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N E E, s 3 Federal budget 1 gives a little, takes a lot .”

Loan plan could drag neediest students into uncontrollable debt by Katie Ricks

Imprint staff

anded down Tuesday, February 19, by Finance Minister Paul Martin amid cheers from the Liberal party, the 19974998 federal budget appears deceptively kind to students. While universities have applauded the increased support shown toward post-secondary education, students, in the tier-math, are discovering some holes in the government’s plans, particularly concerning loan repayment measures. In total, the new budget offers an enhancement of $137 million f or post-secondary education by the end of 1999, which will continue to grow to $202 million by the year 2000. A proposal to make Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs) more accessible by doubling the annual contribution limit to $4,000 and allowing parents to transfer unused RESI? income into RRSPs has been generally approved. Martin declared that the budget reflected the governmenr’s insistence on “making a down payment today for much greater reward tomorrow.” Other highlights for post-secondary education include the increase of tax deductible living expenses for students from $lOOper month to $200 by 1998-1999 and the improvement of tax assistance to students through three methods: doubling the education credit available to every full time student over the next two years, making mandatory fees part of the tuition tax credit, and allowing unused portions of credits to be carried forward to the future (to reflect the fact that not all students have sticient income to make use of tax credits). The budget’s approach to student aid repayment

plans, however, is causing serious concern for debt-ridden students and their supporters. Encouragingly, the deferral period for students unable to meet their loan repayment obligations immediately following graduation will be extended from 18 to 30 months, and the federal government will pay the interest on behalfof students during this time.

YJjpon closer inspection. 8 the plan appears to be little more than a political tool.. ” l

Martin also stated that the government is ready to pursue an Income Contingent Loan Repayment (ICLR) plan with ‘5nterested” provinces, banks, and other groups. ICLRs will be offered as an alternative to the normal repayment plan, meaning that any student using an ICLR does not benefit from the deferral period or government interest relief or subsidy. In fact, the student becomes responsible for the repayment ofthe entire loan and, ifthe student’s yearly pwents do not exceed the interest accumulated, the principal of the loan begins to grow, placing the student deeper and deeper in debt. ln reference to students who would be unable to repay the interest thrust upon them by ICLRs, Dave Tompkins,

UVVCYs Students’ Council President, lame& that “It wouid be ironic ifthe government can find more than $200 milhon in subsidies for all students, but is unwilling to spend any money on a plan that targets assistance to those who need it most.” According to Kelly Foley, UWs VP, Education,Vny good student aid program must have a mechanism to limit debt.” @This would basically render useless any new repayment assistance that the government has proposed in this year’s budget,” says CASA’s National Director, Matthew Hough. Coupon closer inspection.. he plan appears to be little more than a political tool aimed at garnering provincial support rather than assisting students in need.“’ Martin also announced that $180 million per year saved from reductions to the deficit will go toward the creation of a Canadian Foundation for Innovation to be funded as a private sector corporation with its own Board of Directors. This investment will total $800 million over a five-year period. The foundation will provide financial support for research infrastructure at universities, colleges, and teaching hospitals, focusing on science, engineering, health and the environment. This announcement was highly anticipated by universities specializing in these areas. Dr. James Downey, the President of UW, said he is “encouraged that there seems to be a general awakening to the importance of public support for higher education and research.” The government feels that “the Foundation has the potential to trigger about $2 billion for research infrastructure across Canada” which could encourage the best researchers to stay in Canada, resulting in better teaching and facilities for undergraduates in our post-secondary institutions.

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’ e a seven-day occupation of the presidential offices at the University of Guelph ended peacefully on Wednesday, February 19, students at Carleton University started up their own sit-in the same day. The occupations came in response to the recent government decision to hike tuition once again, this time by ten per cent, and had been initiated by the University of Toronto and York University. The University of Guelph sit-in began on Thursday, February 13, when a group of 18 students marched into President Mordechai Rozanski’s office and a&ounced their peaceful takeover of the offices, Administrators and staff subsequently left the offices without any physical confrontation. Students then proceeded to lock all four entrances to the off&s with chains and bicycle locks. The occupying students quickly released a statement outlining their demands of a tuition freeze, a public denouncement of the tuition increase by President

Rozanski, a meeting with senior administrators and the Board of Governors to discuss tuition levels at the U of G and fmally, total amnesty for all students involved in the occupation. As Mark Augustine, a volunteer for Guelph’s

U of G’s VP,Finance faces the student occupkm. photo

bv Magali Meaaher

Central Student Association (CSA), pointed out though, the main incentive for the occupation was ?o give a voice to students and increase pub& awareness of-the issue,” Although “[the students] don’t expect to win a complete freeze right away,” Augustine argued that education should not result in a “debt sentence for the rest our lives” and expressed hopes that the university administration will act in good faith in future financial decisions. In a strategic move, the occupying students soon reduced their number to twelve to allow for increased assistance with the outside organization of the occupation. Although students had prepared for a food shortage with sufficient supplies to last for quite a while, the lack of washroom facilities proved a more serious problem. In anticipation of this, the students had brought along &ternporary washroom facilities,” which Augustine defined as %everal waste containers and plastic bags.” In spite of these obstacles, Augustine emphasized that the morale amongst the occupiers was great. l

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Meeting the by Rob Van Kkuistum Imprint staff China - China’s paramount leader Deng Xiaoping died late Wednesday from complications of Parkinson disease and lung infections. He died at 9:08 p.m. (1308 GMT) on Wednaday in Beijing. He was 93 years old. China’s official news agency Xinhua stated that the Communist Party and government “proclaim with profound grief to the whoie party, the whole army and the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country that our beloved Comrade Deng Xiaoping passed away.” Deng was the man whose pragmatic policies transformed a backward Stalinist state into an economic powerhouse. He died of respiratory failure tier the doctors performed an unsuccessll emergency tracheotomy. Analysts said they expected a relatively stable transition of power since Deng’s anointed successor Jiang Zemin has already amassed the positions of Communist Party chief, state President and head of the armed forces. Croatia - Three teenage computer hackers from Croatia may

have broken Pentagon protection codes and copied classified files from U.S. military bases. The students said they were surfing the Net on their home computer, applied a search program and deci.phered codes and barged into the database of sever;ilU.S.militaryin.stallations.The Pentagon doubted that this could have happened. Lieutenant-Colonel Donna Boltz said thatz there was no way anybody could have tapped into classified files via the Internet. “Such files,” she said, ‘&are almost always on closed systems without outside access. But personal email or other sensitive files might be invaded by hackers.” The break-in lefi a trace on the Internet which was tracked down by the Pentagon, reports said. Mexico - Qn Wednesday, Mexico announced a 5.1 per cent gross domestic product (GDP) for 1996. This is much higher. than the predicted 3.0 per cent growth rate predicted earlier. This high GDP indicates that the Mexican economy roared back from the crushing recession that followed its 1994 - 1995 peso crisis. The Mexican stock mark2t

soared with this news but the ordinary citizens, still trapped with high debts and low wages, reacted less enthusiastically. The industrial sector, especially manufacturing, showed strong growth but by the end of the year it was the service sector, particularly retail spending, which helped pull the economy out of its slump. Britain -Five men involved with the murder of an 18 year old high-school student of Jamaican parentage have been summoned back to court in London. Although much of the evidence in the 1993 murder case seems to point towards the five men, a suspect police investigation and lack of witnesses has resulted in their acquittal. The case bears several parallels to the O.J. trial due to the faulty police investigation and the acquittal on grounds of no proof “beyond reasonable doubt.” Police initially failed to even try to locate witnesses. Media coverage of the case has been sensational, t6 say the least. Last week, the Dailv Mail featured the five men’s p&ures under%he oversize headline “Murderers” and challenged the accused to sue the tabloid.

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ace Davison of Youth Challenge International (YCI) is organizing a five kilometre walk-a-thon around ring road and through Waterloo Park on February 22. The goal of the fund-raiser is to have 40 people walking on the route. The first 40 people to raise $50 in pledges will receive a free t-shirt. Bruce has already received a lot of support from the Engineering Society, the Federation of Students and his church as well as individual pledges. “I’m well on my way,” he says of his fLnd raising efforts. Volunteers for YCI, or “Challengers” as they are commonly referred to, are involved in global development. International fieldwork tries to provide for the medical, environmental and consmction project demands in many countries. Canadian volunteers live and work with challengers from other countries as well as members of the host community for ten week periods. During this time, the local community identifies a specific need, such as the repair of a school and, upon approval ofYC1 Management Teams, the groundwork commences. Upon completionofthe work, the entire project is evaluated and a maintenance plan is d&ted. Becoming a Challenger involves a number of steps. Asker filling out an in depth application, a small group of people are cho-

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sen to attend a “Selection Weekend” to determine their resourcemess, commitment and compatibility with other Challengers. Each person must than fLnd-raise $3750 to help cover the cost of participating in the program. The money raised covers 80 per cent of the expenses thus ensuring that the need for government assistance is limited. Finally, upon completion of the project itself, Challengers turn their experiences into positive civic action. One hundred hours of time are donated to a community sewice organization. Anyone interested in becoming a Challenger should contact: YCI, 11 Soho St., Toronto Ont., M5T 126. Telephone (416) 9719846 or email info@yci.org.To contact Bruce Davison about his walkathon or YCI, you can e-mail bjdaviso@novice.uwaterloo.caor call 725-5364.

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n Wednesday, February 19, Seagram announced in a news release that the museum’s Board of Directors had decided to close its doors after “twelve years of operation.” The Cineplex Odeon Corporation plans to turn the existing building into a six-screen cinema, while erecting a two-screen cinema on the premises. &I’m still reeling,” was Princess Cinema owner and manager John Tutt’s remark following the announcement that the Seagram’s museum site on Erb street will be turned into an eight-screen multiplex* “1 have no ideahow [the Princess] is going to survive.” said Tutt. In light of the imminent arrivd of the multiplex, the Princesswill have toUndergo anumber of changes. A reconsideration of the Princess’programming and the recent “staffing changes” are two such issuesfacing Princess management in light ofWednesday’s announcement. But it isn’t a done deal yet. Before the ground can be broken on Seagram’s land, a number of agreements need to be finalized between the interested parties: the Museum, the Cineplex Odeon Corporation, the City of Water-

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loo, and the Seagram Corporation. - Being a separate, non-profit organization, the museum site is not currently in a commercial zone. Tom Stockie, the Chief Administrative Officer of the City of Waterloo, said that ,u.nless an official plan amendment is required, zoning changes usually take 90 days from the date of application, and that, as of the time of Seagram’s news release, no such application had been filed. ’ Kate Doe, a manager of the Bytowne cinema in Ottawa is in a similar predicament. As an independent art house cinema similar to the Princess, the Bytowne has had to face competition from large corporate cinemas for years. Says Doe, independent theatres needn’t feel as though they are being strangled to death by larger corporate cinemas. There are enough popular non-blockbuster fhs to go around, and the movie market is nothing if not fickle. Although independents may fee1 sensitive to market changes when large cinemas first come on the scene, Doe saysthat she is optimistic about the relationships between corporate cinemas and independent theaters. No faced date has as yet been set for the beginning of construction. The Seagram museum will close its doors for the last time on March 27,1997.

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& the occupation contihued, the atmosphere grew increasingly hostile. Negotiations broke off temporarily when university administration systematically cut off phone lines and e-mail connections, which had been the students’ only means of communication. Administration also locked ail doors accessing the fourth floor where the occupied offices were iocated and limited elevator access to a minimum. With plenty of university police at hand, students and media were prohibited from entering any of the remaining ofices in an attempt to isolate the occupiers. Although these measures inhibited negotiations htween the students and administration, a deal was reached in the early morning of February 19. As Andrew Noble, CSA Local Affairs Commissioner, stated, “We got the arnnesty, but more importantly we got the attention this issue deserves .”

I.n an attempt to keep the ball rolling, Carleton Unive,rsity% Student Association took over its university’s presidential offices at 7:30 a.m. on February 19. Under the same slogah asGuelph’s, “Education shouldn’t be a debt sentence,” the Carleton students reiterated many of the original demands made by Toronto, York and Guelph. Students at Ryerson Polytechnic University meanwhile sent 30 blocks of ice to their president with the demand to freeze tuition ’ fees. The president responded by inviting the student executive to discuss the issue in detail. Closer to home, UW President Dr, James Downey’s office appears to be safe for the time being. As Kelly Foley, the Feds VP, Education stated, We have no intentions of taking over the president’s of&e. m Instead, the Feds are planning an open forum including student leaders, President Downey and a representative of the provincial government.

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hood? Tired of eating potatoes? Being hassled by the by-law officer? Your landlord? Your room mate? Your ex? These are only some of the issuesthis programme addresses. Off-Campus Dons is a “grass roots” student venture and you have the opportunity to help shape its development. The programme is currently looking for a new coordinator to begin this term, and to continue over the course of the summer and fall. The new coordinator would begin by working alongside the current coordinator and then would assume fkll responsibility following a transition in the beginning of May. If you will be here over &e summer, have excellent networking abilities, and experience in the administration of same age peers, you are qualified for this position. Preference will be given to appli-

cants who have past involvement in student life, (e.g. orientation, residence life, Federation of Students). The programme is also in need of a number of volunteers for the both the summer. and f& terms. These volunteers are anyone with a sincere interest in student issues and a desire for a great leadership experience. We provide the training. The anticipated time demands for the summer and fall terms are an average of ten hours per week for the coordinator, and three hours a week for volunteers. You will fmd yourseKjustty rewarded. To apply for all positions, bring a resume and a covering letter to the Fed Ofice, and fill out a volunteer form. The deadline is March 31, but apply now and come on board right away! For more information contact Adam Driedzic at 747-1108.

Villqge 1 gets a make-over by Daniel Shipp, Vl Redevelopment Project Co-ordinator special to Imprint

fter 30 years of excellence in residence life and in response to rapidly changing needs of students living on campus, Village One will u& dqgo a few changes this summer. The UWBoard of Governors approved the design of phase one of the Village One Redevelopment Project with a budget of $1,483,000. Renovations to the red and green djning halls will include the construction of a wash-and-play laundry facility, a TV lounge, a pool table and games area, an intemet cafe, various administrative offices and two study rooms. Construction is expected to begin on May 5,1997. In addition, the Board approved the continuation of design development for phase two in the spring of 1998, Phase two might include additional group study rooms and am&i-purpose/ seminar room in the blue dining hall, a redevelopedkitchen, acombiied open-concept cafeteria and

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grill (presently there are two separate cafeterias), bakery, commissary and the creation of a barrierfree link to the rooftop Housing and Residence services. In September 1967, the University of Waterloo opened the doors to the completed third and final phase of a three year, $9S million construction of Village One. The original medieval village concept was designed to hold I

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and then at 8 p.m. at Hagey Hall Theatre. Friday, March 7 - Hyou2re always. wanted to learn the art of back massage, this is your day. Kathy Rennie, a massage therapist, will teach massage at the MPR at 9 a.m, AlI you have to bring is o partner and a pillow. mer that, Kasia will be facilitating creative movement, No experience is necessary, just make sure to show up at the MPR at 11 a.m., wearing loose clothes. Following these session will be a Clay Goddess Making Workshop, hosted by Lisa Marcus from Mermaid Springs Pot-

tery. There is a $5 charge for this event, which begins at 2 p.m. in the MPR. To cqnclude the week, the Ontario Women’s Intramural Basketball Championship will be held at the PAC on the

Celebrating women, all week long by ShirlejGbn Hopkins special to Imprint

n celebration of International Women’s Week 1997, the UW Womyn’s Came has organized a wide variety of events beginning March 1. On that day, a fb.nd raiser profiting the Sexual Assault Support Centre (SASC) wiu be staged at Weavers’ Arms Pub (in the WCRX on Phillip St.). The fund raiser will include perfbrmances by a cool collective of bands such asGan Ainm (traditional Irish music), Faith Nolan and Cordurov Leda. Doors open at 8 p.m. and tickets&e only $5 or pay-what-you-can. Monday, March 3 - Opening the week will be Rosemary Sadler, the President of the Ontario Black History Society andchronicler.ofthelifeofHarrietTubman, She will speak and take questions at the Multi Purpose Room (MPR) of the Stu-. dent Life Centre (SLC). Tuesday, March 4 - An all-day Wellness F& takes place. The Womyn% Centre will host complimentary health care practitioners specializing in a variety ofmassage therapies including Reiki, therapeutic touch, Chakra balancing and many others. Altogether there will be approximately 20 healers on hand in the SLC between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. To sweeten the deal even fiu-thcr, Food Not Bombs will serve free munchies between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. As another part of the Wellness Fair, Coreyanna, a padacologist and midwife from K-W will be showing the film Go PV’& the I;lo the same day. In addition to the film presentation, Coreyanna will also show a Judy Chicago fabric painted collage. All of this will take place in the

Womyn’s Centre at 3 p.m. For Native Awareness Week., Women’s Day, a. discussion panel featuring native women and guest speakers will be held the same day from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s College, Mactirdy Hall (for fUrther info please contact 885-1460). Lateronthateveningat7p.m.,Maria.m Bhabha will screen the National Film Board documentary Rape: A Crime 0fIV’iz~ in the MPR. Following the screening, Bhabha will address the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the plight of Muslim refbgee women and human rights. Bhabha’s presentation at last year’s Women’s Week was extraordinarily well received and consequently, this event should not be missed. Wednesday, March 5 - An unconventional presentation by Toronto’s AntiRacist Action will fmus on two particular issues: attacks on women, queers and reproductive freedom by n&Nazis and the Christian extreme tight. Further highlights will deal with the organized right wing backlash against First Nation peoples and how to defend against such attacks. This presentation will take place between 4130 and6p.m. attheMPR. At7p,m.,theMPR will also host three women~including one former prisoner who will deal with issues of women and prison, including health, AIDS, sex,nutrition andeducation. Wanda Whitebird of the Mic Mac Nation Bear Clan wiU also debate why women are being transferred to men’s prisons and address solidarity with the Native Sisterhood at the Prison for Women in Kingston. Thursday, March 6 - As part of Native Awareness Week, the Chief of the Assembly ofFirst Nations, Ovide Mercredi, will be speaking on two occasions: first at Conrad Grebel’s Great Hall, 2:30-4 p.m.

