The Cascade Volume 10 Issue 6 2002-03-20

EDITOR'SNOTE

Iii! And welcome lo the twt:li'th um.I f'i11t1l C1sc:idc of 1he 2001/2002 s\.'11nolyear (I'll pause for n 1110111en11.vllile you nil dnb your teary eyes)

THE CASCADE

Vol urne I (1, Issue 7

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ED1TOR-IN-CHIEF

Beth K~llehcr

NEWS AND FEATURESEDITOR

Noah Arney

ARTS AND .ENTERTAINMEN'(£J>lTOR

Nieolc Peccnka

PHOTOGRAPHY/GRAPIDCSEDITOR

Mury Glasgow

LAYOUTCOORDlNA'.[OR

Dean Tjepkemu

STAFf W1UTER Anrnnd,~Mill~

CONTRIBUTORS

Christopher R Comer Jeremy Nebon

Ca1-san<lraFru1>cr

Amy Schmidt

Ryan 1.,nr on K. Sedore

Oel-liree Mayhew .lnyne Siinpson

Adrian Sinclair

Tht: Cuscack: is the UCrY stud~nts' free press. It provides a forum for UCf.V ~f\J• deuL~to have their journnlisin published. 11 also urts u:, the alternative press for the Fru:.er Valley. The Cascndc is funclcd with UCPV stuc.lent funds. The Cascade is publihhcd 1wic1>1monthly. Tiu; Cascade hns a circulation or !000 M<l is di~tributed tliroughoul' Abllnts(ord, Chilliwnck uncJ Missi(111. The Cu~cude is a very proud 111cmbe1· of the Canuclian Univel'sity Prrss. u nationul CC)O)'.lenitiveof 72 university nnd collt;!ge newspapers fr()rn Victoria to SI. John's. The Cascade follows the CUP erh• icul policy cont•crning llHllCriul of a prejudicial or oppre~sivc nrtture.

Submissi1ms are prcfcrre<,1in electronic format either through c-rnail or on disk. Plc:1se send submissions in "txt.'' Pormar only.

Lc.mersto the cdi(or must be dt,uble-spuceJ und lyped, Letters will also be accep,tedvi.i e-mail c>11lyif they meet the necessary requirements u~ outHncd in thl~ section. The Cascade reserves the right to edit letters to the uditor for clarity ;ind length. Only one leucr per writer may uppeur io any given i1ddition. The Cascade will not print any letters th11rcontain rncist, sexist, homophobic nr libelous content. The writer's name anu student number must be ~ubmillc<l with eiwh lerli:r•. Letters to tht: editor mu~, be under 400 word1, if' intcndeu f'or prinl.

Opinion., expressed do not netcc:rnrily rcnci.:t that of the collC!:CJSUS. CI\S(;Lltk st.tff. or collective

As I reminisce over ull the Cascade-lime I've spent, I reali1.e I've hud some int:rediblt opportunities, gnllen lo knnw \nme an1t11.ingpeople. and learned a lot - hl1lh aboul myself and journali~m - tlm,ugh my Cascadc-c,.perience.

I remember walking inw A-226 in September. 2000 011 the advice and cm:nur ageme11t ol' Jessica Danylchuk. a high school rriend, and current Toqucr. I was complc1ely i11awe or the llli11dsthat seemed to 111cc1in lhal onicc and convcrgl'. nn paper to produce something sn great as a newspaper. I decided then and there that I would he pun or i1.

I rc111e,11bcrmeeting James Clark for the third time (the flrsl (WO i11vo(vcclthe rrnduction of fall 20<JO'sinfamous 'Sex Issue·) in Oc1nbcr 2001, Al"ler un1rnoning ,111the cmIrngc, confidence, and de1ermina1io11I could. I marched intn the Cn~cnde nffil·c with two n11iclesin llano and said J wantt:u to write thrcc wi.:ck~. two issue~. and the rcnlia11ion that neither Jnrnt:s 11or·1hc SUS were intimidating luler, I signed a Cllnlracl to do CuscncJeAcJ-Sules. Not exactly what I was uiming for. but a ~tart.

I m11stadrnil that while working with Jnmc;~ was fun. I wasn't especi,illy proud of :-0Ine nf our nr~1 issues. For instance. the mal• formed ynrn nnd the breast on the cover or issue one were NOT n1y icJc.:us.nor was the hurning p11rnpkinnf issue two, nor the ~pontancotIs. presu111pIw1us, and scandalous Amnesty captions of' issue l'our. 1lowcver despilc n11rdi fferenccs. Jarnt:s and I worked well togelher ancl balanced em:h otller out well 1 think the entire staff lt·nr11eda lot in our firs1 se111es1ertogether by trial and crmr. It wns nlinost as if we nee<lcd that starling point to srringhnnrd from to get 1n where we an: lnday,

With 1hc :-light lup~e or the Britney cover or issut: four, issue three saw ii 111mingpo1111in Cascade cnvers. Rane.lorncollages of unrelated filler became replaced with 11cws.fca1ures and headline nwlt:riul. Al'1cr

fly 8c1h Kellt:111:r

This is normally the section or the paper called "Thanks 011dNo Thanks," however, I def1nitcly have l'ar 111oreIU be thankful for

Chri~lnrns. we eagerly welcomed Nicole Pctcnka on staff as Arts and Enteru1inmen1 / Sports Ediwr nnd regrc1rully saw the.:rt:s• ignation of James Clark. Due, in part to the new gcnder-dyna111icor the Cascnde office and in pan to pure evolvement. mmurminn. and grnwth or Ca:.ca<le:.taff (a:. pushe<land :,.purred on by our Toque ctllrnlcrpurts). new~. opinion and cover ~tories look on u rcl1cc1i\'e nncJ :-crious 1011e. Sports and Lii'c~tyb 1'1.:plnced1)ur tradition:- purely Spell'!:.. :..ectinn nnd beg,1nto includc r,iect:s on bcallh, and psychology as well as nnrn1,1I ),pmts coverage.

Towards Ihe end of Janlllll'Y, myself. Mary Glasgow (Phnto and Graphics Editur), Noah Arney (News and Femurcs Edi1or) n11endedthe Natinnnl Cnnndinn Univen,ity Press C(l11rere11ccin Ottawn. The confer• ence wn~ a wt:lcorne break I rum routine, nnd wns inteni,ely jnurnalistically cducutinnal (1101to mention plain ol' fa:..hio11cd run!) We returned to school with our hrains crammed full ol' uscl"ul newspaper skills: practical knowlcdgc of the policy and workings of lhc great organizalion lo which we proudly belong: Canadian University Press. We had a more personal k1111wledgeorc.:m:h other, u new enlhusiasm for journalism. new friends. and made grenl men1ol'ies.

Returning from IO days ,iway together to nn nrdcrly and invitingly clean ufficc (thunk~ Nicole!) seemed lo inspire a newfound personal-ness in our cozy lit1le corner of the institution Wcll Kris Lind, you say "good journalism should not be pc.:rsnnal"- and r II admit that making it such did make simple tasks take time - but is was worth every n1inu1c! And I think the new comfort level llnwcd inlO u more cohesive paper.

February includt:d a spontanc.:nusReading

Break trip to Edmonton for some.:quality time with my j11urnalis1ic 'mcnlnr:..': the stuff or the University or Alberta Ga1eway. and some impulsive amusement with the friend:, nnd l'cl low ncwsit:s from Saskatchewan

Our eighth issue saw the re-instilllllnn nf t'olour to thl' Cascade, thanks lo advertising by GM Canada. Our Yalcntinc.:sis~uc was a huge success us wus our first fully cnlo11rcd issue nine. Issue lcn re-evoked lhe

lhan I do to puhlic.:ly reprirnnnd thi:- is:-t1e aJ1deven those who may deserve some public admonish111entare going to get a break fnr our last issue (yes. i r you think you may be someone who would huvc olh-

to the extr~rrtoly dcdicutcd and ever•pui;t,;i(>n:lteCuscnde staff: you!' overwhelming ability to show up always encourages me. Your drive to rnuke diamonds out of ashes iMpir~s me, undthe zenlyou have shown for::1111hut rcully mutters has touched my life in u special way. I eagerly look l\)rwt1rd to future opportunities to work with you, but if I never 1-eeyou again, know that 1 respect nnd care for e-uchof you.

Thunk-you to Jumes Clark (and the SUS) for taking on a crew of enthusiastic, e.1ger nnd nuYve ·po1entiol1;,• for rointing us t1>war·d:-the infinite pc>~sibililics. a1td for giving us nrnplc TOl)lll to learn- by 1ri11Iand error - 10 fly.

Thank you to Noah Arnl'y for being there from the sturt, nc.:vcr (with thr help of CUP news wire) n1issinga single is~Lle,and being

Cuscade·s hard-eurned first-semester affinilY to nngry letlt:rs. inspiring responses tn Libl!nrl l'l!Cl'llitcrs on campus. l.cgalinllion of rnarijunna, and Cascnue Autonomy. (Thnnk-you for caring enough 10 write Ii idly!!

March was a er,11y 111onthwith the SUS referendum. our Auwnomy c;1111puig11.lhe prn,~ibility of n Toque / Cascade mergt:r. and Western Regionul Cum1diun University Press Conforc.:nce plu~ miJ1e,ms. I don·, normally sleep much. however I c;urrently can't rt:mcmht:r the last lime I nctunlly pu1 on pyjamas and used my beJ for something other than extra desk spal'.c how I see it. there me 24 usc.:ablc hours in every day: sleep c.in be s.icrificed. Really. my life b just so fulfilling and there are so many things in it to love, that why would I wanl to lake and 8-hour break from it every day'?

B()th H~·alth and Denlnl as well as Paic.l F.-:ecutive quc:Hions failed miserably (Gc.:c, I knnw I was absolutc.:ly SHOCKED 1hat students wuul<ln't want to paid their SUS exei.:111ive$ I 000/111\lnthaftc.:r'two financi.il li:iscos: in spring and foll. ). However Cnscade Allll)nomy received nearly 7 I 7r YES. unly 4<½,short of an unqueslioned majority and we arc thus in the process of lightin~ for a Yl::S vole from council in order ll> ,1ccep1363 out ol' 513 votes as a majority. (Thi~, of coursl'., would only make sent-e as 200 more NO Vl)lcs would have given us a 52CJI,YGS rm~jority. so it's hardly logical that 71 % is considered u NO referendum, even ii' we'<l have an acceptable 111,tjorityof 700 votes bul not enough for an adequate mnjori1y or 513 !)

[)ue to n renewecl angry-lc11er rnunl frnm issue ten, issue eleven contained several ret rnct inns. c11rrcctions and nn np()logy as well as some hom:st Toque-bashing

(ii\ nnl that we Jun'l like lht:m: it's just that if we're going tu rncrgc with them. both side:.. feel we mu~I gcr in nur last publi:-hcd jibt:s because v.e'rc have to Cl)lltuin our insults t<1 oral delivery-only once we're working for the !>,1111epublication l

So. in clo~ing this r,1111blingrcvicw, would just like to thank cud, or you for your pnrt: we've have an umazing year and we've greatly enjliycd sharing ii with ynu!

t:rwisc rc<.:civcda reprimand. you can thank me later cards, !lowers, chl)colates or any combinution of tht: above works for me )

OK Here we go well-earnecl. and well deserved:

p..itient enollgh to work with four girls everyday for 3 months!

