The Cascade Volume 8 Issue 7 2000-11-27

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VoL.8 No. 7 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2000

Voting in the federal election? How to conque voter apathy. Page 6.

ULTIMATE QUESTIONS ANSWERED AT UCFV

By Beth Kelleher Cascade Writer

·Guest Speaker, Michael Horner, attracts inquiring minds to a controversial lecture on the divinity of Jesus Christ.

Similar to ·other campuses, posters advertising that. this Christian speaker and phil-osopher ·has, "answers to ultimate questions" piqued the curiosity of UCFV students who attended this November 23 seminar, entitled "Who did Jesus think he was anyway?"

Horner professe_d that "the maj.ori;ty '.!'>I those who reject Chr.istianit,y,. do _so with.opt·. looking at the facts." ·He argued lhatth(pe:-·' son of Jesus Christ mus.t eithe.r. be a-·~'li.ar; lunatic, legend, or the genuine Son ~f. '.Ghrd,-based on the veracity of his. own· cl~irris. ,as reported.in the Bible."

Consequently, by process. of elimination; Horner discredited the first three poss'ibilities concluding with the assertion that Jesus Christ is God incarnate. •

FRESHIDEASFLOW FROM UCFV

By Anne Russell UCFVCommunity Relations

A new UCFV initiative. that matches busines_ses and organizations looking for fresh and cteati ve ideas and expertise with UCFV business students looking for consulting experience is starting to pay off for both groups.

UCFV students Andrew Koppejan and Juanita Selvadurai recently launched the UCFV Business Consulting Group. Their goal is to make it a fully functioning, self-financing consulting unit. The group charges a relatively low hourly consultant's rate to cover the wages and expenses incurred.

Now one of their early clients is singing their praises.

David Pelletier of SW5 Consultants International Ltd hired ttie student consulting group to assess various components of launching a new cleaning product related to the water cooler industry. The students assessed distribution options for a North American launch of the product, completed a cost-analysis of the product, and

identified break-even thresh-holds.

"We were able to help our client identify the volume levels and price points necessary to be profitable," comments Koppejan. "We quickly provided the strategic information they needed to further develop their marketing plan."

Pelletier was pleased with the service he received.

"What the students told -me backed up what I thought might be needed to do to launch this product, and it also showed me where-I need to do additional research to make sure we have a clear picture of what the market wants. It was a very good experience."

Pelletier recommends the UCFV student Business Consulting Group to other companies requiring market research.

"My first meeting with Andrew, the studaent who I worked with, was very positive and he seemed to be very bright. Also, I believe that being fresh out of class he's up to date on what's happening in market research," says Pelletier. "I'd recommend

Students responded with mixed reactions to this controversial claim, and as the session opened to general comment, spectators voiced

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them to others, especially companies with no experience in the research and costing areas. By working with the UCFV students they can find out what really needs to be done to bring a company or product to launch without paying the huge costs associated with a major downtown consulting group."

The UCFV Business Consulting Group offers services such as marketing research, small business planning, and feasibility studies. It operates year-round, and hires upper-level business studen.ts to work on various stage·s of projects.

UCFV professors act as mentors to the group and also provide a measure of quality control.

The students are actively seeking clients and inviting interested parties to contact them. After making initial contact, they'll set up a meeting, review the issues, and write a proposal outlining the ·methodology of the project.

Students currently involved in the group are Andrew Koppejan and Juanita Selvadurai.

To contact the UCFV Business Consulting Group, call 864-4691, or e-mail bcg@ucfv.bc.ca.

L-R: Back: JIii Harrison; Student Events, Gurpreet Mahu; SUS VP external, Norah Andrews; VP financial Admin, Robin Litzenberger; SUS President. L-R: Front: Stephanie Martin; Student Events, Bev Loewen; FSA President, Sarah conner; _Cascad Editor and Chief. Urging others to donate to the food bank.

STUDY TOURSBRING COURSESTO LIFE FOR UCFV STUDENTS

Visiting an Aztec temple. Staring down into a Hawaiian volcano. Living and breathing Shakespeare for a week at the Ashland festival in Oregon. It's experiences like this that make learning come alive, and UCFV students have the opportunity to do so through the study tours offered regularly by various academic departments.

·ucFV's most recent study tour was to Mexico last spring, the fourth time the Mexican tour has been offered. The next will l:}e to Hawaii in May, sponsored by the Geography department.

Anthropologist Colin Ridgewell led the most recent Mexican tour along with geographer Dave Gibson and sociologist Stephen Piper, all of whom are involved in UCFV's Latin American Studies program.

Students who go on study tours pay the cost of transportation and lodging, as well as tuition for the courses they take while on the tour. Students must register for a minimum of two courses on the tour. The courses are 12 weeks in duration, with typically three of those weeks being on tour.

"On each tour we offer courses in Latin American studies, sociology, anthropology, and geography, so the undertaking is quite conscious-

ly multi-disciplinary," says Ridgewell. "We look for the connections between the disciplines with the hope that students can develop a broader understanding of topics and themes in which all four subject areas might have an interest."

Ridgewell notes that study tours are valuable for students because it helps make course material come "alive" for them.

"Studying' another culture or region in the classroom can be a little like learning to play the piano without a piano. There is the danger that it wilr become solely an intellectual exercise, lacking the experiential and affective aspects that help to breathe life into a discipline, and which move the student from the stage where they learn the material to one where they enter into the material, allowing it to becomes a part of them. There is no substitute for hands-on field work, and this is the main value of the study tour.

