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Strike looms at University of Winnipeg by Nicole C. Rosevere

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WINNIPEG (CUP)-Faculty at the Uni- versity of Winnipeg have voted in favour of a strike if a contract settle ment is not reached by March 3 1.

The faculty's last contract expired March 31, 1997. The faculty associa- tion and the administration have spent the last year negotiating a new deal. During this time, the terms of the old contract have still been in effect.

But come March 3 1, the old terms are no longer valid and U of W faculty will effectively be without any sort of agreement with the administration.

Just over 87 per cent of those partic

"Our salaries are significantly

lower than faculty and instructors

at the University of Manitoba and

our typical course load

is higher." ipating in the vote cast ballots in favour of the strike mandate. Accordmg to Allen Mills, pres- "ALLEN MILU ident of the faculty association, one of the main PRESIDENT OF THE FACULTY ASSOCIATlON issues at stake is pay parity with professors at the University of Manitoba.

'Our salaries are significantly lower than faculty and instructors at the U of M and our typical course load is hgher,' he said. He adds the situation is exac- erbated by the fact that many U of W faculty and instructors teach in programs offered jointly by the two universities.

Other concerns of the faculty, Mills says, include losing salary through the administration pressing them to take days off without pay, and plans by the university to shorten the process through which it can declare programs redundant and lay off faculty and instructors.

While the administration is talung the strike vote seriously, it says the move is not an unusual one.

#[A strike vote] is not an uncommon occurrence during negotiations,' said Joan Anderson, a spokesperson for the university. 'There are a num- ber of thmgs that rmght happen but we hope to have a contract in place before the end of the month.'

The two sides will be in conciliation talks March 18 and 19. Elizabeth Carlyle, president of the U of W student union, says they should have students on their minds as they negotiate.

'We haven't taken a stand on issues, but we sup port the faculty's right to take job action. We hope both parties will negotiate in good faith and keep stu- dents' interests in mind.'+

by Chris Nuttall-Smith

Canada's faculty associations have ended their boycott of the planned Technical University of BC after rea- a deal that should ensure some academic freedom at the institution.

The Tech BC compromise will give power to an academic plan- ning board made up of faculty, stu- dents, staff and industry represen-

The school's Board of Governors will be required to con- sult that board before making decisions on academic programs.

Also announced last week, Tech BC has adopted a policy on academic freedom and will estab lish 'continuing appointments,'- in effect, the same thug as tenure.

Robert Clift, the executive director of the Confederation of University F,aculty Associations

mise gives some protection to fac- ulty. He added that although the changes aren't enshrined in the Act that established Tech BC, they will be taken seriously.

'It's still theoretically possible for the Board of Governors to over- rule what this academic planning board will decide, but if they were to do so they would be in a heap of shit with us,' said Clift.

Clift and other faculty repre

be put into the Technical University of British Columbia Act to ensure that they are followed.

But a spokesperson for the Advanced Education ministry said yesterday the province 'doesn't see any mason to enshrine the changes,, and won't likely do so during th is legislative session.

Last SUIllIller several faculty groups, includmg CUFA BC and the Canadian Association of

international boycott of Tech BC. Several other academic organisa- tions like the American Association of University Professors and UBC's academic Senate called on the provincial- government to ensure academic freedom at the school.

Tech BC, planned for Surrey or the Fraser Valley, is billed as a %on traditional university- with a focus on applied technology train-

tatives. "

(CUFA) OF BC:, said the compre sentatives say the changes should University Teachers launched an ing.9 " -

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mw all, after recoaing & as one ofthe pro- WURE UNDER ARRESI! UBC student Jesse Scott daims his arrest'lasit Saturday over graffiti was simply police intimidation on the v ideotape ,~def ih arrested him. IUCHARD W B Y S S E Y FILE PHOTO

