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Wednesday, July 31, 2002

Volume 19 Issue 1

Heads converge; protests ensue

SOCCER GAME PROTEST : G8 leaders play a match against Africa . Refs hand out red cards toheads of state . NIC FENSOM PHOTO

Tame protests, tame resultsLooking back on the G8 summit in Kananaskis

by Kathleen Deeringand Chris Shepherd

NEWS EDITORS

Last month, leaders of eight of theworld's most industrialised coun-tries gathered for the Group ofEight (G8) Summit in KananaskisVillage, deep in Alberta ' s RockyMountains.

Although the annual summit,held this year on June 26 and 27,focuses primarily on economicissues, the G8 agenda changes eachyear to accommodate current glob-al concerns . This year's summitaddressed, in particular, global eco-nomic growth, partnerships withAfrica, and the war on terrorism.

G8 101: The basicsHeld initially in 1975 to address

economic concerns at the lime, the

first Summit was attended by rep-resentatives of six industrialisedcountries . Canada joined the groupof nations the following year.Today's G8 is seven industrialiseddemocratic powers—the UnitedStates, Germany, the UnitedKingdom, Japan, France, Canadaand Italy—and Russia. Russia is themost recent addition to the group,and will host the G8 Summit for thefirst time in 2006.

The European Union also sendsa representative . This year, theleaders of five African countrieswere invited to attend theKananaskis Summit as well.

SecurityAs host of this year's summit,

the government of Canada wasresponsible for security and fellunder heavy criticism for its $300

See "G8"on page 3 .

SINCE YOU ASKED. . . G8 pro-tester interviewed.NIC FENSOM PHOTO

Student inTotem ParkResidenceattacked

by Kathleen DeeringNEWS EDITOR

The university RCMP is reminstudents to take extra security pre-cautions after an attempted sexualassault at Totem Park Residence lastweekend.

The attack on a young, visiJapanese student occurred Saturdayat about 12 :20am. The suspectgained access to the victim's roomwhen she responded to his knock onher door. He attempted to sexuallyassault her, but fled the buildingafter she fought back.

The victim was unharmed dur-ing the attack, and was able to pro-vide the RCMP with enough infor-mation to generate a compositedrawing . No arrests have beenmade yet.

The victim described the attack-er as male, with brown eyes andshort dark hair . He was wearing acoffee-coloured jacket with leaf pat-terns approximately one centimetrein length on the left shoulder . Shecompared his likeness to that of tel-evision character Mr . Bean.

The RCMP was unable to com-ment on the case by press-time, butclaimed to have received severaltips about the case so far.

Totem Park, which operates as ahotel in the summer, is not withoutsecurity. According to Paul Wong,Personal Security Coordinator forUBC, staff check the buildings fre-quently and Campus Security visitsresidences regularly duringpatrols . v

Angus crankbomber caughtand punishedStudent put on two-year

suspension from UBCby Kathleen Deering

NEWS EDITOR

The person who phoned in one of UBC'smany bomb threats last year was caughtand suspended for two years becauseclassmates recognised his voice.

The anonymous call to 911 onSeptember 24, 2001, led UBC ' s HenryAngus Building to be evacuated andclasses cancelled while the building wasthoroughly searched for three and a halfhours by Campus Security and theRCMP . No bomb was found.

Police narrowed down the search forthe crank caller to a class with a midtermthe day of the bomb threat, and playedthe 911 tape for students in an attempt tofind the caller .

Bomb threats are nearly always madearound exam time, said Constable SeanKinney of the campus RCMP detach-ment, who was involved with the case,and this particular incident was noexception. Details of the arrest, includingthe name of the student arrested, couldnot be released by press time.

The university takes every bombthreat seriously, Tom Claxton,Community Relations Officer forCampus Security said. Both CampusSecurity and the campus RCMP detach-ment are called . The area detailed in thethreat is secured and often a dog bombsquad is called in from Richmond.

More than just an inconvenience tostudents and staff, said Claxton, a bombthreat hurts the university financially.

"It costs the university a lot of money,when you consider the staff that is bro-ken away from work, when you considerthe rescheduling of exams ."

In a case of student discipline thepresident of the university makes thefinal decision regarding an acceptablepunishment, but a President's AdvisoryCommittee investigates the matter first.The accused students are given everyopportunity to plead their case, saidlawyer Mark Crosbie.

`Essentially a student appears beforethe committee and they have opportuni-ty to bring witnesses and have someone[legally] represent them if they wish, "said Crosby, " and the committee willmake a recommendation based on thecase ."

Each case is treated separately, andthe committee takes into considerationall the circumstances of the offence.

Said Crosbie, "Things like remorsewould certainly be one of the things theylook at. "

Making a bomb threat is a criminaloffence, and a suspect can be sent to jailfor the crime . However, in this case, thestudent was not charged.

In addition to the two-year suspen-sion from UBC, the student will also havea notation of adademic misconductadded to his or her transcript . After twoyears the student is may apply to the UBCto remove notation . They president maydo so at his or her discretion . v

TODAY:

NEWS : G8 coverage inside

The Ubyssey reports fromAlberta. Page 3.

EDITORIAL : Federal govern-ment against same-sexmarriage?

The Ubyssey weighs in . Page 6.

CULTURE : The Ubyssey goesto the Warped Tour

Read field reports here . Page 8.

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NEWS EDfIOR

The Alma Mater Society (AMS)

released its budget for the upcom-

ing year at an AMS council meeting

on July 3 . The new budget reflects

the AMS's attempts to provide a

more balanced budget than those

seen in previous years.

The new budget has increased

funding for some areas and

decreased funding for others.

Funding for elections and refer-

enda was cut by $14,500 . Last year,

the AMS spent $55,810 on elections

and referenda, exceding its budget

by over $12,000.

The AMS was able to save money

by shifting elections to online voting

instead of paper ballots.

