The Cascade Volume 10 Issue 6 2002-03-20

UNIVERS11YCOLLEGE01: l'HE FIUSER VALLEY'SSTUDENTNEWSPAPER

SHOOTDfGAIR SINCE1

EDITOR'SNOTE

By Beth Kelleher

Iii! And welcome to the elevemh ::,sue of the 2002 / 2003 Cascade. There nrc several exciting things going on this week in student news. including th~ annual SUS referendum Murch 18 - 20, the t'lothe~linc dis-

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NEWS AND FEATURESEDITOR

Noah Arney

AnrsAND ENTER'.rAlNMENTEDITOR

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PHOTOGRAPHY/G:RAP){JCSEDITOR

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Li\YOUT COORDINATOR

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STAFFWRITER

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CONTRlB\JtORS

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The Cascade is the UCFV studems' rr..:~ press. It provide~ n fot'utn for ucrv $[Utlt:nt\ tu hove their journntism published. lt also m:ts as the alternative press for the Frnscr Yulley. The Cascadeis fundedwith UCFY student funds. The Ca:-.cade ii; publi:.he<l twice m0nthly, The Cascade hns ll drcul:.ttion of 1000 nnd is distributed throughout Abb~)tsforJ, Chilliwack .ind Mis~ion. The Cu~cnde is a very proud member of the C:mndiun!Jnivcr~ity Press. a nntion:il cooperntive ()f 72 university und college newspupcrs from Victorin to St. John's. The Cascadefollows the CUP eth• icol policy concerning mnteriul of a prejudicial or oppressive nature.

Submissiuns nrl!' preferred in clcctro11ic fnrmlll either through c»mail or on disk. Please send sub111is~ioni;in ''tx.t.'' r:onnnt only.

Letters to the editl)r must lie <lm1blc•sp,1ccJ nnd typed. Lette1·~will also be accepted vin t'-muil only if they meet the necessary rc4uircrm:nts as outlint:d in this sei.:tion. The Cnscacle re\erves the right to edit lellers to the editor for duricy t111dlen~th. Only one letter per writer muy uppeur in any given nddition. The Cn~cnde will not print any letters that conrnin racist, sexist,hon1ophobic or libelous content. The writer's rwrnc: an<l swdcnt number must be submitted with euch letter. I ,ctters to the editor must be under 400 words ir intemlcd for print.

OpinitJns cxpre~sed <lo not neccesurlly rctkct 1hat of the:.·college SUS. Cascade ~rnff, or collcclivc

play in the Roadrunner Cafe and the Twelfth Night Thentre production. In Sports News. both the inen ·s and women ·s basketball teams won the BC Provincials and will be heading tn represent UCFY at the Nationals in Calgary and Nova Scotia later this month. Despite the craziness of midterms and term

papers. the pressure of the Cascade Autonomy referendum. and the prospects of a possible Cascade / Toque merger. wc·ve had a lot or fun putting this together! So thanks ag~1in to the Cuscu<lc staff. volunteers, and especially to our loyal readers: you muke it nil worthwhile!

to everyone who voted YES10 Cn~cnde Autonomy to the TtJqllestaff for continuing to Cascade-bash despite having NOTHING to gain from it and cvi:rything tn gain from makinij peace with us! to the Liberal Government l'nr fl()/ ~pending money thut 1hey don't have.

to the urg1mil.ers of the Preedom of Spcuch Forum to the Cafeteria for having a pi:1,zamuchinc.

to the people who had the brnin-wnvc to rui~c tuition by 7 l % to the Liber;il gover-nment for t<1kill$money 1h01we do nol have. to Nicole Pccenka, our Arts t,n<l entertainment Editor, for completely missing rhe Arts and Peace Pci;tival (slw's1•c>ry V<'f_l',,·(Jrry!)

BRILLIANTMINDS UNITE!! !

l:Jy 13eth Kelleher

Thursday. Murch 14. 2002 suw the pre• duwn or a new era in UCfV slllJcnt media.

Any guesses'!

Autonomy?'!? Well. not quite yet. thnugh we arc still hoping. praying .• 111dvigmnusly striving.

A complete SUS I Cascade merger?'>? Not even REMOTELY close, thl)ui;h it·:- possible thut this may have occurred ii' th~ SUS newsle11er-llrcu111ersever got their way

A hostile take-over 111"the C'asi.:adcby your ndrnittedly still angry anJ bitter Toque staff'!'!'! Not quite but you·rr gc11ing wanm:r

As current Cnsrnde E<lil\1r. lleth Kelleher. hnn<le<l out ultra-geeky sub-pointed ugcn-

das. :-ix teen ol' 1he most journulistically passionate lllH.l creative individuals ut ucrv drif'ted und crammed into the familiar Cascade office.

They assembled not by force, nor under duress, nor in rage, nnd pcnt•up hostility, but rather for selr-initiuted ·peace t.ilks.'

With Cascm.le Autonu1ny within sight mid two i;rowing pools of talented journalistically-n1inded students struggling to compete and nourish at UCFY. the pro pect of a Cascndefl"oque merger came to the forcl"rnnt of discussion.

The Casrn<lc could offer. a name, credibility. resources, institutional and student suppnrt us well as an inspired. cager to learn stnff.

The Tnque could a<ld ye.1rs ol' newspaper experience a:- well as the sheer drive to print papers no mntter whut must be sucrilired.

What surprised everyone, however, was not how 111uchpotcntinl this combining seems to have. but rather the genuine enthusiasm nnd joy or all involved 10 see it happen so much so, that when the meeting ended (early, and on a positive note 1). not only <lid everyone shuk.e heads with smiles on their faces. bur many of us headed to Finnegan ·s together afte,·war<ls to congrntulntc ourselves on the fi,•stsuccessful Toque/ ascude joint srnff meeting! stay tuned for more details on this exciting prospect!

LETTERTO THE EDITOR

There wen: some point~ in thl! article ti1lcu not .ill Cannuians as a whole.

"YOUNG LIBERALS RECRUITINU ON CAMPUS" written by John Barker in )'nur Mt1rd1 06, 2002 eclitinn that were incorrect. First, he as~oriatcs the Young LibL·ntls of C:tnadn with Gordon Cu111pbcll\ BC Libcrab. It 111u~1be nmdc clear that the two parties: the 13C Lib~rnls t1nd the Fellcrnl Liberals. arc cn111plcttly separate pnlilical e111itie:-with dil'r~rcnt police~ an<l motives. which ju~t h,1ppcn tn havt· 1h~same name. By inrnrrcctly labeling these YPung Liberuls. who hud Sl't up ti re~ruitmcnt hooth in the Grc,111lall. as thnse who are supportive or Gord(111 C1mpbcll's policies nnd thcn by rhetmicully b.1~hi11gthem in the student paper. it appear~ to 111~ to be an uni11ror111cdmnvc.

Ynu prnh.ibly nwl' thnse Fcuernl Young Liberals un apology.

Sei.:1111dly. in the article Mr. Barker l'1rnned~ the BC Liberals di,mantling nr ~ociul ~ervil'cs to arrndians. Just for cllll'ilirn•

Thank~ PLWYour Time

Ryan L.irson. Bit,logy Major

Hel In. tion, those Canadians who are uffected by BC Liberal decisions arc RC residents and he a 11c1rspiece, and the 0111/u,rwlro wrote it 11·0.~,,,ere/y a//t'III/J1i11g/fJ com·ey hi.1· m,•11 opi11io11and /rm,• he perceired tire .1·it11otio11 1n he. I/owe,·,,,. ,ww I 1.11ulersta11d1hm ii does co111ai11111isil1/'c11·11w1irm. so I apolngb• 10rl,e Young Ubemls of Cwwda for allm,•i11g1he11110be 111i.1·re1irese11l<'d in the Cn.1u1clc 1

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CHRISTIANITY:A WHITEMAN'S RELIGION?

By l\rny Schmith

I" ,c bc.:c.:n a stutknt at l lCFV fnr two years I an, a Chril;lit111. I Hin also Caucasian. I hnve enjoyed mee1ing rcorle l'ro111 ulmosl c.:vcrynation nf rhe world righ1 here in Abbot\ford. I consider it an amo1.ing opportunity tti karn fro111pcoplc.: frnm Turkey. India. Colombiu. lra11.Chi11u,M1.:l\ic.:o.Japan, Kcm·u. anti Vene1.11ela.nmnng urhcr ctrn111rie'>.I bc.:iic,c Cil)d is uoin~ a hcau1ii"t1Iwmk remt11ing. rm:i11Iw,1II:-.1huI h,IVI.!:-.li)udhct,1cC'nI lis children for !On long.

I le1•ein C1nmhI. the.:multi-cultural nut11rcol our srn;icty give~ u:-.a 111tIqtIc:oppnnuntty and il i, a, tr God is allow ing u1,Ill be .1 part of nn exdting procC''>s.

Hnweve1. rc.:cenllyI Imm! someone say that Chris1ianity is a '\\ hrti.:marl's RC'liginn.' und I was surprised and ~mldcned by 1hi:-.pc-r:-pc.:<.:ti-t:.

First of all. ksus. the fo11nclationof C'hris1i,111ity.wa:. nllt a while Cnucm,ian with blund hair and hlue eyes ill nll!

Europeans 111en:lylx:gan ckpic1ing Him thi~ wuy becauseit wa~ ea ·icr for•tl1em t1)rclulc to a God wirh thesechan11;1e1istics. In reality. however Jc.:su~was a .ll:w rrn111Israel. 11\ostlikely with dark olive-colored skin. <lurk hair anc.1 brown cycs.

Secondly. the l3ilik was not lirsl wri11rn i11English. It was nrigiirnlly wri11e11in GreL·kand Hc.:br°l:,\.language~far dii"lcrcnt l'ro11tEngli,h. The Bihk was allowed 10 he 1ra11sl.11cd inlll E11gli,;honly after hrme Chrisli,tn~ laid d11\111their liw~. so 1ha1English !'-peakingpenplc. lil-.c myself. co1dd have the Bihll! in Clllr m1n langu.ite, Sn what abllUl tn<lay? 1)011 •t nmsl Chri,t i;111~Ii, c 111the Wc~tcrn !Inc.I European l'Cluntrics? And aren't m(Jsl Christian, Cauc.:asiun'!N0 I As or llJlJlJChri,1iani1y has a 111>11-white11\ttjority. In 1900.l\V(l Ihird:-.ofChri,rians lhcd in Ewupc ulld Rll',,ia. but 11\l\\' three rinhs or Chri:-.lillnS lhc in /\frka. A,ia anti I ,11i11A11tcrict1.My l11dn-Cuwdit111 yot11hpa,tnr (,111 UWL""llllll' Jlll)) just told I1ll' today thlll there are more Cl11islia11sin lndin than in bnth C.111.ida.ind lht'. USA t·nI11bi11cc.l.

