The Cascade Volume 5 Issue 7 1998-01-15

THE.UNIVERSITY COLLE.GE.OF THE. FRASERVALLEY STUl>E.NTNE.'i/S?A?E.R Frigid, barren moon, as great Mitsubishi waxes life in Burma wanes -Paul Hitchfield, Tokyo

"Acceptingresponsibility is an act of courage." -Aung San Suu Kyi

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Happy New Year! Welcome back to another semester. I hope everyone's holiday was relaxing and stress-free.

With the hectic pace of a commercialized holiday we often forget what the season is all about. I learnt an unexpected lesson this Christmas and it came from a surprising source ... my father.

Yes, I am officially an adult and amazingly enough I am still learning from my parents. (Just don't tell them that I don't know everything) As I boarded the overcrowded BC Ferries, my arms laden with gifts, I realized I was more excited to see my family whom I hadn't seen in about two months than I was for the actual holiday. Just

as Christmas eve rolled around and I started getting the feeling that the holiday was going to pass me by my father came home and told me how he spent his day.

Now to understand the story you must know that my father to many people is the spitting image of none other then Santa Claus himself.

There is just one difference, my father rides a motorcycle and dresses the part. But on this Christmas eve day he donned the infamous red suit, decorated his motorbike with garland and lights, and pulled a sleigh on the trailer behind him. The radio on the bike proclaimed the carols of the season and his passengers was a favorite character of many kids of all ages known as the Christmas Bear.

The Bear is a person in a very . large teddy bear costume.

Now these two rode around town, stopping to hand out candy canes and pose for pictures with children and adults alike. As the day goes on the 'bear' needs to make a pit stop and since the costume is so difficult to get in and out of the two decide to stop for coffee. The bear is now a real person, but my father is still dressed as good old Saint Nick when they enter the coffee shop.

Sitting down to have coffee my father over hears a mother tell her young child who is blind and has very large and cumbersome hearing aids that Santa Claus is having coffee at the next table. The boy probably in slight disbelief asks if he can go talk to him, but the boys father explains that he is on a break. My father overhearing the conversation motions for the parents to bring the boy over. The boys father explains that his son can not see, so he has to use his sense of touch. The boy reaches out and finds the top of my fathers hand and slowly works his way up to find the fur of Santa's jacket cuff and eventually the fur of the collar. The boy's expression has not changed until he finds the beard. After a few seconds of tugging on the beard the boy's face lights up when he realizes it is real. And as soon as this has been established the boy told his Christmas list in great detail and

in total confidence to ... my father.

As the boy and his parents went back to their table my father looked up and you could have heard a pin drop, the whole restaurant was watching intently.

When my father came home to tell my mother and I about his day he had a glowing light in his eyes that shone about as bright as the little boy's face who got to have his own personal meeting with Santa.

The most important lessons in life are often the unexpected ones.

My father brought back the true meaning of Christmas for himself and others.

Donna Lovett Editor-in-Chief

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Though it was once known as "the rice bowl of Asia," Burma is now one of the most impoverished and destitute countries of the world. Ethnic cleansing and human rights abuses are rampant, and millions suffer from deprivation, disease, illiteracy, hunger and unemployment. Environmental carnage is almost incalculable: the rain forests are being cut down at a faster rate than almost anywhere else in the world. The cause? The Burmese people have been subjugated by brutal military dictatorship euphemistically named the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC). "Law and Order," of course, have nothing to do with the real aims of this regime. It refuses to even adopt a constitution, operating instead under martial law.

However the military would 'not be able to maintain power if it did not receive outside help since it is extremely unpopular.

In 1990, a democratic election was held in which 96% of the population voted for democracy and an end to military tyranny.

The National League for Democracy (NLD), lead by eventual Nobel Peace prize-winner Aung San Suu Kyi, garnered 86% of the parliamentary seats. The results, however, were ignored by the SLORCand the parliament dissolved. Aung San Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest for the next five years.

The major reason no popular movement has been successful in overthrowing the SLORCis because the regime is continually propped up financially by western and transnational corporations (particularly oil conglomerates).

These global parasites provide the SLORCwith huge investment dollars needed to purchase weapons with which to suppress its own people.

Foreign-supported dictatorship is nothing new to the Burmese people. It was an English colony for more than a hundred years before achieving "independence" in 1948. Since then it has seen only flashes of real independence.

Military governments have dominated the political scene for the majority of the past 50 years. The SLORC is only the most recent military dictatorship, though it is unquestionably the most barbarous. It first seized power in 1988 following a series of bloody massacres and crackdowns of nation-wide popular democracy demonstrations.

One of these massacres took place in the capital, Rangoon, on March 18, 1988. Hundreds of schoolchildren and stud en ts were marching across White Bridge singing the national anthem and calling for an end to authoritarian rule. Suddenly riot police appeared, blocking both sides of the bridge. Without warning they waded into the crowd and began beating students-many to death. Some were drowned in the lake below. Afterwards fire engines had to be brought in to wash away the blood.

Widespread protest continued throughout 1988 including a massive strike of workers in every occupation (except of course, the military).

The SLORC's response was unyielding. Ne Win, the now-retired chairman of the ruling junta, kept his promise to "shoot to kill those who stand against us."

Over the next four days, atrocities were committed against the Burmese people which no adjective can do justice to. Several thousand people were murdered in the streets or in prisons, often after being tortured, for no other reason than the soldiers came across their paths.

Virtually no media were present. Those who were, were shot immediately. As a result, few people outside Burma know of the event, even though it produced more corpses than the well-known Tiananmen Square slaughter which took place only one year later in China.

