z Professor calls raise inadequate - A $300,000 merit increase in seven members ~ six of them to t y ~ s i n a ~ i ~ i t y t o p a y ~ ~ g ~ e r s a ~ a r ~ e s to SOrS replacing retired commerceand tions in March with the compensa-

, commerce and business administra- American universities. persons so qualified has contributed I business administration faculty, but tion stabilization Commission which

Compensation stabilization com- to numerous faculty resignations.*v that salary increases have become a resulted in a July 17 decision to allo- tion faculty salaries will not prevent missioner Ed Peck agrees facult” are faculty from leaving UBC for better leaving UBCand said that is whithe greater priority. cate funds to the dean of commerce.

But UBC vice-president academic “This is only a small step in meet- gency fund for replacing retired The money comes from a contin-

merce and business said Monday. presenting a six percent average in not enough to keep professors from in itself sufficient... faculty and will go mainly towards

leaving U BC. junior professors. The increases crease “ludicrous,” and said it will He said the six percent increase He said the extra funds were orig- UBC COmtmce and business ad- range from zero to 28 percent, re-

salaries that faculty are currently ness administration department to receiving. “cannibalize” vacant teaching posi-

“Junior facul ty members,99 said tions caused by faculty resignations. Thompson, ‘bare living in basement Thompson estimates that more than sultes.” $ I million is needed to raise faculty

salaries to 4 competitive level. He He said his faculty has already lost said he is “satisfied that the universi-

paying Jobs’ a professor Of government granted the raise. “I am Daniel Birch said the extra funds are ing differentials,,, he said, .,It is not ”4 Mark Thompson called the in- faculty salaries.

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WHISTLER ~ “If you aren’t a tree enterpriser, don’t apply.”

The BC Social Credit party is hosting a twelve ring circus at the glitzy Whistler resort north of Squa- mish this week to choose a successor to Bill Bennett, the province’s pre- mier since 1975.

Analysis The candidates are saying little of

substance about anything ~ even less is being said about education. Most of the candidates are strongly in favour of higher education, lower education, lower unemployment. fewer socialists, better medical care and a great climate for Free Enter- prisers, as party members and their supporters are referred to in all speeches.

But about the only pol~cy mentl- oned in issue forums yesterday was Grace McCarthy’s proposal to make all welfare recipients reapply for benefits two weeks after she assumes office. a course of action which would. she said, cut the welfare rolls by fifteen percent.

In an interview Tuesday, likely first ballot leader Bill Vander Zalm said it’s up to the community to decide how to spend post-secondary funds, and not a university commit- - tee. “It does not fit well with my idea of democracy” to leave the decision - A to the university, he said. He added liberalartsare important but govern- ments need to priorize courses if there are limited resources.

t, In a morning forum on social issues, he said throwing money at

c. perceived problems in education won’t solve them.

Other candidates echoed this sentiment.

Bill Ritchie, who plans to take over as education minister if he becomes premier, said: “We must - ‘ see that education funding receives the greatest return in excellence.”

Said Stephen Rogers on educa- tion: “Quality is a function of how well you did the job, not how much

*’ money you throw at it.” He added B.C. needs a skilled, well trained

’ work force. “Health and education are not luxuries - they are invest-

ments.” In an interview, John Reynolds

declined to make specific education policy comments, adding “there is

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no instant solution. 1 would sit down and talk to the leaders of the univer- sities and listen to what they have to say.”

Former Vancouver schoolboard chair Kim Campbell said the people of B.C. believe education is very important. “Education iyan invest- ment in human capita1,”said Camp- bell. She added she plans to make employers part of educational plan- ning.

There was a lot of rhetoric about economic renewal.

Health minister Jim Nielsen said B.C. has come through “tough eco- nomic times” and must progress further. “It’s time we made a daring experiment in free enterprise and by that 1 mean real free enterprise,” he said.

Saanich ma!’or Couveliersaid LOST UBC STUDENT wanders aimlessly about in a drugged stupor after being rejected by t h e w o m a n h e “’ am a town pump kind Of persor’.” loves. The rocks in the background are a n obvious symbol of sexual sterility.

By SVETOZAR KONTIC The AMS hiring committee has

decided to evaluate its summer hir- ing process for the first time.

Tina Gilmartin. AMS hiringcom- mittee chair, said the evaluations were made to discover the effective- ness of the new system in which non- A M S executive members coordinate

This summer the hiring commit- tee opened AMS positions to all students because “a couple of the members (of last year’s executive) did not work to a level of satisfac- tion,” said AMS president Simon Seshadri. As a result, Sandra Jarvis, a fourth year microbiology student, was hired to coordinate the food

that student council took the wrong direction in opening up the posi- tions. “My gut feeling is that council should return to the previous sys- tem,” he said.

In a memorandum to the hiring committee, Seshadri said because Carol Pedlar. the external affairs coordinator, was not hired this year,

summer moiects. bank. she is working on various iobs- and .~ Seshadri said he remainsconvinced has put practically no time into her

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City says more transition houses needed By EVELYN JACOB

The Women’s Saving Action won a victory last Tuesday when Vancouver City Council promised to meet with the minister of human resources to convince him of the need for another transition house in Vancouver.

City Council passed a resolutiom Tuesday stating that a delegation of council headed by Mayor Mike Harcourt will meet with human resources minister Jim Nielsen to“convince him of the error of his ways,”city social planner Vicki Morris said Friday.

“We will wait until the government has made a cabinet shuffle before we set a date for a meeting, which wlll probably be in late August,” said Morris.

City Council took on the responsibility of seeking funding to save Transition House last year, after a provincial government decision to close the centre for battered women and their children.

