UBC honors 13 Canadians

Lewis, Karsh to ge!t honorary degrees By GAVIN WILSON

F ormer United Nations am- bassador Stephen Lewis and photographer Yousuf Karsh are two of the 13 distin-

guished Canadians to be awarded hon- orary degrees by UBC at congregation ceremonies this year

Nine honorary degrees will be pre- sented at Spring Congregation, May 28-31. to Lewis. N o b e l Prize-winning scientist Sidney Altman. educator Ted Tetsuo Aoki, baroness Lydia Dunn, social worker Patricia Fulton, Rivtow Straits President Lucille Johnstone, B.C. Tel Chairman Gordon MacFar- lane, landscape architect Cornelia Oberlander and native leader Elijah Smith.

Four more honorary degrees will be awarded during Nov. 28’s Fall

Congregation to Karsh, opera singer education professor at the University Judith Forst, Acadian writer Antonine of Alberta, where he pioneered the New Maillet and feminist academic Dorothy Social Studies. Aoki also started UBC’s Smith. Curriculum Centre in the Faculty of

receive degrees at - Baroness Lydia Spring Congregation: Dunn has received wide - Canadian-bom international recogni-

Sidney Altman is a tl:on for her work as molecular biologist at Chair of the Hong Kong Yale who won the l r ade Development 1989 Nobel Prize in Council, which sets Chemistry for his dis- F d i C Y for Hong Kong’s covery that RNA, export-based economy. thought to be a passive ’ She has also played a carrier of genetic code, major role in admini-

The following will Education.

can actively engage in chemical reactions. Antoninto Maillet C:rown Colony.

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- Ted Tctsuo Aoki is an influen- -Gordon MacFarlane is chaimlan tial figure in Canadian education. Born of the board o f the B.C. Telephone in Cumberland. B.C., he became an Company and, from 1977 to 1990, was

HWdi PERFORMANCE: Up- coming congress on sports nwclkh looks at spufls, W i & m a M health. P;age3

WAR: Canadian historical attitudes towards war are ~XBmfRted by UBC poFit5Cal sokrice’professor. Page 6

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also the company’s chief executive she has developed it into a diversified officer. He is known for his commit- business employing 1,500 people. ment to the community and the univer- - Stephen Lewis served as sity. Canada’s ambassador to the United

-Patricia Fulton is Nations from 1984 to one of the pioneer so- 1988. Always outspo- cia1 workers in B.C. : ken and eloquent, During a long and dis- Lewis has had careers tinguished career. she I *& as a newspaper colum- was vice-president of j nist, broadcaster, poli- both the Canadian i tician. lecturer, com- Council on Social De- A6 - i mentator and labor ar-

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velopment and the Vanier Institute o f the Family. - Lucille John-

stone began her career as a tug dispatcher with

bitrator. - Cornelia Ober-

lander is considered Canada’s most distin- guished landscape architect as well as a

Rivtow Straits Ltd., rising to become community worker, writer and lecturer. president and chief operating officer. For 40 years she has collaborated with During her 40 years with the company, See NOBEL on Page 2

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University set to provide childcare

UBC will assume responsibllity for childcare services on campus starting in July.

“The children, their lamilies and childcare workers can best be served if the university itself accepts full respon- sibility for child services.“ said K.D. Srivastava, UBC‘s vice-president of student and academic services.

Operation of the I2 daycare centres on campus is currently being admini- stered by the UCS Childcare Society which is composed of various non- profit agencies. Srivastava said that maintaining administrative continuity under the current system was difficult with the volunteer boards of each centre often changing every 18 months.

To maintain continuity of service during the administration transfer. the society will continue its operation un- til June 30, 1991.

Under the new arrangement. Sri- vastava said services will be improved

to include a professional childcare administrator and further development of existing parent advisory commit- tees to assist with programming. Pro- visions will also be made for existing childcare workers to continue their employment in the university-operated centres.

“Our goal is to create a framework for affordable childcare which can expand as new models of childcare delivery are developed in the future,” said Srivastava, who emphasized that fees would remain comparable to those currently being charged. “It wouldn’t make much sense to have a great child- care service on campus that wasn’t affordable to students.”

Srivastava added that service to students, faculty and staff would re- main a priority of campus childcare. He also expressed hope that families currently using the childcare facilities on campus would continue to do so.

n 0 uonors :recognized at gala event Lt.-Gov. David Lam and

other “Builders of UBC’s Fu- ture,” including members of the Wesbrook Society, will be hon- ored at a ceremony and gala dinner, April 1 1.

The celebration will mark the start of construction on the David Lam Man- agement Research Centre and the prog- ress of other building projects on cam- pus funded by the World of Opportu- nity campaign.

As it enter\ its final year. the cam- paign has already raised a tot‘ ‘I I In ex- cessofSl~O~llillion- morethan$9O million from individuals. foundations

and corporate donors, on the physcial cam- and Technology. and a similar amount pus. The festivities begin with a 5 p.m. from the provincial ~ Donors to all build- concrete pouring ceremony at the site government’s ]match- * ing projects on campus of the David Lam Management Centre, ing gift program - will be honored. as well at Main Mall and Agricultural Road. making it the largest a s donors to academic Following the ceremony. a recep- university fund-raising chairs. scholarships. tion and dinner will be held in the War campaign in Canadian professorships and en- Memorial Gym. beginning at 6 p.m. history. dowments. Invited Thc World o f Opportunity cam-

The ceremony and guests include c m - paign w a j launched just over two years dinner are the paign donon. members ago to help boost the university’s inter- university’s first oppor- o f the h’e\hl-ooh Socl- national mnding by providing ur- tunities to show carn- H ~ ~ . llavid C. L~~ ct! and repcsentatives scntl> -needed t~nancial resources. paign supporters how 01’ the H.C. gowrw Construction of‘ new buildings funded their donations are having a tangible ment. including Bruce Strachan. M i l l - b! t11c campaign ha\ rccentl? begun at impact both on the academic side and ister of.U\;uIced Education. Tralning \c\eral Itration\ 011 campu\.

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Editor, UBC Reports

Dear Sir,

I am writing to register my objection to the headline which introduced the March 7 article describing the research project I am currently directing. The headline-“Profession Under Scrutiny in Study” - gives a false impression of our project’s objective. Our research is NOT scrutinizing the profession of pharmacy, but rather i t is evaluating a particular methodological approach. We are gathering data to ascertain the reliability, validity, acceptability and feasibility of proposed instruments and procedures which MAY be used at some time in the future in relicensing decisions. We are not making any judgements about individual pharmacists.

