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Committee creates controvery by Rebecca Bibhop

Council has stuck to tradition: the Renovations Committee’s rec- ommendations have again created controversy within the AMs.

In February of this year, coun- cil decided to re-allocate the Dress for Less space to service organiza- tions. The renovations committee was set up to deal with the plans for the space and to decide who would get the new offices in the SUB concourse.

On June 20 council members of the Global Development Center accused two members of the Reno- vations Committee of bias because the GDC did not receive space.

The four other organizations which applied for and received space are the Ombuds Office, Speakeasy, the Disabled Student Association, and the Student Environment Center.

The GDC made a presenta- tion which criticized the renova- tions committee’s procedures which gave all groups only five minutes to present their cases.

The GDC claimed that they were not given adequate time to give their presentation and were cut off, while the Renovations Committee stated that the GDC were given five minutes because they constituted one group even though they are an umbrella group representing several clubs and student organizations.

Hai V. Le, speaking for the GDC, alleged that both Johanna Wickie and Roma Gopaul-Singh were biased and had decided who would receive space before the Renovations Committee even met.

“ (I) felt that we were under attack from the beginning of the meeting,” said one member of the GDC who spoke in council.

In their own defence, Wickie

and Gopaul-Singh also alleged that director of administration John Lipscomb was biased be- cause he is a member of the GDC. He was the only member of the Renovation Committee to vote against the four office plan which did not allow for space for the GDC.

When asked how he re- sponded to the allegations of being biased because he is a member of the GDC as well as being on the Renovations Committee, Lipscomb said “I do not think that conflict of interest applies within an organization. It would apply if there was a competing, external organization involved, or if there was some personal pay back to myself. And in this case there is none.”

In a report to student council, Gopaul-Singh said “my reason for not putting the GDC in that space is that they have only been in exis- tence for two months now and I would like to see something from them before they receive this prime space. As a service organi- zation they receive an office and this, in itself, is a privilege.”

Because of the nature of the accusations, GopaulSinghoffered to resign as chair of the Renova- tions Committee, but she decided to stay after AMs president Kurt Reinsperg had council vote to express their confidence in her as chair.

Council voted last night to send the four office plan to Cam- pus Planning, which must ap- prove of all renovations and build- ing on campus.

“If we approve the five office plan in Council, it will then go to Campus Planning and we will decide who will get the space from there: said Gopaul-Singh yester- day.

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dents and The Mutual Life of Can- Are prescription drugs too ada company to council on July 18.

expensive for your tight student If council accepts this pro- budget? Does your health plan posal, a referendum will be called cover hospital visits? The AMs for early fall. UBC students will students’ council is investigating decide not only if they want to pay ways to provide UBC students an additional $33 for this plan, but with a comprehensive health ‘alsoifthey want the planextended plan. to cover accidental death or dis-

“Health wise, students aren’t memberment and eye care. being taken care of,” said Johanna Students could join a family Wickie, AMs vice president. plan for dependents or they could Wickie will present a proposal for opt out of the plan all together, as a comprehensive health plan from long as they provide “proof that

they are participating in a plan with equivalent coverage; she said.

The plan being proposed is similar to ones now available at ten universities across the coun- try, including the University of Victoria. It includes an 80% cost coverage on prescription drugs for twelve months, access to semi-pri- vate hospital rooms at no added expense,-and limited vision care, all in addition to provincial health care programs.

Instead of having to pay cash

for each visit to the doctor, stu- dents would just show a member- ship card similar to the provincial government’s “Carecard”. Pre- scription purchases would require the user to pay 20% of the cost.

This system, a “pay-direct system”, costs far more than a reimbursement system, but it in- volves far less paperwork. A reim- bursement system can be “an administrative nightmare,” Wickie said.

And students find it easier to scrape up 20% of the money for a

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The plan would cover 80% of the cost of oral contraceptives. Women who usually buy oral con- traceptives would save enough money in just a few months that the plan would pay for itself, she said.