Neilsen rejected a city proposal in June which called upon the Ministry of Human Resources to participate in the funding of a city-operated house.

The advantage of having the city on their side, saibEllis, is that it keeps Transition House in the “political IimFlight.”

“The clout of the city adds to the clout of women and the people of Vancouver,” she said. But Morris said city council has no direct power to change the government’s decision. “In terms of power, we

have the power of influence and that’s all,” said Morris. “We represent the voters of Vancouver, and major delegations and groups have approached us expressing their

concern about Transition House. But we are not prepared to fund the whole project. It wouldn’t be appropriate,” she said.

Nielsen said in June he preferred a more suburban area fgr Transition House. According to MHR, the new house will be located in Surrey.

But putting a transition house in Surrey will not help battered women in Vancouver or alleviate the city’s severe bed shortages, said Megan Ellis, spokesperson for the Womenk Saving Action.

“There are problems finding battered women shelter all over the province. It’s not a question of Vancouver and Surrey being in competition with each other.” she said.

Ellis said a government decisicm to put a transition house in Vancouver would be a purely political decision.

portfoiio. “When September arrives and school starts, this person Will only begin to, learn her area of responsibility,” he said.

Seshadri added it is more desira- ble to pay executives than it is to Pay Summer project coordinators.

Seshadri said he has difficulty with non-AMS executive represent- ing the viewpoint of the AMs. “A recent example of this is the food bank project. While the special pro- ject coordinator hasjurisdiction over

the project, how fully can she speak on behalf of the AMS?” he said.

Jarvis said she feels like a guinea pig: “There is a lot of pressure in- volved. 1 know that if I don’t d o well

it may directly effect the chance of other non-AMS people being hired in the future.”

Jarvis said she also feels she adds a new perspective to the AMs. “ I don’t know what has been done here before so they’re getting a view from a student who represents students,” she said.

Jarvls also agrees it IS advantage- ous for the AMS to hire an executive because they have been in office since February and know the system.

“However, my advantage is that 1 can spend one hundred percent of my time on a project. Executives have a lot of time devoted to the executive function but not as much time for the job,” she said.

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But Hugh Savalle, assistant dep- uty minister of human resources, dismissed allegations that a decision not to fund Transition House was politically motivated, citing finan- cial reasons instead.

“The province has only so much money to spend on t rans i t ion houses,” said Savalle.

According to Savalle, the province spent $500.000 on transition houses in 1979-80. which increased to $3.2 million in 1985-86.

When asked to say whether the ministry would fund a city-operated transition house in Vancouver. Sa- valle said he “could not give an

. . answer at thls moment.”

Although the assistant deputy said the ministry had already committed all av::ilab!r fllnds fn: !hi? year. hc said “ I haven’t seen a proposal lrom

The Summer Ubyssey

House remains in limelight city hall yet, but 1 assure you the pied house was full even with the or two nights before an appropriate

minister will look at the new extra helpof the Salvation Army. Sheher is found.

proposal.” According to both ~ l l i ~ and M ~ ~ - ‘‘It is not an unreasonable choice

two centres for battered women this able for battered women than any than to go to a O n Kingsway*”

year ~ The Salvation Army’s Kate other major city in Canada. Booth House and Act 2 ~ and now “ I f Vancouver women are forced “We are not willing to wait a

has a total of 100 beds in the greater to go to Surrey for shelter. they will woman is beaten to death before Vancouver area. have to leave their friends, family funding for the WViCe hecomes pol-

four new transition houses - two on added stress.” said Ellis. Still, Ellis said she is pleased the

Vancouver Island, one in Surrey, But Savalle said a 20-minute taxi :itY will imPreSsuPontheprovincial and one i n Dawson Creek. ride to Surrey is not too much to ask government the med for Services for

Savalle said the province opened ris. Vancouver has fewer beds avail- for women to accept more

said Ellis.

He said the province is opening and doctor. They don’t need the itically necessary,” she

According to Savalle. there is an of women who would be “happy to battered i n Vancouver. average of 14 beds vacant in lower get away f rom their assaul t ive mainland transition houses per night. spouses.”

“It’s simply not true that transi- Ellis said the ministry has been tion houses arc ful l all the time,” he sending women to motels because said. thcre is nowhere for them to go in

hcd shortage despite contrary re- Savalle confirmed Ellis’ charges, marks by Savalle. She said the occu- but said motels are only used for one

But Ellis insists there is a chronic Vancouver.

New vice-president needed

Simon Seshadri said I IHCs hiring

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Hello and welcome to Summer Session ’86 R SESSION . The Summer Session Association is the student organization of Summer

Sessior,; if you have any problems, concerns or suggestions, please drop by

Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Phone 228-4846 our office - main floor of SUB, opposite the candy counter. We are there

Music for a Summer’s. Evening Concerts at 8 p.m. in Music building Recital Hall. These concerts are presented through the efforts of the Summer Session association, the UBC department of music and musicians’ union local 145.

Thursday, July 31: Music for Strings and Keyboards Bach, Stamitz, Buber Tuesday, August 5: Music for Solo Piano Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann

Summer Sounds Wednesday, July 30: Horns ‘R’ Us SUB Plaza Friday, August 1: Hollyburn Ramblers SUB Plaza Wednesday, August 6: Trombones To Go SUB Plaza

Summer Screen ’86 Free films presented at 7:30 pm in IRC Lecture # 2 in Woodward

Wednesday, July 30 Splash This Academy Award nominee for best original screenplay unfold an unusual tale about Allen Bauer, a successful young businessman, who feels love has passed him by. Then - Splash! - he falls into the ocean during a boating accident and is rescued by a beautiful girl. And, you’ll fall hook line and sinker for this contemporary comedy about a man and a mermaid!

