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Langara says No to Coke
by Irfan Dhalla
Langara’sStudentUnion
vowed
to
keep
corporate
influence off its campus last
week, passing a motion that
blocks the possiblity of a Langara
“Coke deal” similar to UBC’s.
The motion prohibits the
Langara Student Union from
entering corporate exclusivity
agreements, and even goes
a step
further by requiring the Student
Union to actively campaign
against corporate deals.
The motion passed by a wide
sixteen to fourmargn.
A vocal opponent of corporate
sponsorship, LSU executive
member Isaac Anderton was
jubilant after the meeting.
Anderton believes agreements like UBC’s Coke deal lead
down a slipperyslopeto
corporate
involvement
in
curricula.
“I think [Corporatedeals] open
the door to more corporate
influence and power in public
education,” said Anderton. “I
believe in public education paid
for by t a x dollars.”
Proponents of corporate
sponsorship, likeM U executive
member Matt Macrae,view this
reasoning as impossibly idealistic.
“My personal view is that
some sort of deal had to go
through.” said Macrae. who
voted against the motion.
Cola had already approached
Macrae says colleges and
Langara,butUBC’sAMS
President David Borins said he
universitiescan’taffordto
overlook alternative sources of was sure Coke had.
revenue as governments cut
Borins also said he’d received
education funding. “Down the
informationthatCokewas
road, we are not going
to be fully wooing several eastern Canadian
funded by the government, and universities. So far, McGill is the
basically we are going to have to only other Canadian
university to
go to some corporate funding,” have signed an agreement similar
he argued.
to the AMs-UBC-Coke deal.
LSUexecutivemembers
McGill’s agreement is withPepsi.
Calling the Lanpara motion “a
would not confirm that Coca-
GUERRILLAGRAFFITIARTISTS stormed the wall in their own anti-commercial way by subverting the wall‘s corporate ads with spray paint sometime
before
Monday
dawn
morning.
The
alte.rations
later
were
whited
out
by Intramurals.
RICHARD LAM PHOTO
see the AMS pass
a similar
initiative.
“The best thing the AMs can
do is to make a commitment not
to let this happen again,” he said.
Other community college
leaders may not be so quick to
reject deals with corporations,
however.
DouglasCollegeStudent
Union Treasurer Diane King says
she’s still open to the idea of
corporate sponsorship- possibly
to help fund construction of a
new student building.
She’s also open to having
businesses
influence
the
curriculum.
“I think it’s good to have
business involved in education,”
she said. “We should be tailoring
education to business needs.We
do have to be careful, but I do
think that [some] influence is
good.”
UBC propaganda earns low marks from students
by Alison Cole and Matt
Thompson
to get the university’s message
out than the twelve to sixteen
A recent university public
page supplement it had originally
relationseffortfailedto
acbudgeted for, Crombie said.
curately reflect the reality for
“We’re trying to impress upon
students at UBC, student leaders people why...cutting funding to
say.
anorganizationlikethisis
UBC purchased full two-page harmful, because it limits our
advertisements in the Mar
17 ability to do what we’ve been
weekend
editions
of The doinginterms
of creating
Vancouver Sun and I. The ads
employment, turning people out
outlined UBC’s contributions to who add to the tax base when
the local and provincial economy they get employment,” said
and urged public support for theCrombje.
university in the face
of potential
But some students say the
funding cuts.
university’s public relations tool
Media Relations Manager
doesn’tpresentthewhole
Stephen Crombie says the ads
picture.
were timed to coincidewith the
Alex Usher, director of the
provincial government’s anCanadian Alliance of Student
nouncement on post-secondary Associations,saysthead’s
funding scheduled for Mar 19.
comparison of tuition fees in
The two ads-which cost UBC Canada to those in the United
a total of $ri&OO0- were “a more States isn’t a fair one.
cost-efficient and effective way”
The ad states that UBC fees
are just 5 4 per cent of fees at
Tuition fees have gone up
Theuniversity’svaunted
comparable US schools.
three times the rate of inflation “reduction in library costs,” for
AccordingtoUsher,the
since1980, he notes, and the
example, has been achieved
average
amount
of d e b t percentage of university’s largely through reducing the
accumulated by students at US
operating cost paid by students
number of hours libraries are
public 4-yearcolleges is $10,400 hasbeenontherisesince
available for use to students,
Cdn, while Canadian students’ bottoming out in the 1970’s.
MacLean says.
combined federal and provincial “At the rate tuition fees have
H e says UBC could have
debt is actually considerably
been increasing, we could be
found a betteruseforthe
higher-between $14,000 and back up to the 1955 level, and I $53,000, especially since the ad
$15,000.
don’t thinkthere’s much mention was intended to help sway
a
“So, in fact, students ... are of that [in the advertisements].”
decisionthathadprobably
indebting themselves a lotmore
He also faulted the general
already been made.
to go to school in Canada than
lack of attention
paid
to
If the university is seelung to
accessibility.
they are in the States,” Usher
betteritsimage,MacLean
explained.
“There’s many, many students argues, it should look atways to
The Canadian Federation of who want to attend UBC who are improve
university
the
Students’.Joey Hansen took issue talented and bright enough to
experience for students who
withthead’sstatementthat
attend the university who simply routinely describeUBC as “cold,
tuition fees pay for just 16 per financially aren’table to afford to.” bureaucratic and unfriendly” in
cent of UBC’s
operating
Science 1 instructorand
student surveys.
expenses. He says the statistic graduate student Mark MacLean “If the you want to improve
must beviewed in the contextof criticized
the
ad’s
list
of
the public image,”he said, “start
huge increases in costs of living “efficiency measures” as empty with the 35,000 students already
and tuition.
‘‘propaganda.’’
here.”
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performances in the women’s
4xl00m and 4x2OOm freestyle
Theathleticsdepartment
relays which both shaved more
honoured UBC’s top student
than five seconds off Canada
athletes at their annual awards
banquet last Thursday.
West records.
