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by Tessa Moon “Lives are [being] threatened
and all they’re afraid of is that people might find out this ‘institu- tion of higher leaming‘ is a fester- ing cesspool of all the shit that goes onintherestoftheworld,”women’s studies student Tanya Battersby said.
Battersby is one of the many women behind the purple ribbon campaign, created to make stu- dents aware of threatening letters received by women students and faculty in the counselling psychol- ogy department. One of the de- mands of the campaign is that the investigativecommittee’sreporton the threatening letters be publi-
cized. A letter sent to the counsel- ling psychology department by vice- president Daniel Birch stated that he %ill take steps to ensure that findings offact are made public.”
We’re demanding he follow up on his promise,” women’s centre cocoordinator Sara Dorsey said.
We’re going to wear the rib- bon until the administration re- sponds.”
Thecampignrepresentsacol- lective effort to bring to light what Battersby calls ”anti-female, anti- feminist sentiments” in the uni- versity.
“The first step is to have [the administration] make some strong statements,” association for engi-
neering women president Cheryl Parker said. Thefre trying to shove the problem under the car- pet. The head of the counselling psychdepartrnentseemsmorecon- cerned with the reputation of the department than the fact that women’s safety had been threat- ened.”
Another demand centres around the administration’s fail- ure to address all aspects of the problem.
“So far thefie only discussed the question of physical safety, which is of course very important,” said Dorsey, %ut they have not made a serious attempt to deal with the chilly climate. Students
andfacultyvoiceconcernsthatthis is intentional, because... the uni- versity knows its own faculty is implicated.”
Domey also believes the AMs safety task committee has been dodging the issue of chilly climate. “They [the A M s 3 claim that they don’t have the power and expertise to do anything about it,” Dorsey said, %ut they have the power and we a n willing to meet with them with specific, construmive sugges- tions and strategies.”
Thecampaignalsoaimsatem- phasizing that the threatening let- ters targeting women in counsel- ling psychology is not an isolated incident. ”It‘s an extreme case of
what goes on on campus all the time,” said Battersby, ”maybe it’s not even extremeit‘s just the one being publicized.”
“The scary thing is that the guyswritingtheselettersareprob- ably normal, sane people who look and act just like everyone else,” said Parker. “They didn’t have to call an ‘expert‘ to tell us that it‘s not apsych0tic.Wei.e not naive enough to think that just the ribbons will make the administration act,” Battersby said.
“Ifnothing happens before the break, more action will be taken,” Parkersaid.Waybenexttimewe’l1 wrap the ribbon around Strangway’s office.”
Reducing, reusing, and recycling UBC’s waste by Tanya Storr
The average BC resident generatesapproximately lOOOkg of waste per year, at least half of which could be reused, recycled, or recovered.
In one year one person uses a supply of paper equalling two pine trees.
ThisyearUBCwillsendover 3500 metric tonnes of waste to the landfill. And for years, UBC has done little or nothing to stem the waste problem.
The UBC administration was s1owtoadmitthatthe”dump it and forget about it“ waste dis- posal policy on campus needed review. After lobbying from cam- pus environmentalists, UBC fi- nally began its waste reduction program in 1989.
In contrast, the University of Alberta began its recycling program in 1972, and has been
successfidly operatingit ever since. Hypothetically, if UBC’s recycling program had begun in the same year, the campus could have di- verted 12,540 metric tonnes of waste from the landfill between 1972and1991.(Thisfigureisbased on the fact that recycling at UBC diverted627metrictonnesofwast.e from the landfill in 1992/93).
That‘s an awfid lot of waste, a greatdealofwhichcouldhavebeen recycled.
Cleaning up their act Although these facts seem to
present a bleak picture, Mary Jean CYDonnell and John Metras of the UBC waste reduction program point out that things are getting better.
Part of a committed team of individualsacrosscampuswhoare workingtoreduce waste, ODonnell and Metras are in the process of
East Timor is st311 by Dinoe Kyrou raised? ‘Won, Non! But we raised
Coverage of the Pacific Rim human rights, i t is better to carry conferenceinSeattlelastweekfea- on trading with Indonesia to win tured a leisurely stroll in the park influence,”saidJeanChretien, who by casually-dressed national lead- was minister of external &airs in ers. All the favourite dictatorships 1975 when Canadaabstainedfrom
P General Suharto: ’Could I
have some more blood
money- oops! I meant
financial aid,
please?”
W were t h e d n a , Mexico, andof a security council motion calling course flavour of the month, Gen- for an Indonisiantroopwithdrawal eral Suharto of Indonesia. from East Timor.
And did the small, insignifi- Two hours north of the confer- cant matter of East Timor get ence, East Timor Alert Network
writinganewwastereductionplan for VaC. “he projeded goal is 30 percent waste reduction by 1995 and 50 percent waste reduction by the year 2000.
UBC’s waste reduction -pro- gram, like rnany university pro- grams, has ‘been affected by the current financial squeeze, but Metrtla is confident that the pro- gram can achieve its goals while staying on budget.