Wed., August 5 European Vacation Fasten your seatbelts. Batten the hatches. Hold tight. The Clark Griswalds are on vacation again. Thei international comedy starts when Clark, his wife Ellen and their teenage kids, Audrey and Rusty, win what is supposed to be a deluxe tour of the Old World on a T.V. quiz show. Fired up with joie-de- vacation, Clark (Chevy Chase) is determined to videotape the entire trip for the family archives.

Summer Stock ’86

Friday, August 1 The third episode of the famous “Star Wars” series. Luke Skywalker and his rebel forces, with a little help “Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s MacBeth” from some “furry friends”, meet Darth Vader, The by Tom Stoppard Emperor and the Imperial Warriors in a final Tickets $5 228-2678 showdown. (Cinemascope)

July 23 - August 2 Return Of the dedi Frederic Wood Theatre 8 p.m.

Ombudsoffice on the SUB’S main floor opposite the candy counter.

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Group accuses.cops.,of hit and run , ,

aid.

Stephen Scott, CFS Pacific Re- gion executive officer, said the fall task force will lay the groundwork

for changes to the student aid pro- gram. “B.C. has the worst student

aid program in Canada, and it’s get- ting worse,” said Scott.

The provincial government slashed funding to student aid in 1984, re-

placing grant programs with an all- loan program. Government alloca- i ims decreased from $33 million in 1983 to $12 million in 1986. Alberta,

in comparison, spends $105 million on student aid each year.

Scott said the CFS will send a formal report on the task force to

post-secondary minister Russ Fraser, although prior attempts to meet with

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arts from government and business By SVETOZAR KONTIC

The federal communications minister called upon government and business to increase funding for the arts at a conference last Thursday at UBC.

.Flora MacDonald told an audience attending the World Conference on Arts, Politics, and Business that the plight of artists in Canada must not be ignored. She said the Bovey Report - the result of a federal task force on education which recommends increased funding for the arts mostly in the form of tax breaks - should be recognized if the financial demands of artists are,to be met.

“Whether this is accomplished through grants, thropgh taxes, through private philanthropy or other means, it must be done. Without the artist, the whoie edifice is undermined,” said MacDonald.

Hoping to continue the objectives of predecessor Marcel.Masse, MacDonald said her first goal is to “raise the profile of culture within the government in itself,”and to “give culture its rightful place as an area which no party or government can ignore.”

She said the communications ministry has already inserted cultural issues into specific agendas of many government departments, and as a result, some $28 million was spent this pear on employment-and training projects in the cultural sector.

According to MacDonald, a 1984 study of the Toronto International Festival showed a nine dolIar admission fee injected a minimum of $44 million into the Canadian economy. ’

The communications minister said she was pleased to speak at the conferenfe on the “vital question” of arts funding-in Canada.

“Funding is the fuel that sustains the artist,” she said. A c

FMLN. Anna Alecia Portio, a member of

the FMLN who joined Radio Vere- cemos after involvement in El Sal- vador’s illegal Communist party, said she began her career in radio to tell the people of El Salvador about the success o f ? k FMLN.

Radio Verecemos, said Portio, plays anti-government songs and provides a service to link draftees with their families, and broadcasts guerilla training workshops.

“It is’a radio of the people, to serve the people,” she said.

Pmtio said Radio Farabundo Marti and Radio Verecemos need more sophisticated and updated equipment to boost station signals and to prevent U.S. jamming.

Guiterrez asked North American supporters to “tie the hands” of the Reagan administration in support of the struggle in El Salvador.

Roberto Guiterrez will be speak- ing at 1:30 p.m. on Wed. July 30 at the Ubyssey offices. Rm. 241 k. SUB.

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then why do we have such lines as “I go like a flame” (leap offstage ... loud THUD ... stage and set shake). I

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is an ambitious undertaking for the ’

festival -it seems that in this case their vaulting ambition is most defi- nitely oe’erleaping itself and suc- ceeding in doing little but a flying nosedive into the mud, turning the Dream into a nightmare ... Sister X turn in her grave if she knew.

Thus was had Theseus and Hippo- lyta appearing in what I presume was Athenian war garb; Helena, in what seemed. to be a seventeenth century milkmaid’s outfit; and Ly- sander in his sweat pants, while Hermia and Demetrius seem tahave stepped straight out of the hippie generation.

Meanwhile Puck and four assorted fairies look like they came straight from the set of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, compjete with hair and makeup that could only be des- cribed as incredibly awful. Finally,

- to top it all off, the “Athenian” workers arrived in Elizabethan period costume which would have been fine, only .they were wearing glasses and leather sandals.

The director, Pat Armstrong, must have slept through the auditions for the play,, so hopelessly miscast are some of the major characters. Her- mia, who is supposed to be one of the most beautiful women in , the kingdom, does not fit the role, while Helena, who should be rivalling Hermia’s beauty, is equally inept.

The sad news here, folks, is that ,Danielle Turner as Hermia and Karin Konoval as Helena, together with their respective lovers, Mike Stack (Demetrius) and Andrew Kavadas (Lysander) are the strong points in the play. The relatively minor parts of the Athenian workers are also well portrayed - they provide some. much needed comic relief.

Robert More and Marie Stillin very effectively, ruin what could be one of the most sensuous relation- ships ever written. And of the four fairies( Moth, Peasblossom, Cobweb and Mustardseed), only Dave Win- stanley suits the script.

According to Sister X, my grade I O English teacher, Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is

‘he greatest plays ever writ- used to constantly lecture

about the play-within-a-play struc- ture. so much that we often came close to mutiny. Nanaimo’s Shakes- peare Plus version gave me similar feelings - by the end, I was about reacly to run screaming out the door.

