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In an effort to is/create the uni-versity's presence beyond itsPoint Grey campus, UBC revealedits plans to develop a downtowncampus.

At a press wilferoot,tday UBC President Martha Piperannounced UBC's intention totum most of Robson Square intoa satellite campus that wouldopen in September 2001.

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to establish over the lastlittle while," she said. 'We'rereally excited It's an excellentlocation for a downtown course.'

The university hopes to holdlecture series and exhibits from,for example, the Museum ofAnthropology at the centreUBC's-, pre-existing downtownWomen's Resource Centre willalso be incorporated into thelocation.

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T-Bird quarterbackfails CIAU drug testOlson case raises questions about supplements

by Nicholas Bradley and Tom Peacock

After the UBC football team defeated the SaskatchewanHuskies in Saskatoon on September 30, threeThunderbirds—Kit Chansavang, Steve Carter, , and starquarterback Shawn Olson—underwent an unannounced,random drug test. Last Friday, the CanadianInteruniversity Athletic Union (CIAU) announced thatOlson tested positive for ephedrine.

Olson's urine sample contained elevated levels of thebanned stimulant ephedrine, but not in sufficientenought quantities to be considered performance-enhancing. As a result, Olson was given only a three-month suspension, effective the day of the test, in accor-dance with existing CIAU policy. Olson did not miss agame as a result of his suspension.

Olson is the only player in the CIAU to have tested pos-itive this season, and is the first UBC player ever to returna positive control.

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Last Friday, Olson said that he was still shocked abouthis suspension, but accepted full responsibility for hisactions. He had already requested that his nomination forthe Hec Crighton Trophy, awarded to the league's mostoutstanding player, be withdrawn, and that his name beremoved from the list of Canada West All-Stars.

Olson explained that the positive test was a result of aherbal weight-loss supplement that he had been takingsince August. The quarterback had thought that the sup-plement, Energen, was legal.

took a herbal supplement that I thought was not onthe banned list ..I was careless,' said Olson.

Lenora Parker, the manager of the drug-free sport pro-gram at the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES),the agency that administers the CIAU's drug-testing pro-gram, confirmed the results of Olson's test

'It was a ma huang, ephedrine-based product,' shesaid. Ma huang is a herbal form of ephedrine, an amphet-

Private clinicopens at UBCClinic only one of its kind in BC

by Alex Dimson

amine-like compound.'The lab was able to identify specifically what they

were looking for—griternational Olympic Committee(IOC))-banned substances.'

Olson waived his right to have the second half of hisurine sample tested.

'I'm, not saying the ephedrine wasn't there, saidOlson. A test of the so-called B-sainple • is available toensure that the original test sample Was not tainted.

Olson was notified, along with UBC, of the positiveresult, and was given a chance to explain.

'The athlete has the opportunity to provide an expla-nation for the presence of ephedrine, and then that expla-nation is then reviewed by a Canadian doping controlreview board, and they determine the appropriate courseof action,' explained Marg McGregor, the chief executiveofficer of the CIAU.

'The process is a lengthy one, but all those steps arenecessary to ensure that an athlete gets natural justice,'she added.

Even though Olson's suspension began immediatelyafter his test, he was, in effect, allowed to play the remain-der of UBC'S season, an occurrence McGregor said theCIAU hopes to address in the future

'What the CIAU would like to do is see the wholeprocess fast-tracked because our competitive season iscompressed...in Shawn's case...the three-month suspen-sion is almost a moot point.'

In 1999, the CCES tested 319 athletes in CIAU sports,of which 191 were football players. None of the tests waspositive.

Olson realises now that Energen contains ephedrine,but insists that he did not know this at the time he wastaking it

'It was just a case of being silly,' Olson said yesterday.

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A cutting-edge diagnostic tool used in the fight againstcancer is being offered for the first time in BC at a clinicon campus, but patients should be prepared to pay a heftyprice to use the facility.

Patients suffering from various forms of cancer, aswell as heart and brain diseases, can now receive a full-body Positron Emission Topography (PET) scan on cam-pus. The procedure can help detect cancerous body tis-sues.

But the $2 500 scan offered at the PETscan Centre—theprivate clinic which opened two months ago at the BCResearch and Innovation Complex on Wesbrook Mall—isnot covered by public health insurance.

Brian Lentle, the medical director of the facility, saidthat he realises the privately-owned, for-profit nature ofthe clinic may draw criticism, but claims that the BC gov $2,500 A SCAN: A private on-campus clinic, operated

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eminent is usually unwilling toinvest in new medical technologies.

'The smart thing to do is to havea situation where you have privatepeople making the investment, likewe did here, and then simply makeit an insured service so that itbecomes available to people eitherin the hospital or in the clinic.Ultimately I think both will happen,'he said.

While several PET scanners areavailable across Canada, the $4-mil-lion facility is the first in the countryto offer scans solely for clinical pur-poses and the first to offer a 'full-body' scan.

Jennifer Hazlewood, a BCMinistry of Health spokesperson,confirmed that the government islooking into approving medical cov-erage for PET scans.

'At this point, it's fairly new tech-nology," she said. 'It's funded pri-vately right now, but there's no say-ing that's going to be the way it ispermanently.'

She added, however, that the gov-ernment must also consider thatmuch of the equipment at BC hospi-tals needs upgrading.

Coleen Fuller, a medicalresearcher working for theCanadian Centre for PolicyAlternatives, worries that clinics likethe PETscan Centre could have adetrimental effect on BC's health-care system. -

Fuller asserted that publicly-funded coverage of a medical proce-dure in a private clinic could strainthe health care system because thiscost would be higher than if offeredin a public facility.

'Whenever these new technolo-gies come on to the market, the firstthing people want is the publicpurse to pay for the testing,' shesaid.

But Lentle said that having a pri-vate clinic in BC is better than hav-ing none at all. He added that beforethe clinic's inception, BC patientswho needed PET scans were oftenreferred to clinics' in the Seattlearea.

He pointed to a VancouverGeneral Hospital study that suggestsan annual demand of 9000 PETscans—far greater than the 2000scans that the PET clinic is poten-tially capable of.

But Fuller is also concerned thatprivate companies may over-adver-tise the usefulness of a new technol-ogy, which could result in doctorsunnecessarily referring patients tothe expensive procedure.

The PETscan Centre requires amedical referral before it will con-duct a scan.

Lentle said the clinic was set upto be near UBC's TRIUMF researchcentre, in hopes that TRIUMF wouldmanufacture the radioactive tracerthat is injected into patients duringthe scan.

But due to strict government reg-ulations on the clinical use of thetracer, and possible conflicts withusing public TRIUMF funds for aprivate clinic, the clinic is insteadshipping in tracer from Seattle.

Because of the material's two-hour lifespan, Lentle said shippingthem across the border is like 'buy-ing a melting ice cube without theice box.'

He added that heavy traffic jamson the roads could create 'a clinicaland economic disaster.' 4•

UNDER SCRUTINY: Students lined up last Wednesday at an AMS-sponsored forum to question localcandidates on many issues, including their education policies. TAM WESTOVER PHOTO

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Answering education questionsby Alex Dimson

Facing a packed room of students,the Canadian Alliance candidate forUBC's riding of Vancouver Quadraanswered just one question beforeleaving last week's all-candidatesforum in the SUB.

Kerry-Lynne Findlay had alreadystood up to make an early departurewhen she was asked a questionabout her party's position on abor-tion.

'We have no legislative agenda tochange a person's right to choose,'she said hastily before making herexit

Forum moderator Graham Senft,the vice-president external for theAlma Mater Society (AMS), saidFindlay had to leave early to preparefor Alliance leader Stockwell Day'sarrival in Vancouver, scheduled forlater that day.

Her departure, however, disap-pointed some waiting in a long line-up for the question-and-answer ses-sion.