AMS President Kristen Harvey

says that the extra money comes

from not paying clerks to work poll

stations during the election, and

because the AMS may now get

access to the necessary software at a

very low cost.

The AMS is working the UBC

Registrar's Office on a proposal to

use software that the university has

already been using for Senate facul-

ty elections and elections of the

Women's Golf

May, in Palm Coast, Florida : The

UBC Women's golf team lost their

championship lustre on the greens

of Pine Lakes Country Club . Last

year, the Birds won the NAIA

National Championship for the first

time in UBC history, but this year ' s

gusty winds and long fairways

weren ' t kind to the veteran four-

some: Jill McAuley, Katie Duke, Liz

Ream and Jessica . Broderick-

Lockhart. The team placed 14th

after a tournament high of 39 on

Day 3, and sat back to watch

Southern Nazarene take home their

second title, winning by 20 strokes.

UBC's Phillip Splits the

Country

June, in Gatineau, Quebec : After

receiving over 20 petitions to

change the current regulations

around athletic awards, the CIS will

have to rule on whether or not to

adopt a two-tiered structure for next

chancellor in a pilot project.

The AMS also hopes to save

money in another move to the inter-

net Subtitles, the AMS's used book-

store, was closed April 30 due to

repeated poor earnings. In its for-

mer location in the SUB basement,

the service lost $70,000 in its first

year and $30,000 in its second and

final year of operation.

An online version of

Subtitles will be estab-

lished using a variation of

software the AMS uses for

Rentsline, a service used

to locate housing and

renters.

"We feel we can deliver

the same service online

and direct those funds to

more services," said

Harvey.

To compensate for the

cuts made to the budget,

the AMS has increased funding in

some areas . The largest increase—

almost $18,000—is being directed

to the promotions coordination

office.

The goal of this

increase is to inform stu-

dents about services the

AMS provides and how

students can access them.

The increased funding

will be i sed to hire anoth-

er part-time employee for

the office and to help start

a weekly email newsletter

for students.

One major change

made this year is in the actual

process of creating the budget. In

previous years, including this one,

incoming AMS staff and

executives have prepared the budget

in March.

This was problematic because

year ' s season.

Bob Phillip, UBC's Athletic

Director, made headlines with his

stance on the issue of athletic

scholarships this June . Phillip,

along with most Western universi-

ty athletic directors, feels schools

should continue to award money

based on athleticism, not academ-

ics . Eastern Canada, especially

Ontario, is pressing for higher aca-

demic standards . A compromise

seems unlikely. Speaking to the

Globe and Mail, Phillip said,

"You ' re not ever going to convince

people making the budget decisions

did not have a sufficient under-

standing of the issues to make com-

pletely informed decisions, said

Chris Lythgo, vice-president aca-

demic and university affairs.

In the future the budget will be

prepared in January.

"We decided that it would be a

better idea if after a full term in

office of councillors, service

coordinators and the execu-

tive there would be more

informed decisions for the

budget process, " said

Lythgo.

Another modification to

the budget process is the

creation of the Business

Operations Committee

(BOC) . The BOC involves

AMS councillors and busi-

ness managers who will

review the businesses'

budget submissions.

"In the past, [budget submis-

sions] were done by the business

side [of the AMS] alone and they

presented us with a figure "

says Nick Seddon, AMS

vice-president of finances

"Next year we can break

that down and get into the

numbers .'

"The [BOC] has council

members, finance commis-

sion, business managers,

so it's a very inclusive

process and that allows for

more transparency, " added

me to go the other way. I don't

want to have to sit down with

directors from Ontario and try to

convince them that they are

wrong . "

Commonwealth Games

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Commonwealth games this week.

After posting stellar times in quali-

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Olympians Jessica Deglau, Brian

Johns, Mark Johnston and Kelly

Stefanyshyn are joined in the pool

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Also competing in the

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Connecting the dotsLocal protesters act locally,

think bifocallyby Duncan M . McHugh

FEATURES EDITOR

Despite a 7am start, a rally and march planned in solidarity withGroup of Eight (G8) protesters in Calgary and Kananaskis attracted acrowd of roughly 2 50 people to the steps of the Vancouver ArtGallery onJune 26.

The event, dubbed 'Connect the Dots : Gordo and the G8,' drewparallels between the policies of BC's provincial government andthat of the G8, an informal group of the world's most industrialisednations, including Canada, the United States and Britain.

Mia Amir, a member of UBC Student Justice Centre (SJC) and oneof the planners of the day's events, said that the comparisonbetween BC's provincial government and the G8 is key, becausetheir policies are 'one and the same."

'We look at what the G8 does, " she said. 'It implements structur-al adjustment programs that facilitate the deregulation of publicservices in 'Third World,"developing nations, ' with the intention ofgetting businesses to come: to make it a lucrative market, to make itsomething that is appealing to big business.

And that's the same situation that's happening here, with thelabour code changes that just happened, to making our unions weak-er, with deregulating our environmental policies . It' s part and par-cel of the same [policy]."

Amir emphasised the importance of local protests against largerevents, like the G8 Summit, in strengthening local community.

"You can't build a revolution in one place in one time, " she said."It has to be something that is pervasive throughout the population.So our goal here is to educate people, to interact and engage withpeople in a way that we don't often have an opportunity to engagewith each other. '

The event, billed as a street party, was organised by the Gordo8Coalition, a diverse group against the neoliberal economic policiesof the G8 and BC Premier Gordon Campbell.

It featured music, food, sidewalk chalk and a barter fair, andincluded speakers from the Seniors' Network, the PalestinianSolidarity Group and the SFU Radical Cheerleaders. Also at the eventwere dozens of police officers on motorcycles, bicycles and horses.

