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I THE UBYSSEY Vol. VII, No. 36 Vancouver. B.C. Fridav. Februarv8.1985 lu\ “I/O*l 228-2301 ,, , ~ On the phone, 72-year- old Mickey Murakami sounds like most folks try. from In the person, B.C. back as he coun- tells Not a yellow peril his version of the story of Japanese ancestry is visi- -1 ble, but the friendly coun- it is different? try impression remains. “I don’t mind telling you about it because it’s true. It all happened,” says Murakami, describing his in- ternment. When first ordered into the In- terior, Murakami went under- ground, staying with friends and working at odd jobs on the docks in Steveston. “I had a mother who was about 70 years old, I couldn’t just leave her alone. I made myself scarce,” he explains. Murakami avoided RCMP at- tempts to ship him off to the work camps for several months, but when told he could go to a camp with his mother, he complied. He went to the small logging town of Slocan City in the Koote- nays. “It was war time. You couldn’t do anything. What I felt sorry for was these old people, around 65 or 70. Many were living in tents until the end of November that year. And it’s a tough place, out there in Slocan.” The houses were finished soon af- ter that, but conditions remained marginal. The crowded houses had no insulation, and because the floor leaked, Murakami had to spend hours drying the thin hay mattresses given them. “We had to dig through the snow to get wood for the stove, which took all day to thaw,” says Mura- kami . Thoughhesayshe is notbitter about the experience, Murakami believes the government acted in- justly in interning the Japanese Ca- nadians. But what shocked him .more was when his home and per- sonal belongings in Vancouver were sold without his consent. “My house was all paid for. Everybody said, ahh, we’ll be back in a year or so, so I rented it to my neighbor. When they told me about it, it was already sold. 1 got $700. If I’d a sold it then, I’d have got $3,500. The government took it away from me and sold it for next to nothing.” Murakami’s internment and later dispossession, like that of 20,800 other Japanese Canadians, was the result of irresponsible governing, according to a brief on redress pre- pared by the National Association of Japanese Canadians, which cites government sources and extensive documentation. Starting in March 1942, the fed- eral government used the War Mea- sures Act to pass a stream of orders- in-council which bypassed parlia- ment and suspended civil rights, to uproot the Japanese Canadians. The first order allowed for the in- carceration of “male enemy aliens,” and was later extended to include all Canadians of Japanese descent. Thegovernmentgave two main reasons for the internment. First, because their ancestors were Japan- ese, the Japanese Canadians were seen as a threat to the “defense of thePacificcoast.”Theuprooting was also to provide the Japanese Canadians “protective custody” against predicted racist hysteria on the West coast. In January 1943, another order- in-council allowed for the sale of Japanese Canadians’ property with- out the owners’ consent. Prices for the boats, houses and farms of the Japanese Canadians were grossly underestimated, according to the brief. In 1944, another order passed at theurgingofIanMackenzie,Lib- eral MP for Vancouver Centre, al- lowed for the deportation of Japan- ese Canadians.Mackenzieranfor election on the slogan “No Japs from the Rockies to the sea.” The camps were broken up in 1946, when the internees were,given a choice between returning to Japan or dispersing east of the Rockies. Not until 1949 were Japanese Cana- dians allowed to freely settle in B.C. again. Now,only 11,ooO of those who shared Murakami’s experience are still alive, 43 years after the first Japanese families were herded into the cow barns at Hastings park in Vancouver before being sent in- land. Why has the issue of redress only now resurfaced? “We citizens did not have access to the war time files until the 1970s because of the imposition of a 30-yearsecrecy-rule.When we fi- nally got access to the files, we had all the proof we needed. It was the manipulation of government pol- icy,,” says Miki. Miki claims, and recent docu- ments support him, that the govcm- ment supplied reasons it knew were untrue to implement its racist policies, which were applied to Japanese Canadians but not to Ger- man Canadians or any other group. No Japanese Canadians were ever convicted on chargesofdisloyalty in Canada, and the RCMP repeat- edly. advised the government that Japanese - Canadians posed no threat to security, says Miki. He produces a section of an RCMP letter to a government offi- cial dated August 1942, which he says was recently rediscovered. “We have had no evidence of es- pionage or sabotage among the Jap- anese in B.C. . . . the fact remains, however, that we have searched without letup for evidence of any- thing detrimental to the interests of the state,” says the letter. The claim that Japanese Cana- dians needed to be protected from racists was also untrue, says Miki. “The documents show gross irre- sponsibility on the part of the gov- ernment. It wasn’t the result of rac- ist hysteria.” This new evidence, as well as campaign promises made by prime minister Brian Mulroney, are fuel- ing the drive for redress by Miki and the NAJC. Mikisaysthe or- ganization has three goals for re- dress: receiving a specific govern- ment apology; receiving compensation funds “that bear some relation to the in- justices,” to be determined by a fu- ture economic impact study; and amending the Constitu- tion or the War Measures Act to as- Internment camp in A Tashme. B.c., circa 1943. 4 Mickey Murakarni. Japanese Canadian sure that a similar abrogation of rights could not happen again. -Initially, the Tory government appeared willing to reach an agree- ment with the Japanese Canadians in May 1984. Mulroney said in criti- cism of then-PM Pierre Trud- eau’s inactive policy, “Canadian citizens were arbitrarily deprived of their rights and this should not hap- pen. If there was a Conservative government, 1 can assure you we would be compensating Japanese Canadians.” Last December, a press release is- sued jointly by Jack Murta, the new Toryminister of multiculturalism, and the NAJC announced a “nego- tiation process,” but now Murta denies anything more than “dis- cussions” have taken place. After ending talks in late Jan- uary, Murta recommended the gov- ernment unilaterally issue an apol- ogy, and grant $6 million to the Japanese Canadians. His stated rea- sons for doing this were to redress the 42-year-old injustice as quickly as possible, and to settle the matter before more differing views surface within the Japanese community. “It’s just like, ‘you’ve got 24 hours to pack your bags and leave the coast.’ They’re saying, ‘we’ll settle it fast, and if you don’t com- ply, we’re going to do it without you,’ says Miki. “They said, ‘either you accept this $6 million settlement, or we’ll shelve it forever,’ he says. Murta shelved his plans for a unilateral set- tlement on Feb. 1 amidst protest fromoppositionparties in Parlia- ment. Murta may be concerned that a long negotiation process will result i n more and more Japanese Cana- ,dians asserting their rights to com- pensation. Any redress settlement with theJapaneseCanadiansmay also stir up other past racial in- justices on the part of the govern- ment. One such policy was the head tax of up to $500 imposed on Chinese immigrants between 1885 and 1923, which netted the government about $5 million. Because the tax was lev- ied only against Chinese it was dis- criminatory, say redress advocates. In February 1984, a call for Chinese redress was made by MP Margaret Mitchell. Mulroney recently stated his de- See page 2: JAPANESE

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I THE UBYSSEY Vol. LXVII, No. 36 Vancouver. B.C. Fridav. Februarv8.1985 lu\ “ I / O * l 228-2301 ,, , ~

On the phone, 72-year- old Mickey Murakami sounds like most folks try. from In the person, B.C. back as he coun- tells Not a yellow peril his version of the story of

Japanese ancestry is visi- -1

ble, but the friendly coun- it is different? try impression remains.

“ I don’t mind telling you about it because it’s true. I t all happened,” says Murakami, describing his in- ternment.

When first ordered into the In- terior, Murakami went under- ground, staying with friends and working at odd jobs on the docks in Steveston. “ I had a mother who was about 70 years old, I couldn’t just leave her alone. I made myself scarce,” he explains.

Murakami avoided RCMP at- tempts to ship him off to the work camps for several months, but when told he could go to a camp with his mother, he complied.

He went to the small logging town of Slocan City in the Koote- nays.