Since the SLORCtakeover, the Burmese economy has been left for dead, like many of its citizens. Poverty, malnourishment (45% of all children), hunger-related disease, and a lack of paid employment are widespread. While the families of high-ranking military personnel have been extremely wealthy, the majority of the Burma's 4 7 million citizens are impoverished. There are a number of very obvious reason Burma's economic Kamikaze. In the first place, Burma's military budget is enormous. In order to mainta in a tight grip on its unsupportive populace and to fund wars against various ethnic minority groups, SLORCsupports and equips an army of over 400,000 troops! This con-

sumes about 50% of the national budget!! Secondly, corruption by military elite has enabled them to amass enormous fortunes for themselves and their friends by blatantly stealing from the Burmese people. Thirdly, nearly all professionals or educated people have been either killed for "subversion" or left the country. And there is little hope of a new educated citizenry emerging since spending on education and health has been cut to invisibility. Only 40% of Burmese children ever go to school and only 2 5% of these complete primary education.

Having run the Burmese economy into the ground, the SLORChas sought and found financial support from two new sources: drug lords and multinational corporations. Burma has always been home to large opium and heroin-producing families; however, prior to the SLORCtakeover it was a relatively small player internationally.

You would expect with such a powerful military that the drug lords would have an even more difficult time under the SLORC regime. Quite the contrary. The military has, in fact, made alliance with the drug lords. They provide the drug-producers with complete freedom to operate in exchange for a cut of the profits.

Consequently, Burma has become the largest international source of heroin and opium in a few short years. It produces 84% of the opium cultivated in Asia and 60% of the heroin available worldwide. Burma's citizens pay the biggest price for this drug trade. Over 300,000 Burmese people have become heroin addicts, 70% of whom have contracted HIV. All this at a time when there is virtually no health facilities to deal with them.

Another, equally sinister source of cash for the SLORCare foreign corporations. Oil companies in particular have been quick to jump into bed with SLORCin order to exploit Burma's rich natural resources. While this does bring money into the country, it is devoured by the military.

None of this wealth penetrates to the Burmese people. In fact, it serves to perpetuate the conditions by funding SLORC'smilitary machine. The NLD,the legitimate voice of the people, has called for a complete embargo on Burma.

Such embargo, they insist will not negatively effect the people of Burma since not a penny of the investment money reaches them anyway.

A glimpse into the human rights situation in Burma is a glimpse of hell. In addition to major atrocity-events, the Burmese people endure daily every form of abuse possible. The U.N. and other international organizations have repeatedly condemned SLORCfor human rights violations including: rampant use of forced labour (including many children), arbitrary executions, torture, systematic rape, forced portering, imprisonment of thousands of political prisoners and denial of even the most basic

Page 31 forms of freedom of expr~~~ion and association. Amnesty fij\ernational reports i11dividual~ being sentenced to hilrd laboui,;for fifteen years for'!:};.f.ffiffi]ijjgplitical jokes about th4'St0RC;B; for writing poems which crititize the military rule.

J Barbarities against Christians, Muslims, apd "engaged" Buddhist are legiQthrM2r@iver , SLORCis wagingiaNAfarfagafost ethnic minority group~, which can only be desqibed ip holocaust terms. Those. .wh.oi~scape the military p4.ifgei[Wlee to neighbouring cot1htries as refugees, often facing stgiilar mistreatment rather tb.§1.@:r.efuge".

There are 120,QOO:rffqrmese refugees in Thailapd a,lod¢.Furthermore aid workers estimate there are as a milifon irtt~rnally displaced people lnsidf. Burma along the border with Thailand alone, there are land and homes burned by the SLORC leaving them without shelter or food.

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tle hope at this tigfe. The B{gmese people dep~hd almost er{tirely on outsidefsolidarity fof any hope of chaqge. Aung Sa9 Suu Kyi and the ~LD issued tht$ plea to the international coi:pimunity: "Use yoUt, libertydfo promote ours." Thus far U.N. resolutions ha v~,, gor1e unheeded; howeverllite iij[,~ninternational grouqiftsW~llo(support for the Bulgmeie c4use.

Nelson Mandel~, Qesnikrnd ;i~~;n~e~tt~~v~il\lfd,~=~ clout behind Burmese liberation from which they tall a "human rights disaster zong/) M;µJy governments, incluqJhg Giffi:~da's usually spineless J:=an;glfaq Liberals, have impd$ed/ltndions on SLORC. Also ''•:-:•'.•'.<-.•:-:-:-:-:-:-:lme-dia .-.-:-:-:• ahention on Burma has.liner-eased considerably sincg Aung San Suu Kyi was awardeqJp~ Nobel Peace prize in 19'1IM:Iti.fbjshas lead to an interTIAfio'haFgrassroots solidarity rqbvemen\_ As a result, intense political pressure has been plJced on _:pusine sses dealing :).Vith SU.PRC. Hundreds of corporations, including Pepsi, Cok~ and PetroCanada have, S\!Q$.eqq:~ntly, pulled out. n:: The fight, hpweyer, i$ not over. There are sdJI mp.ny ~usi-

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~l~s;~g ~uii{a~:~aj:il\lil~ enormous cfnglomerate Mitsubishi. Moreover, Burma was recently accept~q,Jpe trading block ASEAN.AiJti¥2Y. want to take action in s&Jidarlty with the Burmese peop.l.t there)ire a number of organltations ~vailable including Canadian Fq~nd.s of Burma (CFOB)'which Sas/~

~X.w~~~~~~:~).X:~ also write lettersfto the Canadian (and other) businesses still working with the _$111..\C (list available at the Ampe~tjtJnternational office). lfhe Amnesty International offife (A226).'also has specific hum~ji rigllts ,lases you can work on §y wii.t.i@gletters. If you want rl[i.orefflf'ormation, we have lots.❖• Dro"pby.

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Students Planning for National Day of Action on January 28 Canadian Federation of Students ■I

Jeff Cuvilier

Bookstore bashing is one of the universals of life at U.C.F.V. Twice a year we all have ample reason to bitch about waiting in line, late books, and the price of texts. Those frustrations are often vented in angry Cascade articles criticizing the Bookstore, and while I share those frustrations I'd rather try to understand the problem, not rehash the same old complaints.