"By the end of a tour," continues Ridgewell, "students are physical I y exhausted. 1ntel I ectua·l I y, they are usually more alive than they have ever been before. Suddenly they are initiating and dirt:cting their own learni g, rather than being the recipients of it."

Relevant work experience found at UCFV

What do preparing test material in a welding lab, leading tours of University College of the Fraser Valley campuses, planning a film series, and helping students in a computer lab have in common?

All are jobs being done by students in the Work-Study program at UCFV this semester.

The Work-Study program is a joint effort of the B.C. government and UCFV which offers students additional financial assistance through an education-related, oncampus employment experience.

These opportun1t1es provide students with paid employment for a maximum of 10 hours per week for IO to 16 weeks per semester. There is no cost to individual departments, as the students are paid from Work-Study program funds. All Work-Study students receive $7.60 per hour.

Proposed job postings are more likely to get funded if they involve students helping other students and provide educational value to the student doing the job.

0 several doubts and questions. "l may not agree," declared a first year philosophy student, "but it was an interesting topic to dis-

c u s s Divergently, o t h e r s remarked that, showed convincing proof for what I've known all along."

Horner's voice is familiar at UCFV, providing lectures, seminars, as well as participating in several on-campus debates over the past eight years. He also teaches philos·ophy classes at Trinity Western University and is an active staff member of Campus Crusade for Christ, who sponsored Thursday's lecture.

His UCFV debate record includes such endeavors as "Exclusivism i·n Religion" opposite UCFV anthropology instructor David Wyatt as well as "Morality and Religion" opposite UCFV phi-

losophy and political science instructor, Scott Fast.

When asked to comment on past debate experiences with Horner, Fast stated that Horner has "respect for others' religious beliefs-even on-campus." But Fast suggests that "Horner no longer offers his point of view in the presence of those who will dispute him due to past negative responses to Campus Crusade's side of the debate." Both Fast and Horner maintain, however, that they are "always open to further discussion."

Campus Crusade sponsors a guest lecture every month. Horner spoke three times this year on past lecture topics including "ls there a God?" and "Do all Religions lead to God?"

He hopes to continue presenting Christian philosophy at UCFV and has already sch.eduled a lecture following the holidays entitled "ls Jesus' death a fulfillment of prophecy?"

"College is the time in a person's life when they are asking the big questions of life," declares Horne,r. "Thus it is important we provide sources for them through

from front

Horne_rpresents his ultim0:te answers

Michael Horner

Cheating electronic age I 1n an

MONTREAL (CUP) It is l a.m. and your term paper is due in nine hours. You procrastinated for four weeks, and now the library is closed. How can you possibly research and write a 15-page paper in a few hours? For less money than you would pay to retake the course if you failed, and with a few clicks of your mouse, your problem may be solved.

Web sites like cheater.com and schoolsucks.com sell term papers covering a wide range of topics, for a few dollars a page. Over the past few years the Net has become an increasingly important medium on campuses, both for better and worse. Web sites are available to provide students with information for their papers, while at the same time opening up a Pandora's box of temptations.

While many see this as unethical, the sites flaunt their pariah status to add to their appeal. Schoolsucks.com, for example, proudly advertises itself as "the site they warned you against." The papers offered by this and other sites are purported to be available simply to aid students in their research. While cheater.com, for instance, offers a·disclaimer, "we provide a service for students, like anything it can be abused," similar Web sites actiyely promote their less academic uses, "Click here and your homework worries will disappear," schoolsucks.com proclaims.

The popularity of such Web sites has some in the academic community worried. "Honest students hurt when dishonest students cheat," says Morton Mendelson, associate dean of the Faculty of Science at McGill. Internet plagiarism is one of the issues that he plans to discuss at an upcoming forum addressing academic integrity in Colorado Sprihgs. Mendelson says that due to such sites, professors must assign specific, original topics that would be hard to find on these homepages.

For instance, he suggests that an English professor assigning a paper on Hamlet should avoid asking for papers about Hamlet's famous "to be or not to be." Instead, the professor might want to "discuss how Hamlet's dilemma relates to Stockwell Day's position on child care."

Some professors have become so paranoid about students pl agi ari zing that they simply do not assign papers at all. Political science professor Samuel Naumoff, for instance, does not assign papers in his introductory course, where the topics would have to be broad. "I don't want the problem of determinin:g whether students wrote their own papers," he says. In hi-s upper level classes, where he does assign term papers, he tries to prevent plagiarism by keeping every single paper he has ever received in his files. Naumoff believes that simply informing students that he has these papers has prevented them from handing in papers written by other students who. have taken the course in the past.

But as mu.ch as the Net is facilitating plagiarism amongst students,

professors can use it to combat plagiarism. Both Professors Mendelson and Naumoff were aware that Web sites exist where professors can have suspected papers scanned for plagiarism. Yet neither has ever used them.

Plagiarism, naturally, existed before anybody had ever heard of the Net. Catalogues used to exist which listed term papers for sale in all subject areas. Some even listed "A," "B" and "C" papers for sale, so that a C student wouldn,\ have to worry about being held under suspicion if he submitted an A paper.

Normally, an excellent paper turned in by a poor student is a professor's first clue that the paper may have been plagiarized.

"Sometimes a paper is just too good," says Mendelson.

At McGill University, if a professor suspects that a student has 'plagiarized, he or she will be called upon to talk with·the dean in his or her faculty. The dean w i 11 ask the student to explain what he or she has written. One technique Mendelson uses to find plagiarizers is he asks them to explain in their own words what they have written. Also, sometimes, he will see "some paragraphs (in a paper) that are riddled with errors, and some that are not," another sign that the student may have submitted a paper that was not their own work.

