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Tracy Fast, assistant manager of the Student Recreation Centre’s (SRC) Birdcoop, lets her hands and feet do the walking on the Treadwall. The free-standing climbing apparatus monitors a climber’s speed, the number of calories burned and the distance travelled. It will be part of the Open House Fitness Challenge which runs Oct. 13-15. See story Page 3 for information on the SRC.

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A N (WYSSEY I OCTOBER 13.14. IS. 1995 I Take a trip to Mars at Open House ‘95. See story below for more information.

UBC opens doors to interplanetary travel by Gavin Wilson

Staffwriter

“Welcome aboard our sightseeing flight to Mars. Today’s destination is Valles Marineris, a 5,000-kilometre-long canyon that is the red planers largest feature.”

Science fiction? Not a t UBC’s Open House.

Flights to Mars will be taking off regu- larly during the three-day event, Oct. 13- 15, in a new attraction in the Dept. of Geophysics and Astronomy.

The exhibit, 2095: A Mars Odyssey, is just one of the many science and technology events scheduled for Open House ’95.

Visitors can see a dinosaur skeleton, watch a recreation of major earthquakes in Japan and California. create their own mini-earthquakes. marvel a t the chemistry magic show and soccer-playing robot cars. learn about UBC experiments COII-

ducted aboard NASA space shuttles and attend a talk by UBC Nobel Laureate Michael Smith.

For the Mars voyage, visitors are first led to the flight‘s boarding lounge. where they will be briefed on conditions on the Martian surface and the possibility of

encountering life. They then board the UBC Spacewa!,

passenger shuttle. HMCS Q c h o , for tl five-minute flight, with visuals providc by a computer simulation on a gial television screen.

Passengers will view a fly-over ofVallc Marineris, a vast Martian canyon that c: earth would stretch from Vancouver I

Halifax. “It may not be a Steven Spielberg prl

duction, but we think it will look pret impressive.” said Asst. Prof. Jaym Matthews. “We hope kids will get son educational value out of it and that the parents and other adults will have ful too.”

Up on the roof of the Geophysics at- Astronomy building, weather permittin the UBC Observatorywill offer safe, mal nified views of the Sun’s surface, i n c h ing sunspots and other features.

Another display allows visitors to trac the Hubble Space Telescope a s it orb]( the Earth and see some of its electronj images being analysed by UBC astronc mers and students.

In another attraction, billed as th See MARS Page 2

Gilbert to head Health Sciences by Connie Filletti

Staff writer

UBC’s Board of Governors has ap- proved the appointment of Prof. John Gilbert of the School of Audiology and Speech Sciences a s co-ordinator of Health Sciences for a five-year term which began Sept. 1.

Gilbertjoined the Dept. of Pediatrics a t UBC in 1966 where he was a Medical Research Council post-doctoral scholar from 1968 to 1972. He founded \he program in Audiohgy and Speech Science., in 1969, which becamt a school in 1982. and served as head until 1988. From 1985 to 1988 he also served a s acting director of the School of Rehabilitation Sciences.

“With wide-ranging changes in mechanisms for the provision of health care, both pro- vincially and feder;dly.

sity health sciences experience, as well a s great energy and enthusiasm to the posi- tion.“ said Dr. William Webber. associate vice-president. Academic. who has served a s co-ordinator of Health Sciences since 1992.

Gilbert has published widely on pho- netic aspects of child language, has edited a book on speech and cortical func- tioning, and is co-editing a book ofpapers

on child language with

John Gilbert the organization of programs in human health at UBC is facing some interesting challenges.” Gilbert said. ”It is my hope that the office ofthe co-ordinator ofHealth Sciences will be able to facilitate dialogue among programs, agencies and govern- ments involved in the training of health professionals.”

Gilbert received his undergraduate education at the University of London and was awarded a Fulbright Scholar- ship in 1963 for graduate studies at Purdue University where he was also the David Ross Research Fellow. He received his PhD in Speech Science in 1966.

“John Gilbert brings extensive univer-

Carolyn Johnson of the School ofAudiology and Speech Sciences. His major research interests include articulatory and acoustic phonetics and linguistic aphasiology.

He has been honoured by both his provincial and national professional associations and was awarded the medal for Outstanding Professional Achieve- ment by the Canadian Association of Audiolo- gists and Speech Lan- guage Pathologists in 1989. I n 1993 he was

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named one ofthe Outstanding Alumni in the School of Liberal Arts by Purdue University, and in 1995 he received a UBC Faculty of Medicine Excellence in Teaching Award.

He is a member of Senate, Graduate Council. and the Co-ordinating Commit- tee of the Institute for Hearing Accessibil- ity Research. Gilbert currently chairs the Senate Library Committee and is closely associated with the Vancouver Founda- tion, serving on its Health and Welfare committee and as chair of the Advisory Committee of the B.C. Medical Senices Foundation. He is also a faculty member of Green College.

Former judge receives Great Trekker Award by Gavin Wilson

Staff writer

Retired Provincial Court Judge Alfred Scow, the first aboriginal person to graduate from UBC’s Faculty of Law, is this year’s recipient of the Great TrekkerAward.

Scow joins the ranks of outstanding UBC alumni honoured by the Alma Mater Society for their dedication to the university and service to the community. The award was inaugurated in 1950.

Past recipients include author and

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Home Page 3 Offbeat: Faculty, staff and students leave their mark on the World Wide Web

Antarctic Effort 4 UBC professors aim at co-ordinating Canadian research in the frozen south

Legal Beagle 5 Prof. Wes Pue contributes a western perspective to Canadian legal history

Saying No 8 A campaign takes aim at date rape, while women learn to protect themselves

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We are faculty, staff, students, administrators and associations at the University of British Columbia who support the implementation of measures to create an inclusive and non-discriminatory climate a t UBC. We wish to work co-operatively with all those, including the graduate students and faculty in political science, who are

Trekker Continued from Page 1 broadcaster Pierre Berton. poli- tician Rosemary Brown and phi- lanthropists Cecil and Ida Green.

The award commemorates the students who in 1922 marched from the original UBC campus in Fainriew to Point Grey protest- ing the lack ofgovemment action in completing the new campus.

Born in Alert Bay, B.C., Scow was the son of a hereditary chief and eldest of 18 children. He worked as a commercial fisher- man for many years before completing his LLB. at UBC in 196 1.

He was the first aboriginal person to be called to the bar in B.C., and later became the first legally trained aboriginal judge in the province.

Scow, 68. has worked a s a prosecutor for the city of New Westminster. chaired a board of review of the Workers' Compen- sation Board and was a commissioner with the Amerindian Lands Commissionwith thegov- emments of Canada and Guy- ana, South America.

He was appointed a provincial court judge in 197 1, serving inVancouver and Prince Rupert.

Scow has also served on UBC's Senate and the board of management of UBC's Alumni Asso- ciation.

He will receive the Great Trekker Award at a reception to be held Oct. 12 a t 5:30 p.m. in the SUB Party Room. For tickets and information, call 822-2050.

Mars Continued from Page 1 Extra Galactic Demolition Derby, visitors will "crash" galaxies into one another using computer simulations of the real-life event in which galaxies pass through each other, distorting the orbits and positions of stars.

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President David Strangway has asked UBC faculty and students tojoin him in sponsoring a major national conference on academic freedom and freedom from discrimination and harassment.

The conference is one of the ways the university is respond- ing to the McEwen Report.

The report by Vancouver lawyer Joan McEwen. released in June, found that there was "a basis for allegations of pervasive racism and sexism'' in the Politi-

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nation-wide debate on issues such as academic freedom and discrimination in the classroom.

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New Rec Centre

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Intramurals co-ordinator Nestor Korchinsky and campus recreation co- ordinator Sonya Lumholst-Smith prepare to tip-off the inaugural season of play in the Student Recreation Centre. Building manager Blake Phillips (centre) says that in terms of space and availability, the new facility will quadruple the sport and recreation opportunities for the casual campus athlete.

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here's never been a shortage of self-expression on the Internet, but the creative juices are really flowing on the World Wide Web, which can transmit graphics, photos and sound as well a s words.

Dozens of UBC faculty. staff and students have created personal home pages, sites on the Web where the authors put together these elements to tell the world about themselves.

"Since no one else would be crazy enough to publish my stuff, 1'11 do it myself," says political science student - UD the sentiments of manv others. Bing Chow on his home page, summing

What's on Chow's homk page? A resume, an out-of-date class schedule and links to other Web sites around the world, which can all be reached with the click of a mouse. Most of these other Web sites deal with his passions:

Volkswagens. 1 politics, television shows and

For the past six months University Computing Services has allowed free posting of home pages for a trial period while they complete the construction of new web services.

