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July 28, 1997

Becreation centre manager places 5th By Andrea

Bailey

Olympics

17th at the

Seoul, Korea and 1992 Olympics in

Conestoga’s manager of athletics and recreation placed fifth at a

Barcelona, Spain.

national sports meet, after pulling

Olympics in Atlanta,” he said. “But I tore my achilles tendon and was not able to compete. “If I do well at this tournament and the ones that follow over the next couple of years, the year 2000 Olympics in Sydney are in the back of my mind.”

out because of a strained tendon. Ian James said he

managed

complete one jump at the Senior Canadian National Track and Field Championships in Vancouver, B.C. July 18-22. “After one jump, achilles tendon

strained

“Last summer,

selected for

the

have to have

He vent

scraped.”

said the leg injury will pre-

him from competing

until at

“After

one jump,

strained

achilles

tendon and had to

James said though he entered the Canadian long jump, his goal was to come out of the championships on top. “I won’t be happy with anything less than first place, “ said James before the competition. “Placing

may be acceptable some, but I expect more from myself and I think others do as in the top three

well.”

Ian James, manager of athletics and recreation at Conestoga College’s Kenneth E. Hunter Recreation Centre, squeezes in some long jump training during a lunch hour in July. James competed in the Senior Canadian Track and Field Championships July 1 8-22, placing fifth. (Photo by Ellen Douglas)

James said he has taken part in almost every national tournament since 1982. In 1985, he said, injury prevented him from competing. The desire to advance his career, he said, kept him from the championships in 1989 and ‘90. James is not a stranger to

Olympic competition,

He Summer

either.

Ian James, manager of

placed 19th at the 1988

Doon campus security office now provides visitor information By Rebecca Eby The

security office

which used to be part of security. Runions said the position that was

the

main

floor of the

Centre started doubling as the lone

Doon

is that

there will be

campus

______

position with

some

other duties.”

The wicket

at the

campus administration

located in the security office.

on campus.”

Jackie O’Brien,

worked

Until recently, people looking for

at the

who

office will

previously

campus administra-

Doon campus

information often Donna Runions, tion office wicket, applied for a went to the security and general manager of academic position at the recreation centre. “That was when we said we could information office, which Runions and college administration expand the position to include said was mostly intended for gen" information after hours, more duties and free up guards to eral before being pointed to the campus administration do more security work,” Runions said. ^^information office down the hall. “There were times someone might have needed a

"""

^H^ey

had to make two

steps,”

Runions

said,

“so

W've

streamlined the service.” This has been done by creating a two-in-one position, without a specific job title, that works out of the security office. The position is a combination of duties

tihat

previously existed in separate job descrip-

campus information and accounting which were handled from the campus

includes the

services duties

guard and there was not one available.” Now, she said, security officers have more time to concentrate on security because they do not have to stay in the office to handle information requests. “There will always be someone at that position now,” she said.

The new

tions.

administration office as well as the information duties

face in the security office

Mintz. Mintz had been employed

available.

Marlene

in the school

health sciences but applied for this position

became

had meet dif-

said. “I’ve

for the sport,

To keep in shape for all competiJames said, he works out

tions,

days a week, usually after work. Through exercises such as lifting weights, endurance miming, sprints and working in the long jump pits, he said, he has geared up to represent himself well in Vancouver. “I feel I have to stay at 100 per cent,” said James. “I am a 12-time national champion.” James said his interest in long jump was sparked in 1976, when five

the

Olympics

this sport

has

Montreal.

“Over the years,

it had not been would never have

been able to do those things.” James said he attended university in Texas on a scholarship. There, he attained a degree in recreation administration. Following that, he said, he went to Seneca College in Toronto for recreational facilities management. “I was able to do a lot of these things because of my abilities in long jump.”

average, 10 years older than his fellow competitors.

The 34-year-old

said,

however,

not age but ability that will win any tournament. it is

James said he

not thinking

about the end of his competitive days yet. “I’m taking it a year at a time. If everything goes well, I

would love to aspire to compete when I’m 50, 55, even 60 years old. I think I still have a long ways to go.”

said anyone

compete

who wants

of choice, should do it for the sole purpose that they love it. “People should better themselves for happiness in a sport, not for

money,” he said. “It is good to keep all doors open because you never know how far you can go.”

hallways throughout the main

By H^ldne Beaulieu

when

of it

As of September 1998, dents at the Doon campus

stu-

will

be easier to contact in cases of emergency, according to Dave Putt,

director

physical

The reason

ogy wing and the new business wing, as well as the B-wing from the cafeteria to the fourth floor.

There will also be speakers located outside each of the five

resources.

for the change in

main doorways where most peo-

accessibility is the installation

ple enter and exit the college.

of a new public address system throughout the main building. Putt said the existing public address system is outdated and is not powerful enough to reach students in all areas of the struc-

Putt said the new system will be used only for extreme situations, such as a fire or bomb

when it is used. The new system, which

threat or

dents

when staff

individual stu-

need

cur-

being installed, was included in last year’s budget and purchased at a cost of

reached.

There will be no speakers

ture

the classrooms.

$20,200, said Putt. It includes an amp, pre-amp and approximately 100 speak-

According to Putt, during the 1970s someone at the college attempted to put in place a message system in classrooms, but it had to be abandoned. “We had people standing on

ers.

chairs cutting the wires to the

rently

Putt said the total cost of the

being offset by using college personnel to work on the unit

project.

Speakers are being installed in

in long jump, or any sport

building, including the technol-

So, said Runions, “We’ve tried to complement that

improved service

lot,”

lent education. If

that

watched

Emergency PA system installed at Doon campus

be closed and the signs directing people to information services on campus,” said Donna ty Runions, manager of academic ‘The benefit is that there will will be changed, said Runions. The change of duties will not cost and college administration at be improved service to the or save the college any money Conestoga. She said at any other college, all public and improved security because it is simply an expanded position that came about when campus information services are to the public and improved securi-

and recreation

administration office, wasn’t terribly busy.

campus informa-

tion office July 21.

“The benefit

in the

athletics

the opportunity to travel,

James said his abilities will be what matter most at upcoming competitions, considering he is, on

stop.”

least next year.

national tournament rated third in

given

ferent people and receive an excel-

was

and had to stop,”

said. “There is a lot of scar tissue around the tendon, so I might

long jump

speakers because they couldn’t stand the noise,” said Putt.

Putt said that his department hopes to begin testing the equipment by the end of July.

Student drug plan Generic drug substitutes By Tim

uncommon

he said, but the drug plan will usually take such factors

for a pri-

in Fairview

which

lists

ular situation.”

Johnson said some doctors pre-

According

Demands keeping

housing busy

for

staff quickly

services student approaching, said Brunk Elaine clerk

student services, said Brunk. This questionnaire asks about

September

With

Conestoga’s housing service is especially busy with four or five students a day inquiring about accommodations for the up-

coming

school year.

housing service offers Conestoga students a way to find

The

local

accommodations

the

for

school term and landlords a way to advertise what they have avail-

from Kitchener, Waterloo,

male/female, non-smoker, etc.) and how long it is available for (e.g. 12 months, etc.). Along with the questionnaire, landlords must submit a $20 fee.

drug together or to make

waived.

the

housing registry

have two choices

list,

the

$20 fee

Conestoga,

bring their own advertisement into the student services office. Brunk said the advertisement must be authorized by student services, and then it may

be placed on the bulletin board outside the office. This method, said Brunk,

free

of charge for a period of one

which the advertisebe taken down. Also,

after

ment will Brunk said,

all

unauthorized

advertisements will be removed.

The second way homeowners can advertise ing registry

list,

through the hous-

which

a compi-

the

list.

However, Brunk said the

Elaine Brunk, to

compiled

tions

waived,

for advertising at

month,

125

accommoda-

rent to students

of July

there were

list

up-dated

student services quently. order “In

make

fair for

people

fre-

who

send

in ads and for students looking for

their

always

homes have been

rented.

The housing

registry

list is

avail-

able to students throughout the year from the student services

and

office

Brunk copy of

free of charge.

said she will also mail a to students

who

live

out of

lation of places to rent in the area,

the

as well as basic information about

the area.

these places.

Brunk said another feature which makes finding housing eas-

This information includes the kind of accomodation available,

where

it is

how much

the

any restrictions the land-

rent

is,

lord

may

tact.

located,

have, and

who

to con-

patients aren’t able

Students

ier

list

the

map

located outside

the student services office. This

divided into 10 districts, with district 1 being closest to

map

the college.

DSA meeting July 22.

of their coverage by Sept. 15. Gerry Cleaves, the DSA’s vice-

said college

president of student affairs, said the complaints were not good for the drug plan. “If 10 people complain, it makes the plan much

Although Harris reported more complaints from students who seem angrier with the mandatory fee this year, it isn’t hundreds of students but “just

Boertien said Harris told her one of the complaints being made by students involved the

manner of response of

the

DSA

to inquiries.

the odd one

Vicki Lichty, the

DSA’s admin-

istrative assistant, said

it is

some-

anxious about it” who is calling in, Boertien said. She said Harris said the price increase of the plan seems to have upset more students than

times hard to respond calmly when “you’re being called

usual and that complaints will

matter of perspective.

probably fall off drastically

now

payment deadline is past. The cost of the 1997-98 drug

will

names.” Cleaves said the politeness with which a call is handled can be a “If callers aren’t getting the answer they want from you, they

think you’re rude,” he said.

save on contraception

Kylie

According to prices provided by a Kitchener pharmacist, fulltime Conestoga students could save as much as $79.84 on the cost of oral contraception over a 12-month period by using the

Doon

Student

Association’s

(DSA) 1997-98 drug plan. Mike Johnson, pharmacist at Wal-Mart Pharmacy in the Fairview Park Mall in Kitchener, said the

an at

monthly cost for

filling

oral contraceptive prescription

Wal-Mart ranges from $14.50 depending upon which

to $17,

RWAM Insurance Administrators

when

(DSA) drug plan

Students who already have a drug pian can opt-out of the DSA’s plan if they provide proof

that the

or less soluble.

list.”

call

has

from angry

year.

brand

able, as landlords don’t

office

that

the filler used to hold the

housing, I do it every two weeks so they get the latest, up-to-date

Brunk also warns that not all accommodations are still avail-

yti

this

Insurance plan with Administrators Inc. for full-time students in 1997-98 is $83.36. They paid $60.57 for a plan with Seaboard Life in 1996-97.

harder,” he said.

said the only significant dif-

By Tim

have^

market

the

time students to pay their tuition and fees for the 1997-98 school

be considered interchangeable, he said.

