The Cascade Volume 9 Issue 3 2001-03-01

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Christopher Bolster Coordinating Editor

Kris Lind News & Features Editor

Jessica Danylchuk Arts & Sports Editor

Conrad Skuce Layout Coordinator Andrew Bingham Staff Writer / Copy Editor

Jeff Baillie Graphics Editor

Darrell Alary Rock & Roll reporter

The Cascade is the UCFV students' free press. It provides a forum for UCFV students to have their journalism published. It also acts as the alternative press for the Fraser Valley. The Cascade is funded with UCFV Student Union funds. The Cascade is published twicemonthly. The Cascade has a circulation of 2000 and is distributed throughout Abbotsford, Chilliwack and Mission. The Cascade is a proud member of the Canadian University Press, a national cooperative of 72 university and college newspapers from Victoria to St. John's. The Cascade follows the CUP ethical policy concerning material of a prejudicial or oppressive nature.

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Cascade Contributors

Kyle Webb

Steve Beketa

Sherman Alexie

Jean Ballard

Desiree Mayhew

Natali~ Vermeer

Gabe Salvatore Haydes

Bryce Willashaw

V.T. Jordan

Samuel Beckett

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Growing pains felt by Politics department 3 Students are finding that the lack of funding for UCFV's Political Science department severely limits their pursuit of a liberal arts education.

By Steve Beketa God in a Pamphlet............................................... 6

Intrepid Cascade reporter Andrew Bingham reflects on his run-in with a Christian pamphleteer while on his quest for a nice bottle of rotting grape.

By Andrew Bingham

Gwynne Dyer faces Globalization shuffle 9

In his syndicated column, picked up by at least a dozen papers globally, Kyle Webb offers a reflection on our recent visit from Gwynne Dyer.

By Kyle Webb

GOB hits the Valley ................................................ 13 International recording artists GOB were in town last week playing to a capacity crowd at a local drinking establishment. Natalie Vermeer tells it like it was.

By Natalie Vermeer

Battle of the best finally decided 15 The UCFV men's basketball team finished second in the province after being defeated last weekend in Kamloops to the University College of the Caribou 86-80.

By Gabe Salvatore

I feel so dejected, now I may actually have to go out and get an education. Guess I should go burn my visual arts diploma now.

-Conrad Skuce Cascade Layout Coordinator on The Letter to the Editor (p.7)

artist:Dana Allan

GROWING PAINS FELT BY POLITICS DEPARTMENT

cal science, but those students who are majoring in another discipline are unable to take upper division electives, says a discussion paper on the UCFV pro· gram mix.

By Steve Beketa

Students are finding that the lack of funding for UCFV's Political Science department severely limits their pursuit of a liberal arts education. access to courses unless they transfer elsewhere.

As long as Political science and Philosophy are left misrepresented and under-developed, UCFV will continue to contradict itself with the presumption that there is a commitment to providln~ students with a comprehensive liberal arts education said the discussion paper.

UCFV has fallen behind comparable university colleges in their political science course offerings. Trinity Western, Okanagan University and University College of the Caribou all offer either minors or majors in both Political science and Philosophy but UCFV students do not have the same

UCFV administration has recognized that something must be done and that the Political Science situation is first in line to be dealt with after the concerns of the established faculties have been dealt with.

Currently, there is funding for only 14 sections of political science available to Arts students at UCFV. This unwillingness has affected the With no upper division courses offering the study of teaching faculty within the Politics and politics and government, it is not only impossible for Philosophy department and although students to pursue a major or minor degree in politi· these concerns have been recognized

Residents request expanded health services for Downtown Eastside drug addicts

By Alexander Dobuzinskls The SFU Peak

VANCOUVER (CUP) - Vancouver's permit board is looking at a controversial plan to Improve health services for drug addicts in a neighbourhood with one of the highest HIV and hepatitis C infection rates in North America.

In a series of public hearings held last week11 the Vancouver/Richmond Health Board made five applications to the city's development permit board aimed at improving the city's Downtown Eastside: the most controversial being a proposal to open a 24-hour health contact centre on the first floor of the Roosevelt Hotel.

Critics contend that the city Is inviting trouble by keeping such a facility open all night because it will attract drug users from other parts of the city, as well as dealers.

Some members of the municipal government have also expressed fear that the Vancouver/Richmond Health Board's own facilitiesmay turn into safe Injection sites. "I suggest that if this contact centre were to become a safe injection site, the centre should be closed," said Jeff Brooks, director of social planning for Vancouver.

The Vancouver/Richmond Health Board has maintained that the contact centre must be open 24-hours-a-day so that police will have somewhere to refer people who need to get off the street. The Vancouver Police Department has supported the application for the develop• ment of the contact centre.

Another service to be provided by the contact centre will be a washroom facility. since there is currently a severe shortage of public washrooms in the area.

Last week's public hearings drew over 200 attendants per session, and at times the forum became emotionally charged, as health care workers, former drug addicts, and parents of drug addicts stepped forward to relate their experiences and ask the permit board to approve the health board's applica· lions.

However, many speakers owning businesses in the area accused the city ot fostering a drug culture in the Downtown Eastslde by providing too many services for drug addicts.

Business owner Angela Giannoulls pointed to the City of Vancouver's own estimation that 40 per cent of drug users that congregate in the community live somewhere other than the Downtown Eastside.

For its part, the health board claims that the applications currently sub· mitted constitute a bare minimum of the health services needed in the community. Other supporters of the proposals say that the government's drug plan must go much further than simply providing primary care to addicts.

"This is only the beginning," NOP MP Libby Davies told the permit board.

Along with the application to set up the health contact centre, the health board Is looking to establish a LifeSkills Centre, to expand two existing drug treatment facilities, and to redesign the public space on a popular corner in order to make it more difficult for drug-dealers to operate there.

Ottawa urged to fund public transit

By David Leibl Central Bureau

WINNIPEG (CUP) - Ottawa should open its wallet to ''end the neglect" of Canada's beleaguered public transit systems, says the Canadian Urban Transit Association. According to the organization, Canada is the only industrialized nation that doesn't provide financial support for public transit. The organization claims European G7 nations provide between 15 and 30 per cent of the cost of operating public transit systems, while federal and state coffers fund nearly 25 per cent of operating costs in the U.S.

Without federal funding, the association says Canadian cities will fall further behind in providing the transit services

that are critical to "growing the economy and sustaining prosperity."

"Our federal and provincial governments should be providing the kinds of support for urban transit that our foreign competl• tors enjoy," said Canadian Urban Transit Association's president Dr. Michael Roschlau. "Canadian cities are competing at a tremendous disadvantage with other cities in the world."

A recent study released by his association and Pollution Probe reveals overall gov· ernment investment in Canada's transit systems has dropped by 18 per cent over the last five years.

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there is little optimism among the remaining instructors that change will occur soon. In a recent interview Scott Fast expressed that he has reservations in regards to the promises of the UCFV hierarchy, in which he said, "It's one thing to be part of the plan, it's another to be a part of the plan that gets funded."

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Vice President of Student Services Barry Bompas reports that the police hope to finish their investigation early this week to determine if the Crown will lay charges against the accused day-care staff member. He also reports that he is sending a letter to all parents of day-care children inviting them to a meeting specifically on this issue.

UCFV fine art stud~nt heads to ·Hawau

University College of the Fraser Valley fine arts student Jeff Boyes has been chosen to exhibit in the presli• gious Pacific Rim International Print ~xhibition at the University of Hawaii this year.

"Jeff is the first UCFV student to receive this honour," says Davida Kidd, a visual arts instructor at UCFV. "This Is a very hard show to get into. I'm really proud of him."

Kidd was invited to exhibit in last year's show.

Artists are selected for the exhibit from a review of slides of their printmaking work. The catalogue that documents each exhibition reproduces every work in the exhibition and is circulated throughout the world, Boyes, who says he's always been artistically inclined, is ecstatic about the exhibit.

"I tried not to get my hopes up because I knew it was really hard to get into this show but deep down inside I couldn't help hoping," says Boyes. ''I checked the mail every day. When the letter finally came, I couldn't believe it.''

UCFV Dragon Boat team in the works

The Fort Langley Canoe Club is hoping to buy some 25' canoes and develop a number of dragon boat teams here in the Valley. If you are interested in being a member of a UCFV dragon boat team, please contact Lynne Smith at Western Canoeing and Kayaking at 853-9320, or by email to canoe@uniserve.com.

Residents complain about parking

UCFV has received complaints from residents about students parking illegally on their streets, lawns, and blocking driveways along King Cresent, King Road, and on College Drive. Note that Abbotsford has a bylaw prohibiting parking on narrow streets (i.e. King Crescent). Students who choose to park off campus are at risk of being towed by the City of Abbotsford If they continue to park in prohibited areas. If you have any questions, please contact Parking Services at 557-4005 or 864-4603.

MOTIVE FOR GRIZZLY HUNT MORATORIUM QUESTIONABLE

ernment's disregard of its own statistics on the grizzly bear population leads to public suspicion that a dwindling grizzly population is a fabricated problem. These facts could suggest that the three·

By Kris

Lind year moratorium is political opportunism on behalf

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of the provincial NDP this close to an election.

While environmentalists consider It a victory, pro Lynch says, ''The whole idea of managing game Is hunting interest groups declare the three-year griz- to do it from a biological standpoint, not a political zly hunt moratorium misguided political oppor- one." tunism.

While the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks' existing data on grizzly bears suggest a population of 10 to 13 thousand bears, conservation groups such as the Aaincoast Conservation Society say the population is closer to 4 to 6 thousand bears. Because of this disparity of expert opinion on grizzly population, the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks considers the three-year grizzly hunt moratorium necessary to determine an accurate grizzly population count

"The important part of the issue here is that paid. government biologists are being ignored by the premier [Ujjal Dosanjh) and that he is instead taking advise from people who don't have a scientific understanding of the issue," says Ridgedale Rod and Gun Club political chair Tim Lynch.

