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by Restauronics Services Ltd. will create a new perpetual endo~ment fund at UCFV. his donation will be matched dollar-fordollar by the provincial government which will double the total value to $50,000.

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T h e Restauronics "Donations Ser vice s such as this scholarship one from w i II be Restauronics av a i I ab I e go a lon·g each year to students who have way to helping support future students demonstrated communjty and/or student and building a first-class university leadership, as well as· strong academic _,.college," said UCFV President Skip standing. . Bassford.

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"Restauronics is committed to supporting the UCFV community and especially students, by establishing this scholarship endowment fund," said Restaurontics District Manager Carlos Contreras. "We recognize that students are the reason why we are here.

We believe that we have developed. a true ~artnership with UCFV and we support UCFV's mission and goals. WE also appreciate the opportunity to invest in the future of our society."

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Disclaimer The opinions and views expressed in the Cascade are those of the writers and don't necessarily represent the values of the Cascade or the University College of the Fraser \'alley.

Shamik Bhattacharya ' Abbotsford, B.C. ' U.C.F.V. put plans for a gym at the Abbotsford campus on hold when the government passed over our bid for partial funding. Meanwhile, additional money has· been given to the technical school under construction in Surrey.

According to Barry Bompas (Vice· President of ~tudent Services and Employee Relations), the Ministry of Education claimed a "lack of funds" as its reason for failing to support our bid for a gym. When I asked Mr. Bompas why the Ministry could find fonds for the technical school but not U.C.F.V., he explained that money given to the technical school came from a different pot than the one into which U.C.F.V. was hoping to dip. It seems unlikely that the Ministry will mollify students with this explanation.

The estimated cost of the gym was three million dollars. The understanding, or perhaps hope, was that if the students and college could commit to 1.6 million, the government would chip in the remaining 1.4.

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The Student Union Society and other interested parties have been working to get U.C.F.V. a gym since 1996. In last October's referendum, the majority of students said they would be willing to pay extra fees to help finance the gym. At that point, the school was able to bring its proposal before the Ministry for consideration. Al-

though the Ministry gave its answer 6 or 7 months ·ago, it was not widely publicized.

Dick Bate seconded as .Interint President of NVIT UCFV Community Development Abbotsford, B. C. UCFV Vice President and Dean of Applied Programs Dick Bate has been seconded to the role of Interim Vice President of the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology in Merritt for the coming year. Bate will spend approximately half of his time each week at NVIT. He will continue his UCFV duties part-time until the end of December I 999, when he will retire from U(:FV. NVIT is a unique public post-secondary institution because it is entirely oriented towards First Nations People, but is open to everyone. It currently offers five programs and is funded for two hundred full-time enrollment students. Plans are in place for construction of a new campus in Merritt, in cooperation with the University College of the Cariboo. The new campus _is expected to open to three hundred FTE's (full-time enrollments) in 2001.

Bate says he is excited about the opportunity to play a role in the development of this relatively new institution.

"NVIT is facing a number of challenges to find its -niche in the complex post-secondary system in BC" he says.

"I believe that one key to institutional and program stability will be collaboration with a number of other post-secondary institutions, but especially university-colleges. They are particularly interested in the concepts of laddering and block transfer which we have developed so successfully here at UCFV."

Many at U.C.F.V feel that the government has broken a promise to students.

However, there seems to have been no real promise made. It seems more likely that we thought if y,re showed enough desire and initiative, we could compel the government to respond. The government's failure to do so has aggravated our s€':nsethat we are frequently treated like a poor relative.

In an attempt to ensure that we are not forgotten, U.C.F.V. officials have been reminding the Ministry of our needs on a monthly basis. In this spirit, Barry Bompas and Norah Andrews (Vice President of Finance and Administration) will visit Victoria this month to show our continuing determination.

The Student Union Society (SUS) does not want the government to forget either.

On September 10 aC12:15 p.m. on the Grassy Knoll students will construct a cardboard gym as part of a protest aimed to 'humiliate the government' according to Stephanie Martin (President of Student Union Society). The SUS has invited the Mayor of Abbotsford along with local MLA's and MP's. The Student Union encourages all interested students to attend.

A more detailed report on the gym issue will appear in the next edition of the Cascade. Don't touch that dial!

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students and faculty would cover the cost. Students would be charged three dollars to make up this amount. Based on this calculation, if there was full ridership at all the times the service was available, the costs of maintenance would be covered.

Shuttle Bus Blues

by Shomik Bhattacharya Abbotsford, B.C. The University College of the Fraser Valley decided to discontinue the shuttle service from Abbo_stford to Chilliwack at the end of April, this year_ The shuttle se·rvice had lasted five months, after being introdu~ed in December of 1998.' Its closure was due primarily to low rider-ship and the high maintenance costs incurred from supporting this operation.

The idea for the shuttle service had been talked about for several years prior to its implementation in 1998.

The concept of the shuttle service was that students, who attended UCFV, would volunteer their time shuttle-busing their fellow students and instructors at the university. The vans were

Poor student participation led to paid Commissionaires driving the vans, which meant a fare increase of two dollars, making the roundtrip cost five dollars.

the property of the Jack Bell Foundation, which these lent vans to organizations or people for the purposes of car-pooling.

Their aim was to raise environment aI awareness and present alternatives to our current manner of travelling. The cost of maintenance, fuel, and insurance was calculated at sixteen hundred dollars a month. The

Christening New Ground: onten's. Soccer at UCFV C.L. Holden and H.D. Holliday bbotsford, B.C.

Spirit and aspiration are high as this year's women's soccer team starts the 1999 season. With seven returning players and seven rookies, the 'team plans to push past rivals Langara, Malaspina, and Trinity Western, to surpass last season's third-last place finish (and hopefully secure a playoff spot). Senior students Missy Turi (sweeper) and Jody Hanninen (center mid-field) are the captains for this year's team. The seven veteran players are bri 11ginggood leadership and commitment to the team. A solid knowledge of the game will alsb increase the chances for the team's success.

Rounding out the top three positions in the British Columbia Collegiate Athletics Association (BCCAA) are the Caribou, Capilano, and Douglas College teams.

As UCFV strives for top positioning, the immediate barrier seems to be Trinity Western. Coach Tom Fast is confident, with his eight years of experience at UCFV, that a tight coach/team bond will be the key to success over a Trinity Western team that is breaking in a new coach this season. Fast feels that Langara is in the same position as last year, which is not as strong as UCFV, just as Malaspina should prove to be constant competition for UCFV skill and speed.

To improve the team's finishing spot from last year, Fast feels the team needs to work on speed, as defence has proven to be UCFV's strength. Confidence in ability is a neccessity as the team needs to attack and score more goals.

The team hopes that a better final ranking will lead to better support from the school (perhaps a soccer field for athletics at UCFV?). It is possible that with the re~ent surge of interest in soccer (due to the American media attention at the World Cu that an increased res ect

The actual operation did not go as planned once implem~nted. Timing was a problem: the service was introduced in December, at the end of the semester when students and faculty had more pressing priorities such as final examinations.

As well, some students said that .they thought the advertising for the service was poorly planned.

But ridership did increase i-h January and Februari of 1999, before de:c)ining again in March ahd April.

will be bestowed on the sport at UCFV. Fast is more hopeful that the association with the Kinesiology Department, for fitness tests at the beginning of the season, is going to bring the team and the institution closer.

Acknowledgement is given to the ongoing rift between academics and sports that exists on all campuses. It is hoped that the faculty could be more understanding about games when the team goes to the playoffs, so the players may have some understanding when they need to miss a test for a game. Fast recognizes UCFV's current support in regards to sch.9larships which are based on the players' grades and performance.