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noticed that this past week was Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Xt’s great that attention is being &awn to this tragic and potentially deadiy disease. However, there is a mytholou surrounding $e cause of eating disorders, particuIa.rly anorexia-bulimia, which is fraught with misconceptions. The common explanation is that the development of an eating disorder is a natural response to a beauty-obsessed culture. This culture is dominated by men who promulgate their impossible stmdards of beauty through the media and interpersonal relationships. Yet this idea goes wrong in a lot of places. First of all, we must recognize that the prime fact&s leading to eating dkorders are personal, not social. Everyone is bombarded by media images of . beauty, but only some people develop eating disorders. Eating disorders are ofien n&t the main problem, but mask other, more serious concerns, such as exposure to an abusive environment. It would be foolish and irresponsible to address anorexia or bulimia exclusively without searching for deeper causes. Second, beauty is not a human cultural invention, in that it is neither exclusively cultural nor human.. Some standards of beauty are found in every culture worldwide, such as having symmetricai features, smooth skin, and sound teeth. Other features, such as the shape of breasts and, ironically, body size prove to be culturally contingent. The more universal features tend to provide indications of general health, an essential consideration before mating with an individual. Zn addition, creatures down to the level of insects develop features that are analogous to standards of beauty. Somewhere out there in the microcosmos, there’s prob-

ably a couple of bugs going, ‘Whoa! Check out the thorax on that one!” Individual creatures &at possess a certain trait are more successM in mating than those who don’t. These features can reach comic and potentially fatal (in the case of predators) proportions, as evidenced by the peacock’s tail or baboon’s butt. The point is that standards of beauty are natural and not just some social aberration of modern society. Another curious problem involves the role of media in eating disorders. This industry is universally decried for creating unrealistic standards of beauty, telling girls that their lives are not worth camel spit unless they have bodily proportions that would create serious balance problems. While the media does bear some responsibility for contributing to eating disorders (more on this in a second), they are not the ultimate villains. Advertisers do not have a vested interest in promulgating a single standard of beauty: they are 0nLy trying to sell products. The fact is that individuals who are already considered to be beautiM will help sales when they are associated with a product. So, women who look like they could provide the nutritional needs of Denmark with their breasts are draped over cars, and men whose bodies have more ripples than cardboard hold up stipples of sinus medication. But it is ultimately the broader society, not the media itself, that creates these standards. If, through extensive market analysis, people with three nostrils were widely found to be beau&l, we would then see three-nostriled people selling pr’oducts. Two-nostriled individuals would

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Outside the Lines is not weird #l To

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I’ve just finished reading the ktter entitled “Outside the Lines is Weird” in the Februanr 14 issue. Congrats to Imprint staff for this hilarious sendup ofsome ofmost mtiormed, uninformed, an+ peevishlv . narrour-minded belief& which esist (unfortu..nately) on this campus. Your use of a composite character, this so-called “Peter Moskaluk,” was brilliant. ‘Mq’ or$ criticism is that you could have made him a bit more believable (and

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ter. Lines like 51 unattractive girl who goes without a boyfriend for a long period of time” used to explain a lesbian activist’s behaviour may have worked twenv years ago, but if you want VOW readers to b&eve that this letter was actually written by someone living in the 199Os, you’ll have to do a bit more research. -

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dick,” she was merely quoting Roseanne, just as she cited others throughout her column (who were mentioned in a brief biblio at the end) to make her point. Speaking of which, did you miss it? Maybe “suck my dick” pricked-up your ears, and you misinterpreted it as an invitation from MS MacDonald? I also noticed that vou made reference to her taking pride in being a “lazy ass”; I bet psychoanalysis of the “Peter/male/female relations hip( s )” would reveal that you either enjoy defecating in people’s food, or have some sort of bizarre fixation on certain body parts. After all, “. . .everything unconditional belongs in pathology.” But before you call me a militant feminist bitch, here’s a little morsel of Anais Nin I’d like to sprinkle on your fecal-flavoured cereal: “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” And go ahead, call me a “bitch” - I am one of many women who is not afraid or ashamed of “Being In Total Control of Herself,” Peter: I hope you’ve enjoyed your fifteen seconds of “fame,” or, more aptly put, attention. Be careful not to choke on your Cocoa Puffs. As for “Outside the Lines,” well, there’s only one thing lefi to say - Battle on, Melissa! - B. Dm Foster-Jwdan

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Forget about trying to solve the ageold mystery about how they get the caramel in the Caramilk bars. . .I have figured out who’s been shitting in whose cereal bowl! It’s quite evident, Mr. Moskaluk, * whd you’re allowing to shit in yours on a I weekly basis. Although 1 am not gay, I do Yune in” to MS MacDonald’s weekly column because as a woman with self-esteem, I can appreciate and enjoy the empowering messages that are being conveyed. I won’t apologize if my “weird opinions represent the views of only a tiny percentage of the population. ” “&side the Lines” is an intelligent commentary that both women and men (regardless of sexual orientation) ‘can read and relate to. For those who cannot relate, hopefUy it will provoke some healthy introspection. Well, provoke it did, much to my amusement. It sounds as if you’re the one who feels so frustrated and angry at the world, Peter. Or rather, you seem q uite threatened when a woman speaks her mind. Do you realize that spewing your ill-informed suppositions just fkther justifies the express purpose of MS MacDonald’s weekly column? It’s the truth, but as you well know, “often the truth hurts,” I believe that the %uth” is often subjective, but it is out there... As for Ms MacDonald saying “suck my

Rather than call Peter MoskaIuk a “homophobic sexist pig” (his own suggestion) for his letter of February 14, I’m going to try and speak in terms he might understand. Yo, Peter! Once a year, big cities like T.O., New York, and San Francisco host a march for “Gay Pride Day.” You should visit one as a tourist. You’ll see alI kinds of people, just like in any crowd. Among them, you’ll see some drop-dead gorgeous lesbians. I’m talking women who’d have no trouble attracting the attention of a redblooded Canadian male like you. So maybe they’re not lesbians just because they can’t get boyfriends. You with me? Whiie you’re in that crowd, you might find yourself feeling a little uneasy, even though everyone is too busy having a good time to pay attention to you. See, you’ll be in a minority as regards your sexual preference for the first time in your life. Now imagine that those tens of thousands of people around you start insisting that you dress like them, act like them, think like them - pretend to be one of them. If vou don’t, they’ll get you canned from yo& job, refuse tb ler you near children, and they’ll feel free to beat you up when you’re walking around alone. r-f, after all that, someone gives you newspaper space to write about what you feel, don’t you think you might come across as ‘<frustrated and angry?” Don’t you think what you write might sound a teeny bit like what Melissa MacDonald writes? As straight males living in a world dominated by straight males, we’re going to have dificulty imagining what it is like to be a lesbian, or a gay man. So when one

of them takes the trouble to explain it to us, maybe we should try to see their point of view, instead of insisting that our perspective is the only correct one. Think about it.

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assertion has zero validity as anyone who doesn’t live in that rareified atmosphere of ignorance that you seem to inhabit, knows by now. The article which you seemed to have had the most problems with was her “beauty-myth” opinion piece in the February 7 issue. MS MacDonald’s argument was that a woman’s worth should not be judged on the basis of her looks and that society tends to propagate the antithesis of this notion, thus instilling a sense of inferiority and anguish in many women. I can tell you right now, these ideas are shared by many people, cutting across race, gender, sexual orientation, and physical appearance. The only thing “weird” is that you actually consider such notions as being ‘tyeird” in the first place. You then state that MS MacDonald can’t be taken seriously because she goes around making cotnments like “suck my dick” while prociaiming herself to be a “lazy-ass.” You neglect to mention, however, the context within which these comments were made, obviously indicating how desperate you are to discredit MS MacDonald in order to suit your own misbegotten ends, When she made the %uck my click” comment, MS MacDonald was obviously doing this for the primary purpose of humour by quoting Roseanne Arnold’s inyour-face slogan. As for the %zy-ass” remark, this was simply meant to underscore her desire for an alternative (i.e., a more simple, or %zyass” style) to society’s prevailing image of what constitutes feminine beauty, not any lack of ambition or desire on her part. As hard as it is to believe, your letter gets a lot worse. With an astonishing amount of callous insensitivity - the kind of asinine drivel usually reserved for intolerant, anti-social misfits - you speculate that MS MacDonald must be an unattractive, frustrated young woman with low self-esteem stemming from a lack of suc- 1,L cess with men. You basically admit to being a homophobic, sexist pig, thus saving the rest of us from performing the honour ourselv&, for which I am certainly grateful. It’s hard to understand exactly what Moskaluk accomplished by making these statements other than to reveal his utter lack of personality and self-respect in the presence of the entire university community. Near the end of his rather unfortunate letter, Moskalukdiscloses one ofhis sources of “insp&ation” - a philosophical transcription by Nietzsche which 9aught” him that to mistrust gays is a sure sign ofhealth. I can only speculate on which other types of literature the feeble-minded Mr. Moskaluk has decided to embrace. Finally, he ends his letter with a challenge to MS MacDonald: “Go ahead write me back. I knqw that I can take your slings and arrows.” What a hero! The courage it must have taken to write that. I’m sure your friends (if you have any) will be impressed with such naked contempt for the “politically-correct” sensibilities of out university establishment. In all honesty Moskaluk, you should go seek some kind of therapy. And while you’re at it, get a life. l

To the Editur, I’m writing in response to Peter Moskaluk’s comme ntarv on columnist Melissa MacDonald’s “Outside the Lines” (Imprint, February 14). Speaking as a heterosexualman who has been called %ellendowed)l (in schooling, humour, and sensibilities) I wonder if we had indeed read the same column. It is my belief that to get the mll measure and meaning of an article, one must absorb the entire thing, and not become bogged-down by single phrases, thus completely distorting its authentic meaning. Obviously Peter and I both pride ourselves with thinking with our heads; I can say with certainty thatmy head is simply the receptacle for my brain. (There are none so blind as those who chocrsenot to see.) It is said that those who know of what they speak, write about it; those who can’t follow it, criticize. I look forward to seeing Peter’s next insighti weekly cccolumn.” Till then, the rest of us will simply have to settle for the next best thing to stimulate our intellect--“Outside the Lines.“Melissa MacDonald, you may now start shaking in your boots. Respectfully, from a Melissa MacDonald homophobic, Sexist pig fan club groupie,

Outside the Lines not weird 46 To the Editor, Wow Moskaluk, you must be feeling like a real man tier your bombastic tirade against Melissa MacDonald in last week’s edition of Imprint. Not only did you completely misconstrue the message of her column, “Outside the Lines,” but you also demonstrated a singular vacuity-of personal integrity and character. Judging by the angry tone of your letter, it is you, not MS, MacDonald, who has a warped perspective on life. I believe in honest and - as you put it - blunt appraisal as much as” the-next person, but I also know the difference between, on the one hand, constructive criticism of what we perceive to be “polititally-correct” ideas and on the other, foul, mean-spirited personal attacks without justification. You begin your letter by saying that MS MacDonald’s “weird” opinions represent the views of only a tiny percentage of the general population. Seeing as how her column deals with gay, bi-sexual, and feminist issues, your

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It is obvious that Mr. Moskaluk’s problem with MS MacDonald (“Outside the Lines is weird,” February 14) is not necessarily her writing style or her attitude but the fact that she is a lesbian. His letter is an outright attack on every homosexual woman and demeans them all by referring to MacDonald as a “tragic example of what happens to an unattractive girl who goes without a boyfriend for a long period of time.” Indeed, his letter seems to address his more subtle concerns towards those who override the status quo. The very idea that there are women who love women instead ofmenmustkeepMoskalu.kawake

at night. They don’t like to dress up and make themselves pretty?! They aren’t spending their livelonghourstryingtoattractaman?! How can this be? This idea must seem totally alien to Moskaluk, who is fir&y set in his patriarchal beliefs and upholds that marriage should be the natural course for everyone. Moskaluk seems quite shocked at MacDonald’s perspective on life and that she isn’t the sit-quietly-and-iook-pretty type of girl that he’s familiar with. Women can have opinions and minds of their own, Peter. You call these people “bitches . n You’re living in a dreamworld, Peter. . .a dreamworld created for you by 50s sitcoms andHollywoodmovies. For most, marriage isn’t what it’s all cracked up to be and there are a great majority of people who get married simpIy because they feel that that’s what’s expected ofthem. There are a lot of us who see these pressures around us for what they

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are and realize that an excellent time can be had wi+out that “eternal” bond. You live in a world where women are “women” and men are “men”. . .a world with strict culturally-defined lines that you are too afraid to step out of or even contemplate; a world where an increasing number of women aren’t afraid to follow their own intuition and buck socially-accepted values simply because they know that they are not right for them. These women may or may not be lesbians. Regardless, they should be commended for their free-thinking and free-doing abilities. You quote Nietzsche, but I think you placed the emphasis on the wrong words. Read it this way: KObjection, digression, gay mistrust, the delight in mockery, ARE SIGNS OF HEALTH; everything unconditional belongs in pathology.” (Yes, Peter, “gay’ meant something different back then.) According to your quote, Melissa, and people like her, are the ones who are healthy, and you, the one who unconditionally believes in the teachings of society, are the pathological. The truth hurts &esn’t ii? “Master Nietzsche” taught you well. Maybe, in due cou.&, men like Peter will start to follow suit and the gears ofthis engine we call %ociety” will start to break apart and free everyone from the bonds that have been built to enslave them. - Ii2n Stewm

