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Turnkeys wage war by Dave Thomson Imprint staff Hundreds of students employed by the LJniveIsity of Waterloo in parttime, non-academic jobs may be affected by actions of a majority of the students employed at the Campus Centre Turnkey Desk Earlier this month, turnkey Helen Victoros began wondering whether she and other turnkeys should be getting paid for attending mandatory staff meetings. She contacted the Ontario Labour Board which confirmed that mandatory staff meetings for part-time staff must be paid, in accordance with the Ontario Employment Standards Act. Acting Campus Centre Manager, Jonathan Sweet, told Imprint that Turnkey staff meetings average one to two hours in duration, every other week. “Attendance is mandatory, but the CC Manager can excuse you from one meeting a term for a good reason,” according to the April 1992 *
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Turnkey Manual. When asked if Turnkeys could be fired for missing more than one meeting a term, Sweet responded that he wouldn’t feel comfortable doing so. Turnkeys are also required to perform four hours volunteer work for each eight-hour shift, on one of many committees affecting the operation and maintenance of the Campus Centre. Although the committee work is referred to as voluntary, the April 1992 edition of the Turnkey manual specifies that %ctivity or inactivity on committees is a consideration for rehiring.” Imprint spoke with several Turnkeys about their committee work, some of whom had never thought of it as optional. As a result of discovering these alleged violations of the Ontario rinployment Standards Act, 14 of the 24 turnkeys agreed to the following statement last Monday, May 25:
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OFS dues to be ,collected by Waker Wagdeithner lmp*tstaff Last issue, Imprint talked to Federation of Students president Dave Martin about the Fed membership fee and how it might change now that UW is no longer a member of the Ontario Federation of Students. At the time, we were not able to attach numbers to the conversation. After talking with Federation vicepresident, operations and finance Brent McDermott, we have some of those numbers .which eluded us the first time around. ticDerfnoti’s According to estimates which were supplied by Bruce Pinder of the registrar’s office, the Federation of Students will collect approximately $30,000 extra this fall. and winter that it will not have to pay to OFS. ‘@is translates into about $1.50 per student, per term. A 95-tent inflationary increase will also be added to the Fed fee, bringing it to $24.65 per student per term, As stated earlier, the Federation Board of Directors is currently trying to decide what to do with the new money. Martin told Imprint that the $45,000 left over would not make its way into the Feds’ operating budget. Apparently, the Safety Van program is a popular candidate as a recipient for some of this cash. Because a university sub-committee on safety decided not to give the project a $12,000 chunk of the
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women’s safety, there is a funding
gap just that large. The Federation is considering selling advertising space on the van itself, according to McDermott, but this
As if hard economic times weren’t enough, co-operative students had to wait around at%Bdie6Mall for three-and-a-half hours last Friday, waiting for Want-ads, The newspaper that contains job listings for the fall week term was scheduled to be out and available at 11 am, but deiaysat the Department of Computing Services meant that co-operative education didn’t get itsm&ters back in time to meet its press deadline. It seems that DCS had to print another last-minute job: the diplomas for this weekend% convocation ceremonies.
would still not be enough to eliminate the shordatl. It is unclear how much safety van service would have to reduced if funding is cut. Students’ council voted on May 3 to continue collecting the full Fed fee, although councillors have not identified where the extra money will be allocated. At the May 3 meeting, there was some misunderstanding about what the fee represents, according to the minutes. Although councillors agreed, as a result of last February’s referenda, that “the students felt they were not gemng their money’s worth from the OFS,” some of them downplayed the significance to the average student of the $1.50 difference. “People don’t care about $1.50,” said science regular councillor I&in Schnarr, a c c o r d i n g t o c o u n c i l minutes. McDermott stated that he felt the fee could be lowered because the Federation of Students could afford its lobbying efforts and educational campaigns without using all the money. Just how much it could be lowered would depend on how much money important projects like the Safety Van would need. The council’s decision to continue collection of the $1.50 fee was approved by the Federation’s board of directors. The Federation’s membership fee can be changed by the members of the corporation, that is full-time undergraduate students, at a general meeting the next one being this fall.
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The $300. qu,estion by Walter Wagnleithner I m p r i n t staff Imprint has received many letters concerning the co-op fee each co-op student pays every four months. In fact, there was a lovely article in the Iron Warrior which questioned the fee. Instead of risking blank stares and mumbling by talking to a coordinator, we decided to go to a higher power. Operations analyst Bob Truman (ext. 4793) was nice enough to spend some time discussing this issue. He is r e s p o n s i b l e for evaluating the revenues and expenses associated with WV’s operation In 1987, Truman took part in a cost analysis. The resulting report listed three main cbsts incurred by U-W because it offers co-op education: work-term-related costs are those associated with running Needles Hall; academic delivery costs arise because the institution must offer additional course sections so courses will be available year round; yearround costs deal with the overhead that must be maintained in order to keep the program in overdrive for the whole year. Of these three different expenses, the academic delivery costs are, by far, the most significant. They comprised almost half of the total $16 million it cost to fund crop in 1987.
Although the numbers have risen, academic delivery c&s are still much larger than the others Truman recognizes that most CO op students have a coronary when they’ look at their fee statqments especially when they notice that coop fees are almost half that of their total tuition That is because our courses are funded by the provincial government, whereas co-op costs are not. Our tuition only represents 20 per cent of the real cost but our $300 helps UW cotrer some of the unsubsidized costs associated with co-op. Our money goes to the work-termrelated costs. That is, we pay for Needles Hall salaries, computing, photocopying, heating, and occupancy rates. Calculating our fees is a straight-forward procedure. For one year, they estimate the total work-term-related costs. Then, this number is divided by the total number of registered co-op students. Truman acknowledgesY that students who take a term off and do not go through interviews pay for something which does not benefit them at the time.But,hefeels that, considering the total cost associated with educating a student in the co-op system, it evens out. For example, if .it takes $2400, dividing that sum by eight school
terms is equal to $300 each school term. If the University’s charges were only assessed each time a student passed through the system, the casts would be much higher for each one. Also, he felt that most, if not all, students take one term off. As a resuit they all end up paying even though they do not always make demands upon the system. This “even out” process is similar to what happens with co-op work reports. We all pay something each time, so that we do not pay more when the fee specifically applies to us. So, how does the University cover the other costs? According to Twman, the institution is, “paying it out of its back”. Currently, the Minister of Colleges and Universities is asking the Ontario Council of University Affairs for a recommendation concerning the academic delivery costs. Truman feels there is a good chance UW may receive full (or at least part) funding in the near future. Whether or not this would affect our co-op fee would have to be determined once the Minister’s decision is announced. zrC~hort,th~Uaiversiiyasksthec~
op students to take some responsibSty for the p-inwhkhthey areenrollecLWedonot~y~rallof iLTewz, we are an important part .
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Both the campus centre manager and the turnkeys operate under the jurisdiction of associate provost for student affairs Peter Hopkins, who replaced dean of students Ernie Lucy last summer. Hopkins has met with Sweet a couple of times in recent weeks to further his understanding of the situation and determine a course of action. Hopkins is currently approving a draft of a memo containing recommendations by staff relations coordinator‘fpr the University’s personnel Katrina department Maugham, which addresses the grievances of the turnkeys. When asked about the turnkeys’ concerns, Hopkins stated “it creates an interesting situation. . . it will likely have a major impact on student employment across campus.” Hopkins acknowledged that the students’ concerns are “quite legitimate” and stated that the next course of action wilI be to determine in fact if the University is in contravention of provincial and/or federal labour legislation and if so, how to prevent this problem from arising in the future. In the coming week, Hopkins hopes to devise a process to increase and ensure compliance with labour legislation affecting this university’s non-academic part-time employees. He will announce this process in the fom? of a memo. Although he re%$sed to divulge the _ contents of the memo to Imprint, he said that a large number of possibilities exist. He suggested the ” rate of pay for turnkeys could be reduced, but would cover committee work and m e e t i n g s . Another possibility is that the University may have to compensate turnkeys for ail the unpaid meetings and committee work done in the past. He emphasized that none of the aforementioned possibilities may manifest themselves, and that all options are being expIored. Any other part-time employees at the university who believe they may be in a similar situation should contact HeIen Victoros at the Turnkey Desk (888-4434) or Peter Hopkins (ext. 455 1).
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Bureau UVV symposium considers access awareness
A symposium to discuss planning and design to assist people with disabilities wiIJ be held June 2 by the University of ‘Waterloo’s Centre for Habilitation Education and Research and the Kitchener-Waterloo National Access Awareness Week committee. The “Access Awareness Symposium: Housing Design and Building Applications”wil1 be held at UW’s St. Jerome’s College, Siegfried Hall from 8:15 am to 12:30 pm. Objectives of the symposium are to “provide insight into accessibility issues related to housing development in the 90s“’ and to “inform students and those associated with architectural planning, carpentry, engineering technology and landscape design of the needs of individuals with various disabilities.” Among those taking part are: Barbara Sivak, centre director; Joe Somfay, architect; Eric Haldenby, director of UW’s architecture school; Saul Herzog of UW’s school of urban and regional planning; Jim McCabe of the engineering department at Conestoga College; and Tom Lumsden, with Conestoga’s carpentry department. There will also be presentations by the Canadian National hstitute for the Blind and the Canadian Hearing Society, consumers, and a video by the Barrier Free Design Centre in Toronto. Registration fees are $25 for professionals; $15, non-profit disability group representatives; and no charge for students and consumers.
Students experience science at UW
A three-day “Experience Science” camp for female Grade 9 students is being held at the University of Waterloo from May 20-22. UW’s science faculty organizes the camp each year for 24 students as a way of taking an “active role in the effortto encourage more girls to continue taking science courses beyond the mandatory Grade 10 level,” said Penny HilIier, program coordinator. The participants are selected on the basis of an application form they complete as well as a Ietter of reference from a high school teacher. At the camp, they are “immersed in the amazing world of science,” taking part in lab activities in biology, chemistry, earth sciences, optometry and physics. “In addition to the hands-on lab component, the girls are also informed of current scientific research that is being conducted by women and the incredible range of careers in science,” Hillier said.
Movie festival at UW views war and conflicts
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How film-makers have treated the theme of war and conflict will be the focus of a movie festival at Conrad Grebel College, a University of Waterloo affiliate. As part of Waterloo Weekend, June 5-6, the festival is open to the public and will be held at the college’s great hali. On Friday, June 5, the theme of “Creating an Enemy” will be explored with the movies Fuces of the Enemy and fklude to War, beg- at 7130 Pm* On June 6, the theme of “obscenity of nuclear war”wilI be looked at with the movies War Game, Cunsumer~ Guide to Amageddon, and III the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us? Screenings begin at 2 pm. Later on, at 7:30 pm, both the Vietnam and Persian Gulf wats will be viewed under the theme of “theatre of folly.” The films screened will be Heutis and M.&s, r;he M&&I, and Lines in the Sand.