Swimmer
Sarah
Evanetz
At the CIAU finals, Evanetz
received the Marilyn Pomfret
had five gold medals and the
took
the
national
trophy for the most outstanding T-Birds
female athletefor the second year championship. She triumphedin
in a row. Lastyear she shared the the l00m and 200m butterfly
prize with basketball player Adair events and was a member of
Duncan.
winning performances in three
Evanetzled a powerhouse team relay events.
Football
women’s team to a Canada West
Five T-Bird football players
Cross country runner Jeff
were selected in the annual CFL title with three gold medals and Schiebler won the Bobby Gaul
onesilverinfourindividual
draft earlier this month.
award for the most outstanding
The BC Lions were eager to events. She broke Canada West graduating male athlete.
scoop up some local talent,
records in the 100m butterfly and
Schieblertraveledabroad
picking up All-Canadian wide
20Om freestyle events. She also extensivelythisspring
as a
receiver and place kicker Andrew tookpartintwogoldmedal
member of the Canadiannational
English.
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CIAU in
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from Japan to South Africa to
points scoredlast season and was
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second in receiving in the Canada
this summer. He is currently the
West conference.
only Canadian who has met the
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Brad Yamaoka and offensive
Olympic standard in the men’s
lineman Bryan Bourne.
10,000m.
The Ottawa Rough Riders
H e shaved two seconds off his
chose Thunderbird speedster and
own Canada West record in the
All-Canadian receiver Grayson
3000m with a time of 8:09 in
Shillingford. He was third in
Edmonton last February, winning
Canada West in receptions and
a gold medal inthe process.
total yards receiving.
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The newly reformed Montreal
record at the national chamAlouettes selected quarterback
pionships with a time of 7 5 9 in
Adrian Rainbow. He led the
Windsor. He also won goldin the
C a n a d a West conference in
10,000m event in a time which
passing with 2310 yards and a SPRINT SWIMMER Sarah Evanetz. was 68 seconds ahead of second
place.
completion
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of 64.8.
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I
news
Regina student fasting for Cuba Memorial
gets
Supercard
by Matthew Gourlie
The group came up against
hundreds of Customs officials,
FBI agentsand state police at the
US-Mexico
border.
They
immediately boarded the two
main trucks and seized all of the
computers inside.
“They pushed people to the
ground andpulled people’s hair,”
said Rohatyn,describingthe scene
in an interview with the CBC.
“They [police officials] choked a
guy into unconsciousness. It was
quite frightening.”
T h e US governmenthas
stated that they have detained the
”We willcontinue computersbecausethereis
evidence that they have been
to fast until
“tampered with” since they
Washington releases entered the States.
US Customs has stated that
our medical comthe seals on the boxes had been
puters and allows
broken and therefore lost their
them to reach Cuba.“ “in-transit”status.Becausethe
-Brian Rohatyn. computers wereseized in theUS
Pastors for Peace they are subject to American
laws.
“We are now on the fourth
Rohatyn has written a letter to
week of the Fast for Life and we Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd
willcontinuetofastuntil
Axworthy aslung for support and
Washington releases our medical a meeting to discuss the issue.
computers and allows them to
Axworthy’s office reiterated the
reach Cuba,” said Rohatyn.
US position and suggested that the
O n January 31, Rohatyn and group should have obtained an
three other membersof Pastors for export permit for the slupment.
Peace who tried to get the comThe group tried on February
puters to Cuba through Mexico.
17 to transport more computers
The computers were to be
across the same US-Mexican
used in Project Informed
- a UN
border. At the same time, they
establishedsystemlinking
tried to get more computers in
Cuban hospitals with urban
America at a Canadian border at
clinics and medical schools. The Highgate, Vermont.
system ishaving difficultygetting
Customs again seized the
thetechnologyneededfor
computers, about35 at eachsite,
startup becauseof a US embargo but allowed 110 boxes of medical
on Cuba.
supplies into Mexico. They also
REGINA (CUP) - A University of Regma student is one
of five protestors who has been
fasting since February in protest
of a United States government
decisiontodetainmedical
equipment destinedfor Cuba.
O n F e b r u a r y 22, U of R
student Brian Rohatyn and four
o t h e r m e m b e r s of theecumenical group Pastorsfor Peace
began aliquid-only fast until over
300 donated
medical
aid
computers destinedfor Cuba are
released by theUS government.
by Nick Gardner
ST. JOHN’S, Nfld. (CUP) Memorial University will soon
b e c o m eo n e
of fiveNorth
American
universities
to
implement the “Supercard,” a
combination student ID, library
and debit card equipped with a
smart chip tostore information.
Memorial has already spent
about $250,000 on the project
and plans to purchase 15,000 of
the cards, each imprinted with
the university crest.
The university will also set up
“cash value machines” where
students can purchase Supercard
credit with cash.
Plans are also underway to
make campus vending
machines,
“The Treasury Department
seized 3.5 modems, which IJS
cafeteriasandfoodoutlets
has refusedto meet with us,” said Supercard accessible, and a
authorities
declared
“war
Rev. Walker describing negomaterial”.
portabledebitunit
is also
tiations.“Weknowthatthe
“It is absurd that they don’t
available to allow off-campus
properproceduresinvolve
recognize
computers
as
vendors andbusinesses to accept
humanitarian aid,”said protestor having a meeting, we have
the card as well.
written to Treasury to request
Lisa Valenti.
“We have established the
such a meeting, and they have
platform,
and if any groupwants
”It is absurd that
refused. We have tried to be
to go out, the servicesare there,”
they don‘t recognize reasonableandengagein
said
Carson
Leonard
of
dialogue
with
them,
but
they
Memorial
Student
Services.
computers as
have refused to meet.”
“Every student will have one, and
humanitarian aid.
