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The Mexican Uprising page 8 Background and analysis of the uprising in Mexico. Post -Secondary Education Financing., pagel 1 How does Canada's system of education financing stand up to other countries? Bootsauce Interview page 14 The Link talks with the band about their new album release and upcoming tour.

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2 • January 26, 1994 NEWS • THE UN

SA execs clued out on Major changes to Canadian managers' TV could open job market

by Dia Richardson channels a proposal has been ing on the 50's plus target market retreat The broadcast industry in made by Graham Morris, vice- • two sports channels, one a pay- Canada could experience major president and publisher of TV for-view seasonal, national hock• by William Siu growth in the next two years. Guide. Morris and his company, ey channel and the other a This last weekend the Student Assoication Director and eight SA For new graduates this could the Telemedia Publishing sub• regional sports network from managers are off on their yearly weekend retreat. mean that doors will open to sidiary, want to provide a 24 CTV and its partners, Molson's, The SA hires managers to oversee the day-to-day operations of them that they never diought pos• hour information channel. Rogers Programming Services their ventures. What they do at these retreats seem a mystery—even sible. But where will all these job Although similar to the existing and LCM international to the SA executives who have to approve the amount of money to be opportunities be coming from. printed version it will provide a • for arts and entertainment there spent on professional development. The Canadian Radio-televi• variety of regional editions that are three English and two French Neither SA President, Lyle Boivin nor the VP of Finance, Pat sion and Telecommunications are interactive. The viewer will channels proposed Herbert could detail what the managers do during the retreat. Commission will be hearing 50 now be able to access specific • other cliannels proposed offer "They're probably trying to develop a sense of teamwork and to look applications — from arts to time slots and programs. movies, country music, docu• at things in more detail," offered Herbert. lifestyles to cartoons, news and The TV Guide channel could mentaries, nature-ecology, sci• The 1993/94 budget has set aside $4000 for professional develop• sports — in February. Television be needed if the current propos• ence fiction and fantasy, educa• ment. Both Herbert and Engineering Chairperson, Dave Humphrey, producers have assembled an als begin a new era of program• tional shows and even a travel thought that the amount being spent seemed excessive. "I do think assortment of new cable special• ming possibilities. Some of the charmel. it's excessive but I don't know what exactly is involved there, what ty, pay-tv, pay-for-view propos• variety of proposals at the current Still to be known is the effect they're doing with this professional development. It might be very als to be implemented in 1995. hearings are: that the loss of die ANIK 2D will advantageous," said Humphrey. Rumours had been that only 6 • two non-violent animation have on the CRTC hearings. Will "I think it's something the executive should look into more deeply to 10 licences would be granted. cable proposals by FUN -TV and the Canadian telecommunica• at this point," said Herbert. Humphrey agrees adding that "if there is The latest report firom the CRTC the Family Charmel tions industry be able to support nodiing productive coming out of it, I'm sure we'd take a hard look at media relations department is • a news network that will the existing channels let alone 50 it, why we're funding it, but I don't think we're throwing money diat there is no set quota. As long emphasize breaking news on a 24 more with only one satellite down the tube." as a proposal fits die need of the hour basis proposed by CTV broadcasting from space. It Canadian public, and it doesn't This year the retreat look place on Galiano Island at a cost of • five applications for family and would be saddening to see the duplicate existing service, $1700. lifestyle coverage that span a latest surge in information and licences will be granted regard• assortment of demographics and education technology stopped in less of numbers. include two women's channels its tracks as telecommunications SA makes big To keep track of all these and a Grown Up Channel focus• in Canada suffere a major blow. bucks in 93 Start looking for employment early

by William Siu by Dia Richardson says, "A search for a job is a it is imponant to start early to Do you know where your Smdent Association fees went last year? It's January, the time when search for informalion. beat the rush as university stu• Under the direction of a tight fisted council, the SA salted away most students' thoughts are of Networking is a vital part of die dents fini.sh classes in April. Be $151. 000 for the year ended June 30,1993. the new semester. June and sum• job search process." prepared tc look full-time in Lyle Boivin, SA President is quick to point out that the SA does mer seem a long ways away. It's The first steps are to update order to find a job and don't not have the money sitting in an account per say. "The fmancial not too soon to be thinking of your resume and register with despair if you don'l find any• statements are a snapshot of the financialpositio n of die SA at diat summer employment or ftiU time Employment Placement thing right away. There are odier instant," explained Boivin. "Last year was an ideal year. There were jobs for grads. Services. Some resources avail• alternatives in today's competi• no strikes or problems with staff; the TnT made money. Child Care BCIT has their own able are historical job data, his• tive job market such as challenge and RecycUng received grants; we made some money." Employment Placement Service torical postings, current specific loans through the government to Last years windfall has provided ttiis year's council with some for students and grads located at technology postings and miscel• start your own business. Never financial freedom. They passed a wage increase for SA staff and SWl 2160. CurrenUy 10 to 20 laneous postings. There are also overlook the importance of net• have been able to help support more student activities like the Civil percent of all grads receive job magazines, such as Career working. Friends and family can and Structural students' ftind raising for their concrete toboggan race placements through BCIT's Options, that can help you in provide you with valuable infor• in Edmonton. And they have decided to freeze SA Activity fees at Employment Placement your job search. mation when conducting a job $50/temi for the upcoming year. Services. Manager Amanda Hill When conducting a job search search.

January 26, 1994 • 3 THE UNK'NEWS

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ABOVE: The new record holding team from Civil and Shvchlral Engineering Technology. TOP RIGHT: Crashing down: a lower proves fauhy. BOnOM RIGHT: Civil Drafting's winner of the most creative prize.

New record set in Faulty Towers competition

by William Siu the 10 teams present. Two teams from creativity award. Ihey would Their structures, cheering if the structure held CAD/CAM and one from Civil Drafting Peace' symbol won first place and the and jeering mercilessly if Ihe structure The annual event drew 10 teams and rounded out die competitors. leam members took home $75. failed. scores of curious onlookers. Held last At the end of the competition only 3 Compedbon among the other 9 teams The winning design, entered by a 2nd Wednesday during the 3 hour break 10 structures were standing; a fourth col• was intense. Each team had their own year Civil and StrucWral team, stood 23 teams competed against the clock and lapsed during Ihe measuring process. unique design; the first 45 muiutes of die feet 6 m. suipassing the old recordo f 22 each other to see who could erect the Nine out of the 10 entrants were vying for competition was a fury of taping and feet 6 in. Team members attributed Uieir tallest free standing strucmre using only the tallest strucmre, the entry from Civil re taping. success to superior workmanship and tape and 4x6 construction cards. Drafting capwring the most creative struc• As the end drew near teams started experience. The Civil and Structural Engineering ture award. The team apparendy decided erecting Uieir structures Spectators gath• Technology department fielded 7 out of diat since no one else was contesting the ered around die teams as diey erected dieir

4 • January 26, 1994 NEWS • THEUNi Nawrocki plays to fullhouse by Anna Goater Paolo is more sensitive, and The content of the skits range "I Don't Understand Women!" insists that women should be from homosexuality to date rape, a one man show, written and per• treated with respect. Who will whal makes a good lover to child formed by Norman Nawrocki, Ricky listen to? The play molestation. Some strong lan• played to a fiill house. Over 350 unfolds. guage is used to get the point people came to watch the series The more serious parts of die across, but die show certainly is of skits in the IBM Building's BC play are interspersed with short not in the Eddy Murphy league. Tel Theater, on January 19, skits, advertising products that The play attempts to examine Nawrocki has been on tour you won't find in Zellers. "Ear things from a male and female with his show, busy entertaining Enhancers" convert female words point of view, and for the most students all over Canada for the into male pictograms, which help part succeeds in raising imponant last year and a half. He has men to tune in and understand die issues. opposite sex. "Humanizing akeady been at SFU and plans to Unfortunately, many students, glasses" allow a guy to see a perform for Kwantlen College at including those in trades, woman's DNA, not just her T & the end of February. couldn't attend in the three-hour . A, At the beginning of the perfor• block on Wednesday, because | mance four main characters are One of the most thought pro• they don't have this free time introduced: Ricky Rodnicki, his voking skits occurred when a bar allotted to them. girlfriend Nancy and Ricky's scene was enacted from both the Lyle Boivin, the SA President, friends, Chris and Paolo, Ricky woman and the man's point of said that Nawrocki might come has a fight with Nancy when she view, Closmg time at Taps blurs back to BQT, and the trades stu• mentions that she was harassed judgement at the best of times, dents will hopefully have the by construction workers and but one fellow decides to give a opportunity to see the show dien, Ricky feels that she must have girl a friendly hug, but she inter• "The show was great!" was prets it as an attack. She beats up done something provocative to the general comment from audi• on the guy and sends him on his deserve it. Ricky asks his ence members. If it comes lo way. He wonders what he did friends, Chris and Paolo for BCIT again, bring your best wrong, while the woman is left advice on how to handle women, buddy and check it out, « Chris believes firmly in the 4 F's wondering why the guy was aU find, feel, fuck, and forget. over her.

