The Cascade Volume 5 Issue 5 1997-11-05

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" ...to you we pass the torch to hold it high ... " November 11 marks the anniversary of the end of WW II. But do we, in 1997, really care? Can we still say we remember and are committed to the ideals that this day is supposed to represent? I'm not talking simply about declining participation in the annual ceremonies at the cenotaph. I'm asking whether we are still committed to fighting dictatorship and oppression, whether we still feel a responsibility to oppose genocide, whether human rights still matter more than self-interest?

It is rather ironic that one week after Rememberance day, Vancouver will be hosting the APEC Leader's Summit. Our distinguished guests will include Indonesian President Suharto, a military dictator who is perhaps the greatest mass murderer alive.

Since the military coupe of the 70s, an estimated 2 million people have been killed as a result of his policies of genocide, torture, and suppression.

-no real democracy -no labour rights/unions -East Timor Also in attendence will be representatives from the People's Republic of China. A regime which, this year alone,

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has carried out thousands of executions, used extreme forms of torture on a regular basis, and orchestrated thousands upon thousands of arrests and disappearances. All this because of a person's religious or politcal beliefs. The Tibetan people have faced unparelleled persecution and genocide. And yet, only last week China's president made a public annoucement clearly stating that his country will not back down in Tibet.

These are just two of eighteen heads of state which will be in Vancouver the third week of this November. A group which contains some of the worst dictatorial regimes since the end of World War II. Nov. 11 is supposed to be a day to remember the horror of Hitler, swastikas, Auschwitz, and Facism. It is also supposed to be a day to honor those who gave their lives for the freedom and rights of others. We dishonor these men and women when we forget them; but perhaps the greatest disgrace is to ignore the ideals they fought to protect. Do you really believe genocide, holocausts, dictatorship, and oppression ended in 1942????????? Or have we decided it is simply the cost of business?

This month, today's Hitlers will march into Vancouver wearing the new swastikas. Canada will welcome them with open arms, pretend Auschwitz doesn't exist, and get down to business.

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With Halloween over and the memories of the masquerade still fresh in our minds I sit and wonder. I wonder why we celebrate a day where we hide behind masks and disguises. I love Halloween, I love the mischief and mys~ tery behind it and quiet frankly I like to be scared.

11111111•11:111111111~;11;11111111111 ~tttftf ::::·•·······❖ But the mask thing brings up an interesting issue. I 1 wonder why people wear masks (metaphorically) and not just at Halloween.

People on a daily basis hide behind masks. Masks are everywhere and everyone has worn one at one time or another. We wear them to impress people, we wear them to hide from others, and we wear them

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to hide from ourselves. We hide behind our words and our actions, our lies and our truths, and our emotions. We create a false reality for ourselves and become complacent in that reality.

We become immersed in blind self-satisfaction and we think that what we are doing is the best for ourselves and then we become stuck. We become stuck doing things we think are making us happy, stuck doing what we think our families want.

Stuck in a world we have created under false identities. But, life is about action, life is doing what you want to do without the fear or worry of what others think. Life is about step-

ping out from behind the mask and allowing others to see who you really are.

The people who matter to you the most will be the ones who support you, not judge you. So the masks should not be necessary, but they are still there. We use them everyday to deal with what the world tosses at us. And this is okay at times, but we need to step out of our comfort zone every once in a while. Try something new, experiment a little so you can meet new people and explore new venues in life.

Break away from the mask and live a little, the way you want to and not the way you think others want you to.

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Dear Editor, I feel compelled to respond to the article written

by Valerie Lucas in the last edition of The Cascade. In the article "Money and Fun in Fort St. Hell" Lucas demeaned the city and people of Fort St. John. Instead of just telling the readers of the great employment opportunities up north, she bashed the area due to her shortsightedness and ignorance. I lived in Fort St. John for eighteen years before moving down to Chilliwack and took her comments personally due to the bad image it creates of the city and people of F.S.J. She portrays the people as racist and ignorant.

Lucas might have heard some racist jokes while working but the people of F.S.J. are open and friendly to people of all ethnic origins. I don't know what cave Lucas keeps herself hidden in but the people in the Lower Mainland are far more prejudice then people in the north. In regards to Lucas' image of the town itself, she bashed the bars, radio stations and the music people listen to. Her attitude towards these things in F.S.J. revealed her true ignorance of the city. If Lucas would have opened herself up to the people of Fort St. John, she would have been exposed to the quaint and friendly nature of the town.

I hope in the future if Valerie Lucas visits other places she is more open to different lifestyles and cultures rather than bashing it for being different. To the people that read her article I hope you don't identify Fort St. John as does Lucas. Visit F.S.J. and you will realize that it is a lot like the bar in Cheers, where everybody knows your name and is glad you came.

Jeff Dartnell Dear Editor: Leroy Jenkins article "Is Anybody Out There?" is timely and well overdue. I want to thank you for featuring this issue, despite the fact that it is considered "taboo" subject among Ivory-tower intellectuals. Eight years ago I was the victim of an alien abduction and have suffered immense psychological stress as a result. I have undergone hypnosis which revealed many of the same experiences as the individuals Leroy described. Although support groups (yes, there are many of us) have helped; perhaps the biggest barrier to coping is the public perception of abductees as "loonies" and "liars". Articles like Leroy Jenkins' are needed to combat the stereotyping and to force us to face the reality of alien abductions. Only when we do

this will victims like me finally achieve acceptance and be able to move on.

Name Withheld Dear Editor: I was shocked and disgusted when I saw that the feature of the last Cascade was on aliens. I know this is an institution of higher learning, but I don't think it refers to outer space "higher".

Students at University should be taught and encouraged to think critically, not to indulge in ridiculous conspiracy theories about martians. Leroy Jenkins, you are the one being deceived, not us.

Consider these "facts" Leroy. Not everything you find on the Internet (I have no doubt this is where you get your information) is true!

I know this will be devastating to you. Your computer id mortal! As for the Giza pyramids, so what if they are in the shape of Orion. The Egyptians did have astrological knowledge. They certainly wouldn't have needed alien theories to explain the pattern and neither should we. I could go on to point out other inconsistencies and distortions in your "research", but why respond intelligently to such ignorance.

Chris Clarke

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When the leaders of the Asia Pacific nations gather in Vancouver this month, they won't be thinking of the factory workers toiling in virtual slavery in China, Indonesia and Brunei. They won't be thinking of the labour leaders and indigenous peoples imprisoned in Korea, Malaysia or Mexico. And they won't be discussing trade unions, freedom of speech and decent living standards. That's because human rights aren't on the agenda.

While the leaders of APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) discuss how to create free and open trade and investment in the Asia Pacific region by 2020, groups like Amnesty International will be focusing at-

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I doubt I'm the only one left a tad cold by Finance Minister Martin's feel-:good trip to Vancouver to show off his apparent success in slaying the deficit. It's not that I feel the debt and deficit should be ignored. In fact I've been writing and complaining about the debt's growth for over a quarter of a century.

After all, had we not been so prone to spend like there was no tomorrow, we wouldn't be currently be paying tens of billions of dollars annually (yes, that means every year folks) to service our debt-tens of billions of dollars that are subsequently not available for health, education and job training.

