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Poet's Corner In the background a lonely radio Is playing the sad love songs of the night.

And there is dust on those highheeled shoes, buried in the back of the closet.

Old dresses scatter the floor, tossed aside during a rush to get ready for that long ago Saturday night.

But the VCR Is warm, the popcorn maker is out, and a freshly washed pair of flannels are spread out carefully on the

bed, waiting for someone to climb in, snd watch a couple of classics to prepare for another long night alone.

-by ref

Superstition Theflight of navigation from my body to my mind; spinning in circles, you wanted me with your eyes i knew this all so soft and subtle.

Endearing wind swift and powerful like your body over mine.

Thesun high in the valley of orchards blue with velvet and your eyes light up the night; dim with love; earth; beauty; possession.

Kindling along the railroad stands a naked woman who Is bearing child in womb.

Caress this gentle human likeness so new to the wonder and this candle wlll carry the song of my future.

To dance with a migrain lowdown about the harbour in the heart of Vancouver, the home of my soul and mind.

Wander the streets at night with no one but the moon and learn to hate the life which surrounds the dark alleys.

And my babe Is In the waiting; roaming fish will wander In my blood; hot with thirst and desire for all I need to know but will never come to; he will elude me once again.

- By Suzanne Masse The following is a test of the emergency print system.

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Top 10 Reasons Why Santa is Politically Incorrect With the coming of Christmas, many children look forward to the coming of Santa when they receive presents of all sorts. Little do these innocent young ones know, the horrible atrocities this supposedly benign 'chronologically advanced' member of the male gender has committed against the good sensibilities of political correctness. And so for the uninitiated in the discernment of political correctness, I present to you the reasons ...

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10) Flies around with neither a safety harness or a pilot's license, posing a danger to other night fliers.

9) Exploits reindeer.

8) Exploits vertically challenged minority ethnic groups (elves, in this case), as well as maintains a single ethnic work force.

7) Operates, without license, an industrial workplace in an ecologically sensitive area.

6) Wears RED -the colour of"Night Walkers" (or so I heard).

5) Wears furs.

4) Promotes unhealthy, unbalanced eating habits (i.e. Milk and Cookies).

3) Discriminates against morally challenged juveniles.

2) Goes about the place calling everybody a "Ho!" 1) Is a large, white, male.

By Sam Chua A Cerebral

This was only a test.

Thank.you.

Thought

Fill the air with the p~ion in your voice. Do what you want when you want. Don't let the rules of the society around you run your life. Everybody has the right to do, say, think, and feel what they want. You cannot allow people to tell you not to have those ideas and feelings. Your thoughts are what the future depends on. We are the generation of hope. When the generations before us created our world, they created our insanity. Don't let their restrictions hang onto your life, and don't let yourself hang onto these restrictions. . - By R~Fentie

UCFV Siudent Newspaper 7th December 1994 Vol. 2 No. 8 RoomE 242, Abby campus.

33844 King Rd. Abbotsford, BC V2S 7M9 854-4529 On the 'Net: Cascade@ucfv.be.ca The views expressed in The Cascade are not necessarily those of tJte Cascade staff, UCFV Faculty, Administration, students, Student Society, or anyone else's for that matter! They were just slipped underneath our office door.

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WHO? We, the Staff, are composed of dedicated,warped individualswhohave come together to produce this crazy publlcatlon.

Weare: Editor-in-Chief Bryan Sikora Managing Editor MoniqueMarchant Production Co-ordinators Pete Hutchinson Kristi Sikora News Director MoniqueMarthant Sports Director Bryan Sikora Entertahnent Director DeannaWalker Now Us Director, CarolineHiggins Contributing Writers Len Catling, Dallas I., Robyn Fcntie, VincentCband,Clarence Giesbrecht,Kara Dahl, Jeff Tisdale, Cindy Balogh, Kirsten Anvik, Suzanne Mass~. Michael Mccloskey, Ron Dart.

Photographers Bryan Sikora Pete Hutchinson Advertising Director Chris Stier Advertising Representative Alon Kempler Pete Hutchinson Do not blame us for anything, for we are only pawns in a much l argcr game ....

On the Cover Dusty, the Hereford bull, poses for his fleeting chance of stardom.

To all those Hereford heifers out there, take a number, he's in high demand.

- Photo by Bryan Sikora

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News Book Burning One Way to Cleanse Soul Literature and tunes deemed evil go up in smoke.

By Len Catling The closestI've everbeen to religion was eating an Easter egg.

So how did I find myself standing beside a bonfl~e of profanities, inhaling the toxic fumes of Satanic manuscripts, drug paraphernalia and horror novels? I would say that curiosity is the ultimate tool of understanding.

When I was invited to the book burning, understanding was somethingin short supply.

My head was filled with images ofl!,frenziedmassofNazis.The Nuremberg propaganda rallies under Hitler in Germanyturned someofourcivilizationsgreatest ideasinto a smolderingreminder of the power of ignorance.

