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Imprint staff John Leddy, last year’s president of the Federation of Students, has been hired as the Project Coordinator for the Student Coordinated Plan. It is an important position that cumes with a lot of responsibility, and at least $26,200 for one year’s work. In the plan, there are three committees and one board which require Leddy’s attention. The Student Coordinated Plan Management Board regulates the various phases of the plan, approves arrangements, selects financial architects, recommends building sites, finalizes contractual agreements, ensures accessibility, hires staff, and approves each project. This board is chaired by the university’s associate provost, student affairs Peter Hopkins and Federation president Dave Martin and consists of eight students, six administrators, and Federation general manager

Fred Kelly. The Student Centre Project Committee -chaired by Dave Martin and Jonathan Sweet - consists of eleven students and seven administrators; among other things, it is supposed to report to the Management Board regularly, meet at least three times a term, develop a project budget and time&ne, en’s& a&essibili&, help develop a new Advisory Board, and look for input from people with relevant expertise.

and is made up of 15 students. It is supposed to try and develop a workBigger patios, the Safety Van, ana ing plan similar to engineering and Shinerama were just a few of the science society ones. This board - . topics discussed at the second which must meet three times a term, - Students Council meeting of the new Federation of Students executive. develop an appropriate Iist of student directed projects, and prioritize these d In his report, Vice President, projects as related to cost - reports to Operations a n d F i n a n c e Brent the Management Board. McDermott reported that the FederaFifteen students and seven tion will be advertising on the radio administrators form the Physical Ret stations AM109 and Y95 in order to Project Committee. Chaired by draw more business into Federation Hall and the Bombshelter during the VPOF Brent McDermott and director less busy summer term. Also, there of athletics WalIy Delahey, it regularly will no longer be a cover charge for reports to the Management Board, other university students, as long as meets at least three times a term, they can show a valid student card develops a project budget and timefrom their own university. line, and works with architects and Federation Hall will be cutting back user groups. its hours during the summer, McDerWhere does Project Coordinator mott reported, and will be open from John L.eddy fit in? He is resp.onsible 11:30 am to I am from Wedneay to for ensuring that each committee Sunday only. The Bombshelter will meets its deadlines, accomplishes its operate from Monday to Friday, objectives and maintains its already noon to 1 am, and will open its doors established cross-section of student at 7 pm on Saturdays. Both the representation. He reports each committee’s pro- Bombshelter and Fed Hall will be getgress, or lack of it, to’ the Student ting expanded patios and volleyball

Coordinated Plan Management Board and works to make sure they are on schedule. He does this by keeping open the channels of communication between each committee and the Management Board. The Project Coordinator position was established by Hopkins. In a conversation with Ix&&, Hopkins said that he realized he needed assistance with coordinating the various committees that report to the Board.

The Endowment Project Committee is chaired by Sue Crack (VPUA)

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Illegal parking is not only a nuisance on campus, it represents a safety hazard, said MacKenzie.

courts within the next few weeks, according to McDermott.

With the rapid disappearance of vinvl records, said McDermott, the narhe of the Fed Record Store will have to be changed, and the Feds will be holding a contest among students to accom$ish this end, \’

Federa’tion President Dave Martin discussed problems that have occurred in the past with the annual Shinerama, a campaign where students shine cars and shoes to raise money for Cystic Fybrosis. Adequate support and communication has not

as a result of a recent Board of nors meeting. Martin stated that the

Federation fee will increase cents this term to a total of $24.65 and is now non-refundable. The fee will increase to $31.75, increase seven dent Life Centre fee this term’s Now that Students has withdrawn from the Ontario Federation of Students, VPOF sports McGinnis ing shirt at Fed Hall.

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occurred between the Federation and the CF Foundation, Martin said, and the Feds are no longer willing to make the extra effort by themselves. Consequently, said Martin, this year’s Shinerama activities will be limited to the Waterloo area, but other community-oriented and non-fundraising events such as park clean-ups will also occur. Better community relations is one aspect of the “‘Friendly Feds” slogan that Martin’s executive wants to pursue in the upcoming

year. In an effort to save money, Council passed a motion to cut back on the operating hours of the Safety Van. Beginning two weeks ago, on May 4, until August 15, the Van’s operating hours are from 9 pm to 1 am. In the area of student health, the Federation is pursuing a new plan that offers a different type of coverage. Under the old plan, there was a deductible cost of five dollars;

fee of $1 SO per student, per term, will no longer be

The fee is currently imbedded in the $24.65 Federation fee, and Council

debated whether to deduct the $1.50 from the fee or to continue it to use only for projects approved by Council. A motion was passed to tinue collecting the mark it for Council-approved student projects. Former President John CXJSFA i&a will be continued by the new executive, but its a static one of and meeting with other student

unions and politicians. Leddy has been hired for a new full-time position, the dinated Plan Project Coordinator; he will administrate the tees that will plan student projects funded by the Student

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Questioning Fed fees by Walter Wagnleithner Imprint staff

So what happens to our Fed Fees once we hand over our tuition cheque? Well, imprint was wondering the same thing. With that in mind, we talked with Federation of Students

maintaining revenue producing enterprises here on campus. Federation Hall, The Bombshelter, Graphics, Scoops, The Record Store, and the Used Book Store are just some of the projects the Board hopes will make money. In certain seasons, some do so while others do not. This term, for instance, the Used

on campus in the terms. (ImprIttt with the Fed executive provide some numbers in a later article.) How have these numbers been affected by the Ontario

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East and a Youth and West by Angela MuIhoIland Im*t staff Three students from the University of Waterloo are being afforded the opportunity of attending the 6th annual Youth Building the Future conference this summer, to discuss some of the issues facing youth around the world today. Salvador Ramirez, in political science, Diana Cartwright in environmental studies, and Eve Sanz-Sole who studies Biology are each excited that this year the conference takes pIace in Ekaterinenburg, Russia. The city of 1.5 million lies on the border between Europe and Russia and is a former Soviet arms production city. After the Russian Revolution, the city’s name was changed to Sverdlovsk and closed off from the rest of the USSR to house slaves, who were forced to build armaments for the nation. This year marks the first time that the conference has been held in a former East Bloc country. “We should put (the conference) into the context of the new relationship between East and West, because our city may be considered as a symbol uniting Europe and Asia,” said Dmitry Shamray, head of the YBF organizing committee and an undergraduate student at the Ural State University.

The conference, which will be heId in English, runs from August 15 to 22, 1992. The program will be divided into three main topics over each of the three days: politics, new economics, and mass media as an aspect of culture and how these topics affect young people today.

There will be lectures given by leading scientists from around Russia and workshops and seminars, with everything revolving around the theme of ‘Youth and Democracy”. The expectation is that these lectures will inspire the participants into open

LLLarne Duck” kcont’d. from page 3 identifying the new After position’s requirements, he sought assistance from Sandra Hayes in the university’s personnel department, who outlined the procedure for writing a job description. Hopkins then submitted his proposal for the Student Coordinated Plan Project Coordinator to Dave Martin, Fred Kelly, the university treasurer, and the provost for general services. Included in his proposal was a pay scale based on a comparison with other positions on campus. None of these people made changes, though they agreed the Project Coordinator’s performance should be reviewed after one year. After an unsuccessful internal search for an appropriate applicant, an open competition began. Hayes mentioned that it was her task to select the resumes which were submitted to Hopkins for the final decision. And, while she was somewhat unclear as to whether she sent Hop kins a number of resumes (or just Leddy’s), did say that she felt

tee. So, even though Martin did not officially start his job until May 1, 1992, he was taking part in the process in order for Leddy to remove himself from it. Leddy felt this signified nothing more than the often seen “bme Duck” syndrome, in which an outgoing politician’s influence is no longer felt because he is almost out of his position. He also hoped that any students with worries about his abilities would have them alleviated by his performance; he sees the issue as one that will motivate him to work that much harder.

discussion and hopefully they able to form some conclusions adopt resolutions. The three lucky enough to participate Study Tour which through Moscow and St. Petersburg

(formerly Leningrad) additional tours During the conference itself, students will be able to present their own country to the delegates during a evening.

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mation if it mean the Feds now that we are no longer in OFS? As a matter longer pays the Feds have approximately $45,000 it normally would not have. Martin assured Imprint that currently deciding what to do with this money. Some may go to maintaining important services and some special events. Martin firmly stated that under no circumstances would any of the the daily operating budget. This is important because this money will future salary raises the executive staff might receive. Is there any way the fee can be reduced so that we will not have such surpluses?

Perhaps most important is the fact that the cost for Leddy’s position and

Changing students can influence. At the next Annual General any student can put forth a decrease the fee now that UW is longer a part of the

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uw Five faculty members at the University of Waterloo have been recognized for their academic and scholarly achievements by the prestigious Royal Society of Canada.

well as chair of the experimental division of the Canadian Psychological Association. He has received the Donald 0. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science from the Canadian Psychological Association.

biochemistry and physiology. Hjs work has delved into the biocheetry and transport of lipids (fats), the regulation and metabolism of carbohydrates and the action of biogenic amines in trans-membrane signalling mechanisms.

considered essential to any scientific computing library. - Prof. Garry Rem@, a faculty member of the chemical engineering department and chair of the department. He holds a cross-appointment

catalysts; significantly to fundamental aspects of catalysis, polymer science and . engineering. Trained as a chemist, he has successfully bridged the gap ween basic science and process engineering.

