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by Sarah Galashan

In the last two years, UBC hasracked up $35,000 in fines from theWorkers' Compensation Board(WCB) for its failure to meetasbestos removal standards.

According to documentsreleased through Freedom ofInformation, UBC was fined threetimes in 1997 and 1998 (for$15,000, $8,000 and $12,000) forfailing to adequately train orsupervise workers in the handlingof the deadly material.

WCB hygiene officer Rae AnnAldridge, whose investigation leadto the $12,000 fine last July, wrotein her recommendations to theWCB that asbestos managementtraining of workers and supervi-sors was ineffective.

In her report, she noted that apiece of drywall material contain-ing two per cent crysotile asbestoshad been cut manually by a UBCcarpenter. A pre job hazard assess-ment had failed to identify theasbestos.

Asbestos, a fireproof insulator,was banned in the 1970s when itwas discovered that it could becarcinogenic and damage lung tis-sue if inhaled .

UBC has begun a slow and cost-ly asbestos removal campaign oncampus.

One person who is watchingthe progress of the removal effortsis Paul Cooke, general vice presi-dent for CUPE Local 116, theunion representing over 1,800UBC employees.

"You have to remember withasbestos . . ..it may not hit you for 20years," he said . "So [the workers]are very concerned that if it hap-pens to them once or twice noth-ing might show up, and then 20years down the road they'll get oneof these lung diseases . I think thisis what makes people madder thananything else."

But the WCB hygiene officerrecently appointed to deal withUBC, Juri Oja, said while "therecertainly was some risk. . .it's proba-bly small ."

He said while the repetition offines may lead one to think thatthe UBC hasn't dealt with theproblem, that "training and super-vision issues have been dealtwith ."

WCB . fines double each timeUBC is found in violation of a sim-

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Tenants seek greater compensationby Douglas Quan Management, the company hired to coordinate the various

restoration jobs, is not to blame. The delays, they say, justFor the past few months, residents of the University reflect an industry that's still learning to respond to a relative-Apartments (Point Grey and Spirit Park buildings) have been ly new problem.waging a silent war against UBC for better compensation for But the tenants—mostly visitingthe inconveniences they suffered when their buildingsunderwent major repairs last year and this year. `

The repairs were undertaken after it was discovered thatthe buildings suffered from building envelope failure—thesame 'leaky condo syndrome' that has plagued thousands ofLower Mainland condo owners.

To date, the repairs to the two buildings (located just offWesbrook Mall by the fraternity houses) have cost the uni-versity about $2 .5 million. But even UBC Housing actingdirector Darcelle Cottons has acknowledged that the repairshave cost the university much more.

"[The repairs] have seriously strained our relationshipwith our tenants as well as negatively impacting our ability toproceed with our future housing goals," she wrote in aFebruary 5 letter to representatives of the UniversityApartments Tenants Committee.

The repairs, which began last summer, are only now near-ing completion—in some cases, months after they wereexpected to be complete. But UBC officials say that Donovan

removing windows without warning, electricity turned off forextended periods of time, wiring left exposed, noisy plasticsheeting and poor ventilation.

At least seven tenants have opted to go before theResidential Tenancy Branch for an arbitration hearing . Theysay the compensation package that UBC offered to residentslast year was highly inadequate.

Each tenant received two offers: either a 60, 80 or 100 percent rebate on one month's rent (depending on the amountof disruption within their units and whether or not they haveany kids) plus a short extension to the maximum three yearstay; or no monetary compensation but a longer extension totheir maximum stay ranging from 12 to 18 months.

The Tenants Committee had sought a 60 per cent month-ly rent reduction for all residents for each month of therepairs.

In an interview yesterday, Cottons admitted that somenew residents were not told ahead of time about the repairs,and that the true extent of the disruptions may not have beenrelayed. "We've learned our lesson," she said.

Cottons said she's confident repairs to the Thunderbirdstudent residences set to begin this May—to repair the sameproblem—will run much more smoothly . She added that

see "housing horror" on page 3

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"[The repairs] have seriouslystrained our relationship with ourtenants as well as negativelyimpacting our ability to proceedwith our future housing goals ."

—Darcelle CottonsActing Housing Director

their families on short term contracts with the university—have been complaining about a lot more than just delays.

Many residents say they were not given enough advancewarning. Others who moved in while the repairs were alreadyunderway weren't even given any notice at all.

The list of grievances about the actual repair work is evenmore extensive: tradespeople entering apartments and

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The pro-separation movement in Quebec islosing steam, according to IntergovernmentalAffairs Minister Stephane Dion.

Delivering the keynote address at thisweekend's UBC Political Science Students'Association conference on national unity,Dion claimed that concerns with the constitu-tion issue in Quebec and in the rest of Canadais waning.

"We are moving beyond this obsession,"Dion said. "There is increasing agreement thatour constitution does work even though itcould work better."

He said that constitutional reform shouldnot be used as a "bargaining chip" in efforts tokeep Canada together, adding that "separatistblackmail has never yielded anything positivefor Quebec or for other Canadians ."