The AMS-organised forum wasaimed at informing students aboutthe November 27 federal election,and provided candidates represent-ing eight different political partiesthe opportunity to voice their view-points. Candidates rarely foundcommon ground during the two-hour event, but fourth-year Englishstudent Natalie Townsend said shethinks the forum will help herdecide who to vote for.

'I don't [sic] read much aboutwhat [the parties] have to say abouteducation, so it was nice to get

some answers out of them,' shesaid.

During the forum, Liberal candi-date Stephen Owen emphasised thecreation of the MillenniumScholarship Program as one of theLiberal government's successes.

But Findlay argued against theLiberal's track record, citing that thecurrent Canada Student LoanProgram should be replacecl , by anincome-based loan repayment sys-tem. She also advocated for the needto reduce the brain drain of skilledlabour to the United States.

The ND? candidate, LorettaWoodcock, received the loudestcheers from the crowd of studentswhile explaining her party's plans tofreeze tuition nationwide and makethe student loan system interest-free.

Meanwhile, PC candidate BillClarke said that his party intends torestore education and health carespending that was cut by the Liberalgovernment

Second-year Arts student Peter. Lopoble said he found the views ofsome of the lesser-known partiesinteresting.

'I would really like to learn moreabout what these people believe inand if their views have any merit,'he said. 'It's really too bad we don'thear much about them.'

Emphasising his party's alterna-tive views, Doug Warkentin, theGreen Party candidate, told thecrowd that he believed there was lit-tle difference between the majorparties.

He deels that he can win the elec-

tion in the UBC riding as there areenough students who believe in theGreen Party's priorities and empha-sis on the environment.

Chris Shaw, a UBC professorwho is running for the CanadianAction Party, identified the 'crip-pling, strangling [federal] debt' as amajor problem facing education.He also voiced his concern aboutfree-trade agreements that heclaims have eroded Canada's sover-eignty.

Natural Law Party candidateSteven Beck said the possibility ofcreating a 'disease-free, crime-freesociety' exists because according tohis party's beliefs, society can gainenlightenment by embracing thenatural law that guides order in theuniverse.

Marxist-Leninist candidate AnneJamieson felt that the currentCanadian constitution does notguarantee full freedom and humanrights. She added that her party

would like to rebuild universityinfrastructure.

But first year Science studentJane Ometa, who said she had beenfollowing the federal election quiteclosely, said the forum won't behelpful for her when election daycomes.

'I thought that a lot of it was justthe same, old political rhetoric. Theyweren't really answering most of thequestions in a satisfactory way,' shesaid.

UBC associate professor running for Quadra seatby Cynthia Lee

Chris Shaw didn't want to spend another fed-eral election voting for a major party that heconsidered 'the lesser of two evils,' so he ranfor office instead.

Shaw, a 50-year-old associate professor atUBC's Faculty of Medicine, is the candidaterepresenting the little-known Canadian ActionParty (CAP) in Vancouver Quadra, the ridingthat includes UBC.

'Will I be elected into Parliament? Probablynot,' he admitted, 'But part of the patrioticchore is to try to educate your fellow citizens.'

Sitting in his research lab at the VancouverGeneral Hospital, Shaw explained his beliefsabout the role of small parties like CAP—whichis being represented by 70 candidates in thiselection—in an system dominated by more-established parties like the Liberals or theCanadian Affiance.

Shaw believes that the major parties lead-ing the polls do not fully reflect the prioritiesof many voters.

'By running we offer them the opportunityto vote for something they can believe in,'Shaw said, adding that small parties can com-pel major parties to address previouslyignored issues.

For a small party on the fringe, its ambi-tions are quite big. A self-proclaimed 'pro-Canadian political party, CAP is the only partyofficially advocating for Canada to leave theNorth American Free Trade Agreement(NAFTA) and withdraw its membership fromthe World Trade Organisation (WTO).

Shaw, who was born in Los Angeles butbecame a Canadian citizen in 1990, says he isconcerned that Canada's national sovereigntyis being lost to foreign corporations as theresult of such deals, contending that regula-tions aimed at protecting the environmentand health have been considered trade barri-ers under free trade.

He points to the example of the US-basedEthyl Corporation, which sued Canada underNAFTA in 1998 for $250 billion in damages totrade caused by the banning of MMT, a fuel

TAKING ACTION: Chris Shaw is a first-time candidate. CYNTHIA LEE PHOTO

additive that contains manganese, which is sus-pected of being linked to neurological diseases.

:The Canadian government settled with thecorporation, paying $13 million in damagesand lifting its year-long ban on the trade andimportation of MMT. Use of the compound,however, is banned in California and in partsof Europe.

'They decided that health concerns wereless important than trade or they did not havethe ability (to protect citizens] because of whatthey signed,' asserted Shaw.

But in a 1998 letter to The Toronto Starnewspaper, a senior vice-president from EthylCorporation denied that MMT was a danger tohuman health and also emphasised that the1997 ban had only restricted the trade ofMMT and not the compound itself

Shaw, whose more recent research at UBChas focused on linking toxins and neurologicaldiseases such as Alzheimer's and Lou Gehrig'sdisease, said he was outraged by the case and

that it ultimately led him to join CAP sixmonths ago—in time to run in the election.

'A government which is supposed to pro-tect all of us...here they are selling out 30 mil-lion Canadian citizens,' he said.

Proponents of Canada's membership inNAFTA, including the current Liberal govern-ment, have argued that it must participate insuch agreements to gain preferential access tomarkets in the US—Canada's largest tradingpartner—so it can remain competitive in theglobal economy.

Last November, Shaw took his 10-year-oldson, Ariel, to Seattle to witness the massprotesting of the WTO conference where 134governments negotiated for further trade bar-rier reductions.

"I wanted him to see the two views in oneplace,' he said. 'One that is more humanisticand the other world view that everything is forsale...a world where corporations have freereign over every aspect [of society].'

Shaw said that he fears that programs sub-sidised with public funds such as educationwill soon also be considered trade barriersunder free trade agreements and could pavethe way for a drastic increase in privatiseduniversity education in Canada.

CAP's platform on post-secondary educa-tion advocates bringing tuition fees down to1990-1991 levels and making student loansinterest-free in hopes of decreasing the stu-dent debt load, which today is approximately$25,000 for the average four-year undergrad-uate degree in Canada.

CAP also promises to eliminate Canada'sever-growing debt, which stands at almost 60per cent of the country's gross domestic prod-uct

`So money can go back to social pro-grams,' Shaw said.

But the party's plan to do so may raise afew eyebrows. CAP is proposing that the gov-ernment revert back to the economic policiesthat dominated the period between World WarTwo and 1974, when the government largelyfunded its spending with low- or no-interestloans from the Bank of Canada.

Shaw admitted that the global market haschanged drastically since then, but he believesthis is only because a pro-free-trade systemhas dominated world economics.

'It can be argued that the system's notworking that well,' he said, citing increases inthe number of people living in poverty as anexample. 'This view of the world is not servingthe people.'

But even though Shaw spoke about theissue with fervour, he admitted to being areluctant candidate.

'We're not professional politicians,' hesaid about the CAP candidates, adding that torun in the election he must find time in hisbusy schedule at UBC.

'Do I really want to run in the election? Notreally,' he said. 'But it's a patriotic chore.' +

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FACULTY OF ARTSUBC KILLAM TEACHING PRIZES

Once again the University is recognizing excellence in teaching through theat.erding of prizes to faculty members. Five (5) prize winners will be selected in theFaculty ofArts for 2001.

ELIGIBILITY: Eligibihry is open to faculty who have three or more years ofteaching experience at UBC. The three years include 2000-2001.