The main method that professors use to prevent students from plagiarizing is simply through education. Professor Naumoff expressed that it is important "to put students on alert," because plagiarism is "a betrayal of their own self respect _and dignity." Mendelson says most cases of plagiarism he sees are accidental, the result of a student not knowing when to cite a source, for instance.

While increasing awareness may ilelp prevent some inadvertent plagiarism, sqme students see these efforts confusing. "You have to be really careful with plagiarizing. As a result of my paranoia I tend to over-cite," says Ella Vanderbilt, a forth year psychology student.

And while plagiarism may have existed before the Net, there is little doubt that evolving technology has exacerbated the problem.

"In my gut feeling I can see why people wouldn't feel as bad about buying a paper off the Internet as they would about asking a friend to write a paper for them," says Vanderbilt.

Devrim Yavuz, a sociology instructor at McGill, notes that the anonymous nature of the web may encourage p Ia g i a r ism, s imp Iy because st ud en ts may have fewer qualms about selling their work to others. The Net "really minimizes the risk involved for the third party," he says. In addition, he suggests that the availability of music and other copyrigh,t material online may be changing some students, attitudes towards plagiarism. "The increased legitimacy of piracy can lead some to have fewer qualms about plagiarizing a paper if found on the Internet."

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To whom it may concern:

The specialty issue that came out about 2 weeks ago Nov 3, 2000.

I found this issue to he quite offiensive to myself as a student because i found the articles on page 4 & 5 truely offensive to women, because it degrades and demans

Ross, Thank you for your letter, at the Cascade we appreciate any and all feedback on the issues we are producing. I recognize your concerns. that the content in the specialty issue (Vol 8, 5) may have been offensive to some readers. This was not the intent of the volunteers who worked hard on that issue. I along with the others who work on the Cascade were not nai've in thinking the specialty issue would circulate without ruffling a few feathers, but the decision to have such an issue was based on a collective vote. I encourage you and

women. I felt that the article had no relevance to UCFV and the students who help pay for your paper.

This is supposed to be a student newspaper not a "RAG Maga:ine ie: National Inquirer" i have seen better student newspspers from SF, UBC. and UV/C.

I hope the editors layout persons and advertising persons

any other student that may feel the content in the issues of the Cascade are not re presen tati v e of what st udents want or how they feel to join the collective structure the Cascade operates under. Every· student at UCFV is welcome to take part in the production of UCFV's student newspaper and the decision to put out a specialty issue in October was made from the students already taking part. Early in the year a decision was made to put out four specialty issues, and the topics were put to vote by the volunteers present at our regular weekly meetings. Our next specialty issue will be hitting

who work for the Cascade take into consideration the views of the students instead of wht you feel is funny or strange.

Sincerely Ross A UCFV Student

the stands on December 11th, and will be devoted to covering Human Rights issues and concerns. I expect that content to also be disturbing to some viewers, however that will not stop us from covering the atrocities happening in wort dw ide and in Canada.

Once again thank you for your letter.

Conner Editor in Chief

cascade staff

FRIEBE

editor

The Cascade is the UCFV students' free press. -Editorial content in 100 per cent separate from the students' governing body, the UCFV Student Union. The Cascade is published. sixteen times per year, from September to April. The Cascade has a circulation of two thousand papers, distributed through out Abbotsford, Chilliwack and Mission. The Cascade is a proud member of the Canadian University Press, a national cooperative of university and college newspapers. The Cascade follows the CUP ethical policy concerning material of prejudicial or oppressive nature.

Sarah

Sarah CONNER edit.or-in-chief

Dean Huston managing editor

Christopher BOLSTER news & feaures editor

Jessica DANYLCHUK sports & ars edit.or

PETERS

Cascade contributors Rachel Applebaum Beth Kellehar Desiree Mayhew Lorri Dennis

Hayden Buck Darrell allary Tasenka Kushnes Natalie Vermees

Opinions---------15

Election Illness 2000

By Kris Lind

Which leader and governing party would you feel most comfortable electing? How can we be sure that our November 27 vote will count?

Each party's lack of a solid, governing platform assuring even an ounce of future accountability is alarming and only serves to fuel voter apathy.

For example, Canadians deem health care and the questionable topic of whether or not two-tier health care is acceptable one of the most important issues today. Yet no party leader uses this i,ssue effectively as a tool lo swing votes in favour of his or her party. Alexa McDonough, certainly the biggest proponent of one standard health care system for all, hasn't improved her popularity based on this issue. One would suspect that a de! i cate issue such as the appropriateness of two-tier health care would be wonderful political ammun1t1on for a leftwing, or center-left party.

However, the polls remain the same. The Liberals will likely win another majority, maybe not as large as they first expected, but things in Ottawa will continue as they have for the past seven years. Other parties couldn't necessarily govern better than the Liberals do now, but one could posit that voter apathy is high because no other party is gaining any serious momentum.

Too many Canact'ians are unnecessarily apalhetic. Too many people believe that if they do not vote for whoever leads the polls, or. is at least in a close second place, they simply throw their vote away. If this phenomenon does not exist, then why are there such things as

"swing states" in the U.S? Too many people go with the winner and don't vote for a party whose ideology they might fundamentally support.

Is this because we have no inspiring party leaders? Granted political parties desire a charismatic leader in order to "sell" their party platform to the voters, but we should vote for whatever party we believe would form the best governrnent.

Certainly we can look at history to determine different parties' policies and effectiveness in governing.·

Indeed a clear indicator of a "desirable party" is not which party spent a greater time in office. But, arguably too few voters look beyond the grinning leaders to the issues and party policies at hand when deciding which party to support.

