THE UBYSSEYI
Vol.II No.2
The Summer Ubyssey
July 6 - July 12,1983
228-2301
I
WOMEN
AND WORDS
One thousand gather to celebrate writing
IT WAS THE OPENING NIGHT AND
AN AWE-FILLED TENSION
and excitement penetrated the delegates.
It was a world premier. It was a
By Julie Wheelwright
gathering of almost one thousand women writers in Canada
- within UBC’s
cloistered walls.
And although the translation equipment was temporarily not functioning
and one of the opening speakers was a no-show, the momentum
of the event she said. “One quite bluntly said ‘Ordi- caster from Peace River, Alberta, criticized thelack of news about women’s
was not lost.
nary people don’t write about ordinary
issues onnorthernbroadcasting.“The
A hush fell overUBC’s old auditorium. Threeof the conference organizers people.’
CBC is terrible in the north. Do
we really
Potrebenko
charged
that
she
also
remounted the stage amid frantic applause and opened thefirst volley in what
what
ceived the same criticism about her workneed the opera on the radio? No, we
was to become a weekend
of sound and voice. There were no apologies that from
the the feminist press and she
really need is informationabout women’s
collected
first women and words conference was a women-only event.
30 rejection letters before hernovel Taxi issues.”
”
3
1
t
c
As a broadcaster with “three strikes
was published.“Therearethewomen
S h ec h a l l e n g e dt h ea u d i e n c e
“It took several weeks of reflection,”
againstme - I’m middleaged, I’m a
my attiorganizer Betsy Warland said orthe deci- “(Women of color) wonderif you women who share my concerns, but not
half-breed and I’m a women,”Thelma
sion to close .workshop sessions to men. understand your power and your privi- tudes.”
speaks for and about the women strugOne woman asked Potrebenko what
“We feel this decisionis appropriate,” she lege as whites. Many times you say our
“Well, on the glingin a n oppressive, isolated atmosadded, explaining to those who
knew too work is unpublishable. We demand that working class women read.
phere. She’s had letters from women who
HastingsExpressthey
read Harlequin
you stop imposing your standards on our
well the significance of thestatement,
have said her voice on the radio was the
Romances andhow-to-improve-yourself
that wopen are often reticient to speak work.”
only thing that kept them going during
The collective tension in the audience books,” she replied. Potrebenko, whose
out on issues in the presence of men.
trap
This statementfollowed on theheels of mounted. “We wonder if it’s now politi- work hasreceived scant attention outside the long, lonely nights on their lines.
“We d o have a very long way to go in
B.C., stressed that often working class
attacks from both of Vancouver’s daily callycorrect to talk about racism.” There
theNorth.We
reallyneed
a lot of
newspapers about the exclusion of men. were audible gasps. “We feel that ifwe
women read books because they’re accessIn a typical leapof logic a Vancouver Sun don’t dealwith theseinternal struggles we ible, not becausethey’re good. And great support.”
One of the recurring themesof the coneditorial whimpered that the organizers’ haven’t changed very much. If there is literature doesn’t appear on drug store
ference was arecognition of the problems
shelves.
decision to close the event to men meantone oppressed woman in the world, none
a Vancouver facingwomenwriters.Womenagreed
For panelist Carole Itter,
“If you are a man you cannc,t cover a of us are free.”
that thereis lack of adequate news coverBut Silvera wasreceived with thunder- writer and a mother living on and off
paneldiscussionentitled‘Inadequate
welfare, the timet o write becomes a lux- age, that womenwriters are under-repreing applauseandatthefinalplenary,
Coverage of Women’s News.”’
sented, that women are discouraged from
Province columnist Max Wyman,
writ- Yvonne Black, aToronto writer, thanked ury she too can seldom afford.
ing under this stinging insult, evenwent the conference organizers for including
“The time to write becomes a luxury. writing, and that publishing and book
distribution are difficult.
sessions dealing with women
of color. “It Instead of reading and writing I feel I
to the federal government to ask their
shouldbeinthekitchen
killing cockwas not an afterthought,”she said.
opinion of this monstrous act.
When sessions attempted to deal
with
of solutions, however,they were frustrating
Discussions of classismin women’s roaches.” Even though the tradition
But the solution was easy enough writing was another issue that surfaced economicdeprival is a history of women’s and offered very little concrete informaboth papers sent women reporters.
experience,Ittersaidshe
is “usually tion. In a Saturday afternoonsession on
Meanwhile,thewomen
a,nd words and challenged those writers who have
astounded by the numberof women wri- strategiesforchange,RinaFraticelli
achieved financial success.
conference provided a rare opportunity
ters who grew up in upper middle class stressed the need for affirmative action
for women to ekhange ideas, ,iddresses, Duringa workshop on how classaffects
women’s writing, novelist and poetHelen homes.”
share experiences and outline for themthe
programsinCanadatoovercome
Potrebenko described her experiences as And for the first time at the conference
selves and the world, the obslacles that
tremendousimbalanceinthefunds
a female member of the working class
many women writers were able to share women artists receive from the federal
have continued to silence them.
beingdiscouragedbyherhighschool
their often lonely and always frustrating government.
Louise Cotnoir. a Quebeccisewriter
counsellor from going universitf
to
where experiences of dealing with mainstream
and editor speaking at the opening night,
But she also cautioned women that,
media.
said: “Words areillusions; words distort; she could learn literary traditions.
“We have to keep in mind that affirmaDuring a session on imagesof women tive action is a n emergency measure.”
