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Birds razzle-dazzle Dinos, win the West by Wolf Depner

No Mark Nohra. No problem. On Friday night Rookie tailback Trevor Bourne and sophomore quarterback Shawn Olson pulled off some offensive tricks as the Birds defeated the Calgary Dino- saurs 39-2 1 to win UBC’s first Canada West football title since 1987.

Bourne carried the ball 15 times for 91 yards and Olson passed for 264 yards and five touchdowns to five different receivers. Cornerback Curtis Galick led the Birds on defense with two picks as UBC forced Calgary into six turnovers, includ- ing five interceptions.

With the win, the Birds are now one win away from their first Vanier Cup fmal berth since 1987. They face the Mount Allison Mounties in the Atlantic Bowl Saturday (TSN 9:00 a m )

Nohra, who sat out Friday’s game with a knee injury suffered eleven days ago, is expected to resume the offensive spotlight this weekend against the Mounties who upset first-ranked St.Francis Xavier 20-1 7.

But it was Nohra’s understudy Bourne who stole the show Friday

“Marks injury gave an oppor- tunity for somebody else and I think that Trevor stepped up and did a great job for us,” said UBC head coach Casey Smith.

The game’s turning point came early in the fourth quarter with UBC leading by only six points. Facing second-and-long, Olson threw a short out pass to Frank Luisser who took it 6 1 yards for a touchdown and a twelve point UBC lead.

“Frank is really good after the catch,” said Olson. “Once he gets a chance to go upfield and breaks that first tackle, he. is gone. That was like the first big play we had on offense all year long. That was definitely a boost.”

Olson iced the win moments later with a G3-yard touchdown pass to. Andrew Newton who got behind Calgary’s gambling sec- ondary.

UBC’s defense did the rest, pitching a shutout in the fourth quarter.

The last time Calgary and UBC met, the Dinos erupted for 37 points against UBC’s defeqse. But this time, Calgary quarterback

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WESTERN CHAMPS: UBC wins its first Canada West title in ten years, beating Calgary 39-21 at Thunderbird Stadium, Friday night. PETER KAO PHOTO

Racists launch hate campaign at SFU - bv Dale Lum

A white supremacist group has been distrib- uting hate literature at SFU for several weeks and is now the target of Campus Security, ‘staff, and students on the Burnaby Mountain campus.

The Heritage Front is a Toronto-based organisation that opposes multicultural poli- cy because they say it threatens “white nation- hood.”

Weeks ago, Heritage Front members were seen handing out literature in front of the Highland Pub and the SFU library. Leaflets and business cards have also been found in student residences and between pages of books on Hitler in the library.

It was when library staff brought these materials last week to the attention of Peter Highet, Manager of Library Building and Equipment Services, that staff began to take action to limit these activities in the library.

“I’d like to say this is the first time this has happened,” said Highet of the leaflets, which feature a crudely drawn cartoon of an RCMP

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officer, with “CANADA” written on one leg, being throttled on the ground by a business- man with a stick labelled “MULTICULT”.

?%< leaflet is titled, “Multiculturalism/Who voted for it?” At the bottom is the address of the Heritage Front’s post office box in Surrey, and the number to their telephone hot-line.

advising callers that “if you are a white Canadian and are fed up with the slick and illogical arguments that will leave your grand- children living in a coloured country, contact

“Now they’re trespassing, in the sense that you can’t come into the library and do any kind of distribution or an-g without per- mission,” said Highet.

The issue of free speech previously pre- vented the library from taking any action against Heritage Front members who were personally handing out their material. “We’re very limited in how far we can deal with this.”

Jake Meijer, Manager of Security Op- erations, says the library noM1ed campus security after finding the material. But securi-

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ty can’t arbitrarily remove people from cam- pus because people disagree with their views. “If someone from Heritage Front comes up here and acts improperly, then we will ask that individual person [to leave]. But ... the University will not take a group and say, ‘We don’t like your group.’”

When handing out leaflets, Heritage Front. members were careful not to obstruct stu- dents and were being polite, said Highet. “Keep in mind this is quite a big organisation. They‘re back in Toronto, they know the laws, they‘ve got lawyers giving them advice on what they can and can’t do.”

Meijer says that since receiving the com- plaints from the library, security will be more vigilant and will confront anybody found dis- tributing the material. But he warns students not to take matters into their own hands. “If they have a confrontation with these people, give us a call’. If they are offended by some- thing these people do, give us a call or call the police.”

Space in the library is being made avail- able to campus anti-racism groups.*:*

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STUCK IN THE MUD: Calgary's QB, Darryl Leason never found his footing, Friday. PETER KAO PHOTO

... continued from p.1 Darryl Leason and Company never got on track when they had to.

"When we play here we got the mud. They are used to artificial turf. That [was] a big factor," said Galick.

"Our defensive line [got] some good pressure. And we just tried to stay disciplined in the sec- ondary, trylng to stay with the receivers."

That didn't happen all the time. Leason and Tarek Jayoussi con- nected for two long touchdowns, the second coming at 12: 16 of the third quarter to pull Calgary with- in six. But UBC's inconsistent

offense came up with big plays when it had to.

"We [the defense] held them, but our offense pulled through tonight," said Galick. "Mark was out, but we still pummeled them pretty good, especially in the f i s t half. It seemed like it didn't mat- ter who was in there. The running backs were still malung the runs [and] the receivers made the catches."

Smith's innovative offensive game plan was a big factor in Friday's win. Early last week, he promised, he'd be creative when- ever UBC had the ball. He wasn't kidding. Double reverse runs. Faked field goal attempts. Two

quarterbacks playing at the same time. You name it.

UBC seemed to run every play in the book.

Olson, a classic drop-back quar- terback, even ran the old quarter- back option, a play more suited for a faster runner like backup quarterback Dan Delong. But he was playing receiver most of the game, so go figure. . All this razzle-dazzle added up

to a 2 7-7 third quarter lead. "With Mark out, we just tried to give them a couple of different looks," Smith explained, adding he won't hesitate to reach back into the old bag of tricks when the Birds take on the Mounties.+

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Q: Why would the AMs consider not renewing the lease on the Thunderbird Shop?

A: The AMS has the opportunity with the expiration of the Thunderbird Shop lease to look at alternative uses of the space. The AMS Council will be asked to consider several different options that have been brought forward at Student Focus Groups.

Q: What might the options be?

A: Some of the options are: the AMS could renegotiate the lease, we could find a new tenant to occupy the space for another purpose, the AMS could assume control of the space to run it's own retail operation, or the space could %en be converted into a completely different Jse such as social space.

Q: Why would the AMs consider running a retail 9peration?

1: The AMS is looking to diversify its opera- ions, which are mainly food and beverage

outlets. The AMS management is qualified to run effective retail operations which serve student needs. It would allow greater student employment, and it would return profits back to the Student Society rather than have them

leave campus to an absentee owner.

Q: How was the issue of the lease expiration brought forward? How will it be decided?

. A: In June 1997, the owner of the Thunderbird Shop was informed by letter that the AMS Executive did not wish to renew the lease. This was to grant Thunderbird Shop as much notice as possible. The final decision must be made by the Students' Council.

Q: Don't the AMS businesses just lose money?

A: In fact, the AMS has very profitable opera- tions. Currently, the operations are exceeding their budgeted projections.

Q: How can I find out more?

A: Contact Ryan Davies AMS President

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University discipline unlikely or APEC protesters by Michael McGowan

It looks like the students arrested and jailed on Halloween for writing erasable slogans on windows at the UBC president’s resi- dence won’t face university discipline.

But the university has the right to disci- pline, even to expel the three students, Jonathan Oppenheim, Victoria Scott and Caleb Sigurgeirson, for misconduct.

