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Social Contract, sexual assaults, CSA + SLC = FUN!FUN!FVN!, the letter Y and you, Ryerson radicals

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jale birds sing, another roadside review, lesbian cinema, women’s theatre, Green Jello, Chaka Demus, George Thorogood reviewed

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Staff Association inks local agreement, no August shutdown

by Peter Imprint

Broum sta

The University of Waterloo’s local agreement with the staff association on social contract cutbacks, reached last Friday, should be enough to ensure a $ I .4-million reduction of those cutbacks, UW vice-president, academic and provostJim Kalbfleisch told a special board of governors meeting on Monday.

The agreement (for the complete text, see page 8) also means that UW will not close for a week during August, but will be closed on February 2 I, I994 during the winter study break.

At Monday’s meeting, Kalbfleisch and UW president James Downey also unveiled a plan to balance Waterloo’s 1993-94 budget, which was $9.5 million in the red after being ravaged by the social contract legislation and revenue cuts and tax increases announced in April’s provincial budget.

The staff association agreement calls for a three-year salary freeze and three unpaid days leave of absence per year for members of the staff associat/on who earn more than $30,000 per year. In I 993-94, February 2 I, I994 will be one of those days; those making $30,000 or less will have to take this day as avacation day.

In salary terms, employees affected the agreement will make I:53 per cent less in 1993-94 and I. I 5 per cent less in each of’94-95 and ‘95-96.

In return for these concessions, UW promises no announcements of lay-offs before May I, 1994.

If the other two main employee groups on campus, the fatulty association’and local 793 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, do not reach an agreement with UW by today (Friday, July 30), those groups will be subject to much the same agreement under the failsafe plan that UW is required to draft by the legislation.

The University Subsector Social Contract, signed by Downey last week and approved by the board ofgovernors Monday night, requires that employees within an institution be treated fairly and equitably, meaning that most if not all of the terms in the staff association’s deal will be applied to the rest of UW’s

employees.

By dealing before July 30, UW staff also gain access to the provincial government’s job security fund.

Those employees who fall under the failsafe plan.will not have access to this fund.

UW will save $I .26 million from the three unpaid days off. The rest of its $6. I -million social contract target will be reached largely by rescinding 1993-94 salary increases totalling $4.635 million.

At the emergency board of governors meeting, professor Gordon Andrews, past president of the faculty association, expressed concern that the staff association had effectively negotiated the terms that UW would also apply to faculty* “Job security was a high priority for the staff,” Kalbfleisch

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UW murder hearing held Imprint

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A preliminary hearing was held last week in the second degree murder trial of Kris Eric Warkentin, the UW student charged with the January I, 1993 saying I of PhD candidate David Zaharchuk.

The hearing took place over four days, beginning July 20, at the Kitchener provincial courthouse.

A trial will commence sometime in the fall, Warkentin was charged with the murder of Zaharchuk after turning himself in to Cambridge police on February I. He had previously been suspectedand interviewed by police at his work-term location of Hinton, Albem.

Zaharchuk was found dead in the Engineering 1 building by during the early morning of January I. He had been beaten to death.

Zaharchuk was weeks away from completing his PhD in chemical engineering and wasgranted his degree post-humusly at UWs spring convocation.

Warkentin is an undergraduate student also in chemical engineering.

At the July 20 hearing, a publication ban was imposed on all evidence presented throughout that hearing. We can’t say anymore.

Former president Jimmy Carter appreciates the opportunity to build houses for poor people, and just to get some fresh air.

Rae, build

by Ken Imprint

Carter

for Habitat

Bryson stc@

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, Premier Bob Rae and other assorted dignitaries converged on a Kitchener neighbourhood last week for Habitat for Humanity’s building project.

Founded in 1976, Habitat for Humanity builds and sells homes, interest free, to needy people in return for labour and “sweat e+ity” on further housing projects. Habitat relies on volunteer labour and donated building supplies to build the homes, which is where Carter, Rae, and every other volunteer enter the

picture.

With the plan to build ten houses

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in five days on Kitchener’s Daniel Ave., Habitat already had the walls and rooves in place, with the siding ready, by the time Rae and Carter arrived for day two.

“Habitat is a special kind of philosophy,” Carter said in a noon hour speech. “We go by the economics of the Bible. The Bible says when you lend money to a poor person, you don’t charge any interest”

Beyond paying their interest free mortgages, which are used to build more houses, Habitat home recipients are required to volunteer five hundred hours of time on other housing projects.

Habitat for Humanity has built over 30 000 homes world wide.

cops look offender

by Lance Manion Imprint sta UW police are seeking a lone cyclist in connectiov with three incidents of on-campus sexual assault.

The suspect was described as approximately 25 years old, with a thin-to-medium build and short brown hair. He may have been wearing glasses as well; The bicycle was described as a light-colored, older model I O-speed.

On Wednesday, July 14, between I I and I I:30 PM, three separate women were surprised from behind by the cyclist and then groped in a sexual manner. The incidents occurred near the Arts Lecture Hall

and Hagey Hall, as well as along the Math and Chemistry pathways.

Security Director Al McKenzie stated that since the release of a security bulletin regarding the incident, UW security has received two further complaints.

Both of these incidents occurred on the same night- Wednesday the 14thand one of them occurred just off campus, near Philip St and Columbia Ave. McKenzie

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police have no leads as of yet but stated that there have been no further complaints either. “It looks as though it was a one-evening thing and now he’s gone, but we are still watching.‘*

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Radical religion rampant at Ryerson U.

by Lisa Sutam special to htpfint While universities and colleges prepare for their upcoming fall orientation weeks, Ryerson Polytechnic University will be putting the finishing touches on its new Cult Awareness program.

The program, set to coincide with the arrival of new and returning students, is the resuli of the drastic rise in the number of Christian Fundamentalist recruitment campaigns on Ryerson’s Toronto campus.

Oanielle Holmes, a member of the Ryerson Student Union and organizer of the awareness program, is optimistic that this program will prepare herself and the university for this crackdown on religious recruitment campaigns, according to the K-W Record.

“Last year was a nightmare,” said Holmes. “This year is going to be even worse. But we’re going to be ready.”

The high-pressure campaigns aimed to recruit alienated and vulnerable students are causing controversy on university campuses across Canada.

In addition to Ryerson, Christian groups have provoked complaints at the University of Toronto and York in Toronto, Carelton in Ottawa, McMaster in Hamilton, McGill and Concordia in Montreal, and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

Large university cities are often the hardest hit by fundamentalist recruitment campaigns.

“Our students are in a time of existential crisis,” said Rev. Roberta Glare, a Chaplin at McGill, in the Record.

“Students are really searching for meaning and they can be sucked in by

these para-churches that promise a quick fix.”

At some universities, recruiting bans or trespassing charges have decreased fundamentalist activities.

Members are often friendly people who approach lonely students and offer invitations to Bible study, barbecues and salvation, Holmes said.

“We just love people,” said Lyle Osland, the administrator of the Toronto Church of Christ, agroup singled out by a Ryerson Student Union pamphlet according to the Record.

“We believe the Bible and we are concerned that it is not beingfollowed.”

UW professor and president of Conrad Grebel College Rod Sawatsky is concerned about the quickness to label some religious groups, “We must first decide what we mean by the label ‘cult.’ These small religious groups that are unknown and

unable to adequately defend themselves are often deemed as evil and nasty. We wouldn’t tolerate racial prejudgments of this nature, why should we tolerate this religious prejudice?”

Sawatsky, a religious freedom advocate, questions how the intellectual freedoms in the Charter of Rights will f&tor in if “cult awareness” programs become routine on campuses.

“I’m not saying that some groups don’t prey on vulnerability.

Instead I would encourage students to exercise caution on those that want to convert them to their world view.”

In the United States, cult awareness programs on publicly funded university campuses violates American civil liberties.

Canada, however, has not developed civil liberties to the same degree as tie States.

“There are certainly groups to defend the rights of visible minorities in Canada, but very few defend the, righu of minority religious groups,” says Sawauky.

University of Waterloo, which has held cult awareness programs in the past, is not currently affected by religious recruitment campaigns that have plagued Ryerson.

The last incident was September of I 992, when ‘*Brother Jim” informed students walking between the Campus Centre and the Math building that they were in a very high risk for “‘going to Hell.”

Brother Jim was escorted off the premises by the Campus Police.

“We should teach student to develop cynicism, caution and ‘questionism,“’ Sawatsky advises. “Be careful who you commit your beliefs to.

8uyer beware!”

Develo’pment versus environment

by Avvey Peters Board of Communications

by Jade special

Chair

Federation Hall was the place to be last weekend as the Feds continued the greatest party tradition of UW summers with Summerfest II. Friday night the beach volleyball court was the place to see and be seen, as people with a flair for “something a little off the wall” were climbing a giant one made of velcro.

In true Dave Letterman style, participants donned a velcro suit and helmet and trampolined their sticky selves toward the softer side of the wall. Upside down manoeuvres seemed the most popular. . . if not the most unnerving for everyone on the sidelines. The night continued with hot summer sounds, and a good time was had by all.

Not to be outdone by Friday’s patio antics, the dance floor saw some unusual action Saturday night. Taking advantage of the opportunity to make their friends’ heads spin, Saturday’s crowd was big on human bowling. Ever see one of those plastic pet toys with a bell inside? Picture one very large pet toy rolling towards seven foot bowlng pins. Somehow the preparatory spin work on participants seemed to upstage the actual bowling.

All in all, with the silly human tricks, great patio weather, and Saturday afternoon’s highly “competitive”volleyball tourney, Summerfest ll was a super success. A hearty congratulations to Lori, Dave, Dave, and all their assistants, for a job well done.

On to other things now. . . the Feds are hiring for the fall term; some board chair positions and a whole lot of commissioner positions will be vacant come September. If you’re interested in helping out, drop by the Fed office and ask some questions or fill out an application.

Incidentally, if you wonder who some of the people who’ve been hard at work for you this summer are, or if you’d like to find out just what it is they do, come on by: In any event, be& of luck on exams, dnd enjoy what’s left of the summer.

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On July 13, the International Graduate Students Committee and the Waterloo Public Interest Research Group (VVPIRG) organized a discussion on environmental development.

Invited to speak on the development side was Alfonso Nieto, the Consulate General of Mexico, and Zen Makuch of the Canadian Environmental Law Association spoke on the environmental side.

Nieto began his talk with a brief history of the economic development of Mexico and where it stands in today’s market (now second in trading with the United States).

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This lead to a discussion of NAFTA and safeguards for the planet.

Nieto likes the deal. He feels that the “greenest” trade agreement is good for the economies of each country, and the environmental protection is a bonus for everyone.

Makuch disagrees. Saying that NAFTA is the “greenest agreement” isn’t saying much, seeing that this the only the second deal that even addresses environmental safeguards.

Even with the protection clauses, there is difficulty in enforcing them.

Makuch contends that trade dis-

putes will be settled in private with no public standing, no access to briefs, and . . even delayed access to verdicts, that in fact could seriously violate our social justice system.

Beyond the technicalities of the agreement, each country has their own protection standards. Any resulting environmental damage is trans-boundary, however, and everyone loses.

In conclusion, Makuch suggested that each member of the audience take the time to learn more about NAFTA and perhaps write some letters.Although no answer about the possibility of economic development with environmental integrity was given, it seems that it might be possible with strict universal environmental standards, though NAFTA may not provide it.

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respdnded, pointing to the promise of no lay-off announcements before May I, 1994 and to the government’s job security fund.

“There is no tenure for staff,” he said.

The “strategy” tabled at Monday’s meeting also had to deal with $3.461 million in shortfalls caused by April’s provincial budget, including $2.6 million in grant reductions, $545,000 in other income reductions, and $282,000 for a tax on pension fund contributions.

UW will cut its general expenditures by $ I ,7 million and make up the other $ I .7 million by reducing pension fund contributions over the next three years.

The university’s contribution to pensions will fall from I I7 per cent of the employees’ contribution to 90 per cent. Employees’ contributions will also fall to 90 per cent. Kalbfleisch stressed that this was a temporary measure, since this $1.7 million would have be put back into the pension fund before May I, 1996.