Although attendees were wary of the police presence, the officersmainly controlled traffic during 'snake marches ' that left from theart gallery and wound through downtown Vancouver's financial dis-trict

The snake marches were the highest profile aspect of the event asmarchers blocked traffic, handed out pamphlets and spoke tomotorists and pedestrians.

'I think it' s a great way to show dissent in a peaceful way,' saidLitha Victor, who was left stuck in traffic by the protest . "I think,these days everyone is criminalising protest, so I think it's good toshow them that, just because you don 't believe in everything they sayat the G8, it doesn't mean you're an anarchist'

Not all motorists were as forgiving.'Where I come from, we don't have these,' said James

MacGregor of Dighabruch, Scotland, in town with a Shriner conven-tion . ' I think they' re horrible . That's just not the way to do it. You canvote, you have your rights, voting people out. This here, they're onlyhurting innocent people.

But for others, the marches, which stopped at a Starbucks and theUS Consulate, were a success.

" It' s the most successful march I 've ever seen in Vancouver,' saidMartin Fournier, a student at Capilano College . "I've been here threeyears and I've never done snake marches or economic disruption.This is the kind of march I've been dreaming about ." :•

Counter conferenceRecommendationsgiven to Canadian

Ministers

by Kathleen DeeringNEWS EDITOR

CALGARY—The Group of Six Billion (G6B) People ' sSummit, held at the University of Calgary in the fivedays prior to the G8 summit, provided a voice for thepeople whose lives are affected by the world leaders'decisions.

"We believe that the decisions that are made by theG8 countries impact us all, " said Dr . Saran Azer, a coor-dinator of the event.

"It is important to bear in mind that these eight lead-ers only are representing eight industrialised countries,but their decisions are going to reach far beyond eightindustialised countries," he added.

Organised mainly by the Edmonton-based non-gov-ernmental organisation (NGO) International Society forPeace and Human Rights, the G6B included internation-al speakers who gave talks on a wide variety of issuesthey believe should be a focus for the eight leaders at theSummit.

UN Special Envoy Stephen Lewis was the openingday keynote speaker, and urged those attending the con-ference to look more closely at how he feels the NewPartnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) inade-quately deals with the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

NDP MP Svend Robinson spoke out against mediaindoctrination, urging people to think beyond newspa-per headlines and to voice opinions that differ from themainstream point of view.

'We all know there is a growing criminalisation ofdissent, " he said, "but the fact is they want to silence us .'

Other topics dealt with at the conference included theimportance of regulations on resources exported fromAfrica . Small arms are frequently bought with moneyfrom diamonds mined in African countries, explainedIan Smillie, an Ottawa-based consultant and associate ofthe Humanitarianism and War Project at TuftsUniversity in Boston.

"If [G8 countries] are serious about ending wars," hesaid, 'they'll fix this problem now.'

Subjrcts left off the G8 agenda this year such as theenvironment, sustainable economic development,labour and human rights issues, and the discriminationfaced by First Nations people in Canada—were also dis-cussed at length by G6B speakers.

The counter-conference ended with delegates pre-senting their suggestions to Minister of Foreign Affairsand Trade Bill Graham and Minister for InternationalCooperation Susan Whelan . The two ministers assuredthe large crowd in attendance that the recommenda-tions would be brought to the attention of the eightworld leaders attending the G8 summit.

DEMANDS MADE : Saran Azer helped organise theG6B . NIC FENSOM PHOTO

The recommendations were the product of work-shops and seminars conducted throughout the G6B, andincluded suggestions that G8 countries cancel 100 percent of the debts owed by impoverished countries andratify the Kyoto Protocol across North America.

Despite his doubts that demands voiced at the G6Bwould be heeded by G8 leaders, Mount Royal Collegeeconomics professor Dr . Nallainayagam said he enjoyedthe G6B.

'Certainly I'd like to see more public participation inthe discussion because I think these are importantissues they're dealing with . . .A global movement musttake place,' he said.

'This is a nice forum to come and find out what peo-ple have to say about these issues."

Azer believes that G6B was successful in consolidat-ing and unifying the message of the summit participants.

He stressed, however, that the counter-conferencewas not just about making conditions to G8 leaders andG8 countries.

' It' s about strengthening our own position as a glob-al system . It' s about expressing our global solidaritywith our partners with our other brothers and sisters inother parts of the world,' he said.

' It' s also to create awareness and to educate the peo-ple on critical issues that have been categorically hiddenfrom view . '

The G6B's festivities included an at-cost outdoor bar-beque sponsored by the University of Calgary StudentUnion as well as multi-cultural events such as Africandrumming.

The five-day event cost participants $40 each . Theestimated budget for the event was between $60,000and $80,000. Azer said that the money was raised large-ly by fundraising and donationsfrom NGOs . •a

A summary of the G8 Summit"G8"continued from page 1.

million security budgetA 150km no-fly zone was estab-

lished around Kananaskis. TheCanadian military was deployed toguard the site and was authorised touse lethal force to protect theG8 leaders.

In nearby Calgary, mountain bikeunits followed the marches that tookplace during the summit and mili-tary helicopters circled overhead.Security in the city was coordinatedby the Calgary Police Service and theRCMP, but officers from across thecountry were brought in to boostnumbers.

Some downtown shops boardedup their windows in anticipation ofriots. But compared to protests at lastyear's G8 Summit in Genoa, Italy,where one activist was killed by apolice bullet, the protests in Calgarywere remarkably tame.

Peaceful protests

Between June 21 and 25, an alter-native to the G8, the Group of SixBillion (G6B) Conference, took placeat the University of Calgary.Organisers of the conference claimthe G6B speaks for the world's popu-lation not represented by the G8states ' world leaders.

On June 25, in an event called theShow-Down at the Hoe-down, a snakemarch wound its way through down-town Calgary and a rally was held.

Protesters tried to make them-selves heard by the G8 delegates andmedia who were attending the Hootand Holler, a party thrown for themby the City of Calgary at the Stampedegrounds.