Photo By Len Catlin1 GenevieveWright, an 18 Everything from Stephen King books to drug paraphernalia to compact discs and cassettes were burned by "devout year-oldresidentof Abbots!ord, Christians" In order to destroy "dark demons 1' of their past. has been a devout Christian for approximately a month and a half. She doesn't goose step around issues and she effectsthat his reformationhad on his works. though KurtCobainwas tormentedvery much in the feels the burning of literature detrimentalto her new "WhenI smokeda joint, my head was literally way Genevievedescribedshe was,prior to her leap of found faith is an adequate way of "soul-cleansing." stuffed with ideas. I could draw for hours, yet faith.

Before her reformation,Genevieveled a Iess- everythingI drewwas so dark. Nowthe Lord gets me Asthefiredwindledto a smolder,I cansay I felt than-Christlanlifestyle.Drugs and a fascinationwith high. It's a differentkind of high, tpoughwithoutthe a shift in my own soul. It definitely didn't shift the occult dominatedher outlook on the world. paranoia,"Davidsaid as he tore the pages fromhis art towardsfaith, but to an understanding,no matterhow "The spirits inside the items I'm burning hold journal and sent them to their fiery demise. minuscule. dark demonsof my past. If I can destroy them before As the fire grew, the group held hands and l will nevercondonewhathappenedthat night, theyharmanyoneelse then lhave succeeded,"Wdght began to pray. They asked Godto rid the evil from but the experience enlightened me to the point of told me as we approached the burn sight, a smah their souls andjustify the items they were burning. tolerance. clearingon the Abbotsfordsideof the Missionbridge.

A Nine Inch Nails CD was eaten by the blaze David Dawson of Mission was also present at becauseof "Marchof the Pigs," a song whichmakes Socially,it maybe a travesty,but symbolically this manifestoof Christiandissent. He is also new to referencesto CharlesManson.Nirvanaalso foundthe to GenevieveandDavidit representstrue confession. religion and his new-foundfaith drasticallychanged flames of guilt because, his viewson the p0p-culturewhich grips the teenage as everyChristianknows, generation. An aspiring artist, Dawson told of the suicide is a sin, even

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Electronic Classroom Connects UCFV & UVic UCFVPressRelease Peopleinterestedin professionalchild and youth care work are invited to take part in an unusual course being offered next semester by the UniversityCollege of the Fraser Valley and the Universityof Victoria.

What's unusual about the course isn't the content-it's the methodof delivery.Introduction to ProfessionalChild and Youth Care (CYC201) will be team-taughtby instructors at UCFV and UVicthroughthe useof an "electronicclassroom" linkingthe two institutions. There will be a class full of studentsin both Abbotsford and Victoria, and they will be linked through fibre optic communicationlines, video cameras, television monitors,and microphones.

The $198,00electronicclass room project is funded by the Ministryof Skills, Training,and Labour's Skills Now innovation funding. Once the equipmentfor the classroomis in place;it will be available for use with other courses in partnershipwith UVic and other sites.

B.C Tel has recently equipped the UCFV Abbotsfordcampus with a fibre optic link at no cost to the universitycollege, in response to the

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electronicclassroomproject. UCFV is now one of 40 sites linked around the province through a special educationalnetwork.

Ticket dispensers plugged up in act of vandalism on Abby campus.

Students at both locations will be able to see andheareachotherand theinstructorsthrough the use of large screen television monitors and strategicallyplaced microphones.

LatelastThursday,November24orearlyFriday, the ExecuPark parking -ticket dispensers on the Abbotsfordcampus were vandalized. If you were not on the campus Friday you will be pleased to know you missed a whole day of free parkingI Fred Mitschele, ExecuPark President, pointed out that this was no ordinary attempt at temporarily plugging up lhe machines.

"The person had used a simple glue such as Elmer's glue or page glue to completely plug up and block the coin slot."

In total, four machines were damaged on the campus. Mitschelepointed out that no sooner had the machines been cleaned, it brought to the attention of ExecuPark that another machine had been purposely jammed with toothpicks.

Mitschelestated that "it is probablythe doing of a student who is unhappy with being ticketed, wheel locked, or just having to pay for parking."

Therehasbeen a cashrewardof$100 that wiltgo to anyonewho has any infonnationor leads that will aid in the captureand convictionof theseparking fiends. If you have any informationplease call the EXECU park number 877-8878and tum in Ibis fiend or fiends!

It is now up to the college to decide whetheror not to increa,;ethe parking rates for next semester or September. Milschelc stales "J don't want to see the rates go up, bul if thecollegekeepslossingrevenue,like they did on Friday, it is possible."

The instructorcan focusin on a student by pressing a button on a controller which will automaticallyzoom in a television camera to a preselectedzone. There will also be an electronic overheadprojector,consistingof a video camera whichpoints downonto a slide or transparencyor even a three-dimensionalobject.

UCFVinstructorTed Dunlopwill teachthe CYC course from the Abbotsford end. "We'll have interactive class discussionsinvolving the studentsat both sites, but we'll also break off for small group activities, panel presentations,and videos," he notes.

Most students taking the course will be from the UCFV/UVic Child and Youth Care degree program, but non-program students, or membersof the publicinterestedin exploringthe child and youth care field, are welcometo enroll.

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Sports

Winning Ways Continue for Cascades President's Cup victory and a 4-0 record so far; what's next for women?