The most noticeable problem at the Bookstore is the line ups. Just a glance at the number of people waiting to pay for books is often enough to convince you that you can wait.

Fortunately there are a few things which will easily cut down on line ups.

1. Pay cash! The line up for payment in old fashioned cash and cheques moves a lot faster than the one for credit cards and debit which require electronic confirmation.

Besides which, if you're buying your books in Abby there's a cash machine right outside the door. Why wait in a longer line, and hold everyone else to pay with debit when you can get cash out of the same bank account and be done in half the time?

2. Avoid line ups entirely by breaking away from the herd. Don't stampede down to the bookstore right after classes let out. Wait awhile until things die down. Better yet talk to your instructors and buy the books ahead of time. You'll get a jump on everyone else.

3. Bookstore - get another cashier and till up there for the first week of classes. You're obviously cramped for space, but it's only for a week and then you can stuff the extra till in the corner to collect dust for a couple of months. It'll make your lives and ours a lot more pleasant and that alone makes it worth the cost.

On to the outrageous price of books which gets under my skin. Compared with the cost of popular works at chain stores, the price of scholarly texts at U.C.F.V. seems indefensible. It is not at all unusual to pay more than a hundred dollars per course for books, and the cost (along with student debt) continues to rise. To understand why students are getting the shaft I obtained a copy of the College's year end financial statement for '96-'97, spoke with Bookstore Manager Cameron Roy, and had him price out a list of randomly selected titles. (Kudos to Cameron for being more than happy to explain the inner workings of the Bookstore. Your assistance was greatly appreciated.)

The Bookstore adds 25% to the cost of books to cover expenses. As the Bookstore receives no operating funds from U.C.F.V.that 25% must take care of the purchasing price of texts, shipping costs, and the wages of Bookstore employees. Employees at the Bookstore are either full timers who make their living there, or students working part-time to pay for their education. In either case I'm certainly not about to complain coughing up a few extra bucks so that those people can receive a half-decent wage. Nor can I complain that the Bookstore is reaping outlandish profits; According to last year's Auditors' Report, bookstore and pay parking services combined made a profit of only $160,000, which I suspect works out to a buck or two per book; hardly an excessive profit margin.

However, students would still be getting stung even if the Bookstore passed along texts at cost. Sure the Bookstore's cut adds a few bucks to the bill, but their cost per book is often $60 to $80. When that is the whole sale price you have to question why some books are so expensive to begin with. I am told that most publishing companies are not overly profitable because for every bestseller printed a couple of dozen others end up in the bargain bin. Maybe so, but I suspect a disproportionate cut of the profits comes from squeezing a captive academic market. Texts at the Bookstore are precious not because of price gouging in the Bookstore, but because the publishing companies know that we're going to pay. If you have a revised edition text, check the copyright page. How many editions has it gone through? Four? Eight? Ten editions in almost as many years? Ask yourself, have there been enough developments in your field to warrant a revision of that book, or is the publisher merely shuffling pages and redesigning the cover art to discourage students from buying used books? Talk to your instructors and find out why they think the newer edition is needed, and if you are still not satisfied write the publishing company (their mailing address will be on the copyright page) for an explanation.

One of the easier ways to avoid giving the publishers any more of your money is to simply refuse to buy Course packs.

For each Course pack you are not only paying for the photocopying and the Bookstore's mark up, you're also paying four and a half cents per page in royalties to the publisher in order to comply with the Copyright Act; royalties which often account for better than 50% of

January 5,1997 "On January 28 Jean Chretien will be hearing form thousands of students across Canada and this time he better be listening," said Maura Parte, BC Chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students. Students are demanding that the federal government back down on its plans to implement and income contingent loan repayment scheme and instead implement a national tuition fee freeze and a national system of grants.

"Income contingent loan repayment schemes will only worsen the student debt problem and prevent many Canadians from getting a college or university education," said Parte. "Various federal and provincial governments have been investigating these schemes since the 1960's and any proposal for their introduction is always inextricably linked to funding cutbacks and massive tuition fee increases."

"The Canadian Federation of Students is being joined by many supporters in its call for a national system of grants based on financial need," said Parte. "Together with a national tuition fee freeze, the introduction of a grants program would be a good first step towards a more accessible system of postsecondary education."

Between 1993 and 1997 the federal government cut $2.29 billion from post-secondary education, tuition fees increased an average of 45% and student debt rose from an average of $13,000 to $22,000. During the same period the unemployment rate for youth has consistently been above 16%.

In Vancouver students will be meeting at the Vancouver Art Gallery at 1:30 pm for a rally

the retail price. While I would never advocate breaking the Copyright Act by photocopying those readings, many instructors are kind enough to place readings on reserve where they can be read for free. Alternatively, the original sources of a number of assigned readings can be found at any good used bookstore for a fraction of the cost of a Course pack full of photocopies. Which would you rather have, expensive photocopies which will be thrashed before the term ends, or inexpensive books you can keep forever? For that matter, used bookstore sometimes carry copies of the same textbooks for which we're paying an arm and a leg at U.C.F.V..

and then a march through downtown streets. In Victoria , students will gather at Centennial Square at 12:30 before marching through downtown.

Both marches will target federal government departments and major banking institutions.

Students are planning similar events in other areas of the British Columbia including: Nanaimo, Port Alberni, Prince George and Cran brook. To date, events have been planned across Canada, including: Halifax, St. John's, Charolettetown, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Guelph, Winnipeg, Regina and Saskatoon.

For more information, contact: Maura Pane, BC Chairperson Canadian Federation of Students (604) 733-1880 Why a National Day of Al';:tion?

