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by Alex Dimson

Funding increases announced in thisyear's provincial budget have thoseaffiliated with post-secondary educa-tion beaming.

The budget, tabled in the legisla-ture last Thursday, contains an eightper cent increase to post-secondaryeducation funding—an increase of$143 million—as well as a five percent reduction to tuition levels.

The budget also promised to cre-ate 5025 new student spaces, 400spaces for nursing students and dou-ble the number of apprenticeshipand skilled trades training spaces to

'50,000.The details of how the money will

be distributed has notyet been deter-mined, according to Ministry ofFinance officials.

In his budget speech, FinanceMinister Paul Ramsey identified edu-cation as one of the NDP govern-ment's top priorities.

'Why have we made educationsuch a priority when other provinceshave not? We have done so becauseeducation is the key to ensuring ourdaughters and sons can succeed andmake good lives for themselves,'Ramsey told the legislature.

The budget was praised by post-secondary groups from across theprovince.

'I'm really happy with the budg-et,' said Anita Zaenker, the BC chair-

person of the Canadian Federation ofStudents. 'The BC government hasrecognised the necessity of increas-ing access to [post-secondary] educa-tion by increasing student spacesand reducing financial barriers.'

Darwyn Coxon, the president ofthe Confederation of UniversityFaculty Associations of BC agreed,but indicated that there is still a longway to go.

'BC still has not caught up withother Canadian universities in termsof resources,' he said. 'The next gov-ernment still has a challenge interms of ensuring they can retainand attract new faculty to this

See "Budger on page 4

by Hywel Tuscan()

As TransLink prepares to cut backits bus service, UBC students canexpect longer wait times and theloss of late-night bus services. Andif you take the #42, you're going tohave to start walking.

The cuts are just part of 48 pro-posed service reductions underconsideration by the Vancouvertransit authority. Current plans callfor the complete removal of fourroutes as well the termination of alllate-night service on all routes.Late-night buses currently operateuntil 3:30am, but will now stoprunning at 1:30am.

The reductions are targeted atlow-ridership areas, which meansthat suburban areas like Langley,Richmond, Surrey, and MapleRidge will be the hardest hit, expe-riencing a seven to nine per centreduction in services. GreaterVancouver will experience a fourper cent reduction compared to aseven to nine per cent reduction inthe suburbs. TransLink estimatesthat 1.3 per cent of its passengerswill be affected by the changes.Savings will total about five milliondollars.

TransLink spokesperson RusselBusche said that the reductionswill be necessary to balance thebudget after the failure of the pro-posed vehicle levy, which wouldhave charged all vehicle owners$75 annually. TransLink isrequired by law to balance itsbudget

'The provincial governmentbacked away from its previouscommitment to collect the vehicle

levy through the vehicle registra-tion process. That left us in a jamfunding-wise,' Busche said.

While the cutbacks still have tobe passed by TransLink's I3oard ofDirectors at a meeting scheduledfor March 31, the plans havealready drawn criticism.

Ray Straatsma, communica-tions and policy director forBetter Environmentally SoundTransportation (BEST) said that thecuts are unacceptable and unfair.

'Although lower-ridership routesare targeted, transit users thatdepend on the system are going tobe hurt by the changes, especiallyseniors and students. With the late-night routes, some people are liter-ally going to be left out on the side-walk with very few affordableoptions.'

The decision to cut late-nightbus routes has upset many UBCstudents as well.

'Clubs are open until two and Iusually like to stay. Without a car Ican't get home, and I would beforced to take a cab, which isexpensive. With friends living in alldifferent places, the expenses aregoing to add up,'said first-year Artsstudent Vista Pourbahrami.

First-year Nursing student IreneIsaacs agreed.

'Well I live in residence, and inmy case the bus is my only trans-portation to and from downtown. IfI work late, I will no longer have away to get home,' she said.

But Busche emphasised that thecuts are necessary.

'Certainly we are aware of the

See "Translink" on page 2

PLEASE LET ME ON...PLEASE... The B-Line is going to get even more crowded in the future, if pro-posed cuts to bus service get passed. Better claim a seat now. TARA WESTOVER PHOTO

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Educating students about environ-mental issues and attacking studentapathy were the goals of a 'Festival ofRights' held along Main Mall lastFriday.

The event, organised by two UBCstudents, featured a clown and facepainting alongside a serious discus-sion on land-use issues in BC.

Anne Rust-D'Eye, one of the eventorganisers, said that the festival wasintended to help students on campusbecome aware about environmentalissues.

'A huge proportion of the UBCpopulation is not supportiveof...clear-cutting and obviously dam-aging things. But it's hard to know

what the issues involved are andwhat is important to do to make a dif-ference,' she said.

Rust-D'Eye said that one of themain reasons for holding the eventwas to protest the BC government'sproposed Working Forests legisla-tion, which she said would make itmore difficult for citizens to preventlogging companies from using publicland—which accounts for 95 per centof BC land.

'With this legislation, they wouldhave had to give huge recompense tothe logging companies to get the landback for any other purpose,' shesaid.

But the protest turned into more

See 'Walkout" on page 4BANDANA-POWER! Students protest BC's forestry practices.TAM WESTOVER PHOTO

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TransLink's current financial sit-uation suggests that this is only thebeginning of service reduction onbus routes throughout the LowerMainland. The 2002 transit budget

See "TransLink" from page 1 may see further reductions in serv-ice, up to 20 per cent in total.

Straatsma said that all forms ofgovernment should get together toprevent the massive reduction intransit service.

"Frarildy, there is a lot of blameto go around and it would be a mis-take to say it is TransLink's fault orthe province's fault. The fact is thattransportation is a multi-jurisdic-tional responsibility.' +

SMITH: The Nobel Laureate and longtime UBC biochemistryprofessor will be honoured by a new research endowment.

TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2001

by Alex Dimson researchers in BC and to support

British Columbia's NDP govern-ment announced the creation of a$110 million health research foun-dation last week in the name ofUBC's recently deceased NobelLaureate Michael Smith.

The Michael Smith Foundationfor Health Research is intended tohelp reverse the brain drain byretaining and attracting newresearchers, according to BC'sMinister of Advanced EducationCathy McGregor.

'Michael Smith brought world-renowed researchers to our doorhere in BC through his own excel-lence in research and by attractingothers and we want to ensure BCcontinues to be a leader in researchand development in Canada andNorth America,' she said.

Smith was a longtime UBC bio-chemistry professor who won theNobel Prize in 1993 for his work ingenomics research. He passed awaydue to cancer last October.

The foundation will use themoney over a five year period torecruit and support health

research infrastructure. In the firstyear, $15 million will go towards anawards competition for 70 researchpositions.

Aubrey Tingle, a UBC professorof pediatrics who is the new head ofthe non-profit foundation, said thatthe foundation will create roughly255 research positions, while fund-ing research infrastructure anddeveloping research networks.

'The overall mandate is to buildthe capacity of BC to carry out healthresearch,' he said. 'We've receivedoverwhelming support...industryreaction has been very positive.'

After the five-year term, BC willhave to renew the funding, butTingle is not concerned. -

'I'm optimistic that the planbeing presented will show its valueover the five years,' he said.

