The Cascade Volume 9 Issue 4 2001-03-15

THE CASCADE

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Jessica Danylchuk Arts & Sports Editor

Conrad Skuee LayoutCoordinator

Andrew Bingham Staff Writer/ Copy Editor

Jeff Baillie GraphicsEditor

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

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CascadeContributors

CandicePruden

Steve Beketa

Kyle Webb

Belvedere Chivas

FranJellcoBaileys Colln Pacholuk

Ian Giesbrecht v.r.Jordan

DarrenStewart

Mark Misner

NatalieVermeer

Peter Oarvll Jon Besler Laura Barth RichardBird Gabe Salvatore

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Nowhere near last GASP for SE2

Treaties, land claims, native rights?

If you're like me, you don't really have the first clue what the full implications of these issues entail, other than they sure do seem to get a lot of attention in the news during election time. The upcoming election is no exception.

By v.r.Jordan

The N DP's last hope?

MP Svend Robinson discusses the future of the party and its beliefs

By Darren Stewart

The Lost Gob interview

With all the attention Gob has been getting lately, it is no question that they must get misrepresentedon occasion. After their Abbotsford show at "Animals"on February22, I was quite curious to hear their opinions on the labels that have been attached to them, and on playing faster, and selling out.

By

Natalie Vermeer

UCFV women hoopsters off to nationals.17

After their second lengthy bus ride to UCC In less than a week and a half, the UCFV basketball program was set to compete for the provincial title.

By

Jessica Danychuk a.nd Gabe Salvatore

Laura MCAuliffe & Luke Fulgham "Big Head"

Student union not optimistic over tuition cuts

By Candice Pruden

The provincial government recently announced plans to reduce post-secondary tuition by 5 per cent. This means the cost for a 3-credit, one-or-two hundred level course at UCFV will decrease from $127.59 to $121.21.

The plans from the government also include creating 5025 more student spaces across the province, and investing $23 million in new equipment and library purchases. The $23 million for new equipment is a onetime only promise.

Ujjal Dosanjh is optimistic about the future of higher education In the province. He says that "Lower fees cut student debt and help keep high education within reach for all British Columbians."

The College Institute Educators' Association (CIEA) welcomes the news of additional funding and reduction in student tuition fees.

However, Robin Litzenberger, President of the Student Union Society, Is not so optimistic, he's not sure the tuition cut will benefit the student at UFCV. Robin states, "if the NOP gives the 5 per cent cut In tuition and doesn't cover the financial losses in other ways, the universities will have to use other sources to get that money back."

Other sources may include an increase in student user feessuch as photocopying, parking, and computer usage. Litzenberger further remarks there will be "no benefit for students if the NOP doesn't fulfil! its promises."

Some students at UCFV weren't even aware of this promise from the government.

Chelsey Brodeur, student in CPP program, didn't realize there was going to be a cut In tuition. ''At first it sounds good, tuition going down by 5 per cent. But then you realize that the money loss is going to have to come from somewhere else."

Students,

"services should be

The government and the CIEA support the decrease in student tuition citing that it will make higher education accessible and beneficial to everyone.

Maureen Shaw, President of CIEA, greatly supports this move by the government and would like to see the "government continue to reduces and eventually eliminate fees." Brodeur expands by explaining, "If it means that users fees are going to rise, I don't want the decrease. I can't afford to pay more for parking and other services here, tuition levels should stay where they are at."

UCFV earthquake preparedness reviewed

By Steve Beketa Cascade Writer

The staff of UCFV was left to review its "Earthquake Procedures Outline" (EPO) after a 6.8, magnitude quake shook Seattle, Washington on February 28th.

Hardy provided The Cascade with the UCFV's EPO that specifies the conduct that would be followed in the event of a major earthquake.

Included in the EPO is the typical 'duck and cover' concept (crawling under a desk or table), and the designation of floor warAlthough BC merely felt the shockwave of dens who, in the event of an emergency, the tremor, the effect THIS HAS PUT a~e responsible for of the quake was EARTHQUAKE directing you to safety. varied depending on a person's location PREPARATION campus when it BACK ON THE AGENDA

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Facility services are also responsible for the checking of gas• lines and structural efficiency throughout the campus after earthquakes.

IN ANY :~r~en wa:os~~kulterIMMEDIATE DANGER ngDU. tor at least seven RING THIS ONE, BUT seconds," said onewe ARE BY NO MEANS student when asked UCFV was not evacu• ated after the shock because there was no evidence that UCFV

if he had felt the rum- PREPARED FOR THE ble. Other students NEXT ONE. commented that they barely noticed the event and it wasn't until they listened to the radio that they were sure of what had happened.

The greater concern that arises from this recent disaster is whether or not UCFV is ready for the big one in the event that it does come. Carol Hardy, Director of Facilities at UCFV, established that the campus buildings are "structurally sound and meet all seismic safety requirements".

suffered any structural damage.

The earthquake on Feb 28th has made the staff of UCFV aware that it is conceiv• able that a major earthquake could occur in the near future. "This has put earth· quake preparation back on the agenda," said Rob Kilfoyle, headof UCFV Security. "We were not in any Immediate danger during this one, but we are by no means prepared for the next one."

Jean Ballard, Department Head for the Social, Media and Cultural Studies, believes that there will be no direct impact on the faculty at UCFV because the government has committed themselves to funding that 5 per cent cut.

on the other hand, are in a less favorable position. Ballard insists that

Airfare

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Nowhere near last GASP for SE2

is, that'sthe way the air flow is. In fact Chilliwack'sgoing to get more of it than us.''

By Kyle Webb Cascade Writer

The proposedSumas Energy 2 (SE2) power plant has brought together the Fraser Valley-and Abbotsfordin particular-like nothing ever seen before. From the municipal,to the provincial,to the federallevel,this plant is taking the governmentand the communityinto uncharted territoryin the area of environmentaland internationallaw.

PatriciaRoss,a city councilorfrom Abbotsford,is one person who has been at the fore in the fight againstthis potential blighton the FraserValley.Fromthe pointof viewof the city, as CouncilorRoss articulates,the conflict over SE2 has been a tale of politicalbunglingon the part of the high· er governments.Were it not for the city of Abbotsford,SE2 might already be a done deal. "Our federalgovernment, whoseresponsibilityit is to representCanadain a situation like this, didn't do it We, as a local governmentrepresentedall of Canada,"she said in a recentinterview.

So far in the war againstSE2, the taxpayersof Abbotsford have forked out over $400,000,a sum that should have been coveredby the federaland provincialgovernment.

"Wedidn'tdo it just for ourselves. I mean,obviouslyit's not just Abbotsfordthat's goingto be affected. It's all the communitiesfrom hereto Hope. That'sthe way the topography

"We're going to get the final bill for, probably,this is going to go on for another year. In the meantimeour taxpayers are paying the bills We've asked for money from the provincialgovernment,from the federal government,because basically we did theirjob for them."

Unfortunately,Abbotsford'sfight is far from over, and so are our bills for doingthe gruntwork. CouncilorRoss confirmsthat the provincewon't pay for any of the cost and the fads probably won't either "becausecutting a chequeis like admittingthey didn'tdo theirjob."

Currentlythere is no procedurein BC or Canadafor dealingwith thesetype of trans•boundaryissues. Councilor Ross Is adamantthat an officialallocationof responsibilityfor the federal, provincial, regional and municipal level Is essentialfor the future in this process. Instead of governmentsfighting over whose responsibilityit is--as was the case herein Abbotsford-an allocationof responsibilityis essentialto the future of this and otherissuesacrossCanadaand aroundthe world.

Federal MP of Langley-Abbotsford Randy White hasn't much information on the activity of the federal level. ''There hasn't been anything from the governmentside go on. They've been noticeableby their absence. Rightnow we just have to wait and see what happens next.

"We'veachievedeverythingwe have to at this pointbutwhati've got to do as the federalrepresentativeis to get a letter off to federalMinisterof Environment DavidAndersonandjust warn him basi• cally that if this project does continue and doesn'tstop, that he has an obligation after that to participateas an intervener becausethey haven'tyet."

On the bright side of things John Van Dongen, the provincial MLA for Abbotsford-Clayburn,pointed out that the ProvincialMinistry of Environment has beenmeetingwith the Washington Departmentof Ecologyof late regarding BC-Washingtontransborder environmentalissues. This is a positivestep in the rightdirection."I thinkwhat the SE2 thing has done is focusedthe need to have interjurisdictionalagreementsand arrangementsfor dealingwiththis stuff."

''The governmentneedsto put in place a better modelingsystem to review a proposallike this. Becausethey didn't havepropermodellngin placeto review this they used modeling designed by SE2 consultants.I mean,how stupidis that?

that this partlcularrnodellngwas skewedto water downthe results.The modelingwas inappropriate.It took in way too largean airshed."Essentiallythe alrshedproposedby SE2 coveredthe northernPuget Sound•VancouverIslandand Lower MainlandArea, from Seattle to Hope to Nanaimo, when the real impactswere mainlyto be felt in the Fraser ValleyRegionalDistrictof Abbotsford,Mission,Chilliwack, Agassizand Hope.

More recentlya delegationof Valley politiciansand busi• ness representativestravelled to Olympia to lobby state politiciansto refusethe SE2 appealof the EFSECrecommendationthat was unanimouslyagainstSE2. John Van Dongen-along with Patricia Ross-was one of those Canadiandelegatesand he had some informationon how thingsare going politicallyin WashingtonState.

"The effortsof Sumas Energyare to reallymisinformpeople aboutthe facts. I meanthey'reputtingtheir spin on the facts with respectto the Canadianposition."