Lynch explains that biologists count grizzlies by tagging them, taking DNA samples, and then track• ing how many times different bears' paths overlap in a given 50 to 70 mile radius.

However, Chris Genovall, executive director of the Raincoast Conservation Society, disagrees. He says that the provincial government's DNA tracking studies are limited and cannot be representative of the entire provinces' grizzly bear population.

"The Minstry of Environment, Lands and Parks' system of population analysis is based upon a habitat suitability model; based upon the carrying capacity of a given area. Therefore, it is a theoretical model based more upon opinion," he says.

The BC WIidiife Federation (BCWF] reports that one of the strongest dissenters of the provincial government's decision to implement the three-year moratorium Is former provincial Minister of Environment, Land and Parks, Joan Sawicki. Sawicki argued strongly that the hunting season should not be arbitrarily closed and that

The BCWF insists that pressure from external environmental groups, such as Britian's Environmental Investigation Association [EIA], lead to Dosanjh implementing the three-year moratorium. The BCWF say~. "in a radio interview

Lynch says he believes that Sawicki's dissension, as well as the provincial gov·

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he [Dosanjh] said Iha! the reason [for the moratorium] was because animal rights groups in London, England had billboards criticizing the hunt and try• ing to get tourist boycotts of Canada."

However, Genovali says "No one should be criticizing the involvement of one group from Great Britian given the fact that almost one half of the grizzlies are killed by foreign hunters each year."

The Canadian Press reports that despite the provincial government's implementation of the grizzly hunt ban, the Nisga'a Nation says it has a treaty right to hunt the bears. "It's very important to us," said lskut chief councillor Louis Louie, who asked Premier UJJalDosanjh not to cave ln to pressure in southern BC to ban grizzly hunting.

We're telling him that maybe down there they have a grizzly shortage, but LJPhere we have no shortage of grizzly bears," Louie said.

When asked if he considers the provincial govern• ment's three-year grizzly hunt moratorium merely political opportunism Lynch said, "Absolutely. The idea was only forced in Victoria whereas the prob• lem is experienced by mid and northern people living in the grlzzly's realm."

Genovali disagreed stating, "Clearly there is widespread support for the moratorium in BC. There is opposition; they are a loud but small minority.''

In the last 30 years, along the American sprawl model."

The study, called "Trans-Action 2001," suggests the drop in government support is fore• ing cities to cut services and boost fares, making transit less attractive to commuters.

Pollution Probe's executive director Ken Ogilvie says it's no secret that accessible, well-funded transit systems could reduce the harmful ernissions caused by vehicle traffic.

However, Ogilvie says moving away from an outmoded system of urban planning designed to accommodate vehicle traffic is the real key to ensuring public transit will appeal to commuters in the future.

''You've got to have transit-oriented development so that people will have a real reason for taking transit," he said. "The reason why we have excessive auto use is that we've designed our urban centres, tor the most part

Ogilvie says the federal government should direct funds to Improve transit-friendly infrastructure. He says Ottawa should also allow employers to give employees transit passes as a benefit without being taxed. RoschIau says the feds have started to listen.

Federal Transportation Minister David Collenette, Roschlau says, last month suggested the govemment wants to play a role in strengthening Canada's transit systems,

Anthony Polci, a spokesperson for Collenette, says the minister is interested in working with other levels of government to address the issue.

"The first thing is to establish a dialogue with the provinces and municipalities to see what kinds of things can be done." he said.

Fish stocks and soggy property at centre of a.c. debate

By Sarah Glen Western EnvironmentWriter

VICTORIA (CUP) - A handful of waterfront property•owners along Cowlchan Lake on Vancouver Island are _protesting government proposal intended to help depleted fish stocks In the area.

The proposal, put forward by the Cowichan Habitat Fish Renewal Board and supported by the Ministry of Environment,Lands and Parks plans to raise the level of the dam on Vancouver Island's second largest lake, which would raise the lake's water level and flood many of the beach•front properties that sit close to the shore. Some residents are calling the B.C. government-supported initiative an example of bureaucratic secrecy.

"Of course any changes made to the environment have positive and negative impacts,'' said Brooke Hodson, a merr,iber of ConcernedCitizens, a commuryitygroup made up of lakeside residents. "What we have here Is the government trying to push something through without adequate consultation or information to those of us who live here. I don't see the positive effects."

But Brenda Kuecks, chair of the renewal board who put forward the plan, said raising the dam is the C?nlyviable solution."We'r~at a friendly stand-off right now, she said. But through the extensive studies done In the area we know that raising the weir is the only way to go."

The proposal to add 18 Inches to the dam could help rehabilitate the salmon fish stocks by artificially inducing the returning salmon to spawn. The extra water pooled In (?owicha~Lake wou!d be slowly pumped into the Cowichan River during the Chinook spawning time in late Septemberand early October.

"These fish are very big and they have to swim through an area that gets really shallow and dry during Septemb_er,said Ted Bur~s. a biologist who specializ~s in Cowichan-~rea_flshhabitat. A~ding the extra inches would give them an easier time of It. They d be home free."

"We aren't going to push anything through without their !residents] support," said Kuecks. "We're tiptoeing through tulips right now."

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Proposed nuclear waste dump Is one step closer

OTTAWA (CUP) - Ontario Power Generation Is one step closer to building a controversial nuclear waste storage facility east of Toronto.

The provincial utility launched an environmental assessment for plans to build an above ground dry storage facility for highlevel waste from its Darlington Nuclear Station this week.

The problem, critics say, Is that the stor~ge facility is a temporary stop-gap solution, given that the proposed storage containers last up to 1ooyears, while the waste remains dangerousfor 200, 000 years.

"The key question is how we're going to ensure that there's enough money around to dispose of the wasteproperly in the long term," said Irene Kock, spokespersonf(!r the Sierra Club of Canada's nuclearcampaign. Kock said she assumes that the nuclear Industry expects to transport the waste to a remote burial site after the containers' life span is spent, which will obviously pose political and financial problems. She said even if the nuclear industrycan operate from start to finish without dangerous incident like the much-publicizedChernobyl accident, there's always going to be leftoverwaste. ''No country in the world has discoveredhow to dispose of this waste saf~ly and prope~ly," she said. "It's a problem without a solution. And how are they going to manage it if one of these canisters begins to leak?"

KristenOstling, nationaldirector of Campaign for Nuclear Phaseout, said this is just another example of how unsafe and financially unreliable the nuclear industry's poor planning. The nuclear industry tries to present itself as a clean and viable alternativeto coal and oil burning,she said, but at the end of the day, there's still no means to safely dispose of the waste.

Canada Fights NAFTA's PCB Ruling in Court

Canada is asking its own federal court to overturn a North American free trade tribunal ruling that Canadabreachedtrade rules when it banned exports of polychlorinatedbiphenyl (PCB) waste in the 1990s.

The ruling by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) tribunal could cost Canadaup to $20 million,the amount of damages sought by the U.S. firm S.D. Myers, which brought the case in 1998.

PCBs are highly toxic, persistent carcinogenic compounds. They have been used widely as coolants and lubricants in transformers,capacitors, and other electrical equipment.

November's decision made clear that Canada does not have to change its environmentallaws, including its regulations to control PCBs. Its decision referred only to the temporary ban, which was rescinded in February 1997.

"NAFTA members have a right to estobllsh high levels of environmental protection,"said the tribunalin its decision. "They are not obliged to compromise their standards merely to satisfy the political or economic interests of other states."

Academic Jobs at stake, say teachers

OTTAWA(CUP) - A rule forcing Canadian universities to give qualified Canadians first crack at faculty jobs is being reviewed, causing a fierce debate in university circles. Under the current system, universities must review availableand qualified Canadian candidates before looking to American and overseas candidates.

Governmentsand universitiessay they must lift this rule in order to prepare for an inevitable bulk of retirements in the coming decade. But teachers and graduate students say that lllting the rule will jeopardize the huge surplus of qualified Canadian doctoral students and graduates who could finally have the opportunitiesthey deserve.

"They're trying to slide this through wit~out ruffling any feathers," said Joel Duff, chair of the Canadian Federation of Students gradu• ate Council. Duff is trying to mobilize Canadianstudentsto opposethe lifting of the 20-year-old rule and is demanding that governments and university administrationallow students to the bargainingtable before mak· ing a decision.

Suzanne Potvin, chief cif the foreign worker unit at Human Resourcesand Development Canada, said her department hopes to fi~d a compromise between the need to continue giving opportunitiesto Canadians and allowing university administrations to adequately fill their rosters.

"We don't have an actual recipe for this yet,'' she said. "But we feel that there's got to be a way to find a middle ground."

Potvin said her department's mandate is to balance between ensuring that Canadians get a fair opportun(tyfor jobs while allo~l_ng Canadian universities to be as competItIve and diverse as possible.

Student reaction mixed to U of T law marks scandal

TORONTO (CUP) - Law students across Canada are saying the marks scandal at the Universityof Torontowas inevitablegiven the recent push to hire first-year students based on practice marks.

The University of Toronto has accused at least 30 first-year students of inflating their grades when applyingto law firms in hopes of landing a summer job. Senior law professor Denise Reaume is also under lormal investigation by the university for her role in the scandal.

The story was first published last week In the law faculty's student paper Ultra-Vires.

The story said Reaume. an 18-year veteran of the faculty, suggested her class inflated their grades as a way to "send a message to Bay Street" and foil the attemptsof employers to rank first-year students, which she said is an unfair practice.

"We shouldn't have to play this cat and mousegame,'' Re~umeis quoted as saying in the article.

Reaume, who has been out of town for reading week and returns to campus early next week,through a spokespersondenied allega_tions that she encouragedstudents to submit falsified grades, saying it was a classroom discussionthat was taken out of context.

Students across Canada say that the all.egations, while shocking,were no real surprise.

"Those tests are supposedto be practice and those marks aren't supposed to count," said Ena Ackerman. ''It's a help you not hurt you measure."

The U of T faculty has so far been supportive of professor Reaurne's action and Is looking at the greater issues at stake. "Therewas no wrongdoing" said Rhonda Love, presidentof the U of T Faculty Association."This is a very serious issue of academic freedomwhich we will be addressing."

