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adding that, “l’ve got to get to work.” Mark Fcrrier commented that hc”know it would be within fiftyvotes,“betweenheandChris

nbelicvably close. The only way to describe the majority of races for this

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ably close. In the closest race, Julie Primeau edged out Tricia Mumby for the Vice President Internal Position by a scant forty-four votes, or 2.3% of ballots. Mark Ferrier whiskered past Chris McGrath by a mere forty-eight votes to win the title of Fed Vice President Administration and Finance for 1996-97. Kelly Foley will take office as Vice President Education next year after gaining one hundred twenty two more votes than her nearest competitor, Brendan Beasley. The largest margin of victory belonged to Mario Bellabarba, who pulled eight hundred and sixteen votes in, almost more than the next two candidates combined. Brad Miller garnered four hun-

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as it a justified display of student discontent, or just a protest gone bad? Whatever they were, the events of Wednesday, February 7 have student lobby groups across Ontario scrambling to recover from what may be the greatest blow to their image yet. On February 7, some 1,200 university and high school students gathered outside the Ontario Legislature buildings in Queen’s Park in Toronto. The students were protesting govemment cuts to education, part of the Canadian Federation of Students’ (CFS) declared National Day of Action. Suddenly, for reasons that remain unclear, the protesters became riled, broke through police barricades at the main entrance to the Legislature building. According to media accounts, at around 4 p.m. the students broke the outside doors and then smashed the windows of an inside set of doors to gain entry to the building. Once inside, reports claim, the students scrawled graffiti on the walls and refused to leave. The early estimates put damage at around $10,000. Police used megaphones to try and persuade the crowd to leave, say published accounts. After about 20 minutes, the students began to leave the building.

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guine in response to questions from Imprint. Mario Bellabarba was clear that his first actions would be “to make sure that everyone knows who the Feds are,”

a riot

The accounts from students who were present at the demonstration paint a different picture from the official accounts, however. They claim that the police overreacted and used excessive force. “There was very naked aggression on the part of some officers,” said Monica Choudhry, a York student who was part of the crowd that entered the Legislature building.

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It is claimed that police began to forcibly remove protesters from the building after they had started to leave of their own accord. Thomas Stelling, Legislature Sergeant-at-arms, denied all these allegations. He stated that is was the whole group, and not just one or two protesters, who were responsible for the violence and damage. ‘It turned from a

“It turned from a demonstration into an ugly riot. ” -Thomas Stelling Sergean t-at-arms According to Choudhry, the protesters were, in general, peaceful. The acts of vandalism that were committed, she said, were committed by only one or two individuals. Choudhry believes that the initial storming of the building may have been spurred by police treatment of one protester at the barricades. When one of the protesters directed a comment at an officer, Choudhry said, the officer rep1 ied, “Shut up, bitch! Why are you here?”

demonstration into an ugly riot,” he said. Stelling argued that it is obvious, if one watches the video footage of the confrontation, that the students were “out of hand,” and that the police response was warranted. When all the protesters had left the building, they formed up and began to march down the street. At that point, said Choudhry, a group of police pushed their way into the crowd to arrest a man who they believed

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that hc held an immense respect fbr Bellabarba, but added that, “without taking anything away from Mario, the nutnbers make it look like Mario blew Hrad away in the campaign, and I thought things were more even. .. I though they both did a great job.” Kelly Foley was still visibly tense during her interview. When asked what she thought of the results, she explained that, “1 couldn’t read them; I‘m a little too nervous and excited.” When asked what she would do next, she poked fun at last year’s winners, exclaiming that “I’m not going to say anything stupid to the Imprint.” Julie Primeau told Imprint that she was in shock. “We knew Continued

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on had been responsible for some of the damage:. As they carried the man out, Choudhry said that some employed pepper spray ,without provocation, on some ofthe other protesters in the surrounding group. “People were just standing around watching, 1 didn’t see anyone try to jump the cops,” Choudhry said, The protest has led to charges being laid against four of the protesters. The most serious of the charges laid falls under section 5 1 of the criminal code -“intimidation of the legislature.” The one-hundred year old law carries a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison upon conviction. CFS has expressed outrage at the charges. At a press conference held on February 23 the lobby groulp accused the police and the crown of trying to intimidate the citizens of Ontario and to repress their right to dissent. The CFS is establishing a legal defense fund to aid the students who were charged. A spolkesperson for Mike Harris, who was himself out of the country on a trade mission, expressed t ht: government’s initial reaction to the incident. “Are we expected to go out and talk to them in an environment like that,” the spokesperson said. Imprint spoke to Elizabeth Witmer, Waterloo North MPP Continued

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into it that it would be tight.” When asked what she did first whhen she heard, she answered that, “First thing I did was call my parents.” She added that, “Before it starts I want to sit down with Mike and Rose and Jane [the current Fed exec].” Most of the other candidates were as graceful in defeat as the winners were in victory. There were, however, exceptions. Brad Kelly took aim at Imprint, saying that, “I feel betrayed by one person in pargoing

ticular,” adding that, “I’m worried about next year, for many reasons.” Both unsuccessful candidates for VP1 were dismissive of Primeau. Mahim Manchanda commented that, “ohvious1y they saw somcthing good in all of us,” later adding that, “it was nothing but a popularity contest.” Tricia Mumby was just as scalding, noting that, “a popularity contest will only get you so far.” Xander LeRoy was more subtle in his comment, “I wasn’t as well-known as the others to begin with, and that’s what hurt me.” -- ----- ---

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UW bucks by Jenny Anderson special to Imprint

he University of Waterloo refuses to conform to the current Ontario university trend of dropping application numbers. Instead Ken Lavigne, Waterloo’s assistant registrar reports that application for admissions statistics boast a 5.7 percent increase. The Ginhe und Muil recently stated that university application for admission numbers were down for those institutions outside of the Metropolitan Toronto area. This report, based on leaked information from the Council of Ontario Universities excluded numbers for University of Waterloo, Wilfred Laurier University and the University of Guelph which have

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all reported a rise in admission applications. Those universities outside the Metropolitan Toronto/ Waterloo area have not been so lucky. Both Carlton and Ottawa universities look at substantial drops in applicants with Carlton University being hardest hit at a record 19.9 percent drop. The Globe and Mail also reports drops in applicant levels at Nippising University and the University of Western Ontario. New admissions results, thought to be a product of the recession and the unavailability of jobs for students over the summer should not be taken seriously according to the Council of Ontario Universities, as the statistics are preliminary and do not include part-time or out of province students.

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An undergraduate arts student looks at a jump of $1,468.00 on their tuition fees for September’s fall term, up $242.00 from the $1,226 per term they usually pay. Engineering students also face a big tuition hike of $ I,610.00 per term instead of the normal $1,345.00.

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theimprint and the Student Coordinated Plan on the assessment statement is: HEALTH INSURANCE. Students who don’t use this insurance plan on a regular basis are probably not familiar with how the plan works and what coverage they are entitled to. In past years, Health Services printed a brochure that outlined the coverage; however, students no longer automatitally receive this brochure atregistration. Dr. Barbara Schumacher, the Medical Director of Health Services cites the expense and the fact that students did not read the brochure as the main reasons for the document’s demise. At registration, each student received a small wallet sized card which provides some very basic information about what is covered, and which also gives the one eight hundred number for travel insurante claims. However, since most students don’t have copies of the more detailed brochure, as Dr. Schumacher points out: “One of the major problems with the plan has been that it is difficult to inform students about the plan.” One of the first questions that usually comes up in these days of escalating tuition costs is: “Why is the Student Health Insurance Plan mandatory. Sandie Hurlburt, the Benefits Coordinator from Human Resources, provides the following “To prevent individual response: selection against the plan.” This response is insurancespeak which in translation means that if the plan is not mandatory, then only sick people will buy into it. This “selection*’ would in turn drive up the premiums, as the claims per person would be much higher. Hurlburt states that to eliminate the

compulsory nature of the plan would damage both its viability and affordability. And while the plan may seem unnecessary to a lot of healthy students, as Hurlburt points out, “The nature of insurance is to protect against disasters.” Hurlburt offers chronic diabetes as an example: if a student develops the disease, the plan covers the high cost of-drugs and equipment (which are not covered by OHIP). The plan covers prescription

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optical coverage ($120 maximum benefit for four years, $200 in special cases). The plan also provides extensive travel health insurance. Using the plan is relatively simple, says Schumacher. Students should simply present the blue and silver health card to the pharmacist before the prescription is filled. This way the pharmacist can determine whether the prescription is covered under the drug formulary. The odd pharmacy that is not online may not be able to tell you whether the prescription is covered: if you buy the drug, you run the risk of not being reimbursed if it is not covered in the formulary. However, in most cases, once the pharmacist determines it is cov-

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ast Sunday’s Student’s CounciI meeting was of special importance to students because of the presence of two people: Joanne Wade from Financial Services and Mark Murdoch, the Director of Food Services. After a request by Student’s Council for Mark Murdoch to provide them with some input regarding Food Services and student discontent, the director agreed to come to the February 11 meeting. He started with a brief presentation in which he attempted to correct a few misconceptions and admitted that there exists “a [Public Relations]

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students. Annual targets are to be set as “failsafes” to make sure revenue targets are reached. When asked why village residents could not receive refunds for the unused portion of their meal plans, Murdoch cited provincial tax laws which prohibited refunds because the meal plans were not subject to sales tax. The assertion that caused the most consternation among councillors was that students could buy lunch at a Food Services location on campus for four dollars. This would consist of a main item like a sandwich, a side dish, and a drink. Councillor Kelly Foley disappeared for a few minutes and returned with a sandwich, an orange juice and a fruit cup from Brubaker’s. Her bill came to $6.07 before tax. Murdoch explained this price by saying that the Tropicana juice she chose was a relatively expensive choice for a drink and that her sandwich was made at the deli counter as opposed to a prepackaged one. This answer didn’t seem to satisfy many members of council, including Foley who asked of Murdoch, “Don’t sell it to us. Explain it to US.” Councillor Mario Bellabarba inquired as to why the profits from Food Services, no matter how large, were not put back into making food cheaper for students on campus. Dorothy Battae, Associate Provost - Finance offered the explanation that students have to make a choice between larger class sizes, less money for research, etc, or cheaper food. Murdoch added that any savings in costs would be passed on to students in the form of foregoing price increases. Bellabarba suggested that Food Services be regarded as a service to students and not a source of revenue for the university. Joanne Wade began the meet-

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ing with a thorough outline of some upcoming changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program @SAP). She stressed, however, that there has been no official release by the provincial government regarding changes to OSAP, and that her information was received through unofficial channels. The presentation was made to inform council, and therefore students about the changes to come, so some effective lobbying could be done before new policies were set in stone. “Nothing’s in print yet [and] its all going to be a big surprise.” Some of the changes Wade alluded to include: a reduction in the amount of scholarships and bursaries which would be exempt from a

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student’s OSAP assessment, the inclusion ofassets like cars orGIC’s in the assessment, and the reduction of part-time job wages from students’ loan amounts. All three result in less money loaned to students. Wade noted that 34% of undergraduate students and 10% of graduate students utilized govemment loans systems to a total of $32 million, so immediate action is required to headd off changes that would put post-secondary education out of reach of many students. She also noted that public service workers wil! be in a legal strike position on February 22. If they strike, any aplpeals or other loan processing would be stalled.

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or those students riding in the back seats of the Safety Van Monday night, the recent changes to the Safety Van service are more than obvious. The bumpy, rugged, head to ceiling ride is a far cry Tom the smooth service the now defunct mini van pampered us with. But the decrease in cornfort is not without its fair share of advantages. The new 12-seater van, new as of Monday, is significantly larger in size, (the mini-van was a b-seater) increasing the passenger capacity almost two-fold. The B-seater mini-van was leased by the past Safety-Van coordinator, Konstatin Milchin and past VPOF Christine Dewhurst as a measure to reduce maintenance costs for the long run as the original van was in need of expensive repairs. Also, the original van required drivers with F class licenses,

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making the hiring of potential drivers a difficult task. Amendments have also been made to the route system. If you were familiar with the routes in place up to this past Sunday, you may be able to appreciate the new longer runs, extended by 15 min-

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utes, and the North to South/South to North all-in-one runs. Concerns about the old route system and the van’s size were expressed by many patrons early in the fall term and were shared by Continued

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students at the University of Waterloo placed third in the Great Northern concrete Toboggan Race held last Saturday in Winnipeg, conceding U W’s title to a team from Montreal’s Ecole Polytechnque. Of the two UW teams coinpetngineering

ing in the international race, “Sharctic,” finished in third spot, with a combined time of 45 seconds. Sharctic also received a prize for best overall design. (In 1995, one of the two UW teams, called “Waterluge,” placed first overall at the annual race held in Montreal.) Ecole Polytechnique’s team won the race in 30 seconds. Second spot was grabbed by a Carleton

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both the drivers and the current coordinator, Mahim Manchanda. The van trade-in put in motion by Mahim Manchanda, and VPOF Mike Suska, occurred based on these concerns. The new 12-seater van will not increase costs to the Federation of Students, who have funded the Safety Van primarily on their own since the services inception in January of 1986 with proportionate funding from the Graduate Students Association. The service was established as a pro-active measure towards the safety of UW students, faculty and staff on the suggestion of planning students concerned after the murder of Shelley Ellison, a 23 year old, 3rd year urban planning student in Victoria Park, on Ott M. 1985.

University team. The other UW entry, “Sled Zeppelin,” though faring well, did not place among the top teams. Results of the race were released today. “The weather was perfect fbr racing,” said Nathan Brown, a member of the Sharctic team and a fourth-year civil engineering student. “There’s no way we could have done so well, without the support of the university and our sponsors in Waterloo Region.” The race was hosted by the University of Manitoba, complete with a technical exposition of all the entries. Next year, the race will be hosted by Carleton University in Ottawa. In the competition, the straight course was approximately 400 metres long, down a pre-made ice/ snow lane. Once past the finish line, each team deployed a braking system, which was judged along with the sled’s race time. The race, drawing 28 teams from universities and technical colleges in North America and Europe, was an opportunity for civil engineering students to test their skills in designing and building a technically innovative toboggan. The competition called for toboggans with a concrete running surface, a total mass of less than 300 pounds and space for five riders. The toboggans also featured a braking system, aluminum chassis, Fiberglas canopy and concrete riding slab. To finance their entries, the 48 UW students raised money From local businesses and organizations, as well as student groups. The $30,000-plus budget for the two teams paid for construction materials, uniforms, transportation and accommodation costs.

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leven years ago a young journalist, Martin Van Nierop, jumped ship, and left his journalistic career behind to join the Administration of the University of Waterloo as its Director of information and Public Aff;cirs. He is the man behind the curtain of UW’s public image. He became our University’s number one spin-doctor. For those not familiar with the term, spin-doctors are not just a soso music group. A spin-doctor is a public relations person who deais with the press. Theirjob is not only to promote their organization and try and put its best foot forward but also to deal in ‘damage control’. It

is thei; job to try and put their own ‘spin’ on the news about their organization, by influencing the press who report it. On Tuesday, January 30, Mr. Van Nierop was welcomed into a fourth year English 409 RPW class to give a lecture on what he does. Again for those not in the know, RPW stands for Rhetoric and Professional Writing. This is a stream of the English Honours program that diverges from the ‘normal’ literature focus normally associated with taking an English class. The Technical Writing part is pretty self-explanatory: a Co-op RP W student might take a placement writing a computer manual. The study of rhetoric, however is something that may not be as clear to most people.

In a very basic sense the ‘Study of Rhetoric’ is the study of persuasion and how it is used in different forms both in our society and others. The 409 class is studying journalistic technique and was quite interested to hear how Mr. Van Nierop ‘deals’ with the press. “The Media is like a voracious animal,.. it must be fed,” were the words Mr. Van Nierop used to describe the press and how he deals with it. Towards that end Mr. Van Nierop must deal with something like three hundredpressreleasesayear, deftly shaping how we as students see our university. And how does Mr. Van Nierop see the students of this university? They don’t seem to give him too much trouble: “They’re serious students... so they have less time to philosophize and start Marxist organizations.” Some other university spin-doctors aren’t so lucky, or so equipped to handle the scandals that can ‘crop up.’ One case in point, as Mr. Van Nierop explained to this class, was Ryerson’s problem with Gerald Hannon. Professor Harmon was the Ryerson faculty member who admitted to being a male prostitute. What went wrong with Ryerson’s doctoring? They didn’t take control of the press, their reaction was too slow. Mr.Van Nierop told the class: “If you don’t set out within twenty-four hours... you’re lost.” The key then was not to leave the press alone, to its own devices. “feed it.” This is exactly what the Director did in 1993 when a Ph.D. student, who was working on his thesis, was found murdered on Campus, on New Years Eve, A meeting of the University’s brass decided that Mr. Van Nicrop would do all dealing with the press, and he did. He fed them interviews and gave them tours, he showed them enough to satiate their bloodlust, and they eventually left.

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and Minister of Labour in the Harris cabinet. Witmer was much more positive about the incident. “I think the walk was well-intentioned.” Witmer expressed the belief that the incident should not reflect on the student movement as a whole. “We’re only dealing with a few individuals out of thousands,” she said, “We have to deal with the majority.” Witmer also stated that the incident should not interfere with future discussions

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ernment and students. “We do need to sit down at the table together.” She said that she would be urging Education Minister Snobelen to begin discussions and to table his paper on universities as soon as possible. As an aside, Witmer also said that she believes the govern-

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Except for the obvious tragedy of the situation Mr. Nierop was satisfied with how the university was portrayed; caring, shocked, supportive. This kind of ‘excifemenf is fortunately not an everyday occurrence at the university. The director and his department are mainly responsible for business such as the putting out the ‘Daily Bulletin’, which is an on-line news report on campus events. This ‘on-line pressrelease’ got the scoop on the UW Retirement package results. The tale was spun, and other campus information sources then picked it UP* As to how Mr. Van Nicrop views the alternative voices oncampus such as the student-run Imprint, he has little to say. He mentioned that Imprint sometimes gives his office trouble with stories -like the recent ones about Food Services -- but didn’t elaborate& He does, however have praise for the faculty run Gazette. He defends the Gazette’s honour against claims that it is a tool of the Administration saying that it is the “most open newspaper in Ontario”. He

Queen's ment should deal quickly with the issue of Income Contingent Loans. Student groups have reacted in a variety of ways to the Queen’s Park incident. Niagara College’s Student Council is trying to raise money to pay for the damages to the Legislature building, even though Niagara students were not involved in the demonstration. “It’s all students’ responsibility,” said Trevor Twining, Communications Manager for the Niagara Student Council. “It’s frustrating when the government won’t listen, but there are ways to get around that,” said Twining. “We must attempt to show the government that we are rational and reasonable.” Niagara is hoping that other colleges and universities will follow their lead. They are calling their campaign “Let’s Build Doors

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the answers. claims that the Gazette could never be just a mouthpiece for the university administration, that “The faculty wouldn’t allow it.” It’s hard to know who to believe sometirnes, when everyone has an agenda, when everything said has a spin to it. It’s hard to know who is looking for the truth, and who is trying to save their own skin. In RPW, students study Rhetoric, not truth. Students are even sometimes forced to see the reporting of the truth as a game played by those in search of a good story and those who want only the ‘good’ stories to be told, Mr. Van ‘Nierop’s truth is simply summed up in a quick look at the Maclean’s poll. He is proud of a University that can still be thought of as on top... even if we did ‘drop a bit’ this year. What is the truth about the University of Waterloo? Well, in RPW it depends on who you talk to. It is up to students to decide what master they will inevitably serve and what price they are willing to pay for someone’s version of the truth.

Park to Open Thern” - a reference to the broken doors of the Legislature building. .lane Pak, outgoing President of the UW Federation of Students, expressed the reaction of the Feds in a letter to the Kitchener-Waterloo Record. ln that letter she placed blame for the incident on the CFS. Pak recalled last year’s CFS National Day of Action, when students pelted federal Human Resources Minister Lloyd Axeworthy with boxes of macaroni and cheese. She pointed out that alternative groups like CYUSA and CASA exist to lobby the government, and do so in a more productive fashion. Pak rejected Niagara’s idea of paying for the damages. Comparing the situation to that of the Ezra Street party last year, Pak said, “That’s like accepting blame. B’s not our jurisdiction, not our blame.”

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anad a Pension Plan Please Reform of Canada’s retirement income system is garnering alot of attention these days. Changes to Old Age Security, which has formed an essential part of the first tier of the system, are already well under way. There is no doubt that the proposed pension reforms are being driven by the federal government’s cost-cutting agenda. Most likely, the government will move toward a single income-tested benefit for seniors, combining a number of existing programs such as OAS, the Guaranteed Income Supplemerit, and perhaps the Spouse’s Allowance. Such a move will reduce the living standard of current senii?rs, who have no way of making up ;~ny loss in their incomes. Proposals to reduce the role of thu Canada Pension Plan in the retirement income system are not motivaled by ;-idcsirc to cut government spending, since general tax revenue is not used to finance any part of the CPP. Political ideology is the driving force here - an ideology that favours market forces and promotes individual initiative rather than collective responsibility . Many more seniors in the future may be left without adequate retirement income if plans to cut back or privatize the CPP are im-

plemented. Radical changes to the existing system should not be taken without informed public debate. Regrettably, the debate so far has been characterized by ill-informed and misinformed media coverage, as weII as by public statements by “experts” who attract media attention “by making sensational claims that the CPP is unsound” says the Canada Pension Plan Advisory Board. How often, for example, have

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is in danger of running out. Public misunderstanding fostered by enemies of the CPP and the media about how the CPP is funded can hardly be interpreted as a lack of public support for the continuante of the plan. Whether or not the CPP will be there when the baby boomers retire is a political question. It is not a question of having a fund from which their benefits will be paid running out of money. Conceivably, the federal and

requires some revision to prevent the Account from becoming exhausted by the end of 20 15.” For those who mistakenly believe that CPP benefits are paid from

a fund that is about to run out,

this was further “proof’ of the bankruptcy of the CPP. All it really meant, in fact, was that in order to maintain a fund equivalent to two years’ worth of benefits, as the federa1 and provincial governments had agreed to do, there would have to be an increase in the 25-year

The proposed pension plan reforms are being driven by the federal government’s cost-cutting agenda you heard that the CPP is “broke,” or soon will be? This myth was resurrected yet again when the media reported that the Chief Actuary, in his 1995 report, predicted that the CPP fund would be “exhausted by the end of 20 15.” The exact quote from his report, however, was as follows: “The financial projections shown in this report indicate that the existing 2% year schedule of contribution rates

contribution rate schedule. The CPP is a pay-as-you-go plan, with contribution rates established 25 years in advance by the federal and provincial governments acting together. Many people, unfortunately, have been led to believe that the CPP “won’t be there for me when I retire” - another belief based on the myth that the CPP has a fund from which benefits are paid and

xperts from energy related fields will be converging upon the University of Waterloo on February 22, for a half day conference on power generation. The event is hosted by the UW, American and Canadian Societies of Mechanical Engineers and the Society of Automotive Engineers Student Chapter. It seeks to provide a forum for engineering students, faculty and members of local industry to examine and discuss various generation technologies, as well as industrial trends such as globalization and technology transfer. The agenda for the day includes discourses on the history of hydrogeneration, Asian economic and technological expansion, environmental concerns and solutions, heat recovery steam generators, natural gas generators and nuclear steam generators. The event is drawing speakers from General Electric Canada, Babcock and Wilcox , lnnovati ve Technologies and Steam

Westinghouse. The conference will run from 12:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on February 22 in Davis Centre room 1304. Admission is $2 for UW chapter members and $4 for non-members. Information and preregistration may be obtained from Diane Hause at 885-l 2 11 (x 2808) in ClM 2720, or by e-mailing saeb@sail. A full list of the chapter events is available at http:ilsail.uwaterloo.ca/-saeb/ asme.html. Riding on the success of last years conference on natural gas vehicles, the ASME/CSME/SAE Student Chapter is expecting attendance of about 50 people. Funding for the event has been provided by the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Organizer Thomas Werner has taken measures to ensure that lecture topics don’t overlap, hence promising an afternoon of comprehensive insight into this essential industry. Werner noted the involvement of speakers from competing companies, “Only in Canada can we get these speakers in the same room together for a whole afternoon.”