Thanks you to Mary Glasgow for upMing up. being herself,takiI1g a friendship full-cir, 1 lc uncl being a 'snnpshot ()f sun):hine' in und far,bcy1>ndher graphics capaci1y nt the Cascade!

Thunk you to Nirnle Pecenka for walking in and never lc.:11ving: her honest input and insight to the Casca<lc arc foundationnl elements of each bsue and her devo1ion is unquestionable. Nicole, we'd be m11chle~s of a pl\('lcr (bmh in print, ancl in personality-mix) wilhnut you.

Thank-you to De/'ln Tjcpkem~ for quiclly bc1-towing hi-; talents,

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OPINIONS AND EDITORIALS

EASTER THE RABBIT OR THE RESURRECTION?

By Angela Mandel

Enster , isions of un choco• lntc-egg-laying oversized rabbit, coloul'lully wrnppcd baskets, ,rnd a couplc of extra days to finish that term rn1per may llnsh tu 011e·s111i11d.Or pcrhaps one 11wy nnt 1hi11k much nf u11ythi11g:i1's just ;inother <lay passin~ by thnt one might have heurll about in Sunday School in u distam

dicd anc.lruse again'' What\ that all ahout?'

A man named Pilate posed the question "Wh,11 is truth?" a, he ;.entenced :I inan to death who had claimed lo be a king. the Son nf Gnd. Jc,us Christ, ,enl into the world to testify to the truth. The truth. by dclinitio11. implies that thcn: is only one. which is ksus Christ. accorc.ling to the Book of fohn in the Bible. chapter 14:6.

All argu1rn:n1sasidl·. this claim is nnc of the pivntal stntements of which inspired !'ejection by the Jewish people in ancient Jewish/Romon culwre nnd lcm.1lO Mlme or the mu~l importnnt turning points in history. l'he event - Easter -began a whole new cot1r~eof time, known as AD.

It all began with the betray,11of Jc~u~· whl.'reabouts by one of His followers, Judns lsc,1riol. The charge against Him? He claimed to be the

King of the Jews. The King of henvcn. The penally? Death and humilintion.

Easier Sunllny is dny that 11 ludy nnrncd Mnry Magdalene. one nr Jesus· friend~. 'ii l.'.nllo the tomb anc.lfound the stone rollcc.l away anc.lno one thcrl.'. Easter is a celebrntion of the day that Christ rose from the lleou. A c.:elebration of the fulfillment of the law dicu11edi111he Old Testament of the Bible. A celehrmion of the conquering over sin anc.ldeath. /\ celebration of the lire, free from the chains of original sin anJ 11celebration of rcconciliuti(rn M mnn lO a loving Gou.

10 bear the imrnen~e bun.len on hi:, bent bacl- ~011,coneelse h.id to carry it 11pto the place known ns "The place or 1h1.: skull." There he was crucified, nails driven ,ncn.:ile~~ly through I lis wri~ts and feet. lenv1ng him t<i hang reJccteJ and alone 011 n rough wooden cross. After hours nf excruciating pain he diec.l. anc.la sworc.l wa, driven through his sidl.'. Witnesses say blooc.land water sep:irnted came pouring out. He was then laic.lin a tomb with Rnrnnn ~oldiers to guard iL childhood. Or perhaps Easter may mean nnthing at all. In today's pluralistic society. it :seem~llil't'icull lo uncn\er any real meaning in anything. Celcbratinns of all smts in many religinns are muted by the silent protests or an underlying push towards cnnfnrmism and the ic.leallf tolerance. Worc.ls arc thrown around - euphemisms, politically con·e,:t terms, anc.lwatered down ideas. molde<l tu 111thi.: niche of e.wh inc.lividual's own pen:eptinn of whnt's ri.:al and what's not.

It is this idea of relntivism that has ol'len leall:. one toquestion truth at some point in one's life - its existcm:e. its composition. and, sub~eq11e111ly, its uffecl on the way one lives nne·s life. September 11th was one example of a catuly~t to release a llood of questions, drow11i11gsuperl'ieial musings with life-altering thoughts nbuut lit'i.: and c.leathand everything besides.

On Good Friday is n time tn remember thm Jesus was brnught before a jury, flogged 39 times with a c,11-0-ninc

It's true that Easter will come and go wilh all ur it~ pastel fanfurc. egg hunts. anc.lscores (lf chocol:.11c treats, probably even before the printing of this articlc. Perhaps some will acknnwledgc it in Mime way; others will not, These dnys it seems

LaiIs. forceJ I<) wear ii thorny cmwn. clt)thed in n purple rnhe, mnckecl, and beaten. He wns then pithlicly harassed and dbgn1ccd

by nearly everyone l lc had t:Ver known and niaclc Ill 1-:arry a large cms~ up ,t hill. Wlit:11he was um1blc

10 take on tile wol'lcl anti lose. yet still c\1111c nut victorious in the end.

hard 10 acknowledge nny sway one way or another ahout nny sort of iss11e wilhntlt stepping on someone's 1nes or being accused llf trying to shove your beliefs in somenne's face. But. ns with any1hin11 worth believing in, ~0111etimesone will try Easter - sDnwtime;. the only day or the year that many attcnc.lschurch services - is another tin1c that often stirs up in,·crtitu<le and leaves 1hc u11<:cnai11shifting in their pews. ·Perhaps there is a C.od'! Whllt about absolute truth? Je~us

HYPOCRISYIN OUR MIDST

Uy Noah Arney

"All religious people are hypocl'ites,'' suid u friend of ,nine, Eric, the other day. In 1he words of the clevcn-ycur-old child, "No shit Sherlock".

/\ hypocrite i.~someone who does not ac;ton the ,norul standard or principnls they clui111. In other worc.ls. 'hypocri1es arc liars.· However, the day I meet a person who has never lied is thi.: day I c.lie. I've met people who rarely lie, but no one I know can claim that they hove ncvcr lied in their life.

Eric was going 120 k111/hourdown a back rua<l with a speed limi1 of 50 km/hour us he stated this (this is tile some person who h,1s chastised me several 1imcs about my speed-

ing). Tell me if you find u discrcriunc.:yhere. Su a hypocrite is telling another person ubout hypocrites.

Well. by this we arc all hypocrites. But let's look at it as only a religious problem. So. only religious people ,1re hypocrites. Well. lets start examining this. A friend of mine is n Muslim. He tries lo follow the rules. But he smokes. That's tlne shot against him. He also only prays twice a cfay. This one is lct go. as he hns a job. Sn. yes he does break his rules, but, for Muslims there L n scale when thi.:y die, measuring their guod and buc.ldeeds. Depending which side has mnrc. a person goes to heaven or hell. My friend is the best guy you could meet, he gives a lot of money lo charity, he helps people, He's great. So, by this. he is 11hypm;ritc. bw

THANKS CONTINUED FROM .PAGE2

time uncl loy,llty up()t'l the Cascade.,. recent contrlbutlons to office banter juxtar,ose l(Uic:t common sen~e u11d honesty. but lcnvc us chuckling ,\nd marvelling that withour him, we wouldn't even have 11 raper.

Thank you to Arnondu Mill!: who~e whirl-winds of writing and Wcl!'kly ultra-active vi~its ro the Cnsc.ide office- arc rllwnys ,1source of concentrated antl rundom information nnll laughter. Our pupcr owes much ol its capricious innovation 10 AmnnJn who hu!>the pf()found ability t<i write 500 word~ on any i;ubjcet nnmcd.

Thunk•yQl,I ru the faithful Cnscade volunteer$. cspeclally Chris Comer, Adrian Sincluir, Kuren-An St:Jorc, Shanmm Loewen, and Desiree Mayhew; ~)ur paper owes n1uch of its c.liverscspontaneity lo your (jedkation; you are nniong the most tulented

writers I know!

hc knows it. so he tries to chnnge it.

Christians have it worse. They are supposed LU be perfect. and constantly tell others lo be perfect as well. And so they ore cunsic.lcred to be hypocrites. They cnn'l be pcrf'cct. and yet they tell others to be. lt sci.:111sthat they are inherently hypocritical. But do they claiin to be pcrfi.:ct'! No 1 they just s,1y that they .ire trying lo bt·co111epcrl'cct. So how is it hypocritical fur someone lo say that they are 1ryi11r,: to bccon1epcrl'cct, unc.lthen foiling'?

So. Muslims are hypocrites becuusc they can't follow part of their law. but they make ur for that with gooc.lc.lceds. So thot's like saying thm a thief who confes~es nntl pays lor his trin,c is a linr. And Christinn:. ure

hypocrites bec:iuse they claim that they arc trying, lo du something, but not succt:cc.ling. So, l'm guessing that whoever c:ills these people are the same perfectionists that they don't like. I guess that it's just people mad at people of different religions and need a gooJ reason lo.

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Thanks you to the Toqllc Staff for making us think, keeping us on out toes. and continually challenging each of us do whnt we doubted we mule.I <lo, be what we'd only dreamed or,and C:<_ccl far beyond our own goals and expectntions.

1'httnks to the SUS for giving us sorni.:thing to report on f:wcs to adorn our publlcmion with, nnd the businci;s and political riclvicc to tnake the Cascade what ir is and i::; becoming. Th;1nk you for supporting 1hc Cascade, its ever-growing staff, iind our Autonomy; you never cease to interest and challenge us.

Lastly, n()l fur from lt'nsl, thank yo~1to YOU, our faithful rcac.lcrs: YOU arc why we dn this. ttnd ym1 h;we inspired us tn keep caring!

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OPINIONS AND EDITORIALS SUCCESSIS RELEVANT

13yMary c. Glasg()w

ksus wos a failure. I le wns the Messiah, "the King of the Jews", the maI1 who was Jc:~tineJ to free the Jew~. yet c:mlctl up <leadat the ag1:of thirty-three. When he db.I. he had no children. he ha<lnever 111arricd,he had 1101been elected tu any political position. not did he h,1,e even a tlipl11111aLO his name. By 1uduy's standan.ls.fosus was a l'nilllre.

The week before he tlied. this man cumc thumping into the i.:ity 11na tlonkey; that's right - he was sitting nn the bnck nf an ass. The city he entaed, aln::ady bursting with extra vi:,itor.., for ti rdiginuii and c11l1un1l celebration when the ''King·· urrivt:d: u bizarre :;ight. No slrt!tch limou• ~inc with tinted gins~ fnr this cclebrily. the donkey could just as well have been n rusty old junker. Behind him trailed his gro11pie11, il bunch of hyper, nvcr-cmolionul twits. hopeful ide,1lists. ignorant politicnl junkies, and u M1r<li<lgroup of' other~ ju~t trailing nf'ter 1his week's hig shnt. Chri~tianity teaches that Je~uswus hoth God and mun. As a man. WiiS he excited aml proud of nil the a11entiu11.or wa~ he embarrassed and :,,elf-consciou:-.-knowing that he:, ould never be nblc to help the peoph; in the way that they wanti:IJ. His future: hi:ld 110rron,i~e of liberty fmrn the l)ppressive ruling Roman gnvernment (which must have made the current BC Liberals apr,ear as compussinnate as Mother Theresu hy compurisLJn) that rupcd and stoic the dignity of' the Jewish people. All he coulcl gu1.1ra11tcewas tlrnl he wus walking into a sp1cler's web by cnIering Jcrusah:m. where the highest Religious Leaders of his very uwn community had posted a price on hi:- head. Though the people wor~hipped hi,n travelling in to the "big cily" he must have felt like a l'oilure. knowing that with all of the human expectations on him all his efforts w11uldend only re ult in his own pre-mulurc death.