Policy 69 of UBC’s Policy Handbook reads, “Students registered at The Univer- sity of British Columbia are expected to behave responsibly and with propriety. Where a student fails to live up to these expectations, the University reserves the

right, under the University Act, to take what- ever action it deems to be warranted by the student’s misconduct.” ’ According to Dennis Pavlich, vice-pres-

ident of legal affairs, students aren’t nor- mally disciplined unless their depart- ment and faculty start the process. The faculiy can then pass the case on to UBC’s administration if they want to expel the student.

But the office of Barry McBride, the Scienlze dean, said Oppenheim, a physics graduate student, wouldn’t likely be disci- plined by the faculty. The other students’ fac- ulties could not be reached by press-time.

“Will they be disciplined for misconduct?

orestrv considers aptop requirement

by Chris Nu1:tall-Smith

UBC‘s Forestry faculty wants to give its undergrads better access to computers and having every student lease ;1 laptop from IBM is an option.

The computer manufacturer IBM wants the faculty, which has some 600 undergrads, to sign onto its ’ W a d LJ’ program.

“We’re playing with the idea of supplying computers to every undergraduate in the [forestry] program,” said Ron Turner, a UBC forestry computer specidist. “One idea is getting students access to laptop computers.”

‘Thinkpad U’ typically requires students to lease-an IBM ThinkPad laptop from their university. Every year they.get a new model with current software, but students don’t keep the computers when the graduate.

Turner said Forestry wouldn’t go for a deal unless it had enough support. “It’s a nego if students don’t want it, .it’s a nego if faculty don’t want it and it’s a no go if the university doesn’t want it.”

At Acadia University in Nova 44 Scotia, the program, mandatory for first year students this if students don’t

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The discussion with IBM has only just started, Turner said, so don’t want it he couldn’t say how much a leas- and a’s a 110 go ing program would cost students.

Students in Forestry use com- if the UIliW!tSi& puters for much of thiir course- work, including high-tech geogra- doesn’t want it.’’

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phy analysis and numbercrunch- . “ R O I N TURNER ing applications. uw FORESTRY

Centre, where the faculty will move when it’s completed this Spring. was planned with computers in mind. It is wired for power and computer hook-up. But Forestq can’t keep up with changing com- puter hardware technology, said Turner.

“A lot of students complain that the ratio of computers to students is 1: 10, but that’s all we can fund currently,” he said. “We just don’t have the line-item in our budget to replace the computers every three years.”

Forestry’s most current computer lab has 2 1 machines with Pentium processors.

Chad Croft, a fourth year Forestry student who U S I ~ S the lab, said having a laptop would be useful. But given the choice between paying for a laptop or using the free labs, Croft said he’dpick the lab.

“For most people this is going to be brutal,” he complained. ”That’s way too expensive.”

But Sarah Shipley, grad representative on- the Forestry Undergraduate Society, said that whde she has reservations about the high price of leasing a laptop, it’s a good idea.

“Since I’ve been through I’ve seen my professors turn more and more to computers,” said Shipley. “If I’m in my first year, looking down at how much I’d use a computer I’d say ’yeah.”’

Students can write off the computer lease when filling out their tax return by including it as part of their tuition cost, said Michelle Scott, an IBM representative.

“Students typically go ‘Oh my God, Oh my God it’s going to cost’-but that isn’t really the case,” she said.

Compared to the $6000 Acadia students wiU spend on the lease in four years though, actually buying a computer might be a bargain. IBM ThinkPads with specifications sirml.ar to the model Acadia students lease this year retail for under $3,000.S

And the new Forestry Sciences COMWTER

I don’t know. My own personal view is ‘I don’t think so,“’ said Pavlich.

The three students were charged with criminal mischief and were required to sign a peace bond before being released that promised they wouldn’t return to Piper’s residence to protest. The protest involved several members of APEC-Alert, a group that is opposed to U13C’s welcoming leaders from Pacific Rim countries.

Two of the leaders who will be at UBC November 25, Chinese President Jiang Zemin and Indonesian President Suharto, are widely known for human rights abuses.

“There is a public aspect to what APEC Alert is trying to do, and in many ways I am

sympathetic to that. But I don‘t thmk you break the law to publicise what you’re try- ing to do, and certainly I don’t think you start taking what are excessive liberties by trespassing into what I think is the private home of an individual,” said Pavlich.

Pavlich added that UBC supports peaceful protest of the APEC Conference. And he said the university pushed to have the UBC Rose Garden available as a venue for anti-APEC protests during the leaders summit.

“If people want to protest, we want to at least have that facility available to them,” said Pavlich. “But we do not believe there is a connection between that and taking action against the President’s house.“*:*

APEC protesters were chatk- ing across campus last Friday, but no one was taken into ,

custody despite last month’s arrests for the same offense.

two hours chalking anti- APEC slogans in front of the SOB, and Koerner Library, and on the windows of the Old Administration Building and an the atrium at Norman MacKenzie House, %he &cia4 residence of UpC Pddent Martha Piper.

Qn October 31, three-stu- dents were arrested and charged with criminal mis- chief after writing with water soluble marker on the atrium windows.

response to the upcoming ’

Ada Pacific Economic Cooperation {APEQ summit, part of which will take : at UBC November 25.

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Will AMS learn from last year’s election mistakes? by Michael McGowan

The Elections Commissioner for the AMs executive, Senate and Board-of Governors (BOG) race this January will have less time then they should to try to avert the catastrophe that was last year’s election.

An elections commissioner has yet to be hired because the commit- tee has been waiting for more appli- cants to come forth said Jason Murray, chair of the committee that will hire a commissioner.

“When we ran the initial ads for the elections committee, we didn’t get as many applications for all the positions as I would have hoped for. So I decided because we didn’t have enough people [apply for positions] to extend the applications deadlines.”

“Maybe we had six [applications] before, and probably we have around fifteen or so now,” Murray added.

But the commission was original- ly supposed to hire someone three weeks ago. And the delay will make the job difficult for the commission- er, said Zoe Stronge, who had the job last year.

That election saw the AMs’ $16,950 ballot counting machine break down twice, two recounts for the BOG positions and allegations of massive voting irregularities. The

second BOG recount, done by an accounting firm, placed Kera McArthur, who was originally the runner-up, ahead of Jeff Myers, the original winner.

Stronge told the Ubyssey that she advised the selection committee that the next election commissioner should be hired a year earlier-dur- ing nominating week for the election the year before they will run an elec- tion. But the date of October 14 was set as the hiring date.

Additionally the problems with the ballot-counter have left some people wanting to abandon the machine and administration has advised that firm guidelines be put in place to help determine what con- stitutes a spoiled ballot.

Stronge suggested that if the AMs doesn’t turn to Televote, it should con- sider hiring an accounting f r m to do the countmg. She said it would im- prove the objectivity of counting bal- lots and would be less expensive than hiring a company, Global Elections, to operate the counting machine.

I m not going to blame [last year’s problems] on a machine, but I did rec- ommend to council that they never, ever use this machine again because it is not hstworthy,” she said.

On the eve of what should have been the final ballot count last January, the machine ran out of

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paper and ink. “We had to cease counting, keep everybody in the room and allow him [the technician from Global Elections] to go back to h s office to get more paper, and at the time, he didn’t thmk to bring more ink,” Stronge said.

The ballotcounting machine also caused problems during the first recount, when there was a consider- able discrepancy between the first and second tabulation.

“The machine did break down the second time we counted and this time it wasn’t just paper or ink [that caused the second round of prob- lems]. We had to start feeding them [the ballots] through, one by one, and the Global Elections guy assured us that this isn’t going to make a differ- ence in the actual counting,” Stronge said.