Thanks to die 350 people who attended die production of "I Don't Understand Women" spnsoied by die BCIT Awareness Imtiative on January 19.1 Welcome your Feedback about die play, what you liked and didn't like, and any suggestions regarding other plays, performances and topics you feels would be of value to the BCIT commumty-specifically students. For those who were unable to altend CBC Radio taped die show at BCIT and will include excerpts on die CBC moming show Sunday February 13, A special tahnks to Derek Walmsley who assisted with the set up and operation. Anna-Lisa Jones, SA Support Programs Coordinator & Awareness Committee Member. 432-8549 BACK TO SCHOOL SALE ON NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 5, 1994

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January 24, 1994 • 5 EDITORIAL Gestures must be more than token, trivial In a recent Student Association council meeting, a motion was put forwai J by Craig Macmillan to do something to commemorate the death of Silvia Leung. They decided that a tree with a small plaque would be 'subtle yet tasteful.' Why go half way? Their initial idea was to have a small garden but this was deemed unacceptable because it would draw too much attention to the event. Well, why commemorate her death if not to draw attention to the issue of violence against women, which inarguably is one aspect of her brutal death. To the other extreme, why do anything. Why commemorate a death that the police has stated was an isolated incident against one specific person? If the idea is to commemorate the death of a stu• dent why not have a plaque to commemorate the death of a student who died of a heart attack after playing ball hockey last year? With good intentions in their hearts the execs have managed to bastardize the events of January 21, 1993. If they truly want to do something, a good start would be the removal of violent video games from the SAC. Don't trivialize Silvia Leung's death The media is not gun shy with a token gesture. by Steve Everitt events in our courts have shown that the govem• ment can put a ban on our ability to report on " As mortars continue to fall around our cam• everyday events, as the Carla Homolka case has era crew, we run to seek some cover behind some shown Special interest groups have attempted to toppled oil barrels. This idea was obviously not incur legislation against violence on television unique, as with us behind the barrels are the But, the common person has insisted on their nght remains of a young Israeli, who Ims had the left to know every last detail about every person and side of his head blown out. The blood runs out of every event. They consider it the media's responsi• The Unk ii Tt.o Sludent ^4ewspaper of Hie BriHsh Colombia Inihlute ol Technology. Published bi-weekly by the BCIT Sludent Association, TJie Unk the wound and noticeably beneath my feet, along bility to bring diem "the news". circulates 5,000 copies to over 16,000 students and staff. with a milky looking string of what was probably The media must decide how far its boundaries once his brain." extend Contributors [>3mascus Roy, Michoel Welter, Brian Rice, Karen Odenvrtsld, Tim Reeve The .second question regards the graphic nature , Kevin Mok, D^- Richardson, Richard Havlik, Sieve Everett, The story above is not an actual article, but is an of news and how far die media can push its moral Anna Goater, Erica, James, Trent Houg and Paul Dayson. example of the type of news story diat is now all boundaries. On every newscast, especially on tele- too famihar. Battles and wars rage vision, we can see the results of wars Marraging Editor on all over die world, in places such that are devastating counnies around Paul Dayson as the occupied West Bank, OPINION our worid. We can also see the blood• Advertising Repres«fikalives Somalia, or Serbia. These events shed and the anger of the people Michael Welter, Doug Amelia continue to change and shape our involved in these wars. Is it our job lo world in the same way as the Franco-Prussian War, show a pile of Serbian bodies on the 6 o'clock As an associate member of Canadian Universily Press (CUP), TJie Unk WW II, Viemam and the Korean War did in our news? Must we show Somali people dragging the adheres to CUP's Statement of Principles and affirms that tfie student press in Canada has a uniaue role in society as a voice for social justice. To this erxl, past. The difference now is that our accessibility to body of a dead American across the ground as die TJie Unk will not publish material drnmed by the editors or steer these wars has greatly increased. No longer do we crowd hits him with rocks and kicks his bleeding to b© sexist, rociit, homophobic, or in poor taste. hear vague stories of wars that are being fought in head? other lands. Due to the global community and Perhaps die graphic namre of the wars as shown Tfie views expressed in The Unk ore not necessarify those of BQT, iKe communications technology that knows no bor• Student Assodation, or the editorial collective. in the media helps to bring home the reality of it to ders, we can see the war in our living rooms, our our insulated society. Or perhaps it adds ftiel to the offices, our cars. forced involvement of secondary countries such as The questions that media people must now the United States, to enter these war zones to inter• answer are; What information should be public cede on behalf of one of the warring parties. domain and what should be private? Whatever the end lesult, the media must determine ^1 As well, what is the moral responsibility of the what is reported and shown on the news and for media in deciding the graphic nawre of the maten- what purpose it is being shown. al and die extent to which it can be shown? Are we a nation of shock journalists only out to 3700 Willingdon Avenue Bumoby, BC V5G 3H2 In a society where every decision infiinges on sensationalize every event or do we care aboul the Tel: 432-8935 die rights of some group, the media must be able to reality behind the story and the positive effect our Fax: 434-3809 collectively decide on what ttiey can present within reporting can have? 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6 • January 26, 1994 OPINION • THE UNi Year of the dog predUtions by Trenf Hogue

