Digital Edition - February 17, 1981 by SPOKENewspaper

Spoke Tuesday, February

17.

Volume

1981

14 Issue 11

Tuition fees forever rising TORONTO —

Increasing stu-

dent fees and inadequate funding are threatening to destroy the important and unique role of Ontario's

community

colleges, stu-

dent leaders said, responding to last week’s government tuition and funding announcements. Darrell Field, spokesperson for the Ontario College Commission stated •’College students and the, public must take the responsibility for maintaining high standards of educational training and ensure that college doors remain open to all

community members who can

benefit.”

Recent Ministry announcements hit college students

with a 10.1 per cent increase in tuition fees for 1981-62. an increase of $40. from $400. to $440.

Field said “This has been thf second major increase for college students in the last two years which has been coupled with evei increasing tuition related fee? ranging from $20. to $900.''

I It

seems people

of all ages are protesting for their rights. But we’re all just people

...

KINGSTON — More than «\»^ilwder8 from across

^no ended

their four

125

Onday meeting

here with a call for a week long protest against education underlundmg. tuition fee increases, and the lack of government action on

March students will be considering a variety bf-tarrtie's to brlni the education issues to the public, These

tactics could include: publication and distribution of a provincially based cutbacks informa-

Operating grants to colleges increased by only lO.I per cent, the

same percentage increase that was given to the universities. It

clear that the growth of

cbmmunity colleges must be matched by similar increases in funding levels, if Ontario’s col-' leges are going to respond to the challenges.. As a result of underfunding,

new

cutbacks have jeopardized the education and services which are vital to the communities they serve.” Field said.

The Ontario College Commission has called upon all college students to become more aware of the growing problems which face their education. Field sUted It is time for college students to take a more active role in the serious decisions affecting their education.” ‘

M.A Martinuk see page 2

Students protest tuition increases

In 1980-81 college fees increased by 15,8 per cent from $345. to $400.. a total increase of over 25 per cent in the last two years.

Elected was Barb Taylor a Student.andpresentlyiheOFSrepresentative to the National Union of Students. Also elected to the OFS executive were: Neil

Freeman - Treasurer (he is now tion sheet; organizing "Rock the President of the Federation of an accessibility study and long- Against Restraint” concerts or Students at Waterloo);'Jan Godrange policy planning. dances; locally organized non- dard member-at-large (Queen's) In response to the ^nistry of partisan forums on education and and Tony Kerekes as the Ontario u>iieges and Universities announ- meetings with Bette Stephenson College Commission representacement of tuition fee increases, and Federal cabinet minister tive to OFS (from Seneca Colwhich vary in size but can go as Francis Fox. lege). high as per cent, delegates deDelegates also welcomed two Delegates at the conference extailed their plans to take the new college members. Canadore pressed their concern that the issues of pvemmenl education in North Bay and Humber near promise of complete OSAP copolicy to the candidates and the Toronto. Membership in the Fe- verage of the increased tuition electorate m the up-coming pro- deration is now fees was a hollo\^ promise, conover 200.000 vivial election. A new chairperson will lead the sidering that the same unfulfilled during the first two weeks of organization after June 1981. promise was made last year.

Records are broken by January’s cold weather In January of this year, people were moaning and sniffling, generally crying the blues about the cold. But for once, sympathy must be felt. Six records were broken in January. On Jan. 3 it was -22 and broke the record of -21 set in 1918. The high was only -17 but it broke the record of low maximum of that day. Jan. 4 broke the 1958 record of -22 with a chilly -29 degrees. The high of -14 broke the record of -12 from 1979.

Jan. 11 temperatures of -29 broke the record of The high was -17, breaking the record of -16 set in 1917. -22 set in 1917.

Temperatures

January ’s are not expected for

the rest of the year, but

who can

tell

for sure?

Inflation hits the slopes Once again, this year, ski rates, lessons, and rentals have sky-rocketed throughout Ontario. Kitchener’s Chicopee is no exception.

