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CIAU may show athletes the money bv Wolf DeDner

University athletes will get bigger scholarships and Canadian varsity programs wiU get a shot of corpo rate cash if the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU) approves changes to its athletic schol-

The organisation’s eligibility committee recom- mended in June the CIAU either raise the limit on how much students can win in athletic scholar- shps from $1,500 to $2,000 or the cost of tuition at CIAU member schools.

In addition the same committee recommended the CIAU proL5de universities with a recruitmg tool by legalising financial support for promising high school athletes enterlng university.

The proposals are intended to stem the tide of Canadian hgh school students going to American universities on recrui tq scholarships. Unlike American schools, CIAU schools cannot offer fmm- cial support to first year varsity athletes unless they meet or exceed an 80 percent high school average.

But these changes also mean Canadian varsity athletics wdl be more open to private and corpo rate sponsorship money.

There is some disagreement over whether the proposed changes will pass. W e Bob Philip, UBC Athletics director, said the changes are a done deal, Peter Barnsely, Ontario University Athletics Association spokesperson, said they still require a formal vote by CIAU member schools next January.

Ontario schools have traditionally opposed recruitmg scholarships for financial and p h h sophical reasons.

“h%v should we pay the athletes that we can keep here,” Barnsely asked.

But Barnsely admitted that several Ontario schools are warming up to the idea of recruitmg scholarships and added he expected the CIAU to approve them.

Kim Gordon, UBC coordinator for Interuniversity

arship policy.

Athletics, said UBC and other Canada West schools - universities west of Ontano-are committed to offer- ing recruitq scholarships starhng next year.

That course of action could force the CIAU to kick UBC out of the organisation. “We’ll make a stand on scholarships and they would have to decide whether we’re going to be in the CIAU or not.”

Local student athlete leaders welcomed the news that UBC could soon offer recruitmg scholar- ships and increase the value of exism scholar-

“It allows elite athletes to come to [Canadian] schools and focus on their athletics and their acad- emics,” said Lisa Archer, vice president of Thunderbird Athletic Council.

According to PMp, UBC Athletics has already put aside $400,000 for athletic scholarships and wants to raise another $2.6 million in the next three veare to be competitive in the expected bid- d q war for hgh school athletes.

“There is no question about it. When you have more money, you wiU have better teams,” PWp said.

Philip insisted that corporate sponsors d not play a big role in hdmg athletic scholarships. ‘‘I really believe it is in individual [donors],” said

UBC Development Office Manager Bryce Matheson, a full-time Athletics fund-raiser, agreed but admitted that corporate sponsors could be more involved in hdmg athletic scholarships in the future.

P u p also hopes the scholarship changes, if passed, wdl send the r a t message to future cor- porate sponsors.

“If we’re k p g to keep the kids in Canada, that sends a message out through the media to the gen- eral public that we’re trylns to malung our product better,” Philip said. “And that’s what h s is really all about.“*:*

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Roval. Hong Konrr banks mav rret camr,us monor,olv I I w

by Chris Nuttall-Smith

The Royal Bank and Hong Kong Bank of Canada have won a joint tender that could give them a 1OckonallbanlnngatUBC.

Pen- UBC Board of Governors (BOG) approval in October, the two banks.would be the only automated banlung and banlang ser- vices providers at UBC. They would also do all the universiw’s banlang.

We’re waiting for the Board of Governod approval but at this point of time we have been selected and it’s a joint bid with the Hong Kong Bank of C a n a d a , ” said Betty Wood, senior account manager at the Royal Bank’s Vancouver Business Banlung Centre.

f ie Ubysseyreported last week that the uni- versity’s Business Relations department had solicited proposals for a campus banlung deal and would recommend a proposal to BOG. But UBC refused to discuss the deal and would not say which bank had won the tender.

The long-term deal would have the Royal and Hong Kong banks move into the location

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in SUB currently occupied by the Bank of Montreal and take over other banks’ automat- ic banlang locations at UBC, accordllng to Wood.

Neither Wood, nor a Hong Kong Bank r e p resentative would say how much the universi- ty, or the banks stand to make &om the deal.

Ryan Davies, AMs president, said whde the student union has no official position on the deal, he was not personally opposed.

‘There’s a free marketjust 50 feet down the road and a CIBC nght on the corner,” Davies said, referring to the university %e.

But Davies said he knew little of the bank- ing deal.