Other budget cuts include a reduced discount on text books at UWs bookstore from eight per cent to four per cent and a general departmental budget cut of 0.4 per cent.

Andrews and others expressed concern

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tributions to balance the budget, something he called “raiding the pension fund.”

“I see this as a precedent which is very dangerous,” Andrews told the

reduced

board.

“This is not being used to satisfy the social contract requirements, but other shortfalls+ ” he said, adding that Kalbfleisch had promised not to use pension funds to balance the budget.

Another governor, Fred McCourt, said that salary freezes on young employees now would affect their lifetime earnings drastically. He also suggested that the board of governors draft a formal statement of protest to the government’s cuts.

“Obviously, we have no choice about these actions, but do we have to accept this with smiles on our faces?” said McCourt.

“We need to cut governor Andy Sarlos said. “We have been cut-

fat,”

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ting lots of muscle, bone, important things.” Sarlos called for a complete review of Waterloo’s programs and services with an eye to prioritizing them.

Environmental Studies Deanjeanne Kay warned about the dangers of this kind of an evaluation process. “To those involved, their work is very important,” she said. “We should have a panoramic vision of ourselves as an institution.”

Review of academic programs for the purpose of eliminating them, according to Kdlbfleisch, can only be done if the president states that the university cannot manage its financial affairs without releasing tenured faculty.

Such a review lies within the jurisdiction of the senate, not the board of governors.

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Better managers save the country,

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UW News

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Bureau

The spectre of de-industrialization and persistent high unemployment hangs over Canada unless something is done to restore manufacturing health to the economy.

And that “something” is better managerial skills, according to University of Waterloo experts on operations management, manufacturing and management of technology.

“Good managers see organizational situations more clearly and can therefore manage more effectively than poor managers,” says Prof. Michael Magazine, chair of Uw’s management sciences department.

‘To sharpen managerial skills, a new executive program will be launched this fall by the UW department, which is part of the faculty of engineering. The department, unlike traditional business programs, advocates both a managerial and technical {that is, engineering) emphasis in instruction and research, “Manufacturing is not just about producing and assembling products, it’s also about customer focus -service operations and distribution of products for the customer,” Magazine says.

“We’re talking about a total enterprise approach.”

Company executives, Magazine notes, need to look beyond the shortterm achieve competitiveness in a growing global economy.

“There is no question that taking short-term views affects the management’s risk-taking ability,” he says. “We don’t tend in this continent to take a chance of new methods and new technology because we view the shortterm payback only.”

He says UW’s executive program comes at an opportune time for industry. “We have watched a lot of industrial giants collapse in this recession.

We believe a lot of this has to do with the inability of the large industrial giant to deal with change.”

What’s needed -and covered in the workshops - is the teaching of good management practices, Magazine

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says. “If Canada is to provide a high standard of living for its population and maintain itself as a leader in the industrial world, our companies have to change their ways.”

And history provides ample warning of what happens to those who stay put. Magazine points out that none of the top IO companies in I900 exist today and mostly it’s due to the fact that they did not adapt to impending challenges.

Now, with the advent of lower tariffs and trade alliances, Magazine says it’s crucial for Canadian companies to cope with rapid change. “It’s necessary for them to become more competitive than they have been - we are competing with companies that are producing all over the world, even for our own market” Faced with that challenge, “companies must be in the forefront with new and modern ideas,” he says. “It’s important for them to know how to manage that new technology.”

Prof. Abraham Grosfeld-Nir is the director of the executive program, which draws inspiration from the Leaders in Manufacturing Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The MIT program, based on a patinership with I I U.S. manufacturers, aims to boost the health of companies competing in the global marketplace. * “Why are countries like Japan more successful than us/asks GrosfeldNir, who has extensive consulting experience in service and industrial organizations “It’s not because they have better technology or have people who are willing to work harder or have more natural resources than Canada.

‘Their relative success is because of good managerial methods. The key to that success is how you manage the physical materials as well the human resources.”

So the answer for Canada is to unleash the potential of managers through special programs. “We need to upgrade the skills of current managers and develop the skills of future managers,” Grosfeld-Nir says.

Feds, women’s centre clash over “womyn”

by Ken Imp&t

Bryson stqff

Relations between the Women’s Centre and the Federation of Students have once again fallen into debate, this time over the official spelling of the word “women.”

In a memo to Women’s Centre co-coordinator Sonia PrevostDerbecker dated Tuesday, July 27, Fed President Catherine Coleman stated thatthe Federation recognizes the spelling as “women” and that any other spelling is “unacceptable.”

The Women’s Centre has previously spelted the word as “womyr$’ for the purposes of advertising both in Imprint and on posters. Stemming from an altercation over how the word should be spelled on the Fedpage in Imprint, the memo was designed to clariQ the Federation’s spelling policy, according to Coleman.

“Any variation [in the spelling] is still perceived as radical and that would, in fact, alienate a lot of students on campus,” Coleman said. “As a Federation of Student’s service, [the Women’s Centre] should be accessible and inviting to all students,” Prevost-Derbecker’s co-coordi-

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The Chinese Students Association is breathing a sigh of relief after meeting with John Leddy, who is in charge of the Coordinated Plan for the Student Life Centre. At the meeting Leddy agreed to provide the CSA with the current Clubs Room after the SLC

and science

Experts concerned about the future of women in an increasingly technological society are to meet next week at the University of Waterloo for the international Gender and Science and Technology conference.

The six-day event, beginning Saturday, July 3 I, is co-sponsored by the Ontario Women’s Directorate and UW. It will explore the topic of “Transforming Science and Technology - Our Future Depends On It.” The conference, held for the first time in Canada, provides a forum for people interested in the inclusion of girls and women in the world of science and technology from early childhood to work environments.

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over her perception of Coleman’s closed mindedness, adding that Coleman was invited to attend a Women’s Centre meeting next week. She was doubtful that there would be any progress made, adding that she didn’t really consider taking the issue to students’ council an option.

“It’s just been an autocratic decision, it hasn’t come from the students,” she said.

While Coleman does not deny the memo to be a form of censorship, she sees it as within the Federation’s power to direct how Fed services run themselves to be most effective.

“My biggest fear is alienating those student’s who might otherwise use the Women’s Centre but perceive it to be a little too radical,” Coleman said, adding that in years to come, when society has advanced away from patriarchy, both spellings could be acceptable.

For now, though, Coleman feels it prudent to use the conventional spelling.

“This isn’t trivial,” Coleman said.

“There’s a great deal of symbolism behind it” Prevost-Derbecker is currently unavailable for comment.

is built The initial plans for the SLC involved the CSA moving to the large general club space, where virtually all official clubs would share offices. Unfortunately, this left no room for the CSA’s extensive. library.

Currently, the CSA has no official location. They are set up in an unused Fed office in the basement of the Campus Centre, and had been told to vacate it by this October.

Without a private area in the SLC, they feared that their library would no longer be available to students.

The library, according to CSA president Ping Wong, contains over 3,500 books, plus magazines and CDs that are difficult to get in Canada, Over fifty people use the library each day in the summer, and even more in the fait and winter terms.

According to Wang, the CSA was

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first informed about the proposed SLC space early in June by the Clubs Commissioner Patrick Cummings, and he was upset that John Leddy had not informed him. Cummings claimed that “just about every club I talked to had not seen the plans [for the common club space].” However, Leddy agreed to meet with representatives from CSA and GLLOW to discuss room altocation 28. Cummings presented , , ,on July ._I %A* _._I Leaay wlrn a 3uu name petItIon supporting the library.

The results were positive, said Cummings, and the CSA is to now get the current Clubs Room for their library. That space is slightly smaller than their current one, but they also have access to the general club space.

“I don’t think we can go any further with it,” said Wong, adding that he was “happy with the smaller room.”

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Russian and Canadian scientists, including three from the University of Waterloo, are joining forces to study the impact of climatic change on forests in Arctic areas.

The multi-disciplinary project, known as the Paleoecological Analysis of Circumpolar Treeline, has received a $ I. I -million, five-year grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

“The main thrust of the project is to examine the response of the treeline to climate warming in order to predict future global climate change,” says Prof. Tom Edwards, of UW’s department of earth sciences. “What we are trying to do is track out in detail the changes in the treeline position over time.”

Edwards, along with colleagues from McMaster University and the University of New Brunswick, headed out last Friday (July 23) to begin fieldwork in Siberia, collecting cores of sediment and peat from sites on the Taymyr Peninsula.

The two-and-a-half-week excursion is the first of several field studies for the project The project also involves scientists from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Queen’s University in Kingston, the University of British Columbia and the University of Ottawa. In addition, it counts on the participation of Russian researchers from Moscow State University and Russia’s Academy of Sciences.

The chief investigator for the project is Prof. Glen MacDonald, a geographer at McMaster University in Hamilton.

Other UW project members are Prof. Ramon Aravena, an earth scientist, and Prof. Barry Warner, a geographer.

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nator, Tammy Speers, however, views the ruling as a form of censorship.

“They’re giving us a word and telling us how to spell it,” she said. “Are they going to tell us we can’t deal with wife battering because the majority of students aren’t married?”

Speers also asserts that the Women’s Centre has control over how they present themselves despite the Federation providing their budget. She also took exception to Coleman’s decision to not come directly to the Women’s Centre over the issue and send the memo instead.

“This probably could have been settled but now they [the feds] have to get students on one side and students on the other,” she said. “It just seems like a very immature way of dealing with [the problem].”

After Coleman and Speers met on Wednesday, however, the two had decidedly different opinions on how the meeting went Coleman was pleased to have talked about the relationship between the two bodies but did not change her opinion on the matter. She also expressed her willingness to take the issue to students’ council, searchinga broad based consultation process.

Speers, however, was frustrated

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The University of Waterloo’s master plan on campus growth for the next century has received an honorable mention at a recent competition sponsored by the Canadian Institute of Planners.

The plan, prepared by the planning firm Berridge, Lewinberg, Greenberg Ltd., calls for an environmentat “green” emphasis on UW’s largely undeveloped north campus and for stronger links between the south campus and the surrounding Waterloo community.

It proposes a research park on the north campus, as wet1 as better access of services - bookstore, gift shop park, complete with pedestrian and bicycle and information outlets - for the public. Also suggested is a “greenbelt” pathways running through the campus and beyond.

The plan, which has been approved by UW’s board of governors, calls for environmental initiatives, such as the creation of wetlands and rehabilitation of Columbia Lake.

The “University of Waterloo Master Plan” was entered in the contest by joe Berridge of the planning firm. The event was held earlier this month at the institute’s national conference in Victoria, B.C.

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Ken

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oday’s media often like to report on certain knee-jerk reactionaries in order to sell papers or create discontent where none is actually warranted. Take two recent scandals for example.

The federal government’s decision to purchase Mark Rothko’s “# 16” painting (see Lefcourt to the right) for the National Gallery in Ottawa sparked a furore in the Toronto Sun, who, along with a photo ofthe work, ran the front page headline “$1.8 million for this!”

Give me a break. If the Sun has had such a slow day, that is, one without any “Death plunges” or shoot-outs is Scarborough, to run a full front page editorial over a measly two million dollar piece of art, then the reactionaries at the head ofFice must have thought this to be a gold mine of a story.

First off, there is a reason why this piece of art was purchased - it is worth it. It was worth it tb the artistic directors of the National Gallery to spend that money for an influential pie& of artwork.

Without getting into a viewer-response type of criticism of this painting, let us at least respect the opinion of those who have the privilege of dispensing public funds for the cultural enrichment of Canada. These are the same people that fund every other cultural institution in the country, from the Royal Ballet to the l-lillside festival. If we are to disallow funding of certain cultural endeavours because we think they are pointless, where do we draw the line?

Similarly, where do we draw the line when it comes to what we can bring up on our computer screens?

Last week, Women’s Centre coordinator Sonia Prevost-Derbecker thought it prudent to complain to the Kitchener Record about the proliferation of pornography on UW’s computer networks. This university should not allow such pornography to remain unhindered, she said. Well, she is wrong.

What those against the National Gallery’s purchase and those against the availability of pornography on computer networks (and it isn’t exactly readily available, or easy to bring to the screen, for that matter) seem to have forgotten is that individuals can think for themselves.