Within seven days of' his arrivtil lhe "King·· 111anagcdto get himself Jntggcd into court. and pinned down by lhc laws of religious politics, as accused and prosecuted by his own people. Even the close friends he did had Jisnppeared by this point. His own people, the Jews. wanted him dead-but why? Maybe they were embarrassed of him. this man who would nm deny nccusatio11sthat he claimed lo be their own king. A King wearing dusty old clothes, smelling like he'd slept in n barn. and muking Natio11a/ E11quirer heu<llines for "Hnly Miracle•Mnker who chill~ with !-lookers and Druggies'' might nut have been the qualities the rcliginus leaders were looking fnr in tlil.'. prupht·sied King of the Jews.

Before Jesus was uctuully killcJ. he was beat up und humilimeJ. Hall' naked nm.Idre~,eJ up ns a celebrity by the guys who hud just finished punching hi. teeth in. there <.:Ouldhave been little ~lury in the mockworship he received hef'ore being killed.

Grunted till' bihlicul stories or Jesu$ dn nnt leave him rntting in tomb: hm,cvc1·,when k~us came back 111life, it was m1tIn the 11amemasse of pcnrlc thut w.itd1ed their ~avinr die, His re~urreclinn signilknntly less allenlion und publicity than his death did. If he really did gel the "la t ,~wd'' by o,erpowcring the mnrtul fote shared by all of humanity. why woulcln·1 this pnrt of the slnrh:s even have made it into the local papers. ne, er-mind Lile 11uIio11:.ilones'! Anc.lyet snrnchow. this Jewish guy from the Eusl has in~1iga1cJholidays in Canada that either give you a breuk l'rnm work or at leust a w,ige bump up or "time and a hulf' fnr 1h0seJuys.

Gnod Fritlay trnditionnlly commemorate~ the death nf .lesu~. 11is ul~n. .t~ my 111nIherhns pointed out. the only civic holiday. which even today ha~ ahsnlutely nn pani<.:ular~ig11ilica1iccoutside of religion. Christmas lrns Sa11InClause and uuditions routed in paganism (e.g. the ChrisImu~ tree). Ea~ter Im~a bunny that leaves bd1ind ch11colatcJmppings. and was actually m1111etlal'ter a pagan fertility goddi:ss, in cclchruliun of the new life of ~pring. The Friday prior to Euster hmvever. ha, no purpose 111ull. uside from the; veneration of the failLH'e01'n 111:111with II claim as deity. And what relevance, ii' any Joes this have l't11·Canada 1nduy'? Christians wnulJ offer the explnnmion thni "Jesus died on the crnss to ~uvc us"• the ·•us'' being open to ull persons. However. what arc we being saved from'!

The purpose or this article has n11Ibeen 10 tear ,1blllll Christianity. but rnthcr to re-exa1ni11cthe point or the death of Jesus anJ our society·~ definition of whnl succes:..truly is.

Friday is n cross1tlw.ls.either Jesus failed to ~ave humanity, 11rwe're missing out on something. II' Christianity holds any truth. then there mu~l have been significance in the death of this nrnn who was human enough to smell up an outhouse with the best of us But I who am I to say?

Death is failure. Jesus died before nccomplishing uny l1111gihlcsuccess, thus according 10 society's dctiniIio11 he foiled. Yet, somch11wdespite this "l'nilurc." he ended up, changing history, starting an cr1tire religion, anci creating an eru that many still embrace I11day.

FAREWELL

So, it's the last issue and nrnyhc my lasl week at UCFV. The truth is I'm going to renlly rniss it. I actually love this plan~. The tcrn.:hcrs herl' arc great, always taking the exlrn ti1111:t~, help out. I' 111!\lit :-urc "'hat 10 expect at SFU. but r 111 sure they \\on't be n~ helpful as our professors. r·111goipg to miss the in1enwtional dcpnn111ent, the theatre sludi:111s.the newspaper:; (yes hnth of you). the CLlnlruversies over the Pn)-Lifo display and Christian club. and even the "ASS" group, /\II I want to say is I love you all anti I meun it. This u11iven,ity rncks anJ hn• tons ol' potential. Have ,rn il\\e~o,ne summer (m spring se111estcr). Thanks for giving me the most fun tirnc hen:,

Amy Schmidt

{)ec,r /\111y.

We're really going 111 miss you /(1(1/ :1· /)(!(lf}/e like• _\'(Ill 11'/tO 11wke 111·i,r1i11x a papt:r • and get1i11.gi111·0/1•ed011ca111p11si11 l/11,I'Cll/lllCil\' • ll'O/'fhll'/,i/,• (//Id ,r,11·anli11gl Tlw11kyn11fnr toking the ti111e,not 011/yto iL'rit<' for 11.~.b111111nrei111pona111ly to rare. Rest Wishesjc1rthe years ahead mid God /J/,,:s~!

Si11caely Bet!, Ke/11!/wr

"AT OUR BEST"QUOTES...

Dy Cascnde Srnl'f

Well. we'd hoped 10 huve our autonomy by now, and were 1herefore planning lo print ull the •unprintable' stuff many don't realize we heur The purpose of this was to eel• ebmte both our freedom to do so, (as well a~ w point out the 'winners' who get oppoi111ed to the SUS when the pnpulation fails to vote).... however since we ore nut yet autonomous (though pel'haps and hopefully we will be by the time you read this keep your lingers crossed), we have decided LO go c)ut on a limb and publish what swdents deserve' to know anyway

"I feel completely tied down by bureaucracy in this organization every time I try do anything" -Dave Melanchuk (SUS General Manager)

"1 l'rnnkly don't get a s*** what happens at the Cascade. nor what gets printed, as long as you prim an i!>sue, um.l make me look good I'm I101us sman n:- I uppear. y:.ih know!" -Duve Burnie (acting SU presiJe111J

"I don't mind being lnugheJ nt: ill least when people are luughing they're not

throwing things at Ille'' -Dave Burnie

"I'm not uI liberty tn soy But I might drop the phone by accident und you m:ver know what 1 might say to 111ysdf " -Tami Mc.:Lellan (SUS OITil'C Manager and Advisor)

"Things arc 'l'orgotleq,' 'remembered dil'• fcrently,' and 'revisited' in council :ill the time" -Jon Beslel' (SUS Pl'esi<lentelect)

"Any publicity is good publicity the sooner the media reali1es this, the less they'll report and the more politicians will get in tr(Juble " - Dave Burnie

" Yes it's true I might huvc other things to do, but harassing the Cascade staff is 0ne of the great joys of my posirion ,'' -l)ave Burnie

"I' l1l not under SUS-rule anymore so I h,1ve say whmcver the H*H I want!" -M.irk DcLouJern11te( l'orn1erSUS president)

''I try to keep my puIrinrc.:halrnle duv/n 1t1u minimum and see each year us bringing n new batch or tomorrnw's lca<lei•s'' Ieach capable or all the 'great thing:-· this n1uncil

has pulled off? G! We cun't wuit f'nr a new ba1ch!l -Dave Mclnnchuk and Tami Mclellan

''Let's go stun some ru,nors!" -Beverly 8ourmn tSUS presidential candidate)

"We support lhe necessity of tllition increases. but feel we must do son,elhini; to protest their severity" -Jen Rath (SUS VP Internal)

"I'm ~ure you know about the DisO scandal and my position r huve 10 b1.:vi:ry cure• l'ul what I say'' - Ross Marlin (Director or East Campu~)

•·1just don't' see them doing anything for students; ucttrnlly I don't sec them doing anything at all. why would we pay for ~ome1hing that we're not gelling unything out ol'! Student are broke as it is!" IYou !)11itl it. Dave. not me! I -Dave Burnie

", because the city i~ n hu11d1111'dun1bnsses .'' -Duve Burnie

" oops! I didn't hear thul! I didn't hear that!" -Jenn Rall1

"Keep your friends close. bu1 your enemies

closer. Avoid the little people! Do whatever you con to get your way with the SUS: show them you're willing lo play hurdbnll.. be careful, though. and watch your back: they'll tell you what you want lo hear and screw you over ih thi: end" -Kris Lind

"Kris Lind is an angry. bitter yoling man"Kris Lind. Jnmes Clark, Jcff Baillie, most of the SUS.

"Sleeping your wuy into power is cnmplelely unethicol. nil allegulions thut anyone in the CnscaJe of SUS office would do such a thing i~ so utterly ridiculous, I couldn't help but dissolve into giggles at the mere thought!" -Cassandra Pruser (Cascade Writer)

"All allegations of nurcotic ingestion in the Cascade office by last yeur's CtL,cude sltlff are completely unfounded right' 1'' -Jeff Baillie (Toque Ari Directnr)

(Editor:~ Nnte: Thi.f i,1·j11sr"s111all.rn111f1li11g ,~(rlw ridiculo11sthings that fll'Ople saywhen rhey r/011 't realize they 111aybe qunted. we, hel't><11the Cascade, /,ang WYJ1111rljttsl for 1he/a11ghs)

OPINIONS AND EDITORIALS

A QUESTION,A CRUSADE:STRUGGLINGUPHILLAGAINSTBUREAUCRACY

By Be1h Kelleher

In my years ul UCFV, I have passionately undertaken mnny projt:cls: from convening my entire Polilicul Science Class to hrisIiuni1y, in my tirsl semester (a guul which not only failed mi entbly, but also gut me in u lot or trnuhle), to fanntically mi ling against stuJent .ipathy through my involvement with the Cascade.

However. my newest battle is not religious or social in nutun.: in ull: in fact. I am not even sure that ii is polirical. for I tim currently fighting thti very basis of all of those things: the code ihelf. Lately. burea~1cr.1cy hus reared its ugly head al UCFV even more no1icec1bly than usual, panicularly in the

Student Union Society.

March 18-20.534voters wrned out 10 voi<.:c their views ll1 the Swdent Union So<.:iety annual referendum. Of them. 21 wen: spnilcd ballots. 150 were no votes nnd n whopping 363 people voted YES for Cascade Autonomy. a r1:sounding 70. 761« sounds like a victory. right?

/\ppnrently nnt. Friduy. M.in.:h 15.SUS council passed a motion thm requi1·edei1l1er a I 01«voter lllrnout or n 75£¼majority for a rel'erentlum to pass. Thu~. when the nearly 71 % Cnscnde Autonomy referendum results cume in they were ratified usu NO-vote.

Now. correct I11eif I'm wrung. but I thought

ANNALS OF A FIRST YEAR STUDENT

l3y Noah Arney

Well. i1's bi.:en two semesters Qlld twelve is~ue~ since I f'irsr wrote ·annuls of n first year student.· I hnJ thought ab<wt h.iving u diatribe in each issue, but decided Ilu1I it woulcl get boring after the •first few. So. 10 ~ave my artistic rridc from btiing hurt by comments ubuul th1: superfluous article, l Jecided nol to write more or them. However Ihis is the last issue, so I guess I cun scrape some of my brnins off the sidewalk and put pen to pnper (or ringers lo keyboard) for one lasl try.

Loqking back at all thai I've done this year. I feel that I've grown significantly (espedully in the huir department). My wricing has gollen better. I still don't smoke pot (rnntrary to popular belier). T met severnl people nlnwst as strnngti as I .im. and I've tal,.en pnrt in the oJdcst mixture of conversations I've ever heurd (try the newspaper office sometime).