“It was war time. You couldn’t do anything. What I felt sorry for was these old people, around 65 or 70. Many were living in tents until the end of November that year. And it’s a tough place, out there in Slocan.”

The houses were finished soon af- ter that, but conditions remained marginal. The crowded houses had no insulation, and because the floor leaked, Murakami had to spend hours drying the thin hay mattresses given them.

“We had to dig through the snow to get wood for the stove, which took all day to thaw,” says Mura- kami .

Though he says he is not bitter about the experience, Murakami believes the government acted in- justly in interning the Japanese Ca- nadians. But what shocked him

.more was when his home and per-

sonal belongings in Vancouver were sold without his consent.

“My house was all paid for. Everybody said, ahh, we’ll be back in a year or so, so I rented it to my neighbor. When they told me about it, it was already sold. 1 got $700. If I’d a sold it then, I’d have got $3,500. The government took it away from me and sold it for next to nothing.”

Murakami’s internment and later dispossession, like that of 20,800 other Japanese Canadians, was the result of irresponsible governing, according to a brief on redress pre- pared by the National Association of Japanese Canadians, which cites government sources and extensive documentation.

Starting in March 1942, the fed- eral government used the War Mea- sures Act to pass a stream of orders- in-council which bypassed parlia- ment and suspended civil rights, to uproot the Japanese Canadians. The first order allowed for the in- carceration of “male enemy aliens,” and was later extended to include all Canadians of Japanese descent.

The government gave two main reasons for the internment. First, because their ancestors were Japan- ese, the Japanese Canadians were seen as a threat to the “defense of the Pacific coast.” The uprooting was also to provide the Japanese Canadians “protective custody” against predicted racist hysteria on the West coast.

In January 1943, another order-

in-council allowed for the sale of Japanese Canadians’ property with- out the owners’ consent. Prices for the boats, houses and farms of the Japanese Canadians were grossly underestimated, according to the brief.

In 1944, another order passed at the urging of Ian Mackenzie, Lib- eral MP for Vancouver Centre, al- lowed for the deportation of Japan- ese Canadians. Mackenzie ran for election on the slogan “No Japs from the Rockies to the sea.”

The camps were broken up in 1946, when the internees were,given a choice between returning to Japan or dispersing east of the Rockies. Not until 1949 were Japanese Cana- dians allowed to freely settle in B.C. again.

Now, only 11,ooO of those who shared Murakami’s experience are still alive, 43 years after the first Japanese families were herded into the cow barns at Hastings park in Vancouver before being sent in- land. Why has the issue of redress only now resurfaced?

“We citizens did not have access to the war time files until the 1970s because of the imposition of a 30-year secrecy -rule. When we fi- nally got access to the files, we had all the proof we needed. It was the manipulation of government pol- icy,,” says Miki.

Miki claims, and recent docu- ments support him, that the govcm- ment supplied reasons it knew were untrue to implement its racist policies, which were applied to

Japanese Canadians but not to Ger- man Canadians or any other group.

No Japanese Canadians were ever convicted on charges of disloyalty in Canada, and the RCMP repeat- edly. advised the government that Japanese - Canadians posed no threat to security, says Miki.

He produces a section of an RCMP letter to a government offi- cial dated August 1942, which he says was recently rediscovered. “We have had no evidence of es- pionage or sabotage among the Jap- anese in B.C. . . . the fact remains, however, that we have searched without letup for evidence of any- thing detrimental to the interests of the state,” says the letter.

The claim that Japanese Cana- dians needed to be protected from racists was also untrue, says Miki. “The documents show gross irre- sponsibility on the part of the gov- ernment. It wasn’t the result of rac- ist hysteria.”

This new evidence, as well as campaign promises made by prime minister Brian Mulroney, are fuel- ing the drive for redress by Miki and the NAJC. Miki says the or- ganization has three goals for re- dress:

receiving a specific govern- ment apology;

receiving compensation funds “that bear some relation to the in- justices,” to be determined by a fu- ture economic impact study;

and amending the Constitu- tion or the War Measures Act to as-

Internment camp in A Tashme. B.c., circa 1943.

4 Mickey Murakarni. Japanese Canadian

sure that a similar abrogation of rights could not happen again.

-Initially, the Tory government appeared willing to reach an agree- ment with the Japanese Canadians in May 1984. Mulroney said in criti- cism of then-PM Pierre Trud- eau’s inactive policy, “Canadian citizens were arbitrarily deprived of their rights and this should not hap- pen. If there was a Conservative government, 1 can assure you we would be compensating Japanese Canadians.”

Last December, a press release is- sued jointly by Jack Murta, the new Tory minister of multiculturalism, and the NAJC announced a “nego- tiation process,” but now Murta denies anything more than “dis- cussions” have taken place.

After ending talks in late Jan- uary, Murta recommended the gov- ernment unilaterally issue an apol- ogy, and grant $6 million to the Japanese Canadians. His stated rea- sons for doing this were to redress the 42-year-old injustice as quickly as possible, and to settle the matter before more differing views surface within the Japanese community.

“It’s just like, ‘you’ve got 24 hours to pack your bags and leave the coast.’ They’re saying, ‘we’ll settle it fast, and if you don’t com- ply, we’re going to do it without you,’ ” says Miki.

“They said, ‘either you accept this $6 million settlement, or we’ll shelve it forever,’ ” he says. Murta shelved his plans for a unilateral set- tlement on Feb. 1 amidst protest from opposition parties in Parlia- ment.

Murta may be concerned that a long negotiation process will result i n more and more Japanese Cana- ,dians asserting their rights to com- pensation. Any redress settlement with the Japanese Canadians may also stir up other past racial in- justices on the part of the govern- ment.

One such policy was the head tax of up to $500 imposed on Chinese immigrants between 1885 and 1923, which netted the government about $5 million. Because the tax was lev- ied only against Chinese it was dis- criminatory, say redress advocates. In February 1984, a call for Chinese redress was made by MP Margaret Mitchell.

Mulroney recently stated his de- See page 2: JAPANESE

Page 2 T H E U B Y S S E Y Friday, February 8, 1985

Japanese Canadians seek equitable redress settlement From page 1

sire-to revise the War Measures Act, which the NAJC maintains must be part of any settlement with the gov- ernment. More recently, the act was used to arrest and suspend the civil rights of hundreds of Quebecers and others during the 1970 October Crisis, after the Front de Liberation du Quebec kidnapped British diplo- mat James Cross and Quebec labor minister Pierre Laporte. The FLQ killed Laporte.

“Here, the government can ab- solve itself through the War Mea- sures Act. In the United States, the internment was a racist act, so it contradicted the bill of rights,” says Miki. He says that redress for Jap- anese Americans is further along than in Canada. There, a bill pend- ing in Congress would grant $1.5 billion to the 6 0 , 0 0 0 internment sur- vivors.

Tim Otami, regional director for the Japanese American Citizens League in Seattle, says Japanese Canadians also had a ’worse time during the war. “The Japanese Ca- nadians had a much more difficult time in terms of having their prop- erty sold to pay for their intern- ment,” he says.

Another difference is that Japan- ese Americans were granted free- dom to return to their West Coast homes soon after the war.

Miki says there is a mistaken feel- ing among Canadians that this is an issue concerning only Japanese Ca- nadians.

“The primary fact is that these are Canadians, and they suffered injustice on the basis of their an- cestry. It is an issue of the rights of citizenship,” says Miki.

Miki, a Sansei or third-genera- tion Japanese Canadian, is familiar with Canadian principles of democ- racy and justice, but many of the older Issei, or first generation Jap- anese Canadians, were unaware of their rights. “They came to the country when there was legislated racism,” says Miki.

“Certainly the most affected were the Issei, but the greatest in- justice was done to the Nissei (sec- ond generation) - the Canadian born. They grew up believing in de- mocracy, in the vote. So the be- trayal for them was total,” says Miki.