If any individual taxpayer feels his/her share of the $1.8 million (about twelve cents) spent on “#16” has been poorly allotted,;hen too bad. That is the price yo; pay for having a cultural community active in ihis country.- If you don’t want tb pay the three dollars to see the art (over two and a half thousand per cent what you initially paid for it) then don’t.

If any member of the UW community felt they did not want to see pornography on a computer, they wouldn’t even have to figure out how it could be done, let alone be subjected to it.

But by choosing to censor the National Gallery or even images that do and will continue to exist in a computer network, we would be setting too deep a precedent and endangering the art and information we actually do agree with.

If we could convince those with the desire to see such images and art that they shouldn’t want to, then that is fine - but censorship does not even allow them that opportunity.

Which is an insult to every thinking person.

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Friday, July 30, I993

Scurrilous?‘Yes Irresponsible?

Over the past week, a controversy has raged in the editorial pages of The Globe and Mail. The row surrounds an editorial writtenjuly 16, titled “The ‘Scurrilous’ Student Press.” (For those of you not in English, ‘scurrilous’ translates as ‘coarse, crude, vulgar, abusive, offensive, derogatory or vile’). The subject of the editorial was the recent shut-down of the University of British Columbia’s student newspaper, the Ubyssey. The editors argued, among other things, that the Ubyssey was a poorly run, irresponsible, money-losing enterprise that did not represent the attitudes and ideas of the UBC student population, but’still did not deserve to be shut down.

Well, they’re right. The Ubyssey was well noted in the student press community as a particularly Marxist publication, with leftist editorial slant roughly equalling a certain tower in Pisa, Italy. The pundits are not all that far from the truth when they call the Ubyssey irresponsible.

What the editorial, and even the several respondents decrying it, fail to acknowledge is that the Ubyssey’s editorial irresponsibility is directly attributable to the fact that the paper was run by UBC’s student government.

The Ubyssey, like the Western Goretie, the Brock Press, and countless other university student newspapers across Canada, is funded by the student union of its school. This arrangement not only hinders the concept of a free and independent press, it makes that concept impossible. A press cannot be free if it is wholly owned and administered by a political entity not specifically dedicated to publishing a newspaper. The Ubyssey, owned and operated solely by the UBC student government, is the equivalent of the Globe and Mod being owned and operated by the Government of Canada. The very idea is ludicrous.

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indicted all manifestations of the student press as having I’. . . no . . _ reality checks,” and as being ‘I 1 . . easy prey for zealots who live in their own little worlds.”

The piece was written with the Ubysser in mind, and I might have easily dismissed

it as the thumpings of an angry taxpayer, except that its author was agraduate of the University of Waterloo. is a source of great disappointment to me that the author, one Jonathan Malloy, did not bother to investigate the inner workings of his own school’s student newspaper.

The Imprint could not be less like the Ubyssey and the comparison, quite frankly, is an insult.

Imprint is owned and operated by Imprint Publications, a separate and fully independent Ontario corporation with no ties or allegiance to any outside political body. It receives a third of its operating budget from incidental fees levied on students, but subsists mostly on advertising revenues. just like a real live newspaper.

The editor-in-chief of the Imprint has full responsibility for all content, and can be held personally liable for any damaging or libelous statements, just like a real live newspaper.

The corporation’s Board of Directors has full legal control of all aspects of the corporation’s financial and legal dealings, just like a real live newspaper, and the whole shebang is accountable only to its members.

That’s you, by the way.

Every person who has paid the completely refundable and totally optional four dollar Imprint fee is a member ofthe Imprint Publications corporation and, as such, has an equal say in how the paper is run. You, the members, control every aspect of the Imprint.

Not the Federation of Students.

Not the University.

Not individual writers.

You. Don’t like how the paper’s being run? Come on in and vote. Don’t like the musical tastes of the arts editor! Come on in and vote. Don’t care for the political views of the features editor!

Come on in and vote. Don’t want to vote? Write a letter to the editor. It’s a free press in the Platonic sense of the word, and it runs pretty we\l, if you ask me.

The Writers of the editorials and comment pieces in recent issues of the Globe and, for that matter, all those who say the student press is an enclave of whiny Marxists who don’t have a clue

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No what happens in the real world should take a look at the Imprint and the growing number of student newspapers like it.

The answer to irresponsible student newspapers is not, as in the case of the Ubyssey, for the student government to unilaterally shut down the paper and place it under strict and draconian control of a University administrative body. The answer is to jettison the whole shooting match, and accept as the official student newspaper only a separately incorporated, completely detached entity responsible for its own actions.

That’s what the Federation of Students did with the old chevron way back’in 1978. Imptint is the result.

Believe me, Ken Bryson thinks twice about printing anything that could be considered even remotely libelous since he knows it’s his own neck on the line. The editors of the Ubyssey and all other student-union funded newspapers might act a little more responsibly if they had the same incentive.

Never forget that you, the individual members of the Imprint Publications corporation, have an awesome power and commensurate responsibility. You alone are the determiners of how the Imprint operates, and I urge you all to exercise your democratic right to direct the course of your own newspaper. Be it voting in the annual general meeting, helping to elect the editorial board, or simply writing an irate letter to the editor, you can make a difference.

Do it for yourself.

Do it for your fellow students.

Do it for the university community.

If for no other reason, do it to spite those who say you are a mass of powerless sheep led by an elitist media. Because nothing could be further from the truth.

)efiey Millclr is the former president of Imprint Publications . He apparently has phs to graduate from UWs Rhetoric ond Professional Writing program at some point He is not currentiy sure where he resides, or witi tiom.

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Letters should be 500 words or less, typed and double-spaced or in electronic form, and must include the author’s name, signature, and phone numberforverification.

Names may be withheld from publication upon request.

All material is subject to editing for brevity. The editor reserves the right to edit or refuse to publish letters or articles which are judged to be libellous or discriminatory on the basis of gender, race, religion, or sexual orientation.

Letters submitted for publication may be published anywhere in the newspaper.

Opinions expressed in the letters section are those of the individual authors and not of Imprint.

Letters should be addressed to Imprint, Campus Centre, Room 140, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3Gl. Our fax number is 884-7800.

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editor Usually I avoid writing letters to the editor. This newspaper is mostly full of opinion pieces disguised as articles, so why bother adding more?

But then, this really isn’t a letter to the editor, rather, a stream of steam on account of being angry enough.

What’s with the desexualizing breasts opinion piece? Jeff, my fellow sexual being, it’s not about having a part of the female anatomy classified as Officially Non-Sexual.

It is about women’s bodies being their own - sexual or non-sexual.

You say that if a woman doesn’t have a nice personality, you then wouldn’t be interested in those nice firm breasts - you fucking stereotypical man, Mr. News Editor. Now why do you think that is? Maybe it’s because in the incredibly enlightening way we have been socialized (as men) to think and behave towards women, the bottom line is those nice firm breasts are encouraged to be first and forevermore firmly on our penis-centred minds.

“-To state that breasts are not sexual, in that they play no direct part in the sexual act, is plainly stupid. YES! you are correct and SURPRISE! you are the only one you has Said it, plainly stupid, eh? Please, tell me what THE sexual act is - I don’t think I’ve performed it,

HAVE I been doing?

How nice of you not to be a male ogler because you recognize that the Walk-aBreast protesters are not giving out cheap thrills. But how about not sympathizing with them if something that turns you on is going to be displayed openly, why not look? approach because you happen to value and even respectwomen as INDIVIDUALS! Then you wouldnt have the moral dilemma over fantasizing about a blond woman with big blue eyes and no breasts and a blond woman with big blue eyes and I presume, nice firm ones. You see, Jeff, its all part of the same illusion that tells us how-we men should relate to women as essentially sexual objects rather than as people.

Wouldn’t it be nice if on the road of species evolution, the guys could begin pulling their weight by refusing to just look for a place to put their penis and discovering the nice personality later. Stiff upper lip, my aspiring prophet who asserts that many men find breasts sexually stimulating, and always will, there is hope-WE MEN CAN EVOLVE! Why we would even have the good sense to cover a Walk-a-Breast in the news section.

Mr. News Editor, why is it that in your social circle none of your buds find or can imagine ever finding the most sexual part any womans genitalia attractive?

(Please call me if you want to borrow one of my Georgia OKeefe books - you do like flowers?) Could it be because a mans penis and ejaculation is celebrated in our culture while a womans sexuality is only a means to an end for some man? Can you imagine if we all walked around BUTT NAKED? Why, we would all be at such a state of sexual arousal and ogling each other that we wouldnt be able to function.

Do you see ogling as a form of flattery?

Have you ever imagined what a woman experiences when she is ogled? Most women equate such behaviour with a threat of unwanted sexual advance -a physically, emotionally, and sexually terrorizing experience.

A realistic expectation given the high incidence of sexual harrassment and sexual assault AGAINST WOMEN

BY MEN, Perhaps your argument could be strengthened (or more likely, obliterated) by even a cursory reading of the studies on human sexuality.

Subsequently, journalists (and even your audience) will hold you in

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- Henry David Thor&au

Much of society’s focus seems to deal with keeping people content.

Having something to pursue passionately, such as a career, or degree at university, or being a disciple of some religious faith are able to serve this purpose admirably, It is interesting, however, that the more we try to silence our inner voices, the more they scream out that there is something wrong.

Usually, this signifies to us that it is time to rent a movie, buy a new car, have an affair, take ‘a vacation, join a cult,get drunk. . Hell, I can think of lots of things, but god forbid that we should take time out to be still and think, and ask some real questions.

You know, the ones whose answers we are scared to face.

To be truly alive, however, we have to ask these questions.

Asking the questions i: not easy. I am speaking from experience.

Coming from an evangelical Christian background, I had a perpetual fear of losing my faith which prevented me from ever delving too deeply. However, for me it was only a matter of time before I could no longer suppress the voices of doubt - voices which I no longer believe indicate a lack of faith, because how can a faith be real that is afraid to question?

The more I looked and questioned, the more sickness I discovered in society. Yet I also found there were those who possessed a faith which didn’t accept the pat answers, and which dug for the truth “as for hidden treasure,” I saw l

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faith working for social change and liberation of the individual, demanding changes in how a person lives, makes purchasing decisions, chooses their entertainment I am not talking about trivializing our existence into do’s and don’ts such as don’t drink or smoke, etc. I am talking about the things which poison a person’s soul I Sometimes it feels like the whole of society is spiritually dead. We have gotton to the point where a good time is turning off our brains for some stupid TV show which makes our mouth laugh but dulls the creative capacity of our soul.

The whole culture seems to revolve around being pacified. This includes even our religion which puts faith into a little box that consumes our energy without really changing anything. Sure, I’ve seen people with the Jesus glow, and I can tell them a mile away.

But all they seem to have done is to find another trap to silence the voices which scream “this society sucks.”

Mainstream society offers nothing spiritually; it is based on exploitation of the third world, and transnational corporations forcing the “little person” out of business.

Somehow we think we are immune to the effects of eating mass produced peanut butter or Kraft Dinner.

But I say there is a price, whatever our religion or social status. The fact that we no longer sense the effects only serves to illustmte the point But what is the answer? Perhaps if we lost our fear long enough to take the time to think about it, we could figure it out for ourselves.

The views expressed in this column we those ofthe author and do not necessarily represent those of every member ofthe UW Student Christion Movement or those of Imprint’s stuff or editorial bourd.

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Oh, by the way, you claim feminists are trying to advance society to the state where physical attraction no longer has any influence - a feminist version of the Victorian era, and yet all of the feminists I know think sex is great - they even like it.

Sameh

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You may be an Atheist or an Agnostic; or you may belong to any of the religious denominations that exist in the world today.

You may be a communist or a believer in democracy and freedom. No matter what you are and no matter what your ideological and political beliefs, personal and social habits happen to be: YOU MUST STILL KNOW THIS MAN. He was by far the most remarkable man that ever set foot on this earth. He preached a religion, founded a state, built a nation, laid down a moral code, initiated numerous social and political reforms, established a powerful and dynamic society to practise and represent new teachings, and completely revolutionized the worlds of human thought and behavior for all times to come, His name is Muhammad. He was born in Arabia in the year 570 C.E. (Common Era). He started His mission of preaching the religion of Truth, Islam (submission to ONE GOD) at the age of forty and departed from this w&Id when He was sixty three.

