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FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1999

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ID: Jen Dowdeswell had her eyes on the ball for abut now she's got a wider view. RICHARD LAM PHOTOS

by Bruce Arthur

JenDowdeswellhad to

decide betweencommitting tothe Canadiannational fieldhockey team

andcommittingto herself.She made

rightice.

e decision seems so simple. Eitheryou will check the "Yes" box or the"No" box, and that will be that. But it

never that simple for a second. If youheck yes, you will devote your entire self toraining to make a national team that cutou last year because your style didn't fit.Vhy not say yes when you are goodnough?

It hurt to be discarded, because youtwit to play field hockey for Canada soadly, always have, so bad that even whenie letters from schools like Brown andrinceton came pouring in when you were

the 10th grade, you went to UBC insteadkeep that chance alive.But you really want to say no after last

ear.So you make a long, detailed list of pros

rid cons. You think "No" maybe the way toD. But the night before the deadline, youanic, feel how much you love the gameooding everywhere, and want to writeown how you feel so that you won't forget.he next day, though, you wait until fiveiinutes before the midnight deadline toend the fax. It is not a simple decision.

eople tell you that you are

Pblessed, Jen Dowdeswell,and you know this to be

true . How else could it be whenyou are you, youngest of five chil-dren, yet somehow the onlymember of your family who tanseasily? Maybe you were born insunshine, blonde-haired andblue-eyed in a pale, blond, blue-eyed fami-ly. You are the youngest of five childrenwhose names begin with the letter J(because after Justin, Jason, and Jocelyn,the next two-Jonathan and yourself-wouldfeel left out if not included in the pattern) ina close, tight-knit family.

And you grew up gifted . You playedpiano. You scored the only goal in theprovincial soccer championship in the sev-enth grade, and finished second in thecountry at table tennis when you were 12.In school, you played basketball and soccerand field hockey and ran track, you did itall. Your favorite sport of them all, though,was ballet. When you applied to a privateschool, you wrote it on the application, say-ing that it was the hardest thing you'd everdone. The performanceof it was what drove

you, sending you onto the Queen Elizabethstage to twice play in the Christmas pro-ductions of the Nutcracker, and you onlyquit when your teacher moved away andall of the fun of ballet went with her.

But field hockey-the love of this gameis carved into your bones . Your father, IanDowdeswell, played on the first everCanadian national field hockey teambefore turning down a chance at the 1964Olympics to take a steady job. So thereyou were, ten years old, out in the streetbeing taught how to fake and loving it.Across the street your best friend's fatherhad played with yours on that same team,so of all the streets in Vancouver, that wasthe one to grow up on if you wanted tolearn field hockey.

And you did, and like everything else,continued on 'ae

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TALLATION ART: Few students find modern art exhibits such as this one understandable, or interesting. DALE LUM PHOTO

Another brick in the wallriticised by students as beingio exclusive, the Belkin is a2llery without visitors.he problem can be solved.

by Sima Zerehi and Nyranne Martin

i ve probably seen it. it's the big white building across from Buchanan with flat facades andin lines next to a strip of neatly trimmed lawn. Sharp-angled windows protrude from thatrningly impenetrable wall of brick. The clean white surface seems tock you, like a fresh sheet of white paper awaiting the first scribbles.Thom in. Look closely. A single brick on the front of the white building, atlevel, has been painted blue. A small act of defiance.The building is the $3.3 million Morris and Helen Belldn Art Gallery, and.:e 1995 it has exhibited some of the most controversial modem art in theentry.Much like the Chan Centre, the Belkin has the dual function of lendingstige to the university's investment in the arts and providing a touristaction for the cultural elite . Nestled near the Freddy Wood Theatre andChan Centre, the Belldn is a symbol of the university as a cultural centre.But while the Belkin works hard to attract international-calibre artists,ie students feel that they are being shut out.Standing outside the building, a fourth-year studio art student who hasuested to remain nameless points with painted fingernails to the solitarye square on the facade of the white Belkin . Smugly, he claims responsi-ty for the hand-painted square . "It's a friendly act of vandalism," he saysfling. "Because I like the Belkin Art Gallery. It's good, but it's not good)ugh."The blue square deals with the architecture of the building," he explains.points to the white bricks and modernist designs of the Belkin, BuchananI Lasserre buildings. "If you know about modernist architecture, these are the stereotypes ofdem architecture . Modernism representing fascism."Modernist architecture is widely known for its simple "surfaces" and strong geometrical lines.en, the style has been associated with an elitist world view.He also criticises the location of the gallery on campus "It's a very specialized location," hes with a note of irony, gesturing to the Chan Centre and the Freddy Wood theatre . He sees this

cultural cluster of buildings as being exclusive. "We as art students here can't really get our art inthere. So this is my personal subversive gesture on the building ."

Scott Watson is the d irector and curator of the Belkin. Sitting in a corner office on the secondstory of the Belkin in a tattered black leather jacket and jeans, Watson says that students do havean important role to play in the gallery. "I do believe that this place offers something to students,"he says. "If we can ever get through to most of them that we're here."

Watson says that one of the goals of the gallery was to take an unconventional role in the artson campus. "Our stake is not with traditional notions of the university, but with maybe moreutopian or progressive ideas."

