The struggling student movement

by Glen Sunford Cunadiun University Press

THE UBYSSEY Vol. LXV, No. 20 Vancouver, B.C. Friday, November 19,1982 228-2301

evenly-five shined faces Erik Roy’s wide bewildered eyes stood out at the back.

His jaw dropped as student politicians from across Canada finally discussed the issue that concerned him most - providing $500 for legal fees incurred by Universite de Moncton students when they staged a dramatic occupation there last spring.

“Sure, the cause is great,” said an Albertan stu- dent. “But where are we (the Canadian Federation of Students) going to get the money?”

Roy sat for a moment when the motion was pass- ed. The students at his institution would get lip ser- vice, but no money. Then he began shuddering and tears squeezed out of his eyes.

CFS chair Brenda Cote, who also participated in the Moncton occupation, put her arm around Roy. They sat at the back, alone, and then Roy walked outside.

‘‘I’m not going back in,” Roy said later. “ I f solidarity doesn’t come to more than this, then CFS is dead .”

Inside the lecture hall, the final plenary of the se- cond national conference for CFS went into its four- teenth hour. Debate continued, but the mood was oppressive. Delegates voted to give Moncton $500 i f Simon Fraser University and Langara soon paid their membership fees, but it was too late. The national student movement had Just alienated its most active campus.

Roy said it was likely that Moncton would drop out of CFS, and everyone at the conference knew it was true.

Ironically, about an hour before turning down funds for Moncton, the week-long conference reach- ed its most productive moment when delegates agreed to launch a campaign aimed at “exploding the myth” of fiscal restraint.

Dreary delegates became energetic when members of the campaign committee came before the plenary with three balloons which read: “Fuck this fiscal fix- ation.” The students cheered as the balloons were ex- ploded, and the campaign idea was overwhelmingly adopted.

As the committee’s report stated: “By stressing a campaign against restraint we will multiply the number of people who will support us, we will over- come the cynicism and apathy of our own member- ship, and we can share the resources of ou r alliances. ”

These goals are key to the survival of CFS. Though the two-year-old organization represents about 500 ,000 students, most Canadians are not aware the group exists or what its function is. Students do not participate in CFS activities, nor has CFS built out- side allies.

Fighting fiscal restraint is a long-term campaign, but the immediate short-term goal is employment. CFS plans a week of information in the first week of February, then a week of action in early Marc:h.

The campaign plan is solid, but if the mood of the conference is any indication, CFS will have a1 hard time pulling it off.

The conference began awkwardly Nov. 8 when the opening plenary started an hour late. The first mo- tion - ratifying the plenary chairperson - created a

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the lecture hall, 15-minute debate. I t took an hour for the plenary to accept an agenda.

When the bus from the University of Victoria to the downtown hotel had to leave at 11 p .m. , delegates stormed out of the plenary before all the business vias conducted. There was not even a mo- tion to adjourn.

Throughout the week, most workshops were poor- ly attended. There was a clear split between those in- terested i n the services aspect of CFS, and those in- terested i n the political.

Thirteen committees, composed of provincial representatives, met late at night to propose motions for the final plenary. But half of those motions did not make it to the final plenary because the 15-hour meeting ended once again before all the business was covered.

Many (delegates came to the conference with specific criticisms of the organization, but there were few opportunities for those criticisms to be voiced.

Specifically, delegates failed to deal with a com- plaint fr0.m the Student Union of Nova Scotia that CFS provides poor services and hinders provincial autonomy. SUNS members said they want the freedom for institutions to join the provincial organization and not the national, but this is not possible axording to current CFS guidelines.

SUNS’ complaints came up briefly Wednesday morning when delegates demanded an accountability session with the CFS central committee. Committee members hung their heads and looked braced for a firing squad as questions were shot at them:

“Why wasn’t a translator hired as mandated at the last national?

Well, uh, we had too many mandates for research so we hired a researcher instead.

“Where was CFS when Nova Scotia students fought last summer to prevent entire institutions from closing down?”

It was 61 mistake. What else can we say? “ W h y was the week of information (planned for

October) such a failure?” Um, WE‘ didn’t get much support from the institu-

tions. P1u.s the materials weren ’t mailed out in time. At the $,ession, the committee took flack for being

bureaucratic, undemocratic and ineffective. But none of those complaints were addressed at the final plenary because time ran out. The result? Delegates dumped t:he resolutions that didn’t hit the floor on the central committee.

The final plenary began at 1 1 a.m. Nov. 13. Debate focussed on the technicalities of CFS-Services until 9:30 p.m. Only then did delegates, already exhausted by a week-long conference, begin to discuss the political role of their organization.

They scored a major victory when they ratified a campaign intended to activate students by fighting fiscal restraint, but the same evening they lost the most politically active campus in Canada - Monc- ton - because they couldn’t spare $500 .

They complained the central committee was undemocratic, yet left half their policy motions for the committee to decide. They said they wanted to in- volve more students in CFS, but newcomers to CFS conferences were left mystified.

As one .first-time delegate said: “1 feel useless here. I don’t know what it’s about .”

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Marsah puts acoustics back into jazz By CHRIS WONG

“It’s taken me all my life to learn

- D i w , Gillespie

In his dynamic performance at the Commodore Ballroom on Nov. 9, Wynton Marsalis displayed talents on the trumpet which nor- mally come only from years of self- discipline and perseverance.

what not to play. ’’

But Marsalis is not a grey-haired old musician ready to put down his horn. On the contrary, he is at the age of 20 a prime figure in the changing face of jazz.

During the ’70s the jazz world was dominated by the Miles Davis influenced generation. While creativity and innovation peaked, communication and soul were neglected. Marsalis and others like him represent a return towards the acoustic tradition in jazz - basic and honest music without electric trappings.

He successfully showed his ap- preciation and understanding of this tradition in two exciting sets at the Commodore. After Marsalis and his band took the stage, the old ballroom resembled the dark and noisy clubs in which the greats once played. The appearance of the band decked out in suits and ties combin-

ed with sounds of pure acoustic jazz to create this atmosphere.

Operring with a tune by Herbie Hancock, Marsalis immediately demonstrated his varied talents. In his soloing he balanced fast and complex lines verging on atonality, with humour and classical touches.

The influences heard in his play- ing are definitely diverse. His classical influences come from two years he spent at Julliard. Even tinges of Louis Armstrong can be heard (Marsalis hails from New Orleans.)

Marsalis joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers at the age of 18. Like the great trumpet players that preceeded him in this group, his playing is driving and energetic. In- deed, memories of Clifford Brown and a young Freddie Hubbard are evoked when listening to his music.

On his own composi t ion Twilight, Marsalis with his brother Branford on tenor saxophone, created an intricate interplay of scattered lines and appropriately times squeaks and honks.

Throughout the performance, the brothers displayed an intuitive sense for each other’s playing in their brilliant two horn front line. However, their tendency to play outside conventional harmonic

already possess and demonstrate. The rhythm section of Kenny

Kirkland on piano, Phil Bowler on bass, and Jeff Watts on drums maintained a solid beat throughout the tunes, which contained many tricky tempo changes. Kirkland stood out in his solos which ranged from simple and restrained im- provisations, to long and difficult runs all over the keyboard.

While Watts was exciting and powerful, his playing remained too long at one volume - loud. His overly bois terous drumming detracted rather than complimented the other musicians.

Marsalis and his band mainly played tunes with challenging melodies and complex chord changes, but songs of a more tradi- tional nature were also featured. On the ballads Who Can I Turn To? and I’ve Got It Bad, Marsalis utiliz- ed his impeccable tones and his pro- ficiency in the upper register to give these standards a sensitive treat- ment.

Perhaps his biggest accomplish- ment was his ability to avoid redun- dancy and instead, to inject new ideas into these songs which have been played thousands of times. The youthful and honest approach

structures sometimes fell short of wlhen atonality sounded more like exhibited by Marsalis is a positive excellence. wrong notes. But considering their sign that jazz is leaving the narrow

In Sister Cheryl, there were brief youth, such moments are minor confines of rock and returning to its moments in both brothers’ soloing compared to the atdities they acoustic roots.

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MARSALIS . . . changing face of contemporary jazz

Poutinggraceslovich lookalike By PETER BERLIN

“There are three things to bear in mind when reviewing a rock con- cert,” said the wise old rock fan to the novice newshound.” If you want to appear to be hip that is.”

“I do, I do, I really do,” panted the young scribe eager to learn the secret.

“Well, first, you don’t waste half the review talking about the au- dience; i f you’re hip you know hun- dreds of facts about the band to fill up space. You can say what drugs the lead singer’s on, or what strings the bassist. is using.

“Secondly, you have to mention the Astronauts, the only surf band from Denver, Colorado. “And finally you’ve got to stop drinking orange juice.”

The Commodore on Wednesday night was full of black, studs, leather, heavy mascara, Brilcreem and a disturbingly high number of dark suits and ties. It was a mixture of every outrageous fashion Lon- don and New York have spewed up

these last six years, except that Van- couver’s bored teenagers are older and better washed. It was a case of future shock revisited. One’s only qualm was that all those studded leather boys looked so friendly.

And as for the Astronauts, they were a cheap and nasty rip-off band. Awway, they’ve been dead for 20 years.

Nina Hagen and the No Problem Orchestra soon took my mind off such distractions as the appearance of the audience and the water I was drinking.

N i c ? herself was a quite fascinating frontwoman. She jerked her movements and constantly changed facial expressions - smil- ing, learing, pouting, snarling, twit- ching. In the middle of this troubled visage her eyes rotated constantly and wildly. All this, coupled with the odd vocal style full of whoops; snarls and good old fashioned oooohs, made one wonder if Lena Lovich was in town.

With the exception of the hit

Princess in floor-length silk turquoise dress overwhelms

By PETER PRONGOS When Liona Boyd passed

through town recently she left a host of admiring music lovers. Her concert, at a packed Orpheum theatre, was a triumph of beauty and exquisite musicianship.

The stage was bare except for a chair, microphone, and a single small palm. Boyd seemed to float onstage in a floor-length dress of turquoise and silk. As she introduc- ed her music, the hint of an English accent seemed to be quite ap- propriate to the occasion.