By BryanSikora Not willingto give up theirhold of the President's Cup, the UCFV Cascades rolled into Trinity West.em University'sgymNov. 30 and seized·thewin,and the Cup. With a final score of 73-68 for the Cascades,the playwashighlyemoti.onal,providinggreatexcitementfor the partisanTtinity fans, despite the home team losing.

This emotion affected the Cascades,as they had troublekeeping possessionof the ball and putting points on the board early in the game.

"It was a nerve-wrackinggame," UCFV Coach Sandy Chamberssaid. "We never seemed to take total control,even when we got on a roll."

"I never thought we had control offensivelyand defensivelyin what we were doing. Therewasjust a little lack of concentrationtonigbL" Going into the locker room downby seven at the half, the Cascades came out united and Immediately started whittling away the deficit, unlike our National Debt Changingto a half court press in the secondwas the turningpoint for the Cascades.

"It reallycreateda lot of turnovers,and I thinkthat made our kids feel that they could start to roll because turnoversgave them more confidence. Like 'Ob, God, we've got the ball again, let's go!'," said Chambers.

"Trinityhad a really hard time against the press."

At 9:36 of the second, a Denise Rebman lay-up gave the Cascadesthe lead, which they bung onto for the win. Rebmanfinishedwith 16 points.

LeadingUCFV was Megan Thomas,who had an exreptionalgame.HeraggressiveplayagainsttheSpartans put bet on the free-throwline 18times,of whichshesank 15. Thomasfinishedthe game with 17 points.

"Thomas played really well,'' commented Chambers. ''She's come an incredibleway this year, it's awesome!"

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Alway• onestep aheadof the competition, Carol Vln•on put• the check on tho opposing Trinity player. UCFV beat the Trinity WesternSpartan• to win the President'• Cup.

"Sheusedto be afraidtoplayandnowshe's toughand she's takencontrol. It's great to see,in one year,a kid work at her game over the summerand decidethat 'I'm not goingto sit on the bench, I'm coming to play' and that's what she's doing."

Tue President'sCop is an annualgamebetweenthese two Fraser Valley rivals, with the prize being, besides a trophy, bragging rights for the Fraser Valley. With this victory, the

Cascadeshave wouthe Presideut's Cup everyyear since it's inc.eption,three years ago.

Playing in the Clarke Community College InviiationalTownament!'{ov.25-27inWashingtonstate, the powerhouse known as the Cascades flexed their muscle again.

The Cascades- usingthe news of the B.C. Lions GreyCup victoryas inspiration- knocked off tournament host Clarke College Penguins65-64 in a thriller.

"We played awesome,"an excitedCoach Sandy Chamberssaid of thewayher teamplayed. "It wasa great tournament,and wewon. Our play wasmuchbetter,with fewer turnovers and tighterdefense."

With the secondstickingdown, UCFV trailed by one. Some offensive creativityby the Cascadesgot the ball to point guard Brandee Fort who nailed her shot, givingUCFV the one-pointlead, and victory.

"With about 20 secondsleft, we ran the play to Brandee,and swish,it was beautiful. It was the winning shot," co-captain Sue Parkesaid of the play.

P.arkeled UCFVwith 17 pointsand 17rebounds, whileMegan Thomasfinishedwith 16 poinlS. Fort's play throughout the tournamentenabled her to capture the Most Valuable Player award. She finishedthe tournamentwith 24 points and12 assists.

"Brandeebas now decidedto take control,and it shows. Playingthe pointis not an easier positionto play, but Brandeehas quicklyadjustedand it's showing. She deservedthe MVP award," said Chambersof Fort.

The first toumeygame forthe Cascadeshad them pitted against Yakima,with the final being a 63-58win forUCFV. "Sue Parke bad. an outstanding game against Yakima.Sheplayedaggressively,and that setthetonefor the rest of the team," Chamberscommented.

P"arkefinishedwith24 pointsand pulleddown 12 boards against Yakima. Denise Rebmanalso chippedin 14 points.

Bellevue, UCFV's next opponent.,fell to the Cascades61-50. BotbDeniseRebmanandMart11aCraig contributed12 points each in this game.

Where will this winningend? After aProvincial Championship, and perhaps a National victory?•Let's hope so.

UCFV Men Still Looking For First Win

By Bryan Sikora In front of a raging crowd in the David E. Enarson Gymnasium Nov. 30, the UCFV Cascades lost a heartbreaker of a game to the host Trinity Westem University Spartansin the annual President's Cup grudge match.

Despite the additionof senior Tim Bartel, who bas recently returned from an injury,UCFY was on the wrong sideof a 65-62 score,keepingthe gooseeggin the Cascades• win column intact. The Cascaderecorc!i.sat an ugly 0-4 in leagueaction this year.

Toe addition of Bartel, who, at 6' 5" provides impressiveskills and size to the team, did not alleviate the team's lack of finish when it was needed.

Another Cascader, who is currently ineligible this semester, that may provide the winning clement is Bruce Hildebrandt.

"When Hildebrandtjoins the team in January, be will,along with Bartel and Chris Spence,give the team the added offense that we need to win," McNeiUsays.

Toe Cascadesralliedfroma 9 pointdeficit in the last lwo minutes, only to be scored upon in the dying seconds, allowing the Trinity squad to celebratea victory.

