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Enaolment down 10(Y!i~ this Fall by Peter Brown

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High school students applying to university this fall will feel the effects of Ontario’s post-secondary funding xrunch with a vengeance. The University of Waterloo will cut firstyear enrollment by 10 per cent, to 3,600 from last fall’s 4,000, the University announced last week. Down the street, Wilfrid Laurier University announced that it will slash 17 per cent from its tist-year enrollment, cutting 276 student positions. Last year, 1,645 first-year students were enrolled at WLU. Eight staff positions will also be cut at WLU to help combat a $3.2-million budget deficit.

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University have also announced 10 per cent cuts in first-year

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enrolment. At the

same time, first-year to universities are up 3.2 per cent from last year, according to the Council of Ontario Universities. That represents 2,200 more people wanting to get into universities this fall, says the COU. “Our worst fears are being realized,” said CUU president Dr. Peter George. “We predicted that several thousand students wouldn’t be admitted because of the recent transfer payment cuts.” Applications from secondary school students have increased by 2.5 per cent to about 57,000, according to the Ontario Universities’ Application applications

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a division of CUU. Other applications, which include mature students, are up 6.5 per cent to about 12,600, with several thousand more expected to apply. Programs hi science a&Ii e&ineering haie shown the highest in&eases, with a 10.9 per cent increase in science and a-7.7 per cent jump in engineering. Provincial Minister for Colleges and Universities Richard Allen tried to downplay the figures released by the COU, saying that universities will

not have an accurate picture of how many people are applying until midsummer. ‘That’s simply not true,” said Pat Adams, Director of Communications and Public Affairs for the COU. “Ontario is the only province in the country with a central university applickion centre. As a result, the f&es we have, especially for seconschool students, - are d&y acckate. It is true that mature students tend to apply later in the year.“

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Warrior basketball Coach Don McCrae couns& Dave LYNCH On bench during Wednesday night’s heart breaking loss 40 MCMaster. (see details ori page 16). This game was M&r&s last regular season home game as coach. Photo by C.D. Codas

by Peter Brown imprint staff The longest and most prestigious chapter in University of Waterloo sports history will have its final words written within the next few weeks. Waterloo Warrior basketball head coach Don McCrae announced this week that this season will be his last at the helm of UW’s favourite team.

Before Wednesday night’s game at the PAC versus the McMaster Marauders (his final regular season home game), McCrae verified the rumours and told Imprint that he would prefer to leave the reminiscences until the conclusion of the playoffs and deal with the business at hand. The business at hand is beating the Western Mustangs tomorrow in Iondon by 16 points or more in order to secure home court advantage for the first-round of the playoffs. Waterloo must be an OUAA West semi-finahst to return home for the Wilson Cup, the OUAA championship final-four tournament taking place at the PAC in three weeks. M&me’s successor has not been decided, but rumour mill lists current assistant coach Tom Kieswetter as a leading candidate. Check out future issues of Imprint for a look back at Don McCrae’s 22 years of basketball excellence,

by Jeff Warner Imprint staff W’s vice-president, and provost Alan George released a memo dealing with the University’s financial strategies for the next few years. The memo, which outlined the fiscal problems that the University faces, also set out the current and notential ~okies that w will follow. The combination of rising costs and increased salaries and benefits is expected to cause a budget shortfall of two to three per cent in 1993, with a repeat in 1994. Thus, by May 3,1995, the University needs to reduce its “‘base expenditures” by $8-12 million. Last Monday,

academic

increase, there is “likely” to be a twb or three per cent increase in tuition, in both 1993 and in 1994. However, even with an “optimistic” five per cent increase in tuition fees, the University budget would only r&z by one per cent, All future wage increases will be tied to the Consumer Price Index, which is expected to rise by about

initial budgetdra$t to be ready by July 1

The text proposed a tentative oneyear freeze-on klaries, TA rates, and other forms of compensations, which three per cent over ‘93 and ‘94. The account for $154 million of the subsequent raise in TA rates, PTRand University’s current budget of $190 merit costs, and other forms of cornmillion. Though the problem isn’t pens&ion will add another two per . going to be solved in a single year, cent increase- The jumps in library and the “request” is still being conacquisition costs, taxes, benefits, UK, sidered, it should help to reduce the uti.liti~s, and waste disposal fees will potential deficit. also raise this. Tuition increases, along with a In genera the %on-compenreduction in enrolment, aalso help sation” segment of UW’s budget is out. While there may not be any fairly small: 19 per cent of total

outlays. utilities,

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waste disposal, et cetem, is beyond the University’s control. There is a danger in further cuts to supplies and other non-salary items, and “even a substantial (percentagewise) cut” would not bring about the

large savings needed. Thus, there has

to be a reduction in the number of people working at the University. The staff reductions, wherever possible, will be done by attrition and reassignment of responsibilities. Whilefkultieswillnotbeexpect~to reduce their budgets by the same amount, the cuts will be “across the board.” The present “target” is a four to six per cent decline in the budgets of each major jurisdiction, not including any cutbacks made in the present fiscal year, over the next three years. Another potential area to save money is in a rekiew and overhaul of the financial systems and computing services of UW. George hopes to have an initial budget

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1992, and the G.nal plans by the end of the year. The Senate Finance Committee and the Dean’s Council and Executive willbe lcept informed of the decisions, and will be invited to give their input.

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KW Record remembered front UW News

Rare Book Room. The photo collection contains negatives of all pictures taken by Record photographers from 1939 to five years ago. Other papers recently donated to the library are the Wagner/Hailer Family Papers, shedding light on business history in Kitchener, and the Clement/Bowlby Family Papers, documenting legal, social, personal and cultural activities in the region. The library’s local and urban history collections have sparked a few research projects, including a doctoral dissertation on the prominent Breithaupt family’s involvement in local business leading up to the First World War.

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Read all about the origin and development of the KitchenerWaterloo Record. A sizable chunk of the daily newspaper’s history over the last 130 years now is available for perusal at the University of Waterloo’s library. The Motz Family Papers are among several recent additions to the library’s burgeoning local and urban history collections. Donated by the Motz family, the papers feature extensive background on the Record and its predecessors from 1859 to 1989. The collection comprising photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence and items depicts personal and business matters. Of key interest is correspondence on the struggles of editorial policy and ownership from 1930 to the late 1940s. The Motz Papers join the K-W Record’s DhotoeraDhic negative collection inl the l&a& Doris Lewis

Among other projects: short videos on local events and people; a play on the controversial name change to Kitchener from Berlin in 1916; and a study on decisionmaking in Kitchener’s choice of a municipal water supply between 1844td1988. -- -

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W%ohas the Wright stuff? by Jeff Warner Imprint staff The search is on for a new president for the University of Waterloo. Current president Douglas Wright is serving his second consecutive fiveyear term, and is not eligible for another term after this one ends in the summer of 1993. The Committee is soliciting opinions and comments from groups and individuals on campus as to what they want the next president to accomplish in his or her first term and what qualifications he or she should possess. The Committee is also considering the use of consultants aiding their decision, which should be finalized within the next year. At the same time, another committee is currently conducting an extensive cross-campus survey over the appointment of the next vicepresident, academic and provost. The current VP is Alan George, who was appointed in 1988. His term expires in the summer of 1993 and is then up

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The Sexuality Resource Centre (SRC) is a trained student volunteer service that offers information, support, and referrals to those in need. The SRC is a service of the Federation of Students of the University of Waterloo. Volunteers are gay-positive, confidential, and non-judgmental. Our services are free. Information and referrals are provided on contraception (condoms, foam, the pill); sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS, pregnancy, and

prevention options, human sexuality, sexual orientation, health care, sexual assault and harassment, and relationship building for all sexual orientations. Safer sex information is available for both gay, lesbian, and heterosexual practices. Guest SpeakelYJ can be arranpd* (hii 8854211, ext. 2306, or leave a message at ext. 4042. The SRC is located in Room 150A of the Campus Centre at the University of Waterloo

News Analysis

by Brian Smyth and Scott Mintz special to Imprint

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for renewal. All faculty and full-time staff are being surveyed for their opinion on the matter, along with the Federation of Students and the Graduate Student Association, whose executives

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On Thursday, February 13, Ontario Minister of Health Frances Lankin was in Kitchener-Waterloo for a meeting with the District Health Council on King Street in downtown Kitchener. On the agenda was the crisis in local access to abortion services, something the province is looking to correct Although the meeting was extremely hush-hush,’ the ProChoice Action Network (PCAN) learned what time it was to take place. On just 24 hours notice, PCAN organized a small demonstration of about 50 people which greeted Lankin and reassured her that there is significant local support for a constructive solution. “This show of support is particularly crucial,” one demonstrator said, “because certain well organized a anti-choice groups have been sending Lankin’s office numerous letters opposing any such health care provision in K-W. Such letter campaigns must be taken seriously.” Less than two years ago, a comprehensive proposal for a Women’s Health Centre (WHC) was shelved

by this same Health Council after they received approximately 1,000 letters in opposition. The reason for this was that the proposal recomrnended an improved out-of-town abortion referral service, although it explicitly admitted that it did not address the underlying problem posed by the lack of local access.:

“If you can’t providtb stbr\‘lc‘c’, hassle-free in a cummunitv iIini<, why would vou consider it.” Iltvllty-s said. Apparently, the CounciI’t, agenda has been shaped hv toca t pro1ife groups.

This was just one of many inadequacies that this proposal sought to redress. It pointed out, for exampIe, that the Cancer Society’s biannual breast care clinic was discontinued, resulting in a lack of a.ny on-going breast care program. In addition, the proposal called for the following badly needed service: improved preand post-natal care, breast feeding and infant nutrition programs, child health services for young mothers, sexua1 assault support, coordinated pregnancy counselling and improved mental health programs for

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women. While the pro-life letter campaign ensured the defeat of the WHC, this occurred in a climate of fear caused by the harassment of doctors. That the intimidation reached. the Health Council was made clear by a statement for the executive director, Louise Demers.

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and risks involved - that ttqttlr crllllpa&n was effective 0nlv at riinint,llr+ ing inadequate health stlrvic.-tl it ,I’ women,“said Betty Sparks. “I&j LI~L\~~ numbers of unplanned prtsgn‘lnc-itl\ will onlv come through st*xLt,jlit\ education and improved c~~-~~~~~I( t safe, effective contraception.” Planned Parenthood is currt~ntI\ the only community-based org41ni/rltion in K-W that provides conlpltbft\ and unbiased counselling for prktgnancy crisis, contraception, X~XII,II health, STDs, and family phnning. They provide information to schotrl\. community and church groups. Tht*\+ also run street vouth rducation prtjgrams and cooidinate a herpt>s support group. A particular achievement of thi5 organization has been a declint~ in teenage pregnancy since 1976. Thcb official figures for 1989 show 40 pttr cent fewer teenage pregnancies, and a corresponding decrease in thtb number of abortions. And vet this organization is continual& undcxr attack from pro-life groups.” On January 30, Kathy Morrison lance, president of KitchencrWaterloo Right-to-Life, stwnglv denounced Planned Parenthood’:-, request for approval of their provincial funding at Waterloo Regional Council. She argued that it woulrl “financially, as weII as morally irrrsponsible” to allow Planned Parenthood to operate in K-W. The Pro-Choice Action Network believes that given their record, groups like Right-to-Life offer no constructive solutions to local problems of health care and family planning;, and that their influence on public policy must no longer go unchallenged. “We (PCAN) are trying to organize all those who want to be involved in making women’s reproduction rights a reality in K-W,” said the organizers. “Events such as this are a small step toward that goal.”

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Pascal lectures in March

Leddy’s proposaL ready by Peter Brown Imprint staff Along with student leaders at Queen’s University, Federation of Students president John Leddy has worked out most of the details of a university funding proposal that he will present to Stident Council on Sunday afternoon for its endorsement. This proposal will urge the provincial government to at least maintain constant transfer payments to universities and only increase tuition fees if an income contingency plan is put in place. Income contingency is a system by which students would not pay tuition fees until they graduate. “Students have to start taking responsibility for their own education,” Leddy said. “University education benefits society eventually, but benefits students much more directly; so, they have to be prepared to pay for it.” He stressed, however, that significant increases in tuition fees should only come alongside income

associated with each course. An engineering student, for instance, would pay more in fees than a social work &Gent. The size of tuition fees asked for in the plan is still under negotiation with the student government at Queen’s, Leddy said. The exact figure will be ready for Sunday’s Council meeting at 4 pm at Fed Hall. ’ Leddy thinks that the government and universities can negotiate a deal with the private sector, ie. the chartered banks, to help finance the idea of income continiency, which he estimates to would require $500 million in loans over five years. “The university system requires an injection of about $400 million to bring it up to par,” said bddy, stressing that this money would not have to be found all at once.

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the tax burden is mainlv and lower-income peoright, he argues, that receive their should at the expense of thest>

peopk? Along with income contingtlncv, IW would propose tuition fetrs that \*drv from program to program, ,:ccr)rdil1g tcl the salarv expectations 01 3 P;IrWuIar disciplin.~ and thtb costs

“We have to start earlier than high school to teach kids the importance of university,” said Leddy. If the Student Councils at UW and Queen’s approve the proposal, it will be sent to all other Ontario universities for consideration by student governments.

Pugwash continues

cantingency. “Right now, taxes pay fur 80 per cent of the cost of our education,“said

Leddy, “and on middleple.” Is it students

The would ensure PIan accessibility, especially for women and Native Canadians, and would strive for equality of success as well as opportuni& L&dy says. He feels that universities aAd government must practice what he called “active accessibility” by beginning outreach programs in communities so that parents, schools, and city councils learn more about why postsecondary education is so important.

by Daryl

Bender

Pugwash, an organization of penple interested in discussing the ethical use of science and technology, will be meeting on Thursday, February 27 at 8:30 pm. The topic for thtr meeting is “Let’s genetically manipulate organisms Or should we?” The meeting will be held in rorpm 138A of the Campus

Centre. Do you believe in the natural development of organisms, retying solely on natural selection to better our world, or can humanity lend a helping hand ? Modern problems such as over-populationand environme&al sensitivity require drastic measures, right ? How much manipulation of anv organism’s genes is tolerable? Let’s discuss it.

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Linking science and religion is the goal of the 1992 University of Waterloo’s Pascal L.ecturer, Prof. John Polkinghorne, president of Queens’ College at Cambridge University. The lectures will be held March 3 and 4 at 8 pm at the Theatre of the Arts. The public is invited to attend and there is no admission charge. The March 3 lecture is called ‘Taking Science Seriously” while the March 4 speech is about “Taking Theology Seriously.” A news conference featuring Polkinghorne wiIl be held March 5 it lo:30 am (Needles Hall, Room

3004).

Polkinghome will also give two seminars: “Christian Belief in a Scientific Age,” March 3 at 3:30 pm (Arts Lecture Hall, Room 113), and “The Measurement Problem in Quantum Theory,” March_4 at 3:30 pm (Physics Building, Room 145). A Fellow of the Royal Society and a professor of mathematical physics at Cambridge University for 25 years, Polkinghome entered the Anglican priesthood in 1979 and served as a vicar from 1984 to 1986. He returned to Cam ,bride;e in 1986.

