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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. Are you interested in joining either a UW Lacrosse Team or an intramural team in ‘97~‘98? If so, sign up at the Turnkev Desk or call Matt at 886-5641. Ontario Streams will be hosting “River Rendezvous ‘97,” a ‘hands on” workshop/conference on watershed restoration held in Kitchener from June 20 to 22. For more info. (416) 445-3366 or mandzvBtotal.net. Guided Self-change of alcohol use: for individuals who may haveconcerns about the amount they are drinking and want to cut down. Call Counselling

Monday, June 16,1997- _________ Blood Donor Clinic - Runs until Friday, June 20, 1997 @t the Student Life Centre in the Mutti-Purpose room from IO:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. & 1:30 o.m. to 5:00 p.m. Wednesdav. June 18.1997 Gay and Lesbian Liberation of Waterloo Coming Out Discussion Group. Topic: ‘Crushes & Infatuations’ 7130 p.m. Social follows at 9 p.m., HH378. Meet old friends and make new ones. All welcome. Details: 884-4569. Tuesday, June 24,1997 Public Meeting for all TENANTS to discuss the changing housing laws, including the loss of RENT CONTROL. From 7 - 9 p.m. Victoria School, 25 Joseph St., next to Kitchener terminal. For info.

mer. Reply ASAP! See CR guidebook for job detaifs. Skydive UW - Did you miss our meeting? You are still welcome to join. Contact Chris, &dive 8 watservl . Exam Stress Management -This 3 session workshop is designed to provide a comprehensive range of skills to help students cope with examination stress. Participants will learn strategies for: disruptive thoughts, enhancing positive thoughts, and inducing and maintaining a relaxed state under stress. Stress Management Through Relaxation Training -This 3 session workshop gives instruction and practice in progressive muscle relaxation, deep breathing, concentration/meditation methods, and assessment and modification of thinking habits. For those who are tense, worried or just interested. information and sign-up sheets for both workshops are available in Counselling Services, Needles Hall, Room 2080, Ext. 2655.

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Wednesday, June 251997 Advancements in the Aerospace Industry Conferenceat 12~30 - 5:OO p.m. $2 for members, $4for non-members. Hosted by the SSME & open to evetvme.

Gay and Lesbian Liberation of Waterloo Coming Out Discussion Group. Topic: “Gay History/Gay Pride,” 7:30 p.m., social follows at 9 p.m. HH378. Meet old friends and make new ones. All welcome. Details: 884-4569.

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The Ret Pals Program is currently looking for volunteers for wheelchair hockey on Saturdays at 2:30 p.m. at the small gym of the PAC. For more infn. ~211charina at 746-4039. The City of Waterloo Volunteer Services (8886356) is currently recruiting for the following volunteer positions: Older Adult Drama Festival Production Volunteers: are needed to assist in the production of a Show to showcase Older Adult Performing Arts. Positions available include Artistic coordinator, Stage Manager, Choreographer, etc. Program Volunteers: are needed to assist with a senior day away program. Volunteers are needed Tuesday to Friday afternoons. A Kitchen Volunteer is also required on Tuesdays 9 - 1 p.m. Library Volunteers: are needed to assist in the Children’s Department. Tasks include checking in books and putting books back on shelves (dewy decimal system). Must have good eyesight, good attention to detail and good knowledge of the English Language. Summer Reading Assistant Vok UntawS are alSO required. Volunteer Drivers: are needed to drive older adults to and from a senior day away program. Youth Volunteers: There are a variety of opportunities for youth 13 years of age and older to volunteer at various locatit3ns in Waterloo. For the following votunteer positions contact Sue at the Volunteer Action Centre at 742-86 10 liighlandStirling Community Group needs volunteers. You would teach and set-up children’s programs from September to June. We provide financial support. Please submit a detailed letter of experience/ideas. Fax #741-2642. (Phone 7459408) Traclc meet votunteers needed for the Regional Athletics and Boccia meet on Saturday, May 24. Volunteers needed to assist with registration, timekeeping, awards, etc. #101-l 896 Swim buddies needed for approximately 1 hour a week to assist those with disabilities in swimming lessons and general swim time. Training provided #lOl-1897 Data entry and research volunteers needed for the

Applications for the following awards are being accepted during the Spring term. Refer to Section 4 of the Undergraduate Calendar for further criteria. Unless otherwise stated, scholarship apptication deadline is June 27,1997. Bursaries may be submitted during the term, until the first day of examinations. Application forms are available in the Student Awards Office, 2nd Floor, Needles Hall.

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n Sunday, May 25, Student’s Council, the govern ing body of the Federation of Students, voted unanimously in favour of making the part time Student Issues Resource Coordinator position a full time Vice-President position, and to appoint Heather Calder to that office. Calder, who has been SIRC Co-ordinator for over a year and is now Vice-President Student Issues, cannot vote at: Student’s Council as she was not elected, but has input into the budget and strategic planning of the Federation of Students, This motion is contrary to the by-laws of the Federation. The possibility of simply increasing the SIRC Coordinator’s salary and budget was considered - a move that would not have contravened the by-laws - but President Mario Bellabarba and Vice-President Education Jeff Gardner endorsed the change to VP SI, saying that the office is directly related to students and so should be an executive position, “We aren’t following the by-laws word for word,” said Bellabarba, “[but) I don’t see it as a problem. The spirit of the by-law is one that encourages us to do our best in [student] representation.” The current by-laws do not state that Student’s Council can simply create a VP position and then appoint someone to fill it, but they do not exclude it either. The by-laws do state that the SIRC is supervised by the President, and with this change in structure, that part of the President’s portfolio has been removed and not replaced. Calder’s duties include maintaining the resource center, chairing the gender issues, public issues and human rights committees, and she is responsible for awareness weeks. She wifl be paid $24,000 a year, and will have an additional budget of approximately $10,000. As a part timer, Calder was only paid for 22.5 hours a week, but was putting in %lose to sixty hours a week” she

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told Imprint. She believes that the decision to change the nature of the position was a good one, as under the old structure, the president was ultimately responsible for approaching the Administration with student concerns. All she could do was brief the President, which she describes as “not a practical way to be.” Now, she has the authority to address the administration directly. The Federation of Students has gone through numerous structural changes in the last few years, and has doubled the number of Vice-Presidents since the 1994-95 year. “That’s a concern I have, said Bellabarba. However, Students Council will be evaluating the new structure, and will have recommendations prepared for the Federation’s Annual General Meeting in October, where, if necessary, the by-laws can be amended to reflect the new structure,

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man serving as a greeter at the Princess Cinema in Waterloo was arrested Sunday night after he was alleged to have attacked a picketer. A man, identified only as Wayne, entered into a discussion with three patrons. Wayne is one of the supporters protesting the alleged unethical treatment of union projectionists at the Princess Cinema. At the end of ehe discussion, the patrons decided to not break the picket line and left. It was at this time that the alleged attack took place. The greeter was said to have physically assaulted Wayne. The police were called and the greeter was arrested. The greeter, Terry, whose last name was withheld by “The Friends of the Princess Cinema,” is a supporter of ehe Princess Cinema. “The Friends” are a group of people loyal to the cinema who try to ensure that potential Princess patrons are not hindered from entering the cinema by the picketers. The heart of the issue is a contract dispute between the Princess Theatre, owned by John and Wendy Tutt, and the Ontario Motion Picture Projecrionisrs Union. In November 1996, the Union and the Princess entered into negotiations on the Collective Agreement which was scheduled to expire on December 31, 1996. The Princess management filed for conciliation, desiring a mediation officer to be present at ehe meetings. As of December 31, no agreement had been reached and on January 1,1997, full-time projectionist Calvin Devries and part-time projectionist Sam McIntyre were locked out. Since that time Devries and his supporters have been picketing outside the Princess Theatre before each show. According to Tutt, the problem being faced at the Princess is “the end of a contract. The contract ended on December 31. I have been negotiating with the union

since the Fall, but we haven’t agreed on a future contra&’ Tutt says he approached the union earlier in ehe Fall about redefining and renewing the terms of the contract, but the offer that he made was refused. The offer eliminates the position of full-time projectionist and instead suggests the possibility of calling upon union projectionists to act as relief workers who will be contacted for work on a monthly basis. The union did not consider the offer to be serious and claimed that the offer was put forward by ‘I’urc knowing thar it would be rejected. Such a rejection allowed Tutt to legally lock out the projectionists. Tutt explains that he no longer has use for a fufl-time projectionist because he is a licensed projectionist and can handle the job himself. He adds that his wife will soon be a licensed projectionist and will be able to help out. However, Devries called the offer made by Tutt to be “the worst kind of ethical behaviour.” l

