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ate last year, a scandal at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) exploded. It has yet to be put to rest. On November 6, Patrick Fitzpatrick, Vice-President (External) of the UNB Student Union resigned among a flurry of allegations of suspect expenditures on Student Union credit cards. Although Fitzpatrick denied any wrongdoing, the allegations have since grown in number and complexity. six Student Union credit cards were issued in June of 1995 to members of the UNB Student Union Executive. Each executive signed a strict agreement as to the USC of the cards. The credit cards were to be stored in the safe in the general office and signed out on a case-by-case basis. All expenditures were to be coded for administrative ease. If they weren’t coded, the expenses would be deducted from the individual’s next UNB Student Union pay cheque. Most importantly, however,
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Student Union and the CASA Board of Directors. Basically, the understanding was that the UNB Student Union would cover any CASA expenses Fitzpatrick charged to the UNB Master Card up to the total of the $9,000 yearly CASA membership fee. If the charges for the year were less than $9,000, the UNB Student Union would
It is alleged that he stole two presigned cheques and $2000 in cash iun cards against Fitzpatrick is his role as Atlantic Regional Director of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA). CASA is a pressure group that lobbies post secondary education issues on a national level. The University of Waterloo is a member of CASA. From the outset of last year, a verbal understanding existed between Fitzpatrick, the UNB
pay the difference to CASA. If the charges were more than $9,000, CASA would be billed for the difference by the UNB Student Union. It is alleged that Fitzpatrick took advantage of this arrangement by running up large bills on the UNB Student Union’s credit card and then claiming that CASA had authorized the expenditure. In essence, one of the allegations is that Fitzpatrick
made a number various pubs in Ottawa. He the expenses the UNB Student said to have told to the UNB Student FitzPatrick’s November and credit card misuse tip of the iceberg. 23, 1495 to Fitzpatrick was tional Director of this role, great deal oftirne in the National it is alleged that signed cheques The scandal plicated by Fitzpatrick’s Coordinator Conference Education in conference will tional meeting; post-secondary years. The impetus ing is accredited lobbying efforts Continued
Ezra: the party isn’t over by Kieran Green Imprint staff
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he University of Waterloo has been named in a lawsuit resulting from last year’s Ezra Avenue street party. The lawsuit comes from a woman who was seriously injured by a concrete block that had been thrown by a patty attender. Named in the suit are Eric Kwok (the student who threw the brick), Wilfrid Laurier Administration, the WLU Student Union, the WLU student newspaper The Cord, the University of Waterloo administration, Waterloo Regional Police, the City of Waterloo, the Region of Waterloo and the Ontario Ministry of Education. According to the Statement of Claim filed by
implemented. According to accounts at the time, Waterloo Regional Police went door-todoor prior to April 22 to try and encourage students not to attend the event. Despite these attempts, the party went ahead.
the corner of King Street and Ezra Avenue, was struck by the brick thrown by Kwok. More than 40 people, including Kwok, were arrested by police. Of those arrested 18 were WLU students and 4 were from UW.
plinary policy; dents about to participation; its students, less disregard students. UW faces tions: failing steps to prevent attending and disregard for dents. While in the suit, according sity of Water1100 Claxton the university been served The WLU (WLUSU), and dent Ralph Spoltorc are named for sationalizing “recklessly
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he Omnibus Bill, if implemented, has the potential to adversely affect university students more than it may seem at first glance, according to Dr. Barbara Schumacher. Dr. Schumacher, Director of University of Waterloo Health Services, is concerned that students may not be aware of the implications of the bil1 and thus, are not taking an active stand against it. After aI1, the passing of this bill will result in “the government micro-managing health services.” Bill 26, the Harris government’s Savings and Restructuring Act, will amend 47 provincial laws. Jn doing so, more power will be allocated to Ontario’s cabinet ministers, with the stated goal of rapid spending reduction. One of the areas most graveIy affected is the areaofhealthcare, and it is in this area that university students will most feel the cutbacks. Indeed according to Bill 26 the provincial government will gain the right to unilaterally close hospitals, the right to regulate physician’s fees, and the right to remove price controls on prescription drugs. Perhaps the most hotly contested issue is that of patient records. According to the bill, the health minister will have the right to read patients’ previously confidential medical records.
ominous Jn objection to the bill, liberal leader Lyn McLeod, along with the Ontario Medical Association, have been conducting provincewide forums that give both patients and doctors the opportunity to air their concerns. In an article printed in the Globe and Mail, McLeod indicated that she found many of the Bill’s provisions “repugnant.” Many of the issues McLeod raised were echoed by Dr. Schumacher, who was able to put the situation into the perspective of the average university student. She first indicated that, “health is such a universal concern and there isn’t one of us who won’t be affected by the decisions that will be made in regards to health. “Students, because all their lives have had accessibility to health care, have been able to go into the doctor’s office, use their OHIP card, and experience a response. 1 think that this bili has the potential to drastically change this type of health care; that it has the potential to go to a system that is not universal.” This has been a grave concern of many Omnibus Bill objectors. There is a fear of an American-style health care system with a user pay system, where the government may just cover certain basic health care services. Anything outside of that you will have to pay for out of your own pocket, and insurance companies will become more and more involved in enrolling people in programs that provide this additional coverage. “As such, the corporate motivation for
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profit will become a major player in health care, and health care will become very expensive,” S humacher said. “This is not because the physicians are bad, but because people’s basic needs to be healthy are not being met. This is largely due to inaccessibility.” The system then comes down to the amount of health care that one can afford, and this is where university students fall fiat. Students may not have enough money to pay for health care services. Dr. Schumacher is concerned that students may put their health lower on their priority list and experience
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bomb. health problems in the She said that preventative has become a priority. ingly concerned with to avoid problems in Yet, when faced dents in a financial pinch on apparently immediate rather than being concerned their future health. In the wake of the Omnibus Bill, according this is where students most significant loss.
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good journalist should reflect the diversity in society. She told a story about how she was going to New York and didn’t have her passport or birth certificate with her and how, due to this and her complexion, she might expect a hassle at the border. She said this made her reflect on how if you are not white, “you probably
ose Simone, a feminist and writer for the K-W Record poke on campus last Tuesday. Presented by the Professional Women’s Association, Simone spoke to a predominantly older crowd, with few students in attendance. The talk was entitled “Feminism, mainstream media and the 90’s backlash.” Simone holds a Journalism degree fromcarleton University in Ottawa, and until last year, wrote a feminist column, “Nineties women,” in the Record before it was canceiled by that paper. Simone related being a feminist in the mainstrei-rm media to living in an “Otwelian world,” making referRose Simone, a 90% woman. ence to George Orwel’s c41 9 84-,” where thought is strictly controlthink” you can expect such a hassle led. She mentioned seeing multiple whereas a white person would not. headlines regarding how white She called the “corporate world males are being discriminated Capitalist system” where the hard against, yet she passes the bulletin workers get ahead a mythology, board at the record and sees “Three stating that “there are a lot of millionaires who are very lazy, who more white men have been promoted.” She likened this experinever worked a day in their lives.” Papers can’t help but skew their ence to a “Twilight Zone episode.” Simone says she does not beviews towards men, says Simone, lieve in “censorship of anti-femias the media makes its money through advertising which genernist opinions,” but feels that the media present “an unbalanced barally targets males. “The reality is rage” of “overwhelmingly antithat women don’t have that much feminist” opinions that have money,” she said. Because of this “lopsided” view, Feminism which “skewed and warped...what femi“tries to talk about interconnecnism is all about.” She also feels tions” and “complex issues” is that the media have indulged in a “trivialization of women’s issues.” pushed aside. “The more complex This is wrong, says Simone, as a discussions that Feminism is try-
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ing to get out, get lost.” She refuted the claim that the 1980’s were the decade of backlash by claiming that “all the way back to the roots of patriarchy can be called decades of backlash.” Simone noted four topics that Feminism deals with which always receive an intense response in the media. These are 1) that violence against women is a serious problem, 2) that more inclusivity is needed in language and the teaching of certain subjects such as History or Political Science, 3) that women or people of colour need a place reserved for them where they can congregate to define themselves, and 4) that hiring practices should more accurately reflect the comrnuni ty, She noted some exceptional incidents of backlash, including criticism of vigils held in memory of the Montreal Massacre, a two hour call-in show hosted by a Toronto radio station criticising a booklet published by the Ontario Women’s Directorate that dealt with inclusive language, and an opinion piece in the Globe and Mail that said that women should expect harsh opposition in their fight for equality as historically, the dominant group in society has always opposed any other group that was trying to increase their stat-us. She supported a lounge in Guelph that had a reserved space for people of coiour, as such people need a place to themselves due to incidents such as “people in your class might form a study group and
you might not be included.” She denounced media coverage of the NDP’s so-called “quota law” which the Harris government capitalized on during the last provincial election, saying that there were no quotas in the law, but that the media coverage led many men in the province to “vote Tory and cut their own throats.” She also denounced anti-feminists who use statistics in their arguments, saying that they are not seeking an academic debate, merely to shut the feminists up. She decried the way the media and some politicians have twisted
at Fed Hall towards the exit door. A half hour later, UW police entered, handcuffed the patron, and removed him from the premises.
it was at that point that Fed Hall staff entered the crowd to remove him. Apparently hc was being abusive towards the staff while denying that he had punched the woman. He was overheard as saying that while he would never punch a woman, he would be willing to
the phrase noting that brella phrase” ever the right out” against cally correct.” Political gue, is “an expansion speech,” not have claimed, many people no voice. She tion on an optimistic nists, saying lash phenomenon present, women their fight for
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University of Montreal; Prof. Alexander Wolfe, geography, Queen’s University; and Prof. Chi Wu, electrical and computer engineering, University of Toronto. Those selected are judged to have completed the most outstanding doctoral research in Canada last year. Winners each receive $5,000 and a silver medal. The Steacie Fellowships and the Doctoral Prizes will be officially presented in June along with the Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering. The winner of the Gold Medal will be announced next month. NSERC is the national instrument for making strategic investments in Canada’s capability in science and technology. It supports both basic university research through research grants and project research through partnerships of universities with industry. NSERC also supports the advanced training of highly qualified people in both areas.
1996 NSERC STEACIE FELLOW Prof. Ming Li Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
tion to Kolmogorovcomplexity Its Applications, prehensive used to teach courses all parts of the lated into Russian. Drs. has changed Kolmogorov elegant idea concrete investigations. The power complexity tists to quantie individual and absolute This is sical probability ple, in computer necessary certain program ventional methods, ficult because run with a each result age time Kolmogorov input is needled analysis. In one search (which chine learning biology), use of Kolmogorov the analysis DNA sequence
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Time Between 1945 and the early 1970’s the world exchange rates were fixed, currencies were kept at parity by the national central banks, such as the Bank of Canada, and the ratios were established by international agreement. These currencies were tied IO the dollar and the dollar was tied to gold. Since the 1970’s, instead of there being a fixed exchange rate, a floating market driven exchange rate was introduced. Currencies (dollars, pesos, pounds etc.j began to be bought and sold as a commodity; as a tangible product. At the same time the markets were changed by improvements in technology, new financial institutions, new markets and by deregulation (removal of exchange controls). As a result, according to Yale University Professor James Tobin, Nobel Prize winner in Economics, *‘the rate of economic growth has slowed and unemployment has increased. Real wages have been stagnant or declining. Stagnation [persistent inflation, stagnant consumer demand, high unemployment], trade imbalances and debt burdens have dominated economic news.” Tobin goes on to argue that the problem is not whether the world operates with a fixed or floating exchange rate but rather the ease and speed at which the currency market is able to transfer funds across currencies. Electronic communication and instantaneous transaction allow for currency traders to work 24 hours a day trading money anywhere in the world. The traders are able to profit from minuscule variations in currencies because they are moving around large sums of money. These variations are caused by 33
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long term investment. There is a need to deter speculation and short term transactions because they endanger a country’s autonomy and ability to determine its own monetary policies. As well, they restrict long term planning for such items as education and social programmes. The tax will allow some room for short-term money rates in different countries to stand apart. For example the tax would allow for the Bank of Canada to set its own interest rates without having to mirror those of the United States or the rest of the world. A nation’s central bank powers are restricted if it has to constantly worry about slight fluctuations in the world markets. International currency market traders are not the best people to be dictating anation’s monetary policy. Tobin states that the tax should be universal or at least a condition of membership in the International Monetary Fund. Certain groups of countries would be exempt from the tax for those transactions made between the members of an economic community. The amount collected (estimated at a half a trillion annually) could be directed to the World Bank and to the United Nations.
