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UW Senate ref’uses to back Fed President Motion to oppose fee deregulation defeated by Natalie Gillis Imprint staff

niversity senators turned down an invitation to join students in the fight against increasing tuition fees at the UW Senate meeting Monday evening. Federation ofStudents PresidentMario Bellabarba presented a motion to the Senate proposing that they oppose deregulation of tuition fees, which allows universities to set their own tuition rates. The motion also urged the provincial government to increase university operating grants; the motion failed. In presenting the motion, Bellabarba urged Senators to consider the implications of allowing universities to set their own tuition fee kvels. Although there will always be enough applicants to fill spots at the university, he noted, the rise in fees that would come about as a result’ of deregulation would limit post-secondary education to the wealthy. ‘2 is the responsibility of government, not universities, to deal with accessibility issues;universkks should not allow governments to pass the responsibility off,” he said, pointing out the importance of post-secondary education as a public good. The motion generated much debate, with faculty and student senators largely in favour of it. Referring to the large debt loads many students are currently graduating with, several faculty members questioned the fairness of imposing such large fmancial burdens on “the people who are trying to turn this country around.” “It is time to bring society’s contributions to postsecondary education back to a reasonable level,” noted another senator. Opposed to the motion, VP, Academic and Provost Jim Kalbfleisch noted that it equated university control of tuition fees with massive fee increases, while in reality this is not necessarily true; tuition fees could go up as well as

down with deregulation. Kalbleisch cited the recent drop in international student fees as an example. Temporarily leaving the chair to address the issues, UW President James Downey was strongly opposed to the motion. “It doesn’t matter what we decide,” he said, “the government will deregulate tuition fees.” He pressed that fees should be deregulated, seeing it as the only way that the university can continue to offer quality education at a time when the province continues to cut grants to universities. Finally, Downey asked if we trust the government more than we trust ourselves to set fee levels. Although the motion failed, it was only by a slim margin. Including his own vote in the final tally (not

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common practice, but Downey felt it was important that he take a position on an issue such as this, where %e interesets of the university are at stake”), the motion was defeated 25-23, A second motion was brought to the Senate by Bellabarba urging that the Senate not recommend any fee schedule that is not approved by a body consisting of equal numbers of students, facuhy and senior administrators for approval by the Board of Governors. The impetus for the motion lay in the lack of student representation on the bodies that set the university budget, despite student fees contributing toward a growing proportion of the global budget. Senators expressed concern about delegating their

responsibilities and the extra time that would be required to pass fee schedules by another committee. To this, Bellabarba noted that “Sacrificing consultation and approval for expediency is not an attractive option.” Nonetheless, the motion met with resounding defeat. Despite the defeat of both motions, President Downey commended Bellabarba and the Federation of Students for bringing the issues to the Senate and inspiring debate. In regard to this, Feds VI?, Education Kelly Foley remarked, ‘We are always commended by university administrators for failing.” Still, she was glad to see there had been some honest discussion. Bellabarba was also optimistic. UI think we made an impact,” he noted. % was the closest vote I’ve ever seen, especially with the chair dissenting the way he did.” St&, it was ‘klose enough to be a bitter disappointment.” Recognizing the support from faculty senators, he added crIdon’t think President Dbwney can see that kind of a reaction fkom Senate and not see something [in the motion] .” In related news, Jim Kalbfieisch presented a “Very Preliminary 1997-98 Operating Budget” to the University Senate Finance Committee last Thursday. With many factors unknown, including the provincial operating grant level., student enrolment and staff and faculty salary increases, revenue over the coming year is currently projected at $176.1 million, while ex~nditures are an estimated $179.0 million. Translated directly into a budget cut, the deficit would result in a 2.5 per cent cut across the board. One thing students can count on seeing in this year’s budget is another tuition fee increase. Kalbfleisch will be asking the Board of Governors to approve a ten per cent increase on every program for Canadian students. This would bring tuition fees at Waterloo to an average of 35 per cent over the provincial fee schedule, the maximum amount allowed by the government.

Engineering students overcome all obstacles by Karshn W. Gitkr Imprint staff

n the end, getting to the competition proved just as tough as the actual event. In spite of fierce resistance by the elements, UW engineering students Leif Bioomquist, Kenneth Yip, Tonya Sulley and the members of Team “Aqua Flow” managed to win several awards at this year’s Canadian Engineering Competition, held fromMarch 7 to 9,1997at the UniversityofMoncton in New Brunswick. The group of ten participating WW engineers was supposed to leave Pearson International airport on March 6. A major blizzard in the Maritimes spoiled that plan, though, as it effectively shut down Moncton airport. Following efforts to schedule flights to alternative destinations, the team did not depart until 7 a.m. on March 7. In spite of having less than two hours to get ready for the competition, UWs engineers managed to walk away with severaI awards in both of the competition’s divisions, design and communications. An individual award went to

LeXBloomquist, a fourth year Systems Design Engineering student, who placed second in corporate design. Having spent the last couple of work terms working in the Robotic Research Department for INCO in Copper Cliff, Bloomquist came up with a design for a navigation system using a laser sensor to scan mine walls and steer robots accordingly. “Aqua Flow,” the Civil Engineering team made up of Mark Phillips, Joyce Liu, Siva Sanmoga and Mamoon Rashid, won third place in entrepreneurial design. Aimed at designing a marketable product or service unavailable in Canada, this category combined technical feasibility and innovation with a solid marketing plan. The winning did not stop there, though, as “Aqua FIow’s” entry also won the best exhibit award. In the category of editorial communications, Electrical Engineer Kenneth Yip won second prize for his debate on how CcToEmbrace the Next Generation Wireless Communication Technology More Cautiously.” Placing third right behind Yip in the same category, was Tonya Sulley, Chemical Engineering, focusing on CCTheRelease of Bio-

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by Mark Smm UW Student Bicycle Centre special to Imprint

oping to start a great tradition, March 27 will mark the first ever University of Waterloo Bike Day, organized jointly by the Bicycle Safety Committee and the UW Student Bicycle Centre, Canada’s only student-run, do-it-yourself bike repair shop. The goal of this year’s Bike Day is to aid in raising awareness of the advantages of bicycle commuting amongst the members of the UWcommunity. Bicycle commuting is an inexpensive, environmentally responsible, efficient and healthy mode of transportation. Hopemy, Bike Day will entice more people to try this great way of commuting to campus and around town. Bike Day welcomes the arrival of spring, warmer weather, longer days and more favourable biking conditions. The Bike Day festivities will be held behind the Student Life Centre in the out-

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by Patti Imard Imprint staff e recent removal of Israeli occupying troops from Hevron will be the last move of any consequence in the Middle East peace process, according to Christopher Skene, a graduate student in Political Science. In a seminar called CThe End of the Peace Process” organized by the Political Science department, Skene suggested that the peace process has unofficially ended because there is no room for either of the players to move. That the plans to build a Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem have been passed by the Israeli parliament is indicative of this. Contrary to widespread belief, Skene suggested that the policies of current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are not to blame. Instead, he argued that both the Israeli government and thePalestinianLiberationC@tn.ization (PLO) must take responsibiity for the current stalemate. For example, the Israelis have never officially acknowledged any Palestinian rights. Skene told a story of a Palestinian who had lived in Jerusalem his entire life,

whose travel document indicated his nationality asJordanian. Skene pointed to this as a real-life example of Israel’s refbsal to acknowledge the Palestinians. On the other hand, the Pakstin&s are unwilling to compromise on their demands, The PLO is demanding a right of return for all Palestinians, a Palestinian territory and rights of rule over Jerusalem. Skene emphasized the fact that the PLO is incapable of compromising in particular on the issue ofJerusalem-a compromise in this area would remove both legitimacy and support from the Palestinian cause. Ironically, the most recent Israeli prime ministers have won elections on platforms that state their intent to retie to accede to Palestinian demands, Skene discussed the 1993 Oslo-2 agreement, stating that for the Palestinians, the only positive aspect of the agreement was that it officially recognized the PL0 as a representative of the Palestinian people. Other than that, however, Oslo-2 implicitly allowed Israel to pursue its objectives through diplomatic negotiation rather than force, It did not force Israel to rethinkits objectives in amore com-

prehensive and Palestinian-sensitive way. That the Oslo-2 agreement did not explicitly recognize Israel’s roIe asan occupying force in the West Bank gave Israel “legitimate” claims to the territory. Skene pointed to the *creeping annexation” by the creation of new Jewish settlements. He pointed to the US request that other Middle Eastern countries recognize Israel’s efforts towards peace-making without there having been tangible progress. He pointed to Israel’s continuing efforts to strengthen its internal infrastructure. He then questioned Israel’s true motives in the peace process, suggesting that Israel must not genuinely intend to return territory to the Palestinian people. The process itself, he concluded, was now simply a charade. And, after offering his interpretation of the current state of theMiddle Eastern peace process, Skene admitted to not having the solutions. The ensuing discussion revolved around possibilities, none of which seemed less than utopian, Yet, a glimmer of hope remained and perhaps only this hope, coupled with some cleverpolhicalmanoeuverhg, will lead the two nations to peace.

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niversity ofWater VP, Academic and Provost Jim Kalbfleisch announced the winners of the 1997 “aistinguished Teacher” Award this week. The winners are: Howard Armitage, School of Accountancy, Conrad Hewitt FacIan ulty of Mathematics, McKenzie, Department of Geography and John Smith, Department of Physics The Distinguished Teacher Award, now in its twenty-first year, honours excellence in teaching. Although universities are supposed to be places of learning, the institutional reward system usually encourages research and scholarship over the job of actually teaching students. Yet, not only are the Distinguished Teachers honoured for their teaching skills, they are also given money to help their students in the fLture. The wilzners are selected after a year’s worth of nominations are collected from students, alumni, graduate students, faculty and colleagues. Nomination packages

can include anecdotal as well as historical evidence of the candidate’s success-samples of innovative teaching materials, summaries of course evaluations, evidence of success of former students, and evidence of working to promote better teaching. The quality of the nominations, not the quantity, are important. The winners are selected by a committee composed of undergrad students, grad students, alumni, faculty, and the Provost. The four winners wi.lI each receive a citation and presentation at May Convocation, a plug in the UW Calendar, and $1500 in a “University discretionary account,” to be put towards any teaching activities. “I[‘m very pleased,” says Ian McKenzie, a laboratory demonstrator selected for the non-regular faculty component of the award. ‘I share this award with my students-I’m just the vehicle that helps them learn.” More information on the Distinguished Teacher Awards can be found at http:// www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/i.nGotrac/ dtahp.html.

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Import of used text books banned to spend for books over the course of a degree could increase by $1,600.

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The price ofx~ education will increase. A~cnrding to Matthew Hough, the National Director of the

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The amendment will adversely akkt the operations of the University of Waterloo Used Book Store. In a previous interview, the manager, Calvin Masson, suggested that the business may lose $15,000 to $20,000 in exporting profits. The trade of textbooks is a two-way street; if the importation of books is banned, then the exports are reduced. As a result, the costs of books could increase up to 50 per cent across the board. The debate over

Bill C-32 has centered around the need to protect the Canadian Publishing industry. American dealers buy texts from Canadian students for resale in the USA and Canada. Usually, the books are held at a central faci.lit\:and shipped

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to foreign or domestic markets when ordered by campus and student-run stores. Canadian publishers believe that,

did not make the sale first, however, then the book should not come to Canada. Ptiblishers work hard to provide a book for a partitular course. Devastating effects

country as a used book at a later time, If the Canadian publisher

are felt if 50 to 100 per cent of the texts are bought from American sources. Ottawa’s oficial position is

as long as they are the first to sell the text in C&ada, then it is acceptable for it to return to the

that they mean to regulate the market and not restrict the availability of used books. However, no matter how much the government attempts to downplay the amendment, importing used texts will be illegal. In the long run, the cost of an education increases for students.

Engineersdon’t needbus fare by Michael O&y, Bus Push Co-organizer Imprint stair

his year’s Engineering Bus Push was special, as it is the25thanniversaryofthe Big Sisters of Kitchener-Waterloo. The event took place on Saturday, March 15. The Bus Push is an annu;li event held to raise money for the Big Sisters of KkhenerWaterloo and Area. The event involves a large group of Engineers pulling a bus from the University of Waterloo campus to Market Square in Kitchener. When the event was first held, the Engineers did push the bus. However, to increase safety and participation, ropes are now attached to the bus so that it can be pulled along the parade route. The parade assembled in the Engineering One cul-de-sac at eleven a.m., afier breakfast in POETS. The turnout was good, with

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students and one,little sister arrived ready to pull the bus, despite the harsh weather conditions. However, by the time the bus was ready to go and the convoy consisting of police and the KOOL 105.3 FM van arrived, the sun was shining brightly and the wind had begun to die down. The parade proceeded along University St. West until King St. over thirty

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North where the route headed South until its finish in Market Square. Money was raised for Big Sisters through pledges raised by the participants, as well as through silver collection along the parade route. Although exact figures are not yet availabie, the organizers believe that over three thousand dollars was raised.

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-> ow can we avoid low back pain and poor balance? How can we help people who have low back pain, whether with or without balance problems? These questions are being investigated in a new research project performed in the Chiropractic Research Clinic located here on campus. People with bxk troubles are thought to have more difkuky in maintaining their balance compared to healthy people. This disadvantage can lead to tripping or falling and can cause tirther injury to the back or injury to other parts of the body. In the current study, chronic low back pain patients will be asked to perform a variety of balance tests such as simple upright standing with the eyes open or closed,

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body, muscle activity levels of leg muscles and trurk muscles and force readings from a scztleon the floor will be taken to quantify balance, and they will be compared to measurements of back pain-free participants todetermine whether chronic baclc pain patients indeed have poor balance. In addition, to obtain understanding of chiropractic care, the balance tests will be perFormed before and after chiropractic treatment and before-tier comparisons will be made. Eighty per cent of the PQPUlation will develop acute low back pain at some point in time during their life. Ten per cent of these people will further develop chronic low back pain which accounts for over 80 per cent of the total costs of low back injury. These numbers indicate that research regarding chronic low back pain is needed to decrease the cost

4567 x5301. Potential participants will undergo both an initial assessment to obtain insight into their back problems and one chiropractic treatment with data collection. The Chiropractic Research Clinic, located in the new wing of Burt Matthews Hall, is a collaboration between the University of Waterloo and the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in Toronto, and has been developed to pecform research specificaI.ly related to back pain and chiropractk care. The clinic provides the oppcxtunity to petiofm important research and serve the community at the same time. The 7s poor balance related to back trouble?” project is tie first in a series of projects that will be performed in the clinic. The clinic also recently welcomed a new chiropractor, Dr. Lisa Caputo. She is invoived in

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here are many things I like about the United States, but I despise the American special interest lobbyist more than any other retarded animal on the face of the planet. The bray of the week is that airbags kill children and, of course, %omething ought to be done about this.” (If you don’t know by now let me help flesh out your education and tell you that whenever someone uses words like “ought” or %hould,” stop listening to them immediately. They are probably lying or trying to make money.) John Graham, from the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis was poetic in his outrage over how evil these airbags are. His ten-second soundbite was replayed over and over onHeadljne News this past week, as he droned on about how airbags are killing children. After Graham’s speech, the commentator described plans by automobile companies to combat this new threat to their Public Image. “Car companies are now considering increasing the speed at which air-bags inflate from 8 m.p.h. to 18 m. p. h ., blah, blah, blah” followed by more crap about what car companies are considering and then, the killer line: “Until that time, parents will have to take the lead. . .” I didn’t even hear what was said after that. MY GOD! You mean parents will have to actually look tier their children and see that don’t

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What is most pathetic about this entire debate is that blame has been shif’ted from brain-damaged parents to car companies. Why, oh lord, are these companies now expected to raise our children? If you don’t have the brains to realize that a six-month-old, fifteen pound baby is not going to survive being hit in the head at several hundred kilometres an hour bv a balloon made of nylon-reinforced plastic, your baby should immediately be taken from you and killed, because that would be a far better fate than being reared by your stupid ass. Is it too late for us I Is it too late for people to realize that there will ww come a time when somebody will come up with The Answer and provide us with the level of safev that we seem to need? The simple fact ti that people will continue to die-innocent people and babies included-for absolutely no good reason at all, and there isn’t a damn thing any of us can do about it, because acc&fltx

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Campaign for Labour Rights (CLR) has been investigating and documenting developments in Free Trade Zones (FTZs) and Export Production Zones(EPZs) around the globe. These 75ones,” known as Maquilas in Latin America, are liberally sprinkled around the planet, and are where multinational corporations ( MNCs) prefer to locate their production factories in exchange for a number of lax Iabour, tax and environmental concessions from the host country. Standards are non-existent in most cases and MNCs are given a free hand to run their businesses as they see fit. Patriation of profits is usually guaranteed by the host country in the expectation that eventually an economic infrastructure will develop as a result of theses initial concessions. I Fully SO per cent of the employees in the EPZs and FTZs are women. They are paid starvation wages by businesses eager to lower labur inputs, From six cents per hour in the soccer ball industry of Pakistan, ten cents per hour in China, 20 cents per hour in the shoe factories ofvietnam, ten to 33 cents per hour in Haiti, to 58 cents per hour in the Maquilas of Central and Latin America. Women, children and men are being exploited to the hilt in order to satisfy the Sisyphean desire for ever expanding profits for MNC’s and their shareholders, For example, a seamstress at a shirt factory in Guatemala earns less than $1 per hour, an amount that leaves her family below the poverty line, unable to meet basic needs. Working conditions are in many instances medieval, unsanitary and unsafe. That’s what MNCs like best about the Maquilas. They can treat their employees like se&, exploiting them at every turn, while presenting a phony upbeat PR image to the wealthy North American consumers who purchase their products. If you would like to find out more about the exploitation of women and children around the Third World by h4NCs check out CLRs web site at: http:// www.compugraph.com/clr, or e-mail us at: clr@igc.apc.org.