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In reviewing his distinguished academic career, he says: “I think of it as being a Christian vucation for me to have used mathematics to understand the pattern and structure of the world in which we live.” The author of numerous books on science and religion, Polkinghorne seeks the integration of science and religion as a result of his belief in the unity of knbwledge, “I don’t want to be a priest on Sunday and physicist on Monday,” he says. “I want to be both on both days. So it is necessary for me to try to wrestle with these problems of how scientific understandings and theological understanding relate to each other.” The Way the Thr Quantum World (1984); One World (1986); S&?jt*Lj and Cwuriun (1988); Rochester Among

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(1983);

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(1989); and Sc*ie~r UN/ (1989). In 1991, he his latest book, Rmwr arId

released Redip. The Pascal Lectures on Christianity and the University invite outstanding individuals who excel in both a scholarly endeavor and an area of Christian thought or life.

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The Universiw of Westerrt Ontario is the first Canadian university to propose a new idea: for students to pay money tlnch year into the university’s scholarship funds. With fees fixed by the government, the university is going elsewhere to get money: the students’ pocketbooks. Under the proposal, Western students would pay $75 next vear, $150 the year after, and $225 in 1994. The gradual fee increasr means the scholarship budget will rise by $1.2 &lion to we11 over $8 million by 1994. Anti-feminist graffiti was found on the doorways and in a washroom of a building at the University of Ahrta. It was not known how the perpetrator entered the building and it was believed that the incidents were done by the same per-

Expires: March 3 1, 1992

Brock University is tht> first university in Ontario to have Flex Appeal (a group of male exotic dancers) perform at Issac’s. Thrrt- was littltn prcttest btbforc the event, but dur to mixed reactions from students, many are wondering why thtt &nctbrs performing alt thtlir univtrrsitv and what problems will occur as a result of having them at Brock. Chris Thompson, ~nkrtainment co-ordinntor for thtr Brock Student Union, felt it put a “fire under people’s butts,” ~~romotin2; a saftl environmtlnt for women who have never st’t’n malts dancers perform. The chance that female dancers will perform is slim. C)nc female felt this tvpe of entertainment did not &long at Brockand that the dancers were hired tcl tAst* rt~vt~nutb.

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One message said “Nice shooting Marc,” referring to the Montreal massacre in which Marc Lupine gunned down 14 Incidents like these make women’s vulnerability even more evident in today’s society. UA’s security department is currently investigating the case. As well, membttrs of the a gay and lesbian group at UA fwnd messages such as “Exterminate all fags” chalked on their doors.

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Opinion: The opinion pages are designed for Imprint staff members or feature contributors to present their views on various issues. The opinions expressed in columns, comment pieces, and other articles on these pages are strictly those of the authors, not Imprint. Only articles clearly labelled “editorial” and unsigned represent the majority opinion of the Imprint editorial board.

fireside -chat by Peter Brown

Anyone who thinks that universities are insulated from harsh economic realities has been reminded in the last few weeks that the opposite is true. The “one per cent solution” from Bob Rae’s provincial government has brought on a deluge of depressing announcements from universities across Ontario. Waterloo is decreasing its first-year enrolment by 10 per cent this fall from last, Wilfrid Laurier 16 per cent, University of Toronto and Trent Universities 10 per cent each, and so on. Meanwhile, the number of applications is increasing. Even though fewer students are graduating from secondary school, according to the Council of Ontario Universities, applications from secondary school students have jumped 2.5 per cent over last year. Applications from mature students have jumped 5.6 per cent, not surprising considering the recession - many adults who lose their jobs will return to university to upgrade their skills, It is not surprising in such dire times that universities have put on their thinking caps to shave dollars off of expenses and balance their budgets. WLU is cutting back all over the place in an effort to avoid a $3.2-million deficit for this year. UW will need to lob off $8- 12 million in expenses by 1995. The administration at the University of Western Ontario appears to be attacking the problem from the revenue end of things. It has devised an inventive way of bilking students there out of millions of dollars. Seems the bright kids at Western need even more money for scholarships, so all Western students may Soon start paying money into UWO’s scholarship coffers. The administration proposes a student fee that would start at $75 per year this fall, jump to $150 in 1993, and further to $225 in 1994. That’s right, over two hundred bucks a year to help people who got better marks than you in grade 13 pay their tuition fees. Hopefully, for students at Western, this will not get passed, but the very fact that it was even thought up is sickening enough. Hopefully, for us, Alan George and \r\laterloo’s big-wigs don’t get any bright ideas and attempt to introduce such measures here. What we have to worry about more than these unusual forms of robbery is what is happening now: decreased enrolment and quality of education. Less first-year students means that fewer people will receive university educations, precisely at the time that Canada’s economy is moving away from resourcebased and manufacturing industries towards more education-intensive sectors. The CO U estimates that about one-half of the new jobs created in Canada before the year 2000 will require a university degree. And reduced quality of education means that those with university degrees will be less able to perform in those new and demanding jobs. As both the provincial and federal governments continue to spout, Canada must have a sfrong postsecondary system to be able to compete in the international marketplace. Unfortunately, neither can come up with the cash to invest in this country’s future.

Both governments’ policies of shaving real dollars from universities’ budgets will ensure that Canada continues to lag behind in research and development and innovation.

Health Care: Private -Production or Communa Care?

by Sandy Atwal Imprint staff

by Dave Thomson r Imprint staff

When you want to examine how strong the influence of government ideology has become in Canada, you simply need to say the phrase “private health care.” The vehement opposition to private health care, fueled by political rhetoric from all parties, contributes to an irrational position that flies in the face of researchable facts. $17,000,000,000. Seventeen biZZion dollars. That’s how much health caie cost last year. I’m not talking about Canada, I’m talking Ontario. For a province of only eight million people. that’s over two thousand dollars per person per year. I for one know that I didn’t receive $2,000 worth of medical services last year, did you? The common perception of publicly-funded hospitals is that since they are there to provide a service and not to make a profit, then they will do a better job in providing that service since money is not a concern. Money, however, should be a concern. When you and I are paying the government for this product, yet the level of health care is inversely proportionate to the amount of money we are spending, we should be questioning the procedure and the underlying philosophy. Private health care is associated with American health care. For some unknown reason, the majority of people believe that the American health care system is completely (or mostly) comprised of private insurance companies. This is simply wrong. False. Not related to facts. Medicare and Medicaid, both enacted in 1965 are public- (ie. government ) funded, health insurance organizations and provide health insurance for millions of people. There are dbviously problems with private health insurance, but when people talk abuut private health care in the US and the effects of it on individuaIs, they are ignoring two very large problems which make it quite difficult to examine how private health care works.

Margaret Thatcher perhaps best symbolized what the neoconservative movement meant to government policies - she sold off public housing, crown corporations, and- parts of the health-care service. As much as we may detest government intervention in many parts r)f our lives and support measures that free us from its regulation, I believe that the state should be responsible for ensuring universal access to health care for its citizens. The United States remains the only major industrialized country that has not latched on to this idea. But keep in mind that the US also has a government which endorses cheap beer and smokes, over-hyped sports and, of course, God. In Canada, we have obscene rates of taxation, but don’t have to present proof of medical insurance at the door of the emergency room. MiIton Friedan, a well-known economist, wrote an op/ed piece for the Wall Strepr Juunlal recently, advocating privatization of health care on the basis of Gammon’s Law -a “law” which states that an increase in a bureaucracy’s spending wilI be foIlowed by a decrease in production. Unfortunately, people are not a factor in economic thought. Although I agree this “law” is widely applicable, perhaps even to the health care system, privatization of it would simply involve trading one set of problems for another. In a system like Canada’s, it would be (and has proven to be) very difficult to even attempt to ensure any sort of efficiency or prevent abuse of the system. We did, however, attempt to restrict over-billing and put a cap on doctors’ salaries (1 think it was $400,000 . .) For example, if an Ultrasound machine costs a coupIe hundred thousand dollars, there are a lot of women who will have unnecessary Ultrasounds performed upon them so that doctors can pay for the

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Apartheid, Kanadian-style To the editor,

1 address this letter to all apartheid opponents. What is so wrong with apartheid and why is it any of your business anyway? After all, do you not, by living and voting in this country, support a somewhat more subtle version of it yourselves? Are the Afrikaners so evil to hide their NATIVES when we “Kanadianers”do much the same thing to our Natives? Perhaps familiarity DOES breed contempt. How many Natives have you met, other than at the ‘“Trading Post” in Sioux Lookout? I suspect not many because most of those who are here among us make a conscious (or perhaps unconscious?) effort to hide their status. Contrast this to people of other nationalities who proudly display their heritage by speaking the language, dressing in traditional garb, and participating in cultural events. There is no law saying a Native must stay on the reserve. There are no fences or walIs. But there is a historical pressure of alcoholism and abuse which creates a cycle which is difficult for a young native to break out of. The government also provides incentives to st?y

on the reserve such as free housing and tax shelters. There are programs to help Natives get off the reserve but far more to ensure that they stay there. Some would argue that by leaving the reserve they would lose their culture but have they not lost a good portion of it by living in modern houses, driving snowmobiles, and using rifles? They are not living in the “Old Way”, much as many would like to think. Many people from places such as Hong Kong, Korea, India, Finland, etc. have left their homeland and not lost their culture. Anyone who has attended a cultural caravan at this university or joined a ethnic student society (as I have joined INDSA) knows this to be true. It is time that we as Canadians examine our own practices and stop criticizing others. Apartheid is wrong, but who are we to judge? The truckers who Mockaded the 401 last year did not have rocks thrown at them and the army called against them. Can the Natives say the same thing? Kris Warkentin 3A Chemical Engineering

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Christian fascist To the editor, I am writing this letter in response to Jeff Collard’s letter of February 14. Jeff “prays to God” that he is a fascist if being one means that he cares about every human being. Well Jeff, I would like to advise you on two points: a) you are definitely a fascist (and I mean fascist in the true sense of the word); and b) you had better pray to your god a lot harder than you are because you obviously do not care about human beings as you imagine you do. Let me explain. You are a fascist because you have an opinion or a view of the world which you feel the need to impose upon every other human being. You make it clear in your letter that you believe the world would be perfect if everyone in it behaved and thought as you do. Don’t get me wrong. Jeff; everyone is entitIed to his or her own opinion. But I draw the line when you try to impose that opinion on everyone else. What works for you does not work for everyone and don’t ever forget that. Not everyone is a Christian, not everyone is prepared to remain celibate until marriage, and in fact, not everyone is even planning on getting married in their lifetime. Above all, not everyone is preto have your Victorian era “sex is a sin ’ opinion shoved down their throats. That is the difference between choice advocates like

myself and oppression advocates like yourself. I believe that everyone should have the right to choose what is right for him - or herself, whereas you believe that no one should have the right to choose anything and should conform to your distorted view of what is right. And that, Jeff, is why you and your antichoice colleagues are fascists. As for caring about human beings - don’t kid yourself. I believe that there probably are humans that you care about, but I’m positive from the content of your letter that they all fall under the heading of middle-class, privileged males. No one who advocates the oppression of all classes and races of women should ever be so pretentious as to claim that he cares about humanity, Finally, allow me to draw your attention to one of the most ridiculous claims I have ever heard. It appalls me that you are so naive as to think that if we all saved sex for marriage, women would no longer be afraid to waIk alone at night. How in the woxld did you possibIy arrive at that conclusion? The acute ignorance of your statement leaves me at a loss for words. But then again, the ignorant and unfounded statements of people like you often do. Lmi Beckstead

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by Sandy Atwal First of ail, even private health insurance companies and private hospitals are subject to government regulations. Thus, privately funded though they may be, they are still subject to both state and federal laws and regulations the efficiency of which is highly doubtful. Private heaIth care in the United States must be operated under the same restrictions which have more to do with political machinations than service to the public. The first problem leads us directly to the second. These private companies operate under less than ideal market conditions. Because the costs of health care are kept artificially low by the government, it’s going to be awfully hard to compete with them. Thus, the automatic checks and self-regulation that the market contains as a result of being directlv and financially responsible to the consumer are overriddcbn bv tht% government behemoth. But notwithstanding these problems, let LIS h-v and examine some inefficiencies in the American and Canadian svstems and S~H-IW potential solutions. The first objection raised by both the government and socialist-minded people is that private or for-profit hospitals will serve only the rich. Related to this is the idea that the drive for profit wilt decrease health-care Icvt?Is. As to the first objection, it should be noted that as a rule, for-profit hospitals are organized more efficiently than state hospitals, whereas the state has a bottomIess pocket (ie. the power of taxation) and service can be cclntinued even when not in the interests of the people it is serving. Private industries must offer the consumer what he or she wants or else fold to consumer demand. As a general rule, for-profit hospitals operate at a smaller scale than national ones which cannot take advantage of economies of scale. That is to say, unless a medical improvement can be used nationally, it’s not of much use to the government. On the other hand, a private industry operates in a small area and serves that area which it can do efficiently regardless of whether or not it could do so on a large scaIe. Also, for-profit health care systems can offer economic incentives to physicians and administrators which can allow them to consider alternatives which offer the same service for a lower cost.

As for the “most people won’t be able to afford it”argument, it should be realized that most people art’ paying for it now. The government gets its funds from you and I, so we obviouslv can afford it or we wouldn’t be getting it. In a private svstem, we’d also be getting it without pacing for government bureaucracy. In addition to this, it should be realized that private businesses such as The Salvation Army, The United Way and Goodwill arejirr more efficient and effective in dealing with the problems of the poor than the government. Localized institutions are more in touch with their surroundings than a national bureaucracy. The question of a profitdriven health care sector frightens many of people. The idea is that health care for mbney will lower the standard of health care because extra-billing, more surgery, etc. will contribute to the wallets of the surgeons - therefore thev will be more apt to do it. However, a Chicago, studs shows that more efficient hospitals as mea&red bv lower costs and lower personhours according to standardized output also provided higher qualities of health-care as measured in severity-adjusted death rates as measured by outsid; experts. A study of hospitals in Massachusetts showed that higher cost per case was associated with higher medical/surgical death rates. The above is from a book by Myron Lieberman which examined private education but threw in a few health care examples for good measure. His book is indicative of popular free-market attitudes towards private and public health care, A good example of this is Milton Friedman’s article in the Wall Street Journal entitled “Gammon’s Law Points to Health-Care Solution.” Gammon’s law states that “in a bureacratic system, an increase in expenditure will be matched by a fall in production.” The US public health care system illustrates this beautifully. Before 1465, the cost per patient-day rose from just over $10 per day (all figures in 1982 dollars) in 1946 to $90 per day in 1965. In the 25 years after medicare was enacted, health care costs skyrocketed from the same $90 per day to just under $550 per day. On the other hand, output as measured by hospital beds, &cr~~~~s~~~l. In the same period (1946 to 1989), hospital beds available (per 1,000 people)

dropped from ten to nine from ‘46 to ‘65, and then (after Medicaid and Medicare) dropped from nine to five. This is an incredible decrease especially considering the baby boomer generation is included in the population increase. This evidence is not easily passed aside. If it is true that the government truly provides better care to the individuals it supposedly cares for, then this has yet to be proven. The evidence has always been in favour of individuals acting freely without the shackles of the government. Although this goes beyond the ridiculous egalitarianism of socialists, it is the facts and the care of people that backs this argument up.