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Glid er team national Cl larnpions by CaIvin Li special to Imprint

he LJniversity of Waterloo Free-flight Glider team was in Ottawa on the weekend of May 10 to compete in the Canadian Aeronautics and Space institute (CAST) glider comperition, hosted by Carleton University. They came home as national champions. The competition challenges university teams co design and build a free-flight glider which will stay aloft for the longest period of time and carry the most weight from a tow launch. The

scoring is a function of these two variables. The glider must also demonstrate stable flight from a hand launch and it must fit inside a 2 x 2 x 1 meter box. UW’s entry into the competition, named the “Eclipse,” was a very unconventional flying wing design. The team, consisting of undergraduate students in Engineering, Mathematics, and even Independent Studies, performed the research, design, and construction of the glider without any faculty assistance. When the team arrived in Ottawa, there was an obvious disbelief ia the audience that the

unstable configuration of a flying wing could be made to fly as a glider. But the team removed all doubt when they flew a practice prototype that stayed aloft for well over a minute. When the real competition glider flew its first flight there were some prob-

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down without leaving the .I* tow-lme. l-iowever, the design of the glider was modular, and designed to separate into pieces on impact. The crash, which looked devastating, only gave the team faith that its glider was constructed well, and the team taped the glider back together, and had it flying shortly thereafter. The second flight was much more successful, as the glider remained aloft for 31 seconds while carrying a payload of 1 kg. Although half of the day had already gone by, the single flight rocketed the Waterloo team into the lead, doubling the score of the next closest team, Laval, who was only carrying 280 grams of pay-

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load. For the rest of the day, the Waterloo team enjoyed several successful flights. After the second flight, which stayed up for 46 seconds carrying the same payload, they enjoyed a commanding lead. The third flight of the day stayed up for a contest high 80 seconds. This cemented the lead, as the Waterloo team had more than four times the score of the second place team at the end of the first day. On the second day of flight, the Waterloo team arrived at the flying fields early, and set up a conservative strategy to protect their lead. However, that proved

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For those of you that have been wondering what happened to your beloved FEDS executive over the past while, here’s a quick update. Last week the VPAF, the VPI, and the VPE went to Winnipeg, Manitoba for the National Students Leaders Orientation Conference. This work-packed week was designed to prepare student leaders from across the country for their terms in office. And so the three of us headed off into the land of sandbags and invisible polfing stations to attend. Overall, the conference was well prepared and staffed by the folks at the University of Manitoba. The daily format was arranged to deal with the myriad issues facing student leaders today, and to teach those leaders how to deal with them.

General seminars were presented by corporate sponsors and paid speakers, and breakout sessions were organized so that each executive position could explore the issues relevant to them. As well, Manitoba did a great job from a networking perspective, ensuring that everyone met everyone else. However, like fine wine left open on a table, the conference didn’t meet the hype which others had given it. In fact, many of the key concerns that we went there with were left unaddressed. For example, the Royal Bankgave a great seminar that taught me a lot - it just had nothing to do with my job. But if you ever want to learn about how to maximize your RRSPs, give me a call. I’d have been happier with something on student aid or loan re-

unnecessary, as the judges determined that it was impossible for any other teams to catch up. Congratulations goes out to the members of the team: Eric Lumis, Rob Ripley, Sanjay Singh, Larissa Sorenson, and Greg Thompson. The team would also like to thank their sponsors for their generous support. If you would like some more information about the team, please check out: http://www.eng.uwaterloo.ca Iprojectslff-de/ or if you’re interested in becoming a part of future glider teams, please contact Greg Thompson at gZthomps@mechanical. payments rather than how to be a successful entrepreneur. U of M seemed to recognize these concerns and did make strides to push some of the more relevant topics. All in all, though, the conference had some great moments. Essentially, we three V.P.s from Waterloo met folks from places you can’t reach by car. Those relarionships will be of great benefit over the year to come. At the same time, though, the conference would have been more useful if it was structured around the fact that we’re student executives and-not just individual product consumers. Raju, Kurt, and I can each say that we did get something out of the conference besides back sprains from the two double beds in the room we shared. This conference was worth attending and I’ll recommend it to my successor, as it was recommended to me. U of M did a great job, and at the very least, made it fun. Speakingoffun, positions are still available as co-ordinators for BACCHUS and SPEVC. Interested applicants can contact Kurt at kmschrei@feds.

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The issue is further complicated by a criminal mischief charge allegedly made by the Crown against Devries. Tutt alleges that Devries sabotaged the equipment to the tune of $6,000 “It incon*prior to the lock-out. _

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venienced thecinema tothepoint where we couldn’t put on a show.” Tutt claims that damage prevented him from showing a fiIm on New Year’s Day. Waterloo Regional Police confirm that Devries has been charged with mischief. However, Devries insists that he performed

no such actions. JohnTutt and the Union have continued negotiations and met on March 5, 12 and 27. On April 30, the Union submitted a proposal to the Princess Theatre. A reply has recently been sent. The Union is still considering its response.

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Canada Day

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T Writing midterms in the middle -Bryan Helfenbaum 3A Env. Eng.

There’s no snow -Charles Buck 3A Env. Eng.

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The women wear far too little clothing. -Jack Maynard 1B Mech Eng.

When the days are longest, you have to spend them in school -Ken Reich, 3N Env. Studies

he UW Canada Day Celebrations Steering Committee is in the midst of preparations for the university’s largest annual event. The day-long event, hosted by the University of Waterloo and the Federation of Students, provides activities for children of all ages, a packed concession stand, a stage featuring local performers and the largest fireworks display in the area. Canada Day Celebrations usually draw in excess of 40,000 local residents! This year, the event promises to be bigger than ever with the inclusion of a pavillion and other events honouring the University of Waterloo’s 40th anniversary. The Canada Day Celebration is a family event put oni for the benefit of the community. It is UW’s way of thanking local residents for supporting the University. The event highlights the many positive contributions that the University makes in the Waterloo Region. An event of this magnitude requires a lot of assistance! Each year more than 400 volunteers are needed in order to successfully carry out the day’s events. We need help with setup and take-down (June 30

and July 2 respectively), assistance with the childrens’ games, stage help, cooking and serving food, ambassadorship and security. The need for volunteers is greater than ever this year with the 40th anniversary activities. The support of UW faculty, staff and students is crucial to the success of this year’s event. Volunteering does have its rewards and not just that good feeling you get inside! To thank volunteers, a Volunteer Appreciation Party is held after the evening cleanup session on July 1st. Food and refreshments are provided and great prizes are drawn from among all participating volunteers (even if they can’t make the party). In addition, the first 350 volunteers registered receive a Volunteer Appreciation Package, including a Canada Day Celebrations T-shirt, Volunteers will also receive some food and drink during their four hour volunteer shifts. Please volunteer to join in the fun! If you need any additional information please contact Kitty Fong at kfong@novice or Jeremy Steffler at jrsteff@novice or 885 0440. Aiternatively, Volunteer Sign-Up forms are available at the FED Office, Turnkey Desk and various other locations throughout campus.