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They were recently elected fellows of the Ottawa-based society’s Academy of Sciences, bringing to 23 the number of UW faculty members honored by fellowship status. The five new fellows will be formally accepted in a ceremony to be held Thursday, May 21, on Parliament Hill. This year, a total of 57 new fellows from across Canada will be inducted into the three academies of the society. The new fellows from UW are: - Prof. Philip Bryden, a faculty member of the psychology department. Bryden is best known for research on the relation between cognitive functioning and the lateralization of functions in the human brain; specifically, the distinction between what occurs in the left half of the brain and the right half. His work has led to many research papers and was Summarized in his book hU”tJ/i(l’. He has been editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of Psychology, as

- Prof. Kenneth Davidson, a He has successfully challenged faculty member of the pure established dogmas, pioneering mathematics department. novel experimental pr%edures and Davidson is acclaimed inter- technologies to resolve critical quesnationally as one of the leading tions. His approach is driven by a mathematicians working in the area boundless curiosity, centering on of functional analysis. His work “how insects work” Also, he is keen embraces nearly every aspect of on practical applications of his discoveries, forging strong links with operator theory. industry. In particular, he is responsible for the latest key developments in non- Prof. Alan George, a faculty self-adjoint operator algebras, nonmember of the computer science department and UW’s vice-president commutative approximation and academic and provost. He holds a perturbation theory. His recent book on nest algebras, which draws cross-appointment to the applied together all of the major discoveries mathematics department, George is ranked among the in the subject, is valued by world’s top numerical analysts. His researchers. -Prof. Roger Downer, a faculty specialty is in linear algebra - mainly member of the biology department used in scientific computing - and he has made major& contributions in and UW’s vice-president, university both theory and practice. relations. He holds a crossAs a measure of his stature, George appointment to the chemistry departis one of the most frequently cited ment. Downer has focused his research authors in the numerical analysis literature. Some of the linear algebra on increased understanding of insect

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by Peter Brown

All it takes is a recession to sober up a socialist government. tn its budget of two weeks ago, Ontario’s VIPgovernmentslashed $10 million from the 3ntario Student Assistance Program. This :omes just a short time after announcing a seven per cent increase in tuition fees for 1992-93. Along with these announcements, and while the Rae government continues to 2arefacedly express a commitment to zostsecondary education, the province is also Jarroting increases in transfer payments to Jniversities and colleges. These transfer robberies have forced many Jniversities around Ontario to cut enrolment ‘or the fall of -1992. Perhaps this is how the pro/ince plans to sell their latest moves: the smaller OSAP pie will be split among fewer 3nd fewer students. Certainly those who voted for the New Democratic Party in the last provincial election didn’t think possible the possibility that Rae’s Ontario’s administration would bring lostsecondary e d u c a t i o n s y s t e m t h a t much closer to that of the United States, where only the privileged can afford to attend college. According to the Ontario Federation of Students, OSAP funding has increased by $12 million per year on average. Thus, this cut represents a $22 million real loss to the program, It is truly frightening what can happen to perfectly sensible people like Bob Rae and Floyd taughren when faced with a growing provincial deficit; they begin to forget promises made just months before, not to mention the ones upon which they were elected. In January, the Ontario government had promised to adjust OSAP funding to accommodate the seven per cent tuition fee hike in order to “maintain accessibility for those who need help the most,” according to the OFS. The final result is that the province of Ontario will be educating fewer university students, providing fewer young people with the chance to obtain a postsecondary education. And this in times when Ontario is clearing moving away from a manufacturing economy. A staggering proportion of the jobs that have been lost in this recession have been in the manufacturing sector and, unlike after the 1981-82 recession, many of these jobs will not be returning. Instead, Ontario is going to experience a shift to service-based, hopefully hi-tech, industries - how this province will accomplish this shift without a highly educated work force, only Rae and Laughren know for sure. So, while class sizes balloon, the’costs of tuition and text books skyrocket, and OSAP grants are slashed, we’ll still be paying for much-needed recreation facilities. Sure, you may have just a box of Kraft Dinner and an onion in your cupboard, but you’ll have no trouble booking a squash court. The government, administration, and community at large have been giving students a

Race Riots. ; Could we call ourselves a newspaper if we didn’t offer a bit of commentary about the LA riots? Though you’ve no doubt already had your fill of expert analysis of the Rodney King affair, YOU should consider the “experts” themselves, and where they come from. That is, when television people need some commentary they defer to the Rolodex, containing innumei-able persons with titles, which somehow qualifies their thoughts as worthy of air time. Rarely do they ask you or I - people who are probably slightly more in touch with the reality of the rioters. Why the rioting? Anyone from any crosssection of society would be hard put to deny that racism had no part in the Los Angeles rioting at all. Though racism isn’t non&existent in Canada, I somehow don’t perceive it to be

The political rhetoric is getting quite tiring isn’t it? For all practical purposes, we have a one-party system. As the “economy” becomes increasingly globalized, there is a decreasing amount of government regulation possible. The “left”and the “right”sides of the political spectrum are coming closer together, to the point of becoming indiscernible. Consequently, there are less opportunities to solve the many problems that manifested themselves in the form of rioting. In order to prevent riots, and prevent people from organizing themselves to force change, a government has to give its citizens something else to worry about. In Canada, we are told that we have a constitutional crisis. In the US, citizens have to worry about forfeiture laws and other reverse-onus legislation relating to the “drug war”. What’s a forfeiture law, you ask? It’s a handy way to make one guilty until~~ou prove

Unfortunately, there are no refunds, and exchanges only happen every four years or so. And the consumers will only buy so much snake oil before running town. One can only tolerate so much tion. Another factor contributing to the alienation is the utopian world of television, of which we all are immersed in for so many hours of each day. deal with a problem tion medium rings about the poor without any reality. TeIevision personalities are an elite themselves, disseminating informational packages that accommodate advertisers intended to not offend, and therefore are quite separated from We shouldn’t ask the Rodney King verdict.

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A March Imprint article was wrong about Uniroyal on twu counts

A clarification of water problems by Jennifer Michol and Cheryl Evans In the March 27,1992 issue of Imprint, an article entitled “Toxic Waste Alert: 1s Our Drinking Water Safe?“, written by Cheryl Evans and Jennifer Michol, outlined some of the issues regarding surface and groundwater

pollution in Elmira, Ontario. On April 9, David K. Ash, Manager of

Manufacturing for Uniroyal Chemical Ltd. in Elmira, responded to this article by writing a letter to Imprint editor-in-chief Peter Brown that demanded a retraction of several statements about his company made in the

March 27 article. Uniroyal’s concerns were especially with regard to what was written about the clean-up process that they are currently undertaking. First, some background: The groundwater reservoir beneath the town of Elmira is contaminated because of past waste management. practices which resulted in chemical poliution of the aquifer. Because Uniroyal has been identified as one of the main contributors to

this pollution, the MOE has ordered them to execute a clean-up of the aquifer. This remediation process involves pumping water out of the contaminated reservoir, treating it, and discharging the treated water to the Canagagigue Creek which flows through Uniroyal’s property in Elmira and links to the Grand River. The clean-up process just began in January, 1992. Three of Uniroyal’s concerns, with regard to statements in the March 27 article, need to be addressed. First, Ash writes that “It is false to state that 25 chemicals in treated water being discharged to the Canagagigue Creek ‘exceed levels the MOE has deemed safe’.” Upon further research, we have found that current levels of those chemicals are within MOE guidelines. We retract and apolo@ for that original statement. The source of our information for levels of chemicals being discharged in the clean-up process was a letter which was written by Conestoga-Rovers & Associates Ltd., a consulting firm which works for Uniroyal, to Rich Vickers of the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) on April 9,199l. On page three of this letter, it was stated that when Uniroyal made their proposal for the clean-up process, the proposed levels of 25 chemicals to be discharged to the Canagagigue Creek would exceed MOE guidelines. We took this to mean that the levels of 25 chemicals were c’ur~t~~!\* above the MOE guidelines. We now realize that this information refers only to the levels of chemicals in Uniroyal’s clean-up proposal. Our original statement

should have read “25 chemicals in treated water being discharged to the Canagagigue Creek might exceed MOE guidelines”. It is important to note that even though the proposal indicated that 25 chemicals might exceed the MOE guidelines in the water discharged from the clean-up, the MOE issued a Certificate of Approval in August, 1991 which would allow Uniroyal to breach these MOE

guidelines. A comprehensive scan of the chemicals being discharged from the clean-up process has only just been completed. In a discussion with Ray Stewart of the Hamilton office of the MOE, he revealed that the draft report of the chemical tests indicates

that so far Uniroyal is within MOE guidelines for all of the 25 chemicals which the proposal stated might exceed the guidelines. However, presently Uniroyal is treating the less-contaminated surface water from the aquifer and most of the chemicals are presently at non-detectable levels in the water before it is treated. The MOE suspects that once the deeper, more contaminated reservoir water is

This passage raises doubts that the MOE’s philosophy about acceptable levels of chemicals is one which will truly provide protection of the ecosystem and of human health. Firstly, extremely small quantities of chemicals often cannot be measured, so achieving non-detectable levels does not mean that the chemicals are not there. Nor do non-detectable levels of chemicals necessarily mean that MOE guidelines are being met, because sometimes guidelines are below levels of detection.

But more important is the issue of whether assimilation of chemicals in bodies of water is a legitimate method of pollution abatement, as the MOE believes. Allowing even very low levels of chemicals to be discharged into a body of water is a questionable practice when dealing with chemicals which are bioaccumulative. Ron Brecher, a toxicologist who has been doing research on the 83 contaminants known to be present in the contaminated aquifer, has concluded that all 83 of these chemicals are bioaccumulative to some degree.

Uniroyal’s discharges are within Ministry of Environment guidelines pumped and treated in the next few years, the levels of the 25 contaminants will likely be higher. At a later time, some of the 25 chemicals might be above MOE guidelines when discharged to the creek. The second concern that Uniroyal expressed in their April 4 letter was with respect tri our claim that Uniroyal is contributing to pollution in the rest of the Grand River. We feel that there is sufficient scientific literature to support the statement that “Uniroyal is contributing to pollution in the Great Lakes via the Grand River”, despite the fact that the company is currently meeting

MOE

guidelines.

According to H. B. N. Hynes (a professor emeritus at the University of Waterloo), “only in a few instances can (waste water) treatment be entirely effective. This is because of the law of diminishing returns: it is comparatively easy to remove most of any substance from solution or suspension but as the concentration falls, r e m o v a l o f m o r e b e c o m e s increasingly difficult. . . . in all but exceptional cases, the final effluent always contains small amounts of the original pollutant” (7’,41) c1fl’ f$ RdiuttJd Wcutw, Liverpool UP, 1971, page 55).