The he.adline is potentially damaging in a number of ways. It directly contradicts what I have been telling members of the pharmacy profession for the past five years. Furthermore, it could be misinterpreted that pharmacy was chosen for this project because of perceived sub-standard performance. Nothing could be further from the truth. The standards of practice for phar- macy are no different than they are for any other profession in British Columbia. The facts are that the profession of pharmacy in this province has an extensive quality assurance program that has been voluntarily developecl over decades. Our project is a profession-initiated evaluation of possible re- finements to some of the current approaches. As a result of their relicensure initiatives, pharmacists in British Columbia are nationally and internation- ally recognized for leadership in developing programs to insure the quality of services delivered to the public.

David W. Fielding, Ed.D., Associate Director The Division of Continuing Pharmacy Education Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Centre will look at survival of animal species in forests By AB13 HEFTER

UBC has announced plang to create a Centre for Applied Conservation Biology.

Clark Binkley, dean of the Faculty of Forestry. said the centre would pro- vide the necessary education, research and public information on how con- cerns of conservation biology apply to forests.

“Evidence is mounting that current levels of forest-based economic activ- ity cannot be sustained without changes in current policies,” said Binkley. “Environmental concerns grow daily, especiall,y for the maintenance of bio- logical diversity. Nowhere are prin- ciples of conservation biology knowl- edgeably applied to land management.”

Applied conservation biology in- cludes the study of certain animal spe- cies in order to determine which attrib- utes of forest structure are important for their survival.

Upon approval, the centre will house three related efforts: an educa- tion program targeted for specific au- diences critical to sustainable land management, including managers of parks and natural areas, professional foresters, the public and the media; policy conferences to bring together scientists, land managers, policy mak- ers and environmental, non-govern- ment organizations to critically exam- ine problems related to land manage- ment practices and policies; and a significant program of research in con- servation biology applied to the ste-

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“The benefits of solutions to these problems will extend well beyond the borders of this province,” said Bin- kley. “British Columbia comprises a key component of important interna- tional ecosystems that extend through- out the rest of Canada, the US., Eu- rope and Asia. Education and research in B.C. on applying the principles o f conservation biology in this province will have broad impact throughout the world.”

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Nobel prize winners included in honors Continued from Page 1 internationally acclaimed architects. - Y o u s u l Kar \h is one of the such as Arthur Erickson and Moshe world‘\ most f:lmouz photographer\. Safdie. known primarily lor hi \ distinctive - Elijah Smith is recognized in portrait\ of many of the 20th centun ‘5

the Yukon not only as the pre-eminent r n o b t prominent peoplc. Karzh portrait\ native elder, but as one of the great hang i n museum\ and galleries all over

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Yukoners of all time. He helped unite Na- tives throughout the Yukon and set a na- tional precedent by getting the federal government to nego- tiate land claims.

The following will receive honorary de- grees in November: - Judith Forst, a

UBC music graduate,

the world. - Antonine Maillet

1s a major contemporary Canadian novelist. play- wrlght. folklorist and the leading writer o f Acadia. the Franco- phone Maritimes. She teaches a t Lava1 Uni- versity. - Dorothy Smith. a

profe\sor in the DK- nartment of Sociolom

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These able-bodied students got a chance to experience life in a wheel- chair during the School of Rehabilitation Medicine’s annual wheel- chair obstacle race held March 21. The event, part of the school’s National Physiotherapy Week activities on campus, is designed to raise awareness of how being confined to a wheelchair impacts on a person’s lifestyle.

Work hazards studied T he Workers’ Compensation

Board has awarded a grant to UBC‘s departments of Health

Care and Epidemiology and Medicine to study the effects of cobalt and other metals on sawmill saw filers.

In particular, the study will meas- ure exposure levels and lung infection in saw filers.

“Cobalt is thought to be a skin and respiratory sensitizer. and has been implicated in occupational asthma,” said Dr. Susan Kennedy, one of three UBC researchers conducting the study.

Kennedy, a professor in the Respi- ratory Division of the Department of Medicine, added that cobalt is also associated with hard-metal pneumo- coniosis, a disease involving scaning of lung tissue which can lead to per-

manent respiratory impairment. The industrial hygiene aspects of

this collaborative study are being in- vestigated by Kay Teschke, a profes- sor in the Division of Occupational and Environmental Health in the De- partment of Health Care and Epidemi-

According to Teschke, most saw blade tips used by industry tradespeople are manufactured from tungsten car- bide or hardened stell, with an increas- ing number made from stellite. Cobalt is usually present in low concentra- tions in tungsten carbide and high- speed steel alloys, and in greater con- centrations in stellite.

In addition to measuring cobalt lev- els. the year-long study, which targets selected sawmills in B.C., will also

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Congress looks at maintenance of high performance bodies By ABE HEF’rER tional athletes are training for and par- ing up to seven hours of intense cy-

In order to get ahead on the playing ticipating in endurance events that can cling per day) have much greater needs field, endurance athletes have often last anywhere from eight t o 24 hours. forcarbohydrates thandocyclists train- turned to the dinner table and high “Dietary advice. with regard t o carbo- ing for one o r two hour.; each day. carbohydrate diets. An athlete on a hydrate intake. l o r cxarnplc. must be Barr said a high carbohydrate diet high carbohydrate diet is able to exer- tailored appropriately t o the needs of 1.; certainly important for endurance cise for a longer period of time at a given intensity. However, the rules regard- ing the dietary ,aspects ofen- durance performance are being refined.

“Athletes a.re often ad- vised to obtain 0 - 7 0 per cent of their energy from carbo- hydrates,” sad Professor Susan Barr of .the School of Family and Nutritional Sci- ences. “However, one stan- dard cannot be used for all endurance athletes.”

Barr will look at the nu- tritional aspects. of sports per- formance at the International Congress and Exposition on Sports Medicine and Human Performance April 16-20. The event is taking place at the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre.

Barr wil l focus on the needs of the endurance ath- lete when she addresses an April 20th workshop.

There has been a ten- dency not to distinguish the needs of athletes training at both ends of tlhe endurance range, said Barr.

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athlete\. Indeed, carbohy- drates Ion11 the cornerstone of any good dict. However. recent rewnrch indicates that the extremely high intake needed by the ultracndurance athlete i \ not required by ath- letes training for shorter time periods. As a result. most endurance athlete5 can ob- tain adequate amounts of car- bohydrate without resorting to extreme dietary measures, which may have other nega- tive nutritional conse- quences. she said.