This gives them more desire to excel in both. The school offers many different scholarships to the soccer-players. One is based on grades, which is open to anyone o~ the team. In addition, one tuition waiver is awarded to a top player with excellent academic achievement . Three book scholarships are also available to the players (either divided into six to award six students or given to three students for the full year).

The BCCAA's regular season is six weeks long with two additional weeks fo playoffs. The women's soccer tea~ need four more players. Check out practices with Coach Tom Fast or Assistant Coach Aaron Williams on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 4 to 6 p.m. at Grant Park.

The women play their opening game September 18 against Douglas College at Queens Park in New Westminster.

Following games are September 24 against Trinity Western University at Bateman Park in Abbotsford and Septem ber 25 against Malaspina at McGirr Park in Nanaimo.

One UCFV employee noted that due to the unpredictable weather of January and February, students and faculty felt better using the service. When the weather

became clearer, reliance on the service fell.

The second problem that emerged was a lack of interest by students to participate in the volunteer driving.

Scheduling conflicts were a problem.

The level of responsibility involved also deterred prospective student drivers: proper records of destinations, mileage, fuel consumption, and vehicle maintenance had to be kept. Poor student participation led to paid Commissionaires driving the vans, which meant a fare increase of two dollars, making the roundtrip cost five dollars.

This, added to the fact that the vans were not being used to full capacity, meant that the university would incur a loss since they would have to cover the balance for the maintenance of the vans. The servic~ that was supposed to pay for itself became an operation running on a deficit.

Because of escalating costs and diminishing rider-ship the service was discontinued, with a slim chance of being revived. One UCFV employee stated that if students really cared about the service and wrote a petition, arguing for its return, it was possible the program could return

Manitoba, BC and Alberta students get credit check break Source: The Manitoban (University of Manitoba)

By Gene Senior WINNIPEG - Some post-secondary students will avoid a new hurijle this fall when applying for financial assistance.

Earlier this year, Ottawa passed legislation requiring credit checks f6r all first-time students, applying for federal student loans.

The new program of credit checks came into effect on August I, and is designed to weed out students with a poor credit history.

But Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia have chosen not to run the federal credit checks for loan applications for the 19992000 academic year A week before the August I deadline, for instance, Ottawa had still not signed a deal with a subcontractor to undertake the credit screening.

The legislation says first-time applicants to the federal student loan program will be turned away if, in three years prior to applying, they have missed payments for three consecutive months on three separate debts of $1,000 or more.

Many are worried the law will result in poor students having their access to post-secondary education cut.

Michael Conlon, national chair of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), is highly critical of Ottawa's newest change to the federal student loans program.

"They've got one foot in social policy, but another foot in privatizing the loan system," said Conlon. "This is a progression from a social program to a program that responds to the needs of banks."

But, government spokesperson Gino Trifiro said, the new policy is so specific the impact on students will be minimal.

"It is not restricting education for anyone," said Trifiro. "It's just making sure that Canadian tax dollars are used responsibly."

Meanwhile, not all students believe credit checks are bad.

Dave Ebert, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Manitoba, says the current adjustments are a result of a poorly organized system.

"The student loan program was too good before. It was too easy to default and take off on stuff," said Ebert. "The federal government has several billion dollars in uncollected student loans, and now we are paying the price for people who fucked off on their loans."

The latest figuresTrom Ottawa show 80 per cent of students repay their Canada Student Loans without incident, while 13 per cent repay their loahs after defaulting at least once.

These numbers, however, date back to 1995 - the same year Canada's major banks begin administering the student loan system.

The banks have not released data to show what the current loan repayment rate is like.

Kieran Green, communications coordinator of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA), says the credit checks are not necessary.

' "There was a misunderstanding about the true nature of student default rates," said Green. "It's trying to fix something that's not broken."

Approximately 38,000 students will be affected by·the credit check program.

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Student Union signs landinark agreeinent Chris Bolster Abbotsford, B. C. (CUP) · In what's being hailed as a groundbreaking deal, UCFV's student union has signed a partnership agreement with one of Canada's leading labour groups.

"This is the first time we know of in North America where a labour union and a student union have joined forces," said Charlie Peck, Business Manager of Local 213 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW).

The agreement recognizes that students frequently work part-time.while they'r!'! studying, and that many of these jobs involve low wages and substandard working conditions.

"We have found out that through our organizing efforts in the service sector that many young people feel isolated and victimized," said Peck. "They often need help and don't know where to turn."

Under the terms of the new partnership the electrical brotherhooo will provide education and support to UCFV students to defend their workplace rights.

"If students know ... of the limited rights they have, they will be more likely to survive in the service sector" said Peck, "and avoid having to file complaints and take legal action to protect themselves."

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The deal mandates, Local 213 to assist, for free, any UCFV stu~eQt pursuing a claim un1 der the Employment Standards Act, the Labour Relations Codb, the Workers Compensation Act and the Human Rights Code.

It's an agreement that has student leaders smiling from ear-to-ear.

"From our perspective, it's a win win situation," said Stephanie Martin, UCFV student union president. "Everybody walks away with something goqd.'' Not everyone, how-

UBC joins lawsuit against the Canadian Federation of Students Source: Ubyssey ( University of British Columbia)

By Daliah Merzaban VANCOUVER (CUP) - The University of British Columbia's Alma Mater Society (AMS) has joined three other student council's in suing the services arm of the Canadian Federation of Students.

The lawsuit is based on the transfer of ownership of Travel CUTS, a student-. based travel company, to the CFS in 1987.

Travel CUTS is currently operated by the Canadian Federation of Student-Services (CFS-S), a sister organization of the CFS, Canada's largest student group.

Those involved in the legal challenge say CFS member-schools receive unfair benefits because the travel company's services reach beyond CFS schools.

The student society of the University of Western Ontario initiated the lawsuit in 1998.

The AMS entered the legal picture when a majority of council members voted in July to join the lawsuit.

The University of Alberta and Queen's Univer!iity have also voted to join the case.

Back in Vancouver, the decision to take the CFS to court has fostered frosty relations among AMS executives.

Nathan Allen, AMS coordinator of external affairs, said the decision to pursue the lawsuit is, "the worst decision

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Allen says his position, which requires extensive interaction with other student societies, will be hamstrung be the suit.

He believes the AMS has severed itself from more than half of the Canadian student population represented by the CFS. Joey Hansen, CFS national treasurer, says the AMS's decision has dropped a bomb on CFS member schools. . "This is not declaring war on [a] nameless, faceless entity - the Canadian Federation of Students," said Hansen.

"This is UBC declaring war on the Simon Fraser student society, the University of Victoria student society, and the 60 other member locals of the federation."

But in an interview during a recent student union symposium at UBC, the student presidents at the University of Alberta and Western said blaming the lawsuit on politics is a cop-out.

"This is not about petty student politics," said Michael Chalk, president of the University of Alberta's student union.

"And it's not about trying to stick it to anyone, and it's not trying take things away from people."

Three of the four schools involved in the court challenge - Queen's is a nonaligned university - are members of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA), the rival student organization to the CFS.

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ever, is pleased, with the new deal.

A recent editorial piece in the Abbotsford Times called into question the motive of the agreement.

"The UCFV student union society is taking the word 'union' in its name a bit too literally," argued Phil Melnychuk, the Times Edi-. tor. "Isn't a student union more of an association, rather than an agency for collective bargaining?"

"And how will pairing with the IBEW affect students' employment chances? Will employers be as willing to hire someone for the summer if they think that worker will be a spark for an organizing drive?"

Responding to Melnychuk's editorial that suggested the agreement would be focused

on organizing students -into labour unions, Peck said that he is willing to work with anyone seeking union representation.