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Unfortunately, even this event has been tainted by scandal. It is alleged that Fitzpatrick, in his role as coordinator, made unauthorized hirings and setting of remunerations, leased four unauthorized cell phones, signed an unauthorized contract with Hawk Communications for $8500, and opened an unauthorized account at “The King of Donair.” In a scramble to put together funds, it is also claimed that Fitzpatrick procured then defaulted on a loan to Saint Thomas University Student Union for $2000. Approximately $7000 have also disappeared from the CASA National Conference bank account. This list of allegations continues to grow. Fitzpatrick has since resigned from CASA.
In an early UNB Student 3rd, Fitzpatrick wrong doing would show a Student Union He also stated allegations were fuelled Student Union the fact that had forced him eight Student Fitzpatrick’s the growing an end to a long politics. Fitzpatrick years on the three years as Union, two years Senate and one sity Board of now serve a
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Recommended Reading Tobin, James. The k&in Tax: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives 1995. Roodman, David M. Public Money and Human Purpose: The Future of Taxes: World Watch magazine October 1995 issue, pages 10 -19. Jackson, Andrew. “Re-Regulating Global Finance,” Econnmy fur the Canadian La bow Cungress: Vol. 6, No.2, Summer 1995.
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Well this is it, the moment you’ve been waiting for. I’ve heard the rumblings, the murmurs of anticipation. It’s here. The Canadian Campus Business Consortium’s National Tour is ready to roll. The Canadian Campus Rusiness Consortium (CCBC) National Office has finally announced the dates and locations for this exciting tour and Federation Wall at UW has been chosen as one of five venues across Canada. I know you’re all wondering, “How do the Feds do it’? How do they get the finest in entertainment week after week, month after month’! First Spirit of the West, then Collective Soul, and now the CCBC. WOW!” OK. So I’m kidding. Don’t panic! The CCBC is still coming but you haven’t been knocking down my door to find out about it. In fact, most of you probably don’t know what it is. Well, sit back and enjoy this ageless classic tale, “The CCBC is Coming to Town”. The CCBC is a national purchasing group that was incorporated in April of 1994 by a group of founding student associations in-
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Campus Business Consortium “s National Tour is ready to roll used goods and services. Currently there are seventeen member student associations representing all regions of Canada and covering schools as large as Western and University of Alberta and as small as the University College of the Cariboo. So what does this mean for you? The Board of’ Directors of the CCBC (of which I am a member) has decided that WC would like to see the organization investigate
some new initiatives. Some ofthcse may include partnerships with private industry in for-profit ventures. There, I said it! FOR PROFlT! I know that ‘for profit’ isn’t always the most embraced term used on a university campus but it may just be the way of the fkure. Reduction in funding, decreased enrollment, and shrinking disposable income are all becoming realities for the administration and student associations alike. Someone is going to have to take the initiative to meet these challenges and find ways to overcome them without further burdening the students. This brings us back to my original babble. Representatives of the CCBC will be conducting an information meeting at Fed Hall on Tuesday, February 06 at 9:00 a.m. The presentation will be targeted at general managers and student leaders but I am encouraging anyone who is interested in the sustainability of student associations and ancillary services to attend. There is no charge for admission and there may even be some free donuts and coffee. Hmmmm...free stuff, probably not the N’ay to save money, Maybe you can grill them on that.
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and engineering prizes. Winners are internationally recognized researchers, nominated by universities from across Canada.
1996 NSERC DOCTORAL PRIZE John Corrigan NSERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow Karlsruhe University, Germany You could describe John Corrigan’s research on molecular metal clusters as detailed and complex synthetic chemistry. He calls it fun. “Working in a research laboratory is a very exciting and rewarding occupation,” says Dr.Corrigan. “As a synthetic chemist, one derives an enormous amount of satisfaction when ideas grow into concrete reDr. Corrigan’s Ph.D. thesis at the University of Waterloo is regarded as a significant contribution to the development ofa broader and more uniform understanding of the chemistry ofmolecular metal clusters. He is continuing this research as a postdoctoral fellow at Karlsruhe University in Germany. Molecular metal clusters consist of a core of metal atoms linked together in a regular array and surrounded by an outer layer of attached groups.
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Applications chemistry to materials sczience. large clusters of metal atoms and exciting new materials - Dr. Corrigan’s topic. Dr. Corrigan’s ence began reinforced versity. “The important ementary and play in developing science cannot sized,” he says. “My high teacher, Jules thusiastic strated the theory and stage, the transition metal istry were introduced Walker at ronto. “We al1 ers a range What is sometimes science is also rewarding.” Dr. Corrigan’s coveries at thle loo earned prizes for the conducted the natural ing.
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“No. It’s a party, hands.”
“NO. University students should be mature enough to know about consequences? Scott Tayhw 3rd Year Arts
“NO. The university can’t be held liable for every student who leaves campus.” Gummy Barrtes 1B Mechanical Engineering
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with in his term was the previous Ezra party. According to Stinson, the defense for WLU, WLUSU and The Cord are being conducted jointly by one lawyer. The City of Waterloo and the Regional Municipality of Waterloo are, according to the Statement of Claim, responsible for “coordinating, organizing, supervising, controlling and policing mass gatherings” within their boundaries. For that reauTfe
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In last week’s Imprint, Pat Merlihan’s I Hate My Generution was subtitled “Politicians are like a box of column
chocolates” and listed off a litany of reasons why the Federation of Students Executive election is a waste of time that nobody’s interested in and doesn’t anlounl to a hill of-beans anyway because student politics art: irrelevant. I’m pnraphrasing here, but I think it’s a pretty aucurtitc encapsulation of Pat’s views. Now, before anybody thinks 1‘m going to go off‘in a snoot about how wotlfuily misinformed Pat is, I’ll Crst-off fee
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with a slight amount of embarrassment, how it wasn’t so long ago that I felt pretty well the same way. Frankiy, student politics bored me and the covcragc of student issues were seldom priorities in my reading ot‘lmprint. All the same, 1 kul obliged to respond to Pat’s assertions, not just because 1 see day-to-day the hard work that those involved with the Federation of Students bring to the campus, but because 1 now actually believe that their work is worthwhile. It’s for these reasons that I’m excited about this year’s election, and why 1 believe that the hard work that’s going on with Imprint’s election coverage this year will be our most intensive
and extensive ever. Like many students, Pat Mt that the student government is irrelevant to the student body. I beg to differ. Whether it 3t’ lobbying (or or against issues such as Income Contingent Loan Repayments or :he fearsome which affect
Grad Tax, these are issues students now and way down the road. ‘I’hen there’s the question of the penefits of membership in organizations such as CASA, OUSA, CFS. Hundreds Jf thousands of university students in Ontario and across Canada comprise an Incredibly effective lobby at provincial ind federal levels, especially if that lobby s effectively marshalled. Students do
lave voices and can be heard, so it’s mportant that we be amongst them. At the same time, we have our own In-campus priorities. Pat also felt that those candidates who had running mates exhibited a failure If leadership. On the contrary, this is .otaily effective leadership. How, for nstance, might somebody running for the losition of Administration and Finance x in a position to keep promises if the Ither elected members have diametrically opposing view points? Teams give us a zonsistency and vision. They’re one of the .easons we have political parties. Pat cited as another strike against the Aections relevance the poor turn-out of roters, calling it embarrassing, and :laiming that only 10 per cent of the :ligible student body votes. This isn’t :ntirely true, actually 2 of the last 3 Aections had turnouts above 20% and the >ther had a 17% turnout. These aren’t :xactly joyous numbers, but they are
amongst the best in the province, and we ;houldn’t be holding voter turnout against
Voodoo ‘agic Mike Harris is on the loose, waving his magic wand and restor.ing economic prosperity all over the place. Magic Mike is deluded. With his economic policies Mikey has proven that he is an idiot in more ways than one, a true multi-faceted moron. Not only does the Axernan have no concept of the environment or society, but he doesn’t seem to know much about economics either. What he knows is what has been taught to him by his puppetmasters - your beloved bank chairmen, bond rating services, and the rest of the financial gurus on Bay St. Mikey was such a good student, that he has metamorphosized these teachings into an ideology ~ an ideology that is not about economic prosperity at all, but about shifting the economic burden onto the poor.
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Economics invest and expand, or bad because it removes disposable income from a huge segment of the population. Subscribers of the former position are the same ones who cheered Ronald Reagan as he destroyed the American economy and have not learned from the experience. Reaganomics essentially involved cutting taxes of the rich and of businesses. The intention was that the money saved would be re-invested in the economy, creating thousands of jobs - the so-called trickle-down theory. Did it work? Absolutely not. Businesses hoarded their extra cash, the deficit skyrocketed, few jobs were created, and the poor were left in the gutter. But of course, it will work differently here in Ontario, right? In Ontario, the tax cut will magically create 725,000 jobs over the next five years, as the Tories insist. Like hell. AsTorunto Starjour-
Walkom lists the ingredients Right’s agenda: slashing merit; cutting taxes privatizingpublic enterprise; lations that interfere maximization; and destroying trade unions. Harris is to the letter - even economic sense. Take ple. Unquestionably, is key to a prosperous university education portion of the tax burden, more than pay for the their education. NevertheIess, ing it more difficult versity or to complete being cut because it is but because it fits in
Individual at fault, not CASA Tu ihe Editor, The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA), our national lobbying group has recently made some allegations against an individual for fraud, theft, and misappropriation of funds. A report, consisting of these allegations and supporting documentation has been submitted to the police and also made available to thelmprint. It is our understanding that there will be an article in this issue stating the details of these allegations, based on the police report. We, the Board of Directors of the Federation of Students, have recently met to discuss this unfortunate situation and would like to communicate ourresolution to the student body. We recognize that at this time, these are solely allegations. If however, they do turn out to be true, we strongly feel that this unfortunate situation reflects the actions ofthe individual and not of the organization, and that it in no way compromises or changes what CASA stands for. CASA is a member-driven, proactive organization that lobbies key educational issues and, the situation is one of alleged wrong-doings ofan individual who happens to be an employee of the organization. We feel that CASA stands strongly in what it believes: representing students. We also feel that the dedication and the drive to serve students will not change due to these alleged actions. If anyone has any questions or concerns, or would like to take a look at the police report, please feel free to drop by the Fed office in SLC 1100. -Bonrd Federation
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Russell is a believer To the Editor, Once again James Russell rants on about religion. 1 previously wrote a letter to the editor with regards to one of his
but in the context of my letter, in wfiich I said that science was as much a system of belief as any of the others, I had thought it made my point. I considered writing another letter to the editor before this to clarify, but it was just before the holidays and I decided I didn’t have the time. So I just blew it off and decided not to worry about it. But here I am anyway. This past week another controversy came to the Imprint. This was something I felt was close enough to my first argument for me to try again. The new controversy was over a petition against “those who don’t like religion” expressing their views in the student newspaper. In most respects I would never be seen as a minority in this society, but this attack on my freedom to express my views made me feel it quite clearly, that in this case I am. My senate choice? Not likely. The petition referred rather obviously to James (as well as to the Pm-king Lot cartoons, which I have enjoyed from time to time.) It is apparent that James and I disagree on much... his exorcism example (last week) of why religion is bad is so much garbage... any belief system, even science, can be used for ‘evil’: Hitler’s eugcnics . ..and sometimes I THINK that comic strip is just not fUnny, [so what, I really enjoyed the “God pissing fi-om on high” one, a not so subtle comment on how parents lie totheir children about many things--only my interpretation) but James Russell and those who do the comic strip, as well as myself (someone who doesn’t believe in God anymore than in Santa Claus) are a part of this community, whatever our standards are. If you don’t like what is said, go to the Imprint and write your own stuff.. simple... or better yet get off your butt and work on your own paper. I’m sure the students of this university would love another voice on campus. I know, call it: 7HE RIGHT NEWS (all irony intended). In closing I have one thing to say to James Russell. YOU DO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING! You have said it is “France.” When you can prove France exists, without using your Scientific religious dogma, (belief in science is just that) YOU, James, can be my God. All hail James... Glory be... and all that... Amen.
