THELJJBYSSERest in peace YMarzipan since 191 8 VOL.LXXXVIII N°22 www.ubyssey.bc.ca TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER, 2006 AN APPLE AMONG ORANGES ILLUMINATING EVERYTHING THREE AND OUT Aboriginal students get schooled in Jonathan Safran Foerat the Jewish Book Amy Bobb on how her third CIS Women's stigma on reserve. PAGE 5 Festival. PAGE 6 soccer title was the best. PAGE 12 Visual artists have a new location to MBAs approve building fee display their work by Colleen Tang NEWS EDITOR Bringing attention to an Commerce MBAs voted 76 per cent in favour of the $1,000 proposed building fee on little-known department November 9. The vote took place at a town hall meeting by Michelle Radley and attended by 215 MBA students by a show of Samantha Jung hands. NEWS WRITER AND NEWS STAFF According to the Director of Marketing, Recruiting and Admissions for the MBA UBC visual arts students celebrated the Program Office, Arthur Redillas, they are unveiling of a new student art display case behind the project "100 per cent." in the Meekison Arts Students Space "We were certainly happy at the result. It (MASS) lounge last week. was quite an informal vote." The gallery will have monthly exhibi­ MBA students will look forward to a grad­ tions to showcase the work of visual uate business wing if the undergraduate stu­ arts classes, the photo society and inde­ dents also vote in favour of the building proj­ pendent student and faculty artists. The ect. premiere exhibit features a series of Part of the reason Redillas thinks many colourful thought-provoking silk screens students supported the motion was because depicting issues of personal importance they "believe it's something that will attract to the students in the intermediate print students in the future and something that will media class. add value to their own degree." IT'S LEAKING: Ricardo Estrada thinks the graduate lounge needs some renovations. MBA students voted in favour of a building fee increase November 9. OKER CHEN PHOTO see "MBAs"page 2. "THE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT AT UBC [IS] VASTLY UNDER- REPRESENTED IN THE SENSE Students upset about building delay THAT [THERE IS] A LOT OF GOOD WORK BEING "We just want a date of when it's going to open": DONE THAT ISN'T SEEN IN Science Undergraduate Society President THE BROADER CAMPUS COMMUNITY." by Carolynne Burkholder -Ryan Corbett NEWS EDITOR MASS featured artist Science students are wondering why the Ladha Science Student Centre has been delayed for Organisers are hoping that the new three months. gallery will help raise an awareness and According to Science Undergraduate appreciation of visual arts on campus. Society (SUS) President Michael Duncan, the "We're just trying to get artwork to the building was supposed to open on August 18. students," explained Brian Fernandes, But because of building delays the date was president of the Visual Arts Student Society pushed back to September 5 and then to (VASS). "[We're] trying [to] get students to September 22. know about visual arts; the fact that we even have a visual arts program at UBC. "STUDENTS HAVE BEEN PAYING People don't know that there are classes they can take in the visual arts, or that FOR FOUR YEARS NOW there's the VASS, which does a lot of arts- THROUGH THEIR STUDENT related activities. A lot of students would love to do [art classes] because they're in FEES AND WE HAVEN'T the sciences...they have a creative side but BEEN ABLE TO DELIVER. they don't expose it." The new gallery is also expected to ben­ -Michael Duncan President efit student artists in many other ways. ALMOST READY: Construction delays the opening of the Ladha Science Student "The Fine Arts Department at UBC [is] Science Undergraduate SocietyCentre . The building should be finished by the end of the month, OKER CHEN PHOTO vastly underrepresented in the sense that there are a lot of talented individuals and [there is] a lot of good work being done that "We really haven't gotten any definitive also didn't know why the building has yet to First, UBC alumnus Abdul Ladha who isn't seen in the broader campus communi­ dates since September 22," said Duncan. open. She said she is looking forward to using donated over $ 1 million to the project wanted ty," said one of the featured artists, Ryan "Our ultimate goal is to have the building the Student Centre when it opens. the handrails on the inside to be made from Corbett. open, but if anything we just want a date of Duncan said he tried to contact UBC glass. "Art cannot exactly exist in a rural vacu­ when it's going to open," he said. "Students Properties Trust on "numerous occasions," but "They had to be totally reengineered um where only you see it or your class­ have been paying for four years now through has yet to get a response. because of the nature of the railing. We had to mates or colleagues see it. It has to be their student fees and we haven't been able to But Joe Redmond, UBC Properties Trust get a different engineer to do it and then they accessed by a broader audience in order for deliver. They think that's the fault of the vice president, refuted Duncan's claim that had to be built," said Redmond. it to be meaningful or relevant. The nature Science Undergraduate Society." they haven't been communicating with SUS. Second, the patio at the back of the build­ of creating work and being an artist is to "I don't know why there's been such "We've been in touch with the Science ing couldn't be locked because of fire regula­ get it out there." a long delay," agreed fourth-year biology Undergraduate Society whenever they've tions, which wasn't realised until the final Maria Anna Parolin, visual arts profes- student Jamieson Anderson. "It would be asked to speak with us," he said. inspection. nice to have it open." Redmond said there are two main reasons see "Visual" page 2. Fourth-year biology student Ruana Singh why the building has been delayed. see "Ladha"page 2. GOOD LUCK ON ALL PAPERS AND EXAMS! VISUALISE THIS: THE UBYSSEY TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER, 2006 NEWS Fluke incident at Life Sciences Centre Uncertainties remain among officials as to the root causes of this situation by Colleen Tang NEWS EDITOR The west atrium doors of the UBC Life Sciences Centre fell back into the building and shattered at approximately 9:30pm on November 6. - According to the Director of Health Safety and Environment David Zajdlik, "it was a negative pressure situation that caused the doors to swing inward." He explained that there was a failure in the air supply control sys­ tem. "Because of that the building supply system wasn't working properly at the time." Zajdlik added that fortunately no one was injured during this incident. "The mechanical systems in that building are very, very com­ plex and it's a pretty new building with a high degree of automation," he added. "They're not simple sys­ tems so it certainly wasn't antici­ pated." NOT THE PRETTIEST: But the plywood put in place temporarily will help prevent a repeat occurence, OKER CHEN PHOTO However, there are still uncer­ tainties as to the root cause of this fail." This is not the first incident to intake switch] the exhaust would Zajdlik said that precautions are incident. UBC Properties Trust Vice occurr at the Life Sciences Centre. also be turned off so the building currently being taken "to prevent There is a continuous flow of President Joe Redmond believes There was a previous situation wouldn't experience that negative that situation from arising in the air going in and out of the build­ that a UBC worker from Plant in which "a worker accidentally pressure." first place." ing, said Zajdlik. However, the Operations may have accidentally turned off a switch and sucked in He added, "this was a one in a "The short term [solution] is intake and output of air became caused a chain reaction. one of the big doors as well," said million accident no one could have the temporarily wood frame and unbalanced. According to Redmond, some­ Redmond. predicted" because "it was a kind of plywood barriers with the inward "What I understand happened how the equipment short-circuited "Now that time the door didn't fluke thing that happened...it [had] facing doors which would be in was that for some reason the and managed to bypass the moni­ break and nothing happened so nothing to do with the materials [of place until longer term measures makeup air supply failed and it toring system and thus shut down when that happened we did make the building]." are complete." caused a vacuum effect as air was their total area intake of air. some changes to the system so Redmond said that luckily no Tim Morgan, operations manag­ trying to get into the building and How this happened is still unre­ that the engineers said if one of one was injured in that incident er of the Life Sciences Centre, ultimately this caused the doors to solved, he added. the switches was turned off [the either. declined to comment. @ Art of persuasion, pharmaceutical style THKHflDER WY cT UBC professor warns about the persuasive tactics used by drug companies by Amanda Stutt drug companies then urge people advertising dollars into drugs that KEMNBKF NEWS WRITER to see their doctors, suggesting appeal to a large population wealthy through advertising that it "would enough to take the drugs often for a icbce aqaird transpeopb is UBC professor Judy Segal warned be irresponsible not to." long period of time.