Missinns itsl'lr has been c:n111plcIelyrevnlutinni,ed. M11rc 11011Wcstern missionaries ac1t1ally \I 111k cru~,;-nillurully than Wcstcrn missionaries. For exilmpll.!. I ha, c.:S:1111oun fricnc.lswho arc working in a11adawith Frr·~tNatiu11,people. They are ablc to use thci1 Samonn cultun1I d,1ncc.:slt1 ~h11wFir~t Nutilln~ !1ellplc that JesusChrist is nnl :, while 111:in's God.

JesusChrist gavc I Li~lil'e for all rrationsand loves all tribes

nnd pt:nple,. I leaven will not he tilled\\ 1Ih\1-liilc. F11gli,l1:-.pcal-.ingpc11ple.but rathcr \\ ill cclcbr,llc.:ull cult11rc,. tltl'ir fn11d.rhcir do111.:c,.thcir ,nne!' tlH\I thc.:irCrc.:atn1.1lc j, 11 (ind v,h11tn11hcc.:nd,,111cultural batTit:r, un<llm·e, di,c.:r:-.it)

A, a Cmtt::t!>i,111C'hristinn. I up11lt1gi1cl'nr l,11\1\\C ha,c 11i'tcnl'ailcd ID p11nraywlw k:;u, real!)' i, 1111d111rc\l'al Hi, lnt1.:!'or ,111race.::-and cull,r!>. W1.;ha,·c.:~1111K·li111c, had allitlldc.:snl' ~11pc.:rinritytlt;1t Gud hutt.::-..a11tlt1111'n1tu11Htl.!I)'. ,1e h11velmilt,!lil 11\Ul'lip,1i11tn IIll11lYpcnpli.:.

I \\a11Itncnrnur;1ge1.:\Cl')1lllcI11gl.!ti11\1,i,l'd 11iIh ,111dc11l'> l'rn11111thcrcou11tricshere :11UCFV. 1'111sit h,q,py to ,cc that the E:hl lndi:111Student A~~t1~·iuli1111 i, u11ing:I cullur;tl prcsc111utio11 nn M,1rch2-1. r.11died it 11uI! 1'111 h1)pingIll. /\I,o 1111April 5 the.:intcrnnli11nuldcp.irt111cnt\\di be J11i11~ di:-.pl.iysilbt>llt lh1.;many n1u11tric,\\ith Allicun u1u11111iin);!. hc.:rlltnpai111i11g(1101IP 111c.:n1i1111grL·atl1H1J) Lc.:t\ \Uppu!'l our internntinnal studc.:nts:111dlc.:arnlrnm them. 1l.rn1k l'tir ctHiting poslc.:n,uhc,ul location ctl'l Wh:n :111u111n1I11!_! oppor1u11ity tn enjoy the.: w11rlLI here in "liltlc nld" l\bbtllslnrd!

Ir you'd like 10rJi!-.cussnny ut this l'L1rther.plca,c crn,iil 1111: at: nmysch111icl1_cunadu(ii))uhoo.i.;u.

THE ESSENCEOF LIFE? OR ANSWERS THATDON'T SATISFY?

Ry Beth Kel lehcr

For this issue or the CU!.c<1dc, I dug lhrnu!:[h l>ll111eold issue:-.,und did some soul-searching before taking tu the streets and h,ills in a ground-level attl'rllpl to rind \)Ut whnI rt:,illy n1ntters to uc~v students. J' Ill talking about 111orethan jusl classes, work .• ,no family. though in some (;ai.es,thnsc answers apply; f'm tnlking about culling to the core of human el\istence.

I set out to lind what truly mal!ers not just to Sllldcnts, but to people on a deeper level. Wh,11rnakes people tick'! Whm':; rnakc.:sa hunrnn being gcnuinl'ly happy? Wh.it i the essenceof life? Whal is ynur god'?

''It's al I nbout sc.:xanc.linstant grnt i fie at ion," was the must common response, though ir cumc in many forms. Few fe111alcsactually nd111ittetlto this in so many words. but their stories ur rcnde1.vnus and their graphic recounts or 'pas!,ion' betrnycc.1their lust with startling clarity. Conversely, males hac.llittle trouble declaring sex lo be their 'god.' and my cars grew nurnb listening lo their proud cxplllil). nnd sly cunquc.:sts. It seems that society has rnrncu sex intD an object: a gumc to he pursued ant! a trophy ln be woI1.

Many refer to httving sex as "scoring." n~ if n recoru should be kept ant! bemen. und even the terrn "making love" is fnding in fovnr of ''messing tll'Oltnd:· Cvt:n lhosl' par ticipaling in such ;ictivitics seem to recllg• 11i1cthat intirnuey 1h,11is plll'cly physi.:1tlhas rnuch grc:atcr potential.

for these 'libcrntcd' M.:xual beings. sex i1, nnl un cxprt'ssion nf lnve. b111me1cly the CX[lt!Cleu culminatinn or lll1Y successful dnte Even sex within a cnmmiued relation• ship is oi'len ohjcc1ii'ied as couples argue .tbol1t !>ex: how. wlicn. where.:.why. how mud, sex shrndd he a pan or their relation-

ship. It's not possible to doubt or question tlrnt society rnnkes the.:subject of sex i111pos• i.iblc to uvnid: It's nn the rndiu. TY. on the l11tcr11ct.untl cvcn in most l'lassronrns.

Mus!>Media is rising-up ,lfl e111iregc.:tlc.:l'll· lion or the mosl uninhibited se~ual bt:inp thu1,l'ur. This is the 'if you wan1it. take it.' and 'ir you have it. flaunt it.' gcncration and we hnve therefore turned a heuuIiful, na111rnl thing into thc pinnaclc of self-satisfying pursui1s. It' no wundn in that those scel-.ing tn satisfy their souls with scl\, in pensive. honest 111uIncnts rway from 1h11se with who111rhey'd ·cmncd' or 'ncc.:tlcd'the rcpulitlicm of their sexu.1I feats. conl'csscd that they weren't co111ple1elysatisricd or content

''It's ,1bo111success,'' 1,Uggcstec.lothers. Good grucles. Lc.:urning. Good j11h. Mo11c.:y.Fame. Fortune. Power. Control. Security. For what rnllcge student WllUld he.: in college if it were not for the inherent valut.: in sud, gouls'1 Are these rHll wha1 everyortc wants? One h.1snothing l11lo~c.: by strivi11gfor sucrc~s and potentially infinite possibilitit:s w gai11by embracing i1. Unfortunately. tile-words und tones of thnsc who acquire all they've cvcr wi1,hed 1hr echo of lonelittcss: l:onscqucnee!>of their ritual ~ncrif'iecsfor gods they were unaware they'd mnde.

''It's about my family und fricnc.ls," \1as the third most Clllnmon rc~ponse. Pic:turcs of ·slllil-matc.::,."play matcs. nmm-111,11e.-..pt1ren1~. i.:hildrcn. \ihli ngs. grand parcrtt).. granc.li,;hildren, c11u~ins, :iunts. uncle~. niece;;, und nephews come lo mind. The,e ,ire the pcoplc. 1vhni.:nusc.:dor created your very c;,,i.',1Cllce.

They ttre the pcoplc whq nmke it mcuningful. ~o it doc.:s1m1keperfect !,Cll~elt1 value them ~" highly, htn\cver l wnndc.:tii' they are the.:pcrrcl't ohjcc.:tsof youi- ailc-tl io11.

They sa\\, you when yI1t1wert: invisible; they taught you nnd sh1mc.:dyn1I. 1\11\,111 love. anti bcea11~cof 1ha1.the) are iullli1ed i11your 111it1d.but urc they rl·ally pc.:rrcL'I'? JuM like.:anything t1rhuman substanl'c, they will lct you clown, rn just like everything anJ everyone. if you let a part nr hunrnn11y l'or111the core or your existence. even a gond thing, like family becnme:.a god in your lil'c 1hu1pn1hihits etc.:rnall'Pnlcntmcnl. Plca~e do nnt 1nisundc.:r~t11nd111c;peoplc with furn• ilies arc genenilly happy. but there.:arc tlmse who arc.:not: wiut1ws. uiH1rrec.-.,grieving nr f'r1,~tr111edpurc.:nl~,lwwc.:vc.:r,whc.:n~ilencc fell 1ll1 the Iru1h-quci.tio11, llJllst: whn elaimec.lthere families were their god, alsn reluctnntly admitted to an incxplicahlc.: cmptincs~.

"h's ull ubout science:· clnirns many. Even heyon<l s1.;icncc majors. a lot of people helic.:vcthat they don't need goal). and \.Jlu1.;:,bemuse.:their lives are marked by a lilll! out or their hands. Consequently. they ),ecm 10 think that there i), therefore nn point 111 a,;:;igning value to anything thelll).t.:l\e,. becuu~cit is not rur them to decide. Thcy al~o believe that wh,ll is wirhin their hands cnn all be.:cxplainc.:dllawlessly ;111dst;icntii'ii.;ully. They have ,L,rificLI 'pn1<1r·for wlty ilnc.lhow we brcathc. wherc ,1ir cnmes t'ru111. ;md how the earth came ln lw. Astrology guides nnd the pursuit for c.:ver-incrca,ing knowledge.:guidl' th1:ir dccisions. Tho11gh whe11oskc.:tlhonc.:stly ir they an: tnily ,ll peuce with thcir cxi!\tencc. ii i:-.nlH i11Usthtll 1hcy very path they ha, e chn:.c-n l!lrbius ronlenl111ent hy in,i:,,lirtg di!.,:i11,f,ti.:111H1 ,~ilh thc rcality or inc,m,plctc 1-.nnwlcdgc Thcreli1re. dl'spitc their cvcry dTmt tn prn\ 1dc humnI11<.indwith an:,,Wcr:,,.they .tic li11di11gtell rllurc lJLIC!.lilln for C\Cl'Y 1111e u11~wcred.

I supposeI \\:hn't ~n 111llch,h11t:kl·da, I wa!> Jc.:eply 111oved.ind saddt:netl liy II h.it I hc.:ard. In distilling d111cn,.,ol rc,punsl'S, I

l'ounLIthat with kw exeeplion:-..tht;y could all be-rcl"incd intu lh11.,efour uns,,crs: sc,. :,,llct.:c:-..,.hum,111i1y.w1d ,ci..:111:c.:.tl<llll' nf whieh wa:,, et1111pll!le(11" iidcquu11.:10 lltllill il's inlenl. With thl! po:-.:-.ihilitii.::-.und nppnI11111itic, tll our· ri11~er1ip~grnwing c.:~p(111c.:111inlly daily. why urc ,,c ,o unhuppy'! !low is it thnt the 1cry thing., th:11l'ill wltl con~u11teour lives neglect tn prnnmte thl' rnIm:nt111e111 \.\e cime'! Wi: ,ccm w he di,cmering tha11hc~e·gp1.h·are failing Ill :-.:11isry thl' souls we lnng to fill. .So hm1 is it that thc vast nrn_inritynf ,tudcnt:-.at a higher learning inslilulilln C;Jfllll'( ~CClll ll' ;1n~wcr thc 11wslimportant questilln or their lil'l'S',1 Wh11tarc we 111issing'?

