Thursday,
June
15
Students can gain free non professional legal advice from the Legal Resource Qffice, 1:30-3:30pm. CC 106; phone 885-0840. G.A.T. plays in the CC Pub. Feds after 7pm pay a buck; non-feds pay a half buck more. Tae Kwan-Do Club meets in the PAC red activity area. 7 to 8pm. Interactive Graphics will Frank Tompa as brought Computer Science Club. Sarah Goodbody goes CKMS (94.5) at 9pm. It’s
be discussed by to you by the 8pm, MC 5158. to college on a radio play!
The K-W Symphony plays to Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado” at 8pm in the Humanities Theatre. Alfred Kunz conducts a 32-piece orchestra; ‘John Kerr directs. Tickets are $3.50 for students. The Outers Club presents 7-10pm in CC 1.35.
Backpacking
at
Sarah Goodbody Goes To College on CKMS (94.5) at 9pm. It’s a radio play! Avenue in Math Sot presents “Madison Concert”. It’s an evening of jazz and all are invited to the Theatre of the Arts at $2 a ticket for Fed members. The performance, starts at 8pm. Instructional workshop on Waterloo Analysis ‘N Design Call 3370.
- see FriFed Flicks - “Nickelodeon” day. EngSoc semi-formal at Bingeman Park, with Brassline. Dinner at 7:30pm. If you don’t have your tickets by now, you’re too late.
Sunday,
June
18
Fed Flicks - “Nickelodeon” - see Friday. Sculpture Exhibit at the UW Art Gallery. 2-5pm. Chapel with discussion. Grebel College.
The Latin American Students Association and the Federation of Students presents “Human Rights in Chile A Latin American Evening” at ‘7pm in the CC Great Hall. Speaker, Movie, Live Music & food. Free.
Friday,
June
16
Fed Flicks Nickelodeon starring Burt Reynolds and Ryan O’Neill. It will cost you $1 .OO if you are a Fed member. * “The Mikado” Thursday.
Saturday,
June
“The Mikado” Thursday.
at the
Humanities.
See
Humanities.
See
Monday,
June
8pm.
June
Wednesday, CC Wednesday
June
21
Night Free Movie“Anne of a Thousand Days” -Genevieve Bujold and Richard Burton. Film starts at 9:30pm. Christian Chaplain 7-9pm.
Discussion Remkes
Fellowship with Kooistra. HH-280
K-W Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic. 2-4:30pm/6-8:30pm. First United Church, King & William Sts. Waterloo. Quota 300 donors. Workshop for Education Writers of Cn9am. tario Newspapers. M +. C-5158 Speakers will include Dr. Burt Matthews, University of Guelph President - Donald Forrester, Conestoga College President Ken Hunter, Dr. Harry Parrott, Thomas Wells and Dr. Lloyd Dennis.
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Astronomy Lecture on “The Discovery of the Milky Way and the Island Universe”. 7:15pm in Physics room 313. For all. Chemical Physics Research Seminar at 8pm in C2 room 361. Speaker: S. Avrillier of Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers Universite Paris-Nord who will cover the topic of “Saturation Spectroscopy in the Infrared.”
Tuesday,
17 at the
WATAND MC-3008
Baha’is on campus. All welcome. This week: “Prophecies, Fulfilled by the Coming of Baha’u’llah.”
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Part I of a six-part taped lecture by William CC-l 13. Sponsored by Sears. 8pm.
Thursday,
June
22
Sarah Goes to College again. See Satur-, day, June 17. Bullet Bob and the Starlights are available for square dancing at 8pm in the CC Great Hall.
--COMING Saturday,
June
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Beachblanket Party Columbia Field featuring the following groups: Mirth. Willow, North of the Border and The Echological Theatre. Free. Refreshments will be available. Produced by the Federation (B.Ent). Music starts at 2pm and finishes at 8pm.
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The Imprint is an editorially independent student newspaper published by the Journalism Club, a club within the Federation of Students, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario. Our office is located in the Science Society office in Biology 1, room 253. We are typeset by Dumont Press Graphix; paste-up is done on campus.
Editorial
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How are we organized? The Imprint is published by the Journalism Club, a club recently recognised by the Federation of Students. The paper is currently self-financed through advertising. With $658 ad-revenue,of which< $458 is off-campus money - this issue showed a surplus of about $100. At the ,present we depend entirely on voluntary labour. The policy of the paper is determined by its staff; hopefully we will begin regular staff meetings in the fall. We are editorially independent from the federation and campus societies.
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This is the inaugural issue of the imprint. Who knows? This date might go down in history. Working on the Imprint is creative fun. Why not join and end summer boredom. Converted Imprinters this week were Randy Barkman, Ciaran O’Donnell, John McKay, Steve Coates, Steve Risto, Richard Kular, Frank Morison, Cindy, Nicole Delplace, Steve Hull, Oscar Nierstrasz, Mark Mcguire, Dave Anjo, Harry Wan, Tom Greenwood, John Kocemba, .Leslie Koch, Ray Clement, John Fauquier, John Vardon, John Jackson, Derek Olson. Ruth Harris, Rick Smit, Colin Cannon. Thanks to SciSoc and EngSoc and the ‘Gazette. Special thanks to the Dumont Ducks, Fraser Cutten, Ron Czura . . . Nick Redding
The Imprint
Late in the winter term, two engineering students, John Chaychuk and Hugh Alley, decided that there was a need for a new student newspaper on campus. This desire coincided with many chevron staff members’ abandonment of the chevron as a lost cause. The result was a meeting on ‘March 31 attended by 21 people and the birth of what is now titled “The Imprint”. Oddly enough, helping us at the meeting was past chevron editor Jim Nagel who had originated the name “the chevron” in 1966.
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Policies of the paper ‘Student journalists should strive continually to be fair and accurate in their bias should be rereports. . . .” Deliberate served for comments and editorials. If we err it should be pointed out, and we will listen. Only students can vote on The Imprint. This policy is made to ensure that the remains student oriented. To paper vote, one must make four contributions to the paper. Members of the university’ community are welcome to participate in the paper; as much can be gained from a greater source of input. Editorial responses to letters are too great a privilege for a paper to abuse. The Imprint will respect the viewpoints of its readers, responding to letters only for informational purposes. Pseudonyms for atletter will be printed only on rare occasions. Idealistically, we believe that the letters section should not be written by the staff of the paper, should not be dominated by any one section of the campus, and should not consist of “hate letters”. We will print our fuil policies and procedures at a later date.
i Contact Though we would very much like our own offices, for the time being we are utilizing the Science Society office (Biologyl, room253)asspaceistighton thecampus. The office, however, isn’t staffed to any great extent at present. Work on it and you, can get us, there are many of us around. Mail should be addressed to: The Journalism Club c/o The Federation of Students. We will publish at least once more this summer (July 6) and hope to begin full production in the fall term. We would like to thank all of those who wished us luck in getting the paper started. Randy Barkman
The more students contributing to the paper, the more it becomes a student newspaper. We want you to get involved and we will try in various ways to achieve this. The student press should take editorial stands, even those contrary to the accepted view on campus, but it must constantly be reaching out to the student body for input and should never impede this process in any way. The student press should be open to a wide variety of viewpoints. It should also be open to criticism. This paper shall determine whether it is doing its job by student standards, not those of any political organization. Without student support we have no reason to publish. ’ ,
News Shorts New Math Degree Planned The Faculty of Mathematics intends to introduce a new degree, to supplement the current 9. Math degree. The new degree, aimed mostly at accounting and Business Administration students, will place less emphasis on research and theory, and more on real-world applications.
