, for die mulnculnual com• Professor, UBC Department of Electrical Engineering play better when our backs are • demonstrated superior teaching ability or intro• munity, and for our regions." and Adjunct Professor, SFU Gerontoloty Research against the wall and that's what duced innovative and The 11 new members of the board, who will serve Program. we'ie hoping for in our next game. effective instructional a term of one year effective May 18, arc: L: What do you attribute the suc• techniques; • Mr. David Charles Rempel of Richmond, BC. Mr cess of die Canucks diis year to? • shown extra effort in • Dr. Arun K. Garg of Belcarra, BC. Dr. Garg is assisting sludenls; Rempel is the business representative for the R:Well, on any given night it chief of Biochemistry Services for Dr. CJ Coady could be anyone who comes up • achieved significant Intemational Union of Operating Engineers, Local progress in technology Associates, a medical partnership serving die Royal 115, Bumaby. big for the team. Before, Trevor transfer or applied Columbian Hospital in New Westminsters and did a lot or scoring for the team research witfi industry. Clinical Associate Professor in die Department of and came up big for them. But Padiolody at UBC. He is also chair of die BCMA Ms. Mary Bennett of Vancouver, BC. Ms Bennett is now widi Kirk McLean coming up Please submit your nomination General Assembly. president of Mary Bennett's Learning Exchange, a big one night, and detailing your reasons why he or ti-aining consulting company which designs and deliv• coming up big anodier night. ,^nd she should receive the DISTIN• ers workshops to business and govenunent. She has • Mr. John Ricketts of Prince George, BC. Mr. guys like Pavel Bure, Igor GUISHED ACHIEVEMENT taught business and management courses through AWARD. Ricketts is a telecommunications systems plaimer BCIT and Capilano College. Larioniv, and Greg Adams. wifli BC Tel. Six board members have been reappointed, reap• There's more depth and you can Nomination forms ore available defmitely see that Jurke Lumme pointed for a one-year term effective May 15, 1992 from yoor Associate Dean's office. • Mr. Earl Foxcroft of Haffley Creek, BC. Mr also. You go down die roster and are Mr Robert Finlay of West Vancouver, BC, presi• Foxcroft is president of IWA-C, Local 1—85, and an dent of MacMillan Bloedel, and Mr. Ttiomas Simons we've got some good hockey play• DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: executive council member of the BC Federation of ers here. MAY 22, 1992 Labour. of Vancouver, BC, president of Simon Engineering. Reappointed to the board for a two-year term, L; You're down 3-1 against SUBMIT YOOR NOMINATION TO: effective May IS, 1192 are Ms. Joan Harrison of Edmonton. What's it going to take The Dean • Ms. Franca Zumpano of Burnaby. BC. Ms. Vancouver, BC, past president of the Industrial to win die series? School of Engineering Technology Zumpano is a teacher and department head of die Relations Managment Association and Dr. James R: Dedication and taking one BCIT Severe Learning Disabilities Program at Alpha McEwen of Richmond, BC, a member of the 3700 Willingdon Avenue game at a time and not looking Secondary School m Bumaby, and a member of die Premier's Advisory Council on Science and Bumaby, BC VSG 3H2 Bumaby School Board for 23 years. Technology. any farther. Just give it your best Attn: DisHnguished Achievement shot and hope that the puck Av«3rd Also reappointed were Brian Sung, Regional bounces our way. • Ms. Wendy Halliday of Bumaby BC. Ms. Halliday Comptroller, Finance Department, CBC, and Ahce Jope. NOTE: All nominotlons must is head nurse in die surgical uiut, 2West, at Mt St Perry tahnked diose who served on the previous A special thanks to Steve Frost indude name, office location & Joseph Hospital in Vancouver. board. "These individuals have made a coiuribution to •alephow nun^er of the nomina- from the Canucks and to 2 super BCIT and its smdents, and are deserving of our grati• lor(s) who may be contacted by • Ms. CandiceMedlandofTrad,BC. MsMedlandis Canucks fans—Rod Potis and ihe Cominltee for fwlW mfo. mde," he said. Carmine Falcone. a joumeyman painter at Cominco. BCIT Receives Quarter Million Dollar Jet Engine Donation from Canadian Airlines Richmond—Canadian Airlines take off. The engine, worth an President John Watson. "Our Sea International has donated an estimated $250,000, is in runout Island Campus is one of the fmest engine from a Boeing 737 to condition which means die engine facilities of its kind in North BCIT's Sea Island Campus in needs overhauling and certain