The announcement comes afterTingle spearheaded a campaign tomake health research more of a pri-ority in BC. While the BC govern-ment considered this proposal, itwas asked honour Smith, who hadused his fame to try to secure morefunding for health and cancer

research. As a result, the decisionwas made to combine the two.

McGregor said that the founda-tion is part of the NDP government'sattempt to boost BC's economy.

'What we're doing is taking amulti-faceted approach to the needfor investment in research and as aresult of the new research anddevelopment investments there willbe new jobs and new economicactivity, not only in the LowerMainland, but in regions around theprovince,' McGregor said.

The foundation also has the sup-port of the Liberal Party, which iswidely expected to defeat the NDP inthe upcoming election.

"I think it's a great opportunity,it's a great legacy for Dr. Smith. He's[been] very, very influential in theresearch and development world,'said BC Liberal Party AdvancedEducation critic John Weisbeck.

But Weisbeck criticised the NDPgovernment's overall approach toresearch funding, saying that in thepast few years the party has failed tomatch investment in research.

McGregor, however, said thathealth research has always been a

priority for the NDP governmentand will continue to be.

'Our investments in research anddevelopment don't end here,' shesaid, citing a recent $27 8 millionfunding increase to cancer research,and a $110 million increase to the

BC Knowledge Development Fund.The details of the Michael Smith

Foundation's first awards competi-tion is expected to be announcedsometime this week, with otherfunding announcements to be madein the coming months. •

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NEWS

Province creates hugeresearch endowment

New fund to commemorate UBC's Michael Smith

NAFTA appeal trial winding upFirst-ever court case will have far-reaching consequences for trade rulings

by Anna King

In the first-ever NAFTA appeal trial, Mexico isturning to BC law in a case that could set amonumental precedent for future interna-tional trade rulings.

Last year, a North American Free TradeAgreement (NAFTA) tribunal ruled in favourof Metalclad Corporation, an American wastedisposal company that had been preventedfrom operating in Mexico. In an unprece-dented appeal to a third party, Mexico choseto challenge the tribunal's decision before theBC Supreme Court. The case, heard inVancouver, finished on March 2, although theCourt isn't expected to make a decision foranother two months.

The case features contentious issues suchas hazardous waste and expropriation,urvolVes claims of bribery, frustrated locals,and federal bureaucrats, and has now entan-gled all three signatories of the agreement thatregulates trade in North America. The pivotaldebate centres on just what NAFTA's powersshould be.

In 1993, Metalclad bought what had previ-ously been a Mexican-owned hazardous wastetransfer station in Guadalcazar, a municipalityin north-central Mexico. Metalclad promised toclean up the toxic mess left by the previousowners and redeye& federal approval to goahead with a large waste management plant.

But many residents, fearing groundwatercontamination, began to doubt that Metalcladcould manage hazardous waste any betterthan the previous owners. The municipal gov-ernment repeatedly refused to grantMetalclad a permit to build or operate, and in1995, when the site was ready for business,protesters shut down the opening ceremony.

The state governor subsequently declaredthe site part of a new ecological reserve, effec-tively barring plant operations. And althoughthe federal Mexican government had alwayssupported the project, it eventually decidedthat it was unwilling to stop the creation of the

ecological reserve.In 1998, Metalclad initiated charges

against Mexico under NAFTA's Chapter 11,claiming that Mexico had expropriated itsinvestment. The company asked for US$90million and was awarded $16.7 million by athree-person NAFTA tribunal last August.

Interpreting the extent of NAFTA's jurisdic-tion lies at the heart of this trial. HugoPerezcano, the general counsel for interna-tional negotiations at the Mexican Secretariatof the Economy andspokesperson forMexico, asserts thatNAFTA should haveno part in what hesees as a domesticissue. But the tribu-nal argued thatNAFTA means thereare no 'domesticissues' when for-eign investors feelthey have beenwronged by a gov-ernment

NAFTA's Chapter11 is the corner-stone of this debate.It gives investorsthe right to sue gov-ernments for com-pensation if the investor feels that it has beenexpropriated because a government has notbeen 'fully transparent' in its dealings. Recentcase law suggests that the concept of expropri-ation is widening, to include, potentially, thecreation of ecological reserves.

'Transparency' itself is a complicatedissue. Perezcano says that the federal govern-ment made it clear that Metalclad needed amunicipal permit to operate.

'The federal permit [Metalclad) receivedwas necessary but not sufficient,' he said.'Hazardous waste is a very sensitive issue inMexico and it should be no surprise that all le y-

els of government have different ideas aboutits regulation. There is nothing in Mexican lawthat says a municipal government has to agreewith the federal government'

This too is an area of contention. GeoffreyCowper, a lawyer for Metalclad, says that theTribunal's legal experts proved that the munic-ipality acted far out of its jurisdiction. Further,he says there is much evidence to show thatmany villagers supported the project

'The nearest village was 70km from thesite, separated by amountain chain,'he said, 'and thereis evidence toprove that manylocals were infavour of the proj-ect.'

For manyobservers, thiscase has broadimplications.

Max Cameron,a UBC political sci-ence professor andan expert onNAFTA, says thatthe US andCanadian govern-ments are feelingrestricted by

Chapter 11 in ways that were not anticipated.In fact, the Canadian government was grantedintervenor status in the appeal trial and sidedfirmly with Mexico, arguing that the tribunalimposed new transparency obligations not setout by Chapter 11 and pushed the definition ofexpropriation too far.

Perezano confirmed Mexico's position.'We challenged this decision because we feltthe tribunal failed to deal with all the evidenceand exceeded its jurisdiction,' he said. 'Wedon't, however, necessarily believe there aresystematic problems with Chapter 11. It's tooearly to make that judgement'

Still, this case is of such public interestthat, for the first time in Canada, the appealjudge allowed the entire trial to be broadcastlive on the Internet. Scott Nelson, a volunteerwith the Independent Media Centre, wasthrilled that he was allowed to film the trial.'There's been lots of response to the Webbroadcast,' he said. 'Many people are espe-cially concerned about this case because of theupcoming FTAA talks.'

Although the Canadian media hasn't paidmuch attention to this case, it is being hotlydiscussed by municipalities, investors'groups, labour groups, corporations, and amyriad of non-profit organizations. InJanuary, the Vancouver City Council (VCC)unanimously passed a motion asking theCanadian government to side with Mexico inthe appeal case and urging the governmentnot to sign any new trade agreements withclauses similar to NAFTA's Chapter 11.

VCC Counsellor Fred Bass sees theTribunal's ruling on this case as an attack onlocal democracy, and is worried about possi-ble implications for municipal and provincialgovernments in Canada.

'Because NAFTA deals only with federalgovernments,' he said, 'it might as well telllocal governments to go home.'

The timing of this trial may have some-thing to do with the attention it has beenrecieving from observors. Although the appeallikely won't be decided until after April talks inQuebec finalise the new Free Trade Area of theAmericas (FTAA) agreement, many feel thatthis trial could influence the outcome of futureinvestor-to-state rulings.