Barr is one of several UBC faculty members who will take part in the congress, which wil l be chaired by Gordon Matheson, a UBC professor of sports and reha- bilitation medicine.

The inaugural event wil l take an in-depth look at the science and medicine of human performance in three themes: sports injury and rehabilitation; medicine, exercise and health: and exercise and science.

Dr. Doug Clement, co-di- rector of UBC’s Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Centre, wi l l address the theme of exercise, medicine

athletes to coniplete, was regarded as the individual,” she added. and health. His topic: the skills (and the ultimate in endurance events. Re- The amount of carbohydrate intake thrills) of a sports medicine practitio- search relating to endurance exercise needed would appear to go hand in ner in the 1990s: Are we on the thresh- used this timeframe in experimental hand with both the duration and inten- old of change’? Dr. Clement i s sched- studies, but things have changed over sity of the exercise, said Barr. For ex- uled to be joined by more than 70 fac- the last I O to 1 5 years.” ample, cyclists participating in the Tour ulty from around the world who will

Barr said more and more recrea- de France (a three week event involv- speak on sports medicine.

determine which factors influence will be used to analyze cobalt levels As well. the study wil l measure exposure levels and the acute pulmo- present in aerosols created by prepar- exposure of saw filers to numerous nary effects of such exposure. ing saw tips. Cobalt levels in cutting other metals, including lead. copper,

Personal air monitoring techniques fluid wil l also be analyzed. nickel and chromium

Loyal hackers and dutiful duffers By RON BURKE its share of colorful characters, off-color jokes sity and that the accent is on fun and partici- lar contributions make them part of the fabric

years. It encourages mature adults to dress Watt reports that Frank Gnup, UBC’s hard- “One year I even dashed back to campus Entry fees for the tournament are $36 for up in loud clothing. It’s fun. It’s UBC’s An- rock football coach from 1955-72, and Dr. for a committee meeting between playing the adults and $26.50 for seniors. Both prices nual Faculty and Staff Golf Tournament. Eric Webb, of anaesthesiology, used to battle front and back nines,” he said. include green fees, dinner at the Faculty

As a yearly antidote to the perils of seri- it out every year for uglie!;t outfit and WOr!jt This year’s tournament marks the end of Club and a prize. For more information, call 3us business, various members of the cam- joke honors. an era. Committee chair Watt, who retires 822-2581.

It’s been a UBC tradition for the last 34 and just plain ugly clothing. pation. of the university.

from UBC in No- ...**.. PUS community have been teeing off with each other since 1957. Players of all skill evels are welcome, from divot-digging nov- ces to sweet-swinging veterans. Norm Watt, UBC’s long-time director of Extra-Sessional Studies, and tournament organizer, says

Tournament has colorful history

the event averages about 70 players per year, with scores ranging from the high 70’s

“They also loved to be irrev- erent to UBC’s then-president, Norman MacK- enzie, who al- ways partici- pated” said Watt. “The only one who loved it more was the president him- self.”

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vember, will pass his official duties on to another dutiful duffer.

“I’ve been play- ing in the tourna- ment since ’61 and chairing the com- mittee for the last five years,” said Watt.

Chair of the the tournament com-

The golf tournament provides an early kick-off to an active weekend around cam- pus. On Sat., April 27, University Hospital’s second annual Pacific Spirit Run starts at 9 a.m. on East Mall, near 16th Ave. The com- bination 10-kilometre run and five-kilometre family walk is a fundraiser for the University Hospital Foundation. The course runs through the wooded trails of Pacific Spirit Regional Park. For more information, call 822-7864 or 875-201 a. .....**

Then on Sun., ADril 28, the second an- to well over 100. loyal hackers include Jim Richards, dean of mittee is a prestigious appointment. Watt nual ManuLife Ride for Heart gets underway

This year’s edition hits the links at 11 Agricultural Sciences. The dean is credited points out that after careful selection, the at 8 a.m. near the Thunderbird Winter Sports a.m. on Thurs., April 25 at McCleery Golf with the only hole-in-one in tournament his- honor inevitably goes to “the person with the Centre. This family oriented bike ride (not a Course on Southwest Marine Dr. tory, though as Watt points out in his own ir- photocopier.” race) is a fundraiser for the Heart and Stroke

“We have it on a Thursday so the M.D.’s reverent style, “Let‘s face it, it was a fluke.” No doubt the tournament will be poorer for Foundation. The 50-kilometre course winds :an play,” chuckled Watt. Richards says the tourney is a good wa.y Watt’s departure. He is one of those long- through Vancouver and finishes back at UBC.

Overthe years, the tournament has seen to meet people from other parts of the univer- time UBC personalities whose extracurricu- For more information, call 736-7433.

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ESL Evening Classes The Engllsh Language lnstltute offers Conversa- tlon Skllls. Advanced Dis-

. cusslon. Speaking and . Debatlng. Fluency and

Pronunclatlon. Wrltingi Grammer, Practical Writmg for Business and TOEFL Preparation Classes begm April 15 or 16 and run twce a week for 8 weeks. Call 222-5208.

I TUESDAY.APR.9 h Psychiatry Lecture Courserrreatment Of Psychiatric Illness In Pregnancy. Dr. Lee Cohen, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, Clini- cal Psychopharmacology Unit, Massachu- setts General Hospltal. VGHiUBC Eye Care Centre Audltorium from 8:30-9:30am. Call 228-7314.

Paediatrics Grand Rounds Renal Transplaction In Small Infants And Children. Dr. Paul Grimm, Attendlng

rology, UCLA School of Medicine. G.F Physician, Paediatrics. Paediatrc Neph-

Strong Rehab. Centre Auditorlum at 9am Call 875-21 18.

I THURSDAY, APR. 1 1 1

Phusics Special Colloquium Electricity from Sunlight: An Electrical Utility Option By 20107 George D. Cody, Exxon Corporate Research Laboratory, Annadale, New Jersey.

Hennings 318 at 4pm. Call 228-3853.

Psychology Step-Families Study Marrled couples who have at least one child from a prevlous union living with them. are invtted to participate in a study of stress and coplng In step-famllles. Call Jennlfer CamDbell at 822-3805.

[TUESDAY, APR. 16 h Botany Seminar b-J Molecular Genetic Dlssec- Medical Genetics Seminar

Interplay Between Growth Factors Regu- lating Normal Hemopoiesis And Inflam- matory Responses. Dr. John W. Schrader, Dlrector, E;iomedical Research Centre, Professor, Medicine. IRC #I at 8:30am. Call 822-53 1.