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Editorial by Peter Lena-don “The trouble with Communism just as the trouble with Christianity - H,L. Mencken

is the Communists, is the Christians.”

As I was strolling down the second fairway on the blue course at Foxwood the other day, soaking up evening sun and watching geese frolic by a pond, I reflected on the reason why golf is the subject of so many people’s ire. While I believe that the negative image of golfis iargely undeserved, there are some parts of the game today that can bother even the most hardcore player. Access. It is expensive to start playing golf, especially in southern Ontario. For the most part, golf is still a wealthy white person sport in Canada, but more people pick up the game everyday. Clothes are a two pronged problem. Gone are the days when you regularly saw guys with potbellies wearing two-tone plaid outfits, but the clothes haven’t gotten any better. Many courses have dress codes requiring shirts with a collar, shoes with socks, no cutoff jeans and so on, as if somconc in cutoffs looks worse than someone sweating through a pastel golf shirt. Dress codes are an obvious and cynical way to keep out the “riff-raff.” The attitude. Many golfers take themselves and the game far too seriously. One myth of golf is that old ladies are the slowest players on the course. The truth is that the slowest players on the course are generally males, aged Z-45. Slow players in this demographic have spent too many wintery Sundays in front of the television watching P.G.A. tour events. They figure that if they take as long as Tiger Woods, they might play like him, but Tiger isn’t dealing with a million other psychological inadequacies that are manifested on the golf course, rendering him golf impotent. There is also a repugnant “country club” mentality that golfers adopt, looking down their nose at beginners and those without a matching magenta outfit.Golf isn’t about keeping up with the Joneses. It’s about playing with your friends. Teasing them when they hit a bad shot and praising a good one. It’s about having a beer afterwards with your playing partners and talking about your round. Playing in bare feet. Yelling expletives one minute and cheering the next. Betting is also a rewarding part of golf. The most I ever lost betting on golf was about eight dollars, but it’s surprising how the prospect of losing even a quarter steels your resolve and heightens your concentration. It’s not about the money, it’s about winning or losing. Golf can be a complete mindfuck if you take it too seriously. Screwing up under pressure stabs you to the core of your being because you messed up , and there is no one to blame but yourself. Anypwgets over this because it is what makes golf so addictive to many people. Any player can hit an ugly shot, but any player can also be perfect. When you do hit one perfectly, it impresses on your psyche like nothing else. You remember the shot unlike others. It’s more of a sight, sound, tactile image in your mind. All of your body’s force lines up behind the tiny contact surface on the club face and the ball goes exactly where you want. Hitting even a few nearperfect shots in an otherwise lack lustre round is all I generally need to feel good about playing that day. One learns that not every shot will be good. It is the golfers that do not appreciate all of this that ruin the sport’s reputation for everyone. It’s the “Goddamit, Martha we bought a membership so we are going to get 50 rounds in this summer,” humourless, country club snob wannabes that bother me. They would not be allowed on my course. If I ran a golf course, here’s what it: would be like: No dress code. You could wear rubber boots and a gstring. Slather yourself in margarine. Wear a giant foam cowboy hat. Just don’t wear shoes that hurt the greens. The course itself would not be one of those super perfect showpiece places that use ten tons of pesticide and fertilizer a year. Some imperfection in the fairways and greens are simply part of the game. Golfers who are nor simply happy to be on the course that day would be turned away at the pro shop. Yes, it’s true. Golf suffers more as a result of its practitioners than any intrinsic feature of the game itself. Golf is closely linked with wealth and everyone hates the rich. ExceDt the rich.

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asc semester, several students raised important freedom of speech issues regarding the Revisionist, Ernst Zundel. Some students were greatly angered by Zundel, while others believed it was important for all citizens to have the right to speak, to publish and to express their views. For those unaware, Zundel has once again been hauled before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, who are trying to shut down his California-based website. The following is an important document which a11 Canadians should read and think about if they value their freedoms and what they can (or can’t) say over the Internet in the future. The Canadian Association for Free Expression sees this trial as a deliberate move by the federal government to gag Canadian Internet users. We also see it as an extraterritorial application of Canadian law and contra-ry to the wording of Section 13 (I) of the Canadian Human Rights Act, which was intended to regulate telephone message machines, not cyberspace. Publisher and broadcaster Ernst Zundel stands accused under section I3 (1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act: “It is a discriminatory practice for a person or a group telephonically or to cause to of persons.. .to communicate be so communicated repeatedly,. . .by means of the facilities of a telecommunication undertaking within the legislative authority of Parliament, any matter that is likely to expose a person or persons to hatred or ridicule by reason of the fact that that person or those persons are identifiable on the basis of a prohibited ground of discriminatrion.” (race, sex, religion, etc.) The complaint refers to Zundel’s Webpage, the Zundelsite. This page is authored by another person and originates in California, outside of Canadian legal jurisdiction. The Zundelsite is one of the leading historical revisionist sites on the Web and challenges the establishment interpretation of World War II, which tends to dump the bulk of guilt. for those events at the feet of the German people, Thus, the action against Zundel would seem to be frivolous and unwarranted. The process to examine cases itself is a slap in the face

tonatural justice. The Canadian Human Rights Commision is judge, jury and executioner. The Commission investigates a complaint and rhen appoints a tribunal of its choosing. There is no judicial independence or remove. A comparison would be the chief of police investigating a complaint and appointing the deputy chief of police as judge of the trial. The Canadian Human Rights Commission has exhibited such bias that the entire proceedings are tainted in advance. Max Yalden, the outgoing head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission under which the complaint was accepted, expressed repeated bias. Lastly, the truth is no defence! This may sound bizarre, but it is grounded in fact. In the Court of the Star Chamber “human rights” proceedings, the truth of one’s argument is not a valid defence. The wording of the Act is so vague that any persistent minority has a good chance of gagging its opponents, Statements such as ‘likely’ and ‘expose to ridicule’ are so vague as to cover almost any criticism of the usual privileged groups. This costly prosecution is a shameless power grab by the Canadian Human Rights Commission. Should this attackon Zundel’s Website succeed, all Canadian Internet users, whether using a Canadian or foreign server, may find themselves prosecuted and gagged ,should they post controversial opinions that offend the vigilant thought control freaks in our midst. You might think that organizations representing Canadian Internet providers would be leading the charge against the Zundel prosecution. Not so. Despite being asked to send supportive affidavitsor toapply as intervenors on behalfof the defence, these groups have answered with deafening silence. Worse, some providers seem to be actively collaborating with government efforts to bring the Web under the same stultifying control already applied to other areas of electronic media. If you’re an Internet user, write your provider and let it know you’re concerned. Call your MP and insist that the government keep its hands off the Internet.