Building a dinosaur at UW Forget mode1 airplanes, try building a dinosaur at UW’s Biology-Earth Sciences Museum. Indeed, it’s a complex process to cregte a Life-size dinosaur from a few fossil remains. But all is explained in a traveliing exhibit from the Museum of Natural Sciences, which reveals the exciting world of life-sized modelling. The exhibit will be at the Biology-Earth !Zenca Museum until Aug. 4. The museum is open weekdays, 9 am to 5 pm, and Sundays in June, 1 pm to is located on the 4 pm It is open Canada Day, 4 pm to 8 pm. The museum. top floor of the Biology building. With graphic panels, photograph, modelled parts and a copy of the finished product, the exhibit traces the scientific reconstruction of the dinosaur’s skeleton, muscles, skin, eyes and so on. Also, it ilk&rates the technique used in making the modeL The ‘“building A Dinosaur” exhibit shows two professionals from the National Museum of Natural Sciences as they piece together a prototype of “Stenonychosaurus~ a small dinosaur that roamed the plains of Alberta more than 76 million years ago. Text and fti r+icas are used to describe how scientists estimate not only the size and appearance of a dinosaur, but also other characteristics such as eating habits, behavior and intelligence.
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UW students heading off to India on exchange from UW News Bureau
University of Waterloo students were selected recently to join 67 other Canadian youths who are participating in the 1992-93 Canada World Youth program. Two
Canada World Youth is a nongovernmental, non-profit organization which operates educational youth exchanges involving Canada and countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. In its
The two students, Lesley Hill and
Jennifer Michol, are both finishing 2nd year in the Faculty of Environmental Studies. Hill is a geography major; Michol is in environment and resource studies. “I’m a bit nervous about it because I’ve never been overseas. But I’ve been applying for three years , . . it’s something I’ve really wanted to do,” says Hill. The overseas experience will also help with their studies, Hill adds. “I
feel it’s really important and a great opportunity to experience a culture totally separate from western culture,” she says. “It’s important to see and experience issues that I’m studying, such as human geography.”
they will live with the jiiiimdies in their host countries 12th year, the program involves more than 36 exchange countries and 7,800 participants. This year, 800 students applied for the program which gets much of its funding from the Cenadian International Development
Agency. Michol concurs. “I’m going to learn first-hand about another culture and
hopefully gain more understanding. Fur instance, there are likely to be some culture shocks, such as the liv-
ing conditions. But that’s part of learning.”
bring your bike out to the CC on June 9,10, or 11, and we?1 engrave a personal identifier on it for you FREE! You can’t beat that. Then in keeping with the bicycle motif, there will be a bike auction on Wednesday, June 17 at the Great Hall. Bidding will start at 7 pm, but if you’re interested, it’s important to be there significantly earlier (pre-registration starts at 5 pm) so that you can look at the bikes and get a bidding card. Bids by people without cards wili not be accepted. Then to keep the ball rolling, beginning on June 22 until June 25,
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Hill and Michol til spend seven months with World Youth, the first half in British Columbia hosting exchange students from India. The other half will be spgnt in India. There will be 14 students in their exchange group.
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They will live with the hmilies in their host countries, learning the people’s habits and ways of living. Their role is to be usefu1, to help improve some part of the host
people’s lives. This can include teaching, helping with the elderly, building schools and other facilitis, or a variety of community projects. The Canada World Youth program is open to 17 to 20 year olds. While much of the students’ support comes by way of CIDA, they are also responsible for raising $500 on their own from local sources. The UW Federation of Students has given them some financial assistance, but they are “still looking for donations” from any individual or company that earl help.
Campus Centre News Update Your Campus Centre is more than just G comfortable, safe place to vegetate; special events geared directly to the student body abound. With spring here, everybody will be biking just about everywhere. But despite the high safety factor, we at the CC are not naive; we realize that there’ll always be assholes and that’s why the CC is sponsoring the first anti-asshole activity of the term: the Mighty, Mighty Bike Identification. If you want to have your bike marked for quick and easy identification by police, the courts, etc., just
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the Great Hall in the CC will be home to Environmental Awareness Week. L u g - a - M u g s w i l l be for sale, pamphlets will be available, and people will be at the booths ready to answer any questions that they can. Of course, if you have any questions about this or any other event
(whether on or off campus), just give us a call at the Turnkey Desk and our friendly and courteous staff will be glad to set you up with all the information we can find. The number is 888-4434 and remember: we’re open forever.
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Fireside Chat i by Peter Brown Now that the University of Waterloo is no longer a member of the Ontario Federation of Students, Uw’s Federation will soon have about $45,000 per year to do with as it wishes. . I What, exactly, no one is quite sure. It would appear that the Federation is left Jvith three options. The first is to begin reproducing the services offered by the OFS that are no longer available to UVV students+ such as lobbying of the provincial government and development of educational campaigns. This year’s executive is taking care of a small part of that job, the issue of funding, by continuing Uw’s involvement with the stillFuzzy Ontario University Student Funding AHiance. The only change in the status of this mystical organization is that it has secured ame more disciples, with the student leaders at the University of Toronto and Ryerson Polytechnical Institute beginning to meet with Founders UW, Brock, Queen’s, and Western. U of Tand Ryerson, like UW, just voted to drop Dut of the OFS. No concrete plans yet exist for how the Federation might replace other OFS programs, but Fed VPOF Brent McDermott believes that there may even be some money eft over after doing so. The Feds’ second option is to simply apply 3211 or part of the money to its operating budget, expenditures that are not revenue-creating for instance, the safety van, sexuality resource centre, various boards, and the administration of the Federation itself. Although president Dave Martin assured fmprint that this extra money will not be applied to the operating budget, councillors discussed using part of it to offset a $12,000 cut in funding to the safety van. The third and least likely option is to simply give students their money back. The bread and butter of the “No to OFS” campaign this past winter was that OFS didn’t represent the interests of U W students and just wasn’t worth the $1.50 it cost each student per term to be a member. Karin Schnarr, councillor and vocal “No” proponent this last winter, told council at its May 3 meeting that “People don’t care about $1.50.” I disagree; some people probably do. Some students at this university score highpaying co-op jobs, while others need every penny they can scrape up, as both Imprint and the Federation of Students can attest. Both organizations experience a rush of people asking for refunds at the beginning of each term, even though the amount of money is relatively small. {Of course, this is one minor headache the Feds have found a remedy for: just make the fee non-refundable.) Certainly for a large number of students, $1.50 per student per term is not much money, but, as the “No” side argued in February, $45,000 per year is. And those members of council who argued for more responsible use of that membership fee should make sure that they pay attention to where that suddenly available money goes. The $45,000 should be cleariy and deliberately e a r m a r k e d f o r s p e c i f i c p r o j e c t s that did not exist before, instead of being absorbed into the operating budget to shore up existing services. In asking UW students to drop out of the OFS, last year’s executive boasted that the Federation of Students could reproduce the functions of the OFS here on campus at a lower cost. Now it’s the new exec’s job to do just that.
Life in~line at Waterloo Aaaaah! The summer term. Nice weather, happy students, and baseball are all part of a summer school term. More importantly, there are not as many brutal lineups to stand in. In fall or winter terms, the first few days on campus consist of leaning against a wall and counting people’s dandruff flakes whiIe you wait to pay your tuition fees. It is a different story when it comes to the summer term. Or, at least it used to be. I remember back to the summer of 1990. If you had to pay some fees, you could stroll up to the counter, plunk down a big fat cheque, and be off in less than five minutes. With fewer students on campus, there were, naturally, fewer lines to stand in. Apparently, that is one small surruner term perk we have lost. Fast-forward to summer, 1992, and we see a
sizeable line by 9:30 in the morning. I thought most students were still asleep that early most arts students anyway. It appears these people all had the same idea: by getting up
early, they were going to beat the mad rush of _a those eager to part with their (or their parents’) hard-earned money. Actually, though, there were not that many people. It ‘just seemed that way because some administrative Gouda decided we should pay our fees in Needless Hell. Gee, -what a good idea. I mean, if it was up to me, I would also ignore that big honkin’ building we call the “PAC”. Is it not common courtesy to treat us as well as those people paying fee’s in September or January? After aI1, our tuition is no lower. This means we should not be subjected to brutal lineups when there is a way to eliminate such a frustrating situation. Setting up the PAC as a
temporary pay area constitutes just such a solution, Maybe, while they are taking care of that, the Needless folk couId set \~p a ternporary “Cashier’s Office”. Another lineup could then be avoided. In short, it seems as though summer students are being overlooked. We only have two days to pay our fees, and we are forced to pack into a hideous building in order to do so. It would nice if next summer’s students do not have to suffer I&e this term’s, Remember, a lineup may only take an hour of your time, but we pay a lot of money to this institution. The least those running it can do is make sure the inconveniences are kept Lo a minimum.
Walter Wagnleithner
Sour Mood in- Canada In the past few months, I have had the opportunity to travel across a good part of Canada and to talk to people about the state of the country. The generaI feeling I found was quite disappointing to me, as it was one of
intolerance and hatred. Hatred is a strong word, but what I found were strong feelings, not directed against any one person in particular, but against groups of people, such as Quebec, First Nations peopIe, or recent immigrants. I think Canadians who say we don’t need these people don’t realize that all of these people are important to the make-up of Canada and that Canada would be much the poorer without aII of these people. The Quebec situation is complicated and lots has been said about this in the media already. The feeling I got was that most people are pretty sick of the whole issue; a common line I heard was “if Quebec wants to separate, just let them go-" However, before we take such an indifferent attitude, we should think about the future consequences of letting the country fall apart, not just economic effects, but also C&.liBL
Fortunately, it looks like the current round &f constitutional talks is making progress in resolving some of the issues, so that a concrete set of proposals can be voted for in a referendum. I look forward to a referendum as I feel that given the choice between a reasonable compromise and the country breaking up, the majority of Canadian and Quebecers will choose to keep the country together.
The severe problems present among Canada’s Natives can of course be traced back to how the they were first treated during the initial settlement of North America by the Europeans. ObviousIy many mistakes were made in the past which cannot be corrected over night, but it is encouraging to see the, government talking to Native leaders to try and collectively come up with solutions. Recent developments such as the vote on the Nunuvut boundary for the Inuit people show that Native self-government can be worked
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with a First Nation population which is an active and vibrant part of society would definitely be a great improvement over today’s situation. Canada’s immigration policy also comes
under more intense s&tiny during bad economic times, but the fact is that Canada is going to have to keep bringing in people to keep the proper proportion of working-age people to government-dependent ones. An example of this is the Canada Pension Plan. The money which gets taken off of our pay cheques now doesn’t go into some bank account to be taken out in 40 years when we need it; the money is given directly to pay for the pensions of present-day retired people. This system works well as long as there are enough working people in the system, but as the birth rate is presently not high enough to support this type of arrangement alone, Canada is going to need to keep bringing in working age people to fill the gap. Let us hope that the politicians can come with a solution that will keep Canada together without setting up a system which allows it fall apart in the future. Individually, we should all look for how the dmerent people Of Canada give strength to the country and perhaps be more tolerant of others even if they speak a different Ianguage or have a different colour of skin. Rank SegIenieks
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Boobs bad? I’m pretty confused. I know that all of this stuff should have been cleared up for me long ago when the Gwen Jacob affair was all over the papers, but I’m still confused. Maybe it isn’t important (my roommate told me to just leave it alone and don’t ask stupid questions), but nonetheless, I just can’t help but be curious. Call me crazy, or call me whatever, but I just can’t figure out why boobs are bad. A very good friend of mine was at my house the other day and it was really warm. 1 was sitting in the sun in just a pair of underwear (1 can’t afford shorts) catching some rays, and my friend decided to join me. She stripped down to her underwear, grabbed a bottle of beer, and started relaxing. All in all, it was a very pleasant day* But that night, I was confronted by my roommate. He told me that he was “uncomfortable” with the fact that my friend had been walking around without a top on and that the situation was not to be repeated or he’d get our landlord after me (I was kind of surprised that he was mad at me, because he seemed to spend a lot more time in the back yard that day than he ever does, trying to goad everyone he could into an elaborate barbecue, games of badminton, and even water fights. Curiously enough, these plans seemed to fall apart after my friend went home. Not that I think there’s a connection or anything.) . ’ Sut my roommate is older than me, and seems to know what’s best, so I thought it pru. dent not to argue. Besides, 1 never could win an argument. Instead I decided to try to figure out what the hell makes boobs a taboo subject - I mean, it isn’t like they’re ugly or something. So after an intensive interna struggle, I managed to compile a list of reasons as to why I think boobs are bad, so that I can try to understand where I went wrong. 1. It’s against the law; when you live in a society, you have to abide by the rules set down by the “moral majority” and not go around trying to screw everything up. 2. If we (the establishment) let girls take their shirts off, it could lead to worse things (like them wanting to get jobs or vote or something).
