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by Jesse Ferreras EDITORIAL BOARD CULTUREWRITER COORDINATING EDITOR Jesse Marchand One would think that Splash and [email protected]. ca The Little Mermaid might have NEWS EDITORS Paul Evans <5d Eric Szeto beached the fish meets human [email protected] genre for good—apparently not The CULTURE EDITOR Simon Underwood mermaid film has flipped back onto [email protected]. ca the big screen in 2006 with SPORTS EDITOR Megan Smyth Aquamarine, a sweet, big-hearted [email protected] teen fantasy-comedy that, despite its FEATURES/NATIONAL EDITOR cringe-inducing corniness, is more Bryan Zandberg than likely to please its target mati [email protected]. ca nee audience at the cineplex. Claire and Hailey (Emma PHOTO EDITOR Yinan Max Wang [email protected] Roberts and Joanna "Jojo" Levesque) are spending a final PRODUCTION MANAGER Michelle Mayne summer together at Claire's grand [email protected] parents' beach resort in Bay COORDINATORS Bridge. Angst-ridden over the fact that Hailey will be joining her VOLUNTEERS Colleen Tang marine biologist mother in [email protected] Australia before school starts RESEARCH/LETTERS Claudia Li ("She's scientific...more like horrif [email protected] ic"), the girls make a last-ditch effort to stay together, praying dur girls have been fawning all sum my age, rerninding me that I had to high-pitched versions of Gollum— The Ubyssey is the official student newspaper of the University flatter Aqua with compliments of British Columbia. It is published every Tuesday and Friday ing their last sleepover to the "god mer, in exchange for the granting seriously suspend my cynicism. by The Ubyssey Publications Society. We are an autonomous, of hurricanes" for a miracle. of a wish. Their initial resistance That said, the reactions of everyone about her beauty. democratically run student organisation, and all students are Although the god's initial to help Aqua is made all the worse around throwing up big laughs at Likewise, it is nearly impossible encouraged to participate. f! response is to decimate the resort, by Cecilia (Arielle Kebbel), the pris each corny word of dialogue let me to take the hero-figure Raymond Editorials are chosen and written by the Ubyssey staff. They their prayers bring them a miracle sy daughter of the local TV weath know that Aquamarine is more than seriously when he constantly are the expressed opinion of the staff, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Ubyssey Publications Society or the in the form a the luminous mer erman who strolls around Bay likely to win praises from the people emerges on screen in slow motion, University of British Columbia. All editorial content appearing in t maid named Aquamarine (Sara Bridge with a blonde-tourage con it was made for. The film is squeaky- his presence accompanied by the The Ubyssey is the property of The Ubyssey Publications Society. Paxton), who is informed via stantly in tow, likewise seeking the clean, with lead characters who put Bodyrockers' "I Like the Way You Stories, opinions, photographs and artwork contained herein cannot be reproduced without the expressed, written permission seashell that in order to escape a heart of handsome Raymond. nary a foot on the wrong side of Move"—but the aural sentiment of The Ubyssey Publications Society. h loveless marriage under the sea, Claire and Hailey must make morality and radiate a sweet charm was clearly echoed by the young The Ubyssey is a founding member of Canadian University Press 1 she must prove to her father that Raymond fall in love with Aqua throughout—particularly teen pop viewers sitting behind me. (CUP) and adheres to CUP's guiding principles. love truly exists. within five days, all the while hid star Jojo, who appears on her way to I'm anticipating at some point Letters to the editor must be under 300 words. Please include Claire and Hailey rear the mer ing her nautical nature or else risk securing a respectable acting career that someone will read this review your phone number, student number and signature (not for maid in their home, hiding her in separating them forever. to accompany her musical talents. and tell me, "Chill out, it's just a publication) as well as your year and faculty with all submissions. ID will be checked when submissions are dropped off at the a water tower by night, and agree I knew from the moment I The film's sweetness, while consis movie." To you I will respond that editorial office of The Ubyssey, otherwise verification will be done $ to help her win the affections of walked into the theatre that I was tent, is sometimes cringe-worthy, I'm just a student critic, and that by phone. "Perspectives" are opinion pieces over 300 words but Raymond (Jake McDorman), a way out of my league. Every seat particularly in a scene in which if you enjoy this kind of film you under 750 words and are run according to space. "Freestyles" are opinion pieces written by Ubyssey staff members. Priority will be FT dreamy lifeguard over whom the was filled with viewers about half starfish-earrings—that sound like will not be disappointed. SI given to letters and perspectives over freestyles unless the latter is time sensitive. Opinion pieces will not be run until the identity of si the writer has been verified. 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Call Laura 604.290.2400 Press Number 0040878022 THE UBYSSEY FRIDAY, 10 MARCH, 2006 CULTURE 3 Eggers stories leave reviewer still hungry
DAVE EGGERS How We Are Hungry Vintage
by Kian Mintz-Woo CULTURE WRITER
In his latest collection of short stories, How We Are Hungry, Dave Eggers con •A tinues to develop that oh-so-modern voice unleashed in A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. His stories cover the unassuming and everyday: a mother waits for her son to come home late. A man falls in love and feels the need to fly with this new girl. A couple of friends go down to Central America to surf and enjoy each other. Don't be deceived. Eggers' persona is always there, commenting in the back ground. Even when his stories seem sim ple, he is there to remind you, in his post modern fashion, just how clever he is. In the story "The Only Meaning of the Oil- Wet Water," where friends Pilar and Hand meet to go surfing together, u Eggers' commanding narrative voice stopped me mid-page on more than one occasion. After describing a set of horses that they pass in the street, Eggers abruptly interjects to explain that "the horses had no symbolic value," instead of •1 leaving the reader to interpret this moment on their own. "This is not a story about Pilar and Hand falling in love," the author writes, but the self-referential tone he takes too often overwhelms the actual story at hand. To be fair, when Eggers' conceits did $ not remind me of him, there were in FT fact many moments of (dare I say it?) staggering genius:
GOD: I own you like I own the caves. If THE OCEAN: Not a chance. No com parison. GOD: I made you. I could tame you. THE OCEAN: At a time, maybe. But not now. 'There's no sun there, no moon, no direction, no sense of time. GOD: I will come to you, freeze you, break you. Just fine white sand swirling up into the sky like pulverized bones/' THE OCEAN: I will spread myself like wings. I am a billion tiny feathers. HARUKI MURAKAMI gle picture as a testament to their Johnnie Walker. Nakata's work and unwittingly plunges I! You have no idea what's happened Kafka on the Shore existence, he departs on a bus and encounter with this mysterious one into a metaphysical world to me. Vintage encounters Sakura, a young man brings out tendencies he where it is near impossible to woman who accompanies him on never knew existed and is there distinguish between reality and Eggers is at his strongest when he by Jesse Ferreras his journey and gives him shelter after thrown into a journey dream-state. The novel is end refrains from over-manipulating his CULTURE STAFF for a night when he runs out of where abilities awaken in him lessly compelling, its writer writing, when he lets it flourish, by not money. His curiosity with the out possessing the rare talent to hit forcibly shortening the stories, or over- Illustration by Ashley Cook side world eventually brings him his reader over the head repeat reminding us of his authorial presence, to the Komura Library, where he NAKATA SURVIVES edly with one twist after the his is clear. "Another* is a story that is My first experience with Haruki quickly strikes up a friendship ON...THE SMALL FEE next in a work that employs sur somewhat restrained and ended up Murakami was a mind-bender, with the secretary, Oshima. The realist imagery, mythology and growing on me, telling the story of a to say the least. The world he cre- two share a passion for literature HE RECIEVES FROM PET fantasy with great success—one man who goes to Egypt to ride through , ates in his latest work, the inter and a similar longing for freedom. OWNERS WHO CONTRACT really has no