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Is UCFV 'comprehensive'? iLl

By Christopher Bolste,

It's late. My copy deadline was hours/days ago and l'rn just sitting down to write my editorial. The pressure has built up ahd I HAVE to think of something to put on paper. Well fortunately enough for me there has been an Issue on my mind for the longest time and I think that it may finally find its expression tonight.

How can we call this school a 'uni· versify' when it doesn't offer stu• dents options to get a bachelor of arts degree or even a minor in Philosophy, Modern languages and Political science? Does UCFV have something against the Humanities? What does this say to our communi· ties about studying the humanities?

The past nine years have been important growing years for UCFV

and of course it would be impossible to expect that a university would come 'online' right away. But after nearly ten years UCFV needs to take a serious look at the incomplete status of the Bachelor of Arts program.

It is a little ironic that UCFV sees itself as a comprehensive education• al Institution. Well I suppose it is comprehensive if that means we offer a smattering of everything.

Last week I was looking for story Ideas, I found something that can on·ly describe in the immortal words of Jimmy Walker, "Dynamite!" I stumbled into the program mix discussion for the strategic plan. I read, dumbfounded, the position statement of the Political Science faculty regarding the fncomplete status of the bachelor of arts curriculum.

They had put words to my frustrations. I was amazed. The document says things like, ''The current arts curriculum at UCFV undervalues and misrepresents the educational

ideals of the liberal arts tradition which we. Implicitly and explicitly, claim to support. And It runs contrary to UCFV's historical commitment to provide a "comprehensive" curriculum."

ing majority of the citizens of the Fraser Valley come to know what constitutes knowledge... through their various connections with UCFV. The current arts curriculum at UCFV conveys to them the dis• tinct impression that the study of government, philosophy and Ian• guage is not important."

The position statement talked about the ideals of a liberal arts education and contrasted them to the goals of to a professional, vocational, or technical curriculum. The political science faculty says that they don't think that UCFV actually takes this position on the Humanities, but that message is conveyed in the courses that we offer here invariably.

"The granting of a Bachelor of Arts degree implies that the recipient student's have been informed by a relatively wide range of arts disciplines to provide the foundation upon which they rnlght continue to inform themselves throughout their lives as citizens, and a foundation from which they might pursue any of a wide range of graduate degrees and professional schools where they will indeed become "masters" and "doctors" in their chosen specialties."

Most importantly and by far the most Interesting, the position statement also suggested that "the overwhelm-

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select from and shape history as they wish. But anyway. The words rolled on.

Whether or not UCFV meant to under-develop political science, phi· losophy and the modern languages really doesn't matter. UCFV, with its Strategic plan, has a real opportuni· ty to fully develop the arts curriculum in the next few years. Only if we succeed in rounding out the arts curriculum can we really call our institution "comprehensive."

By Andrew Bingham

Aller hearing a rumour that many Christians (read: Protestants) don't read this paper, I hesitated to write another pieceon this particular subject. Yet, a certain recent circumstance made me think again about this modern understanding of Christianity.

I was walking on a sunny Sunday afternoon in Fort Langley, minding my own business, and Just returning from the liquor store which I had dis• covered to be closed. I was not carrying a bottle of wine as planned, and my mind was thinking about various subjects, namely that I was being employed as a writer for a newspaper and I had yet to write something. I turned the corner onto the main street in Fort Langley, and was suddenly blindsided by a man lying in wait for unsuspecting walkers such as ·myself. "Here, read this," he said, thrusting a pamphlet into my hand. I mumbled thanks and started walking a little bit more quickly.

As I was looking for a garbage can in which to deposit my new treasure. I got a glimpse of the title: "USA & Canada Take Heedl'' Hmmm a potential subject to write about. Upon arriving home (after narrowly missing another encounter with the same individual • mumbling and walking faster does help one escape) I took a look at what was written In the pamphlet which the poor bloke who gave It to rne was hoping would change my life.

I was not sure whether to expect politics or reli• gion, but the lat111irturned out to be true. Protestant - naturally. Death threats • of course. It seems funny how certain people think that they can use fear to try to convert people to a certain cause. One would think that to come from the opposite angle would be much more fruitful. As the pamphlet was not too long, I decided to read the whole thing. In paragraph two I almost laughed: "If we are honest, we must admit that mankind has not learned from the lessons of history " This sentence seems to be at odds with my understanding of how Protestants like to

Having determined that people today are mostly leading empty and meaningless lives (a brilliant observation), the pamphlet went on to "prove" that the Bible is true. First the writer used a fancy trick with mathematics, one of which I failed to see the significance. This reminded me more of those people Who count through the Bible, take out every 43rd word, and leap to proclaim to the world that THEY have round the real Biblical truth: it was invented by aliens.

Anyway, the next "proof" was in the category of "the Bible and Natural Science." Under this head· ing the writer of the pamphlet "proved'' that the Bible supports the Idea of "creation science" (as opposed to evolution), and that this "creationism'' is true. Another demonstration of the fundamentalists "learning from the lessons of history." Actually, the early Church Fathers understood and taught about creation taking place over a vast period of time. Evolution in our day is mainly rejected by those religious fundamentalists who try to understand a text which they cannot com• prehend and remove certain phrases from an overall sense of understanding. As a certain physicist in Greece011cerelated to me: ''To be frank I wonder at the success of ere• ationism in [North] America. In Europe nobody even refers to that, seriously." Couple this fact with the huge North American phenomenon of fundamentalist Protestants, and an understandIng is approaching.

But I am tiring you with all these words the rest of the pamphlet went by rather smoothly, as Protestant pamphlets go. Of course it was mentioned that '', [God) will pun• ish those who die In their sins with everlasting damnation." The fear fac• tor. And then it states that one is sure of being "born again" when one receives the gift of "speaking in tongues." This babble is Interpreted as being a sign of holiness and as coming from the Holy Spirit. But by being invented by a declining group of Christians around a hundred years

ago, I wonder at how it was an example of "learning the lessons of history." Maybe the lesson was something like ··until now Christians didn't understand, but now we know. If we -babble, scream, shout, cry, and bark then it is speaking in tongues and it is what was meant all those centuries ago in the Bible."

The pamphlet finished with ''Follow Jesus Christ and you will be saved." A good sentence, but out of con• text in this instance. A nice reassurance for those who managed to slog through to the end. One always feels better when one's own salvation Is assured; it frees up that much more time for the telling of others that they will go to hell unless they become like you: the enlightened, saved individual. Enough. I opened the VancouverSun to find an article on a Protestant British band named "Delirious." They are coming to play at the Pacific Colosseum, and are expected to fill the place. A cuning edge Christian rock band to preach to the youngsters. Cute. The name says it all. and in fact nicely sums up the state of Protestant thought today: "Delirious: suffering from delirium." "Delirium: an acutely disturbed state of mind characterized by restlessness, illusions, and Incoherence of thought and speech, occurring in fever, intoxication, and other disorders." (Oxford English Dictionary.) All I can say is: Oui.

Ujjal and Grizz: Two endangeredspecies in B.C.

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor, As I made my way towards UCFV this last Thursday, I felt the ever-present elation spawned from the mere thought of secondary education. Admittedly, it was a transcendent February afternoon, goading me to cast off the fetters of winter clothing and enjoy the faux spring weather, but primarily I was enamored with education. Needless to say I was pleasantly content in body and soul as I approached my usual corner retreat within the campus.

Personally I find that a few moments of quiet reflection are beneficial before class, and it was at this time I happened upon the February 16 issue of the cascade. I casually opened the journal and quickly scanned the featured articles. Though I found noth1ng that peaked my initial interest, I forged ahead

regardless to indulge in written prose by those of wit and skill. However, to my dismay, what I found in the areas of creativity and generally interesting articles, can best be portrayed by someone closing their eyes and telling you what they see. If your uncommonly clever you will have already deduced that what was found was essentially nothing.

Had I thought my biology textbook to be a dry reod, I was now confronted with a barren literary wasteland, void of all life sustaining waters of interest. And yet what is worse is the fact that the monotonous succession of progressively stale articles were eclipsed by the mind numbingly uninspired layout of the entire paper. Did you by any chance have the physics department draw you up a mathematically pleasing schematic? Though I have nothing against

the physics department perhaps I could suggest next time calling the people in the arts building. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not attacking anyone's personal character, for most of your writers practice their art with a goodly amount of skill. And in line with this I found V.A Jordan's article on Humanities exceedingly well written while at the same time being thoroughly entertaining. Accompany that article with theback page of your journal and you have found two bright spots from which to diffuse. A creative director possessing some semblance of creativity might be in order, or perhaps even a forum under which short stories and poetry may be displayed as a constant feature.

Dustin Carlson

A PROTEST, A CALL TO ACTION, A CELEBRATION

By Jean Ballard working conditions, fair pay and the right to vote. in

Head, Social Cultural and Media Studies Frequently, arrests were made and women Injured.

The year is 1857. Thousands of women in the needle trades march in the streets of New York City to demand better working conditions. Many of the marchers are arrested, and others are trampled in the confusion that ensues.

In the early days of industrialisation, employment in textiles, manufacturing and domestic service was a necessity for single, widowed and deserted women, and those whose husbands' incomes were below subsistence. Invariably, the conditions were deplorable and the wages exploitative. In the 50 years following the needle trades march, tens of thousands of women workers rallied in cities around the world to demand shorter working hours, better

In 1910, at the Second International Conference of Socialist Women, Clara Zetkin of Germany proposed that a day be set aside each year to commemorate women's struggles, and so began International Women's Day.

Today, International Women's Day is cele,brated In Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America and Australia. In 1923 and 1936, over 800 000 Spanish women gathered in Madrid to demand improved conditions for women. In 1948, 100 000 women gathered in Australia, and in 1955 over a half million Asian women gathered In Indonesia to celebrate International Women's Day. Although women in Canada first celebrated International Women's Day

1922, it wasn't until the late 1960's that it became

There are still countries in which females are denied education, healthcare, and the democratic right to vote. There are still sweatshops In which women and children labour in appalling conditions for exploitative wages. And even in North America, there are still women living in poverty, living with violence, and living with little hope. But while women still struggle for an equal chance to be all that they can be, they also celebrate all that they have achieved.