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could happen to those of us who will face unemployment for all or par-t of our employable years. If the CPP is to be preserved as a key element of Canada’s retircment income system, it is important to explode the extensive myths that have been concocted about the plan. This can only be done through a vastly improved public education campaign, including a significant improvement in media coverage of the CPP. Watch for more details about our Annual General Meeting on March 11 th Twhere new Directors will be elected and our audited financial statements for fiscal year ending August 1995 will be presented.

provincial finance ministers could decide to abolish the CPP; but that would be a political decision with serious political consequences. And, public perceptions to the contrary, it is not a decision that has already been taken. It is not a decision that will be dictated by fiscal restraint, either, since the CPP does not involve any government spending. In fact, govemment financial contributions to

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the plan are specificially prohibited by the legislation. This has not prevented some high-profile commentators, including right-wing politicians, from lumping the CPP in with the 0AS as programs that government “‘can no longer afford” because of population aging. Abolition of the CPP could benefit corporate profit margins as they would no longer be required to contibute 50% of the premiums. While some employees may subsequently be able to negotiate an increase in company pension plans, others will not possess the bargain-

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I will start by saying that I am not Tricia Mumby. Nor am I Rosemary Crick. I am Mike Suska and often I take some flack for not being as nice as some of the others who write this piece. Hey, I try. Once in a while, I try for some comedy with varying degrees of success. This week there will be no effort to be nice nor will there be an effort to be tinny. I’m pissed! Fifteen percent. 2209 *&%$# people! Can I believe that there are only fifteen percent of you out there that care. Of 14048 people that could have voted in the Federation of Students elections, only slightly more than 2209 did. Does this seem ridiculous to anyone else? I have the results page in front of me now. The highest percentage vote from any faculty was AHS. Still less than 30%. Do we congratulate this faculty? “Way to go guys! More than one in four cared! For most groups, less than one in five cared! You guys kick ass!” What would it take to make people care? Does the fact that there is an operating budget ofover $4 milIion,not make you care? You have been paying your Fed Fee, $23.55 every term. t know. I get to count it. ..and spend it. Shouldn’t that last statement mean something to you. You don’t care enough about to take a couple of hours out of the last few weeks and learn a bit about the people that will be spending this money. I may well be a lunatic, a thief, an apathetic idiot (and there are people that will argue that I am all of these), but if you didn’t take the time to ask me some questions and learn about the issues, you don’t know much about a person that only about 800 students decided was qualified. That’s right, 800. At least as many students decided that someone else was better and voted for my opponents. This is democracy at it’s finest, I guess. I often hear people sitting at’ lunch, or wherever, talking about how they got screwed by the Administration. Who do you think is bringing this to the table with James Downey and Jim Kalbfleisch? The President of the Federation of Students. Your student representatives. When you don’t take the time to vote, you run the risk of sending some idiot

Hall, to represent you at Senate, to sit in Downey’s office and discuss the importance of student seTvices, to try to keep the needs of the student on the table. Someone has suggested to me that only a referendum with a very important question will get people out to vote. Mat could be more important than the fUture of education in Canada. What is more important that the fact that soon the Administration is going to be throwing up their collective hands and saying, “We can’t afford to supply Health Services any more”, or ‘“We are going to jack the Co-Op fee by SO%, the system is too expensive to run.” These are things that should matter to you. 1 The Federation has a great relationship with the University but on occasion someone has to go to bat for students. Who is that going to be? Soon I will be out of office. My replacements have been chosen and we will begin the transition period soon. Next year there wilL be another big issue that comes to the table and the campus will be taking aim at somebody. This year it was the ‘Grad Tax’ and it was the Exec. in the cross hairs. Next year it may be the Exec. again, or they may be taking aim at someone else. Either way, if you didn’t vote, DON’T BITCH. You had every opportunity to make the difference. You had every chance to get someone in place that would represent you in the way you think is appropriate. The sad part is that this article often only hits the people that care about what the Feds are up to. Chances are if you’ve read this, you probably voted. It stems weird. If you did vote, I’m going to encourage you to pat yourselves on the back for simply doing something that should be expected of everyone. In a comple&ly related matter: I would like to congratulate Mario Bellabarba, Mark Fcrrier, Kelly Foley, and Julie Primeau, your new Federation of Students Executive. I know that the past month has been hell and you deserve a week off. (Mario, you get two days) And to the other candidates, a big thank-you from everyone involved with the Feds. Just through your efforts, I think that you have shown that there are a lot of important issues to be dealt with on this campus. I hope that others take the interest in them that you have.

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he Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) has come out swinging at the other university student movement, the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS). Specifically, CASA has targeted the violence which occurred at the CFS-sponsored protest in Toronto last week, where four students were arrested; and the “discriminatory pricing regime for the International Student ID Card.” Regarding the protest, Alex Usher, National Director of CASA, targeted the leadership ofCFS, saying that, “We have yet to hear a word of condemnation, remorse or even regret from either (CFS Chair) Guy Caron, or (CFS Chair-elect) Brad Lavigne as a result of last Wednesday’s riot.” Usher went on to claim that their silence on the violence implies that they approve of it. In response, CASA adopted a resolution renouncing violence as a lobbying tool. Further, it challenged CFS to do the same. Regarding the likelihood of this occurring, “It is controlled by a Usher was doubtful. motley cabal whose views on lobbying come from watching Les Miseruhles too often....”

Regarding the International Student Identification Card, CASA announced that it would appeal CFS policies regarding the card to the International Student Travel Confederation. CASA’s complaint centrcs around the CFS use of a two-tiered price structure: with cards being provided free to students from member schools, while students from nonmember schools are charged a nominal $15. Again on this issue, Usher wasn’t pulling any punches. “The ISTC is a wonderful organization which exists to help all students regardless of the partisan affiliation of the student association to which they belong. It is simply reprehensible that CFS has perverted this organization’s mandate through it’s [sic] partisan, discriminatory pricing policy.” In other CASA news, at least one paper has succeeded in contacting Patrick Fitzpatrick, former co-ortdinator of CASA’s national education superconference, soliciting comments on the allegations made by CASA against him, Fitzpatrick is accused of misappropriation of tinds and fraud. Fitzpatrick withheld comment, claiming that he wouId not comment until he has heard from CASA. According to Fitzpatrick, CASA has not contacted him regarding any

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any students know very little if anything about the how the Co-op system works beyond what they actually see when they are applying for jobs and going through the interview process. Behind the scenes there is a fury of activity that many students miss. Students Advising Co-op is hoping to find ways to improve communication bctween the Co-op department and students. One of these ways involves making the Coop Department more accountable to students by allowing the student voice to be heard in meetings and on committees. For the past month and a half SAC has been meeting with the Co-op Department’s administration in to discuss the possibility of placing students on different committees within the Co-op Department which have not had student representation in the past. The goal ofthis is to allow students to observe and contribute to discussions which affect the way the Co-op Department runs. These students can not only pass this information on to the student body through SAC, they can add the student perspective on issues discussed within these meetings. At this point we have managed to get student representation on four committees within the Cooperative Education Depart-

ment: The Process Advisory Committee (PAC) The Process Advisory Committee is the committee responsible for advising the Coop Department on how each element of proc-

esses such as the application and interview processes are run. They are responsible for critiqueing on and making recommendations on how all of the processes within the Co-op Department are implemented. The Marketing Committee The Marketing Committee is responsible for marketing the Co-op department to employers. They hope to improve both the quality and quantity of jobs available to Coop students on their work terms. With larger companies downsizing all the time, the committee is looking at ways to target smaller businesses. They are also looking at new ways to market the Science and Business Option. The Training and Development Committee The Training and Development Committee focuses in on the training that Co-op Department and Career Services staff receives. They review employee requests for courses and training. They also make recommendations of their own on what type of training the staff should receive in order to best enable them to do their jobs effectively. This trend towards making the different committees

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Another year’s Federation of Students ele&ns have gone by, and there are a few trad~ticmal cries that we hear from year to year. Ii’hile attempting to collrcl quotes front candidates, I found myself waylaid several times by disgruntled supporters of unsucccssful candidates. While I didn’t hear treason being screamed, I did hear people complaining about stupid voters, popularity contests, the incompetence of some successful candidates, and rhe low voter turnout. Each person who stopped me offered to be quoted. I’m sorry, but of all of those complaints, only one has any validity. The others are’all examples of disgruntled cheerleaders who are understandably trying to rationalize their chosen one’s loss. Let’s address each complaint individually: Stupid Voters. Ah yes, the best way to describe anyone whose voting decisions differed from your own. Obviously, since they made the “wrong” choice, they must be stupid. Let’s take a step back, though. Why was the decision wrong? The closest things to logic 1 heard was that “candidate X is stupid,” or “candidate Y is a bitch.” Not exactly Aristotle’s logic, hmm’? Can’t anyone accept that personal decisions can be different without being wrong? Popularity ConCests. In a nutshell, people feel that candidates other than their choice won solely because they’re popular. I could simply dignify that with all that it deserves, a SO what? Rut instead, I’ll point some fingers right back. The main problem that 1 had with that argument, was that it came from people who were obvious supporters of one or more candidates right at the bcrginning oj’c21mpaig~~i1ig! People are accusing other people of voting blindly, while they themselves cemented their voting decisions before even giving the other candidates a chance. This charge is thrown year after year, and it’s getting pretty tired. Incompetence. Sorry, butI don’t see

any one of these people being incapable of doing the job. You can fi-ame an argument that other people could do it better. Others disagree. Perhaps those voting fur an obviously inexperienced candidate (winner or not) saw something more important than experience; perhaps management style, personality, or they just really liked their answer to a question. For more information, refer back to stupid voters. Low Voter Turnout. Inexcusable. It’s a decision you make to surrender to others the only student voice available. Especially when - by some accounts - the “others” are stupid voters who elect incompetent people in popularity contests. You didn’t have the time. .you didn’t have five minutes to spare in two days? You don’t know anything. . . whose fault is that? If you don’t care . . . then you’re just ignorant. A couple of years ago voter turnout was 23%. Last year it hovered around 17%, and this year it’s less than 16%. At this rate in a few years the Executive Elections will be decided by the membership of WATSFIC. Most people don’t realize just how tough campaigning is. 1 remember how my sleep schedule became a joke, how my diet went to hell, and, well; it was a year ago this past week that I became a confirmed smoker. Most people don’t understand that, but they can kind of imagine, so they make allowances. And then there are the assholes. A good example is the professor who refused to excuse a candidate from class, or allow makeup work from that candidate. As a result the candidate had to miss a forum in a tight race. If you’re reading this, Professor Asshole, you know who you are. Congratulate yourself It’s quite possible you screwed this person’s chances at a very enriching experience, and lots of students out of an educated choice. Cal 1 us when you’re back from your power trip.

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Are we getting Left behind? I

‘m concerned. And I don’t think I’m alone. It’s about the Left, you see, and how it just doesn’t seem to be there anymore. You remember the Left, don’t you? Once upon a time, there was a party called the New Democratic Party, and before them, the Social Credit Party in the West. These parties had some really good ideas - a health care system that was accessible to all, the elimination of poverty, and so on. Incidentally, the health care system that they suggested became the best in the world. Of course, they had some pretty wacky and dangerous ideas too, like pulling out ofNAT and sterilizing mentally handicapped citizens, ostensibly for the public good (unfortunately, the latter was implemented). But for the most part, these parties helped keep the Progressive Conservatives and Liberals in check, and provided a constant balance to Canadian politics. Then one day, a guy named Bob Rae led the NDP to victory in Ontario, which, if you read the papers, you would believe is the centre of the universe, with Toronto the location of the Big Bang. This was first. Premier Rae was a smart guy (he even went to Oxford), but his party was not quite so intelligent. Worse still, his party had never been in power before, so it made a bunch of mistakes and found that it couldn’t keep all of its promises. The NDP tried to though,

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in defeat in 1995 because they spent too much money.. . Today, we take up the story in 1996, where nobody given any credit in the media is Left-Wing. They are merely less Rightwing thanNewt Gingrich or Rush Limbaugh. Has Ontario’s flirtation with the NDP invalidated all socialist positions or has

“globalization” in general done it? Why don’t these arguments ring true to anyone (even their supporters) anymore? And why do the arguments of the Right, unchanged, suddenly carry the day? Because we have finally recognized the Right’s arguments as the Universal Truth? I don’t fucking think SO. It’s the dogma. Where there used to be creativity and genuine justification for socialist concepts Gust as there is for many laissez-faire economic concepts), equality, and education, there are now only tired arguments about the need for human compassion and the plague of evil corporations which appear minuscule when put up against the twin rhetorical towers ofThe Global Marketplace and The Debt. The world is simply not that black and white. Naturally, compassion is still a virtue and corporations are still far from being benevolent organizations . But more effort is required if not only desirable but practical solutions are to be found in the struggle to maintain our standard of living. Last Wednesday, for example, we saw students and socialist groups protesting the spending cuts across the country, with some getting arrested in Toronto for breaking glass and for sending a couple of guards to the hospital. Was this the violent insurrection of an oppressed proletariat? Well, uh, no, it was a bunch of students and Left-wing interest groups with no clear direction. Add this to the students’ food throwing of a year ago and the constant threat of strikes and shutting down of cities by various labour unions, and the Left’s credibility for offering solutions is hardly growing by leaps and bounds. That evening, 1 watched Guy Caron, Chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students, waste no time in attacking corpora-

tions’ low tax rates and demonizing the banks while on CBC Newsworld’s Face-ofl The tax dollars that we forgo due to low corporate tax rates and “1oopholes”could bail us out of our deficit and debt problems, goes the argument. They should paJ1 their fhir shure, dummit. This argument is ridden with problems. First, the “loopholes” they cite are often incentives to promote research and development and the purchase of new machinery and technology. The second problem with this argument is that it forgets the end payer: the consumer. If corporate tax rates were to be raised, the population would actually experience a hidden tax increase as corporations passed on the cost of increased tax rates through the price of their products. In fact, this would be like adding another regressive consumption tax- something the Left should vehemently oppose. Meanwhile, there would be even less money available fur research anddevelopment investment. Finally, the revenue from corporate taxes is notoriously volatile, fluctuating far more than does personal income tax revenues with the ups and downs of the economy. The government would be foolish to rely too heavily on the corporations as a source of revenue. There is a viable argu.ment for increasing corporate tax rates, but it is founded upon notions about the tax base, the tax rate and finding

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Imprint welcomes letters to the editor from students and all members of the community. Letters should be 500 words or less, typed and double-spaced or in electronic form, and have the author’s name, signature, address and phone number for verification. Letters received via electronic mail must be verified with a signature. All material is subject to editing for brevity and clarity. The editor reserves the right to refuse to publish letters or articles which are judged to be libeilous or discriminatory on the basis of gender, race, religion or sexual orientation. Opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not of Imprint.

Check egos To the Editor, This letter concerns the coverage of this year’s Federation of Students Elections. The following comments are my own and do not necessarily reflet those of the Federation of Students, its staff or volunteers. Now that that is over with... First, I would like to commend the staff of the Imprint for doing such extensive coverage of the year’s elections. As has been pointed out several times, student politics plays an underrated and imporknt role on this campus. It is critical that people take the time to research and select candidates that they feel will represent them the best. Although I feel that the coverage wu extensive, the reporting and questioning of candidates was often inaccurate, In the interview section, there were several instances where the facts mentioned in the question were either totally wrong or just slanted in such a way as to not allow the candidate the answer the question fairly. It may be your opinion that CASA is “inept and out of touch with students” but this is an opinion best left for editorials. Consider a student that is trying to look at the facts about a candidate: perhaps thay haven’t had the opportuni ty to learn as much about CASA as the Imprint staff has and they take your word for it. CASA sucks! Now each candidate that says that they want to remain part of CASA has to overcome the notion that you have placed in the head of the reader. Rather than calling the organization names, present what it is that you feei they have done to make them inept. Discuss the Grad Tax, the Real Choices Campaign, lobbying strategies, whatever+ Nobody cares if you disagree with the presentation of CASA policies by the current executive, but they sure as hell care what the candidates think! lf you want to campaign, nominations open next January. Secondly, I would like to comment on some of the statements by candidates. I understand that you cannot enter the campaign period with all of the answers, but if you are going to claim to have them, you better know what you are talking about. Taking shots at the full time staff saying that they are ineffective and inefficient is inappropriate (do you like the ‘in’ motif? Incredible!). I ask if you have seen their performance evaluations? Do you come in with them at 11 a.m. on Sunday mornings to prepare for council meetings that have been known to last for 10 hours? Have you spent 20 hour days with them during orientation week? Or left campus with them at 4 a.m. after taking care of a major production at Fed Hall? If you think you have a list of things to complain about, I will supply you with a list of reasons ten times longer telling you that the staff we have working for YOU is fantastic.

Our General Manager Bob Sproule has been working very hard in the past few years developing a team mentality within the staff. When these efforts to build a cohesive unit are not ignored, but actually slighted, 1 think that you are doing a great disservice to the people that work for you through the Federation of Students. At this point I do not know who has won the elections. I hope that whoever has been successful will appreciate that the staff here has worked hard at their jobs for many years before you or I arrived on campus and they will be here for many years to come serving students. And when you begin on May 1, please, check your ego at the door. -4fike Suska 4th year Kinesiuiogy

“Offensive” media To tlse Editur, You know, people like Heather Macewan really bug me. Son-y, I realize that’s probably not the best way to start off a letter to the editor, but I feel I must voice my opinions after reading Ms. Macewan’s article, “Speaking Your Mind,” in the Feb. 9 edition of Imprint. Macewan advocates that if we should happen to find something “offensive” in the media, we should take appropriate actions to make a formal complaint to those responsible. Now I’ll be the first to admit that this general concept is a good idea. If there is something that is truly offensive or derogatory, then by all means we should try to put a stop to it. But my beef with Macewan has to do with what she constitutes to be “offensive.” Macewan encourages people who may have been offended by something as simple as pictures of beautiful women (or as she calls it, “unrealistic and unattainable images of bodies that most of us will never have”) to stand up and complain. Urn, ‘scuse me? Just because you don’t happen to enjoy looking at beautiful women, what gives you the right to censor that from the rest of us? I’m sorry, but as a heterosexual male, I happen to enjoy seeing cute and sexy girls in magazines and on television, in beer ads, car ads, infomercials, or whatever. Now I can’t speak for everyone, but I’m sure there are many other men (and women too) who feel the same way. So what’s wrong with that? Some might argue that this puts undue pressure on young women to be more like role models they see on TV, causing eating disorders and body image problems. A valid concern, but the solution is hardly censorship. These people need help; removing aggravating images may be beneficial to them but isn’t fair to the rest of the public. Otherwise, let’s stop showing children in the media so as to not aggravate a pedophile’s problem. Doesn’t make

a lot of sense, does it? Canada is already one of the most conservative countries in the world when it comes to issues like this. Virtually every item that is printed in an official publication or broadcast on television is screened by someone to ensure it meets moral standards. To suggest that they’re not doing their job and are letting things go by that should be censored is ludicrous. Look around you. And then look at other countries. Like France, where there are shampoo ads that show topless women. Or like Holland, where hardcore pornography is openly on display in stores where any man, woman, or child can see it. Does this mean Europeans must have lower moral standards than Canadians? Certainly not. It just means they’re a lot more easy-going about things like this. And it makes you wonder why people like Heather Macewan get so uptight - over nothing! Attempting to invoke censorship by encouraging people to complain about every little thing that offends them, particularly things that are not found offensive by others, is wrong. If we censored everything that might be deemed “offensive” to someone, we’d have nothing left. Sorry Ms. Macewan, welcome to planet Earth. Like it or not, you will be offended by things you qncounter during your stay here. Some of them will be justified, and you have every right to complain to the offending party, but others will not, and you’ll just have to learn to live with them. -Alex

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Only one way to salvation To the Editor, I would like to address several points raised in response to my article in the January 26 issue of Imprint. First of all, I would like to make it clear that there is one, and only one way to salvation and true life: belief and faith in Jesus Christ, the one and only son of God, and in His death and resurrrection. As Romans 10:9 states, “If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.” It is NOT as a resuIt of your own good works or self discipline, but by the grace of God. Secondly, when I suggested that one could read the Bible just like any other book, I did not mean that one should pick up the Bible and read it from cover to cover. (One could certainly do this. They might, however, become discouraged and want to stop.) What I meant was that one does not need to be a brilliant Bible scholar or live in a monastary to get anything out of the word of God. Anyone can and should read it just about any time or place. It is a brilliant book unlike any other. Some parts of it, however, might be conksing to some people.

