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'Jjjpj^J" """ ""•"i *^m No ballot on tech fee by Chris Nuttall-Smith

The university plans to push ahead with a tech­ nology fee that could cost students an extra $ 150 a year, despite earlier talk of a binding referen­ dum. "What's absolutely clear is that the administra­ tion is not willing to agree to a binding referen­ dum," Vice-President of Student and Academic Services Maria Klawe said Sunday, adding that UBC's Board of Governors must retain the ability to raise student fees as they see necessary. AMS President David Borins said the student government would continue to oppose any new ancillary fees that had not been passed by a bind­ ing student referendum. "If the university is not willing to play ball we'll oppose this fee, pure and simple," Borins said. The Ubyssey reported in September that the Student Information Technology Advisory Committee (SITAC), a group of students, faculty and staff, was considering a student technology fee to pay for the expansion of campus computer facilities and improved dial-in access. At the time, Professor Robert Goldstein, vice- chair of SITAC's parent committee on information technology (ACIT), said the university would likely hold a referendum before going ahead with a tech­ nology fee. A December letter from then Minister of Education Moe Sihota to Shirley Chan, chair of UBC's Board of Governors, asked the university to limit new ancillary fees. Guidelines attached to RECORD SNOWS wreaked havoc on the lower mainland. This boathouse at the Vancouver Marina in Richmond collapsed under the letter also suggested the university hold a ref­ the weight of the snow, RICHARD LAM PHOTO erendum before implementing a significant new student fee. But Klawe said Sihota's referendum guideline was only a suggestion, and argued the adminis­ tration has consulted students throughout the Ramsey new education minister technology fee planning process and will solicit more input at a Your UBC forum on January 15th. by tan Gunn Borins' sentiments, adding that Ramsey Student SITAC representatives said their rec­ could be expected to stay the coarse on ommendations should be ready for discussion at Monday's provincial cabinet shuffle most education policy issues. the forum. returned Paul Ramsey to the education 'Post-secondary education had a pos­ "In terms of having student consultation and Sasister's office he occupied for four itive direction—certainly in terms of having students very heavily involved in the months in early i$96. access policy—under Sihota and I process I think we're on very stable ground there," He replaces Moe Sihota -who believe that will coatinue/ Michael Klawe said. resigned last month after conflict of Gardiner told The Ubtyssey. However Andrew Ferris, an AMS representa­ interest allegations led to an ongoing . In the absence of Moe Sihota as the tive on SITAC, said publicity campaigns and a investigation by Conflict Commissioner minister, we are happy to have Paul forum should not replace a referendum. Ted Hughes, Health Minister joy . Sainsey as his replacement* "I'm sorry but I can't buy into the Your UBC Sfaefbail served as interim education The Premier also removed Labour forums. I like the idea but the attendance at any of annister over the holiday period. from the education minister's weighty them has not really justified labelling them a Student leaders said Monday that portfolio, matting the ministry's title meaningful consultative process," he said. ^appointment was a simply Education, SMlfe and Training. Klawe deflected suggestions that administra­ Labour has beejti added to the ministry tors had already decided on a technology fee, say­ "We're really happy with the news' of Aboriginal Affairs under John ing input from SITAC, ACIT and the Your UBC Ana Mater Society (AMS) president EMJCftflM* MMtSfEt Paul Ramsey. RICHARD LAM PHOTO forum would be seriously considered. jEXgarict Borins said "We met with him Gardiner called the reorganisation Jessica Escribano, a Graduate Students Society {when he was minister} in the spring an for more than ten years as an instruc­ representative on SITAC, disagreed. "If we don't a6d he seemed knowledgeable and gen- in the province. The change> he said. tor at the College of New Caledonia in recommend a technology fee ACIT will simply ' interested In education issues. 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Applications for nomination are available at The Ubyssey now! Business Office, SUB 245 (across the hall from the Ubyssey Editorial office). Applications must be returned by Friday, January 10, 1997. TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1997 THE UBYSSEY Snow storm disrupts move of half a million by Sarah O'Donnell doing and follow every book every step of the way." The team behind the biggest book move Both Patrick and Dodson said that in the history of UBC's libraries thought although the stacks will be closed to the they had anticipated every obstacle— public until Wednesday, students or fac­ they hadn't counted on last week's ulty in dire need of assistance can ask snow storm. library staff to find books for them. According to university librarian Study space, labs and limited services Dr. Ruth Patrick, last week's unusual will also be available. weather interupted the move of over When the libraries do reopen, stu­ half a million books from Main library dents will have to get used to some to their new home in the Koerner changes. Although the Fine Arts library, facility between December 20 and the Science and Engineering library, January 6. the Map library, Special Collections, "Because ofthe weather there were a and the library school remain entirely couple of days where the book movers in Main, the Humanities and Social couldn't work and so we're a couple of Science section has been divided days behind. What we've had to do is between the two libraries and its refer­ close the library Monday and Tuesday," ence librarians have moved to Koerner. Patrick explained. "We tried to take the high use things Suzanne Dodson, facilities and over to Koerner so that most people will preservation manager, was the library's find the things they want in those areas liason with the moving team. As of in Koerner and the lesser-used things Friday, Dodson said, 80 percent of the will be left behind here in Main," BOOK MOVER Ron Mostat stacks up a storm shelving books in the new Koerner Library, RICHARD books had been moved. "The next cou­ Dodson explained. LAM PHOTO ple of days will be mainly spent in inter-filing because "Keeping track of roughly they have to file the books that 700,000 volumes being were already in Koerner with Grad venue vote fizxles the books that came over from moved to and from various by Chris Nuttall-Smith university announced graduation ceremonies Main," she said Monday. locations—especially while would be held in the new Chan Centre for the The complexity of the many of the books are [on War Memorial Gym has seen its last gradua­ Performing Arts as of May 1997. They were move meant bringing in tion. The ceremonies will move to the Chan upset the new building's seating capacity would library moving experts. loan] is no easy task." Centre as planned after only two percent of eli­ limit the number of guests graduates could National Library Relocations KEES EDELMAN gible students voted in a poll to determine bring to the ceremonies. from New York sent Kees NATIONAL LIBRARY RELOCATIONS where they wanted to graduate. Gorman attributed the low turnout to poor Edelman to oversee the Between November 2 7 and 29, only 148 of timing and publicity, adding that the poll was move. Edelman was last in Vancouver Government publications are now 6700 eligible students graduating this spring meaningless, anyway. to move the Vancouver Public Library