%at we’re trying to do in times offiscal restraint is work out a costeflective long-range plan,” he said.
UBC’s waste reduction pro- gram beban in 1989 with paper recycling and has since expanded toincludemutlti-materialrecycling and the conlposting of grounds Was te .
As aresult, the university has
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(ETAN)under Elaine Briecwas atUBCtopmmoteawarenessabout what is happening in Indonesia and East. Timor; areas of the world of which most people know noth- ing.
Were, who was featured in the Noam Chomsky film Munufm- twing Consent<, delivered a slide show featuring photos she took in East Timor one year before the 1975 invasion. The images reveal a way of life laag forgotten.
“Going to East Timor was like going back in time,” Briere said. ”I was quickly adopted into a village. It‘s an eyeqener to see how these village cultures, with their high degreeofcooperation,have worked out the economic problems that we struggle daily with.
“Social problems are almost unheard of. The whole way oflife is based around the village with total care for the environment. This se- curity gave them a tremendous amount of time for culture,” Briere said. Then came the invasion.
‘The Timorese stiffly resisted the inital invasion but the Indone- sianshadU.S.weaponswithwhich they carpet- bombed the whole country; sweep aRer sweep until they drove the Timorese into the mountains.
‘They returned from starva- tion into Indonesian receiving cen- tres where there was rape and murder, especially of old people as they symbolize the Timorese tribal culture. Getting rid of them was an important part of the campaign.
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‘TheWestemcountrieslooked the other way. President Ford and Kissinger were in Indonesia the day before the invasion where they gave their permission for it.
Meanwhile, the papers were full of stuff about Cambodia, but that was alright because it was the terrible communists.”
Briere said that the west sees subsistence cultures like East Timor as some kind of a threat.
“We still think that those who live outside the system, such as the Timorese,arebackwardandprimi- tive. We can only keep this myth going by wiping these cultures out before people get to see them.
Briere also pointed out that saying that Canada’s role of sup- porting Indonesiais “big“ would be like saying the Indonesian army areessentiallyabunchofnicechaps
who can get a bit rough sometimes. Canada’s role in Indonesia is absolutly huge, Briere stated, but the involvement doesn’t stop at the government level. Briere contin- ued, ‘Canadian universities get a large piece of the investment in Indonesia, as money is used for research for the Indonesian gov- ernment. Why do Canadian uni- versities hold cultural days with Indonesia? An Indonesian official shouldn’t be able to set foot on campus without a demonstration.
WBC‘sandSFVsinvolvement with Indonesia is extensive and Indonesia should be boycotted just like South Africa.” Briere said she does not subscribe to the notion that stepping up aid to dictators who kill makes them see the error
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Lots of people signing the CFSPIRG petitkn. DESREE ADIB PHOTO
by Brent Dowdall OTTAWA (CUPl-A Canadian Federation of Students coupon book is filled with glossy promo- tions ihmcorporate sponsors, but the CFS chair says that doesn’t contradict his organization’s op- position to corporate influence in universities.
The Student Saver is a pam- phletofcouponsformass-market products from companies like Coca-Cola,Mr. Sub and7-Eleven, as well as h m local businesses.
The Student Saver was started shortly after CFS, a na- tional student lobby group, was formed in 1981. About 300,000 are distributed to students every year.1thasalwayscontainedpaid advertisingandstudent discount offers.
But unlike the simpler look of previow editions, this year‘s pamphlet has a largp, glossy ad for Coca-Cola on the back cover, aa well as a Coca-Cola ad on the hntwhichisaslargeastheCFS logo.
CFS chair Carl Gillis says the Student Saver contains cor- porate sponsors because students use corporate products.
“his is one of the services we
run to help save students’ money, because students drink Coke,” Gillis says.
Gillis says the CFS is opposed to increased corporate influence and control over university ad- ministrations, but that doesn’t mean CFS can’t do business with the corporate community.
W e want post-secondary education to stay public,” he says. ’73utwe’recriticalofgovernment.”
CFS isn’t the anly student organizationforcedtoincreasei$s search for corporate funding, says Andrea Calver, coordinator of the Ontario Public Interest Research Group in Toronto.
“It‘s a sorry state that CFS and other pups have to go to corporations to get the money to get their message out,” she says. “It‘s happening on all levels, in- cluding student government?
Calver says the Univeraity of Toronto student council con- tractedits cafeteria space to mul- tinationals such as Subway and T m Bell.
“Its amazing the amount of energy spent by administratione on all levels covting corpora- tions,” says Calver.