Mas Yamamoto, a 58-year-old Nissei, was in junior high school when he was sent to Lemon Creek, one of the isolated towns created for incarceration. A teenager at the time, he admits that to him intern- ment was like “an extended boy scout trip.” But he also remembers trying to be a part of Canadian soci- ety, being ashamed to use chop sticks in public, and being called names.

“We wanted to be part of the Ca- nadian scene. Some of us actually tried to avoid the fact that we were Japanese. We tried so hard to be ac- cepted as Canadians,” says Yama- moto.

“ I guess the first realization I had that, hey, I guess there is a war go- ing on here was when the Japanese Canadian Cadets were called into the principal’s office. He said, ‘I’m sorry, but we cannot let you partici- pate in Cadet activities anymore.’ ”

“Suddenly, we were no longer part of the group.”

Yamamoto sees generational dif- ferences as an influence on the at- taining of redress. “Has anyone ever wondered why it took so long for this to come up? We had to wait for the Sansei to grow up. The San- sei are not afraid to rock the boat.”

This generation gap is evident in the divergent opinion of the other group seeking redress for Japanese Canadians, the National Redress Committee of Survivors, led by George Imai, once a member of the NAJC. He is less concerned with citizenship rights.

Imai claims to represent about

7,000 of the survivors, and his group advocates a quick, painless settlement of $50 million. He is not interested in revising the War Mea- sures Act, and says that in the NA- JC. “the militants have taken over.”

Miki says when Imai was in charge of the redress committee within the NAJC. he began to make

Most people admit that Canada is still a racist society. One only needs to look at the recent wave of racist literature against Jewish Canadians, or the firebombing of the syna- gogue on 10th Avenue near UBC, to realize this.

Yet in general, today’s more rabid racists rage in restroom stalls, not the halls of government. What

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APPLICATION FOR GRADUATION REMINDER

All students who expect to graduate in May or November 1985 are requested to submit “Application for Graduation” cards to the Registrar’s Office (Mrs. Donna Anderson) by February 15, 1985 for graduation in May and September 15, 1985 for graduation in November. This includes students who are registered in a year not normally considered to be a graduating year (e.g. combined B.Com./LL.B.) but who are expecting to complete a degree program this year. PLEASE NOTE: EVERY STUDENT WHO EX- PECTS TO GRADUATE MUST MAKE APPLICA- TION FOR GRADUATION. ANY STUDENT WHO DOES NOT APPLY IS INELIGIBLE TO GRADUATE.

pen with multiculturalism, this is a great chance for them.”

If Murta’s unilateral proposal is pushed through Parliament, coopt- ing the negotiation that is the sym- bol of civic faith for the Japanese Canadians, “it’s going to leave a shadow for years to come,” says Miki.

Murakami, who still seems more like a back country gentleman than a “Japanese Canadian,” has a sim- ple reflection on what redress for a 42-year-old wrong would mean to- day.

“ I think i f the government apolo- gizes, people will realize, hey. They were in the wrong.”

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Petch changes UVic statements

THE UBC REHABILITATION medicine faculty held a sportsfest for han- dicapped children to participate in last Sunday where this lucky young lady garnered a winning ribbon.

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Crowd rejects EUS Godiva ride protesters By DEBBIE LO

Members of a huge crowd of 500 people threw snowballs, eggs and oranges at 50 people peacefully pro- testing the UBC engineer’s Lady Godiva ride Tuesday.

Many engineers in the crowd ran up to the approximately 45 women and five men carrying banners say- ing “This event is degrading to women,” and tore up their signs, said Richelle Van Snellenberg, arts 3.

“We were prepared to stay calm because we wanted this to be a passive protest,” she said.

Snellenburg said individuals in the crowd were not willing to step out to personally hit a protester with a snowball, and preferred to lob snowballs from the safety of the crowd so they would remain unidentified.

“We didn’t want a confronta- tion. We just wanted to open peo- ple’s eyes,” she said. “We weren’t just putting across an opinion, we wanted people to know all the ef- fects of holding such an event.”

Ruth McDougall, arts 3, said, “They outnumbered us, and there was no chance of stopping them.”

McDougall said they were not hurt by anyone from the crowd directly, although one of the women pro- testing who recently had an opera- tion on her nose was struck in the face by a hard snowball. She was later taken to the health sciences hospital to have her bruised nose examined, McDougall said.

McDougall said the protest

because they were afraid people would look and laugh, thinking there would only be a small group protesting.

“They didn’t realize that silence is tacit support for the Godiva ride,” she said.

Rob Lazenby, Engineer ing Undergraduate Society secretary, sa id Thursday .” We’re no t degrading women. A healthy young lady riding a horse is not degrading.”

Lazenby said women in the engineering faculty did not object to the ride. The only debate on the Godiva ride, a main event in Engineering week, was whether she should wear clothes or not, he said.

“Lady Godiva is the engineering emblem, symbolizing zest, in- novativeness and community in- volvement,” he said. “It is a sym- bol, just like a bat or a beaver are symbols.”

Lazenby said there was a lot of hot headedness during the event and he sympathized with the pro- testers, because he believed the snowball and eggthrowing attacks were unprovoked. But, Lazenby said there were individuals on both sides who unnecessarily provoked a violent confrontation. .:._ . . . . ..... ;. ....... .̂ ~ ...... ~,. ..:.>.~:~~:.&~* ............ :...~...~;~~~~~~~..~~...~ .................. 2.<K ............................................................................ :.x.:.:.:.:.: ....... :. .:. .~ : ““JS$ ...:: . .:: * ...x.$,*>m::p .,:. f .:;..< :’,“‘‘‘‘“.“:.~~ld~.:$,~,,~..~: . . . . . . ..........

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Mater Society employee in the Lady involvement in the ride. Undergraduate Society secretary Godiva ride Wednesday has several “His being there makes it look said Paisley arranged for the student representatives mildly in- like he was there in his capacity as limousine pick up through a friend. furiated. an A M s employee,” said Copping.

“ I think it was an extremely gross Paisley was sitting in the limousine action,” said outgoing A M s presi- which picked up the woman at the dent Margaret Copping about AMS end of the ride.

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PROTESTERS AGAINST THE EUS sponsored Ladv Godiva ride sDec-

“We do not pay someone that kind of money to participate in that sort of thing,” said Duncan Stewart, incoming AMS external affairs coordinator. Stewart said Paisley as an AMS employee should not get involved in such a “politically-sensitive’’ issue.

“He is still an employee of the AMS even when he isn’t working. He has not got the authority to take a side on the Godiva ride.” Stewart said he thinks student council should establish a stand on the con- troversial event.

When asked by reporters about his involvement, Paisley said “fuck off”. He repeated this answer to several other questions, and then started talking about his work with special education.

After that, he moved toward the reporter and said, “If you want to

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r gone on within the Pentagon, an in- 1 ternational relations professor said I Wednesday in Buchanan. I Doug Ross, speaking at a “Star I Wars” seminar, said conservatives

such as Caspar Weinberger are zealously supporting the SDI pro- posal which “represents a fun- damental rethinking of America’s position of vulnerability in the

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assured destruction discouraged the Soviets and Americans from developing defensive anti-ballistic missile systems, but Ross said the idea behind SDI or “Star Wars” is to determine the feasibility of covering North America with a thick air defence. Ross added such a defence would inevitably require Canadian cooperation to be suc- cessful.

erode any existing detente, and would only accelerate the develop- ment of new weapon technology. He said some people question Star War’s retaliatory value because the weapons could be easily and cheap- ly overcome. It is this kind of argu- ment, said Ross, that leads the Soviets to conclude the U.S. are planning to use these weapons in a first strike capacity.

Ross said the Soviets have no in- tention of building anti-ballistic missile weapons of their own, but will concentrate on developing counter-measures. This is partly because of the enormous cost in- volved - the Soviets cannot afford the $400 billion needed to actually deploy these weapon systems, he said.