Sometimes

40 or

substitute.

Fred Hams told her about the increase of complaints July 18, the final date for full-

testing standard within “plus or minus 2.5 per cent” before it will

drugs

calls

Becky Boertien

their with changeable brand-name counterparts. A generic drug must meet the

that

which are expensive becausi^ they don’t yet have a generic

year than in past years, the DSA director of student life said

registrar

entered

this

only reimburse a pharmacy for the price of the most inexpensive brand of an interchangeable

students they are looking for (e.g.

accommodations

rounding areas who choose to

Association’s

at a

students complaining about the of the Doon Student cost

free drugs to seniors and people receiving social assistance, will

ference between interchangeable

advertising available Cambridge, 'Guelph and sur-

registrar’s

received

Benefit program, which provides

able (e.g. furnished, laundry facilities, parking, etc.), what kind of

Homeowners

Brunk said. The first

avail-

For students who are advertising available accommodations in the housing registry list, said Brunk, For students who are the $20 fee is

able.

list,

the type of accommodation

The

nating generic drugs as inter-

on the housing homeowners must fill out a questionnaire provided by

registry

new drugs

RWAM

Kylie

to a study entitled

Drug Expenditure

drug, the study says. Johnson said there are strict regulations in Canada for desig-

In order to be put

By Lynne Thompson

There have been “30

more”

Increased cost of drug plan spawns angry complaints

Canada: the Ontario Experience, published in 1992, an inventory of comparable drugs was first created by the Ontario government in 1970. The Ontario Drug

Thompson)

brand-name

than

drugs.

the

By Tim

Controlling

said generic drugs are less

expensive

will

“ineffective for treating a partic-

program.

students.

DSA’s drug plan

DSA

allow special case approval if a therapeutic alternative proves

drugs covered by the plan, probably, includes generic substitutes for name-brand products in a way comparable to the formulary used by the Ontario Drug Benefit

tacks an advertisement for Local resident Charlene Wilson the student services office. outside board housing to the bulletin rented her house out to has she year first the is this said She

fact sheet

says the

Park Mall, said the student-managed drug formulalry of the Doon Student Association’s plan,

this is rare.

about managed

health care provided by the

cist said recently.

Wal-Mart Pharmacy

prescriptions their “no-substitute,” but, he added,

mark

into consideration.

subscribers, a Kitchener pharma-

Mike Johnson, pharmacist

brand-name products and

fer

filler,

vate drug plan to pay for generic substitutes instead of namebrand products to cut costs for

(DSA) drug

save plan money

drug to use an interchangeable the to allergic are they because

Kylie

not

It is

will

prescribed.

The DSA’s new drug plan with

Wal-Mart Pharmacist Mike Johnson mans his post at the (Photo by Tim Kyiie) pharmacy in Faiview Park Mall July 20. using the drug plan more than a fee of $3 1 per package (one ing

3 birth control) in the .

which will operate from September of 1997 to August of 1998, pays 80 per cent of the cost

month of

of prescription drugs, including

ing fee

Inc.,

price. For other prescriptions (not oral contraceptives), the dispensis

$6.26 per package, he

Without the DSA’s drug plan, it would cost a student $204 to purchase the most expensive brand

list

provided by the

DSA

would normally

their regular fee

be higher.

He near

said.

birth control pills.

$6.50 dispensing fee, even

said he

the

would post

DSA

office

the

list

the

St list

UiL

Sanctuary.

The pharmacies on

the

of oral contraceptive available at Wal-Mart for 12 months. The plan would cover $163.20 of this

shows that the Wal-Mart pharmacy is one of 1 1 in Kitchener, four in Waterloo and two Cambridge pharmacies that will honor a $6.50 capped dispensing fees

3U^B Bel-Gage, Carpenter, Cou^ Highv liwlBT Highland, Hill, Medical, Health Park, Riepert, Wal-Mart, Zehrs and Zellers

the price of

without charging the purchaser

pharmacies

subtracted

12-month expense; the plan, $83.36,

from the benefit, the student would be left with a total saving of $79.84.

Johnson included the dispens-

the difference.

Gerry Cleaves, the DSA’s vicepresident of student affairs, said the pharmacies on the list will not charge Conestoga students

Kitchener;

Beechmount, Campus, Medical Arts and University pharmacies and in Waterloo; and Cambridge Zellers

Cambridge.

pharmacies

SPOKE, July 28, 1997

— Page 3

DSA profile: entertainment manager

Harris has trouble booking local talent By LA. Livingston Most people don’t expect to commute 2 1/2 hours to their job once a week, but Steve Harris does, and balances a full-time job

The 22-year-old entertainment manager for the Doon Student Association (DSA) is as well.

spending his Tuesdays during the

summer travelling from town of attend

his

home-

Orillia to Kitchener to

DSA planning meetings.

Harris, a third-year broadcasting

student specializing in radio at the college,

also working full time

as a tour guide at the Stephen

Leacock museum

in Orillia.

“Initially I did not

go for

this

tion,

old posi-

which was as promotions and

entertainment assistant,” he said. He offered to take the job, he said,

when the hired entertainment

manager resigned

the

last

minute. “For this position, a lot of

booking gets done in the summertime,” Harris said. “I approached the DSA and said if they wanted to offer me the job. the

I’d accept.”

As entertainment manager, he

Steve Harris,

DSA

books

all

the entertainment for the

leges and universities to inquire

held

about the

events,

Sanctuary,

the

pub

nights,

tion concert,

concert

said.

“Our big concert

on Sept. 10

band headlining the event will be Big Sugar. He said he feels there is a responsibility to showcase local bands at the college. “There are some bands around here that are actually doing quite well. Last year we showcased Shannon Lyon Pop Explosion. Shannon Lyon’s from the Kitchener area,” he said. “To give the whole honest truth, from what I know, there aren’t a

said.

“I

will

actively

now

go it’s

and

out

really hard

because I’m not living in Kitchener for the summer.” Before an offer is made to an artist, Harris said he contacts fulltime programmers at other colfor

artist.

said the questions he consid-

booking an act include how well the artist or band has been doing, whether they have new ers for

up at the rec centre. It’s going to be a huge event,” he said. The

search. Right

and an orienta-

lot of local acts. Not many people have approached me about it. I’ve had a couple of approaches and I do know of some bands who have been playing, who now have a lot bigger name in the Kitchener and they also do the Toronto area,” he

position at the beginning of the year. I reapplied for

campus, including the ‘nooners’

material out,

if they are getting regular airplay on the radio or

MuchMusic, whether they have a

how popular they then sends an offer in to

video out and

are.

who

the agent,

will call

back

accept or reject the offer. Harris said the thing he likes best about his job is the satisfaction of

confirming an

perform

artist to

the college.

“Like Big Sugar. That’s a huge on my behalf,” he said, “thinking that I put in an initial offer for one band, and they satisfaction

didn’t accept

it.

put this offer in

for Big Sugar, and they totally

took

and

Harris

was a lot

said he

less.”

working

finds

with some agents and tour managers frustrating. “You really got to watch yourself. A lot of these

guys have razor-sharp

teeth,”

“They’re going to attack you like a shark, and they’re expecting said.

you to be an easy kill. They’ll work you over for more money than you can afford.”

entertainment manager

Dog increases By Colleen Cassidy

mobility,

says visually impaired grad

Club Foundation, Ruby

the Lions said.

Carey Ruby, a recent graduate of

who have

a low or given an allowance to help with food and Individuals

small business program at Conestoga College, is putting his business plans on hold while he spends some time in Oakville getting acquainted with his new guide

fixed

dog.

with guide dogs.

the

who

Ruby,

has about five per

cent of his sight, became visually impaired 11 years ago, when he

was

21.

This

Ruby

name on a

veterinary

are

bills.

As well, he said, some veterinarians will give discounts to people

The dogs are kept by visually impaired persons for six to eight years, said Ruby. During that time they remain the property of the Canine Vision school.

his first guide dog.

put his

income

waiting

about a year-and-a-half ago. But even then, he said, he wasn’t really sure whether he was ready

list

After that they are considered too old to be of service.

When the dog is too old it can be sent back to the school and people

for a dog.

there will find a

home

“The dog is totally dependent on you, and you are totally dependent on the dog.” However, Ruby said, when he was notified there may be a dog for him, he became enthusiastic

Ruby

said,

not unusual for

other

members of

about the idea.

Ruby

said he will be in Oakville

from Aug. 8

for

Or,

it.

the blind per-

son’s family to adopt the

dog

as a

pet.

decided to get a dog. Ruby because it will increase his possibilities of being mobile. He will be able to go out at night if he

said,

wants.

Aug. 23.

After the third day there, he will be matched with one of the dogs.

Ruby

doesn’t

know

a guide

rest of his stay in

dog would protect him if he was attacked, but “having a dog would

Oakville, he said, he will find out whether he and the dog are com-

be a deterrent,” he said. A guide dog will be helpful

During the

and

patible,

how

work with

the

animal.

Ruby

said in order to

match

indi-

when Ruby

With a dog, he

will

be able

cross from one side of the street to

about the lifestyle and habits of

Whether one chooses to have a dog or not is a personal prefer-

They want to know whether a person lives in an urban or rural

^ea. Ruby

said

I They even want to know, he

said,

whether the individual walks

fast

or slow.