America and the acquisition of Richmond. components need replacing. Most this engine is a further quantum The engine was presented by educational facilities receive obso• leap ahead." Chris Nassenstein, vice president lete engines but in this case Thirty-seven smdents graduat• Maintenance and Engineering for Canadian has donated a current ed during the convocation cere• Canadian Airlines Intemational, engine needing only a regular mony on May Sth at the Sea during the convocation ceremony overhaul. Island Campus of BCIT. Bill for smdents in the aircraft mainte• The engine will be used as a Palm, a senior Vice president nance and aircraft structures pro• tiaining tool for die aircraft main• information services of Canadian grams. tenance program and BCIT's new Airlines International, gave the The Pratt and Whitney gas hirbine engine program. keynote address to die graduating JT8D-9A gas turbine engine "There are very few schools class. Douglas Symons, MLA for made in 1976 provides 14,500 anywhere widi an engine hke diis Richmond Centre, also attended pounds of thrust and consumes and we are very pleased Canadian the ceremony to congratulate 8,000 pounds of fuel per hour at decided to donate it," said BCIT graduates.

TTie Unii May 20-29, 1992

Global Concerns Sexual Harassment—Part II There are few of us who would disagree diat sexual harassment is offen• sive and inappropriate, and diat it is illegal in our society. 'SVhile niost of us would agree with diese statements, sexual harass• The Course of Human Affairs ment remains a complicated subject. It is complicated because the harassment takes many forms and too often has been accepted or By Nimmi Gill excused or explained as part of our ordinaiy experience oi behaviour. This is Ihe first age that's lating capacity of computers and water and housing, energy, and The following examples illustrate die range of behaviour diat may be paid much attention to the communicating tools has syner- ecology, productivity and unem• considered sexual harassment. future, which is a little ironic gised scientific research. ployment If it is to happen, antag• since we may not have one. Wonderful possibdities in all fields onism will be die result, which is a 1. Since die first week of class Michael has been uncomfortable —Arthur C. Clarke of science may be expected. Some tool nature employs to finally with die way the male teaching assistant for Business looks at of the anticipated consequences in impose lawful order. Some exam• him. Now Michael must make an appolntinent widi the TA to discuss his project. The TA told Michael die only time he could Nature is superefficient and gives die field of die big four are; ples of such antagonism: the see him was at his apartment in die evening. no quarter to superfluity. American war of independence, Continuous evolution, governed • The space manufacture the French revolution, two world by the discipline of its stringent of, semi-conductors, wars, and die stinggle for freedom 2. Mary is an assistant instructor completing her third year of laws, ensures diat in each species some 400 alloys that of various colonies. Only, now the teaching at die Institute. Her department head has been confid• otdy the essential is preserved and can't be made on earth conflicts will be more fierce and ing detads of his personal life to her and recently has begun developed, and the superfluous due to gravity, and certain painful. We should heed history pressuring her for sex. When she refuses, he direatens to see atrophied. In human beings the medicines, is possible as and accept that ideas cannot be diat she is not promoted. Because of his states in die Instimte, unique characteristic so nurtured in space diere is no gravi• patented and peisonalized for long: she feels nobody would believe her if she were to complain. by evolution is reason, like the ty, no need for containers, No more dian Sumerians could the beak in the humming bird and no problem in handling wheel, Chinese the gunpowder, 3. Connie, arecent proctor , was invited by one of her insBTictors claws in the lion. For finding poisons, and vacuum, Greeks the horse, English the to share a hotel room when diey attended a professional meet• food, clodiing, shelter, protection super high and supe low machine gun and the radar, nor ing. When she refused, he accused her of being immatiire. He and happiness, human beings were temperatures are obtain• Americans die atom bomb. told her he doubted that she could handle fiiture professional sitiiations. solely dependent on reason. able. More importantly we need to Nature has intended