He believes the Canadian and British governments do not want to

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should lead to genuine arms control or be used as “propaganda to demonstrate bad faith on the part of the Russians,” said Ross.

PANGO PANGO (FNS) - Of- ficials today declared a “Penguin Lust” week to begin Monday.

The move was seen as a testimonial to the penguins which make up about 12 percent of the island’s puce blorg population. Festivities will culminate in the showing of a film documentary, “The Life and Times of Opus.”

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the sensation of the snow-filled wind in your face with Hiram Walker Schnapps. Its cool, minty flavour is as refreshing as a spray of snow.

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Fridav. Februarv 8. 1985 T H E U B Y S S E Y Page 5

Great Trek gains more support By RENATE BOERNER Great Trek as a 12:30 p.m. rally at

The Great Trek protesting edu- UBC and a symbolic trek to the uni- cation underfunding has become versity gates followed by a 3:30 two rallies linked by a symbolic p.m. rally at Robson Square was trek. passed unanimously by the ad hoc

A motion to hold the Feb. 19 Great Trek committee Thursday.

The UBC rally will be held on the Clock Tower plaza between Main and Sedgewick libraries, the com- mittee decided at a noon meeting. The committee proposes to bus stu- dents from the university gates to Robson Square.

While the previous meeting only attracted one undergraduate society member; anthropology, agriculture, arts, commerce, dentistry, land- scape architecture, law, physical ed- ucation and recreation, rehabita- tional medicine, sociology and sci- ence representatives attended Thursday.

The International Association of Economics and Commerce Stu-

dents, the Alma Mater Society, the College-Institute Educators’ Asso- ciation of B.C., the Graduate Stu- dents Society, the Faculty Associa- tion, the French department, Stu- dents for a Democratic University and the Teaching Assistans’ Union also sent representatives to the meeting.

Wednesday night the AMS stu- dent council voted to support the Great Trek. Only engineering repre- sentative Ginny Balcolm opposed, while finance director James Hollis abstained.

Robert Schutz, physical educa- tion and recreation acting director, told 200 PE students this week he

will give the Great Trek as much support as he can. Schutz said he could “support and accept any fa- culty decisions” to cancel classes.

Simon Fraser University is sup- porting UBC’s Great Trek and the University of Victoria is sending a symbolic delegation to the rallies, said Trek co-chair Mark Reder.

UBC will charter a bus to send a symbolic delegation to UVic’s march on the B.C. legislature Feb. 14, he said.

Co-chair Phil Resnick said UBC president George Pedersen is “not likely to shut UBC down” during the Trek. Pedersen was not avail- able for comment.

Yes vote wins due to‘error The tables were turned when a

Wednesday recount showed the ref- xendum supporting two refugee students actually passed with 29 more votes than needed, the Alma Mater Society elections commis- sioner said Thursday.

Robin Baird said a 100 vote error was made at the SUB poll for Wed- nesday, Jan. 30. Poll workers counted 203 votes but recorded 103, said Baird, adding workers prob- ably counted correctly but recorded inaccurately.

The referendum, asking students to pay 50 cents each per year to sup- port two refugee students, needed a quorum of 2,549 yes votes, 10 per cent of UBC’s daytime population. Before the recount for the referen- dum held Jan. 30-31 and Feb. 1 . election officials said the referen- dum was 70 votes short of passing.

Baird said the correct results are BLEEDING FOR LIFE, students this week sacrificed 30 minutes of 2,578 yes Votes and 842 no votes. homework time to replenish Red Cross supply of blood in Vancouver. The recount was originally sched- Blood donor clinic in S U B ends today. uled for next week, but Baird said

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Council supports Great Trek rally By PAW1 FLATHER from all SUB credit union lease ministry is the best way now to exert

Student council voted over- payments and $2,500 annually from pressure on the Liquor Control whelmingly Wednesday to support the AMs. Board. a Great Trek Feb’ l 9 pro- Incoming A M s president GIenna * * * testing education cutbacks, after a O u t g o i n g A M S p r e s i d e n t presentation by the Trek committee moved that an ad hoc Margaret Copping spoke to council

pening to education. “There’s go- ing to be a lot of voices, a lot of press just prior to the budget com- ing out of Victoria,” he said.

Reder asked council members, at their last meeting before the Annual General Meeting next Friday to commit themselves to getting other people involved. Both Simon Fraser University and the University of Victoria will participate in the rally at Robson Square, he added and UVic will march to the legislative buildings Feb. 14.

The only council member oppos- ing the motion was engineering representative Ginny Balcolm. “It’s not something we have to time to discuss with our members,” she said. Balcolm said she could not at- tend the next Trek meeting because she was too busy with Engineering Week. * * *

Council voted to amend the Alma Mater Society code of procedures to create a special bursary fund, with interest supporting needy UBC students. The fund’s interest will go to the awards office each February to eventually provide 100 need- based awards of up to $250 to students ineligible for enough financial aid.

Students who have helped other students in any way while at UBC will be given preference, states the motion.

The fund’s revenue will come

any fee levies had to be approved by UBC’s board of governors no later than their meeting yesterday. This meant the recount had to be done earlier, he said.

Chris Friesen, a referendum or- ganizer, said he was relieved the vote passed after all, adding “it hasn’t really sunk in.”

“It shows what students can do if they really want to. We worked through the system and it passed,”

said Friesen, president of UBC’s World University Services Canada branch, which sponsored the vote.

Friesen said there are legitimate arguments that money raised should go to disadvantaged people in Van- couver. But he said at least the money is staying in Canada and stu- dents will know how it’s spent.

Friesen said WUSC will start selection now of the first refugees to go to UBC next fall.

Funds for colleges cut back in B.C.

VANCOUVER (CUP) - A col- lege administrator in B.C. wonders why the B.C. government is cutting back funding for community col- leges when thousands of young peo- ple want to go to school.

“It’s hard to understand on rat- ional grounds why,” said Jack Finn- bogason, president of the College- Institute Educators Association of B.C.

“I get a sense the public is start- ing to wonder also.”

A recent study of the province’s college system says government funding has tumbled to 25 per cent from 41 per cent during the past two years. Government officials have indicated funding for com- munity colleges will drop by eight to nine per cent in the upcoming fiscal year.

Finnbogason said he thinks the government is not committed to

Carpenters pickating at Acadia By LARRY McCALLUM

Members of the Carpenters and Joiners Union have set up a secondary picket at the construc- tion site for Acadia Triangle stu- dent housing, according to U B C ’ s a s s i s t a n t d i r e c t o r employee relations.

Wes Clark said several union trucks have refused to cross the site gates across from the univer- sity hospital because of the pickets from Local 452 of the U n i t e d B r o t h e r h o o d o f Carpenters and Joiners.

The union is involved in a dispute with KMK Construction which arose when KMK, a non- union arm of union firm SMG, won the contract for construc- tion of the Burnaby overpass, said union business agent Tom McNeice. The union feels a union firm should not have a “dummy non-union arm” that can underbid the union arm, McNeice said. .

The union took the issue before the Labor Relations Board, which upheld the over- pass contract but gave the union the right to set up secondary pickets at all KMK sites until to- day.

The Acadia housing project is

being built by non-union Gauvin construction, but McNeice said KMK is at the UBC site as a sub- contractor, or that a KMK sub- sidiary is there.

But Gauvin spokesperson Mike Marrs denied KMK is on

site. He claimed there is a mixup over the subcontractor involved, adding the picket line is “there under false pretences.” But Marrs said he did not know all

subcontractors involved at Acadia.

And one picketer, Jack Smith, charged that some non-union workers on the housing have quit over the $6 per hour wages. Marrs said Gauvin is paying workers “good wages” but refused to say how much.