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OPINIONSAND EDITORIALS

st:lrnnl supplies in late /\ug11st. like half or Abbotsford. The prank: she positioned her~elf ubout two i'ed behind me and VERY LOUDLY broke wind. then proclaimed i11u

1:nnvincingly hlH'rifieJ voil:e "Mum! 1-!nw

Si11cc rny l'avuritc 'lmliduy" (April i-:uuls Day) is fust upproal'hi11g. I thought I'J insti• !_!aleSl1111c•frstiq:' rhctl1rit: in the Cast:mk ith ~lllllC ~ucccs~ful pranks that hnve been pulled nff by my kids. If a11y nf you has cither perpetrated l1r sulfrrcu a partit:ularly gt1t1LIprank. I l.:llL'ourngc ypu lo wrill' a ktlcr lt' Bl'lh (the editor) a11Jshart: your storiL·~- I. fur une. nr.:cd ~n111chelp with ·ncnini; the ~,-nrc· '-"ith my kids. (.ind I'm ,ure thnt then: are nther renders who nre nl~n nn the lnnknut Iii,· ~11111enew t,H.:tk~).

I hu,c di~uivcrcd that kid~ a11duni111al~arc a lethal cn111bi11atit111 Ill a parent's naturnl hair l'Plur. First oil. 1101only do we have four kid~. but we alsll han: an assortment nf aninrnls t111our little farm. Sn as you t:an \\l'II inwi;inl', thl' pt11cntial rn111binations of ,iwminn~ ar..: endh:,~! I.ct me mcr11iu11.t(10. th,11 the 111i11i,11urcl'aninc llulT-b.lll thnt

n.~,idc~ herl' i~ 11r.:hronil' kil'ptonmninc. so 1111l'hM> that ,he ha~ h1:c11nir.:k-na111eu kleptn-puppy·. ,111Jtn mal-e ,n:1111.:r~wor,c. ~he ha~ the 1.Q, Ill' ll IHlu~crlanl. Chanel'), arc ii' the kill~ h11nc~tly can·l l'ind \\ hat thl'y arc ~l'urchin!:! ror; the da111111111111has taken 11il \l ith it. Her thic\L·ry i~ not limited to cl111hi11gand foot\\l'.tr. but al~n inclmks

ll1) ,. h(H1k~. anJ u~~ortcd bits of whn1c1er anti. 1111tllll' 111.·1,;a~iun the littk rat ehn1cd a 1,;11111p111cr llltll1'C nnu ~tllil' 1l1t: rnhhl·r ball fr,i111 i1i-.ide it. fflwt wn~ u ~rnry twl:nly• i'11u1IHllli'' \1aitilll,! for it Ill be i'ounJ an :1ni111,il th,11 ~111:lil l't\Uldn't po~~ibly pa~, "Hnething th,11 hig \~ithout 111<.:d1l·,1Ii111cr1c111H,11).

NeeJb~ tn sny. my kiJs :lr'e wc.:11verst:d in tht· !'acts of life and death. 11ndfor thl· most part. thl'y accept the fact that all things do die at some pnint. De,11h nf a mnuse. I'm instance, is viewed us nn nppnrtunity tn play a joke 1111snme u111-u~pecti11gindividual. likt: the baby-sitter. One 111nrni11gnn nur way out the door, my youngest daughter. Ali. found a n.:ci.:ntly dt:au rmlent on the launury room !lour so she tucked it into ht:r com pocket as a ·surprise· for hn Auntie Inter. As you l'n11well imni;ine. it did nm go 1wer well. but nne l'an't help but be irnrressed thnt a thrs:l:-yt:ar-old mull.! pull something likl' that nl'f. Perhaps it's Jue partly from the intluent:es of her PlcJer. 111me experient:ed. joke-playing siblings.

Travi~ is l'ight. and if thrrt:·s ever a reason lo he \~ary or a prankster. let mt: warn yuu about this one. A rnuplc of weds ago he had hid a i.:hil'ken-yes. n

t:nttld ynu'!" People glared nt me with disgust nnd moved away fr\1111 me as fast us they t:oukl. I cunn()t begin tn Jcst:ribe how I kit at that 1110111ent.Makitu, I. M11m. 0. My nluest d1ild. Dan. Joesn't victi111i7e his rnnther like the younger ones. bless his little heart. Nn. he prefer~ tn he more nt' nn ant,1gonist than n prankster and spel'iali,.es in 'Freudian slips' that causi.: awkwurdnt:ss in social situations. Morcovl'r, if there's a difl'crc11tway to apprmll'h a situation, he'll find it, or an opportunity to take my words liter• ally. he will. Onr.: 11iorning he was si:nl milside to catt:h the c,Iogth,lt ttbsolutely defied t:apture. His solution'? U~e nn unwilling cut as bnil. One day I was struggling with opening a jnr and he came ulong unu ruppr.:d tht: thing open with<lltl brcuking u sweat. Did he le,1vc il nt that'? No. or l'oursc not. "You 11111sthnve loosened it l'nr me·· is wl1ut he said. Now when he eun't get u lid off a jar he· II suy something I ike ''hey. Mom! Cnuld you opcn no wait u see ym1 c,in't npen lids " Anti yes. he'll Jo this in front of

company. He'll inform me thm he cun s111cll something burning in the nven. and then nffer 10 set the lablc for dinner. He's a1111uu111:ed to others tliut he can ask math qu<.:.'>li1in~that I can't an~wcr. and thrn prnve it. Dan is the kind of kid who·d fl.:vcr pass up the oppnrtunity to remind rne-surcustit:ally-of my shortc<1111ingsus a parent, a student, or more !_!t;?nerally.ns a person. On the nther hand, he is just as vulnerable to receiving the snnie hrnnJ or ten~ing rrnm me. so we're constantly at it between the lWll llf US,

I don't know wht:rc th.: kids get thl!ir sense ()f humor from or their adeptness at pulling off som.: nf tht: pranks thut they do (yeah. right). Apparently I was successful at freaking my own parents out on nu111erousoccasions when I wns n youngster. so in my mother's infamous words. "what goes around. comes around". But if all else fails in the n1canti111t:,I know that S()meday iny kids will have t:hildren of their own. So, one uay when n,y grundkids gc11old enough, I'll _jusl have to du what every other good grnndpnrent <loes: tell them all about when their purents were young, feed them lms uf sugar. und buy them pets; especially chickens. I-hippy April Fool's clay

\\'1.· ul,,, ha,·l· l'our rnts. 1111cof which is a hugl' 111111 \\ lin 111.ih.c:, a rcgul.ir sport pf l',1tl'i1ing rnl!-oand dcpu~itin!_! them in lllll' l.tundry roo111in variPus state:-.111'.~hall 11e ,ay. Llisas,cmhly. and nc, er in a predict ahie ~pol. Klcpw-puppy has learned that you dnn't 111cs~with that kline.,.lllle 111e11\11ruhlc h.it:k•lrnndcr hy hi111and 1hc pup li1erally g,11 airtime. On annthcr rn:i.:asinn. nne (,r the cat-; gave hir1h in the lm1mlry ~inl11 ith my 1.hn1ghter, in mtcmhtnl'c. It is an ci'tec1ive distt·acter i'rnm 11riling ,1 papn to h:11·c ii fi 1·c-ye:1r-old Clllltc up lP you and :11111,iunt:e--reui:h)' i~ 111en,vill);!a ln1 and is

I.IVE ONE. under .tn ill\crted bin in the midull: nf' the i:lllndry ru11111.and ~wmc his tw\l sbter~ tn scc1·ccy.I rnnnnt rerent the \\1Jrds I ~hrii:kcd 1,.,hen I had unsu~pcctingly llipp.::d 1hi: hi n over and nne ~Lll'tlcd bird leaped about lil'C ft:cl in 1hc air. Tht: girls. \\ho had witnessed hnth the ,ct-ttp and the delivery nf th is part icu lnrly g11nd pranl-. d.imn near wet 1heir p:int~ laui;hing tll me. I h.i1•e yet lti get rr.:vcngt: for li1al one,

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THE BUSINESS OF ABORTION

By Cassandra Fraser

I'm not a fence-sitter by any slretch ol lhe imagination. but I would by no means ulign myst:lf with either the 'Prn-life' or 'Prochoicc • col lecllves.

First off. I have never hntl an abortion. nor will I ever. not hecouse or some deeply ingrained religious or 111orul belief. but rather because l re fuse to support or co11tributc to an industry thm is eniirely finoncially dcpl!ndcnt on women·s misfortune.

Abortion is 1101 u choice. nor is it the answer.

Abortion is not about a woman h.iving control C)vcr her body; it is about supporting n medical industry that simply would nor exist without the approprinte legislation, HS it is the profession's solution 10 its own inadequacies. und for its own benefit.

In all seriousncs~. when a womun has an l\bl)rtion, who stunds to bcncflt the most from the procedure'! Anyone who claims IhuI it is the woman needs a good slap. An aboriion is a form nf surgery that poll:ntial• ly takes weeks 10 physicnl ly rccovcr from, and causes mental trauma that may never be resolved. Society doesn't lose out, othcr• wise there would be far more support for rhe parems of rniscurried and stillbotn babies.

It's the medical professionuls who bendit. Think about h1lw many people who wnuld be unemployed if th<.:abortion industry suddenly had no i.lenwntl. Thousands of well-

educmed p<.:uplemake their living because women have abortions. I honestly c:an't stand listc:ning to the rhc:toric about women having choi<.:esand babies having lives without rolling my cy<.:sal the ignorance or the vast majmity or the university populntinn.

The Pro-lifers have a rnint: abortion is murder. Conversely, the Pro-choicers are correct in saying that a woman is entillecl to make decisions about her own body. Ench side of this th.:batc claims that there is n(l 111iddlcground to this issue. But is there?

Most intlivitluals have at least a basic um.ler• stunding or the mammalian repmducti\e system. y<.:tthose who purport to h,we more comprehensive knowledge foil tll fully inform those who dQ not. For the rei.:tH'd, women's reproductive systems Dpernte in much the same wny as every other mn1ninal on the fai.:cor this earth: our cycles are determined by ei!hcr the prc:scncc or absence of pnrfieular hormones thut e.~en influences over the workings or spcci l'it organs.

I· 11rnncedc that there are II Witle range of contraceptives und methotl of birth eo11Irol. bu1 let's face ii. we don't want birth control per se; we want control of our boJies. l would like to think that if getting my perind Lluring a specilic week would be in<.:onven• ienI, why am I 1101nllowetl to ultcr that? Ir my pcrioLI is late for wh<itever reason {unLI tluring linnl exams. who isn't stressed mIt enough tu mul-.c it late'.1). I would like to be

POTATO QUEENADVICE

Dear Queen Powto Head

My problem. thnt's l:asy: it seems like all I've got is spuds chasini; me. Spuds. studs- no lhey'rt: all duds!

