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urill be consolidated
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Fry
Ryerson opens
Canada's first centre
dedicated to helping
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SA votes to merge its reserve Poor air quality in
funds to get iiener interest rate trades worries SA
representative
PAUL DAYSON
Link Managing Editor
A
t its meeting on Monday,
February Sth, the SA
Council voted to consolidate
most of its reserve funds into one
single account with the aim of
receiving a higher overall interest
rate and lower monthly banking
fees.
"It's like carpooling our money
and getting a better lane," said SA
president Brian MacNeil.
As of September 2000, the SA
had a total of $889, 574 in reserve
funds held in GIC, both restricted
and unrestricted, and T-bills with the
Bank of Montreal and the Canadian
Imperial Bank of Commerce.
The three motions passed will see
the bulk of these rolled into one savings account. The exception will be
the money which has come from the
SA's share of the Pepsi contract in
partnership with the institute, which
in September stood at $90,938.00,
this will continue to be held in a separate unrestricted GIC.
"There is no logical reason why
they are separate," said SA vice
president
of
Finance and
Administration Penelope Henriques.
The consolidated account would
still have its funds divided on a percentage basis and internally restricted to the various purposes that each
of the separate funds previously
served. They are;
• Campus Centre Improvement 41 %
• Future Projects 40%,
• Contingencyl9%.
The only change in these proportions from the situation as of
SA C o u n c i l Notes
Paul Dayson
September 2000 is a shift of six per
cent from Future Projects, previously 46 per cent, to Contingency—or
non-dedicated funds—total 13 per
cent.
This change, according to
Henriques, is being made to ensure
that the SA can cover three of its
payrolls with no cash flow due to an
event like a campus-wide strike.
Henriques did say, however, that
these percentages could be altered
by a motion by the SA board at anytime in the future.
Interest from the pooled accounts
will be used for bursaries such as the
'Save Your Ass Fund' which gave
out $20,000 of interest from the
Pepsi account in its first year last
spring.
The Pepsi account's interest will
continue to be used in Ihis way wilh
its interest be allocated to services
for studenls as directed by Ihe board,
Ihe SA director and manager of
Support Programs, said Henriques.
The only sludent present at the
meeting who questioned the consolidation was Board of Govemors and
Education Council member Steve
Corrie. He questioned whether
enough lime was given lo think
aboul the consolidation. Henriques
said, the executive had been aware
of Ihe idea for some time and had
discussed il al their weekend retreat.
CIBC, the Bank of Montreal and
Canada Trust are all making offers
to hold Ihe money for Ihe SA.
Ryerson Polytechnical opens Canada's
first centre for working students
LOUIE ROSELLA
Canadian Universily Press
TORONTO
yerson
Polytechnic
University's student associalion opened Canada's first
centre for working studenls Ihis
week.
Over 70 per cent of Ryerson students work at the same time as
going lo school and they are looking
for answers to questions on issues
such as workplace safely, overtime
pay and sexual harassment, says
Joseph Davenport, a director with
Ihe university's studeni associalion.
"We want young workers al
Ryerson to be educated on their
righls," he said.
In 1999, workers aged 15 to 24
comprised 15.6 per cent of Ontario's
workplace injury claims, and 16
young workers in Ontario died on
the job due to injury or occupation-
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al-related diseases.
Young workers are caught
between a rock and a hard place,
said Debora De Angel is, vice- president of Ihe Ontario Federation of
Labour representing youlh.
"They feel like Ihey're being
exploited, but they don't know what
to do about il," she says. "[This centre] is a catalyst for taking action on
issues like workplace health, safely,
equity and accessibility."
De Angelis says a universily is an
ideal setting for a centre like Ihis.
"Il's where all Ihese young workers come together," she says. "A service like this on campus is so
convenient and it will reach a large
audience."
The centre offers a library lhal
provides information and resource
material on many workplace issues.
It's also asking for a $100,000
research grant from Workers' Safety
and Insurance, which will be used..
for a film documentary aboul tbe
centre and two Ryerson surveys
about workplace safely and young
workers.