WATSON ADMITS THAT, DESPITE ITS ATTEMPT TO REJECT A STUFFY IMAGE, THE GALLERY HAS BEENcriticised for its forbidding exterior. When standing outside the Belkin, for instance, the locationof the main entrance may not be immediately obvious.

"The idea of the building was that it would really have two entrances," saysWatson. "There would be one on Main Mall and one facing Freddy Wood ." Theintention of the building committee was to have a plaza between the backentrance of the Belkin and the Freddy Wood Theatre . "This would be a peopleplace," says Watson. However, he admits that the result has been quite the con-trary. In fact, he thinks it looks more like an alleyway than a lively plaza.

As for the white brick, it was a symbolic choice, as it was the same brick usedfor Lasserre and Buchanan. According to Watson, these are the best modembuildings on campus . "So it relates this building to the ideals of the '50s, ratherthan the 1880s ." He says the Belkin strove to be progressive and modem, and it'sall spelled out in those white bricks.

WITH ITS BRIGHT LOFTY INTERIOR AND HARD ANGLES, THE BELKIN IS A SHARP CON-trast to the existing Fine Arts Gallery in the dark and dank basement of the Mainlibrary, which was the primary gallery space on campus before the Belkin . "Therewas a lot of artwork you couldn't show in that space," explains Watson . "The ceil-ing was seven feet high, it was in the basement, there was no light ." In short, theold space has no museum standards which would allow it to house major collec-tions.

Before the Belkin, the artistic scene was very much a grassroots movementthat focused on local artists. The art exhibited at the old gallery was often experi-

mental, raw and unpolished. The works that were exhibited were small scale and small budget.Although in the 60s and 70s the UBG Fine Arts Gallery was renowned for showing cutting-

edge West Coast art, the group of artists was a small avant-garde community. They were experi-menting and striving to find a distinct Vancouver style.

see "Bricks" on page 8

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continued from page 1you thrived . You were on provincialteams and junior national teamsand you are now 20 years old,eleven years into the game, and youare very good . You control the ballas if it were on a string, you run well,you can shoot, and your passes canbe magic. You have vision . YourUBC teammate Ann Harada saysthat while you need to be stronger,you can dominate a game. Annmade the CanadianCommonwealth Games team, andshe does not toss complimentslightly. You are good.

But when you try out for thehighest level of Canadian fieldhockey, Team Canada, you do notfit. You are a midfielder who attacks,who moves forward, and TeamCanada is not a team that attacks.You attack field hockey the way youattack every single facet of your life,of the world, but it is somehowwrong here . They want you to playdefence, to play judiciously, but thatis not where you thrive. So you donot fit. A UBC teammate, AndriaShannon, 'Andy," says that youdeserve better than you got.

The cut comes on the heels of along, hard stretch. The seasonbefore at UBC was rife with stress,tension, infighting, and losing.Before that was the junior nationalteam, where your role was unde-fined and you felt lost. You needthat definition to thrive . In a quali-fying tournament in Chile, yourparents fly down to watch, and yourfather suffers a heart attack the daybefore the semifinal, but you can-not believe that the strongest manyou have ever known could be inreal danger. You never really under-stood the severity of the situation,because in a charmed life, what cango wrong? My father is fine, you tellyourself. The next night, Canadabeats the US team 1-0 and you playthe entire game . Your mother, whonever misses watching you play,says it is the best you have everplayed.

You try to translate to the doc-tors with your grade 11 Spanishafter the surgery, and your parentsinsist that you have to return homefor school, and to tell your sisterand brother that their dad is fine.But the strongest man you haveever known is breathing throughtubes, and you're not sure he's fine,and you have to leave. It is the hard-est thing you have ever done.

Being cut from Team Canadahurts. You are leading a life ofcontinuous working, where

you are taking five courses andplaying hockey and managing thebuilding you live in and working ata gym in West Van and gradingLevel I coaching tests and coachinghockey. You are very busy, all thetime, and your life is full of sacrifice.And you play hockey through thebruises and the toil, in a tunnel withTeam Canada and the Olympics atthe other end . You practiced everyFriday afternoon during the eighthand ninth grades no matter theweather. All the work, all the sacri-fice, all to be cut.

You are in a tunnel, and you aretwenty years old . How can a childborn in sunshine live in a tunnel?

Each year your family makesNew Years' resolutions, writesthem down, and looks at them thenext year. Yours have always beenthe kind that makes your mother,Frances, want to pull you backdown to earth. Your 1998 NewYears' resolutions are to go to theCIAU nationals and win . After thatterrible season, this is a bigdream, but it : happens. You go to

Alberta and win 1-0 in the freeziacold.

Your other resolution was tb beteam captain . You need peoplebelieve in you, you need thresponsibility to play your best . 'attack the way you do, to carry tiball and run with it, you need titThat resolution, too, comes toYou are named a team captain, alyou run with it all the way tonational championship.

And so now you have a decisicto make . When you were ten, yctold your parents that you wantto go to the Olympics. Not nec€sarily in field hockey, but thatyour route now. You went to all tlcamps and played in the Vancouvsenior women's league when ycwere 12 . When you were 15, ycstarted to really focus on field hocey, and the tunnel narrowed. Y(are coaching kids now, and you loit so much that when you triedtell your under-18 B team that htfinished second in the under-:nationals how proud you we]your eyes welled up. The tunnelwonderful, but it is a turnnonetheless.