“1 learned about literature through the
language is biased and (women) are the
a broad- Panelists SharonNelson and Nanci Rosrejection letters I got from publishers,” in the media, Thelma Charlafou,
oneswhosufferthisbias.
We arethe
subbasement of language.”
sovagreedthattheseprogramsare
“Wearefightingagainstthe
social
necessary.
orderthathasdefined
us b y its .lanAnd yet, delegates were not offered
guage,” Cotnoir told the audimce- all
much more.
women who have shared that experience.
It became obvious that the conference
The opening night set many tones for
itself was a vital forum for women to
the weekend. Therewere no bones about
discover each other’s work and discuss
the fact that problems exist for women
future strategies. But frustration about
writers; no one publicly objected to the
developing concrete plans
was extreme a t
definition of a women-only ev1:nt and no
the final plenary.
pdlitical differences ripped open the deAfter a flood of heartfelt thanks to the
veloping fibres of communication.
conference organizers and some gentle
MakedaSilvera, a member of Firecriticism and suggestions from
delegates,
weed’s editorial collective, undnnbiguously
the business got underway. Four hours
addressed the question
posed to all five of
later only afew delegates remained to
the opening night speakers -- how far
thrash out the nasty business
of deciding
have we come?
on structure.
“I could simply answer that
(questionin
However, it was agreed that women
30 seconds by saying ‘not far enough’,’’
across the country will be solicited for
she said. “As black womenwl: have had
their ideas about the future of the West
to fight, cuss and
kick to let our voices be
Coast Women and Words Society. An
heard.”
annual general meeting will be held in
Vancouver in 1983 to discuss these ideas
Silveradescribedthe
expc:riences of
and priorities for the
society will be estabblack activist feminists in Canada. “Our
lished then.
collective experienceshaven’t been good.
In the meantime, the
society is publishAll the blacks are men, all the feminists
ing an anthology of work by women a t
are white but there are the brave
women.”
the conference and
is preparing an archive
Silvera said when she began to work
in
of the conference events.
thewhitefeministliterary
worldshe
And two years from now, there
will be
“found that door carefully guarded and
another weekend of sound and voice even shut.”
another first for women.
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Escapist movies predictable
edge of the seat success is the impor-because there isn't a danger that
007
By PETER BERLIN
tance of the eternal triangle acted
faces in Octopussey that he hasn't
All three of this summer's most
outbetweenDarthVader,Luke
faced before.
awaited movies are glossy, superfiThere'sthetarantulafromDr.
cial and high-tech continuations of Skywalker and theevil emperor.
Whilethegood/evilclimaxof
No, the fight on a train from From
massively successful escapist series.
RussiaWithLove,
andtheatom
Summer is traditionally the season Jedi manages to grip the audience,
when mostof the movies made for
a similar possibilitiesin Superman 111 bomb from Goldfinger. There's also
are missed. It is fair to lay the blame
the exciting chase through a large
massaudiencearereleased,but
Return Of The Jedi, Superman I11 squarely at the feetof director Dick crowd from Thunderball, altered this
Lester.
time because he's in Bombay.
andOctopusseyhavedominated
The scene when Superman splits
movie talk since the spring.
The India in this movie is just as
in half had immense possibilities. It
Fewexpectedthemoviesto
fantasic as any planet George Lucas
ispreciselythesort
of scenethat
wander far from their formulae, and
might have created. The streets are
RichardDonner,whodirected
nonehave.Thebigquestionis
Superman andhalf of Superman 11, scrubbed clean, the beggars smiling
whether they are as good as their
and well-fed. It's a land of princes,
predecessors. In short, Jedi is every wouldhavemadeintosomething
bit asgood,Octopussey
is better titanic. But Lesteris too smart tobe palaces, breath-taking scenery and
bright colours.
life anddeath
than most of the recent Bond films, abletopresenta
which isn't a great acheivement, and struggle between purity and corrup-. Thetrick in Bondmovies is to
Superman 111 falters because of it's tion sincerely.
make the fantasy world sufficiently
limp action scenes.
Lester's talent only shines throughsimilar to the real one
so that the
All three movies are true to form in his eye for funny everyday details.
audiencecanactually believe that
in their grim determination to avoid The long opening scene which turnssuch events occur in today's world.
subjectmatterwhichremindsthe
an ordinary metropolis street into a Bond,unlike SupermanandLuke
audience of anything relevant to real disaster area is hilarious. Likewise, Skywalker, is a contemporary human
life. Not only do the movies create the scenes in the office
of Planet edi- being. Ironically he is also the hero
a n alternative world for their view- tor Perry White are a pure joy.
who would be most out of place in
ers to escape into, but they concoct
But the final climax is the major the real world, which has changed
a n alternative human race for view- disappointment of the movie. Lester considerably since Fleming created
ers to join for two hours.
rushes through the conflict between the hero 40 years ago.
With Return Of The Jedi, George a supercomputer and Superman
like
Lucas has taken a
leaf out of the a queasy tourist rushing through a
Both Clark Kent and Luke SkyBond playbook. In order to avoid a Bombay slum on theway to the air- walker are far better at treating peoslow start he begins his film with a
port - he has tod o it but he doesn't ple as equal human beings, particuthrilling and exotic episode which
larly women.It's lucky for Bond that
enjoy it.
has nothing to with
do the main plot. James Bond doesn't rush through 007 will never have to leave his fanThe freeingof Han Solo from the anything. He's witty and urbane and tasyworld.Luckyfor
us that we
evil and greasy grasp of Jaba The a little older, but that doesn't matter only spend two hoursat atime in it.