Lawyers for Sun Belt Water Inc., a US com-pany that is suing the Canadian governmentunder NAFTA for refusing to sell water toCalifornia, asked for intervenor status in theappeal. And there are many others watchingclosely. Currently, there are three NAFTA suitsoutstanding against the Canadian govern-ment, three more against the Mexican govern-ment, and two against the US government. 0

"We challenged thisdecision because wefelt the tribunal failed

to deal with all theevidence and exceeded

its jurisdidion."—Hugo Perezcano,

General Counsel-forInternational Negotiations,

Mexican Secretariatof the Economy

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In response to staggering growth inBC's biotechnology industry, this fallUBC and the British ColumbiaInstitute of Technology (BCIT) willcombine their strengths to create aunique science degree.

The degree is a joint effort ofUBC's department of microbiologyand BCIT's biotechnology program.Neil Guppy, UBC's associate vice-president of academic programs,says that the degree tries to takeadvantage of the special skills ofeach school.

"I think the beauty of this degreeis that it welds two strengths. BCIThas excellent job-related hands-onexperience and UBC is an interna-tional leader in a variety of biotech-nology fields, such as research andteaching,' he said.

Bill Ramey, a microbiology sen-ior instructor and undergraduateadvisor at UBC who helped organisethe program, adds that the jointdegree in biotechnology—which hedescribes as the field of the applieduse of microorganisms—is aimed atproducing more well-roundedgraduates.

'Typically, students coming outof BCIT have more laboratory expe-rience, and UBC students have more

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province.'But Mark Milke, the BC director

of the Canadian TaxpayersFederation, argued that any of theeconomic benefits gained byincreasing funding to post-second-ary education will be lost by thereduction in available jobs, and theshrinkage of BC's economy causedby the NDP's failure to cut taxes.

'The government is trying tospend BC into prosperity even asthey ignore the fact that BC's econo-my is now smaller than that ofAlberta's,' he said.

Cutting taxes, which is part of theBC Liberal Party's election platform,was condemned by Ramsey, who saidthat although he supports 'strategic,

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of a celebration after the BC govern-ment decided not to go ahead withthe proposal,

Despite the rain, students milledaround the event throughout theday. Similar events were held at theUniversity of Victoria and CamosunCollege. Students at all three schoolswalked out of class at 11:00am toprotest the legislation.

Erica Mali, the other eventorganiser, said that the idea for theproject came out of a course that sheand Rust-D'Eye are taking togeiher.

'We're both in a sustainabilityclass, so this is sort of our final proj-ect,' said Mali, who explained that thetwo are making a documentary abouttheir experiences, and hope to publisha zine as 'a guidebook for other peo-ple who want to do similar things.'

Mali said that the festival also

theoretical experience. Students inthis program will graduate withboth of these,' he explained.

Students enter the five-yeardegree program after one year ofgeneral first-year sciences course.Two years of the degree are spent atBCIT, and then the final two arespent at UBC. The program alsoinvolves a mandatory work experi-ence element, which Ramey says isan integral part of the degree.

'It allows students to do long-term research, and allows them tounderstand the value of the knowl-edge relative to market forces. Italso lets them to do specific trainingin things that normally don't showin specific course work:

Ramey says that the biotechnolo-gy industry has 'the potential forexplosive growth.' With an annualgrowth rate of 19 per cent, theindustry has increased dramatical-ly—there were essentially nobiotechechnology companies 15years ago , but there are 300 com-panies active in BC today.

The province's biotechnologycommunity has reacted with excite-ment to the new program.

'Best thing that ever happened tobiotech in a long time,' said PaulStinson, executive director of theBritish Columbia Biotechnology

targeted tax relief,' there are manydrawbacks to drastic tax cuts.

'The cold, hard truth is, you can'thave it all. Broad-based dramatic taxcuts will mean lower governmentrevenues. It's like anything else thatsounds too good to be true, frompyramid schemes, to e-mail get-rich-quick promises to tax cuts withoutconsequences.'

The priority the budget gives topost-secondary education is too lit-tle, too late, according to LiberalParty advanced education criticJohn Weisbeck. He said that eventhough the NDP has been in govern-ment for ten years, the number ofBC university graduates remainswell below the national average.

'It's interesting that in the lastyear they've found that post-second-

sent off a group to bike to Wildwood,an eco-forest on Vancouver Islandbetween Nanaimo and Ladysmith.

'Basically, it's been an exampleof sustainable forestry for the last50 years, and its in danger of devel-opment so we're trying to raisemoney to purchase the land,' shesaid. 'So a group of us are bikingthere and raising money.'

Speakers at the festival includedBetty Krawczyk, the great-grandmotheractivist recently released from a four-and-a-half month jail term. She wasarrested for violating a BC SupremeCourt injunction against interferingwith legal logging operations.

Krawczyk complained about thetreatment that protesters receive inBC.

'Citizens, ordinary citizens whowant to protect public forests, are atthe mercy of the courts of BC who cantreat us as if we were total enemies of

Association. 'We're delighted—it's agreat move forward for the biotech-nology community.'

Biotechnology companies aroundVancouver have expressed signifi-cant interest in the new degree,according to Ramey, and wereinstrumental in the program'sdesign.

'[Members of) the industry havesat on a council that helped todesign the programs by providingthe suggestions for the type of back-ground that would be relevant in'industry.'

Aside from scientific skills,Ramey said, the suggestions focuson the development of communica-tion skills. These are increasinglyimportant in an industry that isexpanding far beyond the scope ofthe lab.

Entrance to the degree is expect-ed to be fairly competitive-22 stu-dents per year will be admitted, andthe required admittance averageafter first year will be 75 per cent.

Interest in the new degree hasbeen very high, says Ramey.

"I've had between one and threepeople phoning for informationabout the degree every day sinceJanuary,' he said. 'And that's justthe people who telephone mepersonally.'

ary education is Very importantbecause they certainly haven't donethat in the past'

The 'good news' budget, whichoffers $1.8 billion in new spendingmoney while still being balanced, isvery much in the air as the NDP gov-ernment, which has to call an elec-tion by the end of June, continues tostruggle in the polls.

The Liberals, meanwhile, havenot released a concrete plan forpost-secondary education, promis-ing only to maintain the currenttuition freeze for at least one yearafter the election.

In documents released alongwith the budget, the NDP govern-ment promises to 'continue toreduce tuition costs' from 2001-2004.

our own country,' she shouted.'The government is in charge of

protecting our forests for us. Theonly ones in charge of the forestsright now are the logging industry.'

Musicians performed at theevent throughout the day and a freevegetarian lunch was provided.

Students also lined up outside ofthe 'Sustainable Living Bus'—a projectdeveloped by the Sierra Club of BCand the Salvadoran Centre forAppropriate Technology—to look atexhibits of various themes relating tosustainability, including water conser-vation, eco-shelters, and organic gar-dening.

'It's a demonstration vehicle thatpromotes appropriate technologiesfor Canadians,' explained bus coor-dinator Shelley Vandenburg, whosaid that appropriate technologiesare 'ways of using technology thathave less environmental impact.' 0

Walkout targets sustainability

New provincial budget has its critics

WEEK IN, WEEK OUT: Students for Choice protesters chase afterthe GAP images at a display on Wednesday. TARA WESTOVER PHOTO

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GAP returns twice in seven daysDisplay went ahead despite the lack of university permission

by Alex Dimson

A new strategy employed by organis-ers of the Genocide AwarenessProject (GAP) displays on campusover the past week managed toinject some humour into what hasbecome a common sight on campus.