In a letter to the Registrar’s office last January, Michael Curry, the AMS ombudsperson, suggested the AMs consider abandoning traditional vot- ing in favour of using the Univer- sity’s Televote system.

This year’s elections commission- er will be unofficially named on Wednesday. That person will decide how to run the race this January. An elections review committee has also been formed to deal with some of the issues which became prevalent last year.+:*

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World‘s largest women’s studies school to be set up at York TORONTO (CUP)-York University is in the

process of establishing the largest

The school will have 200 faculty members and over 2,000 students, offering courses ranging from history and business to fine Arts. It will also provide greater access to research, voca- tional counseling and conferences.

“[It will atlow] feminists in various departments, that weren’t available because of the internal divisions, to come together,” said Katherine

McPherson, women‘s studies undergraduate program co-ordinator. But improving access for students is not the only impetus behind the

amalgamation of women’s studies programs, faculties and libraries. Recent budget cuts at York have also played a role in the decision.

Since coming to power in 1995, the provincial Conservative govern- ment has cut $400-million from the budgets of Ontaricj’s universities and colleges. York’s share of the cuts was in the tens o f millions.

So far, $2 million has been raised for scholarships and bursaries at the school, with the ultimate goal being $5 million.

The school is slated to open next summer.

rn women’s studies school in the world.

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RPtestorsshutdormQuebecgov‘t~xforaday MONTREAL (CUP)- Hundreds of students and social activists shut down a provincial government complex last Monday to protest government cuts to education, health care and social programs.

Four thousand c i d servants who arrived for work at 1’Eddice Marie Guyant on November 3 were turned away by protesters, who formed human chains in front of the complex’s 2 1 entrances by holdmg hands.

The action was planned and executed by a broad array of cornunify and student groups.

Student groups involved in the action included le Mouvement pour l’Education Democratique and the ”Y” group, organisations based in Quebec’s colleges, the Canadian Federation of Students and many student unions. Three colleges even voted to shut down for the day.

Janine MacLeod, a humanities student at McGiU, said she took part in the protest to show her unhappiness with tuition increases in the province.

MacLeod said she was opposed to the introduction h s year of differ- ential tuition fees for out-of-province Quebec students. Because of h s , non- Quebec students have seen their tuition jump by as much as $1,000.

“I feel that the consistent rise in tuition is c r e a m a very elitist situation in education and perpetuatrng a Merentiation between the classes. Education should be universally available, and students shouldn’t be fin- ishing their education with a $30,000 debt,” she said.

The Quebec government, over the lwt several years, has cut $800- rnillion from its education budget. Funding for health care has also seen millions of dollars in cuts, with several hospitals closing as a result.

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CFS faces Newfoundland pull-out referenda OTTAWA, ST. JOHN’S (CUP)Three student unions in Newfoundland are going to their constituents in an effort to pull their schools out of Canada‘s largest student group.

Student leaders from Memorial University, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College and the Marine Institute, a technical college in St. John’s, have issued writs of referendum and students at these schools will vote in February on whether or not they want to remain as members of the Canadian Federation of Students. The leaders say they want their schools to leave the CFS because the group isn’t lobbying enough.

“The CFS was too quiet during the federal election [last June], and it was nowhere to be found when the recent bankruptcy legislation was being introduced,” said Glenn Beck, president of Memorial’s stu- dent union.

But Brad Lavigne, national CFS chair, rebuked Beck’s criticism of the federation’s lobbying efforts. He said the CFS had a consistent presence in the national media and added that the organisation is currently enjoying the highest profile in its history.

According to the CFS lobby roster, the federation has had, since late June, 15 meetings with federal government officials and mem- bers o€ parliament and it also made several presentations to stand- ing committees of the House of Commons.

Key among the Newfoundland schools is Memorial University (MUN). MUN is the largest university east of Quebec, with almost 13,000 undergraduate students, and the only big school in Atlantic Canada which is currently a member of the CFS. Memorial provides the bulk of the funding for the federation’s provincial component and is the unofficial leader in provincial student politics.

Memorial’s student union tried to pull the school out of the CFS in 1995, but 70 per cent of MUN students voted to stay in the federa- tion.

The CFS currently represents 14 of the 40 post-secondary institu- tions in Atlantic Canada but has seen a steady decline in memher- ship since the 198Os.O

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Student journalist lodges complaint with police by David Cochrane “[Gault] admitted that he was in an absolutelyterrible frame

Ottawa Bureau of mind that Illght and that he unfortunately did commit that act.” she said, adding that Gault has since expressed an “unbe-

REGINA (CUP)-Regina police are investigatq a complaint lievable amount of remorse.” filed by a student journalist against a member of her school’s Gault did not return the Canahan University Press’ phone student council. calls.

Lucy Falastein, the managing editor of the University of Falastein is calling for Gault’s removal from council. He has Regina’s student newspaper the Carillon, already been removed from the

dent administration of the University of Regina’s student council. looking over my

The complaint stems from an October 28 incident when Falastein savs Gault shoulder when allegedly collided with Falastein as she was I‘m walking to climbing the stairs to the second floor of the u of R’S student centre. Falastein was mv car... I don’t ascending the stairs while Gault was #

descendmg them with two o+..her members feel safe anymore”

Federation of Students. There have been numerous

attempts to have Gault removed from his position on council since the incident. At an October 29 meetmg of the student coun- cil a motion aslung for his resig nation was moved and second- ed. Gault, however, wasn’t pre

of the council. Falastein, who was suf€ering sent at the m e e m so it was from a foot-injury and carrying an arm-load L U ~ FALASTEIN, tabled until November 5. of newspaper supplies at the time, says she At that meetq, Gault said he managed to grab onto the r d q to avoid THE was e n r o w in an anger-man- tumbllng 15 feet to the floor. agement c o k e and -that he

She says the incident has left her shaken. wouldn’t resign. He added that he would not be a wdhg partic- “I’m scared. I’m always loolung over my shoulder when I’m ipant in any punishment from the council and if anybody want-

wallang to my car” she said. “I don’t feel safe anymore.” ed his resignation they would have to get it through the courts.

Marjorie Brown, the student council president, was with The motion to request Gault’s resignation was brought up Gault at the time of the incident. She says that since then, Gault again but it was not seconded. The motion died and then has admitted to her that his collision with Falastein was inten- Brown explained that w o r m on a student council was a tional. stressful job. She said when thmgs get too rough, women on

the council can cry to relieve stress but crying is socially unac- ceptable for a man carrying the same burden. As a result, Brown said, the focus should shift towards helping Gault deal with h s anger.

Gault has been at the centre of a string of controversies in the last few months. At a special general meetmg of the student body in early October, a majority of students present voted to impeach Gault, saying he symbohsed the inability of the coun- cil to represent students. But he was spared dismissal because the number of votes cast at the meetmg to impeach him didn’t exceed the number of votes Gault received when he was elect- ed to the council.

Gault was supposed to face another impeachment motion at a second general m e e m on November 12. A U of R student wanted an impeachment vote put on the agenda for that meet- ing but the request was withdrawn aRer the student’s fiance, who lives in Toronto, received threatening phone calls w m - ing her of the consequences of her boyfriends action in Regina. Police are also investgatmg that matter.

Brown says Falastein is playing a bigger role in the anti- Gault movement than a journalist should be. She says the Carillon has mounted a vicious attack against the vicepresi- dent and that Falastein has been seen meetmg with the various students who demanded Gault’s impeachment at the October meetmg.

Falastein, however, denies any wrongdomg. “I had nothmg to do with what happened to Dylan [Gault],n

she said. “The people who were involved were friends and I can’t do an- about that.”

Police are still investgatmg the matter and will decide whether to lay formal charges::.