1 SATURDAY, APR. 20 tion Of The Biosynthesis And Function Of Mem- brane Lipids In Arabldop- sis. Dr. Chris Somerville, MSU/DOE Plant Research

Adult Child SeparationiDivorce Study Volunteers needed. The study WIII ex- plore how mothers cope wlth thelr adult child's separatlonidlvorce Partupants requlred to fill out a malled questlonnalre. Call Allison Krause. Counselling Psychol- ogy, at 946-7803.

ObstetricslGynaecology Fle- search Seminar Cyclic Nucleotide Signal Transduction Enzymes In The Brain. Dr. Steven \'in- cent, Neurosciences, UBC. Grace Hos-

2334. pita1 2N35 from 1 :30-2:30pm. Call 875-

Regent College Con-

Lab, Michigan State University. BioS- ciences 2000 at 12:30pm. Call 228-2133.

pj Neurosciience Discussion Group The Role Of Insulin, Acting

b In The Brain, On The Con- trol Of Food Intake And Body Weight. Dr. Stephen Woods, Psychology, U. of

Hospital, UBC Site, ACU G279 at 4pm. Washington. University

Call 822-2330.

Rev. Wally Yew, Rev. Wayland Wong, Dr. Michael Griffiths. Regent College Audito- rium from 9am-5:30pm. Students $20, Others $35. Call 224-3245.

Sports Medicine Study F y..! I:' ~T Volunteers, female, age 18-

, - >" '11-.-. i ' 35 needed to parkipate In study on Exerclse and the

_. ': Menstrual Cycle. Flt. healthy, havlng normal menstrual cycles and not

currently on oral contraceptlves. Physlo- loglcal testing provlded. Allan McGavm Sports Med. Centre, John Owen Pavillon, UBC. Call Dr. C o m e Lebrun 822-4045 or 980-6355.

School of Nursing Study Volunteers needed for study of couples, famlly adpstment to a breast cancer dlag- nosls. Women and partners. Involves Intervewsiresponse to questlonnalre. Call Dr. Ann Hilton at 822-7498

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UBC Reports is the faculty ant staff newspaper af the Universit! >f British Columbia. It is pub ished every second Thursday b! .he UBC Community Relation: XEce, 6328 Memorial Rd., Van :ouver, B.C., V6T 1W5. I'elephone 822-3131. Qdvertising inquiries: 822-1775. Managing Editor: Steve Crombit Qss't Editor: Paula Martin L'ontributors: Ron Burke,Connir Filletti, Abe Heffer, Charles Ker md <&in Wilson.

1 FRIDAY. APR. 12 3 I NOTICES ir APPS Forum

Life In A Professional Union. Mr. Ed Lav- alle, President, College Institute Educa- tors of BC. Graduate Student Centre

Economics Departmental Serni- nar Aspects Of Nonexpected Utility And As- set Pricing. Stanley Zin, Carnegie-Mellon U. Brock Hall from 4-5:30pm. Call 822- 2876.

Campus Tour Spring break tours for high school students April 3.4,5. Free guided walking tours are being offered for pro- spective undergraduate

with UBC programmesifacillties. Tours students to familiarize them

leave from Brock Hall 204D at loam. Call 822-431 9.

Banquet Room from 12:30-1 :I 5pm. Call 228-4310.

Interfaith1 Symposium Personal F~eflections/Recollections of a Child Survivor Of The Holocaust In France.

7:30-9pm. Call 224-331 1. Rene Goldnan. St. Mark's College from

Obstetrics/Gynaecology Gralnd Rounds

Unexplained Infertility. Professor Ian Cooke. U. of Sheffield. Shaughnessy Hospital Lecture Theatre D308 at 8am. Call Dr. Bryans at 875-4268.

School of Nursing Study Couples are needed who are both In pald employ- ment (over 20 hrsiwk.) and

International House Reach Out Program Local students correspond with interna- tional students accepted to UBC. Act as contact and provide useful information to incoming students while making global friends. Canadians and Internationals welcome. Call 228-5021

1 WEDNESDAY. APR. I A Paediatrics Grand Rounds Office Paediatric Gynecology. Dr. Peggy Yakimov. Paedlatric Gynecologist. G.F.

Call 875-21 18. Strong Reghab. Centre Auditorium at 9am.

Microbiology Seminar Series Topic To Be Announced. Joan Shellard, Mcrobiolocly, UBC. Wesbrook 201 from 12:30-1:3011m. Call 228-6648.

have at least one chlld under elghteen months of aae. Involves fillina out a

questionnalre &Ice (10 minutes each tlme). Call Wendy Hall at 822-7447

Psychiatry Depression Study Participants needed for research study using new antidepressant medicatlon. Depression sufferers. 18-65 years. Call Doug Keller at 822-731 8.

Psychiatry Personality Question- naire Study Volunteers needed to complete two 90- minute sessions. Stlpend. $20. Call Jan- ice at 822-7895i7057.

Acne Study Volunteers 14-35 years of age, moderate facial acne. 4 visits over 3 month period. Honorarlum paid for particlpation. Call 874-81 38.

Narcotics Anonymous Meetings Every Tuesday (Including holldays) from 12:30-2pm, Universlty Hospltal, UBC Site, Room 31 1 (through Lab Medicme from Main Entrance). Call 873-1018 (24-hour Help Line).

Neville Scarfe Children's Garden Located west of the Edu-

Exercise In Asthma Study Volunteers with exercise- induced asthma needed for 2-part study (30 min. each). No medications or qec - tlons. Call Dr. Phil Robin- son at Pulmonary Re-

search laboratory, St Paul's Hospital at 682-2344, extension 2259.

cation Building. Free ad- mtssion. Open year round. Families Interested In plant-

the aarden. call Garv Pen- ing, weedmg or watermg

Female Hair Loss Study Females age 1!3-49. Moderate hair loss. Crown area only. Must be able to attend

ium paid for palticipation. Call Sherry at 1-2 tlmes weekly for 9 months. Honorar-

874-81 38.

nlngton at 822-6386 or Jo-Anne Naslund at 434-1081.

Duplicate Bridge

$2, includes coffeeisnacks. Faculty Club Informal game. All welcome. Admlsslon

every Wednesday at 7pm. Call 822-4865.

Fitness Appraisal Physical Educatlon and

John M. Buchanan Fltness Recreatlon through the

and Research Centre. admtnisters a physlcal fit- ness assessment orooram.