During this short period of 23 years of His Prophethood, He changed the complete Arabian peninsula from paganism and idolatry to worship of ONE GOD, from tribal quarrels and wars to national solidarity and cohesion, from drunkenness and debauchery to sobriety and piety, from lawlessness and anarchy to discipline living, from utter bankruptcy to highest standards of moral excellence. Human history has never known such a complete transformation of a people or a place before or since in just over two decades.

During the centuries of the crusades, all sorts of slanders were invented against the Prophet Muhammad. But with the birth ofthe modern age, marked with religious tolerance and freedom of thought, many non-Muslims began to knowthe truth about Him. The truth which was revealed 1400 years ago in the

above Qur’anic verse. This great change in the Western approach regarding Prophet Muhammad is best shown by the writings of some Western authors and their delineation of His life and character.

Lamar-tine, the renowned historian, speaking on the essentials of Human Greatness, wonders: ‘If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astounding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modern history with Muhammad?’ (Histoire de la Turquie, Paris, 1854, Vol. II, pp. 276).

Bernard Shaw said about Him, ‘He must be called the Saviour of Humanity. I believe that if a man like Him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world, he would succeed in solving its problems in a way that would bring it much-needed peace and happinsss’ (The Genuine Islam, Singapore, Vol. I, No. 8, 1936).

As a thinking and concerned human being, the least YOO can do is to stop for a moment and ask yourself; Could these statements,sounding so extraordinary and revolutionary, really be true? Isn’t it time to put-in some effort to know Him! It will cost you nothing but it may prove to be the beginning of a completely new era in your life.

We invite you to make a discovery of this wonderful man, MUHAMMAD, the like of whom never walked on the face of this earth.

This article is excerpted from the two Islamic brochures ‘YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS MAN’ by World Assembly of Muslim Youth and ‘WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT MUHAMMAD’

by The Institute of Islamic Information and Education. For your FREE copy of these brochures, please call 7258779 or drop by room CC I IO any Friday between I :45 p.m. and 2: I5 p.m.

The Qur’un Speaks is presented by the UW Muslim Study Group. Sameh E Rehun is a PhD condidote in eletiricul and computer engineering. The views expressed in this column are those ofthe author and do not neccessady represent those of every member of the UW Muslim Study Group of those of Imprint’s staff or editorial board. _

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this agreement, the University and the Staff Association feel it is important to understand that over the next three years there may be layoffs of staff.

The Staff Association and the University will, as always, work together to ensure that the process is sensitively managed and that the rights of staff are protected but the harsh reality of the Province’s deficit and the University’s situation are such that further reduction of the staff complement is unavoidable. In this agreement are provisions which will help to support those spff members if jobs are lost as a result of restructuring and downsizing.

The University of Waterloo and the Staff Association of the University of Waterloo have signed a local agreement under the provisions of the Social Contract Act 1993. In reaching this agreement the Parties have assumed that there will be a 20% reduction in the Province of Ontario’s expenditure reduction target for the University of Waterloo and that employees will be eligible to access the Job Security Fund as described in the Social Contract Act The University of Waterloo Staff Association represents the regular full and regular parttime, non-union, non-academic employees of the University of Waterloo.

This group has approximately I700 people, more than half of the regular employees at the University of Waterloo.

The Staff Association has been designated by the Minister as bargaining agent for the purposes of the Social Contract Act. In May 1992, a two-year salary agreement was reached which provided for a I .5% increase in job mid-points plus a merit program effective May I, 1993. The agreement provided for reexamination if the financial position of the University were to change substantially. In view of the reduction in promised grant increases, the exl penditure control program, the Social Contract cuts, and tax measures in the Provincial budget, the University’s financial position has worsened significantly and the scheduled May I, 1993 increases are no longer affordable. This agreement is intended to deal with the overall budget difficulties produced by the Social Contract.

The St&Association and the University have as their highest priority the retention of jobs for University of Waterloo employees.

No provisions of this agreement wiII require immediate layoffs. However, it is clear that the effects of the Social Contract as well as other substantial reductions in the University’s income will eventually affect the numbers of employees which the University will be able to retain. By the end of the three years of wage freezes and unpaid leaves of absence, the University’s salary budget may need to be reduced substantially. .Consequently, although there is a provision for some extended job security in the first year of

Agreement I. Salaries for all staff members will be frozen from April 30,1993 until April 30, 1996. Increases in salary during this period will only occur as a result of a promotion or reclassification to a highergrade level. Existingarrangements whereby staff members within three years of retirement can exchange one week of vacation for a 2% salary increase wiIl not be affected.

2. Staff members whose salaries are above $30,000 annually, will be required to take three unpaid days leave of absence in 1993-94 and up to three unpaid days in each of 1994-95 and 1995-96.

Unpaid days wil I not reduce anyone’s annual salary below $30,000. Employer and employee pension contributidns and employee pension entitlements will not be affected by these unpaid days.

Reductions due to unpaid days wiII be deducted from paycheques at a uniform rate for the nine months left in the 1993-94 fiscal year, and for the twelve months in the 1994-95 and 1995-96 fiscal years.

3. Annual salary is defined as all earnings excluding overtime but including shift premiums, stipends, etc.

4. In 1993-94, one of the unpaid leaves of absence will be designated as February 2 I during study break. Staff members whose salaries are less than $30,000 will be required to use one vacation day. In 1994-95 and I995196’other days may be designated.

5. The remaining unpaid days will be scheduled by mutual agreement between the staff member and the department head.

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Members of this Group will be the Presidents and one additional representative from each of the Faculg Association, the Staff Association and CUPE Local 793; the Presidents of the Federation of Students and the Graduate Student Association; one representative appointed by the Church College Heads; the President of the University, the Vice-President Academic 81 Provost, and the Associate Provost, General Services.

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The Subsectoral Agreement encourages employees to recommend changes and to provide information which would result in the elimination of waste and inefficiency.

The University Stakehotders Group will review all suggestions and information from employees concerning the elimination of perceived waste or inefficiency in University procedures, processes, work standards or business practices.

Employees who offer these suggestions are protected by the Staff, Faculty and Student Grievance and Ethics policies. Union members are protected

by Article 15, Grievance Procedure, of the Collective Agreement.

As well, the University will participate in a review of the procurement of goods and services and contracting systems with other universities as well as within the University of Waterloo.

The reviewwill be discussed in the Stakeholders Group.

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Openness und Accountubility (Section KA.) The Subsectoral Agreement encourages the sharing of information and participation by employees in the decision making processes of the University.

University of Water100 employees are represented on all committees which determine issues affecting them. As well, they are members of the Board of Governors of the University.

The University Stakeholder Group which has been meeting on a regular basis since the introduction of the Social Contract, will continue to meet throughout the three years of the Social Contract to share information and discuss areas

job Security (Se&on V.C.) The Sectoral Agreement requires Universities to offer .their own qualified employees any vacant positions and to provide for a sharing of human resources among the University Sector.

University of Watertoo’s Staff Policy I 8 requires that all staff positions which become vacant at the University of Waterloo must be filled by qualified internal applicants. Only in the event that no qualified internal applicants exist, can a hiring department recruit for a staff position from outside the University.

The University will cooperate with other universities in redeployment protocols developed under the auspices of the job Security Fund.

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8. The Staff Training and Development Fund will be increased by IO % on August I, 1993. The increase.wiII ensure that the development of staff continues to have a’high priority at the University and will ensure that the Working and Frontline Leadership p rograms can continue to operate. In addition, the fund, which is administered by the Staff Development and Training Committee, will provide other programs which will address the needs of staff in a changing and stressful work environment.

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o much for the mini-Dream Team. The United States may have captured the basketbal! gold medal at this month’s World University Games held in Buffalo, N-Y. But, with I3 points and 9 rebounds from Waterloo Warrior star Sean VanKoughnett, Canada’s university team came within five points of that lofty pinnacle, losingthe final game 95-90 and settling for the l silver.

“It was the best game I’ve ever played in,” VanKoughnett told Imprint.

“The hype throughout the whole Games was that this was Dream Team II, a mini-Dream Team. We knew that they weren’t that good. We actually beat them in a scrimmage before the tournament.”

The Americans were no slouches, of course, since they beat everyone else in the tournament by 30 points or more.

“We were really fired up for that game,” he said.

“There weren’t the really big names Ii ke Chris Webber [of Michigan), but they did have Antonio Lang, who plays for Duke, Travis Ford from Kentucky, and Donneil Williams, who was MVP of the [NCAA] Final Four for North Carolina.”

Coached by Dave Nutbrown, Canada went on a first-half tear to take a I7-point lead, but the Americans came back to win in the second half in front of 13,000 fans.

“So far, in my basketball career, it’s probably the best experience I’ve had,” VanKoughnett said. He was joined on the squad by Brock Badger guard Dave Picton and Winnipeg’s 7’ centre Norm Froemel and 6’8”forward Jeff Foreman. McMaster’s JackVanderpol, Brock’s Brian Bleich, and Western’s Michael Lynch tried out for the squad.

VanKoughnett started every game at small forward and was able to play a more natural style than he was used to, finishing the tournament as the team’s third-leading scorer and second-leading rebounder.

He-led the team in scoring in two games: I8 points -and 8 rebounds against the Czech Republic and I9 points and 9 rebounds against Italy in the semi-finals.

“For the last two years at Waterloo, we’ve played a totally perimeter game,” he said. With the national student team, “I was just playing more correctly, getting the ball inside more and back out.”

“Most post players at the national level are 6’9” to 7’ tall, so the perimeter players don’t often take it all the way to the hoop arid score; a lot of times if they go by their man, they’ll take one or two dribbles and pull up for a jump shot.”

As a result+ VanKoughnett could rove the outside a bit more, getting about half of his points on threepoint shots. His rebounding was impressive as well.

“Rebounding is something I really worked on,” he said. Over the summer, that’s the area where I probably improved the most, that and defence.”

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by DeAnn Durfer Campus RecfeaGon Another term has come to an end and what a great one for Campus Recreation. From the final reports you will see what a success the program was.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has helped me with publicity and promotions.

To Sally Kemp and Jane Varley for endless ideas, suggestions, and overall support To the other student assistants, ref-inchiefs, conveners, and clubs for submitting articles for publication. Great job everyone!

It’s been a lot of fun and a great experience working with Campus Recreation once again.

Good Luck on final exams and have a great term in September.

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The production of the Campus Recreation safety video went very well this summer. There is a special thank you to Diane Naugton from the Audio Visual Department on campus for her time, effort, and help in filming and editing this video. There is also a special

Buffalo won’t mark the end of VanKoughnett’s national experience, if he has anything to say about it, “My ultimate goal is the ‘96 Olympics,” he said. In fact, his national aspirations may take him away from UW for one year.

“There’s a possibility that I might not be back [at Waterloo] next year,” VanKoughnett said. “1 might be with the national team all winter, but I’d be back after that. If I played with the team all winter, there’d be a better chance for me making the national team for the world championships next summer.”

The national team travelling to Puerto Rico in late August (for a qi Jalifying tournament for next summer’s world basketball championships to be held in Toronto) had already been set, but the performance of the student team in Buffalo prompted national coach Ken Shields to invite four players, including VanKe to try out for the national team. kougnnetr makes that team and does well in Puerto Rico, he may take the year off to play with the team.

Because Canada is hosting the championships, the tea! has an automatic berth, but the Puerto Rico tournament is still important for seedings and groupings.

He has completed three years at Waterloo and has two years of CIAU eligibility left. He would not lose any CIAU eligibility by taking a year off.

The national team will play an exhibition schedule against schools from the NCAA’s Big East conference in November and then head to Europe for lateDecember and January.

This summer’s activity marks the fifth year of VanKoughnett’s involvement with national-level teams.

After three years on the junior national ieam, he played for the national under-22 team last summer in preparation for Buffalo.

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season thank you to Michelle Gauthier who performed as the “on and off screen narrator”.

Another thank you goes out to the staff at the PAC, especially Sally Kemp and Jane Varely for their input into the script and video production.