Investment agreement to hinder sovereignty, critics say Todd Silver

The Canadian government is set to slgn the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), a deal that will allow corporations to sue nations and one that some claim will erode Canadian sovereignty.

The treaty is being negotiated in the Paris headquarters of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Its goal is to create a more liberalised environment for interna- tional investment.

But the treaty has come under fire and many believe it serves the interests of large, multinational corporations at the expense of the rest of Canadians.

Brant Thompson, a member of the Council of Canadians, an organization which works to protect social programs, C a n a h culture and the environment, opposes the MAI. He says it gives too much power to multinational corpe

rations. “For the k t time (the M A I ) puts corpora-

tions on the same foohng as nation states. Corporations will be able to sue the Canadian government directly for an- they thmk interferes with their nght to make profit,”he said.

This aspect of the MAI is the ‘national treatment’ or nondscrimination clause. The clause, intended to assist companies operat- ing abroad, states that no foreign corporation can be treated any merently than a local one. If a nation is found g d t y of dlscriminatmg against a foreign company, that company can sue the government for lost profits. The adju- &cation process for these matters has yet to be defined.

BilI Blaikie, an NDP member of parliament, said that nondscrimination would undermine Canada’s abiliw to make legislation. Blaikie told the ubysseythat if the MAI is signed, democra- tic governments will be rentmg out their ability to govern.

Dexter Bishop, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, said nondiscrimination serves Canadians. Bishop said the MAI does not inter- fere with Canada’s ability to legislate and that it assists Canada’s multinational companies, cre atmg more jobs for Canadians.

But a similar clause in the North American Free Trade Agreement is being used by the Ethyl corporation to sue the Canadian govern- ment for $350 million dollars. The suit was ini- tiated when the Canadian government passed legslation banning the gasoline additive MMT, which was found to be environmentally ham- 11. Accordmg to Ethyl, the law cost the compa- ny d o n s in profits.

The Liberal government went ahead with the ban despite six months warning from Ethyl corporation that it would sue if the legslation was passed.

Govenments within the MAI agreement have created approximately 600 exceptions to the nondiscrimination clause, 48 of these

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The m e m b e d p stipulations of the MAI have also come under fire. Participating nations are tied to the MAI for 20 years which is extensive when compared to NAFTA’s six months. Under the agreement no nation may leave the MAI without first giving five years notice and during this time any investment made by or with an MAI country is still subject to MAI rules for another 15 years.

Thompson sees this as the Liberal govern- ment forcing its agreement on those who come after it. “Think of how many elections happen, how many changes of government happen in Canada in a period of 2Oyears,’ he said::*

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Svend Robinson, NDP MP for Burnaby- Iongsway encouraged young people to “challenge the silence” on human rights violations in APEC countries last Friday at the start of the Prople’s Summit Youth Forum.

”[The federal government has] put the pursuit of global corporate profit and trade ahead of human val- ues,” he told the 60 youth partici- pants from across Canada and the Asia-PaclGc. “We see them betraying the commitment they made b tough and enforceable standards for labour and the environment in NAFTA-gone.

“Thp federal government has been shamefully silent.”

A day earlier in Ottawa, Rob- inson suggested that Indonesian President Suharto should be denied entry into Canada or arrested for crimes against hunlanity for genocide and human rlghts violations. But Lloyd Axworthy, the Foreign Affairs minister said no such thq would hap- pen.

At a news conference Friday to announce details of the APEC Economic Leaders Meeting (November 19 to 26) agenda, senior federal officials reiterated Canada’s position. “We don’t do it by way of p u w human rlghts on the agenda, but by engaging...showing by example,” said one official.

But youth forum participant Catherine Nge-Nge, a community development worker in Papua New Guinea for the past five years, said the APEC process is doing more harm than good.

“In Papua New Guinea nght now, the tropical ramforest is being devastated

quickly by Malaysian companies, Japanese companies,” she said. “Mining companies from Canada, Australia, America-they’re all destroyng the Papua New Guinea environment, and that en\<- ronment is the basis for people’s tradi- tional ways of life.

“We take the stand that rural Papua New Guinea is dread>- developed. In our

Accordq to John Price, a member of the People’s Summit Vancouver Steering Committee, that was to be expected.

“The People’s Summit as a whole is critical of APEC. It’s not surprising that there would be people critical of APEC hlghlighted. That’s generally the tone of all the issue forums.”

“I don’t know too many NGO’s that aren’t critical of APEC,” he added.

”The federal government

* * has been shamefully

,. silent.” SVEND ROBINSON,

NDP MP

villages, we do not have any poverty ... we have a very good life. But people from outside are trylng to convince Papua New Guineans that they’re not devel- oped, they’re primitive, backward. It’s language being used to change their way of thinking, so that they just give away their land.”

Robinson urged Nge-Nge and the oth- ers to make their voices heard when the Asia-Pacific leaders meet in Vancouver.

The Youth Forum is one of several issue forums being held this month by non governmental, labour and people’s organisations under the umbrella of the People’s Summit.

Attendees at the forum were hard pressed to h d any participants speakmg in support of trade liberahation or the Multilateral Agreement on Investment.

In addition to S\.cml Robinson and Lihhy Davios, hoth New Democratic Parb- fvll”s, h e slatr. of speakers at the forum included Seth Klrin of the Canadian Centrr for Policy Alternatiws and Dawd Orchard of Concrrnod Citizens Against Free Trade

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the fcdcral government, which contributed $200,000 to the People’s Summit, is questioning the ability of th t . koplc’s Sununit to present i ts concerns in a credi-

ble way. ‘‘I would have a concern that the way

the views may have been presented at the youth forum did not allow for a balanced presentation of the issues and concerns surrounding the APEC process,” said Chris Brown, exerutive interchange ofi- cer for the Department of Foreign Af€airs (Asia-Pacific), employed by UBC.

While he said the federal government knew the People’s Summit would not be completely neutral, he said he would have preferred broader, more inclusive debate.

“In my view, the People’s Summit LT a real benefit if it goes beyond just criticis- ing the government’s position or the APEC process, and comes up with con- structive suggestions as to how that process can be changed or more effective- ly managed.”+

Biblical totrents make mud-pit of Maclnnes field

IT MIGHT AS WELL be six feet deep for these UBC swimmers in Maclnnes Field. RICHARD LAMIUBYSSEY FILE PHOTO

by Emily Yearwood funnelled into the field.” Korchinsky said Intramurals plan- ners have considered installing a different drainage system.

For the 100 soccer teams in UBC’s Intramural program a little In addition to Intramurals activities, the constant pressure of bit of grass would go nicely with all the mud on MacInnes field student traffic across the field contributes to its condition, said lately. Erica Holmes, director of Intramurals soccer and futsal p r e

Steady rain and nearconstant playing on the field outside grams. the SUB has turned the pitch into a virtual mudbowl. In particular, the thousands of party-goers at the annual AMs

The field’s condition forced Intramural to cancel two day’s barbecue typically damages the playing field every September. of soccer games last month and The decision was made to save UBC Athletics is supposed to maintain MacInnes and other what’s left of one of UBCs most utilised playing fields. campus fields. According to John Hallen, the department’s field

‘The reason it was cancelled was that, had we played it out, supervisor, the poor conditions are linked to a seasonal we would have destroyed the field at the beginning of decrease in grass coverage. October ... that would have been it for our soccer program and Workers wiU seed and fertilise the fields in Spring. but for largely for our soccer program for the year,” said Nestor now, there is little that they can do, he said. Korchinsky, Intramurals coordinator. “I can keep [the fields] loolung pristine, but then nobody

likely running a cost of $1 million. He said he was optimistic it Korchinsky from Intramurals said it’s been harder to could be done with corporate sponsorship and cost reduction in keep the fields since URC started cutting Athletics’ funding other areas to finance the project. in 1994. Consequently, the department is responsible for

“I’m quite sure we have enough activity rlght now to warrant much of its own fund raising, and programs like consideration.“ Intramurals must find inexpensive ways to preserve the

Korchinsky blamed the rain drainage system from the fields. Student Recreation Centre (SRC), located next to the field. Two years ago, Intramurals introduced an indoor soccer

“It seems that the water flow is generated to the east side program to take pressure off outdoor fields. They also rotate of the SRC ... so we have all that water now draining or being games between Osborne, Spencer and MacInnes fields.+

Korchmsky said he would like to see an artificial turf field, would use them,” said Hallen.

bv Jessica Woolliams

As cities across BC expand at an unprecedented rate, envi- ronmental impact has become a more and more sensitive issue for urban planners. While many have chosen to avoid it, one development company drew up extensive plans to devel- op an entire "sustainable community."