'There was a lot of demand from people who wanted to put up web home pages." said Chris Krusch.

manager of operating systems technical support at UCS. 'The quickest way to meet the demand was to allow the free trial period while we were building the new services.''

Some students who post home pages may be looking for jobs in the computer industry, he added. It's certainly not hard to find resumes posted and the sites themselves take some skill to produce.

But others may just like having their moment in the spotlight. After all, any one of the millions of Internet users around the world could drop by for a visit.

"Here's what 1 like to do on the weekend," says student Tim Daniels on his home page. displaying a colour photo of a glider in flight.

Paul Lawrence, a producer/director a t UBC Telecentre, has links to Seattle coffee houses and the Mary Tyler Moore web site on his home page. There are also links to television theme music sound bytes and something called the Strawberry Pop-tart Blow-Torch.

Philip Feeley, on a more earnest note, has links to Web sites dealing with progressive politics, like Amnesty International, 2 Magazine. and PeaceNet.

James KO, on the other hand, is content to put up his resume and the slogan "Engineers rule the world."

gives students 'fun' place to work out

Mark it on your calendar: Oct. 13, 10 a.m., Maclnnes Field. That's the official kickoff for Open House '95. It's also the official opening of UBC's newest playground.

The $9-million Student Recreation Centre (SRC) will be the backdrop for a brief ceremony ushering in three days of informative Open House fun.

Sonya Lumholst-Smith. principal of recreation in the university's Intramural Sports and Recreation Program. said the timing is perfect to cut the ribbon and let students and visitors get acquainted with what the centre has to offer.

"Fun is the central theme," said Lumholst-Smith. 'This is the one place where we hope students will feel totally carefree and at ease with themselves. They paid for it, it's their playground."

The SRC is the largest campus building project to date funded voluntarily by students. Their $4.5-million contribution was matched by the provincial government.

Through its clubs, tournaments, special events. instructional classes, outdoor equipment rentals and health and fitness activities, the intramural and recreation program attracts u p to 20,000 staff and students annually.

lntramurals co-ordinator Nestor Korchinsky says the centre effectively doubles the space available for league basketball and volleyball which last year had 94 and 180 teams respectively. In total, close to 5,000 people each week took part in six league sports which also include ultimate(frisbee football). floor hockey, ice hockey and soccer.

More importantly. says building manager Blake Phillips, the centre quadruples space for those 'rookie' athletes who don't necessarily want to be a part of an organized group but just want to play whenever they feel like it.

"Imagine 200 people packed into the Osbome facility trying to play drop-in volleyball and you'll understand what we've been up against," said Blake. *And it's not the league people that are playing drop-in sports either, it's a whole different

component to the student body." Anchoring the SRC building is a 1,620

square-metre gym floor topped by a 14 metre-high ceiling. The floor space can be configured into 12 badminton courts, six volleyball, three basketball or three futsal (indoor soccer) surfaces.

The highlight of the downstairs level is the so-called 'BirdCoop,' a 720-square- metre room filled with innovative weight training apparatus and aerobic machines for people of all ages and abilities. Lumholst-Smith says the BirdCoop is on track to doubling last year's membership of 2,500 and she encourages new members to join from off campus.

'The coop will be a fun environment for men, women, young and old." said Lumholst-Smith, who pointed out that the old weight room in the War Memorial Gym was voted the fourth most popular place to socialize on campus behind The Pit, SUB and Yum Yums.

Featured prominently in the BirdCoop is something called a Treadwall. The revolving, four-metre high climbing surface, with removable hand and footholds, allows rock climbers to hone their skills without ever getting more than a half metre off the ground. It can also be tilted to simulate overhangs for ambitious thrill seekers.

Separate spaces surrounding the Bird Coop include a 144-square-metre martial arts studio complete with mats and mirrors, a 200-square-metre dance studio with sprung f loor and ample administrative space for Canada's largest intramural sport and recreation program. There is also a sizeable work and seminar area for the more than 120 volunteers who help run the various programs each year.

The centre is open 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekends. For more information on drop- in times call 822-6000.

Rick Hansen andTricia Smith, chair of the University Athletic Council, w i l l unleash a design of balloons in the shape of the Open House wave to kick off the three-day celebration.

United" Way campaign looks to UBC for support by Stephen Forgacs Staff writer

United Way kicks off its annual UBC campaign on Oct. 2 and organizers are encouraging members of the campus community to get involved.

"UBC has one of the largest employee groups in the Lower Mainland and

have a significant impact on the campaign total," she said.

"We're also working to get more employees involved in the planning of campus-wide events. Events a s simple as a bake sale or car wash help us toward the goal while also raising awareness on cam-

Employees can donate through a pus."

has been a leader in supporting payroll heduction plan. by credit United Way's 93 member agen- card or by cheque. cies and community services United Way ofthe Lower Main- throughout the region." said land is a volunteer-led, regis- Bob Philip. chair of the UBC tered charitable organization

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campaign and director of Ath- that focuses on needs in the letics and Sport Services. Lower Mainland. Last vear,

Last yea;, through fund- raising activities and individual dona- tions, UBC contributed $272,000 toward United Way's general campaign total of $19.1 million. The goal for the 1995 UBC campaign is $300,000.

Louise Shaw. co-ordinator of the campus campaign, said faculty and staff will receive pledge forms in the mail soon to encourage participation.

"Employees who decide to donate to United Way through payroll deduction

500,000 people received assistance from community services.

Donors can designate their donation to a specific charity through United Way or the donation will be directed to an area of need. United Way's low administration costs mean 96 cents of every dollar do- nated goes to agencies and services.

For information on the campaign, which runs until November 3. or to become a United Way campaign volunteer. call 822- 1995.

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Profs take aim at co-ordinating Canada’s Antarctic research program by Charles Ker Staff writer 1 manage to hook up with a na-

tional program of another coun- I try. often get left behind. Since the turn of the century “A lot of Canadian research-

when explorers first began map- ers and companies are missing ping the Antarctic. Canadian opportunities that. had they scientists have relied on good known about, they might have contacts and good luck to con- benefited from.” he said. “There duct research down under. With is a large Canadian presence in no base of operations to work the Antarctic but i t is almost from, Canadian con~nlrtelv in-

r e s e a r c h e r s visible because it have tagged is so dill~~sc~.” along with re- “There is a large A s head ofthe sea rch t eams from other Canadian presence dian Antarctic

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depended O n but it is almost gram (CARP), them for food, Suedfeld wants transportation, completely to bring some shelter and sup- invisible because order to Cana- plies. dian research

“I t ’s been efforts in the re- pretty much a @on. free-for-all with - Peter Suedfeld Since its in- Canadians go- ception in the ing cap in hand spring of 1993. to whomever CARJ’has estab- they could find was making the lished contact with ;I I I L I I I I ~ ~ I - of passage,” sajd UBC Psycholo- private firms that <are intrrested gist Peter Suedfeld. in the area. An Antarc,tic data

Suedfeld. who studies how base is being set up with t h r help humans adapt to isolation and of the Canadian Polar Corllrrlis- harsh climates, counts himself sion detailing various interna- as one of the l u c k y ones. During tional initiatives that Canac1i:lrls the last eight years he has made might want to I I ” - ~ ” -

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UBC Psychologist Peter Suedfeld (left) and Dennis Stossel of Environment Canada on the Antarctic Peninsula. Suedfeld, UBC Biologist Peter Hochachka and Prof. Emeritus John Stager are part of an effort to co-ordinate Canadian research efforts in the Antarctic.

the Arctic and Antarctic. Stager says research carried out on both poles is vital to monitoring en\+ ronmental issues such as gIotx11 warming or the earth‘s depleted ozone layer. On the medical front , he points to Antarctic rese.arc.11 by UBC Biologist Peter Hochachka. which sheds light Dn how some people and a n - nals can survive a t very low emperatures and with littlroxy-

The continent is populated by about 400 people from 20 countries during the winter. Canada has a fluctuating contingent of txtween 10-20 researchers in any given year.

The largest ofthe close to 20 research stations is the U . S . McMurdo station, which b a l - loons from 200 people in win- e r (Fcb- Oct.) to almost 1,300

The need for a more co- ordinated Canadian presence in the Antarctic is made more critic.al bv looming federal ctlthacks in the government’s Arctic rcscarc~h support program.