that realize diat each age produces its humankind develop through rea• • The depUis of die sea can , own leaders, reinforcing die con• 4. Linda is one of fliree women in a class of 20. She asked a ques• son and choice. We are, dierefore, provide us food, miner• cept of univeisal histoiy. We had tion just as class ended. When the InsUuctor said he would talk responsible for our own destiny. als, phosphates for fertil- ' the Chinese, Indian, Sumerian, to her after class, most of die men in die room snickered. The Instructor raised his eyebrows and made a joke. Linda felt The course of human affairs is izers and space for float• Egyptian and Greek civUizations. humiliated and never got her question answered. not yet predictable, as many of die ing cities. Then came die Romans and die laws of nature governing them Huns. Portugal, Spain and the have not yet been discovered. But • A Gene Industry has Danes all had their day. The 5. Judy is a newly hired toohoom attendant Her co-workers regu• larly leave pornographic pictures where will find them. She the "will to power", "pursuit of unmense scope for solv• English lead die industrial revolu• she dreads going to work and is finding it harder and harder to keep ing food, pollution and tion. Post World War II leadership pleasure" and "avoidance of pain" herself motivated tiecause of the situation. have so far been identified as even energy problems of fell on U.S., and now Japan and motive powers of the human mind. our planet. Germany seem to be forging No one should have to experience sexual tiarassment Ignoring or tol• And we may need to recognize ahead. The message is clear: the erating it will not make it go away—in most cases it escalates. such odier drives before a Newton, • The Electronic and com• survival and advancement of die YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE ALONE, YOU CAN STOP SEXUAL puter related industry has can someday discover the laws human species on the globe is HARASSMENT. immense potential. A based not on individuals but radier guiding the course of human Contact the Sexual Harassment Advisory Committee Chairperson, affairs. But till dien our efforts at small chip has on humankind in toto. Lois Reimer, Local 8702. prognostication of human history 10,000,000 devices a sin• The information society calls have to be empirical. gle satellite in geo-sta- for a global mindset. People have From the sexual harassment advisory committee Today we are at die dueshold tionary orbit can provide to learn to lose territorial con• of an information society. Hunting high quality communica• sciousness, for, infoimation knows civilization gave way to tion to one-third of no boundaries. The Rodney King REMINDER Agricultural society, which in hira earth's surface and its air beating can kindle as much indig• FOR LIBRARY USERS was replaced by industiial civiliza• space. nation in my native village in India Avoid end-of-term penalties by returning or renewing all tion and we are now wimessing as in Brisbane or L.A.. Peaceful the information wave spawning All this is indicative that change in pohtical and techno-eco- library materials and settling outstanding accounts. every aspect of Industiial society. humankind will soon acquire the nomical leadership of the world The information wave is charac• capability to solve its problems should be as acceptable as it nor• terised by tremendous progress at and move billions from misery and mally is within a nation. The astounding velocity in electionics despair to happiness and content- world economic order, which is CFML S Final Exam and computers, space industry, meoL bleeding under die weight of debt - aquaculture and genetics. Information technology wdl not servicing by die poor, needs to be All You have to do is enter to pass Electronics and the computer direcdy create consumer and capi• restructijred. Wasteful expendi- industry have been improving at tal goods. But it will help produce hires on weapons and dieir conse• Great gifts including: 25 percent for the past two them more efficiently and eco• quential proliferation is causing • 2 chances to win all you can eat dinner for 25 decades. The U.S. already has 50 nomically. Hence nations that havoc in Somalia, Afghanistan, million computers and a computer already have diese goods wdl ben• Kurd regions. Central Europe and at Diegos hardware and software industry efit most, at least in the short Central Asia. Let sanity prevad to • 6 month free membership to Olympic Fitness worth $500 bUUon, or 10 percent run—widening the "greed gap" employreason wid i goodwUI. and many other