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Conestoga College, Kitchener, Ontario
Vol 26, No. 18
Council of Regents talks with students By Michelle
BOG briefs The Conestoga College
Voll
board of governors agreed at its April 25 meeting to approve an increase in student
The Council of Regents may be the last group Conestoga’s board of governors wants to hear from, but the council’s chair is certainly worth listening to when it comes to student issues, according to.former Doon Student Association
(DSA) member Jen
activity fees to
Kevin Mullan distributed
Richard Johnston expressed his views of the changing college system at the Ontario Community College Student Parliamentary Association (OCeSPA) conference at St. Clair College in Windsor the weekend of May 7,
information about a request
from the Doon Student Association to increase the activity
and was “a joy to listen to,” said Kurt. (The college’s board of governors has been feuding with Johnston and the Council of Regents over appointments to the college’s board of
fee from $54.00 to $ 1 04.54 to
allow for the introduction of the plan, which provides for prescription coverage and other health services not cov-
;
governors).
The DSA was represented at the OCeSPA member Deanna Cuicuira.
conference by Kurt and incoming
Johnston sees the college system moving toward self-direction and self-paced learning, said Kurt, with more effective use of technology. An example of the changing system is the open-learning model British
ered by OHIP.
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i
tion Serv ice
Columbia has put into practice, Kurt told the DSA, “where you self-design to meet the needs that you have at that particular point in
To give
students a
active voice, Johnston suggested
more
OCCSPA look
and representation with the college hoards.
(
agreed with that suggestion. “It’s nice to have the business people and the community people involved,” Kurt told the DSA, “but the biggest client body to be represented
students that college has.
Other issues that Johnston
felt
were currently important for
OCCSPA to
be looking at were financial issues, including tuition and auxiliary fees, harassment and discrimination, and prior learning assessment. Johnston also stressed to OCCSPA members that they remain linked with the Ministry of Education, the Council of Regents and the Association of
that
(OCAS ) formed ,
a year ago, held a logo designing competition for all provincial high schools and
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t I:
Timber
j
Moffatt,
(Photo by
design students placed first, second and third and a presentation/press conference was held to present the prize, Also, the school of health sciences is now called the school of health sciences and
;
from Moffatt Tree and Stump Removal, operates a mechanical arm to load a fallen log into the back of a truck while clearing bush from Doon’s forest, May 10.
Roger
community
services, incor-
porating early childhood education, social services and recreational leadership.
Rob Heinbecker)
Chairperson Helen Freidreported that the
Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario (ACAATO).
man
college’s financial reporting
Drug plan begins DSA By Mike
A
student drug plan which will
cleared
when
its
works for two years final hurdle April
“We’ve had some
25
stu-
dents drop out just be-
Conestoga College’s board
cause they couldn’t
of governors voted to allow the Doon Student Association (DSA)
afford
implement it. The plan, which covers prescription drugs, is something students have wanted for some time, said
prescription
drugs.” Jacki Allin
— vice-president
of
student affairs
DSA vice-president of
their parents call us
asking
“We’ve had some students drop out because they couldn’t afford
Allin anticipates that the
and
the plan, all
drugs, including birth control will
its
manda-
$50.54 per
year cost will not be without
its
condition for which students require medication will also be cov-
may
opt out of the drug
they already have similar
be “I’m sure some against it,” said Allin, “but $50.54 is not that much to pay for the cov-
plan
erage you get.”
health services, said that the
students will
plan will
make up
for the limits of
the health plan already available to students. pre-
scriptions for pre-existing conditions or oral contraceptives,” said
if
age for those things.” Fischer said she sympathizes with cash-strapped students
coverage.
who
can’t
Marilyn Fischer, a nurse with
afford the extra $50.54. But in the
new
long run, said Fischer, the plan will
He
said
seven years
the college has received ap-
proximately $17 million for which has
capital projects,
1
served students well upgrading of campus
in the facili-
ties. it
it
DSA felt in
it
was
place now.”
input students did have into
came
form of a poll conducted in the cafeteria in which about 50 students were asked how they felt about having a drug plan. “It was a only a quick survey,” said Allin, “and I don’t think it was worded very well.” She said the DSA will be mailing the plan
in the
1
“The old plan doesn’t cover
Fischer, “and students need cover-
ered.
Students
opponents.
pills,
maximum of Any pre-existing
be covered to a
$2,(XX) per year.
prescription drugs.” tory drug plan
Under
prescription
that over the past
off for another year and getting more student feedback this year,”
The
why we
don’t have a drug plan,” said Allin.
Just
but time was too short. “We were thinking of putting
important to put
have had students and even
recently received.
I
implementation of the plan,
said Allin, “but the
student affairs.
“We
whose recommendations were reviewed and accepted by the full board. President John Tibbits reviewed the provincial grants tee,
$25 a month for birth control pills,” she said. “So if the students use it only a few times, they have gotten their money’s worth.” Allin said she wished students could have had more involvement in the
to
Jacki Allin,
the finance and audit commit-
save students money. “It costs an average of $ 1 0-$ 1 5 to get a prescription filled, and about
Beitz
in the
and budgeting processes were recently reviewed by
in fall vice-president expects some student backlash
cost students $50.54 a year and has
been
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colleges. Out of 300 submissions, this college’s graphic
ICurt
by the board is the students, and we have one of the smallest voices because we have one seat.” Students are allowed only one seat, regardless of how many campuses or
The board was also told
the Ontario College Applica-
your programs your life.”
at cVianging its structure
pay for a
health insurance plan.
Kurt.
information to students over the summer to acquaint them with the
drug plan before they in September.
start classes
Lehman
trial
Former Doon Student Asso(DSA) president Ron Lehman has been remanded on two counts of sexual assault. ciation
Lehman, who resigned
as
DSA president last November, appeared April
He
1
is
in
provincial court
1
scheduled to appear
in
provincial court in Kitchener
May
25 to
set a date for trial.
:
2 Spoke, Tuesday,
May
24, 1994
OPINION
SPOKE Editor: William Kennedy Associate Editor: Wladimir Schweigert Copy Editor: Mike Beitz
Production Manager: Sean McMinn Advertising Manager: Colleen Connachan Circulation Manager: Sheilagh McDonald Faculty Supervisor: Jerry Frank
—
print students of Spoke is published and produced by the journalism Conestoga College. Spoke is mainly funded from September to May by the DSA. The views and opinions expressed in this newspaper do not necessarily reflect the views of the college or the DSA. Advertisers in Spoke are not endorsed by the DSA unless their advertisements contain the DSA logo. Spoke shall not be liable for damages arising out of errors in advertising beyond the amount paid for the space.