Certainly an indicator of a party that would form a good/efficient government would be knowledge of our Constitution and how it operates. For the Alliance this would be like kindergarten kids trying to do calculus-without any "Doogie Howsers."

Although they've spent more time in office than any other party and undoubtedly have great knowledge of our Constitution and governing, don't think this scribe is blowing the Liberal horn. An anonymous political science instructor once explained that the Liberals' ability to stay in power exists because: "Liberal ideology is as malleable as silly putty." Joe Clark is a more inspiring leader than Chretien, and the Conservatives undoubtedly have experience and appropriate knowledge of our Constitution to govern, but Clark is still struggling with Mulroney's rotting leftovers.

So what are we left with? We might not want to vote for a well-established party because we're disgusted with their unrepresentative, disenchanting policies. But how can we vote for a "fringe" party that, even if they did get elected, couldn't govern anyway. The best way to settle a dilemma of who to vote for would be to vote for the party with a cause we strongly support. At least we might feel that our vote counts for something in which we believe.

If we cannot fundamentally support one of the established parties, then perhaps we can comfort ourselves by voting for a "fringe" party with the intention of preventing an "e~tablished" party from forming a majority government. This would require the "established" party to unite with. a "lesser" party in order to govern thus giving the "lesser" party a greater voice.

If we should vote based on our opinions, beliefs, and values on issues, then it is important to identify what are major issues. Unfortunately too few people vote based upon their feelings on pertinent election issues. Instead they vote based upon less pertinent, but controversial issues stirred-up by party leaders hungry for any support they can muster.

Take abortion for example. (No letters please; I do not represent any particular'?siae here.) Depending'on which party leader uses this issue, it can swing votes for or against that leader. Both Alexa McDonough and Jean Chretien are having a wonderful time grilling poor Stock-err Doris Day on his personal view on abortion. Re.ad that again-personal

view on abortion. UCFV political science instructor Scott Fast suggests that, "In contemporary Canada, pursuit of anti abortion legislation is committing political suicide everyone I've met at the all candidates meeting agrees it is an electoral non issue."

If we elect Day, he technically could push anti abortion legislation though the House of Commons. Seriously though, it would never happen. Day is the only leader who hasn't made abortion an election issue. Other leaders use Day's personal views on abortion to steal potential votes from him. Using someone's personal view of an electoral non issue, even if it is an unpopular, is a low blow. Indeed Fast argues that the Liberals' treatment of other parties is no better than a smear job: "to my mind, the Liberals have run the most cynical campaign in the 30 years I've observed Canadian electio-ns."

Certainly it would be desirable to have an election where party leaders would inspire vot1:rs to vote in their favour based upon pertinent election issues and their ability to lead. Ideally that would inspire more people to vote, and vote wisely. People who might not normally vote would -have their voice count. John Stuart Mill says that: "If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in sriencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind." That can't be a bad thing.

Does anyone else find it odd that the three most likely topics to evoke passionate conversation (sex.religion, ,and politics') are often most avoided? One can sit through and entire evenings, classes and dates and leave, still lulled completely into the artificial complacency that you could coast through the rest of your life without ever defending your viewpoint on any subject that really, deeply affects you.

Someone once informed me that apathy in the most prominent characteristic of. polite society. But this begs the question, if we are so apathetic, are we really a functioning soi;,iety at all? Sex, Religion and politics are commonly understood to be the things that make our lives worth living, for without them, our very existence would be at risk, and at the very least, we would lose the sanity that makes life worth living.

At.first consideration, all of the 3 would appear to be virtually unrelated, however even our Canadian Con_stitution acknowledges their interconnection and importance by listing them among our fundamental fre.edoms: a)freedom of conscience and reli gion; b)freedom of thought, belief, op1n1on and expression, including freedom of the press arid other media of communication; c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and d) freedom of association.

This brings me back to my original question: if we are all but encouraged by the law to discuss and par-

t1c1pate in such act1v1t1es, and if these are the things that we truly care about, why dd we still consider those who do become openly involved in them to be impolite, improper, and over-zealous?

Collins dictionary defines Society, as "living in association with others in companionship, and company." Thus, living in a functional society involves a concern for the matters of the group, yet it seems that a distinct case of unadulterated apathy has crept upon us. This is evidenced in many ways including a less-than-5% turnout at the Student Union Society Annual General Meeting, the appearance of a mere 25 concerned voters in a riding of over 1120, 000 at the all candidates meeting for our riding, and the sparse SOO combi.ned Abbotsford and Sumas residents who cared enough for th_e environment to attend an SE2 rally in September. It seems that we are so afraid to admit that we even have opinions (political or) on controversial issues such as abortion, homosexuality and the environment that many of us fail to voice them at all.

Is it politeness that makes us hold our tongues firmly in check? Or could it be a personal understanding and distortion of the concept of tolerance that forces our opinions so far into the back of our minds that they become totally unrealized· and eventually forgotten? By definition, Tolerance is putting up with what you don,t agree with, however, the most recent strain of tolerance

implies abstention from any and all objections to any and all religious, sexual, and political values and beliefs. This form of tolerance focuses on an exclusivist belief rather that a practice, and ultimately leads people into apathetic complacency because they are not expected to stand up for a belief, at all, in fact they are led to believe that it is not socially acceptable to do so.