So here you are, and there is tipiece of paper. You have decided,last, and you are worried abotelling your father that you will sno to the national team this tirrHe has always been there, slippivwinegums and little encouragiinotes into your bag when you weaway for table tennis and theeverything else, and he still does . Ihas always reinforced you, suppoied you, helped you. Your mothFrances is just as loving, just as suporting, of course, but even she sayour father is your inspiration.

When you tell him, he stolwraps you up in the biggest hug astells you that it was a hard decisioand that he is proud of you . Yoeyes still glisten when you toabout it.

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field hockey, and you love coachinand the national team could sthappen-your coach, Hash Kanjcsays you could be a player wlplays between the ages of22 and :years old. You are only 20, after all

But the tunnel that leads to tlOlympics has been put away fnow, and it feels like you ha ,emerged out into a big bright worwith a wide blue sky. The word TIT

floats around in your head . An(says that checking that "No" was tlbest thing you had done in a lottime, and that you are happier. SIis right.

You are going to New Zealarnext summer because that is wheUBC will tour in August, and you wbe able to meet up and play withem in preparation for the schoyear. You want to work on a farm,organic farm preferably becau:they'll provide room and board.

You want to try triathlons,you have decided to teach yours(to swim, and you checked outlibrary book on the subject. Ycalso went hunting for a bike,triathlon bike, until you foundbattered but serviceable GiaiKronos in the Buy and Sell. Therea lot to do in the world . You alooking for good novels to reaYou are looking for a lot of things

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Poster boy, no longerby Douglas Quan

Independent AMS presidential candidate ScottMorishita has asked the student society'sombudsman to investigate the way theElections Committee dealt with a complaintabout his campaign posters.

This week, the Elections Committee told pollclerks to take down allof Morishita's postersand decided not togrant Morishita the$100 refund candi-dates receive if theywin a certain numberof votes.

The committeeannounced the penal-ty on Wednesday, threedays after receiving acomplaint about cam-paign signs Morishitahad put up off cam-pus.

According to thecommittee's written decision, the signs, perchedalong SW Marine Drive and UniversityBoulevard, were larger than the allowed sizelimit; were not approved, in finished form, bythe Elections Administrator ; and did not includethe required reminder to students to bring theirID cards to vote.

But in an interview with the UbysseyThursday, Morishita said he outlined his inten-tion to put up the signs to ElectionsAdministrator Chris Gawronski on more thanone occasion . He claimed Gawronski never toldhim that he may be violating elections regula-tions.

Morishita also said that there was a witnessto his discussion with Gawronski on one occa-sion.

"What angers me is the committee didn't

SCOTT MORISHITA : He can no longer poster

around campus. DALE LUM PHOTO

proceed with due diligence," he said.Ombudsman Trevor Franklin said that in

addition to Morishita's complaint, he hasreceived five other complaints this week aboutthe Elections Committee—specifically, "the waythe committee has responded to campaignirregularities ."

Under AMS policy, an ombudsman has theauthority to prevent the ElectionsAdministrator from bringing election results tocouncil for validation . v

AMS Elections taint-ed by irregularitiesComplaints tiled with the AM' ombudspersonreveal potential conflict of interest on the part of

AMS Elections Corrunittee members.Allegations that Committee members Dennis

Visser and Gaelen Marsden were biased came

"Perhaps more important Is

not the conflict of interestbut the perceived conflict

itself.

alter it was discovered they had signed three nom-ination forms forAMS executive candidates in theweeks preceding the current elections.

cases the signatures were crossed outand the forms were submitted before either mem-ber joined the committee

But in one instance Visser's signature was notcrossed out and the nomination form was scabinitted after he was named the election's chiefreturning officer (CRO).

Despite ombudsperson Trevor I-rarrklin'suncertainty over when the form was actually,signed, AMS council voted in Vissei's favour andsome saldthey did so because of his performanceas last year'sCRO.

Just after the vote Russell Mark, AMS alumnirepresentative, suggested that "perhaps moreitnportsurt is not the conflict of interest but theperceived conflict itself."+

Tuition freezemay continue:HoffmannTop UBC administrators expBC's tuition freeze to continue for atleast one more !,.ear, according toiAMS President Vivian Hoffmann.

Addressing AMS council,Hoffmann said she and othersbelieve tuition levels will not rise butenrollment levels will . Hoffman sitson the university's President's

visors mmittee.Because of BC's recent ranking

as one of the lowest in the country,according to a report by BC'sUniversity Presidents' Council, theprovince's university enrollmentlevels could increase.

[UBC president] Martha Piperss ants more students here as long asthey come with increased funding,"said Hoffmann, adding that last yeareach additional student cane with$7,000 in funding from thprovince.

The President's AdvisoryCommittee thinks it reasonable toexpect similar funding this year, butdoes not yet have an exact figure inmind, Hoffman said.

In addition to general tuition lev-els, Hoffinann also discussedpotential rollbacks to the fees paidby international graduate students.

Those fees tripled to approxinmately $7,087 two years ago andwere the subject of an unsuccessfullawsuit brought against the universirybyseveral UBC students.