"We'll [represent them] ourselves or we will pass it on to another union," said Peck. "But we do not expect the alliance to have any major impact on organizing in the Abbotsford area."

Peck also said the labour unibn supports their new student partners in key post-secondary issues; "The Local also supports student issues such as lowering tuition fees and increasing access to all forms of post-secondary education," said Peck. "We will be happy to help lobby government and build public support and awareness of student issues when needed."

Stats Can bla01es Ottawa and the provinces for tuition fee hi.kes

Source: Ottawa Bureau Chief

By Chris B9dnar

OTTAWA-Anew report from StatisticsCanada hasconfirmed what many students already know - tuition fees across the country have skyrocketed in the last nine years .

Government funding, including both provincial and federal grants, now make up less than 58 per cent of Canadian universities' operating revenue, down from 74 per cent in 1980.

This has resulted in a drastic increase in tuition fees for post-secondary students.

Across Canada, tuition fees for undergraduate arts programs have increased by 125.9 per cent since 1990, resulting in an average cost of $3,658.

Nova Scotia general arts students pay the highest tuition at just over $4,100 a year.

Alberta arts students have seen the greatest increases, with fees almost tripling in the last nine years.

Meanwhile, medicine and dentistry programs have been hit the hardest of all university programs. Medical fees have increased 32 per cent to $7,377 this year alone, while dentistry fees have increased 15 per cent to $5,699.

In Ontario,fees for dentistryprogramshave more than quadrupled since 1995 and medicine fees have doubled or quadrupled, depending on the institution.

'The reality of this is that it will continue unti both levels of government begin to work o putting money back into the post-secondary edu cation system," said Jason Abeig, national di rector of the Canadian Alliance of Student As sociations. "Tuition fees simply back-fill the hol left by the reduced government funding."

Michael Conlon, national chairperson of th Canadian Federation of Students, has simil feelings.

"The reportessentiallyconfinns our analysis there isa directrelation between the governmen cuts and the increase in tuition fees," said Conlon The report did note British Columbia has zen public university tuition fees for five years and Quebec has also kept fees low for re~iden of the province.

In addition, the most recent tuition fee increase for the 1999-2000 academic year are at a 7 pe cent average across Canada, down from 11 pe cent in each of the past two years.

'The report shows a good news, bad news see nario," said Conlon. "While the fee hikes down a little bit this year, the report makes very compelling argument that the federal gov ernment must address the issue of federal trans fer payments for post-secondary education."

Government officials, who were still studyin the report. were not able to comment by .pres time.

BC joins ... con'tfrompg.6 e real issue, the say, is that ownership of ravel CUTS should not be restricted to the FS.

Police lied during Gustafsen Lake _saysnative activist

tice, I. B. Josephson, Hill's allegations are unfounded.

Source: Gradzette (University of Manitoba) Byline: Krishna Lalbiharie

WINNIPEG (CUP) - The Canadian military and RCMP falsified documents during the Gustafsen Lake conflict to justify a police raid, says an aboriginal activist who is writing a book on the event.

The 1995 standoff, which took place in northern British Columbia, ended in an armed fight between natives and police.

The $5.5-million campaign was the most ~xpensive domestic military operation in Canada's history.

Four hundred RCMP officers - armed with M-16 assault rifles, land mines and eight armored personnel carriers - fired 77;000 rounds of ammunition at a camp of 18 aborigimil sovereigntists.

The camped group were demanding the right to continue hosting the Sundance ceremony at Ts'Peten, or Gustafsen Lake.

"The government would have you believe that in our efforts to protect our sacred Sundance lands, we were the ones who used too much force and not the RCMP," said native activist John 'Splitting the Sky' Hill.

"The truth is that the government, and its tool the mainstream media, collaborated to manufacture a story which isn't true."

Hill, a Mowhawk nationalist, is currentli Writing a memoir of his involvement in the Gustafsen standoff.

"When rhetoric is swept aside, it was the camp occupants who introduced weapons and violence, to the standoff," said Josephson. "Hill, himself, is lucky to not have been indicted and convicted as the others were."

Hill averted indictment for his involvement in the 1995 standoff after testimony from reliable witnesses proved that his participation in events was non-threatening.

Thirteen of the 18 Ts'Peten defendants were sentenced to prison on July 30, 1997. Sentences ranged from six months to four-anda-half years, for crimes of sedition and attempted murder of police and military personnel.

Although not available for comment, B.C. Attorney General Ujjal Dosanjh stated to the Globe and Mail at sentencing hearings in 1997 that "while [he] respects Native rights, the Ts'Peten defenders were terrorists and nothing more."

Hill disagrees.

He added the officers in question sustained no visible marks of penetration on their flak jackets and were unable to provide evidence that bullets had been fired.

These talks resulted in the formation of the CFS and its closely linked services arm, the CFS-S, in 1981.

'This a travel company that's worth illions of dollars and it's been built from he ground up by every student. Not tudents of just CFS schools," said SzeJack an, president of the University of Western ntario students' council.

The AOSC still existed after 1981, but ceased to function independently.

'It's been built up by every student in anada that's ever bought an ISIC card or ontributed to it."

At an AOSC general meeting in 1987, a motion was passed to transfer all AOSC assets, including Travel CUTS, to the CFSS.

an pointed out that purchasing an Internaional Student Identity Card costs $16 for C students, but is free for,those attendng CFS-aligned Simon Fras~r University. ansen says CFS local members are urious. He called the AMS decision 'frivolous and malicious," adding that ravel CUTS is an asset for those who hoose to join the CFS. 'This is just a blatant attempt on the part of he leadership at some of these student sociations, the AMS included, to violate

e lawsuit stems from what Tan, Chalk, nd AMS President Ryan Marshall say is a uestionable transfer of ownership of Travel UTS to the CFS-S from its founding

rom 1969 to 1981, the Association of tudent Councils (AOSC) owned and perated Travel CUTS.

All managerial control of Travel CUTS was transferred to the CFS-S, while the AOSC remained the owner and share-holder.

According to Chalk, the motion said all assets had to be transferred by no later than July 1988. , But the transfer, said Chalk, was not finalized until 1991. He said this delay invalidates the 1988 motion.

The three CASA schools are also concerned about the AOSC meeting itself.

According to ~balk, very few of the member schools were invited to the meetin because it was suddenly called and held during a CFS national m~ting, limiting attendance to those AOSC schools who were also CFS members.

Chalk says the University of Alberta is particularly concerned because it was a member of bqth the CFS and the AOSC until deciding to pull out of the CFS in 1985.

He says they were not invited to the "My brothers and sisters are not terrorists, but victims of a conspiracy to cover up the truth," he said. "If they can get away with what they did to us at Gustafsen Lake it won't be Jong before they can do it to everyone."

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meeting which took away their share of the company.

The Autobiography of Splitting the Sky: From Attica to Gustafsen Lake, is scheduled for release in 2000.

The book states that principal evidence attained by the RCMP, which was used to convict some of those involved in the conflict, were falsified to win government support for the eventual police raid.

"The RCMP, at the time, said that the Ts'Peten defenders ambushed, shot and hit two of its officers, but the evidence for this isn't there and is not true," said Hill.

Students, began talking about merging the two student groups.

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· "The manufacturer of the flak jackets has gone on record as saying that those jackets aren't designed to take hits from high-powered rifles, which is what the RCMP said the defenders were using when the officers were shot," said Hill. "I think if they were shot, there would be signs to indicate this.

It obviously doesn't add up."

Hill further asserts that RCMP footage, which ostensibly recorded all events in the besieged encampment, failed to produce footage of the alleged attack.