Theissuebecamemore
every faculty and staff will be
-Lisa Valenti sensitive after the downing of encouraged toget one. There will
protester two American planes overCuba be benefits to them.”
passing of the
It was on February 22, after and the subsequent
The
university
also
is
Bill
which
this second seizure that Rohatyn, Helms-Burton
impressedwiththecard’s
threatenslawsuitsagainst
Valenti,JimClifford,Seya
potential “security advantages;”
Sangari and the leader of the countries that trade with Cuba.
the Supercard could be used as
Brian Rohatyn is currently a key-pass to
group Rev. Lucius Walker Jr.
all university doors,
living in atemporary plastic and including residences.
began their “Fast for Life”.
canvas“chapel”calledthe
The technology also allows an
Wayside Chapel of Peace and
instantaneous cancellationof an
Friendship, only 300 meters from I D card to any student barred
the Mexican border.
from a residence or building.
Eventhoughthefastis
The university will implement
approaching its fourth week,
the cards on trial
a basis over the
Rohatyn says he’s “feeling good, summer and hopes to have the
probably too good for someone system fully operational next
who hasn’t eaten in weeks.”
September.
A reminder of continuing struggle
by Douglas Quan
In 1966, theUnited
Nations proclaimedMarch
21 Inter-national Dayfor
the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination.
Thirty
years later, the day is still
being
observed
as
a
reminder that the struggle
to build a more accepting
and inclusive society is far
from over.
Last
week,
UBC’s
committee fora culturallyinclusive campus organized
several events in the SUB
to mark the
occasion.
“Racism is a learned
behaviour,”saidHayne
Wai, Manager of Policy
Development forMulticulturalism BC in a lunch
hour discussion.
Wai also said that while
more people recognize the
meaning of racism and its
impact, not enough action
has been taken to end it.
Rather than offering his
ownsolutions,however,
Wai asked the discussion
members how they would
respondiftheyfound
someone’s remarks to be
racially offensive.
Tuesday,
26, 1996
TELEREG goes online
-
by Irfan Dhalla
The long busy signals and
computerized female voice of
TELEREG may soon bea thing
of the past, as Internet technology
replaces UBC’s much maligned
course registration system.
w
p
g
y
p
q
,g
Students will be able to regster
PANELISTS speak on the Internationk Day for the I niiation of
for classes on-line by as early as
RICHARD LAM PHOTC
Racism
next December, according to the
“Make the person own it,” student
Scott
Reeve
answeredstudent Susana pointed out that sometimes university’s Student Services
office.
Cheng. Cheng went
on to say a person “doesn’t even
Students can already
apply
shewouldalsoaskthe
know”
they
made
an
.
. for
UBC
admission
over
the
World
Students will also be able to
person
repeat
to the
offensive remark.
Wide
Web,
a
graphics-based,
view
courseschedules,grades and
Committee
member
“user-friendly”
portion
of
the
awards
on-line.
Shauna Butterwick says
Internet.
The
university
has
A
U
l
l
B
sCt u d e n tcsa n
sometimes “we’re afraid to
‘I Racism is a learned
already
received
receive
a
free Internet account
569
applications
make a mistake,”when
behaviour.“
on-line-about
100/io
of
the
total.
from
University
Computing
confronting someone.
Student
Services
Director
-Hayne Wai
Services
(UCS)
by dialing
822Wai commented that the
Richard Spencer would llke to see 4477 with their modem, or by
Manager of Policy Develop- person who has made the
that number increase to 70% over visiting UCS in the basement
ment for Multiculturalism BC remark haspower. And
the
next three to fouryears.
of the old Computer Science
when that person happens
Plans
are
also
underway
for
a
building.
commenttoclarifytheir
tobeyourbossor
a
World
Wide
Web
course
The UBC Student Services
position on it.
parent,itisthat
much
registration
system,
which
may
Web
Site can be found at http:/
While
most
students
more difficult to confront
eventually
replace
T.ELEREG
unixg.ubc.ca:880/lpalmer/
seemed to agree withSusana, them.
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Meet John Alleyne, choreographer and artistic director of Ballet BC
by Rachana Raizada
Three years ago,John Alleyne,
choreographer and artistic director
of BalletBC, workedout of a tiny,
windowless Gastown office.
But, that was then and this is
now.
Today, Ballet BC’s studios and
offices are all housed under one
roof at Broadway and Spruce.
Ballet BC is in the midst of
preparing its tenth anniversary
celebration, including a spring
program from March28-30, and
a gala concluding the Dance
Alive season on April 24.
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is due to the creativity and vision Since Alleyne held the reins this ages. Surprising as it may be,
of Alleyne who has been
with the time, he was the one who had to choreographers don’t often get to
company for four years.
“be more open, to release more see their works. “Mostof the time,
Under him, Ballet BC has power to takeit.”
you seethem in the premiere and
clearly defined its mission to
The other new work, Moving I’ve not had the opportunity
with
“present [the] balletof our time” Day, is by Ballet BC dancer
a lot of the works I’ve done here
by “commissioning and perCrystal Pite. Asked how much
to go back and edit them andget
forming a balanced contempsay he had, Alleyne laughs and them tuned up.”
oraryrepertoirerootedin
exclaims,“None whatsoever!”
Alleyne likes the upcoming
classicaltechnique,encomThey “each took half
of the program because it is all “work
passing the best new ballets and company for the two new pieces, of the future” by
young Canadian
late 20th century classics.”
that way we wouldn’t conflict.” choreographers, and Alleyne is
To this end, the upcoming
Alleyne created another item, currently grapplingwith the task
program featurestwo new works. SplitHouseGeometric,
in 1990 of facing the future himself. Like
One is a collaboration between
when he was with the National
his new ballet, set in an upsideAlleyne and Peter Bingham, whoBallet. A personal favourite, he downforestwhere“weare
is the Artistic Director of EDAM chose it partly because “it was a allowed to dream and anything
a n d a pioneer
in
contact
work that I loved so much, I is possible,”Alleyne is hoping
improvisation, a style which
thought it was important to bring forthebest(“maybe
i t has
Alleyne believes is “on thecutting the piece into this company.” The something tod o with the coming
edge [and] very experimental,
work, danced toFratres for piano of the millennium”), buthis feet
permeat[ing] itselfright into ballet and violin, “is a splitting of are firmly planted in reality.
