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DETERMINED: Protesters say that rallies must be held until Prime Minister Jean Chretienwithdraws military support for US-led attacks on Afghanistan. NIC FENSOM PHOTO

Protests mount as US strikesby Ai Lin Choo the war, by showing them that there is

broad-based opposition, hopefully [thatwill] get more people to question Canada'sinvolvement"

While about ten speakers went up to themicrophone to voice opposition to US mil-Amy action, many others shared theiropinions by distributing flyers and carry-ing signboards. One young girl in thecrowd wore a sign over her dress that said:"I am a Muslim. I am human. I am not aterrorist"

Abeer Majeed, a fourth-year Sciencestudent, said that she feels alternatives towar are still not being discussed enoughand said that she hopes open discussionswill be better facilitated by raising publicawareness.

'I think [rallies have] made quite a bit ofa difference already in a sense that as aMuslim myself, it's given me a lot of sup-port that there are Canadians out therewho don't believe in racism and are stand-ing up to it; she said. "I mean there's awide spectrum of Canadians here: thereare families, seniors and parentswith children."

Majeed said that in her opinion, pro-Taliban demonstrations worldwide areonly occurring because 'Innocent peoplewill be killed in the attack and...people arerightly outraged.'

While some speakers called for strongeranti war sentiment from Canadian citizens,others accused US military strikes of carry-ing out a hidden agenda. -

Nasim Sedaghat, a former prisoner inIran, accused the US of disregarding inter-national law, saying that the aim of US mil-itary action was to 'terrorise people of theformer colonial countries" where 'eitheryou do as [Americans] say or you getbombed.'

She applauded Sunera Thobani, a UBCassistant professor whose controversialremarks on US foreign policy sparked anation-wide furor last week. She also saidthat she feels US interests in Afghanistanare far from humanitarian and are target-ed towards controlling the large amountsof oil and natural gas lying near theCaspian Sea..

See "Rally" on page 2.

"Silly" and 'unacceptable' were the twowords used most frequently last night at ademonstration at the Vancouver ArtGallery (VAG) to describe US attacks onAfghanistan.

About 400 people crowded around thefront steps of the VAG to listen and lendsupport to speakers who asked forincreased attention to human rights, jus-tice and peace in the South Asian state.

-We want to take the Canadian andAmerican flags and remove them becausethey are being used as blindfolds andbeing used as gags!" shouted GarthMullins, a member of the Mobilisationagainst War and Racism (MAWR), thegroup that organised the event 'And wewill not be blindfolded, and we will not besilenced with patriotism. We will build amovement that stops this war.'

Mullins criticised Prime Minister JeanClaretien's decision to back the US withmilitary support, and emphasised thatpeace rallies should not stop until Chretienrealises that continuing the war is"unacceptable.'

"They haven't been able to find Osamabin Laden for three years, and is carpet-bombing Afghanistan going to be able todo any different?" he asked the crowd. "No.Cruise missiles will not bring justice andan end to terrorism. Carpet-bombing willnot bring justice and an end to terrorism.'

"We see a war at home in Canada thatblames immigrants and refugees here, awar that stigmatises] people of colour, anda racist backlash with mosques burning,"he said.

Mwalu Jan Peeters-Kasengeneke, amember of the Alma Mater Society (AMS)resource group Colour Connected and aspeaker at the UBC peace rally held lastweek, said last night that it is essential toremind people of the devastating effectsof war.

'I think most of us have been to enoughrallies to know that just showing our dis-sent in this way is not much more than asymbolic gesture, he said. 'But I think byhopefully having events like, this and rais-ing consciousness, by having people thatmight not already necessarily be against

A policy that would allow the AlmaMater Society (AMS) to keep some ofits records secret from students isone controversial proposed changethat the student society may make toits bylaws this fall.

Currently, AMS Bylaw 18 per-mits any student who is an AMSmember to inspect the books andrecords of the society betweenloam and 3pm on a school day.

The AMS hopes to change Bylaw18 to allow the student society tokeep certain information confiden-tial, including documents contain-ing personal information, draft rec-ommendations or policies not yetimplemented, and informationwhich, if revealed, could compro-mise the security of the SUB or of acomputer system.

More controversially, the AMS

also wants to keep confidential anyinformation which, if revealed,could harm negotiations betweenthe AMS and third parties, or whichcould harm the competitive positionor financial interests of third par-ties. The change could also allow thestudent society to keep secret someinformation protected from disclo-sure by law or any contract involv-ing the AMS.

But some Council members,such as Arts representative RobNagai, say that the AMS shouldremain more open to. its members.Nagai said that students should beable to see what kind of job the AMSis doing on their behalf and whatthey are working on.

'Otherwise it would simply be,we could sign onto a contract and

See "Bylaws" on page 2.

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similar event to be staged in down-town Vancouver today.

The idea to hold the die-in cameon Sunday, after an emergencypeace rally in response to the airstrikes on Afghanistan, was held atthe Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG).Dechief said she and some friendswent for dinner afterwards anddecided they wanted to stage anaction.

A die-in seemed the right wayto raise awareness of the issues,according to Dechief. She hadheard of die-ins before andthought they were 'e/egant, power-ful way[s] to communicate withpeople without using words.'

"It's a really simple concept Agroup of people 'die all , at the sametime, in the same location, andpassers-by have no choice but towallearound or over the people. It'sa very up front kind of direct,symbolism,' she:said

peaceKim Hendess, a former UBC stu-

dent and an organiser for today'sclie-in downtown, said the die-hiconcept allows protestors to reacha wider variety of people than at anorganised rally.

"We were at the rally on Sundayand thought, there's got to besomething more we can do. We'repreaching to the converted, weneed to get this message across topeople who aren't coming out toevents like peace rallies," she said,adding that a 'die-in' is an effective,cheap and memorable way to putout a peaceful message.

"Even if people passing by don'tstop and talk to us, they will stillremember it," Hendess added.

Mia Amlr, a second year Artsstudent and financial coNrdinatorat the SJC, said the die-in will 'helpeducate people on what's happen-

See Tie-in' on page 2.

AMS bylaw couldkeep contracts secret

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Demonstrators say rallies must continue

"Rally" continued from page 1.

'Recently, a woman, a woman who we should all beproud o1 you all know who I am talking about—yes,Simera Thobani—said that from Chile to El Salvador toNicaragua to Iraq, the path of US foreign policy is soakedin blood. I'm asking you, with this kind of record, do youbelieve that the United States is pursuing justice inAfghanistan?" Sedaghat asked. The mention of Thobani'sname elicited a loud response of cheers from the crowd.

Gulalai Habib, a councillor with the AfghanistanWomen's Network who came to Canada after workingat a refugee camp in Pettis' tan two years ago, also dis-missed US statements that military attacks on theTaliban will help secure the rights of Afghan women.

"I think before the Taliban, with the Northern Alliancewho are now being assisted by USA, women had difficul-ties and were suffering a lot,' she said. "So I could not saywhich one is better than the other one. There were lots ofcases of rape or of women who were tortured [before].There were lots of cases-of all this.'

While most people passing the rally stopped to listento the speeches, others stopped to argue that war wasessential to secure justice and revenge for lives lost inthe September 11 terrorist attacks in New York andWashington, DC. People handing out flyers to pedestri-ans were also targets of verbal abuse as passers-bycalled them 'assholes' or "bastards.'

Organisers from the MAWR said that demonstra-tions- will not stop with last night's rally at the VAG.

AMS bylaws under question"Bylaws" continued from page 1.

say 'Okay, it's a good contract trust us,'and I don't believe in that" he said.

'It's about democracy. The bylawsthemselves are something meant toprotect democracy,' he said, 'and Ithink that's what's happening here.It's being used to protect third parties,which is not what we're about. We'rethere to protect students."