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by Dave Thomson machine through this extra-billing. People are naturally going to act in their own interest, and if it involves ripping off the government, why not? We live in a capitalist society in which such activity can be seen as normal, regardless of it’s normalcy as a human value or condition. I’m not entirely clear about how exactly the American system of health care works, but most would agree that it is quite poor as well as elitist. If you’re rich, you have access to better - and therefore more expen&e - hospitals and doctors through private health insurance schemes. It would also seem that the public health care that does exist serves mostly the elderly and disabled population. Consider the following, extracted from an

electronic mail conversation with a young woman, Amy Young, from the University of Indiana: “People want socialized’ health care because it would sort of take the money aspect out of the health care system. For example, I CANT afford to go to the doctor.. . I had bronchitis and laryngitis that I’m getting over. e. I figured I’d only go to a doctor if it got progressively worse over a period of at least seven days, or I had a dangerously high fever. Luckily, through rest and self medication’ from herbs and a weak smattering of antibiotics from past doctors visits, I got better. Had I not, I seriously don’t know what I would have done, for I don’t want another debt” theoretically should Privitization encourage competition between numerous corporations to offer the most quality for the lowest price. But wouldn’t such a system result in two distinct type of health-care companies - one to provide insurance and one to provide the actual care? Wouldn’t the private clinics or hospitals try to bill the insurance firms for as much as they could? It would probably end up being an increasingly expensive game, with the patients footing the bill The world’s petroleum industry (made up of a number of corporations), for example, made over a billion dollars last year, when hundreds of gallons of oil were burning every second in Kuwait. Competitive? In the American system, the doctors also have to obtain insurance to protect themselves from a sue-happy society, the costs of which are passed down to the patient. In Canada, the suing of doctors is a relatively infrequent occurrence likely due in part to the occupation’s self-regulation and the subsequent sense of trust the patients have - a sense that dissipates as one has to deaI with the profit motive. privatize Consideration to any government-run enterprise must take into account an incredible amount of factors, many of which extend beyond efficiency and “money’s worth” arguments. Some of these are basic humanitarian concerns. It must be recognized that privatization arguments relating to health care are vastly different than, say, ones calling for the government to sell off Canada Post. We, as a society, are dealing with the physical health of actual human beings, and not the speediness with which letters are delivered. - -

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How you can help co-op university needs to hold on to its employers as the market “supply” of students becomes flooded but the “demand” by employers remains stable or decreases. 2) Networking is the key to the surviva1 of co-op in the business world. In speaking with a sector manager from my department at a monthly meeting I discussed the co-op program with him at length and learned that he needs some software documentation done. I recommended that he consider hiring a UW student (an option he had never considered) and 1offered to contact the co-op office at UW to solicit information for hiring students on his behalf. Although he was unsure of whether it is possibIe to hire a student at this time, he may consider it at a later date. Because of this initiative,astudentwhomightnothavehada jobin the summer term may be employed. Think of all the opportunities we have at work to sell co-opto our employers by proving our value and by taking the initiative to help them by helping ourselves and other students. Most of us have friends or family working in management positions in either the private or the public sectors. There is an old saying that is as true today as when it was first spoken: “It is not always what you know, but who you know.” By making an effort to inform these people involved in the hiring process about the benefits of hiring co-op students, we can increase the global reach of our co-op program twofold. Co-ordinators are few, but students are many. Through networking’ we can create jobs for students with new employers who have never hired students before and, introduce them to our needs asa co-op university while filling theirs.

While these comparable programs are not nearly as extensive as UW’s, many universities grid their students are realizin&e value of a co-operative education. What &is means is that UW co-op jobs are in jeopardy! With so many cutbacks in past few years, the co-op jobs are becoming few and far between, whereas perhaps they might once have been plentiful. Somehow I felt that this topic was being missed in both the co-op manual ( which I am sure all “co-opers” have digested COVER to COVER - yes, this is sarcasm!) and in the co-op seminars. Therefore, I offer all co-op students these words of advice for their work terms and I apologize if they come off as being preachy: 1) Remember that your actions have counter reactions. This means that if you leave an employer with a “bad taste” in his or her mouth; you may jeopardize a job for another co-op student. UW is no longer the only source of students. More than ever our

by Jason Sack SpiaI to Imprint I am presentIy off-stream working in Ottawa (like many UW co-op students) for the federal government of Canada. This is my tit work term and, as such, it is very much a learning experience which I would like to share with fellow students. I now realize that the University of Waterloo is not the only co-op university in Canada (a fact of which I was not aware of before Working in Ottawa). In fact, many Canadian universities and colleges are already participating in similar co-c$erative education programs to that of our own. At mv workplace. the Universities of Regina, ’ Conco;dia, . Dalhousie, Carleton, Sherbrooke, and Waterloo are represented by student “co-opers”as well as Fanshawe, Conestoga and- Algonquin College co-op students.

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Criticism of engineers unfair After reading last week’s Fireside Chat about the OFS referendum, I felt I had to respond tb a couple of things Peter Brown said about the engineering faculty, as I believe I am the only e&ineer-whom regularly contributes to Imprint. In the editorial, Peter says that engineers voted “in droves and like sheep.” I think this is an uncalled for attack on the engineering faculty as a whole. First of all, about the sheeo comment, I dun’t see how? vou could know ihe motivatiin behind why ‘the majority of people in engineering voted “No”. You see, there isn’t a big meeting where the engineering society president flips a coin then orders everybody to vote one way or another. I am sure that people in engineering (as in all faculties) considered both sides of the argument through the posters, Imprint articles, and forums, and from them made a conscious decision as to whether or not they think that the UW Federation of Students should stay in the OFS. Although the majority of engineering students voted for the “No” side, I do not see

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As a person living in North America, I find nyself lucky and privileged to live where I do. Ay parents were born in China before the Communists came to power and left a few ‘ears later. I was born in Guyana, a former British ,olony in equatorial South America, sitting itop the vast Amazon forests of Brazil. Maybe hat’s why I feel a kinship to the rain forests Ind wish I could slap a few banking heads at he International Monetary Fund. As a North American since I was three rears old, for better or worse, I identify myself 4th North American culture and its roots in Nestern Europe. That is, I value reason, reedom, true democracy (if we ever get it), md a sense of greater humanity that ties the Jarious people of the world, irrespective of heir colour, ethnicity, and race. But because I ive in the richest part of the world, I am aware >f the vast injustice that has created this Nealth, and sometimes overwhelmed by the ask of even thinking about where to start to aemedy the world’s ills, I feel apprehensive Ibout exhorting my peers to stand up and nake a difference.

But can I afford not to? There is a moral ideal that pervades the Western cultural attitude and that is the ideal of “authenticity.” “Be true to yourself.” “Do your own thing.‘; It has its source in the philosophy of individualism and the search for the self, Charles Taylor writes in The Mukuisu of Moderniy. He points out that critics such as Christopher I.asch.has called this ideal the “culture of narcissism,” and that others like Allan Bloom, in his book TOP ~~u.~i~?~~f~hr,4m~~~an Mid, have condemned it outright. Taylor sees that authenticity is a good thing in our culture as long as we stick to a high moral ground and can justify our actions rationally. In making the choices that create our.s&?s we should strive to be sure that they are significant with respect to the world around us and to others, otherwise we will slide into selfindulgent subjectivism and the self-defeating consequences of moral relativism.

why that should be considered to be more of a herd response than the arts faculty voting mostly for the ‘Yes” side. Maybe it is just because Peter was on the ‘Yes” side and Imprint was the home of the official “Yes” committee (or is that just the way it seemed). Whether or not the “No” campaign contained “haIf-truths”is a matter of opinion and indeed the ‘Y~~“campaign was obviously not able to convince the majority of students that this was the case. As to engineering having a high turnout, well, is it a bad thing? I thought that having an opinion and putting out the effort to express it was the basis of democracy. This is the most dangerous aspect of the article, as students might feel that if they show concern for how the university is run and take the time to vote, they might be made a public example of how stupid and incorrect they are, and this may cause more people to walk past the voting booths next year.

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So what does this have to do with me? Or you for that matter. Recognizing the vast problems that plague the human condition, it might be a good starting point to reflect upon what we have achieved and what remains to be done. Maybe 111have some answers in a few months.

EntropyI is at work by Michael Bryson Imprint staff “Do I contradict myself? Alright 1 contradict mvself, 1 am large I contain multitudes.” - Walt Whitman

For Thomas Pvnchon, author of Virrhd claim,* the American voice of the i‘jttl 20th ccntur\r’, there are but two forces at \%*:ork in the woild, entrtjpv and paranoia. Entropy, roughly trans&d into Pynchonian terms, is pessimism, the not&n that everything, is falling apart. Pynchon’s entropy cxptains the discontinuous, chaotic nature of life, whertl ‘meaning’ is a constructed, lintrar pattern of relationships. AsksPvnchon,“Does lift make sense?” “No.” “Whv not?” “Entropv i5 at work.” Entropy destroys Iin&patterns. In cr)tltrast to entropv’s pessimism, Pynchon places the optimism of paranoia. Like does make sense, Lou say. Well, says Pynchon, you must be paranoid. Paran&a constructs meaning, creates linear relationships. Pynchon notes that it is part of the general neuroses of our times, liiring in the clutches of mass communication, that when we go looking for information we are deluged by ‘facts,’ which are often incomplete or even contradictory. Finding meaning in such a world, says Pynchon, stems from a paranoid mind. Moving these abstract notions into more concrete terms, I’d like to examine a recent example of Pynchonian paranoia as meaning, Oliver Stone’s epic telling of the plot to assassinate President John F. Kennedy on October 23, 1963. ,lnd, surne

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poses not only unacceptable, as I would argue, even if there were no alternatives, but unnecessary. Over the last couple of years, I, along with a group of students at the University of Waterloo, have been trying to explode the myth that pesticide use is safe and necessary. Last year the University sprayed 54-Q dicamba, mecoprop, ‘and other pesticides on the grounds. You may have noticed the distinctive and suffocating odour of newly applied pesticides or fertilizers. If you didn’t, the warning signs were there to remind you that pesticides had been sprayed. Althouggh you may not have experienced any short-term malaise, exposure to pesticides can have serious long-term implications for your health and for IocaI wildlife and vegetation. Avoiding the areas where pesticides have been applied will not necessarily protect you from exposure. Pesticides and synthetic fertilizers do not always remain conveniently contained in the area of

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studentsfltr GreenSociety demandban on pesticides application. these chemicals may drift through the air or travel through soil into ground water. UW is not alone in its concerns about chemical lawn care. A number of other universities have organized to get pesticides banned. Carleton University is following the lead of the City of Ottawa in terminating the use of pesticides as part of its lawn-care pro-

The author’s reference to a war zone is accurate. There is a war going on. It is the ongoing war that humans wage, at no small cost, against the perceived enemies that we call “pests.” In monetary terms, the sales of lawn care pesticides in the United States increased to over $700 million in 1988. World sales reached 18.5 million dollars by 1990. This is great news for lawn care compan+s and chemical manufactures. According to this letter, the obvious victims of this high-tech war were a number of doves with large growths on their beaks. A Waterloo resident witnessed the death of five to six doves in one week. These doves were not the targets for these poisonous sprays, but this did not protect them The writer of the aforementioned article concIudes that something is “horribly wrong” and that we must question the use of lawn care pesticides. For too long, the experience of the average person has not been viewed as valid. The experience of women who have been victims of “approved” birth control devices, the people who lived around L,ove Canal and, more locally, Elmira, victims of asbestos exposure, coupled with the observations of cornmon people that pesticides are not safe, comprises more than ample evidence that scientists and government regulators often neglect the public interest. The public is largely ignorant of the fact that pesticide registration does not mean that a pesticide has been adequately tested or even that a commercial pesticide has been determined to be safe or risk free. only three per cent of the 460 pesticides in use in Canada have been completely tested, according to Agriculture Canada3erhaps even more disturbingisthefactthatanumberoftestsarenot even required., such as the tests for neurobehavioral effects. The public is often misled by false advertising on the part of lawn care companies. A popular argument made by the representatives of Chemlawn is that pesticides are less toxic than the ingestion of an aspirin. You may be wondering,

if pesticides

are these companies

are not safe, why

permitted

to make such

ChiIM.

Who is protecting the public interest? The problem of misleading advertising on the part of lawn care companies has not been

gram. Carieton L

rategies

proposed

succeededc in convincing the university’s administration to discontinue the use of herbicides for one year. At the end of this one year period, which is ending this spring a decision will be made regarding the

future of chemical lawn sprays on ‘campus grounds. Those who helped to achieve the moratorium will continue to pursue the issue

company was f&e claims rega$ ducts. ! I do not mean & suie that they are’ squelch public safety. For exam1 the use of a her “ecology friendly D ‘*ecology friendlfi cate the herbicid most commonly the US, with a f&m of cance& Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Professom T. Goldb the Ont reviewa

chloropk

pton Goldbe nanT4 *

Golf Club in ! example of al-free lawn

been mainmk.

if it is not r@ved in their favour this spring. The members of Students for a Green Society (SGS) at the University of Western Ontario have just submitted a proposal to the university administration demanding a ban of pesticides on campus. Following a demonstration in the fall that received significant coverage from local media, the group sought the support of students, staff, and faculty, by petitioning throughout the campus. In only a short period of time the group collected 1,500 student signatures. The faculty at the university is also very supportive, according to an SGS member. It wiil be interesting to see whether the students’ and faculty’s concerns will be taken seriously by the decision-makers. In the next few weeks, the Pesticide Action Group will be petitioning the students and faculty of the University of Waterloo in an attempt to convince the University administration to respond to our concerns and to ban pesticides. Last term, petitioning was extremely successful. The petition will be submitted to UW President Doug Wright, Vice-President Academic and Provost Alan George, and Plant Operations. The petition wilI be one attempt to voice our concerns about the cos metic use of pesticides on campus. Signing the

petition

a small.

hut

important

step

challenging a system that has put your health, and the well being of wildlife and plant life second to convenience. The responsibility is yours! The Pesticide Action Group meets Mondays at 4 pm in room 110 of the Campus Centre.