choreography.”
geometric figures within the
Looking backon his time with
Alleyne concedes that “putting house of the proscenium stage” the company, Alleyne says, “I am
together these two completely (the portion of the stage located very proud that people speak
different worlds, two completely in front of the curtains).
more of the art than they do of
different groups of dancers” was
“[It was] the first time I really t h e financial problems. This
a problematic process, and notes experimented with two things company has somehow been able
“it is quite an amazing thing to going on at the same time,” said to create, to allow choreographers
ask an artist to gwe up power.” Alleyne.Inthesecondmoveto come in and do somc‘ very
ment, two duets are performed
unusualworks,andtoallow
simultaneously to the same piece dancers to discover their creative
of music, providing two different oasis as artists ...I think this is a
good time to be a part of this
One week entry level intensive interpretations.
It will be aninteresting chance company, it’s a really exciting
course leading toa certificate
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-culture-
Buddha on the Road: Vancouver cartoonist‘s next
BigThing
The heart pounding rhythm of life
Stomp!
at the Vogue until April 7
by Richelle Rae
,
with-Upton’s thick inks k d block lettering.
T h r o u g h The Home Front, Upton’s
compelling diary from December
1990 to
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Thoughhedoesn’tagreewithChris,dream?”’
Upton says that Chris is a reflection of a
lot of unexpressed frustrations.
Wondering what all the noise is about? Itseems as if everyone is rushing to the theatre to
find out. Lately, Vancouver has been
hit with a barrageof commercials, posters and newspaper
ads all singing the praises of this theatrical adventure.
So what is Stomp all about? It’s actually hard tosay. It’snot thatStomp defies explanation,it’s
just thatit is hard tofind any one verb or adjective that
will do justiceto the experience.But I
can tell you one thing: Stomp is infectious. Everyone from Letterman to Kathy Lee seems to
have fallen in love with this percussion group that has finally pounded
its way to Vancouver
audiences.
In the early 1980s Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicolas began a partnership in a busker
band called Pookiesnakenburger. Orignally they had been dragging their instruments and
equipment on the tube everyday to their venue in Brighton, England, when they hit on an
idea: Wouldn’t it be easier to-make music out
of the sounds of everyday life?
Cresswell became obsessed with finding
and capturing the rhythm
of life. With Cresswell’s
vision and McNicolas’ choreography they found a way
of taking all the ugliness of an urban
throwaway society and turning it into music. The partnership grew, and what was once a
busking group expanded into a go-minute, eight-person
show with no plot or dialogue, just
rhythm and sound. They have found a way to make beautiful syncopated music out of the
strangest things: brooms, dust pans, match boxes, zippo
lighters, oil drums and,yes, the kitchen
sink.
Stomp’s production at the Vogue totally blew me
away with its raw sass and beauty. Stomp is
the unexpected.At times it isa remotetribal community reminiscentof Africa or SouthAmerica,
and at other timesits angry energy feels thoroughly modern and urban. Each person on stage
brings their own unique
and individualized character to the performance.
I recommend going
to see the show whileit’s stillin town. w h o knows? Maybeyou’ll walk away listening for the
beautiful rhythm and beat inherent in Granville Street.
”’
Ra&o Free Vestibule
Sketches Songsand Shoes
Borpo Records
T
hough students have been assured a tuition
f1-eeze for the ‘96-’97school year by their
provincial government, the proposed Federal
budget cuts to Education. Health and Welfare assure
future tuition increases and the inaccessibility o f
public education.
It’s time Ottawa came back to earth and stopped
punishing students for a deficit they didn’t create.
Keep the public in education and the pressure on
the federal gol’ernment. Join the
‘Earth to Ottawa’
campaign.
Pick up your postcards at:
- The SUB Concourse (come find our table)
- In the A M S Business Office (SUB Km. 266)
For more information on campaign
the contact:
Allison Dunnet
Coordinator of External Affairs, A M s
SUB Koom 250, Tel:822-2050
external@ams.ubc.ca
The AMS employs over 400 students
nd pays over $2 million in student
wages each year !
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by Charlie Cho
ow accepting submissions for the 1996/97
gallery space in the A M s Art Gallery in the
SUB. Applications are available in SUB
Koom 238. Application deadline is Tuesday: April
30th: 1996
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T
he A M s Art Gallery is a standing committee
of the Student Administrative Commission. It
meets for an hour at least once a week.
Meetings may be called at the discretion of the
Chair. Summer meetings are usually once a month.
The A M s is no\\‘ currently accepting applications folthe f o h v i n g executive positions on the M I S Art
Gallery Committee:
Treasurer
CUrdtOICommunications Coordinator
ProgramsCoordinator
Special Projects Coordinator
Members At-Large
Full description of each position are available in
SUB Room 238. Application deadline is Tuesday,
April 30th, 1996.
The Ubyssey
soundtrack does a considerably better job of fusing the
personal stylesof Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez
than the movie did.
Still, it’s a mixed bag of blues, country, and rock‘n’roll.
Personally, I could do without the Vaughan brothers, but
ZZ Top’s ‘She’sJust Killing Me’ keeps things lively
and Tito
&Tarantula arefast becomihg oneof my favorite acts: ‘Angry
Cockroaches’ is as good a party tune as you’ll ever hear,
and ‘After Dark’ is almost dangerously seductive.
The dialoguefeels alittle stale, though. They are neither
as intrusive hereas they wereon Desperado, but they are also
poor examples of the film’s script (and since when does
“Everybody be cool” warrant
writing
a
credit? DidQuentin
thmk of that oneon his own’?).The only remotely memorable
clip, if only becauseit’s so deliberately offensive, is Cheech
Marin’s “pussy” speech-and they hack
it in two so they can
use it twice on the disc! So ,much for unity.