The AMS has not made any majorchanges to its bylaws since 1981.After spending several months incommittees, the proposed revisionsto the bylaws will come before theAMS Council tonight, where council-lors will debate the changes, and areexpected to vote on them. If thebylaws are approved by Council, a stu-dent referendum to pass the changescan take place as early as this fall.

The AMS's bylaws are the society'sentrenched laws, which are supposedto represent the interests of the stu-dents, the AMS's membership atlarge. Bylaws can only be changed atan AMS annual general meetingattended by 3800 students, or by a ref-erendum which meets quorum—tenper cent of undergraduate students.

"[The bylaws are] designed to bedifficult to change,' said AMS Senaterepresentative Chris Eaton, chair ofthe AMS Code and PoliciesCommittee. 'The bylaws are the willof the membership. They're howCouncil and how the AMS operates.'

AMS Vice-President, ExternalKristen Harvey, who sits on the stu-dent society's Code and PoliciesCommittee, said that the decision to

Dying for peace

update Bylaw 18 came after the AMSwas asked to disclose informationabout a confidential contract betweenthe AMS, UBC and Coca-Cola whichwas signed in 1995.

'We found that we were in a situa-tion where, either way, we werebreaking some kind of obligation—either the bylaws or the contract Inorder to address that situation wedecided to include these [changes];she said.

A Freedom of Information (F01)request to unseal the Coke deal wasfiled by Ubyssey reporter StanleyTromp in 1995, but was rejected byformer BC Information PrivacyCommissioner David Flaherty. Thecase was then taken to the SupremeCourt by Tromp, where Flaherty'sdecision was overturned because ofan improper hearing. In 1999, anoth-er FOI request was filed by then-Ubyssey Coordinating Editor BruceArthur, and Commissioner DavidLoukidelis took charge of re-evaluat-ing the case.

In May of this year, Loukidelisordered the release of the details ofthe contract, after ruling that the uni-versity and Coke did not supply proofthat they would be harmed by reveal-ing the contract's details.

But regardless of whether anyparty would be hurt by the contract'sunsealing, by not revealing the termsof the agreement, the AMS was notfollowing its own bylaws.

"Technically the AMS was in viola-tion of Bylaw 18 when they refused torelease information,' said Eaton.

Eaton said that while he doesn't

approve of the AMS making confiden-tial agreements, he thinks that manyof the proposed changes to thebylaw—changes which would ensurethat the AMS could keep computersecurity codes and personnel docu-ments confidential—are necessary.

"But whether or not the societyshould be able to engage in. confi-dentiality contracts is a philosophi-cal decision that is Council's duty todecide,' he said. "And once Councildecides, s up to the ,membership,because these bylaws cannot just bepassed by Council; they are for themembership to consider inreferendum.'

The confidential Coke contract wasnot the only instance of the AMSrefusing to reveal details of its busi-ness dealings. Last year, the studentsociety refused to disclose how muchit had paid to have performers Edwinand Chris Sheppard play at FirstWeek, UBC's week-long orientationevent.

'It's an entertainment industrystandard. Performers work in acompetitive business,' said then-AMS President Maryann Adamec atthe time.

Other major changes proposedto the AMS bylaws that Council willaddress at tonight's meetinginclude moving the turnover datefor the AMS executive fromFebruary to May 1; giving StudentCourt more power to fix ambiguousreferendum questions; andentrenching a code that gives theAMS executive more power to estab-lish rules and regulations. •

"Die-in" continued from page 1.

ing with the violent actions against Afghanistan andencourage people to start questioning whether this isappropriate or if it's just another terrorist tactic itself.'

The theme of death woven through the event Amiradded, is there 'to remember people who have alreadydied, and people whose lives will be taken in the violencegoing on in Afghanistan and surrounding areas rightnow.'

This cycle of violence, both Amir and Dechief said, issomething people need to question and they hope thedie-in will encourage that.

"I've heard a lot of people saying that we don't have achoice. And certainly this thinking has been expressedby Bush and Blair, you know, the idea that you're eitheragainst terrorism or you're with it That's just saying thatyou either agree with violence, or you agree with vio-

lence—there is no choice, in reality—there isn't a recog-nition of other, non-violent options here,' Dechief said.

Dechief also stressed that actions like the die-in areneeded to express the importance of civil freedoms. Ifthere was ever a time for Canadians to embrace theirdemocracy, she said, the time is now.

"When the attacks on September 11th happened, a lotof the media coverage and government officials talkedabout how it was an attack on democracy. We do appar-ently live in a democracy and that means that what wewant should be represented here,' she said.

"I just want to encourage people, if they disagree withwhat their government is doing in Afghanistan on theirbehalf, then they need to speak out against it'

Today's die-in will be held in the downtown core.People wishing to participate will be meeting at the VAGat noon. Tomorrow's die-in will be taking place in theSUB main concourse from 12:30 pm until 1pm. •

UNJUST: US strikes will only serve to kill innocentpeople, say demonstrators. N1C FENSOM PHOTO

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Human rights still a hot topicby Joslyn Oosenbrua

While China's capital city beginspreparations for the country's firstOlympic games, debate continuesto rage around the decision itself,and the impact it could have onhuman rights.

"More than 90 per tent of theChinese people support Beijing'sbid, because they believe it will helpimprove their quality of life,' saidLiu Qi, Beijing's mayor, in responseto the July 14, 2001 decision by theInternational Olympic Committee(IOC) to award the 2008 Olympicgames to Beijing.

'It will help promote our eco-nomic and social policies and willfurther help develop our humanrights cause.'

Many feel, however, that humanrights improvements are not onChina's agenda and that hostingthe Olympics is more a way of gain-ing acceptance within the interna-tional community for a historytainted by repression and humanrights violations.

'China wanted these Olympics sobadly because they see this as aninternational stamp of approval oftheir continued occupation ofTibet,' said Kate Woznow, presidentof the UBC chapter of Students for aFree Tibet (SET), who was arrestedin Beijing last February for protest-ing China's occupation of Tibet.

Woznow is concerned that thevictory will encourage a continuedrepression of Tibetans. China has

occupied Tibet since 1950, whenChinese troops invaded the coun-try, eventually overthrowing theTibetan government in 1959.Millions of Tibetans have beenkilled under the current regime.

Woznow feels that by awardingthe Olympics to China, theInternational Olympic Committee(IOC) is sending the message thathuman rights issues can be ignored.

"The IOC has been saying allalong that this isn't a human rightsissue, but it is,' she said.

In a report released by the IOC'sevaluation committee in May, thedecision to hold the games in Beijingwas supported by the belief that the'Beijing games would leave a uniquelegacy to China and to sport'

'We are totally aware at the IOCthere is one issue at the table, andthat is human rights,' wrote IOCdirector general Francois Carrard.'Human rights is a very seriousissue in the entire world. It is not upto the IOC to interfere in this issue.But we are taking the bet that sevenyears from now, we sincerely anddearly hope we will see manychanges [in China].'

But Alex Neve, Canadian secre-tary-general for AmnestyInternational, said that the IOCshould have taken China's humanrights record into proper considera-tion.

'In making a decision, it was ourstrong recommendation to themthat they make the question ofhuman rights a matter of para-

mount concern.''Human rights should be a cen-

tral criterion] in anything" saidNeve. 'The Olympics are a questionof the international communityengaging with another country, andin any engagement of that sort,human rights shouldn't only begiven token consideration.'

Michael Duke, a UBC professorof Asian studies, said that the IOCmade the right decision based onthe criteria, but argued that hostingthe Olympics will not changeChina's approach to human rights.