Ruby

said

the

Canine Vision

school is funded by the Lions Club Foundation. The living expenses of all persons, while they’re in Oakville

being matched with one of the guide dogs, are also paid for by

Corrections yoga instructor Bruce Crosby was misidentified as a college faculty memElizabeth Varga was given the title “doctor”. Varga is not a medical doctor.

In the July 21 issue of Spoke,

ber on page

On page

10,

crossing at intersections. said.

viduals with dogs, organizers at the Canine Vision school learn the individuals.

Carey Ruby, a graduate of the small business program, is putting his business plans on he spends most of the month of August in Oakville,Ont. getting acquainted with a guide dog that (Photo by Craig Vaiibacka) staff at the Canine Vision school will be matching with him.

the other side in a straight line.

The

Sanctuary Summer Hours

ence.

There are advantages and disadvantages to having one and there are advantages and disadvantages to “caning,” he said. Most of the guide dogs are black or golden Labrador retrievers, said Ruby, but German shepherds are

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Closed on Weekends

also used.

Ruby

said

both

females

are

used.

males

and

doesn’t have a preference of one

over

the other.

Stop by for a game of pool or watch

The school

you have any suggestions students stop by the

TV during your lunch break

for activities for the

DSA Office

summer

and let us know!

Page 4

— SPOKE, July

28, 1997

tv tune

beats Tyson

All

Tour de France

and

a young lad, for three weeks in July, I was Greg LeMond, Stephen Roche or Laurent Fignon. With my Lycra shorts, s

he June 28th disof qualification

Mike Tyson

his

bout against Evander Holyfield will hope-

funny-looking black shoes multi-colored a and

fully finally lay to rest “myth” about this

Campagnolo hat, I would hop onto my 10-speed bike,

the

believed

boxer,

Ian S.

of gullible fight fans throughout the world.

millions

then race through the streets

Palmer »

of Owen Sound. raise climb the Pyrenees or would I pretended to down the main street, imagin-

my arms in victory

what he truly Tyson’s been exposed for for years read and listened I’ve is; a thug. as his

name was mentioned among

with the likes of

Ali far too often and

Cassius Clay history. Twelve-year-old stolen in his hometown of

had his bicycle

anger, he told Louisville, Ky. Crying with he was going officer, police Joe Martin, a Martin “whup” whoever had stolen it. to

he better learn how to he did. learn And first. fight his name to Clay, who later changed to be the most up grew Ali, Muhammad From recognizable person on the planet. U.S.S.R. to Australia, everybody

told the youngster

army. Viet Congs,” he had said.

hated by the public early

jumped

for the

the 15th knocked out Oscar Bonavena in I was on then From and final round.

a fight or under All’s spell, never missing career. his of rest appearance for the a defeated the greats of his

m his

Ali fought and Moore, Sonny era including Archie (twice), Liston (twice), Floyd Patterson (twice), Frazier Joe Ken Norton (twice), perhaps his and (twice) Chuvalo George of all, knocking out big

fell in

“people’s” champion. The world continues today. love with him. The affair he could be angel, no was he Granted, in a charmit did sassy and cocky, but he the

hours to golf, sports, especially really enjoy watching these

when I want to go to sleep. The stories and excitement

in Africa. Ali fought the

Parkinson’s

peared

imprisoned had as a person when he was possesses onefor rape. TVson no longer relies on punch knockout power, but to gam intimidation and combinations

Syndrome

and seeks no sym-

wonder how Tyson

will

remembered.

of 10, y the age children most

to.

The only people responsible

know how to have children. Be it good or bad,

it’s

many of

a fact of

of their adult counterparts. weekly occurrence in die

like a

horrible is

the

or inactions of their guardian, guardian’s fault. preThe government is taking steps in as widi venting these tragic deaths, but, it

screaming media. Front page headlines starved to “Baby like: out to us things house fire”; death”; “Four children die in ’Teen “Mother shoots unborn child”; at prom. waste in newborn dumps and Each one seems more shocking each than the one before it, but one

any other “fomily unit of these responsible for the well-being actions the by dies child a children, when

these chil-

some

seems

tive parents or

dren don’t know how to do, is be parents. The same also holds true for

for the

parents. death of these children are their adopparente, both single parent,

However, what

life.

try

it will most government-run programs, take time to implement them. the child In May, 107 ways to improve by a welfare act were recommended as a formed was jury coroner’s jury. The 22-month-old of death 1993 the result of her Shannay Johnson, who was killed by

mother.

just as tragic. ^

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Although progress on these recommencould dations is slow, another problem stem from

their

creation.

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courts

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in excess of

200 kilome-

of five to six hours a day tres a day for an average speeds perched a top a bicycle saddle at iKin-stop,

per hour. in excess of 90 kilometres in the face of athletes, do sport other In what in fte was as on, dentil and injury, continue

when Italian nder Fabio the Tour’s 1995 edition, into a cement abutC:asartelli crashed, head first as he descended skull his ment, fatally fracturing Then, in touchmg km-h. 88 at Pyrenees the from will be remembered fashion, the next day’s stage teammates Casartelli’s remaimng

forever as while the almost crossed the finish line together following riders rode en masse,

slowly behind. This year’s race

Almost

less exciting.

laws, enforcing these laws, or potential as parents offending the must deal with must be precedent A possible. as severely set.

Miguel Indurain,

the People must stop looking beyond

deaths. obvious for the causes of these it’s not the and government It’s not the fault. social agencies that are at

They do what they can, when diey The only way to reduce the fatalities

can. is

education. increase and improve parental but only sex, about taught child is

Every are taught the few that choose to learn, about parenting. The courses should be mandatory and for a child they should be useful. Caring around an carrying as same is not the

the

who had previously won five a void for consecutive Tours de France, leaving other riders to

fill.

young you understand the excitement. the If ago? years some 10 cyclist in Owen Sound felt de coverage was devoted to the Tour

only more France,

more young boys and

girls

rode their arms jubilantly as they city’s

main

could rmse

down

Improved and increased education can t only be detrimental to parents. It can preserve to assist them, and hopefully, more vent headlines from informing us of tragic deaths. —

their

street.

SPOKE welcomes comments and suggestions

egg.

H«ne

ness athletes

Swiss rider Alex every stage has had a crash. screws and various with Zulle has been riding and this year together collar-bone his keep nuts to of the great first since the retirement

Collegethe journalism students of Cone^oga SPOKE Is Dublished and produced weekly by Tltompson, Lynne Beaulieu; Student life editor: Ne«s editor KvUe- Ne Kylie, Editor, Kloepfer. Anita Filevski; nounlas- Features editors: Lisa

spectator witWhere in flie world of sport can a

200 remaining

mandatory Parenting courses should be .vAn though some people fund them, even

the

Blue.

mind is intact pathy from the public. His mischievous wit the possesses still he and and humor he is noted for. same People say boxing hasn’t been the world hasn’t since Ali left. Frankly, the him in the quite been the same without spotlight. I

come from

Kisparov and

—

diat

be difficult for a Tour de France would yet more covmatch, to writer script Hollywood between Gary match chess the erage was given to Deep his computerized opponent.

around the played to sold-out theatres fight. Ali also the after years 23 ^orld world last touched millions around the torch. Olympic year as he lit Atlanta’s battles he as now champion a is still

head butt from Holyfield. No doubt, TVson is a fine boxer, but he punching power disapis overrated. His he years ago with any credibility

words, often predictskills to back up his a**.. in. He would fall foe his lua round rounu the ing mg inc

leaders U.S., visiting foreign

American great he could not let the said handed. empty home go Ali Muhammad as shown by Ali’s popularity still lives Kings, a Were We When of the release documentary of his war with Forernan, The film which won an Oscar last year.

against Norton last 10 rounds of a fight whined with a broken jaw, while TVson supposed a from received about a cut

charisma

day and ABC’s mere hour per week. What a shame. CTV and the Channels me TSN, ESPN. CBC. countless devote networks three big American bowhng. 1 curling and my favonte,

visited Iraq around the world. In 1990 he of 15 release the secured for 10 days and hostages. Saddam Hussein

greatest feat

George Foreman

of this raw iot Despite the global significance EbPN networks, American all the big North per coverage race of worth offers half-an-hour’s Wide World of Sports devotes a

1980,

into

“He won, he

And he had

to a suspen-

with joy, grandfather’s arms and cried won,” I screamed, as he

clown, but his career, dismissed as a him into the turned eventually

ing childlike manner.

the bout.

into the U.S. sion for refusing induction with them “I ain’t got no quarrel

reason. knew who he was, and with good looks, he movie-star with blessed was Ali singer, was an entertainer, poet, actor, comedian diplomat, spokesman, religious probably the and one hell of a boxer,

He was

due

which I was a the world, the demanding athletic competition days in July, 22 for Tour de France. Every year, world mount the across from professional cyclists his steed, in mounts knight a like bicycles Aeir prestige. the name of honor and

Holmes, when his comer halted of his This however was in the twilight old. years career when he was 38 boxing in After his retirement from ambassador Ali acted as a goodwill

his

inactive for three years

the

wherprime ministers and royalty

to him in ever he went. Children flocked the hundreds. on Dec. 7, 1970. It I first saw Ali fight second fight back after being

was

a one-dimensional fighter, could adapt to his opponent.

beaten by TVson not only has been but has Holyfield, Buster Douglas and In lossthem. by senseless been knocked Leon Spinks, es to Norton, Frazier and final bell. His Ali was standing at the against Larry coming stoppage only

Manila, London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, attracted presHe Zurich. and Kinshasha idents,

whereas Ali

any-

body could compare the two. the ring TVson is no match for Ali out of destroyed by been surely have would and him inside of it. We must go back to October 1954, would when something happened that possibly world history, boxing change

greatest ever.

victory.

and became a true “world” champion to such places road the on show his took

Muhammad

wondered how

Elysee, weanng the ing a ride down the Champs jersey. coveted yellow childhood fantasy in These are the thoughts of a most physically the rider in

the

and just shook my true greats of boxing his name head in amazement. I’ve seen mentioned

in to

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— SPOKE, Student life Early childhood educators not just babysitters July 28, 1997

By H4ldne Beaulieu

children with special needs, are vulnerable. There aren’t the funds

Doon campus has

Conestoga’s

sometimes been called a commuter college because of its loca-

and often, there aren’t the supports them to get the care and educa-

for

tion they deserve.”

