The Cascade Volume 7 Issue 5 1999-11-04

Will the tow trucks be coming for you next?

If you park on Mckenzie Road in the coming months, they will.

Parking on McKenzie Road- soon illegal

by Miranda Matthewman

A memo is posted throughout the Abbotsford UCFV campus advising students and staff that parking on McKenzie Road will be illegal once the new parking lot is constructed. The parking lot is being built as a result of a tripartite agreement between UCFV, the Agricultural Land Commission and the City of Abbotsford. Both sides of McKenzie Road will be offlimits for parking, and anyone who continues to park in the restricted area will face immediate towing or a fine. The new lot is expected to be finished as of October 23, but this is not a definite date.

Many students who park on McKenzie Road, avoiding the UCFV fees, are unaware that it will soon be illegal to park there. "I think it is fairly important to have some free parking," said student Martin Dmitrief, who parks regularly on McKenzie Road. "I've never seen any problems, but this will put pressure on the church parking lot, especially on busy days."

Another stu_dentalso did not know about the impending bylaw. "A lot of people can't afford a loonie," said the woman, who did not want to be identified. "I don't think they (UCFV) should do it."

Most students expressed the feeling that UCFV is trying to

make more money off of them through the pay parking lot.

According to UCFV staff involved in the agreement, the reason for the no-parking restriction on McKenzie Road is due to a condition set out by the Agricultural Land Commission. UCFV owns the land directly behind the daycare centre, but the land is part of the Agricultural Land Reserve. This means that the land is specifically reserved for use as farmland. Therefore, UCFV had to apply to th!! Agricultural Land Commission to release the land, allowing the school to continue developing. The ALC agreed to release it under set conditions, one of these being that UCFV would have to make it illegal to park on Mckenzie Road. The Agricultural Land Commission maintains that run off from cars parked on Mckenzie Road hanns the surrounding fannland.

The City of Abbotsford has to agree to the deal, as the city will be responsible for implementing and enforcing the new bylaw.

UCFV has signed the deal within the next few months the road will no longer be legal to park on.

Rob Kilfoyle, Manager of Safety and Security at UCFV said, "This is not a revenue grabber Our end of the bargain was to get cars off McKenzie Road. In order to get the land released

UCFV agreed to the deal, but parking had to be removed."

Over a hundred vehicles park daily on McKenzie Road, and student enrollment is growing. Rob Kilfoyle also said that the new lot would have enough capacity for these vehicles with approximately seven to nine spaces to spare.

Norah Andrews, the UCFV Vice President of Finance and Administration, has been representing the college to come to an agreement with the Agricultural Land Commission for the past eight years. "We could not ask the city to implement noparking without offering an alternative [the new lot]," she said.

"This is a complicated issue."

Thomas Mauler, an employee of the city who has been working closely with UCFV on this agreement, said that the city's involvement in this case is to implement the bylaw. The city will be responsible for putting up signs and enforcing the bylaw, once the signs are posted. Those parking in a no-parking zone will be subject to a fine of twenty-five dollars. The newsletter posted at UCFV states that vehicles will be immediately towed once construction has commenced on a detention pond and off-site stonn drainage. A press release is expected from UCFV Administration outlining the details of the no-parking bylaw.

photo: Darrell A/ary

BC Liberals court education vote

by Mason Wright British Columbia Bureau Chief

BURNABY, BC (CUP) A Liberal government in British Columbia would place post-secondary education high on its list of priorities, says Liberal Advanced Education critic John Wisebeck, but members of the education community wonder if the party is up for the task.

"[B.C. Liberal Leader] Gordon Campbell in particular is very supportive of the whole education system," Wisebeck told Canadian University Press. "I think health care and education have always been our number one and two priorities."

The Liberals are hoping to topple the scandalridden New Democratic Party government in an election that could take place as early as this coming Spring.

Last week, the provincial Liberals launched a party-funded campaign which will feature newspaper and television ads run during the next two weeks to let voters in on their plan for running the province.

But the first advertisement contained no solid commitment to education, instead focusing on the party's desire to rebuild the economy and the public's trust in government.

But Wisebeck insists that improving the provincial economy would provide a Liberal government with money to fund things like education.

"There's no doubt in my mind that we will have increased revenues," the Liberal critic said. "That's where we're going to be able to finance increased spending in health and education."

Still, members of the province's education community worry that tying funding to tax revenues does not guarantee a commitment to post-secondary education.

"It's encouraging to hear this critic say these words," said Bill Bruneau, past president of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT).

"But to connect your decisions about funding to the performance of the economy means that essentially we're subjected to the same boom and bust cycle that business is. The people of British Columbia deserve better than that, I would have thought."

Jaimie McEvoy, B.C. treasurer for the Canadian Federation of Students, added that if the Liberals are relying on tax cuts to boost the economy and help pay for education then the whole system could be in trouble.

"I'd like to have education funding supported by real revenue, not by pie in the sky [ideas]," said McEvoy.

"They think tax cuts automatically equal wealth: give away your money and somehow you'll get more. That's what they're saying, and that strategy is going to put the education system and every other aspect of government spending in jeopardy."

Wisebeck, however, stresses the Liberals are still working on their policies.

He says popular NDP initiatives like the tuition fee freeze and student loan interest relief

programs are still under review. And although the Liberals have supported the tuition fee freeze so far as a way to reduce barriers to education, that may change as the party reconsiders its policies.

"I think it's really backfired," Wisebeck said of the tuition fee freeze that has been in place since 1995. "[The NDP] told students 'It's cheaper for you to go to school,' but by the same token what I've found is that some students can't get the [courses they need to graduate]. They're having to pay to take an extra year to finish their programs."

He added that time spent finishing school is costing students more money than a modest tuition increase would because they're not able to work full-time.

But this scenario is dismissed by some student leaders.

"There's no stories of people being in school for years and years because they could never ever get their courses," said McEvoy. "To say that a tuition increase will make education more accessible is ridiculous."

Wisebeck refused to say whether or not student loan interest relief programs like the one the NDP government introduced last month would be continued under a Liberal government.

Instead, he promoted scholarships and grants as a way to help "that bottom 25 per cent [of students] that are having difficulty going to school because of costs."

But according to McEvoy, more than 25 per cent B.C. students need assistance.

"If they want to introduce an across-the-board grant system that's going to help everybody, great," he said. "[But] a student loan system with a tuition freeze is usually significantly more generous than a grant or scholarship program."

And while Wisebeck criticized the NDP's track record on education, saying they have neglected to increase funding to post-secondary education while demanding an increase in enrolment, Bruneau said the issue isn't so simple.

"That's not exactly correct," the former CAUT head said. "What we've had is increases tied to our agreement to take new students in above our regular intake."

Bruneau suggests the real culprits for problems in education are not the provincial New Democrats but rather the federal Liberals.

The Liberals have cut $7 billion from education and training since taking office in 1993.

Bruneau called the cuts "catastrophically hard for the provinces."

"The performance of the current [provincial] government, considering these· tremendous cuts in federal transfer payments has been not too bad, especially compared to some of the other provinces," he added.

Wisebeck, meanwhile, says his party would like to see the federal government use part of its projected billion surplus on increased transfer payments.

"We're going to continue to work with the federal government to try to see if we can't loosen up some funds over there," he said, "because that was a very negative thing that they did."

Estimates of the upcoming federal surplus range from $8-$12 billion.

LOCAL NEWS

UCFV women's soccer team plays spoiler·

by Scott Fast

The UCFV women's soccer team tied 2-2 with Langara College on October 23, effectively knocking Langara out of the playoffs. Langara needed to win to force a single game playoff to determine the final playoff spot, but was denied by a strong defensive effort and timely goal scoring by the Cascades. The game was wide open and both teams enjoyed many good scoring opportunities. "It was an exciting game, I did not think that we could play that style for ninety minutes, but the girls just never stopped working," noted Coach Tom Fast.

Down 1-0 at the half, UCFV did come out very strong scoring two goals in twenty minutes to take the lead and shock Langara. The Cascades tied it 1-1 off the foot of Kulgeet Gill who blasted a shot past the keeper from eight yards out on the short side. Later Jody Hanninen gave UCFV the lead taking a free kick from Missy Turi, and first timed the ball past the Langara keeper. Langara tied the game with a very well taken free kick from twenty yards. Langara pulled their keeper in a desperate bid to get the game winner but were kept a bay for the last ten minutes.

On October 24, UCFV played second place Capilano College and despite playing well dropped the decision 3-0. Unable to keep the same pace as on Saturday, the Cascades could not mount • a sustained attack and spent too much of the game defending. Fast comments, "We were suffering after Saturday, no question. We have a lot of people who require at least three days recovery to perform at their best." Despite the three goals against, keeper Amber Prosser played very well making many tough saves keeping UCFV in the game till very late in the second half.

The Cascades have a very young team and could possibly have all but one team member back

·ucFV men's soccer team gives it all, but comes up short at BCCAA Conference provincial playoffs

by Scott Fast

The UCFV Cascades men's soccer team played hard, but lost 4-2 to the undefeated and heavily favoured Langara College Falcons in the BCCAA championship semi-final on Friday, and then fell to the Trinity Western University Spartans 2-1 in the bronze medal game on Saturday. Both games were played in Kamloops.