I have also run into a l'ev. l'ununurums. For instance, \\hy d111:!-the Student Untnn Socie1y. which has 14 council me111be1 s ( 16 ul thi.: beginning of the ye.,r) only have: seven 10 nine people show up for the meetings'! Why du people:, who :ire sn vehement when di1,eussing wh,11 tlie SU or l\dmi11istrutiu11 arc doing. ignore the cleetions. even when they arc posted everywhere but llcll (this writer has not been tn hell :ind ~o can 1101cunfirm or ueny the ru111<1ri--lhnt election posters ure there us \.\CII). Anu \.\h:11i1· lhl' Airpllli Campu~'?

13ut with 1he wisdnm I h,I\ e gained in 111y 11tly~sey acro~s Ihe 1ealms or both the Univer~ity and the new~papcr I ~hall impart 11uggels nf wisdn111in 1'1c hopes that they arc 1101 cast down li~c pearls a11HJ1JgswiI1e.

First, learn 10j11ggle. Now most pcnplti Wl>Uld think th:1I I 111ca11j11ggling class~s. a job anJ a life. hut I dlln·1. I :u.:tu.illy 11IcnIIjuggling. as in throwing the balls into the air anu catc:hing

that the purpose of eounc:il wns to represent the wishes of stutlcnts. and the purpose of passing the 75%-majority in the lirsl place was to ensure this. However with polls closed four hours early and only 180 Stllclents more required for a I 0% voter-quo• ruI11.it's very possible und likely that 71 % could hnve either bccrn11e75o/i if given the extrn tin1e. or nt the very least. 180 more stu• dents 1.:nuldhave hnd the opportunity 10vote.

Thc 1110.l'tridiculous thing about this is nn1rhe

doseness tif the results. nor the loss of four polling hours due to poor weathl!r. It'~ not even the fact that the Studi.:nt Union Society appeMs to have pas~eda mmion thut no one bothered to rese:1rch the workability of or sense behind. but that 200 NO-1·m<!swould have ltl!iped our cause! 363 YES-votes is 71r1cmajority or 513. AND a 52'h majority of 700. thus Cascadti autnnnmy seems In have landslide supprni or the 513 s1udents whn car~: s(1 even i I' 200 mnre students had the 11ppnrtllnity nntl i111,;linntil>11 to Vote

UCFVOICES

Name: Vijny Mann

Pm~rr,111:13.lll' Arts-Psyc. M,t)or

A1:e: 22

Wlio i.1'your mle 111odcl?My dad und R(1t1Jcn:my

Whae do you see yourself.fifiy _1·1•r1r.1·(m11111011·?

Netired or dece(lsed

Wl,o '.I'yo11r.(al'Or,/e 11111ppe(JElmo

Na111e:Manjot Grc:w;il

l'ro~ra111:BSC. Bio

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them. It's rmhcr fun and strc:,s relieving.

Second. dance in the rain. its fun and pcnple will think you're' odd (which you may be. but oh well). It's a gooJ cnn,cr,min11 sinner.

Third, lnke philosophy courses. thtiy' re ft1n. rourth. don't take 1mm: 1han one philosophy course per semester: it's torture.

/\nd last but not least. spt:nd time at school: hang in the in the S1udc111Lounge! Check out the new gym! Pull up a struw-filled <.:Ouchin the newspaper ol'ricc. or just chill out anywhere on campus. You Ineet the best people lhlll way.

Now. these aren't wri11en in stnne. II' you don't want 10juggle, there .ire alwuys magic tricr..s. or growing your hair out nnd see111g how 111at1ypen<.:ilscan be shoved in it. You don·, need to dance in the rain: you c,111 dnncc i1I the sun i r you want tn nnd Je,pi:ic geuing wet. And if' you don't like philo1,nphy. you can take srn.;inlogy instead; it's nl11ws1as fun, hut with n10I·1:nutcs. Thanks for listening (or rending) my diatribe. nnd as J tell me fellnw-Cast:adi.:rs daily, Merry Christmas!

( £di/or '.1·Not,•: Noah /Jets.i11cleed,I1'£1/'lll'da lot I/Jis year: for '101,·coulcl one 1101lu111,:i11g t1ro1111dIht 1 /011g•lwir111/ge11i11sc•s I," r/(11.'.1·?: ) lie\ teamed ahour jt111/'/lalis111,/1(1/irin. policy. pmced1m•.011d1h11co11111litalio11.1· of wor/..i11Rwill, f)C'O/JI<!:lie '.1·/ca med 111111·lo r/1•11/wirh c111grr/cl/en, Ji·11stmtededitors: .wl(l/1-talk. SUS-wlk, Toqw••t1dk, gi1/-1<1/A {Ill(/ //1111• /(I ('(Jf}I' '11•he11-wmd-jo111ll<tli.1·111J::!'l,\-/ll!/",\'(ll/(I/,' • I/£' '.1/e11r111'dflho111cot((c't· e11cc.1.da1i11g,11·0111<•11. hiller e1-11q/,/:all(/ rlw i1111•11sc'I,\'/111c•r1 1.1·1i11{:/i(e rlwr re.1'1111.1 fm111111ixi11gm1.1·o/ r/1('ctho,•cl l'e.1', i11dced. Noah Ame., /Jets /11c1/'II{'{/a great i/11c1f rf,is year and to I/1111kI/I':~cm11111g /)1/r-/.,agai,, i11Fall/

Who is yo11rrole 111ode/?My aunt

\,\lltt'I'<'do .1·011see .1·011rse(IJ\'(iyyec11·sj1·m1111011·?

W/1()'.1·.1·ourfa1•nri11.!11111ppe/?Elmo

Na111e:Corinna

Pm,:ram: KPE

Age: 20

Wl,o is your role mode/? Darren Plee1 hehehe! And rm ~erious. nur UCFV rowing couch. Li;, hisholm dnn't know how she docs it ull!

Wliere do you see yourse(f.fijiy yearsfm111 now?

Rel11xi11gon u deserted island my KPE degree displayed prominc:ntly in my grass hut.

Wt,11'.I',1'1111rfc11·orite1111111pet? 1 like: Big Bird the bt;sl.

Na111e:13ethKdlcher

/Jmgrw11:Liberal Arts

Age: almnst 20

Who is yo11rrole 111r1dl//?The·angry & bitter' Kris

Linu and the 'illusive James Clark

When•do you sec:yourse({.1(/'ty.1·rnrs.f1·m1111ow 1 taking my grnnc.lkids to Sunday School picnics

Who'.1·.1·011rf(ll 0orite 111uppe1.~Kermit (h/c he's the only 1111c I know)

Name: .I. R.iillie

Pm~r,1111:G. De!1ign

Ag<'.' I

Who il \'fiur mle 11111de/'Keith Moon (Kr.:ith Moon) Drun11ner for the Whn

Wlt1 1 /'l' c/o w111'.1·,•e_\'<111/',l'l'/f.lUiy_1'<'<1/',\'.fi·o111111M:' Di:a~ or in a s1:1Ienf hcrnming dead

\V/flJ'.1·ro11r.fm•orite1111111/1£'/ :} (ion1.o and his d1ickc11 l'eli~h

After an exciting three days ol VP External elections, with u totnl of 534 peo- Stephanie Marlin pie voting. the lt1rgest amount in many

BOGPROTESTIGNORED

pcrfnrnrnncc half an hnlll' later fnr the benefit nf Skip. Dave was critical nf the ne" budget nnd t11c cuts. "Program cuts must he mnre bnlanced. I for one will not tolerate skip and his gang ot VP'~ and Deans saying thlll J\dult Educntinn. Applied IJusinci-i- Tc.;hnology and Graphic Design huw to go'',

Though the turnout wuld huve bccn grcuter, but I'm a s\;11nnlwhere only ~<;vcnperccrll of the population actually shows up In vote this wui- u lundslide.

The board meeting afterward was also interesting. ll started with a record number of i,llldents and stuff attending. First was u presentation of the budget by Skip Bassford. This was followed by ,inothcr presentation by Dave Burnie. Then followed several other presentations, und a closed session.

Free pop, free pi1.za. free vent. The protest staged Wednesday the 27 th was a semi-success. With between forty und fifty people attending, one might think that it worked. I lowever. al least ten of the attendees were waiting for the bus. and several others were there for the l'oou. BOG

But Skip Bassford (school president) did show up and answer questions, He showed concern for the student's problems in dealing with the new budget. "Developing a sound budget plan is always a balancing act," said Bussford. "We will continue to offer almost all of our programs and services at the same level"

Dave Burnie also gave a rousing speech. He repeated the

Mc~T1NG RESULTS

Undergrad fees rnised to approximately $2,600

Full time student's tuition i11crcasingan average of 65%

$250,000 added to current financial assistance

$120.000 added lo coI11pc11sutcto the loss of government funding for the work-study program

Increased fundraising efforts

Applied 8usi11e.s Technology prosram being dropped (current students will be allowed to complete the progrum)

Fewer Adult Ed courses offered next year

No new students 10 the Graphic Design progrnm 14 Staff cuts

These proposed budget changes arc exactly what were offered before the protest and budget meeting. So what did the BOG do during the hour and a half that they were in closei.l session?

ASIAN CLOUDLOOMSTowARD CANADA

By Beth Kelleher

Scknti~ts mid 111cteomlngi~lsbelieve lhal u l,1rge clmrd-likc h,11.c that is l'urrently sweeping through much ol Asia und the South Padfic is hending tow;mJs Western Canndn and the United Sutes.

Whal began as a dust ~Inrn1 in the M(1ngolian dessert is growing into one ni' the I110:-tsigni!"icant weather. health. u11d ccn11nr11ict·nnL·crnsof the season. Spurred \ln by lnw-pressurc tropical rnarim: systems and nurtured by low clouds und high winds. the first glimpse llf the c.:lmruis expected in Nnrth America in the first week or April.

It ih comprised of 111ainlydust, sand. and pollution. and seems to 111irnica similar phenomenon thill hegan over Asia and reached us for west as cenlrnl North America ncurly one year ago, Approximately the si1.c of Japan in ground ~urfocc area, the huge hate nprems to be directly Southe.ist tow.ird the Scattlc/Vanrnuvcr area.

Thus far, the immediate ,1ffect~of the cloud have hccn obvious: cn11si.1n1(Wercust ~kic~. inc.:rcu~cdhumidity. and very pnm uir-quality readings. However. scientists, doc.:tur~. cnviro11111e11tal isl, and rnetcnrologists rcw· that things will bcrn111efar worse, hel'orc they irnprL1vc.

A~ nf yet, this ci(1ud is lcss than half of the si1.e of Inst year's I250-milc I110n:-.ter.

While it is cumulating nearly 11 killlmetrcs ahove earth, this 111uslnrd-col\lurcusmog is clearly noticeable at ground level, where visibility has been rec.luccd to 100 feet in many 11lkctcd cities.

The system threatens dangermr~ly hrgh dust and industrial pollut:int content in thc air.

Although the centre or the ~yi.te11Ii~ still a wed, away. asthmatics arc nlrcndy being udvii-cd to ~lay indl!ors as much llS possihl(", l)oclurs fear tlml the cloud will result in a hugi:: ini'lux oi' asthma and lung patients: the cost. ~race anc.Jrcsource~ nl" tre.iting them i\

of great concern in lhe medical l"icld.

