bit more of an emphasis on immediate debt reduction.' interest payments, those who make $26,000 will get 50 per While that immediate debt reduction wasn't there, cent relief, while Ottawa will pick up 25 per cent of the tab for

the government announced several changes to the people earning $28,000. Canada Student Loan Program. Graduates who exhaust the 30 month interest relief period

The measures we are announcing today will help to and still experience repayment problems can now ask the lend- ensure that Canadmn students are not mired in a ing institution to extend the repayment period from 10 to 15

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willseefi~rthersmallincreasesuntil2001,bringingcom- bined fundmg up to $903-million h m the current $76&

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The government says it will set up an which they can never in the budget offers much help for graduate students with h armslength board of directors to administer escape,' Martin said in itedfinancialresources. the fund It didn't say who would be on that This millennium fund will help a lot of undergraduate stu- board, except that members will come h m Starting this year, dents," she said 'Butby the time they get to graduate school and the private sector and will include at least graduates will get tax relief for interest payments on their stu- if they don't get money h m the granting councils, they are not one student dent lo-. About one million people will be allowed to claim a going to find any other kind of fun- to get into schooL'

Some students will receive extra money as early as this year, 17 per cent federal tax credit on their yearly interest payments. The budget also tried to emurage parents to save for their however. More than 25,000 full and part-time students with The &t only applies to interest payments on loans obtained children's education. Ottawa will match 20 per cent of any children or dependents will receive grants of up to d;3,000 h m federal and provincial loan programs. Students who get money parents put into a Registered Education Savings Plan through the Canada Student Loans Program. private loans fkom banks will not be ehgtble. (RESP), up to a maximum of $400 of federal money per child

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step,' said Hoops Harrison, national director of the Chadian less than $28,300 a year. Students earning $24,000 can have In total, the Liberals announced $1 1-billion in new spend- Alliance of Student Associations. 'But there needs to be a little the federal government pick up 75 per cent of their monthly ing and $7-billion in tax relief over four years in the budget+

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After 2 5 years in the SUB and four last-ditch tries to convince the AMs, and students to renew its expired lease, the Thunderbird Shop is dead.

AMs council soundly rejected Wednes- day an attempt to give the shop some leeway after it came 73 votes short of meeting quo- rum in a student referendum that would have forced the council to negotiate a new lease with the shop. Supporters of the shop wanted the council to overturn a decision made last month not to renew the lease.

The referendum result two weeks ago saw a clear majority of voters in favour of saving the shop3037 yes votes to 932 no votes. But the shop needed 3 100 to win.

Thunderbird staff and supporters argued that the close referendum result showed ovenvhehng student backmg for the store to stay. 'I just don't understand how callously they can disregard the wishes of the students,' said Bob Gray, the store manager.

But Vivian Hoffmann, the AMs presi- dentelect, and the majority of councilors did not agree. 'There was a hurdle that was set and it was not met,' she said.

Accordmg to Shirin Foroutan, the outgo- ing coordinator of external affairs, Wednesday's debate was an unnecessary repeat of the debate last January, when the Ah4S decided not to continue the shop's lease. 'What we were doing toIllght was rescindmg a motion that council made with no concrete evidence as to why we should,' said Foroutan. 'The only evidence that you could bring in was the referendum and it didn't reach quorum,' she said.

The debate Wednesday also turned nasty as some AMs councillors all but accused the Thunderbird Shop supporters of cheating in the referendum campaign.

Rub Fluxgold, the outgoing AMs vicepres- ident made several unsubstantiated sugges- tions that the shop overspent on its referen- dum campaign and that some posters for the 'No' campaign were ripped down during the campaign. She said she couldn't prove who was responsible for removing the posters.

Fluxgold and other councilors also argued that the majority vote in favour of the shop was the result of pressure from the Thundlerbird shop on ill-informed students.

'Th.e majority of students on campus, even ihose that put up a fight, politically astute as most of us may be, really have no

idea what is going on campus,' Flugold said. But she did add that the A M s 'didn't inform them enough' about the campaign.

Scott Morishita, the newly elected A M s director of administration, said he was dis- gusted by these comments. 'For some of the council to quote that basically students are uninformed and they don't know what they are voting is insulting... I think that the way many of the council conducted them- selves was revolting,' he said.

He also said the council's treatment of shop supporters and staff at the meeting was shameful. At one point, when a shop staff member began spealung, Fluxgold burst out laughmg. 'They were treated with arrogance, spi te... I felt ashamed to be part of the student council in the way they treat- ed people," Morishita said.

The future of Thunderbird Enterprises now lies in the ongoing discussion ofthe pos BOB GRAYS out of work. RICHARD LAM PHOTO sible AMs buyout of store fixtures, inventoy, suppliers andsaleshistory. This wouldlead John Lecky, the owner of the to an easier transition for the Thunderbird Thunderbird Shop, said he would continue Shop and to the AMs setting up [their] own meeting with Hoffmann to negotiate com- business,' said Hof€mann. 'I think we owe it pensation. 'They obviously want us out of to the Thunderbird Shop to respect that.. It here soon. If they make us a suitable offer would make the Thunderbird Shop's exit eas- then we'll be gone as fast as they want us ier. I see it as a fair decision.' out of here,' he said.+

Vanier thefts nromnt reaction - - - ~~ ~~ -~ " I- - - - - -I- - - - " - by Liam Lahey returned within 48 hours of Teasedale's memo being But a clause in the provincial act allows all universities

issued. and colleges to handle their own tenant/landlord relation- A string of thefts near the Place Vanier residences in recent 'I'm pleased to say all the items were returned to their ships. University students fall under a 'licenseehcenser weeks led Residence Life Manager Tom Teasdale to issue a nghtful owners to the best of my knowledge,' Teasedale relationship,' something similar to a hotel customer. stern warning directed at in three houses there: deliver the said. 'The RCMP had approached us regardmg complaints Janice Robinson, the Assistant Director of UBC goods or forget about moving to other residences next year. of stolen property they received, and we advised our resi- Residences and Housing, said that in order for an eviction