Bioaccumulation is “the accumulation of higher and higher concentrations of potentially toxic chemicals in organisms. It occurs in the case of chemicals such as heavy metals and chlorinated hydrocarbons which may be absorbed or ingested with food but can neither be broken down nor excreted. Consequently, organisms act as strainers accumulating increasing amounts. Through a food chain, organisms at higher trophic levels (such as humans) may accumulate concentrations as much as a million-fold higher than present in the environment (Nebel, Environmental Science. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall Inc, 1981). Another serious concern is that the degree of physiological damage to plants and animals caused by the effects of these chemicals in combination, is unknown. For these reasons, it seems logical to conclude that any discharge of these chemicals is a contribution to the pollution of the Grand River Watershed and will have long-term effects on the health of the

ecosystem. The MOE and Uniroyal’s consultants have identified 200 known and 20 unknown

chemicals in the water that Uniroyal discharges. In addition to the possibility of pollutants entering the Canagagigue Creek from the clean-up process, these chemicals can also enter the creek from surface water

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run-off on the plant’s property which flows into pipes emptying into the creek, from regular waste water production, and from leachate from the shallow nects to the creek naturally. Thirdly, Ash states that there documentation to support our claim that “evidence of the effects of Elmira’s pollution on the rest of the Grand River is beginning to surface”. In our article, we presented information that draws a correlation between ning of Uniroyal’s water treatment in January, 1992 and high levels o (N-Nitrosodirnethylamine) detected downstream at Ohsweken (the Six Nations Reservation near Brantford) six days later. Since the writing of that article, we learned that, on March 4, the MOE February 24,1992 water tests at Brantford and Cayuga which showed that levels of at these two locations were the highest since 1989. Upon reviewing the facts, we realize that this correlation is not conclusive evidence that Uniroyal is responsible for these levels and thus we retract our statement that such conclusive evidence exists. As Ash points out in the MOE’s leading theory to explain the high levels of NDMA detected at reaction within the Ohsweken water treatment plant. However, for alternate explanations, one of which is the presence of a precursor to sent in Ohsweken’s raw intake water. Because of the lack of for any single cause, Uniroyal or other possible NDMA which h a v e downstream cannot be ruled out. In writing the original article ‘Toxic Alert: Is Our Drinking Water Safe?“, we were attempting to bring Elmira’s water tion issues to the attention of students at the University of Waterloo because it is a serious environmental issue about which there is great lack of public awareness. We researched the article thoroughly and still feel that it comprehensively addresses the problem of pollution in the Grand River. However, we realize that our errors in the article were unfair to Uniroyal and may have damaged our own credibility; we thank David Ash for bring these to our attention. T h e research that this response necessitated has helped increase understanding of this very complex This will make our further efforts to raise

awareness about the Elmira/Uniroyal situation more balanced and accurate.

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Giving death a french kiss by Phi&p Chee I still want to slap a few banking heads and shoulders at the International Monetary Fund. Don’t get me wrong. I’m as happy as the next person knowing that Marxist-Leninist communism has been swept away by its own historical dialectic. It’s just that it pains me to see the former Soviet Union, now a loose collection of rival nation states, getting suckered into a world where, honestly, detour signs shouldhave been placed around- its borders. The sorry record of IMF policies in “developing” countries should be a clear warning to the leaders of these nascent republics. Embracing market economy shictures is akin to giving Death a French kiss instead of wet and sloppy, it’s achingly dry! T h e world - or should that be the transnational corporations - will certainly beat a market-researched, focus-grouped, flow-diagrarnmed path to their door, Like the fairy-tale wolf, blowing villages down, exiling granny to Gorby’s dacha, stealing from and then consuming Little Red Riding Hood, the Market is absurdly dangerous. Only, the story has been re-written: this wolf is resistant to boiling water and the woodsman is at home, slumped in front of the TV, converter in hand. Could the collapse of communism have meant the possibility of witnessing new democratic institutions and economic systems emerging in Eastern Europe? Maybe even ones radically different from the West’s corporate capitalism or Moscow’s bureaucratic state management? Maybe a truly democratic grass-roots movement? Mavbe I was just drelming. At least I could. Nob&l y in

the Yeltsin-controlled Russian parliament seems capable. And I suspect the leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized countries - our true masters - wouldn’t stand for that. You see, a truly democratic society would keep wealth within the local communities that created it. Obviously, not every community will be equally blessed with the same natural. materials. That is why creating a society that institutionalizes cooperation, mutual aid, and a caring and equally generous sensibility is a basic premise. These must eventually replace the current institutions of violence (the standi n g amy), social control (government bureaucracy), and greed (the corporation). IMF loans and gifts are merely instruments for investment. Ultimately, wealth must leave in order to fill the coffers of th? richest countries if IMF largess is to continue. Those who really care about these things have pointed out the failures: The Green Revolution in India, ecological destruction in Brazil and Indonesia, displacement of rural peasant women from their lands for an electrification project in Bangladesh. I must admit I’m fighting an unfair battle. The odds are stacked against me. I can’t force a revolution to happen and I’m certainly not going to lead one. But I can look around for others who want a more rational and ecological society than what I and possibly they see as “reality,” and start asking some hard questions that maybe should be asked more often. Like, what is wrong with creating a more humane, free, and democratic society? ’ It seems everyone has an answer, especially authorities - governments, academics, and bureaucrats - but they’re not for the real questions that must be addressed. -

Pasty-white suburbs and black coal by Michael Bryson Imprint staff “Racism is a systematic problem and institutions must deal with it systematically.” - Susan Eng, Metro Toronto Police This column was going to be about the Rodney King affair and the violence in LA. It was going to be about the power of television to incite people. It was going to be about the obvious, but I don’t want to write about the obvious. And I’m sure you don’t want to read about it either. I mean, I’m sure you already know that none of the violence that occurred recently in LA as a resuIt of four white policemen being acquitted on a charge of excessive force in the beating of Rodney King, a black man, would have occurred if the beating hadn’t been shown repeatedly on network television since last summer, when the incident occurred. The riots, then, are a direct result of the medium of television. That’s power, eh? And that’s what I was going to write about this week, but then I decicled it was just all too much. I read in 73eGlobe on the weekend that when the verdict came down, a group of 15 policemen in Toronto were gathered around a television. Some of them cheered. They were all white. One of the other men in the room said he’d never been more ashamed to be a cop. Where does this animosity come from? There’s a phrase from feminist literary criticism that calls for an end to the “deathdealing binary-oppositions,” and it’s an abstract phrase when you’re trying to relate it to literary texts. But relate it to the violence in LA and it starts to make sense. Binaryoppositions? Black and white, poor and affluent, women and men. The point here is to try and put what happened in LA into a larger cultural and historical context. The riots did not take place simply

as a result of one verdict white jury, white justice,” read one placard at a recent rally in Toronto. No, the coals that the riots fire have been smoldering for a long time. Looking at only recent to see the anger of America’s black economic underclass in fiims like D Bqvz i/l the Hood. The latter film is particularly prophetic. Were we not paying attention? Are we now? Wii we tomorrow? Are with real political power going to do anything about changing the systems that discriminate against minorities and are the root cause On the other hand, we safe contented class (read: white liberals) can go on enjoying Spike Lee’s films and feeling good about ourselves because we’re enlightened enough to appreciate different cultures. But without actively working for change are we not helping to perpetuate the inequalities and, indeed, the violence? This is the message of certain radical black rap groups, the same groups that are all the rave in our pasty-white suburbs while the violence and oppression continues in the inner-cities. Thu G/&e called Toronto’s minor-uprising an exaggerated swarming in an attempt downgrade the significance of was only a few angry kids looking for a time, a little excitement, The But that’s exactly the type of rhetoric we don’t need. There is a significant problem growing in North America. There is an increasing rift between our haves and our have-nots. It is a rift that we are only aware of in flashes.% is rift we need to work harder to be aware of and expose. We can’t wait for the violence to come into our homes through our television screens because next time it just might come through the front window. And, besides, it’s actually did do the right thing. Fight the

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Urban Insights, Urban Decay Reclaiming the Urban Wasteland The Canadian City edited by Kent Gemkr Black Rose Books, 269 pages $19.95, paperback r e v i e w e d b y J?hillip Chee IlYlprint staff Without a doubt, North American cities are experiencing a crisis. in the United States, slum ghettoes of Blacks, Hispanics, and other minorities, Third-World-like in their poverty, live within apparently modem New York, Detroit, Washington D. C., Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and many other cities. The east coast of the US from New York to Atlanta, Georgia is practically one large urban sprawl, where the suburbs are greenified extensions. City deficits mean budget cuts and spell discontinuation of basic municipal services like street cleaning, road repairs, shelters for the poor, and pubIic libraries - to name a few signs of urban decay. The situation in Canada does not appear as depressing, but one should not ~XZ so compiacent. Massive poverty is not the only symptom of a city falling apart. Lack of affordable housing, food banks, polluted drinking water, bacteria-contaminated beaches, air pollution, traffic congestion, condominium flipping, garbage disposal nightmares, and suburban shopping malls all exact a psychological and physical toll upon citizens. This can lead to greater alienation or a movement of community empowerment that wishes for something better and acts upon that desire. Ci~f Mrrl(crzirlcj editor and publisher Kent Gerecke has collected 18 articles from the

pages of that magazine in an effort to present a critical update of urban life in Canadian cities. Gerecke, a professor of urban planning at the University of Manitoba (he formerly taught planning at the University of Waterloo), states that the writers and editors of C@ Muguzirle have sought: I, . . . a distinctive and sustainable Canadian urban culture and the possibility of finding a healthy life in our cities. Stories and articles provide a critical forum on the modern city, its maladies and the possibilities for change, and they explain and promote an urban ecological society through the evolution of the green bioregional and social ecology C$4 movements.” The Cunudiun City is organized in six parts: The Changing City, Urban Theory, Urban Planning, Urban Design, Housing, and Green Cities. Most of the essays are well-written analyses of the historical and present conditions that paint a genuine portrait of the urban “reality” of Canadian cities. The few that aren’t suffer not from flawed arguments but simply the inability to maintain the reader’s attention. (The innumerable typos make the poorer essays very burdensome and distracting than the better ones.) That being said, there are many insights to be mined from this collection. What are they? For instance, John Sewell, former mayor of Toronto, explains in “Old and New City”, how modern suburban planning and design embodies a major shift from the 19th century Tory values of the old city. The first corporate city in Canada, that is the first deigned to work like daddy’s nine-to-five office from hell, was built in 1952 and called Don Mills. Focussed, efficient, and middle-class, A curious mix of economic liberalism and social conservatism.