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der what Jon MacKay thinks democracy is? The democratic processwas sewed in exactly the same manner this year as it has been in the past. Should the rules of democracy change in hindsight when we don’t like the outcome they produced? Would the subversion and modification of the process after the fact make things better? Democracy isn’t always pretty. In this case, all the normal processes were followed, and the result was an oddity, We can respond to this by changing the rules to prevent tier occur-. rences of this type, but to go back and tinker with the process tier the fact wotid be tinkering with democracy. The election rules are not written in stone, and they can be changed, but they have to be changed for everyone and not just under special circumstances. Making up the rules as you go is not what democracy is about.. .unless you would like me to just start telling Council and the Election Committee what to do;and that doesn’t sound very democratic to me. One last point I would like to make. Mr. MacKay makes some pretty sweeping genertitions about the possibility of “issues, groups or collectives on campus [being] ignored by the new Feds because the acclaimed students do not feel responsible to them in their positions.” I have no idea where this is coming from. Do you think that these people simply snapped up what they saw as jobs for the taking? Each of us ran in our respective positions because we felt that we could best serve the people who those positions represent, not simply to get ourselves a job. Up until the last minute, we were pretty sure that we would all be in the midst of an election. In fact, even tier the nomination period closed, and contrary to what Mr. MacKay said in his article, there were to be elections in the VP, Internal, and VP, Education, positions. There were only two acclamations declared at the all-candidates meeting, not four. It wasn’t until two of the candidates dropped out the following* week that we found ourselves all acclaimed. Saying that we will not represent the groups that we would be responsible to suggests that the four of us were hanging around the office at 4:30 p.m. on January 17, saw there were no nominations in yet, and drew straws for the positions. Unless Mr. MacKay has the gfi of foresight, there has been nothing about this process that would sugges.t that any of us, flull well expecting to have to battle it out in an election, would be unable to represent any groups on campus. I would close with this. There maybethos~whothinlcitiswithin my power to re-open the elections, but the reality is that I answer to Council, to the students of this university, and to the principles ofthat which is ftir and just. What happened under the current rules was fair and just. I didn’t hear any concerns

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Feds not apathetic #2 To the Editor,

This is in response to John MacKay’s February 14 forum piece. Let me premise this note with the fact that I was devastated, disappointed, and mad as hell about the acclamations of all four Fed Exec for 1997-98. Jon has posed the question: was it too much work for the current Feds to extend the nornination period, upon discovery of four acclamations? Cehainly not! It would be very little work at all. It would be, however, the same flavour ofwork as extending the voting period because they were afraid the bdlots were not tumbling in the direction they desired. It would be the same flavour of work as suddenly changing the deadline for by-law amendments at a GeneralMeeting. It would be the same flavour of work as extending the Student Council nomination period because some jerk had applied, and they hoped to have a better candidate come forward and kick his butt. Get it? The Feds, just like any corporation owned by shareholders (students) follow the procedures caremy and thoughmy outlined in the by-laws of the corporation If you owned shares in BCE, would you be happy with the elected President arbitrarily bending the rules that you as a

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shareholder had developed, agreed to, voted into effect, and abide by? I do not intend to imply that it wouldn’t have been a really swell thing for Bellabarba to do, but it would have been a very wrong thing to do. Sometimes democracy sucks. I am afraid that the “rules of election” are written in stone. Until the March General Meeting at least. At that point, any student can move to amend the by-laws. If you like, you can move that a minimum of 75 students must be nominated and if less than 75 students are nominated, the Imprint editor automatically becomes the King of the Feds and Bombshelter beer is coloured red for the entire year. I tend to appreciate the bylaws. If I wasn’t at the meeting where a by-law was created (usually a long time ago), I like to put some faith in the methods of past students, who wrote the by-laws. I certainly hope this never happens again There are many things I would like to see not happen, but I’m not going to encourage disrespect of the policies and bylaws. I would be more disappointed in any executive who did so, than a fti ticket acclamation. - TrishMtimby

To the 53-F. who stole my wallet To the Editor, I have been going to this school since 1992 and have watched it blossom into, I feel, one of the finest post-secondary institutions in this country, full of young, bright, eager and enthusiastic individuals here to learn and expand their minds. But this letter is to that. incredibly dumb, sick f&k who stole

my wallet from the PAC change room while I was in the shower (excuse the Ianguage, but I did develop a tremendous amount of rage because of this unfortunate incident). Being a civil, rational human being, after working out I shower (which I doubt the S.F. would do if he worked out!). I was in the showers for only around ten minutes. I knew that my wallet was in my pants before I showered because I had to put my student and WATcard back inside of it. Now when I got out of the shower and went back to my clothes. As I slipped my pants on, I did not feel my wallet so I thought, “Silly me, I must have put iton the shelf.” I checked and it was not there. I checked my bag, the locker, the floor, etc. It was not in any of those places. I asked if it had been turned in, and it had not. So I went home all pissed off having this rage fester inside of me towards this SF. When I got home I imrnediately canceled my credit cards. Then I went back to the PAC and asked again. No luck. My rage had now settled somewhat and I was thinking straight. I went back to check the locker I was at and it still was not there. Then I had a small brainstorm. I thought most criminals are too stupid to know how to successfully use all the stuff contained in my wallet, except for the cash, so it was probably removed and the wallet thrown in the garbage. Sure enough, there it was in the garbage fully intact with only the $20.00 gone. To my joy1 had everything still there. . So the big question is, how does a ment$.ly disturbed SJ. Like this get into UW? I know myself, if I ever became a wallet thief I could find uses for all or most that a wallet contains, but not this SF. WellIwouldjustliketothank

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this S.F. for shattering my beliefs I had in trusting my fellow neighhour (how dumb could I have been!) Now I know I have to, for the first time in five years, get a private locker and treat niy belongings with a certain degree of paranoia. Thank you SF.

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To the Edim, To the E&w, Upon rereading what I wrote (CLFASS Criticism Ill-Founded,” February14)Iwouldliketoclarify the intent of my last letter to Imprint regarding Greg K&iii&s review of the past FASS show. I disagree with his prescription for improving the quality of the script: five or six cracker-jack writers writing a strongly plotted show, featuring continuing characters. I believe that other forms of script, e.g, sketch comedy, could be written by a widely disparate group whose only unifying goal is in preparing material for performance in the same show. There wouldn’t need to be continuing characters, or an ongoing plot line. I believe (and I hope Greg would agree) that the necessary ingredients for any show are strength and shape, whichever approach it takes. FASS is always looking to make its material topical, funny, and worthwhile, and how to do this is a constant topic of discussion and - sometimes - disagreement. In my haste to compose a rebuttal to what I viewed as a pat solution to a perceived problem, my argument became muddied

According to the peals of laughter heard in the Humanities Theatre last weekend, not to mention the increased ticket sales for the FASS 1997 production, it would certainly appear that Greg Krafhick is mistaken in his view that FASS just is not entertaining its audience (“A SorryMess,Tmprht, February 7). Despite his dismal portrayal, the reality is that more than 1000 people showed up to seethis year’s production of 1001 Atihwi~n Kjz&hts and, according to audience surveys, more than 87 per cent of those people enjoyed the performance enough to recommend it to a friend. The vast majority of the audience members went on to describe the show using phrases such as “incredibly funny,” “completely hilarious,” “I laughed harder than I have all year,” and “Super! Fantastic! I want to join!m For thirty-five years, FASS has been a remarkable source of musical comedy, friendship and loads ofti. And according to the response last weekend, you can bet we’ll still be entertaining audiences in another thirty-five!! -Jo-Anne BMW FASSt97~odzu~ 1001 Arthkn K&&h

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1. Though I may be biased, I think women can go topless in public if they want. If Gwen Jacob wants to go take her shirt off on a hot day, fine. That’s her perogative, and the provincial court agreed last year when they overturned her indecency conviction. Actually what the court decided was that Jacobs didn’t cause any harm by going topless, and I’d agree. However, the Ontario government doesn’t, and as governments are wont to do whenever they don’t like a court ruling, they just change the rules so they can get a verdict that is more in line with their political agendas. Ontario Attorney-General Charles Harnick is planning to ask for a change to the Criminal tide to prevent others from following Jacob’s lead, because, surprise surprise, some people find the idea of topless women a contravention of “community standards.” Fuck I hate that. I really can’t think of a stupider criterion than 4ccornrnunity standards.” What are they? How are they defined? How come “community standards” = fzIways moral pronouncements from concerned prudes with too much time on their hands? The standard of harm is perfectly acceptable, and should be left alone. If someone’s behavior is not hurting anyone else, why nor let them do it? Just because some people find it morally objectionable? Who gives a shit? It’s my life, goddamn ir.

2. Prostitution is once again in the news, for a couple of different reasons. Primarily, a new study found that female prostitutes receive much harsher sentences than their male customers (the difference is something along the lines of $100 fines for men, 30 days in jail for women) and because Vancouver is planning a new crackdown on the buyers instead of the sellers, finally admitting that targeting prostitutes doesn’t solve anything. No shit, Sherlock. I have mixed feelings about this crackdown. If prostitution has to be targeted, going tier the customers seems like a better idea than jatig your average prostitute working the corner, i.e., poor with little formal education. However, I’m not sure that prostitution has to be targeted. A legal, regulated sex-trade is quite possibly the solution. Regulation can ensure that prostitutes work in a deftned area, are at least 18, and are healthy. And per: haps most importantly, regulation can help keep prostitutes s;ife from abusive customers and pimps. More than halfof the murders of prostitutes in Canada between 1991 and 1495 remain unsolved. Of course, this isn’t going to happen, despite considerable successb the Netherlands, a fairly reasonable proposal by Jack Layton to Toronto City Council a couple of years ago and the work of groups like the Canadian Organization for the Rights of Prostitutes. Why not? You guessed itcommunity standards.

WPIRG Board nominations February 17 Most of us who watch the news and read our daily newspapers remember hearing how 1995 was the most profitable year for Corporate Canada. Big corporations were bringing in record profits of $66 billion. Yet, ironically, 1995 can also be remembered as a year of record worker lay-offs. For instance, Bell Canada went on record as having a profit increase of half a billion dollars, while it announced the lay-off of 3,100 employees. Into Canada saw an astroaomical profit increase of over 3,281 per cent but still laid off 2,000 workers. The Bank of Montreal increased its profit margins by 20 per cent while it slashed 1,428 jobs. Oh yes, the %nes are a-changing!” General Motors, long known for its commitment to Canadian workers, has a.&unced its own layoffs of2,500 workers while recordingprofits of $1.3 billion. The tidamental question most asked is: Why does a company need to lay off its workers? The problem lies in the way Bay Street (Toronto StockExchange) responds to corporate downsizing. For example, shortly after AT&Tannounced that it would eliminate over 40,000 jobs, its stocks increased by $4 billion in value. Thus, we see that the stock market now rewards big corporations for laying offworkers. One could argue that investors don’t want to see employment oppo&ties created. Mer World War II, the majority of big corporations recognised that increasing corporate profits and productivity shotid be shared with the individual worker through job security and steadily increasIing wages and salaries. Nowadays, this is no longer the case. Corporations see m aximizing their shareholder returns as the overriding priority, not thewell-being ofthe individual worker or the community in which he/she lives. This sad commentary is typified through the words of one Canadian CEO: “Companies aren’t put together to create jobs. The number one priority is creating shareholder wedth.” ? Thus, we see how Canadian corporations have fallen prey to the neo-conservative. mentality that teaches that corporatiks and businesses have no social responsibilities to the community or to individuals. The corporations that have been leading the path towards corporatedownsizing are Canadian Pacific, Imasco, K-Mart, Ford,

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Secondly, yes, the Feds do make our fmancial statements and ledgers open for inspection. I personally handed over all of our statements to Imprint for the “Fate of your Fed fee” article. I think there was some co&ion stemming from the depiction of our executive budgets. Each of us has a total budget within the range of $33,050 -‘$37,050. The article did point out where each of us had overspent, but did not provide context. For example, in this year-to-date I am $4 over in my fa line item (my budget was zero) and I am $200 under in entertain-

Noranda, Sears Canada and Ontario Hydro. Most of these corporations are the same ones who recorded record profits last year. The disturbing side of all this is the dramatic increase in CEO (Chief Executive Oficer) and top executivesalaries and benefits. Robert Allen, CEO of AT&T developed a plan to eliminate 40,000 jobs, and he received a $7 million bonus on top of his salary. Former ScottPaper CEO Al Dunlop left the company with over $100 million in salary, stock options and other job-related perks.

It also seems that these corporations are allowing their CEOs to retire in comfort with ridiculously generous compensation packages. The CEO of Canadian Pacific was paid over $ 1,496,164 while Itnasco’s CEO, Purdy Cratiord, gained over $ 2,030,576. It seemsthe corporategiants have made it easier for themselves to avoid moral responsibility for their actions through the centi government. They have denied Ottawa the power to enact a comprehensive national job creation strategy. Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, foreign investors are no longer required to prove how their capital investment will create jobs. Meanwhile, corporate tax rates have plummeted from 15 per cent of all total federal revenues to the present rateofeight per cent. Over 60,000 wealthy corporations pay absolutely no income tax and thousands of others are paying under five per cent. Thus, we see the face of our corporations changing. They have little responsibility to the community-at-large by avoiding their share oftax burden and are allowing their CEOs to feed at the trough. Perhaps aparty should run under a version of Bill Clinton’s famous slogan as “It’s the Big Corporations, Stupid!” WPIRG Board Nominations: Nominations for the WPIRG Board of Directors opened 12 noon, February 17 and close at noon on March 3, Pick up a nomination form at the WPIRG office. WPIRG’s AGhn: WPIRG’s Annual Genefal Meeting for the purpose of electing the board ofDirectors & reporting on the activities of the previous fiscal year will be held on March 11, I997, at 5p.m., Student Life Centre,MuW?urpose Room. To vote, you must be a paid member.

merit/promo and meeting. Overall, each of us are within our set budgets and our year-to-dare expenditures are right on track. Thirdly, I would like to reassure the students that we are not just throwing your money around. Lfanyone out there has any questions about what we do and how we do it, mm in and ask m, we welcome your feedback, questions and concerns. 0~ office hours are 9 a.m.- 4:3O p.m. Monday to Friday, my extension is 3880, or you can email me at fedvpad@feds. - Tori Hwvis VJ?, Adn&&tr&m

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By Kelly Foley, Vice President Education The views in this cohnn don’t necessarily represent you or me. Tf you agree disagree with the views expressed here then let me know. Speak for yourself! kefoleyQfeds.watstar.uwaterioo.ca

The question before us today is: Should students sit on the Board of Governors. I will argue the correct response to that question is an unequivocal YES. The board of governors acts as the main decision making body for the university with respect to mainly financiai and legal matters and the conduct of persons. It’s comprised of representatives from a number of constituencies and Drovides broad based governance. Given the importance of a broad support, I ask the question: ifstudents shouldn’t sit on the Board, who should? What criterion should be used to determine who should sit on the board? Let’s look at the arguments opposed to student membership: Firstly, because they’are ignorant and they don’t understand the issues. Secondly, they have no responsibility to anyone other than themselves. Thirdly, they can’t think in the long term. We’re only here for four or five years tier all. Fourthly, a financial contribution to the university isn’t enough in and of itself to warrant membership. Fifthly, .students have lousy attendance records, They never show up anyway. I want you to assume for a second that this is true, as ridiculous as that may seem. Now according to these prescriptive measures, how do the other constituents meas-

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meets four times a year. At the first meeting of the year, ten people didn’t show up, two were faculty and eight were external members. At the next meeting seven people were missing, again two were faculty .and five were external members. So the external members have a pretty bad attendance record, better get rid of them. Secondly, a financial contribution isn’t enough to warrant membership. Good thing we got rid of the external members because one wouldn’t what to have open scrutiny of the budgeting of public funds. Thirdly, the ability to think in the long term. I’m not quite sure how you would judge that. Given that we’ve already decided students can’t think in the long term becati they are only here for a short period of time let% assume that is a good criterion. Oh wait, we have a problem here. We have no way of knowing how long some of the current board members have been on campus nor can we tell how long they intend to stay on campus. Let’s get rid of the stafF then, because thefre not tenured and they’d be more likely to leave. Now we are left with Faculty and administration. I don’t think I’m allowed to say, in print, why that’s a bad idea. Libel laws. The point is that the argument that says students shouldn’t sit on the Board of Governors suffers from the most fatal flaw. It assumes that because of one’s age or status one possess certain characteristics or does not posses certain characteristics. Knowledge, ability, competence, diligence and eagerness do not come with a shape, a size, a colour a label or a degree.

