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Conestoga College, Kitchener, Ontario
Vol 27, No. 7
Deadline extended for DSA nominations
Tncirip
By Linda Orsola Nagy
The original deadline for nominawas noon Thursday, Feb. 9. That was extended to noon the foltions
you don’t succeed, try, The Doon Student Association (DSA) reluctantly fell into the old adage recently when it announced that, due to lack of candiIf at first
try again.
This week’s perspective offers a look at past DSA elections.
If
the apa-
had
this year’s election
to
be ex-
tended by one week. Janies Sandford, one of two thirdyear marketing students acting, as
thetic trend contin-
ues, voter turnout is expected to be
about 10 per cent. Since 1987, three
presidents
won by
dates, the nomination period for
have
default.
DSA, made
Friday, Feb. 10
posed
the at
was given: to give people who had picked up nomination forms (but had yet to return them) more time to
dures and guidelines of the election process at Conestoga College.
people
At the meeting were the five stuwho met the original deadline
first-year
BenNoseworthy.a management studies stu-
dent running for president; Benjamin Livingstone, a first-year general business student running for president;
Dawn
Mittelholtz, a
second-year marketing student running for president; April-Dawn Blackwell, a first-year managestudies student running for vice-president of student affairs;
ment
report by the Ad-
diction
Research
and Gavin FitzPatrick, a first-year marketing student running for pres-
Foundation reveals
ident.
some students consume an aver-
president of operations and Jacki Allin, DSA vice-president of stu-
that
age
of
week
-
28 drinks per
do so. Noseworthy questioned whether
dates meeting to inform people running for election about proce-
for nomination:
A
sucks,” said Noseworthy
“It
about the extension. Noseworthy said although he can understand the extension being implemented to garner more participation he did not agree with an earlier reason he
dents
See page 7
Deanna
to Friday, Feb.
17.
for
(CRO)
have been an all-candi-
to
did not increase, the deadline
was then extended
announcement what was sup-
chief returning officer the
lowing day and when nominations still
Ciuciura,
DSA vice-
who
could not make
this
deadline for nominations should be
allowed the chance to run a student government where they will be reg-
working with deadlines. “Hasn’t there been enough posting for this election?” asked Liv-
ularly
ingstone.
He
said he
was “not too
happy” with the extension. He said most students he knows were aware of the nominations. Livingstone did note
however
that the
new
cir-
cumstances give him more time to prepare his own campaign. Ciuciura said an earlier goal was to have five people run for each of the three elected positions of presi-
Nurse Donna Urquhart needles Jamie Froudtoot, entertainment assistant, at the Feb. 8, Red Cross Blood
dent, vice-president of student af-
Donor
vice-president
and
fairs
operations. Sandford said quite
dent affairs were also present.
See Nominations, page 4
association given cold shoulder by students
PC
See page 9
Computer theft increasing at Doon A
computer thefts over the past three weeks at Conestoga College’s Doon campus have forced the college series of
to increase security, said secu-
Janet Smith. Laser Jet 3 printer and
rity officer
guru and critic Dan Wettlaufer, warns listeners the band L.A.
Guns
is
out
for
blood in their new release Vicious Circle.
Dogs D’amour, a different band for different tastes,
is
also profiled in this
week's entertainment section.
An HP
two 486DX 250 computers were stolen from rooms 2A and 2A22, manager of computer services Donald Chester
it
takes them
five or six tries, but the last time
showed Smith
a pretty clean cut,”
said.
“Maybe
they stole a brand-
new
pair of wire cutters,” said head of security Bob
Smith said. anyone sees or hears anything about any thefts it would be a good idea to report them," Smith said. Students have been con-
become stricter in enforcing the
cerned with rising tuition fees,
rules with regards to students
and
signing in and showing their
that situation as the college
student cards, she said. The incidents arc similar
nature to a theft of a printer
As with
The
thefts of the
1
ing,
“If
this will
do nothing
to help
has
to replace the stolen items with in
wood2.
that theft, the security
cords were severed with wire cutters, said Smith.
its
own money, Smith
Since the
start
said.
of the semester
have been occurring much more frequently, said thefts
Gilberds.
The
Only three Conestoga students showed up at a meeting held Feb. 9 to launch a college Provincial Pro-
gressive Conservative Association. Organizer Matt Pearson said he had
expected at least 0 people to attend the meeting at Doon campus, for a chance to have a say in choosing the
thefts arc
gated by police.
being
investi-
son said. Since
Doon campus
is
in
Kitchencr-Wilmot riding, the president and one member of the college association would sit on the riding association executive. Students who missed the meeting,
next provincial Tory candidate for
missed a chance to talk to Cam Anderson, 32, a Kitchener management consultant who hopes to be
But not even the prom-
the conservative candidate for this
of free pizza and pop, advertised on flyers throughout the campus,
riding in the next provincial elec-
this riding.
Gilberds.
equipment was between $3,500 and $4,000. “From now on all computer rooms will remain locked until 7:30 a.m.,” Smith said. In addition, on-campus security will
the stolen
provide support for the local provincial PC riding association, Pear-
Bow
Patricia
1
said. Total estimated value of
working building on Sept. 1
cutting the wires,
computers occurred sometime between p.m. and 7 a.m. The printer was stolen sometime in the morn-
1
stolen from the college’s
See page
By
“Usually, whoever committed the thefts has a hard time
By Don Ross
Entertainment
(Photo by Archie Patterson)
Clinic.
of
ise
roused
much
“There’s a
interest.
of apathy
lot
at this
college,” said Pearson, a materials
management
He admitted
student.
most students are busy, but said people find time to socialize, and they can find time for political activities too, "if the desire is there."
He
said he plans to
keep on trying
to organize a student tion, but the next
ably be held
PC
associa-
meeting will probnoon, and he’ll
at
spread the word verbally beforehand. Part of the reason for the poor turnout, he said,
noon time
was
the late-aftcr-
tion, get involved.”
One purpose of a student PC orgaat
Conestoga would be
Veteran municipal politician
Gary Lcadston, 53, is also in the running. The nomination meeting will be held March 2, 7:30 p.m., at the community centre in New Hamburg.
“I’ve been a card-carrying (Conservative party) member since the age of 14," Anderson said. He
joined
PC Youth
versity,
degree
at Queen’s Uniwhere he took an honors
in political
science.
He
also
holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Western Ontario. He described
himself as “a blue Tory, slightly right of centre."
slot.
Pearson’s message to students is, "If you want a say in your educa-
nization
tion.
to
Anderson said the conservative answer to the problem of rising tuition costs and shrinking college budgets will be to restructure the
See Association, page 4
2 Spoke, Monday, February 20, 1995
f James
OPINION
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K.
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Focus on victim status harmful to feminism Since when did the word a bad word? To our mothers it meant the
"feminism" become
By
Kellly
Lewis
pursuit of empowerment, freedom. equality and respect. seems that today, people It
when
shudder’
word feminism.
