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Cheek what's happening to auniversity near you.UBC's Official Community Plan calls forhighrises, commercial development,moving the outdoor pool and eliminatingparking. Page 3.Debt, then doughStudent debt is on the rise. Of course,after graduating you'll be better off,apparently. Page 5.'Memory of Water" at the StanleyTheatre!Also: Dance festival, Vancouver ArtGallery, poetry and more. Pages 7-9.Taking on El Nino:They may not be able to stop it, but UBCresearchers are getting closer to beingable to predict the infamous weatherphenomenon. Page 13.14-)?iDon't do it!Say no to "University Town. Page 14Heartbreak, hot dogs and history:Brown Cup coverage and UBC baseball.Pages 15-16.Volume 84 IssuemagaZIFr day Ipr I } 003the picture still ;;tssols since 1918
the ubyssey literary supplementNEW WORKS BYkaren 0 anicole11) r .41at ncoricaitlin reidLisa wong
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I can help you withar, literature, proofreading and,PREPARATION. Call LOLITA604-435-7035.BIKE TO WILDWOOD? Are youinterested in participating in an earthfriendly, social biking & camping trip?Apr 25-27. For info, contact UBCStudent Environment Centre atenviro@ams. bc.caTo place an Ador Classified,11 ,SINGLE PERSON WILL DOVOLUNTEER WORK in exchange forshort-term accommodation. 732-0529.call 822-1654or visit SUBRoom 23Piper threatened with deathTeaching assistant charged last Fridayby Kathleen DeeringNEWS EDITORUBC President Marth Piper wasthreatened with death in an e-mailtwo weeks ago. Teaching assistant(TA) and graduate, student AmiraliMirsayah was charged March 28.The author of the e-mail, whichthe RCMP said was sent March 17,warned Piper that her life and herchildren's lives were at serious risk.'You have initiated a lot of hate andresentment among students, andI'm afraid this may lead to violentand life-threatening actions againstyou and 'your family members,'it said.Mirsayah was charged withintimidation by threatening violenceof damage to property, utteringthreats to cause death or bodilyharm and to burn, destroy or damage property, according to theCriminal Code of Canada.When contacted at home, theUbyssey was told that Mirsayah hadno comment about the accusations.The 36-year-old suspect's housewas searched March 20 and he wasreleased on the grounds that he notcontact Piper or go to campus. Hewas contacted by the Vancouver SunFriday night and denied the allegations. 'I did not do it,' he told theVancouver Sun. 'They've got thewrong guy.'Constable Danielle Efford wouldalso not comment on specific aspects(Basement).vvww.bookst ore.ubacaUnions; UBC await decisionThe university and the unions oncampus are still awaiting decisionsabout their collective agreementsfrom arbitrator Mark Brown.The unions (CUPE's 2278, 2950and 116) and UBC presented theircases to Brown last week and all parties will be required to adhere to thedecision he arrives at.and BeyondBackpacksMaps &Travel Guides Resume BooksApril 7Save 20% on all writing instruments,, UBC. crested gifts (including mugs),.seleOted:SWeatOhirts, calculators, UBC1mobsepads and CD cases.UBC BOOKSTORE 6200 University Blvd. Vancouver. B.C. (604) 8224665FO :pof the case, as Mirsayah's courtappearance is on April 10, 2003.'Everyone is innocent until provenguilty,' she said.She said that the RCMP'sIntegrated Techonological Unit wasused to retrieve the e-mail,The author of the message said agroup of six TAs and four students, ofwhich he was not a part of anymore,were planning a 'chain of actions' inresponse to the way UBC Was handling the labour situation.The e-mail pledged to: 1-"Rent acar and investigate the routines ofyour older son and then run overhim with a car when and where itcan be reasonably assumed to be aMVA [sic] (motor vehicle accident).They don't want to kill your son buteven if that happens it is deemed justan accident and it is assumed thatICBC would pay for that'2-Put your mansion on fire [sic]by fast motorcycle(s) that pass byafter midnight or any other slowhours to be decided later and throwexplosives that they call 'koktelmolotov.—3- As far as I know as of yesterday(March 15, 2003), the team wasplanning to bring in a shot gun [sic]one of them has purchased with afake ID in Washington state and theywere talking how it could be safelybrought to Vancouver and used in anattempt to shoot at one of your children's leg [sic] from a distance (justto cause injuries and not taking life).The author of the e-mail saidhe/she didn't approve of the violentactions the group was planning totake, and wanted to warn Piper. Theauthor did however, say that they feltthat Piper was in part responsible forthese acts because of her actionstoward TM.President of the TA Union, AlexGrant, declined comment on allaspects of the matter. 'It's in thecourts,' he said.UBC Director of Public, Affairs,Scott Macrae said Piper took thethreat very seriously. 'It disruptedthe president and her family's workand private life,' he said. 'You canimagine if you had a threat to yourself and your family you'd be forcedto take safety precautions.'He said to his knowledge; Piperhas not been threatened before.Hubert Lai, senior legal counselfor UBC, said the student's continuation at UBC would be dependent onuniversity discipline. 