CRITERIA: The awards will recognize distinguished teaching at all levels:introductory, advanced, graduate courses, graduate supervision, and anycombination of levels,

NOMINATION PROCESS: Members of faculty, students, or alumni may suggestcandidates to the Head of the Department, the Director of the School, or Chair ofthe Program in which the nominee teaches. These suggestions should be in writingand signed by one or more students, alumni or faculty, and they should include avery brief statement of the basis for the nomination. You may write a letter ofnomination of pick up a form from the Office of the Dean, Faculty of Arts inBuchanan B130,

DEADLINE: 4:00 PM on January 22, 2001. Submit nominations to theDepartment; School or Program Of rce in which the nominee teaches.

Winners will be announced in the Spring and they will be identified as well duringSpring convocation in May.

For further in ormation about these awards, contact either your Department, Schoolor Program ce, or Dr. J. Evan Kreider, Associate Dean ofArts at(604) 822-6703.

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BRITISH COLUMBIALEGISLATIVE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM:,

2002 Program

PURPOSETo provide recent university graduates of a B.C. degree granting institution

the opportunity to gain knowledge and appreciation of policy-makingwithin the province's parliamentary system

WHO IS ELIGIBLEThose who have received a Bachelor's Degree from a B.C. university or

university college within two years of January 2002

LOCATIONParliament Buildings, Victoria, British Columbia

TERMJanuary Ito June 30, 2002

STIPEND$15,175 for 6 months (subject to review)

APPLICATION DEADLINE4 p.m., Wednesday, January 31, 2001

HOW TO APPLYProgram Applications are available from the Political Science

Departments at all universities in British Columbia, or receive anapplication by contacting the Office of the Speaker,

Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C., V8V 1X4Telephone: (250) 387-3952E-mail: BCLIPaleg.bc.ca

Website: www.legis.gov.bc.ca

ACADEMIC ADVISORSDr. Paul Tennant, University of British Columbia

Dr. Patrick Smith, Simon Fraser UniversityDr. Norman Ruf University of Victoria

Dr. John Young, University of Northern British Columbia

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AFTER A LONG DAY: Several hundred protesters gathered in downtown Vancouver to protest thepolicies of the Canadian Alliance Party and party leader Stockwell Day. TARA WESTOVER PHOTO

Protesters rallyagainst Alliance

by Min Choo

The past weeks have seen CanadianAlliance leader Stockwell Day greet-ed by protests as he campaigns forthe upcoming federal election—andhis appearance at a party fundrais-ing dinner held in Vancouver lastWednesday was no different.

Several hundred angry butpeaceful demonstrators gathereddowntown outside the entrance ofthe Hyatt Regency Hotel, which hadbeen cordonned off by at least adozen members of the VancouverPolice.

Standing around a makeshiftstage chanting slogans like 'Downwith Day,' the protesters voiced theiropposition to Affiance policies thatwould see cuts in social programs. _

Many were also concerned aboutproposals concerning the status ofFirst Nations people—the latest ofwhich is the controversial plan toeliminate the tax-exempt status ofNatives.

Sacheen Pointe, a representativeof the Vancouver Native YouthGroup who spoke at the rally, saidthat her main concern was that'Stockwell Day wants to make allCanadians equal Canadians.'

'But from my point of view, weare not equal because we were bornhere, this is our land and we gavemost of it up, and we deserve the lit-tle that we do get and probably waymore,' she said.

But John Reynolds, the Alliance

MP for the West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast riding contendedthat because most First Nations peo-ple are born in the same generationas many other Canadians, theyshould have the same rights.

'After all this time we haven'tsolved the problem yet ..we proposeto sit down and negotiate withthem,' he said.

While some protestors chantedothers waved signs with phrases like'Day's Canada is not my Canada.'

Jordan White, a second-year UBCArts student who participated in theprotest, said that protesters alsowanted to show their opposition toDay himself.

'We're here to show StockwellDay and the rest of the country thathe can't just walk into our provinceand run and get elected and thinkthat there's going to be no outcry orno resistance to.what he's doing,because a lot of people are pissedoff' he said.

Reynolds, who attended thefundraiser, said that the protest didnot at all affect the mood inside thehotel. Reynolds added that roughly1000 people attended the $350-a-plate dinner.

While the upcoming election hasbeen widely analysed in the main-stream media as a two-way racebetween the incumbent Liberals andthe newly-formed Alliance, protestorganisers insisted that the demon-stration was non-partisan.

'I'm not helping the Liberals,'

said Garth Mullins, a member of theactivist group Democracy Street.

Mullins indicated that he is criti-cal of the 'two-party system' in thecurrent election.

'What we want to say is that thiselection has been very shallow. It'sbeen a very American-style, Bush vs.Gore election,' he said.

For other protesters, the mainconcern was ensuring the protectionof abortion rights for women.

A draft policy document recentlyuncovered by the media indicatedthat an Alliance government wouldconsider holding a national referen-dum on the issue or any issue if thesignatures of the equivalent of threeper cent of the voting populationwas collected.

Day has subsequently deniedthat this policy would remain in itscurrent form and he would likely optfor a higher threshold of signatures.

But Jane Bouey, the status ofwomen representative from theCanadian Action Party, said she wasnot convinced.

'If they became government..theywill have control over the questions inthat referendum,' she said.

But Reynolds defended his partyand said that referendums wouldgive Canadians an outlet to showtheir views. He added that not all ofthe 250,000 Alliance party mem-bers share the same views on abor-tion..

—with files from Cynthia Lee

fordfocusexpectmore

THE UBYSSEY NEWS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2000 5"Olson" continued from page 1

"The word 'silly' keeps coming to mind, 'causeI should've known better.'

Although Olson was visibly shaken by thisevent, the final chapter of a difficult season, heand UBC head coach Jay Prepchuk were bothconvinced that something good might comefrom the experience.'

"We can take a negative like this and cer-tainly try to turn it into a positive,' saidPrepchuk.

"We can show our guys that they have to becareful about what they take into their bodies,that they have to be very careful in what theydo and what they take,' he said.

Olson said that taking supplements is com-mon on the football team,

'Nutritional supplements are a huge partof our lives,' he said.

Energen Thermogenic Compound is man-ufactured by Saturn Supplements, an Atlanta-based company whose literature claims thatEnergen raises energy levels in the user and'promotes lean body weight'

Energen contains 1 70mg of ma huang percapsule, which the company claims reducesweight gain by increasing the user's metabolicrate. The supplement also contains caffeine,which in high doses is a banned supplement

Olson said that when he purchased the sup-- plement at a health store 'somewhere in thelower mainland,' he checked the ingredientson the container against the CIAU DrugEducation and Doping Control Handbook. Hesaid everything seemed fine.

'When I checked it out in the book, it gaveme this false sense.; of security, that okay, it'sfine.. Xhey don't have the name of any supple-ments or anything like that, so I knew as muchas to check the ingredients. tut they only havethe banned substances in [the CIAU book]. Theydon't have, like, okay well, 'ma huang containsephedrine, or...ephedra contains ephedrine.'

However, the current edition of the CIAUbooklet states that ephedrine is a banned stim-ulant, and warns that ma huang is a source ofephedrine. According to the CCES, 'ephedrineis an amphetamine-like stimulant that isbanned in sport and can have potentially dan-gerous effects on the central nervous systemand heart'

The booklet, given to all CIAU athletes atthe start of the season as part of their drug-education program, reprints much of theinformation from the CCES list of banned sub-stances. Both sources advise athletes that'some 'vitamins,"natural,"herbal,' or 'home-opathic' preparations may contain banned orrestricted substances such as ephedrine andpseudoephedrine.'