A
of
lot
women
today's generation
in
do
want
not
to
he associated with the word that has brought them some equality
in
the workplace,
more choices
in life,
Horror films
and the right to a respected
opinion. really don't think that this generation of
I
women,
"By focusing
said.
it
at
many
yet
realize they arc the
Wolf s
arrivctl.
they
first
book. Fire with
ThcTccling of being
t
whim
less. at the
ire,
an era
know
today
that
and not
s
it
feminists stress the benefits ol being a
the problems. This
women
what being a feminist is all about, giving women access to accomplish their goals, without the pressure ol a sexist society blocking their way. In Webster's dictionary, feminism is described as the advocacy of just
is
women
s rights. It is not described as "radical men.' yet many people have the impression that definition of feminism.
More men should
women who that
is
realize that the majority of feminists
do
all to herself.
to famine, war, sickness
them, they arc working towards gaining self-respect, and a right to make decisions on their own. without society deciding for them. In
film about an author
go
stark raving
at
the central tear device.
not Irate
mad
did not grab
at that
under-
unknown
that
insane arc sane because they arc the majority and the sane arc locked away as if they were mentally ill. The sheer horror of being hospitalized as if you were mentally ill is a great fear that many people don’t
who
usually think of.
causes people to
after reading his latest
The
book grabs
what
things that people perceive as normal could be
end. So if you sec that little old lady standing behind the desk that seems so sweet, she could have her husband handcuffed to her ankle.
Something so ordinary as book and then going mad makes the world
reading a
It
Movie makers have to find something that is so normal that it can be twisted and turned into something that could be so unbelievable it could come true. John Carpenter’s film achieves this horror where the
—
new
ample amount of it was not fright-
daily.
tear,
His
its
everyone has and makes them afraid to go out at night. To scare people these days movie makers have to develop a psychological horror that wil cat at the mind of the audience like a worm in a bad apple. This can and is obviously hard because people today arc desensitized to everyday horrors that appear in the news
and because these things arc everyday occurrences they arc not scary. John Carpenter delves into the mind of his audience and grabs them with one of the most useful of devices normality.
hate
movie had
front
Night. This
1
Our society has been exposed
the correct
saw Talcs
lying fear of the
I
and
also
I
Demon
ening.
went to see n The Mouth of Madness Tuesday night and John Carpenter has finally done the thing that horror film-makers have been trying to do for years now. He scared me. There are not many things that scare me any more.
which some women have highly paid profesand independence, is important to
in
ago
the Crypt:
away by
little
I
in
of a creature on the
back and wants you
cruel and fcar-
blood and gore but
totally help-
old lady standing behind the rcccption desk with her husband handcuffed to her ankle is
I
wing
a week
Patti
Harding
helplessness until now.
live in. I-
By
is
movie makers in an attempt to frighten the audience. Horror movies have failed to give this feeling of total
The sweet
more
little
some.
were
The blood
screen, has been taken
missed the chance to attract large numbers of women who would respond better to an appeal to their strength and self-reliance." In the past, some feminists have concentrated on some of the negative points of beine a female, such as violence against women. his was a product ol desperation lor a safer world for women to
sions. a voice in parliament
as they
gone.
women's “victim” status, particular what Wolf calls "victim feminism"-have
-
when
way
solely on
feminism
strains of
women
are not proud to say the word.
forward of feminist writer Naomi
In the
same
seem a
20th cen-
in the late
tury arc not the
and gore are there but the horror
work of others. Feminism changed
benefiting from the hard the world looked
same
Horror films are not the
he v hear the
t
kills in the
Wolle their
s book she said, "avoid generalizations about men that imply maleness in the unchangeable source of the problem." feel
Good
I
most
women
already do
this,
even the ones- who
call
themselves
feminists. It
s
time lor
women
to redefine
feminism
to suit their
needs
Good sit idly
in
working mother, the right government, for granted.
Of course I
women
it
this
Pride
in
women
in
the
<
proot
movement from the 60's is not tailor-made but that docsn mean that tire issues pertaining
ters to the
office,
Room
4B15, Doon campus.
Spoke, Conestoga College, 299 Doon Valley'Dr.. Room 4B15 Kitchener .Ontario, N2G 4M4 Telephone: 748-5366
chain
it
many
in
By James Leduc
gocxJ luck.
gets mailed to
20 people so your
Recently.
I
thought bad luck was
my middle name. Both vehicles own decided to do the mid-winter I
break-down dance. My involvement in a domestic dispute as a
one of my classmates. She admitted she was very superstitious and she proved it to me by photocopying this thing 20 times and passing it around. For all this luck to appear
— good
you continue the chain and bad if you break it should involve a little more work than asking for 20 copies on
—
the office copier.
You
should have
down
cold snap of the winter and the furnace in my apartment gasped its last
days while chanting bad luck gods.
Both of my computers had of viruses, and my future mother-in-law had her own
decided to do the opposite, just likcGcorgcdid on Seinfeld. broke
plans for
my upcoming
That's right
— James
I
with a quill and a container of India Ink and copy for sit
said
it
was
Shit-Out-
perceived events or unlucky.
With
this in
my
worked.
streak
How
I
made them lucky
mind
The chain
letter said
At the beginning of the states
originated
it
in
checked the
won
missionary
started
it.
in
letter
it
New England,
but about half-way through a
it
states
South America
Whoever wrote
this thing
was so unlucky they couldn’t
get
the facts right.
My
my commy heat is
trucks arc running,
back on and my future mother-inlaw is starting to sec things our way. broke the chain because I
what you make it. It has to do with sending a letter 20 people. have also gone back my regular middle name.
luck
is
nothing to
1
he
lion dollars today!
puters arc virus free,
the chain letter to break it
ately.
$2 million in the lottery. In 1953? That would be like winning a bil-
thegood and
I
of bad luck, and
did receive that chain letter from
to
I
wedding.
Of-Luck Leduc.
The chain
letter in 1953. He was smart because he had his secretary make 20 copies and mail them immedi-
if
to
breath.
lost his
chain
mediator landed a right hixik to my jaw and my butt in court. The first
to be cleaned
one man
said
bad. Another fellow received the
high-rise build-
that chain letter
letter. It
wife because he broke the chain. Maybe he hated her, so this was
13th floor docs not
And. make sure
>
Spoke
the
go(xl luck continues.
"
Spoke welcomes all letters to the editor. If you have a beef, or an opinion, please send it in. Spoke reserves the right to edit letters to fit space, and to remove any libellous statements. Your letter must be signed, and include your program and year for verification. Send let-
Number
never break a mirror.
/
Letters to the editor
the
Avoid walking under ladders and consider yourself lucky if you
being female and the ability to make positive changes in the goal of feminism, what's so bad about that?
"
is
ings.
s lives is
"
—
even exist
t
society are dead, they're just different.
V
luck for some
when things go their way. Some say Number 13 is bad luck. For
have the power to create
the feminist
general ion.
to to
to
what you make
7 and others thank their lucky stars
by. taking their right to a career, their
right to be a
change
is
in
today's generation.
Too many females
luck
to
I
Spoke, Monday, February 20, 1995 3
Campus Comments
Letter to the Editor
Will you be voting in the student elections? Why or why not? No. I’m transfering
to
another college
for
next
would
I
year.
address an article
like to
printed in the Feb. 6, 1995 issue of
Hazel Snedden General arts and science
SPOKE. The referring to
article to
which
put
with the
going to count a
is
think
Jason Engel Mechanical engineering
is
it
I
am
While
article.
Waddell's
little bit.
others?