3. God says that girls should cover their hnnhc YYVVU. 4. There are kids in the neighbourhood and if they see boobs too early in life, it could scar them. 5. Girls’ boobs a& sexual objects so they should be covered and saved for their husbands (personally I think that hands can be pretty sexy too - maybe they should have to wear gloves). 6. It’s not fair for guys, because girls’ boobs are bigger than guys’ boobs so they’d take up too much sun. 7. We (the establishment) are only trying to protect girls’boobs from the possibility of skin cancer. I’d like to thank my roommate (and others of like mind) for inspiring me to attend to my personal growth. How callous of me to think that differences should matter so little.
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who “keep running for each other’s jobs . . -“, shouldn’t the Imprint look at its own election process for its Editorial Board before it starts to throw stones at other student organizations? The Editor of the Imprint (who makes a rather healthy salary, paid for by the students on their fee statement) is not elected in a general election like the President of the Federation of Students, but rather by the staff at the newspaper. True democracy ai its best! Or do you only like cynicism when it is directed atthe Federation of Students? KAIlSChMK
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Condom Joke To the editor, I am writing in response to the cover of the May 15th issue of Imprint. 1 realize that it was probably supposed to be a “joke” and a spoof on the “Use Condom Sense” poster that appears around campus. However, I am getting just a little tired of Imprint taking potshots at the Federation of Students with little regard for the facts. I am a member of both Students’ Council and the Board of Directors. 1 am proud to be associated with both organizations and have confidence in the people that I work with. I am deeply offended by the cover line “And remember - student politicians don’t care if they’re on student council or the board of dir&tors - what’s the difference?” I am. not on Students’ Council to improve my resume. I am on Students’ Council because I feel that my input can make a difference at the University of Waterloo, I realize that it is the responsibility of the Imprint to keep its readers informed as to what is going on. However, I do not believe that any sort of objectivity is being observed. None of the people pictured on your cover are on the present Students’ Council or Board of Directors. And as for student politicians
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These days, I belong to a carpool. It is a 45minute commute from a downtown district in the City of Montreal to the Town of Kirkland, a suburb within the Montreal Urban Community. Going against the grain of traffic, I cannot tell the difference upon crossing municipal boundaries that I have left one neighbourhood and entered another, As compensation for that dour thought, the time saved in a car allows me to sleep in a tad longer. 1 used to take the BMW - bus, Metro, walk - a people-packed one-and-a-half-hour journey that gave me moments of sleeping between readings of Proust’s Ruinwdm7~7wtf T7ui~g.s Post. I then had a short 15-minute walk from the bus terminal at Fairview Mall, a mall that symbolizes the spirit of suburbia or the damned ghost of failed social revoiutions, depending on who you talk to. Yeah, 1 miss that walk. There is a tract of undeveloped land interposing itself between the mall and the corporate research and development nexus I call work. A worn dirt path leads me through a miniature slice of nature. Fuzzy felt ferns splayed low to the ground; tall asters vying with prickly thistles for atiention; a minutia+ of clovers spotted beneath the shade; bright yellow butterclups and violet blue bells tint the pathway, remarkable for the monotony of its verdure. It was something to look forward to, knowing I wouldn’t see the sun for the next eight hours. That’s a memory now. Last year, a lawn
mower - a fossil-fuel-burning scythe - had eaten its way along the path, clearing a good two feet on either side, I couldn’t believe the audacity of whatever bureaucratic supergenius had approved this surgical strike against nature. I can only speculate that it may have come from the same mindset that can publish The Chemical Rubber Company (of Boca Raton, Florida) handbook for maintaining right-of-ways - and keep a straight face at the same time. Yes, CRC, a name which no science student who’s ever taken an organic chemistrv lab may ever forget, publishes a guide tdling transportation engineers the most efficacious means of keeping weeds and other undesirable green elements at bay. Neat and trim and ordered. Ever wondered how they kept the space under h y d r o t r a n s m i s s i o n l i n e s a n d expressway interchanges looking like your front lawn? You‘can look up the program in yclur university library. For instance, they used to recommend the herbicide 2,4-D, a mild cousin of Agent Orange, as a control agent ungil someone told them it wasn’t healthy for the people and animals that may come in contact with it. Spring is late this year, so the verdant spectacle along the Trans-Canada Highway hasn’t graced the pot-holed road alongside it. The cut path is still evident with only a few delicate specimens having appeared. I11 have to take the BMW again, like I did this week, to see if the forest edge has enough resilience. It may be just as well that I no longer take the BMW to work. Ignorance is bliss.
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the Baha’i Student ASSWWO~ May 29th, 1992 marks the Centenary of the pas&g of Baha’u’llah. Today, Baha’is living in over 111,000 localities around the world are marking the occasion with special devotional programs. In addition, there is an international gath.ering of some 3,000 Baha’is currently being held in Acre (Akka) , Isriel, at the site of Baha’u’llah’s resting place. Baha’u’llah’s vision of humanity as one people and of the earth as a common homeland, ignored by the world leaders to whom it was first communicated over a hundred years ago, has today become the focus of human hope. The humanitarian principles first spoken by Him in prison in the 19th century have been adopted by some of the 20th century’s most progressive and dy&unic movements. These principles and this vision find their practical expression in the , worldwide community of people from every nation, culture, class, profession and religious or non-religious background, who call themselves Bti’iS. Baha’is.reside in over 217 countries and territories, making the Baha’i faith the second-most widespread of the world’s religions with respect to geographic reach (Encyclopedia Britannica). The Baha’i community is a microcosm of the world, which already functions in accordance with ideals and in a way which most people consider to be impossible. Its existence is Baha’u’llah’s own uniquq achievement. It is a result of ,His vision and His message - a message of love and justice which, Baha’is are confident, is capable of unithg all of humankind into one peaceful and harmonious global village. For Baha’ullah claimed to be no less than the prophet of God for a mature human race, whose message has already set in motion the forces which will culminate in the unification of the planet. The Life of Baha’uUh
Baha’ullah was born in 1817 into a noble family that could trace its ancestrv back ta the great dynasties of Persia’s imp&al past. His father was a high-ranking minister in the court of the Shah (king) and was endowed with wealth and vast estates. Baha’u’llah received very little schooling and did not pursue any scholarly or academic studies. However, He was known for His astonishing knowledge. At the age of seven, He argued a case on behalf of His father before the Shah and won. When He was 22, His father died and as was customary in those days, He was asked to assume His father’s position at court. Baha’ullah declined, and chose instead to devote His energies ta a range of philanthropies which soon earned Him widespread renown as the “Father of the Poor”. The Babi Movement
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This privileged existence quickly came to an end when Baha’u’llah became one of the leading advocates af the Babi movement, The founder of the movement, known to history as the Bab, proclaimed that humanity stood at the threshold of a new era that would witness the restructuring of all aspects of life. New fields of learning, as yet inconceivable, would cause even the children of the new age to surpass the most learned of contemporary scholars. The Bab’s own mission was to prepare humanity for the coming of a universal prophet of God who would inaugurate this new age. These concepts were extremely threatening to the clergy and government and their reaction to the Bib was hostile and violent. In a horrific series of massacres, over 20,000 followers of the Bab - known as Babi were tortured, shot, blown from cannons, and hacked to pieces by mobs. The Bab himself was executed by a firing squad in 1850. The nobility of the Bab’s life and teachings, the heroism of His followers and the hope for fundamental reform that they kindled in a darkened land left an impact on such Eurotieans as Leo Tolstoy, Sal-ah. Bernhardt, Ernest Renan, and the Comte de Gobineau.
Imprisonment and Exile Turning His back on His property, possessions, and prestige at the age of 28, Baha’uliah openly championed the cause of the Bab. As the only effective Babi leader to have survived the iassacres, Baha’ullah was recognized by the authorities as the one remaining pillar of the Babi Faith. He then became the focus of their hatred, and His destruction their wanton goal. lJro&ted somewhat by His tamily’s social and the love of the general populace for Him, Baha’ullah was not executed bv the authorities. Instead, He was cast it6”The Black Pit of Teheran.” The infamous “Black Pit” was a deep, vermin-infested dungeon where prisoners could be expected to die shortly after their arrival there. Around His neck was clamped a heavy chain, so notorious as to have been given its own name. The marks of this chain would remain on His body for the rest of His life. S~~JS
After four months, in August, 1852, Baha’u’llah was released from prison and banished to Baghdad, in the Ottoman territory of hag. Thus began 40 years of exile and imprisonment. 1; Baghdad, Baha’u’llah found a scattered Babi community, demoralized by the 10~s of the Bab and His most prominent followers. Through the force of His personality, Baha’ullah encouraged the community to live up to the trust of the Bab and challenged them to make their community a model for the whole of Baghdad.
Baha’u’lIah’s fame spread quickly throughout the territory and many people began calling on Him to obtain advice and guidance in various matters. Among the tiny dignitaries who came to visit Baha’uIlah were the governor of the Iraq and princes of the Persian royal family. One of, them remarked, “werp: all the sorrows
of the
world to be crowded into my heart they would, I feel, aH vanish, tihen in the presence of Baha’ullah. It is as if I had entered paradise. *. I ‘
tkka, Israel is the site of BahaWlah’s final resting place.
