1995-96_v18,n19_Imprint by Editor Imprint

Friday, November 24, 1995

Volume 18, Number 19

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Friday November 24, 1995 Volume 18, Number 19

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he Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA), UW’s provincial lobby group, held a press conference on November 2 1 at 11 :OO a.m. at Queen’s Park. The conference was organized by OUSA to respond to the proposed government funding cuts to Ontario universities. The Progressive Conservative govemment is expetted to announce the largest cut to university funding in Ontario’s history by the end of the month. This is in spite of statements, in the government’s election platform, that universities’ budgets would not be decreased. Also released by OUSA was a formal response to the situations. The document, A Leap In The Dark: A Response to Proposed Government Funding Cuts to Ontario Universities, has been proposed by various students’ unions across Ontario, includ-

ing Waterloo’s own Federation of Students. Also in this list is Brock University Students’ Union, University of Toronto Association of Part-Time Undergraduate Students, University of Western Ontario University Students’ Council, and Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union. The document urges the provincial government to delay making the intended massive cuts until

Imprint would have been there, but we weren’t in vited.

by Katy Imprint

says COU MacKinnon staff

he Council of Ontario Universities recently released a proposal in response to the provincial govemment’s 15% cuts in operating grants to Ontario’s colleges and universities. This document was sent to all MPPs. Entitled Government Grunts, Tuition Fees and Student Aid, it addresses these very things; it focuses on how such cuts will affect educational standards, it compares the funding of Ontario’s iniversities to those in other provinces, and it tackles the thorny issue of how restructuring will be accomplished. The proposal, and an accompanying letter, drove home the point that the repercussions of the cuts, as outlined in The Common Sense Revolution, would be felt not only by students. Cuts to operating grants, in addition to thl eatening accessibility, can damage programs and sharply reduce employment levels in universities. This in turn can damage society and the economy as a whole, as “Previous govemments and the universities have agreed that Ontario’s universities are crucial in developing a

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would mean that the funding per student in Ontario would be the lowest in the country. These cuts would cause Ontario universities to sustain themselves with 30% less funding than any other university in Canada and just over half as much funding per student as public universities in the U.S. Currently, Ontario’s spending on elementary and secondax-y schools ranks first in the country but ranks second-last in Continued

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more educalted populace, preparing people for the professions, providing study at the highest intellectual levels, conducting basic and applied research, and providing service to the community.” In fact, it is pointed out that for every dollar that Ontario universities receive in government funding, they return four to the economy. The proposal includes benchmarks for Ontario universities. In the current Ifiscal year, their share of provincial government spending has declined from 6% to 4%. Operating grants have also been reduced by a quarter since the late seventies, and are, per capita, the lowest in Canada. University grant levels as a proportion of provincial personal income in Ontario are also the lowest in the country. The proposal concludes that “Ontario’s universities are underfunded and poorly positioned to cope with any tirther cutbacks in Provincial grants.” The good news is that over the last decade, tuition fees in Ontario have increased less than in most other provinces. ln fact, they are lower than they were during the sixties, if inflation is taken into account. The proposal does acknowlContinued

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Ya gotsta love all those acronyms...

Progress by David Imprint

Drewe

staff

hether or not current controversies dealing with sexual harassment at UW fanned the flames or not, harassment and discrimination was undoubtedly the closest thing to a hot topic at UW’s Senate meeting held this past Monday. Vice President Academic and Provost Jim Kalbfleisch presented a report on progress attained on the recommendations from last year’s Provost’s Adhoc Committee On Harassment And Discrimination, or PACOHAD report. Recommendations from the report - developed by a committee representing all university stakeholders - fell into three areas: improving training for managers, improving provision of informal resolutions, and provid-

ing a process

for handling

cross-

jurisdictional issues which may occur in a variety of forms, such as when a student registers a complaint about a faculty member, when both an affiliated college and the University are involved, or when complaints which require the involvement of more

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than one committee (such as the Kevin Erler case: dealing with a graduate student’s allegations that a UW prof had stolen his intellectual property). Kalbfleisch noted that while

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meeting whether meetings regarding this topic had occurred with the Undergraduate Student Relations Committee. Solid progress was reported however, on a few issues. workshops for staff members on har0 assment and dis5 crimination are well.

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Kalbfleisch: stuck hosting Downey has tea in England. not much has tangibly changed, progress has occurred. Meetings with various relevant committees have occurred, including Faculty ‘Relations and Staff Relations. It was unclear from the

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This will emphainformal size resolution of crises relating to harassment and discrimination. The University is also moving towards central data collection regarding harassment and discrimination problems. As

things stand, it is possible for several complaints to be made about an offender in different areas of the University, with no one area being aware of problems which have occurred in another. Dr. Kalbfleisch will meet with representatives of the Colleges to iron out concerns over cross-jurisdictional problems, which are presumably extra-thorny in this area. Kalbfleisch acknowledged that he didn’t see any policy change processes being opened up before spring, and Senate seemed comfortable with that. At least one Senator, however, expressed discontent with the current state of affairs. Professor Len (Guelke energetically lamented thLe lack of protection for potential victims. Guelke did not question the integrity or ability of people involved. He did, however, raise serious questions regarding whether these people had the tools necessary to do their jobs.

“Matt Erickson is a fine person, but I’m not sure he has enough authority to protect people on this campus...I’m not satisfied with the measures that have been taken thus far.” No strong response emerged to this comment.

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New by Pat Merlihan Imprint staff

e glad you don’t go to Wilfrid Laurier, Last week the long awaited proposal for a new Code Of Conduct was introduced to their Students’ Union; they’re not very happy. The Students’ Union feels this proposal is “grossly inadequate” and won’t accept Laker Administration’s proposed code without a fight. Since the infamous Ezra Street nartv. and subsequent Admin’istr&on discipliie of several Laurier students last summer, the Code ofConduct has been up for debate. Although negotiations took olace between Laurier Adm&tration and the Student Union, Scott McCormick, President ofWLUSU, is “extremely disappointed” with the outcome. “They led us down the garden path, then came up with this document that is offensive to the students.” Apparently these negotiations were fruitless. “lt [the new code of conduct] satisfies few to none of our requests or concerns,” McCormick said. “None of our suggestions have been realized. We had no idea it was going to be like this - it was a big shock.” The new code of conduct is a three page document designed to replace the old Code of Conduct which had not been revised since

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the 1970’s. It outlines the circumstances in which Laurier Administration may discipline its students. Administration claims that the new code is exactly the same, only that the wording is more explicit. McCormick acknowledges that the code is the same, “except it itemizes each particular thing that can go wrong that they can get you with.” He also adds that “the ideas in [the code] are thirty years old,” and that “detrimental to the pur-

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pose of the university”

could mean “The university is defining to itself and to students the extent of their power.” According to the proposed code, by admitting a student to WLU, the university “reserves the right to discipline the student on an interim or permanent basis for conduct, either on or offcampus, which is deemed to be detrimental to the purpose and goals of the Universi ,y” stressing “non-participation in disturbances, such as unauthorized street parties.” This is where the debate turns nasty. The code regards off-campus behaviourthe University’s busi-

just about anything.

OUSA, cont’d.

ness ifstudents “are associated with the University either explicitly or implicitly.” In addition, “the University reserves the right to bring disciplinary action against a student notwithstanding and in addition to criminal prosecution or civil action.” “It’s a matter of perception [whether] the community perceives you as a Laurier student,” said McCormick. “It gives the university pretty broad powers.” McCormick also feels that “now that the new code is written the university will police it more than ever.” Needless to say, the Student Union is upset, An awareness campaign over the next two weeks came out of a private Board meeting held on Tuesday. WLU students are being asked to read the code and stand up for their rights. Discussion on the proposal will be discussed at the Board of Governors meeting on Dec. 5. Before that time, the WLUSU will attempt to influence that changes need to be made. However, plans are prepared “to explore and pursue their legal options,” should their attempt be fruitless. “ We will challenge their legal authority to do this” stressed McCormick. WLU Student Union were hoping for a code similar to McMasEer University’s which does not cover conduct off campus unless students are representing the university.

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its spending on universities. “The government’s original plan \V;.ISunworkable, and now they have no plan,” asscrtcd FedPrez, Jane Pak. “To make cuts of this size, with no strategy for implementing them, will lead to utter chaos in the system,” Pak added. Over 80% of the university budgets go towards salaries and benefits of its employees. Since it is difficult to lay off tenured professors, administrative staff is suffering deep cuts, which is resulting in longer line-ups for essential tasks such as registration. Professors who retire are not being replaced and hiring of new professors has almost ceased in Ontario. This, in turn, is causing class sizes to steadily increase and professors to become less available. The OUSA document also explains that tuition increases are not the answer: “Hikes in tuition are not only unfair to students: they will cause a huge increase in government spending on student aid.” The document goes further to claim that, “Every increase in tuition will lead to an increase in both the number of students who need loans, and the amount each one of them must receive. The more student loans you give out, the higher student debt loads will be.” The government of Ontario had originally proposed to cut $400

million from the grants to universities but recent speculation on the matter indicates that ihe outs could be higher - much higher. This translates to a massive cut of between 15% and 30”/;1 r,f ‘govemment grants to the system. To put things into perspective, recall that the province of Alberta also made large cuts to their university system. Their universities “plummeted in Maclean’s annual ranking” yet their universities still receive 10% more funding than Ontario’s schools. The CNJSA response also stresses that universities contribute more directly to the economy. According to A Leap In The Dark . . .. universities return four dollars to the economy for every dollar they receive fi-om the government. The proposed cuts would “have an immediate negative effect on local economies, especially in areas where the university is the major economic player.” This is true in UW’s case: the University of Waterloo is the City of Waterloo’s largest employer. OUSA was told by government representatives to expect some increase in tuition, along with a very significant “restructuring” of the system. The government has stated that they will release a ‘White Paper” to help universities to restructure and save money, but this document won’t be written until long aRer the cuts have been made.

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edge that the cuts outlined in the Common Sense Rwolution will, in all probability, become reality, ;znd it offers suggestions for the govemment to make them as smoothly as possible. It stresses that universities cannot absorb the cuts without significant restructuring, as at least $09; of operating expenditures go toward employee salaries and benefits. These cannot be reduced significantly without affecting educational quality. To maintain high standards in Ontario’s universities, government cuts must be offset by higher tuition fees. To maintain accessibility, student aid programs must be expanded. The proposal recommends the introduction of income contingent student loans to help students cope with rising tuition. It also recommends that with decreased government funding should come increasing flexibility for universities in setting tuition levels. This includes greater autonomy for university boards of governors to determine appropriate levels for their respective institutions, and extends to charging different fees for different programs. The proposal also recommends that to increase competitiveness, insritutions should be able to charge more manageable fees to international students, as the current fee schedule is out of reach for many of them.

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he idea sounds bizarre. Yet, many communities in Australia, New Zealand and Austria issued their own local currencies during the Great Depression and thrived while others starved. Many communities have revived the local currency tool to give their economies a boost. Money is essentially a promise that value will be given, and a way to measure trade. Without it, trade doesn’t haipen. The problem with the economy is not supply and demand. There is supply. And there is demand. “There is work that needs to be done. What’s missing is the grease, the money” says Rev. Lindsay King, ;L founder of a Local Employment and Trading System in Toronto which uses a local currency to value trading: between its tive hundred mtzmbers. Local Employment and Trading Systems (LETS)are established in over 450 communities worldwide and one is growing in Kitchener Waterloo. The alternate currency, Green dollars, are credit points on a central computer accounting system. Members set their own prices and usually trade in a combination of Green cash and Green Dollars. Dollar amounts in each member’s account are adjusted to reflect every

transaction they make. Members are not restricted to one-on-one trades. They can use green dollar credits earned to buy Tom any member on the system. Trade is made easy via a Diractory listing all the skills and services offered or requested by LETS members and their phone numbers. Services currently offered on the K-W LETSystem include computer graphic work, day care, massage, language training and translation, preparing foodstuffs, bike repair, and chiropractic care. LETSystems believes that everyone has skills to offer. The amount and type of products or services oferzd on the system depends on peoples’ willingness to get involljcd. As membcrship grows, businesxs arc enticed tojoin, to take advanta~cot‘n readymade, loyal customer basts. Green dollar:; arc ntxcr prmtcd so they must stay ir: rhc cornmunity, employing local pro+. “It’s a business person’s dream,” says a graphic artist on ~he Toronto; LETSystem, “Every green dollar you spend must come back to you sometime.” Spending with Green dollars also increases people’s buying power. LETSystems help the cash economy. An administrator of the successful Toronto LETSystem, with over 500 members reports ‘“fur every Green dollar traded, we estimate that more cash is circulated in

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24, 1995

NEWS

Did Downey talk too much? by David Drewe Imprint staff he University of Waterloo Faculty Association has released a statement relating to the process used by the University to render a decision in the case involving Environment and Resource Studies Professor Sehdev Kumar. Ian MacDonald, President of the Association sent Imprint a statement titled “Statement on Harassment and Due Process,” Among other things, it states that, “there are no policies at the University which provide different standards or social guidelines, special treatment or immunity in this arca for profcssors, tenured or not. The Faculty Association would oppose any attempt to create any such policy...” “President Downey’s action in making a public report on the current case, given that the parties were not informed of this possibility at the outset of the case or even during the case, probably is a violation of due process, and his action prob-

ably constitutes additional discipline imposed on the individual involved.” The Faculty Association’s logic is that Downey’s actions are not only against “the current philosophy of the University,” but that the parties involved could have been led to believe that details of the case would be confidential. President Downey was out of the country and unavailable for comment, but Vice President Academic and Provost Jim Kalbfleisch responded to Imprint. While declining general comment on the substance of the Faculty Association’s statement, Kalbfleisch did note that there was no precedent for President Downey to consult, as the Kumar case is the first time that dismissal proceedings were followed to their conclusion since the policy was revised in 1990. ’ He also noted that MacDonald referred to the Ethics Policy (Policy 33) and the Faculty Grievance Policy (Policy 63), while the policy referred to in the Kumar case was

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McMehen staff

rankings and determines the appropriate job placements. The Co-op department is now embarking on the second round or “continuous” phase, during which the interview process can result in immediate job offers. This phase lasts until the beginning of the winter term. “Last year at the beginning of the winter term approximately 90% of the students had secured employment, and we are confident we will be able to report a similar figure in January ‘96.” Mr. Lumsden observed that almost all of the 10% of students who do not get placed are in first year. However, the Co-op department still provides services to the students who have not found work by the beginning of the work term. In an interview with Imprint, Dave Thomas, the Systems Administrator for the Co-op department, pointed out that employers approach the Co-op department during the work term with immediately available jobs. The Co-op department then sends out resumes on behalf of

he first round of Co-op interviews resulted in “just over 60% of the 3500 students confirming employment for the winter ‘94 work term,” said Bruce Lumsden, the Director of Co-operative Education and Career Services. This years placement rate translates into approximately 2 IO0 students who already have jobs for the upcoming work term. Mr. Lumsdenalso stated that, “this compares with 63% last yearwhen there were approximately 160 fewer students in the system,” which means that this year’s first round resulted in approximately the same number of placements as last. According to Lumsden, 1067 employers conducted 10,500 student interviews during the first round. During the first round (or “matching” phase) of the interview process, employers and students rank their preferred matches, after which a computer crunches the

that for Tenure (Policy 5 3). Imprint consulted Policy 53, and no reference was found as to whether President Downey should make a public statement, or was prohibited from doing so. The policy does state, however, that if Professor Kumar had continued with the appeal process, it would have been “held in public unless either public security or intimate personal or financial matters are under discussion.” This would seem to indicate that a public statement on the case is not out of order, however the topic does remain hazy. That problem is also addressed by MacDonald’s statement. “Current concern over a highly-publicized case is directly related to the lack of a well-defined and equitable process for investigating and adjudicating such disciplinary matters. The Board of FAUW strongly urges the development of appropriate processes as soon as possible, in order to restore confidence in the ability of the University to deal equitably with allegations of such misconduct.”

j.obs unemployed co-op students who possess skills appropriate to these incoming job offers. With upcoming government cuts, these job placements will likely become rarer. Mr. Thomas stated that approximately 25% of all work placements occur in the public sector. He estimated that the proportion of students placed in the public sector is lowest in engineering and highest in arts, with science somewhere in between. Said Mr. Lumsden, “The financial cutbacks in federal and provincial public service departments and agencies will have a direct impact on co-op opportunities in 1996. The same pressure that the University will feel will be felt in all areas of the public sector.” “As usual, any assistance that the university community can provide in job leads is much appreciated,” stated Mr. Lumsden. Anyone with possible job leads can pass them on to Co-operative Education and Career Services by calling 88512 11 x4026.

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and open to any high school, college or university student in Wellington County or the Region of Waterloo. The contest is for original one act plays, 45 minutes in length or less, that have not yet been produced. There is no entry fee for this contest. The contact person is Sharon Voskamp at 8887456. The second contest is the PowerPlays adjudicatedshortplay

contest, which is open to any amateur theatre group in the area. The adjudicator is Rod Carley, the artistic director of Toronto’s Walking Shadow Theatre Company. The entry fee for this contest is $50 per play. The contact person is Suzanne Langdon at 744-4826. KWLT is a community theatre group, active in K-W since 1935, and operates two theatres on Princess Street East in Waterloo.

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us Hosein, Governance Advisor to the Federation of Students, has made a proposal which may significantly improve the quality of representation on the UW campus. By creating a ‘LGovemance Caucus,” Hosein. believes that student representatives would be more accountable, more informed, and better able to coordinate ideas and strategies. Membership in this caucus would tentatively inelude all student members of Senate and the Board of Governors, as f well as all members of Committees reporting to either body. According to the proposal, creating a caucus would encourage accountability by monitoring attendance of its members, and taking measures to enforce communication with members’ consitituencies. Currently, Senatars are under no obligation to report back to any group on issues, decisions, and the like. Regarding information exchange, the proposal states that, “The power of the vote will never be as strong as the right to information....” University officials would be obligated

to meet with the caucus regarding relevant issues, empowering student Senators. One example provided where this might prove particularly fruitful could occur during lack of “budget season,” where students’ experience can prove particularly handicapping. “The university,” Hosein writes, “will deem it essential to their process to actively, if not proactively inform the students, and seek their opinions and ideas.” While the idea of such a networking group has only recently been adopted at the University of Western Ontario; it has been used successfully for years by the Student Union at the University of Alberta. In fact students found the existence of this group essential while the University was considering closing a department. The Student Caucus was briefed in advance of meetings by Department Chairs, the University’s treasurer, the Vice President Academic of the University, and other relevant individuals. Student representatives entered the meeting with a co-ordinated strategy, well-informed and prepared. The proposal will be improved after input is solicited from student representatives at all levels.