If you were inclined to believe that this does not affect you, I would urge you to take stock of how much you actually value your fu ndamental freedoms. We have effectively eliminated fervent concern from the equation of Canadian life, thus

Ask Auntie Anne

Well· Anne,

I am another 19 year old gay male who just happened to be at a computer while reading your fabulous column, on a night when I was really feeling isolated from other gay people my community! when I read· the letter from "Pissed Off" (the other /9 year old gay male). What excitement I felt. Firstly that there w.as another! And secondly that this person was standing up for what he'"believed was wrong. I am very out and I believe that to truely get rid of homophobia every gay, lesbian_ and transgendered person should come out and stand up for themselves ... only then can we bash the stereotypes ( I am not the stereotypical 'faggot' and don't believe all are) and rid the world of this plague. I truely hope, "Pissed Off" that you read this and if you do, please remember you are not alone, and if you would like to get a hold of me I give Annie-babe full authority to give out my email address and I would very much like it, if you did email me. I truely hate being the only gay man at this school I know!

Cameron D.F. Mackenzie

Dear Auntie Anne,

I am 20 years old and male. I live at home with my parents while I go to school full time. I am dating an older woman. She is 43 and in the process of getting a divorce. We have a good time together. I am in love with her. I haven't told my par-

ents at all. They would freak. She hasn't told anyone either. I want us to make it official. I want to tell everyone that we are together. But she doesn't want to. I can deal with my parents. How can I get my lady to understand how muc_h I want to make this relationship real?

In Love

Dear In Love,

It is all very well that you are ready to make a declaration of love, but if you truly love this woman you would respect her wishes. Ending a marriage is a HUGE issue. Your lady-friend is still going through the grieving process of the loss of her marriage and her husband.

She may not be ready for a committed relationship. She may feel uncomfortable with the age difference as well. You can get someone to understand your emotions, but you can not get anyone to do something they do not want to (or at least you shouldn't). Talk to her about your feelings in an open way Since you love her, give her the space for her to nurture herself. Be supportive·. Divorce is a lot of kack-ca to deal with already.

Dear Auntie Anne,

How do you deal with rude people? I have this friend who is incredibly competitive. She cuts me up big time. Like my boyfriend, my car, my career choice. Our phone calls con-

sist of her talking about herself. When I bring up my life, she shoots me down and then continues with her stories. We go back a long ways, so it is hard to toss the relationship, but I am almost to that point.

Got a Shitty Friend Dear Got a Shitty Friend,

You don't have a shitty friend, you have someone who is NOT your friend. By putting you down, she is trying to make herself feel better. She is using you as a punc.hing bag. This chick-eee knows that you will put up with her crap. Mean people have this radar for soft souls they can ravage. And your shitty friend is doing just that! The hell with the history. Do you really want to continue with a history of being emotionally beat up and verbally assaulted? Kick her to the curb. But be sure that you tell her why. Sometimes people need a good kick in the ass to see their mistakes.

"Be brave on the rocks!"

Sabrina Ward Harrison

4-1 Fantastic!

Both UCFV basketballteams are enjoyinga 4-1 start to the season

by Desiree Mayhew Cascade Writer

The weekends of Nov. 11th and 17th featured tJCFV in both home and away si.tuations.· They travelled to Langa-r"l -a.ri'd Capilano, and then came ho.me to face the two Islanders of Malaspina and Camosun. Both UCFV men's and women's teams now have record of 4-1.

UCFV Women

Vs Langara Falcons Langara, third in the nation last year, definitely had something to prove when the Cascades came to visit on Nov. 11th. The women started things off with an easy paced game, running neck-in-neck with the Falcons for the first ten minutes, and then their game fell

ahead of the Blues. A time out called by coach Sandy Chambers in mid-first half seemed to put a little gun powder in the canons and all of a sudden, there was a new· team on the court. The C's went on a 13 and zero run and by the end of the first, and were up by 16. Their lead held through the second and the ladies won with a 59-49 final.

Vs. Malaspina Mariners Nov. 17th brought the Mariners to own. They definitely hit rough seas on their visit to Abbotsford. As in the previous weekend's game against Capilano, the Cascade women started weak, taking a ninepoint deficit early on. After a time out, however, a new team reared its head on the court and won it with a final score of 77-66.

apart. Unable ' to penetrate Vs. Camosun Langara's defence, the C's were Camosun was here on the 18th and forced to shoot from uncharted ter-fared no better against the storm ritory, consequently, the shots that is the Cascades. UCFV let them were missed. It was a downhill loss get up a bit, and then came back. for the wom~n-, finishing up with a Four of the last five games have had· 63-43 loss. this shown, and four out of five Vs. Capilano Blues times, it has been successful. The nei<:t day, Capilano was singing Camosun pulled away to a ninethe Blues after the whoppin' they r point lead early in the game only to took by the Casc.ades on the 12th. It have the Cascades some back and started with what looked to be a lost gain a lead of six by the half. The Capilano would take a lead, second period was all UCFV as the .)1,\1_~~--~-:---~;s, ,,,~--p~ld, l,adies came out with a twelve point ,-,'..e-0'1111' • ·v:-e-.r·'.:'·puil-v-te"t•ory of 60-48.

Upcoming

UCFV Men

Vs. Langara Falcons

The men fared no better than the women vs. Langara. The Falcons still angry at last seasons thumping at the provincials and their subsequent placing in the nationals, so they came out hard and played string to dominate much of the first •half. UCFV fought back, taking a one-point lead at halftime and extending it to six just into the second half. Nevertheless, they were no match for the preying Falcons, and lost the game by a 16-point margin of 93-77.

Vs. Capilano Blues

The Blues were no match for the aggressive playing style of the UCFV men and fell in the first few minutes of the game. At the half, the Cfs had a 17-point lead that the

held as the second half progressed. In the end, the Cascade men came of with a sixteen-point win.

