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Friday, June 16, 1995

Volume 18, Number 4

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s of June 26, 1945, Ontario will be marching to the beat of a Tory drum-

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Contribution List Chris Aldworth, Sandy Atwal, Ken Bryson, Mark Davidson, Sean Denomey, Toby Donaldson, David Drewe, Sandie Edwards, Jason Gropp, Jamie Hodge, Greg Hood-Morris, Brad Hughes, Xander LeRoy, Jim Koiakak, Dave Lynch, Kimberley Moser, Johanna Neufeld, Daryl Novak, Adaeze Orizu, Jerzy T. Pindera, Karen Powell, James Russell, Kathleen Ryan, Frank Seglenieks, Jodi Stone, Sunil Solanki, Derek Weiler

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In the provincial election, held Thursday, June 8, Mike Harris’ Progressive Conservatives claimed an overwhelming victory, sweeping Bob Rae and the NDP out of power. Of the 130 seats in the provincial legislature, the Tories took 82. This is well up from the 20 seats they had after the last election in 1990, The Liberals under Lyn McLeod held onto second place, but lost six seats, down to 30. The NDP took the worst beating by far. When they were in power, the NDP held 74 seats in the legislature. They now have 17. The Family Coalition Party, Ontario’s fourth largest party, failed to gain any seats. One seat was won by an independent. Locally, the Waterloo Region has been painted Tory blue. All six electoral ridings that overlap the region’s boundaries voted in Conservative candidates. In Waterloo North, the riding in which the University of Waterloo rests, PC incumbent Elizabeth Witmer pulled off a spectacular victory. Witmer earned 25,757 votes, roughly 60 percent of the popular vote in the riding. Her closest competitor was Liberal candidate Bob Byron, who only managed 8,729 votes.

The ridings of Kitchener and Kitchener- Wilmot both fell to the Conservatives as well, sending candidates Wayne Weatlaufer and Gary Leadston respectively to Queen’s Park. Kitchener and KitchenerWilmot also both experienced a decline in voter turnout from the last election in 1990. Kitchener had a turnout of 59 percent, down from 63 percent in 1990. KitchenerWilmot also saw 59 percent of eligible voters show up, down from 60 percent. Witmer: another Waterloo blue machine North, however, actually saw its turnout grow slightly. In 1990, 62.3 percent of eligible voters turned out to vote. This year, that number was 62.4 percent. Elizabeth Witmer, naturally, was happy with the numbers. “Obvkkly I was very pleased with the iocal results,” she commented. “It was a gratifying victory.” Members of the university community are wary, waiting cautiously to see what the new government will do. U W Presi-

Reform by Kieran Green Imprint staff

he University of Waterloo was paid a visit last Friday, June 9, by a federal Member of Parliament. John G. Williams, a member of the Reform Party and MP for the Alberta riding of St. Albert, was shown around the new Student Life Centre by Xander LeRoy, Federation of Students Senior Officer of Academic Affairs. During his tour, Williams discussed his views on the future of post-secondary education and educational funding. Williams believes that, in the future, more money is going to have to come from the pockets of students, “Students are going to have to bear a larger share of the cost of education,” he stated. According to Williams, finding the balance between what money comes from tax funds and what comes from the students is difficult. He pointed out that there are arguments on both sides: society benefits from an educated workforce, but students also benefits from the education they get.

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MP “It’s not a simple, one-sided arguement.” In Alberta, Williams noted, students cover roughly 20 percent of the cost of their educated. In Ontario, students cover approximately 24 percent. Alberta is currently looking at boosting its number, forcing students to pay 30 percent of the cost oftheireducation. Education is expensive and, in Williams’ opinion, the product from some

dent James Downey noted that the results were not unexpected. “By the time it happened, it was not a great surprise.” “It’s too early to assess what [the results] will mean to universities,” Downey continued. “What parties say and what they do are sometimes different things.” In the local perspective, Downey expressed his confidence in Elizabeth Witmer. “We’re fortunate to have here in that government cog in the big someoneof the quality of Elizabeth Witmer. We’ll be well represented.” Xander LeRoy, Federation of Students Senior Officer of Academic Affairs, expressed some concern for the future. “With the results of the election we’re headed towards some serious cuts,” he observed. “It’s going to be a difficult task to lobby the government.” “Definitely we’re cautious,” stated Jason Hunt, Chair of the Canadian Federation of Students - Ontario (CFS-0).

doesn’t

justify

the

costs. Williams was quick to add that he is impressed with the quality ofeducationprovided by UW. Increasing the contribution and involvement of the private sector in post-secondary education, says Williams, is critical

More on the provincial election on page 5.

visits both in cutting the costs of education, and in improving the quality of education. Universities themselves, he believes, should get into the entrpreneurial spirit. Williams cited an initiative undertaken by the University of Alberta. An entrepreneurial organization has been set

4Wudents are going to have to bear a larger share of the cost of education.” - John G. Williams, IMP

universities

He expressed concerns about the rhetoric of the Conservatives during the election. “It will be our job to show [the Conservatives] where their policies fall short.” Hunt said that the CFS-0 had already sent a letter to PC MP Dianne Cunningham, promising to work with the new govemment. Cunningham was PC education critic during the last government, and Hunt expects that she will be named Minister of Education by Harris. Downey, LeRoy and Hunt all said that they will be watching to see what will be done about the approximately $450 million that the Tories said they would cut from post-secondary education. Witmer, for her part, said that the first job of the PC’s will be settling into their new role. The party is currently having orientation sessions. Before they take power officially on June 26, Mike Harris will name his cabinet. “Then the hard work starts,” commented Witmer. Although the party has not set priorities yet, Witmer said that the first jobs on the table wouJd likely be the repealing of Bill 40, regarding labour regulations, the reform of the welfare system, and the balancing of the budget. Asked about the rumour that Witmer herself would be named Education Minister, Witmer would not comment. “I have no knowledge personally of that.”

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UW He also believes that, to improve the overall quality of education, competition should be encouraged between primary and secondary schools as well. In Edmonton, Williams noted, parent are allowed to choose which school they will send their children to. Williams believes that by being able to send their children to schools that have good reputations or offer particularprograms, children can concentrate on their strengths, and the schools themselves have impetus to improve themselves in order to attract students. On the lighter side, getting away from talk of education, Williams commented that he was impressed with the beauty of the UW campus, He expressed no particular opinions on the results of the recent provincial election,

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research. Williams stated his belief that promoting competition between universities is another way to improve the quality of education, a free-market approach to education. “If we have competition, prices will go down, and quality will go up,” commented Williams, “I have no problem with market forces guiding education.”

beyond

saying

that, “It’s

a deli-

nite change.” After the tour, Xander LeRoy expressed his concerns about Wiliams’ ideas. “The idea of privatizing universities in that manner has to be looked more closely at. I think we have to be cautious.”

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otorists can expect some traffic headaches on the streets of Waterloo on Saturday, July 8. On that day, potentially hundreds of bicyclists, along with some rollerbladers and joggers, will hit the pavement, blocking traffic to make a

strike downtown. By decreasing dependency on automobiles, the streets are safer for children walking to school or playing outside, as well as for other pedestrians, joggers and cyclists. On the environmental side, less cars means less noise and exhaust pollution. Less cars also

point. They’re called “critical massings.” Masses of cyclists take to the roads, usually downtown streets and usually at rush hour, to promote peddle-power over the internal combustion engine. “Auto-centred society is unhealthy, both physically and environmentally,” explains Dave Thomson, a spokesperson for Waterloo’s upcoming critical mass. “This is an attempt to Two show people the popularity and environmentally friendly nature of cycling as an alternative mode of transportation.” Organizers of the bike rally point out the numerous benefits of two wheeled transportation. Bikes, they say, are as quick or quicker than a car for short trips through

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ilfrid Laurier University recently announced the penalties it will impose upon students charged in connection with the party-turned-riot on Ezra Ave. last April 22. The street party was supposedIy to celebrate the end of exams. However, this is not the first time there have been problems. The 1993 party left Ezra Avenue with some property damage and hundreds of beer bottles smashed on the street. Angry residents complained both to city officials and to WLU. This year, in an attempt to ensure that there were no more problems, police actually went door to door warning university students not to have parties that night. Also, Laurier administration consulted with Laurier’s Student Union (WLUSU) on ways that the party could be averted. A member of WLUSU claims that the administration ignored all suggestions of how the party could be controlled, seeking only ways to stop the party from happening all together. According to the&&, WLU’s student newspaper, police appointed nine special deputies amongst the faculty and staff, who were to inform the police if there was any planned change in date or location of the party. However, the partiers paid iittle heed to a warning ad in the Cord and proceeded to flock to Ezra. There was no official count, but some estimated the turnout at 1,500, including many high school students.

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means less traffic congestion on the roads. Critical massings started in Europe and the United States as a reaction to pollution and increased road congestion. The idea has spread to Canada, and Vancouver,

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back British Columbia, now has monthly massings. Waterloo’s massing on July 8 will start at noon in the Wilfrid Laurier University parking lot at King Street and University Avenue. Participants will travel down King Street to Victoria Road in Kitchener, then turn around and ride back to Waterloo City Hall “to celebrate and discuss future massings.” Organizers have printed up 2,000 flyers to promote the event. The flyers will be affixed to bicycles, to hit the target audience. Posters have also been placed in local bicycle shops. “If there’s only a ten percent response to the flyers, that’s still 200 people,” commented Thomson, regarding the expected turnout for the event. “I’d be happy with 50 or 60 people.” If this critical mass draws enough interest, organizers hope to make it a yearly, and possibly even monthly, event. Thomson can be contacted at 886-5599 for more information.

Laurier down

Of the more than 40 people arrested, 18 were Laurier students and 4 were students here at UW. The University of Waterloo has not taken action against any of the four UW students, but they will all have to meet with Associate Provost, Student Affairs, Peter Hopkins. Part of the reason no direct penalties have been imposed may be that UW does not have a code of conduct like Laurier has, which allows students to be penalised for both on-campus and off-campus offenses.

There was no official count, but some estimated the turnout at l,SOO, including many high school students. Laurier’s code of conduct reads, in part, “Students are required to conduct themselves in an orderly manner both on and off campus. No students will be registered in any year or be allowed to continue in attendance after registration if their presence is deemed prejudicial to the best interests of the university.” One of the offenses that the code explicitly states is the “unlawful use of alcoholic beverages.” The code also states that, “Where students are convicted in

civil courts of an illegal action, they are also subject to disciplinary action from the university.” Laurier, fearful for its reputation, used this code of conduct in deciding to suspend at least one student involved in the party, and placing several on probation. According to Dr. Lorna Marsden, President of WLU, the party has had an “impact on all of us,” and the university has a social obligation to crack down on it, When asked if it was the role of a university to punish pepple beyond the punishments imposed by the police, Marsden replied that Laurier’s punishment “has nothing to do with the police.” She said that codes of conduct covering off-campus behaviour are gaining popularity in universities across the country, saying that problems like Ezra Ave. are “significant issues for all of us.” Marsden says Laurier is taking the whole problem “very, very seriously” and is definitely in “the preventive mode.” The party has had repercussions with “employers, co-op, all kinds of people,” says Marsden. When asked how big she thinks the Ezra Ave. party may be next year, she replies “Let’s hope it goes down.” In an article in the& WRecord, Marsden claimed that WLU had lived up to its “promise to take severe disciplinary action.” However, when asked by Imprint if she thought the penalties would act as deterrent next year, Marsden replied “I don’t know they will be a whether deterrent. ,.that remains to be seen.”

by David Drewe special to Imprint

he future of the Students’ Council Special Projects Fund is in jeopardy. Set at over $40,000 last year, it provided a venue for campus groups and individuals to seek funding for worthwhile projects and causes. Only two months into this fiscal year, over $32,000 has been committed to two organizations to which the Federation of Students belongs: the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) -costing approximately $20,000-and the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) -costing $12,500. In past, this fbnd has subsidized efforts of campus groups such as the Concrete Toboggan teams, has helped send students to conferences they would have otherwise been unable to attend, and purchased for the Society of Fine Artists a lithostone essential to their program’s viability. Support for the K-W Partemship Walk brought the Federation of Students publicity as a progressive organization. The Federation of Students also used the Fund to make a strong statement to the administration regarding the insufficiency of its protection for students, by donating $5,000 to support the legal costs of Kevin Erler, a UW graduate stu-

dent who is suing Engineering Professor Li Deng for, among other things, theft of intelIectua1 propertyWith the commitments already made, only approximately $7,500 is fef? in the fund. Vice-President Operations and Finance Mike Suska was quick to note, however, that with the budgeting process still underway, no Special Projects Fund yet exists. This led to references during discussion such as, “the fund that we would call Student Council Special Projects, ifthe fund existed now .” Students’ Council has, however, decided to hold a referendum next February, putting to students the op-

With the commitments the already made, only approximately $7,500 is left in the Special Projects Fund.

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Jane Pak claimed that this new fund would not replace the Students’ Council Special Projects Fund, but would have changed guidelines in its intent and application. The timing of the referendum is not a coincedence however, Arts Councillor Richard Farmer initially proposed the new fund in the same motion as he proposed membership in CASA and the elimination of the Current Special Projects Fund. It was clear that many Councillors viewed a referendum on a fUnd for students as preferable to a referendum on CASA.