The alphabetical list of banned substancesin the CIAU book does not list ma huang, onlyephedrine. Olson admits that he "half-assedlychecked' the ingredients against the informa-

tion in the book.A closer read would have shown that ma

huang contained the banned substanceephedrine. In addition, a separate section onsupplements that appears in both the CIAUand the CCES _sources cautions athletes toavoid all products listing ma huang as aningredient

The CCES also warns that the packaging ofmany herbal products does not list all of theactive ingredients. The label on a bottle ofEnergen, for example, lists ma huang, butdoes not mention ephedrine.

Olson admitted that some of his compla-cency in cross-checking the supplementstemmed from his experience as a fifth-yearplayer.

"I think most of the guys when they get sup-plements or they look into getting supple-ments, they usually ask Ted [Ted Lorenz, coor-dinator of trainer services for UBC Athletics].But with me, you know I've been in the pro-gram for five years, and sometimes you get alittle comfortable and you start thinking thatyou know more than you do. I really thinkthat's what happened.'

Lorenz, the trainer for the football team,agreed with Olson's explanation of what hap-pened.

'Generally speaking right now, what hap-pens is the first-, second-, even third-year ath-letes are really diligent in checking, they'restill really good about it But certainly by thefourth or fifth year, athletes have seen [thedrug awareness program] every year for fouror five years...I guess they become somewhatcomplacent in looking at that'

But Lorenz said that he was still surprisedthat Shawn Olson who tested positive.

"I feel awful, because in most cases Shawnis always checking, but here's something thatwas...I guess he looked at it like, 'Well, youknow I'm not sick and this is just somethingon the side.' I feel bad for him.'

Part of Lorenz's job is to warn playersabout products which contain banned sub-stances, some of which, the trainer admitted,had been made available to the players fromother players in the past

'As soon as we're. aware of either playerstaking something or players come to me andwill say, 'Somebody has brought this forwardand has said this works, can you check it out?'We'll check it out and as soon as we know welet everybody know to be aware of it.'

Olson explains that there isn't much dis-cussion among the players on the footballteam about who is taking what

"Maybe one or two guys knew I was taking it,but I am sure they've probably forgotten."Cause when I mentioned it was probably in thesummer...Other than what sort of gets sold inthe locker room, which is your basic proteinbars, creatine, things like that, you don't reallyknow for the most part, unless you have a good

friend and he might talk about it or whatever,but for the most part the only way you know isbecause you see maybe a couple of boxes comeinto the locker room and then you see guys buyit'

Rob Lloyd-Smith, the team doctor, couldnot be reached for comment before presstime, but Prepchuk said that the team under-goes 'quite extensive training' about dopingcontrols each year during training camp.Because Olson bought Energen over-the-count-er from a store in the Lower Mainland, heassumed that it would be safe and legal.

But supplements like Energen which canbe easily bought in the UBC area, often con-tain banned substances. One vitamin and sup-plement store near campus said that it usual-ly stocks Energen, but that it had sold out tem-porarily. UBC's Student Recreation Centre,meanwhile, sells Hydroxycut, which also con-tains both ma huang and caffeine.

A salesperson for Muscletech, the manu-facturer of Hydroxycut, called the supplementa 'fat-burner,' and confirmed that it contains8 2 mg of ma huang per capsule.

When Olson explained where he obtainedthe Energen, he implied that it was unusualfor him to buy supplements from a store.Prepchuk indicated that some UBC playersbuy their supplements from another memberof the football team. He acknowledged thatsome of the players have an extensive knowl-edge of supplements, and further explainedthat one player even supplies the others.

Olson later confirmed this, saying that aUBC player provides the team with supple-ments such as protein powders and proteinbars.

This player, Olson explained, gets much ofhis stock from the US, which has different reg-ulations from Canada regarding nutritionalsupplements. Meaning that something thatmay be available in the US may not be legalnorth of the border.

"That's why I didn't [buy from him] in thiscase...because some of the stuff that he can getfrom down there in the States is actually ille-gal. That's one of the reasons I went to a storein Canada, because otherwise these thingswouldn't be able to get into the country,' saidOlson.

One supplier of supplements to the team isUBC star receiver Brad Coutts, a former All-Canadian.

As Prepchuk suggested, Coutts is familiarwith the intricacies of supplements. Indeed,Coutts' answering machine provides thephone numbers for Complete NutritionService and Wild Bill's, two nutrition supple-ment providers with which the UBC player isinvolved .

Coutts said that he knows that taking sup-plements may be risky for athletes who maybe subject to drug testing.

'Any time you take supplements...it's not

like the drug industry. They don't have thesame kind of standards and stuff. You are atthe mercy of the manufacturer in terms ofwhat's in the bottle.'

Working at London Drugs got Coutts inter-ested in the supplement business. He begandoing people favours, shipping supplementsto a postal box in the US, which he thenbrought up to Canada, He eventually startedhis own business, and the football team andother sports teams quickly became a majorpart of his clientele. Coutts also sells certainproducts to the Bird Coop, the fitness facilityin the SRC.

Coutts said that he always deals with whathe believes to be reputable companies, such asTwinLab, EAS, and Prolab.

'I've always used the higher-quality brandnames....I've always gone with higher-end, likeI haven't bought any of the no-name brands orlower-quality brands, just in hope that I'm get-ting, what's exactly on the labels, is what'sexactly in the container.'

However, the companies Coutts named sella variety of dietary supplements, both legaland illegal under the CCES and the IOC.

For example, TwinLab sells Diet Fuel cap-sules, which each contain 1 1 lmg of ma huangextract and 3 03mg of caffeine sources,, whileProlab Nutrition Products sells various cap-sules and drink mix containing ephedrinesources and caffeine.

EAS, based in Golden, Colorado, also sellscapsules containing ma huang and caffeine.The company's Product Label Warning notesthat side effects may include insomnia, nerv-ousness, and hand tremors, and warns thatimproper use may result in heart attacks orstrokes.

Natural Resources is one of the companiesCoutts named as one of his main distributors.Based out of Portland, Oregon, the companyadvertises vitamins and protein powders, on itswebsite, as well as a steroid-related anaboliccompound, and a growth hormone supplement,both banned under the CCES and the IOC.

Coutts said that most of the stuff he bringsinto Canada is the same as what is alreadyavailable here, it just 'doesn't have the Frenchon the label.' He said that he did not knowwhat Olson was taking, or where he obtainedit But he does know a bit about the offendingingredient

"Ma huang, it's not a miracle pill or any-thing. It's definitely not a steroid, it's not goingto build muscle, but it's kind of like the caf-feine—it'll give you a bit of kick if you're look-ing for more energy.'

Regardless of the drug's actual effects,Coutts, like his teammate Olson and his coachPrepchuk, tried to find a positive aspect to thepositive test result

"I think it will definitely make UBC ath-letes, or at least the football team anyways,think twice about anything they're taking.' •

FLAMENCO FANTASIA,at the Norman Rothstein TheatreNovember 16, 17, aWhen osariO- Ancer's dance coin any.' FlamencoRosario announced its performance dates of Ralceslast year, the show was so popular that each night thelocal company performed to a sold out audience. Thisyear, Flamenco Rosario returned to the Rothstein foeyet another round a performances of its newFlamenco Fantasia.. Rosario Ancer is what you imagine a flamenco

dancer would look like: stern, passionate and beautt.fill, She opened the night with the central piece of theevening 'Angels Y Sirenaa," which features angelsand mermaids as its main characters,: As the pro-'gram states, : the; piece .was inspired by. Rosario'.childhood fascination with Mexican mythology in themidst of a Christian culture. Although'the first twodancers were not` exactly synchronised, they eachdrew attention to themselves' Wwith graceful handmovements and spell-binding rhythm.

