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IMPRINT
Activism
or capitalism
New
lobby
by Kieran Green Imprint staff ho is this Studsnl ante of Canada?
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Approximately
thrw weeks ago a mysterious new organization appeared on the stu-
dent lobby-group
sct~e.
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appears
There is a strong link between Network Tclecorn and the .4tlianco. Sciberras outlined his plan
record job lay-offs and lax pollution laws. Those who sign the petition are simply indicating that they are concerned about the is-
donation will go back to the Alliancc. The remaining $1 will be paid to a student supervisor, of which there will be one on each
for the operation of the Alli-
sues on the list, According to
university and college can~pus.
anus, Stlldcnts will be recruited to go out and collect names on a
Sciberras, the petitions will be sent on to Ottawa each month.
These supen/isors will be rcsponsible for recruiting coordinating students to canvas for names and donations. The interesting part of the whole scheme is that each person who gives an $18 donation will receive in rctum from Network Telecom a prepaid calling card worth $20. The $11 that the Student Alliance receives, Sciberras cxplaincd, goes to pay for the calling cards which Network Telecom sells to the AIli-
Univer-
sity and college studtxl go~mmcnts and newspapers across Canada began receiving faxes from a herctoforc ur~known group tailing itselfthe Student Alliance
“1 think if you’re going to ask for student’s money, if you Ye
of Canada.
going to lobby, you should be honest about it.”
line of the statc-
In the first
merit the
Student
Alliance
says
that it “has sot out on a mission
to
wake
of
up
the
government
-- Jane Pak
Canada.” According to the fax the Alliance
is trying
to “raise
ness” while at the same time trying to create jobs for students. The Student Alliance of
petition. The petition lists education issues such as: 18% un-
Canada is the invention of one
employment in the age group of
will try to solicit an $18 donation
Charles
18-45, cuts in education spending and high tuition fees; as we1 1 as non-education related issues like: rising crime rates, wildly tluctuating interest rates,
for the Alliance.
Sciberras,
who has taken
on the position of P&dent of the Alliance. President company
Staff
Sciberras is also Viceof communications Network Telecom.
At the same time as they are collecting names, those students
by Dana Julien special to Imprint
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e’re in fc>r a long battle,” admits Dr. David Suzuki in his address to the media before his presentation at Bingemans Rallroom in Kitchener on Monday.
affecting on the world. Asked ifhe felt that science was failing society, Suzuki replied that “science could never deliver all the answers” and that an understanding of the history of science as well as the phi-
For every
$18
donation solicited, the student who solicits it will receive $6 -this is the AlIiance’s job creation scheme. Eleven dollars of the
Environmental
Board of Directors
Contribution
ante at a wholesale price. Essen-
aware-
. . are a symptom
According to Sciberras the Student
Alliance
of Canada has across Canada. The Alliance is currently
contacted 22 universities Cmtinued
to page 3
warrior
Reiterating what he has stated in his book 2%~ for Change, Dr. Suzuki told me that he doesn’t believe the Earth can support six billion people. He indicated the need for a rediscovery of nature and a sense
ments for change were well supported from a scientitic and sociological perspective, his tenuous grasp ofbasiccconomic prin-
ciples impeded his ability to relate the belief that economics and ecology must be linked. The statement “I believe economics is the most destructive force on
the planet tad.ay” and the ques-
He adds that “the battles we are fighting.
tially Sciberras, in his role as NetworkTelecom Vice Presidsnt, is selling the cards to himself in his role as Alliance President.
of
tion,
in reference
to the GDP
David Suzuki impressed upon an
growth curve, “whcrc in that diagram is the ozone layer?” both raise valid points that would bc
audience ofabout a thousand people the staggering extent of global environmental concerns and the dangerous foIly of a society that
better conveyed if there were some effort on Dr, Suzuki’s part to understand that fundamental economic principles arc not dic-
refuses to face those concerns.
tated by greetiy people, nor arc
Suzuki
they subject to change at the whim
an underlying problem.” Oirer
the next
was making
two
hours,
an appeal for
people to find “an alternate vi-
ofthe environmentally conscious.
Imprint IS the official student newspaper of-the University of Waterloo. It is
sion” that might help civilization to avert an impending disaster. Speaking with authority and passion, Dr. Suzuki began his ad-
an editorially lndependcnt newspqxr published by imprint Publications, Waterloo, a corporation without sharecapital.lmprint isamember of the Ontario Community Newspaper Association (OCNA). Imprint is published every Friday during fall and winter terms, and every second Friday during the spring term.
minder that “technology has vast unknown costs” and that the issue of global climate change is an environmental threat “second only to all out nuclear war.” He then asked “why aren’t
While concern about the cnvironment is not nearly as trendy as it was six years ago, Dr. David Suzuki clearly demonstrates that such concern is more greatly warranted now than ever before. “[The David Suzuki] Foundation is not going to save the world,” he reminded the audi-
the right tn screen, edit, and
we able to act... when we are on a
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dress to the audience with a re-
catastrophic path?” Suzuki went on to wrestle with a number of issues, including the limitations of science, the failure
of economics to account for
ence, adding that support for en-
David
Suzuki,
battling
fur
the environment.
losophy upon which modem
of place by a society that has
damental change that must occur
science
become
from
if this species
argu-
The message is clear. The question is, is anybody listening?
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inability of people to comprehend the scale of change
limits of science.
degradation
and the
that they are
vironmental issues must come at the grassroots level. Dr. Suzuki indicates that “we have to instill a.sense of awe. We need to rediscover a senseof the sacred” in order to affect the fun-
is based
is critic;rl
in
largely
detached
the natural environment. While
Dr.
Suzuki’s
is to survive.
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by Dana Julien special to Imprint he Canadian Campus Business Consortium (CCBC) met recently and examined a proposed joint venture with Campus Marketing Canada (CMC). The proposed venture would give CCBC an opportunity to raise revenues in return for providing CMC with access to the university market share, which is the largest single market share in Canada. CCBC would make no monetary investment and all startup resources would be provided by CMC. In the next five years, CMC expects to generate between $3-5 million in revenues and in partnership, CCBC would be entitled to a por~irm of these profits. CCBC is an organization of’ 17 m~~dw schools with the purpose of helping its members obtain the best prices, contracts and mark&ins opp~~rtunilies.
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trying to recruit the student supervisors for each campus. Sciberras was unsure whether a supervisor was yet active at the University of Waterloo, explaining that he has interviewed numerous individuals from all over in the past few weeks. Sciberras said that thus far the plan has had 3 “positive response.” Jane Yak, President of the UW Federation of Students, expressed concern about the Alliance and its methods. Examining the petition, she conmmented that it seemed vague. “This is not lobbying, it is too unfocussed.” Pak was also concerned about Network Tclecom’s involvement in the Alliance. “I think if you’re going to ask for student’s money, if you’re going to lobby, you should be honest about it.” Pak said however that this was the trrst time she had heard of the
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that Parizeau, subsequent to his defeat, blamed the loss on “ethnics and money.” Yet, the number of francophones who voted against separation outnumber the anglophones whodid so as well. Thus, Cairn claims, it becomes difficult to discuss impacts when blame for the result has partially been misdirected. Despite these difficulties, Cairn laid out what he believes to be the most important results of the referendum. First, the francophone community of Quebec has been
stimulated as a people. It has, in a sense, been mobilized
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appeal of the yes side was exclusively to the francophone community. Cairn suggested that this created a sort of “you’re either in or you’re out” situation that anglophones, allophones and Nati ves resented. Finally , the rest ofCan;lda grew bitter. Many Canadians resented the fact that the decision of the future of Canada was in the hands
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den than the overall issue itself, and will tv to do all we can to minimize this. A committee member will not be your advocate, and will only recommend an action which is in your best interest. At the formal, adjudicative level, three members of the committee are appointed to hear complaints. To ensure fairness and due process, we comply with the rules of natural justice. The end product is a recommend;\tion to the VicePresident, Academic & Provost, who may or may not choose to follow this advice. Our formal role represents a relatively small praportion of our case load. I could spend a long time explaining our role, but the most effective thing will be to contact one of us if you have any concerns. Should we be hard to track down, you can also call Emily Barnes in the Secretariat (ext. 2225). What other on-campus individual, services/facilities exist to advise ancl assist students? They include: Malt E’rickson, the Coordinator, Ethical Behaviour Bi Human Rights (Math & Computer 4049, ext. 3765); Linda Kellar, Sexual Harassment Counsellor (Counselling Services, Needles
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past several months, to analyze the impact of the “great referendum,” says Professor Alan Cairn. And this, he says, is exactly what be too has been doing since October. Cairn, a native of the Gait region, has spent the last several years working as a professorof Canadian politics at tht: University of British Columbia. He spoke to students at Wilfrid Laurier on February 6, and presented his own perspectives on both tts results and its impacts. According to Cairn, different groups have been facing the aftermath of the referendum in different ways. The federalists have been focussine on the lessons to be learned and what went wrong. The: separatists, on the other hand, have been focussing on where they can gain a few more votes and ensure victory in a future referendum. It is diff’icult, ciaims Cairn, to immediately affix meaning to thtl results of the October referendum. After- all, he points out, Canadian theorists are still debating over the meaning of the Charter of Rights :tnd Freedoms. He questions whether a meaning can be interpreted t’rom the referendum if previous events have not yet been adequately sorted otit,
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Info-jam by Peter Imprint
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hevolumeofnewsgrouptraffit at the University of Waterloo will soon be too much for the system to handle. The Ad Hoc Working Group on News Management has released a preliminary report with some recommendations for solving the problem. The UW primary news server is connected to the Internet via the ON ET Networking provincial net-
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tern as a whole. SAC hopes to get student feedback on all aspects of the co-op system. We want the students to tell us what they think works and what doesn’t. We hope to be able to provide the Co-op department an accurate appraisal of how students felt about this semesters co-op cycle. If you have any comments or
SAC hopes to get student feedback on all aspects of the co-op system questions about the Co-op Report Card or any other issue that you think SAC should know about, mail SAC at sac@undergrad,math or post to the news group uw.coop.sac Here is a list ofGo-op Do’s and Don’ts that was created by a previ-
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name or check the interview desk when you are finished. 3. If you have an interview conflict, do not skip one of the interviews. Look for someone to exchange interview times with in the interview binder located next to the receptionist’s desk. Then, tell a receptionist your problem, and she can help locate someone for you if necessary. Notify the receptionist of any rearrangements you make.
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have this aggravating habit of changing there plans at the last Look at the interview minute. boards around campus or use ACCESS. 2. Buy an answering machine. If interviews change quickly, the coop department will call you right away, so unless you have a roommate that never goes to class. . . 3. Contact your coordinator by phone, e-mail or in person if you ever have any problems or concerns. They can probably answer
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4. Unless you really trust someone, don’t base your rankings on how other people say they will rank the same job. Ifyou really want the job, go for it! Coordinators have examples of students who have either been burned for depending on others or have been pleasantly surprised that they got what they wanted by ranking it first. 5. Don’t just apply to jobs in your home town. There may be far better jobs elsewhere, ones that interest you more and are related to your career choice. You will also be limiting your job possibilities. Top 5 Do’s 1. Check interview schedules each morning daily. A few employers
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them faster and more thoroughly than the overwhelmed receptionist at the front desk. 4. Write down the bin numbers and the date as you insert your resume packages into the bin. That way, if an employer doesn’t receive your resume package you can provide your coordinator with the information they need to track it down. 5. Use the ACCESS system to verify that your resume package was received by an employer. If after a couple of days it does not appear on the list of employers applied to or an unfamiliar employer’s name is listed, then you likely used the wrong bin number 0; the package somehow was not entered. Contact your coordinator if this happens.
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The two proverbial topics to supposedly never bring up in conversation are religion and politics. Well, no soonu have the flames started to recede on accusations that Imprint is biased and discriminatory against Christians than I’m once again obliged to defend the newspaper on more charges of bias, this time politically oriented. The Chief Returning Office of this year’s Federation of Students Executive Election has already brought to our attention accusations of bias of our election coverage, a week before this paper even went to press, and now we have a letter to the editor on the facing page from a K. Baird voicing concerns about our “slashing” of the candidates. Now, I don’t want to get too confrontational with the letter writer, this person after all has some genuine concerns and has every right to voice them, but since there are a number of very direct accusations here I’ll once again assume a defensive position. David Drewe is accused of harboring a personal vendetta against one of the candidates in the Vice President, lntemal saw-off. The candidate isn’t specified, but since I, too, sat as one of the panelists at the forum I can only hope to presume to know what the circumstances of the particular charge against Mr. Drewe were. Nevertheless, I have a faint idea; without naming names, what I witnessed Tuesday was two out of the three VP1 candidates working furiously and another who was woefu I I y unprepared. Since we, the students, are the ones footing this position’s salary and since the successful candidate for this position will be expected to work for us, is it really too much to ask of any of the candidates the tough questions that they will most assuredly be facing once they take office? Anything less makes the whole election a farcical popularity contest. Perhaps Mr. Drewe’s questions might have been couched in more diplomatic terms, but from where I sat they were all direct and fair and no tougher than the questions directed toward anybody else. As fir as the charges that the panelists were all unfairly comprised of a group of friends: for the record, this was an Imprint forum, the four mini-forums comprising merely one of the seven candidate forums for this year’s election. I suspect that our forum might very well be one of the most intense, and I don’t envy any of the candidates who were subjected to some very tough questioning. But this is what the very nature of the forum demands. Moreover, the four Imprint panelists were comprised collectively of an Editor-in-Chief, the Assistant Editor/former News Editor, another former News Editor, and last year’s Editor-in-Chief. If somebody believes that these panelists are inappropriate for a host panel, then perhaps they should initiate their own forums. For the record, I won’t be endorsing any of the candidates here, though I do have some very firm convictions about who the best prospects are. f shouldn’t have to tell any of you who to vote for, however. Read the interviews, attend the forums, and by all means gather information and vote intelligently.
The forum pages allow members of the 1Jniversity of Waterloo community to present their views on various issues through letters to the editor and longer comment pieces. The opinions expressed mcolumns, comment pieces, letters andother articles are strxtly those ofthe authors, not oflmprint. Imprint is an editorially independent newspaper published by Imprint Publications, U’aterloo, a corporation without share capital. Imprint, Student Life Centrc, Room I I 16, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L, 3G 1.
On Elvis Impersonators Other Evangelicals o her-c= I am in the Forum. What better place to tackle the existence ofGod and the meaning of life... only theNational Enqarirrr would be more appropriate. As I gaze out over my audience, I am wondering what would be of significance to say. Most people have choked down enough of this God-forsaken God-talk. In fact the thoroughly-nauseated don’t appear to be present at all. Shuffling through my notes, I am looking out over a rather small group of people. There’s James Russell to my right, tongue in cheek, expecting another Ned Flanders to tell his syrupy story about how much God means to him. And there are Pete Nesbitt and Pat Spacek, surrounded by their merry band of followers discussing the ways of humour and straining for the very best way to expose a very meaningless world. Pawal Ratajczak and his fundamentalist friends are just offto my left, devising warfare strategies and warming up the organ for another rounding chorus of “Onward Christian Soldiers.” And then there a smattering of unknown faces who really don’t care much for the discussion itself but enjoy having a good laugh each Friday. I don’t want to downplay the role of these characters too much. After all, they have risen to accclmplish great things in the world. Russell’s approach to religion (and anything else he doesn’t agree with) is especially admirable. He achieves what he sets out to do. He has discovered that the best way to dominate his nagging opponents 1s to offhandedly berate them, sort of like kicking the dog after a hard day at work. He is brilliantly post-modern. With rare artistry, he has
S
are
and
deconstructed the whole fabric of the rational discussion. He makes the use of reason appear hollow and unfitting. Emotive opinion rules the day because no one can respond and nothing can be said. James Russell is God’s word for Waterloo. And what he says is not really as important as how he says it. Last week, he applauded the Supreme Court ruling conceming “obscene material” and the Little Sisters bookstore in BC. I am sure that lesbians appreciated his opinions. But strangely, Russell has supporters beyond the narrow limits of his subject matter. He has listeners that should otherwise be quite disinterested. But maybe these people admire Russell for something more than his brute facts. Perhaps they simply appreciate his blunt approach to life and his matter-of-fact, in-your-face worldview. James Russet1 is more than a columnist - he is our tribal bard, reining in the wild forces of nature and reducing them to a conquerable size. More meat for the men! Raise drinking horns all round! Sing us another dirge, James Russell. No one else is. And then there is Pawal Ratajczak, rising from the mist like King Arthur from “The Quest for the Holy Grail.” He has his particular strengths too, though very few of
religion is for fools. Other Christians like Mark Heinmiller are certainly bold but rather simple when they write about sincere matters in a very insincere enviromment. There may be freedom ofspeech in thelmprint but there is certainly nothing “free” about the Imprint environment. As you can see, this is a rather difficult audience to speak to. Unless I vent hatred for Christianity or wage war against “the forces of darkness,” 1 haven’t a sympathetic audience at all. But then, I am probably the only one who cares about a sympathetic audience anyway. And I refuse to go on “questing” for what does not exist... Excuse me then while I speak my mind. My criticism has a doubleedge. Of lesser importance is James Russell’s “Who is John Gait?” Bluntly speaking and all talk of Christianity aside, his writing is a damned waste of space. When I read his column, there is very little to muse, and only rarely am I amused. But this is of no real concern. 1 suspect that most people look at his writing in this way. There are very few that would take James Russell seriously. Of greater importance are those who have tried to love, console, befriend, criticise and evangelise this all consuming figure and others like him. As 1 have read through the Imprint
them are respected.
this year, many
His sincerity
is certainly
admirable but it is his sincerity that also looks ridiculous. And this is not really because sincerity is a funny thing, but in the context where he is striving for influence, a context where sincerity and religion are a complete oxymoron, he appears as the confirmation of what Russell and other’s have been pointing out for some time now -
of the articles
in response
to
Russell’s “religious abuse” have set my teeth on edge. I am floored not ‘because I disagree with their convictions but because of how those convictions have been delivered in the context of this paper. Some Christians writing in the Imprint Continued
to page 12
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wclcomcs le~lers to
editor from students and all members of the community.
the
Letters should be 500 words cx less, typed and double-spaced or in electronic form, and have the author’s name, signature, address and
phone numtcr for vcrific;llion. Letters recul~:d via ekctrvnic mail rnus~ be verified with a signature. All material is subject to editing for brevity and clarity. The c&&w reserves the right to refwx tIo publish letters or art~clcs which arc judged to lx libullous or discriminatory on the basis of gender, race, religion OTsexual orientation. Opinions errpreased are those of the individuals and not of Imprint.
anyone
More I want to voice
bias a few concerns
about the Imprint “slashing” of the candidates for the upcoming elections. After watching the forum fix the Vice President, Internal, l was disgusled at the manner in which our- university newspaper was reprcscnled. It was clear that Dave Druwe had a personal ven&tt;r against one particular candidate in which he displayed bullying and incredibly unprofessional tactics. The Imprint was present to rqrcscnt the Gcws of all students and not to put forward its own ptxsonal agendas. As a friend poirltedout during tho forum, the can&dates wt’rc: like figure skaters entering a competition where al1
thejudges
WOK from the same counfrom the same
try. Each panelist is group offriends, they and most of them Could they not find
party together live together. someone else
who was not part of’the same social clique but instead represent a diverse population that makes up our
student body’.? I caution anyone reading this newspaper that there is a vast amount of bias within the pages concerning the candidates. Please inform yourself by attending forums on Monday or speaking directly to the candidates. l haven’t decided how to vote yet, but I am certainly not going to allow Dave Drewe and the gang’s views to influence my own decision. -K. Baird bl3 Environmental
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who holds
possible;
irrational? Can we have the data please? And does non-belief in God autolnatically put a person in the
modicum ofintelligence and knowledge we have. Happy accidents
view as believing
realm of rationality’? Really! lf God does not exist, such a belief wouId be ultimately irrational; but first you have to know infallibly to state this. Anyone who claims infallible, absolute knowledge that there is no
God is probably outside the ken of normal, fallible humanity and curiously close to self-deification (a patent self- contradiction)! No, Prof. Nanleson did not display Atwal’s unjustif’iedconfidenc~; he based his claim on certain logical and factual reasons which he considered made belief in God highly implausible. The substance
considering, count. Craig
ofthc
debat-c is worth
not Atwal’s presented
faulty
ac-
six claims
of
plausibility for bcliefin God, taken from a broad spectrum of fields. Narveson countered with difficultics involved in the very concept of God, the behaviour of professed
believers, and the imperfections in the world. Narveson viewed the idea of God as logically inconsistent, a “catch-all” phrase explaining everything and hence nothing. Further, this mcsscd-up world showed God’s ineffectiveness. Atwal duly noted a major question concerning infinity. Craig maintained that the universe was finite, and since “nothing comes from nothing”, a greater, non-finite cause was indicated. God (a nanfinite, self-existent Being) was the only cause sufficient to create the known world, For Craig, God as infinite cause was a valid exception to finitude, not violating lo@c. Narveson’s criteria for logical consistency required the same use of terms: God and the world were either both infinite or finite. Whatever it is, the universe exists. An
Writing
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is in response:
to Sandy
article
“Speaking in in the Imprint o1’ Friday,
Tongues” January 26J9h. Except for a few basic facts and outlines, Sandy Atwal’s review ofthe Jan Narveson-William Craig “Does God Exist?” debate was inaccurate and biased. If the arguments were presented, the readers could decide for themselves if bcIief in God’s existence is as irrational as Atwal claims. Before charging others with irrationality,
Atwal should avoid displaying the same faults he attributes to others. Atwal launches a diatribe against
the “patheticatly irrational of shiIIs” who have “returned to sully the pages ofthis fine paper.” Fine papers are composed of fine contents --- important facts, serious evaluations of- ideas, anrJ less spurious reasoning or-emotional
whining
prtzjudices carelessly proffered. Atwal’s tone: belies -- shall we say case of disgust with --- if “mild”
(b)ifnon-intelligence (en-
such a clearly in God. This makes belief in God a state of irrationality. Is it all, most, or some people who believe in God who are
ridiculous
infinite or finite God is unnecesSal-y. The contention turns on what is logically and factually rational about God and the universe. Is the universe infinite’? According to what we now know about our universe it is finite: it began at some time with a limited amount of cnergy. Yet some theorize that the universe exploded and contracted an infinite number of times, or else, an infinity of universes exist outside ours. Why propose these infinities? The reason is to get around the fact that our universe is so amazingly fine-tuned we cannot conceive how pure chance could possibly get the right solution to so complex a set of problems. So some propose that our universe is the lucky one out of an enormous number ofnon-life-supporting possibilities. However, aside from the non-evidence of infinite universes, serious
problems
behind
such cosmic
of physics
lurk
speculations.
Infinite univcrscs arc naturalistic substitutes for an infinite Creator. How do the arguments from God and from nature compare’? In only one aspect: (a) if Intelligence (God) exists, then intelligence is
ergy)
exists,
intelligence
is possi-
ble. Now we know from experienc.e that it is hard enough to make something
occur
work,
occasionally
even
when
with
the
we have
set up the right conditions; but try to make anything work that has a moderate complexity without any thought and organization. It has yet to be done, Functioning complex systems are guaranteed only by elaborate preparations under exact conditions. The total universe is an immensely complex, interactive system whose initial and subsequent conditions had to be “just so and not otherwise”. To expect th;lt finite stuff could so organize itself as to eventually become self-reflective is to strain reason to the breaking point. Others think it is more rational to believe that an Intclligent Creator made everything originally and good. Is there something implausible and irrational about Intelligence with a capital “I”‘? Note the form of the arguments concerning intelligence and infinities. Craig held that C&d was outside of finite space-time, while Narveson insisted on the same use
of infinites. Yet in the argument about intellect, the opposite situation obtains: Craig has intellects in a consistent relation (albeit One superior), but Narveson has intelligence in the universe as an exception. So if we are to support Narveson’s cri tcria for logical consistency, we would have to assert that either (1) the universe Itself
by
Pete
Nesbltt
was originally later appearance
for the
of intelligences
(a
form of Pantheism), or (2) there is no intelligent life around! One is tempted, for fun, to assert {2), since intelligence appears Yet no one seriously view (only inteIIigent
nize irrationality). theism be dispatched
to be so rare. holds such a things t-ecogThen, can Pan-
with?
Pantheism is morally empty: if “God” is another form of the uni-
verse, no real difference can exist between good and evil, for such a godencompasses every thought and act, Death promotes life, and lift: is merely anothercycle throughdeath. In this unity, all oppositions are really meaningless. Sincekwveson, doubtless, would not support Pantheism, for it cancels out logical truths and fijlsities, morals, and aesthetics, a continued critique is superfluous. So if Pantheism is unbolievable, and fundamental k-rationality nonsensical, the best exccption is not energy but a rational God who can easily produce intelligence. The Biblical view Craig professed is not based on the fickle, arbitrary decisions ofa Pantheistic god inseparable from creation. Rather, this Creator of an objective
cosmos reveals Himself as good, true, and just, which are unchanging characteristics of His nature. Therefore, God cannot contradict Himself, And God created intelligent beings with a measure of freedom. We perceive, feel, think, plan, choose, and do things. Such abilities are good, reflecting God. But this limited freedom to think and choose can allow evil and imper-
and I
intelligent
Pat
Spacek
fections
to occur,
conscqucnt
activating
the
need for correction
or
exclusion. Unfortunately, Dr, Craig only briefly touched on the moral concerns,
rightly
raised
by
Dr.