Spoke, Conestoga College, 299 Doon Valley Dr., Room 4B15, Kitchener, Ontario,
N2G 4M4
Telephone: 748-5366
Killer trading cards will immortalize serial killers wonder what John Wayne last thought was as the lethal chemical slowly worked its way through his veins. I wonder if he felt even
Some citizens are stiii responsible
I Gacy’s
By Mike
Beitz
a slight pang of remorse for the
seven-year killing spree.
More importantly, I wonder how many people grieved for Gacy when the 18-minute execution ended his life. As warped as his something equally perverse in the thought that one day, his face will probably appear on a trading card. The front will show the 52-year-old with an evil little smile and perhaps a rope in his right hand; the reverse will list his stats from the 1972-1978 seasons. Serious collectors will take the Gacy card, encase it in plastic and pass it on to future generations of serial killer fans.
The investor
is
will lock
it
in the safety deposit
and testament, the family jewels and a
will
box beside the
Wayne Gretzky
last
rookie
comers and trade. A Gacy card will be swapped for a Charles Manson, a Charles Manson for a Jeffrey Dahmer, and a Jeffrey Dahmer for a Ted Bundy. Here in Canada, the entire collection will comprise only a few cards. They will, however, be as eagerly sought after as their Amerwill sit
on
street
ican counterparts.
The Clifford Olson card
will,
While Gacy or Olson may never actually be featured on such a
set
of trading cards, there will undoubtedly be a twisted segment of society
Howe Our
who will revere them
in the
same way Babe Ruth and Gordie
are revered.
society needs to identify itself with icons like these.
We need
who commit amazing feats. We need to admire those larger-than-life figures who accomplish things most of us only
to look
up
After
I
By Nicole Downie
have noticed a trend in that seems to be sweeping the nation’s urban centres: look straight ahead, never make eye contact and do not smile. In other words, keep to yourself.
Of
Unfortunately, as the degree of public indifference
number of crimes committed
so does the
rises,
of people
who “didn’t see
in front
lucky to have 26-year-old Edward Shea walk by. Shea not only saw what was going on, he responded. recently ran a story
about 20 local heroes who, were honored for their acts of bravery. Shea received a Respect for Law award for helping the plain-clothed Waterloo regional police of-
dangerous situation, the story
said.
Shea was quoted in the article as saying he would do it again and hoped someone would do the same for him.
I
am
may be
an extreme
not saying everyone
Offering your seat to an elderly gentleman on the bus is
easy to do.
And
who
smiling back at those
offer greetings and salutations
dare to
not physically strenuous. These are little things, yes, but they can help ease someone’s harried day. This brings to mind a stranger who once helped me survive a nightmare-come-true. I
\^en Const. Michael Symons was being threatened by two men in a King Street alley last summer, he was
ficer escape a
course, this
should turn into a crime-fighting superhero. I am merely suggesting that holding doors open for others is an effortless act of courtesy.
a thing.”
The Kitchener-Waterloo Record
if
all.
example.
It’s a phenomenon that I find disturbing and sad. Having grown up in a small town, I find it hard not to smile and offer a “how do you do?” to people who I, God forbid, don’t even know. However, too many blank stares and suspicious looks have forced me to quell my friendly ways. I’m shedding my country bumpkinness to better blend in with the masses of stone-faced, disinterested citizens.
of course, be the showpiece of the
set.
I
re-
human behavior
card.
Young boys
downtown Kitchener
wonder
he has high hopes? Shea displayed a rare form of human compassion in a world where more and more people turn their heads and scurry along their way, trying their damnedest not to get involved.
alking along the streets of
cently,
33 victims of his savage
crimes were, there
W
my
was on
my way
is
to a final university
exam
and, in
hurried state, dropped a notebook. Strong winds
dozen loose summary sheets, scattering them around the courtyard. About 50 students were sitting in the courtyard at the time. Forty-nine sat there and watched. One took pity and helped me gather my notes and my wits. I was in such a hurry, I didn’t even get her name. Citizens like Shea deserve the honors and rewards they receive. Perhaps more of this kind of recognition of the do-right members of the community will give others the notion to be kind and caring. carried a
to those
of. In some sick way, serial killers fulfil that role. need only to look at the popularity of the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street films as evidence of society’s fascination with, and admiration for, the mass murderer. The man with the axe who slashes his way through a host of hapless teenagers is actually the hero of these films. Gacy and Olson are real life versions of the
dream
We
killers
we
Justice system
R
eform
MP
with
Thompson
it
in.
Spoke reserves
the right to edit letters to
Spoke, Conestoga College, 299 Doon Valley Dr., Room 4B15 Kitchener ,Ontarlo, N2G 4M4 Telephone: 748-5366
were
released on parole and went off to kill
seven people. Instead of calling the
all
have done
is
fit
time that they are suppose to serve.
This goes for
In the prairies, five prisoners
government point fingers
each other.
well
said that Canadians
up with crime and the lax
—
all
other crimes as
assault, rapes, robberies
and so on. Criminals should serve the full amount of time to which they are sentenced. I
*
also believe that plea-bargaining
for
more lenient sentences some cases.
is
not
fair in
should be put on violent criminals
Criminals, lawyers and judges should not be allowed to make back room deals that lower prison time
who
are currently seeking parole,
or fines just to get a quick guilty
pending a review of the issue by
plea and speed up the court process.
parole system, and that a freeze
remove any libellous statements. Your letter must be signed, and include your program and year for verification. Send letters to the Spoke office. Room 4B 15, Doon campus. space, and to
that the parole sys-
tem needs revamping.
are fed
you have a beef, or an
who commit crimes,
under,
mature enough to understand the consequences of what they are doing. But they do deserve harsher punishments for the crimes they have committed. Young offenders committing violent crimes, such as sei ious assaults and murders, should be tried as adults and face the same sentences. A lot of judges, lawyers and prosecutors will argue that nothing good will come from a life in prison
Thompson
opinion, please send
and a
Although I do not believe a good caning would act as much of a deterrent against crime, I do agree
at
the editor. If
Young
system.
officials
all letters to
that is not fair is the
Offenders Act. I agree with the basic principle of the act that says persons 18 and
tightening up of the whole parole
for an inquiry,
Letters to the editor
tem
critic
has called
for the caning of criminals
see in the theatre.