Ancer also performed a duet with the evening'sspecial guest, and only male dancer, Gabriel Heredia.Heredia is a master of the flamenco, making one

FRANKENSTEINat the Frederic Wood Theatreuntil Nov. 25

Chilling. Uneasy. Cliched. Theseare all words that describe UBCTheatre's latest endeavour, anincredibly gothic and grotesqueadaptation of Frankenstein. Thestory itself is one that is good; thecreation of a modern Prometheususing dead body parts is enough tomake anyone's stomach turn, letalone question the extremes ofhuman nature. But UBC Theatre'sproduction is extreme in itself,which is also a good thing becausethe end result is a ghoulishlyengaging performance.

What was commendable wasthe way that the technicians usedvarious stage devices to evoke anuncomfortable aura, leaving theaudience in constant anticipation.An opening tableau scene high-lighted a bunch of gruesome deadbodies hanging from nooses, whilescreechy otherworldly sounds a laX-Files cut through the darknessand dry ice. Thrown in were stereo-typical thunder and lightningsounds, along with the usual gothicorgan music, cued at just the rightmoment—but hey, it happened towork here. Even the silhouetted

Friday night's two shows at the Starfish Room showedtwo different ways that a band can come up short, and two

different ways that music can be disappointing at the sametime that it's pretty good.

The Georgia Straight insists on calling Vancouver the Cityof No Fun. Granted, it can't be much fun working for a tiredweekly like the Straight, but if Friday's shows were any indi-cation, a lot of other people around here know how to enjoythemselves. Both the early show, featuring Seattle bandsDeath Cab for Cutie and Pedro the Lion, and the lateshow, a CD-release party for local supergroup the NewPornographers, were packed with enthusiastic fans.

The crowd for the first show was younger andwore more toques than the set of aging scenesters

and record-store employees that appeared forthe second show, giving off the unmistakablestench of industry hacks. The first crowd alsodidn't seem to care that it was shepherded infor a show that began at 8:00 and ended an

hour and a half later, with both bands apologis-ing that they couldn't play for any longer.Pedro the Lion and Death Cab for Cutie are well-

known for their energetic live shows, which arefavourites in their hometown of Seattle. So it must have been

a particularly' unpleasant trip across the border, because onFriday night, both bands failed to impress (well, they failed toimpress me; a lot of people thought it was great). Pedro played_first, a short, earnest set that had people shouting in vain formore, and then cleared the stage for their tourmates,

Descriptions of Death Cab usually feature terms such as'thoughtful,' or 'moody.' Coupled with the crappy Starfish Roomsound, this translated to a bunch of plodding, soft-loud-soft-loudsongs that kinda all sounded the same. The songs from theband's new EP, Forbidden Love, were the best, especially'Photobooth,' but the others were more insipid than inspiring.Death Cab seemed to have something working during the three-guitar noisiness that ended the set, but music that sounds goodon record here was flat and sleepy. And then it was time for theband to get off the stage—though no fault of the bands, the setwas far too short for those who were enjoying it

In the half-hour between the end of the first show and whenthe doors opened for the second, everyone in sneakers and hood-ies got the hell out of Yaletown and the gin-and-tonic brigadedescended on the scene. This was obviously the place to be seenwearing a feather boa or fake fur. But regardless of all the postur-ing going on, this show promised to be really good. The NewPornographers' recently-released debut record, Mass Romantic, ispretty good, and has been getting rave reviews. It features the song-writing talents of a few local indie heavyweights, and has theincreasingly-famous Neko Case singing some of the songs. Theshow should have been a good one.

Which made it disappointing when the show turned out to be

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE WITH PEDRO THE LION

VEAL WITH THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERSat the Starfish RoomNov. 17

n some accessible operaruns the cycle of dec ence, debauchery, and eventual

After a year and a day, Shadow names his price andhis true identity as Beelzebub is revealed. He demandsTom's soul as payment for his services. Torn begs todetermine his fate by a game of cards. When Tom wins,Nick is infuriated- 4nd condemns Tom to insanity. Hebecomes an inmate of Bedlam, and eventually dies fromgrief over his plight aa the curtain falls. The five principlesingers then reappesr and spell out the moral to the audi-ence: 'For idle hands and hearts and. minds the Devilfinds a work to do!

Vancouver Opera's production featured bold, oversizedsets, props and costumes designed by Ken Macdonald andRobert Shannon. The costumes were cleverly done—from arange of periods, and were quite extravagant and unpre-dictable. Clearly a play on the word progress, the use of suchdiverse costumes (frprn an 18th century Rakewell to anElvis-influenced Selleni, the auctioneer) added a whimsicalelement to the production.

Canadian, tenor Benjamin Butterfield made a very credi-ble Rakeweil. Although his voice tended to project less thanthe other principle's, this fortunately fit with his character; aman plagued by indecision, conflicting ideals, and an ever.

wonder : how good his beautifully choreographedmoves could be for his knees. •

Also in the program was one of Rosario's mostsuccessful choreographs 'Semana Santa! The piecewas inspired by Spain's Holy Week, when processionsof floats bearing figures of the Virgin Mary and JesusChrist . Move slowly through the streets of Spain. Lit bycandles, the floats are carried by hundreds of bare- tfoot worshippers and accompanied by men carrying .1heavy wooden crosses "SeManta Santa: the sosn4brii mood of the piece was elevated by the On lightIniof a dozen, candles, held by extras; acting as thebarefooted worshippers;. While Heredia danced the idance of the suffering Jesiis, Rosario performed thegrief of the Virgin Mary. ' "

If there was .one thing that was better than thedance itself, it was the music accompanying the per-forthance, In the great gypsy tradition of Spain, JesusMontoya supplied the sole . vocal accompaniment for Ithe dancers along with Rosario's husband, Victor IKosltee, on the guitar. Montoya had an amazing stagePresence to go with his unforgettable voice.

The night ended with an energetic closing finale, tinvolving all of the dancers. It was performed with somuch energy and attitude, it electrified the entireaudience and made me wish I could jump up onstage and join in. 0

and pasty white make-up.However, the intensity of Grover'sperformance increased asFrankenstein descends into anobsessive creator who demon-strates pure malevolence. Ken Lincreated a primitiveness in his roleas the Creature, running around inhunchback stance, invoking sym-pathy when the Creature becomingcurious to learn words and whenshowing remorse after committinghis crimes. The moral questionposed is obvious: who is to blamefor the horrible deeds committedby the Creature? This productiondefinitely points to the derangedVictor Frankenstein.

The key to Frankenstein wasdefinitely the attention paid to thedetails of the stagecraft. Althoughsome of the components are com-pletely stereotypical of the genre:thunder, dark, smoky atmosphereand the ominous foreshadowingthat provoked laughter from theaudience, the mood was estab-lished right from the beginning.

This allowed the actors an effec-tive canvas to play out their craft aswell as draw the audience into thesubject of questionable humanbehaviour, •

—Lisa Denton

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BARBIE: AN AMERICAN BIOGRAPHYat the Blinding Light CinemaNov. 14, 15

I was terribly excited when I saw the title of this filmin the Blinding Light's flyer. My mind was floodedwith possibilities. "Why hasn't anyone done thisbefore?' I thought A satirical representation of lifein America through the eyes of Barbie—thethought made me shiver—what could be better?! Istrode up to the cozy little theatre with eageranticipation of the entertainment that was to fol-low.

Barbie is a young girl with a big dream. Shewants to be a rockstar. She convinces herfriends to be her back up band and calls themLes Rockers. They travel across America andbecome big stars. Barbie turns to drugs.Barbie cleans up. Barbie gets shot by a ran-dom stalker while driving up to the gates ofher house. Ahh, the American Dream.

My main beef with this movie is not theplot I expected the plot line to be fairly routine;in fact, I relished in its predictability. A story about an iconlike Barbie had to follow a pretty stringent formula. But what Idid not expect is that I would be telling jokes to myself through-out most of the film (and no, I don't have a personality distur-bance). The writing in this film is as predictable as the plot—which is fine to a point. What I was hoping for, and what I sawthe potential for in this indie flick, was witty satire. But, alas, thewitty remarks were amiss and an inadequately written satiredoes not fun make.