also housed in the Koerner library. participated in the phone-in poll. "Even if students were overwhelmingly in in 1995. This move, he said, is smaller Patrick said library staff are antici­ Ofthe respondents, 54 percent voted to keep favour of keeping grad at War Memorial it than the VPL but large for an academ­ pating some confusion. "When the ref­ ceremonies at War Memorial Gym. A vast wouldn't have meant anything. This poll was ic library. erence desks are open, we're going to majority also indicated they would need more just an appeasement thing, just to make us shut "Keeping track of roughly 700,000 double staff them and have staff avail­ than four guest tickets; currently, students grad­ up," Gorman said. volumes being moved to and from vari­ able to help people learn to use the new uating in the Chan Centre will only be allotted Ceremonies and Events are now refining the ous locations—especially while many of library," she said. four tickets for family and friends. schedule for May convocation in the new Chan the books are [on loan] is no easy task," "Everyday it will get better, but I Student senators Chris Gorman and Adam Centre and say it will be circulated to Deans Edelman said Monday. "You have to think for a month or so there may be Legge pushed for the poll in November after the later this week. • have movers who know what they're some gliches." • COME IN THROUGHOUT WEST 10TH OPTOMETRY CLINIC Dr. Patricia Rupnow, Optometrist

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2291 West Broadway 733-2821 j 4 TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1997 CIIJIMPJL 8L THE UBYSSEY Birds score knockout in Buchanan Cup by Wolf Depner looking for a city title shot (Simon the Birds walked away with the shot to put UBC up by three with doubling [him]. And I think we did Fraser) and an underdog (Central belt (er, Buchanan Cup) for the 47 seconds left. pretty well today," said a flu-rid­ The first invitational UBC basket­ Washington). second time in three years with a But the bout wasn't over yet. den Eric Butler, who led the Birds ball tournament had the feel of a And Saturday night was all narrow 74-73 decision. Leading by three, UBC's John in scoring 18 points. He also great boxing weekend. right for fightin' as the boys from Eric Butler made seven Dumont only had to sink two free pulled down five boards. It featured the reigning Canada UBC and SFU squared off in the straight free throws in the game's throws to ice the game for UBC. UBC's 81-69 win over the West champ (UBC), the upstart main event, vying for Vancouver final five minutes and Gerald Dumont, who played an other­ Central Washington Wildcats rival (UVic), a wild card contender basketball supremacy. In the end, Cole drained a twenty foot jump wise outstanding game with ten Sunday afternoon proved to be rebounds, missed both shots and equally entertaining. Both teams the Clansmen had one final nearly got into a brawl with seven chance to send the game into over­ minutes left after Wildcat Paul time with eight seconds left. But Fraker slammed down Butler with Novell Thomas couldn't set up a a WWF-stvie arm hook. three-point shot and instead The Wildcats, who had trailed scored an inconsequential basket by nineteen early in the second from eight feet out for the game half, fed off the incident and final's score. closed to within one point. But Despite the loss, SFU still leads consecutive treys by John Dykstra the all-time Buchanan Cup series and Brady Ibbetson, who had 17 12-10-1. points and four steals off the "The game was lost for us on bench, tamed the hard-nosed visi­ the defensive glass," said SFU tors from eastern Washington. head coach Scott Clark. "They did Despite the near second-half a good job rebounding the offen­ collapse, Birds head coach Bruce sive glass, and that was the differ­ Enns was happy with his team's ence in the game." performance. "I was very, very The Birds edged the Clansmen pleased that we kept our defensive 33-27 in rebounds despite being intensity up for literally 80 min­ undersized. They also had to dou­ utes. We didn't play perfect ble-team seven foot SFU centre defence, but we kept our intensity Sean Ramjagsingh, who was held up." to fifteen points and just five Enns can only hope that con­ rebounds. tinues as the Birds head into the "It's pretty tough to stop remainder of the regular season starting this weekend when they SILVER BALLS-T-Birds John Dumont, Dave Buchanan, Eric Butler and Braddy Ibbetson accept the Buchanan Ramjagsingh when he gets the ball within ten feet of the hoop... the host the 5 1 Alberta Golden Cup after beating their crosstown rivals from Simon Fraser. RICHARD LAM PHOTO only way you can really do it is by Bears. • The "expansion" Super Bowl looms KNOW THE SCORE by Wolf Depner improvement, but is not the reason why the NFL stands on the verge of A long, long, long time ago, in a an "Expansion Bowl." Indeed, the galaxy far, far, far away Sports free agents signed by the Panthers Illustrated picked the Green Bay and Jacksonville were also available Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs to to all other teams, including Seattle play in Super Bowl XXXI. and Tampa Bay. JoJos' psychic hotline could have And there was nothing in the come up with a better pick to repre­ world that would have prevented sent the AFC in New Orleans than those two teams from going after the these so-called "experts* as the Chiefs same free agents. SCOOP THE HOOP didn't even make the playoffs. Grant Like all teams-in the NFL, Carolina you, predicting the Super Bowl and Jacksonville could only spend a match-up in early September is no limited amount of cash on free easy task as teams are subject to the agents and draft picks. outrageous slings and arrows of for­ And like the Panthers and tune that make sports entertaining. Jaguars, the Seahawks, Falcons, and But nobody would have predicted Sues had high picks in the annual that the two expansion teams, the college draft. GET ON THE BALL AFC's Jacksonville Jaguars and the So what's the real reason then NFC's Carolina Panthers are one win behind Carolina's and Jacksonville's away from meeting in Super Bowl success? Good old fashioned front XXXI. office smarts from the owner right Heck, nobody at the start of the down to the receptionist. season thought either expansion In Carolina, former Bills' GM team would make it to even the con­ Polian runs the show. While in ference final. But aye, there is the Buffalo, he was instrumental in build­ rub. Neither Jacksonville nor ing a Bills team that went to the Carolina is a real "expansion" team. Super Bowl four straight times Unlike the last two expansion between 1991 and 1994. He hasn't teams to join the NFL, the Seattle lost his touch and may finally win the WRITE THE STORYJ Seahawks and the Tampa Bay big game with Carolina. Buccaneers, Jacksonville and Jacksonville's front office has Carolina have been able to go after also made some bold personnel JOIN THE DEPARTMENT^ high quality free agents. Therefore moves that have paid off immediate- neither team had to suffer through a ly. 26-game losing streak like Tampa Whether or not both -teams can Bay did in 1977. clear the final hurdle to die Super But those who argue that free Bowl remains to be seen. agency is the reason why the But their current success shows HRYSSEY S Panthers ajadja|aars are oh the loose once again that the success of a pro- in the NFL sorely :isis§ the point sports franchise is first and foremost Yes, free agency offers the spec­ determined by who is in the front trum of instant credibility and office. • SUB 241K TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1997 THE UBYSSEY 5 Birdmen lose top centre by Wolf Depner "teamwTUTaTsodo fine." But Dykstra knows that no single player can The men's basketball team lost a