Vavala

tion.

Nestled along Highway 8 and Highway 401 at the junction of the tri-cities, it’s in

a convenient spot

and staff to travel not only from KitchenerWaterloo and Cambridge, but from Woodstock, Brantford and St Marys. But for students like Cathy for students, faculty

—

Vavala, of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.,

finished

Early

the

^CE) proCollege in May of

Childhood Education

gram

at Sault

She said she believes the resource teacher certificate will make her more marketable when facing conipetition in the workthis year.

force.

who member

Sheryl Ragobar,

time

faculty

a part-

both

and Mamie Siciliano, of Thunder Bay, it was hardly convenient access which drew them to the

Conestoga College and Fanshawe College in London, agrees with Vavala. She believes this is a valuable program for ECE graduates to

college.

have.

Both have come here to take the intensive, four-month resource teacher program which has run

Ragobar said courses like the inclusive program planning course

the post-graduate resource teacher program over the

she teaches give students the skills

lum

every

summer since

1991.

The post-diploma program professional

training

develop an adaptable curricu-

early

and .Vavala, Conestoga’s condensed format which includes the same Siciliano

Ae same program Bay on a

Sheryl Ragobar instructor at

think

Siciliano said people need to be aware that early childhood educa-

“I’d like to be

working

care centre,” she said, “but we don’t have many day cares in the Sault, so

ago you

You “Ten years .

^ choice

in a day-

ha(d

whether you

hard could be it’s

are

people

very in

not. There

no choice anymore.”

a part-time

Conestoga.

(Photo by H6i^ne Beaulieu)

dig

it?

often

times

formed as

people

“I think

are

misin-

what early childhood

educators do. They’re not babysitters, they’re trained professionals.

Resource teachers have expertise and knowledge in screening and

open

my own

Siciliano,

needs or

are professionals.

tors

with children or I could

working

home

down

said

(Photo by H6ifene Beaulieu)

They specialize in child development and curriculum planning.

care if

day

comes

to that.”

who

graduated from Confederation

College in 1993, took a two-month Sheryl Ragobar leave who actually of absence Part-time faculty member from have a resource Rural Routes Children’s teacher certificate Centre in Thunder and that the course is not offered through the Bay, where she has been working college there. with children with special needs. Ragobar said the biggest chalShe said Rural Routes, which closes for the months of July and lenge facing graduates will be August, does not currently employ whether or not they can find work any resource teachers. as resource teachers. Sault Ste. Marie

that a lot of children, especially

Can you

unsure where she’ll work after she completes the program.

Vavala said she

employable.” there

“Children are children

Ste. Marie, respectively, are taking

wanted to work With makes them [the graduates] more children with Special

few

can take up to five years to complete. She said Conestoga’s fourmonth format appealed to her. Siciliano said she likes the advocacy aspect of the program:

Bay and Sault summer.

to tell. I

Vavala

part-time basis through night courses and, pending enrolment,

of Thunder

have

be able to work with all children This

material each day.

first. I

those tools.

—

offered in Thunder

and Cathy Vavala

(left)

ticipate.

need

amount of material as Humber College’s one-year program covers approximately one week of

Siciliano

that allows all children to par-

need

—

Siciliano said

Mamie

“Ten years ago -you had a choice of whether you wanted to work with children with special needs or not. There is no choice anymore,” she said. “You

offers

childhood educators who wish to work with children with special needs in a pre-school setting.

According

Page 5

young children.” Ragobar said the inclusive model, on which the program is assessing

based, accepts that

all

children are

community. “It’s much easier when children go through a system where they’ve always been included rather than being segregated all their lives and then expecting them to be part of the community. The general public needs to see this as a valuable resource,” said Ragobar, “because part of the

will save

money

in the long run.

People will have natural supports built around them from day one and there will be less reliance on services over time.”

weekend determined by how much loose

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for the

change

is in

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only go to the movies on

your sofa?

Tuesdays? If

you answered yes

to either

one

of these questions then...

Sell

your text books!

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DSA Office

at the

or by calling 748-5131

Student

— SPOKE, July 28, 1997

Page 6

College woodworkers Lamb said.

By Colleen Cassidy Two benches

were

that

was decided the benches It would be made from red oak. “However, Lamb said,”we know now white oak should have been used. Red oak is porous causing water to get into it and rot it. The white oak is more durable.” “As well, the wrong finish was

refur-

bished by Conestoga’s woodworking students have been returned to the Robert S.

Domey Garden

the Environmental

side

building

out-

Studies

University

the

Waterloo.

used on them,”

Peter Nash, a retired dean of

Lamb

said.

said they checked around

Lamb

environmental studies, donated the money to purchase some benches in memory of his wife, said Larry

to find out if the

lab instructor. said the benches that were refurbished at the college were the

they could be restored at a cost of $750.”

Lamb

two purchased in 1988, the next two a year later and the third pair the year after. “He (Nash) would have donated of

six, the first

money

for

finally

had

benches could be

restored, and the responses ranged from “get rid of them,” to “yes,

Lamb, an ecology

first

more benches, but we to say there was no

Lamb

said each set of

two was

$ 200 “Then someone suggested the woodworking centre at Conestoga 1

College,” he said.

Peter Findlay, one of the instruc-

woodworking

centre,

more space. The benches were left outside for two or three winters. Lamb said. “Then we realized they were being damaged. So we began storing them inside in winter. But the damage was already done.” Lamb said the committee that chose the benches wanted them to

tors at the

look like the ones found in English parks, but they were to be made

of the damage. They thought

from native wood. Teak was considered, but the benches certainly would not have stood up to Canadian winters.

looked at the benches and said they were in bad shape, but they were salvageable, said Lamb, at a cost of one-fifth less than the $750 that had previously been quoted. Greg Michelenko, a member of the garden committee, said the committee didn’t realize the extent it

was a “paint and hammer job.” Michelenko said he was pleased element of education could be used and both sides have benefitted.

left

— Brownan Smith, Jason

on newly refurbished benches

available for Once

students enrol in programs

being able to use certain college

rent

facilities.

alumni association.

affairs.

said through the association, graduates can continue to use many of the resources

Mary Wright

dation (the ability to change

ment

your focus from far to near),” he said. Potvin said these are two key elements to working com-

vision, syndrome, a

eye and vision problems you could encounter while using a computer, blankets a wide variety of ailments that can usually be solved with a

classification for

your optometrist. Dr. Rick Potvin, president of Lifeleam Eyecare, which is a company that develops CDROMS to train eyecare professome of the said sionals, can you which problems

visit to

on the computer. Another major concern

fortably

treating the discomfort, Potvin

ergonomics of your work station. This includes the

said, is the

screen position, the distance to the screen and the type and posi-

and

the

recreation

“The alumni association is set up to renew ties between the graduate and the college,” said Wright. She said the association members can support the college in a

working on the computer may just consider it to be another of life’s

material.

aimoyances.

encounter are eye strain, general eye discomfort, headaches and dr7 -eye symptoms. Some people, he said, also find they have

“The image on the computer screen is nowhere near as well defined as black letters on a

However, the little aches and pains which can be associated

blurred vision after leaving their

trast

computer work

focus.”

Potvin,

station.

who is also an engineer

and optometrist, said there is no evidence that computer vision syndrome produces irreversible problems.

The most important thing

experiencing these problems, he said, is see your

you’re

optometrist.

“When you

are asked, because

generally you will be asked what you do, indicate that computers are an important part of your work.” He said the first thing your optometrist should do is check your prescription because an inappropriate one can cause or contribute to eye strain.

“They’re also going to check your binocular vision (how both

It’s

the sharp con-

the page that helps

you

said the text is

not sharp black edges. He said this causes your eyes to work harder to keep the screen in

commonly

who

while

discomfort

with using a computer, could lead to a more serious problem.

on the you could develposture

“Depending you’re sitting

on a computer comprised of numerous red, green and blue pixels,

screen

op a

strain

in,

the ligaments or

that position,

you in and then, those can

become more

symptomatic,” said

muscles

that are supporting

Churchill, a kinesiologist at the

Canadian

some individuals. Though computer vision syndrome is not a lasting problem,

Kitchener, said the severity of the

Potvin stid, “If everything else is equal, the more you use a

propriate posture their entire life

computer the more

likely

you

are to have a problem.”

However, he

said,

40-plus age range,

people in the

who

require

reading glasses for near work, are more likely to experience computer vision syndrome than those

who

near work.

can focus easily on

still

on membership benefits

for

and

the recreation centre.”

She

said

besides

the

ciation

•

also keeps in touch with

graduates from the standpoint of a core group of alumni volunteers.

“The alumni association also has a variety of committees

let the

students

association

alumni

that

will

on-campus offer occasionally events and promotions that will hopefully get the alumni name out

centre,”

problem

Back

is difficult

little

stem

aggravation.”

The most common problems she said she sees in prolonged computer use are postural strains in the

neck and back, and repetitive strain in the forearm and wrist. Churchill said people should be aware of initial warning signs such as pains in the arms, wrist, neck or back that cease after you stop working on the computer. She said if

the pain continues after

pleting your

computer work,

Institute

to predict.

“Some people work

an inap-

comit’s

further indication of a problem.

“People should look into making interventions

Christina Churchill.

focus which can cause eye strain in

tion

students are aware of the

She said the association

use the learning said Wright. “They also get a 50 per cent reduc-

“Alumni can

resource

and never have a problem. Other people seem to get them with very

By Craig Vailbacka

computer screens are not as easy on the eye as printed

white page.

She said the committee looks at ways of making sure that the cur-

know what the

about before they

graduate.

Students are charged a one-time first year which is con-

fee in their

sidered

automatic

lifetime

the

alumni

membership

association.