Moreover, portions of footage appear to be "conveniently blacked-out or missing at critical moments during the incursion."

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H.A. Bassford Abbotsford, B. C.

Welcome to UCFV. Whether you're starting classes here for the first time or returning for another year of studies, I hope that your experience this year is one of exploration and discovery.

UCFV is here to help you achieve the educational goals you've set for yourself. But I also believe that something else will happen along the way as those of you who are returning to UCFV already know. If you are open and willing to take a few risks, you will discover that there are more new ideas and people worth getting to know, than you had ever imagined.

For all of you this will be a year of changes.

That's what the educational process is all about.

For some, it will be learning new skills that will get you a good job or a satisfying career.

For others it will be opening the door to challenges and concepts that will make you wonder, question, shape new ideas and opinions, and if you're lucky, open new doors to even

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Chris Bolster Editor-in-Chief

Another time around the sun and once again we converge on the halls of UCFV. To the experienced among us, this is all too familiar.

We recognize that there will be hours spent in lengthy lines for everything: books, student loans and anything relating to the registration office. We'll have to scramble to all of our wait-list classes and participate in the insane waitlist/ seating game. It reminds me of a game of musical chairs. When the music stops, the winners get the seats.

I want to take this opportunity to welcome UCFV's new students.

A piece of advice to those who don't

Last year UCFV undertook a strategic planning process that will define this institution for years to come. Students, faculty, staff, and community members all helped shape this plan. At the heart of the new strategic plan is the UCFV Mission Statement which says that "we, the students, faculty, staff, and board of the'University College of the Fraser Valley,are a collUTIUnity of diverse learners."

It states further that, "our fundamental purpose is to help student~ achieve their goals."

The faculty, staff, administration and board ofUCFV are here to serve you; to help make your educational journey as rewarding as it can be. If we're not doing our job well enough, tell us. Students should feel free to approach faculty and staff with any concerns you might have. But you can talk also to the staff in Student Services, or the Student Union Society, or UCFV's Ombudsmun, if you feel you are not getting the answer to your questions. I guarantee we will listen and try to meet your needs.

The professors you·meet in your classes this year are some of the best you will ever expe~ already know - School will become an object of passion.

It' II become that thing you love to despise. This is not meant to dissuade anyone from coming out. This is just the interpretation of a forth year student who has been here a lot longer than four years. I realize that I'm a wee bit japed - UCFV will eventually do th:at to you. I guess that's why'! get:t0 write the editorials around here. ·· Speaking of such: insane endeavors, I want to take this opportunity to welcome you to volume seven of the Cascade. Since September 1993, the Cascade has been publishing students' ideas and opinions.

Our millennium volume marks the Cascade's first serious attempt at hard journalism.

We will still provide a serious forum for ideas, but the focus for this year will

Attending any post secondary institution is fraught with many challenges and is in fact completely different from any experience you have probably ever had.

You now need to become an expert at time management, juggling, and balancing: If you are already an expert at these things, then you' II have no problems. If not, welcome to the Club! Most students find it difficult to incorporate the rigors of academia into their life and still maintain some kind of balance. Achieving this balance is possible and can lead to a truly exceptional and rewarding educational experience.

Stephaine Martin, President Stu4l?nt Union Society

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As registered students at UCFV you are _ automatically a full member of the Student Union Society. We are here to offer you services, support, and even some social time. We have offices on both main cam uses (Abbotsford-A213 and

rience. They will be the skillful and knowledgeable guides along your journey.

more of the courses that students want, at times and places that make the most sense for students.

The strategic plan also contains a number of recommendations under the heading "student life" that will be of special interest to you. In the short tern UCFV is committed to review funding for student activities to encourage more student-run events, to improve communication among students, faculty and administration, and to ensure that students are involved in the decision making process. In the longer view, UCFV will work to build a student centre, expand services for students, and establish student housing on campus.

Work has begun oil all of these initiatives.

I encourage to learn beyond what you experience in the classroom. I urge you to get involved, in sports, clubs, student government, program associations, and UCFV committees. Attend special lectures, concerts, and workshops, go on field trips, hang out with interesting people, debate new ideas, and learn everything you can from everyone you meet, during your time here at UCFV.

Along with the planning process have come a number of administrative changes. One is the appointment of Barry Bompas as the Vice President o_fStudent and Employee Services.

B¥1)' has a reputation for being able to communicate effectively and get things done. I believe all students will benefit from his leadership.

I know well that many of you are not free to participate extensively in extra curricular activities because you have commitments to families and jobs. Those commitments of course must come first. But you should try to find ways to have them share in your experiences and learning at UCFV. Family and fellow workers as well as you can revel in your personal journey of exploration and take satisfaction in your new discoveries.

You've arrived at an institution that has a reputation for excellent instruction, personal attention to students, and a strong commitment to the communities we serve. We shall Other changes at UCFV this year will include do our best to live up to this reputation in the introduction of new computer software that will allow students to have much greater · your eyes. access to information, including their own You've arrived at UCFV atan auspicious mostudent records, easier email access, and onment in history as we celebrate the 25th anline registration for classes. niversary of this institution ofihigher learning. I hope that your arrival marks an auspiWe will continue to work with you to press cious time in your own lives - a time of new the provincial government for their share of challenges, new discoveries, change, and the funding needed to build the Student Acpositive growth. I hope it marks the start of a tivity Centre as soon as possible. journey that will be the learning adventure of a lifetime.

We will continue to search for ways to offer be on the reporting of events and rais- _ ing issues that are too important to miss. Laura Barth's piece on the status of our gym funding and Shomik Bhattacharya's article on the UCFV shuttle bus service are key examples of the direction the Cascade will be taking this year.

We are interested in uncovering the cover-ups, exposing where your tuition money goes and keeping you abreast of relevant issues. I once interviewed a local politician who gave me this pea·rl of wisdom: some of the most powerful political positions, positions that can have the greatest effect on peoples' lives, are at the local level.

He also told me that it is at this level that the most voter apathy exists. Does this frighten you? With this in mind, the Cascade sets out to make itself

Chilliwack-ElOl) and representatives for all satellite campuses (Mission, Hope and Agassiz). We maintain an up to date list of Clubs and Associations on campus that might interest you, and we work closely · with the Student Events Department to offer you various activities throughout the -year.

Our services are too extensive to list here, but we encourage you to drop by either office for information, to ask questions or just to share a cup of coffee. We are here for you and hope that you will take advantage of our services during your stay at the University College of the Fraser Valley.

On Behalf of the UCFV Student Union Society - Welcome to what will be a greatexperience !

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We need some people to take this trip with us. We are looking for people with a wide ran_ge of skills and experiences. (Just a note: we will not turn anyone down if they want to volunteer).

We have everything from in-house design, to copy-editing, to drawing comics, to taking photographs, to writing and so on. If you are interested in publishing newsletters or fan-zines or anything in between, the Cascade can offer you the training and skills to succeed. Please come down to the office A226 on the Abbotsford campus, we love chatting with interesting people.

Our volunteer meetings are on Wednesdays at l p.m. I look forward to seeing some new faces at our next meeting.

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Sex With Lolita

by Lolita

My summer shopping spree resulted in a plethora of bras and panties. You wouldn't be wrong in suggesting I was stocking up. It's not that I'm expecting an upcoming shortage, although I will miss the bountiful lingerie department at Eaton's. I'm the type of girl who wanted to be a Boy Scout, just so I could claim rights to the motto 'always be prepared.' Sex is one of the most important things to be prepared for, and this summer's shopping has me ready for at least ten impromptu sexual encounters where I can excuse myself to slip into something more comfortable that will shock, delight, intrigue and excite my boyfriend.