The story runs something like thl, theseus, Duke of Athens, has just announced his engagement to Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, and plans to celebrate the wedding shortly. The mood is broken with the dFF%il of Egeus, an Athenian nobleman who is upset because his daughter Hermia loves Lysander, a young Athenian, instead of Deme- trius, the man she is supposed to marry.

Consequently Lysander and Her- mia.4ecide to run off together, flee- ing to the forest where Oberon and TitPnia , , king and queen of the fair- ies, rule. Finally, to thouroughly complicate and confuse things, the woods are further crowded by the arrival of Nick Bottom and his friends.

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By MICHAEL GROBERMAN Ah, to be in Nanaimo in the sum-

mer...a brewery sponsored bathtub race, the fragrance of the pulp mill, Nanaimo bar (and bars), and, of course, Shakespeare.

That’s right, Shakespeare. And ten years from now, Nanaimo may even be known for its theatre festi- val, as are Stratford and Niagara-on- the-Lake today. But that is in the future. The Nanaimo Festival - Shakespeare Plus, is now in its third and least memorable season. It has financial problems, community prob- lems, and identity problems. But it is in its third remarkable year, and it is beginning to exude an air of per- manance.

This season presents three differ- ent plays:. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Side by Side by Sondheim, and David French’s Jitters. There are shows every night but Monday, until the end of August.

Each evening, two hours before curtain, a group of local volunteers arrive at the new theatre on the hill, a t Malaspina College. There are fold-away writing desks on each seat, if you care to take notes during the performance. These volunteers point to what is making this new, long-shot festival gel. Although in its third season, this is the first in which the community has been so involved in every aspect of produc- tion, including performing.

Three and a half years ago, mem- bers of the Malaspina Coliege faculty approached Leon Pownall, a Van- couver actor/director who had di- rected a t Malaspina, and asked him- if he would be interested in creating a theatre festival in Nanaimo.

Ross Fraser, a member of the ori- gial committee, and still on the board of directors, recalls. “We felt this fes- tival could confer significant finan- cial benefits QR Nanaimo. and Der- haps transform Nanaimo into a des- tination for tourists, like Ashlands and Stratford.”

The festival received a $140,000 grant from the department for Re- gional Economic Expansion.. The first season’s .budget was $550,000. In that year, artistic director pow- nall brought in his very expensive friend Ron Glass (of Barney Miller fame) to add a name to the program, and to consume funds. Glass received his own house with swimming pool, and the only backstage bathroom.

whc werehearsing a play which they for Theseus and

ypical William S., sorts of complications pirit and earthly worlds

1 spells and incantations

“ I have set Shakespeare’s w,onder- ful moonlit events in a timeless gar-

- dem reverberating with echoes of ancient, modern, and celestial space and time,” says Pat Armstrong in the director’s notes. This must be the reason for the costumes which defi- Eiitely~reflected the small budget al- lotted to Shakespeare Plus this year -..itwas as if the actors had been told to being their own - kind of like a grade school production.

,-ight, left, and centre.

By ROBIN ADDISON Puck, played by Jennifer Clement, would be well done but for a few minor details. Puck is supposed to be a- sprite, a n almost unearthly character composed of something uthti %an earthly compounds. So

Stillin, Zinyk and Epp ... really rather- good. 1

h Whole is greater than. parts By MICHAEL DELORY rude and inconsiderate stage man-

ager, is another treat. Most of his best lines come as the disembodied voice over the PA,system. In person. the conflicts he gets into because of his complete disregard for actors’ tender feelings bring out the energy in the rest of the cast.

Allan Zinyk does an excellent job as the young actor trying to look cool and experienced but unable to hide his basic keenness and enthusi- asm for everything. -

As the director, Bill Croft some- times seems to be straining too hard to be the nice guy. Some of his lines sound as if they are read straight from the script he is often holding, and the tenseness he shows as a wor- cied director comes off mQre as stif- fness in his role.

Marie Stillin gives a fairly stand- ard performance as the fading star. trying for a comeback. In the play- within-a-play she does a good job, lookingjust a bit nervous. Unfortu- nately this sarries over when she plays the actress. All four of the actors suffer the same problem: their characters in the play carry over when they are simply playing their actor characters,. and this confuses rL,. ,...A: ””

.ling his jokes off for him. His per- formance as the father in The Care and Treatment of Roses is even worse, complete with a wholly unne- cessary.and horribly garbled “Ital- ian”accent. I laughed out loud when he got rave reviews read in act three. However. hedoes work well with the ‘rest of the cast, and does not spoil the play as a whole.

While Jennifer Clement, playing the prop and set designer, is miffed when the plav’s newspaper review

ignore the excellent prop, set and lighting work of Alison Green in the real thing.

Jitters is a light and very funny comedy. Between bursts of laughter, tfhough, the playwright puts forward opinions on many aspects of Cana- da’s theatre scene, and the problems it faces. These comments are clever and suitable, never whiny. They pro- vide some of the best lines in the play: “Where else but Canada canan actor be successful all his life and die

was with a grimace that I first accepted the fact that Jitters, a G n - adian comedy at this summer’s Na- naimo Festival, was the story of the people involved with a play. Books about writing, TV shows about TV stars. and movies about fictional film stars have always struck me as much too easy a gimmick.

Welt. despite using a play-within- , a-play. Jitters is a well put-together and extremely entertainingcomedy. The characters and the actors who

’ play them work well together, and keep the play interestingand involv- ing for the audience, even during the

-times that more serious issues are brought up. The characters are ener- getic and the audience becomes quickly interested in what isgoing to happen next between the faded star and her obnoxious and overbearing

. male lead, o r where and when the ’ neurotic actor playing the priest in the play will have his next crisis.