The biggest day for protestsbegan at six am on June 26, with asecond, larger snake march throughdowntown Calgary. Members of anti-capitalism groups, the CanadianFederation of Students (CFS) and var-ious unions, as well as anarchists,were included in a crowd of an esti-

mated 2000 people.Partcipating in the march was

UBC student and activist Emily Elder,who, along with a friend, was wear-ing a cowboy hat and boots, andsporting a sign that read 'Cowgirlsfor Social Justice.'

"We found that because we'redressed like this we become moreapproachable to people, like themedia," she said . "Whenyou're creat-ing an intimidating presence, peoplearen't going to listen to you . People, Ithink, are listening to us because welook like idiots ."

The day's most disruptive actionwas a series of traffic-halting soccermatches held in packed intersec-tions . The activists' mood was light asteams were formed : 'It' s the commu-nists against the socialists!" someoneshouted . 'Everybody wins! '

The protests never became vio-lent. The only trouble occured in frontof a McDonalds on Stephen Avenue, abusy pedestrian-only walkway, when

murmurs of "Riot, riot" were heardthrough the crowd, and someone sug-gested taking over the store.

The loudest shouts, however, werethose espousing peace : 'Don't givethe media what they're looking for!"

Less confrontational protests thatday included a 'the-in,' a knit in and acaravan procession of approximately100 vehicles to Kananaskis . The dayof protests ended peacefully, withmany people satisfied their messagehad been heard.

'It shines a spotlight on [our caus-es] and makes people know what[we] do,' said G6B speaker andCalgary activist Sarah Kerr. "Peoplestart to learn .'

Fewer, but no less enthusiasticdemonstrations took place on June27 .

A Pagan march wound its waythrough the downtown core of thecity, with 40 to 50 muddy, scantilyclad protesters drawing many curi-ous onlookers . The march made sev-

eral stops, with the Pagans playingdrums and performing skits thatdemonstrated their disapproval ofbig business.

The G8 concludesG8 leaders made various promis-

es and resolutions aimed at curbingterrorism, adopting Six Principles toprevent terrorist acquisition ofnuclear, biological, chemical andother weapons of mass destruction.They also pledged not to supportthose who engage in terrorist activi-ties.

Candian Prime Minister JeanChretien annouced a $500 millionFund for Africa to support severalCanadian aid initiatives for theworld's poorest continent

The only casualty of the G8Summit was a bear in Kananasksis.Soldiers found the animal trying toeat some food they had stored, andwhen they attempted to scare the ani-mal away, it fell from a tree and hadto be put down. v

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THE UBYS;

NGOs criticiseAfrica Action Plan

DEATH TO THE INNOCENT : Globalisation to blame? MICHAEL SCHWANDT PHOTO

Die-in for Changby Michael Schwandt

CULTURE EDITOR

CALGARY—On June 26, after a morning-long snake-march through downtown Calgary, people concernedabout discussions at the annual Group of Eight (G8)Summit continued their peaceful protest . At noon, onecreative action came in the form of a 'die-in .'

This event was staged at Calgary's Olympic Plaza, justacross from City Hall . An estimated 200 people simulta-neously lay down, pretending to die on the ground of thebusy downtown park.

Die-ins were supposedly created originally byactivists trying to raise awareness about the death toll ofAIDS . In Calgary, 85km from the G8 Summit held in

Kananaskis, protesters wanted to call atddeaths they feel are being caused by Gdecisions.

"The message today is that the policiespeople around the world on a day-to-da3Reid McGonigle, a medical student who tSaskatoon to participate in the anti-G8 pro

The Calgary die-in was a theatrical dislmence the period of ' death,' a bagpiper Idirge . Silently, the dead lay in the 31 °C he;to cardboard tombstones emblazoned with

As most participants lay on the ground ,chalk lines around the bodies and wrote canext to the bodies. " Starvation" and " HIVcommon.

Others circled the area holding large n

Anotheropportunity

wasted by the G8

by Kathleen DeeringNEWS EDITOR

CALGARY—Prominent non-governmentalorganisations (NGOs) criticised the AfricaAction Plan (AAP) immediately following itsrelease by Prime Minister Jean Chretien at theG8 Summit on June 27.

The proposal was designed by G8 countriesin an attempt to pull the world ' s poorest conti-nent out of extreme poverty.

At a press conference on June 27,spokesperson for Jubilee USA Network MaraVanderslice said the AAP does not adequatelyaddress the issue of debt cancellation forAfrican countries.

" African countries spend more than $13 .5billion per year servicing debt to foreign credi-tors," she said . "This is more than the entireamount of aid that's being currently offered byG8 leaders . "

Cementing a commitment made in Marchat an international development conference,G8 leaders pledged to increase new develop-ment assistance to a total of US$12 billion by2006.

While pleased that G8 countries have madeAfrica a priority this summit, many critics feelthat the statements made in the plan are toobroad and lack the guidelines necessary tosolve Africa's problems.

For example, the plan does not require G8leaders to make any of the international aidmoney immediately available for the fightagainst HIV/AIDS in Africa.

Catherine Little, representing the grass-roots citizen lobby group Results Canada, saidthe AAP was another opportunity missed by G8countries to come to Africa ' s aid.

"When looking at this plan, what is glaringto me is that this is not an action plan," shesaid . "This is a declaration of intentions . Thereare no targets, there is no timeline ."

The AAP also focuses on solving severehealth problems faced by Africa, and pledges toeliminate polio by 2005 . To some NGOs, amore pressing concern is the 28 million peo-ple living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.

The AAP focuses on reducing povertythrough the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries(HIPC) Initiative, which provides debt relief forcountries that agree to follow sound economicpolicies and good governance rules.

However, Vanderslice said the HIPCInitiative is inefficient in reducing debt, andonly six countries have completed the program

since it was launched in 1996 . In order to qual-ify for debt relief, the HIPC Initiative requires acountry to have a debt totaling more than150% of their annual exports.