Now. how in the heck can a beautiful. tale111ed, amazing person like inysclf. allract ,1II these ninco111puops'! Sec tir~t, there·. Churlie. I mean sure he's smurt. Inll. dashinf' hanJsome. im;rcJibly counenus. a great dancer.

' rich. and not to mentin11 funny; but the thing is, he"s gN this one tooth. it's just a little 100 crnokcLI for my lik• ing. And then then! arc the twin~. Hank und Frank. They· re b1>thpretty mui.;h li~e Charlie. except without hi~ fotul flaw. I tried tluting Jiank first, but then discovcrcLI lhe unthinkuble. He had a wart on the bottom of his foot. EWWW. A11J tht:11Frank. I thought. "here's my chance·• but I\~ luck would have it. Prnnl--hull eaten beans ju,t before our lirsl date. When he sat in the car to drive us tn dinner. bny d11Jhe kt it rip. I' vc had it, v. hat shnuld l uo?

SigncLI. P<.:nelnre"Perfec1" PcuboLly

Dear /l('~fccr Pea/Jntly.

l'rlt/1'pmble111,rltat '.I·,•r1,1·y: ir see111slike all 1·1111'l•c• M(){ is ct horrid r·rtsr•cipe1:(ecrio11is111chosi11g.,·11rr. 'foke a .1·<:rn/1(/Ion~ al \l'lw1 yo1111·ro1eabout thesc guys. S1'1'in11sly,1/teyso1111dlike so111c11re11yliot stud lllt({Ji11sto 11,e(rlru11gfr.Mr. r,01a1nJ/ead a/ll'ays wk,•s tfle cake, e1·i-111lt,m1:l1he t/()es like /oe jam 011

able l\l remedy thnl. And why not? The la~t I c:heckec.l.it was legally 111yboJy.

It wasn't that long .ign in our c1,llc1.:tivehi~tory those rei.:ipesof S(Jf'lS were pa~seddown from gencratilln w 11cncrntion that ga c women this ki11dor control of their cycles. At one puim. women ~veredubbeLI us witch es i'()r possessing such knowletlgc nnd wen; litcrully crucilied by ru1riarcht1I society for it. Nnt so much us l'i fty years ago, a doctor could give II womnn u pill to bring un her period Ml her cycle would 61.:cum-cnicntly 'out of the way· on her wcdtling night. So where is thill J)ill Ill' a crsion of it'!

I woulJ like to point out the painrully ohviow,: the nbnrtion industry is using the Prochoicers for pronwting their own itinerary. Y11u pl:ople me not promoting choice ,111d control for

women. but you have certainly fooleJ yourselves into thinking that you tin. If you were truly cnn-

ccrneJ with obtaining the right for women to control their own bodies. then you wouldn't he working as propngnnda monkeys for a multi-mil•

toast.) So 11•hot(f they //(/l·e11.f<,,,,.flogellatiorrfa11f1s. 111inisc11/c•11inles,or a11y.welt 11e1fecrlyNORMAi. pmbt,,111.f.

Yo11need 111R''' a life kicl, !lrere are 11/e111y r!f 1u•rfec1/y 11ic,•people 11111tirere, .1·wn·i11gf'or a rlffc•11t rel111i1111ship.11'111111'11/lld/Je11rurc1/ra11ltappy IO rrw,·t s11111enice gu,w like 1lte011c•s_1•n11 •,.,,r11c•r11io11ed.

Dcnr Mrs. Potato Hl:lltl.

It see11Isthnl in the past few day~ I ha\e co111e upon n grcut tlifnculty. I have never du~ i1 deeper u hole than the one I am in now. "'Deep breath* I guess I have t~l say it snnner or later though. I r:m n yellow light. Nnw the cops arl: after rn~. I know they arcthey arc bd1intl every corner. 1hc ,hudow1, tan ·1 con• ccul 11Icanymmc. I haven't ~h:1\etl in week!-.,I've dyetl my hair seventeen 11111c~(:111LIm1\1 it's falling nut in patches.) I have three fa!,.~II)~. and nm living frnm dump~I1.:rto Llumpster. Do I lllrn my~cll in. do I f,1cc the wr.uh or the tTiminal justice sy~Ic111.or do I run, run ns a fugitive, run forever ,'!

Just sign 111c''Mr. X"

Dear "Mr: x•·

I e11111atlti:edee/1l.1•wi1// 1/iegllil1 a11dsltmm•y1111 are gn/11g,/11·1111,11/r. I 111yse(fltm·i- an11a/lyl>c'ell 1/rmuglt n si111ilrlfordt•t,I. / 1rn.1·dril'ing in (t.fri('II(/\ ltnu.1·e,Im// <IS /Wllli. 011d1,11.11ted fill' IIC:C'dli• l>eynnd 1/re,1peet!limit. / II•a,1ac·111allygoing //() dick.1, ij' you 11•r11rldbelh•,•e•ii! /-'t1rrr11wrelras a co11c111icl.l.1 /ll11il'd 111em·e1;I tlirl nm //m•e 10hat1le rite .1·w11e r,,111or.1t' as rou hr11·1•.//011·e1•1•1: If/I' crd,·in· lo y1111M,: X, i.1 !hat yo11111myo11r.11•(/ in: I '111wr,, yo11lrcrl'e liNml 1/rislu:/<Jrt'.h11111is 11·1•//11·or1hrr.•p<'t11i11g• 1/11 1 trrrtlt shall set yo11./i·c•e.'

s~•11dyn11r,,mblellf.\' Ill Her R11yollligl11rC'S.\',Q11ee11 />Oll//0/lead ar lhccascade(i11uc[\,bC.Cqll'ilh "QuN'/1 1>01a10/lead Ad,•ice Colt111111i111/ws11l>jc•c1/111x.

lion Llnllur inLlustry. Why should a wonmn have Ill puy an outrageous an,ount of 111nncy bccuu~e she doesn't hav<.:control O\Cr her botly. nor is she legally allowed w'!'! lni-ofar as the Pro lifers promoting the fact that abortion i, mornlly wrnng. all the rower tn you I But lwnest ly. i r you weren •1 Ml bent on proIccIing the hierarchy or nur wondcrl'ul patrian:hal society by keeping women hnrefnot-and-pregnnnt. then maybe. just maybe. the whole lot of you rnuld put your energy to some construcli\·c use. Try rorming an alliance with the Pro•cllllic:crs 1,1 cithcr rind or create the 111iddlcground that you claim docsn·I e>.i~t.

/\fter ,111.U<lll°I you want i11c:ontrol or your body and your choice~?

Nw11<::Syn Ju

Program: ESL (Englbh a!-. a Second Language)

WJ,w is 11/emo.it illl/Jt!/'lll/lt l'ieme111 <f your lift.'? "My heallh and my ramily."

Wltar do you tltit,k 11IJr111r111,•i'l'rllife C/uh '.I'de111011.1·1rmirm.1 (11/t'lt 11.1 rite Ce111e/l•r1·r)/' 1lti- U11hn111 F I think abortion i, a l'cry cruel ni.:1io11"

Nome: kc-Hyang Lee Program: ESL student

\V//a/ fa Jltc ,11nsrimpor1m11elel/lenr of yow lifl'? "My~elf illld Ill) future."

Wit[(/ do yr1u 1fli11!.11/Jn,rfthe· l'rnlifc' C/uh:1·cll.'fllll/1,\//'1//irlll.\/,\'/It'// Ill lite Ccm111er_,,,1( rlw /Jnhn1·11 )'.' I think I agree with Pro-life clubs"

Nallfe: Ariel Hoitt Pmgmm: General Studie, W/ro1I.I'rlw 1110.11il11ponw11!'1111111111111/ your life•:'"My cnmi.:raand 11cIsui1. ll'hal do yorr tlri11hl/hor111lrc l'm1(/c'C/11/1 :" cle111on1·rm11r1n1 ( ,11c/1r(I the C'1'111ete'I'.\' rf th,• /111/u1m ):' "I' 111 prn-choic:c: thcy'l'e ignorn111 ol COllllllOO sense."

Nwtri!: Stcvt Hayek

Wflal i.111t,,1110,1·1imporrm11c•l1•1111•111 rfy,mr lifi-? "Uncertainty: i1 d1ive, and clrnl lcngc, you i r you can lwlIev<: 111the e11dini;you desire."

Wirer!do you //rillh t1/111u11/ie Pm' /(le•C/11h:I'de11w1t.1'/rtllii111s(,1'/(('/J (I.I' 1h1°C1!111e1e1T ri/ fll<' /J11h01111:> "l',e got nothing ngninst rrced1>1ll lll' spcech: I ju,1 thin!-. p-:llple should thin!-. a liule I11urc before they speak.'.

By Amanda Mills

Tuition i:,;heating up. Several student~ have bccn compl:1ining about this issue for 111onths.First it was a whisper. Ulll.l now it':,. real.

E,cl'ynnc k1H1w:-.that the NlJI' fnvc the: tuition fees in po\H,et:ondury :,.t:honls for :-cvcrul ycn,·s. Thi~ act contributed Ill the debt crcmed hy n11rpast provincial gnvcrnI11c11t.Now that the 11C Liberal:,. huve bci.:n ch:1.:tcd.we tile voter:, have Ill suffer. The Sllldc111sare the first to get u real wuke up cull, Tuition fees ure said ln in-:rcasc by 65% at UCFV. This will make drop nuts more lrequent aml student:,. even mnre :-.tre:-.secJ. Most students huw 10 huvc u pun-time jnb lll survive even v. ith student loans. now they will need 1wn jobs tn keep up with the int:rcasc. Also. the student loun brant:hes will not give the same amount of loans next year since most stuJents need more moi11.:y form jobs. The more money you muke, the less yotI obtain frnm ussistunec. h this hike rcully tlt:!CeSMll'Y'!If the government lkcrcased ta es tn the schonl by 201n

TUITION HIKE

cach yl·nr then technical Iy the fee:,. never i ncreascd. t ln:,.tendof giving the government nur t.ixes and the goven1111entpaying the .~chnnl. we wnuld just give the money directly to the school.

B111what will this tlo for the stutlcnts who cnn'l survive as it is'7 I urn one ol' the Stu• dcms whn live paycheck by paycheck and cun't !>et:rntn gcl ahead. And I'm heller off thun I11os1,ince I have help from many friend~ and loved ones. And if this hike is huppi.:11ing111 us what will happen to the internationol student~ who already pay 4.000-5,000 per scmcstd?

I talked with sonic stuJent, und all I tnlkec.J

to (that wnulcl tulk bnck) disagree with the government.

Some teachers believed that this would bc better because the school would make mort· money to give to the ~tudcnt:,.• educat inn.

Cigarettes arc on nn increuse. what else? Ir the prices or living are higher and now with minimum wage higher, can we survive'? Minimum wage hus now made living easier und an actllal surplus of nwney going into the workers. but now more i tnken from them in everyday Ii fc. If students have o right tn an education. so suid by the Chmter of Rights. why is ii so hart.1tn gel one?