Surdfe ld sa id some re - searc~hers mav want to t rans- f’rr or rspantl their operation o t h r Ar~tarctic. He adds that I t t r r l l ion n~trs t be paid to -os1 -ell.i(.ient ways for includ-

UBC Reports . September 21, 1995 5

Profile - The Bar Uncloaked

Prof, Wes Pue interrogates legal history by Charles Ker stalf writer

I s contemporary Canadian legal history dry? Stonefaced. Prof. Wes Pue fiddles

with an empty Starbucks cup and contemplates an appropriate response.

Canada's one-and-only academic chair on the topic. "I try to infuse legal history with an awareness of what is happening in society at a given point in time and bring a full social understanding to i t . It's only a s dry as life itself."

That's not to say Pue's exploration of this country's legal heritage hasn't been without frustration. James Aikins' opening address to the Manitoba law school in 1914 is a case in point. From his lectern. the founding president of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) gave a lengthy sermon to students on the need for temperance and good working habits but neglected to men- tion anything about curricula, the way a law school should be organized or the professional vision shared by school founders. In short. there was not much for Pue to sink his scholarly teeth into. Or was there?

Resisting an inclination to dismiss Aikins as a foaming-at-the-mouth fool, Pue realized there was reason behind the babble. For Pue, the speech cap- tured an intensely moral vision associated with the origins of contemporary legal education.

'The initiative behind the CBA and spearheading reforms of legal education in Canada was directed at creating better people and was to be a life- transforming experience," Pue explains. 'They wanted good people coming in and they wanted to make them better people by their own standards. It was a very ambitious project a t social integra- tion." ~ . ., 2% ,.

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Pue. 40. has been the Nemetz Professor 01- Legal History at UBC since 1993. However. only in the last decade has he turned his critical eye on the Canadian legal scene. particularly on western Canadian lauyers in the 20th century.

of approaching the study of any profession in history: one is by looking at the institutions. organizations and elite thinkers like Aikins: the other approach is to examine the dissidents to find out how they were reacting to leadership attempts to shape the profession in certain ways.

"You only get a partial social vision by single sourcing." said Pue. T h e advantage of studying rebels within a profession is that they provide the parameters of debate by documenting their oppositions and concerns others might take for granted."

In the case of the British Bar in the mid- to l a t c x - 19th century - Pue's research focus a s a doctoral student at York Uni\w-sitv and a faculty member at Carleton University - there were ample supplies of dissident documenta- tion to "intcrrogate."

By all accounts. the organized Bar during this period was an out-of-date. self-perpetuating oligarchy whose members cared more about hosting dinners and getting on with their own practice than creating a modem regulatory profession. Pue's rebel-

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Prof. Wes Pue is the only person working consistently in western Canada on the history of the I.egal profession.

lusting produced such research rticles as Moral Panic at t h c English lar: Paternal us. Commercial Ideologies f k g a l Practices in the 1860s (1990): 'ebels at the Bar: English Banisters nd the County Courts in the 1850s 1988) and Exorcising Professional lemons: Charles Rann Kennedy and 7e Transition to the Modern Bar (1987).

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Since beginning his historical lterrogations of Canada's legal land- cape in the late 1980s Pue has looked rimarily at the profession from the top own and is saving the scrutiny of ebels for later. Current research rojects analyse CBA attempts to reate social order through a more tructured. coherent legal profession.

One such project is a chapter. awyers artd the Constitution OJPolitical bciety: Containing Radicalism and fairttaining Order in Prairie Canada 2900-1930). for a U.S. publication due Jt next year on legal professions and olitical liberalism. Rather than cast lwyers as unscrupulous money- rabbers out to create a monopoly. Pue ays lawyers have had a hand in x-eading liberal principles.

At the same time, the professor is Is0 working on a paper documenting

the historical arguments used by Canadian lawyers today to justify why they should be exempt from Canadian regulation - historical arguments which Pue repudiates as "utter and complete nonsense."

profession still remains an empty book in terms of basic research.

Unlike Britain or the U S . . Canada doesn't have biographies of great judges and lawyers nor does it have intellectual histories of these people. With 10 provinces. two temtories and 200 years of history. historians have barely scratched the surface. Even the CBA itself has eluded historical scm- tiny.

Pue says Canadians have an unfor- tunate tendency to trace the history of their country's legal profession back to England at the time of the Magna Carta and to assume nothing significant has happened or rhangetl this century. Nothing could be further from the truth.

While the English Bar was being provoked into rrlorm by rebels. lhr ClBA was busy cajoling law societies across the country into taking active steps towards recruitment. training and regulations for practicing lalwers. Under Aikins tenure from 1914-29. the CBA conducted the first nation-wide study of legal education. created the first code of professional conduct for

But the history of the Canadian legal

hnad ian lawyers and was instrumen- .al in creating eight law schools.

Pue is co-editor and one of 2 1 :ontributors to Canada's Legal Inherit- mces. due out in October. The book is .he first attempt ever to produce a -eader on Canadian legal history from :ast to west and north to south. It :overs First Nations legal issues, kadian legal systems and those from m-ly Quebec through to present-day B.C.

As the only person working consist- mtly in westem Canada on the history Jf the legal profession. it's perhaps not surprising for Pue to note that the production of legal history to date has had a regional bias in favour of Que- bec, Ontario and Atlantic Canada. Overlooked is the fact that, led by Aikins from Winnipeg, the CBA was dominated by Westerners for the first 20 years of its existence.

in eastem Canada has been docu- mented to the point where people assumed that the undergraduate program at the University ofToronto was unique in the country. In fact. UBC had an extensive legal education program in everything but name from 1919 through to the founding of the law school in 1945.

Pue just finished two years of -esearch which resulted in L a ~ u School: rhe Story of Legal Education i n British ?olumbia. The release of the 300-plus- ,age book. lavishly illustrated with some 80 archival photos, coincides with the 50th birthday of UBC's hcul ty of Law.

That Henry Angus. an economist and trained lawyer. provided a general egal education for undergraduate students in the Faculty of Arts 20 years 3efore the law faculty came into being, is ust one of the surprises Pue discovered.

He also points to the commitment shown by B.C. lawyers in maintaining two law schools in Vancouver and Victoria, the latter of which dissolved in the 1920s while the former remained open until the outbreak of the Second World War. Both schools were started at the same time as university schools were founded in Saskatoon. Edmonton and Winnipeg and professional schools in Regina and Calgary.

"Despite being part-time institutions at best with no university affiliation or (he luxury of full-time staff. the early B.C. schools did a pretty good job at providing a structured education." says Pue . .. II +"

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William Esson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia. will bestow honorary degrees on 23 B.C. graduates of those early professional schools at a ceremony in the Law Courts Great Hall. The special convocation on Oct. 1 3 is part of the law school's 50th anniversary celebra- tions taking place Oct. 12- 14 as part of UBC Open House.

Having completed ~ L L I School. Pue's time is taken up teaching. writing and trying to stay on top of the range of disciplines which are constantly influencing his field of resrarch.

Says Pur: "There is no nattlral sealed category of pristinely legal matters to which study of the history of law can or should be confined. Intellec- tual. social and political history. sociology, anthropolo,e. legal studies. Feminist scholarship. geography. political studies and literature - it relates to them all."


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Geography Colloquium Remapping Tutira: Contours In The Environmental IIistory OfNcw Zealand. Dr. Graeme Wynn, Geog- raphy. Geography 20 1 . 3:30pm. Refreshments. Call 822-4929.

Frederick Wood Theatre Performance

To Have by Julius Hay, directed by John Juliani. Runs to Oct. 7. Frederic Wood Theatre, 8:OOpm. Call 822-2678 or 822-3880. Sub- scription rates: weekdays adults $39,students and seniors $26. Weekend adults $45 students and seniors $32. Individual tickcts: weekdays adults $12 students and seniors $8. Weekends adults $14 students and seniors $10. Preview Wed. 2 for $12.

Graduate Studies Information Day

Representatives from the Faculty of Graduate Studies, the Gradu- ate Student Society. UVic. and SFU. SUB auditorium: displays in ballroom. 12:30-2:30pm. Call822- 9546.

Canadian Studies Workshop Border Crossing In The Pacific Northwest. Laurie Ricou. English. Green College small dining room a t 8pm. Call 822-5193. Workshop attendees are welcome to join us for dinner in the Green College Dining Hall beforehand. Call 822- 09 12 two days ahead to book.

Workshop TAing On A Multicultural Cam- pus. Participate in a cross-cultural simulation and develop solu- tions and strategies for working in multicultural classrooms. Christina Pikios and Katherine Beaumont. ITRC. Continuing Studies. International House. lower lounge, 5:30-8:30pm. Call 822- 1437.