The props and music, on the other hand, were hilarious.Barbie and her gal-pals, Les Rockers, as well as Ken (who happensto be gay) and other boy-toys sport a wardrobe that make any Barbielover drool. In addition, Barbie and friends meet a variety of celebritiesalong the way, which provide some much-needed comic relief. Elvis, Dolly Parton,Michael Jackson, and Judy Garland are the some of stars that dole out advice toBarbie. The likeness of the dolls to the real-life celebs was astonishing.

The soundtrack made for nostalgic toe-tapping. The first song that Barbie andLes Rockers perform is a Hole tune. John Denver, the Partridge Family, and Donnyand Marie Osmond are a few of the featured artists. Flashdance's 'She's A Maniac"is my personal fave.

Not only did the soundtrack conjure up some nostalgia, but so did the film itself.In Grade 9, a friend and I made a home video for a class project Our English classwas studying Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and project outline instructedus to videotape scenes from the play, but to translate the Shakespearean languageinto modern, colloquial speech and make the piece timely. We decided to make afilm using Barbies and other Mattel artifacts (including the Dream House, ofcourse). She and I used her home video camera and worked on the project in herbasement for one weekend. We were both 14 at the time. We got an A on our proj-ect Sadly, this film reminded me a whole lot of that Grade 9 English project •

-Carmen DesOrmeaux

THE RAKE'S PROGRESSat the Queen Elizabeth Theatreuntil Nov. 25

The themes are familiar: the age-old struggles between goodand evil, free will and fate, and decadence and restraint Itis from these familiar themes that composer IgorStravinsky and librettist W.H. Auden created The Rake'sProgress, written in 1951, but set in 18th century England.Currently showing at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, this lat-est production by Vancouver Opera takes a liberal approachto interpreting Stravinsky.

The Rake's Progress juxtaposes the idyllic 18th century.English countryside and the bawdy-houses of London to out-,line humanity's inherent struggles between the mores ofthe flesh and the conscience of the spirit.

The story revolves around Tom Rakewell, a young manwith an insatiable desire to be wealthy. He leaves his love,Anne Trulove, and departs for London On the recommen-dation of his new-found servant Nick Shadow, who willshow him London and great wealth at a price to be decided,a yeas' and a day hence. Tom readily agrees and soon findshimself in Mother Goose's` bawdy-house. Toms life *swiftly

only okay. The punchy opening kicks of the bass drum on 'MassRomantic' suggested that the band might be willing to shed someof the restraint that plagues the album, but that never happened.Instead, the audience was treated to an anemic set complete withflubbed lines and missed parts.

There were some highlights—"Jackie' and 'Execution Day' ful-filled the band's potential, and 'The Body Says No' was much bet-ter live than recorded, but overall, something was lacking.

Maybe it was the right clothes. For a band that relies on care-fully orchestrated hooks and clever pop arrangements, the NewPornographers certainly don't put a lot of effort into their appear-

ance. Their songs may be prettyglam, but the band looks kindadull. Except for keyboardistBlaine Thurier, who wasdressed in a bright blue suit,they all looked as if they'd justwoken up and put on the sameold T-shirts they'd been wearingthe day before.

And just like during theDeath Cab show, the sound wasterrible. The bass rumbledthrough the whole show, thevocals faded in and out, and theband's best-known song, 'Letterfrom an Occupant,' lost its gui-tar part entirely.

And then the set ended. Aquick encore and then a fairnumber of people (vegetari-ans?) headed home, not want-ing to stick around forVeal. Fair enough—the NewPornographers were the mainattraction that night, and ifyou'd been around since thebeginning of the night, threeokay bands were more thanenough. •

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shadows of windows projectedonto a scrim were tilted at a violentangle, adding to the disturbing feel-ing that something was amiss.

What was even more impres-sive was the sheer effort put in bythe stage crew to createFrankenstein's laboratory. Everydetail was taken care of, whether itwas bright, unknown liquids inbeakers or the glass tomb thathoused the Creature. Purple armsof electricity are turned on by Dr.Frankenstein to give the Creaturelife, igniting the stage with an eye-piercing glow, creating an over-whelming static noise as the danc-ing arms reached out further andfurther, arousing a concern for thesurvival of the Freddie WoodTheatre itself. This kind of extrava-gance was essential to the scene,and the attention paid to the aes-thetic elements added a realismthat reaches out and pulls the audi-ence into the realm of the scientificlunacy.

As for the actors, they all did apretty good job of walking aroundwith brooding looks on their faceswhile dressed in gothic garb. Atfirst, Fabrice Grover'sFrankenstein was a bit weak—heseemed to be a rather placid, ghost-ly character made up in side burns

present conscience.The production's highlight was baritone David Okerlund

as Nick Shadow. Blessed with the height and volume tomake his character truly believable, Okerlund made a trulymysterious and dark Shadow.

Tom's love, Anne Trulove, is played by Canadian sopra-noJackalyn Short. Her character calls for very difficult andimpressive vocal technique, which she performed beauti-fully.

Also of note were the stellar performances of Americanmezzo-soprano Victoria Livengood as Baba the Turk andCanadian tenor Marcel van Neer, who has the difficulttriple-billing as Mother Goose, the brothel madam; Sellem;and the warden of Bedlam, the madhouse,

The Rake's Progress is the second production of fouroperas that Vancouver Opera is producing this year. Thisproduction is a delightful and whimsical interpretation ofStravinsky's charming, funny, and very accessible opera,and once again gives ample evidence of Vancouver Opera'scontinued success in producing fine operatic entertain-ment.

—John Briner

by Nicholas Bradley

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The UBC men's volleyball team needs at leastone more win over a top-ranked opponentbefore it can call itself a legitimate national-title contender. But the Bird's straight-set vic-tory over the third-ranked University ofAlberta Bears at War Memorial Gym onSaturday proved they have what it takes tobeat the nation's best. Or should I say ham-mer them?

'We really communicated tonight,' saidChad Grimm, who led UBC with 16 kills.'There was a good feeling on the court, and wetried to keep that up the whole time out there.'

On Friday evening, Alberta defeated a weak-spirited UBC squad in three straight games,25-15, 27-25, 25-17. The Bears' 6'5' ScottEmslie pounded the Birds at the net whileLucas Snider dug a large percentage of UBC'skill attempts. Grimm and 6'1' power JohnMcParland were unable to get past Alberta'sNathan Bennett, Pascal Cardinal, and MikeMcPherson.

When the two squads met on Saturday, theBears went through their warm-up routinewith smiles on their faces. Their smugness,however, didn't prevent them from building a13-7 lead in the first set. The Bears primaryoffensive players, Emslie and Cardinal,unloaded while the Birds struggled to organisetheir offence.

Then things changed dramatically as thenew starting line-up designed before thematch by UBC coach Dale Ohman began togel. Cam Secret's unorthodox "jump-float'serve confused Alberta's back court players,who were unable to set effectively to thewings. Dave Beleznay made precise sets to arejuvenated Grimm and a pumped-up RobynEnglish. Moved to the Libero position,McParland offered solid defence from theback. A spike by Grimm tied the game at 25and a critical block by Ryan Cawsey gave theThunderbirds a 26-25 lead. When Alberta'sColin Stephenson was called for an out-of-bounds violation, UBC took the set 27-25.

The second set was the kind coach Ohmandreams about at night With the psychologicalcushion of having just taken a game from atop-ranked team beneath them, theThunderbirds found themselves in a newzone. Beleznay scrambled to all parts of thefloor to make accurate sets to English, Secret

and Cawsey. The 'Grimm Reaper,' in a worldof his own when playing at his peak, wenthunting for mortals, rising above the net con-:-tinually to make kill shots. UBC won nine out ofthe last 11 points to win 25-14.