The problem is the double-speak about the debt and deficit now being tamed. They are not. Martin and company have been lucky on two fronts: the low interest rates and the inability of provinces to get blood from a stone. Low interest rates have shaved down carrying charges. And I hope Martin has enough between his ears to know that what goes down eventually goes up, and is planning for eventuality.

And then there's the lowering of transfer payments to the province.

Now since the provinces can't budge Martin, who do you suppose they go after? Right. The ever-suffering yet ever-hopeful sucker, OOPS pardon me, taxpayer. It's amazing that with all the talk of mistrust of government types, most of us still figure we'll let them do what they think is best.

After all that gives us time to keep up with the Joneses.

They're doing this at a human rights forum at the people's Summit, a meeting organized by unions, human rights groups, and other non-governmental organizations, and designed to highlight the cost of trade and development. Participating groups include the East Timor Alert Network, Canada Tibet Committee, and the Vancouver Association for the Survivors of Torture.

The forum aims to build pressure on APEC countries to adopt a human rights agenda and to examine political freedoms, child labor workers' rights, corporate codes of conduct and flagrant human rights violations in APEC countries.

The Summit takes place November 17 to 24 at the Plaza of Nations in Vancouver, with the human rights forum on No-

And while we're enjoying that luxury car (very similar to Mrs.Jones'), the provincial government is taking out ads on the sides of buses-ads extolling the virtues of air-care testing for that new car. I thought advertising was for business types, to sell a product that I have a choice to buy or not. There is no "or not" with air-care (I won't even get into the complaint that our air is dirtier, even though we now pay much more for vehicle repairs, several years into air-care testing).

Then there's the other government ads, the ones on TV. Sure it might be something to write home about that we now have a new park in BC. However, if it is a newsworthy event, television will cover it for free. Ditto with the ads about the provincial government creating new jobs. Stats Canada is already paid to do that kind of advertising.

If we didn't have an everincreasing provincial debt, if we weren't crying about lower transfer payment, if the longsuffering taxpayer wasn't being gouged once again, if we didn't need every penny we can find for developing transit alternatives, I'd still complain about government paying for time on TV. We don't need this kind of taxpayer-funded propaganda.

Save the development, presentation and advertising costs for the next generation.

God knows they are going to need every penny they can get.

Why? Because the federal government has decided to play mutual funds with the recently implemented CPP gouge. The feds in the stock market-now that's really scary.

tary-general of Amnesty International, and features two panel discussions, the first on labour rights and the second on putting human rights on the APEC agenda. One of the panel members is Palden Gyatso, who spent 33 of his 64 years in Chinese prison camps for refusing to denounce Tibetan religious leaders, and will talk of efforts to preserve human rights.

keynote address by Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-H()rta.

The human rights forum is a chance for everyone,. to stand up and speak out for those who can't.

For more inforrlialion on the human rights fbrum ..c:an·Bob Peters at 853-4f?8J,..6rdrbp by the UCFVAmnestflnternationaJ office for a copy/of the agendi~

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Eighteen of the most powerful people in the world will be in Vancouver this month. November 17-24, UBCwill be hosting APEC Leaders' Summit '97, an enormously controversal summit, which has surprisingly received little media attention in British Columbia where it's all to take place. Meanwhile it regularly makes front page in most other countries around the world. I hope this issue of The Cascade will give you an idea of what APEC is, why it is so controversial, and how you can take action.

What is A.P.E.C.?

The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, formed in 1989, is one of the world's largest trade organizations. It's current membership consists of eighteen member "economies," including Canada, USA, Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, and Taiwan. It singular goal is to "sustain the growth and development of the region ... and to contribute to the growth and development of the world economy." It seeks to accomplish this by committing to free trade, globalization, and economic liberalization.

In this regard it is not unlike NAFTA or the European Economic Union.

However, it differs from other organizations or agreements in several important ways.

APEC has a very informal structure, meaning that it does not involve signed agreements or binding commitments.

It functions through a series of meetings throughout the year by various government officials.

The heads of each of the member states also meet annually at the Leaders' Summit.

During this Summit, each APEC member submits an Individual Action Plan (IAP), which is a list of actions that country promises to take in order to meet the goal of barrier-free trade and investment. Because IAPs are not official, binding agreements, our Prime Minister (as well as the other heads of state) makes national commitments which

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are not approv,~ e~~h discussed in Parliament. APEC is NOT committedto dtkodracy.

While citizens .ire riot allowed to participate or haye access to the discussion results, business leaders are welcomed and included at the summit. In fact, business leaders inthe region have a key/role ili shi;tping APEC's agenda. dMa11ypusiness people are inyblved in APEC working groups, and a forum called the APEC,Bdsiness Advisory Council has .been treated

by APEC leaders as another means of bringingJheJ:msiness persective to APEC." • In sharp cohtrast;another feature of APEC that ft.does not put human /rights, labour issues, or environmental :Concerns on the ag~nda. InSi$ting on remaining ah economic organisation only tit deals kxclusi vely with investment and trade liberalizatioih, Moreover, any issue can l:>e,tal<.en, bf the agenda if any 611e A,pECtpember feels it is nt)t ari economic one.

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Every Lel~ers' Summit thus far has been pJc1gued by massive protest,arid controversy, particulc1rlywh~i1 they have been helcf in develbping countries. APEC/Vancou'yer is no different. AJready stuq.ents have been arrest~d at UBQ, nµmerous forums \ind orgahiz;a:tions objecting·toXPrt Rav¢ been organized, aµd,demonstrad tions planned. Ybu might wonder why there is much opposition to an organµ.atipn thats goal is to sustain growth and development for th~ regiQh and the world. i / ,.. \ \ Critics note that onehook at the guest list reve~ls dimes of some of the most brutal politcal leaders \~nd regiµies of our time. Moreover, they argue that APEC does not serve the people of the pacific region at all; instead it panders to multinational corporations.

They maintain that, rather than improving the lives of citizens, APECpromotes a world order of Cont. on next page ...

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Supporters argue that APEC's policies of globalization will promote increased production in all countries. Gross Domestic Production statistics certainly support their claims.

Since 1960, every single APEC country has experienced significant increases in their GDP. Moreover, this growth has been accelerated with the reduction in trade and investment barriers. These overall increases, APEC organizers maintain, will result in improvements in wealth and standard of living for everyone.

However, opponents point out that APEC-type globalization has not lead to improvments in the lives of the vast majority of people. While GDP has risen, this has not translated into improvements in standard of living or income for the majority of citizens. In fact, over the past three decades, the richest 20% of the population of the APEC countries have seen their share of total income grow from 70% to 85%, while the poorest 20% have seen their share fall from 2.3% to 1.4%. In human terms this has resulted in in increasing poverty, starvation, and poverty-related disease. The

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problem, critics argue, is that APEC-type development focuses on gross economic statistics as its goal, rather then peoplecentered development. As a result, corporate interests have eclipsed those of the majority of human beings.