Jitters opens just before the first preview of the new play, The Care a-nd Treatment of Roses. As Phil, Richard Epp immediately comes. to be the focus of attention. His per- formance is thoroughlyenjoyableas the neurotic actor who wants every- thing to be perfect for the big-time producer who will be in the opening night audience. Given several excel- lent monologues and floriously ener- getic battles with other cast mem-

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ignores her contribution, it is hard to poor and anonymous?” .~

Tourists sampfe Nanaimo ’ bars The car door slams, and we’re off

to Nanaimo for the Shakespeare Plus Festival. We’re late, but thanks to the not completely reliable ferry schedule we make it from UBC to Horseshoe Bay terminal in 45 min- utes exactlv.

We also sampled a Nanaimo bar in a waterfront bistro. Not spectacu- lar though it contained all the neces- sary ingredients. Other establish- ments we tried included MG‘s where you can wait for up to 45 minutes for your order to come, and Alice’s, a small town restaurant which makes great pancakes.

Downtown Nanaimo, about four streets long, contains bookstores, hotels and nick-nack shops but sadly not many craft stores. We only man- aged to find two.

We’re among the last ten people to scurry on to the car ramp. Allow at

least a n h w r f o r travelling time if festival prpgram. Reasonably priced you plan to make a trip to the termi- at $60for a double-occupancy room, nal. Ferries run on the hour from it was clean, neat and had a pool. 7:OO a.m. to I1:45 p.m. daily, with a But if you don’t like brown floral cost of $4.00 per person and $19.00 decor, you had better look elsewhere. for a car and, driver. Tourist attractions include The

The kli .aide can be exciting, Bastion, Nanaimo’s landmark loca- refreshing and romantic, and the ted at the foot of Bastion Street, sev-

B.C. is unbeatable. We find the half- public market and a petting farm. hour journey the best cure for We checked out the Market (like insomnia. The ship’s P.A. announce- Granville Island but less trendy, fewer ment has been updated for Expo -it stalls and smaller crowds) and two contains-polite pleases and thank- local night clubs which were similar yous from a musical male voice. to Vancouver’s Tommy Afrika’s but Uponarrival iadowntown Nanaimo older and tackier. you will see a big neon F and a The journey to thecollege tor the bowling sign. Yessir, this town has festival is an adventure as even in a - count ‘em - two theatres in the town the size of Nanaimo we man- Fiesta cinema, and a bowling alley aged to get lost. We made it with for locals %tourists to enjoy. almost no minlites to spare and

We stayed at the Tally Ho family found good seats in the second row hotel, adu,. ‘!sed on the back of the for the first performance on Friday.

view of t L“ -*.- an and supernatural era1 parks, a~museum, a waterfront

LILC auuIcucc. The real disappointment in this

p-lay is Robert More in the male lead. Many of his best lines are wea- kened when he cannot let go of his generally bombastic character to get in what should be a n off-hand re- mark or a quick jab at one of the other performers. Credit here goes to everyone else in the cast for pul-

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Arts aided at arm’s length By JEFFREY SWART2 The British “armslenath” model. Faculty Club. reminded the confer-

The choice between “armslength” and “hands on” funding for the arts will determine whether a “quango” will be necessary as participants in a public forum on federal arts support discovered last ‘week at UBC.

The forum was one of the high- lights of the 1986 World Conference on Arts, Politicsand Business. which brought together an illustrious as- semblyofartists, businessmen. senior bureaucrats and politics to consider the theme of “Support for the Arts: Philanthropy or Investment?“

Sponsored by the Community Arts Council of Vancouver. the confer- ence included Ranel di.scussions on the arts funding agencies, artistic integrity. as well as the dilemma of Canadian cultural sovereignity.

A “quango” (nor .a. rare cross between a kangaroo and a koala bear) is a typically bureaucratic ac- ronym for a. “quasi-autonomous- nori-government-organizajion”. I n the realm of arts funding. the Can- ada Council is this country’s most notorious example.

As the directors of the arts coun- cils of Great Britain. Australia. and Ontario explaihed to last week’s forum, the originally British princi- ple of quasi-autonomy. or “arms- length.”wasestablished to minimiye the propensity of politicians to use arts funding for propagandic pur- poses, to have their “hands on.” “In short.”commented Sir Roy Shaw, a former director of the British Arts Council, “armslength means that he who pays the piper does not call the tune.”

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established indirect contrast to Nazi and Stalinist use of the arts for pro- paganda, has since become the stan- dard for most arts councils in the Commonwealth.

. Even the United States’ National Endowment for the Arts was inspired by the British example,? though as sometime NEA consultant Herbert Shore explained. the bureaucratese “armslength” is unknown south of the border, and senior positions in the NEA are political appointments.

Panellists such as Andrea Hull, director of policy planning for the Australia Council, were quick to point out the real importance of the forum and the conference in general was that budget deficits and pressure on-governments for fiscal accounta- bility has put the principle-of “arm- slength” funding at risk;

Although visiting politicians. in- cluding Vancouver mayor Mike Har- court and federal communications minister Flora MacDonald, prom- ised to maintain existing support for the arts (and in Harcourt’s case, increase it). conference participants were continually reminded that sig- nificant increases in financial sup- port might well come from the pri- vate sector.

David Rockefeller. makinga brief appearance at a reception a t the

THE UBYSSEY July 30”August 6, 1986.