One student quc~tionct.1."II' I have lo go In

the food bank cvcry week to live, then what woulJ happen ii' no one could give'! If prices increase than giving food away is harder ror others," Their friend responded, "But if I'm muking more money giving should be easy?" The lirst student. "nu1 if I have to pay more for me tu live, then I can't give you anything."

The consensus of these two unidi:ntifieJ students i~ thl'. incren~e nf wages isn't enough to support the inlhition hy the gnvcrnnn:nt. ihey believe that. •·we'd be better ol'I' making less. hut pnying less."

Many students said very similar things, ''I'm already poor, and I cu11'1 pay for school much illnger." ·'What happens when I'm out of ~chool'! If the cost of living is so high then paying a loan is harder still." "'Who's going to help me when I'm <lying of starvation'!"

We the people need an education to gel good jobs. If the cducuti911 and <lebts thm come with it arc too great and we can't hnndle them, why don't we just work Hl Moc Donald's'! If n low pnying jnb con Sltpport us, why got get n better one and bankrupt nur~clves?

PROMOTINGAwARENESS

The Clothesline Project is 1101an an project. It is artiMic. h111the main focu:.. is to increase awareness ahnut domestic violence against women. These t-shirts were put up by thi.: Women's Rl'.sourcc Society of the l,.rnser Valley tu prnrnute the Annunl Imernational Women's day Dinner on Murch 15, nnd the Prevention of Vinlem:e Against Women Weck nf April 20-27.

part ol' the nnnual "Take Rack the Night" rally in Massachu~etts.

The Clothesline Projet·l is t:Spcciully important here in Abbotsford bccnusc it hus the highest rate of sexunI nbuse in Cnnacla. And as Anne from the Women's Resource Center said, "unless we talk about it, how can we change anything.

By Nouh Arney

On March fourth the Clothesline Projc<.:tset up at UCFV. For those of you who don't hnve u clue whnt the clotheslinl'. Project is. kci.:p ri:ading,

The Project wns st.ir1ed in 1990 when u woman came ac1·11ssthe ''Wall of Names" which remembers the massive number of men that died in the Vietnam War. She JecidcJ to create something similar tO bring uwarcness to the similar number of women who diet! due to dnmestic violence. The clothe:,.linc project was began us

Any woman who wants to express her feelings about violence against her or someone she knew con do n T-shirt.

The Clothesline Project will be on display ot the Mission campus between March 25 and Morch 29.

EXP'ERIMENTALBRAIN SURGERYOFFERSHOPE FOR FULL-RECOVERY

By 13ethKelleher

Seven months after a near-fa1<1lmotorcycle accident in Thailand. 20-ye.ir old Langley resident, Dalton Moss. foces experimental brain surgery - the fir~t or its kind itt Canada. Following u moton:ycle collision with an army truck in Northern Thailund in August. 200I, the happy-go-lucky youth was conrn-bounu und huspitulizcd in a small. Thai. private hospital for over a month. ''It wns this longest month or my life" recalls Eve Moss, Dalton's mother. who llcw out of Vancouver to Thailand immediately upon receiving news of the accident, "although the Thai people and doctors were very good to us.''

When Dolton's condition stabilized. he was medicul-cvacuuted back to C.itrnd.i. accompanied by his mother and the prayers of a Canadian mission ·s team who happened 10 01Tivein Thailand shortly after the occident.

Upon urrival in Vancouver. Dallon wus tr.insferrcd directly to Langley Memorial Hospital. where his condition was assessed to be serious. but still Stabile. He had suffered from two broken ribs. numerous contusions lo the leg and upper hody. nerve damage as well usu purtiully shattered skull.

Although he uwoke from the ex1e11ded coma. nerve darnnge had severely impaired his motor ubility nnd his ability was almost completely lost. Brain Dnmnge was initial• ly considered minimal, however lost com• munication and physical ability mudc prnc• ticul mentol capacity ussessrnentdifficult.

Following multiple opcrutions since September, Dnllon has spent as much time

in post-operative care as he has in Lnnglcy Mcmorial's extended care \\ ards. During thc most complicated of his surgerii::-. a handful of doctors worked for five hour!. tn remove fragmented skull and bruised brain 11Hlllerout of Dalton's head, leaving a lnrge.

1H)ticeablccave in the front side of Dahon':hcad. More thnn two-dozen dnctors a~ well ,1s the dedicnted team fnim Vancouver's G.F. Strong Rehnbililntion Center hnvc played a roll in Dalton's cure nnd 1remrncnl. Dallon has now re-gained 70 of the 95 pounds he lost during the first three months following the accident. Although progress is slow and almost impossible to measure, due to Dullon ·s constnnt surgeries and his cot11inued difliculty with communication. this team continues to hope and strive townrds u full recovery.

Doctors, Nurses, and hospitnl support- ·tulT know Dalton and Eve by name, face. und story. "This place has been my second home," suys Eve as she glances ,tround the sterile white room that she has endeavored 10 warlll with pictures or family nnd friends for Dnlton. Doctors comment that he b lucky 10 be alive and one of Dalton's regular care-nids nmcs thut "[Dalton I ml:st knnw hc'i. so111c1hingspecial: you can just tell by looking at him." No matter what chullenges each day brings his way, he meets them with the drive to overcnme and u tlelerininalion unique to those who beat the odds.

She and her son both feel that his survival is a miracle, but the road to recovery is for from over yet. In 10 duys. Dalton Mnss faces his, longest and most risky urgery thus far. Vancouver's lop surgeons ure going to :.ittempt to mimic un experimental procedure that has been successful in

FREEDOMOF SPEECH I

rruncc nntl in the USA. They arc going to replw,;e the missinl:! pan of the ~kull with a piece of coral that has been nwltlcu lll fit the: !.h;1peof balwn ':- hend. in Muer Ill protect the pnrl of the brain that i:, 1:xposcd and unpmtecteu. The proccuurc is cxpccted 10 set hi:, rchabilit:.11inntherapy hack as lnng as ti 111011th.nntl cost $1O. 000 in adJit ion In the Moss's medical insurance pl.in. Though the long-term benefits of the cnnil repair are expected to exceed bone and plastic implants nonnally used in being the most

resilient long-term brain pI u1c<;tionu11u 1111: closest n,atcrial match to acIuul ,kull niatter. Dulton is npectcd tn remain in the hllspital for anothn 4.5 months l'ullnwing 1hc :,1Irgcry. but is now able Ill 1:orneImme f11rdayvisit~. I really don't know where we'll be in three months. six mnnth1,.or n year. A yem ugn, we cerluinly did nm expect to be here!" snys Eve Moss as Duhon li~tcn1,untl nnds hi/, agreement. "!:Jut we·re 111ki11g it one duy ut u time and le,tving the resI in Goers hunus!"

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By Noah Arney

For those of you not fortunate enough to attend the forum on freedom of speech, here is u quick run though.

Several members of the faculty and administration gave brief spiels about what h,1ppencu and why. Some went 011 to describe what happens at other schools,

The tm1i11focus of 1he forum became unintended consequences and 111caningsbeing taken from :,omethini,: that wNe not intended by the creator, Some qt1estinns to consider are how shC1Ltldthese consequences influences our decisions. and how du we deal with them.

Several people brought up thar the policy

sht)uld be bused on tis standard, and nnt on content. Also the question was raised Ihm maybe we should scpara1e controversial issues from the rest of camplls. Ml one nccd not look ul them.

In conclusion, wa~ ii the Atlministratinns problem l'or not rccogni11ng the potential problems? li'so why shnuld a :,tudcnt gmup have lo pay for that mist.ike.

YOUNGMAN FOUND DEAD AT U OF TO

OuncJJcn.:111yNelson. The Varsity

TORONTO (CUP) - His hnnds nnd face were covered in blood when Elizabeth Pengelly found hin1 lying on his back in an alleyway ut the University ofTornnro.

"It crossed my mind thul he might be dead. but I was boping thnt he might still be alive." said Pengelly. who ru hed to her home around the corner to c.ill 911. Rut the man, only in his twcnlics. haJ alreacJy Jied.

lt is not known if the white niule vii.:tim wns HU ofT ~1udent. llis body wns fnuncl at 8:30 ,1.111.Wednesday on the north-west corner of the university. near a graduate-student residence and a short <listnnce from the offices of campus police.

Police have not yet given the timl: or cuusc M dentli, saying only that the vi<.:tim suffered major bodily trauma. Pengelly says it seemed like the mun may have had a thrm11wound. ''He wa~ in real trouble." she said.

The crime scene was difficult tu get a view of. ulthough u Global Television reporter whn saw footage nf the scene shot by hcl kopter said the mun 's face was extreme• ly pall: :.Ind that a pool of blom.1 was soaking the cc1ncnt of the alleyway. Photos taken from a nearby fire es<.:apc show tht.: victim appeared to have dcun-cut blonul.! huir

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UNlVERSffYCOLLEGEof the FRASER~LU)'

anti wns we;:,1ri11g a blue jacket und blue jeans.

Pengelly\ h11sbandWilli,1111said the area ~lllTOllnl.ling the crime scene is a ''peaceful neighborhood." The immediate urea is comprised largely of rcsidenlinl ho111esnnd student housing and is about n block away from the university's nrnin library and several of its college~.

Pengelly hns lived in the;:area for '.l5 years and says she hns never seen anything like this.

The fnt'ensic investigntinn unit was still on scene ns of 4:00 p.m. anJ tnld media they could be there fnr anothl:r 10 hours. The poli<.c have released no other informutic1n at press time.

OTHERSTUFFYOU'LL WANTTO KNOW

SUS Meeting

A few interesting thing~ hove happened in the recent SUS met.:ting,

First. the SUS oi'l'iciully cleciclcd to apologi1.c 11) Mark DeLadurantayc

ScC(lnd, The SUS i~ planning n big party in Chilliwnck 11n the 22 or Man.:h

hour. Here 111'1.:the highligl1t~.

Seven1l programs will be reduced. including till eight• cnurse prngrnn1~. The i:ight course programs wi II be rcdui.:ed to ~even cour~e progrums.

Swdent ~ervice~ will have !'ewer staff members next yenr

Thcrl: will he nn new i'irst

And finally, the SUS is years in the Graphic Design planning nn buying buttons prngn1111 with anri-tuilion hike .~Inguns. There will be a ()'.Vilhike in tuition 1wxt year. ( 7 I 'I< 1'01 UCC Mccling first anJ second years. 39 fm third and l'uurth yea,·s) I "'as l1vc1j11yL·dlo attend a University CollC').!C'Council With these increa~es we will Ml:L'ting on the I ]th. I was :-.till hnve nnc ol' the lmve~, only able to st;1y l\lr the rir~t wi1i11nin UC.

Graduating this year?