The Tuition Committeereviewing the matter will adviseUBC's Board of Governors latethis spring.?

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HUH? Two talented actors—Gillian Anderson and Jon Stewart—decided to be in the mediocre Playing by Heart. Go figure.

PLAYING BY HEARTopens todayat the Varsity theatre

by Duncan M. McHugh

Willard Carroll's Playing by Heart has left me confused. This confu-sion doesn't stem from the plot, or from issues raised by the film.Rather, I can't figure why so many recognisable and talented actorschose to associate themselves with such amediocre film.

Playing by Heart tells the story of elevenpeople as they "search for love and connectionin contemporary Los Angeles." At the begin-ning, these people seem scattered, but couplesslowly emerge.

There's a long-married couple (SeanConnery and Gena Rowlands) bickering aboutthe past. There's an adulterous couple (AnthonyEdwards and Madeleine Stowe) purging theircarnal desires in hotel trysts. How about themale-phobic theatre director and the persistentarchitect who goes after her? (Gillian Andersonand Jon Stewart) . Don't forget the melodramat-ic acting student and elusive clubber (AngelinaJolie and Ryan Phillipe) . Oh yeah, there's alsothe AIDS patient whose time is nearly up (JayMohr), his mother (Ellen Burstyn) and an angrydrunkard (Dennis Quaid).

Then these stories all begin to develop . Somebecome oversentimental, others tragic, andeventually all begin to intertwine. While I can't give away too much,rest assured that the device used to bring all of these stories togeth-er is very superficial. Neither providing any deeper meaning nor

shedding a different light on the previous hour and 45 minutes, theaudience could have known these details at the beginning of the filmwithout much consequence. All it really does is pull out an easystring to tie up the film's loose ends.

But, simple plot devices aside, Playing by Heart's real flaw lies inits wretched dialogue . The contrived wordplay in some of the film'smore serious scenes was so bad that it elicited giggles instead oftears from the audience . Compounded by some really bad acting,Playing By Heart can't seem to get off the ground. Though charis-

matic when guzzling martinis andranting, Jolie and romantic interestPhillipe are unable to communicatethe intimacy necessary for their char-acters' love to seem plausible, or atleast interesting . Then there's Mohr,who makes dying of AIDS seem laugh-able and insincere.

Of course, some actors fare muchbetter. Connery and Rowlands aredelightful as a sharp-witted oldercouple . Anderson and Stewart conveyjust the right amount of vulnerabilityand charm, respectively, to succeedin their roles . As well, once their char-acters' true natures are revealed,Quaid and Edwards are engaging andamusing.

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By Janetlp

Following the success of the 1997 Oscar-nominatedmovie Shine, Hilary and Jackie tells a similiar tragicstory of classical music genius one awry Bd onthe biography of the late BritishPre, the movie focuses also onter, flautist Hilary Du Pre . Powthe movie takes us on an emotion journey wifr emusically gifted sisters, from their childhood toJackie's untimely death.

Sibling rivalry rears its ugly head early on whenthe golden-haired Jackie (Emily Watson) steals thespotlight from the dark-haired Hilary (RachelGriffiths) at their first musical recital . From thatpoint on their paths diverge—while Hilary marriesthe adorable conductor Kiffer (David Morrissey)

and sacrifices her musical career to raise a familyin the countryside, Jackie makes her professionaldebut as a teenager, tours across Europe and risesto world-wide fame.

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But their strained sisterhood is truly put to the test

when Jackie comes down with multiple sclerosis, anervous system disorder that gradually cripples her,cutting short both her career and life. Impressivecamera work, particularly during the concert scenes,gives us an uncanny sense of Jackie's distorted visionand hearing, and her loss of control over her armsand hands.

cellent acting, especially by Watson (1997 Oscareelr best actress in her film debut Breaking

fined with insightful direction bye Hilary and Jackie a stunning

comes full circle, brilliantly tyingtogether beginning and ending details, as well asopening and closing scenes.

And althoughHilaryand]ackieis emotionally dis-turbing, the movie is also thought-provoking . Wouldyou rather be happy and ordinary or unhappy andextraordinary? Like Shine, it will remain vivid in yourmemory long after you leave the theatre . It is anincredible true story you won't be able to forget

man a rad rhymigiven it some credibility as a lasting art form. For guys like them,hip-hop is still about the rhyming.

On his latest release, Redman throws down some wickedlines, and they're all laid over simple but groovy bass lines . Thetunes are blessedly free from the puff-fluff of digestable discosamples that are so popular amongst the "sell-outs."

hi many ways, this is a solid rap album, but it is riddled withfucked-up-inner-city-jargon and New-Jerseyite-insider-jokes;most of them are incomprehensible . What guys like Redmanhave got to figure out is that not all their listeners know where"Da Bricks" is at, who is "Da Monkeys" or what the hell "W-Fuck-All-Y'All-Radio" has to do with anything. In fact many of them arehopeless wanna-bes like me, who just wanna bug-out to some-

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Freud would have a blast at this play. Mothers/daugh-ters, fathers/daughters, it's all here like some Oprahepisode. At points, the play seems on the brink of drown-ing in a well of repressed emotions, anger, love, guilt, andmore guilt. But then we're saved from tears by a Greek cho-ms-like choir that offers a lighter take.

