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by Jennifer WiederickAs I drive through the UCFV parking lots in the mornings, I can't help but notice the multitude of bumper stickers and window decals depicting various bursts of patriotism. Be it simply a Canadian flag or a statement of national pride, they all say, 'Tm proud of being a Canadian." I myself sport a Canadian Flag on my rear window.
The Canadian 431 Air Demonstration Squadron Snowbirds are in grave danger of losing their funding due to budget cuts and restructuring by the Department of National Defense. The CT- I I4 Tutor jets that the team flies are getting on in years, and to provide the nine new jets that the team will need is an expense that the Department is not willing to take. Not a lot of people even know the great role and fascinating feats that the Snowbirds accomplish in the name of our great • nation. They perform their aerial shows many times a year in 71 air shows at 50 locations throughout North America, our own Abbotsford Airshow included.
Many people are familiar with the United States Ai rforce B Jue Angels, and the feats they perform in their F-18 fighter jets; it may trigger the thought that the Snowbirds in their lowly Tutors aren't quite as exciting. Unlike the Blue Angels, though, because every Royal Canadian Airforce Pilot earns their wings in aCT-114 Tutor, the opportunity to fly as a Snowbird is available to the forces, while a Blue Angels membership is only open to US Airforce F-18 pilots. The Blue Angels only perform standard F-18 fighter pattern maneuvers during shows. That might impress us lowly civilians, but it's not a huge feat in the world of flight; our Snowbirds practice and perform true aerobatics, maneuvers that are anything but standard, and they really push their jets to the limit.
To find out more about the Snowbirds, you can check them out on the web at www.snowbirds.dnd.ca, or contact them at the 431 Air Demonstration Squadron, 15 Wing, PO Box 5000, Moose Jaw Saskatchewan, S6H 7Z8.
If you'd like to see them continue impressing audiences, and being representatives of our great nation contact the Department of National Defense concerning the great tradition of the Snowbirds.
The school bookstore was burglarized sometime between closing on Friday evening September 17 and opening Saturday morning September 18. At an unknown time during the night, or early morning, someone ·or ones entered the school bookstore and stole an undetermined amount of cash from the safe. There was no sign of forced entry, but the front door to the bookstore had, at that time, a lock which could be opened with any one of the countless school master keys (faculty, security, and staff are just some of the people who have master school keys). The safe works with a combination and key system. A copy of the key was kept in the store so, after ransacking an area of the store, the perpetrator found the
key and opened the safe and took the money inside. It is not yet clear whether the combination was broken, or if the combination was not set that evening. Whoever broke into the store must have done some homework, but is obviously a C student.
The store has a minimal amount of cash on premises after hours. The amount of cash stolen has not been accurately evaluated yet, but the estimate is no more than a few hundred dollars at most. The cash they did get was in the form of drop money, so the police may have fingerprints from the envelopes torn open to get the money. UCFV Security has since then installed 24hour security cameras and changed the locks to deter future attempts.
When asked if there is an internal investigation under way to
address the possibility of this having been an inside job, Bob Warick (security's media liason) said, "[the burglary] is currently under investigation by the Abbotsford Police Department," and continued to say that he couldn't comment any further on the inside job theory. When the same question was asked to Rob Kilfoil (head of security) his answer was. almost verbatum, the same as Warick's. The officer in charge of the investigation, Constible Fran Lumm, could not be reached for comment. Adam Bodner (assistant head of security) said that the police may have some potential leads, but he was not at liberty to discuss specifics. According to Cameron Roy (manager of the bookstore) the amount stolen was so small that the police will likely treat it as, "small potatoes."
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by James Steidle The Peak
VANCOUVER (CUP) Coffee drinkers in Vancouver are noticing a new look by Starbucks employees.
No, everybody isn't in leather, or vests or some other fancy new uniform. In fact, employees at the 11 unionized outlets in the Lower Mainland are making a statement by not wearing their unifomi.s at all.
This dress code disobedience is part of a spirited "un-strike" drive by the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) against the coffee-giant Starbucks corporation.
The goal of the drive is to gamer support for the Starbucks employees without launching a full strike.
In order to gain public support, both employees and the CAW have created a number of catchy slogans and phrases to sport on buttons and T-shirts while on duty.
One button says "Warbucks Coffee", and instead of the traditional mermaid there is a portrait of Uncle Sam.
The uil-strikers will also be handing out pamphlets to customers, who they will continue to serve.
At the heart of the dispute, says CAW national representative Jeff Keighly, are wages, work scheduling, training procedures and most importantly, paid sick leave.
"While the managers and assistant managers can be offwork for up to two weeks with no loss of pay whatsoever, hourly people get absolutely nothing," said Keighly.
Hence, one of their slogans "Get sick on your own time, partner."
This is especially frustrating for Keighly,_ who feels it is the hourly employees who are at the greatest risk of getting sick when dealing with customers.
Also central to the dispute are wages, which at $8.60 an hour are too low according to Keighly.
"It's not a living wage!" he said. "Many workers are forced to hold down a second job just to make ends meet."
But according to small business owner Jake Stier, the average Starbucks shift of 20-25 hours a week should not get in the way of a second job.
"[Working] 20 hours a week is half of what the average full-time worker puts , in," said Stier, who is also involved in the service sector.
And even Keighly admits there are other service sector employees who may have it worse off. •
"There are lots of jobs in the service sector that pay somewhat less than [Starbucks]," he said. "And [we] do have some amount of benefits in the medical and dental area that lots of service sector [employees] don't have."
He also said Starbucks employees do get discounts on coffee, albeit at the immense profit of the corporation and that's another sore spot.
"Starbucks is an enormous corporation," stressed Keighly.
Last year, a new Starbucks opened up every 16 hours, bringing the total to about 2,200 stores.
Starbucks corporate office was not available for comment.
VICTORIA (CUP) When the United States blocked the importation of Venezuelan oil under the U.S. Clean Air Act, the Latin American country took their concerns to a higher-level power the World Trade Organization (WTO).
The Venezuelan government argued the law was a "restrictive trade practice" and won, forcing the Americans to choose between amending the law or coughing up cash for loss of potential profits.
The U.S. chose the latter, much to the chagrin of people like Council of Canadians member Saul Arbess.
"The U.S. amended the Clean Air Act which was a hallmark act of legislation going back to the 60s," said Arbes.
"Until the provisions of the WTO, there was no way it could be challenged. It couldn't be challenged by any domestic corporation."
That's just one example of why the
WTO is, as an international body governing the rules of trade, "the most powerful judicial and legislative body on the planet,'.' according to Arbess.
The WTO's power and influence is unacceptable to groups like the Council of Canadians, and other social justice and environmental groups, who plan to demonstrate in Seattle between Nov. 30~ Dec. 4 for the third ever ministerial meeting of the WTO.
The international body's selfproclaimed mandate is "to ensure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably and freely as possible."
It's a global organization that regulates world trade among 135 member countries 30 more are seeking entry.
The most notable holdouts are Russia, China and Saudi Arabia.
Mike Moore, director-general of the WTO, feels global problems can only be addressed by global solutions.
In a speech last month in New Zealand's parliament, he said, "No nation, great
OTTAWA (CUP) A proposed amendment to the Divorce Act may affect students whose parents have divorced.
In the next few weeks, Liberal MP Roger Gallaway plans to table a private members bill in the House of Commons that will stop the power of courts to increase support payments when a child begins their post-secondary education.
Currently, married parents have no obligation to pay for their children's university or college education, although student loan eligibility is based on parents' incomes.
Parents who are divorced, however, can have their child support payments increased by a court order when their child turns 18, in order to cover the costs of post-secondary education.
"To me this is not a difficult issue. It's just an issue where some fairness enters into the equation," said Gallaway. "The courts treat divorced people radically different than they do those whose marriages are intact."
Although he doesn't know how many students could be affected by the proposed changes, Gallaway says the bill only serves to point out one of the problems with the current law governing divorce procedure.
Last year, Gallaway co-chaired a joint House and Senate committee that recommended numerous changes to the Divorce Act that would ensure divorced parents weren't burdened with
obligations from which married couples are exempt.
While Gallaway says he believes the Liberal caucus will support his bill, he says there are many other groups across Canada who support this change.