idea what will hap the pyramids, wrestling with his uncon national bestseller Kafka on the Kafka is soon given a job and lodg pen next. scious need to compete or to prove him Shore, appears at first to be ing as Oshima's assistant, a posi HIS PECULIAR ABILITY What is most remarkable self to his guide (who he hates). But my grounded in modern-day Japan, tion in which he comes into regu TO COMMUNICATE about Kafka on the Shore is the favourite was "Your Mother and I," in but gradually drifts further and lar contact with the mysterious author's ability to ingrain him which a father explains how he and his further from reality with increas Miss Saeki, the library's curator, WITH CATS THAT HAVE self in the mind of a sex-starved wife solved all the world's problems ing intensity, transforming into who carries with her a past she GONE MISSING 15-year-old. He must have while making nachos. "We were on a a world in which men can con reveals to no one and keeps her employed autobiographical ele roll/ observes the dad,'"so we got rid of verse with cats, leeches fall from secluded in an upstairs room, only ments in his characterisation of genocide." the sky and a simple shrine in a ever descending to take visitors on that he never knew were possi Kafka because he captures per Much has been made of the short small town can become a gate a tour. ble, let alone for an old man who fectly the fantasy and frustration anecdotes in this book, which take the way to another realm. With Told in alternating chapters is could already talk to cats. As of a teenager with the women to 5i> form of stories less than a page long. incredible ease, Murakami the story of Nakata, an old man Kafka and Nakata venture fur whom he is attracted—some On the whole, they are unsatisfying. In merges dreams with reality, and who suffered a strange accident ther from home their paths grad times the characterisation is so ; | "On Wanting to Have Three Walls up crafts a narrative that compels as a child and thereafter lost ually draw closer, eventually cul vivid, it's disturbing. Kafka on Before She Gets Home/ a man wants from start to finish. much of his intelligence. Forever minating in a metaphysical the Shore is required reading for to do exactly what the title suggests on Kafka Tamura is a confused, referring to himself in the third event that stretches the bound anyone who enjoys surrealist a building project. After reading the sexually charged 15 year old who person, Nakata survives on a aries of reality further than and fantasy elements incorporat title (not an insignificant amount of has self-assigned a first name in government "sub city" and the either of them could have ever ed into a beautiful coming-of-age reading), I knew the story the story and perfect accordance with his tor small fee he receives from pet expected. story that is at first slow to devel I did. mented situation. Antsy at home, owners who contract his pecu I wish to provide as scant as op but soon becomes hypnotic in In fact, it feels like Eggers has col he chases his desire for freedom liar ability to communicate with possible a summary of Kafka on its tale of two men who have lected a list of experiments of which and runs away, either out of cats that have gone missing. The the Shore for fear of revealing been bound by a higher fate to he's decided to share with the world. In hatred for his father or to escape old man meets his biggest chal too much about this surreal, journey beyond the boundaries (g. playing with the form of the short story, the terrifying Oedipal prophecy he lenge in his search for Goma, labyrinthine novel. Murakami of reality and into a void they these experiments often fail to capti received as a child. Realising he who has seemingly vanished in a makes no supposition that his never anticipated. You may find vate, but each intermittent success is has never known his mother or his conspiracy involving a man in a reader has any acquaintance yourself in a similar void as you that much sweeter. IB sister, and possessing only a sin silk hat who refers to himself as with his style or his previous devour this novel. II A CULTURE FRIDAY, 10 MARCH, 2006 THE UBYSSEY
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PHILOSOPHER KINGS Man" and "You Don't Love Me." Commodore A newcomer to the scene, I was February 24 n't sure what to expect from the 25 to 45 year old crowd or from the by Ania Mafi Kings. I was pleasantly surprised in CULTURE WRITER how easy it was to budge my way through the well behaved crowd to The talented and soulful Philosopher the front of the stage—a move wor Kings performed an amazingly enter thy of an ass kicking if I was at a taining show at the Commodore that Talib Kweli concert. left new fans like me drooling for Once up front, I got an even closer more. Yes, the Philosopher Kings are look at Eaton's sensual singing style. sexy, and yes, they know it—at least At one point, he even began unbut lead singer Gerald Eaton (also known toning his shirt, mischievously grin as Jarvis Church) gave that impres ning at the crowd who was cheering sion on February 24, as he continual him on to unbutton some more. My ly caressed the microphone, belting friend and I lost our voices at this Vancouver's Young and Sexy live on stage out his deep, heartfelt lyrics and grab point in the evening, but to our dis bing his pectorals. appointment the shirt did not come YOUNG AND SEXY You Find It are overlaid with shades sHding through their heartfelt lyrics The calm crowd filled the venue off. Eaton is a a tease. Ret! Room of British pop. and lazy harmonies with just the and patiently waited through two I was extremely impressed with February 23 The album, which begins with slightest touch of irony. When asked opening acts for the Kings to final the guitar solos performed by titles like "Your Enemy's Asleep* and what sets their music apart, Pittman ly grace the stage at almost 11pm. James Bryan and newest band by Amanda Truscott "The Night Wears A Sombrero* is squints at the ground and rubs the Playing for just under two hours, member, bassist Marc Rogers. The CULTUREWRITER sleepy and slow, but it is saved from back of his neck. "I think our voices the short and sweet set did not two had a guitar battle on stage delving into monotony midway sound really nice together," he says, disappoint. that really got the crowd heated as The Red Room was packed with through by the strong forward move Starting off the night with their James Bryan tweaked the guitar casually-dressed twenty-somethings ment of "Conventional Lullabies." The album's title, a lyric from i newest single "Castles in the Sand," strings so fast I think everyone waiting to catch Vancouver's Young The dreamlike melodies and slow "Satellite," means "don't worry straight from their latest album was exhausted by the time his set and Sexy, who just released their strumming continue on "Trespass about your goals until you get i: Castles, it was refreshing to hear climaxed. new CD, Panic When You Find It. on a Thought* and "Satellite." Tight there," says Brain. "Just worry their most recent chart topper at Performing an excellent live show And fans weren't disappointed by percussion and piano, however, about crossing that bridge when the start of the show; reminding the with flawless vocals and captivating the show. The band played like a ensure that any sleep induced by you come to it Because we're all crowd that they're back in full force instrumentals, The Philosopher well-oiled machine, ringing out the these songs does not occur as a pretty neurotic, but it's better to from a lengthy hiatus of nearly Kings will broaden their fan base songs on the playlist almost exactly result of boredom. just panic when you find it, you seven years. The evening pro on this successful and sexy tour as they sound on the CD. Mostly Lucy Brain's girlish vocals com know?" Maybe, but if an audience gressed with a mixture of old and which comes to an end early next mellow, slightly rocky, the country plement beautifully those of her part is what they're looking for, there new favourites, including "I am the month in Toronto, a and folk influences on Panic When ner in crime, Paul Hixon Pittman, may already be cause for panic. V -i r