Faced with skyrocketing tuition fees, massive student debt loads, high levels of youth and student unemployment, deep funding cuts for post-secondary education, increasing corporatisation and privatization of campuses and renewed government interest in income contingent loan repayment schemes, students from coast to coast are fighting to preserve and increase access to our publicly funded post-secondary education system. Education and social programs also face new global challenges from agreements such as Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) which aim to privatize and deregulate publicly funded institutions and programs.

In last February's federal budget, the Liberal government announced that it would investigate the implementation of "income contingent loan" schemes with interested provCont. next page ...

My point is that the U.C.F.V. Bookstore is only one source for the texts we need, and while there's room for improvement there is a definite effort being made on your behalf. So to avoid the frustration and cost of the beginning of term stampede break away from the herd, be creative, show some initiative and put in a little effort yourself. Then if you still end up getting screwed you'll have a reason to be bitter, and maybe you'll try to do something about it. Until then don't bitch and moan just for the hell of it; it's all been said before, it hasn't changed anything, and to quote The Hip, "No one cares about something you didn't do."

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The Crucifixion of El Salvador: A Summary of Noam Chomsky's Investigation Into American Brutality in El Salvador ■ I Michael

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We have about 50 per cent of the world's wealth, but only 6.3 per cent of its population .. . In this situation, we cannot fail to be the object of envy and resentment ... therefore, a major concern of U.S. foreign policy must be the protection our (i.e.

Latin America's) raw materials.

-George Kennan, Head of the US State Department, 1948.

In the US-led world that we live in, the Third World plays a crucial role- a vast source of raw materials.

American policy planners are consequently interested in maintaining Third World countries, especially in the Western Hemisphere, to be conducive to American business interests. One s~rious problem with this domineering relation:-hip is the fact that when profits are a top priority, people are rarely allowed anything even vaguely resembling democracy.

A~cording to Noam Chomsky, a highly respected linguist and ~uman rights activist, "Opposition to democracy and social refornu. is never popular in the victim country. You can't get people excited about it, except a small group conare dragged over barbed wire until their flesh falls from their bones while parents are forced t~ watch.

Chomsky describes the ruthless policy of the US in El Salvador as successful. "The popular organizations have been decimated, just as Archbishop Romero predicted.

Tens of thousands have been slaughtered and more than a million have become refugees. This is one of the most sordid episodes in US history-and it's got a lot of competition."

If you are interested in reading more about US brutality in the Third World, get your hands on What Uncle Sam Really Wants

by Noam Chomsky.

Other books by Chomsky which cover a variety of human rights issues include Secrets, Lies and Democracy, The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many and Keeping the Rabble in Line.

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Pages all play a role in this secular priesthood, and each has !ti allure all their own for each is{differently able to read and iriterpret the times U.bfo.dunat 1 for those seeki~g fessional are trained to skill(µlly brandish their polished bit of applied knowledge, not t6%:iisseminate wisdorp; and while

The Secular Priesthood of Intellectuals

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ing guidance. Professional intellects are points qf lighthn our world, acolytes if Y.9.ll.Will of the secular priesthooqWilithey are no~ steady, constant lights by which to be led. In th.~ night sky

In Beyond Good and Evil Friedrich Nietzche states " ... th~ philosopher, as a man indispensable for the morrow and the day after the morrow, has ever found himself, and has been obliged to find himself, in contradiction to the day in which he lives; his enemy has always been the ideal of his day." This sei:timent is closely echoed by Julien Benda (La trahison des deres) and Edward Said ( Representations of the Intellectuals) in their own studies of a specific type of individual. Nietzche's philosophers, Benda's clerics, and Said's intellectuals are essentially identical, all represent the evolution of scholars into a priesthood of the secular world.

They are those we acknowledge to be the Intellectuals.

The term "intellectual" is as ambiguous as the role of "intellectuals" is controversial.

Over time, intellectuals have been defined in many ways. To some they constitute an all inclusive class of knowledge producers and disseminators, those employed for the exercise of their intellect rather than the

swear of their brow. To others intellectual are servants of th~ state and society, providing support for the established order.

C. Wright Mills labeled such professionals the "new middle class," while Pierre Bourdieu describes them as "a dominated fraction of the dominant class."

However they are to be labeled, such individuals form an educated elite of social servants playing a role far removed from that of the true "Intellectuals."

To be an intellectual ought to require more than a well-developed intellect, or employment as professional thinker.

Since the Enlightenment, producers of knowledge have replaced the clergy as a shelter for those bearing questions. Secular society eliminated neither the need nor the desire for guidance, but undercut the authority of those who once provided answers; the priests. A new, secular, priesthood arose to provide answers for society no longer focusing on the next world, but firmly rooted in the truth and ideals of this one. Scientists, economists, historians, and artists (to name but a few)

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problem for students in debt accumulation, not debt repayment. The average student debt will soon reach $25,000. What students need is a national grants program, not income contingent loans.

inces. Support for the Liberal plan is far more broad-based (although the Ontario Conservative government plans to introduce an ICR scheme in the fall of 1998 ). Despite the strong opposition being voiced by students, faculty, workers, parents and other citizens, the Liberals continue to push the schemes arguing that income contingent loans are more flexible and fair than the current loan programs.

However, there is nothing fair about these proposed repayment schemes.

Income contingent loan schemes will to drastic tuition fee increases, as well as much higher and more prolonged student debt. These schemes will allow governments to accelerate cuts to education. They will disadvantage women, people of colour and others who traditionally have lower levels of income. They will encourage further privatization of education and crea~e a two-tier user pay system of education one system for the rich students, and another for the poor. As the latest loan statistics show, the

The Day of Action theme is

Stop Student Debt.

As students, we are calling for: An end to any further federal funding cuts to post-secondary ed u cat ion health care and social assist~ ance; An end to any plans to introduce income-contingent loan repayment schemes either nationally or provincally; An end to privatization of and corporate control over campuses; A national system grants based on need;

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An immediate national tuition fee freeze; and A national strategy to combat youth unemployment.

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If you were lost at:!~eatm)ld you trust those stars gµjpe you?