fabulous prizes between die rich and die poor. We will get there. The only of its GNP. The pace of techno• Over $1000 worth of prizes!!! logical change is stupendous, not The information wave like question is: how soon? Will we even imagined in earUer eras. industrial age may bring in its own follow a tortuous padi, bleeding all As we enter the information monster. In die wake of die indus• the way or will we get there EnteratVtie Main TNT, Forester's in JW Inglis, Dukes, and the civilization, old structures, and trial revolution, imperialism was smoothly?! Legendary Grill. societal, economic and political born to pilfer shiploads of Enferontf/May 26th. values we have got so accustomed resources and create monopolistic Nimmi Gill wrote the article, Draw Date: 11 pm. May 28th in front of the main TNFT "You are my equal" which to will need to fade away and be markets. Patenting information and its sale at exorbitant costs can appeared in the Open House replaced by new ones. We need to issue of The Linlc. Our Open only lo BCTT sludenls, except Broadt^st considerably delay die solution to be prepared for such changes. apologies to Nimmi for omitting Communli^allons students. Phenomenal real time informa• world's crying problems of popu• his byline. EDITOR tion handling, soiling and intene- lation explosion, shortage of food, The Unk May 20-29, 1992 Arts & Entertainment Alumni Association A year in the life of a BCIT Alumni Association Director-at-Large By Jamie Mason

My fust participation in die BCTT Alumni Association was die Annual General Meeting on May 23. 1991. 1 was asked d I would Uke to volunteer to serve on die Board of Directors. I talked to several people involved widi die BCIT Alumni Association and decided it would be of munial benefit ii I joined. I agreed widi litde hesitation knowing diat I would leam to become a valuable member of die team. I staned off by participating in die monthly Board of Director meetings which are held on die BCIT campus and usually are only about two hours long. This is where we discuss and plan various activities diroughout the Spirit of tlie West year to help promote die school and its smdents. One of my fust functions wehre I acted on behalf of die BCTT Alumru Association was at die Abbotsford Airshow. I was a member of die platform party and gave out die BCIT Alumni Association puis and informa• Outshines Rappers tion packages to die graduating Aviation smdents. I attended die Celebration of Success Breakfast on October 15, 1991. I talked to smdents, faculty, and by Jennifer Philip iMumni about various BCIT-related topics. I attended a Part-time smdies Open House at BCIT and talked to Sandy McGechaen, die Director of Part- Music West wrap-up al the Coimnodorc Ballroom time smdies for die School of Engineering Technology. I explained to him dial I would lUce help communicate Acoustically Inclined die new program offerings to Alumni dirough our newsletter. I received a fax of die list of the Engineering Bourne and MacLeod Technology Advanced Diploma Programs avadable at BCIT and included it in the next newsletter. Quick Trouble I acted on behalf of die BCIT Alumni Association as a repiesentative at a convtjcation for Benchwork and Spirit of die West Joinery on November 14, 1991.1 talked to die department head and instructor about die various ways we could provide assistance. The wrap up party of the Music West extravaganza began widi a boom• I also volunteered to be on the Educational Planning and PoUcy Comminee in an advisory context and hope- ing start Sunday evening at die Commodore with Acousucally Inclined. fuUy wiU generate ideas dial wiU be beneficial for BCTT. The evening progressed and Bourne and MacLeod made dieir appear• I participated in the BCIT Open House by going to planning meetings and socials and then went to the ance toting Scottish "warpipes" and rousing tunes that got the opening ceremonies and worked al die BCIT Alumni Association boodi. Commodore rockin'. Meanwhile, outside die Commodore, die Raided Why I got involved in die BCIT Alumni Association: Roosters were entertaining a crowd of onlookers swinging and swaying To make new friends and acquaintances—bodi business and personal. widi dieir blues-y oldtime rock n' rod. C\\na Houston was Ihc M.C. for To get an opporturuty to use my experience widi Toasanastets and die Vancouver Junior Board of die evening and welcomed an unscheduled addition to Ibe evenings per• Trade to communicate and do pubUc speaking. formance "will you plca.se clear the area in front of the stage and die To gain practical experience in Board of Director's