The Cascade Volume 9 Issue 10 2001-11-21

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THE CASCADE

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RUBY SOHO SexColurrtni~t

The Cnsctideis the (.JCFV student!!' free press. ll provide$ 11f(lrum for UCPV stu• dents to have th(\if Jou1·11alisrnpublished. It ::::i. ,· ,llso acts as the alternative press for the firaser Valley. The Casc~deis fµllded with UCFV student funds. 'tht; Cascade is published twice monthly. The Ca:,cacfoha~ a circulati()n of I 000 and is distributl.!d throughout Abboti,ford, Chilliwack and Mission. 'rho Ca~cadc is ll very proud member of the Canadian Univer ity l>ress, a national cooperative of n university ahd college hewspap~rs from Victoria 10 St. John's. The Ca$cadc followst.heCUP ethical policy concerning material of a prejudidal or ()pprr;:,,sivcnature.

Submissio11sare preferred in electronic format either through e-m~1ilor on disk. Please send submisi;inn$ in ·•1"t." Format onlt'

Letters to 1heeditor must be douhlc•spoced nnd typed. Lefler will alsobe11~ceptedvia \!•mail r)nly if they meet the necci;sary requfrements us ou!lined in thi& section. The Ca1;cadel'eserve~ the right to edit letters to rhe editor for dari1y and length. 01\ly <)ne leller per writer may iipp~r in any given ndditirn1. 'fhe C~cadc wJII no~ print any letters that conrnin rads1, SC;tiSt, homophobic or libclous co-ntel'\t. 1'l1e writer's name and student nurober must be submitted with each letter. Letters to, the editor 11,ust.be llnder 400 words.if in\endcd Rirprint.

CQatriblltOl'S

Andrew Clatk

Tanya Jock

Aly Murphy

K&HSedore

Adrla,1 Sloclalr

J~ckthe Economic.~Guy

LETTERS ... .I

I'm A Woman-Hating Bastard

Welcome to my linle part of Lhc Cascade. This is the place where, more than anywhere el e, l get to put in my two bits. liecause of cutbacks I am only able to offer one. Some of you may notice the smaller size or this little corner of the paper. Most of you won't notice because they don't read lhis seclion. The reason that this place is smaller is bccause I had to write a response to this crazy lady's lcth.:r claiming that the Cascade is sexist. Those or you that feel cheated that you have read this far and have yet to get to anything substantive, you should al this point realize that this editorial is jusl filler. You should now lllrn 10 the angry let1er 011 the opposite page it is much more stimulating than this little rant. Because I try 10 cater lo the widest po~sible audience, including the people who are now probably suspicious of having 10 read anything else l have to say after realizing just how silly this has been, I c;in sum up my argument to yo·u. l h<1vcnothing against women and l dc)n't think that the Cascade is sexist in nny way. If you want some more long winded re, pon~cs to your letters, send them to us and let me know what you think.

Apathy seems to reign supreme on our campuses. Students are embroiled in classes, families, and jobs to name but a few of the distractions we arc all facing during our periods of study. It is this apathy that allowed a Student Union to come to power mainly by acclamation; no one cared enough 10 oppose them. I think the current student union hould be applauded for caring about our school enough to run. but l111fo11unatelythe power they now possess has been brought into question. II came to stllden1s auentions over the past couple or weeks thaI the S.U.S. {Student Union Society) gave themselves a pay raise up to $1500 per month at their last general meeting. An early outcry led 10 a petition asking for a student referendum on this arbitrary increase and one is now scheduled for November 28th and 29th. This referendum fails to meet the concerns of the students on II number of different levels.

The S.U.S. is asking students to decide if they shoulJ work 15, 20, or 25 hours a week for 13, 15,or 17dollars an hour. ( please feel free to cmTect me if these are the wrong numbers anyone} Before even delving into issues of exact figures, the SUS needs to ask the students, Lhc people they purport 10 represent. whether they feel "any" r.iise is in order. Take the time to adequately describe your positions and what exactly your role is in the institution. Explain how you can be a full.time student and still dedicate yourself properly lO your mandate. What is your mandate'?How much were you being paid before the i11crease?Who is your watchdog'> Who are you accountable 10 if 1101the students'!

Where is all this money coming from? The contention is not entirely based on the financial aspect (although it is clearly an issue), but the seemingly unethical manneI in which it was instillltcd.

These are some of the rc:a.lconcenis expressed by students who signed the petition Printing up colourful pamphlets as the heat started tn rise so you could place a new spin on the raises is not the answer. YOU WORK FORTHE STUDENTS, NOT AGAINST THEM. Don't ignore them in order to justify implying your will. follow the proper channels and get the input of those that are paying you. The SUS is an.excellent place for students to garner experience in government and it rnakcs for a nifty inclusion on resumes and grad applications. But should it be used to finance your education? These are 1he questions you need to ask, not just how much we need to pay you.

We invite ALL students with any qucs• tions or concerns to attend an information seminar on Friday November 23rd in the Abbotsford cafeteria at 11:30 AM. It's time to put apathy to bed and let your voices be heard. It's your money, your school, and your chance.

Darren Blakeborough, Jonathan Kuttainens • SCMS SUS Watchdogi; Editors 11ote:There will be a SUS council meetillg 011Friday November 23rd 011llte Cltilliwack campus if you wa11tlo atte11d, ( k11uwI'll be there. See the SUS or C<1sca,leoffices for more i11Jormatio11.

PWRCUP A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE

By - James Cla1·k

Back in elementary school. before Himy Pntter (;<1111c:along and glitzed up writing for kith,, we would have to write &lorics nbout what we did oveI sut111nervacarion. 'l'his will fol1C1wa similol' format as one of thnse S(;hool c1-,says.Journalists are a breed apurl from the:rest of society and notably apan form models. We are the 1110:-tcritical, a111isocial nerdy rejects. Thi!- is what makes these

TM CUI>Courcrcuceby.J:uncsClal'k

I awoke Saturday morning with a killer hltllgovcr in the snme clothes al'i the night before on top of a plastic nuntrcss, no sheets, and window open. I was cold. Nevertheless I made it to an inform• alive lede writing workshop and as fate would have ir, the guy next to me looked really familiar. Tie was hard lo rcc(Jgni1e \ ith his pants tin. His nnnte was Bruce, After a bunch more workshops on<l erninars. it was time to he11d10 the mall. Thel'e arc baby bears nnd dolphins, the ethic or keeping wild unimal i11a shopping mall :ire conrerences so fun, fot rwo days we gel to pretend that we are not only popular but also relcvunt.

Friday night we (we being myself ancl my new friend James from lhe Gateway) stopped off at a porno/liquor store. (This is no joke they really do have stores that sell pornography and booze. people in Edmonton think that this is normal.)

We then proceeded to meet with other student journalists from all over western Canada. At some point I got in a fight with a drunken bar urchin over, of all thing$, Queen Victoria. There was then a nonsensical shouting match between myself and a writer from the Phoenix. Why I kept telling her to shut up is still a mystery to me. Not surprisingly, it was also about this lime that I was taken bock 10 my hostel. As a stumbled into the lobby/meeting room there was this guy \also hammered) was trying,

This p{!Sl weekend delegates form western Canada'~ Univi;rsity Pre~s(CUP)met fQr a region11Iconf~renqein Edmo11fohi st'f.leldby the Gateway,the Oritvel'!lhyof Alberta ;s studcntPPJ'IQtt it was an opp6rruruty for vastudentmedial,>!ptiS 10 have sornt ftm and Jeyrnhow to d,o pa,J?Crrelated stuff, 'fopks thl\l we discussedincludedho~ to write ll kde 1 thedif• fer~mc:obetweenlpi JJQ9.iQJ. 1 ~J\dwhy w~ $hOUldh~ten to a pompous11rMagin a bunnY,suit when It comesto opinion nrtlcles.

Ov~111ll it "'as a growing11nd teuming oxpericncefor au those involved. Tt!e workshopsone.I$~mi11a~ r•nged frolJl how t() Y.,iitenews, to ijettitl&a.litQrt and hbwthat .StOfXi;ould be l11idout. Thi! el(pl;\ci(llion ls tlwt !he C!ISCQdl':sµ.,ffsh6uld im1>roveform now ()l'l, ll ls 111~0inwrestingto l'lott thatCascadest.afTand l')apetW.cN l>',)thquilopj>j,ularWi\!t ~.t. of thelCt!P1le1~1.\~e.,91hor interestlng t:igt>its111cl11d ,ut1felqtcsJ;irson Qi'Ithe U bf A ct1mpuseloslnS l'llgh1wllfr,.:several C1lples11t the Cascade were suspeeted10 bJlvc bl.•en•used as al) accelerentand an impromptu bomoerotlctll't dJsplayor the home ()f the layout eoordin11t1,Jrt'ri>mthe Catew11.y,

for someone else to write ubou1 but what I will ~ay is that they sure are fun to feed pennies to. I also got to heat a special needs girl at nir hockey.

Saturday night was this silly art show. We, (by we l mean Bruce. Erin Ryan and the rest of the Sheaf team. The Sheaf has by far the least anti-social staff) went there af1er another trip to Tops XXX Liquor. It was really funny to watch this silly hippie dance. After hanging my own personal homoerotic artwork we left. Nothing much happened after that as r remember.

Sunday was another day of workshops and seminars. They were mostly related to news and layout the layout stuff was very informative. Then there was closing plenary, where it was decided that Don, the president of CUP should have to do a sexy dance 10 close the conference. To unsuccessfully. to take off his pants. Apparently what followed was a short discussion about underwear then a tong, increasingly boisterous, one about sex. At this point people began to filter off to bed. Al some poinl I also managed I(>check myself into a room and sleep.

give you an indication of just how nerdy these guys are, we voted 10 postpone our banquet an extra half-hour so there would be time to watch The Simpsons. After the party we got tlrunk, burned and broke slllff and went to this bar where they played lron Maiden for us. Then T new home. This is the end of my article.

ANTI ANTI-AMERICANISM

Or a highly biased view on why we shouldn't be so hasty to judge our south• em neighbors.

Ok guys, enough already.