IMPRINT,

Well, I knew this day would come. Having a public voice means opening yourselfup to personal attacks. Peter Moskaluk, youonly deepenedmy convictions, though. I invite honest intellectual discussion, and you can disagree with my ideas, but attempting to rip me down by bashing me personally is just petty. Besides, your ludicrous accusations, assumptions, and stereotypes only supported all the feminist beliefs you were trying to attack. Feminists have always been accused of being “firus-

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day (I assume gay men don’t count as “real guys” by your definition, right?). Once again, you only supported another feminist belief that a woman is judged by her ties to men. As for your wild speculations on my mental state (who’s psycho-analyzing here?), I am an ememely joyful woman. If anything I was more frustrated and had a lower self-image before I reclaimed my power and freedom by dealing with my legitimate anger at a world that wanted to

If I don’t create some controversy, I’m not challenging anything. trated,” “angry,” %sOcial” and %nattractive” women who can’t get a man. It’s notvery original and way off base. First of all, I am not unattractive. I didn’t realize I had to,run a photo of m)rseK next to my column so that you could judge the value of my opinions by my physical appearance, not that this should matter anyway. You betrayed your own argument by backing up an old feminist belief that how women look is more important than who we are or what we say or think. I am not against the heterosexual nuclear family with the white picket fence. I love men. I love women. I am bisexual, after all. I do identify more as a homosexual than as a heteroskxual at this point, because I prefer women, and happen to be in a reLationship with one, but I do date men. Would you like a list of all the names and dates ofmy previous boyfEends? Would that somehow raise your view of me? I live with a straight man. I’ve -been in several long term relationships with really %.ice gu?ls*” I hear “real guys’ opini&s” every

judge and oppress me for things that were beyond my control. Do you really think I could riska public flogging like this ifI had low self-esteem? It’s my solid sense of self that makes me demand my right to equality and dignity, no matter what sex I am or who I choose to love and sleep with. My intended audience is the ten per cent of this campus who is gay, all the bisexuals, feminists, friends of gays and people interested in social justice. My column is open to everyone who wa& to understand the issues of those of us who are “outside the lines.” It’s to combat stereotypes that people like you obviously believe in. Thanks for demonstrating precisely why my column is so needed. In the end Peter, I guess I have to just shrug and accept that as a no-apologies bisexual feminist, I will alienate and anger some people. If I don’t create some controversy, I’m not ChaUenging anything. There’s no point in saying something everyone agrees with, and I can’t be approval-driven if my aim is social change.

Men impressing men in the shower start to visit plastic surgeons to put another hole in their head (like they really need one!). Bqt the culprit would not be the media, but pre-existing ideals of beauty for creating this standard. The media is insidious by making beautifid people seem as common as air molecules. An alien visiting our planet and examining only media &ages &ght conelude that Earth was populated by a few sets of clones. People of perfectly average appearance start mistrusting their everyday experience and look to the media for images of beauty. They would be freed from their anguish by realizing that exceptionally beau&l people are not “normal” but in fact are extremely rare. Now to the role of men. It should first be noted that men are not immune to media images either. Many self-conscious men (myself included), spend hours in the gym “pumping up.” The more driven individuals spend hundreds of dollars on dubious nutritional supplements, like ground

trippy to see Mike Tyson talk about how he’s going to turn somebody% face into hamburger wue he’s talking in a voice that belongs to Mickey Mouse) -They are now even doing silicon implants for men. Have you heard about this? These implants are shaped pieces of plastic @at are inserted in vitai guy-muscle- areas like the chest, biceps, or butt. So, men can resort to extreme means to enhance their beauty. I must admit, however, that this preoccupation with appearance is not as pervasive aswith women, and not usually as detrimental as starving yourself, Anyway, what about the role of men in intimate relationships with women? Don’t men @ster women to lose weight? Don’t men create cultural standards for women’s beauty? Don’t men prefer thinner women? Well, in a word, no. My main inspiration for writing this article came from reading about a study that raised my eyebrows, and will probably raise yours as well, Two researchers (Rozin & Fallon, “Body image, attitudes in weight, . . .” J~muhfAhw-

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preferences for women’s body size in both men and women. Subjects were presented with nine female figures, ranging fkomvery thin to very plump. Both men and women were asked what body size they prefer. Women were also asked to identify the ideal size for them-

selves, and what they perceived men’s ideal female figure was. In both cases, women selected a figure slimmer than average, but men selected a figure of average body size. The most immediate conclusion from this study is that women erroneously believe that men desire women who are emaciated. In fact, men are more forgiving of women’s body size than women are. The broader implication, which the authors don’t address, is that the main social pressure for women’s body sizecomes, not from the media or men, but from women themselves. Women most likely perpetuate this beauty standard through conversations with other women, fmusing on their own dissatisfaction with their body size, or their efforts to become slimmer. Another, lessnoble source, probably comes from disparaging comments about other women’s weight. This behaviour suggests that women are concerned about their beauty, not to compete for men, but to compete against other women. This aspect of competition should not be surprising. mer all, men do the same thing,

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elongate their penis. This is not some brutal ritual practiced by a tribe in New Guinea. Otherwise sane, rational men will actually pay money for the privilege of having a doctor pull at their penis. What would compel them to do this? ’ Maybe they want to give their wives

more pleasure. Maybe they think that they will pick up more women for casual sex, We all hear that women don’t really care about the size of a man’s penis, but rather how he uses it. (Needless to say, some women do care about the size of a man’s member, but not enough to explain heir desperate behaviour.) Well, the real reason that men elongate their penis is that they want to impress other men in the shower. Their efforts at muscle-buffing, hair-implanting and penis-stretching are not to attract women, but to scare other men away. The suggestion that individuals compete with memhers of their own gender is probably less outrageous for men than women. After all, men are naturally competitive jerks, but women are concerned about supporting each other in a worldwide communion of sisterhood. Well, this may be partially true, but women also have an insidious competitive side as well, one that may contribute in driving another woman to fret about her appearance and to stick her fmger down her

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Scientology, Dianetics and the church of L, Ron Hubbard by Sandy Atwal Imprint staff

he Church of Scientology is probably the most carefully scrutinized religion in America. Scanning the North American news media, one can find that since its inception, Scientology has been subject to a constant investigation into its finances, the structure of the organization and the actions of individual Scientologists. The group has also fought a constant battle with the IRS to try and prove that it is a religion at all. Despite the constant scrutiny, Scientology has survived a battery of inquiries that would surely have crushed similar fledgling religious organizations; a testament to the tenacity of the membership and the organization to which they belong. If there is one thing that Scientology’s detractors have discovered, it is that the Church pursues legal action against its critics with a remarkable ferocity. The organization has brought hundreds of suits against those who criticize the church. According to a story in Zune magazine on Scientology in 1991, the church pays an estimated $20 million annually to more than 100 lawyers. But these suits have almost certainly done more harm than good. When taken together, they suggest that Scientology’s worst enemy is Scientology itself. Today, articles dealing with the church rarely discuss the organization in terms of its goals or overriding philosophy. Rather, the organization finds itself the subject of various books, magazine articies and newspaper stories which criticize the church for its habit of pursuing extensive, costly legal action. If Scientology sues the authors and publishers of such articles, it only contributes to its litigious reputation, While it is understandable that any organization would wish to sue for damages when it believes it has been libeled, Scientology has historically gone well beyond that in its attempt to defend itself. The church, and its members, have been fined several times when it has been proven that Scientologists have seen fit to break the law; ironically, in an attempt to defend its reputation.

stores certain images. According to Hubbard, when a person experiences a painful emotion or physical pain, the analytical mind is suspended and the ccreactive mind” takes over. The reactive mind stores these negative images as “engrams.” These engrams are the source of mental distress and psychological anguish. He suggests that, these engrams could date back to the first day in the womb. A mother subjected to a paiti experience could pass that pain on to her baby as an engram. In Dimetics, Hubbard introduced a procedure called Ccauditing.” Later, he introduced a simplified lie-detector called an E-meter, to assist in auditing which would “clear” a person of these engrams. Hubbard claimed that with the Dianetic technique of auditing, arthritis vanished, heart illnesses decreased and asthma disappeared. According to Hubbard, ‘Clears do not get colds.” IndiDianetics viduaIs who have achieved the state of %lear”consider it the most important event It is difficult to pin Scientology down of their lives. to a few basic tenets. Although followers The book was an instant sensation and consider it a church, there is no one book became a national bestseller, making that comprehensively sets forth the docHubbard an overnight success.Scientology trine of Scientology. There is no Holy literature contains hundreds of testimoniBible or Koran for Scientologists. There is, als from individuals who claim to be haprather, the body ofwork by L. Ron Hubbard pier and more in control of their lives which reveals the secrets of Scientology because of Scientology. piece by piece. Today, Scientology counts several Hubbard’s first book was Dianetics: Hollywood celebrities among its ranks. The Modem ScienceofMmtd Health. WritAmong the church’s members are Tom ten in 1950, the book is similar to many Cruise, his wife Nicole Kidman, John self-help/new-age texts, but according to Travolta, Robert Duvall, Kirstie Alley, the author, the “discovery” of Dianetics SOMY Bono, jazz musician Chick Corea was as important as the invention of the and even Bart Simpson (Nancy Cartwright, wheel or the development of mathematics. the voice of Bart, is a Scientologist). Dianeticssuggests that the mind stores Since 1985, at least a dozen of information as mental images. These picHubbard’s books have made it to the tures are Yhree-dimensional” in that they bestseller list. They include Hubbard’s own contain not only a visual image, but also ten-volume science fiction opus to the color, sound and smell. These mental im40-yearcold Dianetics, now in its 60th age pictures are composed of energy, have printing. The Church claims that sales of mass, exist in space and are stored in the Hubbard’s books top 90 million copies conscious (or “analytical”) part of the brain. worldwide. However, the status of these However, the analytical mind only books as bestsellers is questionable.

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A series of articles published in theLo$ ABgeles Tirpzcsin 1990 claimed that in some instances, Scientology apparently sent out armies of its followers to buy the group’s books at major chains such as B. Dalton’s and Waldenbooks. Gary Hamel, a former Dalton’s manager, stated that some books arrived in his store with the chain’s price stickers already on them, suggesting that copies of the book were being recycled to improve sales figures. After the appearance of Dianetics came the Church of Scientology. The church adopted certain elements of eastern religions, especially Buddhism and Hinduism, in that it emphasizes self-realization and spiritual awa.r&ess, Almost since the establishment of the Church, critics have accused Scientology of assuming the mantle of religion to shield itself from government inquiries and taxes. KTo some, this seems mere opportunism,” Hubbard said of Scientology’s religious conversion in a 1954 communique to his followers. ‘To some it would seem that Scientology is simply making itself bulletproof in the eyes of the law. . + .” But Hubbard insisted that religion is “basically a philosophic teaching designed to better the civilization into which it is taught. . . . A Scientologis t has a better right to call himself a priest, a minister, a missionary, a doctor of divinity, a faith healer or a preacher than any other man who bears the insignia of religion of the Western World. ” Hubbard wrote a creed which governs the practice of Scientology. Two points of that creed suggest an explanation as to why the Church has spent so much of its existence combating its detractors. The first states that “. . .a..Umen have inalienable rights to their own defense” and that “no

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In 1963, U.S. Marshals, acting on behalf of the Food and Drug Administration, raided Scientology offices in Washington D.C. Four years later, a Federal court ruled that Hubbard’s medical claims were fictitious and that E-meter auditing could not be considered medical treatment. Four years later, the Church of Scientology of California was stripped of its tax-exempt status by the IRS, In the United States, churches are exempt from paying taxes as long as they are complying with the law. If the IRS has reason to believe that a church is not complying, it may audit the church’s records, which may lead to the conclusion that the church must pay taxes. The IRS conducted such an audit and determined that the church derives income from the sale of books, tapes and artifacts, and as such is a commercial venture. Secondly, the IRS determined that L. Ron Hubbard was personaUy gaining from the church’s ventures. Despite the conversion of Hubbard’s Dianetics Organization into the Church of Scientology, the IRS was not convinced that Scientology was a religious organization and assessedthe church for more than $1 million in back taxes for the years 1970 to 1972. Scientology appealed to the U.S. Tax Court which backed the IRS. l

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millions of doll& to Hubbard and his fknily. The church lost again when it took the case before the U.S. 9th Circuit court of Appeals in San Francisco, and when the case was taken to the U.S. suprtrme Court, it let the lower court’s decision stud. After the Supreme Court decision, the California branch was replaced with new organizations that Scient&logy executives claimed were religious and tax exempt. The IRS disagreed and ruled that the new organizations were still operating in a commercial

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Scientologv’s battle with the IRS provides an illustr&on of how far the church is prepared to go to protect itself. In 1976,a branch of Scientology known as the Guardian’s Office u&d two Scientologists with fake IRS credentials to gain access to government agencies and photocopvdocuments related to the church. The scheme collapsed when one of the suspects afier ne&IyI a year running from the law, became worried about his plight and conkssed to authorities, prompting the FBI to launch one of the biggest raids in its historv, Armed- with power saws, crowbars and bolt cutters, I34 agents raided three Scientoiom locations in Los Angeles and Washing&. They left with eavesdropping equipment, burglar tools and over 48,000 documents detailing numerous operations against “enemies” in public and private life. One year later, L. Ron Hubbard’s wife and ten other Scientologists were found guilty of infiltrating, burglarizing and wiretapping more than 100 private and government agencies in an attempt to block investigations of Scientology. In 1988, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the revocation of Scientology’s tax-exempt stanrs. Since then a massive IRS probe has been underway. In an interview with Tm magazine, IRS agent Marcus Owens estimated that literallythousands ofIRS employees have been &volved in the investigation in some way. The battle with the Internal Revenue Service was fmally resolved in I993-in Scientology’s favour. On that day, the IRS issued letters recognizing the Church of Scientology International and its related churches and organizations-all 150 of them-as tax-exempt under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Scientdogy

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Scientology% tactic of infiitrating orgtiations that they see as enemies eventually spread to Canada. In 1992, the Church was fined $250,000 for spying on police and the government during the 70s. The Toronto branch of the church was found guilty of two counts of breach of trust for opkrating a spy ring that infiltrated the Ontario attorney-general’s ministry, the Ontario Provincial Police and the R.C.M.P. Three former members (all of whom had been expelled by the church by this time) were also convicted for their role in the infiltrations. During the trial, the jury was told that they operated as spies for the Guardian Ofi&, a- separate arm of the church responsible for intelligence. The Scientologists infiltrated the police to obtain copies of government and police files. As part of their investigation of the church, the OPP seized more than two million documents from the church’s To-

ronto offices in March, 1983-the largest raid in Ontario history. A year and a half later. the OPP chargeA the’church and 19 members with the;, breach of trust and possession of stolen property. In December, 1991, Scientology received a ruling in its favour when Mr. Justice J.B.S. gouthey of Ontario Court, General Division, declared the 1983 records seizure illegal, saving it violated the Charter of Righvts &id Frgedoms. As a result of this deci;ion, the church named the Ontario Provincial Police and the attornevgeneral’s offrce in a $1.9 million lawsuit f;r illegal and unconstitutional search and sei-

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Of&e and the Office of Special Af&irs is that now attorneys are hired to handle conflicts with church adversaries to ensure that history does not repeat itself. According to the-spokesmen, the attorneys employ private detectives to help prepare_ _court _ cases-a role that, in the past, would have been filled by Scientolog& from the Guardian Office.

One of the first private detectives hired bv the church was a-Washington D.C. man b; the name of Richard Bait. In 1980, he

i&estieated the sex life of U.S. District Judge yames Richey, who was presiding &eF the criminal trial of Hubb&‘s wife and the 10 other Scientologists. Richey had issued rulings unfavorable to Scientology. Bast’s

investigators found a prostitute at the

course in communication skills to more than $13,000 for Hubbard’s teachings on the origins

of the universe.