sincerely hope no one makes a serious decision regarding religion simply by examining reader’s Letters to the Editor submitted to Imprint. As Gord Fitzpatrick and Marc Iturriaga did last week, I urge everyone to spout their anti-religion beliefs at me personally using LXXINSTAN@UMIERCiRAD 4%~
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to Billy Graham.“). In the petition, I simply asked the Imprint to respect the religious views of those who hold the idea of Jesus and God close to their hearts. It was signed by 62 members of the student community who felt that Mr. Russell’s statements, and the Parking Lot is Full cartoon, did not show that respect. This will be my last letter on this issue; however, I will not be silenced. I will continue to strive for the rights of people whose religious beliefs are being discriminated against in this student newspaper. -Puwel
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To the Editur, Some time ago I helped to compile a 62 signature petition regarding certain views about religion expressed in the Imprint. The petition specifically addressed Mr. Russell’s statements in the December I, 1995 issue: “I think that the economic and legislative issues I deal with are far more important than the foolish notion of God,” along with “There is no God.” The petition was also concerned with Jesus urinating from the clouds portrayed in a Puking Lot is Full cartoon. In response to the petition, the Imprint published five letters in its January 19 issue. Most of the responses contained personal attacks on me (“God-boy,” “Poor deluded fool,” ‘&...Mr. Ratajczak and his 62 member gang of God’s children.. .,” “. ..take back your $4.10 and give it
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care how pretty Brubakers is. Is the “Executive Council” not paying attention to the restaurants that are popping up in the vicinity of campus that offer the cheapest meals in town? The meal that I enjoy at Mel’s almost daily that costs $2.99, would cost $5.99 at Modem Languages. I do not go to Modern languages cafeteria because it is not aesthetically pleasing... BUT BECAUSE IT 1s TOO DAMNED EXPENSIVE!! ! If food services thinks they can make students eat their food by spending $3 million to make their outlets prettier...they must be sitting back thinking “students are a bunch of drunken idiots who will never notice! ! !” They will increase staff and
faculty sales by lOO%??? These people don’t know they will have jobs the day after tomorrow! They also have cars and have heard of that wondehl land called “The Super Market.” They know what it costs to produce meals from the ingredients in the store. I am no idiot-1 have also heard of that “Super Market” place; I could shop and make stuff at home too. I just have limited means with which to shop! Thus, I eat on campus the odd time. When Food Services bashing began on uw.general about this issue, Chris Redmond, of the Department of Information and Public Affairs, defended it. Apparently Food Services &ould like to turn over a portion of their profits into
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If there’s a generation that 1 hate even more than my own, hands down it’s the baby-boomers. Yes, my parents, your parents, and all those running this wonderfully optimistic country of ours. They’re responsible for the mess we’re in (as a country... well, at least Ontario anyway), not to mention &heir part in reuniting those g: vddamned Eagles and a Woodstl k II (gimmie a break.) GawdI hate tb em. Regardless, I’m faced wir: the same anxiety that Janyce M&J: ‘r>r faces as she dicussed some ki*, of “New Hope” in last week’s amprint. Kudos to her, but I’d pel + ally like her to share in the gencvis of this “new hope.” it’s a beautiful sentiment that even brings tears to my eyes, but the real tearjerker is the fact that this idea of a “new hope” is simply based on “the little engine that could” mentality and nothing more concrete than that. “I think T can, I think I can, I think I can.“I’m afraid this mentality is going to land Janyce McGregor in the same place I am right now; the place she fears most ~ the parent’s basement. Why the pessimism though? I’ve never been easily sucked into doomsday predictions, all the way from David Suzuki to Nostradamus. (Incidentally, Nostradamus predicted that WWIII is coming in 1999: it will be a nuclear war between a country in the Far East and
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the U.S.A. Preceded by natural disasters, famine and drought.) But in my cynical outlook on our futures, a gloomier fate may be in store for our little brothers and sisters who are currently going through the overhauled public education system, Of course if Nostradamus is right, I guess we’ll have nothing to worry about. Education is a universal commodity that most countries value, unless of course you happen to live in Ontario. In Ontario the youth are sacrificed to the almighty deficit, and right now very few people seem to realize that. In Ontario there is a very serious threat that public and elementary school teachers will strike, and for pretty good reason too. It doesn’t help having an Education Minister with a few axes to grind with teachers because he holds them responsible for his failure to get past grade ten. And if this province is to see teachers walk off the job, I hope to Gawd John Snobelen won’t be negotiating with teacher’s unions. His method of reforming education thus far has been to mudrake teachers as being underworked and overpaid, create a “crisis” situation by fueling anxieties in teachers, slash and burn any promise of new jobs for young teachers, and all the while keeping teachers and school boards in the dark as to what is going to happen. Perhaps you share some of the swarrny opinions of Mr. Snobelen, but the bottom line is: who is going to suffer? If you were able to enjoy playing on a school sports team, or some after-school event that some
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teacher volunteered to supervise and arrange, then cherish that memory. Next year you can say good-bye to sports teams, and any extra-curricular activity that is only made possible by teachers volunteering their time, (Think of the talented varsity freshmen players coming to represent WW in the up-coming years.) For me, those “extras” made highschool bearable and are one of the reasons I got to university and I’m definitely not alone. I’m not naive enough to think that every teacher goes above or beyond their duty, or that all teachers pull their weight, but I don’t think that any occupation has or can be expected to have one-hundred percent efficiency (our government is a good example.) Degrading and undermining the abilities of teachers and not consulting these same teachers on the front lines is really only hurting the students, and displays an incredible lack of interest in making reforms to education because they are good, rather than because they look good on paper. Personally, I’d like to see the teachers strike. I’d like to see the workers that feel screwed over by Elizabeth Witmer’s labour bill walk offthe job. I’d like to see this whole Gawd-damned province shut down to drive the message home that some of us would appreciate having a fbure. Let France be a warning to Mr. Harris’ government, that shutting everything down isn’t all that unlikely. And although I’ve expressed my dislike for baby-boomers, it’s going to be up to all of us to make this message clear.
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__ far greater, in fact, than you could ever begin to imagine. I get a great feeling inside knowing that, even though I don’t know everything, and even though 1screw up more times than I care to remember, God still loves and 1’ ;ives MC. God’s love is limitless. .-here is nothing that we can do to escape c it. He loves us so much that He was willing to become human, live among us, and even die for us. costs
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pages of Imprint have recently become a battle ground between different opinions of the validity ofreligious traditions. As absorbing and stimulating as thisdiscussion is, anumber of disturbing trends have arisen and seem to threaten the integrity of the debate. Issues such as censorship and freedom of expression aside, it would appear as though the methodology ofthe debate rests on unsound assumptions and misleading insinuations. There has been little in the way of academic critique of religious views. There have been plenty of “I thinks, ” “I feels,” and “1 demands,” but the debate has yet to get past issues of opinion and conjecture. This is obviously a topic that many people, in one way or another, have very strong views towards (myself included). But to limit the discussion to opinions, and opinions of a significantly diverse range of informativeness, threatens to move the debate beyond the range of any meaningful
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closure into a cacophany of spurious concepts. The study of religion, in its extensive diversity, is a genuine field of academia and one offered by this University. Going hand in hand with an effective critical study ofreligion is a willingness to see the tradition from the inside. Granted that social bias and the sheer foreignness of some religious concepts to North American values and ideas may make a full and holistic understanding difficult, it is nonetheless foundational to any form of effective study and critique. Thus, to discount Judaism, Christianity, and Islam because ofdifferences regarding the religious creation accounts with scientific models, is to do the religious views an inherent disservice and bars any meaningful critique or understanding of the traditions for the academic or devotional “outsider.” In James Russell’s summary of the “genesis” of the current religious debate, he directs his rhetorical barbs at the idea “of God as a
‘being”’ (Imprint; Dec. 1, 1995) responsible for creation of the universe, etc. I would not be so sure, however, if the various theistic traditions of the world would be content with the description of Ultimate Reality as a “being,” (if I may raise this point without reducing the discussion to a semantic wrestling match). This is not to say that the critic of religion has to get bogged down with devotional expressions and dogmatism, but rather should have a clear and informed view of what she or he is retiting. Furthermore, -there is an unsettling tendency for religious criticism to be centred around the objection to the idea of “God” or exclusively Christian issues. “Religion” itself is as hostile to any consensual definition among scholars as UW students are to censorship. What is usually found, however, is the vastness of scope that “religion” as a term tends to encompass. “Religion” is not limited to Continued
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I’ve got a good idea. I think people should be taxed more. Even better, I think they should be taxed to pay for stuffthey don’t want, but will be given any way. Do I sound like an idiot? This proposal is, in essence, what the Juneau commission is going to recommend to the Federal government at the end ofthis month according to aGlobe andMail front page story. The Juneau cornmission is made up of Pierre Juneau, a former president of the CBC, the president of TVO, and a professor from Simon Fraser University. Who they want to tax is everyone who has cable TV, a telephone, or uses other telecommunications systems, and &hat they want to fund with this money is the CBC, Telefilm Canada and the National Film Board. Now, one of the proposals that go with this plan is that the CBC, when it rakes in all this free money, can stop airing sitcoms and other popular programs. The report suggests that the CBC only shows popular programs for one reason, so they can make a little money from advertising revenue, and not because any one actually likes them. If this tax is implemented, the CBC will be freed from such terrible restrictions as having to program shows people want to watch, and get down to doing what it is supposed to be doing, namely, promoting Canadian culture which in turn (get this) is an integral part of national unity. The other two institutions can do the same. According to the Globe and Mail, the report says that “without ratings pressure, the CBC would be able to concentrate on making distinctive programs.” Yes, evidently, Canadian content is vital if we are to remain a nation and avoid separatism, Prcsumably, the fact that there were separatist sentiments floating around even when the CBC WQS well funded is immaterial. The Juneau commission found that Canadian culture is in danger of being overwhelmed by American programming, and so, defensive measures need to be taken, These measures are boosting cul-
tural institutions. way to do that pay for them them or not.. conclude that them. If they watch the CBC, able to make sale of advertising requiring annual area of $1 taxes would On what mission link tions with national and Mail lists think of any institutions duplicate their cial languages. language to one ent language seems to be seems merely rate cultures impetus for ment . Fortunately, report can expect sition, from whose services the users of those ultimately have everyone. Richard dent of the Canadian sion Associaltion monthly cable would need just to replace mentary grant, have to cover tising revenue, higher. Last company tried to pay for additional nels and was after an enormous that case the only $2 to $3 The proposal For $8 a month, pect nothing Cancon on the little more out and the National think that giving ally useless for nothing anything, and country.
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he pages of Imprint have been rife with religious debate as of late. Like the perennial pilgrimmage of swallows to Capistrano, or perhaps more like a case of herpes, the pathetically irrational whining ofbrainwashed shills has returned to sully the pages of this fine paper yet again. It was somewhat timely, then, that this past Tuesday saw a fascinating debate at the University of Toronto on the subject of God’s existence. With the many childish letters to the editor still reeling in my head, 1 looked forward to a more serious philosophical debate. On the “pro” side was Dr. William Craig, who currently resides somewhere near Atlanta, Georgia (a Christian from the Bible belt? Who’d’ve thunk it?) with a PhD in both Philosophy and Theol%Y* On the con side, Dr. Jan Narveson, professor of ethics and political philosophy here at the University of Waterloo. A graduate of philosophy myself, it’s been a while since I’ve attended anything academic (i.e.: class, lecture, colloqium, debate, etc.} in quite some time, so it was refreshing to take a briefdip in the academic pool once again. At the risk of unleashing a severe bootlicking upon Dr.
