The Cascade Volume 8 Issue 2 2000-09-18

Life on Earth GREEN THUMBING IT ORGANIC INTHE 'WACK

· By Christopher Bolster Cascade Writer •

The Agriscope Legacy Garden, a self-sustaining organic community garden on the Chilliwack campus, is one step closer to becoming a permanent UCFV fixture as it winds, up its first growing season.

"Gardeners grew a variety of vegetables this summer: peas, bean·s, lettuce all the vegetables-as well as annual flowers for cross-pollination," says Norma Senn, Director of the. Agriculture department. "It was a real success, we rented all 20 plots this summer."

Garden plots are available at the Agriscope Legacy Garden for groups or individuals who want to grow t.heir own vegetables and flowers, or who just love to garden but don't have a place to plant one.

Student groups sa_yeducation funding forgotten

By DarrenStewart Ottawa Bureau Chief

OTT A WA (CUP) Student groups say funding for post-secondary schools was forgotten in a deal between the federal government and the provinces aimed at restoring billions of dollars to health care.

"Education· seems to have completely fallen off the radar for the premieres," said Michael Conlon, chair of the Canadian Federation of Students.

The federal government agreed Monday to increase Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST) funds to the provinces by $21.1 billion over the next five years. Most premiers say the increased money will go towards improving the health care system, which has suffered alongside other social programs since the federal government cut funding to the provinces in 1994.

Mark Kissel, national director of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations said he is concerned governments are forgetting that all

Ms. Senn says that Ag department was 'very fortunate' to hire a student through the Summer Works program and hopes do the same for summers to come.

The garden resulted from a proposal by Stephanie Cottell, a UCFV agriculture student.

social issues in Canada are inseparably linked.

"Health care is but one issue," he said. "And we didn't see any indication yesterday that education is also priority. That's unfortunate."·

Conlon agreed, saying it was nice to see new social spending, but .' he hopes there is more to come.

"The government has made it abundantly clear that it has the resources to increase access to education. In the early nineties there were •some strong political argu-

ments about debts and deficits that limited spending, but it's now time to step up our demands."

There is widespread support in Canada for allocating more public money to education, he said.

"The position we're advocating is not a particularly radical one," he said. "We're requesting, like the medical community did, that funding be replaced to 1994 levels which would allow give the provinces a substantial opportunity to do something about tuition."

Life on Earth played to a 300 person crowd at disorientation 2000 Sept. 8. The crowd swllled eight kegs of Big Rock Brewery brew from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. CHRISTOPHERBOLSTER}_CASCADE

Diverse history showcased at alumni

Paige Elliott isn't technically a UCFV alumni, but at two months old she was the youngest guest as she accompanied her parents, Shane and Michelle. to the first-ever alumni reunion at UCFV 's Abbotsford campus on May 6. Ed Webster of Chilliwack, who's turning 90 in a few months, took the honour as oldest alumni member.

Between these extremes were alumni of all ages, graduates or exstudents of a variety of different UCFV programs, and representing all of the 25 years that the university college has been in existence.

They came to see how the university college has changed since their student days, to catch up with for·mer instructors and fellow alumni, and to try their luck at winning prizes.

Devon Wilson, now a teacher at Hatzic Secondary, was the big prizewinner, going home with a new computer donated by Campus Pipeline.

"I was shocked when I found out that I'd won," commented Wilson, a 1999 Bachelor of Arts graduate who's now working as a career advisor at Hatzic Secondary in Mission. "I call lottery tickets scratch and lose tickets because I never win anything, and I .didn't have a computer before, so this was great!"

Local businesses donated many prizes to the event, including a pair of tickets to anywhere WestJet flies, which was won by Doug Stuckel.

UCFV Alumni Association president Terry-Lynn Stone, a BA graduate; from 1998, welcomed alumni to the event and thanked them for supporting their alma mater.

UCFV Board Chair Phyllis Stenson said the reunio.n was a sign of the university college's healthy relationship with its communities.

"UCFV has undergone large and rapid growth over the past IO years. During this time of expansion, we've worked hard to retain our sense of community. The overwhelming response today shows that we've ~ave managed to do so."

The stories and memories that emerged in hallway encounters and classroom conversations revealed the diversity of UCFV's history.

Leslie Williams is a UCFV alumni three times over. He enrolled in the entry-level College Achievement program in 1978, then finished an Office Careers certificate in 1980 (one of its few male graduates), and finally took the Social Services diploma in the early 1980s. He's now post-secondary coordinator at the Sto:lo Nation.

"I don't know why I decided on Office Careers, but that, combined with the Social Services training, set me up really well for my career," Wilson said as he reminisced with veteran UCFV instructor Bonnie Anderson.

"It's very gratifying to see our alumni succeed in such great numbers.'' commented A n de rs on. "I meet them out in the community all the time." '

Eighty-nine-year-old Ed Webster took adult basic education courses in his 70s and 80s in order

reunion

ro pick up where he left off as a teenager.

''I was glad to have the opportunity to go to school again because it was hard to go when I was young. I had to ride into Clinton on a horse, and only got to Grade 9."

At 29, Wilf Vicktor is UCFV's youngest "retired" alumnus. Nine years ago, he was president of the Fraser Valley College student society and a business student, and helped lobby for university college status in a campaign filled with excitement and uncertainty. This taste of politics led him to become a advisory board and later mayor of Hope. Now at least temporarily "retired" from politics, he's working in Abbotsford for Community Futures.