"I really don't think that theChinese position on human rightswill change one way or the othersimply because of the Olympics,'he said. "I don't think that they'regoing to stop cracking down on theFalun Gong people, for example,because of the Olympics. They willtry to make it seem like they aredoing things better and better, andto some extent they will," saidDuke, 'but then they will also lockup a lot of people before theOlympics so that those peoplewon't be around to make any trou-ble on the world stage.'

Both Neve and Woznow alsofear that the international attentionthat China expects to receive dur-ing the Olympics will result in theharsh treatment of protesters whoplan to demonstrate or publiclyvoice their opposition to the coun-try's human rights practices.

'China could decide to mountsome sort of brutal crackdown, as it

has in the past with respect to FalunGong practitioners, or pro-democra-cy activists in an effort to keep themoff the streets and curtail their rightto protest' said Neve.

But Woznow also feels that suchaction could be an opportunity tobring such issues to the forefront ofpublic consciousness.

'"Within the Tibetan mOvement,the 2008 Olympics are seen as a keyturning point,' she said. 'With all theattention that's on China right nowbecause of the Olympics, there are alot of things we can do [as activists]."

'China is going to make some

mistakes along the way, and wehave to be ready to exploit any [bad]decisions,' she said.

Neve says that it is also up tothe IOC to pressure China tochange their approach to humanrights.

"It would be our hope that theIOC would seek to use this experi-ence as an opportunity to promotehuman rights reform in China,' hesaid. 'The IOC needs to be doingeverything possible to ensure thatthe Olympics don't lead to humanrights violations, [but rather] tohuman rights improvements.' •

Software controversiaby Justin Cheung

A software program that allows professors tocheck the originality of their students' papers isgenerating concern among students over its intro-duction at UBC.

Turnitin.com, a program developed in the USto combat plagiarism in universities and colleges,allows professors and markers to upload essaysonline, where they will be compared with writtenmaterial available on the Internet and then givena number ranging from one to ten based on theiroriginality.

This year, the MBA program in UBC's Facultyof Commerce is considering using the software,prompting concerns about how students may beaffected by it

Erfan Kazemi, president of the Alma MaterSociety (AMS), questioned the need for the soft-ware and said that he feels UBC needs to ensurethat students are aware of its policies regardingplagiarism.

Kazemi said that many students have not beenfully trained to understand plagiarism, and that theuniversity needs to do a better job of educating stu-dents on the proper use of citations and its overallpolicies on plagiarism.

don't think a lot of people realise what pla-giarism is. I think that UBC should concentrate itseffort on that front,' he said.

At a recent AMS council meeting, Kazemi sug-gested UBC offer a course for first-years to givethem an idea of the full scope of what plagiarismis.

Paul Chwelos, an associate professor whoteaches in UBC's MBA program, is consideringusing Turnitin.com in his class. He used the pro-gram as an assistant professor at the University ofCalifornia, and sees it as a 'preventive measure topreserve the academic integrity of the education-al process.'

think [Turnitin.com] is a useful tool when itis used in a preventive way, simply to ensure thatall students are judged by the same standards,' hesaid.

Kazemi worried that professors might rely onTurnitin.com as the final word on whether or notstudents have plagiarised.

'Is this software, which hasn't been imple-mented yet, is its word final and at a scale

between one to five. What's a three? Is three a rea-son for alarm? Is that common? There's all thesequestions,' he said.

But Chwelos said that 'the number is just aguideline' and that the final decision on whethera student has plagiarised is based on the , discre-tion and judgement of the professor.

Melissa Lipscomb, vice-president of businessaffairs at iParadigms, the company which devel-oped Turnitin.com, agreed.

In an e-mail, she wrote that the final analysisshould remain in the hands of the person gradinga paper.

Lipscomb wrote that by ensuring that studentswho go through a course have little chance ofcheating the software can actually increase thevalue of a student's degree.

"Turnitin.com provides a tool for instructors touse in order to increase the value of a student's edu-cation,' she wrote. "The majority of students do notcheat and their efforts are undermined by those whodo. This is the strongest validation that your instruc-tor cares about academic integrity and should not beinterpreted as anything other than that concern.'

Chwelos said that the major objective of thesoftware is deterrence and prevention, and thatwhen he used the software in the past, heinformed students at the beginning of the class toprevent them from plagiarising in the first place.

But student Paul Dagenais said that some stu-dents in his class—where the software may beused—felt that the program's use targeted stu-dents who may never have considered cheating.

'The general feeling in our class was it impliedthat we were guilty of it before it actually [was]done, before we actually plagiarised something,'he said. 'So the overall sentiment was somewhatnegative towards the idea of instituting the pla-giarism software.'

UBC student Kazin Jenson said she believedthat Turnitin.com will discourage students fromtaking the easy way out

think it's a good idea because it restores theintegrity of students to do the assignments and itforces us to come up with a higher level of assign-ment and essay,' she said.

Executive Coordinator for the Vice-President ofStudents Byron Hender said that UBC will allowprofessors to use the Turnitin.com software as apart of a variety of means to combat plagiarism. •

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While UBC distance education courses will be offeredby the recently created Canadian Virtual University(CVU), UBC will not become a member of the pro-gram because of concerns over the accreditation ofcourses from other participating universities.

According to Mark Bullen, acting director ofUBC's distance education and technology depart-ment, there was no advantage for UBC in becominga member of CVU.

'Members of CVU areagreeing to accept each other'scredits,' Bullen explained,"UBC might have a hard timeaccepting credits from some ofthese institutions.'

The CVU unites onlinecourses available from 13chartered Canadian univer-sities onto one web site. Thecombined offerings add upto about 2000 courses and200 diplomas, degrees orcertificates. This catalogueoffers Canadians and oth-ers many online learningoptions on a central web-site, and minimises non-tuition costs to students.

Universities currentlyparticipating in the CVUprogram include theUniversity of Victoria, Athabasca University, BCOpen University, University of Manitoba, Mount StVincent University, and Royal Roads University.

As a participant in BC Open University, a dis-tance-education school that provides online accessto courses in association with various postsecond-ary institutions, UBC has courses available to CVUprograms, said Bullen. But to protect UBC's reputa-tion, he said, UBC will not accept courses from otheruniversity programs as equivalent.

Bullen also said that with 'so many consortiums,it is getting difficult to decide which ones to join.'

CVU does not grant degrees and diplomas direct-ly and students must still be accepted by, and regis-tered in, one of the participating universities inorder to register for CVU courses. Upon successfulcompletion of a course, students are granted credit

OTTAWA (CUP)—Canada's 'braingain could save students and newCanadians across Ontario a majorheadache when trying to transferschools or get a job, an Ottawa-based think tank says in a newreport.

The Conference- Board ofCanada says if Canadian govern-ments, schools and employers,recognised more degrees,- diplomas, certificates and coursesCanadians held, it would add anadditional $4.1- to $5.9 billion tothe country's economy.

The report, released last week,says the recognition gap is slow-ing the increase of skilled work-ers and is hurting the country at atime when the governmentshould be trying to boost theeconomy.

'Recognising this educationalgulf is a very economical way ofadding to our skilled labour sup-ply,' said Micheal Bloom, associ-ate director of policy, businessand society for the ConferenceBoard. Bloom also said that morethan half a million Canadianscould improve their income by$12,000 a year if the proper sys-tem were in place to recognisetheir training.

by the university in which they are registered.Jean Watters, president of Laurentian University

and member of the CVU board, argued that regulat-ing courses was a big part of the program's role. Shesaid that regulation comes from the quality of itsmember universities.

`Distance education operates internationally in aderegulated marketplace where unknown entitiescompete with established universities. CVU was cre-ated to offer Canadians a quality-guaranteed educa-tion that results in a recognised credential from a

recognised university,' shesaid.