In the semi-final, UCFV drew Langara College, undefeated and ranked number one nationally. Led by all- Canadians David Griffith and Brent Branker, and blessed with truly exceptional team speed, "Langara pressures your defense until you make a mistake and then they punish you by converting their chances," observed coach Scott Fast. UCFV surrendered goals in the 14th and 34th minutes, but then responded with some pressure of their own. Cascade striker Jamie McNeil (Abbotsford) just failed to bring UCFV within a goal when he just missed at the far post in the 40th minute. But just before halftime UCFV's Matt Rahe (Langley) was charged on a highly dubious call with taking down Griffith in the penalty area. Langara converted the penalty was up 3-0 at the half.

An exceptional turn and finish by Griffith gave Langara a 4-0 lead just four minutes into the second half. UCFV responded by playing only two fullbacks and pushing everyone else up into the attack. At 55 minutes Yassir Abdalla (Abbotsford) put UCFV on the scoresheet after the Langara keeper could not control McNeil's hard shot. Greg Skrzyniarz (Abbotsford) and Travis Heinz (Surrey) combined to set up Kyle Potocky's (Abbotsford) goal IO minutes from the end, but the Cascades could not draw closer than the 4-2 final score. Defender Brad Willard (Mission) was named player of the game for UCFV.

If Friday's loss to Langata was somewhat expected, Saturday's 2-1 loss to TWU in the consolation final was disappointing. "We came out all fired up, but we didn't play smart soccer in the first half," commented coach Fast. As a result TWU completely dominated the first 45 minutes, but could produce only one goal. UCFV began to carry significant portions of the play in the second half, only to fall behind two goals when mis-communication between UCFV's fullbacks and keeper turned a innocuous play into a free shot into an empty net for TWU with 25 mi~utes remaining. UCFV responded at the 75 minute mark when Mike Perry and Yassir Abdalla, (both of Abbotsford) combined to set up Travis Heinz (Surrey) for a great goal that brought UCFV within one at 2-1. The Cascades pressed for the tying goal; Abdalla hit the near post and Heinz just missed wide at the far post, but TWU held on to win the game and the provincial bronze medal. Heinz was named player of the game for UCFV.

Staff Sergeant Hugh Stewart: On the record, finally

by Cynthia Lee Tfie 0byssey

VANCOUVER (CUP) The Prime Minister did not direct police actions during the 1997 APEC summit at the University of British Columbia, says RCMP Staff Sergeant Hugh Stewart. "I personally never felt any pressure from the Prime Minister's Office," Stewart told the APEC inquiry Tuesday. "Quite Frankly, I wouldn't care what the Prime Minister's Office said to me. I don't take orders from them."

Recent transcripts of RCMP radio and telephone conversations filed to theAPEC inquiry suggest Prime Minister Jean Chretien did have a direct role in co-ordinating police matters during the conference. But in the House of Commons Chretien once again denied any involvement. "I repeat in front of the nation and in front of God," the PM told Parliament on Tuesday, "that I never discussed security with anybody in the RCMP."

Chertien, responding to a question by Reform Party MP Jim Abbott, stuck to the same line yesterday. "I would like him [Abbott] to listen what the RCMP officer said yesterday and I'll just let them do their job," said the PM.

Student's car_up in flames

by Dave Nicholson

Last Tugsday emergency vehicles responded to UCFV when a student's 1998 Hyundai Tibron started on fire. The student was driving down King road 1when his car began to malfunction. He pulled his car in to the east-side parking lot, far from other vehcles. The car began to smoke from the engine area. The panicked student ran to the reception office for assistance. During the period of time that the student went to the office, an instructor came in to report a car was engulfed in flames. The Abbottsford Fire Department was contacted and the fire was extinguished. The car was then towed away. According to fire officials the car had rolled from it's original position because the starter engaged when it began to melt. A career officer with the Abbotsford Fire Department told the Cascade that the cause of the fire was "probable electrical short near the battery or engine compartment."

Stewart, who has been dubbed 'Sergeant Pepper' by some activists, began his testimony at the APEC rnquiry at the beginning of this week. On Monday he testified a lack of coordination between police units led to the pepper-spraying of students protesting the APEC summit on November 25, 1997. Stewart said he should not be held responsible for police actions against protesters, noting he was "not happy" with a decision to deploy the 70-member Vancouver Police riot squad to the protest, a decision he says was made without his consultation.

Stewart has been widely criticised for his role in two separate clashes between demonstrators and police at UBC. Police used pepper spray against protesters gathered at the security fence in front of a campus rose garden, and Stewart led the spraying of students in a stand off with riot police near a campus residence. The latter incident was caught on a now-infamous television clip, featuring Stewart ordering protesters to clear the road immediately before spraying students and the television camera.

Stewart said Monday that shortly after meeting with a group that included senior police officials and Jean Carle, the PM's former chief of operations, he was ordered to clear a road blocked by roughly 40 protesters to allow motorcades carrying APEC leaders to exit UBC unobstructed: Stewart complained he was given 10 minutes less time to clear the road

than he had originally been allotted.

Marvin Storrow, legal counsel for the commission, asked Stewart if he gave protesters enough time to "absorb the data." "It would normally not be enough time at all," Stewart replied. "[But] I was satisfied that these persons were not going to move. [I would have needed] a higher force to get them to move."

UBC graduate student Jonathan Oppenheim, • an independent complainant in the inquiry, said that Stewart doesn't "seem willing to take the fall." "We certainly have a lot of contradictions [about] what exactly occurred," said Oppenheim. "Really, I don't think that anyone knows exactly what happened, but certainly [Stewart's] testimony is quite dramatically different from the testimony of Jean Carle." Oppenheim pointed out that in the testimony Carle provided to the inquiry at the end of August, he denied his involvement in any meeting on November 25, while Stewart's • account clearly implicates Carle.

The 1997 summit brought the leaders of 18 Pacific Rim countries to the UBC campus for a day. Forty-nine people were arrested, and police used pepper-spray as a means of controlling crowds. Roughly 40 protesters subsequently filed complaints about police misconduct, prompting the RCMP to establish an inquiry to investigate these allegations. (With files from the Ottawa Bureau Chief) -30-

New hours at Admissions and Registration

by Anne Russell

As part of UCFV's commitment to improving customer service, efficiency, and working conditions in the Admissions and Registration department, the hours that the registration office will be open to the public are changing soon.

When A&R moves into its newly renovated space in Abbotsford on November 8, the new registration hours in both Abbotsford and Chilliwack will be 9 a.m to 4 p.m. on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

While this reflects a slight reduction in the number of hours that the registration office is open, there will be more staff on duty during peak hours, meaning that student waiting time for services will be reduced, and service quality will be improved. People who can only get to the registration office in the evenings will still be able to receive service two evenings per week.

This reallocation of staff hours will also allow the new information centre, to be located at the front of the Abbotsford registration office, to be staffed. The info centre will be open from November 22 to December 24 on an "under development" basis. It will be open Monday

to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and will serve as a "friendly first stop" for general public inquiries. Evening service for general inquiries will continue as it is now while the info centre is under development.

Historically, the registration office has had a full complement ofstaff on duty for 13 hours per week. The new schedule will mean that the full complement of six registration staff • will be on duty at the same time for 25 hours per week, with the office open 35 hours per week.

UCFV surveyed other Lower Mainland colleges and university colleges about their operating hours for registration offices. UCFV's new registration hours and staffing levels will bring the university college more in line with these other institutions.

"We based our recommendations on the needs • of students, staff, andA&R's internal and external partners and clients," says Coby Romaniuk of UCFV, who along with Rae Smith coordinated the project to adjust registration hours. "By adjusting the way we allocate our limited and important human resources we hope to actually improve the quality and quantity of service while maintaining a significant degree of flexibility in contact hours."

Opposition blasts PM over APEC security involvement

by Chris Bodnar Ottawa Bureau Chief

OTTAWA (CUP) Federal opposition parties are lambasting Prime Minister Jean Chretien after RCMP documents revealed he may have been personally involved in security arrangements at the 1997 Vancouver APEC summit. Last week, transcripts from radio and telephone conversations were introduced as evidence at the APEC inquiry which allege that Chretien gave direct orders to police on how to arrange security.

Students who were protesting against the presence of then Indonesian President Suharto were pepper-sprayed and refused access to parts of the University of British Columbia campus during the 1997 conference.

Chretien has repeatedly denied any involvement in the conference's security arrangements. But with the new evidence, opposition parties were quick to jump on the apparent contradiction.

"The Prime Minister has repeatedly denied any personal responsibility in the security arrangements for the APEC conference," said Reform Party Leader Preston Manning during question period yesterday. "I'd like to get a straight answer from the government: Whose story is true? The Prime Minister's story or the one that is now coming out of the APEC inquiry?"

Manning went on to ask whether Chretien would testify at the inquiry if called to do so.

The New Democratic Party also attacked the Prime Minister over APEC.

"What I get left with is that he is continuously ducking the issue," said Libby Davies, the NDP youth and educatiori critic, after question period. "At some point he's got to come clean and tell the Canadian public what his involvement was."