“I’m in a total vacuum here: the university’s told us n o w about the detzuls of the bank or just to what extent students will be lirmted. If it’s true that there’s only one kind of bank machine on campus, yeah, that’s inconvenient for stu- dents for sure.”

However, Wood said a banlang monopoly would not inconvenience students or staff at UBC. “I think that the impact on students

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should be positive given the innovation that we’re planmng to bring to the campus, and as I say students would have a choice, they would not be obhged to deal with Royal Ba& they would have a choice to deal with Royal Bank or Hong Kong bank ifthey chose to bank on cam- pus,” she said

The AMs business manager, Bernie Peets, said he wasn’t sure how the Royal and Hong Kong banks could get a campus monopoly, since the AMs leases SUB space for a Bank of Monbal branch and Toronto Dominion and VanCity automatic tellers.

The Bank of Montreal is there una 2004 at which point in time the space becomes the prop erty of the AMs to renegotiate with the Bank of Montreal, another bank or whatever,” Peek said. There are nineteen employees at the bank.

Frank Hacquoil, Vancouver Bank of Montreal vice-president, said his bank had not been contacted about leaving. He added all the banks were waiting for BOGS decision before malung permanent plans.

The banlang agreement would be the thud

- ~ - ~~~ - ~~ - I- --I major exclusivity deal reached at UBC recently. The university and the AMs agreed in 1995 to give CocaCola a mul&million dollar, ten-year monopoly on campus. Last year, UBC reached an agreement with EK Telecom that will make the company UBCs principal telecommunim tions provider.

UBC has refused to release details of any of the deals. Wood said this was the first arrangement of

its kind for Royal Bank ?us particular deal, I would call it a pilot to be quite honest withyou- it is a first and we’re going to see how it runs.”

Jason Ewasiuk, a Science student who stopped to talk to the ubysseyon his way into the SUB Bank of Montreal, said he opposed a cam pus banlung monopoly.

“I’m not going to scream bloody murder about it but this is supposed to be a kee society. I don’t think the university has the nght to limit consumer choice whether it’s for banlang, or pop or whatever.”

No one in Business Relations could be reached for comment before presstime:!

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ernment only wanted to make minor changes and we simply chose not to renew our contract.”

With the CIBC pullaut, students will now have to deal with the only remaining lender, the Royal Bank.

However, few see thls as a problem. According to a news release from the Education and Culture Ministry of Nova Scotia, Minister Robbie Harrison stressed ‘...students are fully protected with ready

talung out personal loans and opening new accounts after their education was complet- ed. Students, according to Squires, are in no position to borrow money after accumulatmg a huge student loan debt.

“How can I be expected to buy some- when I am still paying off my student loan?” asks Squires.

Department of the Nova Scotia proL6ncial government.

MacIsaac feels the remair- ing partnership with the Royal Bank is work- ing out well for both the government and the students. The Royal Bank even offers some services that CIBC did not, like personal stu- dent loan contracts in a student’s branch.

“Students can speak to a real person [about their loan] and get real answers,” said MacIsaac.

by Merelda Fiddler access to student loans as before.” Squires added that students who have a The concern is not now whether the CIBC student loan with one bank arp not likelv tn

TL]L uAfdD)“Ar\l \VAS L]€RL! Check out some of the renovations in the SUB making those little tasks easier. Blue Chip cookies has a new window making it easier to get that cup of Java. The Pendulum also has a fresh new face, with a great setup to ensure you can get that lunch on the go, or you can lounge on the patio. As well there is new signage making it easier to navigate through the halls of the SUB. Watch for information boards coming to a SUB wall near you. They will have great updates on events and information needed by students at large.

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As early as 1994 UBC and the GVRD recognized a need for an organized plan of action for the University

Community after a public outcry arose in response to development issues on campus. A call was made for an Official Comunity Plan to meet the best interest of UBC and its students. As of July 1997 the bylaw #840 has been made civic law, meaning the AMS can monitor the ‘promises and proposed initiatives’ made by the University to ensure the interest’s of the students are met in regards to accomodation, transportation, facilities etc.

G€T UPDATLD \VITU Ah45 OfdLIfd€. Our web page had a facelift over the summer and is a wealth of information from where to get accommodation to volunteer services, jobs and details on everything you need to know about your student society and the services available to you.

Get up to date 63 www.ams.ubc.ca

You’ve always thought they do a great job. You have always been impressed by their dedication. You’ve even thought about becoming one. Here is your opportunity. Check out our Voulunteer Services Board, or drop by SUB room 100D, or call 822-9268 for more information.