"We're gettingstrongerwitheverygame," Cascade coach Mike McNeill said. "We opened the season against the top four teams, and were leading up to the last five minutes against them."

Finishing with the team high 19 points, Spence bad an aggressive and emotionalgame against the Spartans.

Toe weekendof Nov. 26 bad the Cascades playing in Nanaimo, against the defending Canadian Collegiate

AthleticsAssociationNationalChampions,theMalaspina Mariners.

Despil.ea markedimprovementin play, the bottom line was a 68-60 loss.

"We were up by 4 with about 5 minutesto go then had trouble scoring down the stretch," explained Coach Mike McNeill. "We had a coupleof tum-overs,then they hit a couple of key baskets."

The Cascadeswere led by rookie Jeff While, who put 15 points on the scoreboard for UCFV. "White played quite well. He did a good job defensively. He bit three 3-pointer's in the second half that gave us a big lift," McNeill said. "For a first year player, he's off to a good start."

Tighteningupdefensively,the Cascadesprevented the Mariners from running away with the game. In fact, the Cascades had the lead during various points in the game. ''That's the team to beat, and to go over to their plac.eand play the way we did, that's a good sign." said McNeill. "We played well defensively."

With two previousclose losses in a row - a 6 point loss to Douglas and now this 8 point loss • McNeill says it's somethingthe team can build on.

"It's part of beingthere,malcingsurethat it's close.

Now U1enext step is to finishplays off. Part of it is that we just don't finish plays," says McNeill.

"We give up loose balls or we gamble when we shouldn't We're not scteening offensively the way we should, consequentlywe're not winning. When it gets down to the stretch, you have to be that much tougher."

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"Birds", "Old Man" as interpreted by Rose Chronicles, and "Everybody Minister of Multi-Media Sex, Knows This Is Nowhere" by Drugs, and Violence Rheostatlc & Bourbon Tabernacle 'Tis the season for whatever.

Choir.

To be quite honest, I really do Toe second is electric and the not dig this time of year. I will not go only bum tracks on it arc Andy into details since someoneis destined Curran's"CinnamonGirl" and Wild to complain about the content of this T & The Spirit doing 1'Down By the column again, so let us just say that Rlver." Bleah. there is no 0 f SantaClaus course, the and you "My selfless wish this Christmas is best is suck! saved for for therapy sessions for Hey, Trent Reznor and Henry Rollins. " last ... Art let us be Bergmann honest for & One once: the only reason that you like Free Fall slammingthrough"Prisoners Christmas is because you can ask for Of Rock 'N' Roll" is a testamentto not presents that you are too cheap to buy only Art's career, but every garage yourself. Tightwad! band ever.

You will probably just make All proceeds from the album your parents a ceramic ashtray while sales go to charity so at least there is you ask for a new car. l know for a fact some giving on your part, you selfthat your parents do not even smoke. centered prick.

Loser, you should hate yourself as It may not be available around much as I hate you. here,but you canspecialorderVolume So here ls a short list of things magazinefromRadioShackin Mission that you can ask for that I think that (seriously). It comes from England you should have but I am too damn and usually has 18 or 19 tracks per cheap to by them for you. Thank me issue. later...

What? A magazine that has BorrowedTunes:A tributeTo tracks? No, you dolt, the magazine Neil Young (Sony): This is the two includes a CD that has either new, CD set that you could buy separately, unreleased, remixed, or live versions but it would cost you more and you of songs from the band that they cover should at least try to help those who in that issue. Interviews are good, love you to save money. discograghiesare comprehensive,the The songs on the first Superior CD's have cool stuff that you will not tracks are Jann Arden performing find anywhere else, and then there is

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And I'll di• for you If you'll let me live first. garbage.

C-YA next year and every year.

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By Michael Mccloskey My viewingbuds, Arto, Bob, and Mutt, and I have been watching thebestandtheworstof Abbotsford's newestflicksfor the last few months and now I've been given the chance to voicemy opinions.

Hal This will teach all you director's with no skill, infatuated withbadendings,teasingthe masses with little scenes of flesh and masterfulhype,andsickeningus with picturesof MacaulyCaulkin.

Anywho,here goes...

I'll giveTheProfessional a 7/ lOonthedeathanddestructionscale, 8/10on the originalityscale.

Overall, I give it a B+ for catchingthat one tearnearthe end of the film, but keeping all us macho guys riveted with all the guns and explosions. (Why the tear? Well, now, that wouldbe telling,would it not?)

I wasa littledisappointedwhen

the theatre's power went out three Umes,however.

The plot is originalin my own limited history of viewing movies.

The lonely-hitman-saves-girl-frombadguys-tcachcs-her-how-to-bc-ahitgirl-forms-lasting-bond-then-dies sceneis not easy to direct, I'm sure.

Leon the Hitman is like his best friend (a plant), wearingfloods andgrenadessocasually,andMatilda (thegirl) is a littletoo old for her age.

The acting is good, if you excuse the fact that Leon is a little slow in most areas except the art of killing.

Gary Oldman plays the bad guy and does an excellentjob of it.

Thisdruggie-DEAofficialshOuldget an award for best supportingactor.

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Ed it or ia I~~~~~~~~~~~ Put up, or Shut Up! Apathy: lack of interestin or

desirefor activity:indifference.