You've made your point the firi'.I time around. American fon.:ign policy stinks, l would agree with you there. it renlly dues on occasion. Sumas Energy 2. the softwood lumber fiasco, the Iraqi trade sanclions, the bombing of Afghanistan, the list goes on they're really bad moves by the American government. And let's rtot for get thiH Osama bin Laden is USA's own creation, a modern day Frunkenstein t,1k.ing revenge against his creator. But what's with saying the Americans deserved to have two planes flown into World Trade cerller, and another run into the Pentagbn?

Americ1-111Foreign Policy?

As l' ve said before. A111eric.1npolil'y is jltSI ploin rultell tit limes but lhc people at the World trade cc,ner had nothing to uo or :tl the most little to dn with what their government was d(.)ing in regards to other countries. Evc11most of the governnlent has nothiug lU d() with how America gets nlong with other countrills and what An1ericn'i: dealings (if auy) aro with thl'm.

As is true with all co11nrries,a really rotten foreign policy is not due to an overnrching conspiracy by the governme111 (though ii is fun tu imagine th.it !hill's the case at times). bul a few well placed indi· viduals who unfortunately make really bad decisions. And despite opinion to the opposite, nn country can claim they h.ive clean hands when it comes to internation• al dealings. We, like the USA, have done thing. that we can't be proud of.

Another thing that is disturbing is the rationalization of the acts of September 11. People are saying that the US deserved to be attacked because of their aforementioned horrible foreign policy. Yet Jcspite what <Dsamasays, there's no such thing as good terror or bad terror. There's just terror. And no country deserves to have its citizens mass murdered in a 1:old brutal fashion. Murder is murder despite nationality, race, religion, ~ender or sexual orientation. The same applies lo the bombing of Afghanistnn, whose citizens who already suffer from terrible dcprivutions. lrnve deadly e.xplo• sives dropped on their he.ids. And yet the fault does noi lie with the American or Afghani people. It lies with the people who hnvc decided to tlght their little war against each other and drag innocent people along for the ride. Painting bin Laden and his ilk as victims is the some as condoning what the Nazis did. Bin Laden consciously choose to do what he did. and 1hal makes him just as guilty us Stalin and Hitler.

Yes. the United States 0f America is guilty nr policie$ in other countries thal' were beneficial for it and ii alone, .ind devastating for others. But they didn't deserve 9- l 1. No one did.

LETfERSTo THE·EDITOR

SEXISTCASCADE

Is the Cascade ·gender specific"? Should T be looking for signs of that and sl.iniming them accordingly'? And the Toque? hahaha my life just g0t a whole lot more fun

The Cascade sexist'?Wns I supposed to get that impression from the picture of the breast on the front puge? (note sarcnsm dripping from the question mark) Hey, I'm all for a little "T&A" for the boys, but l think it's better left 10 the likes uf Hugh Hefner (Playboy).

ls this how the Cascade wants to expand their male readership'? I think it's a bit of an ~front to the general rendership because it portrays a few negative stereotypes:

Guys don't read for pleasure. they only look at the pictures.

Sex is the only thing that 'sells', even in the academic arena.

Wumen don't min<l leating past the pie's (how 'bmll walking pa t'!).

University level press isn't capable or any n,me than a few soft-cLJrc porn rics tlncl badly penned articles.

The nverage university s1mknt 1.:onsumes lhi sort uf material as m:ws.

Oh, hell, I'll slop now raccy press might crente a ~1ir in the beginning, hut I know of WAY toe, many WL11ncnwho won't even bother picking up a ncwspa• per because of' this type of Lhing, ,li\u lo be honest, who does the shopping?

Women have higher buying power. which would equal higher atl snle~ if the paper actually considered them as part of their demographic.

It's all busincss, l'm not ~uggesting lhat the Cascade turn into some sort of Ladies Ho1r1eJournal. but if it ccrrninly had appeal 10 the female demo, especially considering the 45% ·mature· student attendance of the college, then would that not equal higher circulation'? What about a 'family' section'/

it's not too far.fetched considering the average age/family status of the potential reoJen:bip whal if there wa!i a regular article about shopping/cooking on a hudg• et accompanied by an appropriate ad from a grocery'? (Ok .1'11co111ribute,but I won't commit to ·owning' it at this time) you get the idea. I'd love to see a 'rants and rnvci\· column You get the idea l had a brief ClitwersalilJn with a fellow claiming allegiance with the Toque u graphic artist of some sort and he had said something to me about the photo-quality difference pe1weenthen, and the Cascade which sornehnw made them tt better paper, etc anu I quietly took his kneecaps out with "Oh, I read the papers for the articles''_ He Jid,1't hnve anything 10 say after th.it. Ha I la.

All right, I hadn't realizcJ tlrnl I wrote that much until l maximized the screen I'm going now

Sincerely, CASSANDRA

Cassandru,

Thank you for heing mat we enough to call us on our sexist mtitudes, but not qµill 1 11u11ure enough to leave your na//le. I wn sorry to hear that you II/ink that we are sexist. This is surprising considering that our stalf' is split 50/50 girl/guy. With regards to your cml.l'ern about the breast on

checover nf ourjll'st issue, apparently you do not like renaissance artwork. I am sorry to hear about that. Your letter concerning the con.tent of artwork on our first issues cover is not the Jirst l 've heard about what has become the infamous boob scandal. What always surprises me about com· 111entslike yours is that nobody seerns to pick up on the .fact that a photo of the World Trade Center is right beside the breast yet nobody seems to see it. Do I live in a soci• ety that is so jaded to violence that its moral outrage is directed to a breast rather than the loss c~fthousands <dlives?

Casscmdrn. now that you understand that the breast on. issue one hangs in the Louvre. We should also examine some o,fyour other staternents. Yes we do have several badly penned articles bur university is supposed to he a place where we can grow and develop ns writers. It takes 11,utsto write stuff that ynu know people wi!Lrecld and respond to. That i.t., <f rourse. (f you /(lave your name on your work, otherwise you are a coword. four tlai111that 45% of' rhe sr11Je11t body is composed of ,:mature s/Ude,tts may be true. Do you 111ea11 that they are over 19, or do you mean that they Me ,1wt11reenough to make up their ow11minds about what they want tn read? Maybe you mean that they what <Hen·, whiney babies? Which cutegv,~v would you put yo11rse~(in?

We here at the Cascade went through all the issues we have printed Iv date and could not.find a11yarticle that discriminated ag,1inst women. Norhin.g as sexist as the Ladies I Jome Journal. which by its rwme carers exclusively to women and seems to imply that women should stay at hmne. In.fact I could call you sexist because you seemed to miss the carrot that was shaped like a penis and only focused on the breast. If that cover was discri111inatingwas it not discriminminf{ equally to hoth malPs and females? Who are you to say that women do more shopping than men do and that they have more buying powerY I know lots of male shoppers that would he offended at your a~·sump• tirm that their shopping dollars are less relevant them yours. Your claim that you only read rhe paper for ir'.,;news i.\- ridiculous bernuse it would seem tlwr you are reacti11gto a photo and not printed material. You should also by now recognize that the Cascade contains very little news. it is mostly opi11io11.We t1y to print articles from the widest cro.\·s-s(l(·tionrm our readership and try 011r best ro provide c1.fom111for t>veryane viewpoint anybody C'(l/'I nmtrihure by just e-11wili11gyour suh111issio11s 10 ('a1·r·,1d(•(~y11,ji•.hc,r•(1.Now I can get on to better rhi11r,<slik<'leshi<1n mud ,vrnstli1tg. -Hdltor

SEXISTLIBERALGOVERNMENT

Does the Liberal Government have a vendetta against the 'little guy' or are they just out-and•OUl misogynists' 1 Don't get me wrong, guys, bul t:Ver since the election ()f these pscudo-dcn1ocraLic individu• als, this fine province of ours has sulfrred exponentially; most obviously. though, at 1heexpense of women.

Back in the spring, the nul'ses wnlked a legitimate picket line, Lo both the cheers and jeers or the general public. Although I acknowledge that men arc becoming an incn:asing percentage of the employees in the British Columbia health cure industry. let's face it folks, most of the nurses employed in this prnvince are women: women Wh\l were tired of 1he condi1ion~ they were wnrking under, and had electcJ to strike in r,rntest: women who had f..tnri• lies and live~ uu1sitk ol'their 12 10 16 hour-per-sl1i l't jnbs: woI11i.;11who hull to work alnne under stressful coniJilions nnr on rn;casion, bt1t reg11larly.ns the employer(sl felt thnt they could rnn 011rheJlth care system on a shoestring buJget. There was a not-so-quiet grumbling f'rom sume or !hi.; public. sugge:.ti11gthat i r the nur~~·:. didI1't li~e wtJr~ing in the BC sys1c111th<:11 they hnttld qL1i1nnd go elsewhere: and those same voices criecl nut in protest when that's exnctly whm llie nurses JirJ. Then the-horrific haf)pened: the government LEGISLATED the health care \.\omkt>rshack to work. Since when docs this happen in a DEMOCRACY'} l heg you ln con~ider. in hindsight, the ramifi 1:nlions o/' sud, polilicul acrion !

Regarllless of whether Yl)LI agreed with the nurses' posirion throughout the whole situulion. ask y<\urself if 1hc Liberal gov ern111enlacted in H way that was conducive lo the whole democratic ideology. In other words, do you condone 1hc gov. ernment's power to for1:e people against their wishes or to act against their own SL'll. interest? fs that not called a DICTATORSHIP? Perhaps someone from the history Jepartment could refresh our collective memories .ibout such atrocities that have occurred in the past?

In the summer of this year. the govern• ment quietly slipped liule ·wurning notices' into non.descripl envelopes and mailed them ollt with a pillance offering to ensure their receipt to those least likely to argue. fn the last day or two, the general public has become aware of those ·warning nntiC!c!s':welfare recipients with children over one year or age will be forced lu go ba1:k to work. Spct:il'ically. though, the media has reported 1lrnt SIN• GLE MOTHERS with the youngest i.:hild over 12 lllonths of age will be forcl;!d off lilt' system. Again, a system that supports primurily women has been targeted by the Liberal government and son1ething. tells me that they're 1101hlulling. There have bee,, no reports about single fathers. or single pe1)plein ge11eralhaving their sole source of income terminmed ns n result or huving 'exh.i11sred'l'he sysrem. After nll. I gi,ess the m;1joriry of' people who cnlil'L'l a welfote chcquc would be single 1110th er~. so if' changes were to be upplieJ 10 l11esysteliI. then that would be the I1lacc to start. right'! It's not as if they are :Jctually going to con1plain abou1 the way lhe government treats them they"ll ju~t hn\le their cheques uxcu that much sMncr. Be,ides. i:,1i'1the gliVI,:rnmcru stinlLIIUl• C.'0111i11ued nn Page 9

by Beth Kelleher

Phuse One of the BC Teueher's job .iction begnn November 8 as u result of ongoing negotiation fuilurc between the BC Teacher's Federation (B TF) ,rnd the HC Public School Employer"s Associution (BCPSEA).

