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Volume II, Issue 1

RANT
February 13, 2009

ON
25 UBC YOU IS
PLAGIARISM WALKING FOUR
LEADERSHIP GOING TO
by Elizabeth Bennett
THINGS POLICY Special Edition
HERE! DO AFTER LETTER
THAT ANNOY ME
It’s midnight on a weeknight and I ABOUT THE 25 THINGS
GUILTY
Supplement Coordinator: Pierce Nettling
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should be either writing resumés FAD ON FACEBOOK the iceberg. I have a long list of
or dead to the world and dream- read the original scientific pro- by Trevor Record
UNTIL PROVEN cedure or ethical guidelines
reasons to dissuade prospective MISCONCEPTIONS
ing. Unfortunately, the repetition
r is not akin to count- by Justin McEl roy that were to be summ arized, applicants from pursu
ing an
e ETIQUETTE AND THE GREEK

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of the forme undergraduate science degre
ing sheep at all. In fact, it is quite
the opposite. After what must have
INNOCENT or read other students’ papers
as a point of comparison. He
at UBC. With regards to plagia- Consider this a response to
Emma Myers’s culture article
t, but he truste d rism, the university’s policy is SYSTEM
been the 666 time penning “lead- said he hadn’ you yn Cruz on February 3 titled, “Afraid
th
1. It is the definition of enforced on the basis that by Charl
ership skills” on the blasted CVs, by Jesse Goodall the professor. He didn’t seem and not of the Unknown,” if that helps
I began to feel like the scumb ag I narcissistic.
2. Your note is probably not
to think it was possib
might not be impartial after
le that she are presu med
innocent. There is too
guilty
much February 13, 2009 | www.ubyssey.ca
you. If that doesn’t help, con- by Kristine Sostar
am for buying into such lingo and emphasis placed on Turni tIn. behind a sider this some words of advice
I knew that my consci ence would funny .
the laziest use of the note Have you ever felt that UBC is a previo us acade mic dispu tes.
t com. Above all UBC putting
must end inHaveshout-outs
you ever
ts who
to
walked imaginary
are strollin g to girlfriends
under gradu ates who since 1918
are un- | volume xc, number 38
leave me sleep-deprived for the
3. It’s Ultimately, the “case” agains of groupUBC’s of studen nd when What is it about a group of wom-
little extreme when it comes to us was dropped. The associate the drumhead trial mentality official student newspaper
n of how to respo is published Tuesdays erand Fridays

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functi on imaginable. painfu lly slowly to their destin ation certai to achiev e the
g togeth
moment. 4. It has given the media an- plagiarism? Now, don’t
get me plagiarism process, so that and spread out in a line, slowing asked, “What are your plans en comin goal of improving their
The fact is that nobody under- refused to say if he thought the common
to other excuse to trot out the “Here’s wrong, I think that plagiarism is dean ent, but believ ed a the innoc ent do not fall prey to you down while you’re in a manic after graduation?”
and the lives of others ,
stands, or at least is willing needs to we were innoc . Until then When asking that, it seems own lives,
a new fad on Facebook!” stories. I a serious concern that cient. There frivolous accusations rush to get to your midterm on talk? Sorority
admit, what real leadership is. It those stories . be treate d accord ingly, but in my “warning” was suffi apology or as a message to the students at Have you ever suppre ssed like the only answer most that makes people ne, but
has become an oft-repeated buzz
hate it a step was never an official time? s to life may not be for everyo
5. Four years ago, this would opinion, UBC has taken this university, be very careful the impulse to use colourful lan- people are looking for relate e
word, as meaningless a combina- a suggestion that a mistake had if more UBC women came out
be considered chain-mail spam, to one too far. because being innocent just isn’t guage when somebody is saunter- a career. Why is it that peoplby
tion as “Nutel la socks. ” Sure, I’ve
off my hotmail year, my partne r and I been made .
h. R ation without want you to defi ne your life to give it a try then they would
quickl y delete d Last the tip of enoug to their destin t of it
created task lists and manag ed not be
were enrolled in an ethics class
To me, this is just ing to do to pay probably see some aspec
w my own tongue during accoun t. knowl edge they’re blocking your what you’re going r? Don’t ever that they liked. Like many others
to swallo 6. I don’t want to know this in- (it had to be ethics). The class way? Then you’re like me and have for food and shelte
and becau se of
group presentations. I’ve attended
formation about you. I might find was given a one-pa
ge assign- you have to answer in I was a skeptic,
been victimized by sidewalk dis- feel like is expected. You this skepticism I refuserst year.
d to try
the university’s constant seminars

CONGESTION ON
sting, I might fi nd it dis- ment consis ting of fi ve short at its finest. This is when the way that
it intere courtesy in my fi
meant to endow the masses with first four bly have a few dozen out recruitment
gusting. But I don’t need to know it answer questions. The someone has an unconscious belief will proba life, and it is un- After a year in reside
nce I found
such things as these “skills,” and a self-serving Facebook note. questions required summ
ariz-
they own any concrete or grav- jobs in your
be the first to admit that if over and that one you pick that the social , volunteer-busy,
I will propel ing a scientific procedure from likely that the first

CAMPUS WALKWAYS
7. It will proba bly el concoc tion that takes them perso n I was in
you can keep enough of an open the last the one that you stick and academic
people to start using Twitter to trot ethical guidelines, and point A to point B by moseying as will be high school had melted away and
mind to avoid snoring, there is an ane details about questi on asked for the student’s e the (often very with.
adrenaline rush. The sneaky thing
out more mund they please , despit into a beer-drinking,
themselves. And that is a terrible personal opinion. My
partner
heavy) foot traffic. This isn’t exactly I had a “career” oriented, transformed of a
about adrenaline rushes though, I discus sed our thoug hts parka des and al issue where our well payin g, and relatively sleeping-until-noon shadow
developmen t. and have to walk from a pressing politic t who had not made many
is that they are temporary. Skills 8. Part of the beauty of a rela- after class on the bus, but never stops, why is it differ ent for government must respond and our stress-free job, which I’d got- studen While I had
and bus nship s.
by definition are permanent, again. I by Shane Joshua Barter out of high school. lasting relatio
tionship is that slowly, over time, spoke about the topic campus others? troops called forth, but I’m certain ten a year was a decent job, enjoyed my first year, I knew that
have been honed over time. What get to know things about each wrote my assign ment on does it matte r? Well, of you out there have notice d Althou gh it chang e so
you Why many d to
are these newfound assets then, if ment in four years there I’d something neede
other through interaction, per- and she wrote her assign it disrupts pedestrians, which it and a good chunk of you have after over in it and decided to I enrolled in recruitment the fol-
not leadership skills? ction, and trust. Now, Coqui tlam. are legion . Driv- hair out becaus e of it. lost intere st
Rhetoric is the red herring of sonal
conne is a note of frustration, on campus, ripped some
school—here at UBC lowing year.
you have just vomited 25 tidbits of We were both returned low This ated with hordes Certain conventions exist in so- go back to misconceptions
- a grumpy old man type of ers are frustr cyclists, who in

MORE YEAR
leadership. It can “inspire” you ation I would have enjoyed marks. I spoke with the profes complaint. rs and mobility conventions even. actually, while
I was still young People’s
er inform of walke ciety— could fill a chap-
and ends up being the transf
out eventu ally into a note sor initially because I was curi- trucks may not like being nudge d drivin g, flow with the enoug h to fit in. You will prob- about sororities second
of temporary adrenaline. It can
finding
ed such a A growing number of turn If you’re ing most jobs ter room, and from the
intended for mass consumption ous why I had receiv g along. Too much driving on pe- traffic. If you’re on an escalator, ably end up dislik Panhellenic
confuse or terrify you and ends rifi cation . Thank s. low grade . As the discus sion and cars seem to be drivin is unple asant at right side if you want you get after enough time. You I walked into the The
and self-glo Their destrian areas the
up manufacturing followers who of a re- down campus walkways. stay on fired from a building the surprises came. it
9. If I’m in your note—I don’t turned to the possibility unsafe at worst. This to stand while those in a rush can will probably get and
are so mindless as to be useless this stuff about you grade , she becam e defen sive. It ranks include vehicles from best and true when these ve- Why have we desig- few jobs that you do enjoy while process was so organized,
care to know films, couriers, campus security, is especially bolt as needed. strived to maintain a fairness for
at accomplishing the alleged goal. was at this point she mentioned signal. Also, driv- nated such iron-clad and generally you still enjoy them.
through this medium. Go away. plant operations, food services, hicles do not ties and all girls. Every
It can elevate the rhetorician so not in your note—what she believed my assignment was walkways. UBC’s obeyed rules for more mechanized And what should you say all sorori
far above the popula ce as to en- 10. If I’m
enoug h for ropria tely simila r to my police , constr uction and camp us ing dama ges
iously poor, n when we you’ll do instead of trying to single girl who has an interest
not good inapp notor ortatio
large his or her head to the point
the fuck? I’m events. walkw ays are modes of transp haven’t in sororities, and who fulfills the
your stupid list of 25 people? partner’s submission. s flooding, and can’t even get walking right? Plus, find a career if you will
where the proletariat has a new 30 min- she discus sed the as- On campus maps, many ar- subject to seriou to make history shows thoug ht of one yet? Emma’s re- entire term of recruitment

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11. You have wasted When “Restricted Motor Ve- excess drivin g is bound we have no excuse ; placed in a sorority. It is not
piñata with hair. It can seem to be writin g this note. I have signment with my partner, the eas read s / Pedestrian Zones.” this worse. been walkin g a lot longer sponse was to ally herself with get proce ss it
be well utes us we’ve ive, choos y
empathetic, and may even r that hicle Acces cter of The Gradu- the exclus
wasted a minute reading it. We professor told my partne g in these areas Why is the number of vehicles than we’ve been driving or riding the title chara out to be, and it
intentioned, yet in its very nature had much better things to do she was initially not going to Obviously, drivin cam- ays increa sing? I think tors. ate, by “drifting” through life is often made Panhe llen-
both the on walkw escala the
as showmanship must maintain a is often necessary for thing comes along. seemed to me that rather than