What began as a call for better working conditions.in one industry in one city has grown to an international day of protest, political activism and celebration around the world.

Whenever I think of Tonto, I hear ominous music

By Sherman Alexle

I was a little Spokane Indian boy who read every book and saw every movie about Indians, no matter how terrible. I'd read those historical romance novels about the stereotypical Indian war· rfor ravaging the virginal white school• teacher. I can still see the cover art. The handsome, blue-eyed warrior (the Indians In romance novels are always blue-eyed because half-breeds are somehow sexier than full-blooded Indians} would be nuzzling (the Indians in romance novels are always performing acts that are described in animallsti~ terms) the Impossibly pale neck of a white woman as she reared her head back in primitive ecstasy (the Indians in romance novels always inspire white women to commit acts of primitive ecstasy). Of course, after reading such novels, I imagined myself to be a blue-eyed warrior nuzzling the necks of various random, primitive and ecstatic white women.

And I just as often imagined myself to be a cinematic Indian, splattered with Day-Glo Hollywood war paint as I rode off into yet another battle against the latest actor to portray Gen. George Armstrong Custer. But I never, not once, imagined myself to be Tonto. I hated Tonto then and I hate him now.

However, despite my hatred of Tonto, I loved movles about Indians, loved them beyond all reasoning and saw no fault with any of them. I loved John Ford's "The Searchers." I rooted for John Wayne as he searched for his niece for years and years. I rooted for John Wayne even though I knew he was going to kill his niece because she had been "soiled" by the Indians. Hell, I rooted for John Wayne because I understood why he wanted to kill his niece.

I hated those savage Indians just as much as John Wayne did. I mean, jeez, they had kidnapped Natalie

Wood, transcendent white beauty who certainly didn't deserve to be nuzzled, nibbled, or nipped by some Indian warrior, especially an Indian warrior who only spoke in monosyllables and whose every movement was accom• panied by ominous music.

In the movies, Indians are always accompanied by ominous music. And I've seen so many Indian movies that I feel like I'm constantly accompanied by ominous music. I always feel that something bad is about to happen. I am always aware of how my whole life is shaped by my hatred of Tonto. Whenever I think of Tonto, I hear ominous music.

I walk Into shopping malls or family restaurants, as the ominous music drops a few octaves, and imagine that I am BIiiy Jack, the half-breed Indian and Vietnam vet turned flower-power pacifist (now there's a combination) who loses his temper now and again, takes off his shoes (while his opponents patiently wait for him to do so), and then kicks the red out of the necks of a few dozen racist white extras.

You have to remember Billy Jack, right?m Every Indian remembers Billy Jack. I mean, back in the day, Indians worshipped Billy Jack. Whenever a new Billy Jack movie opened in Spckane, my entire tribe would climb Into two or three vans like so many circus clowns and drive to the East Trent Drive-In for a long evening of greasy popcorn, flat soda pop, fossilized licorice rope and interracial violence. We Indians cheered as Billy Jack fought for us, for every single Indian. Of course, we conveniently ignored the fact that Tom Laughlin, the actor who played Billy Jack, was definitely not Indian. After all, such luminary white actors as Charles Bronson, Chuck Connors, Burt Reynolds, Burt Lancaster. Sal Mineo, Anthony Quinn and Charlton Heston had already por• trayed Indians, so who were we to

argue? I mean, Tom Laughlin did have a nice tan and he spoke in monosyllables and wore cowboy boots and a jean jacket just like Indians. And he did have a Cherokee grandmother or grandfather or butcher, so he was Indian by proximity, and that was good enough in 1972, when disco music was about to rear its ugly. head and bell-bottom pants were just beginning to change the shape of our legs. When it came to the movies, Indians had learned to be happy with less. We didn't mind that cinematic Indians never had jobs. We didn't mind that cinematic Indians were deadly serious. We didn't mind that cinematic Indians were rarely played by Indian actors. We made up excuses. ''Well, that Tom Laughlin may not be Indian, but he sure should be." "Well, that movie wasn't so good, but Sal Mineo looked sort of like Uncle Stubby when he was still living out on the reservation." "Well, I hear Burt Reynolds is a little bit Cherokee. Look at his cheekbones. He's got them Indian cheekbones.• "Well, it's better than nothing.'' Yes, that became our battle cry. "Sometimes, it's a good day to die. Sometimes, it's better than nothing." We Indians became so numb to the possibility of dissent, so accepting of our own lowered expectations, that we canonized a film like "Powwow Highway." When it was first released, I loved "Powwow Highway.'' I cried when I first saw It in the !heater, then cried again when I stayed and watched it again a second time.

I mean, I loved that movle. I memorized whole passages of dialogue. But recently, I watched the film for the first time in many years and cringed in shame and embarrassment with every stereotypical scene. I cringed when Philbert Bono climbed to the top of a sacred mountain and left a Hershey chocolate bar as an offering. I cringed when Philbert and Buddy Red Bow

waded into a stream and sang Indian songs to the moon. I cringed when Buddy had a vision of himself as an Indian warrior throwing a tomahawk through the window of a police cruiser.

I mean, I don't know a single Indian who would leave a chocolate bar as an offering. I don't know any Indians who have ever climbed to the top of any mountain. I don't know any Indians who wade into streams and sing to the moon. I don't know of any Indians who imagine themselves to be Indian warriors.

Wait·

I was wrong. I know of at least one Indian boy who always imagined himself to be a cinematic Indian warrior. Me.

I watched the movles and saw the kind of Indian I was supposed to be. A cinematic Indian is supposed to climb mountains. I am afraid of heights. A cinematic Indian is supposed to wade into streams and sing songs. I don't know how to swim. A cinematic Indian Is supposed to be a warrior. I haven't been in a fistfight since sixth grade and she beat the crap out of me. I mean, I knew I could never be as brnve, as strong, as wiser as visionary, as white as the Indians in the movies.

I was just one little Indian boy who hated Tonto because Tonto was the only cinematic Indian who looked like me.

a common celebration in North America.

CROSSFIRE: Legalize drugs? Kyle says, 'no way'

were legalized, and my criticisms of such an outcome.

What would happen if drugs were legalized? This is what I think:

By Kyle Webb

This debate started from a discussion upon a pre· vlous movie review. My colleague, Mr. Bingham over there, reviewed the movie Traffic a month ago, and I found his review to be very shallow and unfair to the story of the movie in general. There were many interesting, enlightening and contro• versial ideas about the war on drugs in that film. Mr. Bingham, however, didn't see nearly as mucl1 merit as I did in the content of this movie and we proceeded to discuss it in a most gentlemanly manner over some tea and crumpets. What follows is a further exposition on the topic of drugs, specifically, whether or not it would be wise for society to legalize what are now termed illicit drugs, such as marijuana, cocaine, heroin, et al

As someone who has done his share of experimentation with drugs both legal and otherwise, I find from my past experiences that YES, drugs ARE bad for you, and NO, they definitely should not be legalized. It would be a great tragedy to the world to legalize, and therefore officially condone, the use of drugs in society. But let me qualily the statements I have just made.

As this is only theoretical, one can not say for sure what might happen in the future regarding society's stance on drugs. Hopefully though, I can accurately speculate on the probabilities regarding this issue. So bear with me. This is MY hypothesis of what is likely to happen if drugs

My main argument against drugs is that they are very destructive to both the person who takes them and the family and friends of that person.

As I stated above, a government act legalising drug possession and use would be tantamount to society's approval of such a lifestyle, and this is simply wrong. Drugs are destructive to the individual physically, psychologically and socially. Drugs create a dependence and are very destructive in both the short and long term.

Drugs are a means to alternative ways of thinking and experience. They therefore inhibit the ability of the user to act rationally and properly within the sober majority of society around them. Excessive drug use is known to cause Ill health and often death. People are not meant to engage in such self-destructive behaviour.

To have society pass legislation legalizing drug possession and use will not help win the war against drugs. Doctors and pharmacists would, in effect, become paddlers and dispensers of drugs that are not beneficial but rather harmful to people. The patient's right to choose, regardless of the correctness of his judgement and morality, Is being placed above the doctor's responsibility to the well being of individuals and society. Why do we have doctors and pharmacists if not to know how to, and tell us how best, to heal ourselves and maintain our physical health?

The legalization of drugs would send a message to youth and society at large, that it is okay to do drugs. It is not okay. People have an obligation

to themselves and their society to be healthy and contributing to the overall welfare. The use, and subsequent abuse, of drugs is not behaviour which contributes to the good of humanity. People put themselves and others In danger when they use drugs through their abilities and actions while under the influence of a consciousness-altering substance.

One final point I have to make, my wily Orthodox foe. People such as yoursell who promote the legalisation of drugs are of the best intentions, just as we all have, but where you go wrong is in promoting the complete restructuring of the entire system. A complete turnaround in the whole stance on drugs wouild not solve the problem. It just serves to create more problems In the Immediate future. Take the Russian example: a corn· munist country that simply changes over to a capitalist ideology overnight is ill prepared to create the conditions for a stable market economy. This is just the same with drugs. A flip-flop of the status of drugs from illegal to legal would create social chaos in much the same way as the change to capitalism has created chaos lh Russian society over the past ten years.

It is right to maintain the legal stance against drug use and possession. The system as it is now is flawed, there is no doubt. But it is surely better and more stable for society to start treating the problem before changing the rules. As ii stands now, the drug problem is proliferating because of a lack of education from parents and schools. In addition, the intrinsic flaw of human nature will cause us to stray no matter how much education and guidance we receive, so we must create a system that treats drug addiction as opposed to incarcerating offenders.

CROSSFIRE: Legalize drugs? Andrew says, 'okay'

picture. 1 am supportive of the legalization of drugs, but only when certain conditions are applied to this situation.