Anastasios Koumoutsakos, Grad Student. Dept. ofChemicalEngi- neering. ChemEng206,3:3Opm. Call 822-3238.

President’s Lecture in

Vichy And The Nazi Occupation Of France: Accommodation Or Collaboration. Dr. Philippe I3urrin. Institut Universitairedes Hautes Etudes Internationales. Gene\,a. Switzerland. Buchanan Penthouse. 12:30pm. Call 822- 2561.

History

Special Public Physics Lecture

UnweavingThe Rainbow. Michael Berry. Royal Society Professor, U of Bristol. Hennings 200, 12:30pni. Call 822-3273.

Mathematics Colloquium Braids. Dr. Dale Rolfsen, Math- ematics. Math 104, 3:30pm. Re- freshments at 3: 15pm in Math Annex. Call 822-2666.

Theoretical Chemistry Seminars

Aspects Of Quantum State Sur- vival. Dr. K.F. Snider, Chemis- try. Chemistry D402 (centre block). 4pnl. Call 822-3266.

Faculty of Law Friday Noon Faculty Seminar

Deconstructing The Deficit: The Power OfTechnical Knowledge In Fiscal Law And Policy. Prof Lisa Philipps. Faculty of Law, Uvic. Curtis faculty conference room. 12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-3403.

Lecture/Slide Show The Blackwood Etchings. One of Canada’s best known artists ex- plores Newfoundland culture through his etchings made from 1963 to the present. David Blackwood. Buchanan A106, 12:30pm. Tickets are free but must be picked up in advance at the UBC Bookstore. Call 822- 0587.

Saturday, Sept. 30

Vancouver Institute Lecture Out Of A Medium’s Mouth: WB Yeats And f I i s Wife George Cre- a te “A Vision.” Prof Ann Saddlemyer, former Master of Massey College. U of T. Woodward IRC, lecture hall 2. 8: 15pm. Call 822-3131.

Monday, Oct. 2

Faculty Development Seminar

Discrimination And Harassment.

Sunday, Sept. 24

Continuing Studies Lecture New Work. Frithjof Bergmann, U of Michigan. Curtis 101/ 102, 9:30am-4:30pm. Continued from Sept. 23. $95. Call 822- 1450.

Monday, Sept. 25

Mechanical Engineering Colloquium

Ethical Aftermath Of Incentive Compatible Devices. Peter Seminar

~ ~ ~ - ~ h ~ ~ ~ l E~~~~ . potential Danielson. Philosophy and Centre F~~ UBC campus, M . for Applied Ethics. Angus 413, 4- Ghomshei and T. Sadlier-Brown, ’ 6pm. 822-5 139. Geothermal Energy Consultants. CEME 1202. 3:30-4:30pm. Re- freshments. Call 822-3904.

BC Cancer Agency Seminar Exploiting The Genomic Data Base Of The Worm (C. Elegans). Dr. David Baillie. Biological Sci- ences, SFU. BC Cancer Research Centre Lecture Theatre. 601 W. 10th. a t 12 noon. Call 877-6152.

Science and Society Sociology And Ethics Of Cyberspace. David Lyon. Dept. of Sociology. Queen’s U. Green Col- lege recreation lounge. 8- 10pm. Call 822-6067.

Tuesday, Sept. 26

Electrical Systems Course Fire Alarm And Emergency Sys- tems Application And lnstalla- tion Requirements. Dave Jackson and Ark Tsisserev. To Nov. 16. This course is intended to provide a detailed study of application and installation criteria for all electrical systems pertaining to the life safety requirements mandated by the NBCC. CEME 1202,7:-9:30pm. $600. Call822- 3347. F ~ x 822-3449.

I Wednesday, Sept. 27

1995 Murrin Lectures Beginnings For Beginners: Chris- tian Thought In A New Global Or- der. Dr. David Lyon. Head. Sociol- ogy, Queen*s U. Hebb Theatre, 4:30pm. Call 822-3268.

Cecil and Ida Green Visiting Professor Lecture

J . M . Synge. Lady Gregory AndThe Early Abbey Theatre. Prof. Ann Saddlemyer. former Mastcr of Massey College, U ofT. Buchanan A-104. Call 822-5675.

Women, Children and Youth HTv/AIDS Conference

To Sept. 30. Sponsors: Continuing Education in the Health Sciences. Coast Plaza at Stanley Park. Call 822-4965 or fax 822-4835.

Thursday, Sept. 28


Developing ATeaching Dossier For Tenure, Promotion And Reflection. William Webber and Gail Riddell. Facultv Develoument Svminar

Lecture Telescope Making. Learn To Build Your Own Powerful And Easy-To- Use AstronomicalTeleseope. Runs for 12Wednesdays. Gary Scronik. Lecturer at IHK MacMillan I’lan- etarium. HR MacMillan Plan- etarium, 1100 Chestnut St. 7:30- 9:30pm. Sponsored by Continu- ing Studies. $150. Call 822-1450.

Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series

Characterization Of A Novel TAP Transporter. Dr. Reiner Gabathuler, Biotechnology Labo- ratory. Wesbrook 20 1, 12- 1 :30pm. Call 822-3308.

Friday, Sept. 29 ~

Health Care and Epidemiology Rounds

Development And Evaluation Of Injury Prevention Systems. Dr. Joycelyn Pedder, President, RONA Kinetics. Mather 253, 9- loam. Free. Paid parking in B Lot. Call 822-2772.

Pediatrics Grand Rounds Current Status Of Liver Trans- plantation. Dr. Emil Chuang, Gas- troenterology. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. GF Strong Audito- rium. gam. Call 875-2307.

Room,- basement, David Lam Building, 3-5pm. Free. Call 822- 9149 to register and for information.

Multimedia Seminar Confused About What Authoring Program To Use To Create Your Multimedia Project? The pros and cons of *Authorware.” “Director..” ‘Toolbook,” 3upercard”and “Ora- cle Media Objects” will be presented by faculty and staff experienced in using these tools. Univer- sity Services Building, south end. TELEcentre, 1-2pm. Call 822- 3062.

Biostatistics Seminar Air Quality And Health: Studies Of Ozone Exposure And Respiratory Health Effects In The Fraser Val- ley. Dr. Michael Brauer, Dept. of Medicine - Respiratory Div. and Occupational Hygiene Program. CSCl 301, 4-5:30pm. Call 822- 0570.

CRESP Seminar Using The Survey Of Labour And Income Dynamics For Social And Labour Market Policy Research. Co-sponsored by Centre for Re- search on Economic and Social Policy and BC Ministry of Skills. Training, and Labour. Maryanne Webber. Statistics Canada. , Buchanan B332. 1:30-3:30pm. I Call 822-5608.

Green College Seminar Contemporary Furniture Design. Michael Fortune, Designer. Green College recreation lounge. 5:30- 6:30pm. Call 822-6067.

1

Physics Colloquium , ~

Geometric Phases And The Sepa- ~

ration OfThe Real World. Michael ~

Berry. U of Bristol. Hennings 201, , 4pm. Call 822-3853.

~

SDRI’s Lecture Series. Achieving A Sustainable Soci- ety: Reconciling Ecological Car- rying Capacity And Human Wel- fare. John B. Robinson. Direc- tor. Sustainable Development Researrh Institute. Woodward IRC. room 3. 12:30- 1:30pm. Call 822-9376.

Animal Science Seminar Series

The Effects Of Chlorinated Hy- drocarbons On Bald Eagles In British Columbia. John Elliot, PhD student, Dept. of Animal Science. MacMillan 158, 12:30pm. Coffeeand cookies. Call 822-4593.

Issues in Post-Secondary Education

The Roles Of Competencies And Credentials In Post-Secondary Education. Graham Debling. BClT. Geeen College recreation lounge. 2-6pm. Call 822-6067.

Cecil and Ida Green Visiting Professor Seminar

Women Writing And Working In The Canadian Theatre. Prof. Ann Saddlemyer, former Master of Massey College, U of T. Buchanan Penthouse, 3:30pm. Call822-5675.

Occupational Hygiene Program Seminar Series

Ergonomic Design Of LiftingTasks: Fact And Fiction. Steve Wiker, Assoc. Prof., Ergonomics Lab, U of Washington. UBC Hospital, Koerner Theatre G279, 12:30- 1:30pm. Free. Call 822-9595.