He also dismissed the possibility of a take-it-or-leave-it offer by the federal governmentdesigned to keep Quebec in Canada

Dion's comments drew an angry responsefrom Oliver Morin, a political science studenton exchange from Montreal. "If a wifg andhusband are not agreeing and both of themturn their back, how are they going to recon-ciliate?" he asked.

Morin said that Dion's Canada-wide lec-ture tour is not helping the reconciliationprocess . "When people like me come back toQuebec their nationalism is stronger becauseyou have people like [Dion] circulating.around Canada saying all these things."

He accused Dion of trying to paint sepa-ratists as the "black sheep of Canada," and dis-agreed with Dion that separatists have a con-

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liar infraction . Officers also make regularits to the wtiversity's worksites, either of theirown volition or at the anonymous request ofUBC workers.

Don Nelson, WG13's regional Vancouverdirector, defends the high fees . "A $15,000 fineon UBt ; would be like a mosquito on the backof an elephant," said Nelson, who explainsthat the fine depends on the seriousness of

stitutional obses-sion. He said theseparatist move-ment has great sup-port, especiallyamong the youth ofQuebec.

If there is suchstrong support forfederalism

inQuebec, "howcome there is a PQgovernment?" heasked.

Federal

BlocQuebecois MPDaniel Turp, whospoke on a panelafter Dion's speech,also said that theseparatist move-ment was "aliveand well" inQuebec.

Turp, along withGlobe and Mailcolumnist GordonGibson and federalReform MP ValMeredith, questioned the value of renewedfederalism. "If people want a decentralisedgovernment, so be it. A lot of Albertans andBritish Columbians want it as well ."

But Chris Gorman, a UBC political sciencestudent, said he couldn't foresee the countrybreaking up anytime soon. "You're not goingto break up the country with a 50-plus one-vote, give me a break. You'll always have

the meiden, whether its happened beforeand ex,actlyhow much the institution canafford, based on its payroll,

irtie ruse these penalties orsalrutiulls to try(o get the attention of seni_o[san agement toget them to correct What they re doing.

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Quebec nationalism and it's stronger thanever, but Canada as we know it today, it's notgoing to break up ."

UBC political science professor PhilipResnick stood out on the panel in support ofthe federal government . He suggestedSwitzerland may be a good model for Canadato follow in regards to a re-negotiated federa-tion of the provinces . v

university money in the long run."1 ' ve never been that ltappV in the past

with the health and safety, system' and the wayits been enforced, but it s̀ detini€ely taken achange leer the better over the last' sixmonths, ` says Cooke.

"It may, be part to do With file toles, I don'tk now. lust maybe they're', at the stage wherethey'vesaid,`Wellthisisgettingl dicrous ' hatWe leave to pay all ' these fines, we 've got t dSomething about it ."'s•

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DREAM HOME became nightmare for Jenny Edwards and Greg Hood last year.

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UBC Housing has strived to give stu-dents as much warning as possibleabout the nature and extent of the work

But while Cottons' letter toThunderbird residents repeatedlyacknowledges that the repairs will benoisy, dusty and dirty work, the letterdoesn't come close to conveying thekinds of "horror stories" that the facultyresidents have already had to gothrough.

Since November, dozens of tenantsin the University Apartments have beenposting their grievances on a listservealong with letters they've sent to UBCofficials complaining about the com-pensation offer. (All a-mails are subse-quently posted on a website at

by Daliah Merzaban

Last year, 820 UBC students, who are atthe top 15 per cent of their programs,paid $80 (Cdn) each to join Golden KeyHonour Society. Of this fee, $68 (Cdn)is remitted to the international head-quarters in Atlanta.

This amount is considerably higherthan the money kept by other honoursocieties. Phi Eta Sigma and AlphaEpsilon Lambda, whose standards forstudent recruitment are similar toGolden Key's, both charge a one-timenational fee of $15 per student.

Phi Beta Kappa—which claims tobe "the nation's oldest and mostrespected" undergraduate honoursociety—charges no membership fee,but limits entry only to outstandingstudents nominated by the chapters.

With the money collected by itsnational office, Golden Key distributes10 $10,000 scholarships, and twoundergraduate scholarships for eachchapter per year. During the 1996-97fiscal year, the society spent a total of$289,461 on scholarships, according tothe Internal Revenue Service (IRS)report obtained by the Ubyssey. Eachchapter received approximately $700for the two scholarships.

For other honour societies thatdon't fundraise, like Golden Key, thefunding for scholarships comes out of

see "golden key"' next page

http : / /warp .stat.ubc .ca.)."We now have a very ugly space

above our living rooms that serves nopurpose but to make our apartmentsdarker and less hospitable." (Sid Fels,December 16)

•"The building still looks like a warzone. What's going on?" (JaniceGraham, January 03)

•"Men walked into my unit on twooccasions without knocking, oncecatching me just as I was entering theshower." (Linda Stanley, January 13)

•"My children [asked] if [the con-struction crew was] making our homebetter or demolishing it." (Se-kyungChong, January 20)

•"We expected the highly acclaimedUBC to treat its faculty and its tenants

the recruitment fees. Alpha EpsilonLambda offers 16 $3000 graduate fel-lowships, one scholarship to eachchapter worth no less that $100, and anoutstanding advisor award—all takenfrom the $15 national fee.