Craw Cannibals by John Rainford special to Imprint Gary and Jack are two friends-walking down a street. As they stop to tz& Gary suffers an involuntary seizure and in the process of falling hits Jack, causing a small cut on Jack’s chin. An”assauIt” has taken place by Gary on Jack. Presumably, no court in Canada would find Gary guilty of an assault charge; medical evidence would be submitted supporting Gary’s claim that it was an involuntary act. If the assault as an involuntary act could be proven, no responsibility could be given to Gary and no charge would be assessed. This simple example is clear in its reasoning. A case becomes obviously more complex when the “involuntary or guiltless action” involved is the torture, mutilafion, and death of 15 men as in the case of Jeffrey Dahmer. It is thii same concept of defence however, that Dahmer will attempt to use this week. The Dahmer trial gets under way this week in Milwaukee where the defence is not attempting to prove his innocence, but that .Dahmer cannot be held responsible for the 15 murders he is charged with, on the grounds that he is insane. It is maintained that mental disease, like a seizure or spasm, is responsible for the grisly killings not Dahmer. The insanity defence is not new within the tradition of common law. Its use in Canada extends from Britain’s Criminal Lunatics Act of 1800. The goal of that act was the protection of society from so-called luqatics. The Canadian system was modelled after the concept of protection from the criminaIly insane.

chologist) wiU base on various tests and examinations the condition of the offender, the court will then evaluate the findings of the examiner. Theoretically, someone who is found insane is not held responsible for his or her actions, whether it be a minor offence such as shoplifting or a major one such as sexual assault or murder. It is at this point, as Dr. Herbert Fingarette of the university of California says, “problems arise when we descend from high moral principles to practical application”. What then are the “problems thatarise”? The medical evidence that is submitted in cases of the insanity defence is often disputed. The disputes arise within the field of mental health care as -fundamental issues are not clearly defined. Definitions as to what constitutes a mental disease for example, or what effect that mental disease has on its sufferer

or rehabilitated in the eyes of the personnel at the institutions and rn& be rele&ed into the -general population. This fGa; is ignorant in a sense as it is often rooted in a belief that mental health workers are head-shrinkers or modem-day witch doctors. The practical possibility of s&ious offenders being relea&d is v&y slim, but the possibility does exist. Should society expose itself to the risk of murderers and rapists ever returning to the general population after they have committed such atrocious crimes? The answer to that question is found in the value we place on rehabilitation, and the confidence we have in mental health care professionals to ensure that rehabilitation. Perhaps the most serious concern in the minds of many Canadians is the insanitydefence and the concept of justice. Would the family and friends of the three victims of the Ontario Glove shooting view

like a diamond bullet shot through the brain. #

The “landmark” concerning the insanity defence was the 1843 McNaghten case, McNaghten was a British vkteran of the Napoleonic wars and once returned home became convinced that the Prime Minister was out to kill him. He attempted to assassinate the Prime Minister but instead shot dead the PM’s secretary. He was acquitted on the grounds of insanity, but was still imprisoned to satisfy the public outrage at the verdict. In England at that time, a rash of assassinations and attempts had occurred and the public demanded protection from and prosecution of the offenders. The WcNaghten Rule” was established during the case and is still involved in the insanity defence debate today. The rule was designed to determine responsibility and stated that there must exist clear proof that at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was:

“labouting under such a de&ct of reamn,jnm disemeufthemindmtonotknowthenatureand the quality of the act he was doing: or if he did know it, that he did nut know that it wm wrong. ”

The insanity defence as it is used today depends first on the fact that no crime was committed. Any offence must include a guilty act (actus rea) and a guilty mind (mens rea). The insane offender cannot by nature of his condition at the time of the offence, possess a guilty mind. The proof of the absence of a “guilty mind” in the Canada and the US involves testing that aims to establish the existence of a mental disease, an impaired will, and the lack of understanding as to what one is doing. The examining personnel (psychiatrist, psy-

Dahmer has admitted to killing at least 15 people. His killing spree involved not only the taking of their lives but often slow torture, mutilation, and even cannibalism. Associates bf Dahmer’s describe him as appearing harmless. These same neighbours and co-workers had no view into his apartment where he drugged and attacked his victims. Is he insane? Consider that one of the motives of his killing is thought to be his desire to eventually control his victims in a zombie-like state, he wanted to manipulate them in such a way to be able to have sex with yhenever he a “corpse-like” person wanted. The facts of the case point to a man who must have been insane; however they bring up another. aspect of the insanity defence debate. The courts do not pass judgment on the perverted or the demented. The “insanity question” looks only at the issue of whether Dahmer was aware of what he was doing and whether or not he knew that it was wrong. In evaluating if Dahmer knew what he was doing, the court will consider his ability to convince police officers of a supposed “lover’s spat” with Konerak Sinthasomphone. Sinthasomphone a 14-year-old from Laos was seen running naked down an alley (an apparent escape attempt) which brought the attention of the police. The boy was turned over to Dahmer and later killed and dismembered. Dahmer’s convincing act to the authorities points to the notion that he was aware of his actions and may not be insane. Even after recognizing Dahmer’s careful, calculated conduct how could anyone argue that bleaching the skull of Ernest Miller or

The Horror.

. . the horror.

can be matters of dispute. Within an insanity defence case, especially one with a high profile, there will exist contradicting psychiatric evidence supporting both sides of the argument. The infamous Son of Sam case in New York presented very reputable experts in the defence and prosecution leading many observers to question both sides position. Where such disagreement exists, skeptics ask, should the insanity of the offender not be a virtual certainty in very serious cases? A further issue in the minds of those that question the insanity defence is the situation

placing the gunman in a provincial hospital as justice? Of course, even life imprisonment would not return the lives of the three victims, but at least it would indicate the full use of the mechanisms in place to deal with this individual who took the lives of three inndcent people. Most Canadians, I am sure, believe that the court should stand by principles in place without bias. That belief is often shaken however with society’s shock and disgust that violent crimes create. The concept of justice in the minds of citizens often ignores issues of mental health,

that develops

as such

once

an individual

is treated.

Once an offender is deemed to be insane in Ontario they become a ward of the Lieutenant Governor-General. They are placed in an institution to attempt to deal with their mental condition. If the individual responds to treatment, it is possible that they will be recovered

considerations

may

interfere

with

their concept of deserved punishment. The existence of various mental problems may not excuse individuals from the consequences of their actions. All of these issues will be addressed in the consideration of Jeffrey Dahmer’s insanity.

what will theysay? That he was a good man? 77zathe wus a kind man? 0

placing Oliver Lacy’s head in the fridge are not the actions of an insane man? But as John Jeffries of the University of Virginia explains “the question is not whether he is strange or has perverted, bizarre motivation.. . the yuestion is whether he knew rights from wrong.” Dahmer, with the heavy media exposure his case has received, may not be a good example of the insanity defence issue. If found insane, he will be committed and must depend on the authority of the courts to be eventually released. Due to the exposure that the case has received, it is impossible to imagine that he would ever be released. The insanity defence is used only in one per cent of crimes in North America and the percentage rises to 10 per cent in the cases of mass or serial killers. This could correspond to the fact that the mentally ill will commit more violent, horrific acts but the plea is still denied two-thirds of the time. The Dahmer case points out that the insanity defence issue should continue to be scrutinized. No matter what your belief in the courts or the field of mental health, questions exist as to how to define the criminally insane and what appropriate measures should be taken incarcerating them. The horror and brutality of the acts by mass murderers and serial killers may point to more than their inherent evil and perversity it may point to the dt~p extent of their mental disease. The fury and outrage directed at these killers shouId be tempered with at least consideration of possible explanations of their actions. Rising above the”eye for an eye” mentality may be difficult but may also result in a more true form of justice.

Athenas

WarriCWS

Warrior swimming

Warrior Vcdleyball

Fourth straight CIAU berth cut short

Fabulous Fourth The earned

Warrior

swimming

team

fourth

place in the OUAA last weekend at in St. Catharines, the highest finish for a UW swim team since 1987, when both the men’s and women’s squads ended up

championships Brock University

fourth. With a great overall team performance, the Warriors finished with 274 points, 100 behind Western and 100 in front of the fifth-place finisher. The University of Toronto won the meet for the 32nd consecutive year with 866.5 points and McMaster repeated a second-place finish with 778 points. Three Waterloo swimmers - Ralf Gunther, Ian Hunt, and Rich Blakelock - qualified for the CIAU championships on the weekend of March 5-7 at the University of Montreal. Because three swimmers qualified, a fourth person will be allowed to attend to complete the relay, the first time since the early ’80s that a men’s relay team will attend the nationals. This team will join four

Athenas who qualified for the CIAUs the weekend before. The OUAA

finals started Saturday

morning

All and all, they are all bricks in a wall. Photo by Rich Nichol by Rich Nicbol Imprint sports The Warriors’

Blqck road

Plague volleyball to a fourth straight

national

championship

appearance has been cut short. But they didn’t go down without a fight. Waterloo lost a two-hour and eight-minute marathon heartbreaker to the Western Mustangs 3-2 (15-9, 12-15, 15-12, 4 15,15-7) in one OUAA West division semi-final before 800 fans at Alumni Hall in London this past Tuesday. For some of the fourth-year players on The Plague, it was their last match of tfieir varsity volleyball careers and every one of them shifted their intensitv level into overdrive. Team captain Ian Heynen, who moved- from the middle position to offside in mid-season, scored his highest numbers of the season. He registered 24 points on 20 kills, three stuff blocks, and a service ace, while scrapping up nine digs, Power hitter Mike ‘Fullerton had the best match of his career. With a phenomenal 83 percent kill efficiency, he buried 20 points on 19

kills and a stuff, along with seven digs and a recovery. William Zabjek proved that he is a court chief by turning 13 quick hits into kills and adding four stuffs and five digs. Waterloo’s defensive specialists Brian Shin and Dave

Balodis combined for 24 digs, many of them on relentless dives. They

the best damn setter in the province, the Plaguesters managed to continue

scored 15 and 12 points respectively. Last and certainly not least was El Presidente, Shawn Smith, the man who runs one of the most deceptive tiffences in the country. He registered

their destructive ways. Back in October, the Warriors started off their exhibition schedule with a silver medal finish at the Brock Invitational, They even upset sixthranked British Columbia to finish

85 assists at a setting accuracy

of 91

percent. Offensively, Smith hammered 11 dumps for kills and built three stuffs for 14 points. He is undoubtedly the best setter in varsitv volleyball in the province this season, and was deservingly named to the

OUAA West all-star team, in this, only his second season. Smith joins McMaster power hitters Mike Chaloupka and Peter Preocanin, McMaster middle Barry Teplicky, Western offside hitter Brian Kussner, and Guelph power James Schweyer. Heynen just missed the all-star team by a couple of points. He finished seventh overall in the voting. The East all-stars were Marc Dunn

(Toronto), Eric Scofield (Queen’s), Mark HEtbash (Toronto), Adrian Adore (York), Djord jc Lju bicic (York), and Ron O’Hare (Queen’s), Despite the loss to Western, the Warriors have absolutely nothing to hang their heads about. All the cynics had counted them out as a contender back in April of 1991 when the twintowers Steve and Scott Smith graduated. But with many seasoned veterans, a strong support cast, and

Hockey Playoffs: OUAA West Semi-final game 2 Waterloo Warriors at Guelph Gryphons Saturday; Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m. ’ Game 3 (if necessary) Guelph vs Waterloo at Columbia lcefield Sunday, Feb. 23 at 2:30 p.m.

student Mark Goodwin. He placed seventh in the consolation final of the demanding 200 individual medley, which put him seventh a& time for the Warriors.

optometry

by Kevin McDonald Imprint sports

with preliminary heats to determine the swimmers who would compete in the finals at night. Ralf Gunther and Ian Hunt got the Warriors off to a great start by qualifying for the CIAU championships in the 100-metre butterfly.

Former

That night, the top eight in each event swam in finals and the second

fourth at the prestigious Winnipeg Invitational in early January. After two tough losses at home to begin the regular season campaign, Waterloo rebounded with a four-match undefeated streak, including three straight wins on the road. Then came every coaches nightmare - injuries. At the McMas-

eight swam in consolation finals. But the session started out with the 4x100 medley relay. The Warriors’ “A” team of Mark Yip, Rich Blakelock, Ian Hunt, and Scot Whyte came in seventh (third all-time for UW) and the “B” team of David Dineen, David Schneiderman, Kevin McDonald, and Andrew Cartright came a respec-

ter Invitational, supercharged power hitter Jeff Stover injured his knee and was out for the season. Also, Waterloo’s leading scorer in the fall term, Jon Tenthorey had major side

table 15th. The individual swims of this session began with the 200 free. Swimming in consolations were Cash and

team

pulled an outside smoke coming from lane eight on one side of the pool to finish fourth in the finals, mis-

sing the CIAU of a second

standard by 7/100ths and placing third all-

time. This night ended with the tough 4x200 free relay. The “A” team of Cash, Blakelock, Gunther, and Krupp put together some good swims for sixth place (second all-time) and the “B” team of Dineen, Jeff Picket&, Cartright, and Goodwin finished 14th. The second day of a meet is usually tough, but everyone showed that

they were in great shape as several good swims were turned in by all team members in heats, setting the team up for a great finish. Sunday night led off with the 4x50 medley relay. The team of Hunt, Blakelock, Gunther, and Yip lowered their own school record by another two seconds to 2:47.30 and finished fourth overall. The ‘3” team of Cartright, Goodwin, McDonald, and Whyte swam very well to finish 13th.

the team Cowered their own schoolrecord

Later, Mike Cash powered his way to a personal-best by 10 seconds in the 1,500-m free style time final, placing fourth on the Warrior all-time topten list, and finished a respectable

16th overall.

Hong Kong Olympic

member Mark Yip represented Waterloo in the last event of the evening, the all-out sprint, the 50 free. Yip

Starting

the individual

swims

for

the Warriors, Mike Cash was anxious to qualify for CIAUs in the 400 free. He went out very fast, giving it all that he had, but he came up just a little bit short. This race finished off a long and successful university career for this team co-captain Waterloo then packed three people into the 100 back stroke consolations. Yip, Dineen, and McDonald finished third, sixth, and eighth respectively (fourth, sixth, and seventh all-time). Rookie Rich Blakelock finished off good weekend by making a second CIAU cut in the 200 breast. He finished fifth again and is third all-

his

effects for his 42-inch vertical jump. The pain of major shin splints and

fellow Bermudian Jason Krupp. Cash won that race in a come-from-behind victory to place him second all-time,

knee problems forced the offside hitter to call it quits in January. However, both will be back next season. Promising freshman middle Marty Kulas did not return in January due to Iack

while Krupp swam a tactical race and placed third, putting him at fourth al!time. In the next event, the 100 breast stroke, the third Waterloo CIAU

athlete

of funds. Yet despite their shortened roster, the Warriors refused to give up. Two

qualifier Rich Blakelock blazed his way. to a fifth-place finish in the finals.

Krupp made a valiant attempt the CIAU cut in the consolations

His time of 1:06.48 put him under the qualifying time by a scant l/lo0 of a second and gave him third all-time.

the 200 fly but came up a bit short and finished fifth. Gunther joined Krupp in this race to finish eighth in con-

wins later, they clinched a playoff spot, with three weeks still left in the season. Part of that success came from the strong bench support of veterans Rene I-Iolt and Perry Strauss, along with freshmen Jack Krmpotic, Mike Lardis, Roger S&amp, and Mike Service. Even the potential of 6%‘: 2IO-lb. power hitter Eric Butcher, who will make his debut with the Warriors next season, is enough to make an opposing team coach’s head spin. And rumour has it that two-time All-Canadian Steve Smith may return next season for his fifth and final year of eligibility. He currentIy plays for Canada’s national team, but that squad will be the victim of severe budget

cuts in 1992-93.

No matter who plays for The Black Plague next season, you can be guaranteed that the best volleyball program this side of Toronto will once again be a force next season.