Hutt occupies the entire first reel of
the film. It allows for a lighter texture and alsogives Lucas the chance
to reprise the famous bar scene in
Star Wars.
Having wakened the audience up
with a perky first movement, Lucas
takes his time in the quieter middle
section. He introduces themes
which
allowtheusualbangcrashLuke
Skywalker-battles-Darth Vader finale to take on greater resonance.
The battle involves far more special effects than the previous galactic
movies and there is also the added
complication of cuddly teddy-bearlikeEwoksbeingstoned
by evil
empire troops on the planet below.
But what really turns Jedi into
an
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Protestors picket outside class
*
By CHRIS WONG
appointment before the angry proVisiting professor Jerzy Wiatr
was testers anti a large group .from the
met by protesters carrying placards media.
andchanting“Solidarnosc”as
he
“He(B‘iatr) is a distinguished
entered his first class Monday.
scholar and a good teacher. He was
About 25 people,includingthe
appointed to teach here because
he’s
UBC Solidarity Study Group, mema n expert In his field,” he said.
bers of the Vancouver Polish comWhen a:,ked whether Wiatr’s posimunity and other concerned protes- tionatUBCwasformallyadverters, joined the picketline outside tised,Elkinssaid
it wasnot,but
Buchanan B232.
notice of the opening was circulated
With signswhichread
“Defend among politicalscience departments
ourunions,Solidarnosceastand
and professional associations.
west,” and “Wiatr - your ideology
No qualified Canadian professor
has killed many Poles,” the demon- could have filled the positionbecause
strators set up picket lines at the they didn’t apply for it, Elkins said.
entrance to the building and in the But he admitted there were several
hallway outside the classroom.
applications for the teaching post.
Wiatr is the director of the Party
Hesaid the picketline was conInstitute of Marxism-Leninism in ducted in an orderly fashion buthe
Warsaw, anda closeadvisor to Gen- was upset over anegg thrown by one
eral Jaruzelski, leader of the Com- of the protesters.
munist regime.
“I’m afraid someone got carried
Studygroupspokesperson
Bill away andwe don’t agreewith that,”
Tieleman saidhe
felt theprotest
said Tielennan, referring to the only
against Wiatr’s appointment was disruptiveincident in theprotest.
Among ):he protesters was a man
successful. “I think we showed Wiatr
no matter where he goes he’s going dressed ina Polish military police
outfit complete with
a shield, helmet
to face opposition,” he said.
Students were handedinforma- and riot stick.He performed a mock
tion sheets as they entered the classbeating in theclassroombefore
andmustnow
have seriousques- Wiatr,whoappearedunmoved
throughoul. the demonstration.
tionsabourremaining
inWiatr’s
Another picket line will be held
course, he added.
July 25 before Wiatr begins teaching
According to David Elkins, act - his other #course at UBC,foreign
ing
political
science department governments. He will be givinga
head, 19 students were inattendance public lecture July 14 a t 12:30 p.m.
-mil lucente photo
for Wiatr’s first class - introduction in Buchanan A106 entitled Poland
C O N C E R N E D A N D A N G R Y demonstrators stood firmly outside the Buchanan building Monday to
to politicalthought.Noonehas
1983: The aftermath of Pope John
protest the hiringof visiting Polishprofessor Jerzy Wiatr. Inside, an orderlypicket linewas conducted
dropped out of the course, he said. Paul’s visit. A question and answer
of Wiatr and othersin attendance.
while informationsheets were handedout to prospective students
Elkins tried todefend
Wiatr’s period will follow the lecture.
Canadian women writers face sexist barriers
son. Academics control
review space
ways that exclude women.’’
force and cannot buy
themselves the
and have connections with publishTheimbalanceongovernment
time to write.”
ersand influential people who sit on
The secondary statusof women is juries is partiallybecausewomen
can seldom afford the time
or money grant juries, she said.
directly reflected ingovernment polOnly 12.5 per centof tenured acato traveltoOttawa,Nelsonsaid.
icies, saidNelson.MenfaroutAgain, this is related to the second- demics in Canada are women, and
number women on the jurieswhich
receiving
of women in the this correlates to women
allocate Canada Council grants, andary economic status
in the last 10 years, only 28 per cent workplace and the male dominated only one-fifth of the review space,
elite of Canadian literature, she said.said Nelson’s report.
of allgrantstoindividualwriters
The structureof Canadian univer“It was clear
!hat women were not
went to women.
invis- representedinproportiontotheir
“Women have beenexcluded from sities isalso responsible for the
ibility of women writers, said Nel- talents and abilities.”
receivinga grant beforetheyeven
read the grant booklets,let alone fill
out an application form. Women get
very little money and women’s projects get even less,” Nelson said.
By MURIEL
DRAAISMA
take
any
money.
She is critical of the government’s
When a group of male columnists The
league’s first feminist caucus
lack of concern for barriersfaced by
accused
Sharon
H.
Nelson
of
initiatreceived
the funding and met in Febsome women writers. “Any governing a “feminist conspiracy” against ruary 1982. It then began tocompile
ment which does not have a policy
with teethin it for affirmative action the Lxague of Canadian Poets, she statistics illustrating the league’sdiscrimination against women writers.
for womenis maintaining the status could only laugh.