Phi Beta Kappa, by comparison,raises and distributes over $1 millionin scholarships a year. Each chapterforms a non-profit association thatfundraises for scholarships, sponsorslectures and organises tours . TheNorthern California association aloneearned $52,500 last year and distrib-

with fairness and respect. . .How dareyou treat your tenants so badlyand thenpresent them with a pathetic legalisticoffer!" (Jenny Edwards, January 20)

Despite the angry reaction to thecompensation offer on the listserve,"the majority" of residents have endedup accepting the offer, Cottons said yes-terday.

However, some residents said a legalrelease attached to the offer barringthem from making any further claimsfor compensation likely compelledmost people to accept They also sug-gested that many of the residents,because they don't speak English verywell, felt intimidated pursuing the com-pensation matter through arbitrationhearings..

uted 15 $3400 scholarships to stu-dents, almost 100 per cent of its earn-ings.

Founded in 1977, Golden Key nowhas 271 chapters in the US, Canada,Australia, Malaysia, Puerto Rico andthe Virgin Islands. Total membershipnow exceeds 800,000—a numberwhich Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest UShonour society, hasn't attained in over200 years.

This fast expansion of Golden Keymight be due to the lack of scrutinyused when opening new chapters

The Golden Key National Honour Societe' was a topic ofbrief debate at last Wednesday's U BC Senate meeting.While the president's office defended UBC:'s associationwith the Atlanta based organisation, student senatorfeel that there are still questions lingering.

Student senator Michael Edwards, a Httmatl!Kineticsgradrate student, brought uP the Golden Key issue ades: earlier after reading an article in the abysses

de After the academic honour society.After receiving an mvitatiun endorsed be President

Martha piper, over 820 'UBC students 'paid $80 to jointhe Atlanta-bawd society last fall.

At best Wednesday 's meeting, Herbert-Resengarten,exeetrtive director in die president 's office, spoke aboutGolden Key on behalf of Piper. however, afterr#ose igarten's presentation, only

Edwards acid fellotr'

'student senator Antonie Zuniga questioned whether:lBC had adequately irnvestigated Golden Key's:nances

Faculty senators spent a few minutes contemplating;the phrase "elitist Amence n organisation ,° a phraseused by the AM in their&cision not to support Golden;lCCey, before quickly m lug on to other matters.

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,_;lllconsistentwiththeIRSreturn .}bucomparetlr~:ltkttt :Viers and they don't seem to match ."

>~or example, Edvs~ards noted that the audit statesthat $1,331,Zt3° is spent chn "achninustratave ,and generalitems, but the lRS return says $1,901,929

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In response to one of Edwards' questions, Gibson.=said she did net examine the IRS return as part of her

nvestigation . Rosengarten added that he saw no reasonto justify requesting the IRS document, Nevertheless,

:Edwards speculates that UBC was overly reliant on doe-=eras provided bythehonour society itself.

"Tile thing that distressed me the most was that the.' literature Rosengarten provided seemed to comp only`

from Golden Key," said Edwards. "Unfortunately, doctttne..nts such as the IRS return seem to tell a different

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Unlike Golden Key, other honoursocieties don't actively recruitnew chapters. Phi Beta Kappainsists on high standards foraspiring post-secondary institu-tions wishing to become chap-ters. Schools must be examinedby Phi Beta Kappa before beingconsidered—their chaptersinclude Harvard and Yale.

Alpha Epsilon Lambda andPhi Eta Sigma, require aspiringschools to submit petitions andidentify qualified students to thenational office before being con-sidered for recruitment.

But while all these options areopen to American schools,Canadian students have lesschoice when joining an honoursociety. So far five Canadian uni-versities have joined on withGolden Key—UBC, McGill,McMaster and the Universities ofAlberta and Toronto . Neither PhiBeta Kappa, Alpha EpsilonLambda or Phi Eta Sigma offerchapters to schools north of theborder. .

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by Federico Barahona

UBC will end their 1998-99 season right where itbegan—in Edmonton.

The UBC women's volleyball team swept theUniversity of Alberta Pandas in the Canada Westfinals for the second consecutive year this week-end to advance to the national championships inEdmonton later this week as the number one seed.UBC last won the national championship in 1978.

This weekend, the T-Birds were again led bytheir "Big Three" of Joanne Ross, Sarah Maxwell,and Barb Bellini, who combined for an astound-ing 56 kills and 75 digs Friday and 38 kills and 47digs Saturday.

"I knew that if we could win the first night, Iwas pretty confident we could win the secondnight," said UBC head coach Erminia Russo . "I'msurprised it only went to three tonight—I thoughtmaybe it would go four or five ."

UBC will enter the national eight-team tour-nament as the number one overall seed, whileAlberta will be in the number three position . UBCwill face the number eight Universite de MonctonAnges Bleus Thursday, and if successful will facethe winner of the University of Saskatchewan—Universite Laval matchup.