But for years, the provincial government stalled the appli- cation for the development permit, and now the community will likely never be b d t .

The developers, South Island Development Corporation, had planned to accommodate 12,000 people in the commu- nity to be called Bamberton, on a site 30 km outside Victoria on the way to Duncan.

South Island President David Butterfield notes that there are approximately 14,000 people per year moving to

critics hke those at Canada Mortgage and Housing C o p oration, who reviewed the Bamberton community plan in 1995, suggest that Bamberton would have offered BC some thng very valuable-a showcase of better b u i l d q practices for future development.

Q O Q In 1990, four union pension funds y d e r the name of

Bamberton Investments Ltd. bought three blocks of land that it wanted to develop. AU it wanted from the government was the right to build the project.

Included in the list of architects and designers who draft- ed the community's plan are the Florida Architecture duo whobecame famous as the originators of the "neo-tradition- al" development approach. Andres Duany and Elizabeth Playter-Zyberk evolved a way of community development

market would not be able to absorb as many units as would be needed to make the development profitable," he says.

Yet Butterfield points to studies done by Economic Research Associates, one of the largest market research firms in North America, that said the project was feasible.

He also points to the The Civano Project. Modeled along the same principles as Bamberton, Civano is currently under construction in Tucson, Arizona. "Lots don't come on the mar- ket until next spring. but there are already people lined up to buy to first year's absorption (the amount that need to sell in the first year in order to make the project worth while)," says Butterfield. As with Civano, Butterfield says South Island had people h e d up ready to buy lots at Bamberton before they even went on the market

To the allegations that the Bamberton project would not have been economically sustainable in the long term he notes

water bodies, sewage would be natu- complain that rally broken down through tertiary treatment and on-site irrigation. Waste housing in water at Bamberton was to be recycled through the landscaping and the golf makes course. (A small scale version of this h d of waste water system can be unreasonable seen at the C.K Choi building at UBC-the reeds in front of the ybuildmg demands on process grey water and composted sewage into pure water.) local ecology.

Yet there were critics. and for rea- sons that at f i s t appear sound. They Plans for an feared that, being a community 30 km outside Victoria, B&- entire sustainable berton would run the risk of becoming a highly autodominated communi@ just communi@ because of potentially few jobs offered in the region. ~ outside Victoria

But South Islands ~lans for Bamberton includedfibre would have solved optics for worlang from home via computer and-more sgn6cant- most of those ly-a 70 acre Environmental Technologies Park that would potentially problems. offer manv iobs. Bv 1994, 300

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business people 6om around But they may not the world had joined the Bamberton Business Network in the hope g& off the of starting or relocating business- es there. drawing board.

Overall, planning and urban

that reacted against the autc-dominated suburban sprawl of Nowhere, North America by embracing con- cepts like rear lanes (to keep cars off sidewalks), pedes- trian friendly streets, town squares in whch services could be accessed without automobiles, and higher den- sity development.

The developer, South Island Development Corporation, had a commitment-unusual in the development commu- nity-to combine ecological principles with profit-

So with an owner, designers, and a developer all ready to put the project into place without government assis- tance, the project looked like a go.

But after seven years of waiting for the project to go ahead, the owners decided not to go ahead with the devel- opment as it was proposed.

They asked another development company, Greystone Properties, to conduct a review of the project. After an elght-month review, Greystone cobcluded that the devel- opment, as well as the appeal to change the zoning from industrial to residential, should be halted.

Greystone says that they embrace the environmental and social principles on which the plan was founded. However, Greystone President and CEO David Podmore also asserts that the Bamberton plan was unrealistic. "It was way too ambitio us... it was a lot for a small communi- ty to embrace."

Mill Bay is the closest town to the proposed site. Its pop dation is only 3,000. The development plans for Bamberton propose a population of 12,000.

Podmore says that Greystone's independent review found other reasons why the project shouldn't go ahead. "The cost for the development would be very high. The

ject was a sound projed, we would not have been able td stop it."

Her largest criticism of the project was of the drainage of waste water that she claims would have been environmental- ly destructive. There is no sewage system in the world that can take all of the contaminants out of sewage yet," says Bomford.

However, the treatment system that South Island proposed was a biological waste water system in which sewage would be processed by plants and bacteria. It eliminates the chemi- cals present in most sewage treatment systems and yields a much purer end product. The same technology was used in Pentiction in the early '90s and won the Minister's Environmental Award.

Dr. Alan Artibise, a professor at UBC's School of Urban and Regional Planning and a speaker at the environmental assess- ment for Bamberton notes the tension between local and provincial governments in British Columbia. In BC, through political pressure at the municipal level which can then flter though to Victoria, local land use decisions are heavily shaped by the local community, Artubise says in some cases, the "greater good" that could come from a really important devel- opment project should override Iocal politics, but that in Bamberton's case, the political will wasn't there.

The best way to kill a project is to process it to death, and Bamberton's death was due to political and bureaucratic intransigence," he says.

David Podmore says that some similar but "far more mod- est" plans may still be built, "Those lea- edge urban devel- opment philosophies will be integral to any residential devel- opment considered for Bamberton in the future.'

However, there are no set plans for future development at this time, and the land is still zoned industrial.*:*

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A Midsummer Nght’s Dream is, under ideal circsumstances, a fun, frothy, fantasytinged play that leaves

Of the four young lovers who lead the play, only Emily Holmes’ terrific work as the lovesick Helena man- aged to make the audience really care about her-the others lacked a genuine base amid the fantasy, and devolved into caricatures even in the context of this magical world.

The Faeries that need to supply the audience”brq&t&ed and the bulk of that I&&; srmlylg. The UBC Theatre are led by the strong Department’s production did performances of their accomplish some of this, but l e a d e r s - S i m o n e overall it is wildly uneven, ulti- Bailey was seductively mately f a h g to live up to its forceful as Titania, potential. and Michael Schultz

That this play still man- as Oberon made use aged to have audi- of his tremendous ence members leav- ing the theatre happy was pretty amazing considering the gen- eral inconsistencies of the production. The net-and-plaster- rock setwas set up so

cance was concentrated on the forestage. The use of the various ropes and smgle swing strewn about ihe stage was also a weak attempt at creativiiy-you can only swing oatage so many times before it becomes old hat -

hlgh that all S l g n l f i - L voice while carrying

with him a sort of skeletal majesty befitting the Faerie Kmg. The rest of the Faeries, however, are a little tedious, and Marlene Yan’s turn as the trickster Faerie Puck, while at

times engaging, lacked the mischie vow sparkle that Puck needs to supply the play with a flourish.