Danny Guspie, executive director of the Fathers' Resources International, is one of those supporters.
Guspie says any attempt to make the Divorce Act easier to understand and to use is welcomed by his group.
In addition, he says all parents, married or divorced, should have equal and fair financial obligations towards their children.
"This can be a huge issue," said Guspie.
"Picture that you' re a father and you get this order and you even agree with it initially but then all of a sudden you find yourself in a position where you're unemployed."
Although there are opportunities for parents paying child support to have legal adjustments to their obligations when they can no longer afford it, or if their children are not using the finances properly at school, parents often cannot afford legal representation to have the changes made.
"The bureaucracy is set up for the convenience of everyone except the jurisdiction of the parent," said Guspie.
"The only winners are those in the legal profession."
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or small, can secure its future alone. No nation can even run a tax system, a good health system, or enjoy clean air and water without the co-operation of others."
But the shared consensus among the many groups who plan to demonstrte in Seattle is that the WTO's vision of free trade can only aggravate the planet's social ·andenvironmental problems.
Where WTO rulings have been made concerning trade barriers intended to protect health or the environment, said Arbess, the challengers have won.
Arbess sees a threat in placing what we call environmental, health and labour legislation into the category of "nontariff barriers to trade," where they may then fall under the WTO appeal process.
"This appeal process takes place behind closed doors, in front of just three trade experts appointed by the WTO," said Arbess, adding the decisions of this panel cannot be re-appealed.
"[Environmental and social] laws stand
to be struck down, or in developing countries never created at all, because of the massive chilling effect of the prospect of paying under sanction of the WTO."
The cost of not listening to the rulings of the WTO can be harsh, said Steven Shrybman, author of A Citizens Guide to the WTO and chair of West Coast Environmental Law.
In one case settled by appeal, the WTO imposed sanctions so that countries in the European Union must pay $128 million (US) annually to Canada and the U.S. The EU wanted to keep North American hormone-treated beef from entering Europe. Shrybman feels that this pattern of international sanctions is not healthy.
"It is like a scenario where we beat up, and get beat up," he said.
The WTO is the product of the Uruguay Round of negotiations, an eight-year continued on page 5.
(?TTAWA (CUP) Canadian students can finally understand what is truly wrong with their country: its government has no vision for the future.
In the Oct. 12 Throne Speech, postsecondary education went practically unmentioned. Other than some vague promises towards increases in research funding, there were no further initiatives to solving the increasing cash crunch faced by universities.
The Liberals tell students that education is a provincial responsibility.
This is true as far as allocating capital funds for universities' operating budgets. Nonetheless, the federal government holds significant power by way of its taxation system. It is therefore up to the federal government to pass on the finances to ensure provinces are able to adequately support their social programs. Meanwhile, the humanities continue receiving funding cutbacks, while technological m1t1at1ves constantly receive more funding and federal support.
Rather than allowing the provinces to build their education systems, the Liberals continue to tighten their financial noose around the necks of regional governments, removing their freedom to make decisions.
The result of these actions is an everincreasing corporate presence in classrooms and a deteriorating situation for humanities in our educational institutions.
' When asked about his government's plans for the future last week, Prime Minister Jean Chretien made reference to Canada's ranking by the United Nations as the best country in the world
in which to live by saying, "I want to carry into the 21st century with the same thing. And they say I have JIO vision.
Imagine if I had a vision." Imagine, indeed.
If Chretien and his Liberals really do have a plan for this country, tt's about time they share it with Canadians.
The fact of the matter is that social spending in the areas of health and education has been cut tremendously to the tune of $7 billion under the current Liberal government.
Now that Chretien is willing to increase spending, he is deciding where to put money based on the whims of public opinion polls rather than on any sound economic background.
Opposition parties are correct in leveling their criticism at the Liberals for meddling in provincial affairs.
Considering the regional nature of the opposition parties in the house, they perhaps recognize more precisely how hard the Liberals' social policies have hit Canadians.
The opposition parties also recognize another important flaw in the Liberals' current spending plans they don't have a plan for the future, and until they do, Canadians shouldn't expect more than a hodge-podge of spending treats.
But students don't need a grab bag of fragmented programs.
If the government really wants to reinvest in the youth of the country, they'll begin with education. And the true test of their commitment to education will be whether or not they play by the rules and respect the provinces' roles in social spending.
BURNABY, BC I have known two Satanists. One was a friend's ex-con boyfriend, a biker who seemed to revel in Satanism's dark imagery but couldn't say much more about it. The other was a wannabe Goth kid who liked to sit in comers a lot of the time. When I found out that he was a Satanist, I asked him about his beliefs. He could probably hear the disdain in my voice, for Satanists have always seemed a bunch of kids to me, caught up in power games and delusions of grandeur. He wasn't too •fond of my ideas, and our conversation ended when he told me that I didn't have a clue what Satanism was. Of course, he wasn't willing to explain it to me.
So, this is an attempt to answer my initial question: just what is Satanism? A bunch of silly kids still playing dress-up and make believe? A group of enlightened and thoroughly rational adults? Crazy psycho killers? Ultimately, you'll have to decide for yourself.
The largest and most influential Satanic group seems to be the Church of Satan, founded in 1966 by Anton Szandor Lavey. Lavey was an unusual character, to say the least. His life seems almost a cliche: a pre-fib story made just for the biography circuit.
According to Lavey's biography, The Church of Satan, written by his longtime companion Blanche Barton, he dropped out of high school at the age of 16 to become second oboist for the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. Later, he ran away with the Clyde Beatty Circus, where his responsibilities included taming eight Nubian lions, four Bengal tigers, and playing the calliope.
According to Barton, "He was in his element among the loners, drifters and marginal types who have always been attracted to the cynical carnival atmosphere. It was here Lavey learned how much people will pay to be fooled-how desperately they want to escape their own dull lives."
Later occupations included being a police photographer and a lecturer on 'magical' subjects. The founding of the Church of Satan is considered by his founders as the high point of his life, "opening the floodgates to a revolution designed to smash the hypocrisy and unreason which has reigned for the past
two-thousand years," according to the Church of Satan Frequently Asked Questions file.
In 1997 Lavey died of rheumatic heart disease, was given a satanic funeral, and was cremated. Since then, the church has supposedly gone into "coversion", meaning they have no more public activities, but they are still accepting membership dues.
Since the Church of Satan's founding, many splinter groups have appeared, some of which-such as the First Church of Satan-no longer venerate Lavey as a leader.
One outspoken group appears to be the Temple of Set, founded in 1975. Although they call themselves "the only legalized 'satanic' institution in the world", and claim allegiance to certain Satanic principles, their focus is on the Egyptian God Set as "the oldest known form of the Prince of Darkness, the archetype of isolate self-consciousness."
Common with New Age groups, they see themselves as only the most recent incarnation of an ancient idea.
According to their website, "Historically consciousness-worshipping religions have been more intellectually demanding than their natureworshipping counterparts, since it is more difficult to reason a path through one's span of conscious existence than it is to be swept along by a current of semi-rational stimulus and response."
Such schools were admired in certain societies, such as ancient Egypt and Greece, but generally their exclusive elitism and 'supernatural' activities made them objects of resentment and persecution."
Their organization is structured somewhat like the Freemasons (and other secret-societiesof the 19thcentury) in that initiates pass through degrees, in. this case six. And, in a sort of alignment with ancient Egyptian mythology, certain posts within the organization are seen to chosen by Set himself.
What do members of the Church of Satan believe? The answer is really quite intriguing, and likely not what you'd expect. A blend of Nietzschean philosophy and Libertarian politics, Satanists take pride in being quite divergent from mainstream o~ politically-correct views.
In fact, self-identified Satanist Lucinda Furness says "we are the lone wolves of society." This touches upon one of the central tenets of Satanismindividualism. Satanists are characterized by intense individualism, according to Humanities Professor Donald Grays ton, who teaches Intro to Religious Studie_shere at SFU.
In fact, the first point of their "FivePoint Program" is what they call "stratification." They believe this tenet is "the point on which all the others ultimately rest. There can be no more myth of 'equality' for all-it only translates to 'mediocrity' and supports the weak at the expense of the strong. Water must be allowed to seek its own level without interference from apologists for incompetence. No one should be protected from the effects of his own stupidity."