Finally, the efforts of all the actors in the video are greatly appreciated.

Thank you’s go out to: Perla Rivas, Tammy Keupfer, Penny Thorne, Melissa Barton, Colleen Danylyshen, Todd Bently, Guido Romagnoli, Simon Excoffan, and Dave “Wonderland” Scollard.

Aquatics

by Barb Lifeguard

Report

Boyle Coordinator

The pool once again ran itself this term, with the great help of guards, maintenence, office staff, and everyone else!

There was a large number of special bookings, as well as regular programs.

All the guards were very flexible and worked as many hours as they could.

For excitement, K-W Ambulance attended a staff training session with us. It was a splashing success. Thanks to everyone!

and playoffs Instructional

Programs Report

by Sue Ambrosio Instructional Coordinator This term’s instructional programs were a success. Thanks all participants of tennis, squash, skating, and golf for your enthusiasm and suggestions. I hope your lessons proved to be worthwhile and enjoyable. We hope that you will support Campus Ret activities again in the fall.

Special thanks to all instructors, your dedication and motivation helped to make the programs such a success!

I would encourage all of you to apply for an instructor position in future terms.

To Rod Pizarro and Marc Bowditch, I bow down at your feet; thank you for making my job a lot easier!!

Best ol’ luck on your finals. See you next term and Happy Summerfesting!

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Hooper and Jen Garner Coordinators

The summer fitness program was jammed packed with a variety of classes

wrap

which kept allof its participants movin’, steppin’ and groovin’!

Of course, the program was only successful thanks to the dedicated aerobic instructors who spent hours practising their cueing, phrasing, and choreography.

A special thanks to all the evaluators who helped keep the instructors on their toes: Theresa, Cari, Tracey, Suzanne, Kelly, and Elayne. Also, a big thanks to team captains -- the summer activities, nutrition, and weights theme boards turned out to be spectacular.

We look forward to seeing you next term!

Floor

Hockey

Report

by Dave janega Convenor Congratulations to Not Frog for winnit-jg the Spring I 993. Floor Hockey Championship. They convincingly beat the smaller and much less experienced Waterloo Wednesday team 7-2 to capture

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from a 5-O deficit midway through the quarter-final matchup.

In the other semi-final, Waterloo Wednesday cruised to a 4-l victory over Chemvicted in agood, clean, wellskilled contest.

This set up what would be a wild affair in the final. Waterloo Wednesday tried to rely on their speed, skill and heart to try and shut down the defendirig champions, but they were no match for the size and experience of their opponents.

Waterloo Wednesday kept it close until half-time as their defense was able to keep them within one goal.

But as time wore on, and Waterloo Wednesday pushed on offense looking for the equalizer, the defense broke.

After a wholly contested and fiesty effort, Waterloo Wednesday went down in defeat to Not Frog.

Thanks to all the players and referees, and special thanks to Sam, the man (mouth) in the corner.

Ice Hockey

Final

Report

title.

After regualr season, finishing with a perfect 6-O record, Not Frog easily disposed of Cogs n’ Kegs I I- I to reach the final. Cogs n’ Kegs reached the semi-final by winning their first game of the year over Wined 6-5, coming back

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With US entries, CFL soon to be circus act franchises will allow U.S. labour laws to determine the content of rosters and we will find that, just as we dominate in production of professional hockey players, America will simply blow us out of the water in production of professional football players.

Do you honestly think that an expansion franchise in the NFL would win its fourth game of the season? It would be lucky to win one game all season.

By contrast, Sacramento has yet to be completely dominated by an opponent and has won a game decisively. So much for those bumbling Americans and their la& of understanding of our game.

Of course, Sacramento will lose many of their remaining games, but don’t be surprised to see them playing the Calgary Stampeders for the Western Division title in November. . and beating them.

Remember: David Archer actually played as a starter for a time in the NFL. But, say CFL fans, Doug Flutie is an athlete more suited to the Canadian style of game. Again: yeah, okay, whatever.

As for the years to come, well, without the Canadian player component, the CFL may indeed survive, as U.S.-based franchises sproutin LasVsgas and other fairytale cities and Canadian ones die out.

But Canadian football itself will die and the CFL will be reduced to a circus oddity on the order of arena football or dwarf-tossing. l

for, oh, about a century.

Out of these humble beginnings, the Miners should go on to show the CFL why it put Canadian player quotas in place in the first place: because if the

quota didn’t exist and market forces were allowed to determine CFL rosters, the number of Canadians in professional .football would dwindle to a

handful.

Thus begins the end for Canadian football, which so far in this century has survived on two main pillars: tradition and the sense that Canadian football was different from the American version in a way that prevented comparison of the two.

Since the immense surge in the popularity of the National Football League in the last 30 years (baseball may be “America’s pastime,” but NFL football is the most popular spectator

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sport down south), the CFL has had to sell itself as being a completely different product, not just because of its altered rules, but because of its uniquely Canadian character.

Sure, hockey is Canada’s game and three-quarters of the players in the NHL are Canadian-born, but most of the teams are based in the U.S. The CFL is (oops, was) the only major professional North American league with a solely Canadian championship.

Now, the existence of American

not as close as the Spanked Penquins beat Betty Crackers 8-3.

All in all, it was a very good term and all teams deserve to be congratulated.

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went well with a lot of dose games. It appeared that last year’s decision to add a contact league in the spring term was a good one as both the “A” and “B” divisions were very competitive.

During regular season, the Makebeleafs finished first in the “A” league with only one tie to blemish their record. ln the “B” league, the Spanked Penquins finished undefeated, led by hockey player of the year, Rick Bourassa.

In the playoffs, the “A” league came down to Don’s Cherries and the Regulators. The game was hard fought with the Regulators leading all the way, but never really pulling away. They hung on to win 6-4. The “8” final was

Fastball

by Heathe+ Convenor

and No-pitch Report Wilson

What a grand slam season on the ball diamond! The only minor problem surfaced during the playoffs with games to reschedule due to academic conflicts -- thanks for your patience, guys!

We had a total of 23 slo-pitch teams playing in three divisions and a fastball league consisting of another four teams.

During playoffs, two out of the

four divisions experienced major upsets. Firstly, the top-ranked Cobras (60 in the regular season) were knocked off early by Water-loo Wednesday only to have The Dirty Dozen, led by Alvin Chan, steal the “A” division.

Also, in the “B2” division, the first place Mighty Ducks were eliminated early paving the way for Karl Quon’s Last Action Heros to- slide into the division title.

Congratulations to Scott Dyer’s Bandits who handily swept the “BI” division, Lastly, PAS 3 and South 5 drive battled it out for top seed in the fastball league.

They met twice during the regular season and split, only to repeat the performance in the playoffs leading to a final and deciding game. Rich Reichman’s South 5 Drive hit the win on Monday evening to end off an exciting and action-packed season!

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And the first place team in the C league was beaten in the semi finals.

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The C league final game was played on Thursday, July 22 and congratulations goes out to Mr. X (2nd place team during regular season) who were the champions.

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by Ken Imprint

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jale guitarist Eve tiartling approaches her mike-stand the way a twelve year old would approach her father for a loan. Slightly bent, knees together and feet apart, she hides her eyes behind dark curly bangs.

The scene is Phil’s on an average summer Wednesday night, southwestern Ontario, and Hartling, like the rest of her maritime bandmates, looks misplaced behind her sizable electric instrument.

Compared to the unwieldy sound the four women produce, however, their timidity is scarcely noticeable.

Hailing from Halifax, jale hit upon the southern Ontario scene following the arrival of fellow grunge artists (includingone boyfriend) Sloan. With their ethereal vocal stylings floating high above standard grunge guitars, jale’s Waterloo gig proved the necessary existence of female bands in the mainstream male music world.

To mosh and deafen yourself with such extremists as Sloan or Sons of Freedom is one thing, but to find yourself gripped by jale’s dreamy vocalities is to realize a higher reason for grunge.

Even to those most critical of steady assault sounds, jale finds its way through with a difference.

heard

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Their set consisted mostly of tunes released as singles and their four-song Aunt Betty EP -- all guitar grounded with a modicum of harmonizing bass complementing their alto vocals. They also belted out a version of their perhaps best known tune “Lung,” which appeared on Sub Pop’s maritime EP Never

Mind the Mulluscs.

After an hour or so of play, though, jale bowed out, only to return for an encore of the Cars’ ‘Just What I Needed”, which seemed-to be more about fun than professionalism.

But that’s the essence of this band; not many female bands could survive without a knowledge and acceptance of their inherent irony. Making their way in a phallocentric music world must make for a humoured band, which jale is.

Their unprofessionalism makes them all the more affable, however, allowing them to act timid and indulge themselves in the informalities of performing.

Let’s just hope they don’t lose their attitude or voices. Or their shy good looks, for that matter.

As for the opening act Jonah’s Favourite Saltlick, it is hard to imagine a more existentially opposite band to open, other than Bon Jovi, I suppose. jonah’s Favourite Nothing (as I christened them) are nothing but three guys playing fast, loud male music. Not even the incense burned by the bassist could save them from their mascutinity. Don’t expect to see them in Waterloo again.

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The Ramones Lulu’s Roadhouse July 28, 1993

by Dave

Imprint

Fisher stu#

One of punks great prototypes, the Ramones made their annual visit to the twin-cities this past Wednesday night a memorable one. But then that was already a given. They played at Lulu’s.

The very idea of that arrangement not only reeked of irony, but seemed altogether fried in absurdity.

Two summers ago they played Bingeman Park’s Marshall Hall. Since that venue had a history of hosting offthe-wall acts, such as XTC and Iggy Pop, it’d seemed reasonably appropriate. Last year’s appearance at downtown Kitchener’s Stages club, however, was a move that subjected fans to near-ridicule. tt seemed a total joke, and the Ramones would’ve been r completely foolish to have missed it.

But the novelty of that show absolutely paled in comparison to Wednesday’s. Lulu’s is better-known as the resting place of performers whose biggest fans are Death Valley vultures.

David Cassidy, the Monkees, Foreigner, Chubby Checker, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap. All major league losers and all Lulu’s headliners. In baseball parlance they’re

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less

sensitive call ‘em “has-beens,” “washedup,” and “dinosaurs.”

It’d have to figure, though, that even punk rock would eventually be subverted by the generation from whence it came and become part of the classic-rock slag heap. The Ramones

Lulu’s Lulu’s appearance, then, merely confirmed what we’d iuspected for years but were too wilfully blind to conceed; they’re no longer yesterday’s badboys and haven’t been for ages. They’re but a shameless nostalgia act by which, all things being equal, they essentially serve no more purpose than do the loathesome Grateful Dead. Both are corporate cash-cows more interested in t-shirt sales than musical development.

Yet like the most guilty of indulgences, the Ramones are a shamelessness that’s easy to forgive.

Sure they’re a joke. But then the Ramones have never been anything other than a joke. Alongside lggy and Motorhead, they stand as unwaveringly blunt idealistic touchstones.

Some71 scoff. But as predictable as Ennio Morricone’s “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” will open, the Ramones provide certain guarantees.

And that’s that they’ll simply go about their business and rock like pigs (as the kids are starting to say).

With their typically slamming thirty-five songs in fifty-five minutes, the Ramones tossed-out most of their hits, including “Pinhead,” “Beat On the Brat,” “Chinese Rocks,” and “Teenage Lobotomy.”

“I wanna live,” Joey screams at one moment. “I wanna be well,” he snarls at another.

Not that he should ever have to worry. At this pace, the Ramones are probably only a Tonight Show or two away from setting-up a regular gig at the las Vegas Sands.

My only regret is that Mot&head ain’t doing the same thing.

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I managed to wend my way to Markham, last Friday night, to Another Roadside Attraction.

This Canadian extravaganza featured headline acts Hot House Flowers, Midnight Oil and The Tragically Hip. As the Roadside Attraction makes its various stops across this fair country, it picks up various ‘local’ acts.