The Second Banishment This acclaim accorded Baha’u’llah in Baghdad alarmed the Persian Government who. believed that they had killed the Babi Faith WithBaha’ullah’s exile. They urged the Ottoman government to remove Baha’ullah farther away from their borders. In April, 1863, Baha’u’llah was further exiled to Constantinople {present ,day Istanbul, Turkey), the capital of the Ottoman Empire. The condition surrounding Baha’u’llah’s departure from Baghdad dramatically demonstrates the potency of the principles that He had instilled iri the Babi community. In only a few years, a band of foreign exiles, whose arrival in the area was greeted with suspicion and hostility, had become one of the most respected and influential segments of the population. They were admired for their integrity and generosity. The slandering remarks of the Persian officials and clergy had ceased to have an effect tin the public mind. Twelve days before His departure, Baha’ullah moved to a garden outside the city, where He announced to a few companions that He was the tlniversal Prophet foretold by the Bab.’ On the twelfth day, Baha’ullah departed for Constantinople. Eyewitnesses to the occasion have described in moving terms,’ the acclaim that greeted .Him, the tears of the onlookers and the concern of the governor and His officials to honour their prisoner. From this time onward, Baha’ullah’s followers became known as Baha’is. Baha’ullah’s stay in Constantinople was brief. The Persian authorities were alarmed to see Baha’u’llah in the Empire’s capital and exerted pressure for His banishment to some remote part of the Empire. Responding to the political pressure, the Ottoman government. further exiled Baha’u’llah to Adrianaple (now Edirne) in the European half of Turkey. k&mation
to the Kings
Baha’ullah, His family and His small group of flowers arrived in Adrianople in Decemher 1863. It was here, starling in 1867, tit Baha’u’llah chase to make a public declaration of His mission. His announcement took&e form of a series of statements which are some of the most remarkable documents in rel@ouS history. Addressing the ‘xings and -Rulers of the world”, Baha’ullah announced the as yet inconceivable changes which were gathering momentum throughout the world. He _ . called on them, as the trustees of human-
kind, to arise and serve the process of unificalion of the human race. Because of their position, it was in their power to bring about what He called the “Most Great Peace” - a world order characterized by unity and justice. He personally addressed Napoleon III of France, Queen Victoria, Czar Alexander Ii, Emperor FranzJoseph of Austria, Pope Pius IX, the Shah of Persia, the Sultan of Turkey and the “Rulers of the America and the Republics therein”, with words such as these:
0 kings ilf the twdl! . . . your ppk am your
treasurus. Beware 1tW -our rulle vi&e the commandments of God arrd ye deliver your wu&s to the hands ef the robber. Bv theti ye nile. by their mesas yesubs& bv their aidyeconquer. Yti how di&Iain@l(v ye iouk upurr them! How strunge, how very m7nge!. . . ‘Examine Our cause, inquire into the things that have bffallen U.s, and decide just!- bra UT and uur enemies, and be ye of them that act rguitablv towar& their neighbour. &e stay not the hand qf the uppwxror, ij*ve fail to saf&patxi the @hts qf the downtdden, what n*ght have ye zhen to vaunt y~u~~lves among men . . . 3e United, 0 Kings uf the earth. for thereby will the tempest of discord be stilled among you. altd lyutir peopie, find theii ES. tfve be of them that comphend . . . Ifye pay no heed unto the raunseis which.. . we havereveaiedin this Tablet, L?ivine chastisement shall assail you &rn 4vepy d&Gun . . .
None of the rulers addressed responded to Baha’ullah’s message. Napoleon III of France is reported to have flung down the Tablet in a fit of temper. Less than a year later, the battle of Sedan resulted in the overthrow of
Napoleon III and the destruction of His
empire. Of his fail, Alistair Home, a modem scholar of nineteenth century French political
history has written: Wistory knows of perhaps no more star-
tling instance of what the Greeks called peripateia, the terrible fall from prideful heights. Certainly no nation in modem times, so replete with apparent grandeur and opulent in material achievement, has ever been subjected to a worse humiliation in so short a time.” Familiar with Baha’u’llah’s predictions and warnings,
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His life and vision awaited to see the fate of the rukrs addressed by Baha’uqlah. The results followed: Sultan Abdul-Aziz of Turkey was assassinated in a palace coup, Czar Alexander II was killed in kningrad by a sniper’s bullet, and NasiriDin-Shah of Persia was also assassinated on the eve of a jubilee celebration.
Global Vision It is not for him to pride himseywho loveth his uwn couniv. but rather for him who luveth the whole wurld. The c*arth >s but one country and mankind its citizens.
‘rhtb Hapsburg empire suffered one by one the Ior;s of its royal family until Francis Joseph himst-If was killed in the 1st World War. The empire of Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, after having defeated France in 1870, was also in the same war fulfilling cn@ted ELjha’t0lah’s prediction:
Most Great Peace
‘I) banks of the mine!We have seen you L.ovttrud with gore, inasmuch as the swords of r&ribution were drawn against yiju; and you *hall have another turn. And we hear the Llm~ntations of Berlin, though she be today in
it rnspicuous glory.” Each of these dvnasties had lived soiidiy for of v&s. Within 50 years of Bah<-7’ullah’s pr;nouncements, onli that of England remained. Interestingly enough, uuccn Victoria is the :)nlv monclrch who is rcbpc?ried to have treated Baha’u’Ilah’s letter with rcsptrct. thrmmds
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Exile
ii1 I iis short span of time in AJrianopIa?, 1<,lfG$llah, a prisoner, had again become a ;,,i*cd ,jr-td cherished figure. The validitv of His tcwhings were reflected not only in th; exg~mpiL> of t Iis own lift but in the ch‘lnges they tbftpcted among the flood of Persian pilgrims who tlr)i’kcd to Adrianopl~~ to SW I lim. Again, the Persian authorities pressed the Ottoman government to banish Baha’u’llah as far away dls possible in the hopes that he would fadtl 111tr1 &;curitv a n d t h e B a h a ’ i mrwement noutd then flicker out.
Otlt> riav, without warning, Raha’u’llah’s hrww was surrounded by soldiers and the exiles were ordered to prepare for departure to an unknown destinaiion. Thr place chosen fry His final banishment was the penal colony of AkLj in the then state of Palestine (present day A c r e , Israel). A k k a w a s n o t o r i o u s throughwt the empire for the foulness of its climate and the preva!ence of manv diseases. It was said that a bird who tried io fly over Akka would die in the attempt. Baha’u’llah, His family and His followm wcsrt! imprisoned for two years in the old fortress built by the Crusading armies of the Middle Ages, which was now used as a prison for the most dangerous criminals of the Otto-
man Empire. During this time, and the years of house arrest that followed, several memhers of the small group of exiles died as a result of the bad conditions,
While hithin and around the vicinity of the “Most Great Prison” as He termed it, Baha’ullah finished His letters to the Kings and rulers and continued to reveal laws and principles which have come to characterize
The Shrine of the Bab. BahaWah died one hundred years ago today. He hoped that the human race, in all its diversity, could learn to live and work as one people, in a comon global homeland.
Baha’i Faith in Canada dates back to 1902 when the first Baha’i group was started by May and William Sutherland Maxwell (Mr. Maxwell is known to Canadians as the architect of such landmarks as the Chateau Frontenac in Quebec, the Regina legislative buildings and others. He is also the architect of the domed shrine of the Bab, situated on Mount Carmel, Haifa, across the bay from Acre). Abdul-Baha stayed with the Maxwells in Montreal for several days. His visit was followed closely by the media of the day.
the Baha’i community around the world. But the authorities could not keep Baha’ulIah isolated from the rest of the world. Aided by His eldest son, Abdul-Baha (‘Servant of B&a’), Baha’ullah began tP receive a constant stream of pilgrims who travelled, usua& on foot, from all over the Middle East to reach His presence. In these areas, a community life was beginning to take shape, despite the constant persecution from the Muslim clergy. the first great expansion of the Baha’i cornmunity occurred when Abdul-Baha, freed in 1908, visited parts of Europe and travelled am- Mnth America from 1911-1913. The .
Baha’u’llah’s
Passing Away
Baha’u’llah passed away on May 29,1892, one hundred years ago today. At the time of His passing, the Baha’i movement was poised to break free of the Islamic lands where it had taken shape, and to establish itself first across America and Europe and then throughout the world.
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homeland.
And it is this occasion which is being commemorated round the world today by Baha’is in such countries as Brazil, Chad, Spain, the Solomon Islands, Australia, India, and Russia. Baha’ullah’s
Vision
Underlying all the concepts and principles expounded by Baha’ullah is a coherent world view that is trulp universal in its scope. Baha’is believe that the Baha’i community, even in its present infancy, manifests features that are Crucially relevant to the future of our planet. In over 100 volumes of writings, written between 1852 and 1892, Baha’ullah discussed such topics as: Justice ~rbestbel~v~dclSalithillKsi?~Mvsight~sJustice; turn nut awuv@m it thewhrn . . +By its aid.
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Two years before His death, Baha’u’llah received one of the few Westerners to meet Him. The visitor was Edward Browne, a young orientalist from Cambridge University, whose attention had originally been attracted by the dramatic history of the Bab and His followers. Of His meeting with Baha’u’llah, Browne wrote: “ln the comer. +. sat a wondrous and venerable figure . . . The face of hh on whom I gazed I can never forget, though I cannot destribe it. Those piercing eyes seemed to read one’s very soul; power and authority sat on that ample brow . I . No need to ask in whose presence I stood, as I bowed myself before one who is the object of a devotion and love which kings might envy and emperors sigh for in vain! “A mild dignified voice bade me be seated and then continued: ‘. . . thou hast come to see a prisoner and an exile . . . We desire but the good of the world and the happiness of the nations; yet they deem us a stirrer up of strife and sedition worthy of bondage and banishment . , . That all nations shoulql become one.. and all men as brothers; that the bonds of kfection and unity b&wee;n the sons of men should be atien@kned;
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Miffed by multicultural myths by Joseph Novak l3pedd to Imprint
If any single idea is influencing major policies within the Canadian society today, it i s the concept of multiculturalism. ‘Multiculturalism’ has become a term which appears in almost every issue of our newspapers and which is heard on almost every radio or television broadcast. Most politicians, anxious to gain as much popular support as possible, eagerly endorse policies supporting multicultura!ism and numerous groups clamor for funding and special treatment on this basis. In fact, however, the concept of multiculturaiism, like that of culture itself, is one devoid of any clear significance. What is astonishing is that so many people have failed to reflect on the undarities, inconsistencies, and incoherences lurking in claims that fall under the umbrella of this term’s application. In the following I wish to highlight some very basic observations that should expose the myth of multic~tlltlrralism. My argument thtt \‘arrir,l’. considers some of elements generally thought ti) be constitutlvc of a culture and then demonstrate&, on +L basis of these, that no real or cohesive unity exists in a culture today, but only the fabled or imaginary unity of some interest group. Clothing is often considered a distinctive identifying feature of a culture. One way of locating groups in an international festival is to look at the festive garb which seems distinctive of each nationality, Of course, closer consideration reveals that it is often not the everyday garb - at least not the current everyday garb - which is on display. What is on display is the clothing that at some misty point in the past became the stereotype of distinctive attire for that particular group. Now it may be true that a certain subset of a society might still embrace traditional clothing - sometimes the older folk, or a group dedicated to some religious ideal (in which case, as with the veil of certain Islamic regimes, certain attire might be required). Moreover, sometimes the festive clothing is very different from the garb of the everyday work world in a given group. But, in fact, even in such groups one sometimes finds the distinction between publicand private attire, and also the difference between those who genuinely feel such is their clothing and those who think that it is an outside limit imposed on their own style. For instance, how many Japanese women wear kimonos? How many German men in Canada or the United .States or even Germany wear L&erhosen (outside of Oktoberfest of course, at which time many non-Germans wear them)? The question then arises whether one should insist that distinctive garb be part of a cultural group’s identity. Does a cultural group lose its identity when its members begin to wear different clothing? If the answer to this latter question is yes, then blue jeans should become the target of the. most virulent type of protest by the promulticulturalist faction, for people of all sorts in all types of countries now wear them. Moreover, even if one were to identify a group in terms of its clothing and if such a group sought to mark itself off from others by its clothing, what problems arise if it decides to change its clothing? Changes in clothing can be dictated by changes in ideology or belief, as well as by a change in geographical or economic situations. Consider, for instance, the uniforms that became common in China under the Communist regime. Surely these are a far cry from the Chinese portrayed or stereotyped in art (vases and screens) and theatre (for example, Turandot), Few Americans of today would sport pioneer outfits or Pilgrim hats yet they would surely be called Americans n o n e t h e less. A change of ideology can constitute a reasonforchartgeinattire,
butsuchckan~e in
attire might also be dictated by geographical or economic reaso,ris. Further, one would hardly want to require people to continue to wear garb inapprop-
riate to a given climate. An lnuit in Toronto in July in a parka or a Polynesian in Saskatoon in February in a grass skirt are sights that would be simultaneously humorous and disconcerting. in short, just as the clothes do not make the man, the costume does not make the people; one key criterion for determining what a culture is seems to be unusable. Politics has been seen as another identifying tag of a culture. Does the alteration of a political belief make for the alteration of a cultire? For instance, part of Japanese culture had been the belief that the Emperor was divine. Of course, many societies throughout history had considered their leaders as divine - in ancient Egypt,Pharaoh was thought divine. Not all have done this, however, and sometimes the adoption of such a belief was seen as foreign to the group in question, as is evidenced by the Romans for whom emperor worship was not something indigenous - it wasLactuaily seen as an oriental importation. But if one can attich such an Iabel to an importation, then the practice seems to be linked to a soecific group or could even be claimed to belong to a specific “culture”. However, this would mean, in the case of the Japanese, that the abandonment of Emperor worship might be claimed to be the amputation of part of their culture; indeed, the aboIition of such a practice might be tantamount to the destruction of the culture as such.