Howard Hampton, leader of Ihe
provincial New Democratic Party,
who attended the centre's opening,
says all universities should have a
centre for working students.
"Tuition has been escalating for
years, and more sludenls are being
forced lo work, says Hampton.
"Employers know they're desperate
for money. If students aren't educated about labour righls, Ihe fight for a
healthy, equitable and accessible
work environment cannot begin."
Although it is Ihe first centre of
its kind on any college or universily
campus in Canada, York University,
the University of Toronto and
George Brown College have
approved or begun lo develop Iheir
own working students' centres.
3
rTnhe SA's Trades Representative Steve Lynn has been
I working on air quality issues in the School of Trades
A where students—especially in Ihe welding program
which Lynn is in—have been complaining aboul the ventilation.
Lynn said he checked into when the ducts were last
cleaned and discovered it was last done two years ago.
They are supposed to be cleaned every six months, he said.
Sludenls in welding have been complaining of sore
throats and headaches, according lo Lynn who has now
begun to keep a record of Ihese complaints and have
requested that the institute purchase ventilators.
Lynn said he was told that there was no money for ventilators because of the tuition freeze. Ventilators cost about
$150 each.
He said however under Workers'
Compensation Board regulations all employers or those
engaged in training are obligated to provide all safety
equipment.
Lynn said the WCB will carry out an inspection this
week.
• The SA executive held a weekend retreat February 3 and
4 at which they discussed the strategic direction of the
association.
• There will be a vole by workers at the childcare centre
this week on whether to become members of the British
Columbia Govemment Employees Union. The Labour
Relations Board granted the SA Ihe opportunity to deliver a written statement to the staff at the time of the vote.
• The SA voted to grant Computer Systems Technology
$1750 lo help cover the costs of their Career Fair to be
held March 21 at the Coast Plaza Hotel downiown. The
event is attended by nearly 100 per cent of the nearly
400 CST students and gives them an opportunity to
make contacts with high tech business. Organizers hope
30 such business will have booths at this year's fair.
Victor Cutting one of the organizers said without Ihe
SA's contribution the fair would be in danger of collapsing in the next three years.
• The SA also granted Food Technology $100 to help
cover the costs dinner, featuring a speaker on food safety, organized in conjunction with U B C and held at
BCIT. A further $50 of merchandise was given as gifts
for the speaker.
• The "wing ding" wing eating contest is scheduled for
March 28. The event being held in conjimction with the
Alumni association to raise money for bursaries.
• Planning for the Silent Auction to benefit the Student
Assistance Fund continues. Auction items to dale
include two Cypress ski passes and a computer.
• Tickets are on sale for two Canucks games: Tuesday,
March 6 vs. the Detroit Redwings and Friday, March 30
vs. the Mighty Ducks. Tickets for the Redwings game
are $60 for lower bowl and $40 for the upper bowl.
Tickets for the Anaheim game are $50 and $35 respectivelyl. To purchase tickets contact Michelle Matsuo,
VP of Campus Life or visit the Sa offices in the Great
Hall. Up to two dollars from every ticket sold will be
donated to the Student Assistance Fund.
The next SA Council meeting will he on Fehruary 19th in
the SA Boardroom, SA Campus Centre at 5:30pm.
FEBRUARY
7, 2001
NEWS
gives away free cable splitters
C A B L E FM
in a promotion designed to connect students
to tiieir campus community's radio station
How to set up your caUie spliner
PAUL DAYSON
Link Managing Editor
WARNiNG!!
TV SET HOOK UP ssr:
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our campus radio station, CFML 104.5 FM, is reaching
out to the campus community and trying to get you to
tune in by giving away free cable splitters.
CFML is only available on cable, a fact that has long been a
barrier to building its campus audieiKe. Now they have 500
cable splitters—the device thptsallowsr yum to connect both your
television and your stereojs/^-ea^le outlCT—wnand out to stuThe splittet^jiSie-donateijaJhe Elation by A & B Sound in a
deal worked oijt\by Angela BiOn wno yS"wl(>rking tier tum in
CFML's promotiohs d e p a r t m e m ~ ' J / fe^^—v ^
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According to^OFML's JoyCntrirtinyDtudcfes^can ^ i n a ^ t by
listening to C^fAL.
