1991-92_v14,n02_Imprint by Editor Imprint

briday, May 17,1991

Vol. 14 no. 2

Second Class Registration Numb- NP6453 Kitchener, Ontario

THE UNIVERSITY O F WATERLOO STUDENT NEWSPAPER

I;vhere do we draw the line.9 Page 11

VOLUNTmRs W hasts Canada Day 1991 on July 1. tudents, staff and faculty are needed to elp organize Uw’s Canada Day activities. blebrate Canada’s birthday on campus rith members of the K-W community. For tformation call Marten8 Miles, ext. 3276 or teve Nason 888-0767. ‘olunteer Tutors needed to provide one to ne tutoring for adults and youth who want I improve their reading, writing and basic lath skills. If interested, please call Core iteracy 743-6090. L-W Minor Soccer - opportunities availble as coaches and assistant coaches for oung boys and girls. w Day - opportunities available in management, program operations, promtions, etc. kntre for Habilitation Edumtion and M - volunteers needed Tuesday, lay 28, 1991 for A Community for veryone Conference, Beneficial for any ne interested in helping people with l&abilities. uiti and Coltitis ti&tion - volunteers ceded during the long weekend in May ‘riday, May 17 to Monday, May 20 Iclusive) at the Play Ball Booth at Binge7an Park. Give as many or as few hours of our time as you wish. Volunteers needed I work at the pitching booth, record peed& hand out balls, etc. EWrested in any of these, or other volunor opportunities, call ext. 2051 or drop by Z 15OA. TIMI MAMMMmuY PROCRASllMWDW

A STUDY SKILLS

haee who wieh to improve their study ikills can take advantage of individual iounselling and workshops in the followlg topics: a) study skills in the classroom, uch as notetaking, effective listening, and :lass preparation; b) effective study Bchniques, including time management, axtbook reading, and concentration and; :) effective exam-writing skills (4 -ions). legins: Tuesday, May 28 - 6:30 to 8:30 3.m. nterested students can register at the deception Desk in Counselling Services, Needles Hall, room 2080 or call ext. 855. ANMOUWCRM8MTS hdi~~A~th~rdismc. - holds m&tings he first Monday of every month at the <itchener Public Li brat-y. tion., June 3 - Lorraine Williams =or more info contact Lenore Latta 824I225 ; Susan Gibbons 744-0900 ; Dale G. ‘arsons 742- 1495. my grown beef hamburgers and Totdogs will be setved on buns produced ‘ram organically grown wheat in the Cam3~s Centre only at the Wild Duck Cafe, ‘Skin on” french fries from organically grown potatoes cooked in low cholesterol shortening will also be available. (from Food Services). Ihe Heritage Resources Centre at the University of Waterloo is offering 4 Ore wek summer programmer for children age 8 to 12. A combination of educational and physical activities focuses on local historic and natural themes. The 4 themes this summer are: 1. Exploring the Grand - July 2 to 5 -cost $851 2. Niagara Escarpment - Juiy 8 to 12 cost $95. 3. Niagara Escarpment - July 15 to 19 cost $95. 4. Long Point Camp Out - Aug. 12 to 16 cost

$140.

For further information, please contact the Heritage Resources Centre, UnivdV Of Waterloo at 885- 12 I I, ext. 3066. Growing

up: The Undiscovered

orientation Se&on June 24 and 25. Graduating 91/92 Co-op students, who will be on a Fall Work Term. Come to Humanities Theatre 3:3b to 5:00 p.m. Career Services will explain “Graduating Students Interviews”. The session will be repeated Tuesday June 25 at Humanities Theatre, 3:30 to 500 p.m. Museum & Axchive of Games - UW “Traditional Games You can Make and can Play”. Beginning May 14 to August 18, 1991. Hours - Tuesday 10-t and 2-5, Wednesday 2:5 and 6-9, Thursday 2-5, Sunday 2-5. Closed Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays. -IIeaIth & Sa#&y Department - Summer Hours - The Health & Safety Dept. will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday during the months of May, iune, July and August. Dam &riw Crossroads opens for summer season on Sunday, May 5 from 10~00a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This is a non-profit museum. For info contact Marcia J. Shortreed at 748-1914. ‘Working The Land” on May 19 and 20 “Scats Come Back To Doon” on Sunday, June 2 Seagram Museum - “The Wine Cellar” opened from May 1 to Octobr 31 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free. For info contact Lynne Paquette at 885- 1857.

itudenta who procrastinate and have louble organizing their studies may be “lterested in this two-hour, 4 session vorkshop . Ie&s: Wednesday, May 29 - 9:30 to ll:30 a.m. MADtwO

tion and Our Future. The Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs 60th Conference at Geneva Park, Ontario, August 8-l I, 1991, wilt examine the social, economic and educational influences affecting youth today. Scholarships and student discounts are available. For information, contact Youth Committee Chairperson at (416) 266-7757.

Genera-

Caruzer Rrsaurce Centre Saturday hQurs May 18 and 25 from 1 I:00 a.m. to 3:OO p.m. Take advantage of special Saturday hours to research employer,s, occupations, educational opportunities, work/study abroad and more. Want bo rid your office or study &elf of those Canadian, US or foreign calendars? The Career Resource Centre occasionally has difficulty getting and keeping some calendars ; your donation could fill a gap. Please send any recent calendars to: Career Resource Centre, Needles Hall, mom 1115. . Estvmmmentrlntyies I+& - on Sunday, June 9 in Victoria Park, Kitchener. 8ring a picnic and spend a day viewing displays, demonstration and celebrating with clowns, mimes, music, puppets, a “recycled” fashion show and much more. FREE. Rain or shine. For info call 7492965 or 742- 1956.

WORKSHOP S8RHS POR ORADUATIWD CO&P sruD8wrs occ CAMPUS tw TM CALL Cm Services will conduct workshops to ass&t the 1992 graduating students to prepare for their job search and graduate interviews. Sign-up sheets will be available in NH 1001 the week prior to the workshop. ALL CLASSES IN NH1020 unless stated otherwise. wg for a Career - I hour - the foundation upon which all job search activities are based. Thursday, May 30” 500 to6:OO p+m. ; Tuesday, July 9 - 11:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Job stuck - 1 hour - a look at creative and traditional methods of finding jobs, with an emphasis on the hidden job market of unadvertised positions. Wednesday, May 22 - 3:3O to 4:30 p.m. ; Tuesday, July 16 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

0v-a J&s - 1 hour - discover ways and means of finding jobs overseas. Tuesday, May 28 - lo:30 a.m. to 1 l:?L! a.m. wg Employers - 1 hour - how to locate information about employers to prepare for job selection and interviews. Tuesday, June 4t I:30 to 2:30 p.m. ; Monday, July 8 - 3:3O to 4:30 p.m. Informational l.wmie~etwarklng I 1 hour - finding out about jobs and discovering job openings. Thursday, May 30 - 6:Oo to 7:00 p.m. ; Tuesday, July 9 - 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Resume Writ@ - 1 hour - techniques for writing an effective resume. Prerequisite reading resume-writing handout. Tuesday, May 21 - 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. ; Monday, May 27 - 6:00 to 7:OO p.m. ; Thursday, July 11 1 I:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

will be tember closed August

ALL LIBRARIES closed May 20, July 1 and Sep 2, 1991. In addition UMD will bt Monday, August 26 to Frida! 30, 1991.

LRtter Writing - 1 hour - an important key KPL MAIM UCTURICS to get your job, ‘learn how to use them to your advantage. Tuesday, May 2 1 - 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. ; Monday, May 27 - 7:00 to 8:OO p.m. ; Thursday, July 11 - 12:30 to 1:30 Tuesday, May 21 “The North and Native People” - 7:OO p.m. p.m. - lecturer: Dr. Pauline Greenhill, St. In&view %~BEII - 1 hour - tips on how to Paul’s Colletge. Public lecture. m prepare effectively for a job interview. Thursday, May 23 - 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 R p.m. ; Wednesday, May 29 - 6:00 to 7:OO BVIRY SUNDAY p.m. ; Wednesday, July 3 - 11:30 a.m. to wahwsday, May 8 12:30 p*m. “Work in Nigeria” - 7:00 p.m. Layma’s Evangelid Fellowship evenGlen Blu hut. ing service. 7:00 pm at 163 University Interview Skills II - 1 hour - “hands-on” W. (MSA), apt 321. All are welcome. session where you can prac$ce answering - For more information, call 884-5712. questions usually asked in interviews. Pre. requisite - Interview Skills 1and reviewing --day, I RVURY MONDAY May 28 handout. Thursday, May 23 - l2:3O-t0 I:30 “The Regional City in Ontario” - 7100 p.m. ; Wednesday, May 29 - 7:OO to 8:00 p.m. - lecturer: Dr. Pauline Greenhill, St. JSA B-1 Bnrnch from 11:3O to 1:30 in p.m. ; Wednesday, July 3 - 12~30 to 1:30 &uk Coi~ege. Public lecture. tie Campus Centfe, room 110. (GXWDt p.m. . holidays i May 20 and July 1) Cor& n&h htiew Ski& III - 2 hours - practice with us! selling your skills. Wednesday, July 1.7 Flay, May 31 WATROC Meetingi - 4 p.m., CC138A. If 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Special Guest: Raffi Armenian, Music recycling concerns you, come out and Director K-W Symphony. Discussion your ideas. Or, if you can volunteer AsmtingYoumlfintheJoblriaerview-2 and recorded highights from “Dvorak’s time, call Patti Fraser at ext. l/2 hours - expressing yoursetf more suc- Carnival Overture”. Coffee and muffins c8ssfully and overcoming personal dif- available for a fee. --f---*-.I ----I ficulties. Prerequisite - Inten/iew Skills I and lVlRY WIDWISDAY reviewing handout. Monday, June 3 - 6:30 to 9:OO p.m. room NH3001’ ; Wednesday, Lapen’s Evangekal Fellowship Bible July 10 - 3:30 to 6:00 p.m. room The Dorothy Shoemaker Literary Awards - 7:30 p.m. The 20th Anniversary for DC1304 at 7:3O pm. AlI are NH3001. these awards. welcome. For more information, call 8W

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NEWS l

Classics classic

Ontario hopes to lower native barriers establishment of a Native Education Council to ensure that there is ongo-

. The Ontario government will provide $3.1 million this year to initiate a strategy aimed at removing barriers From Friday, May 10 to Sunday, May 12, the University of Waterloo opened its doors to Latin students from 22 high schools, as the Village II Conference Centre, David and Mary Thompson Collegiate, and UW’s own Classical Studies department hosted the 1991 Ontario Classics Conference. For most of the weekend, high school students overran VZ, Arts Letture Hall, Modern Lrtnguages Building, Hagey Hall, Seagram Stadium, and the Village Green in competitions of strength, endurance, intellect, and artistic and dramatic talent. These are no ordinary competitions, as they all fit into classical

and historical

native communities to increase their role in decision making, program developing development, and admissions criteria. It will also pro-

vide native organizations with funding to cover costs associated with

their involvement

sight translations, and derivatives

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cal dig. oral mythology tests, Latin and written Roman and Greek history tests. The dramatic/ artistic events included classical fashion shows, skit competitions, and a chariot building competition. The turn-out was incredible, approximately 600 students representing 22 high schools. They came from all over Ontario to participate,

oral readi%

in from

North

Bay

and Ottawa. To give some idea of how the conference has grown in popularity, eight or nine years ago only 15 or 20 students wrote the Roman Ljife

Competition, 200 students

while wrote

this year about it.

Much of the praise for the success of this year’s Classics Conference goes to UW professors L Neuru and L Curchin of UW’s Classical Studies deoartment for their organization of

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of knowledge. Phuto by Jeff westhead

and volunteers, aIong with Mr. S. Farrow of David and Mary Thompson Collegiate and the Classics Conference Committee for their organization of events, scoring and awards. Thanks go to the V2 Conkrence Centre for housing the venues

students. Thanks also goes to the volunteers who came from the Royal Ontario

Museum,

Wilfrid

Laurier

University, McMaster UGveRity, UW, and the high schools and high school students themselves for their spirit, which made it all worthwhile*

Student Council Meeting

the ministry review and recommend programs and proposals for funding under the new strategy. The committee will include representatives of the ministry, Ontario native organizations, the Council of Regents, and the Ontario Council on University

Affairs, as well as Ontario and universities.

colleges

Allen said that there is a real connection between the social infr&ructure and the economy and that social

The $3.1 millionannounced will be used to establish the following initiatives: - a Native Support SeticeS Core

programs give people the tools and confidence they need to meet the challenge of economic change.

Fund to increase the number of native counsellors employed by postsecondary institutions; - a special Projects Fund to support the development of native college and university curricula which reflect the cultural, social, and ecoriomic needs of native people including joint college and university initiatives in the area of native pm grams; and - &upplement&y Grant Fund to provide colleges and universities with additional funding for each fulltime student enrolled in designated native programs. The strategy also calls for the

%&y’s announcement would not have been possible without the dedicated and collaborative effort between native our postsecondary

organizations

and

institutions,” said dkn “By working together and creating effective partnerships we’ve shown how we can eliminate both real and perceivd barriers to d~eational opportunity for the native peoples of Ontario.”

The Native Education and Training Strategy was one of several initiatives today by the government aimed at improving the quality of life of Ontario’s aboxiginal peoples.

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K-W Safety Au.dit by Dave Thomson kqxint staff

by Dave T~OIXMII Imprint staff The Federation of Students’ Student Councti held their first meeting for the Summer 1991 term on Sunday, May 5 in the Campus Centre. In President John Leddy% report to council, he expressed some concern with the University administration’s plans to fill the position of Dean of ’ Students by appointment, now that Ernie Lucy has vacated the position. He was worried about some of the people being considered for the position, stressing that the position is one of the more important ones that relates to students. Leddy also announced that he plans to write r&ports on conferences he attends, which he hopes will give some more meaning and accountability to such trips. Vice-President, Operations and Finance Steve Millard was absent, said Leddy, and the budget would Wontinued to page 4a

in the implementa-

sensitivity to native culture and issues and increase the extent of participation of Native people in decisions affecting Native postsecondary education.”

comGreek

written Roman life tests, an archaeologi-

some traveliing

In addition, a Proposal Selection Committee will be established to help

tion of the strategy. “We want to increase the participation and completion rates of native peoples in college and university programs, ” said Dr. Allen. ‘“To accomplish this our postsecondary institutions must work together with Native organizations to increase their

themes. The sporting

events included a chariot race plete with chariots), slinging, races, long jump, and a marathon. The academic petitions included Latin and

ing Native community involvement regarding postsecondary matters. The Council will be comprised of representatives from native organizations involved in the development of the strategy. The Council will advise the Minister of Colleges and Universities on all aspects of native postsecondary education and will work with the ministry in the implementation of the Native Postsecondary Education and Training Strategy.

within the postsecondary education system that limit the educational and training achievements of native students, Colleges and Universities Minister Richard Allen announced last week. . The strategy is designed to encourage postsecondary institutions to work in partnership with

The Kitchener-Waterloo

Sexual Support

Centre is organizing

a Women’s

Safety Audit of Kitchener and Waterloo to take place near the end of this month. The Safety Audit is designed to survey women about places in which

they feel unsafe, such as parks, poorly lit areas, and bus stops, for example. The exact date of the audit has not been made public to protect the safety of women involved. As well, it has not been specified where the audits will occur, other than “in places you identify as concerns.” Both Kitchener and Waterloo Municipalities are fully supporting the audit in recognition that previous “city phnning has not been done with a view of women’s safety in mind.” The information cokcted from the audits41 be assessed and compiled

Matt Erickson, Federation of Students9 friendly Ombudsbuddy, is leaving this post and his hallmates for a job at person& reportedly Staff Relations Coomlinatcw. In return, the Rds get two first-routid draft picks.

