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UBC board says no to gay games By Laura J. May

UBC’s Board of Governors has denied the international gay athletic games the use of campus facilities for their August 1990 event.

“(It’s) an issue of the commu- nity identifying (homosexuality) with the University of British Columbia. Even the’ United Church can’t come to grips with it. One doesn’t want to have an infor- mal identity with an issue of such controversy,” said UBC President David Strangway in an interview Thursday.

Strangway said he did not understand why gay games are necessary when men’s and women’s athletic programs are available to anyone regardless of their sexual orientation.

“If it’s a political statement they’re trying to make, I don’t think the Universityis the place to make political statements,” he said.

W h y would one not partici- pate in the normal men’s athletics and the normal women’s athlet- ics? Why should we become in- volved in a third variant of activi- ties?” Strangway said.

Organizers ofcelebration ’90: Gay Games 111 and Cultural Festi- val were denied use of the facilities after their first request in Decem- ber 1986.

In a letter to the Alma Mater Society earlier this month, Cele- bration director Kenneth Smith said “this situation appears to be nothing more than discrimina- tion. We consider this extremely serious.”

Strangway denied UBC was discriminating against homosexu- als.

“UBC is in no way a discrimi- natory institution; everyone’s admitted. I am not against gays and lesbians. If anyone came to me and said they could not get into (UBC’s) activities because they’re gay or lesbian, I’d be very angry. We’d make sure they did get in.”

Strangway added that even if UBC had decided to provide facili- ties for the games, the conference center is too small. “300 rooms were available at the time (of their first request). Only 200 (are avail- able) now.” Organizers of Celebra- tion ’90 expect about 5000 partici- DantS.

Student board representative Bob Seeman denied space for the games was an important part of the board’s decision to refuse the games.

He said “the board was di- vided” over whether to allow Cele- bration ’90 to use UBC facilities. Some members of the Board of

help achieve that end,’ -Seeman said.

He said some board members UBC athletics combats were concerned people “may not want to go to UBC, and wouid not support increased funding for UBC” if campus facilities were steroids with education used for the games.

The board’s decision was not the result of immediate political pressures from the province or anyone else, said Seeman.

“Somehow I don’t think. (B.C. Premier) Vander Zalm would be jumping for joy were the games to be held at UBC,” Seeman said. He addedvander Zalm and provincial politics were not discussed at any board meetings.

He said that although he thought UBC should provide fa- cilities for the games, he did not think the Board of Governors had discriminated against homosexu- als.

The Board of Governors’ deci- sion could be justified because the university exists to increase the knowledge in our society, “not to be a forum for political ideas,” said Seeman.

“Certainly the study of poli- tics is within the jurisdiction of a university, but politics itself must remain forever barred from the ivory tower,” he said.

The Board of Governors will let the organizers of Celebration ’90 present their case October 11.

Strangway said the board meeting may not be very useful. “I think it’s fair that they’re given an opportunity to express their opin- ion.”

Sailing club sues yachters The UBC sailing club is taking the Royal Vacouver Yacht Club

to court today for fifteen hundred dollars worth of broken boats. The yacht club rented three of UBC’s boats under certain condi-

tions for a regatta, and did not meet the contract, according to UBC windsurfing club member Anthony Baker.

“The yacht club was supposed to replace the lines on the boats, provide replacement boats in the interim, and bring the boats back after the competition,” Baker said. All of which the yacht club failed to do, he added.

“Not only that,” Baker said, “but one of the people who rented.the boats said he replaced all the lines with new ones, then put the old UBC lines back on.”

The Royal Vancouver Yacht Club was unavailable for comment. The trial is at 1:30 in small claims court.

By Deanne Fisher UBC athletics are not beyond

the controversy surrounding ster- oids in sports.

Members of the athletic de- partment are aware of steroid use in their athletes and, though test- ing is pending, they are dealing with the situation through educa- tion.

“Last year there were some individuals we strongly suspected were using steroids,” said football coach k a n k Smith. “But I’m quite confident that steroids are not a factor this year.”

W e have a definite policy stating we did not want any indi- viduals on steroids,” said Smith, adding he counselled some of the returning players whom he sus- pected were using steroids to en-

hance thei.r performance. A former Thunderbirds foot-

ball player confirmed the use of steroids by some teammembers: “I felt pressu-red to take steroids,” he said, adding many of the players who “were looking at something further” such as the CFL, felt the same pressure.

He agreed that “the number (of players using steroids) have definitely decreased” but that the problem had not vanished en- tirely.

And although many of the players know the risks involved in using steroids, he said they “bal- ance those risks” against a pos- sible profelssional career in sports.

Most players acquired the drugs from off campus gyms, he said, adding, “there is one doctor in

town who will prescribe them for athletic reasons.”

UBC director of athletics Bot: Hindmarch said he was happy with this year’s decrease in the use of steroids but an education pro- gram was still necessary.

“we have a drug and alcohol problem on campus that expands beyond athletics,” he said.

The education program would ensure that athletes realize the “specific problems related to ster- oid use”, including side effect:; such as decreased sex drive, mood changes, acne, andliver deteriora- tion.

Hindmarch said the CIATJ “has determined that we will start testing“butthatsettingupa1abis “expensive as heck” and will not be ready for over a year.

Post off ice mangles language‘ By Gordon Clark Canada Post beat out a long list of other candi- VANCOUVER (CUP) Canada Post has won. this dates for the prize. year’s “Public Doublespeak Award” for abuse of the A CBC radio discussion of the Charter of Rights English language. and keedoms used the term ”disparate negative

summer by the Canadrian Council of Teachers of In areport on public education, the B.C. ministry English - was given to the crown corporation for of education called teachers “on-site facilitators of statements like: public learning.”

plans to “streamline and enhance”mai1 collection in And ” the Bank of Montreal wrote a t length in a

The award - abooby prize presented during the import” to describe discrimination.

Vancouver and an ad announcing “more places to . . . post your mail,” in reference to the removal of ; h u t 20 per cent of the city’s mail boxes and reductions in the number of collection times for remaining ones;

W e are not closing post offices, we are replacing them with somethingbetter,” in announcing plans to replace post offices with stamp counters or substa- tions.

the introduction of remote lockboxes called “:super mailboxes” in place of home delivery.

Richard Coe, a Simon k a s e r university profes- sor and chair of the council’s doublespeak cornmis- sion, said doublespeak and gobbledygook are contrib- uting to illiteracy in Canada. He said the council’s award aims to embarrass winners into cleaning up their use of English.

“Public laughter is a good antedote to public doublespeak,” said Coe, who specializes in the study of language and literacy.

pamphlet about afree new service to keep customers’ cheques safe at the bank instead ofreturning them in the mail. It wasn’t until further down in the leaflet customers learned that in the future they’d E’e charged to have cheques returned - a service that had been free.

Coe said the doublespeak examples were culled from a column in the council’s newsletter, English Quarterly. He said Canada Post won out because while i t didn’t display the worst examples of double- speak, its gobbledygook affected the most people.

“The other reason was their gall,” Coe said. “After removing one-fifth of Vancouver’s mailboxes, they advertized there were more places to mail. We thought that was pretty bad.”

Coe said the council wants English teachers to instruct student to read critically and not be misled by doublespeak: W e think it ,should be part of the cumculum.”

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The UBC Spirit is Coming Home: Homecoming '88

Schedule of events Saturday, Oct. 1

-AMs executives Reunion Luncheon -Homecoming Football Game

- Homecoming Parade -Meet the Brass -AMs Art G a l l e y Opening -Homecoming Pit Bash

- Just Desserts

-Judging of the "Decorate Your Building"

- Arts 20 Relay -Great Trekker Awards Dinner

-Homecoming Octoberfest

Monday, Oct. 2

Tuesday, Oct.4

Wednesday, Oct.

Thursday, Oct. 6

Friday, Oct.7

J September 30,1988 P/THE UBYSSEY

By Deanne Fisher

T he goliath called UBC can be intimidating even to the

most agile student. The distances between classes, enormity of some of the buildings, and hectic pace. are even more ominous to a stu- dent in a wheelchair. And even something as seemingly insignifi- cant as a curb can create frustra- tion.

The Disabled Students Asso- ciation was created less than two years ago to combat the hurdles that many students don’t even recognize, and to act as an advo- cate of disabled students’ rights. Among their concerns is slow prog- ress in wheelchair accessibility on campus.

Some of the buildings Temple lists as partially or entirely wheelchair

Some of the buildings Temple lists as partially or entirely wheel- chair inaccessible are Buchanan, Main Library and the bookstore.

“The day before my classes began, I found out where the rooms were,” says Temple. “I had to have all of my classrooms changed.”

To get into Main Library, Temple has to have someone let her in the mail room door at the back of the building and go up a freight elevator. Even when she reaches the Fine Arts Library, she has to ask someone to get the books for her because they are downstairs.

The bookstore is wheelchair accessible, but inside the shelves are so close together that a wheel- chair can’t fit through.

“The bookstore is really scary for anybody in a wheelchair. I almost got stuck once,” she says.

But Leslie says some of these problems have not been brought to his attention. W e have been in- volved with students who have

inaccessible are been encountering difficulties,” he Buchanan, Main Library and the Temple is also concerned bookstore.

says, but adds, “I would not sug- gest that we’re finished.”

about what she calls ”inadequate housinf on campus for the dis- abled: %ot housing solely for the

“The campus is half (wheel- handicapped. We don’t want seg- chair) accessible and half not,” say regation but integration.” DSAvice-president Lissa Temple, Director of housing Mary a third year arts student who has Flores says she does not think multiple sclerosis.

“The DSA should not have to be struggling to make this campus accessible. Every place should be accessible,” says Temple.

The university administra- tion is not oblivious to Temple’s concerns and changes are slowly taking place.

Perry Leslie is the chair of a special advisory committee on the disabled, set up to improve serv- ices for the disabled on campus, and to seek out problem areas for handicapped students.

Among recommendations which include the installation of a crossing on Marine Drive, Leslie says the committee has suggested a disabled architect be hired by the universitytoensurenewandreno- vated buildings are truly acces- sible.

Because a disabled architect would have had both architectural training and the life experience, there would be no slip-ups such as installing door latches too high, says Leslie.

But meanwhile students in wheelchairs are facing roadblocks with the existing structures.

Faculty rejects contract By Corinne Bjorge

UBC faculty overwhelm- ingly rejected a proposed con- tract settlement at a special g a - era1 meeting yesterday.

Asking for salary equity with other Canadian universi- ties, the establishment of a re- search fund and improvements in dental and medical plans, roughly ninety-five per cent of 150facultymembers at the meet- ing voted against the settlement.