Chicopee

average skiier you may want to take advantap of the membership fee. A junior membership fee, 15 years and under, costs $100. For 16 and 17 year-olds the membership fee is $123, and for adults. 18 and over. Uie fee is $150. Chicopee offers a special, $50 membership fee for senior citizens.

relatively large covers 30 acres with from novice to expert. There are two chairlifts and four T-bars. Chicopee is open for

There

night skiing.

bership fee.

is a

ski resort. It

12 runs ranging

For anyone

Chicopee on a Saturday or Sunday it costs $12.50 regardless if you wanted to stay for one hour or ten. to ski at

The weekday rates

aren't quite

You can ski for an $10, To ski for just

also a $485 family

mem-

Chicopee rents downhill and cross-country skis. All rentals include skis, boots, and poles. The all day and evening rate is $11. The day alone is $8, and to rent

so extravagant.

skis for half the day is $7.

entire day for the afternoon or evening it costs $8, Friday offers a special rate of $8, for both the day and evening.

country and downhill skiing. Group lessons cost $7, and private

you go skiing more than the

What’s inside

Lessons are offered in groups and individually, for both cross-

lessons cost $18.

Tribute to Terry Fox...page 2

Record reviews...page 5

Winter carnival...page 4

James Cotton review...page 6

Sports...pa

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February

17, 1981

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Rising tuition frustrates student By Rob Preidl

Student pays tribute to

Terry Fox By Dave Rashford

Education Minister Bette Stephenson wants more money from us poor college students, she’s going to have to dig through our wallets and through the cobwebs !f

and

dust.

With the recent ten per cent increase in tuition, she has successfully inflated the chances of our getting ulcers while worrying where we’re going to get the money for another year of enlightenment. Why is it that just because the government has all sorts of other people’s money to spend, it automatically assumes that the lowly college student can get money from the same source.

To justify the increase and

One man

country has brought Canadians together; he is courageous, unselfish, and typifies the Canadian spirit. That man is Terry Fox. In April of 1980 Terry Fox started his run across Canada, to raise cancer research dollars. V^at made the run incredible was the fact that Terry Fox has one leg. Last September the cross-Canada run was halted in Thunder Bay after Terry had covered more than 3,000 miles (5.000 kilometers), and raised $21.7 milin this

try to

make

vernment has

cover the increase. At this

That

acceptable, the gosaid that

OSAP

will

glance of them.

first

seems mighty civil is until you learn that

the in-

crease will only be covered by loans, and not grants. This means that the students will simply end up paying the government later

that we must contend with. There are the outrageous costs of text books, and the ever-rising cost of

on. Pun, eh kids?

you can't go through a school year without engaging in some sort of

Well students, the next excuse is that there hasn't been an increase in tuition rates for quite a number of years. OK fine. But may I be so rude as to inquire why they must increase the cost in consecutive years so that the same students

must suffer the burden. When

started college I paid $350. A reasonable price. This year I paid $450. high, but what choice did I

have? Next year Bette wants rue to pay a staggering $500. I know I sound ungrateful, but really I'm not. I’m glad that I have the opportunity to get a worthwhile education. But I’m not eligible for a grant because I'm living at home, even though I'm trying to support myself financially.

And

tuition isn’t the only cost

transportation.

And

let's

Terry Fox is now fighting for his life, as a tumor in his Iwdy grows. His lung cancer, according to Dr. Ladislav Antonik, has spread to the lymph glands around Terry Fox’s aorta and abdomen. Terry Fox is a man of character. He could be bit-

it.

social activity.

By the way. I'm not a bum. I've taken a part-time job to try and get spending money, while my car lies in the driveway, with a fatal case of engine failure, which I cannot afford to repair. This price increase may also serve to create a new elite. Fewer people are going to be able to afford to achieve a decent education these hard economic times. This means a lack of skilled labour, which is already in short in

supply. I

may

realize that this editorial

not have any effect, but I think that my opinion expresses the feelings of the majority of the students.

SPAGHETTI EATING -eONTEAT

lion.

face

•

ter about so many things; losing his leg to cancer, having to abandon his cross-country run, and slowly dying of a disease he has fought with every ounce of his blood. But Terry Fox has remained calm and dignified.

’To me. even with the bad things, it was like a dream. I was still little szmple-Terry Fox, but I felt like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. My dreams were coming true.” Terry Fox has gone through much pain, and yet he was willing to go through more to raise monev for the cancer society. That took a lot of courage. He is unselfish. Terry Fox may have shortened his own life-span by running in the Marathon of Hope. But he was ready to risk his life to benefit others.

Terry told Maclean's that the single thing that different from ordinary people was “determination.” But that typifies the Canadian spirit. Remember the 1972 hockey series with Russia? Our boys would not be denied. And the escape of the six fugitive Americans, which was mastermined by former ambassador Ken Taylor. Some cancer volunteers are worried that patients may lose the hope inspired by Terry Fox now that the health of the one-legged runner is worsening. I cannot understand how cancer patients can give up, after all Terry Fox has done for them. That would mean Terry’s efforts have been in vain. It occurs to me that some of the cancer patients are giving up without a fight, because their hero might

made him

By Kalby Dermott

Women's

die.