But she did not yet know if the plan would provide same sex spousal benefits.

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UBC handles discrimination by Rebecca Bishop

One good thing that has come out of the scandal about the Engi- neering Undergrad Society’s nEUSlettre was the creation of the position of anti-discrimination coordinator.

The purpose of the position is to study discrimination on cam- pus, and to find ways of dealing with it.

Carol Hui, an active partici- pant in the Hate Hurts campaign, was appointed to the position by the students’ council.

She said that UBC is not the only university having to cope with discrimination.

THE UBC Engineers are not the only ones with this problem. The University of Albertarecently had a problem with their engi- neers about discrimination. They have been asking UBC what we have been doing about it.

“Since other universities are turning to UBC for advice, i t seems that UBC is leading the way in handling discrimination.”

Hui is presently dealing with a dilemma regarding the fine of $15,000 levied against the EUS by student court. The fineis supposed tocover the cost ofthe potlatch and the conference the EUS promised to organize.

President Strangway decided that the administration will not collect the EUS’s fees for the 19901 91 academic year, preventing the society from paying the fine.

W e cannot hold the potlatch or the conference until Strangway reverses his decision,” she said.

One other issue Hui has dealt with is adding a section in the AMs Code and Bylaws dealing with multiculturalism, human rights, and harassment.

“The AMs has previously been handling cases under the section in the bylaws which gives the AMs authority to deal with students’ for any behaviour deemed unbecoming to a member of the society,m she said.

Student Court has seen a large increase in the number of cases brought forward. Hui’s in- tention is to change the code so that it is more specific. Changes to the code can be made by AMs council, but bylaws must be passed in a referendum or at an annual general meeting.

Hui is also putting together a pamphlet to be written by minor- ity groups.

“Two organizations I have contacted are the Sikh Student Association and Dykes Unlimited. It is a pamphlet that gives minor-

ity groups the opportunity to speak up and relate their experi- ences. It gives them a chance to dispel myths about their groups.”

“Its going to be distributed at Brock, Speakeasy, and the Regis- trar’s Of’fice. It is too late this year, but hopefully next year it can be distributed in the registration packages telling new students that discrimination will not be tolerated on campus.”

Hui’s term ends September eighth, and one ofher concerns has been to seek funding to make the position a permanent one.

You cannot tackle discrimi- nation in sixteen weeks,” she said. We are hoping to extend the posi- tion so we can continue working.”

Hui has been looking for sup- port from the administration and has noted that the AMs is not the only group looking into discrimi- nation on campus.

“In speaking with the multic- ulturalcultural liasons office i t ?ems that president Strangway has been planning a task force on race relations,” Hui explained. ‘It would be a great step to counter discrimination and an appropri- ate response to dealing with the EUS newsletter - if this task force gets underway as soon as pos- sible.”

Vallev seeks universitv site I

by Mark Nielsen The F’raser Valley could be-

come the home of a fourth univer- sity in B.C. by 1995.

The university should be large enough for 4,000 full-time students and should be located in Abbotsford, Langley or Surrey “to provide optimum commuter ac- cess,” according to a report re- leased June 4 by Bruce Strachan, Minister of Advanced Education, Training and Technology.

The report was written by the Fraser Valley Access Committee, which was made up of the presi- dents of Simon kaser University, Douglas College, Kwantlen Col- lege and Fraser Valley College.

Strachan also announced that a consultation group will be launched to gather public opinion on the subject.

The consultation group will hold public meetings throughout the summer and report back to the Ministry in the fall.

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But the report fails to address the possibility of developing a current college into a university, according to Ed Lavalle, president of the College-Institute Educators Association of B.C.

He said that such a model, which adds degree-granting status to existing community col- leges, is considered to be more cost-effective and more commu- nity-responsive than the creation of a new and separate university.

Within the next five years, Okanagan College, Malaspina College and Carib00 College will become universitycolleges.