'Within theuniversity he is a student and if itturns out that he did in fact [do] thethings he is accused [of doing), thenhe will be subject to student discipline,' he said.'In addition to that, he is anemployee of the university. And if anemployee of the university is threatening another employee of the university, that is clearly unacceptableconduct and they face employee discipline which Could be as serious astermination of employment.'The Teaching Assistants Union(2278) had asked for binding arbitration after they felt negotiationswere not progressing. TA UnionPresident Alex Grant described themove td arbitration as a 'moral vie- tory' for the unions.The university had not wanted togo to arbitration, hoping to negotiatea resolution rather than have a thirdparty make a decision.The decision, which both partieswill have to accept is expected to bemade sometinie today or next week.See Wednesday's issue of theUbyssey for details of the settlement.Canadian and US national anthems,while a handful of anti-war demonstrators also at the rally called themwarmongers.'They then listened to severalspeakers, including BC Unity Partyleader Chris Delaney, while a largenumber of Vancouver Police officerskept watch."We are here today because wedisagree with our government'sopposition to our allies and bestfriends—the Americans—in thisFight for freedom,' Delaney said tothe crowd.A scuffle broke out after Delaneyfinished as a 'One anti-war demonstrator condemned the rally beforebeing led away by Vancouver Policeas the crowd chanted "USA!"'Canada has every right not tosend their people over to kill otherpeople,' said Paul Boyd, after lie wasescorted to the edge of the rally.'The US has got enough troops to doit, and Britain has enough to do it'Foreign Minister Bill Grahamsaid his government stands by itsdecision not to join a military campaign that has no United NationsPro-war demonstratorsstage rallyAbout 200 pro-war demonstratorsbraved heavy Vancouver rain overthe weekend to Show their supportfor the US-led invasion of Iraq.The 'pro-war demonstrators,some draped in US flags, began theSunday rally at the south end of theBurrard bridge by singing theMUSICCA-'door'-able Doors!! 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See you there!UPCOMING FILMSFriday, April 4 - Sunday, April 67:00PM - Star Fide Nemesis9:30PM - About Schmidt4,4Screenings @ Norm Theatre, SUBPrice: 3.00 Per Ticket Box OfficeMembership: 20.00 (Including 10 Movies)Film Society Hotline: (604) 822-3697http://we w.ams.ubc.ca/clubs/filmsocShowtimes May Be Subject to ChangeWednesday, April 9 - Thursday, April 107:00PM - Roger & Me9.30PM City of GodFriday, April 11- Sunday, April 137:00PM - Bowling for Columbine9!30PM - LOTR: The Two Towers
judgesL JMelva McLeanThe metric system has made the number five a number to think about. It'shalf of a decade and a quarter of a score. While we are grateful for eachyear we are in existence, five years of Rant is a big deal for us here at theMelva has fifteen years of experience in publishing, including eight yearswith Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature. Shehas a Master of Publishing degree from SFU and is a freelance editor andcurrent managing editor of New Star Books. She is also a member of thecollective of women who edit and publish Room of One's Own, a feministliterary journal. In her spare time, Mel enjoys belonging to Wild Rice, atheatre group making its debut at this year's Vancouver Fringe Festival,and spending time with her husband Malcolm, and Tabasco, their newbasset hound.Ubyssey.So what the hell is Rant anyway? What does it mean? For some of us,it's those early morning hours where the only thing that will bring themorning is an exegesis of words. Maybe it's a pencil and pad on SunsetBeach. And maybe it's in a dank basement suite, with idle fingers and eyesbleeding from the glare of a computer monitor.How does it work? Well, the Culture Department took your submissionsand narrowed the field down to a number of finalists. From there, wepassed your work on to five esteemed judges. Our judges came from a number of different parts of the literary arts community. This year, we made aconcerted effort to invite people who have ties with publishing. Hopefully,it will result in something good for all of the people who submitted.For us, co-ordinating Rant has been an opportunity to take a peek intothe dark closet of UBC's emerging literary minds. There have been oldshoes and unworn sweaters, and there have been bowler hats and feather boas—it's been anabsolute pleasure trying it all on.So here it isl We hope you will enjoy reading it as much as we have enjoyed putting it together. This zinewould be nothing if not for all of the great contributions. So when you're done reading, and you put it down,pick up your pen and start writing for next year. The only advice we can give you comes from Bob Dylan: "Playit fucking loud)"Fiona Tinwei LamFiona Tinwei Lam is a writer of poetry and prose. A former lawyer andrecent grad from the Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing atUBC, she has been published in literary magazines such as Grain, TheMalahat Review, The New Quarterly, Event and Canadian Literature. Herfirst book of poetry, Intimate Distances (Nightwood, 2002) has been wellreceived. Her poetry is featured this season on public transit.John RupertPeace,Bryan and Aman,RANT coordinatorsDr John Rupert is an English professor at UBC. He has published articleson Jack Kerouac, as well as his own original poetry and fiction. John iscurrently teaching classes in poetry and fiction and Canadian, American,and British lit in the English Dept here at UBC.Melissa Edwards winnersCaitlin ReidWinner, snap non-fiction: 'Jean-Mkhel Basquiat,' page 3.Melissa Edwards' writing has appeared in Geist, Two Chairs and severalbusiness and online publications and she was short-listed for the 2000Federation of BC Writers Literary Writes award. She is a freelance writer,a project manager with the BC Association of Magazine Publishers andan associate editor at Geist, where she assesses manuscripts, writesreviews and compiles the regular 'Caught Mapping' feature. She lives inVancouver.A second-year creative writing student, Caitlin Reid has previously had her writingpublishe
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