A column in Toronto’s Quill & * “It was clear womenweren’t reprequo, and thatis sexist. It is discrimiQuiremagazineblastedtheWest
sented in proportion to their talents
natory because it allows the power
Coast Women and Words Society’s and abilities.” she said.
structure to continue to operate in
intention to holda conference for
Armedwithstatistics,Nelson
women writers. And becausethe
wrote a n article for the
league’s newsociety’s initial press release quoted sletter discussing the
low representasome of Nelson’s statistics from a tion of women’s poetry in well-known
reportshewrote,thecolumnists
anthologies and the small number
of
And it treats with disdain ?hat
it Patty Gibson, editorof Vancouver’s
BY MURIEL D R A A I ~ M A
concluded she was behind the “con-women on the league executive.
News coverage of women’s issues perceives as the continual gripingof feminist newspaper Kinesis.
spiracy.”
In the past decade,
women’s news
Nelsonthoughtthenewsletter
in the mainstream media is “fund- women.”
Nelson, a Quebecoisewoman poet, would o.nly be read by league memBriskinemphasizedthe
role of was trivialized and treated as enteramentally tainted,” charged a Quehad nothing to do with Women andbers.“But it went outacrossthe
tainment, she said.But as themovebecoise journalistatthe
weekend individualism in trying to understand
Words. “They thought there was this
country and the shit hit the fan.”
the media’s ridicule and inadequate ment matured, the media’s perceplong Women and Words conference.
one crazy hysterical bitch in Mont- Many prominent poets consequently
The commercial media transmits coverage of the women’s movement. tions changed, Gibson said.
realcausingtrouble,”shesaid
“We can no longer be dismissed.
resigned.
information which reflects the values Thenotion of individualism, she
We are perceived as a threat. The
Saturday.
The league is just starting to reand interestsof white, affluent males, explained, teaches peopletofocus
ButNelsonhadstirredupthe
cover, she said.
Armande St. Jean told 150 women on their individual energies, not on media’s image of us andour message
is much more hatefuland paranoiac. hornet’s nest before.
WhentheWomenandWords
writers attending a panel in Angus their collective strength.
When she attendedthe league’s Society was gettingorganized,
Feminist publications are openly
it
“We live in a society that is ideo110.
annual general meeting in Toronto used Nelson’s analysis of the situabiased, she said. Often the women
logically resistant to change. Thus
Themediaexploitswomenby
1981, and was“shell-shocked”at thetion facing women poets because it
depicting them as objects of illus- the media focuses on the plight or writing to feminist newspapers are,
success of irtdividual women, not on engaged in theissues they are report- blatant sexism of its executive, she was the only one in print, she added
trationandbysensationalizing
decided to take political action.
ing on, said Gibson. She called this
TheQuebecoisepoet,whohas
the mass cclllective action of thouwomen’sissues,she
said.Women
“They were talking about a ‘poe- recently published a book of verse
type of journalism “participatory”.
are portrayed as banal because theysands,” she said.
She cited the example
of the recent
tess’ - a word that had been outentitledMadWomenandCrazy
Briskin stressed the women’s moveare given information they supposRed Hot Video trial in Victoria in
lawed by the Canadian Press years Ladies, said she wonders about the
ment is invisible inthe mediabecause
edly need to fulfill theirrole ina
whichthemediaignoredtheacago. And what’s more, these people “conspiracy theory”.
thepress
;Indtelevision
stations
male-oriented society, she added.
“Who were theconspirators? What
are so behindandignorantthey
ignore the impact
of pressure groups cumulated effortsof women’s groups
In a bid to reduce thedissent
in bringing Red Hot tocourt.
Victowas the conspiracy for?” she asked.
weren’t even embarrassed.
emanating from thewomen’s move- and presenlt parliamentary legisla“I was veli;, very angry.”
“Men thought women were contion in avacuum. They also hold theria’s Women Against Pornography
ment, the media highlights the exwrote an article about the trial in
With the help of other women, spiring just like a bunch of witches.
ceptional success of certain women, view that major social change will
Nelsonformed a women’s caucus Buta lot of womenwritersinderesult in chaos, she said, and that theKinesis’ July issue.
while distortingtherest,St.Jean
“A journalist couldn’t have writopenonlytothe
league’s female pendentlybeganto
perceive and
only accepl.able change is a t the
said.
members. They applied to the
fed- explore what was happening to them.
ten that article. She wouldn’t have
Linda Briskin. an Ontario writer individual level.
eral g,overnment for funding- much
“And once youbegin to see the tip
and video documentarist, agreed. “It But there are alternatives. Femin- had the inside information and experience. Womenshould writeabout to theamazement of the league’s of thepoliticaliceberg,you
never
ist publicat~ons strengthen and deportrays the women in themoveexecutive, which forbadethemto
the issues they are working on.
forget what you’ve learned.”
ment as men-haters and bra-burners.finethe women’s movement. said
“The most important
single factor
By SARAH COX
intheconventional
success of a
Almost a thousandCanadian
women converged on UBC last week- work of art is thegender of the
artist,”she
saidin
a n interview
endtoconfrontthe
sexismthey
Saturday.
encounter as writers.
Women in Canada seldombecome
The bilingual conference, organized by the West Coast Women and well-known as writers because they
are denied access to grant money,
WordsSociety,focusedonovercoming the many obstacles and bar-publishers,and review space, said
Nelson.
riers facing women writers.
“Womerl can’t get published. We
The extent of this discrimination
did not surface until last year, when can’t get grants or distribution. We
the feminist quarterly Fireweed ran certainly can’t get marketing or press
a reportentjtled Bemused, Branded, coverage,” she said. “For a writer
and Belittled: Women and Writing that’s death.”
ThishappensbecauseCanada’s
in Canada.