"[The G8 countries] need to acknowledgethese debts are fundamentally unpayable andneed to be cancelled outright immediately, "said Vanderslice.

The AAP is the G8's response to the NewPartnership for Africa's Development(NEPAD), created by heads of state of fiveAfrican countries in July 2001.

African leaders remain optimistic about theplan. South African President Thabo Mbekisaid he was pleased because the plan reflectedthe priorities that were outlined in NEPAD.

"We are also very pleased with the resolveof the G8 to work with us as partners," he said.

"The point was made that this signifies anew departure . We can construct the Africancontinent, and mend [for example] resourceproblems with the practical implementation ofthese [objectives] ."

Alex Neve, secretary general of the Englishbranch of Amnesty International Canada, criti-cised the AAP for its failure to reign in resourcecompanies that fuel the African arms trade.

"New measures to regulate the arms tradein Africa's resources are long overdue," Nevesaid . "In particular, [the G8] didn't seize theopportunity to remedy the most significantissue to date—the Kimberly process regardingconflict diamonds," he said.

The Kimberley Process is a voluntary nego-tiating process that attempts to stop humanrights violations surrounding the certificationschemes of the import and export of rough dia-monds . It creates minimum acceptable inter-national standards for national certification.

Said Neve, " [Acknowledging the KimberlyProcess] is an important and meaningful firststep, but it is flawed in that it doesn't contain acompulsive monitoring process ."

Njoki Njoroge Njehu, director of the 50Years is Enough Network, found that the AAPlacks new ideas.

"They are still thinking within the same boxthat says the neo-liberal trickle down economicpolicy is the way out of poverty for Africa," shesaid . "But for twenty years this has not deliv-ered poverty eradication for Africa . "

She said the plan caters to multinationalcorporations, especially those based in G8nations, and cited the G8 countries ' support forwater privatisation as an example.

" [Privatising water] doesn 't provide accessof potable water to more people, " she said . "Infact we have seen in country after country,including G8 countries, that when water is pri-vatised it reduces access, especially for thepoorest."

Dr . James Orbinski, president of the inde-pendent humanitarian medical aid agencyMedecins Sans Frontieres, said he was pleasedto see the issue of increased research anddevelopment towards health issues addressedin the AAP.

He said more focus, however, is needed onbuilding that research and development in thepublic sector.

" In Africa now [there are] diseases thataffect hundreds of millions of people . And themajority of these people are poor-there 's nopurchasing power, " he said.

"Therefore there's no market, and thereforethe pharmaceutical industry has done virtuallyno new research to find medications for thoseparticular diseases and we see an increase indrug resistance and a [decrease] in the effect ofmedicines ."

Mbeki said African countries are also com-mitted to generating their own resources tocarry out the programs outlined in the AAP." It' s not really a matter of saying we 'll dependexclusively on what our G8 partners will pro-vide," said Mbeki.

"We want to draw on our own resources tomake sure that all of these things happen. " 4+SLAM THE PLAN: Njoki Njchu speaks out

against G8 decisions. CHRIS SHEPHERD PHOTO

The road to KanCALGARY—On the afternoon of June 26,a day marked by anti-G8 proteststhroughout Canada, a few hundred pro-testers attempted to drive to Kananaskis,the site of the 2002 G8 summit.

For the duration of this year 's annu-al Group of Eight Summit—a meeting ofheads of state from the world ' s mostindustrialised countries—public accessto the summit site was heavily restrict-ed by police and military personnel.

Gathering in a quiet neighborhoodin Calgary, a convoy of protesters wasorganised following an afternoon picnicheld at Riley Park . The caravan of cars,decorated with slogans such as "G8 : bigmistake," left the city at about 3 :30pm.

Approximately 80 vehicles, includ-ing motorcycles, vans and school busescarried passengers wishing to protestthe lack of public access to the summit.

"I highly doubt we 're going to get ahearing with the G8 leaders themselves,

by Michael SchwandtCULTURE EDITOR

but the farther we go, the more of a vic-tory it is for us," said one organiser ofthe convoy.

Upon arriving at the off-ramp lead-ing to Kananaskis, each vehicle in theconvoy went through a makeshift policecheckpoint, where all passengers wererequired to produce identification.

The mood in the convoy remainedone of optimism. "It's wonderful to seesuch a turnout. Everyone was reallyenthusiastic, and I think logistically itwent really well getting out this far," saida member of the convoy from Calgary.

One man in a car of five protestersfrom Toronto noted the variety of peo-ple taking part in the protest.

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tures made from garbage bags and wood, and fitted withpictures of G8 leaders . Meanwhile the sound of policehelicopters circling the downtown area added to themorbid atmosphere. After 30 minutes, the dead rosefrom the ground to the piper's music and were joined bythe assembled crowd as people beat on drums.

Staged during lunch hour on a day already markedby large and peaceful protests, this event attracted theattention of many passers-by. Many onlookers stayed inthe park to support the actions of the protesters.

"I'm here because I disagree with the dictatorial eco-nomic policies that the G8 is trying to implement," saidobserver Mike Elkink . 'It's the richest countries decid-ing how they're going to keep their wealth and keep therest of the world poor, and how they' re going to contin-ue to exploit the rest of the world for their own gain .' rs

The revolution willwear a cardigan

Revolutionary KnittingCircle opens up discussionon the streets of Calgary

by Chris ShepherdNEWS EDITOR

CALGARY—Calgarians saw a wide variety of creativeprotests while the G8 summit was held in nearbyKananaskis, including a knit-in organised by theRevolutionary Knitting Circle (RKC) Wednesday, June 26.

Camped out on Stephen Avenue, a broad pedestrianstreet packed with malls, shops, banks and restaurants,protesters knitted, crocheted and talked . One man playedon a drum, earning applause between songs from activistand onlooker alike.