Although formal negotia- tions between the administra- tion and the faculty ended Au- gust 12, informal talks are con- tinuing until a decision has been reached by either a mediator or an arbitration panel.

The university proposal, outlined in a letter to individual faculty members, suggests a three-year deal with increases of 4.9 per cent in each of the next two years and a five per cent

increase in the third year. The average professorial salary at UBC is currently $63,995.

But while the administration has agreed to ya multi-year agree- ment and a small amount of money for gender equity,” they’ve ignored the other bargaining points, said Faculty Association president Dennis Capozza.

“It doesn’t meet the non-cost items”suchasrearrangingbenefit payments to achieve reductions in income tax paid by members, said Capozza.

Capoxza said the association had also tried to negotiate a better salary structure more in-line with other rerearch universities in Canada. The Universities of Toronto, Saskatchewan and Al- berta have professor to assistant professor salary ratios of 1.75:1, while UBC has a ratio of 1.47:1, according to the faculty brief.

The mission statement,which

sets policy for the university, contradicts the reality of the sal- ary ratio a t UBC, the brief said.

“UBC‘s salary structure is similar to a university with little commitment to research and graduate study,” but the mission statement emphasizes UBC’s role as a research institute.

But James Dybikowski, as- sociate vice president of faculty relations, said the university’s limited resources forced the ad- ministration to set priorities.

“Clearly, salary is one of the principal considerations (for fac- ulty),” said Dybikowski, refer- ring to the $11,000 lag of UBC professorial salaries behind U of T salaries.

“If you put a lot of money into benefits at the cost of salary, you don’t make that position better, you make it worse,” he said.

and one one-bedroom specifically designed for wheelchairs.

Leslie estimates that the number of disabled students on campus ranges “in the hundreds” but Temple says “The DSA really feels that our voice is not being heard yet completely. (‘fie DSA) has to be recognized for what it’s doing,” she says.

“The bookstore is really scary for anybody in a wheelchair.”

”

AlmaMater Society president Tim Bird says the AMs has ig- nored disabled students too much in the past, but maybe it’s time for the AMs to become actively in-

address the concerns of the DSA. “It seems that the university

is fully aware of the problems, but maybe the AMs should be there to be a constant reminder,” says Bird.

The Pit is one of the last re- maining areas in the Student Un- ion Building which is not acces- sible to students in wheelchairs, but plans to build a ramp have been circulating for over a year.

“Everytime we set up plans for the ramp, it has come back for some teclmical problem,” said Bird, adding that the price doubles each time the ramp plans get re- jected by the physical plant or fire marshall.

W i t h today’s fire codes and regulatiom, it’s almost impossible to build it,” said Bird. The AMs is

now considering including the ramp with renovations and expan- sion of the Pit.

Further improvements in services and accessibility for the disabled can be expected in thle near future. Although the co-ordi- nator for services for the disable’d is now only a half-time position-- up from quarter-time last year-- Leslie says the committee has rec- ommended the position be full.- time next year.

Leslie says he believes some funds have been ”earmarked fomr accessibility” and hcpes more of the older buildings will be reno- vated in years to come.

Somewhere in the future lies the possibility of a centre for dis- abled persons, a project both direc- tor of athletics Bob Hindmarch and man-in-motion Rick Hanson

are working towards.

September 30,1988 THE UBYSSEY/S

1, WHAT IS THE REFERENDUM IN SUPPORT OF ?

IZI A PROPOSAL TO BUILD A STUDENT REC CENTRE TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS:

A Night Lit Playing Field/Running Track A 4,000 Seat Sport and Concert/Dance Hall Play Care Facilities A Martial Arts/Dance Studios Two Gyms An Excercize and Weight Room Change Rooms, Locker Space Squash and Raquet Ball Courts Club, Meeting Room/Alumni Lounge Conversation/Lounge Area

FOR THE USE OF ALL UBC STUDENTS. SPECIFICALLY

CURRICULAR PURSUITS, AND ALU.MNI EVENTS. THE RECREATIONAL ATHLETE, STUDENT EXTRA=

2, WHY VOTE?

Glad You Asked Construction will begin immediately, to complete A.S.A.P. Tens of thousands of students contributed to the aquatic centre, SUB and other projects, knowing they would not be here to use them. Why did they contribute? So that you could use these buildings. They recognized a growing need and so they left their legacy for you. What would the AMS be without the SUB Building?

VOTE OCT 31 - - ." NOV 4 4/THE UBYSSEY September 30,1988

Forum touts forest use By Tim McGrady

In 1945 Merv Wilkinson bought 137 acres of harvestable timber land which the forest com- panies of the day thought worth- less. People ask him when he’s going to start logging his land. He replies he’s been logging his land for forty years.

“silviculture is a cost and commitment that goes with forest harvest.”

Wilkinson’s story brought life and substance to the Forum on Forestry presented by Northwest Wildlife Preservation Society to a full-house at Pacific Cine- matheque Tuesday.

Monte Hummel, president of the World Wildlife Fund and him- self a registered professional for- ester, kicked off the evening by

with a third of his income. “I’m not greedy-I don’t want it

all at once,” he said. He believes that the practice

of selective loggingis not impracti- cal and that there are “no areas not adaptable to some form of it.”

Ralph Urban, land use liaison manager with MacMillan Bloedel and a wildlife biologist by train- ing, stressed his company’s eco- logical sensitivityforthelandbase on which i t operates. He said MacMillan Bloedel had “put aside 150 critical winterrangesfor deer” of 13,000 hectares and ”in the last two years have found and retained six or seven eagle’s nest trees.”

When asked about a Sierra Club photo shot on the west coast of Vancouver Island of an eagle’s nest tree standing alone in the middle of a barren clearcut, Urban said his company was considering a policy of providing perch trees around eagle’s nests.

“You show me a saying he believes “we foreitex-; have done a lousy job of managing the forests of Canada.” they own that they which features Adam Zimmer- ” ”

single reserve that

The World Wildlife Fund, haven’t logged - they man, chair of MacMillan Bloedel, Scalp the area,” on its board of directors, was, said Hummel, “not interested in seeing the forest industry suffer finan- cially.” Urban was critical of claims

But he said the industry has made by the Native Indians that “cut its own throat” by not pursu- they would make better stewards ing silviculture responsibly. of the land. He said, “It was the

With only 6.4 per cent of its Indians whologgedMeares in full land base currently protected, view of Tofino, not US.” Hummel said B.C. won’t be able to Y o u show me a single reserve cash in on the fortune that wilder- that they own that they haven’t ness represents in “crass economic logged - they scalp the area,” said terms.” Urban.

Silviculture is not acost factor Jim Crover from the ministry for independent owner-operator of forests, also at the forum, said Wilkinson on his plot in Ladys- that logging wasn’t inherently mith. He says rather, “my prob- unsound environmentally. Log- lem is thinning out.” ging, he said, “if properly carried

He contrasted his concern out, may help some species of over his land with that of MacMil- fish-coho, for example-grow lan Bloedel. faster after logging.”

“All the wildlife is still there He said that ”silviculture is a from 1945” when he began log- cost and commitment that goes ging, he said. He said he has no with forest harvest.” But he said root rot or bacterial problems and the onus is on the public to ensure “[doesn’t] believe that chemicals that silviculture guidelines are have a place in the forest indus- followed.” try.”

Having toured land logged by On Tuesday, October 18, the the big forest companies, he sees Northwest Wildlife series contin- waste of fifteen to twenty-five per ues at Pacific Cinematheque with cent. His waste, he said, is less a slide show and discussion of than 5 per cent which he uses as Strathcona Park and Carmanah mulch for the new forest. Creek where, according to Sierra Wilkinson’s forest, with a growth Club chair Peter McAllister, cycle of 75 years, provides him clearcutting may begin this fall.

Blast from the past .”. get nostalgic at UBC Homecoming, October-3 - 7

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So you’ve heard about home- has been erected, ... to mark now The grant was later raised to coming, but you don’t know what it and for all time one of the biggest $7.5 million, and still later, as a is. events in thehistoryofour univer- result of a political rally, to !$lo

homecoming started in the fall of permanent home at Point Grey. From 1959 to 1966 the AMS 1922, when the bursting seams of “A milestone in the history of engaged in the planning and de- the Vancouver General Hospital the university, and a landmark for velopment of the Student Union grounds proved too small for the the future. It also marks one of the Building and the T-Bird winter growing UBC student population. greatest efforts ever put forward sports centre.

Close to two thousand stu- by an undergraduate student body The sixties also rang in the dents wanted the campus to be in support of its university, an days of student activism. In 1963, moved to a Point Grey campus, objective which will only end when students collected 250,000 signa- andlobbied the government witha our objective is attained.” tures in a province-wide “Back- 15,000 name petition. Thus ended the great trek, Mack” campaign, trying to force

With hard work, the petition but not the campaign for a new the government to spend more grew to 56,000 names. This num- campus. Afew days later, the peti- money on higher education. ber exceeded the objective set in tion was presented to the govern- Plus ca change, plus c’est; la the spring and what became ment by Richards, Percy Barr, meme chose. known as the homecoming com- Jack Clyne, and Jack Grant. The seventies brought the mittee arranged for more public- A week later, Premier John addition of the aquatic centre, and ity. Oliver announced the government new additions to SUB.

Varsity Week began on voted for an allocation of Since the great irek, students Oct.22, and ended with a big pil- $1,500,000 to develop a Point Grey have funded, or helped fund 13 grimage to the wilderness of Point campus. major campus buildings such a s Grey on Saturday Oct.28. The Great Trek’s spirit con- the upcoming Rec-Fac proposal.

When the thronging mass tinued on through the war. And in UBC has a proud tradition of reached the site, the trekkers (yes, 1956-57 the need for for housing students speaking their mind, and that’s where trekker comes from) was SO pressing that a second taking action for what they believe climbed the skeleton of the chem- great trek was organized. in. The great trek is the clearest istrybuilding,made speeches,and After numerous demonstra- and most convincing example of sang songs. tions and much talk, the govern- the power of the students. And

The climax of the pilgrimage, ment announced amatchinggrant that is why every October we have or the great trek, was the erection of $5 m:illion to accompany any homecoming-to remember those ofthecairn.AsAbRichards, presi- donations from the private and who went before, reaffirm their dent of the AMs said. “the cairn public sector. ideals, and keep the idea alive..

UBGs tradition of October sity, the building of a real and million.

Amnesty International celebrates forty years By Joe Akwasser

1988 is a special year. This is an Olympic year, an event that only visits us once every four years and then blasts us with relentless, up to the second coverage of races, medal tallies and world records, all couched in a beautiful package of peace, harmony, and goodwill.

1988 is also the fortieth anni- versary of the signing of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights. This event escapes most of us without notice.

The Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, aided by 15,000 jour- nalists (in Korea alone), are able to garner the attention of billions of viewers worldwide.

The attention of the 40th violence.” anniversary of the Declaration of Besides the release of prison- Human Rights largely falls in the ers of conscience, Amnesty works hands of one organisation, Am- towards fair trials for all political nesty International, started in prisoners, as well as opposing the 1961 by British lawyer Peter Ber- death penalty and torture of all enson. prisoners.

Berenson, in a newspaper Presently, Amnesty has over article originally appearing in the 500,000 members worldwide in London Observer,calledfor people over 160 countries. everywhere to begin working im- Part of the reason for the partially for the release of prison- growth of the organisation over em of conscience. the past 27 years is its impartial-

scribes a prisoner of conscience as As UBC club spokesperson a person who is “detained any- Hope Leith says, Amnestyisregu- where for their beliefs, colour, sex, larly denounced by all sides of the ethnic origin, language, religion, ideological spectrum. This, Leith who have not used or advocated says, supports Amnesty’s reputa-

Amnesty International de- ity.

tion as an impartial body. The organisation is active on

campus with over forty members in the UBC club.

Recently, the club has taken under its wing its own prisoner of conscience. Basile Legba is a medical student in the Republic of Benin in West Africa.

Legba was detained without charge or trial. And Leith says Benin, a former French colony of 4 million, has one of the worst rec- ords in West Africa for prisoner abuse: “a person can be detained for such dangerous offences as belonging to a student union, pro- testing about government policy, and being related to Dast orison-

ers,” she says. A recent Amnesty report also

included evidence that the prison- ers of Benin are also being ‘tor- tured.

As for the fortieth anniver- sary of the signing, Amnesty International is involved in the promotion of a rock tour through- out the world toraise awarenew of the event. At each concert, a peti- tion is passed around in support of the signing of the agreement. On December loth, 1988, the petit.ion will be presented to the UN in marking the 40th anniversary and calling on all the signatory coun- tries to remember their commit- ment.

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national scope," said Sondra Marshal Smith, of UBC's Inter- national Liaison Office, which, in cooperation with the Canadian International Development Agency, is sponsoring the event.

Emphasizing the growing opportunities in the field of inter- national development, Smith said, "the truth of the matter is

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Social inspiration ... “Come on everybody baby do the conga, feel your rhythm moving

By T.H. Heathrow Enrique Guerra brought

me into the inside of a people. He lives in the crime center of a Latin city in which I lived, and sells hot dogs fora living. He has kept his understanding of life despite the corruption around him. It is to him that I a m indebted-not just for his education but also-for his friendship.

The edited version of my ar- ticle on the meeting of the Little Prince left out many others I had known, in particular, Christo- pher, who stood next to the Little Prince.

Unlike the Little Prince, Christopher did not have the cute “Emmanuel Lewis look.” Perhaps that alone gave someone founda- tion to abuse him.

Christopher did not talk. But he could be made to smile. That was the best he could offer. For me, that was a heart of courage.

We made quite a threesome: three funky punks enjoying the sun on a street corner full of busi- ness attitudes. I really learned the meaningofcelebration. Acouple of days later, I never saw Christo- pher ever again.

Everyday I hope he has not disappeared like the millions of other abused children on the conti- nent.

Charlie, Ralph, and Anthony walk the streets 12 hours a day, selling pastries their mother baked. Little Charlie is just four years old. He is also shy.

Ralph is twelve, and the leader, Anthony, is fourteen. Unlike many street kids, these three have faced pressures and handled them well. Their values are still un- tainted. Anthony leads his broth- ers with so much grace and cha- nk;ma. Before they left me, I taught them the American hand- shake to add a little life into their day. They must’ve thought I was crazy. I paid them money but didn’t take anything.1 told them to go out and continue.

I would not have remembered them had they not come back the next day. When I gave them money again, they would not take it because I was “a friend trying to help.” They could not accept money from me, despite their pov- erty. They left me with a humbled heart, and disappeared around the corner.

Then to my surprise, around the corner came Little Charlie looking all worried. He had forgot- ten something. He then gave me

and getting stronger. ..don’t control.” his version of the handshake. I burst out laughing. Weeks later, I met Charlie again. His teeth had been punched out, but he was still in good spirits.

Another day, I was writing post cards at a busy intersection of the city. The wind had blown one of the cards onto the street. A lad named Mick picked up the card and then gave’it to me with a thumbs up-a symbol of welfare understanding in that country.

Mick is deaf and mute. His spirit is so immaculate. I can remember seeinghim on the beach at twilight and sunrise dancing to rhythms of his people, feeling the vibrations in the warm wind be-

Perhaps it is the strong family structure which we lack in our society that motivates individual social strength. Everyo.ne talks to everyone, no matter who they are. Everyone understands the impor- tance.

To attain a natural sense of rhythm is something many danc- ers and musicians strive for, but never quite attain.

I had some background in modern dance and have been flirt- ing with rock and roll since I was born. In retrospect, I think it gave me a connection to their ideaology of dancing. The desire to celebrate and not to lose that desire under any circumstance was imperative

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we lived to experience an interna- tional music festival held in a bull- fighting ring. In the center ring, people could dance. It was quite an experience to dance in a stadium with a city of people.

Next to me, was an old man (and his young son). It was an intriguing experience to celebrate with him. The old in that land dance with cathartic self expres- sion. It’s .as if they are talking to their souls. To fathom that this man had been dancing this power- fully for over 55 years warmed a fountain ofinspiration. The father and son combination seemedlike a miraculous apparition.

The next night we passed by

‘We busted out of class. ..we learned I I U ) ~ . . . Now here you arelYou find out what the real world’s likelSome traded the love they knew in the stock exchangelThere’s a war outsi &...’say it ain’t ours anymore to winlOnce strong in sight and spirit when you were in school..now your hearts of fire grow coldlBut like soldiers in a winter’s night ... ll’m asking you to walk againmith me in the Christmas snowll can hear the neighborhood drummer begin to poundme made a promise we swore we’d always rememberlNo Retreat ... No Surrender. .. ” fore an ocean-celebrating his soul.

It was quite an experience to communicate with a deaf human being.

Afterward I could feel my performance on stage improve profoundly.

The dances of the coast always amaze me. There is an incredible amount ofpelvic control and hand- arm coordination. Rhythms are highly syncopated. People from ages 4 to 70 are all adept at danc- ing. Moreover, they are very adept atlivinnwith1ife.Swntaneitvand

in the culturing of rhythm sense. In Camelot’s unreleased “No Guts No Glory“ project we discovered the meaning of the title in its truest sense. It was from that point that it got inside us. I refer to the courage to undertake healthy action even if they do go against social norms to which we are ac- customed.

There are always plaguing consequences if one does not.

The only consequence of healthy action is priceless devel- opment.

I went with a familv of f iends

the hotel where the musicians were staying. Instruments, amps, and mixing boards were placed a t the entrance before the steps. A band began to play. People crowded in and began dancing on the steps before the entrance. To my disbelief now, I was one of them.

A flute player that had en- ticed me the night before with his music came out of nowhere into the crowd and began to play in rhythmic counterpoint.

Something socially organic was haooenine.

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group, cleared a circle before the steps, and began dancing his life. Soon a big man-he must have been well over 250 pounds- pulled his wife in to join them. The crowd gathered around the circle to clap along in accompaniment.

A man tapped me on the shoulder. To my surprise i t was the old man from last night, still enjoyinglife with somuch zest and charisma. His son was there, and was waving me in to join. I pointed to my beach sandals explaining why I couldn’t.

Then to my surprise, Belinda, my roomate pushed me into the circle to put me on the spot. Others moved out. I found myself alone before a 38 year old individual w’ho was a good dancer. The old man gave me some quick pointers to help me. There is a lot of step- twisting and sensuous use of space called the central zone. It is there that magic moments are reached. I guess that’s when I started to get crazy before the crowd.

It was like a family I h.ad known all my life.

Speaking to a lifeguard by a swimming pool, I asked for some tips. He replied: “It comes from within. Get up every morning, and practice all your life.”

If you get a chance to see Sting‘s video for “They Dance Alone” you’ll get a taste of a dance that is known as the Gueca, the only form of demonstration al- lowed in Chile on behalfof the ones who disappear. It is a celebration that has unforgettable moments. The white cloth held in the hand symbolizes humanity. It is their flag.

I did not truly know what the Latin American psyche was all about until I had danced wjth them. It is then-when you see their desire to celebrate life and humanity-that you truly gain a sense of understanding of what they strive for.

I’ve come back to Canada now and tapped into a few social circles of a different generation. There is a challenge to pinpoint a healthy social direction. Camelot is cur- rently trying to develop a social direction to which people of the Canadian generation might de- sire.

Meanwhile, it asks that people to go out and do on their ownrather than continue“waiting for the government.” Development is priceless.

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political spectrum, with the only 'legiti- mate" opposition coming from radical but non-violent forces like the Greens.

Despite these common bonds in the face of a perceived threat from the right, though, the Greens have been tom by debates over questions of tactics and procedures in the here-and-now. The quandary arises from the Greens' role as a party of the left, dis- tinct from the Social Democrats (SPD), but in a practical sense intimately bound to the twists and turns of SPD policy.

Here lies the genesis of the realist- fundamentalist split. On the one hand, the great majority of Green Party members are onetime Social Democrat voters. They have grown disillusioned by the decline of the SPD, which was a forum for brilliant radi- cals like Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht in its glory days before World War One but has since moved gradually toward the bourgeois center. These same voters, though, are uncomfortable with the rhetorical and programmatic excesses of the far left.

This reality forces on Green parliamen- tary delegates a complex and often thank- less role. Essentially, without the fire and momentum provided in the late 1970s and early 1980s by the mass popular move-

Greens face political iidentity crisis ments that spawned them, the Greensmust react to the actions and direction of the SPD. Thus, if the Social Democrats are seen to move too far to the right, the Greens will pick up the SPD left. But if the Greens display an unwillingness to support and cooperate with the SPD when the latter takes a more progressive stance, they risk losing that same constituency-and per- haps slipping below the five percent barrier and out of parliament altogether.

Inevitably, in coalition-choked Ger- man politics, the question arises of coalition with an SPD minority government at the state or federal level to defeat the right. In such a situation, i t is and will continue tobe the SPD which holds most of the cards. If ever an issue arises which garners popular support sufficient to threaten the SPDs core constituency (and to channel votes to the Greens), the SPD platform can be re- vised accordingly. If a coalition situation arises anyway, new elections can be calledif Green cooperation and concessions are deemed unsatisfactory. The Greens can then be painted as the recalcitrant "spoil- ers", uninterested in combatting the greater rightist evil.