Statisticsfromthisreport
were mainstream literary cultureis dominated by rlen who still tend to steused by conferenceorganizersto
reotypewomen,Nelsonsaid.
It
apply for government grants. The
report is only documentation of the parallels the lower economic status
status of women writers in Canada. ofwomen
in theworkplace,
she
Author ShaconNelson concluded added.
“All of‘ourproblemsare financial.
that thelimited number of successful
women writers isa political problemIt’s a questlon of dollars and cents.
Women are underpaid in the workandnot a lack of artisticability
Media ignoreswomen’s news
Feminist ‘conspires’
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Wednesday, July 6,1983
U B Y S S E Y
Writina women
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At a unique conference on the
weekend, women writers celebrated
their strengths and
discussed the sexual politics of Canadian literature.
Women and Words'organizers explained in their opening remarks
howthey contacted competent and talented women writers
speak to
at
the conference, but surprisingly many were reticent to
accept the
invitation.
Many women lack the confidence to give voice to their knowledge
and toshare their experiences before a large
gathering, theorganizers
said. And thisis continually reinforcedby social conditioning andby the
images of women in themedia.
But women writers were inspired
by the conference's uplifting
mood
and the excitement surrounding the women-only event.
It was the first
time in history that
almost athousand women had gathered explore
to
their writing and toacknowledge their voices i n Canadian culture.
One East Indian woman quietly tolda group of women attending a
panel about her insecurity as a writer living ina foreign country.
"I write ongrocery bags or when I have moments in between cooking. I was so shy to talk about my writing, but after seeing so many
women writers, I'mnot shy now," she said as cheers filled theroom.
Women at UBC aspiring to be journalists or wanting to write for
UBC's student newspaper encounterthese
same feelings.Often
women who enter the
Ubyssey office andleave after writing one
story
never come back.
The newsroom, probably like most newsrooms in the country,is male
oriented and sometimes gives the impression of being a boy's club.
Most male reporters try tochange sexist
their attitudes andstereotypes
in
of women, but it is understandable that women don't want to work
such an atmosphere.
But, as Virginia Woolfso eloquently stated inA Room of One's Own,
women must assert their voice. Realizing that we haven't come far
enough in terms
of establishing our place in Canadian culture, w e must
carry on the traditionstarted at the conference.
So we, the women writers of The Ubyssey, invite feminist women
students to join theUbyssey.
Wiatr an unwelcome
ambassador at
UBC
The .following is an open fetter to kesperson and unnofficial ambassaJerz)? Wiatrfrom the UBC Solidar- dor of Jaruzelski'sregime.Your
appointment is a tacit acceptanceof
ity Study Group.
The UBC Solidarity Study Group the repressive actions of thegovwhich firmly believes in free trade- ernment for which you work, and
unionism and workers self manage- therefore, represent.
ment, freedom of speech and acaThe UBC Solidarity Study Group
demic freedom, and the respect
of and sympathizers are here to show
human rights, firmly opposes your you that you are not welcome, and
that the repression of trade-unionappointment as a summer lecturer at
our university.
ists,academics,andintellectuals
We do notbelieve that asking for under any circumstances will never
therescindment of yourappointgo unnoticedand will alwaysbe
ment and the boycott
of your classes opposed.
are interfering with academic free- In solidarity with SOLIDARNOSC
dom or freedomof speech.
Eva Busza
We d o not oppose your ideology
Horacio de la Cueva
and its free expression.We perceive
Fraser Easton
your visit to theUniversity of British
Arnold Hedstrom
Columbia as more than an academic
Alice Kim
exercise. You are an ideologue, spoBill Tieleman
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POLAND
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... under martial law for 18 months.
Society not so vile
We themembers
of the newly lumbermanjackets
is not a true
formed UBC Society for Shitheads, reflection of our positive aims and
would like tosayafewwordstogoalsasYoungCanadians.
We may
those who brand us as vile, disgust- look Ugly as he11,but we're not your
ing, and
incompetent
urchins.
average
shitheads.
The
fact
that
we have brush
cuts,
Bernard Dogbreath
on scars
old
president
Y
by hiring Wiatr.
As one protester outside Jerzy Wiatr's class
A university is supposedly an institute of
pointed out Monday, David Elkins, despite his
position as actingpoliticalscience
head, higher learning, where people are made aware d
seems to know very little about the appoint- of concepts such as freedom and justice. If
--.
ment of the Polish professor. Or rather, he is the criteria for hiringat this university are so
telling very little.
lax as to employ a representativeof a regime
Every question directed towards Elkins at which has a low regard for these concepts,
the picket line
was handled in safe,
a
cautious then procedures must be re-examined.
manner. He is the man ultimately responsible Until such action is taken, protest must con-c
for the appointmentof Wiatr, but yet tried to tinue against people like Jerzy Wiatr, no matter how "distinguished" they
are. And waiting
cover up the details
of Wiatr's position in
Poland and the circumstances
of his hiringat for the political science department
to realize
the ramificationsof their actions is obviously
UBC.
Local Solidarity support groupshave doc- not the answer. Predictably, only a few professorshavesteppedforwardinprotest
umentedevidence
of Wiatr'spositionin
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Poland as a top member of the repressive against Wiatr's appointment.
Jaruzelski regime. They also have clearly de- Thestrongestobjectionswillultimately
come from students protesting outside Wiatr's 'W
termined he isdirector of the Party Institute of
Marxism-Leninism, which serves to justify the classes.
military regime. But Elkins insists on ignoring At a lecture to be held July 14, Wiatr will
and even denying this information.
most likely use his alloted time to justify the
Polish regime. He will likely offer his version,
Concerning Wiatr'sappointment,Elkins
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more accurately the Party version, of the
cannot recall how many others applied for or
the
position. He cannot
even offer sufficient proof government's attitude towards human rights
V
of the position being advertised to equally and the repressed trade union Solidarity.