Th^-*taT in does a lot of giveaways aijd contests with prizes rangfng ftdl ^ CDs and concert tickets to'^ekend ski trips—and yoifTchances of winning are a lotJoettefjtian
on mainstreanystati6nk^eca|^«f^ji(s^^S^^
hasiewer
listeners.
^ — ^ ^ ^ - C ^ / ^ i s ^ ^
\
The station play^ a new rock alternativeltJmatj^sirrtjlar to
other Lx)wer Mainlarld^aTiOns many students listen/& you won't
miss out on much either. BV a-lsiS provicUr'pfogjJamming that
includes information about the^^ampus cottlmunity, ttve coverage
of the Burnaby hockey team, the Bullifogs, and regular new
broadcasts.
Students who want a splitter should head on over to the
Broadcast Centre during the Wednesday three-hour break for one
of the limited number of splitters they are giving away each
week. Bring your BCIT OneCard. Why not give your campus
station a listen? If nothing else you'll have improved your
stereo's radio reception.
For more information you can phone CFML at 432-8510.
OneCard machines do
not accept new $10 bills
PAUL DAYSON
Link Managing Etjitor
achines for adding money to B C I T ' s OneCard cannot accept the new
ten dollar bill which has recently been issued into circulation by the
bank o f Canada.
"The O n e C a r d cash managers, the machines that add campus money to
OneCards, currently
accept the old style $10 b i l l , not the new style," said K i t k a N e y e d i i the
OneCard project manager in an campus-wide e-mail. "The govemment introduced the bill a little faster than the vending industi7 was able to accommodate."
"The OneCard team, along with all others with cash handling equipment
(such as Translink) are w o r k i n g lo accept the new style b i l l , " said Neyedii.
If a new style $10 bill is inserted into the machine, it w i l l not be recognised,
and come back out again. The machines accept $1 and $2 coins, and old style
$5.$10, and $20 bills.
The machines accept $1 and $2 coins, and old style $5,$10, and $20 bills.
FEBRUARY/,
2001
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NEWS
National education
standards remain
a distant dream
ALEX DIMSON
Canadian University Press
VANCOUVER
shift in Ottawa's political
winds has a national student lobby group hoping
that the federal government will
create national standards for education, though government officials say it's not likely to happen.
Mark Kissel, director of the
Canadian Alliance for Students
Association (CASA) —an
organisation that represents 19
universities—hopes that discussions to create national standards
for education will resume soon.
"We have heard that along
with the possible harmonization
of the Canada Student Loan program that's coming into effect
right now, we're going to be
talking about the possibility once
again," Kissel said.
Kissel points
to
the
Saskatchewan government's
decision to combine its provincial loan program witb the
Ottawa's as evidence that
Canada is moving towards a
more harmonized education system.
This week's federal speech
from the throne also emphasized
education and knowledge
themes.
"To secure our continued success in the 21st century,
Canadians must be among the
first to generate new knowledge
and put it to use. Our objective
should be no less than to be recognized as one of the most innovative countries in the world,"
Governor General Adrienne
Clarkson told the House of
Commons Tuesday.
Under
the
Canadian
Constitution, education is a matter of provincial jurisdiction, but
the federal government deals
with accessibility issues like a
national student loan program
and research grants to universities.
The education act, which
CASA calls the Pan-Canadian
Agreement on Education, is the
centre-piece of CASA's federal
lobbying strategy. The agreement calls on the Ottawa to set
national goals for accessibility,
harmonize the student loan program and ensure mobility
between the provinces.
While C A S A believes a
national education act would
even out inequalities between the
provinces. Lenore Burton, associate director general of Human
Resources Development Canada
(HRDC), said that she is not sure
A
Report calls lor radical change in the
way Canada is handling GMOs
PIERRE-OLIVIER SAVOIE
Quebec Bureau
Canadian University Press
MONTREAL
he federal govemment has
a lot of work to do if it
intends to follow the recommendations of the Royal
Society of Canada's expert panel
report on biotechnology and
food.