Seventy-two hour strike notil:e was served Monday morning following eight months of tloundel'ing negotimion and uverwhcl111ing support in district union srrike votes ;:11.:ross rhe provin<:e. Issueson the bargaining tabk indude~ dus~ si,e limits. funding for spcr.:iul minmity :.tudent groups (such us cthnir.; groups. und srudenl~ with Jisubilitics). and proposeJ salury increases.

Joh Actinn affe<:ts more than 600.000 stulll'nts. 4100 tcad1crs. and 1800 schOl)is in (,0 M.:honl distril:ts i11British Cl)lumbiu.

Accmding tn the BCTF. the Libenll Purty wa~ electeu intn Prnvini.:ial gliver111m:ntin M.1y 100 I with a party platform thut induclc<l boosting cclm:utional funding. The BCTF daims "the B.C. Liberals said many time~ that public cllucation wt1stheir rwmbcr one priority, that it would he protectcJ an<l cnham;cd." Thus. having this cxpectatinn. muny mc111bcr~of the BCTF were shocked and upset at the ,rnnnuncement - n mere four months later - that the government is 110wimposing a rrcczc on education funding until 2004. Tca<.:hcrsare ulsu angry at plans tn eliminate class siz.t: limit~. cul funding l'or tfisabled s1udenls,and cu1backs

TEACHER'SSTRIKE

levels of 'job action.'

During Phase One job uction. BCTF members cannot:

- participate in meetings or interviews with parents or staff outside or instructional time prepare or distribute report cards (with the exception of grade 12 marks)

• prepare or distribute student data

• attend stuff meetings

• purt1c1pate in any uccreditat ion activity

- participalc in any district of ministry in-service

• participate in any photo organii'lltion

- provide coverage for a tcaeher who is absent

- collect money from tudents (e.g. Funtfrnising)

- ndminister district or ministry tests

- do inventory

- organize textbooks

- answer school office phones

- assist in administrative tasks

• supervise detention outside or school hours

• prepare overviews or previews for ndininistration purposes

- pack up cla!!srooms 10 facilitate construction or painting

• perform department head responsibilities

The success and speed of negations under the present phase will determine whether PhaseTwo or job action is implemented.

PhoseTwo would involve farther restriction of teachers' nc!tvlltes to prohibit sporting/coaching. a!lend,1nce. ltlld departmental meetings.

gaining may cost stuclents vital attention that they WoLilcl have otherwise had, even under the former contract which expired in June 2001.

Recognizing this. the BCPSEA und BCTF have just completed 45 bargaining sessions between March 2, 200 I and October 17, 2001, and continue to strive towards negotiating a collective agreement, however, since designated se!>.,....,.-i~•?>. sion ended in Octobers, the wi 11ingness uf either !..., pnrty to compro~l mise has neurly A 1:: reached a stmicJsti I I. As far a wages are concerned, the offer currently on the table is $300 million over 3 years whcrc~s the BCTF ore requesting 2.1 billion. Regan.ling class size, teachers want lower maximums and the BCPSEA is offering 10 maintain current stanclards. BCTF is requesting a prep-time increase from 90 minutes to 225 minutes per week for elementary school teachers uncl 386 minutes from I 93 minutes per week for secondary school teachers. Teachers also want all unused sick-time in previous clistriels to be transferable, should a teacher change school and 45 instead of 30 minutes per week to spend together as a staff, not on-duty.

in programs sm;h as art, musi<.:,and clrama.

Teacher's are nlso asking for increased sick leave, district trnnsli;rring rights and privileges as well as incrc.1scd preparatory time.

They are also demanding u 34% wage in<.:rcasenncl a<.:celcrnlcclautomatic experience rnises in order lo oil-set the necclboth finnncinlly and e<lucntionally - to support growing needs in the educotionol system.

The B.C. Public School Empl,yers' Associa1ion was founclcd in 1993 and the province had ils first collective bargaining negotiations in 1994. and the lirsl agreement was reached in 1995. Since then, all majm lubor bargaining and contract m:goti.11ionsbetween the 13CTF nnd

B PSEA has been the resu It of' these prnvincial wllcctive ugrccrrn:nts. Also. thc previous government legislmed Ieacher~ to be an essemiul service as n result of the lust teacher's srrike in the lute i 980's.

C11n:-el1ucntly,tcnchers are not allowed to w;tlk off the job, bUI can exert pressure on e111plllycn, by per• l"orming ut various-·

Although students stand to directly benefit should BCTF negotiations prove successful. they also have the mo L to lose in the short term barg;.iining process.

"I am in favor of the ideas behind the strike, however as a student, it's more of an inconvenience than anything for me."

Snrnller classes ancl augmented funcling would booster the lluulity of tcaching time available 10 swdents. However the learning npportunilies lost in the 10 - 45 days expected lo be lust in PhaseOnc or the bar-

According to teachers and studcnts alike, we should be proud of their aeuclcmic identity. When uskcd LOcomment on the present situation, BCPSEA was unavailable for commcnt, except to remind that Canadian students rank fifth in the world on nn international test of reading prose, over the US. New Zealand. Australia. the United Kingdom, Denmark und Swit1,erland. regardless of present contract discrepanies. Accorcling lo Patrici.1 Frers. an Abbotsford teacher "The present non-strike situation is a difticult position for both teachers and their employers. I'm hoping that our contract can be resolved quickly <111clwe will be uble to muintain the high standard of education that we have been providing our SIU· dems."

''TRADE IS A WEAPON OFPEACE''

by Jack the Economics Guy

On September 11. 200 I, ten·orists attacked the l't>nple of Aniericu. The Twin Towers and the Pentagon were destroyed; using hijacked commerc.;ial airplanes with innocent citi1.ens to lly imo buildings. American flights were cancelled. and the tlighls in progress were in tructed to land nt unm.lian airports. America, Canada and the rest of the world have been greatly affected by this delihenite altack on II democrntic nc1tion. This c,;urrenlcrisis has had effects in world politics. economies and trade.

Rapid cha111iing environment of global business.

I. Globalization coultl be reduced because of political pressures. /\ number of new safety measures have been implemented resulting m increased exporting cost, which could reduce competitive atlvantttge.

2. More hinational companies an: formed to work close together in thest: exceptional times. An example of this is British Airways PLC and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines who were talking about c.;onsolidating the Duropean airline industry. British Airways also wanted lo hook up with AmericHn Airlines. which also would help reduce the fear of tht: term Fortress Europe.

J. Somi.: international companies might show a reduced expecred income because the uncontrollahle enviro11mc'ntalforces.

4. There will be a reduced amounr of t:'oreign Direct lnvesln1ent into America bec;1u:;eit is seen as more risky 1hunbefore 1he attack. The a11<1ckalso had a negative effect 011 buyer's bd1avior thot reduces prof• its, which 1·educ.;esnew PDI.

Trude Investment Challr!nges.

I. There will h1.: increase<l prcferenti,11 arrnngemcnts, l'ikc Canada anti Singapore who plan to launch free-trade talks to bid for an increase i11modest trade levels and set up a stepping stone 10 l"uture trade deals in Southern Asia.

2. The APEC leaders (trnue ministers from the 142 memhers) expresses strong support for the laund1 of a new round of global trade talks under the World Tr-ndeOrgHnization.

3. Consumer spending is the main engine thnt fuels economic,;growth, accounting for two thirds of gross domestic product, in the United States.

4. The consumer inl.lex will rise if the U.S. military campaign is able to mot out Osama bin Ladin and his Al Qactla network, and take away the threat of anthrax attack. If they fail, con umer confid1.:ncewould sink even further.

5. Greenspan said, "Before the recovery process gets under way, stability will need to be restored to the American economy and other economies around the World."

6. Trade is reduced because of the attack on September 11, 200 I. The economy was practically shut down for a few days, as consumers stayed away from shopping. The attack also hindered production because manufactures ran out of supplies. This is because air and shipping travel shut down.

7. Exports and imports have and will continue to fall in the month~ to come. Canada

exports during the month of August were about $34.1 billion. down 14% from July. anti the lowest level since April 2000.

8. Portfolio investment has decreased lowering the prices substantially. Even with the Interest rate is at the lowest since 40 years ago. ii still has not parked an increase in stock prices. which is a normal occurrence.

Application of economic theories

monetary policies.

International Monetary System Effects

I. Many countries are making fiscal and nl(lnetary changes because they all rely on the demand from the U.S.nulrket.

2. Many countries. like Canndn would be better of counting on lower interes1 rates from their cen1ral banks to s1i111ulatethe economy. The interest rate for Canada is

mcnt :;hould mail available surplus tn citi1ens. but some economist are not sure if consumers nre in lhc mootl to spend their extra n1()neythese tlays.

5. Government might wunt to en1.:ourage consumers In spend more through n~cal pulicy, becnuse it wit I have more effect on bolstering confidence- and rc~u1ningdernand than mnm:tary policy.

6. Job cuts in the US hit a ten-yeJr high at 4.9~ nnJ b belii:ved ll) be hc.iucu tn 6'7c. Thi~ will llavc a grcal effect 111i lrtlde. I r al I th\lse people drni"l have jobs. don't ~rend. \\ hicll reduce. ptoduc.;ti\ln,whit:h will increu~esunemployment. This cycle will con1inuc. until the citizen's confidence increases. untl sturt buying more products.