But the suburb has lost its magic. The urban centres of Toronto and Vancouver experienced renewal in the 1970s and then gentication and yuppification during the 1980s. (Montreal seems to be a decade behind in this regard.) Just when “class analysis” has disappeared from critical vocabulary, Barton Reid claims in “The Story of the New Middle Class”, that a new middle class emerged in Canadian cities during this time. They were the rebellious flower children who rejected their parents’ values (capitalism), only to embrace it with conspicuous abandon in the 1980s. Although never a homogeneous group but typically professional types: lawyers, doctors, and marketing execs - they did elect reform-minded city councils and mayors and filled the bureaucratic apparatus. They fought the developers, expressways, and urban renewal. They commodified bohemian Gastown and Granville Island in Vancouver and Yorkville and Queen Street West in Toronto. Social liberals yet economic conservatives. Unfortunately, this renewal managed only to displace many low-income households from the city core, Harold Chorney’s “A Critical Theory of Urban Public Policy” superbly delineates the weakness of our cities to the ravages of capitalism. Urban planning used as a tool of intervention by the state into the urban political economy to fix poor working-class living c o n d i t i o n s - ie. managing disease and crime, lack of sewage facilities, bad housing - has also blunted “the threat posed by workingclass rebellion and radical agitation which the c o n d i t i o n s of early industrial society appeared to make possible.” Change, as exemplified in the shifting of values above, is one of the themes that per-

vade these essays. Two more themes, like two sides of a coin, also mass globalization of culture and totalitarian economic chorus eradicate local entrepreneurial vitality particular culture. What we speciously gain from the sameness of shopping franchised “services,” and the expedients of “world trade expos to Olympic games, can be contrasted in stark relief recover a sense of community through community (CED). Marcia Nozick’s essay on the struggle to counter-vail the Global Village and fessionalized acolytes with the principles of CED is well worth the read. But there is a visionary theme implicitly and explicitly evoked in the book. The believe an ecological city, the Green City, is possible and necessary for Gerecke, especially, draws Patrick Geddes, the father of urban and also the work of Murray Book&in, the enlightening author of Cities. Urban planning has historically rich political drama ween planning for social control and need goes on daily.” Corporate planning and a narrowly-focussed technocratic ethic be resisted and planners must recognize that their expertise and responsibility rest with the public interest, or public these unusual circumstances times will breed social and political ignorance by seeming to replace knowledge (with apologies to former urban planner, and now a persistent social critic and literary writer, B r i a n Fawcett).

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degree recipients at the University of Waterloo’s spring convocation. As well, UW will award the title of “Professor

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academics, who have retired from the university. The 64th convocation wiIl be held St the Physical Activities Complex May 27-30.

The 10 honorary degree recipients to be conferred at UW’s convocation

this spring are: - Doris Anderson, Doctor of Laws, former editor of Chateluine and currently a regular columnist for the Toronto Star. Anderson will give the address at convocation ceremonies May 28 at 2 pm for arts.

A former president of both the Advisory Council on the Status of Women and the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, Anderson has been a broadcaster. She has written two novels and served 18 years as editor of Chatelaine. An Officer of the Order of Canada, Anderson is active in the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. - Michael ! Brookes, Doctor of Laws, a civil engineer and former

director of planning at UW. Brookes will attend convocation ceremonies May 27 at 2 p.m. for applied health sciences, environmental studies and independent studies. The first UW director

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has left a major legacy on the physical development of three universities. At Waterloo, Brookes w a s r e s p o n s i b l e for landscape design and the design of special furnishings both indoors

and outdoors. Afterward, he carried out similar functions at the University of Oxford and the Sultan Qaboos University in Omah - Prof. Peter Egelstaff, Doctor of Science, a professor of physics at the

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attend convocation ceremonies May 29 at 2 pm for science.

A pioneer in the field of neutron scattering - crucial to the CANDU nuclear reactor - Egelstaff is noted for innovative experimental techniques, now employed by physicists around the world. After leaving the Atomic Energy Research Establishment in England, he joined the Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. A valued member of the physics department at Guelph, Egelstaff is a proponent of collaborative academic research. - Hoti. Tiwor Eytm, Doctor of Laws, a member of Canada’s Senate and an eminent Toronto business leader. Eyton will deliver the address at convocation ceremonies May 30 at 2 pm for engineering. The chairman of Brascan Ltd. has served as chairman of the board of governors at UW and continues as a member of the university’s governing body. Eyton, leader of UW’s first fund-raising campaign, is an honorary patron in the current $89million Campaign Waterloo. He is deputy chairman and director of Edper Enterprises Ltd. and Royal Trustco Ltd. - Prof. Donald Fraser, Doctor of Mathematics,

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at York University in Toronto. Fraser will give the address at convocation ceremonies May 30 at 10 am for mathematics.

Considered the leading theoretical statistician in Canada, Fraser is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the American Association ‘for the Advancement of Science, and the International Statistical Institute. He is respected for his work on the foundations of statistics, developing a new mode of inference - structural inference. He has authored five textbooks and more than 150 papers. - Pnof. John (Jack) Kirkaldy, Dot-

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L o v a s z won the American tor of Engineering a professor of Mathematical Society’s Fulkerson materials science and engineering at Prize in 1982 and previously the M&laster University in Hamilton. Institute of Electronic and Electrical Kirkaldy will attend convocation Engineers’ Best Information Theory ceremonies May 30 at 2 pm for Paper Award. The Hungarian comengineering. Internationally renowned for puter scientist is noted for his work in research in materials science and graph theory, drawing on methods engineering, Kirkaldy has from algebra, algebraic topology and made geometry. He also made his mark for breakthroughs in thermodynamics, diffusion and phase transformations. contributions in combinatorial optimization, information theory and He has also developed software and t h e o r e t i c a l computer science. fundamental analyses of steel phase transformations for the benefit of - Prof. Ronald Melzack, Doctor of industry. He has written several Letters, a professor of psychology at books and 145 papers. McGill University. Melzack will - Frof, William hggett, Doctor of attend convocation ceremonies May Science, vice-principal (academic) 28 at 2 pm for arts. and former dean of science at McGill University in Montreal. Leggett will Widely recognized for pioneering deliver the address at convocation work on pain, he has received the ceremonies May 29 at 2 pm for Canadian Psychological Association science. A well regarded fishery biologist, Award for Distinguished Scientific Leggett belongs to the American Contribution. Focusing on physFisheries Society and the Canadian iological and psychological pain, Melzack investigated techniques for Society of Zoologists. In addition, the UW graduate is a fellow of the Royal alleviating pain - from toothaches to Society of Canada. He has held labor pain. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, as well as the several awards, among them: Stevenson Lecturer, Canadian Conference American and Canadian professional bodies. for Fishery Research; Fry Medal, psychological - Beryl Potter, Doctor of Laws, Canadian Society of Zoologists; American Fisheries Society Award founder of the Ontario Action

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Awareness Association and advocate for persons with disabilities. Potter will give the address at convocation ceremonies

applied health sciences, environmental studies and independent studies. A leader in establishing the Scarborough Recreation Club for Disabled Adults, Potter has long stressed the value of

to recreational opportunities in the community. Her tion has tackled many issues related to disabled people, including transportation, employment, education and human rights. In 1988, Potter received the Order At convocation will grant the distinction “Professor Emeritus” members: Prof. Len Gertler, School of Urban and Prof. Niels Lind, Engineering; Department of Chemical Engineering; Prof. Shao-Fu Wang Department of Physics. Holders of the Professor Emeritus 9 status are granted continued access to university facilities as the library, invitations to convoca-

tion and listing in calendar.

Gertler has contributed vitally to the education of planners in Canada and developing countries. conducted valued research in struc-

tural safety and reliability, as well as risk assessment. Scott has pioneering work on gas diffusion in porous solids, waste disposal processing methods. Wang has chiefly investigated theoretical physics, particularly condensed matter physics.

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A Solution to The Problem by Sandy Atwal imprint staff

Well since, as I have said, bandwagons are the fastest means of transportation I would feel as though I had deserted my post if I didn’t write about Rodney King. But I suppose I do need some sort of twist since it’s now old hat and the news is quickly picking a new fIavour of the month. All the racial indignat i o n , b y b o t h b l a c k f e a d e r s a n d the enlightened liberals of the left a11 seems a little fake. A miscarriage of justice in the Ameridan judicial System? Say it isn’t so! Only the hopelessly optimistic have any hope whatsoever in “change” coming about “within the system”. The whole treatment of the situation is, as ever, mind-numbingly simple. It is generally agreed upon that we need A Solution to The Problem what happens is that The Problem is simplified so that A Solution is easily reached. The Problem right now is racial tension a vague enough term that we can all agree upon it. However, it’s not that black and white (sorry, I just couIdn’t resist. To assume that if we just havlx a proportionate black/white mix of people in power seems blindingfy stupid. We have some black people in power. Bryant Gumbel, Clarence Thomas, Arsenio Hall {now that’s power}. “ O h no, I meant good black people.”

Oh, I see. More women you say? Margaret Thatcher, Tammy Faye Baker, Winnie Mandela, Imelda Marcos? The thing that’s bad about racism is that it creates prejudices about groups. So does thinking that representation by other groups is going to do anything. Perhaps individuals should be represented by their merits rather than because of any colour differences. Some black people are nice. Some white people are nice. Some women are nice. Some white people are not nice. Some black people are not nice and some women are not nice. This is why any affirmative action programs will never work. Generalizatons are easy to put in place, but difficult to justify (if at all).

