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AMS uses lie detector tests by Michael Booth

The Alma Mater Society’s use of a lie detector on employees to investigate the disappearance of $1000 from the SUB Arcade is a questionable method of determin- ing guilt, according to a civil liberties expert.

“The Civil Liberties Association’s position on the polygraph is that it is a n inaccurate device and no employee should agree to take a polygraph test in the workplace,” said Dale Beyerstein, privacy and access to information director of the BC Civil Liberties Association.

One arcade employee lost his regular shifts after failing a lie detector test conducted two weeks ago as part of an internal investi- gation into the matter. The money was reported missing from arcade video game machines on March 6.

The employee, who wished to remain anonymous, maintains his innocence and said the test was faulty.

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“The way it was being admin- istered was that I could hear the tones and the higher the tone, the higher the stress. When I heard the tones I became more stressful,” he said.

“It’s all based on that one test. The only other person [who worked that night] passed the test and that is the only difference I know of between us.

“I’m trying to arrange another test to prove I’m not lying.”

Beyerstein said that the test, which measures galvanic skin response (sweating), is only one of four parts that make up a standard police polygraph test. In addition to measuring the conductivity produced by sweat, police also measure heartrate, breathing and blood pressure.

“All itismeasuring is galvanic skin response which is basically how much you sweat: Beyerstein said.

“There are two problems with this: just measuring the amount of sweat is not too reliable a n indi-

petition for on literature

by Martin Chester Arts students are taking ac-

tion to encourage the English department to create a First Na- tions literature course for its undergraduate level curriculum.

Erin Soros, a fourth year En- glish and Theatre honours student started a petition to encourage the creation of the course after studying First Nations literature at a graduate level. She was struck by the fact that no First Nations students were in the class, possibly because no First Nations students were eligible. Majors students were excluded because i t is only offered at the graduate level.

Soros said the petition was intended to make the university recognize First Nations people.

“I complained in the classroom and in essays about the whole structure of the institution which invalidates certain texts,” she said. “I don’t think the English department and the university have validated First Nations People,” she said.

“I want to see a full course because I am concerned with ap- propriation.” Soros said a full course will give time for a full examination of the genre and to Ureflect on why the ‘other’ is created-why it isn’t mainstream.” She added many students she spoke to were concerned that First Nations’ - l i terature could be treated like museum pieces, rather than as real literature.

Aruna Srivastava, the En- glish professor who taught the course, said, “I am not sure that it can be avoided. One of the ways to avoid it is to have First Nations instructors. A lot of First Nations people have been suggesting that is the only way to achieve au- tonomy andavoidappropriation.” At present, however, there are no First Nations instructors in the department.

Verna Kirkness of the Native Indian Teacher Education program saidideally the course would not be necessary, as First Nations literature should be taught as a regular part of the English program. That would be the ideal,” Kirkness said. “If that is not hap-

pening the next thing you do is have a course for Natives.

“we have to have First Na- tions courses because [the subject1 is not being covered in the regular curriculum,” she said.

One of the benefits of offering the course at the undergraduate level is that it would open it up to all interested students, particu- larly First Nations students.

“I think it is crucial for it to be offered at the undergraduate level,” she said. “I want First Nations students in all faculties to be able to take this course.

“Given the record of our campus for racism, I think this will be one way to slowly change things,” she said.

Soros agreed and said the course could attract more First Nations students to the English department.

“I don’t think there will be much opposition, if I get enough names,” she said. The petition has been signed by “hundreds” of people.

“I don’t see myself as a spokesperson, I’m not speaking for anybody. All I am is a collector of names and the power is going to come out ofthe names,” said Soros, a non-Native. “It’s not just a First Nations concern, it’s the concern of all of US.”

Kirkness applauded Soros for taking the initiative to start the petition.

English department head Herbert Rosengarten said that while h e could not see any problems with a First Nations literature course, he cautioned that the process of starting a new course takes time and added he has not seen any formal proposal for the course. Any proposal must come from within the faculty, he said.

“we would have to justify any new course to both the faculty of Arts and the Senate. It is a slow process,” Rosengarten said.

‘We have to ensure that what you produce is worth [ the student’s] time and money,” he said. W e have had Native Indian works included in courses of Ca- nadian Literature in the past, .so I’m sure there is a body of literature out there.”

cator of stress to begin with and secondly,itisdifficulttoinferfrom stress levels whether the stre:ss is caused by lying.”

AMS general manager Charles Redden maintained that nobody had been suspended and said some arcade employees,, including supervisor Tony Poh, had asked for the lie detector test!<.

“We’vepassedtheinformation on to the police which they have requested and they are very interested in receiving this [the re- sults of the test],” Redden said. ”If I believed that any person was guilty of stealing funds from the AMs, I would not hesitate to sus-

pend them and the justification for that is that we cannot risk the society’s funds.”

UBC Law professor Tony Hickling, however, said that em- ployers dc not have the power to suspend an employee.

“Thebasicruleofcommonlaw, with regards to a n employee, is youcandismissforcauseordismiss withreasonable notice. Thereisno implied power to suspend,” Hickling said. ,

“A suspension without au- thority is a breach of contract. A person who is suspended in such a circumstance may treat i t as tan- tamount to dismissal.”

Beyerstein added that, ”if the arcade employee thinks he was suspended wrongfully he can sue the AMs for wrongful dismissal.”