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I am a student who attended the Senate meeting on Monday, March 17 and I am writing to express my disappointment with the decision not to support either of the motions put forward by the Federation of Students. The first motion concerned the deregulation of tuition fees and I was dismayed to see that many in the room took such a short sighted view of the issue. By endorsing deregulation of fees, Waterloo is essentially saying that free market forces should decide what tuition levels should be and that we should simply charge what the market (students) can bear. Sure, deregulation might make some programs in Arts cheaper because they cost less to deliver, but not everyone wants to be in Arts, and we shouldn’t force. students into it because they or their parents don’t have a large enough bank account to get into another program. Imagine if optometry cost $15,000 a year because that was what the market would bear (aren’t monopolies wonderful?). Waterloo could probably still fmd about 100 students a year who could afFiird it but what about all those who couldn’t? Should money be a factor in deciding who gee into what program, where only the rich have choices? As one senator pointed out, many in the room made statements during both motions to the effect of, “Whatever we decide here doesn’t matter, the government will do what it wants anyway.” This is simply the wrong attitude. There are two

choicesthatcanbemadeinsituationslike this. One is to roll over and play dead, to simply give in. The other is to stand up for what you believe in because it is the Gght thing to do. Perhaps I am an idealist for thinking that the principles of the matter are important and worth fighting for. 1 was disappointed to see that many senators did not share my view. I hope Mike Harris will throw us a bone for rolling over so well. The second motion which was defeated concernedcreating a body made up of an equal number of students, faculty and administration to set the fee levels at Waterloo. The motion put forward said that students want to have an equal voice in deciding how much we should pay. It said that we wanted to work with the rest of the university and be equal partners in the discussion of an issue which affects us very personally. Seeing the discussion and voting on this issue made me never want to come to a Senate meeting again, . I could not believe how reluctant everyone in the room was to allow students to have a greater Voice in the issue. Is this what Dr. Downey meant when he said that Waterloo needed to “keep ftith” with s&dents? Keeping faith means that you must allow us to become true partners at this university. It means that you must treat us as equals and work together eth us to help solve the difficult issue of fees instead of ramming decisions down our throats. How can we as students believe that this university will keep ftith with us when we are not equal partners? Keeping faith with students means more than keeping our monev. -Ctibw

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To tbe Editor,

Men created laws in order to protect and serve the citizens of society. That was their first big mistake. The second was to try to control halfof that society within the confines of those laws. What they did not realize at the time was that the very nature of written law permits changes within a given society. Women, the excluded group, long ago realized the problem, and although not realistically able to effect any changes until recently, seized upon the very laws that had kept them prisoners of gender. They rewrote and are still rewriting these laws to finally gain access to their right&l place beside the opposing sex. Men might have kept the power, had they stuck to using stray sticks found outside their caves strictly for making fires, Hieroglyphs, the original etch-a-sketches, although perhaps intended to make an tipression on “the ladies” and to help pass the lonely hours when the men’s clubs were not in use, might very well have been harbingers of their fate. This theory, however, is not written in stone.

Thank you Paul York (“‘Feminism is not boring” in the March 14 Imprint) for setting the record straight. Because I don’t believe in feminism, I must be “endorsing sexism? Feminism, in principle, is about creating an equal society. Feminism, in practice, is about punishing men ttiay to create equal women tomorrow. Am I sexist for not agreeing that the end just&es the means? Is it not possible that many men see equality and feminism as two very different philosophical schools of thought? Having an open mind means that you allow people to disagree with you without banishing them to “the dark side of human nature.” Making feminism a black-and-white issue scares people into professing agreement when they do not, in order to avoid being seen as backwards, traditional and politically incorrect by what York has defitled as the “forward-thinking” members of our society.

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Scientologist or even met one yet and their related charitable and educational institutions inures for he maintains an anti-Scientology web site entitled the &Cult of the benefit of any individual or Scienrology.n McChre declares non-charitable entity. Pretty definitive. that he is “certainly no expert on Another very questionable Scientology or cults in general” poinr is Imprint% sympathy for but this does not stop him from mocking Scientology beliefs and the bankruptcy of the Cult Awarepractices and using derogatory ness Network (CAN) in the terms about our Founder. United States. McClare says he is the editor Imprintdidnot mention that emeritus of The %4f, the official a Washington State jury found newsletter of the Waterloo ChrisCAN and one of their key spokestian Fellowship and on his own person’s Rick &oss culpable in home page (http://m.csclub. the kidnapping and attempted uwaterloo.ca/u/samclar/) claims deprogramming of Jason Scott, a to be interested in Christian Christian belonging to a mainline apologetics and “developing a Christian Church. The lawyer recomplete Christian worldview and sponsible for seeing justice done discipline of the mind.” McClare for this young ‘Christ& was a also states that hsides attacking Scientologist. Scientology, he is interested in “Deprogr&nrning n is defined “breaking out of a lengthy self- by Ted Patrick, the U.S. father of imposed celibacy.” I didn’t know do subject, ?o involve kidnapChristianity was compatible with ping at the very least, qtite ofien advertising for sexon the Internet. assault and battery, almost invariFurther, McClare seems fully ably conspiracy to commit a crime unaware that his own religion. and illegal restraint.” could betreated in the same manIts purpose is to have a perner ashe treats Scientology. Let’s son give up their religious belief take a quote off his site and trans- under threat. Deprogrammers pose * “Christianity” for charge tens of thousands of dol“Scienology.” -’ lars for their services and CAN Y am Christianity% worst was a clearinghouse for such acnightmare. I am an intelligent tivities. The jury awarded almost young person, who will grow up five million dollars to Scott and and lead the thoughtless away typically, CAN declared bankfrom Christianity. I, and my in- ruptcy to avoid paying the damtelligent peers, are the greatest ages. This resulted in their full enemies of Christianity, and you demise as an organization. await our arrival with fear, I don’t It is a wondefi accomplishblame you.” Now transpose ment that we are associated with ccJudaism” for “Christianity?’ restoring CAN to a usem purThere are several points that pose. A multi-ftith council which need to be taken up with regards has taken it over will engender to Imprints stories. The first is religious understanding and diausing alleged incidents that have logue instead of fear and kidnapbeen going on for thirty years to ping. The Church is proud to try to paint a current picture of have effected this change. Scientoiogy. This is totally disinImprint through McClare genuous and false. The Internal also devotes a firll page to the soRevenue Service of the United c&d conflict on the Internet. States reviewed such claims and Obviously stealing confidential found them without merit in their religious doctrines and posting landmark 1993 decision to grant them to the Internet is viewed as the Church full religious a virtue by Net anarchists such as recogition and tax exemption sta- McClare who think they should tus. In Ontario, not only are have the right to do anything they Scientology ministers licensed to want. perform marriages,, but the celOur legal cases on this issue ebration of L. Ron Hubbard’s have helped set theprecedents for birthday is recognized as a reliresponsible usage of the Internet gious holiday for Scientologists in preserving electronic copywithin the Ontario civil service. right and rules for Internet proThe IRS decision is glossed viders in dealing with the issue. over as Imprint devotes only one The freedom of speech issue paragraph to this recognition. is bunk asnobody has ever triedto The IRS, in 1993, tier the most stop McClare from posting his extensive investigation of its kind bile to the alt.relgion.scientology in IRS history found: newsgroup or pull the plug on his 1 .That Scientology is a bonaZundel-like website. fide religion; The real story that should 2.The churches of Scien- ’ have been on the pages of Imtology and their related charitable print was what Scientology and and educational institutions are L. Ron Hubbard havs: done for operated exclusively for recogpeople-how their lives have imnized religious purposes; proved, how they have come to 3.The churches of Sciensalvage their marriage and help tology and their related charitable their children, how they have and educational institutions op- gotten off drugs, how they have erate for the benefit of the public found away to have happiness. It interest rather than for the interis the only reason why Scientology ests of private individuals; and grows. ,.4. No part of the net earnings l continued to page 11 of the churches of Scientology

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Chronic conditions (a term that includes chronic diseases and impairments) have sharply increased in the last 60 years. Interestingly, the majority of people with chronic conditions are not disabled, nor are they elderly. In fact, one out of every four children in the US now lives with a chronic condition. Chronic conditions can often be “managed,” but they usually cannot be cured. The cost of chronic conditions in the US. in 1990 was estimated to be $659 billion-nearly three quarters of all U.S. health care costs. Humans come equipped with a complicated 3mmune system” which prevents diseasesthat might be caused by pathogens or cancerous cells. We’re constantly exposed to pathogens indaily life, but our immune system recognizes them as dangerous, swiftly isolates them and removes them from our bodies. Ifthe immune system is damaged in certain ways, it can allow pathogens to overwhelm our defenses and make us sick. Under other circumstances (which are poorly understood), tile immune system goes haywire and attacks its host, causing major damage of a different kind, known as ccautoimmune”

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activities of the immune system were even identified.Many of these, however, are not well understood. Partly as a result of this ignorance, public health authorities have still not established consistent criteria for measuring damage to the immune system, thus allowing corporate pofiuters a lot of room when they are asked to stop releasing, or to clean up past releases of, Lnmunotoxic chemicals such as PCBs, cadmium, and mercury. A new study of immunotoxic chemicals afkcting mammals appeared earlier this-year and found that tin compounds (well established immunotoxins) combined with PC& and the pesticide DDT may have deprived dolphins in the AtlanticOcean, the Gulf’ofMexico, the North Sea, and the Meditcrranean of their main defense against disease-their immune systems. They then succumbed to bacteria and viruses that they had previously been able to Iive with. To prevent damage to the immune system would require strong action to curb the release of immunotoxic chemicals into the envrronment. This would require a govemment that is independent of, and stronger than, the corporations releasing the chemicals. At present we do not have anything close to that kind of government.

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While Susan tile’s book made me question my beliefs, I still can’t Support censorship. Cole, however, makes some exceI..lent suggestions for legal changes that would aliow women hurt by porn to sue the pornographers themselves. This way the women would get some financial recompense and a chance to tell their story. It might also make pornographers less likely to coerce, beat and rape the women who work for them. I’ve seen some really beautiful erotica and I’m all for complete sexual freedom, no matter how extreme, as long as it’s consensual. I got shivers the first time I read a hard-core pro-sex manifesto like this one: “Break all the rules, transgress all those boundaries, say one big ‘fuck-you’ to anyone who would have you think your sex is any more perverted than the closed mind that could conceive of a world without the diversity, maturity, and electricity offered by a satisfied and sensuous population. Fuck any way you want to! Where you want to! Who you want to! Do it now! With pride!” Are there differences between gay and straight sexual imagery? Are there class issues involved in this debate? I think there are, but that is another column altogether. Being anti-censorship does not mean being apolitical. You can still analyze and speak out against pornography if you think it degrades or misrepresents women. The most subversive solution I can think of though, is for women to fully claim their

sexuality by creating their own beau&l, empowering, inclusive, disturbing and raunchy erotica. I want to hear what the women on campus think about erotica and porn. I don’t mean to get a bunch of inflammatory letters though. Surely the editorial section of a university paper can be more than a put-down competition. I’d like to start an honest, calm discussion. So women, do you love it? Does it make you feel dirty? Does it bother you if your partner uses it? Zachariah: Your argument would be stronger if you backed up your claims with some names. Who are these “power freaks posing as feminists”? Are you purp0rting to know what a “real” feminist is? Aren’t you doing exactly what you’re criticizing with your “superior” knowledge of “real” feminism? That rhetoric (words and images) not only reflects, but creates the world is a legitimate intellectual theory. 1 don’t want adolescent boys to get their first impressions of female sexuality from Hti&&. The issue is more complex than you portray it. Much militant antiporn feminism came from the trauma of uncovering the far-reaching extent of male sexual violence. Women’s bodies are indeed battlegrounds, and this has denied us true sexual liberation, for how can we be fully sensual when such a high percentage of us have experienced sexual harassment and abuse? In the search for explanations porn has been (perhaps unduly) demonized.

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law. So, if they want to give you a ticket for I. Last week I slagged Jean Chretien lighting up ($209, just don’t tell them for appointing women to be Liberal candidates for the next federal election to meet your name. You don’t have to-and there his promise of having 25 per cent female is nothing they can do about it. 3. The Federal government is curcandidates, and since then I’ve seen articles in both the K-w&cord and the &be QPZLZ rently trying to explain why Agriculture Canada was spending money trying to A&Z2 defending Chr&ien. The basis-for these articles was that grow high nicotine tobacco plants while Health Canada was spending money trying Canada is currently ranked 21 in the world for women in parliament-below Uganda to get people to stop smoking. There isn’t according to one writer. To this I say, so a lot of proof&her way right now, just a lot what? Sure, women are 50 per cent of the of contradictory statements from a few population, and it would seem perfectly senior officials, but it looks like a couple of reasonable to have them hold halfthe seats ministers might end up duking it out over in the House of Commons (or more, I this one. Excellent. 4. American politicians are freaks. Fadon’t really care-as long as it’s not Sheila Copps), but nut if they get them by ap- natics. Zealots. pointment . The U.S. has refused to admit four executives of Sherrit International Corp., a Newsflash to d those who agree with Chretien: overriding democracy in an ef- Canadian company, into the United States fort to improve democracy is bullshit! Are because Sherrit owns 50 per cent of a mine you stupid? . in Cuba, the other 50 per cent being owned 2. Some good news and bad news by the Cuban government. related to Toronto’s smoking ban in restauThe Helms-Burtonlaw (the U.S. trade rants and bars. law against Cuba) is already insane, but this First, the bad news. Despite the city’s is just ridiculous. Who are the Americans “You can not smoke and still have fun” ad fighting here? A teeny little dipshit country campaign, sales are down by an average of in the Caribbean whose agricultural 13 per cent across the city since the ban economy is already in shambles. Give me a went into effect a couple of weeks ago. break. The 1996 Canadian Global AlmaThere’s a big surprise, nac lists the amount of motor vehicles in Cuba as “n/a”! Hardly a worthy adversary. Now, the good news. Yoti do not have Come on America. You won, ok? The to&e out your name to the smoking p&c. By-law officers do not have the power to Commies have been routed. The Soviet Union is no more. Can’t you fmd some demand to seeany identification when they want to charge you for violating the by- Muslims or something to pick on?