At the higher

levels, E-meter auditing can cost as much as $1,000 an hour. Some church defectors estimate the church’s annual gross income at $100 million worldwide. Today, the organization has grown to nearly 700 centers in 65 countries. Although the church boasts over 8 million members, the aforementionedZm magazine article estimates that the actual number is much smaller, perhaps as few as 50,000 people. Lisa McPherson On Scientology’s web site, Heber Jentzsch, President of the Church of Scientology International, states that a Scientologist is “free to be as active in participatin@nChurchseticesashewishes. Esomeone decides he no longer wants to be a member of the Church, he is free to leave.” The recent case of Lisa McPherson, a Scientologist from Florida, has raised some serious questions about whether the process of leaving the church is as simple as the church claims. ?he Tampa Tribune first broke the story of Lisa McPherson. McPherson had been a member of the church for more than 15 years. The Tribune reported that in the fall of 1996, the 36year-old told her friends that she wanted to come home. In a telephone conversation to her childhood friend Kelly Davis, McPherson apparently expressed her desire to visit her family over Thanksgiving and told Davis that she would leave the Church of Scientology and be home for Christmas. McPherson didn’t make it home. On November 18, after a minor &c accident, Scientologists took McPherson from the hospital to the Fort Harrison Hotel (Scientology’s world spiritual headquarters) for %st and relaxation.” Three weeks later, she was dead. The autopsy by the Medical ExaminOffice showed that McPherson’s 5-foot-9, 108-pound frame was severely dehydrated. Her arms and legs were bruised and covered with what looked like insect bites and her skin was cracked and scaling. er’s

ing a judge and breachcourt order sealing more than 200 documents seized after the raid on the church by the police. The church wanted Hill charged with contempt of court and either imprisoned or fined. Although the church knew the allegations were false, it persisted in defending them. The contempt charges were dismissed but Hill felt his reputation was in question, so he sued for libel. He won the case, and was awarded $1.6 million plus legal costs. inga

The Dismantling of the Guardian OfBce Scientology has since dismantled the Guardian Of&e, the legal and investigative arm of the church responsible for the illfiltration of the American and Canadian . governtnents, and all those responsible for the illegal acts have been expelled from the church. However, defeating its antagonists is considered so vital to the religion’s survival that the church has a new unit whose mandate is to bring cshostile philosophies or societies into a state of complete compliance with the goals of Scientolo&’ Called theYOffice of Special Stirs, its duties in&de developing legal strategy and countering outside threats. According to a June 29,199O article in thetiJAngeZe3 thzes,Scientology spokesmen say that the primary difference between the Guardian’s

detector

East’s men gave her a lie test and videotaped her

account. That and other information obtained by East’s investigators was leaked to colu&nist Jack Anderson and appeared in newspapers across the country. Soon tier, Richly designed from the case; citing health reasons. The

Business

of Religion

The church is understandably mute when it comes to its assets. The church’s primary

legal battles

have been fought

in an

attempt to convince the IRS that it is a religi&s organization, which would mean that it would not have to pay taxes. However, some critics question the way in which this religious organization has managed to create an enormous amount of wealth in the short time it has been around. As reported by the LosAti&s Times, the governing financial policy, written by the late L. Ron Hubbard, is simple and direct: %AKE MONEY, MAKE MORE MONEY, MAKE OTHERS PRODUCE SO AS TO MAKE MONEY.” Church tenets mandate that parishioners purchase Scientology goods and services under Hubbard’s “doctrine of exchange.” A person must learn to give, said Hubbard, as well as receive. For its programs and books, the church charges “fixed donations” that range from $50 for a basic

Her left pulmonary artery was blocked by a fatal blood clot, brought on by dehydration. Aspokesman for the Clearvvater Police Department Wayne Shelor told the Tampa Tribune that the department c(doesnL she died of natural causes.”

think

The ZZ~P~ T&ne reported that authorities have not determined how McPherson died. Clearwater Police say her death is suspicious and they are investigating. The newspaper also reported that family members and friends say they are suspicious because church members explained the death differently at different times. McPherson’s mother said that the day after her daughter died she was notified by a telephone call from her daughter’s boss, who is a church member. “She said she [Lisa] had fast-acting meningitis,“’ McPherson’s mother said. “1 called later and they said, no, she had a bruise on her leg and that’s what caused the blood clot that went to her lung.” The church has now stated that McPherson had a staph tiection, which they say explains all of her symptoms, including the bruises. The police are searching for three Scientologists whom they want to question in relation to McPherson’s death who l

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Scientology vs. The Net Copyright violations reveal secret scriptures by Scott McClare special to Imprint

Brinkema, who presided over RTC PS. Lmma, disagreed with the Church. She dismissed the claim against thePort, writing: ‘This argument has no merit. We reside in a count% which allows individuals and organizations to confronttheriskofharm,spiritualorotherwise,intheface of protected speech. The First Amendment represents a conscious and explicit trade-off which the Founding Fathers made between paternalistic protection from ‘harmful’ thoughts and free accessto tiormation.” Ultimately Brinkema ruled that Lerma had violated the Church’s copyrights. However, she only granted the Scientologists $2,500, the minimum penalty allowable. She also denied their legal fees, estimated by some Internet critics at half a million dollars. Although technically Brinkema judged Lerma in the wrong, the decision is nonetheless a victory for free speech in the public interest. According to the Church, the “criticism” on alt .religion. scientology is only thinly-veiled, antireligious hatemongering. In defence, Scientology stresses that it is a bona fide religion. Scientology literature often contains quotations from professors of religion, including Dr. M. Darrol Bryant of Renison College, stating that Scientology satisfies the criteria of religion.

en it comes to handling discussion of religious secrets on the Internet, the Church of Scientology should have taken a hint from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Faced with public discussion of the secret Temple ceremonies on the Net, the Mormons let it be. Though they regard the ceremony as sacred, it is God, not the church, that must judge the critics for their sin. When the Scientologists discovered that people were debating their secret “Operating Thetan” scriptures in public, they sent in the lawyers and federal marshals. The Usenet newsgroup alt.religion.scientology was formed in 1991 as a forum to discuss the actions and teachings of the controversial Church of Scientology. For the first three years of its life, alt.religion.scientology was a low-volume newsgroup where Church members and critics debated the merits of Scientology teachings, the workings of the E-meter (a device used in Scientology therapy, or “auditing”) and the Church’s history. The tone of alt.religion.scientology changed in late 1994, when Dennis Erlich arrived. Erlich was a former high-ranking Scientology minister who left the Church in 1982. He has been an outspoPages discussing S&n tulogy: ken critic of the Church ever since. Erlich brought stories of personal abuse he had suffered as a http://www.cybercom.oet/~rnewman/scientolo~~ome.html Scientologist. Since he had also been an advanced member of the Church, he could authenticate, http://www.angelfire.com/nd/nightguard/ and comment upon, some Operating Thetan documents. For Scientology, this was the last http://www.clark.net/pub/jcblal/ircLhtml straw. On February 13,1995, the Church exercised a writ of seizure on Erlich. They entered his Official Scientokgy sites: home and confiscated books, diskettes, computer equipment, and anything having to do with http://www.scientology.org/ Scientology. The Church claims that its confidential teachhttp://www.dianetics.org/ ings (“Advanced Technology”), revealed only to members who are spiritually advanced enough to http://www.lronhubbard.org/ view them, are unpublished trade secrets. Therefore, it has a right to protect them from public revelation. Those who reveal these secrets in public on the Internet, the Church labels “copyr1gnt Certainly Scientology can be seen as a religion. Its terrorists.” Erlich was the first netizen to be raided, but not teachings outlihe a complete worldview: for example, the last. Since then, lawsuits have been initiated against Scientology tells us about our origins and our destiny. It numerous individuals and organizations in several coundefines the nature of the universe. It states what the chief tries. problems of humanity are and offers the kev to salvation. Critics of the Church on the Internet reject this Many people say that practicing the Scient&logy religion argument. Many dispute whether or not a tax-exempt has fulfilled them and made them happier. religion can legitimately have trade secrets at all. The real Though critiques of Scientology’s teachings on the issue, they say, is not intellectual property but public newsgroup do happen, the majority of the criticism on the discussion. Internet revolves around the Church’s actz&s rather than In spite of the threat of legal action, many of the its beliefs. confidential materials have made it into the public record. Case in point: last November a critic on Former Scientologist Steven Fishman appended the Operalt.religion.scientology was reading the Clearwater Police ating Thetan levels to an affidavit submitted in a libel suit Web page when he came across a mysterious death invesinitiated by the Church against him. Despite the efforts of tigation. He noticed that the victim’s last known address a group of Scientoiogists who frequented a district court in was the Fort Harrison Hotel, a Scientology building. Lisa Los Angeles to keep the affidavit away from the public, McPherson was a 30-year-old Scientologist who died in December 1995. According to the Church, McPherson some copies leaked. Arnaldo Lerma, a former Scientologist living in Virginia, obtained a copy of the affidavit, scanned was a content believer who fell victim to a staph infection. it, and posted it to alt.religion.scientology. The autopsy report says she might have gone without Lerma claimed his actions were in the public interest: water for ten days or more, her arms and legs were bruised, exposing Scientology’s secret scriptures to the public eye and she had been bitten several times by large insects. The gave potential converts a clearer picture before they comClearwater police are searching for the three people last mitted themselves to it. The Church, however, saw the known to have seen McPherson alive. Whatever the truth incident as wholesale copyright infringement, filed suit, is, it has nothing to do with religious beliefs. and obtained a writ of seizure by which they confiscated Beginning in December 1994, people began noticing Lerma’s computer. When the Washington P~ti reported that certain messages on altreligionscientology were being cancelled (a “cancel” is a special Usenet control meson the raid, citing the secrets, Scientology sued them too. sage that deletes Usenet postings). Many cancelled posts In court, the Scientologists argued that protecting their upper level scriptures is a freedom of religion issue. discussed confidential Scientology teachings, and the canReading the upper levels without the proper preparation celmessages ofiencontained a note reading “CQXELLED BECAUSE OF COPYRIGHTINFRINGEMENT.” Canis dangerous; it could cause irreversible spiritual damage. cels are designed to be issued by users who wish to “take Posting the OT levels to the Internet and making them public information, therefore, potentially imperils the back” something they’ve posted. Netizens wanted to find out who was cancelling the spiritual futures of millions of people. Judge Leonie &

messages. Their solution was twofold. First, a program named Lazarus was se! up to notify ah. religionscientology readers if any posts were cancelled. Second, an ad hoc committee was-formed to track down the Cancelbunny. These Rabbit Hunters succeeded in tracing the cancels to several Internet accounts. In January 1995, Church attorney Helena K. Kobrin posted a message to the &con@ newsgroup. This message requested that system administrators delete alt.religion.scientology. Kobrin cited the continuing discussions of confidential scriptures, and the use of the trademark “Scientology” in the newsgroup name, as reasons to justify removing the newsgroup. Probably no sysadmins removed a.r.s. from their sites; more Likely the Church’s attempts at censorship attracted enough attention to vault a.r.s. from the bottom fifty newsgroups into the top forty.From May 1996 until the end of the year, anonymous persons flooded altreligionscientology with excerpts from is Sciee~~r&~m? taken from the Church’s own Web site. Estimates ofthe number ofmessages posted by these people range from twenty to fifty thousand. This tactic seems to match a plan proposed in a 1994 letter from the Office of Special Afftirs (Scientology’s intelligence department), sent to Scientologists on the Internet. This plan suggested posting hundreds of Yheta” (positive) articles about Scientology to alt.religion.scientology to drive out the critics. Again, netizens rose to the challenge: another ad hoc committee succeeded in tracking down and terminating Internet accounts used by the spammers (%pam)) is Internet jargon for massposted articles), and a.r.s. regulars simply configured their newsreaders to ignore them. Perhaps the greatest blow the Church of Scientology has dealt netizens is its attack on anonymous remailers. Before the Dennis Erlich raid, the Church tried to pressure Tom Klemesrud, who operated the BBS by which Erlich accessed the Internet, to cut off his access. Klemesrud refked. One thing led to another, and soon a woman, apparently an agent of the Church, persuaded Hemesrud to invite her to his apartment, where she smeared his walls with blood and had him charged with assault. At least, that’s Klemesrud’s version of the incident. An anonymous poster calling himselfY%B-,” posting through the popular remailer anon.penet.fi, gave a different version of the story. Although -AB- appeared to defend the Church, the Scientologists apparently regarded this as a breach of security. On February 8,1995, the Finnish police showed up at the door ofanon.penet.fi’s operator, Johan Helsingius. They had a warrant for his user list. Helsingius talked them into taking only -AB-‘s identity. However, given Finland’s respect for privacy and thegood reputation of anon.penet.fi, this was a major blow for anonymous communication on the Net. Last summer, it happened again. Another anonymous person posted confidential Scientology teaching, the socalled NOTs (New Era Dianetics for Operating Thetans) through anon.penet.6 Again the Church demanded the identity of the user. After being forced to compromise his users’ confidentiality a second time, however, Helsingius decided to shut down anon.penet.fi entirely in August. Scientology was also instrumental in the demise of hackticnl, a Dutch remailer, and one of the most reliable on the Internet. Anonymous remailers are often used by abuse survivors, corporate whistleblowers and the like to discuss sensitive issues without revealing their names. The loss of two popular remailers has meant a major setback for freedom of speech and confidentiality on the Net. Discussion of Scientology on the Internet has grown from a little-used Usenet newsgroup in 1991 to a top-40 newsgroup and hundreds of World Wide Web pages in 1997. The Net is an anarchy where freedom of speech is the highest ideal. Though it has tried to force public criticism into its own mould, the Church of Scientology has instead created a public-relations nightmare.

What

- On the Offensive Church goes to extreme lengths to defend itself against clitics

espite Scientology’s claim that it is a religion, it does not subscribe to the Christian doctrine of turning the other cheek. Those who wish to criticize the organization should be well aware of its history of pursuing litigation against those whom it considers its enemies. According to a 1991 Em magazine cover story on Scientology, the church had 71 active lawsuits against the IRS alone. Scientology retains more than 100 lawyers who have brought hundreds of suits against church detractors and pavs an estimated $20 million annually tOits legal team. I

Scientology spokesmen insist that the organization is doing nothing illegal or unethical in its unflagging pursuit of litigation against ifi critics. Scientology% positions seems to be that it is merely exercising iS constitutional rights with vigour. They argue that Scientology has been targeted by hostile government and private forces- including the IRS, the FBI, psychiatrists and unscrupulous attorneys-which have persecuted the church since its founding. Scientology attorney Earle C. Cooley maintains that the church is forced to defend itself as a matter of self-preservation, and then is unfairly criticized for its aggressive defense. “When we were attacked at Pearl Harbor we didn’t just sit back and defend there,” Cooley declared. ‘We tried to get out on the offensive as quickly as possible. . . To sit back and ward off the blows is ridiculous.” Hubbard set the stage for Scientology’s attack on publications who report on Scientolog@ activities with the following com&‘-We do not want ment: Scientology to be reported in the press, anywhere else than on the religious pages of newspapers. Therefore, we should be very ~erttosueforslanderattheslightesr chance so as to discourage the public presses from mentioning Scientology .” Unsurprisingly, Scientology% tactics of “getting on the offensive” has won it few friends, However, Scientology itself has SK&fered because of this aggressive policy. In the early 1!?7Os, British lawmaker Sir John Foster offered this observation on Scientology in a report to his government: cc. . .anyone whose attitude is such as Mr. Hubbard displays in his writings cannot be too surprised ifthe world treats him with suspicion rather than affection.” Again, the damage Scientology does to others reflects back to the church. l

Fair

Game

Critics of Scientology argue that one of L. Ron Hubbard’s doctrines in particular guides the

organization when they fight back against their detractors. It seems to have overridden all other creeds when it comes to dealing with the church’s critics and is known as the Fair Game Law, The law was written by Hubbard in the mid 60s; and states that anyone who impedes Scientology is “ftir game” and can %e deprived of property or injured by any means by any Scientologist without any discipline of the Scientologist. . .may be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed.” According to church operatives, the policy was rescinded three years tier it was written because its meaning had been twisted. What Hubbard actually meant, according to the spokesmen, was that Scientology will not protect ex-members in the outside world from people who try to trick, sue or destroy them. According to Scientology President Rev. Heber Jentzsch, the term no longer appears in the Scientology Scriptures and has not existed since 1968. Jentzsch argues that its only use since then is not by the Church at all, but by a handfizl of antiScientologists and their attorneys who have exploited it in efforts to generate anti-Scientology prejudicein the media or in the courtroom. Despite Scientology% claims to the contrary, various judges and juries have conciuded that while the actual labelling of persons as “fair game” was abandoned, the harassment that the policy represented continued unabated. In 1986, a Los Angeles jury said that Scientologists had employed fti game tactics against former member Larry Wollersheim, driving him to the brink of fin;mcial and mental collapse. He was awarded $30 million, which was reduced by the state Court of Appeal to $2.5 million.