When asked why Scott hadn't been taken into the lawyer representing Scott future protestors. custody earlier, Drennan replied 'There was no opportunity. . 'It's incredible that our tax dollars are being used to survey 'It's a way of subverting the e c e system,' said S m i t h There was over 1,000 people there. The officer couldn't get a p u p s engaged in perfect legal activities,' he said. '[The police] use their powers to punish someone without going

But Aiyanas Ormond, another UBC student, was arrested thrown out of dourt He argued their real reason for arresting Drennan said Vancouver Police will likely arrest more Day chance to arrest him.' The police, said Smith, know the mischief charge will be to tnal for exercising their nght to freedom of speech"

that day. hnnan's explanation doesn't satisfy Milton Smith, activists like Scott is not to win in court but rather to scare off of Action protesters for mischief.*:*

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Sessionals to talk about unionisina ... continued from page 1 It contributes to another problem, says

Burnham, in that getting a job in academe becomes

rock, others will present a video on migrant workers. Modelled after an early six- ties production on farm workers in Southern Cali- fornia, it instead turns the spotlight onto non-tenured instructors. Like those farm workers, one thing the sessionals will talk about is the possibility of forming a union.

'This is one of the options we're loolung at,' says Burnham. 'Merely

will be under the Martha Piper administration. Her frustra- tion stems from the last bar- gaining round with the univer- sity in 1995, when the Faculty Association put forth demands for a salary increase. M e r the administration refused, the case was taken. to arbitration, and the arbitration panel sided with the university. The deci- sion left all faculty, sessionals included, with a zero per cent pay increase.

Burnham says while he wouldn't want the issue to pit sessionals against the Faculty Association, he wonders if the sessionals would be better off going it alone. What you don't want to get into is a union versus union t h u g . We're just lrying to figure .out what's in our best interests.'

At fourteen other campuses across Canada, mostly in Ontario, sessionals have opted to sign union cards and join the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Having unionised at Guelph, the ses- sionds got a 4-5% wage increase in their first agree-

difference there, however, says and Guelph CUPE President

ler, is that not even the faculty

$23,00 a year. RICHARD M/UEYSSEY FILE PHOTO

telllng the administration that they should be [pay- ing us more] for moral reasons doesn't seem to be working. Perhaps unionisation or even the threat of it would.'

On campuses across North America, sessionals now comprise an enormous but under-acknowl- edged sector of the academic labour force. By 1996, there were at least 50,000 part-time and. sessional teachers in Canadian universities, according to David Bercuson, Robert Bothwell, and J.L. Granaktein-authors of Petrified Campus. The instructors are hired by administrations that face unprecedented funding cutbacks and whlo are look- ing to salaries as a place to trim budgets. Sessionals earn anywhere from half to one fifth what. a tenured faculty member would earn doing the same job.

Makmg matters worse for sessionals at UBC is that most tenured appointments have been frozen until spring. Burnham and another Enghsh depart- ment sessional, Kegan Doyle, had been shortlisted for a posting within the department -mtd UBC announced a $16 million opera- shortfall in February and froze the position, along with 80% of all appointments resultmg from resignation, retire- ment, or death.

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sionals. 'Most of the faculty associations either didn't have an interest in represent-

ing them, or the university wouldn't let them.' Michael Hughes, president of the CUPE local that

represents UBC Teachmg Assistants, says that while people phone his office all the ' h e to ask about forming a union, there's a danger in having a tem- porary labour pool entrench themselves by unionis- ing. The act in itself, he says, could legitimise a more widespread use of part-time labour by the universi- ty. 'I'm sure that's some- [the sessionals] are strug& with. They're sessionals now, and they're not about to get paid well for being sessionals. But in a lot of ways, I'm sure they don't want to do it for the rest of their lives. They all want to get faculty posi- tions, and they don't want to protect their jobs to the extent that they start cuttmg into faculty positions.'