Craig mentioned, and Narveson’s counterpoints, but such a complex debate is truly one of those “You had to be there” situations. Summarizing a two hour debate on the existence of God into 1,000 words is for those with greater literary skills than mine. What was striking, and what I want to discuss in this piece, was the tone and methodology of each speaker. On the one hand was Narveson, an elderly statesman of philosophy who knew the arguments for and against God like the back ofhis hand. Narveson debated with little(ifany)prepapration,and had the advantage of a background in logic and an intimate knowledge of the works of philsophers such as Aquinas and Aristotle (whom religious fanatics rank only slightly below Jesus) as his weapons. Craig on the other hand, quoted directly from his book, resorted to rather transparent (and rudim+entary) debating techniques instead of bringing up actual points, and utterly failed to address the crowd appropriately. His speech was for the converted-he assumed events such as the life of Jesus to be exactly the same as the King James’ account, and never once questioned the authority of that text. Despite the fact that he was talking to a largely university audience, his speech was clearly written for idiots and children. Take, for example, take one of Craig’s main points, traditionally known as the Prime Mover argument. Craig stated that God explains things such as the existence of the universe because all things, even the universe must have a beginning. The only thing which could be the beginning for the universe was God. God is the only being that could have created something out of nothing. Narveson debunked the Prime Mover myth in three easy steps. He
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created the universe. Craig’s (predictably pathetic) answer to Narveson’s point, was to suggest that Narveson had misunderstood him, and that what Craig had actually said was that “all things which have a beginning must have a cause” and that God doesn’t have a beginning. Craig thus ingeniously begged the question, if god doesn’t have to have a beginning, then why does the universe. Craig never an.. swered this question. Narveson had clearly heard all of Craig’s points, in one form or another, before. Although he didn’t address Craig’s points in the same order as they had been presented, he handily destroyed every argument Craig brought up. With logic and reason as his weapons, he countered Craig’s question-begging, and simple irrationality beautitilly. Craig presented himself as a true academic. Calm, clearly a practiced public speaker, and well dressed, it was obvious that he had taken not a few rhetoric classes during the course of his degrees. Despite the emperor’s new clothes (or Pope’s new robe. . .whatever) however, it was painfully obvious, especially after Narveson’s speech, that the only discipline Craig had mastered was sophistry (and perhaps a minor in semantics.) But isn’t that just how it goes? To make up for their lack of actual arguments and logical cohesion, how often do Christians resort to subjective rationales regarding the spirit of Christ and how it has touched them, or quoting f?om the bible, or similar “incantations,” as Narveson called them? Despite Craig’s inability to make his case successfully, there is a lesson to be learned in all of this, that the religious students who write intolmprintwoulddo well to learn. The people who write into Imprint beliefs, I simply do not care what they do or do not believe. What infuriates me is their inability, in an institution of learning, to apply any degree of rigorous scholarship to their beliefs. They preach, they cornplain, and in the case of Mr. Ratajczak, threaten, but they always fail to question. . . l-r orrunately, 1 . organlzarlons -l-
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claimed” Foo Fighters, Alanis Morrisette and more. Calling back to my initia1 questions, I ask again, who do critics serve? In theory, they should serve opinions and their readers, giving honest reviews without shading it. David Gilmorc of CBC
same. The Imprint staff writers and the Rolling Stune staff writers are both equally confident andqualified to make these assessments. The difference: Rding Stone can sell the opinion. We can merely offer ours. The record companies can sell Rolling Stone’s opinions to the masses. Imprint doesn’t really carry that much weight. The result is critics creating stars instead of reviewing them, and the world is blessed with the “critically ac-
idea of that album or a movie, you to form own. When the selling tool, then problem. Finally, be taken as the not at all. Anyone be a critic. Peter Arts says he has never is no more been quoted in any ’ Krafchick’s. promotional camtheir opinions, paign because be tant than your avoids raving about or Katy MacKinnon? anything. Rex Reed ter. They’re both and Gene S halit, both nothing more, well-known from movie poster and Ebertraise comments have long been accused mean you will.. of being whores to the industry. Ace Venturu: Instead of serving fhcir beliefs and $140 million their readers, they often serve their Nowit’syourtumtoplaycritic. own interests. Where does Imprint’s Who are they responsible to? these questions? Ideally, the general public, the conAre we responsible sumers of the works they review. serve a purpose? Are they? That’s a question of deThen again, bate. Some are, some aren’t. ion. Do critics actually serve a purpose? Sure, they can give you an
Shit. Another column, full of opinionated trite is in theImprint, you’re probably thinking. All I can say in response is: yup. But I think that my column is different from either of the others currently running. I’m not going to debate the existence of God, or talk about business in St. Jacob%. “All the Right Enemies” will be devoted exclusively to University-related issues. I expect that the great majority will deal with Ontario and Waterloo-specific issues, but I may also talk about issues going on at other universities which are relevant. I chose the title just because it sounds cool. I saw it on someone’s button in Toronto a while back, and I thought it was thought-provoking. Am I planning on making a new enemy every week? No. Will
Did you know that near the end of this semester, students will not only find out how much money President Downey makes, but will also find out which professors earn over $100,000, and how much they make? It might seem kind of irrelevant, but I know of a few professors I’m willing to bet will be on that list, and they don’t deserve to be employed at UW, forget about paid five times the average income of Ontario citizens. But I’m not going to talk about any of these issues right now. I was just trying to get your attention with a few points, to provide you with some flavour of what to expect under this banner from week to week. A friend called up the other day, quite upset. A bit of gay-bashing involving her had gotten back to her.
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its near 2000 year history. It’s probably safe to say that the only common thread within the history andgeography ofchristian thought, in the realms of both orthodoxy and
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rice a week, David Eden would travel 1.5 km underground into the sweltering, air of a South African gold
humid mine. Eden, finishing up his geological engineering degree, spent eight months last year in Wclcom, South Africa. He spent hisco-op term working for Integrated Seismic Systems (ISS) Intcmational Ltd., a company that manufacfurqsells, installsand monitors equipment for measuring seismic movement in rock. ISS inslrum~ntation is used identif-y unstahlc areas and advise the mining companies of potential seismic risks. Without thcsc mcasurcmcnt devices, rocks would spray through the: air during an excavation, consequently killing dozens of miners. David’s job with ISS was to install and monitor a strain gauge, which is placed deep in the rock to measure local stress. The measurements that hc obtained were used to analyze the probability of a seismic movement. liewasalsorcsponsiblc for pholographically documenting the damage caused by cave-ins and rock falls. The threat of potential danger was not nearly as oppressive as the environment underground. The air, stifling and humid, was circulated only by surf&e ventilation fins and heated by rocks. The experience could only be compared to working in a sauna.
On his trips underground, David remarked that safety standards in South African mines were noticeably lower than those in Canada. This was brought to light when rubber galoshe? rather than steel-toed boots were provided for his underground expeditions.
trained to handle the dangers of theirjobs. A few have even been run over by ore trucks while sleeping on the tracks. Problems like these have been attributed to the lack ofcommunication between the workers and the mostly whitemanagers. Aside from
owners are also prevalent. There were occasions when David’s supervisor at ISS recommended that certain parts of the mine be closed down due to safety considerations. Ofien, these notices were ignored and workers were subsequently killed when a seismic
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by Sarah Mihailovich special to Imprint outh ALrica’s wealth has historical 1y been built on the mining industry. This industry’s prol<ts have increased over the years by using cheap labour- specifically, blacks. Today, with the end of apartheid a reality, the mining industry is being forced to reexamine itself according to the new standards of
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the basic misunderstandings that result from the various nuances of the local dialects ofFanikalo (a mixture of Zulu, Afrikaans and English), problems with the “sheergreed and mismanagement” of the mine
the concerns in the mining industrythe main one being racism against black miners. The wages of a black miner are among the lowest of all industrial wages in spite of the fact that their work is often extremely physically demanding and dangerous. The living conditions that black workers are subjected to by the companies are, in the majority of cases, inferior to those provided to white miners.
portion of blacks in senior level positions. In addition, it attempts to address amajor problem faced by all workers- ovenvurking. Its proposal is to reduce the work week to a 40 hour maximum while maintaining the same salary and improving living and working conditions. It also plans to add benefits such as sick leave and maternity leave for female miners as well as standard death and disability ben-
tremor passed through the area. Unfortunate as the situation may seem, it did not appear to have been an isolated incident. As one ofthe world’s emerging democracies, South Africa is s;till in
the process of eliminating ism that is rampant David recalls that he had with can fiend about Johannesburg. His that it was roughly each year. David the number seemed asked ifthe figure bouring townships. looked at him with “Oh, you mean blacks?” Incidents like to emphasize that formally eliminated, to permeate the at every level. This subservience is another disturbing Africa- the violence. By Canadian Africa was, and place to be. For were everywhere:: armed civilians, were the norm. often than not belonged mafia members only factions of offer protection “Driving those protection is suicide.” Even in the where David worked, resulted in the dearth was a shame because these made me wary have happened to down in trust causes It’s hard to pinpoint imagined fears become
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hat is the recipe for a winning powerhouse of a hockey team? For the Waterloo Warriors, ranked sixth in Canada and surfers of a recent wave culminating in eleven wins in their last twelve games, the recipe is ingrained in the saying, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. Warrior defenceman Mark Cardiff, known for his deft offensive playmaking and recognized as a key contributor to Waterloo’s resurgence as a league power, finds the foundations of success a basic quality to this year’s edition of the Warriors. “We’re known as the hardest working team in the league,” reinforces “Cards”. “We just have to keep proving that.” To Warrior coach Don McKee, there have been so many factors in the team’s rise (Laurier coach Wayne Gowling called Waterloo “the best team the Hawks have faced so far”), that McKee can go up and
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the lineup citing examples. “First of all,” points out McKee, “John Wynne is playing like an All-Canadian. His offensive and defensive leadership have definitely been a factor. Another example is Mark Cardiff. He’s played like an all-star. Offensively, he always had strong skills, and this year, he’s played the whole game in all-star fashion.” Another plus in the defensive carp is the return of fifth-year blueliner Brian Henry. Just like Tom Balfe on the basketball War+ ors, Henry returned to do what he does best: bang and crash, move the puck up, and sweat a kegful of perspiration game-in and gameout. Henry’s presence allows the younger defencemen to see what hard work can accomplish. His grit has duly impressed McKee, who gives Henry the nod in leading the Warriors to six wins on the road during a tough stretch in the schedule. “We’ve played six of our last seven games on the road,” observes McKee. “To finish up the season, we have six of eight at home with
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the others being Laurier and Rock.” It looks as if the Warriors have made their strong move into first place during a brutal, rough number of away games, and the present looks promising, playing in the friendly confines of the Columbia Ice Field. With the Warriors hot as Dante ‘s Inferno, the principal keeper of the flame will be sophmore puckhater, Joltin’ Joey Harris. McKee feels Harris is more than capable of wielding the torch of everlasting wins. “Joe has been extremely steady for us,” praises McKee. “He’s mature, he’s a year older, and he should be a year better.” How can we leave out the boys responsible for putting the biscuit in the basket? The Warriors, whose offensive output was a question mark at the beginning of the season, have put to rest all the insinuations suggesting the last person you want aiming an arrow at you with an apple on your head is a Warrior shooter. In fact, only one team in the country has scored more goals than Waterloo: UQTR.
Without (the Warriors more than the output admirable. “A diff’erent night,” relates a big factor ning.” McKee a healthy Steve been a big ofplay in the the Western in the contests, Peter ward out of has stepped likes of Greg Mervyn, who for at least McKee to point out rest of the wards, who) play when “We need ethic,” stresses tinued success the rest of the With respect,
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othing quite like a week in the division basement to focus a team’s attention. The Waterloo Warrior basketball team won their second straight game last Saturday, 76-67 over the University of Windsor Lancers at the PAC, to even their record at Z2 and vault them into sixth place in the OUAA West. On Wednesday night in London, the Warriors ran into an angry Western team which was coming off a humiliating loss to Mac on Saturday. Western took their anger out the Warriors, defeating them 87-67. The Warriors did not help their own cause any by hitting only 37% of their shots from the floor. Leading scorers for the Warriors were Tom Balfe with 18 points and 9 rebounds along with Mike Stroeder, who had 11 points. Mano Watsa chipped in with 9 points and 6 assists.