A memo issued to every Place Vanier resident in January dents that to keep the stolen property, however harmless it to take place, several steps must be taken by the university. told students the RCMP would be investigating the thefts may seem, could lead to serious consequences." 'We're not about to kick someone out on the spur of and if the stolen goods were not returned, suspects would Although there are guidelines for landlords who want to the moment,' Robinson said. 'There is a process that be evicted from their rooms. evict tenants, those guidelines, contained in the BC must be followed, and we do allow the student the oppor-

Also, residents in the all-male Cariboo and Robson Residential Tenants Act, don't apply to university residents. tunity to explain their actions. There is also an appeals House, as well as c w d Okanagan House were warned they No students were charged by the police, or reprimanded process the student can access to fight any serious evic- would be blacklisted for future residence assignments if by the Housing staff. tion notice.' theatre props and furniture stolen from around campus In the Tenant Survival Guide, issued by the Tenants Robinson added that out of 5,000 students living on were not returned. Rghts Action Coalition (TRAC), a legal eviction can only be campus, only elght residents have been evicted this year to

and a resident in Place Vanier's Caribou house.. said a tenant fails to payhis/her rent. Although no students were evicted as a result of the Teasdale threat to punish all students for the actions of a if a tenant is disturbing his/her neighbours. thefts relating to Place Vanier, the threat is always preva- few, was unfair. if a tenant is seriously damaging the buildmg. lent.

'I think it was only a few that were domg the s t e a l q if a tenant does not fx damages incurred by the tenant 'In order for residential life to maintain a healthy com- (and that these pranks) happen all over the campus ; d l the or a guest within a reasonable amount of time. munity, certain thmgs must be in place, among them is a time,' said Wunderlick. 'I think it's been overblown.' if a tenant has too many persons living in their apart- strong sense of trust,' Robinson said. 'If no s@cant

Missing items included furniture from faculty lounges, ment. action is taken in the event of a theft, it wiU deteriorate the construction signs, and theatre props, but all items were ignoring any part of the signed tenancy agreement. safe living environment.'*:*

But Adam Wunderlick, a second year Forestry student exercised when: date. That number is unofficial.

W I N DWYER the CSS president, attempts to fly the 'Tibetan flag over the CSS building during November's APEC conference. This action prompted a rash of Complaints, including the e-mail threats. The RCMP are now investigating the threats. TAM WESTOVER PHOTO

E-mail threats bring RCMP tryAleXBustos

Campus RCMF' have a suspect in their criminal investigation of threat- ening messages sent to email list servers under a UBC student's forged email address.

In early February, the Graduate Students Society (GSS) and the Zhong Hua network, a listserver used by the Chinese Students and .Scholars Association (CSSA), received death threats and obscene emails bearing the address of Scott Simpson, p& dent of Students for a Free Tibet.

Computer senrices soon con- firmed that an imposter forged Simpson's address to send the threatening messages.

The person for& (Simpson's) amunt wasn't a customer of UBC," explained Karen Beattie, security per- sonal for university computing ser

Internet service in Richmond.' vim, %e was subscribing to an

Police said they are talang the situ ation seriously.

We're investjgating the incident as a criminal manner,' said Lloyd Plank, staff sergeant for the university detachment of the RCMP, '(and) we do haveasuspect'

The incident is linked to the refer endum earlier this month that asked graduate students whether the GSS wasnghttoraisetheTibetanfhgatop their offices during the APEC summit last November.

ing the APEC leaders' retreat at UBC November 25, Simpson argued in favour of raising the flag, Many of those arguments were with CSSA members.

%cause (Simpson's) task is to fiw Tibet and some CSSA members think Tibet is already k,' said Meng Wang. a CSSA member, '(Simpson) startedtosendoutdozensofemailsto Zhong Hua edumtmg members about

During the referendum and dur-

investigation Tibet'

The m y personalised email exchanges reached a climax on February 6 when the GSS and the Zhong Hua network received a death threat followed by two lewd mes sages, from an account bearing Simpson's address.

Wang has repeatedly said that the CSSA doesn't know who impersonat- ed Simpson and that the organisation supports the police investigation 'As of today,' said Wang 'Zhong

Huaintotalhas640subscribersand CSSA has 300 members. The person who impersonated (Simpson) is very likely to be a noItcssA member on the Zhong Hua m a h g list"

Simpson said he is contemplating launchmg a civil suit against anyone charged in connection with the case. 1 have contacted a lawyer, and I've

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The word is out - a group of Vancouver poets have set up an open stage and you don't have to be published to be heard. Scrambled Angst is an evening of spoken word, music and unique performances designed to give anyone with a creative bent a voice. The concept of a casual and welcoming evening of art was put togeth- er by a local readmg group who have dubbed them- selves The Really Awful Poets.' Accordmg to d o s t s

allows performances to evolve and shape an evening. As a result, they impose no criteria on content, quality or medium for material submitted and have no screen- ing process. They also hope to see more diversity in future performances.