JANUARY • A heavy weight title fight between 'Men are afraid of being laughed al. imprisoned (Iron Bars) Mike Tyson and inflated cruiser weight Evander Holyfield, with the referee and fight commentators coming from the prison population. FEBRUARY • Sylvie Frechette finds out that her Olympic Gold medal which she waited 8 months to finally receive, is really just a chocolate coin wrapped in gold tinfoil. MARCH • Don King decides to shave off his head. APRIL • NHL Board of govemors passes rating on goalies reverting back to the days of the Original Six, where they sported noth• ing on their heads except a fiieshhai r cut SEPTEMBER from die local barber shop just in time for • A new mle in the CFL requiring teams the playoffs. to wear leather helmets with no face MAY masks. • A full contact hockey game between the OCTOBER Women's Championship Ringette team • NHL accepts die Vancouver Voo-doo's and a team from the Iron League. bid to join the league for the 95-96 sea• JUNE son. • Michael Jordan taking up water polo in • A televised 'So You Think Your time for the summer Olympic Games. Tough' competition involving prisoners JULY from San Quentin Penitentiary. • Murray Pezzim suits up as starting line• NOVEMBER backer for the Lions. • Ben Johnson getting busted by the Gino Odjick wins the Art Ross uophy. Olympic committee for tiis ttiird straight AUGUST time (Ben find a better pharmacist!). • Pat Borders gives up tobacco chewing DECEMBER Women are afraid of being killed" and goes on a global crusade talking • Dennis Rodman (San Antonio Spurs) about the evils of tobacco products. growing a huge afro. > - M. A (wood Keepina the promises we made to ourselves by Trent Hogue pie, if we want to get into shape, start by Break out die diet books, gym shorts .setting aside five minutes out of every and nicotine patches because it's time evening by doing a few sit-ups and push• once again to keep those New Year's res• ups. When we begin to feel comfortable olutions you made just a few short weeks with these movements, eventually ago. increase the exercise time with supple• Some of you may have been waiting mentary exercises. for months to begin the new year off I have seen an over abundance of peo• right, while others have vowed to break ple rashing out to their local gym, whde ^^00 Years onl^^S^^^'s^af/, those bad habits after a few too many fes• sprighUy signing their name to a one year tive cocktails. Whatever the circumstance contractual agreement only to find out the or scenario surrounding your newly found gym is either too busy or just too far Wednesday, February 2nd, 7:30 pm resolution, the fact still remains the same, away. Believe it or not these tilings make "\ Or^eum Theatre most people find a way to weasel out of it easy for us to say "The hell wiUi it", their New Year's resolutions. givmg us an excuse to quit. Why do we make Uiese brash promises Another good concept is to find a BCIT discottiit 50% through BCIT if we have no real intention of keeping friend whom hke yourself is interested in Bookstore. Tickets also from CBO at them? 1 beheve it not to be a question of getting fit, to accompany you to the gym. want, but instead a reflection of our It is much easier when two people are willpower. committed to a cause to carry through Part of Uie problem lies in the resolu• with the task. WiUi the buddy system one Prcsfnled by tions themselves. At first everyone is person can help motivate the other. The Institute for Sefince, overzealous, treading their way into Activities are a lot more fun when you Engineering and Public Policy uncharted waters and thus finding them• can enjoy ttiem wiUi a friend. S o Co-Bpi>nt.ored bv selves in the midst of somediing they are before we go out and buy an expensive BC Tel, KCTS/9, liniverhlty td" British Columbia, Simon Fraser Umversity, Briti.sh Columbia not ready for. membership to a local health facility, let's Institute of Technology and .Science World. Usually we are whole heartedly com• make sure we really want to do this for Special thaiUcs lo Hotel \$ncouver. mitted to the cause but the cause is usual• ourself, and Uiat it is not just some crass ''ifci-afc:..fflS*-''-^ ly too hard to obtain. This scenano calls New Year's resolutionwhic h wUl only be for an easy solution. kept for a month or so. What needs to be done is to set a rea• So get up off your butt and keep those sonable goal for ourself, one which is eas• resolutions which you made to yourself, ily obtainable. Let's work our way into after aU it has only been 3 weeks. Has it Uiose New Year's resolutions.Fo r exam-_ been that long? Yike.

January 26, 1994 • 7 THEUNK* FEATURE Closer to home than you'd think

United States of America by Damascus Roy

I arrived at Vancouver International of die student newspaper conference. Lots Airport at 7 pm on January 3rd oblivious of hugs and farewells and 'let's keep in to what was happening in the world. touches' but still not a peep on the upris• Oddly enough, I was at a student newspa• ing. per conference in Regina. One would One of the mandates of the Canadian think the 100 or so odd delegates, being student press is to be a voice for the media people, would be keenly aware of oppressed and those whose calls for social world events. Sad to say that wasn't the justice go unheard. The plight of the case. Southern Mexicans would fall under bodi categories. Yet we still managed to miss die boat on this one. Which brings me back to the airport. On New Year's Day a group calling The first thing I did on arrival was pick up itself the Zapatista Army of National die Globe and Mail at the Tobacco Shop. I Liberation managed to take over six towns then discovered that an uprising had taken in the soudiem Mexico state of Chiapas. io place in Southern Mexico two days The North American Free Trade Accord ago, whde I was at newspaper conference. (NAFTA) deal went into effect on the One hundred newspaper types and not one same day. was aware that an uprising had taken No coincidence, the Zapatista's used place! the attention brought on by NAFTA to On January 7th I'm at Simon Fraser broadcast their grievances against the University doing research on Mexico for a Mexican government. The rebel army story. My knowledge of Mexico is hmit• claims the accord will destroy the liveli• ed. Of course the humiliation of missing hood of the rural poor, driving them off the biggest news story of the new year is their land and driving down the price of excellent motivation to leam. crops. EmiUano Zapata led the revolt in the Mexico's rural poor, precisely the group The Zapatista's take their name from South under the slogan 'Land and the Zapatista's need suppon from to be the famous Mexican revolutionary, Liberty'. considered credible. Emiliano Zapata, who fought for land Anyone remotely familiar with reforms in South Central Mexico in the Mexican history would get a sense of On Emiliano Zapata and early part of this century. deja-vu with regards to the uprising. In v/hy you woula want to After a few days the Mexican Army fact most Mexico observers I spoke to January 12 manages to chase the rebels out of the six were hardly surprised diat the insurrection name a revolutionary captured towns. They follow up the took place. "At the end of last year there movement after him I've spent the past week researching assault against the rebels with air raids were a number of reports tiiat argued diere Mexico, trying to get an angle on die story and mass arrests. were guerrilla movements in Chiapas" Few names evoke nationalistic senti• I'm planning to write. By die end of die The usual accusations and counter- according to Gerardo Otero, a professor in ment in Mexico like Zapata. Funny week I decide it's going to be on land accusations start circulating. The govem• die faculty of Spanish and Latin American enough, tiis name had lieen invoked by the reform and agriculture. ment starts pinning the blame for the Studies at SFU. present pro-NAFTA government in NAFTA threatens the livelihood of uprising on drug traffickers and foreign Mexico to sell their land reform policy in Mexico's rural indigenous population; instigators. The reikis accuse the army of Mexico Post 1991. His name is again being evoked, that will be the gist of Ihe story. Pretty grotesque violations of human rights. this time by the rebels, to discredit Ihe straight forward. 1 start reading research The usual gang of groupies go down to In 1910 President Madero, who had government's land reform. papers on the possible effects of Free- Mexico. The foieign media flock there en Trade on Mexico's niral poor. assumed the leadership of Mexico in a The 1910 coup was largely mastered masse to get their daily quotient of bodies coup, faced an armed insurrection in the by wealthy land owners in the North. Pretty scary stuff. Even Ihe pro- and disaster statistics. International south. The insurrection was a direct lesult Unfortunately, diese neo-conservative rev• NAFTA groups predict massive migra• observers arrive next to do what they do of land reorganization which abolished olutionaries did little to address die social tion to the cities. One study, done by best, observe. communal land ownership of indigenous problems of the peasants; that of land economists Santiago Levy and Sweder people. These communal lands were reform. Wijnbergen, predicts a migration of about assigned to individual's wbo applied for Though Zapata was assassinated and five milhon people to the cities within 10 title; this created large private estates his movement defeated his action forced years. The government predicts 13 million The second day of the New Year. We called 'haciendas'. the government to deal with land reform. rural dwellers will have migrated to the file into the dining room for a sumptuous By 1910 ninety-seven percent of the The land reform clause of the I9I7 consti• cities within the next 20 years. breakfast. One hundred or so student peasants were laixUess and living in virtu• tution and the later distribution of land to I receive a fax from the General newspaper types assembled to talk shop al slavery on these 'tiaciendas'. the peasants can therefore be greatly Command of the Zapatista Army of and network with student newspaper types The vast majority of the peasants were attributed to 2;apata's revolt National Liberation (E2LN) titled 'Today across the country. Still not a word spoken indigenous people, the rest were 'mestizo' Zapata is such a powerful symbol of We Say Enough is Enough'. I find it pret• on the 'Mexican uprising". or mixed descent The estate owners were Mexican rural nationalism ttiat evoking ty convoluted and long winded. Third day of ttie New Year and Ust day mostly Spanish. his name is bond to strike a chord with It's distnbuted to the media by the Freedom Socialist Party. I remeint>er a