The Imprint
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deductions from grant entitlement begin, and there will ‘10 longer be a mandatory loan requirement.. Jobs To Be Scarce By 1986, 500,000 students will graduate from post-secondary institutions while only 155,000 jobs will be available. So says an Ontario government report issued last week. Half of those graduating from university are expetted to find work related to their educational training. A slowdown in the growth of government jobs issaid to be a major factor. Quebec Ups Visa Fees Come September, Quebec will be the latest province to impose a differential fee for foreign (visa) students which more than doubles their tuition. This comes as a result of Parti Quebecois policy. Alberta and Ontario also have this policy. Trent University is the only holdout in Ontario.
New OSAP Plan in Fall The new OSAP program comes into effect in September this year, and parents will be required to contribute to their children’s education costs *when their net incomes rise above $6600. Under the old plan, the limit was $7300. Students will be further squeezed by reduced travel allowances for visits home, and the fact that all of their assets will be counted when making deductions from their grant entitlement. It’s not all bad news, however. Larger academic awards will be allowed before
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is our policy:
Letters should be addressed to The Journalism Club c/o The Federation of Students; typed on a 64-character line, double spaced; should include the phone number, address, faculty and year of the writer; and should be no longer than 700 words. Letters may be edited by the paper if a note to this effect is printed accompanying the letter. Letters may not be printed if the paper cannot identify the author. Pseudonyms and names of organizations will be printed only for a good reason and at the discretion of staff. Pseudonyms should be easily identified as such. Staff should be supplied with the real name of the author before it prints a pseudonym or na,me of an organization. The name of the author(s) will normally be printed with that of their organizational name. Letters are a service provided to the students of the University of Waterloo and may‘ be rejected by staff for good reason. Dominance of the letter section by person(s), and ‘dumping’ in the letter section should be avoided. Letters will be printed on a first-come-first-serve basis except when accommodating letters for ‘fair reply’ and timeliness.
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New& The agreement with entrepeneur Wayne Connors guarantees Board of Entertainment $2000 per concert for 10 concerts at the PAC and three concerts at Seagram Stadium. Before the agreement is finalized the agreement of the lJW administration is necessary.
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The federation has looked into Connors’ background and has decided that he is financially sound. Federation president- Rick Sniit told The Imprint that Connors has successfully promoted concerts in Hamilton and Montreal. He has a number of in-
Course evaluations
Programs vary Course evaluations at UW are carried out in different ways in the different faculties involved, and have therefore encountered a range of problems and met with varying degre&s of success. The engineering course evaluations are carried out by EngSoc and administered by Jeff Stern, a student who is Assistant to the Associate Dean, using funds provided by the Faculty of Engineering and the Federation of Students. The form used consists of 19 questions, the first two asking for the student’s standing in the last term and projected mark in the course being evaluated, and the remainder dealing with the student’s opinions on course content and the competence of the T.A.‘s and professor. A detailed breakdown of the results ior the winter term survey, which includes ratings out of 10 on both course content and quality of teaching for each course, is now available for perusal in the EngSoc office. The engineering course evaluations are generally viewed as a success by all concerned. EngSoc president Fraser Cutten cited large sample sizes as a guarantee that the results are reasonably accurate. Far from being critical of the evaluations, he said that “The engineering faculty looks on them as,-a pretty valid technique for evaluating their own performance”. He suggested that, all other things being equal, the administration might consult their copies of past and current evaluations to decide between potential candidates for promotion. The situation in mathematics is very different indeed. The Faculty of Mathematics, which -provides the funds for course evaluations, prohibited the publication of Math Sot’s “Anti-Cal” during the regular academic year, claiming that some of the comments were in bad taste and not constructive. MathSoc president Andy Meuller told The Imprint that although the Federation had previously of’fered to provide funds for the publication of the usual course-by-course written in future “Anticritique, cal” will consist of a course - statistical survey.
Because of the controversy no course evaluation was undertaken in the winter term, and results for the one done in the fall term will not tje available until October. MathSoc does ndt conduct a course evaluation during the summer term. It is the faculty itself, and not SciSoc, that evaluates science courses. The questionnaire used for the last few terms has has been abandoned, and the Science Faculty Council’s executive committee is currently at work preparing two new forms to take its place. ArtsSoc made its first attempts at course evaluation during the fall and winter terms. The form used began with questions on the quality of course content, an@ then asked if any problems had been created by the profe_ssor. Students who felt that this was so could then answer a series of questions designed to clarify the nature of the professor’s short-comings. As with the E’ngSoc evaluations, comments addressed directly to the professor could be written on a separate sheet. Whereas the actual testing in the evaluations undertaken by other student societies is done by unpaid volunteers, ArtsSoc decided to hire students to carry out this task. It was largely as a result of this that the evaluations, which were funded by the Faculty of Arts, the Federation, and ArtsSoc, ended up costing several thousand dollars. Critics pointed out that course evaluations in other faculties, and even those carried out independently by some of the departments within the Arts Faculty, are not nearly as expensive. Some complaints were also made by professors about the performance of the hired students, and there were also made by professors about the performance of the hi’red students, and there has been general displeasure with the length of time being tak,en to process the data, none of which will be available for many months. Treasurer Doreen Danis said that evaluations, possibly carried out in a different way, will probably continue to be made by ArtsSoc in coming terms. John
McKay
terests in the Hamilton-St. Catharines area, including an interest in the Town Casino in Hamilton. Smit also told The Imprint that the federation has a say in the type of talent *which is brought here by Connors, who will have an exclusive right to produce the federation’s concerts in the PAC. The negotiations kat the moment, however, seem to suggest that the Federation would only have the right to veto the first performer that Connors would offer the Federation. After this Connors would have the final say for that
particular concert date. Connors seems to operate by a philosophy which iS rare among promoters in this area, said Smit: “He realizes he should work closely with students, not against them.” Smit feels that, “we can provide high quality entertainment at a cheaper price and both we and Connors can benefit.” The federation of students has recently come to an agreement with a concert promoter which should bring the Bee Gees to the P.A.C. in September with another dozen concerts to take place on cam-
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pus over the next two years. Connors first approached the federation about five weeks ago and negotiations have been continuing since then. Reports on the progress of the negotiations were reported to B. Ent and federation council at their regular meetings. The agreement will be presented to council at its next meeting. The‘ Federation has sponsored a number of concerts which have lost money in the past year. Although Harry Chapin attracted more than 2000 students in the Fall term,
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the concert lost over $4,000. Another concert with Jesse Winchester held at Bingeman Park drew few students and lost about $2,000. The most recent concert - David Bradstreet - saw the Theatre of the Arts less than half full for his performance. Connors is attempting to organize a concert tour of Ontario universities for the Bee Gees for next Fall with a UW date of Sept 29. If that ‘falls through the Beach BOYS or Gordon Lightfoot are possibilities. Frank Morison
Police watching campusCentres the Detectives from Waterloo Regional Police dept have been surveilling the campus this week, The Imprint has learned. A yellow Plymouth 4-doorwith licence number KEW 045 was parked beside the campus centre at about 4:45 pm Wednesday, with two muscled gentlemen reading the chevron inside. They later entered the north entrance to the campus centre, where they stayed, intently reading the CKMS FM guide, for half / and hour. Approached by The Imprint, they indicated that they would prefer not to have their pictures taken and said that they weren’t police. About five minutes later, they returned to their car, one saying as he left that he was going to meet They his “sister-in-law”. then drove around behind the Faculty Club. However, before they left, The lm!print obtained’ photographs of their car, as well as seeing a letter, in a Waterloo emblem en-
velope, addressed to Staff Sgt. David James, of the Waterloo Regional Police Dept. Security sent over an officer, and when asked to investigate, he refused. Asked why he wouldn’t look into it, he said nothing. Contacted later, security supervisor Les Cummings said that he was “as surprised as you are”, and that he didn’t know of any outside investigation
going
campus. He said that, normally, the regional police inform security.
for Sgt. James after the car had left, about half-an-hour later, the officer im-
The two men drove their car around the campus centre for about half-anhour, And then left.‘
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car was still The Imprint Police Depty Sgt. James “wasn’t in right now”y after an exchange Of questions.
on
However,
when
only agreed to the present, lattice-type antenna as a stopgap measure, and that they had always insisted on a single-pole antenna light enough to attach to the wall without drilling into the roof. However, according to CKMS coordinator Dave Assman, a single-pole antenna would have to be custom built, and would require special approval from the Canad ian Standards Association. He estimated that a single-pole antenna would cost $2000.