Terry Fox

We 're

Many people don't want Although our memory of Terry

only human.

to face this fact.

Fox

will last. Terry's body will not. “Terry Fox touched a nerve. Something like the Marathon of Hope has the ability to cross all barriers in this country,” said Patricia Donihee-

Darling, a Fredericton city employee. Without a doubt. Terry Fox brought Canadians together.

rights, gay rights, black rights, students’ rights so

—

many groups and

organizations, all screaming for recognition. And rightly so we all need to be recognized and accepted and appre-

—

ciated.

People are so frantic

in their

fight for rights that they forget fact, the fact that we are

one basic all

human

beings,

and we

all

must

be treated like human beings if we are to have any self respect at all. This is the real issue, human rights. The right to be yourself, regardless of color, race, sex, reli-

all

just people

gion and economic background. If a black person is murdered or a woman raped, both immediately jump on the band wagon and claim the violation occurred because of color or sex. In part this is true, but such acts are also violations of the human race. The irony of the situation is so disgusting it’s almost funny. When one thinks of it. everything is sexist. everything is prejudiced. If we

cut what

we decide

sexist or prejudiced, are we not censoring? This is a democratic country, we are allowed to say and do as we please. It s a vicious circle. In this world, each person is reis

garded as an individual, a unique, irreplaceable

something

human

to offer.

being with It

time

human rights are recognized for what they are. The violation of any human being holds back the human race Freedom and self fulfillment are as necessary to every human being as the first breath a

baby draws. If

could

remember

that

all people and that we ail must be treated as such, maybe we

are

could live together in peace, harmony ahd equality. Maybe then

we could advance our species above the domination and savagery of the animal world.

February

DSA

President speaks

time once again for a provincial election and just about It is

alone, has applied for $5 million in capital funding from the ministry which will provide for only "the

every member of the Davis government has been out on the hustings announcing

priority requirements of maintaining learning effectiveness, operational efficiency and health and safety standards with little provision for expansion." If you look around you'll have no

new programs.

One government minister who has been conspicuously absent from this whole process is Dr. Bette Stevenson, the Minister of Colleges and Universities. For the benefit of those of you who’d like to ask your favourite MPP some interesting questions about College education

give

problem seeing what

mean

cafeteria designed for half the students it now serves, computer ter-

minal rooms (the newest just installed this summer) which still doesn't have enough terminals to

province, let some food for

in this

you

thought.

meet the students' needs, overcrowded labs, and drafting facili-

Space

ties.

The biggest single problem at virtually every one of the 22 colleges in this province is a lack of

becoming obsolete and in short supply. If ydu keep in mind that

as well as equipment, in programs such as broadcasting, film and photography, which is quickly

space for classrooms, labs, shops,

the combined value of the "plant

and support services such as

property and buildings which makes up the college system has an estimated value of close to a billion dollars, much of which is at least 10 years old. and that the provincial government is planning on spending just over 10 per cent

li-

braries and cafeterias. This year the provincial government has ap-

proximately $12 million in their budget for “capital expenditure" at the colleges, of which $9 million allocated to maintenance of existing buildings and property. This leaves about $3 million to be distributed among 22 colleges for construction of new facilities. is

of that

is.

Conestoga College.

Our A Love Turned Sour issue of Spoke

apologies that

appeared

right?

There have been a few rather off first families. But. never has there been a First Family like this

beat

Many

presidents have left their the White House: George Washington. Benjamin Franklin. Manfred Link. Richard Nixon...

one.

First families are supposed to set an example for the common

Manfred Link?

You know Link. He's the president who signed the treaty that would give Americans potatoes the size of Volkswagens.. You must recall how he went out of his way to assist the poor nation

Upper Gorm.

The deprived Gormians needed a repressed minority. Link, being a generous soul, agreed to provide to

meet Gorm's

needs.

Come

on! Not every president has risen from the dead. And. to think he rose from an abandoned tenement right In the heart of the nation's capital. It may not be proper to scrape up nasty details. But. it is almost impossible to forget the horny, pardon me. horrible behavior of his only daughter. Or his wife's deep affection for the White House liquor cabinet. Alright, if your memory has not been jarred by these, the president's most admirable accomplishments. surely you re-

member

that face.

that long for sleep, but dare not close because of the dreams. Horrible images of a bowl of clear to

You would prefer it if your family neve'r even heard of. much less saw a bunch like the Link folk.

clan.