The soft clicks of knitting needles could be heard in thestreets as over 50 protesters peacefully expressed their dis-content with the G8 summit.

The scene drew a small but curious crowd . Being easilyapproachable is one of the key benefits to a knit-in, saidGrant Neufeld, an organiser for the day's event and aspokesperson for the RKC.

"Talking with the general public has always been a realchallenge for activists," Neufeld said, "because when[activists] start out with [talking about all these problems in]the world, most people just shut down because they feel sooverwhelmed . So finding a way to ease them into the dis-cussion is pretty necessary . '

He added, "Also, the knitting creates a much friendlierenvironment for a dialogue . It is hard to associate knittingwith anything really bad."

One of purposes of the knit in was to demonstrate thatpeople do not have to depend on big business fortheir needs.

"We need to be able to feed, clothe and shelter ourselvesso that we can escape those dependencies [on large corpo-rations]," Neufeld said.

Once that is done, he said, people can engage in fairtrade and not free trade . The distinction, according to theRKC, is that in fair trade either party involved can walkaway at any time whereas free trade can involve one partybeing dependent on the other, and therefore in a positionof less power.

The RKC has several goals, the first of which is buildinga sense of community through knitting.

"It means a lot more if you can be wearing somethingthat you have made for a friend or for yourself," saidRichard Norman, a twenty-something knitter and graduatefrom the University of Calgary.

Janice Kerfoot, another participant in the knit in, point-ed out that actions like the knit in shows non-activists that

SCARF OF DISSENT: Janice Kerfoot knits it to theman . CHRIS SHEPHERD PHOTO

violence and political protest do not have to go hand inhand.

'People can watch us being creative,' she said." Demonstrators definitely have a reputation of beingdestructors rather than creators and we couldn't be fartherfrom that."

The goal of the RKC is to bring on the revolution throughknitting . Other acceptable textile activities include crochet-ing and quilting.

"For certain personal reasons macrame is beingexcluded," Neufeld said . "There ' s a bit of a controversy overthat, but I don't see macrame as a tool for social change ."

When Neufeld denounces macrame it is not hard to seethat he is joking. He uses the macrame ' issue ' to mock theseriousness that some people have when they adopt oneactivist ideology and assert that all others are not a part ofactivism.

"And for me personally, macrame just creeps me out,"he added.

The RKC strives to be as inclusive as possible, Neufeldsaid, because, to build a community, you have to includeeveryone . At Wednesday's knit in people of all ages wereinvolved, ranging from young children to grandmothers . :•

nanaskisters turnedgateshe said.k over an hour for the entire

pass through the checkpoint.les were given permission toiom the junction towardids, each one was filmed by the

les in the convoy were notmuch closer to the site of thehowever . Minutes after pas-

nigh the checkpoint, the trainists came to a standstill. A lineLl police officers stood in frontoot high fence.'e of what was happening at thehe line, motorists from furtherthe convoy walked from theirvehicles and approached thecrowd formed as close to thepolice allowed, and protesters

discussed their next course of action.Some were willing to risk arrest by

challenging the blockade and attempt-ing to move closer to the Kananaskissite . Others felt that it was more pru-dent to leave the site, and many mem-bers of the convoy began to leave theKananaskis blockade as night fell,almost five hours after leaving Calgary.

This was only meant to be a sym-bolic protest,' said one protester, as heprepared to head back to town.

Others chose to remain near thefence in a peaceful sit-in, staying until10 :00pm that night.

David Eby, a Dalhousie law studentand a member of the G8 LegalCollective claimed that the Kananaskisperimeter—which kept protesters oversix kilometres from G8 meetings—wasin violation of this year's APEC InquiryCommission report, drawn up after pro-testers at the 1997 Asia PacificEconomic Cooperation (APEC) Summit,held at UBC, accused the RCMP of abus-ing civil liberties .

`There was an absolute prohibitionof free speech rights in Kananaskis,said Eby.

The APEC Inquiry Commission rec-ommended that the RCMP ensure "a

generous opportunity. . .be afforded for that the perimeter around Kananaskispeaceful protesters to see and be seen was allowed by the Federal Securityin their protest activities by guests to Offences Act, which includes specialthe event."

provisions for the safety of `internation-A police press release later stated ally protected persons.' •:•

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OP/ED

THE UBYSSEY

What is this"Charter"they speak of?Go, my lawyer minions and delay

justice a few more years!I

THE UBYSSEY

Currently, Canadian common law defines mar-riage as the union of 'one man and one womanto the exclusion of all others .' Incidentally, theprecedent for this law stems from an 1866British bigamy case . On July 12 of this year, theOntario Divisional Court ruled that such a mar-riage law compromises the rights of same-sexcouples . The decision changed the legal natureof marriage in Canada . Almost.

The federal government is taking the issue tothe Ontario Court of Appeal, demanding that thedefinition of marriage not be altered to allowgay and lesbian couples. Justice Minister MartinCauchon feels that we as a country, as citizens,need "further clarity on these issues,' that weneed social consensus about non-heterosexualunions . This is nothing less than absurd.

Canadian law, normally, is governed by adocument known as the Charter of Rights andFreedoms . The Charter lays out the right of allCanadian residents to equal treatment, and theconcomitant freedom to act within a set of lawsthat treat all people equally. Why should theselaws exclude marriage laws? The federal gov-ernment is vested with the jurisdiction, and theresponsibility, to guarantee our rights . A lack ofclarity or consensus amongst Canadians onsame-sex marriages is irrelevant.

Canadian Alliance Justice Critic Vic Toews isamong the unclear who are holding backprogress in homosexual rights. 'To tamperwith those norms and definitions are to inviteall types of other things that have broad socialrepercussions,' he says . Frankly, any "social

repercussions" that follow a departure fromarchaic and homophobic policy are fine withus .