I
disgusted
right to his opinions,
a very sad
ist."
problems
irrelevant to journalism
the
its
Do It’s
who
is
my
first
semester,
don’t
Sir, that
you are
part of education.
They
as
arc intended to broaden the
perspectives of students enrolled in
bras arc
TV show
Bay watch." What exactly docs Mr. Waddell
No.
would argue
my
a journal-
Electives arc indeed a necessary
comis
I
becoming
in
sadly mistaken.
1
day when an
makes
that "social
education
respect Mr.
ment
mean by
social problems. Yet,
Mr. Waddell further states that
needs",
aspiring journalist
to the
that journalists influence the
"these classes... arc irrelevant to
lightly,
it
deny
way we view
by Mark Waddell
To
a broad
am
I
real necessity
eyes and cars daily with social problems? Surely, he would not
entitled "Irrelevant
is
electives defeat students'
Yes. Every vote
a
Electives are
I
would
base,
how do
effectively with
like to further state, that
perhaps Mr. Waddell your lack of success during interviews, or not
becoming a journalist
at the
Wash-
ington Post, will not be because you
spent to much time learning to "chase the dragon.” But instead because your general attitude leaves something to be desired.
higher education.
They help
to increase
and widen
our knowledge base.
that?
journalists not
knowledge
we communicate
bombard our
If
was
as individuals
do not have
Laura Vaillancourt Second-year management studies
even know
running.
Jacobs
Kristin
Journalism
Students not satisfied with pricey
proposed residence meal plan Yes. Because every vote counts. You need to have a say in who you elect to the position. Materials
pub could become annoying. "I
By Mark Waddell
Rick Bridge
think I'm just quicker to
management
Some arc not
No. The silent protest the DSA did over the tution (problem) really bothered me. It wasn’t very effective.
Anna Hampton General arts and science
students
at
Rodcway
One
happy with a proposed ques-
I
sure he understock! what the Roost
meal plan forConcstoga students
was offering
it.
Andrew Vanderzand Civil
The proposed meal plan would have students eating at the pub and paying a base dollar amount for the school year. Pub manager. Dan Young said he did noi have the
It’s
Jamie Dorman
Conestoga marketing students. During telephone interviews,
C.N.C.
services stu Jen Daley, a social acquiring a residence the said dent,
don’t
meal plan was a
good
idea,
in the
tire
price of the
high, students
may
long run.
1 .
>
!
Bwnwam
meal plan.
wouldn’t vote because No. anything about it. Tyler Strachon
save
is
stu-
as the dents cited cost and location proposed the with major concerns
know
said although
LYRIC Night Club
by The questionnaire was created with along Young, and Ludwig
vote. better to vote than not to
He
meal plan
meal plans ofis a good idea.
Us*|->ol IvU y-'i’K Feb. 6 issue „l -STOKIi Alison Smith's 15 issue, also, me misspelled Wilfrid Lauricr in its Feb. Webb. Jeff Johnstone's Alumni S.W.A.K. r,hoto was taken by Sean these errors. name was misspelle d. SPOK.H regrets making
to
pense of groceries, according pub supervisor Susan Ludwig.
to
fered in universities
SPOKE
was a way the students in mind and the exof helping students with
Yes.
regards to the meal
meal plan similar
In tbo
regards to the cost
in
lives at the resi-
Corrections
dents responded. The meal plan was designed with
engineering Technology
in
anil
plan.
residence.
of the meal plan. Y oung said a mat to ket survey is being conducted help determine a proper meal plan. He said out of about 150 students stusurveyed, only three to lour
haven’t heard anything about
he was not
garding the possible creation of a
-
know.
student said the question-
was too vague
naire
in
Rick Bridge, a materials manage-
ment student who
dence, said the idea of offering a
myself.”
Suites
tionnairc recently circulated re-
exact figures
don’t
cook by
how-
I
right. ever the location is not the She said she would preler the within offered be to meal plan
Marketing
residence.
She also
said,
"The cost
is
a
little
spend a lot le>s tor groceries then over the course of a year, plan." meal the for spend would
high.
I
I
No.
I
don’t
know
too
much about
Accounting
tered
"Personally
own.”
said
Ld
Tanya
estoga student
rather
Con-
living at the resi-
dence.
According at the
a semester and DSA. the from benefited
Jo. I’ve
hink
I
been here
;hris Csoff
half
to Hcstler
many
stu-
residence threw their
dents questionnaires out.
don’t
She also
said, the
meal plan was
she did not too expensive and that the Roost to walking of ike the idea
.
.aw and security administration
I
for her meals.
expensive." said Lisa another Conestoga student
"It's really
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groceries
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4 Spoke, Monday, February 20, 1995
drive self-serving says mature student
Food By James
K.
on campus, was not asked and it any one wants to know something they ask Ben." Vaillancourt said the approach taken by the DSA was a unique
Laura Vaillancourt said the Doon Student Assixiation (DSA) did not represent mature students when
a very visible mature student
it
held a food drive to protest tuition increases, instead of participating
a nation-wide strike.
Vaillancourt said she
DSA
was angry
idea, but said,
BOD
DSA's
rea-
meeting for not
to lack
Vaillancourt said mature students
made
it
clear at the
BOD
meeting
at
students arc here to be educated,
do not want
raised
in the last board of directors (BOD) meeting when she stood at the back of the room and complained about the action taken by the DSA. "I told them they could not make a decision on behalf of students
DSA supporting the posiapproach food drive. the story. Kritz said mature
not to strike and
first
to take
time out of their schedules. "Mature students were never ap-
without consulting us
proached by Kritz." Vaillancourt
she
first,”
a mature student club meeting
a decision that
them and not
Vaillancourt said she agreed with
DSA, saying colleges wanted to
distance themselves from negative press like the macaroni throwing
Axworthy
at
in
were accredited to Kritz, and said no one consulted any mature stu-
been asked to take that action. "A lot of students would have know walked out in protest and have heard it all over this because
just in front of the
I
the college.
I
don't think the
homework,” she
DSA
said. "I
returned.
With
usually
the cafeteria
in
olds
DSA
activities
the extra time
didn’t even start until after the
spring break, she said, and the
Kritz,
due
to illness, could not be
reached for comment.
DSA had wanted to get the process running earlier this year so
nounced plans
costs by trimming bureaucracy,
A low-income
student wishing to
pursue high-cost training could take
advantage of the PCs' proposed IC'RP (income-contingent repayment program), Anderson said. This plan would allow the student to put off repaying a student loan until he or she lx comes employed, and the payment schedule would lx geared to the income earned. Progressive Conservatives in Ontario would follow tlie cost-cutting. route taken by Premier Ralph Klein of Alberta. Anderson said. However. the Tories would cut education costs by trimming the numbers of administrators and trustees, rather than programs. They would also abolish the
OAC
come
high school
at
the meeting agreed that accla-
mation would not be a appropri-
way for someone to become member of the DSA.
ate
a
Mittelholtz said that she didn’t
acclamation because "even though you have the position and you know you can do it. you still may not have the confidence” that being elected carlike
Mike Cooper, MPP (NDP) for Kitchcner-Wilmot, dcnictl the NDP had stolen a conservative plank. He said the Ontario government passed omnibus legislation on education about two years ago, in which school boards were enabled to cut
ries.Sandford said the extension
docs not jeopardize anyone, adding that "if they’re meant to
they
(get elected) then they’ll be in.”
he
Also at the meeting were April-Dawn Blackwell, a first-
said.
year
The most recent cost-cutting announcement, Cooper said, was
dent running for vice-president of student affairs and Gavin
the
trustees,
if
wished.