By Kelly Foley, Vice President Education The views in this column don’t necessarily represent you or me. If you agree or disagree with the views expressed here then let me know, S ak for yourself! kefolev@feds.watstar.uwaterloo.ca or ext. 2E 0

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There must have been some faulty wiring at Needles Hall on Monday night because it must have been an electric bolt that gave the Senate a pulse. The UVV Senate, responsible for academics and making budgetary recommendations considered the issue of deregulation at Monday night’s meeting. Mario, our president, brought forward a motion asking Senate to oppose fee deregulation, which -would transfer fee setting power from the government to the university. The motion filed, 23 to 25. The premise that, under deregulation, prices will fluctuate naturally based on supply and demand is very flawed. Firstly, supply is fixed or at least rigid. Enrollments do fluctuate to a certain extent but for the most part there are only so many students that the university can handle. The physical capacity cannot expediently expand or contract. (could you imagine Larry Smith lecturing in a portable like grade school? I think not.) So as demand increases, supply may increase but with a considerable lag. In the meantime there would be intense upward pressure on the price. If the demand cycle is faster than an ikNtiOn’S response time, a university may fmd itself with undesired capacity.

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would argue is artificial. Once upon a time, I had demand for University of Victoria’s law school, but it didn’t have demand for my grades. Even as prices go up there will still be people who will want to go to university unless, of course, the entire structure of the global economy does a U-turn. While the percentage of people who go to university is 17.35 per cent, the percentage of people with income over $70,000 is 24.2 per cent. The absolute wall is a long way off. What does happen is the institution begins drawing from a pool of applicants based on their income not their intellect. That’s a problem, not just for moral reasons but for the future prosperity of our nation. The Premier ofour fine province thinks that deregulated universities would be merrily guided by Adam Smith’s invisible, and long dead, I note, hand. If the Premier thinks it’s right then there must be something wrong with my analysis. I received my extensive (read basic) economics training from Bob Kerton and Larry Smith (101 and 102 respectively) whom 1 regard as exemplary teachers. So I would very much appreciate it if someone could indicate where my logic has failed. Although it may seem that I am bitter &at

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he closer we gut, the more 1 could feel The City* We’d been on the road for over ten hours and we could sense the vibrancy of seven million people drawing us closer. I could think of no more appropriate soundtrack to N.Y.C. than Sonic Youth so Daydmm Nat& was all cued up. A red glow in the distance was initially mistaken for the first glimpse of the skyline of the city at night, but as we drew nearer, it turned out just to be a car on the side of the road-engulfed in flames. Welcome to New York City. Compelled to expand skyward, because there isn’t a square inch of unowned property on the ground, the first view of New York is the massive expanse of the greatest skyscrapers in the world. But as impressive as the skyline is, the underlying structure of New York City is not to be found among its skyscrapers, but on the ground. New York is still a city of neighbourhoods. Many of their names are well known to people who have never set foot in New YorkGreenwich Village, The Bowery, Hell’s Kitchen, Harlem and Chelsea. The tourist visiting New York in the summer has an advantage over those traveling during other times of the

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Trying to describe “what you can do” in New York City is like asking %hat you can do” with a billion dollars. The answer is the same: anything you want. From museums to record stores to theaters to tourist sites to restaurants to bars to nightclubs to peep shows, New York City literally has it all. Pick up any travel guide and plan your own adventure. New York City is so insanely rich in “things to do” that any vacation under a year will not be enough time to see them all. But, if1 had to recommend five absolute must-sees, here you go:

The Museum of Modern Art: It’s ridiculous to suggest thattheMOMAisinsomewaybe~erth;mtheG~enheim or The Frick Collection or The Whitnev Museum of Art or The American Museum of Natural I&story--they’re all sturming, but the MOMA boasts some of the world’s most recognizable works. Monet’s IK&er Lilies, Picasso’s La Demkefles D’A-pigrum, Van Gogh’sStarty Night and Dali’s PersistenceofiMmmy are all here, along with more recent works by Warhol and Keith Hating. Yankee Stadium: This is holy ground. Regardless ofwhat team vou back. the New Yo~k%nkees a& what America is maie of. The’house that Babe built is a stunning building and good seats aren’t hard to come by. Their World Series victory could very well make tickets a rare commodity, but to seethe Yankees win at home is what basebaIl is all about. Having

Fun

But let’s get down to business. You want to drink, right? Good, but be careful. New York had nearly 25 million visitors last year, and the city is prepared to gouge the stupid and naive. If you want to pay $5 American for a bottle of beer, go ahead. On the other hand, you could take advantage of such American novelties as happy hour and get yourselfa two-for-one deal all afternoon. Although it’s easy to see much of New York as a tourist trap, it’s not that diflicult to wander around until vou find a bar that’s reasonably priced. It’s not terribly difficult to determine how much you’re going to pay. Ifit looks like a shit hole, you’re going to pay less than you would in some pretty restaurant. Much the same goes for food. My friend John and I managed to fmd a simple little greasy spoon owned by some Greeks and managed to score a decent breakfast for $2.99. Not everything in New York is going to cost you an arm and a leg. It% absolutely fucking impossible to get a decent cup of coffee in New York. It’s all this bitter, bitter shit that tastes like it came out of the Hudson. Avoid if possible. Sadly, New York City has instituted a smoking ban similar to Toronto’s, but not quite as severe. Smoking is banned in all restaurants with a seating capacity over 35, but bars are seemingly exempt from this rule.

If you want to buy drugs in New York City, go to Washington Square Park. Crime But come on, this is New York, right? Murder capital of the world? Well, not quite. The murder rate has dropped sigrzzjkm~y in recent years. So much so that Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Police Commissioner Howard Stir have been having something of a debate in the press, both trying to take credit for the drop in the crime rate. Of course a large American city is going to have a crime rate that makes Toronto look like Disneyland, but it’s not necessarily as bad as you might think. Remember, several million people do manage to eke out an existence there. Plus, if you stick to Manhattan, you’re significantly decreasing your chances of being shot in the head. Start

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t’s a nice place to visit, but you wouldn’t want to live there. As you travel through the vast desert of Nevada., there is nothing to be seen for miles except for all the mountains. Then, out of nowhere, rising out of the wastelands is Las Vegas, a place where fortunes are won and lost, dreams are made and shattered and Elvis has been known to make “ppearances. Las Vegas is a study in excess.Casinosnever close,the lights are always on and the money flows like the cheap alcohol that gets served to patrons. Everywhere you go along the infamous Las Vegas strip there are nifty attractions and gadgets designed to draw in the tourists like flies. Volcanos and geysers erupt before your very eyes, statues amazingly come to life and casinos offer free goodies to tourists who just might stay a while so that they may sample some of the loosest slots in town. If’ you do go to Vegas, expect to have sensory overload. Lights flash, bells ring and people scream in celebra-

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venir shop, some really Melike statues and lord knows what

else. Oh yeah, the motorized walkways are a nice touch too. TheMGM Grandis the world’s biggest hotel/casino/amusement park. You could easily spend a whole week just wandering around. The Luxor hotel is shaped like a pyramid with a light on top that can supposedly be seenfrom outer space. New hotels are being built like mad (like the new New York, New York that just recently opened) that promise to be everything you could ever want in an entertainment experience. And this all just scratchesthe surface. Las Vegas has something to offer everybody. If you can get past the seedy aspect of gambling, prostitution and the Mafia then you should have a great time. If you can’t, you’ll probably have a good Firne anyway. Just don’t stay too long, and don’t move in.

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If you want to take a break from the hustle and bustle of Las Vegaslife for awhile, many tourism places offer tours of Nevada and also the Grand Canyon, located only a couple of hours away in Arizona. The hotels in Las Vegas can be a tourist attraction all bv themselves.Visit Caeser3 Palace and you’U find a casino, a stage, a shopping mall, a sou- ’

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Chamonix: mount.ain makes people attracted to Chamonix ifthey want to push the edge of skiing or if they just town of ten thousand, want a leisurely walk in the Chamonix is located in mountains. InthesumrnerJhe the middle of the sky is peppered with people French Alps near the borders parasailing-a sport which is a of both Switzerland and Italy. mix of hang gliding and parachuting. There are many outAt the base of Mont-Blanc (4,807 meters, the highest fitters offering one-day lessons mountain in Europe), the re- and rent& Despite its solid internasort town is busy all year, attracting many mountain en- tional reputation as a tourist thusiasts from all over the centre,Mont-Blanc and the 14 world. Eighty kilometres from communes that belong to it Geneva and just a few minutes have caremy managed to preto Italy, it is easilyaccessibleby serve an original senseof intitrain or autoroute from Ge- macy a&small-village atmosphere. Many cafes and excelneva, Rome or Lyon. Touted bv enthusiasts as lent restaurants line the street the “extreme capital of the in typical France style, and acworld,” Chwonix is open to commodationis cheapandeasy everyone as a mountain play- to find. Amazing scenery is in your face wherever you are. If ground. Mountains in North you still have energy to burn at America arestrictly monitored and activities are restricted due night, there are quite a few to the strict liability laws. In rockin’nightclubs and a casino France, however, people are where you could shake your free to do almost anything on booty, get liquored up or lose the mountains; people take le- your money. gal responsibility for their own The highest cable car in actions, even though air rescue the world, atop the Aiguille du is free on public lands. This Midi, brings visitors to a dizzyby Jason Fowler special to Imprint

Europe’s playground ingheightof 3,942mintwenty minutes, where the breathtaking panorama of mountains from the Swissand Italian Alps, and the valley of Chamonix, can be seen. In winter, the Vallte Blanche (White Valley) downhill ski trail (20 km) departs from the summit of the Aiguille, surrounded by glaciers. Many other world-famous skiing areas are easily accessiblefrom the town, including IX Brevent and the grand-massif. There are 600 km of ski trails available at the 13 resorts immediately near the town. Guides and equipment can be rented for any alpine sport you fancy. There are over 1,000 ski lif& in the region and many of them run year round, enabling people to take advantage of them in the summer, either to start out their climbing treks or just to admire the scenery. The snow cover staysvery late in the season, due to the high altitude, and even when-it does melt, there are many glaciers around, so you can ski year round. The -Montenvers &l-

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heapy, cheapy, drinky, drinky, sexo, sexo.” This is the common catch-phrase heard at the Flamenco Beach Resort in Puerto Plats and most likely at all of the resorts down in the Dominican Republic. Why? Ifyou purchase one of their all-inclusive holiday plans, that’s_exactly what you get. Well, not exactly, scratch out that last part about “sexo, sex07 that’s up to the individual. The packages for the Flamenco include air flight, airconditioned rooms, everymeal and all drinks. Let me repeat that last part: aEldrinks. This means limitlessalcohol allweek long. Now, besides eating, drinking and swimming, what is there to do? Plenty! Water aerobics at nmn eachday, various&emoontivities,banana

boat rides by the beach and horseback riding. If you’re more ambitious than I was and actually leave the pool, and consequently the hotel, there are tours into town, cable-car rides up the mountains, golf courses and of course, shopping plazas. Each night the hotel puts onashow at 1Up.m. with various games and performances. A few nights during the week a disco is held down at the beach, and fortunately, it% not all Carribean music. In fact I even heard them play the Hip. For those willing to venture off the resort, there are nearby casinos and a few local bars, (but you have to pay for your drinks there!). Ifyou’re looking for a week of doing absolutely nothing more strenuous than laying in the sun all day with a pina colada, then Puerto Plats is where you should head this summer.

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ublin is full ofsmall residential suburbs but most of the action is in the City Centre (called Bade Atha Cliath on the buses). If you’re heading there, the obvious place to start is the bars. And the pubs. There’s one per person pretty much and, to be

of 80 to 100 dollars Canadian, or it was the last time I was there, so be careful.

Also in Temple Bar is Bono’s club, The Kitchen, which is “crap on weekends and has gay nights during the week,” to quote my sister.Wednesdays honest, for various reasons I can’t re- are apparently good there, regardlessof member which one’s were good or sexual orientation. what they were called, so 1’1 just recRunning through the rest of the ommend them all. clubs in that area, RiRa, at the back of Legally, you can get a drink in The Globe, has kindoffunkymusic, Da Ireland at the age of 18 and the en- Club is grittier, with live bands, Fibber trance age for clubs varies from 18 to Magees is a dive with a dots and 25, but these are just numbers and the piercings dress code, B’s is a Whiskey Irish are known for their hospitality. In Saigon-esque many-floored monstrosother words, if you’re 15 and you’re ity and Temple of Sound is, well, andressed appropriately, you can get in other club among many. anywhere, so gussy yourself up and Dublin supposedlyhasthe hip, hapsample the Guinness. pening scene of the moment and it’s If your clothes are filthy and you’d more relaxed and accepting of scruffy rather buy new stuff than venture into people (like traveling students) than a laundromat, there’s a shopping dis- other European capitals. For live mutrict in the popular Temple Bar area sic, look for Bruxelle’s,The Quays and that sellssecond-hand clothes and club- the Olympia Theatre. bing gear. According to my sister, who’s To spend your traveiler’s cheques, living in Dublin right now (and there- go to Grafton Street. It’s entirely fore my source of up-to-the-minute cobblestoned for pedestrians and

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held up in the middle of the day with syringes and the like), so watch your back, Dublin on the whole is a very friendly, ambling sort of city but, like any urban area,it haslots of dark nooks and side streets where you just don’t want to know what’s going on. Within

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case,you can’t really seeit becausethe river is so polluted, but apparently this clock is a matter of great pride to Dubliners. Ask them why. Just after crossing the O’Connell bridge, you’ll seea few statues on a trafEc island,someofthem bearing bullet holes dating back to the EasterUprising. There are statuesthroughout Dublin (of James Joyce, Aemon DeValera, Molly Malone and the Spirit of the Lif5ey among other characters) and Dubliners have appropriatelyrudenicknamesformostofthem. Ask them why.

late (but double-decker) buses whose drivers hold deep and burning grudges against pedestrians. To get out of the City Centre, use the train known as the DART to partake of beachesand the Dublin mountains. ‘Traveling throughout Ireland is very cheap and it’s well worth it to go down the country for a while. Dublin is also a quick ferry ride from Wales, and from there you can take the bus down to London, which is dirtier, noisier and ruder, but also has some good qualities. Dublin’s City Ccntre has a nice, slow pace and fresh air is never more than a short trip away. If you do decide to check out the rest of Ireland, there are many youth hostels to help you out

along the way, and no matter how remote the towns you visit, there will always be at least three pubs.

