TWO MEN suspected of commit- ting armed robberies, auto thefts and kidnapping in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Tennessee had their photographs nationally distributed by enforcement agen- cies — and on the TV program America's Most Wanted -— after police in Clarksville, Arkansas recovered snapshots the two had taken of themselves while visiting Elvis’ Graceland mansion and had left behind at the scene of one of their crimes. Among the products offered for sale by members of Japan’s Chin- dogu Society (an invention sup- port group) and reported recently by Details magazine are: ‘‘Puss in Boots,’’ a set of four dust stippers enabling cats to dust your floor while they walk around; water- ‘filled compartments that strap on your legs, enabling you to wash your clothes by. walking vigor- ously;.a rack worn on your back, secured by a shoulder brace, .on which clothing can be hung to dry while you bicycle about; and a flashlight powered by solar panels. Some traffic facts, courtesy of the Insurance Company of British Columbia: November is the worst Business as Usual by Steve Brackett NEWS OF THE WEIRD Compiled by A.P. McCredie _ month of the year fer crashes; Friday is the worst day of the week for. crashes; more people are injured in traffic crashes on Fri- day between 4 and 5 p.m. than any other hour of the week; more than 70% of all crashes are speed-related. This includes driv- ing at an unsafe speed, following too closely, driving without due care and failing to yield the right SORRY BOSS. TM TST NOT A it CORPORATE LADDER Leadhellies The Houston Chronicle reported in June that the history depart- ment at the University of Houston has beefed up security now that dectoral student Fabian Vaksman has won his court battle to be reinstated after being dismissed in 1986 for lack of performance. Vaksman subsequently authored a 50,000-word poem, entitled Racist, in which the protagonist — a student resembling Vaksman — methodically murders five Univer- sity of Houston professors because he believes the school is academ- ically mediocre. Vaksman, a de- fender of apartheid, recently nominated himself for the Pulitzer Prize for a scrics of newspaper opinion columns he wrote. In September, Stanford University professor Donald Kennedy began teaching a one-semester course on ethics in the professions. Kennedy was president of Stanford during the time the school improperly used more than $2 million in fed- eral research grants for such things as panelling Kennedy’s own bedroom, but he said he ‘‘doesn’t see any irony’? in teaching the course. ‘‘Nobody’s found anybody who is ethically deficient here. All of us admitted that Stanford had made some mistakes.” x oa 'p SUPPOSE Pa] fERE POOPLE ow A “niece Of PAPER, OVALS by Thomas Burton The dreaded pant metamorphosis. ~ NEWS photo Cindy Goodman FOUR-YEAR-OLD Sarah Allin gets her cookie and eats it, too at Capilano Mall's Pumpkin Fest last Sunday. The Halloween fun helped raise funds for North Shore | Neighbourhood : House. “THURSDAY, NOV. 4 Send us your event listing. ONGOING EVENTS; Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps. 7-9 p.m. Navy League Centre. 1555 Forbes Ave., N.V. Young men &~ women aged 12-18 yrs, welcome. Info: Sublieut. Haydee Mill, 980-4840 or Lieut. Mike Bottoms, 980-1112" or leave message at 988-8911. -@ae CAYAC North , Shore’ for Catholic: teens. 7 p.m. every Thurs. at Holy ~: Trinity Church Hall. Info: 980-4450. . eee 7 Shotokan Karate for ages 7 & up. Co-ed, program aimed at. developing . fitness, self-discipline, confidence & self-defence. Info: N.S. YMCA 926- 5541 or 986-0388. -- FRIDAY, NOV. 5- Jr. Emergency first-aid course for kids |: aged 10-13° years. 4 p.m., recCentre: _ Lynn’ Valley.’ 2-week. certified course.” offered by St. John: Ambulance. Info: ©: 987-PLAY. “ ONGOING EVENTS: eae _ Toddlers’ Storytimes for kids aged - “2 & 3-yrs. North: Vancouver: ity ‘Library, 121° We lath: ‘St., N info: 980-4424. : : . For more. Coming Events see fient . page of Classifieds. For arts and enter- tainment listings see the Around Tewn . column in Weduesday’s North Shore Now section. mo But what about inside? From page 45 of the niece of the man who sits beside you on the bus sometimes in the morning. What is really important, again, is character. J say it again because it’s good writing style to return to the first point. Anyone with enough money can turn her face into Katharine Hep- burn’s, But what about inside? What of WHepburn’s unique charm and razor intellect? Those can’t be obtained so easily. Yes, Libyans. can . make: _ Nanaimo bars, and the English have their version of pizza. ... Point taken? The desire for cosmetic surgery is an indication that’ what really needs altering is on the inside. In a perfect world, in which I would be queen, everyone would have one thing in common with Hepburn: each person would be himself. Pineapple and all. Quell deep-seated fears. From page 45 and on about how much more satisfaction and self-worth can be achieved by revelling in your own distinct beauty. Fine. But for many people, the pressures of conforming to our society’s perceived ideals of beauty will forever have them flipping through page after page of noses, breasts and butts. Society has created-the monster, and so it is up to society to pro- vide a means of quelling the deep-seated fears and insecurities ¢ of its citizens. Those opposed to beauty- through-the-knife know the comfort of wearing a favorite jacket or sweater on a cool fall day, stealing glances in shop win-. : dows and parked car windows. Is it so hard for them to under- stand that some people feel that. no matter what clothes they cover themselves with, they will never dare to look at those reflections?