While the previous five appear-ances of the controversial GAPimages have been tense affairs, adecision by Lifeline, the pro-life stu-dent club that organises GAP, to dis-play portable images gave the eventa circus-like appearance at a displaylast Wednesday.

GAP uses graphic images toequate abortion with acts of geno-cide, including the Holocaust

Lifeline members marched the

images around Koerner Plaza, asStudents for Choice (SFC) protestersfollowed them with large banners,attempting to obscure theimages, making the eventlook like a bizarre parade.

The enthusiastic shoutsfrom the nearby ArtsCounty Fair promotionaltruck only added to theatmosphere.

Adding to the oddity ofthe event was Lifeline'seventual solution to pre-venting protesters fromblocking the images, whichwas to hoist the display on top of therailings facing Main Library.

Although SFC was unable toblock the images, the half-a-dozen

students who were studying on theMain Library lawn acted suitablyindifferent when they became the

only potential viewers ofthe display.

Lifeline employed thesame display in Monday'sdemonstration, but caughtSFC protesters by surprise.SFC Co-President HannahRoman expressed frustra-tion and anger at the dis-play's quick reoccurence.

'I think that our tacticshave to change if GAP isgoing to come back weekly.

I think the administration is goingto have to deal with the way[Lifeline] is being disrespectful towomen on this campus,' she said.

But Incoming Lifeline PresidentJaclyn Danderhorste said that put-ting on the display twice in a weekis not overkill.

'Right now we're at a differentlocation, we're reaching new peoplewho have never seen it before. Evenif people see it again that's theidea,' she said, indicating that shedoes not expect GAP to return thisschool year.

The displays occurred despitethe fact that Lifeline did not obtainuniversity permission to show theimages. As a result SFC protestedwithin inches of Wednesday's dis-play, completely obscuring theimages. Previously, UBC grantedLifeline permission to use universi-ty land, with strict security arrange-ments.

Byron Header, the executivecoordintor in the vice-president,students office, said lastweek that UBC had reject-ed Lifeline's request tohave a third GAP displaythis year. Hender empha-sised that the universitywas not notified of whenLifeline would staging thedisplay.

"[Lifeline] came backto us and said 'Whatwould happen if a coupleof individuals walkedaround the campus with signs?' Wesaid people are free to walk aroundthe campus with signs,' he said.'On that basis we said we can't con-trol anyone that walks around witha sign.'

Hender was out of town forMonday and not immediately avail-able for comment after the seconddisplay.

Stephanie Grey, theoutgoing LifelinePresident, acknowl-edged that her grouphad no means to stopSFC protesters fromblocking the images,but she said she wasupset by the group'sprotest tactics.

'It's troubling for usand we do want to getour message out I just wish [SFC]wouldn't express themselves...byblocking ours,' Gray said.

Gray, who said that Lifeline has

been using GAP to keep the issue ofabortion in people's minds, also

questioned the protesters'use of the word 'choice' inthe banners that blocked thedisplay.

But Roman defendedSFC's use of the word.

'We use the word 'choice'to represent reproductivechoice,' she said. 'Whatwe're trying to express...isthat we think it's hateful andwe don't think it should bedisplayed publicly.'

When GAP first came to campusin October 1999, it brought a stormof controversy after three pro-choice students tore down the dis-play. Later displays went up amidpeaceful protest

Some Lifeline members also dis-played GAP images off campus for thefirst time earlier this month.

Members from the CampaignLife Campaign Coalition, anorganisation of which someLifeline members are part, pick-eted with GAP images outsideBC Premier Ujjal Dosanjh'soffice.

Gray said the protest cameafter Dosanjh expressed con-cern that some members ofBC's Liberal Party are opposedto abortion. She added thatLifeline intends to continue 'to

bring the issue and the reality ofabortion to the public sphere on ourcampus as well as to the generalpublic.' 4

UBC faces off against BC teachersCollege of Teachers and Faculty of Education heading to the Supreme Court

by Tristan Winch

UBC is taking the province's regulatory body for teachers tocourt in a complicated legal dispute over the university's rightto govern itself.

At issue is whether the BC College of Teachers, the profes-sional association which certifies teachers, has the right to stopUBC's Faculty of Education from making changes to its teachereducation program.

In a BC Supreme Court case to be heard early next month,Justice Frank Cole will be asked to weigh the TeachingProfession Act, the provincial legislation which grants power tothe College of Teachers, against the University Act, which setsout all British Columbian universities' mandates.

UBC argues that the College's decision to block the changesinfringes on the university's ability to manage its own affairs.

'The recommendations...intrude upon the management,administration, and control of the University—matters which

are the sole prerogative of the University pursuant to theUniversity Act,' wrote Barry McBride, UBC's vice-president,academic and provost in response to the College's originalreport on the program.

But College Registrar Doug Smart disagrees.'The statute we operate under, the Teaching Profession Act,

gives the college the statutory authority to approve teacher edu-cation programs that are going to lead to a teaching certificate,'he said. 'In our view, it's up to the profession to determinewhether a program meets that requirement.'

Officials from the Faculty of Education did not return theUbysseY s calls by press time.

In denying the program changes, the college cited concernswith the student teacher-to-faculty supervisor ratio in the newprogram. While UBC's program presently has a ratio of 12-to-1,the change would have it increase to 18-to-1. The College ofTeachers is willing to go only as high as a 16-to-1 ratio.

The college also takes issue with a change in the elementary

part of the program which would consolidate a number ofcourses into two 'core' ones—mathematics and language arts.The college questioned that a student could take the elemen-tary teacher program without taking specific subject teachingcourses, like social studies or science.

The court hearing will be the latest in a two-year disputebetween the two groups.

In May 1999, the College was asked to approve the revisedteacher education program. But early lastyear, the College senta evaluation team to investigate the proposed changes and inMay 2000 the college decided to deny the revised program.

The university requested that the College reconsider themotion, but at its next meeting, the council confirmed the orig-inal decision.

Two weeks later, on September 14, the university filed thecourt challenge. Simon Fraser University and the University oVictoria have since sided with UBC and gained intervenorstatus in the case.

Canadian ambassador comes to UBCby Sarah Morrison

When Paul Ileinbecker, Canada's representa-tive to the United Nations (UN), was in highschool, one of his teachers didn't expect himto go any farther than prison.

—The people who turned out to be suc-cessfid I always thought would go to jai1,"Heinbecker said his former teacher told himwhen he recently saw him

Heinbecker told a UBC political scienceclass this story last. Friday, when he spokeabout. Canada's rola in the UN SecurityCouncil, and about the future of internationalsecurity and peacekeeping,

"Peacekeeping is broken and it needs tobe fixed. The good news is there are ways to

do this,' he said.The UN Security Council, Heinbecker said,

is 'primarily responsible for the mainte-nance of international peace and security."Any resolution passed by the Security Councilbecomes the law in all UN countries,

The Council is made up of five permanentmembers—England, France, Russia, Chinaand the US—and ten temporary members.Canada completed a two-year term on theCouncil in December.