Weeklv Seminar

Seminar Reports Of UFO Sightings In Western Canada. Mark Wilkinson, PhD candidate, Dept. of Botany. Biosciences 2000, 12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-2133.

19th Century Colloquium Series

An Evening On Nietzschc. Andrew Busza. English Dept.. Richard Kurth. Music Dept.. Steven Taubeneck, Germanic Studies.

1 Green College recreation lounge. Seminar TemDeratures In The Western ~

8- 10pm. Call 822-6067.

Eurasian Basin 1964- 1994: Re- ~ Noon Hour Concert versing Thermometers, Thermistors, AndTheTrans-Arc- tic Acoustic Propagation Experi- ment. Dr. R. Pawlowicz. Biosciences 1465, 3:30pm. Call 822-282 1.

Steve Christofferson Trio, jazz. Music Recital Hall, 12:30pm. Ad- mission $2.50. Call 822-5574.

Ecology and Centre for Biodiversity Research

Seminars Avian Life History Evolution: Al- ternative And New Hypotheses Tested By The Comparative Method. Tom Martin, Wildlife Co- operative, U of Montana. Host, Dr. Judy Myers. Family/Nutritional Sciences 60, 4:30pm. Cookies in coffee room Hut B8, 4: 1Opm. Call 822-3957.

i U B C REPORTS 1- Lectures in Modem

Chemistry Catalyst-Assisted Chemical Heat Pump: Present State Of Develop- ment And Future. Prof. Yasukazu Saito, Dept. of Industrial Chem- istry, Science University of To- kyo, Japan. Chemistry 250 south wing, lpm. Refreshments served from 12:40pm. Call 822-3266.

CALENDAR PQL4CY AND DEADLlNES

The UBC Reports Calendar lists university-related or university-sponsored events on campus and off campus within the Lower Mainland.

Calendar items must be submitted on forms available from the UBC Public Affairs Office, 3 10 - 625 1 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver B.C., V6T 121. Phone: 822-3 1 3 1 . Fax: 822-2684. Please limit to 35 words. Submissions for the Calendar’s Notices section may be limited due to space.

Deadline for the October 5 issue of UBC Reports - which covers the period October 8 to October 21 - is noon, September 26.

Colleg& GrahamHouse, 7:30pm. Call 822-5675. Surgery Grand Rounds

Identification Clinic Staging And Management 0 1 Gastroesophagcal Kclltlx. Dr.

Museum Staff Help Identify Your Andre Duranceau, Surgerv. I!

UBC ReDorts . SeDtember 21. 1995 7

Calendar September 24 through October 7 3eminarRoom. basement. David Cherif Khaznadar. Institute of Lam Building. 2-4pm. Frcc. Call World Cultures and International 322- 1949 to register. Centre for Ethnoscenology of

UNESCO. MOA, 7:30pn1. Co-spon- Seminar sored by Alliance Franpise de

Molecular Analysis Of Macular V~ncOu'er. Call 822-5087, Degenerations: Sorsby's FLIII~LIS Dystrophy. Dr. Bernard Wcbcr. , Faculty Women's Club Institute for Iluman Genetics, U Meeting 3f Wurzburg. Gernlany. Experiences Of Yesterday's And woodward IRC#4. 3:45Pnl. Re- Today's Women Students. A panel lreshments served at 3:30pnl. discussion, Barbara Guttman- Call 822-9871. l Gee, Marsha Trew. Cecil Green

, Park House, loam. Refreshments Mechanical Engineering to follow. Call 228- 1 1 16.

Seminar Precision Enginrering. D . Gelbart. President. Creo Prod- Wednesday, Oct. 4 ucts Inc. CEME 1202. 3:30- 4:30pm. Refreshments. Call822- 3904.

Lecture New Passages. Best-selling author Gail Sheehy on coping with and enjoying life after 50. Woodward IRC #2.7:30pm. Tick- ets are free but must be picked up in advance at the UBC Book- store. Call 822-0587.

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Tuesday, Oct. 3

Oral Biology Seminar Role Of Fibroblast Cytoskeleton In Periodontal Homeostasis. Dr. Christopher A.G. McCulloch. Prof, MRC Group in Periodontal Physiolog", Faculty of Dentistry. U of T. Mardonald 132. S . Wah Leung Conference I i o o m . 12:30- 1:30pm. Call 822-4486.

Seminar Virtual Latitude - Slope. Aspect. and Arctic Plant Comnlunities. Stephan Kesting. MSc candidate. Botany, Dept . of Botany and Cen- tre for Biodiversity Research. BioSciences 2000. 12:30- 1:30pm. Call 822-2 133.

Animal Science Seminar Series

Evaluation Of Antisperm Monoclonal Antibodies A s Biomarkers To Assess Hull Sperm Capacitation. Acrosome Reaction And Fertility In-Vitro. J .D. Ambrosc. PhD candidate. Animal Science. MacMillan 158. 12:30pm. Coffee and cookies provided. Call 822-4593.

Environmental Programs Seminar

International Law Of The Sea: Salmon And The West Coast Cri- sis. Richard Paisley, Westwater. Woodward 5. 12:3opm. Call 822- 8759.

colloquium Intertemporal Population Ethics: Critical-Level Utilitarian Princi- ples. Charles Blackorby, David Donaldson. Walter Bossert. Eco- nomics Dept. Angus 4 13.4-6pm. Call 822-5139.

Green College Speaker Series

Literary-Musical Bibliography: Music For Shakespeare. Bryon Gooch. English. Reception. Green College, Graham House. 4:45-5:30pm. Talk. Green Col- lege recreation lounge. 5:30- 6:30pm. Call 822-6067.

Lectures in Modem Chemistry

Self-AssemblingStructures. Prof. John Sherman. Chemistry. Chemistry 250. (south wing). lpm. Refreshments served from 12:4Opm. Call 822-3266.

MOA Lecture Understanding Cultural Identi- ties Through Performing Arts.

Ecology and Centre for Biodiversity Research

Seminars Quantifying The Precautionary Principle - Marine Mammals. Doug DeMaster. Fisheries, U of Wash- ington. Seattle. Host: Dr. Judy Myers. Family/Nutritional Sci- ences 60. 4:30pm. Cookies in hut €38. 4: 10pm. Call 822-3957.

Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series Molecular Liaisons With CD45. A Tyrosine Phosphatase Involved In T Cell Activation. Dr. Pauline Johnson, Microbiology and Immu- nology. Wesbrook 20 1, 12- 1 :30pm. Call 822-3308.

Pro-Seminar for PhD students in Interdisciplinary

Studies Imagining Disparate Disciplines. Green College recreation lounge, 4-5:30pm. Call 822-6067.

Orthopaedics Grand Rounds Thromboembolism And Its Preven- tion InTrauma. Dr. WilliamGeerts. Sunnybrook, Toronto. Chairman Dr. P.C. Wing. Vancouver Hospital Eye Care Auditorium, 7am. Call 875-4272.

Noon Hour Concert Nancy Dinovo. violin, Monica Pfau. piano. Music Recital Hal l . 12:30pm. Admission $2.50. Call 822-5574.

Green College Seminar Representing North. UBC's Re- search Team on Race, Gender and the Construction ofcanada. Green College recreation lounge. 8- 10pm. Call 822-6067.

Thursday, Oct. 5

Board of Governors Meeting Open session begins at gam. Old Administration Bldg.. Board and Senate Room, 6328 Memorial Rd.


Promoting TA/Faculty Communi- cation. Clarissa Green, Lyle Courtney, Janice Johnson. Fac- ulty Development Seminar Room, Basement. David Lam Bldg. 3- 5:30pm. Free. Call 822-9149 to register.

Physics Colloquium EnslavingThe Quantum Environ- ment. Philip Stamp, Physics.

3853. Itennings 201. 4pm. Call 822-

Continuing Studies Lecture International Scene. This series presents up-to-date perspectives on world events and politics. Runs 6 Thursdays. Dr. John Conway. Dr. Geoffrey Hainsworth. Dr. D. Elkins. Dr. K. Mickelson. UBC. €lotel Georgia. 801 W. Georgia. 12:05- 1 :30pm. $65. Bring lunch. CkI11 822- 1450.

CHSPR Seminar A National Women's Health Policy in Australia. Gwen Gray. PhD. Dept. Political Sciences. Faculty of Arts, Australian National U. Spon- sored by Centre for Health Serv- ices and Poliry Research. IRC 4th Floor, 12- lpm. Call 822-4969.