Kegan Doyle, who is also helping to organise this Thursday's Sessionalpalooza, says that while frus- tration stems from both poor wages and a highly uncertain future, the big issue is that the adminis- tration doesn't seem to be listening. 'There's so much anger and doubt. If you start talking to people in other departments every sessional I've ever talked to. is pissed off. There's a feeling that some- thug big has to change in the university's attitude to sessionals.'*:*

The following are the ideas which will be voted on by the grad class at the AGbi Wed,

March. 25th

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2) General Book Fund

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8) Van for UBC Vanpool

I" an by Wolf Depner Taman says the Lions, who have the 3rd pick over-

all, are interested in drafting Centre Jim Cooper and defensive "1 project Curtis either player if available and if back/special teamer Curtis Galick, two seen fit. key members of the 1997 Vanier Cup has; a chance of As of this weekend, Cooper, winning UBC Thunderbirds, had strong says he has talked to seven of showings at the 1.998 CFL Canadian being drafted in the eight teams, but added College draft combines held in Winnipeg 'personally I don't have any this past weekend. preference as to where I want

the best offensiveline man available in SMITH Like Cooper, Galick says it this year's draft, to be held April 7 via doesn't matter which team conference call, while Galicks strong performance created a serious buzz. What else do you expect from somebody nick- named 'Superfly' for his gung-ho style of play?

Galick, who picked off four passes during the regular season, impressed CFL brass by covering the 40 yard dash in an official time of 4.45 seconds. He also did well in several other tests.

'I think I opened up their eyes a bit more,' says Galick, a physi- cal specimen at 6'2" and 2 12 pounds. 'He had a redly good day and h s grade went up even fur- ther,' says Brandon Taman, Director of Player Personnel for the BC Lions.

"I project Curtis has a chance of being drafted in the first round," adds UBC head coach Casey Smith who expects Galick to play safety once turned pro.

As for Cooper, Taman says his technique and speed were impressive, but adds Cooper's size-6'4", 246 pounds-may be a knock against him. "If he can put some pounds 011, it ends up drafbg him. But the Burnaby native adds he will raise his stock as well,' Taman said of the nativse of wouldn't mind playing for the Lions. 'That would be. Markham, Ontario and All-Canadian this past season. pretty fun."*:*

the first round" Cooper reaffiimed his status as one of -UBC HEAD COACH, to go. I just want to go.'

CURTIS CALICK UBC star defensive back deemed CFL draft material. RICHARD LAM/IJBYSSN FILE PHOTO

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When 350 varsity athletes and cheer- leaders got together for a post-season bonding party, the result was a raunchy cabaret of strip dancing, male frontal nudity, a humiliated football star, and a bizarre theft involving empty beer kegs.

All this debauchery occurred Friday mght as UBC varsity athletes put on the second annual Varsity Athlete Skit Night, one of several events sponsored by the Thunderbird Athletic Council each year to raise funds for athletic scholarships, which the Council awards to deserving peers.

The men's basketball team, led Beau Mitchell, Dominic Zimmerman, Jeff Sharma, and Joe Nickel won h t place for their striptease.

Wearing wacky hats with blue and gold varsity warm-up suits over their basketball uniforms, the boisterous

each others butts and slithering around on the ground, the players ripped off their snapbutton track pants to display teeny-weeny b a s ketball shorts. But they weren't fm- ished.

Their s t r a w c spots shielded behind hats, Mitchell, Zimmennann. Nickel, and Sharma shimmied out of their shorts, then turned mud to moon the dehghted audience.

Tied for second prize was the women's volleyball team's 'Spike Girls' number, spoofing you-know- who, and the men's hockey team.

As the rest of the hockey team played yell kings and lead the crowds through a cheer, Loui Mellios, Jamie Burt, goaltender Jon Sikkema, and former player Tim Davis burst out from behind with- out wearing a stitch and sprinted up each side of the auhtorium.

The peekaboo show also turned CETnNC CHEEKY: players show all. IO-ANN CHlU PHOTO

into a battle of male versus female athletic prowess, when Brad Coutts, star receiver for the UBC foot- ball team, was challenged to a contest on rowing machmes against a mem- ber of the women's rowing team.