could raise, all the way from the native communities living in remote regions of Canada whose culture seems to have been permanently altered or destroyed by changes in economic activities to Kuwait whose culture was altered, at least temporarily, by the absence of foreign workers to do the menial tasks that Kuwaitis had heretofore entrusted to them. Moreover, should one try to retain an economic activity which has come to identify a group, even if that activity in some ways proves harmfuI? Consider as an example the tobacco plantations of the American south in the 19th century. Surely a whole cuIture seemed to grow up around them and the cotton plantations. But if the people of that time had had the wisdom about the evils of tobacco which we do today, they should have abandoned such a crop. And if they had the wisdom about slavery as we do today, they would have abandoned the plantation idea altogether: A consistent multiculturalist with historical sensibility might even encourage the resuscitation *of this tobacco cultivation and human enslavement. Recentlv an econvmist wrote of the tvpicaliy *Canadian aspect of Crown corporations and how the loss of these might btl indicative of the loss of the Canadian way ~)f life. Likewise there are numerous examplesof
u 7kznksgiving turkey, and an American burger is very dIrerent frum a Lebanese falaffei. something simiiar could be said ot the shltt of government from rule by nabilit~ (aristtxracv) to rule by the people (democracy). How coild one speak of the survival of the Egvptian culture without PhararBh? How could &nrt speak of the survival of the Arabic culture without sheiks, princes, and kings? Closer tr) home, can one speak of the survival of tht! Canadian political system now that the charter of rights is in effect and theQueen is a mt’rt’ figurehead? Would an elected senate and frcL quent politicaI referenda (as suggested by d newcomer on the campaign Kent) further erode Canadian identitv? Economics is another factor that seems to emerge as an element of cultural distinction. Some early societies have been designated as hunter and gatherer societies; the activities of hunting and gathering have been viewed as constitutive of the culture of these groups. Similarly, agrarian cultures have grown up around farming, and nomadic o n = around animal herding. Often male and female roles and inttrractions are defined by these activitirrs. Eating patterns and even the types of food eaten and the role playti by food will appear differently in these cultures. Bringing in the beast from the hunt would be a cause of communal celebration not necessarily linked to an_v spc’cial period of the year; whereas agricultural festivals would be tied to certain seasonal changes. But what if a society switches from one activity to another? What if hunters and gatherers become farmers? Or even mow dramatic a change, what if they turn to manufacturing or become industrialized? What if they put chicken soup into cans rather than hunt boars? Will they have become another culture? One wouId think that they would thereby become, in the minds of many, a different culture. Should they bemoan the loss of their roots or is that - pun intended something more appropriate to an agricultural society that has become industrialized? One could look at this question of economic interests and culture in even broader terms. Would a country like England which once ruled the waves as a mighty seaempire, a thaIass0cracy, alter it5 culturt! as it lost that power? Did England lose its identity in abandoning ship? If it did, could one justifiably now sing “Rue Britannia,” rather than “Rule Britannia” as a result? There are numerous other examples one
how changt3 in governmental structures can effect rc~~nomic strdcturtls and how thostl changes can
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other features of the
~opie’s cultural life. Consider how thtl overthrow of the French monarchv left royal chefs without emplovment u n t i l t&v dt4Gped the restaurants and ma& p o p & r the French ctwlking which is now a mtxlel of haute cu isinc.
Finally, one’ might que that ideologies drtermine cultures and economic features of d so&h/. Communism has sureiv determined manv &cieties in this cmturv. it <mlv seems con&tent to encourage this & a cult& and tinsure that it does not pass from Ihe planet, for presently it is an the list of endangered economic sptrcies. The treasuresof cmptv display cases, long queue of hungry anA disgruntled people, and valueless currency sureiv dtwrvc to btl prtBscrvt*d for future gen&ations.
But speaking of haute cuisine, one might argue that food and drink constitute one of the mow visible means for demarcating a group as a culture. Surely French focti is different from German food, which, as a French Canadian colleague once said to me in Swabia, “ist mit Biei gemacht,” ie., “it is made with lead”. Everyone can tell the difference between a pasta and a stir b, between something Italian and something Japanese. A dish of curry surely does not smell the same as a Thanksgiving turkey, and an American burger is very different from a Lebanese faiafel. Howevcr,any argument that food is indicative of a culture had more force in the past than in the present. With McDonald’s spreading throughout the world, one has to wonder if the pierogi will survive in Poland, the quiche in Lorraine, the Bratwurst in Baden, and sauerkraut in Strasbourg.
Similar!y,
North Americans have diversified their diets considerably and many “foreign” foods have become North Americanized except for their names.
But even if we look into the past, the identification of culture with certain food types is not made without difficulty. What could seem more Italian than the noodle or more German t h a n beer - yet the noodie originated with the Chinese and beer was already known among the ancient Egyptians. Coffee and tea are other transplanted items which come to be identified with cultures to which they were not at all indigenous. One recalls Bach’s Cof-
fee Cantata which bemoaned the advent of coffee to Europe - the drink was perceived as a dangerous drug. MedicaI studies still occasionally claim it is indeed harmful. Even more interesting than this problem of traditional associations regarding the eating habits of a nation or group is the question of what one ought to eat. Presumably the digestive tracts of human beings are relatively similar. There are some indications of differences in tolerances, allergies, and so forth, but these do not seem, in most cases, to respet: any nationar or ethnic borders, It seems that human beings are becoming more and more aware of what foods promote good health and if we suppose that we can come to a knowledge of what type of nutrition will foster good health, it hardly seems reasonable to support dietary havits thay may be deleterious to one health. to munch on an Oktoberfest sausage anid guzzIe a beer just because you wear Lederhosen and want to support your ancestor’s Iifestyie? In other words, is it really smart to offer one’s stomach as a sacrifice on the altar of multicuIturaIism? Moreover, the same concern can be raised with ree*rd to modes of preparing foods and eating utensils. Not long ago some concern emerged in China about the hygienic problems associated with the use of individual chopsticks for reaching food in a common tray; such a usage rather than that of a common utensil was seen to be an easy way of spreading unwanted bacteria. Is a Chinese meal w i t h o u t chopsticks still authentically Chinese? Or, since chopsticks are used by other groups (and are manufactured even in North America), are they no component of what is fundamentally Chinese? There are, of course, problems other than health that are associated with nutrition, especially since what we eat has for the most part been alive at one time (and for people who eat sushi some of it may still be). I am speaking of course, of the so-called p animal rights. Now if anyone is to grant that animals have rights, then it seems highly unlikely that such a person would find himself at home either within the cultures of the world that are carnivorous or within a multicultural framework that allows and encourages meat-eating. There really can be no multicultufat vegetarians. Although a people’s drinking habits may be thought to be indicative of a culture, a closer inspection of this activity indicates that such a hallmark of culture runs into problems similar to those encountered with food. It is not always easy to find a drink that vpifies a people. The Russians were said to convert to Christian Orthodoxy rather than adopt islam as a religion, hugely because they were so addicted to vodka and unable to accept the abstinence imposed by Muslim belief. But; the Russians are not the only ones who make vodka, and not every alcoholic with a big nose is a Russian. While Scotch may have initially &en peculiar to the Northern Isles, it has been drunk fairly widely over a long time now. Wine is common to too many groups to be indicative of any one in particular. Maybe mead would have more success as a cuItura1 indicator, but then many cultures would have to be left without a defining alcoholic beverage. Non-alcoholic beverages do not fare much better in this analysis. Drinking tap water was once something distinctive of North America as opposed to Europe, while mineral water, on the other hand, was once indicative of modem European culture. Recently it has been just as easy to find Perrier (even polluted Perrier) here in North America as there. Japanese tea, when properly administered, requires that everyone drink the tea out of a shared bowl. In such a ceremony, the question of hygiene again arises; with AIDS as potentially (and many other diseases actually) transmissible through saliva transfers, the continuance and promotion of this and similar practices is hardly wise. Good old fashioned American beverages, like Coke and Pepsi, are now drunk all over the world; Canada Dry bs had a similar reception. Should a Swiss person in Geneva drinking one of these do so in shame and in secret? Or should he or she rather drink a Nestle’s in order to continue the great chocolate tradition?
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LlFE, Lifestyle Improvement and Fitness Education, is a program recently introduced to the University of Waterloo campus. The purpose is to include a wellness component
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Gold, Frankincense.and Mire Andrew. cash w i t h B o b Wiiman anll Shannon Lyon Born bsheiter May 21,1992
by Michael Bryson and Rosemary Crick Impriat staff ‘That last song should sepwute the
drin kemfirn the pmple paying attn tiun. ‘* -Bob Wiseman
On a night mixed with brilliance and banality, the campus came into focus. The contradictions fused and poetry became a concrete whole. The drinkers, the poseurs, the girls with shining legs and the jocular Bombshelter boys alI melted into one magnificent myth. The music, gleaming and tattered, ran over everything and glued the night together. Andrew Cash sensed it, asking&e gathering if he”had the kind of beard to sing a happy love sortg.” No, Andrew. No, you didn’t. You didn’t sing one either, your’face tired and self-mocking. And watching the peapie wander about, their heads high on a&ebraic functions or Shelley’s odes, I don’t think they expected one either. Or wanted one. Or needed one. You, Andrew, were the singer, and y o u sang. T h a t ’ s all tlyt was
Come back to the Bomber, Bobby necessary, and that’s all that happened. It was very nice, but nothing great. Ws own Shannon Lyon (of Strange Days) set the mystic tone early, counseling the galhering that ‘life ain’t eaq.“From there he mused on the separation of loved ones, sinEing of his parent’s move to British Columbia The set continued with other like sounding songs of tragedy and ioss, creating a mood somber and yet strangely joyous. And warm. Bob Wiseman, his hair cropped and face shaven, zooking not the least the artist, took the evening to ik
Wiseman, Bobby W&man. heights with sparkling rush& on his keyboards and soaring flights of jazz.