While we may find death and dismemberment unpleasant, we are fascinated with it, nonetheless. When we slow down at the scene of an accident on the highway, our eyes are almost instinctively drawn to the twisted wreckage. We want to see blood. In the same way, we need to know the details of the Paul Bernardo case. We will condemn the man for the unspeakable crimes he may have committed, but please give us all the bloody details. And if those details were printed on the back of trading cards, I wonder how many of us would run to the store and buy a pack.
Spoke welcomes
and justice
Myron Thompson
needs an overhaul
The only
parliament. I
bel ieve that the
whole concept of
sham and the only reason it was ever created was to save the government money by clearing out parole
is
a
the prisons faster. It
is
not fair to the law-abiding
citizen that killers
prison in as
little
can get out of
as one-third the
where pleabargaining should be used is in situation
cases involving the testimony of
one criminal against another. For example, a lighter sentence may be given to a drug dealer in exchange for information or testimony against another drug-dealer.
Another aspect of the justice sys-
for
someone
at a
young
are not
age, but the
general public seems to think otherwise. In fact,
most people
I
talk to think
they should scrap the whole act
al-
young
of-
together and sentence
all
fenders like adults.
Why
government and the on helping the criminal and not the law-abidis
the
justice system so intent
ing citizen?
When
are there going
to be proper deterrents put in place?
Maybe we cane.
should bring out the
spoke, Tuesday,
May
24,
1994 3
Planning ahead DSA members work towards creating autumn nity leave for
By Nicole Downie
The biggest
Becky Boertien until October. task at hand right now for the
student survival guide “I’ve sent over 40 letters out into the
parking, athletic teams, health .services, child
com-
care services and the bookstore. Slater said.
munity,” she said. “I’ve landed four adver-
The guide is to be ready for printing June 23 and Slater said he foresees no problems in
tisements so far and I’m waiting to hear from
survival guide,” a day-planner that will be
issued to students in September.
reaching that deadline. “We’re setting tight
deadlines for ourselves
said activities co-ordinator Marlene Ford,
The guide provides information about campus events, college departments and campus
who
services available to students.
all
The Doon Student Association organizing any events for
will not be
summer
students,
planning for the September semester. “Summer is the busiest time of year for us,”
but
is
responsible for planning the next
is
school year’s events such as orientation week, different awareness weeks and graduation photos. All the dates for events are to be set within the next
Ford’s
job
all
two weeks, and
first
the
DSA
activities staff is to plan the “student
gives
“It
new and
returning students an
overview of what Conestoga College has to offer them,” said Jamie Slater, the survival guide co-ordinator.
is
Slater’s duties include collecting informa-
time in this position makes the
tion from all the college departments, designing and setting up the calendar pages
the fact that this
more challenging, she
said.
“I’m totally new to all this. I’m orienting myself right now in this new Job. I came in the thick of things.” Ford is filling a mater-
The guide
MPP
abeth Wittmer,
By Sheilagh McDonald
for Waterloo
North.
A
members
one part of Conestoga College’s alumni affairs association’s multi-media campaign launched in April. The campaign incorporated newspaper and
Education and Train-
radio ads as well as letters to asso-
9-metre-long banner holding
about 450 newspaper forms protesting the provincial Council of Regents’ authority
in selecting col-
The banner
is
him within
“The sooner I start to organize computer, the better.”
ing co-ordinator, Shelley Kritz,
$2,500
in
is
to
make
we
9,
opti-
the student survival guide
By Sheilagh McDonald The Alumni Association of Conestoga College spent $2,200 on a
should take a look.’”
the college’s board of governors.
ecutive of the alumni association,
John Yost, vice president of the Alumni Association’s board of di-
headed by president Monica Himmelman, to meet and come up
radio ads on
campaign was
fi-
CKKW, Oldies
1090,
and Conestoga’s CKRZ April 21 and 22, said Yost. He said funding for the campaign
CFCA
also covered refreshments for an
April 26 press conference at Conestoga College, as well as the attendance of some members of the
board of directors at a provincial conference in Barrie. The purpose of that conference
Outdoor work
was to present the campaign plan to
takes advantage of a warm day sun outside Doon campus’s main
first-year practical registered nursing student,
complete some cafeteria May 1 6
final
projects
and
at the
same time get some
other alumni associations across Ontario and a mailing campaign to
Sheilagh MacDonald)
Yost said the board of directors had been following the events between the council and the board of governors in the newspapers from the beginning.
nanced by funds raised from rose sales at yearly convocation and a S'NVA.K promotion last February. The campaign during April featured newspaper ads, which appeared in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record on April 21 and 22 and in Spoke April 25, and 30-second
to
preparation for
multi-media campaign protesting against the way the Council of Regents has handled nominations for
rectors said the
Gerda Reiger, a
is
working world. “I’m brushing up on organizational skills, communication skills and how to meet deadlines, which are all important, no matter which career you choose.” the
by college’s alumni costs group $2,200
politi-
provincial conference in Barrie to
1
members, and also saw association members attend a
ciation
is
—
Molson, Labatt, the Kitchener-Waterloo Record and the Edelweiss Restaurant and Tavern. “But with this new position as advertising co-ordinator, I can spend more time wheeling in the ads,” Kritz said. Slater, a Journalism program graduate who is on a two-month contract, said producing
cians take notice.
present the plan to other alumni as-
David Cooke May 16. The banner, which was first un-
ing Minister
who
DSA fell about $700 short of the goal year and lost four regular advertisers
The last
Multi-media protests
Monica H immelman, president of Conestoga’s Alumni Association, said the aim of sending the banner
was presented to Cooke by Eliz-
to
on the
advertising revenue.
veiled at a press conference April
was taken
it
mistic that they will achieve their goal of
“We’re hoping there is strength in numbers, so politicians will say, ‘There are over 400 people in the Kitchener-Waterloo area who are very concerned about this. Maybe
lege board of governors
not until
Slater said his Job has been made easier this year with the addition of an official advertis-
Cooke
Queen’s Park
is
June.
sociations.
to
asking
the next couple of
weeks, even though the deadline
about student services, college policies.
to
is
college departments to get their submis-
sions in to
will include information
Alumni present protest banner
order to get
ahead,” he said, explaining that he
on a computer and distributing the finished product.
in
others.”