The country would be better off without presidents like Link. You. and your family would be better off without First Family. Oh yes. in case you would like a brush up on your presidents, there is a movie at Twin Cinema North in the Frederick Mall. It's

some

called First Family. About president. Linx. I think. Yes,

Manfred Link is the name. Manford Linx?

This story was printeci improperly in the Feb. 3 issue of Spoke. Our apologies, Colleen.

A Poem By Joan Stark sleep at the foot of a rich man's

bed do not touch the pillows at all 1 was a beggar; and never did I once stand proud or tall 1

The dark circles around eyes

soup never cease

Feb. 3

Family

mark on

Americans

in the

was written by Tony Niederer.

First

1500

rejuvenate and these facilities, you can apto

having.

By Colleen Maloney

amount

add to preciate why Conestoga, like every other college in Ontario, is having the space problems it is

To show you how inadequate this funding

haunt them.

Those lips that stretch into a thin line as he contemplates matters of national importance. The

word snakes can be both

a noun

and a verb. With inflation and the GNP and now snakes too. there is simply too much for a president to

remember.

OK. He looks a lot like Boh Newhart. Strangely enough his daughter bears a remarkable resemblance to Gilda Radner. I know, you're thinking Link couldn't have been president. He must be a movie star or something. Kind of like Ronnie Reagan.

(

for

Then once I crept upon the bed And saw what it was like I

saw

as a fantasy

Filled with hope and great delight I ran right back to my world and found myself depressed I stepped back into his feeling that I deserved the best.

From

then on I lived that once forgotten fantasy

and never did I find a problem that couldn't be solved or a time when life had been unkind

Tuition

Related incidental Fees (TRIP’S)

If you think back to last year at about thjs time, you’ll remember Dr. Stephenson announcing a new $400 tuition fee. This new fee was to include costs which were, in previous years, a complete responsibility of the student such as mandatory field trips and supplies used for course projects. This policy was revised considerably between the time it was Announced and the time it was implemented (once the ministry found out how much these "incidentals” would actually cost) and the ministry chose not to provide any additional funding to any of the colleges to absorb these new costs. As a result, colleges, our own included. made a number of field trips ‘‘non-mandatory'' or optional meaning that the college was not obligated to pay for them. Therefore, many field trips which were at least subsidized by the

17, 1981

•

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by Glen Seibel college

pi*evious years have the sole obligation of - the reason for this being that if the college provides any money at all it should pay the in

tions

where parents won't support

now become

their children while attending col-

the students

lege and

whole

bill which it isn't prepared do for most of these trips. You thought you were getting a break

on field trips and now thev cost you more than they ever did.

OSAP Although

many problems

with

the past few years, the rules introduced last year requiring parents to declare their assets have caused many problems for students. If your parents refuse to tell the OSAP civil servants what they earn, (a legitimate position if you consider that you don't even have to give this information to the

Income Tax department and

we are supposed

to have certain rights in this province), a student

hasn't got a chance of getting

OSAP

assistance.

There

also a

problem

in situa-

if the student hasn't least two years, he thereby qualifies as an "independent student.” The hassles continue with this program.

worked for at

While you’re asking your faMP about all of these

vourite

items, maybe you can also include a question about why. in many cases, you can't transfer credits taken at one college to another college or why grade 13 is general-

considered useless, within the college system. As the provincial election approaches please lake a few minuly

tes to consider the problems outlined above and ask yourself which of the candidates in your

home

riding and which party, gen-

erally. is best able to deal effectively with the challenges facing

education in Ontario in the '80s. If you cast your ballot as an informed voter. Ontario will be one vote closer, to finding the right solutions.

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Febniarv

17, 1981

J.C. Waller/Spoke

Why go

to Florida

when you can catch a wave

just a

few yards away,

Morris musters bis courage and takes the big dive

Lake Hazel

Conestoga’s Winter Carnival J.C, waller/Spoke

Here Rocky Howell plays Mr. Bojangles

in the

lounge last Monday afternoon.

'™"' *'*'‘"8 »

»>'” D„. R„Monl/Sp«l„

February

Record Over the

Iasi

few years Styx has

quietly slipped into lop position as

one of North America's most popular rock groups: and perhaps deservedly so. This band has created a pop-oriented sound that

remains fresh and innovative. Paradise Theatre, the latest Stygian release, is possibly their best since Grand Illusion.. Like Grand Illusion this album has been placed within a context. The is the Paradise Theatre in Chicago, built in 1928. It was intended to last forever. However, because of the change in technology and society the theatre be-

setting

came

obsolete and

was demo-

lished in 1958.