One week ago, Coutts made derogatory remarks to a rowing team friend, reportedly saying rowing was a wimpy sport and that 'anybody can row:

Competing against Coutts was Alyson kith.

The pigskin player heartily obhged. Easing his 6'2', 205-lb frame into the rowing machine, Coutts shouted obscure incanta- tions of football machlsmo into the live video camera

team bare their buff bodies. IO-ANN CHlU PHOTO cious stroke backward and

crowd cheered when the players wig Regaining his composure, Coutts gled out of the jackets, and then their began rowing with strong. swift strokes. tops, as they grooved to the Jackson But as fatisue exposed the true limita- Five's filnkv Motown hit, 'ABC.' tions of his endurance level, the power

After dancing about, slapping at of his strokes began to falter and he

fell off the machine.

struggled to maintain a w e d form. ki th , meanwhile, rowed on with

u n i l i n c b ease and her resistance wheel whirled away while the metres logged on. k i t h would have continued, but teammate Kathy Eggenburger want- ed to see how many metres she, too, could knock off faster than Coutts.

So k i t h stopped in the middle of row- ing to get off, and let Eggenburger hop on for a try.

The contest finally ended when Coutts blasted himself off the rowing machine a second time and couldn't get back up.

His teammates had to peel his remains off the floor and help him drq back to their seats.

Despite the giant pink Energizer Bunny on the front of his T-shirt, Coutts was clearly not able to 'keep rowing and rowing' when it came to the sport 'In my last five years, that was proba-

bly the most school spirit I've ever seen,' says Alain Suurkask, Athletic Council Vice President and Skit Nght organiser, of the evening.

But not eve- went off without a hitch.

Two empty beer kegs were stolen h m the premises during the events. Athletic Council reps were not as upset as they were bewildered, wondering why anyone would want them+

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I point out that Ritalin abuse is not endemic. "A lot more students are using alcohol than Ritah," Tellier points out, addmg that McGill's health centre has not had students come in hq+ on Ritalin.

Tellier, students are abusing Ritalin for much the same reason students have always relied on stimulants: stress. The difference now, howev- er, is that students' stress levels are increasing. and they seem to be seelung more potent study aids.

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Ritalin abuse is "a func- tion of what's happening in our socie ty... and the fact that a university edu- cation may not guaran- tee a job.'

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I scription for Ritalin to help them perform better. They say an

that t h o ~ ~ a n d s of students at McGiU and Concordia univer- sleep," said 'me ," a firstyear McGa student who asked that problems. sities are hkmg Ritalin to help them study. And while that num- real m e not be used. while he says he hasn't tried But concentration and organisational difficulties, associ- ber certady seem on the high end, there S evidence that stu- Ritalin himself, ' m e ' says he has several friends who have. ated with ADD and detrimental to a university career, can dents in Montreal are abusing the drug. "You get it through a &end," he adds. "People say it's not also be caused by other factors such as depression and anxi-

any evidence of Ritalin abuse among students at their school, N o m Hoffman. director of McGill's menfal health ser- And Ritalin may in fact have the opposite of the desired representatives of McGill's health services concede that, while vice, says several students have told that Ritalin is read- effect While students take the drug because they've heard that the numbers are hard to quanti&, some students are probably ily ava&ble and inexpensive on -pus. But like Tellier, it's a wonder drug which will kickin instantly and improve

abusing Ritalin without a prescription can lead to agitation, depression,

ety. While officials at Concordia University say they have not seen hard to get'

using Ritalin illicitly. Hoffman admits that it is difEdt to estimate exactly just how their ability to focus on their studies, for some people, taking w e can't [quanti@] it, but our impression is that it is being M&a students

abused just like anywhere else. We're no different," said Pierre 'Someone come in and say h o w 10 20 stu- or psychotic episodes. Paul Tellier, director of health services at McGiU. dents who use it..[while] others don't h o w anyone using it," "This is a p&xkiaUy dangerous drug." Hoffman says.

