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Cap College symposium adcresses Gulf crisis

CAPILANO COLLEGE students spilled out into the hallway at a standing- room only symposium held Thursday afternoon at the North Shore college to ‘*explore the question of whether Canada shouid continue to war against Iraq.’”’

By Michael Becker News Reporter

Moderated by political studies instructor Paul Mier, the session presented a panel of speakers that included political studies in- structor Cam Sylvester, psychology instructor Rosalie Hawrylko, sociology instructor Dr. Noga Gayle, history instruc- tor Dr. Marlene Le Gates, soci- ology instructor Dr. Matthew Speier, Capilano College student and Armed Forces Reserves member Bob MacDonald. Near East Cultural and Educational Foundation of Canada member Mordecai Briemberg, and Israeli Peace Now party member Bruce Saposnik.

In his address to students, Mordecai Briemberg, who described himself as a pacifist and a Jew, cited oi] and regional control as being among the key factors that must be considered for an understanding of the con- flict.

“Oil is one of them, Kuwaiti oil investment is mostly in colo-

support the’

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Letter carrier saves senior

West Van woman trapped in bathtub for three days

A WEST Vancouver Canada Post letter carrier saved the life of an elderly woman trapped in a bathtub Thursday.

Jim Devine heard a faint cry while delivering the morning mail in a 1700-block Esquimalt apart- ment building.

“It was someone help,’* said Devine.

After Devine determined where the voice was coming from, the building manager. police and the fire department were alerted.

“The landlady opened the door, but the lady had the chain on it so i put my shoulder to the door,” Devine said.

calling for

nial-dominating countries (U.S. included). traqi oil investment is channelled more into its own country. Don’t get me wrong he (Saddam) is a vicious dictator and 1 believe he is bad for the people of fraq. There's a game going Ob iere and oil is a part of it,’ he said,

Asked Briemberg rhetorically, “Is Israel involved? It's a lot ike asking if Bill Vander Zalm was involved in the sale of Fan- tasy Gardens,”

As the war continues, he believes Canadians will inereas- ingly question Canada’s role in the Persian Gulf.

“dn the immediate aftermath of the bombing it’s rally round the troops. As this war drags on, Canadians will come back again te the questions about why we

By Michael Becker News Reporter

He sent the Jandlady ahead to investigate.

She found 86-year-old Neily Searle in the bathtub.

Said Devine, ‘She said she had been in there for going on to three days.” Devine speculates that Searle’s neighbors did not hear her soft call for help, because

are there," he said.

But Capilano College student and Armed Forces Reserves member Bob MacDonald defended the Canadian role in the Persian Gulf.

He conceded that the war was initiated hastily and — believes sanctions should have been given a greater chance to work.

But he said, ‘What we have now is somebody who has massively transgressed interna- onal Jaw and now he must be punished.

“t's time to stand by our allies. Lf conflict is inevitable in that region, 1} would rather have to pay the price now than pay a much greater price in the future,” MacDonald said.

MacDonald said he wus con- vinced of the just pature of the

é4/m still in

bed but I'm

fine. It's a miracle really. 9¥

— Nelly Searle

many of them are elderly themselves.

Said Searle Friday. *‘I"m still in bed, but I'm fine. It’s a miracte

NEWS photos Neil Lucente

CAPILANO COLLEGE §stu- dents (above) gathered Thursday to hear a panel of experts consider Canada’s role in the war against Izaq. Bob MacDonald (left), a Capilano College student and Armed Forces Reserves member, is willing to fight Saddam.

allied coalition’s actions.

“We shouldn't turn a blind eye to what's going on. P'm will- ing to go fight Saddam rather than send my kids,” MacGonald said.

Meanwhile Bruce Saposnik, an Israeli citizen. former soldier and an active member of the Peace Now party in Israel, supports the holding of an international peace conference and the establishment of a homeland for the Palestinians,

“But 1 don’t support it at the behest of the neighborhood bul- ly. There shouldn’t be a reward given to oan aggressor.’’ said Sapasnik.

Added Saposnik, ‘E think tat sometimes foree is necessary and sometimes it is a necessary evil.’

At 7 p.m. on Monday, Capilano College students will be holding ‘fa candlelighi vigil in Opposition to the uvath in the gulf."

The gathering will be held at the north courtyard of the col- lege.

really.

Senile said she had been ben- ding over to investigate a patch of loose grout on the tub when she slipped and lost her balance.

“E had bent over right against the wall and i went in head first — no real harm done,”" she said.

The rescue is the second of its kind for the life-saving postman.

Two years ago, in an apartment building just a block away on Es- quimalt, Devine responded to a faint call for kelp from an elderly woman who had fallen and in- jured herself.

“She had been down for two days and ended up partially paralysed,’’ Devine said.

But said Devine, *‘This lady here (Searle), sounded like she was in actually quite good shape after spending three days in the bathtub.”*

War too close for comfort for navy wife

WHILE THE Persian Gulf war weighs heavily on the minds of most Canadians, the fighting hits especially close to home for a North Vancouver woman married to a U.S. Navy man serv- ing in the gulf.

By Michael Becker News Reporter

Janet, 34, was one of a group of people to attend a recent meeting held at St. Catherine’s Anglican Church to support people personally affected by the war in the Middle East.

She found the session a good forum in which to share her mixed feelings about the war.

“d wasn’t dealing with my feelings. The emotiona!s thing was just too heavy,’ she said.

Janet, who asked that her surname not be published for security reasons, met her 29- year-old husband while on a blind date in September 1989. He is stationed at Whidbey Island in Washington State. They were married in June 1990. Knowing that he was booked for a six-month tour of sea duty, the couple planned for Janet to move to the United States fol- towing the six-month sea stint.

“In August, when the first at- tack started on Kuwait, we thought he would be sent out at any time. They finally Jeft on the 28th of December,’’ Janet said.

She hasn't seen him since Christmas Day.

Her husband is stationed in the Persian Gulf aboard the air- craft carrier Roosevelt, working as an aircraft structural mechanic.

{n North Vancouver, Janet heard the first bombs fall over Baghdad while watching televi- ston at home sick.

“I'm not willing to risk my husband's fife for this. [ have real mixed feelings. | come from areal anti-war background. | go back and forth on this. (But) Ive got a personal involvement, so ['m seeing it from a side ! never thought Vd have to look ar,"" she sitid.