CFS/PIRG.war of words heats up for students ~
by Graham Cook Northsouth solidarity. theCFS,buthavenotyettakena
students to start thinking a b u t petitioning for 1000 signatures to AMs vice-president Janice the Canadian Federation of Stu- force a referendum on PIRG and Boyle, said the CFS is “a good dents (CFS) and Public Interest CFS during AMs elections in the organization for small schools, Research Groups (PIRGs). last week of January. but it‘s not worth it for a univer-
lookbeyond the amnyms to the enough signatures yet, but they ‘The amount of voice we positive benefits membership in are getting ready for an %ten- would’have would be very small the CFS and funding for a UBC sive campaign,” according to comparedtothemowtofmney PIRG could bring. Michael Hughes, student qxe- we would be putting into” the
dent coalition which provides a nol-sandanorganigrofthe CFU The p&km is that under central avenue for lobbying pro- PIRG adition. the existing CFS s m each vincial and federal governments ‘We really need volunteers memberinstitutiongt?tsone vote, on student issues and student to publicize these things. we regardless of size. services like medical plans, wouldn’t be happy if we get the Hughesthinkstheargument Travel CUTS and International CFSorPIRGreferendumspassed boils down to whether or not the Student Cards. without people knowing what it voice of smaller collegea and uni-
DusesacrossNorthherica.and And while the “Yes” ormniz- “Students only have Dower
Some campus activistswant The CFSPIRG coalition is stand on PIRG.
And they want students to The coalition does not have sity of our size?
The CFS is a national stu- sentative on the board of gover- CFS, b y l e said.
I?lR& exist on several cam- is,” Hughes said. versities are heard.
’function as a central orga&za- ers are-mobili&g, are-those w k n they are unikd. Thek! are tim far students interested in who o p w the CFS. more than 30 post-secondary in- progressive causes such as envi- The AMs executive is stitutions in BC, and with the
leges to universities we have to lot less money [than CFS mem- realize that we have common in- bership] and there’s a lot more teresb [with colleges],” he said. interest in enyironment and so-
ChristinePrice,anotherCFSl cial issues on campus that the PIRG organizer, points to Simon AMs can’t meet under its cur- F’raser University, whose CFS rent system of service organiza- delegate recently voted to-retain tions,” Hughes said. the one institution-one vote pointed to accomplish-
’ Rice also pointed to the im- the SF‘U group’s compilationof a portance of linking students na- lower mainland women’s re-
”on campus, you get 80 iso- But a new PIRG might lead lated on Point Grey that you for- to duplication of services and get there are other colleges and wouldworkbestwith adifferent universities beyond SFU and system of service organizations, Uvic,” she said. she said.
According to Hughes, the ?f hope to see the student PIRGpropoSalhasmoresupport environment centre and global among the AMs executive and developmentcentredeconstitute other UBC students. under the AMS andjoin with us
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ronmental conservation and strongly against membership in increase in traxkfers from col-
Solar ovens solve energy crisis by omac tcauls
MostCanadiansprobablydon’t even know where Eritrea is, let alone how serious is its environ- mental crisis. But now there may be a revohtioxmy and uniquely Canadian answer to its urgent needs.
The smd nation in north- Africa relies on bimass-essen- t idy found deadwood-for 80% of its energy, but only one percent of its forests remain. The firewood shortage has reached a critical
achieve independence from Ethio- pia, which endedlastyear, deepened the crisis.
But there is a bright ray of hope. A Canadian invention and the determination of the Eritrean people have joined forces with the greatestpowerinthesolarsystem- the sun itself. The Eritrean Relief and Rehabilitation Agency is pro- moting a s o l a r cooker designed by Saskatchewan environmentalist Joe Froese as aviable solution to an ecological crisis that threatens to devastateacountry evenmorethan years of war.
Wll work in Eritrea before it worksanywhereelse,”sayskoese.
stage. Eritrds thirty-yw war to
Thepeoplearereadyforchange? He does seventy percent ofhis own cooking with the solar oven, which can- reach temperatures of 500 de- grees Fahrenheit and can bake bread in twenty minutes.
An Eritrean-Canadian’ man, Tewolde Zerasanai, saw the passibilties the oven could offer in his &rth counhy. It was his initia- tive, as well as the cooperation of the Eritrean Relief and Rehabili- tation Agency, that spurred the Projem.
The ERRA is a non-political humanitmian organization based inthecapital,Asmara.Ithasexisted since 1975 with the support of the independence movement that be- came the government. It now wants to raise enough funds to send ma- terials for 7000 ovens to FXtrea.
%lass is very expensive there, and it‘s only available in the cities,” says Froese. Tm not into giving aid, but everyone has somethingto contribute that others don’t- Eritreans, Canadians, whoever? The goal of the project is to send enough glass, reflective material and Sreproof insulation for the ov- ens, which consist of an insulated box surrounded by reflective petals
that c&iZn-&ate the eun’e energy. Zerasanai and F’roese were
in$ted last year by the Eritrean government to travel there and demonstrate the ovens. In the N- ral areas where 80% of Eritreans live,the ovenmetwithkanimous enthusiasm.” Currently about 50 ovens are in me in the country.
hse has gone from oven designer to development fundraiser. He is working for the ERRA to bring attention to the project and raise funds in Canada. So far he has concentrated on fundraising based directly on the people he talks to, instead of rely- ing on grants and non-govern- mental organizations.
Y want to raise warm funds,” he says. That way you’re account- able, you build projects that last, because thay come from within the community.” His belief in the ”profound but simple” low technol- ogyofmlaroookersandhispemnal devotion to ecologically sensitive living are enough to dispel any doubts the Eritreans might have abouthis sincerity.“Myconnection to these people comes fmm the sun. “he same sun cooks their food and mine.”
m e r e is a lot. of support of atthePIRG [ifthere?erendwnis p m on campus. It would cost a. passed].