The missing money and the subsequent lie detector tests have created tension among the arcade employees.

“Everybody is basically upset with what happened [to the employee who failed the test] because they believe he was treated un- justly,” said one games room employee. “There is general tension between Tony [Poh] and the employees because of the polygraph. Theyfeelintimidatedthatthiskind of thing can go on.”

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One student, one vote 3 by Nadene Rehnby

University students will face difficulties voting because of registration restrictions if a summer provincial electionis called, according to critics of the revised election policy.

Ian Reid, assistant to Vancouver-Point Grey MLA Darlene Marzari, said the Socred changesintentionallystopstudents from voting.

““heelectoral act shouldmake it as easy to exercise your vote as possible,” Reid said. “This makes it almost as difficult as possible for people like students. And we believe students do not tend to .vote Socred .”

Thelegislative chan,ges, which followed the 1986 Sowed vid~ry, eliminate election day registration andallowonly10daystoregisterto vote or to change ridings once an election is called.

“People are fed up with having their basic rights screwed around with for partisan reasons. Funda- mental to our rights is our right to vote .”

Reid said the revised legislation will have a negative impact on student voter turnout because of their transient nature.

“The more apartments, low income housing, or students, the more you have people who stay less than one year,” Reid said.

BC chief electoral officer Rob- ert Paterson said the changes were made because increased election dayregistration causedcongestion, confusion and errors at polling stations and delayed the ballot count.

He said the small majority of people who were not registered to vote “interfered” with registered voters.

“Inconveniencing registered voters is not reason enough to pre- vent people from voting,” AMs president .Jason Brett said. “If they want to save people time they can create a fast lane.

‘This will affect a lotaof students. I don’t know where my address is going to be for the next four months.”

Brett said he is unsure where heisregisteredtovoteatthepresent time and was unaware he would have only ‘10 days to register in the appropriate riding if an election was called. He said he feels many students must be in a similar situation.

The election will run a 29 day cycle, Paterson said. Once the election is cal:ed, voters will have 10

days to-register. Then, from the 20th to the 25th day, those not registered to vote anywhere in the province will have an additional opportunity to register. Voting will take place on the 29th day of the cycle.

Students who are registered may vote at any polling station in the province, on election day or at advanced polling stations, Pater- son said. Arrangements for out-of- province voting must be made in time for ballots to be mailed and returned before election day.

Reid said the system differs from federal elections where the cycle is 60 days, enumerators travel door-to-door and voters may register up until three days before the election.

In BC, the voters list is as- sembled two years after a provincial election and there is noresiden- tial enumeration, Reid said.

Marzari said students should call the registrar of voters immedi- ately.

Sheaddedthatifstudentshave problems registering, or if they en- counter chronically busy telephone lines at the registrar of voters, they should call her constituency ofice.

The number in Vancouver for the registrar of voters is 660-6848.

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Unlike regular daycare pro- people accuse feminism of not be- grams, the month old programme ing practical. You can do this and is free and students babysit on a feel you are making a big differ- volunteerbasiswhenevermothers ence right away. It is highly need them. gratifying for the workers and for

“It’s amazing what these the mothers and kids as well.” women have to go through to go “It’s afantastic environment,” back to school,” said Rachel Rose, said Celia Moore, a volunteer sit- an organizer of the project. “hey ter at Project Chance. “I can’t be- often have two jobs, go to school lieve how supportive the mothers full time and have two children.” are to each other and the kids get

One part of the programme along.so well. There are no war works out of Project Chance, a toys, just crayons, a blackboard housing development for single and a space. It’s a really great mothers on welfare who are place to work because everyone is studying. The government subsi- 60 enthusiastic and appreciative.” dizes Project Chance, but there McGill has its own daycare was no daycare on the premises. but parents have to pay for the

The other childcare service service. According to Marilyn operates out of the Montreal Newman who works at the McGill Women’s Centre and is mainly for Daycare, “there is a government immigrant women who are taking subsidy programme for families English, French or assertiveness with lower incomes. They can ap- training courses at the Centre. ply to pay a lower fee.”

McGill students set up the There is usually a long wait- service at the Centre when they ing list at the McGill Daycare, es- discovered thatimmigrantwomen pecially for younger children. would not take the classes they Newman said that half of the par- needed unless they could bring ents who use the center are stu- their children, and the Centre did dents including several single not have enough money to pay for mothers. sitters. The organizers hope to con-

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Power culture Definition for the deaf “0 by Chung Wong

THER people get mamed-why don’t we?” signs Marilyn Beal with

a smile. ”we have our history, our folk- &...we

haveeverythinganyotherculturehasexcept there’s no food.”

The culture the teacher at Jericho Hill School for the Deafrefers tois not racial. In fact,therearemanyracesinthisnon-hearing culture.

“The most important thing is that we share the same language that brings us together,” signs the Jericho Hill teacher. “If we sign together then we share the same feelings about us as a minority group.”

To the surprise of the hearing culture, they can also communicate when they are not together: by phone. A modem-like machine called the TDD allows the deaf to type and receive words. “This machine came before the fax,” jokes Beal in signs.

About 100 students attend the 75-year- old provincially-funded school. The school has been in Point Grey continuously since 1922, except for a hiatus it took during World War I1 when the Canadian National Defense decided i t needed more room.

The school is BC’s only for the deaf. “The deaf have a culture of their own

and values that are different from the hearing culture,” said head-teacher Jill Gift. “You have to sort ofbridge those cultures when you deal with the deaf.