8 • January 26, 1994 FEATURE • THEUNi5

gering to Mexico's agricultural industry. gle-handedly destroy tiiy NAFTA angle. Though Condon and Otero disagreed To prepare Mexico for competition He put the uprising in a clearer context, from foreign producers, the Salinas gov• to what extent NAFTA influenced the and in effect perhaps tell die 'real' story uprising, Uiey both agreed dial the root of ernment dismantled the ejido system. For behind the Mexican uprising. the first time since their creation, ejidos the problem extended much earlier could be sold or rented. Critics were out• Uian NAFTA, "NAFTA was Uie cuhnina- raged, claiming Salinas had abandoned tion of land reforms introduced in land reform and the rural poor. Kateland Mexico" Otero added that these reforms "When you look at Oka and Chiapas Johnston, who works for the local publi• form Uie base of the neo-Uberal agrarian you see there are similarities", Condon policy of the of Uie present govemment. cation Latin America Connexions, shares states casually over the phone. His com• Condon downplayed the impact of for• the fears of those wary of die loss of the ment threw me off guard. It never eign supporters among the Zapatista. "We ejidos. "Where does the poorest of the occurred to me lo compare die Iwo inci• shouldn't be too concerned with whose [mral] population go to grow their food if dents. I abandoned my 'try and defend leading Ihe revolt and whether they're they lose their land?" NAFTA' line of questioning and asked Mexican or not, [we] should concentrate The government enlisted the son of him to expand. Emiliano Zapata to help sell Iheir land on why there is an uprising in the first "The uprising isn't about NAFTA" he place." reforms. Matteo Zapata was quoted as continued "the media attention surround• Otero cast doubt on any possible con• saymg "the ejidos long ago have rented ing NAFTA provided the stage for the nection between Ihe Zapatistas and the land to private concems". He cited the rebels". case of an American concem that rents Cubans. "Fidel Castro has a lot of cotmec- According to Condon the main issue land in the state of Guanajuato from tions with the Mexican Govemment. it for the Zapatista's is land. Much like Oka, Mexican entrepreneurs, who in tum rent it would be very difficult tor Castro to sup• die Mayans in Chiapas took to aims due fi-om ejido members. port the Zapatista". to their frustration with government poli• Bradely Condon, die director of the Professor Otero predicted that despite cies, the govemment crackdown in Chiapas, Centre for North American Business SFU's Professor Otero concurred with the PRI government will probably Smdies at SFU, concurs. "It does happen, the lack of effectiveness of govemment increase spending in Ihe area to prevent there is abuse of the system". pohcy. He cited tiie example of develop• continued umest. He also predicted unrest Fears of a backlash to reforms were ment money made available to Mexico's in oUier areas of Mexico unless Uie living sounded when the land reforms were poorest states under die National Program standards improved. introduced in 1991. An article in the for Solidarity. According to Otero much Montreal Gazette claims leftist leaders of Uie money made available to Uie pro• and some farming groups feared the gram went to Chiapas. However there reforms would cause "a huge concentra• were strong indications that the funds tion of private land ownership that The Mexican uprising started out as a were grotesquely misused according to story about injustice in another country, sparked the revolution [of the early the professor. 1900's]." one caused allegedly by the implementa• (Tondon felt the Mexican govemment tion of NAFTA. To a certain extent it still Which brings us to where we are now. was sincere in their attempts to improve is. The accord will cause some hardship South American friendo f mine telUng me NAFTA is enacted, ejidos are dismanUed, Uie simation in Chiapas. However he con• m Mexico. The Mexican's must decide he thinks the revolt is being mastermind• peasants revolt in Chiapas against the ceded that the uprismg would never have for themselves whether the price for ed by the Cubans. I'm curious if there is accord and the Salinas government's land occurred had the pohcies been effective. agrarian reform is worth paying. reforms. Cut and dry case. Or so I diought. any direct hnk between the Cubans and Otero also pointed out the high con• At a broader level, Uie insurrection is dus Freedom Socialist Party. I call them centration of land ownership, in Uie form about how nations that have historically up at dieir Vancouver office; no answer. I of cattie ranches, in Chiapas. These were mistreated tiieir indigenous people must stick to my land refoim/NAFTA angle. areas not touched by the land distribution address the issue head on. Mexico is January 16 of die 1930's. learrang the hard way Uie price of diUier- Condon returned lo comparing Oka ing and ignoring the legitimate concerns I call up SFU's media relations guy and Chiapas. "Wliat happened at Oka? m the Chiapas. The lessons leamed from Land Reform Past and ask him to recommend someone for Indigenous people who fell their land was the Zapatista uprising apply equally lo my Mexican uprising story. After hsting being [stolen] from them started an armed Mexicans and Canadians. In 1936 President Cardenas began off a bunch of impressive credentials he insurrection. What did the Canadian gov• There's also a lesson here for student redistributmg large ttactso f land to peas• gives me the name Bradley Condon, an emment do? They sent in the army." joumalists. Nothing is ever as simple as it ants, introducing the system of communal expert on Mexico and NAFTA at SFU He pointed out another similarity. first appears much as we would like it to land ownership known as 'ejidos'. The Harbour Centre. Condon was already rec• "Middle class Mexicans m die North are be otherwise. ejidos could not be bought, mortgaged or ommended by another source so I decide as far removed from Uie uprising as mid• rented thus preventing large concentrarion to call him for an interview. dle class Canadians were from the Oka of land owneiship in the hands of a few You would expect the director of a crisis". He paused then added, "we private mdividuals. Centre for North American Business [Canadians] shouldn't view the uprising Though the bulk of Mexico's rural Studies to be decidedly pro-NAFTA. I m Mexico as some foreign [phenomena], population are members of these ejidos, had hoped to get an interview from him Uie same tiling could easily happen here there are still large groups of peasants giving me the gung-ho on Free-Trade and again". who did not receive parcels of land. balance out die anti-NAFTA mterviews I From a foreign policy and national had done up till dien. image perspective Canada and Mexico Land Reform Present I would then have a wonderfully bal• also share a common viewpoint. "The anced piece on tie Mexican uprising, die Mexican government, like the Canadian The present government of Mexico has 'NAFTA is the devil tiiat caused it' side government likes to project a modern, committed itself to removing all tariffs on and the 'NAFTA will make the peasants progressive image abroad. The uprising is agriculniral imports m the next 15 years. richer in die long mn' angle, as embarrassing to Mexicans as Oka was The effects of this action could be stag• Formnately Condon managed to sin- to Canadians."