The use of the BurrardThermal Plant is one such use of misinformationof SE2. They contend that the Burrard plant is dirtier than theirs is but convenientlyleave out the fact that it's 30 yearsold, Is only runningas a backupplant, and BC Hydrohas alreadydecidedthat it would be an envi• ronmental disaster to build another plant in the Lower Mainland.

SE2 has also accusedBC of sellingpower to Californiaat Inflatedprices during their recent 'power shortage'crisis. Van Dongenrepliesthat ''we suppliedpowerat the market pricesat the time,and in fact they were probablyluckythey had some accessto surpluspower from BritishColumbia or the prices would have been even higher or the power wouldn'tbe available."

With an SE2 model of the environmentalimpacts and no Governmentof Canada interventionthe EFSEC hearings should have been a wash for SE2. Luckily,Abbotsford steppedup to the internationalplate, but in the future the peopleof Abbotsfordand acrossCanadacan not continue to fight these hugeAmericanmultinationalswithoutstrong provincialand federal representation. That is simply not the case as of today.

"We clearly showed through the WashingtonState Energy Facility Site Underthe conditionsof the Canada-USClean Air Accord Evaluation Council (EFSEC) process of 1991 EFSEC would have been obligatedto listen to Canadianconcernsaboutthe pollutiongeneratedby SE2.

As was the case, the Canadian Governmentdidn't meet the accordstandards,and thus EFSECdidn't have to listen to Canada under the terms of the agreement.

A familiar picture of federal apathy in regards to the concernsof its citizens is emergingwith SE2 and othersuch issues. "We'rejust a little concerned Through incrediblepublicpressurethe federaland provincialgovernmentsfinally came out opposedto SE2 In this particularlocation, howeverup 'till now it's been all talk no action.

"They'reso afraid of standingup to the American governments because they don't want to hurt our relations,"says councilor Ross. "'They want to stay friends; they want to be diplomatic';but do you reallythink for a secondthat being suchwimpsIn a situationlikethis is going to help Internationalrelations?

"Do you think the Americansrespectus for the positionthat we'vetaken? They're laughingat us The Americangovernment is going to look at this issue. They'regoingto see we're an easycoun• try to walk right through, and we're not goingto put up muchof a fight,and that's disappointingto me as a Canadian. I feel it's a disserviceto all Canadiansif you don't fight for fairness.

"If this situation was reversed and the impact were going to be felt by

Americansfrom a Canadiancompany,do you thinkfor a secondthat the Americans wouldbehavethe way our federalgovernment'sbehaving?"

The basicthrustof Abbotsfordand Fraser Valleyconcernsis that the FraserValleyis already the second worst airshed in Canada. We simply can't take anymore pollution.Our topographydictatesthatwe have poor air flow which blowssmog and pollution from Vancouverup

ther cementsher argumentby the corn• pelling stat of a survey done with Valley doctors that says that 38 per cent will leavethe Valleyif SE2 goes throughand another58 per cent will stronglyconsider leavingdueto the increasedworkloadthat will accompany the pollution and the harmful effects on themselvesand their own families.

So what now? Where is this going and where does the Fraser the valley which then IF

gets trapped and concentrated In the increasingly narrowvalley.

SE2 will be devastating for the Valley in every respect. It will negate the positive efforts of Air Care and public transit, it will further pollute an agricultural region that

supplies60 per cent of BC's produce,and it will be an eyesorethattourismwill not be able to recoverfrom. CouncillorRossfur-

SITUATION Valley stand currently? John Van Dongen told me the order of future events if each of these

stages is p u s h e d through by SE2:

1. The SE2 appeal on

EFSEC ruling

against thei_r proposal. If 1t

is overturned then a recommendation for the plant will

go to WashingtonState GovernorGary Locke.

2. The WashingtonState Governor will

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approveor disapproveof the SE2 proposal, not necessarilybased on the EFSEC recommendation.

3. WashingtonState allows for a court appealof the Governor'sdecision'.

4. The CanadianNationalEnergy Board (NEB) will conducthearingsinto the proposalof a 230kvpowerlinefromSumasto the BC Hydro Clayburnsubstationalong the CPRailrightof way-straight throught the heartof Abbotsford.

5. City and Public oppositionto the SE2 and NEB power line approval would requirethe Federalgovernmentto forcefully expropriatethe land from the city.

RandyWhitefor one is preparingfor these possibleoutcomesas well. He Is preparing a letterto CPR-in additionto the one to DavidAnderson-In the eventthat SE2 does get as far as the NEBand the power line proposal. The battle may have been won with EFSEC,but giventhe powerand influence and stubbornnessof SE2 the war is surelyfar from over.

John Van Dongensays that it might even come to the use of force to build or stop this projectsince it appearsnow that neither side,the City of Abbotsfordor SE2, is makingany compromises.

These people are devoted to the cause and the Valley,andthey will ''do what you have to do" in the words of RandyWhite. "Myself,if I have to, I will chain myselfto the tracks."

A Redudionin TuitionFees

On February28 the provincialgovernmentannouncedthattuitionfees havebeenreduced by 5%, corefundinghas increasedand 5,000new spaceshavebeenaddedfor 2001-2002.

Thank-youto allthosestudentswho,overthe pastdecade,attendedthe rallies,signedthe petitionsandwrotetheirMembersof the LegislativeAssembly.It was your effortsthat helped shift publicopinionin favourof lowertuitionfees,makingpossiblethe provincial government'sdecision.

However,We needto keepup the pressure.We needto makesurethatall candidatesin the upcomingprovincialelectionarefullycommittedto maintainingthe fee reductionand increasingaccessto post-secondaryeducation.

THIS

WAS REVERSED AND THE IMPACT WERE GOING TO BE FELT BY AMERICANS FROM A CANADIAN COMPANY, DO YOU THINK FOR A SECOND THAT THE

AMERICANS WOULD

BEHAVE THE WAY OUR

FEDERAL GOVERN-

MENT'S BEHAVING?

Fourteen days across the nation

STUDENT LEADERS FIGHT FREDERICTON ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO RENTAL BY-LAWS

FREDERICTON (CUP) -A change to Fredericton municipal by-laws that would mean less housing for renters has students lobbying city council.

Student leaders at the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University want city council to re-think a plan that would decrease the number of unrelated people who can live together In a home from seven to five. The plan calls for only three upstairs in a home and only two bedrooms downstairs and in basement suites.

UNB student union president Charles Goguen and St. Thomas student union president Jeff Richardson voiced their opposition to the plan.

"Simply stated, tenants [in downstairs suites) will now be paying one-half of the rent and utilities where they would have been paying one-third previously," the student leaders emphasized In a joint statement to city councilors. Changes proposed to the noise by-law would increase the initial fine to $200 from the current $50 is also a concern to the two student union presidents. The sliding scale would lead to a maximum fine of $1,000.

Single family homeowners in the area of the proposed changes have been pushing for new regulations from city council in response to density, noise and parking problems in recent years.

STUDENT SMOKING RATES REMAIN HIGH

TORONTO (CUP) - Canadians aged 20 to 24 continue to light up more than any other age category, according to a Statistics Canada survey on smoking released yesterday.

The Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring survey found that an estimated 35 per cent of Canadian men and 30 per cent of Canadian women in the 20 to 24 age bracket smoke. Younger students in the 15 to 19 year old category smoked less, with about 26 per cent of them lighting up.

in their findings.

"It's not really a valid study," said Tom Booth, Canadian Association of University Teacher's president and a biology professor. "I think there is a lot of speculation here the sample sizes examined are pretty small."

The study, called Evidence on Grades and Grade Inflation at Ontario's Universities, concluded that inflation occurred differently among programs.

"English, biology and chemistry increased substantially while sociology, economics and mathematics had little or no inflation," said Anglin.

The two professors examined 12 first· year subjects in seven Ontario's universities: Brock, Guelph, McMaster, Ottawa, Trent, Wilfrid Laurier and Windsor.

Appearing before city council last week,

Eddy Ross, project manager for Statistics Canada. says cigarettes are more affordable for those in their early 20s, and therefore more accessible. "Also, the legal (smoking age] Is 18 to 19 depending on the province, so thoseless than 18 years old wouldn't

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Andrew Swift, the spokesperson for Health Canada, says that as smokers age, they are less rebellious and more concerned about their health. "Gradually as you get older the effects catch up to you a lot more then when you're 19 to 25."

In a bid to encourage people to butt out, the Canadian government has mandat• ed that all cigarette packages have graphic warnings on them as of this year. Packages Include pictures of decaying lungs and teeth and children begging parents not to smoke.

WINDSOR STUDY FINDS GRADE INFLATION AT ONTARIO

UNIVERSITIES

WINDSOR, Ont. (CUP)Ontario universities are inflating grades, according to a recent study by two University of Windsor economics professors.

In a survey of seven universi• ties in the 1973-74 academic year and the 1993-94 year, Ronald Meng and Paul Anglin found "significant grade inflation in various arts and science programs."

But critics are not as confident

NEWFOUNDLAND TUITION CUT WON'T HELP ALL STUDENTS

ST JOHN'S, Nfld. (CUP) - The gov· ernment of Newfoundland has announced It will roll back tuition 1O per cent, but some of the province's students won't benefit.

In a meeting with Premier Roger Grimes and Post-Secondary Education Minister Sandra Kelly, student leaders weretold the upcoming tuition reduction

• expected to take affect this September

• won't apply to everyone at Memorial University of Newfoundland and will not apply at all to students at the College of the North Atlantic.

Allison North, chairperson for the Newfoundland Federation of Students, was disappointed by the news. The restriction on tuition reduction is disheartening and North hopes it will be re-examined, she said.

"I doubt very much that it will be for this year, but hopefully next year there might be something there for the college students."

North said she felt her concerns were addressed in the meeting, but she would like to see further allowances made for the public college system.