Financial F(lrces al work

I. The American dollM did nnt lose hut gained to 1he Canadian Dnllar because ii is still considered be the safe haven.

2. Many companies will still use the American <lullar lls a vehicle currency.

3. The EURO i!- likdy to gain ground on the American tlnllar.

1. Countries, who practice mercnntilism, might consider free trade in order 10 arouse their own economy.

2. Countries such as America c,;oultl also beco,rn: more protective of products that involve the upki:ep of the U.S. military.

3. This effect could hinder the growth of newly industrialized countries (NlC's) such as the 4 Asian tigers, Mexico. etc.

4. Les.sdcvelcipetl countries rely heavily on their export, anti with the slowdown of imports to devclopcd countries. the less Jeveloped ctiuntrics could get into Bnlnnc.;e or Payments trouble.

5. Tariffs, dutic!'i. and non-tariff barrit>rs (NTBs) will be reduced in order lo stimulate the suffering world ccono111y.An example of this is that EU has given Pnki~tan an eco• nomic boost with giving the "free trm.lc."

6. The EU might give sorne or its member subsidies to c;xport to other non EU cottnlrics.

International orgnnizations invDlvetl

I. 'file United Nations, not involved in the r,hysical battle against terrorisl. ,night have to get rnore involved as the baule goes l)rl. This might help strengthen the rela1iom,hip between North America arid Europe.

2. World Bank, and the IMF migh1 have to help out less developed countries. becau e they might default un thcif' deht repayment.

3. OPEC (Organization nf Petroleum Exporting Countries) met on Oct 29 with non-OPEC oil producers. like Russia and Mexico. They wam these countrie tu cooperate and cut production. to increase the price of oil back 10 $22-$28 a barrel. OPEC members will then meet on Nov 14, to discuss ways to raise prices. Oil prices dropped lo $18·$22 a barrel after the September attack.

4. More agreement like EFTA (European Free Trade Agreement), ASC:AN (Association of SouthEast nations) and the NAFTA (North American Free Trude agreement) will be created 10 help stir the sluggish economy.

5. The IMF might use their film surveillance to guide eoun1ries 10 make good fiscal and

2.75%, and for A111ericais 2.50% the lowest it has been fur 40 years. A It hough low interest rate is un cffoc,;tiveway 10 stimulate the economy. the lower rates usually take six months to a year to huve a stimulating effec,;t.

3. Corporate tux cuts 1101such an effccl way to stir the economy because many corpora• tion are not making much prMit these day. and tax cuts on protit~ will not help them.

4. Some economil,t believe that the govan•

4. The NEW YORK EXCHANGE clo~cd for 6 days. which shook the entire world. creating u11cerrninly n11da f'alling stock.

5. Need to be c.;orcfulthat soverl!ign debl is not misused. Efficiency and corruption does Uf'ise. so rhal n lot uf 111u11eydocs not benefit the country or its people.

6. Countrie might inc.;rcasctheir Balance of Payment problem. und to reduce this they could give export inc,;cntives.

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WHO IS ELIGIBLE

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LOCATION TERM

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APPLICATION DEADLINE

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January 6, 2003 • June 30, 2003

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HOW TO APPLY

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AN INTRODUCTIONTo ISLAM

by Mnry

Islam is ., very olu religion. it can spccif'ic;illy he traceJ bad, to the life of the prnphct Mohammed in the !..ixth century. and shares roots with the Chri~tiuns and Jews. that gn bncf..even l\1rthe,·!

lt i~ a rel iginn bnscd c,n the f'undarnentul lwltcf that then~ i~ nnly one God (Allah). who i-; powerful and wonderful. und humans should to submit themselves to him. Islam literally means "to submit" and a Muslim is simply "one who submits". Humnns arc said to have been created equal, und uu1,;htto juin together in their purpose, which is to submission to Alluh. The Kuran is the perfect word of God and thus, it is a dirc~t ~unne~tion to Allah himself. The Holy s~riptures were written by the great prophet Mohammed, whi~h is why he has remained a very irnponnnt religious figure in lslnm. There arc five "pillars of faith" in !slum. Each pillar reflects submission to Allah in a separate area of one's life.

The five centrul beliefs or "Pillars of Faith" us they are called are: foith (the Sha/ah), prayer (Sa/ah), Concern for the needy and charity (Zokat). fasting (self-purification), and pilgrimage to Mecca (/ /aaj). The five pillars have been described as the pillars that support the tarp of Islam.

The first pi liar. "faith", can be summed up in the Islamic declnration of Sita/al, "there is nn god hut Allah anti Mohammed is his

messenger". Sha/ah, is the both the first pillar and is also the crock-pot of the religion, it holds the religion together by giving it definition. In declaring the Shalah, a Muslim is submitting their entire being to the atlrnission that there is ONE god, Allah. Also. in rccognii.ing Mohammed us Allah's messengerone is accepting the Koran as the word of God.

Prayer. the second pi liar. is practiced five times a day, in the formal prayers of Sa/ah. Periodically throughout the day from dawn to dusk, Muslims around the world arc called to put down their work. turn in the

direction of the holy city of Mecca, and join together in prayer. These daily prayers take a great deal of discipline. From the mosques in Islamic nations, Muslims are called out to in the streets as a reminder to pray at the prescribed times. In non-lslamic nations however, even remembering when the times to pray can be a challenge. Sa/ah requires a submission of mind, time and discipline.

The third pillur, "Zakat" is a form of lax or tithing whereby Muslims give 2.5% of their annual incomes to people in need. In hlamic nations, it has been suggested that the Zakat may be formully rnkcn off of paychecks and put towards welfare type programs. In Canada though, shuring one·~ wealth is a personal responsibility. The money need nut be given spccifically to the mosque. but there art· programs for orphans and others in need set up through Mu~lim organi1atiC1nsthat Musli,ns cun gi"c to. Muslims will point out thnt Zakat is a way of rceogni1ing that all mnh;riul wcullh is provided by God. and that nl I persons arc equal to God. Releasing n1oney out of her pocket, is how n Muslim submits her bank account 10 God.

As soon us the sun rises until the sun disappears in the Western skies during the month Clf Rn111nrl"h,Muslims nbsltlin from eating, drinking, and Sex! Because Ramadah is based on the Muslim calendar. which is lunar. the fast changes by two weeks every year. Winter fasting is thus, considerably shorter than the long. hot days of summer. The purpose of the fast is for self-purification and to increase compassion for the needy (the zakat. is given m the end of this time.) Both before and after the fnsts, there arc special meals with friends nnd family throughout the month, und a major festival is celebrated at the very end of the fast. Purposely denying the body's physical demands is a very simple form of pulling Allah ahead of the body's physical desires and sharing in the suffering of others.

Lastly, Muslims are required to make a spc• cinl pilgrimage to the grand mosque of Ka 'lwl, it1 the holy city of Mecca. Huge crowds of Muslims from around the world jnin togdhcr at the Ka 'bah. They wear the ~ame white heamlessgarment so dothes do not make on persnn to be more important thun another does. The final pillar is unique to the others in that Haaj is not an absolute requirement to the faith. Muslims are released of rhis obligation if finances or physical henlih inhibit their journey. A delc-

gatt: may be sent in place of n person who does hot m11keit to the Ka'/Jah himself. The j0t1rney or Haaj allows u Muslim to bury his ego while joining all of the other Muslims in the ancient rituals in Mecca.

Mohammed was the lust prophet in the Islamic line of prophetic leaders, which includes Adam, Noah, Moses, und even Jesus. Muslims share lliost of the same stories of Jews and Christian from the Torah and the Bible. One major difference however, being that Jews anti Christians trace their heritage hack to lsnac. the son of Abraham, however Muslims follow their history back to lsuac 's older brother Ishmael. Jesus is also an important figure in Islam, but he is not the Son of God, as He is in Christianity.

Mohammed wrote the sacr~d scriptures of tht: Koran. Muslims explain that the Koran is the exact wmd of Allah, delivered by an angelic messenger to Mohammed, who then recorded the holy messagesover a period of over twenty year

Mohammed is remembered today for his compassion for his integrity in business, and his concern for the poo,· anti needy. He was born towards the end or the sixth century and raise<l as an orphan in the city of Mecca by his Uncle Abu Talib. The prophet joined his uncle's caravan business and proved to be a resre~tcd and successful businessman; people admired his honest and trustworthy way of bui.iness. MohammeJ wa~ married at the age or twenly-five tn an t1lder widow, who hat! been attracted by Mohammed's strong eharucter Jnu proposetl marriage. One day when Moham111edwent lo prny and metlitatt: in the peace anti quid outside the i:ity, he met an angel. The angel gave him the first words of what was to be the Koran:

Rccite 1 In the name of your Lord, who created, Createtl humankind out of a clot. Recite! Anu your Lord is Most Generous, He who taught (the use of) the pen, Taught humankind whnt it knew not. (Kornn96: 1-5)

The first of many messagesthat commanded Mohammed to ''recite!" outlined the importance of the Koran. Today, in the weekly Islamic gatherings each Friday. the service consists of members of the cunununity reading from the Kornn.

./011rnalist~·1101e:Expla11a1ionsof religions from people 11•itltouIreal faith in tlte .11utcifir religion are Rl!nerally as rlry as pm11e(which I l1a1•<'di.,·co"ered are actually I•ery tas(v, 111/tirh111i1:h1make tltis a had rn111pariso11) and lacking in per.rnnal d1 1p1h al/d 1111dersw11di11g.Thus. I do 1101 e'<pect this article to give. in any way, the cr1111ple1epicture of /s/c1111. I r1111 1101a Musli111 and did 1101eve11 raali:,e 11111il l'<'C<'ntly1h01 !sla111is .rn closely tied to J11dais111and Christit111i1y.the tll'O re/ig/011s I w11111ostfamiliar with. Hm,wwn; with the t,:rowing 1111111bers of Muslims a11dthe l'io{('11111plteowtls caused in the 11a111eof "/\//ah", I tltought Cl glance ar a Jew bones of what 011ls/0111/cX-ray might look like, could be useful for clarifi.cation.

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Submitted by Aly Murphy

Amnesty lntemarlonal - UCFV

Over the past few weeks I have had the privilege to meet with Don Wright, the Regional Development Coordinator for BC/Yukon. Don is presenting two workshops at UCFV on Nov. 16th , focusing on Amnesty International (Al) and Human Rights Defenders in Columbia.