Twenty-seven boards
made
in
cl it!
so.
response to the recently
Commis-
sion on Learning.
Next PC candidate hopeful Cam Anderson (left) is joined by Matt Pearson, materials management student, at Doon Campus Feb. 9. (Photo by Patricia Bow)
wbat you
need* Survive Winter!
lost
out the better,” she said. their opinions of the
extension varied, everyone
1
issued report of the Royal
year, but rather than put three-year
is
Although
Anderson said the NDP "stole" that plank from the PC platform. He said the conservatives have been pushing for more efficient spending in
numbers of their
who
also running for president, said
tending the nomination deadline. "The more people who
to cut education
education since 199
Mittelholtz, a second-
year marketing student
NDP
than students preparing to enter lower-paid professions, he said.
would not be "rushed.”
Dawn
she saw nothing wrong with ex-
to post -secondary
stance - should pay higher tuition
for.
himself.
Reminded that the provincial government recently an-
high-income profes-
sions - doctors and lawyers, for in-
would allow
asked an opinion Icadcf such as
education.
Students training
cam-
Last year the whole process
school, they would apply
any money saved
tuition fee system.
for potentially
in
time-line
(DSA) could have
office and they
Only three attend PC association meeting 1
new
whether they should run, and they "just need a little push” that
things
From page
the
March 5-10, and elections will be held March 13-15. All in said at this point some people were stiil questioning
said he
dents about the strike. Noseworthy
I
a few nomination forms went out but only a "fraction” were
was upset Spoke that
Noseworthy
about the comments
is
1
paigning will occur the week following the spring break,
Hill.
said he
From page
incident on Parliament
and they said they would have walked out in protest if they had
did their
said.
made
best for
the
was due
She said the issue was
Spoke
was
felt
of time. She said she did not buy that excuse because talk of strike action had been going on for weeks. stead
the rest of the country in the strike.
story' in
they
for the students.”
director of public rela-
6
just think they
being able to respond faster to the strike and starting a food drive in-
mature students would have joined
made by
about the
In
the
at
Shelley
tions. in the Feb.
tive
given the choice,
if
Vaillancourt said the
son
they would support the strike. She said the question was again raised
with a statement Kritz,
the president of the club
and no one approached me or the club's executive. Ben Noseworthy,
Mature student club president
in
am
said. "I
Leduc
Nominations extended
/
missed you at the
Winter Survival Kits
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Now
last V
v
.X T
,
BOD
Meeting
DSA Activities
first- year
dent.
Robert WentzeD
Stephan Freemantle
Wayne Thompson Brad Smith
Dean MacDonald Corey Stoyko
Bob Pettit Chris Jones
Please plan
Christine
Degan Eze
Michelle Foley
Office
on attending
Collin Barrett
Michelle Godin
Got yours
our next
meeting
Denny Bauman Anne Muller Shane Grace Sean Webb
before the
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MicheH Johnson Ross Hergott
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Shaun Patterson John Weir Lisa
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Spoke, Monday, February 20, 1995 5
DSA giving clubs second chance By Nancy Usjak
“Mature students come
DSA
The
extracurricular activities.
re-starting
is
estoga’s clubs to attract
Conmore
members. April-Dawn Blackwell, the
DSA
DSA
the
is
sheets and
students
club director, said re-issuing sign-up
new rooms for the new
who
started school
in
January.
“A
of people aren’t aware of keep the clubs active if there’s an interest,” Blackwell said. She said new sign-up sheets will be posted lot
throughout the school starting the week of Feb. 13. Some of the chairs have
changed
to
new peo-
ple.
The clubs
that are still active
and seeking new members are: snowboarding, cycling, chess, stompin’ country, self defense, goal
achievement,
art,
games and ma-
ture student club.
The mature
student club
is
one
of the most popular clubs and the most active club in student life,
DSA club DSA repre-
Ben Noseworthy,
director and quasi sentative of the club.
He
DSA,” he
can take
said.
He
it
to us to to the
said the club
has been doing well since it its meetings to the Cac tus Rose on Wilson Avenue every switched Friday.
Another popular club, he said, is games club which meets weekly on Tuesdays. The club plays two games: Earth Dawn and Dungeons and Dragons. Thursday nights, the club meets in the cafeteria to play Star Fleet Battles
—
a tactical simulation of Star
Trek.
He
said the club
cause
said about 15 to
show up
we
the
the clubs. We’ll
said
so
bitch,
at the
20 people club meetings. “I
think that’s
phenomenal,” he said. He said mature students must deal with mature life situations which don’t leave them much time for
A
is
popular be-
neurologically chal-
it’s
lenging.
P a ul Kmght, co-ordinator of the business ~erialsTianagement program feedback from students regarding Shadow Day.
waSease^S^S
However, some clubs won’t be
He
re-starting.
said although the
computer club is dead because of lack of interest for the time being, he will encourage the club to start again because the club is good for students who need computer exposure.
Blackwell said the journalism club is also dead due to lack of interest and time. If anyone is interested in joining a club, they are urged to contact
Shadow Days a success
with students Knight, Knight, Steve Cook —
By Mark Waddell
Two Shadow Days held last week were a success according to students and faculty of the business administration
—
materials
man-
agement program.
The Shadow Days, which were
DSA office, or to
held Tuesday, Feb. 7 and Thursday, Feb. 9, were designed to give sec-
look for new club postings.
ond-year materials management
“There’s always
students the opportunity to work with people who work in the business industry, said Paul Knight, co-
Blackwell
at the
to sign up,”
precious
room
for people
she said.
ordinator of the materials management program. Some companies that participated during both Shadow Days were: Toyota, Apex Metals, La-Z-Boy,
gift
Band and Metal
Products, and Al-
lan Bradley.
Jason McCorriston, a secondyear materials management student, spent the day working alongside a purchasing materials
manager “It was
at
La-Z-Boy.
great to see
how
different
procedures and policies were put into place, ” said McCorriston. He felt the hands-on training was im-
Jamie Proudfoot gives a helping hand Feb. 8, when he donated Patterson) blood at the Red Cross Blood Donor clinic. (Photo by Blake
portant because he could utilize the theory skills he learned in the class-
room and put them
to use in the
workplace. According to about 22 materials management
a 1986
-
graduate of Conestoga and vicepresident of the Central Ontario
During Shadow Day, a student may embark on a tour of the company they have been assigned, at-
ment Association of Canada (PMAC) and Anne Wood an ex-
students participated on each day
about 44 students
in total.
District of the Purchasing
tend sales rep-buyer meetings to appreciate the buyer-seller relationship, discuss the role of production and purchasing with buyers,
Manage-
ecutive advisor with PMAC, decided to implement students into the
work force
for one day during
the semester.