"It seems quite clear to us at this time that a reduction of fees at all public institutions is not about to happen. It will be just to students of Memorial University of

Newfoundland which is, of

course, something we've worked on for a long time, but we would rather that it was a more inclusive measure," said North.

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Spectacular spectacles in the Abby cafeteria

By Belvedere Chivas and Franjellco Baileys

Although supported by a cheerful disposition, a cucumber sandwich, and a glass of rum (Appleton's), Cascade writer Franjelico Baileys and I were severely disappointed by the so-called fashion show In the cafeteria on Tuesday, March 6. Expecting fashionable dresses on fashionable girls, instead we got four boys taking turns showing various glasses to the almost-filled cafeteria. Their prancing quickly caused the money that we had laid on the table in prepara• tion to disappear. The "spectacular spectacles" ranged from diving masks to great plastic things adorned with toy sol• diers. This is not what we, as profession• al journalists, were looking for. Now sitting outside on a sunny Wednesday afternoon with Franjelico and Jon (who has problems of his own), smoking a pipe and enjoying another glass of Appleton's product (we have been here for a few hours engaged In this activity),

I think back to what photographerJeff said after the eight minute show: "You know, it wasn't the fashion department that put it on, but the Fine Arts Department."This could be the answer to the problem.

Belvedere: "Can I quote you on that?"

Franjelico:"It seems to me that if you want to attract attention to something at UCFV,you must align that event with certain fundamentalsof socle• ty, those fundamentals being that sex sells. Therefore, with an event such as a fashion show, it would be nice to see men and women looking sexy.This fash· ion show had neither.Although the intent of the show was not to sell sex, it would've been nice to see some women in the show and someskin on both the men and women."

I hear there'll be a fashion show later on in the year. Until then, the writers at the Cascade must revert to publishing sen· sational news stories as before.

NATIVE BANDS PROTEST MUCH MUSIC'S SNOW JOB

By Colin Pacholuk and Ian Giesbrecht The Omega

KAMLOOPS,8.C. (CUP) - More than 200 protestors marched through Sun Peaks resort as a crowd of snowboardersand skierswaitedfor Shaggyto hitthe stageduring Much Music's Snow Job festival on Sunday.

Accompaniedby the sounds of traditional native drums and chants, the protesters, mostly from ttw SecwepemcNation,ques· tionedSun Peaks Resorts'claimto the land and calledfor an end to a $70-millionexpan• sion of the ski resort.

Native elder James Saul, 73, askedSun Peaksofficialsto showa proofof purchaseof the land from the Secwepemc Nation,also knownas the ShuswapNation.

"I want to ask them how did they get this land becauseit's not theirs,"he said. "It belongsto all the nativepeople."

The peaceful protest was the only reminderto Snow Job fans of the dispute between the SecwepemcNation and the show'sproducers,Much Music,that threat• ened to cancelthe production.

The Secwepemc Nation had told Much Music It was opposedto Snow Job, which ran from March 6 to 11 and featured performances by bands like Our Lady Peaceand CrazyTown.

ChiefArthur Manuelsaid the resort Is on land that was part of an agreement made in 1862 when Chief Neskonllthand GovernorJames Douglas marked out one millionacres for the use of the Secwepemc people. He argues that in 1993 the B.C. governmentsold parts of that land to resort developerNipponCable,withoutthe knowledge or consentof the Secwepemc.

Boththe provincialand federalgov• ernmentscontendthat there is no evidence

suchan agreementever existed.The federal governmentdismissedthe claimin 1999.

In February, Manuel said the nationallytelevised Snow Job would promote the area acrossCanadaand encourage greater growth at the expense of his people. But Much Music decided to go aheadwith the event,pointingout that it has the supportof some nativesin the areaincluding a band that belong to the SecwepemcNation.

During the protest, Neskonlith IndianBandcouncilorLeanneEdwardstold onlookersthat she fears the expansionof the Sun Peaks resort will lead to environmental destruction,comparingit to a golf coursedevelopmentin Hawaiithat diverted a nativegroup'ssourceof water.

"Their fight is the same as our fight," she said. "All Indigenouspeople are the guardiansof this land,of motherearth."

While few Snow Job fans took noticeof the protest.the group'sspokesperson JaniceBillysaid it got the messageout. She said it shouldput pressureon developers to stop the expansion.

Much Musicfilmedthe protestand will be airingthe footagewhen it broadcasts highlightsfrom Snow Job this week.

''The attentionthat this issueis get• ting is positive,"said DavidKines,vice-president and generalmanagerof Much Music.

"It's a socialissuethat needsto be dealt with.This Is somethingthat Is relevant to all our viewers.''

Sun Peaks spokesperson Chris Nicholsonhassaidthe resortfeelscaughtin the middle.

"We supportthe processbetween the governmentand the First Nationsand we supportthe rightto peacefulprotest,"he said. ''It'simportantnot to view this as an us versusthem issue.It's betweenthe government and the band."

The Fine Arts department presented a fashion show of tholr

PHOTO: JEFF BAILLIE/CASCADE

Poverty groups wait for details of federal housing project

By Darren Stewart OttawaBureau

OTTAWA (CUP) Canadian poverty activistsare watchingcloselyas a federal aid package meant to address Canada's affordablehousing crisis takes form this month.

"This is the hold your breath time," said Noreen Dunphy, spokespersonfor the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association.

Laterthis month,cabinetwill considerhow to spend a $680-millionfundingpackage, promisedin last October'smini-budget,to addressaffordablehousing.

DuringNovember'selectioncampaignthe Liberals said they would reinstatesome federal funding by creating a programto ensurethat 60,000 to 120,000new afford· able rentals are built over the next four yearsacrossCanada.

Bruce Tate, executive director of the National Anti-Poverty Organization,said

the newfederalprogramhasto fill the huge vacuumthat was leftwhenthe federalgovernmentpulled all fundingfrom affordable housingprojectsIn 1993.

He said that marketconditions,particularly In urban centres, have sent rental prices skyrocketingand vacancyrates plummeting, while recent governmentsurpluses havebeenallocatedelsewhere.

Dunphy,who is workingwith representatives from the federal cabinet and the provincialministrieson the aid package, said the most importantthing is that the new programbenefitsthe country'spoor.

While media reportssuggestthe government is consideringofferingdevelopersa $15,000 grant for every unit they build, Dunphy said the provincesand poverty activistswant to see a blockof fundinggo to eachprovince,whichcouldthen be used for ongoingprovincialprogramsaddressing povertyand homelessness.

She said her group feels a programthat only stimulatesrental constructionwould

not be an adequatesolutionbecausethe benefitswouldnot necessarilytrickledown to Canada'spoor.

"There'sno one formula,"she said. "The objectiveshouldbe only that the moneyis usedfor affordablehousingInthe best possibleway for that province."

She said flexibilitywill encouragemunicipalities, church groups and charities to work with the two levelsof governmentto ensurethat housingneeds.The privateand communitysectorscan be importantstakeholdersin the provincialprogramsby providing land or buildings to be used in provincialprograms,she said.

Liberal MP John McKay,who chairs the federalcaucuson homelessness,said he shares Dunphy'sconcernsand hopes to find a way to get the bestbangfor the government'slimitedbuck.

"We love flexibility, that's always been talkedabout,"ha said,addingthat the program would have to reflect differencesin provincesand in ruraland urbanareas.

''A lot is goingto dependon who is goingto come to the dance,"he said. "It's a joke to thinkthat [OntarioPremier]Mike Harriswill come to the dance becausehe's not Interested in affordablehousing."

The National Anti-PovertyOrganization's Tatesaidthe Liberalshaven'tdoneenough to addressCanada'saffordablehousingcrisis.

"Therecentinitiativedoesn'tbeginto make up for the fundingthat was lost in the early '90s. And a new programwould have to makeup for the last few yearswherethere was no funding."

The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporationestimates Canada will need 45,000 new rental units each year for the next 1O yearsjust to keep up with the currentdemand.At leasthalfot thesewill have to be affordableunits.

At the same time, constructionof new rentalunits has plummetedfrom 25,000to fewer than 8.400 per year in the last decade. 1

Group encourages federal government to amend clothing label laws

By Darren Stewart Human Rights eureau

OTTAWA{CUP)--A Universityof Torontostudenthopesto make the clothingindustry more transparentby forcing manufacturersto disclosethe garment'sfactoryof originon the label.

KevinThomasIs part of the EthicalTradingActionGroup, or ETAG,that is co-ordinatinga campaignto lobby Brian Tobin, the federal industryminister,to amend Canadian garment-labelinglegislation.

The groupsent a letterto Tobinearlierthis year proposing the amendments.

"We feel that this is an opportunityfor the governmentof Canadato act in a reasoned,responsibleway to address growingpublic concernsabout sweatshopabuses in the apparelindustry.

Thomassaid this campaignis very ''winnable/'giventhat they're callingfor a simpleamendmentto currentlegislation.

"We'vezeroedin on a possibilityof makingit possiblefor consumersto link factoryabusesto clothingon the rack," he said.

It would be a matterof makinga small changeto current labellng legislation, said Thomas. Under the Textile

LabelingAct. consumerclothingmust be labeledwith the companyor person who made it. Garmentlabels must carrya CA number,whichthe manufacturerregisterswith IndustryCanada,whichcanbe usedby the publicto check variousdetailsabouthow it was made.

But this informationincludesthe nameand addressof the factoryoperator,ratherthanthe factoryitself.Thesedetails are benign,accordingto Thomas,who hopesthat Industry Canadawill changethe legislationto makeit mandatoryto disclosethe locationof the factoryitself.

"That way if you see some news about a factory in Indonesiathat is caughtfor labourabuses,you can check to see if the shoesyou just boughtwere madethere,''he said."Theimplicationsare huge."