While Chretien wasn't in Parliament to respond to questions, he did comment on the APEC inquiry earlier in the day.

"The inquiry is under a judge who is doing his job and I'll let him do his job," he said.

"We have clearly made available all the information from my office that was needed and we've collaborated with the inquiry 100 per cent."

Chretien admitted he met with the Indonesian Ambassadoronce before the conference on the request of his advisors, but that no changes in the RCMP security arrangements resulted from this.

"I told him there would be protestors," said Chretien.

Meanwhile in the house, Deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray would not address the opposition questions directly.

"It has been left up to the inquiry and we'll let them do their work," said Gray.

Inquiry officials expect to know whether Chretien will be called to testify by Nov. 12.

Abbotsford municipal incumbents speak out

by Dan Vitaly

It's time again to break out the ballot boxes and decide who is going to represent us in our municipal government. While municipal politics don't deal directly with educational or student issues, they do have a huge impact on our community. The Municipal Council deals with all jobs, housing, parks, recreation and environmental concerns. So what issues are you concerned with and who should you vote for on November 20th? Here are some questions put to incumbent Councillor's, and their responses to help you decide. Next Cascade I will be publishing the answers to these questions from the non-incumbents.

If you are interested in more information, AllCandidates Meetings are being held on November 9th at 7:00 PM at the Matsqui Centennial Auditorium (32315 S. Fraser Way) in Abbotsford and Evergreen Hall (9291 Corbould St.) in Chilliwack. As one Councillor put it "Think then Yote Bad governments are elected by good citizens who don't vote".

What do you consider the most pressing issue for UCFV students in this municipal election and why?

Ed Fast

No. I Community Issue: Preserving green

space Goals: Development at the Abbotsford Airport, rebuilding the Mt. Lehman overpass, toughen tree cutting laws.

"Transportation, employment and empowerment. With respect to transportation, since the City does have a great deal of jurisdiction in the area of planning and providing bus service to and from UCFV, I would expect that students would "hold our feet to the fire" during the election to ensure that transportation is .not neglected. With respect to employment, I believe our council has made significant strides in providing an environment in which business can flourish (i.e. Conair and the Abbotsford Airport). With respect to empowerment. I would welcome greater participation from students and young adults in the election process. Perhaps one or two credible, "young candidates will stand for election and debate the various municipal issues".

Chuck Wiebe

No. I Community Issue: Taxation

Goals: For City Hall to work smarter, more efficiently and with greater incentives.

"The expansion of UCFV to the south to continue its growth and a considerable amount more parking (free of parking fees)."

Simon Gibson

No. I Community Issue: Budget challenges for a growing city in light of provincial downloading.

Goals: Better traffic circulation, more police, parks planning.

"Support Candidates who will be prepared to assist in persuading the Provincial government for positive consideration of UCFV needs."

How can UCFV students make the most impact in municipal politics?

Patricia Ross

Goals: Community Energy Plan to reduce pollution and save money, watershed management program and a better drinking water source such as Harrison Lake.

"I've spoken to a few Political Science classes and been impressed with the intelligent debates and the sincerity of students who want to get involved in positive change To make a contribution to society, you don't have to discover a cure for cancer. The greatest contribution one can make is to be aware of the people and issues in your community, to volunteer for something, to care enough to do at least a little something to make a positive contribution. One of my favorite sayings is from Margaret Mead who said 'Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world- indeed it is the only thing that ever has"'

What specific political activities/contributions would you encourage UCFV students to make in the future?

George Perry

No. I Community Issue: Finding an acceptable balance between taxation and services in light of Provincial Government downloaqing.

Goals: Construction of a new MSA Hospital, Slow sand filtration of our Norrish Creek Water Supply and completion of the walk around Mill Lake.

"I would like to see college students "adopt" a worthy cause e.g. The Fraser Valley Child Development Center and then become involved in a giant community-wide fund raising event for this cause, not unlike the BCIT Shinerama".

Moe Gill

No. I Community Issue: More policing and capital projects for the Fire Hall Goals: To build a strong economy, to manage better our dykes, streams, ditches and rivers and get as much input from the community as possible.

"Students can impact municipal politics the most by voicing their opinions to city council. As a Councillor I invite students to voice their concerns and opinions with me so these concerns can be brought to the attention of City Council"

Dorthey Kostrzewa

No. I Community Issue: An Official Community plan to manage growth.

Goals: To develop recreational facilities including a swim complex complemented by a library and cultural center.

"I'm very partial to the theatre and I think that UCFV greatly contributes to this community".

Doug Steinson

No. I Community Issue: Managing growth and development

Goals: Building an aquatic/recreation centre in a fiscally responsible way.

UCFV student assaulted just off of Chilliwack campus

by Dave Nicholson

A student was att~cked just off campus on Hocking Avenue at 09:00 AM Thursday October 28 1999. Rob Kilfoyle manager of safety and security at U.C.F.V has issued a security alert.

While exiting her car in the gravel lot ,the student was grabbed from behind by a Ione attacker. The attacke~ was thwarted by an unknown individual wearing a yellow jacket that heard the women yellmg and gave chase to the suspect. The victim was not harmed physically but was mentally_s~aken. She fled the scene by car and phoned police when she arived. This attach • was supnsmgly bra_zendue to the fact that of time and open area. Areas close to family business and a locale high_school. When asked what was being done to beef up security on and around camp~s Mr. Kilfoyle replied "There will be a increase presents of both R.C.M.P and campus secunty m '.he form of drive buys in the area just off campus".The investigation is on gomg and 1s a possible sexual assault.

The suspect is described as male dark compexion, approx.5'9' to 5' 11' with a stocky build and possibly 170 to 200 pounds. He has shoulder length dark hair and smells bad. All students are as~ed to exercise c~ut1on while_walking around campus. Anyone who may have witnessed this mc1dent or has mformat1on 1s asked to call campus security at 864-4603.

Reflections of East Timor

East Timorese defector reflects on exile in Canada

by Krishna Lalbiharie The Gradzette

WINNIPEG (CUP) Bella Galhos

wonders if she will ever see her mother alive. Since defecting from East Timor to Canada in 1994, Gal hos has recounted to countless North American and European audiences the horrors her country has faced since being invaded by Indonesia in 1975. Since August of this year, however, she has languished in disquieted dis• may. "I've not been able to eat or sleep for weeks," said Galhos, who fears her mother is dead. "My brother, who was able to escape, said that the last time he saw my mother was on September 2. She said to him that 'if J am going to die, I'm going to die at home "' On August 30 the people of East Timor voted overwhelmingly in favour of independence from Indonesia. Shortly thereafter pro-Indonesian militiamen went on a rampage of death on this small South Pacific Island.

Galhos worries her mother was executed in • reprisals for voting in support of independence.

"When I heard that militia had set our home on fire and that a woman's body was found burnt and shot up beyond recognition, I thought that's it. She's dead," she said. Galhos would later learn her mother had escaped into neighbouring Indonesian-occupied West Timor, where she may now be, among thousands of other Timorese refugees, in an encampment along the Kupang frontier. "My mother was taken to military headquarters to be processed," she recalled. "She managed to • gain access to a phone and called me. I was lying down, staring at the walls and thinking of what my last words to her were when the phone rang. "Bella," she said, 'It's mama. I'm alive.'

But Galhos 'smother would caution her daughter n-otto "be so hopeful," because she "wasn't that safe."

Her mother then recounted grizzly details of incalculable terror that swept East Timor following the now historic August 30 vote. Jakarta covertly armed pro-Indonesian • paramilitaries in a subversive campaign to sabotage East Timor's independence movement.

The ensuing orgy of violence was devastating -it is estimated that 20 percent of the 900,000 people who lived in East Timor prior to the August referendum are either dead, missing or in camps in West Timor.

Current accounts from the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) report that hundreds die daily in squalid West Timor refugee camps, either through starvation or dis• ease, while others are said to have disappeared "without explanation."

The horror and shame of recent events unfolding in East Timor, says Galhos, are intensified by the fact that the atrocities are eerily familiar and could have easily been stopped well in advance.

When Galhos was three, approximately 250,000 East Timorese one-third of the preinvasion population were killed when Indonesia invaded this former Portuguese colony.

"Many children perished at the hands of In• donesian soldiers," including her two younger brothers, she recalled. "They killed them be-

cause they were crying and were afraid their cries would alert East Timorese resistance fighters. They bludgeoned them with their guns.H

When she was 11, Galhos recalls soldiers arriving at her elementary school and ordering all female students to file outside the building where they were injected with Depo Provera to induce sterility.

This military campaign, she says, continued well into the I 990s.

"The soldiers went to each school, each church and each home and made women, including married women, give away our bodies to Indonesia," she said.

Galhos's experiences led to her involvement with the East Timorese resistance movement in 1989. Two years later she became an official member of a covert independence movement.

In November 1991, she participated in a nonviolent demonstration to protest the killing of an East Timorese youth by the Indonesian army.

In sombre procession, she and hundreds of others entered a cemetery in Dili, the East Timor capital, where Indonesian forces opened fire, kilJing an estimated 271 people.

Images of the massacre were captured by photojournalists and viewed internationally, which she says raised "the international community's conscience towards East Timor."