Asthma Research Study Volunteers 12-70 years with mild to mod- erate asthma needed to parttclpate in 16 week research prolect involving "pulmi- cort" a commonly used inhaled steroid taken once dally. Call Brlan Anderson at Unwersity Hospital. UBC Slte at 822-771 9 between Sam-lpm.

Botanical Garden loam-6pm daily. Free admtssion on Wednesdays. Call 822-4208. Counselling Psychology Retire-

ment Preparation Statistical Consulting and Re- search Laboratory

SCARL IS operated by the Department of Statistics to provlde statistical advice to faculty and graduate stu- dents worklng on research

pointments avallable In 210. Ponderosa problems. Forms for ap-

Annex C-210. Call 822-4037.

Women concerned about plannlng thelr retlrement needed for an 8-week re- tlrement preparatlon semi- nar Call Sara Comlsh at 822-5345.

Nitobe Garden 1 Oam-5pm daily. April 1-30, 1 Oam-7pm daily. Free admission on Wednesdays.

Memory For Places Study on memory for places (shopping mall) requires volunteers age 65 years and older for 1.5 hour Please call Bob Uttl. Psychology, UBC at 822-2140.

Study on Memory Old wlne; old memorles. To study whether some memorles Improve wlth age (Ilke some wine) we need volunteers 60 years of age and older for 1.5 hours. Please call Paul SchmidtiGloria Lam at 822-2140

Students $25. others $30. Call 822-2356, Cali 822-6038

Diabetic Clinical Study Diabetics who have painful neuropathy affecting the legs needed to volunteer for

drug. Call Dr. Donald Studney. Medlclne. 14-week trial of an mvesttgatlonal new

Universlty Hospltal. UBC Slte at 822-7142.

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INFORMATION ON DEADLINES FOR UBC REPORTS CALENDAR FOR APR - AUG 1991

Surplus Equipment Recycling Facility

All surplus Items. Every Wednesday, 12-3pm. Task Force Bldg., 2352 Health Sclences Mall. Call 822-2813.

Daily Rhythms Study Volunteers needed to keep a dally journal (average 5 min dally) for 4 months, nottng patterns in physlcal soclal experlences Call Jessica McFarlane at 822-5121

ISSUE OF PERIOD OF April 4 April 7 - April 20 April 18 April 21 - May 4 May 2 May 5 - May 18 May 16 May 19 - June 1 May 28 June 2 - June 15 (Holiday: (Mon. May 20) June 13 June 16 - July 20 July 18 July 21 - Aug. 17 Aug. 15 Aug. 18 - Sept. 7

NOON Fri. Mar. 25 April 9 April 23 May 7 Thurs. May 16

Herpes Research Study Partlcipants needed for treatment studles of shingles(herpes zoster) and flrst herpes simplex infections with new antivl- ral agents. Also ongomg

Psychiatry PMS Study University Hospltal. Shaughnessy site. Volunteers needed for a study of an In- vestigational medlcatlon to treat Pre Men- strual Syndrome. Call Doug Keller at 822- 731 8.

Sexual Harassment Office Two advisors are avallable to discuss questions and concerns on the subject. They are prepared to help any member of the UBC cornmLlnity who is being sexually

Call Margaretha, Hoek or Jon Shapiro at harassed to find a satisfactory resolution.

822-6353.

study for males 18-45 years with recurrent herpes simplex. Dr. Stephen Sacks, Sponsoring Physician. Call the Herpes clinic at 822-7565 or leave your namelnumber at 687-771 1 , pager 2887.

June 4 July 9 Aug. 6

Hypertension in Pregnancy Study

Pregnant women, con- cerned about their blood pressure, are Invited to partlcipate. The study compares relaxation tram- Ing wlth standard medical

treatment (own physlclan). Call Dr. Wolfgang Lmden at 822-41 56.

Ba The deadline for the Calendar is TUESDAY NOON, one week prior to publication of UBC Reports. For holiday periods, the deadline is backed up by the appropriate number of working days. For example, a 2-day holiday means a 2-day back-up in the schedule.

Volunteering b- To find an interesting and

Gastrointestinal Study Volunteers required for pre-clinical trials of a new gastrointestinal ultrasound con- trast agent. Volunteers (18-30 years) in good health with no history of ulcers or other gastrointestlnal ailments. Call Dr. Colin Tilcock, Radiology, University Hos- pital, UBC Site at 822-3717.

challenging volunteer job, get in touch with Volunteer Connections, Student Counselling and Re- sources Centre, Brock 200.

Call 822-381 1

New program encouralges women in science, engineering The National Research Council

will spend ahout SI millm a year for a new program aimed at encour- aging more Momen to pursue engi- neering anti science careers.

The program will provide a com- bination of xcholar\hips and train- ing for university students enrolled in undergraduate science and engi- neering programs at Canadian uni- versities, with a special emphasis on students in physics. mathematics and engineering.

Under the program. students w i l l continue their full-time university studies wi th NRC scholarships worth up to $15.000 a year. During the summers, students w i l l be employed u t NRC or wi l l work with a research council scientist on a career-related work assign- ment.

The NRC hopes the program wi l l attract 25 students per year for the next three years. Universitiea are

asked to nominate students for the program which begins in September.

management positions are more prone to challenge authority. On the whole. Dasho added t:nat there is more social consciousness, more activism and minorities are no longer wi l l ing to be stereotyped or treated unequally.

Rosenbaum belleve\ univer5ities may have n tough timc recruitmg profes- sors.

Univer\ities may face increased competition in recrulting scholars from the private sector. Also. American uni- versities may t r y t o lure Canadian aca- demics t o the United States. a task made easier by the free trade agree- ment which encourages the t low of teachers and professors across the bor- der.

Nearly three-quarters o f those sur- veyed - 72 per cent - felt that all 01 science, both basic and applied, shoulc be given a higher priority. Three per. cent said i t does not warrant more emphasis.

When asked to choose which 01 eight scientific and technological arear i s most deserving of support, the group ranked environmental research as thc top priority. Nearly 84 per cent wantec more attention paid to the environment

Other research priorities includec cancer (74 per cent). cystic librosi: and diabetes (73 per cent). AIDS (7 I per cent), industrial and manufactur- ing science (60 per cent). compute1 and software technology (SO per cent). biotechnology and genetic research (48 per cent) and space exploration tech- nology registered a 27 per cent ap- proval rating.

The survey is considered \tatisti-

cally accurate within 2.5 percentage points.