Why are the Canadian Liberals on the sameside as the Alliance on this one? "The decisionis cowardly,' says Bloc Quebecois MP RealMenard, and he is absolutely correct . Gay mar-riage remains a controversial issue, in spite ofrecent improvements in areas such as pensionand adoption rights for same-sex couples . WithPrime Minister Jean Chretien staring down thebarrel of a leadership review gun, rocking thelargely conservative boat of the Liberal caucusmay be a risky move . But human rightsadvances have always involved risks, and thecourage to confront them. It is unfortunate thatour leadership lacks this courage.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2002

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Making it happen

So sophisticatedTHE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRAEveryday[Ninjatune Records]

This album is amazing . The Cinematic Orchestra doeswhat had yet to be done : blend trip-hop, dub, down-tempo and all that into smooth, chill-out, badass jazz.Unlike their previous album, Motion, which is more ofa 'true' jazz album, Everyday is sophisticated . In factthis album is so sophisticated.

Lately, I've been finding so-called cool, downtem-po/jazz chill-outl albums so played-out, all soundingthe same and getting old after a few rounds . They allseem to have random cameos from random people,and feel like annoying pass-out mix compilations peo-ple make, trying to be cool and entertain guests on lateWednesday nights.

Everyday is not like that . The seven tracks are long,the vibe is dark, the sounds are flowing, the beats andmelody are tight, and the jazz is jazz . The selectivelyplaced vocals are so unbelievably well-picked (RootsManuva and Fontella Bass) that you cannot begin tocomprehend how anyone could build this absolutelyamazing sound.

But, yes, J. Swinscoe did create this, with the helpof friends on drums, percussion, harp, acoustic bass,piano, soprano saxophone, moog and turntables . Witha list like that, it's no wonder Swinscoe can producethe 'cinematic sound. '

Playing Everyday as I write this, I am just sorelaxed and dreaming of shit . I must say that the harpat the beginning of "All That You Give" and later dur-ing "All Things to All Yen " is what does it for me . Thisis chillin' hardcore . Now you're probably thinking,"How can a harp be chillin' hardcore?! " I don't know,but it can be when the Cinematic Orchestra uses it.

One incredible track is "Evolution," featuring1960s gospel/soul legend Fontella Bass . Her voice isthe most beautiful I have ever heard . Words just can-not describe the sound created by it cutting in and outof everything else going on.

This album is great. Take a pile of your crapCDs down to Zulu and trade them in forthe Cinematic Orchestra ' s Everyday as soonas possible . v

by Michael SchwandtCULTURE EDITOR

Operation Makeout is unveiling its newlyrecorded album in style this Friday, throw-ing a CD release party with a summerytheme: Hawaiian. But even though theevent promises a relaxed atmosphere,Operation Makeout is still an extremelyactive group of musicians.

Operation Makeout-formed by gui-tarist/vocalist Katie Lapi and drummerAnna Clarke, who played together in a rockband in high school-independently releaseda hill-length CD in 2000 . Almost immedi-ately thereafter, the band competed andplaced third in that year's annual battle ofthe bands competition hosted by UBC radiostation CiTR. The spoils of the 27-band skir-mish included recording-studio time andgrowing attention in the local music scene.

Soon afterward, the fast rising grouprecorded the First Base EP, which wasreleased on Mint Records. While recording,the band parted ways with a singer and abassist. At this point, their producer JesseGander joined the fold, a line-up changethat completes the band 's current roster.The transition was smooth for the long-timefriend of Lapi and Clarke.

"I'd already heard the songs 500 timesin a row, so I pretty much had all the partsmemorised,' says Gander.

Since then, Gander, also of retired

North Vancouver punk rock outfit d .b .s .,has been Operation Makeout's bassist,and has an increasingly large role as avocalist in the band.

First Base enjoyed popularity- atCanadian campus radio stations, andOperation Makeout toured Canada and theAmerican west coast after the EP's release.Barely taking a break, the band thenreturned to Gander's own Rec-AgeRecorders studio to record Hang Loose,the full-length album fans have beenwaiting for.

"I think it's one of the records that I 'mmost proud to have played on. I'm excitedabout it, because it was a really collabora-tive effort, songwriting-wise," Gander says."We recorded it ourselves, and because itwas self-produced, it ' s very us ."

Later this summer, Operation Makeoutwill be doing a brief tour of western Canadawith several other Mint Records bands.Then in the fall, the band will embark on aheadlining tour to Quebec and back.

Beyond their scheduled tour dates and aplanned contribution to an upcoming com-pilation album, the members of OperationMakeout have down-to-earth goals.

"All I really want from the band is towrite some original music, and to just havefun," says Gander. "I hope that we continueto write stuff that's our own, and I hope thatone day people will listen to some of therecords and say, 'They came up with some

original stuff. '"Although Operation Makeout clearly

works hard for its success, the band mem-bers are appreciative of the support theyreceive from their record label. Vancouverfixture Mint Records ' distribution andadvertising have exposed the band to largeraudiences, explains Lapi.

"They've been awesome. They give us somuch support . I'm thankful every day thatwe're on Mint,' she says.

"The fact that our albums can be avail-able in Europe and Japan, and all acrossCanada and the States, is a really thrillingthing, " says Gander.

But as Operation Makeout's nationaland international recognition continues todevelop, the band continues its staunchsupport of the local music scene.

'Anybody who thinks that Vancouver ' smusic scene sucks doesn't go to shows.They don't know what's up at all,' Gandersays emphatically . "Vancouver is on ahuge upstroke right now, and there's real-ly a lot of diversity.'

"There are bands that are totally cominginto their own, and putting out really amaz-ing albums right now, " adds Lapi.