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Debbie Lo and Janice Irving were gorging themcelves on Rice Krispie squares and cheap plonk underneath their car when Ron Yamauchi crawled up, quipping, ”those Slimecreds can sure put on a conventm, eh?” Meanwhile, Ed Mou and Dawd Ferman, disgustingly blotto, were flying a stolen Van der Slam blimp around the Llon’s Gate Bridge. Camile Dionne and Corrine Bjorge. refused a ride, decided to borrow a Howitzer from Victor Wong to shoot them down. Jennifer Lyall shriekedas Mictiael Groberman backed into her, spilllng ajar of Gracie’s iidustrial strength hair dye on her. Sverozar Kontic started to mop up the dye with Evelyn Jacob’s hair while Stephen Wisenthal consoled the sobbing woman: “But fluorescent orange looks SO good on you!”In the press tent, Neil Lucenre and Dan Andrews were fifihtinfi over who would get to photograph the

new premier, but Rick Hiebert wasn’t coming out of his trailer until he’d grown sideburns and learned to smoke a pipe ...

typeset staff box unless we mentioned them: so we did. News Flash!-Stephanie Smith and Helene Wisotzki. ace typesetter and photo tech. refused to

ence that meaningful business sup- port for the arts was both recent and hard won. Recent studies, such as one made for the City of Vancouver, reveal that corporate giving amounts toless than ten percent of total arts funding.

In response to these studies, arts- business alliances are such as the Vancouver Partnership for Business and the ar ts are being formed throughout the Western industrial- ’

ized world. The .Vancouver Partner- ship has over 240 business and arts organizations as members.

The conference also featured play- wrights John Gray and Sharon Pol- lack speaking on artistic freedom and integrity in the face of new busi- ness funding and American cultural . dominance.

The event closed with a dramatic reading from conference chair Mavor Moore and an exclusive video inter- view with John Kenneth Galbraith.

Je#irer Swarrz is a UBC student on sabbatical. who is ,fascinated br burearrcrac:v in the arts.

Socrephilia The 1986 Social Credit convention. An entire town

crammed with card-carrying. Socreds - do w e have to write about this?

Whistler, yikes! Twelve disciples and an entire --.

town of faithful decide who gets to be the chef at our ’ - last supper.

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The candidates can be neatly divided into three categories: Bennett‘s cabinet ministers (and Bud Smith), Bill Vander Zalm, and the also rans.

The cabinet ministers are perhaps the most absurd group, certainly the most hypocritical.

They all denounce the Bennett era of contronta- tion, and look the camera straight in the eye while pledging a less strife-torn B.C.

Incredible? Yes. Unbelievable? Well, considering Grace McCarthy has been the most virulent, unyield- ing anti-labor minister in the entire Bennett cabinet, that Brian Smith would rather have his hair cut by MacMillan Bloedell than negotiatewith B.C.’s natives, and that Bud. Smith is attacked by his own party for representing big city Ontario conservative interests, claims of being nonconfrontational ring as true as Bill Ritchie‘s boast of being a contender..

Of all the cabinet ministers, it is probably Jim (I’m a lover not a fighter) Nielsen who would make the best Socred leader. Unfortunately, Nielsen also belongs with the also rans.

That leaves Bill Vander Zalm. Vander Zalm at least speaks his mind, and his mind is rooted in ”Christian values“. Christian values no doubt refer to crusades. Crusadesaagainst welfare, the public service, trade unions ... the list goes on.

Life under Vander Zalm is. hard to imagine. Ours would no longer be a culture but a horticulture. Life would be simpler, ah yes. We, like those who have lived under other famous extremists, would be reduced to an agrarian society. i -

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South A-frica isn’t a dead issue How sad it is that in addition to

Mr. Seshadri’s many deficiencies we must now add rapid memory loss. Really. Simon, is it incomprehensi- ble to you that you were elected to lead, not wait to be pushed?

I refer to your recent, incredibly erroneous comments on South Af- rica. May all intelligent, concerned human beings pause, out of kind- ness, before dismissing Seshadri as a fool. He simply fails to recognize that it is not incumbent on students to take.stands on issues before coun- cil is expected to act. ’

Elected responsibilities are notab- solved by.making unfounded accu- sations against your electors.

I remind you that in April 1 spoke to council on the issue of South Africa - memory loss aside. Simon, while Blacks and whites die in South Africa fighting for justice, the issue is far from “dead” on the UBC campus.

Many students recognize that human rights is a global concern, not a Point Grey privilege. HOW tragic it is that our president must be

dragged - kicking and screaming - into the twentieth century.

Simon,for the sake ofyourfellow men and women, take a stand. Neg- ligence will win no kudos. But above all, please stop demanding the un- elected to assume the responsibilities of the elected.

Just in case your memory has failed

you again, Martin Luther King was .’ ”- successful. You could rise above your own apathy and intransigence and put this campus firmly behind the cause of human rights.

Seize the initiative; for a moment, pay the price of being in front.

Dermod Travis . Arts 3

Gardeners ,called for. :...~ - 1 feel I must com,ment on the sad

.state of our potentially stunning rose garden.

While recently enjoying a Sunday‘ afternoon cycle, I happened to find myself a t U BC for the first time since leaving in April. My explorations found me leisurely cycling through the ghost-town of Buchanan block and subsequently I rolled up to the Rose Garden. ’

1 was appalled. Tourists clicked their cameras at a background of dead flowers which have obviously been totally neglected for some time. The variety of rose shrubs is truly

admirable and their possibilities for , I the garden to be stunning at this time of year.

Does UBC have any gardeners on staff’? Despite the temperatures this vear, surely they would know that ;he dead flowers must be trimmed in order for the new beauty to flourish. On a campus that is perhaps one of *

the most scenic in North America. a few hours of clipping is surely not much to ask to maintain the beauti- ful potential of this garden of rose.