Universities not a spending priority

Shortage of academ- ics predicted A recent Environics poll showed

support for increased government spending on universities ranked 1 lth out o f SO possible areas among On- tario residents questioned. There was little support among Ontario taxpayers for increased tuition fees or for poli- cies that would reduce accessibility.

Donna Dasko, vice-president o f Environics. said several major trends w i l l shape in Canadian society and. in turn, w i l l affect universities in the 1990s. Dasko pointed out that the eight mill ion bahy boomer\ now moving into

Public approves of science spending

Canadian universities w i l l face a shortage o f qualified teaching person- nel by the year 2000. a University o f Winnipeg prokssor has predicted.

According to Harry Rosenbaum, studies show .3S per cent o f cument professors w i l l reach retirement age in nine years.

Even though an increasing number o f students are entering PhD programs.

A n Angus Reid survey published recently in the Globe and Mail shoued that C:mdiana would like t o spend :I

lot more o n wience and technology.

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An estimated 500 people witnessed emergency crews responding to tu simulated tra87c accident staged at the comer of East Mall and University Blvd. on March 20. A presentation of UBC Counterattack, the event was designed to promote awareness of the dangers of drinking and driving.

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Canadian Opinions Canadah Wars About

By M)N MUNTON Don Munton, a UBC political science professor, wrote the following article for the spring issue of Peace and Security magazine. Graphs are courtesy of Canadian Institute for Inter- national Peace and Security

Canada’s wars have never been wildly popular affairs. Duty has called, but more clearly in some cases, such as World War 11, than in others. In the Gulf War, the call was less clear than ever before.

The British Empire war in South Africa against the Boers, from 1899 to 1902, deeply and bitterly divided fran- cophones and anglophones. Historian C.P. Stacey describes English Canadi- ans as “for practical, political pur- poses ... a bloc in favor of the war.” But there were, he notes, significant

e pockets of resistance outside Que- bec at a time when imperial senti- ment was perhaps at its peak.

As the ‘1914 European crisis deepened, the cabinet of Conserva- tive Prime Minister Robert Borden assured London that “if unhappily war should ensue, the Canadian people will be united in a common - resolve.” When war came, the prime minister recorded in his diary that there was “great excitement in all Canadian cities. Crowds on streets cheered me.”There was surery some enthusiasm and excitement, but there was not unity of resolve.

Enlistment figures show the war . _ was much more popular in English

Ontario and in British Columbia than in relatively non-British Saskatche- wan or in francophone Quebec. Some people recall more a sense of duty than of enthusiasm. Many went to fight with the belief their country - and empire needed them. Others, from Quebec and many rural areas of Canada, stayed home. Conscrip- tion. protests and a crisis election followed.

There was perhaps less debate - about fighting Hitler. The most as-

tonishing fact about the public opirlion 86 per cent of Canadians rejected the studies, which had their birth during idea of negotiating a status quo peace World War 11, is that none apparelntly with Hitler. asked Canadians whether they sup- The closest historical parallel for ported the war. The Canadian Gallup Canada’s Gulf War involvement is organization, established in 1941, polled undoubtedly the Korean War: An act throughout the war but never once of aggression followed by an Ameri- rewrted on suumrt for it. can-led remonse

Health risks on the construction site subject of concerns

Increasing concern about health risks in the construction indus- try is the focus of a conference at UBC April I 1 and 12.

Until now. accident prevention has been the main concern of safety pro- grams on construction sites, but some of the major industrial diseases such :I\

asbestos-induced cancers are also common. say conference organizers. Three-quarters of all occupational can- cer claims accepted by the Workers’ Compensation Board are from con- struction workers.

“The recognition and control of disease-causing situations on construc- tion sites has always been more diffi- cult than in other industries,” said Kay Teschke, assistant professor in the Department of Health Care and Epide- miology and a conference organizer.

“Working conditions are always changing and coordination of work to minimize exposures to everyone on the site in an ongoing concern.’’

These issues are becoming a major concern in the workplace. Recent work stoppages at construction projects in some of the province’s pulp and paper mills were based on health and safety issues.

The purpose of the conference is to make industrial hygiene and safety professionals - and people in the construction industry - better

equippcd to recognire when di\ease- causing materials are in use and to ensure that thc proper methods are i n place to control exposures.

Some o f the topics that will be ad- dressed at the conference Include: - the potential dangers ofasbehto\

wbstitutes such a\ glass m d ceramic fibre\ - excessive dust exposures from

- noise exposure studies - ergonomics for floor-layers - asthma among painters and

Speakers will include occupational hygienists and researchers from UBC. the Workers’ Compensation Board and the construction industry.

“We all have a common intere5t in controlling the sources of industrial diseases and the construction industry is an area where major gains may be made in reducing health risks.” said Teschke.

The conference is sponsored by the university and the local section of the American Industrial Hygiene Associa- tion. For more information. call David Bell at UBC Occupational Health and Safety, 228-2643.

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machinists.

When Reid’s question was between Canadian forces actively fighting against Iraq, taking a solely defensive role, and being withdrawn, less than

I O Der cent opted r~ ~~ 1‘

Instead, the public was asked with political sup- for withdrawal. whether they thought Canada was port marshalled The war against lraq Second, polls “doing all it could to help win the war” through the profoundly divided c o n s i s t e n t I y (most did, throughout), whether they United Nations. Canadians showed only about personally “could be of more US<: to When Canadians one-third support (the) country” if they did some olher were polled just work (more thought they could than after the war broke out in June 1950, not), and if Germany’s civilian popu- only 13 per cent opposed U.S. action. lation should be bombed (most ap- On the other hand, 23 per cent op- proved). Perhaps the best measure of posed Canada sending equipment while support is found in a 1942 p o l l when an additional 16 per cent disapproved

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of sending troops - a total of al- most 40 per cent at a time when few did not believe in stopping commu- nism.

A year or so after the Korean War slalemated around the old boundary line, 40 per cent agreed it had become an “utterly useless war” and about 30 per cent thought Canada’s involvement had been a mistake. One in every two said it had not been a worthless exercise.

The war against Iraq profoundly divided Canadians. Opponents were numerous and vocal.

According to an Angus Reid pol l series, most Canadians supported sending forces to the Persian Gulf. However, the level of support var- ied from 69 per cent in September, down to 60 per cent in December. as the U.N.-imposed deadline ap- proached, to 75 per cent, after the start of coalition air attacks. Some observers credited this post-out- break rise to skilful war news man- agement by a special government task force; i t was more likely a re- tlection of a natural “rally-round- the-troops-and-tlag“ feeling.

Two points bear emphasis. First. support for Canadian involvement in the Gulf was. in fact. actually higher than these figures imply.