The move results from pressure by the UW administration’s planning department, who felt that the library antenna detracted from the library’s appearance, and that weaken the roof. planning director Lappin told The
CSL deadline
it might Ernie Imprint
“he’s
not
“couple of days”. Ciaran
we called
CKMS to build antenna CKMS-FM will be spending $4500 this August to build a 100 foot tower beside the Bauer warehouse to replace their antenna on the Arts library.
said
In a conversation later, manager Rita Pub Schneider, who hadn’t seen the police there today, mentioned in an off-hand comment, that she had seen them there for the last O’Donnel) Rick Smit
tower Assman, who described the affair as “unfortunate”, said that there is a silver lining in the costly move. He said that CKMS has had “no end of problems” with the Bell Canada leased line between the station and the antenna, and that it has made the station go off the air twice in the past. With the antenna beside the station these problems will disappear, as will a $50 per month leasing charge from Ma Bell. Ciaran
O’Donnell
phony 1 Fed Flicks ripoff
Last term, the campus’Students Loan Act regbranch of the Canadian ulations, the deadline for Imperial Bank of Corn: confirming enrollment, or merce mailed a letter to consolidating the loan is fall-term co-op students, six months after the stutelling them that the dead- dent stopped attending line for negotiating their classes, or June 30th. Business loan, or confirming their The Better enrollment for the summer Bureau told The Imprint term was today, June 15th. that they considered this a However, students who valid basis for a complaint have yet to see the bank against the bank. need not worry - The ImA student loans officer at print has learned that the the branch said that the stated deadline in the deadline had been moved bank’s letter was untrue, forward to avoid a backlog and the actual deadline is of cases just before June Friday June 30th. 30th: The letter, which was Commerce accountant mailed in April to all T. Paas described it as “a stud.ents whose school matter of convenience”, sessions ended in Decem- and pointed out that by her gives June 15th as the an earlier &adline latest date for handing in a students who were a fed Schedule 2 (Confirmation days Iate wouldn’t default of Enrollment) or Schedule on their loan. 3 (Loan Consolidation). -Paas said “the wording i In one part, it states “ara little strong” and “it could rangements for your loan be misleading.” He said th must be made no later than letter would probably’ be June 15th, 1978”. changed. However, according to 4 Section 7(l) of the Canada Ciaran O’Donnell1
off-campus, provided that Due to what federation president Rick Smit they have not had their termed a “communication fees refunded during their last term on campus. breakdown”, returning UW students living in the The term “written inarea but not studying this tent” has purposely been term were charged the left vague, but is usually rate as nonsame i nd icated prebY members of the federation registration for a later at recent fed flicks, de- term. spite havin valid ID cards. Holders of ID cards Apparent By the ticketmarked Y77, F77, W78 or takers were not aware that Y78-79 need only. pay under a new bylaw, students not currently _ $1.00 rather than $1.50 at the fed flicks;and in genstudying but who have expressed “written intent” to eral have the same rights and privileges as regisundertake further studies tered members of the fedare considered full memeration. bers of the federation for John McKay, up to two academic terms
Backpacking seminar tonight
using
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The “Learning a Living Series” starts today with a ta!k on backpacking by the Outer-s Club, at 7 pm in CC 135. ,Tal ks and demonstrations of square dancing, car mechanics, massage, nutrition and mime are also planned for the summer. The series will
continue in September as a part of the federation’s orientation program. Some of the topics proposed for September are bicycle maintenance, plant care, organic gardening, food preparation, photography, macram and belly dancing. Nick Redding
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News
’ Thursd&
The Ontario
of Students
Students should “take matters into their own hands” in the fight against cutbacks, according to some visitors from the AsNational des sociation Et&ants du Quebec (ANEQ) at the OFS conference last weekend. ANEQ representatives described how Montreal students protested an increase in the student subway fare by refusing to pay at all. Large numbers of students gathered in the stations and “jumped the as an a.lternative railings” to the more traditional, paying route via the turnstiles. The students, /who- became known as the “metro
(OFS) held its annual general meeting last weekend
Reports of alleged embezzlement and deep financial indebtedness wittin Community Colleges student unions inadvertently found their way into the minutes of an OFS workshop last weekend, apparently causing acute embarassment to the parties concerned. Delegates at the final session of the OFS conference were asked to return the offending minutes almost immediately after receiving them. Officials would only say that there was “something wrong” with them, and that they : needed re-typing. The Imprint retained a original the copy of minutes, and comparison with the second version showed that several brief accounts of internal difficulties amongst Community Colleges, including an alleged case of embezzlement by a treasurer and
$50,000-plus debts to college administrations, had been deleted. During the question periodon the report of the workshop, which discus‘sed problems peculiar to Community Colleges, questions from The Imprint and the UW delegation regarding the deleted items were ruled out of order. An OFS representative conceded that apart from the embezzlement, the deleted items were accurate representations of the truth. The embezzlement (alleged to have been perpetrated four years ago) never came to trial. \The @print was obliged to return its copy of the first version of the minutes at the end of the question period. For this reason, more specif>ic details of the deleted items cannot be published. Nick Redding
Question
Valerie Carr 2B Math It is a long-standing tradition in the villages to complain about the food. It is something everyone has in common, and always a topic of conversation. ‘Fortunately for us, food at other-universities is even worse. Food services is quite willing to serve steak every day, if students are willing to pay the higher cost.
at the University
of Guelph.
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; Shortall on fighting cutbacks
guerillas”, also assisted hard-pressed houswives in gaining free admission to the stations. ANEQ also cited the example of a CEGEP which raised the prices in its cafeteria, only to find that the students preferred a lower price determined by themselves. The students were supported by the cafeteria staff, who had been made scapegoats for the price increases by the administration. Although such measures can only last for a few weeks, ANEQ noted that it is important for students to actively demonstrate against cutbacks and escalation of education costs.
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OFS conference at GuelDh
Federation
Students must act ,
June
John Shorta// is a former president of UW’s Federation of Students, and present/y a fieldworker for the Ontario Federation of Students (OFS). He was interVkWed by Nick Redding ia& weekend at the conference in Guelph, on the subject of fighting the education cutbacks in Ontario.
Imprint: What good is a some’sort of crisis? Shortall: It’s difficult to student strike going to say on a public group NO, I don’t think basis: what l will state is be? The professors are Shortall: it’s a matter of educating on a media basis, certainly just going to say “hurrah” the. .students that there’s a I think our arguments are and go home, and spend students are well brought up. . . more time on their re- cr’s’s search. l-low is a student aware that fhere’s a grisis Imprint: SOyou think the strike going to affect any- l th’nk what It Is, Is getting commercial media is bethem to have an oPPortuncoming more receptive to thing at all? in someShortall: There are two ity to participate the arguments being put thing. that forth against cutbacks’? reasons - there’s public .demonstrates . attention, to make it (cut~~!$ oppos’t’on to the Shortall: Definitely. It’s a backs) an iSSUe in the pubImprint: so Of-S at the reflection Of what’s haplit forum, and secondly for pening in the public Imprint: The March 16th moment is more concerstudents to demonstrate people are saying cutdemonstration (this year at ned with trying to conQueen’s Park) was hailed to each Other that it is. a vince the general public.. . backs are not the answer as a “first step” in the fight serious enough issue t0 to what we’re trying to do. Shortall: lf We’re going t0 What we have to do is against cutbacks. What is take ‘Ime Off classes. reverse the trend in cut-Imprint: lt Seem!3 that a backs, we have to expose evaiuatewhft wT’retv’ng the second step? ‘n educaShortall: A workshop (at large number of OFS’S ac- that the government line is to accompl’sh in tion for our economy and this conference) has pas- tions, and in fact the stuabsolutely bankrupt sed a motion calling for dent movement in general, terms of what it means to for Youth employment. ** co-ordinated Fall action is and then budget on that geared towards post-secondary education. and outlined a number of educating the students Imprint: Whatdo you think basis- Instead (the go’+‘different alternatives that themselves. Do you think the degree of success in ernment) says ‘OK, we’ve could be taken up. Some that’s a real problem in this is - do you think you got a budget - let’s ParDf these suggestions are fighting ccl it out’, independent of cutbacks receive much sympathy (another) demonstration, a having to educate the from public groups in the needs that we have to ?otating strike. .. students that there is general? face.
