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Tuesday, Septenber 5, 1995
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NEWS
New Year, New Parking System UCFV management has taken over and pay parking is once again in effect. By Monique Marchant As most of you will have noticed by now, UCFV is once again enforcing a paid parking system. If you have not noticed but have parked on campus in one of the lots, you better go out and plug the parking machine with a couple of quarters in return for a parking pass. Pay Parking is operated by the management ofUCFV this time around, instead of an outside company. By doing this, it is hoped that some of the problems with the previous system will be done away with. It is in effect Monday to Saturday from 8 am. to 10 p.m. year round. In the brochure put out by UCFV to explain pay parking, there are reasons given for using the system. It says that "Increased awareness about personal safety issues has created a need for more frequent security patrols, better lighting and other security measures which add to UCFV' s operating costs." The money is also to assist with the maintenance of the parking lots. . Parking tickets for the student lots cost 50 cents per day and can be purchased from the ticket dispensers located in each student/public parking lot. Tickets provide in/out privileges and are valid on both campuses for the date on which they are purchased. Employees of UCFV must display an employee parking permit sticker in order to park in the employee parking areas. Parking for employees is paid for by payroll deduction based on two consecutive semesters. Temporary or part-time employees who wish to apply for a parking permit may apply to get monthly parking passes. Visitor parking is available at both the Abbotsford and Chilliwack campuses. Plugging the meter with 50 cents will get you a maximum of two hours. Car pool parking lots are available at both the Abbotsford and Chilliwack campuses. Permits for car pool lots are available for groups'of two or more people. It costs $30 per semester for a 2-person car pool, $20 for a 3-person, and it is free for a 4-person. For information on car pooling call Parking Services at 864-4603 in Abbotsford. In Chilliwack, call 792-0025, local 4603. Parking in designated spaces for people with handicaps is free providing the vehicle displays a provincial or municipal
handicapped permit. UCFV handicapped permits may be issued with a valid doctor's certificate for a maximum two-week period. Contact Parking Services for more information. Motorcycle parking is free, but is limited to the designated areas within the student/public parking lots. If these spaces are full, parking in regular spaces is permitted. Bicycle parking is free and limited to bicycle
racks. During the fall and winter semesters, student safety patrols regularly patrol the parking lots in the evening hours to enhance safety and prevent crime. Security personnel are available to walk you to your car during evening hours. To contact UCFV Security for an escort, phone 855817 6 on the Abbotsford campus or 793-817 6 on the Chilliwack campus. As an additional safety measure, certain lots are designated for women only during evening hours. Check the signs in the parking lots and make sure you are parking in the right areas. The rules of the lots are posted on signs, and they will be enforced with penalties. A parking violation notice will be placed on vehicles in breach of the posted regulations. An outstanding parking violation notice can be canceled by a payment of $10. Two or more outstanding parking violation notices may result in towing. Outstanding parking violation notices will be removed from the violations record after one full calendar year if there have been no further
FV PIRG at UCFV I
New student organization on campus. By Lori Nelson A yellow leaflet has been sighted at random locations around UCFV campuses. It asks "what the heck is a PIRG anyways??T' PIRGS are student-run,student-funded organizations who promote a variety of social justice,humanrights,andenvironmentalissues, through res.earch,education and activism. By worlcing with PIRG to organize educational forums and to initiate lobbying campaigns on campus, students are given the opportunity to put their classwork to practical use for the community. Originally started in the 1970's by consumer advocate Ralph Nader, there are currently 19 PIRGS on Canadian university/ college campuses, and over 200 across North America. Presently, the FV PIRG (the Fraser Valley Public Interest Research Group) at UCFV is focusing their attention on several important local and international issues. With the help of the Facilities departmentandotherstudentgroups, FV PIRG is encouraging students and staff to recycle their paper waste, aluminum cans, and styrofoam coffee cups. By promoting the benefits of reusable and recyclable materials, FV PIRG is asking everyone at UCFV to do
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their part to clean up the environment. FV PIRG will also circulate an information pamphlet and petition around campusdrawingyourattention to the appalling decisionby the governmentofFrance to resume nuclear weapons testing. FV PIRG vigorously denounces this decision. Considering the destructive nature of nuclear weapons, this testing is unnecessary and unwanted! Support PIRG and other environmental groups in their efforts to stop nuclear testing. Of the many social justice issues FV PIRG will work on this year, the group will tackle the problems of organized and disorganized racism in our community. Through educational forums on racism and multi-culturalism, their goal is to provide worl<ablesolutions to this delicate issue. With your help, theFraserValleyPublic Interest Research Group at UCFV can and will make a difference. Co-chair Orla Petersen says "Let's work together for social equality and tohelpclean up ourenvironmentforfuture generations. Asstudents at UCFV, you control PIRG, so let us know what issues you find important" Forfurtherinformationsee theactivities booth in the Great Hall or the bulletin board in the A Lounge. You can also contact Lori Nelson, ~hair. at858-3839.