Antagonist: a person who fights, struggles,or contendsagainst anotherin a combator contestof any kind.

Alright, that's it! Enough.

I do not want to hear another whimper from anyone complaining about anything here at UCFV, specifically the Cascade and the Student Society. I will, as of' this moment on, only listen to those who complain AND are willing to do somethingabout it!

Like all fashionable "Canadians," UCFV'ers have been makingmany noisesaboutthejobthat the Cascadeand the Student Society havebeendoing.

From "Man-hatingFeminists" to violence to ''We want a S.U.B.,"

I've just about heard everything. And that's great! But along with all the criticism,there bas been either empty suggestionsandrecommendationsthat put the onus on others, or none at all.

At the same time, though, I commendthose that have contributed to theirspecificcause. They are taking action; they are part of the solution.

To rest of you two-bit. wannabe revolutionists,talceyour problems elsewhere;unless you want to take on part of the responsibilityof following throughwith findingand carryingout a suitable solution.

Speaknow,or foreverholdyour piece!

• Bryan Sikora

Prank, or Undeniable Evil?

Flipping through the back pages of the Cascade, one would think they are reading some sort of medical journal.

u n p u n c t u a I consciousness is triggering a monotonous consequence.

Self-proclaimed journalists feel it's their social responsibility to preach to us at any

sado-masochism and the joys of kitten mutilation.

It takes strength to make a stand; it takes an Abbotsfordian to turn a How many different holiday prank into the ways are there to oppression of goodness regurgitate something by undeniable evil. Maybe which was sent to if the Cascade the grave long was 2000 years old and sported ago?

"Self-proclaimed journalists Yes, what a cross on the feel it's their social front cover it Buzz and Skeeter said was would not be responsibility to preach" considered a offensive and hideous misinterpreted (just the tip of a mega conspiracy every time an possible chance. original piece of work is anti-woman iceberg, pick In the Nov .1 6 issue whichever) but I would of the Cascade, UCFV put forth.

Some advice' to all rather pass a stone than Faculty Member Mark you morally-stricken Hoffman made references constantly read banner wavers, if you are regurgitation. to a picture of an exploded Jack-0-Lantern.

He going to dig dirt, use a Apologies have been made, forums held, ·an~ deemed this just another shovel, not a spoon.

Maybe some yet it appears even Sven example of the violent Robinson couldn't pull the agricultural classes undertones in our student life support on this one. paper. could help you decipher dirt from the shit which Well, Mr. Hoffman It's been over a month keeps floating to the top since the actual incident, you've caught us. Our yet the four-knuckle editorial policy is of your concept-starved cerebrums.

After all, a shuffle of outcries still decided by leg•wrestling splatters the Cascade and our upcoming issue bleeding heart can leave a nasty stain on the pages. will feature the This display of enlightening effects of carpet.

- Len Catllng

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Stµdeµ.tsMay A Quick Trip Through the ibe.Exp~lled?..

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With the exam weeks and the Chrisunas season rapidlyapproaching,I'm findingmanystudentsto be in one of the followingstates.Some studentsare realizingthat this is the time of year when the crunch comes; they are the sombre ones. Some students are looking past exams and into Christtnas holidays; they are the foolish ones. Some peopledon't know where the heck they are or what year it is; they are the drunk, the high, or the,drunkand high ones.

To each, I have some advice.

For those of you who are finding themselves in a sombrestate(I mightadd I seemto be rapidly becomingone of you), lighten up. Exams come and go. Study hard, do your best. What more can life ask from you?

To those who arc lookingpast exams already,GET A GRIP. before Christmasgets here, this lilUething called examtimecomes.Maybe you've heardof it? It's somewhat of a new thing. This is what you've been wofking for all semester.Exams are your one chance to prove to yOW'prof how much you have slept through his/her class.

Who .kMw11.? . .., . ... . , .... · ·• · . . ·.....·· Jtl$t QlieQ_..etJhJ~: 11.-v:~ a g~ andmei-ty I bavebu tone questionfor the finalgroup.Wheredo you find the stuff and how can I get some? No, that would : :cb~.tm,,•ijcj ~-~a~p7.~w y~r;.ancl P!~ ~<>me . 'hick ·1none leie :betause adrobdstriJlon :reau·.. be wrong. Seriously,talceit easy over Christmas. It would y suck not to have you retwn next semester because of . . ·J'tt'T:~lle . somethingyou did over the holidays.

To all of you, l have a piece of informationI'm sure . ~ Cwn11-..,-Co.-nclt~h•lt,,erso,1

Robert H;.·Campbell.and MJcbelleDernen, the · lnfam.o~Jtoup•tS,A.S.$."t8'aboutto be revealed.

As ot the ftrst ot X>ecember;Bryan Sikora,an anollyinousst.-.deqt,JtaiitJppedus oft as towho1$a member of the subversivegroup.

We plan on.Interrogating thL, student and wUIreveal the entire membershipof '48.A.S.S.''at the next Co0$tltutlonalmeetingslated for January.

As they stand for everythingthat goesag111Mtthe enrlcbment of student life 11rOCFV, we are taklJ1g · steps to have them tormally expelledfrom UCFV, ·• as well as h.-ve p permAmenth)~k set against their •···~.aderntc record.