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It is probably a good idea to get to know Jesus Christ. Therefore, the Gospels are a good place to start. Genesis is an interesting Old Testament Book, since it contains many of the Bible s,tories that people have heard about (Creation, Adam and Eve, Noah and the Flood, etc.) Finally 1 would like to thank all those who sent me e-mail messages in response to my article. If you would like to discuss the issues which I raised in my articles, (or anything else for that matter) please send tie a message at maheinmi@artsu2. I am always glad to receive email messages, both positive and negative. Peace in Christ, -Mark

Heinmiller

Jaimes’ point is irrelevant To the Editor, James Russell laments that “Evolution has ceased.” (Imprint, February 9, 1996). “Humankind’s development has stopped. We won’t be getting any smarter, stronger, faster, or better.” James, I think your depression is unwarranted, because your point - your focus on biological evolution - is irrelevant. For evolution hasn’t stopped, it is simply continuing on at a snail’s pace, like it always has. Humankind is no smarter, stronger, or faster than it was thousands ofyears before farming communities began to appear up on banks of the Tiber or the Nile. If evolution has run its leisurely course for millions of years, why should you expect it to change before your eyes? It is a se1 f- and human-centered has view that says “Evolution stopped.” With similar reasoning, one would say: “The mountains have stopped1 growing. The oceans have stopped expanding. What a drag.” The truth is, life goes on as usual, and things change, only at a pace that we cannot comprehend. But things have changed since Egypt and Mesopotamia, haven’t they? They have, because our culture has evlolved. We have the wheel, books, hydro dams, computer chips and the atomic bomb. In a sense we are smarter, stronger, and faster that those ancient farmers, because our toolset and our knowledge base have evolved. This will continue, and hture generations will be better - culturally - than us. James says, “Nature is good. However, humans can do better.” When contemplating genetic engineering

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The debate continues To the Editor, I would like to respond to last week’s attempt to show that God does indeed exist (by Allen Wiseman, Feb. 9). I have been following this debate for some time and it finally seems that a more serious attempt was made to rationalize the existence of God. 1 am happy to see Mr. Wiseman add a little more substance to this topic by trying to articulate ideas presented in a certain debate that was commented upon a few weeks back. With his response, I’d like to use this opportunity to see if a rational debate can ensue. I would like to reply with my own thoughts critiquing Mr. Wiseman’s theories. The first thing I would like to mention is that I will ignore Mr. Wiseman’s musings (forgive me, but I won’t make any distinction between the thoughts of Mr. Wiseman and the other professor William Craig) about infinities and such. I will not pretend to comprehend what was written there, nor act as if I had an answer to such abstract arguments. I think it is not all that important to the debate to begin with (like trying to invent quantum mechanics with a 17th century view of the atom). It is a dead end argument for both sides, so let’s concentrate on what we can realistically argue about. My first point of contention is the assertion that trying to make any complex system work without any sort of thought or organization is, unlikely. Mr. Wiseman even claims it has never been done. He further theorizes that to expect ’ finite stuff to organize itself and become self reflecting is illogical. I beg to differ with a few examples. Look at our global economy. From its humble beginnings thousands of years ago, it has evolved into an entity that encompasses the world and is, literally, out of control. Our economy was not specifically designed by anybody. Indeed, even though it is a man-made creation, we have yet to fully understand it. Ifthis was not so, WC should be able to predict stock crashes, recessions and should be able to manage a constant growth rate. Yet, economic predictions are rough at best, completely inaccurate at worst. And for all its spontaneity, and the fact that we have yet to accurately understand it, it is the pillar on which our lifestyles stand. It is one big complex system, providing for our needs, and the only thing our governments can do is inhibit it or encourage it. Another example is of work that has been done on getting robots to move around on legs like little insects (robots usually rely on treads or wheels). This may seem trivial, but if you asked any engineer to design a six legged robot that can walk with conventional engineering practices, I’m sure you won’t see them come out of their lab for quite some time. Instead, the method of getting the robot to walk is not even handled directly by the designers. They can just implement a software algorithm, one based on the evolutionary process, and the rcht will llzarr7 to walk on ils ~lwn. y\‘1’ --i ‘--T ^ ,‘T : ‘I‘>IT , ,.:j’( it \” s,>‘I!. I .* bl.;! it q$::

climb over obstacles, an interesting by-product of a process that was only supposed to get the robot up and moving with limited mobility (an example ofemergent behavior). In fact, there is a whole new field devoted to the study ofartificial life that has caught the attention of wellrespected biologists, ecologists and physicists. Some of these ecologists even state that certain computer experiments done by a-lifers are the first truly logical demonstration of evolution. A rather big claim for little adaptive, self-replicating computer programs. So, if these selfemergent systems can adapt and evolve (ask any economist if the economy can do this) and exhibit new and relatively more ‘intelligent’ or complex behavior, then how can Mr. Wiseman dismiss the claim, as he puts it, that non-intelligence can breed intelligence? And if you can concede that this is possible, then is it not a short step to the claim that eventually a system can develop a sense of self-reflection‘? From his “intelligence must beget intelligence” argument, Mr. Wiseman goes on to talk about pantheism, the idea that God is a manifestation of the environment we live in, and declares that it is morally empty. My first response to this would be: ‘So ?’ But, I realize that it is not morally empty. Pantheism does not cancel out logical truths, morals, aesthetics and what else Mr. Wiseman attributes to “marals.” The only reason he can state that it is empty is because he dismisses the idea that intelligence can emerge and therefore the only other alternative source of morals is an intelligent God. So, going back to my endorsement of self-emerging intelligence theory; I contend that where he places God, I place evolution. Mr. Wiseman also attributes thinking, feeling and perceiving and such as reflections of God in much the same way. Again, I would argue to the contrary: they are simply instances of intelligence (the emergent kind, not the endowed kind) at work. My arguments above tie into my next point of disagreement, where Mr. Wiseman goes on about objective entities and the existence of evil and free will. I will not directly respond to this, because I think it is irrelevant. As statedabove, I hold that intelligence is an evolutionary product, and that morals are byproducts of intelligence at work. This intelligence allows us to grow and act ‘good’: it is a natural advantage to do so. However, like in any evolutionary system, parasites wit1 develop. These parasites exploit the systern to the detriment of certain aspects in the environment. The parasites in our system, our society, have been identified as ‘evil’ or ‘bad’ and, by the religious, incarnations of the Devil. It has less to do with choosing God as it hasto do with the inevitable exploitation of what already exists. Instances of parasitic behavior are everywhere in nature, and our criminals are simply society’s version of the natural parasite. Mr. Wiseman also touches some theory put forth by someone else as to the implication of wars. I did not quite follow this bit, but I think I can respond to what is being said. Apparently, somewhere it was irrs$id tb2s.r wars d~;.,?ky q!wxhc

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of faulty thinking and therefore, one need only to look at all the religious warfare in history to show that religion is faulty. Mr. Wiseman then says that if this was true, does it not imply that such ideas as our beloved democracies are also bad (e.g., the Cold War, I suppose). Well, he is entirely correct to bring our democratic ideals into this argument. The problem, though, is that the original assertion was untrue: it has nothing to do with good or evil or faulty thinking. Ideas and thoughts are exactly like little anima1 species in abstract terms. They perpetuate in their environment (that

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tion of the Jewish concept of God throughout Bible), vying for more influence. Bad ideas, like the belief that the world is flat, become extinct, good ideas perpetuate and are applied. In this sense, Mr. Wiseman can argue that my atheism is on a level playing field with his vision of God. He is completely correct. But, so is any Native mythology, like the one where the world is a snowball that has fallen from the back of a black crow flying in a snow storm (or something to that effect: it’s been 6 years since I’ve studied Native mythology). The difference is that inmy belief system, a God as perpetuated by Christianity cannot Iit without destroy-

God is an introverted fellow... He 3 the strong silent type... environment, of course, is the minds of everyone in our society), trying to gain the upper hand, an edge over their competitors. When this spread of ideological thought comes into contact with other non-compatible ideology, a conflict ensues. Sometimes this manifests itself in war. If the idea is political, you get a revolution. If the idea is religious, you get the Inquisition. If the idea is scientific, you get a paradigm shift in thinking. Therefore, I wouldlump z!! religio,. ‘1~ ideoiogles with tb;:

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lamic fundamentalists murder and kill in the name oftheir God, Rightwing Christian extremists threaten and attack abortionists or those that are deemed racially impure, all in the name of God. Granted, not all crimes against humanity are reIigiously motivated, but a lot are. And of the ones that cannot be pinned on religion, they can be contributed to those parasitic manifestations in our society such as greed. It is also claimed that guilty people want scapegoats and that a moral guilt is incorrectly ascribed to God for not preventing evil. 1 disagree (surprise, surprise). Using his own statement, I find God morally guilty. If guilty people need scapegoats, then why do Christians pin humanity’s downfall on devious ways of the Devil then on the inherent flaws of God’s pinnacle of creation? Is Satan not the great scapegoat of God? However, Mr. W iseman leaves his weakest and most faulty argument for the end. To paraphrase, he says you can discover that God does exist by asking Him sincerely. Well, as a former Christian (I once argued for Creationism, I went to a private

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Let me tell you a little story. Students on campus pay money each semester for a “Student Services Fee.” This fee covers some of the expenses the university incurs in running areas such as health services, athletics, and counsclling services. The university doesn’t need to offer these services, and co$ld no longer afford to, so students are shellingupsomeofthemoneythemselves. It occurs to me that I’m not getting my mbney’s worth out ofmany of these areas, but that’s okay. From all accounts T’ve heard, Counselling Services is excellent. I don’t even have a clue where their offices are... but that’s okay. I’ve had no call to use them as of yet, but they will be there if I need them, and in the interim a lot of students are benefitting (I think, I’ve also never cared to look into the volume of their work). The area that I have a problem with right now is Career Services. Being a graduating student, I am of course interested in following all job leads avai1able to me. Looking through the Career Services Employment Network is basically a waste of time. The February 9 edition lists menv-sir openings for Math stu-

dents, hueng-three for Engineering students, and, well, not much else. Three openings are presented for Science, three for Arts, and six in the “miscellaneous” category. I’m in Arts, which leaves me with three openings, unless I can worm my way into one of those miscellaneous jobs. It could be worse, though. I could be in Applied Health Sci-

whole health-thing were supposed to be the fastest-growing job areas in Canada. Isn’t Waterloo supposed to be good for Science, too? But from my own experience, I recall numerous occasions of university-types telling my class how well-prepared we’d be. To hear them talk, you’d picture employers knocking down the door to hire. Yeah, there’s an economic restructuring going on. Everybody’s being hit. At the University of Waterloo, however, some people are being hit harder than others. I can see my field being shot down right now harder than some others. It’s a fact of life for me to deal with. What I have trouble accepting is the paltry results Career Services develops for the “hot fields.” Waterloo is known as “the school” for computer science. The University has risen to the challenge of being excellent in all of its program offerings, though. The problem seems to be that Career Services can’t, or doesn’t try, to communicate that fact to the world of employment. The end-point of all of this, is that a lot of students should feel that they are not getting enough out of Career Services.

If you cm ‘t program in C++, this column’s for you... ences, or Environmental Studies. Not a single job is listed for either of those fields. Unless, of course, they’re miscellaneous. The previous week’s edition is the same. Oodles and oodles ofjobs for Mathies and Engineers, a miniscule scattering ofjobs for Science, Arts, and “miscellaneous” students. Once again, not a good week for people in ES or AHS. The January 26 edition was an anomaly. It listed a single job for AHS students. Otherwise, same ol’, same 01’. 1might be wrong, but I thought that the environmental-stuff and the

Freedom of expression and rap music

or the last year, a controversy has been raging over the lyrical content of rap music. The most vocal opponents of this musical genre have been U.S. presidential candidate Bob Dole and C. De1ores Tucker, the president of the National Political Congress of Black Women. In their opinion, rap lyrics, with their undertones of violence (especially black-on-black violence), sexism, and misogyny, are polluting the minds of America’s youth which in turn influences their thoughts and actions. This isn’t the first time rap lyrics have come under fire from certain individuals and special-interest groups. In 1992 Ice T released his song “Cop Killer,’ which caused a huge uproar in many predominantly white communities, not to mention the police force. But the debate has never been so loud as it is now. The whole issue is problematic because it opens up several cans of worms, not the least of which is, you guessed it, freedom of expression. Many rap artists defend themselves on the grounds of the first amendment, saying that rap music is one of the few cxpressional outlets for blacks (mainly men) and that it allows

them to tell people out there what’s going on in the ‘hood’ so that perhaps something can be done to rectify it. This of course, is patently absurd as one listen to a typical album by Ice Cube or Snoop Doggy Dogg will attest. Why don’t these artists just come out and say that they are producing this music in order to make lots of money by pushili._: the limits of sex and violence to iheir extreme? Indeed, no type of music has ever broken the boundaries of good taste as consistently and as ruthlessly as rap. Having said that, not all rap music is like this and recently, it has moved away from the sensationalist lyrics into more conservative, accessible modes (e.g. the Wu-Tang Clan). It also has to be mentioned that the banalities spewed out by Bob Dole and his politician pals amount to nothing but the most obvious form of political opportunism designed to appeal to lobby groups and the white middle class. After all, why isn’t there an equally stern attack on death metal which is produced by white artists and involves satanic themes like the rejection of God? As Bushwick Bill of the popular ‘gangsta’ rap group, the Geto Boys, says, Dole decries

the way rappers glorify the use of sub-machine guns in their lyrics, but then turns around and supports the elimination of gun-control laws. There is something to be said for freedom of expression, even with regards to most hard-core rap lyrics out there. The dangers of state-controlled popular culture with it’s subsequent loss of individual liberties, far outweigh any possible “social repercussions” of questionable music. Films like Pulp Ficlion and Strange Days afford the public access to scenes of violence and rape, and yet these films continue to be made with little or no public (or political) backlash. When it comes down to it, rap music is here to stay, in one form or another, whether we like it or not. It’s not really a question of censorship, it’s a question of how we, as supposedly responsible people, allow this to affect our lives and those around us. If we accept the fact that we are accountable for our own actions and words, then it stands to reason that we must exert a high degree of social responsibility to ensure that we can discriminate between right and wrong, between fact and fiction. -Dan

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other economic and even sociological arguments for both sides. Unfortunately, nobody hears them. Another left-wing group has proposed taxing financial transactions. All I can say to this is, if you think we have a shortage of capitalcreating jobs in the country now, just wait until the day when the GST will be applicable to some percentage of the value of financial transactions. Can we say “exodus of capital,” boys and girls?! If you’re going to criticize (not demonize) the corporations and banks, do it because they are not lending to small businesses enough (which is vital for employment) and not starting international initiatives to bring the worst excesses of unproductive, speculative trading in currencies, stocks and bonds under control through sensible regulation. Viable solutions need to be discussed. The stale ideas discussed earlier are no more novel than they are sound. Yet I read them repeatedly here in the Imprint, and hear them from left-wing think tanks and student leaders making proposals to the country. This is what the young, vibrant part of the Left is coming up with. No wonder neo-conservatives are in power! The point is that the facts need to be addressed and the placards put away for once. Let’s look more closely at education. We argue that accessible, quality post-secondary education is not only necessary, but it is apparently a right rather than a privilege as well. I like accessibility; essentially what we mean by this is equal, merit-based access, and I can’t argue with that. Quality, too, is obviously necessary. After all, a poor education can be more dangerous than no education at all. But a right? I’m not so sure about this one, or at least not in the sense that the CFS and others use it. Look at the other things that we typically call rights: the right to live; freedom of association; freedom of peaceful assembly; freedom of religion; the right to be free from arbitrary arrest; the right of all to be equal before the law; the right to vote. In a practical sense, none of these makes any active demand on the rest of society, monetary or otherwise. The administration of justice and the holding of elections cost money and require people, but virtually everyone is capable of exercising these rights, and these are mechanisms used to preserve and legitimize all other rights. The government provides neither the printing press nor the temple in which to assemble. It merely permits the activities, subject to a few qualifications about operating in a just and free democratic society. But the student movement tends to use the word “right,’ in the sense that the government owes it to them. Taking a different approach, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not guarantee that it will provide to the citizens food, clothing and shelter (although the Charter does specify language rights regarding the receipt of primary and secondary education. I’m not sure whether this means it must provide primary and secondary edu-

cation, or just that if it does, it must do so in both languages); it simply cannot deprive anyone of gaining these things. Such is the case with postsecondary education, and that is as it should be for something further down the hierarchy of needs. Post-secondary education is not owed to us, but it’s certainly in society’s interest. An educated population-an entire population, not just a small elitebenefits society in innumerable ways. If ignorance is bliss, education is better. That’s why, by law, everyone must remain in sc:hool up to a certain grade. It follows that all those who desire and can attain a post-secondary education should be given maximum chance to get it. This is where the dogma needs to be cast aside again. The conservatives point to the markets where they cut educational spending, while the Left retaliates with arguments like the ones discussed above. What all seem to miss, however, is that prosperous trade needs education now more than ever. Globally, technology and the threat from cheap manual labour in the Third World indicate that education is the key to survival. At home, demographics already tells us that a small workforce will have difficulty supporting a ballooning elderly population. One can only imaginle the difficulty that would be encountered by a small, stupid and unskilled workforce. This is only one market-driven reason to keep quality education wellfinded and accessible. Surely there are more; eslpecially with reasons like the need for an educated workforce are merely economic common sense, in the true meaning of the phrase. Again, the battle can be fought on other fronts as well, not just economic. But as the primary threat to education at the moment is lack of funding, lthe rest of the arguments must be backed up by credible fiscal plans if they are to be taken seriously by those in a position to implement them. In the end, the Right must be beaten (or at least tied) at its own game. Once this has been done, and some balance restored to the political spectrum we can start looking beyond these increasingly false dichotomiesLeft vs. Right, East vs. West, First World vs. Third World- and examining the facts and truly questioning policies. We might do this by starting at square one, at the source, so we don’t get sucked in by propaganda and baseless; interpretations. For instance, how many Economics majors graduate without having read A&m Smith’sAn hquiry Into the Nature and the Wealth ufNations (the book’s full title), which contains principles that they will spend the better part of their lives thinking they are defending? I wouldn’t dare to guess. A solid foundation of knowing the facts, having an understanding of the interpretations, and critical thinking is needed if credibility for any idea is going to be sustained. And that, dear patient reader, is what the L.eA must learn. -David

Lynch

FORUM

IMPRINT, Friday, February

he folilowing is taken from the April i 994 issue csfGz~&n Forum, but stii‘fl very timely:

faifure of the wealthy and the gfeedy to pay their fair share. Poverty is a tremendous problem, and one that must be eradicated, but an

“In the recent federal budget

evenbiggerpr~b~emisgreed. Untif the wealthy r=an be weaned off

A couple of months ago, I came across a package of information from the Ontario Sociat Safety Network, an organization that claims to be “committed to” such ambiguous ideals as “the fundamcn tal principles of human dignity, mutual respect, economic equity, social justice, compassion and self-determination.” Their mission in life was to stop the Harris government from cutting welfare rates, and besides some of their dubious facts and figures (e.g. stating as a fact that a single person must pay at least $370 a month on rent alone), they included a long list of suggestions on how regular people could make their voices heard. After looking over the list, I’m not surprised that they failed completely. Some of the suggestions include: Organize rally/vigil/story -ieIIingfirum. Hey, that isexactly what gets the politicians attention, Develop bumper stickers, etc. If you’ve got the cash to do this and can’t find a better way to help poor people, you are an idiot. Create nfloatjixuse in local parades. This idea is a true winner. 1 don’t know about you, but where I live there are parades 2, maybe 3 times every day. If you are going to commit resources to a project intended to influence policy at. the provincial level, this is the way to go* Designate certain days, hours, etc. for a barrage ofphone calls [to your M.P.P.]. Good idea. Harass-

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Gawd I hate to harp about things, but I just can’t ignore the complete buffoonery that goes on with the Ontario government. Only a complete and utter bonehead of a politician would continue to wage war with the people he is supposed to be working with. Yes, I’m talking about John Snoblen who has no a#%*# clue what the hell he is doing as Minister of Education. When I wrote that politicians were like a box of chocolates, Snoblen is an identical characature of that famous movie character that uttered those insighttil words. Look at John Snoblen -from his actions thus far he’s obviously as stupid as a rake, he’s got lots of cash, which I can only assume he came into through dumb luck, and unfortunately he’s found himself in a position where people will listen to him. The only thing that separates Snoblen from Forrest Gump is a personality - which isn’t the only

ment = sympathy. Bang on with this one. Identt@ local merchants who benefit from welfare dollars and invite them to become allies. IJthey don ‘t. . . kook Jar alternative suppliUS. Very nice. Merchants who don’t want to alienate their clientele and choose to remain neutral can expect to be embargoed for this crime. Sounds like social justice to me. Undoubtedly the stupidest suggestion on this list came under the heading of “Mock Trials/Moot Court.” The suggestion was “Hold mock trial of Michael Harris-this won’t do much good, but it will make you feel better.” I had to laugh when I read this. In a document that is intended as serious and informative, such a juvenile activity seemed ridiculous. However, several days ago, about 200 people in K-W disagreed with me by attending such a “mock trial.” According to The Record’s Rose Simone, these 200 people attended a day-long “teach-in” about the governments cuts. Exactly what a “teach-in” is, Simone didn’t specify, but it does seem fairly clear that this was notan academic experience. It included a Ryerson professor parading around in a Mike Harris mask, and when the verdict of guilty was reached (big surprise there) the crowd yelled it over and over. Simone reported on several people who attended as “real victims of the cutbacks.” Strangely, not one of these “victims” had anything concrete to say. One woman

thing lacking from our education minister (and I won’t mention a missing highschool diploma.) Snoblen’s arrogance and utter stupidity will be his downfall, and unfortunately may take a good chunk of public education with it. You may recall a couple of months ago when Snoblen called for a “crisis” as a solution to reform education. Hell, I thought that’s what it was when they called it “destreaming.” But teachers were able to implement that NDP disaster, although, again there was no consultation with teachers about how to do it. “Destreaming” was dreamt up with the notion that more kids would have the opportunity to go to university instead of being lumped into basic or general streams. It simply doesn’t work ask any teacher. And if you think that any bunch of stupid, lazy, overpaid teachers could pull off destreaming, man, get your head checked. Okay, could one guy really do that much damage? Snoblen’s

complained that she might have to pay extra medication fees for her son whose seizures might return. She also complained that she was “restructured” out of her job. Incidentally, she lost her job in 1990, about 5 years before Harris came to power. Another woman said Harris “robbed her of her dignity.” Wah wah wah. Perhaps the best comments of the day came from a professor at York University, Neil Brooks. Exactly what Brooks is a professor of, the article declines to mention, but I am tempted to guess that it is not economics. Brooks doesn’t want to see services cut and taken up by the private sector because (according to Simone) compared to the government, the private sector is less effjcient! Professor Brooks, I have just one question for you; were you dropped a bit too often as a child, or have you just taken too many cheap drugs? To top off the full day of whining and immaturity, “arrest warrants” were issued for Labour Minister Elizabeth Witmer (from right here in Waterloo!) and the “corporate elite,” whoever that is. All I can say to these “mock jurors” is go and wipe away the snot under your noses and shut the hell up. Continuing to spend like Ontario has spent in the past can only lead to a financial crisis that would make the cuts that are currently happening look like a day in the park. My suggestion to you is spend your time a little more productively, not bitching at some idiot in a mask.

sleazy tactics of dealing with teachers thus far is to show that all teachers are lazy, overpaid incompetent fools that are over-glorified babysitters. This is how Snoblen plans to trim one billion bucks off the education budget. First piss off as many teachers as possible, then take away their jobs. Snoblen believes that less teachers won’t affect education. He also believes that there should be a computer for every student. A biz tycoon like Snoblen and you know he’s in bed with IBM or Microsoft - otherwise what other motive could he have for uttering such a ridiculous idea? So why am I still ranting about this buffoon? Well, with all the criticism Snoblen’s taking, he’s still being a complete sleaze. This time, the government is pretty embarrassed about it and hasn’t released the questions they’d devised for a public poll regarding teachers. Fortunately, some of the participants were so offended at the biased and slanted perspectives ofthe questions that they reported it to the

16, 1496

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merit insurance. “End Legislated Poverty (ELF) has written to Mr. Martin asking him to conduct similar ex* ptiments on how lo mudify programs and laws that benefit the wealthy and Deedy, the richest 5% &Canadians who ow 46% of the wealth, “The experiment could deal ii th question such as:

%re wealthy people dqmdent on wealth? How can we refork the tax systemic to make the wegl.thy more independent? “Iftax k.N2pfiotes wereclossd,

shoufdcomedownonthewealthy, not to those who have aIready been vicGmised by the greed and s&isI~fiess Of others (mainly the wealthy and their best tiends/pofitEans). ON BILL 2&(The Ominous Bill) Nice to see that the pa-veyors ofcmeltyand injustice intisprovince now have unprecedented powers change almost 6ny aspect .af how this province operates at their whim. Harris’ gang of evilduers has ditchfed democracy md effectively roved a step chxer

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1s greed generation&? “z-law would the behatiour of the wealthy change if they could only write off $261 per $ ~,OQOof RRSPsthey buy (like low-income people) instead of the $461 t;hey are now allowed?

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hand doWn, not a hand out #Q tie wealthy? “Would the wealthy have more self-esteem if they worked f’or theirmuhey r&er @an inherited it? ~“Woufd cottnselting Mp the wealthy escape fxrsm the cUure of we&h? Could clwlgcs be made in the tix sys&m that would help the ~4th~ break their cycle of westlth? “b 46% of the w&h mlf-fb

cient for thawrichest 5% of the Ewpulation?Couldtheyge~bywith 40%? Could jhey eke out WI exisf~. ewe on 30%? How much woutd ~~eft:f~rtherestof~siftheydid? ‘2r k? cxmclwion @Me f?.xptd~+~~~

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think. Just obey, But they know what they’re doing, right? We can aI1 be reassured knowing that even Mike Harris, as he admitted last week, does not fUIy understand

the bill. We can leave it up to our trustworthy pohticians to make up the rules as t&y go along, And yuu can’t say anything about it. You will obey Big Brother and you will like it. Stand in Iine and

get ready to get kicked in the head -- or, for extra f@ watch everyone around you get whipped to death. Don’t do anything about it. Just watch. .’ A NEW BRAND QF JUSTKE You kve probably heard about the student pro&+ that happened in Toronto a week and a half ago to prlotest t& governme&s asinine policies, including cu#ing funding Itbredrrcati~n. Two people were arrested for “disrupting the legislature” and thrown in

jail, When wo frknds came to bail thexn out, they were arrested as well, even though the police Bad nu proof whatsoever that they causedanydamage,“disrqt.e&he kgis~&e” or were even involved in the ptt% at ial, This is the new

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newspapers. The poll was conducted by telephone, took fortyfive minutes and every question was asked to get answers that would reflect negative opinions about teachers. Snoblen makes even StatsCan look unbiased with this pull. Are these tactics by the government to turn the public against public servants ethical? Do you honestly believe that Snoblen is the Minister of Education for the mutual benefit of Ontario, the teachers, and most importantly the students? Without teacher jobs, will

teachers be people with a grade twelve education teaching our children for twenty thousand a year. The teachers are not unreasonable people. If it was a matter of a paycut, I’m sure they would accept that. Hell, everyone’s getting their wages cut, why not teachers? But that’s not what Snoblen’s saying. He’s saying cut 300 teaching jobs in the Waterloo County Board alone. 300 jobs between 14 schools will hurt. A’nd don’t believe him when he tells you that at least education wasn’t touched.