To be an IntellectuaFTt is not enough to be just another light in the darkness, one must be a beacon.

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For that intellectttlls are soHie~imes dismissed js sterile cyt)., ics (as though q1ticism of a& other's evil were !apoor excust for failing to produce one's owrt good). The ideal$.. intellectual$ serve, truth and jU$tjce, are b@h: served by maintaining objectivity and acting withJ:;onsistency.

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at odds with theii{environment · and without a vested interest in events. The time fQf the.s.e individuals to creat~fFathilf\than destroy, comes after t;b.~yhave clearly stepped puts.file their role as intellectua\. a,nJ th~y are indeed productive9Hf tf The ultimate !~al ~f the intellectual is ever cn,~ging. As

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According to Saip, in any! victory, even one's qwn, the intellectual must errtpathizel and identify with the<vanqu}shed.

The intellectual's place is in promoting ideals, nqf:Umeolpgy. In the west intellectuals aretoften characterized s f~ft~t,,ing utopians, but oi.;lly}bec)use right-wing indi vici:u.ali.s.n:U has triumphed so corµJiHlt41xfwere the political left tobecome paramount the intellectual would immediately q~ associ-

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Together All ·Now-Let's Blame Society I. I

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I think I know why dinosaurs became extinct-they went the way of personal responsibility. Who needs either those large animals or the idea of being responsible for one's actions?

It was the senseless killing of Reena Virk that got me going. After reading and listening to several opinions as to how such an incoherent, unintelligible crime came about. I turned off the TV and set aside the papers. I was starting to get angry.

And my anger was directed at least as much towards those offering excuses as towards those who had tormented Reena Virk. Now perhaps it is your turn to get angry at the two sides of my own argument. Because I am going to implicate all of us. At the same time as holding responsible only those who were directly involved.

All of us because we have all remained quiet when we should have spoken up; ignored the needs of someone weaker; tormented the one in the group who seemed to be the most vulnerable, or the most different; deciding that speaking behind someone's back was entertaining extracurricular activity; turned another's actions into an indictable crime as far as "the group" was concerned.

If we believe that we should "envy no man until he is dead", perhaps we can accept death as finally releasing Reena Virk from her tormentors.

In the articles and reports I did manage to stomach, young people interviewed said that teasing and scapegoating is at least as bad as the threat of physical violence.

Perhaps we would benefit by becoming more adept at recognizing non-physical scars.

But what about personal responsibility?

What if it had been Reena Virk who had struck out at her classmates, and harmed one of them? What if the perpetrators had been even younger? What if I found out that those who broke Reena's arms before throwing her into the river had been abused themselves. Would I then be more "understanding?"

I'll leave the hypothetical to students of philosophy, and focus on what I know of the actual. Frankly, I don't care if the accused had it hard at home. I don't care for the excuse that their sensibilities had been deadened by watching thousands of deaths on 1V. I don't care if the defenders came up

with a hundred and one reasons why a group of teenagers had to kill Reena Virk, torturing her both emotionally and physically first.

Along with the real and pretend depiction of horror we are subject to daily-coupled with a consumer society gone awry-come the stories of the good people do and the selflessness they are able to exhibit. If an individual chooses to pattern her life on the former, by all means ask her why she ignored the latter.

However, in trying to find answers don't take away personal responsibility.

Rehabilitation may be preferable to punishment. But eliminating individual responsibility sends a warped message to people both young and old-some of whom may act differently if it is made clear that society itself no longer accepts the position of scapegoat.

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The Problem With Revolution any tariffs when their 111 Luke Zacharias II paying shoes come to North America.

As I was growing up in the 1980's there was continuous debate about free trade. I never really understood what free trade was all about. It seems that free trade is contagious, with the European· Common Market, Mexico being included in the North American free trade agreement, and now with Apec calling for free trade among the countries of the Pacific Rim. Who benefits from free trade? Finding the answer to this question will show where this drive is coming from.

Free trade is not a new concept. In 1776 Adam Smith published a book called The Wealth of Nations. In this book he promoted free trade. First countries have practiced both free trade and protectionism in the last two centuries.

Free trade allows goods from one country into another without any tariffs or duties. This means that goods from other countries are allowed to compete with the same goods that are made in the home country. Some countries want to protect their manufacturers, so they put tariffs on incoming goods which will in turn raise the price of those goods.

This will result in the foreign goods being more expensive than the domestic ones. From the messy explanation comes the question; who is going to benefit from free trade?

The answer is multi-national corporations.

These are very large companies that operate in more than one country.

Take for example Nike, who manufactures their shoes in south-east Asia where the price of labour is very low. Then they move their shoes to North America and sell them for a very large profit. It is in their best interests to have free trade so that they can do this without

On a recent trip to U.B.C., I came across an interesting article in the Journal of Orthomo1ecu l ar Medicine ( 1987, Vol.2 (3)) on bi-polar depression (also called manic depression).

Bi-polar depression is a mental illness categorized as a mood disorder due to extreme highs and lows experienced by an individual with the illness.

What was refreshing about this particular article was that it wasn't written by a theorist, or a researcher, or a doctor, or even a family member- it was written by a woman who experiences the disorder herself.

Further, it was a success story. stem her highs and lows. In her Martha Sanbower has her illness quest for a solution, Sanbower under control. And, perhaps goes from trying to alter the most surprising, she has done mind to trying to alter the body. this without dependence on She came to recognize her exanti-depressants or antitreme sensitivity to certain subpsychotics. stances (some as simple as launAccording to Sanbower, dry detergent). ten years before writing the arTurning to those in the ticle she had been diagnosed as field of Clinical Ecology, manic depressive. She tells us: Sanbower writes: As a patient, I was According to Dr. battered by psychiatric aids, Randolph, in addition to comlocked in emptyrooms, given mon pollen and mold allergies, shock "therapy", and treated to foods, chemicals and environa host of other major and mi - mental pollution can also be a nor assaults. Against my will, I source of problems. If the cenwas forced to take drugs that tral nervous system is affected, caused many unpleasant the sufferer's allergic response side-effects including parkincan cause mental and emotional sonism, photo- sensitivity, and symptoms as varied as full excessive thirst. blown "psychosis" to mild conShe talks about being centration problems. One dropped by her doctor when sentence that caught my attenshe refused to be "treated" with tion in particular was: "stress Lithium. Sanbower says she can be brought on by tried psychotherapy and erect- . purely physical factors like enits it with teaching her valuable vironmental and inadequate insights, but doing nothing to diet."