Mike Stroeder dunks ‘er down had more consistency defensively. Windsor took their only lead on a Geoff Stead free throw late in the first half. But second-year off guard Matt
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44 percent sor 43 per Tomorrow, Golden Hawks in their own Warriors finish home series The Hawks improved team haven’t been improved team ‘96 (before tle of the ohthe O-4 Hawks Lancers). For those - and you haven’t team that sneered 24-point first-half loo’s home fore succumbing Third-year Kratz is the scoring 22 riors in their and is fourth ing with 17.8
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he Warrior squash team visited Ryerson this past week end for matches against Ryerson, Toronto, McGill, and Queens. The team came home with 12 of a possible 24 points after defeating Ryerson, 5-1, tying McGill 3-3, and losing 4-2 to both Queens and U of T. Waterloo’s number one seed, Luke Fraser, had an excellent weekend, losing only to a top Canadian player from the University of Toronto, Dan Vranesic. Fraser fought hard for a 3-2 win against Ryerson’s Don Lee, and then cruised to easy wins against McGill and Queens. Stefan Leyhane, Waterloo’s second seed, also had it tough against the Varsity Blues, Losing to
Patrick Ryding, another player in the Canadian upper echelon. Leyhane solidified his reputation in wins against Ryerson and Queens, but canie up agonizingly short against McGill, losing 3-2. It was a disappointing performance for Waterloo’s third seed, Eric Kamel, who blew leads in three matches, ending the weekend with losses to Ryerson, Toronto, and Queens. Kamel’s poor performance cost the team at least one point this weekend, possibly two. Jeff Anderson, playing position four, was in top form Saturday, beating Tony So from T.O. and Amer Dessi from the Ryerson Rams. An injury sustained in the Dessi match may have hindered Anderson in his Sunday losses to McGill and Queens. Bryan Chin, the five man for
Waterloo, took Toronto, but Ram Mitchell that day. Chin but fell to both Kevin Lyons, seed, proceeded the weekend against Queens. formance netted rior points. The team of the points, weekend to Costigan, who the effort the weekend,” Longwell. Waterloo OUAA finals The team finished or four in the poised for another
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&cording to the oddsmakers, this J7ear.s game won’t be any differsnl from the prsjious four blowouts. and the NFC \\.ill once again assert itselfas the mighty lion to the IFC’s meek litrle mouse. This year. “America’s Team” (thr Jsrrq Jones o\\ nt3d ‘Boys), spent nwre moolah on signing bonuses (S-I 1 million) than the Strsltlrs did on rota1 salad, (537 million). Howt3’2r. \i hat0 et I\ indow you look through. the game a.ill ultimately bc dscidcd on tht: field in Arizona, and 311the tbcus will lx directed on the key matchups between the teams’ offences and defences. cowboys U@?!lC’E 1’3. SreehY &feim: The COI+ boys have a formidable offensive line that opens up huge holes for running back Emmitt Smith and provides ample pass protection for quarterback Troy Aikman. Smith and Aikman are two-thirds of Dallas’ key “Big Three,” tht: other third being wide receiver Michael Irvin. All three must come to play on Sunday, otherwise the Dallas offence will not work like the well-oiled machine that it is and will look extremely mediocre when handling the ball. If Dallas fires on all cylinders, it could be a long day for the Steeler de fence. The Steeler defence is anchored by its outside linebackers Kevin Greene and Greg Lloyd, two monsters who love punishing opposing quarterbacks. The Cowboys offensive line has not had a real challenge like Greene and Lloyd all year. and it will be interesting to see just how well they can handle the one-two punch. Cornerback Carnell Lake has had a monster year filling in for the injured Rod Woodson, and if Woodson does return for the Super Bowl like he’s supposed to, the Dallas wide receivers will have
and the Dallas o-line is a BIG, fat factor. In a game featuring short slants and lots of Emmit Smith and Moose Johnston, 340 pounds of talented lard will wear down Greene and Lloyd. Advantage: ‘Boys. S~eeeier qfence vs. Cowbqv &$Jnce: The Steeler offence is one of the best stories this season. Slumping at 3-4, coach Bill Cowher gambled and basically revamped the entire offence. Instead of the traditional Steeler run-the-balldown-their-throat attitude, the Stoclers are putting the ball in the air with quarterback Neil O’Donnell flourishing under this new air- attack style. Watch for everything from five-wideout sets to flea-flickers to the exciting option play. A key player to watch is Kordsll “Slash” Stewart who could line up at either quarterback or receiver. If effective, he \\;ill give the Dallas defence fits with his running, passing, receiving, and maybe even punting. The Dallas defence is possibly the best in the NFL. Their defensive line is a force to be reckoned with, and if right end Charles Haley plays despite the flu, the Steeler oline will have to use everything they have to try and contain them. Dallas’ linebackers are solid with no standouts, but the secondary is what sticks out of the bunch. Love him or hate him, cornerback Deion Sanders is one of the best cover men in football and will be a factor. Throw in cornerback Larry Brown and strong safety Darren Woodson and you have one of the league’s strongest secondaries. Jeff’s Outlook : If Pittsburgh hopes to do well in the passing game, they will have to use at least a three wideout set on a consistent basis, or else run a west-coast style offence because Dallas’ secondary is just too strong to test in the big game. Pittsburgh tnust either flood the secondary or avoid it. The Stseler running backs Eric Pegram and Barn Morris both must have monster days to even give Pittsburgh a chance on offence, which will be a task too monumental to achieve. Kordell Stewart will be a factor, and his play may make the difference in this game. Still, Ad-
When the team struggled at 3-4 this season, he adjusted, and the steller Steelers have gone 1O-l since. Cowboy coach Barry Switzer basically inherited a championship team when he joined the Cowboys and has been under pressure ever since. Dallas fans have big expectations from their team. When they didn’t make last year’s Super Bowl and lost some key divisional games this season, critics were screaming for Switzer’s headin a tightly pulled rope. However, Dallas managed to come through late in the season to secure home-field advantage and convincingly defeated the Eagles and the Packers to get to the Bowl. Jefrs Outlook : I give the coaching edge to Cowher, who seems to have more control over his players than Switzer. If tempers flare, Cowher’s boys will fall in line while Switzer’s boys will trashtalk and pull typical dirty Cowboy tricks. Composure may become key down the stretch. Advantage : Pittsburgh. Ryan’s Outlook : Cowher has a big jaw. Coaches with big jaws win. Advantage: Pittsburgh. The Kicking game: Both teams have solid kicking games. Cowboy place kicker Chris Boniol has had a great season but Steeler Norm Johnson has been very good as well. Both will have to be on their game because if the defences come through, a field goal could make all the difference in the world. Special teams: Pittsburgh uses any combination of receivers and running backs on kick returns. The Cowboys are not as deep, but are more potent, especially whenDeion Sanders is on the l’ield, Once he touches the ball, kick returns become an adventure. Intangibles: These two teams have met twice in earlier Super Bowls, and Pittsburgh, with Terry Bradshaw and Mean Joe Greene, won both. However, the last win was in 1979, and many things have changed. Many of the players on the Dallas roster, including most of its key players, have been to the big game within the last three years. Experience is always an asset and Dallas has tons of big game experi-
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Athena B-Ball Wins vs. WU by Peter Brown special to Imprint
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he Athena basketball squad can play defcnce with the best of them, and likes to run a methodical, dump-it-down-low style that will earn the team some close wins this year. But it’s not very often they get to be on the giving end of a serious butt-kicking. That’s what happened last Saturday as they shaked, rattled, and rolled the University of Windsor Lancers 68-40 to register their second win of the season and their first of 1996. On Wednesday, the Athenas played the Western Ontario Mustangs. As of press time, no results. Against Windsor, an even first half (25-22 in favour of Waterloo) gave no clue as to how the Athenas would blow the Lancers out of the building, 43-18, in the second frame* Fifth-year forward Lori Kraemer got open on transition throughout the game and scored a team-high 14 points, despite a broken finger and with playing 39 minutes. Her efforts earned her UW athlete of the week honours. Second-year centre Jacalyn
White had 12 points and 11 rebounds, while third-yearguard Jena Steele and rookie forward Krista Fox scored 10 apiece. This was Fox’s first appearance since recovering from injury, and her gutsy, aggressive style didn’t sit well with the officials, who called a pile of charging calls against her, That second- half performance was spurred by great defence, as Waterloo held the Lancers to 18 second-half points, and allowed Georgina Risnita, leading the league going into the game with 15 rebounds per match, to only four boards. No Lancer scored in double digits, as Risnita led the team with 9 points. Tomorrow at 7 p.m., the Athenas will be looking for payback as they travel down the street to play the Wiltiid Laurier Golden Hawks. Laurier beat Waterloo on Jan. 17 in double overtime at the PAC. The game starts at 7 p.m. instead of the regular 12 noon because CHCH will broadcast the Warrior versus Golden Hawk game at 2 p.m. Their next home action is next Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 6 p.m. versus the Brock Badgers.
Athletes of the Week
Macoun + Momesso = No Cup he first real hockey season in two years has reached middle age, and for most people in the area, the important issue is the state of affairs surrounding the beIoved Toronto Maple Leafs. A few nights ago, Don Cherry appeared to me in a dream (with Blue in tow), and Grapes told me to inform the public (or at least Waterloo) of the first half of the 1995 96 season. 1 quickly consented (if Grapes told me to jump off a bridge...) and asked him politely to leave so Cindy Crawford and I could back to our (ahem) strip poker game. So sit back and enjoy this report card, compiled from mindblasting statistics, countless hours of toil (and many failed assignments), eye-numbing evenings with Jiggs, Harry Neale, Ralphie, and the Jimmer, and a coupla cases of Ex. FORWARDS: Mutt Sundin: 49 points Mats is once again proving he is a player. The best forward in most Leaf games, even when the rest of the Buds play like shit. The biggest asset to Coach Pattie, the Swede does everything: skates, shoots, passes, powerplays, and penalty kills. Has size and speed that allows him to go around defencemen, his trademark. Unlimited potential and, by far, the Leafs’ best player. Grade: A Dougie GiEmour: 40 points The “Killer” is not having a banneryearand will not comeclose to any of his individual scoring highs. He may be a little older and slower (Hey, Amy Cable might tire me out, too) but make no mistake; Dougie plays harder than anyone
and the bashing directed his way by fans is unfair. He’s no longer the only talented player in blue-andwhite, and as a result, his role has changed, reducing his point total. Still the man. Congrats on 1000 points, Killer. Grade: BBenoit Hague: 37 points Good to see Hogie actually showed up this year. Had that impressive streak of five game-winning snipes and the dummying of Dallas’ Todd Harvey. Although his political beliefs are wanting (he’s a separatist in TO.), Benny is doing a hell of a lot more than last year. Grade: B Dave Andreychuk: 33 points Davie Boy is sure having trouble finding the net, as only 12 goals on 127 shots seems to indicate. He played with a broken hand and still is a dangerous man in tiont of the opposing net. Look for a scoring streak in the second half. Grade: C Mike Gartner: 23 goals “Garts”, the fastest skater in the league and NHLPA president, is playing beyond expectations. Even starting to throw the occassional body check. Keep the geritol coming, Grade: ARandy Wood: Works his nuts off. Grade: B+ Sergio Momesso: 14 points, -6 This guy really sucks. Should be traded for hockey tape. Had a streak at the start of the year, but that was it. Grade: F Mike Craig, Darby Hendrickson, Todd Warriner: Collective 34points These speedy boys are the Leafs’ future or trade bait. Had their good and bad times. Not a lot of ice time. Grade: C’s all around Ken Baumgnrtner clnd Tie Domi: 257 penalty minutes together Not too many teams have two goons in their lineup every night. The
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Leafs do. Grade: Playing- C-, Puul Dip&-o Haven’t Dipietro has reassert himself likely to highstick Grade: C, No DEFENCE: the greyliners blueliners to Larry Murphy: second on the Grade: B+ Dave Eilelt: Poor performance Numbers are Starting to look Grade: D Todd GilL -10 Time warped ‘80s. Coughs behind the pla:y Grade: D+ Jamie Macuw: Ray Charles his stats this season. opposition Number 34 seems Horrible player $1 million. Grade: Kenny Jonsson: One of thle the Leafs’ defence. acne, and pIay proved. Grade: Yushkevich, Martin, ing the pines What can around. GOALIE: F&x They don’t because he shilts the leafs in many deserve to be Grade: B+ As of prl:ss have dealt for just needs a D
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McGill Concordia MID WEST Laurentian York Brock Ryerson FAR WEST Waterloo Western Windsor Laurier
378 430 349
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HOCKEYRESULTS Ian.