Heinbecker talked extensively aboutCanada's role when it led the Security Councillast April, a job that rotates alphabeticallybetween countries every month. He said thatCanada had three goals going into the term:making the Council more credible, more

transparent, and more aware of 'humansecurity'

'The simplest definition of human securi-is putting people first' he said,'In these days, SS to 90 per cent of casu-

alties are civilians,' Heinbecker added, indicating that while ten per cent of the deaths inthe Second World War were civilian, in recenttimes 90 per cent of war-time deaths havebeen civilian.

Heinbecker added that there are manypractical ways to increase human security,from closing down hate-promoting mediagroups to making special considered6ns forwomen and children—such as stationingsecurity forces in refugee camps so that civil-ians are not killed or injured.

He pointed to Sierra Leone as an exampleof a. place where rebel movements, such asthe Revolutionary United Front (RUF) group,takeover refugee camps, and people who aresupposed to be protected are attacked.

'If you've ever been to Sierra Leone—Ihave—it's a disastrous place to be,' he said.

Heinbecker also said that Canada hadbeen trying to push the UN to take a strongerrole in addressing nations' internal disputes,by intervening when civilian lives are at risk.

While many countries are suspicious ofany proposals that might infringe on theirsovereignty—many of them being newly inde-pendent ex-colonies--HeMbecker said thatthe Council had responded positively toCanada's proposals •

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BaseballThe UBC Thunderbirds were in Lewiston,Idaho this past weekend for, three gamesagainst the defending NAIA championLewis-Clark. State College Warriors. TheWarriors were in championship form forthe first game . Friday night defeating theBirds 10-1.

Saturday afternoon, however, UBCcame out swinging, and managed to holdLCSC in a 3-3 tie , until the bottom of theeighth, when the Americans got the go-ahead run for the 4-3 win.

In game three, the. Birds again kept thegame tied until the top of the ninth whenUBC right-fielder Nick Leswick hit an RBIsingle, putting the Birds up by one, UBCwon the game 3-2, ending LCSC's 30-gamewinning streak at home. LCSC won thefourth game of the weekend 13-11.

The Birds start their conference seasonthis weekend at Nat Bailey stadium withfour games against Northwest Nazarene.The first game starts at 4pm Friday,

SwimmingSome UBC varsity members of the PacificDolphins Swim Club (PDSC) made theirway to Edmonton for Spring' Nationalsthis past weekend. In" the relays,

by Scott Bardsley

The last time the UBC women's rugby teamplayed the Seattle Breakers, theThunderbirds were tired from a game theday before, and the Breakers came out ontop by a large margin. So last Saturday,when the American women challenged theBirds in the BC Rugby Union's Women'sPremier League quarterfinals, it waspayback time.

The tables were turned and the Seattleclub was held to one try as UBC dominatedthe field, winning the game 24-5. With the

Thunderbirds Anna Lydall, JessicaDeglau and Kelly Stefanyshyn, along withformer Thunderbird Marianne Limpertwon the 400m freestyle relay, andStefanyshyn, Deglau, Limpert and Kelly;Doody landed a gold medal in the 400mmedley relay.

The UBC men also dominated therelays."Justin e Tisdall, Jake Steele andBrian Johns made up three quarters of avictorious 400m freestyle relay teamVersfeld and Johnston also helped to winthe 400m medley relay.

Individually, the Thunderbirds alsoplaced, strongly. Mark Versfeld placedsecond in the 100m backstroke and thirdin the 200m backstroke rookie BrianJohns placed second in the 200mfreestyle, third in the 400m freestyle andwon the 400m IM. Sprinter Garret Pulleplaced second in the 50m butterfly andfourth in the 100m butterfly. Roundingout .the men's results Mark Johnstonplaced third in the 200m free; Jake. Steelewas fifth in the 100m freestyle and TimPeterson had a great race in the 1500m,placing second.

The women were led by JessicaDeglau who placed second in the 400infree, second in. the 200th butterfly,fourth in the 100m freestyle and third inthe 100m butterfly. Rookie. ThunderbirdKelly Stefanyshyn placed fourth in the100m backstroke, third in the 200mback and beat teammate . Deglau in the100m butterfly, placing second.Women's team -co-captain Kelly Doodyplaced fourth in the 400m IM,

The PDSC won the team events, andRookie Brian Johns also qualified in the200m and 400m IM for the WorldChampionships. He will be winging hisway to Japan later in the year. •

win, the Birds gained a spot in the leaguesemi-finals. They will battle the Douglas Clubnext Saturday.

UBC's captain Sabrina Selms said she wasproud of the way the team vindicated itself."We proved that we're the better team, shesaid after the game.

The team took an early lead with TeresaJackson scoring a try less than a minute afterthe game started. Soon after, UBC's MelissaKelly, Cherlyn McKay, and Rosie Cobbett exe-cuted a quick set of passes to run the ball tothe Breakers' goal line, bringing the Birds to a10 point lead.

by the Sports Department Goons

This is a bad time to hate sports. The restof the year, you can get by not giving arat's ass about which varsity team lostwhich game against some other, betterteam. You can be a pale, sickly, scrawny,lard-eating excuse for a human specimenin the so-called prime of his or her lifefor 11 months of the year, but this is abad time to hate sports.

This week and next, anyone at UBCwho has ever had any athletic aspira-tions whatsoever gets all worked up.People who couldn't possibly care lessabout working up a sweat clamber up thegrassy knoll in front of the SUB and staythere all week, gazing at the sight of thestudent body crammed into spandex andrunning shoes. It's time for Storm theWall. And if you don't care, well, for onceon this campus, you're in the minority.

If the rain holds off, this year's eventpromises to be one of the best andbiggest ever, according to organiserKavie Toor, who heads up the competi-tion, run by UBC Intramurals. Amongthis year's highlights: the chance towatch the Rehab women try to win theTriple Crown, the trio of UBC's biggestintramural events; the opportunity tospend an afternoon with the Stanley Cup("It comes with its own entourage,' saysToor, who promises a fog machine and awhole lot of hoopla); a truck pull (part ofthe inaugural strongman competition,

"We were ready to go—they weren't,' team co-cap-tain Paula Brouwer said, not-ing that getting into thegame early is something theBirds have struggled with inthe past, "but [Saturday] wewere in right off the bat.'

About ten minutes afterUBC's second score, Seattlemade its first and only try.

'Then we started playinga game which was basicallythey [UBC] kept in the scrumand they mauled a lot' saidBirds' coach Simon Quinto.The score remained thesame for the rest of the firsthalf.

At thehegikming of thesecond half, UBC managedto run the ball up from mid-field in a rapid succession ofpasses. Kelly scored yetanother try for the Birds,and Jackson kicked the con-version to bring UBC up to17-5.

Not long after, the sameduo came together again togive UBC another seven points—Kelly ran athird of the field to score and Jackson kickedanother conversion.