Ottawa in and out of OFS , Students at the University recognizing the majority of Ottawa voted last March decision of their students. to join the Ontario FederaOFS members felt that tion of Students, but due to the Ottawa council was the low turnout in the re- guilty of interpreting the ferendum the decision was results of th.e referendum, declared null by their although they conceded students’ council. that the situation is not well understood. The referendum was held shortly after the last OFS Ottawa attended the which was conference conference, as non-voting hosted by Ottawa as part of- delegates, which is a the campaign by their presprivilege of any Ontario ident Mauril ‘Belanger to university or college which gain membership. is not a member of OFS. At the OFS conference OFS also includes nonlast weekend, the Ottawa member institutions in delegation was told that some of its working comrepresenmittees, part of the rea-son their elected tatives are accused of not being that such institutions
may be persuaded to join as full members. OFS has struck a deficit budget for the year 1978-79, with an income of $202,000 and expenditures of $215,000. Had Ottawa joined, the revenue expectat ions would have eliminated the deficit in the budget, and left a slight surplus. Of the projected expenditures in the next year, 66 percent will go towards staff salaries. OFS staff are unionized, and receive $250 per week (plus benefits) with a 9% cost of living increase over
the next year. The budget provid-es for eight such employees, on a full-time basis. ’ ’ OFS chairperson Miriam is the ninth full’‘Edelson time employee, with the same salary as the staff. Edelson could not provide any details on how OFS salaries compare with the ’ salaries of student union workers at universities in Ontario, but she ventured that “they are pretty much the same”. Federation, workers here at UW receive $160 per week, with no benefits, for a full-time position. Nick Reddiig
WHAT DO YOU TH-INK OF FOOD SERVICES? i i
Tim Tiessen, 3A Electrical ’ L It’s been a .long time since I’ve eaten there. The subs are bad compared to those at the Society ou,tlets. I’ve never had the guts to try the other stuff. \
Unknown Science Person If you get them at a bad time the food is cold. Overall pretty good, nice selection of vegetables. I haven’t died yet - in micro we did a coliform count onohe of their milkshakes and it had a high count. Maybe it adds to the taste.
Greg Servos, 28 Earth Prices are too high, especially on weekends when you bring in a guest. There is a skimpy selection. The quality is quite good, and the portions are large enough. 4
By Richard
Kular
and Frank
Morison
I
see the film “Journey
of Light”
in the Art? Lecture
In a staff meeting June 6th, the chevron rejected council motions calling on the paper to move a recentlyacquired typesetter from ,their offices, and to obtain federation approvalbefore changing. production arrangements with the presDumont ent typesetters, Press Graphix. Fed president Rick Smit has responded by pushing for a Canadian University Press investigation on this, and other alleged chevron improprieties. The chevron acquired a Compugraphic Jr. Typesetter on loan from Larry Hannant 2 i/2 weeks ago. The council motion requested them to remove it from the office by Friday, June 9th. On June 8th, Smit received a letter from the chevron stating that the chevron would not remove the typesetter since its acquisition was within the “editorial prerogative” of the staff, and hence council’s motion was “ultra vires” or beyond their powers. Smit’s letter, to be discussed at the Board of Directors meeting Thursday requests an investigation commission to investigate chevron actions contravening the CUP code of ethics and statements of principles. C&ted are t’the alleged political ousting of staff member Chris Dufault”, “Alleged intimidation of chevron staff members”, and “violation of a council motion with student’s council allegedly acting within the student interest and within its power.” It requests CUP president John Wilson to act on these, and “other related matters.” Chevron editor Dave Carter told The Imprint that the typesetter would save the
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Kundalini on Campus Joseph Drppong, founFor the first time since der and president of PSI, a being denied recognition as a Federation club by prominent figure in the students’ council in early Kundalini Institute, and the March, the Kundalini Redirector of the film, then search Institute of Canada discusses in a press conmade an appearance on ference how he came to becampus on May 31. The lieve in Gopi Krishna. Only Kundalini Institute, a this man, Dippong asserts, spiritual organization afwas able to explain to him the meaning of a “mystical filiated with the PSI Mind experience” he had during Development Institute, rea brief period of clinical nted Arts Lecture Hall room 115 for the K-W premiere of death in 1970, the same experience that led him to their new documentary terminate his business film, “Journey of Light”. and begin his For one accustomed to career spiritual career. the relaxed atmosphere and low price of the Fed Most of the remainder of Flicks, which are held in the the film is taken up by same room, the formality selections from several and expensiveness of the days of lectures by Gopi event came as something Krishna on the subject of of a surprise. Well-dressed Kundalini that were attenvolunteers met the equally ded by the visitors. In one well-dressed film-goers at interesting sequence Dr. the door, collected the Karan Singh, former Minis. $5.00 per person fee, and ter of Health and Family staffed a table where IiteraPlanning in India, speaks of ture was sold. “Project Consciousness”, In addition, the music a research program being played before the film starundertaken at the Indian ted (performed by National Institute of Mental . Kundalini’s own Rainbow Health and Neuro-sciences Singers) was available on a to provide the scientific jus45 rpm record. Besides the tification for the theories of expected pamphlets on the Gopi Krishna that it is said film and the Kundalini Instithroughout the film will intute, only bumpe.r stickers evitably be found. “The Source is reading While there was no atWithin You” were distempt to sell anything extri buted free of charge. cept ideas during the camIt should be noted, howpus screening; “Journey of ever, that all 135 people atLight” was incorporated tending were invited to a into the weekly lecture at wine and cheese party at a the local PSI headquarters the following Tuesday, at private residence after the which time it was used to film, at no additional encourage the 40 people charge. attending to sign up for After a brief introduction PSI’s “Inward Bound IV” by Suzanne Capreol, a docin course. toral candidate At a cost of $175.00 for ’ biochemistry here at UW full-time students over 18 who has recently been devoting herself full-time to years of age, it is claimed that taking this intensive PSI and Kundalini, the course leads to “a hour-long film started at four-day deeper understanding of of Light” 8:30. “Journey the true meaning of meditadocuments a trip undertion” and teat hes taken by 234 Canadians, “spiritual laws” that will some uw including “inevitably improve your students, to India to meet the leader of the Kundalini life” if properly applied. Pandit Gopi movement, According to Art Ram, a . Krishna. UW staff member, as many In the opening sequence, as 200 UW students may the confusing and conhave taken the course altradictory multiplicity of re- ready, although exact ligious beliefs is criticized, statistics were not availaand an underlying force ble. called Kundalini or “the Ms. Capreol, who beserpent power” is offered lieves implicitly in the scias an explanation of all re- entific authenticity of Gopi ligious phenomena. Krishna’s theories, suggested his book The Biological It is claimed that knowBasis of Religion and ledge of Kundalini, the as a source of inpower that motivated all Genius formation and clarification. the great spiritual leaders In it, Gopi Krishna asserts of the past whether they that human mental were aware of it or not, was capacities have evolved to lost with the passage of the point where it is possitime and has been reble for all men to achieve a discovered in our day by Gopi Krishna. higher state of conscious-
ness, and claims that he has already done so. By observing spiritual laws and meditating, ‘-the force of Kundalini, which lies like a coiled serpent at the base of the spine, will enter the brain and expand its capabilities. Kundalini is closely related to sex, and he says that among the enlightened “The semen in men is now produced in such abundance that a tiny stream rises day and night through the spine into the cranium to provide the richest and purest food for the now ‘heavily o&-r: worked brain cells. In women, the sexual energy and secretions involved in erotics are used as the fuel.” Two graduate science students, Norman Reed and Joan Davidson will show “Journey of Light” after a brief talk on Monday, June 19, at 7:30 pm in room 113 of the Campus Centre. This time admission is free. In addition, numerous organizations campus have been approached with the suggestion that they show the film to their members, but information on their replies was not available at press time. John McKay
chevron, and\ the federation about $200/issue in the summer, and at least twice that in the fall. Carter said that the main issue was the economic benefit of the typesetter, and that if the federation had any concrete objections then the chevron staff would certainly consider them. The maior reason for removing -‘the typesetter given -at the June 2nd meeting was summed up by environmental Studies councillor Mark McGuire, who argued that ownership of a typesetter in a student office, producing a student newspaper should be in the hands of the students. Councillor Science Richard Kular also expressed a fear that the typesetter would be used for publishing by the AIA and CPDC. However, when -asked if these groups would be using the typesetter Carter said “I’m sure they won’t”. A chevron staff motion claimsthat. production arrangements are within the editorial prerogative of the staff, “both by historic precedent and within the meaning of the bylaws of the Federation.” The Federation bylaws state that the editorial policy of the chevron shall be the prerogative of the editor. Since this bylaw came into force, the prerogative has passed from the editor to the staff. The CUP statement of principles also requires editorial policy to be independent of the federation. When The Imprint contacted CUP president John Wilson, for his interpretation of “editorial prerogative”, he said that as he understood it, it applied to the content and direction of the.paper.