At their monthly meeting
in April,
the board decided to allow the ex-
with an outline or course of action. Executives on the board of directors of the Alumni Association put together a plan for the ads and Yost said he presented it to Alumni members for a vote a week before it was implemented. The newspaper ads were the most expensive part of the campaign, said Yost, a marketing consultant for
CFCA.
The
cost per day for an ad that
K-W Record is $900. However, Yost said the Alumni Association was viewed by the Resize in the
cord as a non-profit organization and given a lower rate. The ads
were limited to a few newpapers and radio stations, he said. “We would have liked to have advertised in the Waterloo Chronicle, the two Cambridge papers and
alumni members asking for sup-
the other three radio stations in the area, but we Just didn’t have the
port.
budget,” said Yost.
Students sample moose between moose and regular beef
By Rob Heinbecker
is
that there is less fat. “I find
Move over, Oktoberfest sausage, Make room for moose.
is
every
Students in the motor rewind program at the Detweiler centre had a chance to sample moose sausages when they had a lunch
Lang said it was the first time he and his fellow students had ever participated in anything like a barbecue together because they all live a long distance from
time barbecue Friday
May
13.
The sausages were supplied and cooked by John Lang, one of the program’s students, who hunted and shot a moose last fall in his home town of Swastika, near Kirkland Lake, in Northern Ontario. “I decided I’d bring down a dozen sausages for everybody to try because a lot of people here don’t get a chance to taste moose,” said Lang.
He
said the
main difference
fry
bit as
good as beef in
it
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and other dishes.”
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the college.
“We decided we’d hold it
here
dinner time. That way, it gives everybody a chance to have one (a sausage). Thanks to (program at
teacher) George
Lang contain
to
do
it.”
some
pork, which
was
needed for moisture. He added that people are finding they prefer moose over beef.
Local
call: first page
Ojfice (outside the Student
Lounge)
,
cents
(Woods) we
said his sausages did
DSA Administration
748-6727
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Other area codes, $2.50 first page, 99 cents each additional page Incoming FAX service available
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4 Spoke, Tuesday, May 24, 1994
Labor of love
.
.
Conestoga journalism grad struggles
to put out
Spanish newspaper
“kind of word of mouth market research,”
By Wladimir Schweigert
said Paterson.
Love
is
not enough
when
comes
it
producing your own newspaper, journalism graduate Sarah Jane Paterson has found. To change her publishing dream into reality, she has also needed more than she imagined
in the
commitment that staff writwould have, and contributors can come and go as they please. “And to do a paper. is
often not the
ers
—
as well
money. Armed with a Conestoga College diploma little
in print
articles contributed to the
publication are written by volunteers, there
way of skills, professionalism,
planning, energy and persistence as a
Because the
to
journalism (Paterson graduated
.
.
there are a lot of people write
who say they can
in
1
!
.
992) she
a Salvadorian immigrant, Leonel Ramirez,
some radio experience, suggested
they start a Spanish paper, Paterson said,
jumped “right in, was a crazy thing
they It .!
j
'
;
it would be nice So last year, when
thought
to publish her own paper.
with only :
initially
.
Sarah Paterson
j
feet first.” to do, she says
now
with a hearty laugh, “and idealistic too, kind ”
we can do anything. We’ll do it.’ Today, after several staff changes
of ‘Oh,
(Ramirez left after the first issue; Carlos Vasquez, another editor/contributor with-
drew a month ago), Paterson
is
struggling
really need committed people.” Perhaps the biggest problem is the lack of journalistic training of the contributors, she said, “because there are a lot of people who
you
say they can write,” but are not familiar
with the format required for news stories.
Submitted stories sometimes fail to answer the basic journalistic questions of what happened where and why, who the participants were and the like, she said.
the La Nacion staff: (le~ft and Erasmo Magoulas. Though
“I’d say that’s the biggest problem,” said
to'rTght)
Magda
Raquel, Marcos Marm, Sarah Paterson (Photo by WladimirSchweigert)
fluent in conversational Spanish,
that
some days
“it starts to feel like
a bur-
;
to bring out the sixth issue i
I
;
’
j!
I
I r
^
of La Nacion, a
newspaper of ,500 circulation. She is working in co-operation with a third co-editor, Erasmo Magoulas, an Argentinean immigrant who has lived in Canada since 1989. Various areas of coverage were consid1
ered
when planning
said,
such as highlighting the news coming
the publication, she
from Latin America or informing the Kitchener-Waterloo area’s Spanish community of events
They
its
also
members saw the
are interested in. possibilities of the
who immigrated and now holds Cana-
the 3 1 -year-old Paterson,
Paterson conceded her knowledge of the
from the U.S. in 1985 dian citizenship.
edit a newspaper. Assessing the publication
contributors were to deliver
as of mediocre quality, she said that given
with good photographs, “than it would be worth it,” said the mother of two girls, aged
bom
Paterson was
in
Phoenix, Arizona.
She grew up
in the states of Michigan and Washington, and in 1 984, she went to Costa Rica where she learned Spanish in Friends
monthly publication serving as a forum for
guages and engaged
in different teaching
projects abroad.
There she met her former husband, Marcos Andino Marin. They came to Canada in the mid- 1 980s
and wed.
After years of trying to salvage their marriage and deal with their differences, exacI 5
S
“To do a paper you really need committed people.” Sarah Paterson
erbated by Marin’s childhood experiences in war-tom El Salvador, they separated Febmary.
Paterson said that
breakdown of area Latinos and felt
in spite
last
of the ultimate
their relationship, their en-
counter in the beginning is symbolic of the progress different people can make in their
?
could support itself through advertising from small business and professionals of Spanish descent. Paterson attributes problems to the unresolved questions of who owns the paper and
i
who directs it, functions not clearly defined
was very basic. But slowly she became more fluent in Spanish and Marin better in English. So their understanding grew.
i
I
i
;
j S
it
due to lack of initial planning, she said. Market research was also very basic,
is
not as great as
it
should be to
her limited knowledge of Spanish,
it
would
be too difficult for her alone to bring up
its
efforts to bridge cultural differences.
When
met, neither could speak the other’s language. Their communication they
first
If the
one and
paper were of good quality and
good
stories
five.
After years of trying to hold a marriage
standards.
World College, a now defunct, private Quaker school that taught foreign lan-
I !
language
den.”
together, raise
other people’s
two children, commuting to homes to use computers and
having done battle with personal attacks in raucous editorial meetings, Paterson is cana burden ... I’m not sure I really did in admitting she is tired. She said it is a fitting analogy to say “the care.” Sarah Paterson little baby” (her personal dream) has become an unruly teenager one is inclined to shove out the door. That is why she mostly had the duties of The day of the interview was one “where co-ordinator or “directora,” the female I’m not sure I really care,” said Paterson, equivalent of managing editor in Spanish, asserting she is more optimistic on other but without the responsibilities of editing or days.