Change is a destructive force and nothing lasts forever. These two ideas are the basic themes behind the album. But despite these pessimistic thoughts the album manages to

review... De Young remains

the

most

incline to a jazzy, big-band sound.

his usual optimistic outlook on life to write the rather dismal

Tommy Shaw

and James

Bern.

To my sexy Valentine Hunk. Also known as Daver: Frogs are green, grass is greener.

my Valentine hunk. Love. Neener

You're

For Rick

second-year construc-

Means a great deal to me I hope we can sit down and

To the blond

hair, blue-eyed

guy

I’ll

talk

again Love. Liebchen

sublet an

Ave.

)

apartment

(210-101 6th

Rent $80 a month. Please p.m.

all

Legislative

persons are asked to take notice

and to govern themselpes accordingly. writ of election, directed by me to the returning officer in for the purpose of electing persons to represent the voters in the

district,

Assembly of Ontario, Public Notice

Monday

(8:30-5:30).

Thursday

hereby given of the following

finalized

1981,

on Saturday, March

7th,

7p.m.

Subsequent applications for additions to the voters' list will be

preliminary voters’

considered by the returning officer

their returning officer

on an

list, must contact and ask about the procedure before the list

individual basis.

OF CANDIDATES CLOSES

the Returning Office of each Electoroi

District

Thursday, March 5th, 2 p.m.

Tuesday and Wednesday

(8:30-4:30).

(8:30-2:30). and Friday (8:30-

Violets are usually blue.

12:30).

Broomball wouldn’t be the same Without guys as sweet as you.

4876.

Love. ‘Sam"

siness student.

EASTERN STANDARD TIME

Eligible electors (voters),

missed during the current door door enumeration, who wish to have their names added to the

First year female business student needs ride to and from Conestoga College. Residing in Cambridge (Galt). Preferable time:

Roses are usually red:

tion of the world.

Her Majesty's

THE OFFICIAL NOIVWNATION

To C.E.T. Beavers:

ADVANCE POLL5

interested please call 623Fee negotiable. Prefer a bu-

(Locations fo

be published

locally at

later dote)

SATURDAY MoKh

MONDAY

BLOOD DONOR

VOTING HOURS

14th March 16th

a.m.

until

6 p.m.

CLINIC DAY THURSDAY MARCH 19th ELECTION

Thursday Feb.

a rocker. But

PROCLAMATION AU TIMES SHOWN ARE

Roses are red Violets are blue With fate on my side ni get close-to you P.S. tVe got a heart on for you

By My Valentine! Your secret sweetie!

Fiona:

ve got a boyfriend. But I'd rather have you!

implies this

in each electoral district.

Knights of Columbus. Manitou

Dear Frank.

name

the interesting thing about the song is the statement it tries to make. It advises that hard work and long term planning is required to improve the lamentable condi-

ELECTION

miss you.

call 576-4144 after 7:00

Drive. Kitchener

includes Young's distorted vocals

and complex guitar work. Half

Two Penny, anotner Young composition, features chopped guitar riffs and concludes with a beautiful combination of keyboard and saxaphone. All three musicians collaborated on Rockin' the Paradise. As the Penny.

Happy? Valentine's Day

Wanted: one or two females

Mechanical Bash Friday. February 20 $3/person

wrote Snowblind. arguably the best tune on the album. The song

Tommy Shaw, that cute leprechaun. has employed the blues for

Of which

graphic tec;

tion.

James Young brings a heavy metal influence to Styx through his fiery guitar chords. Young

Nothing Ever Goes As Planned.

each electoral

Sending you this Valentine Is a way to let you see That having you as a friend

Too Much Time On My

up-beat melody that features punchy piano and a good horn sec-

piece

In obedience to

tion

the song

Hands. This piece is heavily synthesized. giving it a futuristic sound, Shaw also wrote She Cares with an

touch are A.D. 1928 and A.D, 1958, However. De Young varied from

Unclassifieds^ Second-Year Construction Class: You're a great group of guys. Happy Valentine's Day.

pro-

lific Stygian. As usual he has applied his precise, melodic keyboard talent to the material especially Best of Times which is currently receiving AM airplay.

Other songs with the De Young

Young. Young.

VOTING HOURS 8 a.m.