A question and answer period will follow
qualified Canadian professors first.
Elkins is trying to defend an appointment Wiatr's speech. This time should be used to
that can't be justified. By dismissing the facts
confront him on these issues. UBC students,
4
about Wiatr's positionandtheregime
he faculty, and staff should use the opportunity
represents as "irrelevant" information, Elkins to protestagainsthishiring,and
to show
4
support for the Polish people
shows hehas made an irresponsible decision
Letters should be asbrief as possible and typed on a 70 space line.
Theymust be hand delivered and
identification shown by 4:30 p.m.
the Friday before publicationto The
Ubyssey's office in SUB 241k.
The summer Ubyssey reserves the
right to edit for brevity, taste, libel,
or
grammar andspelling.Sexist
racist letters will not run.
Please address letters to the newspaper staff, because there is no editor, and if there was one, chancesare
67-33 that "Sir" would be a woman.
If you have anyquestions or comments, dropby SUB 241k. or call us
at 228-2301/2305
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THE-UBYSSEY
Wednesday, July 6,1983
The Summer Ubyssey is published Wednesdays during
summer sessionby the Alma Mater Society ofthe Universityof
British Columbia, with the assistance of a grant from the provincial government Youth EmploymentProgram. Editorial
opinions are those of the staff and are not necessarily those of
the AMS, the university administration o r the provincial
government. Member, Canadian University Press. The Summer 1:byssey's editorial office is SUB 241k. Editorial departments, 228-2301; Advertising, 228-3977.
Cox. the protector of the group
"Who goes there. asked Sarah
armed wlth Wendo knowledge At her s d e was Murlel Draalsrna halllng from the east end
whlch explained her tough but loveable exterlor Tralling close behmd was Chrls Wong
The fearless three approached the door. stomplng rlght over Brlan Jones and
Shaffln Shariff both totally confused by thr powerful forces
of fear and respect that engulfed
thecrowd lnthecornerNt.~lLucenteandPererBerl~nqu~etlyg~ggledtothetnselvesaboutthe
hack;ngcough tt,atfllledtheroom "It's
.1 btrd. 11's aplane.
no 11 S Julle Wheelwright
following WhreiwrlghtwereGlenSanfordandArnoldHedstrom
The hackshadtruly
retclrned A l c e Thompson preserved tb.15mrredlble Scene Into a pholo album
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Council examines CFS alternative
By CHRIS WONG
Student council took steps June
a
29 towards sending delegates to
conferenceonalternativestothe
Canadian Federation of Students.
Council will send a letter to the
Wonferenceorganizers in Toronto
for more information on the Octod e r meeting, which is open only to
non-CFS members.
But some UBC councilors charm
theconference,organized
by the
University of Toronto student administration count-il, will undermine
CFS.
“If we go to this conferenceit’s a
signal that we don’t support CFS.”
rehab medicine representative Sheila
Howick said. ‘‘It’s sort of a slaD in
the face tor CFS agamst things that
they’ve done.”
External affairs coordinatorLisa
Hebert saidit would be wrongto
change the existing avenues for student action at
a time when CFS has
achieved victories.
In a letter tocouncil, U of T
organizerssaidtheconference’s
goals are todiscuss:
0 the Durpose and organizationof
a national student movement,
0 theproblemsandbenefits
of
CFS,
themechanics of student and
government liaison,
student concerns like unemploy- Alberta S t a f f Person.
ment, funding, and program cuts.
Council passed a motion condemn“Why not go, are
we scared or ing the Quebec national assembly’s
Bill 32 which calls for student assosomething?’askedstudentboard
ciationstodeconstitute
until they
rep Dave Frank.
can Pass a fee referenda by 25 per
Vice presidentReneeComesotti
told council itis good business to see Cent Yes votes.
Concordia University sent a speboth sides of the story.
But Hebert said the unbudgeted
cialdeliverycommunique andplaced
fee of $100 was too costly comparedemergency calls to councils asking
to CFS fees of $43 for their confer- for support telegrams.
ences.
shouldstand
A strong
be taken
“I really think they’re trying to against the bill,said Frank.
profit,” she said.
“What
(the
bill) would d o is comIn another motion, council voted pletely destroy what has been budt
to contribute$500 to CFS to hire an on campuses
in Canada,” he said.
Ambiguity clouds changes
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By MURIEL DRAAISMA
Confusion surrounds B.C.’s eligibility rules for student aid as financial award officers attempt to interpret the new criteria.
Studentsare receiving different
interpretations of the new independent status criteria because the provincial government hasfailed to distribute its policy manuals, said Stephen Leary, Canadian Federationof
Students - Pacific Region chair.
“The main problem
is studentsare
asking questions andwe don’t have
the answers. We don’t know if there
will be exceptions to the criteria,”
said David Crawford, Simon Fraser
University’s assistantfinancialaid
director.
According to the neweligibility
rules, students who live in their parent’s home for more than six
weeks,
drive their parents’ car to schoolor
“alice thompron photo
ASPIRING EQUESTRIAN Edith Edsel flashes sinister grin after
committingdastardlydeedstoherthoroughbreed.Onlythehead
r e m a i n s of t h e once proud four-legged wonder. Edith plans to tone
receive more than $600 in cash or to notify themof the discrepancyin
the interpretations. The goJernment
kindareconsideredfinancially
then mailed special instruction sheets
dependent.