How far can the Greens go to reflect this present reality, without undermining the foundations of their original support and slipping into the political fringe?

So far the specific option of coalition has arisen just once-in the state ofHessen, where an uneasy SPD-Green coalition came into being in 1983. Y o u couldn't really avoid getting involved," Gottwald remem- bered. "But in the end, it turned out that the fundis might have been right all along. I t wasn't too possible to cooperate with the established party, with the SPD." A scandal arose over government subsidising of a nuclear power plant in the area. The Greens accused the SPD of violating the pact, and the coalition fell apart.

At the national level, the coalition question has yet to arise. The Christian Democramee Democratic Party coalition held on, by the skin of its teeth, to a parlia- mentary majority in the 1987 federal elec- tion. But the question of ties to the SPD remains dominant.

As Gottwald pointed out, there is no doubt the Greens have influenced the for- mulation of SPD policy in recent years. The established party now has to watch its left very closely, recognizing that complacency, or dithering in the face of crisis, could send SPD voters scurrying to clothe themselves in Green.

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the Green "threat", the SPD was forced to insert in its platform a plank that would phase out nuclear power within a decade of the SPDs taking power.

On other issues, the Greens have had less success, and the pragmatic realo line has led to difficulties. The INF arms agree- ment had the effect of lessening perceived superpower tensions and accelerating the decline of Germany's once-formidable anti- nuclear movement. This, in turn, forced a re-evaluation of the Greens' previous hard- line stance against NATO and the station- ing of US troops on German soil-but if the realos could abandon these once-sacrosanct tenets, then what principles could be con- sidered truly "Green"?

The summer of 1988 may be remem- bered as the point at which the extent of the global ecological crisis became clear-not through the efforts of "experts", but as the result of an escalating series of tangible and geographically diverse crises recorded in living color on the nightly TV news.

InEurope,vastbloomsofalgae,feeding on massive quantities of untreated sewage, have spread down from Scandinavia to suffocate fish populations. But the most poignant image of the past summer has been the thousands of dead seals washing up on North Sea beaches-victims of a vi-' rus, apparently, but with their immune

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The problem for the German Greens, though, is that the people prepared to vote for the party on the basis of its environ- mental stand alone are already "on board". To this point, then, the uproar over ecological disin- tegration has not been clearly translated into new support for the Greens. Nor has it signifi- cantly affected the Christian Democrats or Social Democrats one way or the other.

In a sense, though, it is to the credit of the Greens and their democratic ideals that the party's fortunes do not rise and fall along with the superfkial and manipulative "issues" that are the life blood of mainstream politics. Instead, just as the party was founded to bring popu- lar initiatives and agitation into the establishment political spec- trum, its fate may hinge on the future-or rather the possible revival-f the German mass movements.

The development of the party could even offer some basis for reconciliation between the pragmatist and fundamentalist factions. That is, the realos can be expected to hold sway when- ever Green chances of articulat- ing and spearheading mass con- cerns are muted. For their part, the fundis, and the grassroots energies they symbolize, will be- come more powerful when the times give rise to new popular initiatives that call for changes more far-reaching than Germany's now-tame Social Democrats can envisage or ac- cept.

Regardless, the Greens con- tinue to offer a vivid and valu- able example for others in the west attempting to practice dual-strategy politics: activism within and outside the political mainstream. For all the present internal feuding over strategy and ideals, the Greens remain the foremost "alternative" party in the western world-still boldly going where few in the postwar era have gone before.

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Americ journal racism

an student ists challenge suspension

By Rick Hiebert Four American student jour-

nalists are suing their college after being suspended last spring.

On February 19 an article in The Dartmouth Review, the con- servative student newspaper at Dartmouth College in New Hamp- shire, criticized music professor Peter Cole’s course as being “aca- demically deficient.”

Six days later, the four stu- dents visited Cole in his class- room, after he had already refused an interview by phone.

Cole repeatedly asked them to leave the class.

A heated argument ensued, with Cole breaking the flash of Review photographer John Quilhot’s camera and inviting Review editor John Sutter to take a swing at him.

But college officials said the suspensions were not a direct re- sult of the fight, but were a re- sponse to the latest of a series of racist policies by the newspaper.

Cole is black, the four journal- ists are white.

W e haven’t really done any- thing wrong,” said Chris Baldwin, former editor-in-chief of The Re- view.

He and his three fellow staf- fers say Dartmouth College pun- ished the four as a result of “a racist double standard.”

The College must respond to the lawsuits by mid October, said the Review‘s counsel, New York

lawyer Art Ruegger. W e want a hearing before a

judge to get the four students back in school in January, with the punishment cleared from their records. On a broader scale, we hope to restrain the Dartmouth administration from persecuting the four students for what they print in the paper. We’re also seek- ing monetary damages, but we haven’t set a sum yet,” he said.

However, Dartmouth official Cathy Wolff said.“the college con- siders these suits harrassing and frivolous. Neither the charge of a violation of freedom of speech, or a racist double standard has any basis in reality.”

Dartmouth president James Freedman told The Boston Globe on March 1, four days before col- lege disciplinary hearings for the four students began, “I feel dread- ful about the attack on Professor

He also condemned the Re- view in a speech before a special faculty meeting on March 28th. “It is time for me to speak out about the Review in our academic com- munity,’’ Freedman said.

“I now see that the Review is dangerously affecting-in fact poisoning-the intellectual envi- ronment of our campus.” He said the Review was creating “a cli- mate of intolerance and intimida- tion.”

But Baldwin felt the college was using Cole as an excuse to get rid of the newspaper.

We’ve been a thorn in the side of the Dartmouth administra- tion, so they went in for the kill,” said Baldwin, who adds that accu- sations of racism and sexism lev- eled at the Review are ”ridicu- lous”, as the paper has many fe- male and minority staffers.

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Morrissey comedy succeeds y Lisa Doyle

Paul Morrissey’s latest of a ‘ng line of New York pop culture Ims once again satirizes the *eat American dream. Success is 1 important in this dream, and le characters will stop at nothing I have it all. The setting is color- 11 Brooklyn. Youths move in mgs, according to ethnicity and eighbourhood, and boxing is their av out of the working class

fortune, and women (in that order), and he’s not afraid to tell everybody how great he is. Through a series of mishaps, Spike’s luck turns, and he is forced to hang out in Red Hook, the crack-ridden, overcrowded Puerto Rican district. Here he dis- covers that he is perfectly capable of making it on his own, and that he is probably better off.

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predictable is the incredibly black humour rampant throughout the film. One memorable scene is a discussion between Spike and Baldo about Spike’s mother, who has taken a woman lover while Spike’s father is in Sing Sing prison. Spike reassures Baldo that i t is “just a phase” and Baldo remarks that “at least she’s not cheating on him with another guy”.

This is a very hip film, to be expected from Momssey. Previ- ously a director of many Warhol films, Morrissey’s forte is urban, ethnic stories that praise the working class. Fans of Morrissey’s Mixed Blood, a film about gang wars over drug trafficking, may find this film too glib and sugar- coated. The heavy ridicule and often flippant dialogue softens the harshness of living in these tough neighbourhoods.

An upbeat soundtrack by Coati Mundi moves the viewer quickly through the story, gently preventing the audience from realizing that no one is safe in these areas and that joining a gang is not a party, but the only means of survival. One plus is that this film attempts to show the New York that most residents know; we never see one of those $2000 a month loft apartments that everyone seems to be able to afford in movieland New York.

Despite its saccharine ending, the film is fun. Upon viewing, you realize that our search for fame and fortune may be a little silly. Monissey does give a good representation of life in the eighties-very few people have perfect families, perfect jobs, great apartments-most of us just have to make do.

Check out the art direction. Morrissey is a chronicler of kitsch-papier mache octopus centrepieces, crocheted Madonnas, plastic on the funiture, and the

rugs and is proud that Ben- thing is spaFed in Morrissey’s mhurst is a drug-free neigh- The storyline is a classic; the films, and this honesty and mrhood, in spite of the fact that tragic hero falls due to his pride, unapologetic portrayal of Ameri- is the Mafia that supplies drugs but rises again upon realizing his can life makes this film stand out

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stern, religous woman, distraught over the war’s effect on society : “No shame. No decency.Nothing’s the same anymore.“ Aunt Margo (Billie Whitelaw) is the opposite; pushing fifty, she’s out to get her kicks.

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At a ”little sing-song”, homely Rita hits it off with an American G.I. (Tim Ransom). Jus t when you’re about to shudder “Oh no, not another wartime romance!”, a wrench is thrown into the works. Westley, like all American teens in film today, is a hungry young man. And we’re not talking Weetabix here. Demure Rita is disgusted by his advances. Then, at a fateful afternoon tea, Aunt Margo and Westley hit it off. At this point, things become very strange indeed; to say anything more would give it away, but there is a great ‘curse of the past’ to satisfy all diabolical English students.

No one is a n angel in The Dressmaker; the old have their scars and the young little inno- cence. Each becomes a victim of passion; either their own or another‘s desire brings about downfall. What results is a film much like real life: everyone wants what’s best but they often work against each other in trying to achieve it.

Vancouver Internat By Keith Damsell

The Fringe Festival, the Fes- ;ival of Animation, the Festival of Dance. Just when you thought it was safe to go out for an evening If popular trash, along comes More serious culture, the Vancou- ver International Film Festival. The festival runs for seventeen days, September 30 to October 16 st four lower mainland theaters.

This year, the festival features over one-hundred and thirty films from some thirty- seven countries. There are six film series, each encompassing a different genre or group of nations. Thanks to Gorbachev‘s ‘Glasnost,” Cinema of the Soviet Union looks at film works of the past and present, including some buried masterpieces. The Best of Britain features twelve films from the new age in British film- making while Canadian Images examines developments on the home front. Japan, Hong Kong, China and Australia encompass

perhaps the widest array of styles and substance in Cinema of the Pacific Rim. B.C. Noir looks into local film celebrities’ past efforts. Cinema of Our Time is a goofy title for films from everywhere else-the US., Italy, Spain, etc.

Most films will get two screenings during the festival and no doubt the popular works will k back. Speaking of popularity, there will be an award presented to the ‘Most Popular Film’; ballots are available at each of the theaters. Unlike previous years, there will be no tribute night. Lasl

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naking splendid films about lothing at all. These simple iramas are short on blunt hu- nour, sex and violence but long on iubtle, believable dialogue, fine icting and deft pacing. They draw 1s into the lives of ordinary people whose joys, fears and frustrations ire compelling and sympathetic.