Correct posture important at computer People encounter

strain,

regarding

newsletter. Connections, the asso-

centre.

tion of lighting. Potvin said although i^ople regularly do desk work without

eye

from our alumni board of directors to look at various aspects of what the association can offer it’s mem-

manager of

association, said the

you are experiencing visual

Computer

as sitting

advisory committees where they can offer updated information

bers.”

office

after graduation

proposed changes to program content. She said graduates benefit by

they

discomfort while using a computer, it might be time to have

your eyes checked.

use

become a part of the college community for life through the alumni

College,

Conestoga

alumni

(P^oto by Colleen Cassidy)

number of ways, such

By Shawn Leonard

the college has to offer. These services include the place-

Lamb. Marcia Ruby and Greg Michelenko

building at the the garden outside of the environmental studies

college facilities and services

Many

eyes work together) and they’re going to check your accommo-

By Craig Vailbacka

Whitfield. Larry

University of Waterloo.

computer users

for

From

that another

problems possible

Eye

benches

university

fix

when

they’re in pain

during the activity,” she said. “That’s when you want initially, just

make ergonomic changes to your work station or changes to to

yourself, stretches.”

learning

some

Appropriate posture and work up are two things which Churchill said students should be station set

aware

of.

“Basically, they should be sitting so their eye level is towards the

top of the screen, they’re not slouching, they’re not round-

shouldered and their feet are

She also and stretches

the floor.”

quent changes

are

flat

said frepostural

important

for

students.

“If their pain doesn’t

soon as they get off er,

go away

their

comput-

or they can’t get rid of

with

some simple stretches and its become problematic, then they should certainly see somebody for some help,” she said. Churchill said people requiring further help can

to their family

physician, a physiotherapist or a chiropractor.

SPOKE, July 28, 1997

— PageJT

Habitat for Humanity builds on sub-station site two weeks for the homes to be finished. By Aug. 8, two threebedroom and one four-bedroom

By Colleen Cassidy The hydro

substation at the cor-

homes

ner of Grulke Street and Fairway Road no longer exists. On the site is the foundation for a new triplex built by volunteers for Habitat for

lies to

nators for the project, said the Grulke site was about the 10th that Habitat has received

the family.

from the

The family

utility.

their present

“When Habitat can get a substation we really like it,” Wolfson

Two

She said some of the stations for Habitat to sold were Humanity at a nominal cost and others have been given to the

lanthropist

who

named Millard

Members of Kitchener’s Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints spent July 1 9 building a home for Habitat for Humanity. The triplex is located on the corner of Grulke Avenue and Fairway Road in

(Photo by Colleen Cassidy)

Kitchener.

Fuller,

believed that everyone has a

“There were Georgia who lived in tarpaper shacks that often tumbled over

Waterloo area in 1988. Wolfson said that 1993 was the group’s most memorable year in this area because 10 houses were completed on Daniel Avenue in

when

Kitchener.

right to decent affordable hous-

people

ing.”

wind blew.”

the

She said Habitat for Humanity was founded in the Kitchener-

Music By Anita

was up

the 5th annual Jazzin’

Uptown

Waterloo Music Festival. Thirteen bands played during the two-day event, which took place at Waterloo City Hall’s parking lot

and also in front of various King Street shops and eateries. The festival, organized by the promotions committee of the Business Waterloo Uptown

Improvement Area (BIA), is intended to promote the uptown core for merchants by drawing in people to shop, eat and just generhang out, said Uptown ally Waterloo BIA administration and assistant,

Julie

Marshall.

Marshall said the BIA received about 30 cassettes and press kits from bands hoping to play the fes-

two lead guitarists, was a semi-finalist in the 1996 Jimi Guitar Electric Hendrix Competition in Cleveland, Ohio. Rotary Ten, along with musicians Waterstreet, Nonie Crete, Bruce McColl and Dawn Sierra

played the main stage in the City Hall parking lot July 18. Marshall said the BIA picked a variety of bands for the Friday night show to give a representative sample of music set for Saturday. The bands, with the exception of Sierra, showcased their musical abilities during a 45-minute set for festival-goers.

Most of

lowing day. Marshall said the turnout for the

the profile

festival.

Marshall and McPherson then took about 15 tapes to the BIA promotions committee, made up of members of the business com-

make

the final decision.

Marshall said the BIA insists that at least 50 per cent of the performers are jazz musicians.

the 13 acts picked this year,

half played

the festival last year.

of the bands that made the final list was Rotary Ten. Rotary Ten is a group of local

One

She said Habitat on Humanity was built on Christian principles. Often entire congregations of churches volunteer for a day. Members of two K-W congregations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints volun-

currently touring her debut entitled

Little

Rain Must

CD Fall,

and has a multi-faceted career in theatre, radio, commercials and jazz. Sierra has toured and recorded with artists such as Celine Dion, Roch Voisine, Coolio and

Amanda

Marshall.

The Jazzin’ It Uptown Waterloo Music Festival is held at the same time every yean the third weekend in July. The location, mainly

150th

Mormon Wolfson

By ing

honor of

anniversary trek

the

of the West,

said.

July 28, will

of the pre-buildcompleted, said

all

Wolfson. After

that, it will

take

Wolfson

said.

uptown Waterloo

This, year’s event was sponsored by Dare, who put up the money for the tent that was set up in the city hall parking lot, and also by the

Brick Brewery. The Juvenile Diabetes Association offered free face painting for kids and magician D.J. Carroll made balloon animals.

The

festival

saw some changes

Marshall said. The fireworks were dropped in favor of a tent to give the festival a higher this year,

profile as well as provide shelter

for the musicians in case of rain. The number of bands has, over the

five-year life of the festival, also

been modified. Marshall said they had fewer year this performing bands because in the past it was “too much. The year before last, there were up to 19 different bands playing

different

areas

the

some as far as Seagram’s Museum.” Each band was sponsored by a Each merchant paid $100 for a band to play in front of their business on the Saturday for two-and-

Marshall said Sierra drew the

the

said.

good weather. biggest crowd with her two-hour set Friday night at 9 p.m. Sierra is

19.

As well as maintaining mortgage and upkeep costs, the families must be committed to giving 5(X) hours of sweat equity to Habitat for Humanity, Wolfson said. Sweat equity does not need to be working on constructing homes. It could mean working in one of the offices. Families can also get help from friends or members families, extended their of

Waterloo City Hall’s parking lot, also remains the same, Marshall

was much better than About 2,(XX) people attended the showcase on July 18, she said, attributing the increased number to last

on July

They volunteered

uptown

year.

fit

these bands played a

longer, two-and-a-half hour set in front of various businesses the fol-

festival

munity, to

Wolfson said of the

the band’s

Marshall said she and BIA manager, Sarah McPherson, went through the tapes and put aside those bands which were either too of the

Carter

who have and around the in played Mel with Kitchener-Waterloo Brown, as well as various venues in London. Jared Bellenie, one of

tival.

expensive or didn’t

here,”

Jimmy

jazz/blues musicians

If you were anywhere near the uptown Waterloo area July 18 and 19, you were sure to see and hear some of the bands participating in

promotions

“That’s the year

teered

former U.S. president.

festival jazzes

Filevski

applied for

which has the greatest need and commitment.

agency.

Georgia,” Wolfson said,”by a phi-

who have

housing to determine if they qualify, Wolfson said, and one interview is done with those families that do qualify to determine

line.”

Humanity was foimded about 20 years ago in

interviews are done with

the families

close to schools and on a bus

for

size and condition of housing is taken into

consideration”, she said.

said. “It’s already serviced, it’s

“Habitat

in.

Wolfson said the families have been chosen. Families are chosen based on their income and their housing needs. They must have an income that is high enough to pay the mortgage, and they must be deemed as living in housing that does not meet the needs of

Humanity. Lara Wolfson, a member of the board of directors for Habitat for Humanity and one of the co-ordi-

hydro

will be ready for the fami-

move

local

core,

merchant,

Marshall

said.

half hours. Sponsors were picked

on a first-come-first-serve Marshall said. Marshall said

the

basis,

audience

response to the festival was positive, and the bands were extremely receptive to the idea of playing the festival.

“It’s a high profile gig for local bands,” Marshall said. “Friday was

was and Saturday amazing, revamped. There was a really good turnout and good media response.”

Local magician D.J. Carroll makes balloon animals for kids during the Jazzin’ It Uptown Waterloo Music Festival July 1 8. (Photo by Anita Filevski)

— SPOKE, July 28, 1997

Page 8

Pretty flower or alien invader Some By

Ellen

Canada

experts say plant threatens native ecosystem

short

falls

Douglas

on promise

Walking around Doon campus on a sunny afternoon, you might notice some beautiful, brilliantly purple flowers surrounding the pond. But appearances can be deceiving;

By Corey Jubenville

this plant is actually

In 1992, world leaders gathered in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro to lay

a powerfully invasive

species called purple loosestrife.

Opinions vary on just

aquatic plant threat to

is.

Some

how dangerous experts say

out a path for environmental health and

this is

healing.

our natural ecosystems, while othdangers have been over-drama-

In June of this year, they

met again

ers say its

the United Nations to see

tized.

had followed that path. Prime Minister Jean Chretien attended

Larry Lamb, an environmental studies professor at the University of Waterloo, is of the opinion that purple loosestrife is harm-

well they

Summit reunion to render Canada’s account to the world. His message: Canada would not be able to meet the Earth

ful.

“No

how

doubt,

it’s a pretty plant,” he said. not a natural part of our ecosystem.

Whenever an alien plant grows it is displacing an indigenous (locally native) plant that

the commitments made at the Rio Summit. At the 1992 summit, Canada pledged to reduce greenhouse gases and protect

would normally be

bio-diversity.

“But

it’s

there.”

Purple loosestrife

was brought

a European plant that

Greenpeace

Mary

co-ordinator

North America nearly 200 years ago, according to a pamphlet called Natural Invaders, put out by the Federation

reduced greenhouse gases, but that emissions had instead risen by 9.5 per

of Ontario Naturalists.

cent.