Several McGiU students surveyed for this article said that he says of& patients. In the end, experts agree that for most people, the best way they had heard of Ritalin being used as a study aid on the cam- Based on anecdotal evidence, Hoffman guesses that about to lower anxiety, boost energy, improve concentration and do PUS- five per cent, or 125 of McGill's 25,000 students, are casual- well at school is through exercise, a balanced diet adequate

'I've heard it makes YOU study and it doesn't put YOU to Jy experimentjng with Ritalin. He says he has seen only a few sleep and relaxation9

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The AMS has allocated $10,000 toward the legal costs of the 27 plaintiffs who recently filed a law suit against the RCMP and the Prime Minister, among others. The suit arises from the treatment of protesters during the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting on campus last November. The plaintiffs' claims include the following:

assault and battery: for the use of pepper spray and direct physical battery

sexual harassment: strip searches were used against only the female detainees

-false and wrongful arrest and detention: arrests were made to detain people for the purpose of stopping criminal behaviour. Those detained were not subsequently charged with a criminal offence

Charter of Rights 8, Freedoms: conditions of release, prohibiting signatories from engaging in protest against APEC or any of the APEC member economies, violated their constitutional right to freedom of expression.

Of the $10,000, $5,000 was donated to the AMS by the University. This money was intended to support the investigation of the events of November 25. The total allocated funds will cover only a small portion of the anticipated expenses of the suit over the next three to five years, and the plaintiffs continue to solicit donations from other parties to cover court costs which may reach $100,000. Legal counsel is being retained on a probono basis.

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ALABINA At Orpheum March 21

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Celtic Heartbeat A not at the opulent Orpheum-now that's something I'd pay to see! Looting and pillaging amongst the suits. Stiff upper lips meeting stiffer fists. It was almost the case at the Alabina concert on m e Saturday March 2 1.

Last "minute contract conflicts between the organisers and the performers pissed off 'Orpheum was the audience. ARer a few wasted hours, the

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Premiering on stage, the Persian pop - I

duo from LA: 'The LOYS', or whate;e; ne,Qr riot when 0 played some lively songs. Whde the audience had a good laugh at their cos- tumes-there was extensive use of contractual white handkerchiefs-we marveled at the dance choreography. But really, the first four songs or so they played conflict emerged were really good.

ARer that I contemplated jump iw off the balcony in frustration. between Mire wasted time: But we got bet- 0

ter seats in the confusion-which served me well because the head- organlsers liner was finally convinced to play. "

Whistles and catcalls welcomed Alabina to the stage. This coUabe ond the ration between Lo: Ninos de Sora A I

and Ishtar combines Spanish and Egyptian musical styles to pro- pertormers. - duce a unique and exotic blend of music. Los Ninos' Latin percus- sion and guitar is mixed harm& The audience was niously with the caramel-silk voice

ing Egyptian vocalist. The popular- of khtar, and the sultry belly danc- f0rce.d to sit and ity of the band is evident by the fact that their first album has been on Wait for houB while the Virgin TOD 20 List for the Dast ~~ " 20 weeks.

Some of the songs performed some heated were melodic masterpieces, yet 0th- ers allowed my focus to wander to neclotiations took deeper issues-like where on earth 3

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Some bands are better live, others sound more captivating on a recording, Alabina is best described bv the later. thincrs were set- ~~~

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over, yet in concert they lack a little edge. A wee little edge. Maybe it was the disgruntled tled and the

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into the music a bit more if you understand show went Spanish and/or Arabic. It is unfortunate that Aabina was overshadowed by a poorly planned venue. Yet despite the setbacks, the group pulled off a on. pretty decent performance.+

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Thanks to Sean ORiada, traditional Insh music is alive and thriving. Although Sean was a bit consem- tive-he sought to revive trd- tional tic -culture as it once was, and bring it to the modern world preserved intact-those