Ed Dickson. Cario van, who
Juanita Craig, a materials management student who worked at Allan-Bradley on Shadow Day, said the experience was helpful because she felt working was totally different from time spent in the classroom. She said she enjoyed learning the different systems and
worked at Apex Metals on Shadow Day, said Dickson was under-
practices used in the real world. She said she enjoyed the experi-
standing and could relate to the ex-
ence so
perience because he had been through the program. Cariovan appreciated the experience he received from Shadow Day and would like to see faculty arrange more Shadow Days. He said there is a big difference between
see a co-operative education program set up for the materials man-
classroom work and practical on-
Shadow Day.
schedulers and managers of the assigned company.
Materials management student Mike Cariovan’s experience with Shadow Day allowed him to work with a 1987 graduate of Conestoga,
The
agement program. “It’s a
dents
psychological
when
they
Shadow Day for the management program
idea of
originated about five years ago.
lift
for stu-
know what
they
are learning,” said Knight about the
experience students receive from
"The success
the-job training.
material
much that she would like to
rate of
Shadow Day
and the positive feedback from students is always consistent,” said Knight.
We want to Hear from yOU! Any comments
,
suggestions, or questions are
welcome!
BOD MEETING Notice of Meeting
Tuesday, February 21 4:15 unable to attend please see Dee Dee at the DSA Admin. Office (outside Student Lounge)
If
pm
Room 1 B20
Drop off your comments to the Suggestion Box located on the Door of the DSA Activities Office (in main Caf) The DSA will respond to questions in SPOKE.
1995 6 Spoke, Monday, February 20,
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Sometimes We Ail Need a Helping Hand
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Spoke, Monday, February 20, 1995 7
tfisrronuc perspective
DSA election
officials
vow
Election apathy
days of poster wars over about the blue cafeteria. “I said,
y Kerry Masche
‘No, do not post
Chief Returning Officers Shan-
ria.’ I
an Henry and James Sandford ave agreed that this year, the Doon tudent Association elections are
in the
in-
mistakes and campaign blunpredecessors have made, specially in regards to the posting
prior to the placing of several signs • .
lers their
>f signs around the college. Sandford, a third-year marketing
hopefuls to as "the
last year,
them around campus. The March 28 article states that physical resources had not been consulted
>us
him
same sentence about four
cluded failure to get permission to post signs and improperly placing
iey are responsible for ensuring andidates do not repeat the numer-
limply think of
said ‘blue cafeteria’ and ‘no’
Other violations
election officials,
;tudent, told election
blue cafete-
times.”
oing to operate under stricter uidelines than in previous years.
As volunteer
in the
new
town” and that he and his would be keeping a Henry, partner, watchful eye on posting procesheriff in
Jures.
Several areas of the college have been declared off limits to candidates, such as the blue cafeteria,
entranceways, windows, washrooms and stairwells, he said. According to a March 28, 1994 issue of Spoke, last year’s DSA elections were marked by several infractions regarding posting
and that several of them had to be removed. Sandford said this year, candidates will be disqualified if an innot adhered itial verbal warning is campaign violating to regards to in be rules. He said candidates will not permitted to post signs any closer together than 9 metres and that the largest sign must be no larger than 0.9 metres by 1.5 metres.
Henry, who is determined the halls from turning into a
to
keep clut-
tered eyesore, said these guidelines
were made because previous campaigns were nothing but poster said the true point of the
Henry elections
was
lost
and
that
more
guidelines. Current DSA president Sabina Kampf and vice-president of student affairs Jackie Allin, posted in the blue cafeteria along
student involvment and less paper
with presidential candidate Cola
time.
Busconrbe.
Kampf said, “Most of the stuff we about, but as far as the blue cafeteria, maybe we were told, but
knew
as far as
we knew, we hadn
t
been
told”
Jennifer Kurt,
who is
currently the
student representative on the board of governors, was one of the election officials at the time.
someone had
She
said
specifically asked
needed. Both Sandford and Henry are ada-
mant about sticking
to the rules this
In regards to last year’s elections,
Kurt
Student Association (DSA) election is nothing new and neither is the apathy which caused it. Both are perennial problems of
Doon
the campaign and both are getting
worse. so the record of past elections
Or would indicate. James Sandford, one of
this
year’s chief returning officers, said the election has been post-
poned to allow outstanding nomination sheets to be returned. He said he hopes the extension of this year’s nomination deadline will increase student awareness of the election and double voter turnout. But he may have his work cut out for him. In 1986, as in 1995, the first
is
quoted as having said,
started thinking that,
if
we
“We
disqual-
only goify everybody, we’re not people ins to look like the meanest ^ve earth, the of face on the wouldn't have any candidates." Sandford and Henry have both
committed to making this year as problem free as possible, and the rules absolutely clear.
by postponing the cam-
dropped from 58 per cent the previous year. Spoke, then a public relations
had taken applicaforms, but nomination tions and few had been returned by the ap-
eral students
Then
too,
campaign
officials
postponed the election and extended the nomination period, but
few hats were tossed into the ring, and eventually, an advertisement was run in Spoke to plead for anyone to run for the positions. The election was saved. In 1992, however, a postpone-
ment of
extending the nomination deadline, but, as the new deadline was reached, she found that only two
people had applied for the two vice-presidential positions, and that two for president. Pizarro told Spoke she was appointed and discouraged that was the office of DSA president dis-
the only position in contention, but that she wanted students to fight the prevailing
the election did not solve
the problem. In fact, the 1992 campaign reall sulted in the acclamation of positions. three elected
DSA
the Just as Sandford has done, 1992 chief returning officer Paula
Pizarro tried to increase election
winds of apa-
thy by voting in the remaining
Since 1987, election turnout has dropped to 10 per cent
and three DSA presidents have been acclaimed.
two
weeks of nominations failed to confirm enough candidates. Sev-
pointed deadline.
wars.
is
The postponement of this year’s
a disturbing trend
paign, increasing advertising and
interest
By Blake Patterson
on the
presidential election.
But
it
Pizarro
was not
to be. Little did
know that two weeks later
one of the two presidential candidates would be disqualified for
minimum C average and the campaign would be a bust But Pizarro’ s disappointment is
not having a
not alone in election history. In fact,
it
seems
to
be part of a trend
of increasing election apathy. On March 22, 1971. 42.7 per cent of Conestoga’s 1,400 students turned out to exercise their democratic right to elect a new president of the Council ot Reprethe predecessentatives (COR)
—
sor of the
DSA.
Rod Wright
carried the day with
359 of the 605
votes cast, but elec-
were disappointed because voter percentage had
tion officials
vehicle for the
COR,
called the
1971 crop of “diploma hounds” incredibly apathetic, and said that students to it was irresponsible for
ignore the election of the only student voice which could "protect students from the heavy-handed domination of the callous admini-
and the political dinosaurs of Governors.” Board of the But such apathy can hardly be stration
considered incredible. Last year, with a student population of over 4,000,
won Conestoga
Sabina
Kampf
DSA
presi-
s
dency with 179 out of a total 464 votes cast, and chief returning ofthe ficer Jennifer Kurt raved about “excellent” voter turnout of 1 0 per cent She said it was the highest interest level in recent years.
And were
in still
1993, when elections held at all three Con-
estoga campuses, the combined voter turnout was about 269.
As Kurt
said, the
1
994 numbers
“slaughtered” the 1993 voter levels,
but
how
exciting
is
a 10 per
cent turnout?
At
best,
its
the
modern
average.