The 200 back stroke followed this, with graduating seniors McDonald and Dineen putting together some great sixth

tin% to end up second and in consdations respectively

(fifth and sixth all-time). The Warriors then showed their strength by having three swimmers with second swims in one event, the 100 fly. Krupp swam first in the consolations, coming in third but just missing the nationals cut. Then, in the finds, Hunt placed &h, but German exchange student Gunther swam to a new school record of 56.74 and, more importantly, a bronze medal, the first OUAA medal for a de Waterloo swimmer since 1985. These three swimmers are the fastest three 100 flyers at Waterloo ever. The surprise of the meet for the War+ was the performance of

time again, just like it in the shorter

distance.

Blakelock

UW for .his accomplishments. Goodwin also finished off a great meet with a fifth place in the consolations of this event. of the week

earned

honours

soLatjons, which put him fifth on the alMrne list Next was the exciting 4x100 free r&y, This relay usually showcases some of the best swimming of the meet. This year was no disappointment as the top three schools M&laster, the University of Toronto, and Western - battled for first place and Guelph edged Waterloo for fourth Nonetheless, the team of Hunt, tih, Gunthner, and Yip broke the school record that had stood for 12 YThe ‘3” team of Krupp, Whyte, cartwri t,andDineenhadaf&ntastic set oP swims and finished ninth.

Wmtinued to page

Imprint,

Friday,

February 21, 1992

Warrior swimming *cont’d. from page 13* Many team members did not get points for the team this year, but they gained a lot of experience which will help them in contributing to the team in future years. Eric Huff and Dave Schneiderman were on work term in Ottawa, severely hampering their training and meaning thatthey did not swim as well as they could have. Senior team member Jeff Budau swam well at this meet in fmishing off his career and was the loudest of ali cheering at the finals. Distance man Jeff Rcketts came back after a one-year layoff from swimming to have a fairlygoodmeet Lmk out for thii guy in the years to come. Rookie Sean Lashmar used this

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barrier for his fwst 100 free. Scot Whyte, who swam on several relays, finished off his competitive swim career in grand style with several good times. Andrew Cartright also swam many relays helping these teams to place high getting valuable points. 4 The men’s teams would like to thank head coach Reema Abdo and assistant coach Kathleen Naylor for their hard work and dedication to the program, and also team trainer Kathryn Yates for healing what ails us. Thanks also go out to the women’s team members, alumni, and swimmers’ parents who came out to support Waterloo swimming.

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Imprintsports A first-place showdown in bndon was the order of business for the War15013 last week; the winner the OUAA West champions and rewarded with home-ice advantage through the OUAA West playoffs, the loser second best this year. It’s hard to believe that any team would even have a chance of catching the Wimiors a couple of weeks ago when the they had a sizable six-point lead on the rest of the pack, but losses to Guelph and Laurentian, combined with a Stang victory over WLU in the Bubble, made the last game of the season for the Warriors more meaningful than Warrior fans had hoped for. Unfortunately, the Warriors couldnrt muster the win, losing 3-l. As a result, Western clinched first place in the OUAA West, leaving second to Waterloo. These two teams had byes through the quarterfinals. The Warriors played game one of a

best-of-three (Thursday)

Gueiph Gryphs

semifinal at the Icefield

Gryphons. thrashed

last

night

against the

The third-place the sixth-place

burentian Voyageurs on Tuesday night 7-1, while the Witid Laurier

Golden Hawks trounced the Windsor Lancers by an identical score in the other quarterfinal. McKee is confident that Ballantyne will be in the line-up for this round and there is also a good possibility that Steve Woods will be back as well, but the team is not counting on his return quite yet. The return of those two defencemen would definitely improve the chances of the Warriors to advance to the division finals. The Warriors are going to need ail the players they can get to play against the Gryphons, who have already beaten the Warriors twice this year in regular season play. McKee’s team is still hurting with the absence of Darren Snyder. “We need Darren

Snyder back in That wiii help greatiy,” McKee sid. Snyder will most likely not play another game this year unless the Warriors can squeak by the the ltieup.

The sign of a good times.

goalie

is that he knows

As for

the preparation for the Guelph, Mckee feels that the team is prepared mentally for them, and it all comes down to execution. confident

a beaten-up

team

that

Right from the beginning, one could see that it was going to be a long. night for the Warriors, with Western dominating puck-control , forechecking, shots on net, and the score, although the Warriors managed to keep it close. More bad news for the Warriors came in the way of yet another injury, in fact, two injuries. Brad Geard hurt his shoulder and Mike Chitaroni suffered a concussion.

Head coach Don

McKee was now down to oniy three defensmen ten minutes into the game - another obstacle to overcome. The Mustangs scored the only goal in the first period on a play that McKee

felt should

not have ended in

a goal. In fact, two of the three Mustang goals, McKee felt were gimmes.

“I think we should have been able to save them,” said’~McKee on sur-

penalty

and play was stopped, 1~ took a cheap shot at the Warriijr player. The Warrior player had pientbr of opportunity to retaliate, but declined on the offer of the Western goon. The power-play was powerful, but the Western goalie was up to the task and the Warriors came up shortWaterloo continued to dominate in the third against the defensive posture of the Mustangs, and despite outshooting them 12-7 in the third couldn’t find that elusive second goal. Coach McKee said “i wasn’t disapby the effort of the Warriors in the game citing the fact that thev

pointed”

$y+J+J;yg;;;

into enemy territory last to end the regular season.

Friday Baqantyne and Woods were the defensive men missing, and leading scorer for the Warriors Darren Snyder was also out of the lineup as the teams faced off at centre ice in front of a boisterous London crowd.

is at all

played most of the game with or& three defencemen and yet managed to play better as the game progressed. Imprint wiil have all the details of the Gryphon execution (hopefulIy) next week as all the results and stories from the games will be made available. If you missed last night’s garnd?, don’t despair - bring the noise to

games against

It was

the puck

Photo by C.D. COUIBS

ptise starting goalie James Organ. Urgan let up all three goals to the Mustangs before Steve Udvari came in to play 30 minutes of shutout hockey. At the point of the goalie change, the Mustangs had just made it 3-O and the Warrior players were getting discouraged at their play in the second period, not being able to direct a shot at the Western net until almost eight minutes into the frame. No one was more upset than Kitchener native Dave Lorentz who, after being on the ice for the minus, took a walk down the hall to gather his thoughts.

Gryphons.

headed

where

It seemed that from that moment on, the Warriors played with a new found intensity that started to pay off in the way of scoring opportunities. Leading the way was Lorentz, who played like a man possessed. Unfortunately, despite the Warrior players playing bigger than their size, the Western defensemen out-muscled the Warrior forwards, and clear scoring opportunities were few and far between. One opportunity the Warriors got was on the power-play, where the team has been deadiy this year. Things didn’t start out on a completely

offensive

note

necessary,

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at the Columbia

Icefields.

Drew wrong

cuts

however.

Seconds into the penalty, Steve Udvari was tested by a Western player on a break-away. Udvti responded to the test, and gave the Warriors a lift. Troy Stephens took that defensive gem of a play and turned it into a power-play goal with just under four minutes left in the period. The Warriors got their second chance on the power-play earIy in the third period. A Warriors player (I couldn’t tell who he was) showed great discipline to make sure he didn’t go off with the Western player. After the Western player got the

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21, 1992

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Warrior hoopsters lose nailbiter by Paul Done

Imprint!spmt.s I guess the reason that sports cliches exist are that bitter experience bears them out. Wednesday night’s Warrior basketball loss to the McMaster Marauders brought a slew of the most over-used basketball truisms to life. Remember the one that goes “It ain’t over ‘till it’s over”? How about “Can’t buy a bucket”? Another good one would be “Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.“You could just as easily apply “You gotta play the full 40 minutes.” All disappointment aside, the loss means that Waterloo will most likely have to win two playoff games on the road in order to have any chance of making it back to the PAC for the OUAA Championship tournament on the weekend of March 14-15, Unless the Warriors find some consistency, quickly, their playoffs won’t last more than one game. Waterloo played their best game of the seawn against McMaster when they layed a 15point beating on the Marauders in Hamilton. For most of the first half Wednesday night, the Warriors looked like they might be ready to put together another strong effort to keep their hopes of a thirdplace finish (and a home playoff game) alive. Both the Marauders and Warriors were on fire to start game, hitting everything that they up. Waterloo’s passing was crisp accurate,

creating

shredding

the

the the put and

open shots and Mac defence. It seemed that the team which decided to play some defence tit would be

the one which

gained

the upper

hand. The Warriors’ de&n&e sparkplug Mike Duarte went out for the duration of the game at lo:% of the first-half after a hard collision left him limping. Down 28-27 with just over seven minutes to play in the half, the Warriors tightened up their 0, and sprinted to a 43-31 lead with three minutes to go. They then began a drought which would last a full ten minutes, not scoring again until 13:13 of the second half. At that point, Mac had run off 19(!) straight points, and led 50-43.

the ball wus in Viiuwvic’s handsagain. .

After a hard-fought half, a late surge put the Warriors up 81-77 with 53.1togo... then, as they say, the roof fell in. Sheldon Laidman hit two free throws to close the gap to 81-79. On the ensuing possession, a pass was thrown deep to Urosevic streaking to the hoop. Under pressure, he caught the ball and went straight up for the lay-up. The finger-roll sat on the rim, tantalizing the 1,500 in attendance, before falling off. Mac drove the ball back down the floor, and in the ensuing confusion, point guard Derek Howard hit a bomb to put Mac up 82-81 with 25 to go. After a Warrior timeout, the ball was in Urosevic’s hands again, driving the lane, he he put up a short jumper in traffic which - once again -

became acquainted with most of the rim before falling into the hands of Marauder power forward Sean Till. The Warriors had one more chance, down 83-81 with 5.5 to go, but two misplayed inbounds passes was over. A and the game heartbreaker. Four players hit double-figures in scoring for Waterloo, led by Sean VanKoughnett with 24. Despite a decent statistical night, Alex Urosevic never seemed in synch, and finished with 17, Chris Moore started hot, with 3-for-3 three-point shooting in the first half. He got lost in the second half, and finished with 13. Dave Lynch had 12 in 16 minutes of playing time. Before the game, coach Don McCrae had been lamenting Waterloo’s inability to find a comfortable line-up. His words seemed spookily visionary, as Mike Duarte’s injury once again messed up the Warriors’ regular rotation. As a result of the the loss, Waterloo can now finish no better than fourth. In order for that to occur, Waterloo must win Saturday’s game at Alumni Hall against the Western Mustangs by at least 16 points. If that happens, Western will visit us for a quarterfinal match on Saturday, February 29. If not, we visit them. Whatever happens, it’s going to be tough sledding for the Warriors. They seem to have overcome the emotional slide which their loss to Guelph began. The young team must find the emotional resources to overcome Wednesday’s disappointment, or their season could be over in a flash.

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One foot out of playoffs The Athena hoopsters have erected a high wall for themselves to climb over in order to make the playoffs this year. After a confidencebuilding 49-40 victory over the lastplace Windsor Lancers on Feb. 15, the Athenas fell last Wednesday to the McMaster Marauders 5 l-45. The win against Windsor, coupled with two losses by the Marauders to Brock and mighty Western, had put the Athenas in a position Wednesday evening, with a victory, to all but clinch a playoff berth. As it is, the Athenas must count on either them beating the 1 l-1 Western fillies in London, or the Marauders losing to the l-l 1 Wiidsor hncers in Hamilton Neither scenario looks promising. The Guelph Gryphons are also in the hunt for that last playoff spot, but they must play, and beat, the 10-2 Iakehead Nor’Westers tice at Lakehead. So, barring any major upsets this week, the Athenas will finish fifth, behind Mac, and ahead of Guelph. The one bright spot for the Athenas is that the Lancers’ sole victory this year was against the McMaster Marauders. If, by some divine intervention, the Athenas do make the playoffs this year, it will be the first time since the 1986-87 season when the Athenas finished with an even 6-6 record With the youth and talent of this year’s Athena

squad, one can be cer-

tain that in the upcoming years (if not this one), the University of Waterloo w# be well represented in postseason play, and five year droughts between playoff berths will not hapPen Signs of an improving basketball team can be found in such victories as that against the Lancers. The entire

team played well from beginning

end. From the start, the Athenas moved the ball around welI to create

scoring chances on the offensive

side

Athenas were both players with three or more years experience. Captain Brenda Kraemer walked away with

great decision-making under pressure and coming away with 12 points, her best of the year. The game against Mac gave a slightly different outcome for the Athenas. The Athenas started out of the block well, playing tough defense and competent offence. The Marauders seemed unable to handle the aggressive style of play by the Athenas and failed to click with their shooting. By the half, the Athenas were sitting pretty, carrying a fourpoint lead into the dressing room. In the second half, the Marauders employed some new tactics to slow down the Athenas and it worked. On offence, Mac moved around much more, creating open players on the weak side of the court. The Athenas defense couldn’t react to the changes as the Marauders almost doubled their output from the first half in the second. Defensively for the Marauders, they started using a half-court press to use it e=ly, and continued throughout the game as they saw of the success they were having against the Athenas. The Athenas became rattled by the aggressive play of Mac, and were forced into making more errors. By the end of the game when the Athenas were feeling the pressure to score, it became harder to even hit the free-throws, and the Marauders outscored the Athenas 32-22 in the second half, The veterans led the way in scoring Kraemer with 11, Erickson with 8, and Kathy Wordham with 10. The Athenas last game of the regular season is tomorrow (Saturday, Feb. 22) at Western. The Athenas will be hoping for a miracle of the

the

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of the ball. This, along with aggressive

team defence that produced 20 t-urnovers from Windsor, gave the many scoring Athenas OppOl-hlIlitieS.

Unfortunately, poor shooting (37 per cent) from two-point range made for a slow, but continuous increase in the gap in the score. The Lancers only managed a measly 29 per cent from the floor. The inexperience of the team (in general) can be seen by the fact that two of the top three scorers for the

most

points

(17)

and

most

rebounds (12). Fourth-year vet Leah Ann Erickson notched 9 points and 10 rebounds. Janice Awad put on a strong showing for a younger player; she emerged as a scorer, showing

make

the

playoffs,

but

maybe Western will have fallen into such a state of complacency after being so dominant all year that the Lancers can pull another upset over Mac. Maybe.