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Wolf is arriculate and responds quickly to challenges - 2 ThisbookresultedfnnnDryden'smus~.He~~todoabookonaperwrnas . , they're gorma scream out, cry out,
ofheri&ar+sheisunapolegeticonallissuesiimnbeing closely resembling Canadianstatistic avemga as possible, and found Frank Bloye, a fortyish moan out for their land."
feminism and pmposes a feminism which empoweas Over four Dryden intereviewed Bloye, his family, friends and.coworkers. He also Should you buy this single? Yeah, why not. If you like any of the bands that con~butedto this single, YOU'U like the women through the acquisition of money. Tempezed with stayed with Bloye and his family, followed Bloye to work and hied to get a sense of what made song. It's really catchy. And hell, if you'we been too busy/lazy/apathetic to Q anything about logging in the m m t her ideas shk gives dle advice and encoursges Bloye the man that he is. watershed, buying this album is a good way of helping out those who got off their asses and did som-.
~tocampai,gningwithT~~Gare. ImperialOilclrstomerservice~entativewith~kidtiandahousejustauk~of fight, so some of the lyrics are a little simplistic. This is folk/pop musiqmot the Dmahue Show. Tfaere's surpris- skis firmly opposed to some facek of radical Toronto. EttIe finger-pointing and holier-than-tho~ going on. That's kind of xebhhg.
womentobuystockssothatasmorewomenbuyand understmdthe~marketmorewomencanexercise power over those bastions of mBsculine control: large corporatons.
Whilemany satthroughthelecture gritting their teeth at her idealism or grinning at her amwmg off-colour jokes, I looked mund me and noticed what a young and enthusiastic audience she managed to attract. For the h t time ever m my relatively young life I felt inspired by the number of
course, one that would make me feel that yes. I too could wolf i m g b%~~~esheMmedandTh+iShkenremindsus, dign iUy someday penetrate the age from people who are very average. like Frank Bloye. One old institutions and make room for some changes.
While you may not like Wolf and be downright disgusted with her brand of feminism. you have to admit thatithasbeenalongtimesincetheF-wordhasattrected an audience so young and obviously willing to cough up 24 bucks considering the job market for youth these days. I can only comment that admist a lot of criticism surrounding Naomi's ideas she seems to have gotten a lot of us apathetic twentysomethings thinking.
gentandthoughduldis- of my parents considering the eke& of cimices made and yet to -
The red is a masterful biography. You are just about literaUy there as Bloye goes throughhislifeandit'seasytounderstandthismanandempathizewithhishialsandtribula- tions. His story flows nicely. thanks to hyden. and the book is very readable.
One prominent theme is Bloye's struggle to prosper without risking what he has gained, Bloye wants security and success. but has taught himself not to expect too much fnrm life.
Dryden'sbookremindsusofthedignityandimpoaance of the pason that society considers not particularly important. ~XpnoIp- There are thousands of Frank Bloyes ~czoss Canada, trying to make thgi way throught life and I, like most other readers of this book, found myself thhking about my own life and the life
shouldn't have to be famous to Gam-which is &nic considering that Dryden is a famed f k e r goaltendm of the M d Canadienswhogotalegupinhissecandcareerpartlyduetohis of ithe hockey pwess (his first two books were on hockey).
Bloye's story, that fame is not too important when considering norno someone's value as a person,
merged with Texaco Oil. The Moved and The Shaken has average H~ly.Drydenhasusedhisfametoremindus,bytheuseof
During t h e h e Dryden tdked to Bloye, his company
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ful&k&the effect of this aver ag merger on Bloye's coworkers and custom-e'hoved and the @U shaken" of the title. Too often we don't notice the effects on large sweeping changes on "average" people and the book serves to remind us that statistics andnumbers in layoffs have names, faces, aspirations and dreams. and interesting to read. The Moved and The Shaken is one of the best non-fiction books this yearinCanadaHopefully, thiscompassionate biography of an everyday hero will be taken to heart in the right places. .
cy,
The book is well written, very thougthful
by Sarah O ' D o d l warm up the small audience. That was immediately followed by a
goingoutonacoldandrainySahadaynighttoseeabandwitha whetherthey~ereplayingm~abouttatring~ffp~ I have to admit that I was not too pleased at the prospect of string of songs with a heavier Tragically Hiptype e&e to them
clothes. bleeding heark, getting wired or being abandoned, their With reluctance I fraipsed down to the Hungry Eye expect- sound remained cons tan^ Even my skeptical country music-loving
there *si s o n g s I c o u l ~ t ~ t o a n d l y r i c s I c o u l ~ t ~ i ~ e r . ing to have to listen to some pseudo-grunge band that played friend was blown away by the show.