MARCH 24, l 9 9 E - VOLUME 79 ISSUE 43

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The Ubyssey is the official student newspa- per of the University of British Columbia. It is published every Tuesday and Friday by : The Ubyssey Publications Society. We are an autonomous, democratically run student organisation, and all students are encouraged to participate. Editorials are chosen and written by the Ubyssey staff. They are the expressed opin- ion of the staff, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Ubyssey Publications Society or the University of British Columbia. The Ubyssey is a founding member of Canadian University Press (CUP) and firmly adheres to CUP'S guiding principles. All editorial content appearing in The Ubyssey is the property of The Ubyssey : Publications Society. Stories, opinions, pho- tographs and artwork contained herein cannot be reproduced without the expressed, written permission of The Ubyssey Publications Society. Letters to the editor must be under 300 words. Please include your phone num-

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Sarah Galashan gazed up into the sky as Alex 1 Bustos decended down out of the cosmos. Chris 1 Nuttal-Smith stood in awe as Jamie Woods 1 decried, 'Oh my G o d , it is J*Ann Chiu, here to i show us the way to the one true God, Wolf i Lkpnerl' Richard Lam caught it all on film as I Andy Barham drank his tea. Nyranne Martin i could not believe what she was seeing Din0 i Heenhgala in a speedo. AUison Cole dmve the j pick up as Janet Ip and Joe Clark read the map. ' They had to find the cosmic temple. Federico

Barahona could not handle the truth. so he spanked Douglas Quan with a chainsaw. Tara Westover shook her head when she saw Bruce i

Arthur and C y n t h i a Lee showing up in their togas, the only way to dress when rising to the

. next level. Jeff Bell and Ron Nurwisah prayed ' and Richelle Rae had a beer. Todd Silver, how- i ever, could only guess as to what John Zaozirny .- was doing with a bicycle pump.

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If you voted last week for a student legal aid fund lawyers on their side, backed by the new legal send you a cheque. you rmght have done so on the basis of a key component in that campaign: approve a dollar now, get $36 later.

Great deal. At least one UBC administrator bought it, many students &d, we almost did.

Campaigners told people that if students hoped to see a refund for two fee increases a BC Supreme Court Judge found illegal last Januar- about $36 for a full-time student-they'd better support the legal fund. That support would let fund supporters negotiate a repayment order with UBC.

The rhetoric was superb. Amir Attaran, a UBC law student and one of the campaign organisers, told students and the press that the university could not be trusted to return the $1 million to students. International students? Kiss the refund goodbye, unless students have

fund. At one point when it looked hke the campaign

wouldn't get quorum, Attaran told a reporter: 'If

this referendum doesn't go through I'm not even going to negotiate the refund.'

Who wouldn't vote yes? Who wouldn't give someone a dollar in exchange for $3 6?

If you check your account with UBC's regis- trar though, you'll most likely find a bit of a bal- ance. About $36 ifyou're a full time student. It's been there since long before the campaign start- ed.

UBC returned the money in early February to students; even international students (who aren't covered by the tuition fkeeze the judge said UBC violated) were crehted. If you take courses next term the balance will go towards your tuition; if you graduate this term UBC will

So all this begs the question: were students misled? Would they have voted for a legal fund if there wasn't the expectation of 6nancial reward?

To answer the first question, yes, students were misled. No need to say more.

As for the second question the truth is we'll never know. What we do know is that referenda at UBC very rarely reach quorum. Just ask the folks at the Thunderbird Shop, who got over 3000 yes votes, but needed 72 more to reach quorum.

In a referendum at UBC, a $36 bait could go a long way in pus- the vote M y beyond the requiredminimum.

You may or may not thnk the proposed legal aid fund is a good idea, but if you're like us you probably would have preferred to cast your vote on the basis of the real facts::*

The gahage

I am writmg in response to an article in the Ubyssey ('Grad stu- dent finds condoms, bras, truth in your trash'-March 13th, 1998). I am that unfortunate grad student, and would like to reply to quotes stated in the arti- cle, which have seemed to cause some concern in the ranks of Totem Park residents.