The range as well as the difficulty of the selections performed was a tribute to Boyd’s remarkable talents. She opened the concert with two evocative tunes from the British Isles, the first from Scotland (I Serve A Worthy Lady), the other from the Emerald Isle (Brian Boru’s March). She then played such varied compositions as a traditional Catalan (Spanish) folk song, Issac Albeniz’s Mallorca, and a sonata written by Domenico Scarlatti.

Amongst this veritable abundance of riches a personal favorite was her interpretation of Russian Sketches, written by the contemporary Muscovite composer, Piotr Panin. This selection consisted of four separate tunes, and while it echoed Stravinsky, the feel was very modern.

Boyd opened the second half of her performance with Jacques Casterede’s Homage To Pink Floyd, an inspired composition in which one could catch elements and themes from some of the rock band’s earlier music.

From the start it was clear that the audience was in the presence of a master musician. There were times when one could hear audible gasps from the audience as Boyd performed in a particularly inspired manner. At times her hands seemed to move effortlessly over the guitar strings, and the effect was all the more impressive because of the complexity of the pieces.

(well CITR is playing it) record Smak Jack, all the self-penned songs Nina performed were dis- jointed disappointments.

The No Problems Orchestra was absolutely first rate, all things con- sidered. They were aided by superb sound quality and excellent mixing which meant that one wasn’t deaf after the first song.

One of the best things about the mix was that one couldn’t hear the keyboards at all. I was left to enjoy the rock solid performance of the rest of the band uncluttered with contemporarily voguish electronic twiddl ings . The band was dominated physically as well as musically by the bassist who generated a titanic funk rhythm throughout. The drummer equally concentrated on the primal, avoiding his cymbals and producing a solid and interesting thumping beat. The guitarist suffered most from the material. Until Smack Jack, there wasn’t a melody or lead line in sight for him to play.

It was not until two numbers from the end of the set that the band and Nina really demonstrated their capabilities. Instead of the operatic style rapping which they had been playing up to then, the band really cut loose.

They followed Smak Jack with Satisfaction, a brave move, but it paid off. Closing my eyes I could almost believe it was Keef, Charlie and Bill hammering away on stage but Nina’s superb vocal style lifted it above the mere-cover-version level.

Naturally, after that, they came

They showed their courage by performing first My Way which, John Morris has pointed out, & the hymn to individualism undermined because absolutely everybody does it. Notwithstanding, Hagen’s ver- sion still managed to stand out from the herds’. Then they played a superb steaming swamp version of Brecht-Weill’s Alabama song which recently defeated Bowie throwing 0 Sole Mio in for good measure. The audience wanted more but Nina’s superb voice was quite shot by then.

back for an encore.

Big, bold, bungled By SHAFFIN SHARIFF

Chicago is a big, bold musical - a musical that a few years ago might have been considered ris- que. It is a musical whose suc- cess depends largely on an ensemble of actors who can im- bue a sense of fun in its raun- chiness. But when the actors seem unsure of their material and style of presentation, the musical is bound to run into pro- blems, as does Dunbar Musical Theatre’s current production.

Chicago Directed by David Newman At the Metro Theatre, 1370 S.W. Marine until Dec. 4

In a plotline that closely resembles The Front Page (or even His Girl Friday), Chicago takes place in an all women prison cells, where writers sensa- tionalize stories of murder and illicit affairs. When the show opens, Velma Kelly who has been making headlines because

she killed her husband, is being upstaged by a new inmate, Roxie Hart. Both women’s cases are being milked for all their headline-grabbing worth by lawyer Billy Flynn.

Most of the characters who crowd the impressive set come through as loud, pompous, and thoroughly unwatchable. Much of the production seems dis- jointed and jarring - thre is

nothing smoth about the affair. Although Rosanne Hopkins’ Velma Kelly is one of the few characters that wrvives, the rest fade from memory as soon as the houselights come on after almost three hours. The other exception is John Payne as Billy F’lynn.

The best thing about Dunbar Musical Theatre’s production is its set. Constructed as a two- level structure, it has an onstage orchestra on the top half, and the main action at the eye-level. Jean Claude Olivier’s set design frequently is more interesting than what is happening around it.

Although allowances must be made for an amateur (or even a semi-professional) production, one can’t help but think that Dunbar Musical Theatre - even with Dunbar’s longstanding tradition as a springboard for local talent - has taken on mre than it can handle.

The best evidence of that may be when Hopkins and Dawnlea Tait (as Roxie Hart) appear on stage together. Both engage in musical members, but whereas Hopkins appears the profes- sional in her Jail number, Tait pales in comparison.

The lack of complete success is also evident in the second act, which deflates any promises the first act held and becomes an embarrassment.

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VSO gives By KERRY REGIER

There are two kinds of modern classical music: either it is 40 years behind the times and reac- tionary, or it is unlistenable.

Sunday’s Vancouver Symphony Orchestra concert under the direc- tion of conductor Kazuyoshi Akiyama gave a conservative pro- gram of twentieth century works - Copland, Prokofiev, and Schipizky - with Tchaikovsky’s Hamlet Overture thrown in, no doubt to at- tract people who think all music written after 1900 is garbage and the real music died with Brahms.

The Tchaikovsky is a trivial work and received an appropriately trivial performance; Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto with soloist Alexis Weissenberg followed. A flashy work with a sense of humor, it is unfortunately marred by the then germinating ideas of Soviet People’s Music and the absurd esthetic of the regime which ruined Russian music for decades after. Again, an appropriate performance by Weissenberg and Akiyama was appealing in its showmanship.

TWO much more interesting works followed the intermission: Copland’s own large-orchestral ver- sion of his Appalachian Spring, and the Symphonic Sketches of VSO bass player Frederick Schipizky.

Appalachian Spring was written originally for a small group of 13 instrumentalists, as chamber music, with the intimacy that im- plies. Copland later arranged the work (not to his own satisfaction) for large symphonic forces. The large version is muddier, harsher, brasher, and less graceful than the lighter one, though for logistical reasons it is the more frequently

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performed. The VSO’s reading of this folk-based work, under Akiyama, was perhaps rather too Wagnerian to be completely SUC- cessful.

To say that a work of art is derivative is not necessarily pe- jorative. The term means a sense of dependence on earlier models, and implies a lack of uniqueness. Cer- tainly a work can be pleasant without a unique sense of in- dividuality, as in the huge school of English Brahms mimics about a century ago.

But that unique individuality, that striking sense of a voice clearly distinguishable from all others, is the only key to maintaining interest on repeating the experience of the work of art.

In this sense Schipizky’s Sym- phonic Sketches is a pleasant, if derivative work: Brahms, Mahler, and Shostakovich keep leaping up to obscure the view of Schipizky. But at least Schipizky’s music has melody, rhythm, and harmony, and is appealing, which is more than can be said for most modern composers writing in utter contempt of anyone who is not a professor of theory.

The trouble with modern music, and one evident in Schipizky’s work, is a disregard for folk idioms. Every great composer right up to Copland employed folk music in one way or another and spent time listening to and playing folk music.

But in the last half-century we find a dreadful increase in the number of composers who try to place themselves above the simplici- ty, directness, honesty, and strength of folk music, largely as a result of the concentration of “serious”

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Pic goes creeplessly By SHAFFIN SHARIFF ing Up on You - begin on a everything -including Jordy -in-

The five stories that comprise humorous note. And all the stories to a Dile of areen grass and weeds. Creepshow - a film anthology of five episodes that attempt to rein- troduce a comic book style to film - are supposed to be alternately funny and terrifying. The film makers who created Creepshow, George Romero and novelist Stephen King, have the best of in- tentions: to restore humor back into horror.

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But audiences that a chance on Creepshow might be surprised to find out just how tame and forget- table Creepshow is, especially if

have a comic book feel, which is due primarily to King’s dialogue and illustrator Jack Camen, whose comic panels and frames grace the film.

But what one accepts in a comic book in terms of surprises and twists inherent in any good horror story is unacceptable on screen. There is nothing genuinely terrify- ing about any of the stories in Creepshow.

It is surprising that the best of the lot is the first one, - which only seems so in retrospect. Titled Father’s Day, it is about a nefarious old man killed on the day that honors him. Seven years after his death. he returns to seek revenge.

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Two or three episodes in Creep- show are enjoyable, but they often seem misguided - there also isn’t a single Vampire story. And while none of the stories are as gory as some of the slasher films (both King and Romero wanted to avoid ex- ploitation) what the filmmakers have forgotten is that the slasher films have a sense of humor themselves. They’re no longer just gory exercises; in their violence they often seem parodies. And the au- dience that goes to see films like Fri- day the 13th, Part I11 in 3-D wants a gross-out, a chance to laugh as skulls are bashed and machetes go through several people’s guts.

they are aware of -Romero’s &mading, “1 want my cake!” Romero’s relatively restrained strengths as a horror filmmaker The second story, The Lonesome vignettes are a relief, but leaves no (Night of the Living Dead for exam- Death of Jordy Verrill is the most lasting impression. Like the comic Pk). The stories - Father’s Day, gratuitous of all. With King in the books that are a obvious source of The Lonesome Death of Jordy title role, the episode tells of a inspiration, Creepshow can be en- Verill, The Crate, Something to hillbilly who encounters a meteor joyed for its minimal thrills and Tide YOU Over, and They’re Creep- whose powers tend to germinate then disposed quicklly.

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Autonomy you say? Elementary, my dear MacDonald

By VICTOR WONG How many of your have ever

heard of a Canadian mystery writer, let alone a Canadian mystery story?

I hadn’t either. Until now.

Maddened by Mystery Michael Richardson Edited by Lester & Orpen Dennys 304 pages, $17.95

Maddened by Mystery is an an- thology of Canadian detective and mystery fiction, compiled and edited by Michael Richardson. There are 13 stories, with settings from 1890’s London to 1940 New York, all of them written by Cana- dians.

Like many anthologies, the qualities of each story is different. In this case, quality descends only

will enjoy this book and even its worst story, which was written by Stephen Leacock. It is a so-called spoof on Sherlock Holmes which falls just short of boring.