What happens, though, when ;he considerable burden of ;tarring in, and virtually carrying, such a film falls squarely on the

The British have a gift for shoulders, or rather haunches, o a dog, and one with no previous acting experience at that? Well, you get director Colin Gregg’s ne film We Think the World of Yc about the unusual relationship between a middle-aged civil servant named Frank and the working class family with whom by way of a failed homosexual re lationship with young Johnny, h becomes inextricably involved.

lems is director Gregg‘s inability to find a focus which would

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year‘s party for Helen Shaver was a bomb, and Festival Director Alan Franey said a tribute this year “didn’t make economic sense.”

big and small, will be descending on Lotus Land for the festivities. Actress Shirley “I’m*ut-on-a- limb-and-making-big-bucks” MacLaine and director John Schlesinger will be on hand for the premiere of their new film, the festival’s opening work, Madame Sousatzka. Paul Morrisey of Mixed BloodAndy

And, yes, lots of stars, both

Warhol fame is another big name rolling into town for his latest of- fering, Spike of Bensonhurst.

Ticket cost has actually gone down this year, thanks to the dropping of the VTC/CBO distri- bution system. You will no longel have to pay a one dollar handling charge for each ticket, but you wi have to join the Film Festival Society for one dollar. Hang on tc your card, ‘cause you only have tc join once! Tickets can be bought i advance at the Ridge Theater, 3131 Arbutus, between noon and 6:OO p.m. for all shows at all theaters. During the festival, you can buy tickets from 6:30 p.m. onwards or half an hour before fc matinee shows at the other festival venues: The Hollywood, 3128 West Broadway; Pacific Cinemateque, 1131 Howe Street; and the Vancouver East Cinema, 2290 Commercial Street.

adults, $3.00 for seniors and dis- abled and $4.00 for matinees.

Ticket prices are $5.50 for

Taxing woman entertains by Lisa Doyle

Woman’s Return is a modern Japanese gangster film, mimick- ing Western film-making in form and content.

Juzo Hami’s A Taxing

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Ryoko is the sole woman detective on the tax collection bureau. She is investigating a bizarre religous cult for tax evasion and ends up discovering a complex front involving major banks and politicians.’

Although the pre-quel, The Taxing Woman, has not shown yet in Vancouver, the sequel plays well on its own. Go see this if you’re up for an entertaining evening; it won’t let you down.

1 of You lacks focus coherently mold the very good, but wasted, performances of a cast featuring Alan Bates and the brilliant young actor Gary Oldman, best known for his role as Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears.

FILM FESTIVAL We Think the World of You 3ct. 4, Ridge, 7:OO p.m. 3ct.8, Vancouver East, 200 p.m.

Bates is Frank, and Oldman is

Johnny, a confused, lost young man who has spurned his older lover to marry, start a family and buy a dog. Frank lives a cultured and very lonely life until the two men are reunited, in a manner, when Johnny is sent to prison for burglary.

What ensues are a series of vain attempts by Frank to make contact with an uncooperative Johnny, first for the sake of their own relationship and then for the sake of Johnny’s dog, an Alsatian named Evie who is being poorly treated by Johnny’s family. Frank’s very frustrated affections find a release in the dog as their relationship blossoms.

See Frank reject the dog. See Frank soften and grow to love the dog. See Frank walk the dog. See Frank baby-sit, feed, kiss, and finally share his bed with the dog. Then, for some inexplicable reason, see the hapless, weak, middle-aged civil servant and the thankless, miserable working class family fight over the dog.

film’s inability to find a focus (it’s not really the dog, is it?), and failure to elicit any sympathy for the characters (even the mal- treated dog begins to get on our nerves) leave us frustrated and bored,.

middle-aged homosexual can finally find happiness in a dog, and that Johnny, who has a family, envies him, is insulting and not a little ludicrous.

Forgive the cynicism, but the

And the notion that a lonely,

Vanessa Guidjl (Martine) and Antoine Hubert (Louis) in The Grand Highway

By Laura Busheikin The young-boy-coming-of-age genre has

recently produced some fine films such as Hope and Glory, My Life as a Dog and Stand By Me. It is quite the compliment, then, to say that The Grand Highway (Le Grand Chemin) is at th.e head of this class. FILM FESTIVAL The Grand Highway (Le Grand Chemin) Sept. 30th, Van East, 7:OO Oct. 1st. Hollywood&OO

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An impending birth begins the story. A pregnant woman, estranged from her husband, leaves her nine-year-old son Louis in the care of an old friend. His experience begins with tears, as his mother boards a bus at Le Grand Chemin, the small village’s main crossroad, leaving him behind.

Louis, a sensitive city boy, at first recoils from the earthy realities of country life; the rabbit slaughtered for dinner, the outhouse, the blunt, coarse language, the nearby graveyard.

To complicate matters, all is not well between the couple taking care of the boy. Marcelle and Pelo’s relationship, once passionate, has degener- ated into an ongoing, frustrating and violent conflict. Louis witnesses their fights and is soon caught in the crossfire of their emotional warfare. They battle for Louis’ affection, using him as their ultimate weapon against each other.

Disturbing as i t may be, Louis’ Ucountry holiday” is still and exhilarating voyage of discov- ery for him. His guide on this educational journey is Martine, the precocious tomboy who befriends

Grand Highway- enchants him. Martine, as iconoclastic as she is self-assured, teaches him about sex, love, death and the fun of breaking rules.

The relationship between Louis and Pelo, at first prickly, deepens as Pel0 becomes a vital father figure. Both husband and wife talk to Louis about their troubles. This raises the hope that perhaps Louis, the pawn in the marital conflict, could also be the catalyst to rekindle their love.

story: love, separation, sex, death, mourning, birth and rebirth. When Louis arrives at Le Grand Chemin, he is truly at a crossroad - a place of many initiations for him. And his presence is the pivot where all the characters’ emotional paths cross. This interweaving, this skillful braiding of many threads into one fabric, gives the film its rich texture.

The film offers a wealth of superb perform- ances. The children, Antoine Hubert (the writer/ director’s son) as Louis, and Vanessa Guedj as Martine are both wonderful; Anemone perfectly expresses all Marcelle’s nuances, all the shadings and hidden hollows that lie behind the script.

But it is Richard Bohringer as Pel0 who gives the most memorable performance. Hubert’s script demands a complex Pelo, ranging from brooding and taciturn to violent, to sensitive and tender. Bohringer draws all this together to create a magnetic, dynamic character.

Writer and director Jean-Loup Hubert has created a cinematic paragon. It’s beer. several day:; since I saw The Grand Highway, but it’s kept m,y heart warm ever since.

All of life’s passages are encompassed in this

inother Chinese film about luscious Tax collectors

Ghost story delights By Lisa Doyle

rected by martial arts instructor Ching Siu Yung, cannot be de- scribed in a few words.

To place this film in a genre would be dificult because it is a composite love story, action picture, thriller, sci-fi, and musical.

tax-collector smitten by a beauti- ful woman who is actually a vampire/ghost. She has been betrothed to an evil Lord of Hell,

A Chinese Ghost Story, di-

The story involves a young

and the film recounts the tax collector‘s attempts to save her, unaware that the only way he can do so is to release her earthbound soul, thus losing her forever.

If the plot sounds like a really sleazy comic book, it’s not. Intertwined throughout the film is the Taoist theme of the coexis- tence of heaven and earth, and enlightenment via the Path or “he Way, represented by a loony half- monk, half- warrior who fights evil from the abandoned, haunted temple, where he lives. As well,

the film addresses the pain of choices the tax collector must make such that the order of life, important in Oriental philosophy, can be restored. The film is essentially a classic fable that has been modernized, thanks to the endless possibilities the medium of film offers.

FILM FESTIVAL A Chinese Ghost Story Oct.3, Ridge, 9:30 p.m. Oct.12, Vancouver East, 7:OO

A Chinese Ghost Story follows in the Chinese Opera tradition; elaborate sets, melodra- matic plots and highly gestured acting. The difference is that this story is really funny, although that may be unintentional. The female ghosts are ruled by an evil witch who laps up men with her forty foot tongue. The monk sings a Taoist disco number called “My Way’(1 am not making this up).

the inaccurate subtitles, such as “Gee what a spocky temple”, and, Watchout, that bearded gay is a killer”. The cinematography is haunting, the special effects and flying are eerie, and the only thing - missing is a car chase scene.

One of the best laughs come of

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by Keith Damsell You can't help admiring a man

like Sam Shepard, drama's ren- aissance man. He's won himself the Pulitzer Prize for writing, critical acclaim for his acting talent, and now has decided to try his hand at film direction. And, wouldn't you know it, Far North is an impressive debut. Can this guy do no wrong?

city woman Kate (Jessica Lange) returning to her home in the country to visit her hospital- bound father Bertrum (Charles Durning). Bertrum's delicate condition is a result of a fall from Me1 the horse, and it's up to Kate to avenge him. Soon, the whole

Far North revolves around a

Moral atrocit: by Steven Chess

and the Poison, is a harrowing indictment of moral atrocities during wartime. The film is based on a true story, known as the Aihara Affair, which saw eight American POWs vivisected by Japanese doctors in the name oEmedica1 progress in 1945.

The Japanese film, The Sea

The black and white film un- folds, much of it like news-reel footage, as occupation officers interrogate medical personnel who participated in the heinous experiment. Through flashbacks we see the mounting competi-

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family is caught up in the plight of Me1 - sister Rita (Tess Harper) wants him saved, mother Amy (Ann Wedgeworth) doesn't know what she wants, and Rita's daughter Jilly (Patricia Ar- quette) just wants to be sick. In a bizarre Shakespearean climax, all the characters get lost in the woods, where they each confront their fears. FILM FESTIVAL Far Nor th Sept.30, Ridge, 9:30 p.m. Oct.1, Ridge, 4:30 p.m.

Shepard has produced a tight film, written and directed with economy, yet giving its characters great definition. What results is an actor's piece -

es exposed in tiveness between two university medical units, culminating in one's willingness to co-operate with the

FILM FESTIVAL The Sea and the Poison Oct.1, Pacific Cine., 930 p.m. Oct.3, Pacific Cine., 2:OO p.m.

military in carrying out murder- ous medical experiments on the crew of a downed American B-29 bomber.

Suguro and Toda are medical students who become involved in the web of adversarial competi-

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Durning laments "the injustice of the world" from his hospital bed, Lange fumes over her father's demands and Gramma (Nina Draxten) can't understand how she got so old. Each character has their own tragedy but staggers through it all with great humor.

The film has a decidedly lighter tone than Shepard's plays. He employs his heart in his first examination of capital W Woman". But Far Nor th is not without its ghosts. Something awaits in each character's past or future to sneak up on them.

How can a film go wrong when you've got Sam Shepard and a soundtrack by the Red Clay Ramblers? Worth catching.

rapanese film tion, war-time moral codes and ultimately murder. Toda is cal- lous. unfeeling and undisturbed by his part in the crime, while Suguro, who could not bring him- self to be physically involved in the surgery, is a tortured soul, searching for an explanation as much for his own peace of mind as to satisfy his interrogator.