As·for the·bad new,. parking ls.r.-.mor:edto· • beJntr.eased bya whopplng1®% in January, to an . \inpre~~dentedJev,1~ $U>oper day. ls !.hisgoing ...to ,eass Is (st.-.derit~y) by 8$ Just anothercaseor

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you're all interestedin. Throughmeans which shall remain unexplained, I have been able to obtain a comprehensive list of the addressesof each instructorhere at UCFV.Come by and I'll give you the address of your choicejust in case you wish to go over to his/herhouse and assist them with a little Christmas decorating. (I also have large stickers to cover your license plate when you need to make a speedy exit.)

One other thing. When it comes to making fresh tracks in some new powder, play second fiddle lo no one.

Push little children out of your way and run old ladies over.

Fresh powder is something that doesn't happen often.

I must cautionyou though.As you are about to enter some fresh heaven on earth, lookover your shoulder.l may be behind you ready to squash you flat so I get first tracks.

Havean excellentbreak.As theysay in the politicalIy correct land, "Wishing You Holiday Cheer and a Happy New Year." What crap! '

MerryCHRISTMASand a HappyNew Year to You All Clarence Giesbrecht West Campus Chair

The Cascade

Letters TO Ed.

Wednesdar, December 7, 1994

Registration process at UCFV needs re-working DearEd.: I have had such an interesting time during registrationthis semester that I felt compelledlo tell it Loeverybodyelse,so they could know that registration screws absolutelyeverybody.

Basically, during the last spring semesteritookArchaeologicalFieldStudies, an 8-week, 6-credil course. During the course,J spentfortyhoursa week diggingin FortLangley, which was all fun and good.

However,did attendance or not breaking thousands-of-year-old nativeartifactswhile Ibeywerebeing unearthedaffectthe grade?

No.Why? Onlythe writtenassignmentsand thefinalwerecounted.I'dliketoseeanybody else dig forty hours a week. not destroy a century-oldmouse skull a metre below the ground while digging, and have a hundred pagesofworkdonebytheendofthesemcster, and still get a B+.

Great was my surprise when I checked the registration dates. I wac; comfortablyfittedwith all the other B+' ers, in December. I have succeeded in being placed on the Dean's List of Distinguished Students,in receiving the 1994195UCFV TuitionWaiver Scholarship,in achievinga GPAof3.92inFall 1993,aGPAof3.81 in Winter1994,and becauseof one six-crc<lit courseI amregisteringin ~mber!

What goodis it to me to work clayand night and nevergo on a date and never got to a party Lo get the highest grades and contribute as much as I can when my effort is not recognized in the place that is most important?! What good is a tuition waiver scholarshipwithoutany tuition ro waiver?

The reason is, you see, that UCFV only looks at the previous semester Lo det.enninetheregisttationdate,so thatpeople whohad badluck in one semesterwillnot be unfairlybiasedagainstforall eternity.Good iclca;but for me it's worked the wrong way around thank you very muchI So I try to explainthat the wonderful intentions of this rather simplistic policy have worked their chann the wrong way to the administration."Would you look at my overallsituationever sobrieflyand realizeI should be higher up?" I say. The response has been,and I quote ''If you had done well in thatspringsemestercourse,you'd consider it something positive, and wouldn't be complaining." To this I reply: ifl were so shallowand egotistical,I wouldn't makeit a personalpolicy to retum papers and tests to aninstructorwhentheyaccidentallymarked them too bigb!

Ourentire registrationappointment systemneedsatolaloverllaul.

Besidesgetting ridofmostoflhestaffbehindtheRegistration Desk.whoarewonderfulat askingforstudent card, a pictureID, andaccusingeveryoneof stealingtheirpen,aswellasthedo-it-alwaysby-the-ru lebook-wi thou t-the-sl ightestexception-for-any-reason-whatsoever guts behindlhe scenes,the rules need to be more flexible.

It's fine to make people suffer for a badsemester in the past, but what if, after doing well in the winter semester,you take one course in the spring semester and do badly, and then lose all sorts of courses by beingforcedweeksbackwardsin registering for the next winter? This is what happened

to me. What about people who end up with badGPA's becau~ctheyhave to go to school five times a week, with six-hour overlays, because their previous semester was bad?

It's so easy to set up vicious circles in the current registrationsyst.cmthat something more complete, more flexible, must be developed.

But it must not be developed by the sadists who currently dominate behind the registrationdesk!

Peter Scholz

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Deadline for Letters to Ed: Wednesday, January 4th 4p111.

The CASCADE welcomes all Letters to Ed. All letters must be typed and double spaced, and include your name, phone#, and student II. All letters will be published verbatim.

Our address: Room E242, Abby Campus 33844 King Rd. Abbotsford, BC V2S 7M9 On the 'Net: Cascade@ucfv.bc.ca Or send through Inter-Campus Mail.

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Environmental, Global Awareness Lacking

By CindyBalogh Richard A. Falk said it best: "The planetand mankindare in gravedangerof irreversible catastrophe... wars of mass destruction,overpopulation,pollution,and the depletionof resources."

Will we ever change this?

One of the most troubling of all economicand environmentalproblemsis attributed to overpopulation. The economicallydepressedusuallyhave the highestbirth rates.