The reason

MacNutt

spreads so rapidly is that each plant produces up to 2.7 million seeds per year. In Europe, there are several kinds

However,

in the

same

writes that there are

article, Anderson two big problems with

purple loosestrife: it creates unsuitable nesting areas for game birds and waterfowl and it creates a low amount of food for native

animals and takes the place of other plants that would provide food. Larry Lamb said that purple loosestrife tends to get a lot of attention from duck hunters and organizations such as Ducks Unlimited. “It’s unfortunate,” he said,

“because a

of invasive plants have been destroying ecosystems, but they’re not get-

would

“I don’t think the current government

Carolyn Bamford (right), a third year CP/A student, and Annette Spangler, a second year ECE student take a closer look at the purple loosestrife surrounding the pond (Photo by Ellen Douglas)

said so far there are continuous populations of the beetles along 17 kilometres of

However, the beetles will only eat these plants if the alternative is to starve.

the Grand River, including the area where Highway 401 crosses the Grand near

This biological control method worries said Lithrum alatum is a loosestrife that is native to North America. It’s also endangered. The beetles may control the invasive version of purple loosestrife, he said, but they might also jeopardize an endangered species.

Conestoga.

“No doubt, it’s

it’s

pretty plant, but

not a natural part of our

purple loosestrife because

much

Larry Lamb, professor of environmental studies. University of Water loo

said. “In fact they

won’t eat

else.”

too well

“There was some growing in

moved to my house,” he said. “I every year for 15 years and it still kept coming back.” The only thing that can be done now, he when

I first

pulled

possible, he said, that there are

some

on campus at Conestoga. were tested for about four years before they were brought to North America, said Corrigan. It was found that if beetles present

The

beetles

the beetles are given a choice, they will always eat purple loosestrife. If the beetles

no choice, they will eat two other Lithrum alatum, a close relative of purple loosestrife, and Decodon verticillatus

flowering.

(water willow).

are given species:

first

place.

sale at all If

said

should be banned from

like to get involved in the

ple to

work

The

3946, or send e-mail to

will

Douglas

swamp

The presence of purple

an invasive plant around Doon campus’s pond, is not a problem, says Conestoga’s head groundskeeper. loosestrife,

Peter Higgins said that purple loosestrife is often seen as a problem by duck hunters

because they claim

clogs up ponds and

Drop us a

areas.

“It’s no secret our earth is in jeopardy,” Myers said. “Look at the severe weather, it’s not good news.” Canada was not alone in failing to meet commitments. American President

Bill Clinton said the

has such strong, deep roots.

However, he added, he always it blooms so that it doesn’t go to seed. Purple loosestrife is just one of many nonnative plants which have taken over, said

impossible to physically remove because

Higgins.

line.

“We can’t kill the purple loosestrife (with herbicides) without killing everything else it.”

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United States also

meet

its

commit-

ments.

Some world

leaders didn’t even attend

conference.

China,

India

and

Mexico didn’t send representatives. The Malaysian ambassador and conference chairman, Razali Ismail, said in a press release that his prime minister wasn’t attending either, because he was

MacNutt, 97 per cent of is still done by clear cutting, the government still subsidizes the oil industry, and little is being done to protect the 275 species at risk in Canada. The next time Canada’s environment to

logging in British Columbia

“But personally I don’t see it,” he said. “It’s no problem to us, as far as I’m concerned. It’s not going into the pond because the pond’s too deep, and it’s not going into the grass because it would be cut with the lawn mower.” Higgins said purple loosestrife is nearly

around

necessary to help an

injured planet

disappointed with the results of Rio.

Conestoga’s purple loosestrife not a problem Ellen

for Waterloo-Wellington,

first time in 1997, said a strong partnership between government and industry was needed to establish the

According

together.

elected for the

ext.

easy to make a commitment,” he said, “but it’s hard to follow through.”

the

DMACKENZ@ UOFGUELPH .CA.

comes

“It’s

looking for

Grand River Watershed is site volunteers. If you volunteer, they will release beetles on the site of your choice and you can monitor the beetles and give them back the data. To get involved call Jim Corrigan at (519)

Local MP Lynn Myers said the government need^ to do more to get peo-

beetle project, the

824-4120,

government when

federal

environmental issues.”

would not be able

garden centres.

you would

has the political will even though the Canadian population is in favor of legislation,” she said. “There has been a complete lack of leadership from the

political

garden

said, is not to plant purple loosestrife in the It’s

Corrigan said there are three sites going At these sites there has been a large reduction in the amount of purple loosestrife and a reduction in the amount of well.

established and hard to get rid of.

this study,

loosestrife,”

Lamb. He

Lamb said he thinks it’s too late to go after

ecosystem.”

to eliminate the purple

two species of beetles, Galerucella pusilla and Galerucella calmariensis, have been brought to North America from Europe. “They (the beetles) are new to North America but they’re not new to purple

endangered

the order table.

said.

loosestrife problem.

For

The Canadian record, when it comes Rio Summit, is very poor, she

At the University of Guelph, Jim Corrigan

way

protected

to the

lot

researching a

have

species, but died

ting attention because they don’t affect hunters.”

Canada had not

that

According to MacNutt, The main reason Canada failed was because of a lack of political will. She cited a bill that

of insects that attack it, but in North America, it has no natural enemies. Although many experts agree that purple loosestrife is a problem, one study by Mark Anderson, in Environmental Management, states that he found no connection between the number of native species in an area and the amount of purple loosestrife.

said

will be discussed is at an environmental conference in Kyoto, Japan. MacNutt said the test will be whether or not Canada has introduced meaningful legislation, and the world will be watching.

suggestions

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and

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1997

— Page 9

Earthly education provides insight into reducing environmental im pact

Summer camp By Ross Bragg

view nature.

If you ask Callum McKee why there is grass growing on the roof

to help educate children about

of a building

use the building as a model

“We

the

society can minimize

lights

and wind energy to power and heat water. McKee said

when

they built Solarium, they

solar

might put his foot in the grass

mimic a footprint in the soil. “Each time we build a structure on the camp we are leaving a footwas none there print where before,” said McKee. “We planted the grass on the roof so the building would blend in with the natural

tried to

use what would have been wood and other waste

discarded materials.

said

many of

beams came from

words,

“As With everything,

centre

iUVrfor

the

we try to

it uses soto energy) was built

way

of January 1996 for Earth

minimize

impact on the

mer camp centre

Callum McKee, director of

run

McKee and

tires.

struction

contried

The Solarium

much

as possi-

at the

YMCA

Paradise Lake Centre

Because even when mateand

which comes mostly from

tricity

are

warm

required.”

wife Paula. The camp and the learning centre are situated on Paradise Lake, about 20 kilometres north of Kitchener- Waterloo.

Up is

McKee said Earth Voyagers, among other things, tries to arouse the children’s curiosity about all

a wooded path from Solarium

another environmentally-sensi-

solar panels.”

points to the fact that

Like Solarium, the Burroughs is used in the winter season for environmental education programs run

used by the camp called the Burrows. McKee said

by the schools,

tive building

the

aspects of the natural world by introducing fascinating ways to

name

refers to the

three-story building

way

and the walls

in the winter

are designed to trap the heat. “The painting of a sun on the fireplace

his

constructed of environmentally friendly and (Photo by Lisa Kloepfer)

side source of electricity. “It uses about a tea-kettle’s worth of elec-

rials are recycled,

resources

reused material.

ble.

Paradise Lake Centre energy

dren, aged 10 to 15,

YMCA

chil-

for

awe

made

from old “During

at the

to reuse materials

environment.”

Voyagers, a sum-

wooden

the

the demolition

of a grocery store in Kitchener, and the floor of the

surroundings. In

cover our tracks.”

how

impact on

the enviroiunent,” said McKee. The two-story structure uses

YMCA’s

jmnvironmental Learning Centre,

other

its

as well as for

mer campers. McKee building

the

said

the

specially designed to

stay cool in the

sunk into

sum-

summer and warm

in iht winter.

the earth like a rabbit’s home. McKee said the Burrows sleeps about 40 campers and uses no out-

van-size masonry

place

wood

fire-

used to keep the building

wood is realsaid

energy,”

solar

stored

McKee. The residential building uses compost

“These

toilets.

that don’t use

water,

toilets,

are used

about 10,000 times in a year,” said McKee. “After five years we end up with only about 15 litres of

waste from each waste is about

toilet

— and

that

per

cent

Resources measured

reusable.”

When both buildings were built, a bunch of small trees were moved instead of cut down, said McKee. “As with everything we try to minimize the impact on the environment.”

McKee

said children at the

camp

do not always catch on to what they are trying to do with building. “It can all be a bit academic for them, but

think they a learn a lot

by just interacting with nature during games and activities.”

or over-time amount in order to preserve the amenity, she said. Each person receives a different <

By Tony Kobilnyk is a tree worth? In of monetary value, the

set of values.

How much terms

Once

data

the

collected,

rate

Gunning-Trant said, statistical analysis is used to determine the average value of the amenity.

But a tree also has value in other ways. It provides a habitat for

she said, the researcher can determine which factors influence an

and other small amcarbon dioxide removes mals, it from the air and it also beautifies the countryside and the places we live and work. Some might say

individual’s decision.

answer is

needed the measure-

easy. All that is

the type of tree,

ments and the sawmill’s going

During the

per board-foot.

insects, birds

sum of

said.

“The method allows

its

It’s difficult

for citizens

that is representa-

of the population. Even if someone doesn’t care about the

for environmental-

any resource or environmental amenity is more

show

that

valuable left intact than it is cut down, dug up or built over, especially

have a voice

tive

parts.

ists to

analysis,

Such factors may be income, age, education, where they live, awareness or past donations, she

that environmentally, the tree is

worth more than the

statistical

when jobs and money

are

Conservation has no market the way lumber, bottled water or a parcel of land do. the line.