GoodLuck M&t.!

in a report that will be submitted to both city councils. Any women in the K-W area are invited to participate in the Audit by volunteering to be team leaders, audit workers, and childcare workers, and/ or answering the following two questions and mailing them to:

7k KiKIIPnrr- Waterloo Sxuai Assault Suppurt CenrrV PO. Bux 2003 _1 Kitchener, Ontario The two questions are: 1) Name the places in which you feel unsafe or uncomfortable during the day or the night and why; 2) Tell US about some of the places you feel safe during the day or night and why. TO

volunteer

or obtain more information,

please call (519) 5714121,

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Friday,

May 17, 1991

Campus Centre News from the Turnkey

De&

Defender Personal Alarms are now available at the Turnkey Desk! Six of these weapons of the night can be signed out nightly by those who can most quickly produce their student cards for the eager Turnkeys. The operation of these alarms is simple: pull the cord and unieash the 130-decibel siren on your assailant. The alarm’s nine-volt battery allows it to run for up to two hours and prolonged exposure may result in permanent ear damage. To ensure that all students can confidently and safely walk home these summer nights, we hope that students will readily use this new safety service. The Cinema Gratis schedule for the summer has been released. Total Recall was shown on May 14. The remaining features are Roger & Me (May 28), Havy Metal (June 4), Do the Right Thing (June 18), TEe Blues Brorhers (July 2) and The Return of theJedi (July 16). AlI films are shown in the Campus Centre on Tuesday nights beginning at 9:30 pm. All clubs and student societies interested in sponsoring a film night should feel free to contact Cynthia at the Turnkey Desk to schedule your promotion. In this time of blatant capitalism in the mainline the&es, it is nice to know that the Campus Centre can seTe as a refuge for those seeking escape from the harsh realities of contempotiary society! Come to Utopia; Come to Cinema Gratis! So ends the inaugural edition of the Campus Centre News Update in the Imprint. Any questions, queries, or comments can be directed to Brian or Cal at the Turnkey Desk in the Campus Centre. Lf you would like to see the CCNU printed in the past format of a newsletter, please tell us. If yell have any questions about the regular operations and committees of the Campus Centre, please drop us a line. Turnkeys exist for no other reason than to serve your every intellectual whim! Have a good couple of weeks . . .

Card board by Patti F-r waste Managemertt

cwrdiMtor

On April 1,1991, the Region of Waterloo banned clean, corrugated cardboard from all lanm sim. This was done to encourage recycling, reduction, and reuse of a recyclable material which consumes vast amounts of JanckfiU space. In essence, this means the clean, corrugated cardboard can no longer be placed in the University’s waste bii, or in the garbage. A number of steps have been taken to alleviate the problems this causes on campus: - University suppliers are being asked for alternative shipping methods, or to pick up boxes for reuse. - All students, staff, and faculty are asked to reduce and reuse wherever possible. - Student-run coffee and donut operations are asked to request that companies like Coke, Everfresh, and Hostess take their boxes back for reuse. To recycle in the residences, break down or flatten boxes, tie them in bundles of no larger than 30 inches by 30 inches by eight inches, and place them by caddy carts for Regional/City pick-up. To recycle on campus, break down or flatten boxes, and place them by white, fine paper recycling bins for pick-up. This stuff is recyclable: clean corrugated cardboard (waffled material between two sheets of Kraft paper), wet boxes, boxes with some tape (staples okay), and boxes with logos or colour patterns. This stuff is not recyclable: waxed cardboard (from fruit and vegetables); excessively taped (entire surface); greasy, oily, or blood-stained cardboard; cardboard lined with foil, plastics, or Styrofoam; coreboard tube (bolts from textiles and fabric industry); and boxboard (cereal, toy, soap, and show boxes, dividers in boxes). Boxboard can be taken to Caroline Street Recycling depot by individuals.

H . GRADUATING START YOUR CAREER

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WHERE THE EXPRESSWAY ENDS

3,000

-mpg &med with a new vehicle and a new driver, “Tornado,“the University of Waterloo is positioned for its fifth record-breaking win at the 15th annual Shell Canada Fuelathon on May 21-23, 1991. The Fuelathon, a fuel economy competition for university and college students to design and build fuel-saving vehicles, will be held at the Shell Research Centre in Oalwille, Ontario. The design team received a scare this week when they were told that their original choice for driver was ineligible for the competition because she was not a university student. They have since found a new driver, and their hearts can begin beating again. UW’s previous Fuelathon vehicle, Astral, captured the past four firstplach victories at the competition. In 1989, Astral achieved over 3,000 miles per Imperial gallon, and the UW team went on to compete in Japan at the Showa Shell Sekiyu Car Mileage Marathon. The team was the first North American team to participate in the Japanese competition and posted the bestresult by a foreign team with 4423 km per litre (1,249 mpg) * ‘?bnado will have the same engine as Astral, but we have desiigned and built an entirely new chassis,” said engineering faculty advisor St+@an Lambert ‘The new vehicle is tighter than our previoti entry. It also has been equipped with front-wheel drive.” The Shell Canada Fuel&on celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. It was created to support the research and development of fuel economy technology, and it is the tar@ fuel economy competition in North America.

Council Meeting

Landlord-Tenant Affairs Ouestions and Answers

Answer:

Unfortunately, nothing. The landlord is correct when he says that you do not have the right to sublet your unit. Had you initially rented that unit on a monthly basis (and had you not given 60 days notice to terminate your tenancy), you would have been a monthly tenant with the right to sublet. If the initial agreement contained a term thatthe right to sublet was subj&t to the landlord’s consent, you would require that consent. The Landlord and Tenant Act indicates that the consent is not be arbitrarily or unreasonably withheld. You initiaI1y rented this unit for a fixed term - one year. When that term expired, you automatically become a monthly tenant. More particularly, you become a statutory monthly tenant. That type of tenant is not given the right to sublet, after the expiry of the fixed term. Had you wished to sublet your unit prior to the end of the fixed term, you would have the right to do so. For example, a tenant signs a one-year lease, January 1,1991. Three months later, the tenant wishes to move. That tenant can sublet the remaining nine months of the lease. Normally, the consent of the landlord is required. The distinction between the right of monthly tenants is sublet and the right of statutory monthly tenants to sublet has been upheld by the Divisional Court.

QU&iOIt I am a senior citizen. My daughter and her husband plan to vi& me in thu summerforfuur weeks. Tlrqv will sta-_vitt the spare chum in my apattment. I mentioned this tu the superintendent the other day. She says that l must pay an additiunal$2MUMfor that four-week period tuward uccupncy costs and extra hydra and water costs. My rent payment includes utiiities. lam on abed income. Icannut a$ordtu pay this udditional amount. I%e supetintendent says thnt ifI don ‘t pay this amount, I will be evicted. Is this true? Answer:

Definitely not. The landlord is not entitled to extra compensation. Do not pay the $200.00. The refusal to pay the additional money does not give the landlord grounds to evict you.

*continued from page 3. therefore be tabled until the next Student’s Council meeting which is scheduled for June 3,1991. Vice-President, University Affairs L&a Brice said that John and herself would be attending a CFS conference on May 12, and would have to vote on a motion to recognize Quebec’s right to self-determination. She asked councillors how they felt about the Canadian unity question, but the ensuing discussion involved whether or not CFS should take a stance on these types of political questions. The council also voted to approve the appointment of the executive board as follows: Board of Academic Affairs, Pat Forte; Board of Communications, Paula Hendsbee; Creative Arts Board, Derik Hawley; Public Issues Board, Nancy Salay; Board of Entertainment, Dave Beaulieu; and Board of Internal Liaison, Chris Waters. I The Human Rights Board has been. left vacant until the fall term, and the position of Women’s Issues Board Chair was filled a few days after the meeting, by Carmel Green. Lzddy also announced that the University of Waterloo Community Campaign will be starting on June 4, 199 1. The campaip

is a five-year,

$89

million fundraising venture to raise money for the construction of a new Environmental Studies and AppIied Health Studies building among other things.

Question:

My former landlord. LYsuing me fur $950.&I in Small Cluims Court. He is claiming $35Q,oOfor unpaid rent and $~.MIfor damage to the waits and CcIrpets. ladmit that /owe him the rent. Ididn ‘t pay the rent becuuse Icouldn I a$ord l’r. nat k why I muved out. When lmoved into this place, it was in sadshape. The carpets were threadbare and tom in spots. The walls weredirty. trucked, and had smaii holes in them. l%e place looked the same when Imoved out. Nufutiher “damage I0wus dune while / lived there limmediateiyjled a dispute with thcl Small C/aims Court. I am now waiting for the trial dare. I am receiving Mothers’ Allowance benej7t.s. I have been rmeiving thuse benefits&r severa! years. i%e landlurd knows that I am nut employeed, so I cm ‘t undeatond why he is suing me. He will nPt’er be able to collect a dime. I am seriousiy considering nut showingfur the trial since I have nothing to lose. What do you suggest? Answer: Show up for the trial. Dispute the damages claimed by the landlord. He must establish to the court that you are responsible for the damage and must further establish that-you are responsible to the extent of $600.00. If ‘)‘ou are not there to dispute his allegations, he will obtain a judgment against you for that damage. Although you admit that you owe rent, you may be in a position to have that amount reduced by the court, if the court accepts that the condition of the unit did not merit full rent. Although you are not employed, that does not mean that you are judgment proof, Once judgment is obtained, the landlord can take further proceedings to obtain court-ordered monthly payments by you. The fact that you are receiving benefits does not prevent a court from imposing monthly repay-menta. When you du become employed, the landord m1 undoubtedly garnishee your wages. The garnishee costs incurred by the landlord will be added to the judgment. You should also be aware that the initial judgment will bear interest. It is in your interest to attend the trial and to actively dispute the &ndlords allegations.

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Kitchener-Waterloo Community leader Walter Alexander Bean and Auditor-General Kenneth Dye are among the distinguished individuals who will be awarded honorary degrees at the University of Waterloo’s spring convocation in May. Bean, 82, will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws and will give the convocation address at the engineering convocation on May 25. Dye will receive an honorary Doctor of Letters and give the address at the Thursday Arts ceremonies. uw’s spring convocation will also mark the installation of noted educator and economist, Dr. Sylvia OS&y, as Chancellor of the university. Dr. Ostry will deliver the convocation address. In addition, Dr. Burton C. Matthews, president and vicechancellor of UW from 1970 to 1981, will be conferred with the title Professor Emeritus. Both Ostry and Matthews will be honored at the Wednesday, Applied Health ScienceEnvironmental Studies-Independent Studies convocation. Receiving honors and awards at spring convocation are: Applied

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Dr. Peter Charka Swam, adjunct professor and director of UW’S own East Asian Studies Program, will receive an honorary Do&r of Izws. Fluent in Chinese, Japanese and French, Swarm is the former director of the Cresset Press (Lnndon), the Royal Ontario Museum, The Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Found&ion, and first director of the Seagram Museum when it opened in Waterloo in 1984. The. author of seven books, he is an authority on oriental art and culture and has frequently been an expert contributor and commentator for national newspapers, magazines and electronic mediaIn 1985 he wasawarded theCanadianMuseurns Association Award of Merit. Dr. Richard B. Stein, professor of physiology, University of Alberta, will receive an honorary Doctor of Science. Dr. Stein, director of the Division of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Unive&y of Alberta, is one of Canada’s foremost physiologists in the area of motor control and the central nervous system. Dr. Stein has been a frequent visitor to Waterloo where he l&s interacted with faculty and graduate students in the Department of Kinesiology. An expert in Neurophysiological approaches to the problem of spinal cord injury, he is a pioneer in the fusion of modern neuroscience, b&engineering and rehabilitation. He is the author or cc+ author of more than 200 scientific papers on subjects related to neuroscience. Arts: Thursday,

A Vancouver native, he received his masters in business administration from Simon Fraser University and spent his early career in the firm

Waterloo, he is past president and “Fellow” of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia and of the Canadian past governor Institute of Chartered Accountants. Dye is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario and I’Ordre des compatible agrees du Quebec. His international positions include member of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions, president of its Development Initiative and chair of the International Federation of Accountants’ Public Sector Committee. He is ~ISO chair of the Pane1 of External Auditors of the United Nations, the Specialized Agencies, and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Floyd S. Chalmers, benefactor and supporter of Canadian arts and culture, will r$eive an honorary Doctor of laws. Chalmers, 92, has given a lifetime of support to Canadian arts and cutture organizations. The former executive vice-president and chair of Maclean-Hunter Ltd. founded the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada. He served 20 years as board member of the Royal Conservatory of Music and was President of the Canadian Opera Company from 19564. Chalmers was alsO president of’ the Stratford Festival Foundation and principal supporter of Chalmers House, home of the Canadian Mu&Cent= In 1980he transferred the assets of his own family foundation to the Ontario Arts Council which has established the Chalmers FamiIy Fund to support creative productions in theatre, opera, music and dance. scziene:

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Dr. Erwin HelIner will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree. Dr. Hellner is Director of the Institute of Mineralogy, Faculty of Geoscience, University of MarGermany. HeIlner is a scientist of great distinction in areas of geology, mineralChrystaUography,crystal ogy, chemistry and the physical properties of intermetallic phases. He is considered the world’s foremost authority on “framework” descriptions of crystal structures. This is the threedimensional description of the atom positions that runs throughout thekrystal structure. Hellner has also been a leader in studying mineral systems related ,to hydrothermal synthesis and crystal structure analysis, and in finding means toanalyze thw systems by computer.

A gifted and enthusiastic teacher, he has often been lauded by peers for leadership in these areas of scientific instruction and research. He is the author or co-author of more than 140 scientific papers. Wright, will receive Doctor of Science honorary degree. A retired professor of applied optics and vision, Dr. Wright has conmade many outstanding the scientific tributions to understanding of color. He has often visited UW’s School of Optometry, serving two stints as visiting professor, from 1978 to 1979, and in 1986. The holder of doctorates and advanced degrees in physics, science and applied optics from the University of London, Wright’s first work included building a visual spectrum. For more than four decades at Lendon’s imperial College he conducted and directed research into many aspects of normal and defective color vision. His research has also had many ractical applications, including the IL ilding of a spectrophotometer designed to measure the color characteristics of works of art without damaging them. , As well as being a highly respected researcher, Wright is an educator who launched many of his students into distinguished careers in color science. The author of five books and more than 100 papers, he holds many awards and honors, including the Mees Medal of the Optical&c&y of America, the Lord Crook Medal of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers and Fellow of the Optical society of America Dr. W. Da&l

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and Vice-Chancellor, University of Strathclyde, will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws and deliver the convocation address. Prof. Hills is a distinguished physicd cheInist with qxcial expertise in the are of electrachemistry.‘Knighted in 1988, he was a student at bndon University and began his teaching career at Imperia1 College, London, Moving to the University of Southampton in 1962 tihere he became Pmfessor of Chemistry,’ Dean of Science and Deputy ViceChancellor. He took up his appointment at Strathclyde in 1980. He has held visiting professorships in Canada (University of Western Ontario), U.S. and Argentina He is the author of many scientific papers in the fields of liquid state and elec-

deg.rees trochemistry. The holder of many professional honors and awards, Hills is a fellow of Birkbeck College and the Royal Academy of Music and Drama, and has been awarded the Polish Order of Merit and the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit. He was also a Liberal councillor and retains interests in politics. Mathematics:

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Sir David Roxbee Cm, Oxford University, will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Mathematics degree and will deliver the convocation address. Considered by many to be the world’s most eminent statistician, Cox has published many groundbreaking papers on probability and statistics. His contributions have had a great impact on the practice of statistics. He has published more than 100 journal articles and 12 books. Cox has made many impressive service contributions and been a leading spokesperson for the field of statistics. He has been editor of the important journal Bometrika since 1966, and was president of the Royal Statistical Society (1980-82) and the .Bemoulli Society (1979~81), and headed mathematics at Imperial College, London (1970-74). He has received many awards and honors, including knighthood (1985) and fellowship in the Royal Society. Prof. Cox is now based at oxford University. He has also been an adjunct professor in UW’s department of statisticsand actuarial science since 1985.