Thomsonsaid a significantprecedentis being set by uni· varsitiesin NorthAmericathat requiremanufacturersto disclosethe originfactoriesmakingtheir sports uniforms and clothingwithschoolinsignias.He saidthat the publicity that thesecampaignshavereceivedthis shouldencour· age manufacturersto complywith the proposedlegislation amendments.

Thomas said he's been in contactwith policy people In Tobin'soffice since they receivedthe letter,and they've beenresponsive.

''Theysay It's a blip on the radar,"he said. "Our aim is to

makeit an even biggerblip on the public'sradar."

But SharonMaloney,vice-presidentof governmentaffairs for the CanadianRetallCouncil,said that Canadianbusinesswouldjeopardizedby such a move.

''ThiswouldmakeCanadianbusinessesnon"competitivein the world market,"she said. "·Itwouldbe impossible,or at least very difficultto create a productlabel that identified whichof the thousandsof factoriesthe goodscame from."

Maloneysaidthattherewouldalsobe confidentialityissues to contendwithin the competitivemanufacturingworld,not to mentioncompliancewith complicatedInternationaltrade regulations.

"This is the wrongapproach,"she said."The campaigners energywould be better spent makingsure that our governmentsbring up a strong positionfor human rightsand labour standardsin internationaltrade regulationagree· ments."

A wide rangeof churchgroups,labourorganizations,union groupsand non-governmentalorganizationshave signed onto the ETAGcampaign,includingthe CanadianLabour Congress(CLC).

''Accountabilityin manufacturinghas beena concernof the CLCand a concernof the Canadianpublicin general.''said CLC spokespersonJean Wolff. ''This is particularlythe case In the garmentIndustry."

Is five per cent enough for your vote?

By Christopher Bolster Coordinating editor

At a press conference at the University of Victoria on February 28 the provincial government announced a number of initiatives to increase access to post-secondary education in BC. Included among the initiatives is a five per cent reduction in tuition fees for 2001-2002.

Both Premier Ujjal Dosanjh and Cathy McGregor Minister for Advanced Education, Training and Technology provided assurances that the institutions will be fully funded for the cost of the five per cent reduction in tuition fees. In addition 5025 new fully funded student spaces will be opened up tor the 2001-2002 year. Also announced was a $1 million fund for the development of the university college's libraries.

Does the provincial government think that a five per cent cut in tuition and more spaces Is going to be enough to sew up the youth vote in BC? I think not. As a student, I find it mildly offensive that the government just figures that throwing money at the student vote is going to secure It for them. Yeah we all know that we can kiss our 'sweet • tuition freeze goodbye next year when the provincial liberals are in government (that's unfortunate and the subject of a forthcoming editorial I'm sure). It is cool that the government is willing to roll back tuition and make more student spaces available and certainly our library is in dire need of some books, but I'm tired of the politicos using post-secondary students, the elderly and health care professionals as pawns in this absurd game we call provincial politics. In the end all this amounts to is too little, too late.

Treaties,land claims,native rights?

By v.r.Jordan Cascade writer

If you're like me, you don't really have the first clue what the full implicationsof these issues entail, other than they sure do seem to get a lot of attention in the news during election time. The upcoming election is no exception. Gordon Campbell has promised British Columbians that he will make treaties a referendumissue if we are foolish enough to vote him into office. All this means Is that the average citizen (not being well-versed in these matters) will be able to cast a vote, willy nilly,and be

part of the decision that determines what rights, if any aboriginal people in BC have to their traditionallands, self-government, and a whole variety of complex issues that directly impacts the aboriginal people of BC. Rightsthat they have been fighting for since the first arrival of the European settlers.

Now, I realize that we are in 'reform country' out west here, and perhaps could tend to be 'referendumhappy,'but I would urge caution. The decision concerning these rights usually has little or no impact on the average British Columbian, so is it really reasonableto offer a vote to those who will not be affected? I'm not so sure. In areas where non-aboriglnalswould be affected it's more reasonable,but only a little more. Native rights are not about exclusion. In fact, the Nisga'a Nation has left the door

Reflections on being Canadian

By Andrew Bingham Staff Writer

One week after attending the Canadian nationalist political/philosophical conference, I am still unsure exactly what to think about what I took in. These are my thoughts; they might lead somewhere.

I remember walking up the sunny driveway into the main monastery building, and greeting Robin Mathews (who happened to be the first person that I saw). A cup of tea and a few handshakes later and we were ready to start. After a brief introduction by Archbishop Lazar Puhalo, Robin took the platform. Being who he is, I was looking forward to his regular humorous, insightful lecture. He spoke on the loss of our Canadian ethos, and referred constantly to the continual US attempt to subvert the Canadian spirit. He traced the historical route that Canadian culture has taken, and varied between pointing out the ways that the US is aggressively interfering in Canada and looking at our own problems inside the country ("a democratically free and open press no longer exists in Canada"). A lot of his thoughts were directed towards the concept of the "Big Lie." In this way, a huge lie, one that is impossible to critically believe, is told. The government and media do not try small lies, but tell a truth so completely fantastic that everyone who is not critically informed believes it.

Unfortunately I did not hear the next speaker, as I was outside walking about in the sun and discussing important journalist questions with Kyle.

After a large lenten lunch, resplendent with perogies, David Goa was scheduled to speak. Mr. Goa is a philosophical and religious thinker, and he addressed his lecture from this angle. One of the first things that he said was "Meaninglessness is intentionally cultivated by the capitalist system of thought." From this statement he went on to reflect what the implications of the radical secular humanism of the Enlightenment are for us today, and at the same time offer a critique of this humanism. For the unready listener, his subject matter and approach might have been quite difficult to understand. He helped by handing out a sheet containing all of his major points on it, which I think saved a lot of people. Because of the complexity of his thought, it is impossible to present a few points to summarise his lecture. I will mention one Dostoevsky quote that he gave (because I like Dostoevsky very much): Starting from unlimited freedom, I arrive at unlimited despotism." The interesting thing about this thought is that it can be given either political or religious emphasis.

The next lecture I unfortunately missed as well, the sunny temptation of walking

The NDP's last hope?

MP Svend Robinson discusses the future of the party and its beliefs

By Darren Stewart, Ottawa Bureau

OTTAWA (CUP) - Svend Robinson chuckles, shakes his head, sips chocolate milk and takes a breather. He's having a busy day. A few minutes earlier he was accosted by reporters after locking horns with Prime Minister Jean Chretien during question period. Robinson had asked a pair of questions on the upcoming Summit of the Americas in Quebec, and Canada's record on human rights.

Chretien sidestepped both queries and fired back, calling Robinson an irresponsible Member of Parliament for advocating civil disobedience.

"Did you see that?" Robinson asks, as he steps into an elevator to get away from the throng outside the House of Commons. "Civil disobedience: I can't believe he took it there."

Moments later, he would reenter the chamber and deliver a critique of the endangered species bill, in its second reading in Parliament. He may receive flak for his outspoken approach, but he is used to it.

Robinson, a life-long activist, has been involved in various acts of peaceful civil disobedience, Including the APEC ral• lies in Vancouver and the Clayoquat Sound logging protests - for which he was briefly imprisoned. He is now preparing to attend the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City in April.

Robinson was first elected as a federal NOP member in Vancouver's BurnabyDouglas riding in May 1979 when he was a mere 25 years old. He has since been re-elected six times and has held an unwavering position as one of the chamber's most progressive left-wing voices. He was the first openly gay MP, coming out in 1988 despite warnings from those around him that the move would be political suicide.

He is a strong advocate of human rights, environmental protection, workers· rights and transparency in government and democracy. Most recently, he's received attention tor advocating peaceful civil disobedience at the upcoming

trade meetings in Quebec City, which he calls profoundly elitist and a threat to the social programs, culture and environment of Canada. He believes the trade deals take away the powers of elected officials to make decisions in their own country and explains there is a long and honoured tradition of peaceful demonstration, which for him plays an essential role in a democracy.

"This whole process with the Summit of the Americas is profoundly undemocratic," he says. "We are told that we cannot see the texts that are being negotiated. There's going to be an armed fortress in Quebec City, a militarized city. Peaceful dissent is apparently going to be quite ruthlessly suppressed. That Is profoundly undemocratic."

All 13 MPs of the NOP party will be on the streets in Quebec City adding their voices to the thousands of protesters expected. Robinson feels that attending the protest will be good for his party, possibly resolving Its Identity crisis it has endured since the federal election late last year.

"I think that's what Quebec City Is all about - is sending out the strongest possible signal," he says. "We are serious about change. All of us together realize that the whole issue of corporate globalization Is probably the single biggest issue [of concern to the party]."

He hopes the Quebec experience will invigorate his caucus, which took a major blow during the November election, dropping from 18 seats to 13, and losing a significant percentage of the popular vote.

"In a sense that was the culmination of a fairly lengthy process of becoming weaker as a movement and losing some of the support of some of our traditional allies," he says.

According to Robinson, the NOP needs to undertake some significant steps in redefining the party, which Is moving from its traditional support of workers and trade unions to a younger and progressive left base of support. He sees the establishment of a connection with youth activists as part of the important

challenge to redefine the party. "These people are looking for a political voice. More and more, young people are turned off the whole political process and I think that's very dangerous. While it's important to be Involved In student politics, in environmental activism, in labour activism, that alone is not enough. There has to be, I would argue, that political connection, there's got to be a voice In parliament and across the country."

Less young people participated in last year's federal election than ever before - a trend Robinson would like to see reversed.

"A lot of young people don't see the political process as relevant to their lives," he says. "They turn on the television and watch question period and find it totally divorced from their own reality. They see politics as a game that's played in Ottawa. As a party, we've got to get out there. We've got to cross the country and we've got to connect with young people."