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FEMINIST FRAMEiMORKS The Dilemma of Reporting Rape by Shelagh Bury

Sexual assault has the lowest reporting rate of any violent crime with estimates ranging as low as five per cent and it is estimated of date rapes are reporthat only one p ted. These factsi

-Not only does th other victimized worn1 manifest their fear c *‘ordeal” into silence often results in the un

jailed for six years i for raping a result of the (changes in accepted rap t in wedlock. Policies ant;1 training programs to ensure that police correctly situations are also very need to provid le adequate shelter for rape tims. Althouc rh rape crisis women’s sh, elters are only band-aid solutions, thgy are nonetheless required until there is zero acceptance of male violence Il. the best way to prevent the he rape trial

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Incidents like the LAPINRodney King one and the ensuing riots are squeaky wheels screaming for some grease. People don’t want to work for any solutions. The government is supposed to solve them all. People don’t want to hear that there are no easy solutions. After all, that’s just negative thinking. Another quick fix is trying to change the language people use. They are not crippled, or handicapped, they’re physically challenged. He’s not a nigger, or a negro, or a black man he’s an African American. Wouldn’t it seem that this is going to make absolutely no impact on the speech of racists? The rest of us don’t use black or handicapped as derogatory terms, so does it matter what words we do use? The language I use is of my choosing and if you misinterpret it, how is that

my fault?

Although this helps women in ret that they are potential victims and m therefore “be prepared,” it often reminds woman of their victim status and thus, catches them up in a double bind. So, while woman learn self-defense for protection, other means of prevention are also required to change society’s attitudes. For example, changes to marriage laws and giving harder convictions. Recently, it was the first time in British history that a man was

her words, rape exists crate it and it is only when men’s begin to change that we will start seeing some progress in this area.,

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Costa Ricans seek alternatives b y A n d r e w Pape special to Imprint

I spent the winter of 1992 in southwest Costa Rica, researching on the land management practices of several farmers, predominantly of export coffee farms, to identify what types of fertilizers and agrochemicals are used in that region. We made a specia1 effort to identify any organicagricultural techniques, such as the use of organic fertilizers or biological pest-control mecha nisms. The research wi;l; conducted in conjunction with a large community development project called Pro&t Costa Rica, sponsored b y t h e Ca.s!adian Organization Youth Challenge International (YCI), the Costa Rican Movimiento National de Juventudes (MN]), and Vida, a Costa Rican environmental action group. In addition, the agrochemical research project was sponsored by Halifaxbased Edmonds Environmental Services, and Dr. D. Patriquin of Dalhousie University in Halifax. The results of the research were startling, revealing heavy agrochemical use for fertilization and pest, fungus, and weed control, even in cases where alternatives exist. The clnvironmen tal effects o f t h r heavy agrochemical use have manifested themselves in several ways, and the health effects un the farmers using the chemicals arc’ significant. For the most part, we interviewed farmers of small, family-farming operations in the communitv of &isto Rcy, Perez Zeladon, near the hty of San Isidro de1 General in southern Costa Rica. All of these people wtlre coffee farmers,.except for one who was growing maraculla, a medium-sized fruit. Their farms varied in size from 1.5 to almost 5 hcctares. Interestingly enough, coffee is one of the few major export crops that is controlled by small family farming operations, as opposed to banana and pineapple exports which are

controlled primarily by multinational corporations. C&to Rey was also the site of a community center construction project, sponsored by YCI, the MNj, and a local committee formed for the development and management of this “centro comunal”. A group of 13 Canadian, Costa Rican, Guyanese, and Australian youth participated in that project over a one month period, along with several community meml~rs from Cristo Rey, Longomai, and Santa Martha, all in the region. At the end, a 20-by-15metre community center was completed, to bc used for meetings of local community organizations, for agricultural and medical oriented

dependent on the size of farm or financial position of the farmer, but is universal in The chemicals are applied manually, either with bare hands or with hand pump spraying devices (without the use of protective respiratory masks), depending on the type of chemical. The chemical application procedures by farmers have often been the root cause of many agrochemical related health problems.

locations around the gulf. He has found traces of several highly toxic chemicals such as DDT in his samples. DDT was banned in Costa Rica many years ago, but there is some evidence of recent use of it in the north of Costa Rica. The most serious effects of agrochemical use are on coffee farmers and their families. Chemical packaging is often discarded with other household garbage, in a once-a-month incineration. But before burning, the packages are left in the open, close to the farmers’ households.

Chemical fertilizers of various compositions are applied three times a year. The most common forms are 33.5 per cent ammonia nitrate, 10-20-10, and 18-5-15-6-2 formulas. Many foliar fertilizers are used as weI1.

Solid chemicals are often applied with bare hands despite warnings on the packages and from the national agricultural ministry, MAQ. Liquid chemicals are often sprayed with hand pumps without any respiratory protection such as a gas mask.

Common herbicides include paraquat, 2,4d, and roundup 45 per cent. Paraquat is a highly toxic chemical which is often fatal if

Recently, MAQ has been doing a massive campaign to distribute and promote the use of gas masks for these tasks. The farmers interviewed felt that predicting the wind direction is sufficient for the task. j Dr. Alexis Rodriguez Madragal, the directar of the Escalante Prodilla Hospital in San Isidro, said that harmfu1 toxins (including agrochemicals) were the third highest cause of sickness in the region, after pregnancy complications and hepatitis. Agrochemical

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ingested, and has even been known to have serious health impIications over time on peaple who have only handled it. For that reason, it has been banned in Denmark and Germany, and is heavily controlled in numerous other countries.

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heavy, necessitating a their use feasible. Many of the farmers

they could not afford to use organic fertilizers because the yields would decrease and they would Ioose the fact that organic products are only 20 per

cent the cost of their chemical equivalents. There is a perception coffee beneficiaries

panies that purchase the coffee and process and export the international products is low. Although this may not be the case for peopIe reading

ception is quite realistic considering the current structure of Coffee beans are exported from Costa Rica in dried form to

processing (roasting, grinding, packaging)

various corporations. Unfortunately for Costa Rican farmers, most of the profits are made by

these companies. The price for dry Costa Rican coffee beans is only approximately $90 US for 50 kilograms. The yields have to be high and the price low to maximize the profits

Rican exporters and international coffee pro-

Biolvgical control involves using naturul predators of certuin agricultural pests to control them instead of using chemical pesticides. Several fungicides are used in Cristo Rey including PCNB, which has already been banned in several countries, copper hydroxide, clorotalonil, benzimidazol, and manv others. Insecticides include canter anh diazinon, a product that is used bv manv Canadiansfor?ontrolling pests on their lawns and in thtrir gardens. Companies like Edmonds Environmental Services of Halifax, Canada, one of the major sponsors of the Costa Rican agrochemical research project, have been making efforts to promote alternatives to diazinon by using

biological controls or organic methods. Although most of the agrochemicals are packaged and marketed by Costa Rican agricultural cooperatives and companies, the chemicals are manufactured in other countries like Canada, the US, Taiwan, and England. The corporations producing the chemicals have a strong influence on the international economic scene, and apply a lot of pressure to stifle any efforts to develop

alternatives to these chemicals because of the large investment required to put these chemicals on the market in the first place,

sometimes as high as $40 million US for

related deaths were 36 in 1985 and 24 in 1991 in a region with a population of only 105,000 people which the hospital serves. There are many alternatives to agrochemical use for fertilizing crops and controlling pests that affect the crop yields. Many of these alternatives are being investigated by Costa Rican organizations, cooperatives, academics, and farmers in an effort to identify new techniques, and promote existing knowledge for general usage. The most viable alternative is organic agriculture o r s u s t a i n a b l e a g r i c u l t u r e w h i c h promotes the use of organic fertilizers and using organic pesticides or biological controls in the place of agrochemicals. Biological control involves using natural predators of certain agricultural pests to control them rather than using chemical pesticides. In the city of San lsidro de1 General, a large agriculturaI cooprative named Coopeagri is doing research on organic fertilizers with the help of Dr. E. Bernhard, who lives and does research close to San Isidro. They have started to compost the coffee husks or shells that have previously been discarded after being removed from the coffee beans. In a couple of years, they hope to sell

cessing companies. There is now little demand for organically grown coffee because it is generally more expensive to produce, considering the fact

that agrochemical intensive agriculture produces higher yieIds. philosophy are the serious effects on the natural environment, and on the health of fee p?oducing communities and farmers. The soil nutrients also quickly diminish such intensive techniques are practiced. In order to change the current market trend m cottee production sumers have to apply pressure and be to pay more for organically grown

or even products that are processed entirely within the countries where they are ted. There are few examples of these products on the Canadian Bridgehead coffee, marketed and a few others. Canadian people and others around the world can apply pressure in their own tries to change global agrochemical natives within their own countries and in their own homes. Companies and individuals can stop using

agrochemicaI.s

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lifeguards! (More details will be posted in PAC.)

Campus Recreation supports an active lifestyle and has designed the program to offer a wide variety of opportunities. You have your choice of instructional programs such as cardio stepping, low impact aerobics,

diving, scuba, social dance, golf, skating and Tai Chi. Registration was held last week for these courses, and classes are now underway. However, some spots are still open; check with our PAC receptionist.

emotional, social and spiritual of health.

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C a n a d a ’ s Fitweek i s rapidly approaching,,and it is your chance to enjoy physical activity! Gone are the days of the daily grueling jog in order to become fit; today, the term is “Active Living”. The idea is to build activity into

your lifestyle in a positive and fun way. The concept is simple: if you enjoy it, you will be more likely to keep bn doing it. This could mean ballroom dancing, frisbee, walking the dog, or yoga. The purpose is to encourage another new concept: complete well-being of the physical,

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If you feel like participating in a more social setting try the CoRecreational or Competitive Leagues. You could enjoy slo-pitch on a sunny summer day, escape the heat by playing some hockey, or better yet, jump into the pool and play a little inner-

tube waterpplo! Ths leagues regis. Fit-week is eel&m&&g its 1l&-h, 1 tered last week, and have begun their anniversary, beginning May 22 with battle for first place. Stay tuned for a the traditional Sneaker Day kickoff. mid-season update. Here is a SNEAK preview at the Clubs are also an excellent way to events planned: meet new people, while learning or May 22 - Sneaker Day: Aerobics developing a skill. The possibilities Classes on ViIlage Green (PAC gym range from Archery and Equestrian, is rain location) to Kendo and Windsurfing clubs. For - 11: 30 30-minute class more information on these activities - 12:15 &minute break pick up a Campus Ret brochure, or - 1100 30-minute class stop by the PAC. - Pick-Up Frisbee and Volleyball An exciting new edition to Cam- Chance to win an air-pass for two pus Ret is the Three-on-Three Men’s anywhere in Canada! Pick up your and Women’s Half Court Basketball ballot at the Sneaker Day Celeb- Tournament. You only have until rations (Sponsored by Fitness and May 29 to sign up! Make your move Amateur S p o r t s ) . W e a r y o u r to the PAC main office, room 2039, sneakers all day and win for biggest, and get ready for some exciting ugliest, or fanciest sneakers. stuff!