Like the chorus in Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite, thelarge choir acts like an extended aside to the audience . Itserves as an entertaining diversion from Clara's disturbingemotional journey—singing, dancing and even rapping.

Choreographer Cathy Burnett deserves credit here.With limited props and a few movable bleachers, the choircreates visually imaginative backdrops to the dialogue.They're a multi-purpose theatrical device : they play instru-

ments, they create an overlapping voice collage, andthey act out scenes from Clara's memory. The Christmasrap version of the nativity, Joseph's the man with theplan, deserves special mention ; it's inventive and fun . Aswell, watch out for a scene involving some giant gladbags and an oversized crucifix.

Director Jan Selman has done a good job balancingthe antics of the choir with the main action of the play,never letting the one overwhelm the other. Scenes blendseamlessly without disrupting the flow of the play. Clarais the thread that holds it all together—she never leavesthe stage.

The onstage family is equally impressive. Clara'smother, Edna, is played by Luisa Jojic, a talented actresswho last starred as the spunky Margaret in The Glace BayMiners Museum . She is spot on in this role, with thatunderstated power only mothers can wield.

Melissa Poll, as the pill-toting "I'm of two minds"Angelina does the dizzy blonde to perfection . "At least Ihave my faith," she exclaims as she fumbles with a bot-tle of Prozac. Jason Rothery, as the father-figure Jacob,loses the leather pants of Malcolm in last term'sMacbeth. Here, as an old man, he has a comic's timing,milking lines like, "My bowels have felt much bettersince you came to visit ." And he dances a nifty tango toboot.

But, on the dark side of Over the Moon, men areeither philanderers, rapists or absent all together.Martin gets away with it because the play is not aboutrelationships between the sexes . It's about letting ourskeletons out of the closet for a final dance before theycollapse in a pile of old bones.

Over the Moon is a homegrown production that high-lights the best UBC theatre has to offer. The cast is profes-sional with outstanding performances from Jojic andRothery, the script is gripping, and the direction solid . Theplay explores the disturbing aspects of human relation-ships, but avoids slipping into cliche . Best of all, Martin'sscript doesn't underestimate the intelligence of the audi-ence, a rare thing these days . v

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Bricks in the wallA typical show from this period would highlight

local talents in a modest and playful way. The"Collage Show" from March of 1971 is an example ofthis grassroots movement. The director of the time,Alvin Balkind, described the show as "an exhibitionwhich contained within it much evidence of thehealthy madness that turns everything around . . . andmakes us see how unhealthy ordinariness can some-times be ."

These kinds of exhibits were part of the campus cul-ture. Faculty and students were often the artists exhibit-ing. The shows were playful and fun—the kind of artthat appealed to the student body due to its lack of pre-tension.

These days on campus, there seems tobe a general phobia of modem art . SergeGuilbault, head of the art history depart-ment, attributes this to student apathy."In modem art, people think 'I shouldunderstand it right away. I don't need anytraining,'" he says. But, he disagrees withthis frame of mind. To him, modem art iscomplex and demands effort on the partof the viewer.

Guilbault complains of the generalpublic's phobia about modem art. "It's amind set that we have to change, andthat's difficult to do," he explains withfrustration. He expresses his disgust withthe pre-packaged blockbuster art shows,traveling through countries like carnivals.Big names attracting small brains, asentertaining and educational as a trip to Silver City.Throwing his hands up in the air, Guibault exclaims in athick French accent, "We have no intelligent newspa-pers, we have no intelligent TV We are surrounded in asea of mediocrity!"

MEANWHILE, AMONG SOME FINE ARTS STUDENTS, THEREIs a mood of frustration and resignation regarding theBelldn. On the walls of the Lasserre, posters are plas-tered, announcing a UBC Fine Arts Students' Societymeeting. Inside, three students sit waiting.

David Floren, a soft-spoken third-year studio art stu-dent, explains the purpose of their meeting . He says

they are planning their annual show, which will takeplace in the AMS art gallery in the SUB . These studentscould never expect or even hope to get their worksexhibited in the Belldn.

"I don't know that it was ever designed for studentwork," Floren says . "That's not the mandate of thespace ." Furthermore, they don't see themselves playinga role in the Belkin. Although there is an annual fine artsgraduate show, the works of undergraduate studentshave never been exhibited in the gallery.

"All the positions are filled," he says with frustration,referring to volunteer opportunities in the gallery. "Theyget snapped up. There's not enough of them."

Floren also complains about the inaccessibility ofthe gallery to the students. "Some of the con-ceptual works that are shown in there require anintroduction," he says, referring to an absence ofdescription to accompany many exhibits.

Perhaps it's for this reason that the averagestudent speeds through the Belkin beforeabruptly walking out with a confused look onhis or her face. For many, walking through anexhibit at the Belkin can be daunting andoften disappointing.

Even fine arts students rarely visit the gallery.Oscar Lo, a fourth-year art history student,admits, "I went to see the Gericault exhibitbecause we were talking about it in class."

For students such as Lo, incorporating theBelldn's shows into the curriculum would helpraise student interest in the gallery. Althoughthere have been a few efforts to link the gallery

exhibitions with class curricula, such as with theGericault, this practice has been inconsistent.