By Andrew Bingham

After reading Kyle's article I could not help but smile. Yes, it was a cute argument, but lacking, very lacking. In the introduction he refers to my comments on the movie "Traffic," which was also humourous. There is one thing to remember when reading anything written by Kyle: he's a goof. No, I'm kidding. But deep down, I think 'that he actl.lally likes America. What can I say: the lea and crumpets were delicious.

While agreeing with some of Mr. Webb's sentences in his article (drugs are harmful and destructive), I have to disagree with his overall

Before I begin my own argument, I would like to criticize his article a little bit. The first thing to note: the system that he advocates • "the war on drugs" - has not worked. In terms of stopping people from taking drugs, a failure. Drugs are readily available for any determined interested party. In terms of shutting down the drug industry, another failure. People dealing drugs are just as prolific as ever before. In terms of wasting a lot of money, an absolute success. Money is thrown at the antidrug industry almost faster than they can spend it, yet they always manage to do just that.

A safer, less costly, and more efficient way of fighting the drug presence In society today would be to legalize drugs, and get the government to sell them. It would happen in this way: The government would sell (or give) untainted drugs to established junkies. The way that the junkies would get in on the program is go through various levels of testing to prove that they were addicts. and then have opportunities to buy at a cheap price the drugs that they needed. This would be coupled with mandatory counselling/support groups to encourage the complete cessation from drug use of those people.

While at first this may seem slightly silly, I think that further reflection will prove otherwise.

There are many advantages to this system. Firstly, the need for drug dealers is removed. With competition that is hard to match (very low prices, absolutely pure drugs) dealers would have a hard time keeping up. Secondly, those addicts who were dealers In order to support their own habit would no longer need to do this. With little money being spent on getting their own fix, they could concentrate on re-organizing their own life and getting on with things. They could get a job and function more or less normally in society, Along with this point comes the realiz.ation that with the necessity to sell drugs removes, the recruitment of new addicts to sell to is also removed.

Drug users would grow older, and young users would not exist to replace them. Thirdly, it would remove the crime factor from the drug scene. No longer needing vast amounts of money to buy drugs, addicts would no longer need to turn to crime In order to feed their habits. An example: while I was travelling on a train in Greece a young man came In a shouted a message to all those within the car. After he had finished and moved on to the next car I asked the person I was with what he had said. They told me that he said that he was addicted to heroin and was asking for money for drugs so that he wouldn't have to rob someone. This is the kind of situation that a new approach to the drug problem would solve.

Above all, this is a compassionate approach to those with drug problems, and a negating of those who work these people to their own advantage.

It would remove the problem from the public eye. It could potentially remove the drug problem altogether. It is a better approach, and holds a better future for the effort against drugs.

ABTS

INTERVIEW WITH JOHN LENNON

Introduction by Beckett

I was fortunate enough a long time, it took a long long time. Arrangements complex. Court orders, popers. Still, luck was there with me. Queen Luck in Manhattan. Eventually got through.

He reminded me because l had for• gotten: he had come to visit my cottage in 1967. Then I recalled him from that time: alone, without introduction, with the tense voice and the soft skin. I recalled .,his introducing himself to me at which rny innards knotted in suspicion and black awkwardness. I suspected that he was looking to collect my famous name, for dropping purposes, as if I were a knock·off Rodin or a Pitcairn postage stamp. 'Kid-snot poised to drip', I had thought, 'maw mush aspiring to puke: rat-chewed rag-pile of hair so unlike my own carefully shingled head; arrogant slit of a mouth below the curiously tear-pregnant eyes'. My fear of him was clear, yet the boy was oddly touching. Nevertheless, it was my apprehension that won out.

The brick wall I built in front of the young man was protestant enough. Just passing noon, I offered tea and biscuits. Refused. A dram. Also refused. Asked of his Immediate travels to the cottage. Asked of his music, his fame. Listened little because he spoke little. Asked him why he never went to university. Embarrassed him. Ushered him out with my feigned appointments else• where.

I have always wondered why I had kicked him in the sweets like that. Always regretted it. Happy, now, for the opportunity for these amends, worked out in a tavern just off 3rd Avenue a block below St. Mark's.

Introduction by Lennon

First oft, it was Sam's idea, this dou• ble introduction thing, along with the whole roundtable bit. Makes me nervous. I'll try to contribute, but though I still like Sam • and now I can even admit to admiring him without my being misunderstood • though I still like Sam, any burning questions I had for him have long since expired.

Sam broke my little sycophant heart back then, though I doubt he SUS· peeled I even had one. So, I was reluctant to do this interview gig, before I remembered all the unfortunates who'd endured my own penchant for shiteheadedness. I mean, his snub of me was at least a polite one. I wasn't always so nice when I wanted people to leave for whatever reason. People's tinny insecurities more often make them show off their fecking egos and they try to belittle you in the course of a rejection. Sam just did the "have a nice day" bit and went back Into his envelope - to wizen some more, I suppose.

The meeting he proposed at McSorley's hit me as odd and I fig· ured maybe Beckett was striking at

common ground since some of me own people were exiled micks as well • except they weren't as smart or frenchy•fied as Sam, and , what's the word? Erudite. I went. I don't know how, but I went. We sat down under a crusty, smoke-stained picture of John L. Sullivan with his bare fists held up like they did. Awesome. Grubby place • no table service. Beckett did all the walking back and forth to the bar. I'd been away longer than he. Funny.

Beckett: Glad you could make it, John.

Lannon: Sam, this bloody fecklng amazes mel Beckett: It takes some getting used to. But your public faithfully adores you. You'll be all right!

Lennon: I've often admired your work, Sam, but I never ever dreamt you might interview me. Especially not now.

Beckett: Try to relax Lennon: Aightl Breathe In, breathe out. I'm a little out of practice.

Beckett: Now, John, we've agreed to discuss the major characters or icons in each other's work?

Lennon: We did, yes.

Beckett: And we agreed to talk about our similar but differing use of various sorts of simple symbols.

Lennon: I'm actually looking for· ward to that.

Beckett: And we also agreed that I could tell a knock-knock joke.

Lennon: Well Beckett: Just one - for only you, me and the tape recorder.

Lennon: Yes, one, no more. You did promise, Sam.

Beckett: Yes, Yes. I did. Only one. I swear!

Lennon: Can we begin with that, then, and have done with it?

Beckett: The joke? Sure, why not? Here we go. You start it.

Lennon: Me? Oh, all right! um

Knock! Knockl

Beckett: Who's there?

Lennon: What?

Beckett: Who's there?

Lennon: You can be such a silly fecking twit, Beckett.

Beckett: To most, your most startling imagery was found in the song "I am the Walrus." People have claimed it stood for some sort of universal spirituality which you were attempting to share with the world. I have even seen intralineal "translations" of this piece arguing such. Can you tell me about the walrus?

Lennon: Okay. Are you going to find a little photo of a walrus or some· thing to put with this part?

Beckett: I'm sure we'll do something. The walrus?

Lennon: Hello, there, little picture of a walrus! Okay. Walrus spelt backwards is surlaw , sur law. Above the law.

Beckett: So it meant you had· felt yourself a bit backwards but above the law?

Lennon: No, I just noticed that trick just now.

Beckett: So, what did it mean? What was the walrus?

Lennon: A 200-stone sea mammal that lives in the arctic. Still is, I think. Beckett: With tusks! Those huge, silly, pointy tusks!

Lennon: And blubber! Lots of blubber! Rolls and rolls! Practically no legs, you know, so on land, it moves just by heaving Its blubber around! Beckett: Hah, hah hah! Ah, wonderful blubber! The sight of it!

Lennon: Jesus yesl Great isn't it? My first wife was into blubber. Not my second wife, though!

Beckett: There can never be enough blubber!

Lennon: You learn that about life: Like the Duchess of Windsor said: Your legs can never be too short nor your blubber rolls too wide!

Beckett: So true! And I'm looking forward to getting still longer in the tooth I

Lennon: Hah hah hahl That's a good one, Sam. Longer in the tooth! You're really good sometimes.

Beckett: Knock! Knock!

Lennon: Who's there? Hah, haha! Actually, the walrus was Paul. I said so in another song called "Glass Onion".

Beckett: Why Paul? How did he get that label?

Lennon: From his mum, Indirectly. Growing up, she'd often look at him and say "Tusk, Tusk!"

Beckett: Stands to reason Lennon: Stands to reason.

Lennon: What? Ohl My turn? Oh shite I Um, okay I I talk into this thing? Okay. Um, Sam, what were your trying to communicate to the world with that 'Waiting for Godot' ? And where were you on the night of the murder?

Beckett The world? Really Johnl If a million people, one four-thou-

sandth of the souls on the globe, saw 'Godot', I would be flabber· gasled And I was in the bed· room, the parlour, the hall, the kitchen and the loo. Especially the loo.

Lennon: Must not have been you, then. Right! So, what were your trying to communicate to the ten or twelve people who saw 'Waiting for Godo!' ? No, wait, we'll come back to that. Why'd you write the fecking thing in French originally?

Beckett: Because I could! I mean, um, to ah , to sterilise the words, as far as that is possible. To present the struggle outside of any culture. Needed to do something beyond politics and local sentiment. Couldn't avoid that In the English without tile filter of the French. I have plenty French words, but very few of the etched associations of French culture that come to a native speaker. How's that?

Lennon; It wasn't to impress people and pick up girls?

Beckett: Well, um that tool Didn't work too well, though.

Lennon: Patience! Lots of birds I knew went for that !chabod Crane type. Mind if I ask you the origins of some of the Godot characters?

Beckett: Nol I'll tell you everything I can remember and add some of my speculations!

Lennon:· Can you say anything about Vladimir?

Beckett: Nol Lennon: Estragon? Beckett: No!

Lennon: Pozzo?

Beckett: It doesn't rhyme with Bozo the Clown like that. It's POTT-SOE, like pizza but with different vowels. Anyway, no!

Lennon: Lucky?