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Friday, March 21, 1997

A little by Stan Fogel special to Imprint anna give the finger to Jesse Helms and enjoy a vacation at the same ti&? Then go to Havana. Sure, your middle digit would jut just as effectively if you went to Varadero or any other typical Cuban tourist destination. Then, though, you’d get the stock “weekend travel section of the newspaper” sand kicked in your face. It would be Miami, albeit thtillly without McDonald’s. But Havana, now a city the size of Toronto, with Fidel’s face instead of Mike Harris’s malignant mug, occasionally peering into your pleasure is one of the most interesting cities around. (Fortunately, it is not around Waterloo. ) No malls, no fran-

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chises, not much neon; a city somewhat unregulated that makes me think capitalist, not commie, is a synonym for conformity. There’s queer life late at night! (For directions, go get Straw&my and Chocolate from GeriX and pay attention to where dessert is dispensed.) There are private restaurants called paladars that seat a maximuxn of 12 persons and offer economy and intimacy (a chance, in fact, to piss in the chefs own toilet). On my final evening in Havana last December, my companion and I went to El Pescador (how’s your Spanish?) where a mom grilled the fresh shark that her son, a locally famous fishermannickna.medBarracuda, had caught that day. (If you like a finely muscled male body,

of Havana

you’ll drool over Barracuda before the main course even arrives.) All for $3.50. Since there is no directory of restaurants, you have to know where to go. . . but paladars are strewn across the city and you shouldn’t have any trouble finding a find. Moreover, you can get to them on bikes that aren’t wedged into streetcar tracks as they are in Toronto. Cyclists, the road is yours in Havana, Pontiac is the name of a pcrson, instead of a people, Americans have harassed. Some paladars stay open 24 hours a day so you can sit and nibble whenever you want. Should you want, though, to nibble an ear, say, then go to El Pampero, a salsa bar in the basement of the Hotel Bruzon. For $9.10, you and umpteen others can buy a bottle of rum

and watch bodies sway to a fifteen piece band in wais that North -American professors only (pitiably) describe with footnotes. Decent beaches are close by, superb beaches not too far away and one of the world’s great unexplored beaches is four hours away at the westernmost end of the island. Maria la Gorda (how’s your Spanish this time? ) offers twenty or so kilometres of the kind bf beach in which you have, in your mind, buried your toes in when you are up to your neck in assignments. Once it belonged to the Party, not the one you threw last night, but the one the despot Batista threw out of office.

f your idea of a trip includes not only relaxing on a sandy beach on a hot summer dav but also water rtiing, hiking the Andes, traveling through the driest desert in the world or sailing around ancient glaciers near Antarctica, then you want to go to Chile. The country itself forms a long, narrow horizon stretching from north to south with the Pacific on the west and the Andes on the east. Along the way, a unique geography comprising some of the earth’s most cxtrcmc features creates amazing landscapes of incredible beauw. 1r-i the north, the intense heat of the Atacama desert and its eroded rock formations provide a view comparable only to a distant place on a sci-fi comic book. Towards the middle of the country flourishes the Central V&y, and with it, the rich agricultural region of Chile. Particularly important are the extensive vineyards, source of world class wines, and orchards that produce fruits exported to all corners of the world. In this region the country? capital, Santiago, is iocated. Most people that visit Santiago are impressed by the wide range of attractions, both natural and human, and the history that surrounds the wails of the buildings found in the city. The influence of the early European immigrants is not

only a notorious aspect of many social activities but also of the architecture of the buildings and churches around Santiago. Speaking of religion, the of& cial one is Roman Catholic (about 90 per cent ofthe population) and its influence is intimately related to the way many people view life, particularly in terms of the f;unily nucleus, creating a strong bond between parents and their children. From the very first minute of your arrivaI in Chile, you will notice that a characteristic festive mood predominates in all areas of life of Chilean people. This unique trademark is particularly obvious during many ofthe celebrations found throughout the year but especially for Independence Day, celebrated on September 18th. On this day you will have the chance to expcricncc not only a bit of the rich culture of Chile but also (and maybe more importantly, althbugh I shouldn’t say this) the delicious ~picaZ@d prepared by both men and women. Although I could fill out a whole page with names I will mention the most common ones. First is the empanudu which is a baked meat patty (baked in a driedmud oven) that is made with several spices, black olives and a hard boiled egg. Then there ispastelde choclo which is made with mushed corn and chicken, and last but not least is chk$~ which is a sort of sweet, sparkling red wine that must be served in a bull’s horn. Both

eating and entertainment are organized around the city in fundus andranzdas, where you go to have a good time and to dance ctieca (national dance) with friends and even strangers, depending on how much chicha you have been served. There is one more thing that is of critical importance, if not essential, to the life of almost all Chileans. Soccer. Just to give you an example of the impact that this sport exerts over the people I will tell you that on more than one occasion people have been able to take a day off work when the country’s team played an important game either at the World Cup or at the South American Cup. As you continue traveling further south, you will encounter the world’s oldest trees such as the Araucaria among the peaks and high valleys of the Andes mountains, and many volcanoes surrounded by lakes of crystal waters. In the far south or Zona Austral, the historic Strait of Magellan carves its way through Tierra de1 Fuego and the world’s most southward city, Punta Arenas. Even if vou don’t sDeak Spanish very kell, you wilknd your way aiound‘because the people are very friendly and they love visitors from other parts of the world. And don’t be surprised if you find yourself having wine and laughing with them, because they are people with a incredible sense humor and a passion for life.

Now it is a twelve room hotel catering to, among others, Canadians who delight in going where Uncle Sam tells them not to. For those of you who are habituated to Waterloo universities that looklike they were designed by Lego, be sure to visit the University of Havana, the steps of which ascend magnifrcently away from bureaucracy. Also, there is my favourite university, Institute Superior de Arte, Cuba’s university for the performing arts where actors, artists, singers and musicians make art and pay the piper. . zero. Music to my ears. If that tuition fee and the effervescence doesn’t make you a commie, nothing will.

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or an ancient history buff such as mysell; the opportunity to visit a place like Egypt was something that couldn’t be passedup. As one of the proverbial cradles of civilization, Egypt has had 5,000 years to pass through many different changes in its culture and its people, and as such it makes it a Classicist’swet dream. Most people associate Egypt with the pyramids, the pharaohs, etc., but contrasted with this are the other cultural traditions that have dominated Egypt.

Alexander the Great took the country in about 330 B.C., which opened up the country to Greek influence. Following this was the takeover by the Roman empire, which eventually mutated into the Christian Byzantine empire, only to finally flail under Muslim

rule in the eighth century. Because of this rich history, Egypt is a study in culture clash. Built into ancient temples are Curinthian style Greek pillars and Roman engineered arches. The Christian influences are manifest in the defacing of some of the more risque reliefs on temple walls (or in some cases defacing of any of the heathen gods). And the Muslim influence? Well that’s still aliveand welljust walk down the street in any city. As an introductory exploration off slamic culture, Egypt is likely the best country to go to, simply because it’s the least orthodox and extreme of all of them. To an extent, the entire country is one gigantic tourist pavillion, so everyone is fairly used to seeing white people wander about in less than acceptable clothing. Tourism is one of the driving forces of the Egyptian economy, and everyone knows it-it’s therefore hardly in the best interest of native Egyptians to alienate rich visitors to their country.

At the same time, however, it is most assuredlya strongly religious society, with clearly delineated roles between the sexes and attitudes that are decidedly different from prevalent Western society. If you are female, it is imperative that youdo not w&k the streetsalone for any substantial amount of time. From my experience, Egyptian men are extremely forward and, frankly, lecherous by Western standards. At the same time, they will respect a woman’s space if she is taken. Guys will ask you point blank “Are you married?” and if you want to be left alone, the best answer is often C(Yes.“The exoticism of Western women, especially blondes, appeared in my experience to fascinate many Egyptian men. I know several women on our trip who received marriage proposals-ne of them was even offered a ring. So for the men out there, here’s your chance to exercise all those chivalric instincts. Accompany those womenfolk wherever they may go! The next best advice I can give is to be prepared to barter for just about everything you buy. Ok, so things like restaurant or hotel prices are carved in stone, but anyone hawking anything on the streets expects you to haggle over the price, and will probably laugh their ass offif you don’t. Keep in mind that any good or service merchant’s offer is likely priced 3004000 per cent above what it’s actually worth. If they say fifty pounds (Egyptian currency) fire back five or ten. This can turn into a lot of fun. Walk away in disgust as they offer an outrageous price, and they’ll likely chase you down, plying their “final offer.” Are they lying? It’s your cali. Ultimately one has to keep in mind that Egypt is a third world country. They see tourists as people with scads of cash, and a few pounds thrown their way is going to help them a lot more than it will hurt you. If vendors seem pushy, it’s becausethat’s how they survive. At the same time, don’t let anyone try to

The great Sphinx of Giza?Or target practice for Napolean? shaft you. Beware of this everywhere! So, on to the sites... Egypt is certainly a case of “SO much to see, so little time.” If you have a chance,taking a day or two off here and there to relax and give your mind a rest is certainly advisable. Otherwise, one runs the risk of growing “temple tired” as you’re bombarded with reams of information and see one incredible temple facade after another. It’s silly really-there you are, looking at all these breathtaking monuments, and youj~ don’t care. Trust me, it happens. So what would I recommend seeing? In ascending order:

You decide.

And at the very least, take the time to wait in line to see Tutankhamun’s tightly guarded golden treasures. Pictures on TV can’t do King Tut’s famous funerary mask true justice. It’s one of the most hypnotically beautiful things I’ve ever seen. 1. The

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Perhaps because Khufu’s final resting place was the first site I saw, it sticks with me the most. But my God! The site of that mountain of stone on the horizon is enough to make your heart skip a beat. They’re just so bloody HUGE! You can’t go to Egypt

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After a while, some of the pharaoh’s temples start to run together, but this monument to the first female ruler in recorded history sticks out like a sore thumb amongst all of them. Carved into the side of a mountain, its low sitting collonades are remarkably intact after 3,300 years. 4. valley

of the Kings

The fmal resting place of the New Kingdom pharaohs lives up to a degree of the “Mummy’s Curse” mentality. There really are pits and secret doors spread throughout, though when I was there the best one, that of Seti I, was closed to the public. Anyway, you could spend hours studying the paintings on the walls, some of which are still remarkably intact. 3. Temple

of Karnak

St. Peter’s Basilica? Notre Dame? St. John’s Cathedral in New York? All of them would fit &z2e the

Temple of Karnak, with room to spare. The sheer awe-inspiring size of the thing is breathtaking, especially the so-calledhypostle hall that houses pillars big enough for twenty people to stand on top of. And if you get the chance, check out the nighttime sound and light show, which is akin to watching a documentary on ancient Egypt while actually sitting amongst it all. Fantastic. 2, The Museum

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Do yourself a favour-take one day and reserve it to lose yourselfin this museum. There isso much to see.

Some other miscellaneous points to keep in mind: a) Don’t even dip your tuein the Nile-every conceivable parasite wil! take up residence in your body. b) Please, please,please don’t be a moron and touch any of the paintings on tomb walls. The oil in your skin is like acid to these increasingly fragile works of art. More damage has been done to Egyptian antiquities in the last hundred years of tourism than in the three thousand years before them. c) The best time of year to go is probably November to about April. The temperature in July and August routinely reaches 45 to 50 degrees. In the winter it’s still in the upper twenties in the south, but the north seesdaytime highs in the low to mid twenties, and a light jacket at night is necessary. d) Papyrus is a great keepsake from your trip, but never buy it from street vendors. Their cut-rate product is made of pressed banana leaves that will rot away in a month. Buying it from a papyrus institute, or any other above-board establishment is the way to avoid getting burned. I bought some from a hotel I stayed in, and it still hangs on my wall, yearslater. e) Bring Imodium, Pepto-Bismal, or whatever else works for you, and don’t drink the water. Even if you don’t, vegetables washed in tap water will probably eventually get you. Be prepared. f) Don’t carry your wallet in your back pocket. Get a belt pouch, and wear it in front-pickpockets are a

very real threat. g) Stella Beer--comes in huge bottles and tastes great. Buy lots. Oh, and one other thing - ifyou forget anyone’s name, just call them Mohammed, and chances are you’ll be right. Believe me, there’s a reason why it’s the most common first name in the world.

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Vancouver by Brian Kalbfeisch special to Imprint

n recent years Vancouver has become a Mecca of sorts for youngsters like you and me across Canada. Whether you think you may head out to Vancouver to live or just visit before the big one hits, there are a few facts you’ll be glad you knew when you get there. Hopefully the following information will provide those who are westward bound with some useU trivia.

ancouver is made up of several distinctive communities or neighbourhoods. Each of these are distinct from the others in terms of night life and, more particularly, economic status. UK is essentially on its own at the most western region of the city. Boasting the highest number of yuppies per block, Kitslano (aka Kits) spans from UBC to the south western reaches of the down town area. South ofUBC and Kit&no are the suburbs of Vancouver proper. Further east one finds Mount Pleasant which offers a mix of scummy to slightly above average living. To the north you’ll fmd Chinatown which fades into the inf&nous heroin ridden East Hastings region of despair that sprawls to the not so bad East End. Further east lie Burnaby (home of SFU) and New Westminster, the extra-urban suburbs of Vancouver. West of Hastings, separated from Kit&no by False Creek (a riverlike ocean inlet) are Downtown and the West End. Getting around in Vancouver can be a pain in the ass. The buses and Sky Train (monorail) don’t always run smoothly-especially when a heroin addict jumps on the track-but there’s nothingconfusing about the system. If you have a car you will quickly go insane: traffic is almost always horrible and people in Vancouver cannot drive for shit, except that they always stop for pedestrians. So walk as much as you can. Unlike Waterloo, Vancouver is a well-planned city and the mountains, visable from anywhere in the city, are to the north-you can’t get lost.

Vancouver is littered with beaches and sun-fun intensive spots. Stanley Park, Vancouver’s Central Park, is a temperate rainforest only a hop, skip, and a jump from downtown and the West End. One could, and should, spend several days checking out the beach areas, walking around the sea wall which encircles the park, as well as hiking and climbing throughout the park interior. It is truly an amazing place.