Operation

Distribution of her book was severely restricted through a series of court actions in-various statesand in several tierent countries. The most damaging tactic Scientology used against Cooper was to forge bomb threats to Scientology itself. Members of the Guardian’s office (the intelligence am of the Church) obtained stationery she had touched and then used ii to forge bomb threats td the church in her name. The church reported the threat to the FBI and &rected federal agents to Cooper. Cooper was indicted by a grandjurynot only for the threats, butalsoforlyingunderoathabout her innocence. If convicted, she faced up to ffieen years in jail, C&per was finally exonerated of ail the charges -&o years later. An FBI raid on Scientologv offices uncovered fdes of a bizarrk plan erititled Operation Freakout. In his book A Piece ofBEate S&, Jon Aeack cites a U.S. Court Sentencing Memorandum, describing Operation Freakout: % its initial form Operation Freakout had three merent plans. The first required a woman to -titate Paulette Cooper’s voice and make telephone threats to Arab Consulates in New York. The second scheme involved mailing a threatening letter to an Arab Consulate in such a fashion that it would appe& to have been done by Cooper. “Finally, a Scientology field staffmember was to impersonate Paulette -per at a laundry and threaten the President and the then Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger. A second Scientologist would theretier advise the FBI of the threat. WTwo addtional plans to Operation Freakout were added on April 13, 1976. The fourth plan called for Scientology field staff members who had ingratiated themselves with Cooper to gather infcimation from Cooper, so that Scientology could assessthe successof the first three plans. CCThefrfith plan was for a Scientologist to warn an Arab Consulate by telephone that Paulette Cooper had been talking about bombing them. ‘The sixth and final part of Operation Freakout called for Scientologists to obtain Paulette Cooper’s fingerprints on a blank piece of paper, type a threatening letter to Kissinger on thar paper, and mail it.”

Freakout

The most infamous case of Scientology’s attack on a writer involved Paulette Cooper and her book The Scud of Scktubfl, published in 1971.

Having paid almost $20,000 in legal fees, Cooper had clearly had enough of her conflict with Scientology. She agreed not to press for criminal charges against Scientology, and agreed to stop

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they claim would have taken care of Lisa at the Scientology headquarters. All three have left the country. A situation such as this cannot help but raise questions, questions which the Scientologists must answer if they wish to completely clear themselves of any suspicion of wrongdoing. What happened to her during her %est and relaxation” time at the Fort Harrison Hotel? Why did Scientologists avoid nearby hospitals and take her to a Pasco county hospital, where she was to be examined by a doctor who is a Scientologist and who had never seen McPherson before? Which of the different causes given by church members do they believe was the real cause of her death? A

civibatbn

without

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A specter of uncertainty and secrecy shrouds the Church of Scientol&y, and due to its handling of a situation like Lisa McPherson’s death, the church often raises more questions than it answers. It seems unlikely &at the church will stop its pursuit of church antagonists and ifthis is the case,the church condemns itself to a never-ending barrage of articles bringing these details to light. Whatever the intrinsic worth of Scientology as a Aigion, its cause is certainly not aided by a reputation as an aggressive, secretive organization with a history of infiltrating government agencies. In his treatise CcTheAims of Scientology,” Hubbard claims that Scientology works for “A civilization without insanity, without criminals and without war, where the able can prosper and honest beings can have rights, and where man is free to rise to greater heights .” The church would do well to heed its own aims. If part of that aim is indeed a world without war, then Scienrology would do well to set an example and not start any wars itself.

publication of her new book on the church for a cash settlement from the Church.

One of Scientology’s recent victories saw an end to its bade against the Cult Awareness Network (CAN). A long legal battle against Scientology forced the organization into bankruptcy, shutting down its offices, CAN describes itself as “a national, tax-exempt non-profit educational organization, dedicated to promoting public awarenessofthe harrmleffects ofmind control. CAN confines its concerns to unethical or illegal practices and does not judge doctrine or belief.” .In June of last year, a bankruptcy court judge ordered the network’s assetssold to pay a $1.1 million court proceeding. CAN is back in business, but in a much different form. Today, the phones at the Cult Awareness Network are answered by followers of the Church of Scientology. The bankruptcy enabled the

ing subjected to “deprogramming.” Scientology has repeatedly criticized organizations such as CAN as well as the process of deprogramming. Scott was represented by KendrickMoxonwhoapproached Scott, claiming that he could receive a $1 million settlement. In December, Scott fired Moxon, claiming that he was spending more time pursuing a personal vendetta against CAN rather than trying to obtain the money that Scott had been awarded. At last reports, Scott has vet to receive anv monev as ;i resuh of the court j;dgemeAt. As .a result of the lawsuit, CAN is now a virtual PR branch of Scientology. Steven L. Hayes, a Los Angeles attorney who identifies himself as a Scientologist, said he bought the Cult Awareness Network’s name, logo and telephone number last fall for $20,000. He and a group of suppoTters are running the group. In the six weeks since the new CAN reopened its’offlces, it has fielded about 185 calls from peo-

Church

ple

purchase

the

name,

logo and the phone lines of the Cult Awareness Network. TheinitialclaimagainstCAN was brought on by Jason Scott, a member of the United Pentecostal Church, He sued CAN, alleging that they were responsible for his being kidnapped and then be-

seeking

infbrmation

about

cults, The group’s Chicago phone number is answered by staEers in Los Angeles, where the group plans to open its new headquarters soon. According to Hayes, CAN receives very few calls about Scientology.

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Warriors need a win or tie over Windsor to clinch first place by Greg Picken Imprint staff

re the wheels coming off of the Warrior wagon? er going 15-3 in their first 18 games to take a commanding ten point lead in the Far West Division, the Warriors have gone into a funk, losing five of their last seven games, and watched their lead over the Windsor Lancers shrink to a mere three points, The latest fmtrations came last week, asthe Warriors lost two home games and one road game to decent opponents. On Friday, the Laurentian Voyageurs, second place in the Mid West division, dropped by the Columbia Icefields and left with a 5-3 victory. The Warriors never led in this game, always coming close, but never overhauling the Vuyageurs. Mer a scoreless first period, Waterloo and Laurentian traded goals in the second period to tie the game at 2-2. Pat Armitage potted Laurentian’s third goal at 12: 12 of the second period, and the Voyageurs never looked back, outscoring the War-

riors 3-2 in the final frame to take aconvincing5-3 homewiththem. , Even more disappointing was the loss to the York Yeomen on Sunday. The back and forth game saw the lead and momentum change rapidly. The Warriors jumped out to a 2- 1 lead after the first, with Aaron Kenney and Peter Brearley notching goals for the Warriors, and Mike Williams responding for the Yeomen. The Yeomen dominated the second period, scoring three unanswered goals to run the score to 4-2. The Warriors refused to give up in the third though, with Dave Pfohl and leading scorer Mike Chambers sending the game into -0T. The bubble burst at 3: 16 of overtime for the Warriors, asSasha Cucuz deflected a slapshot from the point past Joe “Caged Heat” Harris for his second goal of the game and 22nd of the season. The win allowed the Yeoman to pull three points ahead of Laurentian in the Mid West. On Wednesday night, the Warriors lost a 6-5 heartbreaker to the Western Mustangs in the final minute of the third period. This loss leaves the Warriors clinging precariously to first place in

Aaron Kenney’s first period goal wasn’t enough for the Warriors, as they fell 5-4 to the York Yeomen in overdme. photo

the Far West. More details were unavaiIable at press time. With the playoffs just around the corner, Waterloo is still in control of its own fate. The Warriors must tie or beat Windsor tomorrow night to lock up first place. A loss to the Lancers ( X4-73) tomorrow night, and Windsor has onlv to beat the woeful Laurier Golden Hawks (6-15-3) in their

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final game to take first place, and the first round bye that accompanies it. The OUAA playoffs begin on February 25.’ The Warriors have to get into their playoff mentality now, and show Windsor and Western who’s the best in the Far West if they want to avenge last year’s loss to Acadia in the University Cup.

The new speed of light = 7.53sed60m by Tory Locker special to Imprint

he UW track team competed on foreign soil this past weekend at the EMU Classic track meet in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The idea was that with the athletic programs the Untied States had, our team could really get a worthy challenge and fmally be pushed to our limits in a hope to discover just what those barriers are. The result? They rocked the field house with two field house records, six varsity records and 2 1 personal best times. Not that bad seeing is that only 12 of our athletes went to this meet! To expand on the headline, Athena track

star Latoya

Austin

blistered

through the 60m in a amazing time of 7.53s, easily qualifying her for nationals. This effortvaults Austin ahead of all otherwomen in Canada placing her as the number one seed in the CIAU. Showing the team’s sprint depts1,&&erMoyse~1~I&&.l

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Nickie also ran times that day that were good enough to eclipse the previous varsity record, and placed

well at them in the process. Running four races in the timespan of one hour didn’t keep Bennett from

them into the fmais, ftishing

finaling

third

andsixth respectively. Nickie continued to run fabulously, setting another varsity record, this one in the 200m. Jill Bennett performed the difficult “Makonnen,” which means she not only competed in more events than the fingers on one hand, but also did remarkably

in the 60m

hurdles

in a

PB time of 8.99. Nor did it stop her from running the 200m and 200m hurdles: Jill will join Austin, Moyse, and Nickie on the CIAU number one ranked 4x20Om in their pursuit of gold. Having her typical phenomenal meet, Sarah Diilabaugh

smoked out a 4:44.76 mile to establish herself as the meet, field house, and varsity record holder over the historic event. This egort was preceded by a blistering 80Om that Dillabaugh ran in a time of 2 : 1 I flat. Due to conversion times, Sarah has now met CIAU standard in every event from the 600m to the 3000m. Now consider that she won silver at CI’s for cross county at the 5000m distance and the fact that she’s one of the fastest members of the 4x400m relay team and you’ll soon get an idea of the’ remarkable ability that this young lady possesses. Another remarkable team member is Judith Leroy. Helping to show once again that nobody can contest the Athenas over the middle

distances,

Leroy

took

scc-

ond place well in front of the distant third place participant. Judith also competed in the 4x400m with Dillabaugh, Moyse, and Nickie. The weekend can be best summed up by saying:. they came, they ran, they conquered.

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SPORTS

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Warriors hanging fkom the rim. More spo.radicoffence for UW hoomters hittingsevenofthem (l-of-8 from treyland alone). The next highest Warrior was Eys with 10. That’s not an anomaly, says the coach. ‘We’re asking him to take more of the offensive load, and that means that he’ll be taking more shots,” Kieswetter said. “Guelph’s strategy was to keep the ball out of Mano’s hods after they scored, prevent the reversals, and force us to get rid of the ball quickly. And whenever we passed inside, they just swarmed and collapsed.” CHCH’s Player of the Game was Guelph’s Colin Jones, who ftished with 21 points and 10 rebounds. Darren Thomas had 16 points.

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Playoffhopes As the playoff race heats up, floor general ~ano watsa is becoming more and more important to the Warrior& hopes. ImDrint

by Peter Brown special to Imprint at a difference three days can make for the Waterloo Warriors. The same Warrior offence that put up 106 points against the WiKrid Laurier Goiden Hawks on February 12 ground to a halt: last Saturday in Guelph as Waterloo fefl65-60 to the Gryphons. Of course, that could have something to do with the opponents. The Hawks treat eachgame like it’s the OK Corral, while the Gryphons, at 65 points allowed per game, boast the stingiest defence in the OUAA West. “Guelph played good defence, but we were getting open shots, spot up shots,” said UW head coach Tom Keswetter. Sparked by seven of Mano Watsa’s team-high I7 points, the

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Before Wednesday night’s game at Western, the Warriors were 4-7 and in fti place (the top six tearns make the playoffs). But the 3-7 Golden Hawks and 37 Lancers (who played McMaster on Wednesday) are both just a half game back. In the case of a tie, seeding is determined first by the win-loss record between the tied teams. If that statistic is still a tie, then the next tiebreaker is difference between points scored and allowed in games versus tied teams. Waterloo split with Laurier, and outscored the Golden Hawks by 32 in the two games, so UW wins a tiebreaker against Laurier. However, UW loses a tiebreaker against Windsor because of a split and a -19 point differential in the two games. The Hawks have the edge because two of their four rem&ing games are against the division’s whipping boys, the LakeheadNorWesters, who both UW and Wtidsor have already played. More updates next week.

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you trade away your tap four scorers?Would you trade away your quarterback, your running back, and your wide receivers? Would you make any of these deals and get a fewer number of mediocre players in return? If you’re Dallas Mavericks general manager Don Nelson you would. Nelson quickly made his presence known upon landing the GM job with the Mavericks. He traded unhappy small forward Jamal Mashburn to the Miami Heat, leaving shooting guard Jimmy Jackson as the sole remaining member of Dallas’ ‘Three J’s? (The third J, point guard Jason Kidd, was dealt to Phoenix before Nelson had arrived.) Then, last Monday, the final J left town as Nelson dealt Jackson, along with All-Star power forward Chris Gatling, point guard Sam Cassell, swingman George McCloud, and centre Eric Montross to the New Jersey Nets, What did Nelson get in return for an entire line-up of players? I be-

lieve hockey people use the term “a roll of tape.” While that may be stretching things a bit, the Mavericks clearly got the worse end of the deal. In return they got centre Shawnee Stick” Bradley, guard Robert Pack, point guard Khalid Reeves, and low-power forward Ed O’Bannon. This list, with the possible exception of Pack, is a case study in NBA mediocrity. So, let’s see. The Mavericks just traded away 65.9 of their 93.5 points per game, already the Gfth lowest total in the NBA. In return they get 40.6 PPG. Hmm, that’s anet loss of25.3 PPG. They also come out with a net loss of 8.6reboundspergame(15.3R.PG in return for 23.9). So, as far as numbers go, this deal sucks, Granted, Mashburn and Jackson are both selfish players who were not happy to be in Dallas. Mashburn was having a bad season, but Jackson wasn’t playing too badly. Fine, if you must get rid of the players, there’s nothing wrong with that. But at the same, you owe it to the fans,

the players, the owners, and anyone else with an interest in the team to get something comparable for them. Nelson’s move was irresphsible, ill-advised, and just plain stupid. of course, what do you expect from the man that made the Golden State Warriors what they are today? Nelson has always been a bit of a control freak, and if there’s something that he doesn’t like, then he’ll replace it with something that does meet his approval. He did it with the Warriors, he almost did it with the K-nicks, and now he’s doing it in Dallas. I mean, this guy actually believes that Bradley will develop into a great centre one day and defends the trade with this reasoning. Bradley is an overpaid shot blocker with all the basketball skills of a Manute Bol, except that Bol can shoot better. Pack is the best pickup in this trade, but he won’t be nearly enough. Reeves and O’Bannon are just flier. Apparently Don Nelson wouldn’t know basketball talent ifit came up and slam-dunked in his face. His house cleaning mav have gotten rid of a few bad a@ples, but at what cost? Respectability? A SO0 record? A .300 record? Nelson clain~s that he is building for the future. If I were a Dallas Mavericks fa;n and I had that fhure to look into, I’d be pretty scared right now.