Violations include parking in employee, handicapped, or car pool areas without a valid permit, parking without displaying a valid parking ticket in the student/public lots or parking in the Visitor Parking area at an expired meter. Vehicles found parked in the following restricted areas will be subject to immediate towing: unauthorized parking in spaces for persons with disabilities; parking in bus zone; blocking another properly parked vehicle; parking in a fire lane or blocking access to a fire hydrant; parking along a yellow curb or on a yellow zone; parking on a roadway or in a way that impedes traffic flow; parking on landscaped areas; vehicles left abandoned in excess of 72 hours. If your vehicle is towed, it will be noted on a sheet posted at the switchboard at each campus. You may recover it at the following locations after paying a towing fee of between $50 and $75. In Chilliwack, call Wally's Auto Body Lori Nelson Photo Ltd., 795-9108, 8832 Young Rd. (Payment is by cash, VISA, or MasterCard). In Abbotsford, call Parkade P.I. Services, 850-7769, 34466 4th Ave., Huntingdon. (Payment is by cash only). A Parking Appeals Committee of students and staff members will hear appeals with regard to parking violations. Appeals must be presented in writing within 10 calendar days from the time of the violation. Appeal forms are available at the Parking Services Office. The Parking Services Office welcomes comments from students and employees on how to make the parking service even better. To comment or obtain additional information, contact the Parking Services Office at 8644603 in Abbotsford, or 792-0025 local 4603 in Chilliwack.
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Tuesday, September 5, 1995
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LearningCentreNow Open The doors are open, ready for the new school year. It yet remains to be seen when all of the shelves will be full enough to meet the needs of third and fourth year students. By Peter Hutchinson For those of you who have not had the pleasure of wandering about the all new "G" Building on the Abbotsford campus, here is a summarization of what you will find in this architectural beauty. Obviously there is the library with a very spacious layout, and a definite learning atmosphere. There are new library catalogue computers and a few more inter library loan computers. Unfortunately you will probably find yourself in a lineup when trying to get on the CD Rom computers. In the library you will also find Technical Services, many comfy study carrousels, four quiet study rooms, the Video Collection, a viewing area for the videos, a comfy general reading area, two group study areas, and an Adaptive Technology room. The library is a marvelously laid out area and has many little perks, like a marble counter top at the circulation desk, to please the eye. The are 22 staff members within the librarv to assist evervone in the
search for knowledge (or a bathroom). Also within "G" building you will find some other very helpful people including the Writing Centre, which is open from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, and the Math Centre which will be open for two and a half days a week for all those needing help in math. Both Centres highly encourage people to stop in for assistance, or make an appointment to see them. Instructional Media Services and Computing and Technical Services are also within "G" building. Offering such services as a computer lab containing over 30 IBM computers and a Media Development Lab, you will find more knowledgeable people. All hours and locations of these centres are posted within the building. It is highly recommended that any individual with some free time goes and discovers for themselves what "G" building has to offer.
Lori Nelson Photo
Abby campus is the proud owner of a new learning centre {bottom left). Within its walls are the Library, the Writing Centre, the Math Centre, Instructional Media Services, Computing and Technical Services, and a few classrooms. For new students or returning ones who feel lost in this new building, visit the information counter in the Library (above).