These multi-nationals are pushing hard for free trade so that they can move their goods freely from country to country.

There are definite problems with this set up. For example, I have heard it said that the amount Nike pays Michael Jordan could raise every one of Nike's third world employee's wage to minimum wage. Multinationals take advantage of lax labour legislation in third world countries to make their goods for low labour costs. In some countries this means child labour, terrible working conditions, and extremely low wages.

Free trade also makes it easier for multi-nationals to move their companies from country to country. For example, if the government of BC imposed strict environmental controls on a multi-national, its response could easily be that they would leave if this was enforced. This gives them power over the government, who desire to promote job growth and therefore want the company to stay. This in essence makes multi-nationals more powerful than the government.

What can be done about this? Could a person simply kill the president'of every multinational, and thereby solve the problem? This would not work.

Many multi-nationals have share holders who are people like our parents who have mutual funds. These share holders demand a high return on their dollar. The multi-nationals are simply responding to this demand, and in the process they are putting any ethical concerns aside. This is the problem with revolution.

The enemy is not clearly defined as it may have been in the past. Is the real enemy materialism, which lies inside each one of us?

Sanbower goes into some detail on Candida albicans, calling it "a ubiquitous pathogenic yeast": Found directly colonizing the brains of diagnosed schizophrenic p a t i e n t s (Truss, 1984), Candida has become implicated in cases of severe psychopathology.

While Sanbower admits to a personal predisposition to manic-depressive symptoms, what she writes may be of value to many of us. For years we have acknowledged the link between emotional stressors and physical illness.

Sanbower makes it difficult to ignore the link between physiological stressors and the lack of mental and emotional well-being. Reliance on drugs (with both high failure rates and toxic side-effects) may be economically rewarding for drug companies, but not necessarily the solution for those dealing with mental illness.

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The Dr. Seuss Purity Test (care of College of New Caledonia Student Newspaper) Answer these questions and count your 'no's'. Pray this number never grows.

Fifty questions we ask thee, score times two is your purity.

Have you done it in a bed?

Have you done it with the dead?

Have you done it in the ass?

Have you done it high on grass?

Have you done it in the car?

Have you simply gone too far?

Have you done it on the beach?

Have you done it with a teach?

Have you done it on your back?

Have you done it strapped to a rack?

Have you done it in a box?

Have you done it with a fox?

Have you done it in the rain?

Have you done it on a train?

Have you done it packed in rubber?

Have you done it undercover?

Have you done it on a perch?

Have you done it in a church?

Have you done it with a virgin?

Have you done it with a surgeon?

Have you done it with ropes and chains?

Have you done it with one insane?

Have you done it on the stage?

Have you done it underage?

Have you done it with all your friends?

Have you done it in both ends?

Have you done it for all to see?

Have you ever had VD? Have you done it on your Mother's couch?

Have you ever yelled out "OUCH"?

Have you done it while on tape?

Have you done it out of shape?

Have you done it on live TV? Have you done it whilst you pee?

Have you done it in the gym?

Have you done it on a whim?

Have you done it on a dare?

Do you really think we really care?

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Dear Alice, I don't usually do this, but last night I met a guy at the bar who I really liked and who seemed to really respect me. I was really turned on by him so I decided to go home with him. We talked to each other for hours and had amazing sex. The thing is that I ~m tr~ly n_otinterested in pursuing a relationship with him but I would have sex with him again and probably will. What troubles me is whether or not this makes me a slut. What is a slut anyway?

Slutty?

Dear Slutty?, Okay, first of all let me ask * you why the hell are you asking Advicefor whenyou'refeelingsmall me? I mean, what is it really that compels you to ponder your Dear Alice, sexual status as a slut or just I've recently been attracted to a simply a lover ( and let's assume long-time friend and I'm uncera good one at that)? It's a pertain whether the attraction is sonal matter now, isn't it? real, or merely the result of my There's lots of things you need desire to find someone new. to consider for yourself so that The attraction is mutual, but I'm you feel comfortable about the not sure of my motives and decision to fuck or not to fuck. don't want to hurt my friend.

You say you had a rockin' What should I do? good time ( and that's imporUncertain tant!), but are struggling with the morality of it. I'm not really Dear Uncertain, sure what the problem is, howHave you ever heard of the ever, let me give you some term 'instincts'? In my opinion, points to ponder ... dear uncertain friend, there al'SLUT' is a nasty word altogether, in my opinion, be- ~a~s exists a little voice deep mside a man or woman which cause it's relative to one's own guides one to the truth! values or judgments. I think we You need to question usually connect the term SLUT youself, although for God's sake with someone (although it REyou ' ve got a strong and valid ' ALLYpisses me off that it usuanswer which your not paying ally refers to women, and men enough attention to. Listen to somehow escape this label, nevyour gut, if you think perhaps ertheless) with no self-respect your attraction is based on lonenor standards in regards to liness or boredom then it probsexual endeavors. Let's remem~bly is and you're being a weeny ber that our bodies are vessels for not appreciating the time of a higher purpose dammit! you have as a single person disWhat is it that you want covering yourself and the world from such a sexual encounter? around you from your own sinIf you're aiming to find love, gle point of view. companionship and long term On the other hand my commitment then I suggest you friend, ask yourself what are the let the guy discover your true basic elements you want from a assets as a fell ow human being, relationship. Is friendship a base not just your bodily orifices. On which_ you feel is truly importhe other hand, if you respect tant for a relationship? If so, yourself, love your body and then you should just stop make decisions which please fucking around and take the risk and satisfy you yet don't comthat might result in an advenpromise your values, then why ture one way or the other. should you be judged or judge I think that if you're lookyourself? ing for companionship and I'm afraid there's not too value friendship as an integral many out there who can honpart of romance, you should estly say that their pursuits into talk to your friend, but keep the the bed chamber are not somechannels of communication how hampered or manipulated ope~ and stay honest. Perhaps by some sense of self-consciousyou 11take your relationship to ness or inhibitions. So girl, if you a new level. But if you're just respect yourself and walk away being a cheeseball and can't feeling like a woman, strong and handle the single life, then show sexy, I say why are you pondersome class and appreciate the ing in the first place?! friendship you have, but either But remember that only way, let your friend know that YOUcan define what that lovely you think they're the shit! term means to you- here's my definition baby: SLOW (submissions to Alice can be LONG discretely slid under the Cascade door) UNDULATING TREMENDOUS SEX