“Deaf kids are much more physical; they use a lot of touch. They are also much more blunt in their language-they don’t beat around the bush as many of us in the hearing culture so often do.

‘You have to be sure when you communicate with the deaf that you are not leaving things for implication.”

Though people often underestimate the power of language-or in constitutional terms “freedom of speech (sic)”-students at Jericho Hill do not.

“At Jericho Hill, we give the deaf language to express their frustration which empowers them,” Gift said. They also have an expert on specific emotion words.

Teachers often refer to Doug Lambert, a former student, for methods of teaching leadership and self-esteem.

“The kids learn to identify with their feelinas and what to do with them,” signs

School councilor Clay Knowlton said the problems students at Jericho Hill have are the same as any hearing student.

“Deaf kids are not different-it’s just the perception of things that makes them different,” he said.

“They have creative needs, they’re worried about world issues and pollution and they have family worries. They also have triangles, dating and breaking up.”

But he added, “The isolation deaf kids face when they leave the school may be more intense.

“The students at this school are from all over the place. At the school, they have a community.”

Students attend Jericho School for grades kindergarten to twelve. But to go to university, they have to go to Washington, DC, which has the world’s only university (Gaullaudet) for the deaf.

To bring an interpreter to UBC is not feasible, said Rita Chu, a UBC student whose brother attends Jericho Hill. “Jose (her brother) does not have a sufficient background.”

In 1989, a deaf student brought an interpreter to a first-year math class at UBC. Eventually, she had to drop out.

But several of Jericho’s alumni have gone on to become doctors, lawyers, print- ers, teachers, artists, electricians and me- chanics through whatever means possible.

Secondary student Bryce McMillan displays a sign now popular in the hearing culture. “This is the most-used sign in the deaf culture,” McMillan signed. The fusion sign ‘I love YOU” was first created by eastern American deaf mode during the mid-sities. McMillan

Jose Chu: A day in A by Chung Wong

T 6 a m a bright light flashes on Jose Chu’s face. His alarm is like no

o therTose i s completely deaf. . To watch TV, he plugs a machine

similar to a cable TV converter into the television set so he can understand the dialogue. The telecaption decodes “close- captioned” TV programs to provide sub- titles for every image.

To call his buddies, he plugs a modem- like machine into the telephone-so he can receive and type words over the wire. The ’70s creation is called a TDD.

Jose moved to Vancouver almost five years ago from Peru. Though Jose cannot hear. his sister Rita Chu. a second-year

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UBCartsstudent,saidshecanspeaktohim in Spanish.

“In Peru when Jose was two years-old, he was taught to read lips in Spanish,” Rita explains. “Jose likes i t much better in Vancouver because he has friends. In Peru, people treated him bad because he was deaf.”

Through his sister, Jose explains over the phone that he eventually wishes tobe an accountant if he can go to university.

“I like to work with numbers,” he ar- ticulates. ‘My father has abusiness in Chile and I’d like to help him.”

Toattain the proper training, however, Jose! needs to attend the University of Gaullaudet in Washington, DC,which has the world’s only university for the deaf. To

the life get accepted is difficult.

In the meantime, Jose concentrates on his life in Vancouver.

Each weekday, he-travels by himself on transit buses from his Richmond home to Kitsilano Secondary School where an interpreter accompanies him toclasses. At noon, he travels again on buses but with his friends to Jericho Hill School, the only school for the deaf in BC. After school, he sometimes partakes in drama or sports activities.

On a weekend, the flashing light does notcomeonuntil 10am.Itcanbelonelyfor the grade 11 student, for his friends live in Burnaby, North Vancouver and Prince George. But sometimes, they get together to team-tackle a shopping mall.

AN IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL UBC STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE 1990191 WINTER SESSION

Notice cards concerning the 1991 /92 Calendarand related Telereg publications have been mailed to all students.

WHEN YOU RECEIVE YOUR CARD, take it to the General Sewices Administration Building (GSAB) bbby between March 27 and April 12 (8SOa.m. to 4 : s p.m.)’ and exchange it for your copies of the Calendar, Telereg Guide & Course Schedule, Pmgram Planning & Advising Information booklet and, if you require it, the Standard Timetables booklet. After April 12, exchange your card for your copies of these publications at the Registrats Office (GSAB - 2nd floor).

These publitions are not being mailed to continuing students due to mailing costs. If you plan to enrol in the 1991/92 Winter Session, make sure you pick up your copies of these publications as you will need them when you register. (Telereg opens for 1991192 Winter Session registration on June 17,1991 .)

open A p r i l 3rd and 4th from 8:30 a.m. to 7:OO p.m.

Major Changes for 1991/92 Spring and Summer Sessions have been combined. The former Spring Session is now Term 1 of Summer Session and the former Summer Session is now Term 2 of Summer Session.

The Student Information System now maintains one current mailing address.

The grading poiky has changed: -The former unit has become two credits. - Courses are now graded on a percentage basis.

Guided Independent Study courses are now available through TELEREG.

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Artist defaces queen on dollar bills by E. Griffith

The province is paying him to play his latest prank.

' Artist Rick Gibson, of "Sniffy the Rat" fame, obliterated the queen's face on 100 two-dollar bills, donatedasagovernmentartgrant, and handed them out to passers- by downtown Saturday.