CJSA Elections
New year, new people, first party. B.yClare Goldman Tuesday, September 12, 1995 at 7:30p.m. is the first Criminal Justice Student Association Social, to be held at Finnigans in the banquet room (Finnigans is right beside the University College). Included in this evening of frivolity, is the annual election for the CJSA. Nominations and voting will commence at approximately 9:30 p.m. To be eligible for a CJSA position and to vote, you must be registered in either the Crim Diploma or Degree program. More information will be given in class during the first week of school and posted around campus, or if you see myself or Cindy Grant around, we can supply the necessary information. · So be there, munchies and a cash bar (ID required) will be on hand.
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You can find them every Friday morning (except for holiday weekends) meeting in room A225, which is th eBoard Room. They meet from 7:20 am. to 8:20 am. The club is sponsored by the Communications Department Faculty contact Raymond Welch can be found in room B 139 orreached at 853-7441 local 4451, or contact Loma at 850-3489.
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Tuesday, September S, 1995
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New Student Loan Process To Be More Accessible For UCFV Students Bank representatives from the Bank of Nova Scotia and the Royal Bank will be on the Abbotsford and Chilliwack campuses to help students with loans. With the advent of the new school year at the University College of the Fraser Valley, students seeking financial assistance will find a "more approachable, informal and less intimidating" loan process, according to UCFV acting Financial Aid officer Coby Romaniuk. As of August 1, only three banks are dealing with Government of Canada or B.C. student loans. The Bank of Nova Scotia, the Royal Bank, and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce are accepting Canada student loan documents; the Bank of Nova Scotia and the Royal Bank are handling the provincial student loans. As part of their new role in the student loans process, both the Royal and Scotia banks will be "on campus" at UCFV in Abbotsford and Chilliwack the week prior to and th~ week of the first classes of the semester. "Each UCFV student who's application has been registered with the Government of BC will receive a letter from us asking them to come in and pick-up their document, and giving them a time they can come and talk with the bank repn;sentatives on campus. Students can start doing this as soon as the week prior to classes" says Romaniuk.
will also offer free information kits to loan applicants. "These kits will include a fun and easy-to-use IBM-compatible diskette which shows students how to budget" says Debra Nygard of the Royal's Abbotsford branch. Both also indicate payments can be advanced, so the student will not be left waiting. "With the new technology, we processed a student loan at the branch last week in a matter of minutes," notes the
Royal's Anne Laury. "We really hope students will take advantage of this" says Romaniuk. She also hopes students seeking to negotiate documents won't wait until the first week of classes. "If we can get some things done in advance, it will really help the loan process." Students who have had Canada student loans in the past must arrange to transfer to one of the
three participating banks. However, there is no such requirement for new provincial loans. Representatives of the Royal and Nova Scotia banks will be at the Abbotsford and Chilliwack campuses September 5-8 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day. Students seeking more information should contact Carol Ambridge or Coby Romaniuk of UCFV's Financial Aid office at 864-4601.
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Also, most of these banks' branches in the UCFV region will be on extended hours (4 to 7 p.m.) the same two weeks to accommodate student loans. Each of the two banks will be bringing slightly different methods to the process, during their on campus visits, although representatives for both banks stress how quick the process will be, and that they are "there to help" students taking out loans. "When the students bring their documentation to us, we'll start the process and be back on campus the following day, ready for the students to pick up their loan proceeds" notes Wayne Marshall, Manager of Personal Banking at Abbotsford's Bank of Nova Scotia.
Meanwhile, the Royal Bank
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Tuesday, September 5, 1995
EDITORIAL
What are your goals for this school year? "Expand my knowledge in international, social, & political issues which will iprove my skills.as an advocate for children andyouth. Throughmy work with FVPIRG I will help promote positive social and environmental change." Orla Petersen Jr.
Peter Hutchinson, Monique Marchant, & Caroline Higgins, aretheCASCADE's Editorial Staff for the 1995/96 year. Lori Nelson Photo
"To complete the Office Careers Program and get a good job." Corinne Kerr 1st year Office Careers
"Finish that course and hopefully get into the program full time." Eric Carlson 1st year General Studies
"To do well and have a good time doing it." Joanne Simister 3rd year Criminology
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Letters to Ed.