An important note about Convocation: Convocation ceremonies will be held on Thursday and Frid<1Y,June 13 and 14, 2002, in the Student Activity Centre gymnasium on the Abbotsford campus. There will be four ceremonies, as follows: --------~------ - - -

1) Thursday, June 13, 1Oa.m.

For the Faculty of Community Access, Business, & Information Technology, and the Drafting Technician program, For graduates of the following programs:

, • AppHedBusiness Technology

• BLJsincssAdministration (inclutlir19 B of BA in Aviation)

,

• Computer lnformallon SysLenis

:

• Continuing Education/Part tirne

!Vocational ! cen.ificaLes

• Library & Information Tec.hnoloqy

• literacy Tutor AND

• Drafting (fron, Trades & Technology)

2) Thursday, June 13, 2:30 p.m. f-or 1hc I-acuityor Art, & Appli()d Am. For graduates of the following programs:

• Bachelor of Arts

• Associate of Arts degree

• Ans diplomas (GenercilStudies. Liberal Art~, Theiltre, ilnd Visual Arts/

• BAin Adult EdlJCallOn

• English c1sa Seco,1d LM<JUDge rcertifiCnlCS)

• Filshion Desig,1

• C.rc1phicDi>sign

• Modern Languages tP,oficiency certificates)

3) Friday, June 14, 1O a.m. f-or rht1f-arnlty or ~dence, I l(•alth, & Hutn,ir1 <i£>rvlct?s(pc1rrone) For graduates of the following programs:

• Agriculture

• Associatf? of Sciencr.:idegree

• B,1chclor of Scicnc,c

• Certified Dental Assistant

• Fitness & Exercise Management

• 13acheloror Kine5iology

• Nur~1ng

• Resident Care Attendc1nt

4) Friday, June 14, 2:30 p.m. ~or tht?r<1wltyof Sc1< 111( c~.He,illiI, & HwH,rn Servi(e<. (prm two) ,rnd Criminal Justice For graduates of the following programs:

• Early Childhood F.c!uc,,tion/Child & YoLith Care

• Social Scrviccs/Socf,11Work ANO

• C1im1nal Justice

• If you expect to graduate this year from any certificate, diploma, or degree program, YOU MUST APPLY TO GRADUATE. "Request for Graducition'' forms are available at the Admission and Records offices and Student Services at the Abbotsford and Chilliwack campuses, and at the Administration office at the Mission campus. These forms must be submitted no later than April 2, 2002, in order for you to be considered for graduation.

• An informc1tion packJge containing detailed Convocation instructions (on-clay-of procedure.s, regalia clet;iils, riuest ticket dlrectior1s, photography, and other services information, etc.) will be mailed in late April to all students who submit a "Request for Graduation" form.

• Please note: Due to limited Seilting, each graduate will be entitled to up to three guest tickets for their Convocation ceremony. In ezirly June, if we have any uncl.1imed tic:kets, we will institute an extra ticket distribution process. Unfortunately the Convoration offic:e r.c1nnotrespond to requests for extra tickets outside of the extra ticket distribution process. There is no charge for these tickets. • Questions? Phone 604 864-4612, e-mail stepher1d@lucfv.bc.ca,website: www.udv.be.c'1/convocation/

·ARTSAND ENTERTAINMENT

THEATREDEPT IN ''TWELFTHNIGHT''

The light~ 1,1c111dnwn. lhc c.:11r1<1i11c.:nmeup, .ind the shnw he£ul1. In the ~piril of the l'ec.:ent111ovicl'Cm,,ke nl' Rn111enond Juliet. lhe theatre depan111en1·~produc.:tiontil Sh,1l-.e~pc,1re·sl'nm\lUS cnmedy i;1<1ystrw.; to the llrig111,IIdialog. while inc.:nrpnrn1ing111rnlernelements t11'foshinn un<l music.

The plot b nllhcr c.:t1111plcx.Vinla is a young 110blewc1manwhn hus sur'vi\cd ;l ~hipwret:1-.,111Jmourns for hecrtwin hmther. whnm she believi.:s

In he drnwnt:J. As C1,u111Orsinn. 1he ruler nf lllyl'ia. is u bnd1elor. Olivia JedJes to Ji),l!lli~e herselfns a hoy in mJer 111pmtec.:1her reputation. und "l1rk fnr rhe cmint. Tht: C1unr is in lllVe with the Lady Olivi.i. nnd ~ends Vi11la. \\ ho i:- ncn~ known as the boy Cesario, to Olivia, bearing his wmtls or love Olivia dm:s nlH can: for the Dukes· u11entio11s,but is'fascinatcd by "Ce.,urin." a11LIwishes ln makc ''his" acquaintance. An auditilinul pn1bli.:r11 i, that Viola ha:- fallen in love with C:ount Orsino, b111,as il "bny:· she n1u:-tpluy hl'I' pan und hiuc her l'cdings.

M..:,111,,liilc. Sir Toby. llrl unck It) Lady Olivia. is trying tn set her up \\'ith the ritlil.'ulcn1s Sir Ancll'c.:wAgucd1Cl·k. This pair proviucs a great deal nf crn11ic relief thro11ghout the productinn. Sir Toby .111tl MariaOli\ b·s 111niJse1·vn111 - w,1ge u s1nall war ugt1ins1Malvulio, the head scrYant. making him lnllk the l'onl. much tn thc.:umusc.:111..:nt or all.

It i~ luter di~i.:m er..:u that Viola's twin brother Sebastian did nnt Jie in the shipwreck. but is now on the islanJ, mourning the supposed death nf his sister. The captain of his ship m:companics him into the lllWll, r.k~pite being wnsiuen:d u criminal in lllryia. Sebnstiun's prescrn.:c in the l~1wn ~parks n1ultiplc cases of 111istnkenidentity. ,ts brother is 111istakcrl for sister, anu , ice vers,1. neither knowing that lht.: other is alive

UNIVERSITY COLLECI! of lhe FRASER VALLEY

UCFV Th11atr11D11partmllfttPr11sent1

A play by Wlll/11mSh11knp1111r11

und well. Tile tcn,ion nnd eonf'u.~ion culminates in the l'inal sct.:ne. and the prndl1ction enus with u wnnuerful snng anti dunel: number. Although seeming incongrum1s at limes, so111ehowthe cnsl and crew rnunnge tCl pull nl'f this bll:nu of tht.: classit· and the 111odern try tci imagine the clu:-siclll Shnkespeurenn dialog set to Billy Idol's classic "White Wcduing." The only criticism I have is in the fact that it is painl'ully obvious in the first scene that the actors arc singing without the benefit of a monitor in some cases, n few singing lessons would· n't hurt. citht.:r. A:-.ide from that, the show was wonderful. Some of the dfccts used !lrl.' quite spectacular. and the actors manage to really give lift tl\ the d1aruclcrs - two of my personal favorites are Malvolio, playeu by Daviu McDougall, und Sir Toby. played by Don Harrison. This r,lny i:, definitely worth seeing, with wonderful characters, many mnments ol' hilurity, and a great show of t.ilent.

Fnr more inl'nrmation. a complete synopsis. and show times. you can go lP the theatre department's web site ill www.chi11.org/csss/cng/t n ight/t nmn in .ht m

CROSSROADSTYPICAL,BUT CUTE.

Reviewed hy Mul'y e. Glasgow llritney Spenrs' <lreaius (11' Hollywood stardnm 111ateri,1lizein the new movie Crossroads wheli the "lucl-.y'· Spenr~ ~tan, a~ Lucy. a new high school ):!l';JdU,lle111nceu or ll lillll' :,puce from her overprnteclive father. On n whim. Lucy d..:cides to finJ the motht:r whn abandnncd her at ngc tl1ree. und jnins girlhood l'riemls: pregnant Min1i, who is ht.:atlcd to Calil'nrni.1 tn ,,udition l'ur ti bnnu.: anu "popular" sclf-ecntereJ Kit (Zoe Snldnnu.J who is chasil1£ urtc1·Iler absent l'iancc, in a summer roud trip. The three girls have barely spoken since elementary schcml. which makes a bit of II bumpy start. However. the l'rienuship is rcncwcu as the girls learn to lean nn euch other once again ns they each ccime tn focc their own painful issues of growing lip. In the e11d.Lucy 111ustdecide between her own independent dcsi1·esl<) slay with a new romance and go to school in Calil'nrnin, or her father's plans for her to attend 111edicnlschool t11 u more prestigious rnllegc.

Thc 1'i1111gives Spears many oppnrlutlitics tu show nf the 111usicand skin that she is more commnnly km1w11for. She begins the film~ in one or the l'irst scenes dressed in rink underwear. in a rather hu1norous hotel rnom dile1nrna with her geeky lab partner. I .11cyi~ unsure ii' she is really ret1dy In give up her virginity Ill an olhnwise platonic rela1in11-

~hip. Many of the c,1mern shots through the rest of the movie nrnnuge to hint that the camera crew shooting the young star were focussing on more than just Srenr·s acting abilities. Music of course finds it's way into the f'illil as well not nnly in a karaoke bar. but ulsu in a piano duet that showcases Spear's recent song "No Longer a Girl. Not Yet a Woman." for what it wus. l liked this movil;. I find Britney Spears· "Mai.Jonna want-Lu-be" attitudt.: very amusing. becuuse she still seems like such a little girl, ,111dher character in Crossroads reflects these :mitudes perfectly. To wrup tilings up, if you arc not a run C\I' Britney's-this movie will 1101likely change your mind. However. if you tin have even a lillle nppreciu1ion for this singer/try-to-he actress thnugl~ it would be nu crime to miss it in the in the theatres it would al least be worth checking out whe11 it Cllllles out in rentals.

ANDREW W.K. I GET WET

When I t'ir:-t picked up the An lrew W.K. albu111,I Get Wei. the first thing that struck inc was tht.: hl\1l1tly-f'act.:LIcnvcr. I wa~n't suri.: wht.:ther he was on the loosing end of n fight or just 1lain ,artier.I out. Evt:n though he denies it I think he is still in the 111iddk or an nll nii;ht hinge.

I Gl'I Wet is the first 1111cparty olhl11n nr thc ne,~ 111\lle1111iu111 F11rgc1Dum:t: Pnrty 2000 wmpilati111hbemuse Andrt:v. WK. mipht ha\'L' ju:-t stal"ll.'d when they arc gPin!,! to hcd. With ~nnn tn bl' puny an1h,'111spl ··11·:-Ti111l' lll Party", "l'nny I lard anti the classic '·Party Til You l'ltl-.c," This ;1lbun1h.i~ d..:ccnt guitar and p(lp se11sibility, as well ils. (If ull rhi11gs:a piano. Hm,cvcr I 111u~tcull 1h1s ,dhurn wlliit ii really is Uutt RncJ..;whc11

Poi~on hears this album they will be ungry that they did nnt think !11' these songs lirst. Neilson. und Slaughter are prl1bnbly thinking of making u comehuck. Knnwing that they will have an audience waiting l'<>rtheir '80's long. rock. poory hair, I had to chcl'k to see wh,1l yenr this album was made, expectin:; to se1;:1986.