HIGHLIGHTING HOMELESSNESS, POVERTY with our time. pursue allegations of academic laint it is largely laziness and habit. The irritating thing about it is until some
distance, which leads to a feeling ver, pus to operate. My comp most people do ic was a community
12. Every time I’m added to misconduct against us. Howea re- concerns degree; the number is Perhaps it is because the newer that you can’t really call anybody I’ve found that path because of the ruthless, competitive, and
of betrayal and to dissention. Still, there’ s a peer pressure, now that I was consid ering un- of camp us are built out on it. It’s not like anybody is not choos this e ters
in the public perception, leader - a note,
elled to do rising and the trips are often east areas approach self-serving sorority mons
“C’mon, everyone’s doing it” vibe grade, she felt comp not a campus, down, you can’t really a genuinely laidback of mak- often depicted on TV.
ship remains the mask of rhetoric. in. necessary. For example, campus like Richmond, alks, few trees shoving you e about it withou t to life, but due to a fear
that I should join so. opera tions ve- with small sidew launch a crusad actual ly refers
Why else would politicians hire ty and plant
At this point, the professor securi frequently drive onto and and large roads.
Panhellenic
“End Poverty. It’s not a Game” reads the slogan of the 13. It feeds into the egotistical itments.
others thinking you ought to have ing comm umbrella organization
speech writers? generation,” where a premi- requested the two of us
submit hicles
It is a strange trend. As urban bigger concerns in life. So, I’m If you only want to drift, then to the
Allow me to put this into less “me placed on letting everyone a digital copy of our assign- park in pedestrian areas
outside
to out it as long as you’re able. throug h which all sororities on
um is want to and subur ban areas are trying implo ring all the slow walkers go for and it exists
abstract terms for you. Note asked to of the SUB when they are simply held back campu interact, s
know how fucking special and ments (the class was ally), so grab a cup of coffee. Another reduce and calm traffic, cars on there with this article with some But if you
2009 Poverty Olympics, a parody of the 2010 Olym-
the condescension as I lead you
through what very well may be in neat you are,
doing anything worthwhile.
rather than actually submit hard copy origin
that she could submit our work
example, many constr uction
nal ve-
camp us thorou ghfare s
has dense foot traffic and
is rising. rules to make the lives of others by a fear of commitments, don’t to make basic rules. From time
(while keeping you safe from be. There are very
few things in abides by
sure that each sorority
s people
itself a piece of rhetoric. The first tIn.com workers park their perso not UBC iful campus. It wouldn’t easier of a pedestrian with walk- this world you can’t get out of if to time around campuup in hu-
14. It’s an Internet meme. to TurnItIn.com. TurnI d Buchanan. It’s a beaut the wrath they take can be spotted dressed
pics that took place last Sunday. This is the second
is the kind of leader your nanny
was: the kind who will
jellybean and say “good job” equal-
give you a Intern
stupid.
et meme s are inhere ntly returned a 20 per cent
this point, the professor stopped
s everything returning calls or e-mail, except bit. If
match . At hicles
crazy
aroun
to ask them to just walk a hurt
professors and students behind more often. R
to leave company vehicl es way rage):
1. Please, have a slight bit of con- you. You’ll
you don’t like where
be far less happy
fees have drifting than you will be tak- perfor some other public area.
miliat ing attire, being
m pushups in front of Ko-
forced to

time 15. It encap sulate sidera tion. I know tuition

ly as enthusiastically every e on something you erner or
Poverty Olympics. The event aims to bring attention
individual
that is ridiculous about Facebook to direct us to another skyrocketed, but that doesn’t mean ing a chanc be the case
you use the potty (even if you piss our calls might want to do but This would never se Panhel,
(random information, making who would not return you own the sidewalk. If you’re in think you n of. with sororities becau
all over the seat) or solve world public, and the stupid or e-mails either . We contac ted then move to the side. aren’t certai
eventu ally learn to everyt hing no hurry, best re- and each indivi dual organization
hunger. You
friend count) and puts it in one the AMS Advocacy
office and
The same rule applies if you’re go- I would say that the
to social housing and poverty issues in Vancouver
roll your eyes at utter insincerity
and outgrow this fast. The second packa ge.
16. Your note is probably not associate dean of Scienc
had separate meetings with the
e. In the ing to congre gate and socialize.
2. Flow with the traffic and try to least resist
sponse isn’t to take the path of within
ance until you have of absolu
, abide by the basic policy
tely no hazing
ties website promises that
. The UBC
is the Machiavellian leader who tful. end, it took about three stressful the oncom ers. some sort of massive revela- sorori “provide
insigh avoid will
while simultaneously criticizing the Olympics.
loses followers due to behea ding. case and revelations don’t the Greek system
17. At the end of the note, months to resolve this 3. If you think you’re lagging, tion, as such Instead, decide each and every member numer-
The third is the kind who can’t will comm ent, saying how to prove our innoc ence. aroun d to see if you’re hold- come often. personal
people look for
say “nuclear,” and makes an ap- The whole process was a sts you and pursue ous opportunities
funny/true #14 is. I do not care, ing up anyone behind you. There’s what intere e you just want to development,” and nowhere in
pealing target for errant shoes. into your farce. It was excee d- nt down them. Mayb
BY The TREVOR RECORD,
least obviousNEWS is and STAFF it does is feed comp lete drag an innoce ing of members

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all no need to
fourth and ingly difficult to convince any- books a year and learn this does belittl
ego. with you in your staggering stupor. read 50 could make any sense. Neither does ex-
the greatest offender: the insidi- 18. Despite it all, I can’t look one that we had not cheat ed, you’re going. Not some new langu ages. It
policies
4. Look where
ous one who claims to have no instead we were assumed guilty to go fishing every cessive drinking. While sorority,
he Poverty Olympics began at the away. this is the six dollar Olympics,” he said, open- everyone is going to make way for be you want you’re vary from sorority to
gift of rhetoric, the one who sug- 19. It is anothe r step on the road from the start. At one point, if you don’t. If you’re already weekend, and maybe only dry
with you, the you after a the gener al trend is that
gests having coffee
Vancouver Area Network of Drug ing the ceremonies.
our advocate conceded that this get sick of that
to Facebook becoming MySpace. doing this and still running into going to ly. activities are programmed and
plebeian, but always finds a way 20. Many of the things about was not a court of law, and that , then that’s a more forgiv- month and give it up entire
things
Users (VANDU) building on Hast-
out of it or ignores it entire ly, the
your list are coy. If you were to UBC has the powerHe called himself Itchy the Bedbug (his to, and fre-
able offense and another issue By all mean you think might
s, go out and try to endor sed.
It is frustrating to hear the
one who takes pride in his or her students as that
ings. A marching band dressed tell me these things in real life, I quently does, treat
real name is Bob Sardie). He introduced altogether. Having collided into a get a job if you need it to negative statements that
are often
own openness and humility, thus be annoyed at your lack of guilty until prove n innoc ent. No
s myself, both alive and be worth while
g them entire ly. These would few object And if made about sororities, because
in outdated athletics wear began to play at
underminin
are those who society calls leaders
direct ness. the other two Poverty Olympics Mascots:
one seeme d to think it was rel-
was inanim ate, I can empat hize. suppo rt your other goals.
most interested in they are made on
assumptions
21. It is designed to come evant that the assignment four This rant isn’t indiscrimi- what you are c job, then try based on media portra rsity
yals, or
noon outside the building and people gath-
with skills. as free-fl owing andChewy the Rat, and Creepy the Cockroach.
spon- only a page long, and that
nately aimed at everyo ne; there is gettin g a specifi
outsider opinions. As unive
True leadership is the complete across s, a way of sharing infor- of the five questions involved unhur- to do that.
ered around. Just a half hour later the group
lack of lasting skill, design , or taneou Creepy the cockroach (real name Robert) is
mation. Yet everything, from the summarizing the same
source are partic ular cases
ried leeway is allowed. My rule
where
But most of all, just keep in students,
is it not impor tant to be
rhetoric. It cannot be taught. It is of the information we re-
had ballooned to well over a hundred and people you choos e to the part of the Carnegie Action Project, and was
inform a- (the last question, the personal of thumb is to lend more under- mind that there are few things critical ve comm ents
maintaining the integrity of praise
tion you give out to the writing question, showed zero to think
per cent anent that a commit- ceive? Most negati with the real
standing to those who would be so perm
the torch-carrying ceremony began.
by using it sparingly. It is allowing
style you use is calcul ated one of the organizers the first year.
to give match ). No one seeme d
given fi rst priori ty to the lifeboa ts ment to them must be feared. can be taken apart
sorority would
the use of heads, and not the depri- it would be prudent to do a e ask me what my facts. While every
Snaking out into the street, the gather- off a certain impression. “The cockroach, the rat, and the bed- when a ship is sinking: young When peopl after graduation, I love to see more women become
vation of them. It is openly admit- 22. Over five million people match on some or all of
the rest en, parents of young chil- plans are for be some-
just full of crap today. ” It childr get a sailbo at involv ed it will never
ing formed a great procession sweeping
ting “I’m
is choosing the barrel of the kid-
bug, that’s a part of everybody’s life in the
posted one of these notes last of the class for a backg
round
d dren, women who are expecting, say that
I want to
the Pacific thing that appeals to everyb
ody,
week. I doubt five million people comparison. No one seeme the physic ally disabled and the el- to slowly trace out There are no judg-
through the intersection of Main and
napped canno n, not the fuse, and
will band togeth er to do Downtown Eastside. Those are the things
somet hing to notice that the vast major-
derly. I have places to be too, but coast. If I’m still enjoy ing that, and that is fine.
who choos e
not knowing the difference. “match” find a place along ments about those
Hastings before doubling back toward the the greater good anytime soon. ity of our 20 per cent
they deal with,” Robert said after the events. nobody will be patting me on the and I don’t I’d like to stop, I’ll not to engage in Greek life, so
Leadership is patient. Lead- for backla sh to this has involv ed sente nces where the unleas hed my fury the way that
23. The back after I’ve any judgments
ership is kind. Leadership is to the east coast, and there shouldn’t be
events venue. At intersections along the
neither jealous, nor conceited.
“People think that all they have to do is sit
inspired hundreds of groups/ only match was words
such
dy on a flock of dawdling tots who move over lose interest in that about those who do. Of course the
thread s/notes on Facebook that as “the” and “that.” Nobo can barely say “walking conven- so forth. If I ties have fun and
way the “torch” (a prop) was passed from
Leadership is neithe r, rude, self-
around and take drugs, and that is such a
further serve to clutter up my thought it was intere that of
sting that
tion,” let alone follow it. life, I’ll sell the boat and fi nd wome n in sorori
know socialize, but they also work hard
seeking, nor quick to take offence. University found , if you’re able-bod- something else. I don’t
one bearer to the next. Passing Oppen-
Leadership is not done for the Faceb ook experi ence.
misconception.”
24. I am so annoyed by it, I around 110,000 subm
Brock
issions
Never theless
r I want to chain
ied, look around and move along. what caree the rest of my life, important issues, to fundraise
to educa te their memb ers about
duping of a few, but for the equity a gimmicky list to TurnItIn.com, about 73,000
heimer Park, the torch was passed to Jacob
of all. Leadership protec ts, trusts , have decide d to do Sarah Goode, from the Coast Salish Na- ed a match
You would n’t want to drive behind myself to for
unreasonable to think and volun teer for charit ies that
to mock it, when it is obvious there submissions return a swerving car that takes up two and it is cance for them, and
hopes and perseveres. How then
Rickley, an affiliate of the Carnegie Action not 25 uniqu e things tion, took the stage and sung an anthem in
to mock falling between 20 words and and is traveli ng at 30 km/h. that the decisions I make in this hold signifi s open to meeting
is lanes
can I put it on a document that , whereas a 23 year old are the they are alway
Project and a director at VANDU . about it, and thus I am stretching a 24 per cent match issions
Salish, which was followed by a parody of Would you still stand for it, minus regard as new women into
is all about competition and self even respect as a 33 and welcoming
the list, and essentially repeating only about 10,000 subm than the hunk of moving metal and up- ones I’ll the system. R
promotion? Perhaps I should list so. R R
“I’m feeling really positive that I’m help-
myself as a rabble-rousi ng rheto- items over and over, the national anthem titled “Poverty Olym-
when I only returned a match of less
holste ry? I didn’t think year old.
had a few decent points to make. 20 words.” At one point, I asked
rician. Then again, maybe I’m
ing the community in this necessary action, 25. It’s narcissistic. R pics Anthem.” if the associate dean if he even
just full of crap today. R
promoting issues which desperately need Wendy Pedersen the Carnegie Commu-
to be focused on,” Rickley said. nity Action Project (CCAP) explained that
Eventually, the parade reached its the International Olympic Committee had
destination—the Vancouver Japanese recently declined to put pressure onto the
Language School. Inside the venue’s main city and province to put more funding into
hall, attendees hectically found seats as the social welfare projects.
band continued to play. Representatives of “Hey Canadian governments,” Pedersen
several local media outlets were setting up said, “just imagine all your peers tuning in
cameras near the front of the venue. When next year to watch a hockey game, and see
everyone had finished milling about and a bit of Canada. When the world comes to
were finally seated, the ceremony began, Canada what will they see indeed?
introduced by a man in a bedbug costume.
“This isn’t the six billion dollar Olympics, SEE “POVERTY” ON PAGE 3
Participant carries symbolic torch. goh iromoto photo/the ubyssey