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hen most of you were on work term this past winter, apart from the obvious changes to the campus centre, there was one change which I hope to inform you about; that is the addition of a video suggestion booth in the great hall of the campus centre. This booth was acquired last term under the leadership of Christine Dewhurst, former Vice President of Operations and Finance, as a way for students to make their voices heard. The booth was dubbed Student’s Comer and was used by over 400 students in the winter term, as well it is the first of its kind on any university campus. In these times of rising tuition and higher student costs across the board, it is time that students be given a greater say about how their

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other alternatives to fund CASA. Council initially decided to pursue the referendum option, and to delay membership until such time as the students had voted on membership. Only minutes after this decision had been made, however, many councillors expressed displeasure with their decision and reopened discussion on CASA membership. In this subsequent discussion, Council decided to forego the referendum option, join CASA immediately, and pay through the Special Projects Fund. Instead of having a referendum on membership in CASA, the Federation of Students will instead have a referendum on a “Student Life Fund.” The differences between this fund and the new fund remain to be determined. However, it was clear from the meeting

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he students of UW joined the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA), a new national student lobby group, at a cost of $12,500 per year. Students’ Council, and even the Federation of Students executive board were divided over aspects of the issue. While there was near uniform agreement as to the benefits ofjoining the organization, significant debate occurred over how to pay for the membership fees, as well as when to join. Federation President Jane Pak presented two payment options for Council to consider: join now and take the money from the Students’ Council Special Projects Fund, or wait, go to referendum, and levy a new fee. While discussion was unfocussed at first, several councillors were very much in favour of increasing the Fed fee to absorb these costs, with Councillors suggesting that membership could be forced through by hiding the costs and issues from students. Several councillors endorsed this idea, and seemed in favour of paying for CASA from Special Projects, simply for this reason. Vice-President Operations andFinance Mike Suska and Engineering rep. Mario Bellabarba noted their discomfort with this attitude. $uska, while comfortable with either approach to membership, was adamant that “hiditig” issues from the students would be dishonest. Vice-President University Affairs Rose Bilicic spoke out in favour of the referendum option, citing the high cost and significance of membership. Senior Officer Internal Affairs Tricia Mumby, and several other councillors noted the

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that the new fund will replace the current fund, whose resources are nearly depleted. In an interview after the meeting, Federation President Jane Pak expressed her pleasure with the decision, noting that while Waterloo currently maintains a leadership position in CASA, any delay in joining would jeopardize this. A referendum in October would cost students between $10,000 and $15,000, and waiting until February elections would effectively delay membership by a full year. Pak believes that given the choice, Waterloo students would join CASA in a ieferendum, but that there was simply no time to provide this option. Pak also acknowledged the split in the Executive Board, emphasizing that this was only over method of membership, and that Students’ Council fulfilled its role of setting the direction of the Federation of Students.

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and be seen! the Campus Centre, find theVideo Booth (located beside a pillar near the Turnkey Desk) and put in 50 cents; You then have one minute in which to express yourself about anything you want. You can talk about campus politics, world politics, what should the Federation of Students be doing, what they shouldn’t be doing, what the campus needs, how your classes are going, or if you can’t think of anything to say you can just answer the weekly questions posted on the booth itself. Also popular last term were questions such as “What does the Ombudsperson do?” This was answered by the Ombudsperson who explained her position and what she can do to help students, so if you have any questions for specific people on campus, you can also leave them at Student’s Corner. Every week the best clips will then be edited together and sometimes the best clip of the week will

current version of Student’s Comer will be played for you. Due to the location ofthe booth, many of the suggestions are from people who have had a few too many (this includes people complaining about being kicked out of the Shelter and attempts to moon the camera) but I would like to improve the ratio of drunk to sober people and encourage people to use the booth when they are clear of mind and wiil leave intelligent comments. Still, there are usually too many suggestions to use them all every week and thus every suggestion left will not be shown. As well the clips have to be edited so they comply with the university rules on harassment and decency. Many people have complained about having to pay to leave a suggestion; This matter is being lmked at and we hope to modify the booth to allow for suggestions to be 1eR for free, unfortunately this change prob-

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between the spring and fall terms. So once again I encourage everybody to come down and watch the latest version of Student’s Corner on the TV booth and then leave a message on the video booth.

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During the elecfion campaign, the Ontario Undergraduate Student questionnaires to all the candidates. The foIlowing are some things governmentp based on the questionnaire responses given by Waterloo

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Accountability * with regards to disclosure of university with the Provincial Auditor to establish * the Conservatives “Hoh! I hate them all so I can’t really answer that.” Scott Bishop Alumni Lisa Virio 2B Act&i

“I don’t think he’s gonna screw up. He has to get the PC reputation back on track. He’s setting a positive tone.” Haitham BonZeineddine 4B cs

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er’s perspective, while the representatives from co-op will be there to assist you in case you have any questions or concerns. Hmmm. What does this sound like? A previous co-op forum maybe? Or even the former co-op student/coordinator mix? Well, just to reassure you, this ain’t them. Yeah, yeah I know, at the two previous forums it was too formal, and there were more coop representatives than students.

purpose room at the Campus Centre, on Wednesday, June 28, from 1 I a.m. to 2 p.m. So see you all out there! ! Also, SAC is presently working on the “bugs” in the Access system (finally eh?). If you have any concerns about this issue you can express them to SAC or any representative from Co-op. Furthermore, just a reminder that placement statistics are available on the

Wondering what Students Advising Co-op (SAC) is all about? Well, SAC is involved in a lot of crazy and wonderful things, from designing a coordinator evaluation form (that’s right, YOU get to have a say in how you feel your coordinator is doing!) to coordinating a committees symposium. What in the world are you talking about, you say? Well we’ll explain it to you. First things first, the coordinator evaltiation form! SAC is designing and will be implementing an evaluation form which will be filled out by # a sufficient the students. It ii phofo by D& Fisher.> 1 amount of time will consist of a to make this series Of Yes and The SAC Committee: waiting to serve you. no questions and kind of decision. We will try our best to address rating questions, as well as a secWell, be rest assured SAC has found tion for comments on the back. We a better way! We have put a lot of this issue. hope that all the comments will be time and effort into making this And last but definitely not least. constructive (that’s right, no extotally different from the last two Don’t forget to check out the picpressions on how you want your flops. First of all, the co-op stuture of the new SAC committee coordinator shot!), so as to hefp dents symposium will be informal. (beautiful aren’t we?). improve our already “wonderful” It will be held in the Campus Centre As always, we’re here to serve co-op system. (so drop in whenever you feel like!) YOU and we want to know about Next, the co-op students symand there will be a SAC booth, with your concerns. posium. The symposium will conrepresentatives from SAC who will You can contact SAC by esist of employers and co-op coordiaddress any further concerns. So mail (sac@undergrad.math), nators informing students about come one, come all and we’ll have WWW (fill in the comments form), interview skills and resumes. The some fun! It’ll be a blast! ! ! The or drop a letter in the box at the SAC talks will be based on the employsymposium will be held in the Multiboard. A

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of the regional finalists will be named national champion. The individual will receive an additional $5,000 and a one-year, paid corporate internship working with the CEO of Magna International Inc. The college or university attended by the national champion will receive an award of $10,000. The deadline for submissions for this year’s contest is June 30. The Magna for Canada Scholarship Fund was established in February, 1995, the idea of Magna International Inc. founder and chair Frank Stronach. Magna donated , I

The Magna for Canada Scholarship Fund is challenging students to step into Jean Chretien’s shoes and solve some of Canada’s problems. This challenge is, in fact, a contest, open to all Canadian students attending a university or college full-time. Contest entrants must respond to the qiestion, “If you were the Prime s&e Minister of Canada, what would you do to Can ada improve living standards and unify the coun-

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of Magna International Inc. stresses that they are not looking for a “traditional academic paper with academic research.” Magna wants proposals, says Pivato, rather than essays. The contest, which will take place every year, offers some tempting awards. Each year, ten regional winners from across the country will be selected. These students will each receive $5,000 and a paid summer internship at Magna International Inc. Regional winners will be announced in late July or early August. Each fall, a Gala Awards evening will be held, at which one

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Pivato, the purpose of the contest is to “solicit iew and innovative ideas from students and to provide a national platform to air those ideas.” Magna International Inc. is one of the largest manufacturers of auto parts in the world. It is also one of Canada’s largest multinational corporations. Their headquarters are located in Markham, Ontario, just outside of Toronto. For more information about Magna’s scholarship program, students can call l-800-97-MAGNA. Magna also has a World Wide Web site at <http://www.cyberplex.com/ Magna/MagnaForCanada.html>.

gets new VP

UW by David Drewe special Imprint

his January, the University of Waterloo will have in place its first female VicePresident. Carolyn Hansson will take office as Vice President, University Research, January 1, 1996. In this position, Hansson will be responsible for “making independent judgements on total university matters, representing the particular interests, policies, and point of view of research as determined by Senate Research Council, and being the external representative of the university with regard to research and research-related issues.” She will also be responsible for “fostering an environment which promotes a high academic standard of scholarly activity.” (UW Policy #68) Hannson is not only Waterloo’s first female Vice President, but its first Vice President, University Research.

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by Xander LeRoy Senior Officer, Academic Amirs A belated welcome to all of you from the Office of Academic Affairs (OA A). With the provincial election just finished I have finally had the opportunity to sit down and begin to organize things around the office. Plenty happens in the OAA that needs to get out to you, the students, and here I will write of what is currently going on. Until only recently we were a member of only one political lobby group but as of the last student council meeting that has changed. Although CASA and OUSA may sound as though they’ve come from a Balderdash game, they are far more significant. As the two political lobby groups to which we belong it is important for everyone to know what they are. OUSA, which stands for the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance, is our provincial lobby group which we joined in April 1993, and reaffirmed our member-

ship throtigh referendum this past February. Most recently OUSA ran an education campaign during the provincial election to raise the public’s awareness of the issues related to post secondary education.

Plenty happens in the OAA that needs to get out to you, the students. The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) is our national lobby group which we recently joined at the last council meeting. Alex Usher, the new national director for the organization came and spoke to student’s council at that meeting, answering our ques-

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tions and concerns regarding the nature and potential of this group. It was then decided by council to join the organization. The idea behind CASA first came into being early last year, and since that time Waterloo has been a crucial driver in the organization. Currently, there are twelve member schools nation wide with many more looking to join on by the end of this year. Part of CAS A’ s organizational structure is that there are working groups set up to discuss various issues relating to post secondary education ranging from government funding to student loans and scholarships. These working groups are made up of students from the various schools who have an interest in the subject. If you or anyone you know would be interested in being involved in these working groups please contact OAA. If you have any questions or would like to get involved with these or any other issues in the Office of Academic Affairs please feel free to drop by the Fed office any time or call ext. 2340.

It’s June and so many utterly amazing things are happening and so little space at my disposal that it’s nearly impossible to comment on them all, so Larry King-style I’11 try anyway. Since you asked... You gotta wonder about Michael Jackson’s present mental condition. His appearance with spouse Lisa Marie Presley on ABC’s Prime Time Live offered something mildly approaching humanity, but he still seems as much a freak as ever, even when he’s lucid. A victim of the Peter Pan syndrome if ever there was one, Jackson deftly moon-walked around any questioning about his suspected pedophilia, his confused racial identity, and ever creeping fascistic posturing. And what’s up with the gold lam6 hockey pads? Lisa Marie, for her part, is looking more and more like her daddy every day (and every bit as articulate, too.) Speaking of fascists, Mike ‘Bomber” Harris and the Tory Blue Shirts are now the ruling class in Ontario. The dumping of the Employment Equity legislation is a good start, it’s just a shame that most of the province’s hard decisions are now in the hands of a former golf pro and future used-car salesman. Congrats are also in order for Blaine P. Watson, Waterloo’s Natural Law Party candidate, who commandeered a laudable 275 votes, a serious platform to build on for future federal and provincial (and hopefully municipal) elections. There’s few problems in this country that couldn’t be ironed-out with a quick blast of yogic flying. Moving on... His & Her Matching Electric Chairs -- An idea whose time has finally come? Red Wings in six. Outta here...

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Le t’s Be Realis “Running around campus with hysteria is going to make me feel better, because I’m gonna be able to get out there and scream and yell and holler, but is it going to do anything?” - Christine Dewhurst, Fed VPOF 199495, January 27, 1995 “No matter how many people picket or whine and scream... it’s just mass hysteria. It’s accomplishing absolutely nothing.” - Adam Lee, Fed Researcher 1994-95, January 27, 1995

he hysterical whining and screaming of 11 ,OOO women accomplished some thing in Quebec recently. In a ‘?3read and Roses March Against Poverty,” almost 1,000 women marched from Montrkal to Quebec City, where they were joined by over 10,000 more screaming women, to protest the high level of poverty many Quebec women live in. Not surprisingly, upon arriving before the National Assembly, the women were not promptly ignored by the politicians and media, but greeted and addressed by Premier Parizeau and a host of other officials. The women screamed and chanted, calling for a higher minimum wage, pay equity legislation, and seven other demands. me politicians spoke, the crowd booed, and at the end of the day, Parizeau had announced a minimum wage increase to $6.45 from $6, a new commission to improve the job market for women, and plans for forthcoming pay equity legislation. Without gaining the immediate acceptance of all their demands -

they had called for a minimum wage of $8 the women still booed. And yet, the march was not unsuccessful. Accomplishment was in the air. Beyond the feminist politics of the march and whether or not Parizeau’s announcements were mere referendum pandering, the significance of the protest and its accomplishments lies in its very staging. As conservatism sweeps the nation, the old-fashioned yelling and screaming techniques which dominated the cold war peace movement seem out of place in today’s climate of professional lobbying. Nobody seems to like protests anymore; and yet these women not only marched, but succeeded. “Women could have obtained these small concessions and accelerations in other ways, with more traditional lobbying efforts,” wrote Le Devoir publisher Lise Bissonnette after the event. “People who are fed up can mobilize outside the traditional, partisan, and institutional structures.” Their efforts and success should not be regarded as isolated. Mike Harris’ plans to partially deregulate universities and decrease payments to postsecondary institutes will lead to a near doubling in tuition fees and force many more students into piling up their OSAP debts. Students should not accept their leadership’s argument that only private meetings with politicians and back room deals will save the education system. Student leaders are wrong to assume that demonstrations are ineffective and give students a bad name. Students need to make their voices heard, publicly. And yet, UW’s Federation of Students belongs to two organisations committed to

timidly raising their voices in the quiet back halls of Queen’s Park and Parliament Hill. The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance @USA) has, in it’s four year of existence, lobbied Queen’s Park through traditional, partisan, and institutional structures - they have not gained even small concessions nor slowed Ontario’s 42% tuition increase since 1990. Based on our success with OUSA, the Feds have now solidified their membership in CASA, the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations, whose mandate is to lobby the Canadian goverment in the same manner OUSA has plagued Queen’s Park. Since it’s inception, OUSA has consistently stood for realism and pragmatism, boasting of their “invitation to the table” of provincial politics, meeting with ministers and critics to ply their platform. To their credit, a portion of their platform will soon be implemented by the Harris government. The income-contingent loan repayment plan which OUSA has touted for years is close to reality. Unfortunately, OUSA’s success stops there, and the price paid for that success is too high. OUSA has been effectively ignored on it’s other main policy platform, “partnership funding,” whereby students, administration, government, and business all chip in to fund universities based on the benefits each receives

from

the

post

secondary

education

system. Students are paying more, govemments are paying less, and corporations can now thank business-friendly Mike Harris for letting them off the hook. Don’t expect OUSA to claim victory just yet. Here at UW, the Feds are following the OUSA example to extreme. For example,

0 It1c during the push against social spending cuts prior to the federal government’s January budget, the Feds refused to condone any form of protest other than calm, collected discussion. Ignoring the strong national voice brewing behind the Canadian Federation of Students’ national student strike, the Feds chose the purely partisan option of holding their own event. Again, the politicians and administrators showed up and the “realistic” discussion took place in a quiet room secluded from the real world. And where did the women of Qukbec choose to hold their discussion? While their accomplishments may not add up to anything like a freeze in tuition fees, those Quebec women did prove that unrealistic and impractical yelling and screaming does play an important role in making political headway, even against conservative governments and publics. To the publisher of Le Devoir, the women proved “that society is ready to debate issues like equity and social justice at a time when political leaders would have us believe that economic circumstances do not allow it.” Mike Harris and Lloyd Axworthy would have us believe that economic circumstances do not allow for a freeze in university tuition fees. It is up to students - OUSA, CASA, and the Feds - to prove them wrong. And that won’t

happen

if student

leaders

bicker

and

play partisan politics over the most “pragmatic” or “realistic” way to make their views heard. Perhaps students have something to learn from women in the real world.