major piece of the replace Mepham who averaged a team-high 17.9 championship puzzle over the break. points and 6.9 rebounds per game. "We've got to fill Saying that he was "really stressed out by school," his spot with two, three guys," said Dykstra, who leading scorer Curtis Mepham quit UBC just after must step up his play if the team wants to do just fine. Christmas; leaving the Birds with a 6'8" hole at centre. Extra pressure will also fall on 6'7" Jeremy "I was just not enjoying classes," said the third- Adrian arid seldom-used 6'7" Joel Nickel who, in his year human kinetics student. "It shocked a lot of peo­ second year, has not yet lived up to his potential. ple, it hurt a lot of people....but I had to do what was Veteran forward Eric Butler thinks the team the best for me in the situation," adding that marks learned to play without Mepham who'd missed a few were not a factor in his decision. games already. "[Curtis] just needs some time off to get himself "We won't be the same team without him," said settled to who he is," said head coach Bruce Enns Butler. "There are some areas where we'll be a lot who has known about Mepham's struggles since weaker...but I think there are some places where early November. we'll be stronger. "We knew that Curtis was really stressed about "If you know that you are undersized, you know school," said teammate John Dykstra. "I think it was are small, you'll get that extra little fire inside and just a really good decision for him. that's what we had the last two years with Mark "Obviously we don't want him not to be here, but Tinholt and myself." we are going to support him 100 percent whatever Whether or not that little fire is enough to torch he does. Curtis is going to do fine and hopefully our the opposition remains to be seen. • Student Rush Nights: ...Exclusive savings of 50% off forl/ancouver

CURTIS MEPHAM was head and shoulders above the competition at last year's national championships in Halifax, SCOTT HAYWARD PHOTO Canucks & Grizzlies games Bird Droppin vARCOUVt|l Hockey The rrinth annual Father Bauer Invitational Tournament could have been a complete UBC tri­ umph. But the big weather maker in lhe sky thought otherwise. With UBC trailing 2-1 in Ihe second period to Alberta, the hol­ iday snow storm caused a black­ BRING IT ON. Come on in. out in the Thunderbird Winter Sports Centre. Officals were forced to call the game, denying Canada West rookie of the year Jen UBC tlie prestigious trophy. Dowdeswell were selected to Vancouver Canucks Vancouver Grizzlies Playing without leading scorer Canada's Junior National Team. vs. Sacramento Kings Corey Stock, the Birds opened the Former T-Bird Juhli Morrisonn vs. Hartford Whalers tournament with a 5-2 win over has also been placed on the roster. Fri., Jan. 10 • 7:00 pm Sat., Jan. 11 • 7:00 pm the Southern Alberta Institute of The team will take part in the Technology Trojans. Trevor Shoaf, Under-21 World Cup qualifying Troy Dalton, Ryan Douglas, Aaron tournament in Santiago, Chile Vancouver Canucks -Vancouver Grizzlies Hoggan and Gunnar Henrikson between January 9-19. vs. San Jose Sharks vs. Utah Jazz scored a goal each with Douglas on., Jan. 27 • 7:00 pm Fri., Jan. 17 • 6:00 pm scoring the winner on a deflection Basketball at 12:19 ofthe second. The women's basketball team fin­ Goalie Dave Trofimenkoff ished 1996 with three straight Vancouver Canucks Vancouver Grizzlies stopped 11 out of 13 shots before losses. The Birds dropped games vs. IMY Islanders vs. Denver Nuggets being replaced midway through to Western Washington (76-70), at., Jan. 25 • 7:00 pm the second period by Jon Sikkema Dalhousie (67-66 in overtime), ., Jan 30 • 7:00 pm who stopped all 12 shots he faced. and Simon Fraser (84-58) in exhi­ The Birds won an exciting 6-5 bition play. shoot out over the Toronto Varsity Blues. Tied 5-5 after three peri- Volleyball • ods, Steve Williams scored the The second-ranked women's overtime winner. team defeated the Fridays He also scored during regula­ Volleyball Club of Vancouver 3-2 Present your valid student photo identification - anytime up to an hour and a tion time, along with Henrikson to win the gold medal of UBC Pavel Suchanek, and Dan Invitational Tournament Nakaoka. The men's team, meanwhile, half (90 minutes) prior to gametime - at any TicketMaster outlet or at the Orca advanced to the final of the UVic Field Hockey Invitational Tournament only to Bay Box Office at General Motors Place (Gate 10). Goallender Ann Harada, centre loose to Japan's national universi­ half Jacqollyne Morrisonn and ty team. • ORCA BAY Free Canucks Tickets o l-OITll INMITAINMINT The Ubyssey presents the Vancouver Canucks Discount applies to prices ranging from $18.25 - $53.00 for the Grizzlies, and $40.25 & $47.75 only versus the Hartford Whalers on Friday, January (or the Canucks. Limit of four tickets per student per game while quantities last. Prices include GST 10 at 7:00pm at GM Place. Enter to win by writ­ but are subject to applicable service charges. Offer only good for games listed on this flyer. Offer can­ ing your name and phone number on a piece of not be combined with any other promotion. ^_ paper and dropping it by SUB241K. Draw to be held Wednesday at 12:30pm. 6 THE UBYSSEY, JANUARY 7, 1997 THE UBYSSEY, JANUARY 7, 1997 7

A Career in Orthoptics Facility or Contact Plant Operations by phone, fax, or e-mail to Mothers and sons take on n July 1997 two student will begin an intensive 24 consecutive Projects grizzle month's training programme at"the VHHSC/UBCEye Care Centre. report any campus buiiding or grounds problem and IStudents who successfully complete the course and pass the qualify­ Thatcher in the Troubles ing examinations are eligible for certification by the Canadian Orthoptic Trouble? request service. but they don't Council. They can expect to find employment in hospitals, private opthal- mologists' offices and in public health. Facllty or Grounds Exterior Lights Only by James Bainbridge ph: 822-2173 ph: 822-2173 fax: 822-6969 fax: 822-6969 SOME MOTHER'S SON Orthoptists carrry out a wide range of tests and procedures which assist e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] fall down! at Fifth Avenue Cinemas the Opthalmologist in the diagnostic and therapeutic assessment of Please give complete details including CONTACT NAME and NUMBER patients of all ages with strabismus, ocular motility problems and related Some Mother's Son, the latest film discorders of the eye. by John Bolton about "The Troubles" in Northern UBC ROADMAP TO COMPUTING Ireland, comes from the makers of In PROJECT GRIZZLY Applications are now being accepted from individuals with a minimum of AnlntroductiontoNetworkedComputingFac the Name of the Father. Don't laugh, Jan 10-13 at the Pacific Cinematheque two years of university studies, and prefereably a Baccalaureate degree, htlp*wwwDadmapi±icca/ uicy re uig un iaiiiiiies ill j.1 cianu. with courses in any of the following areas - natural sciences, mathemat­ Indeed, while In the Name of the ics and social sciences. Candidates should be able to communicate effec­ FREE Lectures and Hands-On Tutorials Peter Lynch's inspired documentary Project Grizzly unfolds like a Father concentrates on young Irish grim and fantastic dream. This is fitting since the film concerns tively verbally and in writing and be emotionally mature. They should be A FREE lecture, hands-on tutorial series and new web-based courses men in the struggle, this film gives the dreams as well, specifically the reveries of conservationalist Troy older generation a voice. able to relate well to patients of all ages from infants to the elderly. are available to help familiarize faculty, staff and students with the Hurtubise. A dozen years back Troy encountered a grizzly who, for Helen Mirren (Prime Suspect) stars available