The film offers two un- nervingly realistic operating sequences and painfully real performances by Eiji Okuda as Suguro and Ken Watanabe as the eerily complacent Toda.

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The Lair of the White Worm is a comedy-horror film about a giant, virgin-eating worm that quietly terrorizes a rural English community. We follow four young

FILM FESTIVAL The Lair of the White Worm Oct.8, Ridge, 9:30 p.m. Oct.13, Hollywood, 930 p.m. adventurers as they discover the worm's existence and then set out both to escape its wrath, and to

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are now spinning off strange sounds at the 3rd annual Shindig, a battle of the bands brought to you by CITR.

staggered into the Railway Club and staked the best place in the house-right by the bar. From there I gazed across the intimate surroundings, waiting for the fray to begin.

Up first on that melancholic night was That Melancholy Dream, who unleashed their mu- sical talents for an eager crowd of devotees. The band succeeded in creating a macabre atmos- phere, accented by the jangling guitar and the singer's contem- plative deliverance.

They performed amidst birthdays and anniversaries oc- curring in the audience; four dark priests presiding over nocturnal celebrations.

An eclectic array of bands

As i t pissed rain outside, I

The band was reminiscent

of the neo-psychedelic era circa 1984-85. Shades of old Cult, Echo, along with REM and U2 style riffs could be detected in the texture of the music, but by no means dominated each song.

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With the next band, I was able to mentally relive the metal days of yesteryear. Better than the best redneck garage party, The After thrashed out solid party-till-ya-puke music in an attempt to boogie the crowd to the ground.

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face of low audience reaction. They should have to1 d everyone to fuck off, because to be hated is to be loved in the world of rock.

At long last, the Stick Figures snapped up to the stage, keeping the celebration trend going with more birthdays and balloons. Obviously they were from another planet, casting more shadowy psycho-delic sounds over the crowd.

With the power of four drunks smashing up a Howard Johnson's, the Stick Figures definitely stuck it up the part of the British Empire where the sun don't shine. The song about the Dead of the Night was one of the best played the whole show, and they ended up finishing in first place. A great band to dance to until you froth at the mouth and die.

That Melancholy Dream drifted in at second place, and my favorite, The After, came fashionably last.

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Canadian music: “Slapshot” actors get new vocation

By Clara Young

blue Pontiac parked during rush hour in a tow-away zone. The clothing-it drew the eye-con- sisted of vintage striped bathing suits, swimming caps, cat-eye glasses and dog-collars. They looked like convicts out on week- end furlough. I had only 30 min- utes to probe into the ugly regions of their roving subcon- scious, in order to bring to you an exclusive interview with the Sarcastic Mannequins.

Yes-the scoop on three barely controlled maniacs who think they can combine elements of jazz and punk . . . who have the audacity to play REAL music and wear lipstick and sequined dresses at the same time. Com- parisons are odious, but in the space of two sets last week a t The Waterfront, I heard music that can only be described as the aural equivalent of goulash. Elvis Costello, Don Ho, rumba, Joe Jackson, squealing, surf- punk, rockabilly, new wave and John Lennon.

It is a skeletal band. Andrew Shyman and Chaz Beez play gui- tar, do the vocals and write the songs that make the whole world sing. The newest member, Sonny Boy, plays drums. Other than that, these three share the stage with two spray-painted manne- quins who do mute back-up. Their performance history extends back to last weekend at The Waterfront; the primal gig.

This is what went down.

They emerged from a baby-

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So h w did you get together? delivery of punk. So what we’re punk never became sophisti- basically doing is breaking punk cated. It actually became

Choose A or B: open because when punk was in- worse-faster and less sophisti- A. Andrew and I (Beez) were in a troduced it was very powerful cated and more people could play duelling match. and generally associated with i t because it seemed like the B. Andrew and I were contest- non-musicians. And now what easiest thing to do. What we’re ants for the Romper Room show. we want to do is find ourselves in doing is taking our musical

punk-in the concept of punk- intelligence-which is definitely Well, why don’t you say some- because we don’t think that punk limited at this time-and trying thing profound? Something about ran its course properly. to break into it. So we’re taking your philosophy. punk music and expanding it by

the jazz philosophy, dissecting didn’t run its course properly”? jazz in the sense that we say,” and expanding music and apply- Punk was never expanded Let’s play jazz music”. It’s more ing that to the energy and the musically. The actual delivery of the philosophy of jazz: let’s take

What we’re doing is taking What do you mean by “punk experimenting. It’s not really

this thing apart, let’s stretch this thing out. When we play live, we go limitless over top of that tune. Anthing can happen.

Then do you find yourselves dis- satisfied with what the Sex Pistols or The Clash have done?

don’t want to copy them. We say thank-you, but we don’t want to do something that’s already been done.

I notice that you play with the tempo a lot, often starting slowly with a jazzlswing beat and then speeding up to a punk level of energy.

ally talented drummer for that. Three weeks, this man. He learned all those tunes in three weeks - all those changes, all those feels - he’s just a genius but we won’t tell him or else he’ll charge us money.

Do you have a problem melding the jazz and the punk together?

We’re finding our sound, for sure. There’s tunes that were written two years ago that we’re doing now. And there are tunes like “Everything Pisses Me of?” which was never even formally written. It just happened. And yet it seems to strike a respon- sive chord because everybody’s pissed off about something. But the writing is going to become, as we find our sound, more adapted

No, we love them. But we

Yeah, you have to have a re-

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Slowhand still has the magic touch

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e can walk!" yelled the person standing beside me as he a member of the audience who

was enthusiastically waving his crutches in the air. "I can hear!" screeched an infidel a couple of rows back. The magic touch. The rumor is true. Eric Clapton is God. ~~~~~~~~ ~~

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Slowhand. The name conjures up visions from the golden age of rock and roll - when men were men, your papa still thought Beatles songs were the Devil's music, and guitars were PLAYED, goddammit, not programmed into some synth-wimp computer - and Eric Clapton certainly ranks as one of the true guitar gods from that era, when the British In- vasion was redefining the boundaries of rock music.

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, to super- groups such as The Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith and Derek and The Domi- noes, to his own highly successful solo career, Clapton's musical legacy is immense. No doubt about it, the Miche- lob man is definitely a living legend, and probably the finest pure blues guitarist of any British Invasion rock-hero.

Yet seeing Eric Clapton makes you aware of your own mortality; he is a musical symbol from an era gone by. So many of the great rockers have left us; you can no longer count on a new Clapton record the way you can count on a new U2 record. Similarly, after 25 years in the rock business, there is always the danger that this tour will be Clapton's last. Seeing Clapton live is a little like party- ing with an old friend whom you might never see again.

There was a definite sense of nostalgia in the crowd at the Coliseum on Wednes- day that made Clapton much more than a

From his early days as a guitarist with

mere concert. It was more a spiritual experience, as if a n entire generation of baby-boomers had come to pay homage to their guru, their icon - and perhaps to take one more sip from that fountain of youth, to relive those teenage memories, to gain some reassurance in these troubled times during which they find their waistlines expanding and their hair receding.

As the lights went down at about 8:45, I felt myself overwhelmed by my own sense of nostalgia. So many memories came rushing back to me - road trips to Vancouver to see concerts in old jalopies with The Stones or The Who blaring on the cassette and a cooler of brewskies in the back - and so many old friends long since departed. I t had been a few years since I'd seen a big rock concert, and I had almost forgotten what a blast they could be.

I heard the roar of the crowd; my nostrils flared to absorb that unmistak- able aroma of Canabis Sativa wafting lazily into the atmosphere. And then I saw the man, and I realized I had been away a long time. Hello, old friend.

Dressed casually in a grey Re- laxed and low-key onstage, Clapton simply let his music do the talking (No cliched and contrived arena-rock poses here), while the audience worked itself into a frenzy.

For 90 minutes, Slowhand took the crowd for a magic carpet ride on the high notes of his Stratocaster - and then he was gone. My only complaint about the show was the abrupt way in which he finished it, with a decidedly clipped one song encore consisting of Mark Knopfler's "Money For Nothing". The crowd was definitely disappointed when the lights came on immediately after the b a d left feeling just a little younger than we had perverse craving to nab myself an "Of& the stage. two hours before. I felt so young, so cial" concert T-shirt.

"multi-purpose facility" that onlymo- ing urge to preserve the essence of that counter, the reality of '88 struck me out of ments before had been magically trans- moment came over me. Being a rock my nostalgic trance like some gigantic formed into a rock and roll shrine by that memorabilia junkie in my pubescent hand. The vendors wanted $22 for one. great guitar guru, Eric Clapton. He left us years, I was stricken with that old I had definitely been away a long time.

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Wagschal: Deeper than skin by Kathy Chung daunting level of determined ex- thin oils can also reveal an irides-

The paintings in Marion amination and honesty. cent beauty in the flesh of her Wagschal’s exhibit show us fami- These paintings hide none of subjects. lies and individuals in relation to man’s physical imperfections: each other and their surround- transparent skins are laced with MARION WAGSCHAL: ings. They speak of an human red and blue veins; patchy blem- RECENT WORK intimacy suffused with sterility ishes and dark pores riddle the Fine Arts Gallery, UBC and loneliness. Her depiction of bodies. Yet Wagschal’s delicate to October her subjects, often nudes, show a brush work and her use of verv

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Her paintings force the viewer to see beyond the material trappings of society, clothes and posses- sions-into the naked soul of these people.

“Possibilities” shows a preg- nant woman sitting cross-legged on a sofa. Dark veins run through her breasts and distended belly. She stares at the viewer with a mask-like expression of fear and helplessness. Here, pregnancyisa frightening and lonely experience.

“Artists and Children” is an extraordinary blend of decorative and figurative painting. Family members sit and lie amongst a bed sheet, a quilt, a Chinese tea set and an oriental rug, all painted with exquisite patterns. They suggest culture and affluence. Contrasting these are pale fig- ures, each a centre of stasis in the intricacy of their surroundings. Two of the children hold hands and the father lies with a baby in his arms, yet each person in the family seems unconnected and isolated. Sadly, they touch but do not feel. In the lower corner, a primitive fertility figure in burn- ing red contrasts the sterility of these cultured lives.

“Summer Breeze” shows two male nudes lying with their feet intertwined. Both look at the viewer with wide eyes as if mildly surprised to be observed. Most striking is the expression on the upper man’s face. I t is a mixture of openness and puzzlement. The artist herself is present at the bottom of the painting, facing the couple, holding up a mirror in which she observes herself and the viewer. The upper half of the painting is a beautiful mix of pale greens, blues and pinks which shine like the surface of a pearl. Present are tiny symbols of close- ness and love. Above the men, two small birds perch together on a circular wreath. In one corner, brilliant pink flowers sit in a vase. The atmosphere is tranquil but barren.