Violence is part of hockey -..

Violence and hockey, violence and

slash that is just as vicious as that of Graves on Lemieux. The only difference is that in 99 per cent of those cases, the player receiving the slash

Lemieux’s gloves are custom-made to be shorter than normal which leaves about four or five inches of exposed arm to be hacked at instead of the

player is out. Now, hopefully I don’t have explain why this this idea is moronic (I don’t have eight pages to discuss it).

did not intend to actually hurt Lemieux; he was just trying to hit his stick and knock the puck away, and with LRmieux’s

Somnolent Butcher dulls senses only the songs “Shirley MacLaine”

and “She’s a Yo-yo” stuck out as outstanding songs, the rest faded in a sea of gloom. Perhaps these songs would start to grow on you after a few more listens, but unfortunately as most of audience probably hadn’t heard a lot of these songs and the clarity of the vocals was not exactly spectacular, as most pee ple found it haid stay interested in the show.

Around ten o’clock the opening band hit the stage with their “Sarcastic Power Folk” and were well received by the crowd. The band has only been together for about a year but already have a CD and a video. A large contingent of the audience gathered around the stage to watch the band, except for an area right in front of the stage which remained

clear to allow the edge of the dancefloor to view the performers. But, eventually the crowd could not be restrained longer and a pit of people jumping around was formed. The band showed a lot seemed to be having fun. I think they might be worth checking out in the future.

When the Jazz Butcher started, the dance floor was rather crowded with very little room to move, however as the show wore on the floor gradually thinned so that only a faithful few managed to remain bopping at the front of the stage for the whole show. Most of the crowd seemed content to sit back and take in the songs from a distance.

Jazz Butcher/Lowest of the Low &3mbshek?r Friday, May 8 b‘y Frank Seglenieks II mprint staff

Both of the concerts I have reviewed in the last two issues have followed the same pattern: an opening act which got the crowd hyped up and a main act which slowed things down. In the case of Jerry Jerry last month, I knew the band and got the show I

hoped for, for the Tazz Butcher I had

Photo by Dave Thomson never heard about their live show and so I was going into the show with only my expectations, and unfortunately they were not realized.

Throughout the show, lead singer Pat Fish seemed a little disinterested in the proceedings and didn’t interact with the audience, which is always a point on the negative side on my personal scale. The musical selection was mostly from the latest album with a few older songs thrown in for good measure to fill out the ,hour and half show which included a two song encore. So overall, I think that the true fans

of the Jazz Butcher got the pleasure of seeing a good band up close, unfortunately for the casual observer the show didn’t have a whole lot to

Most of the songs by the Jazz Butcher which stick in my mind are offer. their quirky ones about such topics as As a result of the “Free before nine” Peter Lore, giving elephants water, or promo by the Feds, the ‘Shelter was personal relationships with the Devil. filled to capacity. This was probably a Unfortunately, not many songs of good move as I doubt that tickets such silliness were to be found in would have moved that fast for this their latest performance last week at band which is relatively unknown the ‘Shelter. I did have some advan- outside of alternative circles. It also ced warning of their recent serious- provided a large audience for the ness as I was able to listen to their opening act Lowest of the Low .from latest album “Condition Blue” and Toronto.

No Party Tim with the Jazz Butcher.

It takes two to Yo La Tengo Yo ia Tengo opening for The waltons ?lw Horseshoe Tavern. Tumn~o April 30,1992 b y D e r e k Weiler Imptint staff

Yo La Tengo somehow wound up slotted as the “opening act” for a mediocre Toronto combo that has yet to release its&$ record. Manage&l snafu aside, Yo La turned in a magnificent one-hour set that clearly proved that this band has no business being

But not only do Yo La have most everyone b&at in terms of imagination and versatility, they also write songs as good as any you’re likely to hear. The set list concentrated heatiy on their latest record, the fine A4a_v I Sing with Me, but also found room for

ment, embarrassed and griming at

the crowd’s nonstop roar of applause. Besides being the best, they might

also be the

it’s time for the rest of the world to catch up

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Manifold Oil pleasure Midnight Oil The Phoenix, Tumtto April 30,1992

saris hype, with nothing to promote aside’ from a forthcoming live album and their standard messages of sticking up for the little guy and saving the environment (even these seemed toned down from previous outings, however). They let their music do the talking, rewarding the crowd with two hours of solid entertainment that frequently peaked with blistering intensity. The face of bassist Bones Hillman was the best way to gauge how the show progressed. At first, Hillman appeared steady and calm, without so much as a drop of perspiration on his brow. This gave way to a trickle, and before long sweat was streaming down his cheeks and chin, enveloping his microphone. By the end of the third encore, he was beat red to the point of exploding and every vein was evident as he strained to get his backing vocals out. Hillman’s fire was matched by the amazing Rob Hirst, who continually makes a case for himself as the best drummer in the world, and by giant

b y K e n t o n Augerman Imprint staff It’s always a pleasure to take in a live performance by one of the world’s foremost bands. The pleasure is manifold when that band - in this case Midnight Oil - abandons the stadium-size venues that they’re accustomed to playing in favour of a small club where they can be seen and heard by everyone in attendance. In an impromptu move similar to the one that they made two years ago when they rocked midtown Manhattan from a flatbed truck parked in front of the Exxon Oil building (cap tured on the videocassette Black Rain Fulls), Midnight Oil checked into Toronto because they were “in the n e i g h b o u r h o o d , ” having taken part in an Earth Day concert in Foxboro, Massachusetts, earlier in the week For the most part, the oils came

front-man Peter Garrett, who was grateful for the heated confines of the Phoenix after playing in the frigid cold of CNE Stadium Mining tour in 1990. In contrast to Hillman, Hirst, and Garrett are guitarists Jim Rotsey, who look so unassuming and yet who are very much responsible for Midnight Oil’s sound. In ten& of musical

Oils played

cially*suCcessful “US Forces” and “Power and the Passion” from 1983’s

They also mixed in

albtim tracks, the most being “Sometimes,” “Progress,” and “Only the According to Garrett, the Oils’ live release is going to be much like this concert at the honest, energetic, and loud, without the bullshit found in statements such as: “Hello, Toronto, it’s here.“ I, for one, can’t wait for it to hit the shelves.

Ride-ing a r@lling bass line Ride witli Slowdive

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by Steve Gamble special to Imprint I’d been waiting for this one for a long time. When I caught Ride last year opening for Lush, I was absoluteIy blown away by their patented vicious guitar smear. Goiltg l?/crr~k Agui~ filled me with doubts, however. Why did they find it necessary to so drastically redefine their sound? Perhaps it was all in the name of musical growth, but sometimes growths are cancerous. I was desperately curious to find out if this would translate well into a live show. The jury is still out. The most pleasant surprise of the evening was to hear the lovely strains of Rachel’s voice as we waited outside the stage doors. I was sure that I was never going to see Slowdive after they cancelled their show three weeks ago. But they came, and they did not disappoint. After the first few seconds of their self-titled track, I knew this was to be a show like no others. Theirfinicky and rather demanding sound was spot on, unlike some past shows in the UK Neil and Christian seemed to force each other to play at a continually higher and higher level as they moved onto “Spanish Air” and the terminally beautiful “Catch the Breeze.” Just as the crowd starting to really get hyped, things slowed down and Rachel’s floating vocals took over for the “Ballad of Sister Sue.” Not to be

1 think Slowdive are much better than Riiiiide.

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outdone, Simon turned it up on the next song, an as-of-yet unnamed masterpiece, pounding on the drums liie they were meant to be hit. I never thought I’d see people slamming to .-,I -. v Sowdive. Guess 1 was wrong.

Next came “Morningrise,” ‘rshine,” and “She Calls” and it became a distinct possibility that Ride would look silly closing for such a performance. The last song of the set was “Avalyn

1.” The song itself was fairly ordinary But it wasn’t all until the vocals were over and Rachel Though completely ignoring the decided to leave. debut EP, they did do very good verNeil, Nick, and Christian then con- sions of “Like a Daydream” and my spired to make the most incredible favourite “Perfect Time.” They even wall of white noise I’ve ever heard in delved into my life. How can three people make s o n g , t h e so much noise for so long? All faces “Unfamiliar.” The best was saved for just stared in complete awe. There the three other titles off was nothing more that could possibly be done. Dead brilliant. It was almost “Vapour Trail” always seems to as if they were taunting Ride, ‘Try to crowd pleaser (if you’re in Kingston, top this one”. try to catch the Reckoning doing a Well, they gave it a good shot. I cover of this), and this proved to be knew this was going to be a physical no exception. The front of the crowd one when the opening keyboard r%f was inundated with multitudes from ‘Leave Them All Behind” starpeople rolling over top, but there ted up and I was immediately pushed only one really good stage dive. to the side and into the bass speaker. ‘7Vowhere”’ All the better to get up to the front of fully, with the controlled swell of the the stage, though. lyrics and the sudden frantic lunges of Steve’s rolling bass line took over, sound that have left my ears still ringsoon to be pounced on by Andy’s and ing. Most impressive. Mark’s scorching guitar noise. Why couldn’t the whole album have been But the highlight played with this much energy? was the final song of the encore. All I Unfortunately, something was could hear was screwed up with the sound and the “Seagull,” and the next thing you first few songs were slightly lacking. know, Mark says “Okay, Seagull.” Too bad ‘Taste” was among these. M i s s i n g was the Mark was visibly annoyed as he often beginning, but that was about motioned to the sound board to make Every last ounce of energy was adjustment after adjustment. Most poured into this eight-plus-minute unfortunate. version that threw something new at They plodded their way through you at every turn, leaving much of the new album: the perately trying to keep up. This was incredibly happy “Twisterella,” the the Ride that I remember. boring “Making Judy Smile,” the simple “Not Fazed,” the anti-love song And unfortunately, it was also the ‘“Time of Her Time,” and the optimisRide I miss. Maybe tic “Cool Your Boots” The only ones average night, but that really seemed to work were the and away the aptly named “Chrome Waves” and Ironically, it seems that it was Ride the surprisingly workable “Mouse that was left all Trap.”