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UQTR Laurier Guelph
VOLLEYBALL 3 Ryerson
16
York
17
McMaster 3 Guelph (4-15, 15-6, U-9, 17-15) Waterloo 3 Laurier (15-8, lS-4,31S-13) Laurentian York
19
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8
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24
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CURLING East Sectional at Kingston Curling Club January 2Dth & 2lst TEAM WIN- LDSS Nipissing 3-l 3-l E?n's 3-1 Trent l-3 Toronto o-4 West Sectional at Westmount C. 8 Country Club January 20th & 21st TEAM WIN-LOSS Laurier 2-l Waterloo 2-l McMaster ;I; Western Crossover TEAM Western ~~~~~;s Toronto Waterloo Ryerson McMaster
sQUAsH Round Robin at Ryerson - Jan 20,21 SECT I SECT II CROSS TOTAL 12 23 47 :: 9 36 13 9 13 6 28 12 10 22 4 12 21 : 9 15 1 2 i 11
VOLLEYBALL LEADING SCORERS EAST DIVISION PLAYER TEAM C K A S TPPPG Mike Slean Toronto 33 175 11 11 197 6.0 Ryan MacNeil Ryerson 24 101 12 26 139 S.8 lohn Szczurek Toronto 24 119 6 1 126 5,3 David Kantor Queen's 28 96 15 31 142 5.1 Ross Clarke Toronto 27 100 6 27 133 4.9 R.Van Huizen York 26 113 0 14 127 4.9 Paul Carter Ryerson 24 91 S 10 106 4.4 Mike Cvihun Queen's 36 127 6 13 146 4.1 Paul Rainville Lauren. 27 86 6 13 105 3.9 Mike Spence Queen's 35 104 4 26 134 3.8 WESTDIVISLOFI PLAYER TEAM G K A S TPPPC Steve Ray Windsor 27 123 0 36 189 7.0 Dave Sands Guelph 30 152 3 34 190 6.3 Kevin Shonk Laurier 27 128 2 28 158 5.9 Ryan Finch Western 24 102 14 11 127 5.3 Rob Mizak Western 21 57 6 48 111 5.3 Travis Wjntjes Western 27 89 9 42 130 4.8 D. Shroeder Windsor 22 72 14 18 104 4.7 Andy Brunton Western 21 88 0 10 98 4.7 D. Brownlee Western 16 68 0 6 74 4.6 Rob McMullin Guelph 3Q 106 14 18 138 4.6
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BADMINTON Crossover Round Robin II at Ryerson January 20th & 2lst TEAM SECT CROSS SECT CROSS TOTAL I II :: Toronto :5 Western :: :: 22 iI3 Ottawa :: 19 Waterloo :: 18 :: :i McMaster 16 13 10 :; 59 York 15 13 50 Queen's 6 :: ii 40 Ryerson 2 13 3 1: 5 6 5 9 ii! kEXh 1 3 5 4 13
RESULTSAND STANDINGS
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26 26 22
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Jan. 16 Jan. 17
Jan. 19 Jan. 20
Jan. 21 Jan. 23 Jan. 24
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FIGURE SKATING Queen's Invitational
Jan. 27 i 28
SQUASH OWIAA Individual at Toronto
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SWIMMING Queen's Open VOLLEYBALL
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31 20 24 32 25
Jan. 26
CIAU HIJCKEYTOP TEN (OUAA teams capitalized; previous ranking in parentheses) 1. Calgary Dinosaurs (3) 2. UQTR PATRIOTES (1) 3. Manitoba Bisons (5) 4. Acadia Axemen (2) 5. UNB Varsity Reds (4) 6. WATERLOOWARRIORS(8) 7. WESTERNMUSTANGS(7)
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CR
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special to Imprint he Coordinators of Aquatics, William Rosehart (Lifeguards) and Corinne Peden (Instructors) would like to welcome everyone to the PAC pool. This term there are a total of 34 guards to offer assistance and answer any questions patrons may have. So far, students have been sticking to their New Years Resolutions as pool attendance is at record highs, and William and Corinne encourage everyone to continue to use the facilities. The pool has been the scene of much activity already this term. On Sunday January 14, guards attended a two hour Aquafit Workshop. Last term, three guards went to Guelph University for a CALA Bridging and Linking Workshop, and they brought newfound expertise back to the UW pool. Thirteen staff members attended the workshop on the 14th where they developed a common curriculum for our aquafit program. After making an outline to enhance the overall aquafi t program, Co&me was excited about the workshop’s success. She thought it was “a great experience for all those who came out and, with lots of new ideas and moves, we’re pumped for a great season of aquafit!” A few seiect guards are putting a team togcthcr for extensive training so they can compete at the Ontario Lifeguarding Competition at Queen’s in March. The Guard Team will consist of four members plus a sub, and UW plans to send their best. At the Competition, the Guard Team will have to deal with
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Move by Heidi Marr special to Imp&t eg lifts, lunges, and ab crunches are common terms in the Fitness Studios these days. UW fitness gurus have enjoyed their first week of classes and everyone hopes to keep it up for the remainder of the term. We have regularly cheduled step, slide, and aerobics classes and a host of other fitness activities in store for you. Coordinators of Fitness, Nikki Gabriel (Ad-
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emergency situations, show their competence in lifeguarding skills, and compete in a fitness relay. Last year UW was one of twelve teams to compete at Carleton. William felt positiie about the camp: “Last year’s competition was a great experience and served to enhance the skills of the competing guards. Staff members are looking forward to competing again this year.” With enthusiastic guards like these, what’s keeping you away from the PAC pool? There are daily recreational and fitness swims to fit your schedule. Check out page 29 of your Pick it Up brochure for times. Just a reminder that the pool hours will change during Reading Week. Watch this CR page
for details, or look for signs posted in the PAC. FYI: Red Cross is changing its instructional program from the current colour system to a new system designed to better meet the needs of adult swimmers. The UW pool will be introducing the new system in future terms and staff will be retrained to meet any new requirements. Information will be available later this term at the PAC. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the UW pool, either talk to a guard on duty, or contact Brian Cartlidge, Aquatic Programmer, at UW extension 6996, or e-mail him at bcartlidawatserv 1. Keep on swimming!
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that body! collection of new exercises for strengthening and sculpting, to apply with a comprehensive understanding of exercise techniques and class design. Modifications for all levels of participants will be shown, Everyone is welcome to participate. Registration forms are available from Sally Kemp at the PAC room 2040. The price is $35 for OFC members and $45 for non-members. Other fitness activities that may interest you include Special Saturday Fitness Classes. These one hour intermediateladvanced classes take place Saturdays from 12 - 1 p.m. in
instructor. It’s that easy! For more info on any of the Campus Ret Fitness programs, contact Sally Kemp at the PAC room 2040, or call her at 888-4567 extension 3533. If you missed fitness registration, have no fear, come to Special Saturday Fitness Classes or get a group together for Fitness Comes to You. Come on out and work up a sweat with Campus Ret! I As the CR Fitness moto says, “Here today, fit tomorrow!”
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It was a
Everybody must get Hemp Hempfest
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Friday by David Imprint
January
19
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he Volcano played host to group of very talented local artists last Friday, in a benefit called Hempfest. Organized to raise tinds for Mark Emery’s Constitutional challenge to the federal marijuana laws, it was by any standard a success. Not only was the music excellent, proof that the local music scenk is favourably comparable to any other Canadian city, but the place was crowded. I remember speaking with a man who seemed to be in his late fifties, who hadn’t heard of any of the acts before showing up, but admitted that he loved to smoke up. The opening act was Rob Juneau. I’d never seen Rob play before, although I must admit that we have passed a joint around in weeks past. He blew my mind. An acoustic guitar player / singer, his music was varied in many ways. From playing solo, he expanded his accompaniment ‘until he was joined by lead guitar, drums, and bass. The evident influences moved
around from the honest feel of folk music, to some country, to jazz, to straight-ahead rock, finishing off with some very excellent songs that would easily sound appropriate in a Rush or Yes concert. Scott Deneau was the next player up. As usual, Scott was amazing. With the vocal, songwriting, and guitar playing abilities he has, I often wonder what he is doing in Waterloo. His closing number was “I Write the Bible,” a song from his first album, Autumn Moon, now sold out. I recently listened to Autumn Moon again, after a long hiatus, and I was surprised how much the arrangement has changed. While not sounding better or worse, it did sound totally turned around. Fans who haven’t seen Scott in a while should make an effort to see how his style has grown. The third act ofi stage was Rhythm Method. As I’d never seen them play live before, and only heard positive anecdotes, 1 was anxious. While I’ve got to admit that they were act I least enjoyed that night, this was due to the style of music they played, and my personal tastes. Anyone who is a fan of reggae or ska style simply must give this band a chance. And even
AnEmbassy Henry
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Goo Coo Dolls w/Universal Honey Fed Hull
Monday
January
22
by Lance Manian special to Imprint
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t’s a mighty different state of affairs from the time the Goo Goo Dolls opened for the Replacements at the Concert Hall five years ago. Then they were unknowns from (ugh) Buffalo, a chore to be endured before the arrival of the night’s great headliners. And when Replacements frontman Paul Westcrbcrg contributed some songwriting assistance to the Dolls’ 1993 record Superstar Car Wash, there was little doubt that the young band would benefit from his tute-
(ha ha). that to sound as snarky as it does. It’s just that the band’s brand of easy-on-the-ears melodies, mapped outby fuzzy blocks of guitar, tended toward the samey side, and the volume of a live present ation tended to blur any ‘Mats-like subtleties or edges that might have existed. Still, the set was never less than easygoing fun, marked by unassuming vocals, likeable riffs, and bassist Robby Takac’s fury rock star demeanour. The crowd, too, responded to the pervasive senseofgoofyfun. Special mention should also go to the drummer, God bless ‘im, for wearing a Jays T-shirt in the face of two seasons’ worth of adversity. And while fans hoping for a visit from Lance Dian-tond ---.” the suave soul shouter who sometimes
Londun
January
20
by Patrick Wilkins Imprint staff
F
irst, I’d like to say that a place like the Embassy is definitely not a place to pack a sellout crowd of over six hundred Rollins fans. It’s like holding a Guns ‘n’ Roses concert in Fed Hall. Don’t expect it to work. Okay, so London’s Embassy is a shithole and the management are money-grubbing pricks for daring to book a world-class act into a room marginally larger than a schoolbus. Self-described “alternative rock icon” Henry Rollins was kind enough to point this out halfway through the show (‘just before the sound “died,” allowing only those in the front to hear anything he said for the rest of the show. Coincidence?) Halfway
ofRollins
have seen him inThe Chase, Johnny or his latest appearance in Hear would say that he’s not that great.) For those who had their first experience of the filly undiluted attack of Henry Rollins’ mind, it was a worthy introduction. But for those familiar with the spoken word CDs and books, the Embassy show
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though I’m not still blown away od’s rendition “Sweet Leaf.” Hempfest Finnegan’s Tongue. I would have influences include the West, the Waterboys. Anyone the Ottawa will probably Finnegan’s Tongue only because can finish a gig bers falling off received a co,py and I’m looking ing it in the The only night was the out. I was there if I wasn’t reviewing would have gone I believe in explaining the littered with for example, tality. I thought demeaned the show. Others the cartoons offensive. that what was lent benefit had people with other
as a microcosm get through a his sensitive-punk Then again, dience wanted world, about ing the shows ing with Thin Granted, fascinating, delivered, but fodder for ---
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Friday, January 26, 1996
Slimy, but Satisfying
Quentin
contemplates
whose
From Dusk Till Dawn diwctcd by Robert Rodrigwz playing at Fairway by Greg Imprint
Picken staff
oming out of the preview of From Dusk 7i’ZlDawn, there seemed to be two disparate among the viewers. Many thought the movie was gory, violent and disturbing. The rest of us thought it was gory, violent and disturbing, and we liked The last time 1 saw a movie that split the reaction so perfectly down the middle was&‘u~-al Bortl Killus. In fact, the same description I used above could describe it too. Mere coincidence that Quentin Tarantino was a force behind both? Now, as to this film, what immediately jumped out at me, and a few other people as well, was that it seemed like two halves of movies put together to form one screenplay. I told the people joining me at
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hand
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the screening that it would be like Pulp Fiction with vampires. It was wrong .From Dusk Till Duwn turned out to be Pulp Fiction, then vampires. The movie starts out feeling very much like Pulp Fiction and Reswvoir Dogs, with criminals you can’t help but like, witty banter and senseless gunfire. Then, without any real explanation, it stops. And it turns into a massive bloodletting. Mildly confusing to say the least, but at the same time rather entertaining. Playing the criminal brothers Seth and Richie Gecko are George Clooney and Quentin, and both perform quite admirably. For once, Quentin has given himself a role he can handle, as the perverted, intellectually-challenged younger brother. Clooney’s performance is the finest I’ve ever seen him give in a movie. Then again, my frame of reference is From Dusk Till Dawn and Return of the Killer Tomatoes. Still, this character is a real depar-
ture from Dr. Ross on ER and Clooney carries it well. At the same time, it must be said that he gets most of the humourous lines, and the other characters aren’t nearly as strong. It’s not that hard to shine in such a scenario. Oh yeah, Harvey Keitel is also in this movie. But isn’t he in every single independant or pseudoindependant movie these days‘? ?#at From Dusk Tilt’ Dawn has going for it above all is pedigree. It’s written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Desperado and El Mariachi’s Robert Rodriguez. Right now, those two are about as hot as you get in Hollywood. Critics who don’t like this film seem wont to use that fact as justification for this movie’s existence. I don’t think they should be knocked for this, oraccusedofcapitalizing on their fame to do make a bad movie. In total, I really don’t know what to say about From Dusk Till Dawn. After watching it, I couldn’t stop laughing, it just struck me as hilarious. Now, in retrospect, I’m not sure how I felt about the film. It was certainly not as good as Pulp Fiction, but I don’t think that was the intention. Allegedly&omDusk Till Dawn was Quentin and Robert’s take on the B movie genre, and in that regard it works. Thereare some very amusing scenes, the acting is solid, the movie is well produced and quite easy to watch, but it’s difficult to pick out any one thing to really ravie about. This one is really your call. Perhaps my friend Anthony said it best leaving the theatre: “I don’t know what I just saw, but I think it’s my favorite movie of all time.”