computing facilities at UBC. There are three lectures which reasons he's still working out, swatted him to the ground before as Kathleen Quigley, whose son Gerard For information and application forms please write to the Orthoptic Clinic, cover the topics of, the Basics of Electronic Mail, Getting Started on the unexpectedly leaving him alive. (Aidan Gillen) is imprisoned for killing VH&HSC/UBC Eye Care Centre, 2550 Willow Street, Vancouver BC, V5Z Internet,and Netlnfo/Interchange. These days Troy dreams of "close-quarter bear research" and a British soldier. Led by contemporary 3N9. Fax (604) 875-5731. PLEASE DO NOT TELEPHONE THE EYE CARE Buchanan A 202 designing the suit that will facilitate his obsession. This is the martyr Bobby Sands (John Lynch), the Netinfo/Interchange: Jan 13, 12:30-1:30, Jan 16, 4:30-5:30 CENTRE OR THE ORTHOPTIC CLINIC. Ursus Mark VI, a monstrous rubber and titanium creation captives refuse to wear the prison uni­ inspired by Robocop and weighing over 150 pounds. Project form of criminals, demanding the CISCR208 Grizzly charts the first ever field test of Troy's design. right to wear their own cloths as pris­ Electronic Mail: Jan 13 4:30-5:30, Jan 14, 4:30-5:30 The film's exposition concentrates on the suit itself. See Troy oners of war. Instead, they are given The Web and News: Jan 14 12:30-1:30,. ,Jan 15 4:30-5:30 stand in the way of swinging logs and boulders. See Troy jump into blankets to wear and banned from the path of a speeding truck. See Troy's friends shove him off a leaving their cells to visit the bathroom. LETS GET POLITICAL. Helen Mirren hands out cliff, off of which he bounces like a huge Star Wars figure. Shot in In addition there is a hands-on tutorials: Introduction to the C With Thatcher's government as obsti­ tracts in SOME MOTHER'S SON. Programming Language. As space is limited, please send e-mail to slow-motion, it's a strangely beautiful moment. It's also just plain nate as the passionate prisoners, Sands strange. roadmap®cs.ubc.ca, or phone 822-9289 in order to reserve a space. decides a hunger strike will break the dead­ and saving his life. Influenced by an argu­ £*>«&< There are also two interactive courses available on the World Wide The rest of the film properly concentrates on the fascinating lock. ment she witnesses between Danny Boyle Web. A document designed to be a reference guide for the lectures, character of Troy himself. As usual, this is biased towards the Irish, (Ciaran Hinds) from Sinn Fein, the IRA's BRITISH COLUMBIA He is, first of all, immensely likable; a born storyteller with a tutorials, and on-line courses is available for a nominal fee from the government ministers' English snobbery political party, and Father Daly (Gerard bizarre sense of humour, disarming friendliness and genuine UBC Bookstore. For more information, send e-mail to and cold calculation contrasting with the McSorley), Kathleen makes her choice. The affection for his family and friends (admittedly a strange assort­ LEGISLATIVE roadmap®cs.ubc.ca, or consult the roadmap homepage at fiery Celts' determination. However, it is futility of bickering like children while lives ment, one of whom elaborates on the "fun and adventure" of are at stake forces her to act through moth­ http://www.roadmap.ubc.ca/ more critically detached than In the Name INTERNSHIP PROGRAM Vietnam and that wacky game "Outrun the Hand Grenade"). of the Father and the more recent Michael erly love. The film ends on this note of hope, Yet Lynch easily establishes that Troy is totally, irrationally Collins. The strike seems almost futile and which was also glimpsed in 1994's peace Purpose When This program was made possible through the support of The Teaching and Learning Enhancement TO INFINITY AND BEYOND! Grizz Lightyear bulks up and gets ready To provide recent university graduates Fund. The Provincial Government Innovation Fund, and The Department of Computer Science. obsessed; the Ursus Mark VI is over seven years in the making and the lives it takes simply wasted, which are talks and will hopefully be seen again. January through June, 1998 costs $150,000. Indeed, what makes Project Grizzly so unsetding to face ... duh bears!... in Peter Lynch's painfully funny with an interest in public affairs an still problematic issues today, 15 years This contrasts with Annie Higgins opportunity to supplement their Stipend is the question of Troy's sanity. He has been described as a mod­ documentary PROJECT GRIZZLY. later. (Fionnula Flanagan), whose son Frank academic insights of the legislative $10,500 for 6 months (under review) ern-day Canadian Don Quixote, and the comparison is apt: not just process with practical legislative and Mirren keeps her English accent as (David O'Hara) does die. Extreme circum­ administrative experience. in his idealism and his dreaming the impossible dream, but more Application Deadline in their filmmaking. Lynch explodes these expectations by assem­ Kathleen, who is cynical about the IRA and stances thrust the mothers together in in his unpredictable and potentially violent behaviour. This man 4 PM, Friday, January 31,1997 bling his authentic documentary footage as though the film were concentrates on her own life as teacher and mutual support. Annie is involved in the Who is Eligible packs two huge hunting knives, and when the suit's field tests Students who have received a degree fictional; the structure builds toward its climax like a classic mother until Gerard's imprisonment. It is war, with one son already killed by the How to Apply CASH BACK don't go as planned, these blades come out as Troy rants about the from a British Columbia University Western, and the voiceovers, montages and music only further easier for audiences to empathise with this British soldiers. Her tragic last line to by tlie program commencement date. Program applications are available crazy people one finds up in the mountains. confuse the line between objectivity and subjectivity. Lynch does­ from the Political Science realistic individual than with extreme char­ Kathleen, "At least you had the choice," indi­ Departments and the Student This sense of danger underlies even the funniest moments of n't desconstruct but rather reconstructs the idea of representing acters like Sands, deeply involved in com­ cates the destructive weight of history on How Many Employment Centres on Campus at the film. Most unsettling of all is the sheer ridiculousness of Troy's reality on celluloid. The result is a hazy yet focussed film imbued Seven interns will be selected for die the University of Victoria, Simon plex, entangled issues of politics, religion these people and this conflict. This film is 1998 program. Fraser University, and the University for your used goals; his dream to witness a grizzly birth within the den, but the with a dreamlike quality; I felt at once as excited and lunatic and and soccer (see Glasgow's Rangers vs. perhaps as objective as it could possibly be of British Columbia. They are also suit is so cumbersome that anyone within it can't move except on cheerful and confused and menacing as Troy Hurtubise seems to Celtic). about one of the greatest tragedies of this Location available form the Assembly Services perfecdy level ground. Moreover, when the Ursus Mark VI topples be. Parliament Buildings, Victoria, Office located at 431 Menzies Street, When, due to the hunger strike, Gerard century. • British Colubmia .Victoria, British Columbia, V8V1X4. over, Troy can't even pick himself up. In the suit, he is at once pro­ Most coverage of this film has focussed on its hilarity and high falls into a coma, Kathleen tected and utterly powerless, isolated from the real world and at spirits, and there are a lot of laughs in Project Grizzly, but the has the next of kin's power the mercy of his own creation. Lynch has found the ideal form for laughter hurts. In many ways it's more tragic than comedic. It's to put him on a life support this true story. Project Grizzly is at once an exploration of Troy's Not so sunny boulevard certainly a remarkable documentary. One can't help wishing the machine. Her tragic dilem­ own construction of reality and, necessarily, a construction in best for Troy. Looking over the Ursus Mark VI, pne also can't help ma lies between letting her by Robin Yeatman itself. Traditionally, documentarians are entrusted with objectivity TEXTBOOK BUYBACKS wondering what Troy is really trying to protect himself from. • son die for his convictions SUNSET BOULEVARD r C_£ifcv , <3lL, at the Ford Centre for the Performing Arts «J_« UBC BOOKSTORE ,«., •V*» January Buyback Hours Well, there's not much one can say about Sunset Boulevard Life begins in a deep blue republic that hasn't already been said. This particular Andrew Lloyd Front Lobby ofthe UBC Bookstore Webber musical has received gallons of hype from the 1 DARDEN SMITH - DEEP FANTASTIC BLUE power of his \on:e. " • "*"/ "•'."