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Leters must be typed, double-space, submitted in the form of a hard copy (on paper), on disk compatible with the CASCADE's computer format (Mac), or sent via E-Mail. All letters rom the Student Body must include the name, phone #, and student # of the author(s). Letters from persons and/or groups not affiliated with UCFV's Student Body must include name, phone#, and address of the author(s) or group. All letters will be published verbatim with the full name of the author(s)
CASCADE
VIEW
Rather than write a scathing editorial for the first issue, the Editorial Staff took a vote and decided instead to write something up and let you know who we are. Besides, we wanted to give everyone the first week or so to provide us with a topic. We would like to say that we, the Editorial Staff of the CASCADE, are of sound mind and body, but sometimes there is concern for the brain part. We are, like all of you, students trying to figure out how to fit family, friends,stuqying, and work into those measly 24 hours that each day comes with. In addition to all the norm, we also have this, the CASCADE to produce for you. Why are we doing this, you ask? I myself (Monique Marchant) like to use the plea of temporary insanity. I said that I would take over as Editor-In-Chief, so here I am. Caroline Higgins has returned for her second year with the CASCADE and has bravely taken my previous spot of two years as the Managing Editor. Peter Hutchinson, also returning for his second year, is what we call the Executive Editor, and is already pleading for his Mommy. If you want to know the specifics of our jobs, stop by and we'll show you the job descriptions. The Editorial Policy is also posted in the office for those of you who wish to read it. We are always looking for people to join our paper. If you're interested in being a CASCADE reporter, come visit us and we'll find something for you to do. We are more than happy to share our work load with others. As for those of you who have been regurlar writers and cartoonists in the past, please stop by the office A.S.A.P. because somebody appears to have "borrowed" the staff phone list that was attached to the wall with numerous staples and pins, and has not yet returned it. Needless to say, we're starting a new list of numbers so we know where to hunt you down if you need encouragement in meeting your deadlines. Anybody may submit an article, photo, or graphic to the CASCADE. The next deadline is September 11th. Please follow same format as is indicated for the Letters to the Editor for any submissions you have for the CASCADE. Thanks.
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DISCOVERING BUDDHA:
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even in menial tasks such as thinning radishes they practice their religion. Thinninga radish may be easy if you are in a hurry,but if you thinkthatdisturbingtheneighbouringradishes SiddarthaGautama,Buddha, was bornin Kapilavastu, roots is bad and you do not want any karmic reflex from that whichis near thepresentday Indian-Nepalborder,around 563 then you would takeextremecare to thin the radishes. This is b.c.. Asonofarulerhefoundhislifelackingadeepspirituality. how a Buddhistmonk would thin radishes. Historians believe he sought spiritual indulgence by Theireveryactionis thoughttohavea karmicreflex. So removinghimselffrommaterialismandpubliclifeby escaping if one hasgood intentionsthen good will come of their good societyand practisingyoga intentionsif nothing else. This attempt at enlightenmentwas abandonedaftera The one major difference between Christianity and shorttime and he adopteda centralpath betweenremoval and Buddhism,as by the Dalilama, is thatBuddhistsdonot follow. self indulgence. They lead theirown lifeand throughmeditationdiscoverwhat Afterfurtherrealizationof his lackingspiritualityhe sat SiddarthaGautama had discoveredfor himself. undera Bo Tree for six years and meditated. During these six In an interviewwitha Zen Buddhistmonk I discovered years Gautamapassed through many stages of consciousness more about this fascinatingreligion. reachingthe enlightenedstage he was searchingfor. Nora Minouge, known as Kuya Keido (her ordained Afterreachingthis in his spiritualityhe felt it necessary name) helped in this discovery. to tellotherpeopleof his accomplishment.He setout travelling She discovered Buddhism after a self realization of and gatheringdisciplesand teachinghis new found ways. lacking spirituality. She studied Buddhism in Japan while Fmishedhis travelsGautamadecided to start teaching teachingEnglish in that country. in a monastic style by opening a monastery in a community Seeing how no women can become monks in eastern called Sangha. society of Buddhism she was ordained at Shasta Abbey in In his teachingshe taughtabout the ten precipicesand Oregon. Here she receivedher ordainedname OfKuyaKeido. how to ocknowledgetheir existencethroughmeditation. Kuya means emptinessis, so for all you philosophicaltypes The ten precipicesare very similarto the Christiansten ponder that