However, there is an emerging value to method economic resources which has been developing over the last 25 years. valuation is a method ^ Contingent which is becoming accepted by * economists, governments and

Caroline said Gunning-Trant, an economist in the policy branch of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Ottawa.

businesses,

She said the method estimates the value of a resource or environmental amenity for which a market

can apply to anything, including animus, clean air

does not

exist. It

developm^ent, may and the

so^

the best use for society using contingent valuation to determine or pristine lakes, she said. “Contingent valuation provides a counterbalance between the eco-

nomic value of an amenity and environmental benefit of it,” she said.

The method

resource through an individual’st willing-

ness to pay for

where

it,

how

the

method works by developing a

survey through pre-testing ran-

said.

Respondents are also asked why they would pay to have a resource

between the economic value the environmental benifit of

domly selected pre-testing

an amenity and

it.”

Caroline Gunning-Trant,

individuals.

get.

“You need a broad range of peofrom tree-huggers to those

preserved or protected. “The reasons and values aren’t just thought up willy-nilly,” she said. Generally, Gunning-Trant said.

The

used to establish a range of values for the resource

where

50 approximately per cent of those tested say yes to

can say so and their

will count,” she said.

view Gunning-Trant said the method States is used more in the United than in Canada. The National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration concluded that contingent valuation would produce estimates reliable enough to create a starting point in estimating the damage to the environment

Exxon Valdez oil spill Sound, Alaska William Prince after the

suggested values for

March of 1989, she

the resource and 50 per cent say no. The

of the survey,

Canada survey is economist with Argiculture and Agri-Food randomly

individual’s preferences and bud-

ple,

she

jJ-^yTony Kobilnyk)

“Contingent valuation provides a counterbalance

she

person would pay is based on such things as the

much

really couldn’t care less,’

tries to

elicit a value for the

said,

the

who

issue, they

be assessed

then sent to

the

population of interest according to population density-

The respondents are asked if they would be willing to pay a one-time

said.

“Depending on the completeness it is as good a

as we have so far in gaugopinion in a way that people’s ing

method

can be measured by dollars and cents,” she said.

So, how much is a tree worth? According to an economist, it

depends.

Page 10

— SPOKE, July

28, 1997

W home to local environmental organization

WPIRG co-ordinator says there’s a

lot

overlap between

environmental and social-justice issues By Bob Puersten know that a lot of being logged,” Linda Vieregge, co-ordinator of the Waterloo Public Interest Research Group (WPIRG) said as she explained the work of the organizations Wilderness Action Committee. “A

lot

of people don’t

Algonquin Park

The committee’s main focus

forestry

Vieregge and so, in addition to Algonquin Park, it has looked into the issue of logging the Temagami old-growth forest and mining in wilderness areas. Vieregge said the focus of the environmental and social rights organization, issues, said

housed in the Student Life Centre

said Vieregge.

(Photo by Bob Puersten)

at the

of Waterloo, ranges from research in environmental issues (such as that of the Wilderness Action Committee), through the work of committees like Students for Indigenous Rights (STIR), to community-outreach projects, such as Recycle Cycle and Food Not Bombs. Food Not Bombs is a concept which originated in San Francisco 20 years ago, University

Waterloo Public Interest Research Group (WPIRG) workers show the bicycles they moved to 322 King St. E. in Kitchener July 18 for Recycle Cycle’s first bike drive. From left— volunteer Sue Forrest, WPIRG board member Mike Domaratzki, Recycle Cycle’s co-ordinator Andrea Bassett, WPIRG board member Paul Baines, and WPIRG co-ordinator Linda Vieregge.

The program helps

Shell Oil’s drilling in Nigeria has destroyed

diverting surplus food from places like Tim Horton’s restaurants away from the landfill sites, Vieregge said.

the land of the Aboni, an indigenous people

Recycle Cycle takes donated bicycles, repairs them and returns them to the community at a low cost, said Vieregge. STIR, whose work looks at the plight of indigenous peoples in Canada and around the world, said Vieregge, has looked at how

other people,” Vieregge said.

to feed people

of the area.

“Driving your car does have impact on a resource centre at its office and focuses on environmental and social

The information

said Vieregge, ranges

available,

from books on how

get your lawn off pesticides to alternative

Recycle Cycle sets up shop

own home ing

WPIRG has

justice issues.

energy sources, such as solar and wind power. There are also practical guides on how students can help themselves in their as well as information engineer-

can

students

academic

issues such as ani-

mal research, vegetarianism, and staying healthy

is also available. Said Vieregge, “There is a lot of overlap between environmental and social-justice issues.”

downtown K-W

By Bob Puersten

doing

use

research. Information

location

Vieregge. “Basically this supplies people with bicycles that can’t afford to go out and

When the Waterloo Public Interest Research Group (WPIRG) held its first bike drive for Recycle Cycle, they expected to receive 20 to 30 cycles, said Linda Vieregge,

pay hundreds of dollars for a bike at a bike shop. We usually say our selling price is between $5 and $40.” Getting bicycles has not been a problem WPIRG co-ordinator. Instead, they received for the program, said Vieregge. 300. “There’s tons and tons of bikes out there The program moved its inventory of 80 that just sit in people’s basements because bicycles to 322 King St. East, a downtown they get a new one or their kids move out Kitchener location July 18, and is preparing and don’t take their bike with them.” to set up shop. Vieregge Over the next two or said WPIRG had been three weeks, volunoperating Recycle Cycle “Basically this Supplies people teers will be fixing up bicycles which will bicycles that Can t afford the Waterloo community then be made availarts centre.

.jq

However, with the addition of a printing press,

the

arts

centre

a bike

jgijk

Vieregge.

a bike shop.”

Volunteers, tools and

spare parts will also

Linda Vieregge,

made

WPIRG co-ordinator

available at

that time to help peo-

a per-

manent project of WPIRG to which people in the community donate bikes. The cycles are then fixed up and either given away

Mike Domaratzki, WPIRG board member, and Linda Vieregge, WPIRG co-ordinator, unload bikes at 322 King St. E. in Kitchener July 18. (Photo by Bob Puersten)

able to the public, said

of dollars for

needed

use of the space, said Vieregge.

Recycle Cycle

pgy hundreds

ple their

own

Vieregge

WPIRG

who want

stressed,

volunteers

however, are

resource not to do the actual work.

cheaply, said Vieregge.

said.

“They’re officially by donation because we lot away. It’s not like they have a sales price on them per se,” said

ating in early to

do end up giving a

the

not a bike repair shop,” Vieregge

The Recycle Cycle location will start opermid-August and will stay

open

until the fall,

Be Kind to the World Recycle this copy of

SPOKE

that

available

through organizations like the Children’s Needs Distribution Centre or sold very

“This

to fix

bikes, Vieregge said.

Vieregge said.

0^.

— enmrmmmeni British pubs popular in Cambridge SPOKE, July 28,

By Ian

1997

Page 11

The Axe and

Palmer

Compass

been well over 30 years since The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks It’s

The Axe and Compass,

and The Who led the original British Tnvasion on North Ameri^^

Riverside Park in Preston,

In Cambridge the invasion is still it's not music that is

Listed here are ular pubs in

It's

the pubs.

some of the more pop-

Cambridge

one of the

newer pubs in Cambridge. It has been open for just over one year. The pub features Karaoke on Tuesdays and Thursdays and has live and Fridays on entertainment

going strong, but gripping the city.

located near

to enjoy a pint

Saturdays. There is one television located above the bar which is hooked into

of British or Irish beer and grab a bite to

eat

satellite.

Cheers!

The Axe and Compass has

daily lunch

and is open seven days a week. There is no admission charge for entertainment. Imported beers include Guiness and Harp from Ireland. specials for $5

The Black Badger

Lynda Palmer pours a

The Fiddle and

The Black Badger is located in the old Scallions restaurant in the Galt section

Firkin

and a room upstairs that houses two dartboards.

in the heart of

Just a

downtown Preston. The pub has four satellite televisions scattered throughout and two dartboards.

Marissa Lopez, one of the owners, said they are waiting for a liquor licence for the upstairs room. She said people are welcome to use the room but it

St. E.

meal.

a “pound and pint” special which features a pound of chicken wings and a pint of draft for $6.75. It is

There

$7.85

few blocks from the Axe and Compass is the Fiddle and Firkin, located

not drink alcohol in

707 King

Firkin,

available

of Cambridge. The year-old pub has three televisions

may

and

pint of draft at the Fiddle

quiz night

which

also

seniors’

and kids’ day.

Seniors receive 15 per cent off their food bill and children under 12 eat for free if accompanied by an adult who purchases a

currently.

The Axe and Compass, 157 King

The Black Badger has live entertainment every second Saturday and has a

held every Wednesday,

St.W.

ordered with an imported

draft.

The Fiddle and Firkin is open seven days a week and has Tennents from Scotland and Bass from England on tap along with Strongbow cider. Becks beer fom Germany able

Other British and able $5.

also avail-

tap.

Irish beers are avail-

by the bottle or can and

The bar presents

sell for

about

live entertainment

special occasions only.

patio at the side of the building. It also has numerous British beers on tap and is open seven days a week.

The Oxford

The Golden Kiwi

The Oxford is a family owned and operated pub that also shows satellite

The Golden Kiwi is located a few blocks from the Black Badger, across from the Cambridge F'amiers’ Market.

soccer games on two large televisions. Some games are shown for free while

one of Cambridge’s older has a piano, fireplace, two boards and a television behind the bar, f British newspapers are kept in the pub This

Inside

for patrons to

The Kiwi

carry a cover charge of $5 or $10. Occasionally two games are shown

others

for the price of

features live entertainment

micro beers on Utp and has a patio alongside the building, open seven days a week.

St. N.

Stones, an English

The Golden

Kiwi,

55 Dickson

phenalia such as flags and various soccer shirts.

There are three dartboards inside and a on Mondays. There

dart league plays there

are various British beers

charge.

games

are

shown on

and on a television

The Bums Howff features live entertainment from Thursdays to Sundays. Tuesday night is quiz night at the pub. The inside is decorated with Scottish para-

of Franklin Boulevard. The bar features Scottish league and national soccer games throughout the season which usually carry a $5 to $ 10-cover satellite

St.

behind the bar.