IMPRINT, Friday, ~___I_

February

FORUM

16, 1996

The vigil

An open letter to all would-be vandals S

cene: riding the subway, the morning after. Slick-haired white-jeans-wearing highschoolcr guy beside me, talking to another walking oil slick about the protests. “Did you hear about the vandais? Cool, eh?” Yah, pretty cool. So very cooi indeed, that the police, in their wisdom, have dug up a rare law that could put the offending students, or at least the suckers that got caught, away for up to fourteen years. Personally, I think they should be put away for fourtetln years, not for kicking in a door or smashing a window (or even for threatening the Lej.$slature _ if more p~~plc: threatened the Legislature, WC might get a bit of action instead of the run-of-the-mill doubl+Uk no-action that wc’rc’traincd to cxpcct). No, those arrested students should get fourteen years for stlipidity and symbolism. For stupidity’? Of course. Did they thmk they could parade around Queen’s Park, run rampant, knock down barricades and storm the building like it was a presidential palace in a third-rate banana republic? Did they expect to do all this, while carrying signs that read “Education is Common Sense?” Did they expect that the police and other security personnel, middleaged power-trippers waiting their whole career for a full scale “situation,” would idly stand by so the kids could relive a bit of that sixties magic they never knew’? So, ~ for sheer stupidity in thinking that they could storm the building and get away with it, lock ‘em upand laugh at them, because that’s what I’m doing. For symbolism? Symbolism? We may be getting a bit out oftouch here, but it’s a point that should be made. The point is, (drum roll please) demonstrating against democratically elected officials who are only doing exactly what they campaigned to do is silly, stupid, and shouldn’t be tolerated. Why was Mike Harris elected to lead this fair province? Good question. The answer is easy: he promised to cut the deficit. Slick campaigning aside, that’s what Harris and his blueshirts are all about. Cut, cut, cut, leaving no government expense unturned (except for the law and order bunch, but they’ve since had their bubble burst - this point is coincidental to today’s exercise though). In return for our collective hardship, we would be rewarded with a tax rate decrease, allowing us to spend, spend, spend our way to happiness and good times. Utter common sense, no? Well, no, but we may get to that later. In the mean time, we still have this silly little matter of demonstrating

against Mike Harris for cutting transfers to universities. Was he elected under any pretense of not cutting money to universities’! Did he swear that universities would be unscathed in this, this the midst of the common sense revolution? So, (and try and put aside everything else you’ve heard about the PC government when you read the following), in essence what we have are supposedly educated people demonstrating against an elected official for cutting budget expenditures in an effort to reduce the deficit. These people are idiots and deserve anything they get. They put shame on the very word “educated.” They symbolize what is wrong with politics in North America, and probably the world. (An aside: I’ve been ignoring one of the core reasons I think the protest brigade are morons. They f-ailed, utterly and in every way. In t-act, all they did was to brand ‘students’ as vandals. Set: the headlines of the Toronto Slur or Sun. Street thugs garner more respect

than vandals. And the next time Harris and Eves get together to make another round of cuts, does anyone think they’re going to spare us students, seeing as they’ve probably got a real warm spot in their hearts for us now?) So, what have the past few months shown us? We, the people of Ontario, have voted ourselves into a mess yet again. Readers of these pages know it, as do most people around. The omnibus mess is too big to understand. In fact, most Tory MPs don’t understand it. What can be understood is something along the lines of the following: budgetary cuts can now be made in a thousand and one areas, critical and non-critical, with no public debate and no public input. The grip ofthe beareaucrats is tightening. They rammed the bill through the system hard and fast, stopping to debate only when forced. We won’t mention other governments in history that have used these kind of tactics. The tax cut, promised so lavishly that we could taste it? The double talk has begun, and although the promise veers in and out of the sphere of events that stand a chance of occuring, we’ll

have to stand back and see. And don’t forget that the huge number of civil servants to be laid ofT is going to be double what the Tories campaigned on, but oh well, all in the name of deficit cutting. The Liberals are a healthy first place in the public opinion polls. Surprising? Not really. What is surprising, realI), is that Mr. Harris and his blue-shirts got elected in the first place. Sure, nailing the poor and cutting taxes for those who work is always a good strategy, and it sounded great at the time. But honestly, who voted for the man? The number game quasi-conspiracist theorists suggest the Tories didn’t even get 30% of the vote, yet they come away w 1th a clear majority that allows thetn to do pretty much what they wan! (as proved by the already mentioned omnibus bill). Hey, you want a multi-party society, you gotta play the splits. Once again, the message is stop whining. But honestly, who voted PC? Anybody who is a public sector employee obviously didn’t; students would have been crazy to; anybody on welfare or other type of public

Until we get our heads out of our asses and start paying attention, we deserve bad government...

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doctors and all othe; health-care practitioners and suppliers knew what was coming with the omnibus measures a long time ago, so rule them out as well; people who support the public education of their children would have a thing or two to say to Mr. Harris’ cuts to that industry. So, who voted for him? I can only say with utter certainty that not 1. I do shoulder some of the blame, however. I don’t think I did all I could to dissuade my fellow electorate from putting their trust in a former golf pro. My policy throughout the campaign was to shut up and make my vote privately when the time came, as any democratic citizen should. But that’s another issue for another time. Right now, we have a pro\ ince full of whiners, a province full of people who want a common sense revolution but don’t want to pay the price. Let them eat cake, I say. Stop whining. The old saying goes people get the government they deserve. This is especially true in democracy. Well, we got what we deserve. The truth is, we deserve bad government. Until we get our heads out of our asses and start paying attention, we deserve bad govemmerit. Until we stand up and stop accepting politicians who promise diamonds and deliver lumps of coal, we will continue to get bad govemment. And that’s just the way it is. --Ohad

Ledmer

wo weeks ago 1 *Tote of the plight of Leonard Peltier. Last week was a vigil for him, but before getting to that, a brief background is in order. Leonard Peltier is an Anishinabeilakota and leader of the American Indian Movement (AIM), and has been wrongly imprisoned for 20 years in the United States. Pelticr fled to Canada in fear of his life searching for political asylum and protection in 1975 and was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, in Alberta on Feb. 6th, 1976. Peltier had been offered political asylum by the Kwakiutl Nation and the Canadian government then refused the Sovereign right of the Kwakiutl to it’s land and extradited Peltier. The FBI has since admitted that the evidence used in his extradition hearing was fabricated and the testimony was falsified. This fraudulent misconduct between two friendly nations and the Canadian governments disregard for the Kwakiutl Nat ions sovereign ten-i tory presents a violation of International Law. This would appear to support the call for an inquiry if not executive clemency in the case of Leonard Peltier without including the large body of facts and information that has been uncovered since his imprisonment. But it has not. In an effort to raise awareness for Peltier’s case and to commemorate his 20th year in prison, Anishinabe Health in Toronto held a traditional prayer vigil, February 6th, 1996. It encompassed song, drumming, acknowledging spirit and the sharing of experiences. There was also a Feast organised by the Trent University’s NSA. When we arrived a woman, Lynn, was speaking about her experiences and invited those in attendance to share their’s. A student from Trent spoke about a Native Student there who had recently committed suicide and how difficult it was to deal with her death and the helplessness and loss the community felt there. Lynn thanked her for sharing her grief and began to talk about the importance of speaking about grief and the potency that silence can have when there is so much pain. She spoke about the importance of friends and support. She also reminded us that to ask why is oRen unanswerable and can lead to suffering and self-blame. Lynn said in her language there is no word for “why.” Lynn also spoke about a friend of hers who had studied at the University of Alberta and suggested that when her friend graduated many shared in her Law Degree because she had so much support and many had struggled with her towards the degree. She went on to describe the

situation her friend often found herself in when she was in the classroom. She felt that nonNative students were able to distance themselves from the past but she felt it directly. Often the genocide of the Colonial period was spoken of as though it were a vacuous event that ended long ago and has since been repaired and redressed. Lynn’s friend felt extrcme physical and psychological pain at tlhe inability of the university to teach the truth of the events of the past, as an unfolding interactive event that does not erupt into crisis because of one certain event dcvoid of historical context. Canada has a long and often violent history that must be taught in its entirety without qualification. The student evcntually became the Professor aild she taught the students what she knew and wh,at she had loarncd. She also encouraged her students to use “1” to denote their opinions and ideas. 1 am... 1 am rcsponsiblc for.. . Later a man spoke about cultural appropriation and the fine line bcl.wccn respect and support and hobbyists and exploitation. kle spoke of movements in Northern Europe who lived as though they were from the First Nations and went so far as to identify themselves as such. He also discussed the importance of understanding the reasons behind the use of sweetgrass, cedar, tobacco and the other sacred things that were burned and used at the prayer vigil. It was unacceptable, he believed, tha.t they be burned or used at fashionable New Age dinner parties to create an environment or fiztishize sacred rites and practices. Native men and women who are also alienated from tradition and don? know how to perform the rites do so without regard for their importance. He directed these comments more towards his Amorican experience than his Canadian one but he placed a great deal of importance on the individual’s responsibility to family, tradition and respect from band to band. The feast was announced and we ate from an amazing table of food, courtesy of the community organized by Trent. As we were leaving we were reminded to write to Leonard Peltier at: Leonard Pelticr, # 89637- I32 Springfield Medical Facility, 1900 W. Sunshine, P.O. Box 4000, Springfield, MO 65808 USA. it’s also important to remind President Clinton to grant Executive Clemency to Free Leonard PeJtier: Bill Clinton. President of the United States. The White House. 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Washington, D.C. 20500 USA. Phone: 00 l-202-456-246 1. Fax: 00 l202-456-246 1.

I! by Dianne special to

Imprint Clarkson

o you’re thinking of going to Europe? Bonfire parties on a Greek island, summer skiing in the Alps, summer breezes and Paris moonlight... These European daydreams distracted me through my last year at university. The ink was still wet on my diploma when 1bolted to Europe in search of adventure. I returned to Canada months later but it was too late ~- the travel bug had bitten. 1 left ag;lin. And again. In all, I’ve spent about three years backpacking around the world. [Ixpericnoc, dumb luck and the occasional disaster have taught rnc a lot about budget travel. 1 hope this article will provide you with a shortcut to the same information. Advance Planning The biggest mistake I made on my first trip was being obsessed with keeping every conceivable option open. 1 still shudder when I think of how much money I spent by nul planning. Planning doesn’t meancreatinganinflexibleitinerary that will chart every hour. It means sorting through your priorities and options. I think the best way to start is to find out as much as you can about places in Europe. Tourist offices, travel books and brochures are a good place to start. Many tourist boar& and travel suppliers also produce videos which are available at most travel agencies. Ncccssary Documentation Canadians travelling to Europe must have a valid passport. Applications are available at post offices and most travel agencies. It costs $60.00 and you’ll need two passport photographs and proofofcanadian Citizenship (i.e. birth certificate). If your current passport has expired, you must apply for a new one. And don’t forget to check that your passport will be vaIid for the duration of your trip. Many Eastern European countries also require visas. These are stamps in your passport that aliow you to travel for a specified period of time. Make sure you check with the consulates for details before you go. I’ve found it completely acceptable to list my occupation as student and my trip’s purpose as holiday on visa applications. If you want to take advantage of student discounts (discount, did you say discount?!), then you will need an International Student ldentityCard(lSlC).Thescaretherecognised student cards and offer discounts on everything from museums to theatre tickets. The cards are $15.00, require a passport size photograph and proof of full-time student status. There is no age limit. If you will be travelling with someone who is not a student but under the age of26, they can get a GO 25 card, the internationally rec-

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rope ognised youth identification card. Applications for both arc available at Travel CUTS, the Canadian Federation of Students’ travel company. I’ve found that most European attractions don’t advertise that they have student rates so it’s a good idea to get into the habit of pulling out your ISIC with your money! If you are planning to rent or lease a car, an international driver’s license is a good idea. It’s a multilingual version of your Canadian license and a good investment ($10) inavoidingany hassles whenyou’rc

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rentingorifyou’repulled over. These licenses are available at the Department of Motor Vehicles. Insurance is the most important investment that you can make before you head out. The first type is cancellation. This covers the nonrefundable penalty if you need to cancel your flight due to illness and is a good idea because many tickets have a high cancellation penalty (up to 100%). You should also consider baggage insurance, a relatively small investment that will protect you in case anything is lost, stolen or damaged. Make sure you check the fine print because most plans have an

upper limit per item and may not completely cover your supersonic camera or anti-gravity mountain bike. lfit doesn’t, include these items in your (or your parents’) homeowners insurance. Finally, there is medical insurance. If you are away from Ontario for under six months, you will be covered by OHIP automatically. Only this isn’t necessarily as good as it sounds. For starters, OHlP will only cover the amount that they would contribute if you underwent the same procedure in Ontario. Ifit

in Greece. costs more overseas, the difference will be out of your own pocket. OHIP wiI1 also only coverwhat they pay for in Ontario. This means costs for any prescriptions, crutches, ambulances, etc. will not be covered. One illness can inflict disaster on your plans. I can’t recommend strongly enough that y& purchase medical insurance. When you are checking into insurance plans, 1 suggest looking at Bon Voyage insurance which is sold through Travel CUTS becauie it is designed specitically for students and its rates are low. l’ve used it more times than my mother can bear to remember.

It’s also a good idea to make two photocopies of all your documents, one to keep separate from the originals in your pack and one to leave with someone at home. Getting to Europe There are a number of factors which affect the price ofyour flight. The first is your departure date. Generally, low season goes until mid-May, shoulder season goes until mid-June and high season runs until mid-September. You can also save if you depart Canada on a Sunday - Thursday and return on a Monday - Friday. The length of slay will also affect your ticket price. Seat sales and charter flights usually offer the lowest rates. The disadvantage is that you have to compromise some flexibility. The cancellation penalties are high (up to 1OO”h) and it can be expensive (or impossible) to change the departure or return dates. It is generally cheaper to purchase these through any travei agent than directly with the airline. If you are a student and are reluctant to compromise your flexibility on dates, the best option is likely the student class air-fares available at Travel CUTS. These are discounted air fares and the fee to change your departure or return dates is low ($30 - $50). Finally, depending on where you areplanning to travel, you might want to consider an open jaw ticket. This is flying into one city and flying home from another. Provided the two cities you choose are serviced by the same airline, this ticket may not cost much more and save you heaps of time and money that you would have spent backtracking. Getting Around Europe Tours are an increasingly popular way to see Europe If you are considering one, make sure you looking at one designed for students/ youth or you might be surprised when you find your travelling companions are the Tampa Bay Blue Hair Ladies Checkers Team! Tours in the youth market are also generally cheaper, staying at budget accommodations and not charging a single supplement. When you are looking at these or other tour brochures, make sure to check carefUlly for the “what’s included” section, specifically for meals and admissions. The rail system is an excellent way of getting around Europe if you prefer to do it independently. Eurail offers a variety of passes. These can be first or second class and offer either unlimited travel or a specific numberoftraveldayswithinaspecified period. As with your flight, you pay for flexibility so don’t pay for more than you think you’ll need. Eurail passes are available in Europe, but they71 cost you about 20% more than if you buy them in Canada. Ifyou are going to be travelling predominantly in one country, you

may want toconsider a national rail pass since it can be really expensive to buy train tickets section by section. National rail passes are available for most countries. International bus systems are gaining popularity in Europe. The advantage to these is that they are cheaper than trains but they are also not as flexible. Eurobus follows an eight day course throughout Europe. You can get on and off whenever you want and the next bus will be along two &ys later. You can also go around lhe circuit as many timesas you like. In the llnited Kingdom, Slow Coach offers a similar service. There is also the option of renting or leasing a car. For several people travelling longer than three weeks, this can be cheaper than rail or bus passes. Most agencies have specials where il is cheaper to make arrangements in Canada. Accommodation Hostels in Europe and Britain vary from 17th century castles to modem and efficient dormitories. Regulations are more relaxed now than they once were, aithough some still have curfews. Prices vary depending on the city with the most cxpcnsivc hostels in London and Paris where you’ll pay $25 to $50 per night. Luckily, it gets a lot cheaper from there. Thcrcarcavariutyofhostclling guideson themarket, including Let’s Go and Lonely Planet. These guides provide details on hostels tike how far they are from downtown, if they have a curfew dnd if breakfast is included. Camping in Europe can bt: luxurious by Canadian standards __ no portaging here - it’s inground swimming pools and pubs all the way! Camping can be the cheapest accommodation option, but make sure you find out how far outside the city the campsite is or your savings will be lost to city transit. Money The best way to cany your money is still good old fashioned travellers’ cheques. I’ve found that international ATM machines are not aIways centrally located and can charge huge service fees for overseas transactions. Canadians have long since abandoned their tendency to purchase their travellers’ cheques in American firnds. It just creates another currency conversion. Keep your tnoney and cheques safe, invest in a good money belt to be worn under your clothes. Also, keep track of the traveIlers’ cheques you’ve spent in case any need replacement . Parting Words Ifyou are interested in learning more about bud.get travel, the Student Travel Show will be held at Laurier on March 12th in The Concourse from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Get yourself to Europe and have one hell of an adventure!

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ven when the Warriors are out of the country losing exhibition games, they’re still feared and respected here in Canada. While enjoying a little preplayoff excursion to beautiful, sunny...uh...AIaska, the Warriors jumped up in the C’IAIJ rankings to number two in the country, right behind fellow OUAA heavyweight UQTR (Univcrsitc de Quubci: Trois Kivicres). i)f course, since the Warriors will not meet Lss Patriotes until the March OlJAAs at the Waterloo Rcc Gmplex (assuming both teams make it past their divisional finais), it will be interesting to see whether the Wnrriors can topple the Flying Frcnchmen to become the top team in Canada during the fin;\1 week of the season. Last week, when the Purple Satan Mustangs dropped a surprising 6-5 ovcrtimc count to the diminishing Ryerson Rams (the Rams are dressing twelve to fifteen skaters a game these days), the Warriors clinched the Far West division, and with it, the right to bypass the heartstopping singleelimination divisional semi-final. Waterloo will be allowed to sit back and watch Windsor and Western knock each other’s nuts off, with the winner to travel up to these parts at the home-friendly Columbia IceFields for the first two games of a three game set. The winner of this series goes to the OUAAs. Last night, the Warriorsplayed

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e have to get things done, and we’re not getting things done right now. And we’re running out of games. We’re running out of time.” This was Tom Kieswetter’s sobering State of the Season address after the Waterloo basketball Warriors’ crushing 86-66 homecourt loss to the University of Westem Ontario Mustangs last Saturday. The loss was a near-duplicate of an 87-67 UWO win in London in January, except that the 20-point margin was a bit more flattering. Western led by as much as 30 in the second half, and the Warriors were never really in it, suffering from poor shooting once again, at 38 per cent. On Wednesday night, the Warriors completely turned things around in a stunning 83-60 upset of third-place Guelph. It was a display of what the team can accomplish when they put their act together. K&wetter delivered a succinct autopsy after the Western game, that dropped UW to 4-6 on the

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Western in their second-last regular season game. As of press time, no results were available (we’re a weekly, dammit!). The Warriors wrap up their schedule Sunday afternoon against Windsor at CIF, Now, finally to the trip. Alaska. Particularly, Fairbanks, where the Warriors suited up against the Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks, fifthplace in the United States Colleges’

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Kraeme;, Steve Smith, Sheldon Gilchrist, and Aaron Kenney. While in Alaska, the boys saw some of the sights, the highlight of the trip being the witnessing of the start to the YukonQuest dog race (second in popularity only to the lditarod), which begins in Fairbanks and ends in Whitehorse, Yukon. The team stayed at the famous Captain Bartlett Inn. UQTR beat McGill Wedneday 4-3 in the race for first with UW.

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season. “They beat us up,” Kieswetter said. “They beat us up offensively and defensively.” “You can have the desire, and the energy, and the effort, but you also have to be effective. We were ineff‘ective for large parts of that game. Therefore, they gapped us, and it was over. With all of their experience, they’re not going to let us back into the game, no matter how hard we try.” Fifth-year Western forward Michael Lynch took control late in the first with 11 of his team-high 19 points in the fmal 3:05 of the first, including three treys. This helped UWO turna sevenpoint lead, 27-20, into a 47-28 haIf-

time margin. Fifth-year centre Mark Hopkins led UW with 13 points and 8 boards. Tom Balfe and Mark Eys had 12 and 11 points respectively. For Western, Nigel Rawiins, Jonathan Dingle, and Mike Milne also scored in double figures. On Wednesday, Waterloo went into the locker room at half-time with a 36-3 1 lead and never looked back, totally outplaying the Gryphons in nearly every aspect of the game.

Mark Hopkins had the monster game for the Warriors with 21 points and 10 rebounds. Matt Williams had a hot hand with 18 points while Tom Balfe chipped in with 1 lr Mano Watsa just missed a triple double scoring 7 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists. The Guelph f;dns in attendance were the rowdy bunch that they usually are, yelling at officials and players like theirs is the only team in Canada. Guelph coach Tim Darling helped Waterloo’s cause by picking up a technical foul during the last minute of the first half giving Waterloo a nice lead and momentum going into the locker room which may have been the turning point in this game. The Warriors got their fourth win of the year nine days ago in Windsor, a 96-90 victory over the Lancers to complete a sweep over the division’s basement. Hopkins scored 24 points on 9-of-I 1 shooting to lead Waterloo to a blistering 62-per-cent shooting accuracy. UW was not so prolific from the free throw line, however, as they shot only 58 per cent as a team, despite a 7-of-7 game from Matt Williams, on his way to 20 points.

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Williams also hit three of his four trey attempts. Stroeder scored 18 points, while Watsa and Balfe totalled 13 each. Mike Crosby hauled down 8 boards. Lancer Matt McMillan vaulted into the top-ten in West-division scoring with a 38-point performance. Tomorrow, the Warriors travel to St. Catharines to try to avenge a close 87-84 loss at home to the Brock Badgers, a team that features the West division’s leading scorer David Picton. Next Wednesday, the Wan-iors finish up their home regularseason schLedule versus the

McMaster Marauders. Waterloo, with four wins to Laurier and Windsor’s one apiece, is almost assured of making the playoffs, but will have to fight to finish higher than sixth seed. If they finish fifth or sixth, they will travel to play a quarterfinal match on Wed., Feb. 27 versus the fourt:h or third-place team. The OUAA West final-four championship tournament, aka The Wild West Shootout, runs at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton on Mar. 1 and 2.