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for Canadian troops going into battle. As the government was cautiously, but steadily, scaling up Canada’s fighting role through De- cember and January, there was no evi- dent increase in public support for going into combat. In contrast, Amcri- can public support for carrying the fighting to Saddam Hussein rose drn- matically.

Wars do not gain in popularity with time. If the ground struggle in the des- ert had become a stalemate, the level of support for the fighting. by Ameri- can or Canadian forces, would have almost certainly declined. Fighting on without prospect would only confirm the strong belief of most Canadians (reflected in Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security poll>) that military force rarely produces po- litical solutions.

Duty still calls, but was [hi\ Canada’s war? Just as opponents of earlier conflicts saw them as British wars, opponents saw the Gulf not as Canada’s war. or a U.N. war. but a s

America’s war. And, as more Ameri- can generals appeared on TV and less was heard of the United Nations, the more the conflict became America’\ war in the minds of Canadians.

The Gulf conflict might have been the first test of Canadians’ new sense of duty. of a willingness to support true collective security and forge a new world order. Unfortunately. i t became yet another test o f Canadians‘ willingness to \upport old friend\. right o r wrong.

Spanish explorers saluted

It was two hundred years ago that Spanish explorer Alejandro Malas- i n a successfully piloted his ship and :rew from Spain to Mexico and up [he west coast to Alaska.

To mark the bicentennial of the Malaspina’s expeditlon, UBC‘s Dc- partment o f History and the Van- :ouver Maritime Museum will hold a symposium. Spain and the North Pacific Coast. from April I I to 13.

“These people had been separated for centuries and came from entirely diffcrent cultures.“ said Richard Unger. head of the History Depart- ment. “This symposium is a way to see how both sides dealt with this fir\[ meeting.”

The symposium. which w ~ l l fea- ture about a dozen researchers from three continents. takes place at the museum and the Theatre Gallery in the Museum of Anthropology.

Adding a visual d imensm to the lectures is the museum‘s exhibition. Enlightened Voyages: Malaspina and Galiano on the Northwest Coast. 179 I - I 792. The exhibition include> a selection o f original charts anc drawings made during tht expedition‘s visit to Alaska anc Nootka i n the summer of 1791. I1 also contain\ native art collected b) Malaspina’s men. Dionisio Alcal: Galiano and Cayetano Valdes.

The bicentennial will also bt marked h> the arrival in Vancouvel on April X of the Spanish Navy‘$ tallship. Juan Srhastian de Elcano The \hip b i l l be anchored in Van couver waters until .4priI 13.

People

Kazanjian named to Health Professions Council Dr. Arminee Kazanjian has k e n appointed

to the provincial Ministry of Health's newly estab- lished Health Professions Council.

The three-member council will revlew appli- cations from various health care practitioner froup\ for designation under the Health Proles\ions Act.

Designation under the Kamnjkn act will permit regulation o f individual\ who provide health care to the public. or who practice i n a health-related (K'CU-

pation. where there i s snme degree of risk to the health or safety ofthe public.

K u a n j i a n i \ the aswciate director o f UBC's Centre tnr Health Services and Policy Re- warch specialiling m health human rewurces. She i s a l w ;I profeswr in the Faculty of Medicine'\ departmen! o f Health Care and Epidemiolog!,.

Her appointment IO the council i \ tor a three- vc;tr wnn.

Sandra Davies, a UBC music education profes- sor, has been awarded this year's Special Distin- guished Service Award by the British Columbia Music Educators' Asso- ciation.

The award recognizes the contributions made by a music educator, admin- Davies istrator or individual to the advancement of music education in the province.

Davies has been teaching in the Faculty of Education since 1967 and helped establish the Education Through Music and Orff courses now offered by Music Education. An active member of the Carl Orff Society of Canada and the Cana- dian Music Educators' Association, Davies also originated a course on Canadian music in B.C. schools.

The B.C. Music Educators' Association is a I ,000-member organization which promotes ex- cellence in music instruction within the province.

Neurobiologist Terry Snutch has been se-

The fellowship program, established in 1955 by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, an American foundation, encourages research by outstanding young scholars by providling funds at a critical time in 'their academic careers.

Snutch, a professor who holds joint appoint- ments i n Psychiatry, Zoology and the Biotechnol- ogy Laboratory, has been with UBC since 1989.

His area of research involves studying the mo- lecular mechanisms by which nerve cells in the brain transmit, receive and store information. The work is important both in understanding how medications used in the treatment of brain disor- ders work, and for designing new drugs which may be more useful than those presently avail- able.

The ,Sloan Research Fellowship carries with it

lected as an Alfred P. S1oa.n Research Fellow.

a grant of $30,000.

Alarn Artibise, director of UBC's School of Community and Regional Planning, has been re- appointed chair of the National Capital

Commission's advi- sory committee on marketing and pro- gramming.

The eight-member committee oversees programming of events held in and around the Ottawa- Hull area such as na- tional museum and Ariibke Gatineau Park pro- grams, Canada Day and Ottawa's winter festival, Winterlude. Now in its second year, the advisory committee also handles adver- tising and speaking tours promoting the image of the national capital region nation- ally and internationally.

William Rees, also with the school, has been appointed to the commission's plan- ning committee, currently chaired by Walter Hardwick of UBC's Geography Department.

The commission is a crown corporation which governs public lands and buildings in Ottawa and West Quebec.

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Renowned researcher

Eminent Canadian cancer re- searcher, Dr. Robert Noble.. the first director of UBC's Cancer Research Centre, has died at the age ol' 80.

For more than 40 years, h" devoted his life to research on a variety of can- cer-related topics, including the effects of hormones on cancer growth and development, and the treatment of cancers with chemotherapeutic agents.

In the 1950s. Noble disco<ered that extracts of the leaves of the Jamaican periwinkle plant contained sub- stances-known as Vinca alkaloids- which he recognized could be used in the treatment of certain cancers.

Two of the alkaloids he isolated improved the CUrdbility of Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's cancers, and made possible cures of childhood leukemia. The drugs remain in common use throughout the world in the treatment of these and other malignant condi- tions.

His discovery of these alkaloids was the first major advance in cancer che-

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Noble was born in Toronto in 1910 where he received his early education. He began his medical studies in 1929 at the University of Aberdeen, Scot- land, which he completed at the Uni- versity of Toronto, where he obtained his MD in 1934.

I-le was awarded a PhD from the University of London in 1937 and a DSc degree by the same institution in 1946.