Index
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Lawsuits at UBC News

Features
Supplement
Culture
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Mind control, dead sperm Editorial

Streeters
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and parking tickets. Letters

Games
Comics
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2 | events
Events
February 13
Jazz Ensemble I • UBC’s School
of Music’s Jazz Ensemble 1 will
present. • Feb. 13 @ 12 - 1pm,
Location: Recital Hall, UBC Music
Building, 6361 Memorial Road,
Free Admission •
Heart Beat: Building Healthy
Relationships • The Canadian
Red Cross and AMS Sexual Assault
Support Centre are putting on an
afternoon of film and interactive
displays. They also have a chal-
lenge: to break down the “wall
of relationship violence” through
personal pledges. • Feb. 13 @
1 - 4pm, Location: SUB Main Con-
course and Norm Theatre, Free
Admissions •
Playoffs: Women’s Volleyball •
UBC Thunderbirds vs. Brandon
Bobcats. The women will be
looking to capture their second
consecutive CIS Championship.
They will play a best-of-three play-
off series against Brandon. This
series is the last time they will play
at home this season. • Feb. 13 @
4 - 6pm, Location: War Memorial
Gym, Cost: $10 adult/$4 youth &
senior/$2 UBC student •
Playoffs: Men’s Basketball •
UBC Thunderbirds vs. SFU Clan
The Thunderbirds are looking to
garner their third consecutive CW
Championship. They are ranked
second in Canada and first in
the Canada West. • Feb. 13 @
7 - 9pm, Location: War Memorial
Gym, Cost: $10 adult/$4 youth &
senior/$2 UBC student •
Men’s Hockey • UBC Thunder-
birds vs. Regina Cougars • Feb.
13 @ 7:30 - 10pm, Location:
Thunderbird Winter Sports Cen-
tre, Cost: $10 adult/$4 youth &
senior/$2 UBC student •
Interview Skills for International
Students • Learn how to sell your
self in an interview. Learn the best
methods of preparation. Also,
the workshop will provide you
with tips and tricks on answer-
ing tough questions. Find out
what employers are looking for
and how to make a great first
impression. • Feb. 13 @ 1 - 2pm,
location: International House, Free
Admission •
A Masked Ball • UBC Opera
Ensemble will provide dinner
and entertainment and there will
be opportunities for dancing on
stage. • Feb. 13 @ 7 - 9pm, Loca-
tion: Chan Centre, Cost: $150
(includes $100 tax receipt) •
Zack and Miri Make a Porno •
Two lifelong platonic friends (Zack
and Miri) seek to ensure a steady
cash film by making an adult film.
However, in the process of filming
they begin to discover that there
may be more than just friendship
between them. • Feb. 13 - 17 @
7 - 9 pm, Location: Norm Theatre,
Cost: $4 general admission, $2
members •
Australia • As Darwin, Australia
is being bombed during WW II by
the Japanese two individuals are
herding upwards of 2,000 head
of cattle across northern Australia.
An English aristocrat reluctantly
came there to ensure she could
ward off a hostile takeover plot. •
Feb. 13 - 17 @ 9-11:45 pm, Loca-
tion: Norm Theatre, Cost: $4 gen-
eral admission, $2 for members •
February 14
Exploring Christianity • An in-
formal discussion group for those
seeking to explore the Bible. You
will not be required to read aloud,
pray or sing. Free coffee and
snacks will be provided. • Feb. 14
@ 9 - 11am, Location: SUB 113,
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UBC Botanical Garden Course:
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confidence and knowledge and
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good health. Advanced Registra-
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Feb. 14 @ 9:30am - 12pm, Loca-
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and $40 General Public •
Playoffs: Women’s Volleyball •
UBC Thunderbirds vs. Brandon
Bobcats. The women will be
looking to capture their second
consecutive CIS Championship.
They will play a best-of-three play-
off series against Brandon. This
series is the last time they will play
at home this season. • Feb. 14 @
4 - 6pm, Location: War Memorial
Gym, Cost: $10 adult/$4 youth &
senior/$2 UBC student •
Playoffs: Men’s Basketball •
UBC Thunderbirds vs. SFU Clan
The Thunderbirds are looking to
garner their third consecutive CW
Championship. They are ranked
second in Canada and first in
the Canada West. • Feb. 14 @
7 - 9pm, Location: War Memorial
Gym, Cost: $10 adult/$4 youth &
senior/$2 UBC student •
Men’s Hockey • UBC Thunder-
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14 @ 7:30 - 10pm, Location:
Thunderbird Winter Sports Cen-
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senior/$2 UBC student •
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February 15
Off-Campus Work Permit Work-
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Playoffs: Women’s Volleyball
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youth & senior/$2 UBC student •
February 16
TAs: Get New Ideas • Are you
an experienced TA looking to do
something new in the classroom?
Are you a new TA seeking to
develop an interactive classroom?
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session on several topics geared
towards improving the classroom
environment. • Feb. 16 @ 9:30 -
12:30pm, location: second floor
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tre, Free Admission •
Work Your BA: Finding Sum-
mer Work • Career Services will
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February 17
TAs: Marking & Evaluation • TAs
often evaluate student work but
do not define the form of assess-
ment methods. The workshop
will explore the effectiveness of
common types of assessment
in university courses and their
equitableness. Also, the impact of
teaching and learning assessments
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Pre-Tenured Faculty: Build your
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have accomplished. These records
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February 18
TAs: Ethics & Effectiveness of
Group Work • Have you struggled
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members not carried their weight
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February 19
Meditation • Learn how to train
your mind to remain calm and
keep your mind focus on the task
at hand. • Feb. 18 @ 5 - 7pm,
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2009 CIS SWIMMING CHAMPION-
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consecutive CIS championship.
The men lost year to the Calgary
Dinos. Prior to the loss they had
won the men’s CIS championship
for 10 consecutive years. • Feb.
19 - 21 @ 10am - 6pm, Location:
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Poverty Olympics play to record crowd Oxfam UBC