A new set of matching underwear excites me so: many of my purchases were modeled the evening they came home from the mall. Still, I have some restraint. I've managed to keep a few surprises hidden away.

The last week of August I bought my final piece of summer lingerie. My

boyfriend and.I were shopping together and he picked up a wonderful ·matching set. It was dark blue stretchy denim, with yellow stitching and a metal clasping bra.

We went to the dressing room, and as he veered towards the chairs outside, I asked him to come in. There was, after all, a chair in each fitting room. His approval was immediate, and had we not been pressed for time, and. the dressing rooms full of other shoppers, I would have persuaded him to take me there and then.

He has his favorites of COllrse,and sometimes he'll ask what's underneath my clothes. The warmest response comes from a leopard print push-up with matching thong.

Of all my summer purchases and my vast collection, my favorite is still nothing at all. Nothing is better than to be driving with him, watching TV, or out to dinner with friends, when I whisper in his ear, .

"I'm not wearing any undenyear." · ·

Fuzzy Perspectives of a Dr.unken Elitist Sometimes a day at the beach is worth the sunburn.

by StuntFrau

Form and content. i often find myself mumbling this phrase under my breath. So often that you, my friend, decided to poke into my meandering trains of thought to find out what the hell I'm on abo.ut. So what am I on about? Essentially, meaning. Seems fairly obvious to me, but since it's not so obvious to you, I'll try and elucidate my point. The basic gyst comes from an interdisciplinary melding of English and Philosophy. Perhaps the easiest way to begin is with something as simple as language ..

Words represent the form; the meaning derived from the words represent the content. Seems fairly straight.

But, what happens to content when the form is not understood? Picture yourself in a line-up. You're standing behind a group of people speaking a language that you don't understand.

Do you see what happens to the form? It's still language, but without meaning, it's irrelevant to you. This is where the point begins to flesh itself out of the murk. Language has form, but it only becomes relevant with a shared understanding.of the meaning. Quite simply, in order to understand and be understood, the same language must be used.

Ifs true that the pen is mightier than the sword, but the strength of a word is merely it', ability to convey a sensible concept; if the word is not understood, it has no power.

Now. Take this notion a step further and move it away from the constaints of language. Let's look at the form of existence.

Without allowing myself to digress into a philosophical debate on the matter, I feel safe saying that we basically know what

existence is about. But what is the defining quality to this sort of form? How do we find understandable meaning in this realm?This is what I like to call the semantics of existence.· Think about how easy it is to go through the form of life without ever considering the, meaning of your actions. Really, how often do we really examine why we do what we do. Without understanding the meaning of our actions, we are living a life that parallels the sensation experienced in the line-up; though it is still a life, without contentit i~ an irrelevant, meaningless form of life.

Much in the same manner . that we learn to link content to form when we acquire the skill of language, we need to place content to form in life.

Start small, question everything: Why do I brush my teeth? Because I like clean teeth. Why do I eat? Because I'm hungry. What do I do to make a difference? hmmm.

Starts to get tricky here. This is what I'm on about. You see to me, this is what it's all about. Think of the form of your life. Reflect on what you're doing as you go through the motions. Consider every moment, every action, every possibility. What sort of content does your form have? Are you living a mono-syllabic existence, conveying the allegorical equivalent of a two year old's dialogue? Or are you mastering the language and adding paranthetical commentary to the text? Look at the form, recognize the content, understand the meaning. That, my friend, is what I mean when I say it's all about form and content; it's just a little perspective that puts a different spin on things.

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What is Autonomy?

Autonomy for a student newspaper first allows it to act as a free press without the risk of interference in its editorial, financial or legal affairs by any outside organization.

Second and more importantly, it requires the newspaper to be a responsible press.

Ultimately, a student newspaper worthy of its name must be able to justify its editorial, legal and financial actions to its readers, who, for autonomous papers are its owners.

Most student papers began life as an operation of the student council. The student council, however, has an internal conflict of interest when dealing with the student paper. Even the most sincere councilor, when dealing with the newspaper's internal affairs, will be influenced by how she has been or could be treated in the newspaper's articles.

Autonomy does away with the conflict of interest, and leaves the newspaper free of fear of reprisal or harassment for the way it reports on council, or indeed reports on anything.

Autonomy requires becoming a separate incorporated legal entity with a board of directors on which student council does not have a dominant presence. Being autonomous, the newspaper must still represent students and be accountable to them, but

without the council running interference for them.

Why Should the Cascade be Autonomous?

There are a number of reasons why the Cascade should· become an autonomous student newspaper.

1) Autonomy will benefit UCFV studems.

Autonomy means that UCFV students have a greater role to play in the administration of the Cascade. In effect, Cascade autonomy means that the Student Body effectively owns a student newspaper business which employs UCFV students. Students will be able to elect board representatives to the publications board that oversee the business of the paper.

2) Autonomy will benefit the Student Union Society (SUS). Our Student Union, for the size of the University College, has one

of the lowest budgets for studen~ unions across Canada. Cascade autonomy means to the SUS two significant things. The first, thirteen thousand dollars will be freed up in their budget and put to other essential services, like subsidized child-care for students of UCFV and increased Emergency Student Grants. Second, the Student Union is legally responsible for the.editorial content of the Cascade. If the Cascade were to be sued for Libel, it wouldn't be the Cascade that would actually faced the suit, it would be the Student Union. With a budget

Systein Tech Bybgp Recently, I built a computer system for my friend. We had some highs and lows putting the system together. I think the process interested him enough to ask me to write this little computer advice column.

I have worked for a local government as a systems tech. There, I supervised the purhase and installation of hundreds of computers. I have learned what I needed' to know from reading computer magazines, great info sites on the web, and countless hours of pounding my head on the keyboard.

I am writing this column for the wannabe tech who would like a great system at areasonable price. ow onto the advice.

I cringe when I see the aimless wandering around Future Drugs or London Shop getting talked into buying an out of date, over priced PC. Don't get me wrong, these places aren't all bad if you know your stuff.

A good non brand-name system should never cost more than $1500.

Before you buy a computer system do some homework! You want to think about your personal experience with computers. Did you like what you had before? What are

you going to use your computer for? Are there specific software packages that you want to run?

People with limited computer knowledge should always buy a brand name computer like Dell or IBM. You pay more for having that little Dell sticker on your machine, yet there are a couple of benefits also. The software bundle that comes with these systems is fairly large. They also usually offer great software and hardware support to the newbies who need a little more help.

Now for the users out there that want some bang for their buck. Pick up a copy of the Computer Paper (usually found at your local library). It's a great local resource on prices and what's new. What do you need?

How much do you want to spend? Leave it in your bathroom and put your thinking cap on.

Next issue: Which CPU should you buy?

Do you dare to over-clock?

. Chief, It's a strange place, this Land of the Rising Sun. Strange because it is the setting sun that makes its most vivid impression on me. The setting sun in Japan is easily described, I guess, because I currently reside in a small fishing village on the West Coast of Hokkaido, Japan's most northern island. My apartment is only two kilometers from the gray, sandy beach that borders the Sea of Japan and separates this particular hunk of volcanic rock from mainland Russia.

I'll stop with the geography Boss; fodear that your readers (or Copy Editor) might think this is too highbrow and stop reading. God forbid a university newspaper should risk alienating the lowest common denominator in hopes that others glean something of value from it, but I digress.