Lavalle called FVC president Peter Jones’s treatment of univer- sity-colleges in the report as “superficial and an injustice to the potential of Fraser Valley College to become a degree completion in- stitution.”

Lavalle also attacked the process by which the report was developed.

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“The strong reaction that Canadians have had to the Meech Lake process indicates that there is a healthy demand and respect for the democratic principle of participation by both those with expertise and those who will be affected by decisions that the gov- ernment makes,” he said.

“The C-IEA would have pre- ferred the involvement of all con- stituencies in the college commu- nity and the public at large in developing this study.”

But Jones said that the uni- versitycollege option has not been discounted completely.

“The concerns I expressed were made in the appendix of the report and are not considered to be part of the report’s recommenda- tions,” he said.

Jones said that the recom- mendations were deliberately made general to provide room for public discussion at the upcoming hearings.

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Court findings accepted by council

Student court's findings re- garding the Engineering Under- graduate Society's nEUSlettre, which was accused of printing racist, sexist, and homophobic articles, were accepted by AMs students'council on April 4. NE- USlettre editor Martin Sykes was fined $10 while the EUS itself stands to be fined $15,000. The EUS fine, however, is dependent upon Strangway reversing his decision not to collect EUS fees.

Council also disassociated it- self from AMs president Kurt Preinsperg's comments to the press questioning Student Court's involvement and defending the nEUSlettre's freedom of speech. A press release was not issued how- ever.

Council votes to change election by- laws

The rules are changing. The AMs students'council is hoping to change the by-laws that govern the society's elections.

All those planning to run for AMs positions in the future will have to have twenty nominator's signatures, rather than the ten previously required.

Candidateswill alsobe able to spend more on their election cam- paigns with the limit being raised from $125 to $150. Reimburse- ment of this money by the AMs will continue but will now be lim- ited to those who run for executive positions.

Other by-laws introduced and accepted at council included a conflict of interest guideline for council members as directors of the society, changes to the regula- tions governing service organiza- tions to include a one year proba- tionary period, and an under- graduate publications policy to create a framework of responsibil- ity for undergrad publications.

Global Development Centre created as a new service organization

A new service organization has entered the limelight at UBC. At May's first student council meeting the Global Development Centre was created as a new serv- ice organization, to inform stu- dents about development issues.

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Aquatic Centre management in negotiation

Students may get the boot from the Aquatic Centre manage- ment.

The UBC president’s office informed the AMs in late April that it hopes to alter the Aquatic Centre Management Committee. The university‘s changes would entail the president’s ofice ap- pointing the chair of the commit- tee with the manager of the centre also reporting to the ofice. The existing committee structure is an autonomous committee composed of representatives from both the AMs and the university.

The AMs is presently negoti- ating with the university.

Committee applications lost

Applications for the student- at-large positions on the AMs budget committee, except for those of Anna Brown and Carol Tremblay, were lost. To date no students-at-large have been ap- pointed as council postponed the appointment of students-at-large to the committee until applica- tions could be sought again.

Two council members, Alan Price and Kelly Guggisberg, have been appointed to sit on the com- mittee along with the director of finance John Lipscomb and vice- president Johanna Wickie.

Goddess looking for home

The Chinese Students’ Asso- ciation is looking for a location for a six foot high “goddess of democ- racy” statue that it has received hnding for.

Merilomas praised, not condemend

The AMs chose not to condemn the Meralomas Rugby Club for a sexist and racist inci- dent in May. The incidents refer to a movie which depicted a Chinese peasant being hung and a parody of the massacre at the Ecole Polytechnique. Instead, council sent a letter congratulating the Meralomas Rugby Club on their speed in dealing with the incident and those responsible.

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Hibernia held

Underneath the Atlantic, off the coast of Newfoundland lies the Hibernia oil field. Hibernia contains enough oil to free Atlantic Canada from poverty, enough to make the province ofNewfoundland a relatively wealthy province.

But now another body of water may block access to economic prosperity-Meech Lake.