one. Kiedo is the name of her teacher'steacher's commandments.On theotherhand,a majordifferencebetween teacher'steacher. thetwo religions is that Buddhist'sdo not believe in sin. Kiedoinfotmedme that in a monkslife there are many A Buddhist believes that only bad circumstanceswill realizations,but themost commonone is the realizationof not arise from prior bad judgement,;,a true karma state. They beingenlightened.Thisleadstohumilityandfurthermeditation believethat a good or badjudgement will return itselfnot only trying to become the enlightened. in this life time but in the persons next three lifetimes. As most religions go Buddhism is very patriartrical, You could say that every action hasan equal reaction, althoughBuddhism seems to believe in a person as an entity good for good bad for bad. gender still plays a major role. Like most major.religionsBuddhismhasand still does Buddha's mother was denied the monk hood of a influencepolitics. Buddhist'sthat are involvedin politicstake Buddhistand today only in westerncivilizationcan a woman thestandthat if what is being done hasany hannful effectsthen beamonk. it shouldnot be done at all. Buddhistsdo not sit on the back Buddhismalso hasmanyoff springs. At one point there burner in a blissful state they are highly active in the women wereovereighteenandtodaythereareonlythreemajoroffspring. movementand the abortionissue in North America Mahayana,the great way, Theravada, the way of the Buddhistmonks take their religion to such a point that elders, and another offspring which really incorporates sex
By Peter Hutchinson
roles within the religion. Buddha'sdying words to forget all that he had taught andtogooutandlearnforthemselves,soyoumayaswellforget about this article and go out and discover Buddhism for yourselves.
STUDENT UNION=========~
Wt.lat•sHappenedand What•sHappening The 1995/96 Student Union Board members have moved into their office and have begun their work for the students at the University College of the Fraser Valley. Greetings UCFV Students from the 1995/96 Student Union Society. This is just a brief run down of what the Student Union has been doing all summer while the rest of you worked hard at raising funds for your TUITION and BOOKS.
Security) regarding safety for students. We have also talked with her about pay parking and voiced our complaint about how the
1. One of the most important areas that the Union has worked on is summer is in the area of student finances. We worked with the Financial Aid office to get bank representation out to the Abbotsford and Chilliwack campus. This is to help the students with the Student loan documents. The bankers will be here the first week of classes. In addition we are also trying to get a bank machine at the Chilliwack campus.
Robin Price, President
2. We put together an awesome new StudentHandbookandsaved$10,000over last years handbook cost. 3. We have instituted polices to make the Union fiscally responsible to preventthemisuseofStudentUnion'sfunds. 4. Safety concerns have also been addressed on behalf of the students. We have met with Carol Hardy (Head of
Student Union Board:
Jamie Hellewell, VP Internal Shomik Bhattacharya, Treasurer Sandra Hakanson, VP External machinesonly take quarters. She explained that it was cheaper to use only one type of coin-,cheaper but not always convenient 5. In the past months we have also hired a new Editor for our paper the
Incorporatinginternal communicationsvia local Television
CASCADE. Monique Marchant is our new Editor, we would like to welcome her and her staff. We understand that they have been working vecyhard the past few weeks to get the paper out. Thank you CASCADE Staff. 6. One other service that we are trying to provide for the students is a free phone for local calls. There will be a limit of all calls to 5 minutes. Look for this in November. 7. The Union has also increased the amount budgeted for donations and we have added a ContinuingEducationbursary. Call us and ask. 8. In addition we have allocated funds for the Student Union building coordinator, and we are in the process of organizing resources an setting up an account for this building. 9. We are currently developing a five year plan for the Union. Some of the main ideas that we are studying would include: Student Union building; Transportation between UCFV campuses;
If you have any issues or concerns that you feel needs addressingplease call us or leave a note. Our Abby number is 8644613. Chilliwack local 2825. 1
We also want to remind everyone of the Special General Meeting being held on Sept. 11, 1995, 12:00 noon, Abbotsford campus, the room number is to be announced. We look forward to seeing you there. We are also holding By-election this month so get your nominations in between September 15 thru 22. The nomination forms are availableat the Union office room A221 in Abbotsford. Many different positions for each campus. Good luck with the school year from the Student Union Board: Robin Price, Jamie Hellewell, Shomik Bhattacharya, & Sandra Hakanson. P.S. We are also known as the Student Union Society 09/95.
