page 4 over tne kage Nov 22,195 Opinion Pieces

by Ian Lorenz

Unlike many of the other students
at UNBC who shade the decision
to attend UNBC either based on
the fact that no other school would
take them or that we offered a
program that couldn’t be taken
anywhere else, I came to UNBC
because I love the north. I could
have attended any of the
Universities in British Columbia
but I chose UNBC because I felt
the University of NORTHERN
British Columbia would be a
university for the people of the
north and have distinct northern
features.

Well, I have some sad news for
whom ever was under the
misconception that this university
was built for Northerners. The
north is not composed entirely of
women and people of first nations.
Nor is it composed exclusively of
truck driving loggers and resource
planners. Since this is true why
does the University constantly
funnel all of its money and
resources into feminist, native, and
resource based causes. These are
important issues and should be

addressed but not to the detriment
of all else. Being neither a feminist
or a native, this University often
leaves me feeling left out. This
University that was supposedly
built for people like me, the people

_ of the north. This was built for the

people of the north why is it that
about 70% of the students here are
from the lower mainland. And I
seriously doubt that more than two
or three Profs have ever been
farther north than Prince George.
I realize that I am just whining
and complaining and right now
many of you wish I would just shut
up but
I have a reason for saying all this.
I could handle it when the
women’s centre got a pile of
money while other groups were
shut out. And I can handle the fact
that we have a whole First Nations
wing. I can even handle all the
lesbian, feminist propaganda I
have read for many of my courses.
But what really pisses me off is that
this University that claims to be a
representative of the north has cut
of all funding , sponsor, and

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Wanagement

support of the UNBC hockey
team. :

_Yes you heard me right. The
decision was made not only to
yank all support from the hockey
team, but the team was also
expressly forbidden to wear the
UNBC logo. Nevermind that
every player had to put up $300
dollars of their own money plus
buy their own equipment. This
was a very sad and pathetic move
by the administration. Where
does all that money that I pay for
student fees, activity fees, etc. . .
. go? The university has not put
on one function that matters one
bit to me. The only worth while
things that come out of this
University are activities put on by
dedicated students who get no
support or encouragement from
the administration.

And what was the Universities
reason for yanking its merger
support from the hockey team.
Apparently some loser in
administration (most likely
someone who will see snow for
the first time this winter) has

Michael Law

Why does this university seem
to be predominantly man-
hating? I’m referring to the little
advertising display that’s in
front of the registrar’s office,
labeled “Stereotypes in
Advertising”, which was put up
by Psychology 402. This struck
a very raw nerve with me
because IJ didn’t like the way
they were arguing their point.
Seeing this display was a
massive smack in the face for
me. I’d prefer to say that I’m an
equal opportunity guy, treating
everyone on equal terms. I
didn’t feel too good after seeing
these ads.

I can find several things wrong
with the way they argue their
point, which would weaken their
argument. First of all, they were
extremely selective in choosing
their examples to study. Over
80% of their advertising shows
women. This is not a true
reflection of the advertising
industry. Although many of the
advertisements do feature
women that aren’t wearing a
heck of a whole lot, this only
serves to exaggerate those

f, numbers and blow the truth out

of proportion.

They are also incorrect in the
purpose of several ads. The
advertisement for wool products

“Stereo

From the Poison Pen....

decided our hockey team is too
violent. That’s right, a hockey
team that is too violent. Enough
said.

If this NORTHERN university
won’t even support it’s OWN
hockey team how can they expect
me to support them. When my
friends or siblings ask me my
thoughts on UNBC I may not have
anything good to say.

Hockey is only one way this
University has shown me it cares
little for the north and even less
for its students that are not
wrapped up~—in the most
fashionable cause of the month.
Every University in B.C. (except
UNBC) has a building on campus
that students may smoke in, even
though all of these Universities are
located in climates that would
allow outdoor smoking year
round. UNBC has no such building
. Instead this University forces its
students to feed their addiction in
temperatures below thirty degrees.
Yes, I know that smoking is a
disgusting habit but I believe there
are enough smokers in attendance

types in Advertising”

to show a clear need for such a
facility. Forcing us to smoke in
temperatures that will freeze
exposed skin in thirty seconds is a
little harsh.

I strongly urge all readers to write
to the University president (you
can drop letters off at the
administration building) and tell
him that a University that doesn’t
support its hockey team is not a
University you will be returning to:
in the fall. I also urge you to tell
him that no matter how bad
smoking outside in weather you
wouldn’t send your dog out in.

Everyone pays students fees. It
is not just money collected from
feminists, first nations people,
jocks, study freaks, and political:
zealots. It is also money collected
from smokers, drinkers, lazy slobs,'
hockey fans, and revolutionaries. ©
Let’s have a little something for'
everyone not just something for
the righteous, self serving,
southern control freaks running
this place. And if I offended
anyone with this article please
allow me to say ... GOOD!

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shows a man sitting on a barstool,
where the barstools look like legs
in high heels. They seemed to
have completely missed the point.
The point of the advertisement was
to show that looks can be
deceiving. The way he sits in the
barstool looks like that those are

his legs, shaven and in high-heels,

This is intended for satirical
purposes. When they describe the
woman “doing pet tricks”, this was
also incorrect, as many bartenders
do a lot of wacky things in the bar,
regardless of gender.

The section labeled “What’s
Wrong With this Picture”, in
which men’s. heads are
superimposed onto advertisements
featuring women, also struck a raw
nerve. There are ads that have men
doing laundry, men washing
dishes, and men cleaning house.
One that comes to mind is the
advertisement for the Black and
Decker wallpaper remover, where
a couple are having a contest to see
who can remove the wallpaper on
their side of the room first. The
woman is using the Black and
Decker wallpaper remover, while
the man _ stubbornly (a
stereotypical trait, it seems) uses
“his way”, using conventional
methods. In a matter of minutes,
the woman completely strips her
side of the room of wallpaper,

while the man is barely: done one
quarter of his wall. She smirks
while he’s still standing there,
scraping away.

They also seem to have missed’
one major point about the
advertising that features scantly.
clad women. MOST OF THEM.
ARE NOT AIMED FOR GUYS!,
How often do you see a guy:
reading through Vogue magazine,
seeing a picture of a scantly clad
women, thinking, “Hmm, maybe
I should buy that bottle of cellulite
cream.”’??

Indeed, there are problems with
the advertising industry, but they
are changing. YES, THINGS
HAVE CHANGED. “You mean
a woman can open it” is one
example. I know very well that
women are much stronger than we
(the male species) give them credit
for. I took a hockey stick to the
face from a girl because she missed
the puck, so I know this all toc
well. Unfortunately, they have
been so selective in their choices,
their point is completely lost in the
process,

It would probably better if they
renamed their project “How
women are stereotyped in the
advertising industry”, being that
that seemed to be the focus of their
project. If they did that, the project
probably wouldn’t change that