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On Friday, May 30, Imprint published a story, “Candidates have their say,” in whichfour candidates expressed themselves on issues of the day. At the bottom of the page was a 23-year-old photograph of me with the comment that Telegdi declined Imprint’s request for an interview. That statement is false; the story is grossly unfair. On May 15, Peter Lenardon, editor of Imprint and co-author of the story, was faxed numerous statements made and submitted by me dealing with post-secondary education. These documents pointed out that I was instrumental in organixi ng a post-secondary education caucus within the Liberal Party and pointed to numerous initiatives I had undertaken to improve employment for coop students, to enhance student loans and to raise funding for granting councils. On May 27, further materials were faxed to Rob van Kruistum with the note: “Rob, here is the information! I will have Andrew call you as soon as I contact him! Thanks. Brenda.” In this material was a speech which I had delivered on post-secondary matters as well as details of the Liberal platform on higher education. Also included was a student pamphlet that I circulated, the only such pamphlet produced by a candidate in Kitchener-Waterloo in this election. I was told to call Imprint reporter Rob van Kruistum between 490 and 4:30 on May 27. I did so but van Kruistum was not there. There was no return phone call made to me, even though my campaign office was open days and evenings and had an answering machine. Moreover,Imprintwas given my home number, On May 30, the story appeared with the twenty-threeyear-old photograph of me as President of UW Federation of Students and the claim that I had declined an interview. In that issue, the Conservative candidate Lynne Woolstencroft, wife of Political Science Associate Professor and University administrator Peter Woolstencroft, referred directly to my presidency of the Federation of Students and alleged that I had done nothing while “[my] government” did terrible things to “[my] own institution.” immediately caIled I Lenardon who indicated that he believed that I was not interested in an interview. Having learned that Lenardon was active as a young l’rogressive Conservative, I asked him if he had studied Political Science at Waterloo with

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Professor Woolstencroft, who had been very prominent in his wife’s campaign. He answered affirmatively. He promised to print an erratum after the election but has not contacted me. In the Imprint interview, Lynne Woolstencroft asked where I was when universities were facing cuts in the last few years. Where was she when Mike Harris took the axe to universities to pay for his massive tax cuts? She was rii,& behind the Harris Tories, the most anti-intellectual and anti-education government in Ontario’s history. On the very page that Ms. Woolstencroft asks where I was and criticises the federal government, there is a story with the title, “Jobs flood into student employment centre,” which praises the work of Human Resources Canada in finding work for students. They didn’t find work under the Mulroney and Harris governments that Ms. Woolstencroft supported. When I was student president I fought the student newspaper for its single-minded Marxist - Leninist stand that would not permit contrary opinions to be expressed. Now Imprint seems unwilling to let me express my views because its own conservative politics are different. Here is where I stand. Where dolmprint and Lynne Woolstencroft stand? Rig& behind Mike Harris?

1 am not now nor have I ever been a member of any political party, much less an “active member.” Mr, Telegdi’s implication that I biased the election coverin favour of Lynn age Woolstencroft because I had one class four years ago with her husband is blatantly defamatory and would be insulting were it not such a joke. During my phone conversation with Mr. Telegdi, I explicitly asked for interview time more than once. Instead of an answer to my question, I was promised a fax and more phone tag. The contents of the fax was useless party propaganda, so no article could be gleaned from it. As stated above, the continuing phone tag was fruitless. An erratum at this point is not appropriate since no error was made.

Fed Pres Explains t have been called on by the Editor of the Imprint to, on behalfofthe Federation ofstudents,

“explain these actions to students in lieu of teaI consultation.” The reference is, of course, to the editorial in the last issue of Imprint in which our decision to create a VP Student Issues was called into question. The editorial asked two questions: Why wasn’t there any consultation and why do we need a VP Student Issues anyway? As to why we need a VP Student Issues, I would refer your readers to recent issues of Imprint. We’ve had two professors suspended on allegations of sexual harassment, with one case resulting in what many considered inadequate punishment, and the other resulting in no punishment at all due to the decision of an external adjudicator. These have left many on campus wondering if it is worthwhile reporting what they consider to be sexual harassment. We have also had numerous cases of sexual harassment on work terms, a request to the Student’s Council to create a Men’s Issues Centre, and the PALS Phoneline has found an ever-increasing need to get information on issues such as exam stress, depression, sexuality, and other items that require someone’s full attention to ensuring we have the answers, or know where they can be found. Clearly, there is a need for a position that can deal with these matters. In fact, we’ve had such a position for the past year, and it was called the Student Issues Resource Centre Coordinator. However, the position was never given executive au thori ty, was only part-time and had a reporting structure that did not allow for full independence. Over the past year, a number of things have become clear. First, that the job being done by the SIRC Coordinator couldn’t be done in only 22.5 hours per week. It was becoming a disservice to students to not have someone in the position full-time, and at a wage that would allow them to concentrate on student issues and not have to find a second job to support themselves. Second, it was apparent that the SIRC Coordinator could not operate under the office of the President. The issues being dealt with were too complex to simply be reported to the President for further action, It made far more sense to send the SIRC Coordinator to deal with these issues first band and report to the President, and Council, on what was happening. As to the comments made about students having other places within the university to turn to and not needing a VP Student issues; it is the job of the VP Student Issues to promote al1 of these places and co-ordinate some activities with them. Peo-

ple often come to our office to ask advice on who they can turn to, and this addresses that need. The first question, regarding the iack of consultation, is one that is misleading. This matter will be reviewed by a committee of the Student’s Council that was formed in May. By the October Annual General Meeting, we will likely .have one of two outcomes: either the position of VP Student Issues will become fully elected and will be open for nominations on the first Friday of the Winter 1998 term, or the President and a 3 VP structure will be retained with a re-shuffling of duties to ensure that “student issues” are represented fuIly at the executive level. As to the issue of a by-eIection, I will say that it is unwieldy, to say the least, to try and draw parallels between this situation and the one we experienced with the VP Admin and Finance last year. While I do agree that Tori Harris made a smooth transition into the VPAF role when we had our by-election last October, I will also say that it hurt the Federation of Students dearly to have to operate without a VPAF for the months between Mark’s resignation and Tori’s election. I do not wish to see that repeated in the Student Issues arena, where I

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In closing, I will say two things. First, there is precedence for an appointed VP position within the Feds to be transformed into an elected one without a byelection being called - the position was known as VP University Affairs. Second, Mr, Lenardon’s point about the need for consultation is well taken, and the matter was never dealt with clandestinely. It was brought before Council, and had there been disagreement, it would have been taken back and the executive would have re-considered our approach. It may be “cold comfort” to hear my promises that there will be consultation on this matter, but the truth is that I can’t get away with making these kinds of changes permanent without taking out an ad in the Imprint and asking approval at Council and the Annual General Meeting. Discussion continues on how we should approach this next year, and anyone wishing to comment can drop by the office, give me a call at x2478, or e-maiI me at fedpres@feds. ‘I’his year is a trial period that is under review, and your input is welcome.

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This Guy Bothers I am disgusted by an article place in Imprint for Friday, May 30, 1997, titled “Why bother?” More specifically, this letter focuses on the section labeled Bloq “GilkS Duceppe, Quebecois.” This article is disrespectful to the rights of the citizens of the province of Quebec. As I recall, and as James Russell seems to forget, we live in a democracy. Each individual within the boundaries ofcanada has the right to choose; to choose a representative in parliament regardless of his/her political orientation, even if it is the representative’s life pursuit to destroy the geographic continuity of this great country. Though I cannot speak for Quebecers, I feel, given Mr. Russell article, Francophones have the right to be angry. Mr. Russell, and I might add many English Canadians, openly condemn the right for French Canadians to express themselves culcurally and politically in their territorial homeland. Though he may not be conscious of it, Mr. Russell intentionally, if not implicitly, labels French Canadians as irrational in their desire to separate, and as such should be stripped of representation in the House of Commons. In essence, Mr. Russell is suggesting that Canada should be led by ehe desire of one ethnicity. Upon resistance of that: desire by Francophones, he would condone the use of force by “sending in the army to kick their asses” to bring them in line. Though I will concede that some French Canadians are immobile on the issue ofsovereignty, I think many Francophones are forced into the notion of a separate Quebec, because of the hostiiity and blatant ignorance shown by individuals, such as Mr. Russell, towards them. I plead to Mr. Russell, and others who share his view on the constitutional crisis, not to let their ignorance lead this country into ruin. It is the lack of understand-

ing shown by English Canadians towards the francophonecommunity which led to the near defeat of the Federalists in the last Quebec referendum. If the day comes in which Quebec separates form the union and the army is dispatched, may it make an about-face at the Quebec boarder and march to the house of James Russell. For then, and only then, will we realize that we were wrong in labeling Gilles Duce ppe as a traitor; he merely reflected the desires of his electorate. No, it is James Russell, whose ignorance swung the vote of at least one Quebecer, who should be brought to court and tried as a traitor to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and her subjects of the Federal Dominion of Canada.