Don Holubitsky, student board of governors member, said UBC was forced to choose the lowest bidder because the housing must be entirely self- financed, even though both union and non-union bids were below the projected $1.5 million development cost.

“If (university) operating ex- penses have to go into it it’s no go,” he said. “The (future stu- dent) rent must be affordable, therefore the lowest possible bid is necessary.”

Neil Risebrough, asociate vice president student services, said the provincial government guaranteed interim financing for the project until November 1985 when the buildings will house in- ternational staff for Expo for one year. He said this period of higher rent will reduce the con- struction debt, meaning students will Day less rent.

providing a quality, accessible education to the increasing numbers of community college students. In 1984, enrolment jumped by 7,000 students alone. There are now 78,000 B.C. college students, the province’s fastest growing post- secondary population.

“It’s a matter of mortgaging the future of our youth.”

Though college boards are at- tempting to stretch the remaining available funds to cover what’s left of the college system, they have already drawn up proposals for cut- backs. The preliminary cuts in- clude: 0 the closure of the Mission cam- pus of Fraser Valley college at the summer’s end, leaving 3,000 students without a place to study; 0 the closure of Okanagan Col- lege’s two satellite campuses, Pen- ticton and Salmon Arm, throwing 48 faculty out of a job and strand- ing about 300 students; 0 the layoff in Nanaimo of two- thirds of Malaspina College’s aca- demic and personal counselling staff and an increase in the student- teacher ratio.

Montreal universities run in red this year

MONTREAL (CUP) - Mont- real’s four universities, their gov- ernment funding stagnating, are borrowing heavily from the bank to try to maintain some semblance of quality programming.

By the end of the year, McGill University will have an accumulated $18 million deficit. L’Universite de Montreal will owe a total of $16 million to the bank. Concordia Uni- versity will be $1 1 million in debt. All of this debt has accumulated in the past three years.

L’Universite du Quebec a Mont- real has less than $1 million bank debt, but owes money to the Uni- versite du Quebec system.

The provincial grant for all four universities has decreased i.n real dollars for the past three years, while enrolment has increased steadily.

L’Universite de Montreal admin- istrators said last month the institu- tion has made all the “significant”

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individual layers - and there are many - of the band’s perform-

By CHRIS WONG ance . Integral textures of the music that

“I’m tense and nervous, I just can ’t relax. ” - from Psycho Killer by the Talking Heads.

floated by without being fully ab- sorbed in the acoustic hell of the coliseum, suddenly gain promi- nence when captured on this piece

So you’re interested in learning of celluloid enhanced by digital about the true.nature of society’s sound. social fabric, eh? Then saunter over Like when keyboardist Bernie to the Pacific coliseum some night. Worrell played synthesizer lines

Celluloid sans riff -raff s

Stop Making Sense- captures fun

~~ By CHARLIE FlDELMAN”-

The Talking Heads’ concert is the movie of the century as far as Talk- ing Heads fans are concerned. Some have even seen the film night- ly since it opened. This could be the latest cult phenomenon.

Talking Heads Stop Making Sense Directed by Jonathan Demme at The Ridge Theatre

A film of a concert is hard to make. This one relies heavily on lighting and the camera for cinematographic interest. And the music does have a role too . . .

Stop Making Sense is a David Byrne conception and he is larger than life just like his larger than life suit. The former art student also designed the lighting and the props for the stage. If not for his antics: the snake dance, the jogging dance, arm swings, duck movements, crouching and wiggling, the perform ance would lack its theatrical momentum.

The f i lm combines many elements of photography to achieve a fast and forward moving effect. It contains many quick frames isolating the subject like mouths or the upper parts of the face from its surroundings.

Those not enflamed by the music tend to get caught up in the distribution of shaFzs and sizes, of textures of lights and darks. One song’s lights shone directly below the band’s faces.

It gave Byrne large cavernous eyes and an equally cavernous mouth while highlighting the under- side of his nose.

It turned his face into an abstract object, in effect, making a negative image of a face which calls for at- tention to a bizzare visual angle. The film is full of illusions of depth and space that affects the inter- pretation of the music.

David Byrne appears forceful and successfully stands out from his surroundings, our society. “Same as it ever was, same is it ever was, same as it ever wadyou may ask yourself/how d o I work this thing/” This thing is only an arm bending at the elbow. This move- ment to the lyrics become signifi- cant, an insight, a transformation of nonsense into sense.

The film stresses its subject, the band, the focusses on their facial expressions. It captures the fun’they have making music. It builds up an excitement which is shared by its audience.

If thrashing noises are emanating from this hallowed hockey rink, take the plunge and experience a wondrous and highly underrated twentieth century phenomenon: the rock concert.

Hell, you could luck out and stumble upon an awesome, I mean really awesome happening. It could be Iron Maiden, or Julio Iglesias on a double bill with Dolly Parton. Regardless of who the performers are, a diverse plethora of sweaty bodies could be inhabiting the barn- like structure. The concert-goers in- clude the pubescent set, the young yuppies on their sociology assign- ments, the deranged grannies, and of course the riffs and the raffs.

And on a cold and blustery night, some two Decembers ago, when I had my personal encounter with a genuine riff-raftic fellow at the coli- seum. . . .

I was only cleansed of this truly anxiety-filled and harrowing experi- ence, some three weeks ago, in the air conditioned comfort of the Ridge Theatre. Neither riffs nor raffs were to be seen in this Nanai- mo Bar heaven. But the crowd was all there to see that same strange fel- low with the acoustic guitar and ghetto blaster.

His name is David Byrne, his band is the Talking Heads, and the film of the man, his band and their performance is Stop Making Sense. Make sense?

The man, is like no other man that has ever donned a double breasted blazer. He writes songs that demand something more than a literal interpretation. Songs that transcend pretentious and contrived obscurity. And songs that make lit- tle sense at all to those looking for a hidden esoteric message.

When this kiss is over it will start again/ It will not be any different, it will be exactly the same. / It’s hard to imagine that nothing at all could be so exciting, could be so much fun. The ramblings of a deranged visionary? Or innovative sooth from one of modern music’s weird- est soothsayers?

The film gives no clues to what is really behind Byrne’s cryptic visions expressed in song. And that’s why Stop Making Sense is so superb and absorbing. Byrne and director Jon- athan Demme dispensed with arty flourishes that would have detract- ed from the intent of the film which was simply to provide a look at the musical evolution of the Talking Heads. There are no clips of the band shooting the shit backstage, no up-close and personal chats with Byrne, and no superfluous tidbits of overdone celluloid tricks. Just 90 minutes of delightful lyrical vague- ness and masterful musical miscege- nation.

Songs that make little

sense at all to those look-

ing for a hidden esoteric

message.

Above all Stop Making Sense succeeds in providing insights on the complex musical milieu created by the Talking Heads. Ahh, what a joy it is to be able to absorb all the

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By LAWRENCE BECKER ~- ~

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Agatha Christie’s Mousetrap is a classic whodunit for the theatre- goer who has not yet been introduc- ed to the world of mystery drama.

Mousetrap Written by Agatha Christie at Presentation House Theatre

- that reeked to high funk heaven of technical virtuosity and sincere emotional drive. Or when the two female singers achieved unmistake- able harmonization with Byrne’s oscillating vocals. And, when per- cussionist Stephen Seales included into the pot an appropriately timed thud on one of his rhythmic gad- gets.

All these moments were somehow not fully appreciated in the tense and nervous rock and roll quagmire of the hockey rink. The film thus gives those Talking Heads fans with an aversion to riffs and raffs, a chance to relax, absorb and enjoy. Reason enough to conclude it makes clear sense to see this truly brilliant documentary of Byrnian thinking in practice.

Col By PETER PRON-&-S ~ ~

There are a number of ways in which a play can induce feelings of suspense and fright in an audience. The e f fec t ive use o f p lo t , characterization, and circumstance are all necessary elements for a truly gripping thriller.