--Km

%tyson

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Pessimism - aii &r&g

by Couckuyt, Green, Lippert, Nesbitt, Spacek

To the Edim, It seems Geoff Sowrey enjoys rolling in his pessimism to the point of manipulating reality (“However the vote goes, we’re screwed,“Imprint, June 2, page 9). For example, Sowrey says that the residents of the prairies “are still feeling the sting” of their NDP governments. Nothing could be further from the truth. As The Globe and Mail recently noted in an enthusiastic editorial, the NDP in SDP in Saskatchewan have brought in a balanced budget - the province’s first since the party handed over power in 198 1 to the Progressive Conservatives! If the prairies are feeling a sting, it is from Grant Devine and his conservative partners, many of whom have recently been before the courts to face criminal charges. It was Devine, not the NDP, which scattered hospitals across the province and and gave homcowners money to renovate their basements (talk about government intervention). And it was the NDP that have brought the province’s unemployment rate down to the lowest in the country. Sowrey can be as pessimistic as he likes about “ideals [that] don’t work in the real world;” 1 would hope, however, that he checks his desire “to send a letter bomb to Premier Parizeau” deep inside the asylum. -Michael

Bryson

Another account To the Editor, I am writing to reply to Jeff Blain’s letter regarding my Rant about the accounting faculty. I must first apologize to Imprint readers for subjecting them to the excitement of an argument between two accounting students. Newsprint is expensive these days, but I feel I need to make the following points: 1) That particular article was not the first one for the column (and Mr. Blain says that I do not do my research!). 2) I did say that the ASA’s most useful function was to get jobs for its members. However, I also stated that it did not guarantee a job, a fact to which Mr. Blain is apparently testimony. 3) As for the Working Paper, it is self-congratulatory. I guess the perception is in the eye of the beholder. Mr. Blain says that its scope In comparison to the is “limited.” The Sphere, MathNews, and The Iron Warrior, The Working Paper has all the nerve of a communist party newspaper. Fortunately, I hear changes are currently in the works. 4) I never submitted anything to the Working Paper for two reasons. First of all, I wanted what I

Clinical testingshowsthat AggressionTherapy techniquesare 98%effectivein treating mooddisorders. wrote to be read by a wide audience - hence a column in the Imprint. Second, I seriously doubt that the article in question would have been printed in the Working Paper. 5) If my column’s portrayal was “wholly warped” as Mr. Blain says, then why did it get a positive response from many of the accounting students on campus? Furthermore, why could Mr. Blain not muster up an endorsement: for his letter from the ASA if my column was so inaccurate? 6) As for Mr. Blain’s accusations that I am lazy and do not do anything...Well, my column made some people in the faculty think something that the curric@um has so far failed to do. That said, I will quite humbly accept Mr. Blain’s sympathies for my sorry state. Sniff, sniff... -Dave

Lynch

A Communist writes To the Editor, I have been an ardent supporter of the NDP and the CFS for several years now,

and it makes

me sick

think that so many people in this province voted Conservative. For too many years, we have had to listen to the capitalist rhetoric of people who want to dismantle our sacred social safety net and actually want people to pay for

100% of the services that they receive. This is clearly ludicrous. How are we supposed to live without the help of the government? I believe that a free education is our right. So is free health care and free anything else. I also don’t see how these have to come at the expense of tax payers. We already pay too many taxes. What we need is a party like the Labour Party in Great Britain. They have the right idea because they support the working man and woman. And another thing, why do all the rich people get all the tax breaks? All they do with their money is sit on it anyway. Everyone knows that it’s the working classes who make anything happen. I think that it’s time we wage a class war. This may be a little far fetched for some people, but it’s time we took our concerns to the streets. It worked in Tianamen Square, and it can work here. We should just march right up to Parliament Hill and demand that our voices be heard. A good old fashioned protest like in the 60s is what we need. Just look at the names of the two parties -New Democratic Party, which indicates some form of democracy, arill The Conservatives. They are conservative, which means that they don’t like change. If you ask me, the choice is obvious. We need change and we need it now!

The University of Waterloo is touted as one of the best and most innovative universities in Canada and the world. However, all of the honours bestowed on us by Maclean’s and others overlook the question of whether or not our faculties’ attention to specialization and the job market is really a good thing in the long run, To start with, accounting students take their token ethics, language and economics courses, while still remaining more or less focused on making money and running businesses. Faithful readers of this column are already aware of my other grievances and my reasons for thinking that accountants tend to be narrow-minded. Architecture students suffer from the opposite extreme. They take courses in history, philosophy, literature and various other artistic disciplines in order to gain a holistic view of architecture. However, they take a startling lack of courses in disciplines grounded in the real world, such as engineering, accounting and economics. As prolific spenders of other people’s money, architects should understand where all their clients’ money comes from and what to do when it runs out. The incredibly ugly 1960’s architecture on campus is testimony to what happens when these supposedly principled, philosophical architects encounter a lack of funds in the real world. Similarly, with the focus that computer science and engineering students have on their specialties, they have few opportunities to be exposed to different perspectives. It is perhaps these people most of all who should have a firm grounding in the arts. These people more than anyone else are going to be the ones running the world (behind the scenes) over the next century. The point is that we need to understand what is going on in the world. ‘This simply will not happen if we are too focused on our own professions or disciplines. Our education has become too specialized and we need diversity. How do we create this diversity? Having everyone complete a three- or four-year Arts degree is clearly not the answer. That would simply turn us into one of the poorest, most well-read nations on the planet (the U.K. seems to be on its way there already). A year of required study in the liberal arts for all students would help. Another altemative is to introduce a “core curriculum” where students must select a number of predetermined courses in many different disciplines in order to com-

finish university or sacrifice a few extremely specialized courses to gain an understanding of where they and their profession fit into the world. This in turn would help us to understand the broader implications of what we do. If the people inventing and using technology understood the consequences of their actions we might not have some of the messes that we have today. The technology for video games, genetic engineering, birth control and abortion, financial instruments, mass media, and other modern inventions is becoming increasingly efficient and effective. None of these things are necessarily detrimental to society, but they certainly can be to a large degree. Thus, it would be nice to have some thought given to the long-run effects of these initiatives as the technological progress occurs, or even beforehand if possible. For example, it is not surprising that much-maligned Michael Milkencrossedafewmoraland legal lines when he reinvented the junk bond market. Making over $700 million in one year has a tendency to cloud one’s judgement. But more important than this is the fact that he was making decisions about matters for which there was very little legal or moral guidance at the time. He and others had little concept of the effects that the junk-bond financed takeovers or even the mere threat of them were having on the economy. Today, if you pick up a copy of Wired magazine, you will undoubtedly read about the next wave in computer and other technologies. The pundits talk of these things as if they are simply inevitable, or merely a means to satisfy the all-important consumer, when in fact, they are the ones controlling it. Do Bill Gates and his Microserfs know what they are doing? Do Ted Rogers and his American counterparts know what they are doing when they strive to be the first ones to bring four hundred channels to the masses? Should the consumer be satisfied at all costs? Similarly, we must ask whether the executives at Nintendo and Sega know how their products will affect kids’ attention spans and attitudes The fact that all of these people stand to make a lot of money out of these ventures does not make them or their intentions inherently bad. Rather, it just means that they should stand up to a little more scrutiny than most. At the moment, it seems that many of the people involved are struggling to answer these ethical and long run questions after the fact, if at all. If

plete their

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is com-

mon practice in American liberal arts colleges, and is present to a very small extent here. I do not think that there would be a significant loss in productivity as students take an extra year to

give

people

education

with a broader perspective of the world, perhaps they will ask and consider these questions sooner, and thereby avoid some of the nasty side-effects of their inventions.

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his spring, 50 years after I had last seen the place, I returned to the concentration camp in which I had spent five years of my life during World War 11. The camp in question is called Sachsenhausen. It is located in the former East Germany, 35 kilometers north of Berlin. 1 visited there April 22-24, reminiscing, attending ceremonial occasions that marked the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the camp, and sharing memories with approximately 2,700 former prisoners who, like me, were also there as the guests of the government of the Federal State of Brandenburg. Since former prisoners’ families were also invited, the total number of guests was around 4,500 . .. about 2,000 family members came too. Many German citizens attended the ceremonies, so in all there were more than 20,000 on hand. In my case, 1 was joined on the trip by my two sons - one alone, since his wife could not come, the other with his fiancke. My wife could not bring herself to go, not wishingto experience the emotional turmoil of having to relive those terrible days again, after all these years. I certainly understand her refusal, but once there I personally found the experience to be a very moving one. It stirred up many memories. I was particularly pleased my sons agreed to go because for the first time, they began to understand what it had meant to be a prisoner in the camp . . . the hell we went through during those five wartime years. But we emerged scarred, not broken - we did not depart from our principles; we were fighters to the end. Brandenburg paid all our expenses - air fare, hotel accommodation, meals, and so forth - and arranged the ceremonial activities. Former prisoners from Canada, United States, from many countries in Europe including former Iron Curtain countries (Poland, Ukraine, Russia) attended. I was rather surprised that so many were still able to make the trip, when one considers how many failed to survive the camp in the first place, how poorly we fared while we were there, and how many years have since passed. Staging the event was clearly a gesture of atonement on the part of the German government. It must be said that a number of very constructive things happened during the occasion. This was because of the approach the organizers clearly took - that while the world must never forget the horror of the camps, so that they should be “places of memory” for all time - nothing

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‘concentration

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similar should ever be permitted to happen again. To this end, I was a little regretful that more of Sachsenhausen has not been preserved, as a testament to history. Somt: of the most significant parts of the camp as we knew it, including the crematoria and other execution sites, have been partly replaced by memorials that unfortunately do not begin to convey the significance of the tragic events there. Still, some of the gallows, where I had witnessed hangings during those unhappy years, are still to be seen, and some installations for quite sophisticated killing. Certainly, there is enough there to indicate that the camp was deliberately designed as a setting for mass murders. The other former prisoners shared their experiences of 50 years ago and in general, we felt great warmth for each other and joy in seeing how many of us were still alive. We shared our happiness that the old Nazi system has now been gone for so many years. Yet I sensed a good deal of concern too over the present situation in the world. We had all been getting the news reports from Bosnia, Rwanda and other trouble spots indicating that true world peace is not yet a reality. In the concentration camps it had been important to try to struggle against tyranny, even though the struggle was so onesided. Any effort we might be able to make to help bring down the system was important, even though the ultimate victory was still only a partial one. Still, it was gratifying to hear a minister from the federal government in Bonn admit, during one of the speeches, to the “catastrophe” of Nazism. From my experience I can say that what led to this catastrophe was, to a considerable extent, the concept that today we have come to call “political correctness.” I refer to the ability of the people of Germany at that time to accept whatever decisions their government made, without challenge, Thus to speak critically of the Hitler government, in those days, was to have no class, or status. There was tremendous pressure to conform. This political correctness, combined with a strong sense of duty and obedience, led to the disaster. Those who did object were, by

a ditch in which 1 was working (we were digging a sewer system for the City of Oranienburg) and gave us some apples. We were so hungry at that time we were barely able to stay alive. She was a very small girl and 1 tried, during my visit, to contact her through the local newspaper, I was not successful but it would have been nice to express our gratefulness to her for her brave act. I was interested to learn that despite our experiences there, the concentration camp in Sachsenhausen had been permitted to continue after the war. Thus at one point, between the end of World War II and the early ‘MS, 60,000 Germans continued to be imprisoned in Sachsenhausen. Some of them were former Nazis, it is true. But others weren’t; they were imprisoned simply because they were anti-Communists. The records show that of this number, 12,000 died. This is a rather small number compared to the more than 100,000 registered prisoners (and over 100,000 non-registered prisoners) who died in Sachsenhausen alone during the war years. Still, the end of the war did not mean all the killing stopped. I recall very clearly that during the very last days of the war the

we learned of the plan to execute us all in Liibeck. So 1 decided to escape, My friends organized a disturbance in the yard behind a fanner’s barn where we spent the night and, together with two friends, 1 slipped through the yard fence and hid in a forest. Some other prisoners followed us. Whether, had the war continued, we would have been caught and summarily executed I cannot say, but fortunately the war ended before they caught us and we were spared. During my visit this spring I re-travelled the “death mart h” route. This time, I noted, there were signs all along the road indicating that it was the route along which thousands of marchers had been shot and also, thankfully, signs that indicate the German people themselves and their government are saying “never again.” I even found the barn in which I had spent that last night. It is still there. I stopped to talk to a man beside it. He said he had learned about our escape from his parents; he remembered them talking about us. I found great enjoyment in meeting and making friends with other former prisoners, Xrom Poland, Russia, Ukraine, even from Germany itself. Many of the people I met were Jewish survivors who today are