"I think the queen is no longer an appropriate symbol for Canada" said Gibson, who covered the queen's face with white paint and the words "get rid of the queen."

Gibson gave the signed, dated bills to people who suggested a Canadianimage toreplace the for- eign monarch. Common choices were prime ministers and Terry Fox.

Gibson said one woman suggested apicture ofa tree. ""he first edition would have a seed it would grow up like you see the queen grow on the bill."

GibsonsaidCanadacouldrent out the spot as advertising space to erase the deficit. "McDonald's is getting their own little plug on US postage stamps."

"I think it's crazy; you should leave it the way i t is," one man from Liverpool said. "He's crazy, he's cannabis,. he's gone."

When asked about the artistic merit of the bills, one woman said, "It's very negative. Art gives you a feeling and this is negative."

Another bystander was critical. "Th is is taxpayers'money. I go to work to pay for this guy. "his

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Not everyone agreed. When already having a ripple effect offered the money just smiled and asked if he approved of his tax across the country and interna- walked by. money being given away, a man tionallyaswell."One womanjoined

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“he UBC Senate’s provision that faculties accommodate students excluded from a programme because of enrolment capping is too binding, according to dean of Arts Pat Marchak.

Marchak was the only member to vote against a motion, passed last week at the Senate’s monthly meeting, that requires faculties to take “steps to ensure” such students are not prevented from continuing their studiesin that faculty.

Instead, Marchak wanted Senate to weaken the motion to the point where faculties “would

ments for the 1991-92 academic year.

With only these departments capping enrolment, Marchak said the faculty would not have trouble finding spots in the present circumstance, “but down the line, other departments are goingto say they can’t take anymore either.”

Theonlysolutionistoincrease quotas or wait until other univer- sities can absorb more Arts students, Marchak said.

During the Senate meeting, economics professor Robert Will argued that enrolment capping could create a domino effect as students are turned away from

vance students but say ‘sony, we accept you into third year, but we cannot find a space for you :in the faculty.”

Physics professor Luis -De Sobrino, who brought the motion to Senate, said it was meant to apply to all faculties, not just, Arts.

”The intent is to ensure that there won’t be a situation w‘here a student may have satisfied al l the requirements to continue their studies but because of enrollment limits, there is no programme within the faculty in which they could go,” he said.

Even so, he said the motion was intended to ma’ke faculties

strive to provide full opportunities more popular departments. aware tha t s tudents may be for students.” “Some day, the last depart- stranded without a programme

In Ar ts , Political Science and ment may get them all,” he said. because of enrolment capping. International Relations will re- AlthoughthefacultyofScience “If people are not aware that strict the number of students ac- is forced to spread students over this happens, there is a danger cepted into the programmes and departments, dean Barry McBride thatitmayhappeninadvertently,” will introduce new course require- said, “It’s untenable to admit ad- he said.

Future improving for Arts women by Cheryl Niamath Horsman added that Employ- suggested.

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women with Arts degrees, Nancy people of visible minorities who be found at the library, in trade Horsman ofthe Women’s Students are seeking careers in these areas. magazines, and in Career Options, Office told a group of about 40 last of all undergraduate women amagazine available at the Canada Thursday in Buchanan. in university, 46.1 percent are in Employment Centre on campus.

Speaking about the future for Arts, said Horsman. Traditionally, It is often difficult for women humanities graduates, Horsman women with Arts degreeshave not to take that first important step saidwomenaregoingtoseeawhole been highly employ&h and have towards a career-deciding spe- different world in the 199Os, but hadtofallbackonsalesandclerical cifically what kind of career is said ”it isn’t enough to be an A r t s jobs. wanted. It is essential to narrow graduate and know the world’s “we have to be concerned,” down “I want to work with people” waiting for you? she said. ‘‘Where we get jobs in or “111 take anything” into a defi-

Changes in the European Arts is where we get jobs as nite type of career, said Caren Community will result in increas- women.” Durante, also of the Women’s ing numbers of North American Horsman emphasized the idea Students Oftice. companiesmovingintoEurope,she that because women are taught to Resources are available for said, putting Arts graduates with nurture, we have an advantage women who are having trouble languageskills,especiallyEnglish, when it comes to Earth-centred deciding .which career is right, or French and German, in demand, careers. have problems such a s shyness or as will graduates with writing “Women are different. We low self-esteem whiclh make find- skills, oral skills, people and diplo- don’t fit easily into some of the ing a career difficult. matic skills. corporation structures,” she said. Both the UBC Cent,re for

And as Canada’s population W e are thepoets, notthekillers of Continuing Education and the ages, jobs will open up in health this planet.” Open Learning Institute offer ca- care, gerontology and recreation, Horsman offered several tips reer planning courses. “he UBC Horsman said. As well, as the for Arts graduates looking for ca- Women’s Students Omce in Brock number of working families will rems. Women must be flexible, Hall provides career counselling, increase so will the demand for willing to be mobile, computer lit- as does the Women’s Employment child care workers and there will erate and willing to get additional Counselling Unit (a division of be numerous teaching positions training. “Round yourselfout with CanadaEmp1oyment:lat 1755West available at the elementary, high other types ofactivities,”that will Broadway. school and university levels. look immessive on a resume. she

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by Harald Gravelsins

ARRY Gartinkle loves eating donuts only slightly less than

he loves consuming undervalued companies and selling them off in bits. His appetite is limited neither by a concern for calories nor a concern for people.