Lyon warms Waemun wuws Cash awls Wiseman, who recently left Blue Rodeo to play gigs such as this Bombshelter appearance and to produce such artists as Edie Brickell,
began on acoustic guitar with a song about a lawyer who defends fascists and racists (“help me re-write history”) and moved on to songs about Union Carbine, murdered native American leader Gabriel Garcia, and violence against women. His politics were accented, but he let the music carry every song never venturing much to explain the lyrics. This was a clue Andrew Cash did not pick up on, interfering his set far too often with noise about the origins of his songs or the new ways the a u d i e n c e should interpret them. Cash, dressed in his best early
Dylan hobo attire, staggered up to the microphone between songs to comment on his facial hair, which he said was the subject of many compliments, and speak disparagingly of his own music. He noted again and again his inability to sing a happy song. (Hang in there, Andrew!) He even ended his set by teHing the audience that “this is the part where the band usually comes in,” and since there was no band he didn’t know what to do. So he set down his guitar and walked off stage. He began his one-song encore by telling the audience they’d been more patient than they should have been. Some people, it’s said, aim for the highs in life to soar; others, when they’re down, reach up just to get out of the mud. Wiseman was the former, Cash the latter. The evening, in sum, belonged ;CO W&man, who showed his deftness on both acoustic and electric guitar and dazzled the Thursday night Bomber crew with his keyboard brilliance. It was magic, both poetic befuddlement and complete c o n t r o l . A crazy disarray of sounds crammed into an ordered madness of both sadness and joy. In a word, jazz. Slow and easy. T h e e v e n i n g p i n n a c l e d o n these rushes, glided along the smooth surface of good music’s infinite reaches. And it lingered - interrupted only by a desolate Andrew - and hung heavy in the night, slowly dispersing with the crew into the Ionety, darkened streets. Hey, Bob. Come back, won’t ~c,u?
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and guitars with a banjo, fiddle and double bass. What you have is opening act Bad Livers’ first tune of the eirening. Residents of Austin, Texas, the trio freewheeled their way through a toe tapping/knee slapping show that would outshine m o s t headliiing acts. I am hesitant to draw the comparison to They Might be Giants, but since I’ve already done it, Bad Livers
NOTICE:In an effoti to buck a’ recent Imprint trend, right off the mark I want you to know that the opening act of this show was NOT better than the headliner. The night belonged to Ed. It’s ail about units. Profit, product, and units. Music through my two hazel peepers; Integrity. Talent. Enjoyment. Reality; Profit, product,
and units.’
The Chickasaw Mudd Puppies have been dropped by Polygram. Not turning, enough reaIity p r o b a b l y . Obviously in search of new owners, talk in the Puppies’ pound is sur- I prisingly frq& yet optimistic. An extensive tour underway with Aus-: tin’s Bad Livers finds the duo hoping to stir enough interest to keep the music alive. Oh yeah. . . and p~)y their rent too. Unfortunately, a Bomber gig booked on the Friday of the May ‘Two-four” weekend promised as much success a~ a patio at Kinkos. Balmy weather and Molson’s “Call of
the Wild” stripped from campus the spending power of the few unfortunate slugs enrolled. Epidermal friendliness to the ozone resulted in dolorous tones all over campus the following week
Hear in your mind Black Sabbath’s “Supemaut”, Rep&e the drumkit
sound like a less contrived, acoustic version qf the popular duo. If you were unlucky enough to have missed I the trio at the Bomber (because your ’ carcass was basting at Grand Bend), despair not, @ause they will appear at this year’s Mariposa festival. By June, you’lI probably be in T. 0. seeking treatment for your skin cancer. Heck, why not stop by the Har- laundry and an old rocking chair. Perhaps people didn’t know what bourfront, p i c k u p a f r o s t y s l u s h y a n d check them out between therapy to m&e uf the stqe atmspherice, (perhaps they didn’t even care), but sessions? To see the Chickasaw Mudd Pup admittedly the show enjoyed a sedate pies live is to be intied down to start Genuine interest, but nonetheless sedate. If I could sell a segue betAthens, Gee@ for a good old ween dwth and Iii, I would have fashioned porch sit, complete with
fiimed the astonishing transformation that apprehensive Friday evening. It started with the index ‘finger drum kit. Before long, the organ of touch was inadequate. Exit digit. Enter right leg (bass drum). The Chickasaw Mudd Puppies have defined Stomp music Any bar manager caught padding the danccfloor with tables the night this dlio are scheduled to perform, should simply have his knuckles rapped. It was inevitible. Music so affable a n d energetic, can do little else b u t induce the hoi polloi into a dancing frenzy. Showcasing material from both albums (whi&~ &it and Eighr Tmck Stomp), the Puppies yipped and yollered the crowd into throwing crazy shapes. The true headlining bill of the night however, belonged to Ed, the CMP’s road manager. Resembling Eddy Hascal both in looks and antics, he devilishly coerced the crowd to flail around “Hokey Pokey” like, and you know, it actually worked. There was ?o shame in uncoordination. I am confident that the Chickasaw Mdd Puppi~ are welcome to once again step on the Bombshelter’s mat, but I fear that “Reality’s” ugly mug may prevent this treat. There is only one remedy to combat this ugly virus - do your part to turn some units.
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Arts
Get Smart, live by. heart By Heart: Elizabeth Smart, A Life
by Rusemay Sullivan Penguin Books, 1992 416 pages, $14.99
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review by Mchael Bryson lmprint staff
Once upon ff time there was a wuman who was just like all women. And she married a man who was just like all men. And they had sume children who wm just like all children. And it rained all day. . . In the twd thq died. Do you insist on vulgar details? Mm gossip?
Lua~hsomegluttony? Chuper one: rhq were bum. Chapter nuo.’ rhq were bewildered. Chapter thnz thqv loved. C h a p t e r jbur: t h e y sufered C h a p t e r fwe: thqv weqac&-d Chapter&: they
died. 2 - Elizabeth
Smart
E l i z a b e t h S m a r t w r o t e t h e poeticprose masteriece, By Gmnd Central Station ISat Lbwrl and Wept, and may just be Canada’s greatest and most misunderstood writer. I mean, 7i$e GZ&‘s Jay Scott somehow found it fit
to describe her in last March’s
Chatelaine magazine as “the bisexdly bohemian product of a wealthy Ottawa family against whom she rebelled.” Smart, says Scott, “carried ‘on a passionately masochistic relationship
with married poet George Barker for 19 years; she even bore him four children.” Even, says Scott. It m&s you wonder if he even bothered to read By Weutil “the awkwardly written but superbly researched biography” he was supposedly reviewing. What an idiot. What a country. Elizabeth Smart once described
Canada as a majestic country without any people in it, by which she meant there weren’t arty decent Canadian poe&For Smart, there weren’t any people but poets, which was why she had four kids by T. S. Eliot’s protege, George Barker, though they hardly ever lived together and her four children were only four of his fifteen.
Smart wrote By Grand Central Statiun about the initial stages of her relationship with Barker, when he w a s d r i f t i n g b e t w e e n S m a r t and.his wife, manipulating them both and putting down his carelessness to the
cause of Art First published during World War II, the book was well-
received but ‘quickly vanished. Its powerful poetry only murfaced to. prominence later with the rise of interest in women writen and a democratic reshuffling~of the literary
canon. Smart’s work now stands as one of the pinnacles of poetic-prose of the 20th century. In her own way, Smart, then, is a transitional f@ure. Hugely passionate
and yet fiercely independent, she embodies both the traditional female mother-archetype and the contem-
porary fern%+ideal. She had four children tiuse she wanted
to hold her back, struggle against the suffering, and win. of James Bond she once wrote that he could have his mistresses as long as she could have her lovers. Society was hypocritical: it
praised adventurous men but damned adventurous women. (This last not&? returns us to Jay
Scott’s initial comments, and I feel compelled here to point out that Smart had but one bisexual affair. Do we all Jack Kerouac a bisexual
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ted to live a life like Byron’s She wan-
fight against the forces that would
Smart’s
refused dismay and btutle on regardless
them all her life. When she read George Barker’s poetry in a book store one day, she decided he would be the fathe? of her children - damn
ted to live her life with tietic enerev.
jugates them. Smart came from a wealthy family, but she spent the prime of her life as a single mother struggling to make ends meet, dying all the time only to write. She knew only ttio well what she came to call “woman’s lot.”
what Elizabeth-did. Indeed, Elizabeth believed the only response to life was ‘ecstatic surrender’since life has a will stronger than yours, *Zt is not for you to know.’ She would always ask herself, ‘Can’t I possibly be a little braver?“’ Elizabeth Smart, says Sullivan, “lived on a vertical plane, where ecstasy or pain could deliver them-
- oh! - she is so sad! sumptions of Rugu4s and Rascals, . moment.“And illuminates her second theme. She Her language has such strength and writer? He was certainly more active yet she was so subsumed by her need “rebelled” (said Scott)? Good God, I that way than Smart ever was. Also, to love and be loved. She couldn’t Sullivan’s book is not “awkwardly hope so. believe she was a good writer until a written.” It is lively, witty and was man told her she was. But not just any s h o r t - l i s t e d f o r t h e Governor man, a poet. Barker, thankfully, gave General’s award for biogmphy.) her that praise, and Smart gave us her Reading at Seagram’s Museum on May 6, Sullivan expounded on her At one point in E& Hean, Sullivan prose. thesis that Smart had two primaw poses the rhetorical question, How S O full of contradictions, it is difthen do you survive life’s script? “By a themes in her writ$ng, love ,and ficult to know what to make of Smart’s life in our contemporary consilence. Smart first p u r s u e d G e o r g e rage of wil1,” she says and quotes Barker with an owiveriess that Smarl: text. Her absolute devotion to her Like thix- pm-v: bang your huad: by was total and blinding, believing as children might be seeh as an attack on beaW&k wpit: love: rage: rail; look. she did that heroic love would save women’s progress in the workplace, andpu&!v, iflucky, see: l o ve aguin; trr her from her blan?i, bourgeois, Canaand yet Smart broke through many - if not all - of the social taboos of lo stop’ loving gu on loving; bust& dian up-bringing. about: rush to and,@. Wibattver .vucr B@ finding her vision far less than her day (and these days, too). That realistic, Smart then turned later in .q wiil be for les than the tnrth. she is a great writer is gospel. Her life life, like many qcative women of her- “Refuse dismay and battle on will only grow in significance. generation (Syl$a I%th comes easily regardless,” says Sullivan, “which is Rosemary Sullivan has done her well.
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though, the book,& more of a curio, or a souvenir - a worthwhile one;to be sure, but as a work of art nowhere near as valuabIe as a copy of white Light White Heat or B&in,
Lou Reed: man of leather ot letters? That said, Between Thought and Ex/>r&un is still an impressive collection of Reed’s lyrics. It’s been assembled with the same diligence, the same sense of historical overview, that marks its CD namesake. It begins
with the early Velvets albums and continues right up to &figs fur Drella, the 1990 pop opera Reed wrote with former Velvet John Cale. It’includes songs written for Nice in the ’60s and for Ruben Blades in the “80s. lt also includes “The Slide” and “Since Half the World is H20,” two non-musical poems Reed published in the ’70s. Thus, every direction of Reed’s career has been touched on and, in this respect, the book sometimes actually benefits from being a print-only affair. For example, when separated from its moribund musical accompaniment, material from albums like ne Blue Mask and Mistrial actually reveals new strengths - particularly ‘Tell It to Your I-Ieart,” a tender love song from the latter album. The thematic concerns also have a broad range, from. ambitious experiments like “The Murder Mystery” to obvious throwaways .like ‘Terryboat Bill.” Most of the lyrics reflect Reed’s two major preoccupations: his upbringing (see
especially the riightmarish shocktreatment accounts in “Kill Your Sons” and “Lady Godiva’s Operation”) and the --downy Sins of streetlight fancies” he’s encountered over the years. The latter is best rep-
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Part Two.” Betwt~n Thou& and Ej-/?rzs.yiorr is also valuable for Reed’s numerous, ti brief, annotations; they’re succinct, revealing teasing and’ o f t e n hilarious. This is what Reed has to say about the Velvets’ wide-eyed ballad “Afterhours”: I iuwd q?whmm hum It 1s where /*#fit sari-7 SU~POW katcj?t YU death, 7%~ wmna~ I wu.s with, Aficmv, threw a glass that shattmd it1 a rnoh gyv 1s. face. Hr rhought thr> IYIM it! bat A qfmr did it. And a single sentence Jackie Ktwn&~ ttyi~g to ciml her w’qv uut of that car - can entirely illuminate a piece like 1982’s “The - Heroine.”