Vs. Malaspina Mariners

The UCFV men sunk Malaspinafs ship as once again the Cfs used their on-court aggressiveness to control the game. Giving the Marine_rs a small taste of a lead early in the first, it was soon ripped away and the Mariners fell to a excruciating 93-58 loss.

Vs. Camosun Chargers

The Camosun men started strong, knocking off two 3-point shot in a row, but were no match for the Cascades. Thundering over them, UCFV was only playing half-ass against the ill-prepared Chargers. The game was nothing but a walk in the park as the men swamped Camosun 94-53.

Music on trial I

Godsmack "Awake"

With the radio friendly and metal hip Bizkit, the

influx of pop-punk bands like Blink 182 hop bands like Limp introduction of Godsmack onto the scene con tinoes to be a welcome of refreshing change. As lead singer Sully Erna puts it, Awake has "no rap, no techno, no gadgets; it' a hard loud rock record. Period." And this is truly what you get with Awake.Following the triple platinum debut of their self titled album the quartet is poised to hit gold and platinum again. Following in the foot steps of their song "Whatever", which holds the record for the longest running single in Billboard top 10 history, the first

PJ Harvey "Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea"

Polly Jean is back with twelve new songs, on Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea. With this release, the College Radio Queen of the 1990's, delivers her best album since 1995's stark To Bring You My Love. Harvey, feeling she nee_ded a change after l998's Is this Desire, moved to New York City, from her native Yeovil, England, where she stayed

single released from the album, Awake, is destined to ensure further chart success. Awake continues with the familiar raw in your face style that we have come to expect from Godsmack, but has matured with time spent on the road at such notable event as Ozzfest, and the usual legal battles that ensue with the onset of fame.

Despite this promising thought, the album isn't all rose pedals and tulips. Despite only being eleven songs long it does tend to wear thin by the end. As much as I like the heavy sound that Godsmack creates, and despite the lust for trash metal music that my shaved head that would suggest, I just can't make to the end of the C.D. in one sitting.

The songs tend to blend together, but thankfully. the songs Vampire and Journey have absolutely no lyrics combined, thus making it a much easier listen. Even though this is an eleven song album, it's thus hardly fair to market it as such since two of the songs are instrumentals.Awake also has a nice edition for those of you with

computer smarts. The disc is a digitally enhanced with small sections of video clips and recordings of concerts where the songs featured on the first single released from the album, Awake, is destined to ensure that Awake were played.Godsmack has continued their trend of good hard rock since their self titled and funded debut that is sure to keep them at the top of tbe industry for

some time to come. If your tired of Fred Durst and Kid Rock, but still want a hard sound, then this is an album you should buy.

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for six months writing and recording most of the songs found on this album.

Harvey has become famous for her visceral and personal lyrics. Listening to her music was like reading her diary. Dark verse dominates. In the last song, "We Float", Harvey proclaims "We wanted to find love, We wanted success, Until nothing was enough,

Until my middle name was excess". In "This is Love", she promotes the them further: "I can't believe life's so complex, When I just wanna' sit here and watch you undress, This is love that I'm feeling, Does it have to be a life full of dread?"

Cracks in the somber space do filter through, and an overall sense of expectancy is produced. "From England to America, I feel life meet my eyes, And it's the best thing, A beautiful feeling," Harvey muses on "Beautiful Feeling". Overall, this is closer to the amazing work she produced at the start of her career, than the last two albums (Is this

Desire, and her collaboration with John Parish on Dance Hall at Louse Point). Highlights of the album are in the opening number, "Big Exit", and "This Mess We're In", in which Harvey sings with Radiohead front-man, Thorn Yorke.

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Arthur's Perfect Christmas "Music From the PBS Kids Special"

Mixed with dialogue from the PBS special, the variety of holiday songs will cheer up any bad mood. Like all traditional Christmas carols this CD leaves a warm feeling in

Bjork "Selmasongs"

B j 6 r k' s S e I m a s o n g s i s a gorgeous soundtrack to "Dancer in the Dark": a film by Lars von Trier, who spent a year convincing Bjork to be "Selma", the star of the musical. She won Best Actress at this year's Cannes Film Festival, though she insists acting is not her thing.

After a symphonic, instrumental intro song, song two breaks into mechanical, factory-like .noises with percussive vocals. The whole

"C h a r I i e ' s An g e I s Soundtrack"

Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu. Without a doubt, these gals are probably the source of many wet dreams for the guys.· But enough with that, this isn't a movie review, this is a soundtrack review.

Like most other soundtracks, this one has some good songs, ~nd then a few others that are .pretty 'much just pla_in crap. J really eQjoy

your heart. This album is great for teaching young children about the many different holidays celebrated

around this time of year. Not only are there songs about Kwanza, Baxter Day, Chanukah and more but the loveable characters from the TV·· seri,~s Arthur and Friends explain the different holiday traditions. The modern variations of the old favourite carol's will delight the ears of all young children, and older listeners will enjoy the

smiles beaming of the faces of the little ones despite the impending headache.

Sarah Conner

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disc ex presses a dark feeling· overal 1, perhaps to i II ustrate Selma's gradual blindness.

T h e defining ·point of the album is definitely the third song, "I've Seen It All", a duet with Thom Yorke of Radiohead. I have never heard Bjork sing with anyone before this album, so this was amazing in itself. The song is

adorable, with the two rattling off questions to each other, my favorite being Bjork's "What about China? Have you seen the Great Wall?" with Thom replying, "All walls are great if the roof doesn't fall."

This disc seems more mellow than her past efforts but it really is not that different, as it is impossible for Bjork to change her awesome Icelandic accent or her range of vocals and expression. The string

Bjork fan it simply blew me away. I'm really interested to see the film now and I am curious to discover where this spunky p1x1e got her inspiration to write these incredible pi~ces.