"My major memory of the university-college campaign is how we all students, admin.istrators, faculty, staff, and community members worked together so well. The stress kept us all on our· toes."

Over at the Criminal Justice mini-reunion, alumni now working in the field were chatting with their former instructor Tim Segger. Alumni Rip Kirby recognized quite a few of the guests.

"There are a lot of people who came through the crim program working in corrections and policing. We have quite~ network going," notes Kirby, who attributes the fact that he's now a supervisor in corrections to the fact that he returned to UCFV to upgrade his diploma to a degree.

At the History reunion, alumni Viola Southgate said she'd come back from Nanaimo to see the new buildings opened since she graduated in 1996, and to catch up with her instructors and fellow stu-· dents. As the graduates enjoyed wine and cheese, they perused the history display, including a chart listing history minor or major graduates, a number that has risen steadily each year.

Michelle Elliott (nee Huber), mother of baby Paige, was in one of the first classes of Bachelor of Arts degree graduates in· 1994. She's worked in retail management since, but would ideally like to return to her alma mater to take teacher training, if and when UCFV begins to offers such a program.

George Penner, one of the first student politicians in Fraser Valley College's early days, recalled being an art student in the church basements that were some of the college's first classrooms.

"It soon becam_e apparent that fine arts classes and churches were perhaps not the best combination, when church representatives walked in on us smoking cigarettes and painting nude models."

Former students weren't the only special guests at the event.

Former board members and retired faculty and staff also attended. The guest of honour was Barry Moore, president of UCFV from 1979 throu·gh 1987. UCFV 's other former presidents, Larry Blake and Peter Jones, were unable to attend the reunion.

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Organic garden, strengthens commu_nity

"I came up with the proposal after talking with a number of people who love to garden but just don't have a space of their own to nurture a garden," says Cottell. ".For instance, we have a large population of apartment and condominium dwellers close to the Chilliwack campus who are in 'that position.

The garden is strictly organic,· she says.

"We want to provide community members with arable land, but also teach them about stewardship and alternative methods of gardening," she says.

Last summer, the Ag department rented out 400-square-foot-plots for $35 and $50 for 800 square feet. The garden will be open until Thanksgiving weekend.

Community gardens in other areas of the province have benefitted local populations in many ways, according to Cottell.

Some of the benefits include beautifying the environment, bringing diverse community members together, providing a learning envi·ronment, increasing awareness of sustainable food systems, and promoting self-sufficiency and a healthy food supply.

"Some people and groups donate their excess crop yields to others in the community who experience food scarcity," says Cottell. "That kind of sharing really helps strengthen a

Alumnl reunion In the Great Hall Abbotsford campus.

UCFV signs partnership agreement with

Finnish polytechnics

Canadians and Finns.

The University College of the Fraser Valrey has added Finl and to the list of countries where it has a formal connection with the post-secondary sector. UCFV recently signed an agreement of cooperation with a consortium of three Finnish polytechnic institutes.

The Finnish schools (Arcada, Evitech, and Helia polytechnics) together offer a range of programs that is compatible with UCFV's program profile.

The idea behind the cooperation agreement is to encourage formal and informal student exchanges, faculty and staff exchanges and research partnerships, study tours, and international practicum or co-op placements.

The agreement calls for a formal exchange of students that will see nine UCFV students (three per year over three years) travel to Finland for one or two semesters to attend one of the Finnish institutions, while nine Finnish students will be hosted at UCFV. Students in the formal exchange will pay their tuition to their home institutions.

Other interested UCFV and Finnish students will be encouraged to participate in informal exchanges and/or study tours. Faculty and staff may also take part in exchanges.

The purpose of the agreement is to enhance friendly relations and promote mutual understanding between the institutions and between

Disciplines that are offered by both UCFV and one or more of the three Finnish institutions. include nursing, social work, adult education, computer studies, and business admi ni strati on.

UCFV President Skip Bassford visited Finland earlier this spring and initiated the cooperation agreement. Ann Karkulahti of ,Arcada Polytechnic's international office visited UCFV recently to further develop the partnership. She explained that part of the goal of Finland's post-secondary system is to help all students gain international experience.

"Our first priority is student exchange," she said. "We realize that as a small country, we have to cooperate with the rest of the world, and one of our strengths is to have a well educated population with international experience. We also invite students from all over the world to study in Finland. All of our programs are offered in English, so that Ann Karkulahti of Arcada Polytechnic's international office visited UCFVrecently. She's makes facilitating exchanges easi- shown here talking to Wanda Gordon and Joyce Barnes of UCFV'sNursing department. ef. II

In a typical year, 30% of Finnish students are on , an international exchange, while 70% are studying on campus.

Karkulahti said that UCFV is a good match for her institutions and the other Finnish partners, not just because of the compatability of programs offered but because of the sim-

ilarity of the two cultures.

"Our cultures are quite close, and a lot of our students would like to come to Canada."

UCFV also has partnership agreements with institutions in Japan and China, and is working on projects in Bangladesh and Vietnam.

UCFV president Skip Bassford has

worked and taught in several Nordic countries. Based on his experience, he can confirm that Finnish institutions are always warm and welcoming hosts.