Speaking of Holmes, there is an excellent pastiche in this collection. In it, Holmes helps Sir John A. Macdonald foil a plot to annex Canada to the United States. It seems to be authentic and true to the Holmes canon (those stories written by Arthur Canon Doyle).

There is also an excellent satire on the RCMP, featuring acting sergeant Bullock (the literary equivalent of Dave Broadfoot’s Sgt. Renfrew). Here, author James Powell pokes gentle fun at Cana- dian foreign policy by having a bumbling government officer sent a small European state to recover

Many of the crimes involve sim- ple robbery. But there are three murder cases, the most interesting being Recipe for Murder, by Vin- cent Starrett. A gambler keels over while his girlfriend is dancing, and Jimmie Lavender (yes, that’s his name) must figure out who’s guilty.

In addition to the stories, mystery buffs will be delighted with the glossary. I t features, a who’s who list of characters in Canadian detec- tive fiction. That alone makes the book worth buying for Canadiana trivia buffs.

Richardson has made some very good selections here, and on the whole, he is a good worker. Mad- dened by Mystery certainly is a good anthology; one would be hard-pressed to find too much fault

to above average. Mystery lovers some lost sonnets. with it.

Better than Mickey Mouse

By JACK TIELEMAN The Man from Snowy River was

done with all the pride of old Walt Disney. Father dies, son is left alone, works for rich cattle herder, falls in love with his daughter but cannot marry her, proves to rich man he is responsible. So much for the plot outline.

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But the Australian-made Man from Snowy River is a better film than Walt Disney ever made in this style for several reasons. It has Kirk Douglas in dual role: as the rich cat- tle herder to whom Jim the hero, must prove himself, and as a poor prospector.

Then there are brumbies. Not a new kind of potato chips, but a pack of wild horses which terrorizes other horses. If a sequel were made ta The Man from Snowy River, it would have to be called The Attack of the Killer Brumbies.

These factors, along with scenes of characters making wallabee stew, duffers, and other Australian peculiarities, makes Snowy River good family entertainment, which is great if you’re looking for good family entertainment.

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One night of spoon feeding bashes

By NEIL LUCENTE “It depends on what your idea of

fun is. If it’s swilling beer in a club looking for a piece o f meat - whatever, okay. But we won’t spoon-feed you -you can ’t eat fun like some kind of pill.” ---Bonnie Hayes afterptyforming in Vancouver Nov. 11.

Originally UBC-bound to play in the Pit, Bonnie Hayes and the Wild Combo opted for :the newly- established Rock Palace (formerly the Crazy Horse Lounge) instead. That proved to be an abysmally fa.ta1 mistake.

“Sometimes an audience can be so resistant. Response depends a lot on the club you play in. We usually don’t play in billiard bars.”

Indeed, the unappreciative crowd seemed more intent or1 drumming their chests and dragging a mate by the hair home to their respective caves.

“That’s about the worst show 1 ever did. I fucked up - I should have ignored everybody,” said Hayes.

Bonnie Hayes was understan- dably listless playing for such a lethargic mob. But the music was good.

The Combo utilizes the tradi- t i ona l bas s -gu i t a r -d rums- keyboards-vocals ensemble to pro- duce creative hooks, rhythms and

melodies that drive, weave, pluse and go “pop” unexpectedly. The band played a rather late set, open- ing with the staccato beat of Inside Doubt. A healthy dose from their new Ip soon followed with the Latin-tinged Raylene, the straight- forward Separating and the frivolous Dun-fun.

Although the band has been together for only two years, they are a surprisingly tight, ambitious unit with a settled perception of success and how to get i t . Perspiring between sips of beer, Kevin Hayes discussed the band’s goals. “We want to say, ‘Hey let’s have fun’ - we want to say that through good music. Exposure. That’s the way for this group to happen and it’s go- i n g t o t a k e m a j o r l a b e l distribution.”

The combo’s music is highly marketable but it’s a pity their musical formula has been lumped into the same lobotimized genre as the Go-Go’s. Shelving this group with the Go-Go’s unfairly under- mines the group.

They espouse no great social issues nor do they utter insincere pretensions. They play fun stuff, creating moveable rhythms which employ salsa beat, 60’s rhythm and blues, ‘organ riffs, and surfer vocals.

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Saturday, game on TV

By Saturday afternoon, UBC will probably be the Canadian collegiate football champions.

The UBC Thunderbirds take on the Western Ontario Mustangs in the College bowl at Toronto's Var- sity stadium starting a t 10 a.m. Vancouver time Saturday.

UBC, with a 10-0 record is 10 to 21 point favorites in the game. The Mustangs are 5-2 for this year.

UBC is injury free for the bowl they last played in 1978 when they lost to an Ontario team.

"They are an outstanding foot- ball team, in all aspects of the game," said Mustang coach Darwin Semotiuk.

UBC has scored more than 400 points in 10 games this season, while allowing less than 1 0 0 to be scored on them.

Somotiuk said his team will have to stop UBC's passing game if it is to beat the number one ranked 'Birds. While UBC has several Canadian all-stars, Western has on- ly Canada's leading rusher.

UBC coach Frank Smith, named Western Collegiate coach of the year, narrowly missed out on the national title. The loss doesn't worry Smith, who said in Toronto the title didn't matter since "we're here to win a football game."

The 'Birds will take on the Simon Fraser University Clansmen Satur- day Nov. 27 at Empire stadium in the annual Shrum bowl. Proceeds will go to the United Way.

Shrum bow1 tickets are on sale at the AMS box office in SUB, some undergraduate societies, and the War Memorial gym for $3.

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face each other in a four-game The UBC women's basketball Washington. home-and-home series. The first team has two home games this WATER POLO two take Place this weekend at weekend. They welcome Belco The UBC aquatic centre is the UBC's Thunderbird Arena. Electric, a Seattle club team to the scene this weekend of the western

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The men will have competition from teams from Calgary, Alberta, Victoria and Simon Fraser Univer- sities. The University of Oregon Ducks, who have dominated col- legiate water polo in the North West USA these last two years will play.

Women's teams will be coming from Victoria and Oregon.

Action will start at 10 a.m. Satur- day and Sunday and the final will

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other's chances of making the third and final play-off spot in the 24-game regular season.

Although Calgary is off to a poor regular season start, the Dinosaurs have already played about thirty games including a twenty-game European tour earlier this season.

Calgary won eleven of the games there and are now in mid-season form, said UBC assistant coach Fred Masuch.

"Calgary have a lot of capable scorers and so we have to try and prevent them from getting an op- portunity to score which is going to be difficult." Moores said.

"They have much more scoring potential than we do."

Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m: WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

UBC's women volleyballers go to flat Saskatoon this weekend t o compete in a Canada West tourna- ment.

In the last tournament the team finished the tournament with a 3-2 record and in second place behind the 5-0 Calgary Dinosaurs.

MEN'S BASKETBALL The UBC men's basketball team

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Unknown play with unknown play By PETER BERLIN

The Kitsilano Theatre Company is performing Carlo Goldano's Mirandolina until Sunday at Kits house. Their choice of a play by so- meone nobody has ever heard of shows commendable sense of adventure. It marks a refreshing break from the limited collection of hackneyed classics on which amateur theatre companies usually concentrate.

The choice of Mirandolina was par t icular i ly smart because, although unknown, it is a type of light sexual comedy that is such a familiar part of amateur theatre repetoire.

Mirandolina By Carlo Goldini Directed by Kico Gonzalez - Risso at Kitsilano Neighbourhood House until Nov. 21

Goldoni was an immensely pro- lific and innovative eighteenth cen- tury Venetian. He wrote over 150 comedies. What distinguished him was that he broke away from the Italian tradition of unscripted theatre, and his plays gave a much more prominent, sympathetic and realistic role to women and ser- vants.

Mirandolina is set in a country inn managed by the woman of the title. Naturally enough, all the men

who come into contact with this ef- f i c i en t and i ndependen t businesswoman fall in love with her or resolve to marry her, or both. The play tells of how she resists the advances of two of her guests (a wealthy count and a penurious mar- quis), captures the heart of a baron who has sworn he will never fall in love, and finally married her waiter.

Goldoni's master comic touch is in the use of asides, which convey what the characters really think. Particularly entertaining are the ex-, changes between Ian Mackerizie's B a r o n a n d C h r i s t i n a Jastrzembska's Mirandolina with the baron's servant, Bill Timoshyk, in dancing attendance. Mirandolina pretends that she shares the baron's view of women as a dangerous, and ensnaring breed while she plays him with the ragout she has speciaiiy cooked him (by going to his heart via his stomach Mirandolina gets her man in an afternoon).

All the while, though, she is mak- ing conspiratorial asides to the au- dience as he begins to nibble her bait. The Baron, for his part, relays to the audience the confusion that is beginning to rage behind his facade of intense suspicion and coolness toward all women.

In the end, Mirandolina, having conquered the Baron and taught him a public lesson, casts him aside and marries the loyal waiter instead.

GOLDONI The lesson for the wealthy count, the status-conscious marquis and the baron who believes he can do without women is well learnt and sentimentality is avoided.

The Kitz production did not en- tirely manage to escape some of the traditional pitfalls of amateur theatre. The actors sometimes these are small quibbles, the pro- suitor.

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Midnights' sound Deadly By SCOTT PITTENDRIGH

Last Friday night some were for- tunate enough to be exposed to a type of music that's not usually heard on the West Coast. The in- credible sound of Bobby. and the Midnights filled the Commodore Ballroom for two shows Nov. 12.

The five member band, fronted by the Grateful Dead's Bobby Weir, was an incredibly tight unit performing its own kind of funk- rock sound. Hearing Weir's voice, one can't help but think that Bobby and the Midnights sound a little like the Grateful Dead. But their sound is actually quite different. Even Minglewood Blues (the only Grateful Dead tune they played) was an interesting contrast to the Dead's version.