Gestapo decided that Sachsenhausen’s prisoners, and those in the nearby Ravensbriick camp for women, must be moved to the port city of Liibeck, where they were to be drowned in merchant ships. We were herded out of the camps to walk northwest, in what truly became a “march of death.” About 60,000 prisoners started the march; within 10 days 6,000 of them had died or been killed. We were weak to start with and we had to go without food for days. Anyone who fell behind was shot. There were lots of shootings. I remember particularly the reactions of the German villagers as we marched past them along the road, They simply didn’t notice

the underground walk to the execution place, in memory of a group of 33 Polish citizens who were executed there in the fall of 1940. At one point we all attended a Jewish Kaddish ceremony for the dead. The atmosphere ofrevenge was gone. There was mourning. There was a strong resolve among everyone I met that such a tragedy ought never to be allowed to reccur... because one cannot build a titure on destructive hate; instead, we must find ways to build bridges into the future. Certainly this is particularly appealing in an era of growing internationalism. This is why 1 have personally tried to do as much as I could to foster relationships between stu-

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this through organizing the exchange program for engineering students involving both UW and Braunschweig, whichcontinues and is blooming at the present. My hope is that these exchanges will encourage young people in both countries to get to know each other, and to find out how much we all have in common. Surely, we need to do more than this. We need to foster the development of a sense of ethics, among young professional people, that will make it impossible for them to take part in the kinds of things young engineers did during the Hitler era in Germany. As a young engineer myself at that time, 1 was readily able to see that Sachsenhausen had been engineered deliberately, as a system for killing people. There can be no doubt that the engineers who designed the place knew exactly what it was going to be used for. One wonders then: What ought to have been included in their educations that would have prevented them from participating in such a monstrous scheme? Perhaps they had no choice because their characters were too weak to enable them to make the proper decision -that it would be better to die than to commit such an immoral act! But in my view there ought to have been an ethical component to professional education for the German engineers ofthe time that would have told them, back at the start of the war or before, that to design such an instrument was a misuse a corruption - of their talents. Engineers need to concern themselves with moral issues, as do the members of all professions, and as do all of us! There needs to be an ethical constraint that becomes as accepted as the major design criterion. Summarizing my concentration camp experience I reach the conclusion that the most important societal issues are strength of character and moral value systems, and that an education system that ignores these leads to catastrophe. Thus the truth about concentration camps must continue to be taught and learned. It is in that spirit that I am writing these “fragments of reports” of my experiences. Thinking back to my years in Sachsenhausen, I realize now that at the time of my imprisonment, it would never have crossed my mind that some day - 50 years later - I would be returning, and that I would afterwards attempt to report on my visit, as I now am doing. But it has happened! What the world must to do now is try to make sure that, indeed, the phrase “never again” continues to be the inspiration of the citizens of all countries, for now and for all time to come.

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I1 car owners complain about the problems and costs associated with owning one: insurance, repairs, wildly fluctuating gasoline prices, traffic congestion, random breakdowns... and the list goes on. In a most recent indictment against the automobile, Tlze Ecnlrrg--~ @the Aukvrzohile (Black Rose Books), authors Peter Freund and George Martin add to the burdensome car--owning list; social, ideological, environmental and political dimensions to a cost analysis of prolific automobile use. Automobile production and use in modern industrial countries may be seen by many as central components in a nation’s economic engine. However, less popular views do exist. According to Freund and Martin, it “is one expression of how society subsidizes a system of individualized consumption that is highly energy and resource intensive and is not viable on a global or long-term scale.” It is part of the capitalist consumer culture that emerged as industrial nations became more wealthy. The automobile has such a revered place in our society that it is difficult to acknowledge the negative effects it has had in many spheres of our lives. Tn a chapter on health and ecological effects of the automobile, for example, the authors point out that the dominance of the automobile and its supporting infrastructure has limited opportunities for individuals to become or stay fit. The danger of being a pedestrian or cyclist in “auto space” is such that many people do not engage in these activities; they will however, drive to a fitness club or to a park. It is from this perspective that the automobile is viewed throughout the book. The ironies and hypocrisies inherent in automobile ideology are exposed and discussed in a manner similar to the way relatives chat about what to do with the batty old aunt who can no longer look after herself. That is, the arguments are carefully considered and generally proceed from the assumption that today’s widespread automobile use will have to be critically examined for a number of reasons. The assumption is not without base however, and actions taken by cities such as Los Angeles and Amsterdam to curb auto use are discussed as possible actions that will inevitably be taken by other congested cities as their population and pollution problems reach the same grave

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safely negotiate “auto space” inhibitsone’s ability to relax, whereas walking or jogging allows for daydreaming and philosophizing about something of interest. Add to this the psychological affect of timespace compression that occurs, and it is little wonder that people feel they are ‘always on the go.’ Chronicling the problems of the auto is easy enough, but The Ecology of the Automobile devotes approximately a third of its pages to solutions and alternatives. Among the most obvious are inexpensive and convenient mass transit, more bicycle and pedestrian paths, and increased regulation of the auto. However, the implementation of any serious measures must recognize that “auto-dependence is a product of the existence of spe-

cial zed spaces, lifestyies, and sensibi i ties.” Many . incredibly simple, workable solutions are cited, such as the Los Angeles company which stopped paying for the parking costs incurred by its employees, and subsequently saw the number of people driving alone to work decrease four-fold due to car pooling. More complicated measures include the retrofitting of cities with traffic-calming measures like speed bumps and increased fines, andpurposely increasing congestion by banning motorized vehicles from some streets. Tee Ecology of he Automobile provides not only a fresh glance at an overlooked topic, but it also offers a realistic window on the near future.

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very year the University of Waterloo joins the Federation of Students in celebrating Canada Day. The day-long celebration is intended to show the University’s appreciation to the community for

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he Rugby World Cup is now down to four contestants -South Africa, France, England and New Zealand. After this weekend, the tournament will be down to two finalists who’ll squareoff for the championship final at Johannesburg’s Ellis Park on Saturday June 24th. South Africa’s Springboks reached the semi-finals by virtue of their steamrolling 42- 14 victory over Manu Samoa in the quarterfinal. A week prior South Africa won the Group A pool with a brutal and hard-fought defeat of Canada. That game has received scant coverage in Canadian papers, but has heen sensationalized in the intemational press, especially in South African media, because of a controversial fracas in the game’s last ten . minutes. With South Africa holding a commanding 20-O lead, Canada was desperately applying pressure for long stretches of the game’s second half. The game had already suffered a lot of off-the-ball niggling by the time of the scrap before feisty Bok winger Pieter Hendriks initiated a skirmish at the touchline. Canadian fullback Scott Stewart retaliated by flying into his head with a vicious elbow, then it was all on, a real Ho&y Nighf in Canada bench-clearing free-for-all. When all was said and done, three players had been ejected from the game -Canadian prop Rod Snow and captain Gareth Rees, and Springbok hooker James Dalton. It was the first instance in the 100-plus years of rugby internationals that three players were suspended from a single Test. Subsequent video analy-

sis led to further suspensions for prime instigators Stewart and Wendriks, the latter given an extraordinary go-day penalty for his spineless kicking at a number of Canadians heads. All-in-all, five suspensions, including two Boks for the rest of the tournament (Canada was eliminated), and a black eye for rugby. Aside from this, Canada’s performances against some of the world’s best -- a thrashing of Romania and bitterly fought losses to Australia and South Africa -- was better than anyone had expected and augurs well for the future of the Canadian rugby program. South Africa’s victory over Manu Samoa was less bitter, the highlight being four tries scored by Bok winger Chester Williams. Williams, the only black member of South Africa’s national team, gained late admission to the squad and game courtesy of Hendrik’s well-deserved suspension. France enter their semi-final game with South Africa after an unimaginative win over an overmatched Irish squad. The outcome was never in doubt even before the kick-off, so the only thing that needs be mentioned is the way they met. A week earlier, France and Scotland, sporting identical 2-O records, faced off to determine the winner of their pool. Both teams were guaranteed quarter-final berths, but the motivation to win this game was massive -- the winner would face Ireland, the loser would have to face the New Zealand All Blacks. Neither team relished the latter proposition, so the battle was terse, Scotland holding their own surprisingly strongly, leading 19-15 up until the game’s

Campus by Kathleen Ryan special to Imprint

he warm weather is here and Campus Recreation’s summer competitive and co-recreational leagues are in full swing. The following are several current league standings. In the competitive basketball league, The Untouchables lead the A 1 league with an undefeated record in three games. In the Bl League, Crime Syndicate, Portuguese Na= tional Team, Thelma and Louise, and Free Agent Individuals are all tied for first place with records of 2 wins, 1 tie and no losses. Scootie and the Blowfish lead the B2 League with two wins and one tie in three games. Leading in the B3 League is North 3, who are undefeated in three games. Men’s competitive hockey is off and skating, having played three games todate. The Beached Whales are undefeated in the A League, while the Slough Sharks have two wins and one tie in the I31 League

remaining seconds before having victory snatched from them in injury time with a sensational try by French winger Emile N’Tamack. France 22, Scotland 19. In another “must-win” game, Ireland gained their berth with a close and indecisive 24-23 victory over Wales for the Pool C consolation. Both teams were always destined to fight for the runner-up po-

played so early in this year’s Cup, but Australia never hit form in this tournament and were forced to meet England, the winners of Pool B. The Australian Wallabies were an enigma this year, perhaps too long in the tooth and by now complacent with their own victories. Aside from matches with theirgreatest foe New Zealand, Australia has seldom seemed to get really pas-

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si tion behind New Zealand; luckily the rugby crazy nation of Wales hosts the next World Cup so they automatically qualify. Nevertheless, more years of soul searching in Wales. In what was easily the biggest match of the knock-out part of the tournament, England knocked off defending World champs Australia. The Australians always looked to have a difficult road defending the Cup this year, particularly after their opening game loss to South Africa. It was a shame that the replay of the ‘91 World Cup Final had to be

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publicity, accessibility and racquets (tennis and squash) fields. League conveners are needed for basketball, hockey, flag football and soccer. A referee-in-chief is also needed for flag football, and assistant referee-in-chief jobs are available for basketball, hockey and soccer. Will you be at school during the winter term? Vacant positions include student program coordinators for aquatics, fitness, convenors, referees, instructional, accessibility, racquets, tournaments, publicity, and promotions. Convenors, referees-in-chief and assistant referees-in-chief are required for ball hockey, volleyball, ice hockey, basketball and indoor soccer. Don’t

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sionate in the past few years, and they suffered greatly for it this time around. Standoff Michael Lynagh and lock John Eales both had tremendously effective tournaments, but superstar David Campese was a major league stiff. He should be persuaded to retire immediately. Up until the Australia encounter, England had a dreadful campaign, looking shockingly bad against Argentina and Italy, before turning it up a notch for Manu Samoa. Against the outmatched Samoans England looked ruthlessly efficient at times, but suffered from lapses of sluggish concentration at others, conceding a number of second half tries. Their quarter-final against Australia, nevertheless, was a titanic struggle, the lead changing hands six times before Rob Andrew slotted an enormous drop-kick in injury time to lift England past Australia 25-22 and onto the semifinals. It was a terrific showing by England, one of the early Cup favourites. Still, they looked only marginally better at their peak than the Australian squad at their lowliest. There was never any doubt that New Zealand would make the playoffs, just a big question as to how effective all the new blood in the team would perform at the highest levels. Brushing aside Ireland and Wales with ease quickly made the bookies’ early 5 th choice the hot favourite to take this year’s Cup, those performances then being overshadowed by the All Blacks incredible

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with what essentially comprised a NZ B-side. World records were smashed all over the place, the most significant of them the score, winger Marc Ellis’s six tries, and Simon Culhane (in only his first-ever game for New Zealand) scoring 45 points,

most coming from an insane kicking performance slotting 21 conversions from 22 attempts. Scotland’s fate for losing to France was to take on the All Blacks. Predictably, they lost 48-30, but fought a solid game in defeat. At one point of the early second half, after NZ had scored three tries in a seven minute span, it looked as though a rout would be on, especially with massive All Black winger Jonah Lomu tearing huge holes throughout the Scottish defence. Scotland fought back bravely though, making the scoreline acreditable and deserving one, and giving Scottish star and captain Gavin Hastings, the finest fullback in the world, a memorable swan-song in his last ever international. Now onto the semi-finals; On Saturday, hosts South Africa play France. South Africans firmly believe the Boks are destined to win the Cup or, at the very least, be Finalists. The Boks haven’t shown much style or discipline in the toumamept thus far, but they are fully committed and they are HUGE. They win lots of ball and know how to control it. France is perhaps the least known team of the tournament, which also makes them the most dangerous. They are also a huge pack, have piles of speed and finesse, and a great goal-kicker in Thierry Lacroix. Nobody’s picking them to win; truth be told, South Africa should prevail, but France can win this thing if they play levelheaded rugby. They have yet to put a complete game together yet, but this could be THE upset of the entire tournament, so look for France to take the South African home crowd out of the game early. In Sunday’s semi-final, England takes on New Zealand in what should amount to a classic match. England has been adominant rugby force for years now and may be peaking. Their style is very forward-dominated, infamously cynical and boring, usually reliant on the boot of goal-kicker Rob Andrew. Their backs are sharp when they get the ball however, and the forwards are huge and gain lots of ball possession. Most significantly, they possess vast experience. The All Blacks, unlike England, have very few veterans. The last couple of years have been bad ones for New Zealand rugby, so in desperation almost the entire All Black squad was axed prior to the tournament and replaced by youngsters with negligible international experience. The public would tolerate nothing less than success or a massive shake-up. Rewarding the selectors faith, the team has meshed miraculously. Their defence is suspect, but there: is no denying their talent and speed. Newcomers Josh Kronfeld, Jonah Lomu and Andrew Merhtens are playing cool as cucumbers; if they can get past the nerves of playing the experienced English side, they should put their game together and make the final.