The report, which was presented yesterday in Ottawa, proposes radical reforms to make
Canada's practices around genetically modified organisms safer
and more transparent.
"I'm excited that there's been
really good recommendations put
forward in the report ...but it worries me that the govemment will
not move quickly enough to put
these recommendations in place,"
said the Sierra Club's biotech
campaigner Lucy Sharrat.
She said she hopes the report,
issued by the senior national
body of distinguished Canadian
scientists and scholars, will spark
a real public debate on the risks
and stricter regulation of genetic
engineering in Canada.
The 265-report had harsh
words for the current laws regulating the Canadian Food
Inspection Agency, which takes
care of both the test and promotion of genetically modified
foods.
"The barriers of confidentiality... compromise the transparency
and openness to scientific peer
review of the science upon which
regulatory decisions are based,"
the report read.
Currently, the Canadian Food
Inspection Agency can't reveal
the results of toxicity tests or the
data provided by genetically
modified food producers because
they are classified as confidential
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business information under
Canadian law.
The agency can't even reveal
which components of food are
genetically modified or the percentage of modified genes. The
expert panel recognized the public concern the situation causes.
"There's a transparency problem and that's annoying. But you
can't blame the [Canadian Food
Inspection Agency] because
they're stuck with that law.
Maybe they're doing everything
they're supposed to, but we just
don't know," said the Royal
Society of Canada panel-member
Marc Fortin, who is also chair of
McGill's plant science department, at a conference on genetically modified food and public
health held in Montreal last
December.
To solve this problem, the
report suggests that data and
rationales upon which Canadian
regulatory agencies base regulations and risk assessment should
be available for public review.
Sharrat said she wasn't too
hopeful about immediate relaxation of trade secrets because it
involves patents bought by corporations. However, she was very
optimist about the avenues
opened by the acknowledgement
that Canada's testing protocol is
"scientifically unacceptable."
The testing protocol used in
Canada to assess genetically
modified foods was totally shot
down by the report. The
Canadian Food Inspection
Agency uses the "substantial
equivalence" protocol, which
works on the basis of innocent
until proven guilty. While the
"precautionary principle" protocol used in Europe, for example,
considers genetically modified
foods guilty of hazardous consequences until proven innocent.
With substantial equivalence.
researchers assume new organisms are fine and react only if
anomalies happen during
required tests.
"The protection principle
looks into finding proof of the
absence of noxious effects. But
we can never determine a zero
risk. Nonetheless, we can fix the
bar at different levels," Fortin
said.
The report proposes to use tbe
"precautionary principle" for testing.
And to make sure that tests are
conducted correctly, the academic community must not be influenced by corporations, said the
14 expert-strong panel.
The scientific community
faces "extensive and growing
conflicts of interest... due to
entrepreneurial interests in resulting technologies and the increasing domination of the research
agenda by private corporate interest," the report said.
However, the panel made no
clear recommendation on the
labeling of genetically modified
foods. They tried to stick to scientific evidence and pushed aside
political, ethical and social concerns, the report said. The panel
concluded that mandatory labeling of genetically-modified
organisms was not necessary, but
that voluntary labeling could be
appropriate in certain cases.
However, they emphasized
that "these conclusions are
premised upon the assumption
that the other recommendations
of this report... are fully implemented by the regulatory agencies."
Sharrat said she was disappointed that mandatory labeling
was not a recommendation
because she thinks it's important
that citizens can know what's on
their plate.
if federal legislation is the right
approach.
"It certainly is an interesting
idea and one that the non-government sector has advocated
and called for for a long time,"
Burton said.
"But this is pretty stickywicket stuff, education is firmly
a provincial jurisdiction. I like to
think that if there is good will
and we work hard together we
can accomplish a lot of the
things we want to do without a
national education act."
Burton said that rather than
forcing legislation on the
provinces, which could prompt
anger over federal powers, she
would rather work with provincial authorities to establish a
consensus.