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Bean is a former member of the board of governors of Renison College and was president and general manger of the former Waterloo Trust (until its merger with Canada Trust in 1968). Although retired, he remains an honorary director of six major companies. Bean has excelled at. every facet of endeavor in his life. He was a star athlete at the University of Toronto where he graduated in honors commerce. He had a distinguished military career, se . in the Second World War with the 3 ighland Light Infantry where he attained the rank of Brigadier General, and was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE). From 1966 to 1972 he served as Honorary Colonel of the Highland Fusiliers of Canada. Bean’s accomplishments in community service are lengthy, including chairman of the Kitchener Urban Renewal Committee for 11 year where he helped spearhead develop ment of the Conestoga Expressway by-pass. He has also served as pnzsident of XJnited Way, KitchenerWaterloo Community Foundation, governor of the- Stratford Festival, and president of the Kitchener Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Nmnan Berkowitz will be awarded an honorary Do&r of Engineering degree at the engineering convocation. Berkowitz is an eminent scientist speckking in coal chemistry, and is Professor Emeritus in Fuel Science at the University of Alberta. He is also vice-chairman, Energy Resources Conservation Board, Province of Alberta. Educated at the University of London, Berkowitz came to Canada in 1952 and joined the Alberta Research Council, later becoming head of the Coal Research Ditiim

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opinion In the May, 1991 issue of the Faculty 4ssociation of the University of Waterloo’s [FAUW) newsletter Fonrm, Anne lnnis Dagg of Independent Studies wrote an opinion piece which posits that “UW has a long way to go” in he department of employment equity. Dagg begins by pointing out thatthe; University of Waterloo has “far fewer women pro@ssors with tenure or in. tenure-stream m&ions (11.1 per cent) than any of the other 16 main Ontario universities.” Sh’e then goes XI to describe Uw’ as having an “ambience :hat many women find soul-destroying.” With many of her proofs, I concur - the fact :hat the 11 -member selection committee, all nen, for this year’s distinguished teaching awards bestowed the honour upon two nathematics professors whose “Prof Quotes” n MU&V&G showed definite insensitivity to Nomen’s issues; and that the engineering ‘acuity continues to use The Tml as its mascot, zlearty a phallic symbol regardless of whether ‘Ridgid” is part of its name. With other points, however, especially with statements about the content of Imprint, I must take issue. Remember, of course, that I am a longtime volunteer for this paper, and now the editor-in-chief, so I have my own biases and a defensive instinct. Firstly, Dagg refers to the art of Professor Virgil Burnett represented in the March 1, 199 1 Imprint, “showing a naked woman content to be raped 42,~a fully-clothed warrior. I1 also showed a naked woman being tortured.” Whether rape is implied by the first piece is a debatable point, but in the pieces of Burnett’s art published in this newspaper, there is clearly no depiction anywhere of a woman being tortured. Burnett may have drawn such a picture at some time in his life, but it was noi contained on pages 12 or 13 of that issue. Next, she looks to the infamous “Where do uve draw the line?” feature in the September 14, 1990 Imprint, which asked several campus celebrities their opinions about whether 13 pictures - some photos from soft-porn magazines, a Robert Mapplethorpe photo, snd some drawings of reclining nudes -were art or pornography. About the feature, she says this: ” hpd.nt . . 5 showed many women but no men in pornographic vulnerable poses . . .” This clause is ambiguous. Did we show any men at all? Or lid we show men, but not in pornographic vulnerable poses? If she meant the former, in fact five of the thir:een pictures contained men: two depicting ntercourse between a man and woman, one 3n orgy, one a group of apparently gay men, ind the last - the Mapplethorpea man in a :hree-piece suit with his penis protruding from iis fly. If Dagg meant that the men in the pictures lvere not depicted in “pornographic vulnerable poses,” I would have to agree that most of he men are not vulnerable, with the exception If one of the men in the picture of three \omosexuals. But that’s the reality of both sexual art and lornography, regardless of their definitions. 30th tend to depict primarily women, and vhen men are depicted, they tend to be done ;o in less exploitative poses than women. Dagg also mentions the two- men who disllayed the “No! Means Harder” sign, saying hat “they were not suspended or expelled” lnd implying that, therefore, they were not lunished. She makes no mention of Dean of NdentS Ernie Lucy’s directive that they assist he Women’s Issues Board in developing a late rape pamphlet. Though 1 agree with the Dagg’s opinion about .how poorly UW acts on employment quity, I must speak out against some of her spurious arguments. * .-

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This coming Monday, May 21, the University of Waterloo’s Board of Governors Executive Co~~Gttee will consider approving Policy 53, which deals with f&&y appointments and tenure. Tucked away on page 24 of the 27-page draft policy, is Appendix 13.What is so special about Appendix B? It is entitled Hiring I%cedum fur Facuiv Appointments, and deals with the “desired” procedure to hire staff, which is to increase the number of appointments given to women (also known as employment equity). IwillreturntoadiscussionofPolicy53later on, after an elaboration of the status of women at this University. -

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Across Canada, Waterloo’s position improves to fifth lowest in the land, above the Royal Roads Military College (0 per cent) in BC, Brandon University in Manitoba (8.8 per cent), the Technical University of Nova Scotia (1 percent), and Kings. Strangely enough, Waterloo is the only university in Ontario that has not created a position of an Employment Equity Coordin&or. There are no committees or advisory mies that have been created to deal specifically with Employment Equity. According to the BuZZeb2 supplement, ksponsibility for equity issues lies with a faculty

Unfortunateljr, the University of Waterloo hasn’t been too successfuI at rectifyiq the drastic imbalance between male and female professors. In 1989-1990, Waterloo had a total ’ of 85 women in tenured and tenure-stream positions - or in other words, only 11.1 per cent of such positions were held by women. In Ontario, only King’s College ranks lower with four women, equalling 8.9 per cent.

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Make a face PokeOut an eyeIt’s times like these that youll be watching /A Inrw~ and wonder “How the heck does that secretary prson in the court manage to write down everything that is said? You just sit in a daze and muse about silly irrelevant things that no one ever seems to knowabout or thinkabout. This mood usually .s& in when you don’t want to think about other things going on in the world, But eventually, you have to return to this chronic state of stupidity and chaos that we have arbitrarily decided to call reality. This country is currently undergoing a selfexamination to figure out just how many groups of people have been alienated by the many years of apparently ineffective governing. Is the country ripping apart, and if so, how will we stop it? This, only 125 years after Confederation. Joe Ciark, who was Prime Minister for the shortest time period ever, is now the minister in charge of constitutional affairs. Keith Spicer is the whirling vortex that has been trekking around Canada for the last few months holding the “Citizens’Forums”al1 over this underpopulated country. The end effect of the Spicer Commission (which will probably set a Canadian record for the speediest start-to-finish commission ever, not necessarily a good thing) should be some type of a report about the direction of the country. Brian We’re-not-doing-it-to-be-popular Mulroney will supposedly read it, be advised by Joe Clark, the Spicer Commission, and all the committees and sub-committees that this thing has spawned, and make a decision. j But what will this report really do? What change will it effect? Is there any change necessary, other than the federal government and/or the parliamentary system of government? Are they going to send copies of the report to every Canadian with guidelines on what they can do individually to hold the nation together? My own informal survey (talking to friends, listening to conversations in the smoking

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lounge, etc.) senses that most Canadians in this town are just sick and tired of the endless stupidities committed by Canada’s federal and provincial governments, their disregard for what Canadians want, and their continual incompetence - a basic loss of trust in the leaders of the country. Sure, these are continual complaints about government; no radical or even original thought put into that last paragraph. &I, if this is the case, perhaps we need to change the system or structure of government. Instead of having numerous middle-aged, white, well-off males try to decide how they can reconcile the problems of this diverse, multi-cultural nation, perhaps a more truly representative system is needed. I’m not about to start preaching a new movement or ideology - I just think that the effort required to re-unify ourselves requires an effort beyond tiaditional Royal Commissions, studies, and so on. But this concept of unity is obviously a politically important one. The unity of the nation seems to be the only thing that Mulroney has had a consistent opinion about. First he changed his mind about free trade (elephant & the mouse), then it was patronage (leopard changing it’s spots) . . . the list and the metaphors are endless.

by Phillip Chee According to John Livingston, an Environmental Studies professor at York University, human beings rely too much on their sense of vision. This has the detrimental effect of withering our other senses to the extent that we are actually in a state of sensory deptivation in the midst of our technological glare and cacophony. Every bit of our experience is stored as a file of index cards and we try to match any incoming stimulus with a card that fits as closely as possible, especially a visual one. When none of our file cards match, or if there is no stimulus to map onto, we begin to breakdown psychologically. . . . Just imagine yourself in a white room with no door or window, just surroun?ied by six blank surfaces. With nothing to look at, your mind starts searching for images to fill the void, but with nothing to reflect from, you would eventually collapse in existential terror . . . I chose to wander the woods at dusk, as the fading light prevented me from using my much overused sight. Patiently, I waited to experience the sounds of nature. (At this time of year, the thought of touching snow with bare fingers made me think of rushing home to a mug of hot chocolate!) I was keenly aware of the distant cars rushing home from work, the mufff ed roar of a jetliner above the low, grey clouds, and the crackle of snow as I stepped through the bramble of twigs. And the eerie silence of nature. No animals. My thoughts drifted back (in search of another file card) and I remembered the first day I came here this term. I had been exploring the barks of trees, looking, touching, sniffing, but neglecting my ears. 1 feIt a sense of possession; I felt totally isolated, almost in a vacuum, unaware of the passing of time. Then, I heard the wind, swirling, its timbre rising. It was at this moment that I felt a sense of oneness with nature, a belonging. Why was this? I think that by not imposing my impression of the world upon the world, I was free to understand it, feel a part of it. I was beginning to allow it to impress upon me, to tell me how the world should be. But when 1 realized what was happening and tried to store it in my filing cabinet, the spell was broken . . . Maybe this is why we have so much trouble with our relationship with nature. Rationalism and empiricism are Janus-faced concepts, each going in opposing directions. ,Yet, if we made them reciprocal pointers, indices of our experience, I’m sure our lives would be much richer. Experience teaches us and we use that experience to shape ourselves and the world around us, which in turn teaches us more, forming a circle of relationships where neither view takes on any more importance than the other. But more and more, as the natural world disappears, becomes a blank wall, we keep forcing the world we invent in our mind onto the whiteness and get nothing but a blank stare.

Come to think of it, most previous Prime Ministers also spent a good deal of time reconciling differences between provtices. It’s like a parent running around the house trying to keep all the kids from poking each other in the eye, or making faces at each other to get a reaction out of them. The parent always ends up being hated by all of them, whether or riot their actions warrant it. We’re just a big, immature, attentionseeking family. And in every family, there are some kids seen as favourites. Eventually, we will grow up. Dave Thomson

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I tried to mail aletter yesterday, and it was a lot harder than I ever could have imagined, Not because I’m quadri legic (I’m not) but I found it almost impossible to get stamps anywhere except a post o f/Y‘ce. If you know where the nearest post office is, and you know it’s far, you may be tempted (as I was) to try just about anyplace to get a stamp. But anyway, I ended up going to the post office - 20 stamps for $8.56. (Even though they say 40 cents, that’s 56 cents CST. GST? On a goddamn product sold directly by the Federal government??) Well anyway, I remember that on Sunday, I caught a glimpse of Speaker’s Comer, the wacky zany real people show from the comer of Queen and something. Well I saw many stupid people doing many stupid things, and I realized that they were reaching a stupid potential audience of over tie million people for a (pardon the pun) loonie. Now this may seem a sort of self-indulgent whiny piece about something that pissed me off, but I only wanted to communicate via the written word. It wasn’t like I wanted% eat the sun, I just wanted a stamp, just one stamp, and they wouldn’t give it to me! But I honestly believe that this is indicative of a general trend towards the in&culate and the inane. Being able to write is slowly becoming redundant. And 1 don’t say that in a “the world is terrible and we’ve got to do something before it’s too late” sort of way. Organizations like Amnesty International were based on campaigns of writing letters (hmmmn, real continuity in this cohunn) showing that people outside of El Salvador really knew what was going on. Instead, we have this live aid for the Kurds crap. Ite had a slight hesitation about rock’s ability to change the world ever since Live Aid. Ethiopia is now in its sixth or seventh year of famine, and I don’t think Live Aid did shit. Doing something like writing letters for Amnesty is actually too much work for most people. They’d rather write a cheque for some organization and let them do the work of course even this is better than just watching Live Aid, saying famine is bad, then going to McDonald’s. Not to split hairs, but why should I even devote one dime to Kurdish relief when the entire situ&ion is a result of the US sticking their noses in another part of the world, telling the Kurds to revolt, and then doing nothing to help them? But something tells me that people suffering is people suffering, and it doesn’t really matter why. But Saddam Hussein is still in power and just the other day, I saw footage of him in front of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, promising to rebuild Bagdhad. It doesn’t matter what we think of that here, the problem is that most Iraqis are on his side.

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The only letter TO the editor, In the May 3,199l issue of Imprint, there was an interesting article from the UW News Bureau about the ergonomics research being conducted by people on campus. The article correctly points out a number of problems associated with using computer workstations. In my travels around campus, 1 see little evidence that the University takes this research seriously. Most employees, both faculty and staff, do not have even close to the proper furniture, lighting, or equipment to work on computers or other office equipment for the many hours that are required. I know of several people who have tried to have their furnishings upgraded but have been met with the proverbial “pass the buck” arguments. I have approached Health and Safety in the past about this issue and although they are aware of the ergonomic problems, they are either not willing or unable to do anything about it. The University has no plan or even desire to ensure that employees have the proper furniture, lighting equipment, air supply, etc. Many people have taken it upon themselves to bring their own personal equipment in because they feel they must at least provide for their own safety. I found that the article caused my blood pressure to rise. It appears the University believes that the research done by faculty is very important as long as it doesn’t have to impIement any of it. I also realize that the University has many demands on its funds, but if it can afford the many thousands of dollars for studies of the north campus, it can develop a plan to ensure that employees have an ergonomic work space. Richard Crispin RsychOlogy

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N where posGbk, care should be taken to ensure representation of both men and women on hiig committees” (emphasis mine). The draft policy acknowledges the importance of women on DACAs since “many UW departments havefav or no female faculty members’. The Vice-President, Academic & Provost Alan George is also to create something called a University Appointments Review Committee (UARC) to advise him onappointments of probationary or tentired nature. Again, “care will be taken to ensure balance between men and women on the Committee.” The responsibilities of the UARC include “asking questions about the presence or absence or women candidates,” “assisting and providing advice to department Chairs, Faculty Deans and DACAs,” and “reviewing recommendations* before advising the Dean whether the Faculty’s recommendation should go forward to the Provost for approval.” The asterisk behind the word “recommendations” is explained by a note that states “for practical reasons and because of the competitive nature of hiring, this review procedure may be bypu.4.” (emphasis mine) Under a section entitled Advehsing and Recnriting (page 26), the policy also recommends that “in an effort to increase the numher of female academics at Waterloo . . . departments and DACAs should also consider: establishing challenging but realistic targets for the number of women faculty members who will hold regular ongoing faculty positions. . .” and so on. It would appear that Appendix B is an attempt at a voluntary affirmative action or

employment equity program. Studies have shown that voluntary affirmative action does not work, for the most part. It is as if some of the University’s decision makers are being dragged against their will into this decade, and doing little as possible to acknowledge reality. If all the “should”‘s were changed to “wills”‘~ and other non-compulsory words changed to words that indicate that an action must be taken, there might be some positive outcomes to this policy. A confidential source told me that part of the reason for all the hedging of words was that it is quite possible, given the limited number of women on faculty, that there may actually n# be enough women to sit on all the DACAs that would crop up as a r&ult of this poiicy. Hmmm . . . how could this situation have come about? Of course, if all the people who are involved in this hiring and appointing process have the spirit of the policy in,mind, the outcome should be a positi& one. But I wouldn’t bet on that horse.* Perhaps the most bizarre aspect of the appendix is the inclusion of a provision to bypass the “review” responsibilities of the Review Committee. It seems lo me the most important job of the UARC would be to , review. Why bypass it? I urge the Board of Governors Executive Committee not to give approval to Policy 53 on the basis of Appendix B. We don’t need guid&ws for employment equity, which is what this essentially is. We need a policy.