Natalie Vermeer

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octet used in l997's "Homogenic" is used again and percussion is inten-· •••• sified _with mater_ials like concrete. This record 1s a must for any

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Child's "Independent Women". There is just something about their style that makes me want

_________ _.to sing a Ion g and assert my independent 1-don'tneed-a-man attitude.

Ther.e really are some good songs on this soundtrack, at least

some old "classics"., like Sir MixA-Lot's "Baby Got Back". You can't help but like that song, however lame it may be. Other artists contributing to the ·album include A e r o s m i t h, Fat boy S I i m an d Marvin Gaye.

Since I haven't actually seen the movie, I can only speculate as to the appropriateness of the music in the film. However, listening to the album alone in my room was good enough to allow me the freedom to say that this is a satisfactory

soundtrack, except for some flubs like Heart's "Barracuda"ah•dDeeeLite's "Groove ls In The Heart". Some do it for me, some don't. This one was okay.

Tasenka Kushner

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Darrell Allary

At The Drive In "Relationship of Command"

This CD can be described as "Emo", in the sense that it grows on you after several listens and "art-core" in the sense that it's hard to describe, At the Drive In's first release on Grand Royal, RelationshiP, of Command,is an interesting breakthrough for a band that won me over with only the two songs I heard of them previously.

I've read reviews in which this Texas .band state the CD as purposely mellower then their previous album ·and they indicate that their best is yet to come. I was impressed with the disc all the same.

There are two songs on the album that really_ surprised me.

How The Grinch Stole Christmas Soundtrack

I had the luxury of reviewing the soundtrack for How the Grinch Stole Christmas and found it to be a delightful sound track that includes artists such as Barenaked Ladies, Busta Rhymes, Smash Mouth, and of course the infamous Jim Carrey. Jim Carrey sings "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch". This song shows

Blink 182

After the release of their previous two albums, Blink 182 has launched a fast-paced style of "pretty boy" punk rock into the mainstream. Its only natural for a band with such a pimple popping fan base to make the next step and release a live album. This forces

Roni Size "In The Mode"

~ecently read a review of Roni Size's music, which basically went like this, "I'm not sure what type of music this is, but I'm pretty sure it was made for robots to have sex to". I definitely do not agree with this comment, as the Size / Reprazent collaborations has produced poignant music, and is one of the most popular drum 'n' bass acts in the world.

Their first release, 1997's New Forms, won that years Mercury

Music on trial II

One was the last song, "Non-Zero Poss i bi Ii t y" , it is Ion g and esp ec i a 11y moody, with a Guns n'Roseslike intro. Weird! I suppose it is good conclusion though. Another shock was hearing Iggy Pop on "Rolodex Propaganda". I _laughed the first time I heard it but now I think it's a wicked song. Singer Cedric Bixler's voice can get a bit monotonous if you aren't thoroughly amazed by it, so the input is a nice addition.

This band has a label of being pos.t-Fugazi. I cannot really compare ATDI with anyone else, rather they have elements and influences of every band they've toured with, which are countless. I find Cedric's vocal stylings to be the intensity of RATM's Zach de la Rocha but without the constant rap/rock yells and political stances, if that helps any.

Grand Royal has created a lot of exposure for the band -appearances on Farmclub, Conen (or one of those night shows), the Blair Witch 2 soundtrack, and on the radio with their single, "One Armed Scissor".

I hope this exposure does not

inflate the band's ego as much as to deflate their standards for quality. They played a show at Richard's on Richards on November 15th with another incredible and tour-heavy band, M u rd er C it y Devi Is. Hopefully they put on a wicked show despite their recent van accident and my absence.

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Carrey's range in vocals, talent, and his i m p r o v_ humor at .its best. One has to chuckle upon hearing this track.

"Christmas of Love" by Litt I e Isidor and the Inquisitors is a song that has a ring of the 50's and a good swing beat, however, the voice is an either hate• or love

The whole CD has such variety that if you're in a Christmas spirit, I'm sure there is at least one song here for ,you. The first half consists vocal artists, while the second half is Hollywood's standard movie orchestra musicals similar to that of Indiana Jones or Phantom of the Opera.

I can't say that I have seen this movie, but after listening to this soundtrack, I for one am going to view it first chance I get. How can one go wrong with a Dr. Seuss

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these youth to spend t h e i r allowance on a LP that- is a simple lection colof songs from their last albums

(might I remind you that their have only been two) instead of on much needed zit remedies (not to be con-

fused with the popular Degrassi High band). It is my theory that The Mark Tom And Travis Show will cau.se a massive increase in dermatolo·gi-cal problems amongst toady's troubled youth because they will no longer be able to medicate their oily faces. You may ask yourself is it worth all the trouble? Well if you're a big fan of Blink 182 and pimp Ies, t h·en the answer to your question is yes. The·album includes their new song "Man Overboard"

Christmas extravaganza such as this in light of this upcoming holliday. I enjoyed this CD for the most part and if anything, I suggest listening to this as a children's classic. Look back to your childhood days and get into the Christmas spirit.

TenGen

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and a few funny blurbs from the band which are worthy of a few embarrassing zoids, but not a fullblown acne epidemic.

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Music Prize over the Prodigy, and the Chemical Brothers, launching the Bristol, England group into the spotlight.

In The Mo de, their new al bum, unfortunately falls under the talisman of the sports adage the sophomore slump. Not near as focused as New Forms, and far removed from their raw live concerts, this album

definitely feels like a step back in terms of musical p.rogress. At this point in their careers, the brilliance of New Forms seems to have set to high a bench mark _for them aspire to consistantly.