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have a confession to make: I’m the Coordinator of G.L.L.O.W. I write a column on feminist and gay issues. I’m the MC for Kitchener’s Gay Pride Celebration. I’m probably the most out and vocal queer on campus - and I’m dating a man. This is not hypocrisy to me, but the chaotic beauty of bisexuality. Just when I felt tempted to label myself a lesbian because men were no longer inspiring me, I spontaneously found myself grooving on someone new and this person just happened to be a man. There are lots of theories on sexuality. The infamous Kinsey scale puts sexuality on a spectrum from one to six, with complcte homosexuality on one end, complete heterosexuality on the other and an impartial bisexuality in the middle, Bisexuals often lean one way or the other though. Personally, I usually end up dating women, at least partially because of the way I bond with people. I need to connect by talking, theorizing, ranting, etc. I need to explore issues and emotions on a really intimate and raw level, but

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Q. #at rights do you have as a worker in Ontario? A. The Employment Standards Act (ESA) sets minimum wages and working conditions for most workers in Ontario including hours of work, overtime pay, vacation and pregnancy leave. Q. Do workers have the right to minimum wage, a 40 hour work week, 8 public holidays and vacation pay? A. Yes. The general minimum wage is $6.85 per hour. Workers who serve liquor get $5.95 per hour. Students get $6.40. Industrial Homeworkers get $7.54 which includes a 10% premium to cover heat, electricity, and other costs. But, the Harris government

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froze the minimum wage in 1995. The current minimum wage is less than the poverty line $14,248.00 per year for a 40 hour work week. A $1.00 increase would mean an income of$16,000 if a worker had full-time hours. The real value of minimum wage has declined by 13.5% since 1976. Q. If I accept the boss’ offer to work for $4.00 per hour or “work under the table,” do I still have a right to minimum wage and I am still protected under the Employment Standards Act? A. Yes. In Ontario, you cannot sign away or give away your basic employment rights. Any employer who does not pay minimum wage or give you minimum standards is breaking the law not the worker. But, the Harris government wants to take away our rights by introducing “flex-

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men’s gender conditioning discourages them from sharing in this way. Every bisexual is different though, and will describe their sexuality differently. At G.L.L.O.W. we often talk abut two types of bisexuals. “Serial bisexuals” fall in love/lust with a person regardless of their sex and they usually date one person monogamously. “Simultaneous bisexuals” care deeply about the sex of their partners, and feel they need both a male and female partner at once. Serial bisexuals tend to bash, or downplay the prevalence of simultaneous bisexuals to fight off the stereotype that all bisexuals are promiscuous. This may elevate some of us, but do we want to do that by demonizing another group? Sexuality is so intriguing and complex. How do we define the labels? Who can claim them? Why do we need them? I read an article recently that spoke of queerness as an attitude - it’s more than what you do in bed. Oprah Winfrey did a show on homosexuality and was flabbergasted when a renowned lesbian author she invited on the show insisted

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she was still a lesbian even though she was in a relationship with a man. In some circles it’s “in” for lesbians and gay men to sleep together. Is this queerer than queer or what? Even ifit sometimes confuses others, I love that nothing is fixed or absolute about bisexuality. It subverts polarities. It’s unstable, fluid, ever-changing and evolving. . .how (im)perfectly postmodern, eh?

isexuality is a whole, fluid identity. Donotassume thar bisexuality is binary or duogamous in nature: that we musr have ‘two’ sides or that we tnus# be involved simultaneously with both genders to be fulfilled human beings. In fact, don’t assume that there are only two genders. Do not mistake our fluidiry for confusion, irresponsibility or an inability to commit. Do not equate promiscuity, infidelity or unsafe sexual behaviour with bisexuality. Those are human traits that cross ALL sexual orientations. Nothing should be assumed about anyone’s sexuality-including your own.” (Bisexuality)

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ible standards.” The government has already proposed that employers should be able to negotiate with unions for lower standards than the current minimum for hours of work, public holidays, overtime pay and severance pay. Minister of Labour Elizabeth Witmer (the MIT for Waterloo North) has suggested than an employer should negotiate with non-union workers - the most vulnerable workers - below the basic direction for workers. Q. Can I can be fired for missing work one day when I was really sick? A. Yes. There is no right to sick leave in the Employment Standards Act. Nor do workers have the right to miss work to care for sick children or other Family members or even to attend a funeral. If you don’t have a union, you have to make your own agreement with the employer about being away from work for these reasons. Often workers have to “choose” between losing a day’s pay or being at home with a sick child. Some workers lose their jobs. Q. As a part-time worker, do I have the same rights and minimum standards as a full-time worker? A. Yes. Part-time workers and full-time workers are the same under the Employment Standards Act. More than ever, workers find themselves in unstable, temporary or part-time work. The ESA doesn’t deal with many issues for workers in these unstable jobs, such as advanced notice on scheduling for part-time workers. Q. Can my boss fire me without a good reason? A. Yes. In Ontario, the boss can fire you for almost any reason or no reason at all whenever he/she wants to. All the ESR requires is that the boss has to give you a certain amount of notice or pay instead of notice. If you want to fight an unjust dismissal, you have to have a lawyer and sue your employer. ‘l’hc Minister of Labour wants “self-reliance” in the workplace - where employers and workers “work things out.” As long as the employer has all the power and can fire a worker without a good reason - things won’t work out fiiirly.

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Friday, June 13, 1997

Live entertainment every weekend by Greg

K&chick

Imprint staff

hen the WaterlooTheatfe’s projector went off for the last time inJanuary, it was simply one more casuality in the ongoing death of single screen movie theatre. Multiplexes seem just too tempting to the big distributers, and one by one over the years the larger venues have been disappearing. The Lyric, for instance, showed movies for decades in its classic 20s “dream palace” setting. All that great art deco - now home to the likes of Chris Sheppard. Such a fate may have been in store for the Waterloo Theatre (its proximity to the universities is a major calling card) but instead, only five months later, the WaterlooTheatre has become the Waterloo Stage Theatre, home to plays produced in-house and performed every weekend, 52 weeks a year, the first such project in the K-W area. Such a fast turn around from movie house to theatrical production may seem incredibly fast, but according to General Manager Steve Roth (pronounced with a long “0”) this is an idea whose genesis came over a year ago. “Kitchener, Waterloo, Cam-

bridge, Guelph - we’re a huge area, a huge population, and we really don’t have anything locally on an ongoing basis. We’ve got tons of summer stock, we’ve got the Centre in the Square, which is a roadhouse so things are coming in, things are going out, and you’re not guaranteed that things are coming and going on an ongoing basis. About a year and a half ago my girlfriend’s sister and brother in law came down, and there was nothing for us to do other than go to a movie or a restaurant, and I thought, ‘This is silly. We’re a huge community, and there’s a real need for something like this, where you can count on some live entertainment every weekend.’ “A lot of people were surprised, because when I went public with this it was February, and then two and a half months iater (it’s running). . .but actually it’s been two years in the planning. We had the business plan together, it was just finding a spot, so when this place became available it just seemed to work. We decided to lease it versus buy it, and it’s worked out well.” Roth agreed when I suggested that such a project is filling a niche in this area that has been uptapped for too long. “I think it does fill a niche. A