A sunset might not normally be so strange, although, night after night, the ones here continue to fascinate me. If I am unable to make it to the beach (due to sloth or other less admirable reasons), I am still treated to the same picture from my apartment balcony. As the midnightblue sky slides toward the horizon, it burns innumerable shades of red until it promptly meets the ocean, which as well is alight with a brilliant selection of colours. One can watch this slowly evolve as the glowing orb, that is responsible for all this, slowly drops behind the sea only to shed new light in some other strange land. What is perhaps most strange, is the irony of being captivated by the sunset in these early years of my life. Life that, until now, was largely spent at UCFV. Upon graduating from UCFV (a prestigious institution that awards you with __your degree printed on Xerox paper as opposed to-an actual parchment), I moved half way around the world to an apartment with freshly painted walls and a ceiling trimmed with unstained cedar. There is no hardwood floor; only intricately woven tatami mats cushion my steps. The Van Gogh print on my wall is neatly complimented by vases of fresh roses picked every week from a farm just outside of town. Jeff Buckley occupies the first tray of my CD player. My job, by the way, pays me reasonably well to do what amounts to making kids laugh for a few hours a day. The details are not important, so I won't bore you.

An ideal day in my little village sees me leaving work at about 3:00 p.m. to wander down to the beach with whatever I happen to be reading (At this point it is appropriate to thank the friends that mail me readable stuff, because they know that finding any English material in a fishing village in Northern Hokkaido is only slightly less difficult than relying on the UCFV library for your 15 page term paper). I' II spread my towel a respectable distance between the little boy making sand castles, and the old man with three fishing rods stuck in the beach, and read for a while. When my eyelids get heavy, I might take a bit of an afternoon snooze. Invariably, I' II awake with an empty stomach and a dry mouth. I' II leave my towel and backpack on the

beach (because I have no doubt it will be there when I return), and head to a sushi bar for the catch of the day and a couple of tall, frosty mugs of hoppy, local draft. Chief, one has never had sushi until one has eaten it in a Japa·nese seaside town, be it on the 45th floor of a five star Tokyo Hotel, or in a back alley restaurant of an old fishing village in Northern Hokkaido. Picture sashimi that melts between your tongue and the roof of your mouth, with the burning tingle ofwasabi in the back of your throat that is quickly doused by a healthy tug of a quality cold lager. You get the picture.

I'll return to the beach to find my book, pack, and towel all untouched, just in time to say goodbye to the sun before it takes its much heralded leave for 10 hours or so. I might pick up a bag of groceries on the way home, at which point I'll grab the paper or scrawl a letter off to a friend thanking them for the great book, and inviting them to visit when they have a month or so. Sometimes though, when I'm at the beach with my toes in the sand, I think back to the people at UCFV who asked me, "What are you gonna do with a history degree?" The question is always accompanied by a look that can be interpreted either one of two ways. I. "You poor guy," or, 2. "You dumb shit." Half a laugh escapes me, and I don my shades and mutter, "this." A lot of peoples' definition of happiness is being successful. For all too many people success is defined as relaxing in front of a 28 inch (financed) TV, in their (heavily financed) chunk of a 30 story gray concrete high-rise wondering if their (heavily financ~d) S.U.V. parked in the gray concrete basement has been vandalized again by those who need their (financed) stereo, or (financed) m<:1gwheels for their own (heavily financed) pollution production device. Personally, I' II take the beach, the sunset, and a couple of tall, cool ones on the West Coast of an Asian island. If I get tired of watching the sunsets with beer in hand, I'll move to the other side of the island, modify my schedule, and find out if the sunrises over the Pacific are as inebriating as the sunsets over the Nippon Sea. Chief, if you don't hear from me for a while, I've likely bought a kayak, and am trying to find out where the sun goes when it leaves here. Please tell aforementioned Copy Editor he is more than welcome to join me.

Hold my calls, Keith P.S. Say hi to the 'Safety and Security Team' who no longer have the opportunity to ticket my car. I guess I should have told you this earlier, but I recommend collecting the paper they stick under your windshield wiper since it makes pretty respectable ass-wipe, especially compared to the sandpaper the UCFV bathroom stalls are currently equipped with.

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STEPHEN LEACOCK AND THE RED TORY TRADITION byRonDart

Most Canadians, when they hear the name Stephen Leacock, think of humour, wit and many a delightful short story that keeps laughter holding both its sides. But, there is more to Stephen Leacock than either a toned down Canadian version of Mark Twain and Charles Dickens or the charming teller of amusing anecdotes .and tales. Leacock hc;lS,· 'or much of the latter half of this century, been .amed and domesticated to suit and serve a .::ertainimage of him, but there is much more to the real Leacock than the harmless clown.

It is perhaps time that we began to see the full Leacock, the real man, the man who gave a great deal of his time and energy in the political arena. In short, we need 'a reappraisal' of Leacock, a more 'holistic' and fairer interpretation of Leacock, of Leacock as a pioneer of Canadian 'red toryism.'

standard text in many political science departments in Canada and the USA. There was also much interest in Canadian history and politics in the I st decade of this century. The 'Makers of Canada' and 'Chronicles of Canada' series were quite popular in offering Canadians their story. Leacock contributed to these important nationalist.series, and in 1907 Leacock's 'Baldwin, Lafontaine, Hincks:_Responsible Government' was published. There is little doubt that Leacock was paving a way and path for himself; such energy and action did not go unnoticed.

Lord Grey, true to form, found Leacock too strident, too opposed to the British attempt te please both the USA and keep Canada a favoured colony. But, Leacock would not be brcitf_ghtdown so easily; he, also, went after England in his 'John Bull, Farmer' parable.

The tale goes like this: The old mans (England) got old and he don 't know it; can't kick him off the place: but I reckon that the next time we come together to talk things over the boys have got to step in and manage the whole farm.

It is right and fitting, therefore, in the autumn of 1999 that we tum to the life and writings of Stephen Leacock (1869-1944); it was in 1899 that Leacock began his Doctoral studies at the University of Chicago on 'Tl:ieDoctrine of Laissez Faire.' Leacock left Upper Canada College (after teaching for IOyears) in 1899 to probe the dominant doctrine of laissez faire. Liberals, at the time, genuflected before this dogma, but there were many that had serious doubts about both the theory and its more ominous implications. In his thesis, Leacock examined the origin, development and consequences of this idea. True to 'red tory' form, he argued that such a doctrine had serious flaws and, equally, that state intervention, on a variety of issues, is imperative for the common good. Leacock finished his thesis in 1903. He was then offered a tenured position in the political science department at McGill University and, in many ways, his vocation was in the air and flying.

It is essential, then, that we recognize that Leacock taught political science and economics most of his life until he retired from McGill. Leacock, the humorist, did not really emerge ur.til the publication of "Literary Lapses' in 1910. It is important to note, at this point, that when Leacock taught at Upper Canada College, George Parkin was the r~incipal; Parkin, in the late 19th century, had been one of the leading Canadian imperialists. The Imperialist position, in brief, argued that Canada no longer needed to be seen as a dutiful colo_nyof England. Canada could and ~;hould take her rightful chair alongside of England at the table of important decision making. Leacock, of course, would have heard much about the Imperial Federation League from Parkin, and such ideas, combined with his criticisms of laissez faire, further deepened his 'red tory' direction.

Leacock took his teaching, research and writing responsibilities at McGiil with much seriousness; he had, in many ways, found his vocation. The publication, in 1906, of 'Elements of Pclitical Science' ushered Leacock onto front stage in the world of academic thought. 'Elements of Political Science' was an immediate success; it was translated into many different languages and became a

Leacock, in the 1st decade of this century, was both busy as an academic and, equally to the point, he was an activist; he combined, in an exquiste way, the activist intellectual or the intellectual activist. This rare yet necessary combination was noted by Principal Peterson of McGill and Governor-General Lord Grey. Leacock was giving spellbinding lectures in Ottawa and in Massey Hall in 1905-1906 that won the attention and interest of many. In fact, from 1905-1907,Leacock had become the lighting rod for a growing Canadian nationalism. Leacock replaced Parkin as the most eloquent apostle of Canadian imperialism and nati9nalism. Leacock went much further than the !st generation of the Imperial Federation League and the Canada First Movement. But, more of this later.