Fearing for her life and her family's safety, Galhos would later feign allegiance to Indonesia and served three years in its adjunct military youth corps, while remaining active in the underground student resistance movement.

"After a month of programming and training at the military camp in East Timor, I was chosen to represent the Indonesian government in the Canada World Youth Exchange Program," she said. "When I arrived in Canada I thought, 'now is my chance."'

Since her defection Galhos has pressured the Canadian government to stop aiding Jakarta. Ottawa's complicity, she argues, can be shown through Canada's protracted military export agreements with Indonesia.

"All of Indonesia's wealth has been privatized by people who invaded my country, and yet Canada continues in not announcing a public military trade embargo," she said. "This is why how all of the violence and killing could hav.e been stopped over the last few months. My mother's life is endangered because we sit and say nothing about all this. It doesn't make sense."

While Galhos remains timorous about the well being of her mother, her homeland and its people, she nonetheless continues to abate efforts in opposition to the East Timor's freedom, and is making preparations to return after five vears in exile.

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"I am terrified of returning home, but I must find mother. I know that I'm wanted by the military, but I can't stop," she said.

"One thing my mother said to me as a girl was that because I'm small, I should stand in front and shout, as I have done many times before. I will see her again, I know that, and when I do, I will shout her name."

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by Christopher Bolster

Thanks for wasting our time. The Health and Dental plan referendum is an example_of how the Student Union is completely unprepared for referendums.

On page fifteen you will find Janet Gehrmann's explanation of why the Student Union will not be recognizing the results of the referendum, even though the referendum technically passed.

There are some concerns that 5.75 percent of total students voting does not represent what the majority of students want. This figure works out to be around three hundred students. That doesn't seem to be very many students does it? In fact at larger schools, like the University of British Columbia. student polls get around eight percent of their students out to participate in referendums. While our 5.75 percent student turnout doesn't seem representative of the approximately five thousand eligible voters, it is actually a damn good turnout. Historically, the UCFV Student Union has had very little success in bring students out to their Annual General Meetings and referendums. This latest referendum has shown a marked improvement in student voter turnout.

There are no guidelines for the amount of students that need to come out and cast a ballot at a Student Union referendum. Usually a Student Union Constitution and Bylaws will have a section on the requirements of student turnout at a referendum. This ensures that policy isn't arbitrarily being created at each referendum. It also ensures a continuity of policy within the Society. It is important that these guidelines be established before the referendum so that every one knows how the issue will be dealt with. This is my main concern. The Student Union does not have a section on quorum for a vote. They don't have a policy surrounding how many people need to vote in order to be representative of the majority's wishes. Is it appropriate for the Student Union to deny the results of this referendum based on a policy that doesn't exist? If this were a concern going into this referendum, why didn't the SUS draft a policy that would appropriately address the concerns of voter turnout? Now they want four hundred and eighty students to sign a petition to bring the health and dental plan back to referendum. If they had a little foresight on this matter they wouldn't have wasted our time.

The issue of student association support was another of Janet's concerns surrounding the referendum. If it is true that the four student associations, the Criminal Justice Students' Association, the Business Administration Students' Association, the IndoCanadian Students' Association and the Computer Information Systems Students' Association really had two thousand students support against the health and dental plan then where were they? If there was true opposition against the health and dental plans, these issues would have never been voted through the first time. Seeing as these student associations have at least one member

LETTERS To THE EDITOR

Dear Editor,

As a UCFV student and staff member, I am aware that an increasing number of UCF\/11 students are experiencing financial hardship. Because we are a University-Colle~, we serve a sizeable population of needy students who may be single parents, Income Assistance Recipients, or the working poor. While tuition fees have been frozen over the last few years, other educational costs continue to escalate. This is particularly true of the price of textbooks. It's always a shock to pick up a required book and find the price is $ 100.00 or more. It is often impossible to buy or sell used texts because the book is no longer in use.

Faculty at UCFV are generally a caring group of individuals who often go the extra mile to support and encourage students. I know that they are concerned about using the best texts in order to uphold UCFV's academic standards. Perhaps we as students could raise awareness among faculty through non-confrontational reminders that many students must make financial sacrifices in order-to buy textbooks. Buying and selling used books would be a viable option if the same texts were used for at least two semesters. Financial pressures are common in all our lives, and I'm sure that faculty will be more than willing to do what they can as they become more aware of student poverty. At the same time, why not let your instructors know that you appreciate the great job they do here at UCFV?

Ruth Vandenbor

Dear Editor,

What was the purpose of last issues article regarding the art?

Those who actually read the paper, how few they may be, were appalled by the explicit nature of not only the cover but also of the language used. People want to read interesting entertaining articles not things that

would almost be deemed pornographic!

Ho\(, would you feel if you were a student, bored before your next class, and just happen to pick up that issue of the paper? Would you feel secure knowing that you're reading about how an artist feels about his own explicit anatomy, no of course not.

' Don't shock us readers to death that's what final exams are for. We want things that we can relate to, sympathize or enjoy!

Food for Thought Richard Erno

Richard, /' d like to share with you a comment made to me recently by one of our esteemed contributors here at the Cascade. He said to me, "You know, people come to university to do two things: lose their faith, and lose their virginity. Here at UCFVyou do neither!" l considered his statement for a moment and then went down to the ~egistration Department and quit this school. Consequently, this is this editor's second to last issue here at the Cascade, and I feel obligated to reply to your concerns.

The purpose of last issue's article reviewing the latest campus art should be obvious. It was an art review. James Clark, in regards to art, takes a standard, irreverent, anti-elitist approach to a discipline that, like others, is obtuse to the uninitiated. If this technique isn't familiar to you, please transfer to a school that can help you. This isn't to say that there is anything standard about James Clark.

Concerning your security when discussing penises, I think you would truly benefit from looking at yours once in a while. Try touching it. Doesn't that feel good? We here at the Cascade regularly touch ours. We also have female staff members who touch themselves as well! We regularly engage in pornographic

Queering -the skin or skinning the queer?

by Carine Di Menna the Link

MONTREAL (CUP) Youths with shaved heads, big boots and travelling in packs striking fear in every 'faggot' who dares to cross their path. -This is the stereotype of the skinhead. But what happens when they are the faggot?

The media would have you believe that all_ skins are racist, hate-mongering thugs. They would also want you to believe they are all straight. This simply is not true.

Queer skinhead is not an oxymoron, or the next topic on the Jerry Springer show. In fact, according to Murray Healy in Gay Skins: "Class, Masculinity and Queer Appropriation, are similar categories because they demonstrate unacceptable opposite extremes of masculinity." He says the two poles actually converge into one simple identity that disrupts the dominant expectations of male behaviour. Many consider the book as the Bible on the history of the gay skins, tracing their impact both on skinhead and queer culture.

acts (sometimes with James), and freely associate with queers, deviants, substance abusers, Pope molesters, and rabid young politicians.

• Damn Richard NEVER end you letters with a cliche. It makes you sound boring and lacking creativity.

In closing I would like to say that I have been lacking faith since l was ten and virginity since I was seventeen. UCFV is a place for slackers, the economically challenged, and those that truly believe dinosaur fossils arefigments of some crazy scientist's imagination.

Ed.

Contrary to popular belief skinhead culture is not about hatred. "Skinhead is not about racism, Skinhead is about friendship and partying to music and drinking beer with your mates," writes Skinhead "Lance" on the Queer Skinhead Brotherhood website. Established in 1996, the QSB's e-mail list called the "skinlist" -contains 130 mostly male subscribers, but welcomes members of all political persuasions, genders and colours. QSB is the first and only American-based Queer Skins group on the Net. The site was certified "Richard's Wacko Site Of The Week," an award ironically shared with Reverend Fred Phelps' "God Hates Fags" website.

Like most queer groups, gay skins want homosexuality to be accepted as a normal part of life. Still, many queer skins separate their sexuality from their politics. This is consistent with the roots of skinhead culture because the first skins were not political. When the first skinheads emerged out of the British Mod scene 30-years-ago. white kids appropriated the styles and ska music of immigrant Jamaican rude boys. Politics had nothing to do with it. The politics came later with the second wave of skinheads that sprung out of punk and brought in a new kind of music Oi!. Early Oi ! Groups such as the Oppressed and Angelic Upstarts sang about youth problems like cops and unemployment. Unfortunately for the movement's reputation, the late '70s was also the neo-Nazis first appearance on the skin scene. The National Front, a fascist political • party, started recruiting skins to do their dirty work. Bands like Screwdriver were formed to help the party spread the hateful word.

Enter Nicky Crane, a British skinhead famous for being on the cover of the first Oi! compilation, entitled "Strength Through Oi!" He came out in the late-• 80s, and later revealed that he had AIDS. Oddly enough, Crane was continued on page 8.

systems tech

What the hell is RAM anyway?

Have you ever wondered what makes a computer crash? A crashed computer is when the computer says NO MORE! It can not keep track of the hundreds of functions it is trying to do in sequence. Microsoft

Windows 9X gets a bad rap because these operating systems are notorious for@#$! themselves. These systems require bootbreaks or they will crash! The problem: Microsoft's memory (RAM) management compatibility has held them back for the last ten years. They are trying to overcome this issue with the release of Windows 2000.