Narveson. CJraig stuck too closely to the debate format; Narveson avoided Craig’s arguments and prcsented his own. A prior exchange of papers and a less adversarial discussion would have allowed time For each to better explain his position. Yet Craig knew his subject
and Narveson’s moral theory, contrary to Atwal’s statements. (Has Atwal road one of Craig’s books before condemning?) Since Craig did not expand on the moral issues, an attempt will be made. For freedom to exist and pcoplc to be held responsible for their controllable behaviour, God cannot preempt possible human choices. If God always outwits us so that we only think and do the good, effectively, we arc not free. Rut can evil exist in a good world created by a good God? Such a possibility can exist only if there is some type of real separation bctween God and other moral beings. And since creatures are not God, they can choose to be against God
and His ways. Legitimate guidance includes appeals to reason, warnings of consequences, and appeals to right emotions. Convcrscly, manipulation, force, or revoking free-will are disallowed. Nevertheless, correction and punishment, founded on basic laws, fit within the above limitations. Choices are sovereign and sacrosanct; competent people eventually decide to willingly love God or not. In that the universe was created by God, it is dependent upon Him for its existence; in that the universe is not God, it is indepcndent of Him as an objective entity. In our dcpendlency, we arc accountable to God for our real choices; as independent
beings,
we affect
our-
selves and the world by our choices. Therefore, we bear the consequences
of our acts, bringing
and damage into a formerly cent and good world.
evil
inno-
Okay, hut is it right to suffer an eternity for finite, condemnable
choices’? Not at all, cfcclares Narvesoncorrectly. However, what happens to people who reject an infinite God and substitute something else, when they know, c)r should have known, better’? Since God is not 21liar nor can He contradict Himself, He honours His commitments tie genuine fi-eedam of choice. He takes our decisions as they are: accepting those who want Him and do what he reveals, while granting the desire of those who separate themselves from Him. Some evils can be forgiven by a substitution
rule
- a perfect
pay-
ment (Jesus) of our debt for rejecting an infinite God - but it is impossible for God to actually forget. (He already knew prior.) God ex-
ists forever, so after creation,
some-
how, we do too- For these and nthcr reasons, annihilation would be inconsistent. .4 true God cannot have left Continued
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12
Continued
Elvis & others Continued
Christians in this paper has been
page 10
from
equally ridiculous have failed to realise response to a off-hand is ludicrous.
provide
that a serious
verbal attack attempting to to questions that
You’re
answers
aren’t being asked. James Russell and many others in the Imprint
enjoy the reaction
that they get but
they have no intention of entering a serious dialogue. They arc the evan-
gelists
of the day with their
own
interpretation of the world. They are not asking questions, they are proselytizing. In fact, they are practising the approach of popular evangelicalism. They also expect oppo-
at times.
If a war
is to be waged, let it begin with the subjectivism that has been spewed out on these pages to the exclusion of any sort of objective Those who listen to testimony. Evangelicals in this marketplace of ideas rarely vent their anger over stubborn
Christianity with reference to Christ; they vent their anger at the Chris-
tian community. There is guod reason for this. Too often Christianity is defended as an extension of the self. “This is what Christianity has done for me and this is what it can do for you.” Well this might be appropriate in some places, but not here. Most people, including myself don’t want what you have, because all that is seen is you. Step to the
from
IMPRINT,
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Narveson’s assertion thst the Thirty Years’ War, for instance, shows the
people ignorant of ultimate issues. God teaches and warns sufficiently about right and wrong in many ways and so we are accountable. To warn effectively, laws must have teeth. So caring for our own welfare motivates us to learn and behave properly. Preference of our own ideas is folly when God has communicated, “it just ain’t so.” Impartial rules ofjudging true from false, fact from fiction, and good from twit exist to be used; question, verify, and think hard. Poor ideas need correction. Disagreement can be respectful. Truly good ideas, presented
manner,
in a helpful
and lived consistently
bq
their proponents are worth hearing. Wars and crimes are commit-.
really like by their actions. So with aggressors, their real beliefs are in
Christianity will bt: in a position to
little more mystery as though his
their deeds and not necessarily in
field some questions that it can answer. Talk of God among some
existence
what they say. Associating God with bad ideas and violence is a cloak for evil. But if we grant
---sealz
Davidson
are we to make of non-religious wars? Is this not also an argument
God. Yet the eas.iest,mosteffective
cism, Socialism, Democracy short, against the plausibility
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If there is no God, who commits thecrimes? Humans. And what makes the same crime worse; a deIuded person who does it in the name of an illusory god, or a sane person in the name of some rat ion al “i sm” ? Since we alf agree that the problem lies in persons who abuse their freedom, why foist itonGod?Guiltypeoplewantscapegoats. So moral guilt ascribed to
surprised! Much more can said about the debate, the issues, and Sandy Atwaf’s misplaced anger. tmprint could publish the tapeddebate. (For the record, the audience approached 600 people, no,t 300.) Tongues are
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and the weak die. They are removed
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to imperfect natural processes. Yeah, yeah, I know nature is good. Nature is very good. HOWever, I think humans can do better. We can build replacement body parts, and soon, before I choose to breed, I hope we’ll bc able to build better bodies, from the DNA up. This way, genetic diseases can be eliminated. This way, birth defects can be eliminated. This way, more people will be physically and mentally capable ofliving their lives to the futlest. People have argued to me that such technology is potentially extremely dangerous. I have been called a Nazi more than a couple of
cial needs to be fully functional members of society, no longer limited by various physical barriers as they might have been in the past. However, I still would not want my children, if I have any, to be hampered in any waly. I would not wish that additional complication to be added to an already complicated life. So, if I could remove any chance of such complications, I would. As an addendum, you may have guessed that I’m pro-abortion. Right now, when the technology to produce better children is not readily available, if I was pregnant and the child was shown to be defective, I would have an abortion. Ofcourse, 1‘m male and so will never have this option, but if I did,
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defects I see in myself. But, unlike some others,
I do not want to leave
What is the result of all this? Evolution has ceased. Humankind’s development hasstopped.We won’t be getting any smarter, stronger, faster or better.
timeswhen I have propounded these
How can we fix this problem? I can think engineering.
of one way:
genetic
If I ever have a child, I want it
views in various
classes. However,
men who will rule the world, all it will do is eliminate a lot of unnecessary suffering.
I know that today, improved awareness,
facilities
and technol-
I don’t want to force anyone to do
I would not hesitate to take it. This
anything they don’t want to do; all I want to do is have the option of
may sound harsh to some, but I’d rather have the best child I could
choosing some desirable traits and
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first
Western ideologies, especially those per taining to sexuality (i.e. masturbation), havc:origins from the odern
Victorianer;l. Whilewemaybesomewhat more”sexunlly 1iberated”than the Victorians, WC are still having to contend with certain by-products ofthc’ Victorian era. One such issue that is still not tiasily talked about in “polite” cornpany or among parcnts and their children, is the topic of masturbation Socit’fal attjtudcstowardsmasturbation have changed, but people are still shying
away
step in a course
of impurity
leading to fornication, disease, death, eroding self-discipline
and and
self-control.“(Hall, 369). The following segment is taken from an article written about Victo-
rian attitudes regarding masturbation, and depicts
the urgency with which this young man writes to his doctor in hopes of finding a cure for his habitual illness --_ masturbation. “Dear Sir: Oh! With what interest, and at the same time hope-
Myself Flakes or ever have a hankering for Graham Crackers, then you have had the honour of eating two of the most acclaimed Victorian foods. Both Sylvester Graham and Harvey Kellogg were of the opinion that a healthy diet gave one discipline. In short, self-control would thus curb sexual desires. Hence, no urge to waste thoseprecious and cital fluids
is well ingrained, and we often react by keeping masturbation a secret. If masturbation is normal, why do we feel so strongly that it shouldn’t be talked about? No one teaches children to masturbate, It is instinctive behaviour. This early experimentation of stroking, caressing and touching of
greasy hair masturbated,” plication oft& statement
the genitals is the&ore
--sperm!
and should be accepted. Sexual drive is the only biological drive that we do not need to
bating we are betraying our partner or that our actions suggest that we
For many people, the act of masturbation is associated with
normal
from discuss-
ing this harmless, yet satisfying, activity. The following paragraphs will
give
a brief
historical
The imis that if someone is attractive enough to have a sexual partner, there would be no need to masturbate. Menand womenalikcmay feel
guilty about masturbating while in a sexual relationship with another person. We may f&l that by mastur-
are not fulfilled
by the physical intimacy that we already share. We know, however that both single and married people masturbate, and that people with or without satisfying sex lives masturbate. Why do we continue to ktq quiet about masturbation? Why is it that WC can ovcrhcar conversations about a fabulous sexual experience with another person, but the topic of masturbation is rarely, if ever discussed? Take the time to think about
over-
view of Victorian beliefs regarding sexuality and, more precisely, masturbation. Like most patriarchal societies, Victorian wonlen’s sexuality was deflined in male terms and subjected to its institutions. Decorum, chastity, virginity, and, above all, sexual discretion were bchaviours middle-class Victorian women aspired to.
your own masturbation habits. Maybe your roommate masturbates, and your partner may masturbate as well. There is nothing wrong with communicating thoughts about self pleasure. The unspoken social attitudes about masturbation dictate much about our feelings toward both mas-
turbation and sex. Many
of our present
feelings
Women of high societal stand-
toward masturbation stem from his-
ing were not to advertise their sexuality nor were they to xtively cngage in sexual intercourse. Passivity denoted the virtuous woman. However, the upper and middle class Victorian male was thought to have a voracious sexual appetite
torical attitudes and theories, and thus we need to actively dispel these antiquated thoughts. WC need to extract ourselves from Freud’s theories to the 1990s where we wholeheartedly accept masturbation as normal behaviour.
and had difficulties in controlling his “manly urges.” Unlike the Victorian female, the Victorian male was sexually untrustworthy and insatiable. Given
to strict
social decorum
and prudishness, the Victorians were “sexually” obsessed with such behaviours as masturbation and sperm loss. From a Victorian standpoint, masturbation was immoral and an
endangerment to a man’s life. Literature and self-help manuals as well as tonics, potions, and physical restrictors (i.e. penis rings) were numerous and readily available for the wretch not able to control his animalistic impulses. Masturbation required secrecy to the utmost degree and was never uttered or insinuated while in thecompany of the fairer sex. In the Victorian era people steered
away
from
explicit
erotic
imagery and blamed concupiscence fur societal problems. People lived in sexual fear. The term sperrnatorrhoea was coined to defme the seminal weakness from the disease of masturbation or self-abuse. If one masturbated his or her health was expected todeplete. It was supposedly . . . . . “...the,i I”I s
“I’m sorry sir but it’s the next island over that’s self serve.” lessdespondency, I have for months read your monthly reports. 1 say with interest, because T am in need of your services. Oh! Sir, I am on the point of giving up all hope of recovery, and dying the most miserable of all deaths by my own hands.” (T/E Fittest Mm, 221).
feelings of ambivalence. Although masturbation is no longer seen as evil psychosis, but rather as a normal part of our development and sexuality, we may feel personally confused about what masturbation should mean in our own lives. Children who masturbate are
satiate in order to survive (unlike when we stop eating or drinking, we die). As a result, we as human beings can make choices about our sexual behaviour, whether it be with another person or alone. Many of us may feel that we have lost control over our actions
if we succumb to
you should -feelsecureand comfort-
masturbation, that we should be able to “do without” it, or that we are above the need to masturbate. Because of this element of choice, we may be-
able. This learning experience can be quite valuable as you take what you learn and teach it to your lover to satisfy your sexual desires. When society starts accepting masturbation, we can all benefit and learn to take advantage of ourselves. Be on the lookout for these books:
This proliferation of misinformation about masturbation came from the medica community, clerrZv. teachers, and those wishing:tomake a quick dolla; on ped-
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masturbation. After all, there was money to be made, and lots of it, from playing on the fears of Victorian parents and youth. Two notable crusaders against self-pollution (masturbation) who gained notoriety and prestige, were Sylvester Graham and John Harvey Kellogg.
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masturbate. often made to feel ashamed of their actions. We learn very quickly as youngsters that masturbation is something bad, something that should not be done in the presence of others, something that only “dirty” perverts do. For many, that feeling of shame 7-.r * * t
Society is slowly moving in Ehis direction. There is a rapidly growing selection of books on the subject of masturbation and sex stores are popping up everywhere selling vibrators and pumps. Masturbation is a way of being comfortable with yourself. You learn what feels good. When you take the time to love yourself by masturbating, you shaluld not feel ambivalent,
Masturbation is often associated with fantasizing, we may sense that we have lost touch with the real world, or that we are going crazy. Fantasy is a normal and integral part of both masturbation and sexuality. Our ability to fantasize lets us alleviate the stress of reality. “I thought“,. only I.1ugly % girl? *with. 1. ., ’ I 2.
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disorders
he rate of eating disorders is on the rise, and one cause is the demand put on students for perfection in order to receive offers of admission to competitive programs in university. Perfection is one of the characteristics that perpetuates an eating disorder. An indi-
are also drastic changes to everyday life that must be dealt with. Mom isn’t cooking dinner every night, so nutritional balance often goes out the window. Frosh are busy people, and making sure the four food groups are covered is not
vidual with anorexia, for example, feels an
high on the priority list. Passive weight ioss
control combined with poor nutrition and a
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they do, whatever the cost, This stems from a senseof low self esteem and a lack of self worth. Although many people enter first year with eating disorders, more and more undergraduates are concerned about body image issues after arriving on campus.
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feeling of required
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an eating disorder. There are, however, ways
active attention Eating disorders
to keep things from progressing this far. HOPE (Helping Open Peoples Eyes) is a group made up of university graduates and undergraduates trying to promote a healthy body image, and increase awareness of the causes of eating disorders. In accordance with this mandate, a bookIet about eating disorders was included in the Frosh kits of every first year student at UW and WLU. While being educated isn’t 100% assurance that you will never develop a body image issue, it does give you more ammunition to fight with. Unfortunately, there are many disturbing attitudes that have to be brought out in the open before we can consider ourselves “edu-
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them. Educating yourself is definately essential, even if you simply ask for advice at Health Services, or read a book about eating disorders. Don’t be afraid to talk to the person, and let them know that you aren’t judging them. Support can be misconstrued
can perpetuate
pounds, but it may be enough to draw some to the number on the scale. are not about food or weight. In a Iot of cases,however, this is where the distorted thinking begins. Many people believe that eating disor-
9, 1996
on Campus ders are about control. An individual (in 95% of cases, a female) feels they have little control over their self, or aspects of their life, leading to a search for control elsewhere. All university students are void of some of the control in their lives; this comes with campus life. However, when all these factors are combined, an individual is at greatest risk. Low self esteem, lack of self worth, a poor body image and a sense of lack of
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who is already overly sensitive about themselves. Make yourself available to listen to them if they ever want to talk, but remember that you don’t have to offer advice. Sometimes just listening is enough. Having an eating disorder leaves you feeling empty all over, as ifyou are nonexistent. University life is difficult enough without body images concerns;, but for those of
cated,” Frightening comments such as “I
you who have them, remember that support
wish I could be anorexic just for one week,” or ignorant questions such as “Are you dumb? Why don’t you just eat?,” only prolong the problem. Instead of focusing on these negative messages there are ways to approach the subject that are less offensive. If you are
is always available. The University of Waterloo has excellent counsel@ facilities, as well as contacts for all alternative locations for support in the area. Obviously education isn’t the same as prevention, but for now, it is the most effective step we can take to light the onset of
worried that someone you care about may be
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feature or documentary. 4. Start your letter with a positive comment or compliment so that the whole letter is read. Be specific about how you feel on the issue. Don’t assume that someone else wilt also write and say what you want to say. Make suggestions. 5. Copy your letter and send it to other interested groups or individuals. Include your list of other recipients on your original letter. Send a copy to Mediawatch.
6, Ask for a prompt response. Follow it
never have. These images increase social pressures
to look
linked to eating problems,
good and can often be disorders and body image
UP. 7. Describe
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lf they get enough complaints from the public, they will remove an ad There is something you Mediawatch, a national feminist tion, works to eliminate sexism in through education and consumer
tion, boycotting, etc. 8. Be current. React and respond as soon as possible. 9. Get as many people as you can to support your views. Include their signatures and addresses on the letter. Never underestimate the power of your
opinion. The response you get, if you get any
can do. organizathe media advocacy.
at all, may be a disappointing form letter, but at least a step in the right direction, Mediwatch can also provide you with fitrther information and addresses. You can also check the yellow pages for addresses of television and radio stations. Here are some helpful contacts:
It offers many suggestions on how to respond
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addition to Fed CourGE and Feds from treasurer to @&de&
tliat is rquired for future profits. Ferrier’s main credentiais are an array of past jobs
to bridge tlhe communication gap between the Feds and the students they serve, Bajor advocates phone polling and other market survey techniques so the needs of students could be better served. :.. Jim Wilson has perhaps the best resume for the job of VF’AF. In
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FED ELECTION
election coverage are words and acronyms geeks would understand, Instead of having mean the hard way, Imprint is happy to just to give you a brief introduction to the
operated by various faculty societies. CASA: Canadian Alliance of Student Associations. Stories on CASA contained inside. CCBC : Canadian Campus Business Consortium: An organization with 17 member schools from across Canada. Its purpose is to get the best prices, contracts and such for its member schools. CFS: Canadian Federation of Students. Waterloo pulled out in 1993, but CFS continues to cite Waterloo as a member; no one knows why. COU: Council of Ontario Universities. A group of University administrators who claim they wish to promote a quality, accessible university system. See the story inside by Dr. James Downey to decide for yourself if they are working toward the “accessible” part. EPF(C-HST: Two acronyms you don’t need to know about, except that they both represent money from the Federal Government, and each year they represent less money. Executive Council: Anther bunch of senior administrators who meet to decide how to run the University. No students allowed here. Definitely not. No way. No students. Faculty: Either one of the six academic divisions of the University, or the lukewarm bodies whom so capably and affectionately impart their knowledge on the students. FAUW: Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo. They want to unionize, and the Feds have had nothing to say about it. Federation of Students: If you don’t know that much yet, keep reading. Food Services: Food services provides food in both villages, as well as Brubakers, South Campus Hall, and probably some other places, but we wouldn’t know. Food Services sucks. Grad Tax: A proposal put forward and later withdrawn by CASA. Story
Loan Repayment
A popular animated television series (1989- ?) created
by
Matt Greening, featuring the madcap antics of the Simpson family. (Not to be confused with Orenthal J. Simpson, Iegendary Buffalo Bill running back, tried for the murder of his wife, but found not guilty.) SLCMB: Student Life Centre Management Board. The great minds responsible for putting the brand new SLC into debt almost before the paint dried. Snobelen, John: The Ontario Minister of Education and Training. University President: Dr. James Downey. VPAF: Vice-President, Administration and Finance; responsible for budgeting, publicity, and supervising the businesses. VPE: Vice-President, Education; responsible for provincial and federal representation, quality of teaching, the Co-Op Department, etc. VPI: Vice-President, Internal; responsible for clubs, societies, and services. Also supervises the Arts Commission. ZZzzzs: One thing the candidates will all need after next Wednesday’s results are announced at the Bombshelter. Also something candidates drove audiences and panels to during forums.
ments to the provinces, the federal government can be seen to be engaging in conscientious saving. Since education is a provincial concern, the federal government is thus passing the buck to the provinces. Entirely honest and straightforward? No, but possibly goodenough to gain votes. It’s not about education; it’s about the entire federal structure. Provinces want more autonomy, not less. They are increasingly willing to sacrifice cash in exchange for the right to run programs as they like. The federal government, broke as it is, is more than happy to abdicate responsibilities. Which brings us back to CASA, an organization dedicated to swimming against the current: preserving a federal role in PSE beyond research. Some students may point to the Canada Student Loans program as a program worth saving that CASA may help preserve. They should be aware that the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (UW’s provincial lobby group) gained an audience with Lloyd Axworthy long before other, national organizations had phone calls returned. Virtually every argument made in favour of students joining CASA, or any similar organization, is made from a theoretical point of view. The idea of a student lobby group petitioning the federal government on behalf of students is a nice concept. The idea of students affecting real change at the federal level is fine. However, it is time for students to become more realistic about how much change we can affect, and how our lobbying efforts are best spent. CASA presents an example of the aphorism “too many cooks spoil
the broth.” Even the title of this lobby group, the Canadian Allianceof Student Organizations, suggests a rather bloated bureaucracy. It is an organization made up of organizations. In order for <alobby group to be effective against a government, the government must consider that group to legitimately represent a large number of voters with a common interest. This is much more easily done at the provincial level, and here’s why: The University of British Columbia and the University of Albertaand the University of Western Ontario and McGill University and Dalhousie University are very different organizations with different concerns. Due to the nature of these differences (due,, in turn, to the fact that they are from different provinces) the agreements on policy will basically come down to “please earmark a large chunk of money that you’re going to give to the provinces for education and then let us decide what to do with it.” The simple fact remains that the provincial governments themselves are already doing this. One can imagine no stronger lobby group for the province of Ontario than... the province of Ontario. Queen’s Park is fighting tooth and nail for every last scrap of money they can get. Will the suggestions of a group of students (many of them withou? their B.A.s, or at least without any real work experience) really going to change matters? Do we need yet another bureaucracy to speak for students? Perhaps it’s time to stop thinking about how we could go to more conferences, and instead start finetuning the organizations that we already have.
You CASA, me Jane
Plan. A plan, in effect in
countries such as New Zealand and Australia, that is now being investigated in Canada. An ICLR would lend students money to pay for university, and students would repay the loan only after getting a job, when it would be repaid as a portion of the student’s income. Kumar, Sedhev: Professor disciplined by the university for sexual harassment of a student during a field trip in the Himalayas. Many felt that he should have been dismissed, or, since groping was involved, that President Downey could have fallen off the fence and used the term “assault,” rather than “harassment.” Martin, Dave: President of the Feds when UW withdrew from CFS. OUSA: Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance. A provincial lobby group. PACOHAD: Provost Ad-hoc Committee on Harassment and Discrimination, Researched and wrote commitee report, only to watch it get buried underneath other priorities. PASS: Peer Academic Support Services. PALS: Peer Assistance Links Service. PODS: PALS Off-campus Dons.
The Simpson’s:
here is a strong case against investing money in an organization such as the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations. Many universities across the country have decided against membership. While the Students’ Union at Laurier would undoubtedly join were the membership free, it examined it from a cost-benefit analysis, anddecided that the money involved would not be worth the investment. The logic? Membership in CASA is like using a small water pump on the Titanic. Many groups, including our Federation of Students, feel that lobbying the Federal Government is a worthwhile investment. Other groups disagree, and the trends seem to support them. Many probably remember the whole Lloyd Axworthy hoopla last year. At that time, the federal government decided that the whole transfer idea should be revisited. Substantially smaller transfers would be made to the provinces, and in turn the provinces would receive more freedom in the administration of these programs. Lloyd Axworthy, then Minister of Human Resource Development, was the pointman on this retreat. Without desiring to get into the merits of the federal government’s decision (let’s be honest it will result in rising tuition and declining quality for all of us), it is worth examining why this situation has occurred. To begin, the federal govemment has a huge deficit. It has an even larger debt. The government -and public opinion - want both to be paid down, and taxpayers expect their money to be spent responsibly, By cutting transfer pay-
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1 Administration: This term refers to the senior dudes who run the UniverI sity; like the two Jim’s: Downey and Kalbfleisch. BoD: Board of Directors, the senior body of the Federation of Students; selected from among the Student Councillors, elected by the student body at large at the Federation of Students Annual General Meeting in March. BOG: Board of Governors, the senior body of the University, with Faculty, student, government, and alumni representation. The President of the Feds is a member. Burns, Mike: Executive Director of OUSA (see below). One candidate thinks he needs a kick-start. C&l&: The various coffee and donut shops located around campus,
follows. ICLR: Income Contingent
IMPRINT, Friday, February 9,1996
The Case-a Against CASA
Election i terminolo@ for idiots Many of the terms used in that only real student politic to learn what these words present the following chart, world of student politics.
‘96
by Jane Pak, President, Federation of Students hy should we be members of a national lobbying group? Last year, the federal government announced that there will be significant reductions in funding to social programs over the next two years. The total cuts will amount to approximately 7 billion by the 97/98 fiscal year. It is highly probable that these cuts will fall on higher education. A student voice at a national level is thus crucial to lobby these cuts to protect the system from the decline of two prominent issues: accessibility and quality. We, the Federation of Students (FEZDS), do not have the resources (human or financial) to effectively lobby the federal government to this capacity. Furthermore, relative to the total student population that exists in Canada, we represent only a small proportion. The government is less likely to listen to a group which represents 13,000 students than it is to a
ganization. Why should we be members of CASA? CASA stands for the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations and is an alliance of 12 member schools across the country, collectively representing 200,000 students. CASA was formed by schools who did not agree with either the policies or the tactics of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS). CASA’s mandate is to provide representation on federal and interprovincial issues to the federal government and other agencies focusing primarily on undergraduate university issues. The organization provides a forum for addressing and researching issues that affect postsecondary education in Canada. It works towards achieving the highest levels of quality and accessibility throughout the Canadian postsecondary education system through policy formation and lobbying. As members of CASA, it is our belief that Canada’ s future economic health is dependent on investment in the post-secondary edu-
group
cation
W
which
represents
200,000
students. If we, the FEDS, want to play an integral role in participating in these discussions, information exchange, or developing plans of action on a national level, we must be a part of a national student or-
system.
Furthermore,
in or-
der to have a system in Canada that embraces and promotes lifelong learning, we need to also have a system that is accessible. What about accountability? CASA is bound by its bylaws to
send all interim policy decisions and constitutional amendments to each member’s students’ council for ratification. If any policy or constitutional change is not supported by a majority of CASA’s members’ councils, then it is not implemented. This allows for a much greater number of students to take part in and influence the decisions and positions of the organization. Last term, there was debate on our campus about the ‘Graduate Beneficiary Fund’ that CASA proposed, which encompassed the idea of a grad tax. The reaction to this concept on our campus was negative. However, the purpose of CASA’ s document which presented this idea was to initiate discussion on the funding problem that the post-secondary education system, are currently facing. That is exactly what the document did. Admittedly, it was negative but nevertheless, it raised an incredible amount of awareness on ourcampus. It caused people to really stop and think about the issues that we are fighting. The members of CASA recognized that there was a problem, and chose to take a pro-active approach. That is what it is all albout: CASA is a member-driven organization that is pro-active.