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lot of people don’t know that we’re filling a niche, they’re just excited that we’re here. This communitywas just begging for something like this, and frankly I’m surprised that no one’s done it sooner. London’s got something, Hamilton’s got stuff, but we don’t, and it’s odd because there’s half a million people here. ‘*There’s lots of other theatre groups around; the big one that comes to mind is Water Street, and there’s Little Theatre, and JM (Drama), but it’s periodic. Even Water Street doesn’t do somethingeveryweekoftheyear. I think theatre and the arts complement each other, I don’t think there’s competition there. You see one show at Water Street, and say, ‘Man, we had a good time, we should go and see this next weekend.“’ Roth entered into a leasing agreement with the owners, and set about renovating the theatre to the state it’s in today, a task that sounds like a big investment but is in fact, less daunting than one might assume. “When you read about people opening theatres, you see a lot of the zeroes behind dollars.. *the way that it’s portrayed in the media is that it’s a very expensive thing to do. . .I don’t like to talk about it, but if I opened a restaurant, it would probably be more than what we payed. We just took what was here and kind of tweaked it up a little bit.” The shows are all being produced by Roth, with the various other positions (directors, set designers, etc.) being filled on an “I know someone who knows someone. . Y’ basis. It’s been Roth’s intent from the beginning to employ as many local people as possible, and so far this has been no problem. (‘One of the things I looked at when I did my research was if there would be enough talent in this area, and judging from the auditions, and the

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number of people we had coming out, and the calibre oftalent, there is an immense pool of talent out there. (side b Side 4y Sond/;reim) has just been cast and it’s unbelievable (and) the people are all local. n Roth prefers to class his productions as “semi-professional,” a combination of well-trained amateurs and occasional members of the stage union Equity. “People ask me ‘What are you, a professional troupe?’ and the only thing that I can find that makes you a professional troupe is that you have Equity actors. If you’re Equity then you’re a professional. Not all of them are Equity, but they all have their bachelors of music, or other training, and they’re just wonderful singers.” Shows are slated every weekend into January of ‘98, and plans for the theatre after that are still up in the air. Roth is already mulling over various other projects jazz nights, for instance, or even arrangements with other theatre companies to use the space.

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“I’d love to get the community involved. I didn’t realize what an impact this venue would have on community groups. There’s a real need for it.” For now, though, with the theatre still in its early days, Roth is clearly just enjoying the experienceofbuildinga burgeoningnew business from the ground up. Ticket sales are quite healthy, and there’s no reason to doubt that the Waterloo Stage Theatre will be a fixture in this city for some time to come. “I think that this is a project that can affect uptown directly. There’s tons of restaurants here, and theatre and dinner go hand in hand. We always kid about getting a new city in our ticket sales, and I think we’re up to about 36 differentcitiesnow, which is great for tourism. So I’m pleased with what’s happenthat. . .generally ing is people are checking us out, and from what I’ve heard people are enjoying themselves, they’re enjoying the venue, they’re enjoying the show. That’s what counts most.”

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nthecornerofspringand Regina lies a quaint little video store called Generation-x. The video store is unlike any other. Located on the main floor in a small, unassuming house, it looks like someone just converted their living and dining rooms into a video store. As Imprint spoke to Mike Greaves, the co-founder and president of GenX, we found out that this was definitely not the case. Prior to opening on December 3, 1994, the co-founders did five months of hard research and three months prep time to get the store up and running. This in-

cluded visiting countless video stores, figuring how the business is run and even figuring out an adequate ratio of films to people. The inspiration of Generation-X is in itself a fascinating story. In October of 1993, Mike Greaves was taking a film class at UW. He was doing a paper on Martin Scorcese that required watching all of Scorcese’s films but he could only find bits and pieces in Waterloo. His future business partner, Floyd Chan lived near “Suspect Video and Culture” in Toronto so he went there, found what he needed, spent a weekend watching movies and then mulled the idea of a similar video store in Waterloo for six monrhs. Today, Floyd works in Toronto and does the adminis-

tration work there, and Mike, who lives in an apartment right on top of Gen-X, takes care of the dayto-day operations in Waterloo. Success was not immediate. Greaves said, “We look back on the money we made in the first month and we can do that in a couple of days now.” On the first day Gen-X had approx. 1400 movies and 0 members. Today, they have 5000 movies and 5500 members. Something that has definitelycontributed toGen-X’s success is the building it is located in. The founders were considering a few other places but when they didn’t work out, they went with the house. The atmosphere definitely contributes to Gen-X’s l

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Hardwire vour blackboard by Stephen Boyd special to Imprint

here do you imagine you will be taking your next class? If you are like the majority of students, that next class will be in a lecture hall or a lab, but if the TRACE office has anvthine; to do with it, that might be changing. The hype from ehe mass media promising the advantages of interactive multimedia are quietly becoming a reality at the University of Waterloo. Driven by the need to provide high quality education to an increasingly large number of students in a cost effective manner, multimedia learning activities are being developed for courses on campus. Multimedia programs are nothing new in the world of education, however, the educational benefit of man); of these programs has often been doubted. Some programs became overgrown text books with video and sound and did not account for the different ways its users might learn nor did it allow the user to manipulate or synthesize information they gained from the program. When the capabilities of new technology override the goal of creating effective learning environments for users, the educational benefit to the user is lost. The Teaching Resource and Continuing Education (TRACE) office at the university runs a project based Independent Studies course, in which teams of students work with faculty to design new learning activities for courses on campus using interactive multimedia. This past winter term, a class of 20 students worked on developing multimedia programs for teaching everything from colour theory, to muscle excitation, to signal detection theory. These I

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inconoclastic image. Although &eaves thinks theconcept would have worked almost anywhere, he’s happy the way things have turned out. “we’re really happy we ended up here rather than the other spaces we’d been looking at”. It is interesting to note that the store had been commercial space for awhile. It was a hair salon before Gen-X moved in. The selection of films at GenX is a refreshing change from the corporate video norm. Instead of stocking 80 copies of the most popular releases, Gen-X’s has an ecletic mix of foreign, literary and hard-to-find videos. In addition, the films are not classified by genre but rather, by director and by country. “It just seems to be the way the more film-knowledgable video stores organize their stuff. It seems to make more sense than to organize them by drama or comedy. That’s rhe Blockbuster andJumbo approach and we’re not looking to compete with ehose guys. They

programs were designed to utilize text, video, animation, sound and graphics to create an interactive and engaging learning environment for students. The majority of the programs created by the class used ToolBook II, a PC based multimedia authoring program. Other teams used Macromedia’s Director or enhanced HTML using plug-ins such as Flash for delivery over the World Wide Web. The primary focus in creating the multimedia programs was designing effective learning acEivi ties for students. The factors considered Touch the screenand in design were the learning’ objectives for the students, the challenges of teaching the content, and the characteristics of the student audiences. To ensure that the programs created for the university were used and that students learned the concepts, each program was designed with an emphasis on being interactive and fun to use. For example, the signal detection theory program developed for System Design 543 created activities that used video and audio to place the students in the role of an eye witness to a crime. After viewing the crime video, a second video took the student to a police line up where they were required to identify the criminal. Using this real world situation, which applies

signal detection theory, student’s answers directed them to specific concepts of the theory. By allowing the student to role play in a real world situationenhanced with video and sound, the student understands signal detection theory through “learning by doing.” An important point that should not be lost in the midst of

ible design can leave students frustrated and inhibit their learning.” Along with the educational benefits for students taking courses on campus, in eeractive multimedia programs can allow off campus students or students restricted by physical disabilities access to the same educational materials as on campus students. According to Tom Carey, the Associate Director of TRACE, “one of the often overlooked impacts of using this technoiogy is the way teaching and learning roles can change when highly interactive programs are introduced as tools for FEELTHE POWER! in photo by Stephen Boyd learning courses. This high tech gizmos and fancy graph is part of a larger change in the its is that the way students learn faculty role from being a transmithas not changed simply by the ter of information to that of a advent of these programs or new facilitator of learning. And the stutechnologies. The design of the dents’ role changes as well, to more program must be determined by intentionally constructing knowledge through ‘learning by doing the learning needs of the students, and reflecting’.” not by the capabilities of the new technology. Ultimately, the effectiveness of interactive multimedia programs for education relies on the strength of the instructional design. Donna Ellis, the Advisor on Teaching and Learning at TRACE, states that “By considering the various ways students can process and learn information and skills, the effective designer can create a flexible, interactive Fax or e-mail name multimedia program. Poor, inflex-