Don took some time to answer a few questions for us and here is what he had to say about himself. employment with AI, and the road ahead for BC and Yukon groups.

How long have you been a member of Al?

AMNESTY'S MAN IN BC

I have been a member for about 13 years, and co-founded the Abbotsford group in 1989.

When did you take on your present job & responsibilities?

l got my dream job with Amnesty International in June this year. As Regional Development Coordinator for BCNukon I support the work of human rights activists in the region with a focus of course on AI members and groups.

What are your responsibilitleJ?

I work with individuals and groups to fo ter and support human rights activism. This means attending planning meetings and special events throughout the region. It also means working in collaboratio!" with other org,in izations - for example Al co-sponsored, with the Sierra Club or Canada, a vi~it to Vancouver by

Nigerian human rights and environmentol lawyer Oronto Douglas. It was very rewarding to take him around Vancouver to speak and be interviewed by the media.

How long have you been i11teresredli11volved in human rights?

I was involved with the Abbotsford Peace Movement as well as a Canadian international development organization through the I980s. These organizations semiitized me to the suffering that was going on around the world, much of it the result of deliberate government oppression. T also realized that l was in a position of privilege and that it ( had a responsibility to work in collaboration with the oppressed to bring about progressive social change. And what sparked tl1Ct1i11raest? What got ii all startecF

It's hard to pin it down to a specific event or point in time. I think it was a graduul real• i,ntion of the massive scope of injustice around the world. The injustice starts in our own community with how we view ;111d treat others, and broadens to the point nf not cnring about the rest or the world.

11 attack. In Canada, we are looking more closely at how corporate interests can either alleviate or accelerate human rights abuses. and on how to protect human rights defenders around the world. One country that is a particular focus right now is Colombia, where human rights defenders are being threatened and killed at an alarming rate. AI in Canada is currently in the middle of a two-year campaign against torture that includes anti-impunity work and fighting discrimination.

What do you see the futLtre of Al in BC/Yukon being like? Do you have any personal goals you would like to achieve while employed by Al?

One of my lif'Sl gouls is to meet as many BC/Yukon human rights activists us possible. and build a communications network that fosters incrensin!¾ awareness and action. Jncreasing member~hip is nn underlying goal, but moving people from complacency to action is more imp11rtnnt thnn whether they actually pay a mernben,hip fee or nut. Colluburating with other organizations, induding those in the arts, i~ also high on my list.

What :1· a ftmn1ritP q11ot<'or sayinf.( that rl!111i11d.1' you nf who yo11ore wul ll'hlll yo11 helil•ve in?

Wh(lt ore some of 1/ie curre111i.1·s11l!1·(foc11.1·es of gm11psrhrou1:l10111/3C and the Yuko11?

Internationally, the organization is respon<Jing to the events following the September

l rend a quote attributed to Alice Walker the other day thut lits perfectly hut r can·I remember it exactly right now.

-An interview with Don Wright-

Convert a JJervert

by Ruby Soho

This week's column wos made possible thanks to a good Christian friend of mine, Tim, whom I e-mailed with an inquiry to help my research on grooming habits. and Rod, my sarcastic, always-wins-a-debate boy toy. I made the light-hearted joke in my e-mail 10 Tim that, "I didn't know i 1·single Christians du that sort of thing I groom their pubic hair! - Haha!" What I received from him was at firs,t, a pleasant response noting that yes, he does groom, but then the tone of the e-mail changed to one of reproach. Maybe I was a sick girl-pervert possessedby evil urges where the only way out of my sad excuse of n life was to don u chastity belt of steel, incinerate the key, und become the all powerful Sister Chris1iun? Now, a sex column might not be the best place to discuss religion. but I'll have you know ram ac1.:cp1in1; of everyone's beliefs• I just don't like it when I'm declared morally inl'erior because of my own beliefs, Thut aside. his e-mail brought up mntters of religion and sexuality that [ coulcl nm ignore. After forwarding the e-

mail 10 Rod, he replied with ,1 responseofhi~ own, So here un: some excerpts from Tim's e-mail. anu Rod's retulimion. Hope you enjoy this lively exchange - may you be educated and enlightened. or, at the very least, mildly entertained.

Tim: "So I take it your use of 'Christians' implies that you don't consider yoursel r one. That's, too bad."

Rod: So he's inferring that your lack of Christian faith is something to be pitied?! In effect, he pussesjudgment upon not simply your belief system, bur the belief system of all people who do not share his beliefs. Whatever happened to judge not lest ye be judged? Maybe he was absent for thut sermon.

Tim: "You'll probably ~ay thut you believe in spirituality or some kooky shit."

Rod: First off, he assumesto be able to predict your belief system with some degree of accuracy, based on the singular piece of information that you are not a Christian (although could it be true that there ;ire only two kinds of people in this world • Christians and heathens who believe in kooky shit?). As such, he claims that anyone who does not believe in Jesus Christ can only possibly maintain a belief system that is both "kooky" and "shit." r suppose, then, that Judaism. Buddhism, and lslam (to name but a few), with its hundreds of millions of faithful supporters worldwide, are likely comprised of misguided fools easily swayed by any system of values, philosophies, and beliefs that are not packaged in Christian-friendly wrapping and therefore, inedible as hit. Strangely. he proposes that "spirituality" is an alternative to Christianity. ls this to say that those who accept Jc~us Christ us their personal savior are not spirituul'? Docs not spirituality refer to any lllatter that is of the soul'? To any 1111\tterthat is Sacred or reli-

gious? Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to understand the implications of the terms he uses in an anempt to dictate what is right and criticize what he deems wrong.

Tim: "I worry ahoul you, Ruby l mean, sex columnist, isn't that a little beneath you? You're too smart for that; you should be tackling tougher, more complicated issues. Not just the lowest common denominator, SEX."

Rod: Lowest common denominator, eh? If it weren't for the lowest common denominator, iim would have never been conceived, and therefore unable to impose his worldview on others. What a loss that would be! And I suppose gender roles, sex differences, sex stereotypes, orientation, cross-cultural sexuul practices, sex. as power and freedom and pleasure, sex workers, H(V, censorship of sex and sex in the media, pornography. abortion, pregnancy, birth control, and the survival of the species are all so very easy for Tim to understand. Wow, what a guy.

Tim: "Anyways l say these things out of love because to me you seem like a girl with no real direction, bouncing all over the map looking for something but she doesn't know what."

Rod: Out of love? Isn't love first and foremost about acceptance?Seems that Tim's idea of love is one that practices judgmcnt, rejection of difference, ond self-righteousness. Funny - I'm pretty sure Jesus never preached any of these.

I have since graciously forgiven Tim for his al!ack. Turns out he was "just i11a had mood that day" or so he claims. I'm thinking of e-mailing him again to get his take on my next idea for this column - "Doggy Style: Bend Over for the One You Love."

by K. & H. Sedore

"Ok. freeze! Everybody against the wall and assume the posicion !''

ls it a drug raid? Hostile terrorism? A volatile political situation? Nah, it's just me looking for a pencil. Funny how 1 keep buy• ing the things but I never seem to own any. Don't I have the right to my own stuff? Apparently not; this leads me into this issue's topic: the rights we lose when we become parents.

We are all born with the right to our own body, but anyone who's ex.pericnced a posiIive pregnancy test knows that this right is the first to go. And don't think for a minute that childbirth will return that right intact. Nooooooooo the secret tu getting your bodily rights bnck involves dressing in mul-

FILLER KIDS ON THE SIDE

tiple layers of clothing and installing industrial-grade door locks.

Next: sleep deprivation. Considered to be a cruel and inhumane form of torture when utilized in imprisonment tamps but a socially acceptable tactic for a baby to get pretty much nnything that s/he wants. So much for adequatc rest.

According to the World Health Organization (W.H.O.). we arc supposed to be guaranteed a safe, nutritious and ample food supply. In our house, nutritious is subjective, safe is questionable (with four kids, God only knows who touched what) and ample? Ask any of the kids: there's never anything good to eat around hcrc.

l also used to take safe living conditions for granted: not that foreign leaders are drop-

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ing the economy by endorsing the new $6.00 per hour employment positions in the food service industry'? All of those single welfare morns can now go anJ get a great new job working at a fastfood restaurant for $960.00 per month less taxes (approximately $800.00 per month take homi:) it's not like she'll have to support her kids. because at that pay rnte lhcy'II suffer from malnutrition and m:gkct. nncl the stmc-oops, I me;111 government- will take them away From her iind raise them anyway. Anyone can! to argue thal the new $6.00 per hour deal doesn'L target women'? Are the majority of local fast-food restaurant workers not female? It's my impression that the majority of the young men are readily employed by local industry. ie: agriculture, construction etc., which makes them exen1pl from the six-bucksper-hour-rule

As of the 8th of November, the teachers in British Columbia began what they have dubbed 'Phase One· of their job action, only to be told the following day that the government has no intention of coming to the bargaining table under those condition Anybody want to hazard a guess that the Liberals are not going to treat the teachers with any more professional respect than the nurs• cs? Just to let you know w11gesare NOT the primary is. ue on the table; instead, the teachers are asking that the caps on class size REMAIN IN PLACE so they will nor be forced to compromise the quality of instruction. The Liberal government wants to put 35 to 40 kids in one classroom with one teacher and call th.it an education. The 01her big issue for them is the loss of funding for teacher's as istunls, which 1~ a major bone or contention should nne's child hnve a learning disnhility in a da~s of 40 kit.ls. ( For those neople 1\ ho have d1iltlrc11 in the r11blic etluca t1nn sysrem. is this what YOU want'!)

Arc you .iware 1hut 1heteacher•~ ln~t contract entailed ~age increases 10 the tune of 0-0-3'? Thill meWlh for two year!. ~lraighl llH.:ir rate of pay was SH!llC and their 'demands' for wages Ihis lime arc certainly not out of line for

the professionals that they are. And just out of curiosity, what IS the ratio of men to women in this (again) femaledominated profession?

ln the days preceding the announcement of government's intention to 'thaw' the 1uition rates in RC, u n:pon was publishetl stuting thal FOR THE rIRST TIMR female high-sdmol graduates will out-number the nwlcs by as much as 25% in the spring or 2002 and consequently they predicted that the number of undergraduate degrees gran1cd to women in 200-1will also exceed the number of degrees granted to their male counter-parts by 25% is it strictly coincidence that the proposed tuition incrcascs would happen at the same time thut post-second• ary institu1ions arc expecting a higher enrolment of women than men?