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At the recent “Writing Skills in Ontario” conference (June 1st - 3rd) over 150 teachers, principals and administrators from all levels of education in the province met at the University of Waterloo to discuss highly significant recommendations concerning the teaching of writing. These recommendations were the results of 4 reports produced by committees set up after last year’s “Writing Skills and the University Student Conference” and if adopted by the Ministries of Education and of Colleges and Universities, they could profoundly affect the entire system of education in the province. All sessions of the conference, held at Conrad Grebel College, were chaired by Ken Ledbetter, Associate Dean of Arts and main director of this university’s English Language Proficiency Programme. After a stirring and buoyantly optimistic address by Chairman Led better on Thursday evening, delegates attended the first of several informal receptions designed to allow people to discuss the previous session and to discover as much as possible about the methods and procedures used to teach writing at other institutions. The main business of the conference took place at four sessions devoted to discussion of each committee report : Preparation,” “Secondary “Teacher School English Credits and Class Size,” “Levels of Achievement” and “Marking Standards”. Friday morning’s session dealt with the four recommendations of the Committee on Teacher Preparation: 1. A requirement for admission to all teacher training programs should be at least one full university-level course in writing and in English language and grammar. 2. A thorough and intensive course in the teaching of language arts (reading, listening) should be writing, speaking, mandatory in, all teacher training programs. 3. Permanent teaching certificates should
require at least two years Of successful classroom teaching followed by a fulltime summer program (or the equivalent) at a faculty of education IF. The Ministry of Education, faculties of education, boards of education, and universities should provide for teachers already in the system courses equivalent to those specified in 1 and 2 above; teachers should be required to take at least one of these courses. On Friday afternoon the six-member Committee on Secondary School English Credits and Class Size presented its report to the delegates for comments and criticism. The report dealt with recommendations made in last year’s report, “Writing Skills and the University Student” concerning the number of English credits required for graduation at grades 12 and 13, the number of students per English class and the time allowed for mandatory English classes in two of the secondary school years. The committee had decided, after considerable scrutiny and discussion, that the recommendations as originally outlined would not sit well with teachers of other subjects, who often work under simlfar restraints. Consequently, a substantially modified set of recommendations was presented: 1. Limit the size of secondary school English classes to a maximum of 25 students each. 2. Devote at least 50% of the class time.in all secondary school English classes to the development of writing skills. 3. Require grade 13 English for the Secondary School Honours Graduation Diploma and for admission to all university programs. 4. Develop and implement an effective language policy in every Ontario school. There was a great deal of debate on each of these items, with the first receiving only a measure of support and the second being changed to read, “Place an equal emphasis on language and Iiterature in all secondary school English classes.”
The potentially controversial third recommendation received overwhelming and enthusiastic support, a fact which could mean that grade 13 English will once again become a requirement for all students wishing to enter university. By far the most rigorous debate was generated by the report of the Committee on Levels of Achievement. In an effort to make certain that students throughout the province are assessed uniformly and systematically, the five members of this committee presented a list of what they considered reasonable proposals concerning expected levels of achievement for grades 6 to 13, colleges and universities. Here, for example, is a partial list of the skills which students at the end of grade 6 “should be” able to demonstrate in their writing: 1. use a dictionary and apply such aids as pronunciation, root words, prefixes and suffixes; 2. use capital letters correctly; 3. use end punctutation, common abbreviations, contractions, and possessives correctly; 4. recognize the four basic parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb). Many delegates felt that the lists were too idealistic and advanced, while others felt they were not nearly advanced or idealistic enough. Some questioned the authoritarianism implied in the verb “should be” and wondered openly about the possible ministerpretation and misuse of the many items in this list. However, after it was stressed that the lists were not meant to constitute curricula and that each was to be used to gauge what a student demonstrates in his or herwriting, the recommendations (with modifications) were generally endorsed. The most emphatic and wholehearted’ support was reserved for the report of the Committee on Marking Standards, once again there was much debate many suggestions for revision.
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Recognizing that the aim of marking IS the improvement of students’ writing, the six members of this committee “broke down” writing into four constituent parts: Material, Organization, Style, and Mechanics. The committee then proposed marking standards for grades 6 to 13, colleges and universities. The report also emphasized the,impracticality of suddenly failing large numbers of students on the basis of their writing deficiencies and therefore stressed the necessity of a three to four year transition period before these standards could seriously be brought to bear on students’ writing. On Saturday afternoon the final session was held, during which delegates were invited to discuss the suggestions for each report and to add other final comments and criticism. The nineteen-member ‘Advisory and Implementation Committee will now consider carefully the many relevant suggestions and comments made at the conference and will attempt to discover the best ways to present and implement the recommendations of the four reports. Since the Government of Ontario may establish an English Subject Council “to nake recommendations that would lead :o better co-ordination between courses and between expectations of student achievement at the secondary and postsecondary levels”, the proposals of this ast committee could give this Council dery definite impetus and direction. Ken Ledbetter hopes that the report which follows the “Writing Skills in Ontario Conference” will have an enormous 3ffect: “Through it we will have spoken as 3 concerned and responsible profession, )ur credibility will have risen, and our imoact on the educational system in Ontario, on the curriculum, and on each other, will ‘everberate down through the years.” John Vardon
‘Mkado’ reflects Gilbert.& Sidl~van The production of The Mikado that opened Tues-day in the Humanities Theatre demonstrated something that amateur d ramat ists have long known: some mediocre acting and singing does not detract all that much from the entertainment value of a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. The local branch of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society, an organization dedicated to keeping alive the works of the late 19th CenlibrettistEnglish tw composer team, mounted the production with assistance from the UW arts centre and the K-W symphony.