The Albertans staged a short comeback inthe third set, but were unable to function as aunit A kill shot by Grimm put the Birds up 8-7, a lead they would not give up. With solidblocking at the net and consistent kills byEnglish and Secret, UBC moved to within fivepoints of the match. At 20-17, Beleznay andGrimm blocked a shot by 6'7' Nathan Bennett,effectively crushing the Bears' spirit. TheThunderbirds finished off the set 25-23 tochalk up their first victory over a top-rankedsquad.

'This is why people play sports. You neverknow the outcome,' Ohman said following thematch. 'If I had put a thousand-dollar bill on atable and told the team they'd beat Alberta inthree straight sets, not a single one of themwould have taken the bet'

Ohman admitted the victory in straightgames came as a bit of a shock to the team. Buthe insisted the Birds have the talent to beatCanada's best 'We know we can, but it's a mat-ter of finding the right group of players andworking together as a unit'

After Friday's loss, Ohman used Saturdayafternoon's practice to make adjustments tothe team's starting line-up. Viewing videotapeof previous matches helped him decide tomove McParland to Libero and Cam Secret toPower and to bring first-year Beleznay to thesetter position.

'Dave [Beleznay] played the whole gameand did a heck of a job,' Ohman said.

Commenting on Grimm, who is trying torid himself of a nagging ankle injury, Ohmansmiled and shook his head.

'Chad won't say anything if he's hurt He'sgot so much heart So we let him practice andevaluated him just before the game. He said hecould play and went out and did a tremendousjob.'

Ohman sees the team's next match againstSaskatchewan as critical. According to Ohman,-Calgary and Alberta should wrap up the firsttwo national-tournament playoff positions inthe Canada West division. The last spot will bedecided between UBC, Trinity Western, andSaskatchewan. UBC sits in third place with adivision record of 3-3. •:*

SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER: UBC celebrates its win over Alberta. TOM PEACOCK PHOTO

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by Trevor Kew

If Friday night was business as usualfor the UBC women's volleyball team,then Saturday night was a major upsetfor the top-ranked team.

The Thunderbirds got off to a greatstart Friday when they took to thecourt in War Memorial Gym for theirfirst of _two mid-season matchesagainst the University of AlbertaPandas. They had reason to be confi-dent, having lost only one match andonly three sets in six matches this sea-son. Friday night went according toplan for UBC, as they cruised by thePandas in three straight sets.

It was a different stoiy, however,on Saturday, as Alberta brought awhole new attitude to the hardwood.

'Alberta played significantly bettertonight than they did last night,'explained head coach Doug Reimer.UBC just managed to eke out a 25-23

win in the first game, which was asloppy affair to say the least Bothteams made several unforced mis-takes, and the Thunderbirds neverheld a lead larger than three points.The next three sets all went Alberta'sway (25-21, 25-18, and 25-23), as UBCstruggled and failed to find their win-ning form.

Christine Bonish lead the sputter-ing UBC attack on Saturday with 15kills and a 33 per cent kill efficiency.Captain and third-year veteran KaleyBoyd, a 6'1* pillar of strength as usual,was consistent with 6 blocks and 6kills.

'It was a disappointing loss,' saidBoyd, 'It was a team feeling, there wasa difference on the court...not somuch a wake-up call as a sign thatwe're going to have to work harderand hopefully by the end of the year itwill all work out'

Despite this weekend's split, the

Thunderbirds are one of the top teamsin the nation. In fact, heading into thisweekend they were ranked first placein Canada.

However, ranking isn't a big issuethough for the team, at least accordingto Bonish. 'I don't think we care aboutour ranking,' she said after Saturday'sgame.

But despite Saturday's loss, theteam remained positive at the end ofthe weekend, and is looking forwardto a strong season. Boyd said a lot ofthis energy comes from the new bloodon the team. 'I think the rookies bringa lot of energy to the team,' laughedBoyd, 'Their loud cheering on theside, we couldn't do it without them.'

The women's volleyball team trav-els to the University of Saskatchewanto play the Huskies next weekend.Their next home game isJanuary 5 inWar Memorial at 6:15pm againstRegina. TAKE THAT: Fourth-year veteran Christine Bonish spikes one

back at Alberta during Saturday's game. TARA WESTOVER PHOTO

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Dirty politics, filthy wordsIf Canadian federal elections were ever marked byrespectful political campaigns, they are no longer.

Apartheid. Holocaust Anti-semitism. BigotRacist Hardly the words you'd have expected tosurface in Canadian politics in the year 2000.

But strong allegations of racism have floatedaround the federal election campaign for thepast two weeks. And the Liberals have ravenous-ly fed off of the accusations that the CanadianAlliance supports racism.

Take statements made by ImmigrationMinister Elinor Caplan last week. "Their' sup-porters are Holocaust deniers, prominent bigotsand racists,' she alleged about the Alliance.

Many Jews and Alliance supporters haveattacked Caplan's statements, calling them hope-less attempts by the Liberals to lure back Jewishvotes that have been lost as a result from ten-sions between the Liberal government and theJewish community.

The Liberals have also tried to foster fear ofthe Alliance among voters by regularly casting aspotlight on Day's religious beliefs.

Local MP Hedy Fry, who is the Secretary ofState for Multiculturalism and the Status ofWomen, said that because Alliance leaderStockwell Day has advocated his Christianbeliefs, it 'is an insult to every Muslim,Buddhist, Sikh—everybody else who believes inother religions. In this country we believe infreedom of religion.'

In response, the Alliance has fought backwith statements that it has Jewish supportersand MPs.

The Alliance, for its part, has made somefrightening statements. Betty Granger, at thetime a Canadian Alliance candidate, announcedto a group of University of Winnipeg studentsthat an 'Asian invasion' is taking over Canada.

'Asian students that have come over toCanada have pressured the university system,'she said. She also suggested that the hundreds of'boat people' from Hong Kong are not 'the bestclientele you would want for this country.'

While Granger resigned from the party thisweek over her controversial comments, sheshouldn't be wholly dismissed as unrepresenta-tive of the Alliance, The party's immigration pol-icy promises to crack down on refugee claimantsand other immigrants who enter the country ille-gally. But the policy doesn't discriminatebetween criminals and those genuinely fleeingpersecution.

And terms like 'racism' or 'racist' came upfive times in one Globe and Mail article aboutthe Alliance's aboriginal policy, which wouldstrip status Indians of many of their specialrights and encourage them to assimilate intoCanadian society.

The Alliance says its policies are addressingthe grim conditions on Native reserves, butAboriginal leaders are uneasy about many

aspects of the proposal. And for good reason—the proposal includes plans to end the tax-exempt status for on-reserve Indians, and intro-duce private ownership of reserve land.

In recent history, the federal government hasslowly and painfully worked its way towards giv-ing recognition to Canada's First Nations her-itage. The Alliance policies not only disregardthe small gains that have very gradually beenmade towards reconciliation with Native peo-ples, but are regressive.

Alarming policies and statements have sur-faced during this election campaign, but theissues at stake—and racism is a serious con-cern—risk becoming lost behind the vitriolic lan-guage.

In the midst of the extreme back-and-forthcampaign ploys that have plagued this election,it's difficult to separate what is simply part of thesmear campaiga to get votes from what policiesand actions are really questionable.

For a country that has heralded multicultur-alism as one of its defining values, the rhetoricof racism that is being thrown around so easilyin this campaign is disturbing and disgusting,especially one week before election day.

But despite the bad taste that the politickingmay leave in your mouth, it is important to siftthrough the muck to uncover the dangerous andalarming policies that appear to be filthier thanany campaign tactic will ever be.

