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'T have a limited wm- reality of my own experiences." —Member of student THE UBYSSEY IEII council Founded in 1918 Vancouver, B.C., Friday, November ff 1991 Vol 74, No 19 Referendum question creates anger Students infuriated by lack of choice permitted by AMS • Wmuillilll W ^''liLIJgJM! ' ',' "~- H II ••HHI—I -i—ii.— . I .„,.„,, «••••• by Lucho van Isschot For some UBC students, the most important question concern ing this week's AMS referendum was not on the ballot. The format of the ballot it self—not the Pit expansion, not the Ombudsoffice, not the Pro grams fee—has become the focus of debate. Number 2, Article 4 ofthe Constitution, Bylaws and the Code of Procedure of the AMS, states: "The wordings of gen eral AMS referenda shall be set by Council or Students Courts, and must be designed to be clearly answerable by a •yes' or 'no'." The referendum ballot was set up in such a way that students had to respond either "Yes" or "No" to two questions which ad dressed a total of eight distinct issues. "I was furious about the fact that they put the questions into two blocks," said fourth year stu dent Andrea Oberdieck. Oberdieck voted negatively for both questions, although she AMS president Jason Brett asks for your vote. STAFF PHOTO was in favour of some of the pro Like others, Rob decided to "The format of the referen cer. steadfast in his support of the posals. The referendum, she said, vote "No" in protest ofthe referen dum islike a hijacking," said Tippi "At least go and spoil your referendum itself. "infuriated" her. dum itself. Mak, who refused to abide by the ballot or cast an abstention," Brett defends the referendum "You shoul d have been able to Eric, an undecided voter, said rules ofthe referendum, voted on Hanert said. as a "comprehensive package" vote for each option," another stu he was concerned that by voting each proposal individually. In order for the two referen which reflects the "long term dent said. "No" against a particular proposal, In doing so, Mak may have dum questions to be passed, ten goals" of the AMS and offers "It sucked!" declared Rob, a he would be forced to vote against spoiled her ballot, but spoiled bal per cent ofthe student body has to "something for everyone." fourth year English major. three other proposals as well. lots are noted and send a message vote "Yes," to achieve quorum. If "I haven't had negative feed to the AMS. either referendum question does back on Question #2, but I have "If people have problems, not pass, it will be taken back to had negative feedback on Ques people should take them to their council. tion #1," said Brett. Paper's editors receive council member," said Caireen Jason Brett, president ofthe He said he has also received death, rape threats Hanert, the AMS elections offi AMS student council, remains positive feedback on Question #1. by Effie Pow The wimmin targeted in Eight wimmin editors of the threat said in a written UBC professor outraged by Surface, a bimonthly news statement: "As citizens of paper at Queen's University, this country, residents of received a letter threatening Kingston, and students at engineers act of intimidation rape and death. Queen's University we feel "Congratulations! heres that we have the right to by Nadene Rehnby As she walked away from the But the professor who was your politically correct death safety and security regard man she heard the water balloon attacked said it is a mistake to less of our gender, race, A UBC faculty member who pass her head and explode about look for an individual to blame notices were gonna rape u two feet behind her. sexual orientation or politi had a water balloon hurled at her when at least a dozen engineers dykes bitch," the letter says, head said she is outraged by the EUS president Adam La were present. "no, that doesn't mean we're cal viewpoints. The fact that continuing intimidation and vio Rusic said the incident had noth "It's about taking responsi non-violent, in fact we will some of us sit with men on lence directed at women by UBC's ing to do with other engineering bility for being a member of a kill any and all feminists an editorial board that has engineering students. students. "One drunk student did community," she said. "And until slowly, yes, we think all strate made controversial decisions "I was really surprised to see something stupid and I'm sup they do take responsibility, we men are rapists, suck all should not impinge upon this the engineers displaying blatantly posed to say something for 2,000 are still going to have these cocks, u silence us white men." right to safety and security. misogynist behaviour, because of engineers?" problems." The October 29 letter was "We would like to em their committment last year to He saidhis only comment was Florence Ledwitz-Rigby, the changing their behaviour and directed to the eight wimmin phasize that this threat was that "The Ubyssey sucks." recently-hired advisor to the their attitudes," said the professor, Sid Mindess, associate dean president on women and gender whose names appear in the directly targeted at the who asked to remain anonymous. of applied sciences, said he and relations, said she had not been masthead of the October 24 wimmin on the masthead, The incident began last dean Axel Meisen are "extremely informed ofthe incident but she is issue of Surface. and the wimmin only. This Thursday as about 50 engineering unhappy" about the incident, and appalled that it happened. The editorial collective clearly demonstrates* the students dressed in women's said it was not the only complaint "I thought we were coming a consisted of 16 names (equally unsafe atmosphere of uni clothing and acted as cheerleaders received that day. He said the long way with engineering stu represented by wimmin and versity campuses for for a football game. dean's office conducted an inves dents. This shows we have a longer men) but the threat singled wimmin and is but a symp The professor said one ofthe tigation but was unable to posi way to go," Rigby said. out only the wimmin. tom of the larger violence men stood holding a beer can and tively identify any ofthe partici The letter was a collage of that wimmin experience in urinated on the vehicle next to pants. Steve Crombie, a spokesper newsprint words, some of their homes and on the hers. "It wasn't even on the tire, "We are sorry that the stu son for the president's office, said like a dog," she said. "It was right dents couldn't be identified," he which were taken from a poem streets everyday." no official action is planned, but on the car. In broad daylight. said. "We would have liked to use engineering students should be printed in the October 24 is , Campus security, the "I was totally offended and disciplinary measures." reminded of the agreement the sue of Surface. The original Kingston police department disgusted." Minde'ss said La Rusic has EUS signed with the president's poem, written by an anony and the university adminis She then identified herself as been told the dean's office is "ex office. mous gay man, included the tration were contacted by the a faculty person and asked to see tremely unhappy" and said La "There is a mechanism in line "we will kill any and all wimmin. his student card. "He said 'no' and Rusic "made promises that we've place to take away their fees if queer bashers slowly." then walked back to the other all heard before—that it won't they don't stop this sort of activ men in dresses," she said. happen again." ity," he said. WORKING HOLIDAYS Classifieds 822-3977 WITH THE STUDENT WORK ABROAD PROGRAMME RATES: AMS Card Holders • 3 lines, $3.00, additional lines, 60 cents, commercial • 3 lines, $5.00, additional lines 75 cents. (10% discount on 25 issues or more) Classified ads payable in advance. Deadline 4.-00 p.m., two days before You could spend next summer working in: publication. Room 266, SUB, VBC, Van., B.C. V6T2A7, 822-3977. BRITAIN, FRANCE, FINLAND, GERMANY, POLAND, 05 - COMING EVENTS P/T SALES PERSONforbusysportinggoods 85 -TYPING HUNGARY, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, AUSTRALIA, store. Female appl. are encouraged to apply. NEW ZEALAND, JAPAN or the USA! Resumes to Community Sports, 3355 W. 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