The show got underway at 8 p.m., an hour later than previously scheduled. As the first show only lasted an hour, Weir invited everyone to stay for the next show. Apparently, the second show did not sell many tickets so a decison was made to combine the two shows. After a break Bobby and the Midnights returned, playing over two hours of memorable music. Both the dancing crowd and those who simply chose to watch ap- preciated the gesture.

Weir continually shared the spotlight with the Midnights, his part-time band. When it came to solo duties, lead guitar was master- fully handled by Bobby Cochran. Bass player Alphonso Johnson and

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The major issue in this year’s mayoralty race is a simple one - should mega- projects be given the green light, free of “red-tape” to create jobs, or should the projects be managed in the best way possi- ble for the benefit of Vancouver as a whole?

Non-Partisan Association (NPA) can- didate Jonathan Baker is on the attack against current mayor Mike Harcourt. The issue, for Baker is simple, he says: the city should not be preventing the jobs mega- projects will bring.

“I’m bored of opposition .to job crea- tion, I’m bored by traffic barriers, I’m bored . . . ,” Baker said at a recent debate.

“Is the city going to allow itself to add to the problem of unemployment?”

Baker is attacking “fat” at city hall, -despite incumbent NPA alderman George Puil and Nathan Divinski saying there isn’t any.

Baker wants money to be put into the projects rather than social services, since working people would not need assistance.

But opponent Harcourt sees things dif- ferently: “The issue is, will we manage the mega-projects, or will they manage us?’’

The Social Credit government’s “instant Disneyland” is a mess that he helped sort out “on the city’s terms”, Harcourt says.

Vancouver does not want to repeat the mistakes of Montreal in building a stadium hosting a major world event, Harcourt said. “Let’s not repeat history.’’

Spending priorities with Harcourt in- clude social services combined with the mega-projects. Vancouver is ideally situated to ride the “wave of economic ex- pansion” Harcourt says is coming. Its Pacific setting is the gateway to the Pacific rim, he says. “Vancouver can’t fail to grow.”

H a r c o u r t s a y s Baker is partially right when he says ci- ty hall procedures - need streamlining, +I

I By CRAIG BROOKS but differs on the amount of “fat”.

I BRIAN JONES “Just ask George and SHAFFIN SHARIFF i s , , , H a r c o u r t Puil where the fat

I counters. The civic budget has not increased since

1975, and the city has a triple A credit rating, Harcourt says.

The city needs a strong mayor, capable of representing the city to the senior govern- ments, he says. “I’m not afraid.”

But Baker says Harcourt’s stance with other government is confrontationalist and the city needs someone who doesn’t look at another government’s policies in discus- sions with them.

“We don’t need that kind of leadership.”

Baker says this is probably the most im- portant election in the history of the city. “NO one faction should be allowed to dominate the city.”

When it comes to issues students are con-

cerned about, both candidates echo similar views.

Baker favors no change in the law regar- ding basement suites, although it should not be enforced. Although zoning in west Point Grey is mostly single family residences, Bakers thinks the zoning should not be enforced. “One has to be reasonable.”

Harcourt also favors a similar ignoring of current regulations.

Again, both Harcourt and Baker would like to see people able to register at polling stations. “Students should have the max- imum opportunity to vote,” says Baker.

Harcourt says the city asked earlier this year former municipal affairs minister Bill Vander Zalm to proclaim changes to the Vancouver charter allowing for the polling- day registration. Vander Zalm refused the request, Harcourt said.

Currently students must be enumerated in the spring of each year before the elec- tion.

Both Harcourt and Baker are lawyers. Baker has previously served on only the school board, and has no direct council ex-

perience. Harcourt won the mayoralty posi- tion in 1980, edging out Jack Volrich after several years as an alderman.

Baker says years of experience in dealing with civic bureaucracy as a municipal lawyer, and several years in the planning department (Baker helped build Granville Mall) qualify him for the job.

David Ingram of The Tax Reform Action Committee is hoping to ride a single TRAC to the mayoralty seat.

In the last year’s civic election, Ingram ran under the now defunct VIP party for mayor, and now once again standing against taxes, particularly the large increase in this year’s business taxes.

But tax reform is all Ingram talked about at a recent debate. Baker, who followed In- gram, echoed many of the points, hoping Ingram would not take too many of his right-wing following, and therefore split the vote.

Ingram runs Centa tax service and a travel agency.

Socialist candidate Ned Dmytryshyn, a Vancouver woodworker, is also running for the position. He is not expected to win.

Boredom looms over city voters learn Boring issues. Boring candidates. Boring

statements. That’s democracy. And democracy is

what Vancouverites will get Saturday when they once again troop to the polls to elect a new city council. As with most elections, the issues have been watered down by the main contenders in an attempt to appeal to as broad a sector of the voting population as possible.

There are 33 council member hopefuls this time around, only 10 of whom will be chosen to form the next civic government. Voters in all areas of the city vote for their favorite 10 from the list. This method of voting is itself perhaps the most substantial issue in the election, as the ballot also in- cludes a plebiscite on whether or not Van- couver should have a ward system, which would see the city divided into constituen- cies (wards) electing its own representative to council.

The four parties vying for control of city hall are basically uniform in their stands on the ward system.

“Picking 10 names out of 33 is an exer- cise in futility, to a great extent,” says Stanley Bennett, candidate caucus chair for the Tax Revolt Action Committee (TRAC). “The ward system is a more practical system.”

“Every other large North American city has a ward - system,” says David Lane, Committee of Progressive Electors (COPE)

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high price oi campaign organizer. “We’re 20 years behind the times in not having a ward system.”

The ward system will allow for accoun- tability and constituency input into the political process, says Lane. “We have area representation on the provincial and federal levels for obvious reasons.

“This has been part of our platform since the inception of COPE.”

“We have to go to a ward system ultimately,” says Marguerite Ford, council incumbent and The Electors’ Action Move- ment (TEAM) candidate. “I think there will be a majority (of voters) in favor of wards.”

Peter Hebb, campaign chair for the civic Non-Partisan Association (NPA), says NPA is not a political party and its can- didates thus do not endorse a single posi- tion on the issue.

“NPA is not a party, like COPE, where everyone is dogmatic and follows the party line,” says Hebb. “Most (NPA candidates) are against the ward system, but will ask Victoria to implement it if voters pass the plebiscite.”

Hebb became distraught when question- ed further about NPA platforms. “My job is to get them elected, not to run around and answer 83 questions for all 27 (NPA civic) candidates.” All the NPA candidates are “free thinkers,” says Hebb, but they have reached consensus on several issues.

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“The candidates are in favor of pro- :eeding with the megaprojects to create lobs,” he says. Undertakings such as rapid transit, B.C. Place, Pier B.C., and the trade/convention centre “will create hun- dreds and hundreds of student jobs,” says Hebb.

NPA aims to “create a climate” in which businesses will have confidence to invest and thus spur the economy, says Hebb. “As a free enterprise group, we don’t feel you can do that by socialism. In fact we know you can’t,’’ he says. “The failure of :mayor Mike) Harcourt and his people is :hat they have not supported these negaprojects.”

COPE is for a “people’s transit system,” iays Lane, “that is affordable, doesn’t iestroy neighborhoods, and is decided by .he people of Vancouver, not imposed by :he provincial government.”

TRAC is against rapid transit because :onventional systems are a great deal :heaper, says Bennett, adding that the $718 nillion to be spent on rapid transit is ‘ludicrous.”

“The TEAM position has always been to iupport public transit, and that includes mapid transit,” says Ford.

NPA is running a full slate of 10 can- iidates, while COPE is running seven, rRAC five, and TEAM two. There are also line people running as independents.

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$1 85 candidacy to put UBC student on top

He is under 21, his campaign cost $185 ($100 was a donation from his parents), and he has only been actively campaigning for one week.

And UBC education student Brian Barber thinks it would be nice if he could get the estimated 38,000 votes needed to make his Vancouver School Board can- didacy a success.

Of 22 candidates running for a seat on the city school board, the Non Partisan Association (NPA) and Committee of Pro- gressive Electors (COPE) are each running a full slate of nine candidates, and there are four independant candidates.

Brian Barber is one such anomaly: an in- dependant who deems himself “middle-of- the-road,” and says he likes COPE’S educa- tion policies, while at the same time ap- preciates NPA’s budget concerns.

Discussing education policies in the pro- vince and city, Barber seems more than

BARBER. . .over 20 and counting

capable to hold his own against established politicos who are bound to follow the party line. There is an absence of political rhetoric and lack of blindly faithful political stances on education issues.

His main advantage over others, he says, is that as an education student he is aware of conditions that exist in Vancouver schools, and they aren’t anything like what education minister Bill Vander Zalm has

described. Of Vander Zalm’s recent announcements

about revamping the province’s education system, Barber says, “his attitude towards education sucks.”

“Teachers, contrary to popular opinion, are not overpaid and underworded.” Hav- ing worked in the Vancouver school system, he says he knows for a fact that most teachers do more than “come in at two minutes before 9 and leave two minutes after 3,” as Vander Zalm has claimed.

As for province wide exams for grades four and 12 - Vander Zalm’s most recent proposal - Barber thinks lthey would be a mistake. “You’ll have teachers teaching for exams because they’ll know the exam (con- tent),” he says. “Teachers will want to look good, and other student needs will be neglected.”

Barber says he thinks Vander Zalm “has been given a portfolio he knows nothing about. It’s a power trip he wants, and (Ben- net) has given him a portfolio that will shaft him.”

But the most crucial thing for the school board to do, according to Barber. is to get back to a 100 per cent share of the non- residential tax, as the district had a few years ago. “Right now,” he says, “Victoria gets 40 per cent for general revenue, while the school board is left with 60 percent,” less than two-thirds of its original share.

Barber is aware, though, that the school board’s powers are limited. “All they can do is be a thorn on the side of the govern- ment.”

The school board needs money, he says, “because you can’t run the education system like a business. . .that’s the educa- tion system like a business. . .that’s the one thing that cannot be run as a business. You can’t expect to make mone:y at it.”

And he says, university students should be concerned about the way education funds are handled by the board and the pro- vincial ministry because “the cuts will even- tually affect them indirectly when they have children.” (University Endowment Land residents are only eligible to vote for school board in Saturday’s elections.)