Bullen said that in general,he is not concerned with thequality of virtual education andadded that he is enthusiasticwith the results of distanceeducation so far. -

"There's lots of good andbad online, just as there islots of good and bad educa-tion in the classrooms...butwe have a lot of satisfied stu-dents in distance education,'he said. "[Cooperative virtuallearning] can work very well.Aside from expanded access,the insitutions' course devel-opment experts and programdesigners can work togetherto develop ,something that canthen be individualised... and

students from the participating institutes can cometogether and interact online.'

UBC has been working jointly with InstituteTecnologico y de Estudios Superfores de Monterreyin Mexico at developing an online affiliation, andhas plans to cooperate with McMaster University inrehabilitation science.

While distance education usually targets adults,whose difficult schedules or locations keep themfrom campuses, CVU president Dominique Abriouxsaid that university students are also beginning togain interest in distance learning.'

'The typical 20-year-old university student is alsostarting to look at online courses,' he said. "Thenumber of people attracted by the flexibility ofonline learning and university programs and cours-es that meet their career needs continues to soar.' •*

across the board have been toorigid when it comes to recognis-ing different forms of training.However, that may be changing.

_1 think there has been a realdesire for good will from employ-ers and schools recently and Ithink that feeling is increasing.The rigidity is breaking down andthey're finally looking at the skillson the table,' he said.

Joel Duff, Ontario chairpersonfor the Canadian Federation ofStudents also says this couldaffect the status of colleges in theCanadian education system.

`Colleges can no longer beseen as the poor second cousin touniversities,' said Duff. 'Collegeis now a stepping stone after uni-versity, not the • other wayaround.'

Bloom stressed that moreneeds to be done by all partiesinvolved to help bridge the recog-nition gap.

'Government needs to createstandards that can support moreholistic learning methods,' hesaid. 'Employers and post-sec-ondary institutions might evenconsider developing joint cre-dentials between themselves tohelp workers, and the publicneeds to be more aware of thelearning they have that shouldbe recognised.' •

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"Distance educa-tion operatesinternationallyin a deregulatedmarketplace.where unknownentities competewith establisheduniversities."

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otential brain gainRelaxing skill-assessment criteria could boost economy

The report points to currentshortfalls in Canada that preventstudents, new immigrants andCanadian professionals from tak-ing full advantage of all of theirtraining. Often when studentstransfer schools, their credits arenot fully recognised by the newinstitution. As well, new immi-grants with degrees from foreignuniversities are often not recog-nised by Canadian schools oremployers.- Bloom says filling the recogni-

tion gap could present an addedbenefit to universities and colleges.

'You'll find that schools thatstart to recognise more students'backgrounds will stimulate themto take more courses. They'llwant to learn more,' he said.

'There are two complex sidesto the issue,' said Henry Jacek,president of the OntarioConfederation of UniversityFaculty Associations.

'You have to assess_tke level ofquality of the institute the degreeholder is coming from and youneed to see if the student's skillsshould be upgraded. On the otherhand, some people will just saythat these degrees are just tooweak and that they aren't worthrecognising [and] that's notright.'

Jacek said in the past, people

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Bloc MP speaks of separationby Hywel Tuscan

Bloc Quebecois MP Richard Marceau's speechbegan simply, with the emphatic statement,am a separatist.'

Marceau, an MP from the Charlesbourg-Jacques Cartier riding in Quebec, was featuredin an Alma Mater Society (AMS) forum lastWednesday, October 3.

The forum's topic was 'The West wants in,Quebec wants out Sovereignty and Westernalienation, similarities and differences.'

Marceau said that feelings of alienation inthe western provinces—feelings of beingignored by the federal government—providereasons for the West to support the separationof Quebec.

'The West feels alienated or feels they are

not being treated fairly because their politicalweight does not equal their economic weightinside of Canada,' he said. 'As long as Quebecremains a part of Canada, it will take focusaway from the West'

Marceau said that it was a 'huge disap-pointment" for his party when the Western-based Canadian Alliance (CA) party could notreach voters east of Manitoba, and that the

likely to wave the 'fleur-de-lys than they are theflag of Canada,' he said.

Marceau said he thinks Quebec's only asso-ciation with Canada if it were to separatewould be 'some international representation,maybe currency, but absolutely nothing social-ly, nothing fiscally.'

But not everyone in attendance agreed withMarceau's statements.

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ing... Quebeckers Different groups, disctinct from one another,

are more likely to live all over Canada,'said Alex Inglis a

wave the Ifleur-de- fourth-year Arts 'stu-dent 'Instead of run-lye than they are ring for the 'hilts why

the flag of Canada" don't we just come

—Richard MarceauMP, Bloc Quebecois

discontent as apart of Canada,particularly the province's relations with thefederal government

According to Marceau, 50 per cent ofQuebec's provincial budget will be spent onhealth care by the year 2003 because of lack offederal funding.

'Where the government once gave 50 centsfor every dollar spent on healthcare, it nowgives 13 cents,' said Marceau.

Marceau also emphasised Quebec as aunique and distinct society apart from Canada.

He also drew comparisons between theCanada-US relationship and that of Canadaand. Quebec, ultimately concluding thatCanada is as different from the US as Quebec

ALL SMILES: Richard Marceau, a Bloc Quebecois MP andseparatist believes is from Canada.

Quebec's separation would put focus on the West. SURITA RAINS PHOTO 'When protesting...Quebeckers are more

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Current ideas include: creating a position on student council, adding anResource Groups Fresh from NYC, Billy Hopeless & the gang will International Students Commissioner, or setting up an advisory body that will

be at the PIT on THURSDAY OCTOBER 11. represent your special concerns.Announcing Spriig- term Bookings

Line-up for your meetings and socials Cover is only $8 for students. Show starts at 9 The AMS encourages all International students to get involved. We are keenp.m. Come prepared to win free prizes and see to hear from you in order to find solutions that best address your concerns.

Line-up on October 11th at 7:00 a.m. to one of the coolest tickets in town. • Please submit your suggestions to Evan Horie, Vice President Academic andbook your space in the SUB for next term. University Affairs, at vpacademic@ams.ubc.ca or call 604-822-3092.Make sure your bookings representativeis there, or risk losing your place in line.For further information, please contact:

Mark Fraser, Vice-PresidentAdministration, at 604-822-3961 or

The Fall Fashion Fat - a shaming egralliganzHosted by your Alma Mater SocietyOctober 9th to 12th - 9:00 am. to 5:00 p.m.Student Union Building - Main Concourse

We want your inputThe AMS, your Student Society, wants to know what we can do for you.We are in the process of creating a multi-year plan to optimize the programs, services,events, businesses and advocacy that we offer you. Our first step will be to create a closer

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The AMS has created a Health and UBC students join together to promote an We need students for the following committees:Dental Assistance Fund to reimburse inclusive campus community • Long Range Focus Group on Academics, Learning & Supportpart of the Health and Dental Plan October 11th, from 10:00 a. m. to 2:00 p.m. • Long Range Focus Group on Financial Viability and Stabilityfee. • Long Range Focus Group on Community & Relevance to the

Please join us in the Sub South Plaza to hear live membersThe fund is available on a need-basis music, take part in a healing circle, and add your • Alpha Appointments Committee-Responsible for making recommendations

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back and work throughthis and work harderfor Canada,' he said.

Despite all the talkof Quebec's separation,students expressed astrong belief in the

need for Canada to be united.'I am a patriot I believe in Canadian unity.

I think they have shied away from what a soci-ety is and more towards a political point thatQuebec's voice is not being heard in Canada,'said 'Inglis.