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He left the Research Council in 1979 and joined the University of Alberta. At UA, he introduced and taught several courses related to the chemistry and processing of coal, while maintaining an active research progn4m which has achieved international acclaim. In 1984, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada for his “COAtributions to coal science and the intell@nt use’ of energy resources.” He is also author of two highly regarded text on coal chemistry. Other honours include the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal awarded by the Governor

General.

EIinest Siddall, professional engineer, is a leader in the field of safety management and risk analysis related to large-scale technologies such as nuclear energy, He will receive an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree. Siddall will be honored for his lifelong contributions to the science, philosophy, and practice of engineering. He has been associated with the university of Waterloo for many years through research in the field of risk analysis and assessment, and management of hazards in technol.ogy. He has provided stimulus and advice for the @vexsity’s noted Institute for Risk Research, and helped provide it with support in the Canadian technical corrtmunity. Siddall conceived and designed the system that controls Can&‘s CANDU reactors, solving problems related to creating a highly reliable system from real-world fallible componene. This system is used on all Canadian reactors and many foreign electric power reactors. He is also prominent among pioneering developers of safety philosophy. Among his honors are the Inaugxal Fellow of the Canadian Academy of

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A. Phang will receive an Doctor of Engineering degree in recognition of his internationally renowned work in pavement and road research. Phang is a graduate of the University of Lxulon (Bsc) and Purdue University, where he earned a Master in civil engineering while on an International Road Federation Fellowship. For many years he was Head of Pavement and Roadway research for the Ontario Ministry of Transportation. Phang has spe&d the last two years’as programmanager of the Northeast Region of the US Strategic Highway Research Program (a five-year study). He has also been actively involved with the University of Waterloo’s civil engineering department and Transport Group, giving numerous lectures and seminars, support for many roviding F ransport Group projects, and servhg an FhD cOmmittees~

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Peter Pbgers ‘X-tile a review for that speculated, “in the hands of a n&r-great titer, Amerimn Byho might work,“and then went on to confide that Ellis is n6where near great. The crux of the matter is that whether you disapprove of the ideas or the way they are expressed, it’s still censorship to suppress them.

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Censorship is in the eye of the beholder these days. It’s a nasty word, and no one wants to have it hurled in their direction. That’s why if someone says something you find reprehensible, and you try to stop them, you don’t consider yourself a censor. You think you’re advancing a higher moral cause. It’s like the supposition that a liberal is a consecrative who’s been arrested, and its parallel - a conservative is a liberal who’s been mugged. It all depends on your point-ofview. Well, maybe. Or maybe it’s precisely because our own experiences colour our interpretations so greatly that we need the neutraIity of principles like the civil liberties. Freedom of speech is insurance against our and others’ tendencies to get all het up. UW PhiIosophy prof Donald DeMarco, writing about censorship in the entertainment industry in the KMwwrWaler/m Re~rd (January 11/91) maintained that “Censorship is such a paradoxical phenomenon that even when we oppose it in one way we find ourselves endorsing it in another. We are forced to censor either judg‘merit which provides the basis for censorship or the overt act or image which is the target of censorship.”

Though the climate has changed and the things we’d like to censor have become more right-wing than left, we still need to keep the essentials in mind. This is especially true when we think of the two UW students who held UP the “No! Means Harder” sign at the March 23 hockey game in Toronto. For theni, retribution was swift. A UW Gumte article reported that the dean of students had “two intensive meetings” with the placard-carriers, “including a discussion of suspension or expulsion.” The students have since issued a very formal apology and will be assisting the Federation of Students’ Women’s ISSUES ‘Board with its campaign against date rape; this is all “part of the arrangement with the university.” Did I miss something? What was their crime? Belittling a student government campaign? Making us look bad? Being prejudiced? (And would we really rather force

No meanshwder,,.diii I misssomething?

Make my day, voice the wrong opinion Censor judgment? How is that possible? The censor and the censee, if you will, are not on the same footing And it is feasible to express judgment without censoring the thing you judge. Critics, for Once, do that for a living. As an (amateur) film critic, I objected to the attitudes espoused by NotWjthouf A4y Daughter - the hostility toward Islam and the extreme xenophobia. But I didn’t tell my friends to boycott Famous Players movies, and I didn’t ask the city to pull the film from theatres. Suppose for a moment that I had, though, and suppose the film company countered that the fiImmake& freedom of speech was being violated. Would the defense of their rights have infringed upon mine? Of course not. The right to speak cannot be equaiied by an alleged right to silence that speaker. And even if I couldn’t get the film removed, I would still be free to air my feelings. People might listen. That’s how things work in the open forum of ideas. Censorship, however, muscles in and wages a kind of vigilantism on ideas. It’s Dirty Harry saying “Make my day. Voice the wrong opinion.” The May 1 issue of the UWGazett~ carried a commentary by Teena Carnegie, a representative of the Women’s Issues Committee of the Graduate Students’ Association. Carnegie, like many others, deplores the graphic depiction of violence against women that is at the heart of Bret Easton Ellis’ novel American ffvcho. She urges consumers to wield their power by boycotting the book’s Canadian distributor, Random House. Her argument is the same as DeMarco’s: “Those who claim that ail such action is censorship are violating the very rights they claim to defend. They are, in a sense, limiting people’s freedom to choose by defining what is the appropriate choice.“Yet, I don’t see how objecting to censorship in any way condones that which is being censored, or makes reading or hearing or seeing it unavoidable. We all still have the choice whether or not to buy this book. If Carnegie had recommended a boycott of American F$vcho itself, that would be fine. She’d have exercised her freedom of speech and Ellis’ would still be intact. But, like the National Organization for Women (NOW), which initiated a boycott of Knopf and Vin-

tage books in the United States last December, Carnegie wants us to target the company that has made the work available. We are urged to refuse to buy any of their books, whether they contain violence against women or not. Obviously, the aim is to squeeze the firm’s purse strings, so that it will ‘either withdraw the novel from circulation, or refrain from printing another like it. That’s economic leverage, and its goal is - you guessed it censorship. “A boycott is not a ban,” says Carnegie, and she’s right. Neither is Ellis in the position Salman Rushdie has been in ever since his novel 7%~ Snrarric K%KS angered Muslims so much they placed a price on Rushdie’s head. But the

sider the lvrics to a song (John Lennon’s htugine) s&table for broadcast. The minister said No, pointing out “This song says ‘there’s no heaven.“’ Carlson corrected him: “Ah, no. It says ‘i~l~ti@ti there’s no heaven.“’ Even Carlson could see that censorship just gets worse. “First you censor a word, then you censor the ideas.” Where do you draw the line? The use of Lennon’s song to make the show’s point is especially potent since the man who assassinated LRnnon somehow found the encouragement to do so in J-D. Saiinger’s once-controversial novel, The Cuwher iu the RJV. If the book had been completely banned years earlier, would Lennon be alive todav?

Censorshipmuscks in and wages a kind ofv&iluntism on ides I tactics recommended by Carnegie and NOW are no different than those employed by the Moral Majority over a decade ago, when they largeted the sponsors of television programs they despised. The Moral Majority, under the leadership of Jerry Falwell, organized boycotts of the products adv&tised during shows they deemed immoral; the group lambasted &a/l, for instance, because one of its regular characters, played by Billy Crystal, was a homosexual. WKRPin

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Perhaps. Wr perhaps another book would have whispered its secret message to the assassin. In any case, think what we would have missed. Think also what a type like that H’KRP minister could have done with the precedent of a banned Cmchw - we might never have heard Jmugitw either. Now, there may be a huge difference between Saiinger’s book, which is very nonviolent, non-sexual, and well-written, and Ellis’ allegedly hate-filled ‘and critically panned

tome, 1 don’t know,

because

I haven’t

read Amrrkm &&o. I do know that I didn’t much care for Ellis’ first novel, Legs Thm Zero (though it was better than the movie version). But Ellis claims his purpose in his latest piece of fictin is lo show how greed has dehumanized us, turned us into materialistic

sexists to keep their tongues, until one day we discover an underground network of closet chauvinists?) I think the two students khaved like jerks, I hate the attitude they publicized, and I was sickened to read about the incident. But I just can’t see how the repercussions dealt them by the administration were justified. Did the pair know when they enrolled that they’d be punished for voicing an unpopular opinion? Look, I realize that in this country we outlaw what we perceive as the “dissemination of hate,” and we have brandished this rule against figures like Jim Keegstra. I hap pen to think that’s wrong. When free speech is sacrificed on the altar of “moral” considerations, the long-term results are disastrous. (And censors invariably think they serve a moral good.) Historically, speaking out against the church was “heresy,” and speaking out against the state “treason,” and both were punishable by extreme methods. Sure, it seems like a different issue today, but it ain’t, folks. I too want to purge society of sexism, racism, homophobia and ail the rest, but this is not the way. This is most patently not the way. The two UW hockey fans, as far as we know, did not actually rape anyone - if they had done, then the consequences would need to have been much more severe than expulsion - and Ellis, as far as we know, has only tortured and dismembered women on paper. in a free society, that distinction makes all the difference. It is one thing to legislate again& discriminatory (or worse) acts; it is quite another to legislate against discriminatory (or whatever) thoughts. The former is necessary to ensure the equal treatment of all citizens, the latter is Orwellian. It is the right to voice ideas we hate, ideas we absolutely loathe, which we must protect; the freedom to express accep& ideas is meaningless. Existing in a society which reveres individual rights is never easy. It’s, quite frankly, a bitch (and I use that derogatory term p0li+kaUy-inc0rr+sck~y}. In the name of freedom, we have to let a lot of horrible people speak their small minds, and we have to learn to live with a certain level of continual danger. The reason we put up with these hardships is that not to do so would be the most dangerous of all.

UV-B hurts plants too by Bob Whitton UW News Bureau

People can go inside if they’re worried about cancer-causing radiation from the sun. But plants have to stay out in the fields and get poisoned, a UW biology researcher is warning. His research team is looking at the ugly possibility that ultraviolet radiation, which reaches the earth in ever greater amounts as the ozone layer gets thinner, may kill plants and make toxicants more poisonous that they were already, It’s the latest nasty result of apparent changes in the “ozone layer,” a thin region in the upper reaches of the earth’s atmosphere. Ozone filters harmful ultraviolet (W-B) rays out of sunlight. Without it, these rays would reach the earth’s surface, possibly producing skin cancer e idemics among humans, epidemics of b E‘ndness of animals, and even severe damage to vegetation. Ozone depletion is thought to be caused by chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) from aerosol cans, refrigerators, and air conditioners. CFC molecules make their way to the upper atmosphere, where they attack and destroy ozone. UW biologist Dr. Bruce Greenberg is particularly interested in the effect of W-B radiation on plants. He is funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Ontario government’s Ministry of the Environment. One of Greenberg’s major research projects concerns W-B radiation and commercial crops; a second concerns the impact of UV-B on pollutants in the environment. The pollutant studies show the W-B radiation has a nasty way of triggering changes in chemical pollutants so that they b&come highly toxic, gaining the ability to severely damage or destroy plants. This work is being done with a graduate student, Xaio-Dong Huang. and in close collaboration with Dr. George Dixon, chair of the Biology Department, whose research interests include toxicology. Greenberg, Dixon, and Huang are looking at the effect of W-B radiation on common pollutants: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons including napthalene, anthracene, and benao(a)pyrene, which get into the environment kom fossil fuels and petrochemicals. What the UW researchers want to know is, will these pollutanis - already found in the ti, in the oceans, lakes, and rivers, and in the ioil in which crops grow - be made more toxic by exposure to increased W-B radiaLion? The plant they are using is Lemna gibba, ktter known as duckweed. Duckweed is a prolific water plant; it appears as tiny green 5rcles that float on the surfaces of ponds. It isn’t rooted to the bottom but lives by taking up chemicals directly from the water. In their lab, the researchers inject their hydrocarbons into water in which duckweed is growing. Half the experiments involve hyd:ocarbons that have been subjected to UV-B radiation; the other half involve similar hydrocarbons that have not been irradiated. The finding so far is that the hydrocarbons hat have been irradiated are much more :oxic. They inhibit growth, or even kill the juckweed, attacking plant enzymes and even he DNA. In the everyday world, aromatic hydrocarMns are taken in by plants and become part of heir cell tissues; UV-B energy, taken in hrough the leaves, transforms the hydrocar3ms in the cell tissues into stronger toxicants. Since duckweed is related to many other 3fant including wheat, barley, and rye, Greengerg expects his research findings to be widely

applicable.

“What concerns us is that these pollutants rre already widespread in the environment,” iays Greenberg. “So, if the ozone layer )ecomes further depleted, as is happening, iye may very quickly have a serious problem. 3ur research shows irra#ated pollutants are

so toxic that they decrease plant growth dramatically, even at levels at which they can readily be found today in ordinary urban environments.” “We are very sure ultraviolet radiationinduced toxicity can damage or destroy many other forms of plant life,” he continues. “We feel it can also affect other life forms, including fish and algae.” What can be done to reduce the damage to plants? “There may be ways to help plants survive,” Greenberg feels. “We think the toxicity is related to the production of oxygen radicals within their leaves. But plants are also capable of producing anti-oxidents that can

top and bottom, which can screen the interior if W-B absorbing compounds are synthesized. These, absorbing chemicals are called flavanoids and protect cells deeper inside the leaves. Small amounts of W-B radiation will not stop photosynthesis completely: plants cak cope with sonie radiation. Indeed, a small amount of radiation may actually stimulate the production of fIavanoids, so one way to cope with increased W-B in the environment might be to treat plants with small amounts of radiation so that the flavanoid content increases. Another wav might be to swcificallv breed

A recipe for science education by Phillip Chee Imprintstaff

It is a widespread assumption that students in contemporary scientific education training are illiterate with respect to the humanities. Part of the reasoning behind this assertion is the dearth of opportunities to attain such an education. This, however, need not be the case. For example, the University of Waterloo offers a liberal science program in which a student may enroll in courses with themes touching upon science and society, the science community, or the , history and philosophy of science. Although the program is designed for students taking a generalist approach to their education, students in the specialized disciplines should not be afraid to try them.