The T-Birds started this season in Edmonton,where they dropped two five-set matches to thePandas . Last year, UBC fell to Alberta in five setsin the national semifinals after their Canada Westfinals win. Two years ago, it was the Pandas beat-ing UBC in the Canada West finals in five sets, andthree years ago the two teams met in the nationalfinal, where Alberta won again in five sets. So willthis latest trip to Edmonton end in a nationalchampionship?

"If we run into [Alberta], we'll run into them in

the final, and that's fine with us,"said coach Erminia Russo. "I thinkanywhere we play them, I thinkwe've shown here that we're withthe team to beat ."

This weekend was a good sign.UBC rolled over Alberta this week-end. After hitting some bumps earlyon in Friday's 3-1 win (15-13, 10-15,15-7, 15-10), UBC came back andheld Alberta down. Saturday nightwas a different story, though, as UBCcrushed Alberta in three sets (15-7,15-9, 15-12) . Aside from a mild come-back in the third game, the Pandasnever knew what hit them.

"We're pretty excited. I'm prettyproud of our team," said third-yearpower hitter Sarah Maxwell . "Iknew we could do it, but this isactually the proof we could do it ."

UBC heads to the nationals asthe number one seed in the countryand, more importantly, the team tobeat—a position that underminedtheir play the last time they visitedAlberta, when there was a perceivedpressure to live up to the number-one ranking.

"We definitely have a lot of confi-dence against [Alberta] now. We'vebeaten them twice and we're ready toplay them any time," said fourth-year power hitter Barb Bellini.

Could this be the year?"If we play like we played this

weekend, we have a good shot,"added Bellini . fo

Birds swept by Vikes, Ericby Bruce Arthur

It was deji vu all over again, but probably for the last time.UVic post/colossus Eric Hinrichsen has tormented UBC

for five full years, and he did it once again this weekend asthe Birds were swept 2-0 in the best-of-three Canada Westsemifinals at Victoria's McKinnon Gym . Hinrichsen wasomnipresent as UBC lost 78-68 Friday and 72-65 Saturday tothe nationally number one-ranked Vikes . This marks thethird consecutive year that UBC's season has ended in theMcKinnon Gym graveyard.

"If we would have had [Los Angeles Lakers centre] Shaq[O'Neal], it would have helped," sighed UBC head coachBruce Enns. "Our guys in the post worked so hard, but whenit comes right down to it, Eric is just at a different level . He'sat a different level physically, and he's at a different levelcompetitively."

Friday, UBC came out looking as though the weight of along, arduous season was heavy on their shoulders. Thedefence was lacking its characteristic energy, leading scorerStanleigh Mitchell was struggling, and there was an overalllack of zip. But when second-year forward Beau Mitchell sanka ten-foot jumper to end the half, the Birds trailed only 33-30 .

After the break, UBC came out and fought their way to a39-39 tie before coming apart like cardboard shoes . TheVikes scored 20 of the next 24 points with a combination ofthree-point shots and fifth-year forward Colin Martin, whoscored all 18 of his points after intermission . Victoria fin-ished with nine three-pointers . Hinrichsen was held to 13points but grabbed 16 rebounds and blocked three shots,and UBC lost by 10 . The Birds were led by fourth-year guardDominic Zimmermann with 14 points.

"As soon as the whistle blew, I know for myself I didn'thave any legs, and I could see it on the faces of the otherguys, too," said a disconsolate Zimmermann. "I think theywanted it more than we did tonight."

Saturday quickly turned into the Eric Hinrichsen ShowHe scored 16 points in the first half on an assortment ofdunks and layups, including a soaring, one-handed, thun-derous slam that's probably still rattling the light fixtures.But UBC played terrific, tenacious defence on everyone else,along with balanced scoring and the Birds only trailed 34-30.

The second half, though, UBC payed for their double-teaming of Hinrichsen, as fifth-year Vikes point guard RalphChilious-Carter got loose for 11 second-half points . But withtheir season on the line, UBC scrapped and scraped back

from a 12-point deficit to come within two with under fiveminutes to go. The comeback never quite made it, however,and UBC fell 72-65 on free throws . Mitchell finished 1-of-9from the field, and the rest of the Birds' offence locked upwhen it needed to be creative . Forward Jon Fast led UBCwith 14 points, and Zimmermann added 12.

"We didn't trust each other sufficiently," said Enns . "Ourproblems were offensive, as they were most of the year ."

Next year's Birds have the potential for greatness, howev-er. With Martin, Chilious-Carter, and especially Hinrichsengone from the Vikes' arsenal, UBC's competition slackenssomewhat. As well, Birds star shooting guard Nino Sose,sidelined this season by back surgery, has committed toreturn for a fifth and final season. In Mitchell and Sose, theBirds could sport the two best guards in the Canada West,and the forward corps returns intact. Enns is recruiting hardto increase the team's size up front, but his expectations forUBC's performance next season are high.

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After opening the Vancouver International FilmFestival and earning itself 13 Genie nominationslast year, this Canadian-British co-production hasbeen highly anticipated. However, with all the pub-licity, awards and prestige, the experience for film-goers might be dampened by overwhelming expec-tations.