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pset. Definition : an unexpected defeat. This was the word of the day Tuesday as the Waterloo Warrior volleyball team was defeated by the Western

by Jeff Imprint

he Waterloo Athenas played host to the Guelph Gryphons last Wednesday and after all was said and done, the Athenas sent the Gryphons back to never-never land with a 76-5 1 vic-

Mustangs 3-O (15-6, 15-9, 17-15) in an OUAA West semi-final

match. That the Warriors lost is surprising enough, but it’s the final score that really leaves you scratching your head wondering what happened. The loss brings an otherwise successful season and potential OUAA championship to a premature halt. The team came on strong in the second half, and were Iooking to defend their OUAA West crown. Coach Tony Martins cites a lack of competitiveness from the team as a key reason for the defeat. “We just weren’t competing well. It’s been something that’s been apparent from the beginning of the year. The team is just very passive. We didn’t have a lot of good competitors, and we lost a lot of matches this year because of that. I think the situation got to us.” It’s possible that the Warriors’ 3-O (15-l 1, 15-12, 15-7) loss last Friday night to Windsor may have been still in the back of the players’ minds. In that game, the team simply were outgunned by 3 superior Lancer squad. The loss seemed to dampen the team’s spirits. “1 thought on Monday we came to practice really dead. We were really down. But l think that we had recovered. It’s playoffs; you have no choice.” The Warriors can still be proud of this season. After losing many key starters and a coach From last year’s team, they put everything together and performed better than many expected. One badly timed loss should not put a damper on an otherwise stellar year. The team performed well in a situation where most teams would have probably packed it in early and started looking towards next season. The Warriors themselves must now look to next season. With allstars Matt Reed and Kent Prete, along with Derek Suderman and Cam McLeod leaving, the team

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tory. Jacalyn White had the monster game for the Athenas, scoring 20 points while grabbing 16 rebounds. Krista Fox also had a double-double, with 12 points and I2 rebounds. Lori Kraemer scored 15 while Jodi Hawley contributed 11 to the winning cause.

The Athenas dominated the smaller Gryphons in the paint, outrebounding them 44-27. Waterloo’s inside p1a.y resulted in many trips to the foul line, where Waterloo was 17 of 22. The Gryphons only ventured to the charity stripe I0 times. The game was the final home game ever for two of the team’s veterans. Power forward Lori Kraemer and shooting guard Christina Williams were honoured after the game for their outstanding contributions to the team over the past few years. Both players’ leadership and abilities will be sorely missed next season.

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A, Derek Suderman(6) and Al Schroeder(l3) defend the fort Matt Reed (9) provides back-up. UW lost to Western 3-O. loses two power hitters and primary passers along with a middle attacker and a solid veteran power hitter off the bench. “Next year the team will be in a rebuilding phase. We’re going to have to look to players like Jason Hubbard, Al Schroeder, (Brian) Snooks and (Jeff) Lingard to step into the primary roles and we’re going to need to get some good rookies in,” said Martins, who hopes to be around next year so that he can start rebuilding the team for the future from the ground up. “I’ve done some recruiting. There are a couple ofguys from the

Kitchener area. Two players from Forest Heights high school that won the boys’ OFSAA championships. I’ve been talking to a few of their players. It’s hard to recruit if you don’t know for sure if you’re gonna be here.” While Martins admits that next year will be a rebuilding year, he is confident that the Warriors can still make the playoffs and turn a few heads. This year was somewhat of a rebuilding year as well, so you know that the Warriors should be right back in the thick of the OUAA West race next year; as usual.

part from the usual dreariness of attending lectures nd mid-term exams, there is a lot of excitement happening in the world of Waterloo athletics. A couple of enterprising firstyear women are looking to complete the first step in the legitimization process for a Varsity Athena Ice Hockey team. Susan Long, one of the women spearheading this endeavour, spoke of the near-success of the first hurdle in obtaining a school-funded hockey team. “Right now, we require forty interested participants, and we’ve already managed to get twentyseven,” reports an optimistic Long. As for advertising, “signs are going up on campus, particularly the Student Life Centre, and we hope to get response from those as well.” As for the growing pains of the new team, they will be harsh, but necessary. Because women’s hockey is a recognised sport under the OWIAA, the team will have two years to prove, through exhibition games against existing members (Guelph and Laurier have two of the premier squads), that they

can be competitive at the University Varsity level. “They’re not going to want us in if we’re getti:ng beat 20-O all the time,” says Long. Also, for those first two years, the team must fund itself, a cost that will be subsstantial with equipment, uniforms,, and travel, as well as ice time and paying the zebras (officials). “We won’t be able to put an actual figure on the costs until later on,” observes Long.“We will be looking into various forms of sponsorship to help alleviate the costs, though.” So far, thle average playing experience of the recruits is three years of hockey, but extremes in both directions are present. Long, herself, has played hockey “since 1 can remember,” and also competed in ringette (an offshoot similar to hockey), field hockey, and Indoor. The team is going to have a practice after reading week at CIF, so those interested in attending should bring back their equipment (full equipment is required at CIF). If you’re of the female variety, and want to strap on the shinpads and lace up those Bauers, call Susan at 7254627 or R.obyn at 7257235.

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xpectations are running high for UW’s Nordic ski team this weekend as they travel to Thunder Bay to compete in the OUAA championships. The way Waterloo coach Don MacKinnon sees it, the men’s team rates an especially high chance of winning. “This past year has been really good,” MacKinnon explains, “and the men have been exceptionally strong. It’s the same guys racing as last year, but they’ve made huge gains in training, committment and results.” The men’s team is comprised of Stephen Daniels, David Climie, Brad Frenette, Rrent Curry, Norman 0’ Reilly, and I3emd Schneider, with Scott Curry pencilled in as the aitemate. The entire team will compete in Saturday morning’s Classic style 1Ok individual race, then Daniels, Climie and Frenette will compete in the 3 X 10k relay in the afternoon. If that schedule isn’t arduous

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enough, it’s back to business Sunday morning, when the team will then tackle a 15k course in the Free Technique (skating style) part of the competition. MacKinnon rates his relayteam members, all OUAA All-Stars last season, as medal possibilities in both techniques of the individual races and very highly in the relay. The overall team competition is scored by results from both the individual races and the relay. MacKinnon sees Waterloo in contention in all of the races and likes his team’s chances of taking the overall team championship. “I think with our performances this year that we’ve really put some space between us and the rest ofthe OUAA. The main threat, though is Lakehead.” Indeed, Lakehead is a prominent force in this competition and will be racing on home turf - the Big Thunder Nordic Ski Centre which hosted the 1995 World Championships. If Lakehead’s familiarity with that course is an advantage for them, it’s equally a disadvantage to Waterloo who’ve never seen the course.

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In fact, such is their ignorance of the course that this past weekend team member Chris Norris, who didn’t qualify for the finals, drove from his Co-op job in Winnipeg to videotape the course and forward it to Waterloo for the team’s mental A further disadvanpreperation. tage for Waterloo is that they haven’t faced the Lakehead squad

this year; Lakehead was supposed to travel to Waterloo earlier in the year but were snowed in. All that aside, MacKinnon still exudes confidence in his team. As far as individual honours go, he sees Carleton’s Wayne D&in, the 3-time Olympian and current national team member, as probably winning both races handily, and

Lakehead’s Eric Finstad and Waterloo’s best scrapping it out for the remaining medals. In the .women’s competition, MacKinnon’s goals for Waterloo are comparatively modest, with the depth of Lakehead again seeing them stand out as the force to be reckoned with. Realistically, Waterloo will be fighting for4th or 5th. The team is comprised of Joanne Murray (consistenly the best skiier on the team), Alison Lampi, Julie Murray (no relation to Joanne), Alex Mihailovic, Natalie Sonosky, and Jessica Maier. For individual honours, MacKinnon sees the favourites being Carleton’s Erin Despard, Guelph’s Linda Gilligan, and former Waterloo coach and Olympian Lisa Patterson (now racing for Lakehead). In the meantime, the entire Waterloo squad will have to hold their collective breath, because the championship might be postponed or, worse, calncelled. A cold front is expected to be moving in to Thunder Bay and international regulations stipulate that races can’t be held in temperatures below -20 degrees Celsius.

Matt Reed: The Master matures by Patti Imprint

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att Reed hesitates for a moment when asked why he likes volIeybal1. “It’s been five long years,” he says as he admits that it is now time to move on. It used to be that getting court time was what he liked best about being on the volleyball team. Now, the responsibility of being captain and helping to encourage others to play their best is what he prefers,

although he notes that ‘*the comradetie of the team has always been important to him.” Matt Reed is a 24 year-old Environmental Studies student. This is his last year of eligibility on the volleyball team and he is graduating in April. He hopes to attend Mohawk college and obtain an insurance diploma. He’s always “been interested in business, but it’s only in the last couple of years that I’ve realized that my knowledge that’s going to

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get me somewhere.” proving one’s technical He tried out for the talents. He has matured. All-Canadian team in When he was playing well, he used to make the past, but, he says, “that fell through. I saw sure that the opposing some guys making volteam knew so. “I used to tell the other team how leyball their career and I thought that maybe well I was playing. Now, that could be me. But I turn around when I make a good shot and thatjust didn’t turnout.” talk to the team.” Regardless, Matt is described by head coach “I’m more openTony Martins as having minded now and I try to been the “cornerstone encourage my teamof the volleyball promates by playing well. I have been known, in the gram for the past three past, to get angry. Now, years .” Certainly, Matt I think I’m more redoes not describe himserved.” self this way. He preThe other impact for fers to focus his discushllatt as he played volsions on the huge leyball was the effect that amount of talent present SD much playing has had in so many of his teamon his body. He has not mates. indeed, volleyball been a stranger to injury, and although he made it is a team sport. In brder R ee d awaits the Mustang serve even though they through this season withto win a game, it is crusure as hell ain’t gonna hit it his way. out mishap, he was cial that everyone plays experience, he can anticipate well forced to spend time on the bench both well and together. Mattpoints last year because of an ankle injury. out that “the number of players and he makes up for in on reach.” “My body has been degeneratcontributing has increased since last Martins is also confident in ing and I’ve had lots of injuries,” year.” virtually every other aspect of comments Matt. “In part, it may He continues by saying that Matt’s talent. His strength is “netseem that it’s made me lazy in terms “there are no superstars on the team. play, because he’s so tall. But he’s of hitting the ball. It’s not laziness The win must be a collective one.” also excellent at hitting, blocking though, it’s just degeneration.” To agree with the former stateand ball control. All his basic skills Unexpectedly and rather ment whole-heartedly is, in part, to are solid.” abruptly, the Warrior season and Matt echoes this sentiment. deny Matt’s talent. He has played Mati’s career have come to an end. on the Waterloo volleyball team for “I’m confident in all aspects of my Martins commented that his team game, and I’ve noticed this partly three years, and he played two years was not lacking in talent this year, before that for McMaster. At the in the fact that other teams don’t only in competitive spirit. This very least, his experience must count serve to me anymore.” He is, of spirit, however, was not lacking in for something. course, talking about his strength in Matt Reed. According to Martins, it cerservice reception. Indeed, says Martins, “Matt is Mat-t has developed in many tainly does. Matt’s only weakness an all-round great player, and he is lies in the fact that “he is not all that other ways as well; ways that are definitely at the top.” fast, but because he has so much arguably more important that im-

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he Warrior mens’ varsity swim team wrapped up its season last weekend at the OUAA provincial championships at Brock. After a slow start on Friday, the Warriors rocketed up the standings on Saturday and Sunday to finish 6th out of 15 teams. Leading the way for the Warriors was superrookie John Milne who placed 3rd in the consolation final, 1 lth overall, in both the 5Om freestyle and the 2OOm breaststroke. Then it happened, the biggest upset of the weekend. Primarily a sprint fi-eestyler and butterflyer, John found himself in the unfamiliar position of being seeded 8th going into the final for the 1OOm breaststroke, an event in which he had qualified for ClAUs on Friday night in heats. Milne said he “held back a little” in heats because he was in the very next event. With eighth locked up, John assumed the role of the spoiler and was ready to try and move up in the standings. Move up he did, he was first off the blocks, first after 25m...50...75, and at the end ofthe race as all eyes turned to the scoreboard, there it was; first place, lane eight: 1:04.49. Proving the old adage “Outside smoke bums,” Milne won Waterloo’s first gold medal in OUAA swimming in over fifieen years. He also set the ail-time Warrior record in the lOOm breaststroke, breaking Hall of famer Ron Campbell’s old mark set in 1978 when Waterloo won the National Championship in swimming. Not only did Milne qualify for CIA&, but he also met the standard for Olympic trials in April. In three years of coaching and covering the swim team, this was the most outstanding race I have witnessed. Another rookie sensation and the Warriots’ only other CIAU qualifier was Andrew

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Moffat. Andrew qualified in the 200m breaststroke, placing 6th with a time of 2:23.77. Moffat, a Waterloo native, also won the consolation final in the 4UOm individual medley to claim 9th overall and placed 11 th in the 200 IM. Third-year veteran Chris Nagy placed 6th in the 1OOm butterfly, 9th in the 50m freestyle in a time of 23.99 seconds, a heartbreaking I/ 100th of a second off the 23.98 CIAU qualifying standard. Chris also took 11 th in the 1OOm backstroke. Sophomore Bryan Normandin scored in the 400 IM at 15th place. While Greg Stump flew in from his Houston, Texas Co-op job to place 15th in the gruelling 1500m freestyle on Friday night. Relay points are doubled and accounted for most of the team, scoring as the 4x50m medley of Chris Nagy, John Milne, Adrian Mendes, and Chris Palin took 6th place while Chris Nagy, Chris Palin, Andrew Moffat, and Milne combined to finish 8th in the 4x 1OOm free. In the 4x200m free, the “A” team of Jay Cull, Allan Nagy, Moffat, and Greg Stump placed 13th, while on the “B” team, Sean Lashmer, Steve Dibiase, James Ryans, and Bryan Norrnandin snagged two points with a 16th place finish. Although not everyone scored, the success of the team can be measured in personal improvement. Mark Abraham bettered his 200 IM by 21 seconds and Omar Lenfesty took five seconds off his 1OOm freestyle. In fact, nearly every member of the team enjoyed a personal best. With Sean Lashmar being the only graduating Warrior, the men’s team, like the women’s, is a young one. Unlike the Athenas, however, the Warriors have more depth, building on this year’s success and with a few key additions, this team will hopefUlly soon be a major force in OUAA swimming.

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he University of Waterloo Athena varsity swim team travelled to Sudbury to compete in the Ontario Women’s Interuniversity Athletic Association championships two weeks ago. After plodding through snow squal Is and -40 c temperatures the Athenas finally made it to their destination, to face 14 other schools in a battle for swimming supremacy. Leading the way once again for the Athenas was their captain, and three time UW athlete of the week, Kara Rice as she broke both of her own UW records in the 1OOm and 50m breaststrokes. Kara also captured Waterloo’s only medal of the meet as she tied for the bronze in the 50m breast. She also placed 7th in the 100m. Rice also joined teammates Sheryl Sanders (backstroke), Doris Ho (butterfly) and Amy Jarvis (freestyle) on the 6th place 4x1 OOm Medley Relay team that shat-

team in scoring. Another veteran breaststroker managed to break the all-time Athena record in the 20Om race, fifth year senior Jennifer Beatty surpassed her own mark by half a second in a time of 2:4p6.99 to finish 8th. Tereza Mace1 had a sure and steady 8th place finish in the grueliing 8OOm freestyle. Rookie sensation Sheryl Sanders stepped up in a big way as she led all rookies with a 6th place finish in the 200m backstroke. With four more years to come from Sheryl it’s a safe bet that she will write her own page in the record books. Although not everyone on the team scored by placing in the top 16 it is worth mentioning that the Athenas moved up in the overall team rankings this season finishing in the top half, at 7th place overall, a great improvement over last year’s 10th place

Kara Rice broke both her own UW records

tered the all-time UW record for the relay, eclipsing the old mark of 4:38.66 by more than five seconds in a time of 4:33.24. Aside from Kara, Amy Jarvis was the only other Athena to qual@ for the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union championships. Unfortunately by the time this article has gone to press Amy will be in Australia attending school for eight months. We’11 miss you “Amer.” However, Jarvis did account for much of the Athena point totals as she placed 6th in both the 200m and 400m freestyle, as well as an 8th place finish in the 200m butterfly. Amy was the only Athena to final in all three of her individual events, and led the

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the full 20 swimallowed by the top members of the team will be without breaststrokersBeatty or Rice’s broad shoulders to help carry them next season. However this is a young team and with seven out of ten returning members being rookies and only one fifth year veteran next season, the team shows a lot ofpromise. Three members just missed the CIAU qualifying time by a half second or less and another by a couple of seconds in the SOOm free. Despite the disappointment this also bodes well for next season. The team has built itself a solid young nucleus and with an influx of f&shman recruits the team will continue to rebuild and once again become a powerhouse, so watch out Western we’re coming at ya!

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by Kimberly Imprint

Moser

staff

ou’re a high school kid looking at the rising cost of university tuition and know you don’t want to ask mom or dad for the money. So, what do you do? If you’re Rob Fawcett, you start up your own business. If you’re lucky, you find your niche and have no worries. If you’re not, you’re forced to swallow your pride and ask mom and dad. It is lucky

for the University

of Waterloo

Warriors football squad that their veteran linebacker and third down snap specialist found his niche or they’d be in serious trouble. You see, Rob Fawcett doesn’t like to swallow his pride. However, it never came down to anything like that for Rob because right before university, he bought out his older brother in the irrigation business they had started together two years earlier. Since that day, Rob built the simple sprinkler business into one that specializes in residential lawn sprinklers and carries a staff of four or five fulltime employees during the summer months. Yet, his life is not just a simple cut and dry case of rags to riches, either. There is one major detour that Rob took last year, which brought him to Texas A&M’s fire engineering program, rated best in the world. “Texas was something I wanted to do right OUI of high school,” rxpIains Rob. “But, it wu so hard to get into. it took three years

I didn’t really want to do it in the middle of university, but I was accepted, so I dropped everything. “Texas was amazing, the things that I did down there were things I would never have expected to do. I got my EMT (Emergency Medical Training) status right down there so I got to ride out with the ambulances on the weekends. “Then, I was doing medical training in the emergency room and I got to watch surgery on a nineteen year old girl. I’ll tell you, it makes you grow up when you see stuff like that and you realize what a doctor really does for a person. It really helped me grow up and realize what life’s really about. AAer that, I decided when I got back from Texas that I was going to get the Environmental Science degree I wanted.” Rob returned to the Warriors in 1995 in order to take the credits necessary for his degree. But, in taking the year off and getting lost in his growing business that summer, he came into fall Fireman, football player, or businessman? camp unprepared. He was weak physitally and emotionally. In taking the year off, kept to myselfa little more. It was disappointing after starting the season out so bad perhe had fallen behind everyone he had started sonally,” says Rob, who at the time, believed out with at Waterloo. he had cost the Warriors their first game of “When I first came back, I felt out of the season with his third down snaps. place because 1 just up and left and evey“It madi: me think about whether or not body was still together and they were alf close. : was sort of on the outskirts and so T 1 had done the right thing. 1 wondered if B

should have just become a fireman and not gone back to school. I had a businesss that was doing really well and I was ready to quit.” He didn’t though and it’s a good thing because the Warriors needed him on plenty of occassions throughout the rest of the year. It did teach him a lesson. He made himself a promise after the season that l996 would bc different. “I don’t want amyone to say ‘he’s not bad.’ I want to do my best and I want the team to do its best. I’d like to use up my last year of football and have it be my best year. I don’t want any screwing around. I’m coming back to play football and not fool around. I’m here for the team to win.” As for the rest of his life, Rob has plenty of time and plenty of options available. “Regarding the sprinkler business, I’m going to be starting another project this summer that has pretty much guaranteed me five more years of work. So, I’m not complaining. As for the fire department, I was supposed to write the test in Windsor this year, but I put it off a year. So, it will be just as I’m fmishing football this year. I’m just keeping my options open, trying to cover every aspect that I can.” So really, besides a short detour, not much has changed for Rob since hi@ schooir he still won’t swallow itis; prick.

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couple of decades ago, an off-season in most sports involved a heavy deal of promotion, a few trades here and there. In the past few years, since free agency was instituted in most sports, the off season now consists of bidding wars for top talents, the usual trades and some promotion of the teams. However, now we’re in the nineties, a decade we could pleasantly entire “The Era of the Almighty Dollar.” The average offseason these days seems to involve heavy bidding wars, lots of trades by teams trying to balance inflated salaries and the inevitably movement of teams. Why, in just this NFL off-season, we’ve seen the Cleveland

Browns move to Baltimore, the Seattle Seahawks move to Los Angeles, the Houston Oilers move to Nashville and countless rumours about the relocation of the Tampa Ray Buccaneers. Last season, Los Angeles lost both of its football teams, with the Raiders returning to Oakland the Rams leaving for St. Louis. The Winnipeg Jets of the NHL will be relocating to Phoenix after this season and the Florida Panthers are almost a team looking for a place to play. Let’s not even think about the CFL though. As a football fan, I really feel for the people of Cleveland. They pour their hearts and souls into their team, regardless of how good they are. The team’s owner Art Mode11 told the people of Cleveland and Ohio that they would discuss a new stadium AFTER the

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season. Then, halfkay through, he announces team will be moving to Baltimore. If any city should understand the pain of losing its team, it’s Baltimore. A little over a decade ago, Robert Irsay ran his colts out in the middle of the night, resettling in Indianapolis. Just this past week, Ken Behring, owner of the Seattle Seahawks announced that he was moving his team out of Seattle out of fear of earthquakes. His reasoning being that in the Kingdome, an earthquake during a game could dislodge ceiling tiles or worse, and result in the injury or death of fans. Nevermind the Kingdome’s other residents are confident that the stadium does not pose a risk, Behring

is moving to Los Angeles. He’s worried about earthquakes, so he’s moving to Los Angeles. After ail, earthquakes aren’t a problem in Los Angeles. Without a doubt, this is the stupidest thing I’ve heard anyone say this year. In response, the fans of the Seahawks tried to block the moving vans from leaving the team’s facilities. As a curious footnote, 1 have yet to hear anything from Houston fans about their team’s move. Maybe they’re just content to root for Texas’ other team, the Dallas Cowboys. Dating back to the days when Peter O’Malley rivalled Stalin for most hated man in America by moving the Brooklyn Dodgers to

the sunshine of California, franchise stability has deteriorated. Now, owners consider moving on a whim, using it as leverage to work out more favourable stadium deals. Look at the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs: they just moved into the Alamodome a couple of years ago, and now they’re whining about the need for a new stadium. It doesn’t appear as though there will be any relief in sight, as owners continue to try and wring every dollar out of the fans, but. show no sign of loyalty to the cities they call holme. We’re held hostage by these rutlhless individuals, and it will never end. it’s a darn shame, because professional sportsused to be enjoyable.