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by Peter T. Chattaway
In mixing the hip eclecticism and smart-alecky dialogue
clips of Pull, Fiction with the Mexican blues
of Desperado, this
Sketch comedians usually have difficulty writing good,
f u ~ y
songs, but CBC‘s Radio Free Vestibule has managed to do just
that.
‘The GrungeSong’ (appendmg “Weird Al”Yankovic’s ‘Smells
Like Nirvana’) demonstrates the predictable structure
of
unimaginative pop rockers.
The cowpokes are getting restless about mass media in ‘The
ballad of Marshall McLuhan.’So, the late media guru strolls into
town offering insighthke “A theory of cultural changeis impossible
without knowledgeof the c h a n p g sense ratioaffected by various
externalizations of our senses.” Yee-ha!
.The sketches range from the really short gags to the longer
narratives. In ‘A.A. on a field trip,’ the hundred bottle beers‘on
the wall just stay there. A handful of sketches on this 24-track
album stand outas remarkably ingenious.
‘Fro0 Fro0 the talking cat’ introduces a feline who’s sick of
being cute and wants
to recite dark, brooding poetry.
‘Kevin and
God’ has TheAlmighty becoming friends with a moronic geek,
eventually going on to
do voice-overs for a monster truck ad.
‘Bulbous bouffant,’the best of the bunch, stirs in all the silly
sounding words (like galoshes, beluga, and macadamia) in a
lnfectious symphony of vowels and consongants. ‘Looking for a
job in Quebec’ which features an Anglophone trying to fake his
way through a bilingual job interview, will have all Canadians
chuckling.
For more information, please contact:
Ryan Davies
Director of Finance
SUB 258, Tel: 822-3973
finance.@ams.ubc.ca
N
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Paul Ramsey, Minister of Education, will be speaking
on the future of post-secondary education.
Wednesday, March 27, 1996. 12:30 pm.
SUB Conversation Pit.
Amazing AMS Fact #182:
C
lub. Budgets for the 1996/97 fiscal year are
due by March 31st, 1996. Please see Ryan
Dairies. Director of Finance or Cliff Rich, Vice
Chair, Finance Commission if your club has any
questions 01- need assistance in preparing the budgets.
JENN KUO PHOTO
March 26,1996
Tuesday, March 26,1996
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You can’t get a good job without education; butyou can’t afford education
without a good job. Until now.
The Government of B.C. wants young people to know they have a
bright future in British Columbia. That’s why, despite federal cutbacks,
we’re making this guarantee to every qualified young student in the province.
Education alone isn’t enough. As part
of our guarantee, we’re creating jobs for
youth, so you can acquire work experience and help earn money for
your education. We’ve launched the most comprehensive job
creation and skills training program British Columbia has ever seen.
Tuition fees are frozen. Unlike
some other provinces, where
tuition fees are jumping
15% or more, our post-secondary institutions
will freeze tuition fees for the coming year. We’re creating a Learning
Access Fund of $10 million, to provide access to thousands of spaces
at half the regular cost. And we’re increasing Student Financial
Assistance for students in need.
The Governmentof British
Columbia is guaranteeing spaces
for B.C. students despitefederal cutbacks. We’ll join with universities,
colleges, and other post-secondary institutions to ensure that they
operate near or at full capacity to accommodate the optimum
number of students.
For more information about our Guarantee for Youth, call 1-800-637-5455.
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A Guarantee For Youth.
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March 26,1996
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with
Kichie
Lazarowich
(drums)andGrahamEvans
(bass) and put out a six-song
cassette on their own called
we weren’t sure what kind
of Huevosaurus. Relentless working
motto to adhere to, but
crowd
it
was
going
to
be,”
Brent
the band tries its best.
of the club circuit resultedin their
was really debut albumEndrville,which was
“Burritos must be the ultimatesaid after the show, “It
great because they got intoit.”
food,” muses Brent Cooper,
released
on
Seattle’s
C/Z
They often find themselves
quickly adding, “I guess I should
Records, and their
first singleand
say that huevos rancherosis my filed automatically under the
video for the song “Cindy With
favorite food, butI love burritos. category of surf, because they do An ‘S”’.Their second full-length
It’s the only thing that can
go not have any vocals, but Brent
release, the high-octane
romp&
insists that his band has a much In!, was putoutin
down well at any time of the
1995 on
broader range than that.
day.”
Vancouver’s Mint Records. In a
“We like to think of ourselves world full of wailing singersand
The
three-piece
musical
as a punk rock band,” he
said. distortion-ladenguitarists, DigIn!
equivalent to a greasy, gritty,
“Just
because
we’re
instrumental
mouth-watering
Taco
Bell
is a road-burning, rip-curling
everyone
calls
us surf. If flash of punk rock spitfire; its first
special, Huevos Rancheros (a
Mexican dishmade of fried eggs) anything, I’d make us a category video was for ‘Gump Worsley’s
as a ‘turf‘ band, or something, Lament’ (Worsley being the last
was geared up for a brief jaunt
because
we’re a mix of all kinds goalie to play withouta mask in
down the west coast. Sun, surf
of
stuff,
you
know,
like
and, of course, lots of roadside
the NHL).
rockabilly,
blues,
rock, garage
diners were on the horizon for
Lastyear,the
trio’s exploits
this vocal-less drum-bass-guitar and punk. We take ourinfluences included an invitation to England
combo wholucked off their tour from Link Wray and swamprock for a BBC
recording
session on
bands.”
in Vancouver last Thursday,
luminarv DT Tohn
Peel’s
radio
Los tres huevos banded together show. They never gotto lay eyes
opening for The Muffs.
six years ago, “out of boredom, on their host, but they enjoyed
The large and appreciative
really”
inCalgary,wherea
crowd at the Starfish Room was
their stay nonetheless. Well, for
“hang-ten!’’
and
authentic
a pleasant surprisefor the roadthe most part, that is.
weary group, who had left their Mexican food are as common as,
“The food’s crappy there.
base in Calgary that morning and well, surf and sand. Fortunately,
driven straightto the venue to do the lack of tangble inspiration
did not deter them. Brent, who
sound-check.