First issuefas they tore open bags with smiles of g d t y plea- sures', this refers to the actions taken by myself. The mistaken 'guilty pleasure' expression can be attributed to the following reasons:

1. The smell w a f h g up from the bag caused facial features to contort in agony, giving the appearance of a smile

2. Feeling slimy garbage juice slipping through fingers caused facial features to contort in agony, giving the appearance of a smile

3. The photographer's camera clickmg away caused facial fea- tures to contort in a miserable attempt at 'smile for the camera, ignore your surroundings' ie. garbage

Furthermore, as to the 'con- doms, bras and intriguing love

letters' I would like to offer a sincere apology to the residents of Totem Park and Thunderbird Residence that may have been offended by this seeming inva- sion of their own, personal garbage. This study is intended to be a profesional examination of the UBC waste stream for eval- uating the success of the rev- c l q program and the potential for alternative reduction strate- gies. It is NOT a sneaky under- handed inquiry into the social habits of the rock stars inhabit- ing these residences. One has to keep in mind that, yes, we are creatures of curiosity, and one is generally more interested in readmg an article about sex than about garbage-hence the bait offered in the headline. Seriously, though, general cate- gories exist for each item found, and items were dealt with an effi- cient and professional manner. These results are intended to give an overall picture of UBC's waste generation, and in no way are to investigate cultural habits of the resident's garbage that was collected. I'll leave that to future anthropologists. Thanks for your attention.

Melissa Felder Maeters student

Biwwsource engjnearing

Graffiti artists short-med I was ashamed to see that grafEti artists decided to hit the Henry Angus buildmg where the Commerce Undergrads and MBA's hold lectures.

First of all, I sincerely hope that those responsible were not stu- dents here at UBC. My understand- ing was that a university is a place where we explore ideas, regardless of whether or not we agree with them. It seems clear that someone out there doesn't believe that busi- ness concepts fall into the category of t hgs that should be examined and studied.

As I said before, the B. Comm program teaches us how the world works. It does not usually say that this is the best way, only that this is the way that markets work, that books are kept, and that businesses operate. If we did not study these concepts we would not be able to improve on them.

Maybe some commerce stu- dents think that tax cuts may be bet- ter for society than free post sec- ondary education. Perhaps we are not all adamantly against the APEC concept and free trade. Perhaps we know somethug that you do not Perhaps you know some- that

we do not This is why we study business. This is the purpose of a university. URC is a place where we can study the reasoning behind ideas and then form our own opin- ions; however, some obviously think that accurate opinions of the business world can be formed with- out any study of how that world operates.

I often have conversations with friends h m other fadties where we debate topics such as free trade, monopolies, and other ideas. Many of my friends take a very antihsi- ness stance but we discuss and we learn from each other. I gain insghts from them and hopefully they gain insghts h m my point of view. I find that this is where I do my real learning and I should hope that no one honestly believes that I am a bad person simply because I choose to study business.

I believe that universities are here so that we can explore and evaluate the ideas of the world. I argue to anyone who believes in what was written around the Henry Angus buildmg that it is not stu- dents of business who we should be worried about but people like graf- fiti artists who form opinions based on little more than raw emotion and then preach those opinions to others.

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A response to Marchi by kzrah Heame

Ln the spirit of democratic discourse which is a cornexstone of any heal% democracy, I would like to rebut Federal Intemtional Trade Minister Sergio Marchi's defense of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) which he has printed in newspa pen acmss the land.

Mr. Marchi declares that Canada

because a crime has already OcCuITed therefore such crimes can continue in the film.

Fifth, concerning the legal @ts of investors under the MAI, it should be noted that the accord does not grant a compensatory power to citizens to defend themselves against the investors for negative impacts from their developments. The lTHYL case mentioned earlier proves this to be so. More ominous, in this regard, IXHYL is

'private legal violation of Canada's Charter of wts S m w so and Freedoms. Shauld we then go for-

ward ancl with this deal? Then, one must realise

that the PM is also uliimate ly intended for developing Perspective

U that they can sue govern-

ments, that a determined and aggres sive push by investors would likely result in the 'rollback' clause being acti- vated against the objectionable reserva- tion. amethmg like this is already hap

against the federal government for its attempt to ban the importation of ETHYL'S neurotoxin MMT on public safety punds. Evidently the protection of Canada's public health isn't a legal obstacle to American investors invok- ing NAFTA for such attacks. We must remember that the MAI is just NAFl'A writ large.