Event a lighthearted way of drawing attention to housing issues raises food
CONT’D FROM “POVERTY” ON
PAGE 1
This is what they will see: Hello
world, welcome to the third an-
nual Poverty Olympics.”
The first event was “Sweeping
Poverty Aside,” a curling skit put
on by Streams of Justice, a Chris-
tian social justice organisation.
A team of “winning parties from
the 2010 Olympics” represent-
ing security, business interests,
VANOC and government partners
faced off against “team poverty”
representing the homeless, work-
ing poor, single parents and
disabled. The Olympic winners
continually “cheated” by using
“bylaw brooms” and other props
to clear their own impediments
such as “homelessness,” while
blocking the path of the other by
putting down “red tape” and other
challenges which make things dif-
ficult for the poor.
Housing Hurdles, put on by
the Downtown Eastside Women’s
Centre’s “Power to Women,” was
the next event. Single parent fami-
lies and poverty-stricken women
struggled to get past hurdles in-
cluding long wait lists and Down-
town Eastside gentrification. Be-
tween the events, vocal quizzes on
statistics pertinent to the Poverty
Olympics were given by the mas-
cots. “Over 9000 people go to the
Greater Vancouver Food Banks
each week,” they said. “The same
number of families are on the wait
list for subsidized housing.”
The third event was “Skating
around Poverty.” It was put on
by volunteers from the Carnegie
Community Action Project (CCAP).
The event saw two men with paper
masks of Gordon Campbell and
Student Legal Fund Society comes to the radar
Thousands of dollars are put into the fund by students every year—for what?
by Megan Stewart
Culture Writer
An ideological tug-of-war could
generate ropeburn for the six
representatives elected to the
Student Legal Fund Society
(SLFS)—a semi-independent
AMS board controlling roughly
$300,000 collected from student
fees over the past decade.
Eleven candidates ran for
six board positions during a
campaign that had many voters
scratching their heads and ask-
ing, “SLFS—what’s that?” Before
putting their name on the ballot,
some of the candidates asked
themselves the same question.
Aaron Sihota was re-elected
to the society for a third term
following the AMS elections last
week. He said the unexpected
rise in the number of candidates
is political and is partly tied to
April’s KnollAid protest and the
campus group, Students for a
Democratic Society (SDS).
“From reading their platform
statements, [some candidates]
seem a bit radical in their ap-
proach and are focusing on a few
issues regarding that particular
incident [KnollAid],” Sihota said.
“They may not be representative
of the issues representing the
entire student body.
“It’s a bit of a concern, I’d say.”
However, the SLFS has a his-
tory of social justice and is man-
dated to both advocate and liti-
gate on behalf of education and
access to education. The found-
awareness
Participant carries symbolic torch. goh iromoto photo/the ubyssey
Stephen Harper “skating” around
homeless people, representing
housing and poverty issues as
they rambled off 2010 Olympic
buzzwords and claims to BC’s
greatness.
“Community Wrestling,” was
the final event put on by the Four
Sisters Housing Co-op. Concord
Condos, represented by a full
grown man, fought “Community”
and the “Downtown Eastside,”
represented by Agnes and Joey,
two children. As he fought them,
he got frequent backroom kick-
backs from his allies, villains Mr
and Mrs Con Dough.
Awards were given out during
a closing ceremony. Finally, two
ers pursued the need for student
representation in a legal arena
following the 1997 APEC sum-
mit at UBC, which resulted in 42
arrests and a Public Complaints
Commission Inquiry. Also dur-
ing the fall of 1997, four students
took UBC to court for violating
the province-wide freeze on tu-
ition. The students won, and the
university was ordered to return
more than $1 million to students.
Amir Attaran was one of the
four who sued UBC. He also
campaigned for the fund, which
was established in March 1998
following a student referendum.
The fund is mandated “to
provide advisory, legal, and
financial assistance to fund, ini-
tiate and continue advocacy […]
to improve education and access
to education at UBC and […] set
broad precedent and concern
UBC students.”
The fund collects $1 from
each student per year and has
done so for ten years. Sihota,
who was the only board mem-
ber to run for re-election, said
roughly 40,000 students contrib-
ute each year and said the fund
hasn’t spent more than $2,000
a year for several years. It’s un-
clear how much money the fund
controls, but estimates hover
around $300,000.
Ed Durgan campaigned for a
seat on the SLFS after he learned
in May about the fund’s legal ser-
vices, deep pockets and potential
for social justice. An organiser
with both KnollAid rallies, Dur-
cakes in the shape of a cockroach
and another in the shape of a rat
were presented. Although the
2009 Poverty Olympics attracted
some community members, it
was primarily put on to attract the
media to a set of issues. And with
a dozen or more local media out-
lets represented, the risk it poses
next year for the public image of
the Olympics was clear.
“The other thing we’re doing
here, besides rallying our own
feelings, is we’re putting the other
Olympics on notice,” said Bob
Sardie, cake in hand, still in bed-
bug costume.
“We’re getting set up for...
when all the international media
gan was present when 20 stu-
dent activists were arrested on
campus last April during a pro-
test near the old bus loop. Nei-
ther Durgan nor any candidate
for the SLFS was arrested.
Durgan was not elected, but
campaigned on the promise “to
legitimise” the fund and initiate
litigation—as opposed to relying
on student groups to file an ap-
plication for funding and advice.
The 20 arrested students had
lit a bonfire and the vast major-
ity were eventually charged with
obstruction of a peace officer.
They eventually reached a deal
whereby the incident would be
erased from their criminal re-
cord in exchange for community
service and a written apology.
Several students had family
support, but a group of 12 are
represented by the non-profit
Pivot Legal Society and now face
an approximate total of $17,000
in legal fees.
The students filed an applica-
tion to the SLFS for financial and
legal aid. They were denied. Si-
hota questioned whether the ap-
plication fit the mandate of the
fund. But Stefanie Ratjen said
KnollAid was focused on access
to education, which is at the core
of the SLFS’s mandate.
“The protest was fundamen-
tally about campus development
and the corporatisation of the
university,” she said. “That is
directly linked to issues of acces-
sibility to the university, afford-
ability to the university at large.”
are here. They’re going to be look-
ing for other things to do than
cover....If [parties affiliated with
the Olympics] don’t clean up their
act within the next year, we’re go-
ing to come back and we’ll put on
quite a show.”
Wendy Pedersen says that if
there was a significant welfare
raise, it would “take the wind out
of their sails,” negating the need
for third Poverty Olympics. A
welfare rate of $1300 per month
is what she is hoping for, a num-
ber she claims is the minimum
required to live, eat and have bus
fare in Vancouver. This would be
more than double the current wel-
fare rate, $610. U
Ratjen, the outgoing AMS VP
External, also drew a number of
parallels between the APEC and
KnollAid protests, including the
reality that the RCMP’s legal fees
were paid by the state in both cases.
Sihota campaigned to broaden
the mandate of the fund, which
is currently seeking legal opin-
ion on RCMP jurisdiction over
liquor licences issued to campus.
“There has been a lot of talk and
opinion about the fun war on
campus,” he said. “We find—in
terms of expanding our mandate
to the social issues—that groups
having more access to [places
where students can drink legally]
can create a more positive atmo-
sphere on campus.”
Durgan and Ratjen, who cited
a conflict of interest in her deci-
sion not to run for the SLFS, both
questioned Sihota’s intention
to broaden the mandate and
criticized the seeming inaction
of the fund despite an estimated
$300,000 in student dollars.
With three of the six elected
representatives coming from a
group of candidates the Knoll
magazine endorsed, it seems
that there will be a sharp divide
within the SLFS this upcoming
year.
Sihota said it’s only prudent
to head to court with ample fi-
nancial resources, however, the
Fund’s own bylaws cap spending
at $60,000 for any individual
case. The SLFS cannot amend its
mandate and some bylaws with-
out approval of the AMS. U
by Chris Malmo
News Writer
Guests were certainly left hungry
for change the evening of Febru-
ary 10th at an innovative banquet
organized by members of the Ox-
fam UBC club to build awareness
about global food inequalities.
About 150 UBC students and
Vancouverites arrived for the
sold-out dinner at Performance
Works on Granville Island, choos-
ing a playing card at random
from a table as they entered. This
draw determined where they
sat. Once inside, it appeared that
there were not enough tables to
accommodate the crowd. Two
tables stood on a raised platform,
surrounded by a few others at
ground level, while half a dozen
long rows of chairs stretched
out facing the stage. The silent
auction items, such as fair-trade
roses and local artwork, were laid
out along one wall. All proceeds
from these items, and the eve-
ning at large, went to Oxfam.
The nature of the gala became
clearer once everyone had been
seated and things got underway.
The bulk of the guests sat in the
rows of chairs while a lucky few
were at tables. As emcee Stepha-
nie Gloyn explained, this was to
“provide an example...of how food
and other resources are inequita-
bly distributed around the world.”
The inequalities were borne
out on the menu as well. Each set
of diners represented a segment
of the world population, divided
into income brackets. The top two
tables, as the richest 15 per cent,
enjoyed a full three-course meal
from the Raincity Grill. The audi-
ence learned that this small pro-
portion of the world’s population
consumes 70 per cent of all grain
produced. The “middle-income”
group at the tables below them,
representing the next 25 per cent
of the world, were served squash
soup. This left the other 60 per
cent of the guests (including this
reporter) as the world’s poorest,
who had to serve themselves a
modest plate of plain rice and
beans.
Oxfam UBC president Andra
Dediu said the stark contrast
between the high and middle
income menus was intended to
draw attention to the steep drop-
off in wealth and access to food
that exists in the world.
This theme was further em-
phasized by Dr Shafik Dharamsi,
the keynote speaker for the
night and an assistant professor
of medicine at UBC. He chal-
lenged guests “not just to see the
world differently, but to be in it
differently.
“What does it mean to be hun-
gry?” he asked.
For much of the world, the
reality is “a type of hunger that
most of us would never be able
to imagine,” Dharamsi said. Gala
coordinator Caitlin Ohama-Dar-
cus provided a sobering picture
of this reality: about one child
dies every five seconds from lack
of proper nutrition.
Dediu offered some ideas for
following through on Dharamsi’s
challenge. UBC students could
make a difference, she said,
by speaking to their local MP
about Canada’s commitments to
foreign aid, fair trade and food
insecurity worldwide. She also
echoed speaker Colin Dring’s
suggestions to buy equitable, lo-
cal and sustainable food. U
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UBC ENDOWMENT LOSES 20
PER CENT OF ITS VALUE
UBC president Stephen Toope
announced in a letter to the uni-
versity released this Wednesday
that the university endowment
fund has lost roughly 20 per
cent of its value over the past
nine months due to the global
economic downturn. The net
amount available for spending
will decline by about 50 per
cent in the next fiscal year. The
endowment peaked at over $1
billion before the financial drop
in 2008.
The endowment fund is com-
prised of monetary gifts to the
university and land revenue
from the University Town com-
munity. To combat this loss,
the Board of Governors has
revised the Endowment policy
on February 5. This revision
“commits UBC to a stable pay-
out of Endowment income that
preserves the gift against infla-
tion,” and will drop annual pay-
ments from the endownment
from five per cent of its total
value to three and a half. The
university anticipates individu-
al endowments to regain their
lost value in the next ten years.
Toope also assures that stu-
dent financial aid will not be
affected, although the budget
for funding is dropping by
$6.5 million. He also cites a
reduction of about around $15
million for various faculties
and colleges, with Tim Blair, a
student representative on the
Board of Governors, claiming
that Forestry and Graduate
Studies will be the only faculties
seriously hit.
“People ask me if the current
economic climate will knock
UBC off the remarkable upward
trajectory that our community
has travelled with enthusiasm
over the last few decades,”
Toope wrote. “My answer is
clear: not at all.”
Toope also wrote that UBC
has a “sound financial base to
weather the global economic
storm,” and that “prudent man-
agement of our endowment
funds has also allowed us to
fare better than most North
American academic institu-
tions. Our new Endowment
Management Policy will help
us emerge even stronger when
conditions improve.”
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ATHLETIC FEES GO DOWN,
WAY DOWN
UBC athletic fees have been re-
duced for the next school year,
thanks in large part to outgoing
AMS president Michael Duncan
and Neal Yonson, a member of
the University Athletics Council.
Fees have been reduced in
a number of UBC REC catego-
ries, the most significant being
BirdCoop memberships, which
have been reduced from $148
to $25 for a four-month term.
These are the only two options
available for membership to the
gym, and they match up with the
academic school term. Students
must renew them each term.
Public skating at the Thun-
derbird Arena is now free as
well. Fees for hockey, figure
skating and drop-in skating
have also been reduced, from
$3.50 to $2.
A number of UBC REC event
fees have also been cut, includ-
ing a reduction from $163 to
$100 for the annual Day of the
Longboat, and in various rates
for REC team sports.
These fees will be frozen for
three years. The mandatory ath-
letic fee will go up two per cent
this year, but be frozen next
year.
ENGINEERS TO APPEAL TO
UNIVERSITY
The five engineering students ar-
rested last week for their failed
attempt at their annual prank
are appealing to the President’s
Advisory Committee on Student
Discipline.
The committee mainly deals
with academic disciplines, such
as cheating, according to dean of
Engineering Bruce Dunwoody—
but he said that it can also deal
with “non-academic” disciplines.
Dunwoody plans on meeting with
the students and preparing the
documentation necessary to pres-
ent to the committee.
“The EUS wishes its members
the best in their legal proceedings
and hopes that they will be treated
in accordance with the light spirit
of their actions and not to the
full extent of the law,” said EUS
president Chris McCann. “We will
continue to track the status of this
process and offer support where
possible.”
—Samantha Jung
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Do you know what the AMS is do-
ing for international students?
REC INTRAMURAL On Tuesday, January 27, AMS
VP external, Stefanie Ratjen and
Sneha Sethi, an student research
intern, led a forum for inter-
$100.00 national students highlighting
important issues in an effort to
better address the needs of the
$215.00
population who have come from
outside Canada.
UBC students from countries
all over the world attended the
forum and gave their input on
how the AMS can improve the
THUNDERBIRD DROP IN experiences of international
students. Some of the problems
that were raised were regarding
tuition costs, the Language Pro-
Free ficency Index (LPI), and health
insurance.
International students ex-
$2.50 pressed concerns regarding
housing and the housing lottery.
Some of the students’ concerns
were that they were unaware of
guaranteed housing at UBC or
they didn’t know what to if they
Sept. 2009
did not get into the housing lot-
tery. “It’s just a totally different
Current world when you move to a differ-
ent country from your country,”
stated third-year psychology stu-
dent Nazanin Moghadami.
The LPI was a particularly
emotional subject. Students felt
that there is very little support
for students who have difficulty
passing the exam. Other stu-
dents mentioned that the LPI dis-
criminates against non-English
speakers. “UBC prides itself on
being an international school,
but the LPI is so prejudiced,”
stated Phoebe Wong, a first-year
Arts student.
“This is an ongoing issue. I’m
not convinced that it is a fair
representation of how well a
person speaks English. If it has
to happen there are other ways
of determining those. I know it’s
a big issue,” said Ratjen.
International students al-
ready must pass the TOEFL or
another English speaking equiv-
alence test. AMS student senator
Azim Wazeer said that the LPI is
“redundant [and] taxing to inter-
national students.”
Wazeer argues that the LPI
should be replaced with a higher
TOEFL score requirement. Wa-
zeer and many other students
are working hard to change the
requirements for the future.
Students find the yearly raise
february 13, 2009
in tuition frustrating and diffi-
cult to adjust economically. For
domestic students, there is a 2
per cent cap on yearly tuition
increases, but the already expen-
sive international student tuition
has no cap and can therefore
increase however much UBC
deems necessary.
Ratjen said “there is a man-
date promoted by our current
government that views interna-
tional students. It’s a full cost re-
covery model. Because our gov-
ernment doesn’t see it as their
duty to support international
students, they haven’t posed any
restrictions as to how much they
can increase tuition.”
According to a representative
at UBC Enrollment Services, in-
ternational students are already
paying at least four and a half
times more than domestic stu-
dents. “They know what they’re in
for. It’s a sacrifice, but they made
their choice,” said an Enrollment
Services representative.
“The current method of in-
ternational student fees do not
reflect the contributions that
international students make, I
don’t think its fair and I know
that there are viable alterna-
tives,” said Ratjen.
The two per cent cap for do-
mestic students may not contin-
ue beyond May 2009 depending
on the results from the provin-
cial elections.
Ratjen hopes that this fo-
rum and forums like this will
facilitate dialogue and “fill the
gap that currently exists between
administration and current in-
ternational student body.”
Sethi, as part of her posi-
tion as international student
research intern, is going to be
synthesizing all of the informa-
tion gathered at forums like this
and preparing a document that
will be used to address some of
these issues. Thato Makgolane,
AMS Connect internal assistant,
was very motivated by the event,
“This is what we should be mov-
ing towards. [Ratjen and Sethi]
are working hard to create this
table where we can go and talk
about these issues.”
Although there was not a large
turnout for this forum, Ratjen and
Sethi plan on having more forums
in order to better incorporate in-
ternational student voices. Ratjen
encourages all international stu-
dents to come to the next forum,
“The most people we get the better
it can be.” U
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Features Editor: Joe Rayment | E-mail: features@ubyssey.ca February 13, 2009 | Page 5