?'"T. ^r- /._*/,".' moments its obvious rave connection with a lilting press. Spellbounding! Dazzling! Exotic! Flawless and UBC BOOKSTORE January 7, 8 & 9 8:30 AM - 8:00 PM [TRUE NORTH] \'o mutter how main - "':?- \ ,-' T. liilkroik sweetness. Therealter. the baud cranks up Intense! Spectacular! Opulent and Breathtaking! Friday, January 10 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM It's the sorl of music I wouldn't normalk listen lo limes 1 listen lo Lite . ''•, -*-J /* Ihe liizzgintar beat into some superior driving pop With all these rave reviews it's no wonder the show is a I*ti0t0 iliiMliif SPECIAL stilt and mi'lauclioh, filled with a kind of ijuainl bourns at It) million -. "• .,.'? : jii-~l made for jamming a Few hits of Krsta.T, into smash hit. Not to mention the fact that the lead roles are Saturday, January 11 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM regret, a regret Untied with d.irkrif'.-ta and despair. liibout '10 million, by • > •••• ; -" •., * < one s vastly overloaded suiapses. played by none other than the lovely Diahann Carroll 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM 1 0 Monday, January 13 Ami when gravity lets go uf me/And I il> last ruuntll. 1 still ' '" ,-. ,» t Singer Sal'fion sounds so much like \ Kay Spec's (Dynasty, Lonesome Dove) and teen hearthrob Rex Smith • DOUBLE aivay./'Will I find the pence ofniiiul/l m longing for think .singer Hill . '•" •• '.- '"•':. ••'• : :. 1 I'oih Siyiene on this MIII» I felt obliged to cheek and (The Pirates of Penzance, As The World Turns). As if that today-,1" Campion sounds like ',!"'' 'j'. • I see if in I'.iil it might be she. Cnlike llu- usual lech weren't enough, the fifteen sets are some of the most elab­ OUR HO LI DA orate and impressive on stage. Visit our Website for a complete listing of Iiiil il suit.i the mood Tin in almost as well as a lustier, more potent j nni-rap Fe.'itured bv mo.-l r.iu: artists, sampling is et Cabaret Voltaire s Rod Mecca. C.Ol'l. prnliabh does \ersion of the Former • '• ' u-ed ^p.inngly, ii .il all to < ounterpoint or .ireornp.i As it turns out, the emphasis on the production's aes­ MEMORIES Term 2 texts and course materials. n'l know yet just how much lhey'\i> lusl; it wann'l front man for llie lindertonen. n\ the standard rock; pop line up of guitars drums, thetic aspects actually highlights its weakness as a whole. nnl\ lol.il (lel'enl in a single election The\ Ye lost There is sunielhinu vagueh I'nderlones like in b.iss and r-vnlliesi/ers Sunset relies too much on technology and a couple of well- 1 picked stars to run the show. their power base over here in the HasLnide of town. thi ovei.ill sound ofthe Uognn'ii. hut then Ihere i-. In I'.u t the rlntlun section and synthesizers dom JANUAny & T& flr 1££7 www.bookstore.ubc.ca •\l this point lis doubtful they'll ever gel il hark. also something leniini.scenl of I ate-'fills acid rock male this f'|) |o good ellei 1 Nnl since Rocksteady As you might expect, the production is a relative success, So Darden Smith's mooch melancholy music just with ,i lol of'SOs influences thrown into the mix. It's Crew has Dial syncopated Hip Hop sound sounded so a combination of the impassioned performances, detailed seems to suit the mood I'm in, vanquished hopes a great CD and sounds even belter through head food Modern hip hoppers arid gangsta rappers staging and playful musical score. However, as a student I Bring in your colour Print Film about a future rendered ever gloomier inspiring only phones with the volume cranked despite a couple of would do well to tune in In some ofthe strange but am not convinced that Sunset is worth the pricey ticket stub pessimism and despair dud trucks siit.h as the execrable girl leaves boy melodic variants Ihej've spawned across The Big that I am left with after the show. Although the music is for developing and printing and "Tunighl I wont walking b\ the oceanside/N'ow 'Suddenly.' Reminiscent of a laii/./cocks like bitter Ditch in the mot ha l^r-VSgT?" enjoyable, it is not nearly as memorable as other Webber GET A SECOND SET OF PRINTS I'm waist deep in the rising lide/I Foul tlie pull ofthe ness, die song lacks Pele Shelley's slinging edge. I'oiinlrv. Who knows, ™i- musicals like Phantom of the Opera or Jesus Christ underlow/I want to take a deep breath and go, go, Fortunately, llie Bogmen make up for the orca mu\hp their CDs would Superstar. Without Smith's charming, debonaire presence FREE on stage, and without DiahannCarroll's sultry performance go" —AndyBarham sional turkey with superb efforts like 'The Third cease collecting dust in AT TJME of devElopiNq UBC BOOKSTORE as Hollywood has-been Norma Desmond, the show would Kail.' Me.lodic. musical, and resonant, this extremely our office because no (c-4 Film Only - Black/White filmno t included) UBC Bookstore, 6200 University Blvd., Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 lack the appropriate oomph characteristic of Webber's pre­ THE BOCMEN - LIFE BEGINS AT 40 MILLION well produced CD is worth adding lo any self respect one wants to listen to UBC BOOKSTORE Information: 822-2665 I [ARISTA] ing collodion. —AndyBarham them long enough to vious triumphs. 6200 University Blvd., Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 J The first time I spun this CD, I could have sworn the form opinions based on And even with the two stars, the show fails to live up to Phone: 822-2665 Fax: 822-8592 Bngnien had resurrected Feargill Sharkey, fattening REPUBUKA [RCA] Ihe.ir actual content. its dramatically exaggerated reviews. A more accurate * H.f«-*K.«*«m«Oitw» UBC BOOKSTORE -*»«ij~n«i»»C3tk, • him up on vitamins and nutrients to enhance the Republika opens acoustically, betraying for a few —Andy Barham headline would read: Ordinary! Mediocre! Everyday and Average! • :,fc..c£„ .,^ouL- i^.y.. fyobxj. studeiit,-!u.riiofri. EXECUTIVE DECISION: 1997 AMS ELECTIONS