There has been much debate in the media and in political and academic circles over whether Robinson would be embraced by Canadians as leader for whatever changes may come to a newly formed NOP party, though he blanches at the question.

"Talk of leadership at this stage is a mistake. I think the focus has to be on what kind of movement we're building, what kind of party do we want to see emerging out of this process. And once we've determined that, is it going to be an activist party, is it going to be a democratic socialist party, is it going to be a green party? What's the relationship going to be between our party and the provincial parties? Once we've answered those basic questions, then we look at who is In the best position to lead that party. I can't answer that ques· tion right now."

However, he does leave room in his political future for the possibility of heading the party. "I was a candidate for the national leadership In 1995 and certain· ly sometime in the future that's some-

thing I would consider,'' he adds. Those who have long followed Robinson's career believe his leadership is Inevitable and would go far to restoring the definition and strength of the party. Morgan Stewart, who sat with Robinson on the executive board of the B.C. NOP party as the South Vancouver Island co-ordinator, believes significantly more Canadians would embrace the NOP under Robinson's leadership.

''Svend brings forward an agenda that he very clearly believes in," says Stewart. "People support that, people trust that. His politics are often agreed with by the majority and I think his civil disobedience is seen as an act of moral Integrity by most Canadians."

Stewart believes the party needs to reestablish itself as a strong socialist and democratic party, and if it were to do so, would have a larger presence with people at the polls.

"It takes strong spokespeople to do this," he says. "Svend's strength is tak• ing a complicated issue like globalization and trade regulations and explain· ing it to people, taking it beyond the sound bite. This is fundamental for the NDP right now."

Though he is hesitant to discuss his aspirations to lead the party, he's more tlian willing to say he hopes to keep his agenda as a politician in the public eye for a while yet.

"As long as I'm feeling challenged and as long as I feel that this is an effective vehicle for social, economic and environmental change, not only in Canada, but globally," he says. "I mean, I enjoy most about my work the opportunity to work for human rights and the environment internationally."

"For me if there were a bottom line it would be, hopefully, looking back when I'm sitting in a rocking chair in my cabin at Galiano Island, and saying, 'I made a difference' in terms of human rights, in terms of environment. and I gave a voice to people that perhaps hadn't always had their voices heard."

Black History Month: A euphemism for reverse discrimination?

By Marc Misner Cascade writer

"After all just think of the trouble you would stir up if you wanted to start a White History Month." "I mean I thought history was history; I didn't realize It had a colour." "I mean what Is this fixation on the oppression some people experienced in the distant past? Sure Blacks In Canada have experienced discrimination but so have poor Whites. If they want to complain they should move to the States where the people really are racist - or better yet If they aren't happy here why don't they go back home to Africa or Jamaica or wherever? When are they going to realize that everybody has struggles? Dwelling on past suffering Is not going to get you a job. I mean It's not like it's like that In Canada today. Hardly anybody is that racist anymore. When are they going to stop blaming white people for all of their problems? I'm not racist and neither is my family. They should just get over it and move on with their lives."

Black History month (February) has come and gone with nary a ripple. As a Canadian and a black man I have always had some vague idea of its importance, but must shamefully admit that I knew very little about what the Initiative meant. To be honest I, like many ''visible minorities", mostly avoided such ostentatious displays of "ethnicity." They were yet another reminder that I was different. While my government claims multi-culturallsm Is swell, my experiences with Its citizens tell me the opposite. Time after time my 'ethnicity' (a title that does not seem lo apply to white Canadians) has singled me out for 'special' attention. My experiences in the last few years, however - especially h&re at UCFV - have convinced me that there is no escape. It Is impossible for me to just lay low, be cool and hope I blend in. This has been a good realization for me. It has forced me lo articulate the much

more subtle and indirect (yet no less destructive) face of racism in Canada. It has also motivated me to Investigate awareness initiatives like Black History Month more vigorously to see If being black really is 'swell.'

I have never heard anyone express the opening statements at UCFV: at least not out loud. However, whenever a class discussion wades into topics like affirma• tlve action or the problems facing post-apartheid South Africa the above sentiments ascend to just below the surface - never breaching.

The mere utterance of such an opinion would be to commit social suicide. Tempers would flare and the protagonist would be denounced as racist before being given a chance to explain. So the thoughts remain under the surface In a shallow fetid pool of ignorance.

Whether affirmative action is or is not an appropriate way to deal with racial discrimination is a debate that goes beyond the scope of this article. However, contrary to popular belief, Black History month Is not a propaganda vehicle designed to spread a particular political agenda. The inspiration behind what is now called Black History Month began In 1926. Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson began what was then referred to as "Negro History Week,"In order to combat the deliberate distortion and omission of the contributions Black men and women have made to North American and western society. In Woodson's day Western academics believed primarily that African history "Is only the history of Europeans in Africa. The rest Is darkness and darkness is not the subject of hlstory."(Oxford University historian, Professor Hugh Trevor-Roper)

While I am not saying that everyone should be forced to learn in great detail the minutia of Black history in BC, I am saying that omission Is no longer appropriate. Omission? Omission of what? There is so much I could write here that I do not know where to start. Black pioneers have had an impact on BC's

TREATIES, LAND CLAIMS, NATIVE RIGHTS?

open for anybody who wishes to live in their area of the Nass Valley to become a member of the Nlsga'a nation, entitled to all the same rights.

There are those who tend to get very emotional about native issues and the assumed injustice of granting privilege based on race. All I can advise Is that you make an effort to get all the facts. Natives have been herefor thousands of years, suffered countless injustices, and many have overcome insurmountable odds to succeed In a Euro.centric world. Land claims and native issues are more than a little ironic in themselves. Imagine having to prove that you owned the land you were living on when the settlers arrived. Unfortunately,they weren't prepared with deeds of ownership when the Europeans arrived to colonize them. The government of BC didn't make it any easier for natives when they enacted legislation making it illegal for natives to raise funds for their cause, and illegal for any lawyer to represent them. So much for democracy.

Another concern I have Is with the referendum process itself. We witnessed the process go vastly awry In Quebec, where the referendum question was designed lo befuddle and con•

history despite comprising a relatively small portion of the population. From farmers to businessmen to miners to politicians and even athletes, Black people have worked as hard as any other group in BC - yet they are rarely mentioned.

Did you know that the first large store to compete with the Hudson's Bay Company (which had a virtual monopoly on the colony) was opened in the mid 1800's by two black men: Peter Lester and Mifflin Gibbs? Did you know that a large black population pioneered Salt Spring Island? That one of the biggest cannery operations in BC was started and owned by a black tinsmith named John Sullivan Deas in late 1S00's? Most of you have heard of the Olympic gold medallist Nancy Greene-Raine but how many of you know who Harry Jerome was? Jerome was born in Saskatchewan and moved to North Vancouver In the 1950's. In 1960 he became the world's fastest man when he set the world record for the 100 metres - he ran it in 10 sees. Jerome also set records in the 60 mertres, the 100-yard dash as well as helping to set a world record for the 100 metre relay. He even came back from a "career ending injury'' to win a gold metal in the Pan·Am games.

Black History Month Is not about political agendas. It is about remembering. Why is remembering so important? Because omission Is tantamount to saying that the contributions of the Mifflin Gibbs, the John Sullivan Deas and the Harry Jeromes were unimportantinsignificant. Omission equals destruction. It Is no secret that without knowledge of one's past a person is at an intellectual disadvantage. This disadvantage Is intensified If the history that is recorded explicitly marginalizes, patronizes and dismisses that person as unimportant. It Is a lesson that infiltrates the whole community and it is passed on to Its citizens long before they are old enough to sit In a classroom.

fuse voters, ratherthan offer them fair optionsand clear choices. What assurancedo we have that this won't happen here?

I can just imagine the question as presentedby a Liberal caucus: "Do you believe/supportthe Idea In theory or practice, that aboriginal peoples of the province are entitled, or should be entitled, or may be entitled, citing certain conditions, to rights and privileges, that presently are not covered by the Indian Act, which non-aboriginalBritish Coiumbians are not presentlyentitled to? Yes,No, Maybe or HELL NOl?I"

I am a believerin the democraticprocess, but I think there has to be limits. Maybe we should hold a referendum on the question of government pensions and raises. That would at least lend the process some credibility.

I must admit that I've never voted N.D.P.,but at this point I see them as the lesserof two evils. There is a chance that treaties will become a referendum issue in British Columbia, and while it is possible that Gordon Campbell is blowing smoke, the Idea that he is even remotely serious Is frightening. He has also promised that if he doesn't win this next election he will be heading to Alberta. I say let the cowboy go home.

BAILLIE GETS A SECOND CHANCE

The Cascade In no way condones the use of marijuana and/or derlvlties on or off campus.

Furthermore staff members are screened monthly by random urine anaylsis. Not passing this test results in automatic second chance followed by a third and sometimes fourth. After this the offender Is automatically sent to rehab and in a month shall return to his or her position.

Protestant Shmodestant

By Mark Misner

The last few issues of the Cascade have examined some local expressions of Protestantism, and In doing so has made some rather broad generalizations about Christianity as a whole. While ridiculing Christians and Christianity has become very fashionable these days (and lets face ,f - there 1slots to make fun of) let us not forget the other • and I would argue - moresubstantial side of the coin.

Christian Individuals and organizations have made admirable and even heroic contributions to humanity. Civil rights leaders like Sojourner Truth and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., philosophers like C.S. Lewis and Simone Weil, and suffragettes like Nellie Mcclung and others did what they did not out of some Insipid religious sense but out of a deep and abiding faith in Jesus Christ. Their sense of justice came out of their relationship with God and their study of the Bible and its teachings. Similarly, organizations like World Vision, Feed the Children International, the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), the Union Gospel Mission, Covenant House and Samaritans Purse have successfully worked for decades to help eliminate and alleviate suffering both locally and internationally. Not that it matters at all, but many of these organizations are "Protestant.''