This tenet reverberates throughout Satanist philosophy. In effect, it seems that what they worship is themselves, and their veneration of the 'Dark Lord' is simply as a mirror of the dark forces within them.
One Satanist's website proclaims that "in reality Satanism is a system of thought based on rational self-interest, sensual indulgence and the constructive use of alienation. Satan (is) a representative, a literary metaphor ·for the ultimate rebel, the alienated antihero who revels in his beastly/fleshy instincts "
There is more to their beliefs. Especially unusual (and/or revolting, depending on your beliefs) is point number four, "Development and Production of Artificial Human Companions."
Although this is the shortest point, it packs the hardest punch: "the forbidden industry 'power' over someone else. Polite, sophisticated, technologically feasible slavery. And the most profitable industry since TV and the computer."
Latest trend in the ever-changing, totally nebulous world of art: post-pre-modern anti-cubist sur-sur-really-realism ( with a dash of ''fuck you" spiteful angst).
So Halloween is upon us again, and just to scare everyone, my work is figured prominently on several pages. I would just like to take this opportunity to apologize in advance for what, to me, seems the silliest edition of the Cascade to date. And How!
I realize this is an editorial response, and that usually the editorial responses are written by the editor, but Chris didn't feel comfortable discussing my cock in a public forum. After all, the Cascade has that family image to uphold. Speaking of upholding, according to certain art students, I also may have some problems holding sm;nething up.
in the cafeteria is overpriced. Whenever I watch lighthearted movies or sit-corns involving college students they always complain about the horrible, cheap food in their cafs. Sure ours is horrible, but sister, it ain't cheap. Although I hear the Chilliwach campus has some kick-ass food. Maybe I should take theatre next semester. There was a very important vote about student health and dental plans (not to mention Cascade autonomy) and a whopping five percent of you even bothered to show up. Thank you for your support.
I can't think of any more pressing issues right now. Speaking of pressing, I have to ~o now, my "art" needs
Certain outspoken critics of my writing have never waxing. had their art reviewed by me, so it seems odd that they would have anything to say at all. The only conclusion that I could draw is that they have had the opportunity to take a sideways glance at me during one of my frequent trips to the washroom. I'll get to you in time. I may suggest that you take credit for your artwork; don't hide behind anonymity. It is really no fun at all.
Girls, if you want to see the man behind the cock and see a free movie at the same time, check out the Win A Date With Me contest on page 15.
Now about Halloween, I don't have any ghost stories or anything else but I do remember this one night when I was just a young boy it all started with my mother, she would help us assemble a costume and without fail it would rain on Halloween. This would mean that we would have to wear these ancient yellow plastic clown suits because they were waterproof. This night was like most Halloweens before it. Instead of a savage werewolf striking fear into the hearts of my *neighbors, the infamous yellow clown returned. This night would be different it was the night, the night of the clown.
Is this an Editorial? Maybe I should take this time to address some of the other issues around campus. Parking's a bitch, and with the announcement that with the new parking lot a lot of the street parking space will be.off limits. it's only gettin' bitchier. The food
James Clark Staff WriterChris Holster's opinion piece on page 6 of the October 7/99 issue of the Cascade deserves some comment and clarification. The article and the illustration deride a donation of $25,000 by Restauronics Food Services to the UCFV scholarship program. This donation, and matching funds from the province will produce a $50,000 endowment which will generate approximately $2,500 each year, in perpetuity, for student scholarships.
The facts speak for themselves. UCFV, like many other post-secondary institutions, is unable to meet the needs of students by relying on provincial grants and tuition fees. Many businesses recognize both the importance of supporting post-secondary education as an social investment, and as an important marketing opportunity. If UCFV has a business relationship (i.e. a contract) with vendors, builders, or other service providers, it makes practical sense that the relationship might include a consideration of additional benefits to both organizations. In this case Restauronics was awarded the food services contract after an open competition which included student input. This made it feasible to approach them with a request for a donation to the scholarship program, in exchange for some marketing exposure. This is common and appropriate practice.
Contracts are negotiated on a competitive basis in which qualified service providers are invited to submit proposals. Decisions about which service provider will be awarded a contract is not influenced by do'1ations they might or might not make. During the Future Now fundraising campaign, UCFV received major donations ($25,000-$300,000)from busine~ses which have had a contractual relationship with UCFV and others which have not. Some of these included, First Heritage Savings Credit Union, Seanix Technology Inc., CIBC, Royal Bank, Toronto Dominion Bank, East Chilliwack Agricultural Coop, Basic Business Systems, SevenOaks Shopping Centre, Scotiabank, etc.
As a result of the Future Now fundraising campaign, which was the starting point for discussions about the Restauronics donation, community businesses, organizations, and individuals contributed more than $2.3 million to help build a better university college. They deserved, and received, recognition for their support. In the future we will again approach our communities for their support. I believe that most students recognize and appreciate the support that businesses such as Restauronics are willing to provide.
A point of clarification is also needed on Chris's comment that the new strategic plan "will see the end of exclusive contracts granted to ancillary services at UCFV". What the plan actually says on page 10 is that one objective is to "grant exclusive contracts only with student agreement". This is as it should be, so that students can be better informed about the nature of fundraising through business alliances and share in the benefits of any future decisions.
Sincerely,
Bob Warick, Executive Director of Community Relations and the UCFV Foundation
With word of the $25,000.00 donafion (over five years) to a student scholarship endowment fund from Restauronics raging throughout UCFV, I thought it appropriate to touch on this subject first. Let me begin by acknowledging the lack of accurate information about the exclusive rights contracts at UCFV. The Student Union Society has opposed such contracts because the students usually do not benefit from them (and if the students do benefit they don't know it. Sounds like a communication problem to me), because student associations then become bound by other peoples desire for the almighty buck and hence can not fundraise to support their events (and if they can do some of the fundraising they have been told they can not do nobody told them. Sounds like a communication problem to me), and because, historically, there has been little to no student input in developing these contracts (sounds like a communication problem to me). This is not to say that exclusive contracts are evil, but that the process by which they come to be at UCFV has been less than perfect (okay, who are we kidding, it has been less that adequate). The new strategic plan that has been hashed out at UCFV discusses this important point and states that no exclusive rights will be granted at UCFV without the input and support of students (an important point missed in last issues editorial and clever comic column). So where does this leave this Restauronics thing? I really don't know! What I do know is that it smells way too fishy to be a from-the-goodness-ofmy-heart kinda thing. I also know that after speaking with Bob Warick (UCFV Community Development and Relations) that Restauronics and UCFV have been developing this idea for the last three years or so and were just now able to implement it (it is unfortunate that this information was not released .sounds like a communication problem to me). I am also quite certain that the food services contract expires in the next year orso. I was asked recently what I thought oflast issues editorial regarding UCFV's acceptance of this money.my answer,"I thought the cartoon was funny and agree with the sentiment of the article." Sure, this is a great marketing strategy for Restauronics, who wouldn't jump at that chance? But when I asked the question "Will this donation affect the decision of who the food service· contract will be awarded to?" the response I got was "Well, it shouldn't". Hmmmm, sort of makes you think, doesn't it? The students of UCFV have the right to be heard, it is their money that is supporting the cafeteria and various food kiosks here.
The SUS has heard many complaints regarding the operating hours of the cafeterias and kiosks, the selections, and especially the lack of customer service.
Our advice to students has always been to write a letter to Cameron Roy and the Cafeteria with their complaints and we will continue to suggest this to unhappy customers of the food service providers here at UCFV. (Wow, I have really gone off on a tangent here!) I guess the big point here is that while this is a very generous donation to the students of UCFV the timing could not have been worse.
Stephaine Martin, President UCFV Student Union SocietyDon Moen is twenty two. Don Moen wants to run for city council. Why should we have a twenty two year old on city council? Good question, so we had Dan and Jesse ask him.
Don currently sits on the Abbotsford Arts Council, and he feels that the city needs to pay attention to it's heritage, and to it's arts. Don graduated from UVIC with a BA in Art History and a post graduate degree in Cultural Resources. His focus is the strength of arts in a community.
O.K.•he's educated in the arts, and he's concerned with building the arts community in our town, but is he interested in anything else? He wants to get on city council primarily so he can focus his attention on building, promoting, and supporting the arts in this city. There's nothing wrong with that.