T h e c u r r e n t V a n c o u v e r Playhouse production of I’ll Be Back Before Midnight, however, depends more on special effects for its impact, and the result is a play that never quite manages to be the “fright delight” that the ads hopefully proclaim. Which is not to

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)dunit tricky The setting unfolds in a recently

converted mansion, now serving as a boarding house for a series of travellers seeking refuge from a winter storm. Mrs. Boyle, one of the guests, is soon done away with by a pair of strangulating hands that find her neck an easy target in the dark living room. However, her ir- ritating personality is not one to win many friends, and we feel no need

to grieve unnecessarily over her ruin.

The two proprietors, played by Teresa Norris and Clayton Ranger are naturally shocked by their guest’s demise, and send for Detec- tive Sergeant Trotter (Walter Ekins) to solve the case. Through question- ing, the sergeant discovers that a veil of secrecy surrounds each character’s past and that anyone of them could be the murderer.

Much of the play involves a series of investigations that might bore us if not for the devices Christie employees in The Mousetrap, like her other roles, and as such appear too stereotyped to be entirely believable. Yet, we are somehow drawn towards them because their appeals for comfort or help arise from genuine motives strengthened by their unvarying behavior. We herald Christopher Wren, brilliant- ly portrayed by Greg Fennegan, as he changes from a fopish lout to a man of mettle in protecting Mrs. Mollie Rolston, the proprietress.

Discovering the murderer is dif- ficult because most of the available clues pertain to every character, while. the few crucial ones are hid- den amidst jumbled dialogue or quick manipulations of the set. This concealment makes the puzzle a bit of an ego-gratifyer for anyone who succeeds in solving i t . Even so, the climax is strung with tension and will not disappoint the Hercule Poirots or Miss Marples in the au- dience.

Instructing the actors to better master an English accent would be the change that may intensify the play. Clayton Ranger, a Vancouver native, is especially weak when delivering the lines of Mr. Giles Rolston. His accent does not quite approach London and loses its in- t ona t ion somewhere a round Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Unsurprisingly, the British actors in the troupe (Walter Ekins, Charles Burtinshaw) seem more familiar with their roles than their Canadian colleagues - who still manage a steady performance, while Greg Fennegan - a former UBC student, does more than hold his own.

Mrs. Boyle . . . a pair of

strangulating hands that

find her neck an easy

target

Although sprung many times, the Mousetrap still retains its grip on audiences as they squirm both physically and mentally in trying to solve the murder. Through this anguish we feel involved in the play’s proceedings, making it an essential experience for theatregoers regardless of their particular tastes. But like they say in England: Don’t tell ’em whodunit!

Minority rights conflict . . ~~~~~~~~~

By KEN ANDERLINI

On November 9, 1977, Harvey Milk was elected to San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, becoming California’s first openly gay elected official. Just over a year later, Milk and Mayor George Moscone were assassinated by supervisor Dan White. That evening over 45,000 people marched in a candlelight tribute to the slain officials.

The Times of Harvey Milk directed by Robert Epstein at the Studio Cinema

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After a controversial trial in which White pleaded guilty by reason of diminished capacity, the result of consuming too much junk food, he was sentenced to five years imprisonment on May 21, 1979. Following the announcement of the sentence, a protest march broke in- to a riot which caused estimated property damage of one million dollars. On Jan. 7 , 1984, White was released from prison and relocated with his wife somewhere in Southern California.

These are the events which the documentary The Times of Harvey Milk traces and attempts to explain. Robert Epstein was in the process of producing a film on the Briggs initiative, Proposition Six, which would have outlawed gays and les- bians from working in the Califor- nia school system, when Milk and Moscone were murdered. Epstein expanded the concept of the documentary into The Times of Harvey Milk, which he directed and co-produced.

P r o d u c e d b y R i c h a r d Schmiechen, the film is billed as a look at American values in conflict, contrasting the gay liberation move- ment with the religious right. Milk represents more people than just gays and lesbians, for he is the

leader around whom a grass roots coalition of minority groups rally, including Chinese, senior citizens and rank and file trade unionists. By contrast, the religious family man Dan White represents the values of small town America, values and interests which are in- creasingly criticized as minority groups gain their political voices.

Combining clips of news and private footage, stills, headlines and recently filmed interviews, the film iqqxals as both a human story and a historical documentary. A narra- tion by Tony winner Harvey Fiers- tein carries the film through, even at times when the documentary footage is of poor quality.

In his choice of interviews, Eps- tein has been careful to insure the film will appeal to a wide audience and stresses that Milk’s support came from a coalition of people from his district. Sitting in an easy chair, Jim Eliot, a middle aged f a t h e r , r e c a l l s h i s i n i t i a l homophobia and his concern over his union’s support of Milk. Recall- ing his reaction to Milk he says “At first I thought, ‘Jesus Christ, what’s labor coming to, endorsing a fruit!’ ”

The film illustrates how prejudice and violence are the result of fear, and that people must be educated to understand minorities are sym- pathetic people just like themselves.

The campaigns around the Briggs initiative and the tension surroun- ding the passing of the San Fran- cisco gay rights ordinance are two instances in which Epstein il- lustrates the fears of both gays and lesbians and the religious right. Milk’s murder and the riot follow- ing the sentencing of Dan White are shown as examples in which the response to the threat of the “other side” is violent.

The film stresses the necessity of non-violent responses to violent ac-

ey‘s fright delight slight yet bright say that “Midnight” is not enter- taining, just that the horror is muted and the twists not entirely unpredictable.

“I’ll be back before midnight” by Peter Colley directed by Walter Learning at the Waterfront Theatre,

The story revolves around a young couple whose marriage is on the rocks. Greg (Colin Mochrie) is a graduate student whose wife Jan (Miriam Smith) is the daughter of the dean of his department. She has recently been released from a men-

tal hospital and is racked with self- doubts. Jan is further upset by the news that Greg’s sister Laura (Moira Walley) is coming to stay for a while in the cabin that they have rented in the country.

Jan’s unease increases with the news that a murder was committed years ago in the cabin. This and other unsettling information is related by George (Walter Marsh), a farmer living nearby.

It’s not long before a number of rather unusual events take place, ranging from a pool of blood on the floor to loud heartbeats which seem

to be coming from everywhere at once. These happen right after a murder, but it would spoil the mystery to reveal any more of the story.

Midnight has obvious similarities to Wait Until Dark, Deathtrap, and Agatha Christie’s mysteries, but doesn’t equal them in either suspense or cleverness. Director Walter Learning has done a reasonable job of getting the most from his material. As mentioned, the use of the lighting and other ef- fects added a lot to the power of the performance.

The acting is quite good, especial- ly Miriam Smith, who resembles the young Audrey Hepburn and who played her role with naturalness and conviction.

Marsh was just right as the elder- ly neighbor, and Walley was a p propriately bitchy.

Mochrie was a little stilted in the first few scenes, but he soon warm- ed up and turned in a good perfor- mance.

I’ll Be Back Before Midnight, although flawed and slow in a few places, is nevertheless an interesting evening’s diversion.

tion, showing the candlelight pro- cession after the murders as the ideal response to a potentially violent situation. Speaking of that procession, Sally Gearhart, a col- league of Milk’s in the campaign against the Briggs initiative, says “We sent a message to the nation that night . . . it was one of the most eloquent expressions of a communi- ty’s response to violence I’ve ever seen. ”

The film unfortunately does not advance beyond presenting the all American hero with Milk as the hero of coalition politics and the gay liveration movement. Milk, the charismatic politician with a wry sense of humor and his campaign manager, Anne Kronenberg, a 23 year old lesbian dressed in leathers, lead an off beat campaign to Milk’s victory. Rather than showing Milk as just one of many people involved in the fight for minority rights, Milk is presented as indispensable. The film borders on portraying Milk as the Buckaroo Banzai of civic politics.