Furthermore, as trade barriers disappear, transnational corporations have greater and greater power over the states in which they operate. If a country attempts to implement labour legislation which set minimum standards for wages, restrict child labour, or set regulations for safe working conditions, the multinationals can simply move their operations to another country.

Developing countries are thereby forced compete for investment by impovrerishing their working population. It's not surprising then that in places like Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, and Brunei attempts by union leaders to acheive the most basic workers rights are met with violent crackdowns, executions, "disappearances," and imprisonment.

Moreover, social programs and education access are being cut dramatically in almost all APEC countries in order to make international trade costs lower and

lower.

In response to APEC and running parallel to it is the People's Summit (Nov. 17 to 24).

The People's Summit is actually a collection of events and forums which attempt to respond to APEC or address issues it refuses to deal with. It is not opposing the existence of APEC, but seeks to transform it into an organization which is peoplecen tered, not simply profitcentered. Some of the different

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forums address Human Rights, Youth, Labour\Worker's, Women's issues, Indigenous peoples, Arms trade, Poverty, Corporate Agenda, Faith, and Environment/Sustainability.

For more information on any of these, drop by the Anmesty office (A226) or check out this webpage: www.vcn.bc.ca/ ~summit. There will be a group form UCFV car-pooling out to the summit, so if you're interested siign up at tl}e Amensty office.

This is the third year that Student Activities and Student Union have joined forces to provide the Angel Tree for students needing a little help in creating those magical moments for their children.

Are you a student attending U.C.F.V.?Worrying about the cost of the upcoming season? Please let us help!

Angel Tree applications will be available by November 3rd. You can pick up your application from Student Activities, Student Union, Student

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Services, or the Women's Centre.

Angel Tree applications must be returned to Student Activities by November 28th.

Angel gifts will be available for pickup on December 10 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Alternative time can be made after the 10th of December.

The Angel Tree will be in the Great Hall from November 18 until December 12.

If you are able to help others this Christmas, Please pick up your angel from our tree and register the number with Student Activities at local 4255.

Registration is very important! Registration eliminates the possibility of an angel request not being filled.

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It's that time of the semester again. Midterms are over and instead of breathing a sigh of relief we hold our breath.

Due dates for research projects, essays, labs and other major assignments are all just around the corner. I'm sure this is just

the thing you wanted to hear about right now. In fact you probably chose this very moment to read the paper because you are putting off going to the library to work on an assignment that is due next week. Half of you is feeling guilty about procrastinating, the other half is searching desperately for

FRASERVALLEY PREGNANCY CENTRE In Aldergrove there is a sign on the Fraser Highway that reads "Fraser Valley Pregnancy Centre".

Some people must wonder what that sign means.

Well, back in 1990 a small but dedicated group of men and women from the local Catholic Church got together to brainstorm about how to help women facing a "crisis pregnancy".

What is a "crisis pregnancy"?

The most common answer is a young woman approximately 15 to 20 years old with an equally young boyfriend, who find out that sex quite often results in procreation. Another answer is a young couple, jobless and without proper medical, who find themselves· facing an unplanned pregnancy.

Another scenario could be a mom with 2 or 3 children wondering how to cope with another life. Or even a woman of 3 5 perhaps, whose children are almost grown, and finds herself yet again pregnant.

How does one go about helping people who find themselves in one of these crises?

Many in the group felt that the best way to be of service was in a practic;::alsense. The next questions were: how, where and when. They started by finding a location where they could do pregnancy tests, keep files and store the things sure to be donated. A young woman with a degree in Social Work was hired to run the Centre. Calls went out to many different churches to find those interested in volunteering.

They were then trained on how to counsel, listen, and just to be there for someone. The community response was positive and many people donated time, money and anything that could be useful. An office was set up and with a little bit of advertising and a lot of word of mouth, more than 5 00 women and families have come to the Centre over the last seven years.

With only a small group committed at any one time, the Centre is only open three days a week. However, a trained volunteer answers our telephone line 24 hours a day. Much of the practical help has been in giving baby clothes and/or furniture, as well as baby food donated by many of the local

churches, thrift store and neighbourhood families. There is also a high school that, every Christmas donates basket full of brand new baby layette items.

Are we helping? We think so. Anybody facing a crisis often sees no way out of his or her problem. Many times a listening ear, a friendly face and an uncritical attitude helps people think through their problems and find the right solution for them. They can then come to a decision they can live with.

Many of the women who have come to us have decided to carry the baby to term and parent. Encouragement to continue school, learn a trade or help with parenting skills have all been a part of our effort. Some have been helped with just a friendly visit now and again.

Some, however, have opted for abortion and the need for a nonjudgmental point of view has been helpful in helping them get on with their life. Many times some women have not been pregnant. Even then, a listening ear has been beneficial in making new decisions about positive lifestyle choices.

This year we have been the recipients of the former Langley Problem Pregnancy Service's scholarship fund. We have invested this money and our goal is to give a yearly scholarship to a single high school graduate mom who wishes to further her education.

It has been our privilege to support those around us in a world that seems increasingly cold and callous.

We have found fulfillment in volunteering knowing that nothing else can make us feel good that way.

If you too would like to be a part of this organization and know the feeling that helping others brings, please phone us at 8569151.

something (anything!) to legitimately keep you from finally sitting down to work. That is when you saw the latest Cascade and said to yourself "I'll just take 15 minutes and read the paper".

"After all it is important that I know what's 'goin on in my school". Right about now you've been scanning through the pages looking for an article that is entertaining and that doesn't have too many words in it; something to take your mind off the stress. As you are flipping through your eye catches on this article. It's not too long and wow point form!! That's even better! It looks longer than it really is! If that is how you got here and you are looking for a temporary reprieve from deadlines then you are in luck.

Last year at this time a fellow student handed me a sheet of "wisdom" she had found on the 'Net that (temporarily) got my mind off the stress.

I crammed it into one of my note books and, as a result, kept finding it at the most appropriate moments.

Like for instance when I was hunched over a text book in the library or something. Having found some important tidbit of information I

needed to write down I would look up blurry-eyed from my text and reach into my pack for pen and paper: ·pft¢JJ I \YQUld find this sheet and r¥reao it. It would give me a\::htitlde and a few moments of mental reprieve. I hope it does t.J:l.esame for you. Here are aJ@iffiqyghts to remember wheti:incr:isis.l.

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2. There .Js always ori~ more jerk than you counted oq, 3. Everytl:ling should bl made as simpleias possible b4t no siif!pler. / 4. If you smile wneh things go wrong you probably have someone to blame. . ). > 5. The facq}altpo1igb they seem interestingfareJrrei~vant.

6. There is.!absplute}y no substitute for a g~nu~µe 1.Jckof pr~e~ltit!nf 7. Someoµ.e wffOfhinks logically proviqes a nice contrast to the ·· real world.

8. Anything worth fighting for is worth figqphg d,Uffi& for.

9. Friendsfoay ®ifit and go but enemies µccuffiula(e.

And my personj) fayij: I 10. This is pr9pfbly,s bad as it gets; but dOhjjfourlf.bn it!