'One thmg that we would like to see happen is to branch out M e r as to what performances are,# says Petrie "If people want to do any drama or monologues . . . we're definitely open to that It doesn't just have to be poetry literature. I like the idea of come and do what- ever you want, what you feel passionate about, and if that happens to be playing the Jew's Harp or tern a fumy st~ry, go ahead, do it! "

Pumnitz feels that cost is a major obstacle in the way of many burgeoning artists 'I think there really is a very limited space in Vancouver that allows people to do this with- out having it cost a lot of money or without hav- ing to be involved in some kind of heavy orga- nization. The ReaUy Awful Poets try to dis- tance themselves from any kind of exclusivity. This attitude influenced what they decided to call themselves and their event

motivation and feedback Petrie agrees, but adds that it was also a way of

brealung into an artistic circle that is largely dominat- ed by published writers. 1 think anybody who's trying to do sometlung and get out there . . . they run into all these walls all the time. We do that, so why would we

The Sugar Refinery has provided the space for past performances, which have included music, poetry and short stories. Previous participants include musicians Jack Harlan, Lisa Walker and Glen Garinther of Vancouver band Bate's Motel. Content has ranged from the serious to the lighthearted and Pumnitz and Petrie feel it is the kind of space that pulls in attention from the audience. Petrie attributes that to the easy going crowd the Sugar Refinery athacts. 'I think there has really been resurgence in the idea of spoken word . . . and in the idea of the coffee house in general. People are leaning away from the McDonald's coffee and wanting to get into somethmg where there's Jazz and Swing.'

Likewise, they feel the Awful Poets offer a creative outlet that is currently laclung in Vancouver. Their goal is to create a performance space that is casual and

want to put up walls of our own?'

'I think by.cabg it Scrambled Angst you take away some of that performance anxiety,' says Pumnitz la-. We're bringing it down to earth . . . and I think it's easier to do sometlung when it's more casual and non-judgmental.'

Petrie agrees. 'It lets us have fun with it because it can morpy he says. We can at sometime become the 'not so bad poets' or 'the Wtly improved poets' or 'angst over easy' or whatever.'

Yet while their name may suggest to some that these poets don't take themselves seriously, Petrie is adamant that there is nothug flippant about the event.

'I think the act of just c r e a m c a h g up and ask- ing and just wanting to be on stage is a serious endeavor ... I think your heart is in it pretty much. There's a certain level of respect and understan-. If someone has got the guts to get up in front of pee ple at a mic, there's something special about that."

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DEE GEE: Huw did you get starfed Dhg? KILO-CEE: Just watching this dude mix at a teen club in Surrey called Changes. It was fucking amazing. [‘d go with my friends and they’d all dance. I’d just stand by the booth and watch this guy. I did that for months and final- ly he let me come in and sit in the booth. I was amazed by it. The control he had over the crowd or just what tee was doing? I had listened to rap for a long time but never thought about deejaying. Seeing it done with a crowd and seeing this guy just rockin, doing doubles of every record, it just amazed me. I had never seen anybody do that before.

Was that when YOU started colleeting records? I kind of just tagged along with him to his gigs and got down with him and his crew. I learned by watching him. Making beats, scratching, you name it.

Who are your musical influences? George Benson, definitely. Jimmy Hendrix, I like guitar players a io:. i like peopie that can write music. When 1 hear a Hip-hop production that is really simplistic, if the vocals aren’t up to par, 1’11 push it aside. I‘m influenced by anything that‘s dope. DJ-wise, Supreme (formerly D-Roc). Him and B-Mello in Seattle. Nasty-Ness influenced me to get on radio. Skill-wise, definitely the X-Men and Cash Money.

810 you find that DJ3 skills become static afier a while? I find that with myself sometimes. It‘s really a cycle that I go through. I’ve seen the X-Men play a bunch of times and I’ve played with them a few timer I’ve seen the same routine; over and over. In 1998 what a battle (com- petition between DJs) is is how fast you can scratch. Kids don’t think about what they’re doing. It’s like what Rob Swift (X-Men) said, people are scratchin’ a thousand miles a minute and don‘t think about what they‘re doing. Really a battle should be about you have two minutes and you show what you can do on turntables

Have YOM battled much? I don‘t battje at all. I’ve bumped heads with kids, me and Kemo went at it a few times, but it’s more like practice. I’m not a battle jock. I’m more of a radio jock. A lot of people down for that. They hear me scratch and say, ‘hey, you can do that shit too,’ but that’s not my focus. My focus is to be as well-rounded as possible. i’m into music, bottom line.

Mow did you get inwdved with the radio show? We put in a proposal to the station and got a seven hour slot. Me. Mike Golf, Lovely Lisa, T-Bone, Dicky Doo, a bunch of guys. We were a!! kind of starting out. We took an hour slot each. By the end everybody got tired and they gave me the whole night. I was 16 and I had a seven hour slot. i didn’t know what to do with it. I got (the incredible) Ease involved to heip out with vocals. It’s heen a ‘two hour slot for quite a whi!e now. I c o ~ t d d t handle doing seven. A radio influence for me was Pete Rumbie. He didn’t mix, he just played joints. We’d wake up on Sunday ail htung-~ver and turn on the radio almost every week. !’d call up and be like, “Play some Sehooly- D,” and it‘d be the next song he‘d drop. Being Canadian and doing Hip-hop radio is such an advantage.

Because you can cuss all you want? After a certain time the CRTC is much more ienient than the FCC in the States. Past midnight I just have to abide by station policy.

What are your impressions of Hip-hop in Vancouver? There are people who do not so good records and people who don’t make records at all. The most important thing about getting involved is getting records out. Not enough kids do it here. There are so many resources in this city that people don’t even understand. You can record an album for free in Vancouver. As compared to 20 years ago you can have a studio in your house for a few thou- sand dollars. It‘s a lot more accessible. There’s really no excuse for the lack of shit coming out. I also think a lot of people would rather work on their own; nobody seems to want ta connect and work together.+

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What’s Mollres Revenge? As defined by their vocalist Yvette, this Vancouver

based music group is about “power to the underdog” and even their name-Mollies Revenge-speaks to their cause. Molly is an old English term for prostitute-read whore. And a whore’s revenge, sparked by bittered des peration, is what they’re after.