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Call the Rentstline @ 822-9844.

Rentsline is a 24 hour touch tone tel- ephone service, helping students find a place to live. Just call the number and you can listen to all the listings for free. Stu- dents neding to place an ad can do so for only $5.00 at SUBcetera. The ad remains on the Rentsline for 14 days giving you plenty of time to find the perfect person to live with.

Non-students can call 1-900-451-5585 for a flat fee of $20.00 (no charge by the minute) to place an ad. For more informa- tion about Rentsline services, please call 822-0888.

Student exchanges thriving despite application fee

by Daniel Silverman

Despite new processing fees, five percent of undergradu- ate students will be studying abroad this year.

Fees introduced last ye& mean students now pay from fiRy to two hundred dollars just to register in the program. Thevi Pather, assistant director of International Student Services, said the fee increase was necessary to process an upswing in the number of exchange appli- cants.

In addition to the fee, the cost of an exchange can be sqpficant. Students have to pay for transportation and arrange their own accommodation. And although under- graduates stdl pay tuition to UBC, they must pay for 30 credits even ifthey are enrolled h less. Graduate students

may earn only 12

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About 240 UBC

exchange &s year, better than the &dents will go on

uBc program that said Pather, The

I tralia, the United “BRONWEN GEDDES W d o m and the

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES United states. UBC I STUDENT will host an equal

number of ex- change students.

The goal of the exchange program, accordmg to Pather, is to ”broaden the scope of one’s education by experiencing other cultures.” He described exchanges as a way to inter- nationalLse UBC by bringjng different cultures and per- spectives together in the classroom.

The faculty of Commerce and Business Administration was the first at UBC to have an exchange program. That faculty now has thrty-elght exchange part- ners in twenty-three countries- -

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Kim Pateison, coordinator of the Commerce Study Abroad and Exchange Program, said students benefit hom the program. “They have a lot more to offer once they’ve completed a program where they’ve done such an international component,” she said.

”It’s an opportunity to do sometlung that they other- wise wouldn‘t get to do.”

This year 85 students will study abroad through the faculty’s exchange program, compared with just 15 in the 1990-9 1 year.

Bronwen Geddes, a fourth-year Environmental Studies student, recently returned from an exchange to the University of East -a. She says that her exchange “was an excellent program. The program was better than the UBC program that I’m in r l g t now... I don’t really have any complaints at all.”+

Strike could make dump of campus park by Sarah Galashan

Plant Operations workers at UBC are prepared to dump the university’s garbage on south campus.

After strdang, Vancouver‘s outside workers closed the Vancouver South Transfer Station. Since then, UBC Plant Operations has been dumping elsewhere. But they aren’t sure how much longer it will last.

“We are delivering to a licensed transfer station in the Lower Mainland,” said Mary Jean O’Donnell, waste manager for Plant Operations. O’Donnell refused to confirm the loca- tion for fear that picketing city workers would block UBC from dumping.

“[Picketers] slashed the tires of ‘Trash Busters.’ So if that’s the type of retaliation that they’re performing I really don’t want them s l a s h the tires of my trucks.”

“[CUPE does not] condone those methods. of protest,” said Connie Credico, a national representative with CUPE.

Still ODonnell said she i s worried

the alternative transfer station may be a target for protest.

But according to Credico CUPE d only take measures to prohibit dump- ing at alternative transfer stations if they find out that Garbage normally picked up by CUPE 1004 employees is m a its way to dumping grounds.

The makeshift campus dump, which will only be used in an emer- gency, can be reached from some Pacific Spirit Park trads and is located behind the TRIUMF research facility.

“We’re crossing ‘our fingers every- day,“ said O’Donnell. “Thankfully at this point we haven’t been forced to [dump there], which is a good thmg.”

“Hopefully we won’t even have to store material there,” said Mark Aston, UBC’s manager for environmental pro- grams. “The main repercussion would be if there was any leakage from the refuse into the ground water. From reg- ular garbage it’s probably not going to be that toxic. It’s not going to be that hazardous.”

After inspecting the site, Aston said he is confident Plant Operations took

all necessary precautions in construct- ing the dump.

The tentative waste management facility consists of layers of plastic pinned down with tires and covered by additional sheets of plastic. Currently it is guarded by Plant Operations.