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Tuesday, September 5, 1995
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Eargerly Waiting For Your Comments, Even If They Aren•t Music To His Ears UCFV's very own music critic looks over some of the musical highlights and let downs of the summer and declares open season for the new school year. Rants Roves & Assorted Reviews By Nolan Webb
Hey there fellow institutionalized mind-control slaves! That's right, it's time to begin our continued musical journey of information and discussion. Well okay it's more of an "I talk you listen " kind of deal in the general vein of those father-son "discussions" your father always liked to have when you were in high school. So, once again I'm looking forward to continued abuse from those who feel that I've thrown mud on their particular opinions/ religions /favourite bands etc ... I'm also readily anticipating the forced smiles from classroom mates giving me a reluctant pat on the back all while commenting, "great article last week man" while walking away with that "have you considered therapy" look on their faces. Since it's first issue I guess that means it's time to summarize the summer experience in a couple of paragraphs. Tell me that doesn't bring back nightmares of the first day back when you were in elementary school.
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Well I'm sad to say that this summer paled in comparison to the last one for sheer shock value. So since this isn't going to be a upset-Michelle Demers kind of story complete with exaggerated machismo tales of fires, destruction and tear gas (like last year) I think I'll just stick to the music. Some of the cool bands that I've discovered (or re-discovered) since we've last met include: the Inbreds (who recently played an excellent show at the Starfish with the Superfriendz), a Kingston duo with only a bass guitar and drums, Hayden (Neil Young without the annoying voice), Sandbox (decent Halifax pop), Rainbow Butt Monkeys (Ontario funkhard rock), Red Autumn Fall (Calgary's own warehouse of Brit-styled pop talent), Treblecharger (Superb fuzzy pop rock). Some of the shitty bands that I've walked out on in the last few months
include Vancouver industrial shit-rockers Econoline Crush who almost convinced me that the eighties never died. Seattle's the Posies weren't much better proving that "I Could Sleep All Day" is not just their only half-decent song but also a good description of an afternoon concert featuring this group of overrated yawners. Claw hammer, Crankshaft, and Lazy Susan also round out the top five worst bands I saw this summer. In the local front, Vancouver's own gods of entertainment The Muscle Bitches are apparent! y no more. Frontman Dr. Naughty Pants explains that, "I went away on my honeymoon and when I can back, Mistress Fang had quit the band so unless we can find a replacement we are finito." anyone who ever saw these lovable creatures live knows that their can be no true replacement for Mistress Fang. They will be sadly missed. The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets may indeed be finished as well due to the drummer Jordan Pratt's steady commitments with Mystery Machine. When last contacted frontman Warren Banks said that a replacement had not even been discussed. A shame, as their latest release, Cthulu Strikes Back is a prize.
As usual your comments and criticism are encouraged, whether you wish it to be private or published is your decision. Keep your eyes open for more band interviews and remember that Bon Jovi andAerosmith suck commercial nads. And on a final serious note consider not drinking and driving as its never seems that the drunken pieces of shit get killed. So think of that, chachi waste cases, when you're bragging to your greasy friends about how you could barely see the road. We remember Cindy ...
The Cascade
Tuesday, September 5, 1995
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New Cascade Rugby Team Will Take on UBC, SFU, WWU, TWU, and Douglas UCFV athletes are prepared to start a new season with the same old excellence. Keep an eye out for when the games are so you ca1:1go out and cheer our teams on. By Peter Hutchinson Once again the UCFV Athletics Department pulls through for what should lead to another exciting year in sports here at UCFV. Jane Antil, Athletics Director, has informed us of what is to come in the Athletics Department. This is what you shall see and may be even decide to be a part of: First year for a men's Rugby team which will play in the North West Collegiate Rugby Union. Other teams in the Union are UBC, SFU, WWU, TWU, & Douglas College. An experienced, and tale~ted coach, Tom Hall, shall lead the inaugural team. The first practice and tryouts
will be at Yale Secondary School in Abbotsford on Wednesday September 13 from 4:30 to 6:30. All male rugby players are welcome. Not so new but just as exciting is UCFV Basketball. Coach Pat Lee, returning to UCFV after 8 years will guide the mens Basketball team. Tryouts begin immediately today at 7:00 p.m. at Rotary Stadium, Abbotsford. And again, all are welcome. Womens Basketball returning coach is Sandy Chambers. Half of the team is returning, and they are looking for new players. Tryouts begin September 11, time and place to be announced. Mens Soccer has a few new names to their coachin~ staff
including Fernstrom,
Scott Fast, Ken and Barry Mansell.