The members of Mollies Revenge have indeed been underdogs worlung hard to succeed for a little more than three years now. And being a full time musician in Vancouver is unique to other cities, accordmg to Yvette.

As everyone probably knows, the city’s laclang in clubs these days, and Mollies Revenge hasn’t escaped the downturn in the live scene totalJy unscathed. They played a few shows at the currentlydosed Commodore, a place Yvette loved, and she has mixed fee lqs about the lack of live music venues in the city, especially the shutting down of the Town Pump.

“[It was] the home for a lot of musicians. That one [it’s switch to Illghtclub status] was a hard one for bands as well.”

But still she praises the local scene. “There is a lot of good music that comes out of Vancouver. There’s always been a supportive audience here for u s , M she pauses, “Eke all artists we are starving artists... It’s not a glorious, glamorous job, that’s for sure. Doesn’t pay the bills very well, that’s for sure.”

So why keep going?

Accordmg to Yvette, it’s loving music that really counts. That was evident at the February 20 show dom- town at The Gate. After p e r f o r m the Mollies version of “Lola” by The Kinks, she came back at the supportive cheers with, “This is why we do it.“ Loving music counts, but when Mollies fans love it, it’s even better.

Yvette taught herself to sing and play music. Her col- lege studies covered broadcasbng and audio engineerhg, not music. Rut she has natural talent.

Her voice provided a magical opening to their Gate gig’s opener “Cruel Angel.” The lyrics delve into a rela- tionship with a past lover and are fdled with metaphors describing the “dynamics of a relationship” involving a “very duahtic person.”

Next up hey played “Weed”-a song about the strength of a street person. Yvette explains, ‘We reject a weed because we simply don’t find it beautiful, @ut) in a forest the weed would be a flower.”

Surprismgly, the band performed their biggest hit “Humble” early in their 90 minute set The smgle was a great step forward for the group giving them and their current CD, Eveqy Dirty Word, more exposure. “To break the radio these days,“ commented Yvette, “ i s pretty much next to impossible.’’

Yvette dedicated the song “Wounded” to “all those alive.” The song is an expression of pain that everyone in this world inevitably experiences.

”who has not felt lonely?” Yvette asked her audience. She sees the low points in life as great teachug experi- ences. ‘It’s amazing when you go down to that place how h@ you can go afterwards.” One key line in the song- ”We learn to Iove the scars that make us who we are.#

The group’s sense of unity and openness with their fans came out more strongly in the encore, which con- sisted of a geai mix of &co songs hc1udu-g We are Family” and “That’s the Way.” Yvette, an open lesbian, fi-eely expressed her sexual preference in altering a line from ”we are Family. I got all my homos with me!” To fwr- ther strengthen the bond between the band and the fans, the vocalist had them chanting “Hate! Hate! Bate! We don’t want it!” She enlightened her audience saying hate is generated from the fear of difference and that accep tance is the m e .

Boldness characterises the band’s songs and the music draws upon multiple influences. Yvette, who does most of the writing for the group, does not have a favorite band but enjoys a range of sounds. Sixties rock, acid jazz, soul, funk, and Brit pop are among her favorites and female artists inc luhg Bjork, Annie Lennox, Sinead Q’Comor, Jorni ”itchell, and PJ Harvey make up impor- tant pa& of her CD collection.

When asked about the release of the next Mollies Revenge CD, Yvette estimated they would have a new one out by summer or fall. However long it takes, the music world will be ready and waiting. Power to the underdogs::.

Website address: http://grifh.rnultimedia.edu/air/cleo Kentucky Fried Chicken which had a rat in it. “No joke! Apparently the rat had fallen from the ceiling above into a vat of KFC batter!”

just at me a b u t hmw untalemted I was, about what a I was and hmw I shouldjust quit.”

afterwards and stuff like that. We were just family relationships and there I discovered some and a manic stage presence. Not that everybody Vancouver L o s t every night: This intensity is naughty kids and stuff...I always felt like the little apparently disturbing parent-son expectations. likes that sort of thing. quite consistent with my diagnosis of hokumusic-

sceneurosis. Sufferers often feel it necessary to prove themselves to others.

The Molestics have proven themselves, but Soret still refuses to acknowledge his success.

“My basic point of view is that we’re just a con- stant failure. Maybe we’ve acquired seniority or something but I certainly don’t think anybody really likes us. I’m just sort of glad that people have gone through the motions,’ he says.

Modesty or an advanced case of hokumusic- sceneurosis? I think the answer is clear.9

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I want to take this opportunity to bring your attention to an important part of Vancouver’s live music scene, which may sound odd coming from a techno DJ, as I am referring to some of our local “electronic’ artists.

These artists have been quietly going about their business, acquiring fans both locally and internationally, some with tracks being played by DJs half way around the world. Some of the largest contributors to our flourishing scene include artists like Download, Phaedra, Pigrims of the Mind, Dreamlogic and MC2.

The smgle most influential force in our electronic scene is Map Records, brainchild of Robert Shea. He has dee- jayed around the world, as well as hav- ing worked for several record labels, includmg HarthouselEye Q, and he is now using all of the knowledge he has accumulated to expose Vancouver’s best electronic artists to the world. The diver- sity of the label is such that there is prac- tically something for everyone-ambi- ent, house, techno, dub, trance, electron- ica and jazz are jsst some of the sounds coming from this label.