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American horror in the 1950s, be female. The Borg Queen, unlike Critics of 1950s have argued these alien lifeforms the queen ant in Them!, is not a scifi thought it were not feared for their feminin­ symbol of impersonal self-replica­ was sexist. ity bul, rather, their apparent asex- tion, because she uses personali­ uality. In the conformist culture of ty—note how she turns Data's But the new the 1950s—a period marked by emotion chip on—to exert control Star Trek movie McCarthyism, modernist architec­ over (male) beings that already DISCOVER THE BEST COPY CENTRE ture and the rise of TV with its exist. In this film, it is impossible at UBC Village (2nd floor above UBC Pizza) shows they ain't reliance on mass market advertis­ to separate the threat of female seen nothing yet. ing—science fiction was obsessed sexuality from the loss of male We only use the best machines in the business - XEROX and KODAK with the growing sameness of identity. < Superb Quality Copies Xerox*Quality Paper everyday life and the loss of indi­ • Colour Laser Output by Peter T. Chattaway This is a surprising develop­ Best Quality • Self Serve Computers vidual personality. ment for a supposedly progressive Outstanding Service • Fax Service series like Star Trek. Picard, who Knowledgeable Staff In one scene early on in Star Trek: It's an aspect of the genre • Digital Colour Copies Competitive Prices First Contact, Captain Picard spoofed quite nicely in Tim used to "boldly go where no one • Lamination has gone before," now orders Open 7 Days (Patrick Stewart) strokes a nuclear Burton's Mars Attacks!, in which < ...and more! missile from the past. Data (Brent the highly-advanced, genderless Worf, "Tell your men to stand - Serving UBC Since 1987 - Spiner), the android, follows suit Martians don their uniforms in a their ground," as though there Discover the Friendly Competition! but says he cannot feel anything, hydraulic press on an assembly were no women defending the Mon to Fri 8am-9pm • Sat to Sun 10am-6pm so he tries again. Counselor Troi line. And it's a persuasive argu­ ship. The regular female charac­ (Deanna Sirtis) walks in, sees ment once you look at the films of ters—already typecast in nurtur­ them fondle the long, hard, erect the '50s themselves. The body- ing roles—are kept to the side­ explosive device, and then asks, snatching pods attack male and lines, while Troi gets drunk. The "Would you three like to be left female alike, leaving one victim to passivity is relieved somewhat by Writing alone?" laud the superior virtues of a cold, Lily (Alfre Woodard), a guest char­ Centre The UBC Writing Centre offers non-credit courses emotionless society. The queen acter who has some strong scenes emphasizing English writing for academic, technical It's an interesting scene and, and research purposes. Registrants must he at least 18 ant in Them! is feared not for its with Picard, but she too does not while I'm no Freudian, I can't help years of age. All classes are held on the UBC campus. wondering what Sigmund would femininity but for its apparent figure prominently in the story— ability to breed on its own: while in fact, when she first meets the make of it. First Contact is replete Writing 099: Advanced Composition the humans come together as indi­ Enterprise crew, she faints. Writing 097: Intermediate Composition with masculine imagery and, in its Focuses on the basics of grammar and Enables students who have achieved a approach to sex roles, it is argu­ viduals to procreate, the ant dupli­ The real irony is that Star Trek composition to strengthen the writing high level 4 or a level 5 on the LPI to ably more sexist than the science cates itself without tlie relation­ was once valued for its subversive skills of students with English as an sharpen their skills in rhetorical analysis fiction and horror films of the ship essential to human reproduc­ critiques of modern society, just additional language who intend to study and composition before entering university- 1950s; First Contact takes the tion. And the male heroes in these as some value the films that came at a Canadian university. level English courses. Enterprise crew back in time in films, rather than battling femi­ before it. But Star Trek has been Wednesdays, January 22-April 16*. 7-10pm.Wednesdays, January 22-April 16*, 7-10pm. more ways than one. ninity, frequently gain the upper playing it safe for years now, and $245. $245. For decades, scholars and aca­ hand only after they heed the sug­ the success of a film as uncritical­ demics have argued over what gestions of their female col­ ly mainstream as First Writing 098: Preparation for University Effective Written Communication role sexuality did or did not play leagues. Contact suggests that Writing and the LPI Enables students to undertake a variety in the sci-fi/horror genre. Some Yet still the debate continues: Star Trek has, in Assists participants in developing the of writing tasks, such as memos, jour­ language and composition skills required nals, editorials and newspaper articles. have argued the giant queen ant in were the aliens feared for their its own way, a 1 r e a d y by credit courses. The course also prepares Wednesdays. January 22-April 16*. 7-10pm. Them! (1954) and the womb-like supposedly female qualities, or for students to write the Language Proficiency $245. alien pods in Invasion ofthe Body their conformist tendencies? been assi- Index (LPI) examination. Snatchers (1956) were symbols of When Star Trek: The Next m i 1 a t - Wednesdays, January 22-April 16*. 7-10pm, female sexuality, and that the fear Generation first introduced the ed. • Report and Business Writing or Assists participants in developing effec associated with them was evi­ Borg, it would seem they fell neat­ dence of a latent misogyny. Saturdays, January 1H-April 12*. tive business writing practices while ly onto one side of the debate. 9:30 am-l2:30pm. $245/section. brushing up on the basics of grammar But others, such as Mark They represented conformity—or, and composition. Jancovich, author if you will, assimilation—at its * No classes February 17-22 Wednesdays, January 22-April 16*. 7-10pm. most extreme, and there was noth­ of Rational $245. Fears: ing feminine about them. Moreover, there was no hierarchy Information: 822-9564 within the Borg. In the old Star Trek, Kirk could always find a cen­ tral computer or an android called Norman to knock out and save the day. But in the more sophisticated GateOne campus christian forum 1990s, the Borg represented a more pervasive threat. That all changed with Star Trek: First Contact, and it's fas­ cinating to see just how big a leap backwards that film made. The Borg collective, now called a "hive", is led by a high­ ly eroticized Queen (Alice Krige) who flaunts her sexuality and, in ' a curious subplot, spends most of her time try­ ing to seduce the android Data. Her body, a purely mechanical device created separately from her partly organic head, becomes an object and a tool with which to entrap him. Atheism or Belief in God: Meanwhile, tlie Borg assimi­ lates a good chunk of the Enter­ prise's crew, and it's interesting to Which is True? note that the first two victims are ) a man, whose demise is apparent­ A debate between philosophy profs ly silent, and a woman, who screams loudly into the camera. Paul Chamberlain & Dale Beyerstein Despite her capture, and that of a few other women on­ Plus Special Classical Music, the Cafe screen, not one of the Sunday, Jan. 12, 7:30 PM Borg drones we see later on appears to Regent College (University Blvd/Wesbrook Mall) 10 THE UBYSSEY, JANUARY 7, 1997 ubyssey op/fed

JANUARY 7, 1997 • volume 78 issue 23 Editorial Board