Comparative Literature Lecture

How Difficult Is It To Change The Past? Time Travel, Parallel Works And The Dynamics Of Alternate History. Geoffrey Winthrop-Young. Germanic Studies. Green Collcgr recreation lounge. 5-6:3Opm. Call 822-6067.

Concert UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Martin Berinbaum. director. UBC Old Auditorium. 12:30pm. Free. Call 822-3 1 1.3.

Poetry Reading Canadian poet Rudy Wiebe. Graduate Student Centre, Thea's. 7:30pm. Tickets are free but must be picked up in advance at UBC Bookstore. Call 822-0587.

Friday, Oct. 6

Health Care and Epidemiology Rounds

Multicultural Change In Health Services Delivery. Ruth Coles. Di- rector, MulticlAtural Programs and Social Work, IVIt. St. Joseph's Hos- pital. Mather 253. 9-lOanl. Free. Paid parking available in B L o t . Call 822-2772.

Pediatrics Grand Rounds Head Injury: Controversies And Current Research, Dr. Peter Skippen, Pediatrics Intensive Car? Unit, B.C.'s Children's Hosp. GF StrongAuditorium, gam. Call 875- 2307.

Theoretncal Chemistry Seminars

An Integral Equation Approach To Surface Excess Thermodynamics. Dr. N. Cann, Chemistry. Chemis- try D402 (centre block). 4pm. Call 822-3266.

Occupational Hygiene Program Seminar Series

Assessment Of Past Exposure To Elf Electric And Magnetic Fields At Electrical Utilities: A Task-Bascd Approach. J a n Deadman. Faculty Lecturer. Department of Occupa- tional Health, McGill U. UBC Hosp.. Koerner Theatre. Room G279. 12:30- 1:30pm.. Free. Call 822-9595.

Law Faculty Seminar Dagenais v. CBC: Testing The Su-

preme Court's Experimental Hy- Concert potheses. Dr. James Ogloff, Psy- , Contemporary Players. Stephe chology. SFU. Curtis. faculty con- Chatman. director. Music Recit; ference room, 12:30- 1:30pm. Call ~ Hall. 12:3Opm.Free.Call822-557~ 822-3403.

Weekly Seminar Saturday. October 7 Lignin As Fuel For The Kraft Proc- ess Lime Kiln. Dr. A.P. Watkinson. , Vancouver Institute Lectw Head. Chemical Engineering. , No Vancouver Institute Lectur ChemEng 206,3:30pm. Call 822- ~ on Thanksgiving weekend, 3238.

Notices

International Writers Festival Author Louis de Bemieres

will give a reading fKlm his works at the Frederic Wood theatre Oct. 19 as part of the Vancouver International Writers Festival.

De Bernieres is the author ofthe magic-realist tril- ogy The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts, which won a Commonwealth

Writers Prize in 1992. Se- nor Vivo and the Coca Lord and The Troublesome Off- spring of Cardinal Guanan.

At Freddy Wood he wi l l read from his latest novel, Captain Corelli's Mandolin and take questions from the audience.

For ticket information, calf 280-3311.

8 UBC Reports . September 21,1995

Gc'dtn Wilson photo

Stephen Douglas (right) and Cheng-Han Lee are two of the male students whose photos and quotations are found on posters aimed at educating UBC students about acquaintance sexual assault on campus. Lee is a third-year pharmacology student and AMs Safety Commissioner, Douglas a graduate student in Counselling Psychology.

Course provides tips to enhance safety by Connie Fillelti Staflwriter I at all times, the first tenet of what the

RAD program describes as the continuum of survival.

"

Women at UBC are being offered a I Combined with risk reduction tech- W i d new way to effectively defend themselves if attacked.

The Rape Aggression Defense System

niques, awareness can help women avoid assault 90 per cent of the time, the program claims.

(RAD) is designed to help women take an I Other survival strategies include: active role in their own personal safety avoidance, for example, of dark areas and psychological such as alleys: de- well-being. fensive resistance

c Developed in the ranging from yelling United States s ix "It's totally to running: compli- Y- ago. the pro- frustrating to see ance; and physical gramwas introduced "wng with defense, which can be o n c a m p u s l a s t moderate to extreme, spr ing. About 18 their heads down, using personal weap- women have partici- staring at the ons such as limbs pa ted in the two courses given to date. 'Security is my

'RAD t e a c h e s life," Carr said. 'It's women how to keep - Janice Carr totally frustrating to themselves in a safe see women walking

ground." and digits.

environment," said Janice Cam, a Parking and Security Serv- ices patrol omcer and certified RAD in- structor.

T h e y receive simple, useful information, which is mostly common sense, to increase their awareness of their surroundings. The women also learn defen- sive moves for protection and to make them feel more confident"

the only UBC personnel trained as RAD instructors.

Both stress the importance of being aware of yourself and your environment

- Carr and patrol officer Tom Carroll are

wi th t he i r heads down, staring at the ground."

The risk reduction strategies taught in the course include how to remain secure in your home and vehicle, on a date and using public transportation.

At the core of the RAD program is practisingthe physical defence strategies learned in the two-day course - includ- ingseveral types ofkicks and hand strikes - during realistic simulation training.

The simulated attacks occur in common scenarios such as walking down the street, using an automated instant bank- ing machine and sleeping.

Campaign aimed at attitudes about dating and sex 3y Gavin Wilson Each of the four posters features a Staff writer black and white photograph of a different

male student, along with a quotation Date. Rape. Know the difference.

more co-operative. power-sharing rela- That's the blunt message delivered in from each one explaining how to build

I poster campaign launched by the tionships with women. Nomen Students' Office this month fo- One of the men is Stephen Douglas, a :using on the prevention of acquaintance graduate student in Counselling Psychol- sexual assault. ogy who is also one of

The campaign. which the co-ordinators of 'eatures male students the peer educator pro- speaking out against "Research shows that gram at the Women late rape. coincideswith most assaults O C C ~ Students' Office. As he beginning of the new well, he works in a erm. Lower Mainland tran-

" R e s e a r c h s h o w s weeks Of ClaSSeS." sition house counsel- hat most assaults oc- ling children who have :ur during the early - Kathryn Pedersen witnessed abuse. weeks of classes," said Douglas sees date Cathryn Pedersen, a rape as part of the cy-

during the early

:ounsellor and adviser n the Women Students' Office.

'That's when students, often away from lome for the first time. are going to a lot If parties. Also. their roles and values are Inclear and guys feel they have to be nacho."

Pedersen said the goals of the ram- laign are to change the attitudes that oster sexual assault and teach men that -onsent to dating does not equal consent o sex.

This campaign takes a different ap- )roach than previous ones, she said, Iortraying positive male role models instead of delivering a negative message.

"We see this as a n opportunity to xomote alternative role models for men md alternative ways of looking at dat- ng relationships. Men don't have to lominate," Pedersen said.

cle of violence that oc- curs when men objectify women instead of seeing them as human beings. This lack of empathy is key to all forms of abuse, he said.

'The message I was trying to convey in my poster is: J u s t imagine what the other person is feeling. If you do, you couldn't possibly bring that much hurt upon someone else."

The posters, funded by VanCity Credit Union, are on display in various campus locations, especially in student residences and the Student Union Building.

TheAcquaintance Sexual Assault Com- mittee comprises representatives of the Women Students' Office: Counselling Services: Health, Safety and Environ- ment: the Alma Mater Society: the RCMP and Student Housing.

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J o h n C h o n g p h o t o

\ participant in the RAD program (left) prepares to defend herself against nstructor Tom Carroll (centre) during realistic simulation training as co- nstructor Janice Carr observes student's technique and watches for safety lazards.

Carroll. outfitted in protective gear, ~ c t s a s t h r assailant. He explains to mrticipants that he must be perceived md treated as a real attacker.

Kelly Cowden, a IJBC Bookstore em- ~ l o y r e alld recent RAD participant. rec- )mmr.nded the program without hesita- i o n .

She is rnrolling hrr mothcr and a li-iend in thc next course that's offered on rampus.

" I consider myself to be quite aware of my surroundings but there is always something you can learn." Cowden said. 'Every woman should take this course.

Being assaulted could happen to you." RAD courses on campus are available

to all female faculty. staff and students. lverage fitness is rrquired. Course fees are under consideration but are expected to be about $100 for 15 hours of instruc- tion.

Participants who have completed the course are given a lifetime return policy entitling them to attend any RAD program throughout North America to prac- tise for free.

The next RAD course is scheduled for Oct. 19-20. For more information call 822-3509.