"By creating forums for the artists and musicians of the community to express themselves the community becomes more culturaly enriched." He has pointed out that without a thriving and progressive arts community, the town could grow stagnant. This would be detrimental to tourism. Though the tourism industry is not his formost concern, he does stress the importance of it, and the relevenace of a strong arts culture. A big goal of his is the completion of the Mill Lake Centre to provide the type of forum he envisions. Until , then he sees such alternatives as the use of "elementary school gyms [which] are not used during the evenings. Allowing artists to hold exibitions at these places, for example, may entice members of the public to attend."
This is a man with a lot to say. This is a man with strong ideas. This is a young man with a pony tail, and with a lot of passion
He's young, he's inexperienced: these are going to be his greatest hinderances. He's young, he wants to do something productive and important: this will be his to his advantage.
Moen is not running a 'bye the voter' campaign, he's relying on open forums and word of mouth. If you're interested in this fellow, check out future issues of the Cascade as we profile the upcoming city council candidates and the campaign race.
You can be both practical and efficient; make your tricks treats.
So here I am. Blank before my screen, drifting in and out of consciousness, trying hard to decide what would be the best thing to write about. Most problematic to this endeavor is the simple fact that the only thing of any real concern to me right now is that some idiot saw fit to put raisins in my favorite kind of donut. I hate raisins; they are highly suspicious things. Actually, I could probably write for hours on end about the unsavory characteristics of raisins, but I'm guessing that the world just isn't ready for this sort of leap from the conventions of all that is orderly and proper. Besides, I have a hard enough time getting my oneword sentences past the editing Nazis, so I'm not gonna push my luck. It's now eleven minutes past the deadline. I think I need a theme. Actually, I think I need a drink. But I digress. Damn. (By the way, is it ok to digress as long It's progressive? Food for thought.)
The master of cosmic fate and astrological destiny just saved my ass. He stopped by to tell me that even though this article really sucks thus far, all will be clear soon because .the rrioon is on Saturn's cusp and I will soon be provided with the knowledge that I need to conclude in a semi-effective manner. This wasn't helpful at all. He then reminded me that this issue is in fact the Halloween issue. What the hell. Pumpkins are more interesting than raisins and, I do love Halloween. I think I like d{~ssing op the best.
Of course, it doesn't necessarily need to be Halloween to dress up, but you don't get the same sort of validation at any other time of year. This year, I'm going to be a fairy. Diaphanous gown, wand, wings, glitter, and a bag of magic dust to sprinkle my friends with. Perfect. It seems more appropriate for me to be something nice and fluffy. The evil theme already dominates my life on a day-to-day basis; I actually have friends that make the Darth-Vader-breathing noise when 1 walk past them. Sigh. Besides, nice is far more frightening than evil. Witches, vampires, monsters, ghouls, ghosts, goblins-you know exactly where you stand with them. You mess with them, you know what to expect. Try pissing off a pixie with a wounded inner child. There's the scary stuff.
Anyway, it just occurred to me that it might be appropriate to tell you about the scariest thing that ever happened to me. I know that this is a story that could be all fluke and circumstance, but you can take this in whatever context you wish. It's all true. I grew up in Penticton. Those of you who are familiar with the Okanagan Valley might know that Apex Alpine is the local ski hill. My friend was working up at the Apex pub, and he called me one night to suggest that I come up and party. Now, to get up to the hill, it is necessary to drive through the local Native reserve. This was not unusual for me; I had a lot of friends who lived on the reserve, and accordingly, I had spent a good deal of time out on the reserve. It was a place that was both familiar and comfortable. However, this night felt a little different. As I was approaching the S-turns (a particularly twisty section of the already windy road) I was suddenly aware of how very dark it was, and how very quiet. You have to understand that this road is totally isolated; no buildings, no houses, no streetlights. There was a fair bit of snow on the road,
and it was fairty:difficult to will myself to drive in a manner appropriate to narrow dark snowy roads. I have never in my life been as completely scared as I was in this moment. I didn't know why. It was the same sort of alone-at-night-creepiness that affects us all at some point or another. Suddenly, it all made sense in an illogical sort of way. I became aware of the fact that there was somebody in my car. Not literally, I could see that there wasn't anyone sitting beside me, but I knew that someone was with me.
All of the hair stood up on my body, my heart was pounding, my throat was dry, and I was afraid to use anything other than my peripheral vision to attempt rationalization. I kept telling myself that I was being stupid and unreasonable, and that if there was someone in my car, I would be able to see them. However, reason couldn't supercede my fearful inability to turn my head, or even use my rear-view mirror. My logic was smashed by my intuition, and I was unable to calm my absolute terror. Though it seemed to last forever, I probably only spent about five minutes driving in this state. And then I did something that I had never done before and never done since; I stopped my car in the middle of the road, leaned over to fling the passenger door open and very calmly asked if whomever was in my car would mind getting out. I told them that I was scared, and concerned about driving off of the road. I sat back, lit a cigarette, waited just another moment, and then I reached across to close and lock the passenger door. I then drove up the hill as fast as I could, aware of how my heart was beating in its normal way, and how my breathing was only constricted by my desire to chain-smoke. I didn't tell anybody about this experience because I was feeling sort of sheepish and silly about it all. A couple of weeks after it happened, I bumped into an old friend who had lived on the reserve when we were younger. Following five minutes of general light chatter, she asked me if I had heard about her cousin being killed, I was stunned and upset; I hadn't heard about it, and the cousin and I had been quite good friends years previously. I said no, I hadn't heard, what happened.Apparentlyshe was driving through the snowy S-tums too fast. She died instantly in the crash the week before Christmas; specifically,a week to theday,in fact almostprecisely to the time, of when I was drivingthroughthe same spot. HappyHalloween.
Dixie Foley, 20, Social Services
No, I don't think that religion should be pushing their ideas onto everybody else, because it is their religion, it's not the towns religion. And I think that we should be able to have freedom to clebrate the holidays that we want. We don't ask them to ban any religious holidays they celebrate.
Quentin O'Mahoney, 24, UCFV employee
I don't think that they should really promote situations where people try to deny us our freedoms of choice or freedoms of expression. People will rebel and it will make the experience even more excessive then it needs to be. Let people choose what they want to be involved in.
Lucy Nguyen, 20, Business Administration
I think definitely not. Hallowe'en's become such a tradition to many people especially to the kids. It's one day where they look forward to dressing up as Superman or Rug Rats or Cinderella and just have a fun time. Plus, what would parents say to their kids when they ask, "mommy, daddy why can't I go trick• or-treating with my friends." They won't understand why. Going trick-or-treating with your friends and family is a beautiful childhood memory and it is unjust to take it away from them and it shouldn't be.
Question: Should the local churches be pushing for municipal legislation to ban Hallowe'en in Abbotsford?
My computer has a 300A PPGA slot l converter, pumped up to a 450, with 64 megs of RAM and a 10 gig hard drive installed. To most people these numbers don't mean squat. All they know is the higher the better. It is an easy concept to relate too, higher, faster, bigger, better. Everyone, including myself, gets sold on this upgrade of personal powerJ The most overlooked and important part of your computer is the motherboard.
Aren't all motherboards the same? No, not even close. This is the key factor affecting what components can or cannot fit into your computer. Every device in your computer is somehow connected to the motherboard.
Hard drives, CDROMdrives, and floppy drives all plug into the motherboard via cables. Video and sound peripherals plug directly into it.
The type of motherboard dete rm i ne s what central processor unit (CPU) will and will not work with the motherboard.
A Pentium 11600 cannot fit in-place of your old Pentium 100. Understand that the motherboard is the main factor limiting your personal computer upgradability. My theory for purchasing a new motherboard is simply longevity over price. In the future, can I cheaply upgrade my CPU and peripherals for a faction of current prices?
The biggest factors when choosing a motherboard is the CPU, the type of connector, and the motherboard logic. CPU connectors are sockets in the motherboard that the CPU chip fits into.
There are many types of CPU connectors floating around right now. Your choice of motherboard will tie you to the types of CPUs you can use. I recommend !,ue/'s Slot 1, since you can run everything from cheap Celerons to the newest Pemium Ills (SEPP Slot I Celerons are discontinued but you can easily pick up a slot I to PPGA converter). AM D has come out with a faster product, but I prefer tried and tested components.