In terms of economic danrnge, thc unusu,11 air-content endungcn, thousands of acres of formland hy lcuving a filmy residue nf pnllutant t:hcmirnls on plant:-. as it passes through an area. I .ast year\ version C()st the US/\ over 700 million in in~urcd Jam-

The clnuJ prnmi~es to continue moving Northeust, anu 111e1eorologi~t~..:xpcct w ~cc it begin to dissipute in the Roc~ies and evcnurully dissolve in thc high-pressure cnntincntal-ptilar air mas~ nver the (irem Prair•ics.

INTERVIEWWITH A PRESIDENT

By Noah Arney

I wns dnncing the other day at the swing dance held in the Student Activity Centre on the 26th of March, when I realized 1hat Jon. also n regular attendee al Sunday night swing, ha<l just hecn vutcd our new President. Being 1he enterpnsrng young journalist that I am. I immedia1ely :i~keJ

him ii' I coulJ interview hi 111.

Jon is often in our ollicc, though I 1hink it i~ mainly tha1 our couches arc more comfortable than his chair. He comes in for every• thing from checking e-111ailto rand:rn, lalking. But we had never inlcrviewed hi111. Thal has now changed. In 1he fifteen rninu1es be1ween hi~ cla!i~ :ind lab I had a r,;(11l1· prchcnsive analysis of whal he wanted !'or ncxl year, and why he wan1ed lhe Joh or President.

Jonathu11·smain n:ason w become pn.:sidcnl wa, w help the u11ivcrsi1y develop ii'~ pole11tiul, and IO get ucrv rccognilcd. Ways ol' doing l11isiIH.:ludl' making s1ude111~ proud of' the uI1ivcri-i1y hy incrca~ing !.Llldi.:111 lil'1.:0111.:ainpus.Mnking the campus a place lo be. ralhcr than jusl a placi.: Ill have class.

Wuys or doing this hi.: suggeslcd weI·e hn\ing a campus puh. highlighling spnrting cvcrHs more, and cleaning up 1he wood lnl. Other ideas were assisting the ;\Jrninistr,1tion in developing l111-1.::1111pu,residenc.:e. building incrcu~cd purki11g (111<1yhr:11 pnrkadc), and thi.: co111plc1innnf Plrnse J 111 Chilliwack campus.

Jon would also like In ··see the Student Union wilh a gone! reputation·•.

Jonathan per. onally wishes to reprt:sc.:nlthe students voice to the administration 11su "go between''. Way 10 go Jon. we"II keep you ac.:counlableon lho~e pn11nises.

OFFSHOREOIL A HUGE THREAT

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NEWFOUNDLANDPROPOSES TUITION Cur

By Nadya Bell, The Muse

ST. JOHN=S (CUP) - The Newfoundland government hus pledged to ease the burden of pricey tuition fees for the province's university students.

The government ahnouncc.:d$3.5 million in ii.~ pwvincial budge\ lust Thursday 10 decrease lhc c.:ost of university educmion.

The government suggcs1cd 1he moI1ey be used to rc.:duce tuition fees at Memnriul Universi1y by IO per cen1 - a dnip of $297 per student each year.

Rundy Collins, the NDP post-sceondary education critic, says the tuition cuts did not gl, far enough to supprn1 rural slude111s.He says government shoultl be working tow.ird rree tuition.

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Only in North Amcricu cun a pin.a get to your house foster thnn un ambulance.

Only in North A111erica arc then: handicap parking places in front of a skating rink.

Only in North Amcri<.;a <lo dru1:1stores make the sick walk all the way to the buck of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes al the front.

Only in No11h J\merica du people order double cheese burgers, large fries, anti a diet Cnkc.

Only in North J\merica do banl.-s leave both doors to the vault open and then chuin the pens to the counters.

Only in North America do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway

and put 011r u eless junk in the garage.

Only in North Anierica dn we use answering machines to screen calls nnd then huve coll waiting so we won't miss a <,;all from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first pince.

Only in North America <lo we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages nr eight.

Only in North J\merica tlo we use the word "politics" to describe the process so well: "poli" in Latin meaning "many" and "tics" meaning "bloodsucking creatures.'' Only in North Amcrica do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.

CRAZY CASCADECONVERSATIONSTARTERS. •

AND MEDIATIONSFOR TRUE INSOMNIACS

TRIEDTESTEDAND TRUE

By Mary Glasgow and Beth Kelleher

If you could say anything lo anyone in one sentence or less, what w<iuld you ~ay and to who?

Do you believe in God or Angels? Have you ever seen Him/ Her/ Them?

If you were on Survivor, what would bring as your luxury item?

Tf you could only eat 011efood for the rest of your life, what would if be?

lf you could change one thing about humanity, what would it be und why'!

Whal <lo you think about most and why?

Is lruc Atheism Possible?

ls true Faith Possible'/ Whal is it?

Has the feminist movement gtrne tno fnr in our North Amerknn Society'/

What is the <lellnilion of"rich" and ''poor:?

Why is money so lmportam?

What's beuer: confidence or humility'!

What's your most embarrassing story? And what makes things embarra!lsing?

What is the best way to express love'?

If it is inexpressible, wh,H is ii?

remembered for?

Where is the best place Lo eat out?

Where is the best place to go skinny dipping (inside or out)

What is

Canadian Culture (such us Canadian food or clothing, eh)?

Is God real?

Why don't we have twelve toes?

Why is the sky blue?

Is Canadu doomed to become merely 'the Maple Leaf state?'

Have you ever seen a <leadbody (human)?

Arc you at school lo learn, or just to get a job'!

What do you think Cunatla's role should be in elevating world hunger?

Arc we (as individual,) smnrlcr than we were fifty years ago?

What's your fovoritc holiday'?

hat's your favorite vacntion spot'!

1w 111a11yroads must ,1mn11walk down. fort we can call him a mun'!

Do ANY or these qucs1io11sreally mn11er'!

POTATOQUEENADVICE

De!ar Pott110Head Queen

I u111 a normal cno11!,!h 111oust.

Ht>wl!,er I do huvc u problem m (of course, or fm wh:H other rcm;nn Wlllllu I rill' you'/)

I am a full-blown \hop-alcoholic. I am not just talking a minor t'use or the grccdies; I arn talking about the ut.lJictinn kind. I feel like nobody without my credit curds. I have four hundred and ,c\en11:c11pairs nr black :-.lines.,ill the s,1mc,J am telling you. and I SERIOUSLY nctd ~n111ehelp.

Dcsper:itcly in dcpt1nmcn1.

Minnie

/)ear Mi!111ie

My de(lf; I do /J('rl'i>.1'lieotti/1· Lll{I<'<'. Ihat y,111 do hm•e quite <1 ,1iR11ifkc11lf 11rohl<-111,Marfrti11g /,i/.1 u.1·al ,•I•1•1y cm1-:le. m, rht' rum/. i11 school, al 11•ork.w lto111c, 11''1_\' I lim•e eI·e11 .I·ee11(f(/l•er1ise111rn1s in the Loo.' Shopping rr111ol/ow us w 1•e11Icl{{ Sf{'(//11 (/1/rf .1/1'1!.I',\', / (fJ\11l'l'l'I; wh('II W<' al/nw /1 /(I 10/..c•()\'('/' ()/II life £//Id \I'(/,\((' 1///)J/('y (IS i( ir 11'<'1'<'o I11y,I/Jere i.1 c1.IC'ri,111,1pmh/e111.I rnggc•.11 rhar you c111up ym,r crer/i1 con/.1, /em•1 1 _\'fJ/1I 1rnl/eI or home .fi11 "wi1u/(llv .1·//0111111,g"1111,/ wke Scrooge Md>uck flio11g 11·111,yo11 01111 grocery rrip or 1II•0/le :1·r1 11•011</e1f11/oldj'e/1011·when ir co111c•s lo Hmig/11c•11i11g 0111I/1ebill!

Drnr Potato He.id Queen l'n, wu11<lc1ingir you h,ive any practical ways of <,;Ot)lingoff this s11111111cr. I can never :,;ecmLo gel cnkl during the summer n10111hs.

r•u11y Fnu,

/Jear F11::y I ol11·r1ys.\(/y, "rile /Je.,1wu_\·to cool off' is simply tu slip 0111 of rhar skin! E1•c1y ./11111',just as 1///11µs ti!'<! .,·rar1i11g w he<ll 111>, I head to 111ylorn/ der11wwlogistfor r, q11ick peel. It works wu11dets!

SMORGASBOARG

TOP TWELVE GETA

By Mary Glasgow, Jenn Rath, Beth Kelleher and Noah Arney

COMMENTS

Main cosI is gas anti food especially is you're o happy camper or have a lot of relatives!

Expensive food and accommodation grcnt scenery!

Cool people, cool place and home of the infamous U of A Gateway!

Definitely an awesome memory-making bockdrop! Great Canadian Culture

A whole getaw11yin under two hours just enough time to drive there, sit through your class, anti drive back Chiliwack. without hills A great place 10 fly over Nice flowers, great arts and entertainment. and a whole lot of Gordie!

Crossing the border will take AT LEAST 1/2 of your getaway time ond the spending money converts to ahout $30 Canadian just enough for 'cheap' US gas and duty

Great photo opportunities, awesome boating, and a scenic ferry ride

Hot pools cure acne, Sas4uatch sightings, and a really relaxing, kick-back atmosphere

Cheap housing, foods, drugs and an interesting introduction to a wide variety of alternative lifestyles

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

ANIME

t-ion.

l3y Amumla Mills

Since Jarmncse nnin1ation l'irsl uppcarctl in the western worltl, the nu111rcr of unimc fans has i11neaseu exr(1ne111inlly. Many irner11;1tit111,il-"lLJdept.,111uyhave -.een1110~1 llf tht::,c ,huw~ bel'lll t: 1111dseveral arc olT the air now, but the thrill llf a new episode tn Canada bring~ juy 111tlHise whn thrive on uni1m:. Several shnw\ anJ nwvk, hnvc bt:ct11nevery p1.1pular,,uch os Mo1ionokl• llime. (,t.k.a Princess Mnnunnl,,c) 11r

Ran111a

Mo\ ies u11dOVA ,eric:.. nre such 11big hit in Canada nncl 1he U!:iA lli.\l thc l"tmvcntions have attendee, 1111,nhcringin thc lhousnnd~. SoJ..uro Cm11•1•111im,is e:1.trc11i,:lyrnrular in Seauk:. Washington: the fun rungc i~ l"ni111 900-1,500 people. They will he hnltling their convention m:xt mnnth, April 26-28. /\1101hcrrnnvcntion of note b I\KI\KON, It

1~tile Cam1tlian version of S(lktim, hut pule~ in compari-"on. Sakum is 1he best one frn· 11urureu. Los /\ngclcs sports the lurge::t con· 11e11tio11 or I 0-15.()00 members.