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S.Vj.^W*i^MttV>*.tvaas»i< I! fi CULTURE FRIDAY, 10 MARCH, 2006 THE THEUBYSSEY ia breaks, blows, burns Critic lavishes praise on Joni, candy jingle BREAK, BLOW, BURN: CAMILLE PAGLIA READS 43 OF THE WORLD'S B&ST POEMS /' Camille Paglia Vintage M m D VD ZONE by Amanda Truscott P Vbur campus movie store. CULTUREWRITER In the Village next to the Bank of Montreal I For the loss of passion and reverence for art she sees in American Literature departments, Camille Paglia blames the French. While she might have about the sometimes alienating nature of literary theory, which she claims »* to "analyse language but atrociously [abuse] language," Paglia's sneering dismissal of "effete French rationalism" and '"the death of the author' i Gome by room 23 of the sub to pick up a free movie (that Parisian cliche)" is characteristic of the provocative attitude oj rental fromi dvd zone- your dyd store in the village. bold display in Break, Blow, Burn: Camille Paglia reads 43 of tht world's best poems. bVD ZONE Indeed, she does seem hell-bent on ehciting a strong response from her readers, whether anger, passionate agreement or utter astonish ment Astonishment would be the appropriate word to describe my reaction to her paean to the jingle in a certain M&M commercial: ! ; 2. LORD Of WAR V "I felt then, and still do, that the M&M peanut's jingle was a viva cious poem and that the creative team who produced that ad were folk artists, anonymous as the artisans of medieval cathedrals." To Paglia, the words are as worthy of praise as the Notre Dame. They are as follows: "I'm an M&M peanut/ Toasted to a golden brown/ Dipped in creamy milk chocolate/ And covered in a thin candy shell!" Despite her inclination towards controversy, Paglia's I choice of poems in Break, Blow, Burn—in which she uses the technique of "close reading" to uncover the meaning that she believes is locked within them—is surprisingly conventional, as are the majority of her readings. There are, of course, exceptions: Paglia makes a strong argument for the inclusion of Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock" in the literary canon, and her inter FRIDAY, M^ pretation of William Carlos Williams's "This Is Just To Say" is somewhat idiosyncratic. While the poem is usually read as the jeering taunt of a thief who has callously stolen the plums his wife had been planning to eat for breakfast, Paglia (incredibly) calls it "a highly original love poem whose casualness is a deft trib* - ute and token of intirnacy and respect." The book's crowning achievement is * its interpretation of Sylvia Plath's -' "Daddy," about which Paglia gives- ;;^ If occasionally brilliant insights. The last-Jl u line of the poem ("Daddy, daddy, yom^ bastard, I'm through") parallels, Paglia, "the smashing or burMa^;' r guitars by the Yardbirds, the Whe&, Jimi Hendrix, the peak of exp: ness being a destruction of tfaea ment—in this case the poeth&i H To her credit, Paglia's i ft. ^M^re^W^ tions are accessible and/ ten, even if she does le: read, proclaiming as a**-3 intended meaning whalf easily be a meaning has projected upon ihe^ her indictlnent of literf * occasional pretentmui have some merit, ** criticism that treats Ml and their authors with Vi religious reverence has., tial to cause a different alienation: when poem& I sented as having complex
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WINNIPEG (CUP)-Last Thursday, Tom Shapiro walked into the Regina Police Department m where he had recently been detained for pos P session of drugs. He walked out with two large t bags of dried marijuana. &5 Shapiro, who is infected with AIDS, has used marijuana for the last five years to alleviate the nausea that is a side effect of his medication.
ft* His large, medically sanctioned supply of mari juana was returned to him legally on March 2. § Police seized the plants he was growing in I- his basement on January 31; his permit to grow and possess marijuana had expired in October. Shapiro said that he had applied to renew it before it expired, but it was late coming in the mail and he lost status as a legal user. Tipped off by his electricity bill, police entered his Regina home and seized 21 plants. "Health Canada said I'm not on the list, so I , must be illegal," Shapiro said. "(The police] *; S were there for one reason. . .and they did as much damage as they could." Shapiro said that the police treated him as they would any illegal grow operation. He was taken to jail, fingerprinted, charged with growing marijuana contrary to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and set with a court date of March 7, but he was released when his renewed permit arrived on February 2. Two categories of people have access to medicinal marijuana. Those suffering from multiple sclerosis, a spinal cord injury or disease, severe pain or inability to eat as a NIPPED IN THE BUD: An AIDS patient's medical marijuana was seized when his permit expired. JORDAN JACKLE/THE CARILLON PHOTO result of cancer or HIV/AIDS, arthritis or epilepsy fall into Category 1, while others in selves or use a third-party grower. ability compensation on the treatment. prescribed drug," Williams said. chronic pain can also apply for access to the He noted that the average approval time Currently, there are 1,186 users of medical Even so, Shapiro said that Health Canada, drug in Category 2. for a permit to possess medical marijuana marijuana in Canada, and Health Canada has acting in the best interests of patients, should In December 2000, Health Canada con is about 15 working days, though Health authorised 859 licences to cultivate the plant make medical marijuana more readily avail tracted Prairie Plant Systems to grow mari Canada advises patients to start the applica for medical purposes. able. He has suggested improvements to the list juana in Flin Flon, MB. tion process six weeks in advance of their A pilot project aims to distribute marijuana system, including providing temporary licences Shapiro noted that overgrow.com, the licence's expiration date. in pharmacies across Canada in multiple and not removing patients from the 'approved' -t website from which many medicinal mari Shapiro said that he was concerned about provinces and both rural and urban areas, but list immediately after permits expire. If juana users purchased seeds, was seized by the quality of the marijuana returned by him is still in the planning stages. "If it works for a person.. .they shouldn't bar U police in Quebec. to Health Canada, noting it may not be Williams noted that Health Canada's "com access to it." if Christopher Williams, a spokesperson "smokeable," which would mean he would passionate" approach to medical marijuana is He added that he thinks Canadians support for Health Canada, said that there are three have to start growing it again or purchase the unique internationally. "It's important to better availabilitv for medical marijuana. ways to access with medical marijuana: it Health Canada product, which he said is too remember that it's not an approved drug, and "I don't know why they would give someone can be purchased from the government, expensive. He said that many medical mari nowhere in the world has it gone through the something and then take it away," said Shapiro. I patients can seek a licence to grow it them- juana Users spend more than half of their dis clinical trials, and nowhere in the world is it a "They're as bad as any dealer on the street* II ft: i
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With the publication of his book, The Roof high from the drug ecstasy, to which he quick- buildering websites like www.buildering.net— But I'm not so sure. With the pop er. Around 2 5 to 30 people show up in front Climbers Guide to Trinity in 1899, a succession ly adds, "I would imagine." with which Whipplesnaith is affiliated—gets a lot culture machine devouring and co- of the clubhouse on the UBC campus for the of Cambridge buildering references materi The same sort of sentiment is echoed by UBC of traffic. He confides that they get posts from opting every morsel of tradition I available, buildering might go in the buildering event. With more of an emphasis on alised: Wall and Roof Climbing (1905), Climbing student Kurt Amundson, who builders, he tells people all over the Lower Mainland and even responsible socialising than out-of-control binge in Cambridge: An essay and some incidents me, because of the adrenaline rush, although he some internationally. way of punk rock and skateboarding: drinking, the congenial atmosphere doesn't (1921) articles in the Alpine Sports in sheepishly admits that this rationale is "quite ~ The risks involved are certainly huge. watered-down and safe. But hopefully seem to equate to the image of raucous shit- Cambridge (1924) and A Novel Chmb in mimature/ Armed with a background in moun Although most builderers do not attempt the stalwarts of the sport will prevent faced yahoos climbing the exteriors of campus Cambridge (1926). The holy grail of buildering tain climbing, Amundson has been buildering large-scale escapades like the world- that from happening. buildings at 3 am. references is the highly influential and much renowned urban climber Alain Robert—who This past January the first Decked out in Gore-Tex and sweats, the large revered The Night Climbers of Cambridge, pub had scaled skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur and World Buildering Championships group subdivides into smaller clusters of six or lished in 1937 under the pseudonym Abu Dhabi—the lack of proper technique and were held in Cologne, Germany. seven people, scratinising a map of the build "Whipplesnaith/ which