I say that it does not matter what their denominational affiliation is because it doesn't. For example, neither Protestant nor Catholic styles of worship are explicitly endorsed in the gospels. In fact all of the first believers in Jesus were Jewish who (in most cases) continued to worship ln a fashion that was consistent with their her· itage (at least in method). The current variety of doctrines and methods of worship are secondary to the core message of the gospels. What is the "core message"? That is the $64 000 question. Christianity is often divided by the varying interpretations of its key source documents, i.e. the books and letters that make up the Bible. That some interpretations have been used to justify the most inhuman forms of cruelty is Indefensible given what the text - particularly the gospels - actually say. If a person wants to know what

POLITICAL CONFERENCE

on the grass was too much for me. Again, Kyle succumbed with me. So we spoke about more important journalistic matters.

In the break (when we came back inside) I spoke with an old Russian gentleman whom I knew. Surprised at seeing him at such an event as this, I asked him what he thought about the whole thing. He told me that he found it interesting, but a bit troubling too. "Why is it," he asked, '1hat whenever people over here try to mention something horrible in that last century, they always mention Hitler and his efforts? What about In Russia, where many more millions died of insane and Inhumane treatment? Was it because they were Christians, or because the politics that led to that horror were western?" I didn't know the answer but thought it a very interesting point, one that was applicable to what we had been hearing during the day.

The last lecture that I attended was given by Professor Anthony Hall. He traced the history of the American (and Canadian) abuses against the native peooles of North America, and pointed to various terrible incirlents of oppression in our own time (the Gustafson Lake battle, the problem of prostitution, and a few others). Unfortunately, he seemed a bit disjointed in his speech because he had a lot of ground to cover and he was very conscious of the remaining allotted time running out.

The conference closed with a symposium, which Aon Dart led. At the beginng Clarence Bolt (author of "Does Canada Matter?") spoke for a few minutes on some of his views. He said that it is important to not neglect the local scene, to not become so large In vision that one overlooks one's own community. As he was saying this, two quotes came into my mind: "Everyone wants to change the world,

the Bible says they should read it for themselves, never relying upon a pamphlet, a newspaper article or a speaker who breezes through the campus. Go to the source. The gospel of John can be read in an afternoon. While it Is not the entire Bible it is a big enough section to give you a context for the individual claims people and pamphlets often make about scripture. It is also a small enough portion not to bog you down with too much doctrine.

Whether the Bible is the inspired word of God is not the point here. Neither are the various theological debates regarding the integrity of the Bible's transcription through the ages, or whether the gospels are actually Jesus' words or not. The purpose is to determine whether the Bible can reasonably be used to justify the

they say it says.

This is not some new and radical historical approach. We do this every day at UCFV. As university students we are trained to be critical of everything. A given speaker or pamphlet is never automatically deemed credible. Consequentially we do not blame the 20 million deaths in Stalin's Russia on Karl Marx. Neither do we blame Marx for the actions of the Khomer Rouge or Tienneman Square. Similarly we do not blame Charles Darwin for Social Darwinism. As students, we go back to the source - the writings of both men • and are able to see that the lethal and destructive policies that carried their names were perversions. They were twisted to suit the demands of the greedy and the power hungry.

Anyone can pull out five or six sentences from different portions of a document to "illustrate" a point. The question remains, however: do these quotes accurately reflect what the document says? That Is for each of us to decide, but then you do don't base your opinion on the claims of some speaker or the ramblings of some pamphlet, you go to the source.

One final thought. How Is it possible for people to come to opposite interpretations of the same document?

Crusades, the witch hunts, slavery and many other atrocities. Of the above mentioned crimes historians and theologians have copies of the Bible contemporary to the various eras of these atrocities, and therefore it is possible to determine whether the core doctrine has "changed" or not: it hasn't. Christians should therefore be judged by what the text actually says - not by what

More specifically how could the same documents be used by some to justify the actions of (for example) the Ku Klux Klan and also Inspire Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.? Good question. You'll have to read and find out. One thing I must say in conclusion, however, is this: there is often an enormous difference between what the text says and what people say it says. In this regard it is important to realize that Church history has never been consistently 'Biblical.' There have often been huge philosophical distances between the faith or core doctrine and organized religio,n. As I pointed out earlier, this tendency is not exclusive to Christianity. So who is right? If the bigots have the most accurate inter· pretation then Sojourner Truth, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., C.S. Lewis, Simone Weil, Nellie McClung and countless others are at best naive and at worst cowardly and stupid. Somehow that does not make much sense.

nities, and philosophy.

After a few questions were asked, one that I thought to be important was posed. It was addressed to Robin Matthews, and the gist was this: In speaking about politics we often only refer to money, but our c1,1ltureis

much more Important to many people. Why are we so fixated on money? The answer came back with two points: the culture of a country describes the economic conditions that exist, and the economic conditions influsnce our cul• ture. The two (culture and economy) are inseparable.

The only complaint I had against this part of the conference was that it was done within such a short amount of time that there wasn't time to answer all the questions floating around. con't on page 11

IF A PERSON WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS THEY SHOULD READ IT FOR THEMSELVES, NEVER RELYING UPON A PAMPHLET, A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE OR A SPEAKER WHO BREEZES THROUGH THE CAMPUS.

(top 1-r) Michael Nelll, Prof. Anthony Hall, Prof. Ron Dart, Archbishop Lazar Puhalo, David Goa (bottom 1-r)Robln Mathews, Clarence Bolt no one wants to change himself," (Tolstoy) and ''In an abstract love for humanity one almost always loves only oneself" (Dostoevsky). He finished up by stressing the need for us to address the intersectionof politics, commu•

CASCADE MAILBAG

Dear Editor

University administrators say 15,000 university and college teachers will retire in the next decade and so Canadian hiring preference regulations must go. (Cascade, p.5., March 1). Their claim Is so much garbage. When we fought the present system in 20 years ago, university administrations • the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada • fought it every Inch of the way, and have been tryIng to destroy it everslnce.

There was so much discrimination against young Canadians of excellence by colonial-minded administrations and hiring committees of people from 'away' that in 1970 80% of all university and college hirings in Canada were of foreigners from outside the country (mostly from the U.S.). Only 25% of jobs offered were even advertised In Canadal It took ten years of battle to get a regulation that all jobs must be advertised in Canada and Canadian applications must be considered first. Then, where no Canadians of excellence are available, foreign applications may be considered. That's a fair method, and it has worked.

For some insane reason university and college administrations believe that they will have better institutions with fewer Canadians. The huge influx of foreign scholars before the new rules came Into effect did not prove that to be true. Canada's best scholars have been, for the most part, Canadians. Besides, young Canadians of excellence have a right to the majority of cultural posts in their country.

The 'problem' of the retiring 15,000 over the decade can be solved very easily. (A) Masterplan and prepare Canadian gradu• ates to be ready to fill the retirement positions (B) Ease the 15,000 out with semicontinuing part-time appointments (which many would love) while young Canadians become readied. (C) Where some positions must be filled emergently, give outside scholars handsome three-year terminating contracts while Canadians become readied.

The so-callea 'problem' isn't one. It is a hoaxed 'problem' created for the same political reasons as the move in Alberta to permit for-profit, degree-granting lnstitu-

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After the official ending of the conference and when most people were heading home, I spoke with David Goa When asked a specific question about the importanceof politics In our lives and of the things said in the lectures throughoutthe day, he said that althoughhe had enjoyed the lectures, he had a sense that the level of thinking wasn't quite deep enough. By this he meant that althoughthere wereimportant issue and topics raisedduringthe day,the underlying foundations of a lot of the issues weren't explored. This was an interesting thought, one that I could understand.

Drivinghome the sun was magnificentin a vast array of purple and gold; a perfect ending to a very interestingday. But thinkingagain about the conference,two points seem to strike me as the most important: I found it very Interestingto hear about the Native peoples in a positive light (not the normal way this news is conveyed),and good thoughts from differentangles were put forward. This is something that is much needed in the political and philosophicaldialectictoday.

tions. (Cascade, p. 5, February 16) Notice that those institutions are not being founded by Canadian benefactors as in the 19th century. They are • in every case • the beginning of a takeover of Canadian higher education by U.S. for-profit educa• tion enterprises. Over the long haul that will mean (A) preference for U.S. personnel (B) preference for U.S. curriculum (C) preference for U.S. educational policy.and (D) on the ground lobbyists for U.S. policies in Canada.

It is terrible to consider the political reasons for the moves written about here. Could It be that with the WTO, the World Bank, the IMF, and related U.S. front organizations repeatedly recommending the privatisation of water, energy, medicine, education,

and all other "social" institutions, we are watching that begin to happen before our eyes? The simple fact of the privatisation of those "social'' institutions is that in 90% of cases they will fall as for-profit activity to U.S. enterprises. It Is no accident that the only for-profit private education enterprises trying to force their way into Alberta are - of course • U.S. operations.

These moves have to be fought by every Canadian students' council, by Canadian university press, and by all Canadians as they find out what's happening. Wake up, Canadians, and smell the napalm!

Robin Mathews, adjunct professor, Carleton University; adjunct professor, SFU.

SNFU punks out the Valley

By Natalie Vermeer Cascade writer

It seems like it would be the ultimate deal to have a wicked band play a show almost only for you. When it actually happens, though, it Is actually quite depress• ing. This is the caseof SNFU, punk rock veterans (of at least 20 years) who showed up to play at Chilliwack's Area 51 on Thursday, March 8th. There weren't even half the amount of people I would have expected.