by Joe Rayment
Features Editor

2008: MIND CONTROL

Jerry Rose Jr sued UBC, along

with the RCMP, Microsoft,
Google, Telus, and Wal-Mart,
for, among other things, us-
ing “invasive brain computer
interface technology” on him
without his written or oral con-
sent. The Nanaimo man sought
“$2,000,000,000,000 Billion” CAD
or USD, a red Ferrari and a black
Lamborghini. The case tied up
six people, all acting as counsel
for the various defendants, until
the judge ruled in their favour on
the basis that Rose’s case made
no reasonable claims, and was
“frivolous and vexatious.”

2008: TAKE THIS PARKING

TICKET, AND 30,000 OTHERS,
AND SHOVE IT!
In 2004, UBC towed and im-
pounded accountant Daniel
Barbour’s car. When Barbour
looked into it he found that the
university wouldn’t release his
car until he paid $350, some-
thing he thought he’d already
resolved. He also found that UBC
might not have the right to issue
parking tickets in the first place.
Barbour launched a class-action
lawsuit, which includes every
person who UBC has given a tick-
et to since 1990, when UBC gave
itself the right to give tickets. A
judgment’s expected soon.

2004: TUITION THAWING

We fought the law

Two MBA students sued the
school when their tuition went
up $21,000 between when they
were accepted to the school and
when they graduated. The rise
was only made possible after

Ten years of lawsuits against UBC

the provincial government lifted
the tuition freeze in 2002. UBC
won this one. “Honestly, we were
surprised at the lawsuit because
the law is so clear in our favour,
and the courts vindicated that,”
Dennis Pavlich, UBC’s VP exter-
nal and legal affairs told the Uni-
versity of Waterloo Gazette at the
time. In the university’s defence,
they did go to the bank to negoti-
ate a very reasonable loan for the
students.

2003: POWERLESS AND ALL

DRIED UP
UBC lost 150 men’s sperm dur-
ing a May 2002 power outage.
The sperm was being stored by
UBC’s Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology. Eight months
later, when UBC finally notified
the affected sperm donors, it set
off a lawsuit. The original plain-
tiff put his sperm in UBC’s bank
before going in for radiation
treatment for skin cancer. He
was worried the treatment would
make him sterile. He argued that
UBC was at fault for not having
proper backup generators. After
his story got out, others joined
the action. As far as we can tell,
this one’s still going through the
courts.