On this two-day stop, A.R.A. featured the likes of Daniel Lanois, Richard Seguin, I3 Engines, and the Thomas Trio. Unfortunately, I was only able to take in two of the headline acts on the first night of this mainstream Lollapalooza. As we passed the scalpers by the side of the road, I thought f heard the familiar strains of a Midnight Oil tune. Pulling in through the gate of the Markham Fairgrounds, I leapt from the ancient Volkswagen just as Midnight Oil’s Peter Garrett attempfs Midnight Oil started into their second song, and rushed to catch the show. My trusty companion was kind night My second feeling? Sheer Joy. enough to park the car as 1 sprinted to Midnight Oil are one of the ftner see the legendary Oils. bands to see live. Taut and powerful, My first feeling? Relief. From conthe band turned in power-precision flitting radio reports, press releases and versions of their big-hits “Truganini” info-line jabber, it was unclear if the Oils and “My Country,” as well as others were going to be playing at all on Friday from the latest album Earth and Sun

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and Moon. They reached back to HueSky Mining for the title-track, and played a couple from Diesel and Dust. The Oil filters in the crowd were mighty pleased.

Although not his usual energetic rag-doll dancing self, Peter Garrett, Midnight Oils’ lead singer, was at his vitu-

to callin’ me I gotta see perative political best Castigating over-zealous moshers, urging support of a local native woman’s organization, or taking Mike Harcourt’s “Business-as-usual” NDP to task for the. logging of Clayoquot Sound, Garrett reminded the crowd that there was something more than just music at Another Roadside Attraction.

Not that many of the upturned faces seemed to c&e.

The Tragically Hip came on just after sunset. Twilight seems a good time for Gord Downey’s pedantic northern blues ravings.

The Hip were obviously feeling good in their headline slot. The crowd had swelled, and reefer toking had begun in earnest. High school girls and their beads bounced, thrashed and-swayed as the band went through a loose version of “New Orleans is Sinking” and a thumping version of “Wheatkings.“Although Downey seemed a little taken-a-back with the size of his audience (about 20,000), he didn’t hesitate to share with us his usual musings on the state of present Canadian society or some esoteric fragments of Canadian history that, if not instructive to the crowd, at least seemed to make Gord feel it was his show. The crowd seemed to feel the same way. And even I, who was in an hurry to get to the car and beat the rush on this beautiful summer night, couldn’t think of a better way to spend the evening.

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July 16, 1993

by Dave Imprint

Fisher stut

mering plenty, the Sub PopTransCanada road trip which pulled through Toronto’s Lee’s Palace two weeks ago fel I a little short. Not that any of this was the fault of the two opening acts.

The preliminary band was Providence, Rhode Island’s, Six Finger Sateltite. Their debut release The Pigeon Is The Most Po/xdar Bird has yet to be released domestically, so most of the audience had little idea what to expect.

Featuring a sound of primal minimalism, the five-piece marginally remind one of England’s Th Faith Healers. Their music, however, is completely incidental to the antics oftheir real draw card I_ frontman Jeremiah Ryan.

He’s a tall and gangly, fairly normallooking individual, but draped in a pathetic-looking red leather jacket and matching chaps (with extravagant brown leather tassles) he’s not your typical “alternative” lead vocalist. That, I suppose,makes him even more alternative.

On stage he’s a man possessed, alternately flailing about d ICI Nick Cave or doin’ the Elvis-in-Vegas karate-chop thang. It’s all pretty mesmerizing -- usually at the expense of the music -- and the performance’s premature conclusion, at about the half-hour mark, thankfully prevented it from ever growing tired.

Moncton’s Eric’s Trip followed.

Although they weren’t the headliners, it soon became obvious that they were the band the packed house came to see.

Going from strength to strength touring in support of their two EP’s and soon-to-be-released album, they immediately went on the attack and a freefor-all just as smartly commenced. Having sat on their hands for the opener’s, the crowd greeted Eric’s Trip with a

best raucous slam-dance.

Not a mosh-pit where they all go up-and-down or sidet&side, but a good old-fashioned in-yerface slam-dance, the likes of which I haven’t seen for years.

Eric’s Trip, meanwhile, went about their business obliviously.

Songs came thick and fast, hard and soft, and with nary a second’s interruption between.

Drummer Mark Gaudet, apparently, doesn’t like to break so the band comply.

That’s reasonable enough; Gaudet’s just about the most impressive drummer on the planet these days and a treat to watch just by himself, so if he doesn’t want to stop neither should we.

The rest of the shy four-piece still employ the most minimal of lighting effects -- two simple light bulbs taped to the floor -- appearing intent on achieving success either grudgingly or strictly on their own terms. The way their t-shirts were flying out of the concession booth suggests it’s working with their audiences rather well.

The evening’s headliners were Portland, Oregon’s, Pond. A power-trio very much in the tradition of their Washington state neighbours, Pond hit the stage in a bit of disarray. The drummer was drunk, the bassist didn’t like the hot lights, and the guitarist cauldn’t ‘stand Patsy Cline.

After giving it an initial effort, the crowd that’d slammed for Eric’s Trip slowly began to cease and desist for Pond. All their melodies and tempos sounded exactly alike so the audience simply quit, save a lone pair of slightly rogue-ish tookingfortysomethings ofthe Karl Lagerfeld persuasion.

Running at each other amidstthe thinning dancefloor, they put a whole new spin on the term ‘slam-dancing.,’ As fascinating as that might’ve been however, the otherwise conspicuous absense of crowd involvement proved to be a rather sad reflection.

And so sandwiched between two much-older bands from south of the border, the kids in Eric’s Trip stole the show. As the crowd just as clearly understood, it’s a patient of things to come.

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Friday, July 30, I993

Hillside ‘93 presents...

the wallet. Bastiges.

Headlining the festival was a double-headed performance

by Jane Siberry and the Rheostatics. Scheduled from 9 to I I, the Rheos were to act as Jane’s backing-band for an hour, and then command the stage themselves for another hour. Hitting the stage at 9:50, both sets were done, and the stage half torn torn down by I I :05. I’ll not soon forget that, nor will many who paid the 20 dollars (for the day) just for

Hillside Festival Guelph July 23-26, 1993

bg Bernard Kecztneg Imprint scan I think Ken Bryson pegged it best when he commented, “too much granola’11 make you sick.”

Hillside celebrated its tenth year of existence last weekend, and quite frankly the festival seemed to have about as much substance as the indian pakoras on sale in the food cow-t.

I’ll not pretend that I involved myself in the entire festival experience which kicked off Friday evening. Truth be known, “real life” prevented me from attending anything but Sunday’s events.

Adopting a similar “workshop” format to the Winnipeg Folk Festival, festival*goers were presented with an array of hourly musical choices between several stages. This has the charming effect of creating a more intimate environment, one that seeks to break down the wall between artist and audience.

In theory this seems exciting and I suppose it is, but the reality of the

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These workshops are also geared for facilitating an opprotunity for different musicians to perform together on one stage. The cynic in me sees this as flagrantly masturbatory (in an altogether wholesome manner, of course).

A deftnite highlight of the festival had to be the theatrical performance

by Rukus in a Rainforest. Tackling large environmental issues in a lighthearted yet effectual method, they were an excellent source of hilarity and information.

Arts and Crafts were in full force, yet few seemed engaging; even fewer affordable. The food court did seem to deviate from the usual burger and fecal dogs, although the health conscious vegetarian might’ve found the nutritional value of a greasy falafel or deepfried samosa slightly dubious. I was, however, provided with the entrepreneurial inspiration to sell fresh fruit at nest year’s festival. What a concept.

Sweet, juicy, and nutritious. . . Nahh h hh, no one’ll buy it. Now I like to buy from independent operators as mclch as the next guy, but it pisses me off when they unnecessarily and shamelessly gouge

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Jane’s set was nothing more than a big downer, as she featured material from her forthcoming album. Finishing with “Calling all Angels”, the song she contibuted to the Until the End of the World soundtrack, she invited Rebecca Jenkins and Cait something-or-other onto the stage to harmonize. Unfortunately, they added nothing to the show but aesthetics.

The vibrant energy of the Rheostatics, stifled by Jane’s depressing tempo, seemed on the verge of explosion when the reins were finally handed over. But again, they failed to really go anywhere. The only impression left with the audience was a unanimous “What a short set!“. Now, I’m as reasonable as the next guy, and if technical difficulties cause delay, patience is my middle name. BUT, I find it almost offensive to have the audience penalized for festival difficulties.

AND it’s extremely offensive to be fed bullshit lines like “Ladies and gentlemen, sound laws prevent us from performing after I I. We don’t want to jeopardize next year’s festival.‘* As if.

I would, however, like to say that I was thoroughly impressed with the high-tech Johnny Port-A-Toilets.

At least they weren’t offensive.

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A scruv but attractive lead singer, Crowded House-like vocal harmonies, and liberal use of the accordion. Can th&e be a more pleasant pop band in the whole wide world right now than the Waltons?

The packed, mostly female crowd last Wednesday night at Phil’s sure didn’t think so.

Fronted by lead-singer Jason Plumb, the Waltons doled out equal portions of boppy up-tempo numbers and touching ballads, plus a pinch of KISS (they played “Shout It Out Loud” as one of their encores).

As of their I992 LP Lik My Trakter, the band consisted of Plumb plus Keith Nakonechny and Dave Cooney, but it has since added Todd Lumley on keyboards and accordion.

The show was a treat for K-Warea fans who could only hear a 40minute set at last month’s Sounds of Summer music festival.

They started in a similar fashion to that festival, though, as they played their heavy video rotation hit “In the Meantime” as their second song, saving another hit, “Colder Than You,” for the encore.

In between, they ran through most of their LP tracks of jangly, folky, geetar pop, which did nothing if not please their squealing constituency.

When, near the end of the show, they announced that they would play a KISS song, hoots of pleasure and screams of song titles flew from the wall-to-wall crowd. I, myself, suggested “King of the Night-time World.” .

And, as happened during their set at Sounds of Summer, a Weddings, Parties, Anything song made it into the encore.

K-W songster-emeritus Paul McLeod opened up the show and joined The Waltons on stage near the end of their set for a cover of a Rheostatics tune.

All in all, a great show. Instead of looking out of place on stage like a lot of young bands, ,The Waltons take their studio sound and just improve on it in concert with a tight, accomplished style of playing.

Great stuff.

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by Jejo’ Warner Impht stqff What can I say? The entire video/ soundtrack is made up of what could conceivably be some ofthe worst music to have ever been created. From the “Green Jell0 Theme Song,” (made up ofthe words “Green Jello sucks, Green jell0 sucks...“) to the shoe-string budget, the band is gawd-awful, and relishes in :4.

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The videos are so in your face they’re bound to offend everyone at some point or another -- don’t watch if you’re a feminist, religious, anti-vio-

lence, or have a weak stomach. You really have to give credit to the group; there’s nothing they won’t do.

You’ve probably seen the hysterically funny “Three Little Pigs” video, which is obviously included. However, the chances of any of the others ever making it to MuchMusic (or even the “Too Much for Much” Friday night special) are next to nothing. “Obey the Cowgod” is blatantly sacreligious, and “Trippin’ on XTC” (a wonderful Red Hot Chili Peppers cut up) even more so. “The Misadventures of Shitman,” one of the best videos, is purely disgusting (try to imaging a three minute video about a man who ate radioactive shit., and images of people on the can turning into man-sized piles of crap), while “Rock-n-roll Pumpkin” is completely pointless (and oh so brilliantly so. The entire lyrical content: “Rock-nroll pumkin, say it again”).

“Cereal Killer,” the title tracks video, is by far the best song, but (again) don’t expect to ever see it. Suffice to say that they take Toucan Son-of-Sam, the rabbit from Trix, Snap, Crackle, and Pop, and, well, do long-deserved justice to them.

I can’t really explain my fondness for the group; they remind me of the Forgotten Rebels lyrically, but are actually less coherent than those “Surfin’ on Herion” burnouts.

Their songs manage to mock a large number of groups -- RHCP, Metallica, Motorhead, and I swear Iron Maiden was in there somewhere.

Visually they’re a toneddown version of Gwar (to whom they give full credit), and their videos are almost as chaotic (and at times as bloody): reduce the amount of Styrofoam, occassionally make them intelligible, and add two women whose sole purpose is to bounce their breasts, and you’ve got a close approximation of Green Jello. Basically, they suck. But they suck in such a refreshing way...