My second choice would be the PPGA. Also known as the Socket-370, this
design was concocted solely for the PPGA Celerons, though Intel has decided to go back to the socket for thei~ future processors. In my second article I recommended a Celeron CPU. This with a slot I converter enables you in the future to upgrade to a 600MHz Pentium Ill, when the price drops from one thousand Kraft macaroni & cheese dinners.
Next important factor is the motherboard logic chipset. These chipsets are the roads on which information travels on your motherboard. These electrical roads are known as 'buses'. The information on any given bus travels at a set rate known as the 'bus speed'. Envision your motherboard as a freeway. There are, of course, lanes on this freeway. The traffic in those lanes is limited by a speed limit of sorts. More lanes or a higher speed limit mean that your freeway can handle more traffic per second. This is a huge bottleneck of current computer systems. Processed information cannot get fast enough to all the other parts of your computer. Intel BX chipsets boards are the best. As I said before I like tried and tested products. For example the newest chipset Intel's i820 (codenamed Camino) was supposed to be released last spring. Intel, trying to be cutting edge, invested 100 million dollars into a new type of random access memory (RAM) called RDRAM (rambus). Just before the release of tens of thousands of computers, this technology was found riddled with bugs (errors). Finally, It has apparently ironed out the problems and was released this month. Much to Intel's regret, reports have concluded that this chipset is marginally faster than BX boards.
Now that I have rambled enough. Check out http://bxboards.com it is always up to date with all the new motherboards out there. Personally. I recommend Abit as it has a 'jumperless' board design setting that are available in the BIOS setup menu in a friendly, easy-to-use interface.
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I have drawn some criticism in the past few weeks. People seem confused about why I don't consider most of the poorly constructed, plywood, plastic, underwear-splattered with gobs of paint exhibits in the gallery, art. Let me explain. I write the gallery reviews from the point of a layman. If you are an artist and put your work in the public gallery then it's going to be subjected to the eyes of people who know nothing about art. We, the great unwashed masses, are going to interpret your art in ways that you, some one with an art degree, could never dream of. The closer your art approximates something we can all understand the easier it will be for us to understand your art.
My personal criterion for good art is as follows: I) art closely approximates something in real life. 2) art displays something we could never see in the 'real world' 3) art represents the world around us from a different perspective.
Art could also convey a message or feeling to the viewing public. Art could just look cool, a certain pattern or shapes could just look good together; this is when I say to myself, "wow that looks cool." Excellent art has all of these characteristics. GWARis art. They have sounds you can't hear in every day life, big wieners, and their music tells a story (usually about death, killing, war, destruction and sex). When I listen to their music I get a general feeling from the sounds and messages of the music.
Music is how I prepare to do a gallery review. This issue, to get in the artistic swing of things and because it's around Halloween, I listened to Rammstein (they scare me), then headed to the gallery.
As usual, non-lifelike-negative-splatter-art closed in around me as I headed to the gallery. I stopped to admire a teddy bear with a plant growing out,of his belly. I really liked it. As I rounded the comer to the gallery, I wondered how the artist planned on watering it. Before the answer came to me, my senses were bombarded by the overwhelming force of the Gallery. I sighed and thought to myself, "this isn't going to be pretty."
The first piece I came across was Sunburn by Trevor Mendham. A bad imitation of a Matisse, but not as good. It looked like a paint-by-number with some of the numbers missing. It made me feel kind of 'last minute' if that makes·sense to you.
Then there was the work of Kenneth Kayser. I don't know what it was, but it's bloody and ugly. In my head I saw two chimpanzees fighting over a banana and one beats the other to death with some rubber surgical tubing.
Then there was this chicken wire thing.by Shelagh Thomson. Sand, gravel, chicken wire, scrap metal and blue paint gave it a whole White Rock Beach feel. It said, "don't step on me with bare feet." It could have used soqie broken glass to complete the overall picture.
Guns, girls, and violence reared their pretty heads again in Talitha Duyzer's piece. This student has real talent. I could never draw that well. The frame-by-frame presentation made me think of the gritty underworld, and the chick in the picture was hot and angry. Her facial expressions were cool and probably hard to draw. I wonder if it was a self-portrait. If Duckman could draw, this would be his subject material.
Skateboarding is cool. The X-files were cool. Gillian Anderson is hot and she listens to eighties punk, so she is cool too. Therefore Geoffrey Field's work is cool. Agent Scully on a skateboard is pure artistic pleasure. Keep up the good work.
The niftiest piece was Victor Cameron's Blue, Yellow, Youmiko, Red. I recalled several canvases that I had seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, in New York. One was blue, the other red, and the last yellow. That's it, nothing else. They were hanging in an internationally recognized modern-art gallery. Victor's work puts a new twist on an old theme. It puts the others to shame. I
got the joke. Good work, excellence in art.
The Blue Llama brought me back to my child.hood. A red background with a big blue llama. It looked neat in it's childish simplicity.
I can't read Latin, so I couldn't understand the two neat-o pictures of God and company. Both were well drawn and sparkly, but I sort got the 'gay' feeling from it. Being a homophobe, I slowly retreated from it. This art made an impact on me. I don't know if I got 'the' message, but I got a message. Congratulations. The funky arm was cool. It reached out from the wall and touched a part of me that has seldom has been touched before. Of course, I had to manipulate it a little to get it to touch me there. I would recommend that anyone touching this art wash their hands afterwards. Vira Willushaw next time could you make breasts that stick out of the wall?
The sad clown, to get full effect, should be painted on velvet; like Elvis. Unconfirmed sources place this particular clown in the opera Rigaletto. I think I could draw it.
Warning, warning Andy Warhol rip-off. Doesn't Super Value want their signs back?
Way to support corporate Canada. Shame on you Joan Dejong.
Rachel Schenberger, I would love to be in a class where naked chicks wander around and you can draw them at your leisure. From the looks of your sketch, your model was moving too fast for you to get a good view of her genitalia.
The jellyfish with ropy things by Tayna Jack didn't really affect me that much. It looked kinda neat, but I didn't get much of a message. I filled my mind with images of porno and moved on.
Maritia Roque painted a picture of a girl with some kind of combustible thing protruding from her mouth. I liked the fish-eye perspective. If I was a smoker, I would say it made me feel like smoking a cigarette. I smoked crack instead. It had a bit of a pig nose, but wherever you go the eyes follow you. Creepy.
Lenke Runtie depicts a charming little kid behind bars that shouts anti-poverty, homeless slogans at me. This kid, as we all know, probably has a job already working for Nike. Get back to work slacker. The piece is well laid out (something the Cascade could work on), and I did get the message and feel for that adequate depiction of a dirty little kid. Excuse me while I break down and cry. Nice craftsmanship.
Laura Weidenhemmer used tape, the coolest stuff on earth, in her depiction of a big boned person lying on a couch. I got the message, couch potato bad, exercise good.
The green blob with black lines looked like an accurate depiction of the inside of my nose. The metal on paper, with black and red splashes, with obscenities (unmentionable here because the Cascade wants to maintain a family image) made me feel kind of trapped in the eighties.
The cool coffee table with nudity and matching vase was a nice piece of class. I don't really like yellow, but if she made it in blue I'd buy one. Nice work Sarah Lynn Washtock
The beat up blue fence with childish scribbles reminded me of Blue Llama, but for some reason, it just dido 't have the same effect. It would probably make a really good stage for a puppet show, so it's not a total waste of lumber. Save the rainforest.
Lastly, the painted chair, with indecipherable words and nails all over, occupied the center of the gallery. This chair made me think of hemorrhoids and what they would feel like. The chair's ladder-back adds stability while the missing leg makes it wobbly. Good work Rachael McPherson.
When I was handed the CD 1000 Yard Stare, by doubleDrive the only thing that I was told about
that it was Christian Heavy Metal music. So with images of
Stryper in my head, I reluctantly inserted the disc into the player in my truck. I wish that I hadn't done this. It's definitely time that I can never get back. The lead singer keeps switching from a weak Jason Ross (7Mary3) imitation to an even worse Daniel Johns (Silverchair) rip-off. Musically the band sounds a bit like early Damn the Diva, with all apologies to that homegrown band. The last couple of songs on the disc could be great, but I just
I know one band that really likes The Jesus and Mary Chain. Ash is a very welcome breath of fresh air amidst a wash of skater-punk and alternative folkrock bands. The jangly guitars, sweeping cascades of vocals, and steady bass melodies, all backed by upbeat drums, is all enough to make the listener happy to be depressed. The band doesn't just copy old established styles; they also add some innovative twists with their melodies, lyrical material, and casual but tight song structures. Anyone who likes The Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, or Lush will enjoy this album.