Imprint, Friday, February 21, 1992 17

sports

Nordicers register top ten results by Eva Sanz-Sole Imprint sports Last weekend, the University of Waterloo nordic ski team trekked over-fjord, valley, and dale for over seven hours to the snow-covered land of Deep River for the OUAA/ 0wIA.A finals. Along with help from coach Lisa Patterson, the women and men finished in seventh and tenth places respectively. The first event was the “Handsome Men 10K Classic.” Rick Roos was the top Waterloo skier for the first time this season with a time of 22:48. Following only one second behind was John Kim in 29th place. Steve Paradine skied into 30th position, Brent Atkins took 32nd, and Bill Cameron and Al Adams placed 43rd and 47th respectively. All skiers made a strong showing in a field of over 64 competitors. Although a demanding and strenuous event, Waterloo pulled through with it’s

usual grace and panache. Soon after, the “Pretty Women 5K Classic” was under way. Again, our top Athena Julia Norman placed in the top ten with a time of 2O:ll. Following behind was Eva Sanz-Sole and Robin Wheeldon. Our ability to team up against the forces of frost united against us was illustrated that afternoon during the men’s 3x7.5km and Women’s 3x5km Classic relays. The men’s A and B team placed a well deserved 12th and 13th out of 22 teams. The team included Trevor Stewart and the top The women’s team five skiers. brought in a close seventh place, leaving Queen’s eighth and face-planted in the snow four meters from the finish line. The skiing events continued Sunafter an all-night day morning snowstrosity which added 15 centimetres that day. The powdery conditions made the race pace slower and much more grueling, but the sky

was cloudless and the temperature held at just under freezing. It was as though Mother Nahzre was determined to stop the skiers, but being the hardy breed we were, we pressed on into the night and raged, raged against the dying of the light. The women’s 1OIu-n freestyle event placed exhausted learn members Norman, Wheeldon and Sanz-Sole in 15th, 32nd and 34th out of 50 competitors. All of the Warriors placed in the top 40 in a field of over 60 entrants. In the men’s 15km freestyle event, Ross led the pack in 26th place, followed by Kim in 31st, Cameron in 33rd, Paradine in 3&h, Atkin in 39th and Adams in 40th. Many thanks are due to Lisa for her coaching and her quick split calculations. The nordic team is recruiting for next year. Interested skiers should call Lisa Patterson at 7253185.

IThat ‘s all folks! by Frank Seglenieks Imprint sports The season ended with a whimper instead of a bang as the volleyball Athenas lost in three straight to firstplace finisher McMaster 15-l 3,15-10, and 15-1 last Friday in Hamilton. The loss put Waterloo’s record at 77, causing them lo end up in fifth place and out of the playoff picture in this year’s OWIAA. Although this vear’s final tally was better than the 410 record they finished up with last season, it was a disappointment for a tram which expected to finish much btsttcr with the added experience they had over last vear. The major factor-in this year’s team not living up to expectations would have to be the tragic loss of third-year setter Katrina Englebrecht to an ankle injurv hnlfwav through the season. Rookitl setter- Linda Ezergailis and Kartln Schmidt tried thtlir best to fill the position, but thev did not have the t~xpt~itwct~ tocarry iht, tcbllm to its full potential. In Fridav’s match, Waterloo fell bcbhind early in thtl first game 8-3, against d pow&u1 attack bv thtb MarL1udt’rs, but managed to put ti)gtlthcr some offenst! of their own, closing thtl scort’ to 8-7. But after a Mac timtlout, thev again showed wh>J they finishtld firsi in the division, getting fivtl straight points for a 13-7 lead. Wattbrlor, got a few back on a kill by SUP Bvlsma and a block by Carrrn Hall which put thtr score at 13-10. After a few side-outs, the Marauders got their 14th point when a quick set to Michellr VanVliet failed to rise above the net. Susan Bylsma powers it in for In a gutsy show by Waterloo, they got the serve back on a block by Christine Harrison and continued to the score to 12-9. Waterloo’s tenth roil with three points, the last of point came after a McMaster player which on a block by VanVliet. The argued a call too much and was given service was returned to McMaster on a red card, the first one I have seen in my two seasons a kill by their power hitter and then of women’s volleyball coverage. But the good tfiev won the game 15-13, on another times were not lo last as the Waierloo hit which didn’t make it ovt’r the net. Marauders showed their hitting proWaterloo got lucky at the beginwess only letting Waterloo get one more side out in the rest of the game, ning of the second game, as they won which they won 15-10. a point when they definitely hit the ball four times in one sequence, not very significant at the time, but this The third game - oh, let’s not talk about the third game. An obviously was to foreshadow the poor refereeing to come. frustrated Waterloo side could not Using four straight serves by Hall, put anything together to counteract the high-flying opposition. AdmitWaterloo went up 6-1, before the comeback * tedly, there were some bad calls by inevitable Marauder occurred

and

the

scort’

was

socm

tied

at six. Mac did not stop at six though and they trampled over the lacklustre Athena squad, going up 12-6. On a sequence of hits by power hitter Nicky Campbell, Waterloo got back so&e momentum and closed

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Waterloo won only five or six rallies all game, and thus they were not in the right frame of mind to challenge for the win. After the game, coach Dena Deglau was “disappointed” by her team’s

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“flat performance” and she thought that her team may have been intimidated by the first-place Marauders. From the stat sheet, VanVIiet led the way scoring ten kills with Campbell cIose behind at nine. On the defensive side, Hall and Harrison had five biocks each with Campbell coming in at ten digs on the night. Coach Deglau’s comment on the season was that the team “did a good job with Katrina out” and that they now realize that each match is important during the whole season as only one more win would have got them a playoff berth. As I did at the end of last season, Ill try

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sports

Campus Recreation

In League Bl, the Musdrats, Northern Boys and Bonged are all unbeaten with two wins each. Bonged has also accumulated 14 goals in just two games. In League B2, Greasy Lives, the Squeezers and East Infection are all on a winning streak with two wins each, while the God Squad and East Infection share the goal scoring lead while twelve. In League 83, Shafted and Pist’on and Zags’ Hogs are unbeaten with 60 wins each, while Zogs’ Hogs also lead the league in goals scored with fif-

by Barbara Jo Green Imprint sports A pretty quiet week here on -but those who stuck around I’m sure did not disappointment and appeared at least once in thePAC fora little activity. Only a few thing8 to note: There is still time to register for Dance for Heart. Pick up your registration package from the PAC receptionist in PAC 2039. The big day is March 1, 10 am - 1 pm. Help raise money for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Prizes for all fundraisers who bring in $10 or more and door prizes will be given out on the day of the event. Hope to see you there! pus,

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In League C, the Engosaurus Wrecks lead in both categories with three consecutive wins and a total of 21 goals in them.

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The Intramural Men’s Ice Hockey League is running smoothly for this 1992 season. There are 42 teams broken down into four different leagues. In league A, Martin is unbeaten with three wins, while the Chiefs lead in the goai scoring category with eight goals ib two games.

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MUENCHEN - With the winterpause over for German soccer, life again returns to normal. The indoor game proved to be a popular substitute for January, with 4-on-4 play on a 4%by-25 square-metre carpet. Unlike the North American game, the boards were one-metre high. In lieu of yellow cards, players were sent off for one-minute intervals for a foul. :The championships were held at the end of January in Munich’s Olympiahalle. Eight teams played 12minute games in two pools of four. When the smoke cleared, the final would feature two-time champ and Vfl, Borussia Dortmund Bochum. The game was close and exciting with Dortmund prevailing 21. Bad weather forced the cancellation of the Munich Derby (FC Bayem - 1860), and will be played under predictably tight security next Wednesday. It’s not Rangers-Celtic or even Liverpool-Everton, but like all cities with two pro teams in the same sport, fans of one rarely admit to liking the other. Many patches on the hooligans’ jackets are against the other team and 1860 fans also support 1. FC Kaiserslautern, one of Bayem’s hated rivals. Bayem fans can turn the song Guantanamera, guahia Guantanamera into Scheiss Kaiserslautem, but Scheiss FC Bayem also fits! Scandals are still the rule in German sport and three have been most prominent. First, SG Rosenheim, the runner-up in ice hockey has had to suspend operations. The club’s arena is too small and the mayor of the city has refused to approve expansion propods. As a result, the club’s sponsor has pulled the plug. The townsfolk were asked to help cover costs but SG Rosenheim will go ’ defunct. As in all parts of life, more and more residents of former East Germany are admitting their involvement with the secret police, the Stasi. This has included soccer, where star players with Dynamo Dresden and _ _

1Hansa Restock have admitted to ..L . collaboration and informing. One player, Dresden striker Torsten Guetschow, was approached with club approval when he was 18, Failing to collaborate would result in him being sent into the regular army, and never playing soccer nor seeing his girlfriend (now wife) again. Guetschow has been forgiven by present and former teammates, but rumors abound of new international Thomas Doll also being involved, Finally there is the Katrin tibbe scandal. Germany’s golden girl could do no wrong in the eyes of the people, but training in South Africa will cost her Olympic glory. She and two other training partners failed a doping test and subsequent trials have produced the same results. The German track association has suspended her for four years, but it has been appealed.

10 Second Ticker: ln attempt to upset the English, the French RU didn’t let England fans sit together in the France-England 5 Nations Rugby match. Said Bernard Lapasset, the new president: “I never want to hear the chant of IEngland, England’ again.” . . . The January aw&rd for sports-prose goes to The Gtiwdii~r cricket reporter, Mike Selvey. In commenting that New Zealand had not lost a test match in Christchurch, Selvey wrote: “the Kiwis are proud of that record, although the way it was achieved was hardly attractive: pitches as slow as a Sunday night, parsimonious niggly bowling to back up their one great attacking genius, batting that rarely raised itself to a remotely frivolous level, and umpires for whom an upraised finger is virtually the nuclear option.”

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Rich Blakelock Warrior Swimming Rich Blakelock is UW’s male athlete of the week following an outstanding performance at the OUAA competition Iast weekend. Blakelock also swam the breast stroke leg of two medley relays, as well as a strong leg in the 4x200 free style event. All totalled, Rich now belongs to UW’s all-time top-ten list in five event5.

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Primal scream RPM, T-ironto February 18,191

Tuesday,

by Christopher Imprint staff

Waters

Just as prophesied, Primal Scream brought their “rock and roll adventure” into Toronto’s RPM club. The relaxed atmosphere of the night saw the band take the stage at 11:20, and slacken into Roky Erickson’s “Slip Inside this House.” For .3 brief second, it seemed that the antithesis of S~,~(~(rnllct/i~l~(,(~,the very thing that Martin Duffy of the band could not capture, try as he did, in words, two weeks before, would be live. St mrr ?1utidit ‘II performed However, thankfully, such was not the case. The rocky beginning of “Slip Inside this House”smoothed out into a groove which was complimented by crafty guitar work. Virtually, every song performed by Primal Scream benefited by the addition of a hard edge from the two guitarists. Primal Scream’s third, and according to frontman Bobbie Gillespie’s Stalinist revision of the band’s back catalogue, onlv full-length album, Si.I~~tr,IItrtltlli~‘(I, -was in many ways a re-mix album. Most of the songs were relrasrd as singles prior to .the album’s release, and the majcjrity of the tracks were produced and mixed bv nrjted dance mtlsic producer Andrew Weatherall. Consequently,

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the rough and tumble aspects of Primal Scream, hinted at in their bside cover version of MC5’s “Rambling Rose,” were buried in the mix. It was this untapped resource which came into the forefront of Primal Scream’s live show. The band’s set list for the night consisted of the majority of the tracks on St.r~liftlltfik,k*tf. “M&in’ On Up” followed “Slip Inside this House.” “Don’t Fight it, Feel it,” “Loaded,” “Come Together,” and “Damaged” were all blissfutlv unveiled in their live imp~~rf~ction- with no apologies. No apdogv was necessary. In this case, a littleimperfection was the saving grace of the show. It let vou know that what you were watching was real, live, and energetic. It was not

Photo by Dave Fisher stagnant backing tapes. It was raw. Dare I say, it was rock and roll. Bobbie Gillespie, when not being held up by his microphone stand, danced, well, more aptly jumped up and down in his own version of legsonly jumping jacks. On the great drug food-chain, Bobbie Gillespie fell in between the dysfunctional nature of Shaun Ryder (drug guru of the Happy Mondays) and the fully functional nature of Ian MacKaye (straight edg;e leader of Fugazi). Albeit, Gillespie was a lot closer to Ryder, and like Ryder, Gillespie, when not required to be doing lipservice, in the form of singing or pouting, could be found sitting down on the stage. Gillespie received several standing eight counts but, amazingly,

back catalogue. What little was left of the rest of the evening was given to cover version!, and what covers they were! Sister Sledge’s “We Are Family,” The Stooges’ “No Fun,” and John Lennon’s “Cold Turkey.” Primal Scream is definitely higher than the sum (of its parts). They have drunk deep from the well of rock and roll’s history, and have attempted to revive certain parts of it; however, Iike Bobbie Gillespie’s attempts to be Mick Jagger, they fail ultimately. Yet, it is this failure that makes Primal Scream triumph at being themselves, and as amazing.

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never became a TM3 -~- . . I, At the beginning of “Loaded,~~ Gillespie relived ’60s drug dture andxock and roll idolatry with his cant answers to the query “Just what is it that you want to do?” The sampled question was posed four times with Bobbie answering, in succes“Heroin,” sion, “Methadone,” “Amphetamine Sulphate,” and finally, Bobbie said that he wanted to do the very thing that got Jim Morrison arrested. You know the Oedipal nasty thing. But in 1992, it did not sound that shocking, in fact, I doubt if anyone thought twice about it. Not even Bobbie. “I’m Losing More Than I Ever Had” was the only original Primal Scream song to survive from the purge of the

staff

All too often, our university community tends to live in its own little world, not venturing off campus to enrich the community surrounding us. Fortunately for Waterloo, though, there is an outlet for UW artists to . aw their work and to impress on the community. The Start Gallery, Uptown located in beautiful Waterloo, is an arena for UW and local artists to have their works viewed by the general public; to get their start, so to speak. Gurrently showing at the Start Gallery is a-show entiiled “Out of the Black: very recent art works by Bill Downey.” Downey is a UW fine arts student who is active in the comfreelance graphic munity doing including work for the design, Waterloo Public Interest Research Group (WPIRG). One of his major achievements, along with Todd Peterson, has been winning the design contest for, and

Me and my friends. painting, the mural facing .“Jester’s Court” in Uptown Waterloo (across from Waterloo Town Square). The mural, however,

is not truly

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tative of his personal work, so if you don’t like the mural, don’t let that keep you away from his current show. “Out of the Black” is a combination of Downey’s studio drawings and

Photo by Ken Bryson various paintings he completed over the Christmas break. The studio drawings dre mainly figures and technical works whiIe the paintings make up the primary portion of the show. Not terribly interested ing traditional-type +, paintings may be mostly

in presentDowney’s heads and

faces but he’d prefer to leave the “portrait” label off of them. He also likes to play with other traditions by “pushing or pulling various conventions (colour theory, etc.) by exaggerating, reversing or otherwise perverting techniques used for more traditional or realistic representation,” Of the paintings’ design, Downej says he took old student paintings on plywood and created an “active surface” to paint over by splashing them with turpentine. Adding to this surface various “unreal local colours, like flesh tones of mauve or green,” he once again plays with conceptions of realiv and orthodoxy. Completing the paintings with strong linear elements, he succeeded in creating multi-layered pieces of art. The final works are animated and deeply interesting: they present themselves, on first glance, as obscurely coloured portraits, but upon further examination, their depth and colour-play prove them to be far more substantial. Although it is possible to find a gothic or new-age theme throughout his paintings, Downey says “it is pointless to talk of a common theme” because he is an “artist, not a thinker or philosopher.”