The actors, all of them amateurs, -are members of the Society and are drawn from the community at large. John Kerr of Eastwood Collegiate in Kitchener is stage director. The music director and conductor of the 32-piece orchestra, drawn from the K-W Symphony, is UW’s own Alfred Kunz. The Mikado is a witty satire of politics, the law -and human vanity. The first chuckles of the evening come with reading the dramatis personae and synposisof the plot given in the program. The characters are graced with interesting names such as Nanki-Poo,
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Pooh-Bah and Yum-Yum. The story deals with a series of improbable dethat resu It velopments when the son of the Imperial Mikado of Japan, Nanki-Poo, attempts to escape a pre-arranged marriage and wed his true love, Yum-Yum. Casting, acting and singing in this production present numerous paradoxes. Paul Nowak as the pompous Pooh-Bah, and Jean Shantz asthe witchy Katisha certainly look their parts, but do not carry them off as well as they might. On the other hand Jocob Willms acts and sings with considerable skill as Nanki-Poo, but does not
Someone you care about but not need show it who shares with you ups and downs means a lot to you even though you need not tell and when a temporary time of mixed feelings arise between you-two we at times say things we know we don’t mean
have the appearance of an earnest and impassioned young suitor. Alison Watson, a WLU music student who plays Yum-Yum, is by far the most outstanding singer, but her acting is not at the same level, Probably the best acting is that of Brian Sexsmith as the humorous Ko-Ko, a role in which his considerable deficiencies as a singer seem quite in character. Much of the impact of a Gilbert and Sullivan production derives from lavish costumes, impressive sets, choreographed movements and a bit of slapstick humour, and in these respects this produc-
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tion is not lacking. The costumes are opulent indeed. The set is simple and apt, and the lighting appropriately sunny for most of the performance. Interesting touches are flowers attached along the edges of the curtains on the sides of the stage, and a simulation of a night sky when Katisha sings “Alone and Yet Alive” in the setond act. Despite a certain lack of synchronous and occasional distracting mistakes, the choreographed movements are quite effective. The antics of Ko-Ko are good for a chuckle, and are a favourite of the chil-
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dren in the audience. Anyone interested in musical productions, and not yet spoiled by too many near-perfect professional shows, would do well to take in a performance of The Mikado. Performances will be held nightly at 8 pm in the Humanities Theatre until Saturday, June 17, and last nearly three hours. Tickets are $4.50 for general admission and $3.50 for students and senior citizens. As the theatre was very nearly sold out on Tuesday, advance purchase of tickets for future performances from the Main BoxOffice in the Modern Languages is recommended. John McKay
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I managed to catch two concerts last week; the first with Steve Goodman at the Ontario Place Forum, and the second with Canada’s own Juno Award winning, David Bradstreet. Bradstreet’s most recent album is appropriately titled “Dreaming in Colour” - judging by his concert, the man is a pillar of somnambulence. It’s not that Bradstreet is specifically untalented; his guitar work did do justice to his D-35, and his voice does manage to hit the majority of the notes and usually in the same key, as well. He’s also very good at going through the motions of a concert-he managed to face the audience,,align himself with the mikes and keep himself in time with the music without visible difficulty. However, there is a major demarcation between a singer and an entertainer, a distinction that Bradstreet /evidently fails to recognize. His concert seemed to lack any personality of any
form; furthermore, Bradstreet’s presence was, at best, aloof and contrived. On top of this his soundman seemed bereft of ears, with the result that the sound was predominantly midrange and overly loud. His material augmented these difficulties; although lyrically not as overtly puerile as Dan Hill, his melodic lines are vague and indistinct - musically analogous to hamburger helper. The only redeeming feature of- the concert the warm up act, Lisa Garber. Whereas Bradstreet was terminally cool (as Harry Chapin would state), Li.sa seemed to enjoy herself. She has a voice that possesses an excellent range and a tonal similarity to Linda Ronstadt, and although the absence of a left the second guitar music sounding somewhat thin, the overall effect was quite good. “The opposite end of the musical/entertainment spectrum was shown by
Goodman at his Forum concert on June 6. With the able assistance of Jethro (of the old Homer and Jethro team) on mandolin, Goodman provided the 3000 at the Forum with one of the most pleasing concerts of this or any other season. His guitar work was flawless, and his mastery of lyrics is as good as anyone on the current “folk” arenas. Goodman was having fun, and his attitude was infectious - I’ve not seen an audience enjoy a show to the same extent in a long time. The only detraction was the temperature (about 45 degrees F - it necessitated constan-t retuning). However, it didn’t ‘pre: vent him from answering two standing ovations with two encores. All in all a most satisfying perfor~ mance. He’ll be at Mariposa later this summer if BENT could get him for a concert, it would be appreciated. Fraser Cutten
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All students are hereby warned to be on the lookout for a group of very funny people. They are armed (and legged), and many of them openly confess to being involved in FASS, the highly illegal but highly entertaining evening of madness which rolls around every February. It seems that these people, not content to remain in hiding for another seven months, have taken it upon themselves to write, produce, direct, design and otherwise mismanage a three-act comedy going under the name ‘It’s Just A Stage He’s Going Through”. This full-length play is rumoured to concern the travails and escapades of a couple which has the dubious honour of dwelling underneath a small theatre in a big city, and the country cousin who comes to visit and perhaps ruin their marriage. Life is made particularly interesting by the frequent intrusions of uninhibited actors and uninvited guests, but rest assured that all of the troub-. les which result from the ensuing commo.tion are dealt with, however unsatisfactorily, before the final curtain. The full extent of this show’s humour has not yet determined, but been students are warned to see it with great caution:. it could be fatally amusing. The play is expected to hit the Theatre of the Arts on July 5, 6, 7, and 8 at 8:00 PM And don’t say we didn’t warn you. Tugs M. Maccow
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Reading a movie review can really ruin a movie for you. Oh, I don’t mean by giving away the plot or what surprises the film may contain (although there is unfortunately large an number of reviewers who insist on doing that, mistaken in the belief that 7eview” and “synopsis” are synonyms). The way a movie review can ruin a movie is something like the way you can ruin a cup of tea by cleaning your teeth immediately beforehand. It’s bad enough if it’s mint tea, because the , toothpaste leaves such a strong phony-mint flavour in your mouth that you can’t tell anything about the real mint you’re drinking, but if you’re into Earl Grey, it’s hopeless. You don’t just miss the flavour, the lavender-mint combination ends up tasting like hot Listerine and tomato juice not the best way to start the day, surely. Such was the effect I feared as I walked into the Capitol No. 1 in Kitchener to see The Last Waltz, Martin Scorcese’s film of The Band’s last concert at. the Winterland Ballroom. It had in fact gone beyond the mint-and-lavender stage and promised to be of the “accidentally cleaning your teeth with Noxzema shaving cream before downing a pot of “Constant Comment” level of severity. All that I’d read about this movie spelt doom. Sorcese
insisted on using extremely bulky 35mm equipment to film with, severely restricting camera movement and positioning. Not only that, but he insisted on breaking up the concert footage with interviews (mostly with Robbie Robertson, but more of that later) and can you believe it? -three songs recorded on a sound stage. A sound stage! Wasn’t the concert good enough for him? You see, it seems that Marty Scorsese insisted the
surprise, the film worked. Beautifully. I assume it still works beautifully, and fully intend on going back five or six times to make sure (ah, the life of a film reviewer!). It seems that the tea is strong enough to wash every last bit of kerosene away and still leave a pleasant taste. The music makes the film, of course. All the great there: The songs are Weight, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Genetic Method/Chest
film had to be this combination of three distinct elements, so that people who weren’t there for the music would still have a Film to entertain them. Apparently it never occurred to the schmuck that the only people who are going to see the movie are those who are there for the’ music. This, then, is the burden under which I saw The Last Waltz. Come to think of it, it’s also the burden under which you’ll see it too, unless I do something fast. Here goes.. . Much to my pleasant
Fever my only disappointment was that they left out Rag Mama Rag, but I guess I should be thankful. The Band was in their typical impeccable form, on top of all their music and tight as tight can be. As if this weren’t enough, they gave repeated demonstrations of their excellenceasaback-upbandfor Neil Young, ,Muddy Waters, Ronnie Hawkins, Joni Mitchell (who was great, but whose choice of song left me cold) and the only solo artist to perform more than one song in the film, Bob Dylan-you were