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This limits the sphere of movement to a small space, when it should move smoothly within the enchant- ed forest

Director Joyce MiUer allows the action to be reduced to fairly stag nant, repetitive patterns that stifle the imagination. The hghting too, is uninspiring, and spbthghts always seemed to be trying to catchup to the actors’ movement

The costumes are similarly lack- ing in origmhiy and forethought. The actors looked visibly unmmfort- able in the velvet-heavy garments, and that in turn made the audience uncomfortable for them. Addug to the overall discomfort is the basic dif ficuliy much of the cast has in speak- ing the Bard’s words-many tried to work around the script rather than w o r m within i t To truly capture Shakespeare’s power, the actor must have both strong vocal abhty and M y understand what he or she is saying. In UBC‘s production, many delivered wooden, well-meaning lines that only hinted at the power

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the trip to Freddie Wood? There are bright spots besides those men- tioned above, and the brightest is undoubtedly the superbly manic energy of Peter Wdson as Bottom. He steals every scene he’s in, sen- the audience into peals of laughter with almost every line. The Players’ performance of “the most lamenb. ble comedy, and most cruel death of F’yramus and Thisby” is uproarious, as Wilson’s spar- Bottom and Fabrice Grover as a squealang Thisby wring every chuckle and guf faw fiom the script That alone is worth the price of admission-if the Freddie Wood had wider aisles, the audience would’ve been rollin’ in ‘em. That this scene came in the final stages of the play and let the audi- ence walk out with ear-toear g r i n s .

This is, though, a production whose bright spots are tempered by the various shortcomings that leave it wantug. Often, those moments of genuine- wonder serve to show how good this show could have been, and it is that whch makes A Midsummer Nght’s Dream so bittersweet*:*

The LL Fat Man w and other photos UBC student K e l b Hishon tleman aLl of a sudden walked right in front of me and stood around them.

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has Seen her photos gracing ture. He didn’t notice, and after a while he walked back. Just how they look N e . Take your time and look around. How there for like five minutes looking around. So I took his pic- “But it is so neat to see what other people are doing and

the walls of the Gallery but to see him ... And if you look closely, you can see [that] his t- can you notjust stop and look at that? Enjoy what other peo- shirt doesn’t even cover his whole belly.” ple are doing. People are cool!” she gushes.

As Kelley tells me the story I can see the exclimwnt in Just how curious is Kellev? How far does she go? Wotuld her eyes, the same excitement she must have had when shr. she creep around a housr and peek through other peop1~’s

and doesn’t want to be Onem first saw the ”fatman.” What fascinates her so much by pho- winc!ows to photograph intimate moments?

she isn’t a professional,

She just loves to capture tographing ordinary people? “Fnr somc subjects I would like to take their pictures but

people being people. By Silke Hoffmann

Everyday there are things around us that tlcserve way more attention than most o f us give to them. At least this is what Kdley Hishon, a fourth year Physical Geography student, thinks. Kelley has an eye for detail.

In her free time she occupies herself with wa,y more lively things than maps and rocks. She is a passionate photographer. Ever since her first pho- tography class in high school Kelley has been hooked and her camcra is never far from her reach.

So what does she I&e taking photos of? “Ooh, that’s easy! People. In particular I like to

focus on the subject of one single person. I love to capture, to take pictures of people doing things that they don’t really know they are doing,” she says.

Kelley is a voyeur, she likes to watch other peo- ple being, well, people.

“[Imagine] there is a person standing in line at the movie theatre to buy the ticket. Maybe it is a guy with his girlfriend at their first date. He is searching through his pockets for money, but he doesn’t have enough, and you can see the look on his face and the look on her face seeing this ... It’s wonderful just to get that,” says Kelley.

Kelley is a self-starter; she approached the Gallery on her own accord and asked them if they would be interested in exhibiting her work. They were, and Kelley enjoyed her first photo exhibit at UBC. Though her pictures do have a finished feel to them Kelle,y doesn’t take any courses in photog- raphy; she has her hands full with the courses she’s taking at UBC. Kelley is an independent spir- it; she learns and improves her skills on her own terms.

’’I am learning by reading books, looking through magazines and looking through other photographer’s stuff. Hut most of time 1 just go and practice. Film is I :heap, anti you ran (

r “But it is so neat to see what other people are doing and how they look like ... How can you not just stop and

look at that?... People are COO(!” U O L Y HlSHON

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develop ,your own s04r if you go and try things yourself,” Kelly explains.

Kelley takw hrr carnera with her werywhrrc. Shtk is always looking for I ~ P W photo subjects. Shrl finds hor irlspi- ration in big cities. Originally from Toronto, Kel1e.v is used to a life in a very busy city filled with interesting people. It was on one of’ these trips that the picture of the ”Fatman,” her most popular photo to date, was taken.

“That [photo] was in Seattle. I was sitting outside the market with my camera. I love to take photographs when I

BELLY GLANCING outside a Seattle market. KELLEY HISHON PHOSO

tak(1 their pictures and show them to t h c x prsons a h r - \yards. th~y’ll go ‘Whm liid I do that?’ And 1’11 sav ’You don’t rc:rr~t~rntwr sitting therc eatingyour lunch and then starting to play with ,your socks?’ Peopk don’t even notice when they a:re doing these things,” she laughs.

As she is saying this Kelley notices that she is playing with a little thread on her pants. We exchange smiles.

Kelky doesn’t want much from her work; she just wants to make people notice how interesting other people are. To

if they mind having their picture taken. She wants to be invisible. Maybe some people would change their position and the way they look if they knew that someone was stand- ing there with a camera. For these reasons she didn’t ask the “Fatman.” But if she wants to take a picture of street musicians, for example, she would definitely go up and ask.

“Street musicians are used to people walking by every day. They just keep playmg. Usually they don’t mind me talc ing their picture. So I take it and drop them some change.”

Kelley also wants to give everybody she took a picture of the charm to contact her, so she hands out her card to them after she takes their picture. If they ever want a print of the photo or maybe want to tell Kelley that they changed their mind and don’t want their picture published, they know where to go.

So far nobody has ever contacted Kelley. And, unfortu- nately, no one has ever called her to ask her about her pic- tures. When her photos were on display in the gallerv she did have a few people interested in buying. However, she doesn’t expect students to buy her photos, given the fact that most of them are living on a tight budget. The pho- tographs that were exhibited in the Gallery were therc. “just to look at, for people to sit down, have a beer anti enjoy.”

Kelley and her friend, Margaret Bacon, are working on a new project that they are hoping to have completed for this spring. The plan is to divide a hugt, frame into four parts - ~ n d [ill each part with onel photo, Kellry’s contribution, anti lone pastel, Margaret’s contributiorl. Thr thrme of her nc,xt #idventure is rural life in Canada. S o far th(>uyh they h a v u ’ t tilund a verlue to play host to thr rnlrrtl rricdia irlstallatioii, h u t hey‘re working on it.

Kelley Hishun is not planning to become a professionai photographer, but who knows what her future can bring’? As they say a picture is worth a thousand words and undoubtedly Kelley’s have sparked more than a few con- versations already.+

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Rebecca, an aging albino who makes her favor style over substance. The book is an of the author, but in most ins-, the living as a human pincushion, narrates the interesting, abstract read, but it quickly story simply didn’t work for me. tale midst periodical performances of self- becomes jarring and ditEcult to muddle At &he price of $13.95 CDN, I can think of mutilation as the Ghost Lady. through. It’s relatively short at 186 pages handfuls of other books that have four tines

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'Many Issei I know have told me that. when their time comes they want to return to the country of their heart ..." Ths is the beginning of A/iothertalk, a book that took years of travel, strife, and love to pro- duce. It was a difficult journey, but one that has pro- duced a worthwhile memoir.