Of course there are certain ideas present in his work, he adds, but due to the abstracted nature of art, they couldn’t be traced back to any specific idea in his subconscious. Likewise, he feels that artists shouldn’t pick a social cause to push, simply because art is too subjective to effectively cause any change. He wants his art to stand for itself; it’s more about painting than anything else. In the end, Downey adds that he “can’t talk about art or explain it without sounding pretentious,” which he isn’t. So if you know little or nothing about the technicalities of painting, don’t think you won’t enjoy his art. Like the agreeable man that created it, the art speaks for itself. “Out of the Black” is showing at the Start Gallery (suite 402,22 King St. S. Wloo) only until this weekend. Show times are: Friday, Feb. 21,7-9 pm, and Saturday, Feb. 22,1-5 pm. Donations to the gallery are welcome. Also showing at Start is recent ceramic work by Yuko Ueno & John Velaitis. Bill Downey also has art for sale at Casa Nina restaurant (on the corner of King St. N. and Princess St. wloo) .

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by Dave Fisher Imprint staff “It’s been so long I don’t know how I should begin,” lament the VerIaines in “Overdrawn,” an ambiguous song of love and confusion from their latest release Ready to Fly. Inadvertently, these lyrics might just as easily apply to the band themselves considering their mostly ticklish career and disposition toward recording their first album for a major record company. It’s a testament to the band’s talent, perseverance, and critical acclamation, (most notably in Option magazine), that the Verlaines have even been given this chance. Having undergone numerous personnel changes over the past decade similar to Maxtin PhiKpps and the Chills, the Verla.i.nes are basically a relentless vehicle for frontman Graeme Dowries -thegrouphas demonstrated remarkabIe flourish and resiliency whilst barely suntiving on the crumbs of the isolated and minuscule New Zealand recording industry. For those US with the band, the Verlaines sound and sensibilities are very much in the characteristic Antipodean pop tradition of Crow-

And so it is in regards to their past work and the brilliant major release debuts of compatriots the Chills and the Straightjacket Fits, that Ready to F/y comes across as a sad disappointment. The Verlaines have always strode perilously close to embarrassment - such are the risks of naked emotion - but always triumphed through great melodies, unabashed energy and, ultimately, sheer honesty. That honesty is still apparent on &XX& to E’y but a lot of the musical ideas are comparatively lacklustre with some songs thanklessly lapsing into McCartneyesque drivel. Which is not to say the album is bereft of any material that justified their jump to the big leagues in the first place. “Gloom Junky,” “Hold

On,” and the title track are all infectious and stand up well to past efforts. It’s just that more was expected from a band that deserves better. When you see the ChiWSubmarine&fk one of 1990% bestalbums - already in delete bins, you have to nervously wonder if Warner will have as much patience with the Veriaines as Graeme Downes has had with his dream.

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Waters

It seems that Miles Hunt of the Wonder Stuff’s introspection did not end on Never Loved Elvis. The selfassessment of “Maybe” and “38 Line Poem” must not have ended Hunt’s crisis because the band’s latest release to commemorate their motion picture, Welcome to the Ckeq Swts, is another journey through the past. This release comes in two parts. “Reel One” contains a bevy of new material. Well, actually, it has three new songs. Well, truthfully, it has two songs that are old, but which are new to the Wonder Stuff, and the only legit+nate new track is”Me, My Mom, My Dad and My Brother.” This song was prominent in the band’s set list on their fabulous whirlwind tour last fall. ‘Me . . . My Brother” is characte&tic Wonder Stuff distinguished by Martin Bell’s fiddle playing, and Miles’ playful lyric. “Reel One” is also notable for the Wonder Stuff’s collaboration with the Spirit of the West on the traditional tune “Will the Circle Be Unbroken.” These two bands maintain the renowned status of the song while updating it by combining tradition elements and modem components. 1 am sure that their version is the first version of this oft-covered song with

the funky drummer beat. That said, I should emphasize that the song works incredibly well. “Reel Two” contains a four pack of goodies for the WonderStuff devotee. On this collectable release, the band presents four pared-down mixes of their back catalogue. “Welcome to the Cheap Seats,” a track from the band’s third album Never Loved Elvis, is presented with Kristy MacColl joining the backing vocalists. “Caught in My Shadow,” another Elvis track, is down-played to almosta busking version. These new takes present the songs in a new and extremely positive light.

HUiY “Circlesquare,” one of the band’s best songs, is given another folk take. For some reason, the band is attempting to distance themselves from, in their estimation, the ‘dubious dance mix’ of “Circlesquare.” Yet, the stellar Paranoia Mix of “Circlesquare” kept the band alive during the fallow year

of 1991. Apparently, Miles thinks that roots rock, and not km+ dance remixes, is the future of the Wonder Stuff. The most surprising gem on this collection is a dr&ticaliy!revised version of “Can’t Shape Up” from the band’s second album, Hup. The album’s liner notes suggest that this version is Leonard Cohen-esque; however, a survey of listeners elicited the resounding response that the song was more Springseen’s N&msku than anything Cohen. That said, I should emphasize that the song works incredibly well. The Wonder Stuff return to Toronto, on Tuesday, kbnaary 25 as support for Siouxsie and the Banshees. The fact that the Wonder Stuff put on one of the finestshows of last year, and given their recent phyful revisions of their back catalogue, both, suggest that Tuesday’s performance promises to be an interesting and exciting show which should not be missed.

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Spectacle, wonder, and excitement . . . all this and more in the stage adapt&ion of Timothy Findley’s novel Not Wanted on the Voyage, a re-telling of the Noah’s Ark parable, from a slightly different perspective. A blind cat’s perspective. Sounds blasphemous? You don’t know the least of it. Read on. Not Wanted on the Voyage is a cynb cd, sometimes scathing, and extremely funny account of the story of the Ark, told with many flights of fancy, but with an unerring eye for detail. Findley’s novel is anything but literal, however; it is his interpretation and imaginations of the events leading up to the great Flood, and Noah’s perilous voyage. And what of his family - his wife, his sons, and his son’s wives? And what of the animals - the sheep, the cats, the hippos, the birds, the unicorns? Not Wanted is also their story. Director Richard Rose, in collaboration with co-adaptor D. D. Kugler, has extensively revamped the novel into an entirely visual and sensual production It still follows the novel closely, but with enough individual inventiveness for Rose to call it his own. Placing Mrs. Noyes cat, Mottyl, firmly in the centre of the audience’s attention as the play’s narrator, is Rose’s most evident and successful reconstruction from novel to play. Rose is generally successful in all aspects of his reconstruction, and positively brilliant in some, such as characterization. The portrayal of the characters is inventive and entertaining: Roland Hewgill as Noah Noyes shows us a crotchety, stubborn, and ultimateIy insecure old man, unhappy that his God has left him with the fate of the world entirely on his shoulders. Noah’s long-suffering wife (Janet

Wright) is patient, kind, and wise; she alone maintains the hope for a better future after the flood, a future that does not include vengeful, cranky gods or cruel, unyielding men. Mottyl, the blind cat (played by Anne Anglin), is at once playfully spirited and deathly serious as the narrator of the voyage. Her blindness is eerie - _in this dreadful voyage, only the blind can truly “see.” And God in a beat-up, ratty old cardigan, tissues stuffed into one pocket and lozenges in the other. . . seems prey realistic to me. The animals are played within a wide range of personalities and costumes. There is, for instance, the almost minimalist Barky the dog who is quiet and inoffensive, with just a lot of hair. The unicorns, on the other hand, are rich and opulent - dressed in pale silken finery, Unicorn and his Lady prance and frolic through the pre-Flood paradise, the last symbols of purity and beauty to embark on that dangerous voyage. And the

sheep! Trained by Mrs. Noyes to sing hymns in praise of God, the small flock of sheep are cute, dopey, forever following Mrs. Noyes around, and dressed in choir robes. Dopey, followers, flock of worshippers - get it? Sheep! I was very impressed with the quality of the play with regards to its faithfulness to the novel; however, I’m glad that 1 took someone along who hadn’t read Nut L#4~t& O/J the Voyuge, because we were able to compare our impressions. While 1 was thoroughly absorbed in seeing how events would unfold, my partner found some scenes, especially in the second act, to be disjoinkd, elliptical, or just incomprehensible. It’s not khat I relied heavily on my prior reading of the novel to understand the play, but it certainly helped. Also, we both decided that the various voice-overs “whispers,” assorted (Mottyl’s were distracting and animals) CHEESY. Voice-overs, or voice! of conscience, are rarely, if ever, effective. Not WaNed w the Vo+vffge is a coproduction between the Necessary Angel Theatre Company and the Canadian Stage Company, in association with the Manitoba Theatre Centre. The play enjoyed a very successful run in Winnipeg, and plays in Toronto until March 7th. Tickets are $25 from Tuesday to Thursday nights and the Saturday matinees, $40 for Friday and Saturday night performances, and $18 for Wednesday matinees. However, most starving students will be very glad to know that Monday nights are “Pay What You Can” performances, part of the St. Lawrence Centre’s wonderful policy of bringing art to the l?t-~plr~. Also, postshow chats will be held after Tuesday night

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matinees, where Wvc~uthe audience can meet and talk with the directors, designers, and members of the cast and crew. You can buy tickets at the box office, (located at Front St. and 5~0tt) but hurry - this will prove to be a very popular show.

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21, 1992

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there is something YOU can’t do.” Ice T ended off!this portion of the concert with “New Jack Hustler” from his latest album and then told the crowd that he would be back in ten minutes with Body Count, I would have liked to have heard some more songs from his album, but its hard to have an encore when the performer is coming back on stage any-

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by Frank Seglenieks Imprint staff This Tuesday at the Concert Hall, Ice T and his disciples put on a threehour-plus spectacle showing how the musical styles of hip hop and hard rock can be successfully combined. Opening for Ice T was a band from Nashville {the official home of country music) called Hard Corps, after which Ice T and the Rhyme Syndicate pumped the audience up to receive ICC T fronting for his thrash band Body Count. The most interesting thing during the wait for the bands to begin was that there was a schedule up for when each band would start, so you knew exactly how long you were going to have to wait. I think the reason for this was tha$ it was an all ages show, ie. no alcohol, so the Concert Hall wasn’t going to make any money if the place was filled by 8:30. Anyway, it was a nice change to know when the bands would be hitting the stage. The show was partly sponsored by CITY-TV’s Electric Circus, which explains why everybody was dressed the way they were - I probably should have borrowed my brother’s pair of LA Raiders track pants to look more at home. But waiting there in my light T-shirt, I knew that the people around me wearing four layers of cIothing would soon feel the heat produced by hundreds of slamming bodies. Hard Corps hit the stage on time and first impressions would suggest

that they were a combination of Suicidal Tendencies and Run-DMC. Their sound was faithful to their look as the two lead singers exchanged raps while the band was going a-milea-minute on the guitar, bass and drums. Their raps did not stray to far from standard rap fare: gangsters, sex, and partying, as well as a decent c’over of AC/DC’s “Back in Black,” which allowed the guitar player to have a rare solo. Visually, the most interesting aspect to them was the constant change of hats of one of the band members; I counted ten, everything from a huge green cowboy hat to a game warden’s, The rappers had a great rapport with the audience, leading them in chants, shaking hands with the people in the front row, encouraging

way.

The KKK took-my baby away. body surfing by the audience, and even diving into the audience themselves. They even enticed about eight females to join them on stage for a song which I think was called “Big Butt,” but as with most of their lyrics, it was hard to determine just what they were saying. The band released their first album the day of the concert and now has a video for their self-titled song, “Hard Corps.” It will be interesting to see how their sound translates into the recorded medium, but judging by _ their 45minute performance, they might just be worth checking out. Ict3 T hit the stage about 20 minutes later with a set of music that drew’ material from all his albums, but it was his comments between songs, which for me were the most interesting aspect to his live performance. He was of course not on stage alone, and this timtl apart from his t*ver present DJ Evil E and mentor Aft&a Islam, he was joined by Rhyme Syndicate members Shawne Shawn, MC Krush, and Shawne Mac. But the members of the Syndicate were just there to back up the main man except for Afrika Islam’s part in the song “Let’s Get Butt Naked and Fuck” and when they lead the two halves of the crowd in a shouting competition where instead of “Less Filling, Tastes Great,” the chant was

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“The Party’s over her’e, so suck my dick” along with other things my mother wouldn’t be happy to know I was shouting, . He started ,off with “Ziplock,” a song from his latest album Otigi~l Gangwr,then into “Ricochet” from his latest movie; and speaking of movies, he said that he just finished shooting a movie with Ice Cube due out in the fall. He then went into his more popular songs “I’m your Pusher,” ‘*High Rollers,” “Let’s Get . . ,“, as well as the title tracks to his “Power,” “Iceberg,” and albums “Original Gangster.” He was easier to understand than Hard Corps and, like them, led the audience in various chants, at one point stressing the fact that he wanted to party with the audience instead of partying at them. Other topics which came up between songs were various slags at Vanilla Ice and the police, an explanation about being an original gangster which consists of being original in the wav vou dress, think and act, and the wail in which his concerts and music bring together people of all races to party together. He also had a message about self-determination as he said “I wanted to be a rapper, so I released an album, 1wanted to be an actor, so I’ve been in a movie, I wanted to be in a hard core band, and now I’ve got one, so don’t let anybody tell you that

A noticeably thinned out crowd witnessed the return of Ice T on stage, this time with guitar player Ernie C, drummer Beat Master B, and the rest of Body Count which included two guys in the back with pump action rifles. Ice T let his hair down for this part of the show, as well as his belt, this answered that age old question of what type of underwear he wears (white boxers). The topics of the songs had a decidedly dark flavour, for example prison, voodoo, and a certain part of his body which he calls Evil Dick. A less serious one was called “I fell in love with a KKK bitch,” while “Momma gotta die tonight” (which I believe was the oritial title for the new Sylvester’Stallone movie) is supposed to be a song against racism but in it he graphically describes burning, beating, and dismembering a mother who‘ teaches her child to hate (the irory qf it all - d). The crowd was

again totally into the music with the space in front of the stage being a slam-dancing frenzy. The last song should again be a hit at upcoming weddings - I think that the title of “Cop Killer’kays it all. Ice T took time to introduce each song individually an~d explain its meaning, something I like to see at concerts. He also said to look out for the debut Body Count album to be reIeased March 31 and the next Ice T album to be called Institrrtionaked to come out in July. After three hours of mayhem, the crowd was released into the Toronto night, and although the staff of the Concert Hall did an admiral job of keeping the audience cool by dumping copious amounts of water on them, I am sure most were relieved to hit the frigid air outside. The most disappointing aspect to the concert was the lack of merchandise - I was so looking forward to a black “syndicate” hat. Even Hard Corps had a cool T-shirt, but the only object concert goers could purchase was an ugly looking OG T-shirt, which still cost $27. And the most important thing I learned was not to weak white running shoes if your going to go slam dancing today my sh& are black as night from all those Dots rubbing against them.