The womens team returning coaches are Tom Fast and Norm Williams. Both teams have already seen action this year and results will be published in a later issue. Unfortunately all spots are filled for both mens and the ladies Soccer teams. The UCFV Golf team is in need of golfers with a handicap of 10 or less. A trial round shall be held on September 8 with Elaigh Guidera coaching. First tournament is on September 16. Cross Country Runners are also needed. There will be a team meeting on September 7 at 12:00, room A215 on the Abbotsford campus. Everyone is welcome to the first practice on September 8 at
7:00 a.m. at Rotary Abbotsford.
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Returning to soccer for a while, the UCFV international tournament will be held on September 9 and 10 in Chilliwack at Townsend Park. First UCFV games are at 9:00 a.m. League games start for both the mens and ladies team on September 16 at Capilano College. For interested You only course at
those of you who are in Rugby, one last note. need to be in at least one UCFV to participate.
So far this year Jane Antil is saying everything is looking good and people are more than welcome to come and ask her questions regarding the UCFV Athletics Department. You will find her, sometimes, in room A215.
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Welcome back, we at the Cascade thought you might enjoy finding your classes this morning so we thought we would include this handy dandy map of this fine facility. Over the summer some great mind thought it would be best that we changed every classroom number and ever building prefix. So for those returning students when you are in 'A' building now, last year you would have been in building 'E'. The library is no longer in building 'A', what is now building 'B', it is in building 'G'. Although The Cascade is now in building 'A' we have not moved from building 'E' at all, over here you can also find those fine folks from the student union who are probably just as lost as you are.
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The real confusion may set in when you go looking for that professor of unknown subjects who has been stuck in some god forsaken hell hole, way the hell and gone in building 'Z' and to top it all off his office number has a suffix. It may just be one persons opinion but why did they not name the buildings and forget about this alphabet soup we have for an institution. Well if all else fails and you can not get to the all important early morning class because you have no idea of where it is just scream out for UCFV MAN! By yodelling at the top of your lungs and he will come! (actually he won't I am just attempting to make people find the inner yodeller they all have deep within themselves). Have a great semester, and please read The Cascade news paper to ward off those unsightly unknowledgable looks, two out of three Cascade editors agree it really works. ( the other was passed out on the couch)
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Tuesday, September 5, 1995
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Ramboism and the Abbotsford Air/Trade Show By Ron Dart
You will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion. -CP Snow
and more than 1 million children remain seriously malnourished as a result of such a killing field. The CF-5 Freedom Fighter (Canada recently tried to sell these jets to Turkey who would use them on the Kurdish people) also attended the Airshow; the CF-5 is a standard third world "counter insurgency" jet. Many other war birds such as the CF-18 Hornet (McDonnell Douglas), B-1 Bomber (Rockwell), F-4 Phantom (McDonnell Douglas) and B-52 Super fortress (Boeing) called Abbotsford a welcoming home for a few days in August this year. Each of these killing machines has, in various parts of the world, been responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians. The 1995 Airshow, though, careful to avoid the negative publicity of the 1994 "Tora, Tora" event, entertained the eager crowds
The Abbotsford International Airshow began in 1961, and since then it has become the 3rd largest Airshow (next to London and Paris) in the world; it is the largest Airshow in North America. In 1969, Prime Minister Trudeau declared the Airshow "Canada's national airshow ," and each August between 235,000 300,000 arrive in Abbotsford to attend this Mecca of militarism. The Abbotsford Times (July 15, 1995), faithfully echoed the Airshow outlook when it stated: It's a pure fire line-up with some of the world's best military performances ... Jt's raw power that draws you. The AbbotsfordC learbro ok-M a tsq ui Weekly (July 29, 1994) enthusiastically proclaimed: flight displays of the massive B-1 bomber and the A-JO ground attack fighter display the awesome power of military muscle. It would be quite easy to cobble together many other comments from various papers and magazines that extol the "raw power" and "awesome power of military muscle" of the Abbotsford International David Thiessen Photo Airshow. According to the photographer, throughout The 1995 show Sunday's Abbotsford International Airshow, the attracted
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lineups to look at and touch the largest air.borne gun,in existence (the A-10 Thunderbolt)· were seldom short.