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Student

At a time to be posted official

locally,

tabulation of results

made by the returning

will

the

until

7 p.m.

their offices, using the

statements

from each polling place.

officers, in

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN Given under my hand,

at Toronto. Ontario

RODERICK LEWIS, Q.C.

CHIEF election OFFICER

Lounge

OI ELECTIONS Donors must have breakfast that morning, or something to eat before giving blood - cookies and coffee aren’t enough. {We don’t want the students fainting all over the place later on.)

five

Styx

end on an optimistic note. The most noticeable thing about this album is the group s further Several songs, particularly Lonely People and Nothing Ever Goes As Planned, include a horn section which fills in the song Once again the three creative forces behind Styx are: Dennis De

Pace

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CXLR ^ladio Conestoga TW LW 1

SONG, ARTIST

wks

10 Celebration, Kool & the 2 Passion. Rod Stewart

Hey Nineteen,

The Winner Takes

Gang

It All.

Abba

6 17 9 to 5. Dolly Parton 7 12 Woman, Delbert McClinton

Giving it Up For Your Love, Delbert McClinton The Hide is High.Blondie

8 15 9 10

7 Starting over,

John Lennon

Same Old Lang Syne, Dan Fogel Keep On Loving You. REO Speedwagon

11 14

12 20

The Best of Times, Siyx 9 Every Woman in the World, Air Supply 25 I Ain't Gonna Stand For It. Stevie Wonder

13 13 14 15

16 17

Legendary bluesman By Ric Ament Like

wow man!

These cats can

really play the Blues.

James Cotton Blues, that is. Kitchener was graced with

the

presence of a musical legend Feb. 5

when James Cotton walked on

stage at the Coronet Motor Inn for a Conestoga pub. With his Marine Band harmonica tucked in his mouth and an excellent band behind him. Cotton dazzled an adoring audience with the Blues: music that is rarely heard in this area.

The Blues

a misunderstood art form according to Cotton. "A lot of people have the wrong interpretation of the Blues. he said. "A lot of people think that is

when they see

Bluesman they’re

gonna see laid back, dragged out music all night long. ’My mamma

my sister cried, and my brother ain't cornin’ back no

died,

more.' They think they’re going to hear that all night long, but there’s sad Blues and there's happy Blues. As far as I’m concerned it started in the church and

became Blues and

all

music

sprung from this." Even Cotton started in the church and turned to the Blues. He was born in Tunica Mississippi in

came

a long moan like a train screaming into the distance and James Cotton thundered on stage

1935, the son of a Baptist preacher. He picked up a harmonica for the first time at the age of seven and he has never put it down. One of Cotton’s favorite

audience. Cotton beat his lips and blew his face out on classics like Got My Mojo Working. He slapped, spit and popped that harmonica. He alternate between tiny huffs and to the delight of the

past-times as a child was listening to the Blues of Sonny Boy Williamson on the radio. Cotton learned to play some of the songs by ear. However. the Blues was frowned upon by his parents and Cotton de-

He made the He danced, twirled and bounced his bulk around the stage. He grinned a great white grin and the sweat devastating blasts. harp twit, tweet.

cide to run away from home to join Sonny boy and his band. He was nine years old. Since then Cotton has performed with giants like Muddy Waters, Malt Murphy. Pinetop Perkins. Little Walter, Junior Parke and Howlin' Wolf to name a few. With experience like this behind him Cotton knows how to put a band together, and better still, he knows how to entertain an audien-

roiled

from

But. Thursday night Cotton did not enter on stage right away. He

The James Cotton Band was preceded by a group known as Whisky Howl. This is a talented

band off first, and like any good Blues band these boys can captivate an audience well enough on their own. The group performed two songs alone, featuring the shimmering and effortless intricacy of lead guitar and the mellow lonesomeness of a saxophone. Suddenly, from out of nowhere let his

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man who

ce.

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Together. Tierra Crying, Don McLean Seven Bridges Road. Eagles A Little In Love. Cliff Richard Hello Again, Neil .Diamond

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Flash’s

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group and they presented a set of Blues classics including I Ain't Got Nothing But the Blues Walking By Myself and Caledonia. However, Whisky Howl also offered

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Me Loose. Loverboy ' ' “ Fashion Victim, Rough Trade Just Between You and Me. April Wine I’m Okay, Bruce Cockbum The Things You Didn’t Do. Straight Lines City Bred, Bob Segarini Breakaway, Frank Mills Heartache, Craig Ruhnke Does A Fool Ever Learn. Eddie Schwartz Time Is Right, Footloose Turn

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February

Sports

17, 1981

Page seven

by Sue McLellan

The Condors lose where it

counts

Condors won two exhibition games, but

lost where it counts in a close 9-8 defeat to Fanshawe in league action at the London Gardens last Thursday. In the Fanshawe game, the score was tied 8 all at the end of regulation time but Mark Simpson of the Falcons sneaked the puck past Condor goalie Scott Harrison at 8:19 in Uie 10 minute overtime period to win the game. Doug Delaronde had a hat trick to lead the Condor’s attack while Jeff Johnson scored twice and singles were netted by Steve Lacey,

Labatt’s Athlete of the Week

Rick Mazzanti and Kevin Berswick. In exhibition action on

Feb.