Coordinating Editor Scott Hayward News Ian Gunn and Sarah O'Donnell Culture Peter T. Chattaway Sports Wolf Depner National/Features Federico Araya Barahona Photo Richard tam Production Joe Clark The Ubyssey is the official student newspa­ per of the University of British Columbia. It is published every Tuesday and Friday by the Ubyssey Publications Society. We are an autonomous, democratically run student organisation, and all students are encouraged to participate. Editorials are chosen and written by the Ubyssey staff. They are the expressed opin­ ion of the staff, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Ubyssey Publications Society or the University of British Columbia. The Ubyssey is a founding member of The appearance of consultation Canadian University Press (CUP) and firmly adheres to CUP'S guiding principles. Letters to the editor must be under With each new week of so-called consulta­ executives and a Your UBC forum this don't mean to alarm, but if the student tech­ 300 words. Please include your phone tion about a student technology fee, two Monday are adequate and meaningful stu­ nology fee goes through unchallenged and number, student number and signature things are becoming increasingly apparent: dent consultation. without a binding referendum, it won't be the (not for publication) as well as your year 1. UBC students are about to see an extra Never mind that many students on SITAC last. and faculty with all submissions. ID will be $ 150 a year in ancillary fees, and; say administrators don't want to hear their Last September, UBC President David checked when submissions are dropped off 2. The university administration doesn't recommendation—unless it includes a sizable Strangway told then Minister of Education at the editorial office of The Ubyssey, oth­ really care what students t±iink about it. fee without any sticky conditions. Moe Sihota he'd fire 40 faculty and staff if he erwise verification will be done by phone. Word of a student technology fee started Or that student council execs have been couldn't levy about $300 of new fees on stu­ "Perspectives" are opinion pieces over 300 circulating last summer, shortly before screaming they won't support extra fees with­ dents. The student technology fee was on his words but under 750 words and are run according to space. administrators struck SITAC, an advisory out a referendum. list. So was a $50 sewage fee. committee on information technology. They Or that Your UBC forums aren't exactly Sihota responded: he stood against new "Freestyles" are opinion pieces writ­ ten by Ubyssey staff members. Priority were quick to point out that 50 percent of the barn burners. Even with an offer of free fees without meaningful consultation with stu­ will be given to letters and perspec­ committee's members would be students and tuition for students who attend the forums, 30 dents. He also set new guidelines to define tives over freestyles unless the latter is their input would be of utmost importance. attendees is par; more than 50 is a dream. which fees were acceptable, and which were time senstitive. Opinion pieces will not They also agreed—this was for sure—that Perhaps if an angry mob of students not be run until the identity of the writer has the university wouldn't ask students to shell showed up to Monday's Your UBC forum in Monday afternoon, a new education min­ been verified. out $4.5 million without well...asking them the SUB Conversation Pit to protest the ister was appointed—Paul Ramsey. He would Editorial Office first The university administration promised way the university is trying to ram this one be wise to follow Sihota's fee policy. When the Room 241K, Student Union Building, us a referendum on the fee. up—well, maybe through is a more polite Clark government froze post-secondary 6138 Student Union Boulevard, What a difference a few months can make. word—the university might listen. tuition fees they were trying to keep education Vancouver, BC. V6T 1Z1 The stakes are too high for a referendum This is an important time for students to accessible for all students. tel: (604) 822-2301 fax:822-9279 now. Maria Klawe, VP of Student and tell UBC that an upward spiral of ancillary Sihota followed the spirit of that promise, Academic Services, says student participa­ Business Office fees shouldn't be part of the program, espe­ it remains to be seen whether or not Mr. Room 245, Student Union Building tion on SITAC, meetings with student council cially without meaningful consultation. We Ramsey will follow suit. • advertising: (604) 822-1654 business office: (604) 822-6681 • Business Manager Fernie Pereira letters Advertising Manager James Rowan friend, (her name), gets into a car He graciously offered during Experiments accident." You protest, but the Squirrely church the hearing to help Rev. Annett experimenter simply repeats the Your recent article on Rev. Kevin frame his questions so that they are just psycho instructions. He tells you again Annett sent me looking for my old will be acceptable and fit within that you are responsible for your high school poetry book. the guidelines of the hearing. Sarah O'Donnell joined the mili-" The UBC Psych Department is actions. At the end, he says, What I have noticed from the And what of Rev. Annett him­ tia over the break. Wolf Depner using its undergrads like dispensi- "Don't worry, nothing you write quotes and the few sessions I sat self ? A softspoken man as well. was trapped in chilly Vernon for ble rats in cages. has any effect on what happens." in on is how polite and helpfully Unfortunately, he has taken a sub­ New Year's. Richard Lam four-by- Last week, I marched into the He sends you away, having col­ Christian everyone is. The United versive anti-establishment figure foured. Federico Barahona has lected his data. problems dealing with freaks. Kenny as a volunteer subject in a Church spokesperson in a letter to as his role model. After all, you Ian Gunn is malshaven. Peter psych experiment I felt like your So how do you react ? Do you Macleans magazine denied they can't throw out the money lender T.Chattaway cleaned his room. basic Psych 100 student: a little brush it off ? How do you feel were sending Rev Annett off for without, as Brian Thorpe says, pos­ Richelle Rae amputated the arms nervous, a little self-righteous, and later that week when you find out psychiatric evaluation to "get" ing 'a threat to any congregation of Sleepy Bear. Joe Clark got sick mostly eager to please. I emerged your girlfriend has been in a him. Rather they were doing it to he might lead." And that has on a horse-raddish and cheddar from the building feeling emotion­ minor car accident, as this stu­ help him find a new career. always been the problem of bagel and threw up in the ally exhausted, and psychological­ dent did ? Christianity. They keep disowning Guggenheim musuem. Chris Similarly, the church has Nuttall-Smith got cyber-kinky. ly manipulated. But the validity of any particu­ installed an official to make sure the leader. Scott Hayward got a lecture by his I quickly searched out fellow lar experiment is not the issue that the wheels turn correctly at This is why I got out my poetry mother. Robin Yeatman was on psych students to see if mine had here. What we need to look at and the hearing. The function of Mr. book to refresh my memory of a the run. John Bolton sang with been an unusual experience. I question is the judgement (or John Jessiman, as Chief Judicial poem called the Grey Squirrel by the Three Tenors. Penny soon uncovered a wealth of nasty ethics) of people who manipulate Officer, as I understand it is not to Humbert Wolfe. Cholmondeley, well, didn't do a stories. One in particular had vulnerable subjects. By dealing press the case for the church. That whole lot Andy Barham has an affair with his cat's gap-toothed remained in my mind. Picture with university students who role is taken by a paid lawyer. I [The squirrel] is not vet. Orly Givton looked rotten. this: the experimenter switches clearly care about marks, we are gather Mr. Jessiman is there to all he should be, off the lights. He asks you to relax looking at a population that is make sure that there are no kills by dozens and to slowly breathe in and out, already under high-risk stress. storms over the Christian waters. trees and eats and listens carefully to ensure Undergrads in particular are often Mr. Jessiman has a rich back­ his red-brown cousins. that you are following instruc­ still adjusting to university life, to ground. He is a lawyer with previ­ The keeper, on the tions. The lights go on and you the increased difficulty of assign­ ous legal involvements with the other hand, are told to sign a fictitious con­ ments, and to their own insecuri­ United Church, a teacher of ethics, who shot him, is tract stating that you are one ties. If the Psych Department and has had his name put forward a Christian and hundred percent responsible for insists on manipulating subjects as moderator of the United loves his enemies Canadian your actions and for the conse­ and risking their safety, at least Church. As part of his role of which shows Unweisity quences of your actions. You are they could have the decency to smoother of the waters he has the squirrel was not Ross then instructed to write on a stick to rats. offered himself as an agent of Rev. one of those. sheet of paper, "I hope my girl­ Annett's interests. Canada Post Publications Sales Agreement Number 0732141 Erin Haddock W. McCauley THE UBYSSEY, JANUARY 7, 1997 11