“Our worry is that people do know about it, because it is kind of a tho- roughfare to the park,” said ODonnell, who wants to prevent any unautho- rised dumping at UBC.

According to O’Donnell, the univer- sity produces approximately 70,000 kg of waste a week, accounting for almost 10 percent of garbage in the Lower Mainland.

She added the garbage strike might have one up-side: it might alert people about how much garbage they produce.

“To me this is kind of exciting because one of the main thmgs we look at in waste reduction is trying to, teach people there is no away,” said O’Donnell. “So this is probably the best lesson ... as you look ardund the city and see stuff piling and piling.”*:+

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“mature” and “grown-up” onto the .band. As bassist Mick Quinn says, “It sort of brings to my

. . mind a lack of imagination and scope that we couldn‘t do that anyway, that we would be a one-trick uonv.”

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by Wolf Depner

Let me be frank and put all the cards on the table first.

I love ultimate frisbee and I was more than thrilled to come across the premier issue of World Ultimate, a 44-page full colour glossy magazine written “by and for ultimate players world wide.”

Finally, I thought, somebody had the balls to publish a magazine on ultimate. It was-about darn time. Initial excitement, however, soon gave way to big disappointment.

World Ultimate lacks substance despite the promise to reflect the interests of the ultimate community.

While it tries to balance player profiles and tournament summaries with tips on how to improve your own and your team’s play, the articles themselves are poorly written, dull and uninformative. Only the catchy headlines are worth reading.

World Ultimate is also “100%~ quote free” except for a Q&A interview which was as excik- ins to read as wr?tching grass grow. Simply p u ~ , World Ultima& has nothing to say to the advanced pla~~e!. am! not much more to novice players and casual fans.

However, World Ultimate is very a sleek, very sexy magazine style wise. It is also sexist. Far more male pla~-ers than female players are featured in photographs and articles. And thal is almost the last thing you would expect from a magazine dedicated to a poljticdy correct sport like ultimate.

World Ultimate is expensive-$7 CDN an issue-and only available through subscription.. But I anticipate that a lot of ultimate players- who usually have money to throw around-wiU fall for this stylish, but shallow publication.

I also anticipate that some people in the Vancouver ultimate community will criticise me for giving Worid Ultimate such a negative

review. “You should pump this mag-

Coco that charmed everyone with its freshness and exuberance, there was a great feeling that the. band, made up of bassist Quinn, vocalist/guitarist Gaz Coombes, drummer Danny Goffey and keyboardist Bob Coombes, would soon flop. What the critics seem to have forgotten is Supergrass isn’t like Hanson and Gaz Coombes has a great”deal more to s ing

I just find it very uninter- master plan in the beginning, but Quinn says esting at the end of the day. there’s no such thing. “We just did it as a good I tend to, listen to music pastime, basically..It was just something we did with my ears, not what I’ve in the afternoon when’ we had lots of time on read about them. I tend to our hands.” find that a lot less interest- A pastime maybe, but.stamp collecting never ing than the actual music. resulted in record contracts and f a n idoliia-

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of charm to the contemptability of humanity. There are times when these crass, fast-paced socialites stop. ’Though they don’t really consider their self absorbed situation, the socialites, do sense that their lives are empty. In fact, every character seems to care, they just don’t know how to convey it. Peter Griar is particularly endearing in his portray! of the wide-eyed, innocent Tony.

The audience ge-cs to avoid a Iasting sense of hopelessness though, thanks to many, w7ell- employed artistic devices. The dream?. move- ments of time and place, the rising and falling drum beals, interpretive dance, frustrated solilo- guys and screams keep every moment and space of the stage alive. Best of all, the actors engage

where Marge’s friends rival her with their roving flashy pita van in a quest for a monopoly on Springfield’s taste buds. That said, 1 was genuinely eager to sink mj’ teeth into t h ~ iten1 that Marge’i measly homemade pretzels couldn’t com- pete with: the pita..

Pita Plus Vegetarian Bakeqv 6 Deli offers patrons a tasty selection of pita combinations at fairly reasonable uric&.. I had tomato rice soup and the humous pictr, for $4.45 + tax; and my lunch date, Darcy, had ientii soup and a three-salad pita sandwich.