UBC Reports . September 21, 1995 9

Faculty of Forestry's nursery on south campus. A popular event at previous Open Houses, the giveaway of ceda*. hemlock and white spruce seedlings will take place at the Forest Sciences Dept. display behind the MacMillan Building. The

Green initiative takes -..

aim at water systems UBC's Greening the Campus initiative, heading into

its second year, is on the lookout for a fresh slate of projects aimed at improving the campus environment and reducing the university's operating costs.

Launched last Fall by the Sustainable Development Research Institute (SUKI). completed projects to date have included: an economic model of electricity use. the design of a campus light-rail transit system. composting of food waste, and environmental impact assessment of development sites on campus.

"This is one of the few. if not the only, initiatives on campus which involves the cooperation of faculty. staff and students across academic disciplines and staff departments," said Janet Land. Greening the Campus co- ordinator. "We want to build on some of the valuable work completed to date."

Faculty, staff and students are urged to contact Land with suggestions or for help in developing suitable projects for this term She can be reached at the SDRl at 822-9 154 or [email protected]

I Earle Birney 1904-1 995

Poet Birney founded Creative Writing at UBC

Mr. Chancellor. 65 years ago. Earle I3irncy was a student here. In thosc days i t was L I I ~ U S L I ~ ~ lor anyone to want to bc a university student. But if all ullivcrsity students were unusual, he was thought to be more so, for in his second ycar he gave up chemistry because he had the idea that some day he might become a writer. Perhaps a port. That desire. ifnot looked on a s mad. was considered a young man's fancy which the realities ollife would cure, and which. in any case. ought not to be encollraged by a university. Young Earle Birney. however. was a tenacious type. Not only did he determine to be a writer. he promised himself he would try to change the university's attitude toward future aspiring writers - if ever he had the chance.

By 1946 he had become a Professor of English at the University of Toronto, specialising in the Middle Ages, but since time had not cured him. he had also become Canada's best and best-

known poet, doing all he could to bring Canadian writing out of the 19th century and its colonial complex. Now the chance came that he had been looking for: an invitation to teach at his alma mater. And he accepted - on condition, a s he put it , that "I can have one course I can :,elieve in. the first stone in a little shelter *br the cxative student naked in academia." The rondition was granted. UBC hec~arne the lirst Canadian university to give a credit (wursc in creative writing. 'I'hrcc years laler. Earle Bimey comnlentcd, 'That stipulation was thewisest I . a loolish man in general, ever made. The leeling of companioning and actually helping talented young writers to survive and ma- ture still sustains nic ...." He also knew that apprentices needed an opportunity to reach an audience. but a t that time there were only a handful of Canadian magazines willing to ofler t h a t chance. And among them only Prism gave over its entire contents to all forms of creative material from new writers and from e:$- tablished writers with new things to say. But Prism was about to expire for lack of money. Earle Birney stepped in to save its life: he made it part of the creative writing program, re-named it Prism international and became its editor. Happily, Prism international is alive and well today and continues to be honoured for its significant contributions to the cause of

Earle Birney

modem literature. Until 1964 Earle Birney was the main

force in adding courses and tutorials to what had become a separate creative writing program with himself a s chairman, and when he then retired from UBC to become Canada's first writer-in-residence at the University ofToronto, he left behind a de facto department. Soon

I Vladimir Okulitch 1906-1 995

v - " ~ " . " +&;$g',,,:. ", ,~ by Gavin Wilson ,, h" .>,, *, "><> ,,

' Statf writer i UBC's first dean of Science, Vladimir Okulitch, died on Aug. 3 1 at the age o f ' 89.

Russian-born, Okulitch arrived in Canada in 1927 and enrolled at UBC. where he graduated with a Bachelor O S Applied Science in 1931 and a Master of Applied Science a year later.

He then moved on to McGill. where he earned a PhD in geology and paleontology. and Harvard, whcare he was a research fellow.

Toronto for eight years but longed to return to Vancouver. He got his wish in 1944. when UBC hired him a s an assistant professor of Geology. He became head of the department in 1954.

Okulitch taught at the University of

Vladimir Okulitch Ten years later, when the Faculty of

Arts and Science was divided into two separate faculties. Okulitch chaired the search committee for a new dean. The committee members were so impressed with his work they suggested he resign a s committee chair and allow his name to stand as a candidate.

He was appointed, and remained as dean until his retirement in 1971. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the university the following year.

As well a s being a talented administrator, Okulitch was an enthusiastic teacher and a prolific researcher who was recognized as a world expert on trilobites, a common marine animal of the Paleozoic era. and elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Okulitch was also a keen amateur astronomer and an accomplished photographer whose work was exhib- ited on campus and throughout North America.

thereaster UBC made it official. and Canada had its first Dept. OS Creative Writing. Earle Bimey has called this his proudest achievement at UBC and one of the proudest of his life.

Without him. i t is questionable whether that shelter would ever have been constructed. The proof and justi- fication of his labours are the many ex- students who won national and international recognition for their writing or became leading figures in film, television, radio and publishing and who have voiced their gratitude for what they received from him and the program he Sounded.

Equally important has been his achievement a s a writer. Whether in a satirical or other mode, he is at home in many different literary forms, and his work shows him to be a masterful artist of great originality who delights in the play of language. while informing his work with intelligence, wit, a moral vision and a deep sense of compassion. Long recognized as one of Canada's most eminent authors and a trailblazer in modem Canadian writing, he has received many awards and honours. including the Governor-General 's Award, which he twice won for his poetry; the Order of Canada; the Stephen Leacock Award for his comic novel Turuey: the Canada Council Medal; and most recently, the Vancouver Life- time Achievement Award for a record of substance and surpassing excellence.

Ever a champion of the creative principle within and outside of education, he has continued, until his recent ill- ness. to write and publish new material. to give public readings to enthusiastic audiences and to counsel and inspire apprentice writers. But perhaps his own words best describe his writing credo and the essence of the writer and man: "None of u s wants merely to live but to asfirm life. We all need the therapy of fancy and play, honest emo- tion, pity, laughter, joy. Especially the joy that comes when the words move someone else from mere living to being Alive. Alive-O!"

We can say to him, in absentia. "Work- man. you built well."

Those wishing to contribute to the Earle Birney Scholarship in Creative Writing. which was established by friends. colleagues and the Province of' British Columbia to honourEarleBirney. should make cheques payable to UBC and.fortvurd them to Elizabeth KO. De- velopment Oflke. 6253 N.W. Marine Drive, Vancouver. B.C. V6T 121 .

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-- Loans help entrepreneurs on campus launch ideas

Entrepreneurship is alive and well on campus.

Two years ago, the Botanical Garden Centre used a $300,000 internal university loan to fi- nance the construction of a gift shop. The sale of gifts, garden products and plants from the Shop-in-the-Garden has generated $290,000 in 1995. Busi- ness is so good that the centre is in the process of expanding its plant sales area.

The Shop-in-the-Garden is just one example ofthe 22 loans, worth $6 million, that UBC's Internal Loan Program has advanced since 1985. The net revenue generated to date by loan- funded projects is conservatively

Lecturer looks at health care and teamwork by Connie Filletti

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Can health professionals really work together?

Dr. DeWitt C. Baldwin Jr., scholar- in-residence a t the American Medical Association, will explore the answer in this year's John F. McCreary Lecture during Health Sciences Week on

The lecture, named after the first Health Sciences co- ordinator at UBC, will be held Oct. 11 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in IRC lecture hall 4.

The McCreary Prize, established in 1994 to recognize and promote inter-professional teamwork in the health professions, will be presented before the lec-

This year's recipient of the cash award is the Cardiac Sci- ences Clinical Pathway Team at St. Paul's Hospital.

Other activities include key- note addresses by graduate student Susan Cox of the Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology and - Peter Payne, representing the B.C. CancerAgency, Oct. 11 from 5-6 p.m. in IRC lecture hall 4.

Cox will discuss predictive testing and patterns of commu- nication about genetic information in families at risk for Huntington's disease.

Payne will present information about screening for lung cancer by looking at the forma- tion, structure and function of cells.

A highlight of the eighth annual event will be the Health

'Care Team Clinical Competition - Oct. 12 between 12:30 p.m. and

2 p.m. in IRC lecture hall 2. The public is invited to attend

the competition which is designed to enhance students' knowledge about other health professions and their roles in clinical care.

Call Maureen Dunn at 822- 3737 for more information.

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projected at $8 million. Byron Braley, UBC treasurer

and administrator of the program, said benefits created by these various projects include increased revenue or savings to university operations, small scale technical innovation and heightened profile for the university.