I
d d
“
I
Brent. “But we weren’t loolung for
a Graham Jr., or something like
that. He fits in really wellso we’ll
see what happens.”
For now, all they want is for
everybody to enjoy life and eat
out more often. In other words:
buy their CD, sit down with a
good burrito, and dig
in.
Viva Rancheros!
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’TIL MIDNIGHT!
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Cecil & Ida Green Visiting Professor
PAUL FALKOWSKI
Senior Scientist. Ocenaographic and Atmosphere Sciences
R r o o l < h a w n Yational Laboratory. Lipton. 3 e w York
Coral Symbiosis:Why Junk Food Can Be Healthy
12:30 PM
Thursday. hlarch 28 i n Biological Scicmces 2000
Vancouver Institute I m - t u r c .
Phyloplankton, Oil Futures and Global Climate Change
8:SS PM
Saturday. March 30 in Woodward IRC. Hall 2
The Molecular Basis
of Photoacclimation in Unicellular Algae
12:30 PSI
Mondav. April 1 i n Biological Sciences 2449
The Molecular Basisof Iron Limitationof
Phytoplankton Photosynthesis in the
Ocean
3:30 pl’r
‘Tuestiav. April 2 i n Biological Sciences 1465
Tuesday, March 26,1996
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Superduper Supercard: Convenience or techno-facism?
T
he bookyou borrowed is overdue. No problemthe university will directly debit your account.
You come home and there’s a message waiting on
your message screen-BUY MORE TACO CHIPS. The
smart-chip in your Supercard knows
it’s been eleven days
since you made your last taco chip purchase, and you’ll
be requiring some more.
After a pre-selected microwaved meal, you’re ready
to settle down for a night in front of the television. You
swipe your Supercard through the
tv’s slot and settle in for
a night of programming perfectly pre-selected for you based
on your previous info-tainment consumptionhabits.
Ahh... life is so much easier with theSupercardo, so
much more...convenient. Now if only youcould saveup
enough money to have that Superchip0 implanted in
your head...
“Convenience” is a commodity like any other these
twbvssev
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volume 77 issue 47
days-in fact it’s the commodity. It’s as much an ingredi- money you make, how many photocopies
you make, how
ent in the products at stores like 7-11 as phosphorous many grunge cd’s/taco-chips/condoms
you’re consuming,
dextorate and yellow twinkie dye.
etc. And oncethey’re used as pass-keys, the cardswill also
Conveninent means whatever
is handy orwithin easy make it possible for handlers to track your whereabouts.
reach. It’s anything that increases comfort or saves work. So what? It’s all pretty mundane information anyTechnology is the great well-spring of convenience, way, right?
of course-it’s always allowing usto do things faster, easier,
As trivial as it seems, it is in fact precisely the kindof
and bigger than we did them before.
information our existing economic system is dependent
In the interests of assuming a place on the exhilarat- on. Marketing is about predicting consumption patterns,
ing “cutting edge” of technology,Memorial University will and the more datathese propagandists have at their dissoon become the latest of five North American universi- posal, the more sophisticated their efforts will become-ties to implement a‘‘Supercard” program, distributing sev- companies crunching numbers and data through
endlessly
eral thousands of them to students this summer and fall. growing computers in search of the perfect formulas of
And while Memorial’s cards
won’t be as omniscient as those advertising and manipulationto get you to consume more
described in our fictional scenario, (at least not yet, any- and think less.
way) they will further a process that
is leading tounpardPart of convenience means not having to make
leled state and corporate access to individuals’ personal choices-the choices still get made, however,it’s just that
information. What you eat, what you read, how much
they getmade for you.
letters
remaining campusforest below
16th Avenue,from Pacific Spirit
Park to S.W. Marine Drive.The
town plan conceptualizes a
The Bank of Canada’s govern- real estate and commercial
ing board promises that
“today’s development that will dominate
most o f the
Point
Grey
joblossesaretomorrow’s
growth.” (The Vancouver Sun, peninsula fromUlanca to Wreck
Beach. Such a development wdl
March 21)
The University of British increase air and noise pollution;
uproot residential communities;
Columbia’s governing body
promises that today’s campus send highway corridors across
the city; increase tax burdens to
landlossesaretomorrow’s
“independence.” ( T h e Vancouver Vancouver citizens.
This UBC greed for money
Canada Post Publications Sales Agreement Number 0732741
Sun, March 21)
andpower will cffectivelv
As the term neared i t s end, Matt Thompson and Jenn Kuo breathed deep
Thesetwonewsstories,
exhausted si+ of relief.Wah Kee Ting fmishedhis overdue term papers wliiile appearing simultaneouslyin the
flnish a major
academic
Alaina Bumett copied notes she had missed dunng the term. Scott Hayward
institution, for corporate money
business
press,
strain
credibility
met withhis committee andSarah ODonnell went to a gruelling interview for
a summer job.Joe Clark went down to Travel Cuts, wallet bulging with his
for even the most gullible o f and free enquiry do not go
hard earned editorialmoneand
yed for his ticket to Brazil. Idan Dhalla
together. The UUC plan
is
readers, who knows that once
and Doug @
a
nresearchecr;heir
stones, and Ben Koh used up the last
devoid o f principle,
and
fired,workerswillnotbe
drops of black ink to draw his last raphic. Alison Cole pondered what
she
would do on her break, and Richelfe Rae packed up her things to finally go
returned to the banks; knows bankrupt of thought. For again,
home to Spuzzum. Siobhan Roantree celebrated her final esca e from UBC
that once sold, university lands even the most gullible of us
and prepred for the trip eastwards. Rachana Raizada skipperfto the beach
knows that the elect cannot
will
never be-returned to the
canying two rather pregnant watermelonsand smashed into Andrea Gin who
successfully create a market in
then started to CIY about her now stained Nettwerk shirt. Peter Chattaway
people.
researched and plotted his movie schedulefor the summer months while Janet That banks choose money
which, eventually, no one will
Winters tumed to focus more on family matters. Charlie Cho looked to the
have anything to spend.
overpeoplewehavefor
physics of his future. RichardLam and Federico Barahona planned their
sumToday’s losses arc passed on
mer internshipsas all star spys for the KGB.
centuries stoically accepted as
intotomorrow:bankand
the misery of mortgages; that
Editors:
universities choose money over university alike have taught us
Coordinating Editor: Siobhan Roantree
that lesson.
people, we have not come to
Copy Editor: Sarah O’Donnell
Nancy Horsman
News Editor: Matt Thompson
accept and we never should.