detailed, along with dia THE MORE SERIOUS IMPEDIMENT equipment can be fatal. Buildering, like any The informal atmosphere, ings and climbing directions. The ultimate goal grams and photographs, the classic routes on THAT HAUNTS BUILDERING IS ITS sport, demands a certain fitness and skill charming unprofessionalism is to get up to a specific location on the building. campus: King's College, St John's College, and level in order to be practised safely and suc and lack of international par The reward? Personal satisfaction. The Senate Leap. QUESTIONABLE LEGALITY. ARD cessfully. It is both a physical and a mental ticipation in the competition Scaling the walls of buildings has probably Slowly but surely, shrouded in notoriety and ARVIN, A LONG-TIME sport, demanding extreme upper-body belied the grand tide. But it been around for as long as there has been illicit appeal, buildering found its way over to strength and concentration. Amundson expressed the underlying youth and feelings of invincibility. Beyond the North American universities. Things haven't VANCOUVER CHAMPION OF checks the myth of tower-scaling climbers by geist of buildering, which rebel-without-a-cause stereotype, buildering seemed to change that much because climbing BUILDERING AND CREATOR OF noting that most climbs do not exceed 15 turns out to be simply on buildings—or for that matter on anything— metres and that there are spotters in place in about good friends and has not lost its allure. BUILDERING.NET HAS, FOR A case of mishaps. Being something of an unof good climbing. Basically, WHILE NOW, BEEN DOGGED BY ficial activity, though, the danger really comes the World Buildering DECKED OUT IN GORE-TEX Buildering at Point Grey from its lack of safety standards and profes Championships are a LEGAL IMBROGLIOS WITH THE AND SWEATS, THE LARGE GROUP With its sports-inclined and rugged outdoors- sional equipment. gathering of likeminded man image, it's fitting that UBC has its own clas UBC LEGAL DEPARTMENT. The more serious impediment that haunts people who cheer each SUBDIVIDES INTO SMALLER sic buildering routes that date back to the 1960s. buildering is its questionable legality. Ard Arvin, other on. It's quite CLUSTERS OF SIX OR SEVEN Talking to a connoisseur of urban climbing a long-time Vancouver champion of buildering endearing. who goes by the name Whipplesnaith Reborn and creator of buildering.net has, for a while Like in rock climbing, PEOPLE, SCRUTINISING A MAP OF (an appropriate alias if there ever was one), I for six months. He was one of those active kids now, been dogged by legal imbroglios with the the trick is to finding the THE BUILDINGS AND CLIMBING learned that every building on campus could be who started out climbing trees and then gradu UBC legal department. perfect holds with the right climbed. A particularly good building, ated to rock climbing and then buildings. He The problems started a couple of years ago, overall body positioning DIRECTIONS. THE ULTIMATE Whipplesnaith noted, is Koerner Library recentiy went on one of his most enjoyable when he participated in a buildering competi and adequate balance. The GOAL IS TO GET UP TO A because of its myriad of architectural detailing. buildering escapades in Nelson, BC, where he tion on campus. Whipplesnaith/ a close associ difficulty in climbing build SPECIFIC LOCATION ON THE Another good climb is the Buchanan buildings, a climbed the roof of an elementary school. When ate of Arvin, insisted that Arvin had renounced ings is that the uniformity mass of interconnected structures running asked why this particular venture was especially buildering and now engages only in virtual and evenness of the exterior BUILDING. THE REWARD? zigzag from blocks A to D. memorable, he emphasised that it was because buildering. When asked what that was, he make it difficult to find the PERSONAL SATISFACTION. When asked about the appeal of climbing, he went up with people that had never buildered explained that viritual buildering is the process grooves for holds. It is like a Whipplesnaith referred to the challenge of scal before; the teamwork involved plus the excite of cutting and pasting a picture of oneself onto a physical enigma, being solved only ing architecture that seems impossible, that ment from first timers contributed to the picture of a building. through ingenuity, persistence and foolhar- lacks grooves and hand-holds. He told me, slyly, immense post-climb rush. "The photos on the site www.buildering.net/ diness. Buildering is a lifestyle and a philoso encompasses, a rich and storied past that that despite appearances Hebb Theatre is an Whipplesnaith repeats in a serious tone, "are phy of taming modernity by conquering the climbers for involved rakish youths at British universities excellent climb because of the cracked features Thumbing their noses at strictly of virtual buildering." their restless frontier like Oxford and Cambridge. at the back of the building. authority "Arvin deeply wants to take up buildering," spirit. But as Amundson main Started in the 1890s and influenced by the Outside of UBC campus, however, Whipple Though builderers are hardly the IUurninati, he goes on, "but cannot because of the legal tains about builderers, "we're not SCALING THE WALLS OF noted English writer and mountaineer Geoffrey snaith's dream buildering gig would be to their secrecy speaks to the threats meted out by problems." that crazy." I'm sure the authorities Winthrop Young, Cambridge perhaps more so climb the former Macmillan Bloedel building authorities who probably suffer constantly from Throughout its rather infamous history, BUILDINGS HAS PROBABLY BEEN would be thrilled to hear that. than Oxford developed a sophisticated builder on Georgia and Thurlow. He compares the near nervous breakdowns over legal implica buildering has unofficially combined athleti As for the existence of a buildering AROUND FOR AS LONG AS THERE ing subculture that flourished in the 1920s and feeling of reaching a buildering goal like a tions from climbers. As Amundson notes, "the cism and rebellion; as Alain Robert, who had subculture, Whipplesnaith under more publicity buildering gets the more the been jailed numerous times for climbing, HAS BEEN YOUTH AND FEELINGS scores, with a measure of tongue-in- sport suffers." famously said, "I'd rather stay in a prison than cheek, that "the only subculture is OF INVINCIBILITY. BEYOND THE He points out to what happened with in a hospital." dressing up in Spiderman cos skateboarding in the downtown core. Edges REBEL-WITHOUT-A-CAUSE tumes." I'm all for it. II on railings have been clipped with stoppers The next Olympic sport? STEREOTYPE, BUILDERING and blocks put out to prevent skateboarding. Unlike other fringe sports like skateboarding, Whipplesnaith emphasises that builderers Amundson doubts that buildering will ever ENCOMPASSES A RICH AND Please be advised that the Ubyssey don't advertise because their sport is under crack the mainstream. The problem he finds is STORIED PAST THAT INVOLVED ground by nature. Even out of the public eye, that the sport is a little "too dangerous" for mass does not endorse these activities appeal, and he adds that he hasn't met that RAKISH YOUTHS AT BRITISH in any way. Climbing on University structures is extremely dangerous many builderers in the city. Moreover, builder UNRVTERSITIES LIKE OXFORD ing is more about the skill than the image and and is not permitted. Any person the huge risks involved make it less than appeal AND CAMBRIDGE. found doing so could face ing. For decades buildering has existed under University discipline or legal the radar and its popularity remains on univer proceedings. Furthermore, the sity hubs, all of which seems to suggest intrinsic urban environment. Ubyssey will accept no limits to its popularity. Beauty is indeed in the eye of the behold responsibility for any injury or loss er as buildering thrives on imperfection and caused by such activity nor any alters how urban decay is perceived. effect caused by the reading of an Although it is a dangerous pastime', I applaud article about such activity. & "WW ^•T„v.-*.v-.If;-J^,V TT.-;v ] 0 NATIONAL FRIDAY, 10 MARCH, 2006 THE UBYSSEY THEUBYSSEY E hKlffi HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS is taking over the world, one broken heart at a time, with their brand new post-hardcore CD 'If Only You Were Lonely' IN CONCERT April 9 1 - Pacific Coliseum I with Fall-Out Boy & All-American Rejects. •'vKt Be the first to SUB 23 to win HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS' new CD 'If Only You Were Lonely' or 'This Is Who We Are' DVD! •«?