In 1960, Noble was appointed as the first director of UBC's Cancer Research Centre, where he continued his research on hormone-dependent canlzers, until his retirement 15 years later.

IJpon his retirment, Noble became an honorary member of the Division of Cancer Endocrinology at the B.C. Cancer Agency where he remained actively engaged in cancer research until a few months before his death on Dec. 1 I , 1990.

He was a fellow of the Royal Soci- ety of Canada, an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and a past presi- dent of the Canadian Physiological Society.

Noble was made an officer of the Order of Canada in 1988.

A new laboratory will be established in his name at the Cancer Endocrinol- ogy Division of the B.C. Cancer Agency.

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UBC authors and guests leaf through the publications on disphy at the UBC authors ’ reception. More than 160 UBC authors were honored at the March 18th event, which wus hosted by President David Strangway and University Librarian Ruth Patrick at the Graduate Student Centre. The reception was held to recognize those members of the UBC community who were the authors of books published between January 1990 and

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UBC professors win Killam Research Fellowslhips

Two UBC professors have been chology, were among 15 Canadian re- awarded Killam Research Fellowships searchers chosen from a list of 154 by the Canada Council. applicants for the 1991 Killam awards.

Steve Calvert, a specialist in ma- Calvert will spend the next yea- in rine geochemistry, and Kenneth Craig, France researching how the Ocean ab- a professor in the Department of Psy- sorbs carbon dioxide from the atmos-

phere and buries it on the sea floor. 1 Part of his work is being done in cmm- ~ junction with a 12-nation international

study examining the effects of global ~ warming.

Craig, director of the Psychology Department’s clinical program, wi l l continue his research on pain by #:x-

4 ’ amining how socialization factors in- fluence the manner in which people

1 display and communicate pain to oth- ~ ers. Craig also plans to begin writing a

book about the psychological and so- cial factors of pain which he has inves- tigated during the lasi 20 years. plinary studies within these fields.

The fellowships enable scientists Fifteen other Killam Research fel- and scholars to devote up to two years lows were granted second-year renew- to full-time research and writing in [he als of their fellowships. They will share

Calvert humanities, engineering, social sci- $1.9 milli’on in research grants with ences. natural sciences and interdisci- the new 1991 fellows.

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New liberal arts degree announced A liberal arts degree is no*

available to students who don‘t want to focus on a par-

ticular area of study. UBC’s new general B.A. program

offers students a course that crosses several disciplines .with a limited con- centration in one or more. The pro- gram has a wide selection of courses taken from humanities, creative and performing arts. social sciences and science.

“It’s an outlet for students with a broad range of interests,” said Shirley Sullivan, a professor in the Classics Department and chair of the new program. “Those students who want to learn about the arts and sciences without having to specialize can now do so.”

~ n g c (11’ Intcre\t\. rhc motto o f the general l3.A. I \ “F.n~~c~hment through t3readth o t Study.“ ‘l‘l\o\c wihhing t o

locu\ ~ h c n ~ s c l v c ~ i n ;I p;trticulitr area can opt for either the honor\ o r major B.A. programs.

Sullivan said the general B.A. will appeal to students interested in areas such as Canadian. ethnic. Native and urban \tudles where there are n o hon- ors o r majors degree programs. Sulli- van said the general program also pro- vides excellent preparation for Educa- tion. Law. Library Science and Social Work.

Introduced this year in Cariboo and Okanagan Colleges. Sullivan said the general B.A. may also attract mature students bach to cam- pus to either finish o r st;lrt their univer-

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UBC students face the uMmate challenge in the annual Storm the Wall competition. The competitors, organized in teams offive, swim, bike, run, and fiaally storm the wall. Lust month’s sunny skies fa- vored the more than 2,500 student and community participants.

Students on-the-job training By ABE HEFTER

The Faculty of Commerce and Business Ad- ministration has been working hard to bridge the gap between the academic and professional world. And judging from the response from the Vancou- ver business community, an internship program being offered by the Industrial Relations Man- agement Division has done just that.

“The link between the professional world and the academic world is at the heart of this in- ternship program,” said co-ordinator Tom Knight, who teaches industrial relations management in the faculty. “The key is to give students a chance to assess industrial relations and human resource management career objectives in a working envi- ronment.”

Knight said he recruits organizations in the Vancouver area - most of them members of the Industrial Relations Management Association (IRMA) - as sponsors. Students in the faculty’s industrial relations management option who ap- ply for internships are evaluated on the basis of course marks, faculty input and written submis- sions. The students are then matched up with the needs of a sponsoring organization.

Knight said interns are expected to fulfi l their professional working requirements while relating

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their practical experiences to work in the class- room. The program is ‘open to fourth-year stu- dents, nine of whom are (currently completing the internship’s first full tenn. Some of the partici- pating sponsors include MacMillan Bloedel Lim- ited, the Hong Kong Bank of Canada and the Business Council of British Columbia.

“The interns work a maximum of 12 hours a week over a fourth-momh session,’’ said Knight. “The students are given a real opportunity I:O test out classroom theories while formulating their own opinions about the clptions available to them upon graduation.”

Knight said IRMA’S :support has been crucial to the success of the prcsgram - support which has come from people like Dunc Wilkins, vice- president, human resourcc:s, of the Business Coun- cil of B.C.

“The internship program is a heck of a good idea,” said Wilkins. “I t gives students a chance to work in an industrial relations environment.

“The student we cu-rently have on board. Duane Van Beek. has done ;I very good job for us,“ added Wilkins. “Hi:; perlom1ance has given us an appreciation of the measure of the program in piace at UBC. It’s U-I indication of the high- calibre product coming o u t o f the university and

it’s great to see.” Van Beek, a 2 1 -year-old from Prince George,

said the experience has been a rewarding one. “The program gives you a good idea of

what’s out there and really helps as far as career planning is concerned,” said Van Beek. “I’ve been able to meet a lot of people in the industry and find out what they do. It’s been an excellent experience for me and has helped bridge the gap between the theoretical, academic side and the practical side.”

Despite the praise, Knight isn’t finished build- ing that bridge.

“We’d like to give employers more choice in the number of students made available to them, perhaps through a draft or a job fair,” said Knight. “In addition. more organizations would likely get on board if we could somehow underwrite a por- tion ofthe interns‘ salaries. Perhaps the establish- ment of an endowment is the answer.”

Knight said the internship program has forged aconnection between UBC and the outside world.

“The program is opening d o o r 5 for the interns. enriching the profe\\ional workplace thanks to the efforts of these students. and giving the uni-

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