Not on his developing mind

Bill Gates circa 198 l.

"640K ought to be enough for anybody."

RAM can be compared to a person's short-term memory. The hard drive is comparable to long-term memory. The short-term memory focuses on work at hand, but can only keep so many facts in mind at one time.

When you open a software program or enter data into your computer, you're placing this information in your computer's RAM. As you continue to work, your CPU constantly updates the RAM with new information.

Once the computer is turned off, the information stored in RAM is gone. RAM memory is volatile! Always save your work frequently© The benefit of RAM is speed.

Having RAM in your computer reduces the number of times that the computer processor has to read data from your hard disk, an operation that takes much longer than reading data from RAM. If all of these changes were stored on your computer's hard drive while you worked, it would take forever to get anything done. RAM access time is in nanoseconds; hard disk access time is in milliseconds.

Another thing to consider: all operating systems require virtual memory (temporary storage of RAM). Virtual memory frees up RAM by using a portion of your hard disk

by bgp

as a temporary scratch pad, called a swap file. This enables you to run more applications and load bigger files than would be possible given the amount of physical RAM. From this bottleneck you need to have some forethought of the speed and efficiency of your new hard drive.

Is more RAM better? Sure, but it will put a hole in your wallet. The recent earthquake in Taiwan has apparently doubled RAM prices. Taiwan is a focal point for hardware production. Memory modules also come in different pin configurations, and you must use the right type of RAM for your computer's expansion slots.

The type of RAM you want in a new personal computer

are SDRAM-DIMMs, PC\00's preferably.

How much RAM can you afford is the question. A 32MB (32,000K) PC I 00 is running about ninety-five dollars. The 128MB is at a whopping two-hundred-andsixty bucks (I picked the latter up four months ago for one hundred forty).

The more applications you have open at one time the more RAM you need. One large application on average takes up 15MB of RAM. Here is a guide: Word processing, email, Web browsing I or 3 applications at a time you need 32 MB 48 MB.

Heavy Graphics word processing, page layout, illustration, graphics, photo editing, presentation, multimedia you need 64 MB 256 MB

To most users I would suggest 32MB until the hardware prices drop in a few months.

If you have any questions: systemstech@emaiI.com

Next issue: Overdue Video Card review. Where to buy your computer.

Fuzzy Perspectives of a Drunken Elitist

Be wary of time; it's the stuff behind the madness

I respected you. I trusted that your characteristics of reliability and certainty were solid in a world where nothing is either reliable or certain. Perhaps I was nai:ve to think that you might treat me kindly and that for me you might bend the rules. Instead, I find I have no hold on you; you mock me with your calculated precision, you possess me with your unwavering gaze. The humility I suffer in your grip has evoked this enslaved apathy that defines me. I despise your fickle nature, I would love to smash your cold practical face rip off your arms or even just ignore you completely But I can't; I am yours. Damn you time.

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by stuntfrau.

Whoooooooosh!! That my friend, is the sound of deadlines rushing past me. It's amazing that one week can feel like one hour when I have to write a paper, while at the same time, it feels like my kid has been three for about ten years (sigh). Time baffles me completely; it's like, here we are, right here right now, all present and accounted for at exactly the same time, and yet we will all have a completely different experience of the same minute. Just stop and think about how many things are going on right now (deaths, marriages, births, fights, crimes, wars, divorces) all of it, all at once, all happening to all of us. This might be a moment that is pivotal for some of you, while others may never think back on it again.

Time is just so nebulous; even though real time just ticks along at the same rate day after day after day, one can be warped into a different time zone with nothing more than a thought or a memory. Images formed and marked in the mind as memories have the ability to move a being through time in a "flash." The sight of an object, an article of clothing, the lingering smell of a person's perfume, or just a walk through a familiar street; these are the minor details that capture time. Of course, one

can lose time too; just think about the last time you lost an entire evening because you were completely smashed. (Maybe this is just my own perspective, but I'm sure that some of you will know what I'm on about; this is the valley after all.)

You have to remember that this sort of trickery is all just an illusion; we might like to think that we are really being sneaky and tricky when we manipulate time by mode of memory or myth-making, but Tuesday really isn't going to get here any sooner. The thing that fascinates me the most is the notion of the moment: the simple awareness that right now is the defining point between the past and the future. You have to really pay attention to the moment, because whatever you're doing right now, whoever you're meeting, .wherever you're arriving, this moment is crucial to the one that is about to start. Thomas Hobbes really nails this concept of the moment down, tying it all together in a nice little bundle of political theory; definitely worth reading (if you have time). Anyway, perhaps the most interesting point to be made about time is that there is never enough of it. And that my friend, is precisely why this article

Do you think it matters who leads the N.D.P. into the next provincial election?

Rhonda Hildrum, B.A., 19 I don't think it matters who gets in there because once they get in there, everything that they said before is just down the tube. They just do what they want to do and mess everything up

Vijay Mann, B.A., 21 No I don't because I think that Glen Clark is still going to be doing everything behind the scenes. He's out officially, but unofficially I think that he is still there.

Shawn Stetsko, Fine Arts / English Well I think that votership, being what it is these days, indicates that there is a huge lack of faith in all of the political parties that are currently running. Most people these days vote for the lesser of

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Fight Ctut,

The firs+ review of Fight C(uI> is...

Opening sequences: Edward Norton on his knees with the barrel of a gun in his mouth, flash to Edward Norton with his head pressed into the unnatural breasts of Meatloaf (yes, the rock star), flash to Edward Norton experiencing insomniac depression in an Ikea catalogue-like home.

I liked this movie.I liked this movie because of the realistic and integral fight scenes. I liked this movie because of the imaginative mix of high tech invasive microscoping drag shots to prolong moments of intensity, with gritty, pasty camera work during dialogue scenes. I liked the movie because Norton is one of the most talented actors to ever step onto the silvery screen.

Edward Norton is undeniably an incredibly strong and versatile performer. In the last few years we've seen him play a bumbling Woody Allen jr. of sorts (Everybody Says I Love You), a low-life card hustler (Rounders), a psychotic teenager (Primal Fear), and a buff (buffer than Brad Pitt) racist skinhead with a heart of gold (American History X). Each role is performed with such accuracy that you lose sight of the actor. In Fight Club he does the same thing, gets lost in the role. He brings the unnamed narrator of the story to life with a pervasive melancholy that sets the mood and holds it consistently throughout the film.

Brad Pitt. I know what you're thinking. Either you are female and you want to see this movie because Brad has a ripped bod, or you are a male and you don't want to see this movie because Brad's ripped bod is getting on your nerves. In either case you've probably assumed what I assumed from watching the trailers and commercials for this movie, that it's a big brawling smack 'em up movie with a whole lot of blood and very little substance. A Brad Pitt chest display with a big budget. You, my friend, have been deceived. This is a film with an incredible amount of smarts. Even Brad Pitt is good in this movie. I don't mean to imply that he's a bad actor, but generally he ends up in the same role movie aft\!r movie. This is a great flick for

him: his character is the ideal that all his other roles have been based upon. A necessary part of the story is that he is the embodiment of everything the rebellious, honeytongued pretty-boy stands for. If Plato had been a movie critic he would say that Brad Pitt's character comes from the world of forms. James Dean was John the Baptist to this movie's messianic pretty-Pitt. I can't think of anyone better for the role. See the movie and tell me if you disagree.

Helena Bonham Carter is one hot mama! She is ic\ splendid actress; we all know that, no contest. But here she has no more than a few lines and spends most of the movie popping in and out of scenes looking fatally sexy and violently horny. Watching the smoke seductively pour out of her mouth, like a slow-motion waterfall streaming upwards, made me want to talk my wife into taking up smoking. If Helena wants to sit there and look good, she can go right ahead. (I hope you realize I'm not trying to get back at all the ladies who fawn over Brad Pit by making Helena into a piece of meat, I was tantalized by her presence and attitude, and for that matter, her outfits).

Well that's where I should stop. I was most impressed with how these three could come across as real, genuine characters in the movie's surreal surroundings.

One tip: don't try to read into the movie or look for the hidden meaning, just go, watch, leave, then maybe go again some time.

-jesse macpherson

1he second review of Fight

C(uI> is...

"Fuck what a shitty movie. I have never seen so mu.ch useless violence. And the plot was weak." If you have heard comments • like this coming out of your mouth, you are a moron and/or an inbred hand-fed, bastard. Your mind has been let out to graze in the pasture and this movie is the wolf. Get over your fear of violence and blood and get set to strap on your brain, if you have the guts.

Tyler Durden, played by Brad Pit, is a late twenty something rabble rouser. Edward Norton is the everyday white collar, same routine day in/day out, kind of guy. The love interest is played by Helena Bonham Carter; she's a question mark. All the cast members are great, but due to the nature of the film there will be no academy awards in their stockings this Christmas.