In the age of finance capital, Adam Smith's invisible hand has been replaced by a fat, obnoxious man with no hesitation about ripping apart his society's industrial infrastructure in order to generate a paper profit. It would be easier for such a person to pass through the hole of a donut than to get into God's head ofice.

TEEATRE Other People's Money directed by Kathryn Shaw Vancouver Playhouse Until ADrill3th

The role of Larry gives actor Jay Brazeau another opportunity to delight us with his singular virtuosity in playing loud, manipulative, eccentric charac-

ters. Jerry Sterner's script unfortunately does not provide a milder side to Larry that would balance the ribald grotesqueries Brazeau pulls off so expertly.

The role of Larry and Brazeau's performance alike stir up a vortex of unrelenting energy that keeps knocking the plot and the other actors off balance. In the battle of wills between the sleazy liquidator and the plain folk who fall prey to him, the outcome is never in doubt.

The job of conniving against Larry falls to Kate Sullivan, a lawyer whose mother is the long- time companion of a man who runs New England Wire and Cable in the same way as he has for the past thirty-eight years.

Conviction simply does not come through in Suzanne Ristic's performance, largely because of what Sterner's script gives her to work with. Kate defines the terminology used by corporations to defend themselves against takeover*terminology such as greenmail, poison pill, and white knight. It is symptomatic of the script's problems that defining

Playhouse. The play is sprinkled with sugar'but empty at the core, much like the donuts Larry craves. the jargon of finance substitutes nism. It is a version of feminism The playwright's gender bias for a genuine examination of the that is patently fraudulent-in announces itself rudely and larger questions. that it has her wanting to be unrepentently through the

Larry's destructive plans mately marrying arch-boor ters. Like Ristic, Donna Carroll allegedly stems from her femi- Larry. White, playing the character of

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Kate's inspiration to resist treated like a radf and ulti- frailty of both his female charac-

the dutiful companion, squan- ders her talents on a role with no decisive impact on the action that unfolds before us.

play is given to us by the character of Andrew Jorgenson (acted by Leslie Carlson), a man who believes in thrift, hard work, and not having any debts. Jorgie's life work and the community that depends on his enterprise for its livelihood are threatened when he meets Larry.

Jorgie embodies all those wholesome American values that are so dear to political conserva- tives, yet i t is in Reaganized America that he falls victim to the corporate vampires brought to life by corporate deregulation. This is the tragic paradox playwright Sterner completely glosses over, the cannibalistic spectacle of offspring eating alive an older generation in the name of economic values taught to them by their parents.

Sterner's efforts to generate wit and comedy neutralize his critical commentary. In the 1989 film Roger And Me which addressed similar themes, Roger Corman proved that this sacri- fice is unnecessary. Sterner continually steers our anger and

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In light of the resentment Sterner draws out from his audience against lawyers, i t is disturbing that he leaves the burden of attempting to save the day to a lawyer. But perhaps what is more disturbing is that this lawyer is a woman who, set- up to fail as a professional adviser to her mother and Jorgie, becomes the chattel of their opponent.

This play does not ask us to think about what cap be done to address the problem of people's lives being trampled by profi- teers amassing paper fortunes. Instead it tells us to sell out while the price is still good, find a comfortable executive position elsewhere, and silently hope to reach retirement age before the capitalist reapers come knocking down the company door.

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Jf by Helen Willoughby-Price

UST before leaving, the ather of one of the artists

featured in the show said to his wife: "yes, I think this is the best ar t we've seen in years." He was obviously glad he came, regard- less of how much it had to do with his daughter.

ART BFA student art show AMs Art Gallery March 24-29

The third year students in the Bachelor of Fine Arts programme have produced an impressive collection of works. Twenty-six pieces-paintings, etchings, linocuts, collographs, and mixed media images-are being shown right now in the AMs Art Gallery on the main floor of SUB.

or three of their own works to display, and organized and advertised the show on their own. The show was not juried and no pieces were rejected.

tive Commission which is responsible for the AMs Gallery, was generally quite helpful, but there was some information the third years were not given, according to BFA student Cara Serediak.

"There are frames we could have used for free for our work, which we didn't know about," she said.

year BFA chose not to submit works into the show, for reasons of their own. The artwork will be shown until March 29.

Stephanie Aitken One of the first pieces to

strike me as outstanding was the luscious oil on canvas entitled Tre t ty Pig and Phantom Pig" by Stephanie Aitken. With smooth, creamy brushstrokes, Aitken depicts a blue pig standing in the dark facing the viewer. On the left side, a yellow pig with a halo stands in the warmth but looks away shyly.

meaning, Aitken, who claims t o be infatuated with baby pigs, said "some have said the dark pig is the most important one because it is confronting the viewer, and that it has personal- ity and you can relate to it. The other one is pretty and it becomes a static impassive object. For me, it was a sponta-

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called "October Alley" is an oil on a n old cabinet door she actually found in an alley. It is a lovely, moody piece, and one she does not plan to sell. An admirer described it as having a "very relaxing and peaceful feeling [with] remnants of the past peeping into the present."

Tessa Lamb Tessa Lamb painted her

large untitled canvas at the height of the war. "I got so mad when I was doing it," she said.