IMPRINT,
Friday, February
Fed Elections, by David Imprint
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his year’s Imprint election coverage is more in-depth than in years past. Looking at the sheer volume of material, the details on the issues, the forum coverage (as well as the debates hosted by Imprint and CKMS), and the interviews, I think it’s safe to say that readers are being presented with more of the tools, and tools of a higher quality, that they need to make an informed decision. That’s meant a lot of work on the part ofImprint staff and volunteers. While things weren’t always smooth sailing, the team pulled together very well. To them, I owe a great debt of thanks. Half hour interviews with the candidates took anywhere from two to eight hours to transcribe. If I had a dime for the number of people-hours volunteers put into this supplement...welI, you know. The goal we hope we’ve achieved is to get the focus away
FED ELECTION
9, 1996
Bias, Whining,
from the cults of personality that have at times dominated the campaigns, and away from the sometimes demeaning attitudes adopted by previous Imprint coverage. The Federation of Students is important to you. People may think otherwise, believing that the Feds haven’t done anything. They’re wrong. More, they’re either plain stupid, or intentionally ignoring the obvious. Four million dollars is a lot of cash. It can do a lot of good, or it can be wasted. The Feds represent students at every level of the Universi ty ; either through direct representation, or by providing those with direct access the tools they need to do their jobs better. Beyond the university, the Feds represent you to the city, the province, and the federal government. If you’re unhappy with something relating to any of those areas, then the Feds are who you should talk to. I’m not saying that you shouId get down and kiss the ground that the Federation of Students-types
Intellectual irritations by Duncan Past-Chair, Graduate
Phillips Canadian Council
I
ntellectual property is a creation of the mind which through its existence or its transfer of ownership has value. Patent, copyright, trademark, all forms of intellectual property that the public is famiiiar with, established by Canadian Federal Acts of Parliament. If you work on something for a week and what you produce isphysical, no one denies your ownership. If you spend that week instead on refining an idea, writing a book, or preparing to write a piece of software, there may not be anything physical resulting from that effort. Nevertheless, there is a potential value in the exploitation of what you have created. At the university, one of the most important goals is the appropriate recognition for work done for academic credit: course credit, publication authorship, or recognition of colleagues and peers. This can take many forms, for example authorship on a thesis, course credit for a project report, or acknowledgement as an artist. If someone denies you the opportunity to receive credit for what you have done by misappropriating the credit for themselves, then they have stolen your intellectual property. The policies at UW with respect to ownership of intellectual property are uncommon. WW policies specificdly
state that the crea-
tors own that intellectual property, and that the university has no stake in it; unless of course, you were employed by the university for the express purpose of creating that intellectual propertyie: writing the Co-op Department’s ACCESS program. This policy is a good policy,
because the ownership rests with the student. There are, however, inherent complications. For instance, in joint efforts, be it with a faculty member, a student, or a staff member, the question of who owns what portion of any intellectual property created can be difficult to resolve. This is especially true if there is a stake involved; whether the benefit arrives in the form of money, prestige, or academic credit. While many undergrads may think that this is solely a graduate issue, or an engineering/ computer science issue, they are wrong. Any time you submit a new and unique piece of work that you have done, you have created a piece of intellectual property. Your reward for such will be academic credit. A professor giving you academic credit for something does not, however, eliminate your rights to ownership. For example, if you do a literary review for a course and someone uses your work to their advantage without sharing due credit, then they have done is taken credit for themselves which rightfully belongs with you. The University of Waterloo has recognized that its policies are incomplete. In response, a policy drafting committee has been struck with membership including students, faculty, and staff. If you feel that someone has misappropriated your IP, you have a couple of options. The first would be to initiate an informal complaint with the Chair of the department. The second would be to request that the Ombudsperson intervene on your behalf. The final option would be to seek redress through the courts. Advice on the subject is available through the Ombudsperson, the GSA and FEDS, and the Legal Resource Office.
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‘96
and $4 million
the Imprint,
walk on. Like any other group of individuals, they make mistakes. Like any other group, some individuals’ intentions aren’t the best. The Federation, and most especially its executive, must be held accountable. Remember the CASA crap from the fall semester, remember the $25 fee refund last year. Then think about how much time and hassle could have been saved if students were aware of candidates’ philosophiesbef!re (if) they voted, rather than simply realizing too late how out ‘of touch some executives are on some issues. Imprint spends a lot of time holding the Feds accountable. That doesn’t mean we don’t respect what they do, though. It’s not enjoyable for student volunteers to sit down and write about how their representatives are screwing up. It’s not that we dislike controversial stories, but we’re not just journalists we’re also students; students in a position to be aware of the intricacies and influence of the Federa-
tion. That’s why the volunteers have been so willing to devote time and energy to this supplement. That’s why Imprint has been going out of its way to make sure that not only is our coverage outstanding, but that the candidates present outstanding platforms which stand up to challenge. This brings me toapoint I want to touch on briefly. Some candidates have apparently approached the CR0 (the independent person who runs the elections for the Feds), complaining thatImprint is biased. Never mind the fact that Imprint had yet to host any forums when these complaints were made. Never mind that the only coverage Imprint had run when these complaints were made was a two-page insert containing unedited statements from the candidates. These allegations would have been insulting no matter when they were made. To assume that the diverse group of volunteers who put this paper togetherfrom week-to-weekcan agree on whom they favour is Iudicrous.
Teach me something I don’t know by Peter
Lenardon,
Imprint staff
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he position of Vice President, Education has been contested on a number of issues from Income Contingent Loan Repayment (ICLR) plans to the Professor Kumar debacle. On most issues, the views of the candidates as expressed in the forums have been quite uniform. With regard to Professor Kumar, a.II three candidates say they would have pushed for his dismissal. This is no surprise and it would be electoral suicide to suggest anything else. There was also a consensus that students should have voting power on the Promotions and Tenure Committee. Once the subject turned to ICLR’s the views of the candidates because proved to be well thought out and easily distinguishable even though they all favoured this sort of fmancial arrangement. Xander LeRoy, the current Officer of Academic Affairs, pointed out an important distinction between the government’s conception of ICLR’s and that of students. In his view, the government sees ICLR’s as a method of funding post-secondary education, while students see them merely as a fair means of debt repayment. The difference shows up when governments feel justified in making funding cuts because students can debt finance their educations. Brendan Beasley said he gen-
should-go
it just
FsZ%ZZZ; education. When asked about tenure the answers were as follows: LeRoy and Beasley both supported a reworked version of current tenure policies, citing the preservation of academic freedom. Beasley added that an anticalendar could be used to scrutinize the accomplishments or lack thereof of professors.
protects professors~ jobs, not academic freedom. ”
Foley
held
Continued
that tenure
should go because it just protects professors’ jobs, not academic freedom. When the panel challenged that view by citing the example of Phillip Rushton, Foley still maintained that tenure was obselete, as the constitution protects freedom of expression.
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Internal Debate by Greg Imprint
erally favoured ICLR’s over the current Ontario Student Assistance Program @SAP). While this was a standard VPEd line, his support for corporate sponsorship of academic programs cetinly was not. Beasley cited the example of the Macintosh computers that were donated to the Environmental Studies department as a concept that could be expanded. Kelly Foley supports ICLR’s because she believes that students should pay for the benefits that education gives them, but should have a manageable way to pay the money back. Foley then displayed some vision of her own when she suggested that she would like to “quantify the societal return rate” on post-secondary education. This could justify a stabilized level of govem.
Kelly
To believe that the volunteers who participated in election coverage are doing so with the intention of presenting liess-than-objective material is indlicative not of the paper’s attitude, but rather of the small-minded insecurities of certain candidates. Yes, thi.s year’s format was different from. last year’s - but it changed for all of the candidates. Yes, this year’s interviews were much more gruelling than last year’s - but they were for all of the candidates. No, the same volunteers did not interview all of the candidates - but what do you expect from a volunteer organization whose membership are all students? I feel sorry for whomever has levelled complaints. They obviously feel that they have been treated harshly. Given the timing of the
-chick staff
he discussion of the VP1 position at the Vl forum on Monday addressed Food Services, and the we&known complaints against it. All three candidates agreed that change was sorely needed, but they differed as to what tactics should be employed. Julie Primeau and Mahim Manchanda spoke of student decreasing their patronage to make Mike Murdoch, the head of Food Services, listen. Tricia Mu:mby however suggested going to see Murdoch this Sunday at the stuclent council meeting, to express your complaints there. The true test of candidate’s abilities came with the Imprint hosted forum however, as the candidates were asked a far wider range of questions than they had yet faced. Probably the most pertinent issue concerned, the PSE funding cuts, and how to keep and improve existing services given this fact. Of all of the forums, the VP1 session was the most clearly dominated of the four, as the extensive experience of Mumby continually manifested itself in the concrete suggestions and observations she made. As well, both Primeau and to a lesser extent Manchanda tended to co-opt Mumby’s views and try to pass them off as their own. On one occasion, Primeau actually commented “It’s good to see that we’re all on the same wavelength.” Manchanda put forth some good ideas centred around the Safety Van, such as teaming up with Laurier, and his experience with LNDSA. When pressed by the panel to speak of ideas in other areas he was hard-pressed to do so, except to reiterate his views on Fed visibility. As for Primeau, she appeared unprepared for many questions asked of her, and suggested few if any ideas that offered anything new or insightful. She even at times declined to answer because of her lack of knowledge.
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IMPRINT, Friday, February 9, 1996
The Highs and Lows of the Candidates STRENGTHS / HIGHLIGHTS
WEAKNESSES / LOWLIGHTS
Brad Kelly. :‘.:’ :: _’I
Brad !@ikx .. JoshWindsor.”’ VPAF Dan Bajor Mark Ferrier Chris McGrath Jim Wilson VPE
solid:
from unknown
to contender
The only candidate
to get specific
about where money
an issue, he can explain
simply.
in three short days. can be saved.
a lot.
There
aren’t many issues he knows.
If he says “pro-active”
one more time, we’ll get medieval
Lots of ideas for spending We’re
Personality
goes a long way in a position
She knows
the job and the issues inside and out.
Has worked
Tuition’s might
N
Consistently
Jim knows
when he knows
money
on his ass!
the Feds don’t have.
not sure; we can’t understand
most of what he says.
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Mahim Manchanda Tricia Mumby Julie Primeau
c) one wekomes higher tuition fees, but there are circumstances in which they arc: necessary to ensure the university has sutX?cient resources to provide an effective education for those who attend. In Ontario the greatest obstacle to participation in highereducation 01’ good quality (and no other kind is worth having) is a serious lack of resources. Two decades of underfunding have left our universities the most poorly financed in Canada. When inflation is taken into account, provincial operating grants to universities for each student enrolled were 24% lower in 1994-95 than in 1977-78. This loss has meant, among other things, that the number of faculty and staff has failed to keep pace with the growth in the number of students, that spending on books, periodicals, and equipment has been eroding, and that the maintenance of facilities has too often been deferred. With 90% of operating budgets coming from government grants (currently 65% at Waterloo) and tuition fees (currently 25%j, it is impossible to preserve both quality and accessibility if a major decline
analogy:
We think
Brendan Beasley Kelly Foley Xmder LeRoy VP1
by James Downey. President of the University of Waterloo: and Heather White, Assistant to the Provost
The 12-pack
for a service
such as VPI.
for three years.
Up, but it not hurt
in one revenue component is not offset by an increase in the other. However much we might prefer it to be otherwise, if students do not assume a larger role in the funding of their own education both the quality and availability of higher education will suffer, ;is will their chances of success in an increasingly competitive world. It goes without saying that higher tuition fees should be moderate and gradual so that students and their Families can plan for them. It also goes without saying that higher fees should be accompanied by adequate student aid so that no person of ability and ambition is denied the opportunity to benefit from a university education. There is some evidence that, if this were done, student participation would in fact increase. In the 1970s Australia abolished tuition fees altogether. This action had no effect on the number or mix of students admitted to universities. In the 1980s tuition fees were reinstated along with an income contingent repayment student aid plan, and enrollment increased substantially. The presence of tuition fees did not impede accessibility and the concurrent application of an adequate student aid package helped to improve it. The literature on access to postsecondary education shows that direct costs of university attend” *
ante impede educational achievement less than some other social factors, particularly parents’ background and values, student’s peer group, and the primary-secondary school environment. Apart from the intangible benefits they derive, most students know that higher education is a sound investment in their own future. In September 1995 there were 500,000 more jobs in Canada than there had been in 1990. Yet those five years had seen the number of jobs held by people with a university degree or some other post-secondary diploma rise by no less than 1.3 million. Meanwhile the total for those with less education felI by 800,000. University graduates are less than half as likely to be unemployed as other members of the labour force, and they earn on average about double the incomes of people who have not attended university. The current level of tuition fees in this province is about average for Canadian universities. Despite recent and projected increases in tuition fees, a university education in Ontario remains an extremely good deal. It is unlikely, therefore, that moderate increases in tuition fees will prove an impediment to participation, but rather they will enable universities to enhance the quality and relevance of the education they offer.
Can we talk about something
besides
INDSA
and the Safety Van?
She’s in love with Dave Fisher. When
asked, she doesn’t
think
she worked
for any services.
Winners, or Whiners? Continued
from
page E 3
complaint versus the timing of the coverage, they must have felt aggrieved about the interviews. Why? I don’t know. Some candidates were upset because Imprint targetted their lack of experience relating to the job. Others (with experience) were upset that Imprint remembered mistakes they made and brought them up. Maybe they feel questions regarding experience are unfair. We disagree. If a candidate has no experience, they must prove that they will be able to do the job as well as a candidate with experience. Conversely, a candidate with experience must be prepared to answer for their record. It’s a pity that some candidates obviously don’t feel that way. Perhaps they’d be happier’if Imprint only asked easy questions, or questions about each candidate’s relative strengths. And we could do that with less effort than we put into the coverage in this supplement. But we don’t think you want us to. It would be a disservice to our readers to kiss the candidates’ collective ass. Do they think that Mike Harris would handle them with such baby gloves? If they can’t handle questions from the Imprint.. . This is not to say that we treated all candidates equally. Candidates who scheduIed interviews, only to wander in the day they were scheduled and announce that they were suddenly double-booked not only demonstrated poor time-management skills, but inconvenienced the volunteers - who are also stu-
dents. Candidates who called saying they were too sick to be interviewed, but were then sighted at the Bomber, reflectedequally poorly on themselves. They may have received a less-friendly welcome than those who kept tlheir appointments, but I think they ~would receive that from any student they so snubbed. Nevertheless, ifyou don’t know who these people I’m referring to are, you won’t guess from our coverage. Frustrations may be justified by inconvenienced students, but it cannot be reflected in objective coverage by student journalists. In their haste to cry wolf, these candidates gave us a good laugh here in the office. Those of you who’ve been around a while may recall prior years’ coverage. Please note the objectivity: no comments about cardigan sweaters, none of that the only other reason to vote for “candidate x” is that they Ye nut “candidate JQI’ shit, A lot of hard work has gone into this supplement. From hosting forums, to taking the time to analyze each candidate’s experience and platforms, to hosting interviews, to attending other forums, it’s been crazy. If a few students were helped, however, then it. was worthwhile. It’s amazing. The year that the paper goes out of its way to be objective, and focus on issues and ability rather than harbouring resentment to the Feds, or resorting to name-calling, it was that very effort that makes us targets of accusations of bias. Cast your vote carefully on the 13th and 14th. It’s possible that you may elect a whiner.
IMPRINT,
Friday, February
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ICLRs: A-ok? by Rick Martin, senior Policy Advisor, Ontario Undergraduate Alliance
CFS on CASA by Derek Graduate Canadian
T
contribute.
If assetsare included as well as income, Student
then a family that has spent its income will be treated more favourably than one that has
saved for the children’s education. Many Undergraduate Student Al!iance believes that a progressive and effective student aid program is of criticai importance in enabling students with modest resourc’es to attend university. Student aid must therefore be one of government’s highest priorities. Student and government have a common interest in making sure that student aid goes to those who need it most. Student aid in Canada now falls far short of this basic objective. Many students receive less than they need to meet basic
assets cannot be taken at face value: the owner of a farm or small business may have substantial assets, yet very little disposable income. Even looking at just the parents’ income involves insurmountable problems. A family in which both parents work is treated less favourably than one in which only one parent is employed. A family with an employersponsored pension plan is favoured over one that needs to save for retirement. It is the student who suffers.
expenses, while an increasing number find it
INFLEXIBLE
difiicult to pay their debts after graduation. The inequities and inefficiencies in ex-
Another problem with the current system is the schedule for loan repayments. Simply put: the amount you have to pay, and the time you have to pay it, have nothing to do with your actual income. All loans must be repaid within ten years of leaving school. Payments must be made on a regular, fixed schedule, without regard to fluctuations in’ a graduate’s income: this
T
he Ontario
isting student aid programs can be traced to two basic problems in the current system: t ) a reliance on “ needsassessment:calculations, which have never succeeded in assessing students’ real needs; and 2) a hilure to take any account of the actual income of students after they enter the work force. These flaws lead to a misdirection of funds amounting to hundreds of millions of doliars every year. For thetaxpayer, this is an inefficient use of tax dollars. For needy students, it isn’t fair. WEDS
STUDENTS
Here, too, there are certain distortions introduced by the pressure to keep govemment costs down: for example, the assumptions
about
REPAYMENT
causesserious problems for those with low or irregular incomes. In addition it reduces students’ career options: many students will feel they cannot afford to take the kind ofjob they would find most satisfying. Many people will find they cannot afford to take time off work
be considered as permanent since “it would be far too easy for provinces to stop funding these... activities” (p. 22). (CASA appears unable to see that this is exactly what this new form of tuition fee would do for the federal government: allow it to escape responsibility for funding a more accessible education system by passing the cost on to individual students.) The Federation acknowledges that this surtax would not present an additional upfront barrier to indivilduals gaining access to
Deans, Council Co-ordhator Federation of Students
he “graduate surtax was re-cently pro-
posed by the CASA, only to be shelved at its November general meeting. CASA meant the tax to be a way in which new revenue for post-secondary education (PSE) could be gained from sWIen&: “Remember, the Graduate Tax is simply another form of tuition, or user fee if you like.” (CASA, Setting a Vision, 1995, p. 28) CASA’s graduate surtax would involve graded income tax - ranging from 0.5% for a college diploma to 1.5% for a doctorate on every graduate. Income below the average income of those persons who have not gained a post-secondary degree would not be subjected to this tax. In order to be able to raise
further education, since one would only pay this added tuition fee: upon completion of a degree. Yet (present tuition fees would remain and CASA has admitted it would be unlikely they would fall.) CASA also concedes that it would he possible for governments to raise the suggested tax rates but feels this unlikely since “it would be politically riskier to raise tax rates than it would be to raise tuition fees” (p. 29). If one leaves aside the fundamental objection to user fees for education, it is this above point that is the most problematic.
a meaningful level of revenue, the tax would be applied to all graduaies - past, present and future. (CASA also perversely suggested that income a~c~e a certain level would be exempted since *‘very high earnings have little to do with education.” p. 26) The revenues gained through this tax on ‘students were intended by CASA to supple-
CASA dismisses the call by the Federation for a fair and progressive tax system as “an event which seems unlikely to occur anytime SONI” (p, 23) and yet proposes the introduction of a retroactive tax. This involves applying taxes to activities of the past, something no Canadian government has ever done. If one grants equal likelihood to the tax changes put forth by the Federation and CASA, then should we not argue for ones that preserve
ment federal government support to PSE, but only
after the effects
of the Canada
Health
and Social Transfer (Cl-ET) are felt. The CHST will - unless withdrawn as the Federation argues it should be - eliminate fed-
eral cash transfers to the provinces in the areas of PSE, health care, and social ance. Furthermore, CASA does not the revenues from the surtax should tributed in a fashion that would allow
assistbelieve be disthem to
federal support to our education system,rather than ones that call for a oermanent on students who grad&e?
tuition
fee
to raise a family.
ASSESSMENT
The principle behind needs assessment is simple enough. The government estimates a student’s expenses, adds up his or her resources, and subtracts the difference. When expenses exceed resources, the government provides funding to meet the gap. That, at least, is what is meant to happen. Unfortunately, there is nowhere in Canada where student aid covers the actual cost of living. This is often the single greatest barrier to higher education for students with modest means. For most students, tuition makes up About 25% of the cost of a ye;u in school. Rent. food. clothes, books, transportation costs, and other basic living expenses. make up about 75% of the total. The fact that these costs have been consistently underestimated is at least as big a problem for stude.ntsas recenl inwxses in tuition. A more accurate assessment of students’ cr;penses would not be difficult to institute: however, it would be more expensive. Governments have not wanted student aid to work well. Limits which have been placed on the amount of money any student can receive in a given year are driven only by government budgets, rather than a sensible account of student needs. These ceilings have often meant that students receive less than they need, even by the government’s own estimates. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM AND THEIR FAMILIES
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how much a student should be
able to save from a summer job are optimistic, at best. Further, assessments of “parental contribution” are a major source of inequity in the system. For a student classed as dependent, an assessment is made of how much the parents should be able to contribute, and student aid is reduced accordingly. But it has proven impossible to make a fair and accurate assessment of the family’s ability to
INCOME-CONTINGENT
LOANS
The litany of problems we have described with the current model are some of the reasons that CXJSA, along with a growing number of experts in the field, favours income-contingent loans (ICLR). The ICLR models make it unnecessary
ADVANCE POLL STATION February 9th 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. STUDENT LIFE CENTRE GREAT HALL
to have any form of means test, at the time that students are taking out the loans. Funding can be given to any student who applies, because those who really do not need any government subsidy will be paying the loans
1-1 a
back with interest. In a senseof course there is a means test: the allocation of subsidies, in the form of loan forgiveness, depends on the
student’s circumstances, over the long term. This
is far more accurate
and far more fair
than basing everything on the particular
point
in time at which he or she applies for aid. In addition the issue of family income becomes irrelevant: all students are assessed as independents. We no longer need to engage in dubious calculations about how much other family members should contribute. The ICLR model means a flexible repayment schedule. If a graduate’s income is reduced then loan payments drop accordingly. A further advantage to the ICLR model is the reduction in administrative costs. The
loan application process will be greatly simplified by the elimination of needs assessments. In addition, the system would virtually eliminate loan defaults, both becausethe collection would be done through the income tax system, and because no student would be
obliged to repay more than she could afford. There
are various
ways
in which
an
income contingent loan plan could be devised, including combining it with certain elements of the current system. We are not wedded to a particular model at this point. We do not believe, however, that taking some account of students’ actual income after leaving school is a necessary feature of any fair and effective student aid plan.
LIST OF POLLING
STATIONS
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
February ARTS
13th and 14th, 1996
(Arts Lecture
Hall, Main Foyer)
MATH (Math and Computer Building, 3rd Floor - Outside C & D SCIENCE (Earth Science & Chemistry - outside Science C & c ENGINEERING RENISON
(Carl Pollock
(R enison
College,
Hail - Main FoVer) d outside
cafeteria)
OPTOMETRY (Optometry - Main Foyer) APPLIED
HEALTH
SCIENCES
(Burt Matthews
Hall, Main
Foyer)
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES & INDEPENDENT STUDIES ST. JEROMES
(ES1 - outside (St. Jeromes
C & D) College,
outside
C &D)
The following candidate interviews were conducted on January 23rd and 24th with small panels of Imprint staff, The candidates had previously responded to preliminary questionnaires in order to outline their positions and campaigns to us. Since similar candidate interviews in previous years had usually followed standardized questioning and often demonstrated a tendency for all the candidates to sound alike, the nature and focus of this year’s interviews was shifted to try and differentiate as much as possible between the candidates in their respective positions. The arrangement of our interviews here is based on two simple criteria: One, they are composed by the candidates teams; and Two, the teams are arranged alphabetically by the name of the teams’ Presidential candidates. We hope these interviews will provide suffient information about each candidate to help you reach an educated decision at the polls February 13th and 14th.
Mario Candidate
M&rio
T
Bellabarba for President
Bellabarba
0 you, the single most important issue in this election is increasing student representation on the University’s governing board, bodies and committees. What are some of the bodies and committees where students are currently under-represented? As an example, the executive council of this university, which is essentially the main decision making body of this university, it’s the body that made the decision to spend the $3.5 million on the food services upgrades. That body has no student representation on it. As well, tenure and promotion committees don’t have student representation, though they’re starting to move towards that. How are you going to get students on these bodies? Aren’t the faculties and the people currently on these committees going to have a vested interest in main-
taining their power there? The administration has said time and time again that they’re interested in what students have to say in increasing student input. Often times it seems like they just want that input there as a sort of token. As to how exactly I’m going to fight to insure that people get on the committees, there are ways to do this, there are ways to try to tell the administration “Look, we need students on these committees.” As far as solid ways of doing it, there’s pressuring the administration and showing that students are responsible enough, and making sure the lines of communication from the student senators and student members of these governing bodies to the rest of the university students is open enough for that representation to matter. In terms of experience, with both the Federation and univer-
sity (something?), you have way more experience tban your competition. You should have a good idea of what needs -to be done with all this experience, you’ve been around, you’ve seen the problems, you’ve seen what works, you’ve seen what doesn’t. Other than increasing student representation, what needs to be done? Increasing the lines of communication. Too often students aren’t well-informed of what’s going on. I guess that’s pretty much it. You say that you support continuing membership in CASA.,. for now. Why? Until When? I think that with OUSA we waited a couple of years before letting a referendum to refer membership so that we could see what they’ve done. CASA’s done some good things, and I don’t always agree with everything they’ve done, but they’ve also. .. the government had in mind to base student loans on how many of the students who left university defaulted on their loans, and CASA lobbied to kill that Bill. So it has done some good things, and I want to give it a chance. You envision students realizing the potential of the Federation of Students. They aren’t just going to wake up one morning and recognize this. What are you going to do to encourage students to become aware of the Federation? Make them realize its potential. A lot of student issues need to be brought forth, and that’s part of‘ the role that the Student Issues Resource Coordinator is going to play. Also, I have a lot of faith in the societies and the clubs as a means of reaching students as well, and show them the Federation is here doing something. We’re not just a bunch of people who appoint a couple ofpeople to committees here and there. Because that’s the perception I get from a lot of people; it’s not necessarily the truth, it’s just a perception. I think it’s just a question of positive advertising. You also said that the Federation should help with university to determine direction. What direction should UW take? I think they need to downsize upper administration. They need to seek student input, especially in light of the fact that we’re going to be paying more and more tuition. University is going to become very competitive - how many students can you get to a university, since tuition is higher you’ve got to offer good services, and the students who are already here probably have a pretty good idea of what they think is lacking, or what they think is good, about the university. It’s a bigger question than that though. Do you favour continually trying to wait out the storm, or do you see a need to say they have to stop doing at the academic level, with course offerings and departments? The upper administration recently announced that the repercussions ofthe early retirement pro-
gram would be a 7% budget cut. Now when they do that they just give it to every faculty, and they leave it up to the faculties to decide what departments to cut out. The departments right now have been asked to evaluate their programs, and determine what can be merged, what can be unfortunately dropped. On the 22nd some of the student senators tried to take a more proactive role in that by seeing if we could get in touch with the students at the faculty level, so the faculty undergraduate council would have more input in deciding what courses get dropped, what’s going on with the departments being sh i fted around. You disagreed with the Feds exec’s handling of the CASA “Real Choices” campaign. Why? Didn’t Jane get the contentious Grad Tax portion removed? Eventually, but at the time in the beginning of September and October I was just constantly angry. I’d go to EngSoc council and mention this stuff and people would try and kill me. I’d be at Fed council meetings talking about how this should change, we should wait on this, we shouldn’t pass this right now, we should take a long time to discuss it. Especially with CASA’s timeline, even by first reading it from the beginning of September to September 27th, we were already fAling behind. We would have had to approve it two or three days before that to be part of the campaign. I think CASA tried to get things going a little too quickly.