The doublingeffect of population is simplyamazing;about 2000 years ago the numberof people was 100million and grewto 2.5 thoU6andmillions

by AD 1950.

Thatmore tban doubledin 43 yearsto 5.6 thousandmillions.

Successin reducingdeath-ratescan bechalkedup to severalfactors:increases in food production and distribution, improvements in public health, water, sanitation and medical technology, vaccinesand antibioticsalong with gains in educationandstandardsofliving within manydevelopingnations. Also,a drop in the death and birth rates has helped to stabilizefamilysize over the last 30 years.

Many scientistsseem to think that thereare lags betweendownwardshiftsof deathand birth rates, whichmay be many decadesor even severalgenerationsapart.

This is not likely, according to LonerganMA of Miami. The periods of population growth is more likely to

continue in "exorability,"just short of a Listen people! The problem of major calamity.We face the prospectof a , overpopulation needs s'erious further doublingof the populationwithin consideration. the next half-a-century.

Theeffectsthat overpopulationhas Oneofthekeyfactorsforconditions on our environmentis somethingwe need in developingnations, is a belief that the to control. The types of stress on every morechildrenthey havethe morechances system - from the earth's fresh water for change in their economicfuture. This sourcesto cleanair, and food production• also ensures securityfor the elderly. is somethingthat we can't ignore in other Why? The demand for family countries. The availability of natural planning is so desperately needed in resources depends upon sensible underprivilegcdruralpopulation.Suppon populationgrowth.

"Overpopulation is the trunk to all environmental problems the world over.'' from other nations for these people has been inadequatelydistributed.

Just becausewe live in one of the richest countries in the world does not mean we are exempt from the poorer nations'problems.We shouldcontinueto support them in the hopes that the relationship between human population andeconomicdevelopmentwillfind some balance. When we help other nations stabilize,weare helpingourselvesas well.

Some argue that we should help our own homeless,and rightlyso, because it is a social disgrace. However,a larger problem of a magnitude the world is not preparedto handleis staringus in the face.

Overpopulationis the trunk to all environmentalproblems the world over.

If there is an increase in populationthen more resourcesare needed for allocation.

The increase in development causes irreversible strain on all parts of the environment.Tryingtoreversethttprocess is not very often successful. You can't upset the food chain and expect that the other parts will be unaffected.

Thisis whymanyenvironmentalists and scientists alike, are in a panic attack for theyunderstandbetter than any others, the urgencyto act. Each and every one of us bas to do our part whether or not we understand our position in the plan of

bioversity.

One small way in which we can makea differenceis to supportthird-world children in hopes that the population growthwillbe slowedand therebyslowing the consumptionrate to bring stabilityfor our precious e~.

Thereare manyotherwaysin which we can try to stabilize the envirolllJlent.

Manypeoplewho workto bringawareness to the public about the urgency of the environmental problems. These people may be on the radical side or they may be quite subdued. It does not matter what anyone thinks of environmentalists, because if we all don't become one, we won't have an earth to enjoy any more.

The problem is that serious.

The followingare surveyquestions to get a better understandingfrom you the reader on what is most disturbing to you aboutour environmentalproblems.Please return answers to the Cascade.Answers will be utilized for followingarticles.

1) What do you believeis the most pressing environmental prob1em in the world today?

2) Do you believe that you can have an affect in changing the world's poverty, and in what way?

3) Do you think that business and government can progress together and economicallybuild the world's nations?

4) How ~uch of an effect do you believethat agents of diseasehave on our existence?

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Wednesday, December 7, 1994

Tear Down P.C. Wall that Divides

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2 groups in values debate must come together with open dialogue

By Ron Dart We live at a period of limeof intense and bitter polarization on many issues.

Political correc1nessexists in all sons of crude, subtleand sophisticatedways. High and cement packed walls often, tragically, divide and insulate groups in our society that dare to define 'values', and the need for them, in different ways.

There is one tribe, in the 'values debate', that tends to highlight and emphasize traditional family values, war on drugs, pro-life, anti-euthanasia legislation, abhors a perceived growth in violence on our streets and public media. welcomes a tougher policing system, retributivejustice and a return of the death penalty.

This particular tribe, also, questions the public school system, replaces it with private or home schooling, pits science againstreligion(creationismvs. evolution), is anti-gayand tends,to asignificantdegree, to justify its position by a certain interpretationof our sacred texts.

There is another clan in the 'values debate' that tends to bigbligbt and emphasize environmental concerns,

multiculturalism, poverty and the reasons for it, aboriginal issues, feminism, human rights,animalrights, ourfeudalworldorder, questions the excessiveexpenditure on the military, is pro-gay andpro-choice,defines the family in different ways and tends to

"...strong emotions which often animate and sustain the 'values debate' needs to be diffused ... " viewjustice in more of a rehabilitativeand restorative way.

This particular clan, also, tends to be less patriotic, more open to immigrants and refugees, asks poignant questioned about the virtues of free trade, big business and multinational corporations and views racism as a disease in the marrow of our culture.

These brief sketches, of course, are not absolute, but they point the way to tendencies,priorities and emphasis, within different groups, in our society.