Plant Growth Studies. Flats ol greenhous+grown canoia plants are seen. Those in the flat on the left, which were irradiated by UV-B lamps, are stunted in comparison with those in the flat 011the right, grown without radiation. Photo by Chris Hughes

scavenge these radicals from their tissues. They make these scavenger chemicals naturally - essentially, they are enzyme systems or chemicals such as ascorbate, better known as vitamin C. These can detoxify oxygen radicals.” The direct effects of W-B radiation on commercial crops are being studied with canola, a major crop of western Canada - the source of “rapeseed” or canoIa oil, often used to replace high-cholesterol animals fats and palm oil. Greenberg and another grad student, Mike Wilson, are studying the impact of UV-B radiation on canola grown in their lab. They shine ultraviolet light on the plants and compare the results with other plants not subjected to W-B. The finding: the plants that get the radiation grow more slowly, or even die. “We are interested not only in whether UVB damages plants, but how it works and whether plants have some capacity to protect themselves,” Greenberg says. . He thinks the radiation damages a specific photosynthesis target. Photosynthesis is a plant’s way of converting light energy into stored chemical energy. It involves light cap ture by chlorophyll, which gives foliage its green colour. If W-B radiation is severe enough, photosynthesis is impaired and the colour bleaches out. The production of a substance known as “D-l photosystem II reaction centre protein” is crucial to photosynthesis in living plants; W-B radiation rapidly degrade it. “We analyse plant tissue to find the rate at which D-l protein is degraded,” Greenberg

plants that will be resistant to W-B radiation damage - plants with a superior capacity to synthesize flavanoids. But modem seed production has been geared to securing everlarger crop yields, so whatever resistance plants may have had in the past may be now have been bred out. Still another solution might be to find a technology for spraying crops with a protective material. Even air pollution could help, since many pollutants absorb W-B. But air pollution is at its worst in urban areas; it is less severe in farming areas. Besides, the research with duckweed suggests great problems if the pollution involves polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. “One important thing research can do is identify those species that will be most resistant,” Greenberg says. “This could be vital if the ozone layer is further depleted.” The UW biochemist says that just now the concentration of hydrocarbon pollutants over Kuwait (from burning oil wells) is worrisome. WhiIe they may not be too great a problem in Kuwait itseIf, because the country is mostly desert and there is little vegetation, there could be severe problems ifair currents move them to other countries such as India. And India is not the only country that ought to be concerned over hydrocarbon pollutants combining with W-B radiation. Canada’s own St. Lawrence Valley is already loaded with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. ‘They are everywhere - in the air over Montreal and other cities, in the soil, in the St. Lawrence River, in Hamilton harbour,” says Greenberg. “Because of W-B modification, there are more potentiaIly toxic compounds there than Canadians have suspected, and they are there at levels that could slow the

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Another choice would be to look in the Society, Technology, and Values option. One advantage to this program is that it is open to all students regardless of faculty, and thus allows a truly interdisciplinary atmosphere to take shape. If a student’s course load prevents them from taking the full STV option, they are free to take co&-se individually to suit their own tastes. A number of courSes in the UW Philosophy Department may be of interest to the budding scientist. On of these is Phil 224, the Philosophy of Humankind and Nature. This is a worthwhile course for any student and allows one the opportunity to formulate one’s own personal philosophy of oneself in the context of nature and the universe as a whole. But, if you don’t want the structure of a formal course with its attendant essay and test requirements, here is an interesting recipe that can be stewed at leisure and served as a main course or side dish for your future c.ndeavours: - 1 cup of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein - 1 kg of Charles Darwin’s The Oti@n of Sptties - 1 kg of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring - a bunch of G. Bernard Shaw {Man and Superman, An Unsociui Suciaht, etc.) - 2-3 cups of Wendell Berry’s poetry and essays - 1 slice of Murray Bookchin’s Remaking sbiiety - a liberal helping of Romantic poetry, phenomenoIogy, and feminist literature . - a pmch of materialist, vitaIist, and existentialist philosophy from Descartes to de Chardin to Camus - garnish with Margaret Ahood (73e Handmaid’s Tale, Cab Eye), John Steinbeck (The &upa c$ Wrath), and Prim0 Levi (The ?+ti~diic Table). Shelley’s call for a creator’s responsibility over his/her creation complements Carson’s documentation of the consequences of this failure. Shaw qu&tions Darwin and stirs us to begin asking about who we are. Berry and Bookchin add a touch of answers to cIeanse the palate. All of the other ingredients provide a context

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grudgingly decided to let Goodman stay. Unfortunately, the management did not improve and the damaged relationship never healed. Luckily for McKee, the president of his club was dismissed and his replacement proved to be much more professional, paying the players according to contract. But instead of battling with management like Goodman, McKee was fighting injuries. In his first game of his second year, he broke his thumb. The injury required surgery. McKee missed the next 11 games of the schedule, but once back in the lineup, picked up from where he left off the year before, having placed first in playoff

To play hockey at the university level in Canada usually means working hard, being treated like a professional, and playing in front of enthusiastic though often sparse crowds. But playing hockey in Germany, as former University of Waterloo Warriors John Goodman and Jamie McKee discovered, is something altogether different. “For seven months, you were a king,” said Goodman, who recently returned back to his Kitchener home from his pro hockey stint in the south-eastern town of Waldkraiburg, a town of about 50,000. “Everywhere you went, people knew who you were.” “But at the same time, it was a real letdown because the hockey over there was terrible (skill-wise). As well, our team was unbelievably poorly managed. Guys weren’t getting paid. We had guys on our team who get really drunk the night before games. And once, the management paid off a team we played to lose the game.”

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And when the playoffs came around for a second time, whose team did McKee end up playing against but John Goodman’s The match was going to be McKee’s last and his team honoured him for his two years of service, The lavish pre-game ceremony included speeches, flowers, and a porcelain dinner set bearing the team insignia. “I knew that they had given small gifts to players in the past,” said McKee, “but what I got was really unexpected.“ “What they did for Jamie was really nice,” added Goodman.

John Goodman

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Regardless of the stark contrast between his former league, and the 3rd Division German league he found himself in, Goodman went about his business on the ice, as usuaL And for the former captain who scored 109 points over his five-year career with the Warriors,

While McKee’s departure was a high point for the fans and the two ex-Warriors, Goodman’s exodus was bittersweet.

Goodman wasted littletime in racking up the points in Germany. ‘We were there to score go&,” said the talented right tiger, who, as one of the two import players on his team, attracted the locals to jam the 3,500-seat Ice Stadium where he played. ‘The fans there are crazy. They’d arrive two hours before the game. And then they’re drinking and they’re singing and dancing in the stands. They’d wave their spariders and they’d yell your name. It was great.”

In fact, the corrupt management, in order to avoid having its team demoted to the league below them, paid off the opposing team to lose the game in the last playoff game of the year, according to Goodman “This team we played was in first place and they had been beating us alI year long,” said Goodman. “But they played without their imports and we beat them 146. WeU, it turns out that our management had paid for the imports’ plane tickets home.” After the game, the coach offered his resignation in light of the unethical move and Goodman quickly followed suit, handing back his contract offer for next season.

Jumk McKee Meanwhile, Jamie McKee, a teammate of Goodman for four years with the Warriors, was enjoying the same kind of attention about 100 kilometres away in the city of Selb, near the border of Czechoslovakia and the former border of East Germany. “For me, it was a way to escape from school, and the hockey was a bonus,” explained McKee. “I didn’t know what to expect when I went over there, but I knew that I needed to get away from where I was (UW) and find myself.” Thirty-four regular season games and 135 points later, McKee had been adopted as a local hero. “I made a lot of really good friends. In my first year (of two). I didn’t have the language down pat. But most of the players on the team spoke English and they helped me out and later on, I spoke with the media and fans.” Invitations to dinner, free drinks at bars, and appearances at team-related social functions were all part of the deal for import hockey players, as well as an apartment and a car. When not on the ice, McKee worked parttime at a bar almost 25 kilometres from where he lived. The job not only provided a change from skates, sticks, and pucks, but also allowed him to meet people who didn’t know that he played hockey, unlike in the town where he played. Despite enjoyed celebrity st&us and media coverage as many as seven days a week, both McKee and Goodman were shocked at the horrendous treatment they, and others on their teams, received from management.

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Jamie McKee versus Ottawa. Imprint File Photo

“In my first year, almost no one on the team had been paicj, in November for money they were due in August,” said McKee.

majority of the season, the time came when a repbrte; approached him after a string of lop sided losses and posed the question: what’s wrong? “I told him the truth (about the mismanage-

mall+~&man. Atrocious mismanagement meno,*’ The story hit the newspapers Though reluctant to divulge the details, and only for the sake of those players who dream the-same dream that he had of playing professional hockey, Goodman spoke of mismanagement and corruption that he said did the gime of hockey nogood at all. Withholding pay from the players, keeping players

the

team

who

would

drink

heavily

before games, and not feeding players adequately before games were but a few of the unprofessional business practices of which the management were guilty, alleged Goodman. Although Goodman kept his knowledge of the mismanagement to himself for the

the next day. Incensed, the management threatened to fire their top scorer. They invited another passible import, a Czechoslovakian player, to the next team practice in order to intimidate Goodman and send him the message that they lintended to let him go.

Spill to the media But the team’s coach and fan club backed Goodman. At the next home game, the fans displayed a large banner that read in German, “If Goodman goes, we go too.” Faced with an uncertain financial future, the management

Now back in the Kitchener-Waterloo area, both McKee and Goodman are looking to get on with their lives. While McKee still has one or two more years at school to finish off his degree in economics, Goodman plans to work back at the same high school he attended (Grand River Collegiate) as a teaching assistant until he gets into teacher’s college. And in addition to attaining his new no. 1 sporting goal of completing an Iron Man Triathalon “before I’m 3Iy’, Goodman may find himself back in the familiar surroundings in September - at the Warrior hockey bench as an assistant coach. “I’d really like to do it,” commented Goodman on the possibility of serving in a coaching capacity for the Warriors, though the future of last year’s assistants has yet to be established. Despite the ups and downs of his year in Germany, Goodman regrets nothing. “For most guys, to play professional hockey is adream. First, they want to play in the NHL For myself, I knew I was too small for the NHL But to play in Europe is another option and I was lucky enough to get that chance. I can say that I’ve played professional hockey. And I have memories from it to last me a lifetime.” Both Goodman and McKee have a lot to show for their efforts - a new language, an unforgettable professional hockey career and a university education. And few NHLers can top that.

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Baseball salaries:

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OUAA drops Quebec teams by Peter Brown imprint sports As of 1992, teams like the 1990-9 1 CIAU hockey champion University of Quebec at Trois Rivieres Patriotes and the 1989-90 CIAU basketball champion Concordia University Stingers will no longer be part of the Ontario University Athletic Association. The QUAA’s L@lative Council, at meetings last weekend, voted to discontinue present playing arrangements with Quebec universities in hockey and basketball after the 1991-92 season, citing both travel CO&S and time commitments necessary for competing with these schools.

‘This past spring our (University of Waterloo Warriors) hockey team played UQTR in the playoffs on a Thursday,” said Wally Delahey, W’s Director of Athletics and OUAA President. “The team left on the Wednesday and returned to Waterloo on the Friday. They missed three days of classes with exams two and a half weeks away.” The OUAA said that, while it is sensitive to the “specific competitive concerns of the Quebec universities, its first priority must be to the academic achievement of Ontario university student athletes. It went on to day thdt

the issue had “recently been raised by the Ontario Commission on Inter-

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collegiate Athletics @CIA) in their report to the Council of Ontario Universities in dealing with concerns specificallv about student athletes participating in interuniversity hockey.” The OUAA hopes to, “where possible, support the initiatives of the Quebec universities in expanding their comoetitive base within their province.” ‘l’he temporary union with the four Quebec schools - McGill, Concordia, Bishops, and UQTR - began in 1988 at the request of these schools after four other Quebec universities dropped their hockey programs and one its basketball program. In 1989, the OUAA decided to extend this temporary measure through the 1991-92 season to allow the Quebec universities time “to pursue a more desirable and permanent arrangement within their own province.” In hockey, the CXJAA has been split into west and east divisions since 1988, with the east division containing university teams from Toronto, eastern Ontario, and three from Quebec. Les Patriotes of UQTR won this division before advancing to the nationals with the Warriors, winner of the OUAA west division. In basketball, the OUAA league was divided into three divisions, with the eastern one containing teams from Ottawa and three from Quebec.

Costs of travel were also behind a call by Rich Newbrough, athletics director and head football coach at Wilfrid Laurier University, to secede from the CIAU. This proposal was tabled for discussion at the OUAA Council’s next meeting, in June 1991, according to Delahey. The Universitv of Western Ontario Gazette reported that UVVO’s Mustangs were handed a $6,000 loss on their 1990-91 national basketball championship, expecting a return of $5,000 from the CIAU but spending $11,000 to transport the team to the Halifax tournament. Also at last weekend’s meetings, the OUAA overturned its earlier decision to take away the Western Mustang football teams’ homefield advantage in the 1991 playoffs and deprive them of televising of home This penalty followed games. revelations that the ‘Stangs violated recruiting rules by having high school recruits on the sidelines of a league game.

The OUAA lessened the penalty to a $1,000 fine and a one-game suspension of the team’s coach, Larry Haylor. He will still be able to prepare the team for its Sept. 13 season opener, but will not be allowed on the sidelines.

Campus Reweation Campus Recreation kicks off the spring term this week as many leagues have already begun their regular schedules. This summer’s weme is “Club Ret,” UW’s exclusive health club. If you are carry& some e&a winter baggage, there are programs that have not been filled. Swimming has openings in the Grey and White and Bronze Cross levels. For the aerobically minded, there are a variety of fitness classes still available. Limited space remains in; intermediate squash level 3 tennis, CPR, dance, and Tai Chi. Late registration is possible in PAC 2039. For more information on fees, refer to the Club Ret brochure. c

Campus Recreation Advisory Councik “Society Reps Needed” The next meeting of CRAC is scheduled for May 28 in the Village 1 Great Hall, at 4:45 pm. CRAC is a standing committee of the Athletic Advisory Board and is comprised of representatives from faculty, staff, students, and alumni. The council makes recommen-

dations for the improvement of the CR program. This includes all leagues, tournaments, special events, clubs, and instructional programs. This is a reminder to all residences and societies to send their representatives. All faculty and students with concerns and/or ~constructive criticism pertinent to the C-R program are welcome to join. National

Physical Activity

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May 24 to June 2 is National Physical Activity Week The kick-off for this weekis SNEAKERDAY, May 24. This is a day for everyone to let loose and lace up to heighten physical activity awareness. Between 12:30 pm and 1:00 pm, you can come to the campus center and enter your sneakers in the sneaker contest. Prizes of Campus Ret T-shirts will be awarded for the most unusual, the most colourful, most worn, biggest, smallest, and ugliest. If you don’t feel like putting your best foot forward, come out and watch. Everyone wearing sneakers is eligible to enter a draw for an airpass for two anywhere in Canada, sponsored by the provincial government. !Don’t let Sneaker Day De-feet you!”

by Rich Nichol I&print sports

A recent Associated Press survey concluded that the average major league baseball salary jumped 49 per cent this year to $891,188 as of opening day. Last year’s salary average on opening day was $597,537. The Largest previous percentage increase was 47.7 back in 1977, one year after the establishment of f&e agency. In 1991, there are 223 players making $1 million or more, and 123 players in the $2 million plus range. Last season, only 27 players surpassed the $2 million mark What I am getting at is there are simply too many overpaid players in baseball, while many athletes are busting their butts for peanuts in other sports. You can’t tell me that Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Robin Yount, Kansas City Royals pitcher Mark Gubicza, and Cleveland Indians first baseman Keith Hemandez were worth every penny spent on them last year. The greed of players in major league baseball makes me sick It is getting to the point where players and umpires are taking turns each year to go on strike on opening day over their salaries. Hey, I wouldn’t mind getting paid $100,000 a year to wave my thumb up in the air for three hours and have sand kicked on my shoes by some siimy, fat, Slim-Fast eating old man frothing at the mouth. On opening day this season there were a total of 32 players making over $3 million a year. As of March there were only six NBA basketball players in that ra& John Williams, Patrick Ewing, Akeem Olajuwon, Karl Malone, Danny Ferry, and Sam Perkins. Only four NFL football players were in the $3 million plus category in 1990: Jim Kelly, Joe Montana, Jeff George, and Cortez Kennedy. In the most underpaid of all major pro sports - hockey - only The Great One presently racks up $3 million in the NHL You could argue, though, that baseball players play more games in a season and hence work harder. Oh Pleeeease! Come on, we’re talking a sport where a player can stand in the middle of an open field for 20 r&u&s witho& having. Ne’er a bead of sweat in sighi. Oooooo exciting! Some of the most talented athletes do not rank at the top of their respective sports salary lists. Michael Jordan, undoubtedly the greatest basketball player in the game today, ranks only tenth in NBA yearly earnings. Granted, he makes over $10 million per year in commercial endorsements, but you don’t see him whining to be the highest paid player, Magic Johnson showed the ultimate sign of unselfishness by talcing a pay cut in order for the lakers to sign another player and still remain under the salary cap. I would like to see strict salary caps in major league baseball. That wouid cure their vulturism. Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Kelly Gruber, who makes a cool $3 milliona year, had theaudacity during the pre-season to complainabout having to travel around the US for a month for exhibition games.. Waaaaa! Cry me a river, Kelly! Seriously, if the pr&ent trend of increasing salaries continues, it will eventually affect the ticket prices. Ticket prices wiIl affect attendance and we will end up with a bunch of $10 million-a-year whiners playing in half empty ballparks. Then they will have to take salary cuts like the CFL players. Remember in the good old days when athletes were just thrilled to be playing among the profess&&l ranks and played the game for fun. Nowadays, athletes are refusing to play at 100 per cent or to even show up to play if they don’t get the salaries that they want. Andthesadthingabdutitallisthattheeventualvictiminth~esalary bickerings is the fan. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you.