January 24, 1994 • 9 THE UNK • NATIONAL NEWS

Student debts threaten cuts to leans

VICTORIA (CUP) — Economic condi• Without serious change, pubhc opinion die Ministry of Finance is looking at col• it" tions are getting tiie rap for a BC student may force the government to make cuts to lection from out-of-province debtors. Alan Slrickland, manager of public loan program groaning from over $63 mil• the loans program, Reid said. CurrenUy, ordy if students are sued do affairs widi the Ministry of SkiU.s, Labour, lion in defaults, and the Ministry of She suggested the govemment get student loans enter a debtor's credit and Training, said there were 16,435 Finance is ready to crack down. tougher in collecting student loans, but record. provincial student loans given out in The accumidated debt is up about $15 also make sure students have clear access Kimpton said her depanment is cur• 1990-91 (die departmeni received 43,553 mUUon from last year's total of $47 mil• to information about repaymentoptions . rently serving 30 to 40 former students applications). In 1992-93, 20,032 loans lion, according to documents from the BC Loans are not currendy registeredwil h wilh court notices to retrieve their loans. were given out. Ministry of Finance. The total in 1990 the BC Credit Bureau and dierefore do not However, most defaults come from During the same period, the average was only $12 million. count against credit ratings or further bank smdents unable or unwilling to find jobs, loan increased from $3120 to $3355, and "There isn't a bottomless pit of money loans. said Kimpton. die total amount of money given increased in government," said Linda Reid, BC According to Mary Kimpton, manager And she said the Ministry is willing to from $51 million to $67 million. Liberal finance critic. "There will be of loans administration and collection help such students renegotiate payment "We're not in a serious situation." fewer dollars available for student loaas." widi the Ministry of Fmance, student loan schedules and budget what money they Strickland said. "This is normal growdi." The problem is economic conditions information will be given to the Credit have. Reid said the problem is serious require more students to take out bigger Bureau, beginning this September. But this is nol a finalsolution . enough that govemment must initiate a loans, said Reid. These same conditions "We're working towards increasing "I diink, unfortunately, we're seeing a program for gainful employment after make it more difficult to get a job upon our efficiency in collecting loans." shift in the types of jobs available," she graduation. graduation, making it tough for many stu• Defaulted student loans are currently said. "I beUeve many of Uiese dents to repay their loans. not given over to collection agencies, but Reid said though stu- people would pay the dents should be held more money back if diey were accountable for repaying "/ beUeve many of these gainfully employed," Alberta makes cuts loans, many students are people would pay the Reid said. not made aware they can money back if they were She suggested die gov• pay as little as $20 a ernment and universities gainfully employed. " to education funding month towards their could educate students loans. belter as to whal Iheir OTTAWA (CUP) — The impending Alberta Advanced Education Minister. When they get bills for options will be upon $300-milhon cut to education funding in On Dec. 7, about 750 Universily of $300 a mondi, and diey are unemployed, graduation. Alberta will be "like chopping off one of Alberta students rallied at die university die loans go into default. "Are we training people for jobs thai your legs," says Terence Filewych, presi• and heard speeches from bodi Filewych Kimpton said another problem is that don't exist?" Reid said. dent of the Univeisity of Allierta student and the university's president Paul loo many loans are being given out by the Reid questioned die way BC post-sec• councd. Davenport. provincial government. ondary institutions are spending govem• "It's going to affect die quality of edu• The cuts could mean enrollment would "Has society shifted such that we're ment grants. cation," says Filewych. drop by "2,000 or 3,000 [students] in leading young people as&ay by suggesting "My sense is that so much of what we On Nov. 24, Alberta Education three or four years." according to dial the route to success and die good life spend on education goes into administra• Minister Halvar Jonson announced in a Davenport. is through higher education without look• tion," said Reid. "There's no formula for press release plans to reduce government Fraser says the increased demand for ing at economic factors in attaining that It. There's no way to go back and say [to funding to education by five per cent diis university education in Altierta, coupled higher education?" the universities ] 'liow did you spend dial year. The first round of cuts are planned with cuts to education funding, will put Kimpton said youth should be taught in money'." she said. to lake effect April 1. pressure on die province's education sys• grade school about the different expeaa• She said studeni might be better served This year's cuts are pan of an overall tem. He says die U of C's administradon tions society now has, looking at the due if the institutions were held responsible plan to cut govemment spending by 20 has supported smdent protests against die cost of school. for thai money. "Universities' priorities student cuts. per cent in all areas over ttiree years. "I diink smdents in high school should seem to be research,administration , and Sludent protests at both of the "I'm not a pessimist." says Fdewych. be made aware of the cost of higher edu• professors, nol students," Reid said. province's major universities have been He says he is trying to convince the gov• cation, the forecasts for employment, but vocal. About 500 University of Calgary emment and the people of Alberta that at the same time, lhat if they want to students rallied on campus Nov. 24 to education is a priority. assume dial burden, diey should assume coincide with a visit from Jack Ady, die — 30 —

10 • Janoaiy 26, 1994 NATIONAL NEWS • THEUNi by Karen Loo U3 MONTREAL (CUP) — Tuition fees are increasing as fast as government fiinding •'Mf^A ^^^'l^^YS "How MANY to universities is sbding away. Is Canada M&As P„ Vcu KNcW WHO ARE MAK.NG financing its "universities the right way? AUViN<5?"HE'^AWrs Me Tc= MAJOR How does Canada's system compare to IN SoMETHiN6PRAeJicAL,LlKE>WTr alternative funding methods? The American privatization route, or die Income Contigency Loan Repayment 5*^ Plans (ICLRP) pursued by Australia and l?N-ir Sweden provide other solutions to the of Iceepmg universities afloat. The general sentiment is that Canada must improve tiie system it already has. Many believe that privatization and Income Contingency plans will not better the situation but may actually worsen it.

MONEYBAGS U: THE AMERICAN WAY

The American system tempers huge tuition bills with generous financial aid programs. Andrew Work, vp external of the •Q McGill Students' Society, sees good points on both sides of the fence, "The Americans have a two tieredsys • Comparing rtie Canadian system lo oriier countries' tem, and so consequentiy, diey have uni• believe that education is a public good. versities that we simply cannot compete said, "Our system, ironically, is more urn- ondary education." As a public good, then society should be form Uian theirs. We argue that il needs to with, given our budgets. But then again, (Tharlebois clarified Uiat, "a post-grad• paying for it because all sectors of society be even more uniform in Canada because I'd say that the average Canadian univer• uate tax that neutralizes the negative benefit from education. This is why we we see iniquities Irom region lo region." sity is far above and beyond many of their are advocating zero tuition," effects on accessibiUty, must not serve to smaller colleges and universities. We're Duncan mentioned the differences Laferriere also expressed PGSS's fear increase niition fees by releasing the gov• walking the middle of the road as opposed between provincial financial assistance that Canadian umversities and govern• emment from its funding role." to the rwo extremes." programs as an example. The actual He admitted that other factors are as ments are capitulating to vague forces, amount of money devoted to education While tuition in Canadian universities such as the globalization of markets. important in restructuring Uie Canadian differs between provinces. As well, ordy fiinding of umversities. averages $2,000, private American uni• "This logic of competition [having to certain provmces fiind grant programs. In reference to Cotnpromismg Access, versities charge as much as $19,000 per compete on a national basis] and of pro• "We have provincial governments a study released by the CFS, Charlebois year. ducing specific results from education is which only offer student loans," said said, "There are other short term plans Eric Laferriere, vp external for the very much die language of die corporate Duncan. "We need the federal govem• which must be put into action. They are to McGill Post- Graduate Shident Society sector. We find that Uiis could be quite ment to coordinate a national grants pro• (PGSS) finds die American system "high• increase corporate contributions and to dangerous because it is a gram, so that all students have access to decrease administrative expenses," ly unacceptable." concept of excellence which is, in non-repayable funding for post-secondary Laferriere of the PGSS agrees that a ""We do not think that it [privatization] essence, quite exclusionary." education." corporate tax would be a proper way of to is socially progressive at all because it However, according to Caryn Duncan, Duncan called Uie American system of solve the problem of underfunding. maintains a system of polarization a researcher for the Canadian Federation financial assistance a "hodge-podge sys• However, he warns against dUect invest• between tiiose who can afford education of Students (CFS), there is also much tem." ment from the private sector, which could and diose who can't," said Laferriere. more money available to American stu• She said that the American financial cause problems of control over university "Smdents should not pay for their own dents in Uie forms of bursaries and grants. aid plans differ too much between various agenda. education through tuition fees... we Duncan compared the Canadian and states and instimtions, and argued that the American financial aid programs. She "If you inforce formal links between system was "just a very complicated ttie private sectors and the universities, it maze." might be good because you would inject "There are different funding levels in funds, and specific programs might be put Student paper prints guide terms of the avaUability of American stu• into place... devising a particular social dent assistance..,The Americans sort of system which is respectable of corporate to finding banned trial info target them [financial assistance pro• goals. Then there are a lot of .sectors that grams]. They tailor-make their programs, wdl be neglected, like die social sciences more than we do up here," Ducan added. and humanities" Toronto (CUP) A Toronto student from publishing details of the case. Judy Slymest, Director of the McGill newspaper has stirred up controversy However the trial was not closed to SWEDEN & AUSTRALIA: KlAP Office of Student Aid and Intemational by printing a 'how to' guide on obtain• Canadian media although foreign media Student Advisor, said thai although an ing details of the Karla Homolka trial. and the public were not aUowed in Uie Caiyn Duncan beUeves that die system Income Contingency system makes The article in the Varsity, tiieswden t courtroom. by which Canadian universities are fund• money available to students without a newspaper of the University of Noted criminal lawyer Alan ed needs to be improved, but she sees no need assessment, the plan also transfers Toronto, gives instructions on obtaining Greenspan confirmed in a recent mter- hope in an Income Contingent Loan die cost of education from the taxpayer to banned information on the trial via view that the Varsity technically did not Repayment Plan (ICLRP), the student, Internet. Internet is an immense com• violate the pubUcation ban by printing "I would argue very strongly against Slymest stressed Uiat with an ICLRP, puter network linking research and edu• the 'how to' guide. an overhaul [of die present system], say users end up paying back "the general cational institutions worldwide, includ• "Although [the Varsity guide] may based on an Income Contingency fund of outstanding loans." ing Bcrr. be viewed as incitmg people to go and Repayment model, which I am complete• "1 think that one thing which is not Homolka was tried for manslaughter obtain the information... the crime is ly against. There are so many problems well understood is thai you do not pay last summer for the deaths of two pubUshing, not making the information with Income Contingency." your own personal loan through the young girls. She was sentenced lo available." Serge Charlebois, spokesperson for income tax system, you pay the loans twelve years in prison. Simona Chiose, Varsity editor, in I Organisation Nationale Universitaire from the income tax system." Justice Francis Kovacs, who sen• justifying the printing of the ban said (ONU) and president of the Federation Stymest also said, "When you look al tenced Homolka, enacted the pubUca• "The [guide] was supposed to show Etudiante Universitaire du Quebec umversity budgets being slashed, it's hard tion ban until Homolka's husband, Paul how easy it is to get information on (FEUQ), supports the proposal of a to imagine that it won't have a direct Teale, is tried on related charges. Canadian ICLRP. Internet even in cases where the infor• effect on die quality of education,' The ban prevents Canadian media mation is so tighUycensored/ ' "Income contigency is a means we [Uie ONU] have underlined to address the problem of accessibility to post- sec•