Culture Edftor: PeterT. Chattaway
The Point Grey “new town”
Sports Editor: Scott Hayward
plan orchestrated
by
the
National/Features Editor: Federico Barahona
Strangway administration at
Production Coordinator: Joe Clark
With the ‘God is dead’ theory
UBC (see map, f i e Vancouver
Photo Coordinatoi: Jenn Kuo
Sun,March 21) will destroy the now er...dead I feel it is time to
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UBC’s new
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Et
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God is smart
advance the ‘God is smart’
theory. Where therewas corn in
Egypt God sent the childrenof
Israel there but wheplater they
were enslaved he sent them out
of Egypt. God can figure these
things out.
In biblical times God told us
to be fruitful and multiply. Thus
it has been okay to tell people
that contraceptive devices are
evil, that sex is only permitted
under conditions that permit
pregnancy, that large families
are God’s will, etc. Since these
words were recorded In the
bible theworld’s population has
multipliedby about 100 fold.
Environmentaldestruction
indicates o u r population is
unsustainable.
So God is smart enough to
change his instructions to now
have as few children as we can
get along with. This will allow
allow the birthrate to be low as
the diminisheddeath rate so the
population explosion will stop
and mankind will have a chance
tohave‘corninEgypt’and
every where else.
This will require conservative
religions to change someof their
dogma. It will require political
leaders like Lucien Bouchard to
refrain telling Quebec couples
tohavelargefamilies.Such
changes
may
be
resisted
because they are felt necessary
for the survival of the religon
or nation. But God is not only
smart but forgiving too. He
knowswhatmust be done t o
save o u r beautiful planet.
Ken McLean
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ACADEMIC
ADVISING
March
held Friday
15,1996
Moderator:
Maria Klawe, Vice President, Student andkadernic Services
Pan& G~aemeWynn,AuoeiPrc~,k-UwofAm,
David Holm,. k o c i a P c ~ k d t y O f s c i . ? ~ ,
Cnrprmw Maggie Hartley, Assistunr ~egisnar.
Michael Pitt, h - t e
Blair Grabinsky, -,
m.~
~ ~ u r t y
ofAgriculmmlSciences,Fran Harrison,~ n c e . M u & i n g ~ c eDan
,
Worsley, ~rcisfnntDirector, SnuientAuKmlc m e ,
Lica Chui, v&epRsident.AM$ David Culhane,ArtFStudentseMmr
Q A number of students inour ficulty have a
concern about the accountabiity foradvising.
Students have been givenadvice one year but
get different advice the next year. Some have
been told that they could graduatebut then
find out later theycan’t. Why can’t we have
a writtensigned record of whatwe have been
told?
A The Registrar’s Office staffhave been meeting
with the faculties with respectto PACE which
is a computerized degree audit system. The
faculty providesthe degree requirements and
the program tells which requirements have
been met. That should make it easier for the
advisors and the students to review progress
towards a degree.
,
Science has used the PACE system for three
years. It enables us to keep a paper record as
well as on-line informationso we can see where
a studentis deficient at the endof the term.
When students are mising corn, they receive
a letter which indicates the deficiencies. We
alsousea
formsigned by the advisor.
Departments also have their own advising
systems. Some departments such as Biology
hand out written outlines of therequirements.
Comment: I’m a 4thyear student in Honours
German andhave found their advisors helpful,
but I have just realized that thereare two sets
of requirementthat I need to graduate. I think
students need to make a point of seeing an
advisor so they make sure that they
have the
credits they need to graduate.
Q The Arts Advising Office is closed from 12
to 1 but this is the time most students are
.available. Two years ago I phoned to ask
about alanguage requirement andI was given
the wrong information.
A
Q Many of the students in Arts are confused
about the location of the Advising Office.
Some of the forms still have the old mom
numbers. It’s not always clear where you
should go for help. I’ve gone to an advisors
office and been rrferredto counselling or to
another seMce. By the time you get there it’s
dosed.
A
I hear what you are sayingand I hope that we
will be able to improve the hours butwe have
a limited number of staff. Phone calls are
difficult. When studentscome into theoffice
they fill out a form and theadvisors take notes
but that doesn’t always happen with phone
Calls.
The advisors in the Faculties ofArts and Science
oftenworktogetherand
we havebeen
discussingtheideaofputting
a FAQ
(FrequentlyAsked Questions) document on
the internet.
In Agricdturd Sciences d first yearstudents
are requiredto take an orientation course. We
provide information to small groups of students
on How to deal with problemsand we let them
know about the variousplaces they can get
help. We tell them how
to drop and
add courses
and what to do abouttheir course workifthey
getsick during the term. It
is easierin ,
Agriculture because we’re a small faculty.We
take the position that a student should succeed.
It’s important tomakc the students feel that
we bel@e themand that we are on theirside.
It sounds like the University could do a better
job of making it dear what optionsare available
and where a student can go for help. The
advisors maynot always know the bestroute.
I know how frustratingit can be to stand in,
a line onlyto be told thatyou arein thewrong
place. We do take your commentsseriously.
We began this forum with theidea ofmaking
positive suggestions for improvement.