Set in Bombay in 1971, when India was in con-flict with Pakistan, d irector Sturla Gunnarssontreats us to the mystical and intriguing story ofGustad Noble (portrayed by Genie award-winningRoshan Seth) . A compassionate but stubborn bankclerk, Gustad struggles with the everyday complica-tions of living in a poorly-maintained Bombay onthe eve of war.

His simple world becomes threatened when hisrebellious son Sohrab announces that he will not beattending the prestigious IT institute . Next, hisdaughter becomes ill with malaria, and his wifeengages in black magic in an attempt to save herfamily from their current misfortune . Finally, thenow-frustrated Gustad is contacted by an old friendand asked to launder money for the freedom fight-ers in Bangladesh. Well aware of the possible out-come, the loyal Gustad begins to deposit the six mil-lion rupees into a bank account where he works.

What is astonishing about this film is howGunnarsson maintains a certain simplicity in thework, keeping the audience's focus on RohintonMistry's original story. The cinematography andproduction design are impressive and incrediblydetailed, and flawlessly recreate the elements of theoriginal novel . Thankfully Bombay isn't portrayedhere as the overly exotic and 'underdeveloped' citythat most western motion pictures have made it outas in the past. Instead, Gunnarsson focuses on afamily and their struggles, all without the use ofstereotyped distractions.

Likewise, the performances from this talentedcast help to recreate the novel with integrity.However, the question remains : can a 300-pagenovel be made into a two hour film without someaspect of the original story being sacrificed?Unfortunately, the film takes a strange turn whenGustad is contacted by his long-lost friend and thenarrative is quickly sped up . The film, from then on,possesses far too many emotional high points andsudden tragedies, ending up becoming less thancoherent . The beautiful simplicity of the film issomewhat lost as one struggles to understand thesignificance of such abrupt misfortunes.

Having seen it earn a great number of awardsand nominations, some will be disappointed to findthat Such A Long Journey is not a perfect spectacleof overwhelming sets, locations and costumes.Instead, though it loses some of its focus near theend, the film sheds such gimmicks to present atruthful story of a man, his family, his country andhis personal growth.+

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'stage at the Vogue theatre last Saturday,red and completely triumphant, was anance, to say the least. There's a lot of loverid his two sold-out evenings at the Voguevd was unapologetically vocal, screamingembrances and overwhelming love. Tomave it back twofold. It was a homecomingheart and it was some kinda homecom-

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theory. Standing in the lounge outside,much hairspray mist I thought the placede when that first Zippo was held aloft.m's band added to that vibe. They weretylish black suits, and although middle-indulged their rock'n roll spirit, doingl scissor kicks. Too bad the guitarist:e a philosophy professor.were sing-a-longs, there were solo ballads,are raging rockers. It was all the Tomie experience should have been and could!en. Cochrane may look weathered, but allwel's only added to the charm . For a con-here I was out of place, I felt perfectly in

pener Emm Gryner might not have suit-he crowd (solo pianists and rock crowdso 't mix), but she came highly recom-!nded. Cochrane made sure to come outd introduce Gryner, and the audiencewe a grudgingly respectful listen. Sheeemed to have charmed a few—thereas a great deal more applause by the

last song than there had been for thefirst—and she certainly earnedCochrane's acknowledgment withamazing live versions of several songsoff her debut album, Public. It's toobad the album doesn't capture herlive energy; maybe she should take ahint from Ani Difranco and makeher own Living In Clip. Oh well, shegained some fans from theSaturday night performance,especially the guy who tried to lifther spirits by shouting, "I'm feel-in' horny!" I'm sure he went outand bought her album for thesongs, not the pictures.*

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Thunderbirds swept in Victoriaby Bruce Arthur

In the end, it was just too much, too soon.The UBC women's basketball team was swept from the

playoffs by the University of Victoria Vikes for the fourthconsecutive year this weekend at Victoria's McKinnon Gym.UBC played as well as they have all season in stretches, buttheir youth and lack of playoff experience scuttled theirhopes of upsetting the defending national champions.

"We've got to get more the feeling that we deserve it,"said fourth-year UBC forward Jessica Mills, who led UBCwith a combined 29 points over the two games . "We don'tplay like it's ours, we don't play like it's all right and that itbelongs to us."

Friday, UBC opened the series with a confident, nerves-free half. Mills and first-year forward Jen MacLeod dominat-ed inside, while UBC's defence held the potentVikes ofrom breaking out en route to a 34-24 halftime lead . But thewheels came off in the second half, as Victoria went to amatchup zone that smothered the suddenly passive Birds.The Vikes chipped away bit by bit behind fifth-year post LilyBlair while Mills and MacLeod got into foul trouble . UBCstopped moving, stopped passing, and it got them a miser-able second-half total of 14 points . Still, with just over aminute to go UBC led 48-47 before Birds-killer MeganDalziel thrust another knife between UBC's wings.

Dalziel, the sister of UBC volleyball star Mike Dalziel,beat the Birds with a three-pointer in the final minute atWar Memorial Gym January 22 when the Vikes won 49-46.This time, she was left alone on the right wing and burieda three from 21 feet away to put Victoria up 50-48 . But onthe ensuing Birds possession, Mills was fouled going to thehoop and went to the line with a chance to tie the game.But Mills, an 82 .7 per cent free throw shooter this season,missed both. The Vikes added a free throw, and Jen Duff'slong three-point try to tie missed long. UBC wound up los-ing 52-48.