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In June of 1997, The Student Union Society Board of Directors voted to have a representative (yours truly) sent to a Conference sponsored by the Advanced Education Council of B.C. (AECBC). Of particular interest was the subject of em ployability skills being discussed in three separate seminars: by Kwantlen, by BCIT,and

by International Education.

Kwantlen has devised a Master Matrix of Employability Skills with the intention of monitoring course offerings and learning outcomes from these employability skills, validating Prior Learning Assessment from this list of skills, and developing a College Certificate to recognize students who possess these Employability Skills: 1. Creative Thinking & Problem Solving 2. Oral skills 3. Interpersonal skills 4. Teamwork & Leadership skills 5. Personal Management & Entrepreneurial Skills 6. Writing skills 7. Reading skills 8. Visual Literacy 9. Mathematical skills 10. Intercultural skills 11. Technological skills 12. Global Perspective BCITsummarized the skills most sought by recruiters in small-

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2. Exploiting informatioIJtechnology } } 3. Behaving appropriately 4. Speaking and listening 5. Writing j t t:.

6. Maintaining p~il@naJ~tandards }( \. ·c.

7. Handling nurpbef$ J 8. Responding tq prqblems 9. Continually t.n~n.gf:f 10. Planning Jr•···. ❖ 11. Working infteams 12. Using equipment 13. Reading The B.C.Centre fdj:lillational Education sugg~iji that ~f "incorporate a brgader inttrnational view" to oq'r post- seqondary education\~nd traJnif\g through the foll?!f!PS ..9M12?~i and themes: · · 1. Internation.i~ English/Business Etiquette 2. Language Skill~.. ::::\ .

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4. InternationaUCompetepce 5. Resiliency ai:j!pCoping $kills

How would yo! meJ~µfjl how well you are preQaring\y6urself for your employmerif future?

There are different views about the purpose of education: some say education is the vehicle for change (Minister Paul Ramsay), the vehicle for building community (Dr. Robert Smith), and/or the vehicle for building jobs (Geoff Dean of Kwantlen College). What do you think?

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Who do we shoot? sible revolution will become apparent, and when it does Jeff Cuvilier 11 counter-revolutionaries are goWe are living in the midst ing to need a carefully articulated battle plan. Being opposed of a revolution. Fundamental political change is taking place to the highly individualistic coron a global scale, a new social porate rule to which we are beorder is being formed, and new ing yoked, my question is this. groups are laying claim to the When revolution comes, who do right to sovereignty. This revo- we put up against the wall?

Anyone who has read John lutionary reorganization of society is not without its victims, Steinbeck's classic, "The Grapes and they include the vast ma- of Wrath" is familiar with the dust bowl jority of us. Before long the cry dispossessed farmers being driven from their scope of this socially irrespon-

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lands. They asked, "Who do we shoot?" and the answer seemed to be "Nobody". Nobody was driving them from their farms, it was the Bank. The Bank wasn't an actual person, it wasn't even controlled by those in authority within the Bank.

No, they were losing their farms to the Machine, to Progress.

Men had built the machine, the Bank, decided what Progress was, and now it had gotten out of control. The Machine had grown into a Beast, and the Beast couldn't be stopped.

"Don't you see?" the men in shiny black cars asked. "It isn't my fault. I just serve the beast."

Well that was bullshit then and it's bullshit now. The economy, the Machine, the Beast, these things were created by people to serve people. Market based economics is nothing more than an elaborate game we've agreed to pay to organize the production, distribution, and consumption of that which we need. The revolution occurring today is essentially a reorganization of the global economic system by those who serve the Beast rather than humanity. Unlike the shamefaced and sympathetic agents of Steinbeck's novel, today servants of the Beast no longer wring their hands and curse the callous economic motives which drive them. No, the world has moved on, the Beast has grown, and men now worship the Beast.

Daily sacrifices are made to the Beast in the name of Profit: they are jobs, benefits, people. We have forgotten that economics is about managing our households, not about evicting our relatives to confiscate their living space.

We have become so thoroughly complacent and narcis-

sistic that it now seems impossible to recognize that our pathetically empty lives of cheap burgers and Coke centre around consuming the off al of the Beast.

What do we care that the Beast consumes people like ourselves?

What do we care that the Beast truly exists only within ourselves? The Beats is egoism, vanity, greed. All our ever-so-refined excuses do is create a polite fiction allowing us to pretend that we are not actually using the rest of humanity as a means to our own selfish ends.

I believe the time is coming when we as a society are going to realize that the Beast must be slain and the Machine put back on track. Who do we shoot? Who goes up against the wall? In any great human drama there are victims, but before consigning anyone to the sacrificial slab we'd better be sure we've got the right boogeyman; destruction of the innocent is not only unjust and inhumane, it is also a signature of failure.

Consider all the oppressive, banal, and obscene elements of modern society.

Which of them are not merely extensions of overblown ego?

Not many. As much as I'd love to list everyone I'd like to see up against the wall (which is what I set out to do in this article), the fact is that until the real Beast, ego, is slain there's never going to be a just revolution ... but that's the only fight we have to win. If each of us can only agree to stop at what is sufficient and to measure ourselves against what we once were rather that what others are we'll have achieved something truly unique, precious, and revolutionary; we'll have realized the eternal dream of humanity ... and we'll never have to rise up again.

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Yuppies Are Really Just Freaks; A Journey

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Paul F. Becker

To Spike N' Mike's Sick And Twisted Film Festival II

SO, I enter the theatre expecting to see a bunch of crazy looking individual's-I was, after all, at Spike 'N' Mike's Sick And Twisted Animation Festival.

The guy that had given me the press pass was completely crazed in some strange way; he looked at me with lazy eyes and his Viking helmet slipped off his 1 o n g haired head as he reached down to grab my comp le~ < mentary ticket.

But I digress, and I wanted to tell you all about the crowd at a film festival that held, as one of its attractions, a depiction of a man who jammed pencils into his nasal cavity. Oh yeah, I expected the massive amounts of people that always come to these shows to be real 'out-there' types. They would have to be sick if they wanted to enjoy festival greats like Hut Sluts, a tale of two women that will go down in historical records as the first film to display the camel toe (I won't go any further-these films were sick). Thus, one could only expect to see Marilyn Manson freaks, shaved heads and a lot of leather and studs ...

Alas, I was surprised to see the crowd consisted of a bunch of affluent, well-dressed yuppietypes. These slaves were quite

similar in fact, to the ones that run around the Vancouver International Film Festival, looking good and smiling like the world is their oyster. Yeah, the group in the theatre could just as easily have been found in Eaton Centre, trying on the latest POLOfashions, and wondering if their cellulars would work inside such a big store. I was shocked that I would fit in amongst all these maniacs, anonymous in my Mountain Equipment Co-Op duds. To be honest, they were the Mountain Equipment Co-Op. There was enough Gore-Tex in that theatre to keep dry in a monsoon.

The films began after a ritualistic warm-up session by the guy in the Viking helmet, who started by telling us that if we were offended that we could "Fuck off and leave right fucking now!" Of course, in keeping with politically correct standards, he raised his middle finger and waved it at the crowd, probably for the sake of the hearing impaired.