1998: SCREW YOU, STUDENTS

Four UBC students forced the
university to refund $1 million
to students. The university had
raised its fees in violation of the
tuition freeze, which had been in
effect since 1996. The university
learned its lesson forever. U
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 February 13, 2009
ON
LEADERSHIP
by Elizabeth Bennett
It’s midnight on a weeknight and I
should be either writing resumés
or dead to the world and dream-
ing. Unfortunately, the repetition
of the former is not akin to count-
ing sheep at all. In fact, it is quite
the opposite. After what must have
been the 666th time penning “lead-
ership skills” on the blasted CVs,
I began to feel like the scumbag I
am for buying into such lingo and
I knew that my conscience would
leave me sleep-deprived for the
moment.
The fact is that nobody under-
stands, or at least is willing to
admit, what real leadership is. It
has become an oft-repeated buzz
word, as meaningless a combina-
tion as “Nutella socks.” Sure, I’ve
created task lists and managed not
to swallow my own tongue during
group presentations. I’ve attended
the university’s constant seminars
meant to endow the masses with
such things as these “skills,” and
I will be the first to admit that if
you can keep enough of an open
mind to avoid snoring, there is an
adrenaline rush. The sneaky thing
about adrenaline rushes though,
is that they are temporary. Skills
by definition are permanent, and
have been honed over time. What
are these newfound assets then, if
not leadership skills?
Rhetoric is the red herring of
leadership. It can “inspire” you
and ends up being the transfer
of temporary adrenaline. It can
confuse or terrify you and ends
up manufacturing followers who
are so mindless as to be useless
at accomplishing the alleged goal.
It can elevate the rhetorician so
far above the populace as to en-
large his or her head to the point
where the proletariat has a new
piñata with hair. It can seem to be
empathetic, and may even be well
intentioned, yet in its very nature
as showmanship must maintain a
distance, which leads to a feeling
of betrayal and to dissention. Still,
in the public perception, leader-
ship remains the mask of rhetoric.
Why else would politicians hire
speech writers?
Allow me to put this into less
abstract terms for you. Note
the condescension as I lead you
through what very well may be in
itself a piece of rhetoric. The first
is the kind of leader your nanny
was: the kind who will give you a
jellybean and say “good job” equal-
ly as enthusiastically every time
you use the potty (even if you piss
all over the seat) or solve world
hunger. You eventually learn to
roll your eyes at utter insincerity
and outgrow this fast. The second
is the Machiavellian leader who
loses followers due to beheading.
The third is the kind who can’t
say “nuclear,” and makes an ap-
pealing target for errant shoes.
The fourth and least obvious is
the greatest offender: the insidi-
ous one who claims to have no
gift of rhetoric, the one who sug-
gests having coffee with you, the
plebeian, but always finds a way
out of it or ignores it entirely, the
one who takes pride in his or her
own openness and humility, thus
undermining them entirely. These
are those who society calls leaders
with skills.
True leadership is the complete
lack of lasting skill, design, or
rhetoric. It cannot be taught. It is
maintaining the integrity of praise
by using it sparingly. It is allowing
the use of heads, and not the depri-
vation of them. It is openly admit-
ting “I’m just full of crap today.” It
is choosing the barrel of the kid-
napped cannon, not the fuse, and
not knowing the difference.
Leadership is patient. Lead-
ership is kind. Leadership is
neither jealous, nor conceited.
Leadership is neither, rude, self-
seeking, nor quick to take offence.
Leadership is not done for the
duping of a few, but for the equity
of all. Leadership protects, trusts,
hopes and perseveres. How then
can I put it on a document that
is all about competition and self
promotion? Perhaps I should list
myself as a rabble-rousing rheto-
rician. Then again, maybe I’m
just full of crap today. R
THEUUBYSSEY
25
THINGS
THAT ANNOY ME
ABOUT THE 25 THINGS
FAD ON FACEBOOK
by Justin McElroy
1. It is the definition of
narcissistic.
2. Your note is probably not
funny.
3. It’s the laziest use of the note
function imaginable.
4. It has given the media an-
other excuse to trot out the “Here’s
a new fad on Facebook!” stories. I
hate those stories.
5. Four years ago, this would
be considered chain-mail spam, to
be quickly deleted off my hotmail
account.
6. I don’t want to know this in-
formation about you. I might find
it interesting, I might find it dis-
gusting. But I don’t need to know it
over a self-serving Facebook note.
7. It will probably propel
people to start using Twitter to trot
out more mundane details about
themselves. And that is a terrible
development.
8. Part of the beauty of a rela-
tionship is that slowly, over time,
you get to know things about each
other through interaction, per-
sonal connection, and trust. Now,
you have just vomited 25 tidbits of
information I would have enjoyed
finding out eventually into a note
intended for mass consumption
and self-glorification. Thanks.
9. If I’m in your note—I don’t
care to know this stuff about you
through this medium. Go away.
10. If I’m not in your note—what
the fuck? I’m not good enough for
your stupid list of 25 people?
11. You have wasted 30 min-
utes writing this note. I have
wasted a minute reading it. We
both had much better things to do
with our time.
12. Every time I’m added to
a note, there’s a peer pressure,
“C’mon, everyone’s doing it” vibe
that I should join in.
13. It feeds into the egotistical
“me generation,” where a premi-
um is placed on letting everyone
know how fucking special and
neat you are, rather than actually
doing anything worthwhile.
14. It’s an Internet meme.
Internet memes are inherently
stupid.
15. It encapsulates everything
that is ridiculous about Facebook
(random information, making
everything public, and the stupid
friend count) and puts it in one
package.
16. Your note is probably not
insightful.
17. At the end of the note,
people will comment, saying how
funny/true #14 is. I do not care,
and all it does is feed into your
ego.
18. Despite it all, I can’t look
away.
19. It is another step on the road
to Facebook becoming MySpace.
20. Many of the things about
your list are coy. If you were to
tell me these things in real life, I
would be annoyed at your lack of
directness.
21. It is designed to come
across as free-flowing and spon-
taneous, a way of sharing infor-
mation. Yet everything, from the
people you choose to the informa-
tion you give out to the writing
style you use is calculated to give
off a certain impression.
22. Over five million people
posted one of these notes last
week. I doubt five million people
will band together to do something
for the greater good anytime soon.
23. The backlash to this has
inspired hundreds of groups/
threads/notes on Facebook that
further serve to clutter up my
Facebook experience.
24. I am so annoyed by it, I
have decided to do a gimmicky list
to mock it, when it is obvious there
is not 25 unique things to mock
about it, and thus I am stretching
the list, and essentially repeating
items over and over, when I only
had a few decent points to make.
25. It’s narcissistic. R
UBC
PLAGIARISM
POLICY
GUILTY
UNTIL PROVEN
INNOCENT
by Jesse Goodall
Have you ever felt that UBC is a
little extreme when it comes to
plagiarism? Now, don’t get me
wrong, I think that plagiarism is
a serious concern that needs to
be treated accordingly, but in my
opinion, UBC has taken it a step
one too far.
Last year, my partner and I
were enrolled in an ethics class
(it had to be ethics). The class
was given a one-page assign-
ment consisting of five short
answer questions. The first four
questions required summariz-
ing a scientific procedure and
ethical guidelines, and the last
question asked for the student’s
personal opinion. My partner
and I discussed our thoughts
after class on the bus, but never
spoke about the topic again. I
wrote my assignment on campus
and she wrote her assignment in
Coquitlam.
We were both returned low
marks. I spoke with the profes-
sor initially because I was curi-
ous why I had received such a
low grade. As the discussion
turned to the possibility of a re-
grade, she became defensive. It
was at this point she mentioned
she believed my assignment was
inappropriately similar to my
partner’s submission.
When she discussed the as-
signment with my partner, the
professor told my partner that
she was initially not going to
pursue allegations of academic
misconduct against us. However,
now that I was considering a re-
grade, she felt compelled to do
so.
At this point, the professor
requested the two of us submit
a digital copy of our assign-
ments (the class was asked to
submit hard copy originally), so
that she could submit our work
to TurnItIn.com. TurnItIn.com
returned a 20 per cent match. At
this point, the professor stopped
returning calls or e-mail, except
to direct us to another individual
who would not return our calls
or e-mails either. We contacted
the AMS Advocacy office and
had separate meetings with the
associate dean of Science. In the
end, it took about three stressful
months to resolve this case and
to prove our innocence.
The whole process was a
complete farce. It was exceed-
ingly difficult to convince any-
one that we had not cheated,
instead we were assumed guilty
from the start. At one point,
our advocate conceded that this
was not a court of law, and that
UBC has the power to, and fre-
quently does, treat students as
guilty until proven innocent. No
one seemed to think it was rel-
evant that the assignment was
only a page long, and that four
of the five questions involved
summarizing the same source
(the last question, the personal
question, showed zero per cent
match). No one seemed to think
it would be prudent to do a
match on some or all of the rest
of the class for a background
comparison. No one seemed
to notice that the vast major-
ity of our 20 per cent “match”
involved sentences where the
only match was words such
as “the” and “that.” Nobody
thought it was interesting that
Brock University found that of
around 110,000 submissions
to TurnItIn.com, about 73,000
submissions returned a match
falling between 20 words and
a 24 per cent match, whereas
only about 10,000 submissions
returned a match of less than
20 words.” At one point, I asked
if the associate dean if he even
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read the original scientific pro- the iceberg. I have a long list of WORD
cedure or ethical guidelines reasons to dissuade prospective
A LESSON IN
by Trevor Record
that were to be summarized, applicants from pursuing an
or read other students’ papers undergraduate science degree ETIQUETTE MISCONCEPTIONS
as a point of comparison. He at UBC. With regards to plagia-
said he hadn’t, but he trusted rism, the university’s policy is Consider this a response to AND THE GREEK
the professor. He didn’t seem enforced on the basis that you Emma Myers’s culture article
by Charlyn Cruz on February 3 titled, “Afraid
to think it was possible that she are presumed guilty and not SYSTEM
might not be impartial after innocent. There is too much of the Unknown,” if that helps
previous academic disputes. emphasis placed on TurnitIn. you. If that doesn’t help, con-
Ultimately, the “case” against com. Above all UBC must end Have you ever walked behind a sider this some words of advice by Kristine Sostar
us was dropped. The associate the drumhead trial mentality of group of students who are strolling to undergraduates who are un-
dean refused to say if he thought the plagiarism process, so that painfully slowly to their destination certain of how to respond when What is it about a group of wom-
we were innocent, but believed a the innocent do not fall prey to and spread out in a line, slowing asked, “What are your plans en coming together to achieve the
“warning” was sufficient. There frivolous accusations. Until then you down while you’re in a manic after graduation?” common goal of improving their
was never an official apology or as a message to the students at rush to get to your midterm on When asking that, it seems own lives, and the lives of others,
a suggestion that a mistake had this university, be very careful time? Have you ever suppressed like the only answer most that makes people talk? Sorority
been made. because being innocent just isn’t the impulse to use colourful lan- people are looking for relates to life may not be for everyone, but
To me, this is just the tip of enough. R guage when somebody is saunter- a career. Why is it that people if more UBC women came out
ing to their destination without want you to define your life by to give it a try then they would
knowledge they’re blocking your what you’re going to do to pay probably see some aspect of it
way? Then you’re like me and have for food and shelter? Don’t ever that they liked. Like many others
been victimized by sidewalk dis- feel like you have to answer in I was a skeptic, and because of
courtesy at its finest. This is when the way that is expected. You this skepticism I refused to try
CONGESTION ON someone has an unconscious belief will probably have a few dozen out recruitment in my first year.
that they own any concrete or grav- jobs in your life, and it is un- After a year in residence I found
el concoction that takes them from likely that the first one you pick that the social, volunteer-busy,
CAMPUS WALKWAYS point A to point B by moseying as will be the one that you stick and academic person I was in
they please, despite the (often very with. high school had melted away and
heavy) foot traffic. This isn’t exactly I had a “career” oriented, transformed into a beer-drinking,
have to walk from parkades and
a pressing political issue where our well paying, and relatively sleeping-until-noon shadow of a
bus stops, why is it different for
by Shane Joshua Barter government must respond and our stress-free job, which I’d got- student who had not made many
others?
troops called forth, but I’m certain ten a year out of high school. lasting relationships. While I had
Why does it matter? Well,
many of you out there have noticed Although it was a decent job, enjoyed my first year, I knew that
it disrupts pedestrians, which
This is a note of frustration, it and a good chunk of you have after over four years there I’d something needed to change so
on campus, are legion. Driv-
a grumpy old man type of ripped some hair out because of it. lost interest in it and decided to I enrolled in recruitment the fol-
ers are frustrated with hordes
complaint. Certain conventions exist in so- go back to school—here at UBC lowing year.
of walkers and cyclists, who in
A growing number of trucks ciety—mobility conventions even. actually, while I was still young People’s misconceptions
turn may not like being nudged
and cars seem to be driving If you’re driving, flow with the enough to fit in. You will prob- about sororities could fill a chap-
along. Too much driving on pe-
down campus walkways. Their traffic. If you’re on an escalator, ably end up disliking most jobs ter room, and from the second
destrian areas is unpleasant at
ranks include vehicles from stay on the right side if you want you get after enough time. You I walked into the Panhellenic
best and unsafe at worst. This
films, couriers, campus security, to stand while those in a rush can will probably get fired from a building the surprises came. The
is especially true when these ve-
plant operations, food services, bolt as needed. Why have we desig- few jobs that you do enjoy while process was so organized, and it
hicles do not signal. Also, driv-
police, construction and campus nated such iron-clad and generally you still enjoy them. strived to maintain a fairness for
ing damages walkways. UBC’s
events. obeyed rules for more mechanized And what should you say all sororities and all girls. Every
walkways are notoriously poor,
On campus maps, many ar- modes of transportation when we you’ll do instead of trying to single girl who has an interest
subject to serious flooding, and
eas read “Restricted Motor Ve- can’t even get walking right? Plus, find a career if you haven’t in sororities, and who fulfills the
excess driving is bound to make
hicle Access / Pedestrian Zones.” we have no excuse; history shows thought of one yet? Emma’s re- entire term of recruitment will
this worse.
Obviously, driving in these areas us we’ve been walking a lot longer sponse was to ally herself with get placed in a sorority. It is not
Why is the number of vehicles
is often necessary for the cam- than we’ve been driving or riding the title character of The Gradu- the exclusive, choosy process it
on walkways increasing? I think
pus to operate. My complaint escalators. ate, by “drifting” through life is often made out to be, and it
it is largely laziness and habit.
concerns degree; the number is The irritating thing about it is until something comes along. seemed to me that the Panhellen-
Perhaps it is because the newer
rising and the trips are often un- that you can’t really call anybody I’ve found that most people do ic was a community rather than
east areas of campus are built
necessary. For example, campus out on it. It’s not like anybody is not choose this path because of the ruthless, competitive, and
like Richmond, not a campus,
security and plant operations ve- shoving you down, you can’t really a genuinely laidback approach self-serving sorority monsters
with small sidewalks, few trees
hicles frequently drive onto and launch a crusade about it without to life, but due to a fear of mak- often depicted on TV.
and large roads.
park in pedestrian areas outside others thinking you ought to have ing commitments. Panhellenic actually refers
It is a strange trend. As urban
of the SUB when they want to bigger concerns in life. So, I’m If you only want to drift, then to the umbrella organization
and suburban areas are trying to
grab a cup of coffee. Another imploring all the slow walkers out go for it as long as you’re able. through which all sororities on