January 26, 1994 • 1 1 W/A^TCLIME. How would you feel about having o composting system af BCtt?

WATER, WATER, WATER! It is true diat over 70 percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water. And so you might consider it unlikely that dieie is any danger of shortage. However, 97 percent is salt water, two percent is fresh water frozen in glaciers, so only an actual one percent of the Dave Emmington, Physical Plant water is suitable for our use. It doesn't sound that abun• Maria Gutierrez, 2nd. yr. Reilly Montgomery, 2nd. yr. Well, I'm not in favor of compost• dant anymore, does il? Transportation and Logistics Advertising ing. I believe lhat it invites rodents. So, who's in charge of die water supply? Obviously I diink it's a greal idea We do it at I diink It's just a matter of people There is plenty of room in BC for there is no single person that watches the world water home, so why not here? getting used to...it's such a big issue consumption and these days. The more you do, or landfills. produces more attempt to do is worthwlule when we run out. Guess what that Unbleached Paper made from BCIT Waste means? The responsibility of by Tim Re«ve ensuring enough It's back, and it's ready to copy. safe drinking High grade white ledger and comput• water for us and er paper collected in the SA future generations Recycling Program is being used by is yours and mine. Island Paper Mills to make an About half unbleached recycled paper that is of the water sup• now being used on campus. ply comes from The paper, called "Resolve lakes, rivers and Natural Kraft", contains 50% post- KAREN ODENWALD streams; and the consumer waste paper, meaning that —— other half comes half of die fibre in the paper has been from underground sources. Water wastage and pollution collected from a recycUng program, takes place in bodi sources. For instance, chemical fer- Uke BCIT's. High grade white paper Paper colleded in SA Recycling Program being shipped off campus. tdizers used on crops seep into die ground and pollute collected on campus is currently sold the underground water supplies, making it toxic to use. to Weyerhauser's Richmond cancer, mutations in marine animals Students in the Automated And drainoff and waste from industry runs into the RecycUng Division who in turn sell it and can build up in our food chain. Business Equipment program recent• rivers, lakes and streams. Let me tell you, as much as to Island Paper for use in die Resolve The second reasons it's so much ly tested "Natural Kraft" in die high industries are working al eliminating waste from factory line of paper products. better dian regular copy paper is its speed copiers used on campus and production, there is still an enormous amount that "Natural Kraft" is one of die most high post-consumer content. Post- had no problems widi it. It is also exists. Only die real amounts are not publicaUy admit• environmentally friendly papers consumer fibre is paper that has been being stocked in one of the SA ted. So we are made to believe that everydiing is safe available in BC for two main rea• used by a consumer, collected in CopyCentre's self-serve copiers. Consumer demand is the key to envi• wtien it's not. As individuals who care about the water sons. The first is that it is unbleached recycling program and remanufac• ronmental improvement, so if you we use, it is our responsibility to say no to this and put and therefore doesn't use a harmful tured into usable pulp. Buying prod• beUeve in a healthier environment, pressure on companies that are contaminating our drink• chlorine bleaching process in its pro• ucts made ftom post-consumer waste ask your instructors to provide Uieir ing water. duction like most white paper. supports markets for recycled materi• handouts on unbleached recycled Let's start by conserving water at home. Install a Chlorine bleaching discharges poUu• als and ensures the sustainability of paper (double sided of course). water-saving shower head which should cut back a min• tants into our local waters that cause recycling programs. imum of two gallons of water per minute. Turning off dripping faucets can save four to 11 diousand gallons of fresh water per faucet every year. Insulating your hot water heater will reduce heat loss, which will in tum A Compost to every environmentally j save hol water. Running a dishwasher with full loads HUGE BAG OF COMPOST to the Insurance Services can full of self- only wdl save a bundle, as it uses about 25 gallons of righteous studeni on campus who doesn't have tfie guts in die SAC for putting flyers on cars in the parking lot, 10 tell their friends to clean up after themselves and use water per cycle. Turning the tap off while shaving or that just get tossed on die ground. Flyers produce an brushing your teeth saves a bunch of water from need• Ihe multitude of recycUng bins on campus. Leaders of ENORMOUS amount of needless waste. lessly going down the dram. Putting mulch around trees Tomorrow or Hypocrites of Yesterday's Planet?? A whole wad of COMPOST to the owners of cars who and plants avoids moisture loss. Using the toilet as a thoughUess enough to throw the flyers on the ground. Are A belated to Tim wastebasket or ashtray wastes five to seven gallons of heap of Compost Reeve, SA people Uiat lazy or ignorant dial diey can't spend a LIT• Recycling Coordinator, for his mass distribution of water every flush. TLE exffa effort to keep garbage off die streets? memos lo employees of Ihe SA in their Xmas pay- Just remember that every bit of water we save is A heap of Compost to Terry Milligan, Chair of the cheques. Couldn't diis information have been posted cen• more for us and our future! campus Environment Committee for not calling a meet• trally instead? From Stephen MiUer - SA Director. ing of this committee since last Apnl. Environmental RECYCLE exceUence is a top down commitment Where's the beefl! Send your Kudos and Compost fo ttie Recycling Deportment ond be automatically entered into our monthly draw for a free backyard composler and other cool prizes. YOUR UNK Include your name, program and phone number. Enter now for January's drawil

January 26, 1994 • 12 ENHRTAINMENT • THE UNI Third Reuse Party is an evening's entertainment by Richard Havlik Kid 'N Play are back at it again in Uieir new movie 'House Party 3'. This time around Kid ( Christopher Reid) is engaged and Play (Christopher Martin) organizes the bachelor party. This very hip rap movie goes from one scene to anoUier encompassing a wide range of rapper language and music.