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day

He chose hope for all of us.

January 19 1998 marks the day that we ta~e time to remember Dr. King and the dream he left behind. Please join the UCFV Dept of History and the Association of History Students for a presentation, film and discussion concerning the message and fundamental beliefs of the civil rights movement.

We will hear from a participant in the 1960's civil rights movement, followed by a provocative documentary about the students involved in the voter registration campaigns. Finally, we will have an open discussion about audience concerns.

January 19 1998 Abbotsford Campus Theatre 6:30 p.m.

-All are encouraged to participate-

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Siberian Cold Lisa Chew

Siberian cold renders a shredded heart, a heavy burden.

My back upholds a broken soul.

My love burns to melt the frost.

Icy edges creeping at the flames, consume the fuel at bits and jagged edges. fuel, a wretched fuel of man.

The Burning Star shall hold eternal flame And do the melting warming work I cannot complete myself.

Missing Michael ... Like the Arch-Angel Dear Editor, I have a dilemma that I need your help with. I met Michael this summer in Chilliwack at Gabacha's Restaurant with his friend Chris. He promised me he would come back and find me. Since then I've left my job and moved to Cultus Lake. I'm not so easy to find. I've not been able to get Michael out of my mind one day since we met. He lives in Abbotsford, he's 28 years old, approximately 6' 1 and has dark brown hair. He's more handsome than an angel and more real than anyone else I have ever met. Both him and his friend effected my world to a point I can't seem to forget . . . I miss Michael and need to find him ...

Teresa Chomsky

Friendships/Relationships Cecil Hutson

If you flatter me, I may not believe you.

If you criticize me, I may not like you.

If you ignore me, I may distance you.

If you encourage me, I will never forget you.

If you reassure me, I will respect you.

If you, hurt me, I will be discouraged by you.

If you love me, I will love you.

If you lie to me, I will not trust you.

If you forgive me, You will comfort me.

If you die on me, I will be lost without you.

If you understand me, I get a sense of hope.

If you need me, I have a sense of belonging from you.

If you accept me, I will have freedom of judgment.

Extraordinary Mrs. Kelly Willard

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Balance Your Bottles and Your Books

I would like to tell you, what Jesus means to me in hopes that someone's blinded eyes just might begin to see.

And if you'll give a listen and if you will believe maybe He will be to you just what He's been to me.

He's been my father and my mother, my confidence and guide my sister and my brother, always by my side.

My tender loving Savior, Advocate and friend and He will always love me, even 'till the end.

He was with me through my sorrows and in the blackest night He found me in darkness and led me to the light.

And someone said He knew me way before the world began consider this extraordinary Man.

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FREE AccoLWis BEER!!! of A~'

No, this is not a miss-print.

Buy a ticket for $7 and get all the beer you can drink from 8 PM - 10 PM for FREE!! Come on out to the Women's Basketball PostNew Year's celebration!

WHERE: AREA 51, formerly know as Greg's Place. 45844 Yale Road, Chilliwack When: Friday January 16th, before 10 PM if you like your beer FREE!

Student Union Report Welcome back to all students, faculty, staff, and administration.

Hope you had a good and restful holiday season.

The SUS is currently negotiating with UCFV regarding the construction of a Student Activity Centre. A questionnaire will be distrubuted in the next few weeks to determine what students would like to see within this center.

There will be a student levy (about $15-20 per semester) to pay for this building. These fees would not be collected until the Center is open.

Our VP/Internal is looking for a student representative to participate in four meetings on the Marketing and Communications Review Subcommittee. The Subcommittee will be identifying messages and methods of attracting adult learners to UCFV. Please apply at the SUS office (A213).

Student elections will be a happening thing in March. Positions to be filled are: President VP/Internal VP/External Director of Finance Executive Director of East Campus Arts Reps (2) East (2) West Applied (2) East (2) West Science and Tech. ( 2) East (2) West ABE Rep ( 1) East ( 1) West ESLRep ( 1) East (1) West Adult Ed. Rep (1) Agassiz Rep. Mission Rep. Hope Rep. Native Nations Commissioner Rep: Disability Resource Center Twenty signatures are required on a nomination form (late February).

Come by the office and ask about our group and the exciting world of advicacy.

The Canadian Federation of Students (the UCFV Student Union is not a member) is organizing a National Day of Protest on January 28, 1998. Your Student Union will be discussing this item at our next meeting - Friday, January 16 at the Chilliwack Student Union office at 12:00 pm. All students are welcome to attend.

Tickets can be purchased at the door before 10 PM OR buy your ticket ahead of time from a member of the UCFV's Women's Basketball Team. Look for them selling tickets in the Great Hall by the Registration Office.