reduce and calm traffic, cars on
example, many construction there with this article with some But if you are simply held back campus interact, and it exists
campus thoroughfares is rising.
workers park their personal ve- rules to make the lives of others by a fear of commitments, don’t to make sure that each sorority
UBC has dense foot traffic and
hicles around Buchanan. It’s not easier (while keeping you safe from be. There are very few things in abides by basic rules. From time
a beautiful campus. It wouldn’t
crazy to ask them to just walk a the wrath of a pedestrian with walk- this world you can’t get out of if to time around campus people
hurt to leave company vehicles
bit. If professors and students way rage): you don’t like where they take can be spotted dressed up in hu-
behind more often. R
1. Please, have a slight bit of con- you. You’ll be far less happy miliating attire, being forced to
sideration. I know tuition fees have drifting than you will be tak- perform pushups in front of Ko-
skyrocketed, but that doesn’t mean ing a chance on something you erner or some other public area.
you own the sidewalk. If you’re in think you might want to do but This would never be the case
no hurry, then move to the side. aren’t certain of. with sororities because Panhel,
THE PEOPLE The same rule applies if you’re go- I would say that the best re- and each individual organization
ing to congregate and socialize. sponse isn’t to take the path of within, abide by the basic policy
2. Flow with the traffic and try to least resistance until you have of absolutely no hazing. The UBC
avoid the oncomers. some sort of massive revela- sororities website promises that
3. If you think you’re lagging, tion, as such revelations don’t the Greek system will “provide
ON THE BUS look around to see if you’re hold- come often. Instead, decide each and every member numer-
ing up anyone behind you. There’s what interests you and pursue ous opportunities for personal
no need to drag an innocent down them. Maybe you just want to development,” and nowhere in
by Alyzee Lakhani with you in your staggering stupor. read 50 books a year and learn
this does belittling of members
4. Look where you’re going. Not some new languages. It could make any sense. Neither does ex-
everyone is going to make way for be you want to go fishing every cessive drinking. While policies
they are vacant and strange, the people on the bus you if you don’t. If you’re already weekend, and maybe you’re vary from sorority to sorority,
pained apologies, bustle-hustle moving, longways and sideways, go- doing this and still running into going to get sick of that after a the general trend is that only dry
ing nowhere, hush things, then that’s a more forgiv- month and give it up entirely. activities are programmed and
the driver doesn’t have to say please move to the back of the bus able offense and another issue By all means, go out and try to endorsed.
altogether. Having collided into a get a job that you think might It is frustrating to hear the
they are not saying yes or no, you mustn’t talk to the people on the few objects myself, both alive and be worthwhile if you need it to negative statements that are often
bus inanimate, I can empathize. support your other goals. And if made about sororities, because
you mustn’t smile, it’s different from when you saw them walking This rant isn’t indiscrimi- what you are most interested in they are made on assumptions
down the street or running to catch up, nately aimed at everyone; there is getting a specific job, then try based on media portrayals, or
they are vacant and strange, the people on the bus are particular cases where unhur- to do that. outsider opinions. As university
ried leeway is allowed. My rule But most of all, just keep in students, is it not important to be
communicating distaste in awkward increments, the people on the of thumb is to lend more under- mind that there are few things critical of the information we re-
bus standing to those who would be so permanent that a commit- ceive? Most negative comments
meticulously indifferent, as if by invisible census given first priority to the lifeboats ment to them must be feared. can be taken apart with the real
no one has to say please move to the back of the bus when a ship is sinking: young When people ask me what my facts. While every sorority would
children, parents of young chil- plans are for after graduation, I love to see more women become
sometimes they will answer their phones, the people on the bus dren, women who are expecting, say that I want to get a sailboat involved it will never be some-
and the genial fireworks of friendship will break out, they startle us the physically disabled and the el- to slowly trace out the Pacific thing that appeals to everybody,
(but soon again) derly. I have places to be too, but coast. If I’m still enjoying that, and that is fine. There are no judg-
they are vacant and strange, the people on the bus nobody will be patting me on the and I don’t find a place along ments about those who choose
back after I’ve unleashed my fury the way that I’d like to stop, I’ll not to engage in Greek life, so
breathless newcomers will pant quietly at their victory, they caught on a flock of dawdling tots who move over to the east coast, and there shouldn’t be any judgments
us up! can barely say “walking conven- so forth. If I lose interest in that about those who do. Of course the
but the mute chorus is catching, and soon they are dour like the rest tion,” let alone follow it. life, I’ll sell the boat and find women in sororities have fun and
of us Nevertheless, if you’re able-bod- something else. I don’t know socialize, but they also work hard
we are told by no one to please move to the back of the bus ied, look around and move along. what career I want to chain to educate their members about
You wouldn’t want to drive behind myself to for the rest of my life, important issues, to fundraise
make eye contact and you might explode! fear the people on the bus a swerving car that takes up two and it is unreasonable to think and volunteer for charities that
we must act like we’re all mad at each other, its only polite, and thats lanes and is traveling at 30 km/h. that the decisions I make in this hold significance for them, and
why Would you still stand for it, minus regard as a 23 year old are the they are always open to meeting
they are so vacant and strange, the people on the bus the hunk of moving metal and up- ones I’ll even respect as a 33 and welcoming new women into
and no one says please move to the back of the bus. R holstery? I didn’t think so. R year old. R the system. R
CThe Cromoli Brothers
Culture
Club PuSh hosts awkward but hilarious show
by Kate Barbaria
Culture Staff
Last Tuesday Lukas Myers
showed the audience at Club
PuSh a comically tear-jerking
good time with “The Cromoli
Brothers Present: HELLO VAN-
COUVER! A Vaudeville Act for
These, Our Modern Times,” his
one-man show, which he wrote,
directed and acted in. Myers
padded out onto the stage in a
tuxedo and fuzzy red socks,
ready to send us on a rollicking
journey through 15 hilarious, of-
ten awkward, and always embar-
rassing vignettes.
While the second Cromoli
brother never bothered to show
up (maybe he got tired of playing
with nude sock puppets), My-
ers soldiered on through skits
chosen at random by assholes
CULTURE
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every Wednesday. Come on by.
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shouting from the comfortably
boozed-up crowd. These in-
cluded the gems “Pilot Talk,” a
heart-rending dialogue between
two bi-curious balloons sporting
Mexican wrestling masks, and
“Interview with Jesus,” where the
audience realized they were ac-
tually totally unprepared should
the savior suddenly appear.
The peak of the evening was
when a friend was coerced into
coming on stage and blowing
into Myers’s melodica for the
entirety of Bowie’s “A Space Odd-
ity,” complete with white hel-
mets, a ukulele solo and a space-
man in a tin can. We were at the
mercy of his excellent comedic
timing and caustic commentary.
But the vaudeville act was
really just a vehicle for a much
more sophisticated experience.
Myers created an environment
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where the show sometimes fell
flat, or a joke didn’t quite work
out. He deliberately put the au-
dience in a state of confusion,
and the vignettes became self-
reflexive observations about the
nature of performance.
To end the night, Myers ran
through the crowd selling “Cum
Cloths,” the label reading “For
When It’s Love And A Little Bit
More.” They came in assorted co-
lours including beige, sandstone
and snow white (use the bleach
on that one, folks), and were sold
for two dollars each. It’s in these
little deadpan moments that the
Cromoli Brothers come to life.
The Cromoli Brothers are a sin-
gular character, escorted in by
awkwardness and asked firmly
to leave for lewd and lascivious,
but altogether entertaining, be-
haviour. U
CD REVIEWS
CARLOS DEL JUNCO
STEADY MOVIN’
If you like the harmonica, you’re
probably going to like this al-
bum. Del Junco even includes
harp keys and positions in the
CD jacket, so that you can have
a jam session with your buddy
Carlos, I guess.
Steady Movin’ gets off to an
unsteady start with an anaemic
boogie, followed by a jazz/surf-
rock fusion track that brings to
mind beach bums moving from
Santa Barbara to Napa and open-
ing a vineyard.
The low point of the album
is when Havana-born Del Junco
attempts a Motown-infused
tribute titled “Mashed Potatoes
Canada,” where he proceeds to
list various locations in Canada,
occasionally inserting the phrase
“mashed potatoes.” Do they not
have starches in Cuba, comrade?
The second half of the album
picks up with a harmonica-based
rendition of “Amazing Grace,”
seemingly arranged for place-
ment in a Cohen brothers’ film.
The tracks that follow lack the
high concepts that fall flat on
their face in the first half’s ex-
ecution. As a result the sound is
more robust and enjoyable.
The problem with Steady Mov-
in’ comes down to an emphasis
of showmanship and technical
skill over real passion and song
crafting.
February 13, 2009 | Page 8
MATT AND KIM
GRAND
Grand, by Matt and Kim, is an
album tailor-made for couples—
couples like Matt and Kim. With
their rhythm section pumping
out eclectic beats ranging from
clapping hands to trashcan
rattles, Grand is an upbeat jour-
ney through the streets of New
York, riding out a 12-hour White
Russian bender and skipping
school.
The lyrics range from obvi-
ous to nonsensical, but it doesn’t
really matter since Matt mostly
mumbles. Kim’s vocals shine
through in “Lessons Learned,”
when she sings “da, da, da.”
Those are the most important
parts, anyway.
Since Matt and Kim get a little
precious, they throw in “Grind-
ers,” a chiptune track calculated
to appeal to males aged 18-36.
The unnecessary but highly
amusing NES throwback must
have been added to the mix as a
pacifier between the ladies and
their coke-bottle glasses-wearing
boyfriends.
It’s by-the-book, keffiyeh-
adorned indie rock, pumped out
by the Brooklyn sound factories
to compete with electronica im-
ports. But, oh man, it makes us
want to dance. U
—Trevor Record &
Kate Barbaria
february 13, 2009
Championing Asian art in Vancouver
An interview with Hank Bull, director of the Asian art gallery Centre A
by Jorge Amigo
Culture Writer
The sole barrier separating
West Hastings Street and the
gallery space at Centre A is a
long glass wall that can be pen-
etrated through a small door.
The interior, it seems, wants to
permeate the glass and fuse
with the outside. To a person
walking along the street, the at-
traction is inevitable. No line-
ups, no reception, no ticket
counter, no coat check, not a
single flight of stairs or even a
wall between the newcomer and
the art displayed at the Vancou-
ver International Centre for
Contemporary Asian Art.
With a friend, I entered the
small door for the first time last
year to interview Hank Bull, the
director of Centre A. My first im-
pression was that of a man who
feels uneasy in large spaces. As
we sat waiting on a couch in the
corner of the gallery, we real-
ized that the size of the gallery
and the height of the ceilings
make it suitable for any type of
exhibition.
Bull appeared and, after a
brief explanation of our mission,
we began asking him the ques-
tions we had previously agreed
upon. But Bull is not a person
that can be easily bound and he
immediately escaped our script.
Almost apologetically, Bull
began by saying that Centre A
exists to break down barriers.
His intention is to facilitate
the transgression of traditional
museum roles by expanding the
field of cultural intervention. In
other words, the art should not
stop abruptly behind the doors
of the gallery, and the artist
should not bow to the tradition-
al labour structure that hangs
over larger institutions. Bull en-
visions a place without hierar-
chies, where multitasking is the
norm, and where the artist and
his art are in constant dialogue
with the viewer, the bystander,
and with the street.
A decade ago, Bull took a
year-long trip to Asia to escape
the Paris-New York syndrome
and he came back with the
dream of creating an art go-to
centre in Vancouver that truly
reflected the ethnic composi-
tion of the city. He dreamt of
a place for new Asian artists
to legitimize their art, but also
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for established artists to have
a platform for interaction with
the public. “Art is about people,”
Bull said as he explained that by
enabling residencies, the gallery
becomes a workshop for artists
who develop their art through
a constant interaction with the
gallery’s visitors.
The door of the gallery
opened suddenly and a home-
less resident of East Hastings
appeared behind us. She gave
us a joyful greeting and Bull
introduced her as one of the
honorary visitors to Centre A. In
an instant, the life of the streets
fused with the space of the gal-
lery, marking the absurdity of
the outside/inside boundary.
“Our location is crucial,” Bull
continued. The gallery is located
at the cultural heart of Vancou-
ver, on the corner that divides
Gastown from Chinatown, West
from East. The street outside
is always vibrant, with people
walking or pushing shopping
carts. Anyone can walk in;
the door is always open. This
enables Centre A to receive
constant feedback from the
community it serves and, thus,
live up to the director’s vision:
to build a pluralistic democracy
through art.
I was interested in knowing
how Centre A relates to the more
traditional Vancouver Art Gal-
lery (VAG) and Bull explained
that partnerships are very com-
mon in this city. This led me to
ask how was Centre A different
and he was quick to deliver the
central response in our conver-
sation: the VAG does not reflect
the ethnic reality of Vancouver.
Even if they cooperate, Cen-
tre A’s main drive is to boost the
Asian presence in the city in or-
der to fulfill its mission: “push
the boundaries of contemporary
art that question and compli-
cate the construction of Asian
and Asian-Canadian cultural
identity.”
Centre A does not settle on
a particular construction of
“Asian.” It is crucial for the gal-
lery’s survival to maintain an
edge of transgression because,
as Bull puts it, “you don’t want
to be an agent for liberation
and then become an instrument
of control.” In this sense, “we
don’t tell you what Asian is….
We’re here to open the door to
exponents of ‘Asian’ without
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defining it.” After hearing this I
began to understand that Bull’s
vision includes a constant battle
for ideas to redefine the cultural
environment of Vancouver.
Centre A is not only the setting,
but also the moderator and the
debater in this fight.
Bull is on a mission to rein-
vent the museum and to save the
Vancouver art scene from the
bounds of Western paradigms.
Luckily for us, he won’t stop until
cultural diversity is sufficiently
represented in this city. U
We don’t tell you
what Asian is....
We’re here to open
the door to expo-
nents of ‘Asian’
without defining it.
—Hank Bull
EEditorial
AUS’s wet dreams of ACF
The AUS council has got its knickers in a knot over a supposed
reincarnation of the most fantastically drunken, disorderly party
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UBC has ever seen. The Facebook statuses of the most intimate Arts
hacks insinuate the return of the Arts County Fair could be near.
Regardless, this isn’t your triumphant Dark Knight sort of re-
turn—it’s more like kids playing with their Batman and Joker toys,
saying “the only sensible way to live in this world is without rules!”
This would be a lukewarm ACF at best, something that most would
sheepishly acknowledge.
There is no conceivable way that the AUS could host an event
of the magnitude of ACF. For one, seven weeks from the tentative
event date of April 3 is far too little time to plan a gargantuan
bash—planning for the stadium-sized ACF used to start in October,
not February. Support for another ACF is diminished in council, as
many council members are acutely aware of the financial hangover
from the last 16 years of partying.
Epic came at a price. Event costs—including first aid, ambu-
lance, and security services—dramatically increased since ACF’s
inception. Add a long-standing deficit to the equation with declining
ticket sales and voila: The AUS is still in debt $32,000.
In its day, ACF was the experience of a year for thousands of
students. We in our glorious mess were the envy of students across
the nation.
ACF wasn’t just for Arts students, Commerce students, or Sci-
ence students, it was for everyone of all faculties and all years.
Despite all those burger-flipping jokes about an Arts degree, the
AUS footed the bill for a year-end party that defined a unique UBC
experience 16 years running.
We recognize that ACF isn’t coming back this year. Until this
whole debt thing is sorted out it probably won’t. However, it’s great
to hear that at least one student group is down to party in the name by Katarina GrgiĆ
of a good time. U