The CASA policies we got were dated May 22nd, and we didn’t get them until September - that’s another major problem. Admittedly they were draft, and Jane did make a point of saying, they were and she didn’t want to distribute them that widely but they were there, and the Grad tax was in their policies. It could have saved a lot of heartache if we’d known albout them earlier, because if we’d started up earlier we could have come up with a lot better ideas instead of the sudden amendments and1 whatever we were throwing together at the September 27th meeting. Why shoulld people vote for you? I think I’m the most qualified person running. My experience representing students for the past year, on various bodies I’ve sat on, and even before tha! -- I’ve attended Fed council meetings since long before I was a councillor, I think I’ve always been able to bring the information back to my students. Proportionately, 1’11admit that there aren’t a lot students in engineering who know I’m a student senator, but 1’11argue that it’s probably a lot more than knew who the last Eng senator was. They know they can come to me and say “What’s going on with this’?” and in terms of that 1have a lot of experience representing students andi 1 know I can do well. Who’s your favorite Simpsons character and why? Troy MacLurc he’s been everywhere, he’:; done everything.
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Dan Bajor Candidate for Vice-president, Administration and Finance
Y
ou say that you can’t properly serve students without knowing them. How are you going to get to know the fifteenthousand plus students on this campus? Well basically, what it comes down to, is that there are fifteen thousand students - individuals -but they can be broken down into smaller groups, like market segments; the same way Procter and Gamble breaks ‘down the entire population to determine how they’re going to serve them with a certain kind of laundry detergent. The same thing can be done with groups of students. For example, the kind of students who like similar music, similar drinks, whatever. then you can use this information, for example, at the bars, to target a certain night to a large group of students. How will you find this kind of detailed information? Information like that can be [found] just through questionnaires given in classes, stopping students randomly, or even phone surveys. You seem to have little experience with the financial side of the Feds. Don’t you think that’s a problem? I have little experience with 1
the financial side of the Feds, but 1 do have experience in other.. . like either through academics or through my parents’ family business, orjust that type of thing. That kind of experience outside of the Feds I do have some. Rut in the Feds, very iittle. How can students buy into your campaign when you have so little experience with the fmancial side of the Feds? Not to downplay experience within the Feds, but 1 think that experience in general, as long as its applicable to what you’re going to be doing while in office as VPAF I think you could easily... In your calse, what is that experience? Experience through school, experience through my personal life and through job experience. You allude to a possible restructuring of the roles of the Feds’ full-time :staff to save some money. What are some examples of how this might work? I’ve never worked in the office, but I think ifmoney needs to be saved, then we can sit down with the full-time staff and look at their roles and possible redefinitions. If any can be malde, then that’s a
IMPRINT,
Dan
Friday, February 9,1996
FED ELECTION
Bajor
possible way to save money, It just seems that there’s no real commitment to do anything there. it’s just seems a case of “if elected, and there’s a need for it, I will sit down with some people and maybe we’ll come up with something. ” Is there anything more definite than that? You haven’t worked in the Fed Office, but you’ve been around there a lot as PODS Co-ordinator, Math Councillor, and that. You must have made some observances. Where can money be saved by restructuring the staff? 1 don’t know strict definitions of each person’s role, but I’m sure some people’s roles can be picked up by other people, or a reallocation [of duties] to downsize. On your questionnaire you said that some students may be indifferent toward Fed finances. Whether all students would be interested or not, don’t you think it would be your responsibiliQ to inform the students who are interested? It would be, yeah.. . anybody t haf is interested. What 1 alluded to by saying indifference is that the information is there. Anybody who wants to know anything about it can go down to [current VPOF Suska] Mike’s office this term and say tell me about this. But as far as pursuing ways to force it on people who don’t really care... But that’s an issue in the real world too. Don’t you think that if the students found out on a regular basis how much Fed Hali was losing they might be interested? No one will be interested if they don’t know they should be. I’m not really sure what the question is. Don’t you think there should be some means of keeping students informed of tbese things? You said some students are indifferent, and I’m sure some students are, but I’m sure also a lot of students wouldn’t be indifferent if they knew, for example, how much money Fed Hall was losing. Don’t you think whether students are indifferent right now or not, that you should make the effort to inform students so that they can decide for themselves jkhcther they should be indiffer-
ent or not? Yeah, you’re right. Students that are indifferent now, that don’t know these things; the means are there, I mean obviously there’s you guys, things can be published. There’s Student Councillors whom information can be sent down through. It just hasn’t been done, and I guess it should be done. When we asked you about losses projected for the Student Life Centre, you said you’d protect students by improving the bottom line of existing businesses. Let’s say the Bombshelter, it makes $160,000 this year, and in your year it makes $260,000. How does that help the Student Life
Centre with its debt? Okay, maybe I just don’t understand how they Student Life Centre works, but my understanding was it is here for the students, and the Federation of Student does pay for part of it, and the debt. So by improving the profitability of existing businesses, and possibly the implementation ofothers that would be profitable in the near future, that we can take the load off the debt. The businesses pay for their rent and stuff like that, but rent is based on how much square feet you’re using, not how much profit you’re making. Not that more profit is a bad thing, but how does that help the student life centre? I guess my limited experience with the Student LifeCentre... I just don’t know. Why should people vote for you? Because I’m the best man for the job. I’m committed to serving students, My involvement with the Feds has been through services like PODS, and as a Student Counciilor, but my background, in real lift 1 guess, is in business. If I were in office I would be able to make a big difference... Just commitment to doing a good job. I don’t believe it ends with just spitting out financial reports. I’ll try to work with the managers to help them improve their businesses. Being from a service background I know what the problems are they have, with the limited information they have; the marketing that needs to be done, They need someone with the knowledge base, and somebody without the knowledge base knows where to find the answers people want. I believe I am that person. Who’s your favourite Simpsons character? Mr. Bums. He knows how to make a buck.
Kelly
Foley
Candidate Education
for Vice-President,
ou identified how the university should deal with provincial funding cuts as the single most important issue in this election. The early retirement package saved the university half of the amount of total cuts. How should UW fill the rest of these cuts and what are you gonna do to make your vision UW’s vision? Well, I think that we need to do this in consultation with students. I think that is the primary thing. Because I know what might happen is departments closing. Now some of that might be good. We just have to make sure that it’s departments that meld with other departments without losing the integrity of certain programs. For example, are we gonna mix Woman’s Studies with Political Science? No, we’re not. But there are possible math departments that can tinction together, just using math as an example, without changing the fundamentals of the program. We might also have to offer programs in joint at Laurier. I know for example the graduate program in geography is currently held at Laurier. The reason I know that because I’m in geography. Math, Business, you have to go down to
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Laurier for things like that. If we can do that without changing fundamentally the program that’s being offered, or improving the program then I think we can save a lot of money. You said you only support CASA membership if goes to referendum and passes. What leadership, if any, would you provide in a referendum on CASA, and how heavily involved would it be? I wouldn’t be+ I don’t think it’s the executive position to lead a referendum of that sort. Because, I mean, it was ‘93 when the Canadian Federation of Students went to referendum. And Dave Martin, the previous president of the Federation of Students, was either chair or played a fundamental part of the No campaign. So, what’s that saying to students when the person that they have elected says, “this is what you should choose,” instead of saying “I’m gonna stand back. You’re paying all this money to hear your voice. Listen to your voice, and then I’ll act on it.” Well, there’s a strong argument in the case of Dave Martin. How many students, other than Dave Martin, went to the Canadian Federation of Students con-
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that the problem has been around for a long time. Like rationalization, people havebeen talking about that for over a year, so there’s this mad panic to formulate some kind of response, like with the Real Choices campaign which was why the Grad tax was kind of behind. They had to get it done in, like, a month because they wanted it completed before the Quebec referendum. I think that’s not being sensitive to the reality to what it’s like to be a student. To come to a student and say, “look, this is it, you have to get back to your constituents, you have to communicate all of these things, two people, come back to us, and this has gotta happen in a week.” What are the biggest issues surrounding Income Contingent Loan Repayments, and how do you ideally see them being resolved? Well, the ICtRs can be a more equitable waly ofproviding loans to students, they can become a way that the government downloads, which is a really big buzzword, tinding onto students meaning the students have to pay for it and the government doesn’t. If the certain variahlcs arlen’t worked out properly though. they can pretty much be a bum deal for students. For
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to me, You were on the record in the paper already, talking how the whole CASA thing was mishandled, not just by CASA, but also by the current executive. There was an incident at the emergency meeting of student’s council where Jane referred to CASA as “We” and the students as cLYou.” She apologized for it later, but do you think this is typical of CASA’s attitude? Or do you think that the Federation of Students’ attitude towards students needs to change? Yeah I do. I certainly in no way want to imply that Jane has done anything explicitly wrong or intently wrong. It’s a very broad kind ofconcept, where you’re constantly scrambling around to think of a solution to a crisis that has come up, when you have pretty much known
example, ;if there is no threshold income, you have to start paying no matter what your income is, so it will probably end up being worse for students. I would like to see the threshold income be the average income in the province. Another variable that’s important is the length of time you have to pay it. The OUS,A advocates 15 years. Some economists advocate a 30year repayment plan, then after 30 years you wouldn’t have to pay for it. I would say that 30 years is a bit too long. There is the issue of who is going to administer the funds is it going to be a bank, the government, or another independent agency‘? Is it going to be coordinated between the provinces and the Federal Government? Ideally, I would like to see ICLRs Continued
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administered by the government through Revenue Canada, because the infrastructure already exists, as something that you can have taken off of your pay cheque. I would like to see loans available to all students, instead of a means test. One of the major problems with the Incontingent Loan Repayment Plans is where the money’s going to come from to begin with. In theory it should be self-financing in a matter of years, but it requires a lot of upfront capital. My undcrstanding is that the government is on and oft with regards to it. Do yorr favour the Grad tax repayment program? Nope. Why Not? I don’t favour Grad tax as a rneansoffunding universities. And, as much as I don’t favour the Income Contingent Loan Repayment as a means of funding education, I think that the split between the government and students needs to be re-evaluated based on the rates of return. I mean, if I’m going to be asked to put in $20,000, how much of it will I get back throughout my life? Right now the rate of return is supposed to be around lo-20 percent. If tuition doubles, then it will probably be 5- 10 percent. But nobody has ever quantified the rate of return for society. You read a lot about the external benefits, there
Tricia
being educated electora& educated politicians, educated business pcopie, there being the value added you get just from having an engineer in existence. Without engineers, there wouldn’t be technicians. Without mathematicians, there would be no engineers. It’s like the house that Jack built. So, Grad tax is just another way of saying that students have to pay more. I don’t think that anyone has ever said exactly how much students should pay and the government should pay. Until there is a convincing argument saying “this is the split 30-70, or even SO-SO,” we should start talking about ways to make it manageable for students. Why should the students vote for you? They should vote for me because in some way I have been able to communicate my commitment. They should vote for me because I feel that I have developed ideas surrounding the issues. I would rcally like to help students. 1 hope that in some way, and it is really hard through the next crazy two weeks and through the past three years that I’ve been on campus, to let people know that I would be there to advocate for them on a one-onone basis. If in trouble, you would know that the Vice President of Education would be there. Who’s your favourite Simpson’s character? Caretaker Willy.
Mumby
Candidate for Vice-President, Internal
Tricia
Mwnby
he issues you identified as key in this election all revolve around the use of the Student Life Centre. Yet just about every student walks through the Student Life Centre at least once a week - you’d think they’d know what’s offered
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here. Is this really worth being a priority item? Yes because I think they don’t know what’s offered here. I think everyone’s aware of what they see on the walk from the Bike Centre to Brubakers, but there’s a lot they’re missing. I’d like to poll people and
ask where the Womyn’s Centre is. You’d be surprised how few people knew. People don’t know what happened to the old Fed office - the Feds moved - they don’t know what’s out there. The TV lounge, even the businesses downstairs are new. So no, 1 don’t think the information is out there yet. You noted that your experience as the Senior Officer, Tnternal Affairs seperates you from your competition. You said that you “desperately want to make a success of this position.” What will you do to make sure that happens? I’m going to work my ass off for it. It’s really important to me that this position gets off to a good start. Restructuring the Feds was a really big thing for them to do, and it’s a really good thing; I want this position to really be important. A lot of issues are being newly represented by the VPI, and I want people to realize why it’s important being represented by a VP, as opposed to a hired person, or a bolunteer, as it has been in the past. I’m just going to work really hard to make sure that everything gets organized, and theoffice is functional, and that things get set up the way they should be so that it’s ready to roll the end of next year. Some people might feel given that you were Senior Officer, Internal, and now you’re running for Vice President, Internal, it’s just more of the same as this year. How would you address someone who asked you that question? Well, people have been asking me that actually, and assuming that it’s a lot of the same stuff, and parts of it are, parts of it aren’t. Right now I’m a hired person who’s supposed to be putting in the 22 l/2 hours a week, and I’m spread among clubs and societies and publicity in those 22 hours. Part of reason for the restructuring is that I don’t have time for that, and having a full time person for that is going to be really good. Also, right now as a hired Senior Officer I don’t have a vote on student’s council. A councillor that doesn’t even know what clubs exist can sit down and make policies, but I can’t. But next yearwhen the VP1 can do that it’s going to be different. 1t’s going to give so much more focus to clubs when it’s a full time person dealing with this that has the resources to deal with it effectively. You mentioned that you disagreed with the Feds handling of the CASA campaign last fall, citing too many oversights. What were some of these oversights, and what would you do differently? One thing I was disappointed in.. . everything was way too rushed. The document should have been combed over to make sure everything made sense. There were really basic errors like spelling mistakes on overheads that are damaging and embarrassing when you’re trying to present something to the people ofthe campus. Not enough people knew about what was going on and there were too many acronyms floating around, things were assumed just because those close to the issues knew everything about it. Too much was left to the imagination of the students - it wasn’t explained very well. The P.R. campaign was not very good. You also said that if you had a vote at the time, you would
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have voted for a referendum on the K-W Transit pass issue. Nobody else seemed to feel there was enough information for students to make an informed decision. Why did you feel there was? I think that part of my feelings for that had to do with the motion after that. Council agreed to talk to Kitchener Transit, work on this agreement, work on the details of an impending contract for the next AGM, whatever. Without going to a referendum, we don’t know if the students even want us spending the time in these meetings and talking to Kitchener Transit. Are we going to spend all this time investigating this, and then we find out next year that students didn’t want this in the first place, and we could have been working on a different project? My other reason for feeling that way on that issue is that I’m afraid that next year when public transit fUnding gets cut and cut some more, and Kitchener Transit comes back, it won’t be a $40 a term agreement, it’ll be a $70 a term agreement, and we’re going to regret not having agreed to talk then. Why should people vote for you? I want to do it... I’m excited about the position. It’s important to me that this gets off on the right foot, I want to continue my work, I’ve got a lot of ideas that I want to see happen. I’ve got the energy,
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I’ve got the dedication. I’m ready to continue working with the Feds for another year. You said ylou have a lot of ideas. Would you like to mention any of them now? PALS is definitely something 1 want to work on. When Senior Officer, Academic Affairs a year ago David Drewe was there, he did a lot of work with counselling students on what happens when a prof screws them, andl how to get out of class when you’re in trouble, and how to appeal a mark. I feel that with that office being gone that focus is going to dwindle. I want to see PASS take on a bit of that role. I also see a need for some peer helping in really basic infomlation. I have a lot of students that come in and they say “I want to find out about such and such,” and 1say “Oh well, look on the Web!” With the Feds Website you can learn about any club or any service. A lot of students, though, don’t know how to access the Internet, so there’s a lot of peer tutoring things we can do with that. I think we all know that sitting down for ten minutes it can really teachsomeonealot... it’sjust first getting them to do that. A lot of things that like, a lot of basic leaming about the university. Who’s your favorite Simpsons character, and why? Lerline [C&‘W singer]... I like her, she’s fun.
Carla Chalmers Candidate
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for President
ou named funding cuts and the quality of teaching as the most important issues in the election. Since those issues will be dealt with mostly by the Vice President of Education next year, what issues do you foresee yourself spending the majority of your time? Dealing with things that are happening on campus because of the funding cuts like, the early retirement packages that went out last week and making sure that, working with administration that they don’t lose the quality of teaching that way. You mentioned quality of teaching. Isn’t that another issue that the VP of Education has cxpressly their own mandate? I’m concentrating on the oncampus things, like working with administration with reductions in department sizes. Which education does work with that, the VP of Education will work with that, but also to work with that to make sure that students are still getting the same quality of education. You said that you support continuing UW’s membership in CASA. So far, CASA’s only campaign was rejected by this campus, and you voted against it. Why would Waterloo students want to stay members with an organization that seems so inept and out of touch with what students want? It is a fairly new organization and hopefully instead of just pulling out and having absolutely no national representation, I think that working with CASA, and subject to possibly, considering a referendum in, the following February by the students who hadn’t had a
chance to vote on membership in CASA. But 1 think that we can still work with CASA to try and improve the situation. It does take awhile to get off the ground. You said “possibly” a referendum... you’re not committing to a referendum? Well, I would suggest it. It would probably be something that I would suggest I You’re in the minority of candidates that mentioned that the President will now bedealing with “sensitive issues.” What are these “sensitive issuesI,” what experience do you have dealing with these %ensitive issues,” and what do you pla’n to do about these issues? There’s the new Student Issues Resource Centre which would be under the President. Working on campaigns lik:e [Celebrate Diversity], the AIDS week, the Montreal Massacre December Sixth services. And I’ve worked for the food bank, as coordinator of the Food Bank for th.e past year and a bit, and that’s a confidential service, so it’s something which, if we get repeat people back we try and look at alternatives to just getting food, like looking at emergency loans, and part-time jobs. I’ve always wanted to be a part of that. When we asked on which issue you disagreed
with the Feds,
you noted that ~43~ were on council and you votled as your constituents directed you. How do you solicit input from these constituents? What ways do you use to get input? Just talking -with people, with friends that are in Arts. 1 go to the Arts Student Union meetings as
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well, and just tell them whnt happtxd in the last council muting. 3rd huw do they i&l about the way we’re going on certain issues. Like usdly things, if they’re going to note on them they’re tabled, so we do have thechance to go back toour Student Union, and tell them what’s going on, so they can tell us. How many Arts councillors
were faithfully attending the Arts Student II nion meetings?
What Fvould you do about it? would you monitor counciland what
would
rience representing students on the governing bodies of the uni-
maybe for travel, things like that, are to set the buldget maybe a little
versity.
Jower, and before cxec just takes off on a conference to approach council or whatever and do a proposal
With meetings of bodies like the Senate and the Board of Governors occurring only on a monthly basis, don’t you think
the mtxtings.
sat in an official
capacity
few weeks ago, and she was in meetings with administration about getting this done, Isn’t that... Okay, well it-that isn’t accomplished that’s something I defiwant to look at, because
I’w
heard a lot of people complaining about the fact that there’s a lot of students
or other
on campus
stu-
in jobs
like
to
cutting
any
services
or
businesses. You also said that we could probably save money through CCBC initiatives. The problem
with that is, well it just
cil, where
it’s basically
like-minded
peers
lose more money every year in CCBC fees then we ever save in CCBC initiatives. Why don’t we
a group
of
in a room,
as
compared to when you’re in a room where the great majority of
just pull out of CCBC and trans-
the people
fer that money
have
PhD’s
and have
been around longer than most of the buildings really
on campus.
think
that
ogy to compare
Do you
it’s a fair
student’s
anal-
council
to Senate or the Board of Governors
even where
No, no, I don’t
believe
it’s a
but I don’t believe
in leam-
ing the [ . ..ways...].
Why should people you?
vote
for
a pretty open-ended feet that I would do a job. I think I have the the motivation it takes sort ofposition. I enjoy working with the students and its something that I’d reaily like to spend a year doing. Who
Simpson’s Lisa,
is
Jim
Wilson
the Provincial
Government is appointing representatives?
your
favourite
character? because she plays the saxophone, and I used to play the saxophone.
into student
serv-
ices?
Jim Wilson Candidate for Vice-President, Administration and Finance
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ou said that stability
is the
number one issue of this election, citing cutbacks as a threat to services. Is that correct? hp.
Can
you
Federation
tell
me when
of Student’s
the
funding
was cut? I know they have annual increases to pay to the... Okay,
yeah...
I basically
was
meaning cutbacks in government and other businesses and stuff were cutting back their services and stuff like that. I’m not saying the Feds have cut. I think its important for the Feds to remain financially stable and try to increase so they... make sure that we can maintain our services and things like that, sort of says a lot about things that are being cut so. I t’s just that we should try to provide as many services and businesses and affordable prices to the students as a lot of other areas, whether it’s the university or the off-campus businesses that are cutYou’re probably one of the more experienced candidates running for this position, so you must have some sorts of plans on how
things need to change. What are some of those I see a lot in my dealings that I should slogans
Chalmers
I’d
You said that you were against
ting back.
Carla
is what
doesn’t mesh with the facts... we
That’s question. I really good energy and to be in that
a
“This
that one thing
though, between sitting on coun-
Isn’t Jane Pak already working
dents working
at
No. Also sitting on council [could give me some ideas]. There’s a bit of a difference,
fair comparison
She was in our office
I think
do,” and possibly not to get actual official approval but I may look into the possibility of that strongly to zct actual approval to go to these confercnccs by council or something or other. So in that way the e>ccc has to prove before they actually go that they think its a benefit not -just to go auf and tukc some time off* and party out at Whistler type deal, or something like that.
I’ve been to Senate meetings before, just sitting in. I realize it’s 3 high learning curve, and I’ve heard that from the student senators about a handbook that is available for student senators which could be something that could give me a bit of guidance.
that I would have difficulty
high school
saying,
one-
You said that you’d ensure a healthy student life by ensuring that all part-time jobson campus are really university students.
nitely
ences? Yeah,
Have you read the handbook?
1 would nlakc it imperative that the students councillors know, bcausc I know as a new councillor I h;td no clue about all these other student unions, and rncetings ;lnd things like that. So I’d make it, I’d try to make it a little more undcrstandable for these new cauncillors and let them know that because they are reprcscntat~ves of a faculty that we would like thorn to go back to that faculty and let them know what’s going on. Come back from that faculty, let us know what’s going on in the faculty, and also I’d like to maintain a relationship with the individual t‘acuitics too, so that they could let me krww who is
on this?
budgets and stop attending some of these confer-
at the travel
you do about it’!
attending
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it’s going to take a long time to get together with those sorts of things, as it were? Not really, I’ve been to.., I’ve
If you were President, would it be acceptable for councillors to not go back to their student unions to tr1’ to get input?
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things? of small
things
that
with it, maybe not be using campaign
to change,
but a lot of small
inefficiency type things around the office that that would help things run more smoothly, and to improve the communication flow, just... I mean, this is really one of the big changes. Even things down small is having committee lists and stuff like that, that you actually find who was on a student council committee
SO you can call a meeting
and their
Yeah, that is one thing. The way I’d see it is that CCBC should be given a little bit more time to try and work out any current problems and things like that. I’ve heard they are looking at some new initiatives like corporate sponsorship and things like that before saying we’re going to pull out of it and then possibly three or four years down the road someone comes up with the same idea, you know, “Lets try and do this again,” and they try and start over from scratch again type deal.
phone numbers and stuff like that and I know that’s been promised in the past. Other things I think that definitely businesses can be looked on to to improve efficiency because a lot ofthem are... have only been in the new places for a year or so, so definitely could probably use a review of that through the manager of the business
and the employees
When is thle deadline? I don’t know... I’d say definitely at least give it this year based on what... some new additions that they are looking into from things I’ve heard that basically CCBC’s either gonna continue in the next six months
the wayside give
to get in touch just to see now that they’ve been selling forjust a bit, to see where they think things can be changed... things like that. And with the new structure I think its a good opportunity to review the spending of the student government and stuff like that too, if it
anyways.
it another
or possibly
to So I think
could fall
year and see what
happens, and then I mean definitely there is large amounts of savings by just pulling out and transferring to our services whatever I think. You said that you would ensure students do not suffer as a
looks like there’s areas where you
result of Student Life Centre losses by finding new sources of
can save or things
revenue.
like that.
So you’re not just looking at the businesses, you’re also looking at the student government side of things,
seeing
where
sav-
ings can be made there. Yeah, basically I think so. J mean, I’m not saying... not necessarily huge amounts of savings, I think the main thing is looking at is the administration type thing; bylaws, things like that, that the actual efficiency whether it is meaning saving money or just so people find out about things more efficiently and on time and can get their opinion before the decision’s already
been made
wherever made. Well,
government
at Council
the decision
or
has to be
Short
of building
an-
other expansion to rent out, where would this revenue come from? For the Student Life Centre itself, the revenue part is more referring to the current situation where they have the Columbia Lake Ret Facility, the current budget, I mean to possibly increase, advertising going out to other groups. ( Stuff
like
that.
To
get a bit of
revenue into that business. When you’re talking about the North Campus Ret Facility, what you say you’re going to do is something thalt the current Student Life Management Board is currently
any
looking
recommendations
at. Do you have
of
your
own? speaking
of the student
side, in the summer
it’s pretty much the Feds to take
a tradition for aimost half the
summer off with conferences. Some of these conferences are just parties. Are you going to look
For sure. I,ook
at sponsorship the use of equipment, or anything like that to cover that. 1 don’t see a lot of ways to decide renting out space to gcner-
of certain
things,
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;Hc capital to c‘ovc‘r maintenance costs and stuff like that. But as to actual cash revenue I think the whole contract for the SLC manqcmcnt Board should be reopened. I don’t think it makes any sense for - even though it was accepted by referendum - that the budget for that should be included in this thing. It’s a separate thing - I think some type of negotiations should be made to switch [the Campus Ret Facility] to Athletics. Why should students vote for you? 1 guess 1 f&l that 1 have the
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background, that I know the operations of the Federation pretty well, I’ve seen what goes on. I have the initial background to go in and start doing the work as soon as possible. I have some ideas and stuff like that from seeing my experience over the last few years, to see that this could be done and that could be done. 1 could do an eff~cient job and continue to improve the Feds and serve students. Who’s your favourite Simpson’s character? I’d have to say Maggie. She doesn’t say too much but she does quite a bit for her size and young age. She goes around quite a bit.