expecting maybe Barry White? The three studio songs (The Weight, Evangeline and Theme From The Last Waltz) were nicely done and, yes, actually fit well into the movie, the silence of the studio providing a marked contrast with the noisy Winterland, and underlining The Band’s oftdescribed skill/drawback: the live footage was every bit as polished musically as the staged songs. In all three areas of the film, Scorsese allows the film equipment to be seen as well as leaving in the heads and tails of the interview Again this segments. worked beautifully, reminding us that this wasn’t just another fairy story, but a record of things that were really happening. Artifice was kept to a minimum, reinforcing this “You Are There” feel of the film. The interviews even improved the film’s appeal, despite the central importance of the music, for two First, reasons. however great the music, one needs a rest occasionally, one that would be provided by the introductions of the guest artists at the concert, but not here where the songs are spaced practically bumper-to-bumper. Second, through the course of-the film the interviews draw us closer to the people in The Band, and thence their music. Instead of half-human musicians for two hours, we’re treated to the gentle straightforwardness , and Arkansas drawl of Levon Helm, the very stoned humorousness of Richard Manuel and (especially) Rick Danko and the introverted sincerity of Garth Hudson. I leave out Robbie Robertson intentionally. You see, Robertson is the producer of the movie, the one who gave birth to it, along with Scorsese. Coincidentally, the cameras spend more time on him than anyone else in the entire film: But at the end of it you still feel removed from him. Sure he’s a fantastic guitarist, able to play the frets off the damn thing yet endowed with that rare musical gift of knowing just what’s called for. But after all the smoke has cleared, after all his sweating and singing to himself and, taking that guitar to the most wonderful places after all that, the members of the group who really stick in your mind with their likeableness and musicianship are Danko and Helm. There is one thing -I’ve been saving (chuckle) that is by itself worth the price of admission (bearing in mind that I did get in free), and that’s Eric Clapton. You’re leaning back, enjoying the movie when out he comes, God himself, looking soberer and straighter than you thought possible, and ‘plays a fast blues. He and Robertson get to trading licks back and forth, and Robertson’s ‘getting out some great sounds, really workin his instrument. And everyt R ing he comes out with, Clapton replies with the most head shoulders great above
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music of the whole film. And here’s the shocker: you look at Clapton, and he’s not even trying! The guy acts as if he’s just woken up. With this kind of music resulting from that little effort, one is flabbergasted thinking of what would happen if the man would exert himself. So there you have it., If you’re into cinema, see the film. If you’re into recent history, see the film. If
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you’re into Canadian unity, see the film (Helm is the only American, but we’ll forgive him for that). If you’re into any of the above musicians or Emmylou Harris, Van Morrison, the Staple Singers, Lawrence Ferlinghetti (fer Chrissakes!), etc., etc., see the film. If you’ve got the Rock 102 blues and want to hear some real music, see the film. But see the film, whatever you do. Steve Hull
into broken chanting and deep cello chords. blood will be spilled. The only question is how. Most scenes, outside of the death scenes. are forgettable. One exception has Damien rattling off the historical dates of The story line is rather to the snap quessimple to map out for episodes “Damien, Omen Ill”. Di- tions of an instructor at academy Davide the length of the the military attends. The devil movie in minutes by ten, mien and one is left with the has been around. William Holden and Lee number of incredibly horrid death sequences the Grant as Mr and Mrs movie will be based Thorn (appropriately around., named) have little to do in Then sit down for an the film. Holden repeats hour and figure out about Gregory Peck’s role as the ten ways a person could unbelieving parent who die incredibly and horridly eventually is convi riced at the hands of the devil. that “the boy has got to Like Christ, the devil’ can die.” He unwisely seeks perform miracles so there out the special daggers are countless ways to kill. that his brother (Peck) tried with before, instead The one restriction is that for his bible. the devil does not repeat a ofl’seekinb has death from the movie be- You see, the beast much to do before he dies, fore lest he bore us. and= he certainly does not Damien has grown older die from dagger wounds. in Omen II. And yes, things He is rather, “cast alive are idyllic with young Dainto a lake of fire burning mien, his cousin Mark and as predichis new parents. But as with brimstone” 19:20. sure as “Westworld” se- ted in Revelation Omen II lacks the power quels, something goes film and is wrong. In Damien’s case it of the earlier also deprived of great is prophesy; a fate that character acting such as must be fulfilled. For he is that David Warner prothe beast of Revelation, born of a jackal, and branded 666. The proof comes from an archaeological find in Israel . . . of . paintings -- of Satan . Here is wisdom. Let him that has understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
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vided in “The Omen”. If you are into the mystic or sadistic, though, this is the film to see. Let’s wait to see if the planned Omen III or IV will be better. Damien will be in his twenties or thirties (his parents will be played say, Laurence bY7 let’s Olivier and Julie Christie) and the little devil might be well on his way to launching the world into Armageddon. Randy Barkman
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Since he was loosened of his ties with Return to Forever, Al DiMeola has emerged as one of the most prominent of ja?z guitarists, surpassrng George Benson, and rivalling John McLaughlin. But while Benson sinks into disco, and McLaughlin drifts further into Indian musical circles, DiMeola has diffused to the -forefront of progressive jazz. His latest album, Casino, is a well-developed extension of the- styles established in his first two al-
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bums; Land of the Midnight Sun, and Elegant Gypsy. During the two and a half years he was with RTF, he was able to establish himself as a guitarist, and develop his own style of music, while the overshadowing of pianist Chick Corea, prevented his style from being exposed to public scrutiny. DiMeola is now in the fortunate position of being able to blend experimental styles of refined guitar picking into his music without having to rely on them. With independence came expansion.vWhile his playing in RTF was limited
Records to an occasional few bars of hard rigid polished electric guitar, his solo albums include frequent mellow ballads of both acoustic and electric six string tones contrasting his 32-bar high voltage blasts. His selections have contained shades of Soain. South
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America, and the European past. Casino. is no exception. The Spanish and Latin influences are as strong as ever. But unlike previous albums where such songs stood alone, DiMeola has very successfully integrated his various styles of play in some of the album’s b.est tracks. The rifts, runs, and whole-tone scales are no less intense than on previous albums, and the composing just as brilliant. It’s just a little better. This album is one of the best progressive jazz albums of 1978, and is highly recommended purchasing. Stephen W. Coates
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ducting the London Symphony Orchestra (DGG 2530 71.1, a 1977 release) is an incredibly refined and warm version. Levine creates a far harsher, though spontaneous atmosphere, which might seem more appropriate to the music. Warm, even loving, though the D&oit may be, however, he does not dispense with the energy a performance it is every bit as needs exciting a performance as Levine’s. As far as the quality of recording is concerned the Dutoit is preferable, and there is a better chance of getting a good pressing from DGG than from RCA. There are, of course, many other respectable and temp ing versions such as the Boulez and Haitlink’s, but one
“PetStravinsky: rouchka” (Complete Ballet - 1947). Chicago Symphony Orchesfra conducted by James Levine. RCA ARLI-2615. An amazing number of astounding new classical recordings seem to have been released lately, and it looks like there are lots more on the way. That may make ‘it more difficult. for you to decide where to spend your money, but it also makes it much harder for you to be disappointed. The ballet concerns Petrouchka, a traditional Russian character at fairs, a puppet who falls in love with a ballerina and asks her love in return. The third character, a Moor, kills Petrouchka. This action in the first of the four tableaux is watched by a crowd of half-interested onlookers. The second and third tableaux are, respectively, Petrouchka’s room and the Moor’s room. A discussion of the action and motivation of the ballet is rather pointless in a review of just the music, since it is more atmospheric than programmatic in nature, so 1 won’t apologize for being unable to pass anything on. Stravinsky, as one might is difficult to imagine, judge when one is unfamiliar with the music. Cornparison of this particular disc with another very fine recording yields some interesting observations, however. The performance with Charles Dutoit who uses the 1911 score, con-
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can’t go far wrong with this new release. Levine seems to. be a bit of a wunderkind. He hasn’t recorded very much, but what he has done has mostly been excellent, including performances of Mahler’s Third and Fourth Symphonies and Brahms First Symphony (all of RCA). Then again, the Chicago Symphony is today in its prime, proving itself with a raft of conductors as long as your arm (Levine, Guilini, Barenboim, Abbado, Solti); unlike the (one and only) Berlin Philharmonic, which, in the past few years, has been recorded only under the baton of that lovable Fascist Herbert von Karajan. Oscar
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The “B” soccer league& viewed bk many participants as a great opportunitv to exercise and to -develop skills. ihe Engineering 3A team is a “B” league team with a strong desire to play but have little experience. Even if they go winless this season they’ll be a team which can take it in stride.