As the 1996 baseball season approaches, and while the agile boys of summer are still the slightly stiff men of spring, one can almost hear the annual cry of the baseball opponent: it’s so boring. It’s an attack that fans endure a lot, but it’s not one they should have to. “How can you watch that stuf??“, friends enquire. “it’s so slow,” they say, and with a slightly uppity air, they dismiss it like the commonest ofTV trash: “I just can’t watch it.” Baseball, in the critic’s favourite formulation, is two minutes of action spread out over three hours of play. And without a doubt, baseball is not a game of non-stop thrills. In theory, one period of hockey could extend for a full twenty minutes, and in practice, play does go on for long stretches. Basketball fans are driven to a frenzy by the rush of teams from one end of the court to the other. But baseball is, to the core, stop and go. Pitchers wait for a sign, shake it off, get a new sign, check the runner, finally make a pitch, and the ball is in the dirt. In the eyes of the baseball detractor, nothing has happened and the whole boring process starts all over again. And again. Even inside the game, Major League Baseball has taken steps to speed things up. But then how is it that so many people can sit through three hours of such a game? Simple, yet profound. The very thing that makes baseball slow is what makes it exciting. The very pauses during play allow the fan to appreciate the situation and its complexities. So much depends upon so much and every contest contains dozens of smaller ones inside it. Each game separates into innings, each inning into at-bats and each atbat into any number of pitches. At every one of these levels, there is a series of questions the astute observer has to be asking and every question yields more questions. What pitch will the catcher call? It depends. A curve maybe, but then

this guy just hit the curve hard, so maybe the fast ball. But then again, this batter is a good fast ball hitter, and with a man on you don’t want to give him anything he can drive. On the other hand, that man on first is a good runner and the offspeed pitch might allow him to steal second. Still, we scored three times last inning, so maybe we can afford to challenge the hitter. And just as we can step up to the game to see its intricate details, we can also step back to see the larger picture. Should the manager take his pitcher out of the game? It all depends. Who’s due up the next inning? How important is this series’? What team is next in the schedule, and who needs to be rested? Then again, what other pitchers need to get some playing time so as not to get too rusty over the long haul? How old is this guy and how likely is his arm to bounce back for his next appearance? Every pitch,, every inning, every series has a range of factors that influence the decisions that have to be made. The educated fan takes care to learn just what those factors are and which ones are relevant at any given time. But figuring out the various possibilities takes a while. Players know this and take their time. Smart fans know this and take advantage of the time they’re given. This need for the careful thinking out of every situation explains baseball ’ s ever increasing appetite for statistics. Once upon a time, Batting Average (hits divided by at bats) was the undisputed champ of stats. But now new contenders like On Base Percentage (number of times a player reaches base, including walks, divided by plate appearances) and Slugging Percentage (total bases divided by hits, a batting average adjusted for the kind of hits one gets) have entered the ring. The legendary Ted Williams favours a stat called production, which is the sum of OBP and

Slugging as a total measure of hitting ability. Some fans ask about a more speci-fit measure : Isolated Power, which subtracts Batting Average from Slugging Percentage to find out not how often one hits the ball but just how hard. All these calculations are not done merely to firighten off the uninitiated, but as short-cuts to help figure out what the competing teams will do, and, more importantly, what they ought to do. Watching baseball well is always critical. It is no wonder then, that those who are not fans of the game find it excruciating to sit through nine minutes, let alone nine innings. They fidget. between pitches, and fairly nod offbetween innings. They have nothing to wonder about, nothing to anticipate because they don’t know how to watch the game. But it’s not baseball’s fault if its critics don’t look at it properly. The game can no more be blamed for the ignorance of its audience than a novelist can if his reader can’t read. It is also no wonder why intellectuals tend to love baseball. It is, more than any other, the thinking fan’s sport. From George F. Will to Jimmy Carter, people who love to put their brain to work, love to put it to work on the diamond. Former baseball commissioner Bart Giamatti (who himself had once been a professor of English and the president of Yale) even went so far as to appoint a “Physicist to the National League.” To conclude, let me make myself clear. I’m not trying to win converts to baseball, and I am certainly not trying to disparage other sports.Football and hockey aren’t stupid, and neither are all the people that enjoy them. I only want to suggest that baseball, when critiqued on the basis of its pace, is taking an unfair criticism, an attack that is based on a misapprehension of iits nature. Complaining that baseball is too slow is like complaining that the Indianapolis 500 is too fast.

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by The

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Friday, February i&I996

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he Canadian Football League (CFL) recently announced that the great United States expcrimcnt is over and that there i+pill be nine teams, all Canadian, playing in the CFL this year. All of the LJS kanchiscs tldcd except for Baltimore, which is headed for Montreal. Finally, commissioner Larry Smith seems to have come to his senses. US expansion was probably the dumbest idea ever conceived by the CFL. From franchise instability to unlevel playing fields (no thanks to US labour laws) to proposed rule changes, the move seemed doomed to failure. Good riddance. Oh well, the Yanks are gone (for now) and, even though the league’s outlook is still grim, things seem to bc back to normal in the CFL now. All the teams are Canadian and the playing field is now pretty much leveled off, eh? REALlTY CHECK!!!!!!!! The Montreal franchise, formerly of Baltimore, is still a question m;lrk as to the constitution of its roster. Owner Jim Spcros and Smith, along with other CFL hotshots, want to allow Montreal a transitional period which would allow them to have more Americans on the roster than the other Canadian teams for a year or two. The question I have is why such preferential treatment? They are a Canadian team, so they should have to follow the same rules as the other Canadian teams (you know, when in Rome.. ,). According to Smith, the greater number of Americans on the Montreal roster will help drum up interest in the team in Montreal, which it supposedly needs. Fine, I can swallow this, but aren’t some of the other teams in the league in need of increased interest? What makes Montreal so special? Speros isn’t stupid, he’s got a championship roster and doesn’t want to lose a good thing. Commissioner Smith needs to acquire a backbone and stand up to guys like this. Now, Smith and his cronies want to gradually eliminate all Canadian content from the league by reducing the Canadian player requirement for all teams until the requirement is eradicated. (Gee, would that mean that the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission wouldn’t allow CFL football to be broadcast on Rogers’ Cable?) The players’ union is obviously not amused and have already expressed that they will not go along with this idea. So in return Smith has suggested that the CFL will fold, only to reincarnate itself as a new league without a players’ union. Just when you thought that the CFL couldn’t possibly get any worse. Here’s a suggestion to Larry Smith. Get your sorry, anti-canadian ass out of the CFL and go form your own league with all your American buddies. Then you can have all the American players and

teams that you want. In fact, I’ll get you started. Form 30 teams, from wherever you want. Each can have an affiliation with a National Football League teatn. You can make all your own rules that you think the closed-minded Yankees will like. You can finally have the NFL minor league that you’ve been trying to make the CFL into for so many years. Better yet, just leave us poor, pathetic Canadians with our beer, bacon, hockey, and struggling football league, and find another sports league that needs a puppet to help try and improve its popularity. I hear baseball’s looking.

peaking of the CFL, who was the genius that scheduled the Grey Cup for the same weekend as the Vanier Cup? How can Larry Smith and company sleep at night knowing that they are trying to steal attention away from the CIAU championship game? Even the National Football League knows enough not to schedule games on Saturdays during the U.S. college season. Now, because of this, CIAU officials have moved the date of the Vanier Cup up a week to avoid competing with Grey Cup Weekend. This means that there will now be two weeks between the semifinal Churchill and Atlantic Bowls and the Vanier Cup instead of the usual one. This later date is also standing on the doorstep of final exams. Is the CFL, realizing its possibly imminent demise, trying to drag down the CIAU with it? By trying to steal popularity from the CIAU, they arc attempting to eradicate an organization that supplies the league with nearly all of its Canadian talent+ Do you suppose maybe that Larry Smith is thinking the exact same thing?

his week Thomas Muster, a clay-court specialist, became the number one tennis player in the world, according to the computer rankings of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). It was a sad day for tennis. Muster is NOT the best tennis player in the world. He should not even be ranked amongst the top five. The reason for his ill-gotten number one status is the reason that the ATP has to revamp the ranking system NOW! In a nutshell, every ATP tour event has a number of points assigned to it. How well a person places determines how many points they get. The player’s fourteen best tournament results during the previous 52 week period are taken and added up. These total points determine the world rankings. This week, Muster has a very slight advantage over Pete Sampras. Former number one Andre Agassi is third. Muster got nearly all of his points by winning clay court tournaments. Clay is the slowest SW face in tennis and must be played differently than other surfaces. Of

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the 87 events scheduled for this year, 3 1 are on clay, the most of any surf&e. Considering that the average top-level player competes in about 20 tournaments a year, a player like Muster can play on clay all year long, rack up points and get an undeserved high ranking. I will give Muster some credit, he did have to win those clay tournaments. However, the level ofcompetition was not the greatest ever seen and many of the world’s better players play on a variety of surfaces. Muster stays in Europe all year and plays almost exclusively on clay. How often do you see Muster’s name at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open or the Australian Open, the non-clay Grand Slam events? You don’t. Muster has never even won a match at Wimbledon. The ranking system has to be changed. Keep the 14 tournament criterion, but have some mandatory requirements, much like a university degree. These requirements would force all players to play on a variety of surFaces which would determine who is REALLY the best tennis player in the world. Such player would have to have displayed some degree of proficiency on all surfaces, not just specialized in one very well. Here’s my suggestion for determining the world rankings. Of the fourteen best tournament results, all four Grand Slams must be included. Also to be included are three events from the more competitive Super Nine Series. Of the remaining seven, any tournament may be entered, with no more than five on any one surface. This would ensure more competition on a greater variety of surfaces. Hopefully someoneat the ATP will come to their senses and improve the ranking system somewhat. Thomas Muster may be the best clay-court tennis player in the world, but not the best overall player. The world rankings should reflect this. mericans just can’t seem to Al ive up to the reality that their once mighty sprint factory is a shadow of its once dominant self. After getting shut out at last year’s World Championships in the 100 metre dash (remember, Canada placed l-2) and in the 4x 100 metre relay (won by Canada), the Americans were left to scratch their heads in disbelief. Recently, Canada’s Donovan Bailey set an indoor world record in the 50 metre dash, winning with a time of 5.56 seconds at a meet in Reno, Nevada. However, the crybaby Americans are now challenging that world record. It all started when NBC, broadcasting the race, showed replays of the start, which showed that Bailey got an exceptional start off the gun. Too good a start for Bob Hersh, the head of the US rules subcommittee. He is the man who would submit the world record to International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) for recognition. He is citing NBC’s video tapes of the start

as a reason not to submit the record. Apparently Hersh isn’t convinced that a referee, a starter, a meet director and an IAAF technical per-son arc capable enough of delcrrnining a false start. Even if those officials tell him that the start was good, he’s still going to pursue the matter. Can’t have those Canadians getting too dominant, you know. Perhaps the worst culprit though, is the National Broadcasting Corporation. By questioning the start on the air (that idiot Dwight Stones even had the nerve to allege a false start right to Bailey’s face while interviewing him) with no real concrete evidence (the videotape hadno sound played with it, hmmmmm), NBC has over-

stepped its bounds. Their conduct was unprofessional and totally biased. You can’t really biame them though. Americans want to watch Americans win. When Americans don’t win, Americans don’t watch, and /Americans don’t want to advertise as much. What would an Olympics be without an American among the favourites to win the 100 metre dash’? Less appealing to those million-dollar advertisers. NRC, while unprofessional, are not stupid. By the way. the previous record of 5.61 seconds was shared by an East German and, surprise, surprise, an American. Can’t have those blasted Canadians erasing all those US war d records, you know. see you 1 n Atlanta.

Athletes of the week

Jacalyn White Athena B&zsketball A 2nd-year post player and the Athenas’ leading scorer and rebounder, Jacalyn totalled 38 points and 22 rebounds in two games last week against Windsor and Western. A provincial team player in her home province of New Brunswick, 6’3” Jacalyn is among the top ten OWIAA rebounders and is a good bet to receive all-star hon-

ours,

John! Milne Warrior Swimming At the OUAA championships last weekend, John won the 100 metre breaststroke with a personal best time of 1:04.49 that eclipsed the UW record set in 1978 by Ron Campbell. The points John earned for the win, alalng with his contributions in the 4x50 metre medley relay (6th place) and the 4x100 metre freestyle relay (8th place), helped Waterloo fmish 6th out of 16 teams at the meet.

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Feb. 17 & I8

FIGURE SKATING OWIAA Finals at University of Western Ontario

Feb. 16

INMUM TRACK& FIELD Western Open

Feb. 17 & 18

NORDIC SKIING OWIAA Finals at Lakehead ([Thunder Bay)

VOLLEYBALL OlJIAA Finals at McMaster Feb. 16(1)Toronto us Brock 1:oo p.m. 3:oo p.m. (2)Western vs Ottawa (3)York us Cuelph 5:30 p.m. (4)McMaster us Queen's 7:30 p.n. Feb. 17 Loser 1 us Loser 2 11:30 a.m. Loser 3 us Loser 4 1:30 p.m. Winner 1 vs Winner 2 4:CKl p.m. Winner 3 vs Winner 4 6:OO p.m. Feb. 18 Ith-place game 9:OO a.m, Sth-place game 9:OO a.m. Bronze-medal gane 11:30 a.m. Gold-medal glame 2:oo p.m.

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10th McGill McMaster Queen's

Carleton Queen's Ottawa

TOTAL 5-2 5-2 5-2 4-3 4-3 4-3 3-5

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FIRST TEAM PLAYER TEAM Dan Vranesic Toronto Patrick Ryding Toronto Rob Wilson Western Peter Cildenhuys Western Michael Leckie Western Tyler Millard Western Luke Fraser Waterloo SECDNDTEAM PLAYER TEAM Don Lee Ryerson Ben Thomas Western Matt Easingwood Toronto Mark Chatterley Queen's Markus Templer Western

Western Ottawa

BASKETBALLRESULTS Feb. 6 York 89 Ryerson Feb. 7 Western 89 Laurier Waterloo ;; ;C;zor Feb. 8 McMaster Feb. 9 Laurentian 68 Ottawa Lakehead Feb. 10 Toronto El %"" Queen's 60 Ryerson Western 85 Waterloo McMaster 48 Windsor Lakehead Laurier 2 43" Feb. 11 Laurentian 76 Carleton Feb. 14 Guelph at Waterloo Laurier at McMaster Western at Brock

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HOCKEY 16 Guelph at RMC 7:uo p.m. at Concordia 7:30 p.m. Ottawa Toronto at Queen's 7:30 p.m. York at Brock 7:30 p.m. Laurentianat Ryerson 7:45 p.m. 17 Concordia at McGill 7:o0 p.m. Toronto at RMC 7:oO P.B. Windsor at Laurier 7:o0 p.m. Guelph at Queen's 7:30 p.m. Laurentian at Brock I:30 p.m. 7:4s p.m. York at Ryerson 18 Windsor at Waterloo 2:DD p.m. at Ottawa 3:30 p.r. UQTR OF THE REGULARSE=) 20 Division Semi-Finals (Sudden Death) 3rd.p!ace ?t 2nd place 2i6 Dtvlslon Finals (Best of Three)

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TRACK AND FIELD Western Open

3:Do p.m.

VOLLEYBALL East Divisi\qn Fiil Toronto : West Division Final Western at Windsor

8:DD p.m. 2:DO P.R.

Stress Busters by Heidi Mar-r special to Imprint rc midtcnns dragging you down? Yah, me too. Going anywhere cool for Reading Week? No, me neither. It doesn’t have to be boring! The PAC will still be open during Reading Week, and VW shnuld take advantagc of all it has to offer. Although Instructional programs won’t be running, you can still enjoy a range of CR activities all week. And hey, February has 29 days this year. Think of that - an extra day to participate in your favourite Campus Ret activities! Now’s the time to take up swimming. It’s one of the easiest ways to get a total-body workout. Swimming conditions muscles and reduces stress. I’m sure you can relate to stress. Swim it good bye in the PAC pool today. See this CR page for the pool’s special Reading

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Week hours of operation (even lifeguards need a break). And don’t forget, while the snow is whirling outside, take a hot shower and sauna inside. You’ll be glad you did. If all your friends are taking off for sunny destinations and leaving you behind, have no fear. Drop

have to do so a day in advance. Go with a friend, practice by yourself, or call someone on the partner’s board (located near the equipment desk). The Waterloo Tennis Club is available to UW students and CR members. The “bubble” is up for your convenience, and it’s nice and toasty on the courts. You may even forget it’s snowing outside. Go play a warm tennis game today. Don’t forget about the weight room. Work up a sweat and watch your stress disappear. After an hour of weight training, you’ll forget all about exams, and the fact that you’re stuck in Waterloo over Reading Week, or the fact that you don’t even get a Reading Week at all (engineers and mathies). it by the PAC and join doesn’t have to be all bad! I ‘” in a pick-up game ot‘ A lot of Campus Ret clubs your choice. Basket ball, are planning great Readvo Ileyball, and badr ninton ing Week activities. If fanatics will flock to the gyms you’ve been thinking for some team-sports. Join in dury about becoming ining Reading Week. You don” have volved, now’s a great time. For info to be a pro. You may just discover on how to join specific clubs, see you like it, and you’ll probably your Pick it Up brochure, or the come back for more. Club Board in the PAC. Racquet enthusiasts, now’s See, you can still have fun in your chance to get some court-time February. Participate in a Campus in. Book a squash or racquetball Ret activity today. We dare you to court at the PAC. Don’t forget you pick it up! L

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his term, Campus Ret volleyball league action is humming with a total of 37 teams vying for the championship title. With three of five matches underway, all teams have put up a good fight. Convenor Penn Schact is pleased with the league so far, and wants to know, “What will happen when the (best) teams come head to head on Feb. 27?” Watch the CR page for details. In League A, where competition is the fiercest, the leading team is .Tumbo Shrimp who have won all their matches so far. In a close second, we see Sexual Chocolates who are also undefeated. Jumbo Shrimp beats them in points. In League B 1, the two top teams are also undefeated. North A leads this pack while X-men follow close behind in points, making a strong second. League B2 sees Motisor’s and Gory Owns a Pick-up scrapping for tops, but Motisor’s Ieads in points. Both teams have won all their

games. So far, Six Pack takes third place. League B3 has three really strong teams, all1 undefeated. Leading the way in points is Mechanical Eggs, followed by Silly Hairy Bodies. Not far behind is Power, Kaboom has a strong hold on the women’s division, having won all their matches thus far. The top teams play for keeps on February 27. Watch this Campus Rcc page for information on all the league standings.

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by Daniela Herman special to Imprint here are several changes to our regular schedule during reading week. There will be no Outers Club meeting and the equipment room will remain closed. The next kayak session in the PAC pool is scheduled for Sunday, February 25 from 8pm to 1Opm. On February 26, instead of our regular meeting there will be a mid-term party in the grad house at 7pm. If you are intcrcstcd in our moccassin making workshop on March 4 in the evening contact Morven Duncan (mjduncan@ chemistry) by February 26. Two day trips related to climbing have been announced. On Saturday, March 2 Chris McRaild is organizing a trip to the Toronto Climbing Academy. On Tuesday, March 12 an advanced technique session is planned at North Rock in Kitchener-Waterloo. The contact person for both events is Chris (crmcrail@systems). This term, the participation of members in organized events is at an all time high, e.g., during reading week about 35 members will be going dog-sledding near Algonquin Park. To participate in any Outers Club events you must be a member. For membership information contact Morven (see above).

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K;Je TwoBands.and a Twelve Pack Shaller and SIANspheric Phil’s Grandson ‘s Place Wednesday February 7

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Imprint staff en Blue Rodeo came out ofthe Toronto scene with Outskirts, who would w have thought they’d be screenside with Meryl Streep in Postcards From The Edge, and opening for Simon and Garfunkal in their reunion stint at the Skydome three years ago? ‘Who’d have thought? The barroom galas are behind them now as they opt for the hoitytoity ambience of Kitchener’s Centre in the Square. I’ve seen Blue Rodeo a few times - in bars, mostly, and once 1 even walked in on them getting stoned - but 1 have never seen them look as uncomfortable as they did in this venue. Crash Vegas likely didn’t help the situation. Although they sounded great, and the crowd seemed to appreciate them, their songs - except for “Aurora Borealis” - were too ambient for the Blue Rodeo crowd. At least a venue like this can brag about the slick sound, because Michelle McAdorey voice couldn’t have sounded any better. Crash Vegas stuck to selections from their latest release, Aurorcr, and although their appearance as openers was brief, and they seemed to be lost on the monstrous stage, Crash Vegas left a mildly pleasing impression on the crowd. The crowd was another point of interest and tell-tale of the reach of Blue Rodeo’s music. The music is accessible to a variety of different age groups; notably the older generation that ranged from the high end boomers to grandma and grandpa with a hankering for some good 01’ country music. Down from there were the twenty-

the Square. somethings to the teens that were there for the rock and ballads. By the end of the night, no stone was unturned, and the satisfying feeling of being entertained was truly accomplished. But, what of that uncomfortable feeling for the first part of the show? Although Jim Cuddy tried building rapport with the audience by downplaying the stuffy atmosphere of an operahouse, the crowd was unresponsive. A good hour of music was well under way before an emotive yelp was bellowed, and before the mass appeal started to catch on that this music was damn fine. That uncomfortable feeling for the band seemed like they became self-conscious about filling the stage and trying to stir muscles in people who were perfectly comfortable sitting in their fluffy plush seats - a tough chore indeed. Undoubtedly, that changed, as crowd and band found common ground to cohesively enjoy each other. Song selection came mostly from their latest release Nowhere to Here, and their ‘93 masterpiece 5 Days in May. It was their first ever singles that brought some energy to the crowd. Both “Rose Coloured Glasses,” and “Try” equally had the crowd eating from their hands, and it didn’t just stop there. The major highlight of the evening was a duet with Greg Keelor and Kevin Dechamps doing a splendid version of”Dark Angel” - by far one of the best songs delivered of the evening. Although Blue Rodeo has been a bar band for so many years, they have always been destined for much more. This particular evening upscaling to the Ccntre in the Square is just one more stepping stone for greater things ahead. And with what they’ve accomplished this far, you can be sure this isn’t the end of the road.

The band recently discovered that they had caught the “there’s another band somewhere with the same name as us and oops! they’re going to sue us. 1” disease. Shaller have gone through enough name changes to leave your head spinning. They’ve been from Worpo to Godfiend to Shallow and finally to Shaller. And they went through some silly ideas to get to their current

t was raining outside Phil’s as an audience of about twelve (yes, twelve) waited to see SIANspheric and Shaller play to an empty bar. In terms of turn-out, the show was a flop. Musically, it wasn’t bad. SIANspheric began the evening with a solid set of hard yet dreamy “mind expanding” space-rock. The set included “watch me fall” and 3 like the ride” from their debut CD, sumnium, as well as a couple of new songs. A song to look for in the future is “static,” which although unlike any other SIANspheric’ song, was spectacular. It was a little more upbeat, used less effects pedals, and sounded almost like a Tristan Psionic song. The band tried not to let the poor turn-out phase them, though. Steve Peruzzi, SIANspheric”s vocalist and bassist was, as usual, his most energetic and goofy self, pausing during a song to sniff guitarist Sean Ramsay’s butt. Keep in mind that this is the guy that takes off his shoes before almost every show, and sometimes even takes off his socks and Steve’s a very cheeky fellow. smells them (it was too cold in Phil’s to go sockless). Shaller, however, weren’t as name: Shallow Qno, Shallow Hak, excited to be there. It’s hard to Shallow 500, Shallow Una...the list watch a band that plays with their goes on. The band likes to consider backs toward the audience. Oh, themselves a “pop rock killing maand in case you were a little conAnd rightfully so. Alfused, I did indeed spell it right. chine.” though they seemed a little Shallow is no longer in existence.

unenthused, thesethree heavy metal monsters pumped out a really hard set of tunes. Tony, the vocalist for the band, was finally back behind his drum kit. Just before last year’s Unyon X-mas show, he hurt his finger(while visiting the K-W area) and was unable to play drums for that night. He was so happy, he asked the six people left in the bar if they could see that he still had a little swelling on his hand. The set was a little hard to listen to. The man doesn’t sing, he yells, he screams, screams inrnhprpntlv .IIY”II~I

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towel wrapped around his head, and the music is so loud that by the end of the show, you swear that your ears are bleeding. And the feedback was just deafening. Perhaps everyone, save the six that were left when they came on, had heard how loud they were and decided they wanted to save their eardrums fi)r another super-loud concert...couId explain the lack of people, but highly unlikely. So I’m assuming their songs were okay, if oily I could hear them. My advice to those unfamilliar see with either band is this: SIANspheric’ if you ever get the chance. ft won’t cost you much and I’m quite certain that it will be worth every cent. However, unless you want to spend the rest of your life unable to hear anything. unless YOU simnlv love to to&& yourself, don’t ‘b&her seeing Shaller live. Get the CD. They’ve got talent, but they’re just too hard to listen to at a club and it’s no fun watching them play, that is assuming you’re not one of those obsessed with watching someone’s backside move lethargically across the stage.