The mixed media piece, with its angry, colourful marks, is full of strength, feeling and energy. Three figures of women can be seen inside a large dog-shaped form coming out from behind, which is %ke an animal skin being stretched." Lamb says the piece is about war, sexuality, depression and how male artists in the history of art deconstruct the woman's body. She com- plains about how sexuality can become cut down and twiskd.

actual lust, its the people that corrupt the original raw emotion," she said.

"Be it for good or bad," a person wrote in the book of comments, 'Tessa's canvas is unlike anything else in the display! It's very disturbing, and is aptly untitled ... primitive, violent, passionate; I don't know, but it's interesting."

Shelley Young Painting from the nude

model raises difficult political questions. An artist has to take the model's gaze into consider- ation in order to avoid repeating the stereotypical representation of the nude female, comments artist Shelley Young. Is the nude confronting the viewer, or is she sitting passively and openly exposing her body? If she is offering herself up to a voyeuristic gaze, should this sort of representation be condoned?

Young's painting from the nude model is a successful oil on canvas with warm glowing reds and rich greens. Young said she is put in a bit of a bind by working from the nude model, . but realizes the importance of learning the basics of dealing with the forms of the figure.

On submitting this particu- lar piece to the show, Young said "it was a conflict of mine to put it in, but I liked something about it - the colours, the forms." The

Another piece by Aitken

Z u s t is evil, but its not the

drapery behind the model's skeletal arm glows a fiery red. It is as though the heat coming from behind allows for a n x-ray vision of sorts.

Leila Heyforth Leila Heyforth's "Enlaced"

also depicts a female nude, this time enclosed in a small box surrounded by lace. This collograph with a central linocut is a "reminder to us all how symbols can trap usn But the observer goes on to comment that Heyforth's woman is strong and gives the feeling she can over- throw that which she is en- trapped by.

"I think titles are going out of style," said one person at the opening. A lot of the works were untitled, but then again, restrict- ing the viewer's field of interpre- tations is never a good thing, unless that is exactly what the artist wants to do.

Matthew Clark

painting by Matthew Clark presents a pleasing and vibrant . image of a building, lane, trees and bushes. The brushwork is disturbingly tiny and meticulous, but the use of colour is highly effective. Monet is difficult t o imitate, and perhaps the image is more like the work of the anar- chist Seurat, but without being quite as successful. I would have much preferred to see the brushstrokes be either looser and freer or tighter and more prob- lematic.

An untitled impressionistic

Cara Serediak

by Cara Serediak, again untitled, reveals the artist's sense of humour and extreme dislike for lineups. Hundreds of little people, each with their individual gestures carefully thought-o,Jt and humourously drawn, stand behind rows of railings waiting to "take a number please'" from the huge sign. The blurring watercolour effect around the lines was achieved by neglecting to remove all the cleaner (varsol) from the linocut, and i t works well.

well worth seeing. If you hake ever played an instrument in front of an unattentive audience, you will know what i t feels like to have someone walk qu: ckly by R work of art without stopping to appreciate it. I would advise against this: y011'll miss too much.

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Yes-it’s rough k i n g female, no we can’t challenge them without our boyfriends saying “oh-I get it-PMS,” and yes equal pay for equal workmakes perfect sense. All this and more! But if being a feminist means being really thrilled with the March 8th issue of The Ubyssey, then I can confi- dently say, that feminist I am not.

I am truly offended and taken aback with some of the issues’ comments. Why is everything gender related (to you)? Why i s everythingastrugglebetween men and women? Why not a struggle between people and people? It would be ignorant to suggest that gender has nothing to do with any-

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lem can be labelled as uniquely female. How is it gender specific?

Being female does not have to meanbeingavictim. Aninsightful person will know that if people look for something hard enough, they are bound to find it. Percep- tion plays a huge part in self esteem, and I propose that because you are expecting inferior treatment, you interpret anything any male does, as offensive.

I am not suggesting in any way that victims of sexual assault are unreasonable in their suffer- ing. I do not challenge the statis- ticsweighingheavilytowardsmales intermsof assaulters. Any human capable of inflicting so much pain

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break loose, had a “men’s” issue been published! Don’t you see that tobe sexist doesn’t mean mistreat- ing a group based on their sex-it means treating them differently at all. Be it good or bad, you are sexist in the you’re consciously giving special treatment to one sex over another. If men did it, i t would be equally reprehensible.

By continuing to separate women’s life experiences from men’s, you serve not only to per- petuate pre-existing conflicts, but to further complicate matters by increasing tension. I’m not saying don’t take a stand-I’m not con- doning stagnation. I admire that you are speaking out for what you

thing, bur open y&r eyes! Aren’t on-any living beingobviouslyhas believe in, and fhope you wilire- YOU Dushina things a sDect that I am exercis-

in class. Whiie I agree that the issue of intimidating classroom atmosphere is a prob- lematic one, I fail to see its rel- evance in an article discussing complaints that are (supposedly) uniquely female. Can you not con- ceptualize that many males feel the same fear and frustration? Or that some women do not? How anyone ever figured this to be a female only experience is beyond me.

One woman “starts to doubt” herself when she had difficulty articulating her ideas. Another feels she “can’t” express her “gut feelings, I have to say what I’ve read, and what I can support through literature.” Now I may be way off, but I’ve always believed that we (meaning males and females) are here to learn how to express and articulate our ideas. To do this effectively, we must provide soundreferences. Justify your “gut feelings.” It’s just part of academic life-you are not being singled out by virtue of your sex, and it is perfectly natural to feel unsure of yourself sometimes. Again, I fail to see how this prob-

serious problems. In fact, it is my automatic reaction to label all rap- ists as jerks (to put it politely).