I was shocked (and believe me that takes a lot) at what the films featured and I can't help but feel obligated to cry out about what was being portrayed. Take, for example, The Booby Trap, a film about the seedy undersides of the stripper world in which a 70 year-old grandmother with sagging breasts is able to out-earn the young virile women with whom she competes. We soon learn this has more to do with her henchmen who are real tough-

guys, willing to hurt in order to get the old broad paid. Granny is no slouch either and as she beats one of the young women she explains "You may have looks, you may have a nice ass, but I have style." This is, believe it or not, the least offensive image I saw at the festival.

As we endeavored on into the festival I couldn't help but notice the themes that kept coming up: objectification of females, the debasement of sex, ethnic stereotypes and the use of violence as a means to humour. In other words, you laugh and then realize that you have taken the next step towards fascism. This is definitely not a good thing but in any case, it suffices to say they aim to guarantee at the festival. To quote the flyer: "See all the killer shit you can't see on T.V." There are some gems underneath all the filth and such that the majority of the films aim at: Les Claypools vocals on a mean animation story called Devil Went Down To Georgia (any real Primus fan can't miss this performance); as well, the short Ah L'amour is a journey into the world of innocent

and yet misunderstood love.

Finally, the work done on the pot-smoking family unit is extremely funny and I couldn't help but recommend Home Honey, I'm High.

The film festiyalis a continent-wide spectacle, asjt tours from coast to coast; ha.Honto nation.

Everywhere it goes, freaks of the world come out of their hair spray••and gel senshbili ty, and park their BMW's outside the theatre that is open-: minded enough to allow the film's to dirty-up their screens.

The Viking helmetguy told that Spike N Mike's sells out all the time, every night, everywhere-that's a lot of freaks running around disguised as mild-mannered yuppies and granola's. Thus I hope that we, the normal people, >cart look more critically at each gther, scrutinizingly lookingf6r flaws in character. The freaks are all around us! .·.

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Personally, I.. /don't think I will ev~f go hac.k to that pit off ascist hate} but there could bea large majority of freaks amongst the populatioriofUCFV, so go see it if you wa.!}tto-it is definitely an.experience in the concepts of Sickand Twisted. For those df you . .

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who are Sick N' Twisted the Festival runs Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays until Novemb¢r 2 3 at the Ridge Theatre in V~ricouver. Come down fo the Cascade for details.

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most remote parts of the world.

And these are just a few of the sights and sounds they'll expeDon Wright 11 rience when viewing the best mountain environment and The North American tour mountain culture films in the of the best of the Banff Festival world. of Mountain Films makes a stop The "Best of the Festival" at the Clarke Foundation World Tour follows the reTheatre at Heritage Park Centre nowned three-day event in in Mission, on Tuesday, Decem- Banff, Alberta. The tour brings ber 2. The event is presented the festival's best mountain and by the University College of the Fraser Valley Continuing Education Department.

"We're very excited to be showing the films on the big screen again this year," says program director Ron Coreau.

"The Clarke Foundation Theatre is an excellent venue for this very popular event."

Audiences will be treated to the thrill of adrenalinepacked adventure: high altitude climbing on sheer mountain faces, kayaking stormy white water rapids, adventuring in the

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outdoor adventure films from around the world to outdoor enthusiast and movie buffs who can't make the annual trek to Banff.

Following the screening in Mission, the tour continues across Canada, the United States, Europe, New Zealand, Japan, South Africa, Singapore and Korea. The Banff Festival of Mountain Films is an inter-

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national film comp;tition held every November iI}the. mountain communitY: of Banff:\This year the jury will have to choose the "Best of the. Festival" from over 120 film ent:pes. The 6,000 member audien<;§}jgJµrn, ..Will select one film f9r the "Peoples' Choice Award". ', ..... ·•·•·•·•·•·•·•·•·•·•·•·•·•·•·•·•·• Whether you are an experienced mountaineer or an armchair adventurer, this event is for you! ......... ··•• ....

Tickets tp:e /:3Q.p.m. screening are $12 each, available in Abbotsford at Little Mountain Outdoors, Life Cycles, and UCFV Continuing Education; in Chilliwatk at the t.JCFV Theatre Box Office; in Langley at Mountain Alpine Sports Ltd.; in Mission at the Clarke Foundation Theatre Box Office, Pharmasave, and Mountain Valley Sportswear; in Maple Ridge at High Gear Cycles; and at the Hope UCFV Centre.

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Liam Roberts

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The night of Wednesday, October 15 was one of those rare nights in history. Like when Charles DeGaulle came to Quebec, or like Orn~ Sigmurrson (????) came to Newfoundland, and showed all the world what was possible when one courageous soul dares to dream the impossible irrepressible dream ... writer/director Oliver Stone came to Vancouver. At the tail end of the Vancouver Film Festival, one of the modern era's most prominent filmmakers gave a lecture at the Orpheum.

I had thought I'd been to the Orpheum before, but once I entered, I knew that I'd never set foot there. It's a theatre of truly epic proportions, one that must shame many cathedrals into the corner, mumbling to themselves in jealousy. It's a beautiful and amazing place, to the point of being distracting.

Unfortunately, this venue played as the ultimate symbol for Oliver Stone's underlying character; justified ego I suppose, but a conceit that distracted us from what he had to say.

Introduced by that westcoast fun-lovin' guy, Terry David Mulligan, Stone entered the stage slowly to great applause. We were waiting, anticipating his first words into the microphone .... oohh ohhh ... . this was the same day as another great historical moment in the history of the area, the famous "Duchovny-Hates-TheRain-Day", so we knew Oli had to open with an always popular local compliment to counteract.

Instead he delivered a glib comment about Canadian mentality being one of economics, but he loves us anyway. Rrrr I hate Americans who offer insights of conservatism into Canadians to boost their own self-perception, but the concept of "self-perception" was a big theme for the night to come, so I soon got used to it.

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Stone wasted no time delving right into one of America's most throbbing historical pains, the Vietnam War. He mentioned how he'd gone to Vietnam after some post-secondary schooling, in a somewhat naive sense of adventure, and was appalled just enough to return a strongly politically minded man. That war itself has become a subject to be avoided in the States, as if mention of it threatens the greater American self-perception of cleanliness and beauty.

He talked about how American culture prefers to write selective histories of itself; either by denying events, or by associating them with humiliation so the public would disregard their importance.

He compared American history books to looking into a giant "fun-house mirrors", which distorts reality around different spots. So, Americans tend to shop for the fun-house mirror which presents them in the most flattering way, and use it as a practical reference for what the world looks like. Carrying this metaphor right to the edge of the cliff then, Stone's major mission in many films has been to show America a CRAZY funhouse mirror, distorting it's his-

tory and culture in other ways, in previously unperceived ways.

This is certainly recognizable in "Natural Born Killers", a film which grossly exaggerates America's fascination with, and glorification of violence. This movie met with critical disgust in many corners, simply because it appears so completely senseless. In other films, he shows the culture/ event in a completely flat, unwobbly dressing mirror (Platoon being the first example I can think of); this reflection can, ironically, disgust and offend the American people to a strong degree.