Besides R e e d ’ s lyrics . and annotations, there is one other noteworthy aspect of the book. Reed includes two interviews he conducted for magazines: one with Czechoslovakian president Vaclav Havel; and one with American writer (Last srit 10 Bruoklvn) Hubert Selby. The interviews are-mildly interesting but certain1 y unspectacular, and their main reason for inclusion seems to be to further the “man of letters” image. All in all, &twee~
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“Any minute you will feel the chemistry,” sings Mark at the beginning of ‘Twisterella,” the second single from Ride’s recent album, Perhaps he has something there. I-Iowever diEficult it was to listen to this song for the first few times, the happy, poppy melodies actually seem to catch hold. Gone is a lot of the negativism from Nowhex ltnstead, it is replaced with a more carefree attitude, building on past experiences instead of wallowing in them. Ride are on the verge of becoming really big. Witness the fact that this single went number one on the UK indie charts in just its second week of release.AndwithgoodreasonT+vistereua,” the only album track on the single, is the weakest of the bunch, which makes me wonder why they chose to leave the rest as B-sides. “Going Blank Again” features the vocal abilities of Mark and Andy at their harmonising best The musical emphasis seems to be on arrangement and merely on
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technical skilIs. This song succeeds on the fact that Ride seem to actually be playing with each other instead of against each other. “Chairs and tables move around but I just stay the same.” Perhaps a bit simple, but the message is there. ‘Howard Hughes” is far and away the most personal song on the disc. Andy’s chorus pedal and Mark’s acoustic guitar complement the softspoken vocals that draw a parallel between the life of the hand and that of Howard Hughes. “Looking for me in the words I’m reading / shying away &om the life I’m leading here.” Howard Hughes, or Mark Gardener? Unly they know the difference. Similar thoughts are explored on the slightly more- traditional “Stam-
pede.” Steve and Loz set the pace early with a strong bass line and densely crashing cymbals before Mark sings more about the Ioss of parts of their private lives: “you’re in my life / you don’t know me / where do you go / who do you see ! stampede into me.” Perhaps the limelight is beginning to take its toll. AIlinaIl, thisdiscrepresentsapositive move forward for Ride. Their songwriting ability has improved once again to encompass even more aspects of their personal feelings and thoughts. They don’t have to be loud and smeared to be good any more. It’s just a shame that well have to wait another year or two to see just how far they are willing to go in this direction.
Who could have predicted it? Back in the pre-&x.~urt~~u (and preNevermid) days of the summer of 1990, the Pixies were still on top of the college-rock world. So bassist K&n Deal’s Breeders project (with Tanya Donnelly of Throwing Muses and Josephine Wiggs of The Perfect Disaster) was only a mildly intriguing side-bar, and musically a pretty dull one at that. Times have changed. The Pixies’ well of ideas has dried up, and Kurt Cobain has conditioned the world to think that a catchy hook is where making a record begins and ends. Who would have thought that the Breeders would become one of the most exciting bands around? Well, with their new EP, they have. The four songs on Safari’ - including a cover of The Who’s “So Sad About Us” - are poppier, more accessible, than the first Breeders record. However, they’re also much more imaginative. Too much of Rx/ settled into a comfortable groove;
place. Probably the best of the lot is “Don’t Call Home,” with its serrated structure, mumbled vocals, and whacked-out guitars. “Do You Love Me Now” and the Who cover come off like summer car radio anthems from the Bizarre world. And “Safari” sounds most like the Breeders as we used to know them, but it’s still MI of a new sense of v&our, a “what can we try” attitude. If they don’t release anything else this year, they11 still be one of ‘Q’S movers and shakers.
heavily on their collective sleeves the very kind of criticism I’m guilty of slagging off the likes of the Black
could ever suggest. The best songs on the album might well be “Jackals, False Grails: The
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3 by Sandy Atwal Imprint staff Tom Waits is undoubtedly one of the brightest and most original solo artists working. His theatrical sideshows, film appearances, distinctive bourbon-scarred voice, freakshow lyrics, lounge-lizard parody and heart-rending romantic ballads have resulted in very-few records not worth owning and very many essential discs. Such was the case with his last three albums, Svordfihtmm bonus, Fmnk ‘s wild Y&s, and Rain Dogs, a brilliant trilogy of broken America as seen through the eyes of a “laughin’ on the outside/ cryin’ on the inside” starry-eyed dreamer. His latest contribution to his ouvre isn’t actually a
3m5 by Steve Gamble special to Imprint I can never quite figure out the Soup Dragons. Their 1990 release ller singles, Universe,” kg8 to fill up release Hoffiethe same he very bright
Tom Waits piece, but a primarily instrumental soundtrack for Jim JarinuschS film Night Cm Earth. Out of 18 tracks, only three have Waits’demented warbling and two of them are different versions of the same song. There are multiple versions of most of the instrumentals here, so the soundtrack doesn’t really bear repeated straight listenings. The two original songs, “Back in the Good Old World” and “The Other Side of the World”are standard Waits fare. “There’s a one-legged priest that tangos with the farmer’s wife/ Beauty and the beast is taking her own life/ and a tear on a letter moments. “Divine Thing” has some very catchy guitar riffs combined with drums loose enough to make you really feel the beat. “Forever Yesterday” is ethereal enough to bring back memories of the alcohoI-filled haze after a night or’ clubbing. There are plenty of cheeky steals to hold your interest for a while: the Creature Cantina from Star Wars and assorted sounds from Star Trek are immediately recognisable.
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cheeky monkeys But I can’t see myself listehing to this one much a year from now. I know this is just a pop album, but it’s a bit too simple lyrically. On “E\ierything,” Jim McCullouch sings “there
back home turns into a lake of your own/ and a crow turns into a girl on the other side of the world.” Fellini would be proud. One instrumental that really stands out is aptly entitled “Carnival.” The music just begs for your mind to go insane for two-and-a-half minutes and picture an appropriate se&g. All music is in the same vein as his three previous Island releases. Using a variety of instruments, he produces a melodious cacophony of warped circus music. Waits doesq’t actually play any of the instruments, not even piano as is his wont, but he is tie writer thus making this a worthwhile acquisition for die-hard fans. was I/ there was she/ a hopeless case of insanity.” Perhaps singing about the everything is best left to REM. At other times, it is humourously close to becoming a teenage makeout album as the phrases “mindless over you,” “as your lips reached mine, it felt like heaven,” and “MM all need a little bit of pleasure” jump to mind. 1 guess you don’t neell TV drown in everything, but a little more qubtlety would be nice. And I’m still not sure if 1 like it. There are enough twists and turns to keep it near the stereo for now. Looks like a good summer album with a couple tracks sure to fill the d;lnctL floor. The music is fresh and as bagg? as’ ever,’ and may just be reason enough to run out .and get this 017~. But don’t look for it solve any qL estions that have been troubling you. Just enjoy it mindlessly like any good pop album. r .’
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by Dave Thomson Jmprint staff Negativeland are masters of publicity, and put out some pretty nifty music to boot. A bit of history about the band is a prerequisite before proceeding any further. You see, Negativeland are those zany guys who managed to raise the ire of U2’s record company, Island Remrds, with the release of an album entitled U2. There were accusations of fraud, as the letters ‘212” occupied about 95 per cent of the height of the CD cover, while the naMe “Negativeland” was approximately the size of the print you’re reading right now. The two songs on the CD consisted of some U2 songs being played on a kazoo, with tape loops of Casey Kasem absolutely losing all patience with his studio crew during a tap@ of “American Tap-40.” After the lawsuit was over, Negativeland has urged all to boycott Island Records and U2# to show their displeasure with what they term as corporate
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artists. . , freedom of.expression . . . increasing homogenization of the music indwtry . . . mu&ngcreativity...blah,bah,b~Asif anyotw who listens to Ne@iveland is forking over money for U2 merchandise.
But it would be cool, L suppose, if people stopped buying everything else produced by Island Records, or at least sent letters to them telling them they were doing so. Even here at WaterIoo’s campus radio station, ~KMS-FM, disc jockeys have agreed to not play anything by U2 in protest of Island’s lawsuits, and the subsequent recall of Negativeland’s album. That was the first in what is apparently a series, some sort of ill-defined project of Negativeland’s. As a result of UZ’s record label, Island Records, suing the pants off of Negativeland and their label, SST Records, the dedication on the back of GLDMS reads as follows: “This recording is dedicated to the members of our favorite Irish rock band, their record label, and their attorneys. This music is two U.” GUNS is another twesong wonder, ‘Then” and “NOM+‘, and as one would expect, discusses the topic of guns. Included are women ta!king about long, powerful and M 10 or 12inchguns(oh.. .hahaha,Igetit),theplayby-play of the JFK assassination (how timely), and other unidentifiable recordings of people talking about guns. If there’s a point to it all, it’s one that is hard to discern. It is somewhat melodic, and as far as mastering the art of mixing together different sounds and voices, they do q&e a fine job. lf anything, I suppose Negativeland could be t@ng to provoke people to think about the place that guns phy in society; they have be come an accepted part of it, and to a dangerous degree. Hundreds of albums come out every week This was one d them It’s not bad.
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Natal Vision Births&y
Cwol Aitrt Wvcrvclr artd Judith Millvr May 2 , 1 9 9 2 , Conrad Grebel College by Allison Ma&Wane and T&a McDonald special to Imprint Bihvitwv
is a musical celebration childbirth experiences. Composed by Carol Ann Weaver, it is an exceptionally powerfu1 work of wome&
which combines a poem by Judith MiHer sung in soprano voice with oboe, percussion, piano, and tape recordings of women talking about giving birth.
Weaver is a professor in the music at Conrad Crebel College and Miller teaches EngIish at department
Renison College. Only 40 minutes long the perfor-
mance of draws the listener into the emotions and rhythms of childbirth, Recurring musical themes and a falling and rising intensity evoke feelings of the joy, mystery, and pain unique to the childbirth experience.