SPORTS

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Ex-Warriors

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Taly Williams by Kimberly Moser Imprint Sports

or someone who has only had three years of university football experience, free safety Taly Williams has come a long way in a very short time. The former University of Waterloo Warrior now enters his second season with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. A natural athlete, Taly made the Warriors squad as a walk-on after second string quarterback Dave Sharpe convinced him to try out for the team. Four years later, Taly found himself in an Argonaut uniform. “Physically, I was prepared.” says Williams of his first season with the Argonauts. “But, mentally, they’re in your head all the time. It’s overwhelming.” However, in typical Taly Williams fashion, the OUAA AllStar adjusted to the mental aspect of the CFL and played in ten games for Toronto last season. “You’ve got to stay confident,” says Williams. “That’s the main thing. These guys are professionals, they’re going to beat you at some point. You’ve just got to stay confident and come back stronger.” Although Williams has adjusted quickly to the bigger, stronger, faster Canadian Football League, he still remembers with chagrin his first game against Sacramento last year. “The first ptay of the game was a kickoff. I was the ball guy so I went straight for the ball. Down at the end of the field were these two linebackers that I thought I could sneak through.” says Williams grinning at his rookie blunder. “Boy!

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Did those linebackers put a lick on me, it was like ‘welcome to the league.’ After that you learn to plan your approaches better.” Learning the game of football has never been a problem for Williams. Any lack of football experience is quickly overshadowed by his incredible athletic ability and determination. And now, an Argonaut sea-

The Game by Jamie Hedge special to Imprint

he game is on! The first clue will be handed out July 22nd at noon. We were initially delayed and not able to run the Game in May. However, it has been positively scheduled for July 22nd. Game control will be made up of Ben St. John, Mike Nidd, and me (Jamie Hodge). We are three grad students here at U of W. Mike and I did our undergrad here, while Ben did his at Stanford (where he played a number of games). Just what is the Game? The easiest answer is to refer you to the article in the May 19th issue of the Imprint (in the Sports

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soned veteran, Williams knows more than ever that he belongs exactly where he is. “I’ve played with these guys now, I know I can run with them. I’ve lasted a year with this team. I know T can do it.” His knowledge of football may be limited somewhat, but Taly Williams’ heart always makes up the difference.

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the Game? We figure about twenty hours, give or take a couple. There will be roughly twenty clues. What if we can’t solve one of the clues? Teams will be given a phone number they can call for help if they are stuck. We’ve no intention of stranding a team on a hillside in Guelph. What are the clues going to look like? We have been submitting samples to M&news. Check out the summer issues. Clues have been duplicated on our web page (see details below). They are not meant to be solved in a couple of minutes, and are easier if done in a group. Each clue will point you to a location. When do we have to register by? Registration should be on or by July 8th. By this date, we need a team name, a tentative roster, and the captain’s name and phone number. There will be a brief captain’s meeting on The Village

Green, July 15th at noon (although all are welcome). We will collect the $40 team fee - to cover the cost of the clues - at this time. If you know your team earlier, then please e-mail me with your captain’s name, his or her e-mail address, and the roster. Is there anything else that I need to know? Pre-clues will be placed around campus the week before Game day to warn you of specific information you should know for the Game itself. They could be in any oncampus publication (1waN’Vews, Imprint, Iron Warrior), on a bulletin board, or the like. Pre-clues will be starting on July 14th. Please let me know if you can’t get any of the above information, and 1’11 e-mail it to you. Hope to see you on the Green on the 15th. Jamie Hodge (e-mail: jrhodge@ barrow) (phone: 886-9739) (web: http://ccnga/-jrhodgel The-Game/)

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Cory Delaney by Kimberly Moser Imprint Sports

e has accumulated a list of accomplishments and has won more awards than most, but to them, he’s just another rookie. Former University of Waterloo Warrior Cory Delaney must

prove himself as he challenges for a position on the Toronto Argonaut Football team. Delaney, the leader in interceptions last season and the ClAU’s defensive player of the year, finds himself in an awkward position at the Argonaut training camp: he is no longer the top player, instead he finds himself a member of that lowly group marked “rookies.” But, Delaney has never been interested in any of the attention that has followed him the last five years. He would much rather keep to himself and show what he can do on the field. It’s this approach that has brought Delaney all of his success in the CIAU and it’s the same approach that he plans to continue with the Argonauts. “I’ve just got to keep improving and watch things happen,” says Delaney of his chances of making the final 37 man roster. “Sometimes things are just not in your power, it just happens. I’ve just got to wait it out.” Not only does Delaney have to adjust to a new league, teammates, and opposing players, he also must adjust to playing a new position with Toronto. Delaney moves from his cornerback position with the Warriors to free safety with the Argonauts. “Things happen a lot faster,” Delaney says noting the differences between cornerback and free safety at the CFL level. “You’ve just got to make sure you keep moving because the receivers don’t slow down. You’re not just one-on-one with someone (at free safety). You’re there more for helping and play calling. But, there’s a lot more field to cover as you have to take the whole middle of the field.” With Toronto, Delaney enters a new era in his distinguished football career. However, if history repeats itself, he should have no trouble adjusting to the changes of the CFL -&d should once again become a top player.

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by Greg Hood-Morris Imprint staff

n support of their new album, The Bends, Radiohead came to RPM in Toronto for their first North American tour in two years. To Thorn Yorke, singer/songwriter for the band, those two years have been a maturation process of the most extreme order. Then again, Yorke always has done things to extremes. In the wake of Radiohead’s huge, but personally disastrous tour Yorke hid in his British home for a year, supporting his growing chemical habit, venturing out only to play the occasional gig. People predicted the demise of Radiohead. Those people were wrong. Having seen Radiohead in their previous incarnation, at Edgefest ‘93, I can safely say that the main difference between then and now was the stage-craft. Yorke and Radiohead have honed their skills to the fine art of toying with an audience’s emotions, cleverly combining heavy songs with softer ballads, to heighten the sense of dramatic tension. Thorn Yorke’s voice is more pristine, given here a chance to shine, a chance to excel, especially on the quieter song “High and Dry.” The other members of the band have greatly improved their art, with JOMY Greenwood’s guitar playing progressing from an agressive thump (he’s the one who does that “chunka” sound in the chorus of “Creep”), to a finer, extremely skilled strum.

Without a doubt, Yorke and Greenwood were the centrepieces of the five member band. Greenwood, with his long black hair draped over his face, and his gaunt body clothed in the professional indie gear of jeans and a t-shirt. Yorke seemed to be doing his very best to look like Johnny Rotten circa 1976, with his short hair dyed electric red, and his small frame clothed in a striped button-up, and a tie cut off about halfway down. Anarchy in T.O? Well, no. There is an unwritten rule in rock and roll, sort of a universal truth, which states that no band shall require more than two guitars, and that those caught doing so shall be cursed with redundancy, or the “Free Bird” syndrome, which makes any band with three guitars sound like Lynyrd Skynyrd. Radiohead once was caught in this vortex, sounding for all the world like a grunge version of The Travelling Wilburys. Now, almost ten years into the game, Radiohead have deftned roles, and can trade guitar parts like some people trade hockey cards. Radiohead came into RPM with an attitude, with Yorke hanging off of the microphone as rf his life depended on it. Through audacity, an amazing stage presence, and the songs with which to finally propel theirrock vehicle, Radiohead went off stage having converted even the most cynical music journalist. With an album like The Bends, Radiohead finally can leave the cloisterdom of indie behind, and become global superstars, a U2 for the nineties. Seeing a band in supernova is about as rare as glimpsing the real thing.

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l : .. :’ CKWR Music Director Jen Although the panel went on for Brown and their ney Qengral m?nabout two hours, it seemed to have ager Dan Hart spoke passionately ended just as soon as it started, making the audience wonder what ..abopt ..c‘n,.;:.:.:.:.:: .,.,;:::. the station’s mandate to f<>smight happen next year when ortef”‘:~~~~~~,ve.,.., and independeaf music. On tb$wm,.flay when the :. ganigr Karla Ingleton asked them CRTC (Commun’~~~~~:~jo-Te]if-thq would come back in ‘96. ...A club crawl was organized ecommunication Commi’h& is disbanded, stations like CKW&&&,,.. for the same -evening starting out at CK.MS can dump all the boring talP-~.&@~ Hoodoo Gownge at the lovely and actually rock out around the ’ ‘vgrair Hotel &r@ traversed through clock without all the useless shows the %&ano, Iti@ity and Club no one listens to (i.e. shows they Abstr&%&l”he~ &or$$rence pass got you two &ks oI%@mission at the have to play because of the ridiculous promise of performance the Headstone&T&$.@ “gi the Volcano, CRTC makes them choke up $ get but otherwise$&ere was not much a licence). Classic IQ&@.&&allso more live musi8@an a jam session .:::..,,. . :,” .$ . gqt: 1g;$&...jhe at the Hoodoo. h$@ybe next year’s ...a ..:::.::+2~ .c.i :..:.<,.+.<$p ~.I.. te&&@&~~ r:<q,.:.“:‘:A.,‘~:” &e : .*.:.:y.::q: .w:: -::,i::.. conference wilf~~~@llow for a $.,.y.:~~~~~~~~~~~s on $.“.fi’:y,:~::::.. .:::.. .:.:;<:.:_~ : cro$$&&@# ;ii.~~~~~~rnepl~~~~ nighttime showcas$&f local indie “.,‘..A::.:, i.,.,., lim:,.. . &; .:~ii~~~~~~ of exposG@$$~~ local acts at an appropriat@enue. +.i :.Qiii; .$:“” As June is a bit of tislow month :.*::.,..i ,;:.:*:g,:*:.:‘: <j .\ the roc$$J+nt &j@@&$&. conin town, perhaps the nex$ one could .‘.:,:>:,:.+A ..A.. ... .. ., te~~~~~~~~~s like ~j&’ but he be scheduled in the early fall when cr~~~~~~~is hard .&$ccept as more university students ae around sev&Q$&&&nts p@$$d out that and high school kids would not be o..:... you ~~~~~~~~ the &fit coMechampered with final exams, With a tjonr;‘~:~~~~~~~i ]jk~,~~:~.cross becheaper student ticket price more hvee&&q@j.j&&n #&j Journey to of the young aspiring musicians have &J $-y&f winning. who live here could take fiti and Thiii:~~~~~~~~~~~~ and limited learn from the pitfalls of their ,.Z.’::.( ..;..“,‘:, club ex~~~~$$?&&l~to be recurwisened elders in the music comfing top$&j.#&~&It havebeen munity. It is these highschoolers better addr&&$~$@$5r own panel who will develop into towrrow’s discussion@@@$@@&ld al low clasindie rock superstars; they need to sic rock p~&&+&~‘%rectors, club know their available avenues the owners an4 :$&j$~ J’&els to defend most, not cynical “been there done thernselvesl.,:~~;~~la~~ that” writers looking for a free ticket ..:. .. ..:.,.... also allow a few spaces onp&cr;ts for successful and something to do on Friday afindie label%* #&&~~~fis and press to temoon. offer their l$&&&&. With university towns from . .,.,..+,.~.,,,,:,...~.:.., This would have bene&&d?&& Chapel Hill, N.C.. to Champaign, )‘.:‘::+. : :......_‘:.._.:crowd who seemed to ig&@#@&t Illinois nurtu&&dependent mu. ~:,,‘::.$ :.,.‘:,: ,:.f:‘.,”f’ ,jg; Rick Hutt, c.. .v .: ~2, sic commur&&;‘; Waterloo, with record prod~@$&$;;$@io owner, .... 1:?(. .,.v. who c0uEd.i.~~~~:‘~~~~~ serious two universities-&ad a community .’ :.:,:.;:..._;:‘.::;..:,.+:..,.’ knowled&$&~:.~~~@~~.. tips and college, seems like the perfect phi]osop~~~~~hi.~e ‘d~‘~ o-ma king breeding grqund for such phenommusicians in the crowd. Crucially, enon. MS,. Ingleton certainly has any panel needs an agenda to disthe right idea for a conference of cuss and a moderator to.facilitate this typ& in this town. There is a lot the event; perhaps neit:,;)rgar suitof @lent here in KW, and sharing able arrangements could~‘~llow for .k@wledgeandgetting ... toknowwho _ these impmx#nents. They could ., ‘else is out there could help a lot of even ,have ‘&tied the whole event’ aspiring musicians andanyone who earl{&- in the day than noon; many dreads the thought of having to if not most of the partic@& could experience yet another Trooper/ roll out of bed ig...tirne if given April Wine double bill at Lulu’s for advance wamti& 1 live entertainment. .i .: ::

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from all sides and qo ~n$ou&. i b&k in@ the ocean, he said we can’ Outside ,in front 6t dity ‘hall, ” dxiose not to be an observer but act courtyard trus&er~ were sbheduled as a participant and that we must to perf!ti. tbqgb otit the day. find .~ur:owfi :s&rfi&: C&&U&~,,:,. tithe &tivational vein he went 6n I.+$@$sicians the Fletcher Valve, by Jim Koiakak -,jDp~@s, Naive, Nonie.,-&e1e, to say that vision (fishin’?) without special to Imprint action is merely a dream and that ,:+$, I#&tthew Osborne and She1 Neufeld we can change the world if we try. istory was made Frjd&, ..f km listed in @program, but were &hedulec&&&ng the same time as Mr, Cow sill was a very sincere and June 9th, at KitcbeneF@ _.....I the *ti Forum, forcing most parearnest speaker,&t one wonders City Hall as the v~@fi@ hoti much exp&&ce he had with tic&tints of the conference to miss DIY Independent Mu&, @g&rence commenced at 12 p.&. Qrgan- .k,ji$%&e performances. It’s too bad artistically ori@Fd entrepreneurs who were the iti$&&daudience of izer Karla Ingletop +e&o@ed ,:Q~;?~they couldn’t have been incorpo_..‘y$‘:p, . . v..... r.. ‘::I’ : this conferpce. ‘$i$:,+ :I small but appreciat$e’?addiencF?o rated into the Open Forum, playing between individual speakers or disEventually ,#$@y*s big event, the event as she &I&&J severdjkes that *is was.::i~~~~ a fiscal the Open Fonu&$t underway feacussion groups. This would have tufing some @$~‘s host knowlday. 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ell, I must admit that I was surprised to see the Volcano announcing the arrival of Mystery Machine on the last day of May, so 1 didn’t hesitate to highlight it on my calendar. Daytona opened up the show with lights and smoke ‘o plenty. On the basis of this performance i won’t be running out to buy the album. A very standard perfomante with little enthusiasm andonly one or two stand out songs. One or two fans showed some support. After the speech about how

‘fucking’ bored they were by the guitarist (oh, he’s so cool, he used tick more than five times in one sentence!) I was no longer interested. I guess their own summation of themselves “we don’t bite” was correct, they didn’t. Ah, but on to Mystery Machine, who graced the small crowd with a loud and energetic performance. Those guitars just screamed out and it made me smile. The band didn’t say too much - a couple of comments about Kitchener and some asides about spilled beer and a sewage problem in the Men’s bathroom. Instead they concentrated on a set that rocked from start to finish. I would peg the highlights as T3rand New Song” and a very cool Husker Du cover. Yeah, The bulk of the performance was from

their new album 10 Speed, with only a few offerings from their debut GZazed. This was really the only disappointment about the show; a lot of good stuff on the first album that didn’t get played. So many great tunes, so little time. They did play a new song, whose chorus could serve as their mantra: “Strong and Fortified” yes, indeed, Keep playing those guitars boys. (This seems probable - the whole band seemed to be enjoying themselves.) No sign of a smoke machine, no gratuitous light effects, no useless banter, not even an encore. Just the good siuff, loud, rockin’, solid music. And all this for the bargain basement price of only $3.00. Sometimes life is good, Let’s hear it for those Canucks!