have their market and it’s not ours. We’re looking to create our own.” Greaves feels it gives a more distinctive feel to Gen-X. “People realize there is a bit more to this store than whatever the hot new release is and maybe there is some other stuff worth watching. You never know, maybe they get a bit of an education along the way.” In designing their store towards a different feel, Gen-X is also targeting a different market, While rhe number one target group is the students and professors at UW and WLU, Gen-X also serves the gay and lesbian communiry, the alternative arts community and anyone else looking for something *‘a little bit off the mainstream”. To accomplish this, Gen-X has advertised in Imprint, the Laurier papers, the Princess Guide and many alternative magazines in the Waterloo area. In many ways, Gen-X is Greaves’ little baby. He does the lion’s share of the work and lives right on top of the store. He even routinely does the rounds to check

out the competition. He notes that since Gen-X has opened, Val’s video has closed down and Jumbo video has opened an “art house” film section in direct response to Gen-X’s influence on the market. Greaves keeps in contact with film professors and tries to carry the films taught in film classes that term. He does this because when he took film classes, he wished the movies were more readily available. In terms of the future, Greaves sees another Gen-X location down the road but he’s not going to do it half-assed. He intends to do the same planning and organization that went into the first store. He’s looking into the possibility of opening a location in downtown Kitchener because it would be a good way to learn the intricacies of two locations when they are close by. He also notes that the little house is getting quite crammed and definitely could use an addition. Greaves is very enthusiastic about Gen-X and sees expansion in the future.

Resisting the “bigger, faster, and a lot more fun” factor of the latest gadgets and gizmos offered by new technologies can be difficult, but focusing on students needs is essential to creating an effective interactive multimedia program. The medium in which information is delivered in does not change the way students learn. Multimedia offers a great opportuniry to take advantage of new styles of delivery and to maximize the effectiveness of this type of instruction, but the technology does not necessitate the reinvention of the instructional model. The course offered in Independent Studies through the TRACE office provides the student with knowledge about instructional design for interactive multimedia, the development life cycle for such software, and case studies of exemplary courseware units. Most of the learning takes place in teams, as students work with faculty to analyze an existing instructional challenge, define a new learning activity to address the challenge, and design an interactive multimedia module to support the new learning activity. For more information about the Independent Studies course, see the web site at http:// watservl.uwacerloo.ca/-tcarey/ main.html v

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he Detroit Red Wings have won their first Stanley Cup in 42 years, and they have done it in an impressive fashion. The Red Wings’ road to the Cup took them through the previous champi-

ons, who knocked them out last year. Even more impressive was that only lost four games throughout the entire playoffs, sweeping two of their series. The Red Wings have surprised everyone, maybe even themselves, by making every team they played against look bad.

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The reason that the Red Wings did so well this year is that they played superbly as ti team. Scotcy Bowman developed a

either Pave1 Bure or Alexander Mogilny doesn’t have a good game the team loses. In these playoffs, Detroit didn’t de-

Red Wings. It is almost as if Philadelphia took Detroit too lightly. Of all the reasons explaining why they lost so badly, the biggest may be that they were out-coached. Philadelphia’s goaltending didn’t help too much either. Ron Hextall and Garth Snow both looked shaky in their starts. They didn’t seem dependable at all, letting in shots from the blueline. Flyer’s GM Bobby Clarke should pay for not picking up a solid goaltender before the trading deadline. It was when the deadline came

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and went that I decided that the Flyers weren’t going to win the cup. Now, to top it all off, Philadelphia is talking about picking up $6 million Mark Messier. I guess they are stuck with Snow and Hextall. Maybe they think that they can outplay the other teams so badly that they don’t need a good playoff goalie. After what they did to the New York Rangers, it looked feasible. Too bad Detroit had to have a good all-around team, with Vernon playing with confidence.

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photos from http:jwww.nhl.com system and every athlete on the team played their role to perfection. Playing good defensive hockey has beenverypopular over the last few years for expansion teams as they usually can’t skate with teams that have a lot more money. For a good skating team like Detroit to play such a system is scary indeed. Hockey has always been and will always be a team sport; having a couple of stars does not guarantee a good record. A good example is the Vancouver Canucks. When

pend on any two players. Everyone on the team played well, including Kirk Maltby and Joey Kocur. In fact, no one Red Wing stood out above the others. Although Vernon won the Conn Smythe, it was the closest vote in the award’s 33 years. Vernon received only two more votes than captain Steve Yzerman. Maybe the most valuable player for Detroit this year was Bowman. The Flyers on the other hand had a poor team effort. Everyone couldn’t stop talking about how big Philadelphia is, or how awesome Lindros is. It seems that Philly didn’t prepare well enough for the

By the time you read this column, interleague play will have kicked off its inaugural season in major league baseball. And with the possible exceptions of Chicago, New York, Toronto and Montreal, no other cities are treating this as anything more than a novelty. And you know what? They’re probably right. After putting the game on life support thanks to fackluster marketing, dilution of talent, labour unrest and what has generally become a boring product, the powers that be considered of breaking the one sacred tradition in baseball: to increase fan interest. So, in the best interests of the game, they proudly present, the Kansas City Royals taking on the Pittsburgh Pirates. Hope you’ve got your tickets, cuz they’re selling like hotcakes. To the benefit of baseball, seeing the Cubs and White Sox, the Mets and the Yankees, and the Expos and Blue Jays go

head-to-head should be an exciting series for the local fans in Chicago, New York and Canada, respectively, and the Baltimore Orioles matching up against the Atlanta Braves may just be a World Series preview. Otherwise, there are very few reasons to care. Yes, Mark McGwire and Ken Griffey batting in Colorado is intriguing, but really, most fans could care less. Once again, the owners have underplayed something that could be special by assuming that because it’s baseball, the fans will line up in droves. And as the fans have proven repeatedly, it’s not going to work that way. It’s almost a tradition now, and if there’s one thing that base ball respects, it’s tradition. I’ve said it before, but here’s a point worth reiterating: in professional sports, is there anything greater than seeing the winners of the Stanley Cup skating laps with the Cup raised high over their heads? Or to see the players accept their awards at the post season gala? Nope. That’s because no one knows how to celebrate like hockey players. Well, with the possible exception of Eric Lindros. It might be nice to see the other sports take a page from the NHL and adopt a more fanfriendly approach to victory. In baseball, the players jump on each other on the field, then quickly retreat to the locker room for an orgy ofchampagne drinking. Same with football, everyone shakes hands, then the winner runs back to the clubhouse. Basketball!Just follow the trend. In hockey though, even when the champions win on the road, they still take the opportunity to parade around the ice and relish their victory where their fans can also celebrate. And you may notice that the NHL has some of the most loyal and devoted fans you’re going to find. And that brings me to my last point. The Stanley Cup is a thing of beauty, the most impressive award that can be won in any sport. The trophies for basketball, football and baseball are boring by comparison. Basketball? A gold basketball. Football? A silver football. And baseball? Some dorky thing with a bunch of flags. Add to the Stanley Cup all of the other awards, the Hart Trophy, the Conn Smythe Award and others, and it’s obvious where the other sports are falling down. They just don’t know how to look good when they win.. 4’