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et another change will be made to the Oritario education system. Minister of Education and Training John Snobelen will introduce legislation to create an Ontario CoIlege of Teachers that will regulate the province’s teaching profession. This signals the government’s intention to make the profession fully accountable to the public. The responsibilities of the College will be to set out clear standards of practice for teachers and to ensure that sound professional learning goals are in place. The College will also monitor career-long professional learning and will provide leadership and quality control in the development of English and French-language teacher training programs. By September 1996, it is expected that a governing council of the College will be in place. The council will have 3 1 members and the government will work to define the structure of the council based on recommendations received from the implementation committee. “Teaching is a public trust,” Snobelen said. Excellence in teaching is key to excellence in education for Ontario’s students. At last we will have a College to develop and enforce rigorous standards for teachers, and help to improve accountability as well as public confidence in our education system. This reform is long overdue.” For over twenty years, recommendations have been made which eventually lead to this initiative. The Hall-Dennis report in

the 1960s and the previous government’s Royal Commission of Learning are such sources of this recommendation. The NDP government also created the Ontario College of Teachers Implementation Committee earlier this year. This past October, the Committee submitted its report, “The Privilege of Professionalism,” to the minister after consultation with teachers, parents, trustees and faculties of education. Snobelen added, “The College of Teachers will go a long way toward improving the accountability of the profession to students, parents and taxpayers. Through the College, the public will know what standards of performance to expect from teachers and how teachers are upgrading their professional development .” Anyone in Ontario holding a qualification to teach in Ontario’s publicly-funded school system will become members of the College. Membership is mandatory for persons fitting this description. This includes approximately 150 000 teachers, principals, supervisory officers, consultants, and directors of education. Anyone else also certified to teach will be eligible for membership. The College will be supported by its members through their membership fee which is expected to be about $90 annually. Margaret Wilson, the Council’s Registrar-Designate for the College, was one of the 12 members of the Implementation Committee and has a history with the Ontario Teachers Federation. She is a past president of the Federation and was its Secretary-Treasurer for 10 years. She is also a past-president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation.

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ell, another week down. I bet you are all dying to know how the Students’ Council Meeting went last Sunday. Well wonder no longer. lr was a fine meeting. We managed to keep it under 10 and a half hours (which is always a plus!) The first item on the agenda was a presentation by members of the Student Services Advisory Committee. Gus Hosein, a student representative, Bob Truman, from the department of lnsti tut ional Anaiysis and Planning, and Robin Banks, the Associate Provost Academic Affairs joined us to discuss the impending university budget crisis and how it might affect studenr services. Also, Gus used that opportunity to let students know that the committee is always seeking student input and involvement. One of the stionger messages of that agenda item was “don’t freak out when you find services may be cut - be warned!” SSAC was created to generate some funds to support student services. It is funded in a “phase-in” process. The Services Fee is being phased in while the university is phasing-out funds to services. In 1994- 1995 the fee was $24, in 1495-1996 it was $45 and in 19961997 it will be $60. The phase-in should be finished at the $60 point. The fee is assessed at the end of every year and is set to cover the costs of the previous year’s services. The problem that the committee wanted to present to council is that because of the Harris axe plans, services may have to be cut by 20% while fees are going up by a third! Does administration have anything positive to say lately? Gus Hosein (a very busy guy!) then presented a project that he has been working on for quite some time. It is based on his suggestions he has for improving the link be-

tween Senate and Board of Governors to the student body. It is called “Proposal for a Governance Caucus.” It is based on a system at the University of Western Ontario. It was presented to council for their information. Now that they know Gus is working on this issue, hopefully he will get some council and student feedback. Xander Leroy then presented the outcomes of the Canadian Alliance of Student Association General Assembly Meeting. Xander and Jane went to the Saskatoon conference and presented the fact that UW students were not happy with the funding alternatives presented in “Making Higher Education Work” or the CASA Policies. So, at the conference, new policies were created, and are now being presented to the Student Councils at all of the member schools. They were presented to UW’s, and will be voted on at the December 2nd

this time. I-Iave you ever gone into the Fed Office to buy a ticket for a concert and found it to be sold out? Well, if you tried to get tickets to Our Lady Peace or Collective Soul, you may have had that problem. Mario Bellabarba made the following motion “that tickets for BEnt events not be sold outside of Federation of Students businesses or main office for one week after they go on sale.” This motion was discussed, changed and passed. The end result is that there is going to be a 70:30 ticket split. This means that 70% of tickets wiil be sold in the Fed Office or at Fed businesses for the first 5 days of sale. It is really not as complicated as I think I have made it sound! Vice President Operations and Finance, Mike Suska, presented his budget. This was the second time the budget had come before council. At the October meeting he was asked to take it back anld make some changes. The budget

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plications of thk is that the: Student Council Special Projects Fund is now open. This is money set aside in the budget for Students’ Council to distribute to student groups. There are fewer requirements to this fund than the endowment fund, and thus it is a popular little tub’o’money. To access Special Projects you must stop by the Fed Office and talk to me about getting on the agenda. If you would like more information about this, please contact me at extension 633 1 or tamumby@feds.watstar. Well, late lnext week is the expected arrival of the dreaded Harris axe. If you would like to know more about the possible implications of this, drop by the Fed Office and talk to us. We have lots of gorry details. If you would simply like to offer your kind words or suggcstions to our fine Premier, why notemail him at: premier@guv.un.ca That’s albout all that I know... have a great week.

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udan, Africa’s largest country, has been suffering from civil war for the past thirteen years. The un-elected govemmental regime of Sudan, based in Khartoum, initiated the war, against the several anti-governmental factions in the south of the country. Quantitatively, the result has been a current total of 1.3 million deaths. Qualitatively, the result has been extreme suffering and oppression of the Sudanese. KitchenerW atcrloo is now hosting two Sudanese women, visiting Canada to raise awareness about the human rights violations in their country. President of’ the Sudanese Women’s Union, Fatima

Ibrahim, and Coordinator for the Sudan Women’s Voice for Peace, Anisia Olworo, are here to discuss policy issues and concerns with Canadian government officials. Their overall goal is to provide information about their country, rightly claiming that their situation has largely been ignored by the media, They will focus their discussions on the impact of the war on women, in terms of the role that women can play in resolving the conflict. They will also discuss the torture, rape of women by soldiers, and slavery occurring as a result of the war. The war is currently being described as “a government at war with its own people,” and the Khartoum government is being blamed for most of the human rights viola-

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PIRC was criticized in the forum section of the last issue of the Imprint for not presenting “an honest, if not unbiased, version of reality.” What exactly is an honest version of reality? Is there such a thing? Shell, the multinational oil company, maintains that its involvement in the African country of Nigeria since the 1920s is a purely commercial, non-political one. Shell is the dominant economic player in Nigeria, the backbone of the country’s single most important commodity, and it alone provides over 40% of the federal government’s revenue. Shell’s reality is just business. The other version of reality is that oil, at the centre ofthe Nigerian economy, stands behind the succession ofmilitary regimes that have ruled the country, especially in recent years. Critics charge that Shell is providing substantial capital to a repressive regime bent on suppressing internal dissent ~ particularily dissent directed against Shell -by whatever means necessary. Two weeks ago, Nobel Prizenominated writer Ken Saro-Wiwa, along with eight other members of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), were hanged. Amnesty International had declared Saro-Wiwa a prisoner of conscience and believe that his arrest, conviction by military tribunal, and execution are “part of the continuing suppression by the Nigerian authorities of the Ogoni people’s campaign against the oil companies.” Shell gets a seventh ofits world production from the Ogoni area [404 square miles] and argues that the Ogoni people are unfairly targeting Shell in their campaign for political self-determination and a greater share of oil revenues. Dr. Gary Leton, the cx-Chancellor of Rivers State University in

Nigeria, speaks of the destruction the Ogoni have suffered. “Our atmosphere has been totally polluted, our lands degraded, our waters contaminated, our trees poisoned, so much so that our flora and fauna have virtually disappeared. We are asking for the restoration of our environment, we are asking for the basic necessities of life.” Since Shell’s oil production began in Ogoni in 1958, the area’s only hospital is an unfinished building and schools rarely open. Shell blaims the government for failing to distribute money properly imagine that from a military regime. Shell says it’s working to improve environmental measures and its community assistance programs, but when oil production has been threatened “the company has on occasion been compelled to ask for assistance” from the Nigerian govemmcnt. Shell acknowledges many political problems in Nigeria, but maintains that these are “clearly issues where private companies have neither the right nor the competence to become invoved and must be addressed by the people of Nigeria and their government.” Shell uses arm’s length language while its Nigerian management is populated with former government personnel and vice versa. The Toronto Sltln reported this past week that Shell had offered Saro-Wiwa freedom abroad if he promised not to continue with the MOSOP campaign. Twelve days before he was arrested in May of 1994, Saro-Wiwa declared, “This is it. They [the military] are going to arrest us all and execute us. All for Shell.” Ironically, on the very same day, a leaked Security Task Force memo read, “Shell operations still impossible unless ruthless military operations are undertaken for smooth economic activities to commence.” The document goes on to recommend that the 400 soldiers undertake “wasting operations,”

“wasting” Ogoni leaders who are “especially vocal individuals.” Finally, the memo recommends pressure on oil companies for “prompt, regular” payments to support the cost of the military operation. Shell asserts that the authenticity of the memo hasn’t been fully established and that they “condemn the use of violence.” Shell spokespeople have reportedly described Nigeria as the company’s “worst public relations nightmare” since South Africa. By continuing to prop up a ruthless regime, Shell is repeating its pattern of abuse and repression elsewhere in Afkica. Does WPIRG possess the honest-version-of-reality crystal ball? Well, right here in this column we officially declare that we don’t so, please don’t call us to assess the existence and/or validity of whatever social construct you are presently viewing the world through. Frankly, we just don’t know where right and wrong begin and end. However, we are convinced that our species is not at the pinnacle of its development. Further human evolution undoubtably depends on our willingness and ability to eradicate the [unnecessary] suffering of humans and animals and the relentless pursuit of a globally equitable social paradigm. Reality is never just what appears on the surface. The “facts” citizens are presented with are often provided by institutions with their own world views and agendas - and this isn’t a conspiracy theory, it happens to be the nature of power in our society and how it is exercised. WPIRG’s small role is to assist people in questioning authority and grappling with the underlying fundamental ethical questions. Well, should you boycott Shell? Write them letters of protest? Or take some other action’? Every choice we make has consequences and is therefore political. How will it apply in this situation? Judge for yourself and shape the reality of your choosing.

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The Himalaya Field Study Programmes: YXHEC9s version of the fact9

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Your correspondent, David Drewe, has made certain erroneous, unttie anddamaging statements about Canada-Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (CCXEC), of which the writer is executive director. Mr. Drewe has misrepresented the statements made by the writer in the telephone interview referred to by him. For the record, this is to request that you print CCHEC’s version of the facts. 1. C-CHEC is the Canadian chapter of the Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (CHEC) which has its international headquarters in London, England. It is one of 15 CHEC national chapters around the Commonwealth. CHEC is an incorporated entity with charity status under British law, and has been in existence for over 25 years. As its name indicates, CHEC’s objectives are to promote ecologically sustainable human development, especially in poor, developing countries of the Commonwealth. The Canadian chapter (C-CHEC) has not been incorporated. It was founded for the same non-profit purposes as CE-IEC by fourteen individuals from across Canada, representing medical, engineering, science, social science, and legal professions, who are engaged Ml-time in private practice, academia or public service. C-CHEC is governed by a July 1993 constitution and by-laws, which were filed with Revenue Canada for consideration for charity status. It should be pointed out at this stage that the fact that an organization is non-profit does not disentitle it from earning a surplus from

its operations. If this were not the case, no non-profit organization, whether incorporated or not, could continue its activities for very long. The non-profit status of an organization means that, by law, it cannot distribute the surplus it generates from its operations to its members but must utilize the surplus for its non-profit purposes. 2. C-CHEC, as part of its mandate, sponsored and administered the Himalaya Field Study Programme 1994 (HFSP ‘94). This was done under a formal Agreement between C-CHEC and Professor Sehdev Kumar Ieaving the day-to-day administration, including all arrangements for transportat ion, programme of visits and lectures, etc. to Professor Kumar. Under the Agreement, all materials issued in the connection with HFSP ‘94 were to be submitted by Professor Kumar to C-CHEC for approval prior to their release. These included: Copies of comptete application of each participant, copy of physician’s certificate of fitness of applicants, a duly executed Waiver of Liability (in the form provided by C-CHEC), a list of names, with introduction of all participants and their emergency contact person(s), list of support staff in India, copy of the Itinerary and Programme distributed to all participants;

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Professor Kutnar supervised all aspects of the Program before, during and after the trip, with the assistance of part-time staff hired in Canada and India. Having directed many HFSPs since 1980 and with a solid record of achievements which were praised by many participants in the past, it was quite right and proper for C-CHEC to have en-

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3. Under the terms of the above referred Agreement, all cheques were to be made out by participants to C-CHElC and C-CHEC, in turn, would disburse fkts required by Professor Kumar for the HFSP ‘94 purposes. Where cheques were made out to Professor Kumar, they were to be endorsed in favour of C-CHEC. Prior approval ofall large expenditures was required from C-CHEC. This obligation was fully complied with by Professor Kumar for all 15 participants to the complete satisfaction of C-CHEC. The writer also confirms that Professor Kumar received no honorarium or any other form of remuneration from C-CHEC for directing HFSP ‘94. 4. Under the Agreement Professor Kumar was to render a complete accounting of the expenses incurred for the HFSP ‘94 programme to C-CHEC, and1 this was done. CCHEC reviewed the accounts internally and found them to be satisfactory. I would like to point out at this stage, in view of the writer’s remark concerning auditing quoted by Mr. Drewe in your paper, that there is no need of an “audit” by an outside firm, as C-CHEC is not, as stated earlier,

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Kumar responds To the Editor, Some comments made in the Imprint by staff member David Drewe need correcting. Mr. Drewe makes reference to the source ofmy “profligate spending,” to “an exorbitant Mango Party” for my family, and the purchase of paintings. 1 don’t believe suchuncheckcd comments meet the standards of your paper. First, during the trip, I didn’t arrange any party, “mango” or otherwise, for anyone, and no member of my family was with me at any stage of the field trip. On the second day of the Group’s arrival in India, a small “tea party” was hosted by my brother, at his own expense, in his house in the city Chandigarh to welcome the Canadian visitors to India. On this occasion, on my request, he also arranged for a doctor to make a house visit to examine three participants in the program with upset stomachs. About the paintings: I bought two religious paintings in Ladakh made by two local Buddhist artists, foratotalof 1350rupees,or$56.43, from my own funds. About “profligate spending,” total monies I spent in India during 1994 on buying small gifts for my children (including the above paintings) didn’t exceed $160, all of which came from my personal funds. Lastly, except for three persons, all participants in the Program sent their money by a certified cheque, a draft of a money order, payable to C-CHEC. In any event, all fees received from 15 participants, whether in my name or of C-CHEC, were promptly sent to C-Chec for deposit in its account in Ottawa. -Sehdev

Kumar

Kumar’s lawyer responds To the Editor, I am writing in response to an article written by Mr. David Drewe in last week’s Imprint, in which Mr. Drewe attributes to me several statements concerning the case of Professor Sehdev Kumar. Unfortunately, it is necessary for me to correct some inaccuracies in Mr. Drewe’s reporting. I request that you print the corrections contained in this letter. At no time did I state to Mr. Drewe that the Canada Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (CCHEC) “was responsible for the bulk of the organization of the Himalayan trip.” In my initial conversation with Mr. Drewe, I told

him that it was my understanding that C-CHEC has approved the financial accounting and general plans of the field trip in question. Mr. Drewe did not ask me at that time who had primary responsibility for organizing that trip. In a subsequent conversation I told Mr. Drewe that as director of the trip, Professor Kumar would have had such responsibility. This statement is in no way inconsistent with my earlier statement, as Mr. Drewe appears to suggest. For the record, I should also state that Mr. Drewe’s recollection of the statement which he purports to quote from me differs from my own. In order to avoid further misunderstandings, any future communications between your office and mine will have to be in writing. -Kevin Counsel

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More on Kumar To the Editor, In response to Dave Thomson’s letter which appeared last week in Imprint, I want to state a few things. Many students are rightfully outraged at the fact that Prof. S. Kumar received only a monetary fine for having been found guilty of sexually harassing a student, (while according to the Ontario Criminal Code, it was in fact ASSAULT). Students do not have to be on a “bandwagon” to be infuriated by the fact that evidence which sufficed to fully convince Pres. Downey of Prof. Kumar’ s guilt (and of the fact that Kumar jeopardized the health and safety of the students on the trip) was not perceived as enough to dismiss him. If the policy states that a breach of “collegiality” or “ethical behaviour”warrants dismissal, why is he still here ifDowney found him guilty? The fact that he was found guilty and was not dismissed is not acceptable. The administration made apublit statement of the verdict and I don’t see that students are lynching Kumar. Rather, we are responding reasonably to the fact that the President of our university condones the presence of and teaching by profs whom he believes to be sex offenders. This isn’t a bandwagon but a reasonable solidarity questioning Kumar’s presence and questioning those who can be sure enough of his guilt to punish him yet weak and/or corrupt enough to let him stay. The verdict expresses Downey’s ignorance of the destructiveness of sex crimes or his indifference. The Board of Governors, having given their votes to Downey on the matter, also communicates an indifference about students to students. Many students including myself have heard the testimonies of people who were on Prof. Kumar’s trip abroad as well as the testimony ofthe woman who brought forth the complaint. We are not misinformed or on any “bandwagon.” Also, Dave

Little-Known Fact #237: No human babies have been born in over five years. Thomson wondered why no students have come forth before. Well, this may be Kumar’s first assault if so, it is still unacceptable. If it isn’t, it is no wonder that no one has come forth before. The woman has gone through hell ever since she came forth. (Hasn’t anyone wondered if people have indeed already come forth, judging by the fact that rumours amongst his faculty and the villages have existed for years and although rumour is sometimes false, it is often the underground protective structure of those with little power. Also, does no one wonder why exactly Prof. Kumar was given the boot from his position as a tutor at Village II back in 1992?) It became clear at the meeting held a few weeks ago in which she was present that the process for those who do come forth is incredibly difficult. The way in which’the policy was enforced was unfair to her as a complainant in several ways: 1) She was not allowed to be at his ‘trial’ while hers was more open. 2) She was not allowed to appeal Downey ‘s verdict while Kumar was allowed to do so. 3) She was not kept informed: of goings-on and spent months getting psychologically prepared for his appeal, which he later cancelled. She was informed of this much later. 4) Several meetings (i.e. with Pres. Downey) were promised to her and she was not informed in advance that he would be sending substitutes and not show up himself. The entire process has revealed and reminded us of the complete

inadequacy of the policy to do with sex offenders on campus. A separate structure must exist to deal with complaints and cases of this nature. ln addition, tenured profs are given allowances whit h are not given to staff and students. There is no doubt in my mind that if Pres. Downey were certain of a staff member or student’s guilt of a sex crime, they would be dismissed. It is not likely that any staff member or student having received a monetary fine would receive the consideration of their family and be allowed to pay the fine over a long period of time. (The verdict at the time of the Social Contract indicates this same preferential treatment towards profs, even if then it is promised to cause loss of staff members’ jobs and an increase in student fees.) I hope that this issue does not die down and that students inform themselves and contest the punishment as well as the university policies themselves. -Erina Harris 4B Honours English