"Our students, our faculty, and our staff who become involved in these exchanges will find their experience valuable but also very pleasant," Bassford says."•!•

U of T Bookstore signs agreement

TORONTO (CUP) Part-time workers at the University of Toronto's bookstore have reached an agreement with their employers ending a summer strike that attracted the attention of Margaret Atwood and· Noam Chomsky.

Thanks to a deal ratified on Aug. 29. workers will be given a two per cent raise this year, and another two per cent next year. Currently, parttimers at the bookstore are earning $7.35 per hour.

Approximately 100 professors backed the union saying they would not conduct business with the bookstore until an agreement was reached.

"I don't know why it went on for so long. Over that time we made slow progress and gradually the issues got dealt with," said Kathryn Bennett, U of T Press vice president.

Universities hiring fewer and fewer profs, study finds

WINNIPEG (CUP) -Cuts in federal government transfer payments in the early 1990s are to blame for faculty downsizing, says Mike McAd, University of Manitoba vice-president.

Less money from Ottawa has made it difficult .for provinces to maintain funding levels to universities, he

adds.

Universities across the. country currently employ 9.7 per cent fewer full time faculty than they did in 1992, the study found.

Newfoundland suffered the largest decline at 18.6 per cent, followed by Manitoba at 15.9 per cent. Only Prince Edward Island has main14cta

Zoom Media voted out of Concordia·

MONTREAL (CUP) Concordia undergraduate students voted to oppose advertising on their campus. Students supported a motion calling

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thetained the same employment levels.

Assistant professors and other lower-ranking teaching staff were affected the most, the report indicates. These positions have decreased by_ 20.5 per cent since 1992.

The number of female professors has jumped by more than IO per cent, although men continue to make up the majority in all ranks. Female professors also earn less than men, on average making 86 per cent of the salary of a male professor.

Wayne Welsh named UCFV

Vice President

- Academic

Dr. Wayne Welsh has been selected as the first-ever Vice PresidentAcademic at.the University College of the Fraser Valley. This new position was created as part of a recent administrative reorganization at UCFV. As Academic Vice President, Welsh will oversee all instructional areas. The deans of all three instructional faculties, as well as a number of other departments and areas, will report to his office.

UCFV president Skip Bassford said that he's pleased that the position has been filled and that Welsh was selected.

"The position of VP -Academic has become necessary because of the growth and maturation of UCFV. We now have a very complex array of programs and indeed are larger than half of the universities in Canada. Because of this growth, we need someone to coordinate all of our academic and instructional efforts and to ensure that our departments and faculties work together to achieve our educational mission.

"I'm really pleased that the selection commit.tee. recommended Wayne to me. He's an indefatigable worker. he's very knowledgeable about UCFV, and he's completely committed to this university college and our role in our region. On top of that, he', a really decent human being. I know that the entire management team, the board, and our faculty and staff will be

happy extend their congratulations to Wayne."

for a ban on "all forms of advertisement space at Concordia University" and an end to "the practice of selling advertising in bathrooms." Only 30%(app.) voted in favour of keeping the ads.

The 280 small panels scattered around the two campuses' bathrooms brought $25,000 a year to the university.The washroom panels have been empty since Zoom Advertising's five-year contract ended in August. tion six months in advance.

Opponents of on-campus advertis-

ing added students should reclaim university space, forcing the government to reinvest into education.

Montreal activsts to gear up to greet G-20 summit

MONTREAL (CUP) Montreal is slated to become the site of the next meeting of the upstart G-20, a Canadaled multilateral organization committed to giving globalization a friendlier face. Montreal-area activists say they'll be there to deliver their own message about globalization when meetings kick-off on Oct.24.

Jaggi Singh who was part of the famed APEC protests in I 997 among other protests is expecting a couple thousand protesters, adding that the amount of mobilization taking place in preparation for next month's summit shows how far the anti-globalization campaign has come.

The federal government who is hosting the meeting defends the G20's role Scott Reid, spokesperson for Paul Martin, who will play host at the summit, said the group, "has _the potential to become an ideal forum for discussion of globalization issues."

Singh says that_ the plan is for a fun and creative demonstration.

"Our job is to demonstrate effectively and, if possible, to disrupt the event."

Privacy concerns force name tags out of SFU rez

By John Kennedy The Peak

VANCOUVER (CUP)- N~me tags will no longer be posted on dorm room doors at Simon Fraser University because the practice violates British Columbia's privacy legislation.

Tim Riordan, a SFU criminology graduate student specializing in privacy protection, initiated the move to remove the tags when he discovered they violated the Freedom Of Information and Protection Of Privacy Act (FOi/POP).

Although the name tags only list a resident's first name, they violate the FOi/POP Act because they disclose personal information about students.

All SFU residents sign a lease agreement at the beginning of the term, part of which-guarantees that the FOi/POP Act will be upheld on their behalf.

Welsh said he's about role.

excited his new

ul'm very excited about the opportunity to step into the Vice President Academic position and to respond to the challenge of establishing this new function. UCFV has a. very significant role to play as the primary post-secondary institution in one of the most dynamic regions of the province and country and I'm very pleased to be able to help refine and modify -that role as it relates to our academic activities. We support a very diverse body of learners and deal with a correspondingly complex set of issues. I look forward to working with the entire UCFV community on these issues," said Welsh.

He said setting priorities is his first big challenge.