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family, friends, and a midwife about their birth experiences, and these voices are heard between segments of the music and poetry. The resulting stories are intensely personal and stirring in their openness and provide an aImost unique opportunity to hear
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about the birth experience. Premiered on March 11, Birthsrqv was performed again on M’ay 2 at Conrad Grebel College, Weaver and Carol Bauman provided the foundation of the piece through the rhythmic tension between piano and percussion. Oboist Faith Levene
definition, 7%~ &vrr is definitely high concept: a studid executive tries to get away with murder.. . oh, and H o l l y w o o d ? THHPPPT!!!! And so the Robert Albnan we all
coaxed her instrument to produce the screaming and wailing sounds of birth. Margaret Hu!I conveyed the words of poetry in her distinct and lovely soprano voice. These four w o m e n are excelIent musicians whose combined talents created a strong and balanced performance. Birrhstop is both an artistic performance and an emotional experience. The audience was not merely moved; we were in tears. To hear and see Bihhstu~ is to receive an offered treasure.
special to Imprint For those familiar with Hollywood buzzwords, the phrase “high concept” means a film idea that can be described in 25 words or less. By this
know and love returns! Altman, one of the great American directors of the 197Os, made such c l a s s i c s a s I215”A*SYJ, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, and The Long Goodbye (a personal favourite: film noir shot in glorious colour). The ‘SOS (and the critics)
weren’t nearly as kind to Altman) but with The Plqvrr, the 67-year old director proves he still has the right stuff. 7% Plqwr’s key player is Tim Robbins, who plays the aforementioned studio executive, Griffin Mill, whose position at t5e studio is on shaky
ground, and the poison-pen . . hate _ mail . he has been receiving doesn’t do much for his spirits, either. Robbins’
watching a studio executive hasn’t been this much fun since Michael. Lerner’s performance in Bation Fink - and is definitely a highlight of his career. Mill tracks down the writer he thinks is sending him the hate mail and, by accident, kills him. He then must walk a tightrope as he must struggle to keep his job, his freedom, and Sesolve his personal life when he gets involved with the dead writer’s girlfriend *(a good pefformance by Greta Scacchi). And the outcome? Give me a break! Like I’m going to tell you , . . let it suffice to say there’s no ScoobyDoe ending. Whatever else is said about 7%e Player, it is a film lover’s nirvana - a dense, wealthy cornucopia of allusions and cameos. From the long, opening tracking shot that sets the film up, a la Orson Welles’A Tiiuch CJ~ Evil (which is mentioned in The Plqer’s tracking shot - talk about recursion hell), there is a sense of something great to come - and it does. Michael To&in’s screenplay, based on his novel of the same name, is right
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plicity and beauty and is we11 integrated into the composition as a whole. The tape recordings of women’s voices were the most moving part of
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The onslaw~htof pedestrian British bands continues with Curve arriving in Toronto for their debut perfor-
. setting. Vocalist Toni Halliday and the quad-guitar driven Curve will be set , to prove themselves on this coming pl(p4~7gpr release, Curve arrive to per., Saturday night. Look for the band to f o r m t o f a n s who have already * perform their loud ethereal musexperienced the statutesque live per’ terings, look for Toni’s take on Kate furmances of Ride, Lush, My Bloody Bush” and/or Sinead, l o o k f o r Valentine, and Slowdive, in the recent 1 with themselves and their shared everything &at you would expect past. sound to forge any new and different from a great show, but do not be satisCurve hdve.‘earned their place in material. Perhaps, and more .p tly . .fied until you see the whites of t&e the shoegazing h a l l - o f - f a m e w i t h their stellar extended single release hopefully, this will change ih a Yive .* eyes and not their bald spots, . mance. Touring the hugely successful, but hugely unchanging, not to h/Jmention unchallenging
FVOWL But unfortunately they seem too complacent in this membership and have become far too enamored
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on target when it snipes at the shallow, greedy nature of. HoL lywood. The film doesn’t work quite
so well on the se&-comic-thriller level, but considering the casting coups and biting insights, I’m willing to allow a few plot holes. While many cameos are essentially name-dropping there are some that are just brilliant, like Buck Henry, sitting in Griffin% office, pitching a new script to him - a sequel to 7Yze Graduate (FYI, Henry wrote the origind screenplay of 7& Graduate, but then again, rumour has it James Caan and director Norman Jewison wiil be teaming up again for Rollerball II, so I guess anything’s possible). But don? go to The plaver just to play “How many famous people can I recognize?” - if that’s your only motivation, stay home.
Not that the cameos aren’t fun to watch. But to concentrate on identifying who’s who is not doing the movie justice - in fact, some of the allusions are much more edifying and darkly comic than most of the mmeos. And Altman skillfully blends the cameos, allusions and Tolkin’s screenplay into a very potent mixture. In the end, 73e plover does not offer a caustic, scathing indictment of the Hollywood money-grubbing juggernaut - its indictment is more of the elbow in the ribs variity. But it does provide a wake-up call for the mindless masses who think that Hollywood, for the most part, cares (ie. that crowd that found Qving Yourig warm, moving and deeply profopnd). An excellent film, highly recommended.
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The semtality Resource Centre - i s a trained student volunt&er service that offers information, support and referrals to those in need. This service is FREE. Call 885 1211, ext. 2306 or leasve a message at ext. 4042. The SRC is located in room 154OA, Campus Centre, UW.
Open House - Babcock & Wilcox Inter581 Coronation national Division, Boulevard, Cambridge, Ont, (621-2130). There will be displays, tours and other activities to celebrate our 125 years of boiler technology. (employees and families 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. - general public 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.)
Nicholas Rees: Collographs - an exhibition of prints employing the principle of collography by Kitchener artist Nicholas Rees at The Library, Preston Branch, 435 King St., E., Cambridge, 653-3632. May 6 to May 30, 1992.
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Nominations closed at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20, t992 for the by-election of one full-time faculty at-large representat i v e to Senate. Richard Ho!mes, Philosophy, has been elected by acclamation for the term to April 30, 1993.
Joseph Schneider House - to aid the Copper Trust Foundation - recycling pennies. Wednesday, June 24 - IO to 5 p-m. “Seniors Day”.For more info contact Cathy Blackbourn 742-7752.
Baseball Writers’ Bursdry - open to college or university students, $500.00 award. 500 to 1,000 words submitted by June 1,1992. Mail entries to: Baseball Writers’ Bursary,
Off-Campus Housing office is located on the rocf of the Village I Complex will remain open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday starting June 15 through to August 28, 1992. On weekends office
hours will be from 10 a.m. to 3:00 pm. on Saturdays, June 20 to August 29, 1992, inclusive. When the office is closed accommodation lists may be obtained either from the Turnkey Desk, CC or from the Security Office. Heritage Crossroads - R.R. 2, Kitchener, 7&3- 1914 summer celebrations: Sunday, June 7 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 pm. - “Scats come back to Doon” ; Wednesday, June 17 “Seniors’ Day”. For . more info contact Wendy Connell 7481914 or Marcia Shortreed 743-l 122.
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CounseIling Services will be offering the following workshops in the Spring 1992 term - Career Planning, Exam Anxiety Management, Exam Preparation, Exploring Your Personality Type, Interest Assessment, Reading & Study Skills, Stress Management Through Relaxation Training, Time Management &. Procrastination.
Register at Counselling Services, NH 2080 or call extension 2655.
Library - Anne Fullerton has been appointed to the position of Librarian in the Reference and Collections Development Department of the Davis Centre ‘Library. She can be contacted in room 1557, Davis Centre or by extension 6917. Discover how your interests relate to specific vocational opportunities. Tues-
day, June 9 - 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. ; Wednesday, June 17 - 1 I:30 to 12:30 p.m. ;
OUTERS CLUB Forthcoming Events - Bike Rally Saturday, May 30 . See our noticeboard outside the equipment room l Equipment room (PAC Blue South 2010) dp& Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Monday, June 22 - 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Myers-Briggs Type indicator - discover how your personal strengths relate io your preferred ways of working. Monday, June 8 - 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. ; Tuesday, June 23 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Register at Counselling Sewices, NH 2080.
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IIVIRY TUWSDAY Information Centre, 2-91 King Street, N., al 730 p.m. or phone 884-5907. UW House of Debates meets at 5:30 p.m. in Physics 3 13. Come argue with us! B@ Bnurdrcs: presented by The Novices welcome. Waterloo Jerwi Students’ Association. 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Campus WnRYwmDamDA~ Centre. The Hum;u\ Rights Organization Amnesty Qukk
International meets at 7:30 p.m. in CC 135. Everyone welcome! UW J-g Club meets from 5 to 7 p.m., Blue Activity Area of the PAC (outside when weather permits), Everyone is welcome, For more information call Sean 725-5577 or sdfinuca(at)descartes.
Questiorre - full-time Career Services Advisors can answer your briif career or job-related questions. Orop in anytime belwekn l-4 p.m.; Needles Hall, mofn 1029.
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-_I_ “Morphemes” - an exhibition of recent work by John Paul Baguley and Laura Cunningham, will be showing at the stART Galery in Waterloo from May 22 to May 30. For futiher info call 886-4 139. One hundredth Anniversary, Passing of Baha’u’llah (founder of the Baha’i Faith). Open house and exhibition on Life & Visionfrom9a.m.to4 p.m., DC1301. Refreshments Maday,Junsl Stop - would you like to know more about: sexual assautt prevention l personal safety * self-defence l crime prevention and much more. Waterloo Regional Police Dept. will address thesetopicsat 7:00 p.m. at Waterloo Co-operative Residence Inc.. Weaver’s Arms, 268 Phillip St. Free admission.
UW Recycles - 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Campus Centre, room 138A. Recycling coordinators or representatives from alf student societies are asked to attend.
Kitchener Blood Donor Clinic - Mennonite Brethen Church, 19 Ottawa St., N., Kitchener, Ont., from 1:30 to 8:00 p.m. --+-Amnesv Cnternational Group 9 will have a potluck supper at the home of Marilke, 43 Eastwood Drive, Kitchener at 7:00 p.m. Please phone 893- 1449. Everyone welcome: Baha’i Fzith Information meeting - Baha’i Information Centre, King Street, N., for for more info call 5907.
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Humanist Association of Canada, K-W, Guelph and Cambridge chapter invites everyone interested to a, meeting at 43 Eastwood Drive, Kitchener at 7130 p.m. For more info call 893- 1449 Kitchener or 8370698 Guelph. Animated Japanese Science-Fictton and Fantasy Fiuim Festival (all films dubbed or subtitled it? English). UW, Village 1, Gieat Hall (big screen) from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Admission iS free ’ (donations appreciated).
SmRViCms Annual Used Book Sale = Kitchener Main Library garage, 85 Queen Street, N. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.. For further info call 743027 1, ext. 239.
Charity Picnic& Carnival from 11 a.m. till 6 p.ti. at 145 Dearborn Place, Waterloo, 884-2060. All proceeds to St. Mary’s Hospital, K-W Hospital and the K-W Food Bank.
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Translation Sen&e - Arabic-English. Certified and experienced in all areas. Specially incort interpretations. Call (519) 725-3 184 evenings. Ramrod Appliance - we can often remir washers, JGers, fridges, stoves or r&crowaves for under $88.00 total, Also . excellent washers for sale with 3 month
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guarantee. 888-7830. Bike ID - 9th, 10th and 1 lth of June from IO:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Campus Centre.
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$20.00 cash! - 1st and 2nd year students 1 here’s your chance to help further science!
wednw&y, Jutla 10 Baha’i Faith Information Meeting - 7:30 p.m. - at the Baha’i information Centre, 291 King Street, N. or call 884-5907.
Drc@.n L,e@ Clinic - from 3 to 6 p.%. ai WCRi Main Office, Clayfield Building, Block 2, 268 Phillip St. Lawyers from Zinszer, Cooke, Pinchen will provide free legal consultation 5or any matter.
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YYPiNO F&t, professional word processing by University Grad (English). Grammar, spelling corrections‘ available.. Madntosh fxmputer, laser printer. Suzanne 8863857. l&p&enced
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