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Squirrel wl Torrence and Paintbox VoZcano Thursday January 18
by Greg Imprint
Stephens
staff
own Paintbox got the night off to good start. Opening with a cover of Pete Townshend’s “Circles,” Paintbox went on to perform a strong set of their own original tunes. A poppy sound with a British influence apparent in some of their older tunes, Paintbox shows a
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rel was much better lip-synching than actually playing. Two Marshall stacks, a huge rack of effects pedals for each guitarist, and the lead singer used three different Gibsons. Squirrel is proof that even amazing equipment can’t always help. Not to say that Squirrel totally blows but they were anticlimactic following the powerful performance by Mrs. Torrence. They just didn’t look like they were having fun onstage: they were working, and consequently weren’t as tight as they should have been. The small crowd may have added to their dullness; they just gave up
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riday, Jan. 19th: a new tradition was born. The staff and adherents of iVecessary Fict& found a venue, in the Button Factory, that they intend to use again as a forum for new Canadian voices. The attendance at this first event was small - likely due to the weather-but mixed between young and old, writers and readers. First to take the microphone was Judith Miller, a professor of English at Renison College. She shared the beginnings of a new book project with us, dedicating her reading to the folks at Necessary Fjctiun.“I used to think that if anything like this was going to happen in this town, I was going to
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have to do it.” she said, explaining that her belief was born of loneliness, rather than arrogance. Miller read four poems from a prose-poem collection that explores the concept of writing, of words, and of “finding out.” Her reading ended with the statement that “I don’t know the poem that goes here/ But I know now, absolutely, that there is one.” David Hobson took the stool next, telling two stories that he created himself. He is a member of the Baden Storyteller’s Guild, a group that meets on the first Friday ofevery month. Hobson’s first story, about an old, lonely man, was “meant to perturb.” His second ended in a spectacularly funny twist on the themes of Crime and Punishment. Third was the editor of the inaugural and second editions of Necessary Fiction, Tara Hyland. Reading from her 1994 Tom Yorke Award-winning story about the
burial of a ma.triarch, Pear Tree,” Hyland spirited reader reading was and love for her to be a major Necessav Fiction. two of her poems, and “A Gift Restored,” Julia Stark, lic Relations final story of lection, written called “The cluded in Strangely playful, and wit, the “lumpish” woman’s with a cyst in If this evening tion of things issue of Necessary well worth the dollars. The promise the two weeks.
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rybody. That’s the kind of thing that people do inthe Toronto scene. Everybody just sort of plays with each other so it’s a very incestuous music scene, as most good music scenes are. Then 1 played with Andrew Cash for about four years and did a brief stint with this guy Andy Curan [No tattoos] who’s this heavy metal type guy. It was the most humiliating experience of my life, but fun though. I did that, played with Change of Heart, tons of Toronto bands, and played with Groovy Religion for the past ten years, who I’ve just recently stopped playing for. Basically just that. Are you continuing any of your side projects? I did the Groovy Religion thing up until a couple of months ago, but basically time constraints don’t allow so much of that anymore. I still try and do things with other people, but right now I’m working on an experimental dance remix of a song called “Girl in Green” which is off our last record. Is that something akin to Sarah
they had a thick idea of what Blue Rodeo drumming was like, which is pretty straight. I went along with that, especially for the first record, but gradually I started to do my own thing more. Now 1 pretty much play the way 1 want to play. Of course the guys that write the songs have their input because they want the song to sound a certain way, which is perfectly valid. We work
together that way. And it’s pretty satisfying, and fun because of the
don’t feel that way at ail. Canadians in general have this inferiority complex about the States. So if any Canadians are successful in the States, it sort of validates us as a country, it validates us as a culture, but me personally, I don’t give a shit about any of that stuff. There’s tons of crap that gets successful, there’s tons of stuff that is just garbage. The stuff that’s garbage and gets successful, 1 don’t need it. I just think that if something’s good, it’s good on it’s own merit. It doesn’t really matter how successful something gets to be good. To me it would be nice, financially it would be nice, but it would probably be a pain in the ass because we’d be touring nine months of the year to keep that up. We haven’t given up on the States to the extent that we still tour around and have audiences there. Besides playing with Andrew Cash, the country element is only one of many styles that you play. Is it difficult to pigeon-hole yourself in country-rock, with an es-
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George Clooney, the key player on E.R., has popularized medical dramas to the hilt, FASStic Surgery also plays on the medical profession and its people -- doctors and patients. The show promises to Be a good one, with lots of action from the multi-talented and multi-peopled crew who began their rehearsals in mid-January. There will also be probably as large a crew as the bloody Rockettes being as the F.A.S.S. crew takes just about anyone, with parts for everyone as well. The first show takes place next Thursday at 8:OQ p-m.; the other times are Friday, the 2nd, at 7:OO p.m. and 10:OOpm (the tradition-
All the puns you could ever want until you’re sick of them! Harvard’s Husly Pudding, Toronto’ sSpring Thaw, and Cambridge’s Foot Lights Revue, and combines satire, parody, and pun in an eclectic mix. FASStic Surgery is a spoof of such current (and extremely popular) shows as E.R. and Chicago Hope. These two shows, battling for the top spots in prime time TV, take real-life hospital drama and put it in a soap-opera type guise even Genevai Hospital would be jealous of. It doesn’t hurt that
ally crazy practical joke performance for the cast) and Saturday, the 3rd, at 8:OOpm.There are general admission tickets available for the Thursday and 7:OO Friday show, and reserve seating is available for the other two shows. The tickets are available from the Humanities Theatre Box Office located in Hagey Hall, room 261, for $8 a piece, or call 888-4908. General admission tickets are also available from cast and crew you might find wandering around.
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he noir crime novelist James Ellroy couldn’t have cared a less about rock and roll, in fact he loathed and detested the form, but for some perverse reason he loved Nick Cave’s contribution to Wim Wenders’ Until the End of the World soundtrack. Ellroy mentioned as much in a personal signature to Cave in his novel White Jazz. The incident is one of many hundred fascinating tid-bits in Ian Johnstone’s biography of Nick Cave, entitled Bad Seed, but it’s an insightful story for a He’s long... he’s lean... number of reasons. Firstly, Cave was a big fan of Ellroy’s. That Ellroy hated rock - “Until the End of the World.” It’s was of no interest to Cave, howan appropriate title for Cave’s life. ever. The fact that Ellroy liked Born and raised as an intelliCave’s song meant more to him gent, middle-class juvenile delinthan any other critical accolade, quent in Australia, Cave found reand Cave would proudly show his lease in his teens through earthy copy of White Jazz to as many peopunk rock and a healthy fix of ple as possible. The subtext here: heroin. Starting a band - at first Cave is an immensely proud man, called The Boys Next Door, then and he despises rock critics. The later named The Birthday Party other telling thing about the inciCave and his fellow collaborators dent is in the title of Wenders film Mick Harvey, Tracey Pew and
into early the moved faceted novelist, rator, tion Australia, many, searched, terviews source sult Cave enouglh terest by portraits artists. life, there’s petite of hard der he ever of this there’s drug-life is a of this is dispelled, Cave’s life control. But about the the;me turns his life: where the book moments. cracked and
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played by Darlene Spencer, is long on melodrama and theatrics, but short on real pathos. We hear her weep backstage as the servants describe her plight (Jason of Argonauts fame has left her for the King Creon’s daughter, she’s in exile from her homeland with nowhere to turn) and from there the intensity of Spencer’s performance stays at one level almost all the time. With no breaks in this tempo, her impact is greatly lessened at every turn throughout the show. She seems such an emotional wreck, in fact, that we wonder how she could possibly come up with her revenge against Jason. Spencer’s performance displays none of the strength that Medea has in the text, with the notable exception of the
and he approaches wise angle, and misery for mumeffect. (Darryl Pring respectively) roles, the former vincingly strong good friend. On the “Priest” (the of Andrew Strachan) (Cyndi Carleton) trap as Spencer, high and staying The crucial able by Heather needs to slow what’s definitely dramatic and of the story.
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A kiss of a different sort A Kiss Is Still A Kiss by Barry Cdaghan Little, Brown Canada 370 pages, $19.95 cloth by Heather Calder Imprint staf!f ny son of Morley Callaghan might be expected to have his quirks; Barry, fortunately, inherited from his father the ability to tell a small story and make it seem important. His quirks appear in other ways, in the ghosts that he scares up and in the people he meets in the telling. This is his first published work since When Things Get Worst, a terrifying yet magical novel about a woman from Bruce County, and the collection’s short stories reaffirms Callaghan’s ability to create a number of different voices in a way that engages the reader’s emotions. The collection begins with what seems like an autobiographical story-the narrator and his partner have a run of particularly bad luck, what he calls “the malignancy of malevolence.” All clues indicate that the events of “Because Y is a Crooked Letter” happened to Callaghan himself, and it has an anecdotal feel. This is the weakest point of the collection. Although the story is well crafted, it does not fit into the scheme of the others. The rest of the collection is more personal, strangely. Whether the story is told by a first person narrator or observed by an omniscient entity, Callaghan uses an intimate, insightful voice. The title story, “A Kiss is Still a Kiss,” is a new take on an old theme - love at first sight. A young Christian punk woman and a Native Canadian man meet in a park and talk frankly about their interests and desires. The story is surprisingly touching, likely because
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the shift in emotions occur within a nontraditional frame, absent of clichks. The other characters in this twelve story collection exhibit a profound fear of death. In stories like “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven,” and “Nobody Wants to Die,” the dead intermingle with the living. In the former, a woman drowning in Scotch and lamenting her dead husband is so entranced with death that she lives it. In the latter, a husband and his wife cannot be separated by the mere fact of mortality. Some critics feel that there is a bank of universal Stories upon which all scribes draw, and if that is the case, then Callaghan is well tapped in. However, like his father, Callaghan spins tales in a new way - so that universal human themes seem fresh every time. The culmination of the collection introduces us to an urban cowboy named Albie. Albie’s life is far from perfect, to say the least, but Albie has his comforts - namely, cowboy boots and the archetypal strip club, the Zanzibar. This is a disturbing but evocative story, and although understanding Albie’s penchant for talking to invisible desperados is likely beyond most readers, his turns-of-phrase are wonderful. Albie is responsible for most of this work’s gems, proclaiming to his mother that “Disappointment’s like your Buckley’s cough mixture, you swallow it to kill the tickle,” and “My ass is a star, but I’ll tell you something, since you think the stars talk to you, I’m talking to you, this here star is talking to you.” Albie Starbach knows that the last thing a man wants to do is the thing he does, and “Never’s Just the Echo of Forever” is Callaghan’s masterpiece here. Callaghan’s work is not for everyone, but if irony and subtlety are your gambit, you will appreciate his rambling, lyrical style.