Watson hopes to increase faculty involvement."There's a lot of ways that the faculty can use the gallery,"says Watson. He hopes to reach out to various facultiesand programs, but as of yet, that has not taken place . "Ithink the gallery has a lot of potential," he states . "How Iget that across to them I don't know ."

In the end, it's clear that while the Belkin has toachieve an international profile it has strained its localconnection. While the new building provides the idealsetting for a high profile art gallery, its walls are nowtoo thick for student voices to get through . v

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There is an assumption that relying on studentloans to make it through university is acceptable,or rather unavoidable. Such an attitude revealsthe symptoms of a society that does not live up toits ideals. The way our education system is set upteaches the leaders of tomorrow that to be in debtis absolutely normal . What we are really saying is:"Eh kid! If you can't pay now, don't worry about it!You'll pay later." Having students in debt is amuch deeper social problem than debt itself. Byencouraging students to spend money they don'thave, we are planting the seeds of a society thatborrows from the future in order to live fat today.In a way, we are raping future assets under theassumption that the gamble will pay off . My ques-tion, however, is the following: "What if you loseand can't pay back?" As an individual, not payingback a student loan is not catastrophic. On theother hand if the values of our society reflect indi-vidual beliefs, what will happen in the event thatwe, collectively, borrow so much that we can't payback? I leave it with you to consider the question.Personally, I'd rather look for solutions andactions now.

The time I spent campaigning taught me thatmany UBC students feel like there is nothing wecan do to switch things around. Even the presi-dential candidates I was running against believestudent debt is doomed to stay. They are wrong.Getting rid of student debt will ask for a lot ofwork, but it can be done . In my opinion, anyonewho says the idea is unrealistic lacks imagination,or is scared of hard-work. I often cite France,Holland, or Austria as a few countries that weresuccessful in achieving free post-secondary edu-cation . Although I readily admit we won't be ableto take the same path, and probably won't achievethe same results (we can do better), the pointremains that reversing the tuition increase trendis possible.

There are necessary steps to take if we want to

reduce student debt . The fundamental problemwe have on our hands is that the student move-ment is weak. I can point out two main causes tothe pathetic state of student politics . My firstimpression was that students simply don't care.However, as I discovered to my surprise, it is notthe case . Rather, it is the fact that people don'tknow what is happening and who is doing some-thing about it. Hence, I identify two voids thatneed to be filled in. The first one is the informa-tion void, whereas we must start knowing what isgoing on. The second is the leadership void. I

believe leaders ought to start standing out forwhat they believe in instead of trying to pleaseeveryone, including the government and UBC'sadministration . In any case, once a flow of infor-mation and a reasonable leadership structure isestablished, we will see a much more effectivestudent movement in place, and a snowball effectwill take place (more public support, leading to astronger student voice, leading to students believ-ing the ideal can be achieved, leading to higherrecruitment, leading to better leaders , and so on).

British Columbia students are fortunate in away that we can learn from mistakes of studentmovements in other provinces . Along withQuebec, we remain the last province where thebattle has yet to be fought. Time is running out,however, for as you read this letter UBC's admin-istration is already looking for ways to increasetuition. It's up to us now; we can either bury ourheads in the sand, or we can start doing somework, start fighting for what we believe in.v

—Daniel Arbour is currently running forAMS President on the Action Now! slate

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First-year sessionals at UBC earn 20% less than theirunionized counterparts at SFU . In addition, SFU sessionalsreceive benefits to teach just one course a term .

CUPE represents sessionals at12 universities across Canada.It seems like a good time for UBCsessionals to get organized.

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FRIDAY JANUARY 22, 1999VOLUME 80 ISSUE 28

A plague on both their housesIn our last editorial, we joked that instead ofjoining either Canadian Alliance of StudentAssociations (CASA) or the CanadianFederation of Students (CFS), UBC shouldjoin something like NASA or Guns 'n Roses.

We weren't entirely kidding.The single biggest issue in this week's AMS

elections has been whether or not to keep ourmembership with CASA, with the CFS beingpushed as the alternative, which it is. But lostin the intellectually diverse "CASA kicks ass"and "CASA sucks" campaigns has been thejoin-nothing option.

CASA and the CFS are engaging in a bare-knuckles brawl for UBC's membership.Student union executives from the both CASAand CFS-affiliated schools are on campushanding out leaflets. This is a contest and we

are the prize.Well, we don't want to be a prize.The most levelheaded voice this week has

come from AMS president Vivian Hoffman.She said that as the student movement inCanada is divided, "As members of CASA, we'donly contribute to the infighting ."

Hear, hear.The CFS has been criticised for big bureau-

cracy and reactionary protest, while CASAcomes under fire for its ass-kissing lobby tech-niques.

And while both claim to be fighting for theinterests of students, both seem far more con-cerned with lobbing political bombs over thefence than in promoting meaningful change.

Unsurprisingly, their bickerings are notthat far from the NDP—Liberal (read : CFS

CASA) mudslinging that goes on in parlia-ment.

If UBC were to join either of these twodeeply flawed organisations, we would justcontribute to a bitter student family feud.

If we don't join one or the other, their pro-ponents cry, UBC's voice will be shut out ofnational student concerns! But when was thelast time that the federal government's educa-tion initiatives weren't a result of pro-educa-tion opinion polls?