For its part the B.C. government is unwilling to consider the
possibility of a national act.
"As far as we're concerned,
education is a provincial matter,
so I don't see how that could
happen," said Ministry of
Advanced Education spokesperson Nikki McCallum.
Brigitte Nolet, press secretary
of HRDC Minister Jane Stewart,
also cast doubt on the idea.
"If we're talking about education, per se, that is the responsibility of the provincial
governments," she said. "What
we do see is the federal govemment wants to create a sense of
lifelong learning and wants to
work with the provinces on the
ideas of building a new skills
agenda."
Burton cites a report on postsecondary education conducted
by the Council of Ministers of
Education ( C M E C ) , which
begins to identify priorities for
post-secondary education, and
was signed by all the provinces,
as an example of how consensus
can be achieved without legislation.
But CASA maintains that a
national act is necessary to
ensure that the education system
is fair across the country.
"The first step towards the
improving of the current situation is the implementation of
national standards for education
that would be recognized at bolh
the federal and provincial levels
of government," reads CASA's
policy statement.
A bill similar to CASA's act
was tabled in the House of
Commons two years ago, but
was defeated during second
reading.
FEBRUARY 7, 2001
NEWS
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Bloodhound Gang can
not have to work really and you
get pretty raunchy. So when
know, travel around and not have
bassist Evil fared Hasselhoff sat
real jobs.
down with us it seemed obvious
to ask him how he got evil.
"I've had a real job and I can
tell you this is not that bad. It
"There were two Jared's in
means you have to sit around and
the town 1 came from. One of
do stupid interviews like this. This
them is nice and friendly and
is still better than sitting in some
everybody liked, and one pees
cubical from nine in the morning
in your beer when you're not
until five in the afternoon."
looking. I'm the one that pees in
His previous employment was
your beer when you're not lookworking as a marketing manager
ing."
for a pharmaceutical company for
five years. It was after this that he
Interview
found himself joining a band. "I
Bloodhound Gang
got fired from the job and I was on
unemployment and I said 'Oh well
You'd think an album title
look, a band'. And I didn't know
like "Hooray For Boobies"
you could make money being in a
might have more of a story
band but then when they start givbehind it than just an excited
ing us checks it was like 'Well this
cheer, but that's exactly what it Jared Hasselhoff.
is much better than going to
was.
Bryan Adams, look what you guys are
work'." He never really planned to be in
"That was Parry from Nerf Herder. doing here."
it for the long run but "It just sorta hapWe were on stage and I think he just
In all Evil Jared's mocking and makhappened to catch a couple of boobs out ing fun of others he was sure not to pened." People seem to get offended,
of the corner of his eye and he goes leave his band, or himself out. "I'm an especially women, with the new album.
I guess that's what happens when your
'Oh! Hurray for boobies!'"
ugly American. I'm not an attractive
album is called "Hooray For Boobies".
Barely minutes into the conversation man. I don't know if you're gonna want
"It just happens to offend people. Tbe
Evil Jared is trying to pay us to do stuff, a picture with this story but we are not
same crap we do on stage is what we do
much like the band does on stage. pretty. We're a bunch of disgusting
in our hotel room, on the bus, when we
"Let's start with a dollar. What can 1 get Americans."
get home, when we're fighting in the
for a dollar?" From paying people to
Then it was Evil Jared's tum to ask a backyard."
pee their pants or swim across the question. "Do you guys up here realize
crowd to a naked, the Bloodhound Gang that Alanis Morrisette looks like a
And The Bloodhound Gang is not
seems to set no boundaries for what horse? That's what I want to talk about. immune to protests either. "We get
they do or say. Shock and entertainment Whoever shot that first video she had, some
protests
sometimes
are high on their list of things to do.
that first single, is a genius because it's outside...which is good. We paid publiInsulting Canada, especially our all out of focus and her hair's over her cists hundreds of thousands of dollars
money, seems to be another favorite face and there's long shots. It looks like over the years to try and gel press like
pastime of Jared's. But it's all tongue in a chick wilh long hair, and yeah, she MTV News and USA Today.
cheek, to see if he can get a reaction, might be hot. But then, whoever shot
"So we spent all this money on pubbut he was only getting laughs here. the second and third, it's a big close up licists, got nothing out of them, and
"You can buy a brand new Ford on her face. She looks like a cross these jackasses come along and they
Explorer for an American dollar. It's between Mr. Ed and John Elway. I'm protest our shows. All of a sudden USA
real money, not that crap you guys like who the hell - who is the idiot that Today, MTV News, they're all over il. 1
decided that. Then to put her naked on a wish there could have been more peospend up here.