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chord progressions and easy-on-theears geetar fixation would be natural for a live show. And yet, having seen the Feelies three times now, I much prefer their vinyl to their live set. my?

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The Feelies are a weird thing: a udio band that sound like a live and. When you listen to their ?cords, you’d think their primal

one of their earliest songs, ‘The Boy

with the Perpetual Nervousness.” On the Crazy Rhythms LP, that song was a masterpiece of edgy propulsiveness. It sounded deceptively easy to transfer to the stage, yet at the elMocambo last week, it just sounded like a big mess. I guess it’s because for

all its song’s control, sound, setting roduce

twitchiness and energy, the charm lies in its tightness, its and the subtle nuances of the These were all lost in the live they aren’t as easy to repas you would think.

sion of the Monkees (“Now I’m a Believei’) and a frenetic cover of Jonathan Richman ripping off “Sister Ray” (“Roadrunnef’).

It’s too bad because the band was actually trying hard, playing hard. They were fairly animated and dynamic, although they were having technical problems with their guitars, and the show was characterized by long pauses between songs. Most of the song selection came from the good two latest albums, &!v L$P and 7ime -for CI Witmw. But for some reason the power of those magical chord progressions seemed dulIed,

for what could only have won a room full of brand new ardent Mudd

blurred.

Actually, the more fun parts of the show were the covers the band ran through. The Iist of acts covered read like a roll call of influences: Beatles, Stones, Velvets, Stooges, Young. And the final encore saw the band really cutting loose, with a rocked-up verRhythm Orchestra, closely by Jerry J&y, our hero.

though he had showered and slept on h.is head, wandered out from the back of Phil%. Few would suspect that this man would be a sagacious prophet of higher truths, a veritable spokesman for an entire generation. He asked an attractive young blonde woman sitting at a nearby table for a light. It oniy a> occasion of such momenlooked as though h&r gentleman ous grandeur as the second coming escort mentioned something and our :ould flush this artless scribe out into scruffy hero shuffled away, back to he brilliance of the media. the depths of Phil’s Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Shortly after, a short, sort of round 3rchestra first played the KW area fellow with a mane of hair that would ast Christmas on the first leg of their inspire awe in even the most wel1mnt tour. I missed them the first travelled Grateful Dead groupie, ime around, but allowed no inconstalked out and picked up the bass renience to deter me from making guitar. A tall, narrower fellow with he critical date last Thursday, May 9 hair that adhered to the diminishing lt Phil’s Grandson’s Place. forehead slope rule, followed and There was much anticipation at our picked up the guitar. It was apparent able that evening - the lights had from the beginning that the guiding limmed, the stage was set, and most - forces behind this band worked in a mDortantlv the credits had beeun to hitier Diane of dvnamic eauilibrium. ofi on the hit&burgh-Boston”game. Geffe’wescent &ummer &ith chops to spare completed the Sons bf i denim-clad m&who appeared as

So it wasn’t a total writeoff, but nore was it a great - or even very good - show. It was a night doomed to mediocrity.

followed

Jerry’s roving stage presence afforded him a collection of moves that kept the show visually entrancing. His presence included everything from a demonstration of chair dancing to his own certified Solid Gold dancing technique and singing with a cigarette in his mouth. J&y Jerry proceeded to tell us all, including such moving tales as “Runaway Lane,” “Pushing For Jesus,” and “Happy Nun.” Mr. Jerry also gave us the lowdown on “Free Love,” ‘The Drift,” and the poignant “Victims Of Inexorable Fate.” Jerry spared us no details, exposing to us even his most deepest darkest secret, and his right nipple. The highest point of the show came with the execution of the band’s classic anthem of yore, “(You’ve Lost That) Radical Look.” Insiders close to the band have disclosed that Jerry actually doesn’t like to perform this song. Truth be told, this song is such a gut-wrenching heartfelt ode that it must place an immeasurable tax on Jerry’s SOL& just to perform it adequately. However, the consummate performer that Jerry is, dug deep for the faithful patrons shouting out this request, and led his band on to perform it immaculately. Jerry Jerry and the Sons Of Rhythm Orchestra went into the studio this past Tuesday to record their next album, due out in August. Hovering somewhere in the limboic twilight’between the Hoodoo Gurus and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Jerry and his Orchestra provide an enlightened alternative live and in the studio.

Puppy

I challenge you to conjure this image in your mind. An old beat up rocking chair, a garage/mechanic type lamp that has one of them hooka-doodle doos on it, a c1pthesline chock-a-block full of clean, (enn . . . well, let’s assume that) laundry, a few frosty ones of the hops nature, a couple of down-to-earth patiers, and an eclectic (believe me, a pithy use for that labored word) array of instnxments. I’m sure you’d agree that you’re probably thinking of some generic backyard in just about any redneck town, Great - now, take that image, superimpose it on the stage at the el.Mocambo, and the result is just another Chickasaw Mudd Puppies @EC Kicking things off with “Words and Knives,” a slow, infectious song that scrapes and scratches its way to a powerful crescendo, they set the tone

fans.

With Ben Reynolds on guitar, and Brant Slay on the stomp board, harmonica, and kitchen sundries, the two yelped, howled, screeched, and grit their way through most of the material that make up the two +ums (White Dirt and 8-Trat’k Stump) to date.

Alas, I must concede but one criticism to an otherwise electric circus. The knob in charge of scheduling start times for the bands decided that the Mudd Puppies should hit the stage at 8:35. The doors opened at 8. It wasn’t until the second half of the set that the room realized its occupancy potential. The forlorn

mugs upon the depar-

ture of the band was indication of the dismay at the surprisingly early start. If you missed the concert because

you weren’t aware they were in town, content yourself with the knowledge that many unsuspecting cogs paid 13 hard earned loons only to find themselves in the same predicament.

Schneider’s to unveil new fashion line in Paris

As her show’s title wplies, Jana Sterbak’s wor’k is obsessed with existence. Her current exhibit in the National Gallery, the first solo show For a contemporary female artist since 1971, is the largest single exhibition of ler work to date.

Sterbak’s sfzulptures have gained some notoriety in the press, especially her infamous “meat dress,” a life-size, wearable garment constructed entirely of flank steak. While the rest of the exhibit does not seem to draw the same ire from the politically correct / new puritans, strong elements connect her works and created a centred and dimensional, albeit scant, artistic expression. The dress itself confronts the viewer with a powerful visual contradiction which borders on the taboo. While OUT-society is content to wear the exterior

of the beast, it balks

at donning the inside. It is this preoccupation with the exterior/interior of our existence, reflected in our personal lives, that dominates Sterbak’s exhibit.

not of the usual endearing kind expected in this environment, but an unsettling word: avarice, greed, jealousy, hate, etc. The effect is unnerving to say the least with confrontationa1 and angry ideas presented in a setting in which most of us are at our most vulnerable, the bedroom. * 1 Another sculpture consi& of a coffin constructed of mirrors within a larger, plexi-glass coffin, while still another is a wire mesh dress wrapped with heated nickel wiring. Each of these confronts assumptions about Her

other

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turbing but use more subtle means. In one piece, a room is scattered with life-size beds and each has an embroidered pillow, all lace and frill. The embroidered text, however, is

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they

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US,

her use of specifics and detail making the impact haunting and eerie. Even the cones she has constructed out of different c+uzed measuring tapes are menacing.

The implementation of the household ordinary draws you into a world you think is familiar, but one that Sterbak rweals to be quite foreign and horrific. This feeling is reflected in her piece “Generic Man,” a black and white photograph which simply places one of those harmless, everyday UPC codes on the neck of a bald man. The effect is chilling. III let the various art critics lash out the importance, or not, of the exhibition and Sterbak’s value to the Wild World of Art. Exactly where she fits into the contemporary scene is impossible for me to tell for sure I’m just thankful Sterbak is part of of it. Foryou, the happy consumer of art, Sterbak will provide some indigestion if not seasoned properly, but is well worth the price of admission.

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Bright lights, Big City to the I-Max rM0~im While they serve to prime the

City fights centre in the squaw

Friday, May 10 by J- WFY Imprint staff

The theatre is packed. The flickering shadow jumps and spins on the screen while the music swells to its dance, me audience laughs, gasps, and weep a lonely tear for the poor

blackandwhitepro&on& There& no soundtrack, no stunning multiexplosive special effects. Not even nudity. Yet, there is more excitement and thrill in the crowd than at Cannes. How c&l one of the last silent films command and direct such power over people? The answer lies in a single man’s name, Charles Chaplin. With the help of the KitchenerSymphony, Chaplin’s Waterloo magic was recreated at the Centre in the Square last week.

The newly restored, Imaxsizeh of City Lights is touring the country and impressing audiences wherever it shows. Two additiqnal films, both shorts, serve as a hea precursor (how about ‘Ihey“r ap*izer ” - eKL) to the main feature, print

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audience, the real cinematic treat is the full-length feature, Chaplin at his best, both acting and directing. Long touted as a film genius, Chaplin’s reputation has had to rely on heavily deteriorated shorts available only on video or 16mm. These severely restricted conditions inhibit his work from really reaching its audience and let it blend in with other silent films. People write him off as “just another slapstick comedian.” With the creation of this new print it is clear that he is nothing of the SOI? rather, he is a master of the art. The first facet of City Q$t;v that strikes you is how well it was shot. Even by today’s hi-tech standards, it is both visually stimulating and original in its presentation. The editing is fast and smooth with no lag in pace. Of course, the real treat is Chaplin himseLf*

The

opening

sequence

has the

city'so~~sunveilinganewstatue,

and Chaplin’s Tramp is found underneath. The Tramp masterfully bungles his attempts to get out of his embarrassing situation and, in the proc&s, pokes fun at himself, municipal bureaucrats, and blind American chauvinism. There were more laughs in this opening sequence alone than in the whole of a contemporary comedy. Besides his skillful slapstick, Chaplin executes acute social and political criticisms. He disarms his audience and slips in his ideas unawares, using the most effective means of subversion known, satire. Not only are comments made on the state of the State, but also the nature of art, the cruelty of the class system and the callousness of the heart. But going on about the theory inwIved with C& Lij$t.s is redundant and completely unnecessary (*k - utl.). There are tomes of critical praise for Chaplin that can be read if necessat-y. The film is proof as to what

all their hype was about and how deserving it really is. Not to be oveilooked is the brilliant score that Chaplin wrote for the film and that our very own KW Symphony performed, under the direction of guest conductor Carl Davis. The live performance served as a bridge between the screen and the audience, the past and the present. The way in which the music interacted with the film was clever and astute. It is a model of elegant music composed in a minimalist tradition that provides a strong counterpoint for the absurdity of the film. The elation and emotion after the film was a full experience. The performance left me neither empty nor unfulfilled. Expectations had been satisfied by resolutions that were neither insulting nor sentimental. Chaplin the auteur reigns, his reputation secure into the 21st century.

Grifters: Frears makes ,fil.m fans faint his. This’is

by Jennifer

Imprint

staff

Epps

By the time the three-way splitscreen came up in The Grz&m, only a couple of minutes into the film, 1 felt spoiled. The first few seconds gave me the kind of feeling that comes only once in a blue moon of movie-going; the vibes that say “Relax, we totally how what we’re doing up here.” This is quite different from the “We haven’t thought it through but we’re going to pretend” aura, which is far more common. The Real Thing cannot be faked in cinema - it’s unmistakable. The Gripers also has the euphoria endemic to Stephen Frears’ movies. All that murder, lust, and deception made me feel like dancing! Frears deals in a currency of filth and bile but he doesn’t treat filth and bile as disgusting. Somehow he transforms them. Daniel Day-Lewis pounding the streets with his punker pals in A@ &-wut~@d Laundmte, Gary Oldman chasing anonymous lays in hick Up Hw Em, these images are more energizing and uplifting than ail the cotton candy mollycoddling that goes on in those damn “feel-good” ictures (Field of Lkmms, G f OS, Awakenings).

Martin Scorcese helped produce this tale of sordidness and mischief, and that’s almost certainly Scorcese’s voice doing the opening narration; the connection makes sense because both Scorcese and Frears have a knack for directing acton and an understanding non-condemning attitude towards the most unpleasant characters. Yet, while no’ G@em is as smooth as its three lead operators, it doesn’t glamourize “being on the con” / “working the tat,” either. David Westlake’s delicious, flirty screenplay is b&ed on Jim Thompson’s novel and focuses on three “grifters,” or con-artists: 25-year old Roy Dillon, hii mother Lily, and his girlfriend, the young and nubile Mrs. Myra Langtry. The trio spends the entire film playing games, not in the way viewers might ex ect from plotheavy capers like 7x e Sting, but in a more personal, integral way. Their every conversation is conducted as a kind of contest. They think they’re playing to survive in the mean dqeat-dog world, but that’s the delusion, the sad, addicting hook. Deep down, they’re

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a leading mati we’re not meant to swoon over: in his love scenes with Myra (Annette Bening) he’s brazen and sleazy; in his exchanges with Uy, he’s rude. “You’re looking very bad today,” he says sullenly. He’s suspicious, untruthful, conniving, detached, and very angry at his mother. Lily (Angelica Huston) had Roy when she was only 14, and regarded him more like a little brother than a son. She’s always reminding him that she gave him his life, partly because she never did much else for him. Roy struck out on his oti at an early age, learning the tricks of the con trade from an older man he admired, (We learn this in flashback, and we see that the first rule is: don’t trust anyone.) Lily happens to be in LA, Roy’s town, on business - she earns money for a gang boss by fixing odds at the race tracks - and she visits Roy for the first time in eight years. The two have a volatile love-hate relationship, which is putting it mildly, They make Oedipus’ family look like the Waltons. Matters are further complicated by the catfighting between Lily and Myra, both of whom are blond, both of whom wear skin- ’ t outfits, and both of whom wantT oy. Roy is not quite the protagonist, since the fiIm is buoyed by its triple threat; the triptych at the beginning tells us that the movie is equally about all three characters, It also tells us how much they have in common and how utterly alone each of them is. Ben@ has a fabulous, jouncy walk, and the way Frears frames the shots, this walk takes on a life of its own. Myra uses

sex like most of us use water - it’s an all-purpose resource for her. She can’t resist getting her landlord to sleep with her in exchange for the rent, even when she has the money. She smiles’constantly, radiantly, but inside she’s full of maggots. Lily spots her a mile away, not because of her sluttiness, but because Lily sees herself in her. Lily is solitary and independent now, but still attractive, and our clue to how unphased she’d be by sexual activity with anybody is that her shady employer, trying to frighten her, doesn’t even attempt it. Huston renders perhaps the most difficult role in the film, her character’s face hardened from decade2 of vigilance. The contributions of everyone, from editor Mick Audsley and cinematographer Oliver Stapleton to composer Elmer Bernstein, are spot on. Even Stephen Harvey’s still photographs of LA., displayed under the opening credits, seem perfect. The pace of this film is so assured that the movie’s over before you realize what didn’t happen, before you realize that Myra’s flashback about “the big con” nevgrresulted in anything except insight into her character, and that Roy, despite his strengths and faults, has remained passive while the two femme fatales have done all the finagling. But it’s a great, seductive story, and unpredictable. (All bets are off, except for the inveterate grifters in the audience.) This work by an imported British filmmaker is in the tradition of American film at its finest, much of which has been made by immigrants. It has the passion and the power of

Hollywood classics like Sunset Bowievurd arid IP%ar~~r Happed ru B&y Jan& of films by Hollywood auteurs like John Huston and Alfred Hitchcock. (In fact, the quote that pre-

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!n the accompanying photo) to t.he prpgent day polished pup stars who are in the midst of touring North America in a mammoth revival ce/e&rating their music. ?&e name is an apt titiefor this diverse band which blends multifaceted musical inguences tu create their own sound in the same way that the name Jesus lunes unites the divine and the eommunplace. I had a chance to talk tu Mike Edivards on the day that Jesus Jona was about to be presented at the temple of RPM in the heart of Harbuu@nt. I spoke tu him as he was in tmnsit to another less importart interview. r1714 /bik?wing is an except of my own personaI Jesus Juries interview.