expensive, powerful and deadly war birds to ---------------Abbotsford. The F-117 Stealth this year with a 1000 foot (60 (Lockheed) that cost over $65 stories high) wall of fire that jets billion in research and flew through. The BD-5 (the development touched down on the world's smallest jet) raced the tarmac for a few days. The A-10 world's fastest triple engine jet Thunderbolt (Fairchild) arrived truck down the tarmac much to the again; this bird of prey uses shells delight of the spectators. An astute that leave behind radioactive dust. letter to the editor of the This fighter plane, like the F-117, Abbotsford News (July 15, 1995) was used in the Gulf War of 1991; wryly and rightly noted: an estimated 200,000 were killed Millions are spent on advertising
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Greeting those entering Airshow Canada (the Airshow's Aerospace Trade Show) was this massive display advertising for sale both Canada's 60 CF-S's and Bristol Aerospace's modernization technologies.
and studies, warning that speed kills and fossil fuel exhaust must be reduced for life and the environment to survive. But the show must go one. Abbotsford Airshow is boasting the display of the world's fastest jet truck. Jet engines are the worst polluters per capita or cargo mile. Indeed, the airshow did go on. The sanitized Ramboism of the Airshow, although advertised as family entertainment, is, in fact, about celebrating raw power as a public virtue and polluting the earth as a means of entertainment. More than 250,000 arrived, yet once again, coppers in hand to find a good pew at this annual event. The state, big business and the military, predictably, joined affectionate and comrade-like hands to put on this spectacle of "military muscle." This year, Abbotsford also hosted a Trade Show during the same week as the Airshow; both events are held at the Abbotsford Airport and Tradex building. Vancouver Sun (July 12) and Abbotsford Times (July 15) extolled all the economic benefits th.is biennial aerospace show brought to Abbotsford, the Lower Mainland, and, of course, the government. What, though, were some of the hard facts kept concealed in the back pocket of the Trade show organizers? Most of the major defense industries in the world, such as Computing Devices, Bristol Aerospace, Canadian Marconi, Composites Atlantic and Bombardier attended the Trade show. The military did 'meet and do business' in Abbotsford from August 8-13. In fact, the military presence has dramatically increased at the Trade show; 37 major military firms attended in 1989, 102 in 1993, and in 1995 the
number continued to grow. The 'new initiatives' for 1995 include SICOF!i<A (the military wing of the Organization of American States) and Com Def (a major American military presence involved in arms bazaars and, consciously so, relocating to Vancouver from Washington). Many of the countries that were graciously welcomed to the Trade show, such as_China, Indonesia, Brazil, Turkey and many Latin American countries are well known for their vicious repression of fundamental human rights. The US Justice Department · has stated that' defense companies remain the worst offenders in fraud, exceeding half a billion in 1994', yet the organizers of the Trade show, predictably, winked as these high class criminals did lucrative business at the Trade show. The Abbotsford Air-Trade Show was the showcase of 'raw power' and 'military muscle'. The organizers of both events attempted to sell their activities as harmless family entertainment and a benign aerospace show. The rhetoric, though, dissolves as the dark reality appeared. Each year, when theAirshow (the Trade show is held every 2nd year) draws more than 235,000, an Arts and Peace Festival is held. The aim of the Festival is to be a flare of light in the darkness, a gadfly to those in power, a stormy petrel in the blue sky, an alternate to violence as a means of resolving conflict. The Festival has events for children, peace workshops, art displays, drama (a play on the life of Dorothy Day this year) and plenty of good food, music and conversations. The Arts and Peace Festival continues to grow, and this year, the event was held at the UniversityCollegeoftheFraserValley.
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