Barber knows his chances are limited because of a lack of party affiliation and publicity.

“ I am not expecting to win.” But he says voters should realize that

“teachers are probably better qualified than anyone else” to sit on the school board.

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so you wonno vote?

As if one eight-part referendum wasn’t enough for UBC students this week, the en- tire procedure will be repeated this weekend.

Most UBC students can vote in Saturday’s Vancouver municipal election and referendums.

Those living in Vancouver east of Blanca street are eligible to vote for mayor, aldermen, park board, and referendums on capital borrowing, ward system, Sunday shopping, and nuclear disarmament. University Endowment Land residents, in- cluding on-campus residences, Acadia and the university village, can vote only for school board.

UEL residents will vote at eilher SUB 205 lor 5395 Chancellor boulevard.

However, you have to be enumerated. People enumerated between March and

:May this year simply go to the polling sta- Ition for their area.

Those who were not enumerated must lhave been on the 1980 list to be eligible. :People applying under this criteria will need I:O sign an affidavit.

I f someone doesn’t fit into either category then, said one city elections of- ficial, “They’re out of luck.”

People must be more than 19 years old on election day, and be Canadian citizens or British subjects to vote. Questions can be directed to voter information at 873-7681 or your favorite civic political party.

Both current mayor Mike Harcourt and Won-Partisan Association challenger Jonathan Baker have said they favor a change to the Vancouver charter allowing for registration at polling stations.

The previous council had requested then- municipal affairs minister Bill Vander ;Calm to make the charter change, but he refused.

There are four people running for the mayor’s position, while 33 people will go after 10 city council spots. Only 17 are con- testing seven park board positions, while 22 people are seeking 9 school board places.

In total, voters will choose 27 people from 76 running, in addition to the seven referenda, under Vancouver’s antiquated at-large electoral system.

Quest ions regarding eligibility, voting regulations and places, candidates, policy, and anything else can be referred to

0 Vancouver civic voters list: 873-7681.

You must be on the cur- rent or 1980 civic voters list in order to cast a ballot in this election/referendurn (see above).

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Question authority ”Why did The Ubyssey publish a No letter when

they knew the regulations prohibit it?” said the rather breathless and irate sounding voice at the other end of the phone Tuesday morning.

It was an Alma Mater Society election committee member calling a Ubyssey staff member at home.

They wanted an answer, and they wanted it im- mediately.

They got one. Now The Ubyssey would like to cor- rect a mistake it made on its letter pages.

But the mistake wasn’t publishing the letter in Tues- day’s paper. The mistake was publishing the letter blurb last Friday stating we would not be able to run students‘ letters during referendum voting.

On Monday, the Ubyssey received several letters opposed to the referendum which we foolishly turned away. We also received verbal complaints on Friday that our coverage was biased in favor of the referen- dum and that other opinions deserved the chance to reply.

Furthermore, the paper’s staff decided the AMS should never have the right to tell the press what the editorial content of The Ubyssey should be. That is,

students who write and produce each edition. The intent of running the letter was not to defy the

election committee‘s rules. And on further investiga- tion, The Ubyssey found that the rules quoted to us in a memo don’t exist.

Rules which prohibit campaigning only serve to pro- hibit the flow of information which students need to vote wisely. The AMs, in telling the press.they Can‘t

c and should always be the function of the volunteer

give information to students, is calling the press ir- responsible and telling students they can‘t use their own judgement in deciding how to vote.

lnformation flow and influences don‘t turn off dur- ing voting anyway. The best evidence of this is the ’Positive’ oriented displays in the main foyer of SUB and the yes posters all over campus.

Why restrict only the press? The Ubyssey feels there should be no rules.

Anarchy. 3 ”Disarmament, sure I‘m for it. Isn’t everyone?” People love to criticize the feds. But how are these

simple souls supposed to know what to do if people don‘t tell them?

Citizens have a responsibility to force eleP+ed of- ficials to act on their constituent’s priorities. I: ;>eople aren’t concerned enough to exercise control is’ - their federal hirelings, they may panic, and do sora .L ’hing insane, such as allowing annihilation machines called cruise missiles to be exploded in beautiful northern Alberta.

Now, you say, no one’s that stupid. But you’d be surprised.

The federal government needs our help folks. Think of those poor bastards shivering their lives away in Ot- tawa, and get out and vote in the disarmament referendum this weekend.

They have to work hard enough just getting elected. Don’t ask them to think as well.

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”WHO’S THE LEADER OF THE CLUB NOW, ASSHOLE?”

‘Peace through new weapons a farce’ 11 is a Puzzling type of logic democracy has been totally blown

which says that only by creating out of proportion in the Western more and more weapons of mass World, and further reinforced by destruction which are ready to be the mass media. fired at any moment, can we keep George Kennan, a former U.S. the world safe and peaceful. diplomat and analyst of U.S.-Soviet

This is the logic expressed by affairs, a man who understands Brad Watson (Perspectives, Nov. Soviet policies, said: “The view that 51, and by many Politicians of the prevails today in our governmental world. These “peace through and journalistic establishments is so strength” advocates also strongly extreme, so subjective, so far believe that the United States’ duty removed from what any sober is to save the world from “enslave- scrutiny of external reality would ment” by the evil beings in the reveal, that it is not only ineffective Soviet Union who are “radically but dangerous as a guide to political hostile to the human race.” action.”

This loathing and fear of the The people in the peace move- Soviet Union, as expressed by Wat- ment are not pro-Soviet, or anti- son, is understandable given their American; they are against nuclear actions in the past, but the notlon weapons and for life. of a “Soviet threat” to American ln trying to be unbiased and

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Defunct quotation 1 need to make a correction in my

letter of Oct. 29 (Watch out for Sit- ting Rodin’s History Lesson), which included a quotation at- tributed to Menachem Begin in The Revolt. That quotation turns out to be spurious.

I took it from a now defunct periodical that claimed to be translating from the Hebrew original, but after having another look at The Revolt, and Mr. Begin’s additions to the 1977 edition, I doubt that he ever did (or even will) call Deir Yassin a “massacre”; he calls that version a “crude atrocity story.’’ I rather think that my source was playing fast and loose with its quotation marks. I regret the error, and apoligize to you and to your readers for the false impres- sion it gave.

The correction, however, makes no difference to my argument. My intention was not to convict Mr. Begin of involvement in a massacre, but to show that there is a reasonable doubt about the cir- cumstances in which the Palesti- nians left their homes. Of that view Mr. Begin himself provides cor- roboration on pages 164-65 of The Revolt (now open before me).

Though he denounces the idea of a massacre of Deir Yassin as “Arab propaganda,” he testifies that it

Arabs and Arab troops, who were seized with panic at the mention of Irgun soldiers.

*- “spread a legend of terror amongst

The legend was worth half a dozen battalions to the forces of Israel .” Two vil lages were evacuated without further fighting, as “Panic overwhelmed the Arabs of Eretz Israel . . . In the rest of the country, too, the Arabs began to flee in terror, even before they clashed with Jewish forces.” Not the reality but the myth of Deir Yassin, he concludes, “helped to carve the way to our decisive vic- tories on the battlefield.”

Such statements support my main point at least as well as the apocryphal one 1 unfortunately us- ed.

Dick Bevis english dept.

realistic, we cannot deny the facts that tell us that the U.S. has recent- ly been developing new weapons which are much more threatening and destabilizing than existing weqpons.

Nino Pasti, a former NATO general, expressed his concern that “. . . the possibility of a first- strike capable of disarming the Soviet Union and thus drive them to accept surrender is constantly becoming more likely and more dangerous.”

The cruise missile is one of these

extremely dangerous weapons and that is why we are deeply opposed to the U.S. testing it in northern Alberta. If it were the Soviet Union developing the cruise, of course we would protest just as fervently.

Jus t by ma in ta in ing o u r stockpiles at their present level we are in danger of annihilation by mistake. Recently, during an eigh- teen month period, there were 151 false alarms of the North American Air Defence Command due to com- puter failure.

Four of these errors put the B-52

bombers and the ICBM units on a state of alert. It is possible that some day an error may not be detected before it is too late.

Adding a new round of weapons to the already teetering pile increase the likelihood that we will ex- perience a nuclear holocaust in our generation.

The philosophy of “peace through strength, or war through weakness” is a farce. Survival through mutual disarmament is realistic. Louise Egan

arts 2

No more coat hanger abortions Let us say for the sake of argu-

ment that the right to life of the human fetus is protected by legisla- tion, and let us tzke a look at the consequences of such a law.

First, the return by many women to the i l legal and possibly dangerous “back-street abortion.” While surgical techniques have ad- vanced since abortion was last il- legal, the law would not provide protection for such women from unskilled or unscrupulous practi- tioners, nor would they necessarily avail themselves of such counselling and support as might be available to them to deal with the experience.

Second, the ch i ld abuse , psychological and physical, which would result from unwanted pregnancies carried t o term,

As someone who has had exten- sive involvement with severely disturbed young adults, I can assure

‘Bookstore should censor’ I would like to see our bookstore, an official arm of the university,

discontinue the sale of printed matter that is socially offensive, degrading and unnecessary in an enlightened world.

To my knowledge there are only two publications for sale in the UBC bookstore which concentrate on such degradation. Penthouse and Playboy magazines publish photographs which focus on posing women in sub- missive and degrading positions.

Those of us who recognize the natural and valuable relationship that women and men share as equals struggling to retain respect for all social groups, will no longer condone through silence, such degradation. I therefore ask our bookstore to stop the sale of Penthouse and Playboy.

I feel that this is justifiable censorship. I suggest as an alternative that the bookstore purchase reprints of socially inoffensive articles from both publications and make them available for resale.

Lance Read education 5

you that, while not every unwanted child is an unloved or uncared-for child, every schizophrenic has as part of their belief system about themselves, communicated in many subtle and less subtle ways by their parent or parents, that they were “a mistake.”