While the lentil soup actually con- tained no, lentils (we could only detect a few varieties of beans), Darcy found her

weather at our tiny outdoor table. The “humous plate”, consisting. of a mass of humous and t.ahini with a four inch pita, possessed a tasty garlic tang that went well with the soup. However dup tu the scan1 size oi’ the pita bread, which disappeared rather qu.ickly, I was left with a load of humous and nothing to absorb the rich, spic,y flavour with. MJ one major complain! about Pita

E’lus w o ~ ~ l d be he i r sole use of disposable plates and bowls in an establishment tha! clearly gains nothing from such wastefui- ness. Would it hurt them ‘too much to invesl in a set of real dishware and cut- lery? This improvement might make me return to Pita Plus, as well as lowering the

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There are drum beats on the bottom of Polaris bottles and Tony is lying dead in a pile of plastic. Then, slow- ly, his hands emerge Gom the heap like growing plants o n a fast frame film. Bu! it’s not rebirth, it’s a representation of Tony Bakdik’s inability Lo die 3

natural death. The memory of his torlureri existence and eventual suicide is made dreamlike wirh the direction of Neil Cadger in the stage production of “The Plastic Projeci”.

In his youth, Tony’s father, the inventor of plastic, leaves Tony to the care of his mother. Unfortunately, Tony‘s mother is a pedophile and abuses him. When

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azine up, not slag it,” they will say. This will be my reply: ultimate friends don’t let ultimate friends buy World lJltimate.+

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Wolf Depner NationaVFeatures

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Scholarships may bring Canadian athletes. home There is a war between -Canada and the United States, and it doesn't involve fish and magazines.

Nor does it capture the Canadian public's imagination with big bold headlines and out- rageous threats from politicians.

Only occasionally do you see a small news- paper story or a little clip on SportsPage on how "another one" got away, headmg south to some small Midwest college to seek athletic fame and fortune.

No, this is a quiet war fought in small, stale offices by Canadian university athletic administrators. The objective: keep Canada's best high school athletes north of the 49th parallel.

So far, Canadian universities are losing the battle.

Why? They cannot offer promising high school athletes the same fmancial benefits American schools can.

Beancounting governments are one factor in that losing equation. It is no secret h a n - cial support to Canadian universities and col- leges has been cut dramatically over the past few years and the slashing is not done yet.

But while it is easy for the Canadian Uni- versity Athletic Union [CIAU] to complain about government cuts, the organisation's head honchos can only blame themselves for getting trounced in the recruitment war.

Since the CIAU was founded some hty years ago, it has steadfastly refused to allow recruiting scholarships.

Until now. All signs say the CIAU is set to introduce

these scholarshps and lift restrictions on how much member schoois can spend on them. The changes could come as early as 1998 and some schools say they will go ahead even if the CIAU continues to spin its wheels on the issue.

The recommendations, if accepted, will make CIAU member schools more open to corporate sponsors and for once, we here at the Ubyssey agree. All thmgs considered, Canadian university athletes deserve more hanc ia l support than they currently receive even if it comes from companies.

Aspiring journalists, doctors and musi- cians can all get scholarships sponsored by private individuals or corporations. So why

not aspiring Olynpians? Whether or not these proposed changes

will stop the southbound 'brawn" drain remains to be seen.

At least they send the right message to the Canadian high school athlete, the generd public, and most importantly, the corporate sponsor: that it is advantageous to be associ- ated with Canadian varsity sports.

It is about time that CIAU officials pull up their shorts, tie up their sneakers and get off the bench. But catching up in the scholarship game won't be easy.

Canadian ,schools are way^ behiqd and will need a lot of money to successfully snag student athletes. Let's hope Canadian uni- versities don't bend the new rules by con- doning "gifts" from companies to elite play- ers-like cars, trips or clothing. If we play the corporate sponsorship game, it has got to benefit all athletes-not just individual players.

As long as all involved stay in bounds, pri- vate support for student athletes might just revive university sports in Canada. And that is something worth fighting for.+

Ex-basketball ‘birds return to coop by Wolf Depner

Women’s basketball head coach Deb Huband hopes the lean years are over as she prepares for her third M season as UBC’s bench boss. A former player, Huband has coached the Birds to 17 wins and 23 losses over the past two sea- sons, not a bad record considerlng the teams she has had to work with.

The 1997/98 season, however, promises to be better following news that Roj Johal and Priscilla Reddy will resume playing basketball for UBC.

Johal is a 3@year old point guard who has not played competitive basketball since the 1989/90 season, but still holds UBC smgle sea- son team records for most points scored and converted three point attempts (4 5.7 percent).