'I think a lot of people just don't realise orunderstand why Quebec feels the way it does,'said Christine Lenis, a third-year Arts studentfrom Montreal. 'But I think it's not an issue athand right now. I think Quebec should con-centrate on other things onits agenda.'

Marceau's speech was given earlier thatsame day to the Fraser Institute. Those attend-ing the AMS-sponsored event were given abriefer version in forum format 4±

Bloc and the CAhad hoped towork together todecentralisepower in Ottawa.

But while theforum was beingadvertised as acomparison ofQuebecois andWestern senti-ment, Marceauspent most of histime speakingabout. Quebec's

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Two years is a long time to wait for a con-cert, but for some members of the UBCSymphony Orchestra, that's life. In1999, students and classical musiclovers found out that UBC's orchestraand the Vancouver Symphony wouldperform Bruckner's Fifth Symphonyunder the batonof Georg Tintner, aworld-renowned conductor and well-known authority on Bruckner works,later that year. -

Then the unimaginable happened-Tintner committed suicide, leapingfrom the balcony of his Halifax apart-ment No one completely understandswhat pushed the 82-year-old Tintner totake his own life, but some explanationcame from news that he had been suf-fering from cancer arid was faced withthe , prospect of painful, debilitatingtreatment.

UBC scrambled to find a replacementfor Tintner, but on such short notice noone could be found. The concert wasshelved. Fortunately, this delay has onlybeen temporary. Next Friday, almost twoyears after Tintner's tragic death, theVancouver Symphnoy Orchestra and theUBC Symphony Orchestra—some 160musicians—will take_ the stage, at theChan Centre.

It's anexciting opportunity for every-one involved. For the students, thechance to hear professional musiciansup dose, much less join them on stage, isa rare treat In fad, for Micajah Sturgess,a first-year French horn player, the expe-rience has already been worthwhile.

'I feel like I'm learning lots, bothfrom the other UBC orchestra members

and the VSO members," he said.For Evet Kim, a second-year violinist,

the benefits are slightly less tangible. 'I[have] learned the attitude of profession-alism. [After the rehearsal] I want to gofor it go for a professional orchestra,'she said.

After Tintner's death, a replacementseemed impossible. But in 1999, JesseRead, dean of the School of Music,approached Bramwell Tovey, musicdirector at the Winnipeg SymphonyOrchestra, to conduct the concert Attime, Tovey was unavailable. Butyear he mov- • • Vancouver to talc

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Looking at Georg Tintner's biogra-phy, it's easy to see what Tovey meant by'heritage.' Born in Vienna in 1917,Tintner grew up in Vienna where themusic of Brahms, Wagner and GustavMahler was fresh in many people'sminds.

A gifted musician from an early age,the Jewish conductor then left Nazi-annexed Austria in 1938, eventually set-tling in New Zealand. His career saw himconduct dozens of orchestras and operacompanies from Australia to Canada,where he spent the last years of his

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Tintner's work with Bruckner's com-positions goes back to his youth, whenthe conductor was a student of FranzSchalk, a former student of Brucknerhimself. This life-long involvement withBruckner culminated in Tintner's criti-cally acclaimed recordings of allBruckner symphonies for the Naxoslabel.

Today the works of Bruckner don'thave the same popularity as Bach,Beethoven or even Wagner. But inBruckner we can see shades of all threeof these composers. Like J.S. Bach,Bruckner also started as a church organ-ist. Bruckner's music, although notovertly religious, does have spiritualovertones. And like every Austro-German composer born in the 19th cen-tury, Bruckner also feels Beethoven'sinfluence in his symphonies.

Bruckner's Fifth Symphony, the workthat headlines the concert, typicalBruckner: lush orchestration and breath-taking slow movements.

'The stage is just swamped with peo-ple and the noise is awesome and thecommitment of play is quite something,the bigness of the sound, the richness.It's very special when you get an orches-tra pulling in one direction like that, onebig orchestra. It's just a thrill. The wholesound just embraces you,' Tovey said.

For Akira Nagai, the VSO's concert-master, the best part of Bruckner sym-phonies is not the elaborate endings, orenormous orchestrations.

"[The : strings] have wonderfulmelodies , in the--sloir Movement. [In]Bruckner symphonies the best parts arein the slow movements, there's alwaysglorious moments,' he said.

But the work is definitely not an easy

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one to sit through. As well as being musi-cally rich and complex, the piece alsoclocks in at around 80 minutes, almostdouble the length of the average sym-phony. Tovey admits that this Vvas oftena problem for those who have never lis-tened to Bruckner.

To ease the transition, Friday's con-cert will start with Ralph Vaughan-Williams's Fantasia on a Theme ofThomas Tails. Inspired by an old Englishchurch melody, Vaughan-Williams'ssmaller, and more intimate, piece is cer-tainly dwarfed by a Bruckner symphony.

According to Tania Miller—the VSO'sassistant conductor, the piece is a goodselection for the concert

'The Bruckner has a very large depthof spirit and much complexity to themusic. The Vaughan-Williams is a sim-ple folk-song that unravels in a verymelodious and softly harmonic way.They complement each other so well. Westart the concert with the beautifulsounds of the Vaughan-Williamsmelodies and we build into the musicthat we're going to be hearing with theBruckner,' she said.

Tovey feels that the piece's lengthultimately will not be a problem.

It's exactly the same as climbing amountain, you look at the mountain andyou say 'I can't be bothered to do that,'but when you get to the top the view isspectacular. That's exactly Bruckner'smusic. That's exactly the sensation youget, he said.

The UBC Symphony Orchestra andthe Vancouver Symphony conducted by,Bramwell Tovey plays Bruckner's FifthSymphony and Ralph Vaughan-Williams's Fantasia on a Theme ofThomas Tanis at the Chan CentreFriday, October 12, 8pm. Tickets are $15for students. •

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Findley liberally sprinkles passages from Shakespeare's plays andsonnets into the piece. These sonnets take on a life of their own in theplay. They are used by the queen as evidence to link Shakespeare to hislover, a duke about to be executed. Ned uses a scene from 'Antony andCleopatra' to show the queen the meaning of a woman's love.

-Elizabeth Rex' is a textually dense play and has great demands onits actors. Rose and Marr, the central figures of the play, both givesteely-eyed, epic performances. Their characters experience emotionsranging from hard-edged stoicism and determinism to grief anddespair. Through it all, both of these veteran actors never veer intomelodrama. Memorable is one way to describe it, near-perfect isanother.

Nonetheless, I questioned some of diredorJanet Wright's decisions.The lighting and use of music to accentuate a number of the dramaticscenes seemed forced. The fake and contrived backgroud music whichpiped through the Stanley's tinny-sounding speakers cheapened someof the play's most gripping moments.

Greg Roger's portrayal of Cecil, the queen's private secretary, alsofell short. Perhaps it was his ridiculous costume, or the rather forcedaccent, but I never felt any of the conniving malice or lust for powerthat I should've felt from this Machiavellian character.

But in the end, the shortcomings can't even come close to dimmingthe brilliance of Marr and Rose's performance or of Findley's scriptShakespeare and Elizabeth may have died centuries ago, but with writ-ers like Findley and the actors of 'Elizabeth Rex,' these historical g-ures can still leave an indelible mark on modern audiences.

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The essays read asthough you're sitting acrossfrom each of these Canadianpersonalities: David AdamsRichards, Stephen Reid, PeterGrowski, John Newlove,Evelyn Lau, Sheri-D Wilson,Lois Simmie, MamieWoodrow and editors LornaCrozier and Patrick Lane.