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Valerie Harris Arts 3

July 30"August 5, 1986 The Summer Ubyssev Page 7

Professor says earthquake coming By CORINNE BJORGE Because of the difficulty in fsore- able to study the effects of earth- Cherry. The code, according to him, made much more earthquake resis-

imagine a ci ty of glass and steel, casting earthquakes. major clities quakes on structures. in order to gives them some sort of earthquake tant." Buildings thrusting into the sky and have had to look a t preventative design buildings that, if not earth- protection. There is no guarantee that seis- blocking out the sun. Downtown m ~ ~ u ~ s ~ h e r r y , a professor of civi l But the older buildings in Van- mologists will be able to warn the Vancouver. engineering and associate dear, of quake proof, are at least earthquake COuver are weaker and are often not Vancouver public exactly when an

adequately tied together. he says, earthquake will strike the city. In the

ers shiveringand burstinginto shards for ,'earthquake engineers.9. Buildingscontructed since the'.40s "Very old brick or masonry build- gency Planning Committee at city of slicing glass.

dreds dying. Building Code of Canada, says damage, although they can often be engineers watch their buildingssway

Now pictures trembleand graduate studies at UBC, says the resistant. i n the earth - a seismic yawn. Tow- university has a program at gradl~ate which is of major concern. event of an earthquake, the Emer-

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With one of the largest and most have had to adhere to the National ings are the tha t suffer the hall will take over, while the civil Fires racingthrough thecity. Hun- sophisticated earthquake tables in

the world, engineering students are Downtown Vancouver. and hope for the best. Vancouver is sitting on a seismic

gap similar to the one Mexico City was sitting on before its major quake in September of last year, says Bill Slawson. acting head of the geo- physics department.

Based on the theory of plate tech- tonics and seismic gaps, researchers in the geophysics department at U BC think an earthquake will hi t the Lower Mainland. It may happen tomorrow, or not for another 200 years. Slawson. however, is quite at ease with the inaccuracies of seis-' mic predictions.

"When iou're dealing with the earth, it's four and a half billion years old. A dayinourlife is instan- taneous in terms of the earth's life. The key to understanding these things is the relative-time factor." says Slawson.

The relative-time factor. Therein lies the rub. In an age where there is a cause for everything and almost al- ways a pill to cure i t , society is yel- ling for accurate predictions from their seismologists.

Scientists that study earthquakes face a peculiar problem. Their ex- periments require a testing and re- testing of information, but so much of their work relies on being at the right place at the right time and hop- ing that an earthquake hits.

The seismic gap theory of earth- quake prediction suggests the tec- tonic plates under the earth's surface are continually sliding and pushing each other.

Minor tremors occur to relieve the strain but in certain areas. referred to as seismic gaps. a lack of signifi- cant seismic activity indicates that the strain in the earth's crust is still mounting.

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Twirling Thais tantalize tourists By PHILIP DE GAGNE

The opening night performance of the Royal Thai Ballet qould only be added to by the presence of His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince r-... .. .

folk occupation dances. The move- ments of these mundane dances (in four distinct styles), reflect the prim- ary labours of each region: the tea harvest, panning for precious ores, farming, and the digging of bamboo

dance form which combines the four regional styles seen earlier, along with shadow puppetry and all the skills of gesture and movement seen only in glimpses through the folk dances. An art form from as earlv as or I nallana. shoots. One of these looked suspi- the 15th century, if one suspends all The evening began with the Thai

Piphat wind’ ciously akin to square dancing. In its experience is truly amazing. The Western preconceptions of dance,

string and percussion instruments, playing the Thai national anthem the same vein as this creation was a

dance i n and a folk word khon means masked. and and greeted by salutes from the dance expressing,oy and happiness, though not allcharacters wear masks, members of the Prince’s personal those who don’t keep their faces

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guard. In the words of one theatre-goer, expressionless. These traditional Thai musicians these presentations were “not unlike

then began”0 Canada”. resulting i n a tourism brochure, saying ‘come an unprecedented display of national visit beautiful Thailand’.” Though facially frozen and with-

fervor as everyone in the theatre out words, such attention is paid to leapt to t he i r feet s ing ing their fhe highlight of the evening was detail in the pantomime that move-

the Khon Dramadance theatre based ments make meanings clear. It is an

LORI-ANN LATREMOUILLE, an ar t is t from Vancouver, created two of t h e most spectacular works in the Images 86 art show, working in charcoal.

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What a source of schtick is man By SVETOZAR KONTIC

I t is rare to watch a movie o r a play and actually laugh. but it hap- pens wi th Tom Stoppard’s Dogg’s Hamlet and Cahoot’s Macbrth at IJBC‘s Freddy Wood theatre.

Dogg’s Hamlet & Cahoots Macbeth By Tom Stoppard Freddy Wood Theatre until August 3

The plays. two one-acts. directed by Robert Garfat. provides the audience with humour. wit. and a

definite message. Dogg‘s Hamlet be- gins with a series of jumbled scenes ofschoolboysspeakinganindecipher- ablelanguage.and playing with huge building blocks.

The message is that Shakespeare is sometimes difficult to understand. but there is a deeper message that comes out in Macbeth. the second play. Hamlet lasts too long and

leaves the viewcr ;i little antsy. But the play suddenly moves into

a full-fledged rendition of Hamlet

with a twist. The actors deliver their lines flatlyas if they were read- ing them off a script. The lack of dramatic, emotional effect makes for satiric humout that makes even the morbid laugh.

A masculine Neil lngram plays Ophelia. Hamlet’s girlfriend. who prances about the stage in a lunatic fashion, opens a trap door. and

drops into her grave below the stage. 1-he audience roars when the ghost

o f Hamlet’s father comes out on spge dressed Halloween-like in a white sheet. dragging a huge styro- loamchainand screaming“Murder!”