The villian of the documentary is not assassin Dan White, but the justice system which sentenced him to five years imprisonment, without psychiatric treatment after a “Twinkie” defense. In an inter- view, Henry Der, a leader in the Chinese community, says “ I think people have to understand that what the verdict was saying is that if you’re white you do not have to be civil in this society.” That white men can get away with murder is nothing new, but the film treats White’s sentence and trial as if this were a major revelation.

Beyond the black and white treat- ment of Milk as hero and the justice system as villain, the film is an in- telligent and reflective look at events which could easily be sensa- tionalized. The film is adament - gay is good and the time has come for minorities, including gays and lesbians, to participate in a domain previously held by white straight men, mainstream politics.

The Times of Harvey Milk is beyond doubt the most intelligent film playing on Theatre row at the present.

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Intolerance This year's lady Godiva ride, and the events sur-

rounding it, were a disgrace to this campus, sup- posedly a place for more enlightened thinking, a model for society.

There are a number of issues concerning the ride. The first one is freedom of expression. Posters adver- tising a protest of the ride were torn down Sunday,. the same day they were put up. 450 of them. The person or persons ripping the posters down must not have felt very secure in their justification of the ride. Those posters had a right to be there.

The ride was ,worse. Individuals in a mob of 500 in- timidated the comparatively small group, mostly women, who protested because they felt the ride degraded women. The men did not have to resort t o physical violence. Oh no. They were safe in their numbers a s they terrified the women and a few men brave enough to take a stand.

And for those of you out there who did throw things and rip banners, you sure did your job well. Thanks for making those peaceful protesters, whose only crime was that they disagreed with you, feel like the lowest,

most humiliating weak scum of the earth. As for the argument of the engineering society ex-

ecutive, that the ride is a tradition which degrades no one, well that's fine. They are certainly entitled to an opinion. What is frightening is their intolerance t o other opinions of a significant group of men and women that hiring an "exotic dancer" to parade around nude on a horse, for no apparent reason ex- cept for tradition, does not do a hell of a lot to advance the idea of sexual equality.

The EUS secretary remarked after the ride: "The campus would be a lot quieter and the women pro- testers would not have anything to protest against if the event did not take place.

This may not represent the attitude of most engineers but a top engineering representative feels this way. Maybe he'll realize one day sexism still exists. Women still get raped and battered. Women universi- ty graduates still earn on average the same as male high school graduates. Women's athletics still gets less money than men's.

Sorry, women could find something to protest still.

THE UBYSSEY February 8, 1985

The Ubyssey is publ ished Tuesday and Fr idays throughout the academic year by the Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia. Editorial opinions are t h o s e of the s ta f f and a re no t necessar i ly those of the univers i ty adminis t ra t ion or the AMs. Member Canadian University Press. The Ubyssey's editorial office is SUB 241k. Editorial department, 228-2301/2305. Advertising 228-3977/3978.

hlmself. Tonight's SPeClal guests: Renate Boerner. Bruce Cookson. Robbte Robertson as Kim Fong as Chm Ho and Robert Beynon as the Beaver. Ton,ght's "The Masthead', by Davld Ferman. A Q u m Martm Productlon starring Rxk Klein as Larry. Gordon Clark as Curly. Chrls Won9 as Moe and Kevin H ~ I I as

eptsode. THE MASTHEAD THAT ATE EXPO will return after this announcement from Vlctor Wong's Galosha Ernpotlum. Act 1 The Beglnnlng One day Patto

I t crestfallen. anyway feeling sad she bought beer for Emtlle Douglas, Ken Anderlml. Peter Prongos and Lawrence Becker and they all got geodoslcally stoned. Flather declded to klll Charlie Fidelrnan's car and buy a geodosic dome. She sold the car but Rory Allen sad that she was still $8 mllloon short. Heanbroken or was

and lit UP at ntght as well All the whlle Debboe Lo shouted "I'd gladly pay you Tuesday for a X % I @ typewrlter tonlghtl" The End ev Grlp and Head Gaffer - Larry McCallum

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Letters 1 'Disturb

The article in last Friday's Ubyssey on the increase of athletic fees (Athletic fees may increase $30, Feb. 1) is very disturbing for a number of reasons.

Let us be clear. If this is an athletic fee increase then we students should be voting on it. If students are not going to be voting on it, then this is not what 1 would call an athletic fee.

It is a tuition increase.

We should note that this tuition increase is not being applied to relieve cuts in academic programs, but is specifically earmarked for athletics. This is a remarkably misguided assessment of priorities.

ing' athletic fee haunts graduate student writer

Hey!

What are you doing today at 12:30?

Come to our Open House and meet those thin, redeyed wierdos who put out this paper twice a week. Our of- fice, SUB 241K, is pretty wild too. New staffers are welcome and A M s hacks may be permitted.

Malted beverages provided.

See you

It is simply amazing that here we are raising tuition for sports, while at Simon Fraser University, and the University of Victoria whole departments in art and literature will most likely be abolished.

Even if we choose to fund sports and cut academics, the astro-turfing of SUB field is a tremendous mistake. This area is valuable as a public "green space", a frisbee field, a place to have a picnic, to play softball, to sunbathe.

Can you imagine sitting out in the sun with your friends and a beer in the middle of a plastic sheet? The va lue o f t h i s f i e ld a s an undeveloped area should not be underestimated.

1 talked to Neil Risebrough, ex- tension 5454, the vice president in charge of student affairs, about these subjects. He's been convinced by someone that fee increases and astroturf deserve serious attention. Watch out!

The claim is that intramural sports needs this field to accom- modate all the teams. However, when asked why they don't use the fields behind Osborne centre, Risebrough responds that these fields are for the varsity teams.

It's clear that present student athletic fees aren't really helping out the recreational athlete and I don't expect anything new with the imposition of this tuition increase.

Finally, I would like to comment that SUB field is not just an issue of adequate facilities for intramurals or athletic teams. This field is really the only large public area near the center of campus. It should be useful for everyone.

There are quite a number of disenfranchised people at UBC - people who aren't interested in in- tramurals or athletic teams - peo- ple who don't feel that the empire building of the Alma Mater Society represents their interests.

But these people do use this field for many varied purposes, and their interests will not be represented in discussions on these issues.

If ycu enjoy the use of this field

Fee motion represents progressive step Regarding Friday's article on an

imposed athletic fee increase, (athletic fees may increase $30, Feb. 1, 1984), we feel that the majority of students are not aware of the need for funds in athletics, in- tramurals, and recreation.

The notice of motion at the board of governors' Feb. 7 meeting was introduced by an ad hoc committee that is in favour of the increase. This motion is the result of a nationwide study on fee struc- tures and a growing need for fun- ding in all areas of athletics.

By comparison to al l other Cana- dian universities, our intramural program is the largest in Canada and our athletic program has pro- duced a number of national cham- pionship teams but neither program had much financial support in terms of athletic fees.

In 1984-85, each UBC student paid a total of $11.50, of which $4.20 was designated to men's a th le t ics , $2.80 to women 's athletics, and $4.50 to intramurals. Our recreation program is not assisted at all by levied student fees.

Considering the size and success of our athletic, intramural and recreation programs, the students

of UBC are getting more than their $ 1 1.50 in return. As reported on Friday, other Canadian university students have paid up to $70 for fewer services.

Over the last year, the UBC athletic department has cut 11 teams (six women's and five men's) from funding due to a series of necessary budget cuts required by economics.

Expansion of our continually in- creasing intramurals program has slowed to a crawl due to a lack of facilities and administrative funds. Facilities for all users have fallen below standard.

Three extreme examples are the gravel pit that we call a track, the Armouries which can hardly be classified as a structurally sound building and intramural recrea- tional fields which have been severely damaged due to overuse.