The sad thingis the way bothgroups, often, lack a rigorous and keen sense of self aiticism; the other side is often caricatured and pilloried by the use of all sorts of exclusionarylanguage;socialpsychologists call this the mote-beam syndrome.

The social credo or 'we believe· of thesegroupsneeds to be calledintoquestion.

There is, in a very significant sense, the reality of excommunicationfor those who do not adhere to the credo of one of the groups.

The strong emotions which often animate and sustain the 'values debate' needs tobediffusedso that serious,sensitive and public dialogue can occur between members of the different groups.

Authentic dialogue begins when each group can see the beam in their own eye, be hesitant about pulling out the mote in the eye of the otherand anentive listening guides the dialogue.

This does not mean, of course, that agreement between groups will occur, but such an approachcreates the conditionsfor both groups to open their minds, chip away at the wall thatdivides and look one another carefully, eye to eye, rather than hiding behindrhetoric of a self righteous idealism.

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Another one of the specialprogramsI participatedin was The abovemybrainstem. Asaresultofmysurgeryllostallofmyabilities to do things. The numberaof physicalactionsequalledto the abilities PacificRidingfortheDisabledAssociation (P.D.RA.)EveryWednesday for four years I went out to the Agriculture Recreation Cenier in of a small baby. I could not feed myself, clothemyself, or even roll Rosedale. The black gelding I rode was King, and he was slow and myselfover. I had to re-learneverythingI knew before the surgery. overweight.

When I first star1Cdriding him it was like a cherryon top Timesaheadwouldbe toughbut the supportoffrunilyand friendsand of a bowl full of jelly. I had a weak neck so it bobbedarounda lot and much determinationhelpedme progress. therestofmybodywaciilimsyaswell.Bytheendoflhefouryearsirode Since my family lived an hour away from the hospital, my thereI couldcontrol the horse myself (Insteadof with a volunteerwho mother and my father were the only ones in my family that came wouldhold me on to make sure I didn•t fall oft) to whereI couldmake regularlyto see me. I hadseveralvisitsfrom friends,extendedfamily.

Kingtrot, whichalsomeantI cold holdmyselfup properlyand my bead andpeopleI dicln'tevenknow. My Momwouldcomein alni9stevery didn'twobbleeverywhere.Iamproudofthethingslbaveaccomplisbed. day, and stay over night every other night. Thursday was always IfI wereto at.tributemy successandmy dctcnninationto become Dad's day off so he wouldcome to visit; be couldn't stay over night becauseof work. When I was in ChilliwackHospitalmy Grandma moreindependentto anyoneit wouldhave to by my brotherswhodrove wouldoftencome and leaveme some of her home madeNorwegian me to my first success at home. Being at home I wanted to be where everyoneelse was,and becausetheywereconstan Uymovingtheyoften waffles. Everyonewas so supportiveit was great!

My favouritestoryfromthe hospitalinvolvesmy fl.J'Stepisode forgot that they needed to help me. I would have to yell for someone to help memove andthat was usually one of my brothers. One clayI of rehabilitation.My cladcame to seeme ancldecidedthat I should trytofeedmyself. Hegavemeabrightyellowbananahehadsnatched wantedto go from thecomputerroomwhereI had been playinga game. outofthe3B wardrefrigerator.Hepccleditpartwaydownandplaced to the TV room. Not beingable to walk foiledthatplan soI had to rely onsomconctotakemefromroomtoroom.Beingthesecondoldcstcbild it in my hands. My father had definitelygiven me a chaUcnge,but I also meantbeing the secondlL'lllcst childso onlymy oldestbrotherJohn bad to showhim I could do il Slowlyand carefullyI lifted thatgreat, could helpme (the othei-lhree were too short)so every timeI wantedto brightyellowbananaup, and with great aim I thensent it 10wardsmy mouth.Thatbanananev~rreachedmymouthbutlandedonmychcek. move I bad to call John,Mom, or Dad. On the secondtry I left squishedbanana all over my forehead. I kepl OnedayI wasin lhecomputerroomandlwantedtogoelsewhere soicalledforJohnandhedidn'trespond. Whenhefinallydidhesimply tryingand managedto plant it in my hair, on my ear, up my nose,and toldmeto wait! SoI waited,whatelse couldI do? I finallygotimpatient everywhereon my face but in my mouth. Dadand I had a goodlaugh and decidedit was time to do it myself. Knowingthat I couldn't walk that day. (Nowwhen I eat bananas,I alwaysget them in my mouth).

After a few weeks at home I went to seea physiotherapist. or crawl (becausethat requiredbalance) l had t.o find a differentway Dctcnninedlo startwalkingagain,the therapist putme onthepamllcl aroundmyJX'oblem.

Islowlytestedmyoplionsandlowcredmyselfonto thefloor. FrothatpositionI discoveredtball couldpushmyself,andthen bars. It took a few triesbut soon I got the bang of it, andcould walk upanddown thebarswithease.My nextstepwas to try usinga walker. move my legs and soonI was out of there. Well, I guess John finally figured he should come and gel me. What a shockhe had when he 111efact was I.hatI could use the pardllelbars,but thatdidn't helpwith discoveredI w,~n•t. the walker. I had to pick up the walker, and Uienput it back down before I could take a step, but that movementthrew me off balance.

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