On behalf

Condors trounced Erie

Community College

of Buffalo

N. Y., 9-4 and then proceeded to stomp over Niagara College 10-4

Intramural broomball

in the

Conestoga Centre.

Labatfs and the

Athletics and Student Activities staff, we would like to salute our Athlete of the Week, Anna Dudas. Anna, a 1st Year Nursing Student at the Guelph Westmounl

Wed.

Road Division, last weekend earned a berth to this year's On-

on Saturday evening. The League loss dropped Conestoga from 3rd to a 4th place tie with Canadore College in O. C.A.A. standings.

tario

Colleges Athletic Associa-

tion’s

Badminton Championships

Durham College. Anna came second

the

O.C.A.A. Ladies Singles event, out of 9 players which participated

from gional

six schools in the

West ReBadminton Championships. final match was against

Anna’s

Andrea Brown of Lambton ColAndrea, an Ontario ranked player defeated Anna Il-O, 11-0 to capture the Ladies Singles Event. Congratulations once again to Anna and best of luck in your uplege.

coming Championships.

Badminton championships Conestoga Centre was the locaWest Division Badminton Championship on Friday, _Februai7 6 and Saturday, Fe-

on both days in spite of injuries to

tion of the O.C.A.A.

two players. Conestoga made a good showing with two second place finishes. Anna Dudas placed second place in Ladies Singles competition, while Patricia Wray and Judy Howe placed second in Ladies Doubles competition.

bruary ?*, 1981.' Participating CbT-‘ leges included Conestoga. Fan-

shawe, Lambton, Mohawk, Niagara and St. Clair-Windsor. Play began on Friday evening at 6:00 and concluded at9:00 p.m, following which Mother’s Pizza provided a buffet meal for the Coaches, competitors and tournament staff. Play began Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. and continued until 4:00 p.m. and was followed by an Awards Presenta-

Congratulations

lege

Mohawk Col-

who captured

Team

the overall Championship, the Men’s

Team Championship, and

the

Ladies Team Championship. The following is a summary of individual winners: •

Ladies Singles 1st - Andrea - Lambton, 2nd - Anna

Brown

tion.

Touroament play ran smoothly

Dudas

Conestoga.

Men’s Singles 1st - Ron Barebeau - Mohawk. 2nd - John Flannigan • Fanshawe. Ladies Doubles 1st - Jill Jackson and Leslie McCullough - Mohawk. 2nd

- Patricia Wray and Judy Howe - Conestoga. Men’s Doubles 1st - Raymond Leung and Kerry Wilson - Lambton. 2nd - Rodger Baechler and Henry Zupanc - Niagara. Mixed Doubles 1st - Dave Reinhart and Elaine Principi - Mohawk, 2nd Wally Sete and Cathy Burrows - Lambton. Good luck to Anna Dudas, Patricia Wray and Judy Howe who advance to the O.C.A.A. Badmin’-

ton Championships

Co-ed volleyball

standings With one week gone in the CoVolleyball regular season, the games is high and some excellent volleyball is being

turn out for

played.

Standings

in the

Competitive

Lea^e show

the Masked Assassins in front with six points in Division A. The Spiders are second

with four points and the Sectronics are in third spot with three B the Code 4’s

points. In Division

occupy top spot with six points. The Inmates are in second place with three points and the Mixed Nuts are in third with one point. The Nurses P.R.N. team from Guelph are in first place in Division

with 7 points. The E.C.E.’s

and Company are in second spot with six points while the Persuaders and Recreation are tied for third with 5 points. Playoffs will be starting the week of February 23rd to the 27th. Good luck for the rest of the season!

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Page

eight

February

17, 1981

Opinion...