Thafs it, I’ve had it, If, by the time you read this column, the Leafs haven’t made some positive moves for the future, I quit. I will no longer bleed blue and white. I’ve supported this team my entire life, and you know what? It’s just not worth it anymore. The 1997 Toronto Maple Leafi are a horrible team. Thev have been a horrible tear-n all season. They will be a horrible team for the rest of the season. And you know what? I have no doubt that they will be a horrible team next year. After falling apart last season, GM Cl8 Fletcher, allegedly under orders from owner Steve Stavros, traded Dave Andreychuk to New Jersey, Dave Gagner to Calgary and Mike Gartner to Phoenix. At last check, Andreychulc has 21 goals and 46 points, Gagner has 19 goals and 46 points, and Gartner had 24 goals and 46 points. Hmm, 46 points apiece. That’s 64 goals and 138 points. Boy, could the Leafs ever use that. Any of those players would be the third leading scorer on the team.

the Leafs would be better off if they had drafted smarter from 1987to 1991,underFloydSmith, Gerry Macnamara and Gord Stellick. Quite simply, this is a pathetic statement by a man reeling. Sure, Drake Berehowsky, Scott Pearson, Scott Thornton and Brandon Convery stiffed. But how many young players really made an impact during Cliff Fletcher and Pat Burns’ reign? Two: Kenny Jonsson and Felix Potvin. Potvin’s in an inexplicable slump and Jonsson was so good, that he was traded. Meanwhile, dozens of other players flared out and are no longer with the team. Fletcher may not have drafted those players, but he was certainly partially responsibility for their failures. And, none of those three managed to trade away the first overall pick. Let’s accept defeat! The Leafs are not going to get into the playoffs. Even with a healthy roster, they are still an abysmal team. They have no prospects for the future, no draft choices, a defense for whom the label %uspecP is a compliment. Mats Sundin is fi-

their fans than heir fans’ wallets. Doug Gilmour, 34, is in demand right now, but if he stays, he wants an extension of $3.5 million a year, American For not much more than that, we could go after Joe Salk, 28, or Alexander Mogilny, 28. Which move makes more sense? What the Lea& currently need are young defensemen, like say, Scott Neidermeyer or Rhett Warriner, two players who have been offered to the Leafs for Gilmour’s services. We also need young offensive players, like, oh, Alyn McCauley, Christian Dube and Niklas Sundstrom, also players who have been offered to Toronto in trades. More than ever, as the trading deadline draws near, and the offers for players like G&not& Murphy, Domi and Muller mount, the LeA have to realize the hture is now. Moves have to be made, and quickly while our players are still in demand. The choice is simple: the team can either continue to sink into oblivion, or suck it up, admit defeat and restart. Ifthe choice is to

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player, he was expected to be, but the franchise has collapsed amund him. I’ve said this before, and I will continue to say it, but the time has come for the TorontoMaple Leafs to show they care more about

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would protest, but let’s be reasonable. I’m prepared in either situation. If the Leafs make a positive move, I’ll support a bad team that’s impcoving. Ifnot? Hey, how about those Senators?

Bar of Pain Art Ber mann Mm. Ro P ‘mm’s Monday, February 17 by James Russell Imprint staff rt Bergman is, without a doubt, Canada’s greatest A nacknowledged rock star. No one plays better, no one plays harder. Why Art has been relegated to Monday night gigs in front of a few fms and a bunch of hicks playing pool is a long and complicated story, involving many fucking-overs by various record companies both here and in the U.S., but it doesn’t change the facts. Art Bergmann is the coolest man tive. Ask him if he would have done anything differently as he looks despondently at his few remaining smokes and he shakes his head no while exhaling a stream of smoke through his nose. He accepts another Scotch on tie rocks while lamenting the demise of the Vancouver punk scene. “Dead, dead, dead,” he says. But ifthere is one thing Art is not going to do, it’s give up. Through divorce, drug addiction and alcoholism, Art has contin-

ued to write some of the most charged rock 5-2 roll I’ve ever heard. There is no such thing as an emotionless Bergmann song. Chris Houston, formerly of the Forgotten Rebels, opened up for Art. The songs are all vev real-real life, real pain. But somehow, bitterness is not the right word. The music Houston made with his guitar is obviously a form of therapy, and everyone was quickly drawn into the performance. But, as good as he was, he was no match for Art. Opening with “Message from Paul,” from 199 l’s ArtBevgmann, Art quickly showed that he’s as brilliant on an acoustic as he is with a screaming electric and a band. Squinting% his set list, he tossed it aside and asked for requests. “Anything you want to hear? ‘Cause I don’t care.” That, df course, is a lie. His music is perhaps the only thigg Art cares about, barring a few bad habits. The audience began to call stuffout, and Art was right on it, coming up with “Bound for Vegas,, and “Crawl With Me” as so& as they were asked.for, even though “Crawl with Me” is from an album released nine years ago. “Bar of Pain,, and “Beatles in

Hollywood” followed, before CThe Hospital Song” and “Dive,” showing that Art has the sweetest growl in rock today. A pefiect crooning voice perfected by 20 years of cigarettes and booze. Someone brought him another Scqtch, and Art, in aXrare moment of honest happiness, exclaimed cThat,s the drink I’ve been waiting for! Thank Christ,” before continuing with “Remember Her Name.” A heard?elt version of “Guns and Heroin,, followed before Art closed with “Sleep,” saying ‘This is what I’d rather be doing.” Art Bergmann is, undoubtedly, Canada’s greatest musical shame. If half-assed bands like Moist and the Doughboys can become household names, Art deservesbetter thanMonday night gigs with virtually no publicity. According to some, Art just got a little too drunk at a few too many of the wrong parties. No one wants to sign an artist who’s going to be dead within a year. But, against all reasonable expectations, Art reties to die. Alcohol, nicotine, the occasional shot of heroin - Art Bergmann clings to life with a bitter anger more intense than any other I have ever seen, and this translates into an

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amazing amount of energy in every show. Some of the anger has always been there. Bergmann was a staple of the angry Vancouver punk scene in the early ’80s in a band called the Young Canadians, but a lot ofthe anger has come from the repeated screwings he’s had from the music industry. Art’s been dumped hylabels (Polygram), he’s had record companies go bankrupt weeks after he’s released an album (Duke St.), and he’s been blacklisted by just about every bar

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in Vancouver. But, he keeps going with a single-minded determination that you have to admire.. One quick example. Art nee& friends right now about as badly as anyo&ever has, but the la& things he’d ever do is lay down one shred of his integrity for anybody. When asked about a possible deal with Nettwerk (Vancouver’s most prominent record label), all he had to saywas “They’re looking for another Sarah McLaughlin. Fuck that shit.,, Like I said, Art is the coolest man alive.

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From there, the battle becomes pitched with the Empire, well, striking back at tie Rebels. During all this, the personal stories are beautifully developed, with Luke continuing to learn the ways of the Force and experiencing a terrible revelation about his past, while Boba Fett, the supercool mercenary under the hire of Jabba the Hutt, seeks to trap Han Solo and collect his bounty. Along the way, Leia and Chewbacca run into trouble while C3PO gets his ass blown off. The end of the movie is brilliant, leaving many plot threads to be tied up, the Empire in control, and the hture of the galaxy and the main characters in jeopardy. Like Star Wavs, the geniuses at Industrial Light and Magic,

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tres, collectingover$lOO million in only three weeks. The second episode, (yeah, yeah, I know, it’s really the fifth) 72e Empire St&es Buck, lands in theatres this week like an AT-AT walker, bent on total cinematic domination. Arguably the best ofthe three frlms,l%eEm@+eStisBmk takes the jubilation from Star Wars on a downward spiral that would make Trent Reznor jealous. The Em@e St&es Back takes place

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The Death Star was destroyed at Yavin 4, but the Empire is still alive and deadly. Fleeing their base on Yavin 4, the Rebels move around the galaxy, avoiding Imperd detection, until the two sides meet on the frozen tundra of the ice planet Hoth.

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Lucas, have redone a number of effects and scenes in The Em@re Strikes Buck. As with the other films, ali of the iaser blasts, have been redone, tightening them up and making them look a little less hand drawn. The movement of the space ships, such as the frantic

escape of .the Millenium Falcon from the Executor (Darth Vader’s Super Star Destroyer) have been overhauled and updated, making them closer to the video gami intensity seen in the final bade of SW Win. As well, the colours and sound have been enhanced, Also, like Star IVim, The Empire StikeAzck contains a coupleofcompletely newscenes. First, the Warnpa that attacks Luke on Hoth is better detailed. Viewers will now get to see more of the Wampa than just its head or its thigh& it moves past the camera. Instead, we get a 11l, growling, walking beast. The second major enhancement was tO the Cloud City over Bespin. In the original cut of Empire, every shot of Cloud City is obviouslyamatte painting, more because vou can see the two dimensionS than because you realize ‘LHey, making a giant floating city would be too expensive for a movie .” Well, maybe Kevin Costner wouldn’t realize. . Extensive computer graphics have been used to give Cloud City

the feel Lucas intended. Cloud City now has towering spires and three dimensions and it all lo&s incredible as the Milleniurn Falcon flies over it on its way t0 land. Very little publicity will be required to push this movie over $100 million at the box office, but it should be said that ifyou’re only going to see one of the three Stw

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mrs films in the theatre, 2%~ Empire St&a Back is definitely the one. John Williams’ score for this movie exceeds his efforts in Star Wars, filling the movie with an ominous and foreboding feeling, aurally informing the viewer of the Rebels’ fate. The acting is decent, the enemies are despEable as ever, and hey, Yoda.

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Sweetfdl, David &x$er and Kimi Shibata CircusRDom ’ Saturday, February 15 by Greg Picken Imprint staff

ore than a hundred of Craig CardiPs closest friends packed the Circus Room last Saturday for the CD release party for Craig’s second Ill-length album, Smck Up in Outmpace. Joined by three other local acts, the night quickly became a celebration of K-Ws independent music scene. The night opened with Kimi Shibata, a young woman with an acoustic guitar and a beauthl, strung

voice.

Accompanied

only

by a stand-up bass, she played a set of five original tunes and a Sinead O’Connor cover. She is a very talented performer, with a nod to Sarah McLachlan, but her six songs were all played at a very similar tempo. That’s not going

to hold the attention of an audience very long, but it’s certainly not a problem that she can’t overcome. David Cooper was next on stage, putting on a set of acoustic, folk-pop music backed by his own stand-up bass. His set was uptempo, featuring songs from his self-titled 1996 album. Third on the bill was Sweetfall, a four-piece, straightforward rock act. They played a set of original songs taken from their debut CD entitled retime. Combining powe&lvocals with a rhythm section that knows how to lay down a good rock beat, their set was lively and entertaining, easily maintaining the audien&s attention. Finally, the host and star of the evening, Craig Card8 took the stage, frost pxtnered

with

bass-

ist Paul Mathews and the incorn; parable Tom Murray on every instrument that requires wind. Craig seemed a touch newous taking the stage, but he quickly warmed to the crowd and vice versa. The three musicians

showcased a number ofthe acoustic songs from Stwk Up in &t~4ace,likethebeautifUTalk of the Town” and “Dance Me Outside.” After a brief intermission, Craig started up an electric, bluesy set with the help of guitarist and album producer Steve Chez and organist Bruce Herder. They pounded through a number of songs from Stuck Up in Uuterpum and Craig’s first album, Bunch of NNPZK While he had played tentatively in the first set, Craig seemed much more comfortable by the second, and let the band loose through blues-based tunes like “Marianne” and an electric version of Talk of the Town” before closing with “Stuck Up in Outerspace.” AU of the pefiormers on this night

were

strong

examples

of the

wealth of talent in the KitchenerWaterloo area, Withhisverygenuine stage personality and solid musical sense, Craig Cardiff has all the tools to make the transition from local artist to national artist with ease.

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A prayer for John Irving 1 The Imaginary Girlfriend (A Memoir) by John Itin~

Knopf Canada 148 pages, $24.00 by James Russell Imprint staff

n the Author’s Notes, Irving thanks his wife (and agent) for suggesting a major rewrite of his memoir, De 1mt&WV &Z&&d, tier he completed a 100 page draft that included, according to Irving, less than ten pages on wrestling. Big mistake. The resulting re-write is, essentially, a book on college wrestling and precious little else. For anyone looking to explore the mind of the writer who produced such works of genius as The W’l&ti Amrding to Gavp and A Pmyerfm Owen Meany, look elsewhere. There is nothing here on Irving’s

writing in particular, and just one tip on writing in general: practice. Irving doesn’t consider himself a natural writer or wrestler, and he credits his success at both to endless practice. Unfottunaely, he still needs more practice at memoirs. This book, unlike his others, is emotionless and, ultimately, Willing. The book is a collection of memorable episodes in Irving’s Me-at least as far as Irving is concerned. No individual anecdote needs work; the problem lies in the novel as a whole. It’s all about wrestling. Irving mentions individual matches, long-lost team mates, various coaches, and road trips with the wrestling team. He is so self-indulgent as to give stats on his sons’ wrestling careers. Chapter 18 is entitled “My Two Charnpions” and is devoted exclusively to his two eldest sons and their

wrestling. His youngest son is ommited because he’s just a few years old and is actually listed in the liner notes as &too young to wrestle,” lest anyone wonder at the notable lack of in&rmation on hkswrestling career. Take out the wrestling and there’s nothing left. The chapter called “&Mv first novel” doesn’t even appear until page 107, and it ‘is less tbun two puct3 limg, the shortest chapter in the entire book. There are no other chapters on his work as an author. l%e linqginay Gr1~n.d is a self-indulgent novel that managed not only to bore me, but to sour me on John Irving asa person and an author. One of the goals of a published memoir is to (hopefilly) deepen the bond between author and audience. Unfortunately, with The Imaflinary Girlfiend, Irving has achieved just the opposite effect.

AmazingGrace person treated unjustly by virtue of their birth, by society and finally by the penal system is not particularly unique or exciting. However, Atwood’s rendering of by Peter Lenardon this story deserves praise for its Imprint staff completeness. Every word that the characrappy,crappy,crappy* ters utter and every situation in That’s how most of us which the characters find then+ would find life back in the selves trapped illustrates the demiddle of the nineteenth century, plorable cultural and moral bankbefore Confederation. Toronto ruptcy of Canada as it entered the was a smelly, muddy outpost in industrial revolution. Even many summer and a frozen, muddy hellof the servant characters, includhole in winter. If you got sick or ing Grace Marks herself., wholeacted in any way contrary to the heartedly buy into the idea that their employers are their “betimported British class system bullshit behavioural norms, some ters.” If you were not bqrn into the right family, you were shit, quack was cutting into you or you and shit you would stay. were thrown into a fetid asvlurn In a world before universal where another quack would molest you, tell you that you were suffrage, to be called”democratic” crazy and inevitably take away was not really a good thing. The wives ofwealthy men oversaw the your physical and mental health. If you were a woman, a.Uthis was servants and spent their free time engaged in gossip or being taken shittier by a factor of one hunin by charlatans who said they dred. could contact the spirits. PsycholMargaret Atwood spins the ogy was lousy with sexism and tragic tale of Grace Marks, from CCd~ct~r~n whose theories conher miserable childkxl punctusisted of”magnetic fluids” in your ated by the death of her mother, brain and disorders that made through her miserable-servant life, and a murder for which she may women want to be prostitutes, Adding to this rich cultural or may not be responsible but for which she spent almost thirty years and sociological rendering is an exhaustive (andofienexhausting) in prison. To a jaded reader, T.V. or movie watcher, the story of a description of clothes and rooms

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in houses and gravel roads and and flowers and trees and farm animals. The clothing and the household descriptions, mostly from Grace, are given in minute detail and were related to her occupation; these were things Grace had to clean all the time. A great deal of the story is historically.tnze. GraceMarks was a “celebrated murderess” who, in 1843 was convicted of the murder of one of her employers. She was convicted in the court of public opinion long before the judge sent down his ruling, went to prison, was pardoned and was given a place to live, possibly in New York state. Alias Grace is a work of fittion because many of the historical records of the casewere lost or were&s and fabrications. Atwood sticks to documented fact asmuch as possible, but creates a number of diverse characters and archetypes to enrich the bare narrative. Perhaps the greatest liberty Atwood takes is with Grace herself Atwood’s main character is backprds

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treated with the utmost %oarseness” and hardship yet remains genteel, self-confidant and polite. She is ofien described by other characters as having the bearing of someone above her station. In

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enerally, when LucasArts produces video game, you can expect it to blow the processors off of everything else out there. X-IPZ+ZI, Tie &1!2~e~, and Dark Fumes were all terrific efforts. I think it was reasonable to expect that&& cm oftheEmpire, the latest project from LucasArts would follow this pattern. Oh well, can’t be right about everything. SIIuzduw~ofthe Empire is one of latest chapters in theStar K%PYsaga. Originally a novel, it landed between The Emp~n?Stikes Back and Return of theJedi, and followed the adventures of Luke, Leia, Lando, Chewbacca and the droids as they plotted to get Han Solo’s carbon-frozen body out of the clutches of Jabba the Hutt. As one of the masses of Star Witrs stuff that’s hit the market lately, it was one of the better ones. The two new characters in S~&s of the Empire are Prince Xixor, the evil criminal warlord, and Dash Rendar, the gallant smuggler who aids the Reb4lion, for a price, but soon succumbs to their ideals and