Le Roy
Candidate for Vice-President, Education
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ou identified provincial funding cuts as the single most important issue in this election. What specifically will you do to change this trend? I think what really needs to be done is a more effective lobbying campaign against the provincial government, including the raising oKpublic awareness. I think changing public opinion, making them realize how the cuts arc going to be hurting the quality of education, and the quality of our system of education. You have a document in your office, though, put out by the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, which says that something like 80% of the public want
awareness and public sympathy for universities, but how are you going to do that? I think it should be done by expressing to the public the use of a university institution as opposed to a college. I think a lot of the public feel we could do things a lot cheaper through the colleges. And I think we have to demonstrate through awareness campaigns, through the media, as well as awareness campaigns within university itself with the students on the differences and why we need universities as opposed to just colleges or training schools. What’s an example of a project that you thought of, that you did the work on, that you
We started that last summer. As well as looking at an academic survey, which we’re hoping to do at the end of February. We’re just waiting to find out the finances right now. When you were presenting She CASA paper to the student community last semester, you seemed unclear as to the paper’s contents. Specifically, you were unable to answer a question regarding the specifics of how the Grad Tax would apply, even though it was clearly outlined in the paper. How would you address any reservations that people may have about you? I think the Grad Tax mode1 is very complex, and I wasn’t maybe aware of all of the intricacies of it. I think we listened to the views of the students before we went back to CASA and had that policy changed. As Vice President Education, all Lssues are very complex. What would you say to students who think, “God he didn’t know what was in his paper.” How do you alleviate their concerns? I think I knew a fair bit of what was in the paper, and I did make a mistake. Since you’re talking about it, however, I guess the only thing J can say to alleviate it, is that I will do better next time. It’s kind of a simplistic answer, but it’s all anyone can say when they do something wrong. I think I’ve worked a lot harder at projects and tried to avoid the same mistakes. Do you favour a Grad Tax repayment model? I think the Grad Tax model that was brought forward is one that has a lot of faults, but I think there’s merits in it. There would have to be a lot of changes made to that model, perhaps putting a cap on it... There were a lot of concerns addressed which I agree with rightfully that students could end up making a lot of money and having to pay back a huge amount because they were successful. There’s a lot of arguments against them, for example, most people who go to university tend to achieve more: or be more motivated than people who wouldn’t. In that case, I think that a grad tax would not be inappropriate for repayment. So, yes or no. Are you in Fdvour of a grad tax or not? NO.
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to give mure money to post-secondary education already. Yes... I think that to a certain extent it’s been taken over by a bit of a paranoia about the deficit. In general, the federal deficit, the provincial deficit, have been very big issues over the last couple years, and that’s showing itself now. So you ?OXI~ to create public
carried out from start to finish? What’s an example of what we could expect from you? I think a lot ofthe projects I’ve taken on are just coming to completion now. Especially getting students more involved in the Co-Op system, including the accountability in the Co-Op system, and gettip2 students cn the committees.
When asked how you would improve the quality of teaching on campus, you suggested two ideas for further exploration. You’ve been responsible for quality of teaching for almost a year. Isn’t there anything to what you can say,“l’m going to do this,” rather than just saying, “I’m going to look into this”? I haven’t had the opportunity to look at a lot of quality of teaching issues this year. My focus has generally been so much more toward the lobbying standpoint and the Co-Operative Education standpoint. I can commit to, I guess, course evaluations, making better use of them, standardizing course evaluations across the University. Right now we have very specific ones for the faculties.. . making some sort of at least half the questionnaire being standard across campus would ailow students to prepare courses and encourage teachers to improve. So it’s mostly been CASA this year you’ve spent you’re time on?
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CASA and the Students AdCo-Op Commission. Have you made some significant gains in these areas? I think in CASA a tot of work has been done. A lot of work was done originally, that it ended up the students were not in favour of it. That was changed since, and more is going to be done. With Co-Operative Education, yes, I think we’ve gained a fair bit. Now we have the chance to gain even more with the recommendations from the Working Group for Institutional Planning. Students expect accessibility from their reps. This year students have seen next to nothing from you in Imprint, and your WWW site is a joke. Why don’t you have anything on your Web page? All the other members of the Executive Board have reams of information on their goals, what they want to do, how to get involved. Yours just provides your extension and email address. Because it just hasn’t been done. vising
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Why
v&e
should
people
for
you?
Because I think I’ll do a good job... honestly. I’m very committed to working at it, and 1 think that some of the experience I’ve had this year will really lead to accomplishing a fair amount in the office in the upcorning year. People may have trouble differentiating between you and Jane because you work so closely together. What is the biggest difference between your approach to educatioln issues and hers? I’d have to say that the biggest in our approaches would tend to be... I tend to very much like to go ahead with something, and Jane tends to make sure we have all our bases covered. And that’s needed to a certain extent, but I think a real push needs to be made, especially now, we can’t spend too much time covering the bases. We’ve got to make sure wc push forward, Who’s your favourite Simpson’s character? Grandpa Simpson. He’s always there for everyone.
Brad Kelly Candidate
Y
for President
ou support continuing UW’s membership in CASA. The only campaign CASA has run so far was rejected by this campus, and never got anywhere nationally. It is unclear if it’s so-called “superconference” will be held on schedule - if at all. Why would Waterloo students want to stay members of an organization soseeminglyineptandoutoftouch with students’ needs? I wouldn’t say it’s out of touch with student needs, because it does look at the issues that are being put on the table by the federal government. By bringing together various universities, I think it creates a strong lobbying voice which is critically needed at a time such as this. I think it is very vital that altematives are sought, as in funding, or tuition, and things like that, instead offollowing the government’s lead. Aside from the Grad Tax, they’re calling for things like transfering responsibility for post secondary education to the federal government. Do you think that’s a viable option? Right now there are many Constitutional matters on the govemment’s plate and I think that if the Constitution was opened up, it’s something that definitely could be lobbied for. For example, in 1982, when the Charter of Rights and Freedoms came in, many groups lobbied for various interests, and some good came out of that. So if the Constitution is opened up, it’s vital for student interest groups to jump at that chance. Your vision of the Feds is a corporation that “effectively represents that students and at the sarfie time efficiently deals with their finances.” How will your management style or practices differ from Jane’s, or is your vision more of the same? I’d like to bc a lot more accountable for the finances. Right :IOJ,L they’re running at a deficit,
which is unacceptable. Students are paying $3 1.05 per term, and they’re not seeing anything come out of that. I think there should be a lot more accountability for the funds that are invested into this corporation. When we asked how the Presidency would differ next year from the current one, you said that the President would deal with things the “current VP of Student Affairs” would normally deal with. Who is the VP Student Affairs? Rose Bilicic. You salid that you will improve student involvement on campus, both extracurricularly and academically. Every year students are told the same thing by aspiring student leaders. What specifically will you do to improve involvement? Right now I’ve gotten in touch with Trevor Harris at Brock. They have a program called “Challenge for Credit.” Right now my belief is that Waterloo is a very academicsoriented campus, which is great, but at times that tends to make people stay solely involved in academics, and not get involved in anything else. They’re involved in interpersonal skills, they’re not involved in leadership skills, and I think that by getting involved there’s a lot to benefit. So by offering what students want, an academic incentive, I think that would be a viable way for students to want to get involved. You also say that you pian to improve the quality of food offered by Food Services. Mark Murdoch just came out with a plan to radicaily the quality of food produced. It seems he’s already met your first campaign promise. But seriously, don’t you think you owe it to students to do more than promise to do things that will occur anyway? I think he’s still not looking at other issues such as Brubaker’s, the exorbitant prices that they’re
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charging students. The fact that you have students in Village who arc obligated to buy a meal plan, and when they get that meal pIan they either spend it quickly at Brubaker’s, or they eat in Village, don’t like the food, and get stuck losing a whole bunch of money at the end of the semester. I think even price-wise, he’s mentioned that there are other places on campus where they can cat cheaper, but 1 don’t think that students want to eat all their meals on campus and C&D’s for the rest of their academic careers. 1 think there’s a definite obligation for them to provide a reasonable service here. Another problem I have is that out
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mitted sexual assault - in the classroom? How is that in the students’ best interests? With all of the evidence that was presented to him, and because legal charges weren’t laid, he could not formally dismiss [Kumar]. It’s spelled right in the policies that he could have. How does the university have the students’ best interests at heart by keeping that man in the classroom? From what I gather, Downey was appointed as a Committee of one, and with all of the evidence that was presented to him, he still had to stay within legal boundaries because there was no true formality in the charges. Legally he couldn’t
Kelly
of 150 part-time workers, a number of them arc high school students. That bothers me immensely, because we have students here who need jobs, who have trouble buying their own groceries. When you talk about that, though, you’re promising to take action on something that Jane Pak will likely have wrapped up before you even take office. What he’s proposed is a fiveyear plan.. . But Jane is already involved in discussions with the Senior Administration to get ail parttime jobs on campus guaranteed to students. You almost ran with Jane, don’t you know what she does with her time? Yes, 1 do. I do. Basically what I’d do is make sure that what is being proposed is implemented. How would you have dealt with the Professor Kumar situation? 1 would have got in touch with a lawyer to understand where my boundaries were, and what could be done. But 1 would make sure that students would be informed that the process is being dealt with. I do know that the administration had the students’ best interests at heart, but there was a loophole that allowed this to happen. How did Dr. Downey have the students best interests at heart, when he kept this man whom we believed to have com-
dismiss him without some actions being taken by Professor Kumar. And 1 know that people were upset because there have been implications of this happening throughout his [Kumar’s] history, but I honestly believe that it was loopholes in the policies which aliowed this to happen. What experience do you have dealing with more sensitive issues, such as racism or homophobia? I don’t know how I can say this... basically throughout my life, I’ve always been associated with various factions and groups, and I think throughout my life, through various friendships and groups and organizations that I’m a member of, [ think that I’ve dealt with these issues all my life. Not on a formal level. Basically, I’m understanding and open-minded, and not opinionated, and that’s me. What will you do to improve safety on campus? I’ve gone through the last two safety audits, and it amazes me how the two audits had virtually identical results, but they were done one year apart. Things that have been recommended in one, were recommended again in the other. What 1 hope to do is make sure those recommendations are implemented. For example, we need more telcphones, we need better lighting. Light bulbs are burnt out in various areas. I think that’s neglect on the
university’s part, it definitely should be rectified. Why should people vote for you? Because I’m genuine, modest, I’m the insatiable volunteer. I’ve always done this, I’ve always felt
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McGrath
Candidate for Vice-President, Administration and Finance
F
irstly, you make repeated reference to proposed communication tools. What are some of these tools and how will you be using them? Part of all that is making use of the existing tools that are in place, i.e. Fed Page, Fedback, Speaker’s Comer, that’s the first priority, maximizing the resources we already have available. Then proposedcommunication tools include, we’re tossing around the idea of a short circuit television network, just different ways to communicate to students, different ways to increase visibility on campus, different ways for them to access us on a communicational basis, things like that. What sort of locations do you have in mind for a short circuit television, or perhaps electronic billboards? All over campus. In high traffic areas, i.e. in the Engineering area, the likes of the Arts Lecture, the likes of South Campus Hall, somewhere we can look into is the Bombshelter. In areas where people are standing around waiting. 1 can see a mobile unit ifpossible for the likes of times during registration when students are waiting in lines. You are probably one of the moreexperienced candidates running for the VPAF position so you must have some specific plans on how things needto be changed. What are some of these things? My big thing is that things need to change within our organization right now, we are not the most efficiently run organization, or the most effectively run organization and I think that the incoming executive, be it myself or not, needs to take a very close look at the structure of the Feds, at how they work, at who does what, and just how effectively and efficientlypeople are working within the organization. My impression is that it’s not efficient in any way whatsoever... In terms of ineffective staff, what are some examples of ineffective staff time? I perceive hour-long games of Tetris on company time to be inefficient. 1 perceive coming in at 11 and leaving at 3 to be inefficient use of staff time... things like that. Do you want to name names? No I do not, they know who they are, just spending time doing nothing, working on other things, we have staff working for us now, both full time and part time, who spend time studying. What are you doing studying on our time? There’s SO much that can be done but the staff either don’t have the direction to be told what to do or don’t have the motivation to take it upon themselves to do things.
You mentioned before about the Feds wasting a lot of money on their new computers. Isn’t there a valid reason for buying the new computers? There’s a billion reasons why those computers are needed. I’m sure you can think of a billion, but at the same time can you think of other areas where there’s a billion reasons as well. Take the Bombshelter for example, everything’s done 100% manually, the Bombshelter is getting a computer fomorrow, it’s going to improve the way we operate a lot more, be able to advertise more effectively, manage more effectively. But at the same time, I question the need of various departments within the organization needing computers. Like what? Take for example Special Events, when a computer came into that office. I really don’t think it was needed. And 1 also look at the
Chris
win you’re going to have a very cold office? No, I don’t. I’m not wotied at all. 1s that becaruse you think they recognize these faults as well? 1think it’s time somebody took the dust off it and pointed out not necessarily wh#at was wrong but maybe what can be done better. And the way I’d go about doing that, right now it seems l’m taking pokes, but that%+ the only way of providing concrete examples right now. You also said you want to make regular financial reports for the student’s council and the students at large. How often will these occur? It is my understanding that report is required to go to council once per term. Now, after doing research I’m finding that that’s becoming more and more impossible because of different delays in getting financial information, the university has a huge lag period of outlining the charges for the Fcderation, so it’s hard to get that financial infomlation. However, 1 do think that students need that information and that once the reports are made to council once a term they should also be made to students at large, because students are asking things like, “Is Fed Hall still in the hole, how well is the Bombshelter doing?” As of the lend of November Fed Hall was over $83,000 in the hole, what are you going to do to fill this hole? I think the Federation is going to have be a little more realistic
McGrath
3 senior officers, granted you have the experience and there is a need for it, but is there a need for all 3 of them to have one, is there a need to have computers sitting unused for a good chunk of the day? When people are at other jobs is there a need for everyone to have an individual computer, or is there need for one up-to-date, top-notch system to be shared with all three individuals? You seem to be taking a lot of pokes at some ofthecurrent practices, are you worried that if you
about Fed Hall. I think that they’ve been living in a little bit of a dream thinking, “okay we’ll lower our beer prices one more time,” I think that they’re seeing things realistically. I’m personally prepared to say to take a close look at Fed Hall, and to if need be, use it exclusively for certain events. If you take a look at Fed Hall it does certain events
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ing it into the hole. I’m prepared to say I think it’s time to shut her down and use it for what it does best in order to make some money. We asked you who students
have a very positive, good working relationship with the business operators. I think I have already built a lot of bridges that need to exist between the AF aHd the business managers. And I think given my experience with the learning curve
receive $200 a semester regular funding, special clubs money for special projects, opportunities to coat check at Fed Hall. On tire other side it wasn’t too long ago that the municipal government was getting involved, preparing
should blame for the SLC losses.
once again, the office will be a lot
to audit the entire Federation of
You sit on the Student Life Centre management board. Some-
smaller and we’d be able to do a lot more more effectively more effl-
Students because of financial mismanagement of one club. How
body fucked up. Who?
ciently. I think that all too often
are you going to reconcile this
we’re looking into.. .
We don’t know who ticked up. That’s one of the problems of the board, we don’t know who ticked up, If the students want to blame the Student Life Centre financial board, so be it. At the same time I don’t think in this case that it’s easy to point fingers for the deficit because there were some individual factors as to why we’re in this financial situation. Why should people vote far you? I think I have a lot of experience in the business side of things after 10 terms of employment with Fed Hall and the Bombshelter, 1
people look at the Spring term as their learning term and that they
desire to give clubs flexibility with the reality that if they screw up
But presumably this would cost more, to lease a Welve pas-
and, well, i.t is a direct question, and I don’t think, because I don’t
don’t have to start until September,
it’s your butt on the line?
but I’m ready to start right away, As well, it’s something that I know I want to do, it’s something I know I can do, it’s something I know 1 can do for the students, and most of all I care about it. I’ve been working with the Federation of Students since the first day I set foot on campus. It’s been a part of my university experience and I think I’m the best person for the job.
senger van as opposed to a six
want to say that they’re not quali-
Feds have to work hand-inhand with the clubs. In the by-laws it does say that the clubs can only use Fed Hall one night a term, which is fine, but looking at that fact a lot of clubs are going offcampus. So, basically, who’s losing? The Feds, not the clubs, because they’re going to go make the money, and they’re going to keep it. But if we had that event oncampus, in Fed Hall, where we can draw more people and increase the revenue coming from Fed Hall, why
passenger van. It will. When students have less and less- disposable income to spend and many students never, ever use the safety van, would they be happy with upgrading to sort of a “Cadillac” service where people who aren’t willing to wait half an hour for the next run can get on? That’s the problem right now, that because it’s a six passenger van not a lot of people can get on it because they have to wait for an
can’t we do that? Yeah, there is a
hour to get the passback and get on
big policy. Why can’t we be a little more flexible - let’s say if the Fed Hall is not busy that night, or it’s not booked for a concert by Manny [Patterson] why can’t the clubs use it, you know? So we’re the ones... the clubs are the one’s who’re losing. I’ve been a part of clubs for the
it. But if we get the bigger van, more people are accessible to it. I don’t have the figures with me at the moment, but we have put in an application for an endowment fund, and we have put an application for the safetygrant. So we’re hoping to get some money where we can com-
fied, they”re probably more... they’re qualified in their field, but where I’m coming from, everyone of us have qualities which will enhance the position and do what we have to do. But talking, just about myself, I would say that, in the past couple of years I have gained experience through being part of clubs on campus, in terms of, I’ve been on INDSA exec for the past couple of terms, and right at the moment I’m the president, and I’ve been a part of the Pakistani student association, and also I’ve done Frosh, in terms of as a leader in Village. In terms of services 1 have been part of
past 3 years now, like I’ve been a
pensate for the loss that we’ve suffered by giving back the new van and getting the twelve passenger
did a survey on “How do you feel,” or “What do you think?,” “How might Roseand Jane made a difference? ,” and a lot of people were, like, “Who’s Mike?” “Who’s Jane?”
part of INDSA, and every single term I’ve been hearing the same old thing.. . “Oh, sorry, you can only use it once a term.” We say “Fine,” and go off campus. Every dance that we did off-campus was a great success, so who’s making money? Who’s losing out? Yeah,
is that not a lot of people are using it. Now, again it goes back, it nar-
tant key part of this thing is that the
“Who’s Rose?” And the second
they say, “Well, we can’t do it,
aware that this thing exists on-
Feds and the services very visible in order
survey that was done very recently about the election, people were like, “What ekctions are they talking about?” or “What Feds?” So as we can tell from that, people are not aware that this thing exists, or what the Feds are really doing for the student body. And that also goes with services, You mentioned in the questionnaire that you saw a need for
well, it’s a policy.” Well, look into the policy, see how you can change
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Mahim
Who’s
your
favourite
Simpson’s character? Sideshow Bob.
Manchanda
Candidate for Vice-President, Internal
Y
ou identify communication and interaction be-
they are visible. Because the past 2 surveys that I have looked back on,
tween Feds and students
one was in January when Imprint
as the most important in this election. What
issue to you will you do
that hasn’t already been done in this area? Well, I think
the most impor-
have to be for the students to know that they exist on campus, for one. And in order to do that you have to get the Feds out of the office. I know, right now, like I’m not in this situation, but I know that they are busy with the meet-
ings and everything, and, but in order to interact they have to take time out of their busy schedule and see that, you know, if they meet every single student on campus, well not every single student, but
clubs to get more flexibility and more opportunities to fundraise. As I understand it, clubs already
Feds, we’re the ones who should accommodate the needs of the students.The clubs basically belong to the students, which is driven by the Feds, so we have to cater to their needs, We can’t establish new things until we’re taking care of what we have already.
The safety van is probably the service which the Feds spend the most money on, you obviously
though, the a new safety
van, did they? Yup, that was a brand new van
get out there and expose this service. It’s free of cost, so come down and use it. I have spoken to students from third year who are, like, “I
that was purchased in summer.
never knew this thing existed, until
T was under the understanding that they have leased...
today.” So that’s where cation and interaction
Oh, it is, I mean, it is leased, I’m sorry, it is leased. But it was a
it.
brand new van that was leased. So
communi-
comes into
Why should people vote for you insteadl of Trish or Julie?
That’s a little direct question,
van. The other thing you mentioned rows down to the same thing because there is no exposure to the services, a lot ofpeople are not even So again, the Feds have to
safety van since summer, and talk to people in these during safety van runs and part of clubs. It has given
me good knowledge of what students are looking for, or how things can be improved. I’m talking to other services on-campus at the moment, and again the concern is that of exposure. I’m a people’s person and I think I’m really good at that, talking to people and knowing their needs and stuff. I believe I’m very qualified for this position. Who’s your favourite Simpson’s character? Bart, he does things differently.
Brad Miller Candidate
Y
ou cited
long-term
for President fund-
ing as the most important
well, but the convenience
store and
the record store aren’t doing well.
issue in this election. What do you mean by this, and don’t
music
know that. In the last year we’ve seen the frequency of its runs nearly double. What further improvements are necessary?
you think it will be subject to the whims of those who follow you?
isn’t that music stare operated by the Feds?
plan” is a group gets in there and
1s that Dr. Disc?
Okay, there are a couple of things. A new Fed van was bought last summer, and apparently the size ofthe van was reduced down to six passengers. Now I don’t know why, but due to some reasons it was cut down because ofthe budget cuts and also because you needed an “F” class licence to drive that. So they probably brought it down to six passengers where you only needed
they wish to make next group comes in agree with certain they’ve changed, change them. We’ll
Yes. I am i:ncorrect
What
I mean
by “long-term changes. The and they don’t issues that so then they start out look-
ing at a five year plan. If elected 1 would sit down first with the GM and my co-workers to organize and
institute a direction for the Feds
The Feds don’t store anymore?
No, that’s
operate
a
Dr. Disc.
on that.
How can you make a five year plan work? We would hash it out within us, within our department, Feds, and then we would propose it to Students’ [Council.
How are you going to still
rather than a yearly basis on “This is what we want to accomplish this
make it flexible if things come up that are immediate and neces-
year.” Jane Pak has already started a program where they’re looking at
sary?
main concern is that it’s not accommodating a lot of students, and
a long-term, where we want to be by ‘97. I think that was started by Steven Codrington as well. I’d like to continue this, but maybe looking more closely at the financial aspects of the Feds in terms of cost of tuition rising. We would still get
There will be -- we haven’t gone through the terms of evexything we would like in this plan, but one of these terms is that there would be still that pot of money which is allotted each term, each one-year term, and if emergencies do arise or any business opportuni-
so we have to turn back a lot of
our $26 Fed fee so we’re not af-
ties exist, that would still have to be
people and they have to walk home or they can take WalkSafe. Right at
fected by the hikes, but I think it’s important that the students get what
passed through Council due to the fact that they first passed the first
the moment we’re looking into pur-
they deserve for their 26 bucks. So
one and then if we would like to
chasing a bigger, twelve passenger van, where you can still drive with a “G” class licence, and therefore still accommodate more people. So that’11 be an additional thing done with the safety van.
therefore this plan would include a restnicturing and reorganization of
amend it we would bring it to council and this would be all stated in
the current businessesand services
our plan, where they could have the
offered, including the Student Life Centre, the services that are offered
choice to change this and implement a new service or new business.
of the reasons was, they were only getting a handful of drivers for the big van, and so they figured if they got a “G” class they would get a lot of people in and a good choice of
people to drive it. Right now the
Manchanda
to clarify
it, because again, looking back on
a “G” classlicence. And I think one
Mahim
Just
Feds didn’t purchase
by the Feds.Fed Copy Plus is doing
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When we asked you about OUSA and CASA membership, you kind of hedged on the answer? Simple yes or no - do you support continuing membership in OUSA and CASA? Yes, 1 do. In my statement I said 1 do support what these organizations stand for and it’s important that every student have’s voice on campus at large. However, when looking at the amount of funds we spend to belong to such organizations, 1 think that might be a wrong approach. I think you can’t put a monetary fipre on an individual’s voice. You said, “I question spending $45,000 a year on membership tosuch organizations, maybe this money could be used here on campus.” If you support membership... No, 1 do. I definitely do support rn.pbership. What I was looking at was providing a service for which Kelly Foley believes in, as well is academic advisor. Looking through the budgets trying to fjnd where funds could arise for this position is the most difficult thing bccausc we definitely do need that because that would also provide consistency from year to year. When we asked you how the job’s changed with their restructuring, you did mention that as president you would have to provide leadership on issues like homophobia, or racism. Do you have any experience with these? Sure. As don, on campus here, strong personal, hands-on experience dealing with racial issues was my first one and homophobia was
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thing like 7-11 or Farah’s or Mac’s Milk, or whatever it might be, to provide a service that can be beneficial to the students. I think that would be one. Why do you think Fed Hall’s been such a loser these last few years? For my first year it was the place to be. I think it’s hard for an on-campus pub that size, offering the service that it does, to compete with the markets downtown, which have free rein over their own liquor licence. As of May 1st, or the start of our term, Federation of Students takes control of their liquor licence. What will change because you will have a licence? What you can do with your own alcohol liccnce, is you have the right to change the prices once per day, So we can offer what there used to be in my first year. We used to go there, I think the reason it was busy was it was a good time, people would gather there in mass quantities, beer was cheap, $2 or something like that, and they had shooters for 99c, the lineup for that shooter bar was all the way out. I believe with going back to providing service dedicated to our students is needed with Fed Hall, and I think that the management we have there is A-I. You’ve never sat alone on any of the University’s governing bodies, like the Board of Governors? No, that is correct. Have you ever attended a meeting of one of these bodies? No, I haven’t. How will you adjust, what
Mark
Candidate for Vice-President, Administration and Finance
are you going to do to make sure at that first meeting to sit up and present our case effectively? What are you going to do in the period between the day after elections and the very first Senate meeting
what
to make
sure that you’re
not sitting there saying, L4Whaf’s going on?” I know I’ve already done large amounts of research on the Board of Governors, who sits on it and what issues they deal with, so I’m up-to-date on that kind of stuff. But yes, you are correct in terms that I
that I’ve set up. I set up the whole AHS UM, 1 spent a year doing that with co-workers. A dedication to the university, the fact that I love this place, came here not knowing one other person and I’ve made a good niche for myself thus far. My personality, I have the personality to be an effective leader, communicate effectively, and most ofall, I’ll be listening to the students and voicing their concerns at the university and at government levels as well. Who’s your favourite Simpson’s character? I’m a big fan of Ned Flanders. Ned puts up with a lot of shit. That’s on the record. I like it.