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and a half ago: the ultimate Teenage Fan&b, this one armed with drums and guitars. While their peers were spinning vapour trails to nowhere, the Fans embraced the leaky guitar aesthetic coming out of the States (ie. Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth). The result

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superb debut album, recorded very quickly, and embraced by the public and press with similar dispatch. Now it’s 18 months, two albums and a handful of singles later. Bandwrlgortesqu~, the latest Fanclub Aburn (released late last year) fuses the guitar grange of the debut with the celebrated power pop sound of the ’70s - bursts of feedback alternate with killer hooks; grungy solos ‘give way to gooshy harmonies. After playing extensively in the UK for the past few months, the band is now set to begin a North American tour. Guitarist Raymond McGinley was holed up in a New York City hotel last Friday afternoon, doing phone interviews. While the tour officially began ins Denver on Tuesday, Feb. 18, Fanclub

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York a lot, cos I really like busy places,” says McGinley. “It’s always really good to meet up with Don (Fleming, NYC Svengali and Fanclub producer) there.” They actually recorded the “God Knows It’s True” single in NYC in the summer of 1990, but currently have no plans to record there again. “It would be good to but cos we’re

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The band is also reportedly quite prolific when it comes to out-takes. ‘Thu Kit18 could have been a double album,” laughs McGinley. “It maybe could have been a triple album.” Nonetheless, the Fans are not content to merely dip into the existing well. “What You Do to Me,” the group’s new UK single, features three new songs (most notably a cover of TRex’s “Life’s a Gas” and a tune called simply “B-Side” but also known as “Maharishi Dug the Scene”). Raymond: “We cut those in Glasgow in December, specifically as B-sides, just to try to do something fresh.” With Bandwqprtmpe, the second proper album, Fanclub deliberate]? fashioned a more pop sound. It was an effort to produce “the kind of

also appeared on Sururdav Ni#~t Live on Feb. 15. “We can’t believe it, about this Saturday Night Live thing, it’s just unreal,” says Raymond. “We’re doing The Concept,’ What You Do to Me’

and ‘Pet Rock.“’ So have you been hanging out with the cast at all? “Naw, wg just went in yesterday (to rehearse on the set) - when we were there, we were just doing our own thing.” The upcoming tour brings them to Toronto this coming Monday, but let what’s in store remain a mystery. ‘We haven’t really sorted it out yet, what we’re gonna do.” As for cover versions, “Yeh, we might throw in a few, not a lot, and nothing definite.” (On record, theyte covered such artists as pink Floyd, Neil Young, T-Rex and Madonna.) In the UK, the Fans have a minor reputation for being boozy and amateurish on-stage (a la the Replacements), but at this point, says Raymond, they have no plans to alter their stage show for North American audiences. Judging from the records, it’s probably safe to say that Fanclub feel more of an affinity with American bands than with British ones, and McKinley confirms this readily. He rdes off a list of groovy US bands the Fans are - well, funs of - at the

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difference between the debut and the new album is thtl harmony vocals all over the place, and . while.” Last fall, Teenage Fanclub released 7%~ Kirtg, an album of (mostly) instrumentals, studio out-takes. That record was rumoured to be a strategem

to escape the band’s con-

tract with Matador Records, the US indie label that had distributed A Carbolic Educuht Stateside (at the time, the Fans were in the process of relffating to giganticorp DGC). However, it wasn’t quite intended that way, says Raymond. ‘It was all in how people perceived it. We offered it to Matador but thev

didn’t want it, so it came out on Creation (in the UK). It was supposed to be a lower-budget LP;” that is, it was supposed to sell at a reduced price. Sadly, things didn’t work out that

way, and the group was dismayed to see 7%~ Kilrg being treated - and perceived - as a “real” album. However, 7%u King is still a valuabie document of one of the Fans’ favourite past-times: quickie instrumentals. “Most bands sort of jam in the studio and then try to turn that into a song. What we do is sort of jam in the studio, and then just leave it. I Wn.lc that’s the best thing to do. It’s the kind of thing we all enjoy listening to. It‘s just very natural.”

McGinley admits that’tocals are probably the most individual thing a band has. But we do things naturally, we couldn’t contrive to sound the way we do, or to have a different vocal style, it just wouldn’t be us. If people can do it, than they should do it. Bandwugvnmpe was just a record, Catholic Ednxhrt was just a record, the next record we make could btt

totally different.” Whatever the next record sounds like, it’s a safe bet that it11 be shaped by four personalities, and not just one or two. The Fans are staunch believers in democracy. “None of us has more influence directing the band than anyone else. Et’s more interesting to me, say, if Gerry (Love,

think that they know best.” And now, the Big Star controversy.

a . . When

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released, a handful of British critics promptly accused the Fans of handily ripping off R&o C$*, the second album by Alex Chilton’s early-‘70s Memphis outfit Big Star. Not surprisingly, Raymond has a few things to say about this. ‘*We’ve always been honest about who we like. You don’t ever see a band who pretend thev never listen to other peoples’ rtlcrjrds. I mean, everyone does.” “Critics tend to pick up on Big %r because I think they’re maybe thta most obscure. I think it’s a tenuous connection - we’re not plagiarists. I mean, a lot of those English critics, ~‘(4 told tlwtt who Big Star were. Whnt would t&d to happen in interviews is that we’d say we like Neil Young, thcj Beach Boys, the Stones, and Big Stx. They’d ask about the last rlnc and then we’d have to expand on and ttbll: them all about it. Next thing i’i)u know this article would cmw trut + ” and the rest, as thcv sav, is hisbv. “Also, people f&g&- that Big

Sta.

had the same problem, people WOII hi tell them, Aw, vou sound IiktB thcl Kinks and the B;atttrs and thtb 8~1s. Chilton even sang in sort rli *III English accent on tht% Big 9,~ records. We just natural Iv Iovt~cl th Kth records.” And white plagiarism rnCl\ 1~ overstating the case, thtl FGns ctvtainlv wear their influencts r)n tht% slee&, Fortunately, this has rt3ultt*tf in two brilliant albums so far, and-G t I hopefully see the release of n141n\’ more. You can catch them in action ,I the Opera House in Tortbntcl thiy Monday night.

A town called Malich Human

Edge

series:

“Trouble

Behind”

Tuesday,

TV UNuriv October 25,1992,10

by Rike Burkhardt Imprintstaff ’ “Trouble Behind” documentary is a timely look at the legacy of racism in the southern United States. As we approach the last week of Black History Month, this documentary serves as an excellent reminder that a pall of racism still hangs over this continent d&pite continued efforts toward its eradication. TVo’s

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upcoming

“Trouble Behind” consists mainly of interviews with some of the “enlightened” citizens of Corbin, Kentucky -population 7,299 whites, one black. These same peqAe have the gall to insist there are no problems with racism in their community, which is probably true, since there have been virtually no blacks in Cor-

bin since a major race-riot in October of 1919 when 200 or more black railway workers were driven out of town one night at gunpoint.

Since then, the situation has not improved, according to blacks who have tried to establish positions

in the

community. A black man brought into the town to manage the local McDonald’s had a cross burned on his lawn and blacks on visiting football teams were stoned by local residents. These incidents no doubt contribute to Corbin’s reputation as a breeding ground for white supremacy. Town officials understand” why

live

say they blacks

“don’t

choose

elsewhere,

but after hearing statements from townsfolk such as “I don’t hate blacks, it’s just that 90 per cent of the blacks that wme

to Corbin

up things . . .” or “If I’m a racist, it’s because I don’t like laps. I don’t trust ‘em. You won’t find anything in my house that comes from Japan . . .” scyw

there

should

be little

left to the

imagination. The popular theory of many Corbinites to explain the ongoing rctuc-tance of blacks to move to thll community goes back to thtl riot incidents more than 50 years agO. many believing t-hat “becaust’ we had a

problem

once,

we’re

marked

forever.” Footage of high school pep rallies focusing on all-white, Ctairolblonde cheerleading corps and proud parents of Budweiser-esquc members of Corbin’s football team give the impression of a haIf-time show at the annual KKK family picnic, but perhaps appearances are misleading. . * be~a~ZKZ$$al

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solutions for these issues. However, it is worth watching if only to remind ourselves that the discrimination and hostility that millions of people experience daily in our society, are far from extinct. *

Arts/Film

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f riday,

February

21, 1992

(Wayne’s) World War One by Bernard imprint

Kearney

staff

The way I see it, you have about one week to to see this film firsthand before you hear it secondhand. It is not surprising that WaynP’s LVbr/d film grossed over $18.5 million on its opening weekend. Finally, captured on celluloid is a tender, sobering comment on the the bitter decline of social morals we, as a civilization, have embraced willingly . . . NOT! 111 not be presumptuous by continuing feeble attempts to capture this film’s irreverent charm in prose. Suffice to say, as hapless and light as this movie purports to be, don’t mistake it for forgettable nonsense. Indeed, more thought went into creating the illusion of stupidity than one would care to admit. 111 not contest that a very shaky story-line threads each gag-filled situation, nor would they.

Anyone entering the theatre expecting anything more than a blatantlypadded elongation (&oh, I Iike the

wmds of that! - ed.) of the Saturday Night Live skit might find better value at a screening of Medicine Mm.

Given that the appeal of Waynek W’idd stems not from the story but directly from the protagonists, I’ll not pander to reiterating the forgettable plot, Gauging the film on the LPM (laughs per minute) scale, if you could count 17 laughs for every kill in 72, you’ll still come up short by about 247. (Did what I just wrote make any sense?) (a sphincter says what? Pd.) Wayne has come a long way since the day Mike Myers created him to parody some of his friendsin Scarborough. Wayne is a composite of five or six characters (one of which is the actor himself). It is a little known fact that Wayne’s first television show was not actually piped out of his cozy ret room in Aurora, Illinois; but instead, filmed under the scrupulous stage lights at the MuchMusic building, where he co-hosted on City Limits with Christopher Ward, (didn t Ziggv Lorem play Garth? - ed) Unfortunately, in Waynek World. the character development for Wayne’s best friend Garth has suffered painful withdrawal symptoms

from failing a Dale Carnegie personality test. I even think the Church of Scientology would find him beyond repair. It is the hopes of all here in the office (+VUY1 absen~J~ !he vote on this? - ed) that the sequel (and there will undoubtedly be one) be named “The World According to Garth.” Thankfully, Myers balked at transforming Wayne> World into a grazing pasture for all his SNL pals drooling for a taste of that Hollywood honey crueler. Director Penelope Spheeris (Decline of the Wmtem Civilization I and II) lends her cinematic experience with rock music to give the film a strong melodic backbone, featuring Alice Cooper, Tia Carrerre, and stellar lip-syncs to Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” and Hendrix’s “Foxy Lady.” Any review of Wayne’s Wurid pales in comparison with the one which is given by Wayne himself. Do yourseti a favour - go see Waynek u/ok!, and remember to stay around until the end of the credits or you11 miss out big.

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FREE and take place in the Chapel. Wednesday, Feb. 26 - “Ethnic Canadian Folk Music”. Wednesday, Mar. 11 - “New Music of Carol Ann Weaver”. Wednesday, Mar. 18- “Meridian Chamber Ensemble”.

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Nomimtitms have closed for the byelected of one Applied Health Sciences undergraduate student representative to Senate. S heri Roszell, Health Studies Honours Co-op, has been elected by acclamation for the terin May 1, 1992 to April 30, 1994.

Nominations

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Get with the ‘pogrom

Homicide Directed by David Mamet

by Jennifer

Imprint

staff

EPPS

In the Nov./Dee. issue of Ms., Gloria Steinem opens a window into her new book and her theory on the global ramifications of self-esteem. She discusses the link between how several world leaders were raised and the political decisions they made; she argues that childhood psychological * formation is reflected in the attitudes of Bush, Hussein, and even Hitler with regards to power, aggression, rage, and the choice and treatment of enemies. Steinem’s article, the thesis of which is “the political is personal,” becomes even more thoughtprovoking after one has seen David Mamet’s film Homicide. The title refers to the occupation of the protagonist, Bobby Gold (played by Mamet stage and screen veteran Joe Mantegna), a New York City homicide detective, but it also speaks of the spiritual death this character undergoes. When an elderly Jewish woman is murdered in her corner store. Gold finds his best efforts to

by Derek Weiler Imprint staff

’

As soundtrack albums go, Url/il the Work/ is notab1.e for a ,coupie reasons. The first is the selection of bands: if it’s not quite the cream of

E77d of fhc)

the alternative crop, at least it’s as close as we’re likely to get on one record. Wim Wenders, director of the

dismiss the case thwarted, and before he knows it, he has begun to question his own identity. Gold has always tried to ignore h& Jewish ancestry, sees himself as a cop first and foremost. This case nags at him, however; the victim’s relatives claim the crime was anti-Semitic:. A tug-ofwar sets in between Gold’s loyalties to his profession and his awakening sense of heritage, and it eventually turns into an existential crisis Michelangelo Antonioni would have admired. Mamet’s penchant for writing brusque, guttural street talk points up Gold’s initial insensitivity. In one scene, Miss Klein (Rebecca Pidgeon) overhears him griping on the phone about h,er grandmother, the woman who was shot. He jokes callously about the case, dismissing it as unworthy of him, and mocks what he perceives as the family’s paranoia. His comments even sound prejudiced. Miss Klein expresses her anger in a way that hits home: asking him, “Do you hate yourself that much? Do you belong nowhere?” Iater, a Hasidic Jew berates him: “You say you’re a Jew, yet you can’t read Hebrew. What are .you then?“, and movie, has eschewed Hollywood’s traditional Kenny @gins soundtrack mentality in favour of gathering some quality work by less comrnercial artists - REM and Depeche Mode are as mainstream as the collection gets. Wenders’ actions aren’t surprising in the least, but they’re still gratifying. (And the support of a mega-label behind the project is surprising md gratifying.) The other notable thing is the care and thought that’s obviously gone into the project. While the film was still in the pre-production stages, Wenders approached all the acts involved and supplied them with plot and thematic backEround. .Most of the * songs, therefo;e, &re written specifically for the movie. On the soundtrack album, this results in a unique cohesion - while most of the songs stand up well on their own, they also combine to form something

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these questions get under Gold’s skin. He spends most of the movie feeling different, left out - his Lieutenant, played by Vincent Guastaferro, bumps him off the big bust he’s been working on in order to have him (as Gold first considers it) “babysit the candy store,” and Gold’s colleagues regard him as a singularly gifted mediator with a magically calming influence on both vicious criminals and slathering hounds. Pushed just a little by his new Jewish acquaintances, Gold agrees that he has been doing other people’s work for them, that all the slights and snubs he has endured are attributable to his ethnic background. When bizarre clues start turning up in connection with the novelty shop incident, Gold’s perceptions expand; he finds himself forced to think about underground political movements such as Zionism and neo-Naziism. And rather than continue to feel isolated, he chooses sides. Certainly there are weaknesses in both Mamet’s script and his direction. Gold’s transformation is too abrupt; Mamet doesn’t allow him to think, despite all those Antonioni silences. greater. Nonetheless, there are immediate highlights. REM’s gloomy antilovesong “Fretless” is the equal of anything on the Out of Time LJ? Nick Cave gets wonderfully campy on “(Ill Love You) Till the End of the World,” which alternates an apocalyptic narrative with a lush, Sinatraesque chorus. And Crime & the City Solution’s menacing ‘The Adversary” is as flawless and beautiful as a diamond. Afterwards, it’s the album’s consistency that hits home. A moody, mellow feel prevails, the only exceptions being bracing blasts by U2 (“until the End of the World”) and 7’ LOU Reed (“What’s Good”). Both those songs, incidentally, also appear on the artists’ respective current albums, although the Reed track turns up here in a different, more dramatic version,

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The album

also mirrors

the film’s

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