Beckett: Um Nol Damnl and it was on the tip of my tongue, tool Lennon: Godot?

Beckett; Of course not! He never shows upl He doesn't have any lines I Lennon: You don't remember any· thing?

I tried! Oh, brother! Well, let's gol We can't! Why not? We're um, we're oh. never mind!

Beckett

Gwynne Dyer Faces

By Kyle Webb

Canadian Globalization Shuffle

WORLD'S GREATEST LOVE STORY IN UCFV'S THEATRE

The third production of the UCFV Theatre Department's 2000/2001 season of theatre feature the world' greatest love story, immortalized by the world's greatest playwright: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet's forbid• den desire for each other, against the will of their feuding families, drives this spellbinding tale of doomed love to an unforgettable. heart-rending climax.

Romeo and Juliet will be directed by department head Dr. Bruce Kirkly, who also directed last season's innovative production of Chakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. This will be the department's second production of Romeo and Juliet; the first version, in 1987, was set on the early Italian rennaisance period, circa 1550. This new version will be updated to the mid 1920's. this was a period of stark political polarization in Italy, creating a perfect dramatic vehicle for the fued between the lover' tow families.

Romeo and Juliet has a large cast of theatre and community performers. The roles of Romeo and Juliet will be played by Steven Kurowksi and Lisa Love. Steven appeared as Adriana is last year's production of The Comedy of Errors, and Lisa recently played Gail, in this season's production of Better Living. Jordan Schartnew will play Mercutlo; and Dale Loewen is Tybalt, with Kevin Ault as Capulet and Judy Becker as Lady Capulet.

March 9 in the UCFV Theatre on he Chilliwack cam-

Napster settles on a billion dollar agreement with the RIAA -but the future is still in limbo

Ing this ruling last July, but will they be able to do it again?

By Jessica Oanylchuk

On the evening of February 20th, more Napster users were online swapping MP3's at one time than ever before. This is because the following day was anticipated to be D· Day for Napster, as the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) was ready to shut them down in yet another court appearance. The fate of Napster was put into limbo when the court ruled in favour of the RIAA, slamming Napster and its creator, Shaun Fanning, to agree on a one billion dollar settlement. This will see Napster pay $150 million per year in licensing fees to major record companies and $50 million per year to independent labels and artists.

Its effect on you? Currently, nothing. The operation of Napster will continue as normal until further notice. However, this further notice could be as soon as Friday, March second when there Is a risk that Judge Marilyn Hall Petal could shut them down in her court. This was the samejudge who in the summer of 2000, ordered the operation of Napster to cease, siding with the RIAA on copyright infringement against Napster. We all know that Napster was successful in appeal-

Should they be able to convince Judge Marilyn to once again keep Napster online.there will be, however, changes in the operation of the music-swapping site. No later than the summer of 2001, will they be implementing a service charge levied to Napster users.

It Is estimated at this time that these charges will not be outrageously horrendous, as one might expect due to Napster having to dish up one billion big ones. Under a basic plan, members may be charged anywhere from $2.95 to $4.95 per month with a I i m It e d amount of transfers. With a premium plan that would allow unlimited transfers, the cost would be between $5.95 and $9.95 per month. And of course, they would offer a free promotional limited time membership that everyone is obviously going to take advantage of.

Above these service charges, the new model would provide more restrictions as well. Napster

Lindsat StevenKurowskiand LisaLoveas Romeoand Juliet

PHOTO:RICKMAWSON

Bleakly takes the role of Juliet's nurse, and Jim Servizi plays friar Laurence. pus and runs at 8pm. March , 0, 15 to , 7 and 22 to 24, with two special priced Other performers, some playing mulitple roles, include: Michael Bridgman,Adam previews wednesdat and Thursdat March 7 and 8. There are also four matinee Cosby, Mark Dalling, Sara Dickhout, David Dunster, Chandra Goodey, Gynis performances: Tuesday and Wednesday March 13 and 14 at noon. Hannafod, Jaclyn Hollingshead, Vic Janzen, Kerri Leeper, Cameron Mackenzie, For ticket information on Romeo and Juliet and other upcoming events call Tristan Newby, Helen Oldfield, Alexis Quadnau, Vic Upshaw, and Wil Watchorn. (604)795-2814, fax at (604)792-2615 or e-mail at theatre@ucfv.bc.ca. Tickets, wich range in price from $5 to $15, are now on sale for Romeo and Juliet, which opens Friday,

Gob

IN THE GALLERY

with Ocean 3

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Complete

Animals Nite Club, February 22, 2001

By NatalieVermeer

This was a crazy night. To start with, a clueless manager denied my profound attempt at an interview with Gob and the staff at Animals also shot down my eagerness for photos to accompany this review. We were off to a great start. So I gave up on the idea of a stellar review and thought I'd just try enjoying the show somehow.

With Ocean 3 out • of Vancouver as an opening band, this just wasn't possible. They had a sound like A Perfect Circle, except without Maynard James Keenan. In other words, they were quite pointless. It ~lso seemed as though the lead singer was -.:-i-..a..:-;:._ attempting to hide his voice by singing the same notes as the bass and guitar chords. That was simply no good. I'll admit, however, the band was actually tolerable when there were instrumental breaks.

In one song when he was singing, "Nobody hears me say I'm sorry", I couldn't help but wish that was the case.

Complete took over at 10:40 p.m. with an intro of "We're a pansy rock band from Langley, BC'' My friend Dave noticed that there were two guys from the former band The Cretins in this group, so that was cool. This band impressed me as they did sound "complete," if you can excuse my lameness.

Complete's sound reminded me of Millencolin, Saves the Day and with one of the vocalists singing, Ten Foot Pole. They encountered technical difficulties with the mics being too quiet, but other than that, they were awesome.

In between sets, Animals took the opportunity to play the lamest songs as possible: so lame, I took note of it. Earlier in the evening they were playing some decent punk rock. I guess 9:15 p.m. was time for the regulars or something since Crazy Town, Wheatus and even Limp Bizklt started playing.

Throughout the night, there were also constant reminders that a lame band from the B0's will be playing at Animals in the near future. It was in such poor taste. I know Animals isn't used to having many high profile bands at their venue, but to play such horrible crap between sets to advertise a show that is not going to appeal to any of the people awaiting the Gob show it made me ill.

Finally, Gob took the stage at 11:45 p.m. I think they opened with "On These Days .'' but I'm probably wrong. I remember thinking they sang quite a bit from "How Far Shallow Takes You," which Is quite a good album. They also played a fair amount of their new "classic rock"-sounding stuff, which I don't dig as much.

In the middle of "Extra, Extra'', they did a rendition of a Dr. Ore with Eminem song, which I can't remember the name of. It was actually pretty cool. Tom (guitar/vocals) showed off some sweet dance moves.

Now for th3 not-so-cool stuff; during this show, there were so many bouncers one might think NSync were in town. Actually, they were there to protect Gob from flying people. The guys didn't care if you landed on your head as you were thrown back into the crowd, as long as you didn't

Local 'scene': Marlinspike

By·Natalie Vermeer for their fans.

(Langley's Marlinspike hit It off so quickly that they were in the recordingstudio only five months after they were born!)

Fresh out of Walnut Grove In Langley, punk band Marllnspike emerged onto the local music scene this past July. Although only six months old, Marlinspikeis already considered a "phenom" In Vancouver,having so many requests for CD's, that they've recently gone Into the studio to complete a self•tltled,five track disc

Comprised of only three local dudes and their instruments, they play a "melodic style of pop-punk with hints of ska throughout some of their songs," or so says drummer, Nick Georgopoulos.These three guys are Dave Monks (lead guitar and vocals), Don Denbraber (bass and vocals) and Georgopoulos on drums.

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land in their area.

As for Gob: a few months ago, a friend of mine went to a Gob show and was annoyed with their wimpy new stuff and was yelling out "play faster" and Theo (guitar/vocals) pushed him in the face I So in light of that incident, Kevin Fryatt wanted

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to see if he could get the same reaction. He kept on yelling out the same stuff until finally Tom yells back "What, you want us to play slower?" He got angry and I think he blabbed on about selling out but maybe that was just me dreaming. Later on Gob was pissed again when some guy behind me threw his beer at the band. They were threatening to end the show and were asking us if we thought Animals was a place to act like animals. They are so funny.

They ended up finishing the show with ''Paint It Black," their "most requested song at live shows" which I've been hearing everywhere. So that was it - a frustrating show that had potential greatness.

"untitled" Mixed Media, 2001

Erin Enderby

"untitled" Photograph, 2001 SuzanneOuevillon

NOISE POLLUTION

DropklckMurphys "Sing Loud,Sing Proud!"

By Natalie Vermeer

When I look at the guys in this band, I find it hard to believe that they aren't all sporting bagpipes, kilts and big frumpy boots. I don't own too many albums by the Dropkick Murphys, but I've seen them a cou• pie times in concert. This particular album, Sing Loud, Sing Proud, seems so much more full of Irish pride than what I've heard before, or it may be just a fuller sound.

The band has grown from a four-piece to a sevenpiece with this album. There are more bagpipes and there is a regular appearance of tin whistles and accordions. Dropkick Murphys· songs are typically full of "celtic fury" and are songs of friendship, unity

MemphisBleak "The Understanding"

and celebration and this is definitely no exception.

This is a band that continually boasts that it is "from Boston, for Boston'' which is evidenced in the first song, "For Boston." They also have an Irish drinking song sound which they maintain with the songs "Good Rats," "Ramble and Roll," "Caps and Bottles,'' "The WIid Rover" and ''The Spicy McHaggls Jig.'' There is an appearance from Shane MacGowan (formerly of The Pogues) on "Good Rats" (and "Wild Rover" if you get the vinyl version), which is cool,

though I really don't notice anything very remarkable about his contribution.

"Caps and Bottles" sounds very familiar to me, but maybe I've just listened to it way more times than the others: it is really their kind of song. One of my favorite lyric is, "I recall when I was small I thought I'd be a legend soon but that was then and this Is now a harder road cannot be found.''