The urgency with which the federal gov- ernment pursued the completion of a deal with the provincial legislature has disappeared along with their zeal to approve a $2.6 million contribution to the oil project development.

Many Newfoundlanders wonder if it was just a coincidence that the sudden halt in the process came so soon after their premier's de- cision not to hold a vote to ratify the Meech Lake Accord. Is this Ottawa's way of punishing dissenting provinces?

The Quebec situation cannot be ignored, yet the Meech Lake accord did not adequately address the problems of other Canadians such as the Native peoples and Newfoundlanders.

The federal government is blatantly retali- ating against provinces who legally and justi- fiably opposed the accord.

The people of Newfoundland now must bear the consequences of Mulroney's failure to be a Canadian hero.

The tactic of passing the buck to scapegoat provinces is dangerously divisive, promoting more regional disunity instead of trying to con- solidate confederation.

A time for healing indeed.

July 6,1990 The Summer Ubyssey Is published Wednesdays by the Alma Mater Society ofthe University of British Columbia. Editorial opinions are those of the staff and not neces sarily those of the university administration, or of the sponsor. The Summer Ubyssey is published with the proud support of the Alumni Association. The editorial office is Rm. 241k of the Student Union Building. Editorial Department, phone 2282301; advertising, 2283977; FAX## 2206093

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Amriesty International ately because he has not UBC would again like to advocated nor used vio- thank anyone who aided us lence, and because he is in the release of BASIL being detained solely be- LEGBA, who was our cause of his political beliefs. adopted prisoner of con- We also inform the authori- science until his release in ties, when writing letters, August of '89. that NIDAL is being de-

We would now like to tained without being for- announce the adoption of mally charged or tried Nidal Ilo (a 24 year old engi- (which is unfortunately al- neering student in Syria). lowed under the Syrian NIDAL is a prisoner of con- State of Emergency Law of science who was arrested on 1962). April 12, 1987, because of If anyone wishes to help his involvement in the for- Amnesty UBC speak out bidden Communist Party against the injustices that Political Bureau (CPPB). NIDAL and many other 120 members of the CPPB prisoners now face, writing arepresentlybeingretained a letter could help a great without charge or trial. deal. Some addresses of

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D of F speaks The Global Develop-

ment Centre has asked me, as a member of the AMs Renovations Committee, to abstain on Committee mo- tions concerning the GDC. Further, they request that I make this known to the stu- dent body via the Ubyssey and to Student Council via individual letter.

I will comply with their request.

dent Council will come up with a solution that houses

I hope that AMs Stu-

all applying service organi--4 zations in the concourse be- cause it is so important that students find out about all the valuable services avail- able.

Re the term "conflict e of interest": I believe that +

this applies to organizations external to the AMs, not to internal organizations like the GDC. For example, I believe that the Prime Min- ister would not be in a con- flict of interest if he sup- - ported Parks Canada while at the same time voting for - Parks Canada to oversee part of the Carmanah Val- ley.

Webster's: "conflict of interest": a conflict between the obligation to the public ' and the self-interest of a public officeholder.

John Lipecomb D. of Finance

Frustrations of a University Christian in the trenches a

When I was younger, and first took things seri- ously, I thought an evangeli- cal was a sincere or active Christian. In today's world people usually think of an evangelical as a right-wing middle-class suburbanite with a scheduled spiritual- ity, a shallow personality, having little interest in the outside world, and possess- ing a blind intolerance of anything different. I can see now why my parents were a little worried about me when I came home from camp one summer actually wanting to go to Sunday School.