One of the most popular Map artists is Stephane Novak, a.k.a. Pilgrims of the Mind. He moved to Vancouver from Edmonton to enroll in a jazz and guitar program at Capilano College, but he con- verted to electronica after he &covered the school’s midi studio. Stephane released his first smgle in 1994 and since then he has contributed material to various compilation albums, as well as having put out his first full length CD “What‘s.Your.Shrine?“ which is receiv- ing major airplay on college radio and mix-shows around the planet.

Electronica’s more experimental side is explored by Subconscious Records. Based out of a large downtown studio with a collection of gear that spans two decades, Subconscious is pushmg the creative envelope with bands like Download, which is comprised of ex- Skinny Puppy member cEvin Key, local jack-of-all-trades Phil Western and studio guru Anthony Valcic, Their live shows are quite unpredictable and should be approached with an open mind.

Also doing quite well for themselves are Phaedra, a duo of Eric Chalmers and Greg Pryce. They are the workhorses of the live electronic scene, usually per- forming at least once a month. They are also one of the few bands that have played outside of Vancouver. They CUT-

rently only have one fuU length release, but have contributed to several compila- tions over the last h70 years.

It won’t be long before Phaedra becomes a household name world wide.

In terms of venues, there really are a limited number where electronic bands are welcomed. While some like Graceland, The Starfish Room and The Chameleon have played host to the occa- sional show, Mars Nightclub is the only spot where you can see and hear a local artist on a weekly basis. Thanks to p r e moters Troy and Miles, every Wed- nesday night at Mars for the last two years, there has been aperformance by a local electronic artist.

It’s called Ginger and on top of the electronic shows, it has drawn top notch DJs like R i m e Hawtin and Felix Da House Cat.

ICs not easy to be an electronic artist in a city known for its hgh caliber of rock and roll bands, but local electronic musicans are c h a n p g that perception every day. 9

by John Bolton

It might seem strange to open an overview of classical music in Vancouver with an inquiry into its very defmition, yet it’s one of those terms like “literature” which is used casually by just aboiat everyone, even thcclgh everyrone’s de!-~Gon &few

I, for one, tend to envision certain kinds of ensembles, namely chord, orchestral and chamber groups, as well as a basic duahty between classical and popular music, with jazz some where in between and world music in surround.

While the term is an elusive one, there is somehng that can be cded a classical music scene in Vancouver, and 1 spoke with two liocals who are very much a part of that scene: Rodney Sharman, composer-in-residence with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO), and Robert Silverman, the renowned Vaxouver-based Canadian pianist.

As composer-in-residence, Shmm- writes new music for the VSO, as well as works closely With Music

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Director Sergiu Comissiona, helping to choose Canadian repertoire and shape programs. He has a clear idea of what he thinks d e h e s the term classical music.

“I actually don’t mind the general use of the word ‘classical‘ to indicate concert music or opera, the lrind of music I’m involved with,” he said. “If you think about the other terms that people use ... the Royalty Collection Agency actually refers to ‘serious music’ and ‘non-serious music,’ which I actually find kind of offell- sive, particularly for those involved in pop and jazz.”

Indeed, the notion that the appreciation of popular music and classical music are somehow mutually exclusive is a misconception that, unfortunately, many people are burdened with. Silverman shares Sharman’s sentiments, but somewhat more cautiously:

“There are some rock musicians who take their work seriously, and there are people in jazz, like Diana Kid, who take their work extraordinarily seriously,” Ire says. “But a popular entertainer like Bryan Adanxao matter how good he is, when you hear a concert by ’Richard Goode [the British pianist who recently gave a recital in Vancouver] ... they aren’t the same. One is a much more rigorous endeavor.“

When considering classical music and its relation to

world music, Silverman is very forward loo-. “In the late twentieth century [classical music] has to include music from other cultures. Someone, some time in the early part of the next centmy, is going to be able to pull all this together and make an art that is more global, yet universal and appeahg to a large number of people.”

As for the local classical music scene, Silverman likes what he sees. “I moved to Vancouver in 1973, and on the surface of it there’s so much more going on. I assure you, the VSO is a far fmer organization than when I first arrived!”

Sharman is also enthusiastic about what our city has to offer. “In addition to being a composer I’m also a music lover, and those two things, believe it or not, are not always the same!” he laughs. “I would say there’s just enough music in Vancouver to make it an interesting city to live, and there are times when I can’t go to everyhng and that’s kind of a good h n g . It makes you feel like you’re living in a city with a vibrant cultural life.”

Vancouver is indeed blessed with a number of out- standmg organisations and ensembles that have been

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doing fine work for years. Along with the VSO, there are a number of orches- tras, including the CBC Vancouver Orchestra and the period-instrument Pacific Baroque Orchestra. Chorally s p e a l w one can hear the Vancouver Chamber Singers, the Vancouver C a n k t a Singers, the Vancouver Bach Choir, and of course Vancouver Opera. Chamber music is going on dl the time; besides The Little Chamber Music Series That Could and the Vetka Chaniber Society, the Friends of Chamber Music have been bringing in the world’s finest ensembles for fifty years now. There are also several important new music orgarisations, inc lubg Vancouver New Music and the Vancouver Pro Musica Society. Mention might dso be made of Early Music Vancouver, Music in the Morning and Women in Music, among others, as well as the endless recitals and concerts given in churches and

community centres by amateurs and professionals alike. For not all Vancouver ensembles are profession- al; many, like the West Coast Symphony, are comprised of musicians who come together skp ly for the lo-ve of music.