Since the late 1960 s when the majority of the students were fighting to shape Ontario’s community college system, election fervour has waned. From 58 per cent in 1970, the
percentage of student participaper tion in elections dropped to 32 cent in 1979, 24 per cent in 1982 and 1 4 per cent in 1 987 And since .
then, 10 per cent has
become
election average and three
the
DSA
presidents have been acclaimed.
0
8 Spoke, Monday, February
Election Notice
BbCCHUSIr
be elected as a member of the Technology Conestoga College Of Applied Arts and following cateBoard of Governors from each of the
One person
is
to
gories:
Eligibility is
as follows:
Student Open
to
all full
time and part time students enrolled
courses a program of instruction (a group of related document eading to a diploma, certificate or other awarded by the Board of Governors).
in
Respect yourself. Protect yourself.
Term of office: September 1 1 995 ,
— August 31
1
,
996.
Support Staff Open
to
all
persons employed by the Board
of
I
Governors on a full-time or part-time basis who memneither an academic nor an administrative staff
are
SAFEBREAH Awareness Week February 20 -24 Know When to Sey
ber.
Term of office: September 1 1 995 ,
— August 31
,
1
998
The terms of reference for these elected internal members are the same as those for externally ap pointed members of the Board of Governors. Nomi
When
No Means No t Drive If you Prink Pon
nation forms
#
will
be
distributed
on Feb. 20, 1995.
Nomination forms will also be available in the office (Kevin Mulof the Secretary-Treasurer of the Board
protect Yourself
lan).
Closing date for nominations:
March
1
,
1995
be posted on campus
nominees to boards on March 21, 1995. Lists of
Election Date:
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bulletin
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1995
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Study says student drinking on the By Paul Campbell
rhe Roost is also bound by Federal and Ontario law.
Students statistically arc drinking more but people
now who
work with students and alcohol
report
at
She
who
3, stating that about Ontario post secondary students drink at a level high
of the
15 percent of students reported drinking between 15 and 28 drinks a week^
licensed
Only once was
there a bit of trouhe said, with art underage, nondrinker trying to get in with an ID not belonging to him.
5.6 per cent reported drinking than 28 drinks a week. levels'
DSA’s one-time
ble,
of drinking arc a
cause for concern,” said Louis Gliksman, a scientist at ARF and one of the study’s authors. "Drinking at these levels puts
McCorriston and his staff is ARF’s Servers Inter-
trained by the
higher risk for prob-
vention Program, which requires staff members to earn a certificate before being allowed to serve people alcohol.
Student problems that arise from drinking include hangovers in class, missed classes, lower grades,
McCorristion must use the ARF’s 52-pagc owner’s and operator’s manual.
people
at a
all
lems.”
vomiting,
memory
loss,
He
fighting
any fights or serious injuries happen, the biggest problem tor him comes from people who drink before arriving and need to be screened at the door.
and trouble with the law. Students with D averages arc 3.2 times more likely to drink 15 or more drinks a week than students
with
A
averages.
Charles McMullan manager of the University of Waterloo’s Federation Hall said he has the same
The study was published in a tront-page newspaper article by The Kitchener- Waterloo Record’s
problems with the students who
Queen’s Park reporter Richard
come to his bar. McMullan recently had
Brennan. The Roost, Conestoga College's on-campus pub, has seen none of the problems brought up in Brennan’s article, said Sue Ludwig, pub manager. Ludwig was not happy with the
way
with two underage girls
came
the article portrayed the people
she serves, she said.
The Roost rcl ics on cies to
which
it
a strong
house
of 12 poliadheres closely, she
statement, posting a
said, he has not seen
list
to deal
who
sick after sneaking into
be-
Fed
Hall after drinking a large quantity of alcohol at home.
McCorriston said, you just use "pure judgement” to make deci-
to
and
coun-
selling but otherwise the school has no special programs, he said.
the establish-
McCorristion said, he has never had any serious problems with students and drinking at his events.
more than
the School of Health Sciences
Community Services. Stall may send a student
anyone
events.
problems.
more "The
that
dent Association pub manager is the one ultimately responsible for people and liquor as the organizer
dents arc endangering themselves with health social and personal
1
aware
Jason McCorriston, Doon Stu-
enough to put themselves at risk^ The ARF reports one third of stu-
and
is
pub will cause ment to be charged.
on Feb.
ARF said,
said she
treat
problem as any other personal problem, said Bill Jeffery, dean of the
gets hurt after getting drunk at
the
third of
The
is to blame, they said. College faculty arc told to
said, the Roost has never had any serious problems and she and her staff have had to do little to keep people from going too far.
The Addiction Research Foundation (ARF), in Toronto, released a one
prices
Ludwig
feel
has not yet manifested itself Conestoga College. this
"Being intoxicated in class,” Jeffwould be a cause for con-
ery said, cern."
The Student Procedures Guide puts copying and other forms of cheating above safety and alcohol.
A student who posses, uses, makes, distributes or helps somebody to do these things with alcohol stands a chance of bcina dismissed from the college. Also, somebody drinking or providing alcohol on campus, outside of college policy, could face expul-
mere possession could result expulsion as well.
sion, in
These student responsibilities are outlined on page 35 of the Guide available from Student Services
and elsewhere
in the
The students who
college.
arc in the high-
est risk groups, said a
spokesman
at
ARF,
arc first-year students and students living in residence.
Men
also tend to drink
both, he said.
Students who live with their parents stand a lower chance of being
the door.
said.
Both McMullan and McCorrisis a trend with younger drinkers to drink before going
arc
more
Ludwig keeps these posted so customers know what is expected.
The high price of alcohol over the counter compared to beer store
to
who
make
’
, D , (Photo by Kim Breese) .
SAFEBREAK
drink
Awareness WeeJc February 20 -24 HT
KNOW WHEN TO H
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drop out of
school than non-drinkers.
Drinkers
out to a bar.
likely
cmpiuyee noss coie removes a Feb 13 d for u dM an
the student lounge
BACCHUS t
involved in excessive drinking than those renting off campus. People in college residence arc even more likely than either of these two groups. The age range of students at Conestoga has a lot to do with the low
Also, he said, students
in
to
drink less than first-year students and third-year students less than
number of noticeable drinking problems, the ARF spokesman
said.
‘
section of ceiling grid inspection.
more than
women. Second-year students tend
sions about letting people through
tion said, there
Taking a peek
rise
their
academic
If you
problems worse by drinking and can handle them less effectively.
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—
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Condor forward Joel Washkurak shoots from the on Knight goalie Dave Bolton.
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point
games
second period and “took it to them.” He said the games are usually high-scoring, but the
5-0.
Conestoga played sluggishly minutes of the game, but swung into action after Ballantyne passed to forward Chris Code, who rang it off the goal post and into the net to in the first five
o Q.
Male Athlete of the
Week
for
Feb. 8
-
—
make
Feb. 15
Scott Ballantyne
Condors cut down the shots on net.
He said, “the win against Cambrian got us
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them.
standing game.
paid off when Joel Washkurak let loose a cannon, putting Conestoga up by two. Just under the five-minute mark in the second, Dave Long back from suspension, skated right in on Knight goalie Dave
He said things are coming together for the Condors as they
Head coach Ron Woodworth said Ballantyne played an out-
gear up for the play-offs.
have our
set
lined
it
“We
much
set,
are just
The next big game is when the Condors take on the Seneca Braves, here
at
Conestoga Feb
The teams have a long-standing rivalry that always makes for a good game.