The album is very strong and energetic but I think I could only listen to the whole album at one time if they wereplaying live. This is definitely a band you cannot form an opinion of until you've seen them live. With that in mind, I am looking very forward to April 14th when they play the Croatian Cultural Centre with Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards and Reach the Sky.

4/5

By Haydes

Jay-Z's second shadow (you do remember Beanie Seagal, don't you), Memphis Bleek, has released his sophomore album, and all I can say Is that I hope his first album was better. Rap, a musical genre that has long been stereotyped by the public to be about bitches, blunts and bling, has just come a step closer to re-affirming that stereotype. Don't get me wrong; if your narrow mindedness of what seems to be de riguere in the rap industry today, set to tracks that are meant to make that ghetto booty bounce, then Memphis Sleek is just what you are looking for.

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{At this point, I insisted that we trade seats - so that the one seat would be the interviewer seat and the other the interviewee seat. Lennon thought this was stupid, but went along with it anyway. •SB}

Beckett: I wanted also to ask you about the eggman Lennon: Jerry.

Beckett: What? Who?

Lennon: Jerry Furman • he was our eggman. Every Saturday Jerry would come around and Mum would give him a bob the dozen for eggs. Once while he was inside the house, I peeked into the back of his van. So many eggsl I'd never seen anything like itl God, I wanted his job!

Beckett: So the eggman was Jerry! Why didn't you put that in the lyric of "Glass Onion'' as well, like: {singing} 'And here's some good advice for the wary The eggman was Jerryl' Lennon: No, no, nol I couldn't have done that!

Beckett: Why not?

Lennon: Furman was a private blokel I mean, shite, Paul was fair game. He'd already adjusted to the public. Furman's gig was eggs, just eggs. People would have fecking hounded him to death! Anyway, he left after a time. We got a new, nasti•

Not that NWA was r--~===::::. any different back in the day, but at least songs like "Fuck The Police" could have something of a political meaning, although very small.

The thirteenth track is the one to listen to for a good beat and good lyrics, with the guest vocals of Jay-Z and Missy Elliot. Produced by Ttmbaland, "Is That Your Chick (The Lost Verses)" makes one wonder why Timbaland hasn't made another album, perhaps

er eggman when I was about twelve. Jerry moved to Pennsylvania or Maryland, or someplace like that. Just one of the many fascinating commodity "men" I watched when I was small.

Beckett: Lord, yesl There was a man for everything, wasn't there?

Lennon: Now that you mention it, Christ! There was a milkman and a breadrnan, fruitman, garbageman, rag and bone man.

Beckett: Neighborhood life was a dally parade! There was the postman, policeman, fireman, the telephone man, the insurance man, the Fuller Brush man, the Culligan man, the Maytag repairman

Lennon: Right! And always they'd identify them· selves as such, like they didn't have a name or something. I mean you'd hear this rap-rap-rap on the door followed by a muffled "Milkman!'' or "Eggman !'' or whatever!

Beckett: Thank heavens that all stopped. Can you imagine the cacophony in this age of over• specialized marketing?

Lennon: And what on earth would "I am the Walrus" have sounded like? {pause} Hahl Hahal Hahahal

Beckett: What?

Lennon: Rap-rap-rap! Hemorrhoid Reliefmanl Hemorrhoidman! Need anythin' up yours today? {both laugh}

Beckett: Rap-rap·rapl Tweezermanl

without Magoo the second time 'round. The only real saving grace of this album is the final track, "In My Life," a sobering tale about life in the ghetto for Memph and his struggle to get into the music industry. The track almost makes me wonder, if Memphis' Bleek was to come out from under the wing of the behemoth known as Jay-Z, would he rise to the top on his own?

Despite the shallowness of the album, it wasn't all that bad. This may say something about me, but I don't care. If you like Jay-Z and the "Roc-a-fella" family, then buy the album. If not, quit your bellyaching and go listen to the Dixie Chicks.

{both laugh more}

Lennon: Rap•rap·rapl Hola! Hola! Yardstickman here! Yardstickmanl

Beckett: {fighting for breath} Or in rural areas: Rap-rap-rap! Pitchforkmanl Pitchforkmanl Lennon: Or for the Pinteresque machinists: Rap-rap-rapl High-speed, tapered shank, spiral flute reamermanl Any high•speed, tapered shank, spiral flute reamers today?

Beckett: Rap-rap-rap! Astronaut! Astronaut! Rap-rap-rap! Paperclipmanl Lennon: {visibly lacrimating) Door-to-door Einstein: Rap•rap-rapl Cosmologymanl Theoretical Physicsmanl Fresh-picked photoelectric effects! Nice ripe unified field theories!

Beckett: Rap-rap·rapl Beanman!

Lennon: What? Beanrnan? You mean like navy beans and kidney beans and string beans, like that?

Beckett: Yes! That's it!

Lennon: That's what I could have said! "I am the beanman, they are the beanmen, I am the bovusl Toot, toot, toot. toot!''

Beckett: {on floor} Rap-rap-rapl Fartrrianl Fartrnanl

{Editor's Note: Transcription terminated thus having elicited the latent thirteen- year- old in each other, this interview just gets worse and worse. There's no point.}

Can you say ROADTRIP?I I!!!

THE CASCADES NEED YOUR SUPPORT! Midterms are done (for the most part) so you have NO EXCUSE not to wander up country this weekend (March second and third) to cheer on your kick-ass Cascades hoop squad. It's only a few hours away, a delightful drive to the University of the Cariboo in Kamloops is just what you need! The Cascades need all of us UCFV fans to cheer them on in their battle for provincial domination. It's going to be some great basketball. You won't be disappointed! Game times will be posted at www.ucfv.bc.ca/athleticsunder the Men's and Women's team

Schedules as soon as possible.

BATTLE OF THE BEST FINALLY DECIDED

By Gabe Salvatore

Five weeks. That's how long UCC and UCFV had to look at each other's names In the standings to see who would take the next game in Kamloops, on Saturday night. There would be more to it than the 70•67 road loss on January 19th for the UCC Sun Demons. At the season's concluding game the gloves were strapped on as the two men's basketball teams finally looked into their opponents' eyes again. After Demons' coach Nevin Gleddie presented for• wards Andrew Roy and Garth Omer, players in their llnal year of eligibility, with mementos, a booming "LEEEET'S GET READY TO RRAUUUUMBAAAALLLI" should have been announced. Mid-way through the first half both teams were in foul trouble, repre•

sented by UCC's 13/18 and UCFV's 15/23 results at the charity stripe. The contenders went at it in the paint, near the baseline and on the arc racing over each other for loose balls and breakaways. "We're a very aggressive team," states UCFV coach Pat Lee describing his team.

UCC frontliners Omer, Roy and Ryan Porter grinded, and were grinded, by UCFV's big boys Mike Mclaverty, Bryson Tiedeman and Ryan Haviland, whose 6'11"frame stood five Inches over Porter, the tallest Demon. The lane-cloggers showed off their footwork, shifting into overdrive and jumping at each other for the bucket and foul more often than not.

When double teams headed to the post the game turned into a shooter's dream in which neither team slouched. Swinging the ball out to the open man. like

Curt Dale or Skye Buck (3/3 behind the arc) helped the Demons keep the lead for the majority of the game. The Cascade s played that contest as well, letting guards, Jamie Armstrong and Aaron Wells pop the ball as if they were at a quick shot arcade game.

For a moment the demolition derby might have been over • but then half.time ended.

With a final score of 80-86 , a worn down Cascade team could only look forward to the upcoming play• offs as the second seed. "We weren't In synch at all,'' Lee bitintly stated. ·•11you don't get flow In this game, you don't win."

Gleddie simply poured out that the win "couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of guys."

Legacy leaves Abbotsford ,Nith ne,N Sports Hall of Fa111e

Earlier in the month of February, Abbotsford city council, the parks and recreation committee and the board of directors approved the latest building to be added to the Exhibition Park Fairgrounds. It will be a fully equipped Sports Hall of Fame, with martial arts and wrestling rooms accompanied by office space.

This "Legacy Building" is made possible by the profits from the Western

Canada Summer Games when they were here in 1995. A special legacy fund was set Up and runby a panel of members in order to help direct the money to where it is most needed In Abbotsford athletics.

One and a half million dollars which accounts for most of the legacy fund is being used towards the new building. It will be located between the main stadi·

Cascades gear up f~r provincials

March 2 and 3 the Cascadesare heading back to Kam/9ops for Provincialswhere they will be competingfor a spot In the Nationals

By Desiree Mayhew and Jessica Danylchuk

The weekend of February 23rd and 24th saw the regu• lar season of BCCAA basketball come to an end. UCFV Cascades finished off with a tiring road trip north, first to UNBC In Prince George and then down to UCC in Kamloops. The men's game against Cariboo involved and down and dirty battle for top spot in the province. Both teams returned home with mixed results.

The women's game had the result of a brutally low scoring basketball game. It was a UCFV loss at 36-52. The Cascade women still claim first in the province.

However, the men fell to second place provincially after losing to UCC 80-86. This was a close game through· out both halves, but in the end UCC came out with the victory. It was a rough game for both teams, as the fouls were a flyin'I

The previous weekend saw both UCFV teams beat Kwantlen and Douglas College. The women won 71-36 and 80-43 respectively, with Cassi Born scoring 24 points and totaling five rebounds against Kwantlen. The men also came out on top, beating Kwantlen 96· 79 and Douglas 85- 70.

This weekend (March 2nd and 3rd) both teams are heading back to Kamloops for Provincials where they will be competing for a spot in the Nationals.

"Both teams have the skill to beat anybody in the league," commented UCFV athletic director, Jane Antil who is very hopeful for a successful outcome. "We defi· nitely have the ability. I am confident we could [win the provincials) if we play well."

um track and the soccer and rugby fields at Exhibition Park. The Kiwanis group will be incharge of operating the new building.

Local wrestlers should be estatic about the new building which will hold Abbotsford's first facility geared solely toward wrestling. The local wrestling club has never benefited from such city facilities.