This .ilb11111has somehow gone through ll time warp ,Hid ended up in 211()2 ilnd ns much as I like .i good party like C\'l'l'ynne t.:lsc. I think it\ time lhat A11drl'\V W.K. [Ollk a "F1111Night" !11'!a11drcnli,ed that it might bc ti111ett1 go Lo sleep.

11ynu an: inlll the classil.' ·x11'sh.i1r 1m:1;1Ier.1 thi:. 111ii;hl be the album yu11 hnvc been wanting for tilt' last cil'Vl'll year);. I rcco111men<ltf ynL1buy rhe alhu111.tltut you may nceJ t~i go 111you1· local beer HIid wine slllrc and get a 24-pn1.:k ol Canadi,11110 enJny it with.

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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Reviewed by Adrian Sinclair

Jedi Knight Ewan Mncgl'egor drors out or hyperspace in hi~ X-wing, touches down in Somulin. cuts ot'I' lH1eof Oeltn te,1m·s hand and then puts it in his pncket. Well, it didn't really happen like that: Ewan Macgregor did not huvc n light saber or an X-wing in thi~ movie. but u :-oldier did pick up a sev• t:red hand nnd put it in his rocket. Neat, eh?

Did f like this movie? Well. yes and no or rather, no and yes actually, mostly nu with a little yes. With Black Hawk Down. Jerry Bruckeheimcr has prodm:cd his SCCl)ntlconsecutive "war epic." His previous war lilm was Pearl Harbor, which lcuturl!d n 3 hour and 20 minute tenuous. tedious, torturous, totally lame long love stC)ry,imerspersed with 45 minutes of non-stop exploding mauer, airborne carcasses, and harrowing heroism, Now. guess what Black Hawk Down was like. Well. minus the love story - well. minus almost any story line whatsm:vcryou've got basically the same thing. Pcurl harbor bombing - totally uncxpcctctlmany American soldil!rS killed, Black Hawk Down operation - unexpected situation - lots of American soldiers killed. JJoth movies portray Americans n~ the victims of foreign aggression where the US forces rlay the role of "underdog" as thl!y defend the cnuse of freedom. Tn these cuses we are, of course, obliged to mot for under-

BLACKHAWK DOWN

dogs nnd we do so. While it makes a certain umount of sense to tag American forc.:esus the victims in the Pearl Harbor bnmhing. it is certainly a stretch in Black Hnwk Down. Herc, the "good guy Americnns." ure the hostage takers, nnd the "bad guys nre the Sninnli's defending ngainst American IHJstuge takers. How then. arc the An1ericans portrayed as ''underdogs?" Well. the US forces are nutgunned, outnumbered. nn unfamiliar ground, and outmaneuvered; therefore given the morally positive "underdog status." Strnnge, isn't it. Another interesting thing I noticed wa:-. that before the credits. there was some ini'onnntinn given concerning the events the nwvic wns based

PERPETUATION:

A co/lC'Ctio11((/piece:; done by Jay11e Si111p.,·v11 ore 011display in b11ildi11;:A.

l am a I st year visual arts student. but unfortunately must dror from the program for n year after this semester to enter another l'ield where l can become more employable! The lamem of artists, unfortunately, most of us starve unless we also find other talents! However. I will return in a yeur or so ancJwant to increase nwureness of art and culture in the local community as I feel ul the moment this town is sadly lacking. I have stats if you arc interested.

The group of pieces .is a whole has me.ining to me because it is indicative of the continuously chonging nnturnl world as it pro-

on. The text stated that I 000 Somali's died and 19 Amcrinrns lost their lives. Why must they make a Jistint:tinn between the American and Somali lives'! Am I rending 100 much into this'' Maybe. I just wonder why the Americans "Lost their lives" nnd the Somali's rm:n:ly "tlied,"

Okuy. while I had a few problems with lllack lhlwk Do"1n's varying ntrempts at propugundi1.ing. this does nnt rule out the possibility that it was nn entertnining movie. I must admit that, ut times. I wm, truly impressed with director Rilllcy S1,;011'sllawlt•;,,~clepktions nf the super vinlc111military combat. which made up roughly half the

grcs~c~ through it.~i.:yi.:le~.nnd I have al ways had a great connection wirh nature since childhood. I find a great deal of enjoyment one! inner peace, a sense of groundcdncss, from spending time both in natural environments and in creating uf'l, so for me this work brought both of those clements tugcther, I would huve to soy the piece that looks like u tluwcr in full bloom with the coloured wire was the most fun to do.

I got the itleu from using spring steel when r began rlaying with a piece one day. bending it about and discnvered the graceful bounce and movcme111it hacl. It just re111indedme nf sterns nf grass blowing in the bl'ee:;,,e.

The pi<'rl!.f will IH•,m display until next T/111rsdc1.,: (f you 1vouldlike to coIIIacI the (/J'fi.11.you cc11IrC'orhher nt.flmw•rchilc[jar11e(nlaof.cow

movie. These cenes were executed with technical perfection and it was easy tu forget th:11it was not actual footage of the inilt<tl conflil.:1. Regarding graphic realism. there wus snme 111ega-reali:,ticgore in this mtwie. Let us just ~ay that the realistic depiction or modern wurl'ttre is u wonderful thing if' you would like to sel! the human bndy in new ,ind exciting rormats. including: hnlvc1,. quarter:,, multipil: ricce, untl the always popular "bi1s·· format.

The excellent visuub and n:,tounding special effects were nm enough Ill make this a recommended movie however. I founi.J myselr gelling board during quite a few actic,n scenes, "How'!" you might ask. Well, I am not u heurtle:.s person, bur when people were getting killed off left and right near the end. I did nnt really care. This was mostly because I had rH:vcr Jeveloped any sort ot' connection with any of the soldiers, If there was an attempt to create nnything more than two-dimensionul characters. thc.:n I must have totally missed it.

I would suggc:-1that you go see this moving ricturc shc\w if you want tn see a good example of modern tl.1y prnpagandu, or want w sec lots-o-people getting the crap shot out of them, or if you nre interested in the new body formats I alluded lo earlier. You prnbnhly shnuldn't go sec Ulack Hawk Down if you would rather rwt :-cc nnc or ull or the abo,,c.

LIFESTYLESAND SPORTS

OBESITY:A PREDESTINEDPLUMP POPULATION

11y f"lelh Kelleher

Sinc.:e i9XI. Ihe pn:v.ilencc nt' nl,esity hus sky-rocketed l'rrnn I2 1/t of Ihc popula1in11 nl' Norlh Amerit:u lo u "lmpping ~O<ic. Diffcn:nl. hut inclusiH:. or the .'\(J'.4or lhc populaIio11 who arc consith:rcd nwdicttlly ··over\\eighI.· 'obcsiIy.' l'Ci'el'~to iho:-.e 11iih ll Rody muss Index exceeding ]() (calculated by diviJing one's weigh! in kilogn1111~by their height in metres squared).

11i, ~imply U\ed 10 t:ntegnrI1e people 1\iIh a lal'ge exce~s of body fut. Thi~ reL:ent trend Im1arus plumpness i, putting nur already ageing pnpulutinn ai .i much grcatcr hcalth risk, an<.lis :-.tarting 10 \\ 11IT)u11cI11r,and citi1cn:-. alikc.

Obc~ity i~ cuu~cd by t11Iexccssive fttH:ell build-up when thc bmly docs ,wt burn as much enel'gy u~ it con~u111es.Rescurchcr:-. un.: nnw suggesting that hcrcdity is one of the n,ujor cause). of this predisposition ltl fat gain. Part of our ability of store f.1t cells b inborn into our DNA. In an obese person. the mctabolism-n:ltttcJ genes in this DNA ure dc~cnsiti;rcd m Jcfcctiw

pnrcnts.

111eIubolism and nmlfu11ctioning in the rcgulatio11 and growth of fat cells.

Consequently.

one\ n1ewbnlic rntc b p,111iully hcrctlitary lo inhcritcu genc1.. Children or obese parents have '.! - 3 times more capacity 10 store fat by crcati ng and enlarging fat cell:-., than children of normal weight

Perhaps thc 111osIobvious cause or nhc~ity is overeating. While ro11drccmds Jo not sh11wthut ohese pcnplc cat more. ii is rcc11gni1,cdth:1I1,bescpcoplc arc 111or~lil--cly t.l underestimate their Cllnsumptio11thnn those of normal body weight. It is suggested tllllt obese people react more strongly to tl1c sigh! and smell of foo<l. and thus u111icipate l'nnd consu111ptionn,orc often. This ovcractivt: sti111uluscauses these people 1(1cal more in reaction to their ov<!r•anticipatinn of eating. and thus guin weight. use

Lifestyles bused around consumption hnvc be<.:onlc a social trend in today's North American <.:ulture. A Minnesota stuuy showed that over 98% of' workplaces a11<l schools offer vending ma<.:hineswith quick nnd genernlly unhealthy alternatives to the lrm.litionul lunch. Thus eating in response In stimuli both external (such as sight or aroma) and internal (such as hunger pangs). can he a duni;cr choice and stepping stone tnwurds l>hcsily in today•~ 'instunt gratiri<.:atinn' culture.

/\. recent California study :-uggcsts that parent-taught habits of early chil<lhoml might be partially to blame for obesity. The baby boomer generution was raised with the 'eal everything l>l1 your plutc' mentality in resp1)n,c lll their parents' generation who ~urvived the Grcnt Derrcssion and did not have much l weullh and food I Ill offer their children. Cnnsequenliy, when restmIra11t pnrtions incrca~eJ in the !'lourishing I 98()'1,, economy allowed these ,1dult hnby boomer~ tu spend a lol of time and money en1ing out. However this mentality in an era of the high-fat and high-calorie restaurant food, caused over half of u generation lo guin e;,-.ce:;sweight.

The buby-boomcr's children, however. were ).till taught the sm11evalues as their parents. however since food portions continue tn grow in si1.e. fot-content and calnric count. eating everything on nne·~ plute i~ uctuully eating considerably more than necessary, thereby <.:ontributing towards the escalntinn. severity and prcvnlence of obesity

Annther somewhat obvious cause of obesi• ty is u sedentary lif'cstylc: manual labour jobs arc on the inh.:rnatinnal decline. and sedc11tmyjobs are on the increase. In compari.~on to :?5 years ago. more than twh.:e 11s many peorle pursue posI-sccond,1ry dcgrecs. a trend that pro111lllesalmo,t entire ly sedentary lifestyles for millions of North Americans ench year. Couplcu with the easy access of cheap processed foods, increasingly more people arc taking in up to 40% more energy than they burn.

The average univer. ity ~tudcnt spends less than a hour per week participuting in at least 111odcrntephysical nc.:tivity. and even middle and high schnnl stuclem's uctivity levels arc plummeting as phy~icnl edw.:u1io11progrnms an: being cut ncros the conti11e111.Extra cu1Tieulur activities are heco111ingmore ~tationary as well. Trnditional mhletics arc nnw competing with thriving un:.. theatre, electronics. and ac:idemic hobbies, thus causing people to be scclt:11taryin their pastime activity choices as well.