There’s a beach near the West End, Jericho and Kits beach in Kit&no, and Ret beach near UBC. If you’re into standard beaching practices, either Kitslano or the one by the West End are your best bet (I prefer Kit&no). If you prefer a freer approach to getting a sun tan go to Ret beach. The people

you pass through historic Gas Town you’ll probably feel as though Granville was just a bad dream, but wait for it. And to be safe, wait for it on thebus.Soonyouwillbebrushing off more heroin addicts and pan handlers than you can shake your middle fmger at. If you need any shoe polish though, any of the fine young

Granville. For higher class venues try The Purple Onion or The Chameleon. The Twilight Zone and Luv mair are Vancouver’s Phil’s meets Fed Hall meat markets and The World is popular with budding ravers. You’ll never be hard pressed to find a late night booze can or after-hours joint. A particularly good one is the Sugar Refinery off Granville. Although you can probably fill a couple ofweeks hanging in Vancouver, be sure to take advantage ofits proximity to other great spots in British Columbia. North of Vancouver are three mountains-Cypress, Seymour and Grousse. I believe you can bus out to any of the three in about an hour and a half. As a collective the mountains of%er skiing in the winter, a cable car to an obser-

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there span a spectrum from the clad and law abiding to the naked and not necessarily law abiding. You can get anything you want on Ret beach: apparently naked people sellanything from pop, beer and drugs to slices of pizza. In the city itself, there are a few areas every traveler should see. Check out the nice, easy on your senses Kit&no area with its seemingly limidess number of quiet &es. While in Kits, take a peek inside Zulu Records on West Fourth Ave at Burrard, easily the best record store in town. Some good restaurants in the area include Sophie’s Cosmic Cafe, The Funky Armadillo andThe Nam, a great vegetarian joint. Go a little east to Granville Island, home to the Emily Carr School of Art and a fantastic indoor/outdoor farmer’s market. If S &M is your fancy try Granville Ave. on the North side of False Creek. Besides S &M, Granville is also known for its beautiful hookers and quaint strip joints. A lovely place for a stroll in the wee hours. If you want to see the viable part of downtown, go west down Robson Ave. It is host to a billion restaurants, shops, an excellent HMV and the Vancouver Art Gallerv. If while walking d;wn Granville you thought that Vancouver wasn’t all daisies and daffodils, head further north on Granville until you reach Hastings and go east. At first things seem all right. As

kids trying to get enough cash together for a hit of crystal meth would be happy to sell you some under the false pretense of a hash purchase. Speaking ofthe bastards, Vancouver is absolutely chock full of stupid punks who spent so much on tattoos and piercings that they have to pretend they don’t have any more money. They swarm around you like gnats. Now, everyone has the right to pan handle, but if I were a legitimate bum, these clean and eighteen year-olds, able-bodied, well-fashioned pu-n-k-s would piss me off. Be sure to make it down to Commercial Drive, home to the coolest community in Vancouver. The ‘73rive” as the locals call it, is dotted with neat cafes and shops. Try Cafe Deux SoleilandThe WaaZuBee Cafe and be sure to go into the hemp shop at Commercial and East Third. Speaking of The WaaZuBee Cafe, it’s a good place to find out what’s going down on the rave scene which is still going strong. Commercial Drive is sort of the Queen Street West of Vancouver. Now here’s a run down of some watering holes in Vancouver: The Ivanhoe Hotel on Main (or Cambie) in China town sells beer for about $2 .OO perpinteverynightoftheweek. It is a fantastic dive. The Cambie Hotel at or near Cambie and Hastings serves pitchers for about $6.50 on Wednesdays and ifyou like the biues go to the Yale Hotel on

vation deck and hiking in the summer. Apparently the “Grousse grind” is quite a challenge. Somewhere up in the mountains you’ll also fmd hot springs aid the Capillano bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world. You can take a ferry out to the coastal islands for about $8.00 per foot passenger (c&s costmore). Galiano, Saltspring and Vancouver Island are simply beau&l. There is a hostel on Saltspring somewhere and there is one in Victoria. The coastal islands are great if you’re into camping

T7 on the mainland. The prices were horribly expensive like $100 one way for a lowly foot passenger, plus the only ferry going that far north leavesfrom Nanaimo on the northern tip of Vancouver Island at seven in the morning. So, to get that ferry you have to get to Nanaimo the night before and sleep in a hostel or something. If you can manage to set aside the time and money consider it though; I hear the ferry ride is remarkable. The last third of the trip is between the northern mainland and the Queen Charlotte Islands, arguably the most stunning land in Canada. Of course, I need not mention much concerning Whistler. The drive from Vancouver ranges from about two or three hours to six or more depending on the weather. I was in the passenger seat for a drive to a staff party in Squamish (it’s on the way to Whistler) and have never been more terrified ever. Nice country though. Even if you’re in Vancouver over the surnrner, make a point of getting up to Whistler; there’s oodles of stuff to do in the way of hiking, camping and partying. Vancouver, and perhaps to a greater degree the stuff around it, is an excellent place to check out. If you decide to go there, take lots and lots of money as it is a pretty expensive place. If you are thinking about living there for a summer, you can expect to get a job pretty quickly, especially if you look in the service industry. After I started looking for a job it took about 24 hours before I had one. Mind you it was one of the most miserable jobs I have ever had, but I had a job. Rent in Vancouver spans from affordable to outrageous.

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and hiking or hippie watching definitely check out Saltspring and Galiano Islands. Ferries for the coastal islands depart about twenty kilometres south of Vancouver throughout the day. If you are heading to Victoria be sure you know whether you are getting on the direct route or the one that stops at four ports before Victoria. The former is about an hour and a halfand the latter is about three or four hours. There are also ferries that sail up the coast to the Queen Charlottes and Prince Rupert

When looking for a place to live, don’t be afraid of the East End. You’ll probably find the best rental rates in an area of several blocks around Commercial Drive. When talking to people in Vancouver, you will discover that no one is actually from Vancouver or even BC. In four months I met four people who claimed they were born in Vancouver. But many fob 1 met were stoutly proud for living in Vancouver and there is a big collective hate for Toronto and Ontario. It is a great city and certainly merits a visit.

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Venice course, make sure you have your passport. If you are driving, there is a causeway to Venice, but one generally has to park in Mestre, the town opposite Venice on the mainland, and pay to get on one of the ferries that regularly takes tourists and others across. A public ferry will cost you three or four dollars. The alternative is paying ten to fifteen dollars for a ride to Venice, a short tour of some of the cads with a stop at the famous Murano glass factory. Venice is most famous for the system of canals which are used for transportation around the city. Public transit in Venice consists of a number of ferries which circle the Grand Canal and run back and forth to the mainland. Many of the locals have a small boat tied up

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h, Venice. Each step through Saint Mark’s quare or one of the narrow urban alleyways is like stepping into Renaissance Italy, a time ofunmatched cultural achievements in the visual arts and architecture. As a natural born Canadian, one cannot look upon 500 year old basilicas and bridges without reflecting on the long and intcresting histories of the people who used them. Venice is an island city at the northern end of the Adriatic Sea. Ifyou are travelling by plane, you will most likely arrive there via aconnecting flight from another European Union country. That makes customs in Venice a snap, Of

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outside their front door, which hangs only inches above the water. Venice is also famous for gondolas, the narrow, ornate water taxis which are piloted by strapping men in striped shirts and funny hats. A gondola ride is an excellent way to see parts of Venice which you can’t get to on foot. The centre of Venice is Saint Mark’s Square. Here you can see the Clock Tower, the rows of arches around the Piazza, the Library and the stunning Saint M&k’s Basilica. Wo-men need to wear a long skirt or pants (not shorts, you will not get in) to tour the Basilica. Across the Basin0 di San Marco is San Giorgio, a fabulous monastery complex. Search around Venice and the other islands for more amazing buildings and scenery. If high priced, high fashion is your thing, there are your standard Chanel, Versace, Armani boutiques. If you just want the tackiest souvenir shirt or blackvelvet poster on Earth, you will also have an ample selection to choose from. If you are in Italy in the summer, expect it to be hot. A tour of Venice requires bringing along some bottled water as well as patience. The city will be teeming with tourists from all corners of the globe and you will all be profited from. A beer in Saint Mark’s Square costs about nine or ten dollars, same price for mineral water. An out of the way cafe will offer food and drinks at

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prices comparable to the same sort of place in Toronto, but if you don’t have tons of cash, pack a lunch too. Hotels in Venice are prohibi tively expensive if you are a normal student. Adouble room in Mestre, about a half hour drive away was $200 dollars

per night. Camp or call ahead for locations of hostels. Yes, it is a tourist town and things are expensive. Yes, the water in the canals is appallingly filthy. Howcvcr, there is no place Like Venice on the planet. Its character, history and beautv makes it worth a visit.

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bility off the traveller. Arguably, they alsotake some ofthe anada hasissuedatravel fun out of “discovering” the warning for those peo- country for yourself, but they ple thinking of visiting ensure you don’t travel into Israel. Although the media has dangerous areas. a tendency to exaggerate the Another positive side to dangers of travelling to the these tours is that they can get Middle East, the violence be- you into sitesusually restricted n;veen Jewsand Palestiniansis to individual tourists. Should growing. you choose to travel to Israel Does this mean that you without a tour-tide, rememshould choose another travel ber the restricted areas. Israel destination? Maybe, maybe is a small country-the bornot. But bear in mind that an ders between “safe” and %nunintelligent traveller is in sig- safe”areasare not well-defined. nificantly more danger in IsAll the food is safe; so is rael. Right now, there are areas the water, although it often of the country that it is irra- tastes bad. Your digestive systional to visit, areas in which tem will probably need some there is real danger of being adjusting to the food-as it literally caught in the line of adjusts, Lt is a good idea to stay fire, aWayfrom raw vegetables and So my advice to you ifyou unpeeled fruits. are still tllinkhg of going? Go In all the major cities,Jeruon an official tour. Tours take salem, Haifa, Tel Aviv and

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Eilat, they are used to tourists. Both street vendors and store owners in the entire country are ready to bargain, but in the major citieshey are&ely to back down until you start to walk away. Ifs the same in all Asian countriesdon’t act like you really want anything. The people are generally aggressive and will bud in front of you in the grocery stores and in post offices. But they will only look at you meanly if you are aggressive in return. Generally, however, theyarewillingtotalk and are interested in

where you have come from. They don’t, by the way, have any specialaffinity for Canadians over Americans. What university students may find odd about travelling to Israel is two-fold. First, university-aged people are generally hard to find out and about, The bar clientele for example is often an obviously older or younger crowd. The of&&l drinking age is 18, but they only ask you about age and don’t ask you for proof. Second, when you take a minute to look around, you will notice that people our age, bothmale and female, arewearing military uniforms and carrying uzis. They are approachable, and no exaggeration, eve-rywhere. Fully-armed military

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patrols are even obvious in the most seemingly neutral areas. It may take a while for you to feel stie when surrounded by this.

Further, most tours will generally bring along at least one armed personnel member along for protection. Tours will also be accompanied by medical personnel. Even so, Israel is an ancient country and is full of mystique, wonder, faith, and religion. All major Western religions trace their origins to various Israeli territories, and everywhere you go there is something of significance to someone there. My point being, asI started out by saying, the intelligent traveller has a lot to lea& from Israel.

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trip to Athens can be a wondrous adventure ack in time. Ifs hard to visit what is considered to be the birthplace of modem civilization without feeling some sort of awe and excitement. Just thinking ofthe people who have been there, and been in the buildings you’re in-the excitement is contagious. can all be overwhehning, to be honest. So what to do when you get there?

creations run you four or five dollars around here, and are about seventy cents in Greece. Go nuts! The alcohol in Greece is also worth more than a look. It’s a completely different continent with completely tierent tastes. The wine is interestingif you’ve never had retsina be. fore, notis your chance. Sure, it tastes like turpentine, but hey-it’s an experience, right? You can also look for Metaxa (Greek brandy-it kicks like Jack Daniels) and

Just one of the amazing things you will seewhile in Athens.

Ouzu, an excellent licorice flavoured liqueur that looks like skim milk when you pour water in it. A sureway to look like an idiot tourist in Athens is to get drunk-for some reason, thi.sseemstobeamostlyAngloSaxon habit, and the police will be less than impressed if they pick you up+ If you are taking the time to wander, you’ll no doubt want to head towards the Flea Market. You can literally buy just about anything here, and the longer you look, the cheaper things will probably get. This is your big chance to The tiny little churches and do something we never get to temples- that you find every do around here-argue over block or so mix in with the the price of things. Only a Tavernas, cafesand restaurants chump pays the first price that to make a very peaceful atmos- the vendor tells you, so you phere, quite different from can get great deals on souvenirs for everyoneyou saidyou’d what you’d feel wandering bring something back for. through downtown Toronto. Now after you’ve wanEveryone in Athens seems friendly, especially if you’re a dered a while, there is one atCanadian, and especially if traction that you quite honyou’re buying something and estly have to see.The National can at least say “thank you” in ArcheologicalMuseuminAthens has enough in it to keep Greek. Food is great and cheap in you occupied for weeks.However, an afternoon is enough to Athem-a rare combination take in some of the huge range for the traveler to find. You of things they have. The can literally live on the Souvlaki-kebabs of mystery twenty-four hundred year old meat with tatziki (yogurt, gar- statue of Zeus really brings lic and cucumber) lettuce, to- home the history of the COWItry, and the art work in the matoes andsalt. These brilliant The most obvious place to head to is the Acropolis. Ifyou can handle it, getting up before the sunrise makes for an incredible view, as you watch the sun creep up over the Parthenon. After you watch the sun rise, get up to the Parthenon itself! This can actually be kind of disappointing, because the Parthenon is covered with scaffolding and plastic in an attempt to restore it, and protect it from the foul air of Athens. So after you’ve had enough of the Acropolis, you canwander the streets ViIl lunchtime.

Bavaria N &ody travelini to andth.roughEurope willwanttomissvisiting Germany, and while you)re there, make sure to check out its gem-Bavaria! Under proverbial white and blue skiesyou will encounter some of the most breathtakingscenely~ astounding culture, amazing traditions atld yes, the world% best beers! -ted in the south of G&inany~ Bavariaborders on a ‘number of countries, induding Austria, Switzerland an&he&z& Repubiic, making it easy, quick and relatidy cheap to venture into other cuuntries. The ‘best4cnown part of Bavaria, of course, is its capitd, Munich. This city alone provides enough to spend weeks, months an& years there. For hohday purposes thuug~, the numerous youth hostels are a good place to stay. The choice is yours, depending un how far or close to t;xlecity centre you wmt to be. You prubably want t0 avoid the few that have curfews. For’fbod, check out the vibr%ntV@ualienmarkt, Featuring a wide variety of reasomble eateries, it is convenientlyc.losetotheMarienp&, Muni&‘s.central plaza and fmed tourist attraction. Fur analtemativeandpopularstudent hang-out,. try the Ttikenhof, close to the KU& versity, and the Cafiz Oase. Foivegetarians, ti theMangois a good chulce. For those of youwhojustcan’tgetenough ofresidence faad, try the UniVersityMensa. It’s better than our stufYand very inexpensive, but LD. is’requir&L : :. In tern& of sigh&e&g> ‘Mu&h% %tracti&s are:too

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there, you might aswell take a stroll down the designated pedestrian zone (FuBgEngerzone) and check out the wide variety of stores.To get a taste of the Gcrmm music scene, stop by WOM ‘(World of Music), Germany’s huge carbon copy of H&Iv. Even if museums do not usually reside on your list of favourite hang-outs, you’ should &eckoutthiDeutsche. Museum. titcd on an island on the fsar ,tiver, it fature a magnificent display of all sorts of inventions in the fields of scienceand technology. Tosat-

nichis alsohomeoftheworldfamous HofbrZuhaus, but don’t expect to meet any Ger: mans as it is hopelesslyoverrun by tourists. Amore attractive altemative is the Chine&he Turm, one of Munich’s countless beer gardens. The charm of this particular one is its location, hidden away in the Englischer Garten, ‘the city% gorgeous main park. Adding to its charm are the sectionsof the park marked with FKK signs,which identify those areasin which the suntan junkiescan avoid tan Iines by fro&

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: Neue Pinakothek for an extensive collection of masterpieces from the 13th to 19th centuries, including paintings by Diirer, Rubens and Altdorfer. Partying should be easy and plendful. For updated information about the opportunit&, your best bet is to pick “up ihe Munchener Staldtmagazin or the Young Peapie’sGuide toMunich, Ingeneral though, the, Schwa&q 1 district, and particularly the tiopoldstra&, should provide you with ample opportunity to let it all bg out. fiome to the over hyped Okt&erfesg Munich is the ,numerous to list. Renovated undisputed beer capital of the Even if you do not con,in ‘11994, the 15th Century, YKW~CL I?ratie&rche ,_ should not be hider you&f a beer drinker, “missed.Nor shouldtheNtie nobody- should lave Bavaria Jib&i& (l$kw CiqMall) wvith withaX .liyi.bg ‘.&me, preferim Glkenspiel. The musical . ably all ofthe &&rent kin& of . .. $I&~~ display of joust& gourmtit beer brewed in ac@#6gh~.anddancingcoopcord.allcetoancientregulations. ~~~&e+&zedailyat 11 a.m.+, ]For a true Bavarian beer, :noon, 5 p.& and9p.m. VVh& try a W&en orWeif3bier. Mumuseum helps to evoke the spirit of ancient Greece.