Platoon was a film which detailed some of the real atrocities performed by American soldiers in Vietnam, in a classic Stony blunt and graphic way.

The fact that Stone certainly witnessed the execution of families and the like while in Vietnam, makes it all the more impressive.

This was the major bulk of his lecture, which lasted a disappointing 45 minutes or so. He went on to speak about what he sees his purpose as a filmmaker is. He doesn't seem to see his movies as entertainment, but as pivotal points in the evolution of American consciousness.

NEW WRITING AWARD

Takushoku University /Hokkaido Community College and Mayor J. Kawano of Fukagawa, Japan, have donated money for UCFV's first Japanese Essay Award. The award will be based on a 500 word essay, written in Japanese, covering some aspect of Canadian society. The award is open to all full time non-Japanese students at UCFV. Three prizes will be awarded as follows: First Prize: Second & Third Prize:

Y30,000(approx. $330 CDN) Y15,000 each(approx.$165 CDN)

Essays will be adjudicated at Takushoku University in Japan.

Deadline: May 23, 1998 For further information, contact Linda Brown, International Education (Room A292)

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Sounds a bit grandiose, but this was the impression he was giving off. He sees himself, I suppose as the great alternative viewpoint.

Even "JFK", he's mentioned before, was not meant to identify anyone in particular as Kennedy's assassin, or even to suggest any one reason for why it happened. He just wanted to open up the deb ate among middle-class America, which tends to sit quietly and accept what they're told as gospel. It's funny how much his ideas revolve around American culture, and here we were, a group of about one thousand Canadians sitting there, listening politely, thinking we understand it all. I think as Canadians, we see America in this blunt, graphic, negative light already, so hell, THAT's why Canadians don't have a big problem with his films. This was something I had wanted to ask Oliver Stone about in the question period which followed ... I finally forced myself out, of my seat and into the line up for the mic ... rehearsing it in my head "as Canadians, we get the front row seat to America bla bla bla mm hmm ... " . As he rolled his eyes, and said "Get to the point" to most of the people with questions, I became glad he cut the question period short before I got there.

He was a, difficult man to watch, like his films are hard to watch at times. He was very selfassured, and confident that he plays a huge role in the American psyche as a voice from the "other side"; and if that damn audience can't understand what he's trying to say, well, what a load of fools. But, what else could we expect? He's a director, for one thing. He has to have the ego to boss lots of creative people around. Secondly, he's a huge director. Anyone in control of a multi-million dollar movie budgets has to know how to kick some ass around the movie set. Thirdly, the things he likes to film are things that do challenge our conceptions, that take everything we take for granted and puncture it, crumple it, represent it. To bring up the controversial issues, to brutally expose the culture of the audience like that, and not be afraid to mess with it in unflattering ways; and to wake up the next morning and want to do it again-well, of course he's got an untouchable ego. It's just ironic that a dusty truck-stop cafe, like ones seen in many of his films, doesn't seem like a place he could relax for a meal; it may not be up-to-par for his superhuman Stoniness. But, that's just my perception, and it may be distorted by the establishment.

If you want to see more of Oliver Stone's work, here's my recommendation: Talk Radio, it was one of his greatest of all time, and it sums up his ideas of fears and unwillingness of the mass audience to hear from different viewpoints in a very interesting way.

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Turi blast from thirty yards.

Friday's game was definitely a Your UCFV guys and gals warm up for the ladies who were "on fire" this past week- would face Malaspina and a end verses Trinity Western Uni- chance to move into third place versity over at Robert Bateman less than 24 hours later in Park. Rookies wearing UCFV Nanaimo.

Desperately needing three coloured war paint and green points, the men came out redye, dominated Trinity right from the opening whistle, effort- laxed and ready for their late afternoon match verses TWU. The lessly pushing the ball around and attempting shots at will. first half remained scoreless, Despite the tight marking of both teams battling hard and Trinity, UCFV seemingly spent physical, testing both goal tenders at every opportunity. The the entire first and second halves in TWU's end. The UCFV turning point of the game came women only needed one goal to at the 55th minute mark when the musically inclined mid defeat our Highway 1 neighbours, and that came in the fielder, Chris Rennie slotted a TWU's form of a deflected free kick by low drive through Allison McCinnes off a Missy defense to make the score one

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day afternoon and at the thirty five minute mark the Cascades 11 were awarded a penalty shot For many of the Cascade after a horrendous tackle in the players the day began before 6 Mariners eighteen yard box. am, less than 24 hours since Missy Turi rippled the twine and put UCFV up one nil. Some their last game, they found themselves on the 8:30 am miscommunication in the Queen of Salt Spring bound for Nanaimo backline, allowed the Nanaimo. Dealing with the ex- ever threatening UCFV striker traneous travel time, Friday war Amy Folka to net UCFV's second goal from an Allison McCinnes wounds and difficulty digesting through ball. Nanaimo conthe ever popular Sunshine verted a penalty kick at the 75th Breakfast, the tascade ladies took the field around noon and minute mark, but the ladies only played a physically well rested needed two goals to earn .well Nanaimo team. The conditions deserved back to back victories were slick on that chilly Satur- and move into third place in the Ian MacCaskell

Thanks to all who participated in the Clothesline Project, by either offering their time or lending their talents to paint ,a T-shirt.

The Task force Response to Violence Against Women organized the Clothesline Project.

Pain ting a shirt is thought to be part of the healing process for survivors of violence. The T-shirts have been painted, with each particular woman's experience, by the survivor herself or by someone who cares about her.

The clothesline Project is a visual display that bears witness the violence against women. The purpose of the Project is four-fold: 1. To bear witness to the survivors as well as the victims of the war against women.

2. To help with the healing process for people who have lost a loved one or are survivors of this violence.

3. To educate, document and raise society's awareness of the extent of the problem of violence against women.

4. To provide a nationwide network of support, encouragement and information for other communities starting

province and fourteenth over all in the nation.

The men were not as lucky as the ladies, falling 3-2 to Malaspina and putting themselves in an outside chance to make the playoffs. Falling behind by three goals in the opening half is hardly the effort we saw the day before verse Trinity and the local fans who traveled to watch their beloved Cascades were left to wonder how they could bounce back.

The turning point came in the form of a saved penalty kick near the end of the first half by Ryan Prosser and Cascades seemed to wake up. After an inspirational speech by Barry Mansell and switching into their six studs, the Cascades responded quickly with a goal of their own. The pride of Maple

their own Clothesline Projects.

The Clothesline will be on display in the Great Hall (1lpilding B) from No~11 mber l 7t until December 6 . Thanks again to all that participated and made it a success.

Please look for announcemen ts regarding our Open¥}-p Celebration on December 5 , 1997.