During the next few months I will be working with the President and other members of the administrative team to set out the priority item.s;Jor the coming year and to identify the more detailed aspects of the position. The program mix recommendations outlined in our strategic plan will certainly be one of the priority items. Over the longer term I will be working

to keep our institution focused and responsive to our students' needs and to help maintain the quality learning environment at UCFV. These foundations of our mission statement are critically important as we address the post-secondary access issue in our region and as we look ahead to the challenge of recruiting and replacing faculty in many key areas.

Welsh has had a long and varied • career at UCFV. He was most recently Dean of Science, Health, and Human Services, and before that was Dean of Science and Technology from 1995 • through 1999. He was program head of the Computer Information Systems program from 1988 through 1995, and instructor and coordinator of the Computing and Mathematics department from 1980 through 1988.

Before joining UCFV in 1980, he was an assistant and associate professor at the University of Saskatchewan, and a v1s1t1ng professor at the University of Southern California and Simon Fraser

Riordan said he raised the nametag issue when he was approached by a female SFU residence student who had been sexually assaulted by a male resident.

According to Riordan, the female student approached him because she was afraid that having her name on her door would allow her attacker to know where she lived.

"I believe that women who live in [residence) have a right to be free from sexual violence or the threat of sexual violence," Riordan said. "I also believe the Residence Office should hon0ur its written commitments to residents."

The lease agreement states that the FOi/POP Act prohibits the Residence Office "from providing any information concerning its residents to an interested third party." The agreement then explains that not even room numbers will be given out to the biological parents of residents.

While the no-name tag policy should apply to all universities in the province, the policy does not seem to be catching on. Residence rooms at the University of British Columbia still post name tags.

At the University of Victoria, students chose floor by floor whether or not to post name tags.•••

Mums-to-be needed by UCFV nursing .students

Mothers-to-be who will be having their babies in the Fraser Valley this fall are once again invited to help UCFV nursing students learn about pregnancy and childbirth from the patient's perspective. Women having their babies at MSA, Mission, or Chilliwack hospitals are eligible for this program.

More ·than 100 students over the past five years have had the opp or tun it y to "shadow" a pre gn ant woman through doctor visits, prenatal classes, labour and de! iv ery, and the postnatal period.

"It's been a wonderful opportunity for our students, and many of them have felt such a bond with the family that they keep up the re I at ions hip afterwards;'' comments nursing instructor Joyce Barnes. "I even know of one case where our student coached the mother through her second labour too. But even if they don't strike up a friendship it's a great learning experience."

Anita Schmidbauer and Erin Dyck were already friends when Schmidbauer, pregnant with her first child William, offered to participate in the Mums-to-be program last year with Dyck, who was a first year nursing student at the time.

"I had never been so closely involved with a pregn~ncy before," recalls Dyck. "I learned a lot through the labour and delivery and tried to be there to support Anita. I ended up worki n g c Io s e I y with one of the nu rses, and the doctor was also very helpful with regards to he-lping me learn.

"I also learned that all of pregnancy, al most from the minute you find out, and even after the ba-by's born, is a lot

more emotionally difficult than a lot of people realize and that the mother really needs support."

"It was really enjoyable to have Erin as a partner," comments Schmidbauer. "And it was good because she took over when William's father got queasy! I read an article in the paper about the program and to decide to volunteer because Erin is my best friend and she was in her first year of nursing so I thought it would be great. And it was!"

Arnita Khattar volunteered to let student Rajvinder Dhillon participate in her third pregnancy, an opportunity. which Dhillon found very valuable.

"It was good because we didn't

Federal education funding forgotten

Conlon a_dded that provincial governments in B.C. and Newfoundland have been particularly vocal in asking for the federal government to reinstate funding for education.

Conlon said he hoped the consensus on health care reached between the premieres and the federal government would start a trend enabling more deals to be struck on social spending in Canada. •

He also hopes the new spending on health care will have a trickle down effect in the various provinces, relieving some financial pressure and allowing the premieres to focus on things like education.

Jeff Gaulin, a spokesperson for the B.C Health Ministry, said CHST funding is typically split between health, education and social services, though all of the new funding included in yesterday's deal would go to health and early childhood programs.

"This will likely free up funding for other spending priorities in the province," he said.

B.C is expected to receive over $500 million over the next five years.

Since 1994, students have had to bear larger financial burdens as universities raise tuition to offset reductions in public funding.

The pe.rcentage of univ~rsity revenues coming from government contributions hit a low last year, only making up 55 per cent. This compares to the 74 per cent that money from various levels of government kicked into university coffers in the early eighties.

The new deal will bring the total cash transfer to the provinces and territories to $18.3 billion next year, $19.l billion the following year, and will peak at $21 billion in 2005. It includes $2.2 billion for early childhood programs, b•ut there is no guarantee the provinces will use the money for childcare.

do the theory until after the practicum so we were really able to put the experience into the theory portion and relate the two. • It was good to follow the whole process and then experience the birth. The labour coaching techniques we learned were really helpful," says Dhillon. "It was a very good experience," says Khattar, with Dhillon interpreting. "My family physician told me about the program and said it was a chance to help a student learn and gain experience as well as have some help for me. I did it main I y to he Ip the st u• dent. If I was having any more children I'd definitely do it again!"

Wome·n who are due between September and December and who will be having their babies at Chilliwack, Mission, or MSA hospitals are eligible to participate in the Mums-to-be program. If you agree to participate, the student nurse will meet you (and your partner if a_pp Ii cab I e) for a "get to know you chat", come with you on one visit to the doctor, one prenatal class, give you and your partner support during your labour and deliver)'., and visit.you afterwards.