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Ifyou get the chanceto go to Athens, don’t you dare pass it up. Traveling is always an experience, but there’s some-

Miinchen,

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most successj%~I team in German’s richsoccerhistory. For a more genuine experience, Munich’s other first division team, the charismatic 1860 Munchen Lions, with its cultlike following, is a better choice. A enti&ng as Munich might be, make sure to check out some of the smaller cities as well. The Bavarian Alps in the fax:south are particularly fxinating, andwhile you are in that neckof the woods, pay a visit to Kempten, Germany’soldest city. Mentioned as early as 18 A,D. as Kambodounon, Kempten is blessed with an unmatched historical andcuituralwe&h.Thescencry, landscape and architecture of this city at the foot of the Alps .are simply mindblowing+ Similarly, places like Augsburg, Rothenburg, Regcnsburg, GarmischPartenkirchen and Bayreuth are guaranteed to leavea lasting impression. Not to be forgottenare~courseKifigLudwigs notcxic~uscastles, par tic&rlyNeusch~anstein, located just outCde of Fiissen, it’s easy to 6ndwjust folluw the tourists, Bavaria is far more than Oktuber&st, Lederhosen and Sauerkrauq so make sure to allot enough time for the “f;reistaaP and-its endlessattraclions, thing about Greece that you can just feel when you wander the streets. A funny sort of magical excitement that makes the entire trip worthwhile. Maybe it’s the people, maybe the jet lag, but Athens is an

incredible place to be.

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21, 1997

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ating back to 1345, Mexico City is one of ing. The dayseventually became a blur the oldest cities in the New of Denny’s breakfasts. When we arWorld. Colonial churches and modern rived in Colorado, things began to pick buildings compose its skyline. In the uP* Colorado was beau&l, with desert middle of downtown sits the National areas, lush forest in other areas, and Cathedral, the oldest in the Americas and one of the best examples of beautiful mountain driving to boot. Our best camping was done in churrigueresque architecture. It stands next to the TepnpZuMaycrr Colorado, especiallythe night we stayed archaeological site which was the cenat the San Louise Lakes, a reported hot bed for UFO sightings. Located next tre of the Aztec Empire. My favorite place in the city is La to giant sand dunes (which you had to pay to seeup close), the camp site lay Playa de Gyman, a colonial square in between a lake and a desert, producing the middle of what used to be an old a gentle breeze which blew constantly Aztec town and later incorporated as part of Mexico City. on our site. The square is a gathering place for From Colorado we drove through Arizona where with such vast open young and mature, families, couples desert,we felt like the only people in the and loners alike. It ha a magical atmosState. The heatwas unbearable for no phere more likely to be found in a small wind blew acrossthe scorched sands, town than in the middle of a huge city. A world in itself, the city has somereproducing a drynessand stillnessthat I’ve never experienced. Most of the thing for everybody’s taste. Cantimulands we passed through were Indian owned, sothere was little road traveling that could be done. tier Arizona, we arrived in New Mexico, the red rock state.New Mexico was truly beautill especially around L

byMarkRankin special to Imprint

t’s summer, and you’re restless for adventure, thirstL, * g for some serious excitement, You’ve got to sow those wild oats before September comes. What can you possibly do that’s going to satisfythose long pent up needs?How about grab your girlfriend, some extra cash, load up the jeep with camping supplies, and hit the highway, looking for adventure and whatever comes your way. Sounds like fin, and I’m sure it can be. And if it is, I have only one question to ask of you thrill seekerswho’ve done it: How did you make it fun? For two wonderful weeks in July, my girlfriend and I criss-crossedthe United States, taking in 13 states in fourteen days. It wasn’t the greatest of times. We saw the promised land in all its splendor anddetermined it to be the only nation where you can buy a gun and the bullets to load it from a shop keeperwho probably doesn’t evenknow how to spell CANADA, never mind know where it is.

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booze, they’ll keep feeding you, and you only pay for the drinks. Be sure to make a stop in a typical restaurant and enjoy the rich Mexican cuisine that has no similarities to the Taco Bell menu. The Chapultepec Park is the site where Aztec emperors lived, and where Moctezuma first met Herr&r Cartes. Its main hill is topped with a castle, nowadays the National Museum of History, and a perfect placeto view the city. The park includes an amusement park, two artificial lakes, more than a dozen museums, an aquarium, a zoo and an auditorium with a capacity of 25,000 people where you can attend world-class performances. For many, visiting a heavy polluted city with more than half&e population of Canada is not appealing. Nonetheless, it is worth going to having a tequila while listening to a mariachi band feeling the charm of a city defined by many as grotesquely beautiful.

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Our trip, which took us from Ontario to New Mexico, was part of a Toronto-Drive-Away deal, in which we had eight daysto drive a JeepGrand Cherokee Laredo (for which we got paid $200), to New Mexico. From there, we flew up the coast to Vancouver, then drove a car-a tiny little shit box with no acceleration-back from Seattle to Detroit. From the start, our trip did not go all that smoothly. At our first border cross, we were pulled over when I was unable to appear confident of both our destination and amount of money we had. In retrospect I had appeared as guilty as a heroin dealer, crying out to get caught. Ironically, a drug dealer was exactly what the customs officer believed I was after I made the comment that the jeep was fully loaded, referring to its CD player and air conditioner-not amount ofdrugs-in my futile attempt to befriend the officer. tier he had meticulously searched the car (but not before he waved a salt shaker in my face, demanding what it was, implying that it was cocaine), we were on our way. For our first four days, very little happened. Passingthrough Michigan, Illinois and Nebraska was uneventful, and the scenerywasn’t all that interest-

sunset, when the desert and rock formations appeared to glow like cinders in the dying light. Santa Fe was the place to go though, a big town with its ancient Dolby building and Spanish architecture that lured the tourist by the scores. It was in New Mexico that we truly began to feel the effects of our driving, which had been constant sincewe lefi. We got to the point where everything began to be funny, even when we were driving through the roughest spots of Albuquerque, wondering where the next CAA camp site was, and if we didn’t find it, how long it was going to be until we ended up in the story line of the next COPS special on tourist violence. Our trip back was very uneventful, interrupted only by what we think were tornadoes in Montana and Nebraska. In retrospect, our trip would have been a lot more fun had we more time to explore and discover our surroundings. Having a time limit on a road trip sucks, because you end up spending all ofyour time in the car, leaving it only to take hurried washroom breaks. But at leastwe have our memories, VISA bills that we’re still paying off and loads of film that we’ve never had any money to develop.

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Athena Cross Country: the nation’s best

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all 1996 proved to be one of the most successti terms in the athletic history of the University of Waterloo. Waterloo teams and individuals posted

championship in several years. The Athena Cross Country team had an absolutelydominating season, led by the dynamic duo of Sarah Dillabaugh and Judith ILeRoy. The team surprised everyone by taking the OWLAA tide, then destroying the field to take the CIAU championship, setting per-

the CIAU record for career victories, and the team posted its first win against the Western Mustangs in OUAA history. Other varsity teams, such as the Athena Field Hockey and Soccer had playoff seasons, with the soccer team posting a significant improvement on an 0-fer season and

Solid seasons f?om the squash, badminton and tennis teams showed that UVV is one swinging school. The varsity curling, swimming and volleyball seasons all kicked ofFduring the term, preparing for exciting and successfuJ. winters, and the annual Nakmith Cup has-

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The W~men’s Cross Country team dominated the OUAA and the CIAIJ this season, capturing the overall titles in each. Led by All-Canadians Sara Dillabaugh, Judith LeRoy and Kim Langton with CIAIJ Coach of the Year Brent McFarlane, theserunners sprinted through the rest of the pack to bring the University of Waterloo its latest national championship banner.

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The Best Ever “Tuffy” Knight sets all-time CIAU record for wins

The grand old game is back This seasonmarked the debut of baseball at the University of Waterloo. ‘The Warriors finished the season at 5-l 1, but could not participate in the postseasondue to their non-varsity status.The team showed signs of promise, and is only a few relief pitchers away from becoming a contender. Next year the team hopes to achievevarsity status so that they can join the chasefor the national championship.

\ This seasonthe Warier and Athena rowing teams finished in sixth and .seventh place respectively at the Ontario championships. The meet was highlightedby heavyweight single sculler, Dave Goode capturing UW’s first-ever OUAA rowing title.

Under the watcfil eye of OVVIAA Coach of the Year,Bruce Rodrigues, the Athena soccerteam leapt from the big goose egg in 1995 to a berth in the OWIAA playoffs in 1996. They were defeated by Ottawa, the eventual OWIAA champion, 2-1 in the first round, bringing their tremendous season’to an end.

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But wait! Conceivably, we won’t even be able to watch any racing events on Canadian television. Why? Every car with a tobacco company decal on it that zooms by your screen violates C71, This also means that we can’t even see highlights of races on Sportsdesk or Sportsline or even the eleven o’clock news. I can just picture it: CcAndin the Monaco Grand Prix today, Jacques Villeneuve, Damon Hill and Michael Schumaker finished 1,2,3 in the closest three-way fm‘ish in Formula One history. We can’t show you the exciting finish, so you’ll just have to take our word for it.” ThriKng. The carnage doesn’t end there, though. C-71 also threatens men’s and women’s Canadian Open tennis evens and also the DuMaurier Classic golf tournament, one of the four major eventson the LPGA tour. Time willonly tell what happens tothesepremiersprtsevents. And who knows what other events will be compromised because of this bogus bill?

Well the government doesn’t act irrationally, right? The antismokers must have raised legitimate concerns, right? WRONG! The crackpots’ argument (get ready for this) : the country’s health is being compromised by smoking(4o,OOOpeoplediefromsmoking-ihesses every year) so advertising should be banned. Huhi I’lltellyouwhattherealproblem is. The crackpots simply want smoking banned altogither and won’t rat until they rid the world of the evil tobacco companies and the hell-spawn that they produce. They won’t even consider what the tobacco companies put back into the community in the form of sponsorship of sports and the arts, not to mention all the tax revenue the government gets tiom cigarettes. Here’s a newsflash: that t’z revenue is the reason why the government will never ban smoking altogether. Three words: too much money. The anti-smoking groups will never win the war, so they have to content themselves with smaller victories, no matter what the consequences may be for others, like sports fans who will pay the ultimate price for this particular victory. The anti-smoking quackpots should really just give up their endless quest to ban smoking and take up a new, more productive hobby, like watching sports. That is, assufning that there are any sports teti to watch.

Junior National team,Podollan is a tough, fast winger with a knack for scoring goals. At best, he’ll develop into a twenty-five goal scorer, which is about as much as we could hope for from ‘Muller. The Leafs also dealt D Larry Murphy to the Red Wings for a box of gum, and added some tough.n&s by gabbing F Kelly Chase from the Whalers for a 8th round draft pick. Otherwise, Florida certainly improved their chances by gettingMul.ler’s offense, defense and leadership talents. Pittsburgh picked up C Eddie Olcyzk, LW Roman Oksuita and C Joseph Beranek. And Phoenix helped themselva by getting rid of defensive liability Dave Manson. Calgary helped themselves by holding on to C Dave Wagner, which really improvestheirplayoff hopes, and getting rid of underachieving C Robert Reichel in exchange for Isiander C Marty McInnis. McInnis may not be as talented, but he puts in the effort, something you can’t say for

Kucera from the Canucks. Kucera, though, has played two games in the NHL this season, the rest in the minors. Given the improvements of the Devils, plus the talentlevelofthesabres, Phillydidn’t help themselves at all by standing pat. The same goes for the Rangers, despite picking up C Russ CourtnaIl and RW Esa Tikkanen. The other big loser was Vancouver, who managed only to get rid of a couple of contracts, and not pick up that centre they need becween Alex Mogilny and Pave1 Bure. The rumoured G Kirk McLean for Philly C Dale Hawerchuk fizzled, leaving the Cam&s with a realistic shot at playing golfsoon. The most interesting trades of the day were the really the ones that didn’t. The best, and easily the least likely to happen was G Felix Potyin, D Jamie Macoun, and a minor leaguer to Philly for D Chris Therien, RW Michael Renberg, c Vaclav Prospal and possibly G Garth Snow. The primary reason for this trade not

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team, as the Lea6 are, trading away your 25 year-old goaltender is not the best idea. As usual, the results didn’t live up to the anticipation, but it wouldn’t be the same if it did.

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Second rate punk Blur w/ Pa as F&as wureKm&se Thursday, March 13 by Scott Preston Imprint staff n this freezing March night, a crowd of alternateens gathered at the Warehouse, not to seea band, but to see the almighty Damon Albarn. Fourteen year olds with cords and backpacks abounded, waiting for the big moment when he would finally grace the stage. For the rest of the crowd, it was just another concert. Yes, this is a band with a huge fan following in Europe, but I don’t think this ‘success will follow them across the sea based on the quality of their performance. on this night. The show got offto a predictable start as they launched into their current single, “Be&bum.”

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VVhat was surprising was that Damon has actually learned how to play the guitar! However, he couldn’t handle standingandplaying at the same time, so he sat in a ehair. I guess he hasn’t quite mastered putting the two together yet. The energy level was bumped up a notch as the band started to .rockout to “Song 2.” The biggest surprise of the night came next, when they followed up “Song 2” with their biggest single to date, “Girls and Boys. ” tier this rousing opening, there was no place to go but down, and unfortunately, they did. The band hit a plateau, in which the songs sounded like a second rate punk band. There was a good portion of songs in this lull which could have been omitted, yet were played in order, and brought the entire crowd to a standstill. Most of the latest album was covered, as well as a dispropor-

tionately large number of songs fkom Parklife. I think the band must believe that nobody bought albums before their huge single, because only a sparing number of tunes were taken fi-orn the two previous albums, and these were not the best choices at all. No “Chemical World,” or “She’s so High.” This left me wanting more from this show. By the time the predictable encore came, most people were more concerned with getting their coats than listening to the last songs. But those who stayed were treated to a great encore, which consisted of”Parklife” and a wonderful “Look Inside America.” Blur could have chosen to end the show here, but instead played “Sing” from Leisure. The encore was the saving grace of the show, capping the night, and was over just in time for all the kids to go to bed.

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Edvard Munch

Art Gallery of QnmG, February 28 to May 25 by Stormy Mildner special to Imprint

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ot inspired by the world around, external images, Nature or God, but by the world within, the Self and primal human fear, Edward Munch (pronouncedmoonk), the great Nirwegian painter and printmaker, both symbolist and expressionist, was one of the first and most powerful of the modern image makers. His paintings need no explanation, rather his and humanity’showlsofpainandanxiety can still be heard and felt a century later. Munch’-s art, always a little morbid, embodied his two obses-

sions: death and sexuality. These grew indistinguishably similar, partially because syphilis and tuberculosis ravaged Europe. Munch was consumptive asa child and was convinced it would eventually kill him, and his art reflects his life as a depressed and isolated person. Munch,bominOsloinl863, was raised by a religious fanatic father after his mother died when he was only six years old. The death of his beloved sister Sophie, who was killed by tuberculosis some years later, became the subject of some of his most power&l paintings. Death and illness followed Munch throughout his whole life. ‘Without anxiety and illness 1 should have been Like a ship without a rudder.” The death of his mother and sister also influenced Munch’s relationships with women. He was both attracted and repelled by them, calling one of his paintings, the act of a kiss, Vampire,” in a time when men like him, Heru-ik Ibsen and August Strindberg, felt threatened bv women’s eminent emancipation. ccMadonna,“Munch’s femme fatale, a portrait of a woman, halfsaint, halflife-destroying; hti

alive, half dead, at the moment of orgasm, but not a scene of joyreveals his ambivalence toward women, fier sundry relationships with women, Munch learned that his real mistress would always be his work. Munch lead a bohemian life, belonging to a group of artists, anarchiqradicalsandwritersand was under the influence of Hans Jaeger, a novelist known for his views on free love. Munch’s exhibition in Berlin 1892 caused a wave of outrage and was taken down only a few days tier the opening. “I could hardly have a better advertisement,“saidMunch afterwards, whose work was later exhibited in the famous Armory Show in New York in 1913, next to Duchamp. Munch is one of the early chronicles of “modern psychic Me”; and one of its frost victims. ‘The Scream,” which is on loan fromtheMunchMuseuminOs10, an addition and climax to the Campbeu’s collection, is one of Munch’s most famous pictures: an unrivaled intensity of yellow, blue and blood red; thin, tortured and rough-hewn, his mouth and eyes wide open in terror , a skull shaped head, hands clasping his

uWithout anxiety and illness I should have been like a ship without a ruddeC -Ednvard Munch. “The Scream,”

ears. Y felt a loud, unending scream piercing nature.” Many people who saw Munch’s paintings were convinced of bs insanity and even Munch

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himself wrote on the frame of ‘QThe Scream” that it “Could only have been painted by a madman.” Munch died lonely in Ekely in 1944.