Secondly, the text on Canada's reser- vations to the MAI, Canah Revised hait Reservations (confidential), does not declare that the odious 'standstill' and 'rollback' clauses wiU be deemed unacceptable in face of a challenge. This suggests that the reservations being sought won't be worth the paper theyareprintedon-asisthecasewith resewations in the NAFTA (as proven when the NAFTA cultural reservation was overturned in the WTO decision on Canada's split-run magazine regimen). To prove its commitment and to gener- ate power on this point, the federal gov- ernment would have to pass a law into the constitution that domestic concern override international economic accords. But is this happening? Is it even being discussed? No, it is not; indeed it would be vigornusly resisted bytheLiberals(andthepcSandthe Reforms).

Thdy, it is important to consider that the US. government is threatening to walk out of the MAI negotiations unlessithasitswayintherebeingno reservations in the MAI at all. Is the Canadian government likely to stand h m in face of this coercion? Why should it start now? What we can ask of the Liberals here is if the Canadian reservations would constitute a 'deal breaker'. In other words, would their impingement be cause for Canada to walk away h m the deal.

Fourth, M r . Marchi implies that as investors can already sue Canadian courts therefore they should be allowed to so continue under the MAI. What this claim conveniently overlooks is that at present lawsuits go before Canadian courts where the Canadian public can scrutinise the case and also act to inter- vene-thus allowing for some account- ability of investors to the citkmnry. However, under the MAI, investors would go before a private tribunal where proceedmgs would be kept secret and where the citizenry could not intervene. Besides, even if investors already can sue this does not make of the precedent a good thug. To so sug gest is tantamount to saying that

pening with €rHYL c o w s lawsuit

Mtions! Abuse of human rights is rampant in these countries. The MAI claims to protect a nation's labour @ts and environmental pm tection rules. But what do these protec- tions matter when the standards are at the bottom of the heap? In all likeli- h& investors using the MAI in devel- oping countries would not have to

which purports to be civilised, going to engage in a doublestandard and uphold a MAI which is not intended to levelup criteria for public safety here?

An organisation. no less luminary than Harvard University has had its Human Rights Clinical Project Prugram examine the MAI. Fidmgs are that the MAI stands to violate several United Nations internati~nal conventions aimed at protechng human rights. This includes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Canada is a sig ~ t o v to these conventions. Is it now going to turn its back? Neither would developing nations be enjoined to pm tect their citizens under the MAI, nor would firms from Developed Nations be enjoined to observe such protedions in these regions. Moreover, foreign firms could come into Canada, and despite their deplorable records, be allowed to set up shop, because the 'most favoured nation' clause of the MAI would make it so.

On a last note here we should know that Harvard Univemity has concluded that the MAI would seriously compm mise the ability of Idernmtic,govem ments to govern. As a result democracy would d e r . The tact that Mr Marchi speaks of M o m to act in the first place reveals that such freedom is at risk fimm the MAI.

If Peter C. Newnnan, a conservative writer writmg for a conservative zine Madeans indicates we should be worried about the MAI, shouldn't we be worried? If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it doesn't the tree fall, nonethelers? If we close our ears to the dangers in the MAI, does this make the problem go away?

AUwecando,ascitkmns,istowrite to our Mp's and MILA'S to express our concern and dqleasure. We mght insist that the ability of investors to sue all levels of government and to take these lawsuits to secret tribunals which are unaccountable to the public are simply unacceptatlle. Thy counter- mand democracy and have no place in the life of our nation. We mght indate that we will not vc~te for these politi- cians in the future. The important thmg istoact

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