For more information, or to volunteer, call UCFV nursing instructor Joyce Barnes at 7920025 or 853-7441, local 2520 at both numbers.

disOrientation 2000

It wasn't music that

the

b r o u g h t t h e p e op le out to last Friday's ·,_s<e;c on dannual Disorrentation. It was the beer. The Student Uni on ·Society hosted '· event, had a line-up of seven local bands, but it was the tent serving Big Rock Brewing beverages, which kept the people entertained. Everi with the sun.

Local act Thomas' Blanket started the day off. Overcoming a few equipment difficulties, they played a set with Rage Against the Machine influences showing. Lead singer Nathan de Jager took a fashion page from the Red Hot Chili Peppers', as his pants were a few stuffed animals short of a pair Flea used to wear. Their best

mater·i al was instrumentals, their talented Currie.

their frequent highlighted by guitarist Frank

The Dusty Shoes Band, followed with a long. banter-laden show. Led by the husband and wife team of Rod and Julie Horncastle, they were rounded out with the new addition of bassist Dave Finnigan, who joined the band only three days prior to the show. Cove.rs of Huey Lewis and Bonnie Raitt, were interspersed between their original, blues oriented numbers. Images of Huevos Rancheros and Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet issued forth.

Jay Kleiss, performed an impressive solo set, when his band Martin Thin~ was delayed by traffic. There is· always something impressive about a person and a guitar alone on a stage. H.is Sublime cover was the best song of the n.ight.

Thi} next couple of bands had varying degrees of success with the crowd, but as I was interviewing beer garden attendees, I was not able to write a review of their performance.

Arts Representative Vijay Mann, thought that the music was

pretty good, but the atmosphere in the beer garden was the most enjoyable part of the day. More diversity in the performers would have made for a better show, d:j.'s being suggested as a pos_sible improvement.

Third year student, Robin Ranthor felt that because U.C.F.V. is a growing school, we needed .events Ii k e Disorientation for everybody to come together, but a higher awareness was needed to attract more students. Amazing that two dollar beer and free burgers couldn't attrac·t more people.

A. review of the seventh band, Huge and Lean, was handed into the Cascade office by a Disorientation participant com~enting, that lead singer Kenjamin portrays a laise faire attitude to life and a passion to his music. He is there for his art, entertaining us was just a side effect. He dances as he plays and swings his hips in a Mark McGrath fashion, though he claims he's not a performer. The Huge and Lean show was an incredible finale to Disorientation.

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Points to Ponder: RestorativeJustice?

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The term that Ruth Morris es-pouses is "transformative justice"; it is the nomenclature that I myself prefer and one that I can re.late to on a personal level. Allow me to explain. First I want_ to transcend the issue of justice on the criminal level and open it to a more encompassing justice, one that includes ever individ-

ual on the planet. This justice is to

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In Canadian society today the I. The Cascade is in need of graphic anQ photo editors. This is a paid posiphrase "restorative justice" has tion and a great opportunity to gain exposure for your work. Interested been tossed around. It is used for applicants should drop by the office (Rm A226) or give me a call at 854variou·s types of reconciliatory 4529 alternatives within and without the 2. Page 12 of this issue 'hosts the registration form for the First Annual criminal justice system. My ques-Cascade Fantasy Hockey Pool. Take advantage of this chance to win $500, tion on this issue is as follows: What exactly are we attempting to restore? Are we attempting to restore the relationship that existed between the gu i Ity party, the vi cti ms and society before a criminal offence took place? Would it not bring us back to a situation where the probability of an offence would reoccur, if this were so? Perhaps it is just my own fixation on the use of language and what we do not realize we are actually saying or working towards. Or it of course could just be my knowledge of a Quaker .in Ontario named Ruth Morris. (She lives in Toronto and has done some excel Ien t work in the area of adolescent justice.)

danced my way through it. As the butterfly never has to go back to being a caterpillar, I do not have to go back to where I was a year ago. Thanks to the help of an amazing community (which I will ponder on another day) and for a family that too has transformed, it ·is a whole New World. My family and I have spent time together on two visits (they live i.n Southern Ontario and in Ohio), and we hav_e begun making new memories together. It is a transformation for all of us because

before we could not be with each other. I would not ask to go back to that time or to that level of relationship with them, prefer my butterfly status and my new found sense of family both my biological one and the family that I have found in Abbotsford, especially at UCFV. Let us all transform ourselves to becoming who we want to be in what is good, right and.just. So what are y.oi.lr thoughts? Restore or transform?

I~ I~ I~ I~ part of humanity. During the course of our lives, we are not static, and we shape and shift depending on the ebb and flow of our personalities, the major events in our lives and the day to day issues that we confront.

be "free for" and to feel growth as

If we .make an error, do we want to restore ourselves to the time before

Rsk Runt Rnne anything you need to know about loue, our mistake or do we take what we SeH, life or learned and move forward with a greater knowledge.