Some days “it starts to feel
like
The publication
writing editorials.
She advises prospective “divers”
into the
small business fray to think very carefully,
is
distributed throughout
Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Guelph. Its acceptance by the public was
to plan, to make sure they have plenty of energy, time and support and to save some
positive, said Paterson, pointing out that
money
called requesting a subscription. If
for the project.
Paterson
ambivalent about the prospect of success for the paper and her further involvement in its publication, conceding is
one resident from a rural Ontario town had vives,
it’s
possible
its
it
sur-
distribution will also
be extended to sectors of Hamilton, she said.
t
COLLec
Wanted ?£71CS^
THANK-YOU
Fitness Instructors
We are currently accepting applicaThanks to
all
who donated to
tions for instructors for our
the Student Food Bank. Your donations are greatly appreciated. We are still accepting donations
canned goods. Please drop off at the DSA Activities
fitness
Morning classes: 7:15 Wednesdays & Fridays
-
8:00 a.m, Mondays,
Noon: 12:35- 1:15 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays
of
If
fall
classes
&
Fridays
Office
or Student Services. you are In need of the Food Bank Service, please contact Student Services.
Fitness: 4:40
-
5:25 p.m. Tuesdays
& Thursdays
Applications should be accompanied by resume. For more information please contact Duane Shadd at the Recreation Centre, 748-3512, Ext. 385
Kenneth
Hunter Recreation Centre
E.
Keys to self-defence: Avoidance and awareness By Ken Gallagher Conestoga graduates John Batten and Deborah Kerr are teaching students
at the
Kenneth
E.
Hunter Rec-
reation Centre that the best stay safe
is
way
to
to stay out of potential
danger situations.
The weekly self-defence classes take place in the weight room, where pads have been stretched out across the carpeted floors.
Falling helps develop bodyawareness and minimizes the potential
for injury if in a falling
situation.
From
there, the students
go
into
their first instructional lesson, rape
defence. Instructor Kerr emphasises the importance of this defence. Kerr
f '
was on a long absence from judo until last year.
Broadcasting student Carlos Brande awaits his turn to hit the Kenneth E. Hunter Recreation Centre. Students can join in on pick-up games for free with their student card.
“I
ice at the
Doon campus
had
my brown belt but took off. When the Kristen I
French thing started up, I decided to go back (into Judo).” Kerr and Batten assume a rape
offers
Trapped in the lean, sputtering recovery from the recession, Conestoga College offers few summer jobs, and those it does offer belong to the fun
kind of work at the Ken-
fice,
Kevin Mullan, vice-president of finances and administrative opera-
ation centre
bles and
nearly
it
will
The bar
will
nected to a
satellite dish.
will also
8 ta-
Young
be available for people
who might want
to record a sport-
ing event and then watch
it
at the
pub.
By
starting the operation of the
without problems.
that
early in the
when
summer. Young all
the bugs,” so
students return in Sep-
tember, they can enjoy the
facilities
For nostalgia buffs. Young said he scrounge antique shops for an
will
old-time, functional jukebox.
also being created.
reveal the cost
of creating the pub, but estimated
would take
1
said that a video playback machine
Young
Young would not
5 to
equipment, three small television sets and one large-screen TV con-
hopes “to take out
one full-time, permanent conof a supervisor is
1
have a capacity of said Young. have stereo sound
pub
tractual position
fields. It will
90 people,
Chuckling at the suggestion his department was the only one following the free enterprise rules in said
2'/i years
it
of operation
their
own
Debra
Croft, head of
human
sources, said th^t though
postings have
to
all
go through her
re-
moves under
Some of the moves can be danger-
Instructor Batten
provincial
is
mind
the dan-
an eight-time
champion and a former
member of the national judo team, and has fought around the world. In 1986 he was ranked number one in Canada and most recently, won the Canadian National Exhibition
judo championship
sum-
last
ous when done correctly, and even worse when done incorrectly, and
mer.
injury to the back, head
from the Hatashita Judo Club
and throat
always possible. Some points covered include the basics of throwing opponents, how to choke an attacker when down and how to react when attacked from behind. is
According
to student
Mike
Heatherington, every class has helped.
“There
of danger on the the classes help me with personal awareness and development. a
is
lot
now;
He holds a third-degree black belt in
Waterloo. Batten was a mechanical technician student at Conestoga until graduating in 1985. Instructor Kerr acquired her firstdegree black belt with Batten’s help about a year ago. Her training began at the age of 1 1 , and she attained the black belt in Kitchener’s Asahi Judo Club. She is a 1979 Conestoga recreational leadership graduate.
“The repetition (of tactics) make you more comfortable and confi-
The classes run over 10 weeks, Tuesday nights from 6:30 - 8 p.m. at the Kenneth E. Hunter Recre-
dent.”
ation Centre.
-
"
; Ik
.
hiring
centre monitor the proceeds gener-
the recreation centre.
creating these positions.
do
—
overlooking the sport
arm-
it’s
in
based on the number of participants children and adults who register in the programs offered.
would likely be about $100,000. The bar will be installed in a room facing west end of the complex, contain approximately
Students practise the
L,.
tions for the college, said the cost
Because of summer camps for sports like soccer, tennis and youth karate, there are between eight and 10 part-time openings of various kinds, according to Barb McCauley, an athletics assistant. Some positions have already been filled, said McCauley. And this year, because of the licensed pub scheduled to open in May, between 10 and 15 part-time, year-round jobs will be created, according to Dan Young, manager of
arm-hold,
home, keeping
people managing the recre-
to recover the investment.
neth E. Hunter Recreation Centre.
“It’s not
at
summer employment
Part-time positions avaiiable at recreation centre By Wiadimir Schweigert
gers of working with the inexperienced.
street right
some time
(Photo by John CInezan)
regardless of their size. They are also reminded that in danger situations, they should not be gentle.
the supervision of the instructors.
are taught to fall for
Each class therefore ends with the students again forming a circle and listening to the instructor’s reassur-
From there, the students enter into a light warm-up, including various exercises for stretching and propThe students few reasons.
student’s confidence.
ances and confidence boosts. Students are also told to practise
to practise with restraint, the occasional kick or palm-strike connects.
performed break-falls.
