23 2002 NEWS Over The Edge 7 Funding Cuts to Women’s Sexual Donors Honored Assault Crisis Lines (continued from page 6) sexual assault rate in the country. One in four Canadian women on average is a victim of sexual assault, but in B.C. the average is 47 per cent. Rich Coleman, the Solicitor General could not be reached for comment by press time, and sent a June press release from the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General instead. In it he said the province will fund 24 additional programs and a new crisis line ‘that would improve services for victims of crime throughout B.C. But Glattstein said she has received little information about this new service. Through the few conversa- tions she has had with the Help Wanted ‘he UNBC Career Centre is looking for more vol- government, she said, she understands the service will come into effect April 1-leaving women without the help-line for two and a half months. Glattstein is also concerned with the lack of communication between WAVAW and the gov- ernment, she said, citing the difficulty she has had getting information about what ser- vices will be provides in place of WAVAW’s crisis line. “They have made all the changes without any kind of consultation with us,” she said. Glattstein said she will do anything in her power to keep the phone line open and con- tinue providing services for women. “It might be the fight of our lives, but we’re ready for it,” she said. “We have a good unteer Peer Helpers so we can keep our doors open for longer hours. We're flexible - you can pick the hours you want to volunteer. For onh ‘o-hours commitment a week, you could: help your fellow students learn more about your own career opportunities, and improve your resume To get your name on our list, just drop by the Student Success Centre by September 26th (we may be able to fit in latecomers) and give them your name, email and phone number. "Earth drifting to Sanctuary” alkyd, 152 by 196cm cause and women are so upset-for the first time we had clients that came forward and spoke to the media,which is unheard of in survivors of sex assault.” Lisa Lafreniere, coordinator of WAVAW’s Young Women’s Project-a program to increase the knowledge of young women about sexual assault- wrote the first draft of a petition circulated by WAVAW repre- sentatives at the University of British Columbia. She said support for the petition has been very positive. “There’s a lot of survivors [at the university] that are happy to sign the petition,” she said. Those who wish to sign the petition supporting the contin- ued funding to. WAVAW’s 24- hour crisis line can access it at at UBC (continued from page 6) very supportive of the cere- mony and the sentiments behind it. “We learn so much from their donations that we would- n't be able to learn otherwise,” said Yvette Lu, a second-year Brenda Scarrow’s grandmoth- er donated her body to the uni- versity, but had requested that no ceremony be held. “| found it to be quite casual enough and general enough that we wouldn’t be disre- specting her wishes,” said Scarrow. “At the same time we Medicine _ stu- all got to have dent. the closure Warrick Yu, a Close to 100 that we need- second-year bodies are ed to have.” Dentistry student Scarrow also agreed. offered each year aig meeting “This ceremo- ny really becomes a milestone for our medical/dental class that we officially show respect and appreciation to the donors and faculty who provides us with our education,” he said. Family members were also happy with the memorial. International Students Asked to Leave (continued from page 4) Apaak believes there are many negative consequences to come as a result of increased barriers on the activities and freedoms of international students. “Canada has been known to be a champion of human rights and justice for all? he said. “This is going to influence the type of international stu- dents who can come here, the countries they come from, and the political ideologies that they belong to.” THOUGHTS BEYOND THE MIND by Jean-Jacques Giguere Sept 6 - Oct 20, 2002 exhibition on display at UNBC library, 2nd floor paintings, sculptures, architectural models, multi-media presentation (experimental computer games...) Opening reception Monday Sept 9, 3pm at UNBC fbrary “The long-term effect of these new policies will be that students will be denied entry into Canada because they don’t prescribe to the western neo-liberal ideology,” said Apaak. “Those who don’t could be perceived as a threat. It's this idea of a perceived fear which disturbs me, because most international students are law-abiding good people who come here to get an education.” Artist/scientist’s talk (presentation/discussion of the “science of harmony’) Wed Oct 16, 12pm, room 7-158 of Thur Oct 17, 7pm, room 7-152 Ans Councit of UMBC pena the students helped her understand what her grandmother’s donation really meant. “To know that [my grandmother] was able to help the students who will in turn help the rest of the world is a wonderful thing,” she said. Dr Christian Naus, head of the department of anatomy at UBC, was the only faculty member to attend the ceremo- ny. Naus recently transferred from the University of Western Ontario where donor memorial services are held annually. Naus praised students for organizing the ceremony. “They tried to communicate the idea that it is a very pre- cious body to donate your body for this type of purpose,” he said, “and the fact they acknowledged that to the fam- ilies as well, | thought it was very well done,” said Naus. The university acquires most donations from Mount Pleasant Universal Funeral Home. Individuals must speci- fy the desire to donate their bodies to science in their wills or in conversations with their families. Forty five donations are accepted each year, after each one passes a screening process to ensure there is no risk of contagion to the stu- dents. Close to 100 bodies are offered each year. Elbers hopes the memorial will become a tradition that students will continue. “There’s a lot of first-years here that were impressed with the service and [they] will hopefully carry through for the next year,” she said. Family members also expressed hope that the memorial would happen again in the following years.