I should first describe the opening band, Slogan, consisting of Derek (guitar/ backup vocals). Bev (bass/some vocals), Dustin ("drinks a lot of beer and stuff", drums) and Jeff (vocals). This band from Chilliwack/Vancouver started up about 3 years ago. It is rare that an opening band holds my attention; as they usually just make me impatient. I found myself enjoying this band though: they were fast, crazy, and Irregular, and It didn't sound like they were playing the same song over and over. I liked their songs. I asked them who wrote them.

Derek said, "I think as a whole band we write <the songs> together." Dustin added, "Jeff's got the big file of lyrics."

Bev agreed, "Yeah, he's the lyric man, he's the lyrical master."

Jeff admitted "I got things going on in my head." (laughter)

Then I said that I liked one improv-like song they did where Jeff seemed to sing about anything and anyone in front of him during the verses.

Derek added, "It's fun."

Jeff continued, "People like it."

Derek agreed, "And I like it too."

Jeff elaborated, " It's fun to do because it's real easy."

Derek continued, "And It puts on a show."

J13ff said, "We hope to do more of that kind of stuff, tun stuff. Fun I think Is the way to go."

"Fun, but stupid!" Fun was definitely the key word. It's a shame there weren't more people at the show to have fun, especially to hang out in front of the stage. Singer Jeff tried to include the audience as much as possible, r..espite most of us Just standing there, staring and bopping our heads.

After the show, I asked them about their favourite show with them." they've played. At first they said all of them, but then Dustin volunteered "The Cobalt ."

Derek agreed that '"The Cobalt' had personality."

Jeff said that "It seems like most of the places we've played people are really scared to move, and at the Cobalt,people we don't even know were up moshing."

Bev said, "Yeah, and they were fingering us and stuffl" I don't think Area's show proved to be that eventful.

I asked them if there was a band they'd really want to tour with. Jeff replied, "Strung Out". This brought on heavy agreement.

Bev added, "Less Than Jake."

Derek simply said, "I think there's lots of bands."

Bev elaborated, "Bands we'd go really well with, like Strung Out and Less Than Jake." Agreement. Bev had to add "Millencolin.'' Agreement again.

Dustin suggested, "It'd be cool to play with NOFX or someone, you know to actually meet them from playing

Soon it was time to go back inside and see the Canadian band that has influenced so many bands following them: SNFU. I am ashamed to admit that I have never seen this band live. I thought they were awesome though, despite the club feeling empty. There were about five guys at the front who were singing every word of every song and singer Chi Pig seemed to enjoy this as he readily shared the mic with them. The band exuded a lot of energy and did everything they could to put on the best show. There were tons of little props on stage, like masks and a super soaker. I have to comment on Chi Pig's clothing too: he was in a black t-shirt, shorts, tights and thin leather boots that could be better described as lace up booties. I don't know, it looked pretty interesting. Perhaps his dress is an indication of their absence of need to follow someone else's lead, be it musical style or fashion style. I can't say much else beside the fact that It was a mahvelous show and you truly missed out if you weren't there.

Bev enthused, "Yeah, and hang out in their tour bus and drink beerl"

Dustin cheered, "Yeahl Beer! Yeah, Canadian style, drink beerl"

The lost Gob interview

By Natalie

Vermeer what you get from musicand it's like,is that I don't reallythinkclassicwhen I hearthem Cascade Writer what you want from musi9?I just want to but. " hear a good song,is what I want to hear."

With all the attentionGob has been getting lately, it is no questionthat they must get misrepresentedon occasion. After their Abbotsfordshow at "Animals"on February 22, I was quite curious to hear their opinions on the labelsthat have been attached to them, and on playingfaster, and selling out. I got a chance to hear what Tom(gul• tar/vox) and Gabe (drums) had to say on Friday, March 2nd outside Chilliwack's EvergreenHall,just before their show that night.

I first asked Tom if he remembered my friend Kev yelling out "Play faster!" at the "Animals "show. Tom replied, "We play prettydamn fast. I've neverseen him play, but I'd like to see him play faster. I mean on our last record, we just played everything as fast as we could play it, and that's what we always did. (With)this recordwe sort of thought that maybe songs would sound better if we didn't play them as fast as we can play them all the time, and thought about the songs Instead of just playingfast, becauseif you listen to music just becauseit's fast, well then,do you real• ly get much from music? (hardcoremetal• head imitation) I just want fast muslcl Arblahlll Ralghhhhll Rlahhlll Like, that's

We talkedaboutChilllwackfor a bit but then I had to ask his opinionof Ocean 3. I had only seen them that one time at "Animals," but I definitelythoughtthey were the worst band ever. I thought maybe Tom would admitthat they suckedtoo.

Tom repliedwith a sort of vague opinionof them: "Ocean3, um, I've known them for years and they'resort of friendsof mine. I think when I saw them this time I was pleasantlysurprised... They'vechangeda lot. They'rea hardcoreband: like it's not a lot aboutmelodiesor songs. They'reabout heavy and sound and that's all right with me. I mean, I appreciatetons of different typesof music. I like a good song, whether It's got a melodyor whetherit doesn'thave a melody. If It just has a greatbeatand that can be good enoughfor me."

"So, Gob Is trying to go more classic rock then," I asked.

Tom immediatelystopped me, "No, no, what madeyou thinkthat?"

I replied,'"Cause I read an interview that said insteadof, you know,playingfasterall the time,you weregoingtowardsmoreof a classicrocksound. And I'm thinking,what?

Tomhelpedme out, "I think I readthat too."

Witha bit of relief,I replied,"Didyou? I don't knowif peoplearejust tryingto put wordsin your mouthbut..."

Tom replied,"Yeah,well you do an interview and, we say what we say and then the lnterviewer turnsit into an article. You want to make it a piece of literature,as opposedto, um "

Now Gabe has appeared. Tom continued," Yeah, we're not going for a classicrocksound." I addedmy one word, "Okay."

Tom continued, ''We are trying to progress I mean our music is punk rock and punk rock isn't new. Punk rock was aroundin the 60's. I mean punk rock was born in the 50's whenguyswere screaming their headsoff playingpop songs, like um, (startssinging)shakeit up baby now,shake it up and do you lovvvwve me? Like that'sfuckinpunk rock!" Gabe added, "Yeah,there's not much dif· ference."

Tom proceeded, "That's where It came from.And I mean,that is sort of the style of

musicthat we play. But we're just trying to make our musicgood and relevantfor the times."

Gabe got into it, "Yeah,we write songs to make us happy, right? What makes us want to rock out on the stageand stuff like that. right? We just write songs and you know, if one crowd or other likes them that's awesome."

Tom, smirking,"But she asked If we were movingtowardsa classicrocksound."

Gabe,almostgasping,"A classicrockl" Tom,laughingly,"Like " Gabeinjected,"Classicpunk rock, maybe." Tom maintained,"A lot of music today is very homogenizedand it's recordeddigitally and there'sa lot of effectsand it's like, we want(ourmusic)to soundlikeactual music. You hear those drums being beat really hard, you hear the guitars,you FEEL the guitars,you FEELthe bass,you FEEL the music.You know it's not like just that high end <zzzzz sound> all the time and we don't want to soundlike that."

Gabecontinued,"Wewantthe guitarsto be kickin' your ass and we want the vocals theretoo but we wantthe mix of them both. We want something(cracksa beer open) that makespeople just get into it and feel

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,he music,right?"

Tom added, "I like stuff to be rockln',like slow music puts me to sleep, unless it's a fuckin'greatsong."

sentence with, "You actually hear the melody."

SLOWfor Gob."

Tomagreed," Yeah,slowfor Gob." Gabe continued,"Slow for Gob Is like still rockingfast for Elvis Presley."(laughs)

Gabefinishedfor him, " Whichis fast."

But Tomwants to finish his own thought," Whichis whattheywantto playon the radio so I meanwe're "

Gabe added, "Well, I think maybe in the last couplerecordswe'vewrittenyou know

Tomdeclared,"I don'tthinkwe'veeverwrit• ten a SLOWsong.They'veall been probably over 120 beats per minute which is like " Gabe continued, "I honestlythink, I mean sure it's hard to write an originalfast song thesedays becausethey all end up sounding like something else. But how much harder is it to write an original SLOWER song too, like because there's so much morespace and so much more " I haveto add something,so I try to finishhis

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Tomexplained," But we were a band that was alwaysmoreIntoour live showsthanour recordings.And nowwe're into makingrecordsbecausenow we can spend a little bit more moneyand make a good quality record that you can listen to and It SOUNDSgood, it's not like, whoa that doesn't sound very good, but the song'sgood."

Gabe agreed,"I don't think that it's selling out...if anythingit's not sellingout because doingthat we put ourselvesin debt, right?" Tom continued,"But yeah, when you're workingon a song,you hearit In your head and you want to make it on tape sound as muchlikeyou hearit in yourhead,youwant it to soundthat good."

They went on fqr awhile longer about recordingand qualityand expense. Then we were back to themtalkingaboutpeople shoutingout "play faster" when they play their newersongs.

Gabe mentioned,"Well, you know... I've said it a couple times on the microphone before:I'm like,We're not a Jukebox,we're not going to play exactly what the crowd wants. We do Itfor ourselves,I meanit has to be like that! It has to be for you first or why the hellare youthere? Youknowwhat I mean? To try and Impressyou?"

"Like,just robots up there," I added. Tom agreed.

Gabe continued,"Every kid is gonna have their own idea."

Tomadded,"Wetotallyappreciateour fans and I meanwe're gonnaplay old stuff."

Gabe agreed,"Up to a pointyou care we play old stuff! Morethan half our set is old songsright?"