FILM House Party Three

Kid and Play are music agents who have promised to deliver a hot new female rap group, Sex As A Weapon (TLC) to promo'er Showboat (Michael Colyar). Showboat fronts the two cash, thinking that the new group has been signed and Play spends the money for Uie party. The problem is the female group is looking at Statement on young men in the 90's other agents and if they don't sign them soon they will be up shit creek. Kid's conniving by Richard Havlik arxl the problems they have. In the end young cousins (Immamre) who have come into What can one say about a young man Johnny comes to London from he realizes Uiat most people really don't town for the wedding, organize their own party. smck m the nineties. Mike Leigh's new Manchester to visit his ex, Sophie care and some would rather just beat The pre-pubescent rappers stall showboat with film Naked certainly makes a go of it. (Katrin Cartiidge) and he ends up with him up. their own antics and in Uie end save the day by Johnny (David ThewUs) takes us on a her roommate Louise (Lesley Sharp), The film has won Best Director and havmg Uie hippest party of the night. journey through the dark streets of He soon leaves and wanders the streets best Actor awards in the Cannes Film London, unleashing his frustration of The movie becomes predictable in places yet encountering a security guard guarding Fesuval in 1993, It is certainly a movie modem society on the wide variety of empty space, a teenager standing on a it has some very strong characters Uiat save it. worth seeing that has literary value. characters he encounters, comer screaming for his girlfriend, a Comedian (Bemie Mac) plays uncle Vestor who Mike Leigh does a great job bringing waitress diat eventually throws him out has some very powerful opimons. The film is life to die characters and extracting die FILM of her home The story has its humorous fast paced and laughable, so if one likes rap and bitterness that most people feel in their Naked moments, interesting in most places and straggle. the culture behind it, then this movie is great for @ Starlight Cinema hard-hitting truths in others, Johnny an evenings entertainmem. ^ _ Denman St. points out the insecurities of mankind BOOKS ARE BCIT BOOKSTORE A REUSABLE SPECIALS RESOURCE FEBRUARY '94

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January 24, 1994 • 13 THEUNK* ENTERTAINMENT

Bootsauce hits the road DREW: We're not quite sure 1 guess DREW: Oh sure I visit the Love Shop die DREW: 6 monlhs writing it, another 4 by Steve Everitt months recording it. We'll also be getting April is England, France, Germany leleas- The end of dus mondi and the beginning most. Well if you said the music is a very es of the album. March is the US. We R&B sort of diing, it's beyond R&B, a die next single out and the next video out, of February is brought to you courtesy of which is Moanie. Yeah, so basically very may do some showcases in the US. Bootsauce. Their third album, "Sleeping rap version of R&B. The music makes die lyric writing a lot easier. There's a hint in busy. And we want to tour this one to AL: And back in Canada later in the year. Bootie", was released late last year and deadi. they are following it up with a cross the voice of sexuality but that's more a LINK: What if Lollapalooza happens? hint. LINK: That's for sure; you're doing 15 Canada tour through 14 cities in 17 DREW: We wouldn't say no but we have nights. They hit Vancouver on February shows in 17 nights. How tough is that on AL: The lyric seems to go more in hand said no. We would have to of deloured off 4th at the Commodore with their own with the type of music. You don't say, the band and your voice? our tour to do it. 1 thirdc this year is going brand of Funk/Rock. I had a chance to "hey baby wiggle that bootie" over a U2 DREW: On the voice it's very tough. to be big as far as names go. discuss touring, and die new album, with groove. Drew Ling, singer/lyricist and AJ Baculis, AL: Il's a different kind of endurance. LINK: Do you find dial die business side DREW: It's more implied than anything the bass player. LINK: How big do you ttunk the audi• tries to influence your music? too serious. LINK: What is die most obvious differ• ences will be diis tour? DREW: When it comes to picking songs LINK: Is this a dead serious look at sexu• ence between this album and the previous DREW; Well diis tour is more an intro• diere is a lot of involvement by the record ahty or is it very tongue-in-cheek look? two? duction to the record. And we're really company. DRF.W: We put a lot more diought in diis AL: I couldn't imagine a dead serious happy to be playing the Commodore AL: To succeed you have to have some one, we wrote a lot more songs for it. The look at sexuahty. because it's taken us about 4 or 5 years to sort of game plan, and the game plan is be able to play diere. Brown Album was great and had a lot of DREW: No, it's very tiin. what takes all Uiat cooperation. flow, and then Bull was more let's sit AL: It's been about a year and a half LINK: What can people expect at a LINK: When I first heard Sleeping down and write some songs. This new since we toured Canada so it should be Bootsauce concert? album is more a bridge between the two, Bootie I pictured a Walt Disney animation great. Touring is fun, it's not work. more concise. movie starring Andrew Dice Clay. AL: Well Uie new stuff really goes over Especially if you go to some place like the DREW: (Laughs) well hve. Everyone who's seen the show AL: Our producer John Aiosa is really south of France, or New York, or LA, it's into this organic thing...playing at the AL: Yeah, that's kind of like a raunchy a shame to pass dirough a city in a day. Uiinks it's a lot better. same time and weird ideas like that. Meat Beat Manifesto type tune. A lot of LINK: Do diink diat success in Uie States LINK: How's Uie energy level? We're Uke a band widi samples. times we actually come up with the tide is inevitable Uiis time? AL: (Laughs) Low, very low! first. LINK: Do you guys really enjoy sam• DREW; Nodiing is written in plastic. DREW: Yeah, we're doing it all acousti• pling? LINK: The song Sorry Whole refers to AL: It's not inevitable. It just means that cally and we'll have stools! life as hell. Is it a reference to someone's we have lo make a commitment to going DREW: It's a fun thing as long as you past experience? AL: The show's great. down diere. It's a ton of organization just know how lo use it right. Big Audio LINK: Which city has die best fans? DREW: Yeah. It was a direct speech, son to gel tliere and play. Dynamite is probably most siniUar in ttieir of stop digging yoiu own sorry hole, get AL: Vancouver! DREW: You have to gel through the vision. But I'd never accuse an EngUsh off of it. A lot of people 1 know get business just to get to ttie pleasurable pan. DREW: I would say between Vancouver band of having a groove! trapped in a rut and you have to help them and Toronto. Ask me after die show. LINK: Who visits the Love Shop the dig themselves out of it LINK: What are your plansright afte r die most t)ecause your music seems to have a LINK: How busy have you been lately? Canadian tour? strong sexual overtone to it?

U'January 26, 1994 ENTERTAINMENT • THE UN Comedy Blue Rodeo's music provokes elevates its fashion thought conscious crowd by Brian Rice mosh pit, which was a welcome change, By Brian Rice My first impression when I walked just a packed house of smiling people The one man show that packed die into tiie sold-out club to see Blue Rodeo having ftin. 350 seat BCIT theater on Wednesday was "Wow ... whal a well dressed Blue Rodeo's music is the kind of for a lunch hour show was billed as " The crowd". music that just about anyone can enjoy, hottest comedy touring Canadian especially live. The vocals, the har• Campuses ". CONCERT REVIEW monies, Uie inoffensive rock music blend• Blue Rodeo ed wiUi a touch of counay, and a stage THEATRE REVIEW Commodore Ballroom full of nice looking people having fun. I Don't Understand Women Saturday, January 15 Samrdays show seemed to be a bit of a IBM Theatre party for Blue Rodeo. It was Uie finale of January 19 As I made my way past sport jackets Uieir stint of gigs at Uie Vogue Uieater and and shopping mall perfume displays to the Commodore, and Uiey brought several Suspecting a lunch hour retreat from check out the band I noticed that there friends on-stage to play. The most the normal noon break of bad food and was an exciting buzz of electricity and notable guests Sarah McLachlan and Neil text book review I looked forward to the good times in the air. The band was Osborne (54-40) helped elevate the musi• comical entertainment. The show was already playing, and Uie sprmg loaded cal pleasure all tiie way to Uie circlmg very entertaining and the audience often dance floor hopping. There was no disco baU. burst with laughter, but the subject mate• rial of the show was anything but comi• cal. Covering a wide spectrum of topics such as rape, homophobia, and the com• RECREATION & ATHLETICS plexities of a relationship. The writer, producer and performer Self defense werkhep to be held Norman Nawrocki filled die stage with city." his multiple characters. Through simple by Dia Richardson Norman Nawrocki brought his socialty Some of the different techmques that costume changes and background music A Women's Self Defense and conscious comedy I DON'T UNDER• Frank teaches are: understanding vulnera- Norman wove a storyline with multiple Awareness Clinic is being held at the STAND WOMEN to BCIT for a lunch biUties. common sense tips, assertiveness, characters in varied simations. Comedy BCIT Rec. Center on February I and 2. hour show. BRIAN RICE PHOTO tools that can be used as weapons, pomts was the backbone of the show, but its The clinic was developed by Frank to attack and how to combme these tech• soul was the message that I, you, every• I left the show in a contemplative Mostad and Molly Legge in 1989. This niques, body, should be conscious of others and mood filled with issues and a feeUng of course does not promote invincibility or Al the end of die clinic a Challenge is treat them as we ourselves would like to having been entertained. Probably, I hatred towards men raUier it teaches phys• held, Frank dresses in minimum protec• be ueated. There was a particular empha• imagine, just what Norman hoped for ical skills, strategy and awareness. tive equipment and tries to immobilize the sis on the way women are treated( in gen• when he put tiie show together and took it Frank Mostad, who is trained in the women while they try to escape. The eral ) by men. on die road. Martial Arts, says Uiat, "Some female sm• dents suffer from culture shock when Uiey legal impUcanons of Self Defense and Uie touring Australia and Europe will be move from a suburban to an urban envi• Law are also covered. playmg their first local show to promote ronment. This dime can teach them valu• Contaa Recreation and Atheltics in the their new album "Loggerheads." With able skills to survive safely in a large SAC (SE 16) for more infonnation. Chixdiggit, Polar Bear and Pasties.