And more on Kumar To the Editor, Dave Thompson (Letters, Nov 17th) is cautious about vilifying Sehdev Kumar for alleged sextil abuse. He states, “Everyone else seems to agree [that Kumar is eilty]

based on testimony they have not heard.” I have heard a considerable amount of testimony from a witness, and T use this to base my opinion that Kumar is guilty of the crimes. Note that those who have reviewed the evidence have believed the victim and not the accused. Even prize-jellyfish James Downey, who is not a known champion of students against faculty, has said “I too found her [the victim] to be credible and accepted her recollection of events.” Note also that nobody has stood up and said, “I believe Sehdev Kumar.” Not one person. Sadly, Kumar suffers from a dire credibility deficit. h4any people at many times witnes,sed him perpetrating various indiscretions. He brazenly denies these ever happened. On top of that, his bankruptcy claims are laughable. It seems they don’t pay professors enough to stave off penury these days. The only person who believes the story of Sehdev Kumar is Sehdcv Kumar, and 1have the nagging suspicion that he may be a wee bit lbiased. We need more support for the victim and ‘less weak-kneed appeasement from certain elements of the administration if we are to prevent the University of Waterloo’scredibility fromgurglingdown the same drain as Professor Kumar’s. -Robert

Berks

Animal research To the Edbv, After having read the article titled “The merits of conducting animal research” (Imprint, Nov. 17th), it is clear that Mark Ungrin does not have a clue about the issues. It is a commonly recognized fact among health authorities that data derived from animal tests has serious limitaltions in its applicability to the human species. This is especially true of the tragic results of some toxicity testing. As Ungrin noted, all drugs are first tested on animals. However, he failed to mention that each species is biochemically, immunologically and phiysiologically unique, therefore drug manufacturers cannot predict the side effects of a drug until after clinical tests have been completed, ie. until it has been tested over a period of time on human subjects. This explains the extensive list of products developed in labs and presumed safe after extensive animal tests, which eventually proved to be severely noxious, and even carcinogenic, mutagenic or teratogenic. A few of the more infamous examples include: Stilboestrol (caused cancer in young women), Orabilex (ca.used kidney damage with fatal outcome), and Chloramphenicol (caused leukemia). For

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many more examples, ask for “Science On Trial” and WPIRG. Scientifically, animal-based toxicity tests are indefensible since they lack both external validity and reliability with regards to humans. Such studies have virtually no statistical predictive value. In the titure, perhaps Ungrin should take his own advice and read the literature before making public statements. -Dunnu

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Animal research To the Editur, “lr is the rarest thing in the world to hear a rafional discussion of animaiexperimentation or vivisection. Those who disapprove oj’itare common 1-v accused of sentimentality, but the other side Iies ripen to exactly the same charge; both uppeal to the emotion of pin. The real

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Why is it that people are so willing to accept new statistics on the basis that they are statistics? 1 mean, people literally swear by certain percentages which mean to them that such and such is true. Does anybody actually stop and think about where these statistics come from? My guess is that people rarely stop to think that statistics can lie, and that they can be misleading depending on the source, and how they are analyzed. Canadians have been relatively lucky with StatsCan as our official number-crunchers. This agency is above reproach and renowned world-wide for the accuracy, thoroughness, and impartiality of its research, making for statistics that can be generally trusted. So if you want to know the unemployment rate, or how many light bulbs Canadians produce inone year, this is the source you’ll rely on. If you want to find out how many Canadian men brutalize women, I’d suggest using these statistics with caution. Did you ever think that StatsCan is just another extension of the government to control propaganda? And why not, they are a government-organized and funded agency. Gloria Steinem argues in her book Moving Beyond Worlds that whoever controls statistics, controls society? She further believes that feminists convert agencies like StatsCan to their agenda. Jtis quite obvious that this is indeed the case when you look at StatsCan’s report dealing with violence against

questiun remains: whether it is right or wrong. ” ---4X3. Lewis This quotation aptly addresses the content of Mark Ungrin’s diatribe (“The merits of conducting animal research,” Imprint, Nov. 17th). In this article, accusations of “emotional, misleading and poorly researched statements” were common, while the use of animals in drug testing, AIDS research and carcinogenicity testing were (incorrectly) cited as benefits of animal research. It is ironic that in vitro tests should be attacked as insufficiently validated methods of drug testing, when animal experiments have never been validated (Parker, 1944). As long ago as 1966, toxicologists have argued that most adverse reactions that occur in humans “cannot be demonstrated, anticipated, or avoided by the routine sub-acute and chronic toxicity experiment.” (Zbinden, 1966). And despite subsequent test refinements, a recent survey found only a 5 - 25 percent correlation between harmful drug effects in patients and the results of animal tests (Heywood, 1990). By the way, does this sound over-emotional? Ungrin goes on to advocate the development and implementation of animal models of human

women. Their finished report (3uns 1993) suggests that fj fty-one percent ofwomen have been abused by men. Pardon’? That sounds pretty much like a national crisis to me, which is the exact sentiment of women’s shelters and the media alike. But, this study is based on shoddy methodology inflating the problem ofviolence against women, and thus incriminates millions of innocent men. Believe me, the last notion 1 want to express is that violence against women doesn’t occur? or that it’s a minimal problem, because T’m sure it’s not. However, statistics are too often fudged to be more in line with growing trendy sentiments like violence against women. Let’s look a little more closely at how the results were achieved in the violence against women report. First ofall, the decision to not measure female-perpetrated violence against men immediately put men on trial. That notion alone screams ’ feminist agenda’ --especially considering that over thirty studies in North America have shown that rates of spousal abuse perpetrated by males and females are virtually the same. StatsCan admits that they didn’t approach the reverse phenomenon because Health and Welfare Canada wanted a report exclusively on child abuse, violence against women, elder abuse and the abuse of people with disabilities, because these groups (and no others) are the primary victims ofdomestic violence. Well, that is the growing sentiment,

AIDS. However, a U.S. Presidential commission concluded in 1988: “To date, adequate animal models have not been developed for human HIV-related research... The lack of appropriate animal models for HIV research makes the application of animal research to humans uncertain.” Given that there are no adequate animal models for AIDS, it is hardly surprising that critical insights into the understanding and prevention of human AIDS have come from epidemiological and in vitro research, and from studies of human patients (Fauci et al., 1984), and tissues (Gallo et al., 1984). Ungrin’s suggestion that animal tests established a causal relationship between cigarette smoking and the development of lung cancer is not consistent with historical findings. Prior to 1963, all 27 prospective and retrospective studies of human patients showed a strong association between cigarette smoking and lung cancer (Brecher, 1963). However, almost all efforts to induce lung cancer in animals under laboratory conditions failed. In fact, a leading scientist wrote in 1957: “The failure ofmany investigators... to induce experimental cancers.. _during fifty years of trying, cast serious doubt on the

so why even bother with pointless statistics, money and time. Secondly, the survey itself contained numerous ambiguous qucstions that lumped two separate ideas in one question. Being physically injured, and being threatened are two clearly different sentiments, but are lumped together with either a yes or no answer in one section. Light fondling and forced intercourse are again lumped together in a question, inflating the percentages of violence against women, rather than being placed in a separate category of, let’s say, unwanted touching. There are even charges that StatsCan double-counted women who had been victimized in successive relationships. So for S 1.9 million, what we got was a blotched report, propagated by some feminist agenda, backed 100 percent by the Canadiangovernment. What we didn’t get was the underlying mission ofwhy we gather this information: to find out where the problems are, how serious they are, and how recent, and essentially to act on the results with expediency. Like I said before, StatsCan is above reproach. It’s rated as the world’s top government fact-gathering agency, so when they speak, people listen. I’m just saying to approach their statistics with caution. Ask yourself: is this just more government propaganda, or should I be taking this seriously? Wait ‘till the report comes out about smoking, and see how quickly the government acts at increasing cigarette prices, based on their own “reliable” information.

IMPRINT, Friday, November 24, 1995 validity of the cigarette-lung cancer theory”(Northrup, 1957). This lack of correlation between human and animal data delayed health warnings for years; subsequently, thousands of people died of cancer. And, finally, Ungrin asks: “Would you volunteer [to be a subject in an experiment]?” I have personally participated in over 20 clinical and experimental studies, some of which involving invasive procedures. I have done so because I have seen beyond the threadbare litany ofbiomedical researchers and have made the objective decision to further the real goals of science by supporting those studies which will truly benefit our species. - Truy Seidle 2nd year, Health Studies WPlRC volunteer

Animal research To the Editor, The humaneness of people is mostly a myth, maybe along with consciousness, and it might be the only t,hing separating us from the “underdeveloped species.” As long as we have air to breathe, as our food and drinking sources are clean, or our stocks of edibles and essential resources aren’t depleted, there is little to be done about animals for human benefit. They arc easy and supposedly effective tools in technological improvement, that means medicine, warfare and just pure scientific curiosity. So we need logical, or even better, financial arguments to oppose the use of animals as unconsenting machines. A cost benefit assessment would be exemplarily effective. -A& A. Caldeiru 4th year Koch emistry

There is a gread Russian word that describes you Ken, it’s “dyrock” which means an idiotic imbecile. My personal findings are that the Russian population as a whole has more intelligence than you give them credit for. You have reduced the Russian mentality to the insanity of Nazi Germany and this is where I take offence. Not being politically correct, your Bible-thumping rhetoric is hilarious. Zhirinovsky as an outright atheist wouldn’t know Christ, let alone the anti-Christ if he tripped over him. However Ken, Mr. Zhirinovsky would be flattered to know that he has taken the role of the anti-Christ in the Bible and hopetilly he can live up to his calling. Ken, if you were to read deeply into the book of Ezekiel, the real “Cog” can be found south of the border, namely Dole alnd Gingrich hiding behind the alias “Republicans.‘* Ken, say your prayers, they’re coming soon. If, in the most remote circumstance, Zhirinovsky became president, he wouldn’t be as lucky as Hitler in avoiding an assassination attempt, for he would be dead in the first day of office. Ken, I’ll presume you wouldn’t have been stupid enough to write about a country you’ve never been to. You have labelled Russia as a country of chaos, disillusionment and despair; I however submit to you a country with warm loving people who extend unbelievable hospitality. Zhirinovsky is only a danger in your minuscule mind. The world would never allow another Hitler to come to power, especially the majority of intelligent Russians. - Trcvur

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Re. John Galt on unions To the Editor,

Bullshit Baffles Brains Tu the Editor, This is in response to Ken V. Barrett’s glorifying analogy of Vladimir Wolfovisch Zhirinosky. As a Russian-Political Science major who has both studied and lived in the former Soviet Union for an extensive period of time, 1have not only met this renowned individual, but have associated with the Russian populace in a non-partisan atmosphere. Mr. Barrett’s unfounded opinions are not only factually incorrect, but ridiculous. Zhirinovsky not only as a documented Jew is anti-Semitic, but anti! !! ! As a selfrighteous fascist, Zhirinovsky has gained the demented support of a disenchanted few who have been misled by his ntitionalistic rhetoric and his cheap line of manufactured vodka (which by the way tastes like shit), not to mention his outrageous antics. An individual who assaulted a priest and a woman in parliament is destined to become the leader of the largest country in the world?

Although 1 am used to James Russell ’ s neo-c onservat ive dogma, and normally let it pass without response, I feel I must take exception fo his characterization of unions in his “Who is John Gait?” column of November 17, 1995. Russell states that “[ulnions exist for one reason: to seek increased benefi.ts/wages/perqs for their members.” This is a patently false statement. Unions do far more than simply bargain for increased wages. They also fight for improved working conditions, protect against arbitrary dismissal of employees, and provide a formal channel for the airing of grievances. They also provide an important forum for communicating employee concerns to the employer. These functions contribute to a reduction in tumover of employees, as satisfied workers generally do not quit their jobs. As a result, productivity increases because the company has more experienced workers, and does not constantly have to retrain. Russell goes on to repeat the tired argument that unions keep demanding higher wages and benefits, until they finally drive a company out of business. This too is Continued

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fake. Does he really believe that unions want their members to lose their jobs? Unions have a vested interest in keeping companies open and profitable, because they want to make sure their members have continued employment, Most unions have been making significant concessions to management in recent years because they realize that we are in difGcult economic times. Many more companies have been run into the ground by poor managcrnent than by greedy unions. Russell argues that Bill 40’s provisions outlawing replacement workers removed all options from employers, while employees are left with numerous options. First of all, he seems to have failed to study Bill 40, and thus assumes that under that law, employers will be forced to shut down in the event ofa strike. In reality, the law only applied to

I got some criticism the last time I tried this rapid-fire approach. Regardless, here is a look at a bunch of people of power, or lack thereof, as the case may be... Item: “Some campaigning groups say we should intervene in the political process in Nigeria. But even if we could, we must never do so. Politics is the business of governments and poiiticians. The world where companies use their economic influence to prop up or bring down governments would be a frightening and bleak one indeed.” ---From an announcement made by Shell in the November 21 edition of The Globe and Mail l guess our worId is worse than I ever imagined. This is a little too much. It’s a shame too, because the rest of the full-page announcement was well-reasoned and made quite a lot of sense. Before someone accuses me of spewing socialist dogma, let me just say that businesses influencing politics can be both good and bad. I’m not going to Iambast Shell for sitting on its hands. Behind closed doors, Shell is probablyplaying as much hardball as is possible with a military regime. More importantly, Shell’s pulling out of Nigeria or public threats to do so would probably do more harm than good, for a variety of reasons which I won’t get into here. However, Shell’s statement still reeks a little of hypocrisy. Lobby groups for all sorts of business interests abound, and Bombardier and others were certainly vocal enough during the Quebec referendum campaign. Even if they do not always “intervene” to “prop up or bring down governments,” businesses exercise considerable influence on the political process. Oil companies are not exactly small change in this respect either, It is statements like these that make you wonder how dumb they really think the public is. Item: In the October 6 edition of Imprint I wrote in this space that politicians should be paid more. It seems that the Harris government has similar ideas in mind. The Globe and MuiE reported this week on a

24,1995 strikes approved by more than sixty percent of a bargaining unit. Furthermore, the law did not outlaw the use of management to replace the striking workers, nor did it outlaw the shifting of production to other facilities. Thus, employers were left with opportunities to keep operating. As for the workers, in a time of double-digit unemployment, what is the likelihood that they will be able to find other employment, especially with the knowledge that they could be going back to their old jobs at any time’? Workers take a serious financial hit when they go out on strike, which is why strikes are always a last resort, after collective bargaining has completely broken down. This is why the use of replacement workers is so strongly opposed by unions. If a strike does not have the potential of at least disrupting a company operation, then

report written by “an independent committee ofcompensation experts appointed by the government,” recommending that the Premier’s salary increase to $200,000, cabinet ministers’ salaries increase to $140,000 and MPPs’ salaries increase to $90,000. I would be interested to know how the committee was selected, and their reasons for arriving at the figures they did. Now that it is approaching reality, I am far more hesitant in endorsing this idea than I was when I wrote the original article, especially since the Progressive Conservatives are the ones promoting it. But ifthis committee was truly independent, I will not curse the government if and when they try to implement the recommendations. I already have enough reason to curse them. At the very least, it will be interesting to see the public reaction. If it does go through, it would be even more interesting to see a party promise during the next election campaign that they would decrease their salaries as soon as they get elected. Now that would be a promise they would have to keep! Item: Britain is still reeling at the candour displayed by Princess Diana in her BBC interview. The event has received a surprising amount of media attention here surprising in the sense that I’m still puzzled as to why people care, especially when she did not say much that had not been said before. Sure, her confirmation of various allegations clears a few things up, and her husband has the potential to become Canada’s head of state someday (not that this means a helluva lot in practice), but with divorce rates 40% or higher in most Western countries, her problems are not unique. The only interesting aspect of the whole matter is how the rest of the Royal Family is trying to limit the damage done to what is left of its reputation. I guess the media coverage is for the people who still think that it’s credible. So what do Shell, Ontario politicians and Princess Diana have in common? Well, nothing really. They just piss me off.

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it loses its effectiveness. Whencompanies can keep on operating as if nothing is happening, there is no incentive to settle the strike. Workers become unwilling to take the risk, and the union is denied the ultimate bargaining chip. The result is downward pressure on wages and benefits, which carries over into non-union sectors as well. Finally, Mr. Russell contends that companies should be allowed to fire striking workers and hire permanent replacements. This is of course one of the most effective union-busting techniques, and it has been perfected in the United States. (Remember Reagan and the airtraffic controllers?) Fire all the striking workers, then hire replacements. The non-union replacements then hold a decertification vote, and the union is gone. At a time when government is reducing its size, organized labour is needed more than ever to provide a counter-balance to corporate power. The Harris government, however, is passing legislation which will gut union power and lead to the de-organization of Ontario. (Bill 7 goes far beyond just a repeal of Bill 40-it also changes certification procedures which have been in place for forty years and strips successor rights from public servants). As a result, all workers

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watchdogs Re: “Christian watchdogs” (Imrsrint. November 17): I’d like io respond specifically to Stefan Mrozewski’s letter of November 17th, in defense of my letter of the previous week. You’ve not quite misquoted me, but you’ve left out an important part of what I said (“what givesImprint the right...“). I was not suggesting that Imprint yank the cartoon because I was offended. My point was, “If you (Imprint) want to play the censorship game with us, what gives you the right to publish that crap?” That makes a big difference. I know that if I started writing letters offending certain groups

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which I won’t name (fill in the blank), it would never get printed because of Imprint’s nice politically correct notice at the top of the opinion page. Then Imprint turns around and publishes something that anyone knows would offend a large group of people. So I’m not as sore about being offended as you might think. It’s Imprint’s double standard which is in question.