The example of the young preg- nant woman who decides to keep her child “because then I’ll have somebody to love me” which has been used in the training of pregnancy counsellors, is exactly the type of mother who may, in ex- pecting her child to meet her needs, rather than the reverse, produce a very disturbed individual who may attempt suicide, commit crimes, or require hospitalization or extensive support from community agencies

because they have not received the basic loving and support, discipline and values that every child needs in order to grow up healthy and op- timistic about themselves and their world.

Let me put it to you that until such time as our society can provide adequate and loving parenting to every unplanned baby carried to term, we have no right to take more responsibility for the rights of the fetus than we do presently, and should confine our efforts to pro- viding women with unplanned pregnancies with the best possible information and support for whatever choice she makes about that pregnancy.

Claire Winston planned parenthood volunteer

THE UBYSSEY- November 19.1982

The Ubyssey is published every Tuesday and Friday through the university year by the Alma Mater Society of the University of B.C. Editorial opinions are those of the staff and are not necessarily those of the AMS or the university administration. Member, Canadian University Press. The Ubyssey’s editorial office is in SUB 241k. Editorial phone 22&2301/05. Advertising 220-3977178.

We all love the circus. Shaffin Sheriff and AmoM Hestrom mared impressively from the I i n ’ s cage. and Sarah Cox flicked her ringmaster‘s whip at them with practised nose, but we knew it waa all in fun. When .H tha downs, Robby Robertson, Brian Jones. Jane Banlsn and Lisa M o v , fell down and jumped and threw confetti all over u.. even Scott Pittendrigh bughed, and he’d bean crying ever since Peter Berlin the dancing bear had been on, baause trainer Jack T i i a n seemed s3 mean. We just bought him m e mors cotton candy, over the proteat8 of hm mom, Keith Baldry, who said he‘d be sick. All thet happmed WM he looked a l i groan while Victor Wong and Neil L u m t e psrtonned d a t h defying born in the mpnza, and Glen Sanford insisted on moving a awt down from him. When Craig Brooks the strong men came on, Keny Regier miffed and .sid he knew for a fact thet th weight8 wen, just empty pbatic. Glen Schoffer and Roben w o n told him to shut up. somstima ita more fun to pretend. Peter Prongw. Chri. Wong, Brian Bvmea. and Phil Keuber mads a few mistaked in meir Nmbling act. Phil appeared to ham hurl m e t h i n g vital. but me- that was just pretend too. But Kelley Jo Burke didn‘t mind. She just munched Eric EguerIson’s popcorn and wished she never had to go home.

Friday, November 19, 1982 T H E U B Y S S E Y Page 11

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Letters ‘Code of behaviour needed for democracy’

Ms. Dekoven expresses a valid democracy automatically grants the concern for democratic freedom individual the right to make every and campaigns against fascist tyran- moral decision personally, why are ny in her article of Oct. 29, “Pro- there prisons? Clearly, we have Lifers Threaten Basic Freedoms.” agreed that there is room in our

It is important to remember that non-anarchist society for a public although we enjoy freedom, we morality and code of common must never take these privileges for behaviour. Democracy cannot be a granted, but must actively strive to blanket for every claim which pro- maintain them. Consequently, one tests the right to choose. must be very careful not to bandy Yet Ms. Dekoven would have us about the integrous and specific believe that these are the basic term “democracy,” which has parameters which define the abor- become reduced to the status of an tion issue. “The freedom to choose emotional slogan. or the morality of Pro-Life?’’ Thus

Democracy, properly speaking, is opens her article, beginning a pro- a political system, even a system of gressive diagrammatic alignment of voting. Its general usage outside the anti-abortionists with fascists and realm of political equality has given of abortionists with democrats, a i t an incanta tory e f fec t to false and invalid opposition. automatically sanction any argu- I ask that Ms. Dekoven not con- ment which the abused word is duct her argument along such inap- dragged into. propriate lines nor resort to

The thesis of Ms. Dekoven’s arti- employing language and concepts in cle is that anti-abortionists, all of a sentimental fashion which whom she neatly and safely sweeps divorces their particular deploy- under the emotive label Pro-Lifers, ment from their actual meaning. are not seriously concerned with Otherwise, she gets herself into human rights after all. predicaments, as when she states

Rather, these “organizations” that “making abortion illegal places (more incantatory jargon) are simp- the importance of a child over that ly an outlet for the involved in- of an already productive human be- d iv idua l s ’ “be l i e f i n t he ing” (italics mine). undemocratic and dictatorial con- Suddenly, Ms. Dekoven finds trol of over half the population.” herself making value judgments This, because their stance against about the relative worth of an abortion would be “taking away “already productive” adult Over an the individual right of every woman unborn child, contrary to that to make this moral decision nebulous spirit of democracy she herself.” has been invoking.

If the political system of Democracy simply upholds the

AMS needs .money In response to the letter written

by J.R. Harris (No Vote Justified) Nov. 16, I.R. should research his argumenls a little more carefully before he goes flying off the handle against the Alma Mater Society referendum.

First of all, students are indeed given the opportunity to choose which projects their money goes to support once they have made the in- itial mandate, contrary to Harris’ complaint. A poll is included with the referendum through which students priorize the projects which it would fund. The results of the poll will be published, and the A M s will be guided by those results in their funds allocations.

Secondly, it is true that the addi- tion of $20 to the present $10.50

A M s fee seems a drastic increase in light of recent bus fare, rent and tuition increases.

However, the projects which the money would subsidize are of benefit to most active students in one way or another. It would be a shame to pass up this opportunity to save many student facilities and improve yet others.

Bear in mind that the A M s has demonstrated its financial respon- sibility in the past. It in fact reduced its fees by $1 5 one year ago, when mandated to do so in a similar referendum.

Finally, with regard to J.R.’s opi- nions of, and suggestions for the A M s Whistler Cabin, get your facts straight, J.R.! The existence of this cabin enables many UBC students to enjoy the resort of Whistler, who would otherwise be unable to.

The cabin is available to all AMS cardholders, similar to student swimming, meeting, sports and housing facilities which would otherwise be economically unfeasi- ble. For a fraction of the $4OO,OOO which the cabin has been appraised at, the A M s UBC ski club and var- sity outdoor club have developed the cabin into an affordable and comfortable lodge over the past twenty years.

Presently, the A M s leases the land under the cabin from the B.C. government. Last year the lease was $700, this year it is $2,100, and it will be increased by one percent of its total value each year for the next five years. This means that by 1987 the A M s would be paying at least eight times what it paid last year.

If the lease cost cannot be paid, the municipality of Whistler takes over the land, and the A M s must sell the cabin or remove it at their own expense. The land is zoned for club use only, so a corporation such a s W h i s t l e r M o u n t a i n or Blackcomb Mountain ski resort is not eligible to purchase it, nor is an individual.

It is unlikely that the cabin would bring anywhere near its appraised value of $4OO,OOO without any deed to the land under it. The land is presently being offered for sale ex- clusively to the A M s for $70,000, which is much less than it will be bid up to when this option expires in a few months. All the factors must be considered and a mandate reached SOON if this valuable asset is to be retained.

Please exercise your voting rights carefully.

Adam Fitch science 2

individual’s constitutional equality before the law. If we are arguing in political terms, does not the issue come down to whether or not the fetus is an individual? Ms. Dekoven again feels that this is an individual decision, which must not be legislated since “neither the medical nor the theological professions have managed to come to a consensus on when the fetus should be considered a human life.”

However, the fact remains that although there are those who disagree with us, there are some people who believe that the fetus is an individual, that the embryo is a human being. It is a cause of in- finite wonder how, in conception, there can be human life one instant where there was none before.

It is simply an even greater source of wonder how, where there is human life after 20 weeks of gesta- tion, there can be none the day before. Therefore, believing these embryos to be individuals, protec- ting their constitutional equality before the law understandably becomes our primary concern.

This is our starting point. We uphold the sanctity of all human

life., and believe the fetus to be in- cluded in that life. This is not to deny that there are other painful issues, such as unwanted children, the hazards of illegal abortion, and who is to “pay the price of ,any sex- ual irresponsibility.”

But they are other issues. They too must command our sensitive and active attention, but we: cannot make a quantum leap from their worrisome existence to a justifica- tion of abortion, which after all is only one method of dealing with them.

We must not argue backwards, but r.ather examine the abortion issue in and for itself. It is dangerous to do otherwise. It is ra- tionalization to do otherwise. Any psychologist will tell you of the in- genious devices of our minds for obtaining desired ends and masking true motivations. As Pascal said, “The heart hath a reason t.hat the reason knows not of.”

Yes, we are “individuals . . . in- volved with Pro-Life groups (may I rephrase, pro-life issues, since I for one happen not to participa1.e in any such organization) as a result of a strong sense of morality.”

Ilnfortunately, Ms. Dekoven,

morality does not imply the “emo- t ional stance” you suggest, although my personal emotions are naturally involved, being part of my integral personhood. Nor is morali- ty a dirty word. I t is as old as the classics, and as respectable, being a genuine concern to promote and preserve human dignity and the highest quality of life.

Our democracy was founded on t h e m o r a l p r e m i s e o f t h e individual’s worth. Ms. Dekoven herself is clearly making an implicit appeal to her readers’ sense of morality, as she conceives of its proper applicaton.

the term “morality” to a cardboard placard wildly waved by frenetic fascists. It is not a sterile mean- ingless concept imposed on life, but rather a vital force integrally related to life.

There is in your argument, Ms. Dekoven, a subtle manipulation of language, and while accepting the larger motivation of your appeal for human rights, I must call for a greater commitment to honesty as you decry the nature of that appeal.

Debra Esua West Vancouver

Thus, I object to her reduction of -

AMS has referendum money m It doesn’t sound like much, does

it? $20. And yet there is no need for students to scrape together yet more money.

The cash needed to develop the underground area between SUB and the Aquatic centre (along with other worthwhile campus im- provements) is already available. The funding could come from at least four sources:

(1) The PIT and the Art Gallery lounge. Each year the PIT turns a substantial profit, and now there is revenue from the lounge as well. Where does all this money go?

(2) The Bookstore. Anyone who has paid $38 for a text-book recent- ly has to suspect that a rather large fund is accumulating somewhere. There has been talk of using that money for a larger bookstore. Fine.