Hang Loose will be in stores August 6.Copies will be sold in advance at OperationMakeout's CD release party: August 2 at thePiccadilly Pub, with other Vancouver localsA Luna Red, Black Rice and My Project : Bluewarming up the stage . v

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On July 19, a funny thing happened at UBC. Starting early in the morn-ing, scores of young people began to descend upon the campus.

Initially, it seemed that they had arrived for some sort of orientationsession presented by the fledgling department of wash-out hair dye

and enormous shorts . We soon realised, however, that it was the day ofthe Warped Tour in Vancouver . The Ubyssey's own Michael Schwandt

quickly sprung into action, going on assignment to cover this festival ofrock and roll . Here are excerpts from the Ubyssey's . ..

ed Tour diary

WARPED SPEED : FAST. A visual and aural spectacle, indeed . Mohawks, padlocks;sweatbands, speedy hands; groupies on stage, filling the page ; surfing the crowd,getting loud . ANDREA AMOS PHOTOS

:30—SwitchedSwitched is a grinding hard rock

band with a sound atypical of bandson the Warped Tour . Heavier anddarker than most bands on the tour,Switched features a guttural singer,who whispers, growls and screamsover a bottom-heavy and tightrhythm section. The audience is stillfiling in, but Switched goes all-out forthose who have gathered.

1 :40pm Autopilot OffThis band is on a different stage

from Switched, for obvious reasons:Autopilot Off fans like to pogo to themusic of the poppy rock band, andSwitched fans are into throwingelbows—a risky combination at thebest of times . Autopilot Offs melodicsound would surely have this groupdestined for the charts, if everybodyand their first guitar weren't alreadymaking the same music.

1 :55pm—OzmaOzma is a band that matches the

day's weather : sunny, with healthrisks from prolonged exposure . Thegroup includes the first woman I seeon stage all day at the Warped Tour,dishing out spacey keyboard lines.Although Ozma plays some prettypolished power-pop and the singerisn't afraid to scream his lyrics, the

crowd really isn't ignited.2:20pm—Morgan HeritageThis is an exceedingly energetic

reggae group that interacts with thecrowd constantly. Some songs have amore traditional sound, while othersincorporate rock and hip-hop ele-ments . The band's on-stage member-ship fluctuates between nine and 12people, including the last twowomen I see on stage all day at theWarped Tour.

2 :40pm—Good CharlotteThe same people who are making

Blink 182 and Sum 41 into huge sell-ers surely love this band . Limitationsin column space prohibit me fromcommenting further on this blanddistinction . Noteworthy, however, issome ill-advised beat-boxing by oneof the vocalists: notes should havebeen taken on how not to lend vari-ety to a monotonous performance.

3 :20pm—Death by StereoOne of the few bands in the tour

that could legitimately describethemselves as a hardcore act(maybe), Death by Stereo rouses thecrowd. The circle mosh kicks up anasthmatic's nightmare of a dust-storm, the guitarists trade metallicsolos, and the singer apologises forstomping on a fan's head. Goodtimes are had by all.

4:25pm—Hot Water MusicThis band is clearly among the

most technically accomplished of the

festival. Hot Water Music' s anthemicriffs are heavy and at times complex,more rock and less punk than most ofthe other bands taking to the stages.

4 :45pm—ThursdayThursday plays as if someone

has threatened to steal the mem-bers ' shell-toed shoes and smallblack T-shirts : jagged start-and-stopguitar lines, tense quiet momentsbuilding to crashing detonations,larynx-thrashing screams over qui-etly-sung melodies, all with stirringzeal . The singer is a consummatefront man, swinging the micro-phone in circles, acting out lyricsand even climbing into the crowd.My favourites of the day.

4:55pm—Mighty Mighty BosstonesI arrive at the stage just in time

for the band, stylish in matchingattire, to finish off a song that hasbeen featured in the soundtrack ofmany, many teen movies . I knock onwood that I may never have to hearthis again.

5 :30pm—NOFX"I can't believe we ' re going to see

NOFXI" NOFX has been makingmusic for longer than many WarpedTour fans have been breathing, andis clearly the main draw to the con-cert . As the crowd presses toward thestage, vying for the chance to be spatupon, the band opens with the oldfavourite, The Brews, " and has theaudience in the palm of its agedhand for the whole performance.After nearly two decades of playing,NOFX is far from simply goingthrough the motions . The punk rock-ers bring more energy to the stagethan musicians years their junior.An excellent show.

6 :30pm—No Use For a NameAnother veteran group, with pro-

totypical three- and four-chord punk

rock progressions. Guitars are gener-ally muted for verses, loud and wideopen for choruses, and the drum-ming is in nothing but double time.As it should be.

7 :20pm—QuarashiThree MCs and one DJ. And one

guitarist . And one drummer, andone bassist. On one of the smallstages, Iceland's Quarashi are hold-ing court for those uninterested intimeslot competitors Gob. This bandis a rapping rock group, or a rockingrap group, likely depending onwhich members you ask . Given thenumber of groups who have com-bined mediocre rapping with down-right terrible schlock rock, the meremention of ' rap-metal ' makes manyshudder, for good reason.Thankfully, however, Quarashi 'smusic has at least a dash of flavour,placing them much closer toN .E .R .D. than to Limp Bizkit.

7:50pm—GobThe Vancouver band starts its set

with "Soda,° a minor video hit fromthe group ' s days on Mint Records.When that song was first released,Gob was more likely to be seen per-forming for a group of dozens thanan assemblage of thousands, but theband members really aren't doingmusic very differently now than theydid then. They still have lots of shortsongs about failure, love, and failurein love, and they are still immenselygoofy on stage . While fast and buoy-ant, Gob ' s repertoire now involvesquiet bits with heavy use of the toms.I suppose that' s evolution. :•

Michael returned from the con-cert with a mild sunburn and somefree CDs, which will be given to thefirst person to stop by the Ubysseyeditorial offices—SUB room 24—withsome aloe vera .