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14 Continued from page 13 perience at minimum a 20% cut in tiding. This is absolutely ridiculous when Harris’ reasons for these gross cuts is to cut taxes for the rich. Harris promised a cut of 30% during his campaign. The only way for him to do this and still keep some control over the deficit will be to cut spending drastically. So what is more important to you, a tax cut of 30% or a huge cut in your education system? The axe will fall on the 29th of this month when the Harris government will release their economic statement. This axe will cut deeply into the fabric of the University society, as the University will have to change their spending drastically. Over 80% of the operating budget for U of W is salaries of its staff. How can the government expect to cut this? Will the staff of the University have to share this burden equally or will the pain be concentrated? How will the University deal with this cut,

and how will this affect the students? Will the goals of the educational system, such as accessibility and quality of teaching, be jeopardized? 1 don’t know how the Premier can sleep at night knowing how he is compromising the entire Post-Secondary Education system. if the system is not successful, then we must do whatever it takes to fix it. If the reason that the system is not working is the lack of funds, then funds must be found, or not cut in the first place. -Mark

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sities. While some of this deficiency will possibly be filled from our pockets in the form of tuition increases, this will not be enough to make up the difference. Leaving the merits of tuition hikes out of the discussion for the moment, the question then is what will this d& to post-secondary education? Listening to the people that manage the university’s books, the impression is that they are already underfunded (although I have never heard of a funded organization that has claimed anything else). At the same time other people argue that inefficiencies and needless duplication abound in the university system (a pretty safe statement to make, since this is the nature of any sizable organization.) However, the point is moot, as most attempts to rationalize would probably require short-term expenditures before the benefits may be reaped, and the cuts are looming NOW. It follows that the cuts will, at least in the short-term, cut directly into the heart of the universities. Furthermore, since universities are funded on a per student basis, you can be sure that the cuts will affect the quality more than the quantity of teaching. So it seems that the universities have two choices: suffer the pain of a thousand cuts, or lop off an arm. Neither is very appealing. The former would entail spreading the cuts more or less evenly across all departments - making everyone

somewhat miserable. The latter sees entire department(s) being eliminated - making a few people very miserable. ’ In terms of execution, the second option may be too much for the nerves of the university heads to bear (ironically, Mike Harris himself was faced with a similar dilemma when he got into office.) However, if the cuts do come, it makes more sense for the university as a whole to go with summary ampubtion -just pray that it’s not your department that comes into the cleaver’s path -Peter Loans

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I, however, have just begun to deal with this situation and its implications. First, I had to get over my anger. Then, I had to get over my relief that a fellow Jew was responsible for Rabin’s assassination. So, here I am. People Maguzine provided an eloquent discussion ofthe ‘real’ Rabin. He was aquiet, intelligent man, and he had a subtle sense of humour. He smoked four packs of cigarettes a day. The real Rabin revealed at last. But, really, I know nothing about this intensely private man. All I really know is how hard he worked. I know his dream. He was the man, almost single-handedly, responsible for seriously initiating the peace process in the Middle East. Under his guidance, the firstand second Oslo agreements were signed with the Palestinians. The recent signing of the second agreement accorded to the right of self-government of the West Bank to the Palestinians. The significance of this event is perhaps heightened by the fact that as military commander in the 1967 War, Rabin was responsible for making the West Bank part of the Israeli occupied territories.

And now, he is {dead. He was assassinated by a Jewish fundamental law student, living in Hebron. Hebron is the only Jewish area in the West Bank region. He was objecting to his land being given to the Palestinians. After all, this land is Jewish land. I’m not sure how 1 feel about this. I agree that the land currently labelled Israel is Jewish land. Historically, it has been the home of G-d’s chosen people, the Israelis and then the Jews. Until 1948, th.is land had not been under Jewish rule. The Jewish army won the war of 1948, a war of independence of sorts, and took over the government of what bccame Israel. israel has managed to maintain this land, despite the fact that it has always been surrounded by its enemies. Perhaps, this is because of luck, and perhaps this is because of political will. But, it took over the land using force, and it has kept it using force. This, I can say because I don’t live there, I don’t agree with. But, 1 agree with it enough to know that I want Israel to forever remain in the hands of the Jews. I agree with, it enough to hope that Rabin’s dream will not be lost. I agree with it enough that I hope even more that someday, his dream will be realized. This, more than anything else, and certainly more than a two-page spread in People, is the only honour that could possibly do Rabin justice.

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The NDP’s controversial Employment Equity legislation has been repealed by the Harris government. Regular readers will probably be able to guess what I’m going to say about this, and if you guessed “good,” you’d be right. Employment Equity is a nice ideal but, as legislation, is inherently flawed, for several reasons. 1) It attempts to fight racism with racist means. It makes race, colour, etc. the key elements in the decision whether or not to hire or promote a person. This is directly contradictory to the intent of such legislation, which is ultimately to turn these issues into non-issues. 2) It assumes that an employer will be racist or otherwise prejudiced. If an employer is assumed to be fair in their hiring, there would be no need for such legislation. This assumption is very bad. First of all, in Canadian law, one is innocent until proven guilty. This law works the other way round, assuming that employers will, if not compelled by law and the associated penalties, be discriminatory in their hiring practices. Secondly, an employer should be able to hire whomever they want. To discriminate really just means to choose, and if a person owns a company, they should be able to choose who to hire and who to fire. Yes, I am defending people’s right to be racist, sexist, etc. If I want to hire exclusively straight white males for my company, that should be my choice, just as it should be if I want to exclusively hire disabled aboriginal women. Any intelligent employer will not discriminate on these bases though,even ifthey have the choice. They will hire on merit alone. Going by any other criteria would be bad for business. 3) It cannot help but be discriminatory, by choosing to promote some groups and not others. In Ontario, the legislation was targeted at women, people with disabilities, racial minorities, and abo-

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riginal peoples. So, a company that employs mostly men would have to hire women at the first available opportunity, but a company that employs mostly women would not have the same obligation. 4) The only criteria by which a company would be judged would be numberical. This presents a few problems. A) Numbers may not reflect whether a company’s hiring is biased. For example, it is possible that many engineering firms in the past employed mostly males. Is this due to sexism by the hirers for that company, or might it reflect a lack of women applicants for whatever reason? In the past, engineering classes at universities were mostly male, presumably resulting in mostly male graduates, presumably resulting in mostly male applicants for engineering positions. In short, it is not the company’s fault, but the government would blame them anyway, putting the company in the position of feeling compelled to fire males to create openings that it can fill with females. 5) It would be difficult (if not impossible) to correctly discover the percentage of different groups in the workplace. With the NDP legislation, it was mandatory for employers to distribute, collect and return surveys with this information on it, but it was not mandatory for people to fill them out. or fill them out correctly. In some cases, this resulted in more women returning completed surveys than men, leading the government statisticians no choice but to conclude that these companies had a much higher percentage of women in their employ than was actually the case. The law actually provided an incentive for this. If the government is going to force a company to change the make-up of its employees if it doesn’t meet with the standards the government has set out, there is an incentive for the employees of that company to lie so that the government will leave them alone.

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The storm has ended, only rumbles remain, And fair Melissa shines her light again; With pride she cometh, all eyes saw her fall, Yet upright she stands, to the wonder of all. A thousand times pierced by rapier wits, Through the ears, or brows, or some other bits. Will wonders e’er cease?Must thy be so crude? “‘Tis fine,” says she, “For I am no prude!” Steady she stands, with uneven ground b’neath, Still

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Any surplus would belong to C-CHEC, to be utilized for CCHEC’s non-profit purposes or for distribution to a charity approved by C-CHEC as C-CHEC thought advisable. Professor Kumar did recommend to C-CHEC that the surplus be distributed to the HFSP ‘94 participants, but that recommendation was not accepted. As a comparison, HFSP ‘94 cost was considerably less than other similar programmes organized by universities in Canada or the United States. 6. Professor Kumar was required under the Agreement to submit an official report to C-CHEC. This was done and found to be satisfactory. 7. On 27 September 1994, CCHEC wrote to all participants in the HFSP ‘94 inviting them to bring to C-CHEC’s attention any con-

cems they had about the functioning of the Programme. Their attention was specificaIly drawn to the undertakings and obligations in the Waiver of Liability signed by each and every one of them. With the exception of one participant none responded to C-CHEC’s invitation; one letter was returned by the post office with the notation that the addressee has moved. That participant wrote a reply to C-CHEC four months after the letter was sent by C-CHEC. The writer offered tomeet with the participant in the city where he lived to discuss the matter, but the offer was not accepted. 8. With respect to Mr. Drewe’s allegation that Professor Kumar bought expensive paintings and other gifts, the writer confirms that none of the costs were charged to HFSP ‘94. It follows that the money was spent by Professor Kumar out of his own personal funds. In closing,

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Peacebuilding in Sudan: role of women udan, Africa’s largest country in area, is a land of tremendous historical significance and present-day potential. It is home to more than 500 cultural and linguistic groups, each with a unique and valuable perspective on human history and experience. It offers several faith traditions (Christianity, Islam, and traditional Af?ican religions) and, in material terms, is endowed with oil and mineral deposits as well as the life-sustaining power of the legendary Nile river system. Yet, for thirty of Sudan’s forty years as an independent state, civil war has raged in the South. The latest round is more than twelve years old. It has killed more than 1.3 million people, the majority civilians, and has displaced hundreds of thousands more. The main cause of this suffering is the internal conflict between the Islamic fundamentaiist government in the north (whose human rights abuses have been well-documented), and the

rebel forces in the south. Unfortunately the two main southern forces, the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and the South Sudan Independence Movement (SSIM), formerly the United faction of the SPLA, have been until recently as much at war with each other as with the government. Again it is civilians, particularly in the south, that have been most harmed by the fighting regardless of the combatants’ identity. There will be a presentation at the University of Waterloo to raise awareness of this tragic human situation. The Inter-Church Coalition .,on Africa and the Horn of Africa Policy Group - Canada are sponsoring a tour by two Sudanese women: Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim is a human rights worker from northern Sudan who is currently living in exile in London (UK). Ms. Ibrahim is currently the president of the banned Sudanese Women’s Union on whose behalf she received the

United Nations Award for Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Human Rights in 1993. Anisia IL Achieng Olworo lives in southern Sudan where she is currently the Coordinator of the Sudan Women’s Voice for Peace and works with the New Sudan Council of Churches. By speaking together about the current situation in Sudan, these women demonstrate the cooperation that is possible among Sudanese fi-om the north and south. They also represent the constructive role that women can play in resolving conflicts and building peace in Sudan specifically and Africa generally. Place: Conrad Grebel Cafeteria (Blue Room) Date: Wednesday, November 29 Time: 12:15 - 1:30 p.m. -Grarrt Birks, Project Pioughshares, Institlvteof Peace and Cunflict Studies, Conrad Grebel College

BacchusRedRibbon Campaign lcohol misuse is a serious problem on university campuses today. It causes problems at school and at home, and is the cause of automobile accidents. UW BACCHUS is doing something about it. BACCHUS is a student organization concerned with preventing alcohol abuse problems BEFORE they start. On November 27 to December

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The Montreal Massacre: 14 Not Forgotten n December 6th 1989, Marc Lepine killed 14 female engineering students at L’Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal. Every year we struggle to remember this tragic event in an appropriate manner. In the past, on every December 6th the university has held a 14 Not Forgotten Ceremony in memory of the victims, in which the Engineering Society has played an integral role. This is a very important issue for all of society that must be remembered and mourned. By request, last year at a major engineering conference, Ecole Polytechniqueprovided guidanct: on an appropriate method to remember this day. This conference was atlended by more than 240 students representing almost all engineering schools across Canada. University of Waterloo’s Engineering Society “B” would like to share this letter with you:

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sensibilisation to violence phenomenon which concerns each und everyone of us. Depending on the mome~, we cue sometimes the promoters and sometimes the victims. This day, which bus been marked with a violence paroqJsm, becomes a symbol just like November 11th bec~~mc Remembrance duy.

The L)uchrc representant at CFESinformed us thut the Western Universities wished for a unt$ed uction qf u/i Canadian Universities. This action would he wear u button on which ‘Ifiturteen not forgotten ” is written. Even though the Polytechnigue Association B position on the subject bus already been decided last year, we thought it was apprupriate to discuss it-further more. We think that a single and sume action throughout Canada would be an EXCELLENT move against violence. Fur a few years now, (if not from the beginning), we have commemorated this da)) with silence and a white ribbon. This ribbon, symholicjbr thuse who wear it and anonymous

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violenLoe, we vev? qfien react wp seldom stop to wonder und think about our OHTI actions. Thus, M’Y prefer to dedicate> this dq to personal rufleetiun, from which positilfe nctions general/y come out, instead of acting luudl~~ f;7r peuce, The more individual the symbol, the more people upill think, und the more this dn): will have a meaning jtir those \lsho M’ear the ribbon. We accpept ~~olrr choice qfthe button, even though we don ‘t agree? because it i,vqrotdr choice andq’mr way oj’commemorating the day. Some people think it has a better efltict ifpeupie can idenllfi thesymbol. In this light, the button isfar more expressive than a ribbon. But a button is u public mark which shows that a person is concerned. The grief that charucterized this day -for some people that are cluse to us call for a deeper and more respecgLl attitude. Some people have objected that the white ribbon means nothing in many universities. It has already been jive years and most of the students from then have already graduated. On the one hand, we want the students to take a

jtir orhers, is a sympathy mark towards those ~pho are directly concerned, as well as a cumpassion and griefsign. The ribbon is mainly a

A current I read Ian MacDonald’s statement in The Gtueftte on behalf of the Faculty Association regarding the Kumar case (or, as they refer to it, “a current highly-publicizedcase”), and I shook my head. I reread the statement, and I shook my head again. They preface their statement with a motion recently passed, which reads in part that, “Those found guilty ofsuch offcnscs must receive penalties that adequately reflect the seriousness of the offence. In some cases, an adequate penalty must mean dismissal from the University.” No problems there. They do not comment on the merits of President Downey’s decision to impose a fine. They intentionally disqualify themselves from playing a role, by saying that they “do not act as either judge or jury and therefore we do not hear the testimony of the parties... ,” No problems there. At no time do they challenge the legitimacy of President Downey’s decision. The problem emerges later. MacDonald writes that, “President Downey’s action in making a public report in the current case... probably is a violation of due process, and his action probably constitutes additional discipline imposed on the individual involved.” If President Downey’s statement was a

sibility to explain how this duy should be a nonviolent symbol. It is why we rtlill do some very simple sensibilisation actions. The members of the A EP executive will go arourzd in all the school student committees and explain to them what it is and what it means. We will also write a short article in the school paper to make sure that we have reached eveTune. We also wish to muke the ribbon distribution vev simple, so it trliil he very easyjbr e vefyone to get one. Still, we wunt the student to make an ej/tirt to join and tipill have to cume andget the ribbon. WC want those rrrho wear it to huvc thought ubout it.

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stand and to choose to wear the ribbon; we want them to come and get the ribbun, when theyfeel like wearing it. But on the other hand, it is true that many students, especially the new ones, don ‘t know what it means, and it is our respon-

highly violation of due process - and it would seem that’s a bit of a stretch - then MacDonald is totally in line with that statement, so let’s not even talk about it anymore. No problems there. Here’s the part that’s the problem: “...his action probably constitutes additional discipline imposed on the individual involved.” Maybe I’m slow, but “So what?” President Downey found, following to the letter the policies of this University, that Professor Sehdev Kumar was guilty of sexually assaulting a female student of this University. That is as close as we are going to get to a court of law, since the assaults occurred outside the country. So &less we know something Downey doesn’t (for example, that groping a woman is sexual assault, not sexual harassment), we must, by the Faculty Association’s standard, accept that Professor Kumar is guilty. Downey is the only one who

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he more uctive or visible, we recommend that it sta+vs sober. No big signs, no loud speeches, no screams and e.~pecial!y, no press cu$ererlcc. If medias show up. just make them understand [hat it is a personal reflection action. The AssoL biatiun wish for eveq~ corn m emoration to be nzude in this spirit, and Mlhutevrr is the activity, it should not be used,for u special group (ex. fern in ist) propuganda. It is a sud day jk- our society, and not on/yjtir women, and not also notefor non-tmditionalpro@.sion women only. The sorrow is everyone ‘s, the event has

touched all of us; we should let evevbo+ fcei concerned abozt t it. Thus, the Association feels thut uny m,-rnijhstution must cull for personal @ection. The white ribbon seems to be the best symbol uf this j&ling and we hupe that you will follow US in that direction... -Curoline Sauriol VP external for

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The content of this letter was discussed at a recent Eng Sot Council meeting. In light of this letter, the students feel it would be more appropriate to commemorate this day with a simple candle lighting ceremony and a 14 Not Forgotten button campaign.

publicized has heard all of the witnesses and evidence from both sides. Now let’s just summarize here. A Professor (a job which vests a certain amount of authority in the individual holding it) sexually harasses a student under his charge. The University investigates, finds the Professor undoubtedly guilty, and only fines him six months’ pay. A measly six months pay? The Faculty Association is worried that Professor Kumar’s rights may have been violated because President Downey made a public, if sanitized, statement regarding

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A Professor is found guilty of sexual harassment by the closest thing to a court available, and the Faculty Association is worried that additionat punishment, in the form of an explanation, occurred. President Downey didn’t require Pro-

Violence against women is a serious issue that must be addressed with a unified front. The students in the Engineering Society recognize this problem but feel that this day should be for personal reflection of the loss of these fourteen lives, and not to advance any other issues. Based on the way the Federation of Students are planning on presenting this ceremony, we, the Engineering Society, feel that it goes against the spirit of December 6th and the wishes of those closest to the victims. The Engineering Society supports the intent of the ceremony, but does not feel that this day is the appropriate time to bring forward these issues. We hope that everyone can understand our decision on this matter. Please consider the message from this letter. If you have any questions or concerns, Nicole Abcarius, the VP External from Engineering Society B will address them. She can be contacted at the Engineering Society OffIce, CPI-I 1327, ext. 2323.

case fessor Kumar to undergo any treatment. He didn’t fire him. He fined him. If a public statement had not been made, students being taught by Professor Kurnar would have no idea what had occurred. I guess the Faculty Association doesn’t subscribe to the belief that students have a right to know when their classroom is no longer safe. I guess they’ve forgotten who the victim was in this case. The sad thing about this is that the attitude presented by the Faculty Association is not atypical. Once the complaint was made, the victims were an afterthought to the University. My advice: If you’re being sexually harassed by a Prof, don’t report it, unless you want to go through more than a year of torture at the beck and call of the University, sacrifice your courses and your health, watch your assailant get off with a fine and continue to thrive in an environment where he has power over others, and then, to top it all off, hear organized interest groups complain that your assailant’s rights were violated because the public became aware of his offenses.

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t seems that with every month that goes by, I hear of another friend, or friend ofanother friend, heading out west. All over Ontario, a mass exodus seems to be occurring as young people (I define young as being between the agesof I925) leave Mike Harris’ political reforms for the sunnier (yet often cloudy) skies of British Columbia. On paper, it sounds I ike a great idea to head west. Escape the cold winters, increase your chances of finding a job, (bearing in mind that half of Canada is also in B.C. looking for jobs), buy into an economy that is prospering like no other in the country, and enjoy the wealth of activities that can be done all year round, such as mountain biking, skiing, or mountain climbing. If it sounds too good to be true, it is. There are drawbacks to be considered before packing up your VW van, which can make the experienceofbeing in B.C. a little less picture perfect than the postcards you’ll send home. What I am trying to say is best summed up by a friend of mine, who recently moved to the ski haven of Whistler. He said, “I got picked up at the airport in Vancouver, and the drive slowly got better as I left the city.” His sentiment was identical to the one I expressed last year, except that for me, things only got better as the airplane got further away from the city after spending I 1 months there. In other words, Vancouver sucked. I left Ottawa for Vancouver exactly two years ago this January. I left for what I felt was a beautiful city -at least that’s what it looked like in travel brochures. What they don’t show you or telt you in travel brochures is that Vancouver has a pressing problem with drug addicts and crazies, people that can make walking down the streets unaccosted a major accomplishment, as my girlfriend (next story) will testify. The crazies can be a problem, but perhaps not as much as the addicts, If you like drugs, and I mean all types of drugs, then you won’t be disappointed because there’s nothing quite like walking downtown on a Saturday night and having every second person asking if you want “skunk” weed, heroin, or just plain old dope. This brings me to my next point, and that’s what to do with your Saturday nights. There are only pubs, which is great because the beer’s cheap, yet not so great because the reason the beer’s so cheap is because the bulk of the clientele are homeless. Don’t get me wrong, I sympathize with the homeless, but you soon get fed up with having to carry on conversations with incoherent people whom you inevitably end up buying beer for, in exchange for their incoherent stories. .