Dessert at the Volcano Wild Strawberries w/Suzanne Little The V&am Saturday February 10 by Maryanna

Basic

special to Imprint aturday night was an eventful one at the Volcano, with the Wild Strawberries headlining and Suzanne Little opening. Kitchener was the fourth stop on the Canadian tour for the Strawberries and they brought in a fairly decent crowd. The fans ranged in age from twenty to (believe it or not) sixty. Suzanne Little, formerly of Lava Hay, started on stage some time after quarter past ten. I for one was extremely exhilarated by the woman’s voice and playing, although I have to say the incorporation of the drum machine for one of her songs was a bit of a disappointment. After playing for about forty-

five minutes, the stage was set up for the main act. The crowd moved its way to the front for the sultry, swaying music of the Strawberries. After a stage set-up that seemed to last forever, the band came on, and their appearance was a shocking change. -Seeing the Strawberries over a year and a half ago, they had appeared to have changed some of their image. Firstly, Roberta (lead singer) had gone extremely mod. Good-bye to the elfish red hair she had last time. Hello black hair and sunglasses sixties queen (oh, by the way, call her Bertie, now - don’t ask I’m kinda disgusted). Secondly, Ken (keyboard) had dyed his hair blonde! Thirdly, their trumpet player, Sara, was gone (they’re doing a bare bones tour i.e. they use Sara’s trumpet soundssans la Sara). Undaunted I moved my way to the front of the stage to hear the sweet sounds of Roberta’s voice. The band played most oftheir songs

off their newest album Heroine, though they didn’t forget their older fans and played some songs from the past album. The band still had their togetherness quality with Roberta’s quirkiness inspiring the rest of the band to laugh together and make jokes. The lead guitarists playing was skilfful, with nary a note out of place. There was the occasional feedback in Roberta’s mike but it wasn’t anyt:hing too dramatically damaging. The band only made it out for one encore performance. Overall, it was an okay performance by the Cambridge couple, even if the crowd was stifled. Afterwards, Roberta (sorry can’t call her Bertieyuck!) happily signed for her fans. The Strawberries have a few more shows to do in Southern Ontario before leaving for out west. If you missed them on Saturday you have another chance this Friday in Hamilton at the X-Club.

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Going Trigger

Happy w/ Flashlight and Scutterbotch V&XlFlO

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by Patrick Wilkins Imprint staff

or those wishing to save time, read the following sentence: Trigger Happy fuckin’ ruled. Thank you. You may go now. A brief description of openers Flashlight and Scutterbotch will follow. Flashlight practice ska/punk. Not quite ska, not quite punk, not quite anything in between. Drawing heavily from reggae and rap and mixing in a few heavy chords, Flashlight created a reasonably catchy sound. I’m not sure what to think of Flashlight-they’re broadranged in their derivations, and their lyrics are cute in a emaciatedpuppy kind of way. Still, nothing new was developed beyond the standards of the genre. Scutterbotch started their show with a disclaimer -- “We’re not exactly on the ball tonight.” They persevered, however, with a more than acceptable show. Scutterbotch arc not afraid to let their music stand for itself; their best songs were instrumentals, from

“Antidisestablishamentarianism” to songs about detachable legs and fiery penises. Some very promising songwriting here, with frequent tempo changes. Finally, it was time for Trigger Happy. For a show featuring one of Canada’s best punk bands, who have appeared on the Warp Tour this summer as well as spreading evil throughout North America for years, the Volcano was surprisingly unpacked. Trigger Happy didn’t seem to mind, and proceeded to unleash themselves on the mostly underage crowd. Trigger Happy are a band with only one song. Fortunately, that song is really, reaZZy damn good, and they can play a few dozen variations. But the music was purely incidental; what mattered was Trigger Happy’s inimitable stage presence. If you weren’t there that night, you missed one of the most intense shows ever to hit the stage. Starting with “That’s Mr. Shut Up and Fucking Play to You,” they launched into their song with insane abandon. Trigger Happy’s attraction lies in their onstage presence. The trademark middle finger was on display that night, al,ong with a couple other stage moves not

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La Traviata The Centre in the Square Monday February 12 by Patrick

Imprint

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onday saw a one-nightonly performance by the New York City Opera National Company of Verdi’s La Traviata,an old tale of a fallen woman. Over three hours the touring company unfolded its version of the classic opera, one of Verdi’s finest. The prelude is deceivingly slow and romantic, suddenly turning brash as the curtains open at a party held by Violetta Valery, superbly sung by soprano Patricia Johnson. To recount the entire story, based on Alexandre Dumas fils’ La Dume AEIX camdias would take up too much space. The plot is simple; boy (Alfred0 Germont, played with heart and emotion by Richard Troxell) meets girl; girl loves boy; girl sacrifices her life and happiness for love An old of boy; boy flies in jealous rage; girl is on deathbed; boy and girl are reunited. La Traviatcr is at its finest when characters clash onstage in spirited musical and verbal battles. When Giorgio Germont convinces Violetta to leave his son, he balantes fatherly duty and compassion in a psychologically grabbing scene. Alfredo’s confrontation of Violetta is disconcerting in its portrait of a man driven past the point ofreasonbyjealousy. SingerTroxell is att his best when angry; his voice exudes the rage of a wronged lover.

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Not all is anger; Act 111 opens with gypsies and bullfighters engaging in a sensual, well-choreographed dialogue. The comic relief is necessary to distract our attention from the escalating conflict. The final act is beautiful as the two lovers are finally reunited moments before Violetta dies in Alfredo’s arms. Overall, an excellently sung and acted show, with emotions firmly in place and a storyline well developed by the cast. There is a sense that the opera loses something in the translation to a touring company. The set was

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by necessity simple - the skeleton remained the same throughout, while each intermission saw drapes and doors changed and panels added or removed according to the requirements of the scene. A touring company, of course, cannot bring lavish backdrops or expensive timiture on tour, but at times the lack of adornment on set was too obvious. The lightweight nature of the set negatively resembles that of a high school play. When performers ran across the top step,

suitable for description in this paper, When the band jumped, they jumped with their feet to their heads, never missing a note. The lead singer never stopped moving, trading insults with the crowd, Some people call the guys from Trigger Happy assholes; supremely self-confident and seeking world domination may be another phrase for the same attitude. Trigger Happy don’t care if you live or die; they want to play skate punk as loudly as possible and kill as many detractors as possible in the process. The highlight ofthe show came when the lead singer called for the audience to come onstage and lie down. Dozens answered the invitation in a twisted antithesis of mosh pit. Continuing to play while standing on the bodies of punkers, the sight was one of the most surreal ever seen at the Volcano. Then everyone got kicked offstage, the show went on, and the Volcano will never seem the same again. Never stopping, dripping with sweat, always irreverent and sometimes downright rude, Trigger Happy rule the stage. If they ever become rich enough to afford to destroy instruments, be afraid. Be extremely afraid. They will destroy

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Sung their footsteps rang hoilow and plantholders shook noticeably, detracting from the audience’s suspension of disbelief. A few technical errors - a failed curtain and flickering subtitles - were also evident. One of the most impressive stage features was the lighting. Almost subliminally, colours changed to fit the mood of each scene. Violetta’s costume changes complimented the plot as well; in her darkest moments after leaving Alfredo, she appears in scarlet, having returned to her courtesan lifestyle. As she is dying, she appears pallid and sickly, dressed in an oversized white nightgown. Another sad requirement of the touring opera is a small company. Only the essential characters can be transported across North America, at the expense of the scores of extras who add life to crowd scenes. There were only ten extras for the part of the party guests. The first aria, Libiamo, Liabimo Ne ‘Lieti Calici is a rousing drinking song. The ten added voices gave only a hint of the rich polyphony available in a full-cast performance. Still, these are sacrifices that must be made to take such a largescale performance on the road. Where the set was lacking, the performers were more than enough compensation, as actors and as singers. Kitchener has been honoured by the NYC0 as the only Canadian stop on their North American tour, and for that we must be grateful. Such talent passes our way far too seldom.

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Rock & An Unruly by Robert Harmony 326 pages,

Roll: History Puher Books $50.00

by Derek Weiler special to Imprint companion volume to last fall’s much-touted PBS documentary series (currently airing Sundays on MuchMusic), Robert PaImer’sR& & Roll is chaotic and jumbled, riddled with gaps and omissions. It alternates cheeseball exhortations with pretentious overanalysis. it’s often ruled by the author’s personal idiosyncracies of taste. It can make no legitimate claim to offering a defmitive historical overview. In short, Palmer’s book is as refreshing and readable a “history of rock and roll” as we’ve had in years. Coming hot on the heels of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s grand opening in Cleveland last fall, the PBS series and now this book represent an advancing curatorial interest in the 20th century’s most popular music. But Palmer must have recognized early on the futility of doing justice to forty years worth of-rock auteurs in one narrative, so he wisely left that to the encyclopedias. Not quite an “alternative” history, Rock & Roll likewise makes no effort to be the last word on the subject.

East, West by Sulrnon Rushdie Random House 211 pgs., $15.50 soft by Peter

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alman Rushdie. Oh yeah, the Satanic Verse.~ guy who was marked for death by Islamic fundamentalists and continues to live and write in hiding. He is a hero in the fight against censorship by religious zealots (somethinglmprint is familiar with on a smaller scale) because he continues to write, and write well. This will be Rushdie’s legacy, not his being forced into hiding. Eust, West is a collection of short stories that range from social commentary to fantastic whimsy, but are all flat out good narratives. Whether the scene is a village in India, an auction house, or the English countryside, Rushdie’s characters are wholly original and intriguing to the point that they transcend their surroundings. They could be anywhere, and that’s what makes the stories so entertaining. Sometimes Rushdie even takes liberties with historical facts and great works of fiction, melding them together and reminding me of Tom Robbins at his best. “At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers” is a commentary on celebrity worship and materialism, and at the same time creates a me-

In a group often loosely structured chapters (corresponding to the fO episodes of the series), each exploring a particular theme briefly or at length, Palmer reveals the historian’s eye for detail and anecdote. The bdok is roughly chronologicalit begins with accounts of daring ’50s DJs spinning this new music and ends with an argument for hip-hop’s continued vitality and a prescient glance at the world beat scenebut it’s also deliberately circular and repetitive. Palmer follows the implications of, say, blues rock all the way forward into heavy metal before returning to the ’60s to take up psyche&l i a; metal, meanwhile, turns up again in the chapter on hip-hop, as Palmer illustrates how the two genres revitalized each other. Inevitably, the book is missing large chunks of rock history, but in Palmer’s defence, he makes no claim to tell the whole tale. When he cheerfully owns up to shortshrifting giants like Neil Young, the Kinks, Curtis Mayfield and the Rolling Stones, it’s hard to fault his implied assumption that there has surely been enough ink expended on those acts already. More prominent here are artists who were largely ignored during their creative years: the Stooges, MC5 and Velvet Underground are all given more than ample space. Like any good scholar, Palmer is concerned with revising the canon, illuminating historical back-

ground, and exposing hidden connections. So there’s a dizzyingly exhaustive cast of little-known proto-rockers: bluesmen, jazzmen, gospel shouters and country sing-

Those crazy cats of rock and roll: Records hugs Jerry Lee Lewis. ers. Palmer does perhaps overdo the superlatives a bit, especially in the face of so dazzlingly broad an array of information, but there’s

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nagerie of absurd characters and bizarre extremes of western culture. The whole world is awaiting the auction of the legendary movie shoes, only wanting to be part of the magic in a world were the line between make-believe and reality is gone. The undercurrent of the Wizard of Oz imagery is quite haunting as the characters all want to return to an ephemeral “home.” “Y orick” treats the reader to a hilarious background to Hamlet, in which

prompts one of literature’s most famous soliloquys. In the East section, “The Free Radio” examines how we hold onto beliefs, *however. * delusional, just- to .. get us through the realty we have created for ourselves. “Good Advice is Rarer than Rubies” tells the story of a young woman and a planned marriage.

All are endearing stories set in India, faintly echoing traces of British imperialism and the caste systern. .a .* s7w-l 1 v.7 . But the Strength 01 East, West is in the universality of its themes. It is the human condition that conterns Rushdie: hope, life, insanity, jealousy, and finally death.

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Besides the ten major chapters, Palmer also adds three “interchapters,” theoretically covering important material that falls outside the axis of the ten proper chapters. It’s often here that Palmer is at his most abstract and impenetrable - discussing ApollonianDionysian binarities, technical innovations and musicological theory, all full of dense reasoning and more tha.n a little technospeak. More effect ix are the wellplaced anecdotes. A whole chapter is centered on the well-known but still hiI<arious story of Bob Dylan introducing the Beatles to pot in a Manhattan hotel room. As journalist AI Aronowitz (a friend of Dylan’s who was also present) remembers, “We handed the joint to John and he handed it to Ringo and made a remark about Ringo being his royal taste tester, That shows you the Beatles’ pecking order.” And an account of the Rolling Stones’ arrival at a Memphis hotel during a 1975 tour (Palmer was on hand at the time) is an amusing portrait of the Stones’ of&and decadence; acomparison with the orderly, businesslike proceedings of the more recent Voodoo Luunge tour is both funny and poignant s The book is packed with even more stories and characters to dip into at random __ sharply written and engaging, Rock & Hull is full of new information for even the most historical-minded of rock fans.

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KOMBINATIONS ANDPEMNTATIONS The

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n Thursday two weeks ago The lnbreds came to play the Volcano. We managed to catch a few words with Dave Ullrich and Mike O’Neill. Mike did most of the talking leaving Dave for the comic relief. In some aspects the interview was more entertaining than the show, However, if you haven’t seen the lnbreds they are a great band to tell your mom about. Cowagooba!

What do you think of signing on a major label instead of staying independent. Can you maintain your freedom? M: There’s a climate where a lot of major labels are so enchanted by that they see bands that have done their own thing and they think that’s what the people want so a lot of Major labels are more willing to let people have their freedom. How long will that last though? One thing that was attractive about signing to a major label was distribution for sure so that was a good thing they did take Kombinator as it was and is. So far, I mean there hasn’t been some sorta backlash like (well) we had higher expectations so you’re gonna have to do this or that. You know we are at least going into the second album and doing the songs we want and just the songs we want. So that is pretty cool. Do your own thing you guys

they went with us. You guys had said that you wanted to move out to Halifax. What do you thidk of the scene, There has always been a lot of publicity about the music that stems from Halifax. :, M: 1 me,#&&,,y ou look at Network t .::g? :+:p) Magazi~:~~~~~~~t a coax ofthe lQst mo~~~~~~~)* lt says that Halifax ‘i$~~&d.(krughs) OK, this $&;::2:; is good $we bands can start concentrating ‘&what it is all about. It doesn’t nec&sarily matter where you are from\. just as long as it is good music. :::,. Yeah this’+ all I want to say, (reading from Network Magazine) ‘Now that the hubbub appears to have died dow$about the Halifax and it being tfie next Seattle, (laughs). Bands bn the east coast can get down to l$usiness without the press breath@$$own their collective necks’ a&l *ho likes breath down their neck? Not me.

it wasn’t Iike “What can we can do w g incredible. It wasn’t that’s really wacked” or something like that It sounded like a guitar this could be a bass and drums You guys were touring with Buffalo Tom before? You opened ‘;: ecause of the name up for them in Toronto? M: That was part of that tour before that we opened up for them at the Macintosh Music Festival in New York which was about two months at. I mean Halifax before that we played with them and they never saw us play but their manager did. So they were looking for an opening band on that tour and they wanted to get that band helium Helium couldn’t do it so their manager gave them all these tapes one of them was us and their manager said you played with these guys in New York but probably didn’t see them so they picked US off a tape. So they picked you guys out of how many bands? M: He said it was a lot. He said it getting some pretzels while the comedy relief took over. was forty, But still all I remember is that they couldn’t get. Helium so What do you think about

bands in the Canada scene? Which bands do you look up too? M: 1 think Superftiendz are like, honestly, one of the finest bands I love their music. They have three song writers, Charles, Drew, and Matt. Particularly, Matt Murphy is just brilliant at playing the guitar and he is still young. I really think that proverbial shit. D: 1 really like the wooden stars a lot from Ottawa. They are kinda friends of ours. We’ve played with them for a while. I’m very happy to see that they have their album out. What do you usually record on? A four track or? M: yep, I had a four track and it got busted when it was on loan. But, umm, we just got one today. So we will never let it leave our house. I have a collection of tape recorder, I usually just work with the progression. If it is good it usually stays with me, it works well that way, and I record it on the tape machine. I don’t know how to read or write music so The Inbreds I just write some of that tablature stuff. Then Dave and I will get together and work on it. So does the music come before the lyrics? M: Oh yeah, yeah. Well, were gonna play some new songs tonight, about 70% and, I am still working on the lyrics. On the songs on almost every album I am making big changes to the lyrics right at the last minute before walking up to the mic. But from what I understand, there are other people like David Bowie, he doesn’t even know what he’s going to sing before he walks in to the studio. I think his fast album proves it. What other bands have influenced you? M:The Beatles are my favorite. It doesn’t matter what period of time either. I like the Beach Boys too. A lot of albums like Rubber Soul are very guitar heavy driven. That may seem weird because I play the bass. However, most of the sound that I get from the bass sounds like a guitar. D: I am also influenced by a band from England. They are called the Rutles. M: It has influenced Dave’s com-

really enjoy that instrumental stuff, where the lyrics don’t have to be there. It is a bit bare but you end up focusing on the music more. Do you think that not having a guitar let’s you fill out the music more? M: Well, I can tell you something that we were just talking about. It’s

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It seems to me that the world of popular music needs a change, and that change has been welcomed and embraced in Tori Amos. Her popularity is undeniable with her first release Little Earthquakes (1992) selling over two million copies followed by Under The Pink (1994) which debuted at number one on the UK charts. Both of these albums are distinct, finding Amos revealing a side of herself that no interviewer has even seen. Her lyr-

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The fresh hot style. The newest thing. Everybody’s talking about the exciting sound of a traditional Celtic fiddle in a “rock” context. So, does it hold up to the hype? Well, yes and no. Parts of this CD are entirely fantastic, and take great strides in furthering the genre. However, the songs that do so only show how uninteresting

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lacklustre tracks really are. For a song like “Sleepy example, Maggie,” although obviously very cool. is reminiscent of the last Jah Wobble’s Invader’s of the Heart release, Tuke Me To God, in that although the CD was quite interesting, and contained a wide variety of ethnic influences, the only

its are scorchingly personal, often harsh, and always candid. So what direction wouldTori take this time? “This time around, I could push myself to explore beyond.. .boundaries. With this album, I finally discovered what complete creative freedom feels like.” Complete freedom indeed; seventy minutes of complete freedom! Boys Fur Pele, as Amos explains it, is a creative cliff which she has so elegantly jumped off. A total of eighteen tracks comprise an album that ranges from light melodies to harsh lyrical realities. Amos sets a peacetil mood with her opening melody of “Beauty Queen” and “Horses” which finds her one on one with her Bosendorfer piano. These tracks nicely setup the resong I could convince myself to listen to with great regularity was “The Sun Does Rise,” which contained vocals by the Cranberries’ Dolores O’Riordan. Now, although I’m certainly not the biggest Cranberries fan in the world, O’Riodan’s vocals added a much needed depth to a sound which, on it’s own, failed to grab me on a constant basis. Hence, “Sleepy Maggie,” with its modern drumbeat, technical enhancements and dreamy Gaelic female vocals care of Mary Jane Lamond carves out a truly unique and individual sound for MacIsaac, and for his instrument. “The Devil In The Kitchen” and “What An Idiot He Is,” are also stand out tracks, due to their use of the fiddle as one of’ many instruments, rather than as their sole focus, particularly the second of the two tracks, which features Maclsaac doing a more than passable job on vocals! Tracks such as “Rusty D-con-

mainder of the album as one quickly gets used to Tori’s often ‘breathy’ vocal style, as she steers clear of any heavy lyrical content this early on. Amos has never been one to shy away from controversial or taboo lyrical content, while she often focuses on stark sexual issues. The track “Blood Roses” delves into the issue of homosexuality and sexual regret with “You gave him your blood/and your warm little diamond” followed by “Said I .think you’re a.queer/and I shaved every place where you been.” Racy material indeed! The instrumental arrangements on Boys For Pele certainly fuel the tracks and nicely complement Amos’ centrepiece voice. One quickly notices the prevalence of the harpsichord with its cascading notes and distinctive sound, but the underlying instrumentation is equally impressive. Tori arranges a gospel choir on “Way Down” and orchestrates the popping bass of George Porter Jr. on the tink driven “Talula,” add to that the rich texture of multiple vocal overdubs, and the product is sheer mastery. “Caught A Lite Sneeze,” the first single on the album, is really no indication of the album as a whole, although the track itself is exceptional, containing many of these integrated elements. Through all of this, Boys For Pele moves along at a steady pace as Amos takes the listener through an intimate look at her world, never leaving them wanting something else. All in all, Bolys For Pele is a moving piece of work, with a wide variety of songs and sounds. Amos explores places that no other artist today has ever gone; speaking on issues generally considered too controversial for the mainstream, Amos digs her own stream and slowly pulls us in. “Hills of STRUCK-tion,” Glenorchy,” and “Sophia’s Pipes” all end up coming off as typical Celtic fiddle tunes, with the odd modern rock enhancement. Now, this is not to suggest that such music doesn’t have its place and its fans. Before I get the entire Celtic music-supporting UW body down on my head, I would like to point out that for a lot of people (like me) this just isn’t the kind of music I can see myself throwing into the player with great regularity. * This review is a little dated because even though I do enjoy the album, I can rarely bring myself to actually listen to it and in the end, listening to the music is the name of the game. Certainly an interesting CD, well worth more that one listen, but one for which you must ask yourself, “Do I want to own $20 worth of ceItic/gaelic/rock crossover music?” If the answer is yes, you’ve come to the right place...

by James Castle special to Imprint What makes tribute albums so sad? This is an important question, since the proliferation of tribute albums is now as innate to the music business as it is inane. In order to fully investigate this problem, let’s take step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Wails as our case study. First, let’s take the artist, in this case the venerable Tom Waits. Personally, I’m a bona fide fan of Mr. Waits’ work. The difference in his work from Asylum to Island is impressive; he moved from barroom parody to Dylanesque circus master in just one album, and he has managed to define a style all his own, Certainly, we may be too close to his more recent work to pass judgement, but Waits was certainly one of the most important singer/ songwriters of the eighties. So, the artist in question is certainly “worth” covering. The artists on this album are themselves no less impressive. Along with older artists such as Violent Femmes, The Wedding Present, Pete Shelley and Alex Chilton, there are some newer artists such as Archers of Loaf, Tindersticks and Magnapop. Great; a solid mix of the old and the new. There are a couple of rather talentless artists on this album, such as 10,000 Maniacs and Frente!, but so far, this sounds like it could be a pretty good compilation, right? Wrong. Now the song in question can be either a good cover or a bad cover. If it’s a good cover, all credit goes to the band, if it’s a bad cover, it’s still the band’s fault. When the cover is a bad song, the problem can largely be reduced to one major fault: not enough imagination. Take “Better off Without a Wife” by Pete Shelley. While his unique brand of bittersweet punk rock with the Buzzcocks was, quite simply, some of the best music ever recorded by anyone ever, the Shelleyization of the Waits tune is unremarkable, predictable and lacks the imagination that his own work has in spades. The opposite problem is true of, say, Magnapop’s “Christmas Card From a Hooker In

Minneapolis” or Archers of Loafs “Big Joe and Phantom 309.” Now I’ve only seen Magnapop once, and they were great, and I’m pretty familiar with Archers of Loaf, so where the hell is all the of the brilliant musicianship and creativity that makes their own albums so fantastic? Both bands have chosen to make little change to the original song, and as a result, don’t improve on the original song, which begs the question, why cover it in the first place? But we’ve talked about the mediocrity on this album, let’s turn to two examples that demonstrate what definitely not to do, and de6 nitely what to do. What not to do: interpret “cover” to mean, sing the words, and reduce the song structure to campfire versions that sound like they were written by a blind monkey. The reason that this is something not to do, is that you end up with somethling akin to the Violent Femmes’ version of “Step Right Up.” Now “Step Right Up,” in its original form is a homage to sellers of snakeskin everywhere, and is one of Waits’ wittiest, funniest songs. The Femmes turn this song into an utter piece of shit, a prolonged, mcInofonous drag that I forced myself to listen to once, but will never listen to again. What to do: Jeffrey Lee Pierce (I don’t kno,w who he is either) took “Pasties and a G-String” (from SmaEl Change, the same album as “Step Right Up”) and changed the structure of the song from a boozy bar room ballad into a funky little piece of hip hop. Waits has always had a strong sense of rhythm and cadence, and Pierce managed to update that into a perfectly nineties version of Waits, thus demonstrating his own prowess as a rhymemaster. So, yes great cover versions are possible. Pierce’s version of “Pasties and a G-String” and The Wedding Present’s version of “Red Shoes by the Drugstore” are excellent covers on this album. However, they are great because it’s clear that tlhe band liked the song enough to care about how they did it. A strong cover must be borne for a love of the work itself, and must be allowed to form naturally. The problem, perhaps, is that a tribute album is a pre-conceived notion, and. thus, just another marketing ploy, only a step up from similar greatest hits compilations.