Leacock, as the flagship of a new nationalism, did a tour of England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and East-West Canada from April 1907 to March 1908.The tour was a success, but the success was bought with a price. It became clear to the old guard establishment Canada First-Imperial Federation League types that Leacock was not going to merely echo the safe and cautious sentiments of the I st generation Canadian nationalists and was quick to critique both England and the USA; Canada was not going to be a dutiful colony- it had the potential to find its own path and way.

It was statements like this that led Principal Peterson to say, "your friends here feel that you have gone quite far enough on that tack."

Winston Churchill insisted that such comments were "offensive twaddle," Grey said, "It is quite possible to crow and flap one's wings without treading on one's neighbour's corns." Peterson went further, when he said, "much of your offense consisted in rushing ,in where, by tacit compact, the genuine Canadian is afraid to tread." Leacock, at the time, argued for a form of nationalism that was quite willing to firmly and solidly critique the limitations of England and the USA. This brand of indigenous 'red toryism' cannot be taken captive by simplistic pro-British, anti-American slogans; it is much more nuanced.

The publication, in 1907, of 'Greater Canada: An Appeal', signaled a significant shift in Canadian Conservatism and nationalism. The article is short, compact and to the point. It is thick with both rhetoric and content; the conclusion reached by Leacock cannot be missed or ignored. Most of 'Greater Canada' attempts to step beyond some of the sentiments voiced in 'John Bull' and viewing Canada as a colony of England. Leacoc;kstates quite clearly, ''The time has come; we. know and realize our country. We will be your colony no longer.

Make us one with you in an Empire, Permanent and Indivisible." Most of the article ar-

gues cogently and firmly that Canada is an equal with England and must be seen as such.

It is true that John Bull is older and wiser in some ways, but Canada ·has the energy, resources and strength like Greece that blocked invasions, like R0me that built an empire, like England that became a cultural beacon.

Leacock suggests, by such analogies, that Canada is about to emerge as a New World power. These are not the words, then, of someone who is content to settle into a docile, a lesser Canada; this is, indeed, a call for a greater Canada, a Canada that can and should realize itself. Most of 'Greater Canada' is a call to Canadians to awaken to a bigger vision, a vision in which Canada, as a nation, needs to be more alert to just what it might become. The last few pages of 'Greater Canada' go after the USA. Leacock state~ quite clearly: "Nor does our future lie in Union with those that dwell to the southward.

The day of annexation to the United States is passed."

It is quite easy to understand why Leacock's tour of 1907-1908, 'Greater Canada: An Appeal' and 'John Bull, Farmer,' did not warm him to either the Liberals or the old-guard Conservatives.

Leacock was, in many ways, pioneering the 'red tory' way. It is obvious, too, that Leacock's brand of ·•redtory' conservatism must have taken its toll on him; he faced much opposition, and he needed place and space to think more about the direction he was going. This led Leacock to purchase his summer home on Old Brewery Bay in Orillia. Leacock would, when teaching was over at McGill, spend his summers writing and thinking about what it meant and means to be a 'red tory' Canadian. The balance Leacock struck between his life at McGill, his teaching, his work with 'The University Magazine,' the 'Pen and Pencil Club,' his opposition to Laurier's free trade in the 1911 election, the publication of 'Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town,' 'Arcadian Adventures of the Idle Rich,' and his summa on the 'red tory' way in 'The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice' ( 1920) will be the focus of Part two of this article.

There is little doubt, though, that Leacock must be seen as a significant pioneer of 'red tory' thought within Canada; to ignore his contributions is to domesticate the man and distort and demean both Canadian history and conservatism.

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of sixty thousand dollars, the SUS cannot afford to run this risk.

3) Cascade autonomy will benefit the Cascade. The Cascade began in September 1993 and has continually grown in size and editorially it has become better as UCFV has expanded. The next logical step in this development is independence from the Student Union.

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It's Limp Bizkit y'all! Normally, I would be the last person to endorse a rap/rock band (I have an allergy or something. I break out), but even I must admit that this album, Significant Other, is tolerable ... even enjoyable.

This is the band doing the George Michael's song Faith all over the radio. This is the band with the former DJ of House of Pain. This is"the band that has sold 1.5 million copies of their debut album. This is the kind of band I usually shy away from. However, I found myself listening to it for the first time and wasn't even cringing (I think one of my toes may even have been tapping). I don't want to give you the wrong idea about this disc. It's not just skater rap. The best example that I can give of the diversity on this album is the track re-arranged with its groovy bass holding up a catchy continuous vocal line. This song was the reason I gave this c.d. a second listen; it has siren-like back-up vocals! Yeah, I know, I was just as surprised as you. A bigger surprise was that they sound good! ;\nother really good song is Don't Go Off Wandering. With the vocal intensity of former Jane's Addiction tront man Perry Farrel, and the musical layering of Catherine Wheel, the hard-chord guitars are lightly smothered and don't overpower the rest of the song (the way they often can with bands of this genre).

Aboµt half of the album is sung. The other half rapped. As far as rap goes, this is good (I guess?). With obvious influences such as Public Enemy and Rage Against the Machine, the rapping is solid and the lyrical lines are well constructed.

If you like Rage Against the Machine, Filter, Jane's Addiction, or Korn, then you'll probably get off on something from this disc.

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Horrorscopes Since my metaphysical debut last year many questions have plagued this great sage.

Where is Elvis? How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? Why do they sell inflatable sheep but not goats? What ever happened to Tiffany? Although many of my foretold prophecies have yet to materialize, I remain undaunted. I have resolved this term to give closer inspection to the two little pig dice that dictate your lucky days, and to drink tea so I can read the leaves. Due partially to media hype and my own laziness, Yoda will help co-write this column by answering some of your questions. He will be here until such time as his 'force' ru·ns out, or I decide that he is interfering with my juju and smash him and replace him with a magic eight ball (allowing, of course, that there is room in the Cascade budget for toys). So if you have a big· date, exam, or you are wondering when that annoying rash will clear up and.don't have $5.95 a minute, send me your questions and the spirit of an eighteenth century Estonian herdsman will channel your answers through me.

Virgo: August 23-September 22 The mixed emotions of having a back-to-school birthday are really going to transform you into a little ball of nerves these next few weeks. Your mom finding all that gay porn isn't going to help much, but she'll get over it. After all, she still loves you even after that butterscotch, cactus, squirrel, and dry-cell battery thing you pulled last year. Romance this week is a little off. Your body still needs some time to recover (remember what happened last time with that truck driver from Iowa). In short, lay low and stay away from sunlight. Eat lots of vegetables. Yoda says "yes." Lucky numbers: 2 snout and I udder.

Compatible with Leo and premium unleaded gas.

Libra: September 23-October 22 The position of Mars is conflicting with the flow of skittles onto your oversized gullet. So as you can see, this is going to be a rough time for Mr. Colon. Being a Libra you will prevail because of the size of your earlobes. As always your earlobes inhibit your looks.

Romance is out of the question, but you are used to that. Yoda says, "ask me later." Lucky numbers: 2 ham hocks and' I hoof. Compatible with Taurus and hats.

Scorpio: October 23-November 21 As Mars moves into your house you may find a few small details of your life a little different. Your cat Mittens will start to reject you. People who seldom wear deodorant will gravitate towards you on public transit. This will make it appear as if you don't bathe; therefore, all personal relationships will be strained. Eat lots of cows. Yoda says, "hard to see." So are your pectoral muscles. Lucky numbers: 2 ears, I snout and a cute little curly tail. Compatible with Gemini and Thalidomide.