According to Kerr, 99 per cent of self-defence depends on the
emphasize that students can perform these tactics instructors
and discussing self-esteem, avoidance and awareness.
a
(.
The
break,” Batten reminds the students, and although they are taught
erly
the box
head-scissors.
Classes usually start with the students and instructors forming a circle
In
simulation position, with Kerr flat on her back looking up at her attacker. Batten has little time to react, as Kerr kicks him in the side of the face and throws him into a
—
Because the people running the ated by the programs, they are in a position to hire people as required.
Croft said the head of the recreation centre
is
aware of the hiring
human
rights
code, but she will send out a
memo
procedures and the
to all departments of the college, reminding them of the need to do their hiring through the department
of human resources.
Of jobs
that require
Electrician
some kind of
subsidy from government, there was only one vacancy, which has been filled, according to Barry Mil-
Kenneth
Dana Forbes works on
E.
ment opportunities to young adults between the ages of 15 and 24 (15
tional institutions with an enrol-
made
waste, said Milner.
job
The Environmental Youth Core
of-
a provincial program that aims at
is
the
by the Association of Canadian
and 29 if they have any disabilities). The openings are to be filled by one project co-ordinator and two environmentalists to help the physical resources and housekeeping departments conduct an audit of
available.
in
(Photo by wiadimir schweigert)
doing remedial work in the ecological field and providing employ-
head of physical resources. It was an opening at the mechanical engineering department for maintenance work. Milner said that pending approval of the ministry that finances the Environmental Youth Core program, another three positions might be ner,
wiring the sports lounge
Hunter Recreation Centre.
According to a report published in a magazine published
Community,
Community
Colleges,
all
educa-
ment greater than 350 people a year have to develop and implement a plan to reduce and recycle waste. They also must separate waste on site.
According
to Croft, people hired
will be paid $6.25 if
$6.75 an hour
if
under
1
8 and
over 18. The per-
son hired as co-ordinator will be paid $8 an hour.
.
6 Spoke, Tuesday,
May
24, 1994
Off-campus news Runners brave cold
of a family participating in the event. They were designed by com-
Cold and rainy weather did not 250 walkers and runners from taking to the streets May 5 to raise money for Kitchener’s Sunnyside Home for the Aged. The third annual walk/run-a-thon raised about $ ,000 for the home, and Sunnyside administrative asstop about
munity volunteer Val Brugler and were silkscreened by students at Grand River collegiate. Ottley has been working since September with Monica Thomas, of the Kitchener-Waterloo Women’s Running Club, and Ron Harris, of Grand River collegiate, to pull the whole event together. “We had a wonderful working relationship,” Ottley said. “It wouldn’t have been possible to or-
1
1
sistant
Donna
1
Ottley couldn’t be
happier.
“We raised more than our goal of $10,000,” she said. “It’s wonderful.”
The 10-kilometre run and fivekilometre walk started and finished at
Grand River collegiate
in
ganize this type of event without
was
Barb
the line in 41:33.
gymnasium
Children played
showers and change rooms, as well as volunteer students who marshalled the course and worked at the water stations. Sunnyside
fruit in the
after the race.
at
centre set up by Big
an activities
V
Home
Drug Store
and enjoyed the antics of a clown.
“We emphasized theme of -Ottley, a
this
theme
and the printing
of entry forms.
year’s run,” said
on T-
took care of permits, police
traffic-controllers
‘family’ as the
illustrated
including parking,
facilities,
all
Participants and their families en-
school
Running
Club organized the marshalling, the regulations and the results. Grand River Collegiate provided
the first female to cross
joyed hot dogs and fresh
K-W Women’s
The
Kitch-
the run with a time of 31:30.
all
the contributors.”
ener. Jason Gregoire placed first in
Riley
which showed the silhouette
shirts
By Nicole Downie
rain
Ottley said the
money
raised will
help renovate one of the lounges in the 38-year-old building that is
home
to
260 extended-care and
special-care residents.
“Improving a lounge is not top on the regular budget, es-
I
priority
pecially with
all
cuts,” she said.
the recent ministry
“But
it is
ity for the residents.
saw a
top prior-
They spend
David
a
looks a tj| e projected th«p^
possible.”
The money
will
go
loie. plioto^ tey^Wtadirrur Schweigert)
directly into
lighting, furniture, carpeting
and decorating for the lounge, she said.
The annular eclipse as was seen in the proximity it
Several sponsors donated prizes
Art Wilson, 70, didn’t let the rain
stop him.
(Photo by Nicole Downie)
and money, Ottley said. “All in all, we got about $4,500 from sponsors, which covered expenses,” she said. “That means we don’t have to touch any of the pledge money to cover expenses. It will all go into the lounge renovations. It will go into improving resident life.”
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May
24, 1994 7
Renovation time Conestoga’s woodworking centre gets a makeover with new panelling been started at Christmas. It took the entire semester to produce the
By Rob Heinbecker The woodworking centre on Doon campus added a little more atmosphere to its main foyer when its faculty installed new wood pan-
May 9 and 10. “The idea has been brewing
pieces in the shop.
of time
for a
Mark Bramer, the woodworking faculty member who of years,” said
oversaw the project. “Everybody has always desired to have the woodworking centre look more like a
woodworking
centre
when
you first walk in the doors.” Previously, the only sign of woodworking to be found in the concrete and steel main foyer was a covered wagon and a large saw blade mounted inside a glass case
with faculty names engraved on
The new panelling of
solid
The class ran out
end of
the semester
and were not able to install the project, leaving the job for faculty who were still present during the summer, he said. Some of the members who worked on the panel were Denis O’Reilly, Martin Grinwis, Mark Fogeron and John Buss. Further renovations also arelikely. “What we would like to do is sort of a phase-two project and do the opposite wall, which will balance the centre foyer when you walk in,” said Bramer. Another possibility is to build some display cabinets for the awards and displays of projects, he
elling
lot
at the
it.
oak
said.
“So over the course of the next few years, we would ike to develop (the foyer) further and further until. when you would walk in, it would be very impressive and very wood.”
runs along the length of the right-
hand side of the wall from the main entrance. It is approximately one metre high and features four square pillars coming out from the wall. “The second-year students in my
was just
architectural millwork course de-
panel,” said Bramer.
Then
signed and constructed the panel-
“The pieces were machined very accurately and properly by the students, so when it was installation
and cutting the trim to fit the finished project, which is a very
ling all
.