But do we need a new and improved bookstore? And is anyone naive enough to think prices will go down once those expensive volumes are

resting on their shiny new shelves? (3) The Games Room. Every day

the AMS is at least $600 richer due to its cut from the video games in the basement of SUB. That’s direct profit. You figure out the total rak- ed in per year.

(4) Food Services. Every summer, while the students are away, the cafeteria jacks up its prices. And they stay up when the students return. If they can charge 75 cents per 15 french fries and not make a profit they should fire their managers for gross inefficiency.

So don’t fall for yet another white-wash. Vote ‘NO’ on the AMs fee referendum. Show the student hacks ygu’re not as naive and gulli- ble as they think you are.

Chris Knopf Psychology 4

‘Get the hell out of office’ There i s a line from the 1970’s

movie The King of Marvin Gardens which goes “When you’re last in the fun house, how can you know who is crazy?” An appropriate ver- sion for the Ubyssey should be “With children on typewriters, how do you know when the fun begins?”

It is really terribly difficult for me to comprehend the utter stupidity of the author of the Nov. 16 herpes article (Pool Closes, Officials An-

assume I help pay‘for!) a perfectly plausible and reasonable article of an extremely serious nature only to see it become a totally fabricated example of puerile humor makes me really feel manipulated and angry.

The duty of a n y newspaper is to present the news as truth and to label satire as satire. To let the un- suspecting fools in on the .ioke on the second page is not an acceptable practise.

In closing 1 demand that the ig- norant, sophomoric attempt at humor be labelled as such, and allow the Ubyssey to function as a diseminator of news. I won’t elaborate on my real impulse, which is to tell you to get the hell out of the Ubyssey office and let someone with some semblance of common sense make use of your position.

Scott Mendelson, Gradstudent. Biopsycholog)

ticipate‘ Epidemic) in the Ubyssey. Of course herpes virus has an Unjustifiable anxiety association with their “peepees” so their inclination to see it a s a source of humor makes some sense.

Perhaps a major problem is that their limited experience in life bars them from a reasonable assessment of what they have done.

Exposure to a water born herpes strain, in the Aquatic Centre is a completely plausible idea. A similar set of circumstances unfolded in California in the late 1970’s, involv- ing a true water born bacteria; the disease was a rather serious skin disease.

Herpes is a bit more serious that merely making a quick screw a little complicated. There is significant correlation between herpes and diseases such as cancer and multiple sclerosis: two quite humorless con- ditions.

To read in a newspaper (which 1

I have some remarks regarding among possibly thousands of peo- the article which appeared in the ple. Not everyone is patient enough November 16 issue of The Ubyssey. to read on to the next page. The The article is by Lori Banharn and is Ubyssey claims to be radical, Ir- entitled “Pool Closes, Officials An- responsible radicalism is not my ticipate ‘Epidemic’ ”. favourite ideology. Please think of

In short, I do not believe that a more innocent joke next time. your position as a Ubyssey staff member gives you the right to create Farzin Mokhtarian unjustifiable confusion and anxiety Computer Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................................................................................ 4. . . . ” . . . . . ........................... .............................................................................................

There is no editor of The Ubyssey, and the people responsible for the let- ters pages are women as well as men. so do not address your letters ‘Dear Sir,’ or ‘Dear Editor,’ you unenlightened creeps.

The Ubyssey was regrettably deceived into believing we could not publish referendum letters this week. The staff decided not to heed such rules, even if they do exist, and have decided to run more referendum let- ters. “

Letters must be typed, preferably triple-spaced on a 70-character line.

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SO are they all honorable. 3 By ROBERT BEYNON

Student court has declared the entire November by-election of the Alma Mater Society Director of Administration void.

“It is clear the conduct of this election was badly handled on all sides,” the court judges said in their judgement released Wednesday.

The court ruled winner Scott An- do’s candidacy invalid. But they further decided not hand the elec- tion to runner-up Allen Pinkney .

“Because Ando might have won anyway, our position represents a change in policy, and because other irregularities occurred, we are not prepared to hand the election to the second running candidate,” the judgement said.

The court found Ando guilty of late campaigning and illegally swit- ching the position of a polling sta- tion.

A n d o ’ s s p e a k i n g t o t h e Panhellenic society (sororities) after the campaign cutoff time could

have influenced up to 200 voters and constituted a major violation, the court said.

A serious violation occurred when Ando participated in the mov- ing the pro-Pinkney Computer Science poll to the pro-Ando Woodward Library, the court said.

A minority dissenting court report by Judge Ted McNabb said both Ando and Pinkney were guilty of campaign violations. McNabb said Pinkney’s posters violated A M s election rules.

The majority judgement con- flicted with McNabb concerning the posters. “The court is not overly concerned with this breach.”

McNabb also said Engineers who support Pinkney illegally moved a poll.

The majority judgement again disagreed, saying, “It’s clear this (the Engineer’s moving of a poll) was not improperly done.”

Both the majority report and McNabb’s minority report said

Frank thinks democratic!

Pnkney was not guilty of releasing campaign results early.

The majority judgement also said no evidence of poll booth clerks electioneering was presented in court.

Both the majority court judge- ment and McNabb’s minority report questioned the Inter Frater- nity Council giving beer to fraterni-

t y members who voted. IFC sup- ported Ando.

The judgement said the cost of the beer should be added to Ando’s campaign expenses, which could not exceed $ 1 0 0 . The judgement said, “A candidate should not be allowed to do indirectly that which he could not do directly.”

The court said election code changes should be made and UBC

students should pick a new DoA. McNabb’s minority report said

the third candidate, Chris Fulker, who received less than IO per cent of the vote should be appointed DoA.

Council accepted the court’s judgement Wednesday and asked the AMS selections committee to submit a short list of possible in- terim candidates to them.

By CRAIG BROOKS Is this any way to run a democracy? Student council unanimously decided Wednesday to ignore irregularities

Council approved up to $700 to retroactively run a Yes campaign. Alma Mater Society president Dave Frank said that while council never

actually voted to support a Yes campaign, there was $6,000 in the council publicity budget. “1 thought council would support it,” he said. “ I t pro- bably should have been discussed.”

in campaign funding for the current referendum.

The restrictions on the publicity money are not clear, Frank said. “It’s not well defined, that is why I can get away with this.” If council hadn’t approved the money, Frank said he would have had to

pay the amount from his student loan. The procedure of counting ballots part way through the referendum was

also questioned. A committee to investigate the updating procedure was struck.

The committee will consist of council, Student Administrative Commis- sion, and two student court members. Any interested students are also welcome on the committee. which will report to council at its first meeting -cnlg brooks photo

in January. STUDENT PLOTS DOWNFALL of vilest rag when she realizes Ubyssey story about aquatic herpes was A r t s representative Margaret Copping said the current procedure of tasteless hoax. At last report, hordes of outraged students had reduced campus newspaper office to shambles.

opening ballot boxes after each day of polling, and counting the number of Ubyssey staffers were injured in scuffle. Many feel it is none too soon. See photo, page 15. votes cast could lead to election irregularities.

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While the counters do not actuallysplit the votes into Yes or No, they do “get an idea how the vote is going,” Copping said.

This information often leaks out and can affect voting, she said. On faf;o 1)1 ulf;-m erg e r begins The election rule revision committee will study the problem.

TORONTO (CUP) - The screening process that keeps most women out of science and research begins early, according to a sociologist at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

Dorothy Smith told the Canadian Association for Women in Science that women are streamed into posi- t ions as research ass i s tan t , secretary, lab assistant and short- term lecturer beginning in elemen- tary school.

Young girls have “unseen com- mi tments” made for them throughout their schooling, said Smith. Male and female students who select non-traditional subjects are often subjected to peer disap- proval and they lack support from teachers.

Women’s role in our society’s division of labor is to do ancillary work in support of men’s work, she said. Even if women attain higher- status positions, their ideas or con- tributions tend to be attributed to the men around them, or seen as less important.

Men in the sciences tend to sup- port other men in their career ad- vancement, said Smith. But, she said, a woman’s name “counts” less in this game, said Smith: it car- ries less authority at the top of a scientific paper, or especially on a

OTTAWA (CUP)-The long- expected merging of Ontario universities has begun.

Bette Stephenson, universities grant application.

According to Smith, the percep- tions of both women and men limit women’s accessibility to the sciences. She also detailed extensive figures to demonstrate that women usually receive funding less fre- quently and in smaller amounts than men.

and colleges minister, announced Oct. 29 that Laurentian University and three colleges in the nor- theastern Ontario mining belt will be amalgamated into one university in September 1984.

The new university will be administered from Sudbury, the site of Laurentian University. Algoma College in Sault St. Marie, Nipiss-

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irreirreirrelevant By JANE BARTLETT

Irrelevance. That was the message that continually resurfaced at the Young

Liberal supermouth debate Thursday at noon in SUB 21 1. Such as the comment made by one Young Liberal supermouth

debator: “1 like to think of Joe Clark as the Ford Pinto of Canadian

politics, always looking to his rear,” he declared. Not surprisingly, this statement was totally non sequitor to the topic of debate - be it resolved that Young Liberals are Irrelevant.

Confused? Keep reading. Referring to the irrelevance of Young Liberals, one debator said:

“Young Liberals are able to make all sorts of stupid and radical statements knowing it won’t have any effect on the party.”

A speaker for the affirmative Debating Society stated, however, that “one of the advantages to being a youth wing . . . is you can build reform resolutions.”

But when asked just what those reform resolutions were, he said some of the issues were undecided among Young Liberals.

In fact, the entire debate could be considered irrelevant because only two students attended, proving that a debate on the irrelevance of Young Liberals was, you guessed it, completely irrelevant.

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ing College in North Bay and Le College de Hearst in Hearst will still exist, but will lose their autonomy, including their boards of governors and faculty unions.

Jean Stephens, a researcher for the Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario, said the hybrid insititution will probably be named the University of Northeastern On- tario.

Stephenson’s announcement statedl that the move will make unive:rsity education more accessi- ble tcl students in isolated northern communities, but Stephens thinks the opposite is likely to happen.