The following is copied from a leaflet developed and published by the Women's Resource Society of the Fraser Valley (phone 820-8455): DANGER SIGNS - If more than 2 or 3 of the following describe your relationship, you are heading for abuse: he belittles you he ridicules your ambitions he shows contempt for women and feels that only men have the ability to make important decisions he decides if you'll use birth control he decides how and with whom you spend your time

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he is jealous of your friendships and puts your friends down he decides if you'll have interests beyond him he decides if and when you'll work at a paid job he is only affectionate with you when he is sorry he hurt you, and when he wants sex he manipulates you to do sexual acts you don't want, or when you don't want to he defines the roles and the relationship he destroys or vandalises your possessions you like yourself less than usual after you've been with him he threatens to leave you, hurt you, or commit you, or someone close to you his behaviour puts you or your children in danger he pushes, hits, slaps, punches bites, or kicks you . .. ever.

nil. Ken Fernstrom hardly had time to catch his breath, when Shawn Blakewiy .was sent through and riehed €9-scape's second goal, piclq11glhl &<,iiner and bulging the old onion bag to make the score 2-0. Cascade's third and final goal qyp,iJourteen minutes laterfiffiallowitzer from cagey v!titiHsllwn Webb, who foun.dhimself ot'in in Trinity's eigqfeen. \ UnfortunaJ.ely, Trinity wci$ awarded a "tragic" penalty shdt minutes from the end of the game, which th~y converted tb make the final store 3-1. cades got the thf~e points iirtd would travel the next morning to Nanaimo and fa~e third place Mariners. ···················

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eighteen, tha~ attBFafng to Manager, Barry Mansell, described Webb's goal that would have "brought t~rs to t;he eyes

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Blackway brought tq~Cas(j;ades to within one m\d"'iliY thtpugh the second half 6utluck .was not on the UCFV'~ Sid~thif day.

Poor refereeing, slick field conditions and a questionable dismissal left the once again with ten artd\down by a goal. The )fore remained 3-2, leaving th~{Cascades[with a slim mathematical chance to make the playQffs that .Would make Einstein and thetentire UCFV's mathematics dJpartment shake in th.g}r Ni~fs.

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W at Can We Db A offt. Violence AgainstWoin.en?

1. Recognize th~t it ¢xisti. and stop blaming ~p.g Y!ft:!WS. 2. Make it posaj;f{¢}tlrwbmen and childrenf6t5feak the silence abodt their experience. Believe them.

3. Support-and ...,gi¥t\ money

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ters, crisis liil.¢S,couns¢.llors, women's centres. ..

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5. tbous;~ tN:;::;(~;. abused worrijJ.;Hf:glf.t.litiiYPt port for her qecisions about her life. .•.• In particular, m~1.1.can: 6. Refuse to put µg:ibJ:i belittling or deQtgifiifrg\comments or jokei·aboµt wpmen and about y{blence against women. They are q.ot fµnny.

7. Educate yotg maJ¢ J,gends about sexuaHassauUMWMake it clear thatfno tin.wanted sexual act is acceptable.

8. Talk to other men about how you can remove aggression and violence from your own understanding of masculinity.

Respectfully submitted Brenda for The WAC.

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Marion C. Tansey, Vice President Internal

Let's start a new SEASONALtradition at UCFV: THANKMAS

Cut this out and return to SUS Deadline: Nov 12/97 r--------------------, Presidential Search Traits I think are important for a UCFV President:

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDENT ASSOCIATIONSURVEY This survey is designed to address student interest in the Criminal Justice Student Association. Please answer all questions and return this survey to your instructor or to Lori Moren , Department Assistant in the Criminal Justice Department.

4. What types of fund-raising activities would you like to see run by the CJSA? 5. What other events/issues would you like the CJSA to organize/ address?

6. Would you be willing to participate in aiding the CJSAin organizing any of these activities?

Which types?

Are you in the Degree ( ) or Diploma () Program? What year?

1. Are you aware of the exist-

ence of the CJSA? ( )Yes

( )No

2. What types of social activities would you like to see arranged through the CJSA? 3. What type of academic activities would you like organized by the CJSA?

7. Are there any other areas you would be willing to get involved with? ( )Social ( )Academic ( )Fundra1smg ( )Other:please specify ______ _

Thankmas is the action of writing/ expressing thanks t o those students, faculty, staff and administration who have made a positive difference in your life! Here's a sample: I would like to shower all of the student representatives with generous appreciation for their understanding, encouragement, and blessings during my 2-week job orientation.

It was necessary to separate myself from the day to day operations, and I wanted to acknowledge our Office Manager and the Board of Directors for their positive, ongoing efforts to stay on track with our Strategic Plan.

I have also noticed the commitment to the dignity test and I have admired all of you so very much. As VP Internal, I wanted to make public the thoughts that have been unspoken, until now ...

Thanks to Tami, who, with professionalism, heart, and humor brings so much to the operation of the Student Union Society. It does not go unnoticed that she has spread her focus and energy among fourteen Directors who bring request upon request for those memorandums, notices, postings, agenda items, and for the continuity in her office coverage every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Thank you, Tami, for those occasional Tuesdays too.

Thanks to Ken, who carries the weight of the breadth and depth of our collective effectiveness on his shoulders every day. I have appreciated his depth of caring and his courage to consider a point of view well in extreme opposition to his. He was committed to honoring our strategy, decided on October 17th, in preparation for the SAGM: to be gracious in accepting all opinions, and to endeavor to respond in an informative rather than a defensive fashion.

Hey All You Saps!

Some students have expressed an interest in establishing a Student Apathy Program (SAP) on campus. As an Please fill in the following in- eager student I am willing to formation if you would be will- assist in the formation of this ing to be contacted by the CJSA necessary group since I see the executive. This information will vast potential of such an organiremain confidential and only be zation within UCFV. The first released by the executive with meeting will be held on Nov. 12, 1997 in the club room (A221) your express permission. at 4:00 p.m. If you see yourself as being a potential SAPstudent, Name Phone # __________ _ please come to this meeting.

City ___________ _ Ken Dinnery

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Thanks to Stephaine, who has invested so many hours this past month, devising rriore informative ways to teach us the intricacies of bookkeeping and financial forecastiqg;·plaru1;ing, and management,fThank goQdness there are pe9ple ~s Stephaine who/ ;tre willing\tp take this task oh (and remains in good humorV We need tp keep reminding ourselves that we are a relativ~ly young assqf ciation / uniorl\here at UCFM, and we are pavhtg., the way-for future Councils:'•·Also a huge thanks for all those trips to Chilliwack to giye the ,eastern reps a hand. __ ·. ·.·__·__·...

To Gary, whotias been so dedicated as th¢ Aq:~ng Qirector of the Eastetp c~lllp\.l;Sand for shouldering the ViceJ?resident External position up/until now, thank youf lfhiiikwe have been remiss in \hot giving the degree of support he has wanted, and, I think weneed to discuss those issues closeto his heart more: The Om1Jt1dsposition, the BCYSA, and current Eastern concerqs. A part of me wants to also tµahk Gary for shielding us from.some·of the not-so-pleasant things going on in the East, especi;iHywhen we felt somewhat oyerwhelnied by events occurring.hete<at the Abbotsford cam.pus :-[ \ To ShawnJwho will def end his loyalties, ex.ercise his. right to engage with other pohits of view, on any topH::,and de<;iicate so many of his hours in the office, polling, refycling, etc.

Thank you. /·•·····., ..\ '(\.