“Two of the areas that we struggled in last year were rebounding and ball handhg. And Roj addresses ball handling right away,” said

she was an assistant to former head coach far it has not been too bad. But I guess I’ll only Misty Thomas. find out when I play and practice seven days a

ture from the team aRer only one season. Like Reddy, meanwhile, is a bruising 5’ 10” cen- many players and assistants, Johal did not get tre/power forward who should help in the

Thomas was a big reason for Johal’s depar- week.”

along with Thomas who team’s rebound- sometimes made a drill ”I don‘t think there is any h d e p m e n t . sergeant look like a peace -Like Johal, COIQS volunteer. Reddv also looks reason why we can‘t

“She wasn’t very flexible,” challange for top spot: forward to recalled Johal. But the player playing basket- doesn’t like to dwell on the -DEB HUBAND ball u

past too much. Instead she WOMEN‘S BASKEIBALL COACH Recruited in looks forward to playing 1994, Reddy had under Huband again, albeit two good sea- for only one season as she sons before fam- completes her degree in education. ily problems forced her to r ebe from basket-

While Johal admitted that it has been a long ball in 1996. “Basketball was not a priority. I time since she has played competitive univer- felt overwhelmed and I decided I would need a sity basketball, she thinks she will be ready for break,” she explained. the challanges ahead. Now that her life is back in order she

As expected, future and former teammates are happy to see Johal and Reddy return to UBC. “With both of them coming back we have a lot of talent and a lot of desire coxmy onto the team,” said small forward Laura E s m d who is very excited about the team’s prospects for next season.

“We’ll finally have a balanced team attack,” she said.

But the perceived upgrade in overall team talent has also translated into higher expecta- tions for a team that has not won a major championship since the 1993/1994 cam

That fact is not lost on Esmail. “We’re expected to do a lot more ths year and I hnk making the playoffs is assumed,” she said, adding that the team has set its sights on a Canada West title.

Huband thinks that is a realistic goal. ’’I don’t knk there is any reason whv we can’t

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Huband who coached Johal back in 1989 when ‘‘I have been practicmg with the girls and so thought it was time to come back, challange for top spot.” *:*

keeper by Bruce Arthur

When UBC women’s soccer head coach Dick Mosher recruited top goaltending prospect Sarah Collings last year, he thought he had found the keeper who would lead UBC into the next century. But the goalie of the future is his- tory-Collmgs will not return to the team this season.

.LC. “Sarah just doesn’t have her mind on soc- cer,” said head coach Dick Mosher. “She wants to forusonschool.”

Collmgs could not he reached for com-

Mosher admitted that losing the young and talented Collings, who played for RC’s Under 19-team, is a blow as the team prepares for next season.

”She was cerhnly an upandcoming play- er, and we’re gomg to feel it. It’s going to hurt,” he said.

The loss of Cohgs, combined with the graduation of veteran Lisa Archer, means UBC heads into the 1997 campaign without a goalie who has played a slngle minute of uni- versity soccer.

Mosher said he plans to rely on i n c o m q

ment.

lne from team freshman Sian Bagshaw.

”She is definitely one of the top, if not the top high school prospects available,” said Mosher. ‘‘I don’t think that (inexperience] will be a major factor.”

The backup spot appears to belong to Julie Harris who will play her fourth varsity sport in as many years.

Mosher is realistic about UBC’s chances. ’’I expect we’re gomg to be underdogs to Calgary and Alberta, and maybe Victoria. But we’re going to surprise some people,” he promised. But for that to happen, UBC needs to do the most important thing in soccer: score goals.

“Our problem last year wasn’t our defence, it was our offence,” said Mosher who hopes that the return of 199 7 Canada Games player Leanne McHardy will spark UBC’s offence which was more anemic than the Soviet space program. ROOKIE GOAL KEEPER Sarah Collings won‘t be wearing the blue and gold for the

The Birds conceded only seven goals last Thunderbirds next season. RICHARD LAM PHOTO

season, but scored only twelve themselves, for the frst time ever after being ranked heights nextyear as the Birds enter the season down from twenty the year before when the number #1 in the country when the 1996 sea- with untested goaltenders and an offence Birds won the Canada West and bronze at son started, nationals.

whose performance d determine whether All things considered, it would be a major or not UBC wdl sink or swim in the Canada

That sigdlcant drop in scoring was the biggest reason why UBC missiid the playoffs

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