The government plans to eliminate most programs offered at more than one of the four cam- puses., said Stephens. This will force students who want to take a certain progriam to move where that pro- gram is offered, reversing the past principle that a wide variety of pro- grams should be offered in smaller centres.

The government will more easily convince one centralized board of governors to direct each campus to specialize in certain programs than to cornince four separate boards of governors, said Stephens.

“This is certainly a method of gaining more control.”

Government officials began discussing “rationalizing” Ontario universities during the late 1970s. Those ideas came together in the 1981 Fisher report on the role of

universities. The report gave the government two options; increase university funding each year by one or two points more than the infla- tion rate, or merge institutions and eliminate duplicate programs.

The government has chosen the la t te r op t ion , accord ing to Stephens. “They say they can’t af- ford to keep all the universities open, but Ontario has dropped from fourth to tenth place among the provinces in per capita funding during the last five years,” she said. “Their priority is buying out Sun- cor (an oil company now 25 per cent owned by Ontario), not funding universities.”

The government plans this amalgamation as a trial run, “in- tended at least to some extent to see how rationalization of programs could work.”

This move will give the govern- ment more control over how univer- sities allocate resources by centraliz- ing decision-making powers in fewer institutions, said Stephens. And she said funding for the new university will almost certainly be lower than for the four current in- stitutions.

Further moves to rationalize the universities are still being studied, so critics can only speculate about -*

who’s next. But “It’s safe to say they’re considering merging the two universities in Ottawa and the two in Waterloo,” said Stephens.

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Supermouth cruises down By LISA MORRY

Cruise missile testing in Canada was the topic of the heated super- mou th deba te i n t he SUB auditorium Wednesday.

Teams from the UBC debating and mutual peace and disarmament clubs argued before an audience of 35.

Debating club member Richard Clark said “Cruise missiles are an escalation of the a r m s race which

has kept peace for 37 years. How much longer will peace last?”

The United States wants to meet numerical superiority with cruise missiles carrying conventional warheads, he said. Canada while not a super power can influence the United States, he said. “The cruise missile is the right direction.”

“Nuclear weapons are useless to promote peace. We do not need more weapons, we can’t even use

the ones we have and we are going to have difficulty getting rid of the ones we do have,” countered An- drew Milne for the mutual peace and disarmament club.

The cruise missile is not an or- dinary weapon, it is small and undetectable with an accuracy of 30 metres or less he said. Milne added first strike weapons are contradic- tory to the concept of deterrence.

“We are now depending on the

Faculty to pay fines

By CRAIG BROOKS Faculty members now have to

pay library fines. In a unanimous vote Wednesday

night, Senate approved suspending library borrowing privileges for faculty members with outstanding fines or book replacement bills.

Graduate studies Dean Peter Larkin, Senate library committee chair, said it was previously im- possible to suspend more than 500 borrowers for non-payment of ac- counts.

Larkin said recent changes to the library’s automated circulation system allow a much greater capaci- ty of suspended borrowers. “We have the technology (to suspend faculty),” he said. “Now is the time to do it.”

Faculty members have ignored repeated requests to return library items, which are urgently needed, Larkin said.

Student senator Ken Freeman, a library committee member, said recently one professor had incurred more than $1,100 in unpaid fines.

* * * It is now impossible to graduate

from UBC without passing the English composition exam.

Senate approved a change to the university calendar making the ex- am a requirement to graduate from the school of rehabili tation medicine.

“This will mean that the English composition requirement is now in place for all undergraduate degrees at the university,” according to a registrar’s office document.

* * * Senate approved the 1983-84

academic year schedule. Fall classes start Monday Sept . 12

and end Friday Dec. 9. while spring classes start Tuesday Jan. 3 and end Wednesday April 4.

Registrar Ken Young said he hopes it will be possible next year to allow for a twoday study break between the end of fall classes and the start of Christmas exams. It was not possible to have the break this year, due to exam timetabling con- flicts, Young said. * * *

The centre for continuing educa- tion will have to start charging senior citizens for courses, Senate learned.

Centre director Jindra Kulich said budget cutbacks will force the centre to charge for previously free courses. “The university is not set- ting the dollars it needs to operate,” Kulich said. “There’s no funding (for the seniors program) for next year.”

The centre is trying to establish an endowment fund to ensure the senior education program “is not subject to the whims of govern- ment,” Kulich said. * * *

Does “The Elzberg family pro- fessor of medicine chair” make grammatical sense?

Senate discussed the issue for several minutes before medicine Dean William Webber removed the word “chair.”

IGNORE US say debating club members, publicizing week of debates. Staff was so inspired at people protesting something other than annual fake story, they covered two of the debates. Final debate in the series is to- day at noon in SUB 212. Debating society will take on law students over the issue of legal aid cutbacks.

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Soviets’ perception of the situation. Why should they believe that the missille warheads are conventional and not nuclear,” said MPD member Diane DeMille.

“Cruise missile accuracy and undetectability would jeopardize Soviet strategic arsenals which are mostly land-based,” she added.

As soon as the nuclear threshold is crossed there is no defence. Deterrence has failed once weapons are employed said DeMille.

Debating club member Sylvia Berryman, discussed the myth of the first strike. “An attack would

have to knock out all Soviet retalia- tion forces at once, therefore there are no first strike weapons,” she said.

“We have to try to prevent nuclear war in the future, Western Europe cannot defend against the power of the Warsaw block. Cruise missiles would solve this problem,” said Berryman.

The End the Arms Race commit- tee is planning a demonstration Monday, noon at Robson Square against Pentagon funded military research at UBC, and local business involvement in military concerns.

Mushrooms confiscated VICTORIA (CUP) - The kind of mushrooms you don’t put on your steak are the centre of a kerfuffle at the University of Victoria involving a Mountie, long-haired hippies, abusi.ve language and the freedom to fry your brains on any natural substance.

The affair began Oct. 23 when senior residence don Dale Brasnet was informed that four UVic s tud’ents had psychedel ic mushrooms in their room in residence. “Magic mushrooms,” which produce a mild euphoric high, grow wild around Victoria. They are considered “natural hallucinogens” and are therefore legal.

Th,at’s what the courts say, but that’s, not what local Saanich police told the UVic dons, who are students elected by residence coun- cil to enforce rules. Brasnet and several other dons, under the im- pression that magic mushrooms are illegal, had two of the s,tudents, Gerald Fahey and Lee Anholt.

removed from a dance floor for questioning.

Unfortunately, as Anholt admit- ted, the two had been doing a lot of drinking, dope-smoking and mushroomeating; and they did not react well to the questions. In fact, they got abusive.

“The dons got us when we were a little loaded,” admitted Anholt. “They all but told us we were kick- ed out of residence for something we thought was legal. Of course we (verbally) abused them.”

Both students were placed on probation for verbally abusing a don, while Fahey was also caught consuming alcohol in public.

Brasnet then went up to the students’ rooms with another don, AI Black. He asked roomate Kiffa R o b e r t s t o t u r n o v e r t h e mushrooms.

Roberts claims Brasnet told him he “would be thrown out of the room if I destroyed the mushrooms or wouldn’t let the dons see them.”

Brasnet claims he told Roberts he could destrov or hide the mushrooms if he wished, but if s o Brasnet would not give him a letter

the affair to the standards commit-

By CRAIG BROOKS Student council unanimously ac-

cepted a decision Wednesday of stu- dent court to invalidate the recent by-election for Alma Mater Society administration director.

The A M s selections committee will choose a “short list” for in- terim administration director after the student-run court, with one dissenting opinion, ruled the Oc- tober by-election invalid. Council will select the person on Dec. 1.

The court ruled several ir- regularities had taken place, necessitating the invalidation of the results.

Council members expressed con- cern about the humorous wording

of parts of the majority decision, referring to magic mushroom season and “scores” of an election contest.

“The score really sucks,” said arts representative Margaret Copp- ing.

“(The humor) is major irrespon- sibility,” said engineering represen- tative Bob. Gill. “Students will think student court is not serious.”

The majority decision will be sent back to student court for gram- matical polishing before being advertised in The Ubyssey.

Council set Nov. 26 as the deadline for applications for the position. * * *

Council voted to send $100 to the

Council eventually passed the motion 8-7 after three counts.

The benefit will be held Saturday at the Legion Hall at 6th and Com- mercial at 8 p.m.

* * * The AMS will put universities

minister Pat McGeer “on the straight and narrow” regarding making A M s fees voluntary, A M s president Dave Frank said.

McGeer said Saturday at the Social Credit party’s annual con- vention that student society fees should be voluntary.

+ * * A M s president Dave Frank will

be spending most of the next week in the Pit learning “first hand” about complaints.

“There’s been tons of com- plaints,” Frank told council. A review and “polishing” of policies will take place, he said.

tee. In both versions, Roberts then

turned over the mushrooms. Later that morning, an RCMP

friend of Brasnet’s told him magic mushrooms are indeed legal, but advised him not to return them to Roberts.

The Mountie then complied with Brasnet’s request to destroy the mushrooms, a request that Brasnet has no explanation for.

Magic mushrooms can also be found around UBC.

University boulevard, if you don’t mind car exhaust and weird stares, is a good place to look.

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Vote setting records By JANE BARTLETT

This week’s referendum has had one of the largest voter turnouts in UBC’s history, Alma Mater Society president Dave Frank said Thursday.

“I’m extremely happy with the turnout. It looks like the second largest voter turnout at UBC,” he said.

Frank estimated that a little over 8,000 students will have voted in the referendum by the time polls close today at 4 p.m.

For the referendum to pass, the majority of ballots cast must be yes votes, and, there must be at least 2,500 yes votes cast (10 per cent of the stu- 4%

dent population). In past referendums, it has been difficult to obtain quorum.

Frank attributed the success of the turnout to the high degree of publicity for the referendum.

“We ran a huge information campaign. We sized up every single group. It made me realize how much publicising we have to do,” he said.

But the question of exactly how students are voting still remains. Accor- ding to poll clerks Lorne Dunn and Greg Accili, quite a fgw people have asked where they can go to complain if the referendum is passed.

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