Let me bring this idea out of my head and into example. A year ago at this time, I felt I had lost everything that was everything to me, my partner, their family, my place of residence and all that I had found ha·ppiness and comfort in. I had spent eleven years separated from my biological family and felt completely lost and alone. I ha~ much support over the years that helped to deal with that gut level angst over personal issues and having no contact with my mother, father, sister or other relatives. But my gut could not handle any more loss, I had already lost one of my dearest friends to suicide in April of 1994, I was tired of saying good-bye. I fell to pieces: all these events weighing down my soul resulted in complete collapse. Now, a year later my life has completely changed, and I have to say I am not restored, for I would not want to go back to that terrible place I was in, I have been transformed. It has been a metamorphosis. I do not have to enter into that dark tunnel for I have already stumbled, crawled, cried, skipped and

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UCFV soccer in full Swing

ver the Labor Day weekend both the men's and women's soccer co-hosted an invitational tournament at their home fields at Bateman Park.

WOMEN

The ladies placed third out of four teams after their three games. On Saturday they lost to Douglas College 3-2 and on Sunday went on to win 6-0 against Green River from Auburn, Washington. They also lost thier game on Sunday 2-1 to the University College of the Cari boo.

On Saturday, September 9 the women played their f i rs t regular season game at Riverway in Vancouver against Langara College. It ended in a 2-2 draw. Both goals by UCFV were scored in the first half of the game by the stopper, Eric Calver, and by rookie striker, Laurie-----------------Blakeway; Blakeway's goal was shot off of a free kick. The women had a chance to get ahead in the second half, but the when a breakaway shot was blocked by a lucky Langara defender. Goal tender,

Amber Prosser, was in net for the tie.

Last year's back up goalie, Amy Vanzant, has been cleared to p I a y aft e r s e p a r a t i n g h e r f i ng er several weeks ago.

early in the season and already the men's team is riddled with injuries. During the tournament over the Labor Day weekend three veteran starters were on the sidelines, as well as starting goal tender, Ryan Konarski. You can understand why they had a tough tourney.

men also placed third out of four teams. The men lost

first game against

1-0 and came back to win their second game against Green River 3- l. In the final game, pulling off another win wasn't possi ole, losing 2-0 to the University College of the Cari boo.

In UCFV's win against Green River, first year player, Jarrid Mosdell, scored once and Matt Hayle scored the other two goals.

Throughout the duration of the tournament they managed to rotate four different goalies. Starting goal tender Konarski was unavailable. He suffered a leg injury, probably a muscle strain but luckily was cleared to play in the season opener against the defending National Champions, Langara College.

That game ran Saturday, September 9 at Riverway. With three starters out due to a variety of injuries, UCFV got raittled 5-0. The powerhouse Langara College against our hurting team was a difficult mix. Konarski appeared to be one of the only promising aspects of the game as the rest of the team got pushed around.

Check out their schedules to see when their next home game is. See you there!

Cascade Women 2000 Fall Soccer Schedule

Date Opponent Time

Sat. Sept. 9 Langara 2:00p.m.

Fri. Sept. 15 Okanagan UC2:00p.m.

Sat. Sept. 16 UC Cariboo l:00p.m.

Sat. Sept. 13 Malaspina UCl:00p.m.

Fri. Sept. 29 UC Cariboo 2:00p.m.

Location

Riverway (Van.) Bateman (Abb.) Bateman (A bb.) Bateman (Abb.) UCC (Kamloops)

Sat. Sept. 30 Okanagan UC12:00p.m. OUC (Kelowna)

Sat. Oct. 7 Douglas 1:00p.m. Bateman (Abb.)

Fri. Oct. 13 Trinity Western U 2:00p.m.Neal McLeod(Lang.)

Sat. Oct 14 Trinity Western U 1:00p.m.Bateman (Abb.)

Sat. Oct. 21 Capilano 12:00p.m. Capilano (N. Van.)

Cascade Men 2000 Fall Soccer Schedule

Date Opponent Time

Sat. Sept. 9 Langara 2:00p.m.

Fri. Sept. 15 Okanagan UC4:00p.m.

Sat. Sept. 16 UC Cariboo 3:00p.m.

Sat. Sept. 23 Malaspina UC3:00p.m.

Fri. Sept. 29 UC Cariboo 4:00p.m.

Sat. Sept. 30 Okanagan UC2:00p.m.

Sat. Oct. 7 Douglas 3:00p.m.

Fri. Oct. 13 Trinity Western U 4:00p.m.

Sat. Oct l Trinity Western U3:00p.m.

Sat. Oct. 21 Capilano 2:00p.m.

Location

Riverway (Van.) Bateman (Abb.) Bateman (Abb.) Bateman (Abb.) UCC (Kamloops) OUC (Kelowna) Bateman (Abb.) Neal fyfcLeod (Lang.) Bateman (Abb.) Capilano (N. Van.)

Carmen Lali and Christie Hunniford during a scrimmage.

lntramurals

It is a new school year and intramurals have already gotten underway. So far, you can enjoy drop in volleyball, basketball and badminton a few nights a week. Intramurals are open to all students, staff and faculty and are absolutely free. Free maps are available in room A2l5 at the Abbotsford campus.

Days: Mondays and Thursdays

Time: 8-I0p.m.

Location: CTC

Intramural Volleyball

Days: Wednesdays

Time: 8-l0p.m.

Location: CTC

Intramural Badminton

Days: Wednesdays

Time: 8-l0p.m.

Location: CTC

Rilceseries reminder

Just a reminder that the final race for the Fraser Vall.ey Race Series, as presented by the UCFV Athletic department and the Deerfoot Athletic Club, takes place on Sunday, October I at Mill Lake. The official reg-

day registration will be accepted at MSA Arena from 7: 30 until 8:30a.m. Race time is at 9a.m. sharp so don't be late!