With the release of what is probably the most highly anticipated collaborative rap ablum this year, Def Jam Presents the "dynamic duo" of hip-hop, Redman and Method Man, with their new release Blackout. You would think that after having so much success with "how high" in 1995 they would have a pretty solid standard to w·orkfrom, and although the rythms are strong, the background music is poor and leaves a bad taste in your mouth (or ears, I guess). The only tracks I liked were the third and the seventh, but they alone are not worth buying the CD for. I give Blackout by Redman and Method man a 2 out of a possible 5.
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Oh sweet Lethargy why do you come to me when I don't need you the most? Why not send apthy so I won't care where I be, so I can carry out all my mundane tasks without the bother of contemplation. Or why not send my dear old friend, my best cohort: procrastination. That way I retain good intention without paying the time much attention and without ever having to mention that I haven't completed what can never not be done, for I fully intend to do it eventually.
Oh why sweet Lethargy do you now come to me?
I suppose, that if I chose, I could put up a fight but i don't really feel like it right now.
What is the Breath of God? is it a Marley Cigarette is it the scent you can't forget of her perfume, first time you met is it a warm tropical breeze is it fallwind through dying leaves
or maybe wicca sticks burning to sounds of Enya.
Can you take it in?
Can you let it out? is it here? is it there?
is it all about? on a plane, on a train in a house, with a mouse?
I do not like green and ham! is 'Breath of God' a big fat sham?
"The Lawrd may be big, but the Lawrd is not fat," said the man with a tan to the cat in the hat. so the two they went off and a church they began for believers in a skinny God with a tan.
The moral of this tale, the water in the pail, the water in the bong, the chorus in the song, have we all got it wrong? have we all got it right? do we all get a atste if we all take a bite?
and if-we only get a bitesize chunk, when we've thinked of all the thoughts we've thunk, then we're left with a mouthful of air.
-jesse macpherson
Both fictional characters on french canadian TV seemed to capture something, Lisette, of the alliance between you and me.
We used to read aloud these untrendy policier novels between making shaken not stirred love.
Now you are somewhere else watching culturally correct films culturally correct television en anglais and most of all, politically correct people.
While Jan Fleming en francais forever echoes somewhere inmoi.
-john alan douglas
Which is how I wound up in the late seventies.
I talked my friend Christina into coming to see Nothing with me at the Vancouver Centre,a theatre I had passed may times but never been in. Imagine my surprise to find out that neither had the nineties.
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fine, without listening to her story first. After each rejection she returns home to her three-room apartment and we witness her trying to make herself miscarry. It added up to an hour and a half of agony. She tells her husband that ~er swollen belly is due to a tumour and that it will go away on it's own soon. He accepts this, though by this point it is obvious that she is pregnant.
The outcome of the film is terrifyingly sad, and I won't spoil it by giving it away. Despite the content, the film is beautifully shot and scripted and the actress who played the woman deserves more recognition that she will receive for her performance. If you can stand s_ubtitles and the subject matter, see Nothing.
Another night another five films. This time Christina and I were in Gastown at the Blinding Light Cinema, a tiny artsy theatre behind a cafe on Powell. We were there to see five Canadian student films: The Way of the Sword, YouAre Here, My Grandfather's Garden, Diary of an Alien and By this ·Parting.This theatre was m due to the attendance of the d
unable to accurately review the first two films of the evening. The Way of the Sword and You Are Here looked good, but I have no idea what the movies were really about.
My Grandfather's Garden, the one the chorus shut up for, was touching. It was a documentary about the director's grandfather, a retired member of the Communist Party, living in Budapest. I would like to meet the old man some day and talk to him about the way things were before Communism and why he went along with it.
I am going to skip over Diary of an Alien since it's only notable feature was the self-absorption of the director (If you 're going to be self-absorbed at least admit it the way I do! Don't try to pretend you're a humanitarian). I'm going to skip right to By This Parting, a beautiful short film based around photos of the director's aunt (taken in the Japanese internment camps of the 1940's), bits of poetry, and six pieces of beautiful drum music. Though it was never said out loud this film captured all of the misery of the camps, and the little joys that the residents created for themselves. It was
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Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott-Thomas star in this fabulous film about dealing with tragedy. Harrison and Kristin's mates are having an affair and die in a plane crash on the way to their secret rendevous. As the two stars uncover this sordid secret their loss becomes worse. They both realize that the loves they lost were not grounded in honesty and may not have been as valid or deeply-rooted as they believed.
The script is wonderfully acted and pulls the audience into the extremes of love and anger that the main characters experience as they help each other through their ordeal.
Advertisements offer up the film as a love story, but the relationship between the two characters is really a codependant friendship. Both people need someone who understands what they are going through, and they find that in each other.
Harrison Ford glows, and energizes the entire film with his battle against pain and frustration. Kristin ScottThomas exudes strength in the face of overwhelming distress. Random Hearts is a good movie with a terrific pair of stars. -jesse macpherson
"I need a father who's a role model, not a geek-boy who sprays his shorts whenever I bring a girl-friend home from school. What a lame-o." I love that line, what a great way to open a film. The speaker is Jane Burnham (Thora Birch), the daughter of Lester (Kevin Spacey) and Carolynn (Annette Benning).
Her father has had a mid-life awakening and no longer holds to the established guidelines of a middle American suburban lifestyle. He hasn't turned bad, he hasn't done anything wrong as of yet, he just doesn't feel that he should have to Jive the way people expect him to.
Their new neighbours become another central element of the plot when their son starts a flirtation with the Burnham's daughter.
Her' mother is a reasonably successful real estate agent who starts gettin' it on with the town's most successful real estate agent, The Real Estate King (Peter Gallagher).
I can't say a whole Jot more without spoiling some really terrific, surprising moments. The film is narrated by Kevin Spacey's character as he takes us through his change from a mild-mannered 'door mat' to an invigorated forty year old teen-ager. But it is not just an exploration of his journey, it also exposes the effects that all of the interacting members of the small community have on each other. We see the army dad, the burnt-out mom, the slut cheerleader, the openly horny husband, the secretly horny wife, the neglected daughter, and even the neighbourhood gays (one of which was played by a wonderfully cheery Scott Bakula). The cinematography is excellent with smooth transitions from camcorder to dull gray colours to lush, rich scenes.
There are no weak moments in this movie, and I can't say anything bad about it..
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The best film I saw at the Vancouver International Film Festival will probably never see commercial distribution in Vancouver, much Jess in the Fraser Valley, although if I can get my hands on it in time for next semester (and you will forgive a plug) I will include it in my Film 120 course. It's a Turkish film called Journey to the Sun, written and directed by Yesim Ustaoglu, who, if her name is not yet a household word, deserves to be as soon as we can learn to pronounce it.
The story turns on a friendship that develops between an early 20ish guy named Mehmet and an early 30ish guy named Berzan. Both are from distant rural areas of Turkey, and both are living out the epic, sad, global drama of pulling up roots to make a go of it in the city. Mehmet, ethnically Turkish, has a job within the system: with the aid of a beautiful, ancient brass dowsing rod he listens for leaks in Istanbul's water supply. Berzan, a Kurd, operates on the fringe of the system, selling music tapes from a handcart and keeping a wary eye out for the authorities.
One of the reasons he's wary is that he may or may not be involved in the Kurdish separatist movement. The more Berzan and the initially unpolitical Mehmet hang out together, the more suspicious Mehmet becomes in the eyes of the nasty police and the nastier military. Things unfold; things unravel; and in the latter part of the film Mehmet embarks on a remarkable odyssey to the far eastern border regions of the country-an odyssey which halts, finally, on the shores of a vast body of water. As a huge, horizon-filling custard of a sun (which this has been the journey towards) slowly settles into the earth, it slowly dawns on us that this is a reservoir, it is the precious resource of water that has accounted for the Turkish unwillingness to cut loose the Kurds all along.