Each of them deserves men-tion here, because they all relatewith equal nerve their trialsagainst temptation, the past andthemselves. Each of them writeswith disarming forwardness,without the formality and artistic

by Phoebe Wangdistance of their prose and poetry. Yet you never forgetthat they're writers, practiced in grabbing attention. Asaddicts, they are even more familiar with attention andexploiting the very romantic appeal now dispelled inthese essays.

was no longer facing the end of the world,' writesEvelyn Lau with her trademark authenticity. 'I becamelike everyone around me.' Mamie Woodrow admits oncethinking that her pain was 'unique' and that she was an'artist with a 'special' set of problems.' For David AdamsRichards, the desire to be free of addiction stemmedfrom the desire to feel human.

In their attempts to flourish in everyday life, thesewriters both fail and triumph. They have managed to pni-dently measure drama and frenzy, focusing it towardswriting. They've accepted responsibility, as we all mustdo. Being different, says John Newlove, feels like being'wrong, hardly human, a performer with no audience, afake.' The publication of this anthology ensures they'llnever be quite like everybody else. In print, their storieshave the substance of myth. They make you wish you'dbeen there at those parties, even though you know theyended at the rim of a toilet bowl.

This book is a fascinating read. Their essays make youaware of the danger in fascination, the danger of a socie-ty that separates audiences from performers. They haveperformed both as addicts and as writers, and readingthis book, it's difficult to tell which holds more interestIn her foreward, Crozier admits that the project ofAddicted arose from wondering what Canadian writerssuch as Gwendolyn MacEwan, Al Purdy and AldenNowlen might have written about their drownings. Itreminds us again that something enlightening can arisefrom the belly of the beast •

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Shakespeare has done more to immortalise Britain's royal families thanany other person in history. No matter what the historical truth actuallyis, Henry V will be seen as a heroic, charismatic and brilliant warrior-king Richard DI is cursed to be a traitor and brutal murderer.

Elizabeth I was never the subject of a Shakespeare play. It was prob-ably a pragmatic gesture on his part, as writing a negative portrayal ofthe queen probably would've had Shakespeare rotting in the Tower ofLondon pretty quickly. But what if Shakespeare really had intended towrite about the great queen but never got to do so? The result mighthave looked a little like 'Elizabeth Rex.'

Written by well-respected Canadian author Timothy Findley (TheWars, The Piano Man's Daughter), -Elizabeth Rex' revolves around animaginary encounter between Shakespeare and his company of actorsand the queen. On the eve of a politically motivated execution, theactors and Shakespeare are trapped in a barn where they are surprisedby the visit from the queen. All of them are suitably awed but one, Nad(David Marr), a gay actor dying of herpes.

Soon Elizabeth (Gabrielle Rose) and Ned get in an argument Heaccuses the queen of killing her femininity in order to rule England.Ned, famous for playing women's parts, is seen by the queen as havingforgotten what it's like to be a man. This conflict is the core of the playand Findley writes these characters brilliantly

To say that Findley writes good dialogue would be an understate-ment—the crucial verbal battles between Elizabeth and Ned explode

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Dr Ganesan's pioneering and extensive work in implementing andadvocating for cross-cultural approaches in the design and deliveryof mental health services in British Columbia is widely recognised. Thefield of cross-cultural psychiatry has been enormously enriched by hisresearch and practice as has the development of culturally sensitivecommunity mental health and human services. His vision, ideas andcommitments hold significant implications for understanding andadvancing the need for inter-professional education and practice inthe health and human services.

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FootballOn Friday at 7pm the 3-2Saskatchewan Huskies come toThunderbird Stadium to playthe 1-4 T-Birds. The two squaredoff in September and theHuskies came out on top with amassive 50-13 victory. In thatgame, the Birds had an inexpe-rienced Rob Kenney as theirstarting quarterback, butKenney has notice ablyimproved as the season has pro-gressed. The team also has ZackSilverman as its new startingquarterback.

The game will be crucial indeciding the Birds' dwindlingpost-season hopes, since UBC iscurrently caught in a losingfight with Calgary and Albertafor the last playoff berth inCanada West.

SoccerThe men's soccer team will playTrinity Western University tonight

at 7:30pm at ThunderbirdStadium. Although Trinity hasplayed one more game than theBirds, the Spartans are still twopoints behind UBC in the CanadaWest conference, with a whoppingfive losses and only four points.This game should be a good warm-up for the Birds' Saturday game atUVic, which will be a challenge forthe Birds as UVic is currently is infirst place with 14 points.

The women's team has a goodchance to move up in the CanadaWest conference standings tomor-row at 6pm in T-Bird Stadiumwhen The Birds play Regina, whohas a streak of terrible play thisyear, losing all seven regular sea-

son games. The Birds will have amuch more challenging fight onFriday at UVic, as the Vikes areonly one point behind the Birds inCanada West

Women's RugbyThe women's rugby team will playan away game at UVic thisSaturday. The Birds have had a lop-sided 0-2 record so far this season,though their second game wasmired in controversy.

Cross-CountryThe cross-country team competedin the Willamette InvitationalCross-Country Race on October 6.The men's team finished sixth outof 40 teams in the 8000m racewith four top 50 finishes. DavidMilne placed fourth, Byron Wood22nd and Jon Luckhurst 40th.Heather MacDonald led thewomen's team with a first-placefinish in the 5000m. The womenfinished 16th out of 40 teams, withSarah Swann placing 46th.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2001 SPORTS

In the first Canada West tournament of the season, thewomen's field hockey team had an outstanding show,winning all four games by at least two goals. Last week-end, however, at the second tournament, the T-birds'performance was more mixed—but still strong enoughto keep them in first place in the conference with animpressive 15 points.

"Being on the top, the only place that you can go isdown, so we felt like we really needed to work hard inthose two weeks and we did, but I think that our oppo-nents worked equally as hard and they were more psy-chologically ready then we were,' third-year forwardStephanie Quinn said.

"We're feeling like we got a little bit of a reality checkthis weekend, which was good,' she said. "We all feel likewe need to work a little harder in the next two weeks toprepare for Victoria [the next tournament].'

The team got off to an unlucky start on Friday. The'flight was delayed and by the time they were taxied outto the field, it was already past game-time. The team wasgiven an extra 15 minutes to get their equipment on, bu tthey were left without their normal 45-minute warm-upThe game left a lot to be desired.

'We just sort of became complacent, winning the game1-0, and then Manitoba got a short corner, and they had agreat short-corner unit, and we couldn't stop it andthey got another short corner and scored again, sowe sort of went into panic mode and we tied it 2-2,"captain Stephanie Hume said.

The team resolved to put Friday behind them,playing well on Saturday and defeating both Calgaryand Alberta 2-0.

°Those games, we had a good mix of little pass-es and long balls. We were driving to the net well.Things were clicking a lot better than they did in theManitoba game,' fourth-year defender LauraBalakshin said.

'We played our game. We played our little pass-ing game and were able to do the running game.Both Calgary and Alberta defensively weren't asstrong and allowed us to walk into the D a lot of thetime. Both games went really well. The teammew...that we had to pull it together and we did onSaturday,' Hume said.

iOn Sunday, the team was up against their tradtional rivals—and the current second-place team inthe conference—UVic. In the first Canada West tour-nament, the Birds played their best game against theVikes, but in the second, it may have been their worst

-UVic did their job very well and figured out howto stop us from playing our game and, basically, wewere raffled for the whole game and we weren'table to do our little passing game...It definitely wasnot one of our better games. We sort of held out thegame. It wasn't a question of whether we weregoing to win; at the end of the game it was a 'wemade it through that one.' It wasn't a very goodgame,' Hume said.

"We weren't really playing as a team. It felt likeeverybody was trying to win, but not together. Theydominated us. We were lucky to come out with ale," Quinn said.

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The team had to play the weekend without midfield-er Stephanie Jameson, who broke her thumb at the pre-vious tournament

'Having Steph Jameson injured was hard for us toadjust to,' Quinn said.