After_ the game, the two co-captains wereecstatic. 'We did awesome, we've neverplayed that well against a States team, ourforwards were amazing,' Brouwer gushed.'We usually don't win [rucks], but today wewere winning our rucks, we were going inand winning rucks that they had alreadywon. •

'Their forwards are a lot bigger...Thisteam [Seattle] is stronger in their forwards,so normally they would stop our forwardsfrom being able to get the ball to the backs,but because our forwards were strongenough to get the ball to [the backs] we were

- -able to do something with it.'

Once they got the ball to the backs, theBirds had no problems executing, their fasterlegs carrying them out of reach of theBreakers.

"Our support play today was unlike anyother game: the tries we scored were full ofsupport after support after support and that'ssomething we've struggled with as a team,'Selms said. 'They wanted to try to force us toplay a forwards game which we would proba-bly lose...To win against them, we had to getthe ball to our backs [and] once we get it toour key players, [the Breakers] can't catchthem.'

Training is key for UBC. Asked why Seattlelost, Jackson replied 'Fitness. We consider

ourselves a fairly fit team and we took advan-tage of that'

Coach Quinto agreed. 'We're in bettercondition then they are. We're all a lot morephysical when it comes to sticking to thebasics.'

Next Saturday, UBC faces the number oneranked team in the league, Douglas, on itshome turf. 'It's going to be a toughgame...but we're ready to take that positionfrom them,' Brouwer said.

Quinto echoed her sentiments. 'I'm real-ly confident playing against them. I knowtheir style of game because I used to be ahelper out there, so I know what they can do,but I truly believe that we can match thempound for pound.'

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IN THE AMS COUNCIL CHAMBERS

and despite the name there won't be justmen competing); and, not to be over-looked, the possibility of a fight betweenthe Betas and the Kappas, two frats thathave been battling all year for 'braggingrights for most athletic fiat,' Toor says.

Of course, the racing is the mainattraction. Toor says that a shorter swimwill cut down on discrepancies betweenteams, meaning that there should bemore close races, and that more raceswill be decided on the wall. The Rehaband Medicine women should provestrong, while a Gage co-rec team isrumoured to be fast. On the men's side,last year's winning team from Vanier hasdisbanded, and it seems as though theteam won't be together this year becauseits members are no longer all in thesame division. "The men's is pretty wideopen,' says Toor. Of course, everyone isgoing to have to watch out for a hot teamfrom a certain campus newspaper. Butwe don't want to ruin the surprise...

All told, there should be well over 300teams vying for the championshipcrowns. Racing starts Sunday, with thewomen's finals Wednesday at 12:50, themen's finals Thursday at 12:50, and theco-rec finals Friday at 12:45. And if youhaven't signed up yet, the deadline isWednesday afternoon. And if you're sickof all the hype, don't worry—ten moredays, and you can go back to being yourlazy old self again. •

Rugby Birds pay back Breakers

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Theological Neighbourhood Planfor the UBC Campus

TWO SESSIONS: Monday, April 2, 2001, 4 -6p.m. or 7 -9p.m.lona Building, Vancouver School of Theology Board Room, 6000 Iona Dr.

The Official Community Plan (OCP) for the Universityof British Columbia provides a vision and goals forfuture development, broad land use designations andobjectives for more detailed planning. The purpose ofthe Neighbourhood Planning process (called AreaPlanning in the OCP) is to interpret those policies andobjectives as a framework for development approval inspecific campus areas. This public meeting will focuson the first draft of the Theological NeighbourhoodPlan (THP).

Copies of the draft TNP may be viewed at the CampusPlanning and Development, 2210 West Mall (UBC)(hours: M-F, 8:30am-4:30pm). A draft of the THP willbe available at the meeting.

This event is wheelchair accessible withassistance. Individuals needing wheelchairaccess, assistive learning devices, caption-ing, or information on alternate media shouldcontact Gisela Hearbrucker at 822-9560 oneweek in advance.

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IN THE HOUSE: Ryan Hong (left) and Adrienne Bouris organisedFestiva. RON NURWISAH PHOTO

8 TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2001 THE UBYSSEYCULTURE

FESTIVAInternational HouseMar. 23

A student-run multicultural fair thathas been an annual event at UBC'sInternational House since the1950s was in danger, of being can-celled this year because of a criticallack of funding and preparation.

The fair has had a long history atUBC. Alumnus Clyde Griffith was aninternational student from theCaribbean who studied at UBC. Heremembers attending the fair in the1950s. Today, Griffith is the manag-er of International House.

Griffith says that Festiva is stillan important campus event, espe-cially for international students.'It's a social event and a culturalevent that allows them to showcasetheir talents. It gives you increasedself-esteem, self-worth, that sense-that 'I have something to give."

Adrienne Bouris, one ofFestiva's coordinators and an edu-cational programmer atInternational House, agrees withGriffith. 'It benefits a number ofdifferent specific groups and indi-viduals. Not only is it a chance for'international students who may befar away from home and dissociat-ed from their culture to get togeth-er with people from the same cul-ture, but also for Canadians andpeople who live in different parts ofthe world to learn about differentcultures from around the world,'Bouris said.

Earlier this year it was uncertainif the event would proceed. 'InJanuary there was some question asto whether this should be some-thing we think about and put togeth-er for next year, or should we con-centrate and pull it off,' Bourisexplained.

Bouris said that many peopleand groups that use InternationalHouse opposed cancelling the eventthis year. 'There was a lot of discus-sion with the people who use

International House, and are quiteactive here...People were generallydisappointed at the idea that[Festiva] wouldn't happen,' shesaid.

With the event in danger, Bourisand fellow coordinator Ryan Hongbegan to receive more support fromInternational House and a numberof other campus groups. Membersof the Equity office and the WomenStudent's office, offered their timeas consultants. As well number ofAlma Mater Society clubs offered tovolunteer.

But the most critical obstacle tothe event still lay in the way—therewas not enough money to organiseand run the event.

'In the past it's always beenfunded by the revenue generated[through ticket sales], which hasbeen one of the reasons it has beenreasonably small,' Bouris said.

This forced the organisers andInternational House to look foralternate funding. Festiva appliedfor grants, including the universi-ty's Gage Memorial Fund. Afterwaiting in nervous anticipation, thegrant was finally approved.

'We applied for the grant and upuntil yesterday we didn't have areply,' Griffith said.

Last week, with the funding andthe volunteers, Festiva will be run-ning this year.

'Our mandate is to help interna-tional students as well as [toj build acommunity with Canadian stu-dents. For us it's a huge event, forInternational House and Interna-tional Student Services, it's a bigdeal. Because we want to be able toput something on for international.students as well as Canadian stu-dents,' Bouris said.

'We live in a really exciting cam-pus. UBC is so huge and it's Madeup from people all over the world,'she continued. 'You have more andmore cultures coming in, to go toschool here, to work here and to livehere.' 1.

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Korean Ensemble (dliislbands

by Michelle Mossop

Grace Lee believes thatthe kayagum—a 12-stringzither invented in sixthcentury Korea—soundssorrowful because ofKorea's troubled history.`It's because the historyof Korea is a very sadone,' she said. 'We wereonce three warringstates, then we werecolonised.'