Popular shows like Ranma. and Wmcra Kcnshin (Samurui X). urc tilled with nudity and extreml.! violence. Showi. like Pokemon and Snilor Moon have graphic violence edited out when translated into English dub, mainly for suitability for the children. Ilowevcr. Sailor Moon ii; actually very vinle111 and ~cveral adult-orientcu scenes appear in the Japanese subtitled ver-

ailor Moon contains scenes with grnphic violence. sexual innuendo, sex. nudity. and even death. I cun't count how mnny times Sailor Moon has died (at least ~ixl. burien (Tuxetlo Mask/Kamen) is a1,:1uallyturncd i1110a bad guy who attacks Sailor Moon in n couple of episodes. The scouts light cuch othl-r violently. Even the ems, Luna nnd Arte1uis. get busy and r.:reilll.' l)iana. Mn~t woultl then agree 011 thk .lapane,e ver~ionrwt for 1-.itls,English version- 11<i1fnr udult~.

Ranum is ;1b11ut.Rt11mw.u boy \\ 111,1r,1i11' at u cursed spring 111H hu11drl'd pt101~. He foils i111nthe pnol nf a d10,..,11cdpirl :111d110\\ c11ld \,\,lller tram,f111ms hi111into one. He uctuully 1m1kes the cuw:..l rc111t1leon the shu"-, :rnu having nn 111ot1c,ty111akc,hirn tht: nmst libernl. l lc·i. nut the only one wh,1 ..:lrnngcs: hi,, r,11her, hl) tr,,irwd with lri111 1u1ns i11tu a punuu. t\n A111n1"niunL'11it:k turns into 11~·atfn(lle. Ru1111rnhate~ 1,:utsbut :..helnw'- lti111 I. Thcr·c's ,1 dud.. nnti C\•en u pig, / 1-l'/1,111.All of them love ~,1111e,111e ln1I Run1m1seemi, 1n gl't 11111st or till· t:hicb a11d even u couple guys (lie is h,11r girl yt,11 know).

Rurouni Kcnshiuis a seric:, about ,1 111nn who is legendar·y for killing without thought. The 11ia11slt1yl·r(English) or the Rmhm1•-sai(Japanese) is ,1 real 1-.illcr, who wants to repent for hi:, sins. Kcnshin nnw carries a reverse-bludc sword and vnws never 111 kill again, wllit:h turns out tn l1e cusicr said than lone. When pcnple st.irt to figure out his past. they wa111to be known u~ the best, and want to kill Kenshin. He docsn·1 work nlone though. He's got ti cute sidekick who loves him but never says ~ll. a scrawny lit1le ex-1hier who dren111snf bL:t:<lmingjust like Kcnshin. and assassin

for hire. Together they form a hand of heroe:, righting fnr J11s!ice.

Vioknce is most common itt such filln/\ as X, Akira. Ghosl in the Shell, Sins of the Sisters. and even Mermt1ids Scar.

X is a show about u mun whose mother rips ,1sword oul of her stomach and now is tells her snn that he must travel on a quest ttl Tokyo, There he Iinus a group of pmtectnr~ protecting the reul111of Earth. In the most bu,ic ways it is ~i111il111 to Mortal rnrnbnt cxr.:cpl lhal lhc~c rwnplt' lmve p~ychir.:p()W• et~ and can rir, you apnrt with tht:ir thmrghls. This ~how is nnt suitable f11rpeople v..itlr "ettk i-wmal'11s.

Sins of the Sisters i, uhout a school t11' g.irls \~ho rollm, a lllllll 011 ;1qucst l'or purity and hive, They end up gelling rared, and then u~e their nu~cd bodii::..111get 111enIll do II h,11 they want. i\nd 11I n,ur~e. the girl, are l"ricnd, \\ ith a fl'1nalc l'rrn11the future II hn i, actu,1lly the hoy tlw~ v..n1ship. Cw1fused') There i, plenty nl' I lent.ii /,111imntctlporn) invrilvcd with this llid, h111you u1n·1 forget the Vi!llencc 11omen gelling brutally mur• ucreu nnd attat:ked.

Mcrniaids Scar is lhe movie I just watched recently. It is about IWll immortals. a guy and a girl. who travel around the world tiling out their never-ending lives. Th!!y get tlisruptcd whi:n they find a boy whose rnothcr never dies. They become irrm111rtul by cuting the flesh ol a mermuid. Some becorrn: i111mortul.while others becu111clost souls and turn into swamp creatures. Since they arc immortal. there ore those who wish them tlcad. They can still feel puin, until you chop off their head or im;incrnte them. So, in order 10 weaken them beyond fight-

ing back. gun:-.. u,es. pituw wire. and C\l:11 sling shuts ar1,:invlil,cd in the slaughter.

These mm•ics nrc l'illcd with adult content and :ire nut suitnblc for young chilclt·en.

In J<1pan.anirn,11inn is l:1rgely for the l'lljuy nicnt nl' autrll~. Tl1e m:ceplant:e nf this i:-. ,i1nilt1r to nur viewing of m;lio11 llii:ks: the nnly dil'l'crenl'C heing tlHII :1 l'tll'toon is drnwn "hilc a movie is neted

I 1.:njny1hi~ 11ni111a1io11bcenuse l li11dso111cthing new cvcry 1ime I wu1d1 one. Hnllywood 1$ tm1 over played: nn origi11al ide,1 ha,;11 't reached the hn>. orlice in :1 long time. J11~1tnkc the sequels of Ci11dcrclh1. Lady and the Tramp, The Little Mermaid, Universal Soldier two, Die I h1rd 1,2,3, Lethal Weapon 1,2,3,4, Lion Kini;, Aladdin 1,2,3, and who knows what el~e. I net:tl something that has never bt:en done before. If you do too I suggesl Micropluy in Surrcy, Roger's (anywhere). Cheam video in Chilliwack, and ii' you cnn lind onother Video Update, and you can go there too Or check out the Internet www,sakqntc(1n.com. www.a~nkon.cu. and even www.animc.com.

HANSON BROTHERSTAKESLAP SHOTAT MUSIC BIZ

By Mnll Co:>.ford,Thc Carillon

Regina (CUP): When the Hanson Brolhcrs hit the stage, far,s nf Ike, Zac and Pret!yhuy will be disappointed tn finu a total lack of MMMBop in their repertoire. Fans of good mu~ic. on the other hnnd, will rcjnir.:c.

These Han~on Brothers arc a sidc projcct C1f Vancouver punk rnck legends NoMcansNo. 11 symbiosis or The Ramones und the clasic hod.ey muvii.: Slap Shot

"IL wm, maybe t:ighteen years ago, way early on:• says singer Johnny f-la11so11(John Wright). "We were playing NoMcansNo stuff, which was a little more highbrow and suphisticatt.:d, if you can cnll it that," he suys. ··we used to do this NoMcansNo Clones The Ramones show, lncolly, for fun."

The link between Ncw York's CBGl3 dub and the swcuty confines of the Cumbria County War Memorial (whcrc Slap Shot was lilmed) was u natural one.

"With Slap Shot, we were lhinking 'If

wc're going 10 be li,·titious brothers, wlwl would he the perfect C.111adianhunch?"'

Cle:irly, it would bl! the H,111M111brothers, who were brought in to goon it ur in Slap Shot.

•'f'm 1101i.:vcn really ~Ure ll11wthe idea fir~l popped out. flt wasl probably ovl-r a burger sn111cwhcrc,just for n laugh:· he re1,:alb ,~ort on. ··11 was never really a serious thing. ft was just a chant:e 1,, have some fun and write some really straight-ahead Ramones-style punk rock.''

/\ fter a six-yeur hintu they finally got together to rcccmJ My Came. "The criteria is thnt il\ just got to rnck. We wouldn't be doing this now if we didn't feel that we II.it! cnmr;; up with gm1d ~cmgs. When we tirs1 started tn Jo it again, it was like 'Well, okuy, if we cnn comc up with 15 really goou songs. then fair enough.· We woulun ·1just scllle 1lll just pullin1.: out."

Last year's passingof Jney Ramone led lo the SO/If: Joey Had Tn Gn. They also sing about sedatives.Their meal ticket. however.is hockey.

Parody is re.illy the numc of l\ly Game. As with 1hcir previous two rcl!orLls, the lmy~ have their hot:key schtil'k teeth-high. The songs run the gu111utfrom contract negotiations (ffrcn·tlti11,: I \\i111t<'d),Ill hockey clid1e~ ( / /O'i'r) to 11rnrit,1Ii1-sues

//011ey. /'111 /-fo111ei~ about coming home ilnd tliscovcring Yllllr wife has left you bccm1~eyou've been cheating on her on the road. We're just making jokes and poking fun u11tlrnuking n rarody of lhc whole situation, ha111mingit up." Hanson explains.

"We're just wking the pi s lJUt or hockey. It's all in l'un because we enjoy the sport as Wt:11.It tines seem liken good man-iuge.''

"I think the music captures the pirit of the game. at moments, that energy and singing about things that all arrndian hockey fans think uboul, serious or not serious,"

tr the glnbe took hockey half as seriously us wc do here in Canuda. the world would be the Hunson Brothers' oyster. However

"We're going to Europe with it and the

huckcy angle will be completely lost 11vcr thcn: he says. ··There·~ not cv1,:11any point playing Tlte /.,1s1 Ca11adia11Rny (ii/ the NIIL). It wnulcl be uucrly meaningless. ll's only for Canaclinn hockey fans who llncler~tand u lot of these songs lyric,tlly. The thing is. it works on a musical level us well. Not every sqng is nbout hoi.:kcy. When we go lo Europe, we'll tailor the set a lillle lllOrc towards the music angle of the thing. The Ramoncs-y, tlancc-y. sing-along aspect, beer drinking, you know."

There's still plenty of rroverbiul foil 10 pul on whilst traipsing 'rounu the Rhine.

"I think we' re going lt1 lcarn a song by Heino c.illed Bier Bier flier and I'm going to sing that in German if I c;in remember it," he explains (For those keeping score nt home. the song title trunslates as Beer Beer 81 1 er). "It'll just completely piss everyone off becnusc, of course, everybody hates Heino cnusc he's like the Roger Wiuakcr of Nazi Germnny. He's adored by total right• wing Bavari:111s.so I for] the punk rockers. this is like a total slup in the facc Wc'II be able to poke fun at them in other ways."

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

STEPHENMALKMUS: SELFTITLED

Reviewed hy C:hrislllphcr F. Con1er

I wu~ urset hy 1he demise or the intluential college rock band Pavement. From Slanted and E11cha11tedto Terror T11•i/ig/i1this wu~ a great band.

But while 1he critics tnvi;:d Ihi;:rn, music audiences preferred !he much safer sounds of 1he Smashing Pumpkins and Stone Temple Pilots. S1ephe11Mulkmus, lead singer and guiwrist of Pavement. has decided to strike ou1 on his own with his self-titled debut.

This albu111stun~ with the dark .ind cryptic song l]/nck Rnok. After the first verse, you realize thut he lrns1i"t missed n s1ep lyrically, as 1he I istener soon becomes entranced by the steady guirnr sound nnd backgrounJ noises.

The second track, Plw!!lasies is an extremely pop-influenced song. as it includes great guitar and hand clars. When Malkmus sings the chu• rus, the listcm:r can hear the witle range of Malkumus' voice.

Wilh .lo .In '.1·Jackl!r, 1he beginning is hard to listen to. as it has been over-dubbed many times. Then the song hit~ full force .In .In :f .lackrt is u lot like Phw1tasies.as it's pop sen ibili1y and strange guitar hnoks will have 1he listener wanting 111ore.

Mnlkm~,s ~lnws 1he ulburn dnwn wilh Clwrr/1 011 White us this is the flrs1 slow-tempo snng of the album. Even 1hnugh it is slower, 1he Sllng doi.:sn't kill 1hc overall mood of' the album.