"We stopped playing," said Mills . "Catch and look, catch

and look . We let ourselves get completely shutdown."

Saturday was Victoria's chance to go for thejugular and the defending champs did so. Victoriamade a change to better beat the Birds—headcoach Kathy Shields took first-team All-CanadaWest forward Kim Johnson out of the starting line-up due to knee trouble and inserted forward JanetMcLaughlin. She also replaced conference Rookieof the Year Lindsay Anderson with the more expe-rienced Joanna Holdsworth. The two backupsmade an immediate impact—McLaughlin woundup with a game-high 19 points, while Holdsworthmade all three of her shots.

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2:-26 atthe-halfbut again lost focus after intermission . The Birdscouldn't complete a clean pass against UVic's sti-fling pressure, Mills and MacLeod again ran intofoul trouble, and the Birds managed only 17 sec-ond-half points, falling 59-43.

"At least tonight they beat us," said a frustratedMills . "Last night . . .we beat ourselves."

"Yesterday we came out hungry for the win, andtoday they came out hungry for the win," said first-year point guard Julie Smulders.

The Birds will lose only backup guard LisaScharf to graduation, and will return their youngand talented nucleus . With Mills returning from herPlayer of the Year campaign alongside All-Rookie-teamers Smulders and MacLeod, UBC's future isgetting brighter. But in the Canada West, the Birdswill need to believe they belong to succeed.

"We've learned a lot throughout the season, andmost of us haven't been in a playoff situationbefore," said Smulders. "We have to come out andexpect to win, instead of hoping." v UP FOR GRABS : UBC's Stacy Reykdal (left) and Victoria's Megan Dalziet

fight for a rebound in the %kes' weekend sweep . RYAN LASH PHOTO

TRACK AND FIELD

The CIBC track and field teamcompeted at the Canada Westchampionships in Edmonton thisweekend. UBC sentonly afewathfetes ; so the women finished sixthin the teary competition with 22points, wellbehind'the University!of 'Saskatchewan's 143 . SarahMcDia mid, though', won the high

jump competition with a jump of 1 .78metres, only 0 .06 off the Canada Westrecord . Suzanne Muldoon came third in thelong jump with a jump of 5 .49 metres.

The men, meanwhile, finished fourthwith 53 points, while the University ofCalgary won with 124 points . 'F-Bird JayArteficio won the high jump with a leap of1 .99 metres, while Oliver hitting came sec-ond in the , 3,000 metres with a time of8 :34 .53 and third in the 1,500 metres in a

time of 3 :58 .68 . Steve Walters finished thirdin the 300 metres in 34 .92 . Chris Johnsonwas second in the 600 metres in 1 :20 .95 andthe men's 4 x 400 metre relay team camethird in 3 :22 .78 . Finally, the 4 x 800 metrerelay squad came in third with a time of7 :56 .57.

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PERSPECTIVEOPINION

TUESDAY MARCH 2,1999VOLUME 80 ISSUE 37

EDITORIAL BOARD

COORDINATING EDITORFederico Barahona

NEWSSarah Galashan and Douglas Quan

CULTUREJohn Zaozirny

SPORTSBruce Arthur

NATIONAL/FEATURESDale LumPHOTO

Richard Lam

PRODUCTIONTodd Silver

COORDINATORSCUP Cynthia Lee WEB Ronald Nurwisah

VOLUNTEERS Jaime Tong

The Ubyssey is the official student newspaperof the University of British Columbia . It is pub-lished every Tuesday and Friday by TheUbyssey Publications Society.We are an autonomous, democratically runstudent organisation, and all students areencouraged to participate.Editorials are chosen and written by theUbyssey staff. They are the expressed opinionof the staff, and do not necessarily reflect theviews of The Ubyssey Publications Society orthe University of British Columbia.The Ubyssey is a founding member ofCanadian University Press (CUP) and firmlyadheres to CUP's guiding principles.All editorial content appearing in The Ubysseyis the property of The Ubyssey PublicationsSociety. Stories, opinions, photographs andartwork contained herein cannot be repro-duced without the expressed, written permis-sion of The Ubyssey Publications Society.Letters to the editor must be under300 words . Please include your phone num-ber, student number and signature (not forpublication) as well as your year and facultywith all submissions . ID will be checked whensubmissions are dropped off at the editorialoffice of The Ubyssey, otherwise verificationwill be done by phone."Perspectives" are opinion pieces over 300words but under 750 words and are runaccording to space."Freestyles" are opinion pieces written byUbyssey staff members. Priority will be given toletters and perspectives over freestyles unless thelatter is time senstitive . Opinion pieces will notbe run until the identity of the writer has beenverified.It is agreed by all persons placing display or clas-sified advertising that if the Ubyssey PublicationsSociety fails to publish an advertisement or if anerror in the ad occurs, the liability of the UPS willnot be greater than the price paid for the ad.The UPS shall not be responsible for slightchanges or typographical errors that do notlessen the value or the impact of the ad.