Free Power Point Computer Workshops for Students This is a reminder to you students who want to learn how to use computer presentation software in your seminar assignments. Many students are using the computer in class when doing presentations. And you can, too.

Instructional Media Services is offering a 90 minute workshop on using computer presentation programs. The software used is called PowerPoint, which continues to be very popular with students.

This is a hands-on workshop and will introduce you to the basics of PowerPoint.

If interested, come in to Media Services (located next to the library) and get your name on the sign-up sheet for the workshop.

The workshop is scheduled for 1 to 2:30 on Wednesday, January 21 and again on January 28. Unfortunately, due to busy lab schedules, the workshop can only be offered in Abbotsford. Space is limited to 36 students so don't wait too long to enroll. And there is no cost.

The Associaf;or1of History Students was estab:Hs.bed last semester to facilit4i€''g/ij!lter intellectual and socllil iri.tefaction among students afU.Q.F.\I., particularly students pf ht§(Pry and humanities. Believing'fhat education should continue outside the classroom in a congenial environment A.H.S. members began meeting socially on a regular basis and ho~Jgd two well received presen,t.;a§,§ffi~}pne a comparison of twbili!rfiiijji;~m television icons, Leave it to Bijaver, and The stfupsons, the. other a dialogu~ between Erit Davis and Ron Dart on the rela; tive importance Qf history an¢ myth. As well, ttif History d¢partmen t hosted{w:i excel1¢11t Christmas party at Bonnie Huskins place in CµJtus.

This semesteti:AJ-I.S}would like to build on thifgucc&§s and encourage everyt:me; patbcularly first and seCbnd year students, to come 04.pggq:gftinvolved. It's an ex~Mentiopportunity to meet yqµr fellow students, get to know your instructors, and make th,(;JJ.Cf,V. ex-

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Upcoming events January fgffitMartin Luther King JdDay 6:3p pm in BlOl (the Lecture Theater).

A tribute to Mardh LutherJ(ing Jr. focusing on P¥ticipaHfn in the Civil Rights Movement.

Walter Paetkau, current Director of Abbotsforq\<;pmm.unity Services will speaJ6\ hiS¢xperiences as a partjbp~nt iij the 1960 Atlanta pe\ce pro\hts.

Also, there will be:a..$G.,rgghing on the provocative!a]jqµfoentary "Freedom cyh My Mind" and an open mikekiiscussion forum. For more information contact A.H.S. or Paul ,Bedker.

Januapy 2'7'tti1;: The Role of Intellectugls in So¢iety.

1:00 pm in A328. i studenll:lead presentation and i],iiscussio.;hon modern intellectuals. Who are the true in tellectU:rtis and role do they playf} t Still to come ...

Drugs in Society throughout History. Wait and.,.#., . it'll be a hoot. (Free IJmp:1§? will not be provided) { ••• I Finally, confatuf.atidps to Daniel Kwan on tqe pupliqhion of his book Marxjst ln:tajlectual s and the Chitiese £.ibour Movement.

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UCFV EVENTS Jan. 19 POOL TOURNAMENT 4:00 PM, B103

Tan. 20 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEETING If you are concerned for human rights or are just curious about our group, please come to the meeting at 12:00 in our office A226, Abbotsford campus.

Tan. 21 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEETING If you are concerned for human rights or are just curious about our group, please come to the meeting at 7:00 in our office A226, Abbotsford campus.

Jan. 20 - 22 WINTERFEST:Broomhall Tournament, College Band Night, raffles, games, prizes ...

Tan, 2 3 Last day to withdraw from an upper level arts or science class without a "W" appearing on the transcript.

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build. This is a classic gender-generational conflict that plays out to a humourous and touching conclusion. Come out and see the Tomorrow Box at the Chilliwack Campus Theatre.

Last day to add a course without Dean's permission.

Feb. 12 Make chocolates for your Valentine 3:00 - 5:00, Children Welcome.

SPORTS Feb. 19 - 20 MID-TERM BREAKno day or evening classes, UCFV is open.

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TUESDAYS NEW RELEASEMOVIES 3:30 - 5:00 in the Alounge, catch a flick for free.

THEATRE Tan. 21 - Feb. 7 THE TOMORROW BOX From the author of Quiet In The Land, one of the most popular prod uctions ever presented by the department, comes a comedy about families.

The domineering father of a farming family decides to sell up, retire, and move to Florida without consulting his wife.

She normally goes along with hid decisions. This time, however, aided by her daughter-in-law, she is determined to stay on the farm she helped

BASKETBALLUCFV vs Okanagan University College at St. John Brebeuf, Abbotsford.

Women @ 6:00 PM Men @ 8:00 PM.

Tan. 2 3 BASKETBALLUCFV vs University College of the Cariboo at Heritage Park Centre, Mission. Women @ 6:00 PM Men @ 8:00 PM. Jan. 24 BASKETBALLUCFV vs College of New Caledonia at St. John Brebeuf, Abbotsford. Women @ 6:00 PM Men @ 8:00 PM.

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BASKETBALLUCFV vs Capilano College at Heritage Park Centre, Mission.

Women @ 6:00 PM. Men @ 8:00 PM.

Tan. 31 BASKETBALLUCFV vs Langara College at St. John Bre beuf, Abbotsford. women@ 6:00 PM Men @ 8:00 PM. MONDAYS BASKETBALLfrom 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM. Drop in at the Career Training Centre (CTC) in West Abbotsford. Maps to the CTC are in the plastic holder outside Office A215 on the Abbotsford Campus.

TUESDAYS BADMINTON from 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM. Drop in at the Career Train'ing Centre (CTC) in West Abbotsford. Maps to the CTC are in the plastic holder outside Office A2 l 5 on the Abbotsford Campus.

TUES. AND THURS. VOLLEYBALLfrom 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM. Drop in at the Career Training Centre (CTC) in West Abbotsford. Maps to the CTC are in the plastic holder outside Office A215 on the Abbotsford Campus.

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