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Thrive. But before I talk about them, let’s

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t’s funny how things happen. One minute you’re at home watching the ever so engrossing O.J. trial and the next minute you’re in a dark cavernous space watching one of your favorite bands. Case in point: two Fridays ago 1 was at home in the Scarberian hood when 1 came across the number for Spider Records, home of Toronto’s Thrive and London’s H. I thought I’d give them a call to see what was new. Well much to this writer’s surprise Deane, the guitarist/sound manipulator extraordinaire of Thrive, answered. He informed me that Thrive would be playing that very night in merry old Kitchener. After chatting for a while I assured him I’d show up that night for an evening of goth/industrial harmonies. The setting was perfect. Driving through the billowing fog that cloaked the city and al1 roads therein. A light rain fell, the sky was black. This evening was also to be the C.D. release party for H’s new album Stability’s End. The night was somewhat surreal as it was a fair repeat of the dual Thrive/H performance from a few months back. In fact most of the crowd from the first show seemed to be there along with some newcomers. The first band up was the completely unknown (to me) Embrace [not the DC hardcore band -- ed.]. There is a good reason why no one has really heard of them - they SUCK. Never have I seen people try so hard to be impressive and fail so miserably. I guess they thought it was cool to have every song sound the same and back it up with a cheesy church organ overlaid with crunch guitar and a catterwauling Yoko One soundalike lead singer. What a waste of electricity! Next on the bill was the one and only

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discuss H shall we? I don’t know or understand ifthis band’s apparent success is real or feigned. As far as their music goes it really is quite good industrial music. Since the last show at the Volcano the line-up seems to have gelled and the tightness of their sound has greatly improved. Also they’ve upped the theatrics with Anthony’s new fluorescent red hairdo and a better stage show, with more pulsing lights and television screens. But one problem that has plagued them fof ages and is probably never going to change is Anthony H.‘s vocal performance. At best it’s strained. Though one may argue against the need for decent vocals in an industrial outfit, without a good medium to carry your message, your work becomes pointless and even bothersome. My advice, without the risk of them becoming generic, is that he get himself a good “vex-box” and run his voice through a series of digital effects and see if it helps. I reserve final judgement until next time I see them, Thrive played their short seven song set with their usual mix of ferocity and delicacy. Opening with “The Hollow Men” remix they grabbed the crowd and didn’t let go until the last chord of “Sophistry” died out. Mixing tracks from both their e.p.3, they provided a tight, together performance that illustrated why they are (in my opinion) the very best band Canada has producedthis decade. With the proliferation of absolute dross in new music, it is refreshing to see and hear something being done well for a change. Their blend of gothic darkness with an industrial edge, tempered by an uncanny ability for writing good songs puts them in the enviable position of being the band to watch to do wonderous things. Madame Quattorze’s sensual, lush vocals, combined with Deane’s crisp guitar work and textured synthesizers are unlike anything you may have heard before. See them in an intimate venue like the Volcano whilst you still can, before the world wakes up and everything catches ablaze.

Father

Priest directed by Antunia Bird playing at Princess Cinema June 22-27 by Johanna

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ent to the rough Liverpool parish of St, Mary’s, a young and idealistic priest quickly learns the limited effect religion has on peoples’ lives. Full of good intentions and a narrow interpretation of the bible, problems arise that severely test his faith and personal convictions. Frequent feelings of powerlessness and confusion influence his decisions, which ultimatelv affect the we&being of others.

human and flawed like the people in the church, but his homosexuality makes it difficult for them to truly accept him. No longer able to differentiate between black and white, Greg IS filled with guilt and confusIon over his own human frailty, and desperately pleads to God for help. Tom Wilkinson plays Father Matthew Thomas who has lived and worked at St. Mary’s for quite some time. He understands his parishioners’ daily struggles and his role

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in helping them. Sharply contrasting Father Greg’s straight laced intolerance with streetwise wisdom, their methods and way of thinking are often at odds. Rather a simple story, Priest nonetheless possesses an intense power thanks to Bird’s masterful handling, An emotional roller coaster, it leaves the viewer with much to ponder.

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n case you didn’t know, Rob Halford left Judas Priest in 1992 after twenty years of recording and touring to form a new band: FIGHT. Now touring in support of their second studio release+4 Small Deadly Space, Halford is out to prove that FIGHT is for real. After this show, the phrase “Mission Ac-

complished” leaps to mind. As I caught glimpses ofHalford stretching his neck and touching his toes in the parking lot just before taking the stage, it was apparent that we were in for a fast and physical performance. Moments later, FIGHT took the stage and then proceeded to blow the crowd to pieces. They opened with a gutwrenching rendition of “A Small Deadly Space” that left the collective screaming and pounding raised fists. Hal ford, sporting a new goatee, was moving all over the stage like a man possessed. He periodically

victim walked down the lower stage and high-fived the pit that had formed below. Meanwhile, bassist Jay Jay did his best impersonation of a raving lunatic, stomping his way across the stage and making faces at the crowd. From here, it only got better. FIGHT stormed their way through “Legacy of Hate,” “Into the Pit” and “‘War of Words.‘: Every song was heavier and faster than the studio versions, which really was what made the show spectacular. Of course what would Rob Halford be without Judas Priest? Despite having completely cut ties from the band, he still has enough common sense to throw in a few classics for the old school fans, With that in mind, FIGHT launched into an incredibly heavy version of the classic “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’.” I was really impressed with the job that guitarists Tilse and Mark Chausesse did on this song. They held their own on the difficult licks that K.K. Downing and Glen Tipton made famous. Following this tune would be tough, but the band was up to the challenge. They did “Immortal Sin,” “I Am Alive,” “ Kill It,” “Crazy” and “Mouthpiece” in quick succession. The proliferation of tunes from War

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Holy Batman Forever directed by Joel Shumacher by James Castle Imprint staff

o sum up briefly: better than the first one, not as good as the second one. Two problems, similar in kind, plague Batman Forever. First is the attempt to reconcile comic book fantasy with some CP

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ondly, the bid to provide the kids with all the fun that was evident in the television series while presenting Batman as some kind of cool Dark Knight that the teenagers can appreciate. Throughout this movie, both problems creep up constantly, beguiling anyone who looks at the film with any kind of critical eye whatsoever. I know that one should hardly look too deeply at the art involved in Batman. It is Batman after all, but this movie contains too many contradictions for anyone but the kids. Let’s give it a fair chance then, from the kids point of view. We have the ever-cool Batman who seems to kick a little more ass in this movie than the other two. There’s crazy Jim Carrey as The Mask, oops sorry, The Riddler. (‘I-he similarities are pathetic.) There’s the currently popular Tommy Lee Jones as the lawyer-gone-bad( er?) Harvey TwoFace who has a (barely mentioned) fascination with the number two. There’s a relatively simple plot, easily understandable and the in-

laws of physics and provide some sort of logic to what is happening, how does one explain the custwmmade question mark furniture that suddenly pops up all over the place. What ‘of Nicole Kidman’s attraction to Batman, and rejection of Bruce Wayne, then her attraction to Bruce Wayne and rejection of Batman? What of Nicole Kidman’s

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COWI cleavage? What of Drew Barrymore’s cleavage? Such attempts to appeal to anyone ends in the usual way - the cord&ion of everyone. Aside from such complaints, the biggest problem is easily Tommy Lee Jones. (Jim Carrey’s better than him for fuck’s sakes.) His attempt to duplicate Jack Nicholson’s role as the Joker is bad for many reasons, the most important being that Jack Nicholson sucked as the Joker. If you think othenvise, stop going to see movies as they are wasted on you. Such bitching aside, what is good about Batman Forever? Val Kilmeras Batman is fine. As Bruce Wayne, he is better than Keaton, but then I think I would ‘be better than Keaton. The introduction of Chris O’Donnel as Robin is actually a good thing much better than I expected, anyway. Nicole Kidman is hot, but not as hot as she would be in a tight leather suit with a whip. One major problem that has been overcome is the lack of any set designs. The original Batman had a few great sets, but few was the operative problem. There were essentiallv three sets used over and over akd over and over again. This time around, the sets are much more impressive and provide a much bigger scope for Batman to swoop

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And swoop he does. As mentioned before, he does a lot more ass-kicking and flying around, and it looks better. All of that said, the movie sucks and is stupid. But really, did you expect anything else?

of Changes of Words showed a willingness to establish a new set of classic cuts. Judging by the crowd reactions to these songs, it seems to be working. What followed next was the highlight of the night. Once again, it was time for a Priest classic. But who could have guessed that it would be the ancient classic “Victim of Changes ?” Despite a heavier feel to the first part of the song, Halford stayed true to form during the slow bluesy bridge, and then blew everyone’s socks off by absolutely nailing the searing high note. After recording and touring for twenty-five years, the quality of his voice is truly astonishing. Following this, the band took a bit of a break as Halford thanked the fans and declared “MTV sucks! MuchMusic rules! You guys don’t know how lucky you are!” The band finished up with “Nailed to the Gun,” and “Contortion” in the

encore. I was mildly disappointed with the exclusion of “Blowout in the Radio Room” and “Human Crate,” but the rest of the set was top-notch. The opening act on this night was supposed to be Monster Voodoo Machine. After a late cancellation, a newly signed Skull replaced them on the bill. They whaled through an incredible set that was a real lesson in how to take advantage of a great opportunity. They sounded something like a cross between Pantera and early Metallica. The definite highlight oftheir show was a lengthy track called “The Face of Brutality.” After about six minutes the song started to wind down and the crowd began voicing its approval. The lead singer responded with a bristling “Not yet!” and Skull rocked out for several more minutes with some extremely thick, chunky guitars,

- As part af the Wateriw, second annuat cCFringe” Festival, Feckless Productions presents the play entitled Wild Abandm, written b3 Daa~~lMacrvor,f~aturfngMarkM~Grindet aad dirwt~ by Bernard K&arney* Mark has performed with tj&Jniversity &WatwIoo, with the Waterloo Thwttre Company and an an internatioaa~ tour, T&s popular one man show wiU run ‘at !he K-W hive Thea@, located ai 9 Princess Street, 8s fallow: Wsdnesday Jane 2f4#:30pm; Thursday June 224pm; Friday June 23-12 naon; Saturday dune 24-tQpm;~Suaday June 25Spm, Ticket infammtim is &miXabe’by calling 886-5635~ QL&riea regttrdiing Fec&kss Productfo,nsJ upcoming show can be directed to either J!krnar# or Mark at 884-7290; f xeyn be sent to 7467941. ‘F /,“, L‘kp ““p-) ,..e raws many er, a rebel-

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icroserfs is about the most potentially boring topic in existence: computer programmers. It is written as the daily diary of Daniel Undenvood, a software tester/programmer who grew up in the Seattle area and works for Microsoft and Bill Gates. The book begins with Dan, and the rest of his product group, working feverishly in order to get a new product to ship on time. Dan’s not sleeping well. He questions the value of his work, and the status of his life. He lives in a group home with six other Microsoft employees, and they’re little more than university students with extra pocket money. Somehow, they have all ended up leading

a monotonous life consisting ofprogramming, eating, and sleeping. Talk about your opportunities for growth! By the end of the first chapter, an opportunity arises: the chance to get in on the ground floor of an exciting new software idea. They eventually all move to California, except for Abe. Abe is 3 1, a multimillionaire (thanks to all his stock from the early days of Microsoft), and seemingly genetically doomed to forever live in a group house. He likes his friends, but is afraid to leave the stability and security of Microsoft. The others go to California to begin work on the new software concept dreamt up by Michael. We are told that Michael is basically a nerd poster boy with the social skills of a slug. But he’s brilliant and brave and visionary and exacting. The others, who are now his employees, are: Dan and Karla, who fell in love while work-

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ing down the hall from each other at Microsoft; Todd, a young bodybuilding buff with rigidly religious parents; Susan, who really wants a date, bad; and Bug Barbecue, “the world’s most bitter man.” A big part of this book is reporting on the culture of computer geeks/nerds. Many pages are devoted to “hanging around” time. Like most people, programmers watch a lot of TV-but they like to deconstruct it and analyze it to death. They speculate about the kind of software dogs might write, how they would be type-cast ifthey were Star Trek characters, or what categories they’d like to see if they were ever on Jeopardy!. I guess these lists are suggestive of the cultural background of the characters, but boy do they get tiresome after a while. Coupland does touch on larger issues. For example, the changing nature of work is played out in Dan’s relationship with his parents. Early on his father is fired and let loose in an information economy that views him as an old dog not worth teaching all the new tricks to. We see here that it’s great to be a part of technology, but not so great to be forced to catch up with it. Another recurring theme is the elevation of the mind at the cost of the demotion of the body. The characters often speak about losing touch with their bodies. Computer metaphors abound: “But your body

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own merits as a self-contained novel, I think it’s screamingly average. The plot is simple and fairly predictable, and it pales in comparison to Coupland’s awesome command of cultural trivia. There are a lot of observations about the characters, but little insight-fewer “Top Ten” lists and more character development would have made for a better book. Part of the problem I had was that I couldn’t shake the feeling that Coupland is only reporting on how he sees this part of computer culture, as opposed to drawing on first-hand experience. This is not to say that Coupland doesn’t know what he’s talking about-he’s clearly a literate computer user. Yet he’s surely not a programmer. It’s those occasional awkward phrases that give the narrator away as not being the technical wiz the story requires him to be. Micr~serfi is entertaining reading, however I’m not sure how entertaining it might be for people with little interest in computers, as so much of the humour will probably only appeal to people who’ve spent many hours lovingly typing into a computer. But I’ll go out on a short limb and say this: if you’ve ever thought about being a computer programmer, or if you’ve ever been nostalgic for the days when blue Smarties were but a glimmer in some food additive technician’s eye, you should enjoy microserfi.