ATTENTION ALL WOMEN BEGINNER'S SQUASH THE WONDER STUFF DON'T BE VICTIMIZED Mondays. Jan 31 to Feb 28, Session A (6:15 to The Commodore, 870 Granville St. Attend a special 2 evening 7:15pm) or Session B (7:15 to 8:15), $33 forS Wednesday Feb. 2 doors 8:30 seminar on: sessions, 5 people each. CiTR presents this group from WOMEN'S SELF DEFENSE & England. Tickets $10 in advance. AWARENESS BALLROOM DANCING Tues.. Feb 1 & Wed.. Feb.2 6:30 to 8:30pm Tuesdays. Feb 8 - Apr 5, 6pm to 8pm, DICK DALE &THEDELTONES Weight room NE 1 Rm, 334 The Commodore, 870 Granville St COST IS ONLY $16 $27 for 8 sessions. Max of 20 registrants Thursday Feb. 3 doors 8:30 Emphasis on fox Trot, Jive, Waltz and some With The Surfdusters plus The AEROBICS SESSIONS Latin, 70's disco Night Falcons. Be prepared for an intense night Morning: of surf music. Dick Dale has become The Commodore, 870 Granville St. Mon. Wed & Fri 7:15 to Sam BEGINNERS RAQUETBALL known as "The Kmg of the Surf Guitar." EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT Noonhour: Mondays, Jan 31 - Feb 28, Mon, Thurs c& Fri 1 Session "A" 6:15-7:15pm BOOTSAUCE REGGAE DANCE EXPLOSION 1:40 to 12:10 Session's" 7:15 - 8:15pm The Commodore, 870 Granville St The Commodore, 870 Granville St. Mon 12:40 to 1:10 $32 for 5 sessions, 5 people per session j Friday Feb. 4, 8:30 all ages show at Friday Jan. 28, doors 8:30 5 Afternoon: pm. CiTR presents: SMALL AXE, TROP• Mon, Tues, Wed &Thurs BEGINNERS JUGGLING The band all the way from Montreal ICAL BREEZE, CLUB MANGO. 4:40 to 5:25 Wednesdays, Feb 2 - 23, 11:30- 12:15pm, spreading their tunes to the City. With Step Classes: $8 per person, max 12people, min 4 people PILLBOX. ECUPSE '94 DANCE PARTY Mornings: Wednesdays NE 1 Rm 345 The Commodore, 870 Granville St. Noonhrs: Mon 12:40 Fri 11:40 GROUNDHOG DAY GRAFFITI DANCE Friday Jan. 28, doors 8:30 Afternoons; Tues & Thurs PARTY REC COUNCIL 1 UBC Chinese Varsity club & Paradise The Commodore, 870 Granville St Entertainment presents. SNOW BOARDING LESSONS NEXT MEETING Saturday Feb. 5 Doors 8:30 Sat, Feb 5, 9am to 12pm D.O.A Tickets at die door are $11 (includes a $64 / person (incls: 3hrs of instmction, lift tick• white disposable painter suit and a black Town Pump, 66 Water St. ets, boots, board) THURSDAY, JAN 27, 5:30PM felt pen for suit ^affiti). Door prizes and Friday Jan. 28 & Saturday Jan. 29 ETC CAFETERIA ' Vancouver band recentiy back from DJ LIBIO playing your requests aU night January 26, 1994 • 15 THEUNK* EXECUTIVES

Who should you go to with a problem? What opportunities have you GET A JOB... been missing out on? Who should you thank for a pleasant change to GET A LIFE... campus policy or planning? Executives often seem lo work away in little seen musty offices, too GET A GLOBAL NUMBER... often without the knowledge of those they administer With this new section The Link hopes to give the student, and staff at integrated telephone, ceaular,fax, voice messaging, caB forwarding, paging service and much more- BCIT an increased awareness of executive action, asking execeutives to explain how they serve the campus. In this way The Link hopes it will aid and assist students, and others in the campus population, through a better campus experience.

Craig MacMillan SA Vice President of Student • 20% off BC-TEL long dUtanc* rotas Affairs • B« occossibU 24 hours o day, ov^ry day •When you move, your numb«r moves wHh you As VP of Sludent Affairs, I thought •No moro hassles v/aiting for importanl calls this position was pretty cut and dry, but •No moro lost messages die more I learned, the more 1 realized 1 •No HMd to constantly update your rasum* needed to leam. I sure got more than 1 bargained for. • Easy to us* Besides having to digest die myriad of CALL US NOW! school policies, I often find myself in 893-8030 many a meeting being the only person without a suit and lie. I often get that, "hey, who let the ditch digger in here?" GLOBAL look. This year I have performed functions ranging from representing students dunng '*th« only number you'U tver mad." the appeal process to staying up tdl 4:00 listen, and ils my job lo facilitate Ihis am answering phones for Timmy's communication. Teledion. Part of my duties and responsi• Currendy 1 am woricing on a number of bilities include acting as ombudsman for projects which include: conducting sever• the smdents, fiindraising for smdent chari• al student appeals, smdent representation ties arxl acting as devils advocate amongst on several committes including sexual the student council. harassment. Safety and Security, and soon This has been one of Ihe best experi• ri be joining the Cheating and Plagiarism ences that anyone could have. If people committee. tell you diat students don't have a voice in I am also conducting fundraising for this institution, they are wrong. This. Idee the Studeni Assistance Fund, which all schools, has ils flaws, but for the most involves raising money for needy stu• part, the people in charge are wilHng to dents, lUce die '2 bucks for what?' raffle and the February Blah dance.

Gerry Moss, BCIT Vice President of Student Services & Educational Support

The people in die Student Services and Educational Support division of the Institute are there to inform, enrol and help graduate individuals who come to BCIT. Our mission is expressed by our Come and help out at divisional tide: we provide services to stu• dents and staff, as both seek to fulfill their objective of first-rate education and train• ing. Whether it's information services through die Library, advising, counselling or financial assistance, records manage• ment, or campus-life suppon, our business quality service; and instiwtional strategic directions are dnven by one aim: to grad• planning-so that we have a clear vision uate highly quahfied students. Even with• for die funire. in Institutional Research and Planning, though it may seem remote from student This division of the Institute is staffed Writers, photographers, cartoonists, interests, we focus on discovering cunent by absolutely super people. People who have been here one year, ten years or typesetters welcomed issues, trends and conditions, all of which help us find the right diings to do and help twenty five years (and we have them all) no experience necessary us assure we do them right. are constantiy working lo aid students and staff. And they're doing it all through My current priorities include: the some rather tight times, when "fiscal development of the Campus Centre - a restraint" seems to tie the ptirase diey hear facihty which is certain to improve cam• most often. Never-the-less, every depart• Meet interesting people pus hfe; upgrading institutional informa• ment in Ihis division, from tion systems - to help our staff serve our admissions/registration lo placement, is students better: finding better ways lo looking for ways to improve its services. operate our fronl-Une services - to manage And that's going to contmue and learn valuable skills the growth in sludeni numbers we will certaiidy be facing without compromising

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