Until there is one united student voice inthis country—under whatever umbrella—then students will continue to be lost in theshuffle.

So let's stand apart from the bickering, thespats, and the dissonant voices . It sure beatscontributing to the clamour.v

Mi CASAI am writing this letter to supportthe Alma Mater Society of theUniversity of British Columbia in itsbid to retain membership in theCanadian Alliance of StudentAssociations. UBC is a prestigiousuniversity and its AMS is a well-developed organisation with highlyrespected student leaders.Students nationwide would benefitfrom having student representa-tives from UBC at the CASA table aswe work to remedy the mountingadversity that we face in our effortsto receive a high quality, accessibleeducation.

The student movement isnational in nature. The federal gov-ernment is playing an increasinglyprominent role in key post-sec-ondary education issues such asfunding, student loans, work-studyprograms, scholarships and bur-saries, inter-provincial mobility,student tax benefits, and educationsavings plans. Although every insti-tution and every province inCanada has different policies, weare intricately linked and oftenshare similar problems. By identi-fying these problems and workingboth locally and nationally to solvethem, we can also effect change atinstitutional and provincial levels.

The Canadian public and its

governments will only listen to themessage of the two national stu-dent associations if we stop fightingeach other and d irect our energiestowards what are essentially thesame goals. For this reason, CASAhas chosen not to enter into coun-terproductive turf-wars with theCanadian Federation of Students.CASA was created in 1995 to bringtogether student associations inter-ested in a new model of nationalstudent representation . CASA isdecentralized and member-driven,providing every member associa-tion with an equal and valued voicewithout having to rely on a cumber-some and expensive centralbureaucracy. CASA members havetraditionally relied on the philoso-phy of providing real solutionswithin the existing system in orderto bring about real change thatserves students. CASA deals withpolitical issues only; business orservice matters are kept separatefrom its mandate. CASA has cho-sen to concern itself solely withmatters surrounding postsec-ondary education affecting all stu-dents ; this focus has led to tangibleand positive results.

I consider myself fortunate tohave been involved in CASA as astudent executive over the past twoyears. I experienced the process ofreaching consensus, writing policy,and setting direction with the other

members of the alliance. Throughconstant communication, solidresearch, consistent lobbyingefforts, strong media coverage, andinnovative local campaigns, CASAexperienced great success last year.After a year of hard work leading tothe substantial gains for students inthe federal budget, including theMillennium Scholarship Fund andchanges to the Canada StudentLoan Program, the sense of accom-plishment is undeniable.

We must not rest on our laurels,though . The underlying problemsstill remain and CASA now facesmany new challenges . Havingproved itself; it is my hope thatmore student associations will jointhe alliance and add to its strength.The University of Alberta Students'Union offers its full support to theAMS' bid to remain in CASA; wehope that the students of UBC willmake the right choice.

Sheamus MurphyPresident, University of Alberta

Students' Union

Su CASAIn 1998, the Canadian Alliance ofStudent Associations (CASA) wel-comed the Alma Mater Society(AMS) of UBC as a member and theAMS has since quickly become a

key contributor. For example, theAMS was instrumental in pushingfor increased debt relief on studentfinancial aid and was quick to solic-it support for the APEC defensefund from all CASA members.

CASA provides Canadian post-secondary eductaion students witha viable, effective and rational alter-native for national lobbying.Compared with other national stu-dent lobby efforts CASA has pushedthe federal government for changesin the Canadian post-secondaryeducation system which benefitboth students and society.

CASA's membership fees arevery reasonable and the return onthese fees are visible. CASA is a non-partisan lobby organisation, whichboth encourages and endorses allCanadian political views. CASAderives its yearly mandate from anearly summer conference in whichall member schools equally partici-pate.

However, the University ofSaskatchewan Students' Union(USSU) identifies that CASA is not aflawless organisation . The USSUhas chosen not to pull out of CASAbut rather to stay and exact internalchange.

Sean JunorVP Government Affairs

University of SaskatchewanStudents' Union

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PERSPECTIVEOPINION

by Shiraz Dindar

The protest of Jean Chretien's return to Vancouver was a bigone. It happened on the evening of December 8, at 6 pm at theHyatt Regency Hotel, downtown, where the Liberal Party washaving a fundraising dinner.

There were at least 800 protestors there, probably more.With Chretien's role in APEC fresh in everyone'sminds, the crowd was positively pissed, and pissed-ly positive. I call it constructive rage.

Here is one of several interesting experiences Ihad that evening:

The crowd at one point was split up into con-centrated groups at the major entrances to thehotel . I found myself face to face with a cop with about onehundred pissed off but calm protestors behind me at theentrance to the underground parking lot . We jeered theLiberal Party dinner attendees as they entered, each paying$400 per plate to help keep their party in power, to keep theirstatus quoed.

The only thing separating us from the parking lot was athin plastic police tape and a row of cops who were not heav-ily armed. It would have been very easy to enter. I wasamazed at the poor security. But I was also betting that,behind the bend, just out of our view, were mobs of over-zealous riot cops waiting for us. So I didn't make any particu-lar effort to rush the parking lot .