Mary Kiyooka was an Issei (first generation to Live in Canada) who knew very little E:nglish when she arrived from Japan. Her son, Roy, who was born in Canada, only spoke a smattering of Tosa-ben, his mother's Japanese dialect, so, to record. her stories, a translator was used and from the translations of the interviews, Roy Kiyooka wrote Mothertalk. Unfortunately, Roy Kiyooka died before he complet- ed the book, so Daphne Marlatt was called in to fin- ish the manuscript. Hence, Mothertalk is a translat-

MOTHERTALK: LIFE STORIES OF MARY KlYOSHl KIYOOKA

ed, oral autobiography, whch began under the vision of one writer but was concluded by the pen of another. The fact that the book was ever finished is quite a feat in and of itself.

Despite the book's rough start, the memories it gives a voice to are relevant to Canadians, a d the tone of the book is as personal as if the reader was present when the interviews were conducted. Many of Mary Kiyooka's stories are accounts of the immi- grant experience, Canada from the 1920's to pre- sent day. Her stories about the Japanese internment during WWII are particularly moving, without being dressed up in literary pretensions.

Some of the more interesting passages are the ones on the experiences of Japanese women in Canada. At times, the narration has a more gossipy tone when Kiyooka talks about the mail-order brides and the women who were sold into prostitu- tion by their impoverished farmlies living in Japan. Kiyooka also remembers the loneliness and sense of isolation the women felt in the new world. Although Kiyooka was fairly liberal for a Japanese woman in the early 19OOs, she stdl counselled all the women who ran away from their alcoholic hus- bands or pre-arranged fiancks, to return to these men. Though Kiyooka's honesty is at times disturb- ing, it is no less refreshing.

The longing to return to Japan is strong and per- vasive in the text. As well, Mary's desire to com- municate and pass on all things Japanese to her I children is also a driving force behind the narra- 1 tive. By writing th~s book, Roy Kiyooka seems to be telling his mom that her life wasn't in vain, that he ~

understood even though he did not know enough Tosa-ben to say it. The book is a fitting medium for Kiyooka to express his love for his mother.

The poems written by Roy Kiyooka, which begin each section, and the photos all add a personal touch to the memoir but as a piece of serious litera- ture, Mothertalk reads more llke a first-draft which needs to stop for directions. The footnotes-dis- agreements by the children over points in the moth- er's narration, as if they are 'talking back" to her in her death-are petty.

Historically, the book is important because it recalls the hopes, experiences, and disappoint- ments of the first generation ofJapanese-Canadians from the point of view of a woman. The stories are fascinating and gently remind each of us not to for- get where we come from. But it falls short of rank- ing with works such as Joy Kogawa's 0basan:t.

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When soccer historians unearth the records of the 1997 UBC men's soccer team, they will most likely ask how ths team went undefeated, yet still managed to lose a national title.

One answer will be McGill goalie Jason Forsyth. And another more cosmic answer rmght be bad karma.

UBC rmght simply have held the losing ticket in the penalty kick lottery used to decide Sunday's national title game between UBC and McGill.

Scoreless after 120 minutes of regulation and overtime, the season's last game concluded. when McGill centreback Peter Bryant lofted the ball over .UBC goalie Mike Franks into the top left corner to break a 4-4 deadlock after ten penalty kicks.

Bryant's goal, h~ first in four years, sent the Redmen into a frenzy while the Birds tumbled into deep despair. Fifth-year defense man Ed Bradford even shed tears. A college bansfer, Bradford wanted to finish his career with a national title.

Most observers agreed UBC deserved to win this year as they were undoubtedly the best team to take part in the six-team national tournament played at Dalhousie University in Halifax.

UBC did not concede a s q l e goal in regulation or over-time play and played brilliant soccer at times. Two onenil victories over Western and Dalhousie- Troy Wood scored both goals-earned UBC a trip to

in out chances during the game. "We played alright, it was just a lack of finish," slghed Franks. "A few players still have not realised how we lost that game," he added.

Steve McCauley thought he'd scored the winning goal when he headed a deep cross past Forsyth in the seventyfifth. But the referee disallowed the goal, say- ing there was too much contact.

"I felt we still had enough time to score [a goal] ... but it just wasn't going to happen," recalled Franks.

It didn't for the remainder of regulation or over- time, meaning that a game of fitness and skill would depend on luck and nerves.

"I don't thmk we can blame anybody but ourselves for that loss because we should have wrapped it up long ago before it came to penalty kicks," said Franks who had an eerie sense of deja vu when the game headed i n b penalty kicks. ' 1"

Four years ago, Franks and Company faced anoth- er Quebec school-Sherbrooke-in the national final. Just like Sunday, UBC dominated the game, but lost on penalties. Franks was one of two players to misfire.

But this time it seemed history was not about to repeat itself. Franks made good on his attempt. So &d Aaron Keay, Nick Hopewell, and Dan Jones to give UBC a 4 3 lead on penalties.

All defender Jeff Skinner needed to do was place one last ball past Forsyth but he saved it. McGill's Marc Mounicat then sent the game into a sudden- death shutout.

One miscue and could it be all over. Simon Daniels volunteered to keep the 'Birds

alive, but Forsyth guessed correctly-again. And Bryant, a Halifax native, made no mistdke on the game's hal penalty.

"The planets were just w e d McGill's way," shrugged UBC head coach Mike Mosher. But he had n o w but praise for his team. "I'm really proud of the way they played and of the way they carried them- selves. They were just firstclass."*:*

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C i disobedience should be applauded I would like to take the opportunity to respond to your latest editorial ("AMs imprisoned by the fence on which they sit" Nov.7, '97).

I have a dif3icult time being por- trayed as a person who would dare to criticise the actions of figures such as Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela or Dr. Martin Luther Kmg. Jr. The admirable actions they took against laws and Soci- eties which run counter to our closely guarded notions of human nghts and freedoms were quite necessary and invaluable to the cause of freedom

Admittedly, civil disobedience in certain circumstances should be applauded, and for that matter, so should violent protest and in extreme cases lllscale revolution. I do not, however, believe that we live in a country in whch breakmg the law is always necessary to achieve change, sway public opin ion or gain media attention.

My problem with this one spe ci6c motion presented to AMs Council Nov. 5, '97. was the broad shadow which it cast and would continue to cast for the next three years. The vagueness was neces sary, we were told, bccause this new policy would not be specfic to the jailing of three APEC-Alert members last week. By supporhng the undefined term "civil disobedi- ence" I can foresee the AMs being forced to support all sorts of actions for the next three years. If we as a students' council are to

protest the arrest of these particu- lar students then let that be the case. I am not prepared, however, to support unknown people protesting unknown causes by brealang the law for years to come.

Thanks a lot, Dr. Psper I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Piper and the rest of the people who make decisions on this academic barge for cutting back ofice staff to the point where documentation needed to process work study posicions and issue cheques idled away on a desk somewhere until the first week of November. I'm sure you can imagine how special it makes a graduate student feel when he jumps through all those work study hoops, finds a position, puts in hours, gets in the timesheet, shows up for a pay- cheque and gets told by a nice lady in payroll that, shucks, they just don't have an- for you. I can only hope that the renumera- tion you receive gets the same kind of swift attention, Martha.

(And, you know, I would have complained to the AMS Ombudsperson about it, hut for some reason, the office was closed, even though the tunetable on the door assured me it wasn't. What a great way to spend a Friday.)

Bob Wakulich Grad Student

livo sides to APEC GrafliHi For the past week, I have not been able to look at a smgle newspaper without seeing some reference to the protesters who were arrested on All-HallowEve for scribbling @&ti over Doctor Martha Piper's residence. Most of these refer- ences regarded the same old story about how the arrests were 'unfair and unjust". One writer went so far as to say "ifyou oppose the view of the UBC admirustration, you stand a good chance of being arrested' (ubyssey. Nov. 7, "Political Prisoners at UBC?"). And I cannot remember an article which did not mention how the protesters' nght to peaceful protest was violat- ed. What most people (or at least the APEC Alert people) seem to have forgotten is that there was another party involved in this escapade, namely the aforemerr tioned Doctor Piper.