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The long, torturous wait is over. After monthsof searching, soliciting, and sifting throughpotential names, the AMS store has beenchristened. It is a noble name, a name thatreflects the utilitarian function that it willsoberly pursue.

It will be called The Outpost.(insert Outhouse/Compost joke here).In pioneer times, outposts were critical

providers of essential survival supplies . TheAMS' Outpost is an extension of that grandconcept: it stocks supplies that no serious stu-dent could possibly live without.

Carved wooden frogs, for example.Silk flowers, twin crystal swans, "Musical

color changing piano lamp," piano jewelryboxes, piano music boxes (Elton John andBilly Joel commemorative piano boxes forth-coming), an estimated 46 varieties of stuffedanimals ceramic penholders, and wooden

by Markian Saray

Dogs bark, cats meow and lions roar. But whatabout sheep? Apparently, they bleat . What aboutroosters? Roosters cock-a-doodle-do, but whatis that called? It doesn't matter, because roostersare morons.

All the rooster has to do is wake up real-ly early to wake everybody else up.Granted, that sounds like an importanttask The rooster proudly gets up around five o'clock, kisses his rooster wife, show-ers, brushes his teeth, walks out of his pen,and starts his show. But really, the rooster isdoing this for himself. He knows that the ani-mals really don't need to wake up this early. Therooster just does it to tick off all the animals whoparty hard the night before.

So you have all these bitter animals who havewoken up way too early to be productive. Andthe rooster gloats . His work is done . He can gofor coffee all day and catch cheap movie mati-nees. All the other animals hate the rooster, butthe rooster can't be touched because of hisimportant task It's as if nobody can plug analarm clock into an amplifier to wake the ani-mals or anything like that . The rooster just walks

ducks.Whoa! Slow down! Don't all rush to the

Outpost at once!Whew. Close one.The old Thunderbird Shop used to stock

aspirin. The Outpost stocks enough glitter tocover George "the Animal" Steele in fancyfaerie dust.

With all this in mind, the Ubyssey wouldlike to present a list of actual suggestionsturned down by the AMS . In favour of TheOutpost . Really.

• Thunderbird Shop Version 2 .0• Quorum? We Don't Need No Stinking

Quorum!• Knicknacks and Paddywhacks• SUBpar• SUBversive• SUBstandard•All the Baby Tees You Can Eat

around taunting the others because he'suntouchable, and he knows it. He gets pleasurefrom this sense of power. The animals wouldwant to make Kentucky Fried Chicken out ofhim, but they can't. They fear the consequences.

So each day the rooster comes out, annoysthe hell out of the animals, laughs at them and

nobody does anything about it. You're saying,well they can't because they're stupid animals.

Well, people are stupid too, you know.There are so many roosters among us and we

are just like the animals caught in the middle.We want to do something but are ultimatelyhelpless. When whatever CEO cuts thousands ofjobs, and then gets a bonus in stock options, he'sa rooster. He does his job, taunts others andreaps benefits for himself. He is a moron.

At a time when a record 1 .5 million Canadianchildren are living in poverty, those who cut wel-fare are roosters. They forget how good theyhave it and don't try to have sympathy for others .

• I Can't Believe It's Not Gastown!• Ryan Davies' House 0' Decoys• Ryan Davies' Last Drunken Fling With

Power• Fuck the Little Guy• Fuck [former Thunderbird Shop manager]

Bob Gray• Throw Bob Gray a Bone• Xanadu• All We Need Now are Pink Flamingos!• Stationery? No.• [Insert Dollar Store Name Here]• Crap Fair• Crap World•All Crap, All The Timeand...• Duck Off!We urge the AMS to reconsider the unfortu-

nate name of the store. Because there areenough Outhouses in the world already.+

They are roosters. They are morons.There are roosters all around us . They think

they have power. They do, but only because welet them. We are just the dumb animals whocomplain about our crappy day. Cows probablydon't want to be milked all day (unless they areinto kinky stuff) and people don't want to stand

at a cash register for eight hours only tomake forty dollars. But we do. We feel help-less.

But we are not dumb animals, we aredumb farmers. The farmer can ultimatelyshoot the rooster or kick him out. And so

can we. We can say "No!" to products made inThailand and China. We can avoid AlfredHitchcock movies (for various reasons) . We cansupport unionised labour. We can try and carefor kids. We can feed the hungry. We can starttreating each other better. Sheesh! This is sound-ing like some sort of Church of Latter Day Saintscommercial, but as banks rack up record profitsof $7.5 billion, and it costs me sixty-five cents towrite a cheque, something's wrong .+

Fernie Pereira

AD SALESStephanie KeaneAD DESIGNShalene Takara

Local slam poet Tom Peacock had a really bad case ofwriter's block. "Oh man, what am I gonna do!," Tomexclaimed . Suddenly, his muses, appeared in theform of Ron Nurwrsah, John Zaozirny and SarahGalashan. Seeing that Tom was stuck, the three start-ed to pitch ideas. "One day, Irian Dhalla and DaliahMerzaban were walking down the street," Ron start-ed. "No, no, no," John exclaimed . "It's much better ifwe added Julian Dowling, Douglas Quan andRichard Lam." "But what about Chu-aline Tassos andTara Westover," Sarah asked? "Forget them," Ronadded, "tell him the story about Bruce Arthur,Federico Barahona and Todd Silver's trip to Mexico.The time they got really really sick." "Who wants tohear about that," complained John. "We all knowthat Nyranne Martin's trip to Cuba with Cynthia Leeand Nick Bradley was way better.""What about Lisa Johnson's trip to the opera withRyan lash, and we cant forget about Dale Lum," Roninterjected."Shut up, all of you," Tom shouted overthe bickering three. "Screw this, I'm going home!"