The popular single off this album is “Someday I Suppose’*. Seems fitting really, considering I’ve had this album for a couple of months and until now, never got around to reviewing it, To give you a vague idea of w lat the Mighty Mighty Bosstones sound like, imagine Lemmy of Motorhead trying to sound like Tom Waits, fronting a hardcore ska version of Husker Dii. There’s even a courteous nod to the Bob Marley in all of us. Of course, if you have to ask who any of these artists are, chances are you won’t like this album much. Go back to listening to your Snow album, Willard.

Lyrically, the Bosstones sing about the virtues of shoe glue, selling dead mice, and the ramifications of taking an illegal left. The band seems to have an excellent sense of humour and judging by the sleeve, have no fear of laughing at themselves.

Don’t Know How to f’cmy is definitelya”Frappe-le-jour-get-up-and-go” morning album. I highly recommend turning the volume up to insanity, hopping in the shower, lathering up the Ivory and crooning loud and proud into the microphonelbackscrubber.

Come on, Barney Rubble would do it, so don’t be shy.

edged as the band’s masterpiece, is included in its entirety, and there are generous samplings of their subsequent records.

There’s a wealth of studio out-takes, live tracks and alternate versions, including some real gems. Some of the previously-released cuts even have the original studio chatter grafted on as introductions.

And the liner notes are exemplary as well -- detailed, wellresearched, fascinating.

If nothing else, this compilation affirms that Moby Grope is one of the great overlooked records of the ’60s, and that the second album Wow is nowhere near the disaster that it’s generally assumed to be. Granted, the Grape’s unabashedly hippie vibe may be tough to swallow these days (“Come on in people, we’re gonna tell you about good dreams and things to make you happy”), and the five-part harmonies haven’t aged well. But all five musicians distinguish themselves as stellar talents, and the songs -- especially on the first album -- are almost uniformly

superb. At their best, Moby Grape were eclectic yet consistent, interesting yet emotional ty affecting, mellow yet forceful.

Vintage also unmasks Skip Spence as Moby Grape’s lunatic genius. An early member of jefferson Airplane, Spence lasted with the Grape for a mere two albums before cracking up, but his songs were among the group’s best.

“Omaha” and “Seeing” are of course highlights of the package (the former is probably Moby Grape’s best-known song), and a cc-uple other Spence-penned treasures, Iike the instrumental “Rounder” (an unfinished out-take from the first LP) and the demo “You Can Do Anything You Want To,” surface here for the first time. Add some fine material by thegroup’s other songwriters, tike the powerful ballad “Bitter Wind” and the decent rocker “Murder in My Heart for the Judge,” and Vintage adds up to a grand package indeed. If Moby Gr?ipe undeniably declined over the course of their career -9 and the liner notes here make no attempt to deny it -- Vintage wisely accentuates the group’s glory days and touches on its death throes fleetingly.

(For example, a mere three tracks are included from the Truly Fine Citizen album, and the notorious “Grape Jam” bonus LP included with Wow is not represented at al 1.)

As a result, the duds on Vintage are few and far between, and the package is a revelation almost from start to finish. Not only is it an ideal compilation and a great release in its own right, but it is probably the only Moby Grape relelase that matters. It’s ail right here, and it is wonderful.

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In today’s popular mindset, two names have survivied from San Francisco’s late-‘60s hippie scene: the Airplane and the Dead.

In 1967, though, Moby Grape was considered the most commercially viable of all the HaightAsh bury bands. Their record company was so assured of their success that it issued no less than five singles from the debut album -- on the same day!

But today, Moby Grape are remembered only by cultists and scholars (like Anton Fier, whose Golden Palominos covered “Omaha” a few years back), and they’re remembered mostly for their disintegration, their failure to fulfill their early promise.

Vintage, a new double-CD collection, seeks to change that, and perhaps do for the Grape what Rykodisc’s reissues did for Big Star last year. I don’t know if that will happen; wonderful as it is, the Grape’s music seems a little too dated to spark a critical renaissance. Nonetheless, Vintage should hold a strong appeal for -- well, cultists and scholars.

As a retrospective package, this one is peerless, a model by which others should be judged. Moby Grape, the debut that’s universally acknowi-

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fire pop hit, a few decent tracks, and a bunch of mediocre fi Iler.

It’s the same old steel guitar blues rock that Thorogood has been pumping out for years .(and it has more than a few of the same .*. Z ~0~~0 A BAND AND SOmC GOOO SONGS TO Pwf, ArJO NOtJ WE PAP75 ALL NIGfl AhJO SLCE$?

ALL riff s, to be frank -- don’t look for anything really creative here).

It’s a s o I i d “Thorogood” album, actually, and the band has managed to -6avoid sounding like a bunch of old farts who don’t know when to quit.

They sound more like a group that just doesn’t know how to come up with a different sound.

Simply put, they’ve dqne it all before. “Get a Haircut,” the title track, is an obvious “catchy tune” with a good guitar riff for the classic rock stations to play, kinda similar to “Bad to the Bone” or “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer” (though it’s not as good as either of those). As for the others,

by Jefl Warner well, they’re mediocre. Not great, but Imprint sta# far from shit (except for the incredibly lame “Killer’s Bluze”), and at least they I actually heard the new album sound only as bad as any other filler before I heard the single on the radio, song on their past albums. and it wasn’t hard to guess which song So if you like George Thorogood, would be the first (only?) to grace the you’ll like this album. If you hate the guy rock charts. A (very) quick synopsis: (and/or his gloating sexism), you’ll hate H&cut manages to fit the stereotype it. The Delaware Destroyers certainly rock album perfectly, with one surehaven’t come up with any surprises.

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For those that don’t know, Chaka Demus is a well known and popular dancehall chanter in Jamaica. Pliers is a little known soul crooner also, I believe, from jamaica. You might remember a certain rollicking hit, from almost a year ago now, called “Murder She Wrote.”

This song had people snappingtheir hips on dancefloors all across North America and jamaica. It was this one song that made ,me happy to see this cassette still sitting, forlornly, in the ‘To be reviewed’ drawer here at the Imprint.

Left to his own devices, C haka can toast the mike with the best of them as evidenced by his performance on Reggue Sunsplash ‘92. Coupled, however,

by Lance Bfanion Imprint stqff I can’t say I dig this record at all, but I’m trying to figure out if that’s because this is a bad tribute album, or because I wouldn’t like any Victoria Williams tribute al bum.

Not that I don’t like Williams.

I thought her cover of Neil Young’s “Don’t Let It Bring You Down” was the highlight of that tribute album, and her I990 record Swing the Statue remains one of my faves. But because she is so idiosyncratic and unique an artist (and a vocalist), her material invariably seems to fall flat;when coming from the mouths of others.

Anyway, Williams came down with muscular dystrophy last year and had no medical insurance, which in the States means you’re screwed. This album brings together fourteen fairly famous artists, including Lou Reed, Pearl Jam, the Waterboys, and Soul Asylum.

(Some surprising absences include Williams’ ex-husband Peter Case, and her brothers The Williams Brothers,

ParliamentlFunkadelic

and Curtis Mayfield doesn’t save this record. The potential greatness is thoroughly smoothed over and filled in by the MOR production and arranging values of the former riddim greats. In a betrayal of these covers and of the capabilities of Chaka, there is no wickedness on this album other than “Mur-. der She Wrote.”

Now I understand th.at someone might have thought that the pairing of Pliers and Chaka Demus might be a surefire hit in the North American market. And that hiring the great Sly and Robbie was going to produce irresistible grooves. On the face of it, it sounds like a good idea.

Unfortunately, they only managed to succeed on the one track. There are some almost successes on some of the other songs but Sly and Ro bbie manage to keep them boringly smooth.

If you want a formula with some real funk then you check out Chaka doing his own thing on Reggae Sunsplosh

3-5

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hemp

I first heard of grasshopper (the band) early on in the summer, when an excited friend said “you gotta go see this band - they’re really good!” Why not? They played at Phil’s Grandson’s and, oddly enough, they were really

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who had a bit of a country hit last year with “Can’t Cry Hard Enough.“) Now, getting back to the point about Williams being a hard act to cover. In general, the tunes I like better on this record -- Buffalo Tom’s “Merry Go-Round,” Matthew Sweet’s “This Moment,” Shudder to Think’s “Animal Wild” -- are the ones that I haven’t heard the original versions of. Same goes for Maria McKee’s excellent, rollicking version of “Opelousas (Sweet Relief),” for my money the best thing on this album.

If I have heard the original versions, however, it seems that I invariably notice something in the cover that has been lost or diluted.

In some cases, this is unfair: after some thought, I must concede that Soul Asylum’s “Summer of Drugs” is a decent take on the song, and Dave Pirner can hardly be blamed for his inability tp reproduce Williams’ warbling vocals.

Some versions are just plain bad, though.

Lou Reed’s “Tarbelly and Featherfoot” may be charmless compared to the original, Michelle Shocked’s “Holy Spirit” may seem exceptionally hapless next to Williams’, but both those versions are horrific in and of themselves; no comparison is necessary to reveal their essential awfulness.

All in all, an uneven record, but to the unitiated, it offers a chance to appreciate the work of a fine. underappreciated singer-songwriter.

What more can one ask for?

good. A couple weeks ago, however, they played at the Volcano with Napoleon Blownaparte, and put on one of the worst shows possible.

But to ensure consistency, I guess, they stopped toking long enough to put out a cassette.

Whether they lack material or decided to discard the chaff, the tape only has five songs on it, which are recorded on both sides. lots of feedback, plus moderately distorted vocals, plus somewhat sugary but paced rhythms seem to comprise the core of their sound, which is not a bad thing.

Toronto’s grasshopper, like any other band, has their causes. Bandwagons were made to be lept on, and grasshopper has plunged wholeheartedly into the recent movement to decriminize marijuana.

The cassette jacket and cassette itself is decorated jiberally with little marijuana leafs, and it was recorded at Bottle Toke Studios; why bother with subtlety?

If they’re really serious about promoting their cause, they should get together with Montreal-based Grim Skunk, a hardcore/reggae outfit that has pot leafs and the fleur&-jis on their equipment, and throw some sort of “hemp benefit’* concert.

The cassette is an independent release, which unfortunately means it’s not likely available at most music stores.

They can be contacted at 689 Queen St. west, Suite 62, Toronto, Mb) I E6. *

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by Dave Fisher Imprint stm The successor to 1990’s brilliant (and their acclaimed debut of Hail), Blow is the new album and full-lengther by the superior popThe Straitjacket Fits.

Since it’s also their first album following last year’s departure of rhythm-guitarist Andrew Brough, it’s arrival immediately had question-marks stamped all over it. Brough had been a lifetime member of the group and was responsible for writing some of Melt’s finest compositions.

It was in an according measure that part of M&s success was directly due to the manner by which Brough’s more sanguine sixties pop-sensibilities delicately offset leader Shayne Carter’s typically darker introspective material.

Although Brough had contributed but

Mefc 1988 third group

within the album remarkably

well and suggested to fans that the personnel changes might’ve been potentially grave ones.

Thanldully,the replacing of Srough with new guitarist Mark Petersen doesn’t seem to have done the band any disfavours. Blow, as such, demonstrates the Straitjacket Fits to be in as fine a form as ever.

But that’s not really surprising.

They’ve never, for even so much as a second, been anybody other than Shayne Carter’s band. He’s their undisputed heart, soul and brains, their ‘mastermind’ if you will, and Blow’s yet another confirmation of his understated greatness.

His darker songs still remain -- “If I Were You”, “Way”, and “Spacing” in particular -- and are all gorgeous.

“Train,” for it’s part, makes the hairs on the back of one’s neck smnd up, not through any measure of terror but by the sheer force of it’s beauty.

And “Sycamore,” with it’s wonderfully Lennon-esque melody, captivates in a fashion that’s timeless.

There’s a couple of misfires, to be sure, and Carter’s voice still takes a little getting used to. But with his impassioned songwriting and shimmering guitar-work, Blow’s never anything less than a repeatedly fascinating listen.

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The Mechanicals, the troupe who put on the play withii the play,’ have always been my favourite components

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he just stuck in my craw. My date and I remain at loggerheads over this one.