The Hook, i~ ;1 song abnu1 the social slratilkatinn uf being a pirate. Progressing frnn1 1he initialinn tn beenming the captain, this song is hilarious nncl the 1110st clever song I hcive henrtl in many years. Tl1e /look it the "must-he.ir'' .,nng rnr the ulhurn.

Malkmus has rnasten:J thi.: l'cctlback pop sound thut 111adc

Pavement a lnveJ band wilh Dis,·n•1i<111Cml'l', The song is nol as gmid us Thi' Honk. bu1 has all the familiarities or c:lussic Pavement snngs, In Tro11/J/e,Malkmus include~ - nl' all things a xylophone. as this proves his different ranges. The only problc,11with this snng is its length, J\s well us its nbrupt ending.

ihc next tra1.:k is Pi11k l,1dia, in which Malkmus slows the nlbum tlnwn to ,1 cn1wl us he uses an acoustic guitar for the first time in the .ilburn. The song is less chaotil: as the rest of the songs anJ he keeps 1hat feeling going in Tmjn11 C111:few.This track is also slowerpaeeJ, as he seemed 10 have slowed the album down. \/ague Space is also on the slower side.

Mnlkmus puts in his final pop tune of the album with Je1111y& the Ess-D01:,m,1king fun of Volvo-driving hippies. It is a fun song especially the piano and guitar solo.

The final trac;k on the album is /Jeado. This is a perfect ending to .~uch an eclectic album. as Mulkmus surrounds 1hc listener with quiet sounds {)('(1(/o is n rerfect bookmark for the ulbum - the song even has i1's own version of n goodbye.

After listening to this album I was no longer saJtlened by the break-up nf Pavement, as this alburn sountls exactly like u classic Pavement album. This fact is grent news for my~clf and perhaps also for some cri1ics.

AHA!

By Nicole Pecenka

Artists Helping Artists is an inclusive arts cooperative, providing artists with space, 111a1erials,and oppor1Unity to exercise their crcariv1: talents. The co-op is available for shows in rcs1aurants, galleries, shopping centers, etc. The works arc also available for sale. The show was on until Thursday, March 28th.

ARTS AND~NTE}lTA~N~E,NT.

UPCOMINGMOVIES

Are you wondering how you arc going lO while uway the lnng summer nights without homework tn keep you busy? YEAH RIGHT!! Anyway, in the off-chance that you will need something In do this spring or summer, here is a list of upcoming movies tn anticipate, along with thcir release dates.

April 5:

Big Trouble

Changing Lanes

High Crimes

Shaolin Soccer

April 12:

Frailty

Nutionul Security

The Sweetest Thing

April 19:

The Scorpio11King

;\ View from the:Top

April 26:

Deuces Wild

The 51 st Swte

Frank McClusky. C.I.

Jason X

Love and u Bullet

The SalternSea

May 3:

Hollywood Ending

Spiller-Man

May 10:

Fear.com

The New Guy

The Unfaithful

May 16:

Star Wars If: Attnck of the Clom:s

May 17:

About a Boy

www. workf o rstudents.coml can

Have choices tomorrow by acquiring skills today

Scholarships A11~ilablt lreining Programs

Great Pay Co-op Internships

Flexible Hours

Professional Experience

The Importance of Bring Earnest

May 24:

Enough

lgby Goes Dt>wn

Insomnia

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

May JI:

The Surn of all Fears

Undercover Brother

.June 7:

Bau Company

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhoou

Slap Her, She's French

The Tuxedo

June 14:

The Bourne ldentity

The Dnngerous Lives of Altar Boys

Scooby-Doo

Windtalkers

June 21:

Lilo&Stitch

Minol'ity Report

June 28:

The Crncodile Hunter: Collision Course

Mr. Deeds

July 3:

Men in Block 2

July 12:

Rcign of Fire

The Road to Perdition

July 19:

Halkiween: Ressurecthrn

Stuart Little2

July 26:

Austin Powers: Golu 1111:mber

The Country Bears

August 2:

Darkness

Down & Unucr

Full Frontal A Guy Thing

Signs

Triplt! X

August 9:

Blond Work

The: Ring

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

August 16:

Duplex

Master of Disguise

Pluto Nosh

Simone

August 23:

They

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Barbershop

Buffalo Soldiers

Right Legged Freaks Gnng~ of New York

POP CULTURE

Pnp

Some other movies to look forwmd to in the !'all arc Hnn·y Potter and the Chamber or Secret:; i11November, unu The Lord or the

Rings: The Two Towers in December. Hnve n goou s~mmcr!!

LIFESTYLESAND SPORTS EATINGIN THE RAW

RETURN TO NATURE OR DIET FAD?

By Orla Na1.arko,The Manitoban

WINNIPEG (CUP) for most people, it's common sense that e,lling raw l'niit1, and vegetables i~ gond for ynu. However. there is a small but growing movement of people who have taken this notion a step further. They believe that cnnkcd food is harmful and unncccssary and thnl a nntural hurnan diet should consist exclu ively of raw foud.

Centered in California, this cuntroversial movement has made inroads intu communities across Nonh America. Raw food restaurants are sprouting up in many Canadian cities. m,lst recently in Winnipeg.

There arc several comprehensive web sites promoting the raw rood diet, including living.foods.com and ruw food.com. The laller site is run by David Wolfe and his partners Stephen Arlin und R. C. Dini. all of wholll founded Nature's First Law, a raw food comp;rny that sells books, offers recipes. provides information about raw food retreats and even fncilitntes u rnw foodist singles web-program.

To a non-practitioner, a raw diet 111ayseem extremely limiting. What does a raw foodist cat besidt:~ salad?To begin, raw foodists ure generally. but not always, vegans. Mt1ny of the rccipcs arc innovative. tasty. anti relativcly easy IO prepare and inclu<le cold soups. <lcs~crt squares. and, raw versions of piZ.lll or pasta produced from avocu<los, coconuts. ~prouts, nuts, a11dseeds.

"There arc a thousand different \ nys 10 do raw food;' suitl JesseNoguera, a sales manager with Na111rc·sPirst Law.

Food Power'>

Cooking food is such a stantlard practice th,11most people foil to question whether or not it is healthy. According to Wolfe and his partners, this ingrained devotion to cooked food needs to be challenged by a combination or nutritional, environmental. mnral and spiritual explanations. They claim that rnw food is healthier. has more nutrients, lessens the environmental impact of food production, heightens spiritual awareness and is morally correct because it is humanity's notural diet.

lt is no secrnt that cooked or processed rood frequently looses some of its nutritional

value. with the degree of lu~s depending nn the method ol prepanllion. Rnw foodi1>ls take thi a ~tep further hy staling that conked food not only foil· 10 deliver nutrients avnilublc in raw form, but is netually toxic to the human body. The hcalth benefits of ruw food include increased energy and health. 11ndless need for sleep.

··J~leep hal r as much a. I used to:· \aid Dnve Steinberg, nlso u snle~ rnunagcr with Nature's First Law. I le ~,JnptcJ a ra~, l'oud diet primarily to improve his nH!ntal and uthletic performance.

Dr. Sue Arntficld, profcssor or Food Scicncc al the University of Manitoba, agrees that raw l'oud1--maintain thcir nutri• cnts, but in North America, but she adds that 1he foou processing industry adtls leached nutrients bnck to processed foods. Although Arntfield recognizes that certain by-products of cooked fooJ can be cllrc;inogenic. she still feel that the benel'its outweigh the risks. She also notes that soaking, a non heating method of food preparation, leaches nutrients out of food and can provide an idl!al habitat for microbial growth.

Givcn thi • controversy. it is useful !CJ co11:.ider why humans began cooking their food in the lir't place. In her book A H:~tory of Food, Magculonne Toussaint-San1at indicate~ thHt finding ways of preserving fooJ historically has bccn a major preoccupation for humans. Food historiun Jean-Louis Flandrin in Food• A Culinary History, suggests that the initinl re,1sons for cooking were nut to improve tuste but tu 111akcfuotl more digcstible and safe. Fl.rndrin ulso points out that some fonds need lo be processeu tu remove toxins. (for example, :-.omeforms of mushrooms.) Arntl1cld nntes th,ll some grains and beans have anti-nutri• tional factor~ which need lo be rcmovctl bdorc eating.

In response to these challenges, Noguera suggests that if food needs to be cooked !CJ become digestible, it isn't upprnpriatc for the human diet anyway.

On the other hand, Arnlficld supp~>rtsthe idea that cooking food improves food safely by changing its texture and digestibility. And it's not only raw meal that has been shown to have food safety concerns - cantaloupes and sprouts cnn also harbor E. coli, a bacteria.

Noguera counters that while there might be

minor food nfcty risks tlssoc;iatcdwith ruw l'ootls. lht·y do not compare to the huge bcn• el'its of the raw foucl diet.

Natural food for a natural cnvironmenl'?

/\ccortling to advocates. a raw tlict is envimnmcntully friendly because cncrgy is not wasted in cooking and packaging fond. On the other hand, raw fuoJ i~ only mac.lepossi• bh: in northern climates by the availability nr modern technology that al lows for the greenhou~e production of raw fonds in the winter. or transportation from warmer areus - a source of fuel consumption and pollution.

Noguera responds to this by suggesting thnt ideally, humans should live in area~ where raw food is available year-round. rnthcr than importing it from other regions.

Raw fooclists tend to believe that their diet brings them closer to nature, heightening the scn~es (i.e. inruition) and increasing energy leveb. Philosophically, u raw diet i morally correct becuuse it is the natural way all other living beings obtain their food. Wolfe and his partners suggest thut such u dict is a recognition that the fall of humans from a "golden age" is duc to the advent of cooking food - raw food allows for a '"return to paradise." They even cite passages from nncient lex.ts such as the Bhagavad Gita to support lhc moral n:jcction of cooked foods. Cornmcnt~ ab\nll the "lrnnsfurrnutivc" nature. ''life l'orce" or "life energy" or raw foods are common.

According tu Steinberg, a raw foodist's focus becomes clearer and hostility and anger are reduced. He credits thc acquisition of a rnw fool.I i.liet ns suving him from a life of alcoholism.

Noguera adds that the raw food diet simply '"makes logical sense.''

Contentious science?

Rnw foodism branches the question of why humans (inmost societies around the world) have been cooking a certain proportion or their l'ood since the discovery of fire 500,0000 y1.:arsago. ft could be nrgue<lthat such a long-standing practice should be considered a "natural" habit and that we have evolved to eat c11oked l'ooJ. This inquiry brings up one of the mujor sources of controversy surrounding niw foodismWolfe and his purtners reject the theory of

evolution. This raises corrcsponding eye• brows throughout tht: mainstream scientific community.

This is not the only contentious scientifll' issue. Some raw foodists point to a cow's raw. vegan diet lo support thcir own prac• ticcs. without acknowledging the significant differcnecs bctween the etlW and human digcstivc systems (cows havc a four•sl()fllach system.) They also claim that animals that e11texclusively rnw food diets arc nut subject to the widespread disease that humans foce - a belief that ignores the large number of existent animal diseases.

Other I11ure outlan<lish beliefs. promoted especiidly by Wolfe and his partners, include suggestions that cooked food diets result in deviant behavior (incl11di11grnpe and murder) .ind thnt /\IDS is a honx.