This is assuming you have money to pay for beer. Rent in Vancouver is exceptionally high. My girlfriend and I lived in North Vancouver, which is a ten minute sea bus ride (a sea bus being a water vehicle which ferries people from the mainland) from the city. It’s generally a nice area, though if you can only afford to pay about 5600 rent for a one bedroom apartment, you will live inits seedier districts. Thanks to our location, we were able to enjoy: 1) an apartment building that had a consistent temperature of about 22 degrees Celsius, 2) the constant noise of motorcycles due to the Alcoholics Anonymous for bikers club that was one street down, 3) a friendly neighbourhood cinema where we got to witness a stabbing. If you can afford the high rents, then what will probably do you in is the transportation system. Though it’s very efficient, it is also very expensive and at times somewhat hazardous. Riding the sky train (above ground .

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is far from in Canada, which I Vancouver post card scenes people question, considbelieve in. ering that two streets over, there exists an alley that has been christened “blood alley”) reminded me of watching reruns of Hill Street Blues. In a span of fifteen minutes, 1 once counted four ambulances attending to four different crises. But it’s not all doom and gloom. If you do have the money (I suggest you go out there with quite a bit), it can be fun. The scenery is breathtaking, and you can enjoy a host of activities such as biking all year round, which you are unable to do here. If you do decide to 60 to Vancouver, however, go with a lot of friends, so you can share rents and find better places to live (a nice place to live is an area called Kitsilano). But if you feel like doing yourself a favour, travel beyond the city and into the mountains. In the words of a homeless man I once talked to in a bar, “Get the hell out of the city and go up North, that’s where you should be.”

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ram the moment I stepped onto the plane to join my boyfriend in Vancouver, I knew it was wrong. Call it woman’s intuition or call it fear... it was probably a mixture of both. However, as I approached the perpetually grey skies of Vancouver, the knot in my stomach grew increasingly tight, seeming to engulf every breath I took. I had arrived in the “Promised Land,” the land where friendly faces greet you at every turn, where you wake up to the fresh, clean air and where majestic mountains can be seen from virtually everywhere... everywhere, that is, except from the armpit of the city, which happened to be where my new “home” would be located. The truly romantic dream of living with my boyfriend for the first time in a new and exciting city was shattered from the moment I Iaid eyes

even that cduld be risky at times. I realized that being a man did not necessarily mean either of us would be immune to the shady characters who seemed to have a penchant for harassing young and defenceless looking people (both my boyfriend and I are “blessed” with incredibly innocent looking faces, which proved not to be an advantage in this city). After the numerous times we were forced to run home from the sky train (because some weirdo had decided we were the same people in the photograph he was holding, and would follow us home) we decided that it would be in our best interests to move. Our new apartment was now located in North Vancouver, a seemingly much safer environment. Happy with our new home, we settled in nicely, and were lucky enough to live far away from the slums of the inner city - or so we mistakenly thought. We were quick to find out that the

mysterious “Alamo Club” down the street was an AA club for recovering bikers. This brought on my long bout of insomnia, as many bikers seemed to take joy out of racing around our “quiet” little streets after the club closed down at three in the morning. As though that wasn’t bad enough, my boyfriend would be sleeping like a baby, while I howled and wailed because I hadn’t had a decent night’s sleep in a week, aand had to work the next day. Poor me. When we learned that we had picked the worst street in North Vancouver to live (we were often greeted by an ominous hush when we mentioned our address), our senses were piqued. For instance, I noticed that a strange man in our building had a fondness for leering at young women (meaning me) out his window (god only knows what he was doing on the other side of the window). Then there was the time I unwittingly struck up a conversation about Chinese New Year’s with a member of Hell’s Angels (my boyfriend had later pointed this out to me, as 1 had failed to notice the infamous emblem on his jacket). But aside from the odd stabbing and the brutal murder of a woman who lived up the street (her body parts were found scattered all over the city), living in North Van was not that bad (hey, we had a view of the peaks of the mountains if we strained our eyes hard enough). Unfortunately for us, though, we were unable to cocoon ourselves from the evils of the mainland which threatened our sanity almost daily. People seemed to have this thing for asking me for gum (what the hell??!) and one guy had this notion that I was a sixteen year old runaway that he was sent to save, and proceeded to chase me through Union Station. While my boyfriend was trying to fend him off, I ran to the safety of the nearest Starbucks Coffee House, pretending to be fascinated with the plethora of exotic coffees they had listed on their menu. While my boyfriend and I encountered many “different” people throughout our time in Vancouver, I have to wonder if we were the exception. Though it seems that we are trashing the city, you have to remember we are speaking only from our experiences. I know plenty of people who live out there and love it. And with good reason - there are beautiful parts of the city, and as long as you have friends who can telI you where to live and what parts to avoid, you’ll probably wind up living in a great place and having a great time. So don’t base everything you think about Vancouver on our experiences, but do heed these warning: 1) don’t live around Hastings St., 2) find out from various housing facilities what places are safest to hve, 3) don’t give gum to strangers, and 4) check the backs of biker jackets before you strike up a conversation about, say...Chinese New Year’s!

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here’s no better way to begin a winning streak than a clash with the Kingston Connection. That was the Warriors’ attitude this weekend when the Queen’s Golden Gaels and the Royal Military College Redmen decided to pay a visit to the Columbia Ice Fields Saturday and Sunday aftetnoon. The Warriors were rude hosts, pummelling the Golden Gaels 1 l-5 and squashing the Military College like a bunch of tanks rolling over protestors, 7-3. It was indeed a coming-out party for the Warrior offensive unit, which has struggled of late in finding the Red-Light District, with only seven goals in their last three games. This time, however, the Warriors wrapped up the two contests by the middle of the second period, allowing them a chance to display their new-found offensive prowess for the fans, Queen’s, which lost to Laurier Friday night 4-3, had to come through with a good effort to salvage their weekend. Unbelievably, the 5-5 Golden Gaels were tied with Guelph for first in the Mid East division (Weak division). Unfortunately for them, Waterloo felt an obligation to really kick their ass mercilessly. The Warriors scored a Pittsburgh Penguin-like five goals on the power-play during the contest, including their first three of the game with the manpower advantage. Jeff Goldie opened the scoring, and was followed by a Matt St. Cermaine snapper, finishing off the first frame deadlocked at two apiece. In the second, the Warriors took control with a five goal ejaculation. and a heavy sigh of relief from the man who spearheaded the outburst. Chris “Cosmo” Kraemer scored consecutive buscuits to build a 4-2 lead. Not only was Kraemer’s feat admirable, but also, long overdue. Despite a hard-working effort throughout the first six games,

Warriors by Peter Brown special to Imprint young team with some growing pains.That’s what the Warrior basketball team is continuing to resemble in the preseason, as they split a pair of games in Westminister, Pennsylvania last weekend. As they did in the Naismith Classic title game two weeks ago, Waterloo had another shooting dry spell in losing to the host team 8159. But they rebounded to top National Collegiate Athletic Association Division IIGlenville State from West Virginia 69-66. At 9 p.m. tonight at the PAC main gym, the team continues its exhibition odyssey versus the Southside Senior men’s team from

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number Seventeen experienced a point drought, acquiring not even-a measly assist up to this weekend. However, when it rains, it pours, and Kraemer was a monsoon Saturday and Sunday. He racked up six points and deservedly earned the vaunted “Athlete of the Week” award. Mike Chambers made it 5-2, Jeff Goldie blasted home his second of the game on a stylish, shorthanded effort, and Peter Brearley rounded out the period, making it 7-4, Warriors. Chambers scored again midway through the third, with John Wynne, Sheldon Gilchrist (eight seconds later), and Sean Oliver the remaining merry marksmen in the penalty-filled affair, whit h saw referee Bob Beatty call 62 minutes in penalties, (thirty to Waterloo). Queen’s goalie Martin Cecchetto fell victim to all eleven Warrior goals. Talk about long nights! Wynne and Mark “Call me Mo” Vaughan came through with a gretzky-trick (remember? Three assists). For Wynne, his point total should now put him amongst the OUAA scoring leaders. Teamwise, the eleven goal output is obviously

suffer London. The Athenas battle the Carleton Ravens at 7 p.m. Senior teams like Southside are usually no pattycake opponents, according to UW head coach Tom Kieswetter. “That team is made up of a lot of experienced veterans, and will be quite physical,” Kieswetter said. Southside features a few Ontario Universities Athletic Association and Canadian Interuniversi ty Athletic Union alumni, including former Western Mustang forward Ross Hurd, former Winnipeg Wesmen forward Chris Webber, and former Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawk guard Danny Deep. Versus Westminister, an NAIT small-college team, the Warriors trailed by just eight points, 42-34, at halftime, but fell into one of the shooting slumps that have marked

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the Warrior mark for the season so far. The game had added significance because the win was Warrior Coach Don McKee’s 150th career win. This feat is the envy of many CIAU coaches, and demonstrates the powerful hockey program McKee has presided over for more than a decade. On Sunday, the Warriors played the fired-up Royal Military College (RMCKMR). RMC can be termed “fired-up” because of their Saturday night drubbing of Laurier, 5 1. Predictably, the Redmen are in last place in the Mid East, but they do have three wins, a respectable total, and one more victory than Laurier does. The game with RMC gave Waterloo their first lookat R.J. Ellis, son of former Leaf great Ron Ellis. Pumped up by the prospect of playing an ex-Leafs son (HA!HA!), the Warriors staked out a 3-O lead after the first and never let the Redmen have a sniff of victory. Sean Oliver, a rookie defencemen fresh from junior hockey, got things going 1:21 into the game with a blast from the point. Chris Kraemer continued his fine weekend, hit-

growing some of their exhibition games so far, hitting only 4-of-22 from the field and being out-scored 39-25. “We played soft in the first half, but were still in the game. But in the second, we were anemic. There was a lid on the basket,” Kieswettersaid. ‘We got some good shots, but they just weren’t falling.” Sophomore point guard Mano Watsa led the team with 12 points, while fourth-year shooting guard Nick Poulimenos, named to the tournament’s all-star team, scored eight.Glenville State led the Warriors 37-32 at the half, but UW showedcomposure down the stretch to eke out a three-point victory. Second-year forward Mike Stroeder scored six straight points at the foul line in the final four

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ting paydirt to make it 2-0, and Steve Smith, playing with a flak jacket for bruised ribs, got into the fun with a beanty. In the second, Peter Brearley, the Kitchener lad who is the early season favourite for OUAA rookie of the year, scored on a beautiful tic-tat-toe goa.l from Jeff “Struck” Goldie and Captain John Wynne. (For the highlight film illiterate, a tic-tat-toe goa.l is a quick-passing goalie-eluder ‘between three skaters; if the shooter misses, then he has performed an embarassing “tictat”). In actuality, the Warriors did rack up a lot of tic-tats and goalposts. The score could have easily been 15-3. In the third, each team put up a three-spot, with the Warrior goals coming off the Sher-Woods of Matty St. Germaine, wily veteran defencemen Mark Cardiff, and Goldie. Brearley, Kraemer, and St. Germaine all le:d the Warriors with three points apiece. Joe Harris played opportunistically in net, stopping three red-line in breakaways. The Walrriors’ next action was last Wedne:sday against Laurier at the Waterloo Ret Complex.

pains minutes to turn a five-point UW deficit into a. one-point lead. Stroeder finished with 15. Fifth-year post player Mark Hopkins led the team in scoringwith 19. Watsa provided 12 points, and Poulimenos had 10, along with seven assists. Though tentative earlier this fall as he recovered from an injury, Poulimcnos is improving constantly and looks to be a major contributor to UW’s success again this year. Tonight’s unusual game times of 7 and 9 pm.

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a 16-team high school boy’s basketball tournament, the 12th Annual Court Heinbuch tournament, being played at the PAC today and tomorrow. Waterloo’s last exhibition action before exams comes next Saturday night, Dec. 2, at 6 p.m. at the PAC versus the Ryerson Rams.

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he Waterloo Warriors started the season off on a bad foot. They lost to Windsor in the opening game. In explaining this Loss, Martins makes reference to the long busride and the strange gym, Hut, he knows that these excuses are not good enough. Neither team played well, and the Warriors could have turned the game around at any number of places. Neither team really wanted to win. This would explain the team’s intense playing-attitude against Laurier. The Warriors beat the Laurier team in preseason play, and knew that they should be able to beat them easily again. The change, however, in the team’s playing had to come from their attitude, and not their ability. And, it worked. Going into Wednesday’s match against

McMaster, the team was ranked third in the Western Division, with two wins and one loss. Certainly it is importrtnt that the two teams leading the division, Windsor and Western, have played more games and thus had more opportunities to gain points. It is, however, dejecting to see them so low. After all, last ye3r, they led the division throughout the season. Thedifference is that last year’s loss to Windsor occurred at the end of the season. This year, it was the opening match. It is reassuring to see that Matt Reed is yet again on the list of leading scorers. Not everything has changed. Nevertheless, in true Warrior style, the team beat McMaster in three straight sets. Scores were 3s follows: 15-2, 15-9, and 15-9, It seemed evident in the first set that McMaster didn’t even stand a chance. The Warriors scored nine points before McMaster even got

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on the board. McMaster offered more competition during the second game. For some brief moments, the Warriors self-confidence got the better of them, and they gave up a few points. The third game offered the Warriors’ the most competition of the match, The mid-section of the game lasted a long time, with fans wishing that the team would just put the match away. The team obliged, but not after a series of serve trade-offs that allowed McMaster to pull ahead of the warriors for a few points. So, what is the moral’? The Warriors make up a solid team. Al Shroeder, a big part of the Warriors’ middle offense, is off until December with a knee injury. Although he’s a big part of the team, the Warriors are showing that they can play without him. The team is a talented one. Their practices focus on perfecting the necessary skills. During their games, they must focus on improving their concentration and mental focus. Once this is perfected, the Warriors may prove to be unbeatable. watched the game wanting to tell the Athena Volleyball team to just pick up the pace a little tiny bit. It seemed that the women reacted not quite as fast as they should have, not quite as fast as they could have. It’s so evident as you watch the team that the talent is there. They are strong players. They know how to play volleyball. They want to win badly enough. They just haven’t yet put it all together. Wednesday night, the Athenas lost in three straight sets to M&laster. The set scores were as follows: 15-9,154, and 15-9. And, they seemed extremely frustrated about it. Watching the game, it was not hard to see why. Too many times, the women tripped over each other, missed on their serves, and left open spaces. Head Coach Dena Deglau summed it up when she told the

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team in between games, “they’re jumping us.” The team members reminded each other that they had to call the ball. This seemed to be one of the possible solutions. Perhaps it’s a consequence of not having played enough as a team, but the Athenas didn’t seem to know where their team members would be. The other solution lies in maintaining their mental focus. Deglau assured the team that all they need to do was make some minor adjustments, and they would be able to pick up some more points. The growing frustration, however, seemed to prevent them from doing this. Deglau told them to relax, and nut to be afraid to make mistakes. They need to takethe chances that will bring them some points. McMaster, perhaps by virtue of their lead, looked relaxed enough to let the Athenas make the mistakes.

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They stayed spread out across the court throughout the game, as the Athenas, almost frantically, chased the ball. If all goes well, the team will be able to pull themselves together as they enter the crux of the season. They will be playing five league games throughout the next three weeks. It will be these games that are primary in determining the playoff spots, a competition that still seems ever so far away. The Ath(enas went into the game in fourth[ place in the division. All they really need to do is maintain this place. Future practices will focus on having the team feel each other out, in a sense. They will benefit from the practice of simply playing together, As soon as the team begins to rely on each other to cover mistakes and to make the kill, they will be able to relax 3nd pull ahead in the standings.