Blaming the budget Letters IN RESPONSE TO OUR PRIDE have a word usually reserved terms; there are no words to de-
Popularity for the minority Conservative government has declined SUPPLEMENT for self-assertive and boastful scribe this viewpoint but homo-
approximately four points since October’s election. Consequently, behaviour used to describe my phobic. In a paper that’s meant
Stephen Harper’s party is now dead even with the opposition Liberals, Dear Outweek Ubyssey sexuality, especially when no to give students a voice, specifi-
each having about 33 per cent of the nation’s backing. It appears dig- Coordinator, further explanation is provided. cally in this case LGBT students,
ging your head in the sand about the economy, starting a parliamenta- The last thing we need is some- the presentation of these fought-
ry crisis, and then flip-flopping on how much government intervention Having admired last year’s em- one throwing the effete blanket for rights as strange or unusual
is needed causes a drop in popularity. Who would’ve thunk it. powering and well-constructed over all of queer sexuality again. is enraging and vehemently
Desperate times require desperate changes, and the Conservatives PrideWeek Issue of The Ubyssey Even more enraging are empowers homophobia.
will have to create positive economic change if they want to stay in gov- for its diversity, honesty and re- most of the articles that follow. Molly D, whose anonymity is
ernment for much longer. Harper has a lot to worry about, especially alistic expression of queer issues Grgic uses the words “gay” and troubling, goes on to muse that
from the opposition. and joys, I was infuriated by this “queer” interchangeably with “[t]he statement that the gay and
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff has done well for his party so far, year’s attempt. With hundreds negligible regard for their actual lesbian community are simply
galvanizing the public more than Dion ever did, and made the right of queer voices and writers on (different!) meanings. Grgic and like other people eases the fears
decision to support the budget conditionally—overturning the govern- campus, how could you fail so Molly D both highlight Davie St. in many. It is a counterpart to
ment at his first chance would have probably led us to another identi- profoundly? You explained the as a so-called gaybourhood, even the multiculturalism in Canada.”
cal parliament. numbingly generic theme “Out further exemplifying a thick un- Such a rashly backwards, mis-
Additionally problematic for Harper is the new budget itself, which and Wild” as an order for on- derstanding of queer identity in informed, heterocentric gener-
has been somewhat unpopular—although not unpopular enough to campus queers to flaunt their Vancouver. While the Davie vil- alization cannot be presented
take down the government. It will sink Canada into a rather sizable sexualities. This is extremely lage has a higher-concentration as representative of any point-
deficit: $64 billion over two years, $40 billion of which will go toward problematic and disturbing: of queer businesses, asserting of-view that is not inequitable,
efforts to stimulate the economy. The massive deficit is in “anticipation having been co-opted by Cosmo- that Davie is more gay than homophobic and unabashedly
of significant economic challenges—including significant job losses—in like magazines which strongly Robson is misinformed and mo- hateful.
the year to come,” the prime minister said. feminize the word, flaunt has ronic. Molly D goes on to posi- —Parker McLean
But is it necessary? In 1945, then Prime Minister Mackenzie King come to describe flippant, self- tion a lesbian politician’s ‘wife,’ English and Geography 4
faced a debatably similar financial crisis after the war. His solution exploitative and ostentatious ‘family’ and political ‘victory’ as
was to create money and give interest-free loans to provinces and sexuality. It is offensively anti- strange and alien by using single
municipalities, which proved highly, if a bit surprisingly, effective. An masculist and irresponsible to quotes persistently around these
economic boom ensued.
Whether or not something similar would even be feasible is prob-
ably impossible to say, and it’s certainly a risky move. However, the
point is that there are always alternatives, and that putting the nation
$64 billion in debt is a risky move itself. For the last 15 years, we’ve
Streeters
been told that fiscal responsibility is the most important thing the
government can do, and that no way, no how should we go back to
What is your pet peeve?
the spiralling deficits of the 70s and 80s. And as most of us university
students are young Canadians, we’ll be the ones most responsible for
cleaning the mess.
In general, the budget has been problematic for university students.
It was revealed that the only agency that gives significant funding to
scientific research was left out of this year’s budget. This combined
with the deficit resonates a common theme: a lack of consideration for
our nation’s future—a future that current university students will be
largely responsible for.
All that being said, the country is amidst an economic crisis that has
no easy or obvious solution. This is a global crisis, and to paraphrase
Joe Biden, even if our government does everything right, there’s still a Chrissy Taylor, Matthew Doucette Pilles Marco Firme Kevin Chau Heidi Loos,
30 per cent chance it won’t work. The Conservatives will live or die by Psych/Family Studies 4 Arts 2 Visual Arts 3 Science 1 Arts 1
which way the economy moves in the near-future. And frankly, odds
“When people “You know those “People who “Definitely “When people
are that they’ll be playing the scapegoat—whether it’s entirely war-
come outside little cards...and don’t throw slow walkers, walk really
ranted or not. U
of buildings they have puppies their recyclables because some- slowly up the
and they stand or kittens doing in the recycle times when stairs in front of
Quote of the Day in big groups,
and they don’t
cute things on
them, those make
bin...cause it’s
so easy to do
you’re really in
a hurry...there’s
me...because
I’m trying to get
move; so you me so angry.... it and some some couple to class...and it’s
can’t get in and They’re cop outs; people still right in front of really frustrat-
When I heard about the nobody else can they’re not cute, don’t.” the stairs taking ing.”
disqualification I was watching get out.” they’re not funny, up the whole
the Vagina Monologues...so I no one wins, not thing, and you
even the puppies can’t really get
was shocked. or kittens.” around.”
—Michael Duncan —Coordinated by Tara Martellaro & Kathy Yan Li, with photos by Gerald Deo
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SSports
Athletes of the Week
kellan higgins photos/the ubyssey
JODY SCHUURMAN,
WOMEN’S ROWING
At the Indoor Rowing Championships this past
weekend, Jody Schuurman of the UBC Women’s
Rowing team helped her team to a victory in the
UBC Alumni and Corporate category. Not only
did she attain a personal best time in the event,
but she won the Premier’s Athletic Award for
Women’s Rowing, an award that will provide
funding and support to the UBC crew. Schuur-
man’s performance this past weekend earned
her a spot at the Senior “A” Women’s national
team training camp. U
Birds crush Wolfpack
Leanne Evans beat two Thompson Rivers defencemen for one of her
16 points in UBC’s victory. keegan bursaw photo/the ubyssey
Editor: Shun Endo | E-mail: sports@ubyssey.ca February 13, 2009 | Page 12
by Claire Hanna, Thunderbird Athletic Council
SARA TRELOAR,
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Sara Treloar of the UBC Women’s Soccer team was a
major contributor to the UBC effort to defeat the Cap-
ilano Blues soccer team over the weekend. UBC domi-
nated the Blues with a 4–0 shutout. Treloar scored two
goals, including the game winning goal, which was on
a breakaway. Not only is Treloar a tremendous soc-
cer player, but she’s also a major contributor to the
UBC athletic community, and holds a job in the ath-
letic department. You can catch Treloar and the rest of
the Birds this weekend in Langley at Trinity Western
(TWU), where they take on the TWU Spartans and the
University of Alberta Pandas on Saturday. U
Playoff Schedule
The Thunderbirds struggled through the first term of the 2008-09 campaign, as many teams failed to
meet expectations. The soccer team let go of their title as national champions and the football team
missed the playoff spot once again. But this term has been different, with all basketball and volleyball
teams qualifying for the playoffs. In particular, the Men’s Basketball team has been displaying their
dominance in the Canada West, holding an astonishing 21–2 record and a proud first place in the Pacific
Division. The squad will head in to the playoffs this weekend with a clash-up against cross-town rival SFU.
Basketball Playoff Schedule (Men’s and Women’s)
Feb. 13 - 15 UBC vs. SFU (Best out of three) - At UBC. Division 1st Round
Feb. 20 - 22 Winner of SFU and UBC vs. Trinity Western and Victoria - Division Finals
Feb. 27 - Feb. 28 Division Winners and one Wild card - Canada West Final Four
Mar. 13 - 15 CIS Men’s Championship - Carleton
Feb. 13 - 15 UBC vs. Victoria - At Victoria. Division 1st Round
Feb. 20 - 22 Winner of UBC and Victoria vs. winner of SFU and Trinity Western - Division Finals
Feb. 27 - Feb. 28 Canada West Women’s Final Four
Mar. 6 - 8 CIS Women’s Championship - Regina
Volleyball (Men’s and Women’s)
Feb. 13 - 15 UBC vs. Brandon (Women @ UBC, Men @ Brandon—best out of three) - 1st Round
Feb. 20 - 21 Canada West Final Fours - Alberta
Feb. 26 - 28 CIS Women’s Volleyball Championships - UNB
Feb. 27 - Mar 1 CIS Men’s Volleyball Championships - Alberta