Canada Po. P"Wi,ationa Sal . Agraanamt Number 0732141

opinion

Don't support the roosters

Markian Sarriy Ls the Managing Editor ofthe Manitoban newspaper. Woof

tossing the lineWhen the Ubyssq Board ofDirectors voted to pull ads fromCineplex Odeon and Famousplayers during the pro]ectionists'strike, it seemed as though theUbyssey was

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UBC is not apatheticby Amit Taneja undergrad faculty societies, and

Imagine UBC are just some of them.Does UBC look like a uncaring placewhen we think of the hundreds ofstudents who volunteer forSpeakeasy, Safewalk, WSO, ArtsCounty Fair, and the like? ImagineUBC, for me at least, proves beyonddoubt that there are many caring and

involved students on this campus.

dent apathy" is bound to decrease.When I look at the bigger picture,there are many campus initiativesthat will give more and more stu-dents the opportunity to getinvolved . As students, involvementrises, there will be a stronger and sup-portive community that will fostergrowth within all UBC students. The

TREK 2000 documentstates not only the visionfor such a community,but also the plan toachieve it!

As a fourth-year UBCstudent, I have seen many changes in

OPINION

UBC is a pathetic place and nobodygives a damn about what goes on. ..hmmm, I think not There has been alot of talk about student apathyregarding the AMS elections.Although it was disheartening toknow that neither the CASA nor theCTTR referenda met quo-rum,itisall the same unfairto generalise

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instance to the entire UBCcampus. UBC is a placewhere many student organ-isations, no matter how big or small,

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and involvement.The Totem Park Residents

Association (TPRA) is the studentgovernment body at Totem Park resi-dence. The TPRA recently held it iselections with a 63 per cent voterturnout . Now, that is not bad. Therewere twenty-two candidates who ranfor eight executive positions, andover 100 candidates for the 36 grass-roots positions (floor rep) . The floorreps are the people who have themost direct contact with the students—students in residence know theirfloor rep well, and this makes theposition meaningful! The fact thatthere was such a large number of stu-dents wanting to get involved inthese key positions speaks highly forthe value of student involvement andleadership.

There are numerous other exam-ples of student involvement on cam-pus, not the least of which are ourengineers making the six o' clocknews! Intramurals, student clubs,

than the sense of a strong communi-ty brings together over 4000 first yearstudents, 600 student mentors(group leaders), the Deans andMartha Piper under one root?

Students at UBC have their ownbeliefs about student leadership andinvolvement. No matter what youbelieve in, I think that there is littledoubt as to where the true strengthsof an organisation lie: it is the grass-root positions that provide strengthand structure to an organisation.Good leadership therefore does notentail leading the pack, but recognis-ing the efforts of the many studentswho fill these positions. It makessense to think that student apathymay well be the end result of frustra-tion born out of the leader's politicalfronts. It is important for all of us toremember that communities arebuilt by people working together, notagainst each other.

I believe that UBC is heading inthe direction where the alleged "stu-

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The trailers on TV make it seem so simple—two slight-ly disabled people fall in love, but have to overcomeobstacles in order to be together, forever. But comingout of the movie, an hour and a half later, I foundmyself in a terrible state of confusion.

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there's Elizabeth's incessant bickering with her hus-band (Tom Skerritt), which is underlined by her jeal-ously over the ease of the father-daughter relationshipand, soon enough, this too becomes tiresome.

None of these subplots develop until the last fiveminutes of the movie where everything wraps up con-veniently in the scene of (yes, you guessed it) a wed-ding. The result is a movie with brittle characters andan almost incoherent story linethat crumbles as the movieapproaches its credit role.

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The film opens by focusing on the difficultiesElizabeth (Diane Keaton) faces in bonding and under-standing the sometimes socially ungraceful ways ofher mentally challenged daughter Carla . But this issoon sidetracked when the film shifts to Elizabeth'sinability to accept the lives of her other two daughters(one of whom is a workaholic lesbian, the other anover-educated elementary school teacher) . Then

Juliette Lewis' performance isn't too impressive(probably because she always plays the 'offbeat' char-acter, i .e. Natural Born Killers, Cape Fear, Kalifornia).The only scenes where she's actually enjoyable areopposite Giovanni Ribisi, Suburbia and SavingPrivateRyan, who's quite endearing as marching-band-obsessed, cookie-baker Danny. But the humourbetween Lewis and Ribisi, composed as it is of littleoutbursts of naivete, gets quite uncomfortable attimes, for it makes one wonder if co-writer/directorGarry Marshall means for the audience to laugh withthese characters, or at them.

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