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Friday, March 21, 1997

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A wild carnal romp Cloud 9 Thmtre

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Wednesday, March 19 Saturday, March 22 by Rob Van Imprint

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f you love sex, go see this play. If you like sex, go see this play. If you’ve ever heard of sex, go see this play. This play is about sexand conquest and relationships and mothers and children and fathers and pedophiles and politics and colonialism and Queen Victoria. And it’s tiy. The Drama department did an exceilent job with this play which, since its original London opening in February 1979, has continually received wide acclaim. Cbud 9, created in 1978-79 by Caryl Churchill in a workshop with other performers, is based on the personal experiences and opinions of the members who were both male and female, hetero- and homosexual. The first act is set in an African colonv of the British Empire in 1880, towards thk end of the Victorian period. Clive, played

by Calvin Sweers, is a colonial administrator who imposes his ideals on his family and the natives. His wife Betty is seriocomically played by John Whelan, a man, because she wants to be what men want her to be. SimiLrly, Joshua, the black servant, is played by Sean Vivian, a white man, because he wants to be what he thinks whites want him to be. Edward, Clive’s son, is played by Aine Magennis. She plays this little boy very convincingly, trying to shrug off the traditionai male behaviour being imposed on him by his father. AU the other characters in this act are played by people of the correct gender and sex, which gives the audience characters to look at when you want appearances to be less deceiving. The sexual relations and orientations reveal themselves queerly throughout the act but they are still very easy to follow-if you letyourself go and don’t try too hard to figure it out. Act Two, which takes place in 1997 London, is only 25 years later for the characters who are all played by the same seven actors, but now all in different roles. The time shift, which highlights the chang-

The chains of love EKISWt!

me GuvmMt Monday, March 17 by Jeff Pee&s Imprint staff

sully Erasure puts on fantastitally elaborate concerts in bigger venues, but last Monday’s show in the intimate confines of the Guvernment nightclub still provided a great show for a very appreciative crowd. The UK-based band is currently on a mini-tour of North America generating

system in the nightclub drowned him out quite a bit. Composer (and Depeche Mode founder) Vincent Clarke was limited to almost a spectator’s role due to the small stage, basically just sitting back and adrniring his handiwork. In fact, during the extended instmmentai in ‘Rock Me Gently,“hehadtimetositdownwithAndyand smoke a cigarette. Instead of playing a fixed set, Andy pulled out a hat with giant playing cards in it. On the cards were song titles. Andy would get his backup singers, Vince and even the crowd to pick a card to see what song came next. This was kind of an inter-

Being u- &se and @rrr~naZ with a hot band and a hot crowd made this show reali!y good. publicity for their soon to be released album, Cowb. The Toronto show was the only scheduled Canadian stop on the tour, buttheyciidannouncethattheyarecoming back sometime in May. The show lasted about an hour and a half, with the band playing most of their more popular songs for a crowd of about two to three hundred people. They did play two new songs from the upcoming album, In A4y Arms and Rdin, and judging from first impressions, CPA@ sounds like another

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covers of Blondie’s heart of Glass” and ABBA’s ‘Take a Chance on Me.” Lead singer Andy Bell dazzled the crowd with his amazing voice and high energy (he’d already worked up a sweat tier the first song), although the sound

idea as it got the crowd involved. Probably one of the funniest moments of the night came when Andy tried to blow bubbles with the free bubble blowers that were handed out prior to the show during an instrumental. After failing on many occasions, Andy, who is openly gay, said cLl[ always blow too hard” which got a huge roar from the crowd. While some of the fans in attendance lamented on the lack of a kick-ass stage show, the ciose confines brought a dif%er-

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ing sexuality of our time, brings us a middle-aged Betty and a grown up Edward and Victoria. Bettv is now piaved bv a woman. Vi&i Sloan, Edward h how blayed by i very effetiate Sweers and the grown-up, sexually free Victoria is played by Magennis. The sexualitv of this modern period is still confusing, tVith Victoria ta&ing bisexuality, Edward trying lesbians and Betty flirting with a homosexual. A scenestealer, Vivian plays little Cathy so convincingly that I aI.most didn’t notice

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the hair on his legs and the stubble on his chin. Fortunately all the cast members were equally competent, with no one character overshadowing any of the others. The marquee outside the theatre states that this is a wild carnal romp. Fortunately, this is very true. If you only get out to see one play this season, this should be the one. Hilarious, serious, socially and sexually relevant and deeply insighti, this play is, like The Children’s H&r, a deceptively honest look at our lives.

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Saturday, March 15 by Kerry O’Brien special to Imprint ‘m not sure there really is any such thing as a bad musical Really, every musical has its hooks, its catchy songs and its subtle humour. At worst, a musical can be described as ‘Worth the effort it took to get there.” Then there are the amazing musicals. The ones that stand up, grab you by the throat and don’t let you go until intermission. Then, after fifteen minutes of breathing time, it starts back up again. It makes you leave the theatre smiling and whisding the fmale. Singin’& the Rain at Centre in the Square was delinitely one of the latter. Strong performances were turned in by the entire cast, including Keith Mahoney as .Don Lockwood, Scott Jacobs asCosmo Brown, Meredith Patterson as Kathy Selden and Kerri Jill Garbis as Lina LaMont. Other notables include Mark MacKay Lusk and Jason Wooten in a great tap number as young Don and Cosmo. All of the acting, singing and dancing were magnificent. There were a couple of off-key notes, but the complexity of the dance steps being performed at

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fice to say that I’d have a better chance of juggling eggs in a windstorm than duplicating that dance. Of course, everyone was waiting for the marquee song, “Singin in the Rain.” It was happy-golucky, carefree, and yes, wet. The rain was very well rigged, and even af& I knew how it was done I was amazed at the fact that they could create such a convincing drizzle indoors. This was one of those throatgrabbingmusicalsthatyouwished you had a video of. Unfortunately, the tour only stops once in K-W, but you could probably catch it swinging back through Toronto this summer+ Pay whatever you have to. It’s not to be missed.

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ewel’s March 6 performance presented an interesting musical dichotomy. On the one hand, Jewel performed some of her songs with obvious style and talent. She showed off her beautiful voice and her thoughtful lyrics. But only one-third of her songs were performed this way. On the other hand, the rest of her songs were sung in this baby voice that was strangely inappropriate coming firom a grown woman. Arid it wasn’t only in terms of her songs that the Jewel concert presented this dichotomy. It was obvious in her inter-song dialogue with the audience. Somakncs,

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as clever and thoughtful. Indeed, initially she presented her cynical view oftheworldinaligbt-hearted and amusing manner. Three songs later, her dialogue was inane. _I got a kick out of it when she

invited an audience member onto the stage to hold the lyrics to %inters” up for her-the song is rather long and lyrically complex. I did not get a kick out of it when she went on and on and on about what an idiot she was for forgetting the lyrics to begin with. The more she went on about it, the more I tended to agree. I got a kick out of it when she introduced one of her songs by saying that she had written it when she was 16 years old, and then wondered what she could possibly have had to be deep about when she was so young. I did not get a kick out of it when she giggled about the possibility of her having Alzheimer’s disease. I had an initial tendency to say that the highlights of the Con-

cert were all the times that she invited the Rugburns and a cellist on stage to accompany her. They certainly added musical depth to the songs. In spite of this, however, they didn’t make Jewel’s sound fuller. Jewel has a talent for creating an incredibly full sound using only her guitar and her voice. It is this ability that prevents mefromdismissingherasawishywashy artist. It is this ability that allows me in some ways to overlook her silly baby voice. I’d like to believe that these unpleasant aspects of her performance are only glimpses of insecurity that will go away with experience. If they are, then I expect to see a solid and creative album from Jewel in the near future.

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There’s something about Sweden that seems so clean, pure and beautiful. This makes Pineforest Crunch perfect ambassadors for their homeland. The eleven original songs on their debut album don’t vary much in style, but there is certainly enough variety-to keep the listener entertained throughout the entire album. Theirfirstsingleandtheopening song on the album, “Cup Noodle Song” is deceptively happy and like other songs, deals with relationships. Throughout

the whole album &a Eklund’s vocals soar over light rock rhythms and guitars provided by Mats, Jonas, Matthias, and Olle. The smooth blend of vocals, guitars, percussion and other instrumentation is as refreshing as a breath of fresh, clean air and the music, just like the name of the band, is reminiscent of vanilla ice cream. This is probably because while Olle Soderstrom (guitar, vocals) was on a class trip to the US in 1994, he discovered Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, in particular, Rainforest Crunch. Upon his return home, he shared his experiences with his schoolmates and friends, and when they formed their band, Pineforest Crunchwas a perfect fit. F rom Vermont to Sweden to Canada, they have come a long way, but the trip was most certainly worth it.

fust track is an interview with Quentin talking about how he’s so great for choosing such good songs for his movies, and epey hyjbputgt of the liner notes includes a d8erent quote from Tarantino. Oh yeah, and his face is on the cover. If you don’t have any of Taramino’s soundtracks, it might be worthwhile to pick this up. All of the most memorable songs are here. “Misirlou” that opens Pdp &timt is a killer, and Chuck Berry% “You never can tell” (from the Travolta-Thurman Twist compe-

tition) is cool. “Little green bag” from R.est3vti~Dog;r is w little number, and perhaps most importantly, the good old hacking-off-the-cop’s-ear scene tune, “Stuck in the middle with you,” by Stealers Wheel. There are aIs some good selections from NcEt#rd Born #zlen, From Lhsk Till Lhm, Tw RNHH~C~and even Rev&, but none as memorable as those last four tracks. If you’re a Tarantino fan, you probably have most of this stuff. If not, why would you give a shit?

Destroying Britpop by Michael Olley Imprint staff

by Greg K&&hick Imprint staff What do you do when you’ve created a monster called “Britpop?” Simple-you destroy it in one fell swoop of an album. Or at least try to. Many artists over the years have claimed hat their next album was going to be a “radical change” or “new and experimental” only to emerge with a fmished product hardly a shade away from anything different. Thus the comments by Damon that BZw “isn’t going to be very Britpop” seemed suspect. Well, the cynics can be damned, for Blur is a dimensional shift of an album. If Modem L;fe is R&b& was a self-consciously English album in the face of crap American bands, Blur is exactly the opposite. And if there’s a criticism to be made here, it’s that Damon and Graham are trying too hard to sound like all those bands they suddenly think are cool.

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For a band that takes themselves so seriously, the Smashing Pumpkins have a surprising sense of humour when it comes to their favourite bands. The Frogs are near the top of their list, as are Chainsaw Kittens. Far younger and less established th& either the French obscenity-mongers or the Oklahoman masters of gkm are Fulflej, a band that sounds quite a bit like the Pumpkins but without the pretention. The Smashing Pumpkins delivered the angst-ridden c’despite

Lnfatuation with Pavement is the most obvious feature laced throughout the album, as well as the frazzled logic of Beck. But is this not just pale imitation, even if it is of good artists? Put another way, how can one villify Beatles copists when Blur are doing the same, only with different bands? Well, if you listen carefully, buried underneath all that feedback and vocal distortion and skewed melodies is the Blur we all know and love, hiding behind a stack ofMarshall amps. Pavement may tend to forego an actual song in favour of gonzo experimentation, but Blur’s pop instincts are still too intact to give up on old fashioned ideas like a %horus” and a ccmelody,n no matter how hard they try to escape.

all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage.” Fulflej toss off a-laconic, ccI don’t have a microwave; it’s just like I live in a cave. A microwave is what I don’t got-1 just use an oven to get my f&d hot.” The Fulflej sound follows in the Pumpkins’vein: fuzzy guitars making grandiose leaps and crashes, overly dramatic drumming and nasally vocals. The difference is that when Fulflej goes over the top, it’s Suppfxe~ to be humourous. The UMicrowaven song is a good example-the lead singer (identified in the liner notes as “mc nb joke g/d.j. nabbee swif?- one supposes that KZero” was already taken) takes four verses talking about all the fancy technology he doesn’t have, then, as the music crescendos, screams that when he gets rich, Vl own all you rnotherfuckers.” Fulflej are supercatchy and cute like a bulldog puppy. Smashing Pumpkins fans (I hear there’s a few out there) take note: James and D’arcymakeguestappearWKeS.

And those who thought&G&z C&e was a more than a trifle overblown, take heart: Fulflej are just as excessive, but the>;‘re doing it on purpose...

So innovation rears its head everywhere. ccCountry Sad Ballad Man” resembles a longer version of”Brinx Job”fromW~e~Zowee, complete with squeaky vocals from Damon. “Death of a Party’ invents trip-hop-Brit-pop, to be really trite. New single “Song 2” could have been lifted from Nmemind, and the bilge-pump slog of “I’m Just A Killer For Your Love” dares to resemble Ween. Blztr will completely baffle their legions of little girl fans, and whether the coveted art-rock copscmti wiil care remains to be seen.But ifpeople give this strange and wonderful album a chance Blur may have just set themselves upon a trajectory to even greater feats in the future.

by James Russell Imprint staff I’ve seen cash grabs before, but this one takes the cake. Undoubtedly the most shameless, self-glorifying peice of work since Michael Jackson’sH+ ad-you know, the one ffied with a giant statue of himself and thousands of screaming f;ins? And, after going through this CD I’m pretty sure Quentin would have done that too, he’sjust not quite richenough. Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with the music on this compilation, but I’ve heard it all before-like on the Re$mtif Dumpand&b &tin soundtracks that most devout fans have already bought. I mean, a lot of compilations are cheap-ass ways of bringing in a few bucks without actually producing any music, and this one is worse than normal-it% a compilation ofmaterial from other compilations. But, that aside, it’s the entire Tarantino overdose that really made me ill. It’s called The Tarantim Connecti, it’s authorized by Tarantino (it says so on the back-with his signature), the

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Interviewing Mike Busseri is a frustrating procedure. Whereas ShelNeufeld was more than happy to share a story of Sue Medley’s ’ dog humping his leg, Mike has twvm been physically romanced by a famous animal, and one gets the feeling that even if he WCW, he’d probabiy be happy about it, Mike Busserri, long-haired degenerate frontman ofWaterloo Ned tribe my neighbour (decapitalization intentional and intentionally confusing) is a verq’ happy man. How can a self-respecting rock ‘n’ roil hack be expected to fill three columns with happiness and contentment? Never mind that Mike has every reason to be happy-his band has found, as they say, self-actualization, not to mention quite a few steady and well-paying gigs, not to mention national acclaim through a spotlight in the (now sadly defLnct) I&act maeke samplkr CD, and

especially not to mention a showcase iast year at NXNE. * The band began, a long long time ago in a galaxy suspiciously similar to our own, as a twopiece. The break-up of the duo was apparently as diffMt as they come, and its discussion is still not considered a proper topic in local music circles. So suffice it to say that Mr. Busseri kept the name, and my neighbour Ned became a very confikng title for his solo project. Something was missing, though. Mike’s petiormances had electric guitar, and vocals, and nothing else save for the occasior,a.l vocal accompaniment by the be2~t.U Christine Deneau or the even more gorgeous Matthew Osborne. It lacked a band, and a band is precisely what Ned has found, in the form of bassist Chris and drummer Matt. The new and improved band played one of their first gigs at the

sound,. “Chris is melodic and jazzinfluenced, and Matt is the rock 9-Croll guy. Me, I’m just the confessional pop guy.” Confessional pop is right Ned’s lyrics obey the fLll-disclosure principle, only occasionally to the point of corniness. He says, “I don’t think music has to be dark and angst-ridden to be interesting,” and goddamit, he’s right. It helps, of course, to have a song about a “lesbian/senior citizen,” one of the most surprising rhymes in rock history and an entirely catchy tune. “People aren’t iomfortable with thinking about their parents having sex, let alone their grandparents,” says Mike. Or a happy song about the rain. Happy! Rain! Happy! The aformentioned songs can be found on a small demo tape the bandhascirculatingamongstpress and radio, but you, the general public, will have to go to one of their shows to hear the new stufE Or wait until next year, which might see a sequel to 1996’s MI

oiut of wir-ter. 5ometimes what we do is nonsense, and sometimes it’s nose, but what we strive to do is intelligent music. n my neighbo24rNedplay tonight at Wti$?s @he), and Monday at Mrs. lthkn’s (me d&w).