Butitis theseindividuals who are jerks. When a woman behaves cruelly; evilly or otherwise offen- sively, do you write articles filled with hate about what menaces to society woman are? If so, I have yet to see one. Why then, does so much men bashing occur? Why not sit around the Gallery Lounge and jerk bash? I respectfully ap- plaud the women who expose rap- ists-strike out at the person, not the entire sex.

And the thing about (underwire) bras-all I can say is if you don’t like it, don’t wear it! A man did not hold you at gunpoint and say “wear this underwire bra even if it digs into your skin”! Al- though I disagree with your implication that no woman enjoys bras (Ilovebras),Pdliketothinkthatif I found anything that uncomfort- able, I wouldn’t wear it.

Something else that really got my back u p t h e concept itself of a “wimmin’s” issue. I can’t even begin toimagine how much hell would

not as radical as those expressed at the Ubyssey. These feministsview us as too dominated and socialized by male ideology to see straight. Some have the nerve to feel sorry for us, in our blinded state. To those ofyou I beg-do not pity me. If I piss you off, let me know. But understand that I am fully aware of what goes on around me and it is from that reality that I form my opinions.

I do acknowledge that many males and females require en- lightenment as to women’s compe- tency. I am convinced, however, that you have gone about this pro- cessin an entirely ineffective manner. I wanted to share with you how unimpressed I am.

Janet Kinsey Arts 2

P. S Did it ever cccur to you that men could be offended to have their name (men) contained within the word Women? Also there is simply not enough room on a street sign for everyone to voice their societal concerns. And finally may I say that your idea about just the male Heads of Departments taking janitoral duties is hilarious.

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Middle East letter misleading The Letters section has re-

cently aired several false state- ments about the Middle East conflict whichrequirecorrection. Chief among these is the notion that Israel launched the Six Day War in self-defence. Chris Champion (March 12) excerpts a quote in which Menachem Begin claims, “This was a war of self-defense in the noblest sense of the term” im- mediately after admitting, “The Egyptian Army concentrations in the Sinai approaches do not prove that Nasser was really about to attack us. . . . We decided to attack him.” This bizarre non-sequitur demonstrates that Begin’sconcept of “self-defence” covers any mili- tary action Israel initiates, re- gardless of motive. Ar-

eration against Syria with tanks, artillery and planes, bombarding severai villages and shooting down six aircraft. Israeli fighter jets reached Damascus. On 10 May, Chief of S M Rabin threatened that Israel might @attack Damas- cus and change its Government.” Prime Minister Eshkol gave similar warning on May 11 and 13. Syria appealed for Egyptian support under their Nov 1966 Mutual Defence Pact, and Egypt moved troops up the Sinai to respond in the event of an Israeli invasion. Declaring in his report of 19 May that Egypt had “a perfect right to move its troops up to its frontier” (UN Doc. s/7896), UN Secretary- General U Thant acceded to

ing Palestinian prisoners access. to information needed to press theirappeals, by notallowingthem to question their accuse=, and by not even informing them of the details of these accusations. (A.1 MDE 15/09/89 & MDE 15/4V89). Thousands of Palestinians have been imprisoned in cruel condi- tions without charge or trial for terms up to a year, often repeatedly. This humanitarian feature was generously extended from 6 months on 10 August 1989. Seri- ously, characterizing Israel’s poli- cies in the Occupied Territories as “humanitarian features” is ob- scene. This newspaper would be insufficient to catalogue the list of brutal human rights abuses in-

flicted dailv ‘on the Pal-

attick. Moreover, the outrages committed bv fact that Israeli aggressionin June 1967 was not even “preemptive” (albeit still illegal) was confirmed by Generals Chaim Bar-Lev and Mattityahu Peled (Le Monde, 3 June 1972). Lyndon Johnson’s memoirs recall, “Three separate intelligence groups had looked carefully into the matter, [Secre- tary of Defence] McNamara said, and it was our best judgement that a UAR attack was not imminent.” Former Commander of Israel’s Air Force, General Ezer Weizmann justified Israel’s attack on Egypt, Jordan and Syria so that she could “exist according to the scale, spirit and quality she now embodies” (Ha’aretz, March 29 1972).

Mr. Champion’s chronology leading up to Israel’s sneak attack on her neighbours deliberately omits why Egypt’s forces were in the Sinai in the first place. On 7 April 1967 Israel launched an op-

Egypt’srequesttowithdrawUNEF from her territory. Israel rejected U Thant’s offer to redeploy LJNEF on her side of the armistice line as “entirely unacceptable” (UN Pub. OPI/429-01419). Clearly, the Six Day War was no more self-defen- sive than the 1956 Suez invasion or the 1982 Lebanon war.

Eric Maerov‘s claim (March 15) that Israel grants legal recourse which “occupying powers are not obliged to do”is incorrect. Israel is in fact bound to provide Palestin- ians the right of appeal under Ar- ticle 78, Section I11 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and Principles 11,l and 32,l ofthe UN Body of Principles for the Protec- tion of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment. Nevertheless, Israel systematically violates these obligations byrefus-

SouthAfi-icai;the197Osand’80s. Alarge number of Israelis are

appalled at their nation’s prac- tices and want change. With the US and others throwingit billions ofdollars annually, her rejectionist government is ignoring these brave individuals’ protests. Friends of Israel should urgently reassess whether her best interests are served by smothering justifiedcriticismandbankrolling her cancerous Occupation, or instead by enforcing her compliance with UN directives to withdraw from the West Bank and Gaza, and by supporting the long-over- dueinstallationoftheindependent state of Palestine.