Lead singer Vic Wayne had an amazing vocal range, which he -used to full capacity and combined in anumber of &-on harmonies with guitar player Steve Monteith.
mixedtog~erto~abalenceofmusicfcnImymood,anytime and anywhere. It's the kind of music that you used to hear in the good old days of Coast 1040.
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was dead on for descn'bing Dario, one of the opening bands. For God managed to put on quite a lively show without trashing the the 45 minute etemity that Dario played, all I could think was stage. They even managed to get an enam from the small
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unde ear god the other band will be awelcome reliefno matter what aurdience. Finally,halfanhurlaterthanschechiled,DearGodtodrthe groovybandwithalotofappeal.
had a feeling that I was really going to like them. first independent album Real Horrm Show when it comes out in They started off their set with a mellow, laid back tune to January. I guess my night wasn't a waste of time after all!
p r e s e n t e d ~ t h ~ w s r e ~ a n d s t a t i s t i c a l ~ y s i s o f t h e prevailing c r S s in our d e t y - t h a t of violence against women.
Year after year offormal studies reproduce what any woman knows from personal experienck and informal discussions with friends. Yet every time a new survey or report is publicized, the public is shocked and the media take yet another ride on the hype bandwagon, calling the information "ground-breaking" or something equally ob- tuse.
The past few weeks have provided a wide array of examples in a very short period. Ample proof that the violence that women feoe knows no economic nor eocial boundaries.
~ k a t N e w ~ e d o n i a ~ l l ~ c r i ~ n o l ~ i n ~ ~ Ken Parker, who assignedhis male students to plot a rape in which the perpetrator would not be caught. Parker later stated that he erred in assigning it only to male students. (Womenwemassignedabrealrandenterorfi.audecenario.)
The disgusting fact is the simplicity of this assign- mentdo i t , then deny it. Stacks of court records will back this up. Breaking and entering a house, rather than a woman, is a crime much more difficult to get away with.
Or look at the town council of Fergus, Ontario, which r e k d a National Action Committee for the Status of Women (NACSW) request to designate 6 December, at0 commemorate the 14 young womens who were murdered at Montreal's Ecole Polyte~~hnique on that date four y m s ago.
Town councillor Mac Vangrootheest shook the typed request sheet in the air in anger, and said groups such as the NACSW %reed hatred", and that "these Marxists and feminista, we've got to watch out for thep. These people are a danger to the country." The request was dismissed without a vote. The only female councillor, who supported theNACSWrequest,re~tocomment,atteetingtothe severe discomfort women face there.
ThentheUniversityofNewBrunswick(UNB)admin- istration did an about-face on their suspension (with 'pay) d tenured mathematics pfesecrr Matin Yaqzan. The suspemion was based on his opinion that date rape is a neceesary outlet for the sexual needs of modem young men, which appeared in the UNB student newspaper.
UNB students made a familiar complaintthat the university has made no commitment to provide a safe learning environment, and that once again students wee not part of the decision-making process.
Last week statscan reproduced earlier data with its $1.9 million survey of 12,300 women, stating that half of Canadian women have faced at least one physically or sexually violent experience. It also pointed to the fact that women face more danger &om men they know than h m strangers. No new information here.
A survey of Canadian university students released in February 1993 found that four out of five women . h d experienced Bomeform ofphysical, sexual, or psycholqgid abuse whiledatingin the 91-92 academic year. Well that was a ground-breaking revelation, wouldn't you say?
Areport for the 1995 UN world conference on women, released .this week, stated that economic, political and &al structures, even in the most advanced nations ofthe world, continue to marginalize women and threaten their mfety.Yet another reiterationof statistical evidence about a social illness against which we have become numb and apathetic.
The last thing we need is more statistics and studies. Numbers dehumanize the violence, and the stacking up of violated and desecrated lives into a neat numerical pack- 8ge is just a M h e r violation and desecration d the existence of women who have names, families and lives.