Throughout the exhibit , Wagschal’s subjects are very aware of being seen and they themselves stare into the dis- tance. However, i t is evident that these people look but do not see. Their poses are passive and life- less. Wagschal’s paintings are disturbing and unpleasant be- cause they plainly show facets of human conditions which many would rather not witness. It is a very one-sided view (interestingly the portrait of the artist in this exhibit is titled “Cyclops”) but it is also a provocative and honest exploration of the tragedy and beauty of human existence.

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Joey Shithead cranks on his axe MANDEL NGAN PHOTO

D.O.A. still alive and sweating By Mandel Ngan

J oey Shithead - Christ that man can sweat. Wednesday

night at the Town Pump, Vancouver’s D.O.A. sweat and spat their way to a fantastic performance.

MUSIC D.O.A. Town Pump September 29

rial from their earlier days such as “he Enemy and Rich Bitch, a tune inspired by Margaret “rudeau. Joey Shithead, D.O.A.’s lead singer also belched out some tunes from more recent albums such as Let’s Wreck the Party and Lumber Jack City, a song where Shithead temporarily trades in his Gibson for a

The band performed mate-

chainsaw.

would be complete without Fuck You, an old Subhumans number: “Call us evil, call us crazy we don’t care what you say, Fuck You!” The band started off this performance of the song with a blues type rhythm, culminating to a heavy throbbing bass and slobbering vocals by Wimpy Roy.

No hardcore gig would be complete without slam dancers and some general thrashing around. And yes, there were people pathetic enough to try to dive off the three foot high stage at the Pump.

The crowd ranged from a woman with fluorescent pink lip- stick (with matching skirt) to a man dressed in a trench coat,

No D.O.A. performance looking more like an off duty ac- countant than a D.O.A. fan. And then there was the mainstay hardcore bunch clad in black animal hides, and a guy with his hair dyed green-an almost refreshing sight.

The audience that night were also treated to covers such as Singing in the Rain, BTO’s Taking Care of Business, and The Doors L.A. Woman. D.O.A. did their own version of Lead Belly’s Midnight Special, dedicating it to the people of South Africa.

D.O.A. may have reached middle age, but that hasn’t slowed them down. Shithead can still wobble his face like a bowl of jelly-D.O.A. may be one of them strange things that get better with age.

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Do you find people getting pissed off when they listen to you?

I think that they have to go home and read the lyric sheet and then they get pissed off. I don’t think the people we’r going to attract are going / o get pissed off; it’s the people h h o won’t like us that are ... ... like Tipper Gore

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Are your lyrics offensive enough?

I don’t think they’re offen- sive enough. Some of them are, though. What kind of music are you listening to right now?

Bill Laswell, Shankar, people like that. It’s music by people who listen to everything and that’s what we try to do.

So you like a mixed-bag kind o f sound.

Yeah any kind of music. Like today we just listened to ... uh ... a new age-no, not new age” new music ensemble that was only playing woodblocks. It was just astounding; just the rhythms. We’re influenced by everything around us ...p articularly chain- saws and buzz hammers.

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Strangway shames UBC

The Board of Governors’ refusal to allow gay athletic games to be held on campus can only be interpreted as an act of discrimination against the gay community.

President Strangway denies that he is prejudiced against homosexuals, but his re- fusal to host the games is an acceptance of society’sintolerance. Strangway sees aneed to placate an ignorant populace. In effect, he has legitimized prejudice against homosexuals.

Strangway’s reference to “normal men’s athletics’’ and “normal women’s athletics” is unacceptable. He implies that homosexuality is abnormal. Gay games are not a “third vari- ant of activities;” they are an opportunity for friendship, competition, and support.

We expect more from a university than this decision, Dr. Strangway.

Universities should lead and challenge public opinion, not be held hostage to it.

Dr. Strangway wants the University of British Columbia to become a world class university. But world class universities are in- novators in social thought and change, and Strangway has not displayed the courage to lead UBC to greater accomplishments. A uni- versity, in Dr. Strangway’s eyes, is no place for politics.

Perhaps it would be too facetious to ask if the good doctor ever read Plato, Rousseau, or Diderot. Politics and education are inseper- able for some of the world’s greatest thinkers, maybe Dr. Strangway’s new credo of “second to none” means they were just old farts.

A new day is dawning for institutionalized ignorance. Ideas flourish in an environment of toleration and openness, not fear and preju- dice.

Access unnoticed Every set of stairs on campus is a sign saying to disabled students: No wheelchairs allowed. Even the Pit, in the Student Union’s own building, is inaccessible to wheelchairs. The AMs has 20 million dollars to spend on a brand new recreation facility. How about spending some money on making present fa- cilities accessible to all students?

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And as Strangway utterd those words that none could believe he had uttered, Lisa Doyle and Steven Scrimshaw recoiled in disbelief, and as Keith Damsell, Laura Busheikin, and Giles Gysel became aware ofthe reality, their jaws dropped open. Did he say that word? Clara Young questioned Bradley Dickson, who had been listening in on another phone. Mandel Ngan, Joe Altwasser and Deanne Fisher said it couldn’t be so. ‘Strangway’s on side”, they chanted. Gordon Clark told them all to knock it off, and then asked ifanyone wanted to go swimming with him. He ws taken up on the oKer by Katherine Monk, Tim McCrady, Adam Jones and Laura May, all of whom had to go home to get their bathing suits. Corinne B j q e said she’d go swimming too, but that she

Johnson said they would never swim again, while Ted Aussem re- never wore a bathing suit. Olivia Zanger, Chung Wong and Alexandra

Groberman asked Rick Hiebert to catch him as he succumbed to marked that he wouldn’t mind seeing Corinne go for it. Robert

hysterical blindness. He hit the p u n d as Rob Cameron and Joanne

just came out of Strangway’s office. Stephen Wisenthal and Chris Braithwaite burst into the mom to tell everyone about the release that

Wiesinger said that it couldn’t possibly be trueiaison Office. At each concert, a petition i s passed around in support of the signing of the agreement. On December loth, 1988, the petition will be presented to the UN in marking the 40th annivereary and calling on all the signatory countries to remember their commitment.

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Bird bites back

Wilfrid N. Silversides, ;hank you for your burning ;houghts in your letter to ;he Ubyssey on September 17 regarding the proposed Recreational Facility. I am -esponding publicly as you xsked.

You have asked several pestions, most of them qhetorical, but bringing to ight many good points. In ’act, the same points I have pestioned and turned over €gain and again myself.

When I first became nvolved with the AMs over ;wo years ago, I was ap- roached by a number of itudents encouraging me to w s u e this sort ofa solution .o student recreational ;pace on campus. My initial ’esponse was much the a m e as yours (although iomewhat more relaxed), md I dismissed the notion LS inconsequential, if not mpossible.

I wanted to concentrate In student services, finan- ,ial aid, the accessibility tnd the quality of UBC edu- ation, tuition fees and gov- irnment issues. So that’s vhat I have done; and so Lave my “companions in the WS”. Do you only pay at- ention to what your AMs is loing when you disagree? h e you too busy to under- tandeverythingelse wedo?

To begin with I don’t :now how you arrived at ‘our impression of the Pro- incial Government’s role in his centre. But at this stage he AMs and the students lave taken all the initiative .nd for all practical pur- loses the Government has leen completely unin- .olved. So when I hear ref- rences to the AMs being pproached with “candy” nd ”rich kids toys”, my

elite” and “wealthy and titled” students are the only ones interested in fitness, recreation and extracur- ricular activities, and that most students “especially those from the interior” are aligned with your views - well, think again Einstein: many students from the in- terior and from all economic backgrounds are the very ones who have convinced the AMs to proceed this far with the proposal. Do you see it as a crime for students to want a little fun and re- laxation during their Uni- versity years? Get a grip.

Thisreferendum will be a democratic process to de- cide whether or not UBC students want to support the Rec Center proposal. No one is forcing you to vote in favor. I am asking you to vote. I am doing my job and you are asking me to apolo- gize. Mr. Silversides, does this mean you will be run- ning in the next AMs elec- tion? Or are you to remain an armchair politician? In the mean time I’m voting for the Rec Centre.

Tim Bird AMS President

guess is that your imagina- tion has got ahold of you, and so I can’t even begin to set you straight in this let- ter.

But I will advise you to do some research into this matter and even into your own comments: the AMs does sponser over fifty bur- saries; the AMs is presently preparing an extensivley researched proposal aimed at lowering tuition; the AMs is continually hard at work (often behind the scenes) in attempts to upgrade our li- braries, Government fund- ing, and all aspects of a quality education system.

While working on these other fronts, increasing

numbers of students have been hounding me to call a referendum on a Rec center project. Rather than ignor- ing this overwhelming con- cern, we began to go to work on the issue. Now you see the product of 11 months of planning and research-a well thought out proposal to take to the student body.

I have not neglected these other issues-on the contrary, I work on them every day. If you want to help me on these other fronts or learn more about them, I encourage you to come see me, and I can show you how to get involved.

As for your belief that “financially and socially

Locals preferred How aggravating to

find Billy Bragg on the cover of the last issue of the Ubys- sey. I have also enjoyed his concerts in the past, but last Sunday night I was among the lucky Vancouverites who saw Stephen fearing at the Vancouver East Cul- tural Center. Why do we continue to applaud the al- ready recognized “stars“ instead of searching out and celebrating the talent that comes out of our very own city?!

Julie James English Literature 4

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Foresters love trees Please be aware that

the attitudes expressed in the slogans writtenon Omar (the Forestry car) and in the letters by Forestry students Ian MacIver and Dave Christie do not express the opinions of all Forestry stu- dents. There are many for- esters who are concerned about environmental issues and have an open mind re- garding such land use issues as the Stein Valley and Meares Island. These people hope to combine their respect for the environment with knowledge of Forest Harvesting, Management, and Science in order to be- come responsible foresters.

It is unfortunate that some Forestry students chose to express attitudes that are derogatory towards

women. We would hope that our Forestry peers would be the ones to help women gain respect in our profession, not hinder. Obviouslymany men in Forestry believe that women are competent, or they wouldn't always be asking for help with home- work.

Unfortunately some harmful at t i tudes have unwittingly been passed on, along with Forestry tradi- tions like Omar. It may be fun to have a car that adver- tises a dance; it is not so much fun when these adver- tisements are degrading to people and the forests.

We believe that For- estry needs a new set of tra- ditions growing out of an attitude of respect for na- ture and people.