Ferrier
ou made mention that the Federation of Students must start being run like a corporation. Since the Feds already are a corporation, what do you mean? The Federation of Students, to me, is being run as... all the different businesses are being run as individual businesses. Sure they’re all being brought together at the end product, but I think it has to be run as more of a total corporation. Sure, the Bomber may be doing well, and Scoops may be doing well, and the Used Bookstore may be doing well, but the other Fed businesses, such as Variety Post, the Campus Shop and Federation Hall aren’t being run well. Just because we’re making money at three of the Fed businesses, that shouldn’t make us happy as a corporation. All of the Fed businesses should be up to a certain level, and I think there is opportunity to bring them up to that level. The example of the two bars is a relatively easy one. What specific ideas were you talking about? The Bombshelter has a lot of promotion, it’s got a reputation, and it’s been built up a lot on campus for several years that it’s a good place to go on weekends. As for Fed Hall, we have to get that kind of promotion, we’ve got to get the word out to people coming into the school, because you’re not going to get the third and fourth year people back. It’s a long process-it won’t take a term or two, it’ll be a matter of years. If you look at clubs that compete with Fed Hall, downtown, they get overhauled every 8 months. Obviously, with the Federation of Students’ budget, it’s very hard to overhaul a two million dollar building. But little things have to be implemented each term, so that the end result, over two years, is that we do in fact have an overhauled building. But we have to start with small things that are going to bring people back in. That’s fine for Fed Hall. But
Miller
my second one. I stand very against any slandering, obviously, of any of these groups. You claim that you disagree with the Feds trying to operate services for which they are not qualified, and you suggest contracting these out to other businesses. Which services would you like to see contracted out? What I would like to see done with our convenience store and variety post shop, maybe it would be of benefit to the Feds to lease the space out, to tender it out to some-
would be cold turkey. Right now if there was a Board of Governor’s meeting I would sit there and I would be baffled by it. I have no problem admitting that, obviously. Yet Jane Pak has been phenomenal thus far answering my questions and helping me out. In terms of who I would lean on, I would definitely be leaning on Jane to educate me in the ongoings of such meetings. I believe my personality and my means of communication would not be hindered at all. Why should people vote for you? I think they should vote for me due to my experience within my faculty in terms of endowment funds
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most effective way we can, because we don’t have the business knowledge to run a convenience store. That’s why the Variety and Post isn’t doing very well, although we do have the knowledge of how to run the things that we’ve been running for a number of years. We sell a lot of things, we’re moving a lot of things through there, but we still aren’t making the margin that we should, even though some of the things are overpriced, in comparison to Farah’s. There are a lot of private businesses that would love to run it. Perhaps we should look at contracting it, or even maybe selling it, if we feel that we can’t run it as effectively as possible. Would you characterize yourself as an idea generator, as someone who turns ideas into plans, or one who does the work to turn plans into reality? I think that my best stages are the first and the last. I can come up with good ideas and I can execute those ideas very well. As for the middle part, I realize that you need help to reach the execution stage, and that’s where I’m open to help. In fact, I encourage help because
businesses?
You mean like the Variety Post? The reason why the Federation of Students isn’t running a pharmacy is because it can’t run a pharmacy properly. That’s common knowledge. 1 don’t feel that the Federation of Students is running the Variety and Post in the
Mark
Ferrier
people are going to have other ideas that are going to add to the execution. What experience do you have dealing with Fed finances? Absoloutely none. I’m very honest about that. And I think that’s a positive thing for myself, not a negative one. 1 feel that the Federation of Students has been run in a certain way for a lot of years, and the reason for that is a lot of people who get elected to council have been involved with Fed services in years previous, and they become accustomed to the way things have been run. With some outside theories and ideas, we can take a business that has been run very well, and make it better. You’re the only candidate for VPAF who didn’t support staying in the Canadian Campus Business Consortium. W’hy do you think we should pull out? I’m not saying that we should neccessarily pull out. I just am not sure, right now, that it is being run as effectively as it can. I think it’s a great idea. The reasons behind it and the reasons we’re in it are very good reasons, but this year we’re going to break close to even on it, from what I understand. What we have to analyze is that we’re putting eleven grand into it, and is that eleven thousand dollars coming back to us, ancl is it really getting into the idea of having a university and small community. I think it’s a very good idea and if the Feds project what we’re going to need, as an example ifyou lhave a projection, or you have one or two large purchases per term, for the Federation of Students, I think that’11 help us get our money out of this. I think that the problem with it is that it’s such a large purchasing power, the small things that we need right away are very difficult to get. So 1 think those things should be supported by the community, which this school was built around. But for large purch.asing and buying 1 think that it [CCBC] is a very good thing. It’s one of those things that you can’t say “yes, it’s working,” or “no, it’s not working.” It’s been a Continued
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you? year -- it’s the first year that we’ve really tried to optimize. So if we break even this year, I think that’s very good. For next year, I think that if the Feds start to look at their spending, and, as I said, try to take advantage of this, with one or two big purchases per term, 1 think that’11 help out a lot. When we asked about losses projected for the Student Life Centre, you attributed the losses to years of short-term budget planning and reactive management. The building’s only been open one year. I don’t think there’s a single individual that you can blame. I think that it goes back to all those businesses that are in there, are they being run effectively? There’s no reason for these businesses not to be making money. I think that yes, you’re right, and there has to be an investigation into some ofthe rents that are being paid down there. I don’t know the rents necessarily, and I don’t want to bring up any specific businesses, but there are businesses down there that I’m not sure are paying the rents that they should be, or that anywhere else they’d be paying.
Brendan
I think that I have a pretty optimistic look on things. I think that I’m a very focused person, and I have a lot of new blood to be brought into the Federation. I have a lot of experience to be brought into the Federation of Students. Some very innovative, new-age corporations have had to re-evaluate their place in the business world, and make drastic changes to make sure that they come out in the forefront. And if you look at corporations like Cantel and Pepsi, they’re underdog corporations that are overshadowed by those like CocaCola and Bell. If you look at the strategies that the latter corporations had to come out with, some people would call drastic, some would call almost corny, but they’ve worked. I think some of that mentality, some of that stuff that I’ve learned, can be brought to the Federation of Students, to add new blood and new life to it - a company that does well, but can do better. Who’s your favorite Simpson’s character? Urn... honestly, probably Mr. Burns. I like Mr. Bums because he’s a man with a vision.
Beasley
Candidate for Vice-President, Education
Brendan
Beasley
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ou say you’re going to make government aware that cutting universities hurts everyone, what are you going to say that’s different? I think what actually has to take place, you can lobby as much as you want, but effective lobbying
things that are not going to put the government on the defensive but will make them aware that there is a big problem and that the hundreds of thousands of students aren’ t going to sit back and watch this. So you’re not advocating prutests, you’re talking more about
must co-exist
action
with action.
You may
highlight that the CFS have tried doing this with Lloyd Axworthy, but that was a form of action where it got out of control, where things didn’t go as expected, as you know with the incidents with the vegetables and throwing stuff like that. Things like signature campains,
in the form
of signature
campaigns. In a setise, student protests could be one, but it’s not one that I think is the most effective. Compared to other candidates you have the least experience in the Federation of Students. How will you be able to
make your case to the students with staff like John Snobelen, or Elizabeth Witmer? Well, Number One is to do my homework, and just get used to the issues. A lot of it will be learning on the job, but I think that in representing a large student body and having their voice behind you, then that itself is enough to carry that voice across to these people that you mentioned. You say you support university membership in CASA. Why should Waterloo students stay members? I think that with every hired body it does have imperfections. I think the Real Choices campaign, one of the main reasons it didn’t fly, was its timing. There wasn’t very much time to look at it and see what amendments could be made. As far as having a hired body representing Waterloo is a great thing, I know CASA has had problems and recent ones that have been pretty bad, but I don’t think we should ban it all together. It can be worked through and it can bring some good to the University of Waterloo. Other than the timing, they were asking the federal government to take control over postsecondary education. Do we really want to buy into a group that is so out of touch with reality in Canada is? I think in principal that document was aimed at helping the students, whether or not it did a good job was shown through that council meeting. I think we learned a few things from the Real Choices campaign, that we do have to bring ourselves into reality. I think that one thing we can take from that is that they did try. They tried putting together a document that seemed in principle to work, but as it went down to the lower levels we did find that it didn’t. I don’t really fault CASA for that but I think that if they do present things to us it should be in an order in which it’s more decisive and concrete and that’s one of the things I think should be worked upon. What are the biggest issues surrounding the KLRs and how ideally would see these issues resolved? One of the greatest issues is that the system can’t really perpetuate itself and you still have to rely on government subsidies to do that, to help it, because to get it started you’re going to have students going through for four years without paying into it - it’s going to need a little push, and it’s going to need a little maintenance as well. One ofthe greatest issues is whether or not that should be in place or the grad tax should be in place. As far as the problem I identified earlier, I think the government is still going to have a hand in ICLRs or will definitely have a hand in subsidies and that’s the only thing that will keep them going professionally. So where will that money come from? That money’s going to be coming from government subsidies. And there is talk of the grad tax, I’m not sure whether or not that’s going to fly... Do you favour a grad tax? I do, In principle it seems like a great idea because the people who are benefiting from it are going to be paying that tax. I think it’s better for accessibility because you’re not
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telling people you’ve got to have the money up front, and of course it’s going to keep tuition costs down, so from an accessibility standpoint I agree with it. As for an administration part of it, people skip the country - what happens if there’s seperate rates for different schools, if people change schools there are quite a few adminstrative things that have to be dealt with from the federal government. Basically the federal government will be taking the brunt of the administration tax and there’s a lot of things to be worked out. To go back: if you benefit from your education, you should be paying for it. If you move up and go up to a higher income tax bracket, you’ll be paying another tax for graduating. Doesn’t the grad tax place another hit on students in the long run? The premise of the grad tax is if you didn’t go to school you wouldn’t be making that salary. The difference is that you’re paying it after it rather than before. If you had to take a loan or an income contingent loan, I’ve seen figures that works out that you’re paying the same prices, it’s just that you’re paying later. It’s either you pay now or later. The reason that the grad tax looks better is that you are paying it after and over many, many years and not up front which will affect accessability. What steps would you take to publicize teacher evaluation re-
sults? The first step is to grab all the stakeholders together because the criteria will have to be agreed upon by all, and th.at may be different for different faculties. Engineering has a much more practical base than Arts. So there’s going to be different criteria all around but I think once the criteria are set for each faculty then, I don’t know, that’s gotta be done first before the evaluations can ble communicated. Basically what you are proposing is an anti-calander. What makes you think you can do it now, when ofhers have tried and failed before? So many people failed to make rockets, to do anything in society. I think you can look at failure and see what they did wrong and build around that. That’s where the biggest lesson is learned, is in failures. How do you feel at&jut the student’s role in Faculty unionization, ? Faculty having the power to strike? Serious ramifications for students. If they do go on strike then the university will shut down. Who’s going to want to stay back a term because the staff went on strike? I’d like to think the university is a very positive place and as for the students I have serious concerns for them. Who’s your favourite Simpson’s character and why? Bart Simpson. He’s a maniac and he loves living on the wild side.
Julie Primeau Candidate for Vice-President, Internal
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s compared to Mahim or Trish, you don’t have much experience related to the VP1 position. How do you think this will manifest itself if you get the job, and what will you do to compensate for this weakness? I don’t necessarily see it as a weakness. I have experience as a volunteer, which I’ve recited as being something that’s very important to the Feds, X have my exposure through promotions, through the Canada Day Council. Sometimes new ideas coming in is a benefit. If people are in there for a long time or have set ideas, this is a new job. Maybe we need someone in there who’s got new blood and isn’t afraid of change. You know, sometimes when you’re being a returning don you get stuck in a rut where you don’t... What about being new is going to help you? What’s going to help me? I don’t have past reservations. I’m not as afraid of change as someone would be who’s been in there, or more open to it because I don’t have that, “when we did it this way last year” attitude or whatever. Maybe I’ll be open to... But a point like that can be easily countered by the fact that they have the experience. That can sort of even itself out -you’re new, they’re old. The difference is... what? On top of that? I think that I’ve got my experience in the building that I’ve done in the four years here is with people. And I think that
when you look at the outline of my job, people are the biggest part of it. I haven’t been in an office necessarily learning policies, and there we jump back to the issue about change. I’m out there, yes, there’s a lot of things I u 1’. ,lave to learn about the job. But I’ve got that extra experience with people which is my job. What changes would you make to Fefdclub policies to promote the quality of campus life? Looking at the policy.+. changes... it’s hard to say. One issue that I notice in there is that they have the three term’s grace to hand in their outlines or budgets, their lists or whatever. I don’t know ifthat’s necessary as far as changes. Thinking in terms of the questions you’ve asked me I’m looking at stuff. Also with budgeting they get a certain a.mount each term, it’s just something that they’ve always had. Do thley spend all that? Do they need more? Do they necessarily need that much? Those are things that should be looked at. Also, I look at my areas being the societies, the clubs, the services. They all have perhaps at times felt that they’re not always heard, not always made aware to the general campus. But maybe giving them some sort of’connection, linear communication can get them, give them a voice to make people more aware. Say, for example, the clubs are meeting -- every month part of their policy is to meet with the societies, meet with the residence councils, meet with everyone. Villiage 2 council alone taps into
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960 people. That’s going to raise awareness. I know from Fed Hall, from being a don, posters, half the time they’re not reading them. So maybe looking into restructuring that and saying, let’s give you guys a voice. Let’s work together as a group. I also recognize that they want to have their own identities, too. But there are times when it would work to their benefit to work as a group. Which clubs have you been a member of? I’ve not been a member of any.
looking for alternative advertising. They had ideas like ~ and I hope I don’t get misquoted on this, because this certainly wasn’t my idea - like putting signs on ducks. How do you reach these people? It is a tough issue and we certainly do want to get it out to them, not just Fed Hall but everything that goes on, We’ve got so many things that people are not tapping into. It’s quite possible that some clubs or services have such little turnout that they don’t really justify themseIves being around. Stu-
What about involvement in any of the St. Jerome’s Councils?
dents are paying for some organizations used by only four or five people a term. It probably
Residence councils and such? No, because I lived at the Village. I have friends who have sat on it. 1 certainly know that there are issues, for example, that residence thing. Who are those people? Like that’s my example right there. Maybe in combining the effort, the clubs, the societies, and the residence councils, they’re going to be given more awareness, what they’re all about. But no I actually haven’t sat on any... My purpose for first year, where I lived in first year was Village and there I kind of got involved in the campus through the Feds, stuff like that, volunteering. There’s a problem nowadays with moreand morestudentscomiag to campus far class only. They
would
make
more
sense just
to
shut them down. Would you agree with that? With the funding issue, yeah, you could look at that and ask, is this representing a large enough chunk of the students? You think that’s something
you might want to do, you might want toinvestigate and shut down the ones that just aren’t being used? Oh definitely. I don’t think that anyone should be shut down, that’s the beauty of our school. We have interest groups for everyone. I don’t think thatjust because there’s five people they should be told that their interest or their issue isn’t
a good represent;ttive of the students, and tap into the services that are already there. As far as the
policies and my Fed experience, although I may not have as much as other candidates, I’m confident that 1 can make up for that in what I learn, what I research. You mentioned club policies again. It occured to me, if you have never been a member of a club, or been involved with clubs at all, how do you know if those changes are necessary? I think that it is more an issue
of investigating if the changes are necessary. And as far as not being a member of clubs, what I have been doing is talking to people. I’ve walked around Clubs Day and just talked to people, because I think that’s a very important part of the
job. Who’s your Simpsoo’s character? Gosh. Toughest guess 1 like Marge’s life. She’s married to has Bart, and still through rose-coloured
Candidate
for President
ou identified the difference in the President’s re-
sponsibility for post-secondary education. It seems to me that
sponsibility after restructuring as the most important issue during this election, Why is that an issue at all? I think because people aren’t going to realize the difference. The President’s job has changed quite a bit, to where interpersonal skills are very neccessary, Representing the university and the student body, on campus and in the community, is going be a big part of that job, rather than going to conferences, like CASA meetings and stuff like that. Jane’s been doing that... but
what they were doing is so far off reality, they’re not just out of touch with student’s needs, when you look at an example like that, they’re out of touch with constitutional realities of Canada. The first three sections of the CASA document were accepted widely by everyone in council here, and the problem was the last part. I talked to Jane about it. They were deciding on whether to pass the document as it was, or to pass the document with the three parts and leave the lastpart. So I think the
Y
to should
realize
those dif-
YOU said that YOU support continuing
WW’s
membership
in
CASA. Yet every campaign that CASA’s run so far was rejected by this campus,
and it is unclear
if the so-called superconference will be held on schedule, if at all. The government of New Brunswick has withdrawn its financial support, after failing to get any feedback at all from CASA as to what progress, if any, had been
situation is kind of misconstrued, and communication
stay members
you should do, just as a model that we have come up with.” There are a lot of other ideas that I think we
should start looking at.I don’t think that CASA was saying that that’s what we should implement right now. And that’s not what the docu-
of an organization
and out oftouch with student needs, I think there’s obviously some issueswith CASA that are going on right now, internally, but it’s better to be involved with an organization
that’s pro-active, although all of UW seems to be shooting
town. They’re working 20 hours a week. How are you going to target this group of students who are less likely to get involved? Well, I think first determining whether or not they want to be involved, like I said. That is cer-
bullets at
it. Just because we turned down a document that they were putting on the table, they’re still doing some-
to alternative fundings, we’ve got to maybe put you with this group to make you bigger. Without having a concrete example of a group it’s hard to say but certainly that’s something that should be investigated.
thing whereas if we’re not involved, we’re not doing anything. What I think, what I would like to see, is why we taking a greater role in CASA? Students here can be real leaders. We can 80 to CASA and say: “Look, we’re willing to do
tainly an issue. Is postering going to reach them? Are these councils
Why should people vote for you?
more work, so that we can come up with some of our own ideas. I think
going to reach them? Not necessarily, you’re right. What do they have in common? Well, they go to their classes, hopefully. So maybe targeting something there, within the classrooms, on the boards in there. That’s definitely a group who should be looked at. I think that’s what groups like FAN who are -
Because I really care. I care a lot about the students and about
that’s a better way than saying that we don’t want to be involved.
aren’t
students’ issues. I’m compassion-
Have you read the Real
ate to their issues. I love working with students and I love being a student. This has been a great experience, the last four years. But I really think that, I know that I can do this job well. I know that I can be
Choice campaign paper? You say it’s great that these people are doing something, but they were basically calling for constitutional changes saying that the Federal government should take over re-
the
just the grad tax and whatnot. And even those errors were going to be forwarded by CASA as alternative financing measures for the government, not as “here’s what we think
that s&ms so inept and out of touch with students’ needs? Well, I don’t think it’s inept
important enough to us,that’s send+ ing out a very negative message I wouldn’t want to be part of. But I think to say, look, we’ve got to look
between
Feds and the student body was, I think, poor. As far as the document goes, most of it was acceptable, it’s
made on this conference. Why would Waterloo students want to
live off campus, possibly at home with their parents still because they can’t afford to go out of
question! I outlook on Homer, and sees things glasses.
Josh Windsor
everyone ferences.
Primeau
favourite
ment was for. You were talking about the poor
communication
surround-
ing that, whiclh leads us to the next question.You said that you want to foster political awareness among students on issues which affect them. How will you expandon thecurrentefforts that are already in place? 1 think that’s going to come basically through better awareness on issues that are going to directly affect the stude:nt, that will cause some turmoil, which the CASA
document did. It created a lot of turmoil. I think that if you went down to the Fed1 office, they would
that would now be doubtful. I think thosethings are quite different. That benefits me in this position, SOI’m going to make it an issue if it’s not an issue, because I think it is, and
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tell you that’s probably the biggest thing that happened this year. And in a couple of years, students will really become involved and be rcally worried about this. We need to make issues, so that students really do become aware, because most of the time students are in their books, worried about their studies, worrying about getting good grades, but I think we need to be worried about other things as well. It can be fostered by issues,, by making things issues, and that’s easy enough to do; all you neeld to do is come up with something, like the Imprint, something controversial.
We’re not talking about the Imprint, we’re! talking Federation of Students No, but.,. it’s a way awareness, I think. And of whether the backlash positive or negative, it’s
about
the
of creating regardless of that is still going
to create awareness, and I think that’s a positive: effect. Other ways that we can create awareness, and this is just me, brainstorming, but talking to facullty and administration, to see if in lcourse work we can find ways to create a greater awareness of political issues on our campus. I think that those three, students, administration, and faculty, would help each other greatly by getting together on those issues and trying to come up with some new ideas. You’re the only candidate, Continued
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for any of the positions, not to have any running mates. What do you think that says about you? I think it shows my independence. I feel that I do have the ability
to do the position, I don’t think that I need somebody to stand by my right hand, saying “you’re going to do a good job, it’s OK, just keep going, be positive.” I already have the qualities and the positiveness,
and I feel positive that 1 can do the job, There are two main reasons why them run, into think
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running alone. One of is that I decided very late to and I don’t really want to get that, it’s a personal issue. 1 also that 1 didn’t want to
any
compromises
itl how 1
ing to develop.
I guess 1 can use that
wanted to run my campaign, and I
example of sexual assault,because
would tried
it’s
have
had to do that if I’d
to get a ticket last-minute. You are in the minority of
a faculty
member
another student.
Those are the kind of issues that the President’s going to have to deal
candidates who said that the Presidentwill now be dealing with sensitive issues. Can you tell us what some of these sensitive issues are, and what experience you have dealing with these is-
with
directly,
because
the Presi-
dent is obviously a figurehead and a communicator for the Federation of Students. My experience in that area - I’ve been with social services for five years, full time. 1 work frill-time now and I go to school
sues?
From my awareness,
possibly
against possibly
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area, That’s where my strength is. Every day I’ve been with kids who are sexually assaulted, who’ve been sexually abused, or people who arc in trouble with the law or what-not. I communicate with them, and I try to counsel them. On to a different topic. You
Friday., , February 9, 1996 Why
da1 you think
that
Why? I think because I person-
ally am going to do what I feel the students want. I don’t have a per-
Career Resource Centre. How do you go about improving that? 1 use that as an example. Basically, I think that’s an area than
sonal agenda, as you can tell. I’m saying that these kind of things need investigation, and I want to get the information out to the students. I think that I probably have the most skill communicating, of all the candidates, I’m probably going to be the best facilitator, and
also talked
about
improving
the
dent is having to deal with social
full-time, and I still remain in-
needsfirrther study.I can’t come up
I think I’m honest and I’m going to
issues, for example, the sexual assault complaint, there’s the PALS program I guess, there’s the kind of things where there’s integration between the students and the faculty, and the problems that are go-
volved in an amount of extra-curricular activities as well as a facilitator, as a communicator, and
with anything specific that I think that we should do, I think that what
work
as a person of responsibility who
we need to do is look at what we have, and look at what we don’t
has dealt with these issues and has quite a bit of background in that
have, and try to come up with some ideas there.
hard. Who is your Simpsons clharacter? I’d say Bart. Why? He’s COOL
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ourth in the nation. For a university, especially in Canada where schools are at times measured by the prowess ofour national passion. school pride becomes apparent the minute you can walk down the street, particularly University .4vonue, and say to anybody in Purple and Gold, “so, uh, did you notice that our hockey team is fourth in Callada? How are you guys doing? Still last place, eh? That’s too bad.” Or bcttcr yet, you meet someone from that old school in London and mention yori go to Waterloo. You must point out, “doesn’t it suck the ‘Stangs have to HOPE the Warriors lose so you can catch up’? Yah. that’s what I thought. Oh, well, goodbye.” Ah, the joys of attending Waterloo. When A~~L~/PcI~I ‘r did their survey on Canadian universities, one of their ‘What’s Ilot’ should have included Warrior hockey. After Wednesday’s game against York, Waterloo has strung together 17 blazing wins in their last 19 games. Western, the Warriors’ closest rival in the Far West division, is 5-5 after Christmas. The York game Wednesday may very well be the pinnacle of the Warriors’ regular season because of their ability to play the entire game strongly, winning 8-3. “It’s been a long time since we’ve played sixty minutes here at CK,” recalls Warrior assistant captain Chris Kraemer. “We’ve been stressing the transition game all year, switching from &fence to offence, and the guys have picked up on it. Some nights we’re off, but for the most part, we’ve been going good.” Warrior coaches Don McKee
Chambers
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and Dave Cressman implemented a trap-like neutral zone forecheck this season, always keeping one or two forwards clogging the midsection of the ice, and the players have taken to the system successfully. It was pleasing to see York become pissed off and frustrated when they couldn’t remove the puck from their half of the ice. The York players then tried to goon it up with the bigger Waterloo club, and found that the Warriors were not to be intimidated. I mean, Waterloo, who
but still
procures
the puck.
wanted no part of the goonery (the Biackand Gold were winning handily), checked the shit out of York, led by fifth-year defenceman Brian Henry destroying about six different Yoeman forwards with clean, wholesome body checks. With the new trapping system, Warrior goaltender Joe Harris is caught in a Ken Dryden situation, having to focus on the few times he is called on to make a good save. Every goalie knows it’s favourable to see the puck at least thirty times
up
a game in ortder to stay awake. “I tv to stay focussed by setting the puck up for the defencemen, and talking to them to let them know who’s on them. It works both ways, The defencemen get the puck out after the first shot, and that takes away the other team’s scoring opportunities. Sure, I’d like to see more shots, but when it comes down to winning the games, I’m thinking of that aspect.” Besides the steady Harris, the Warriors have discovered a new go-to guy in rookie Danny Mundeli. Mundell scored two goals Wednesday, including a highlight Nm shorthanded marker to salt the game away in the third. Mundell has finally come into his own and has been a large part of the prolonged winning streak. “I didn”t expect to play alot right away,“observes Mundell, who is proving to be a useful penalty killer for the Warriors. “I thought we’d be rebuilding this year, with all the rookies and all. However, the year has been a pleasant surprise.” Besides Mundell’s two bixcuits, Steve Smith and Mark Cardiff each added a deuce in the winning cause. Mike Chambers, the Athiete of the Week, chipped in with a single and so did Greg Esdale. Next up for the Warriors is a weekend trip to Alaska before returning next week to face the Westem Mustangs in a huge matchup. Warrior captain John Wynne, last week’s cover boy, won OUAA/ OHL Player of the Month, complete with a $500 reward. Wynne says the money is going to “start paying offmy big OSAP bill” since Wynne graduates after the Winter term. Last week, Waterloo stumped Brock 8-O and axed Ryerson 7-2.
Tourney “OK” for A’s by “Penalty Comer” Imprint staff
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he Waterloo Athena indoor hockey team is right where it expected to be after the first half of the OWIAA championship played last weekend at the PAC. Third place. Right behind Toronto and York. Three-and-two. Eager to move up the ladder, A’s coach Sharon Creeiman has tinkered with the offensive and defensive systems in order to counter strong Toronto pressure that led to a tournament-closing 7-5 loss to the Blues. This time, the Athenas will be ready. “We did well, we’re happy with the outcome,” related Rachelle Brohman, a fourth-year forward who buried seven goals, three against Toronto, for the A’s this weekend. “We know now we can beat them (York and Toronto). We here simply unlucky offensively.” The top weekend performer
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for the A’s was Bemice Willemse, who scored 10 of the 22 Black and Gold snipes, with five coming on
on the penalty
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penalty corners on the A’s patented extra outside pass. She also put away at least one goal in every
game, with hat-tricks against Queen’s and Guelph. On whether she favours indoor or outdoor (the Athenas were OWIAA champs in the fall and the indoor team1 is basically made up of the same players), Willemse has no preference. “Both games are different. With indoor, the pace is faster and you handle the ball more. (In regards to competition) Toronto and York have their national players back so we knew it’d be tough.” Willemse also underlined some keys to Athlena success for March’s second half of the tournament takI ing place in York. “We have to move the ball quicker, and pressure the circles of Toronto and York more. Also, we must improve our defensive footwork to stay away from (opposing) penalty corners.” During the weekend, - the Athenas beat Western S- I, Queens 7-2, lost to York 5-1, took care of Guelph 4- 11,and fell to T.O. 7-5.