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din- Iryrou was EO p l e a d with the dinner buffet that he ordered a lageham8and~chandalievan~umonrye. siobhanrcentreehas a side offtim and deep fied fish mallet and a dash oftaivo ward to round out her meal. Steve chow was feeling rather lusty and ordered apre-dinnerdrinkofte6aamoonontheroebsandadoubletanyastonr afterthat.grahamcookwasalreadypsthisthirddrinkwhenhewent outside and smoked a fat joint and then he got the munchies and junt had to have a plate ofdoug fenis smothered in ketchup and pickles. ted young ing, always a man looking for the ultimate baundarim in culinary adventww decided upon the 1ie4 omer baesis which is
benide and oberved while slowly niibling on a slice of aarah o'donnd renounedtoindueedeethiftoomuehiseaten.danwa~er~aatquietly
whichtohiegravedieappointmentwaetotender.riekbiebrrtlavished in a heaping selection of julie ~ W M O ~ . gregg mcnally had a sub nandwichwithfrankandmustard.desireeadibunfortuhatelyamved late end in her hunger ate hmdE
reuqest to raise their feesS0 PI- hold me start renovations on the
CheezePub.Farfmmseeing thisasatedious,brhgtask, I found it interesting to be
Congratulations on involved in the culmination makingcampus-mlatednews ofa lot of hard work done by a priority ofme Ubyssey. It the Engineers in running has been a long time since their refereedum. It finally your paper actually printed paid &for them and it's nice StuffthatIwasinterestedin toseepeoplefightingthedis- reading. (ps sst...Thi s is a ease ofapathy so effectively compliment. A back-handed in their fkdties. one, perhaps, but still...a The second motion in- compliment.) volving Gary Moore's ap-
At risk of shaking you pointmenttothePublications from this path, I was wonder- Boards was, I will grant you, ingifyouwouldbe sokindas for the most part, a formal- towriteanarticleexplaining ity. A name submitted to us yourstandonthe suspension by the Alumni Association is of UNB professor Matin generally assumed to be le- Yaqzan. Your @torial of gitimate and doesn't consti- Nov. 16 suggests that you tute a great deal of discus- approve ofhis suspension for sion. When Bill commented publishing his opinions on that "Gary is a great guy: date rape. Although .%is that hardly seems to be- a opinions appear aomewhat breach of Roberts Rules of unrelated to reality, your Order. If you would like to paper has a pastrecord of researchaninterestingstmy standing up for h e speech aboutrulesandthefollowing regardless of ita relation to ofthem perhaps you should
Aren't you glad to know stance of a certain elected
applaar-
realityorgoodtaste. investigate instead an in-
Icarel SUS rep writing for The Ubyssey, which I believe,
Jason Brett [that's 300.ed.3
MaterialsEngiaeering Leah costello 4thYea~Metalsand Sincerely,
AMs rep. for the AUS
Dear Tessa 'Tm bored at AMs meetings" Moon,
Somewherebetweenthe turkey leftovers and Christ- mas dinner, something has happened.
For example, the AMS has created an efficient safety Task Force, chaired by Bill Dobie. This is in re- sponse to the overwhelming student concern about cam- pus safety, most recently in regards to the threatening letters written to the women in the Counselling Psychol- ogy Department. The task Force has met several times over the past three weeks and has developed several pro-active solutions to many of the problems to many of the concerns raised. If you can stay awake enough at the next council meeting on Dec. !st, Ms. Moan, perhaps you can publish fhoee in the next Ubyssey.
The first motion council passed at'the meeting you .refer to was the Ezqgineer's
As the student repre- sentative to the Senate, and anAMScouncilmember,My of6ce in inundated with a range of complaints and queries on a weekly basis. This morning, two women approached me in my politi- cal science 260 class con- cerning the photograph of a nakedmaleappearingonthe third page of the November 23rd edition of The Ubyssey. These two students ex- pressed a great deal of con- cern over the photograph, and suggested that The Ubyssey should keep porno- graphic photographs out of their student newspaper.
I agree with my fellow students on this issue. I also do not like to answer to stu- dents who are offended by the articles and photographs that The Ubyssey collective decides to print. I would like to remind you, that as a newspaper funded by the Alma Mater Society, you q e in turn responsible to all studenta at this University;
enjoy l&king at the smut that you put in our paper.
If you would have printed a photograph of a woman sprawled across the third page of our paper in a provocativemanner,Iwould assume that you would have received many letters fran the women enrolled in the counselling psychology de- partment.
IwouldsuggestthatThe Ubyssey collective examine closely what goes to print in thefuture.Trytoensurethat people's opinions are re- spected, no matter how off the^ wall they seem to be! Constructive criticism is es- sent i4 but please try not to slanderanyoneintheprocess (ie: a certain fourth year physics student).
One of the main direc- tivesofmyofficeistouphold the thoughts, beliefs, and interestmfthestudentsthat I repmsent. This is a duty that I preform to the best of my ability, and in a most dedicated fashion. If some- thing needs to be done'to facilitate a more pwitive change with out student newspaper then 80 be done. Please that this is done internally. I wouldnt want to start another petition!
Marc G. &haper ArteSe~nator
IntermsofMs.Brettun's complaintthatallcandidates were to be contacted within one week of the oral presen- tations, I am afraid she mis- understood what I said to every candidate &r their psentatiun was complete. only suowssfuz candidates were to be contacted, not all sixty applicants. Sheer numbers preclude calling each and every amtestant, so a list of m-ccessful appli- cants was also posted. Fur- thermore, I am unable to account for Ms. Bretton's false impression that more than 14 students would be selected for the Harvard delegation; I was very clear about the number of posi- tions available at the infix- mation session on omaber 7th.96 . This brings me to Ms.
Bretton's final and most se- rious complaint, that the HMUN selection proem is ' imdemocratic"andbon favortism. I can assure all applicants, past and fbture, that the selection process is extremelyobjectiveandfair. Anyone familiar with the International Relations Studente'Association(IRSA)
successllmdidatesarenot 'club favorites', and that at least six ZRSA executives
will know that this y d s
Model UN ' 1eetedforthedelegation.Mv who applied were not se-
favourit'lsm rebuffed
Iamwritinginresponse to Danielle Bretton's "Open letter to the International Relations FacultyBtudent Executive" (The Ubyssey, Nov. 7, 1993). In her letter, Miss Bretton refers to the selection process for the Harvard National Model United Nations conference asWeceptive,undemmatic, elitistandunorganhd"1tis unfortunate that her experi- ence with the selection pro- cesswasunplea&mt,however I feel a few issues require cleftning up.