There will also be many prizes given away. For more information call Myron Neville at 850-

UCFV hosts folk rhythms festival

By Jose Uzcategul Cascade Writer

Among exotic h •••traditional J ex ib1t1ons and culture and entapatn~se folkloreera1nm b • one last weeke d ent ecame Pav i Ii on ope ne~ ;s. the Japanese For three da s r1day evening. over the wort~ people from all Judo, Sushi Mai~~-formed Karate, (Traditional J g, Shakuhatchi Shiatsu and apanese Flute). ' many oth • ' s1ve demonstrat· er 1mpres-1ons.

Participating studtheir talents. en~s displayed Shuji (Japane•te arts I_ike Origami, story telling. c;~t:graphy), and Japanese c • .H O nor ab I e Af onsul of Cfairs Hiroaki K : •• ultural sent during the oa'Na~ .• was. preJapanese Pav·1· pening of the I 1 10n wh· h Pace 1n the G • • ic took campus. real Hall on UCFV 's

Mr. Minoru s •Master and Sh ~s1moto, Shiatsu Master, with 23 a uhatchi Grand experience re and. 35 years of P l d spect1vel • aye his ski 11s y' d IsP av Ilion. during the

Kathryn Gare·organizer of th ia, the head he I p e d c re a 1: event on campus' I n tern at ion a I Ed' S a I o n g w i th dents, a glamoro~s dtaff and stut r a d I t i O n a I J e co r,at I on a n d th apaneseat made th Ab costumes·" e botsf d ' a little Tokyo". or campus

"It's a wonderful for the citizens f opportunity participate in th~ Abbotsford to event" said E. s great cultural I r1n Brow vo unteer ·stud n, one of the. ents Pa 1 • were impressed . • r 1c1pants cle. So, if you mi:;th ~he ~pectabe sure to be th ed it this time. ere next semester

Dakona has just released their

of

breaking

the music industry.

Dakona recently just signed a contract with Third Eye

ind' s management (Eric Gotland Management) from San Francisco. Their music will soon appear on MTY's "Real World".

This Canadian Indie band should sound familiar, the five members have been practicing in Abbotsford for the past 7 years, and toured with Bif Naked last year. They must be doing something right, Ordinary· Heroes has spent the last 4 weeks on the best selling chart at Abbotsford HMV.

The band consists of Shane Dueck (bass and vocals), Jess Bouma (keyboards and B3 organ), Ryan

LL COOL J

"G.O.A.T." featuring James T. Smith

It's been awhile since we've heard from LL Cool J. With tracks Ii ke "Phenomenon"; it was not surprising that he hasn't put any new albums out.

Fortunately for LL Cool J he listened to his critics and has gone back to the harder beats and rhymes that made him famous on such tracks as "I can't live without my radio" and "I need a Beat". It is now

Boyz II Men

"Nathan Michael Shawn Wanya"

At a time when the charts are overloaded with the identical sounds of .all the boy bands, this veteran group still manages the sounds of classic harmony and song.

Before the boy bands there was Boyz II Men -Nathan Morris, Michael McCary, Shawn Stockman and Wanya Morris. As their first nam.es title their latest CD, released September 13, 2000, they are still up to their carefully constructed love songs and harmonies.

On Nathan Michael S'hawn Wanya, the group took most of the

tahiti80

"Puzzle"

A few years back, an impressive group of French electronic bands came to the fore front, popularizing many avenues of music, from the at·mospheric sounds of Air, to the ~eavy beats of Daft Punk. tahiti80 represent the second generation of this scene, owing more to the former th'en the latter. Their debut album,

Music on trial

McAllister (lead vocals and guitars), John. Biondolillo (drums and percussion), and Brook Winstanley (guitars). YlJu can get more info on the band members at www .dakona.corn.

The title track talks about the heroes we all are in our own little way each and every day. It's really quite a good song. The album provided many pleasurable distractions from my studies with its listener-friendly melodies. If you're unfamiliar with Dakona, Our Lady Peace is similar in the selection of tunes on their album. The local talent of Dakona should make you proud to be living in the Fraser Valley. Dakona's Ordinary Heroes is worth picking up.

If you're interested in hearing for yourself, Dakona has scheduled its Abbotsford CD Release Party for Thursday, September 29th 'at the Matsqui Centennial Auditorium. The show will include an opening by Seattle's Loni Rose, who plays a blend of acoustic rock and has been garnering much attention. Also opening will be comedy improv

group, The Panic Squad. The show is sponsored by Abbotsford's own Youth Commission, HMV, and 104.9 X FM.

Tickets are available for $5 in advance (available at HMY Abbotsford), or $7 at the door.

-Teasenka Kushner

fifteen years after his debut album on Def Jam Records and LL ·is st i II putting out hi ts.

G.O.A.T. is not a full fledged return I LL cool J's old ways, and that is evident by tracks like long songs "This is U". But for those fans of LL's raunchier songs such as "Candy" from the

album Bad, Uncle L has blessed you with "Take it off".

If the old styles of LL Cool J are what you're after, then this album will fulfill your needs as well. From "Intro" LL Cool J takes you on a journey more brutal than a beating from the Rock. Tracks like ·"Farmers", "Can't you think", and "U Can't F**K with me" (a collaborations with Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, and Jayo Felony) let you know why LL claims to be a hip-hop artist. LL Cool J finally answers Cannabis

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creative control which was an exciting first for the band. The new tracks range in sounds from their soft and delicate, in "I Do" and "Thank you In Advance" to "Bounce, Shake, Move, Swing", a tune that sounds like it might show up at a rave one day, with it's repetition of simple words and harsh beat.