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arrior and Athena sports fans really were treated to a carnival during the 1995fill season. There were rollercoaster ups and downs, lots of treats, teams that threw up on the big rides and others that won the huge kewpie doll. There were scary moments when something broke down and great times when the ride was smooth and fast. There were teams who left the carnivai feeling unfulfilfed. as the hvDe was overrated. but ai always, ;hk fair will be back ’ next year, bigger and more exciting than ever. Finally, there were teams that got their money’s worth, enjoying the exhilaration of the ride;

The Athenas show their superiority Waterloo finished fifth in Canada damn, it looks congratulations

good. Once again, ladies. You’ve made 25,000 students proud. Next off are the Golf Warriors who earned a second place finish at the Western Invational and a first place finish at the York Invitational. Waterloo’s captain Steve Woods earned the Len Shore Trophy for the lowest individual score in the OUAA championships. Rob Bladon was named a firstteam OUAA AllStar for his top five points standing over the course of the season. The crossQuarterbacks Kevin Danschinko and country season blosRyan Wilkinson: a great combination. somed into one of the most successful in the higher, the better. Waterloo’s history. Jason “the JagIn our own little highlight/ uar”Gregoire won all of his OUAA lowlight reel of the ‘95 Fall Season, races earning All-Ontario honours we look at all the rides: the ones for the third year in a row. Going worth the expensive ticket prices, the s&prisingly fun ones, the stomach-turners, and of course, the disappointments. First off in our little trip back in time features the Athena field hockey team which won it all by capturing the OWIAA championship over the highly favoured Toronto Varsity Blues. Skippered by Coach of the Year Sharon Creelman, the Athenas became the first field field hockey team other than York and Toronto to bring home an Ontario championship banner. Led by rookies Amy Adair and Michelle Lo, the Athenas narrowly missed a CIAU championship, finishing fifth. Adair and Lo were both named to the All-CanaDespite a disappointing finish, the soccer dian teams for their fine Warriors got a kick out of things. freshmen performances. As a po&ript to the seaSC:‘;. the OWIAA into the CIAU championships, championship banner is now proudly ondisplay in Jason was the top tanked runner in the main gym of the PAC. And Ontario. He placed a disappointing

on their way to the CIAU’s. and first in the OWIAA. fifteenth place in the nation due to a serious ankle injury. On the Athena side, Judith Leroy earned AlI-Canadian status for her ninth place finish at the CIAU’s. All season, Judith was a consistent force for Waterloo. The football season for the Waterloo Warriors can be summed up in one word: frustrating! Despite outstanding seasons by tailback Jarrett Smith who rushed for over 1000 yards and fullback Mike Malott who had over 1500 all-purpose yards, the Warriors were eliminated from the first round of the playoffs for the second straight year. Waterloo had one of the strongest teams in the league in 1995 as ten players were OUAA All-Stars and four players earned All-Canadians honours. The key to Waterloo’s success this season came with the great play of the defense. Waterloo’s cornerbacks Kirk Witter and Tory Locker were able to stop almost every receiver in the OUAA while the rest of the defense stopped the run. On a sad note, Waterloo loses five key players to graduation this year. Full back Mike Malott, defensive linemen John Shoniker, quarterback Kevin Danschinko, offensive linemen Justin Shoniker and corner Kirk Witter will all be moving on to other things next year. One special note in regards to Warrior football this season: the quarterback controversy which was initiated by Imprint a couple of weeks ago never came to be. Kevin Danschinko and Ryan Wilkinson proved us wrong as they perfomed well as a tandem. Both showed they were more than capable of successfully running Waterloo’s offense and one player didn’t need to be placed ahead of the other. The shuffling of QE3’s was working. In the world of soccer, wins were hard to come by in both the Warriors’ and the Athenas’ pools, but the consensus iS that respectibility will be regained next season. For the men, a combination of good talent and good athletic ability couldn’t compensate for a lack of goal scoring. The Warriors only scored nine goals

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in twelve matches and finished in the basement of the tough West Division with a l-7-4 record. Citing the bad luck factor, Waterloo did lead the league in number of goal posts hit. Next year, Waterloo will look to veterans Matt Arkett, Claus Burmeister, Ishmael Ishmael, and goalkeeper Marc Depiero to lead the way out of the long, dark tunnel. The Athenas suffered a tremendously simiIar fate as the Warriors this season, sporting a miserable O-9-3 record. Playing in the same division as CIAU champions Wilfrid The “Jag”’ strutted his stuff, Laurier Golden Hawks didn’t winning all his OUAA events. help matters either. The women had an extremely tough, uphill batrecord was l-5 1, and the Warriors tle this year, but things are looking have been relagated to Division II up for next annum. The Athenas next season. They’ll try to win it, have a young club, and Emily and get back: into Division I next Oliver, after two years of experiyear. As for the Athena rugby team, ence, should blossom into one of next year will be their inaugural the top midfielders in the OWIAA. season after finishing a promising The Warrior Rugby team had, 2-4. by its own account, a very frustratAll in all, the carnival theme ing campaign. After a ‘94 season of fits. This season was filled with ass-kicking in Division II, local many ups and downs. Yet, no matexperts predicted at least a .500 ter which direction the ride was record for the tough guys clad in going, it was always an exciting fashionable Bumble-bee style. Unone. Win or lose, the Waterloo fortunately, the Boys didn’t expeWarrior and .4ithena varsity sports rience the thrill of victory until teams represented their school with their last game of the season. Their much p;de and honour.

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ast Saturday Waterloo swimming took on Brock in dual meet competition. The Warriors dominated their Badger counterparts in nearly every event. Robert Rogut anchored both the 4x200yd freestyle and 4x 100 medley relay to first place finishes. He also won the 400yd freestyle. John Milne also collected three first place fmishes with a blazing fast 22.00 seconds in the 50yd freestyle and an equally fast 1OOyd butterfly with a time of 54.5 1 seconds. Milne also swan the butterfly leg of the medley relay. Andrew Moffat joined John on the medley relay swimming breastroke, and while he finished 2nd in the 100 fly, he did manage to get a win of his own in the 100yd breaststroke. Andrew Moffat joined John on the medley relay swimming breaststroke, and while he finished second in the 100 fly, he did manage to get a win of his own in the 100

breaststroke.

Rounding out the first place medley was the backstroker John Harland, who was also first in the 100 individual backstroke and 3rd in 100 breast. Allan Nagy also had an outstanding meet as part of the 1st place 4x200 free relay and pulling off an upset win over teammate Greg Stump in the 200yd Butterfly race. Stump bounced back from his 2nd place finish in the fly to capture 1st in the 200 individual medley, Greg was on the freestyle relay as

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Women’s team were able to take to the waters against Brock. However, the meet was not without its own highlights. Amy Jarvis, just back from her sixth place age group finish at the World Triathalon Championships in Cancun, Mexico, placed first in 400 and 200 freestyle and lead the 4x 1OOyd medley relay to victory, way to go Aimer. Rookie sensation Doris Ho finished 2nd to her arch rival from Brock in the 200 fly but won the 200 individual medley and joined Amy on the relay. Jenn Pells swam anchor for the Medley relay and placed 2nd in 100 free and 100 fly. Lee Homberger was the backstroker for the Medley relay and swam to 4th and 3rd placings in the 100 and 200yd backstrokes respectively. Jenn Orrange, Jocelyn Stephen, Amy Merschback and Melanie Wilson combined to take 2nd place in the 4x200 free relay. Orrange went on to claim 2nd in 50 free and 3rd in 200 I.M. for a grand total of 7 points. In the long run the numbers hurt us and Brock won 107-73. The Athenas look forward to meeting the Badgers again with a full complement of swimmers of O.W.I.A.A.‘sit won’teven beclose. This Friday, November the 24th Waterloo Swimming is in Toronto for an invitationat with teams from across Ontario and Quebec. Women swim at 12:00 noon and the Men around 590 p.m. Saturday, November the 25th, they are back home for a Tri-meet against Laurier and Queens at 12:30 p.m. Timers are needed. Come out and support your swim teams.

could do their thing. Well, guys like Gil Stein came along and said there were too many tigers and put in an instigator rule that inhibited them. “Now,” Grapes says, “all the good, small animals are getting hurt.” Unfortunately, despite his great story-telling ability, Don was actually wrong in a prediction, leaving him at a lowly 93.7 per cent for his career. He said the Stampeders would win.. . TheToronto Raptors recently won two in a row, including an impressive win over the Seattle Supersonics, and thecarolina Panthers find themselves heading into this weekend one game under SOO, but thinking playoffs. It goes to show you how sometimes it’s better to start with a fresh franchise than have a losing, fifteen

year old one. Like the LA Clippers... On Tuesday night, theLeafs “retired” jersey number 7, worn by the immortals Tim Horton and King Clancy. On this year’s edition, number 7 is worn by Sergio Momesso who isn’t good enough to be a customer at one of Horton’s doughnut shops, let alone wear his sweater... An intriguing hockey documentary, Net Worth, runs this Sunday on CBC at 890 p.m. If it’s anything like the book, the show will be wild... Does anybody else hate how baseball distributes their end-of-season awards? I guess it’s to avoid controversy, but I never really find out who wins what until the following season. As of today, I don’t even know who the American League MVP was,Albert Belle or MO Vaughn... Back to basketball, His Aimess Micheal Jordan is expectedly leading the league despite a rather low 27 point average. A reason for the low point averages this year could be the incredible amount of ball movement and unbiased distribution by the point guards. Or it could be that no one is scoring very much... After being a Nowhere Man for the first fifteen games of the season, Wayne Gretzky is third in the scoring race. He had a Gretzky-like game against the shitty Islanders last week. Perhaps this year we’ll finally get the Lemieux-Gretzky point duel we’ve all been salivating over. Remember, Informer rules.

The

Informer ifyou want to know... ow many people showed up at the Grey Cup victory celebration in Baltimore Monday to honour their conquering Staliions. 3 About 200 or so. l guess Baltimorians are not that fanatical about being the first to have the Grey Cup in an American city. At least not with the Browns coming in, The CFL has to become a developmental league for theNFL, or they might as well forget it. That, or make the league exclusively Canadian again... The Vanier Cup should be a good go this weekend at SkyDome. Western beat Acadia in a phenomenal contest, while Calgary mashed Ottawa in embarrassing fashion... 01 Coach’s Corner, 01’ Donny boy wore the most godawful suit going. It looked like someone tried to clean up an oil spill with it. He was in fine form, though, commending Gary Roberts of the Flames for his comeback after a serious neck injury. Grapes also told an intriguing little tale about the law of the jungle. In it, he outlined how the tigers (policemen like Dave Semenko) ruled the jungle and kept everything in line so the smaller animals (good players)

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The fourth member of the winning free relay was middle distance specialist Chris Palin. Chris placed 2nd in the 400 free and just out touched teammate Bryan Normandin for 1st in the 200. Bryan was first in the lOOyd backstroke, while leading off the 2nd place 4x100 medley relay. Trevor Denstedt swam the fly leg of the 2nd place medley, and copeted in both the 200 and 1OOyd backstrokes taking 1st and 2nd respectively. Sean Lashmar swam the freestyle portion of the relay while placing 3rd in the 100 back to complete the Waterloo 1,2,3 sweep in that event. Sean was also 3rd in the 100 free. Brad Kelly swam breaststroke on the 2nd place medley relay and scored a 2nd place finish in the 200 breast with a 4th in the 100. Adrian Mendes picked up seven points with a 2nd in 50 free and a third in the 100 fly. A third place finish was good for three points and Steve Dibiase had two of them in the 200 breast and I.M. When the steam had burned off the pool and all the scores were added up, Waterloo had won by a 111 point margin 153-42, and the lowly Badgers are still looking for their first win of the season. On the Women’s side it was a much different outcome. The already diminutive Athenas squad was hampered last weekend by injury, swimmers being away due to scheduling conflicts and Co-op students away at work. As a result, only half of the

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to S-3 and solidifies their place standings in the OUAA Far West Division. With their next home game scheduled for November 30, each captain’s ability to inspire the team will become a deciding factor as the team hits the road for three crucial games against Laurier, Laurentian and McMaster. “A big pa.rt of our role this year is setting an example as how to prepare for a game,” says Kraemer. “Its a short schedule, most of these guys normally play 50 game schedules. There’s no time to have an off night in 24 games. You have to play with intensity every night.” “Last yea.r, people failed to realize that we were O-4-2 coming out of the gates and we still finished strong. This season, we’re ahead of schedule/says Wynne who knows this team has the potential to be very successful. “We’re the most offensively dented team in the league but we’ve got a lot of talent,” says Cardiff. “Our games will be won through hard work.”

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hey have been called many things throughout their distinguished hockey careers but mt~ recently, they have been dubbed lhe three wise men. Wise because they have shown their superiority on the ice year after year and wise because of the poised leadership they posess. The weight ot’ the entire season has been placed upon the shoulders of this trio. Responsible for carrying on the traditions of their predecessors, they u-e forced to lead Waterloo’s young team into the 1995 campaign. And, like those furious three so long ago, John Wynne. Chris Kraemer and Mark Cardiff each bring their own unique gift to offer at the alter of Waterloo Warrior hockey. “John’s more soft spoken,” notes Kraemer who has played with W ynne the past four seasons and has become acustomed to his quiet but strong leadership. “He’s the old monk everyone goes to seeking enlightenment. He’s intense on the ice but off, he’s very calm.” In contrast, Kraemer is one of Waterloo’s most intense players. “Chris takes things very seriously,” says Wynne who has taken on the responsibility of keeping Chris under control this year. “But, that’s good. Teams need different leaders. If all of us were go-go, rahrah, that doesn’t work. I was not like that as a player. On the ice, I

The three men you see here are Chris Kraemer (17), They won’t rest until the U7arriors acquire an OUAA want to win as much as anyone else but, I’ve never been the one to get up and start banging sticks and kicking garbage cans around the dressing room. That doesn’t work for everyone.” Yet, it works for Kraemer. He’s been known on many occasions to kick things around the dressing room and get on players backs for not performing up to his expectations. “I don’t have any room for guys who don’t want to work hard and take things seriously,” admits Kraemer whose antics have inspired his team and pushed them to per-

John Wynne (5), and Mark Cardiff title for the black and gold.

form at their best. “I don’t have any problem with telling someone I have a problem with them.” Cardiff, on the other hand, seems to posses the ability to walk that delicate balance between the two superstars. “Mark’s in between both of us,” says Kraemer. “He’s not laid back or kicking the can. He leads the team by example. People listen to him. He’s there to win.” And, in a season in which the majority of the players are in their first or second years, the leadership of Wynne, Kraemer and Cardiff will be tested.

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“Right now we’re just trying to get together as a team,” says Wynne. “Our work ethic has been pretty good, but we’ve got a lot of young guys just trying to get used to the league.” ‘“There’s a lot of potential for this team,” agrees Kraemer. “We struggle when we’re not scoring but it will come, its just a matter of time.” It seems their time has come. After a disappointing 3-3 start, the Warriors have rebounded. This past weekend, Waterloo scored 18 goals in wins over Queen’s and RMC. The victories improve their overall

HOCKEY TALK: The Warriors got some good news this week when they found out defensemen Brian Henry is returning to sch.ool after Christmas. Hen!y is a veteran leader that will spark the Warriors in the second half. Henry was a valuable member of the Warriors 1994 squad that killed Laurier in the playoffs last season and made it to the Far West finals against Western.

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Chris a fourth year forward for the Warrior Hockey team who broke out of a scoring slump with a big offensive weekend for the hockey team which included 3 goals and 3 assists. In Saturday’s I 1-5 win over Queen’s, Chris had 2 goals and 1 assist and in Sunday’s 7-3 victory over RMC, he added another goal and 2 assists to round off a great weekend. The Warriors record now stands at 5 wins and 3 losses as they met Laurier this past Wednesday night on Golden Hawk home ice (Waterloo Recreation Centre.)

Doris is a first year Engineering student and rookie swimmer on the Athena Swim Team. At this past Saturday’s dual meet versus Brock, Doris finished first in the 200 meter individual medely, first in the women’s 4 X 100 meter medely relay race and second in the 200 meter butterfly race. WithmanyofUW’swomenswimmers unable to compete the meet, Doris swam an incredible weekend and provided Waterloo with the toughness to remain competitive by swimming both “off’ events as well as her specialties for the Athena team.

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at the Theatre of the Arts until November 25th by Darcel Kirvan special to Imprint licugo, the UW drama department’s latest production, is trash. It’s that raunc chy, down and dirty, gut-busting trash, that you’ve just gotta love. Created by Fred Ebb, Bob Posse and John Kander (Cabaret, Kiss of the Spider Woman,) Uzic~go is 3 jazzy musical set in the early 1930s. Presented as a bunch of Vaudeville acts, Chicago tells a bleak story of corruption, sex, murder and media lnanipulation (themes echoed in current movie hits likeLVtiturti!Bom Kifle~s and practically anything clone by Quentin Tarantino.) At the heart of the story are Vclma Kelly and Roxie Hart, two *)azz babies” that rise to question.iblt: levels of time after murdering their lovers. In desperate grabs for attention, the two inmates compete for front page headlines, while Billy Flynn, their money grubbing lawyer, plots and schemes to have them declared innocent. Directed and choreographed by Joel Greenberg, this production is not a typical “hearts and roses” musical. The jokes are nasty, the

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morality questionable and the music sultry. The dance numbers are simplistic, but perfect for setting the sexy tone of the jazz era. This darkly humourous show

Iast week, is filled with comic, jazzy musical numbers. “Cell Block Tango” is a macabre number that tells six female inmates’ tales of shocking, heartless murder. “We Both

Reached for the Gun” is Flynn’s attempt to portray Roxie in a favourable manner. Not being able to trust what she will tell the media, Flynn sits her on his knee and sings this song while Roxie mouths the words like a ventriloquist’s dummy. The song “Class” goes for the cheap laugh using sex, bodily functions and base humour as its tools. Susan Tschirhart as the crooked Matron Mama Morton and Kelly are a riot in this number, The excellent cast is led by Sharon Kelly and Krista Little as the two star struck murderers. Kelly brings 3 raunchy, gritty edge to Velma, which beautifully balances Little’s ambitious and sassy Roxie. At times, it is difficult to hear Little, whose lower range doesn’t carry as far as her high range. But she still manges to bring a sultry, honeyed feeling to her “Funny Honey” and “Roxie” numbers. Kelly’s gravelly voice perfectly compliments the dark, criminal nature of this egotistical killer. Tim Gentle plays Billy Flynn, the slimeball lawyer who exploits his female clients and rakes them for every cent they have. Gentle brings new meaning to the idea of the crooked lawyer with his smart talking and bold strutting Flynn. Backed up by the “jazz babies,” Gentle does a humourous, pantsdropping rendition of “All I Care

About.” Jim DiGioia plays Amos, the lovable doofus husband of “star killer” Roxie Hart. Amos is an unassuming, simple man who loves his unfaithful wife enough to raise money for her $5000 lawyer’s fee. He stands by her no matter how much she abuses and walks all over him. DiGioia’s bashful, unassuming Amos is the only realisitic character in this media free-for-all. Amos is abused by everyone, so the audience can’t help but feel for his plight. Andrea Renaud plays the operatic reporter Mary Sunshine whose wishy-washy, heart of gold turns murders in to victims and paints over every situation with rays of artificial sunshine. Renaud brings disgusting sweetness to Sunshine’s number “A Little Bit of Good.” Other notable performances are given by Stephanie Arango as the Spanish inmate that can only say “not guilty,” Kristen Burke as Annie the mug faced mall, and Anand Rajaram as the “fruity” tailor-, paunchy lawyer and corrupt doctor. Chicqq with its dark social commentary and jazzy musical numbers, is one show that’s sure to “Razzle Dazzle” all. Chicago runs until Saturday, November 2:5 at 8 pm. Tickets are $10 general public and $8 students/ seniors and are available at the Theatre Centre Box Office, 885-4908.

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ingerisongwriter hayden’s fans were treated to an eclectic mix of music Thursday night at the Volcano when the Toronto artist was joined by the St. Catharines trio Blue Bottle Fly and the extra-terrestrial People From Earth. Openers Blue Bottle Fly played an impressive set of solid songs to start things off. The trio took instant command of the stage with maximal thrusts of each of their guitar, bass, and drums in their sound which resulted in a loud, hard rocking assault that turned heads throughout the venue. People From Earth aimed to entertain with their unique brand of spaced-out party music. An odd assortment of components, including a trombone and a megaphone, coupled with the band’s unusual stage presence, had many of the dumbfounded spectators wondering which planet these people were actually from. But People From Earth would

ern Canada. That sway from beautiful hay-den, where you going with that guitar in your han’? momentum was melodic stories with cut short early on, however, part sweet, soft vocals to hard strumSmith’s children as she drowned way through his Pixies cover, ming guitar beats joined by a franthem. It is obvious that he was “Gouge Away,” when he broke a tic harmonica behind his raspy, deeply affected by that story, as he guitar string. The pace of the show emotional bellows. played it with such intensity that was immediately stepped down for Quickly demonstrating the many members of the audience were fear of breaking another string, but power ofhis lyrics, hayden abruptly close to tears by the song’s end. hayden survived. Playing some greeted the crowd with “when this Similarly, the distressing “skates” slower, less furious songs, he slowly is over,” a gripping song written in and the heart-broken “hardly” worked back up to his accustomed the voice of the older of Susan touched those present with a heavy

high energy to finish the night off. He did eventually play the Pixies tune in its entirety upon returning to the stage for not one, but two encores. hayden’s intensity could have flourished completely during this show had it not been for the continuous drunken outbursts from the packed house. He handled those with experienced grace, but their constant annoyance proved that hayden’s ideal venue is not in front of three hundred people. Any show is more enjoyable if the audience is absorbed enough in the artist to pipe down and let them perform rather than trying to become a part of the show themselves. At the end of the night, however, hayden prevailed. All eyes were glued to the stage as he wound up the final notes of “lounging,” timidly ventured to the back of the stage and soothed his laboured throat with some water. It’s almost impossible to beli(eve that such a thoughtful and reserved person as hayden could produr;e his riveting, powerful, and palssionate live performance. Last Thiursday night, the packed house went home having witnessed hayden express his soul to them with his music. And in the end, the strings didn’t break.