Susan is brilliant as a nervous stu-

dent playing Hamlet. She rushes through the lines and mispronoun- ccs words. There is always the sense that she could play a serious Hamlet equally well.

Cahoot’s Macbeth starts off with a dramatic nourish as Laura White. a ravishing. black-clad Lady Mac- beth. takes the stage.

After Macbeth kills the king. the stage lights suddenly go on and a police inspector, played by Timothy Hyland. enters. The inspector is an arrogant. close-minded character

In this “Hamlet” the dramatic expression is taken away and we are left with something humorous.

who constantly threatens to incar- cerate all the actors.

Here the play addresses the nature of art: what it is and how i t is to be protected. Theactorsare introduced

to the indecipherable language men- tioned as a character from Hamlet enters the stage to make a delivery. The inspector is unable to under-

stand the5hakespearean”Ianguage. and gets flustered. He fails in his vain attempt to smear art. The actors meanwhile converse freely in their

new language that protects them from ignorant. insensitive criticism.

Art is always an expression in one form o r another. In this “Hamlet”

the dramatic expression is taken awayand weareleft with something humourous. This emphasizes well the vulnerability of art. Take away

the intelligence. the meanmg, and the art dies.

The indecipherable language has a deeper meaning in that it not only

protects, but also allows the art to function without outside interference. In fact. Shakespearean plays could not exist without the language. Sim-

ple, clear and plainly spoken lan- guage does not suffice because it has no expression and it is not Shakes- peare’s art.

Dogg’s Hamlet and Cahoot’s Mac- beth are funny plays. but they are also deadly serious.

integrally within Thai ballet. strained role. T o be fair. however. it is deeply rooted in Thai tradition

forms for centuries. turnes grabs your attention while the grace of hand and foot gestures on

The glitter Of the ‘Os- and mythology, f o l l o w i n g strict

pleasing. Wrapped up in the dance you forget the dance, slowly growing more familiar with it . When you

understanding of Thai culture as one of the many forms of artistic expres- sion largely unexplored by Western

Artists need .more emotion

By SVETOZAR KONTIC The Images 86 art exhibition being being held at the Robson Square

Media Centre offers great technique but little emotion. The exhibition features artists from all over British Columbia including

the colleges and universities. Two charcoal drawings by Lori-Ann Latrimouille. an artist from L’an-

couver, highlight the exhibition. Besides being skillful. the drawings display both imagination and feeling.

One of the drawings. called The Release. suits its title well. A stately gentleman sits on an elegant chair with the top of his head open and fish. birds, dolphins. and naked women coming out of it. We all t h i n k of getting away from the congestion. pressure and pain of everyday lite and this drawing suggests release in the cataclysmic form.

Latremouille’s other drawing. Roses At Their Feet. shows a bourgeois fouple on a n antique sofa embracing with roses all over the g r o u n d . Both :characters have sombre expressions on their faces suggesting the frailty of :gur lives much like the life of the rose. Both drawings feature the heavy black of charcoal which adds a strong desperate mood. ’ Another highly imaginitive work is presented by June Thomson. who .recently graduated from the University of Victoria. A I.ittle Mountain Magic. a woodcut. dabbles in the mystical. The work shows a series of black mountains in the foreground with a river flowing through them. Blue rnoun- tainsare in the background while one of the mountains on the right hand side ~

has a face on it. The face looks cra7y. warped and sinister while on the top left hand side of

the work a green bird and trees symbol is naturalistic. The work suggests the beauty and ugliness of nature in all its devastating power. The river may as wel l be the r iver o f dea th f lowing th rough the co ld b lack ~- mountains.

In God We Trust. an oil painting on canvas by Mark Evans of Sechelt. is brightlycoloured. surrealisticand animistic in concept. The ghost of an old ‘ ‘ man sits on a green chair while outside the room. through a window. we see the same man standing in front of an official-type building. The room is a large boys’ room with an old brown jacket on the bed and yellow walls with a green window frame. Despite the bright colours there i s a sadness i n the painting as the old man seems to be yet another one of society’s casualties. ,“

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Y “The work suggests the beauty and ugliness of nature in all its devastating power. The river. may as well be the river of death flowing w

through the cold black mountains.” L-

Phyllis Greenwood. an artist from UBC. has created a powerful painting - ~-

called Chair. The painting is of a white rocking chair with a purple seat cover and a white background. The use of the subliminal to create emotion in what 4

appears to be realistic imagery provides a haunting atmosphere. The paint- ing is sombre, with a sense of loneliness. coldness. sterility. and cleanliness. It seems an attempt is made to make something ugly beautiful, but the residue of cold pretentiousness still lingers.

Treston. Dead trees in front of a shimmering lake with snowcapped moun- tains in the background conjure up boyhood images of the north and the 36 mile road from Kitimat to Terrace, immersed in nature.

images of countless dreary rides on buses in wet weather. Finally another U BC artist named Sherida Levy has created a$ork called

Facade with graphite, charcoal and oil pastel on plywood. h f h e foreground .4

are several images of Roman architecture stacked on top of each other in white with a black background. To the righ: are a series of black shacks with corrugated metal roofs. The work scems to be a symbol of destruction and degernation instead of resurrection. It is a depressing painting but not nihilism.

Jane Alexander Ford,, Pamela Scott, Edward Thornburgh, Doug Mun- day, and Stephen Denslow get honourable mention in a show that is good but could have been great with some more emotion and intensity.

Beverly Holden of Terrace does a wonderful nature painting called A

A painting by Dawn Burn from UVic called Bus Interior conjuryg 1 up