So, considering 1ha1UCFV is educating a large number of future elementary school teachers and nurses. how much of the student body is actually paying attention to these disputes'?Arc ·student teachers' going to getas involved with this issue as the ·student nurses' did in the health care strike in the spring? Arc these professional organizations not negotiating on behalf of the individuals they will represent in the neur future?

Shouldn't we, as students and the future of the c and other professions, become more involved in these political issues now'? If not, should we students expect that the general public wi II also raise their voices in support.of our battle over the impending tuition thaw?

So l ask you, what is the Liberal Government's itinerary'! Have they spccilic.,illy targeted women in a mbogynist stratagem? Is this hard-no~ed, political I11ant:uvcringon the part of the governmcn1jus1 bad P.R or .',hould we all be wury of the mn1ivatiu11sbchind the Liberal 's lesi-.-tha1H.lcn1ocrnticdcci sinns'?After ull, 1hey aren't going lo lake m,;iy our righ1 ll) vnte \\t:'rejust reminded 1haI we Jon't gct tu c\crcise 1hul right for another four years. In the interi111,shoukln't we be speaking out'!'/ -CASSANDRA·

ping bombs on my house, but some days it sure looks like it! Negotiating the noor in a kid' bedroom could mean taking your life into your hands- especially after an all-youcan-bui ld-lego-f'est.

I really miss my right LO the bathroom. Since we've only gol the one, there's usually a line up for it. so to save on the number of disputes we've also cleverly installed a ticket dispenser in the hallway (much like the one outside of registration here at UCPY). I strongly recommend that should you stop by our house for coffee that you grab a number right away. Allernatively, we're thinning the hedges in the yard and my sons know which trees arc going We apparently have the right LO communicate our needs and have those needs met, but every parcnl knows that any conversation, be it in person or on the phone, is a rare privilege.

I'm either competing with cries of ''mom• mom-mom-mom-mom (stop me if you've heiird this)" or interrupted (when on the phone) from an exttmsion with "Uh, excuse me, but can you hang up? I have w use the phone."

l' m surprised that ICBC and the MVB haven't classified the transportation of minors as a high-risk activity. I don't care how old the kids are: the sound of a running engine is conducive to scrapping in the backseat. Our i.:ollective right to safe roadways is inversely proportionate to our right to procreate; never mind the driver's right to enjoy music at volumes less than ear bleeding to be audible

How about the l'ight to the T.V. remote'! OOOPS, sorry, the right to the "Godstick'' was forfeited prior to that. but what about the right to watch a program that isn't animated or-GOD FORBID· based on some idiot who· dances around in a purple and green dinosaur costume?! I HAVE THE RTGHTTO LlVE WITHOUT BARNEY!!! And Tclerubbies and Pokcmon/Digimon and Power Puff Girls and Barbie

and Nintendo

the mounlains of laundry and dishes

the mess noise chaos

But 1hcn I wouldn't huve the right to i;all myself a parent.

REVIEWS UCFVTHEATRE:ALICE...

ward day" al school. Thi.: puppets were designed by Judy Cameron (production Mnnager for the UCFV Theater Dept.). who designed Ihc ''look", unll Wil Wa1d10rn (second year theatcr student), who took care of the mechanical and operational aspects. Togethi.:r, the puppet creators walked creatures that may normally be left to the audience's own imagination right out onto the stage. Small hand puppets. stiff-strung marioncltes and a giant master• piece needing live of the silky background blending puppeteers to bring it to life danced hoth welcomed and chased Alice throughout the land behind the looking glass. Stuart Watchorn(UCFV !heater studcnl) arn111gedand composed the jazzy numbers pla1 cd by the live hand. In u convcrsution urter the show, he mentioned that writing (the music) for this produi.:tion hns made him think a lot more about how he can get involved in the musical composition aspect of the 1hcater.The combination of a three di men ional set full of surprises, costumes that brought back stone washed jeans with high tops from the 80's, quirky jazz from the live band in the corner, as well as the ulready mentioned pup-

pets, gave the actors a lot to live up 10 on stage. The many comic.ii characters jumping around behind the looking glass were amusing. hut a bit pale in the light of the rest of the show. However, give the actors a little mcwe time from one more evening (that I admiucdly jumped the gun on). of director's critique and °Crip1 review and they may fully inflate the spark of the churnctcrs into the "full-on" gleam of outstanding.

Overall J thoroughly enjoyed the "Alice through thc Looking Glass" and recommend it, along with the giant homemude cookies from the concession stand, 10 anyone who apprcciutes great humor and silly plots that cun stand on their own-without the need to "mnke sense."

The show will continues showing through Thursday November 22 to Saturday. November 24 qar1ing at 7:30 PM ul the UCFV Thcnter on the Chilliwack campus. For more information and rcsi.:rvations call: 604-795-2615 or E-mail Thea1re@ucfv.bc.cu

Creative limits are pushed to the ma)( in UCFV's l.llcst thcutt:r prnduction of "Alice through the L()okinl,l Glu~s." Walk into the Slrnkespearcan styte !heater on the Chilliwacl. UCFV c,1111pusand you will be joining twelve year old Alice (plnycd by Glynis Iiannaford) us she climbs through the·tall "looking glass" on the mantel into the back• wards l:md full of comical characters, pointless rules, and strange creatures!

Though the performance I saw was a preview, and thus not the polished opening night performance as director Dr. Bruce Kirkley ( UCFV theatre department head) strongly reminded me• even with it's imperfections, I was impressed! The story itself is somewhat lacking in plot, unless you think an adventure across a giant ehcckerboard where every square is a land of it's own, sounds to you like an "opportunity of a lifetime!" To watch this multi-dimensional play is like watching the very meshing of the various artists that worked so hard al weaving this production together. Alice's silly world gave the artists behind the scenes the opportunity to use their imaginations with the freedom of a kindergarten student dressed up for "back•

INFAMOUS PEN REVIEW

by Andrew Clark

This week's Pen review is on the "squiggle wiggle writer". This gimmicky pen comes with 4 colors and runs on H single AA buttery. Why would a pen have a battery you might ask well this PEN JS a vibrating one. Wo.y to wiggle thut phallic joke po.sIthe censers. Aside from the fact that the pen weighs about 2 pounds and makes your hanll sore ii' you write half' a page with it, it is still lnad~ or fun. This pen has also been known to cause crn111ps.headaches. nausea and in some cases incontincntia. Wus this pen worth the sleek $6.00 that ii cost in Drumhclkr'~ finest hairdn:ssing district? As a writing utensil this pen gets a failing grade but I'm sure that I can puss it on to our scx columnist 10 review. I wonder if it's waterproof! Maybe she will have better luck with it, nfter all everythings good for something.

UCFVARTIST PROUND OF HER WORK

l have bct.:nsitting in front of my computer for an hour and a half now, contemplat• ing of something funny and interesting to typt: about my print. Actually. I've been gazing at my cat fur so long, l think she just shrugged her shoulders at me. Well this print was made from a photo l'v1.:had since l 999, of a fellow art student's daughter. I once even tried to paint this image, but my faithful cat just shook her

LIVE AND IN YOUR FACE

hnv1.:bcc:11known to fe..ilure' baking soda, topless Jun1:eJ's,nnd feather boas, plus Sl)I111.:or the best heavy all rock going, including radio hits like "Bonec:rackd', the first single from SHOCORE's di.:bu1 CD "Devil Rock Disco".

Catch HEADSTONES with SHOCORE on Tuesday, November 27th at Animals Nile Club in Abbotsfnrd. Presented by Rock II boy Entertainment. Tickets are on sale now for $15.00 ($18.00 at the door) al ticketmaster and on line .it rockitboy.com.

The Cascade wants you 10 cawh the HEADSTONES, one of the most in-yourfoc1.:,take-no-prisoners bands to cornc out of the Canadian punk rock scene in the last decude. They will take Animals Nite Club in Abbotsford by storm on Tuesday.

We here at the Cascade need a rock correspondent 10 let us tcch-wecnies know how it went. Arc you the right chimp for this mission'! Let us know, come to room A226 and tell us why we should send your rnonkcy ass.

head at me, this haslead nie lo a new and more successful area, a process called photo etching. I printed back into this image 3 separate times in order 10get all three colors, which resulteJ in n1y l'inal print. "Untitled". So there is my 15 minuets of fame. more if you rend slowly.

Tanya Jack

November 27.

Led by Hugh Dillon, one of the most rec• ognizable figures in Canadian music, even without his tr;.idemark snarl and trench coal, HEADSTONES continue to merge punk, rock and attitude, and to serve it up on a "lake it or leave it" plaucr. Over the past decade HEADSTONES hove ,·t:leascrJ four albums, which have resulted in 16 rock radio hits, three Juno nominations, and over 300,000 units sold across the 1:ountry.

The band h,1s now released their fi l'lh album, "The Grc;itest Fits", containing their best songs like "It's All Over". "Smile & Wave", "Three Angels". "Tweeter & The Mnnkcyrnun", and "When Something Stands For Nnthing", plus twn new tracks 1:ulh.:d"Blowtorc.:h" and "Co1111: On''. It'll almost scrv~ as the set list when HEADSTONES tuke 10 tlie stui;e at Animals. With ten yt.:ars hard wuring, great playing anJ unforgcuablc songs behind them, HEADSTONES still know how lo serve up an i neendiary show whetlicr playing an ar~na or nighl(;lub.

liEADSTONES will be joined by local rock sensation SHOCORE fur the gig. SHOCORE's always wild perfom1ances

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH

@ ANIMALS NITECLUB

by Adriun Sinclnir

As i r pcnctruting a turkey with a meal thermometer, the Torture King methoJically pushed a barbecue skewer completely through the core or his right forenrm.

urgcry Snrnsh Skewer Shock were a few of the key concepts addressed by our esteemed presenter. Zamora, the Torture King nntl his colleague's Felicity and Molowv Bouvier. Promoted by Rock it Boy Entertainment, our tutclnge• in-torture convened ut 9:30 at Arca 51.Chilliwack. My fellow 'students' ullending that evening could be described as (the somewhat curdled) cream of the night club crop. Not entirely boorish. but occasionolly making the flying leap into the realm of macho retardation. with their periodical derogatory comments concerning Felicity Bouvier and her body. Fllocking out these socially inept individuals. I received ample titillation thul evening witnessing the Torture King's hi7,arre feats of body and mind.