Me. Bretton has good reason to be upset that she arrivedforherintemewdy to discover that the date had been changed to the fdow- ingday.Althoughthischange had been announced and poetea three weeks earlier, I feel responsible for having inconvenienced her and apologized to her at that
own best friend &id ho&- mate also fell short of earn- ing a spot on the team. Suc- cessful candidates were chosenonthequalityoftheir oral presentations, nothing else.89
Lasty, Ms. Brettm is correct in her assertion that some delegates [3Ws the limit.ed1
Mike Sheehan Harvard National Model United Nations Coordi-
nator, WSA wake UR people!
It is heartening that so many studente-mostly fe- male, but some male, fnnn Couneelling Peychology and from other departments- have recognized the need to takeactioninthefaceofwhat Dan Birch himself admitted is the sluggish machinery of the university administra- tion. Needless to say, it is paramount that the women who have been directly a n d h u e d on page 7
...letters continued threatened be supported; that the safety of all women in the depart- ment be increased; that it not be perilous for women in any depart- ment to teach or study feminist theow, and that gender equality and freedom form fear be upper- most on the agenda.90
In our urgency to protect our- selves and each other, however, we must not lose sight of the potential harm to members of the commu- nityatlargewhomaybecounselled by therapists from our department. The admissions committee must do its part by putting in place a safeguard to help screen out those who are dangerously unbalanced and, by extension, apt to hold rac- ist,sexist,homophobic,orvirulently dogmatic religious views.57
Up until now, I believe the criteria on which admissions deci- sions have been made have chiefly been statements of purpose, aca- demic records, and letters of refer- ence (and, to a lesser extent, GRE scores). The problem is that none of these criteriaindicates-to use the current popular term- "groundedness," even though this is probably the single moat desir- able attribute for anyone consider- ing becoming a therapist. Letters ofreference are subjecttothe biases of their writers; besides, they tend to focus on academic or personal achievemenMactors by no means incompatible with mental instabil- ity.77
While it would not be logical- or even politic-to screen for par- ticular views (since 99% of people, when asked if they were sexist, racist,etc.wouldsay"no,"andsince such a process would, in the wmng hands, be open to abuse), it woukf be rational and quite practicable to have two or three professors con- ductatleastoneindepthinterview witheachprospe&ivestudent.Thie way, the department would be taking the responsibility it very much needs to take.73
[sorry, no exceptions.ed1 Eve Ab-
Graduate student in Counsel- ing Psychology
I am writng to respond to the letter of Ms. Danielle Bretton (The Ubyssey, Nov. 24,1993) which as- serts that the procdures by which students were selected for the Model U.N. conference was unfair.
In particular, she alleges that members of the International Re- lations Students Association (I.R.S.A.) "traditionally pick their friends" to attend the conference. It is easy for an indivdual who was not successful in the competition to cry "favouritism," but this was not the case.
As chair of the International Relations Program, I have par- ticipated along with two students from I.R.S.A. in the selection of delegates for the past two years. I can assure Ms. Bretton that every effort was made to make the se- lection process as faoir and objec- tiveaspogsible.Ifitwereotherwise, I would never have consented to paretiapate in this process.
our procedure was as follows. ARereachapplicantcompletedhie or her oral presentation, each ofus gave a numerical mark to the student.Thesewerecom&and discussed. In the vast mqjority of thesecases,ourrankingBwerewry similar. I did not sea a single in- stance offavouritiem.
The two students on the se- lection committe were scrupulous in attempting to judge all candi- dateaeolelyanmerit,anditisvery unf' to them to impugn their integrity
PaulMarantz Dept. of Political Science
I am in the International Re- latiom program and also a mem- ber dthe International Relatiom StudentAeeociation.Iunderetand that m u have received a letter
Unfair impugn
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by Dan Walker UBC has just announced ita
succesa in the hit parade of uni- ve~tieswithUS.~tentsf~1991- 92: top of the charta in Canada, and 16 with a bullet in North America. The successful patenta generate $1 million/year for UBC (0.3% of the annual operating budget). Presumably, they also pay handsome dividends to the lucky patent-holders, who were faculty or students at the time they de- veloped their profitable ideas.
So the cash-strapped univer- siw, with public funding on the decline, finds a creative source of funding. On the surface, this is all to the good. But where is the cur- rent taking us?
What is the impact on academic communication? I can speak to this from personal experience. l'm agraduate student. Not long ago, I worked on an idea with a colleague who believed the idea was patentable. When he looked into it, he found that the first rule was to keep it quiet. On no account was the idea to be brought up at a conference or published; that would kill any chance of a patent. My friend eventually opted to publish rather than endure the lengthy delay of the patent process. The experience left me with a strong impression that patenting is in conflict with the free exchange of academic ideas. This is not a minor point. This free exchange of ideas is es- sential to creative research. Didn't Michael Smith's Nobel Prize begin as an idea discussed over coffee?