Thanks to.Ryap, Kt!~\Kim, Bill, Johanna !11d '(CherYl for hanging in through all the "stuff" these pas(f.ewJveeks. To Jamie, who has effective consultant. and peacekeeper.

To Val, who is eager to give ah Agassiz presence to our Team._, ..•.._ As VP/Inter:n:al, Iwant to tell you how mu.t:hJappreciate all that you/are doirigJo make this year'~ experieriqe of TEAMWORKa thHy positiye one! · ·

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Library Closed The Library will be closed in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, and Mission on Tuesday December 16, 1997 in order that all the library staff may participate in a "customer service" workshop.

We recognize that this closure may inconvenience some students, but we hope that this early notice will allow you to work around this one day closure.

Thank You, Anne Knowlan Acting Director of Libraries

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We travel the open waves of time in motion the expanse upon which the world floats can not be parted in a narrow path for the chosen few.

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We rise and fall, claim we progress, as we fight the headwind the crosswind the tailwind

I AM YOUR DISEASE Cec Hutson

We fight to escape the dead calm which must present itself if we do not.

This may be sufficient.

Blood Allow me to introduce myself, I am the disease of addiction.

I have killed millions, by pretending to be your friend.

Wasn't I there when you were lonely?

When you wanted to die, didn't you call me?

I was there.

I love to make you so numb, you can't feel anything at all.

I've always been there for you, when things were going right.

It was you who said you didn't deserve these good things, so I was there I am a hated disease; yet I don't come uninvited.

I am chosen, chosen over reality and peace of mind.

More than you hate me, I hate your recovery.

I hate your meetings and your higher power.

Now I must wait-I'm still here.

When only you exist; I live.

I only exist.

So until we meet again, I wish you DEATH AND SUFFERING

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There is blood everywhere.

I wake up under it.

I eat it.

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UCFV EVENTS

Nov, 12 Amnesty International Meeting If you have a concern for human rights or are just curious about our group, please come to the meeting at 7:30 in our office A226, Abbotsford campus.

Wednesdays Free Films The film appreciation class has opened its doors for fell ow students to come and enjoy their Wednesday morning previews .. 10:00 am in the lecture theatre (Bl0l).

THEATRE Nov, 5 (Every Wednesday)

Winter Registration begins.

The Arts Club Theatre Backstage Lounge on Granville Island presents "Originally

Deadline to register for Ski Manning trip. (See Dec. 18 19).

Nov. 17 Amnesty International Meeting If you have a concern for human rights or are just curious about our group, please come to the meeting at 1:00 in our office A226, Abbotsford campus.

Nov, 6 Official Opening of UCFV Success Centre. Everyone is welcome to join dignitaries, officials, and staff at 2 pm at UCFVs' Marshall Road Annex, 34194 Marshall Road, Abbotsford to celebrate and enjoy an open house.

Nov. 24 Forensic Odontology

Guest speaker Dr. Walter Sussell.

2:30 to 5:20 B 101 Abby Theatre.

Yours Taylor James". A showcase of original singersongwriters. Opening night guest: Rymes with Orange and Melani Dekker. 9:00 pm to 2:00 am. Tickets $3.00. More info call 687 - 1354.

Nov, 5-22 The Crucible See UCFV theatre students combine with community members to put on one of their usual outstanding performances.

Nov, 27 Michael Burgess, star of Les Miserable will be performing at the Massey Theatre for a one-night show. Concert begins at 8:00. Tickets start at $25 and are available at TicketMaster (280 - 4444).

Jan, 21-Feb, 7 The Tomorrow Box An advance notice of this upcoming play by Canadian playwright Anne Chislett.

Dec. 18 - 19

Ski Manning. One night accommodation, 2 days skiing, $50,00 MUST REGISTERBY NOVEMBER15/97. Call Local 4255

Tuesdays New Release Movies 3:305:00 in the A-lounge, catch a flick for free.

J..ull

England Study Tour Set aside two weeks in early July and join UCFVtheatre director Ian Fenwick and historical geographer Doug Nicol on an adventure in the south of England. Phone 792-0025, local 2838.

SPORTS FILM Oct. 24-Nov, 23 WEEKENDS ONLY Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation It's finally here!!! THE other film event of the year and you can call the Ridge Theatre @ 7 3 8-6 311. Stop by the office of The Cascade and peruse our guide to the festival on our bulletin board.

Dec. 2

The North American tour of the best of the Banff Festival of Mountain Films makes a stop at the Clarke Foundation Theatre at Heritage Park Centre in Mission. The event is presented by the UCFV Continuing Education Department.

Tuesdays Cheap Nights Don't miss the less expensive than usual nights at the two local movie theatres.

Badminton from 8:00pm 10:00pm. Drop in at the Career Training Centre (CTC) in West Abbotsford. Maps to the CTC are in the plastic holder outside Office A215 on the Abbotsford Campus.

Nov, 28 Basketball UCFV vs Camosun. Women @ 6pm Men @ 8pm. At Heritage Park in Mission.

Nov. 29

Basketball UCFV vs

Nov, 13 Nov, 15

Tuesdays

Mondays Basketball from 8:00pm 10:00pm. Drop in at the Career Training Centre (CTC) in West Abbotsford. Maps to the CTC are in the plastic holder outside Office A215 on the Abbotsford Campus.

STUDENTS Please note that the Student Activity parking spot (located in the top parking lot accessible from King Road) is now being used by the Scavenger Hunt Winner. This spot is no longer available to the general student population.

A new winner will be awarded the spot in January.

Keep your eyes open and maybe you can win the parking spot for the winter semester.

Tues. and Thurs, Volleyball from 8:00pm 10:00pm. Drop in at the Career Training Centre in West Abbotsford. Maps to the CTC are in the plastic holder outside Office A215 on the Abbotsford Campus.

Nov 5 -8 Soccer CCAANationals

Malaspina . Women @ 2pm Men @ 4pm at St. John Brebeuf in Abbotsford.

MISCELLANEOUS Nov. 24 UBC campus wide teach in about APEC. For more info. call APECALERTat 251- 9914 or alert@netinfo.ubc.ca.

hosted by Dawson (Montreal)

Nov, 14 Basketball UCFV at Capilano in North Vancouver. Women @ 6pm Men @ 8pm.

Nov, 15 Basketball UCFV at Langara in Vancouver. Women @ 6pm Men@8pm.

Nov. 21

Basketball UCFV vs Trinity Western University. Women@ 6pm Men @ 8pm. At Heritage Park in Mission.

Nov, 22 Basketball UCFVvs Douglas College. Women @ 6pm Men @ 8pm. At St. John Brebeuf

Nov. 25 "Crash the Summit".

Protesters will mobilize against the APEC Leaders' Summit which will take place at the Museum of Anthropology and Martha Piper's residence. For more info. call 251 - 9914 or alert@netinfo.ubc.ca.

Thursdays Ladies Nite at Monkey Mountain Women climb for $7 (doesn't include rentals).

Ladies Nite at Blondie's Billiards If rock climbing isn't your thing, try your hand at pool, and hey you even get a rose in the deal.