Since nwinstream education (including universities) docs not generally support many raw foodisl clain1s, Natures First Law atlvocatcs a bL>ycuttol' the educational system. Stcinbcrg explains that expcricncc is a bet• tcr tcacher than formal education, and that business interests often influence what is taught in universities.

On the otht:r hand. much of the raw food information available is associated with the promotion of books, speaking engagements, or supplements, providing fuel for l'he argument that raw foodi~m is simply ,rnother diet fad promoted in nn infomercial-type l'a hio11. de igned 10 create profits for its proponents.

Steinberg a,·guesthnt their group tenches by example. letting others logii;ally come 10 accept a raw food diet.

Many w~iultl agrcc that North Americans eat ton much highly pmcesst:d food. [ raw foodism then simply a radical response to the negative aspects of the standard North American diet?

Wolfe trnd his p.irtners would orgue nothat wh..it is really radical is the high level of processing in foods like hot dogs. Many practitioner~ nf n raw food diet find th.it they expcricncc significant health and spiritual benefits, and simply want to share these advantages with others. However, their unconvcntional beliefs leave their movement on the fringe, and out of the public eye.

CASCADESWIN GOLD!

The UdPYCascades Men's ba.~ketballle~mbruugh1home the g()ld. after defeating Algonquin Colles;e 85-72in Truro, N(1va Scotia 011 the22nd.

The women tlidn 't fareas wolf. sac.lly 1 comin1>in 4th µlaceHftcr losing ~othe Montl;\omery Nomiides in Calgary, on lhe 23rd.

SUSGENERALMANAGER'SREPORT, MARCH 2002

ATM nn Campus

ucrv studi.:nt:-.,~tul'I, an<l l'nc:ulty may ha\C noticed a much more i.:on1pac:t ATM machine nut~idc the cafi.:teriu. The Stucknt Union Sc1ciety, with the help and suppnI1 nl' ucrv ha~ SUCCC'-Sfullym:gotiuled ll i.:ontrm;t with Pacific Cnu,t Cash for supply, instullntinn. and a rcvi:nue sharing agrec111cnt.Under the h.:nn, nf the new ugrccment, 50 c.:cnts from every transnc:tion rec \$1.50per transaction! will bt: paid din:c:tly back to the SUS. 25 i.:t:nts from t:very tran:.nction will hi: put tow11r<lsthe purchase uf addition.ii fitness and gym t:quipmem, and the remaining 25 i.:ents dcposili.:tl to the SUS ge11enli opernring account whii.:h supplies many student servii.:cs - such a~ e1m:rgcm:y student grants. The previous ATM opcr,Hcd by St:citia Bank did not make c:un• tribut ions buck 10 UCFV students and :,t:rvice

A sei.:ond ATM wa, installed nc.ir the Rondrunner Cafe, hqwt:,t:r, latc one Friday night someone in a stoli.:n pii.:kup truck apparently mistook it as :1 ''drive-in" unit anti made a very large ''withdraw,11". which in<.:ludcd the ATM itself. Hmmmmm,

Abby Student Lou11gc

f'he new student lnunge - locau.:d in the Student Activity Cenli:r (Jll the Abbotsford c.:n111ptIs - is tnostly c.:nn1plc1cd.It is open Monday tn Friday fm stu<lent~ 10 hung nut.

'l'hc lm111gci;urrently boa!\t~ a pl1lll table, video go,m:s.TV n1t,nitors, steren sy,tem, rnmfortublc couc.:he:-,c:onl <lecot·, a11J n large si.:rccn projectllr ~Y~lcm. During the ~rring / l,Ullllllcr, additiw1ul i;m11;hei.will be [)lm:ecJ in the lnrge window nrea and an et1uipped. func:tionnl bnl' built and installed.

It i~ the intention or the St11den1Union Society tn huld reg11l.1r··Pub Night~·• begin• ning 111the foll term. along with numerous 1ypc1>of activities nnd en1en:iit1111ent.

One nnte on the I1egntive side a few pntrons nl the Student Lounge have stolen full 1,ets of pool boll~ and damaged some video game ClJlltprnent. ca11sing petinds when the games were 1101uperating, much tn the db,appni111111en1 nf the majority of the lounge patrons. ShPUltl you witness any similar net please repnrl them at nnce tn the front desk, UCFV security. or the 'tudcnl Union offkes .is the Stlldetit Lounge hu~/i:-.heing pai<l for hy ~tudent:- l'nr ~tudcnt Usl'.and therefore theft 1111Jd11111agt: nnly hurts the :-lucknls ui' UCFV.

The new Mr. Sub frunc:hi~c will bi: loc:a11:d just outside the studcnl lounge, anti is slated

;lUCFV

to op1:n ill S1.:pte111be1 or lhi~ year.

Cl1illiwack Patty:

On Friday. Murc:h 22. 2002. the SUS thl'l'I~ a party for studc:11ts011 tile Chilliwm;k c:nmpus. Given last weck's winwr weather. 1he turnnut was great. with live bands. c.:heup beer. and free BBQ. Hats ufT lu Earl Babin, Ross Marlin. and thi.: great crew orworker-.. voluntccrs. 111usiciuns,spoI1~ors. nnd pony animals that made it all possible.

Ekc:li\>I\S & Rcrc1·cndu111s:

received ,uffieicn1 support 11,pas-.. Tuitinn Incrcascs

/\s e,peeteu. tuition all acrnss the province nf 11ritish Columbia will he 1ncrensing. It ,~ill be very finnm:inlly trying for many stu• dc11l~ with the incre:ised tuition J'ee:- und i'ru!.lrntrng for tlin,e engaged in programs suffering frn111 cuts. In ndd1tion. funding received from the government us a c.:c111tri bution towards l~mergency Stuc.JentGrnnts will be cut the SUS will be looking intn inc:rea.~ed funding from within i1's own budget to help those in need, We will be ~ccking new 1111dit1110,ntivc iLil:ns 1'01 r:1is i11gmoney to p1ovkil: itH.:reascd,1ulien1 s11p pni I and ~ervic:es.

The 1110111h of March saw the election oi' the SUS new Council. Nut only did the students 1>fUCFV clcc:t u new :-lnte lhcy did it in record style. The: numb1:r uf votes c:a~t this year inc:reascd over last year's vmcr tw·nout by over 300o/c.Wow. Co11grntulutio11sltl the winners and a BIG CONGRATULATIONS ICl the s1udc111swho vutcd in record 1111111bw,. Al this time: a BIG THANK YOU is extended In SUS adv ism T1t111iMc:Lcl Ian for pulling together the entire clcc:tion process nnd 111an,1gi11g it to such a professional degree to encnutage record turnout. Cheers Tami.

With r.;ganJs to rcfcrcndu1m on l lenlth, Dental. nnd Paid Executive. nnne of' these

Me1110Iandumof Agrce111cn1

The "MemnrnIu.Ju111or Agrccme111·· i!', the basic agreement that defi11estile nperating ur rnngement bet ween UCFV and the Student Union Society. The c:urrent SUS Council would lik1.: to see tllis agrcc111cnl updated, tht:rcfore a draft agrct:mcnt has bi.:cn developed and been ·ent tn the SUS lawyets for ndvise111enl. Shortly the SUS hnpes to hleet with UCFY and rwwe this rnrward.

Graduating this year?

An important note about Convocation: Convocation ceremonies will be held on l hursday and Friday,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:

• Applied Business Technology

• Busine~s Administration (including B of BAin Aviation)

• Compute( Information Systems

• Continuing Education/Part-lime Vocational certificates

• Library& Information Technology

• Literacy Tutor

2) Thursday, June 13, 2:30 p.m. For 1he F;inilty of Arts & Applied Art,. For graduates of the following programs:

• Bachelor of Arts

• Associate of Arts degree

• Artsd1plomas (General Studies,Liberal Arts, Theatre, and Visual Arts)

• BA in Adult Education

• English as a SecondLonguoge (certificates)

• Fashion Design

• Gr<1phicDesign

• Modern Language5 (Proficiency certificates)

3) Friday,June 14, 10 a.m.

For 1heFaculty of Science, Healll1, & Human Services (part one) For graduates of the following programs:

• Agriculture

• Associateof Sciencedeg(ee

• U<1chclorof Science

• Certified Dental Assistant

• Fitness & Exercise Management

• Bachelorof Klnesiology

• Nursing

• Resident (are Attendant

4) Friday,June 14, 2:30 p.m.

For the Fdculty of Science, Health, & Human Services (part two) and Crirninal Justice

For graduates of the following programs:

• EarlyChildhood Education/Child& Youth C.Jrc

• Social Services/SocialWork

ANO

• Criminal Justice

\ AND

• Drafting (fro~ Ttdde!. & Tec.linology)

• If you expect to graduate this year from any certificate, diploma, or degree program, YOU MUST APPLYTO GRADUATE."Request for Graduation" forms are available at the Admission and Recordsoffices and Student Servicesat the Abbotsford and Chilliwack campuses,and at the Administration office at the Mission campus.Theseforms must be submitted no later than April 2, 2002, in order for you to be considered for graduation.

• An information packagecontaining detailed Convocation instructions (on-day-of procedures, regalia detoils, guest ticket directions, photography, and other servicesinformation, etc.) will be mailed in late April to all students who submit a "Requestfor Graduation" form.

• Please note: Due to limited seating, each graduate will be entitled to up to three guest tickets for their Convocation ceremony. In early June, if we have ;my unclaimed tickets, we will institute an extra ticket distribution process.Unfortunately the Convocation office cannot respond 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 stephend@ucfv.bc.ca,website: www.udv.bc.ca/convocation/

have won! I believe that there is something wrong with a policy that allows this to happen.

Particularly since UCFV has never had a I 0% voter turn out, passing a policy that allows a referendum to pass providing it achieves a 51 % majority of a hypothetical I 0% (such as 351 votes) of the population is reasonable. In this referendum, with 513 of the current 7000 students at UCFV turning out lo vote, 70% would be a logical cut-off for a referendum to pass as 70% of 513 is still a majority of 700 - or 10% - of students.

...BUREAUCRACY

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Clearly, the majority of students want this. Aside from those who were regretfully prevented from voting by the weather, everyone who cares about this issue cast a valid ballot. And of those 513 who care, 363nearly 71 % - say YES to Cascade Autonomy. By any other standards. this is a landslide victory.

I understand that council passed a motion prior to the ballot-count that made 75% "the magic number," but not only does this number not make senseby any calculation (basically, it is just a random number chosen to ensure a majority), but the motion is not

supported by law or precedence in the University's Act or Society's Act or the SUS's own Constitution and Bylaws. /\lso, the motion has not yet been ratified or passedcouncil's own second reading policy.

So while we all understand thnt no one likes In retract their own words or decisions (believe me, I know this all too well; I work at a newspaper, remember?). is it not better to admit and correct an error in judgment or policy now than to let it stand?

In this case, there is no law on this issue and is hardly unethical 10 change a precedent that was made once new understanding

comes to light. We arc only requesting that a new motion be passed through council to accept what is ,1lre,1dyclearly acceptable tn almost everyone involved.

What is more important. the letter of the law, or the spirit of the law? f'd venture a guess that to accurately represent people, you must represent 'spirits' much more than the regulations that control them. So while I agree that there is a time und place for bureaucracy, it should not be at the cost of squelching the human spirit and will that make rules beneficial or necessary at all.

GGRADUATE PROGRAM

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