Students wholive in theirparent’s to award offices, but neither UBC
home but pay rent at market price nor SFU had received them by June
30, their early application deadlines.
may be exempted from dependent
“It’s toolateforstudentswho
status at some financial awards
offihave already applied,”Learey said.
ces, but not a t others, said Learey.
UBCexpects a I O percent inUBC is one of the institutions takinga “hard 1ine”about the neweligi-crease in total applicants,while SFU
bility requirements for independent anticipates a 50 per cent increase, up
status, Learey said. Thisis due toits from lastyear’s 30 per centincrease.
large number ofapplicants, headded. By July 4, Worsley estimated UBC
“At UBC it’s like a factory. Col- would have between 3,800 and 4,000
leges are $king a much more per- applicants. Crawfordsaid SFU would
sonal view of the situation,” he said. have a total of 850.
“The government’s delay is makBut Dan Worsley, UBC‘s assisting it impossible for us to catch up
ant financial awards director, said
his office was only given the infor- with the backlog,said Worsley. “We
mation contained in the student aid can’t even makeclerical adjustments
because we don’t
booklet. “We’ve had no qualifica- on the applications
tions from the govenment,” he said. have the manuals,” he said, adding
Learey said CFS representatives students will probably receive their
met with education ministryofficials documents late.
J0bIess st udents he1 ped by AMS
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Gettin Off Easy: three of Vancouver's hippest jazz vacalists, July 9, Classical Joint,
231 Carrall, 689-0667.
Wyatt Ruther Quartet:
a special evening
of
jazz, July 10, Classical Joint.
Phoenix Jazzers: dixieland sounds, July 8
and 12, Hot Jazz Club, 3 6 East Broadway.
873-4131
- an
Cassation Group: muslca humana
eventng of newelectro-acoustic music. July
9. 8 p.m , Metro Media, 1037 Commerctal,
525-81 89
RankAndFile/MelodyPimps:cowboypunk,July
9,CommodoreBallroom,
VTC/CBO
Elvin Bishop:with theTowerot Power horn
mercial, 253-5455) July 6-7: of
King
Comedy, 7:30 p.m.; Betrayal, 9:35 p.m. July
8-10: The AfricanQueen, 7:30 p.m.; King
OfHearts.9:25p.m.Julyll-l2:DonaFlor
And Her Two
Husbands,7.30 p.m.; I Love
You, 9:30 p.m.
SavoyCinema(MainandKingsway,
872-21 24) July 6-7: Bad
Boys, 7:30 p.m.;
Massacre A t Central High, 9:45 p.m. July
8-10: FridayThe13th. Part3,7:30and 11
p.m.; Frankenstein, 9:15 p.m July 11-12:
Union City, 7:30 p.m.; Eraserhead, 9:15
p.m
Wednesday, July 6, 1983
S U M M EU RB Y S S E Y
12:30 p.m..
Buchanan
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS ACTION C O M M I T € €
Meeting for students to talk about student aid, July 7, 7 p m , SUB 260.
UNDERWATER HOCKEY
Practtce, everybody welcome, July 9, 1 0
p.m , Aquatic Centre.
POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
PaperWheat:afasctnattnglourneythrough
Visitlng Polish professor Jerzy
Wtatr wlll
the history of Saskatchewan, Tues.-Sat '8
p m., Studlo 58. 100 w 49th. 324-5227.
s r c t l o n July 8 Commodore B a l ~ r o o m . The Memorandum: a provocatlve and witty
assaulton
themadnessof efficiency,Mon..
VTC/CBO
Masayuki Koga: masterof the Shakuhachl Sat 8 p.m., Wed. two for one, Frederic
Wood Theatre.
flute,July10,8p.m.,VancouverEastCultuAs You Like It: the openlng productlon of
ral Centre, 733-7775
theVancouver Shakespeare Festival, 8p.m..
Vanier Park, 734-01 94.
Table Manners: the flrst part
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, WaterfrontTheatre,
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PacificCinematheque
(Robson Square
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July
7 Parashuram, 7 p.m.; Akaler Sandhane,
9 p.m., July 8: Dance On Film Series: Spartacus. 7:30 and 9.30p.m., July 9: Making
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3UMMER 3EENE
VOL. 12, No. 1
Hello, and Welcome to Summer Session '83
JULY 6-12
The Summer Session Association is the student organization of Summer
Sessior.; if you have any problems, concerns or suggestions, please drop by
our ofice - main floor of SUB, opposite the candy counter. We are there
Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Phone 228-4846
ASSOCIATION
July 8:
SUMMERSOUNDS Friday,
PINK FLOYD: THE WALL
Free, noon-hour outdoor concerts.Bring
your lunch and a friend.
Wednesday,July 6 J.A.All-stars - SUB
Thursday, July 7
QuintetWest - ClockTower
Friday,July 8
Mulberry St.Jazz Band - SUB
Monday,July 11
HollyburnRamblers - SUB
Tuesday, July12Phoenix
Jazzers - MusicBldg.
(ln the event of rain, concerts will be held in the
conversation-pit area, main floor of SUB.)
Monday, July 11:
NFB Features:
Jacks or Better
The Man Who Love Machines
Arthur Erickson: Architect
Wednesday, July 13:
WRONG IS RIGHT; starring Sean
Connery and Robert Conrad;a comedy
about spies and sneaky
stuff ingovernment!
SUMMER SCREEN MUSIC FOR A
Free films presented at 7:30 p.m. in IRC
Lecture Hall #2.