The Bums Howff is a Scottish pub that has been open for just over 1 8 months. It is located in a small strip mall just off

The

bitter.

Soccer memorabilia decorates the bar which is open seven days a week.

bar’s 60-inch television

The Burns Howff

’

Imported draft includes Guinness and

Saturday evenings and often holds microbeer and wine-tasting events. The Golden Kiwi features imported and

The Black Badger, 55 Water

one

The Oxford has two dartboards and home to a dart league on Mondays.

browse through.

the

The Burns

Howff, 95

Saginaw Pkwy.

Larry Zettler stretches to make a shot in

the back room of the Rose

and Crown pub, 215 Beverly St.

patio

building and

on tap

to try.

located at the back of the it is

open seven days a week.

The Rose and Crown The Rose and Crown

well-known in

Cambridge for being a soccer pub. The matches are picked up from around the world on the pub’s three large satellites. Games are shown firequently at the bar on a 46-inch television and a seven-foot projection screen.

it’s

early

not unusual for the bar to be filled

on a Saturday morning.

The Oxford Tavern, 30 Glamis Rd.

Certain games carry a cover charge of $5 or $10 while others may be seen for free. Tbe bar is divided into two sections with a television, bar and piano located in the ffont.The screen is located in the back jukebox and a coin-operalong with a

ated pool table.

The Rose and Crown provides imported days a week and schedules

draft beer seven

live entertainment

Wednesdays are

every second weekend.

alternative

music nights

with local bands being invited to perform, The rose and Crown also has a patio^

which

opened in June.

Page 12

— SPOKE, July

enxerrcLmraem

28, 1997

Movie review Fast cars

Confacf flawed attempt

Sagan novel

to bring

to the big screen By Sarah Smith Contact, described as “a journey to the heart

science

of the universe,”

drama

fiction

which

as the team of scientists and government officials prepare to use the gigantic transport looming

over the landscape,

makes an ambitious but flawed attempt

Sagan’s

Carl

bring

1986 novel to the big screen. An uneven pace and simplistic characters take away from the movie’s more powerful scenes involving high-tech machinery and the issue of religion versus science.

its

capabilities

unknown. Unfortunately, the movie’s tone ruined by the involvement of

several one-dimensional charac-

such as David Drumlin power-hungry scienout to steal Elbe’s fame. Michael Kitz (Woods), a

ters,

(Skerritt), a tist

national security advisor deter-

Starring Jodie Foster and co-star-

mined

to discredit the costly space

Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, and Angela Bassett, the movie is packed with both celestial and Hollywood stars. The film is also directed and produced by

continuity of the picture in their

Oscar-winning Robert Zemeckis,

predictability

whose most recent success was

only Foster’s impressive skill as an actor playing a more complex

ring

Gump.

Forrest

The

story concerns Dr. Eleanor

“Ellie” Arroway, a

woman

devot-

ed to discovering life in outer space. After a brief look at her childhood, we are introduced to Ellie years later in a tropical hut in

the Puerto

Rican

rainforest,

still

searching the universe. Here she

meets Palmer Joss (played by the

McConaughey), a

seductive tualist

spiri-

studying the effect of tech-

nology on Third World nations. (“You could call me a man of the cloth without the cloth.”) that their great

It is

here

romance begins,

though a brief evening of beer and sex is not very effective in convincing the viewer of the relationship’s intensity.

next find Ellie in the

Mexico

desert,

New

sweeping the skies

with gigantic dish-shaped radio telescopes.

Miraculously, just before her research team loses its funding, Ellie

from the

intercepts

star

of Vega.

endeavor. Finally there

(Hurt), an eccentric mil-

lionaire

who

These characters break up the

passenger? After a rather belabored start, the pace of the movie finally picks up

sonator is there, along with alien worshippers and angry church groups declaring “science is not our god.” are

also

particularly

a movie

the

and

gigantic

Elbe’s

trans-

“journey”

Disney’s most recent live-action will

satisfy the child in everyone.

One complication in the couple’s budding love is Ursula’s self-righteous former fiance Lyle, por-

In the movie, which is based on the 1960’s cartoon of the same

trayed by Thomas Haden Church (Wings), who refuses to let her fol-

George of the Jungle,

release,

name,

blends fantasy and reality in a

and

children

adults

scenes

concerning Elbe’s

and

can

low her

heart.

Though he amuses viewers the butt of

all

animal poachers also pose problems by “Ape-napping” George’s

mentor and threatening to exploit the animal in Las Vegas. After George makes his heroic rescue and happiness seems inuniLyle reappears, having escaped from jail. By declaring his nent,

authority to marry himself and

antics

and jokes

tribe,

Lyle’s true

Ursula, another kidnapping takes place which seemed to keep most

from an African

Brendan Fraser {Encino Man,

villainous colors

come

when

out

young viewers on

the edges of

Airheads, School Ties) portrays George, a man who was raised by

he shoots George out of jealousy. This proves to be a costly mistake

their seats.

an intellectual ape, coincidently named Ape, in the jungles of cen-

on Lyle’s part because it sends George into Ursula’s care, where

is a happy ending which plays off of another well-known

tral

Africa.

Having

she realizes

experience

others of his kind, let

with alone the

female of his species,

surprise that his social skills are

not at their best

politics

way

alike

appreciate.

heroine,

slower

Sam Weisman

director

through space. These scenes are the

wins the hearts of viewers and Ursula.

quite awe-inspiring, in contrast to

American

everyone

for the chiltj in

By Andrea Bailey

very with

George of the Jungle:

Disney’s

also dislearns

Ellie

found to make this bearable is each other.” Contact is interesting and amusing, however, in it’s social commentary regarding the issue of space and aliens. “They’ve been making money off Martians for years,” says Ellie of Hollywood. With news of her discovery, thousands of people arrive near the research station in protest and support. A Viva Las Vega Elvis imper-

impressive,

(Photo by Tony Kobilnyk)

many of

searching, the only thing we’ve'

effects

Movie review

heavy-handed message about meaning in the world: “In all our

The

of the Canadians in the Molson Indy, speeds past a capacity crowd of over Toronto on July 21 Moore did not finish the race due to an accident which damaged

simplicity. It is

The movie’s climax appointing,

his car.

the scenes.

regards

plans for the construction of a transport to jettison a person into space. Any guesses on the lucky

and

character which redeems

porter

discovery becomes an international media event, and the decoded message reveals

Greg Moore, one 68,000

this incredible

speaks like Darth

Vader.

a message course,

S.R.

Hadden

Leslie

Man

when

Ursula,

the movie’s

portrayed

Mann {The Cable Guy, Last comes

Standing),

into his

how much

she cares

for him.

Unfortunately,

her

man when

back

she brings George

to her civilized

Francisco

world

San

recover from his

wound.

the

movie progresses,

amusing

ing

fast pace.

unassuming,

nature

not intellectually

movie does a good job of shedding light on what, to a newcomer

gle

swinger use tips such as making funny faces and eating coffee grounds in attempt to win his lady.

George’s

parents also disapprove of the jun-

Through many mishaps involving swinging on vines and crashcaring

stimulating on an adult level, the

life.

trees,

flick.

high-class

Contact is a movie worth seeing, so long as the viewer does not expect great characterization or a

yet

Disney

Though

childhood.

into

But, as children’s movies often go, there

to see the naive vine-

a side plot, two bumbling

George, would be a cruel

world.

Anyone who wants to escape from the stresses of everyday life and enjoy a love story which is portrayed in classic Disney fashion should take in George of

the

Jungle.

It’s

worth

going

bananas over.

CD review

album

SpiritualizecJ By Hunter Malcolm

ring

simple

motifs

set

entirely original composition.

The Bribsh band has fcM'

released

its

Spiritualized third

the Dedicated label

music fans, who stick to top 40 rankings to mine what they listen to, a which is indeed soothing offers

album and it don’t

Pierce first

came

as one of the

Jason

to recognition

two songwriters

who made up Spaceman

3, the

late ‘80s British

sound

perfect a

to the

music of other bands such as Suicide, The Velvet Underground, the MC5, and turn it into a musi-

and Gentlemen We

band

that tried to

way of repossessing

the

are Floating in Space, the album follows a pattern of what the band

cal collage.

refers to in its press release as

“aural sculpture” and “melodic

and Pierce has been said to describe Spiritualized as trying to create a certain type of sound

repetition”.

The

result of this

approach

collection of songs with re-occur-

Spaceman 3 comes across as homage to previous influences

which

filled the

gaps band

saw between

bers

something all

of their

idols.

deter-

ear.

Titled Ladies

man

Spiritualized’s front

offers

mem-

Many

the soul

for

of the songs use the

strik-

ing and powerful force of

The

quoted in the band’s press release saying that it is very easy to sound like the Beach

Gospel Choir, horn arrangements and the Balanescu string quartet. The

Boys or

effective result of this marriage of

for great

styles can be heard on the track “Think I’m In Love. The album goes beyond conven-

Pierce

the Beatles but that

doesn’t always

make

music. “It

makes records

that

appear

London

Community

superficially great,” said Pierce.

tional confines of

With Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, Pierce seems to be far from wearing his influences on his sleeve. What comes out in this album is an

rock music by the use of outside musicians giving the album a

assimilation of those influences and a reflection of considerable

musical awareness.

multi-textured

contemporary

and

soulful

psychedelic edge.

The range of themes on the album is also very diverse, stretching

choly

from an almost melanthe song “Broken

mood on

Heart” to the strangely elating piece entitled “Electricity”.

Ladies

And Gentlemen We Are

Floating in Space is a refreshing break from the constricting styles of contemporary music which fill the airwaves today.

This

to hear

not to say you can expect it

on any

The 12 songs on

frequency.

album are beyond the grasp of the commercial forces dominating mainstream music today. Spiritualized serves up this album almost as a dose to remedy the artistic redundancy which seems to currently dominate the music business. the