Now my understanding is, Doctor Piper lives in her private residence. Granted, I am not a kabithonth year law student, hut I feel quite confident in my belief that it is against the law to enter som(Jone's privak residence and scrawl all over it, unless of course, the owner w e e d to i t Call mr crazy, but somethmg klls me that grfl i t i was not asked for by Doctor Piper. "But it was written in wash- able marker!!" you say. So what!?! Picture yourself on the receiving

your walls. Now as you, like most sensible people, don't want polic cal slogans scribbled all over your walls, you tell the demonstrators nicely to stop. "It's washable ink, it'll come off," they protest Is that going to convince you to let these beatniks continue scribbhg all over your walls?

The simple fact of the matter is the protesters trespassed onto Doctor Piper's residence, and then caused mischief by scribblq all over her atrium. They broke the law. All nghts they had to peaceful- ly protest the APEC conference were lost as soon as they stepped foot on Doctor Piper's property. I believe the nght to protest is nec- essary in a democratic society. I also believe this protesting should not interfere with the nghts of any other citizens. And on a more per- sonal note, I find the "APEC Fuck Off posters verging on imposing my @ts, as well as downright tasteless.

I do not condone the APEC con- ference being held here at UBC. However, I oFpose the methods of ATEC Alert. I find them brutal, cruel and ineffective. This is besides the fact that some are ille gal. Maybe the protester's right to peacefd protest was violated that night, although I don't brlieve so. When we look at people's rlghts we musk alway.: ronsider that there are always tw( I sides to wrry stoa..

Mark Hollett Engineering 1

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Bike ownership, not the problem I am w r i t q in response to the pledge made by &off Atlans, associ- ate vice president of Land and Buildmg services, for a system of free bicycles at LJBC. While this idea is amactive, I h n k the initiative is misguided with respect to the O f i d Community Plan’s target to reduce single ouupan~y vehicle tr&- fic to UBC by 20 per rent

Personally, I know of no one who does not cycle to rampus because he or she does nc.t own a bike (though I don’t deny the fact this rnay be an issue for some peoplt?). ilowever, I can think of two important reason.. that deter many potential c y l i s t s : a) thqy don’t like going to work or class es wet, sweab, and covered in road grime, and b) they don’t feel safe negotiating heavy tratfic and na- row, rough hike paths.

The problem with cythng to cam- pus is not a nlattcr of availability of bicycles as sqg:ested hy Mr. Akikins’s pledge. Lt is II rnatter of safety and facilities.

If t lw Campus Communi& is committed to ttncouraginp people to q d e inskad of drive, it must be mill- mp to satnficx. some of its precious roadspace for wse exclusively by bicycles. (eg. A lane each way on University Dlvd. to 10th). The Universiiy could also make shower fadties and locker space available for cyclists either in existirlg facilities like the Aquatic Centre and the SRC or a new facility (since ‘we are so fond of them lately) like a Cyclists’ Centre.

m y by malang qclq a priority in this way will the planners at Land and Buildmg Services really be able to change transportation patterns at UBC. The ‘white bike’ idea soun’ds fun and interestq but it is merely a fluffy and expensive initiative to do no% about cycling.

T i Neale Science 4

Proposed bike system, a good idea A free bicycle system would hope hdly create a positive, bike friend- ly environmmt s d a r to that found in many northern Europcan cities. I support this idea whole htwk(llvyet hope that the transportation committee’s efforts arc’ not rnistlirerted. A frl.v bike systc,m w o n ’ t help reduce the amount of pollution generated 1)y URC vehiclr traffic, unless stu- dents wwe ablc to LISC the bikes for transportation to and from school. Sinw the core of canqxls is a l r c ~ i y car Irw, t)ikes would mc>wly s(>rw ;IS ;i fasten shutilr, between rlassrls.

Onr o f thc mandates of the olfi- rial Community Plan is to reduce the number of people drkinp cars to campus and increase public transport use and sercices. In a recent OCP update, UBC states that it has met many of its goals by “Increasing Parking rates signifi- cantly to levels where, for exam ple, the parades change ratses comparable to downtown Vancouver.”

Unfortunately this is not the case and UBC has removed a major incentive to possible reformers by actually lowering parkmg rates. It now costs $2 to park a car in Blot for the entire day, yet a round trip tr) UBC on the bus costs at least $3/day.

In conjunction with lowering parking rates, the university has replaced parlung attendants with automated ticket dispensers. This new system ignores the sad fact that people who can cheat w i U . Someone who buys a ticket at 8:OOam can pass their ticket on or

to a friend when they leave cam- pus at 1 1 : O O a m and so on. The uni- versity may think it is getting sev- eral $2 contribution per spot per day but in elKect, it is only gettug $2 for an entire day.

Takmg the bus should never cost more than driving a car to this campus, the OCP contains some promising commitments. Let’s hope the arrival by the new trans- portation director brings some of them to fruitition-startmg at Blot.

Katie Breen Biology 4

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No place like home sweet Igloo for Birds by Wolf Depner

Dust up the old Home Sweet Home sign and hang it outside the Thunderbird Winter Sports Centre.

The Birds continued to impress on home ice, sweeping Lethbridge with two impressive efforts this past weekend.

Friday night, four different 'Birds scored as UBC won 4- 1. Saturday night, Pave1 Suchanek and Geoff Lynch notched two goals each as the Birds hammered the visitors 5- 1 to even their record at 4-4.

Four home games into the 1997 cam- paign, UBC has now won as many home con- tests (three) h s season as they did all last sea-

home record. *: son when they staggered to an ugly 3-101

''I think it's going to be hard for teams to

come in here and win games," said rght- winger Corey Stock. ''I think we have estab- lished that."

The turnaround on home ice has coincided with the team fmally producing on the power- play. Over the fist four games of h e season UBC was just plain bad with the extra man, going one for fourteen. But over the next four games UBC's powerplay has scored every 3.1 attempts.

Friday Illght alone all four UBC goals came on the powerplay and Suchanek's thwd period powerplay marker Saturday Illght proved to be key as it gave UBC a comfortable 3- 1 lead.

" W s have really have come together that way," said UBC head coach Mike Cojlin. "I think it has just taken time to gel. It's all about confidence," added Stock.

As always, UBC did a superb job kdhg

penalties this weekend, h o l m Lethbridge scoreless on thirteen man advantages.

"I thought we adjusted really well to the dif- ferent tactics they tried on us," said regular penalty killer Troy Dalton. "We had some big saves from our goalie and as a result we were perfect," added Dalton who scored the game winning goal Saturday night on a breakaway midway through the second period.

Another reason for the Birds' much improved play on home ice has to be their physical play.

The Birds are not the Broad Street B~~llies, but they are no longer softies. "We bring a dif ferent attitude to the table this year," said Stock. "A lot of the times last year we were soft in the corners." They are certainly not this year.

The Horns found that out Friday mght

when URC dished out several big league hts. Saturday night was no different. Out-mus-

cled once again, Lethbridge took out thew frus- trations b,y resortsng to cheap shots. And none was more drty than Mike Nhyra's hit that sent UBC defense Chris Kerr into the hospital with a severe concussion, several deep h i s - es and major cut over hls left eye,

Kerr spent Saturday night under ohserva- tion at a local hospital and is doubtful for this weekend when the Birds host the Manitoba Bisons, one of three sub .500 teams IJBC will play before the winter break.

Better yet, four of those six remaining games wdl be played on home ice. So the 'Birds are in position to possibly fmish the first. half of the season in or near the Canada West penthouse. And that would be some- worth writing home about.+

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