•:; www. thisiswhoweare. org WHAT WERE YOU DOING THIS TIME LAST YEAR? Sloganeering Quebec folk took to the streets to B voice their discontent with cuts to loans and bursaries, LIAM MALONEY/THE LINK/CUP PHOTOS m •< If you are a university graduate seeking a professional accounting by Damon van der Linde demonstration was March 16—the Quebec resident tuition fees—the low designation, you can fast-track your education through the UBC THE LINK (CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY) date Quebec students went on strike est in the country—and also for out-of- one year ago. The date was pushed province and international students. Diploma in Accounting Progam (DAP). UBC DAP's curriculum is MONTREAL (CUP)-The Quebec back this year to allow more time for Mugeynyi said that the protest will recognized by the Chartered Accountants School of Business (CASB) branch of the Canadian Federation of organisation. also oppose the "skyrocketing ancil and satisfies most of the CMA and CGA program requirements. Students (CFS-Q) is planning a "If we have 15 days, we will be lary fees" that increase the costs for demonstration to commemorate the ready, if we have a month we will be all students. APPLICATION DEADLINES FOR 2006 anniversary of last year's 180,000- better prepared," said CSTJ President The CFS-Q is also lobbying for a * Courses starting in May: strong student strike in Quebec and Mohammed Shuirye. decrease in corporate influence on • March 1, 2006 (International applicants) to reaffirm their demand that $4.9 The next meeting will also deter schools. • March 31, 2006 (Canadian applicants) billion in federal funds be reinvested mine the nature of the demonstra "We are seeing an increase in cor into education. porate involvement in both research Courses starting in September: tion: where it is going to be held, "The importance of commemo what events have been proposed and on-campus space and we feel as • June 5, 2006 (International applicants) rating the event is not only as a and its slogan. if corporate interests conflict directly » July 7, 2006 (Canadian applicants) celebration of the achievements of "We want this protest to be some with the aspirations of public educa the strike, but also to rekindle some thing very visual, very artistic and tion systems," said Mugyenyi. of the demands," said Bianca very theatrical," said Mugyenyi. Quebec's loans and bursary pro Mugyenyi, Deputy Chair of CFS-Q. "Something that students can really gram is being attacked for what "We felt that the fundamental enjoy." Mugyenyi calls "gaping inadequa UBC To learn more call 604 822 8412 / or visit www.sauder.ubc.ca/dap §1SAUDER demands of the strike are not yet The platform for the demonstra cies in the system that encourage m r '*% School of Business filled...The fundamental demands tion was the subject of a lengthy student debt." are for accessible education." debate at the meeting. "Education The reason for the demonstration OpQninq Worlds CFS-Q representatives from insti is a right" was proposed as the orig boils down to the need for more gov tutions across the province met last inal theme. ernment money in public education. THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH .COLUMBIA Wednesday to discuss the logistics of "I have a problem selling educa Last year's strike ended in a settle the demonstration. A student repre tion as a right," said Aaron Donny- ment, with the Charest government sentative from TUniversite Laval was Clark, VP community and govern not cutting $103 million as planned PH r""^ present, as were representatives ment of SSMTJ. "I feel like it separates from Quebec education. This year, O from TUniversite du Quebec a students and other people. The battle the protestors' demands are signifi \ lid m*"*li A i ^u /* Montreal, L'Association pour une is a societal battle 'contre Charest,' cantly higher. Solidarite Syndicate Etudiante not just for students." "What we are looking for as a solu (ASSE), the Students' Society of A new platform is being identified tion to all these problems is a rein McGill Univeristy (SSMTJ), Dawson as "the need for public, accessible vestment in education, beginning College, and Concordia's Graduate and high-quality education," Jerome with $4.9 billion in federal transfers," Student Association, PGSA and Charaoui, an executive councilor at said Mugyenyi. Student Union. ASSE said. "From these three princi Federation etudiante universi- Scotland from $869 By the end of the meeting, the ten pals flow the rest of the demands." taire du Quebec—the group that tative date for the protest had been Student demands are also being R/T air, 2 nts hostel accommodations, tour of the negotiated for a settlement in last set for March 30. fine-tuned. The fist now calls for the Highlands & Islands & an Edinburgh city tour! year's strike—is not currently The original date proposed for the maintenance of the tuition freeze on involved in the planning of this demonstration. However, Mugeynyi Ireland from $839* says that "FEUQ's presence would $ R/T air, 2 nts hostel accommodations, tour of West be welcomed." Coast Ireland (the land that time forgot) & a Dublin CFS-Q communications and City Tour! research coordinator Tim McSorley said that he wanted to be sure that England from $874* the message of the protest would I R/T air, 2 nts hostel accommodations, follow in the not be in opposition to FEUQ. "If it m footsteps of King Arthur with a tour of the West Country is a demonstration that links into & a London Big Bus city tour! the settlement... it could come out If as anti-FEUQ as some people are 1 angry about how [the settlement! 1 *Airfare validity can be of longer duration. Prices subject to changes and availability. Taxes aod turned out." | spoficabte fees nofcmdaded,. All flightsar e out of Vancouver, All tours operated by Radrcal Travei - The details of the event are TRAVEL going to be determined at the next meeting, held tonight, starting at 5 1 www.statravel.ca p.m. The CFS-Q encourages all stu m dents to attend the meeting and m /.- participate in discussion. II i ••'•Si! THE UBYSSEY FRIDAY, 10 MARCH, 2006 NATIONAL 11 U of S student paper on defensive after publishing Jesus comic by Chloe Fedio sage in it except that it was just meant ciently problematic that we would with their mistake appropriately. son for pubHshing it because I didn't THE GATEWAY/UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA to be offensive." accept his resignation." 'The USSU Executive strongly sup intend for it to be published." Tim Austin, student president for However, Robbins said he felt his ports the current editorial staff, Furthermore, Olszynski explained EDMONTON (CUP)-While the the Crusade at the U of S, echoed resignation wasn't in the best interest including William Robbins," he said. that the cartoon was not consistent Muslim world continues in its outcry these statements, saying that criti of the paper and wasn't necessarily Still, Austin was concerned about with the newspaper's commitment to against the publication of cartoons of cism should be constructive, not an appropriate response to the event. the effect the cartoon has had on pluralistic ideas. the Prophet Muhammad they consid mindless. "I didn't resign voluntarily; I was recent debates between religion and "Because the staff chose not to er blasphemous, students at the "It's one thing to be satirical of forced to resign by the rest of the stu freedom of speech. publish the Mohammed cartoons University of Saskatchewan (U of S) Christianity or capitalist practices, dent staff at The Sheaf," Robbins said, "I find it difficult to accept that it the week previous out of concern have started their own protest—this but the comic published in The Sheaf adding that he hopes the campus can was mere oversight or miscommuni- for that community, we felt that time in the name of Jesus. was not satirical—it's offensive and engage in valuable discussion as a cation, because The Sheaf 'had previ publishing this sort of comic, which The March 2 issue of The Sheaf, provoking," he said. result of this "unfortunate mistake." ously stated how they felt it was irre was obviously directed towards the weekly campus newspaper at the The Sheaf is an independent U of S President Peter MacKinnon sponsible to republish the Danish another religious affiliation, wasn't U of S, published a cartoon depicting newspaper at the U of S and has a his denounced the cartoon in an e-mail cartoons. Since the "Piglet" comic consistent with that pluralistic Jesus fellating a pig. The cartoon, tory on campus dating back to 1912. addressed to the campus. seems to have been also created and objective," Olszynski said. entitled "Capitalist Piglet," was drawn Martin Olszynski, Chair of The "It has divisive shock value only published purely for shock value, the Gardner said that, despite their 1 in two frames: the first shows some Sheaf Publishing Society Board of and does nothing to advance the double standard The Sheaf seemed to error, the staff is making a significant m one walking in on the sexual act, Directors, explained that a miscom- understanding or debate for which employ is fairly evident," Austin said. effort to remedy their mistake. while the second features the pig munication between then-editor-in- universities should be distin The Sheaf maintains it was a "People can dispute the content all telling Jesus, "Go on, it's OK. It's chief William Robbins and the guished," he wrote. "The Sheaf mistake and issued a statement on they like, but students are in charge •'vKt kosher if you don't swallow." paper's graphics editor led to the should apologise to us all." their website, in addition to an of that content," Gardner said, point Brent Tricket, who works for publication of "Capitalist Piglet." U of S Students' Union (USSU) apology in today's issue. ing out that the paper is in fact run by Campus Crusade for Christ and vol On Sunday, Robbins submitted a President Gavin Gardner said he was "I want to stress here, we didn't student participation. V3g unteers at the U of S with students letter of resignation. disappointed in The Sheafs decision make the editorial decision to run the "It's up to [students] to determine who are involved in the organisation, "Mr Robbins is responsible as to print the cartoon, which he called cartoon, so in some sense it's a moot what the response is going to be. If thought the cartoon was a cheap shot Editor-in-Chief for the final edit of "offensive and tasteless." point. It can't be a double standard people are offended enough to volun against Christianity. the paper, and he admitted that he However, Gardner went on to say and it can't be hypocrisy if we didn't teer and write for the paper, I think "My initial response was disgust," didn't do that diligently," Olszynski the newspaper is an integral part of intend to do it," Robbins said. "I'm that's a very appropriate response," Tricket said. "I really can't see a mes said. "We felt that that was suffi campus life and that the staff dealt not going to justify editorially my rea Gardner said. II Ubyssey elections Position papers for editorial and coordinating positions are due today by noon in SUB 24 To vote in the Ubyssey elections you must be a Ubyssey staff mem ber. Staff members have attended three staff meetings this term and made at least three contribu tions to the paper this term MM -i Current staff: Jesse Marchand Bryan Zandberg Michelle Mayne Andrew MacRae Eric Szeto Mary Leighton Paul Evans LeviBarnett Yinan Max Wang Kellan Higgins Claudia Li Momo Price Megan Smyth Aaron Carr Simon Underwood Jesse Ferreras Colleen Tang Liz Green Boris Korby Alia Dharssi Champagne Choquer Amanda Stutt Alex Leslie D. Winterwhite Carolynne Burkholder Micheal Kenacan **•* J. M These people are almost there JillOrsten needs one meeting Jenn Cameron needs three contributions Whitney McCaskill needs one contribu tion and one more meeting These people have made the con tributions to be staff but haven't come to any meetings. They can write a letter asking to become staff if they have a good reason for not attending meetings. Matt Hayles Candice Mokada Johanna Yaworsky Ada Chen Catherine Hart Tia Town-Schon Nick Black Kian Mintz-Woo Alissa McArthur Mai Bui Alvina Lo Elections kick off on March 17 at the all candidates forum in the AMS council chambers 12 NEWS FRIDAY, 10 MARCH, 2006 THE UBYSSEY UBC degrees planned for OUC students THEUBYSSEY Retroactive UBC degrees go back as far as 1998 for former unviersity college students by Paul Evans senator for the Faculty of Arts, said She reasoned that the issue does NEWS EDITOR that she wants to see due process fol affect UBC Vancouver students lowed and have the issue brought enough to have it referred to the The Senate of UBC Okanagan (U.BC- before the Council of Senates—a Council of Senates because it is set O) has passed a resolution that will newly created body to deal with ting a precedent for possible future The Philosopher Kings allow students graduating from issues affecting both UBC Okanagan takeovers by the University. Okanagan University College Filzer rejected this argument, (OUC)-replaced by UBC-0 in saying, 'The senate in Kelowna was 2005—to have their degrees con "WE WERE ENGAGED IN exercising its prerogative to pass verted into UBC degrees. THE STARTUP OF OUC; this resolution.* This resolution applies to all stud *I don't think this has much if ents who graduated from OUC between WE DID HAVE INFLUENCE any implications for UBCVancouver 1998 and 2004 from a program com ON THE INSTRUCTORS students at all,* he added. parable to one offered at UBC. While McLean's Senate motion Brian Filzer, associate VP THAT WERE HIRED THERE; will refrain from making any state Enrollment Services and Registrar WE HAD BEEN ACCEPTING ments about the merits of the deci for UBC, explained the motivation sion, she did raise several concerns behind the decision to grant the OUC COURSES FOR about granting UBC degrees to OUC degrees. TRANSFER TO UBC PRO students. 'Fundamentally, jt was a com 'We can't be accountable to the A^^*.MH^^}v^*4^AK40^"4'^^M*o'w^^ ™wy**s*^y*y #!•#% by Amanda Stutt &?"*&&•& NEWS STAFF UHI^ERSIXY OF HAVVA Heavy criticism was handed out '•>•'. www.qutreac 1^.''hiawait.edu/si*mrr» e r o,,; over Canada's current role in Select from oyer J ,20& Afghanistan and Haiti during a talk Tuesday at the SUB's Norm theatre. ';; 'arid.-.move..forward 'on your degree -in paradise chis 'surrirrier?;.; Canada's recent two year mili tary presence in Haiti has been a Tmital occupation and has been •SS^St&isif* wiped from the historical record, less than a few months after its final- isation,* said Nathan Crompton, a third-year political science major during the 'War, Gender and Terror* forum. WOMEN EN AFGHANISTAN: Professor SuneraThobani speaks in ; we're not as -' The history of Haiti as a nation the SUB. NIC FENSOMAJBYSSEY FILE PHOTO has been completely obscured straight-edged; because of this, he added. people in occupied nations, but also contradiction to this premise, that as you .might t: Nita Palmer, a UBC student to the lives of Canadians because of the war 'has had devastating conse think, firid out; organiser, discussed the political increases in military spending. quences for the women in reasoning behind the military inter 'Students and youth bear the Afghanistan.* •i*i hovv at;the; .•'•.•; ventions in Haiti and Afghanistan. l ; brunt of these cuts to social pro 'Afghanistan still continues to ^ubyssey rie'\A/s She noted how the geo-political posi grams by increasing debt and be seen as 'the good war," she stat :rr^^tfn;^-;,':'^>y::';v:; tions of these nations are viewed as poverty...These are not just attacks ed, 'and what this discourse has M "hubs of Canadian imperialism." on people in Haiti and Afghanistan, done about liberating Muslim Tuesday- ,'••••:'<.;••) 'Occupying Afghanistan opens but also are attacks on people in women is that it has given the war at 1pm in ?^:^/ up a lot of opportunity for economic Canada," she said. a legitimacy that it otherwise expansion...throughout all of Europe Women's Studies Professor wouldn't have had.* M and Asia,* Palmer said, citing an Sunera Thobani spoke passionately In addition, Thobani stressed email ':;y:'-C.^-:: agreement signed following the I ; : about 'an urgent need to commit that since the September 11 attacks, h;evvs ^; • 2002 invasion to run an oil pipeline ourselves to anti-war, anti-racist, the Bush achninistration presented ;ub:yssey,;t>G,ca; from Turkmenistan down to anti- imperialist movements.* an idea of an attack on the West and Pakistan. /withi the /sub-;;;" In the context of the current the response in Canada was to This pipeline would run straight occupation of Afghanistan, she said accept this discourse of Western val }ect;rine ''pretty through Afghanistan, she added. that prominent western women ues 'being under attack by ;p;ieture'-an:d/::; .^ Palmer emphasised that Haiti is who spoke in support of the inva Muslims.* another strategic point She noted sion—referring specifically to Laura we-il send:you . "The Muslim is now defined as v that because Latin America is a Bush's public comments about the the threat to national security,* back some art; hotbed of social movements, the oppressed state of women under she said. "Muslims today [don't occupation of Haiti made it a key the Taliban regime—legitimise the operate] in North America as a political foothold in Latin America. occupation of Afghanistan, that "has religious category, [they] operate Palmer also argued that Canada's been represented as a feniinist proj as a racialised category.* role in these occupations has brought ect of liberating women.* 'We need to confront this anti- destruction to not only the lives of However, she outlined that in Islam hysteria,* she said. U %% THE UBYSSEY FRIDAY, 10 MARCH, 2006 NEWS 13 Resident up in arms over illegal park-and-ride NEWS Awareness campaign on the way, says Trek office BRIEFS by Carolynne Burkholder and then gotten away with it, they'll NEWS STAFF do it again,* she said. 'And when Bog results they've done it five times they know The AMS Board of Governors results Since the U-Pass was introduced they aren't going to get a ticket and were released last night making in September 2003, countless they aren't going to get punished, Lauren Hunter and Omar Sirri next students have been taking advan so they keep doing it.