Volleyball

Nostalgia

and

By Heather Morgaa

They

tell

the mini-skirt

enough trouble with mini-skirts the first time around, and since then I have grown older - old enr_ ough to know better - and larger, too. What was a disaster ten or twelve years ago would be an abomination now: there is no way, simply no way, that I could be con-

scribed as our finest effort of the season. Conestoga’s Women’s Vol-

vinced, cajoled, hypnotized, threatened or even flattered into adding a single mini-skirt to my wardrobe. And that's that. Still, I’m worried. Most of us, whether we like it or not, are slaves to fashion. I can imagine how hard it will be to continue wearing long skirts if everyone

has converted to because that’s the

short skirts way fashion works. I remember when the mini was being replaced, inexorably, by longer skirts - they were called "midi” skirts back and all around me women then

trouble. As far as I’m concerned, it had not one redeeming feature, and the only reason on'earth for its absurd existence was that it made money

team tied for first place in weekend tournament held at Fanshawe College in London. Conestoga shared first place with Mohawk College from Hamilton as each team had identical 3-1 releyball

for the fashion industry. 1

know

that.

You know

that.

The

cords. In their first

fashion industry knows that - but it isn't going to stop them. I‘ve seen it before: this year's high society designer sensation is modified a little and becomes next year's off-the-rack selection at the average department store.

match of the day, it all together as they dominated Mohawk College, last year’s Ontario Champions. 15-

Conestoga put

5, 15-7.

Conestoga followed with another victory over St. Clair (Thames) College from Chatham taking them 15-12, 16-14. Conestoga then lost their only match of the day to Fanshawe 15-17, 15-10,

1 know I'm just a voice in the wilderness, but I say. let’s fight

back. Are

we going

be bam-

boozled into wearing this ridiculous get-up for the second time in the same century? Sure, anyone can be fooled once, but twice? If this mini-skirt thing starts to get out of hand, I’m going to stage an anti-mini sit-in and a demonstration. Maybe even a protest march.

Free flowers and hjppie hats for everyone who shows up, okay?

15-6.

However, Conestoga bounced back St.-

Ana Golobic

states her ca.se for the defence.

ness, the idealism, the adventurousness of the 1960s. Now on the \^ole the thought of a '60s revival doesn’t disturb

me.

man-

aged

to live through the ’50s revi-

val,

and when you come right

down to it, Beatle boots and love beads are no sillier than bobby socks and hula hoops. Besides a lot of good things happened in the 60's - colour television, Bob Dylan. Canada’s Centennial, the Rolling Stones, even Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In. But the mini-skirt is not on the list. I know that things that were not so good can seem just as fine as the things that were good when all are bathed in the rosy light of nostalgia. I guess if you're in the right mood it's just as possible to remember the mini fondly as it is to regret the passing of the 10-cent chocolate bar and the dollar dollar. But if you think about it. really think about it, you’ll remember just how awful the mini was. For

one thing it was impractical. You froze your legs in the winter, and if you got a run in your stocking it

was a sure

bet to be hard to hide.

Furthermore,

was unbecoming.

was totally bereft of grace or romance. And heaven help you if you had a less-than-per-

The

mini-skirt

fect figure.

Most of all, the mini was an inconvenience. Standing up, sitting down,

and

esptecially

retrieving

fallen objects from the gound required a set of maneuvers worthy of a circus acrobat. The way you got out of a car or leaned on a counter while ordering a coffee to go could be a potential source of embarrassment. The nuniskirt, in short (no pun intended)

Lynn Maahs probably the most consistent player throughout the day led the attack for the Lady Condors.

editor proclaiming their endless loyalty to mini-skirts and their refusal to don the repressive and re-

it's also part and parcel of the culture of the 1960's, and the '60s, it seems, are enjoying a comeback. Obviously we’re in line for a bout of ‘60s nostalgia; public infatuation with the ‘50s seems to have run its course and already we‘re talking wistfully about the fresh-

in their next match to defeat Clair (Windsor) College 15-7,

15-12.

were swearing never to switch. They even wrote letters-to-the-

trogressive "midis”. Still, by 1973 or thereabouts, the mini was virtually wiped out. That’s why, every lime the fashion section of the newspaper features another photo of a mini monstrosity from some Paris or New York fashion show. I quake in my boots. Absurdity in fashion is just like an avalanche; it’s terrible and it's scary and you can't stop it. What really disturbs me about this mini-skirt business is lhal it's got a double-edged bite. Not only is the mini the currently favoured frivolity of Pierre Cardin & Co.,

what coach Rich Hoover de-

was nothing but

making a com^ack. Oh gawd, I hope not! I couldn’t stand it. I had

else around

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