But why don't I save you the technical bullshit and get to the heart of this movie; what is this film trying to say? This movie is political. At first glance, it may appear that Pitt is the antagonist and Norton is the protagonist. This is not so. Tyler Durden is not your average bad guy: he does not go around killing people, and he tries to spread some good will. In one scene Tyler pulls a gun on a store clerk, not for money and not to kill him but to make the clerk realize the importance of life. The ends do justify the means. Tyler is an amoral man in an immoral land. He tries to free the people from the binding of American culture; a culture where the bottom-line is money. So if Tyler isn't the bad guy who is? It painfully simple: the system. This over-tone continues throughout the film. It is a statement about what Che Guevera called "the bowls of plastic America". It is all about becoming a prisoner to tangible happiness. He who dies with the most toys dies the happiest. These are things "the man" tells us we want. We might just be doing prison time and not even know it. "Your possessions end up owning you," says the Durden character. This film will really help some people wake up and smell the revolution. So who is the antagonist? Well if you get half of what is going on in the movie, you will know. You may need to see it twice to get it all but it is worth it. Anyone who wants to think should see this movie. I give it two middle fingers up, way up, in the face of our falsely tender society.

-Dave Nicholson

Second-year Photography Memories and Childhood

Discussing the work Dragonfly, the artist told me: "If you hate it, I'd rather you not spew and tell me to go into accounting." Nuff said.

Laura Weinenhammer's work, Laura was here is pretty impressive. A girl no taller than 5"1' produced two prints that have to be twice her size. They reflect Times Square after the Disney clean up (all the good porno shops are now two blocks up on Eighth Ave.). I find it ironic that in one of the brightest squares in the world, she managed to take a picture of a dull subway sign. I would have taken a picture of the huge whiskey bottle that pours a dump truck full of the sweet stuff every five minutes. Ahhh the memories.

Janine Baker's, Reflections: bad printing, sappy poem, silly subjects. It's what every family photo album aspires to be.

Michell Ross's Proof of Childhood definitely hits that "crap we liked when we were little" genre. Not really my thing, but she mounted it on CD cases so the emulsion tactic made the plain subjects look cool.

Victor Cameron continues his commentary on the silliness of pop art in his mytimeline J-5. The artist rambled on about how his life was a blur of sense impressions. He finally got down to the whole 'I rip off pop art because it's crap' excuse after I commented that his art looked suspiciously like the work of Andre Serrano. Despite having a very 'I'm an artist here is my artist attitude' attitude he managed to impress me. Remember, when subjectively reviewing art, separate the artist from his work. Victor CamerQ!1is not a Johnny Cash fan.

Talitha Dyzer's Sonata in 6/8 looks neat. Solorization and multiple superimposed negatives prove technical excellence and interesting wmposition. Your eyes are drawn to the girl at the center of the work. Looking good Talitha.

Weird photos start with strange subject material. Fake Cows is no exception.

Robert McGowan found a field where a number of two- dimensional cow cut-outs lazed around eating grass and fake mooing. He took photos of them. Then to "spread the detail around," he cut and pasted his work to get even cow distribution over the entire print. When looking at the print I thought to myself, "the Matrix has you" (No, that's not a complement). Robert wanted to get behind the world of the real and see what he felt was the world behind the photo. To keep that imaginary world from spreading out of the frame of the piece, he put some sheet metal strips on his work. Thanks big guy. All and all it was kind of interesting to look at. It kind of frightened me when I began to think about how this might relate to his memories and childhood.

I'm sorry that I didn't get the chance to review all the photography exhibits in this issue. To sum up most of the other work: it looked cool. It was kind of too bad that they were constrained to their childhood, because I think that left to their own devices they could have stimulated me more.

Retraction time:

In last weeks issue I referred to a work by Tayna Jack as a work by Lenke Runtie.

That homeless kid who had the job with the major shoe manufacturer in Asia was Tayna's work. I apologize.

Gallery Review X2

Mechanical Art

by James Clark

This was a cool idea. Like a piece I saw in the gallery earlier "Cross Talk Cross", this art was interactive. Unfortunately several of the pieces in the exhibit were no longer operational. I guess that it proves that artists are artists not craftsmen. One thing that pissed me off though was that almost no one put their name to their work. What? Are you not proud of your work?

One piece, I suppose it was called 'Can't Stop' or something along those lines, was cool. It had a little truck running around on a turntable constantly running over these little kids. I can identify with the driver of the truck. Little kids suck. I'm still not quite sure of what the film canister had to do with things but I'm sure it meant something. I had to operate this piece manually because when I plugged it in nothing happened. Nice job with the duct tape finish work; it was a real touch of class.

The automatic spirograph machine was a cool concept, nowadays kids seem to refuse to do anything unless it's automated. Unfortunately the thing didn't work too well cause it was underpowered. If I was the artist and I wanted to make a buck, I would slap a washing machine motor on the hog and send it to China where it could be replicated by thousands of slave labourers. Then I could sell it on a late night infomercial for $19.95.

Then there was this fake Christmas tree with little hack saw blades beside a punch bowl of water, sitting on a clay bench. Beside tree there was a log with a saw in it fake pine branches were strewn about in the background. "Wow," I thought to myself, "this is probably someone trying that tired 'stop logging' message."

The irony is that a tree died to produce

this piece of art.. A spotted owl could be living happily in the tree that was cut down to produce this bad art. Also none of it was automated like the other pieces in the gallery so it wasn't as fun. It looked like a GI-Joe playset I built when I was l 0.

In the corner there was a big twisted piece of re-bar. I would venture to guess that when switched on, the bar would twist around in the flour and make pretty pictures in it. However I never got to see the magic of this piece because it didn't work either. If it worked I would say that it would make_

Hogging the centre stage in the gallery was what I affectionately termed the black elephant. White elephants are things that cost a lot of resources and don't work. This white elephant was black and cheap looking. Someone spent a lot of time with a soddering iron creating a neat-o spiraling effect. Someone, maybe the same person, stole a bunch of crystals from some new age wiccan crystal hippie freak, or freaks. Together with the crystals and the metal they forged an instrument that could plow sparly black sand around and around. If only the thing worked better. a neat bread maker.

The big white music box or, teresting. After thinking about this told a little story. The white ninjas princess but because of the way were glued, they can't see the them. This kind of reminded me work seems to reflect the art of where there are black and white ones. The Beethoven music in the my imagination.

The anti corporate piece with the pose should have rotated, was so didn't work. Maybe the artist corporation that made this exhibit

Ninjas under cardboard is very inwork for a while l decided that it are supposed to be guarding the that they are positioned when they black ninjas sneaking in behind df a Chuck Norris movie. This someone that hasn't realized that ninjas there are always a few red background helped to stimulate

American flag spoons that I supvery cliche. Surprise, surprise it should send the motor back to the possible.

Then there was this golf thing. If you

Freedom? Try Silly.

anti-conformist message more cliches. Once the putt was

were stuck to the bottom. The excitement

Finally, a box made of chicken wire.

the pedal, a light turned on. "Ooh that was exciting."

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"Great job on the paper! That guy [Clark] is really taking it over the top." Don Murray -Department Head, Visual Arts

Bounty Killer The Fifth Element

What can I say about an artist named Bounty Killer? I expected an angry rap artist aimed at destroying the establishment, and maybe talking about his millions of dollars. Bounty Killer may well have done this, but with his terrible reggae vocal styling I couldn't understand a word he said. In an evil alternate world, Shabba Ranks may have been Bounty Killer. On a rating scale of five turntables being classic, and one being a record not worth the dust it collects at the back of the shelf, The Fifth Element should be melted down and made into a rain jacket.

-by 'porn star'

The Charlatans UK Us and Only Us

One of the strongest groups to come out of the Manchester movement is The Charlatans UK. One of the most innovative bands to dodge in and out of the main stream pop charts (for almost ten years, no less) is The Charlatans UK. One of my personal favourite bands of all time is The Charlatans UK.

I was so happy to see this new release from the long-time British trendsetters.

A lot of musical evolution has occurred the last two years leading up to Us an Only Us. The same basic Charlatans sound remains, but it is deeply buried in experiments with Stone Rose-like guitars (track 9, The Blind Stagger), Mellow Melotrons (track 10,Watching You), desperate PortisHead inspired drumless grooves (track 2, Good Witch, Bad Witch), and other such eclectic musical meandering.

Tim Burgess is as masterful a vocalist as ever; proving his talent adaptable to these new sound concepts his band is working with. Pick up the new album, but also scan used CD stores for older albums. Some Friendly is good, so is Between I 0th and 1111 ', aw hell, every one of their albums are good.

-jesse macpherson

SoulWax Much Against Everyone's Advice

This C.D. starts out with a silly half-minute jingle-like song that says "if you like K.C./ and the sunshine band/ then we are not/ exactly what you're looking for."

Sou!Wax is a Belgian electric DJ duo, brothers David and Stephen DaWaele; they have given us a folk-pop-rock album as seen through the eyes of a_pair of brothers well versed in electronica. Don't buy this disc expecting to hear driving drums under acoustic guitar loops, that's not what this is about. It is really folksy at times, poppy at others, but generally it is a rock album. Their technical skills are displayed through the proficient mixing of acoustic, electric and digital instruments, all done without audio clashes, or weakness in the frameworks of the songs. This isn't an innovative album but it is a good album.