* year's representatives. Incumbent tage of subsidised transit by park Phillips said she regularly Tim Louman-Gardiner finished ing in residential neighbourhoods phones municipal officials to get fourth and Darren 'Fire Hydrant* close to the University and then the vehicles ticketed, but the city Peets, for the second year in a row, taking the bus, avoiding stiff park has not been very responsive. finished a close third. ing rates. *The problem with the city The decision was delayed for According to the UBC Trek enforcement is that I am their more than a month due to an appeal office, the University's transporta enforcement, which I think is filed by Lyle McMahon. tion management department, 54 unfair,* she said, adding that it McMahon, an American citizen, per cent more students are using often takes parking officials so long claimed that although he wasn't transit since the implementation of to arrive that the vehicles have left. allowed to serve on the board, he the U-Pass, but it is unknown how But Debra Heeps, a supervisor should have been able to at least run in many students are taking the bus in the parking management HEY. THAT'S MY SPOT! Residential neighbourhoods located near the election. The provincial University for only a part of their commute. branch with the City of Vancouver, major bus routes are being overwhelmed with students who are Act states that a BoG seat can only be Deborah Phillips has lived at the disagreed. "Usually we're there using the streets to park-and-ride. CAROLYNNE BURKHOLDER PHOTO filled by a Canadian citizen or landed corner of Alma and 41st Avenue- within 20 minutes,* she said. immigrant—McMahon is neither. located ten minutes away from the "There's always someone within estimates that about 100 vehicles parking in residential neighbour The Senate Committee dismissed UBC campus—for nine years. ten or 20 blocks of any complaint are regularly parked in residential hoods and taking the bus to school his appeal last week. She said since the implementa that comes in.* neighbourhoods near UBC. because of concerns expressed by tion of the U-Pass, there has been a Heeps added that her depart He said that although they are the UBC administration, students, One stop clinic major increase in students parking ment has seen a large increase in not able to ticket these vehicles as and Trek. UBC opened its first one stop health near her property and taking the the number of vehicles parked they are parked off university prop "It's understandable that we clinic Monday. bus to UBC. According to Phillips, around UBC since the introduction erty, Trek is working on an aware have commuters that may be "We're excited to launch one of not only do the vehicles make it of the U-Pass and are working with ness campaign. using multimodes,* O'Reilly said. the first models of interprofessional more difficult for residents to back UBC to encourage students not to "We had some leaflets distrib But she added that students health care and education in'the out of their driveways, but occa take advantage of the free parking. uted through the neighbourhoods should be parking at a specified province,* said Christie Newton, a sionally vehicles have been parked Phillips also blames UBC for the as a warning [to students] that the park and ride stop, not in UBC assistant professor of Family so close to the homes that her growing park and ride problem. consequence will be City of neighbourhoods. Practice and clinic director. neighbours have not been able to "UBC has created an almost irre Vancouver action to enforce their Phillips said she understands The interprofessional health care leave their houses. sistible enticement for students to parking bylaws," Stott said. the reasoning behind the U-Pass, clinic, a first of its kind in BC, will Although Vancouver City by-laws break the law," she said. "They've "We're asking the students to do but she isn't pleased with the house over 50 staff from a variety of state that vehicles cannot be parked created fewer parking spaces, more the right thing and not use the west- results. "They are doing what they different disciplines. in residential neighbourhoods for expensive parking spaces, and side neighbourhoods as a park and can to make people take the bus," The clinic is located at the David more than three hours, Phillips they've given them free access to ride facility," he added. she said. "But what they've done is Strangway Building on the corner of said that many students simply the campus [on public transitj." Teresa O'Reilly, transportation make people take the bus from Wesbrook Mall and University ignore this rule. Joe Stott, director of campus and planner with Vancouver TransLink, my house, not from their own Boulevard. II "As soon as they've done it once community planning for UBC Trek, said Translink is aware of students house." II Roger Clarice Teaching Assistant UNIVERSITIES "We ensure that UBC faculty and students always receive the academic assistance they require." BECAUSE HUE DO. Accounting clerks, May l»ew Estamett ftaisseli Assistant Cook Community Relations Officer administrative secretaries, "We are dedicated to "We work with you to create a building inspectors, buyers, providing good food, friendly safer campus community" service, and value to the UBC clerks, dental assistants, Community/' , design assistants, engineering technicians, estimators, it services, machinists, mail clerks, •'' - ~^~i,-,Li',*.*•- media technologists, piano tuners, radiological technicians, research technicians, resource planners, store keepers, student workers and many others serving the UBC community. i* 14 OPINION/EDITORIAL FRIDAY, 10 MARCH, 2006 THEUBYSSEY Are the values of public STREETERS SHOULD UBC CONSIDER universities changing? OPENING A PRIVATE INSTITUTION TO RECRUIT WlLKOMMEN... INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS? NOW, PWT TWLMOMEY IN THE ewcktrr/ n- "Sure, why not Diversity is great." —Carta Henkel AMS Security 1 An international student coming offering classes to international and retain from a more diverse ty. SFU's move to provide foreign to a new university has a tough students to ease the transition to pool of foreign students. students with a college tailored to journey ahead. Not only are they a different society's educational But before we roll out the red their needs does not represent the ' 1; facing the challenges of every system. carpet to what appears to be a win- end of the world in terms of aca "Yes, I'm from Korea, and people I Canadian first-year student, they For SFU, the addition of more win arrangement, we need to ask demic integrity in Canada. But it know there feel like they don't have also have to cope with living in a fulltime international students ourselves several questions. does set a dangerous precedent programs there for them. new country, one that's often affords a tempting financial The first is whether or not the because it's the litmus test of where International students also have quite different in countless subtle opportunity. colleges will be good for interna we are on the private versus public- language barriers. It would be nice ways from where they came Under the proposed scheme, tional students and the staff. As funding continuum. if there was a program for these from. If English isn't the first lan IBT will directly collect its own the first of its kind in Canada, With the federal and provincial students.* guage back home, the first year fees and then give a portion of what checks will be put in place governments leaving BC universi —Seong Huh and second years at a new post- those fees to SFU. It is predicted to ensure that students are get ties strapped for cash, it's not sur Computer Science 2 secondary institution can be a that SFU will receive $600,000 in ting the equivalent instruction prising that SFU is turning to other total catastrophe. the first year of the joint project they'd receive at SFU? modes to generate the much-need At Simon. Fraser University and eventually, as the project SFU international students, like ed funds. Still, student societies (SFUO, the combined academic, becomes more successful, SFU their UBC counterparts, complain across the country are complain social and linguistic culture shock may receive up to $ 10 million in of under-representation on cam ing about the increased corporate can result in up to a 40 per cent extra revenue if they reach their pus. Simply put, their concerns presence on campuses. Some drop-out rate among international target international enrollment tend to be ignored. One SFU stu days, when it's raining, it feels students, who fail to make the tran goals in 2011. This profit could dent said her university experi really gross. N sition from first to second year. then foreseeably be injected back ence made her and others feel like In this regard, the private col As a proposed solution, SFU has into SFU to upgrade and improve they were "cash cows" for the uni lege is another step in the direc just moved one step closer to insti facilities and educational quality versity. As such, they wonder if tion of privatisation. While SFU's tuting a for-profit college on the on campus. they will fare any better under a approach is a short-term solution, "I don't see why not. If it's not cost slopes of Burnaby Mountain. Added to that is their concern third-party college on campus. the long-term effects of this and ing us money, it's good to have stu A vote on Monday saw 27 sen with the Chinese government's The second issue at stake is, of similar choices leaves us with a dents from other countries here.