As Sharman says, there’s more going on at any given time than one could hope to see. Moreover, most of these organisations have excellent student prices. Yet there’s even more going on right here at UBC, and most of it is outrageously affordable. Silverman’s already acclaimed Beethoven piano sonata series at the Chan Centre has to be the greatest student deal of the past decade at eight concerts for forty-four dollars. And a h s s i o n is free for concerts given by &e UBC Symphony Orchestra, SymphorAc Wind Ensemble, per- cussion Ensemble, Collegium Musicum Ensembles, Chamber Strings, Opera Ensemble, Choral Union, Singers, Contemporary Players, Student Composers and others.

The professional Wednesday Noon Hours at the Recital Ball are only $3 and student recitals take place every day of the week. As well, CiTR 10 1.9 FM features Canadian and independent classical music on “The Last Desk,” as well as new music on the celebrated “Are YOU Serious?” music show.

Every single one of Vancouver’s classical music organisations is committed to bringing living art ko the public. Yet Sharman feels there’s much more at stake. “We’re not just talking about music here- we’re talking about the culture of the city, of the province, of the country as a whole. The VSO [for example] is the largest cultural organisation west of Toronto, and so we have a responsibility to the cul- ture and the community as well as to classical music and music lovers.”

?“his responsibility is some- that we all share. It is our obligation to look to the music of the past to deepen our own understandmg and enjoyment of the music of our times, be it pop, jazz or “new classical” as Sharman describes his own work. On the other hand, apart from any cultural duty, there are plenty of selfish reasons to sample what the classical music scene in Vancouver has to offer. And, of course, there’s the sheer enjoyment to be had from eavesdropping, as it were, on talented artists in conversation with the com- posers of the past and present and the audiences of today.

It’s easy to overlook that one general term “classi- cal” is supposed to encompass music written over the course of five centuries for hundreds of combinations of instruments; more to the point, it’s a term that r ep resents music that has explored every possible emo- tional and intellectual issue. Within that unimaginably vast body of classical music there’s somethmg to stim- ulate everyone. Silverman sums it up very well.

“Some of the greatest classical music-I know of people who can just sit back and enjoy it ... and say ‘Wow, what a kicker!’ You don’t have to know the intri- cacies of Beethoven in order to really appreciate the spiritual qualities. I think this is what’s misconstrued about classical music ... there is an immediacy to the very best of it, bet] ifyou’re really interested in search- ing deeper, it’s there for you.”

Classically, there‘s a lot going on in Vancouver. Treat yourself.9

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career services 8:3Oam4:oOpml &ool/ college liason 8 :30d :OOpm IdiMI? of Asian Research Graduate Network and Green Cdege invite FLY to the 3rd Graduate symposium on Asia Feb. 6111 to 8th Keynote Speaker is h E Aihwa Ong Professor of AndmpolwatUniversityofCalifornia at BeMey. Tix $20.00. Can Amie at 22 1-1506 or ernail umbt?llla@m#ubcca

Jim (;rean former head of the Downtown Eastside Residents Association will speak on Urban Anthropology and Community Development Wed Mar. 4th @ 1230, Buch B 3 12.

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loans, legislation, and the lost Generation It seems that recent student protests, like those where students stormed the Ontario Lqylature or gathered 10,000 strong on Capitol Hill, have improved the pitch of the collective undergradu- ate vocal chord. Because more than the urgent appeals of taxpayers, it was the outraged voices of debt-ridden students that were heard in Ottawa when the budget was released on Tuesday.

Up to 100,000 postsecondary students in the millenium will receive $3000 scholarships. Details on how the money will be handed out have yet to be developed but it will likely be either through academic merit or financial need. The program will, it seems, be a solid step towards relieving student debt

Of course, that's two years away. In the mean- time, b o many graduates are lookmg into the implications of bankruptcy.

Some money will flow this year. Grants of up to

$3000 will go to some students with children or dependents. Graduates will see tax relief on stu dent loan interest payments, and ifthey find them selves worlung a MqJob then they won't have to pay any interest for 30 months. Those planrung for their kids' university careers will see 20 per- ceEt of the money they stash in a Registered Education Savings Plan matched by Ottawa.

But it's scant consolation for this year's grad- uates, for whom the average debt will be $22,000. And apart from a tax credit and the green hght to offset payment for a couple of years, the feds haven't done anythmg to relieve the load.

And with the Canadian Health and Social Transfer, which provides the provinces' educa- tion fun- going largely untouched in Tuesday's budget the feds have effectively given the go ahead for tuition hikes.

It's true that university graduates can expect to make $500,000 more over a lifetime than non-university graduates. It's also true that tuition doesn't cover more than 20 percent of the average university's budget The argument for zero tuition, even for low income students, maybe unrealistic.

But it's unfair to send a group of students, whose only sin was studymg during a deficit cri- sis, to the sacrificial altar. At a 199 5 protest over increased tuition fees, the New Brunswick Student Union told then-Human Resources and Development Minister Lloyd Axworuly that if our generation has to pay, then so should the oth- ers that have benefitted from university educa- tion-they proposed a tax on all past university graduates.

The proposal may have been extreme, but the point it made was not 9

not bivid There were some misunderstand- ings that should be rectified in recent letters respondmg to your reports on equity concerns in the Law faculty.

Merely because there has been no action by the BC Human Rghts Commission, does not mean there have been no incidents of racism or sexism. A complaint must be filed. Individuals don't complain for many reasons, like being over- loaded with school work, and the fear of repercussions. Avoidance is often the most practical reaction. An internal complaint often addresses the matter. The fact that a written apology was issued about the vulgar Informer publication should indicate that this was not a non-issue.