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There’s a riot goin’ on Soundgarden with Swervedriver and Monster Magnet

appearance in Toronto in the past year. Joining the band was a new drummer to replace the absentee Graham Bonner.

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Too Much carousing was afoot two Mondays ago as the Concert Hall hosted a monster rock bill and as Toronto hosted their own version of a public disturbance. Despite the civil disobedience display outside, inside the show went on and on and on. Too much so, in fact. Rock and roll cliches abounded, volume levels were deafening, and performance pyrotechnics fizzled into the night sky as this triple bill of bloated excess plodded its way into the early morning

“When you’ve painted a beautiful painting, you don’t go back and add a little bit here and there, do you?” - David Gedge, when asked why his band The Wedding Present never plays encores.

The Wedding Present is a band which does not think it necessary to speak up for itself. Its music does the talking.

hours.

Caroline recording artist and New native Monster Magnet opened this night with their MC5 imitative musterings. The band wore their influences on their sleeves and put forth a set paltry seasoned with their derivative sound. They aimed to sound like Hendti and ended up sounding like Creem. They were the rock and roll cliche

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panache was that he fancied himself a misanthropist Alas, he was just a poseur, with a limited “mofo” vocabulary at that. Luckily, they went away quietly, and joined the fracas outside. Next on, were the other native sons of Oxford, Enghnd, Swervedriver who found themselves in Toronto just one night after their town-mates Ride. This was Swervedriver’s third

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into itself. The song’s unique characTouring with rockers Soundgarteristics were lost in this mixture, den has influenced Swervedriver to The stage was then set for the twoextended all of their songs into rock &S hours for which Soundgarden ‘n’ roll epics in length. They played an admirable set complete with a mix- would overstay their welcome. ture of b-side material, material taken Opening with “Searching with my from their debut, Rake, and material Good Eye Closed” from their latest, from a new single which is being Budmotofl~ge, Soundgarden hit the stage like the rock gods that they are. released on May 18. Some of their material, actually m Hair swun% Ben Sheprd’s bass most of their material benefited from exploded, Chris Cornell’s voice howled and brayed filling the room, the rock’n’roll work-outs which their were given, most notably “Kill All and Kim Thayil’i guitar power chords Superheroes,” a n d “ S o n o f M u s t a n g and power poses shook the streets Ford”; however, the complete lack of more so than even the day% earlier events. The set’s beginning was full of promise, promise which was fulfilled,

then fuU3led again, and then placed in utter jeopardy by the band’s complete and total excessiveness. Their excessiveness came in waves what w i t h C o r n e l l ’ s h u m o u r l e s s t & e

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just that. lit seemed as though it was their first gig as they Iaboured through some quite forgettable guitar feedback The venue was perfect, despite the beer prices, and Gedge friendly pop the T-shirt counter to sign product and pose of renown from their 1991 album speed those singles to us.

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About one year ago I raved about Ice-T’s latest and best album 0G Onj$nal Ga?rgster. Particularly exhilarating was one track, “Body Count,” featuring T’s own hardcore band of the same name. The sorig

by Steve Topper special to Imprint About three years ago, The Cure announced their apparent “disintegration.” Robert Smith’s excuse seemed to center around the avoidance of too much commercial success. The subsequent release of a re-mix album in October 1990 contradicted Smith’s non-conformist statements. Furthermore, the album contained a new single, which led me to wonder just what the hell was going on? Now, with a new studio album (and dropping “The” from their title), Cure have apparently done what many Top 40 bands have acted out: pulled a publicity stunt. With this in

smoked; guitars exploding, T ranting: “the tension mounts . . . on with the body count.I ” Plans for a full B. C. album were announced and live reviews from the now legendary Lollapallooza t o u r fuelled expectations. What happened? It sounds like they’ve wasieh the entire year spend-

ing their advance at the 7-11; either that, or T had an ego-hemorrhage and sabotaged the project from within (not likely). S o what’s going on?

mind, I was hesimnt to buy Wish, anticipating that Smith has “Sold Out.” The only reason I ended up buying it was that I’d heard the first single, “High,” a couple of times in bars and thought of it as moderately decent. The product I ended up receiving turned out to be a pleasant surprise. First of all the alblim is not a sellout. Don’t expect to hear too much praise from mainstream publications. The CD is very different and still very much the same as many of their other releases. What?? Practically every song sounded similar to songs on previous albums. The first track, “Open,” starts with slightly distorted guitar and upbeat tempo like many songs on 1982’s Par~ogrup/~~~ album. This doesn’t really set the pace for the CD, but gives one the idea of reminiscence of their older material. The current single “High” follows. It is an excellent piece of work, but not the best on the album, since it is a bit too typical of the UP& itI IAW DON / KissMe. Kiss Mu, Kiss Mu era to get any exceptional recognition. “Wendy Time” sounds like it was a delete from The Top. It has that

“happy-go-lucky” tempo and lyric that distinguishes that album from Cure’s other more depressing works. Probably the most unique song on the diskis”Doing the Unstuck.“It was the only track which I couldn’t really compare to any past work. My conclusion was this song represents Cure’s “new direction.” It appears to be a very joyous song with lyrics such as “Let’s get happy” and “It’s a perfect day for making out.” However, this is contradicted by lines such as “Kiss it all goodbye.” What’s going on here? “Friday I’m in love” is the best track on the album. I recommend that those who have recently broken up with their boyfriend or girlfriend skip this track because it will only cause further depression. For the rest of us, however, it’s a really great, - deep tune. The last few songs slow down considerably, similar to the last portion of Di.~it~trgmtim. The final track, “end” (how appropriate) is done in the original style of The Cure. It sounds very similar to “Three Imaginary Boys,” so they essentially covered almost every album with a new song representing their past. I wonder why they didn’t call it “Recollection.”

and when they sing in “Hold On”: U If this song makes you turn/ To this song you must return,” that is just what the listener is impelled to do, but with the whole album. Rain know what makes a song

good and on A Tnstr QJ”. . . they prove it. There are some great songs on this album, and although a little heavier at times than what I personally listen to, it was impossible for me to deny that they are extremely talented.

It’s a marvelous universe and synchronicity exists! There happens to be an old I3ollinsr Stone lying: nearby with Bret &to;; Ellis difenyding h&

novel Am&an By&o. One of the criticisms of the book is its graphic depiction of violence against wornlen. Norman Mailer refers to this as Ellis “upping the ante ” in literature, and ultimately dismi5ses the book as not being well enough written - not meeting this “ante.” Without getting into the volatile &&to (I enjoyed it immensely), the same could be said for Body Count’s debut Body Count (originally slated as Cup Kills, the LIP’s final track). With B. C, Ice “Mother Fuckin”’ T and copartner Ernie C. deal with nigl&marish extremes of violence and sexism, as if trying to make all past transgressions pale by comparison (note the “Fuck The Police” refrain, borrowed from NWA on “COP Killer’). Unfortunately, in vent-u&g out to the fringes-of these badlands, our principal guides have left their minds behind, choosing

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’In The House” and “Body Count Anthem.” Oti@uzl Gangster, and youll miss all the filler. That aside, “Bowels of The Devil” wrestles with an awkward great lyrics: muthafucka with lost souls, guts made out and concrete/ listen close, cause I’ve been there before, and wanna die there, they the back door.” Again, T proves he can capture any and in this case, the beast pen. “There Goes The Neighborhood” is the albums’ centrepiece, adopting comical redneck narrative: “who gave them n&gas Don’t thev know rock’s whites, d&2 Those tiggers shit ain’t cool.”

enslaves half the planet!

instead the old standby of baiting or, if you’re “down:” “wdfhg!” It’s like this: in the olden days a bunch of “bad homiez” would rap about driving-by another bunch of “bad” (though bad in a different way) “homiez” and killin ( s i c . ) e m a l l . Violent fantasies and bravado go fist in glove. B. C. however, piss around with the likes of “KKK Bitch” (Kkmsmen’s daughters love black studs!), “Evil Dick” (Frankenpenis e n s l a v e s h a l f t h e planet!), a n d “Voodoo” (Ow! my eye!). 8, C., in effect, do a drive-by on the pretense to intelligent thought. There are a few semi-precious gems here and I find myself inclined to describe B. C. as “ a good I?.” Its 18track, one-hour length is, however, difficult to overlook. T h e s o n g “Body Count” is hopelessly redundant here and proves a little worrying; good as it is, it’s also accompanied by “Body Count’s

B. C. manage to seize the gauntlet by The Dead Both “Momma’s Gotta Die and “Cop Killer” work somehow managing to be ridiculously (as opposed to over the top. How much indulgence have you got? ‘Momma” the perception of the problem of racism. As with “Cop posed solution in “Momma” vided by the title One last anomaly: apart from the iMrumenta1 also the sole author of “The Winner Lose,” an anti-drug out both musically and The emotive backing vocals seem a bit corny, sandwiched between the rest of the beating. . . much closer Living Colour (hard) core of Ice-T. Okay, Ice, what else you got?