In A r t s
we see three or four thousand students each
year. Unfortunately while we
are in thebusiness
At t k S c h o o l of Human,Kinetics we have
of advising, we are also in the $&ness of
starie&ork OB a Pr&a& Assistance Guide.
enforcing regulations. Students may fed thq;;? ,,, W6Wi+the Cakndar is not always easy
have extenuating circumstances but in $@t
’’ . @&aThe
d. Guide will go beyondthe Calendar
larger scheme of
things ye ne,d to tx$ue@ak’~
and will indude frequently asked questions.
we are t r e a t i n. .,g , ’ ~ l . ; . b ~ ~ ~ . : e :jq ~ b l yIt. will
. be sentto all students before regisuation
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and we hope itwill decreaseour advising load.
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&&ijspdents’g&nto&e Advising Office
whe&Kcy are really upset. A lot ofstudents:
BothArts &I Scienceoffermentoring
in P;;ts are afraid to ask for advice. I have
programs to entering students. Science also
directed studentsto the Advisine Office and
has a Tdereg % h e that nins over the summer
to answzfr student questions.
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In Agricultural SciencesI remember onecase
where a student w a given an exemption by
the advisor but it was an error.We stood behind
the advim but pshould.akwys. que&& the.
advice you recei-
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Q Ifitisafacultymembcrwhamakestheerror
- why should &e sardent pay& price? How
can we trust anything we are told if the
advisors give us the wrong information?
A
A This appears to be an issue that Senate should
consider. There are peoplewith power to grant
exemptions but itis hard for a student to know
who shouldbear the responsibility ifthe advice
has been given by a University employee.
A Science hasa peer advisor during thesummer.
For the rest of theyear weuse university staff.
Q When studentsgo to the Advising Officewith
a concern about how they
are proceeding in
a dass they want to’have their needs addressed.
I have found the staff in Arts to be helpful
but I think that manyof the concerns that
we have, heardtoday are d i d . This is not
just about enforcing regulations.
‘InA r t s we do keep a writtenrecord and acopy
is available to the student on request. If a
written record is in error (e.g. an advisor
miscalculates the number of credits) and if a
studentappeals,thefacultywould
be
accountable. We would allow the student to
graduate. This practice has been in place for
several years.
A
Q
It seems to me that students have to take
somk responsibility. The Calendar lays out
to
the requirements. Perhaps you need
encourage more Mty to participate in drop
in advising sessions. I think it’s helpful to
havefacultyadvisorsfromdifferent
departments.
AWehave
heardconcernsaboutbeing
accountable. Bringingin morepeople to offer
advice could be a problem. Not all faculty are
able to make difficult advising decisions.When
we get into gray areaswe need to rely on people
with wider knowledge of the issues and
precedents.
Q Could you explain what the Advising Office
does? Where would I get advice on job
prospects, or programs I could take after I
have finished a degree?.
A Most of the advising offices focuson academic
advice. There are otheroffices that can help
with career information. Career Services in
Brock Hall has just hired acareer advisor to
help out with these kinds ofquestions. Career
Services offersa 50 minute orientation program
that provides students with an
overview ofthe
services which are available. The Student
Resources Centre and some of the other
Student Services offices in Brock Hall provide
counselling and advice on arange of personal
issues.
Q I’m in Science. I was wondering if the PACE
form w
libe available on line so students w
l
i
be able to access it.
A The Registrar’s Office is working on having
PACE availableon the web.
It’s hard to talkingeneraltermsabout
problems that are specific to an individual. I
have empathy both with themembers of the
panel and with the speakers. Students are often
afraid to come to someone whohas the power
to make a decision. They want to help but
they also needto apply the rules and defend
their decisions to other students.
Q I think one of thebest ways for peopleto get
career advising isto talk to people in indusq.
Q When there is a conflict, is there someone
In Computer Science we organized a career
who can serve as an intermediary?Perhaps
fair but we didn’t get any financial help from
someone like an Ombudsman?
UBC. I think the University should support
these kind ofevents.
A We have discussed this issue at the Campus
Advisory Board on Student Development
(CABSD). UBC has a decentralized advising
A The students really deserve credit for organizing
model. If advising was more centralized, in
the Computer Science fair. The A M s is
some respectsit might be easier forstudents,
thinking of putting on career
a
fairand some
particularly students infirst year. We would
of the clubs organizetheir own events as well.
One of thebiggest fairs at UBC is organized
be happy to hear your views on this issue.
by AISEC.
The A M s provides an Ombuds office in SUB.
It is now known as the StudentkJniversity
It’s good to have the undergraduate societies
involved. In some respects faculty specific fairs
Affairs Office.We would like more peopleto
may be better. You should approach your
know about and make use of the service.
faculty and ask for support. Thisworked well
in Chemistry and the event
was a great success.
Commrntl
I knowhow difficult it is to
The A r t s students organized “Beyond the BA.”
provide students with the information they
It was a big success eventhough Arts is such
need. In Student Housing we accommodate
a large faculty.
approximately25% of the student body and
we would be pleased to work withthe fidties
The Alumni Association may provide
another
to putprograms togetherfor ours. This mtght
in our
way for studentsto get information oncareer
enable us to provide gteater consistency
choices. They are also workingon a mentoring
approach to students. If faculties are interested
program thatw
theyshouldcontactJaniceRobinson.
liinitially involve forty students
and ten alumni mentors.We hope that this
program wil carry on in theM.
+I
student Forestry and I want
to go into yuman Kinetics but I can’t seem
to get anyadvising. Forestry can’t advise me
and I dodt think I can talk to an advisor in
Human Kinetics because I’m not in the
School. I t h i i a centralizedoffice would be
a greatidea.
I’m an advisor in Human Kinetics and I’m
surprised to hear you say that. I meet on a
daily basiswith studentswho want to transfer
in to the School. We try not to get bogged
down with College transfers, but our own
students are a priority.
Comment:
I’m an advisor in A r t s . I think
communication is a two way street. I need
students to communicate with me so that I
can help them.