conduct and procedures dial is bodi valuable and middle of the dance flooi^ Quick Trouble is commg." may help my career some day. And so they came. First with a thumping bass noise then came the But most of all, to help promote and give somediing back to the school diat gave me the tiainuig I needed for funky hip hop dudes themselves, bouncing around the dancefloor with my job and career. die grace of large sows-the annoying music sounded prerecorded and for Education Ls die key to die future of the BC and Canadian economies. A highly trained and teachnologically dial matter, .so did they .It started up my headache aga'm and I diought advanced indusffy and workforce is die cornerstone for establishing and maintaining Canada's presence as one perhaps diat I had gone to hell. Needless to .say, I wasn't overly fond of of die most developed of die industiial coundies. Our counfry has long been mosdy a resource-basedeconom y Quick Trouble and I foimd diat Uicu entire appearance m diis particular that has been contt-oUed by outside forces. This must change if we are to compete in die future information or venue and dieir incessant references lo "die ladies" totally screwed up electtonic age; we must proudce and sell high technology items. die music being played by die previous bands and the whole dieme of Some examples of high tech companies that employee BCTT graduates are British Columbia Telephone die night. If there was a venue for diai type ot music, they would have fit Company, MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates, and Nexus Engineering. Their investment in research and in quite well but 1 foimd dieir immature lyrics and prepadcaged sotmd development along with employeee training ensures dieir fumre success. offensive. We must constandy upgrade our workforce and equipment if we are to be successful in die rapidly changing Chris Houston took die stage again after die padietic rappers from worid. Edmonton ani treated die audience to a few of his own tunes including We must invest in our fumre today widi time, effort, and money to remain one of die leading and most pros• "War of die Dudes" which can be heard periodically on Coast 1040 (die perous nations. We aU value die high quality of life dial we are accustomed to and we must work togedier as a only radio stauon, it seeras, diat plays upcoming Vancouver musicians.) team—govemment industry, and workers to succeeed now and in die fumre. The dance floor began lo fill as people impatienUy waiting for die So, come out to tteBCTT Alumni Association General meeting and see what you can do for your school. next band gathered around the from of the stage and started a chant which grew in sound as more people flocked to die stage...spirit. Spirit, SPIRIT, SPIRIT. The background music died out and the five band membcis Vmce Dihich, drums and percussion, Geoffrey Kelly, acoustic To all BCIT Alumni guitar, flute, bodhran, whisdes and anydiing else you can diiiik of, John Mann, lead vocals and electric guitar, Hugh McMdlan, bass, mandolin, and pedal steel, and Linda McRae, bass and accordian, came out on stage. The group looked full of good spirits and ready to rile us all with 'Xou are invited to the some Celtic word weaving. The crowd began to jump and jump and jump to die strains of dus luvly musique. John Matm was in fme form, 'BCI^^Cumni Ackitvamni Azuards his hair a litde longer dian its freshly shaven appearance at "Give Peace a Dance", but his presence no less diminished. A voice sometimes soodi- to Be presented at ing and sometimes whirling and whipping 'round your brain, he du-ashed and gyrated across die stage appearing to be having a seizure. The odicr the 1992 AnnuaC generaC !Meetin£ members of die band were enjoying the whole performance just as much as die fans who came out to see dus hometown band on die verge of on !May 28,1992 at world recognition. The amric ranged from drinking songs to observa• tions made on die fust day of die Gulf war. This is an incredibly talented thelii^CCuB band and at one of their gigs you feel as d diey're speaking right to you and about old times and new times to come, no wonder that diey were 'BClT'BumaBy Campus voted Best Live Act in 1991 by coUege and university promoters! Go to see Spirit of die West die next chance you have and you'll 6 pm to 10 pm never deny die power of Celtic folk music again and for diat matter, go see Chris Houston at his next gig, support local talent and get into a "personal concert", not one where you're competing widi 16,000 odier people to get a glimpse of the performer and a feel for die music.