Dirt and air, fire and water. One of this film's greatest technical glories (among many: the acting, editing, musical score are just superb) is the long-lens cinematography, and the sequences shot in Istanbul reveal air pollution so bad that the great solar fire, which seems to be on screen half the time, is barely visible.
• With a Jong telephoto Jens, of course, you can squeeze a lot of filthy air between the camera and the sun, but another effect of this lens is that the characters, often the only thing in focus, usually wind up being isolated from their surroundings. I'm not sure how Ustaoglu did it, but the characters here always feel immersed in their world, and so the story works as all well told stories should, with the personal and the political dimensions inseparable from each other.
My constant companion and film-going friend said something very interesting about this film vis-a-vis the usual Hollywood product. In mainstream American films, you get in-your-face sex scenes, in-your-face violence, and the effect is that you avert your eyes and pull back your feelings about what's going on; it's 'jolts' that sell popcorn, after all, not character. In Journey to the Sun there was sex, and there was violence, but the raw bits happened off screen. You were with the characters in the run-up; you were with them on the run-out. By not being shown everything, you were spared nothing.
I can't think of a film that has made a more convincing case that our private lives are inseparable from the public world we live in. And the politics in this film manage to be specifically Turkish/Kurdish and also to evoke parallel situations-Kosovo, Chiapas, Chechnya, East Timor, have you got half an hour?-anywhere in the world where ordinary people are fighting for dignity against big money, big power, and the global imperative. It's a stunner.
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Libra: September 24 October 23
The cruel hand of fate returns this week. The stars are saying all this good stuff about you, so I'll dispense with their advice because I know you better. Your kindness will be displayed through acts of supreme stupidity like going to see the new Kevin Costner movie because no one else will, and you know if this one flops your hero will never make another film again. Compatible with Gemini
Scorpio: October 23 November 21 massive size of Saturn makes Pluto (your ruling planet) really scared when it enters your house. Kind of like coming home to find a sumo wrestler-humping your wiener dog. It will shock and scare you into a tiny ball of nerves. After all, we know that you are next, and contrary to popular opinion, sumo wrestlers are extremely agile. Wear running shoes. Compatible with Capricorn
Sagittarius: November 22 December 22
Apply yourself to long periods of study this week. Study your life. What went wrong, and what possessed you to get another man's name tattooed across your ass. Why did his name have to be Doug?
Reflect on how bad a decision it was to let me write the horrorscopes, and what an even worse a choice it was to saddle me with that stupid pickle name. Compatible with Aries
Capricorn: December 23 January 19
Hard work and self-sacrifice are what you need to succeed this week. The amount that needs to be sacrificed depends on what your plans are this week. A good mark on Tuesday's quiz may require the Joss of your goldfish, Ernie. The girl of your dreams may require-the Joss of a leg (she is a nurse). Left or right, it's your choice. Compatible with Scorpio
Aquarius: January 20 February 19
Once upon a time Saturn ruled Aquarius. Uranus, in an effort to become more popular, in the interplanetary grudge mach of the century whooped Saturn's ass in a come from behind (no pun intended) victory. Even after the intergalactic battle royal, Saturn is still pretty tough, but he's got a thing for you so this week you're getting a free ride. Compatible with Leo
Pisces: February 20 March 20
As Halloween draws near you will be forced into some kind of indescribable thingy that I can't really explain too well. Try to find me a black cat with an attitude and a pumpkin shaped like genitalia. Igor, send me your parents' brains, or write "Parents' Brains" on a three-by-five card and send it to His Majesty c/o the Cascade. Compatible with Virgo
Aries: March 21 -April 20
The traditional masculinity that you try to project will give way to a more feminine you. I know it has been a long time coming, but you're almost there. Girls, it's time to shave your pits and legs again. Guys, dress feminine this Halloween. May I suggest Richard Simmons, Liberache or any WWF wrestler (I mean, come on, oiled down guys in leather rolling around on a multicolored mat says "Village People" to me). Not compatible with Elvis, Bert, or Ernie (real men)
Taurus: April 21 May 21
Bark like a dog, howl at the moon, eat lots of red meat and hey, that's just for you ladies. Guys I also see you doing some crazy stuff this Halloween. You know, bobbing for apples, decorating pumpkins, and dress.ing up like punk rockers. Some of
you may get to light off some sparklers. Keep the fire extinguishers handy. Remember stop, drop, and roll. Compatible with Aries
Gemini: May 22 -June 22
Saturn commands you to obey his every whim. You no longer have to obey Jason's because he's dumping you (sorry Christine but he didn't have the guts to tell you face to face). Incidentally he's going to keep that Prince (the artist) double album because that's just the kind of guy he is. If your name is not Lisa M. then you can disregard this message from the gods. Compatible with Libra
GEMINI
Cancer: June 23 July 23
The alignment of Saturn and the moon will bring out all those negative energies you have been storing up during the'lunar cycle. Pessimism, skepticism and timidity are the words I would use to describe you in the upcoming weeks. Take time to contemplate why garden gnomes always seem to dress in green and red. Compatible with Virgo
Leo: July 24 -August 23 Leo, we both know about your past and future. Remember that hot day in grade four when Bobby told that joke about the monkey and you laughed so hard milk came out your nose; and I remember grade nine when you took all that acid and thought you saw those trees attacking you? I see history repeating itself. Compatible with Aquarius
Virgo: August 24 September 23 I see you getting me in trouble with my boss. Being the last horrorscope I have to write for this edition and this being over deadline has made the stars view your situation in a somewhat depressive light. As well I haven't event started my gallery review. You can look forward to gaining weight this week in weird unnatural places like your ankles and palms. Compatible with Cancer
Tonight the man with the big yellow hat was going to TaiBo and couldn't take me along -the gym Hat is a member at doesn't allow lower order primates into the aerobic classes- so Hat got me some chips, a bottle of Jack Daniels, and a couple videos. Big mistake!
Oh I know what you're thinking, but the mistake Hat made wasn't in giving a monkey a bottle of bourbon, Hat's mistake was not thoroughly considering the videos I asked for. I asked Hat to rent me The Secret of Nihm and Project X. Sure, the movies seem like innocent choices at first, but they would actually be my key to freedom this evening.
In The Secret of Nihm a bunch of lab rats get injected with an experimental drug and resultingly grow smarter. Unbeknownst to the experimenting scientists, the rats grow intelligent enough to learn to read basic words and eventually they decipher the instructions on the fronts of their cages, unlock the doors, and escape. Now I'm no genius lab-rat, I'm just a stupid fucking monkey, but by rewinding the sequence where they unlock their cages I was able to follow their methods step-by-step.
Next I popped in Project X. In this film the monkeys get really smart, almost as smart as lab-rats. They rebel one day and attempt to escape from the testing facility they are all
prisoners in. Their method of escape from the building was to build a mound of furniture and other assorted paraphernalia until it was tall enough to reach the skylight. As I watched the scene unfold my jaw dropped, my face went paste-white (under my fur, of course), and I lost all the hope, of a night on the town, that I had been clinging to all week. You see, WE DON'T HAVE A SKYLIGHT! Then it suddenly donned on me that Hat and I don't live in a security patrolled military nuclear testing facility; we live in a one-bedroom apartment on the second floor. I just walked right out the front door.
Tonight Brad Roberts of the Crash Test Dummies was playing a solo gig at a local venue and I remembered that on Tuesday nights monkeys get in without paying cover, so I jumped • into my tiny car and drove toward the bar. A block away from the club I spotted an old friend keeled over on the side of the road. It was _PeterTork, and he was reeling from 'the effects of over-consumption of brandy. I told him to come to the show with me.
After all two monkeys are better than one.
We arrived just in time to interview the opening act, Arlene Bishop, before she had to go on stage. This native Torontonian is finishing up a fourteen show tour with Brad Roberts.
The tour has been a great boost for her. She, along with husband/ accompanying guitarist Blare Packham, have sold out of C.D.'s on this tour and have to send home for two more boxes of them. She's a cute, short, funny chick with a crop cut and a healthy dose of attitude. She opened
her set with a song titled "Bow Before Your Love", then commented on the song afterwards by saying, "my mom said, before I left on tour, 'Arlene, don't open your set with that song about fellatio, Bow Before Your Love' and I said 'Mom, Fuck You!"' The crowd cheered, to which her husband responded, "oh, so you know her mom." She cites influences like Elvis Costello, Ron Sexsmith, and The Moody Blues, but says she always gets compared to Mellissa Ethridge and Marianne Faithful. Her set was great. It was full of well-constructed tunes with catchy lyrical melodies. She's worth watching for.