Fwoosh! Flame leapt out of his throat lighting the torch in his left hand. Lighting his thumb on fire he lit the other torch. Holding the blazing torches in his hands, 7,amora plunged the righ,t•one down his throat and extinguished it. Switching his auention to

REVIEWS

TORTURECAN BE FUN

encouraged a fairly tall woman to jump up nnd down on his chest repeatedly while he was lying on the shards.

At this point l began to rethink my apparent smartness. Kinda hurtl lo fake someone jumping up anti down on your chest lying on glass shards.

Out came Felicity Bouvier. clad in a Gstring and fishnets, she announced her intention to sit in the electric chair being rigged up stage right. At this point l was witness to some, unfortunately. standard macho insecurity when some of 1hemales in the audience felt it necessaryto point out, in their own special way, that Felicity did not have society's ideal body. So it was their duty to let others know how she was inadequate. Ignoring these assorted retards. l focussed back on the show. Felicity sat, bare skinned, on the electrically charged metal chair and lit light bulbs spraying sparks from her fingers. Cool. Molotov then assisted this performance by passing t1uorescent light bulbs around her electrified body making them glow. I wonder if someone could develop super powers if they charged themselves every day. Probably not.

Feats which followed included Zamora licking red-hot pokers, bending superheated metal bars with his feet, chewing n light bulb and then swallowing it, having four 200 pound audience members standing on his chest at the same time whilt: he was laying bareback on a bed of nails. swallowing a long string and then by using a scnlpcl and prongs 10 cut into his esophagus to pull the string out of his stomach, and lastly his grand finale.

To conclude his lessons in mind over pain and the various joys of self-torture. Zamora concluded with the weirdest act of all. Holding three skewers in his hands, he took one and pushed it completely through his right forearm. With his impaled right arm he pressed the next skewer through the centre of his left bicep muscle. The audience was lo ing it. Some people could not even watch. These rods did not pass through his arm very easily. He hutl to push, pull and wiggle the skewers so he could jam them through. He had one skewer left and 1 asked myself, "what will he stick that through?" Hii; reply came in the form of plunging the la~l rod down underneath his tongue and out the bottom of his chin. I could not help but gawk at this point. When pulling out these foreign objects from his muscles he had some trouble with the forearm skewer because it was tightening around the object... I never thought I woukl write a sentence like that.

As you can imagine. I had completely recanted my initial disbelief. All T could think intelligent things like, "oh my goodness, or holy crap. dude!" These feelings c.in be quite rare in our highly jaded and cynical culture. I, along with the audience, shared a tangible dumbfounded-ncss.

After the show I had a chance to talk to Zamora, the Torture King. I asked him. "what is your next big showstopper?" He explained that he has been studying the work of a Swiss performer who was around in the I 940's. This man was able to push a fencing sword through his back and out the front of his chest. He thinks he could do it. and I believe him.

the Iii torch, he sucked the name buc)<and then breathed it on to the nther torch.

Al this point I was skcptical. Hmmm .l wonder why? Fire is hot•• seems painful-he's not scrt:aming in unguish•• must he fake-- wow, I' n, smart!. Later on though. I would swullnw my skepticism whole, like Zamora swallowed those llaming torches.

Next was Molotov Bouvier. sword and blade allcionado. He brought out his rnck-oswords accompanied by the audience's subsequent delight. Picked up u medieval sword and before plunging it down his throat. he exclaimed, "I'm Molmov, anti I like to swallow." To top himself, he got someone from the crowd to come up on stage to pull the sword out of his throat as he bent over. Later he plunged two swords at a time down his neck.

It was Zamora the Torture King's turn agnin and he did not disappoint. He took a load of empty booze bottles from the bar and smashed them with a sledgehammer. Then he laid the resulting pile shards on the stuge. Barefoot, he lirst was "merely" standing on them, then he began 10 jump up and Jown on the splintered glass. Shedding his block shirt, he laid bareback on the glass. This, of course was not enough already. so he

Music: HEADSTONES GREATEST FITS

by-Jnmcs Clark

nll rnc cynical, but how muny Canadian bands have had enough hits to make a single album? The adtlition of the word "greatest" seems 10 imply that there was some kind of process whereby the hundreds of hiis were winnowed down into a choice few designated "greatest." The Headstones are not the only ones to do this. tht: Branched Ladies, Moist, Pink Floyd and Green Day have all jumpc<l on the greatest hits bandwagon. Is there some kind of mulaisc in the art community'? Why can't thcsc pcopk get i1 together and write some new songs·> Is this something to do with the fact that they had 10come up with something fast for holiday shoppers? When I Inst spoke to llugh Dillon he said that Nnps1er wns killing him, this was because people were downlum.ling 1:ssentially grentest hits albums l'ur free; I guess he decideu to cut out the middle man. But this is son1cthing that you'll have to decide on your own. Let's get int~1 thc actual review.

For those of you who are familiar with The Heatlstuncs there will he nn surpris-

MOVIE: SEXY BEAST

well, when out of the blue, London gangster Don Logan (Ben Kingsley- Ga11dhi. Schindler '.s li.1·1) shows up with a new job and be wanrs Gal. Don. us we soon find out, isn't the type who takes no for an answer, or even expects i1 as one. Convincing him that Gal i. retired lurns out to be quite Ihe job in itself.

by Beth Kelleher

cs here. Why'! All of the e songs have appeared in earlier Head tones CDs. Those of you unfamiliar with Headstones tunes now have a convenienl, low cost, way to become a fan. For those of you who just want to know enough about the Headstones so they can be a critic at their artsy-farlsy parties, here goes. The Headstones are a rock band, not punk, not metal. rock. They ust: the heavy power chords and griuy vocnl ,_ Guitar and drum solos arc common, as well us the snake/skull iconogra• phy. I like them; they're kinda like Social Distunion·s younger brother. The two new songs on Greatest Fits, "Rlowtorch" and "Come On", follow the headstones' signnture blend of angry ydling and heavy guilar. That is io sny they arc good.

Music: BT

I just saw Sexy Beast for the second time. ll was part of a series of Monday night art films showing nt the Mission City Cinema not the big one that requires you to sell your soul for a movie stub and a package of cherry nib but the other one on First /\venue. Yes my friends, she's still there, the old girl. Last Monday T learned that five bucks can still purchase legal entertainment of some kind,

Sexy Beast is the story of two well-to-do ex-criminals. Gal (Ray Winstone) and his friend Aitch (lan McShunlal). They arc content to livt: out their retirement in Spain's Costa dcl Sol with their (ex-porn star) wives Deedee ( Amanda Redman) and Jackie (Julianne Whitti), respectively. Everything is going

Ray Winstone's quirky style, which is almost comedic at times, turns a big-time crook into an almost loveable figure. Ben Kingsley's dramatic performance blew ntc away, yet again. l3ut this time in a role that was, to say the least. a far cry from Gandhi. 1 have to say that aside from being beautifully shot, it was one of those movies lhnt makes you que tion reality, makes you check your pulse. and really, rcally makes you want tu be a gangster. Thcre's no poinl in analysing this film tn ucath, although it could easily be do:1e. All thal really needs to besaid is that aside from a lot of grntuitous swearing. ii was definitely very cool. As far as flguri11gout Tits

Bt's most recent attempt at an upbeat dance album proves In be u tlctcnnincd effort 10 oiler the 'house r,or1y' i;cnre 2 continuous-play discs of syn1hesi.1:ed rhymthe. Lyrics arc all but shunned save some wavering interspersed background vocals apparently thrown in to appt:al to a social or emotional energy lacking from niany tcchno-styled albums.

It's obvious that Bt has the electronic talent to evoke movement in the modern dunce masses however, this album lacks the inherent connection most music endeavurs tu make between musical tcch-

nology and active reality. In other words 131docs nut inspin.: and therefore is rendel'ed inept lo portray the forceful re1:011;;111I attitude it 011cmpts.

Due to several spNadic lyricul insertions, such us those on Track one and Track ninc. parts of this ulbum border briefly on introspective reflection, howevr:r the nianufoctured beat or those same songs as well a~ most others on the album, diminish any prospective irnr,act almost to the point or mindlessness. However for somc generally accepted tunes to appease an active yet musically 1,:0111plaecntcrowd. Por those who want "lo move without the soul to groove.'' Bt is sure tu be a momentary hit!

exactly why ii is called S!!XYRc>ast. well I'll leave that up to you.

J' II also suggest that you check out 1he Mis. inn City Cinenrn's next Arl Film Series. And while all that's really meant by "art" is that it's not Hollywood, i1 is definilely worth the five bucks that may olherwist: be spent on a trip to Starbucks or som..:other form of illegal activity. Check ou1 their web ite for more details at www.harrisroadmovies.com/.

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The BCC /\/\ basketball league begun its first games of the regular season nn November 3 with the UCFV cascades facing off againsl the Okanagan University Cnllege I .ukers on I.aker turf. The second weekend of play landed the cascades with two home games vs. the Capilano Blues on th1;9th und the L1nguru h1li.:tH1son I 0th.

In the season opener vs. the OUC Lukers. both teams had to light against excellent nppnnents nnd dillii.:ul1 rdcr1.:cing.

The women. who won against OUC in the rrc.~c,1.~nnby 5 points, hor,e<l 10 huvc a rcreat effort by winning in the season opening. F1)llowing u scesaw battle where the

SPORTS LET THE GAMES BEGIN...

respet:tablc wins, the women by 4, with a score of 63-59, and the men 93- 74. Jamie Born and Lindsay Strickland were once ag,1i11standouts in points, with 11 each, followed by Erin Lee with I 0. Born and Lee had 5 rebounds each. In what proved to be a high-energy game, the men walked over the Blues in a high intensity, high fouling game. Logan Kiueringham led the scoring with 20 points and 11 rebounds, followed by Dnn turner with 19 points. In an interesting wrn of events. re<l-shirt Mike Lee. who is silting the first half of the seasondue to grades. pit:ked up a technical foul for his cornmcnts to a referee in regards 10 a call made against the ascndes.

check on line at www.ucf.bc.ca/athletics

Come support your cascades!!! November 23 at Robert Bateman Secondary School starting at 6: 15. November 24 at St. John Brebeuf starting al 6:00.