E: Well, I did. We did a month-long tour in Britain with them and it went so well, we enjoyed it so much, that ’ we invited them along to do the American dates. I: why Suhu? When I saw the playbiil1 wund4wd how well the two ban& would blend together. E: Well, we basically came out of ‘the same background as them. We share the same influences and played the same dingy clubs in London that they did. We have a lot in common. When people see us (the two bands) play together live,they realize that it really is a good bill and it does work very well together. I: The last time around you wem working on the songs for your Iutest album Doubt Are yuu doing the sume thing this tour? E: Actually I’m not, though I hope to be. To be honest, there isn’t the time at the moment to be writing stuff. I’ve got lots of ideas but we have been touring since the beginning of February and we may well be touring until the end df September, so it doesn’t give me all that much time to be writing stuff on the road. I have started a little bit but there is nothing really worth talking about but the ideas are there.

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is the secortd Tbmntu show for the band. Do you have any impm&ns ofyuur&t Toronto dute or the tour as a YhoIez I+& Edwiidt3: It’s nice to come to a city for the first time and have a sellout show; it’s nice to come a second time and haveanother sellout show. The audience react@ has generally been pretty much the same all over the world. Consistently we have been weU received everywhere. I: Whu &t&&u haveshusuppon you on th& tour?

I; Wli you be doing any live recurdings on this tour similiur to the live EP hi& aJm last tour? E: Oh I absolutely hope not because I loath& and detest live record!r’@ ‘I find they have a Oncl$mensior+ representatioi ofcg ls. very ‘Illp°Fntly hmensional evnence. I: is it hause the production on the albums issofill and vivid?& yuufeel a live nxotiing would fail to mp&uce this sound?

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change, then consequently the sounc of the band would change as well. like the way the band sounds now. 1 believe the current membersare veq important in producing that sound. 1 am also adamant that Jesus Jones is E band, a collaboration. I: So you w&d not be adverse to another bandmember bringing a song?

’ E: That would be fine as long as it ti a good song, but right now the bani enjoys being lazy. They have the optionto923~ am I going to sit arounc and write a song or am 1 going to gC down to the pub? I: Sa your uwf7 inJuenees im rqmsible fur the diversity of the bund.p E: That’s right, but I think it is important to say that I think the rest of the band have the exactly the same attitude. I wouldn’t say that there is any member of the band who listens to just one type of music. I don’t think any musicians listen to just one type of music and that’s why I think it is surprising when they make just one type of sound only. By sampling I think we are representative of other people and the situation around us.

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E: I think you will find that we duplicate a lot of what appears on the records. We play that all live . . . that’s the benefit of the technolojzv, what with samplers and the like. se production of the albums generally amounts to going into the studio and phying live. The equipment we use m&es it very easy to reproduce what we do in the studio live if we want; not that we do (want to). Ge%erally, we use the drumbeats and samples as a blueP*t around what we will play live.

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which represent because I think the same thing . lots and lots of

us all over the world they are interested in that we are - selling records.

I: You produce must of the Jems Jones &ases. Would you be interested in producing any other bands ever ur is it just sole/y Q dt&e for having tutd COW tro/ overyuur own music which gut you into production in thejm place:’ E: The latter. I don’t think I would want to produce anyone else. I don’t think I would have the energy. I am obsessive about myself and &hat we do. It is more that that drives me to produce; it’s not that I am that infatuated by producing records.

I: You say that you dun ‘t particuiarIy likeliverecutings Do yuujndthatyuu arp in a position whm your opinion ti m-ted by the record cumpany~ Do I= It appears that you are the sole you have a large role in selecting what is creative fume behind the band Are the tiuedfunh as a Jesus Jonps product? other members encuumged tu can-. mate+aI into thh band? Do they E: Absolutely, yeah; if 1 don’t like tribute have an e&&t upon the overallsound uJ the choice it ‘doesn’t come out It is ,Ln ,,HX) very important to us and we are very “IF uur’u’ E:Ebringinthesongsandsayhere lucky that the company who really does our A&R (promotions) for us is the song. Learn it. That’s not toput (Food Records in bndon) is run by the rest of the band down because the only two people and most 6f o& pro- way in which they interpret the song motions goes through them. But I gives some input into the song. I am havetosaythatwehavehadveryfew veryadamantaboutthefactthatifthe disputes with the record companies current lineup of the band were to

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Edwards pmphesizes I: What do yuu think about the present music scene and situation? E: Recent music trends have really brought out a new age of conformity. There are so many bands now who sound exactly the same. Everyone takes their single and adds a dance beat and away you go. We were making collisions between rock music and dance music in 1988 and now I am completely bored with it. It has become so regimented now. Everyone does it now. So now I just want to be ahead of everyone and start the next thing.

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would be junk to most everyMy else, but put in the right context really is beautiful and that’s what our music’s all about, a lot of all that imagery that people just take for granted in the south. But anyway, I had all this on the stage and Jim (Mckay “Bones”) is an amazing percussionist and a good friend of Michael’s, who had brought him out to the show. During that set he was up front playin’up against the stage with just his hands and stuff. All of a sudden... he just busted man, he couldn’t stand it no more. He jumped up on stage and grabbed the rib cage of a cow, and started playing on a can or a log with shrapnel from these cow bones goin’everywhere. He’d end up destroyin’ one cowbone, and pickin’ up another without ever missin a beat From that day on he played with us for about a few months. We made a dium kit for him th$ was basically five gallon tins with nails driven down in ‘em, and duct taped from the bottom. There was a popcorn tin, an air conditioning duct, the log was with us, a stovepipe. We built this great makeshift drum kit, and man he was a metronome.

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essence, regarding the live stuff and the studio stuff, we’re not trying to pretend to anyone, we’re not trying to be pretentious to anyone. The fact is that they’re two different things. Live, you got people who can sit there and watch you and see your atmosphere qn stage, see the energy, whereas on record, they’re lacking the visuals. So, you go in the studio, and enhance the music by putting in these

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It is ubo~ 7.~30pm. rve just been intrvduced to the two ‘members that make up the Chickasaw Mudd &ppies, the stompin : hootin 1hollerin’outjt spawned in Athens, GA. There is Q hive oJactiviv in the kennel they uzll the elMcamb0, as cuq+anticaIly set up the stage Jur the purrbredx Bmnt Slay. one of the blue tibbo~~s, spuwd a fau momen& betw@n rapping brew and seeking hydrants to talk about REM, cow bones Tom Waits, and novel instruments (of the musical soti).

played live and thatturned out to be White L&t. That’s where the affiliation with REM started, and over the four years that we’ve been playin’ together, it’s realIy grown into a real nice family. We’ve had real good advice from the other members of the band. Have you toured with them? No, but we opened up for them in London about two months ago. We opened up for Billy Bragg, Robyn Hitchcock and REM at the Borderline club, for two nights. That was a really hip show. It was really neat to k in Europe and meet up with some good friend9 that you know, hang out and share storia about travellin’.

What adjusrments do you make in tke transition @m the album to live gigging, since on record, you have a host of guts& but live, there’s just Ben and purserfi) Well, on”Words and Knives,” I sing Michael’s

You’ve toured with the Waterbuys, now the Felies. How do collaburutions of this sort happen? Brant: Booking agent, mostly. The booking agent sends the band that’s going out on tour a whole list of bands and tapes. They then get to choose two or three, in a sort of “mix ‘n’ m+tch” manner. We get tie same kind of list to do the same. Luckily, we haven? opened for anyone who hasn’t been real kind or real nice, good folks.

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There is obviously Q lot of fxus on Athens these days thanks to REM. How did your aflliutiun with them curne about? Anybody who lives in Athens knows everybody, by face or whatever. Me ‘n’ Ben were both good friends with Michael (Stipe) way before we were playin’ music or even thought about it. Michael would even come up to the house and sit around and drink with us. We would jam and stuff and he dug what we were doin’. But the coolest thing ! tiut it was that it was very applclpriate. He’s a genius in the studio for one, and to be associated as a good friend of his right off the bat, and for him to see us in the making at the start - he knew exactly what we wanted and he could explain it to an engineer, so it was just real appropriate that we dealt with him as a first producer. He was the first one to ask us to go into the studio, we never even thought about it. He took us to John Keane’s in Athens and we

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sets in Athens. I’d work two days on a stage and in the house, just decoratin’ and makin’ an atmosphere that wasn’t a club - I wanted to make it different. This particular night, I had bags and bags of cow bones everywhere, rusty metal parts from tractors and 01’ barrels... just stuff you would see that

atmospheric noises and sounds that create some sort of atmosphere and image that you’re losing from not seeing the live show. They co-exist, but they’re two very different things. you know, I sometimes wonder how it translates to people who’ve never seen us. Hopefully it holds its own without having to see our show, but at the same time prompt someone to come and see us. .

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Now that Poison Idea has struck a European licensing deal with the Ejlglish record label/store Vinyl Solution, their records have become a little easier to find. Unfortunately, they’re found at obscene UK import prices. Their most recent album, Fee1 the Darkness demonstrates the continuing diversification of their sound. Along with the usual million mph rants like ‘“The Badge”and “Back Stab Gospel,” there are a few slowertempo rockers like “Alan’s on Fire” and “Feel the Darkness.” The newest single from the LP, “Plastic Bomb,” has a great piano intro and build before it reached maximum ‘pm and blasts off. The three extra tracks from the “Plastic Bomb” single continue Poison Idea’s tradition of odd covers. Along with the third release of ‘we Got the Beat,” Poison Idea grasp Jimmy Cliff’s “The Harder they Come” and Lloyd Price’s ‘Iawdy Miss Clawdy” in their meaty paws. The former is reconstructed into a’ hooky, hand-clapping pop monster, while the latter’s blues strolls with elephantine grace. Like Motorhead, what makes Poison Idea’s brand of monster rock so appealing is their utter lack of ego and self-importance. Without posturing and posing, they get straight down to business. Anyone who can get hoId of ‘We Cot the Beat” and make it scmwI has got to have something worthwhiIe going on. Moreover, like Motorhead, Poison Idea inject a much-needed dose of meIody into the standard metal equation Though the resurgence of Motorhead,asmarkedby1916malces it clear that they have no intention of retiring in the near future if they ever do, Poison idea are the natural heirs to their throne.

than the rest, and can rock more tunefulry than the rest, there’s an undeniable charisma about Poison Idea. They simply refuse to take themsdves that seriously. For starters, they look unlike any other group - Ied by Jerry A, who resembles the IO-year old skate punk down the street, but weighing about 200 pounds more. On guitar the colossal Pig Champion, scourge of 7EIeven BIimpie racks everywhere, spews the high-octane guitar Enes.

The nicest surprise is that the band seems quite willing to let their sound grow and develop, while still remaining devoted to their beloved guitars. On their ‘88 LP Only I#e, they perfected a sort of strumhappy acousticbased sound built on archetypal chord progressions. The effect was

somehow both soothing and exciting at the same time. On the new LP, the Feelies have gone for a more aggressive guitar sound. The emphasis is less on the strummed &or&s than on the picked notes. As a result, the LP’s sound is not as soothing as the last one - it’s a little more challenging. The songwriting though+ is no less anthemic. “Doing It’ Again” is perhaps the most natural singIe the band has yet recorded. The record is packed with equally ro&in’tunes like ‘Waiting” ‘Thitatio~” and the title track And the slower songs Iike”Find a Way”and “What She Said”- while they aren’t exactly going to give the lie to those Velvets comparisons are wonderfully hypnotic. And finally, the closing track is a cover of the Stooges’ “Real Cool Time” that actually out-rocks the original. And just by proving such a thing possible, the Feelies have justified their existence+ Timefor CI wirntw takes some getting used to, Iike all Feelies albums, but - also like all Feelies albums - it is ultimately irresistible.

Floor Elevators tune, “She Lives&n a Time of Her Own),” and they do a great job of it, There are things about this album that hint at real excellence. There is, for instance, lead vocalist Jeff HeiskeII, who is giftti with one great voice (even if it does sound a whole lot like Stan Ridgway’s) and the confidence to match. The other big plus is the remarkably strong songwriting. Many of the songs - especially on the LPs stronger first side - display an understanding of popcraft that is rare these days. “Daylight” and the title track are particularly good. Not that there’s no room for improvement. The %ats (Not io bc,

--e&areasyetincapableofwritinga whole album’s worth of good tunes. Many of the songs on side two sound Iike little more than knockoffs of the better tunes on side one. Also, the b&l’s sound - jangly-era REM varies very little throughout the LP. Aside from the acoustic “Incognito,” much of the record’s diversity amounts to the flourishes: a tinkling xylophone here, a keening organ there. However, they do milk the sound for all it’s worth- And even half an I.& worth of tuneage is still head and shoulders above most other bands these days. If they keep it up, the Iudvbats will be a big band to

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The Feelies are a New jersey guitar group who have been both blessed and cursed with constant Velvet Underground comparisons* While they have been around for over a decade, this new LP 7imrforu Wbuss is onIy their fourth. Fortunately, it maintains the same high standard of quality that the FeeIies have created.

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Third salvo from Lesion r;hing, this single thing came out just before the legendary Fed gig. In fact, I received my COPY barely an hour before I’d Ieft for the show - and what a nice primer it was; apart from the obligatory remix, I got to hear two live tracks also from Vision Thing: ‘Xibbans” and “Something Fast”

.I really can’t recommend it above the album, especkdly at outr2Igeous import prices. ‘Ribbons” trades in its guitar savagery for a safe keyboard line; now, reworking old tunes so they sound fresh is OK, but ‘Ribhw” is new, is the best thing on Pisiun Thing, and I want to hear iFtear stadiums apart NOW! Sadly, as with muchoftheFed@,thesongseems compromised in &i effort to-accommodate the limited potential of the live environment and/or the musicians. I ,

byD&W& Imprint staff Just the facts, man: The Judybats are a six-piece group from one of the Carolinas This is their first release. The sound a lot like old REM in the way that most bands do; that is, they’ve got that familiar jangly guitar so&nd dominating their songs. They also cover an old 13th

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Let’s say, for the s&e of discussion, that you were the owner of cyborg manufacturing operation and you were looking for the prototypical human being upon which to model next year’s Rockgod model. It’s my humble opinion that you would need Iook no further than one Chris Cornell. As the lead singer of Soundgarden, and now as a member of Temple of the Dog, he has defined a standard of long-haired, supple-bodied, screaming machismo not seen since Percy Plant last tossed back his locks as a member of Zep. Though his

who decides to off herself. The chorus was fairly compelling, a bastardization of sorts of Neil Young’s “Out Of The Blue” (“Hey Hey, My My”). Then it hit me: “I told the priest / don’t expect a second coming / God got his ass kicked / the first time we caught him down here slumming.” “Jee-sus, that’s .putrid,” I thought and when his album came in I just had, to give it my attention. Lyrics that bad are more scarce than you might imagine. I’ve already written a review of this album, lost it and can’t be bothered to rewrite it. The idea was to have two evil deities arguing over the fate of an unformed soul. Beelzebub would push for a gothic David Bowie-type screams don’t quite reach the earpiercing high nqtes normally required for R&g& status, he could always get Lee Aaron to give him lessons, I suppose. Besides, that’s not really your concern - you, as a cyborg technician, control the vocal chords - it’s the look that we’re concerned about. The basic premise of Cornell’s new project, Temple of the Dog, is simple, chiIdishly singular - the members of the group (two from Soundgarden, two from Mother Love Bone, and one more Seattle dude) are jammin’ together because of the healing power of rock’n’roll - healing the

Mother bve Bone. Don’t laugh. Either these guys are completely lost space or they could be irredeemably cynical - of the two, the latter’s a far more appealing proin

Ieads

off

with

sider the dire possibility: Prieboy might be serious. Nah, not with Zap

paesque songs like “Jazz Crowd” with its dual choruses of “Is there any more red wine?“and ‘Where’d all the dip go?” Pretty funny. I can’t recommend

shelling out money for this - bus station hobos can be just as amusing, given the right encouragement. Then again, if I come across a used (cheap) copy of voodoo’s skvetl Days In Sammysmw, I just might pick it up. Out of curiosity.