The team is increasingly aware of how competitivetheir conference has become this year, particularly asfar as Manitoba is concerned. Traditionally; the Bisonshave never been a winning team, but they tied UBC andbeat Calgary in one of their strongest performances inrecent memory.

"It's really close this year. As the games show, differ-ent teams are tying all over the place, so every game youhave to be up because it could go either way. Manitobaused to be killed 10-0 a game and now there's no gamewe can go into and not worry about," Hume said.

Overall, despite some mishaps, the Thunderbirdshad a pretty good weekend. They remain the only unde-feated team in their conference and their 20 points putthem comfortably ahead of second-place UVic, with 15points. The team leads their conference and is in a solidspot to go to the national championships in Toronto thisNovember.

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Hockey team has nowhere o go but up

SMOOTH SKATING TheThunderbirds practice on Monday afternoon in the Winter SportsCentre for Friday's season-opener against Alberta. NIC FENSOM PHOTO

b Dustin Cook

Saturday night, the UBC men's hock-ey team wrapped up their pre-seasonwith an impressive 10-1 victory overthe visiting Mount Royal Cougars.But with a 1-5-1 pre-season record,the Thunderbirds pre-season hasbeen nothing to write homeabout

The team has been sufferingfrom the injury bug, so it may beunfair to judge the Birds on theirrecord alone. Forwards MarcStephan and Chris Rowland arerecovering from shoulder injuries.Forward Tyler Kuntz has a kneeinjury from the Canucks prospectsgame. Worst of all, centre RobPetrie's injuries will keep him out ofaction for at least a month.

The Birds were also struggling inthe pre-season, still adapting to amore offence-oriented game plan,which, up until the Saturday night,had yet to work.

The Birds seem to have a problemputting the puck in the net Last yearthey averaged a paltry 2.6 goals pergame, finishing last in their divisionin goal scoring. And to make matterseven worse, last season's leadingscorer Ian Lampshire graduated.

But coach Mike Coffin has a plan.With a change in game strategy, hehopes centres Casey Bartzen andNils Antons will be able- give theBirds the point production theyneed.

'We're going to try to open it upa little bit We've had trouble scoringso we're going to try to approach

offence from a group point of viewand try to activate our defencemenand try to be a little more creative,'he said.

'It's not going to show overnightbut it should create more scoringchances,' he concluded. 'We'regoing to be entertaining one way oranother.'

Collin is optimistic that the Birdswill get better. And rightly so; afterfinishi _g in the cellar of the CanadaWest conference last season with a6-19-3 record, the Birds havenowhere to go but up.

But the Birds also impressedCoffin with their play in the secondhalf of last season. The team'simprovements in the off-seasonhave also been cause for optimism.

The Birds lost several key playersin the off-season, including teamcaptain Trevor Shoat They have 16returning players, though nine areonly in their second year. The teammay be young, but they're united.

'Our team. is really together,we've kind of eliminated some pret-ty high-maintenance people thatreally didn't fit our team concept,'Coffin said. Left-winger BradKeilmann echoed coach Coffin'ssentiment

'The team is a great group ofguys that get along very well andwant to work hard for each other.We're not just teammates but we'refriends.'

Coffin is also pleased with thisyear's defensive corps. ChrisSotiropoulos and Brent Zaluski havehad excellent training camps. Led

by new team captain David.Penner,the Birds look solid on the blue line.But not only are the defencemenstrong, the Birds' last line of defenceis even better.

Starting goalie Robert Filchreturns this season after traininglast summer with the Slovakiannational team. He's backed up byrookie Chris Levesque, who was athree-time all-star in the ManitobaJunior League.

"It looks like we've got two

goalies to count on and that's proba-bly the strongest part of the team.Our goaltending should be as goodas anyone's goaltending tandem inthe league,' Coffin said.

The Birds will start their seasonon Friday night in a tough homeopener against the Alberta GoldenBears. Last season Alberta was thebest team in the Canada West con-ference, losing only once in the reg-ular season. In the pre-season theBirds had a fair record against the

Bears, tying them once after suffer-ing a 4-2 loss the night before.

If the Birds defence and goal-tending remain solid, and theiroffence clicks like it did on Saturdaynight, they should have a decentshot at their first playoff spot since1997-98. But if they're going to gettheir season off to a good start,they'll have to find a way to winagainst some tough opposition with-out key players who are out nursinginjuries. •9

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EDITORIAL BOARDCOORDINATING EDITOR

Duncan M. McHugh

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COORDINATORSRESEARCH/LETTERS

Alicia Miller

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Who's watching out for studentsWhen the Ubysseywanted to know the details ofa confidential exclusivity deal the university andthe Alma Mater Society (AMS) made with Coca-Cola in 1995, it took six years, two Freedom ofInformation requests, and extensive nationalmedia coverage to get the details.

It should have just taken a bylaw.According to the AMS's Bylaw 18, 'the books

and records of the Society may be inspected bythe members...on any school day between thehours of loam and 3pm.'

This means that last year, any student shouldhave been able to walk into the AMS's officesand ask to see the Coke contract and be able toperuse the 76-page document to their heart'scontent

Had a student been shown this contract lastyear, the AMS could have been sued by Coke. Butthis is irrelevant. The fact that AMS councillorsentered into a confidential agreement in 1995,knowing that the contract violated the society'sown bylaws—the principles on which the societyshould be based—shows a commitment to some-thing other than students.

But now that the AMS is not involved in anysecret deals, the AMS could separate themselvesfrom the. decision of past councillors. When theCoke contract was released in May this year,AMS President Erfan Kazemi said that the socie-ty had 'always. wanted to release the documen-tation, so we're happy that it's out in the open.'

But today, the AMS Council will debate anumber of proposed changes to its bylaws. One

of the changes, if passed, will allow the AMS tokeep confidential any information ''which is oth-erwise protected from disclosure by law or by acontract to which the Society is party.'

So, despite the fact that the AMS is happy thatthe confidential deal has been unsealed, they aresetting themselves up to participate in moresecret contracts? Something's not quite right.

Many other student societies across Canadaaren't as confused about their priorities when itcomes to commercial opportunites. WhenCapilano College signed a confidential exclusivi-ty deal with Coke in 1997, the North Vancouvercollege's student newspaper, the CapilanoCourier, joined the UbysseYs FOI request Butwhile UBC's student society had been a part ofthe confidential exclusivity deal, Capilano's stu-dent union became a part of the resistance.

When the Courier placed a large purple fridgefilled with non-Coke products in the centre of theschool's student lounge, the student union—which had earlier refused to put a Coke vendingmachine in the area—supported the paper.

'Basically we feel that public institutionsshould be accessible to everybody, and we havea right to space where we're not being pitchedsomething,' said student union ChairpersonAlexandra Hansen at the time.

A right to space where students are not beingpitched something—a novel idea. Anyone whohas walked down the centre of the SUB this year,even when there aren't booths selling watchesand sarongs, could tell you that the SUB is just

another part of campus where you can't avoidspending money.

Some parts of the suggested changes to Bylaw18 make sense. Keeping confidential the per-sonnel records of AMS employees and securitycodes of the SUB—fair enough. But this shouldn'tbe tied into the commercial interests of the AMS,or those of 'third parties' in future contracts.

The AMS keeps saying that its number-onefocus is student services. But proposals likethese, which protect the financial interests of thesociety while barring its members from impor-tant information, show that the AMS is focusedmore on profit, less on students.

Not only would students be prevented accessto future confidential agreements, the newlyproposed bylaws would actually take away therights of students to decide whether a documentshould be confidential. The proposed changes toBylaw 18 would give the AMS GeneralManager—an unelected non-student official whoalready controls much of the AMS's policy—thepower to decide which documents would beopen to student inspection.