.
.
they proceeded with doing
the machining, sanding, assem-
bling and finishing of the wall
time they
fit
together very nicely.
bling
it
a matter of assem-
I
it
.
standard thing to do,” Bramer said.
He added
that the project
had
.
Kitchener Public Library 05 QiK'on Si/eet North Kitchc'iior,
Telephone
Ontario (519)
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743-0271
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PRESENTS Wednesday, May 25 Family Films; Watch Cannonball, Rainbow Wars, and The Remarkable Runaway Riderless Tricycle. Starts at 7:00 p.m. at the
KPL
Forest
Heights Branch.
Business faculty
Scott checks out a textbook at the book
member John
tair
neia on
May
(Photo by
y.
Rob Heinbecker)
May 27
Friday,
College book fair largest to date By Rob Heinbecker wasn’t a literary convention but you could still get good read from any of the books featured at Conestoga’s book fair May 9 in the Blue Cafeteria. The book fair, in its seventh year, gives publishers It
a
and faculty a chance to discuss possible new textbooks without having to play phone tag or go on long trips. The fair is organized by the Learning Resource Centre, said Jill Douglas, head of Doon’s LRC. She said this year’s fair was the largest to date, featuring 25
30 representatives. Douglas added that some of the biggest publishers were present, including Fitzhenry and Whiteside, Selfcounsel Press, John Wiley and Sons and Prentice Hall. “There’s always been a good turnout of faculty, with publishers and
programs well represented,” said Douglas. Many professors found the fair a success and praised the
way
it
is set
up.
“For a number always found them
of years I’ve
come to the fair and I’ve
all very useful. It saves me a lot of don’t have to pick up the phone and phone it’s a much better the individual publishing houses way to do it,” said Paul Latour, a teacher in the aca-
time and
I
.
.
.
demic support division. Donna Marie Coules, a member of the nursing faculty, said she had found three or four books that she thinks will help her plan and teach a new program that is
to start up in the fall. “There are a lot of interesting books here,” said Den-
Harlock, a faculty member from the woodworking program. “The only problem now is deciding.” nis
Harlock stressed the importance of studying new texts to be certain they will be of value to students because the high price of textbooks today. “You don’t want to buy a book that you won’t use,” he said. Publishing representatives also said they found the
book
Tea and Symphony: Discussion and recorded highlights from Forsyth’s Atayoskewin, Mozart’s
Piano Concerto No. 17 and Beethoven’s Symwith Guest Conductor Bramwell
phony No. 5
Tovey. Starts at 12:00 p.m at the
KPL Main
Branch.
fair useful.
“We have a wide range of books in all different topic areas and pretty well something for every subject that is taught at Conestoga,” said John Woolcott, who represents Nelson Publishing Canada. Woolcott said most companies give away free copies of a new text to
teachers so they can judge them against texts being
Friday, P.D.
June 3
Day Films: Frog and Toad Together, The The Ugly Duckling and Thumbelina.
Dingles,
Starts at 2:30 p.m. at the
KPL Main
Library.
used.
Michelle Ruse, of Harcourt-Brace Canada, the seclargest publisher in Canada, said she likes to come
Summer Hours
ond
to Conestoga. “I find the people here are quite interested in looking new material,” said Ruse. Some colleges are not
at
always receptive, she said. “The traffic flow has been moderate, which is good you don’t have four people lined up and because you can still talk to (each person) and not miss any.
.
.
body,” said Eileen Mathewson, who represented Cambridge-based Maxwell Macmillan Canada. a good opportunity to bring books to teachers for inspection rather than showing them a list. Maxwell Macmillan, she said, is
Mathewson
said the fair
is
technology and early childhood Conestoga. Two of the company’s Early Childhood Education (ECE) texts were co-written by Donna McKenna, an ECE faculty member, said successful with
education texts
Mathewson.
its
at
August 31
June
1
to
Monday
to
Thursday
Friday
9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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-
Sunday
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8 Spoke, T uesday, May 24,
1
994
Hokus Pick rocks
recreation centre they
By Nicole Downie Rick Colhoun, Matt Pierrot, Dave Strilchuck and Russ Smith are not the ordinary, run-of-themill, rock band trying to make headlines and a fast buck. Like brothers Jake and Elwood Blues, they are on a mission from God. “We sing songs about our faith, because it’s very important to us,” said Hokus Pick guitarist Pierrot in an interview
Doon campus
at the
May
1
“We have an affection for Canada but we have
3 before a concert
“Hokus pick!”
Hokus Pick performs at Conestoga’s May 13.
“Holy cow!”
recreation centre
one of Vancouver’s latest talent exgroup that manager John Davis describes as a combination of modem pop and alternative music. “They’ve got a U2/R.E.M.-ish sound to them,” he says. “They’re a party-band show.” Indeed, the four 20-something band members played, sang and bounced to songs from their third and latest CD, Brothers From Different Mothers, to about 350 fans at the Conestoga
Baptist churches in Guelph to help with concert promotion and setup. He works with churches across Quebec and Ontario to help them develop their youth ministries. He is involved with organizing programs, retreats and events for the youth, and said Hokus Pick “is a big event in the
College concert.
cerned.
It was the second night of a coast-to-coast Canadian tour in which they will play 25 cities in 26 days. From Kitchener they headed to Toronto, Ottawa, Thunder Bay, Regina and even
Davis. “We’re trying to build
It
also
is
(Photo by Nicole Downie)
ports, a Christian rock
Grand
Prarie, Alberta, just to
Their songs range from
ache
ditties
name
silly,
All
Christian market.”
But not big enough, as
“We’re
such as Love Stuff to more serious, Believe and
sell
a million
and love for Jesus in fun, is aimed at people of all ages, though many of the Kitchener audience members were from local Christian youth
there’s a
is
of different pockets of interest
helped promote the concert. “A variety of people listen to their music: churchgoers and otherwise.” Pajunen rounded up Christian youth group volunteers from the Crestwicke Baptist and Calvary
Meg Ryan is
star,
she reaches deeper to
mother struggling to keep her life from col-
New Led
washroom
is
by
bemoaning
to
him
effort is
Led Zeppelin Boxed Set 2
hits
Jimmy Page
that
The new
set is a blitz
Although the of Led
it
was
has gone too far
really necessary.
of great musical
talent.
was amazing,
lacked
first set
it
Zeppelin’s greater songs. There
many
was an im-
mense gap in the mix. Led Zeppelin’s second boxed set has filled that gap and done much more in the process. The set comes with two new CDs and a tiny booklet that gives a brief history that no one has heard before. “It is the Rest of the Best, everything else you need to
know about why Jimmy
Page, Robert Plant, John
Paul Jones and the late John
through rock and
roll,”
ization of her condition finally hits
Bonham
says the booklet.
still
walk
rehabilitation.
mands an
The audience de-
authentic rendering of
and script if the going to succeed. Luckily, Ryan delivers. While most people in rehabilitation probably aren’t quite as adorable as she is, her pre-film research at the Betty setting, character
movie
is
stroy her marriage.