"UBC Financial Services is offering university departments with creative ideas access to fi- nancing which they might not otherwise have," said Braley. 'The program effectively puts the borrowing capacity into the hands ofwould-be entrepreneurs who know their businesses better than anyone."

The loan application process is no different from that of a conventional business loan from a bank. The applicant submits a business plan to Financial S e n - ices, the keycomponentofwhich is that the project must generate a net positive cash flow for the

university. Other factors in loan applica-

tions include: the amount should not be greater than $500.000: the maximum term ofany loan is seven years; funds are advanced on the assumption that UBC's investment return will be kept whole: and funds will only be advanced if operational liquidity is uncompromised.

Braley said the program of- fers an additional alternative for investment of the university's excess operating cash reserves.

Other ventures f inanced through the internal loan program include: forestry container nursery ($25,452); bookstore computer system ($397.5 14): event tents for the Surplus Equipment Recycling Facility ($6 1,137): library photocopiers ($305.000) and a registrar ad- missions system ($325.000).

For more information on the internal loan program call 822- 4489.

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Science mentors and new students met for the first time at a recent pancake breakfast. Shown here are Zoology Prof. Jamie Smith and second-year transfer student Margaret Araujo.

Mentors help students ease into campus life by Gavin Wilson

Staff writer

The sometimes rocky road of student life is a little smoother in the Faculty of Science these days thanks to a mentor program, now in its fifth year.

The mentor program. which matches small groups of new students with f a - ulty members. graduate students and senior undergraduates, helps orient new students to university life.

“I t alerts them to available resources and services and, more importantly, makes them leel comfortable in the pres- rncr of faculty and graduatr students.” said Carmen McKnight. who co-ordinates the program for the Faculty of Science.

In large first -year classes students may leel too intimidated or have too little opportunity to deal directly with faclilty members. she pointed out.

Since the mentor program began in 199 1 it has added seasoned undergraduates to the ranks of mentors.

McKnight said these undergrads are generally more knowledgeable about student services and have a better feel for the students’ perspective of what it is like t o be in a given academic program.

Each mentor group is made up of four or live new students, a faculty member or

graduate student mentor and an undergraduate student mentor. These groups meet throughout the winter session.

McKnight explained that group sions are preferable to one-on-one meet- ings because students feel less inhibited in a group. I t also gives them a chance to meet other students with similar inlei-- ests with whom they might strike up new lriendships or form study groups.

Each mentor group is chosen so that the interests of the students matches the field of study of the mentors. Stu- dents are selected to create a mix o f those living in residence, those from outside the Lower Mainland and lo lq - time Vancouverites.

Mentors are not expected to offer t u - toring, but their advice can be just a,s valuable.

“For example. they can offer reassur- ances on course examinations and grades and they can recommend study stratc,- gies and sources for extra help.”McKnight said.

The mentor program is available to all new science students at UBC. More than 160 students had signed up for the program by mid-September.

Applications for the program are s t i l l being accepted. See page 76 of the UBC Registration Guide for more infornlation.

A phase two development permit application has been received for the proposed Bio-Technology Laboratory on East Mall.

Designed by Zoltan Kiss Architecture. the facility w i l l house about 7.400 square metres of laboratory research and teaching spaces over and adjacent to the existing Bookstore/NCE building.

The Bio-Technolo<gy Laboratory will consist of two storey plus a senrice penthouse over the south end ofthe Bookstore. a s wcll as three storeys plus a scnice penthouve and a basement inmlediatt~ly south o l ’ (he Bookstore.

For mor? inlornmation on this project. contact Kathleen Laird-IJurns at Campus Planning and Development, 823-08 1 1 or laird~!unixg.ut,c.ca.

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Artist Alex Colville. author Peter C. Nrwman and the former prime minister oft11e Republic oflreland are among the speakers featured in The Vancouver Institute‘s f a l l lecture program.

Prof. Ann Saddlemyer. fonmerly with Massey College at the University ofToronto. kicks offthe season on Sept. 30with a Cecil and Ida Green Lecture on poet W . B. Yeat 5 .

Former Irish Prime Minister Albert Reynolds follows Saddlemyer four days later with a special presentation Wed.. Oct. 4.

Remaining Saturday datcs are: Alex Colville (J. V. Clyne Lecture). Oct. 14: Liberal Arts Prof. Karl Butzer. Univcrsityofl’exas, Oct. 2 1 : Dr. David Bates. former UBC Dean of Medicine. Oct. 28: Prof. Maria Klawe. UBC vice-president. stutlent and acactcmic services, Nov. 4; underwater archeologist Robert Grenier. Nov. 18: Prof. Carl Waltcrs. UBC Fisheries Centre. Nov. 25: Prof. Verrna Tunniclilfe. School o f Earth and O(-can Sciences/Biologv, University ofVictoria. Ikc. 2: and Peter C. Newman. Der. 9 .

All lectures take place at 8: 15 p.m. in lecture hall two of the Woodward l n ~ t l - t I ( ~ -

tional Resources Centre (IRC). The centre is located on the west s i c k ol’Wesbrook M;ill across from Regent College.

Avolunteer organization. The Vancouver Institute has been briygiyg the uni\w-,ily and community together through its free lecture series since 19 16.

For more information on lectures call 822-3 13 1.

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People b y staff writers

G race Chiu, a master’s student in the Dept. of Statistics. is one of two 1995 winners in North America of the prestigious Gertrude Cox Schol- arship. which was established by the Caucus for Women in Statistics.

Chiu was the 1994 winner of the Nash Medal. which recognizes excep- tional achievement among undergraduates in the department.

The 1995 Nash Medal goes to Daphne Guh, who will become a master’s degree student in the department this month.

The medal, and another for graduate students in the department called the Marshall Medal, honour Professors Emeriti Stanley Nash and Albert Marshall. l‘he prizes were established in November 1993 to help celebrate the 10th anniversary of the department.

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U BC Nobel Laureate Michael Smith is one of seven distinguished scientists who will be inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame on Oct. 5 at a ceremony in

Smith, director of the Biotechnology Laboratory and London, Ont.

University Professor, was awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of site-directed mutagenesis. a technique for manipulating the genetic code which has become a fundamental tool in biotechnology.

are selected by a national committee of prominent medical scientists chaired by Dr. Henry Friesen, president of the Medical Research Council of Canada. Smith

Copp was among the inaugural inductees in 1994.

Inductees into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame

UBC professor emeritus of Physiology Dr. Harold

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The awards are given annually to outstanding researchers within three

Otto’s research involves the extensive use of computers to construct and years of receiving their PhD.

analyse mathematical models that provide insight into the mechanics of evolutionary change.

fellows at Berkeley and the University of Edinburgh. A Stanford graduate. Otto recently joined UBC after holding postdoctoral

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estor Korchinsky and Dr. Edwin Yen are co-chairs of the UBC Annual Fund‘s Faculty/Staff Appeal. Korchinsky, a UBC employee since 1967, is the co-ordinator of the

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Intramurals Sport Recreation Program. Yen, former head of the Dept. of Preventive Dental Science at the University of Manitoba. is dean of the Faculty of

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through which faculty and staff show their commitment to

I making UBC a world-renowned i institution of higher education

and research, is one of several fund-raising appeals launched by the university each year. Last year, faculty and staff gave more than $2 1 1.000 to UBC. of which

Yen and Korchinsky’s appointment took effect Sept.

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4. The campaign runs-till D&. 31.

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J ohn Smithman. director of Parking and Security Services (PASS) and chair of the President’s Advisory Committee on Transportation. is representing UBC on a committee set up to consult with BC Transit on

the development o f a Five Year Regional Transit Plan and Funding Strategy for the Vancouver Regional Transit System.

The Municipal Advisory Committee (MAC) meets to discuss region-wide issues to develop area-specific transit plans and priorities. UBC was invited to participate a s a major transit destination that is not located in an incorpo- rated municipality. Municipal representatives have been asked to prepare a list of transit senrice improvements for their municipality. which could be implemented during the next five years.

PASS funds annual transportation sun’eys to monitor transportation patterns affecting the campus.

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C harles Dollar. an associate professor in the School of Library. Archival and Informalion Studies. has been named one of the first Intema-

tional Research Fellows of the Centre of Information Management and Advanced Technology for Scholar- ship. The centre. established by Guildhall University in London. England. provides support for large-scale collaborative projects in such areas as new technolo- gies and their effects on the nature of teaching and research.

I)ollar was recruited to UBC in 1993 from the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington. D.C. where he was the senior official Dollar responsible for technology and evaluation


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