How could students do this to other students?One final thought. The AMS has to get almost

4000 students to vote in a referendum on bylawchanges. Getting 4000 students to vote on any-thing has proved to be a challenge in the pastLastyear's elections saw only 3122 students casta ballot to elect their AMS executive. Despite thequestionable nature of some of the proposedbylaws, the AMS needs to have them updated. +

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Supporting Dr.Thobani

I would like to support the recentarticle titled 'Professor Thobanisupported by UBC' (Oct 5) by AiLin Choo.

It is important., when discussinga certain incident or view, to keepthe context in mind. I further agreewith the chair of UBC's womenstudies Tineke Hellwig's commentthat "what any person hears shouldbe critiqued and discussed. [And]Ws essential that people see differ-ent sides to an issue.'

I also agreed with the second-year Arts student interviewed,Emily Elder. All the labels manypeople are putting on Thobani areunfair. Each person should beallowed to speak her mind. It mightbe hard to believe a UBC professorbeing up-front about commentssuch as these, especially at this time,but it is still her point of view. Theremust be some reason that wouldcause her to say such things. The

important thing is to understandwhy she said what she said, insteadof focusing on what she said.

Things like speeches can beeffective because of their populari-ty with the public, or they can belike Dr. Thobani's speech, shockingand the centre of a heated debate.Speeches are intended for commu-nication of ideas on the part of thepresenter and a source of reflectionfor the audience. The quality andquantity of the responses receivedregarding Dr. Thobani's speech is agood sign that people actuallythought about what she said.Response is a good thing, no matterif it is positive or negative.

—Susan LinGrade 12 Sir Winston Churchill

Secondary School

Remarks charcteristic.of Western universities

Your editorial 'Who ReallyDeserves Our Scorn?' (Oct. 5) suf-

fers from the same selective indig-nation and perversity that charac-terised assistant professorThobani's recent remarks. If youkept up with the American opinionpress, you'd see that there's beenplenty of scorn for 'white, middle-class, Western' men who havemade comments similar toThobani's. You might also noticethat a "woman of colour' is theUnited States' national securityadvisor, and that a man of colour isits secretary of state.

It is true that Thobani's com-ments got more attention thansome, but the obvious reasons forthat seem to have only partiallypenetrated your thick ideologicalarmour. Yes, it was the timing.But more than that it was theirony. Overwrought sanctimo-nious 'pro-feminist' fantasiesnotwithstanding, Thobani's sexand race had nothing to do with itBeing a foreigner did, but onlybecause of the extent of her scorntoward a culture which affordsher a comfortable living and the

freedom to speak out But whatwas most newsworthy was that ata moment when the US and theWest is in conflict with one of themost repressive, violent andmisogynistic regimes in recenthistory, it is the West this sup-posed feminist accuses of 'patri-archal racist violence.'

Thobani stands for a kind ofresentment that has infected uni-versities around the West and hasdone so much to lower their repu-tation. Rather than a reasonableappraisal of both the successesand failures of the West,Thobani's ilk focuses on, magni-fies and even fabricates fault, allwhile avoiding frank discussion ofthe real failures of the undemoc-ratic nations of the world. She isnot unique in her expressions ofresentment for the West, but thetiming, the irony and the extraor-dinary venom of her speech madeit especially newsworthy.

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LETTERS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2001 11

Forestry students:giving back to theenvironmentIn response to Mark Bryan's letter"What do Forestry students knowabout civility?' (Oct. 5), as a biology-turned-Forestry student myself, Itake exception to Mr. Bryan's view,that we are 'destroying one of thiscountry's most valuable naturalresources.' Might I remind you thatour resources are valuable preciselybecause we make use of them (whatare YOU wiping with?).

In addition, as Forestry students,we are learning to manage them insuch a way that they will remainvaluable for generations to come. Itseems strange to me that Mr. Bryanwould object to this when all overthe world countries like Afghanistanrape and pillage their naturalresources to raise money for warand terrorism without ever givingback to the environment. Who'scivilised now?

—Kirsten MacKenzieGraduate student—Forestry

Forestry fights back

Mark Bryan from Philosophyclaims that as a Forestry student, Ihave no grounds to speak on mat-ters outside of my field. ("What doForestry students know about civil-ity?' Opinion [Oct. 51). He then pro-ceeds to contradict his own logic byspeaking about forestry, which hasnothing to do with his studies!

Contrary to the lies spread byenvironmental organisations, theforest industry is not attemptingto remove all the trees from BC.The industry is focused on sus-tainable development while simul-taneously considering all the val-ues of the forest. This is why therehave been almost five billionseedlings planted in BC (200 mil-lion every year), and why there aremillions of cubic meters of sec-ond-growth trees being loggedeach year. We've been logginghere for more than 120 years andstill almost 80 per cent of ourforests remain untouched, with 15million hectares of old growth for-est protected. BC's entire annualharvest comes from less than one-third of one per cent of BC's work-ing forest which is itself only 24per cent of the provincial landarea.

I would also like to disputesome of the statements made byKatja Cronauer ("No Genocide inCanada,' Opinion [Oct. 21) againstmy letter. The writer said that the'excessive military force' usedagainst the Natives at Oka is evi-

deuce for genocide. How are thepolice supposed to respond to agroup of people armed withmachine guns who are shooting atthem? This can't be construed asevidence for genocide, becauselaw had to be restored and therewas no other option in thesecases. Another point made in theletter was that over half the peoplekilled by police were Natives. Arewe supposed to believe from thisstatement that the police havebeen shooting people onlybecause they were Native? This isridiculous, obviously there werejust more people of Native originwho conducted themselves in amanner which led to them beingshot by the police. This is a sadfact, but to cry genocide is unwar-ranted. If there is a genocide ofNatives here, where are the massexecutions? There are none,because there is no genocide ofNatives in Canada.

—Matt CampbellForestry 4

The hypocrisy of theword 'hate'On October 1, 2001, Dr. SuneraThobani, a professor of women'sstudies at UBC, was credited withsome very controversial and somewould say 'hateful' remarks.

What is interesting, however, ishow the university and the studentbody are reacting. University should,ideally, be a place of freedom ofspeech and the ability for individualsto further develop themselves byforming opinions and using theirbetter judgement So I do believethat Dr. Thobani has a right to voiceher opinions, although maybe pick-ing a bad time and venue for them.What is the most interesting aspectof this story is how it has uneartheda tremendous amount of hypocrisyon this campus.

As a neutral party often readingand observing the GenocideAwareness Project (GAP) opposition,I cannot help but notice several pro-choice supporters rallying aroundDr. Thobani's right to free speech.However, these same demonstra-tors are the first to speak out againstGAP as -hateful" and thus not appli-cable to the same rules of freespeech.

Does this make sense to an intel-ligent person? Seems to me that"hate' has become a good word forlimiting free speech. Please stopinsulting our intelligence and let usmake our own decisions.

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Yado-Yadegar, I wo,iid soon d out from an elderlyIranian couple sitting bend translates loosely intomemory and place of ineinox With footage shot over afour-year period, i: directors Mostafa R.

KarFarhad Varahra.4. , 614; us̀ on'a journey through angh theirhomeland. The MOvid'10-4resses through a shockinglydiverse arra3:Inaturl ;-nes, and explores some ofIran's beau • ..,4$st(4*ai' buildings. With onlyspattering ofaThfCtilpeifr orpe itifof the ::,

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As I walked out of the theatre I \% as flooded withmemories of Iran, its beauty and culture laid bare forme. And though they aren't my memories, I now feelcompelled to visit Iran the placeofthase memories thatrarip,yadtgA(.:,s6

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