-jesse macpherson

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy rips it up again with their second CD, This Beautiful Life. Although it's not the party album that their self-titled first album was, "Life" hits home with songs about dusting yourself off and facing everything that comes your way with optimism. This is very reminiscent of the attitude carried by the original swing kids that emerged in Europe during World War II. / Wanna Be Just Like You is a dance take from the catchy Jungle Book song. This album also includes what I would call the perfect anniversary song, and a racy rendition of Old McDonald. Scotty Morris, the bands lead singer and writer of almost all their songs, belts out his tune with an irresistibly sexy voice _ that lets you fall into the music. Of all the modern swing bands I've heard, this one is definitely the best for mimicking the old days as well as integrating a new attitude and sound.

-Cheryl Major

Dave Hollister Ghetto Hymns

When I received this CD I had never heard of Dave Hollister. Seeing that he was licensed to Def Jam, the label that carries such notable hip-hop artists as Redman, Method Man, and OMX, I had high hopes. Upon further reading of the liner notes, I found that Erick Sermon co-produced this album and Redman guest-starred on it. I was unpleasantly surprised. Ghetto Hymns is a 17-track collection of soul music that you've heard before. While listening to this CD all I could think of was some lost R. Kelly album. If you 're the type who likes to wine and dine in front of a fire then this may be for you. If not, I'm sure it will keep the fire burning as kindling that is.

• -by 'porn star'

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy This Beautiful Life

CURIOUS JORJ'S FIRST MASALA

on the tables, and just the right amount of lighting set the mood.

-by Curious Jorj

The man with the big yellow hat and I went out for dinner. We hadn't had a romantic evening in a while and thought we should go somewhere with 'atmosphere'. We had heard that the Savage Bistro had terrific decor and that the dinning was fine. Fine dinning was just what we were after, so we made our way over, parked the monkey-mobile, and walked in.

There were two large groups using different corners of the restaurant, but they were partitioned off, so we still felt as though we had relative privacy. Our source was right, the decor was great. Wrought iron, head high candle sticks, adorable candle lamps

The manager, James Barlow, a charming gentleman with a delightful accent (English) and a never waning smile greeted us at the door. He took our coats (actually he didn't take my coat, it's attached to my body) and gave us a cute seat by the window. Our waitress, Melanie, approached and, with an equally delightful accent of her own (South African English), took our drink order.

We started with wine, of course. I had the Mission Hills Chardonnay. I'd never tried it, not bad. I think that maybe I detected a hint of pear? I don't know, I'm no connoisseur, just a hairy lower primate. It was good regardless of what I thought I was tasting. Hat had the Merlot, from the same vintners. That was good too (I had a sip).

Then our waitress returned and we ordered the grub. First bruschetta, topped with, now this was interesting, sundried cherries and asiago cheese, as well as all the regular bruschetta goodies. This starter was tasty. I'm talking real tasty. Not a large portion,

Betty's Paige

Alright guys, lately I've heard a lot of com- situation akin to that in "Something About plaints about your sexual stamina, so listen up Mary" (reference to the hair gel). Believe it because it's time for the solution you've all or not, spending a little time exploring been waiting for; masturbation. A lot of your yourself will do wonders for making more Speedy-Gonzales characteristics have to do with time to explore your lovely lady. In a short being over-excited or nervous, especially if it's explanation: the pressure of a man's hand your first time with a girl. However, if you're squeezing the shaft applies a lot more blowing off like our hero from American Pie, pressure than the soft and subtle pleasures of you may have a problem that needs fixing. a lady; once a guy gets accustomed to the First: you have to prepare yourself before the paw, a pussy willow just isn't going to do planned (or unplanned) night arrives; being able the trick quite as nicely. In other words, it's to stop ejaculation right before blast off will not going to take a little longer to hit that "Oh only impress your girl, it will enable you to my God!" high. If this doesn't work on it's reach higher levels of personal pleasure as well. own, try doing it, or having your girlfriend For starters, try flexing the muscles that stop do it, right before things start to get hot. It you from peeing. Do this for about ten seconds, always lasts longer the second time around; and then release. Continued sets of these will just be careful not to fall in love with your strengthen the muscles and give you more dick. There's nothing worse than a guy who control-if you can get your head out of the can't cum because he's been too busy flying clouds long enough to think about it. Second: the solo jet. Last, but definitely not least, masturbate. Not every day, and not to the point have some trust in your girl and pass on that you get cramped hands or end up in a these dampening tips: If she thinks fun time

but definitely not the small, nouveau cuisine, dollop in the center ofan oversized plate, portion I had been afraid of encountering. It was an adequate amount for two people to wet their appetites (even better for one person and one monkey).

For our entrees we both made vegetarian selections. I had a pasta with marinated olives, capers, asiago cheese, tomato reductions and lime zest on linguini. Hat had a potato, green bean masala topped with a minted yogurt, papdums on the side. It is understood between Hat and I that whatever • one of us has, the other also has. So we took a few bites of our respective dishes, sipped our wines, then swapped plates for a sample of each other's choices. Hat's masala was wonderful. A plentiful amount (so plentiful that Hat took half of it home) of rice, potatoe, green beans and Indian spices. As good as the masala was, I enjoyed my own pasta much more. I LOVE CAPERS! It was right up my alley, a thick tomato base with random bites of rich cheese and the controlling tartness of the lime. It's a law in the • animal kingdom that one must eat whatever is placed in front of him. So, to the bewil-

dered amazement of Hat, I devoured my pasta in enormous mouthful after enormous mouthful.

The evening was pleasant. James came by a few times to check on us, and when we told him how much we liked the food he became giddy with gladness, he even let loose a few hyena-like laughs (an English hyena, of course), it was very entertaining. The pricing is fair. I'm not saying cheap, but definitely fair. Our meals and our wine came out to what one might spend on the equivalent meal at Earl's or Red Robin (if one actually went to one of those places, and if those places actually had food like this). There are some expensive menu items, like the duck (but come on people where else are you going to get DUCK in Abbotsford). Actually, after the dinner seatings, from 9PM on, the drinks are really cheap with a student I.D. card. Maybe we should have eaten, sat around to digest, then ordered the wine (I am a very clever monkey but unfortunately always in hindsight). Until next time, this is Jorj signing off.

isn't over but you're ready to finish it off, she can take destiny into her own • hands by squeezing the tip of your penis with a lot of pressure, or tugging lightly on your testes; both of these moves will help stop the chain of events that will cause ejaculation.

Now that you're all ready to hear screams of ecstasy, don't forget the condoms. Though your regular brand of ultra-thins are giving

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you the best feeling, they're clearly not helping you last long enough so try something a little thicker.

Finally, relax and let everything take its natural course. You're not always going to be superman; if your girl isn't willing to give you some slack sometimes then maybe sex is not the problem and you should find someone new. Of course, if that's the case, you're not in my field anymore, you would have to ask the mystic two pickles.

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HORRORSCOPES 5.0 -two pickles

Scorpio: October 23 November 21

Look forward to the ascension of Venus. It's sexiness is turning me on. ohh ya that's it, come here oh, what your so naughty no, not that.. ya that's nice oooh ya You can look fore ward to no one talking to you like that this week. Compatible with Libra

Sagittarius: November 22 December 22

This problem comes to me via Betty, 'there is this guy in my Physics class that sits in front of me. I'm sure we're meant for each other, • but he sits with this other girl and I think they are together. Can· •. • • you please use your mystic powers to unite us?" First off "Betty," What's in it for me? Second off, I can unite you. Catch him on the way out the door of class on Monday, show him your boobs, and he'll fall in love with you. Incidentally, can I watch? Compatible with physics guys.

Capricorn: December 23 January 19

If you keep smelling like meat, you will never get all those dogs away from you. The chilly position of Venus demands a sacrifice to warm you up. Give up masturbating for one week, or just wait it out. Venus completes its cycle on the 23. Compatible with Sagittarius

Aquarius: January 20- February 19

Freedom of expression is emphasized this week. Be free. Forget about all those voices in your head, and hug some trees. Send away for my handy pamphlet, "Macho Quilting," or my other best seller "Using Pink Around The House." If you still feel the need to express yourself, take some Bazooka Joe gum, chew it, and rub it in your hair. That should make you feel special. Compatible with Leo.

Pisces: February 20 March 20

This week you will be totally ruled by your emotions. When love knocks on your door, turn off the lights and it will think your not at home. Think before you act. Remember: if you scratch it will get worse. Compatible with Aries.

Aries: March 21 -April 20

I see a tendency for you to fall madly and erotically in love with someone this week. Once in love you will have difficulty restraining your affection. Having a restraining order filled against you means that she is no longer playing hard to get. By the way, all that salty food isn't good for

Manes

your heart. Compatib'le with Pieces.

Taurus: April 21- May 20

The stars dictate that you buckle down and get some work done.