LETTERSArts students work just ashard as Science studentsIn regards to the Nov. 15 articleabout the high standards of theUndergraduate Scholars Program(USP) ('Scholarship requirementsquestioned' [Nov. 151), I would liketo comment on the opinions heldby Ted Cusick, a guidance coun-selor from Windermere highschool. Cusick states that the "USPscholarship may favour Sciencestudents who are already requiredto have a higher average than Artsstudents for admission.' Many peo-ple, including myself, agree thatthis is true; however, Cusick pro-ceeds to make the outright erro-neous generalisation that 'studentsin Sciences seem to try harder any-

way.' Being an Arts student whobusts my ass every day, I was out-raged at this display of ignorance.The reason that Arts students'grades are much lower thanScience students' is due to the sub-jectivity of the evaluation criteria—not due to a lack of effort And justbecause a person is unable tounderstand Einstein's Theory ofRelativity, or differentiate betweenan octahedral or triagonal bipyra-mid molecule, does not mean theyare not trying as hard as those whoare able to. In my opinion, Cusickinsinuates that it is okay that weArts students are being given theshaft with respect to the USPbecause we are nothing but a bunchof slackers anyway. It is horren-dous to think that people holdingsuch ignorant beliefs are offering

their so-called professional opin-ions to prospective university stu-dents.

—Krista SchultzArts 2

A note to TAs who aregetting late paychequesI am writing in response to yourreport about the Graduate StudentSociety (GSS) working group onpaycheques ('GSS to address pay-cheque problems' [Nov. 71). Whilewe applaud the efforts of the GSSon behalf of Graduate ResearchAssistants and grant recipients, wewould like to clarify that it is ourunion, CUPE Local 2278, that rep-resents Graduate Teaching

Assistants and Markers as employ-ees of UBC. We at the union areacutely aware that late paychequescan have disastrous consequencesfor students who are living fromcheque to cheque. Our office dealswith our members' payroll com-plaints as soon as they are broughtto the attention of our staff, and theaverage waiting time between noti-fying our office and receiving a pay-cheque is three to four workingdays.

We strongly recommend thatteaching assistants contact theunion office first when they experi-ence a problem with their pay(phone/fax: 224-2118; e-mail:cupe2278@interchange.ubc.ca).

—Alex GrantPresident; CUPE Local 2278

ALL SMILES: Woods capped off a strong seasonwith a solid race. TARA WESTOVER/UBYSSEY FILE PHOTO

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Women's Basketball

The UBC women's basketball teamlost two very close games last week-end in Victoria. UVic won Fridaynight's game 58-56 after UBC losttheir lead midway through the last

quarter. UVic went on to win again64-61 on Saturday night. The UBCteam is now 2-6 and will play theUniversity of SaskatchewanHuskies next weekend at WarMemorial Gym.

Men's Basketball

The UBC men's basketball teamalso travelled to Victoria last week-end to play two games against theUVic Vikes. Losing Friday night'sgame 66-51, UBC came back to winon Saturday 67-63 and marked theteam's first win in McKinnon Gymsince the 1995-96 season. The

Birds, now 4-4, play the Universityof Saskatchewan Huskies nextweekend at War Memorial Gym.

Women's Ice Hockey

The UBC women's ice hockey teamwas away last weekend in Calgary,where they won both their gamesagainst the Dinos. The Birdsscored a victorious first game 3-2in overtime, and a second game 2-1, with Teryne Russell in net stop-ping 20 of 21 shots. The team, now3-3, has a break until their nextgame in Lethbridge on January12.

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Wood tenthin NAIA finalLone cross-country runner deliversstrong performance in Wisconsin

by Laura Blue

Thunderbird runner Byron Woodplaced tenth out of approximately250 runners in the NAIA men'scross-country finals in Kenosha,Wisconsin last Saturday.

Light snow covered the hilly8km course, but that didn't stopWood from coming in at a speedy25:42.35.

'It wasn't a personal best time.I ran about 20 seconds faster inOregon [at the WillametteInvitational earlier this season].But it felt like a personal besteffort for this year,' he said.

But Wood noted that the timesat this year's NAIA men's finalswere generallyslower thanusual. 'I don'tknow if thatmeans thatthe top guysweren't thereor if justthe conditionswere harder,'he said.

Wood wasthe onfy UBCstudent run-ning ,in thechampionship,Only the first-place teamat the NAIAregional cham-pionships inLewiston, Idaho

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was allowed to move on to thenational championships. SimonFraser University earned thequalifying spot three weeks ago atthe regional meet. By winning therace, however, Wood qualified forthe finals as an individual.

Wood ran alone, but he wasnot without support from the restof the UBC runners. 'I was prettynervous but it was great 'causeall the guys from the team hadwritten me a note with picturesand such. I got to represent theteaml'

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J-school on firm groundby Andrea Lobo

A fundraising plan for UBC's journal-ism school fell through earlier thisyear, but officials say the school hasnot been affected financially.

'The school is on sound financialfooting, but like every other unit oncampus, we would like more money,'said Donna Logan, director of the UBCSchool of Journalism.

Earlier this year, UBC lost a com-mitment for an endowment that wasintended to fund Western Canada'sonly graduate school of journalism—established as the Sing Tao School ofJournalism in 1998.

The endowment—the size of whichUBC will not disclose—was promisedby Sally Aw Sian, head of the Sing TaoFoundation, the philanthropic arm ofSing Tao, a Hong Kong-based mediacorporation.

'But due to a downturn in HongKong's economic situation, Dr. Aw[Sian] was not in a position , to carrythrough on her intention to providesupport for the program,' said Christo-pher Brown, the director of Interna-tional Relations in UBC's deartmentof External Affairs. „

Logan added thai Aw Sian had not

been actively involved in the issuessurrounding the school, visiting thecampus only once before its opening.

Sing Tao Foundation DirectorSimon Kam declined to comment onthe situation, saying only that the mat-ter concerning Aw Sian was personal.

Last spring, the UBC Board of Gov-ernors approved an annual allocationof $420,000 to the school, making it apart of UBC's general operating budg-et

'This level of budgeting is consis-tent with the funding of other depart-ments and faculties,' said DerekAtkins, associate VP of Academic Plan-ning.

He added that because the mainsource of this revenue is studenttuition fees and an operating grantfrom the BC government, UBC admin-istrators believed it was inappropriateto continue naming the school afterSing Tao.

The school was subsequentlyrenamed the UBC School of Journal-ism.

Philip Chown, Faculty of Arts seniordevelopment :, officers laid that inaccordance with uniVe'rsity policy,UBC had decided that the naming ofacademic progrkms and buildings

would not occur until all funding hadbeen received.

The building that houses theschool, however, will continue to becalled the Sing Tao Building becauseAw Sian funded its complete construc-tion.

The school was the first and onlyone on campus to have been namedafter a donor.

Under UBC policy, it is possible foranother donor to fund the School, butDean of Arts Alan Tully said it wouldbe very unlikely.

'Only in rare circumstances will wename the school after [donors]. And soin that sense, Sing Tao was somewhatof an aberration,' he said.

Logan, who expects the conse-quences of the school's name changeto be minimal, said that she preferredthat buildings—rather than schools—be named exclusively after donors.

Prior to the decision that placed itin the university's general operatingbudget, the School had been receivingmoney from UBC's Special PurposesFunds.

These funds are occasionallyemployed in start-up operations untilsuch time as a long-term source offunding is identified. •

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Tho Commercial ServicesPlanning Group of the AlmaMater Society (AMS) is propos-ing that the new shop replacethe Gallery Lounge s down-stairs section located on thesouth side of the establish-naent

AMS Vice-President Fin-ance Mike Warner said thatthe decision is the result of arecent decrease in revenuesgenerated by the GalleryLounge.

Vfhat area is currently veryunder-utilised,' he said.

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