In order for UBC to maintain its excellence in athletics, intramurals and recreation, an increase in fees must be imposed by the board. Since student fees make up such a large portion of the athletic and sport services operational budgets, yearly fluctuations in student enrolments, as experienced' this year, seriously interferes with any

form of current and long term plan- ning especially when fees are fixed by referenda.

Often student referenda do not represent the true feelings on cam- pus. One of the reasons UBC is behind in the facilities, programs, and services offered by other Cana- dian universities, is the reluctance to commit the tremendous amount of resources required to pass a referendum for every major issue which occurs whether it is caused by administrative/program costs or in- creases in facility needs due to in- creases in student participation.

For the passage of a referendum, 2800 (10 per cent) "yes" votes are required. Passage of any referen- dum is virtually impossible when less than 10 per cent of the total stu- dent population normally casts a ballot. .

We support the proposed board of governors increase in athletic fees and urge all other athletic, in- tramural and recreation par- ticipants and facility users to show their support as well.

Brenda Chinn, commerce 3 Antoinette Klawer, physical educa-

tion 3 Brian Beach, applied science 4

Rhonda Sampson, physical educa- tion 3

as a green space, give Risebrough a call, (Try between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.). Basically, we need an athletic fee increase and astroturf like we need grass tennis courts.

Ed Wishnow graduate studies

Poll clerk calls for readers

Last week I worked at several poll stations for the Alma Mater Society executive election. The reac- tions of students towards the elec- tion and the candidates over this period upset me enough to put pen to paper.

It frightens me that you are the same people who are given the responsibility to vote in municipal, provincial, and federal elections, especially since you don't bother to vote responsibly in student elec- tions. It's time to grow up, kids.

How many of you vote in municipal, provincial and federal elections? Why do you vote in these elections? Because you care enough about what is going on to exercise your right to vote.

But why, then, don't you exercise that right for the AMS student elec- tion? Because you don't really give a damn. But wait just a minute: are you not the same students who whine and nag about the AMS be- ing too business-oriented? Aren't you the same students who com- plain about the Whistler cabin, SUB expansion, new carpets, and increasing AMS fees?

UBC students! If you're mad enough to bitch about the AMs, get out and vote. And vote responsibly - read The Ubyssey, participate in all candidates' meetings, listen to the candidates when they speak in your classes and talk to them in per- son. Then make a responsible choice.

The AMS elections are over for this year; I strongly recommend that you all vote in next year's elec- tion. If you don't vote, don't criticize the way the A M s is run.

Martin Cocking Geography 3

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Strollers bring cushions By EMILIE DOUGLAS

Venture back in time and meet the villagers of Lark Rise, England. Become immersed in the folklore as you stroll through a day in their lives. But make sure to bring a cushion!

Flora Thompson’s classic trilogy Lark Rise to Candleford has been sk i l l fu l ly adapted by Kei th D e w h u r s t f o r t h e t h e a t r e . Dewhurst’s work is written to be performed as a promenade produc-

place God created with leftovers after He created the rest of the earth.” Through this family and the many characters we meet on the streets, in the fields and drinking houses we share their talk of politics, harvesting and all the local gossip.

The cast at Langara creates a real and rustic experience. There are rough passages as the transition is made from one scene to the next and as the actors manimlate their

soon bypassed as you will enjoy the colorful acting of Leah Baric as Laura, Lisa Randall as Mrs. Spicer and David Jarvis as Mr. Morris, Squire, Twister and Algy.

Children will love this, as will adults who want something dif- ferent from a play. Much enjoy- ment comes from watching the faces of the other spectators as they create with the actors an event that reioices common humanitv and the

tion. That is to say, there is no wav through the audience. This is uniaue work of Flora Thdmoson. distinction between’ stage and auditorium.

Lark Rise at Studio 58, Langara

Once inside Studio 58 you will be encouraged to find a place in the middle of the floor - there are no seats, consequently the cushion. While taking in the cheerful folk music of the Albion Band you sud- denly realize that you are part of the stage as a cast of 16 performs amongst, around and with you.

One might feel uncomfortable as this obviously opposes the conven- tional conception of theatre where the audience sits apart and often feels unconnected. But the warmth and sincerity of the actors comes across immediately as you become one of the Lark Rise villagers.

The actions of the play are the events of a single day, the first day of harvest. We meet the Timms family struggling with poverty in “a

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Montreal universities run deficits From page 5 school set up an emergency task

cuts i n services i t is prepared to make. Jacques Menard, the school’s executive vice-rector, said any further cuts would be “irrepar- ably compromising the quality of education we give our students.

“There are some things we just won’t do,” he said.

Both Concordia and McGill are still hacking at their programs, while desnerateh trvine to solicit

force to cut that amount from the budget.

“We’re already operating on a bare bones budget so it is difficult to say exactly where the cuts will be made,” said Graham Martin, Con- cordia’s vice-rector for finance. ‘‘It’s another nibble operation where we’re trying to cut money without cutting services or pro- grams.”

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Concordia, with less wealthy alumni, has raised $10.8 million in two years. The schools, however, cannot solicit money to pay off their deficits or pay staff salaries.

Both institutions have been forc- ed to find places to cut quickly after the Quebec government repeatedly scaled down its contribution for the 1984-85 year. In May 1984, McGill administrators thought they would have a $2.4 million deficit. But after bad news from the government, the school now estimates it will owe $7.2 million.

Last week McGill’s principal Dav- id Johnson organized emergency open meetings with staff on the uni- versity’s two campuses, to “outline financial difficulties and explore potential measures.”

After Concordia administrators found out they would not be getting a promised $3 million last fall, the

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Tories planning to increase EPF grant 7.4 per cent By ROBERT BEYNON

Federal government representa- tives promised they will increase transfer payments for post-second- ary education to B.C. by 7.5 per cent in 1985-86, UBC’s president told the board of governors Thurs- day.

George Pedersen said officials told him finance minister Michael Wilson will continue the Established

and the cash payment will increase from $258 million to $276 million. This means a total payment of up to $517 million.

Pedersen added the agreement does not require the B.C. govern- ment to pass the increased funding on to post-secondary education. He said the province has not passed on similar increases to B.C. universities

in the past. Secretary of state Walter Mac-

lean kill discuss the problem of ty- ing federal funding with the prov- inces when negotiations on the EPF agreement reopen, Pedersen said,

UBC last received the benefit of an EPF increase in 1979, although the Liberal government gave mod- est increases after that year.

The board agreed to charge UBC students 50 cents each to help pro- vide education expenses for two ref- ugee students each year. They did this on the assumption that the Jan- uary referendum was valid. They also agreed to charge all engineering students $8 a year until the engin- eers paid oft’ a $6O.O00 debt ( ( 3 the Alma Mater Society.

The board passed senate’\ recom- mendation to end enrolment to the first year of education’s bachelor program, which come people say is a preparation for cutting the pro- gram entirely.

The 45-minute open session was followed by a three hour in camera meeting.

Programs Financing agreement be- government tween the province sand the fed era^ for another year. High School group holds rally against cutbacks

Wednesday. Eric Lay, a grade 11 student at

Prince of Wales said “the present situation is just awful.” Lay said at his school budget cuts forced upon the school boards will mean lost jobs for teachers and librarians.

Students will face increased class sizes, he added, Physics 12 labs will be reduced to demonstrations.

If the cuts go ahead not even school boards will be immune, said Lay. He said provincial education minis te r Jack Heinr ich has threatened to dismantle school boards in Vancouver and Victoria and place them in trusteeship if they refuse to meet their budgets.

Jason Grant, also from SAVE,

said taking inflation into account the cut means a loss of $17.1 million for Vancouver alone.

Among those speaking at the pro- test will be Phil Rankin, Vancouver School Board spokesperson, Mark Reder, UBC Great Trek committee co-chair and a representative of the College - Institute Educators Association.

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