So I asked about the Chllliwackshow. It seemedweird that they wouldplay a small show,especiallyafterplayingin Abbotsford a weekbefore. They say they werejust as surprisedas me. Tom and Gabe talked

about how they liked having a show out here, especiallyfor kids who wouldn't be ableto get out to Langleyor be old enough to go to the licensedshow at "Animals".

They told me about their tours across Canada:three times in the past four or so months. First, they went across to the smaller towns, the "secondary mar1<.ets''. Then it was the Face to Face/Savesthe Day tour in which they went down to the Statesfor a weekand a half as well. Then it was Christmastime,their new recordhad beenout for awhileand they were put on to open for the Treble Charger/Eve6 tour. This gavethemthe opportunityto playfor a different crowd and Tom made the commentof, "What'sthe point of playingmusic to the sametwentypeopleeverytime?" So now they'reon the headliningtour that they swearthey haven'tdone for four years.

I had to ask one more question:the apparently American question of "Why was Jason Priestlythe director of that video?" ("Whatto Do")

Gabe offered,"It was a managementthing cause Priestlyhad workedon, I hate to tell this story again but "

Tom helped him along, "With a Nettwer1<. artist."

Gabe regainedhis story,"With a Nettwerk artistto be unnamedand throughthat, we kind of got turned onto him. And then we went out to a little pub with him and drank boozeand laughedour headsoff andcame up with the stupid Ideafor a video and the nextthingyou know,it was a video... I think it's been good for us becauseit gives people, likeyou and otherpeople,somethingto ask us. And SOl'flethingto write about."

Tom continued, "Yeah,it's a questionthat we don't like, no offense because you askedus but you've asked us good ques· tions otherthan that, but a lot of peoplewill be like, that's their second (question)and they'vegot like3 questionsand the firstone is, How'd you get the name?,then we got the second one and the third one is, So what are your plans for the future?"

Gabe added,"And, How do you like going on the road?"

UCFV women hoopsters off to nationals

By Jessica Danylchuk and Gabe Salvatore out eight assists and pulled down 11 boards. The Nationals

After their second lengthy bus ride to UCC in less than a week and a half, the UCFV basketball program was set to compete for the provincial title. Expectations were high for both our guys and gals to place well in the tournament. Only one team from BC, from each of the men's and women's side, would be reserved a spot at the Nationals which runs March 15· 17 in Calgary, Alberta.

In their first game, the Cascade men faced the lower ranked Langara Falcons. The Cascades fell to the Falcons' explosive drives to the hoop. With a crumbling defense on the blocks, Langara's clock-killing tactics, and next to no time to score, UCFV went down 87-76.

The UCFV men played the Okanagan Lakers in the bronze medal match up. Playing their usual aggressive style, UCFV took nothing for granted in an overpowering 74-87 win. Cascade Aaron Wells dished

this year.

Five days after the season's finc1lein Kamloops, the women's Sun Demons and the Cascades were paired up. More fearless than the previous opportunity, UCFV took advantage of UCC's corpse-like output on the offensive rebounds and open shots. The Cascades came out on top with an easy 52-35 victory.

The battle for first place and rights for the Nationals came down to UCFV versus Capilano. The Cascades maintained swift ball control, which enabled them to grasp the provincial title, beating Capilano 47-43. Cascade forward Cassi Born scored 17 points, leading the team to the end. Nol only do the UCFV women maintain their title as the province's best, they also have earned a spot to compete to be known as National Champions, a title that the UCFV basketball program has recently become familiar with.

UCFV coaches excited about a place to call their own

By Peter Darvll

If you are looking tor a way to sum up the anticipation surrounding the completion of the new student activity centre, just ask the UCFV basketball coaches.

"It will be huge," says women's coach Sandy Chambers.

Men's coach Pat Lee agrees. "I'm excited about just having a place we can call our own,"

The activity centre is scheduled to undergo construction in approximately eight weeks.

Currently, the centre has received approval from the ministry to go to tender. This means that during the next two weeks contractors in the community will be notified of the specifications of the centre. They, in turn, will examine the proposal and submit a cost estimate.

"Our accepting of a tender would be based on lowest price," explains Carol Hardy, head of the Capital Projects division of UCFV's Facilities department.

The tendering process will take about six weeks, once the ministry has given Its approval of the contractor

construction can begin.

"We're saying six months for construction," states Hardy.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances the activity centre should be completed by mld•October. It will be situated next to the library when fin-

home facility will make It much easier to run practices, attract more fans and build school spirit. This is something that is lacking, considering the women's team is off to the national championships this week and the men's team are former Canadian champions.

ished. Hardy thinks that this location ''With a gymnasium and a permanent is ideal because it is near the Student home, kids will know where we actuUnion Society, an area of the campus ally are and they will also get an that sees a lot of student activity. opportunity to see us practice and "This (the cen• ATHLETICS IS ~hu~~dh=~~~ol tre) wlll provide ONLY A PART OF slpeieri.t,"says a focus to student life,'' she IT AND I THINK IT adds. WILL BE A REAL :~,: : 11 be ih 0 ec~~l~t~f:g BOOST FOR THE ~~~e;~s:a~r the activity STUDENT POPULA- er," adds centre will pro- Chambers. ~~~f~d!t:~~II-TION. IT'S GOING TO The activity sized gymnasl- BECOME VERY MUCH centre is not ~:c~~! A CENTRAL PLACE J~~~;~rth·

~~;:a~~·s bas- FOR A LOT OF KIDS ketball. TO HANG with a stu-

In past years, both teams have been practising and playing out of local high school gyms. Having a

dent lounge, a games area and a full workout facility. Lee predicts that all these things will make the centre a

very popular place among students.

"Athletics is only a part of it and I think it will be a real boost for the stu• dent population," he says. "It's going to become very much a central place for a lot of kids to hang,"says Lee.

The activity centre is projected to cost $3 million dollars. UCFV students are contributing a third of what is needed to build the facility. In addition, student input regarding the contents, design, and layout of the centre was obtained through a users committee headed by SUS president Robin Litzenberger. Litzenberger and SUS member Gurpreet Mahllo con• veyed the students' ideas at activity centre meetings and they were fac• tored into the final design of the building.

"We met very, very regularly up until the point at which everybody had agreed what the program should look liko," says Hardy.

By next October, students should be very proud of their new activity centre. Without student input and funds, this project would never have been possible.

FIVE DAYS AFTER THE SEASON'S FINALE IN KAMLOOPS,THE WOMEN'S SUN DEMONS AND THE CASCADES WERE PAIRED UP. MORE FEARLESS THAN THE PREVIOUS OPPORTUNITY, UCFV TOOK ADVANTAGE OF UCC'S CORPSE-LIKE OUTPUT ON THE OFFENSIVE REBO NDS

AND OPEN SHOTS.

UCFV men took bronze and do not advance to the

PacificSport receives· $300,000

By Jessica Danylchuk Sports editor

The BC provincial government has recently realized the need for more funding for amateur sports in British Columbia, announcing that $300 000 in funding will be provided for PaclflcSport over the next three years. PaclficSport is an organization that helps to further the success of amateur athletics in BC by providing money for new training facilities as well as developing programs geared towards assisting athletes and coaches in numerous aspects.

This money is not, however, a result of PacificSport's funding request

addressed to the provincial government last December. Instead, it Is the government re-announcing their efforts to assist amateur athletics in BC as a way of patting themselves on the back. The $300 000 will be distrib· uted over the seven PacificSport Regional Sport Centers in BC over three years.

"Although it is not an incredibly significant amount of money," states Carla Tadla, general manager of the Fraser Valley Regional Sport Center In Abbotsford. "It will benefit all the regions."

need of certain elements, and then delegate the funds accordingly. Such insufficiencies could include new training facilities, more money, more coaching education, etc.

They are planning to hold this event at the UCFV Theatre at the Abbotsford Campus. If you are interested in registering for this free program, call 864-4657.

At the end of March, the Fraser Valley regional canter is also hosting an important meeting among other regional centre representatives. They will discuss where the bulk of the money will go, with emphasis on building a new PacificSport Regional Sport Centre in the Kootneys.

PaclflcSport's provincial facility study plan will research which regional centres around the province are in dire

Another feature that PacificSport is about to launch is what Is called SportMap Primer. The Fraser Valley centre in Abbotsford will provide the trial run, or so to say, on March 31st. It is an all day program fitted for athletes, parents, and coaches, with sessions relevant to modern athletic concerns. There will be a full panel of guest speakers, including PacificSport personalities such as Wendy Pattenden, Erminia Russo, Laura Farres (field hockey extraordinaire), David Cox, lstvan Balyi and others.

Until then, we wait for the word on exactly what this money will go toward. The

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Carla Tadla, general manager of the FraserValley Regional Sport Center In Abbotsford

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Due to the Heritage Park Secondary School spring break from March 19-23, the UCFV Library in Mission will have the following hours during that week: Monday - Thursday: 11 - 4 p.m., 5 - 7 p.m. Friday: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Graham Dowden Photo ShowGraham Dowden, a former UCFV faculty member, presents "Bodies of Water: Kayaking and other waterscapes." T~is photo show is a collection of recent colour photographs, which can be viewed at the Mission Arts Centre (33529 1st Ave, Mission). The opening reception takes place on March 23 at 7:00 p.m. Gallery hours from March 23rd to April 4th are as follows: Tuesday - Friday: 12-4pm Saturday - Sunday: 12-5pm.

Indian Earthquake Relief Culture Show

The ICSA (lndo-Canadian Students' Association) of UCFV presents @Chardl Jiwanl Act 2'', Indian Earthquake Relief Culture Show. This show involves music, fashion, dance, and comedy. It can be seen at the Matsqui Centennial Auditorium on Saturday, March 31st at 7:00pm. Proceeds go to the Canadian Red Cross. Tickets are $1 O in advance or $15 at the door. For tickets or more information contact:

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