SP ANAS SECC SETS planet of the arts volume 3 number 2 november EDITORIAL Well, that’s what happens when your first issue provokes so much public response — you end up with a two-inch editorial. Briefly. then, P'll introduce my proposal for an improved communications system for the school (it’s not hard to improve on the current “system”, essentially a series of random flyers and Xerox notices tacked up all over the place.) The problem: so many people, trying to do so many things, all at the same time. This poses a frequent noon-hour dilemma: do you attend: a) the Student Society meeting; b) the free movie; c) the Board meeting; d) the guest lecture series; e) the student performance/video/installa- tion? All these are options, only if you’ve seen the posters. So the proposal, logically enough, is to set up a computer-based system to organize all this activity. Anyone wanting to schedule a meeting would simply access the readily-available system and easily find an open time and place, with no conflicting activity. Anyone wishing to attend particular meetings would also access the same sys- tem, thus eliminating the frustration of chancing upon a poster two days after the event. Simple. As they say in the movies: we have the technology. Perhaps on your wanderings through the Concourse you’ve looked up (way up) and noticed the re-decorating in the Planet of- fice. For example, our newspaper columns. Still no sofa though — donations will be gratefully accepted and sat on. A final note: our legal department is currently dealing with the lawyers for Pink Floyd, who have obviously appropriated our logo. Usurpers beware. Dear Editor, In response to J.B.’s article “The Big Lie” (October, Planet of the Arts), the “royal decree” alluded to was an orange piece of paper headed “Important Announcement for all 1987-88 ECCAD Students”, which arrived in the mail with our registration packages in August. The Director of Student Services had his name neatly typed underneath. Being enrolled in both Photography and Animation I too am aware of the lab fees associated with these . departments. Last year as a photo cross-over student I was required to pay a seventy-five dollar lab fee, again for film and developing costs. Although the ’86-’87 catalogue stated that lab fees would be fifty dollars, our instructor asked us for seventy-five because ‘there was a misprint in the catalogue.” According to the theory of “equalized” fifty dollar studio fees, Photography students would supposedly pay ten dollars more per year (up from forty dollars), and Animation students would pay twenty-five dollar less ‘(down from seventy -five). Not so! We in Animation still have to pay a lab fee, another fifty dollars. This new decree is currently posted in room 243, so what does Thomas W. Kowall mean when he claims the fifty dollars will “equalize these fees across the programs”? David Chaplin Animation P.S. Oh yeah, something else - if you notice on the computer printout receipts there is no mention of a “studio fee”, just a straight $466.00 tuition charge. Dear Editor, Last year there were ‘ several performances, installations and fundraisers at ECCAD for South Africa and Central America. There appears to be a parallel between the fervor with which a “‘cause” is pursued and how many miles away it is. How overlooked is the state of our own backyard? Much sound and fury about “change,” though rarely does it begin and take root in the only real place it can. More important and urgent than our backyard is the condition of our hearts. It has been the way one walks—by example~ that makes the tremendous statement. A hungry one has no charity, and giving can only issue from individual clarity, from which personal surplus abounds. There is no denying our collective struggles as a people, though, when the challenge of our home and our heart is calling we turn as far away as we can. What have we done as students, concerning the cultural genocide the aboriginal people in this province suffer? What of fundraisers, art, and energy, for the homeless and victims of disease in our city. Can we create a precedent by caring for ourselves and our homes, for all people to witness. There are many causes, but ultimately it is not who, what or how we are but what we become when. we get there. Anonymous P.S. - Pertaining to this letter’s anonymity, the intention is to focus on the content rather than the writer as an individual. from the Emily Carr College of Art and Design, funded by the Student Society. We welcome unsolicited contributions provided they include the contributor's real name and phone number. Articles must be typewritten and double Spaced. Photos and drawings should be black and white. Submissions can be placed in the black box outside the Planet office. The Editor reserves the right to edit submissions to in- crease clarity and to eliminate racism and sexism. EDITOR Naomi Singer ART DIRECTOR Kathleen McCord COVER Linocut print by Margaret Bootsma PHOTOS & GRAPHICS Jin-Me Yoon, Sandra Lockwood, Friedrich Peter, Sean Thompson, John Wertschek, Rich Neilsen, Nancy Brignall, Peter Holder, Todd Inouye, Darrell Olthuis. ARTICLES Kevin Louis, Orah Costello, Sandra Lockwood, Richard Gordon, lan Verchére, Jin-Me Yoon, Jerry Stochansky, Dennis Rickett, Martin Hunt, Virginia Achtem, Rich Nielsen, Richard Wiklo, Martin Stein, E. John Love, Alan Barkley, Sean Thompson. POETRY Jerry Stochansky, Sandra Lockwood, Roberta Cantelon, Sindy Mehat, Kika Thorne. TYPESETTING Martin Hunt, Kathleen Culham, Tipper Carlyle, Keven Fedirko, Lynda Nakashima PASTE-UP Anna-Lisa Meikle, Claire Yargeau, Ana Chang, Robin Hutchinson, Floyd Troman, Virginia Achtem. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Keith Nevin FACULTY ADVISER John Wertschek T he Planet of the Arts is a student publication Planet of the Arts clo Emily Carr College of Art and Design 1399 Johnston St., Vancouver, B.C. V6H 3R9 Foreign Correspondent-- Planet of the Arts is . looking for someone to act as a liaison between the Painting Annex and the rest of us. Anyone interested in writing a monthly informal report on general activities, art, action, and ambience in the Annex should leave a note in the Planet submissions box outside the office, or talk to the editor. You will be famous. contents WayO 44 Dear Editor, The levels to which people are stooping at this school are getting disgustingly low. Theft has become a fever around here. I have been victimized twice in four days, totaling $1200.00 worth of personal property. I won't mention what the items were, to STEAL the satisfaction of the low-lifes who are responsible. All things were securely locked, and methodically stolen. I've written Facilities, the president, and Terry Johnson, who are at this time stirred, hopefully enough to increase security! ADAM LOSSING Dear Editor, What happened?!? Have we really become as empty as the first volume of the newspaper? Or maybe you just didn’t notice the Planet of the Arts reads like a paper placemat. Shame-fully yours, Cover Artist Kelly Wood Dear Editor, After two years of living with the frustration of having to shuffle my car every three hours, I finally decided to succumb to pay parking. My automatic assumption was that the accounting department would pro-rate my payment for the remainder of the semester. Yet, with eleven days left in this month I was told (Oct.19th) that I would have to pay a full months fee. I think this is outrageous! I would have been happy to pay the balance owing on the month of October, and the remaining balance due for the semester. We are all aware of being overcharged for the privilege to park here. Being a govermental institution some type of parking facility should have been provided many years ago. If you compare U.B.C. parking rates of .25¢ daily to our approximate .65¢ daily it does add up to a sizeable difference. Of course this is keeping in mind that we are students and not corporate executives in a downtown parking lot. My response from the accounting department was that they were not equipped to handle pro- rating. It does not take a great mathematician to figure this one out! Once again, what this episode demonstrates is a total lack of concern for student needs. Susan Scar Dear Editor, This letter is in response to Martin Hunt's article concerning the school store, in particular his comment that now he has to buy materials "from people who (understandably) know almost nothing about the materials". He stated that in the past he could purchase materials from a studio assistant who was familiar with the supplies. I'd like to point out that the studio assistants and instructors are still available for any questions concerning materials. In fact the studio assistants should have more time for technical concerns now that they're not retail outlets. Even if Dennis Rickett were an expert on each little nuance concerning art materials (and you'd be surprised just how much he knows) the line-ups would be out the door if he had to explain to each person what it was that they wanted. You should know that before you walk in the door. Virginia Achtem P.S. It would be helpful, though, if an inventory of supplies was posted in the store. Thompson makes Earl do funny things on page 9. ..Read about C.A.S.S. Commercialism. . .page 9. Page 5 poses the question: Farenheit, Celsius, or M.F.A.? Search out Hunt on page 9. . .Barkley up the right tree on page 3. . .Verchére exercises his critical faculties. . .page 11. Lockwood keys in to interview J. Benning . - page 6-7. A rebel writes home . . .page 10. Page 10. . .Wiklo remembers what others forgot. The poetic muse descends on page 8. Charity begins on page 5. Page . . .Stochansky plays with a Royal Flush. The Neilsen Rating of Artropolis . . .page 11. A Perel-ous endeavour. . .page 4. 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