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laundry, parking, 2nd corner off University. 3tc. May-May at $320 incl. $295 incl. summer. 3all James at 241-2985 or Mark at 574-2064. Summer subletters wanted - 256 Phillip Street b just across the street. Washer/dryer, fridge, stove, free parking. $175$25O/big bright clean ‘ooms. Charles 746-5761. This is a list of 256 ‘hillip St. residents looking for subletters this summer .. .Jane 725-7621, Kelly7257621, Margo 725-8583, Daniela 884-7981, Greg 725-6732, Carrie 885-5837. Aaron 746-7474, Carrie 884 31991 Rob 2263, Kelly 725-8403, 725-5766, Sally Alison 725-7624, 893-3705,Jeff Dave 746725-9487, Akwasi Mctaren 885-I 280, Christine 725-l 329, Lily884-5313, Darren 885-l 604, Josh 384-0211, Jeff 886-4512, Bruce 725-5364, Craig 384-9939, Sanjay 746-8564, Tammy 725-4595, tirol746-8925. Kathleen 416-977-2221, Jacquie 725-8508, Angie 888-9403. douses & apartments - 3 to IO bedroom units, various locations, 10 to 25 minute walk. Renting now for Sept. 97, t 2 month lease. Also available 5 bedroom house for May 97-Aug. 97. Phone F;7&A738 A-me townhouse for Summer - 2 rooms in a 3 bedroom house, free parking, appliances, 2 minutes to Campus. $260./roam plus utilities [negotiable) Akwasi 885-l 280. 2 moms available for Summer sublet. Air-conditioned, clean, washer/dryer, 15 minutes to UW, rent negotiable, includes utilities. Call Laura B84-7550 or Stephanie 725-4548. First advertised! Very ctean house with 4 bedrooms, close to UW/WLU, laundry, lots of parking, dishwasher, big back yard with deck, etc. Available Mav 1 - $310. plus utilities. Call Craig at 416-417-6722.

Lyric Night Club - birthday parties and special events, cash rebates, free food and prizes! Book your event now. Call 749-2121. Tutors available to help you in Math, Physics, and Calculus. Call 886-2928.

Math tutor: basics for GMAr Exam. Require help now thru March 15/97. E-mail: gadaboutOionline.net. Ask for Stu 886-4025. Part-time contract work for tutoring agency. Must have current reference check, references and own transportation, Call Cyndi at 576-7565.

LSAT-MCAT-GMAT-GRE PREP - Spring/Summer classes are now forming. Course formats range from 20 to 80 hours. 20 hour weekends are available for $195. Richardson - since 1979 uwvw.prep.com or prep Q istar.ca or I-800-41 O-PREP.

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UW Stage Band rehearsal at 7:009:OO p.m. in Conrad Grebel College Great HaH room 156. Every Monday and Wednesday Chapel Choir rehearsal 3:30-5:00 pm in Conrad Grebel Cofleae ChaDel. Outers Club regular meetings are at 7 p.m. in ES room1 -221. Come out for social events and updates.

TUESDAYS Beginning Jan. 7 to March 18 the Christopher Leadership course will begin. This course covers effective communication skills and seif-confidence. To register & info call Joanne at 744-6307. University Choir rehearsal, 7:00-9:30 p.m. in ConradGrebel CollegeChapel. Any questions call Eleanor at 885 0220 ext. 226. Every Tuesday and Thursday 3:305:00 p.m. Chamber Choir rehearsal. Tuesdays, CGC Rm 151 and Thursdays, CGC Chapel.

FRIDAY English Conversation Class in Needles Hall 2080. Sept. to June from 2:00 to 4:OO p.m. Students, faculty, staff and spouses welcome. For info call International Student Office at ext. 2814 Friday, March 7,9 p.m. Playing at the Grad House, “Pandemonium.” Nocover charge.

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The Institute of Canadian Advertising offers a competition for students aged 22-29 interested in working in the advertising field. Winners will be selected based partly on creative ability. Thirteen students will receive one-year placements as copywriters at Toronto agencies. Placements start in September. Students will receive individualized training and a salary of $20!000. Deadline for submissions is April 30. For details check the Association’s web page at www.ica-intern-corn or call l800-567-7422. Board members are being recruited for a non-profit agency striving to meet the needs of youth. For further info contact Debbie at the CYO 744-7001. Photography contest - prizes are from $100. to $300. Photographs can be taken from Nov. 1996 to June 1997. Entries must be submitted by July 4, 1997, Call 742-7752 or any of the four Heers Camera locations for info. TOEFL Preparation Course -the test of English as Foreign Language course begins April 8, 1997. Classes are held every Tuesday and Wednesday from 2-4:30 p.m. for 10 weeks. The course is $50. and the excersise book is $31. Registration for the course is done throu h the International Student Office. P or more info call ISO, ext. 2814. Food Bank of Waterloo Region needs help - if interested in organizing a food drive between March 26 and April 7 call John Dietrich at 743-5576. Are you interested in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment that will constantly challenge and intrigue you? A career as a Career Development Practitioner may be for you! For info call the Information Centre at Conestoga Colle e, 299 Doon Valley Drive, Kitchener, 5: 2G 4M4 (519) 7485220. ext. 516. St. Paul’s United College has rooms available for Winter ‘97 and Spring ‘97 terms. Please call 885-l 460 or drop by for application forms and a tour! - Guided Self-Change of alcohol use: for individuals who say have concerns about the amount they are drinking and want to cut down. Call Counselling Services (ext. 26551 to find out more. Now available ‘What in the World is Going On: A Guide for Canadians Wihing to Work, Volunteer, or Study in Other Countries.” For info/cost call Christine at (613) 2374820.

Attention Bluevale Alumni! BCl’s 25th Reunion is May 30 - June l/97. The Reunion committee is presently compiling a mailing list. It is important that they receive your address now. Please write the school c/o 25th Reunion, 80 8luevale St. N. Waterloo, NZJ 3R5, call the Hotline at 6500569 or e-mail at http:/www.sentex.net/ -dabrykys/bci.reunion. Canadian Federation af University Women Used Book Sale will be in Apnf this year. To donate books please call 747-5854 or 746-5649 or 886-7427 until Saturday, Mar. 29, 1997. Were you a cadet or staff at Vernon Army Cadet-Camp? I am doing research for a book and would appreci$e photographs, stories, etc. Please contact me: F. Arseneault, 43 Chancellor Way, Calga AB, T2K 1Y3, phone (402)282-6 1OO;emai7 : Francis@avscanada.com. St.Louis Adult Learning Centres offer English as a second language classes for adults in Kitchener-Waterloo and Cambrid e. Levels I-VI! available, in&ding TO FBEL pre aration. Call 745-1201 (Waterloo) or 6!f O-l 250 (Cambridge) or come in to r ister. St. Louis Adult Learning Centre. 7 5 Allen St. East. Waferloo. International In&me &x Workshos - if you received Canadian funds in the 1996 calendar year, you are required to file an income tax return by April 30, 1997. The workshop will be held in March and will be announced. Contact International Student Office, NH 2080 for forms and info. St. Paul’s United College would like to invite all former residents who are graduating a the Spring or Fall 1997 Convocation to a Graduates Ban uet. Come and join your friends for fun, 9 ood and alas, farewells! Please call Darlene at 8851460 to reserve a seat. Recycle old telephone books with blue box &hen ou receive your new book. Bag or bundle t5:em if more than one, otherwise they can be put in your newspaper blue

Library : assist in the Local History Department. Completing vertical files, updating commut%ty bclletin boards, basic typin skills and be familiar with library cata 7oging. The Sexual Abuse Treatment Programme of Community Justice initiatives is holding its training workshop for volunteer group facilitators of groups for sexual abuse survivors and offenders. Training for group facilitators will be held on Tuesdays 4-6 p.m. from January 28 to April 15, 1997. For info call 744-4095. . In Home Support Volunteers to provide support to families of newborn children. Duties include providing emotional support, linking families with community r&sources atid providing practical help. Call Cathv at CradleLink 7490226. ’ ’ For the following volunteer positions contact Sue at the Volunteer Action Centre at 742-8630: Unitarian Service Committee - #185-

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Canadian Red Cross telephoners needed to call previous donors as a reminder. #074-777. Researcher working with police services to promote safe neighbourhoods. #050-l 866. Dietary Aide to help seniors home in preparing meals, etc. #085-l 866. Driver with valid license to assist boy in atending medical appointments in Waterloo. #073-l 861. Volunteer Action Centte - is recruiting Board Members skilled in marketing, technology, fundraising, board development, etc. Call Reva Cooper 742861 0. #102-619.

UPCCMINGEVENTS FRIDAY, MAR. 21,1997 KW Wood Show- 9th Annual show begins at 12 noon at Bingeman Park in Kitchener. For more info call 657-8646. Bike ‘N’ Roll 97: The Guelph Bike Show Mar. 21-23 from IO a.m. to 8 p.m. For daily times and info call 824-4120, ext. 2894.

SATURDAY,

MAR. 22,1997

Conrad Grebel Concert-Chapel Choir under conductor Leonard Enns presents Hymns and Anthems of the Church at 8 p.m. at Benton Street Baptist Church in Ki tchener.

SUNDAY, MAR. 23,1997 Conrad Grebel ConcertChamber Choir under director Kenneth Hulf oresents Works of Bvrd. Tallis. Gibbons, Raminsh, Britteh and Ba&h at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church on Willow Street in Waterloo.

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MAR. 25,1997

Waterloo Wellington Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Association invites K\ci, area chronic Fatigue Syndrome sufferers, their family and friends to a support roup meeting at the Adutt Recreation 8 entre, 185 King St., S. Please call for info 623-3207, The Waterloo-Laurier-Guelnh Centre for East European and Rus&an Studies is organizing a Roundtable discussion on “Study Abroad in Russia” from 12 to 1:30 p.m. in Needles Hall, room 3001. Everyone interested in studying

and teaching in Russia is invited to participate, For info contact Robert Karplak at ext. 3118 or email rkarpiak@ watarts.uwaterloo.ca Going to Germany? On a student exchange? On a work term? Join us at “What To Expect In Germany” in Needles Hall, room 1020 from 12-f p.m. Bring lunch, a friend and lots of questions!

WEDNESDAY,

MAR. 26,1997

Gay and Lesbian Liberation of Waterloo coming-out discussion group. Topic: “Dealing With Breaking Up” at 7:30 p.m. Social follows at 9 p.m., HH 378. Meet old friends and make new ones. All welcome, Details: 884-4569. “Dead Man Walkin’ ” - exploring the plausibility of the resurrection of Jesus. Join us for a free and informal dinner, lecture and discussion from 5115 to 7 p.m. in MC 2037, UW. For more info call Dean 884-4698 or Steve 884-6163 or 885-l 211, ext. 6657.

THURSDAY,

MAR. 27,1997

New Cinema from China - films at 7100 p.m. in UW’s East Campus Hall Auditorium 1219. Foreign-language films with English subtitles. “Women Flowers” 105 min. Exhibition Match - Women’s Ice Hockey - Team Swiss vs Team japan at the Kitchener Auditorium at 3 p.m.

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Do you want some experience that will look awesome on your resume? We are currently acceptin applications for the Student Career A 8 visor Prograam 19971998. SCA’s are volunteers who help students with resumes, cover letters, interview skills, career planning and job search. Commitment for volunteers is two terms, 3 hours per week. We are also hirin a Supervisor to co-ordiante the SCA 8 rooram. Extensive trainina is Drovided so -ick up an application today the Career esourcecentre, NH1 115orcallext.4047, The SAA has than ed their name! - Student Ambassador 1 ssociation, this will eliminate confusion about who we are and who can become a member of our association. For info call 888-4626 or our office is in SLC room 2122.

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Looking for someone to spend time with an adult male with a developmental disability. If interested call Darren at 8841240. FRIENDS, a service of The Canadian Mental Health Association needs volunteers to assist children at their school. For more info contact 744-4806, ext. 335. Perfect for placements! Sign up now for Fal I! office for Persons with Disabilities are needing volunteers to work in many areas such as library research, reading text to tape, computer work, etc. If interested please call 885-l 211, ext. 5082 Jane Farlev. Learn about a different culture while you show a new immi rant how to be part of your communilv. f or more info call KW YMCA Host Prbgram at 579-9622, Waterloo Minor Soccer needs reliable coaches and assistant coaches. Do you have the time and talent to share from May to July? Please call 578-9680. The Clty of Waterloo Volunteer Services, 888-6488, is currently recruiting for the following positions; Older Adult Advisory Steering Committee : volunteers needed to establish a format, meeting schedules appropriate to completing a report for City Council. Jumpstart: registration at the Modern Dance Festival for Youth. Must be organized and have good communication skills Lighting Workshop: needed to assist with lighting workshopat the Modern Dance Festival for Youth. Assistant Preschool Instructors: assist with implementing preschool playgroup. Experience with young children is an asset but not required.

SCHOLARSHIPS Applications for the following schotarships are being accepted during the Winter term. Refer to Section 4 of the Undergraduate Calendar for further criteria. Application forms are available in the Student Awards Office, 2nd Floor, Needles Hall.

ALL FACULTIES: Doreen B&bin Award-available to third year Regular or 3B Co-op female students in an Honours program in which women arecurrently 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.

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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 Enaineerina: Andersen Consulting Scholarshipavailable to 38. Deadline: Mar. 31/97 Canadian Hospital Engineering !%ciety’s Scholarship-available to 36. Deadline: Mar. 31/97 Consulting Engineers of Ontario Scholarship-available to all 3B. Deadline: Mar. 31/97 John Deere Limited Scholarship-available to 38 Mechanical. Deadline: Mar. 31/97 S.C. Johnson & Son Ltd. - Environmental Scholarship-available to3rd year Chemical. Deadline: May 31/97 Marcel Pequegnat Scholarship-available to 3B CiviLWater 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 16 Chemical, Electrical, Environmental or Mechanical. Eligiblecandidates will be women, aboriginal (native) Canadians, persons with disabilities or visible minorities. Deadline: July 31197. 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, Recreation, Natural Heritage or Outdoor Recreation. Deadline: May 31197. Marcel Pequegnat Scholarship-available to 3rd year Environment & Resource Studies, Planning, Water Resource Mgt. Deadline: May 31/97

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Faculty of Mathematics: Andersen Consulting Scholarshipavailable to 38 Math. Deadline: Mar. 311 97 Electrohome 75th AnniversaryScholarship-available to 38 Computer Science. Deadline: Mar. 31/97 K.C. Lee Computer Science Scholarship-available to 2nd year regular Computer Science. Deadline: Ott 31/97. Sun Life of Canada Award-available to 2nd year Actuarial Science. Deadline: Nov 30/97.

Faculty of Science: S.C. Johnson & Son Ltd. Environmental Scholarship-available to 3rd year Chemistry. Deadline: May 31/97 Marcel Pequegnat Scholarship-available to 3B 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.

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