Maureen Scott Doug Hopwood

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Greeks dispel myths

With reference to the article about US. fraternity crackdowns in "uesday's paper, I believe that the ar- ticle is inappropriate, irrele- vant, and does not reflect upon fraternities in Can- ada. U.B.C. fraternities do not condone law-breaking activities here or at other university campuses. In fact, with the relatively small Greek systems and similarly small liability in- surance problems in Can- ada, U.B.C. fraternities are more concerned with social activities and chanty fund raising than our counter- parts in the States. I hope this dispells any myths or notions about the Greeks at U.B.C.

Gary Mark, Inter-fraternity Council

Peeved passenger protests

There has been a lot of complaint lately about the poor transit service to UBC, especially on the #10 route. While there certainly have been cutbacks, and I for one am in favour of BC Transit returning to the old bus fre- quency, the problem of over- crowding is being aggra- vated by bus riders them- selves. I refer to the failure

of passengers to move to the back of the bus. Many times I've had busses pass by without stopping because the front of the bus is too crowded to let anyone get on, while there were only a few people standing at the back. It does not smell bad. There is no social stigma involved. No one will laugh at you for showing a little thought and consideration. I t is a very simple proce- dure. If you see a gap, move back. And more people will be able to get on at the front.

Most of the people on the #10 bus are coming to campus anyway. There is no need to wait around the back doors to be first off. In the end, you may very well pay for the few seconds you save today with the treat of having three or four half- full buses pass you buy on that important day when you have to be there on time. Sure, BC Transit is letting us down, but the bus users too must do their share.

Gordon Drukier Graduate Studies

No whiners Congratulations Ward,

on being the straw that broke the camel's back. Upon reading your letter of September 23rd entitled "Jocks Piss in Sink," I felt it was my duty as the only "fine" Pit bouncer with an education above the first grade, to form a rebuttal.

tron, regardless of afi l i- ation with a varsity team, allowed to remain on the premises after violating any of the rules existing at the Pit.

As for pissing in the sink. Since the Pit does not employ such Orwellian tac- tics as surveillance cameras in the washrooms, it is not

question, I will not comment on your description of the "collisions" on the dance floor. However, the door- man in question should have responded in a far more professional manner.

As for your churlishly sarcastic compliment on the job that the %ne" Pit door- men do, I suggest you try on

Put up or shut up "Adam Jones' bias

)lasted" - "Jones is Red spologist" ... Must be the ;illy season or something. :'ve been minding my own Iusiness at The Ubyssey 'or a year and a half now, luietly reviewing every- ,hing from Steve Winwood ;o "The Last Temptation of >hrist", andsuddenlyafew Ieople are taking offense.

Well, let's peel away ,he invective and take a :loser look at the charges.

&cording to the dic- ;ionary, someone who )rings a charge of bias is xcusing his target of un- 'airness, or offailing to con- sult Ithe facts before form- .ng"amental leaning or in-

not been reading the news- papers-assails my review (September 20) of Michel Khleifi's film Wedding In Galilee. He says I simplisti- callyrepresent the situation in the Palestinian occupied territories as a battle of "sadist versus victim". (The phrase I actually used was "Occupier and occupied", but never mind.)

Groberman seems par- ticularly pissed by my pass- ing reference to the trigger- happy habits and often in- discriminate violence of Is- raeli occupying forces. This, of course, is depressingly obvious most nights on the six o'clock news, so it's hard to see how he missed it.

:Gation". -

In the 24 hours that this Clearly, the accusa-

tion carries weight only if proof--as opposed to stri- dent assertion or outright slander-is provided to substantiate the alleged "unfairness" or falsehood. In other words, put up or shut up

Both letters denounc- ing my reviewing skills (September 23) signally failed to present evidence that my comments, or the passages I chose to cite from review materials, were in any way at odds with the facts. Instead, the problem seems to be that I didn't bother to keep real- ity suitably bound and

Thus Michael Grober- man-who apparently has

gagged.

letter has been in the works, six more Palestinians have been shot to death; 150 shot and wounded since last F'ri- day, and bullets are only the tip of the iceberg. But for Groberman, merely men- tioning reality is proof of a "biased" viewpoint, which renders "irrelevant" the rest of my review.

Convenient, that! It enables Groberman to dis- m i s s the pains I took, in the bulk of the review, to praise Khleifi's portrayal of the "complex interaction" be- tween Israelis and Pales- tinians.

Imentioned thefaction- alism of the Palestinian vil- lage, and specifically noted a n instance of sympathetic behavior by the Israelis

(their attempted rescue of the village chief's mare from a minefield). I also cited the refusal of many villagers in the film to countenance vio- lent action against Israeli troops-while they de- nounced the Israeli forces for "terrorizing everyone" and torturing many Pales- tinians.

Note, too, that mine was a very brief review, and appeared with alonger one (by Rosanna Ditmars) that explored the more personal aspects of Wed- ding In Galilee compe- tently and with sensitivity. None of this is exactly "ir- relevant", to my mind. But it makes no difference to Groberman, leaving one to wonder just where the "bias" lies.

As for Greg Lanning's puerile letter attacking my , Alexander Cockburn book I review, it's unfortunately I

no surprise to see such pathological smear tactics employed at the university level. Nor is it unusual to come across a transparent plea for censorship mas- querading as a defense of "university values". But is this slapstick McCarthyite really a second year law student? I suggest he be frisked for blunt instru- ments before he enters the courtroom.

NOW, if youI1 excuse me, I'm off to pick up my tuition cheque from the KGB, before tucking into a heaping plateful of kittens for dinner. Washed down with the blood ofnewborns, perhaps.

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Germany’s Greens: B y Adam Jones

In May of this year, a dispute arose in the ranks of West Germany’s Green Party over the questionofaminimum sentence for rape offences. Leaders of the grassroots party praesidium, whose positions Green parliamentary delegates were originally supposed to represent, instructed the frac- tion in the Bundestag-the West German parliament-to declare themselves in favor of a two-year minimum sentence. The Bundestag fraction refused, indicating it preferred a one-year minimum.

The result was an open furor. Georg Spitz, a Green from Dortmund in Germany’s industrial Ruhr, wrote a n open letter to party members recommending they withhold their party fees, a move that would result in automatic withdrawal of party membership.

“I don’t want to put up with the behav- ior of the Green fraction in the Bundestag,” Spitz told Die Tageszeitung. “They are ig- noring the decisions taken by party conven- tions.”

Other angry Greens placed an ad in the left-leaning newspaper Frankfurter Rund- schau, proclaiming: “The Green Parliamen- tary Fraction No Longer Represents the Party Base.”

The Bundestag delegates responded with a broadside of their own. “Anyone who uses a newspaper ad to take an internal Green conflict into the public arena has given up on internal methods of resolution, and thereby declares that the process of democratic decision-making has failed,“ said one delegate.

What does it all mean? A West German journalist, Peter Rein-

hardt, wrote in the Rundschau that the dispute proved there existed “a kind of dis- orientation regarding Green perspectives, even in relatively stable Green regional chapters.”This was the result, according to Reinhardt, of a vacuum created at the grassroots level by the decline of the citizen’s initiatives and social movements which had propelled the Green movement into the mainstream political spectrum in the first place.

“The erosion of the Party base is caus- ing some alarm,” Reinhardt said, “since only a fraction of the membership still en- gages in meetings and takes part in ac- tions.”

The disharmony, the air of crisis that

has surrounded the Greens in recent years, is linked to the exploratory and constantly shifting nature of the party‘s role and devel- opment.

The split these days is between the “realm” (realists) and the “fundis”, or fun- damentalists. The controversy over rape sentencing offers a concrete illustration. It pitted the wayward realos (adherents to a “pragmatic” and potentially coalitionist line, who dominate in the Bundestag), against the fundis, who constantly refer back to the spirit of the grassroots move- ments that spawned the Greens.

The fundis tend to predominate at the grassroots level of organization. One of their main tenets is that Greens in the Bundestag must continue to defer to the base, even given a certain decline in energy andinitiative at the grassroots. For support they can cite the party program of 1983, which calls for “the continuous control of all ofice holders, delegates, and institutions by the rank and file, together with replacea- bility at any time ... to counter the dissocia- tion of individuals from their base.”

This is the theory. As the rape-law controversy suggests, reality can work somewhat differently. The parliamentary realos are noted for suggesting sometimes radical alterations in the Green stratem and political platform, and their greater visibility, even celebrity, brings with it a degree of autonomy.

The parliamentary realos’ unstated claim is that they use this autonomy, and their parliamentary expertise, to advance the essential Green platform in the notori- ously insular and unreal environment of Bonn, the West German capital. But this exploratory approach sometimes seems to threaten basic Green ideals. On the key questions of German membership in NATO, for example, Joschka Fischer- probably the most prominent r e a l e h a s called on the party to abandon its opposi- tion.

“The slogan ‘Out of NATO’ is non- sense,” he told the New York Times last October. “I’m in favor of dissolving both military blocs, but it’s not feasible now.” Fischer is also against an immediate end to nuclear power, one of the Greens’ holiest tenets.

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and movement, articulating concerns well to the left of the mainstream political spec- trum in Germany.

The Greens were formed as the main- stream expression of a complex array of social forces and protest movements in Germany: ecological, anti-militarist, femi- nist. Like their counterparts around the world, these movements gathered force during the 1960s and 1970s, working to fill the sterile vacuum left by establishment politics. The party was founded officially in 1979. In 1983, it crossed the “five-percent barrier” (the portion of the popular vote any party must receive to send delegates to the German parliament). It consolidated its position in the Bundestag in the federal elections of January, 1987.

Five years after that first triumph, the necessity remains in Germany for prin- cipled, radical-but avowedly non-vio- lent-opposition. Green members never have to wait long for reminders of why their party was formed, especially given the in- creasingly Reagan-style regime instituted under the current conservative Chancellor,

Christian Democrat Helmut Kohl. As recently as this May, for example,

the Kohl government took a decisive step in the direction of authoritarianism by intro- ducing sweeping “anti-terrorism” legisla- tion that, among other things, made it ille- gal for demonstrators to cover their faces to avoid the cameras of security police.

For many Greens such measures sug- gest a kind of latent fascism in what Gabi Gottwald called “the ordinary German mentality”.

“It’s a totalitarian uniformity, every- one in line,” said Gottwald, a councillar in the Greens’ International Fund, in a recent interview.

“They have created the legal basis for a trueBig Brother state. ... The way they treat demonstrators as militant groups, any kind of demonstrators, has already strongfascist overtones. It’s a policy of limiting and stig- matizing the groups, shifting them beyond the boundaries of ‘normal’ society.”

The obvious danger is that this mental- ity will one day flood the entire mainstream

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