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With this compilation of early tunes the Beatles have released 60 veritable golden oldies. The two CD set collection ineludes rare tracks recorded between 1958 and 1964 with dozens of previously unreleased tracks, including material from their early years as the Quarrymen, plus their original recording demos and live performances. One just forgets how covering others’ tunes was as much a staple then as it is now. The quality on the Anthology that wasn’t present with the Live at the BBC album is the steady hand of George Martin as producer. It must be said that his tinkering on this production is what makes it listenable. That element is no longer missing and it is what clearly provides the general tone for the work. The trend that shows through on the AnthoIo~ is the degeneration of the live concerts to a screaming populace with little recording quality. It is even evident on The
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their work and an insight into how the Beatles were able to work through their early studio sessions. The much hyped “Free as a Bird” is not a ‘new’ song by the Beatles but rather an electronic mix of a tape John Lennon did, donated by Yoko Ono to the other Beatles in reconciliation and the fact that their vicious court battles have finally come to an end, Though Lennon originally had the tune as quite a
simple story about his winning landed immigrant status put down to a plain piano ballad, Paul McCartney has expanded the meaning to encompass the rise and fall of the Beatles. The change comes with McCartney bridging with a newly written section, “How did we lose the touch? it always meant so much/ Do we really live without each other?” This is no great feat and the band just can’t pull this mix off as this tune comes off as being just average. The ultimate of the marketing machine came with the three two-hour specials which aired on ABC and represents the cash cow that the remaining Beatles and the estate of John Lennon are going to reap from this project. However, the large volume of covers on this album reinforce the roots of Beatles in classic rock and blues that were so influential at the time. The Beatles Anthulogy as far as nostalgia is concerned is not up to the same standards ofLive at the BBC but in being guided by producer George Martin is able to achieve a quality of listenability that isn’t easy with their early sound. And it leaves one wanting the second and third parts of the Anthology collection.
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Anyone familiar with the work of The La’s should look with great interest towards the release of this debut album. The La’s, led by songwriter extraordinaire Lee Mavers, became infamous on the British music scene for releasing one of the greatest debut albums in recent history, even though the entire band hated the record. 1988. Triumphant live gigs and massive hype (Hype! In the British music scene?) led to an enormous groundswell for an album from the band. However, confrontations with each other, various producers and record company suits eventually led to the band’s inability to complete an album. Trapped between the options of the angering the band, or having no product to ship, London Records chose to pull together material from The La’s studio work, have producer John Leckie touch it up, and release it as the band’s eponymous debut. The band publically trashes the production work and complains loudly that their second album is going to be a much better representation of who they are, and where they’re going. Skip to 1994. No second album has ever surfaced, and songwriter Lee Maver’s heroin addiction has led to the eventually departure of the other three La’s found-
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Call me crazy, but I’ve always been a big fan of Tracy Chapman’s. There’s something that drew me towards her self-titled debut so very long ago. Good lyrical content paired with soft melodies and a powerful voice. However, Chapman somehow never received the acclaim that 1 think she deserved. Her breakthrough single “Talking About a Revolution” followed by “Fast Car,” pushed her to stardom; but the fame
shortlived and Chapman has sunk back from the limelight. albums and no press coverage New Beginning may be just a new beginning. Lyrically driven music might best describe Chapman’s sound. She often writes music about people in tough situations or songs about the evils of man. New Beginning is no different, as she quickly describes her “salty stinging tears” and the “Rape of the World.” That’s my Tracy. Things are still as good as ever. Pushing her way through eleven tracks (and don’t forget the ever so trendy hidden track!) and over an hour’s worth of music,New Beginning moves from swinging rhumbas to more sombre reflec-
ARTS tions. But, although the tracks on their own are super, we know that Chapman is capable of so much more. Lost is the subtle grittiness ofher earlier work; she’s moved to a more polished feel. New Beginning seems somewhat formulated, and it nearly makes a complete listening difficult. However, the songs have merit from both a musical standpoint and a lyrical angle. The CD opens with “Heaven’s Here On Earth” and it’s immediately obvious that Chapman’s taken more of an extroverted view than she has on past albums. She seems more comfortable with a full complement of musicians behind her as she experiments with some new sounds. Relative newcomer Andy Staller on bass, adds some super lines that really complement Chapman’s guitar and often add a swinging feel to some of the tracks. It’s a nice change. Her prominent acoustic guitar takes a back seat to a variety of other instruments as well. The classic Australian didgeridoo on the title track and the African tamboura on “I’m Ready” add some cultural depth to the tracks. One of my only notable complaints though, are the often unnecessarily long songs. Some of these songs should just end before they get too long (the shortest song is 431). New Beginning is not the album that projects Chapman back into the spotlight, but for her fans, it’s a welcome release of a new approach.
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comer is Craig Cardiff, a singer/ songwriter whose performances at the Volcano, Weaver’s Arms, the Parlour, and the Fox have contributed to his growing local prescence. His songs are marked for the most part by catchy melodies, and fun instrumental arrangements with the mandolin, fife, and mouth harp. Cardiff s music is acoustic enough to complement that of his regional peers, and his songs have a specific, thematic feel to them despite their varying influences, ranging from Celtic to blues to pop melody. His latest independent release, Bunch of Names, is an aptly titled collection of 6 ballads, 5 of which feature a proper name in their songtitle (the remaining being the only cover tune, “When You Were Mine,” of a Cyndi Lauper-per-
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by Justin Mathews special to Imprint Hmmm... catchy guitar tiffs, a chorus I can sing along with, a drum beat I can dance to... I think I’ve heard this before. Or is it that this soundsjust like everything else? I guess the best way I can describe this album is to say that it’s very familiar. I don’t think I’ve heard any of these songs before, or anything else from this band, but it sounds just like anything else that gets played on those evil “modem rock” radio stations. Musically, there isn’t really anything that stands out from the rest of the modern rock world. That’s not to say that this is a
by Elaine Secord Imprint staff Canadian filmmaker Robert Lepage is being widely praised for his first feature, Le Confessional. If the Genie Awards mean anything at all, this is definitely a must-see. Likewise, ifthe quality ofthe soundtrack is any indication of what to expect, it’s probably a pretty great movie. Sacha Puttnam composed the original score. Puttnam’s haunting
Like I already said, the guitar riffs are catchy and after listening to it a couple of times you can sing along with it. There’s a reason that so many bands sound like thas: it works. One of the tracks I liked best was “Superstar.” The balrd members described it as “an attitude song” and, well, that’s exactly what it is. Tt seems to be poking fun of the whole notion of being a superstar. It’s one of the heavier songs on the album. The band does this quite well. Their playing is very tight and they sound like they are good musicians, if slightly lacking inventiveness. Another favorite track, “The Immortal Dog And Pony Show,” lets us hear the fir11 range of the singer’s voice, from a quiet smoothness to a piercing scream. Aside from the vocals, this track could
easily pass for a new Moist single. The only song that’s really different from the rest is “Disenchanted.” it’s the only song on the album in a compound meter, making it stand out from the others. The band said (on their WWW page) that this is a song of nostalgia. And that is the impression one gets from hearing it. I think there’s also an element of bitterness in it, especially with the somewhat cynical chorus: “Hey, hey, 1 don’t mind, I don’t need much at all.” However, I’m still puzzled about why they keep talking about drinking milk from a fountain. Though this is never going to go down in musical history as being a meaningful, important release of 1995, it is very listenable. If you like the pop/rock stuff you hear on the commercial “alternative” stations, you’ll like what you hear from For Squirrels.
orchestral pieces are artfully interwoven with additional tracks by artists such as Sarah Vaughn, Count Basic, Portishead, Tricky and Depeche Mode. The overall effect created is sultry and evocative. This soundtrack presents what director Lepagc describes as “many different forms of music - oriental, religious, early 1950s jazz, classical and modern.” He explains the diverse musical choices by saying the music “keeps all the different and clashing threads of the film together.” The selections by Sarah Vaughn and Count Basie recall an era when music had style and class. They contribute to the moody at-
mosphere of the album. Meanwhile, more modern songs give the album a contemporary feel. Fans of the aforementioned bands will be disappointed if they buy this album seeking new material; all the songs have been previously released elsewhere. The only possible exception is “Numbed in %loscow,” a remix of Portishead’s “Numb” from the Dummy album. Unfortunately, it’s an extremely dull, muted version to which the original is far superior. Nonetheless, this album constitutes an intriguing accompaniment to a highly acclaimed film, and an interesting blend of excellent music on its own.
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S.O.F.A. presents a Juried Exhibition of Original works produced by University of Waterloo Fine Arts Students. January 22 - February 2,1996. Eldon Gallery - 14 Kina Street N.. Waterloo. 886-0886. The Fiim Society presents New Turkish Cinema Festival. February 1,7:00pm: Berlin In Berlin, and at 9:20pm: Dream Travellers in UW’s East Campus Hall Auditorium 1219. The Elora Festival, A Celebration of Song’s annual dream auction is Saturday, April 20. Tickets can be ordered by calling the Festival office at (519) 846-
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WomenWrite - an afternoon of women writers reading form their work at The Old Button Factory 25 Regina St. S Waterloo. January 27 at 1 p.m. Everyone welcome. Goddess Making Workshops. Learn to make clay goddesses and goddess pots Sunday January 2&h, 1 - 4:30 p.m. For more information call Lisa Marcus (519) 742-3664. Outers Club meets Every Monday except University Holiday, and Inter-term breaks. 7 p,m, MC4040. Contact: Fabrice Jaubert, ext. 4655 or fjaubert@ cgl. uwaterloo.ca Waterloo Science Fiction Club (WatSFiC) Games Day starting 10 a.m. on Saturday, January27th in Math Comfy Lounge, MC 3001, Math & Computer Building. Bring a board or card game to play. Free for all. A meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. in SLC 2135 on January 31 st. See uw.clubs.watsfic or mail watsfic8calum.csclum.uwaterloo.ca for details. Le Cercle Francais wilt be having an evening of skating and hot chocolate on Wednesday, January 31st. Meet at Kitchener’s City Hall at 6130. Hope to see you there. Village one rooms for the academic year l996/97. Upper year students who are not currently in the Villages may now submit applications for Village residence for the term which commences on September 3, 1996. Applications will be ac-
The City of Waterloo, Volunteer Setvices is currently recruiting for the following volunteer positions: Needed: Youth Volunteers: Volunteer Dance Assistant: Assist with the instruction of children’s dance classes. A time commitment of 1-3 hours per week is required. Youth and students are encouraged to apply. Transportation Scheduler: to organize rides for older adults, taking requests, then linking them to a driver. Must have telephone and customer service skills. Time commitment is Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday mornings. Senior Games Board Member : attend monthly board meetings. Assist with chairing the meetings, taking minutes andtheevent. This year’s Seniorgames will be held in Kitchener June 3-5 1996. A two year term is required. Volunteer Driver: A driver is needed to drive seniors. Time commitment would be Friday 9:30-l 0:15 a.m. and 3:304:OO p.m. For information please call: Volunteer Services, City of Waterloo, 888. Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Branch. Friends, a service of CMHA needs volunteers to support children in one-to-one relationships. Meetings are weekly at child’s school. Call 744-7645.
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Transporbtion to the Vineyard. Free shuttle available every Sunday from U of W to the Kitchener Vineyard’s meetings at the Concordia Club. For a ride, call Sandi at 5793463 before Friday noon. Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubille Awards. The department of Canadian Heritage is once again offering several $5,000 scholarships which are open to undergraduate students across Canada to study at another Canadian university in their second official language (French or English). Candidates must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents, currently enrolled in the second or third year of their first undergraduate university program. Students must have sufficient ability in their second official language to pursue studies in that language. Application deadline is February 2,1996. For more information and appliition forms contact the Student Awards Office. Applications are now being accepted for the Datatel Scholars Foundation Awards program. The awards have a value of up to $2,000 each and are available to full-time or part-time students, graduate or undergraduate, in any discipline. Applications will be evaluated based on academic merit, personal motivation, external activiiies includ ing employment and extracuriicular activities and on letters of recommendation. Application deadline is February9,1996. Interested students should contact the Student Awards 0ffii. For a quick $100 design a new logo for the Centre for Occupational Heatth and Safety. For more information call ext. 2581 Fun-filled, outdoor, summer jobs available!! Camp Arowhon, a co-ed residential camp in Algonquin Park, will be conducting
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