The existence of an ombudsper- son does not mean that there is no racism or sexism or harassment It is accompanied by the same prob lems as any other complaint mech- anism. It also requires trust It mlghtbedi€Eculttogotothecoedi- tor of the problematic Informer issue ( u n t i l recently the ombudsperson), even though he apologised.

It was a reasonable inference that the product in our Contract Law assignment had a hidden, sex- ual meaning. There is a dwect con- nection between the characters, Aeneas, Dido and Anna (from Virgd's The Aeneid, not Homer's theIliad)andalegalissueinthe

case. The Latin words 'Non haec in foedera veni" spoken by Aeneus appear in important court cases on frustration. A legal issue was whether the contract was void for immorality. The product was said to lead young people astray,' and to be considered immoral by some, to the extent that retail sales were banned '(A)ddictively vile novel- ties, objects and substances' were also mentioned.

However, I was fully satisfied with my professor's explanation and disavowal and remedy of the matter. For me, that ended the mat- ter.

At the same time, I can under- stand how this issue became repre sentative of a larger issue for those who spoke out as it was not the first time they felt women were demeaned for their sex. Note that it is not the intention, but the effect, that is important in discrimination ( O M d e y v. SimpsonssearS Ltd., (1985) 2 S.C.R. 536).

Such concerns are often bivi- alised by other students as an annoying compulsion for 'political correctness,' which shows a lack of understandmg that these are seri- ous issues. Suggesting that the two women have some underlying political agenda goes even further, and is an unfair and unfounded charge.

I would like to see a faculty where everyone feels good about being here, without needug to take a term in Australia just to get away (not unheard of). Every first year student I have spoken to is unhappy with the first year, and every upper year student merely says it gets bet-

ter (some &sagre&). There are issues that go beyond equity, but they are part of an unhealthy back- drop, and they need to be addressed. Dean Blom's recent let- ter is a promising start

A Sme Case of Democracy

Upon hearing that the A M s council will not renew the lease of the Thunderbird Shop despite the recent student referendum, I felt my democratic nghts slip away. Although I am not a t e d with the Thunderbird Store, I feel that there is a major issue at stake. Despite the fact that 3000 students voted to renew the lease, as opposed to only 900 who voted no, the council has chosen to ignore the results of this referendum. Due to the very convenient bureaucratic snags called quorums, the democ- ratic expressions of the students of UBC can essentdy be completely ignored. In any democratic system, a referendum would be recognized by a majority result as we t h k f u L ly noticed in the Quebec Referendum of 1995. But apparent- ly, the students of UBC live in a rather Merent system, where que tas and quorums can completely negate overwhelrmng expressions of student opinion. It seems as if the student referendum was just an inconvenient waste of time for an AMs that clearly wanted the store

gone no matter how much protest Even if the AMs is entirely med in its desire for a student operated store, they sti l l must heed that sometimes bothersome little insti- tution called democracy, which, incidentally, got them into the plush seats in which they sit today.

My mistake, m m

slllcere apologees Two weeks ago a group of law stu- dents sent a letter to the Ubyssey discussing the paper's coverage of a controversy at the faculty of Law. This letter was drafted and redraft- edbymehughaprocessofcon- sultation with other students, after which each was consulted as to whether they wished to sign it

It has come to my attention that one student Ron Morin, did not see the final draft of the letter, and may have been unaware of some details of its contents. In those circum- stances, htmg Ron among the s i g natories of the letter was a serious oversght and a mistake on my part In retrospect, it was ill-advised to include Ron, who sits on the Law faculty's Equity Committee, in this process at all.

I have absolutely no hesitation in offering this correction and my sincere apologies to Ron and any- one who may have been misled by this error.

No Winners erlyhandle. So, who really won? Pmhdly, no

one won this referendum. If the GSS . ~. . .

continues to engage in political activi- byDapengFan claunedtohaverrachedlegalquorum? tieslikeputhngupasensitivesymbol

Was it a valid re fe rendum? Can GSS without solid consultation with its own ’IheresultofarecentUBCgraduatereE executives draw the conclusion h m m e m b e r s i n t h e f u t u ~ , I w o u l d s a y t h e erendum on Whereas the GSS is this referendum that they were sup Yes side won. CHhedse, the No side engagkg in @tical activities, whereas k a d i v i t i e s h a v e m t e d a h o s h l e environment toward a large group of GSS members, was it appmpriate for theGSStoputtheTibetanarmyflag over the Graduate Student CenterT has come out 294 votesyes, 263 voted no.

People h m both sides claimed vic- tory, Ridiculous? Who really won? It depends on how you perceive and

ported and represented thi opiniom Of the majority of its members on this -flag issue? (In fact they only received 4.58 per cent(293/6409) support). Can theyreallyclaimtohavewon?

While pvo te~r s accouIlted for 4.58 per cent vs novoters 4.10 per cent (=263/6409) of the total GSS member- dup, 9 1.3 per mnt GSS members abstained this h e . What does this

interpret the result Firstsomestatistiddataaboutthe centareinfavorofYesoraretheyin ~studentsandschalarscame

GSSneedstobepresentedin fwor of No? Does it to uBc to learn advanced scienti6c ordm to interpret the result cor- mean these 91.3 per knowledge and kchdogy. Meanvvhile mc@. The current total num- theyhave*beeneagertoget ber of gradute student (GSS iwohedinhwnderful&ity members) in UBC 6409. Of a c a d e - , , ~ a n d d

(Winter Session 1996-1997, Day & Evening), mchdmg 200 250(4percent)hmMainlandchina Most@utnotall)oftheseChinesegrad- uate students are CSSA (Chinese Students and Scholars Association)

Iamnotsurprisedbytheextremely low voter turnout this time, but the extremely dm vote result of 294:263 (52.7 per cent :47.2 per cent) does inspire m e . Suddenly seeing so many

places on campus during the week of refedum(Isaw5Yesposts inthe 20meterlonghall outside our lab), with

overwhelrmng majority of votes would be in favor of the actions of GSS.