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The World CUP has!urnYou’ll never know it by ed out to be an 6xtremely emotional looking at the‘m, but the competitive, “Tigers” think they have contest. Here at the University of Waterloo the Ingot enough bite to take the tramural ’ Department is league this summer. running their own- soccer The “Tigers” are a mot-’ competition. ley collection of old timers, In past terms the inhas beens and not+o-bads tramural games h&e de* veloped into rough and _ blood pitched battles, not unlike. some of the World Cup games. To get an idea . of the league’s attitude this term I talked with q few participation teams. c The C.S.A. is currently high in the standings. They are a strong &ttac*king team which tends to leave holes i.n its defence. Last week’s . game with’East Q,uad tias tense for C.S.A. -Down by two goals sit the Falf they -- _ . knew -they had to get together. In theZnd half they c-e b&k scoring 4 goals in adetermined drive which dave them a 4-2 win.: ’ When asked about the teams ‘aspirations Ed Teo . The “Recreation” team takes the field. . said the teirn was hoping Photo by Derek Olson , , to do well. Although they L do have a keen competitive lt certainly appears that dug U; from the toterooms ‘sense the team is not par- .the soccer teams are a Sen- and offices of the univerticulariy dbsessed with sible bunch who .aren’t as sity.- They claim ,that th&ir talent winning. They have put in a ‘prone to flying off the experience and L- * tittle preparation for the handle as their World CUP make up for their years. season (2 practices and a counterparts. lf the@ at- With five wins ahd no losses its pretty hard to argue titudes don’t change as the I couble exhibition teams), ’ but if things don’t work out Season progresses then with them;for C.S.A. I doubt they”11 they ought to, be cornmenAt this stage’they are. in g&t very upset over the ded at season’s endLeslie good positionto finishthe season in first place, but I deal. . Koch /John IKckemba
think that we are all wondering if the Tigers will have anything’ left for tie -playoffs. If ’ they don’t, either Coca’s $Juts or 3A urii civilized will probably .come through the playoffs with the trophy. I . John Kocemba
The University bf Wateroff for theii first encoutiter loo Mixed Tennis Tourney l:gO, this Sunday at the started off in good form last Waterloo Tennis Club. MEN’S . COMPETITIVE Sunday as not one team deFour teams have one loss BASKETBALL faulted. ItWaS a clear windy. and are trying to make it to Men’s basketball yas Sunday afternoon in wh_ich the- playoffs via the back again highlighted by close 1 2 ‘&ams jockeyed for Posi- door.. The teams of Diane games in the tough Bl tion in this double eliminaWatson/Jim wright, Ina league, as Ducks nipped tion tourriament. Stumpf/PauI Larne, Sue Rimmers (38-34) while Fo.r many teams it was Ward/Paul Litwackand Jan Math waited until the last their first time Playing Cawardine/Steve Strecker two minutes before ciinmixed doubles tennis. The will be battling for the opthing an eight-point victory opening rounds were cerportunity to proceed to the over Jesters (32-24). tainly evidence to that fact finals in the early afternoon Psychos are now the only as the players bickered and hours this Sunday. undefeated team in Bl , gave frequent cold looks to Of all the- competitors while Pheasants are the their partners as they atnone are going to cake only Bi team without a victempted to get on their walk to the finals. This tory although that may games. ’ Sunday some gruelling change pending the outThe team of Jan Carwarmatches will be played at come of a protest. I _ dine and Steve Strecker the club . Co-op Canadians conlost fhe first four-games of John Kocemba _ tinue to dominate league -their first set ‘before they B2, but this could end next realized that that they were TAE KWON-DO CLUB <week when they clash with compatible. Once they got Tae Kwon-do is a type of the undefeated Downtowtheir act together Carwarmartial ‘arts similar to Kaneys. League B3 also is ded&-ie and Strecker went on rate which was developed veloping into a two-team to win 8 straight games to in Korea. Learning Tae race with, Shorties and take the pro set 8-4. Kwon-do is ‘an excellent Sain’ts dominant. At the end of play last way to keep in shape and In A-league, Breakers fiSunday six of the 12 teams ,build up cotifidence . nally defeated Phantoms as entered found themselves they finally put together a These classes are open irr a position to continue team effort. The Breakers the tournament this Sun- to any university student, lived up to their name as faculty or staff who is inday June 18. they scored many times on Only two teams have not t?rested. breakaiays, 2-on-l and lost yet in the Tournament. The Tae Kwon-do club 3-on-l opportunities. HowThey are the Pamela meets every Tuesday and ever, several players were Marks team ’ Thursday from 7:00 - 8:00 absent from both lineups, . Bryant/Jim and the Susan Watty/Keith p.m. in the Red Activity so next week shall prove Hassanali team. Both are Area of the PAC. Everybody more difficult for Breakers ranked high in this tournais welcome to attend any td repeat their vi&-y. men1 and will be squaring, Ray Clement (_- meeting.
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A challenged North comes up on top!
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Columbia Field and Colurn bia Lake. When the dust had settled over the battlefield, Team Seven from East Quad sneaked past the day-long leaders from North to capture the coveted individual team honours. A number of staff and faculty from the University gave generously of their time to act as referrees and officials, and contributed immensely to the fun. A Victory Banquet followed and the suppliant tutor from East, in serving dinner to the humble winning winning tutor, ambushed him with -an enormous ’ cream pie. Natyrally, such unsportsmanI ike conduct demanded like retribution. The winning team was served dinner at the head table. A pub followed later in the evening, and there was almost unanimous agreement that, with marvelous weather the day had been great fun for everyone. John Fauquier Tutor, VI North
In due process, two of the judges were introduced Columbia Lake.
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The& must be something other than nationalism in “the true north, strong and free,” as the North Qiad of Village I, defeated the combined forces of East and South Quads, 3881 to 3706 at a Challenge Day last, Saturday. Seventeen twelveperson teams competed in eight evpnts. As there are far fewer women than men in the residence in the Spring Term, each team had to have at least two women. The emphasis on Challenge Day, organized by the Social Committee of Viliage Council, was on social activity and recreation, rather than the athletic intensity of Olympic trials. The morning action saw teams competing in slowpitch softball, volley-ball and frisbee tossing. After lunch and a spontaneous pep rally, the teams took to the fields and creeks for a tug-of-war, toss, ew seven-legged races, contorted basketball tossing, and the grande finale - an obstacle course race on
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