What kind of research is encouraged by patenting? UBCs major patent success story is a 'genetic technology for select-
ing beneficial traits in plants" (Vancouver Courier, !&November), snapped up by a large US. seed company. (The %neficial trait" of mqjor interest to large seed compa- nies is resistance to herbicides, a trait which will encourage larger doses of agricultural chemicals in the environment.) I am aware of one researcher on campus, with a background in genetics, who strongly questions the implications of such genetic technology for sus- tainable agriculture. Such ques- tioning is essential if society is to cope with complex and uncertain technologies. But it is not patent- able, and it won't be encouraged by a climate that emphasizes quick
Is it OK for taxpayer-funded researchers to stake private claims to their ideas? i used to work for a mining com-
pany. I wasn't allowed to stake a personal claim on a gold deposit, even if I found it during my lunch break.Butnow,asapublicly-hded graduate student, I am free to stake a personal claim on an idea, and restrict access to the idea to those who can cough up the licensing fee. I'm not so sure that this is just. It seems to me that the public has paid, in advance, for any ideas that I develop here.
In the long run, which kind of research is going to thrive at UBC: the kind that generates quick pay- offs, or the kind that raises broad questions and objections? The kind that you share with the world, or the kind that you can't even talk about over coffee? Should ideas developed at public expense be sold tothehighest private bidder? I think we need to talk about this.
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reduced the amount of waste it sends to the landfill by 25 percent.
Currently, there are recycling programs active in 130 buildings
serviceoutlets,reaidences, andaca- demic buildings. In addition, Gage residences have their own student- run recycling program that has been operating far four years.
Each month, 35 metric tonnes of paper is shipped through UBC's recycling system. Cardboard col- lection takes place outside UBC bookatare and Vanier, Totem, and Ritsumeikan House residences.
The big blue boxes outside SUB, often overflowing with soggy newspapers last year, are now be- ing emptied regularly.
But where is all this stuff go-
plants that handle UBCs waste on aregular h i s , and she feels satis-
acrosscampus,includingUBcfood
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fied that UBCs recycling program is achieving its goals.
' T o the best of our knowledge everything collected at UBC is get- ting recycled,'' she said.
Various companies recycle waste generated at UBC. Material from the blue boxes outside SUB goes to a small Vancouver firm named U h Impact Recycling, run by UBC graduate Nicole Nichols.Fhper,aortedinto9grades in the recycling area ofthe campus planing building, ends up at fi- bre-repmessing plants owned by the Weyerhauser and James River C O r p O ~ t i O ~ .
Cardboard from UBC is re- cycled by Browning-Feme Indus- tries, and food service outlets use a recycling service run by the ven- dors who supply the campus with Canneddrinks.
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In comparison, the annual re port recently put out by the UB( waste reduction program reveal the administration spent on1 $193,132 on recycling in 1 9 9 2 / 9 E which included both the costa c recycling operations and progrm administration.Thesefigurescas some doubt over whether the a d ministration is truly committed t reducing waste on ecampus.
dispoeal priorities have raised the TimoW'nuedjhmpage 1 ire of environmentalists in recent
However, UBC director of de-
years. Last fall the UBC student velopment Ron Dumashel said, "I
Indeed, sFu and UBc are in- can't think of a country [that d e environment centre built a ugar- volvedinjoint p-mswith Indo- nates to UBC] that isn't quite ac- bage monster" out of recyclable nesiathroughCID4 the Canadian waste and disposables found in International Development Asso- campus gar- cans and wheeled ciation. it over to president Strangway's Here at UBC, CIDA funds the
The - was sparked in merous other projects are also be- Off ice . IndoneGan resource project. Nu-
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REG. SALE REG. SALE BLUE RIDGE HIKER (M) ............................ 99.99 74.99 NlKE CALDERA PLUS 3/4 (M) ................... 79.99 64.99 GEL SAGA (WL) ......................................... 89.99 64.99 SATELLITE LOW TRAINER (M) ................. 89.99 74.99 AIR TRAINER HURRACHE PLUS (MR) GEL 121 (MA) .......................................... 109.99 84.99 FITNESS WALKER ULTRA (MR) .............. 89.99 69.99 AIR TRAINER SUPREME (M) ..................... 89.99 64.99 G.T. QUICK (MR) ..................................... 109.99 84-99 ENDURANCE 6000 LO AEROBICS (L) ...... 74.99 59.99 AIR CROSS TRAINER (L) .......................... 84.99 64.99 G.T. 2000 (MR) ......................................... 139.99 1 14.99
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CHARIOT HFX (MA) ................................... 99.99 74.99 CAPRINA LOW (L) ...................................... 84.99 64.99 UMBRO JACKETPANTS ELDORADO (MR) .................................... 109.99 74.99 ROVElTA HIKER (L) .................................. 99.99 74.99 BEAST (M) ................................................ RESORT SPORT TRACK SUITS QUADRO LOW (M) ................................... 109.99 74.99
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