Several of us in the front slowly took the plastic tape down,without the cops noticing . When they eventually clued in, sev-eral cops tried to put it back up but were unable to, as it wouldhave required clearing the crowd away, and they only do thatat particular strategic moments (with the aid of the batons,pepper spray and tear gas).

So now I was face to face with a cop, a female officer. At

one point she asked the fellow beside me to step backbehind the line, referring to the fallen police tape which wassomehow supposed to act as a barrier. But the ground hadseveral painted lines as well, and so the guy asked her, mock-ingly, "Which line? This line? This line? Or this line?" point-ing to all the painted lines but not the police tape. It wasquite funny. Yet I also knew that, in her reductive brain, thecop was appropriating his act of political rebellion as an actof childish disrespect.

So I decided to go for her head.She was trying hard not to look at us in the eyes, just like all

the other cops were. It's like when you're on the bus or subwaybut even sillier. By not looking at you in the eyes, the cops are

trying to maintain their authority over you and also demon-strate that they don't care about what you say. Occasionally acop will try to intimidate you by staring in your eyes but that'salways great fun because then you get to stare back and theyhave to turn away first because they can't afford to get caughtin a stare-down but you can. They have to monitor the crowdbut you get to observe their lovely features.

So, in an attempt to break her concentration and forceher to reassess The power dynamics of the situation, Isaid to her, calmly and surely, "Perhaps you should clari-fy which line you are referring to." Of course, it was obvi-ous which line she meant . She knew I was just trying toprod her, but I addressed her so directly and so normallythat her pre-cop instinctual reaction was to listen . I saw

her eyes turn towards me, but then, as she registered what Ihad said, she knew I had jabbed her badly, and she turned hereyes away. Then, briefly, an uncontrollable angry frown cameacross her face. She managed to wipe it away, but not in time.I had made my mark.

A minute later, I said to her calmly, "You know, the only rea-son we're antagonizing you is because you antagonize us ."This time she tried to reply, perhaps to redeem her lost moralground, but she couldn't think of much to say.

I'm hoping she took that home with her . Demoralizingauthority is very effective.

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Faculty association beneficialby Jim Gaskell

As a UBC faculty member since 1974 and one of those whosupported the unionisation drive that Professor Jamiesonmentions in his Ubyssey perspective [Jan 15], I too believe inthe importance of having sessionals organised into an effec-tive bargaining unit so they may achieve a more just andequitable position within the university.

It is unfortunate, however, that ProfessorJamieson was not aware of the recent memoran-dum of agreement extending membership in theFaculty Association to all sessional instructorswhen he wrote his opinion piece.

Since 1993, sessionals with a 50% load or greaterhave been members of the faculty association . So,in fact, a significant group of sessionals havealready voted to become members of the faculty associationand have been well-served by that organisation . Now all ses-sionals can join. This is cause for celebration.

I'm proud of the role the faculty association has played inadvancing the economic and professional interests of allfaculty members, including sessional instructors . The ideathat sessionals would not be well served in the FacultyAssociation is nonsense. I was a member of the association'sSalary and Economic Benefits Committee from 1990 to 1995and its chair from 1993 to 95 . I can attest that sessionalswere well represented on that committee and that substan-tial resources were put into improving sessional salarieswithin the limits allowed by the provincial wage guidelinesgoverning all public sector unions . In fact, the current vice

president of the faculty association, Norma Wieland,worked as a sessional at UBC for 16 years.

It is especially important that all teaching faculty oncampus are organized into a single unit, a goal the facultyassociation has worked to achieve for several years . Havingteaching faculty organised into two different groups wouldindeed play into the hands of those who want to divide andconquer.

The basic union principle is that there is strength inunity. This is represented in labour law through the conceptof "community of interest ." When labour relations boardshave had to decide what is the most beneficial communityof interest for sessionals, as they did last year at theUniversity of Western Ontario, they have tended to decide,with good reason, that the interests of sessionals are bestserved as members of the local faculty association.

If sessionals who are not currently members of the facul-ty association vote to join the association they will do soknowing that a general framework agreement already exists,and that an experienced negotiating team will move quick-ly to incorporate them into the existing sessionals agree-ment . They will be covered by the same language for protec-

tion of academic freedom that all faculty members enjoy.The dues are known, as are the services provided.

As President of the Confederation of University FacultyAssociations of British Columbia (CUFA/BC) I would alsolike to point out that by being members of the UBC FacultyAssociation, sessionals would also be supported by the lob-bying and research services of CUFA/BC provincially andthe Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT)

nationally. These organizations are focused exclu-sively on issues in the post-secondary educationsector and have extensive research departmentsand labour relations expertise to support lobbyingand bargaining efforts. For example, recentresearch conducted by CAUT comparing con-tracts for sessionals across Canada shows that, ingeneral, sessionals organized within faculty asso-

ciations have higher rates of pay and better benefits andprotections than those organized outside faculty associa-tions.

The UBC Faculty Association has done something posi-tive in bringing together all UBC faculty members in com-mon cause, rather than succumbing to divide-and-conquertactics. CUFA/BC and CAUT are supporting this kind ofunity on all Canadian campuses. It was a long time comingat UBC, and there will be difficulties yet, but I am certain itis the best thing for all the faculty and students at UBC.

—Jim Gaskell is a UBC professor of Curriculum Studies andPresident of the Confederation of University FacultyAssociations of BC.

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