Some of the office space is already planned to house the Youth Commltee which currently resides In the old Clearbrook library next to city hall.

The building will be outstanding for sports fans. Its location.combined with its wrap around decks and roof top patio, will allow fans to spectate in comfort.

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Upcoming Events and Dates of Relevance

Temporarv Change In Hours for Student Financial Aid Services

Due to computer training, Student Financial Aid Services will have the following hour of operation from February 12 to March16; Mondays: 1:OO- 4:00 (closed all morning) Tuesdays: 9:00 - 12:00 & 1 :00 - 3:00 Wednesdays: 1:00 - 4:00 (closed all morning)

Thursdays: 9:00 - 12:00 & 1 :00 - 3:00 Fridays; 9:00 - 12:00 & 1 :00 - 3:00

Chllllwack Coffee House

Students, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend the coffee house on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month from 4:00 to 6:00pm. Stop in the Chilllwack Student Lounge for live entertainment, gourmet coffee, and desserts. Singers, poets, and other entertainers are invited to take part in the open mic session. FREE funl

Women of Distinction

The YWCA of Vancouver is seeking nominees for its annual Year 2001 Women of Distinction Awards. These awards @celebrate women whose outstanding activities and achievements contribute in meaningful ways to top the health and future well being of the community. Nomination forms and details can be found at www.ywcavan.org

UCFV Bursary Challenge • 5 km run.

The Fraser Valley 2001 Race Series is set to go! Brochures will be in all Faculty and Staff mailboxes soon. The first race is March 31st, and will be a 5 km route from our Abbotsford, starting at the Library at 9 a.m.

In order to encourage as much student participation as possible the UCFV Athletic Department Is offering a $500 bursary as a draw prize (you have to participate In the March 31st run, but you don't have to win itl), for all current UCFV students. This will be good for either the Spring 2001 Language Lunches

Are you hungry to Improve our skills in another language? Come to the Modern Language lnstitute@s Language Lunches! Offered in the comfort of the International Education office (A 292, Abby), these informal meetings are open to all students, faculty and staff who would like to chat, much, and learnl Bring your lunch and enjoy the company of native speakers and enthusiastic learners.

Japanese: Mondays 12 - 1

French: Tuesdays 12 - 1

Spanish: Thursdays 1 - 2

UCFV Ombudsmun

Office of the Ombuds: When you don@t know who to ask

What the UCFV Ombuds can do for you

• listen to you

• answer your questions

• explain UCFV policies and procedures

• develop options for resolvingyour concerns

• assist you in seeking a resolution

• recommendchangesin policyand procedure

The Omudsmun office was establishes as a neutral, objective third party to provide members of the UCFV community with informal assistance in resolving policy problems, con· fllcts, and disputes. The Ombudsmun is employed by the UCFV Student Union Society (SUS), and is jointly funded by the SUS and the University College Board of Governors.

The office of the Ombudsmun serves as an entry point into the UCFV system, offering Information on how the system functions with respect to complaints and concerns, who does what within it, and what processes are available to the individual.

The office of the Ombudsmun will receive corn-

or Fall 2001 semesters. Alumni and current UCFV students who present their student ID cards on race day get a 50% discount for entry ($10 instead of $20).

Please let your students know that this event is coming up!

plaints brought forward by any member of the University College community, will explaln the available options, and may recommend and appropriate course of action.

The Ombudsmun will also advise UCFV on the need for new institutional policies and procedures and/or changes to existing policies and procedures in order to ensure that fair and just policies and procedures exist and are being followed. As well, the Ombudsmun may review decisions to determine whether they ~re fair, reasonable and consistent with similar cases both within UCFV and the larger academic community.

The Ombudsmun holds a position of trust, and has aresponsibllity to the entire UCFV commu• nity.

For more information on how the Ombudsmun can serve you, contact the Ombuds office: Abby (B225A): (604) 853-7441 Chilliwack (E101): (604) 792-0025 Mission: (604) 820-4587 Email; Student0mbuds@ucfv.bc.ca

OBITUARIES

Erin was a quiet student. She was well liked and will be missed,said NancyGoad, Nursing programcoordinator.We watched her grow in confidence as she progressed through the program. She was becoming more comrort• able with the role that she was preparing for, and getting really excitedabout being a nurse.

Erin Burgess

Erin Burgess, a fourth-year nursing student, died tragically and unexpectedly Dec 31 as the result of complications a meningococcal infection, after falling ill on Christmas Eve. She was 23, and would have graduated this spring.

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One of these limitations could include requiring an additional charge for users to copy files onto CD's. (Napster claims they are currently working on a tech• nology that will be able to track when you copy tha music onto a disc. At this point, I bet you they're just saying that to spook us • I give that idea a big "yah right I"). Furthermore,a database will be created so Napster can more accurately track song information and usage forcopyrlghtprotection.

So what about the hundreds of barely known MP3 sites that offer the same free music concepts? Well, as the Napster case Is slowly coming to and end with the RIM ahead, the RIM is quietly moving into some of the other "copycat" sites. such as Napagator and Gnutella, sending threatening letters. Bu\ don't worry, even In worst case scenario,it would be virtually impossible tor the RIAAto shut down every site on the web that provides MP3 music to music lovers. The billion-dollar settlement, which is to be paid out in five years by Napster, does not even come close to the money the labels figured they are due for copyright infringement. The RIAA has been freaking out over the past year claiming they've lost billions of dollars to the free music. In all reality, only four months ago the RIAA announced that CD sales in North America were not down at all, instead they has risen six percent from the same time the previousyear. CD sales, in fact, are at an all-time high!

So what's the RIAA raising the stink about? Simple: the basic act of copyright infringementthat is only cre• ating more business for the music industry!

Erin played one year of basketball for the Cascades women1s team, In 1995/96, and was a standout high school player for W.J. Mouat Hawks before that, earning MVP honours at the Fraser Valley championships in 1995. Her father Bob is an assistant coach at Yale Secondary.She is also survived by her mother Noreen and older sister Megan.

Erin's family has established a memorial scholarshipfund, to supporta nursingstudent. To make a donation, forward your cheque (madeout to the UCFV/ErinBurgessmemori· al fund) to the Developmentoffice at UCFV.

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Formedin July 2000, they came out of the starting blocks flying. They begandoingshowsin Augustand got incredible responses from the crowds.By Octoberthey decidedto bookstudiotimeto beginrecordingin December.They hit a minor roadblock when Monksbroke his foot at work,so Marllnspikeshowshad to be put on hold until his recovery."There was a positiveside to it," explained Georgopoulos,"it enabledus to get mentallypreparedfor our upcoming studiotime."

Healedand raringto go, Marlinspikeplayedtheirbiggestgig to date at the LangelyCivicCenteron January19th."It was overwhelming," claimsGeorgopoulos,''we had peoplesingingalong to songsthey had neverheardof before they wereall dancingand meshing.''

Marlinspike'ssuccesscontinuedwhen they droppedoff their five track EP at the X-FM 104.9 headquartersin Vancouver.X-FMpersonalityChris Dunn featuredit that same night on their Canadian Exposure!programme.

On February27th they playedanotherbig showat Studebakersin Bumaby.At thistime I can'ttellyou howthatwentbecausethe paper will have gone to print by then. However, they told me they're expectinga lot from themselves,and are very optimisticaboutthe crowd'sresponse.

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But life is beautiful, The uglinessIs not really there It's all in your head

You see what you want to see Opportunities and resources galore There for the taking Oh my World, Timor My Timor

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takingpartin theXFM - sponsored"Battleof theBands"at the Ocean BeachHotelin WhiteRockon March15th.Thefollowingnight,they'll be at the JavaJointwith CrownedKing.

Marlinspike'smain methodor promotionIs on the informationsuperhighwaywhere they've managed to gain a respectable amountof recognition.With Georgopoulos .,.,.,.,, ., surfing them to success,universityradio stations in Californiaand Michigan have requestedtheir CD for oirplay.In addition, US record labels Deafiniteand Outkast Records have also shown interest. The Marlinspike website is at www.geocities.com/marlinspikemusic,and their music can be heard at www.mp3.com/marlinspike.

When I asked them who had infuenced them musically,they were quick to reply that Green Day and Goldfingerare big inspirations.Drummingeffortsare highly lnflu• enced by Dave Grohl (when playingfor Nirvana},and they try to incorporatehis drummingstyleIntoa lot of their music.

As Canadianas maple syrup and hockey,theseboysare determinedto stayput in Canadafor the durationof theircareers.Yes• theyclaimeven if they reachgiganticsuccessthey will remainbasedin Vancouver,whichis "the best place in the world," they declared.

For now, they still practiceat least five nights a week in Monks' garageand workat theirfull-timejobs as electriciansand warehouse workers. If you are interestedin purchasingthe new self-titled Marlinspikedisc ($7),youcan do so at theirwebsiteor by contacting themat marlinspike99@hotmail.com.

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REFERENDUM ISSUE

STUDENT UNION SOCIETY FEESTRUCTURE

Come out and enter your vote between March 13th & 15th!

All students who come out and vote will automatically be entered in the draw.

The issues:

Currently, the Student Union Society collects fees from students on a percentage based system. We wish to change to a flat fee system for 3 reasons:

Secure your Student Union fees before the tuition freeze endsl

With an election coming up, the tuition freeze will likely end. A percentage based system combined with an increase in tuition will result in significantly higher Student Union fees. Save money now!

The UCFV Student Union's budget is one of the lowest in Canadal

The Student Union has a budget of $103,000 while schools with comparable populations operate with budgets ranging from $800,000 to $2, 100, 000! Due to a serious lack of funding, the Student Union is unable to provide adequate representation for its membershipthe students. A flat fee would have our budget sitting at an estimated $300,000; still lower, but a good start.

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Equal access to servicesl

All UCFV students have equal access to expensive Student Union services such as the student handbook, The Cascade Newspaper, and the Ombuds. However, students currently pay variable Student Union fees. Given that all students have equal access to these services, all students should pay the same fee.