Oh yeah, I asked her who would win in a fight between Elvis Costello and Tom Waits, she said Elvis 'cause he probably fights dirty.
We had to leave the bar so Pete could puke for awhile, and as we exited we passed Brad Roberts and his entourage (consisting of Murray Pulver -guitarist, and Paul Tozer Roadie) entering the establishment. I called to him three times and he finally turned to acknowledge me. "Hey Brad, we're with the college paper, how about a short interview sometime tonight?"
"NO!" was his reply, as he sipped his medium Tim Horton's coffee.
"GOOD, WE DON'T WANT ONE!" was mine.
That was of course a lie, I wanted an interview with him a whole hell of a lot more than I wanted to sit through his one man cover show of The Crash Test Dummies' greatest hits. So Pete
and I sat outside and finished his brandy, then hung out around the back door of the club until Brad left. When he was exiting the club we sprang into action, stumbling quickly to catch up to him before he got into his van. I managed to stick my head in the door just as it was closing and blurt out a single question. Unfortunately I was as brandied as a cherry and instead of quickly formulating a question in my head I started and stopped three phrases: "In your lyrics there a lot of T.S. Eliot references No, scratch that, is there any catholic background in your. no, wait, I got it, when you wrote the song God Shuffled His Feet. O.K. who would win in a fight between Elvis Costello and Tom Waits?" He turned to me and said, "I'll give my standard interview formula answer, No. No. No. and I'm not from a religious background. Oh yeah, and Tom Waits, cause Elvis Costello's a FAGGOT." That last remark was too much for me to bear and I screamed at him, "THIS INTERVIEW'S OVER!" he had also just slammed his door in my face, so I guess the end of the interview was a mutual decision.
Pete and I were saddened by the limited question period, so we checked all the hotel parking lots in town, found his van, and left a note with the deskman and another on his windsheild. We expect to hear from him any day, I mean who wouldn't respect that kind of persistence.
If he calls we'll let you know. Until next time, this is Curious Jorj (and Peter Tork of The Monkees) signing off.
The Cascade and The Towne Cinema are giving away four double passes to the first four winners of our trivia contest. You can e-mail us your answer at cascade@ucfv.bc.ca or call our office at 854-4529 and leave your answer,- name and number.
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If Mr. Clark is even half of what the art departement has made him out to be, some lucky winner is going to have a hell of an evening!
The rules for the James Clark give-away: 1-entry is open to everyone 2-all entries should include your reason for wanting a date with Mr. Clark, (approx. 100-150 words) 3-all entries should include a picture (nudies optional) 4-submissions must be in to the cascade office by October 30. A winner will be selected, from the estimated thousands of entries, by a panel of drunken idiots.
Good luck, and may the best shmuck win!
is the name of Mel Gibson's movie production company?''
Amnesty International Week Oct. 17-23, 99
Amnesty International begins their Children's Rights campaign on October 17, 1999. The campaign for children's rights will last until February of 2000. The campaign builds on the juvenile justice theme in the USA campaign, and leads into the campaign on women's human rights, that will take place from March to September of 2000.
The following goals for this year's campaign are awareness, understanding, activism, and movement strenthening. Amnesty International hopes to promote public recognition, build an informed understanding, enable a broad range of the public to speak out, and encourage greater collaboration between youth, student and community groups.
Amnesty has based much of it's campaign on the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Convention on the Rights of the Child has recognized that people under the age of eighteen, are entitled to special protection because of their vulnerability to abuse by authorities. The Convention on ihe Rights of the Child has not been ratified by two countries, the USA, and Somalia, and some other countries are seeki"flgexemptions.
An Indo-Canadian Students Association has been organized this year at UCFV. The aim of the association is to improve cross-cultural relations and encourage all students at UCFV to participate in student activities. As well, the association wants to promote creative, educational, social and charitable activities for the benefit of members, UCFV, and the community. Anyone can be a member of the association if they are going to UCFV.
The group would like a cross section of people with different backgrounds and interests. The aim is to be inclusive to all races and cultures. Currently membership is being developed and elections for committee members will be at the end of October. The aim is that this association is fun for students and encourages students to get involved. Meetings are held on Fridays, from either 3:30-4:30 or 4:00-5:00 p.m.
For more information, e-mail: icsaucfv@hotmail.com or gurp_m@hotmail.com.
Amnesty has three main themes for the· campaign that are based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child. They wish to protect children who have come in contact with the law from torture and cruel and inhumane treatment. They want to defend the rights of children in areas of armed conflict especially child refugees and child soldiers. Lastly, they demand that governments protect children from abuse by custodial authorities, including family.
Amnesty will basis success on their ability to bring concerns to the public through diverse forms of communication, such as the classroom. They also hope that constructive dialogue will develop between policy makers, community organizations and others working with children. Underlying this, more people hopefully, will join the letter writing campaign petitioning these actions. Withoutcommunity and youth working together, there will be no improvement for children's rights.
For people interested in helping out with the campaign or otller human: rights issues, they can visit or contact the UCFV Amnesty International office for more information.
Everyone welcome to come and test their skills at Castle Fun Park (A.KA. Wonderland)
Thursday October 28, 1999
At 7:00 pm
Only $4.00*
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Room D 220 Wednesday
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•Another month goes by and already we are at the half way mark of the fall semester. The Young Liberals of UCFV have kept busy planning and organizing.
What we're looking forward to the most is a petition we are going to circulate on the student debt crisis. We think the student debt situation is getting out af hand for students and that some: definite policy creation is needed. Students are leaving their postsecondary educations with tens of thousands of dollars in debt to the government. ·They either can't find jobs, especially the ones they were educated in getting or get ·jobs that are paying minimum wage and can't pay back their · debts. This is extremely depressive and :Jowersself-esteem.
lot of leeway but students need it in order to complete a degree now a days. Current!)' the government has in place a policy that makes all student loan repayments on the interest the debt earns tax claimable. Also the Millennium Scholarship Foundation is opening its doors to thousands of students who are in need of financial aid and it doesn't matter if they have the high academics. But this isn't enough for students who already have debts. We encourage the students ofUCFV to sign a petition that will be sent to the govern·ments requesting necessary changes to make our policy possible. So sign it and save yourself some troubles.
The next most looked forward event we are planning is having a Liberal member of parliamen\ come and speak at UCFV. So far three MP's.have responded to our What the Young Liberals at UCFV. request but nothing has been confirmed. would like to do is have the-government First to get back to us was Lou Sekora, ofBC and Canada look at a policy we MP for Port Moody-Coquitlam-Port consider}'aluable: We tllink that there Coquitlam, and he wrote that future should be a tax rebate for students who. consideration will be given to. our ~r9 p~ying of(Jhefr.d~bts. What that proposal. Next was. David Anderson's means is that .~hen students make a .Environment Canada office; I talked pay~eqtto-.yard 'their,debtit turns "with the office and it was mentioned aroµn4'.b~i:,<>ming, ~9'income tax. ·how. coming to uci:-ywasa seriou.s deduction"by tax time. It sounds like a. • poss.ibility come November. Lastly a letter was' received 'from Raymond
Chan, the Minister of Asia Pacific affairs. He wrote that the matter would be forwarded to the BC Liberal Caucus chairman who gives the permission for BC Liberal Caucus events. Our goal is to bring state officials to you so you can ask them question.
Another issue the club is working on is raising funds. We have been looking into fund-raising tactics but nothing has worked so far. With funds we could send members to conferences out of town, provide hospitality for our guests and organize social events. The Student Union Society is looking at our proposed budget now. In order for us to get the club funds they offer they have to accept our budget and right now it is meek. However unlike the SUS the Student Events has denied us any funds because of our club status as a student based political organization. If someone has an idea let us know.
If you are a student of UCFV you can be .a member of the UCFV Young Liberals of Canada.
Ryan Larson
Contact 604-795-5939 rslarson@uniserve.com
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