"I'm just making fun of your coun- subway with those big hips as wide as pie."
Just another day's work I guess.
try. Don't say you don't deserve to be Lake Superior, oh God! It's terrible!"
I once surfed the Bloodhound Gang
made fun of, I mean, Alanis Morrisette,
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W
e got the chance to sit
down with Kelly
LeMieux, Goldfinger's
bassist (and technically newest
member), during their stop in
Vancouver with The Bloodhound
Gang. Kelly may be somewhat
new, but he's no stranger to the
likes of Goldfinger.
jump. Pretty natural."
The new album is amazing in
Kelly agrees that having true Goldfinger fashion and
known John for so long has made there's even a little '80's cover of
it easier for him to get right into 99 Red Balloons, complete with
the swing of things. "Totally. some German lyrics.
Piece of cake." Like playing with
With so many '80's tunes out
friends? "Pretty much, I mean, Ihere, I had to ask why 99 Red
you know, bands are bands, Balloons.
they're all generally the same.
"We thought, 'Hey, what's a
It's like having three other girl- song that's gonna make us huge
friends."
continued on next page {
Interview
Goldnnger
"I've known John (Feldmann)
actually longer than I think these
guys have. I used to be in a band
with him in like '88 to '93."
Their band, the "Electric Love
Hogs",
actually
played
Vancouver a couple of times
before they parted ways. Years
later, it was the parting of
Goldfinger's original bassist
Simon Williams that left a "Help
Wanted" sign on their door, and
an opportunity for John and Kelly
to play together again.
"I think Simon just wasn't
having fun anymore. I don't
know what his deal was. I filled
in for him four years ago before
he actually ended up leaving.
Then they had some more
commitments and they called me
up and asked me if I wanted to do
them and I said 'Sure!' Then I
just ended up weaseiing my way
in."
Kelly's been with the band for
two years now and he describes it
as "Busy, busy, busy!" But prior
to Goldfinger Kelly was a busy
guy, too. He was in 22 Jacks for
some time, toured with "Fear"
and "Pimped my ass out here and
there."
But when asked whether or
not he has settled in with
Goldfinger, Kelly's definitely
comfortable. "Well, me and John
have had a rapport forever. I've
known Charlie since he was like
19. Darren's the only one I didn't
really know that well. I mean, I'd
met him when they first started
Goldfinger. I've know everybody
so it wasn't like a big hazardous ,
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Interview
coDtinued from previous page
in Europe?' So we just decided to do that.
No, we Wke that song, it's still a really
popular old song. John already knew most
of the lyrics and it's only got about five
notes in the whole thing. We're pretty
lazy so it was like 'Boom, let's do that
one.'"
G
soon, will likely keep touring.
"(We're) trying to spread the word.
The more you tour the more people keep
showing up. That's kind of our bread and
butter since we can't really — we get
some radio play but not as big as a lot of
bands so our whole meat and potatoes,
bread and butter (will someone please
feed Kelly!) is to go out, and play. Live
oldfinger, who already has 12 for now until we get Ihe big radio hit.
songs tracked for the new record Then we can play like once a week and
that they will begin recording make a gazillion dollars every time we
play and be fat and lazy a i J complacent
and never want to tour again."
In spite of the minimal radio play
Kelly doesn't think radio is narrow-minded. "Not at all. The Powers That Be just
aren't having us at the time being. So
we're just clinging on to the big log in the
ocean and waiting for a ship to come by
and grab us.
"I'm playing, doing what we want to
do, it's all good in the hood."
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