Now that I'm in univer- sity, I struggle with the doubts and uncertainties of Christianity every day. The doubts would be much eas- ier to deal with if I didn't have to deal with Chris- tians. In theory Christians should be more humble, more unassuming, less judgmental, and more con- cerned with the world around them than the rest of

society. We should be be- Many times I have cause of some basic we are lookedatorganizedreligion, said to hold like The Golden at its hypocrisy, factional- Rule, Love Thy Neighbour, ism, ethno-centricity, and and Comfort The Suffering. lack of vision, and have de-

Unfortunately we don't spaired. One does not neces- seem to be living up to our sarily find the warmth and

ish, judgmental, materialis- tic, and driven by Western Culture's need to "succeed". Ironically, most Christians seem to be not only just the same as the rest of society, but recent media attention on "Christian Leaders" sug- gests they are worse than those who don't claim abso- lute m o d standards. Your average middleclass main- stream Christian adult wor- ries more about his or her career and his or her mort- gage payments than he or she does about world hun- ger, human rights, or the en- vironment. In short, the Church has not gone into the world, the world has gone into the Church.

meets a congregation's cul- tural requirements first.

I stick around because every once in a while I dis- cover people older than myself who have not met the media's expectations. They shake me up because I too have begun to conform to the world's mold, and that is frightening. Thesemen and women are truly counter- cultural-in the true sense radical-and push against Christian lethargy and worldly selfishness. Cer- tainly one can find amazing people in the outside the Christian Church, but those who are in it seem to have a firmer foundation, and a focus for their activism.

These people are no- table because of a "some- thing" they have as Chris- tians that the rest of the world does not. It would be ' ' impossible to try to describe here what that is, as words do not come close to encom- I passing it fully. call it zeal, I piety, focus, purpose, un- worldliness, holiness.

be a comfortable cloister for people of like minds to hide away in. I t should be a ~

centre from which its mem- bers can affect the world around them. Christianity ~

began as a countercultural r

fringe group. In that time it was the most effective. "he Church today has forgotten its mots and the power it i psessed . Christians have lost sight of one of their most important missions: to awaken mainstream cul- ture to its corruptness, its * selfishness, and its materi- alism in short social action.

The Church should not *

Spencer Capier Arts 3

6/THE UBYSSEY July 5,1990

~ AMS attends national -student r- conference

1 BY Martin Chester Wickie auestioned the finan- smaller and more numerous col-

cial situatioi of CFS. leges. Wlthin the next 5 years, we There is the ’Lpotential for a W e can’t be isolated unto

3. will be a part of a national student financial crisis in CFS,” if they do ourselves,” Wickie said indicating Organization,” said AMs vice not sort out their funding priori- that the AMs shouldbe looking to

.president Johanna Wickie. ties, Wickie said. become a part of a national stu- Wickie and AMs coordinator She also said she has some dent voice. But she believes that

of external &airs, Jason Brett, concerns about the future of CFS voice need not necessarily be the ~ attended the Canadian Federa- because ofthe reluctance oflarger CFS.

tion of Students National Confer- universities such as UBC, York Coordinated efforts, such as * ence as observers. University and the University of the lobbying done by the AMs and

At this time UBC is not a Toronto to join. All three want to the CFS last year for transit con- &member of CFS and Wickie still see CFS change to a weighted cessions, may not be possible in has some reservations about join- system of voting which allows the the future if UBC does not join ing. larger universities more say than some sort of student organization. l

1 :Reno comes to Canada The 3rd Canadian Special with Special Olympics for over mcer, track&field, powerlifting,

Olympic Summer Games will take sixteen years, will act as Honorary rhythmic gymnastics, and five and place in B.C. this year with more Head Coach for the games. ten pin bowling. than 750 mentally handicapped “These programs provide Gold medal winner in rhyth- athletes from across Canada com- (people with) the chance to train mic gymnastics at the 1984 Olym- - peting. and practice in a variety of sports, pics, Lori Fung will act as honor-

The Games take place nation- learn new skills, and have a great ary coach in this discipline. For- ally every4years, and will be held time doing it,” said Williams in a mer Vancouver Whitecap Bob July 11 to 15 in Vancouver and prepared statement. Lenarduzzi will act as coach in the Richmond. with most events at “he Games feature aauatics. m c e r event.

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