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grinder until the massively attacking chords rip through your brain like little pieces of a once-alive lamb rendered into mincemeat by a Scud missile. Anyone who doesn’t . .; : ,. I i, ._ : .. _.. : :. _.., buy this albim should be ,;.]I_’ . ..;##;: . ‘.~~~~~~~~~B~~~: 1.1: ‘:j..defenestrated and toasted on the ..,,::. j.L& Y :.:...::: .;,.‘+.‘.“.:. :i--. .’ .f: :1 f..” .j L ,. -. I. : ‘:‘:.:.‘y$ ,“f.,.;;:.I_:_:_ unholy flames of the Dark Lord’s ,. :__ L;>Y‘;., .:. .~&&~~~.:::‘:: y;li;i ,/z:.. Signed ..‘.:.:‘~:.:.:..:~: .. :. /. ,:._’ _; :. I_,. : _.’ _.:‘.,. ._ ,..__._ :. ._._, ::l.;.:; .’”.. :. barbecue for all eternity. yours in Evilness, Polyacetelyne Pro-Pain Patrick.” by Patrick Wilkins Well... sure. That about exImprint staff presses the tone of Napalm Death’s I know about as much about latest releases. Dial&es is twelve tracks of said paranoic death metal death metal as I do about opera. Nevertheless, the opportunity to pick up a couple ofCDs by one of the biggest names in death metal does not come often. After bleeding my eardrums a while on both Napalm Death’s promotional EP Greed Killing and full album Diatribes, I still know nothing about death metal, but my eardrums are slowly becoming accustomed to the pressure. The typical death metal review (as may be seen in M.E.A.T. or other metalhead tomes) would read something as follows: “Napalm Death have put together another blistering blundlecrudgeon of mass paranoic death metal despair and despair, whilst Greed Killing has deceit, tempered in the flames of two album tracks, four non-album hell, run three times over with a tracks, and a live “Plague Rages” massive Abrams tank, and run (which is different only in that the whole thing sounds much muddier through Satan’s masterf’ul meat ,:,

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by Patrick Wilkins Imprint staff The most obvious thing about Len’s Superstar re-release is the packaging. The album comes wrapped in a fun-y cover of yellow, blue, or red. This alone was enough to get me to buy the original tape release a little over a year ago, and judging from the time the album has spent on the HMV indie charts, this kind ofmarketing doesn’t hurt. Then again, it could be the music inside -- going across the musical spectrum from pure pop to experimental hip-hop in forty minutes. The best way to consider this album is as a compilation of thirteen various artists, each coincidentally bearing the name “Len.” Anyone expecting any sort of consistency between tracks will be disappointed. Having made the move from Halifax to Toronto several years ago, Len show not only a bit

ARTS than the studio songs and there’s some static in the background). If you’re a death metal fan, then this review won’t help. It’s Napalm Death, for Ktulu’s sake. E&-y song starts out really loud, ends off quite loud, and stays incredibly loud throughout. No complex key or tempo changes to deal with. A dual guitar attack and about a thousand beats per minute, though. Also the stereotypical death metal vocal of Barney Greenway. As good as anything else to bang your head to. And for those not steeped in the mysticism of death metal? Well. .. if you don’t like death metal, than don’t buy any. (Makes sense, doesn’t it?) If you’re looking for a taste of the ultimate death metal, though, from a few guys who have established themselves at the forefront of a tremendous music movement, pick up the Greed Killing EP. It’s cheaper, shorter, and has the live track. Frankly, I can’t tell the difference between playing Diatribes once or Greed KiIIing twice, and if you’re the type of person who can, you don’t need my advice. You’ll buy both of them anyway. Signed yours in Niceguyness, Pretty Ordinary Indie-Rawk Fan Patrick.

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Of course, not every track on this CD rates. I must admit I like “One of Us” from Joan Osbourne, but “Spider Web” seems to fall flat by comparison. Roiling Stone called her “the next explosion waiting to happen,” but more songs like this and perhaps the intended word is implosion. Maybe if she actually played an instrument? Burton Cummings retreads “Sour Suite,” a great song when he performed it with the Guess Who, but it just lacks on his own.. Collective Soul’s contribution, “When the Water Falls” is lackluster to mediocre at best. I’ve heard some pretty decent work from these guys, and this just

work: it can stand alone, outstanding, and still have its functional (intended) purpose, soundtrack. The Scarlet Letter Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, composed and conducted by John Barry, is perfarmed by the English Chamber Orchestra. Not being exactly up on the orchestral and chamber music scene and equally ignorant of previous works by John Barry and the English Chamber Orchestra, I can only comment on the quality of the music in my own, inexperienced terms. I think that this soundtrack is amazing. It is very difficult to review something that you like. It is easier to find mistakes and dwell upon them in the review; however when you like something it’s really hard to communicate that feeling to

someone else. Listen to this with the lights turned off. Lie down and get comfortable. Close your eyes and let your mind go, This is the best and only way to enjoy this type of music. Classical music is something that is ignored by too many people in our generation. Take the time to hear this; sit in at the Waterloo Chamber . I’m happy to have got my head out from the trough long enough to listen for a sec. Many of us have been gorging ourselves on alter-be music (alternative wannabe crap) so long that we have forgotten that more than just distortion, feedback, and synthesizers make great music. If you can’t hear the beauty in something like “Agnus Dei,” you’ve had your walkman on ten way too long.

Ok, it seems that when Toronto radio stations put out their own CDs, they’re generally pretty good. CFNY (or the Edge if you insist) have theirNew Music Search CDs and other compilations. Other stations have put out oldies discs in the past year and 4107 has a history of stellar Homegrown CDs. The latest effort from the mighty Q is the Concerts in the Sky CD to support the Starlight Foundation. The Starlight Foundation provides “wishes” to seriously ill children. While I’d doubt if any of the artists on this disc are actually involved with the charity, adding a cause to any work is always a good publicity move. Regardless of any backroom politics,Concerts in the Sxy (subtitled The Campfire Versions likely due to every song being acoustic) is a very enjoyable, very listenable CD. Eight of the eighteen acts are Canadian, there’s a good mix of styles, albeit the whole CD is in the Unplugged vein, and the production is top quality. Strangely, my favorite track on the CD is “Naveed” by Our Lady Peace. Let me qualify that by saying I was never really impressed with them before. This verion, stripped down and without the overpowered vocals, really made a positive impression. 1 find myself quite taken with Winnipeg’s the Watchmen, and their version of “In My Mind” almost surpasses the album cut. Others that have earned repeated playing are Matthew Sweet recreating last summer’s most radio-friendly hit “Sick of Myself,” Nick Lowe’s “What So Funny ‘Bout Peace Love and Understanding,” Blue Rodeo’s “Is itYou” and “Perfectly Good Guitar” from John

of the trademark pop-rock sounds of both cities, but also rap, folk, hip-hop and thrash. These influences expose themselves here and there throughout different tracks, popping up seemingly at random on some songs and disappearing entirely on others.

Costanzo. Sharon’s soft harmonies contrast with Marc’s hoarsely powled lyrics. Even on the relatively normal side, Len’s sound is difficult to pin down; “My Damn Itch” and “Mom’s Place” move towards minimalism where “Stray” pulls off a heavy metal riff. Side Two is even more experimental, including collaborations with east coasters Hip Club Groove, Joel Plaskett (Thrush Hermit), and even Chris Murphy. Moving from the hip-hop “Threethirteen” to the “I’m not that whacked” chorus of the PlaskettiMurphy collaboration “Showoff’ is a shock that only wears out after a few listens. Lyrics run from the cute to the obscene, sometimes within the same song. Superstar is impossible to describe in this littie space. For those who like their rock, pop, hip-hop straight up and unadorned, this album may be hard to handle. The more adventurous should take the plunge; the hand-numbered release of 2000 is selling out fast. And even if you don’t like all the music, there’s always the tizy cover to play with.. .

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The CD’s track list is divided into two ‘sides.’ Side One is more or less straightforward pop-rock, sometimes low-fi, sometimes heavily produced. “Candy Pop” is just that, a melody sweet enough to rot the teeth and showcasing the two vocal talents in the group, brother and sister team Marc and Sharon

isn’t up to par. Other songs I’ve avoided passing judgement on include Victoria Williams’ “Crazy Mary” (I’ve just never liked her., but the song is likely great ifyou enjoy her music), the now-defunct Jayhawks “Waiting for the Sun” and one-hit wonder Pete Droge”s “If You Don’t Love Me.” . Easily the best aspect of this CD is that every song on it is fairly low-key and gentle, the ideal kind of music to toss on the stereo while studying for mid-terms. Nothing blares, and it fades nicely into the background. If you listen to (2107, you’ve probably already been told to buy this CD, but I think I’d hate to join them on this one. Of course, I don’t make money every time somone buys Concerts in the Sky, but maybe then that’s even more reason to take my advice.

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After listening to this CD for a few days, I’ve decided that there is really only one word that adequately describes it: boring! It starts out with “One By One,” a weak attempt at a pop song whose only saving grace is the fact that it features Belinda Carlisle ((.&Go’s, “Heaven Is A Place On Earth”), but after the novelty of listening to the one-time star wears off, what’s left is a dull, predictable pop song. Nothing in particular stands out. The lyrics seem unimportant and the music, though well played, lacks elements that make you want to hear it again.

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Carrying a strong pedigree, in being from a high-grossing (or is that highly gross) film and being produced by QuentinTarantino and Robert Rodriquez, you’d expect something quite good. The soundtracks to each’s last film, Pulp Fiction and Desperado were great. This one is decent at best. The music on the From Dusk Till Dawn soundtrack is heavily tinged with a South Western feel, and features a few reknowned acts, and some I have never heard of. Of course, much like Pulp Fiction, this CD has little clips of dialogue from the

by Justin Imprint

Mathews staff

Have you ever thrown on a CD by a band never heard of before and think to yourself, “Oh, how familiar!” That was my first impression of Hoarse’s pub! I’ve never heard of this band before, yet I’m sure I’ve heard the music. It’s not like they sound like a rip off of another band, because I don’t think they do. It just carries with it a basic sense of unoriginality. Hoarse isn’t the only band guilty of this, I’ve heard it a lot in recent qlusic. And it’s not like I’ve heard the lyrics or guitar riffs before, but they somehow sound just like everything else. Having said that, I suppose the band deserves some description of their music. Well, this isn’t a bad CD by any means. With all question of originality aside, they do what you’ve

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The rest of the album goes on pretty much the same from there, though mostIy instrumental (“One By One” is the only song featuring Belinda Carlisle). These instrumental pieces sound like Brian Eno without It has the same ambient an imagination. textures and sounds that Eno is known for, but it lacks his ability to make it interesting. The only song that comes close to being interesting is “The Elephant Song”performed by Sky Cries Mary. The best part about this song is the vocalist’s babbling about elephants for 7 minutes. Quite amusing at first, but it loses something after repeated listens. I suppose in all fairness, this music was written to accompany a movie and perhaps this score was perfect for the film, but no one I asked had even heard of “The Harvest.” I guess that means it the soundtrack was perfect for the movie: neither one of them went anywhere when they were released. movie, but on separate tracks this time. Theonly small problem I have with this is the choices of dialogue. They seem in part to be exactly the lines that allow the writer, Tarantino, to act out his juvenile little fantasies, such as Julie& Lewis’ strange request (I’m going to leave anyone who hasn’t seen the movie in suspense on that one) and Cheech Marin’s “pussy” speech in two parts, including one hidden track tacked on the end. It’s funny the first time you hear it, generally while watching the movie, but easily loses its appeal under repeat listening. As far as the musical content of this disc it’s pretty good. Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble are heard on “Willie the Wimp (and his Cadillac Coffin)” and “Mary Had a Little Lamb”. The bearded wonders ZZ Top play “Mexican Blackbird”. Curre country stars The Mavericks mellow out ( “Foolrsh l&art” and other acts such as tl Blasters, Jon Wayne and the Leftovers a included with single tracks. Rounding o the end of the CD are two instrumental tracl from Graeme Revel\. The two tracks I didn’t mention earlier are my two favorites are the tracks “Angry Cockroaches” and “After Dark” by Tito and the Tarantulas, the house band from the strip club. ZAngry Cockroaches” is a riot, and really has to be heard to be enjoyed. It’s really quite undescribable. If you liked the movie From Dusk Till fxzwn, you will probably enjoy this soundtrack. Ifyou found it gross and an unnessecary use of film, then you won’t Like it.

they do well. What stands out most in my mind is the vocalist. When I hear him, I think this is what the love-child of Iggy Pop, Glen Danzig and Chris Cornell would sound like. He’s got a strange blend of their three voices. Perhaps that’s why Hoarse sounds so familiar. Or perhaps it’s the music itself. I think the typical guitar, bass, drums lineup has been done to death by now, but I guess that doesn’t motivate Hoarse, or those like them, to throw in something new and radically different or innovative. They don’t even do anything out of the ordinary with their ordinary instruments. Now, that’s not to say that they don’t do a good job. They cover that middle ground between death metal and pop quite well and are actually quite enjoyable to listen to, but it’s nothing new. It’s all been done before, as it probably will be again. Bands like this may sound great, but they really aren’t important. In short, if you like the kind of heavy pop rock that Hoarse does, you probably don’t need another copy of the same old stuff in your CD collection.

by Jeff Imprint

Peeters staff

The D.O.C. got his start as a secondary member of the controversial rap group Niggaz With Attitude and has since enjoyed moderate success working with Dr. Dre. He released an album in 1989, ,vo One Can Do It Better but is better known for some of his contribution to some N.W.A. tracks. He possessed a really good, crisp voice that was loud and solid, good qualities for a rapper. He seemed to have a good career ahead of him. The came the crash. The D.O.C. fell asleep at the wheel and got into a horrifying car crash that nearly took his life. He survived, but his larynx was so badly damaged that surgery was required just so he could talk

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again. With a new, scratchy voice, the D.O.C. sounds nothing like his old self. When I heard the second track “Return Of Da Livin’ Dead,” I thought I was listening to a horror film soundtrack. The new voice is fieaky and if you’ve heard the old D.O.C., you have to shake your head1 a couple of times to get used to the new D.O.C. Now comes the fun part. The D.O.C. is no longer working for Death Row records. Surprise, surprise, he had a falling out with Dr. Dre and signed with a new company. Like RBX, another Death Row alumnus, D.O.C. takes time to dis Dr. Dre and Death Row. Track three features “From Ruthless 2 Death Row (Do We ,411 Part),” a little story of D.O.C.‘s journey from young kid to Ruthless Records rapper to Death Row “inmate” to his current situation. Unfortunately, like RBX, D.O.C. has a couple of solid tracks on his album but then lo&s steam quickly. There is an extremely funny skit on track five but it is the highlight of this album. Tt seems former Death Row artists have problems once they are out on their own and D.O.C. is no exception. I couldn’t get into his new album very well as it becomes very ordinary after the skit. Perhaps Dr. Dre doesn’t let his artists develop too much as a way of keeping them in Death Row. Either way, this album falls short. 1 wish the D.O.C. luck and hope his next effort is better than this one. To even have come back after what happened to him is commendable. The album is a great effort and if he continues to display a fighting spirit like this, his next album will have all the wrinkles ironed out and will show the triumphant comeback of tlhe D.O.C.

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and recreation?

Thursday,

concentrate, manage their time, study and write exams, the following workshops are available. Each session lasts for 4 consecutive weeks. Register all workshops at Counselling Services, NH2080, ext. 2655. Tuesday, February 27 from 9:30 to Ii:30 a.m. or 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. or 6~00 to 8:OO p.m. ; Wednesday, Feb. 28 from I:30 to 3:30 p.m. ; Thursday, Feb. 29 from 9:30 to II:30 a.m.

EXAM STRESS MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP .- this 3 session workshop is designed to provide a comprehensive range of skills to help students cope with examination stress. Participants will learn

specificstrategies for (1) managing physical aspects of stress; (2) redirecting and controlling disruptive thoughts; (3) en-

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hancing positive thoughts; and (4) inducing and maintalning a relaxed state under stress. In addition, lifestyle issues that contribute to stress will be discussed.

Begins Wednesday, Feb. 28. Students are asked to choose between (9130 to II:30 a.m. or II:30 to 1130 p.m. or 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. (the best time will be chosen to accommodate the most students) STRESS MANAGEMENT THROUGH RELAXATION TRAINING - this 3 session workshop gives instruction and practice in progressive muscle relaxation, deep breathing, concentrationlmeditation methods, and assessment and modification of thinking habits. For those who are tense, worried or just interested. Begins Monday, February 26 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Interview Skills I: March I, lo:30 12:30. NH 1020. Intro to Career Management for 21 st Century: March 4, 12130 - 1:30, NH 1020. Self Assessment: March 4,2:30 - 3:30,

while to be infor-

Pro-

NH 1030.

Researching Employers: March 5,9:30 - lt:30, NH 1020, 1115. Resume Critiquing: March 5, I:30 3:30, NH 1020. Researching Occupations: March 6,

Be-

ability for swimming, senior’s programs, minor sports or community programs. Want to get wet?Male volunteer sought to aid a gentleman with a physical disability Swimming once/week-evenings.

1:30 - 2:3O, NH -I115.

Information Intebrview: March 6,2:30 3:30. NH 1020. Resume Writingi: March 7,9:30 - 11 :OO, NH 1020. Letter Writing: h/larch 7, 11 :OO - 12:30, NH 1020. Interview Skills Ill: March 8, IO:30 12:30. NH 1020. Resume Critiquing: March 11, 5:00 7:O0. NH 1020. Career Plan Evaluation: March 12, 1I :30 - 1:30, NH 1020. Networking: March 13,1:30 - 2:30, NH

Swimming anybody? Male volunteer sought to help teenage male with a disability at Rec. Centre once/week, days or evenins. Male volunteer sought for gentleman with disability, wishing to shoot pool/ billiards. For more information call Kris at 7412226. be a Big Sister Volunteer. If you are 20 or older and feel you can make a positive difference in a child’s life, K-W and area Big Sisters needs you.

February

Government Publications on the World Wide Web ... A Tour: this presentation will focus on the variety of information published by governments (Canadian, international, and foreign), that can be accessed using the Web. Meet at the Dana Porter Library Information Desk, lo:30 - 11:30 a.m.

come a Leisure Support Volunteer. Provide assistance to a person with a dis-

READING & STUDY SKILLS {Session 2) - for students who wish to improve their ability to read, lesten, take notes,

$89.85

ing volunteer

Needed:

commitmentwouldbeFriday9:30-IO:15

Fiction Club (WatSFiC) meeting 7:00 p.m. in SLC 2135, Student Life Centre, UW. Bring a board or card games to play afterwards. See uw.clubs.watsfic or mail watsfic@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.cafor details.

Overseas

Tuesday, February 20 UW Electronic Library on the World Wide

a.m. and 3:30-4:00 p.m. Mileage is reimbursed. For information please call: Vol-

Science

$52.23

The City of Waterloo, Volunteer Services is currently recruiting for the follow-

and make new ones. All welcome.

Scuba-thon 1996 is being held at Wilfrid Laurier University Pool at 4:00 p.m. today and on Feb. 25 at 4 p.m. Come out 7700 or 570-3000. Doon Heritage - R.R. 2 Kitchener - 7481914. “Seedy Saturday” from IO a.m. to 4 p.m.

Canada

Waterloo

24,1996

lies in coping with financial realities of their tragedy, on Sat., March 16. For more info call Danny DeFrancesoo (416)421-2211 or

African

Rates

1020

Job/Work Search: March 13, 2:30 4:30. NH 1020. 1115. Letter Critiquing: March 14, lo:30 12:30, NH 1020. Preparing for the Workplace: March

Female volun-

teers are required to develop relationships with girls (aged 4-17) and boys (aged 4-l I). You are required to provide 3 hours a week for a minimum of one year. We are also in need of Big Sisters from a Jamaican, African and Latin American decent. Please call 743-5206 fnr more information. iternational Students Need English Tutors. Volunteers are needed to tutor international students in oral and written English on a one-to-one basis. Tutor meets international students on campus for l-2 hours, usually once a week for one term. If you have a good working knowledge of English, are patient, friendly, dependable, and would like to volunteer, register at the International Student Off ice, NH 2080, or call Darlene

18, II:30

* Chaos * Travel Cuts Onward Comptuers l

Ryan, ext. 2814 for more information.

PASS Needs You! Peer Academic Support Services is a volunteer peertutoring program involved with helping students deal with stress, exam preparation, difficulties with profs, and/or general school confusion. If you are good with people, looking for leadership opportunities, hoping to become a teacher, in arts, or in need of brushing up on your own study skills, then we have a position

for you. Pick up an application at the Fed Office Rm. 110 in SLC now! Do your thing for the local environment. GREENBACKS recycles non-bluebox plastics. We need your help once a month for 2 hours. Next recycling Saturday, February 25/96. Please call Greenbacks at 725-0293 to join in.

- 12:30, NH 1020.

Self-Marketing Plan Assessment: March 18, 12:30 - 2:30, NH 1020.

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Fairview Awra Phone Tec:t-r Princess Cinema Gino’s Pizza Blue Dog Bagels Dr. Disc The Beat Goes On UW Federation of Students Data Corn Computers Vision Computers E3ent

Waterloo North Mazda Shot In The Dark * Dragon Palace * Greenback’s * Zlst Centulry Hair UW Food Services * Waterloo Bowling Lanes *

OPti Multimedia System INEWI Triton Chip-Set Pentium MotherBoard i-Tower Case, 230 Ullatt power supply 16 MB of RAM, 256KB Cache 28.8 fax/Mlodem with Voice 1.44 i3.5” Floppy Drive ” Daewoo SAGA NI Colour Monitor IMB PCI Video Card Quad Speed CD ROM

IBM Sound Card wiith wave table 32 with speaker phone 60 watt Amplified Speakers WIN 95 installed with manuals and CD Mouse and pad Grollier Encl. 104 Keytronics WIN 95 Keyboard

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Power,

Wuterloo

guest Pentium 60 Perfect for Vllorkstations Siimiine Case, Intel PCI Motherboard 8 Meg RAM, 256 KB Cache RAM 4.1 Gigabyte Hard Driue 1.44 Floppy Driue 14” Daeuuoo SUGA Ni Coiour Monitor ATi Mach 32 1MB VRAM PCI Uideo Card 1 D’l Keyboard One Year Parts 6 Labour

Pentium or 486 PCI System Triton Chipset on Pentium system 8 Meg RAM, 256 KS Cache RAM PCI i/D Controller 2SeriaUl Paraiiei/16550 DART 1.08 Gigabyte NEC Hard Driue 1.44 Fiopgy Driue IMB PCI Uideo Card 101 Keyboard One Year Parts 6 labour “Monitor not Included

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