The first track, "Beautiful Women", subtly reminded me of Lou Bega's "I Got a Girl" where he

exposes the beautiful women around the world in an annoying manner. Track two is very impressive at first, then it switches into a chaotic arrangement of futuristic computer sound clips.

Unfortunately, Nathan Michael Shawn Wanya has a track list that begins to sound like the same song over and over again by the time you get to the 7th or 8th track. Then it's time to move onto something else. But if you've always enjoyed Boyz II Men's soft, mushy melodies, then you'll probably like this one as well.

Overall, I'd most likely pop this

with a potent battle on "Back Where I Belong", going past a "Second Round KO" teaching the newcomer a lesson.

A must have for a LL fan.

-Hayden Buck·

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-1• ;:;::[ Puzzle, an ·,,,,,,}extremely pop'"''¥oriented affair, • brings commer-

cial tendencies to a genre that Stereolab started many years ago, but in a

more copies then their forerunners it makes for_ a bland listen, with little variance .between songs.

CD into the CD player every once in a while, as long as I had the "skip track" button close at hand.

-Jessica Danylchuk

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Mood Ruff

"Politic Different"

The first time I heard Mood Ruff from Winnipeg, they were an opening act in the Northern Touch Tour, part of New Music West in 1998. Not only two good emcee's, but great break-dancers, Mood Ruff did an excellent job warming up the crowd for other Canadian notables like the Rascalz, Kardinal Offishal, and Choclair.

le-ss realized way.

While their approach may sell had all but forgotten them until two months ago when on the rare occasion I turned on Much Music, Mood Ruff's first single, New Moon, a song about what goes on in the minds of band member Spitz and Odario as they rhyme,

By the end of the· album, the soulDecision vocal styling of lead singer Xavier Boyer, is about inviting as the annoying sound my alarm clock makes way too early in the morning. If manufactured pop sounds are your thing, rush out and grab this album (I'd even begrudg-

ingly recommend the title track). but if you require a little substance behind your music give tahiti80 a pass ..

-Darrell Alary

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was playing. The album, entitled Politic Different is a great first effort. It contains an eclectic mix of subjects from conflict in the record business, rhyming techniques. and finding love, to an odd extra track of a woman telling us about her first experience in autoeroticism.

Th(s is the new face of hip-hop, smooth beats and drum loops, and it's Canadian. It's only a matter of

time until the American labels rea Ii ze the undiscovered talent hidden in Canada's cities.

-Hayden Buck

4/5 turntables

Francis

Keith Primeau

Scott

Stumpe!

Deadmarsh

Mcinnis ANA

Walker

Oleg Kvasha NVI

Kariya VAN

Dackell OTT

Defensemen Goalies

61 Ray Bourque COL 81 Dominik Hasek BUF

62 Rob Blake LOS 82 Curtis Joseph TOR

63 Sandis Ozolinsh CAR 83 Chris Osgood DET

64 Al Macinnis , STL 84 Felix Potvin VAN

65 Nicklas Lidstrom DET 85 Byron Dafoe BOS

66 Eric Desjardins PHI 86 J. Vanbiesbrouck NVI

67 Chris Pronger STL 87 Tommy Salo EDM

68 Adrian Aucoin VAN 88 Fred Brathwaite CAL

69 Brian Leetch NVR 89 Mike Vernon NVR

70 Sergei Zubov DAL 90 Stephane fiset LOS

71 Roman Hamrlik NVI 91 Marine Brodeur NJD

72 Scott Stevens NJD 92 Olaf Kolzig WAS

73 Derek Morris CAL 93 Ed Belfour DAL

74 Derian Hatcher DAL 94 Patrick Roy COL

75 Jasoon Woolley BUF 95 Roman Turek STL

76 Jiri Slegr PIT 96 Guy Hebert ANA

77 Sergei Gonchar WAS 97 Jeff Hackett MON

78 Oleg Tverdovsky ANA 98 Ron Tugnutt PIT

79 Sean O'Donnell MIN 99 Mike Richter NVR

80 Mattias Ohlund VAN 100 Steve Shields SJ

Team

Each team will consist on 3 Centers, 6 Wingers, 4 Defense and 2

There is no limit to the amount of teams you can enter but they must be different

The cost per team is $10. You can choose your players from the list above. Any players selected that are not on the list will be dropped from your team.

Trades

Trades will be conducted

follows:

team will be permitted 1 trade during the first half of the season (Oct. 5 -Dec. 15) and 1 trade in the second half of the season Oan, 8 -May 7). Each trade will cost $2 and is limited to a total of 6 players being involved in the trade. You can only trade players for players on the list. Trades will be effective the following day after the payment for the trade has been r~eived. For example, if you make a trade on Monday that player will not count for your team until Tuesday.

Rules

Entries, along with the $10 entry fee, must be received in the Cascade office by Wed. Oct. 4 at 8pm. This contest is open to all UCFV students and faculty, but closed to Cascade staff. In the event of a tie at the end of the season ties will be broken starting with total goals. H a tie still exists it will be broken by total assists, and then total penalty minutes. The pool will run from the start of the regular season to the end of the regular season.

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