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recent tour. When Findley took the podium, he called Smith one of the talented new voices. “He laughs in all the right places, the dangerous places, like all good writing does,” he commented. Smith’s pleasure at the compliment was obvious from where I was sitting.

It is hard to describe Timothy Findley without falling into hero

the life of a passionately mad woman named Lily. Lily is afflicted with seizures and psychosis. Her son Charlie pieces the fragments of her world together from memories, letters,journal entries, pictures, and the contents of Lily’s escape suitcase. These fragments are Lily’s “totems, her reassurances that what her mind could not retain of her life could be collected in a suitcase. They were, as she had written, her songs.” Findley has used his character to give these fragments coherence and clarity without turning to didacticism. This novel almost dances. Findley’s narrative has a cadence and life that is hard to describe. Time after time, tragedy strikes the Wyatt and Kilworth family but they have their good and happy times, too, and Findley manages to convey the joys of the family in pictures and sketches. Each character is endearing at times, as Findley deftly paints their strengths and weaknesses. Occasionally, the prose took my breath away. Charlie’s struggle to discern the identity of his father is touching and frustrating, since, as he says, “it was not part of the information [Lily] had been handed about her own life.” He is afraid to

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icture this. About 250 literary buffs, sitting among barrels and old whiskey bottles, waiting to hear one of Canada’s most respected writers read from his new novel. Up struts Russell Smith in leather pants and a ponytail, telling a story about seeing Joe Jackson open for the Who. Amid a light sprinkling of laughter, Smith comes to the punchline in a Canadian-tinged British accent: “lf you’re going to throw FUCKING bottles, throw them at me!” This sums up Russell Smith. He is a little dangerous, a lot surprising, and very, very talented+ His new novel, How Inserzsitive, depicts the young cynical generation of Toronto from the eyes of a geek named Ted. The novel has been nominated for the Governor General’s award, shortlisted for the Smithbooks/Books in Canada First Novel Award, and nominated for a Trillium award. Smith read from chapter 17 of his novel - a scene in an industrial

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that it doesn’t even have a name. Funny, almost sardonic, his descrip tions of the lifestyle are apt. Ted likens the music to “a series of fatal accidents on an assembly line.” Smith is a very capable reader, having had a lot of practise on his

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by Pat Merfihan Imprint staff You have to smile a little bit when bands of such low calibre come along and try to entertain you with music that is appealing only to those of the lowest common denominator. Although they souncf very much like Orange County punk bands, especially the NOFX influence, these guys are an embarrasing laughing stock. Granted P.O.L. are from Los Angeles, but they are either complete morons, or they’re taking a stab at the scene with songs

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Aldworth staf!f

These boys really have their heavy metal riffage down pat. With their debut release, LRtteers From

Chutney, the Burl i ngton na.ated a disc full of appeal for the flannel and Dot Martin crowd. Even the band will admit to more than a slight nod of the head toward the sounds of Black Sabbath, a heavy influence found through out the album. Without a doubt, the Rainbow Butt Monkeys do the grunge/hard rock thing quite well but they never quite make it past that limiting sound. Rick Jackett’s vocals are of the dime a dozen variety found among hard rock belters. He can really wail, but it is nothing that

that are so ludicrous that they must be a parody of ~ the entire new wave : punk scene. From their underwear poser photo in the jewel case, to the gratuitous use of the middle finger and testicle adjustments, this album is nothing but a dirty comic book. The music is actually pretty good, it’s the lyrics that are insanely bad, and in bad taste. From talking about sexual transmitted disease, to the death penalty, to suicide as a big joke is one thing, but doing it really badly is inexcusable. Mixing in songs about doing drugs, how you wish your girlfriend was dead, and telling people to “fuck off ‘are other great topic-related tunes that just seem to reach out...to nobody. Insanely funny is that their single “Stupid” r&eves a fair bit of airplay on none other than “The Edge,” and will probably compel people to buy the album. Don’t! The social commentaries thatP.0.L. make lame attempts to provide on this album will only reinforce their belief that people are indeed stupid. Gee these guys aren’t really that far off the mark. They must be brilliant. If you buy this it will definitely suck to be you. hasn’t been done before, say by Ozzy, Chris Cornell, Layne Stanley... The rest of the band also holds up quite well, creating sonic mosh numbers like “cookin’ in the kitchen” and “as far as i can spit” that are sure to have the kids coming to their shows surfing away. The lone exception to the generally, crushing sounds of the album is the closing track. The heavy funk rock of “lets pretend’ is a song that we can all easily do without.

eluding a power ballad in fa-* vour of more bone jarring songs like “St. louis” and “nibber.” Taking the name of the album from the band’s adopted mutt, one can only wonder why they decided to keep the Rainbow Butt Monkeys moniker. I mean, sure its catchy but whu is rcxlly guing to ward to wenr that on a t-shirt? Lamo name aside, Letters From Chutney is interesting for its homage to heavy metal giants and for its talented musicianship. Unfortunately their reproduction of hard rock sounds isn’t much to get excited about.

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The material is nothing Tom Petty, Bruce Cockburn, or even (gasp) The Eagles haven’t mined before. That’s the most baffling thing about this album. It’s being pushed on the merits of Uncle Tupelo’s underground appeal yet it could cross-

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Wilco emerged from the ashes of the break up of independent hipsters Uncle Tupelo. After Jay Farrar left Uncle Tupelo the other members, including the other half of the creative duo Jeff Tweedy, carried on to form this group. The band keeps close to its country and folk roots but has now dumped the more alternative sounding aspects of their sound. The departure of Farrar means the loss of the darker folk he brought out with his songwriting. With A.M. they’ve become a sunnier, more acoustic sounding band. The album is quite enjoyable and really nice to listen to when you’re craving something quiet.

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over into the country a real hit. It’s not that the know this. I<suspect album points to the

charts and be band doesn’t the title of the type of radio

your head. They cross The Smiths and Adorable, which sounds fine on paper, but dull for this group. “Inbetweener” is the only reasonably catchy item here, which clearly can’t carry an album of eleven other mediocre efforts at jangly pop. Top all of this off with Louise’s weak and sometimes annoying vocal ability, and you have an album that fails to impress on any sort of level. Shed Seven fare a little better, but still can’t help but be a piss-take on Oasis with some cheesy seventies bar room blooze rock. Lead single “Speak Easy” does have the ability to sneak up and hook without you realizing, but any album that starts with a cowbell backbeat, bad vocal hysteronics, and guitars that sound worryingly likeB.T.0. immediately spells trouble. Things improve slightly from there on (“Ocean Pie, ” “On An Island With You”) but Rick Witter’s vocals are irritating for signifigant chunks of the album, and once again the tunes just ain’t there, and at the end of the day that’s what matters, right? The overwhelming feeling is to call Shed Seven the mid-nineties answer to No&side: hare today, goon tomorrow, as the kid’s joke goes. Basically these two bands show that writing pop completely ripped off from your old record collection shouldn’t be attempted by everyone, being that very few can get away with it and still pull off a brilliant album. Blur, Elastica, and at times Oasis manage this well, but take away Justine Frieshmann and you have Sleeper, leave out Noel Gallagher and you’d have Shed Seven. It’s just that simple.

stations that should be playing this music. This is easy-listening country/folk/rock. It shouldn’t be lumped into that evil new-country label though because this is quite good. Whether it’s the steel guitar noodlings on “That’s Not The Issue” or the fiddle on “Casino Queen” everything works right. The only problem I have is that it’s all been done before. I can’t help but think of Bruce Cockbum when listening to “That’s Not The Issue” or Neil Young on “It’s Just That Simple.” The last four songs however are a welcome relief. For these songs the band plays some slower, moodier melodies that lend some sincerity to the music. This is the only time where you think you can hear the band’s true identity on this recording. Wilco has created a good album. The problem is that Tom Petty does it better.

by Pat Merlihan Imprint staff The demise of one of Canada’s first and finest alterna-popsters seemed to be a question of concern for fans, and amongst band members alike. Growing more and more unhappy with their major label efforts, and Andrew’s turning metropolitan with a transfer to Toronto seemed to be a deadly combination for a break. Now with the news that Geffen has decided not to pick up the option on Sloan’s record deal and officially released them, Sloan’s demise may be postponed (indefinitely we can only hope.) The question of Andrew’s commitment to extended travelling is still up in the air, but with this new 7” put out on their own independent label, and their headlining gig at an Edgefest concert this summer, may put the wind back into the sails of their rediscovered feelings of true independence. Depending on how well this 7” is recieved may be one of the key elements that Sloan use in deciding the fate of their careers, so it would be wise for fans to take special interest and get their hands on a copy. But on the merit of this 7” alone, it would be extremely unwise to pack it in before coming close to peaking. “Stood Up” warrants a good listen as Chris makes allusions to the unhappiness of their record deal with Geffen. This song is outstanding with jangly guitars and Jay spicing It up with some maracas. “Same Old Flame” has Patrick singing and leans heavily on the poporientation that Sloan took with Twice Removed. Simply an outstanding 7” that should not be ignored.

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by Mark Davidson special to Imprint Pharao, like dance floor rulers Jam & Spoon, B.G. The Prince of Rap, Culture Beat and many more, foundearly success inGermanclubs and quickly shot to the top with their hit “T Show You Secrets”. This same song propelled Pharao to the top of local dance charts, and we can expect “There Is A Star” to soon emigrate from its current romp through the German charts to CaIn fact, the selfnadian shores. titled release contains a number of potential Top 10 dance tracks. Combining the silky smooth voice of Kyra Pharao with American rapper Deon Blue, a high energy dance beat and well integrated keyboards and drums of Jonny,

by Sean Denomey special to Imprint Ian Anderson is one of the great old men of rock and roll. Since the early seventies he, as leader of Jethro Tull, has been a pioneering force in shaping the beginnings of progressive rock and heavy metal. His latest project is definitely not rock, although he has successfully retained the magic of Tull in this unique side project. I’ll say it again: Divinities is not a rock record. Let’s get that straight, because if you stripped away the supporting cast of classical strings, horns and other instruments, the result would be eerily familiar flute melodies that conjure up memories of “Cross-Eyed Mary.” Fans of classical music need not despair, however. Divinities

Pharao will quickly grow on you. Many of the songs focus on an Egyptian theme - Kings, snakes, pyramids and gold abound - and there is a subtle Egyptian sound to the album that swirls around you and serves to bring this project together. DJ Stevie Steve and Alexander Hawking have produced a unified package that separates Pharao from the vast majority of dance music releases. Each of the thirteen tracks on Pharao feeds off of 150-160 bpm irresistible bass lines. The mere 162 bpm beat of “Christmasland” feels more like 240! Even the “Unplugged” version of “I Show You Secrets” is anything but unplugged - it can’t keep from falling into a t40+ bpm beat. If you’re the kind of person who doesn’t normally pick up a CD by a single artist for fear of falling victim to the one hit wonder trap, you won’t be disappointed by Pharao’s debut album.

combines Anderson’s genius on the reeds (he plays five flavours of flutes) with a collection of orchestral backings that create both a soothing and powerful experience. While listening to the record it’s hard to imagine this is the same guy who won the first ever Grammy in the “Heavy Metal” category. As the name suggests, the album has twelve tracks (dances) and supposedlyareligioustheme. However, it is absurd to consider the album in parts per se, as the tracks blend into one another and create a piece of music that is best appreciated as a whole. The religious theme was admittedly lost on me, although I did recognize some semblance of East Indian music in the finale, “In the Times of India (Bombay Valentine).” I was hoping to hear a diverse blend of ethnic musical influences, but Tullian inspiration is the only logical choice considering the source. Did’1 mention that this is not a rock record? Sorry, but I don’t usually take to classical music like I did to Divinities.

As it’s been a year since Barbara Manning’s last major project (the San Francisco Seals’ tres cool full-length Nowherej and there doesn’t seem to be another on the immediate horizon, we’ll have to make do with demi-Barbara, which is to say, Barbara singing the songs of others. So we can enjoy her lovely vocals on “San Diego Zoo,” from Stephin Merritt’s new 6ths album Wasps’ Nesrs, and now sample a whole album’s worth of her singing. The “Original Artists” are helmed by John Langford (Mekons) and Stuart Moxham (Young Marble Giants etc.), with the latter doing most of the writing. Musically, it’s a deceptively lightweight sound herein, with airy guitar lines and low-key horns atop a tupperware synth feel. The band seems under orders to remain inoffensive at all times, to the verge of flirting dangerously with blandness. As might be expected, then, it’s all a bit fluffy and at times treated almost as a lark;

by Greg Imprint

Krafchick staff

Press releases can be funny things. It says here that K-town musician She1 Neufeld, having been “inspired by an incredibly original and unique music scene in Kitchener-Waterloo,” is “attempting to bring the acoustic guitar to a new and exciting level.” “Wow, two absurd statements right in a row!” I thought. Listening to this tape however, I found that I may have been a bit hasty in my kneejerk assessment. Turns out that She1 is doing some interesting things with that most venerable of instruments, the six She1 is obviously string guitar. exceptionally talented, capable of strumming and picking and play-

IMPRINT, in fact, it took Feel Good All Over the better part of two years just to get the thing out, But with repeated listens, some truly excellent tunes distinguish themselves from the morass of aural cotton candy: Moxham’s “My 1st Gun” and “Daddy Bully;” Langford’s “Big Eye” (reprised from his Killer Shrews side project); Barbara’s sole songwriting contribution “Optimism Is Its Own Reward.” And with the band never less than pleasant and the melodies never less than happily lilting- and of course, with Barbara’s awesome voice, even if it is downplayed a bit here - one could do considerably worse for a little easy listening.