But Korea's history isnot the reason that UBC's

_ Korean Ensemble was sodowncast at its practicefor an upcoming concert.The- ensemble members'sadness is instead causedby the fate of their class,Music 165, which theSchool of Music hasdecided to cancel. PLUCKING AWAY: The Korean Ensemble practices for its concert this Friday at 12:30pm at the School of Music.The concert will be one of its last

In January 1998, the performances. NIC FENSOM PHOTOSchool asked Lee, a grad-uate of the UBC School of Music'smasters composition program, toteach a traditional Korean musicclass. The class would complementthe existing traditional Asianensembles—the Chinese Ensembleand the Gamelan Ensemble. Theseensembles give music students away to fulfill part of their perform-ance requirement, allow graduatestudents in ethnomusicology tolearn about specific Korean musi-cal techniques and give studentsfrom outside the School a chance toparticipate in traditional Asian per-formances.

'For me, this class is very use-ful,' explained Gloria Wan, whowill begin graduate studies at theSchool this fall. 'Because I mainlystudy Chinese traditional music,it's interesting to compare Chinesetraditional music with Korean tra-ditional music, because there are

some elements that have actuallyremained with Korean traditionalmusic that are no longer found inthe traditional Chinese music.'

Wan also explained that thesounds of the kayagum cannot beemulated on any other stringinstrument. "Do you hear thisbending sound?' she asked.'There are just so many differentsounds you can make, whichmakes this instrument just fasci-nating to me.'

Jesse Read, director of theSchool of Music, explained that thedecision to cut the ensemble classis part of the department's five-year plan. He said that the Chineseand Indonesian Ensembles eachhas its own department within theSchool, whereas the KoreanEnsemble does not.

'The decision was made in ourplanning process for the next five

years which we've undergone inthe last year. We've decided not togo any further in the area of tradi-tional Korean music,' explainedRead.

'In order to do so we wouldhave to devote ourselves to that ina much broader and a much high-er-level way, which [would] involvecommitting ourselves to develop-ing a program which would involveprimarily full-time faculty mem-bers, whose expertise was inKorean music.'

For Lee, who immigrated toCanada in 1987, the ensembleallows her to express her experi-ence of coming to another countryby composing music that combineselements of both traditionalKorean music and Western music.

'For me, I feel half-Korean, half-Western,' she explained. 'Sincethis is a multicultural society; I

want to fuse traditional Koreanmusic with more contemporaryelements.'

Kenneth Koo, a fourth-year arthistory major, who is playing a solopiece in the upcoming concert, saidthat the class has provided himwith the opportunity to rediscoverhis Korean heritage.

'Before I came to here I wasn'tvery much interested in Korean tra-ditional music at all...when I cameto Canada I guess I wanted to findmy roots,' he said. 'This [class] wasa great opportunity at UBC to actu-ally become involved without hav-ing to go back,' he said. 'It's ashame it has to end.'

Lee said that when the class wasformed in 1998, she started outwith only three students and noinstruments.

'now I have 15 students andenough instruments for all of

them,' she said, noting that fund-ing for the class has been an issue.'I was told to apply for outsidefunding from the community andfrom the Korean government,' shesaid, explaining that she obtainedall of the instruments from outsidethe School, notably fromVancouver's Korean communityand the Korean government.

But Read said that funding wasnot an issue in the decision andthat most performance groupsacquire their own instruments pri-vately. 'Let me contrast that withthe UBC Symphony Orchestra. With80 people playing, almost all owntheir own instruments.'

But the students of the KoreanEnsemble remain unconvinced bythe reasons for the cancellation.'Vancouver has some 40,000Koreans,' said Koo. 'UBC has aresponsibility to represent that.'

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Bus cuts insult common senseThe Great Trek is a fabled moment in UBC's his-tory. Calling on the government to provide thefunding to build the Point Grey campus, stu-dents marched all the way from the temporarycampus at 12th and Oak to the present-day siteof the university. It's quite a walk. But if youthink that's bad, just wait until you have to walkback to campus in the middle of the night afterthe bus strands you downtown.

Students are going to be making all kinds ofGreat Treks starting in June if the proposed cutsto TransLink bus services go through. Low-uselines and late-night service are going to be thehardest hit TransLink claims that only a smallpercentage of the system's total number of userswill be affected by the cuts, but that's no greatconsolation to anyone who happens to, live some-where that's no longer serviced, or who can'tafford other means of transportation, or to any-one who's stuck somewhere when the buses stoprunning at 1:30am. Did we mention that barsdon't close until 2:00?

There was initially supposed to be a vehiclelevy that would see car owners pay a $75annual fee to subsidise mass transit Seemsfair—after all, car use creates a great bulk of pol-

lution, and contributes heavily to road damage,and congestion and so on. The levy seemed asmall amount to pay in return for the luxury ofdriving. But car owners, it seems, have astronger voice than transit users, and the pro-posed cuts must make up the funding shortfallthat exists because the levy won't be collected.There's a certain irony in the fact that TransLinkis turning away from such a strong anti-carstance to one which appears to punish the verypeople who help solve the city's pollution andcongestion problems.

Making transit users suffer is a patentlyunfair way of making up the funding shortage.Not to mention the fact that cutting serviceseems an extraordinarily poor way of increasinguse of the TransLink system—and a spectacular-ly good way of encouraging people to drive. Andthe hardest hit by these cuts, as TransLink itselfhas acknowledged, will be the poor, studentsincluded, who tend to rely on transit more thanthose with other means.

Having said all that, it appears that TransLinkis not entirely to blame. By law, TransLink mustbalance its books. And it seems equally clear thatthe organisation would not take such drastic

measures—ones that will obviously reduce rider-ship—unless it had to. In reality, TransLink, thelocal municipalities ,and the provincial govern-ment must share the responsibility for providingthe city with an efficient mass transit system.

But arguing about who is paying enough, andabout whose fault the whole mess is will accom-plish nothing. Bickering about costs and techni-calities is precisely why we don't have a discountbus pass, and won't anytime soon. UBC studentshave already been badly served by the variousparties with a say in the transportation issue—new cuts to service, coming on the heels of arecent fare hike, is insulting.

The parties involved in both the U-Pass fias-co and the present state of affairs—the AlmaMater Society, the university, TransLink, andthe various levels of government—have lostsight of their mandate, which is to ensure thattheir constituents are properly served. Withoutfurther squabbling and politicking, thesegroups need to resolve their disputes andfind a way of preserving, if not improving,Vancouver's public transit system. Waiting forthe bus is bad enough. We're sick of waiting tobe listened to as well..

LETTERSDefending ArtsCounty Fair posters

Thank you for the interest youshowed in your coverage of ourArts County Fair (ACF) event ('ACFposters take over campus space'[Mar. 131). We wish to address sev-eral concerns raised in it

The charge made by ScienceUndergraduate Society candidateCorrie Baldwin that ACF posterersrip down constituency electionsposters refers only to isolatedevents which have already beenaddressed. In fact, when postering,ACF volunteers make a specificeffort to find space on the boardsfor posters which we have had tomove. We do this because weunderstand that campus events likeACF and political activities such aselections both do much to counterapathy on campus.