In terms or budy•w<.:ight. every extrn pound repre:..ents 3500 kcal t1r unuse<.lenergy. A sedentary l'c111Ulcrequires approximmely 160() kcal per day. u11dnn scJcnt.u·y male requires npproxinwtcly 2200. Whcren, 1111 .ictivc female required non i...cal and !Ill active mule requires 2600 kcal. The nvc,·age c.:hocolutc bnr. contains 190 kc.ii. (I()% nl' <luily rcwmmcndi:J intal,,.e).but less thnn 3'¼ of daily recommended essential 11utri• cllls. Therefore. ii' the sedentary person eats a clwcnlutc bnr. they tin.: consuming IJ- I I7r nl' their dnily inwkc with lilllc or nn 1111trit inn al vnlue

Obesity has been directly linked I() poor physical health in a variety or areas includ• ing 15 seriou metlical con<litions such as colon cancer, <.:urdiovas<.:ulardisease. birth defect. diabetes and carp,11 tunnel syndrome. Other more minor effects of obesity are abdominal hernias, endocrine abnormalities. derrnatnlogicul effects. lower extremity edernu. Mn111111eguly(causing considerable r,1·oblems such as bra strap puin. skin da111<1ge.cervical pain. <.:hrnnic odours and infections In the skin !'olds under the breasts. etc.), large anterior abdominal wall masses (impeded walking. frequent infections. odours, clothing difficulties. low back pain). and depression.

Obesity ulso conlilins emorionnl und so<.:iul elemenls. Pal'liculnrly for overweight women. children, und teens. rood can be a comfort, therefore an ohese person will likely turn Lo food - even if their weight is tlw cau~e or their unhuppincss - l'nr solace when they arc upset. This leads to a cyclic,ll pnllcrn or re-enforcement. us society continues lo rnnke life difficult for Ihe obese. causing Ihc obese to retreat farther into their familiar world or eating. Ashamed of their consumption, they continue to eat in silent:e. musing their own weight 10 rise and esteem to plummet.

Ohcse individunls arc often emotionally insecure and heavily depenlle11t the emotional support network nl' family and the approval and ;1ffinrn:11ionof' friends. Even in weight los~. fat cells are nor lost. but incrcly shrink. therefore making an inuividual who w,1s once obese much more likely to experience weight gnin again.

Fur individuals who are already obese. lhere are several treatmcnt options recommended by the North American Obesity Associatinn, depending on the severity of obesity in thi: particulnr indiviuual ineluuing diet trculment. exercise and activity planning. drug and pharn1oceutic.il trentn11.:11t.u1Id in the most extreme cuses. obesity 1-urgcry.

Many psychologists believe Iha1 the key to coping with and helping the growing por• tion nf the p(ipulntion that is obese is cduration. M.rny people to not recogni1.c the increasing 1re11d cowards obesity or its health and economii.: irnplicntions, thus they arc unable to stop themselves from bccoming part of it. Both obese and normal weight people need to he told the facts and risks nf obesity in an effort lo discourage tmd deter individual. from lifestyles that lead tn obesity

If you, or sorneonc you knnw is sufferi11g l'rom this obi:sity, or believes they arc prone to obesity, encourage them to seek mcdi<.:al advi<.:c and ulter their eating and lifestyle habits in order to decrc,1se the likelihood nf developing a ~erious weighHel.ited illness. Although obesity appears to be on the i11crca~cin our society that nil but promotes it with our life-style but :,llltll~ 11111principlt:, we arc for l'rnrn powerless to reverse the trend. With cliel. cxer·cise, n11d positive. open attitude tn prnm<He health and change. the only thing really pl'o1110Iingthe increase in the prcvnlcncc or obesity is nn inherited gene of torpidity anu ap,11hythm each or u~ - 110, nialtcr what our weight may be - haVl" the power to alter.

SPORTS

CASCADESSTRIKEGOLD!

By Desiree Mayhew

History was made here ULUCF! For the first time ever, both the UCFV Cascades Basketball teams hnve grabbed the gold medals in the provincial tournaments, Interestingly enough. both tcums went into the playoffs with 17-1 records, and ended up playing for the gold against the team 10 which they lost in the regular season. Needless to say, psycholoi;icul integrity was u key part of the winnin1,; spirit.

Being rnnked lirst in the prnvince gave both UCFV teams n bye for lht: first round. which went as well as un)'l)nt: could huve predicted. The exception was the #6-n111kecl Lady Mariners from Mulaspina in Nnnnimo. whu knocked off the #3-rankt:d Lukers from Kelowna in the first game of the tourn11mcn1.

The second round pitted the Curibou Sun Demons up against our Indies, who with sn111e strong offense and no nonsense D. swer,t theni out or tht: wny for a berth in the tinal with a score of 53-46. Ju1nie Born showed tht: crowd exactly why she was named Rookie of the Yeur with u strong I5-point game, while L:1un.:11Alonm took to the hw.:kboard w snag nine rebountls f'or her team.

The 111enfurcd 111uchthe snme way, !'acing

riv.ii Lnngnrn College. L.ingarnjun,pcu 1iut for n quick lead. which left the cr\lwd \Hlnc.lering what hnppcm:d to the top r,rnked team in province who were d\iwn by 11:s much as 10 points at one time. Luckily. n lime out by t-kad Coach Pat l.ee put u littli:-

To say thert: was 1111bad hlnnd k \\ell. tli:sputnble. Th1.·tensinns were high 11s the gi1I~ faced off in the battle fnr provincial gold and a ~pol in the Nationals hekJ at Mount Royal College in C'alg.iry lutt:r lhi:s month. The game was a hnt and heavy ~hot-hy-sl1llt

fire into the guys, who thundered lu u dct:iding 80-63 win and left the Fuknns gasping for brenlh. Australian wonder Wayne Jones led the scoring with a big 16 pnint:s anti 5 rebounds, followed closely hy Mike Lee with 15 points. 2 rebounds. and L\1ga11 Kitteringhnm with 14 points nnd u big 11 rebounds.

At la..,l. the 111nme111everyone was waiting for: the final night. The ladies were ur against Langurn. who beat them in their lirsl encounter at the beginning of' the season.

affair. There was no roo111for mistakes in this game as botll lClllll:s fought 111he 1he best. Defense wus the key. and both teams showctl that they knew what they were dl1ing. tying the game lll 42 points at tht: end nr regulation lime. With nit lhcir chip), on the table and only a minute bt:twecn the :sec.;ond periotl untl OT to get ready. the girb we ,1ble to pull themselve), t\lgether enough to hold Lungurn to just five point:s in f'ivc.:111in11tes.whilc.: 111king9 llr their 11wnto win thc gold med.ii. All the girl:, Clllltribu1ed 10 thi: win. nnd all ue~er1•erecognition.

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For the men. the game \I a~ pl!r"rnal. The ii only gu1111.:lost 11u~the la,1 away game in Kn1111Pops.where a rn111hin.iIio11nf' cxhau,tion. t:go. and had refereeing guvc thl'lll their only Ins, nf 1he ,ea~Ill1 The Caribou Sun Demrni-. ranked 2nd i11 thL' prnvinl'c. wen: still riding high 1'1cHnbeating the UCFV men u f'ew "eel,., be l'orc. and proba• bly remembered hnw they beat UCFY la,I year in the secnnd nn1nd "hc.:n.: UCFY had to ~t:tlle for br11n1e.Tht:y wcrc hoping to r,ull :t repeat. I l1iwever. it wns nm in tht: card~. The De111nn:,1,.cplup u11ds11111eti111t:~ ('Yell g11tahe.ilf nf the cu~caut:,. bllth ICt1111, lighting fm thi.: oppllrtunity Ill gel to tht: N:1Ikrnals. In the c11d. though. the water dnu,ctl the lire and the Cascades ran for an Xn-71 ,·icwry. Rookie Matt Thiessen led the way with 16 points \1hilc big guy Mike ''(la\'" Mc.:Lavcrly droppt:d in I.~ f)llints and pulled nllt 11 rebounds. The men now go on 1n 1,11.:klethe task c,rNational gnld in Trum. Nma Scotia. OGnod Luck 10 you all!

lnf'n ubnut tht: tt:t\111scan ht: found on the weh tll w,vw,11t:f'v.hc.q1/athleIics anti ched llUt www.vullylmop:s.c11111for :111tht: lnc.:al haskctbull infnnrnllinn. lhanks to all the supporters of' the Ci!S<:ntk's uI1d 1-.t:cpyour fingers crns~cd f'or a Cas~·,1tlcdmrblc tlnublc. Two r,nwind,il gnltl .1I1tlt wn national goltl 111ctlal:.

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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STUDENT ASSOCIATION

I ntcrcstcd in different Countries & Cultures'?

Want to lc<1rnal,out what you can do to help others in need'! for hlood'?

Want to meet people from all over the world'!

If so, then this assodatioo is for you!!

The lnternn1inn11I Development Student Associution (IDSA) is a stu• dent-run nssm:iation that is aiming to raise awareness of different cultures. events & dcvelnpme,,t projl!tts mound the wnrld. The (1ssnciatinn is mnde up of' lnternationol and Canadian s1udent)..

The association il. hnsting n guest ,pcakcr nn Man;h 20 th from 12:00•1:30 in ro(litl A254. R1N: Morrison will be speaking 011 devcl1l[)il1ent issul'S, how to gn abnu1 lnrming a tlcvclllp111cnt club. and what'l. req11ired for working,,,, develnrmcnt project),. Ro),e ' has heen invnlved in the on-going dcvelnp111e111prnject bet\vCen UCFV and Vic11w111. This project. called 'I.inking f'nr Suc:cc~, i11 Af! Etl' was c;rea1ed tn ns~ist the Hanoi Agrir.:ultural Univen,ity Ill 11H>dcrn11.tth1cir

curriculum and (lcvclop the library system for students.

The lnternotillllul Development Student Association is also planning an "International Day'' on Fridny Ap,·il 5th in the new gyni. There will be displays about the countries ancl cul1urc of association members as well as a display about the association. In addition. the association will be hosting severul activities. There will be Henna painting, Afric.rn drummers. a samosa sale. n performance hy Groupo America, a South An1crica dancing group, and many more activities (llH.l events. We encourage nil Mu• dents, stall and foc:ulty member~ to come out tn the gym between 10:00u,n-4:00prn nn April sth tn jnin in the festivities nnd celebrate multi-c:ulturnlism.

The lnternalional Devclnpment Studc111 1\~sol.'.iuti11nmeeting~ arc held on Friday~ at I :OO p1t1 in the International Educn1i1>11 Dcpurt111c111.lfyo11 would likl· tnjoin or just co111cby tn find out wl1.it ull this i~ alwu1please u~,~o. it is oprn to CVt:ryone.

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March 22, 2002

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