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by Orly Givton in my dream, I was with a group of my veggie buds and we were with the Admissions Advisors from the "Every time you go away, you talking about how much we take a piece of meat with you." despised meat. We were on a UBC and UVic Faculties of Law When I was about six or seven, mountain top somewhere and all I first heard a song that I've of a sudden, the sun began to never forgotten. When I thought rise. But then we realized that the about what this guy was saying, it sun wasn't the sun after all. It just didn't make sense. I thought, was a big, juicy, rare steak in the why the hell does this guy have shape of a sun. I got so flustered Date: Tuesday, January 14,1997 this infatuation with meat? How that I said, "Fuck meat!" long are the flights he takes when I woke myself up when I said Time: 12:30 pm-2:30 pm he goes on trips? Wouldn't the that because I realised I'd said it meat start to rot? This guy has got out loud. My mom turned to­ Place: UBC Faculty of Law - Room 101 to be pretty screwed up or maybe wards me and disbelievingly he just really loves the woman said, "What?" I pretended I was he's taking the meat for. Why I still sleeping and turned away didn't realize (until a few years from her. God, that was humiliat­ ago) that he was saying me and ing, although we never spoke "-vi-;:- ft% -i:i not meat, I really can't say. I about it after that night. guess I heard what I wanted to You hear all this stuff about r^ hear. Maybe I was trying to make meat. One day, it's bad for you iiNiiiUvjiiTTJiLfjiTgrimra myself feel like being a and humans aren't built to carnivore was noth­ eat meat and the next A P | L We have classes starting ing to be asham­ day, it's better for ed of, or maybe you than a Caesar MCAT 701 - January 15, Wednesday I thought love salad and pasta. MCAT 702 - February 2, Sunday songs were too Who can you MCAT 703 - March 4, Tuesday boring without a trust? I say if you little twist of some­ like meat, eat it. thing or other. The Or, as my aston­ truth is, I was just ishingly wise mo­ Our classes will start another stupid kid ther puts it, a> CO with stupid ideas. "Everything in modera­ Saturday, January 4 My parents thought tion." Life is too short to D I was hilarious. Ha Ha be fretting over whether » o say, "Did you hear about the time slaughtered, and their insides For the March test she had a thermometer stuck up being scooped out, well... I really February o a. don't feel any sort of sympathy. I ill her butt?" we have classes don't know why, I guess I'm just a Oh, he always knew how to o c £ D too adapted to eating other crea­ starting Saturday, < ruin an evening. tures to care that we kill them for O •=* a Anyway, getting back to meat. January 25 our own selfish purposes. Even if I never used to dream about I stopped eating meat, it doesn't meat when I was young. (Not that mean that animals would stop it's a regular occurrence now). being killed. No one can save the I've had at least one in the past world. No one can save all the year that I can remember. I was cows. You can go ahead and try, sleeping with my mom because Exam Date: February 15, 1997 but I guarantee you aren't going to my dad was out of town. I was Classes start January 14 and will get anywhere. So, as the saving having this absolutely horrible goes, "Every time you go away, run every Tuesday and Thursday dream that I was a vegetarian. you take a piece of meat with you." Me, a vegetarian. Talk about until February 1 1 Words to live by. • when hell freezes over. Anyway, To register for any Kapian course call 734-8378 THE UBYSSEY 1 2 TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1997 i^iyijijL IJA^C Documenting Vancouver as Hollywood North KEN MAClNTYRE-ffffl. VANCOUVER [WHITECAP] can crash a shoot and catch films in the making. And how up-to- date is this book? Well, you remember all those Patrick Stewart I was but a wee lad visiting my buddies in Shaughnessy when one sightings we had last August? The film he was in town for—Smart of them pointed to a nearby house. "That's where they filmed The Alec—is in here, as is Alicia Silverstone's Excess Baggage. Changeling," he said. I had not seen the film nor, for that matter, did In some ways this book reads like a cinephile's tourist guide, I even know what it was—but the thought that someone had made a tending towards a high "ooh" and "aah" quotient—this is most evi­ movie in my hometown left me in a brief, yet lingering, state of awe. dent in the list of restaurants where one is likely to bump into That sense of awe would grow throughout the 1980s: The famous people—but it's also got some handy indexes, including a Province printed letters from "Moses"—i.e., Charlton Heston, here list of every film made in British Columbia. (BC had a thriving in town making Mother Lode; Tom Selleck chased Gene Simmons industry between the World Wars thanks to England's protectionist through a futuristic Vancouver in Runaway, the third of his laws; American companies came north to make "quota quickies," attempts to start a feature film; Sylvester Stallone filmed First but in 1938 the laws were redefined to exclude films made in Blood, the first of his Rambo movies, in Hope before buying 500 Dominions such as Canada; only one film was made in the whole of boxes of Kentucky Fried Chicken for the extras in Rocky TV and let­ the 1950s.) ting them all go bad outside Exhibition Park; the newly-built BC But for all the historical perspective, Maclntyre has his pulse Place was plainly visible in a scene supposedly set in Germany in squarely on current trends: he spends 42 pages listing every sin­ The Neverending Story; Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez had a gle location for every single episode in the first three seasons of hit smash with Stakeout; and Jodie Foster won her first Oscar after The X-Files. For particularly mobile fans, this chapter could be the getting "raped" in Delta in The Accused. perfect resource for X-Files scavenger hunts. Go ahead, get some By the time John Travolta drove a taxi down Georgia Street for friends, start a car rally. Bonus points to anyone who catches—or his umpteenth comeback attempt in Look Who's Talking, I was gets caught by—an alien. beginning to lose track. Vancouver has become the world's third- In the meantime, I'll be looking for a copy of Mike Nichols' Carnal largest production centre, and the impact of seeing the words Knowledge (19 71) so I can see Jack Nicholson and Art Garfunkel dis­ "made in Vancouver" in a local review has worn off. cuss their sex lives outside our Thankfully, there are those who keep tabs on these things for very own SUB. They don't call us, and Ken Maclntyre distils all the essential information into it the Alma Mating Society for his new book: which films have been made here, in whole or in nothing. part, where they were filmed, and even how non-industry types —Peter T. Chattaway f

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