The album, oddly enough, starts with a remix of "Railing", which was on their old album. The new version of the song is not near as good _as its predecessor, and it sets a bad precedent for the rest of the disc. Guest vocals by ex-Rage Against the Machine frontman Zack de la Rocha, on "Centre of the Storm", and Method Man on "Ghetto

Celebrity" set their songs above the rest, but the brilliant lyrics of "The Roots' Rah:::,el" seemed wasted on" In Tune with the Sound". This release just doesn't have enough holding it together.

Darrell Alary

2/5 Records

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Take A Bite Outta • Rhyme "A Rock Tribute To Rap"

With the success of alternative mainstream groups such as Limp Bizbit, Kid Rock and Korn, Take A Bite Outta Rhyme has been created. Like it's rock/rap collaboration predecessor Judjement Night this album has both its hits and misses The album itself is a'.remi~ of old rap cla~sics such as P:J1b}ic -En-~iny!s <'Bring ·-·· -~:,:.·,•.'· ••

The Noise", Eric B & Rakim's " S u c k e r M.C's", and Ice-T's "New J a c k Hustler". A quick look at the list of bands suggests that the al bum should be better than it actually is.

The album blends a mix between the heavy sounds of Staind, the violence of Insane Clown Posse, the

funk of the Crimin a Is, sty I ings of I n d u I g e n c e.

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These aren't always a good th i n g. S e v e n d u s t' s rendition of "Going Back to Cali" lacks. any flow, and Dynamite Hacks Sublime like rendition of Eazy-E's "BoysN-The Hood" is bad enough to make Eazy rise from the grave to exact some vengance. It isn't all bad though. ICP does a great remix of Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Posses on Broadway", and the Bloodhound

Gang do an excellent rendition of Run D MC' s "/ t 's Trick v " that makes it sound like it was o"riginally meant to be a rock song. All in all, this album is decent, but none the less a disappointment compared to the oroginals.

Haydes

3/5 Records

"The Mark, Tom And Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back)"

Natalie Vermeer

UCFVTheatre presented:

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by Jesse Macpherson Cascade Writer

Opening night, a dark theatre, The Cars' greatest hits playing loudly. George F. Walker's play, Better Living, ran at the UCFV theatre through most of November. Unfortunately it ended a few nights ago. Unfortunate for those of you who did not see it, that is. I saw it. An' I'm gonna tell ya all about it.

This is the story of a modern low income family in the middle of an emotional crisis. The father/husband who left ten years before returns and the children, all now grown, and eccentric mother, all have differing opinions as to whether or not he should be accepted back into the family unit (as dysfunctional as it is).

Director Rick Mawson made some interesting casting choices. The mother of the trailer trash crew, Nora, is played by Irene Rowe. Loaded with energy, Rowe maintains a strong presence whenever she's on stage. The eccentricity of her character is brought off in a very human way. Rowe does a good job of peppering Nora's manic energy with sadness and despair.

The eldest of the three daughters, Elizabeth, is played by Lindsay Bleackley. Bleakley played the perfect bitch, intimidating all the other characters with her intensity, but also communicating anger and rage t~rough subtler tones allowing for depth. She played a tough character, that could be played as just a bitch, with some layers. Bleakley

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also got to shock the audience when, in the middle of a running scene, she storms onto stage in a bright red evening gown, carrying a gun and blasts several shots into the father's chest.

The next daughter down, Mary Ann, was played by Helen Oldfield. The character was the seemingly weakest in the play, though in the last few scenes she stands up for herself to varying degrees. Oldfield displayed the gradual change with fabulous subtlety and managed to draw us in to a person who seemed to have no depth for most of the story. Oldfield was also able to overcome the one recurring flaw in most of the other cast members' performances: filling in the spaces. When not speaking it can be a challenge to find something to do with yourself that looks natural but doesn't distract the audience from the other performers who are speaking. Oldfield seemed always to feel at ease in her empty spaces and the very natural when sitting still.

The third daughter was played by Lisa Love. Love had the honour of greeting the audience for the first scene, the moment the lights come up for the first time, mostly naked, sprawled on the kitchen table being groped by the character's boyfriend. Love handled herself well, staying in character, when the lights came on and all the old ladies went "oooooh-!" in seeming unison. She also brought out some nice moments of softness in the character during scenes with her father and uncle.

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Ah, the uncle. Dale Loewen played

uncle Jack. I loved this character, and Loewen stood out with Oldfield as the most natural in their roles. Jack gets a lot of great lines and Loewen's timing was terrific, hitting some of the more sarcastic quips right on the head.

The groping boyfriend, Junior, was played by Ryan Lecomte. The character was intended mostly as comic relief and Lecomte was hilarious as the spaced out Junior. But he also added some dimension to the character in a couple of scenes with Gail.

The final piece in the family puzzle is the father, Tom, played by Rick Rolleman. Rolleman was remarkably accurate in his portrayal of the abusive and possibly insane survival nut. It was very easy to forget that the man on stage was not the real Tom.

My two criticisms are the aforementioned problem of empty space, and a problem of too much intensity. There were missed opportunities for some of the more human elements to be drawn out of the more intense characters: Tom, Nora, and Elizabeth. I felt that at times the intensity could have turned down to simmer for some of the dialogue. Overall I was very impressed with the whole show. The stage design was a great two tiered set. And I loved that when Tom and Nora blow off some dynamite the tree in the background actually crashes onto the old car in the yard.

It was a good show. Too bad you missed it. Try and catch their next production, Waiting For Godot, in the new year.

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