Consider this:

Men: Like your ancestor's before you, you must be the breadwinner

Women: Ask yourself, "What the hell kind of prize is bread?" Compatible with Gemini

Gemini: May 21 June 22

Venus is the most flirtatious in this sign. So bat those eyelashes and pick up those pencils because love is just around the corner. Compatible with Virgo

Cancer: June 23 July 23

There is a marked agitation in your sign. Things have been tense lately. It's like walking on eggshells and broken glass. The answer lies in taking fewer walks along the beach in White Rock. Besides, it's cold out. Compatible with Sagittarius

Leo: July 24 August 23

Venus is characterized with power when associated with Leo. To that end I recommend that you become a dominatrix. Think about it, whipping older fat guys. "Beat me, yes, harder beat me like the naughty boy that I am." Compatible with Aquarius

Virgo: August 24 September 23 You will get your tongue pierced. Why? Because you are ball-sided, crazy, bonkers, and one hell of a good lover. That's right. You're a wild stallion, up to no good, and won't be tied down. Look out cause here you come. Compatible with Capricorn.

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Libra: September 24 October 23 Business and emotional issues come to the forefront this week Partnerships are stressed in both love and business. Watch out for extravagant luxury expenditures and expenses on your

When you feel that you just can't take it any more, club a baby seal. Compatible with Scorpio

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Student Union refuses to ratify health and dental plan

It's ONLY $100

In case you haven't heard, the extended Health and Dental plan referendum passed. That means, for EVERY full time student at UCFV, it will cost them an extra $101 each semester. The Student Union Society held a referendum over three days in which 5.75% of students chose to cast their vote. For extended health, 55% of those who voted said yes, and for the dental, 57% of those who voted said yes. Simple. So what's the problem?

The problem is, now that the numbers are in, and now that the SUS can take the next step required to implement these plans, we begin to hear things around campus. There are some that are concerned that 5.75% of the student population make the decision for the rest of the students at UCFV. There are others who are concerned that 55% of students who did vote is considered a majority in regards to such a significant increase in fees. And then there are others who have voiced their concerns that with this kind of hike in fees, students may decide to take their business elsewhere and attend a different institution.

Hey look The Student Union Society is trying to do what the majority of students want. We are trying to provide options that students ask for. What's more, we are taking these decisions to referendum to find out if there is enough support for these options. To be quite frank, the Student Union doesn't even care if there is an ex~nded health and dental plan. The council didn't exactly vote in this referendum by a landslide! We took it to ALL STUDENTSYes! That means YOU! To find out what YOU wanted!

You don't like the idea of an extra $101 per semester in fees? Well, then now is the time to do something about it. According to the SUS Constitution and Bylaws 4.04, a petition signed by 10% of UCFV students can bring this issue to another referendum vote. You •don't think 5.75% was a good enough indicator of student concerns? Then find the students who didn't vote the first time around and convince them they need to vote on this important issue. You don't think that 55% should count as a majority? Then come to a council meeting and state your case. Talk to one of the SUS reps, and let them know our bylaws need to reflect the feelings of the students! On the other hand, if you are one of the 55+ % in favor of the extended health and dental plan, be prepared to come out and vote again. If a petition is delivered, a referendum meeting and voting schedule will be posted around all campuses. Make sure you attend, cast your vote and be heard!

The Student Union Society has been criticized for apparently not publicizing the referendum vote well enough. We have also been criticized that we didn't provide enough information regarding the extended health and dental plans.

If you are one of the people who feel this way, we invite you ·to drop by one of our offices and pick up a brochure that was published for the referendum. We still have lots left... th~ copies that people neglected to read during the voting period. But to be fair, let's not confuse student apathy with unavailability of informa-

tion. It was there if you were interested enough to read it.

But there are other facts surrounding this referendum that has caused great concern. First of all, Admissions and Records did not provide SUS with a complete voting list until the third day of the referendum. This means for the first two days of polling, there was no way to tell if all the people who voted were current students of UCFV. Although we believe only UCFV students voted, we must question the legal issues that could arise from these circumstances.

Secondly, the extended health and dental plan would only be mandatory for full time students, yet, any student, full or part time, were allowed to cast a vote. For part time students they wouldn't have to pay, and they wouldn't have the coverage regardless of how the vote turned out. It has recently become suspect that the majority of "Yes" votes were cast by part time students. This is unfair, but currently, we have no bylaw that does not permit it.

Thirdly, student clubs on campus, mainly CJSA, BASA, ICSA & CISSA, have voiced their opposition to these plans. They say their members will not benefit from the raise in fees for extended health and dental. These four groups alone represent over 2000 students. All four groups are currently circulating petitions to invoke another referendum vote.

Some council members have also voiced their concern regarding the current bylaws (or lack of bylaws) regarding a referendum vote. This leaves too much discretion on the part of the council when dealing with these issues. The Constitution and Bylaw Committee is working on a draft to put forth at an upcoming council meeting. Issues that are being dealt with are minimum votes cast, students voting/ students affected, cost allowances, and percentages of majority.

On October 29, the council voted to rescind their approval of the extended health and dental plan referendum. This means, the SUS does not recognize the results as valid or binding. Currently, the SUS has no plans to implement the fee increase by this next semester (Winter 2000), but we could be looking at the Fall of 2000.

We apologize to the students who were in favor of it. And we urge them to appeal for a new referendum to be scheduled.

For those students who didn't support it, it's not over yet. Rescinding approval does not mean the issue won't come back. If you are really against this extended health and dental plan, we urge you to sign the petitions that are being circulated to end any further action in this direction.·

Current Bylaw Highlights: A Referendum meeting (5.6) can be called on the signatures of I 0% of the membership. According to the voting lists supplied by A & R, we have 4800 student members. Petitions require 480 signa-

tures in order to call a referendum meeting. I% of our membership must attend the meeting (48 members) in order to be binding.

Excerpts from our Constitution and Bylaws follows: You can also access the full document on our website: <http://www.ucfv.bc.ca/ • sus>www.ucfv.bc.ca/sus under "Legal Stuff'

4.4. General Meeting Agenda:

The agenda for a General Meeting shall be prepared by the Executive Board of the Society for presentation to the General Meeting, and shall include:

(a) any special resolutions that are being considered, in the form of a "Notice of Motion," as well as (b)any intended business except the adoption of rules of order.

4.5. Requisitioned General Meeting:

• The Directors of a Society, on the requisition of 10% or more of the voting members of the society; in this section called the requisitionists, shall convene a General meeting of the Society without delay, provided the requisiton:

(a) states the purpose of the General Meeeting; (b) be signed by the requisitionists; and (c) may be delivered or sent by registered mail to the address of the Society, and may consist of several documents in simi• Jar form each signed by one or more requisitionists.

4.6. Referenda Meeting:

In addition to the Annual, and Special General Meetings, the members in good standing of the Society may vote on ordinary resolutions concerning the business of the Society by means.of a referendum, providing; (a) the referendum meeting is not used to pass special resolutions; and (b) the referendum meeting is called in accordance with Bylaws 4(4) and 4(5).

• 4.9. Quorum for General Meetings: The quorum required for a General Meeting of the Society shall be I% of its voting members, but never less than three members.

Janet Gerhmann Student Union Society Director of East Campus

BASA

BASA's council has been established for the upcoming year. The following list is the BASA council:

Name Position Mike Olson President

Dave Garrett Vice President

Gurpreet Mahi! Treasurer

Kelli O'Halligan Secretary

Al Gill Promotional Officer

Bobby Dhillon Assistant PR Officer

Marj Bambra Volunteer Coordinator

IS

Meena Chima 4th Year Representative

Susan Taylor 4th Year Representative

Annette Arnott 3rd Year Representative

Depak Parmar 2nd Year Representative

Tillie Sawatsky

2nd Year Representative

BASA is presently looking for one more Third Year Representative and two First Year Representatives. For those interested in becoming members of BASA or attending meetings, BASA meets every Wednesday at 2:30 pm i'n Room D220. To contact BASA, students may ejther talk to a member or e-mail us at basa ucfv@hotmail.com.

BASA's upcoming events are a Pizza day on November 25, 1999 and our annual Christmas Party. The Christmas Party will be on December 18, 1999 at 7:00pm at the Ramada Inn in Abbotsford. Tickets cost $8.00 and can be obtained from any member of BASA.

Philosophy cafe comes to Abbotsford

by Anne Russell

A movement that's been sweeping North America has found a home in Abbotsford, thanks to a partnership between the University College of the Fraser Valley and a local bistro. The Philosophy and Politics Cafe will run every second Monday evening at Abbotsford's Savage Bistro.

"Philosophy Cafes have become very popular over the last few years across North America," says UCFV instructor Moira Gutteridge, a member of the UCFV Philosophy and Politics department, which is organizing the cafes. "What people enjoy is the chance to discuss serious issues in a casual atmosphere. Everyone is welcome. The discussions are for anyone all that's needed is an interest in the topic. People explore their opinions together, with coffee or a drink in hand. A moderator helps make sure that the discussion flows smoothly and that no one who wants to contribute is left out. Often a guest speaker offers a short presentation to get the discussion started."

"The Philosophy and Politics department is finally able to respond to the interest expressed in having cafes here," says Gutteridge. "For more than a year, every time an article mentioning philosophy cafes appeared, people have come up to us to say, 'That sounds neat why don't you guys run one?' With the enthusiastic co-operation of Dave Simpson of the Savage Bistro, who offered his location, we've been able to arrange several sessions and hope to see the cafes become a regular event."

The Savage Bistro is located at 108-32868 Ventura Avenue, Abbotsford. Admission to the event is free and the public is welcome.