Quick Trim Turns Into Big Brush Cut by CHRIS BOCKING "The Parks Board Always Bungles Lack of Supervision by Parks Things
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Socialist Stan gives capitalists bum's rush By TOM HAWTHORN pick up the award as soon as without a ceremony to receive his former AMS business manager network, also says the alumni someone will give it to him. award. Ron Pearson was named. association had a "heartache" Stan Persky, the '60s student But unlike other recipients, And the student representative "Oh yeah, I remember that when it found out he won the radical who lost a bid for the UBC including timber baron and guy," says Persky. "We tried for award. chancellorship this year, is assembly, which is in charge of university chancellor J.V. Clyne, naming a recipient, was left in a long time to get rid of him, but it trekking back to campus to Persky probably will not be was hard because we didn't have a But Persky still does not know receive the coveted Great Trekker confusion, then Alma Mater when he will receive the award, presented with the award at an Society president Bruce Arm senate to put him in." Award. official ceremony. "There's a whole lot of trekkin' which is thought to be in AMS strong says in a July letter to president Paul Sandhu's office. "I'm going to trek all over Controversy arose over Per association president Paul Hazell. to go on before UBC becomes an those guys," Persky said sky's selection after the Alumni educational institution. I'm glad "I personally am willing to trek Association dissassociated itself The 28-year old award is given to get the award from students Thursday. "About time a socialist to a UBC alumnus who has to wherever I have to, to get my got the award instead of the with his nomination, even though and I'd like to meet them to teach just awards." it had asked the award committee demonstrated outstanding service them how to read and write 'cause capitalist bums they usually give it particularily to students. to." to announce the recipient in time that's what they're in university Persky is in Vancouver to for March's Fairview Grove Persky was the first person to for." complete writing his book "Son Persky, who is in Vancouver to dedication. win the award since it was Persky, l'enfant terrible of Socred" about Bill Bennett's write a new book, says he plans to As a result, Persky was left discontinued in 1972, when amongst UBC's "old boys" Social Credit government. j Quick trim turns into big brush cut By CHRIS BOCKING "The parks board always bungles Lack of supervision by parks things. I think that it (clearing the board officials is turning a routine trees) is a bloody disgrace. That road trim by clearing crews into a kind of thing could endanger the "dangerous" brush cut on Nor slope," he said. thwest Marine Drive. He added that people must try to The bank of the foreshore park is stop indiscriminate cutting of trees. in danger of being eroded because Mann said there is a danger of the parks board is cutting down too erosion because the bank is very many trees, a university endowment loose where the clearing took place. lands representative said Thursday. "They came out and just levelled "It's devastating what has it all. It's done. There's not much happened. The winter (clearing) we can do now. They've taken the crew was sent down to do a routine trees out right down the slope." brushing job. I guess they just went wild," said Iva Mann of the greater She added that people might start Vancouver regional district. to use the cleared bank as a path to Senior parks board official Dave the beach below. That was the Worrall denied that the park will be result in other areas where trees damaged as a result of the cutting. were cleared out, she said. "We think that it will stabilize Worrall said there is no cause for the area. There is a ravine south of concern that the bank will be this area which was cleared a few eroded. He said the parks board has years ago, and there have been no scheduled no erosion prevention signs of erosion there," he said. programs. Mann said Vancouver alderman "I think that it's all a lot of Warnett Kennedy suggested the noise. All we're trying to do is open parks board clear some of the brush up vistas along the roadway there beside Marine Drive so passing for the cars passing by to see," he motorists can see the ocean. said. "There is nothing to worry Kennedy said the parks board about. We're going to let it went overboard with his suggestion. (erosion) take its natural course." Letter-writing frees prisoners By KEVIN McGEE has one list of prisoners and the Writing one letter for a prisoner, Shah has another. Argentina simply of conscience is better than all the denies that political prisoners were human rights resolutions in the ever arrested," she said. A world world, Judith Brocklehurst told 65 wide guess would be in the neigh students in Buch. 106 Thursday. borhood of 500,000, but that "The very topic of what is a depends upon how you classify prisoner of conscience is indicative prisoners of conscience." of the problems we face," said Brocklehurst, of Amnesty In ternational. Never forget that you are dealing with a person, so don't ask what, ask who, she said. The public image of a prisoner of —thomas chan photo conscience is of a Soviet intellectual JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE AND RINGO, making music that made them household words in late, great '60s, are or of a terrorist, she said. seen in rare photo purchased from Linda McCartney by Ubyssey. Just before trip to India and visit with Maharishi "The ideal image is that of a Mahesh Yogi last decade. Fab Four dropped in on campus for rendition of Got To Get You Into My Life. The Liver communist, a pacifist, a terrorist, pool lads are currently regrouped and working on what could be major record of career, their own version of and preferably all three at once. ' smash Peter Frampton/Bee Gees album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, on K-Tel label. Amnesty International does not consider anyone who has ever used or advocated violence to be a prisoner of conscience, she said. Amnesty is a world-wide group 'Only in Canada, you say?' dedicated to end violations of BROCKLEHURST. letter best human rights. Brocklehurst said in Rhodesia the By GLEN SCHAEFER "I thought we'd get more applicants," Knox said. "An imprisoned fanner in El government would surround an When it comes to UBC's fine arts department, Smedley was appointed as a full professor with Salvador might not even know that entire village with barbed wire, Brittania rules the waves. tenure. he has rights." claim that it was for the inhabitants' A fine arts department source who declined to be Knox said it was necessary to offer tenure to a People in certain occupations protection, and would have an identified said recently-hired British sculpture person of Smedley's stature, emphasizing that have a high risk of being thrown in effective prison camp to control professor Geoffrey Smedley was hired over many Smedley was a senior professor. jail when regimes crack down on villagers. equally qualified Canadians. He added that Smedley The fine arts department source said he questioned dissidents, Brocklehurst said. A thief or a murderer is unlikely was a friend of fine arts department head George Knox's choice of a non-Canadian for the position. People with political, media, and to be tortured or penalized as Knox. educational occupations are harshly as a political prisoner, Knox said Thursday that 12 or 15 Canadians had "There are people in Vancouver with his especially vulnerable, as are people Brocklehurst said. In one case, a applied for the position. (Smedley's) qualifications, but Knox has made his with connections in the arts, she man in East Germany was im "For damn sure we could have hired a Canadian," decision and we have to live with that, "said the source. added. prisoned for four years for carrying he said, "but Smedley was the best man for the job." "Smedley's qualifications look good on paper." "Restrictions on the press and a placard in a peaceful demon Knox said all the senior studio professors had been Smedley, who arrived in Canada two weeks ago, education go hand in hand with stration. In East Germany the consulted about the appointment. admitted Thursday that he and Knox were friends. He political imprisonment." maximum penalty for manslaughter He said the position had been advertised extensively said he read an advertisement about the UBC vacancy But no one knows the actual is two years, she said. and added that approximately 110 applications had last year when he had the post of visiting artist at number of political prisoners A criminal can work within the been received, most of them from the United States. Queens University in Kingston, Ontario. around the world, she said. system to get released, but a "In Iran, Amnesty International See page 2: ONLY Page 2 THE UBYSSEY Friday, October 20, 1978 Says Amnesty International HILLEL HOUSE SHABATT MIN YAN Only letters rescue prisoners FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 — 6:30 P.M. From page 1 wouldn't because of the threat of on their behalf, and pictures of Service and Vegetarian Pot Luck Supper torture." prisoners are rare, there is still hope prisoner of conscience has no hope And the public assumption that SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 — 10:00 A.M.