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Gold, Silver,and Brosnan not stirred, and the Walther PPK are all essential fixings for a Bond film so are the wonderful toys of Qbranch. Hidden amongst the accessories of his Brioni tailored suit Bond is equipped with such wonderful new gadgets as a mini-laser equipped watch and a leather belt that fires a small hook with high tensile wire designed to support his weight. Thanks to Q, Bond is as ready as he can be to serve his country and keep the world safe. General Ourumov, played by Gottfried John, and Xenia Onatopp, played by Famke Janssen, are the two villains responsible for the theft of the GoldenEye device. Janssen Golden Eyr: name of the key device used to makes a superb performan&& as the directed by Murtin CumpbeIl ac&ate: and control tit; wtiapoes. ‘+:: .s@sticl,co&~@ ~@$$$@ #$:$%es :’ playing at King’s College With ,the ,breakup of th& U$S313, it, ,l. he;r tl@%# $0 %&.@@&@i~ &#$&.tf of seety# , more than ,liIkd~~ thiti~ i i her y&tin%{~~~#~ d$&.k&$&~ &( i@e by Joe Palmer s Gol&fieye! ,wouM ‘k&r> be: us&d: ,I.‘ ’ &>?otfier ~o$i#&%& .@&‘,‘Ej3E;special to Imprfnt That was, &til it w@ stolen.. lies an :., +wtfi ‘,* “.‘_’.a~.. . b.e&tif$‘facade .L In order to covertheir track&as .,;anlmal tfiat rev&& itself as Xenia is face may be different but well as possible&e thieves :ascd .destToxq ~mz.mnies in near orgashe’s still the same old Boncf . one of the only two GoldenEye movie takes a truly ‘, “,‘inic:blibs,,.:Tna :> No easy task in todays conbombs to destroy the project’s maiia’ : 1;~‘surprising’~~a~ Sean Bean’s charstantly changing world. a&r is revealed as the plot’s evil In base. Bon&s mission is to track GoidenEjq Pierce Brosnan takes down whoetikr stole the mysterious ” tiastermind. Bean is best known to on the role of James Bond in this, GoldenEye device and stop them,. Notih American audiences for his the latest and seventeenth film in Fortunately for Bond one of the portraya! as an Irish terrorist in the most popular film franchise Tom Clancy’s Patriot Games. programers named Natalya ever, Six years is a lung time to Simunovg, survived the blast. Despite having his manhood wait for a new Bond flick but its Izabella Scorupco, who plays constantly challenged Bond always here now and it will blow yonaway ! Natafya, could be c~n~idefed the :. seems able to keep his integrity. A lot has happened since Bond’s Ten years ago Brosnan was offered latest Bond girl but ttrat role has last silver screen appearance, Sochanged too. Bond finds a valuable the role of Bond but was unable to cieties views on what is pruper ally in the strong will& m&defiant accept because NBC refused to rehave changed and there has been lease him from his Remington Simonova, but at the same time she plenty of skcptGsm about whether also provides the audience’with an Steele contract. Now Brosnen more Bond will survive, Go Edeniijw M.+uII~~~ of how .m@ch the: role of then ever is the perfect actor for the ., .wo~n~ have ch;lngg$..-That said, it role. His performance in Goldenproves he will. GoldenEye is the name . .,afL. a is ,,iniportant t& @&:.out that a Eye shows that he has the style and top secret plan developed by’@? .~I$~nd girl is &B&d +$rX. and they wit needed to play 007. Bond has survived the sixties, russims durhg the Cold Ww JU .:. && have the &&$e&@nbol stacreate EMB blackouts in enemy.. ‘i I @$.&s well a+% !@$eminence.. seventies, and eighties and territory: by detonating nuclear ..,;:::. In the sa& iiiay B&d women, GoldenEye proves that he will surbombs ia,ea& orbit, It is aIs0 th& ..‘:-:‘Aston Marti&, -+&&& - sfi&m vive and thrive in the nineties too.

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he doors of the Bombshelter opened at 8:OO to let people in to see Crash Vegas perform. Four hours and a baby boy later, they took the stage, Ontario’s Crash Vegas are one of the most underrated and talented bands in music today. Despite putting out the powerful and sensualAuromtheir third album they have not yet garnered the attention they so richly deserve. As a result, the band recently hired a new Toronto-based publicist to handle their Canadian affairs. One of his first moves was to begin extensive touring, to create a buzz around the band and widen their audience. Recently, they displayed their talents at the Bomber. Attendance for the show was reasonable, if not unspectacular. The Bomber did provide an appropriate mood for Crash Vegas’s style, a quiet, closed circle of friends, rather than the barn-like openness of Fed Hall. Regardless of their numbers, the fans in attendance were treated to a terrific show. Opening the show was a ml-

ented young singer named Dana Manning. Standing alone on stage, accompanied by only her guitar, she delivered a set of strong, original works. Her voice was powerful, with the mildest tinge of adolescence to it. With some experience, she has the potential to develop into a powerful vocalist. The same comment can be said about her songs, as they all bore the hallmark of youth. The most notable song in her performance was “I Want,” describing the desires of teenage girl, such as getting into bars and writing a song about Tom Petty. I may not be a teenage girl, but I know what I want. I want a copy of Dana’s first CD when it hits the stores in April. Crash Vegas’ appearance on stage was delayed until just before midnight, as the wife of the touring drummer was giving birth, and her husband was with her. Fortunately, he did show up at around I 1:30, and not long after Crash Vegas began to play. Performing before a mural of the Northern Lights, Crash Vegas, composed of vocalist Michelle McAdorey and guitarist Colin Cripps, with a touring drummer and bass player, played a smoky, cabaret style of atmospheric rock, ideal for the Bomber. The hour-long set consisted

mainly of pieces fromduvora, with a pair of songs from their earlier atbums. The stand out pieces of the performance, and the best received, were three of the strongest tracks f?om Auroru. “Their Lights” and “On and On (Lodestar)” were absorbed by the audience, their trancelike beats swaying the fans. The song that the audience was obviously craving, and that McAdorey coyly said they didn’t know how to play, was Neil Young’s “Pocahontus.” Crash Vegas originally recoreded this song for the Neil Young tribute album&rrowed Tunes, and then redid it for their own album. It’s a fitting tribute to Neil Young’s songwriting ability and Crash Vegas’s musical talent. Michelle McAdorey’s voice is quite simply astounding. Waifishly thin, and having been described as “pixie-like,” she possesses a strong, charged voice which can both tear through a song, like “Old Enough to Know Better” and gently recede into passion, as in “Beguiling.” Crash Vegas performance at the Bombshelter was every bit as powerful as their recordings. Michelle McAdorey wrapped her angelic voice around the beautitil rhythms of Colin Cripps’ guitar, perfectly recreating the robust and passionate sound ofAurora, It was well worth the wait.

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back to the glory days of rock and roll where men were men and women were groupies, drummer Mark took off his shirt, only to have Sarah introduce him as a Saved by the Bell ‘Screech’ impersonator. Mark’s drumming was really powerful and a definite bright spot for the band. The New Grand were okay but didn’t impress. They managed to gamer a crowd in front of the stage with their tunes, which were short and power-pop oriented, with a slight tinge of the Pixies. After taking the stage, they took their time getting tuned up before jumping into what sounded like a Black Sabbath intro. Their set was fast and upbeat but as it wore on, songs definitely got to be a bit repetitive. Fellow Monctonites Orange Glass were next up, and they proved to be a pleasant surprise. Touring with Eric’s Trip for the first two thirds of this present tour, they followed the New Grand well since they were also upbeat and poppy. From the first song lead singer/guitarist Ron was wowing the crowd with his Chris Murphy-like “Y a” at the end of his verses. Tara, the bassist, also took turns on vocals. The band, while very impressive initially, unfortunately lost some steam halfway through their set as songs droned more than entertained. Still, this was Orange Glass’ first tour and they could be a name to watch for down the road. They have found a way to avoid the jumpinessbounciness of Sloan and the Superfriendz while staying upbeat. It’s amazing what (the lack of) back-up vocalists will do for a band.

ET’s second song rocked even harder than the first, and the third more than the second - well, that was the general pattern. It was amusing, given the power of the songs, to see Julie asking for water between songs: “If Rob or Chris could bring me water, that would be really nice. But it’s no big deal.” It’s hard to imagine Rob Zombie or Trent Reznor politely asking for anything on stage, but that’s the nature of Eric’s Trip - they’re about wearing your heart on your sleeve and not putting up an act of toughness. The power chords are matched with for the most part gentle, down-to-earth personal lyrics. Watching Eric’s Trip play was different. Rick only faces the crowd when he’s singing, otherwise his back is to the crowd, face to the amp. Chris and Julie face each other, giving the audience a profile. Julie plays her bass like Thurston Moore plays his guitar - notes travel through the body and are wrenched out of the mstrument. The set got better and betrer with each song. Playing selections from Peter all the way up to the present, they ripped through hve Tam’s “My Room”’ as well as “Sunlight,” with Rick calmly singing about looking for a person to call a friend while the guitars and drums pounded in the back, capturing the album version but making it sound that much more urgent. All in all, this concert smoked. The average-sized crowd left one wondering as to where the people were. That notwithstanding, the show was excellent, and judging by the expressions of the people leaving and the crowd around the merchandise table after the lights went on, most people agreed that Eric’s Trip had put on a fantastic show.

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around for effect (which it did). Beginning the night with the old familiar “Bred in the Bone” was a wise choice on the Engines’ part - the young nioshers in the crowd certainly enjoyed kickin’ it up. Thankfully they played a wide selection of songs from their last two albums. “The King of Saturday Night” was definitely the highlight of the evening - if there was one. I have to hand it to the 13 Engines though, they have done well since their formation in 1987 and they have maintained the original band. They definitely have a sound that, when heard, can easily be identified. Some bands just have a hard time recreating their John demonstrates the art of finger-morphing. talent in front of a live audience venue and sound problems aside of course. Stage presence and interaction 13 Engines Volcano with the audience can sometimes make all the difference. Smirks and muffled dedicaSaturday November 19th tions just won’t cut it, by Amberlce Howlett The night seemed to drag, even though they didn’t even play for an hour. I guess the Imprint stafP rest of the audience thought so too because they seemed to be in a hurry to leave rather 11I know is there have been rumours that 13 Engines are known for their than to taunt the musicians for an encore. stellar live performances, I have also The guys returned to the stage however, to finish the night off with one of the better heard that the Engines suck live. Promoting their fifth album Conquistador, they apsongs from Conquistador - “Beneath my Hand.” peared at the Volcano last Saturday, so I had So this wasn’t the best live show I have the opportunity to satisfy these rumours myself - and satisfied is what I was. ever seen, but it wasn’t bad enough to turn me off of their music. I have to admit though that Brantford-based Floater began the night I was impressed with the audience because with a heavy, loud and energetic show. A for once, an all ages show at the Volcano tough act to follow, as Cambridge’s own didn’t really draw all ages. Maybe the ruMighty Fishermen found out. Then there mours have reached young ears, or maybe 13 was a wait I_ a half hour wait while the 13 Engines’ new material just isn’t appealing to Engines’ equipment was set up, which inkids today. Whatever the reason, I’m glad eluded a portable fan. I’m not sure if this fan that they stayed home and I’m happy to have was used to keep John Critchley cool (beput the rumours to rest. cause it didn’t) or to simply blow his hair

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We’re not in Kansasanymore Stormy Weather Carl Hiaasen Random House ofCanada $32.00, 336 pages by Pat Imprint

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he experience of digging into a new novel is what peqxtrates writers, publishers and the whole biz to churn out exciting fictional stories for public consumption. “Exciting” is the key word, which Carl Hiaasen seems to have mastered with Stormy Weather. “Exciting” is a term that is relatively overused, describing everything from football games, to watching a newborn’s first steps. Carl Hiaasen’s version of the overused focuses on the term, “exciting,” natural disaster kind that reminds us all of how vulnerable we are. On the wake of Hurricane Hugo, there are two kind of people in the panhandle of the Florida

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Some people would call them opportunists. Most would call them sorry-ass-excuses of human flesh. These are the people that look at a good natural disaster as an opportunity to make some quick easy cash. An insurance scam, looting, murder, why nor ? Who’s going to take notice when it’s a scramble to run for shelter, and piece back your life, pre-Hugo. It’s not necessarily the residents of the area seeing opportunity knock. People are flocking to the heart of the disaster zone to make a quick buck. Heck, fiky bucks for a bag of ice is some nice profit. It’s also pocket change, when you could be dealing with insurance claims, or scam roofing jobs. Post Hugo, Florida turned into a war zone where people had to take arms to protect their property, and a scam was around every corner. Hiaasen takes this monolithic event, creates some of the worst characters of the human condition, and calls it Stormy Weulher. The almighty dollar seems to be the centerpiece for most of the characters, which capitalists may grin and smirk about, but Hiaasen offers hope with some of his characters that are generally “good.” Most notable is a character referred to as Skit&, a vagrant who travels through the swamps eating nothing but roadkill pizza, and gives incredible insight into human beings. He was once the Govenor of Florida and one day gave up everything, disappearing to live in the swamps. He’s a bit of a nut, very testy, and will torture you if you

agitate him. He is kind of a Godfather figure, acting as judge, juror, a:ad executioner - only this guy acts 013behalf of his poor faith in human beings. Bonnie Lamb, a newlywed of one week, and Augustine, a skulljiiggling independent., create the idealism of swift justice, and that everyone is the master of their domain, Together with Skink, they hunt and track a nasty criminal known as Snapper who beats up a woman police officer and shoots another, both of whom are friends of the former Governor. On the dark side, Snapper is probably the icon of the baddest of the bad. A murderer, a thief, a blackmailer, a woman beater, a stammer, oh yeah and an opportunist, this is one bad dude. His accomplice, the beautiful and seductive Edie Marsh, initially penned a plan to make bucks from the storm. Her specialty was insurance scams, what she got was more than she bargained for. Lower down on the ladder of scum is Avila, the crooked building inspector known well for selling his signature to just about anything+ Unfortunately for him, though, people aren’t waiting for a lawsuit, they want revenge. Revenge on

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1 was really hoping Garbage would be something truly innovative. With Butch Vig’s repertoire as an engineer (Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana), you’d think that a band he drums forwouldholduptothehypethey’ve been receiving. Although I still recommend the album, you’ll probably see my copy of it at the used CD store by spring. This effect driven self-titled album is very reminiscent of Curve’s “Cuckoo” LP. The lead singer, Shirley Manson, whose poses will soon appear on the bedroom walls of male pubescent hopefuls, adds to Garbage’s expected success, “You mean image has something to do with pop stardom. 7” Yeah, well her voice, although on key, lacks soul or aggression, which complements her bland meaningless lyrics. “Milk” starts out as the makings of a great song right up until Shirley Manson rings out in a k.d. Lang voice “... I’d be love and sweetness if I had you. I’m waiting, I’m waiting for you.. .” Something much more could have been done with the sound they have, but the album just simply too monosyllabic. Gar-

bage is almost on the verge of being melodic noise virtuosos. lfyou pay any attention to production and studio quality, you’ll appreciate the job done by Howie Weinberg, an up and coming producer/engineer who mastered the album. The sampling, sequencing and loops were the mastery of Butch Vig and guitarist Steve Markes. The guitar and bass treatments are phenomenal, giving the album its fullness and overlapping fields of depth. The entire album has textbook pop structures, backed by techno/ trip hop/industrial sequences. The guitar riffs, noise loops and drum tracks are very catchy. A few songs into the album I found myself nodding my head to “As heaven is Wide” and my personal favourite, “A Stroke of Luck.” If this album is beginning to sound like club music, well, don’t be surprised to hear their i-%-Stsingle, “Queer,” at just about any “alternative” club for the next couple months. In other words, if you want something to dance to, or at least bop your head to, then jog at a medium pace to the nearest music store. It won’t paint landscapes or evoke palettes of violet and deep green. If you’re looking for another pretentious angst-ridden penis like Trent Reznor to be your new spiritual leader, then continue enjoying life with your head up your ass.

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“Like we always do about this time...” With this familiar intro, another chapter in the Death Row Records saga begins. The much maligned record company, known for megahits T,e Chronic by Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg’s Doggys@e, is back in 95 with some more phat G-Funk courtesy of Dat Nigga Daz and Kurupt, otherwise known as Tha Dogg Pound. This album will probably not attain the same level of success as the aforementioned albums, but is still a solid effort from Death Row. Kurupt’s hard, raw vocals flow well with Daz’s smooth style and with help from &her Death Row lnmates Snoop Doggy Dogg, Rage, Michel’le, Nate Dogg and various newcomers. This album has some solid lyrical styles to it. Of course don’t forget Andre Young (aka Dr. Dre) mixing some funky-ass GFunk beats in the background. The album starts out with an introduction to the “Dogg Pound Gangstaz,” where Daz and Kurupt let you know what time it is. This is the typical Death Row beginning as the artists get all their bad-ass attitude off of their chests early so that they can concentrate on their phat tracks to come. “Respect,” the next track, is a solid effort with a number of contributing artists who all flow well into each other with a solid beat from Dre in the background making everything work. Probably the best track on the

.. I...‘.s,T;“. se& r,;.’ .‘I Shaduws ..’“Trufh ‘II, .: FKuzks In agpy or,- :‘I’ “’ :.. ‘. A- ..’ : &f&&j~ :: ..‘,:.. .. by Derek Weiler special to Imprint Those who missed Barbara Manning when she brought her San Francisco Seals through Toronto and Kitchener last month (i.e. probably you) still have a chance to make their lives worth Iiving by giving the new Seals full-lengther a listen. With Manning’s usual heartbreaksongs lightened this time by touches of whimsy and a languid, laid-back attitude, Truth Walks In Sleepy Shadows is less in-your-face than Nowhere (her great ‘94 record). With no shards of noise between songs or marathon sound-effects tracks, Shade ws seemingly finds Manning in a calmer, mellower state of mind - but -that hasn’t stopped her from making yet another amazing record. Lack of noisescapes aside, Manning can still be as nasty as one

album is Track 5, “Smooth.” This track features the lyrics of Snoop and Kurupt tearing up some serious smooth shit that plays with your eardrums. Ofcourse onecan’t overlook the wraparound skit involving everyone’s favourite fictitious radio station, 187.4 FM WBALLZ, featuring DJ Eazy Dick. Other solid tracks are “Big Pimpin 2,” which features Daz discussing pimps and whores and the like, sort of a philosophy according to Dat Nigga Daz. This leads into “Let’s Play House,” a touching (for G-Funk) tale of two players from back in the days deciding to hook up and play house together. This track features Michel’le (you remember Michel’le, famous for the late 80’s pop track Ncr More Lies with that &&oyingly high telephone

voice) and Daz performing some sort of duet that almost sounds like a G-Funk ballad, if there is such a thing, From this point, the album kind of winds down with some only average tracks exc.ept for when Snoop and Tha Pound go out looking for “Some Bomb Azz -----,I’ a humourous little track that livens up an otherwise normal second half along with “If ‘We All ---.” However, these average tracks are not bad, just typical Death Row filler. As usual, Death Row puts out a solid production. A fan of GFunk would probably enjoy this album more than other people since it’s not as poppy as some earlier Death Row releases, but it is still worth a Listen alnd a good addition to any hip-hop fan’siollection.

wants her to be. With opening verses like the one in “Pulp*‘“when you walked out onme/part of me wanted to/ walk out on me with you”she hasn’t lost her knack for giving voice to the bitter, sad and alone (i.e. probably you). And as ever, she has a cool way with metaphor: “Ipecac” is named aAer the stuff

On the lighter side, there are more gorgeous, bittersweet ball ads than ever before: “Bold Letters” and “How Did You Know?” could both be Bette Midler-sung wedding standards (actually, that would be kind of gross) and “Locked Out” manages to make paranoia sound pretty. There’s also an accordionfueled childrens’ tune, “Kids’ Pirate Ship,” with a suitablfunny melody and loopy lyrics. The ‘95 Seals’ sweet guitar crunch wunds tighter than ever, too, whether on stompers like the Pretty Thingscover “SF. Sorrow” or on the ethereal (sorry) “Stellar Lullabye” that closes the record. Manning’s devotions to the Cult of the Great Record Collection are manifest as much in the sparkling, classic-rock-respecting sound (imprint boss Dave claims to hear echoes of Floyd’s

you drink to induce vomiting, and wheels out lines like “I can’t stomach you” and “I drink poison.”