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case of penis envy need read no further. This is not 0 show fir the weak of groin.

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“Is that the script in your pocket, just happy to see me?” of the play and Dowling’s

interpretation failed to fail me. This makes up the Coronation Street part of the show. In every production I’ve had the pleasure to enjoy, the character oi Bottom was played by a man physically forboding. It was an unusually refreshing surprise to

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production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream has blue hair, and well, so did most of the women in the audience. Perhaps they should trade rinse secrets. At least Puck’s looked more natural. Eeeeriee.

Directed

by Joe Dowling, this not a show you can simply choose to like or dislike. You can only regard it in terms of love and hate. I find myself dabbling liberally in both emotions.

Are you ready for this? A Cyberpunk version of Cots meets Coronation Street on the way to the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

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in her role as Helena, an endearing bookish of nasal effervecence otherwise uninspiring of Lovers.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is meant to be magical, and the responsiblilty of creating this atmosphere lies in the hands of the Fairies. A delightful element of music and dancing to complement inventive costuming aided the acrobatic group of pixies in capitalizing on this dramatic illusion, The mark of good production can be found by examining the subtlety in the supporting castThe menacing confidence exuded by Colm Feore as Oberon, King of the fairies was met with

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spirit& each of whom boasted discernible characterstics brimming with pet= sonality and individuality.

Then again it’s kind of hard to concentrate on the show when your staring at a 55 foot cock. Now I don’t mean to be phallocentric, but you’ve got to see it, it’s HUGE. And I mean GINORMOUS. But alas, it was all a dream and when I awoke I realized I was really in a theatre in downtown Stratford. There were no fairies, no I35 foot peter (Brown), and no pesty Puck But everyone still had blue hair.

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Russ Rymer’s recent book Genie, about a child who experienced that exact abuse, delves not only into the power struggles and emotional battles over the child’s custody after her rescue, but also the linguistic theories and phenomenon that surrounded the case, making it an engrossing read.

In November of 1970, a blind mother and her seemingly mute daughter stumbled into a L6s Angeles welfare office, having escaped from a daunting father figure bent on protecting his family from the outside world - by keeping them locked up. Genie, the youngest child had been tied to a “pottie” during the day and forced to sleep in a constricting sleeping bag in a chicken wired crib by night She had

Aillion dollars was spent researching her, teaching her, and keeping her.

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Starting with his greatness Noam

Chomky’s theory of transformational grammar and language as an innate human char;lcteristic (ie that we are all born with an understanding of the basic sentence (which is the same for all languages) and that we learn to “transform” that sentence into other sentences, thus creating language), movingon to Eric Lenneberg’s critical stage theory (that we only have a certain period in which to grasp language before we are unable to) and then to such obscure fields a-s neurolinguistics, Rymer places Genie’s experiences and abilities in a frame which allows us to understand her, and linguistics, in a decent light.

Regardless of the linguistics Rymer offers our brains, he also paints us a painful landscape of the human battles over Genie, as a child and as a research prodigy. Rymer shows us a Genie both brilliant and stunted: a girl with great potential and ability but trapped by her past. Likewise, the people that worked with her, though meaning the best for all involved, lost sight of both her humanity and their own shortcomings.

With Genie, Rymer gives us an incredible tale supported by both pctical and theoreticat examples - an engrossing book. Whether you are interested in linguistics or interested in people, Rymer’s book is excellently written and entirely sincere.

You don’t have to be a linguist to understand it., you just have to be human.

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No Sammys, but Iots of Dianes

Last

Call at Maud’s

Directed by Paris Poirier

by Jennifer Epps Imprint Staff Sometimes you just want to go where everybody knows your name.

And they know that people’s problems are the same. And you know they’re always glad that you came. (If you know what I mean.) At least that’s the thesis of Lost &II Maud’s, a docum&ary playing soon at the Princess Cinema as part of their twin August emphases on nonfiction and homosexuality; the series begins next week with Rock Hudson’s Home Movies. Director Paris Poirier shows how Maud’s, a lesbian bar near Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco from I966 to 1989, politicized those who frequented it. As a central meeting place for members of a cultural underground, Maud’s may even have been more important than Cheers.

Regulars from Maud’s 23 year-tenure describe the institution as “warm, safe, friendly” and “better than home.”

Interviews with these individuals, woven together with old snapshots and home movies, culminate in a moving social history of personal awakening, community, and liberation. Participants discuss when they first became conscious of their sexuality, and how it felt to be marginalized. They recall police raids on bars when the names and addresses of those arrested were published in the papers. They laugh over the artificial hutch/femme roles imposed on

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Entitled My Sister in This House, the play tells the true story of two sisters caught in an emotional power struggle with the mistress and daughter of the

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house they work in. Set in the I93Os, in Le Mans France, parallels can also be drawn to the problem of class distinction, a by-product of the Socialist government then in power.

My Sister in This House marks Tammy Speer’s directorial debut, and to that en4 she has enlisted the aid of some of the Drama department’s strongest actors. Featured are Darlene Spencer, Nancy Forde, Mary Moore and Jen Clarke, all of whom were intrinsic in bringing the recent theatrical performance Offbase, to campus.

Running about an hour long, softspoken Tammy chose this particular play because of the strong female char-

acters,

whose lives did not directly around men.

Sponsored by the Women’s Centre and the Creative Arts Board, the show is free, (although donations toward the cost of the show would be greatly appreciated).

Finally, could somebody please tell me why Tammy spells her name with aY instead of an E?

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them as imitation of straight society.

They comment on sexual jealousies, brawls, and alcoholism.

Mostly, they analyze the political and social changes witnessed over the decades. Until a woman challenged the law in 1973, only men could be bartenders in California. Cops used to consider lesbian bars “houses of illrepute”.

Poirier brings us through revolutions and uprisings on the sexual, feminist, and drug fronts, and into the AIDS era, when lesbian lifestyles have changed so much that Maud’s owner can rio longer afford to keep the club going.

Sometimes Poirier’s efforts to keep the film fluid preclude her fifling in details along the way. It makes the documentary rather exclusive. And we get more than a few too many montages of headlines or magazine covers set to Tim Horrigan’s annoying muzak. It doesn’t seem to occur to cinematographer Cheryl Rosenthal to shoot anything other than talking heads.

Nonetheless, Lust Cdl ut Mauds remains moving and intriguing. Although everyone on-screen is sad to see an epoch come to a close, there is also cause for celebration. The lesbians who loved Maud’s no longer feel the need to meet in secret; the bar helped give them “a public presence,” strengthening them so much that it may have eventually put itself out of business. Still, a woman confides, “in some ways, I’ hope we always do stay outlaws.”

Of course. It looked like fun.

At the Princess in Waterloo August I&h and 17th.

P.S. Sam and Diane should have ended up together.

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The Off-Campus Housing Office, which is located on the roof of the Village 1 Complex, will remain open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday starting June 14, through to August 28, 1993 and from IO;00 a.m. to 300 p.m. on Saturdays from June 19 to August 28, inclusive. When the office is closed, accomodation lists may be obtained from the Turnkey at the Campus Centre or from the Security Office.

Volunteers Needed - K-W Access-Ability is looking for adventurous volunteers to help with our summer recreation programs. If you would like to get involved call Jennifer at 8856640 for more details.

United Nations Association in Canada are inviting applicants for a Work Partner Programme in Ghana (Volta region) for ages 21-25. Beginning in October 1993 the participant must raise $3,000.

All interestedcontact:

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MONDAYS The Outers Club meets at 7:00 p.m. in CC room 138. Members and future members are welcome to exchange information on upcoming trips, hikes, etc.

MONDAYS

“There is nothing worse than a student with a camera.” Come and see what WATfilm is all about. Meetings at 7:30 p.m. in CC1 38A, orcall Phil at 725-6401.

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tional Office, 808-63 Sparks St., Ottawa, Ont., Kl P 5A6. Phone (613) 2325751 ; fax (613) 563-2455.

Student Volunteer Centre is open for the summer months. Hours are Monday 12:00-f :00 ; Tuesday 11:30-3100 ; Wednesday 12:00-l :OO, 2:00-3:00 ; Thursdav 12:00-4:OO. Call 885-l 2 11, ext.

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TUESDAYS GLLOW Discussion Group - All lesbians, bisexuals, gays and other supporiive people welcome. UW Modern Languages, room 104,7:30 p.m. Call 8844569 for information. .

Bagel Brunch, hosted by the Waterloo Jewish Students Association, from II:30 to 1:30 in CC1 IO. Universtiy Choir rehersal, Tuesdays, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. For info call Music Dept

UW House of Debates meets at 5%) p.m. in Phys 313. We debate everything from the muppets to the war in Bosnia.

Everyone welcome, especially novices.

For more detail contact lrit at 725-8890 or Eugene at 725-5970.

Kitefliers of Waterloo, Unite! Come out to the Columbia Fields to fly sfunters, rokakkus, indian fighters and even single line deltas. Every windy Wednesday from Ii:00 a.m. onwards, weather permitting. For info call 884-2157.

Heather-Thanks for a great term. Hope you have a blast in Europe. I’m looking forward to the work term with ya. XOGreg.

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WEDNESDAYS MONDAY,

AUGUST

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Free admission to Doon Heritage Crossroads, the Homer Watson House & Gallery has been chosen to participate in this event. Normal admission donations to the gallery will be sponsored by the Lottery Corporation. Call 748-4377 for info.

JoSeDh Schneider Haus hosts Its annual &door folkf&tival, craft show and sale. Festivities begin at 10 a.m. Gall 742-7752 for info. h bpening /Jug. 2 t U t 1f J Schneider Haus will doisp& “It’s AT:!& World”, miniature collectables from both the local community and area museums. For info call 742-7752.

Venture Capitalist will provide seed money to students who are developing promising software programs. Forfurther information call (416) 366-7758 or write with proposal and resume to “Ceyx Properties Ltd., 701 KinQ St. W. Suite #40’3, Toronto, Ontario M%# 2W7.”

ProfessIonal Resume Service - Go-op graduate/former consultant to Fortune 500 Company knows what employers are looking for! Phone Clark - 273-7970.

2 Bedroom apartments available immediately. Near University campus 10 Austin Drive (Waterloo). Call Bill: 8862123 (super).

For September - 5 bedroom house for rent. Walking distance to University on quiet crescent. Parking, laundry, bus route. $265./roam. 746-0228. j-2 rooms avaflable at corner of Prrncess & Retina. Sept.-April lease at $24O.OO/mo.~all747-4233 (Rickor Gabe) Apartments available Sept. 1 - one bedrdom $460., two bedroom’$600., utilities included, laundry, parking. Erb & University. Kristina or Anna 746-7368.

at 885-0220,

Career Resource Centre - Evening Hours: Open every Wednesday tilt 7:00 p.m.. Research: employers, careers, work/study abroad or educational opportunities.

The Gay and Lesbian Liberation of Waterloo offers confidential peer counselling. Call 884-GLOW for information, direction, or just to talk. len scholarships ~111be awarded to students wishing to undergo Mandarin language training and degree studies in Taiwan. You must be a Canadian citizen and enrolled as a full-time student. For more info and application forms contact: International Division, Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, 151 Slater St., Ottawa, Ont. Kl P 5Nl. Tel. I61 3) 563-l 236 or fax (613) 563-9745.

Interested in joining one of North Americas’ leading fortune 500 Financial Services Companies? If you are ambitious, honest, hardworking, have a desire to succeed and enjoy helping people by doing what’s right...then this opportunity is for you. Call 579-9050, ext. 47, ask for Mr. Jarski - serious inquiries only.

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Join the conspiracy of hope! Amnesty International meets tonight at CC 135 at 7:30 o-m.

Perfection on Paper - Professional word processing by University grad (English). Grammar, spelling corrections available. Laser printer. Suzanne, 886-3857. honours UW graduate able to process all types of papers. Laser printer, spell check, grammar corrections. Free pickup and delivery. Phone Clark 2737970. Why pay more for less?

Certified! 1985 Renault Alliance 1.7L automatic. Excellent condition, one owner, lady driven, 100,000 km, white, spotless blue interior, new tires, brakes, exhaust, reliable vehicle. $1,900.00 748-0413.

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