Wednesday, July 6:
USED CARS, featuring Jack Warden and
Kurt Russell; a comedy about cops and
robbers!
SUMMER'SEVENING
Thursday, July 7
Michael Strutt, Guitar;music of VillaLobos, Brauer, Almeida Morale.
Tuesday, July 12
Edward Norman, organ; music of
Buxtehude, Bach, Mozart, Brahms.
These concerts areheld in the Music
Building Recital Hall, and are free to the
public. All concerts are co-sponsoredby
the S.S.A., Musicians Union Trust Funds,
Extra-Sessional Office, and the Department
of Music.
BLOOD DONOR
CLINIC
The annual UBC Summer SessionBlood
Donor Clinic will be held July 20 & 21 in
the ScarfeBuilding. Please give to this
cause in your usual terrific manner. They
need our help.
Summer Session Association information is a service provided
cooperatiuely by the S.S.A. and The Summer Ubyssey.
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Five benefit from punks
A
media" being conducted in the com-gle alsoincludesstatementsfrom
By CHRIS WONG
a
D.O.A., a letter from Hannah, and
+ Vancouver'spunkrockkings
mercial press.
of theyoung
statement from the former manager
D.O.A. took to the stage Friday for Mostmembers
audience were aware of the cause of the Subhumans, of which HanJ Rock for Freedom benefit concert.
nah wasa member, Shithead added.
"We're not just here for a gig, to they were supporting and not just
attending forthe music,said Fredette.
have somefun, or todrinksome
Shithead agreed and said support " "W
beer. We're here because some friends
is
increasing
forth'e five.
of oursaregetting
screwed,"he
Literature handed out at the door
qprplained at the new York theatre.
The more thanfi 1 O
, OO raised will helped illustrate theevening's theme
80 to the defense fund for the five of support for therights of political
; peoplearrested in connectionwith prisoners.
FINE
NATURAL
Shithead andhis band willalso be
thebombings of RedHot Video
outlets, a LittonSystemsplant
in releasing a single withtheprofits
HAIR STYLING
going towards thefive's defense.
Toronto,and a B.C.HydrosubThe single was set for a July Canetion.
224-6622
ConcertorganizerFredette
said adian release but has been delayed
because of problems with therecord
4574 W. 10th Ave.
' over 600 peopleattendedtheperTormance featuringVancouver's top company, Shithead said. The record
(Opposite Safeway)
underground bands:D.O.A., Shang- is being pressed in Toronto but the
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hai Dog, The Dreadbeats, No Exit, company refuses to put their name
o n it because of its, political nature,
and Rebel Troupe.
The crowdincluded an assortment he said.
The single will now be released
b bizarre looking punks and drew
Rethe attentionof a CBC camera crew withthenameSuddenDeath
making a film about political bene- cords, D.O.A.'s ownlabelonthe
record, said Shithead.
; fits.
It contains two songs, Fuck You
'
In a previous
interview,
D.O.A.
- by self-employed
member Joey Shithead said benefits with lyrics by one ,of the five, Gerry
UBC student
Hannah,and
Burn
It
Down,anantiwere important to help gain support
prison song, Shithcad said. Thesinf& the five because of the "trial by
- experienced all-round
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SUWM’E*
Wednesday,July 6, 1983
U B Y S S E Y
fully enjoyable primer to Western
of anepoch,showinghowthe
And the characters are right out
situations authentic.
farmers fell victim to unscrupulous Canadian history and politics. P e t
of history. There are the Irish and
But Paper Wheat avoids preachhaps the play’s best attribute is that
companyandrailroadagents,an
British workers who came to Caning about past sins committed by
witha.
ada because therewere no morejobs unsympathetic Ottawa government, it is able to accomplish its goal
EasternCanadianpowerbrokers.
and the greed of Toronto business- good mixof humor and seriousness
in the industrial cities. There is the
bePaperWheatalsosucceeds
Instead it deals with the issue as it
men.
Ukranianpeasantwho
leaveshis
should be dealt with - a calm yet
The play excellently recounts how cause it maintains a detailed focus.
home for the promiseof good, free
impassioned look at thelives of the
the farmers, upon their first arrival Instead of portraying an allencomfarmland ina country
where hecan’t
Paper Wheat
people who first farmed the Saskat- speakthe
in the late 1800’s, become disillusi- passing history of the West, thep l a
official
language.
And
directed by Catherine Cains
chewan prairie. By developing real
oned with their situation, then coor- concentrates on its agrarian roots.’
there
is
the
young
Latvian
woman
playing at Studio 58 until July 16
Without such an emphasis, no sto
dinate their efforts to form their own
who arrives with her family, full of
peopleand
real problems,Paper
grain sellers’ cooperative to bypass could truly capture the values a n
wonder a t the diversenew worldand
With a simple set and few props, Wheatpresentsanatmosphere
attitudes that are
so often referredto
the big Toronto trust companies.
all it has to offer.
one would thinka play would even- where the audience can’t helpbut
Paper
Wheat
captures
the
traeedv
tually get dull. Not Paper Wheat.
empathize with the characters.
By BRIAN JONES
From the moment you walk into
PaperWheat,thefreshcountry
smell fromtheallwoodstage
set
creates a realistic image of life on the
Prairies.
B
Theplay, which wasfirstproduced by a Saskatoon-based theatre
company, describes thelife of immigrant farmersin the Canadian West
in the early1900’s. Their origins and
difficulties are handled with accuracy and historical detail, thus making thecharacters real andtheir
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