Sagittarius: November 22-December 21 Everybody loves to touch themselfin that special place, but you have been taking it a little too far. Fun is fun, but when the flesh turns purple-black your body is saying enough. I know that the other sex is a little terrifying to you right now, but the only way to overcome your fear is to poke out both your eyes. This may not make you more attractive, but at least you can get some sympathy play. Stop picking your nose! Yoda says "hard to say."

Lucky number: 4 hooves. Compatible with Cancer and Kleenex.

Capricorn: December 22-January I 9 Garbage bags and duct tape is all that I am getting. I have no idea what it could mean. The police may need you in connection to a string of recent disappearances. Depending on. your thoughts about mass murder, stay or run. Remember, either way your karma is messed. I would hide out with Elvis because even I can't seem to locate him. Yoda says, "No." On the up side your lucky number is 3 back bacon (hickory smoked). Compatible with Pisces and jock straps.

Aquarius: January 20-Feburary 18 This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius ... stay away from water and fresh fruit. The high electrolyte content will severely mess up the movement of Jupiter and Saturn. Romance figures big this week as long as your version of true love is a midget and a bottle of tequila. Yoda says "try not, do." So go for it and may the force be with you. Lucky numbers: 3 chops, I back rib. Compatible with Aries and Pokemon.

Pisces: February 19-March 20 I am getting a Jerry Springer kind of week for you. Your significant other is cheating on you with a transsexual pony, and your mom is also your sister. On the up side, it is never hard to get a date because your sister/Inother is just down the hall. Yoda says, "ask me later." But ifl were you I wouldn't wait for the answer,just make sure you have the rights to your story. That way you can sell them to a big-time Hollywood producer. Lucky number: 4 hooves. Compatible with Capricorn and plastic clothing.

Aries:·Mar21-April 19 Invest all your money in the lottery because at the rate you are going there is only a one in a million chance of getting rich. So don't bother working too hard, since there is little chance of success. You know that only people who live in trailer parks win, not people on the street like you. A rolling stone gathers no moss, and a penniless bum gets no love.

Sucks to be you. Yoda says, "maybe." Lucky numbers: 8 linlcs of bratwurst. Compatibie with Aquarius and number two pencils.

Taurus: April 20-May 20 This is all I can say. This week involves folding patio furniture and elephants in hot pants.

Lucky numbers: 7 and 100.8. Yoda says, "hard to see." It sure is. Compatible with Libra and Peanuts.

Gemini: May 20-June 20 Cheese Whiz figures prominently this month. Why? I don't know. Stay away from it. It is loaded with saturated fats. But hey, I'm not your mom. Jupiter is moving into your house, •so have plenty of clean towels around. Save your money because there is a Corey Haim marathon at the movies. I know that if you missed it you would be crushed. Yoda says, "Yes." Lucky numbers: 8 hooves. Compatible with Scorpio and celery.

Cancer: June 21-July 22 Here comes Venus. When she moves into your house she brings love and romance. Too bad that she is a transvestite computer programmer named Doug. He likes long walks in the park, quiet time in front of a fireplace, and poetry. Yoda says, "hard to see." Lucky numbers: 2 ears and 12 pork chops. Compatible with Sagittarius and pink frilly slippers.

Leo: July 23-August 22 Big and bouncy, the blue, red, and green planets are playing cosmic pinball with your life.

What does it all mean to you? Two words, ruby slippers. Rent The Wizard of Oz and try to find the direction that I am not giving you in the ways of the flying monkeys. Think Monkey. Yoda says, "maybe." Lucky numbers: 2 curly tales and a snout. Compatible with Virgo and small red and gold overcoats.

There are your horrorscopes. Remember, the stars can only lead you so far. You have to walk off that cliff yourself. As always, The Cascade is not responsible for your life, you are. To arrange a meeting, rig an event, or find a date, drop off a handwritten note at the Cascade office. Sadly, this will be the last time Yoda will co-write the horrorscopes. His head has fallen off due to excess shaking, and some of the mystery fluids inside his body have leaked. So on that sad note, I bid you adieu from the stars.

Volunteer for the Cascade!

Roo0101ate Wanted

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Must be a mature 3/4 year female student Location: 33728 King Rd. $400/monthincludes all utilities (except long distance phone calls), exercise room, share 6x8 storage space, own parking space.

(604) 859 4070 or (604) 859 1996

The Pride Network at UCFV

Looking for female roommate to share large 2 bedroom basement suite in Aldergrove. $400/month plus 1/4.utilities, washer and dryer included. 15 minutes from Kwantlen and UCFV. (604) 607 0160 or (604) 831 8617

Email us: pride network@ucfv.bc.ca

Meetings are held every second Thursday from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Room B202The Seven Oaks Room. Please come and join us September 16 and September 30.

UCFV Access Mission Half a block from UCFV. Dishwasher, laundry, computer, patio, gas fireplace. $395/ month (604) 727 5835 Wanted: Fun yet responsible female to share 2 bdrm bsmt suite. Large bright living room and kitchen. Share laundry. On bus route. Smoking outside OK $275 + 1/2 utilities · Julie@ (604) 855 5117 Abbotsford Female roommate wanted to share rent and utilities. $312.50 / month. View of North Shore Mountains, close to shopping and the Recreation Centre.

(604) 504 4482 .

For Rent 1 bedroom ground level basement suite $550/month Hydro and cable, parking, brand new washer, dryer, and dishwasher, alarm system, private entrance.

(604) 864 9500 Large room for rent with a shared kitchen, laundry and bathroom. Does not include meals!

Male or Female, international students and smokers are all welcome. Abbotsford, 10 min drive from UCFV, bus access across the street. $325/month. Call Maryanne after 5p.m.

(604) 8541685 (weekdays only) Room for rent. Includes food, bathroom, shared rec room, laundry, television, 5 min from school. Christian home. • Lada (604) 850 3984

The Access Initiative at UCFV is designed to help you in your pursuit of education. If you are on, or have been receiving BC Benefits, financial and course planning, support and services are available. Contact Doug Warren at (604) 820 6016 for more info.

Students Wanted for Canada/US/Mexico Community Forum *Become a global leader and an engaged citizen. Prepare Canada, the United States, and Mexico for a global future.

*Build the first North American student network: make contacts and alliances with other students. *Scholarships available to participate. *Spend an evening in coastal Veracruz, Mexico!

During the 1990's, students have become involved in local and global concerns. The North American Student Forum is an opportunity for student leaders-graduate and undergraduate-to institute student-led cooperation across national boundaries.

Consider becoming involved in North America's first unified student group. The North American Student Forum will take place October 25-27 in the coastal city of Veracruz, Mexico. Forty students from each country will b~ selected to receive scholarships for room and board during the forum. For more info visit our web page before September 20, 1999. http://elsnet.org/nasf

Men's Basketball Tryouts 2 Furnished rooms for rent. $300/month each. Spacious bedroom and own bathroom. Lots of study area and privacy. 5 mins to the university. Lots of parking.

Barton or Monica (604) 5041710

Wednesday, September 15 and Thursday, September 16, 1999. Location to be announced. For more info contact Jane Antil in the Athletics Department or at local 4583.

2 bdrm basement suite for rent. Large, clean, private ground level entry, fp, full bath, excellent location. 5 mins walk to West Oaks Mall, NS, NP, $600/month includes hydro.

(604) 854 3104

Next deadline for subinissions to the next issue of the Cascade is Wedenesday,Sept.15,1999 NOON

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