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go somewhere warm / Where we’d be alone” (“All Night Thing”). So-anyway, after listening to Ternpie of the Dog, you realize that Chris Cornell might serve as a useful model for the externals of your m&d, you might well find yourself wanting to replace the wiring.

Hello to Heaven,” one of the two songs written by Cornell for Wood; not since Ozzy’s Crazy Train tribute to Randy Rhodes have cock-rockers let down their defences and shown their maudlin rock’n’roll sentimentality.

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loner character his own bio tries to promote. If ever Doctor Seuss decides to commit the “green eggs and ham” story to vinyl, the music is already written. We must pause to fully con-

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“He came from an island / And he died from the street / He hurt so bad like a soul breaking / But he never said nothing to me.” Whew, my eyes are moist. The album’s centrepiece is “Reach Down,” which rivals even the Sisters of Mercy for rockin’ excess. It clocks in at an epic 11 minutes, compIete with six minutes of guitar solo. Lyrically, “Reach Down” Could well be a ‘91 remake of Foreigner’s “Juke Box Hero” - full of trite “gonna be a rock star” sentiment. Then again, Cornell is a certi6ed rockgod. Temporarily setting all snideness aside, there are a coup19 of decent fuIl-bore rockers on Templeof the&g, but these few enjoyable moments are quickly squashed beneath the sludge of the two side-ending ballads “All Night Thing” and “Call Me a Dog.” A lyric should suffice: “She motioned to

wounds left by-the heroin OD death of And&w Wood, the lead singer of

position. The album

favourite ing fun

Co&rune’sGiant Steps In the late ’50s and early ‘~OS,there was an explosion in the experimental side of jazz. Many artists were playing in ways that had never previously

been thought possible. They were taking influences from all manner of sources, as opposed to the traditional source for jazz to this point, blues. This upheaval in jazz was facilitated by many events, both political and cultural, which were exerting themselves on jazz as never before. It was also initiated by severat strong players. Among the most influential on this new era was John Coltrane. Coltrane got his first big start with the Miles Davis quartet, but, by the late 1950s, was leading his own groups. It was in Davis’ poup that he developed his skill in modal jazz. He more than just “played the scales,” for his sense of struchire and architectural balance used the style organically and totally convincingly. The evolution of this style is demonstrated easily by listening to his work with Davis and then his later solo endeavours. Columbia has released a CD simply titled, “Miles and Coltrane,” which is a selection of cuts from various sessions in ‘55 and ‘58. The two early tracks, “Little Melonae” and “Budo,” have never been available before because of contract& disputes. The disc starts with six songs from the Davis sextet’s performance at the ‘58 Newport Jazz Festival. The lineup was comprised of Davis’ finest: Julian Adderly on alto sax, BilI Evans on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, Jimmy Cobb on drums, and Coltrane on tenor. “Ah-Leu-Cha” kicks it off with an unusual but blistering tempo from Miles, who sheds his usual repose to dig into heavy bop. Coltrane takes it even more to heart and becomes a man possessed. This relationship changes in ‘“Straight, No Chaser” where CoItrane uses more notes in the first four bars than Miles does in his entire solo. ‘Cannonball’ Adderly also puts in a strong and buoyant solo, heavy with R & B. The best cut of this performance is “Bye Bye Blackbird.” Miles discovers the essence of the melody and then Coltrane retraces it, adding what Ira Gitler called “sheets of sound,” furious blasts of notes. He strays farther and farther from the melody with increasing intensity. It is this intensity that Coltrane made his trademark in all his work The last two tracks are excellent cool jazz. “Little Melonae” is especially tense and cool, with Coltrane’s flexible sense of time and his hauntingIy beautiful tone coming through. In ‘58, Coltrane had a session with Prestige tRat has bnly been available previously on three separate records. ReIeas& through Fantasy as “John Coltrane: the Stardust Session,” this CD has some incredible and unique Coltrane deiicacies. With him for the session was Wilbur Harden on trumpet, Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Jimmy Cobb on drums. The entire disc is from one recording date and contains an astounding 70 minutes of great material. This amount of good music coming from just one date is almost unheard of, but-shows even more how competent and professiotial Coltrane was. The songs have an off-beat nature; possibly Garland’s influence presented Coltrane with material that was not his standard fair. This challenge is ripely taken. The pieces are balIads which range from slow and meditative, like “Stardust,” to bright and upbeat with “Spring is Here.” The use of these ballads also presents Coltrane’s style in a different environment which illuminates both his speed and accuracy. “My Ideal” and “Love Thy Neighbour” are proof to that. It is here in these two discs that one hears the selflessness which was Coltrane’s, both in music and in life. He not only influenced the young players toward experimenting with other forms of music (Coltrane himself had a special passion for eastern music) but he encouraged several of the next generation whom he saw as having the potential to take jazz where he could not. For this, he is one of the most respected figures in jazz history.

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22 Imprint, Friday, May 17, 1991 over posse. While the homies are into the fashion scene and the 5.0, Tony low-keys it with Giants cap and parka and instead of Giorgio Brutinis, the man with the mic sports Greb boots.

Tony’s pet topics on Drop/li~ I&me are stopping racism and more airplay for rap. Anyone these principles is invited to the Elevation.”

Uzis. T&e away the video evidence and its a whole new ballgame. Keeping this in mind, the K-9 posse look like they’re ready to assume their place in GQ-dom. On their first album, X%.s &at is Mikz~,

they dug

up the opening

from The

voice-over

A-Team to help throw down an awesome title track The rest of the album cou1dn’t keep up, but the potential by Harry Shnider

“Still

the Media Assassin”

Imprintstaff Maybe you actually cull tell a book

by its cover. Poncey poskurs like Vanilla Van Winkle and MC Black and Decker dress to the nines, but put

them next to the PE or Ice Cube and its like comparing pea-shooters to

Davis do? Since Arista qualifies as a “major label,” you can expect the jiveass record store hypemags to be pushing this one. Don’t believe the hype, or the harem pants. Almost a world away from the glitz of New York is Trenton, NJ. This is the home of Tony D and his 6 foot-and-

was there.

Now comes the big test, the dreaded second album. They had two years to come up with something, but instead, it’s more of the same: momentary flashes, but usually a mere parody of itself. All styles are tried here, but nothing really fits and lethargy is the order of the day. Seems to me that there isn‘t a lot of hip-hop on Arista, so what can Clive

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Up to this point, it seems, the major Gangsta rap has been to tap into the money to be made from the vicarious fear fantasy fuIfillment of whites. And though NWA and Geto Boys found solid support among the black community, theyjound at least equal support among middle-class thrustof

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Unfortunately, his voice itself is closer to HDV than Chuck, but hey, we can’t have it all. What we canhave is a consistent album that’ll keep the posse satisfied. What it needs is a better samplemeister or something. The man is down with it for the ’90s and closes= the. second-last .._- track with-- these words o’ wisdom: “Be yourself or you might find yourself by yourself.” Word to your mother. Even farther away from the fashion victims is the Afros, a Beastie Boysinfluenced project, the biggest visual throwback to the ’70s since the 1990 UW student handbook. ‘?3Os/‘9Os white teenagers. In some sense, their Gangsta attack was a stone cold marketing gimmick. If anything can be found to separate Lifers Group from the violent rap that has been recorded before, one might suggest that they actually define a moral position whiIe reciting their litany of brutality. Of course, they should have something to say considering that everyone in the group is doing serious time at the notorious maximum security Rahway Prison in New Jersey. The

tracks

were

recorded

Rahway, and are essentially an extension of the “Scared Straight” program, which took repeat juvenile offenders and put them among hardened maximum security inmates for

beat the Knicks.

The flow is amazing, but by the second side, you know that “it’s an Afro thing” so there’s no need for a reminder. Otherwise, there are almost too many brilliant moments to mention. “This Jam’s for You” could talk anyone off of the bridge. Even the filer (“On the ‘Fro Farm’% an example) has more power than some complete albums (see above). Afrohstically speaking it’s far ahead of most rap put out nowadays, and worth the price should you have an extra nine E Pluribus Unums on your next pillaging mission to Buffalo. Word to Alki Stereopolis! a little

(though likely exaggerated) taste of life on the inside. With lyrics detailing in vivid detail, tales of homosexual rape (strange things, these phobias!), mess hall stabbings, guard brutality, and strangled hope. “On the street he was tough, but in jail he’s a bitch gettin’ his ass stitched and kicked, suckin’ dick” (“Belly of the Beast”). One of the most enjoyable aspects of the a1bumis the delicious irony in a ~,orh@&&i1led album like this one being released on Hollywood Basic, a Walt Disney subsidiary - oIe Wait is probably trying to kick the nails out of his coffin door so that he smack his successors upside the head.

The fact that these guys aren,? rappers by trade hurts the LP, but It also gives it an aura of legitimacy - it’s a reminder that this has a purpose other than financing

the purchase

new Benz. Despite Gangsta groove is a Group manages to again. The purpose wimpy middle-class

the fact that the little worn, Lifers scare and scare isn’t to =re a

me, though,

white

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kid like

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good

m* Without the “opportunities 3” album tie-in, the tier Rising EP would have been a gamble for these flower-adorned media darlings. With the re-mix ! &itement to dance riot; the boys once again stave off the backlash and manage, just barely now, to make it all work

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Among the many Prince proteges and satellites, Sheila E was one of the few who not only had her own identity, but who also survived longer than the usual one hit single. Who remembers JilI Jones? The Family? Madhouse? Mazerati? Though “Glamorous Life” remains her best moment, she has had a smat-

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Afros and Afrettes are told to take out the picks and Afrosheen and flaunt it! In keeping with the era, “Better Luck Next Time” is built around a Parliament sample. In this three minutes of brilliance, we learn all about what happens when the ‘Fros enter a rapoff, why we shouldn’t rob banks that they deal with, and why Barkley can’t

ween the realms of new! material and . outtakes?

Spurred on by the recent success of a “DJ only” remix of “Oppor-

tunity”

getting against

A new song “Over Rising” leads things off; the band obviously making a push for critical acclaim beyond their L,P. Strangely, both of the other two songs seem more likely choices for the pole position: “Way Up There” for its gorgeousness, or “Happen To Die” for its percussive mandate. Then again, this reviewer is pestered by a melange of suspicion and uncertainty, and I fmd myself tottering bet-

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materialism in the. form of Jericurls are seriously gas-faced. Instead, the

tering Of gOOd singles since. Unfortunately Sa Cymbar is ~inguIdy uninspired and lacklustre. From the opening title track, with its obvious double entendre, and shallow plea for understanding “Do you only like me because I’m famous???“. . . whine, whine, whine. Elsewhere on the album, we get a lousy cover of “Lady Marmalade,” two really self-indulgent drums solos - as if to remind us that she is rpal!v a musician and not just a pretty face and a load ofleaden grooves. Without sounding like some thick-skulled technology hater, one of the primary problems with the album ‘is the ’ aggravating synthesized horn and &her instpment sounds. Considering the years of effort and cast of

thousands that went into the making of this album, surely Sheila could have come up with genuine horn players! There is little to distinguish this album from the heaps of boring black pop records which flood the market daily and weekly, which is sad because Sheila E has proven in the past that she can do better. Alas.

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Magnum farce fromtHong Kong Chow and Lee take part in a gunballet (literally) with each other that well the vision of director Woo and his two cinematographers. The choreography of the two prancing around, each with his gun held up to the other’s head, underscores the absurdity of the whole wonderful movie. But this struggle clarifies the relationship between the two antagonists, who even dub each other with nicknames - Dumbo and Micky Mouse. The two feel like kindred spirits, both persecuted by their own peers. And travaille breeds strange bedfellows. The plot gets quite complex, and the final gun battle is unlike any thing the Princess Cinema is likely to show again, Ten thousand bullets are spent, and hundreds of bad guys are killed. Yet, the whole movie shares this philosophi. Iife is cheap to these men, and Inspector Lee even enter-

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by John Hymers Imprint staff

Director John Woo has cranked out many a warped film in his Hong Kong-based career, releasing at least one film every year since 1973. In his latest offering ?%e Killer, he directs Chow Yun-Fat, the Clint Eastwood of Asian cinema, in the role of a killer with a conscience. Jeffrey Chow (Yun-Fat) is a hit man, working for a Hong Kong drug mob, or triad. The nature of his job is wearing him down, so he decides to quit after one last contract. He successfully completes the job, but accidentally blinds a beautiful cabaret singer, with whom - needless to say - he falls in love, An expensive operation will save her sight, so he renegs and agrees to one more last job: killing the head of the cartel that employs him. Johnny Weng (Shing Fui-on), the nephew of the boss, had put out the contract so that he could usurp his uncle’s control. Again, Chow succeeds in the hit, but Weng double crosses him and offers to pay him with an ambush. Chow escapes, but he is no longer a safe man. As an added complication, the police now have a fix on him, in the person of Inspector Lee (Danny Lee) who has to collect him in order to save his own job. In his role as pursuer, he slowly gets to know his quarry, eventually developing an obsession that borders on homoerotic. This relation that develops takes a tradition western film concv@ - the buddy flick - and mixes it up with liberal violence and a huge cache of varied weapons.

the stage after some forgettable opening act, the Rhinos played their first KW gig since their western tour to a thrilled audience. The setting was a perfect venue for the group, a nice change from the usual dives young bands have to play to gig with any regularity. It was also the launching ground for both a neato new T-shirt and amini-tape of seven Storming

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instinct as a good hit man should. The central irony of the whole movie is his inability to carry out the one act that would justify his own life, and director Woo leaves this revehtion to he very end. The movie is great entertainment, and as such, says nothing beyond the past and still mere words fall far shah of piercing that baIloon. You have to see and hear them for yourself. Aside from catching one of their rare public performances, they do have a video on Much Music now, and you can call in to Erica Uhmmmm to request it. It does capture their spontaneous, energetic fun, as well as profound understanding of pop music. It’s called “I Wish I Had a Wife.” The western

tour seems

tb have

tightened the band well. Steve plays closer to his kit and Darren seems more fluid behind his keyboards. Both Dan and Mike are more at home than ever behind the microphones and lights,

continually

strapping

bass or guitar, finding that breakneck pace which all but forces the audience to jump on before they get stampeded.

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you,

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“Straight outta Boston” come Dinosaur Jr. to grace the stage at the Masonic Temple/Concert Hal1 at an

all-ages show Tuesday, May 21. With Die Kreuzen opening be sure to bring extra cotton for your ears. Diverse hipsters will have just enough time to run home, change their Dot Martens for g-o boots and return to the Concert Hall to hold court with the Queen of the New York club scene Lady Kier and her band Dee-Lite on May 23 and 24. This time around the dee-gorgeous ones have a fuU band including the man Booby Collins (ex-Funkadelic member) himself. Locally, D-d ZeppeIin meets Mojo Nixon and his two-headed love child at The Twist on Monday, May

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Cole Trio crusin’ together with Canadian performance artist Meryn Cadell at the Ontario Place Forum on

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