The Ca. cades host the President's Cup vs. Trinity Western University on the 29th of November. Come out, cheer the Cascades on to Yit:tory, and bring the Cup home.

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hands numerous times, the women won the first league with u srnre of 55-43. Rookie Jamie Born led the scoring with 13 points, followed by Lindsay Strickland with 12. Er111 Lee led in rebounds with 5.

The men fared no belier in terms of domination of the ganie. After tuking a ~uick lend, the men struggled a11d foll into a defii.:it. which the monaged to convert into a t:onvineing 77 69 win. The statistics fo1· this game were unavailable Lodue tn technical difticultics.

Week two had UCFV al home hosting the Capilano Blues. Both teams came up with

UCFV RUNNERS TRAMPLE COMPETITION

Saturday night the Langarn falcons proved Lo be a chullcngc for the women. who never seemed to gel their game-face on. Ton many turnovers and not enough rebounds hurt the ladies, and the falcons hnndcd them their first toss 56-80. Snn1nnthu Hill anu Jamie Born led the effort with I 2 points and 5 rebounds. followed hy Cassie Born with 8 points. The men fared helter, t:lipping the Fakons 102-81, an<l maintaining a winning record. Logan Ki1teringhu1n ond Dan Turner led the scoring wit I 6 points each. an<l Kittcringhnm pulled in 11 rebounds. Rookie Mull Thiessen made 14 points und Bryson Tiedeman hnd 5 rebounds.

At press deadline, the games vs. Kwantlen und IJouglns hnd yet 10 be played. Please watch for ihe scores in the next issue, or

We took 4 UCFV runners nut to Re<l Deer over the weekend (run on Sat. Nov. I 0). and our 4 runners combined with 2 from the College of the Rockies formed the BC te.im. We took on all the top Albertans for the lnterprovincinl Cross-Country Championship. BC won the men's division!

re, ulls. Also. the photo of the men. UCFY sLUdcnts are Jason Lamontholding the trophy and Darren .Johnston (right side of photo).

Our UCFV women were not as strong (although the COTR woman won the race!), but still made a fine showing with both Lynn Udy and Nadine Stafiej finishing in the top 10. Please go to the website and see the

AMERICAN BOWL

by Andrew Clark

Despite this game's narne it is 1101some pro-American dribble. Read on and give it a chance. The game is American Bowl and it was invented on the windy Mt. !Jaker highway, On u foggy afternoon lust winter some friends an<l I were on our way to Bnker. for a duy or snowboarding. We hud all slepped in and we wanle<l 10 be at the mountain for opening to get the fresh snow. We decided that we had to make up about I /2 nn hour or we were going to be lute. So we decided 10 speed recklessly. However we ran into some complications. fog. The fog was so thick that we could only see the taillights orthe <:ar in front of us. we were a little tno close for eomfort. Tn solve our fog problem we came ur with the game American Bowl. To give you th~ gist of how the gnmc is played read 011.

When the fog rolls in. you go us fast as you can without crashing until you cntch up to someone. Tnilgute them to try and get them to speed up, you want them lu t:att:h up to another cnr and force them to tailgate that

car. Thal car will then have to choose either to get "bowled" out of the way or join in on the American Bowling. If you ph1y this gnme properly you will end up in a speeding. tailgating snoke of i.:nrs. The point of this is lO let the taillights in front of you lca<l you through the fog. The object of this ga111eis to always be following some0nc and to go fast enough so that nu one passesyou. Tfsome one docs pass you. that's your queue to hit the gas because those taillights are gold. It is cusy Lo fol low but to lend the pack is n dangerous job. You have a bunch of crnL.y ,nountain men in hot pursuit and no light in the mist 10 lead yo11 yo11rall on your own. So don't lose that nut becn11sehe is what will get you to the mountain faster. Anywny this game is a good way lo cut thut mountain driving down but for morul reason I must ndvisc you ag11instplnying as you cun see the nbvioul> dangers surrounJing it. Just ;i nnte: If you run into someone who just wont take ;,i him tn spee<lup or move over when your tnilgaling then,. Try floshing your lights niost pc0ple will muvc for this .ind if they're stubborn and wont at least you cun take comfort in know that your onnoyini; the hcll l1ut of them.

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THE LANGUAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

One need not be bilingual to speak the language of human righls for it is a language inherent in u all. Amnesty International and the Studenl Events department are hosting a campaign to l'emind UCFV students of just how relevant and local Human Rights and Human Rights issues can be.

By concentrating on Diversity, Tolerance. Advocacy, Dignity and Freedom, the Language of Human Rights campaign will highlight a different orga11ization or department within UCFV as it pertains to one of these important issues. To be featured on bulletin boards across the campus. this campaign will feature information, issues of concern, ways to get involved locally and internationally. and people to contact.

The aim of this campaign is to raise awareness to specific issues surrounding I lumnn Rights as well as 10 encourage students to gel involved with organizations on this campus.

AmnestyWorkshopNoy. 16th U-tpm Room

FEED THE HUNGRYANO HITTHE SLOPES.

UCFV students and their families arc hungry. Hungry enough to seek out over 60 food hampers alone lust year. You can help. Bring a donation of food to any Student Events office and be entered in a drnw to win fabulous prizes. Grund prize is a Season's Pass to Hemlock Mountain. There arc weekly prizes to win as well. Help the hungry you'II be glad you did. Sec A 215 in Ahbotsford or E IOI in Chilliwack.

ANGELSAT UCFV

Student Events and Student Union are pleased to host the Angel Tree Program again this year at UCFV. Each fall, Angel Tree applications arc made available h) needy UCFV students as ,1 way of providing an extra presenl under the tree on Christmas day for their children. On1:e they are registered. Angels will be hanging from campus Christmas trees and ready to be sponsored by fellow UCFV foc11lty, staff and students. Please be generous. as these children really need a great holiday. For more information, or if in need of an application. please see the nearest Student Events or Student Union office for delails.

PHILOSOPHY f OR THE MASSES

IN-Formal Philosophy Discussion (Including Rousseau)

Friday Afternoons Room A310

2:30-4:00 rm

"Come in and bring your philo ophical Questions"

THECASCADE 15 SU$PRESS RELEASE.

UCFV, November 15 - Thanks to significant student concern, lhe UCFV Student Union Society council is having a referendum regarding the amount of work 1:1ndpay of tht.:Executi vc mcm• bers of the Society. The referendum will be held November 28 and 29: it will pose different options on how to remunerate the SUS executive. The tnolion to have the referendum was passed via phone tree in order lo have it as soon as possible.

The question to be presented is:

How many hours do you want your Student Union Sociely Executive members to work'?

15 hours per week / 20 hours per week

How much do you want them 10 get paid?

$13 per ht1ur / $14 per hour/ $15 per hour

If students arc going tt) pay for a scrv• ice, they should have a say. Even more, students should know what the Student Union Society offers. We would apprc• ciate any efforts lO inform students about lhc Student Union Society and it1scrviccs.

For more information, please. feel free to contact me.

Contact:

Jose A. Uzcntegui

Public [nformation Officer

Student Union Society

Email: suspio@ucfv.bc.ca Phom.::604-864-4613.

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WHATTHE HELLIS A STUDENTUNION FOR?

by:-Jose A. Uzcatcgui

If you come to the college moro.:than once a week, you might have wondered what the hell is the 'Student Union Society' all about. That is if you're not rich, because if you're a cheap-ass, you might have noticed that you pay money to these people - $25 every lime you register. Don't you think it's about time you know what ym1're pay• ing for'? Take yourself into the SUS. and ask!

rt doesn't matter how many courses you are taking, you pay this fee. But what do you pay it for? Por some, just having free condoms at the entrance makes it all worthwhile; but if you intend to stay a virgin till you're married (like most UCFV studcnls) then you might want to get your moneys worth some other way. Did you know, for example, that the Student Union

could give you money'? Yes, if you apply, they can give you money (a.k.a. bursaries or grants), and you don't have to be n whiz, just really poor. Of course, there are scholarships for those unusual ones thal have a good GPA- blah. blah, blah

they also organize student events (some of them). UCFV lets the SUS organize what we call Dis-Orientation, which is just a party with a few good bands <check mark>, fake gambling <check mark>, beer garden <check mark><check mark>, and whatever else comes along. You know to let the new students understand what college life i$ all about.

Wait, there is more! they also help with the on site food bank, have faxing services (very cheap, by the way), give information (i.e. washroom location), fight for serious on-campus tudent-related stuff (i.e. p~rk-

ing, traffic lights, safety, etc.), they make the free handbook for students - you can also buy 'leather tuxedos' (that is a pretty cool cover) for $8 bucks. They also help club and associations; and hopefully, they' II have a space in the gym with a TV, couches, pool tables, an<lsome other stuff for us, the students.

/ Please ignore next paragraph if yuu c/011't give a damn about politics/

If you're more interested in our wonderful Canadian government, the SUS is the one that represents UCFV students in politics.

The UCf-V SUS sits on the Board of Governors (BOG) und the University College Council (UCC) they arc lhe ones who lobby the government for low/fair student fees, and all that political stuff concerning the Colleges and Universities province-wide. SE.2and tuition freezes were two of the issues that many, if not all,

unions and societies had a major involvement in.

By the way, SE2 is uboul to go through and lllition is about to unfreeze. Our last chance to stop these SE2 people was to write lo the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Committee at clsec:@cp.ctcd.wa.gov before November 16: however, I encourage students to write to this email uddress any• way, and forward jokes l00 - the word is that they have good sense of hurnor.

One thing you should know is thut students are the ones who run the SUS. They actually have 10 go through an election campaign, be elected, and all that political bull (ha, ha, ha). Many people join just to pad their resume; r mean, if your goal is higher than to work at a gas station for the rest of your life, having a good rc~ume is worthwhile. Of course, you could always join if you actually wanted to <lo something. get political, and represent your fellow students for a good cause (e.g. Liquor license for your campus)

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-plastic reporter