The problems
she solved with the bottle she now blames on Michael, who is helpless
and confused as he watches his life slip away. They have
cherished to
work together
to try to salvage
what is left of their marriage before disappears.
it
The
may sound
a
sappy
begins; to be able to believably por-
Loves a Woman is a serious look at
tray Alice as she struggles through
struggle not to let alcoholism de-
the hardships of alcoholism.
This
is
where the real
test for Ryan
best to date This second set outdoes the and proves that the soul of
boxed set. The mix is incredible, and vividly shows Zeppelin expanded throughout their musical quest. The set ranges from bluesy songs like Shook Me to the song Carouselambra, which tains the orchestration
Anyone who
her latest movie
She is believable and touching. But once she faces up to her addiction and goes through rehabilitation, Alice must
poses her problem to Michael and begins to seek help.
many other bands that have had a few and lasted for, at most, five years. Led Zeppelin is the Beethoven of rock and roll. The set starts with the song Good Times, Bad Times, which should have been released on the first
gotten, like so
releasing another set, but
in
Zeppelin will be around forever. It proves they will never be for-
Recently, a .second boxed set was released that holds 32 outstanding Zeppelin songs.
Some might .say
about.”
first
that
ever was Led Zeppelin.
else.
Ford
clinic paid off.
plot
to those viewers
more
little
interested in
action or intrigue, but When a
how
IN NINETY MINUTES"
You
might of Jone’s synthesizers.
loves this group will appreciate this
set. It holds great hits like The Lemon Song, Living Loving Maid (She’s Just A Woman), Black Country Woman and That’s the Way. Page has also released another previously unheard
boxed
song on the boxed
set.
A FUN FILLED MUSICAL COMEDY, INCLUDING WELL KNOWN SONGS FROM BROADWAY MUSICALS, PRESENTED BY THE NOT SO GRAND PLAYERS, A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION, AT THEATRE ON THE GRAND, 244 ST. ANDREWS ST. W. FERGUS. ,
APPEARING *
MAY
concon-
Man
''AROUND THE WORLD
Best,”
has helped change the style for-
in
all
That declaration, “Rest of the is an understatement.
ALBUM REVIEW
that,' as Christians,
We’re normal screw up too. We just want to say that love, helping people and giving are what it* s
at the
the
They
We
MOVIE REVIEW When a Man Loves a Woman
only
on behalf of starv-
“We have no delusions of grandeur,” said Colhoun. “We’re not saying we’re better than anyone
her in the hospital, where she ex-
Music has changed drastically over the years. Probably one of
a plea
Canada and, with a videotaped message that airs on two big screens, they ask their concert audi-
and anywhere else she can,
the while
makes
people.
Zeppelin
bands
of Canada
also
support two children through World Vision
scious while taking a shower. Real-
By Sean McMinn
influential
The band
ing children in underdeveloped countries.
audience. Simply, the United States provides a much bigger and better market for Christian music than Canada, band members said. Though
when, in a drunken stupor, she hits Jess and then knocks herself uncon-
an enviable life, days with her husband Michael,
most
in the rest
They
air time.
messages, because the youth of today are so influenced by music.” Bye Bye Bye, in particular, is about taking off your old clothes and putting on the robes of righteousness for Christ, he said.
ences to get involved too.
pressures of her life. Her facade is shattered on the day
full of fun-filled
the
it
much
hope more secular radio play will help boost their popularity, especially on stations like Toronto-based CFNY, which is known for playing the music of up-and-coming Canadian bands. In the meantime, Pierrot said, they are taking it one day at a time and are not preoccupied with visions of fame and fortune. The most important thing, he said, is to relay their message. “We don’t necessarily want to convert the world, but we do want to send out positive
school where she works, in her daughter’s room when they’re not all
the surface, Alice leads
the videos are not getting
shines brightly
there,
as Alice Green, an alcoholic
On
West and no one over
Bye Bye Bye
Pick’s two latest singles.
and Safe Assumption, but band members said
he said. “This is our country and we want do our stuff here before we move abroad.” However, Hokus Pick has already been abroad in hopes of increasing sales and reaching a larger
drinking, in the
give a heartwrenching performance
lapsing.
in the
make
love to
Unknown to Michael, the way she gets through the day
In When a Man Loves a Woman, while retaining the charm that made
her a
CDs
by Andy Garcia, and her daughters, Jess and Casey.
heights as an actress.
fan bases and
know who you are. But sell 500 CDs
plaj'ed
reaching new
Ontario,” said
Hokus
to
who
Veil
in
new
first,”
group,” said Martti Pajunen, a Guelph
Meg Ryan
breaking ground
a tough market to break into.
“We’d
By Michelle
con-
new band on the rise.’” Drummer Colhoun agreed that Eastern Canada
groups.
resident
do what’s necessary for our career,” said Colhoun. “We’re not selling out by going to the States. It’s business sense.” Unfortunately, Canadian musicians often gain recognition in their homeland only after they’ve made a name for themselves in the U.S., Colhoun said. “Recognition here is regulated a lot by Much Music, and sometimes Much Music doesn’t get behind bands until they’re big in the States. They should work more on helping Canadian bands.” Much Music does have copies of videos for
Ontario and suddenly people are saying, ‘Hey,
in
upbeat rock-pop that
lot
still
here would
their religious faith
‘There are a
is
“Ontario scares us,” said Pierrot. “There are so many people and so many bands here. You could
He Wants. The Hokus Pick members express
in this
band
create excitement over here.”
a few.
I
far as the
Though they attract crowds of about 2,000 back home, their eastern audiences range between 200 to 500 a night.
teenage -heart-
Christian themes of songs such as
Vancouver, the band’s record
to
recreation centre.
surprise, equivalent to easterners’
live in
Tennesee.
our lives and our happiness.” is a West Coast expression of
“It sustains
still
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