4 by Chris I&de1 special to Imprint A Tow q/‘. . . is the debut album by Rain, a quartet from Liverpool. Released almost a year ago in the UK on Columbia Records, A 7kstc e/‘. . . has not yet been released in North America. What has held this back from domestic reIease is probably the album’s cover. Graced with a photo of a dripping-wet, naked female torso, initial criticism of Rain and their record company may have prevented further distribution. This is unfortunate because, after all, what counts is the music and this is excellent stuff. Rain’s first single, “Lemonstone

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Satanic opera mesmerizes Diamanda Galas

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Monday, April 27 by Dave Thomson Imprint staff Initially, this concert was to be held at the Phoenix Thea& about a month ago, but was postponed and moved, supposedly because Galas’ voice was being strained by a tight concert schedule. Other mmors place the origin of the problem with the promoters not knowing that 4107 was beginning its psychedelic Monday nights there. Having never been to the Phoenix or the Opera House, though, it really didn’t matter to me; I just wanted to see her perform. In fact, we were so hyped for the show that one of Ontario’s finest felt it necessary to ticket us for

the offence of following him too closely. The Opera House turned out to be the perfect setting for Diamanda, a woman of Greek

origin who started her career in opera (and still performs opera). Her recordings are hard to describe, but most of them could fit into the ambiguous term of “satanic opera.” That is, most of her work sounds as though she has been possessed by demons that make fuD use of her incredible voice, which spans eight octaves.

Her recording success in the “alternative” music scene has been proven through Mutr Records, and a live performance augments infinitely one’s respect for this woman. With no opening act, Diamanda Galas appeared on stage draped in black with jet black hair, sat at a black grand piano, lit by approximately two spotlights, and began to mesmerize. She started with material from Plqyu Maw and some of the stranger stuff on her latest

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her covers of various blues songs. About hakay through the 90-minute per-

formance, she began to draw more heavily

from covers performed on her latest album, 71ze performing Billy Holiday’s “Gloomy Sunday,” Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ “I Put a Spell on You,“and other selections from blues artists. According to friends, the Opera House has notoriously bad sound on the balcony, but it was just great on both levels that night. And loud. Her albums instruct listeners to “Play at maximum v o l u m e o n l y . ” Now to digress. I’ve never truly understood the purpose behind going to most concerts

that occur. Like, are the Rolling Stones going to do much different on stage than they do in the studio? The same goes for most bands that have recordings for sale. They all have polished stage performances that may be mildly interesting the first time around (having never seen them before live), but are a boring plague to be avoided after that. Most people who hear a recording of Diarnanda for the first time have some sort of knee-jerk reaction; “what the hell is she screaming about?” or “shut that noise off!” The live performance, however, is the stuff which legends are made of. Well, that might be a bit of an exaggeration. Her voice is simply so strong, and her singing ability so incredulous, that here I am heap ing praise all over her. Screamin’ Jay Q la Galas is one of the best interpretations to date. Her original material, while occasionally too strange even for the strangest, must command respect of Iisteners simply through the power of her voice.

It was by far the best concert I’ve seen this year, and probably outranks all the shows I saw last year. Twas reshing change from the monotonous loop of ska bands, groups that sound like Tragically Hip and the plague of top-40 which there is no cure in sight.

He’s so,great Buffalo Tim

by knard Ibarney rmplint staff It was hell. Bodies eveThere. Push became shove. Disturbing violence repla&d youthful chic-anery. We were sz@pu& to be having fun. I mean, it was never supposed to turn out like that Where was the security? I just wanted to go home where everything was safe and nqbdy could touch me, but once I rounded the comer of Yonge and Bloor, heading down toward Spadina, I swallowed the bitter horse pill and accepted that I would have to stay in riotoys Toronto another night, perhaps to face it all again. Buffalo Tom was booked in for a gig at Lee’s Palace. I had halfheartedly toyed with the prospect of pretending that Buffalo Torn (a la Buffalo Springfield) was a singer and not a band, but my little ruse would simply pale when compared to a local entertainment rnagazinef who, in an effort to hype the forthcoming show, (or to perhaps simply fill space), printed a rather large photograph of the band with an impressive byline announcing that “he” was checking into Guelph on May 4. It is my fear that ihey weren’t kidding.

I! hurts! tt hurts1 In town to support the recent release of their “difficult third” album the Boston trio,

guitar/bass/drum components, pounded out a performance both spirited and forthright. Kicking off with the new record, the

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theme from “Shaft”. Which is dead weird because its got these funky

with David Gedge, lead singer after the show.

brass parts replaced with guitar riffs. It sounds a bit weird but I think it works. Imp.: Thetoursrrmssiightlyoutofstep. The album ‘s a year old already and no one here really bus any of the singk3.

hp.: What prompt4 the i&a uf putting out a sirtgk Koch month -for a

&W.” Gedge; Principally because we thought it’d be a change really from doing the normal LP and two singles, fundamentally an original idea I suppose. Imp.: Ard +wu ‘w hujll!v with thu wqv

Gedge: Well the reason we’re here now is that &&monsters just came out now over here. We’ve been waiting a year really to come and play here, because it came out in Britain in the summer. But unfortunately it’s not something we actually control . . . the

it 1s duv~~~oping.~ Gedge: Well there are some things t h a t a n n o y m e , R C A remained unconvinced about the idea so we had to limit them to 15,000 with the result that they’re actually quite hard to get in Britain and fairly impossible to get everywhere else. The solution to that is that we’re going to compile them. It’s going to be in two parts. Part one will be out in June and part two in December. In&ding the B-sides. Imp.: H a v e ~)4lU . fiFli.Shkd acma/(v

rtwx-ding idi the siqql~x~ Gedge: No, we haven’t written all of them yet! D e e p thou@ts f r o m D a v i d G e d g e .

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Imp.: Aw you plunnirk to work with Steve Albini again? Gedge: Not planning to. I’d like to because we did some of our best stuff with him. But you’ve got to move on and you’ve got to try different people. The stuff we do with lain Broudie

All I can think is either they’ve got no money, or we’re such a small tadpole in their mighty ocean that

they’re not really sure who we are. It’s not something you can ask them because they always evade it. You call them up and say can and-so and they say ‘Oh, left the company.’ I’ve rung up RCA and said ‘This is David ding Present” “David? The

Hmmm, I’m not by that name.” Well, it’s not quite as bad as that.

Imp.: Do you think that because you shuegazers or

Gedge: Absolutely Imp.: What do you think of that whole thing, the shoegazem band? Gedge: My Bloody really great release date. It’s RCA who do decide understand the that and in their wisdom they saw fit because they’re good not to release it until now. With the result that about 30,000 copies came copy them. in on import anyway. I think they hp. : Da you think ban& that tv blew it really, to be honest. Gedge: Some people say there are Imp.: Aw yuu huppy with your deul bands that copy us. I think we by and with RCA? Gedge: In the rest of the world it’s large exist outside of “scenes” really, we’re not particularly fashionable. So fine. It’s just North America. I mean even in Japan they release it on time it’d be hard for groups to copy us and in Australia. It’s just North because we’re not a fashionable band America, the United States and to copy really. Canada they always like to wait a Imp.: Ypt you twmendous fullowinp. year. * Gedge: In the British hp.: M-v do JWU think that is? Gedge: They’re idiots. I’ve no idea. C hp.: 221 whar kind listening to now. mean even if I wasn’t in the group, it would still seem like a stubid thing. I Gedge: Since mean they sold 30,000 on import and tune from Shaft, I’ve been been trying they could have Sold at least that to listen to that sort of stuff. There’s this one out that’s really good. It’s a number domestic, and it would’ve been cheaper. 30,000 with no promo- compilation LP, stuff. I think it’s called . . . Pimps and tion. something. It’s really

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A combination of Ethereal Elements E m m a n u e l Uded Church Tuesday, May 5

Not long ago, I was chatting with Iocal m’usic promoter Mary Joy Aitken about how she happened upon

the Emmanuel United Church as a venue for her recent series of folk concerts. She remarked that she had picked it for one reason: Ferron. Having witnessed Garnet Rogers’ wonderful performance at the same church earlier in the series, I wasn’t sure how it could suit one performer any better than another. Last Tuesday night I understood. Something about the sanctuary of

Emmanuel, about its beauty or acous-

tics, or about the enthusiastic yet mellow crowd that squashed themselves into its pews that night, served to coax the sometimes reticent Ferron into to revealing her “wild side”. Whatever the combination of ethereal elements, the result was a precious gem, a rare performance by one of folk music’s finest, strongest performers, Although I had seen Ferron in concert before, never had she seemed so comfortable in her

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a n d with her audience. When she wasn’t regaIing us with goofy stories of hassling border guards, buying - and actually readi n g - consumer guides (a function of approaching 40, as I understand it), and starting her career as a singer in a country band, Ferron was busy filling her two generous sets with both new material and samplings from her first three albums (not counting the Rare First Albums, which, regrettab1y, I can’t find). Exceptionally breathtaking and/or delightful performances included “Misty Mountain”, “Snowing in Brooklyn”, “Ain’t Life a Brook”, “ B e l l y b o w l ” (complete with its stomping, key-jingling, and primal screaming - perhaps you had to be there, but go11 dixie it was fun), and the fiery “It Won’t Take Long”. Fenon presents an odd combination of shy vulnerability and outright goofiness. Never have I seen a performer who can browbeat an audience into singing, well, belting along quite as effectively (“If you’re really shy, close your eyes.“), The audience joining her in “Light of My Light”, the aforementioned “Bellybowl”, “Harmless bve”, and her anthem, ‘Testimony”, as well as returning her heckling, tit for tat, made for one cosy concert, to which she herself referred as both “giggIy” and “weird”. I felt like 1 should have

been either wearing my gling in my sleeping bag or indulging in a good old Group Hug. I must

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electric and Jennings patible that I could hardly it was their first time playing together! Obviously musicians, I cannot urge you enough to get to Ferron’s next appearance in the greater K-W Region, at the Annual Hillside

through 26. Other merS include the venerable Stephen Fearing, Jennifer Berezan, Garnet Rogers, James Keelaghan, Valdy, Edna and Georgette, Tremblay, folks too numerous to list here. Speaking of next appearances, Ferron is currently working instrumental album, and is to be considering a luck finding either one of them in record stores, however. Distribution of these next products will be via a mailing list in getting your name on it, Aitken probably has more Say, about that live album. 1 know this great little church, with fu1 acoustics and ambience, that would be perfect. k)Y.).

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