22.
around
was right After
Woodward
one shot that missed. Park up and did not miss on the
said,
“Seneca
is
a
super team, we are looking forward to playing them.”
second shot.
JOftS WVftILWBUE,.
looking Th© team at Conestoga College Recreation Centre are players for the following
summer
'95 positions:
Camp director
week with
Leaders
-
games, arts and crafts and special events. The camp is fully organized and suaervised by trained staff to provide a great experience
for
&
counsellors
including sports,
anagrams
who
Session
firing
r
-
for all
up the play, passing
until the shot
lines pretty
working on killing penalties, powerplays and getting the puck on the stick,”
we
the third. Then, Brian Park’s line
S‘UMM E$l
For children ages 5-12 '95 will be a fun filled
this
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and
us together.”
Washkurak made it look easy when he scored another goal in
the Niagara Knights. Not only did he get a shutout, he also assisted Chris Code on the first goal of the game.
roll
Conestoga came out in the second period ready for action, setting up plays and sticking with
Bolton and scored.
Ballantyne, goalie for the men's hockey team, played an outstanding game in net against
on a
game was the kind of game to get
the score 1-0.
It
CO
come.
said they started off the game slow, but picked-up in the
Knights in check, but beat them
and scores
to
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Instructors for various
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Spoke, Monday, February 20, 1995 11
Guns
screaming with vengeance on Vicious Circle L.A.
K-
§ § 5
roaring into '95 with their
come
By Dan Wettlaufer
is
off with
Dow n."
best release to date.
Vicious Circle, the band's
Vicious Circle
Guns
L.A.
Performance: Embryo nic, dynamic and deadly Hot Spots: “Killing Machine,” “Nothin}* Better To Do,” “Chasing The Dragon,” and “Kiss Of Death”
Bottome Line: Watch
Guns
is
of everyday
tilth re-
back into the dreadfully mundane heavy metal scene. With all the Seattle Nirvana
trol
wanna be bands running around. L.A. Guns attempts to restore the
is
lease. breathes
life
oil
on
Prom
Nearly two years alter the release o {Hollywood Vampires. L.A. Guns
a
65-minute tour
tie
Gun's ripping
The
back in time when heavy metal music was something to beproud
of.
With the fall of bands like Guns N' Roses and the demise
bantl
'Killing
is
takes a stab
it
at
vocals for the is
first
animals will have a hard time turn-
left.
ing this song off. the temptation to
Vicious Circle starts
junk
out of their veins.
is
The
chaseil.
Since releasing their
self-titled al-
seven years ago. L.A. Guns
had not
done anything to set from other Hollywood have come and g me.
really
apart
bands that With the release of Vicious Circle it seems they are once again on the right track.
The speed and album is
entire
breath of fresh
one
helluva party tune. Serious party
emo-
pain doesn't go away until more
a special treat
time on tape and the result
is
smack runs
them
for listeners. Bassist Kelly Nickels
pain." describes the
imbalance that a heroin addicts face every time the rush of tional
doubt "Killing Machine" is the backbone of the entire album and should be cranked out of the stereo at high volume. The last song on side one. "Nothis
life
"Si-
lence screams inside my head. The dragon calls my name. Gives me comfort gives me peace. Takes
bum
To Do."
a
Side two kicks off with "Chasing
The Dragon." a song about w hile being hooked on heroin.
opening hammer of the strings to the last note sustained. Without a
ing Better
true metal
the only
is
thrush-like speed of "Killing
something new for an L.A. Guns album. Mick Cripps and Guns make your ears bleed from the
anti takes the listener
stems L.A. Guns
most on Machine."
is
hard one to fight.
away my
Machine"
leads.
of Paster Pussycat,
grown accustomed
that sticks out
this release
force.
rew ind the tune continuously
Lewis takes con-
the
fans have
The song
attention immediately
pc
life.
to.
Vicious Circle grabs the audience's
lieve in anti be
ace
the higher pitched vocals L.A.
Guns
Philip Lewis's growling lyr-
ics to Tracii
"I
opening track impressively. Gone, for the most part,
headbangers everywhere. Vicious Circle whisks the listener
out, L.A.
song called
of the reins anti thunders his
way through
faith in
out for blood!
a
tietailing the daily struggle
of
this
much needed
a
air.
we won't have bunch of bands popping up from
It's
a
diversity
also safe to bet
now here trying own.
to
claim the style as
their
Train pass offers travel opportunity
§
a 30-day period. pass holders can anywhere they choose in the
CANRAIL
Thinking summer yet? For anyone planning to tour Canada this
summer, VIA
of the other transportation areas,
Canada within
By Kim.;Breese
rail
is
offering, for
the second year, a CANRAIL pass,
which offers 12 days of unlimited coach class train travel throughout
travel
country,
make
as
many
such as airlines. That enrolled
pass, he said. In conjunction with the rail otter. Choice Hotels Canada otters all
pass holders, discounts on lodging at any of its 175 Comfort, Quality.
and arc entitled to discounts on car rentals
travel,
Clarion. Sleep, Econo Lodge. Rodcway and Friendship inns, hotels and resorts. Until June 14, 1995 and from to Dec. 31, 1995, CANSept. RAIL pass holders staying at
from Hertz and motor coach tours through Gray Line operators. Keith Moulton, manager of national programs and
A different band for
applies to mature students.
Choice Hotels will receive the second night of a two night consecutive stay at 50 per cent off applicable rates. From June 15 to 1995. they will receive 50 Aug. 3
VIA
per cent off the third consecutive
recognizes there are now a lot of students older than
night on a three night stay. Tara Whyte, a public relations
Canada, ing a
By Dan Wettlaufer
the
Dogs D’amour Performance: Blues ballads
to party with or
with balls
difficult
More Unchartered Heights Of
still
In Her Arm” Bottom Line: A kick-ass band no one knows about It
It
Once again
Their
was released
in
Can-
1988 and received little air play ada on radio stations and television. King in of Thieves, know as Erroyl Flynn
I
time keeping up with the band, famous for recording an album in 10 days and
I
releasing
a
like to join for
CANRAIL pass can gel more information from any VIA Rail oil ice or through a travel agency. Mature student Ben Noseworthy says the VIA CANRAIL pass sounds like a good idea, but would probably still be an expensive way
mature students with
to travel for
families.
"I'd rather Inxik up the camper and take off to Long Point." he said.
DSA activities DSA does not
Becky Boertien.
coordinator, says the
a Peer Student Support Group
gay and lesbians?