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Add Rice to water... now vou’re cookin’ by Jeff Imprint
events, she admits the breaststroke is her most successful. Suffering from tendinitis in her shoulders, the breaststroke does not put as much stress on them, allowing her to use the healthier, stronger muscles in her body. The tendinitis is still a problem, though, as she still must suffer through physiotherapy three times a week along with acupuncture to keep her shoulder in check. When asked about the secrets of her success, she cites extra training and determination as the leading factors. “This is my best year ever by far. I trained hard over the last summer so it’s really paying off. I think 1 put a lot of pressure on myself.” She also praised the team, saying, “We have a great team this year. Awesome. I don’t think I would have been able to do so well and do so much stuff if they weren’t sitting there cheering for me.” When Kara isn’t dominating
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ne OW IAA bronze medal. Three UW records. Three Athlete ofthc Week awards. One Moser Award. Fifteen-plus hours of pool time a week. Three weekly physiotherapy visits. Five years experience. Hundreds of tiny acupuncture holes. Equals : One great Athena swimmer. Athena swimming sensation Kara Rice didn’t start swimming competitively until she was 16. Since then however, the three-time team captain has developed into one of UW’s best swimmers and is headed to the CIAU’s in Guelph in two weeks for the third time in her five-year career. Carrying momenturn from the recent OWIAA finals, where she won a bronze medal in the 50m breaststroke, she hopes that her final trip will be her finest. Her three UW records all involve the breaststroke, and while she does swim in other stroke
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he Waterloo Warriors may be the bullies of their block, but intrusions into the big kids’ turf still means a bloody nose, if last Saturday is any indication. In yet another loss to a division the Warriors got powerhouse, slamdunked by the McMaster Marauders 8 l-56 to drop their record to 3-5. On Wednesday night, the Warriors travelled to Windsor to take on the Lancers. Results were unavailable at press time. In other OUAA West action last weekend, the Western Mustangs (7-3) hung on to first place with an 87-61 pounding of the Windsor Lancers (l-7). The Guelph Gryphons (5-3) scored a mild upset over the Brock Badgers (6-Z), 74-64. Brock and M&laster trail the ‘Stangs by a win, but each have two games in hand. The Badgers hosted the Marauders on Wednesday night, while
in the pool, the Mathematics Co-op student is putting on stellar performances in the classroom. She has enjoyed much success in the tough Math Interdepartmental program, something she attributes to excellent time management skills. She also somehow finds time to serve on the Varsity Council and the Athletic Advisory Board, As a result, she doesn’t have much time to herself.
Her performances both in the pool and in her studies earned her a Mike Moser Award, one of the highest honours that can be bestowed upon a UW athlete. She was one of only two recipients of the prestigious award. And how did she feel about it? “Great! It was quite an honour. I read some of the stuff he did and he was just amazing. He was an amazing athlete and to get an award in his name is pretty incredible.” The London native has been in the CIAU Top 20 for her discipline all year and was ranked as high as 17th at one point this season. However, her favourite achievement was this year’s OWIAA 4x 1OOm medley relay race, where they shattered the 12-year-old LJW record by five seconds and, most importantly, beat Western. “It was an awesome event. It was great to watch. We all did our best time and we beat Western.” Kara will most likely compete in the 50, 100 and 200m breast-
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Western hosted the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks. Last Saturday’s game in Hamilton was over by halftime as the Marauders took a 19-point lead into the lockerroom. Whether caused by great defence, or a case of the common cold, about the only thing the Warriors could shoot in the first half was themselves in the foot, finishing an abysmal 25 per cent from the field. McMaster outshot the Warriors 53 per cent to 35 per cent over the course of the game. Matt Williams was UW’s only bright light, scoring I5 points on 5of-8 shooting, including three treys. Point guard Mano Watsa scored 10 as he continued his workhorse season with 36 minutes. Watsa is averaging 37 minutes per game. Mike Crosby had 9 points and 7 rebounds. The team’s two leading scorers, Mike Stroeder (13.8 PPG) and Mark Hopkins (13.4 PPG), were nowhere to be seen, netting just 7 points between them.
stroke and probably the 2OOm individual medley races, and hopes to do well. Since this will be her last CIAU’s, it will be just that much more special. fi solid performance will also be a great building block for next year’s team. Kara sees their future as being really good. She hopes that there will be more recruits next year so that they could send a full team to next year’s OWIAA’s. So what happens next for Kara? She will graduate at the end of this term, and hopes to find a job, possibly in the teaching profession. She’ll also be getting married on June 29. As for her plans for swimming in the future, shie’s adopting a waitand-see approach, but would like to continue in the sport in some capacity. You can be sure that whatever she ends up doing, she’ll do it with the same passion and determination that she shows when gliding through the pool towards another outstanding finish.
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Hopkins and Tom Balfe both played limited minutes because of a virus that blew through the roommates’ home. Balfe spent the Jan. 31 loss to the Badgers in sickbay. McMaster was led by Titus Channer’s 22 points, while Keegan Johnson and Rich Wesolowski pitched in with 10 and 15 points respectively. Tomorrow, the Warriors look to exact some revenge in the home end of the two-game series versus the University of Western Ontario Mustangs. They host the ‘Stangs at 2 p.m. in the PAC main gym. Waterloo is also looking for its first win against a team above them in the standings. UW’s three wins have come against Laurier (twice) and Windsor. They have been edged by Brock and routed by Western and McMaster. On Jan. 24, the Mustangs romped 87-67 at UWO’s Alumni Hall. Mike Milne’s 23 points and 8 rebounds paced Western as they limited Waterloo to 25 first-half points and just 37 per cent shooting from the floor.
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Court here, we’ve always been fairly inconsistent. We’ve had some great highs, but we’ve had some big lows. I would really like to see us play at where our potential is the last five games. “Ef there was a perfect way for us to go out, it would be making the playoffs and reaching that goal
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Western. They’re number one in the nation (now number two) and we had a don’t really close game with them a couple of weeks ago. That would be a pretty phenomenal thing
she is today.
As Athena captain the last three years, Lox-i has not only excelled at basketball, she has also been an academic All-Canadian throughout her career. And that is precisely why, when you look at the team’s chemistry, you must focus on Lori. She has
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or some divine intervention. “Despite everything though, we’re doing pretty well. We’re sticking with it and the team’s very positive right now. We’re really focusing on making our last games our best, We’ve still got the goal of the playoffs in mind and we’re still in the running for it.” “Right now, the team is not focussing on who isn’t there; we’re focussing on who is. Everyone who is here right now is putting it all on the line and wants to be here 100%. I think we’ve pulled together even more because we have to get the job
The Athenas take on the Westem Mustangs at the PAC tomorrow. And, if anyone knows that the number two team in the country is beatable, it is Lori. “In my second year, we beat Western for the first time in five years for Waterloo. That was a pretty
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In her last year of eligibility, there is nothing more important to
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“There have been a lot ofthings that our team has been trying to deal with the last few weeks,” notes
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she’ll get to enjoy one r-mm huge upset before she’s finished at Waterloo.
playoffs. Anything less than that and this year will be a disappointmerit. “In the five years that I’ve been
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working on their serving all season and hope to fire bullets at the Lanc-
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onight at 8 pm. at the PAC, the Warrior Volleyball team (9-2) will take on tht: Windsor Lancers (9-2) in a battle for first place in the OUAA West and homecourt advantage throughout the OUAA playoffs. The last time these two volleyball powers met resulted in the Warriors being dcfcated by Windsor 3-O.OUAA West Coach ofthe Year Tony Martins believes that the Warriors could have won that game, but may have been weary from extensive travel to Dalhousie on the previous weekend. The team
Martins wants to improve on is defense, both team and individual. Martins said that the team started the year playing excellent defense then slipped a little. He wanted them to get the defense back to the level it was at earlier in the season. Tonight’s matchup promises to be a great one with both teams determined to nail down top spot in the division. Martins cited not having to travel as a key motivator in getting home-court advantage. Both teams will have this in mind and will come out fired up with so much at stake. If you only see one volley-
has also steadily improved since
ball match this year, make it this one. In other news, outside-hitter
then. “Our goal was to not lose any league games in the second half, and so far we’ve done that,” said
Martins.
The team has been
focussing on a couple of things to help achieve this goal. One such thing is an increased aggressiveness in the serving game. “We want to be the most aggressive serving team in the league,” Martins said. The Warriors have been
Matt Reed has been selected as a first-team West Division All-Star.
Also, outside-hitter Kent “Wind Beneath My Wings” Prete was selected as a second-team All-Star. Combine this potent attack with a devastating middle-attack and the
setting of Brian Snooks, and you have a recipe for Lancer The Plague
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Athletes of the Week Kara Rice Swimming At last weekend’s ming championships,
OWlAA swimKara set three
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coach
Tim Musser know, before starting the ‘96 track and field season, that he would likely send the first Athena shot putters to the CIAU championships in years, not to mention have a school record broken. Indeed, the women’s varsity record was set by Yvonne, at 11.7&m, win-
ning the meet, setting a personal best, and missing the CIAU standard by a mere 10cm. Following closely behind her was team-mate Sue Cvitkovic. Sue is also closing in on the CIAU standard, having thrown just over 1 lm this year.
ton cut-offs with the velcro-zipper. The men’s 4 by 4OOm relay finished in 2nd place with a personal best time of 3:36.57s, which included a PB by the Jaguar, and also a tremendous effort by “The Stealth” (Tulu Makonnen) left victims helplessly in the wake of his pb 50.9s relay split.
ing standard, currently ranking him
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4th in the country. Judith also came through with an impressive effort of her own in the women’s 150&n. Just narrowly missing gold, Judith finished second in a personal best time of 4:38.02, also under CIAU standard. And to cap off an impressive day of racing both the Jag and Judith took their spots on their respective 4x400m relay teams and ran personal bests again in helping each team to a second and first place finish, respectively. In other Warrior middle distance action, Brett Kilty made the long trip from Ottawa to race to an
should not go unnoticed as they placed extremely well in the men’s
events.Hurdler Jolson“Happy-Guy” Simpson placed 4th in the long jump at 6. I Bm, followed closely by
Drew Guckenburger in 5th place. Mike Mallot and Fred Hazleton were 5th and 6th in the same event.
“Guck” was the top Warrior in the
(2140.2 1) before hopping back on a bus home, Rookies Gord “Gork” Kenny and Jason “Oops-catch-another-cab”Krel1 had fine performancesin both the 1OOOmand 1500m races. Both these guys also showed exceptional form at the Rookie Party
triple jump, good for third place at 12.5lm, with Steffan Watson (12.34m) and Freddie (12.2m) placed 4th and 5th respectively. Team Captalin Jeff Miller finished 2nd in the pole-vault behind ‘88 Olympian, and Kitchener native, Paul Just. After soaring over 5.1 On, Jeff toolk to the skies attempting a height which would have tied his outdoor 1% of 5.2m. Miller looks forward to breaking his record this weekend. The Toronto Classic provided stiff competition from the univer-
later that night back in Waterloo!
sity and club scenes, and all the
In Athena action, CheryI Turner also chose to try her hand at the shorter distances with lucky 13th place finishes in both the 300m (4644) and 6OOm (1144.10) races. Fashion expert Tory Locker
Waterloo commended
8th place finish in the men’s 1OOOm
Sue Cadarette’s speed improvement became evident as she achieved personal bests in both the 4Om where she placed 4th in a time of 8.02s, and the 300m where she
placed 3rd in a time of 43.12s. Personal bests also came from Rachel Nikkie
McFarlane for those too-short cot-
when she took gold
in the 300m in a time of 4 I .84s,and as she anchored the 4 by 40Um team to an exciting victory over the team from York. Both the women’s 4 by 400m and 4 by 2OOm relay teams won their races, in personal best times. Jill Bennett had a strong race in the 6Om hurdles, placing 3rd in her event, In middle distance, team vet-
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to make it to the podium by third in the 50 metre breast-
stroke. This performance set an (and met the CIAU
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bcr of the 4x 100 mcdlcy relay team that placed 6th :md set another Athena record. Kara is a 5th-year
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675 624
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8
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708 583 612 615
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56 71 62
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558
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7
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31
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55
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18 29 24
47 27
65 56
42
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Dave Sands Ryan Finch Rob Mirak
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2’7’
Corby Wright S. Gilchrist
20 12
2
15-13; 0
6
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Laurentian
Feb. 10
HcMaster Laurier CL
TP
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11
20
28
13
16
28
2
16
105
34
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12
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94 75 60
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79
Waterloo
67 90 69
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67
Ottawa
at at at at
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GP
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10
8
8
7
6 6
2 1 2 4
8
2
6
8 10 i
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1 2 4 6 6 7 7 8
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81 70 67
:i 64
62 50
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i
20 16 12 10 8 6 6 4
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715
622
529
592
360
648
351
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62 536 620 707 625 626 650 631
800 611 536
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31
47
18 30 29
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42
24 24 25
41 41 41
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21 24 20
40 40 36 35
21
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34 33 33 33 32 32
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30
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15 830:13
40
12
657~50
32
22 1254:26
68
21 1229:34
ranking
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544
Feb. 1 Feb. 2
4
Feb. 9 Feb. 9 Feb. 10
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(15-3, Western (14-16, 15-12,
Feb.
McMaster 12-15, 15-7,
3 Lakehead
UQTR PATRIOTES (1)
Feb. 7
WEST
Master
Western Lakehead Brock Cuelph Laurier Waterloo Windsor
Brock
at
McNaster
Western
at
Laurier
VOLLEYBALLSTANDINGS MP MW ML CF GA
12 10 2
34
12
8
12
7
ii 6
28 26 25 20
; 10
ii 20
12 16 12 13 13
6 6 5 4 3
4
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MP 7
MW ML 7 0
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7
01
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at
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Feb. 11 Feb. 14
at
at at at
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10
Feb. 9
Feb. 10
Feb. 11
GA
York Waterloo Guelph Queen's Western
Crossover
Laurier McGill Ryerson Queen's Queen's
at
Toronto
Ottawa Brock UQTR
at at at at
Guelph Windsor McGill
8:lS p.m. 8:30 p+m.
SQUASH Feb. 9 OUAATEAM FINALS -Feb. 10 at McMaster
Western
Waterloo
sw1MM1NG Feb. 9 OUAAFINALS -Feb. 11 at Brock
7
Waterloo
11
INDOOR HOCKEYSTANDINGS CP W L T TP
10
5 5
S 4
0 1
0 0
5
3
2
3 4
0
0 0
8 6 4 2
5
0
5
0
0
::
1
Feb. 10
BADMINTON DWIAA Finals at Queen's
Feb. 9
Ottawa
Feb. 10
Guelph York
at
15-9: 1 Feb. 11
l+ Feb. 14
Feb. 9 TP
BASKETBALL at Lauren. at Lakehead at Toronto Queen’ s at Ryerson Waterloo Western Windsor at NcNaster at Lakehead Cue1 h Broc i: at Laurier Carleton at Lauren. Lakehead at Laurier Laurentian at Ottawa
8 10
6:15 P.RI. 6:30 p-ni. 2:00 p,m. 6:QO p.m. 12:DO p.m. 6:OO p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:OO p.m.
4:OO 6:OO 6:30 6:oO
p.nl, 11.m. b.m. p.n.
Guelph
at Waterloo
Laurier Western
at McMaster 6:0(1 p.m. at Brock 7:30 p.m.
CURLING Round Robin 8:30 a.m. at Toronto Avonlea Club 8:30 a.m.
Crossover
20
SUUASH Feb. 10
DWIAA Team Finals
Feb. 9
McMaster Windsor Lakehead
at McMaster
Feb. 10
at Laurier at Waterloo at Cuelph
York
at Queen's
Western Ryerson Toronto York Lakehead York Toronto Ryerson
at at at at at at at at
(END OF REGULARSEASON)
Laurentian Western Guelph
Feb. 14 Feb. 35
Toronto
ii
Western UQTR Concordia
Ottawa
5
Cuelph Western Guelph
:i
at Toronto
at at at
Western
4
Feb. 11
HOCKEY at York
at Windsor
s
;
Waterloo Toron to York
10 8
Western Waterloo McMaster
Laurier Brock McGill
KF'
Queen's
:i
Laurentian
Ryerson
1
Queen's Waterloo
TP 14
Round Robin
at at at
5 :
z
Lakehead
1O:OO a.m.
2:oQ p.m. 2:oo p.m. 4:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 8:OO p.m.
TEAM
Toronto
Toronto York Guelph Toronto
VOLLEYBALL
-Feb, 10 at Toronto Avonlea Curling Club
Regina Couiars (9j * MCGILL REDMEN(NR)
1O:OO a.m.
Feb. 4
THIS WEEK IN THE ONIAA
3 Laurier 15-4, 15-10, U-13) at Ryerson
(13-15, Feb. 6 Toronto
Feb. 9
Acadia Axemen (3) Calgary Dinosaurs (2) WATERLOOWARRIORS(7) Alberta Golden Bears (5) St. Thomas Tommies (8) Manitoba Bisons (4) UN6 Varsitv Reds (61
BASKETBALL Ottawa at Laurentian Guelph at Lakehead at Laurier Brock Western at Waterloo York at Toronto Windsor dt McMaster Queen ' s at Ryerson
(11-15, 15-7,384, Lakehead
2E10.5 153 10s 80 49 40 34
INDOOR HOCKEYRESULTS Ranking tournament at University of Water Feb. 3 Waterloo 5 Western 1 York 4 Queen's Toronto 5 Cuelph L York 9 Western Waterloo Queen's : Guelph : Western 2
:
10
8:30 p.m. 2:OO p.m. 8:00 p.m. 6:OO p.m.
8:OO p.m.
CURLING
2. 3. 4. S. 6. 7.
BADMINTON OUAA FINALS
(15-3, 15-3, 11-15, 15-S) Queen's 3 Carleton (15-5, 15-8, ~3-l~al..r-ll~) Guelph
277 209.5
Carleton
VOLLEYBALLRESULTS
65
in parentheses)
Laurier Laurentian Waterloo Brock Queen's RK Ottawa Ryerson
BASKETBALLSTANDINGS CP w L
bock Cue1ph
6.5
30 32
18 18 19 27 21 12
at Queen's
12
Queen ’ s
Toronto Laurentian Brock Waster Laurier Western Toronto Carleton Ryerson Laurier Waterloo McMaster
WEST Western Lakehead McMaster Liturier
Queen's
Windsor
PPG 6.6
THIS WEEKIN THE OUAA
VOLLEYBALLSTANDING5 MP MW ML GW 11
Feb. 4 Feb. 6 Feb. 7
54
76
Feb. 3 York
0
15-13, 15-13)
2 :
22 23
1.
8. 9. 10.
15-1:) 0
Ryerson 15-10;
10 ii
14 246 6.0 41 166 5.4
CIAU HOCKEYTOP TEN (OUAA teams capitalized;
3
at at
Western Laurentian Lakehead
192 3 23 218 S.2 32 149 7 5 161 5.0
LEADING GOALTENDERS TEAK CP MIN GA Western 17 976:30 41
FLAYER Sean Easilio J.P, Lemelin Matt Mullin Joe Dimaline J.F. Rivard
15-12)
Brock Western
218 13 106 19
42
Waterloo Western Waterloo York Waterloo Waterloo Laurentian Concordia York Windsor York Waterloo
previous
McMaster
WaterlcK, (15-7, 11-15, 15-11; 14-16, Cue1ph 15-9, Queen's 3 York
(H-9,
41 31
Jeff Goldie Greg Pajor Peter Brearley Jason Pain Mike Chambers Mark Cardif f Brad Baber Martin Balleux
15-9)
(E-9,
167 22 34 223 6.6
Toronto
0
Brock
3
5 TP PPG
34
Jamie Coon
(15-7, Western (15-4,
K A
HOtI LEY SCORINGILEADERS PLAYER TEAM CP c Marc Beaucage 22 26 UQTR Pierre Cendron McGill 21 20 lean Roberge 22 16 VQTR Kiley Hill Lauren ti an 23 28 Todd Zavitz Brock 22 13 Darren Dougan Laurentian 23 14 Kelly Nobes McGill 22 14 Kevin MacKay Laurentian 19 17 Dave Trenbl ay UQTR 21 17 Ben Davis York 22 16 John Wynne Waterloo 23 9 Patrick Cenest 20 12 UQTR Todd Harcellus McGill 22 19
Matt McGuffin Sean McKegney
W
C
WEST DIVISION TEAM K A S TP Windsor 3: 191 0 59 250 Laurier 34 181 6 33 220 Guelph 44 194 7 41 242 Western 33 145 18 16 179 Western 31 86 9 69 164
PLAYER Steve Ray Kevin Shank
22
CP
W
EAST DIVISION PLAYER TEAM Ryan MacNeil Ryerson Mike Slean Toronto David Kantor Queen's R.Van Huizen York John Szczurek Toronto
Feb. 2
AVC
97 58
Cory Bailey/Lauren
2 2 0: 0 1 3 3 3 OT 3
3
T
5 7 1:
Master
AVG
TR
:: 50 61
31 Waterloo
Feb. 8
TOP REBOUNDERS EAST GP OR DR John Paul imenos/York 8 32 65 Jason Dress1 er/Tor 16 32 66
BASKEI r6ALL RESULTS ;; We"
Ian. 30 York Ian.
W-MA SWIMMINGCHAMPIONSHIP at Laurentian - Final Tean Standings School Pts. Toronto 792 McMaster 71.1 Guelph Western if:-1
:
MID EAST Cue1ph Toronto
EAST York Toronto
8 8 0
::
RMC York York
7
12 10
21 29 30
:: 28
Kyle Rysdale/Western
Concordi a Ryerson Laurentian
8 at
2
16 19
18 16 4
__._--__ .--.._
656
at
Feb.
22 17
6 8 10
::
60
Matt HcMillan/Wind R. Wesolowski/Mac
HOCKEYRESULTS Concordia WTR Waterloo : Laurier 6 Ryersvn Laurier McGill Toronto z %r s Waterloo 8 Brock Western 3 York 6 Windsor York Ottawa 6 Queen ' s 3 taurier Erock
Waterloo Concordia
31
4 5
:4 54
Carl Swantee/Tor Scott Belasco/Rye Byron Nugent/York
Craig Law/takehead
HOCKEYSTANDINGS
Jan.
TP :i
BASKETBALl LEADING SCORERS
764 523 653 673
Western
FAR WEST Waterloo Western Windsor Laurier
CL 119
10
ii 81
582 578
7
MID WEST York Laurentian Brock Ryerson
CW 29
VOLLEYBALL LEADING SCORER5
Wate;lloo Windsor Ottawa
FAR EAST UQTR McGill Ottawa Concordia
ML 2
Feb. 9
Western HcMaster Windsor (end OF the regular
7:30 p.m.
6~00 p.m. 1O:DD a.m.
VOLLEYBALL at Brock alt Laurier a't Waterloo season)
Feb. 10
East Division Ryerson at Queen's at
Semi Finals York Toronto
Feb. 13
West Division
Semi Finals
8:30 a.m. a:30 a.m.
7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8:DO p.m. 3:oo p.m. 5:30 p.m. 7:Oo P.M. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p,n. 2:oo p.r. 3:30 p.m. 7:oo p.nm 7:30 p.m.
Rrock Carleton Ottawa Carleton Cuelph Ottawa Carleton Ottawa
6:OO p.m. 6:OO p.s, 7:oo p.m.
7:00 p.s.
8:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 3:OO p.m. 7:00 p.m. ;:;; ;.;. : . . 2:OO p.m. 5:oo p.m.
6:OO p.m. 8:OO p.m. 8:OO p.m.
2:00 p.m. 7:oo p.m.
HOOPS Double-header TOMORROW versusWestern Mustangs
Warriorsat 2 p.m, Athenasat 4 p.m.
Ret
Pals...
by Heidi Marr special to Imprint
E
ver heard of Ret Pals? If you haven’t, you’re not alone. A lot of students are not aware of th is great program, sponsored by Campus Rec. It matches students with disabilities with volunteers on a one-on-one basis, giving both the opportunity to participate in CR activities, meet a new friend, and learn! Interested? Read on. Students with disabilities interested in meeting a Ret Pal are encouraged to come by the PAC reception ofiicc, room 2039 to till out a form. This will allow you to specify your area of interest. Ret Pal volunteers can also fill out a foml, indicating what activities they would like to become involved in, and if there is any certain disability-type they would most like to help. Kerry Singh, Accessibility Coordinator, is in charge of match-
ing the students. He told me, “I go over the forms, and match them up. Then I interview volunteers and find out why they want to volunteer and what they would be interested in doing.” After Kerry interviews the volunteers and students with
disabilities, he makes arrangements for each pair to hook-up so they can get to know one another. Participants and voiunteei-s can enjoy a range of Campus Ret activities together. Some like to swim in the PAC pool. Others concentrate on weight training. There is
Ball IHockey by Heidi Marr special to Imprint
T
here’s a whole iotta bail hockey going on and Campus Ret’s got it! This term, 40 teams participate in the CR Bali Hockey League, making for some great action in the gyms. League action has only just begun, with two weeks completed. DeAnn Durrer, Bail Hockey Convenor, said, “The league is going well with some good competition - no major problems to report thus far.” Let’s hope it stays that way! In League A, the competition is fierce, with only four teams competing at this level. So far, it looks like a tie between “Thrown To-
gether” and “The Upstarts.” Both teams have two wins to their name and a total of four points. However, it could turn around for “Fighting Jris” and “The Other Team” in the coming weeks. Could be interesting... The most parity is in the B League, with 28 teams fighting for the title. Ofail the B League, “Crazy Pabios” (League Bl) come out on top with three wins and no losses, giving them a total of six points. League B2 sees a tie so far between “XSCIV Sob’s” and “The Lowest of the Low,” both with two wins, one tie, and five points to their credit. League B4 is up for grabs, with three teams, “Wighams,” “Red
Huh? even a tread mill for wheelchairs in the warn+up room at the PAC. Kerry told me one girl in the program has two Ret Pals to fit her schedule, which allows her more flexibility in the activities she can participate in through Campus Rec. As there are often more volunteers on file than students with disabiiities, this is possible. Separate from the Ret Pals program is CR Wheelchair Hockey. Each wcckcnd, zany students meet in the small gym at the PAC for the sport. So far there has been a good turnout of both students with disabilities and volunteers. The volunteers often seem to have more fun than the wheelchair participants. For more information on wheelchair hockey, drop by the PAC’, room 2039. Campus Ret encourI ages everyone to become involved in the Ret Pals program or Wheelchair Hockey. You won’t be disappointed!