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of the Sea”) as in the obscure covers (besides the aforementioned Pretty Things, there’s Faust’s “Flashback Caruso” and “Soul of Patrick Lee” from the John Caie/‘T’erry Riley Church of Anthrax album). Keep ‘em coming.

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Up until the release of the Empire Records 0.X T., which included the single “Bright As Yellow,” The Innocence Mission were an all-but-unheard of commodity. For those (like myself) who discovered them long ago, Glow comes after a long four year pause since their last album UmbreZIa. To be blunt, they are one of the great undiscovered acts in America over the past ten years. No, really. They are like a soundtrack to Sunday afternoons. In fail. With the leaves crunching underfoot. They take the best bits from the folk-rock tradition of the 10 000 Maniacs, add a healthy wash of understated organs and keyboards, and some simple, earthy lyrics and come up with a winning combination. The songs and lyrics are almost entirely the product of lead singer Karen Peris, whose vocal style brings forth comparisons to Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandovel. Ms. Peris though is a much warmer sort of artist, without any vestige of Sandovel’s eerie undertone of evil. Like many great bands, it’s the often rare combination of a strong voice, interesting lyrics, and great music that make a fine band.

This album is their most mellow yet, but with a levity in part that gives it a light feel. “There” is a simple lovelorn ballad that’s quietly uplifting, while “That Was Another Country” talks of silly lost memories as Karen is “taking those dumb paper lanterns down/Yards, no, miles they strung along.” A dig at Kim Mitchell perhaps? There’s really no religious overtones to the music as with their first two albums (they do come from Lancaster, PA, prime Amish country) which makes G& easier to swallow to those who might, like myself, balk at such things. Melodies are the order of day here, and you can take your pick - “Brave,” “That Was Another Country,” and “Everything’s Different Now” are all particular favorites for me. With the increased profile created by “Bright As Yellow,” I sincerely hope they tour sometime in the near future, in their own headlining tour as opposed to third on the bill to Gene and Menthol. If you’re disappointed with the dismal new Natalie Merchant album, I would seriously make a point of seeking out this band. Incidentally, I’ve capitalized their name, though it appears in small case on cover. Am I the only one who is sick of all these bands with the ever-so-a&y “small case only” band names? If you are, write in to our reader’s survey (on page 17, hint hint) and tell me about it.

Melissa’s fifth album comes one year after her last album Yes I urn (by the way, she is). Unfortunately for die hard fans like myself, that was the last album that featured bassist Kevin McCormick and drummer Fritz Lewak. They left her band last year to join Jackson Brown&s tour. You can defmitely feel the loss on the new album. Honestly, it’s nothing special. The title track really rocks and “An Unusual Kiss” has the steamy Ethcridge lyrics that fans just love to eat up, but otherwise it’s mostly junk. It sounds like Melissa grabbed some songs that were rejected for

Various Artists by James Russell Imprint staff To keep this short, this is a great album. There is a huge amount of diversity in the material, most of it is good, and some of it is excellent. For fast stuff, you’ve got Skunk Anansie, a punk band from England whose track “Selling Jesus” is featured in the commercials for the film. The lead singer’s Sass Jordan-esqe vocals are solid, and the rest of the band is tight. There is also Juliette Lewis’ track (.written by PJ Harvey), Hardly Wait. It’s actually not that bad. She can screech about as good as anyone, and themusic itselfiskindofcatchy. There are about 3 seconds where she sings acapella, but let us never speak of those again. If your tastes run to slower, more mellow stuff, you’ll probably like the track by Graeme Revel1 and Lori Carson, Fall in The Light. Nice keyboards with lots of reverb, and Carson’s vocals are really sweet. There is also Overcome by

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her other albums and released them. This low quality will not be tolerated by Etheridge fans and with any luck this album will be swept under the carpet like a pile of animal hair. Whether or not she wants to admit it, Melissa’s latest effort is lacking the extra dimension that Kevin’s bass added to her music. The on-stage chemistry between Melissa and Kevin made her concerts the some of the most memorable I have ever seen and some great albums as well. Now, she’s got a bumbling bass player who lacks emotion and character. Someone should tell him that there are more than four different notes on a guitar. It seems that Melissa is also lacking the intensity that made her previous albums successful. The CD insert contains some pictures of Melissa in various

leather apparel but unlike other inserts, it’s not stapIed. The pages keep falling on the floor every time you open it. Ifyou wanted toplaster your wall with pictures of her I guess it makes life easier, but who would want to do that? As if that is not annoying enough, the black and white lettering makes it almost impossible to read. For Etheridge fans, if you had to sell one of ylour albums because you needed the: money, this would be the one to ditch. For curious non -Melissa Etheridge fans who have heard some of music and like the sound, pick up either her self-titled debut, Brave rind Crazy or KZS I Am, but stay clear of the new one. Three out of ten isn’t bad for a Meat Loaf album but it’s unacceptable from Melissa. Don’t be fooled by the shiny silver album cover, leave it on the shelf.

Tricky (you know, the other Portishead), which combines haunting vocals and complex rythms to produce an almost eerie sound. Peter Gabriel collaborates on one of the tracks with Deep Forest (who have a track of their own also) and if you like his other stuff, you’ll like this too, as it all sounds the same. Other featured names in-

elude Prong; featuring Ray Manzarek doing Strange Days (by The Doors) and Kate Gibson doing Dance Me To The End Of Love, originally written by Leonard Cohen. Put this all together and this becomes a well-rounded compilation of quality material, unlike many soundtracks which feature big name artists doing shitty songs.

Deadeye Dick consist of no one you know: Caleb Guillotte on guitar/vocals, Mark Miller on bass, and Billy Laundry on drums. The cover is a photo of a laundry ma-

The songs are the same old, tackling such controversial issues such as love and relationships, performed in a textbook fashion. “Paralyze Me” states “And when I think of losing you/ It’s easier to think of something else/ 0ooohhh.” The actual sound of the band is someIwhere between Blue IRodeo and John Mellencamp. But if you’re thinking of trying your luck on the Blue Rodeo premise, don’t. Dead(eye Dick are a poor version. Whirl won’t send shockwaves through the music industry, actually it won’t even send a ripple through the music industry. Its songs are nothing we haven’t already heard; eleven poppyshitty tracks 1.0 waste your money on. Enjoy.

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No one needs more pop. There’s too much out there already, but still more and more finds its way onto our record store shelves. Why? Who’s buying this garbage? Deadeye Dick have put out eleven songs, all the same, 100% pop crap, and called it Whirl. Their latest album after the independent release A DQ@rent Story, Whirl was produced by Don Smith. A formidable producer in his own right, having produced such notables as Cracker and The Tragically Hip, Smith really missed the beat on this one. Proof that even a great producer can’t save bad music.

chine. Bill Laundry; laundry machine. Get it. Shit, that’s the only bit of interest on the entire album.

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The Symphonic Pink‘ Floyd Us and Them Point by Sandy Atwal special to Imprint Tcchnicaily, this isn’t flu& a Pink Floyd album. Well it is, but it isn’t. Let me try and explain. Sure, all of the songs are Pink Floyd songs, “Breathe,” “Time,” “Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)” etc. however this is The Symphonic Pink Floyd __ these songs are performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, so there are no vocals and no former or current

Sheila Chandra Roots and Wing.~ Jndipop Records by Hitesh Lad special to Imprint Raots and Wings, an interesting recording which blends together Eastern and Western music, marks theseconddebut of SheilaChandra. Sheila went on a four year sabbatical when she turned 20, to discover her roots and her ‘self.’ What emerged immediately after her return was this album, her fifth, after leaving her band Monsoon. The most interesting song on the track is “Shanti, Shanti, Shanti.” Shanti is the Sanskrit word mean-

D.R.1 Fit& Speed Ahead Rotten Records by Justin Mathews special to Imprint I think I first picked up this CD just for the novelty of having a new D.R.I. CD. My earliest memory of Dirty Rotten Imbeciles was their Thrash Zone al bum. I expected this w album would sound like a D.R.1.

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track one to track sixteen, this is just typical thrash that I remember D.R.I. being best known for. There seems to have been no evolution since I last heard them. But in a way, that was a good thing. The new album hits you with catchy in-your-face songs that all sound the same but are still good

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Pink Floyd members appear on the album. The project is largely the creation of two Killing Joke(!) members: lead singer Jaz Coleman and recently returned bassist (and producer to the stars) Youth. Perhaps not surprisingly, the songs sometimes bear little resemblance to their original forms, While the chorus of songs such as “Time,” “Money” and “Us and Them” are recognizable, each track carries with it extended musical excursions that would be unfamiliar to even the most devoted Floyd fan. It’s interesting to note that the song selection is pretty much just Dal-k Side qf the Moon with three tracks from The Wall thrown in. I personally might have preferred just Durci Side in its entirety, but who am I to

quarrel with Mr. Coleman’s selection? To review any individual songs is almost pointless, since this release is pretty much summed up in its title. Remember “Comfortably Numb?” Well imagine if it was done by an orchestra, There, you’re done. Overcoming the pretentiousness of this album is easy since the music is at times powerful, at times subtle, but always beautiful, While a knowledge of symphonic music would no doubt add to one’s appreciation of this music, I certainly don’t have any, and I have given this CD a lot more plays than I ever thought I would. As always, the packaging of this album is beautiful - one has come to expect no less from Pink Floyd. Complete with cover painting by Roger Dean (artist for several Yes albums including “Close to the Edge” and “Relayer”), the album also includes extensive liner notes by both Jaz Coleman and Dean himself. A rather interesting point is made by Coleman when he states that “. . -the orchestra was chosen as the perfect medium to demonstrate the point that music once categorized as ‘progressive’ by one generation is now considered undeniably ‘classic’ by another generation,” Exactly. So, what could have been one of the year’s most bloated, pretentious and pompous releases, turns out to be one of the most interesting musical experimentations to come down the pike in a while+ Of course if you hate Pink Floyd, then you have no soul and shouldn’t bother picking this up either.

i ng “peace.” The word is repeated three times to symbolize peace of mind, body and soul. There is a unique segment on the track in which Sheila recites a series of bois or Indian percussion notes, and immediately following, the exact same bols are reproduced by the mridngam player. This is reminiscent of the days when Ravi Shankar, sitar maestro, used to do the same thing live with his tabla accompiament, Ustad Allah Rakha. I was very surprised to discover that some of the background Indian music and sounds from the Tamboura instrument was produced by an electronic synthesizer. This is ironic, seeing how this album is suposed to reflect Sheila’s roots and heritage. Then again,

maybe not, although I must admit I couldn’t tell the difference. Another segment worth listening to is the “Lament of McCrimmon/SongoftheRanshee.” The style of this piece resembles the days of yonder, when “Vedic Rishis,” or “Indian Seers” used to chant sacred hymns early in the dawn. The difference in this case was that the lyrics were in English, which creates an interesting contrast. Roots and Wings is indeed an exquisite attempt by Sheila to reveal to us what she actually discovered during her inner spiritual quest for knowledge and self-discovery. If you Iike Eastern and Western music combined, I recommed buying this album.

nonetheless. And the fact that they sound just like they used to adds that hint of nostalgia, a piece of the good old days when my hometown’s “hard-core” scene would put on a concert and play D.R.I. between bands. Listening to this made me feel young(er) again. Perhaps there is some musicality lacking from Full Speed Ahead, but that is more than made up for with this seeming blast from the past. So, how does the album actually sound? Fast, loud and thrashy, as would be expected. The catchy guitar riffs are just typical of the style of music, but they do stick in your head. The lyrics are hard to take seriously, though I think they actually were meant to be. They don’t really tackle anything particularly substantial, with the possible exception of “Syringes in the Sand-

box”about a kid who finds syringes in the sandbox. (Bet you couldn’t have guessed that one!) The rest sounds like typical hard-core angst. Nothing’s changed. The best song on the album, however, was the bonus track: a 1 minute song that follows 20 minutes of silence after the last track. This song actually sounds warmer than the rest of the album. D.R.I. does have more emotions than just angst. I found this bonus song quite refreshing after an entire album’s worth ofbang-your-head-make-mewant-to-slam-dance thrash. There really isn’t any lasting impression made by this album. It’s not going into thehistory books as an important release in 1995, but it does have great energy. A great album for those of you who miss the “slam-fests” of their high-school punk days+

33 Dandelion DYSl@XiCO?l RuffhouseXoZumbia by Chris Aldworth special to Imprint Timing is of the essence when it comes to music. If this album had come out four or five years ago, before the Nirvana hoopla had swung into full effect, these latent grunge rockers would have been heralded as genius and put up on a pedestal for all to adore. Reality check. It is now 1995 and grunge has been with us for close to haif a decade. The sound that Dandelion is going for has now been ingrained in the annals of North American rock and roll. Not to mention the fact that it has been done by so many others, and much better at that. The shoes that Dandelion strive to fill are mighty big and like a child trying on his father’s shoes, they stumble and falI while attempting to move forward. Dysle.~ic~n is filled with the prerequisite angst ridden, guitar meets punk attitude and filled with

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The world probably needs more music like this: fin, fluffy tunes that are unashamedly poppy and kitchey. There’s too damn many heavy guitars in the world, you could picture them saying, so they’ve responded by doing coffeehouse, mid-to-late sixties style fun. No doubt there will be lots of hardhearted ,individuals out there who will find this music way too twee for their tastes, but if you’re up for something to warm the cockles of your heart, this may be for you.

IMPRINT, university full time, and this is the reason for the hiatus, but I don’t know that for a fact. Ifyou like “Friends of P,” you’ll probably like the rest of the album. There is not a huge amount of diversity in the sound throughout. There’s more of the same grunge guitar, the drums are pretty high in the mix, and the Moog synthesizers are quite noticable throughout. Rut this is not a bad thing. The Moog has the potential to be incredibly annoying due to its characteristic whine, but it is not overused. One thing Sharp has done exceptionally well is not overdo any of the tools at his disposal. He chooses just the right time to throw in the great harmonies between Petar Haden and Cherielynn Westrich or the violin, and he knows when to leave them out.

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end the verdict is clear: Anthrax have kept everything that worked all those years: their signature quirky songwriting, complex rhythms, blistering drums, and added three new dimensions to the mix that make for a serious knockout combination. First and foremost, John Bush’s vocals are completely unique to the rock scene, and have provided the vehicle for the other changes in the band. His sound would make any band on the planet sound better. The second big change is also John Bush, this time in the lyrical department. With past albums, the entire band got into the writing, except for Joey Belladonna, which was one of the reasons he was given the boot. Now Bush and Ian do the writing, which really means that John has just made Scott an even better lyricist than he was. Not a trivial thing.This lethal writing combination works like you can’t imagine, unless you imagine yourself slamming your head into every piece of furniture in your room, in which case, you’ve successfully imagined. The final touches are some less than subtle changes in the music. Gone is guitarist Dan Spitz. On the album, Dimebag Daryl (Pantera), Paul Crook (?), and Charlie Benante (Anthrax’s drummer and composer) fill in nicely. Gone is producer Dave Jerden

(Alice in Chains), in favour of the Butcher Brothers. The result of all of this is that the guitar rnix is very cIean and crisp, there’s a bit more empty space than the past, and there are more samples, something Ian has always liked. While the leads are less complex overall, Crook and Dimebag h,ave some great individual moments, especially on “King Size,” and my personal favourite, “Random Acts Of Senseless Violence,” where Crook really shines on the ~010. Dan who? With Stomp, Anthrax has brought a new dimension to the rock scene. This is intense, heavy, complex music that is at the same time more accessible to modem rock (grunge) t’ans than ever before. This disc pumps up expectations of barely-breathing former kings of metal such as Metallica and Judas Priest that just h:iven’t been able to get their asses out of first gear since ‘91 (in Metallica’s case, ‘X8). ‘This album will appeal tofansofbandslikeAliccinC’hains, Korn, Tool, Monster Magnet, The Beastie Boys, Rage Against The Machine, White Zombie, Pantera, you name lthe band, you get the idea. Don’t just take my biased-diehard-Anthrax-tatooed-on-my-bigtoe-word-for-it: Take a listen for yourself. I’ll bereal surprised ifthe boys don’t have you Stompin’too.

The Cardigans are like St. Etienne without the modernist dance beats thrown in. Whereas St. Etienne take hyper-catchy 60s pop and throw equally hooky dance beats overtop, the Cardigans are the Real McCoy, the synthesized instruments and digital production the only thing seperating this from some Hi-Fi release from 1965. The songs are varied in tempo and mood, but all bubbling with an engaging love of life. Lead track “Carnival” is a call for the listener to “Come on and love me now,” set to sweeping strings and heavenly organ bleeps. It’s the most upbeat of the tracks, but songs like “Rise and Shine” hit the same sort of hip discotheque feel. Meanwhile, the wonderful flutes and guitar on “Gordon’s Gardenparty” fi 11 out

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