For more information: Contact Joan ‘Student Services Doon Campus
to-
room 2B12
or
‘Leave a message or
Tyla’s soulful vocals compliment each other the way fine wine brings out the
England, was treated much the same way Dynamite was. With no air time in Canada the few fans they had a hard
it
reasonable cost." said Whyte. Anyone interested in purchasing a
dents.
song "MUHOD" is one of The the most powerful ballads ever recorded. The lone acoustic guitar and
in
string of
stayed at Choice hotels. She expects another successful year. --miiK plan oilers people a great way to see their own country at a
title
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A
year was better than
Canada, said the response to the
gether.
studio release, Dyna,
Would you
the lyrics arc bizarre, but
something magical holds the songs
China Records.
first full
some
last
offer any travel promotions to stu-
songs Tyla has written about cix'aine and heroin. It, like other classic drug
land and financing three song EPs, the Dogs D’amour finally landed a record
mite Jet Saloon
in
,
plan
representative for Choice Hotels
magic left in her. Her Ann” is one of many
songs by the Dogs, describes the life love and then death of a dope addict
deal with
that
1
initial
expected. She said the company was pleased with the number of people who travelled with VIA and
little
In
After playing for months at small clubs and concert halls all across Eng-
I
pass stu-
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VIA Rail VIA is otter-
Moulton said
power-
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Disgrace
I
strumming behind
guitars
said
dent discount which also
their past recordings. Acoustic/clcctric I
I
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fies for the student
stops as
is
week later. EPs and albums followed
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12 Spoke, Monday, February 20, 1995
Home-grown, Hip By
Hip a million times
Spencer
Kelly
for much-earned recognition, for let alone fame and fortune. The
sprouting of “the great Canadian sound” over the last few years
makes
of the true sadness of
light
a culture
which produces solid
ent, but fails to support
Given
tal-
it.
can’t help but applaud the Tragically Hip, not only for their
smash-
ing success and their undeniable
devotion to
talent, but for their
Canada.
And
if
all
enough
that is not
to per-
suade you to join the Hip side of life, perhaps you should indulge in an evening on the town with the
And
the
so
.
.
.
is,
Canadian.”
Complete with an impressive light show and a “big screen” background, the Hip proved they are no longer the struggling young Cana-
out a collection of tracks from the last four albums.
As expected, the music was alive and enthralling, whirling even the most timid of fans into motion. Die-hard fans who were unable to
and while their music has grown up alongside them, they haven’t abandoned the Canadian essence they have relentlessly cultivated for themselves since day one.
The show ran
for a full
two hours,
during which time the Hip cranked
it be his ride upon the back of a killer whale, smoking out killer hornets, or other great adventures, his fetish for tall tales has become a legendary ingredient of
Whether
mime motion, living up to
on-stage
They have
always the great anticipation of the “Downie mid-song tales”.
show at Copps will also know that lead singer Gordon Downie was in his usual
his reputation as
praise,
his routine spastic dance, there is
be glad to
ago. attracted international
He frequently breaks into pantomime during a song, much to the thrill of the crowd. And aside from
catch the
dian band they were Five albums
bleak scenario, one
this
over.
everyone gets so into them, and here we are, the Hip and us, having a good time, and we’re best thing
All things considered the Canadian music industry is no hot spot
see sell-out show
“million miles” to
Fans drive a
one of the strangCanada. For those of you who have never had the opportunity to be dazzled
est
men
in
by Downie’s
antics, I strongly sug-
you try it. His entire performance demeanor is comparable to some of the wackiest and most passionate conduct rock music has ever seen. gest
Indeed, the Feb. 9 stop
at
ing to
Copps
And as long as Gordon Downie continues to serve as the front man you can bet there will always be something amusing to share with your friends the follow-
for the band,
unknowingly defined the allure of the Hip with this convoluted but sincere comment: “I could sec the
.
the audience.
an enthralling couple of hours of good, solid music.
—
.
nothing more ad-
show reflects this true spirit. More lightheartedly, they share
—
si s
is
mirable about a band than their obvious respectfor their music and
of Canadian living into every aspect of their music and their musician status. Their live
hours” to sec the Copps. Granted, his judgement may not cither he have been the sharpest really was the world’s biggest Hip fan, or his enthusiasm was chemibut I think he cally induced
about
is filled.
realities
their gratitude.
at
l.it's talk
In turn, there
dian content” a whole new meaning, weaving the beauties and
like a million
show
their time-slot
result is a good time had by and the Hip were certainly in a “good -time mode” at Copps. The Tragically Hip give “Cana-
fan claimed he “drove
One such
There is no bigger turn-off than a band which charges you a mint to watch them tinker around until
The
Coliseum in Hamilton of the Day For Night Tour, was a grand event, complete with a fanatical audience which did everything short of bow-
show
the Hip’s mystique.
all
from Kingston, Ont.
five fellows
Copps
stuff at
ing day.
.
Audiences got W.E.T.T. discussing sex Although the audience was given if they found
By Don Ross
permission to leave
manner
was advertised as a play but Let’s Talk About Sex, performed by the University of Guelph’s Wellness Education Training Troupc(W.E.T.T.) at Doon campus Feb. 9, was more of a discussion forum on issues concerning sexual
some of
abuse towards women. More than 140 people turned out to view a scries of skits consisting
ous ways the female
It
of
mock
scenarios involving sexual
harassment, date rape, sexually transmitted diseases and stalking.
“We
arc not
drama students,”
W.E.T.T co-ordinator Carm Desantis said."
We
arc just a
group of
people concerned with the growing problem of sexual abuse that arises every day around us.” The mock scenarios depicted the
male at his worst. The first skit, a monologue by W.E.T.T. ’s Mike Malak, was a
callous, abusive
story of a friend
who
beat his girl-
offen-
is
By
far the toughest role
performed by Lynda Hall, Brandon Nelson, and Adclc King, showing a female student unrelentingly pursued by a lecherous male professor.
And
there
third skit,
audience to
which
bristle
mock
the
victim’s responsibility to testify
Most questions were asked by the minority of the crowd... the men.
on more than
role for the question period.
some method acting in the second Hall became misty-eyed as she
Hall and Nelson displayed fine
how
if
she would
go out with him.
"This is an example of quid pro quo,” W.E.T.T. co-ordinator Marlene Pfaff said.“A situation where favors from authority figures arc
offered
The
in
DROP
the teacher offered
her academic rewards
IN
ANYTIME
AND GIVE YOUR
GET TO
INPUT
KNOW
DSA
US!
return for sexual favors."
were all reenvironment and themselves were
issues discussed
portrayed a
girl
although the skits
formed by Colin Skeates and Monique Sluymcrs.
is
I
lated to the school
a date, per-
it
one occasion. “Obviously her protests during sex were just an act, by what she was wearing knew she was ready for action, ’’said Skcats, keeping his
the
who was raped on
how
His comments during the skit and the question period caused the
in
he was again
of hearing
in
as a viable excuse.
male
tired
rapist.
attractive.
there again in the second skit
pressed for time.
“I’m
the questions
was
Nelson maintained she just needed some time to come around and that she really did find him
Tire intrusive, exploitative
she said.
brought
played by Colin Skeates who was the unrepentant and inveterate date
such a violent departure from the person he knew. Alcohol was suggested but immediately dismissed
was
remained unanswered as the group became
is
victimized
described
his friend
up in court, not the perpetrators,’
Said Desantis. Their past
sexually.
and offered possible reasons as to what motivated “a really sweet guy” to
Malak analyzed
cast the victims as the ones at fault.
and put a stop to an offender.” The audience was responsive to what was presented and many of
their spleens in regards to the vari-
skit.
friend in public.
the subject
sive, no one did, and everyone hung around for the “Oprah style" question period which followed. The discussion period gave the audience and cast a chance to vent
experienced in the past. The courts and laws repeatedly
not based on actual events, the cast recreated incidents which were similar to what they had heard or
TO