However,hwasnotthecase.Given the&ti-Jat~200500(4percent)of GSSmembeBhaveabackgmundfrom Mainland China and 143 of them showeduptosignanappealforthisref erendum,theremusthavebeenanothm 120 (=263-143) GSS members joining

them are non-Chinese international graduate students. consldenng the tie vote(13-13)byGSScxnmilo~werthis issue a few weeks ago, we should

achdsituationanddirnateoverthebg Given the fact that the voter turnout

was8.69percent(557/6404),canitbe

membeIs. Let’s 200 plus/minus.

Yes” posts occupying so many public

hardly any X O ’ posts, I anticipated an

the XO” side. I Would guess mDst of

adamh&ethatthisresultreflectsthe

these, about 1333 (20 per cent) are international GSS members

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No, dehitely ~mt! I would propose that this means that the great majority ofGSSmembemarebvdandnothh” ested in the GSS’s involvement in polit- ical activities (ie putting up a not w& known and tmubleinviting Tibetan army flag atop its official buildmg to express human r@ts concerns during and after APEC).

Ihebih.moftbegreatmajoriity(95.4 per cent=91.3 per cent+4.1 per cent) to voteyes,perse,mdsoutaclearslgnal that they dc not support the GSS‘s hasty and urnvise action ( h u t solid cod tation with its Asian m e m b e r s ) to adm

senting a conflictirlg symbol to voice for 4.5percentofitsmnembersatthecostof

TheGSSmustnowrealizeandadmit

side their mandaie: ”Ihe society (GSS) has for its purpcw the promotion ofthe &Inic, d intell- cllhml, and rerseational interests of its mem b e d (p 163,uBc Cd, 97/98).

This unwise clecision to enter the @tical arena provoked a fierce reac- tion from a large segment of its mem- bership (263 no-voters) not Just ‘a handlid Chinese students” (KDwyer, IIZleGdwteDec. 11,1997),wh&the GSSasawholefailedmkrablytoprop

CatehUmannghtsbymEhkedypre

thefk!hngofano~ler4.1percent

that they sai* erred by achng out-

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ly, but not politi&, simply

But not partalang in political activi- ties does not n@ mean they do not support h 6 &ts, as we all believe those 9 1.3 per cent GSS mem- berswhoabstainedinthisrefedum

?heypadbtitonfeeStolearnin& ingdanocmcyhenzbutnottobuyfrus tmtionandclkhdmmfromGSS.Many ofthemgetasnstantshrpfromcanada

tiontoconcmtmteonstudyandworkin ordertohonoruBcandnotwastethe

I~hopeGSSexecut iveswi l l learnthelessonandbebacktoits%asicY

studyqinafinencnyandharmonious

becausetheyarenotreadyyet

aisosupporthumannghts.

tax”mong,theyhavethe~

money. I am apolltid

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Women face uphill battle

the Vikes in the regular sea- For UBC to upset son, the Birds failed to JESSICA ~ l m ~ l l have to up big if the 'Birds Victoria, they'll have to match Victoria's buzzsaw hope to win. A ' ~ i ~ & ~ win ,,,,,,,,Id be an upset, but focus and play together in intensity for the full 40 h e M m e n are talking tough. RICHARD LAM FILE PHOTO the raucous din of minutes. McKinnon Gym. The

But UBC also handed Victoria one of their two offense has bogged down in the face of Victoria's in- Canada West losses this year, and have held Vikes your-face press, and the Birds will need Esmail and star guard Lisa Koop below her 22.5 points per Mills to score inside to relieve the pressure. The Birds game scoring average in three of their four meet- can win this series, but, as Mills said, it all about ings. And for UBC to take the best-of-three from their them.*:*

Birds walking tough road by Bruce Arthur dered," said head coach Rich He may not be completely

Chambers. healthy, but he's still plenty When the season started, every- UBC will again have to con- strong enough to bull his way one knew the road to nationals tend with the most dominant through UBC's undersized front- would go through Victoria. Based player this side of GM Place- court. on the fact that the Vikes cruised Victoria's Eric Hinrichsen. His work inside draws atten- to the national title last year and lost only one starter, the assump- tion was right on.

In fact, for the men's basket- ball team, the road to survival in the Canada West playoffs goes straight through Victoria's McKinnon Gymnasium-where the Vikes have not lost a game all season.

And when the 9-1 1 Birds take on the 16-4 first-place Vlkes in a best-of-three playoff semifinal this weekend, they will need to play two near-perfect games to defeat the supremely confident

tion, leablng Victoria's terrific "If we Dlav to our outside shooters free to fire m . away with impunity. And if POkntia'# we can Victoria gets hot from outside,

playA &day ' UBC has their own shooters,

of course. Three UBC plavers- (a 68-88 loss to Nino Sose ( 18.7 points),- John

just get thundered," ieaguk scoring. Sose sat out last weekend

due to sore knees while Cole -'ICH CHAMBERS. missed some practice time this

HEAD week with a sore back. If their gunners don't bring

defending natibnal champs. In his first game back after their A-game;, UBC is in trouble. 'If we play to our potential, we elght weeks of inaction due to a In the hostile atmosphere of Vic's

can win. If we play the way we foot injury, Hinrichsen dropped McKinnon, the Birds may be played Sunday (a 68-88 loss to 25 points on the Birds when the hard-pressed to find the playoff Alberta) ... then we'll just get thun- two teams met in early February. road.+