Friday, June 16, 1995

The temptation to absolutely detest Steve Vai can be insatiable at times. His music screams arrogance. Fast and flashy to the extreme, the guitar virtuoso is someone you would love to hate. Why, then, is his music so appealing? This latest effort goes a long way to answering this ques-

tion. It is one thing to watch Vai play, but it is quite another to hear him. The short length of this album, which clocks in at just over 33 minutes, makes it easy to keep the whole album in perspective while listening to it. The first two songs, “Bad Horsie” and “Die to Live,” are fairly representative of standard Vai fare, characterized by some of thepompandsplendourheisknown for. There are, however, a couple of much brighter spots on the album. “The Boy from SeaMe” sounds very reminiscient of the version of “Little Wing” done by Stevie Ray Vaughn, with its bluesy feel and meandering tone. This spirit is carried into the final cut, entitled “Tender Surrender,” where it is merged with the flashier style of the first two songs. The tempo is picked up, but the bluesy feel is maintained. A humourous moment comes in the track “Ya-Yo Gakk.” Featuring Vai’s son, Julian, this is the only non-instrumental tune on the album. It features Julian saying “YaYo Gakk,” along with other bits of garble, which are then imitated on the guitar by Vai. Whatever the case, he carries the guitar in a number of directions on this album. Flashy or not, his work has to be admired for that.

ing with various chords with impeccable smoothness and grace. It’s the kind of talent that takes years to hone, but at the same time it needs to be in your blood to approach this level . The songs are not hard to listen to, all of them being light instrumental pieces using one guitar that leave a pleasant feeling with your ears. You even feel like Shel’s a nice sort of chap, the guy next door type who can liven a party anywhere with some tunes. By the same token, this isn’t the sort of album that everyone on the face of the earth (myself included) will love. Forty-odd minutes of guitar work that basically is all in the same style tends to wear out its welcome after a while. She1 is, like I said before, a brilliant musician, and as such perhaps some different musical styles put through the Neufeld treatment would have been nice to hear. Furthermore, though I admire his desire to doggedly make an album of totally

instumental acoustic music, vocals reallyaren ‘t the most evil things on earth. The liner notes contain sentences on what inspired each song, so there are obviously tangible, worldly ideas at work here, that could be developed to fit the songs. Though this isn’t a talent bestowed on everyone (once again myself included) there’s always the great tradition of TownshendADaltry or Carr/Sice, where the singer expresses the ideas of the guitarist/ songwriter in the band. If he could manage this, She1 would really be onto something, because the music is bang-on. But as it is, he is setting before himself a daunting task: how to break into a market dominated by vocal music? Mind you, the Shadowy Men and Huevos Rancheros have, so it’s not impossible. All he need is his own “Musical Interlude” to run on Much Music, and he’s off! His tape can be found hip record stores (Dr. Disc for instance) everywhere.

by Jason Gropp Imprint staff

Volunteers Saturday,

June

Windfest ‘95 -June 17th and 24th - 57 Young Street, W., Waterloo. June 17: All Beethoven, June 24: All Mozart. Call 886-1673 for reservations and information.

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June

Town & Country Antique Car Meet at Doon Heritage, RR. 2, Kitchener. The car show is from IO a.m. to 4130 p.m. Call 748-1914 for more info. Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery second birthday celebrations from 12 noon at 25 Caroline St., N., Waterloo. Call 746-1882 for info.

Wednesday,

June

Waterloo Blood DonorClinic- F irst United Church, King St. and William St. from I:30 to 8100 p.m. NGV Technical Symposium - the natural gas vehicle industry comes to the University of Waterloo, to present the latest achievements in the merging field. Presented by the UW ASME/SAE/ CSME Student Chapter. Contact Ross Nairn, RSNATRN @ mechanical.watstar.uwaterloo.ca.

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June

with the Humanist Association of Canada at the Annual Conference from June 22 to June 25, 1995 at the University of Guelph. For more info call David Keller at 89% 3785. Celebrate

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CTRL-A presents Japanese Animation Night 595.2. ELI 01 from 4:30 to lo:30 p.m. Playing: Macross Plus pt. 2, Green Legend Ran pt. 2, Fatal Fury, Armitage Ill ep. I, Heroic Legend of Arislan pt. 2, Tenchi Muyo pts 1 & 2.

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Fastball players for Women’s Industrial League. Wanted: experienced players for “A” division team. Pitchers and all positions. Call Susan 742-8738 to leave a message. The City of Waterloo Volunteer services is currently recruiting volunteers to assist with summer programs. Funcentres-thisisanopportunityforyoungpeople 13 and over to’assist leaders in providing an interesting program of crafts, drama, music and games to children aged 5 to IO years. There are ten sites throughout Waterloo and you may choose either morning or afternoon. A two week commitment is required. Sports Splash N’Fun - this is an opportunity for those who are 15 or older to assist leaders with all day program of sports, crafts and dramaforchildren aged 7-10. A one week commitment is required. Please call 579-l 196 for more info. Anyoneinterested involunteering at the LandlordTenant Office, please call Jason Moyseat 725-3459 or email vemoyse@artscourse or drop into the Fed’s Qffice. Se a Bica Brother! It’s fun, it’s easy! Call us today at The Sounds of Summer would like a general recruitment call to go out for June 24 & 25 for the following positions: Security, Gatingl Surveys, Volunteer tent, Kidsfest Info, Kiosk, Arts and Crafts. Please call Cheryl Ewins at 747-8505 to register. Join the English Tutor Program and tutor an international student one-to-one for the Spring Term. This is an excellent opportunity for students to learn about another culture, country, and lanuage. To volunteer, call the International Student 8 ffice, ext. 2814 or drop by the IS0 to register.

Bet-tott Brecht’s play, GALILEO, by the students of the School of Architecture. Modern Languages Theatre. Tickets advance $5.00, at the door $7.00 For info call Victoria 885-2936,

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All workshops are in NH1 020 unless otherwise stated. Wednesday, June 21 - II:30 to 12:30: Resume Writing ; 12:30 to 1:30: Letter Writing Thursday, June 22 - IO:30 to 12:30: Job Search f riday, June 23 - 9:30 to 11 :OO: Researching Employers Tuesday, June 27 - IO:30 to 11130: Networking ; I:30 to 2:30: Researching Occupations Wednesday, June 28 - II:30 to 1:30: Resume Critiquing Thursday, June 29 - IO:30 to 11:30: Resume Writing Thursday, June 29 - II:30 to 12:30: Letter Writing Tuesday, July 4 - IO:30 to 12:30: Resume Critiquing ; 3:30 to 4:30 Resume Writing ; 4:30 to 5:30: Letter Writing Thursday, July 6 - IO:30 to 12:OO: Interview Skills I Monday, July 10 - 2:30 to 4:00: Researching Employers Tuesday, July II - IO:30 to l2:30: Interview Skills II ; 3:30 to 5:30: Resume Critiquing Wednesday, July 12 - 12:30 to 1:30: NHf030: Intro to Self Assessment Tuesday, July 18 - 1130 to 2:30: Networking ; 2:30 to 4:30: Job Search Wednesday, July I9 - 12:30 to 1:30: Researching Occupations ; I:30 to 2:30: Information Interview Friday, July 21 - 9:30 to 10:30: Resume Writing ; IO:30 to 11:30: Letter Writing Friday, July 28 - 930 to 11:30: Resume Critiquing

T Announcements

Members of The Engineering Faculty Council for 1995: It is anticipated that the Engineering Faculty Council will meet on the foilowing dates: June 26, September 18, October 16, November 20, December 1 I. AlI meetings will be held at 3:30 p.m. in CPH 3385, UW SAA is awarding $500 to a full-time UW student for extracurricular involvement. Candidate must be entering 4th year in 1995. Please contact SAA: 888-462s or Gwen Graper extension 2969. Application deadline: Friday June 30,1995. Baseball Writers’ Bursary - $150.00 will be awarded by the Toronto ctiapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. 500 to 1,000 words to be submitted by Sept. 15, 1995. Mail entries to Baseball Writers’ Bursary, c/o Larry Millson, 796 Crawford St., Toronto, Ontario M6G 3K3. For more info call (905) 526-3268. Come Picture Us “In Love with Elora” Photo Contest. Entries must be images between April 24, 1995 and August 14, 1995. Contest closes 4:00 p.m. on Monday, August 14,1995. Entries can be mailed to Photo Contest, Village of Elora, P.O. Box 508, Elora, Ontario, NOB IS0 or submitted in person to the Village of Elora, Civic Centre, 1 MacDonald Square, Elora, Ont. For more info call 846-9841. The Off -Campus Housing Off ice 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 19, 1995 through to August 251995. To assist students seeking accommodation on weekends the off ice will be open from IO:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturdays, June 17 to August 26, 1995 inclusive. When the off ice is closed accommodation lists may be obtained either from the Turnkev desk at the Campus Centre or from the SecuriG Off ice. Homer Watson House & Gallerv: 1754 Old Mill Road, Kitchener, 748-4377. Exhibits open from May 25 to July 9. Judy Martin: The House with the Golden Windows - crafts involving women within family and society. Jane Lind: A Long Circle makes reference to the massacre of fourteen female engineering students. Cheryl Takacs: Colour, Form, Pattern - pieces from her hot glass program at Sheridan College. Over the past 18 months a Committee of the Cooperative Education & Career Services Department (CECS) has been working on developing a set of policies and procedures to deal with harassment incidents which co-operative students may encounter on a work term. This work has resulted in a booklet “Dealing with Harassment on Co-op Work Terms”. All these measures are designed to build awareness and to have arrangements in place to deal with harassment incidents. A copy of the policies and procedures document is available from our office if you wish to use it. Call Bruce Lumsden, Department of Co-operative Education & Career Services. Looking for adventure? Canadian Crossroads International is now looking for adventurous people aged 19 and up, from a variety of backgrounds, to participate in cross-cultural, 4 month volunteer placements in over 28 countries in the South Pacific, Africa, Asia, South and Central America. Anyone and everyone is encouraged to apply. For futher information and/oran application form, please call Jennifer Anderson at 725-3921. Cambridge Galleries presents “A Sense of Place”. Opening from June 9 to July 15, 1995. For more info call Mary Misner at 621-0460. K-W Canada Day is coming! T-shirts, food, refreshments! For more info call 747-0286 or e-mail esutherland @jeeves. To increase Distance Education enrolments, we are extending the fall term application deadlines. NEW ADMISSIONS: we are extending the fall term new admission application deadline to June 30, 1995. Prospective applicants should be encouraged to apply and arrange for admission documentation immediately. After June 30, 1995 all new applicants requesting admission for the fall term will be considered only if received complete with all required admission documentation, tuition payment and a letter statin the reason of ur ency for fall term admission. R& TURNING STU B ENT APPLICATIONS: we are extending the fall term returnin student application deadline to July 28, 1995. A 8 er July 28 , 1995 returning student applications received will be considered only if tuition payment and a letter stating the reason for urgency for the fall term course(s) are received with the applrcation. Students aftending on-campus courses (full or part-time) in the fall term who experience schedulina difficulties may add Distance Education courses (iith a faculty adhsor’s signature) until the on-camous add deadline, September 22, 1995. Wewill kontinue to do our’besi to accept new and returning student applications as long a s possible providing we are able to continue to provide excellent student service and ensure delivery of course material by a reasonable date.

Software Capital Available. Seed capital available for promising new software package(s). Fax rksume and brief descriotion of business plan to Charleswocd Capital (416) 564-0455. ’ Fed Hall wants you!! Are you looking for a great parttime job in an exciting, ever-changing environment? Give Fed Hall a try, Apply in person at Fed (please enter via loadina dock doors)

laptop Apple Mac 18OC - 80MB Hard Drive, 8MB Ram, Internal Fax Modem, MS Office Software & Carrying Case. 1 year. 112 price - $2,800 PLUS HP Deskwriter 56OC Colour - 600 x 300 DPI. Under Warranty. $600. PLUS Laptop & Printer - $3,100. Contact John, weekdays: 746-0737 or evenings 473-i 181.

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“Radio Arab Carlo” The Music of the Middle East. Tune in at 4:30 p.m. on CKMS 100.3 FM. Get the music new and old and the community calender with host Firas Johnny Abedrabbo.

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Outers Club: we have general meetings and activities at 7 p.m. in CC229, Trips and weekly kayaking sessions as well. See bulletin board outside PAC2010 for details.

EVERY

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Womyn’s Centre Collective meetings at 3:00 p.m., room 238. Women’s Festival Planning Meeting on Friday, May 19 at 1 :OO p.m., room 238. Call ext. 2357 if you have any questions. Watsfic meeting at 6:45 p.m. in MC4064,4th floor of the Math & Computer Building. Womyn’s Centre Collective meetings at 1 p.m., room CC238. Call ext. 3457 for more info.

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FRIDAY

Womyn’s Festival Planning Committee Meeting at 1 p.m. in room CC238. Call ext. 3457 for more info.

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Applications for the following scholarships are being accepted during the Winter term. Refer to Section 4 of the Undergraduate Calendar for further criteria, Application forms are available in the Student Awards Office, 2nd floor,’ Needles

ALL

FACULTIES:

Douglas T. Wright Award - available to all who have participated in an international work placement. Students to apply upon return to full-time study at UW. Deadline: October 13, 1995. Douglas T. Wright Experience in Japan Award - available to all who participated in a work placement in Japan. Students to apply upon return to full-time study at UW. Deadline: October t3,1995.

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J.P. Bickell Foundation Bursaries - available to all Chemical students. Canadian Posture and Seating Centre Scholarship - available to all. Deadline: October 13, 1995. Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Award - available to all Civil and Mechanical students with an interest in Building Science. Students to contact Dr. Eric Burnett. Alan W. Shattuck Memorial Bursary - available to 4th year Civil. Suncor Bursaries - available to all Chemical or Mechanical.

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