Talk Light Special,” and “Wiggum Chiefs” ail at two wins, and four points. In League B4, we see the same situation: “Eiectricow,” “Leafs,” and “Individual 1” all have two wins and four points. And in the C League, we have “Bush Pilots” in the winner’s seat at this point in the season with two wins and four points, With only an average of two games played, each team has a fairly equal chance of winning their division. The action will continue throughout the season, until the best teams in each league wins and are reined champions! Stay tuned for ail the latest league news right here on the CR page.
Sno-pitch tourney a success by Heidi Marr special to Imprint
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ast weekend’s sno-pitch tourney was a cold one, but a great success, Five teams braved the eiements to participate in the toumamerit. All five deserve mention: Erb St. Earthquake, Last Call, Expos, S&M (2A Mech Eng), and No Bunters Here. No Bunters Here deserve extra credit as they played an extra game in the cold -- and
their antics kept everyone laughing. (Hey, Fun Bobby!) Michelle Robinson, Coordinator of Tournaments, said, “These teams showed the true spirit of Campus Ret and it was a pleasure organizing a tournament for them.” CR would like to extend a big thanks to the officials, Jeff Peeters, Roger Feng, and Dan Flacks. These guys stayed outside the entire day in the cold and their efforts are greatly appreciated. Thank you also to the convener,
Jason Piper. Coca-Cola donated great draw prizes and sno-pitch challenge prizes. Draw winners include: Graham Rogers, Brennan Kennedy, Marc Homier, and Samir Dhangi. Mike Venhuir and Cheryl Jamieson won the sno-pitch challenge. Angie Ortlieb went home with a CR tshirt. Congrats to ail! By the way, the Expos won the tourney by defeating Erb St. Earthquake 8-5 in the final game. Way to go Expos!
c,,&& 1 by Heidi Marr special to Imprint
C
upid’s arrows have been flying four times a week as the Archery Club meets in the Red Activity Area of the PAC Sundays 7lo:30 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays 7:30-l 1 p.m., and Fridays 79:30 p.m. The club prez, Hugh MacDonald, invites intcrestcd students to come out to any practice meeting and pick ui the sport. Why not make Valentine’s Day (Wednesday, February 14 for those of you who might have forgotten) a day to remember.. . take your date to an Archery Club meeting and pick up a bow! Everyone is welcome, from the
inexperiencednovice to Robin Hood himself. The Club provides members with both equipment and instruction. Certified Level 1 and 2 coaches are on lhand to teach archers how to hit the bullseye every time (or almost every timk!) The Archery Club is participating in an ongoing Intercollegiate Mail-match, sponsored through the University of Toronto. Waterloo is one of many North American universities involved in the competition. Participants in this challenge practice at regular Club meelings and record their scores, which are then sent to U ofT for tallying. The Club that has the most points at the end of a three month period wins the tourney.
Outers Club News by Daniela Hermann and Jens Ewen special to Imprint here is still room left for a few people on the Outcrs Club dogsledding trip at Algonquin Park from February 2 i-23. If you are interested please contact Claudia Ratti (cmratti@science). To participate in any Outers Club trips or events you must be a member of the club. Please contact Morven Duncan (mjduncan@chemistry) to find out more about becoming a member. At the last dogsledding trip on the 27th ofDecember, a group of 8 students set out for South River just south of North Bay to spend 6 days dogsledding. After visiting the dog yard (can you imagine the noise of 215 dogs barking at the same time?) and a brief introduction to the handling of the sleds and the dogs, the group prepared for the start in the next morning. At first a bit
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scared, because some ofthe dogs were quite big, it soon turned out that they were all very tame and also pretty smart. Harnessing them, the group finally took off in the bright sunshine through snow-covered forest and got used to the sleds and became friends with the dogs. In the nights the group slept in tents that were heated by two stoves, a good thing to have when it is getting -25 Celsius outside. When ail was said and done, the Outers were very sad, having to leave and say good bye to the dogs, and especially because the next day was the first day of
Rock & Roll Ain’t Dead Lennv Kravitz w/Poe
.m&~ Lkf~j’ Tuesday
Girdens
February
6
album, did little to excite the aydi-
their musicianship. Probably the
ence’s emotions. An early highlight
most notable solo was performed by Cindy, the drummer, a stagger-
was when
Lenny took a moment between by Joe Imprint
Palmer staff
songs to point out the sweet aroma
coming from the crowd before the
he evening started out as Poe pranced onto a brigMy lit stage to perform. Poe’s performance, although energetic, was marred at moments by poor sound mixing. Accompanying Poe on stage were the traditional drum
stage. “I don’t know what y’all are doing down there,” he said, “but something sure smells good.” The show began to pick up when, after four or five tunes, Lenny broke out his acoustic guitar. Several moving songs ensued, the best of which was an extremely extended version
set and bassguitar. Surprisingly, a
of “Sister.” Near the end of the
cello was used in piace of the lead guitar. As her performance neared the end, Poe shrugged off her coat to reveal a skin-tight shirt with the word “psycho” written across her voluptuousness in kindergartenesque lettering. This was an obvious reference to the lyric in her current release “Trigger Happy
song he slipped into a verse of “Eleutheria” before finishing with a single verse reprise of “SGer.” By now, most of the people in the nearly filled Maple Leaf Gardens had been swept up in Lenny’s musical mastery. As the night progressed, Lenny pushed the crowd
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to higher and higher levels of excitement.
His reluctance
to hit the
ing performance which had fans swaying in their seats. It was not until Lenny’s performance of “Let Love Rule” that the crowd rose to their feet and
began dancing at their seats, Near the end of the song Lenny walked off the back of the stage only to appear amongst ecstatic fans at the edge of the stage. After rising to their feet to get a better view, the audience remained standing for the rest of the night. Lenny’s performance consisted of many old and new songs but it was his classic tunes like “Mr. Cab Driver” that incited the most raucousness. Throughout the night, Lenny made use ofjust about every different kind of guitar in his collection. It wasn’t until the final song that many fans saw what they wanted
Jack” which she played just before
high notes, evident early in the
the most. To end off an incredible
finishing her performance. After a brief pause to change
performance, quickly diminished. The concert was yet another
concert Lenny Kravitz pulled his flying-v guitar to perform
the stagesetup Lenny Kravitz took
opportunity for Lenny to showcase
absolutely amazing rendition of
to the spotlight. the time it took
his immense stage presence. only did he whip the crowd
“Are you gonna go my way?” Although the concert may have
Unfortunately, Lenr~y to start
Not into
out an
playing as welt as expected was
fury with wailing @ar solos but
started off slowly, it ended with
anything but brief- The first three songs. which were Corn his latest
opportunity was also affwdecj to the other rnusici:ux to demonstrate
such a fantastical pitch that none of the Fans left disappointed.
The
&Bred
and the Whine...of
The Inbreds wiF2ebecca The VuIcano Thursday February
a guitar.
West
ike O’NeiH and Dave Ullrich make up The
signed to a label that gives them enough freedom feeds their creativity that clearly comes through in their music.. Due to the cold weather, The Volcano was far from full which resulted in an intimate setting. Could you ask for more? The three piece band, Rebecca West, played a
Inbreds, with Mike on
strong set to open the night. The
1
by Jerika Sputnik special to Imprint
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bass guitar and VOX and Dave on drums and backing vocals. With
songs were full of crunchy riffs, and an overpowering
their
Allison sang and played guitar.
playing
and
Mike’s
songwriting, they can achieve as full sound on their two instruments as you would expect to hear from the addition of a guitar or more. They’ve known each other since the tenth grade in Oshawa and later at Queen’s in Kingston.
Within
the last year, the
guitar voice.
The bassist was cool and played his bass with a bow for part of the set and the drummer ably backed the band. Hailing from Halifax and signed onto Cinnamon Toast, the second of the big tialifax indie labels, they might be something to
look out for in the future.
Inbreds have been the subject of some major industry hype and
Mike amd Dave played a great set of mostly new songs. Their
record label commotion.
seemly skeletal but shapely music
Media
attention and last year’s signing with Tag, a division of Atlantic
was thoroughly enjoyed by all present. The creative sounds on
Records, have made them more
the basswith the harmonies of their
well known. came through
Their record deal after a lot of rumors and difficuties with record company reps. At one point the ludicrous story was out that Sub Pop
versatile voices give a true altemative to many conventional bands,
was going to sign them on the condition ofaddding a guitar player. The lnbreds have toured with
unfamiliar at first but soonbecomes
Teenage Fanclub in England, Buffalo Tom in Europe as well as being part of Another Roadside Attraction last summer. Being a duo and
Time” and added “Tell the Truth” for an encore. The roots ofthe band are still an independent style, and this was displayed in the music.
The Jnbreds’ setup, however, despite all their musicianship results in a slightly heavy sound which is friendly.
They finished
off their set
with the well known “Any Sense of
IMPRINT,
Friday, February
Everything’s Jake Big Rude Jake Volcano Friday February 2 by Greg Imprint
Anthony and 1 were the only ones waiting. It wasn’t an encouraging sight as the occasional person trickled in as the minutes passed. However, by the time Big Rude Jake took the stage at ten-thirty, a respectable crowd had gathered. With no opening act, Big Rude Jake hit the stage and leapt right
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to serenade the crowd from above. Meanwhile Jake joined the growing throng of people kicking up their heels on the dance floor. Not knowing what to expect walking into the Volcano, I came out after more than two hours a fan. They mixed up the styles of their songs, hitting an up tempo jazz number, then swinging right into a slow cabaret number with the drop of a high-hat. 1 realized eventually that I had actually heard one Big Rude Jake song before, “Filthy Bastard Cabaret .” These days, it seems as though every artist takes on some political cause of sorts. In that tradition. Big Rude Jake has taken up the longforgotten cause of oral sex. After giving an inspired speech on this rarely practiced art: the band lauched into an a cappeh number, “The Girl in the Pink Canoe.” It was an uplifting experience to say the least. Friday proved to be an interesting music night for K-W, with the fiddlin’ and step-dancin’ of Ashley Maclsaac and the swinging sounds of Big Rude Jake. Either way, you just couldn’t go wrong.
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in and out. The highlight of the evening had to be the next bandCycor. Cycor is an excellent industrial group a la Ministry or KMFDM. What made their performance seem even more amazing was the fact that Saturday night marked their first ever major performance. It was a great disappointment that much of their performance was marred with technical difficulties. Through the first quarter of the set the vocals of leader Scott Eager could not be heard because his microphone would not work, Eager is a superb industrial vocalist, when his voice can be heard. Cycor’s show held a shocking surprise for the audience. As they launched into their third song, two black-clad women emerged from the crowd with whips in hand. They grabbed a man who had been standing off to the side of the stage and began a savage display of S&M. The women dragged their victim around the floor before the stage, beating him with whips, fists and boots. After one song the first woman left, but the
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he industrial music scene in southern Ontario is not exactly what you’d call “high-profile.” Yet there is a great deal of talent out there. Some of that talent was apparent Saturday night when Ontario bands Embrace, Cycor, Warring Faction and Mundane took to the stage at the Beat. The show was remarkable for the sheer variety it displayed. The four bands represented the full spectrum of the industrial genre. Embrace were first to play. Their set-up was heavily smoked and lit almost solely by candles, and the keyboard was draped in black cloth, adding a nice gothic visual touch. Billed as “ambient goth-metal,” Embrace has created the oddest combination of styles I have heard in a long time - ambient gothic meets death metal. However strange it sounds, it’s a combination that actually works. The death metal portion of the mixture was provided by the back-up musicians: guitarist Duane Pretty, bassist Trevor Rees and Jason l-lead on drums. Throughout Embrace’s set this trio provided some truly highquality, hard-core death metal sound. The gothic ambient part of the mixture came in the form of lead vocalist / keyboardist Laura Wiebe. Wiebe has a great deal of potential, but she is currently the weak link of‘ the group. A single female voice is a frequent feature of goth ambient music. With Embrace, it provides an intriguing counterpoint lo the heavy sounds of the rest of the group. Wiebe is not bad, but she needs some vocal coaching to completely fultIl her role in
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Wet Poets Society White Squall directed by Ridky Scott playing at King’s College Cinemas by Rebecca Wilkinson special to Imprint ovie-going public beware.. *yet another team of Hollywood professionals are out to get your money with the high seas action of White Squall. Touted as the coming of age drama with a wet twist, it is mainly eye candy for the preadolescent set. If you feel like spending two hours being swept away with the crew of the Albatross, a virtual cornucopia of tanned young studs, and don’t mind sappy melodrama, then this movie is for you. Ridley Scott, the driving force behind such cult classics as Thelma and Louise, Blade Runner, andAlien, only achieves a sap fest of sixteen photogenic young men on the tortured seas, in this outing as director. The water isn’t the only thing raging there either. The boys are afflicted with a myriad of socially relevant problems, such as fear, isolation, learning disabilities and abuse. Mix in a scene with sixteen gorgeous Dutch co-eds, and temperatures rise. Gee, this sound as though it could sell tickets to the same crowd that fell for New Kids on the E3lock. The cast meet up when they spend their final year of high school on the American Academy boat “The Albatross.” Jeff Bridges heads the crew of the ill-fated ship, as a captain of mythical proportions, along the lines of Jason and the Argonauts. Talent that we have seen from Bridges in the past was wasted here in a glorified supporting role.
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t was my pleasure to interview TPOH fiontman and songwriter, Moe Berg last Thursday before the bands stint at the Bomber. Before the release of Where’s the Bone this past summer, it had been quite some time since anyone had heard anything from the Toronto band. Their latest effort was well worth the wait. however, and The Pursuit of Happiness are back with their unique blend of hard rock and clever lyrics. From a 1993 article in Access, the author states that your record contract “fell through” due to an %awillingIness] to deal with politics.” What were some of the factors leading to the change
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of labels? There’s a lot of things. When we were with big labels it was like being at a huge bureaucracy so you sort of count on certain allies in the company, and if anything ever happens to these people you’re lost. You’re like a stranger in a strange land. Unless you sell like ten million records you’re over. That’s what was happening to us, so we decided we didn’t want to get in that position again. So we decided to go with a realty small company where we would be an important part of the company, not just &e of five hundred dands. What brought you to iron Music? The guy who sort of runs Iron Music, Aubrey Winfield, is a friend of mine, and he came to us and said, “Look, I’d love to something with you guys.” Basically he said, write your own record deal and I’ll look it over and if it seems reasonable we’ll sign it. We were able to construct a deal around what we felt our creative needs were and he went along with it. TPOH have had many producers, a different one per album since One-Sided Story. Is it diffcult to adjust to a new producer? Would you prefer working with the same producer or do you pre-
fer the variety? It’s definitely a benefit. We’ve never had to work with anyone we didn’t want to, We chose Todd Rundgren and we also chose Ed Stasium and those were great expe-
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riences to learn a Iot about producing records with two completely different production styles, So when it came time to do this last record it seemed that I had absorbed enough, and it was time fur me to take control. It will probably be me and Aubrey doing the producing for the next little while. You have stated that you are “fascinated by the rituals of love- not something I feel in my element talking about. Consequently, it’s what 1 write about.”
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is, is quite a bit better than it’s ever been? (How) has your agenda as a songwriter evolved since then? Yeah, I guess I’ve tried to expand my horizons. On the last record I looked outside of myself a lot more for inspiration. I felt the need to get outside of what I had been writing about previously. So yes I have
definitely expanded my viewpoint, Apparently, TPOH have experienced difficulties releasing the new album in the U.S. Have these problems been resolved? It hasn’t been resolved. It’s kind of an ongoing thing. Our record deal is only for Canada, so we basically have to look for a brand new situation in every country. And we don’t want to start a tour if we don’t have a record in the stores. How did you enjoy participating in the North by Northeast festival in Toronto last summer? Oh, I loved it. I was a participant, I was a fan. I saw a lot of the bands. Yeah, I really enjoyed a lot. TPOW was formed in Toronto and have been loyal to that city in the past. How do you feel about the quality of music being played in T.O. compared to when you began several years ago? Well. I haven’t seen all the bands in Toronto, so I don’t know. Often when I see bands, there’s this thing on Mondays at the El Mocambo called Elvis Mondays, and usually the bands are just starting out, so that’s a really good gauge to see who’s around. That’s a really enjoyable way to see a bunch ofbands, and there’s usually one or two touring bands on the bill. In general, I think the Canadian music scene, whatever that is, is quite a bit better than it’s ever been. There’s a lot of good bands, you know, more so than when we started. TPOH’s bio states “the band is anxious to play live.” How would you describe your ideal venue? We play just about every kind of gig there is to play. There’s always something to be said for playing in a somewhat intimate environment, I mean it’s great to be able to see the people. There’s that whole romantic image of the hot, sweaty, loud club, and that’s the situation where I like to watch a band. I hate going to see a band in a stadium or a big hall. I like to see a band in a place where I can have a drink and be pretty close to the band. A small to medium sized club is my favorite place to see a band, so it’s sort of my favorite place to play too. Do you enjoy playing in the K-W area? The last gig we played at Stages was really fun, and the last time we played at Fed Hall was a really fun time too. I can’t
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High and three Violettas. [Soprano Patricia Johnson sings Violetta for the Centre in the Square performance .] Why is the NYC0 coming to KW and not a larger centre like Toronto or Ottawa? I think as a tour we get to the smaller venues somewhat as an outreach program. Also, usually we go to places we’ve been going to for a while. In Toronto they already have opera, whereas this is one of the places that doesn’t get to see
Art He’s a 23 year old with a temper now and thlen. What happens is he just got mad because he thinks that Violetta who is a courtesan -- a prostitute -.- he thinks that she has gone back to her old lover. He doesn’t know the truth. It’s his father’s fauit. I wouldn’t say he’s terrible, he just has a little bit of a jealousy problem. How have the shows been so far? They’ve gone very well. The audiences have been very receptive and we haven’t had any glitches yet. Nothing verv bier: -- we’ve
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scribes Act II’s “De’miei bollenti spirit” as Alfredo’s best aria. How do you feel about that one? Well., he just sings that and he leaves. I’m more into the acting. 1 like that. Act III in-
pects of Alfredo’s sister. Violetta sacrifices her own happiness and renounces Alfredo, who turns on her in anger. It is only on Violetta’s deathbed that the two lovers are fleetingly reunited. This is the eleventh year that the NYC0 has made Kitchener the only stop on their cross-continent tour of the U.S. Imprint reached tenor Richard Troxell, who plays the role of Alfredo, by phone from his room in New York.
“Alfl-edo &ad” scene. And then I love to sing Act IV -it’s my favourite. With her [ Violettal] dying and he comes running in, and from there to the end is really nice. La Traviuta
the road? Richard La Traviata went on tour January 12th. We’ve been all over the northeast, Bangor, Maine, Portland. Tonight will be my 12th or 13th show, which means we’ve done 26 shows so far -- there are two of us. There are two Alfredos
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How Not to Suck Eggs by Pat Spacek Imprint staff This is the album that seemed destined never to arrive. Countless delays, including internal squabbles and singer Al Jourgensen’s recent arrest for heroin possession, kept pushing the shipping date back ever further and further. Worse, stories started leaking out that band’s gravitation towards heavy metal, given a big push by 1992’s Psalm 69, would end up with the new work being a Ministry CD in name only. Things did not look promising. We needn’t have worried. Now that it’s (finally) arrived, it turns out that Filth Pig is not only a pleasant surprise, but is actually one hell of an album as well. Yes, there is a definite metal veneer to it all. Chances are that more than a few people are going to give the thing a cursory listen before writing it off as just a decent heavy metal album, Whatever you do, don’t listen to them - Ministry is , and always has been, an indus-
trial band. Despite their digressions into metal, punk, pop, even country music, they have maintained a heavy reliance on machine sounds, loops, samples, and an unfailing adherance to the industrial ethic. The beauty of Filth P& is that the heavy metal trappings are just window-dressing, a superficial layer of conventionality over an incredibly dense sea of sounds. Despite its simple skin, the album is probably Ministry’s thickest and
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Eric Wright was one of the biggest success stories of the rap music industry. A one time drug dealer, he decided to use his money to put out rap albums that would change the face of the industry. It was Eric, otherwise known as Eazy-E, who formed one of the most controversial groups of all time, Niggaz With Attitude, or N.W.A., a group that shocked a nation with its disturbing raps about drugs, cop-killings, and life in general on the streets of Compton, California. He lived hard and died young, last year from complications due to the AIDS virus. This is his last album. Theatbum itselfwasobviously made by a healthy and still bitter Eazy-E because the peace he made with Dr. Dre before his death is nowhere to be found on this album.
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same song. The words are the same, Lesley still sings and Mark still does the music and engineering, but it’s slightly fiister than the original and sounds a little brighter. Except for the lack of Sean Joyce’s “Wanna Come Get Some” vocal, I like this new version better. The happier background music is a better contrast to thle spirit of the lyrics: “I feel like burning this town.” But this isn’t just a Pigface album with less people. Ruby show, their own unique blend of industrial music with more traditional styles on songs like “Bud.” They treat us to the exquisite combination of a swing beat, horns and distorted vocals. Lesley’s heavy breathing (the cues for which are actually written into the lyrics sheet) definitely don’t. hurt either. But there’s more to this band than distortion and heavy breathing, they have big name guest stars too. William Rieflin (Ministry, Revolting Cocks, Pigface, and almost anything with Al Jourgensen in it) plays on a couple of tracks of Salt Peter, most notably on
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seen, But seriously, the ntw album? Weak. Real weak. I’m saying, there’s not even a funky beat on the disc, and the lyrics are just trife. The closest thing to a dope track is “Tonite’s Tha Night.” Tracks like “Hey Sexy,” in which they talk about how crazy amounts of older women want to be down with them, makes me wonder how these chumps were allowed back in the studio. “Money, Power And Fame” is comedy because the important one ofthe three, power, is something they don’t have the slightest clue about. The track “Mackin’ Ain’t Easy” gives people a little dose of how trivial the lives of Chris Smith and Chris Kelly really are. If they have mad loot and the ability to take advantage of the world, why are they mackin’ .-..
scandalous girls when they could be chillin’ with a bonafide lady while getting an education down in New Zealand or something? Ya’ na’ mean? Really, this album came softer than even their first effort. See, on their first album, tracks like “I Missed The Bus” were jokes, but at least they weren’t trying perpetrate people they’re not. On Young, Rich & Dangerous, it appears like they’re trying to live like hustlers when they should be reading To Kill A Mockingbird. Where’s the parents anyway? Without being as judgemental as 1 usually am, I’m going to go easy on the young pups this time. I’m not trying to slam them completely because I know being in the studio is hard work. I am suggesting, however, that they sharpen their skills before they assume the title of “dangerous.” The maturity they try to present .:.;. seems nothing more ? than the lifestyle of kids with too much unconstructive
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In keeping with the rap tradition of dissing, Eazy 1a:ys into Dre and the entire (although somewhat depleted) Death Row crew, apparently getting in the last word in the whole saga of thlese two superstars who just couldn’t see eye-to-eye. “Just Tah Let U Know” is one such track but pales in comparison to “Wut Would You Do,” a blatant take-off on the popular track from the Natural Born KiIIers soundtrack. In it he gives out an individual dis to each member of the Death Row crew and applies some well known Death Row lyrics back on the Row. The other tracks are, not surprisingly, a mix of Compton life, getting liquored up, slagging “bitches,” and of course, bragging. The tracks are all classic Eazy-E, and round out the album quite nicely. I definitely recommend this album to rap fans. This is another quality production from Ruthless Records and writes an appropriately strong final chapter in the story of Eazy-E. This is Eric at his ruthless best, and serves to remind rap fans of what we will be missing now that he is gone.
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It’s probably about time these five guys from Manchester put out an album. Marion have been around for a little over two years and have already released a few ep’s and singles, many of which are on #ris ~YO&/ lrrld ho@. They’re a pretty young bunch, the oldest being only twenty-one, and they’ve been friends since they were eleven, all save the original bass player who decided to join the Elcktrafixion crew. What a fairy tale story...now all Marion needs is the rise to “new rock alternative” stardom and the “happily ever after” part. Somehow 1 doubt it will happen. The
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Before they rocket to superfame, or at least surpass Gene, they’ll need to come up with a really catchy song. Nothing on the album really stands out when you listen to it, and even the highlights seem a little lame compared to other songs currently on the market. “Your body lies” is a pretty song (if you ignore the lyrics) and you just might convince me to dance to “vanessa,” but most of the other songs sound the same. And about the lyrics: they leave something to be desired, but then again, we live in a world where songs like “1 Got A Girl” by Tripping Daisy reach super-popularity, so meaningless lyrics don’t mean much to many people. It’s funny, I was at Phil’s a while ago and as that song came on, I heard one guy (read: drunk jock) exclaim to his friend, %an, listen to the words. This song’s got awesome lyrics.” I have a feeling he just might start gushing about Marion lyrics if they ever play it at Phil’s on a Thursday night. Rack to my friend. Partway through listening to fhis world and body he begged me to turn it off. Guess he won’t ever be an avid fan. This disc obviously isn’t for everybody. The first time I played it, I thought it wasn’t bad, but as 1 heard it a couple times over, I decided it just didn’t do it for me. No spark, no “Wow! what a great band!,” nothing of that sort. I was maybe even a little bored...1 felt as though I was listening to the same song over and over. It’s still possible that Marion will become a reasonably big thing, but i wouldn’t bet my money on it.
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England, a venue where they must be right at home. This is probably where the fwo forays into true folk music on the album (“Swim” and “Second SGm”) work the best, since they seem a little out of place on the album, although hardly intolerable. They do break up the other tracks well. While perhaps a bit lengthy, it is really hard to fault this album. Even the length isn’t bothersome, since you don’t really get tired of it. Most songs are simple, with an acoustic guitar, bass, &urns and a light but masculine voice floating over the instruments. And it works. Highlights include “Favourite Girl” and “‘The Kefuge Tree,” introspective ballads that are likeable right from the start. The other tracks are all good, even if they do all sound a bit similar, since the instrumentation doesn’t change much. There’s not much else to say the album is good, even great in places. You’ll either like it or you won’t, since it will not suil everyone’s taste. Rut if you are a fan of any of Rilly Bragg, Spirit of the West, or The Sundays, do yourself a f&our and pick this album up.
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Coming Out Discussion Group explores issues in sexual orientation. Topic: Valentine’s Day “Blues.” 7:30 p.m., ML1 04. Information: 884-4569. Lesbiality are welcome. Ffee noon concert at Conrad Grebel College Chapel at 1230 p.m. Monreal Baroaue Chamber Orchestra.
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