* ators vote for such a college, with recent efforts to double the course, the kind of model or mis sinking feeling. —Lynzie Tay/orer 15 against. If the proposal gets amount of seats in Chinese uni sion we have in mind when we And it raises a question we Medicine 1 past SFU's Board of Governors, versities, which is contributing to think about the role of Canadian seem to have wearied of answer the new college will be headed up the sinking rates of international universities. Traditionally, univer ing: why aren't we demanding by IBT Education Ltd, a successful students enrolment at the sities have been a crucial compo our government to dedicate more Australian company specialising University. The proposal repre nent of free inquiry and criticism, public dollars to post-secondary in international recruiting by sents an opportunity to recruit an active part of democratic socie education? II : • i PERSPECTIVE OPINION 13 i4 $ 'No, I don't think so. I'm an inter national student on exchange. It just seems wrong to profit from international students." —Kate Peacock Sociology 3 m <^-- JSSw-waP-a^r^HUH'-1^* "** www.feedback.ubc.ca "No. I think that would divert resources from domestic students." —Andrew Ng e/ci/ x^u^eAyeAM/ u^^e^U^t^ 0& 0^ act^y Ae^i/6- otd/ c& L&bbe/i/. Computer Science 4 PANORAMIC VIEWS COURTESY OF PHOTOGRAPHER YINAN MAX WANG —streeters coordinated £**- by Simon Underwood THE UBYSSEY FRIDAY, 10 MARCH, 2006 NEWS 15 UBC researchers convert beetle wood into ethanol Dead wood may find new life as car fuel by Carolynne Burkholder NEWS STAFF UBC researchers have developed a method to convert trees killed by mountain pine beetle into ethanol. The dead lodgepole pine can be used to fuel cars and machinery as an environ mentally sustainable alternative>to fossil fuels. Shannon Ewanick, a UBC graduate student in wood sciences, explained that she wanted to find a purpose for wood that is not being used. "In BC we have all this beetle kill we don't know what to do with," she said. "After it stops being good for lumber nobody else has a use for it" Although the wood can be converted into lumber, it is dying at such a rapid rate—over eight million hectares of lodgepole pine are already dead—mills cannot keep up. "Right now there's not enough mill capacity to utilise all that wood," Ewanick said. "There aren't many options—they can leave it standing in the forest and it might be a fire risk or they can burn it in a controlled burn." But Ewanick and her co-researcher Renata Bura have developed another option: convert ing the trees into fuel. Although the U.S. and Brazil have developed ways to convert local waste products—corn and i '.i sugar cane respectively—to ethanol, Canada has making up about 10 per cent of the solution- become cheaper than oil,* she said. 'Certainly the research and development •1 not used this technology Sn a large scale before. was then distilled and could be used as fuel. And the process of bioconversion could ben area is something that we are interested in,* Ethanol is created by byconversion, a Most cars will run on a blend of 15 per cent efit the provincial economy, she added. he said. "We're looking for innovative uses biochemical process that breaks down ethanol, but some newer models can run on a "These plants could be situated where of wood other than just making convention starch-based materials. blend of as much 85 as per cent there's a lot of beetle kill wood...and they could al dimension lumber." In Ewanick and Bura's research, the lodge As well as the environmental benefits of be a good source of income,* said Ewanick. Bura said the next step is making the process pole pine was fragmented in the pretreatment, using ethanol, Ewanick said her research could Rod DeBoice, provincial bark beetle coordi fiscally viable to attract business interests. which took about half an hour. The cellulose also yield financial benefits. nator for the B.C. Ministry of Forests, said the "We know that it's technologically feasible, was then chemically converted into glucose and "Once the price of oil gets higher, [the price conversion of lodgepole pine to fuel is something we just have to work on making it economically then to ethanol in about 48 hours. The ethanol— of ethanol] will go down and eventually will his department is considering for the future. feasible and large-scale feasible," she said. II Going Home or J^d^^r^S^s^:: N NeedtoStore Us Now! 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Students must present a UBC student card to be eligible. nam 1 fi NEWS FRIDAY, 10 MARCH, 2006 THE UBYSSEY "3P-- UBC Forestry student slain in Surrey last weekend Father stresses forgiveness as investigation into Limantoro's shooting continues by Bryan Zandberg the Canadian law." release, an initial investigation has small the Wood Products Processing NEWS STAFF It is currently not known if the determined that a group of people in program on Wednesday. incident was gang or drug-related. their late teens or early twenties had Limantoro was enrolled in the A shooting in Surrey last weekend The Limantoro family moved to gathered in Fleetwood Park and a program with about 50 other left at least two males in hospital Canada from Indonesia in November that dispute erupted. At about 9 pm students. and one UBC student dead. 1989. Limantoro said one of the rea shots were fired, leaving Limantoro Parsons, who described herself as The Lower Mainland's Integated sons for the move was for "the safety with critical injuries and two others 'feeling her way through* how to han Homicide Investigation Team is look of our kids. But now one is dead.* in serious condition. dle the tragedy, said she wanted to ing into the incident, which occurred Limantoro's brother Adrian, a "At this point, police have yet to make sure the students knew about at about 9pm Saturday night at third-year cell biology and genetics establish whether or not the indi counseling services, which set up a Surrey's Fleetwood Park. major at UBC, was adamant that his viduals involved knew each other priority standing for his classmates UBC student Yulian Limantoro, in brother had no relation to gangs. or the reason for the dispute,* because of the stress and sense of "It's too much right now,* he said. his second year in the Faculty of 'No, he wasn't at all [involved],* read the document. personal crisis that can accompany Furst said it was strange for him Forestry's Wood Products Processing he said. "The reason he was out Adrian said his reaction to the the loss of a friend or acquaintance. to have been marking Limantoro's program, died as a result of the gun there was for a friend's birthday news of his brother's murder was A moment of silence was held, exam over the weekend, only to come shot wounds he sustained. party and so he didn't know a lot of one of shock. funeral arrangements were made to school Monday morning to the His father, Wigiarto Limantoro, the people there.* *I just couldn't believe it, known and there was some discus news that he had been killed. talking by phone from his Abbotsford 'Most of his regular friends are because he doesn't hang out with sion about a wood project the stu Parsons noted that now when home, said the death of his son was a UBC students. He would usually hang those types of people.* dents are making as a gift to she accessed the student informa huge shock to him, but that he had out in Vancouver.* Adrian said his brother wanted to Limantoro's family. tion system there was a photo already forgiven the shooter. Like the authorities, Adrian said do forestry work after he graduated. Robert Furst, one of Limantoro's graph of Limantoro beside his per Asked why, he responded, "De- he doesn't know much more than the 'He loved Vancouver, he wanted instructors, described Limantoro sonal information. cause I'm Christian. A true Christian fact that a confrontation between two to stay here," he said. as "a fairly quiet student" who was "It's kind of weird to see the should forgive. Everybody makes groups turned violent Candace Parsons, director of stu "quite motivated." picture and realise that he's gone," mistakes, right?" 'He was driving; he got dragged dent services in the Faculty of Furst related that he has lost two she said. 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