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hey say music is changing. They say techno is going to be the next big thing, Grunge. Industrial. So &any labels for what essentiallv comes down to some chords, a beat and a melody. What is a band to do? Do what comes naturally, For September 67, a twopiece out of Charlott&ville, Virginia, what comes naturally is friendly, lyrical-based pop. It’s A week before the show, good to hear a band that isn’t Imprint spoke to Shannon afraid to play the kind of music they like. The listener is treated to Worrell in Charlottesville. Here’s what she had to say intricate rhythm guitar that fills the songs, hkad-bobbing beat and about their music, their creative process and touring honey sweet vocal arrangements. with W&33. Ex-folkie Shannon Worrell (she described the folk scene as ~‘confi~i~g”) teamed up with her Describe how the new album, Lzuky She came to be. friend, singer/drummer/ keyboardist Kristin Asbury and It was really fin. I think the they created a solid collection of record, the process was like a ‘gosongs about things they know: ing electric’ or ‘doing electric,’ their family, frien&, love, desire trying to follow the invention of for attention, moving on from the pop music or something, because past. The lyrics are actually honest we really didn’t know how to play reflections, devoid of the cynipop* I’d only ever played alone cism and bile so prevalent in muwith aguitar and Kristin had never sic today. On “Busy Building,” played the drums so, for me to one of the coolest combinations of melody and quirky guitar on pick up the electric guitar and for her to start playing the drums at the album, Worrell sings, ‘The the same time without any knowimarble factory is not the place for edge or lessons or jamming or me. I’ll take the mud and clay. I’ll help... take the mud any day.” Empowerment without having to yell and It almost sounds like the scream. beginning of a punk band. On the first listen, the impression I got was that this was Yeah, well we had musical still more girl pop, catchy in spots, but nothing really new, This is skill, but it wasn’t at what we had chosen to do, so maybe it kind of part ofluc@ %oe’s charm. There is not alot of music being made in was like a punk band, but I don’t really know much about that. And this vein anymore. In music generated by women the choices seem it wasn’t on purpose, it wasn’t like ‘let’s do something we don’t know to be Hole/Breeders and the like vs. Celine Dion. September 67 is how to do and it would be reallv cool because we’re so post-mocineither and the lack of posturing, pretension and artificiality is re- ern or something. It was just because it was a ‘genuine, earnest freshing. September 67’s live show is attempt at-playing pop. It’s hard, the kind of stand alone work one I can’t really learn how to play other people’s songs. We tried.to would expect from Worrell, who learn a Smith’s song or someis used to performing by herself. thing, but we couldn’t fwe it When she plugs in her Gibson hollow body and Asbury plays out, so we just wrote our own her bare bones drum kit, the songs songs, and that’s kind of how the record came about. reproduce remarkably well for music so free of pounding and You’ve described your music extraneous noise. “Don’t Break,” as Southern gothic pop? “Ha.~l Motes” and others stood out because this is redv how Scp- What does that mean? tember 67% music is n&ant to i&z I think that’s more of a wish heard. Add in a new song, than a description, and I think “Hyatake” and something from somebody else said that to us. I Worrell’s folk release, and you guess I come from more of a have an enjoyable show and reading and storytelling backopener for Wilco (who rocked, incidently, but more on that next ground than a musical one. Pm not very musical, I’m more stories week).

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oriented, and it’s much easier for me to sit down and read the paper and be inspired to write a song from that. Language is more primary, more accessible to me than sound, if that makes any sense, so I always go at a song from the point of view of the story, and the music is always sort of trailing behind. The gothic part? I was born in Tennessee, and all the songs are about my fatnily and Southern gothic literature is ail about or most of it is about weird people doing weird things in weird places and many of them are related to each other. When I read Flannery 0’ Connor or whatever, I feel a sense of recognition, if not with the characters themselves, at least with some of the emotional content of the stories. What other authors influence your songvdting? I love Walker-Percy, he’s probably my favorite. He’s a little later, the ’50s or ’60s. He was writing from 1960s to the eighties. He wrote a book called ‘The Moviegoer [ 1961], It is an amazing book about the Second Coming which I think was banned in some places because it is about the Second Coming. Flannery O’Connor is from the '30s and ’40s. Walker Percy is writing about people and places that I’ve seen and that I know, or I feel like I knoti. They are exactly like some of the people I grew up around, which is this weird . . . I mean Walker Percy grew up in a more privileged family. Both ofmy parents grew up in these lower middle-class rural families, they aren’t fourth generation gentry. They made some money, like the Beverly Hillbillies or something. So, both of my parents have spent their whole lives trying to pretend like they were born at the country club. Even though they were born in the moonshine part. So they were to raisi me Like wi were some old Virginia family

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just another Toronto in&e band has become reality. It looks like MA& h well on he way to king made-and they deserve it. This is a great album. the usual crap, putting out stuff independently, (their first recording was on the &is~re Ttmnists c&npilation a couple of years back) and playing in shitty clubs (I saw them a couple of years ago at the Opera House, playing for a crowd of about eleven, counting the bartender). But, unlike too many other good bands, somewhere, someone noticed and MAclE got signed. Too many bands turn to shit when they get signed by a major. Either they over-produce the hell out of their album, or they let the label mod@ their sound to make it more palatable to the masses. MACE has done neither. The recording quality and production on Bedazz;ler is great, but it still

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metronomic precision of Joy Division, or the endless layers of guitars that Kevin Shields insists on, but they’ve still done a really good job of recreating some of the power of those bands with songs like CCFunof You” and’ “Stella.” I love this album. Getting signed gave MAdE the cash to record this album properly, but they managed to maintain that ‘What? I dunno, man. I just got up.” sense of style that makes Bedazzler an album that you can play over and over.

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For Acid Jazz fans famili;zr with the Rebirth of Cool series, the hit and miss frequency of artistic content should come as no surprise with the release ofVolume6. It’s probably been hard to follow the last volume, which featured heavy hitters Tricky, Portishead, Massive Attack, and the Beastie Boys. What’s good? The oh-so-seductively sweet “Cotton Wool’ byLambremixedbyFillaBrazU.ia. Ghostly vocals caressand reign in trippy beats to make this song pure ecstasy. CCH~rizons” by LTJ Bukem has a kickin’ drum and bass groove which emits such a Osmooth rhythmic rush it will keep you coastin’ all night long+ Imagine Marvin &ye’s six-

ties sound fast forwarded to the nineties and you get Lewis Taylor’s “Bittersweet”. “Feel The Sunshine” featuring Bjork sounding vocalist Deborah Anderson, is also really good. ‘To Forgive but Not Forget” by Outside highlights Matt Coopers’ violin playing in a haunting lament to the holocaust. The addition of trip hop elements adds a funkiced life-affirming component to this tr& cool piece. What I really like about this volume is the world beat flavor in several tracks. Rich Afro-Brazilian sounds pulsate through ccPonteios’by Da Lata and Smoke City’s ‘Vnderwater Love.” Arabic rhythms abound in Wig&on.” Reggae riffs run through Ernest Ran@?s scSurfin”’ and “Who could It Be,” a combined effort of reggae superstar Luciano and hip hop artists the Jungle Brothers. “Undenvater Love” and

‘Who Could It Be” have been getting some decent air play recently. Big disappointments include Dave Angel’s “Rudiments” and Nicolete’s ‘You Are Heaven Sent’ (she must have kept the best tunes for her own debut album Let No One L&e In 3%~ Head which I might add, is a must buy). With lots of stylistic choice, there’s probably something that should appeal to any ambient/acid jazz/trip hop fan.

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trawman don’t belong in an “indie rockS’ cohmn. How many indie rock bands rehearse for two years before setting foot onstage? Who else requires a big-screen projector at every gig and requires a computer operator at the side of the stage? Even the word LCro~kS’doesn’t count when you’ve got sculptors, dancers, painters, poets and even mimes as part of the act. Then again, Strawman has never been too concerned with doing the “indie rock” thing. The band began asa concept by founders Al McMulian and John

Hitzroth; the pair wrote songs fbr eighteen months before auditioning for band members. McMullan still doesn’t play onstage; he sits on the sidelines, controlling the network of Toronto artists that contribute to the Strawman “tribe.” The hottest part of a Strawman show (besides the occasional fire-breathing stunt) is the constant stream ofimages projected on an enormous screen behind the band. Lyrics, classical paintings, and grotesque movie images form a live video for every song.

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But a good stageshow without good songwriting is like icing without cake. Strawman expertly use their lyrics and music to build on the dark and violent imagery created in their artwork; they’re intense, but thankfully not so much angry asself-assuredlypowerhl. Their debut self-titled CD, enhanced by the photographs and poetry of the tribe, has won them acclaim throughout Toronto and beyond; they’ve appeared on a few soundtracks (including Joe3 Wedding and the upcoming Deliver w Die documentary), and have two very dark, very cool videos out for “Freak” and “Yeah Yeah Yeah Whatever” (a sarcastic attack at the people who talk about changing the world but never quite make it away from the TV set). Things have gone incredibly well for the “tribe”: where the average rock band makes a few hundred albums and still has boxes left under their beds, late last year Strawman pressed 500 “limited edition” radio singles-and had them sell out. A lineup change this summer brought a new vocalist, Mark Johnson, described as a perfbrmance artist whose “both set himselfon fire and blown himself up.“Needless to say, the show will be incendiary. StraWman and their m&media cxtravgmczuphy Monday, Fehmy 24 atMm Robinson’s 122 Weher St. West, IGtchener. $3 at the door.

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Applications for the following scholarships are bein acce ted during the Winter term. Re f er to spection 4 of the Undergraduate Calendarforfurlher criteria. Application forms are available in the Student Awards Office, 2nd Floor, Needles Hail.

available to 3B Math. Deadline: Mar. 311 97 Electrohome75th Anniversary Scholarship-available to 38 Computer Science. Deadline: Mar. 31/97 K.C. Lee Computer Science Schoiarship-available to 2nd year regular Computer Science. Deadline: Ott 31197. Sun Life of Canada Award-available to 2nd year Actuarial Science. Deadline: Nov 30/97.

ALL FACULTIES: Doreen Brisbin Award-available to third year Regular or 38 Co-op female students in an Honours program in which women are currently under represented. Deadline: April 30/97. Douglas T. Wright Award - available to all who have participated in a UW international work placement. Students to apply upon return to full-time study at UW. Deadline: Ott 15/97.

Faculty of Applied Sciences:

Health

Michael Gellner Memorial Scholarship-available to 3B Kinesiology or Health Studies. Deadline: Mar. 31/97 Robert Haworth Scholarship-completion of 3rd year in an honours program in resource management related to Park Planning and Management, Recreation, Natural Heritage or Outdoor Recreation. Deadline: May 31/97

Faculty of Arts: Arts Student Union Award - available to all Arts students. Deadline: Feb. 281 97. James C. McKegney Memorial Awardavailable to upper year Arts students with outstanding performance and/or extra-curricular activities in the Hispanic Area - one in Peninsular Spanish Studies and one in Spanish America Studies. Deadline: Feb. 28197.

Facuftv of Engineerina: Andersen Consulting Scholarshipavailable to 3B. Deadline: Mar. 31/97 Canadian Hospital EngineeringSociety’s Scholarship-available to 3B. Deadline: Mar. 31/97 Consulting Engineers of Ontario Scholarship-available to all 36. Deadline: Mar. 31/97 John Deere Limited Scholarship-available to 3B Mechanical. Deadline: Mar. 31197 Delcan Scholars hip-available to 4B Civil. Deadline: Feb. 28/97 Randy Duxbury Memorial Awardavailable to 38 Chemical. Deadline: Feb 28197 S.C. Johnson & Son Ltd. - Environmental Scholarship-available to 3rdyear Chemical. Deadline: May 31/97 Marcel Pequegnat Scholarship-available to 3B Civil,Water Resource Management students. Deadline; May 31/ 97. Canadian Posture and Seating Centre Scholarship-available to all. Deadline: Oct. 14/97. Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Award-available to all Civil and Mechanical students with an interest in Building Science. Students to contact Dr. Eric Burnett. Keith Carr Memorial Award-available to 3rd or 4th year Chemical. Deadline: Mar 31/97. Ontario Hydro Engineering Awardsavailable to 18 Chemical, Electrical, Environmental or Mechanical. Eligible candidates will be women, aboriginal (native) Canadians, persons with disabilities or visible minorities. Deadline: July 31/97. Jack Wiseman Award-available to 3rd year Civil. Deadline: Ott 31/97.

Faculty of Environmental Studies: Robert Haworth Scholarship-completion of 3rd year in an honours program in resource management related to Park Planning

and

Management,

Recrea-

tion, Natural Heritage or Outdoor Recreation. Deadline: May 31/97. Marcel Pequegnat Scholarship-avaiiable to 3rd year Environment & Resource Studies, Planning, Water Resource Mgt. Deadline: May 31197

Facultv of Mathematics: Andersen

Consulting

Scholarship-

Facultv of Science: SC. Johnson & Son Ltd. Environmental Scholarship-available to 3rd year Chemistry. Deadline: May 31/97 Marcel Pequegnat Scholarship-available to 38 Earth Science/Water Resource Mgt. Deadline: May 31/97 Dow Canada Scholarship-available to 3A Chemistry. Deadline: Mar 31/97 Science Society Bursary-available to all.

IuPCCMINCEVENTS 1 SATURDAY,

FEB. 22,1997

K-W Chamber Music 57 Young St., Waterloo, 886-1673. “Matthew Jones, recorders Jan Overduin” At 8:00 p.m. For resenrations call 886-l 673. Dooner Heritage Crossroads - “Seedy Saturday” -come and join us. For info call 748-1914.

TUESDAY,

FEB. 25,1997

The Bede Lecture Series at Renison College, UW. Professor Dr. Kenneth Hull will speak on “To Sing Is To Pray Twice.’ For details call 884-4404, voice mail ext. 628. Global Change Game is being held at the University Stadium (formerly Seagrams) at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $2. and will be on sale in the Concourse Mon., Feb. 24 from 11-4 p.m. For more info contact Carrie Ouellette at oue18930@machl .wlu.ca Students who wish to apply for a Psychology major for Spring or Fall 97 are strongly encouraged to attend “Psychology Orientation” from 4:30-6 p.m. in PAS 2083. If unable to attend you can pick up applicationlpre-registration package at PAS 4053 from Feb. 25-28. Waterloo Wellington Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Association invites KW area Chronic Fatigue Syndrome sufferers, their family and friends to a support group meeting at the Adult Recreation Centre, 185 King St., S. Please call our info line for the scheduled time: 623-3207.

WEDNESDAY,

FEB. 26,1997

Gay and Lesbian Liberation of Waterloo coming-out discussion group. Topic: “Hometowns: Where We Came From” at 7:30 p.m. Social follows at 9 p.m., HH 378. Meet old friends and make new ones. All welcome. Details: 884-3982. St. Jerome’s Reading Series: 3:30 p.m. in the Common Room, SJC 221. Speaking will be Gil Adamson, Toronto poet and short-story writer, author of “Primitive” and “Help Me, Jacques Cousteau.” For info call Charlene 884-8111, ext. 223.

THURSDAY,

FEB. 27,1997

Window on German Cinema - films at 7:00 p.m. in Uw’s East Campus Hall Auditorium 1219. Foreign-language films with English subtitles. “Trial By Fire” - 81 min.

FRIDAY, FEB. 28,1997 Black History Month - Legacy ‘97 presents “Educate to Elevate - What the History Books Didn’t Teach You.” An event featuring youth from our Region at The Maureen Forester Recital Hall, WLU, (Hazel and University). Show starts at 7:30 p.m. sharp. For info call 740-9054, 746-3762 or 578-6256. Playing

at the

Grad

House

“My

Neighbor Ned” with Mike Busarri. No cover charge. Undergrads need simply purchase a $5. membership, good for the term.

SUNDAY, MARCH 2,1997 “The Skate” - featuring performances from local figure skating clubs. This will be held at the Preston Auditorium from 2 to 3145 p.m. For more info call 745-7280.