Secondly, we should like topoint out that ACF is entirely run bythe Arts Undergraduate Society(AUS) council members, many ofthem also running. in concurrentAUS elections. They manage to findspace for. their campaign posters.

In addition, the 'one candidateposter per board' policy that Ms.Baldwin complains of actuallyhelps keep the campaign processfair, with each candidate havingequal opportunity for equal expo-sure. Our cleaning of the boards isalso a public service, as anyonewho has scrubbed a year's worth ofcommercial postings from the busloop can attest to.

Again, we find the claim thatACF sells itself and doesn't requirean effective promotions campaignto be based on flawed reasoning.The reason that ACF attracts15,000 people in attendance andhas consequently been able todonate over $125,000 in proceedsto local charities Canadian CancerSociety and. AIDS Vancouver isbecause the AUS has striven to pro-mote the event so enthusiastically.Were we not, we would be doingboth our patrons and our recipientcharities a disservice.

Finally, ACF is a student-run,non-profit, charitable event that isthe largest of its kind in Canada. Weconstitute AIDS Vancouver'ssecond-largest non-governmentaldonor. The memories, good times,

and campus spirit the fair instillsbrings recognition not just to theAUS, but to the UBC campus atlarge. We look forward to seeingyou there.

—Aleksandra BrzozowsklDea Lloyd

Nafeesa KarimArts Undergraduate Society

Calls for an Arts vs.Science ceasefireIn response to the recent spat ofScience versus Arts rhetoric, andmost recently Patrick 'NaiveScience Guy' Bruskiewich's opinionpiece ("Some naive science guy'responds to his critics,' Opinion[Mar. 91), would it be fair to call aceasefire? As far as I recall, whatsparked this debate was a well-intentioned letter from a youngScience student who was surprisedto find that his Arts classes actually'turned out to be some of the bestclasses he took. As an Arts student,I would like to reciprocate the com-pliment by saying that I thinkScience is absolutely wonderful. I

have a particular love of biology,and am looking forward to further-ing my education in this subjectI'm baffled, however, as to how thisall became a tug-of-war overwhich—Science or Arts—is themore worthwhile discipline. Isn't itfair to say that we, as a society, needand cherish both? That is whatmost benefits a society, isn't it?Working together? As for Mr.Bruskiewich's piece, the only thingthat he proved is that he is a ravingegomaniac. (Whoops, was thatmean and nasty?) No wonder hethinks Science is superior, as it iswhat he himself is taking. I wouldask Mr. Bruskiewich if he could get500 people out on a Friday nightand charge them $20 each (theaverage price of a theatre ticket) tohear him read his 'Lense-ThirringFrame Dragging and GalacticStructure' paper. And for the rest ofus, how about a handshake and acongratulations on workingtowards making the world a betterplace for others, as best we knowhow.

—Jason Patrick RotheryArts 4

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Engineers' Cairn not aforum for political debateI have an inquiry that I believe is worth posing.My question goes out to the students of UBC.

What is the Engineers' Cairn? Am I mis-taken–by my naive, first-year intellect–toregard it as a symbol of pride for the Engineersof UBC and a target for pranks by the other fac-ulties and Greek societies? Over my first yearhere, I have observed, as I frequent the southend of Main Mall very often, many different'vandalisms' that have been light-hearted andhave carried no implications whatsoever otherthan the healthy prodding of inter-faculty rivalries. I see this as a tradition that I have beentold about by my older peers and I see nothingwrong with it. The Cairn is a target for fun. Ithink many students would agree with me.

However, this image was made more com-plicated the last time I walked by the Cairn.Thursday, Mar. 15, on my usual walk to workon Thursdays, I noticed that the cairn hadbeen painted again. Nothing out of the ordi-nary, until I approached it and saw the mes-sage closer. The Cairn was sporting the word,'choice,' and the symbol of the woman. Thisdisturbed me a little bit, exactly for the rea-sons I have mentioned above. The issue ofabortion and choice are very difficult ones;they involve deep moral, social, and politicalimplications that warrant a mature, sophisti-

cated discussion. I don't see the defacing ofthe Cairn as a mature, sophisticated discus-sion. By applying their message to a mediumwhere the usual arguments are along the linesof 'Forestry Rules!' or 'Sigma Phi Delta kicksass!' the pro-choice group has somehow, inmy observation, cheapened their message. Ido not mean to insult anyone by writing thisletter, but I do believe that the Cairn should bean object of fun, not of political messages. Whonow will be comfortable painting over thatpro-choice message?

–Graham ChernoffArts 1

The myths of origamiunfolded

This is in reply to the letters written about myclub, the Origami Club. We are not barbarians!The myths going around that we 'flippantlyfold without any consideration of conse-quence' ("Exposing the horrors of origami,'Letters [Mar. 61) are all untrue. We do not'mangle' our paper! We rescue sheets ofpaper that someone has deemed unfit for fur-ther use and rehabilitate them by transform-ing them into beautiful works of art. We givethese papers who were previously destined forthe recycling bin a second chance to light upthe lives of sick children in the hospitals

around town. I can assure everyone that ourintentions are good and pufeand apologisefor any misconceptions spread about our clubby the misinformed OAP (Origami AwarenessProject). I only hope that they may one day seethat they cause more harm than good and joinus in our fundraising organisations to raisemoney for Burns Bog and other worthy chari-ties. As for our display, I think it caused moreproblems for us than the public because itkept blowing away! MTFBWYI

–Geneva TrethewayUBC Origami Club president

Too many cars in Burnaby!BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA! What anenvironmental disaster!

Cars and concrete everywhere! If a blade ofgrass is not on the endangered species list inthe City of Burnaby it sure as hell should be!Not a tree or a nice patch of grass to be seen,just car lots, vacant, filthy building lots andrun-down stores. And of course, masses andmasses of high-speed cars and trucks!

Now I remember why I have not visitedBurnaby in years. AND DON'T INTEND TO INTHE FUTURE! Burnaby is an AUTO-GHETTO!!

Is there any reason (other than outrightterror) that we do not have bike lanes on allour roads? No one is going to ride a bike onthese roads where the choice is getting

slammed by a car door or squashed by anarticulated truck! !I I

If the Big Boys in the City of Vancouverhave finally 'seen the light' and have started toconstruct greenways from one end of their cityto the other, what are their country-bumpkincousins waiting for?

Our 'leaders' have lost the battle of the 'CarWars' to the car dealers!

I was surprised that all pedestrians inBurnaby were not pulling little carts with oxy-gen tanks on them, 'cos the air stinks!

We can put a man on the moon but we areunable to set our traffic lights so that a fully-loaded transit bus with 60 or more people, can-not turn in front of a bunch of gas-guzzlingSUVs to help these POOR people home quickly!

We have no problem whatsoever findingmillions and millions of dollars to provideever more roads and more free parking, widerintersections and traffic lights, etc., but wecannot provide a white line along the side of aroad to protect pedestrians and cyclists!

If we stopped providing cars and free park-ing to our 'leaders' and required them to walk,cycle, or take transit to work there would be avast improvement in the environmentovernight!

Until such times as that happens it will be,BYE, BYE BURNABY!

SinclaireCoast Mountain Bus driver, BC Transit

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