Mark Roberts Graduate S tudies

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The article and editorial on UBC daycare(22 March) suggested there is nothing to fix regarding campus daycare. This is not true. There have been many failures of independent dapa re operation on campus. Among these are:

Almost every one of ten campus daycares has been in severe financial difficulty in the past ten years. Currently two are facing bankruptcy. Fewer children will be cared for if this happens.

Independent daycare operation has only resulted in childcare becomin too expensive for parents. Already infant care (3-18 months) is not affordable by student parents, and toddler care (18 m o n t h s 3 years) is becoming so.. Indepen- dent operation has failed to provide quality care at affordable prices for students.

Required parent duty such as mopping floors to lower costs is resulting in exhausted parents, and diverting them from spending time with their children or studying.

Significant pay inequities exist within campus childcare. Caregivers who are required to have the mosttraining(infant cen- tres) are paid the least. Continued individual daycare operation provides no realistic hope for correcting pay inequities. Quality childcare depends on quality staff, which can only be retained with

equitable salaries. The Ubyssey article labelled

the university’s proposal to oper- ate the daycares as “hostile.” In fact, many of the parents welcome it as providing the first realistic hope of correcting these and other problems. The prospect of subsi- dizing daycare via profits from the UBC Conference Centre and re- lieving parents of administrative burdens is appealing to many student parents.

Attempts to build a collective daycare society acting for the good of the whole have been repeatedly frustrated by a minority in the community who have prefen-ed to look only after their own immedi- ate interests rather than work col- lectively to solve the many joint problems in the community.

Campus daycare has not “worked well for 20 years” as your editorial claimed. It has been an experienceofmovingfrom crisisto crisis. Many parents are unhappy with it. We need to stop punishing students for being parents and solve these problems now.

Mike Tretheway Heather and Geneva’s Dad

Move over white boys

Isn’t i t interesting how privileged white boys can always find a higher moral ground in aseptic logic, ‘objectivity’ and reason?

But why do Kurt Preinsperg (‘Ph.D. candidate’ in Philosophy) and Keith Lockitch (President, ‘U.B.C. Students of Objectivism’) go to such lengths (letters, March 12) to wage invective upon social groups which are struggling for greater participation in .the public sphere? Do they go to bed eSch night in agitation, counting First Nations people, feminists and peace activists as they leap new barriers? (or perhaps it’s the bed- time reading; did you ‘hear that reading Allan Bloom’s The Closing of the American Mind causes hal- lucinations?) I mean, like, what’s the big fuss all about? Why are the privileged white boys getting paranoid?

Take Preinsperg, for example: “the takeover of this sparsely populated continent centuries ago started one of history‘s most re- markable civilizations and argu- ablyproduced, on balance, far more good than harm.” In one short line Preinsperg asserts three judgement claims as truth, andrests his case upon autilitarian foundation: ‘the greatest good for the greatest number.’ As arebuttal to claims of cultural genocide, this is thin stuff indeed.

But why read Preinsperg’s tiring invective when you can sing Lockitch’s letter to the tune of Helen Reddy’s “I am Woman”?- Try it!-“I am white. I am male. I am heterosexual.” Lockitch asserts that “all of today’s dominant cul tural t rends are fuel led by ... hatred.” But, by “today’s

dominant. cultural trends,” Lockitch is not referring to dominant trends such as consumerism, individualism, political conform- ism or ‘videocy,’ nor ”hate” trends such as racism, misogyny or homophobia, nor even is he speak- ingofthe social and cultural change associatedwitha“post-industrial,” high-tech ‘multinationalized’ era. No, for Ixckitch the “dominant” trends are what are usually con- sidered the ‘alternative’ cultural trends: feminism, environmental- ism, the peace movement and “af- firmative action.:

So why are the privileged white boys getting paranoid? Emboldened by the overwhelming conservatism of the political imaginary in ‘Anglophilia’ (Brit- ain, U.S. and Canada), they are like an intellectual goon squad. Pick on a group of people who are struggling for power, ignore their history and specificity, and oh so ’rationally’pickaparttheirposition with recourse to half-truth, obfus- cation and hyperbole. Really cou- rageous, guys! Like, don’t you feel better now?

As a privileged white boy, I feel a responsibility to respond to these letters. I feel that the Preinsperg letter is emotionally abusive towards First Nations peoples; they shouldn’t have to weathertheindignity of such shal- low and ahistorical arguments. When even the government has a more enlightened position on the matteroflandclaims,Preinsperg‘s narrow views are too far gone to be

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methodically contested. As for the Lockitch letter, I find i t seriously confused. Social priGilege does not simply make him “evil”; on the other hand, to deny the contin- gency and historicity of his privi- lege and to subsequently ‘naturize’ others’ subjugation is “hateful.” I t is up to the privileged person to respect the responses of people who have been denied power; their anger is not necessarily “hatred.”

White, heterosexual men are not being asked to vacate their seatsofpower,butto(finally)shove on over and make some more room at the table.

Michael Hoechmann Faculty of Education

SFU

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