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ote to Dayna Manning: got an awesome voice, some good songs, and aheavyguitar technique.Too bad your major label thinks your music sounds cooler with five big electric dicks behind you. Are women in music served any better by propping them up with long-haired male session players whoinsertelectric wanks into sensitive songs? No. On Radiohead: When the decade is over, and various journalistic wankers attempt to put a Top Forty to the You’ve

forty million records released since Jan l/90, Radiohead’s 2% Be& will be somewhere near the top of the list. Radiohead is the one British band that’s impossible to hate (when the Spirit of the West write a song about not hating you, you know you’re popular). With theirenormous fanbase, and a new CD out the week of their Toronto gig, the Opera House was an odd choice of venue -the show sold out inwell under two minutes. Those who managed to attend were the die-hard fans who’d been in on the Ticketmaster lines for hours, and when Radiohead hit the stage, they were ready. Too goddamn ready; every time Thorn Yorke said “Hello,” or raised his hands, or did anything particularly different, half

the fans would scream. The rest of us wished they’d shut up and let us hear the music. The music was, by the way, damn good. Surprisingly, there was no crowd-surfing or major pit motion; Radiohead turned out to be the kind of band that one merely watches, a band that’s more interesting than involving. The show was musical art, lots of heaped guitar effects, samples, keyboards, and the unfiltered voice- of Mr. Thorn [insert scream here]. Watching a Radiohead concert involves thinking “How did they do that?” for half an hour, and then forgetting about the whole thing and getting lost in waves of sound. Radiohead should be returning to Toronto in the early fall, probably at a larger venue. Their next show should not be missed.

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ower Man 5000 opened up the evening for this little get-together, and quickly revealed why Danzig kicked them off their tour last time through Toronto. Quite honestly, they were boring. Sure, they were better than their album was, but that really isn’t saying a heck of a lot. Their lead singer, the brother of Rob Zombie a la White Zombie fame, bopped around stage like a hip-hop act while he did his cross of rap and heavy metal. It isn’t as though this band can’t succeed, but it doesn’t seem likely that they’ll do it while touring with Fear Factory or Danzig - they just don’t appeal to the same crowd. By the time Fear Factory hit the stage the place was packed, and everyone knew what was coming up next. A quick look around confirmed that Fear Factory shirts vastly outnumbered Type 0 shirts, and the band showed us why. It didn’t take long for the crowd to react to their fusion of death metal and industrial. With the constant effects from their mixer and keyboardist, Fear Factory kept the pit surfing

and cheering for the entire 45 minutes that they were on stage, The finale was the definite highlight of the show, as they held the microphones out to the crowd for them to scream along with Bell (the lead singer) to “Self Immolation,n their biggest hit off of Soul of a %w Ma&&. This was a huge act for Type 0 Negative to follow. Interestingly enough, this concert showed one of the biggest sources of Fear Factory’s popularity - most of their songs were done in the Front 242 remix styles, not in the style of the original cuts. Even before Type 0 Negative hit the stage people had left. Once they finally got moving, they lacked everything that Fear Factory had just given the crowd, namely energy, drive, and an ability to talk to the crowd. Type 0 plays a more metal sound live than they do on the albums, but a slow, droning song is the same whether you play it acoustically or with ear-bleeding distortion. Peter Steele’s lyrics were inaudible over the droning guitars and keyboard, but that was okay, because on the rare occasion where you could hear him, all he was doing was trilling r’s and droning along with the music. The worst part of Type 0 was probably the lack of movement. Steele did not move from his microphone the entire night, except to step back, toss his hair

for the ladies, and drink beer. How do you spell fun? We spelled it “Leaving early,” and this is the first concert we’ve ever left before the end. The only interaction they had with the crowd amounted to ‘Hey, if we suck it’s because Steele, the lead singer and bass, has the runs.’ Well guess

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what? They sucked, and I don’t think the runs made a difference. Both of us would pay to see Fear Factory again, but the other bands? Not worth the money. Cheers to Fear Factory for saving what would have been a dead Friday night at the Warehouse.

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trouble to hear him. The structuring of the arguments presented is excellent, and it requires some thought to refute many of them. Very rarely does he fall into the political pit of slander and insults which are a mainstay in politics these days. Mr. Frum’s extreme opinions make this book an excellent test of the politicai character of its reader, leaving no room for “in be tweens.” Liberals and New Democrats will come out of this book with a strong desire for PeptoBismol and a torch for Frum’s book. Conservatives will come out standing tall, with their backbones starched and their PMRC buttons shining under the light of a day when women were legally required to stay fully clothed. Yes, the Queen mum would be proud, but I was left with a headache and an urge to scream. A great book with strong opinions, W%ZLT Right is worth reading, regardless of your political persuasion.

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by Jack Cooper special to Imprint

There have been many strong, energetic performers from Kitchener-Waterloo in recent years--Scott Deneau, Pat Skinner and Paul McLeod spring to mind. Henry Ensley, or Henry, as he prefers, is born to perform. With his trademark infectious giggle and 100-mile-per-minute guitar playing, Henry resembles nothing less than the illegitimate love child of the Ramones and Tiny Tim. Henry’s boyish charm and unpolished appeal emerge unscathed on his debut CD, Bus Trip Songbook. The cover photo features friends of Henry’s Mom (as a child) vamping in front of a camera during a bus trip. This CD is Henry’s bus trip songbook-fun, catchy, singable songs one would hear on such an outing. The CD opens with “Dave”, a character study chat displays Henry’s natural flair for storytelling and his compellingly hyper guitar/harmonica work. There is rarely a dull moment on this CD, that features songs about laundromats, bossmen and

little purple people. The gorgeous string accompaniment to “Little Cloud” elevates the slight tune to a breathtaking level, and a personal favourite of mine is the goofy “Lost between the Stars”, a shaggy dog story about being abducted by aliens. The real stunner is the CD closer, “Spaceship Song” featuring achingty beautiful harmonies and delicate guitar work by Henry and pal Matt Kober, who graces several tracks.

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by Paul Rencourt Imprint staff If this is your first time listening to a Cranes album, you may find that their latest album, entitled Population 4 offers a particularly interesting and unconventional musical approach. On the other hand, if you are already familiar with the music of the Cranes, you may be surprised to find that Populcztion 4 not only looks different but also sounds different. Indeed, Popdation 4 sees the band exploring a familiar sonic landscape but this time with a different musical approach than encountered in previous albums. This change in musical direction might be disappointing for someone who expected something more along the lines of FOIZW~Y- or Lov& (last two albums) but Popuh~ion 4 is really a transitional album that presents both an exploration of new sound concepts and an expansion of older ones. The quiet and soft mood set by the opening song “Tangled Up” sets the prevailing tone of the album which is also characterized by the use of one or more acoustic guitars as main instruments. Unfortunately, this approach puts aside the loud and abrupt sound attack that is

also associated with the Cranes’ music. Another element that is clearly absent in this album is the use of cello, piano, or keyboard. The eerie and somewhat ethereal atmosphere created by these instruments has been replaced by a more poplike and less complicated sound. Although the creative centre still resides on Jim and Alison Shaw, the band has a new drummer and a new guitarist. An interesting aspect ofPupd.ukm 4is the fact chat this is the first album not produced entirely by the Cranes. Instead, the album was produced by Mark Freegard who has also worked with the Breeders, Lush, and The Manic Street Preachers among other bands. After having toured part of the US and Canada, the Cranes are currently in Europe playing an interesting setlist of their old and new material. So far, Popda&VZ 4seems to be getting wide acceptance among fans and listeners alike.

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by Shane Matheson Imprint staff With the present surge towards the mainstreaming of techno music, or alternative dance as it is called, it is no wonder that compilations now feature such music. This is one such album. It contains everything from British dance music to electronica. Electronica and dance don’t mix together too well, but regardless of this, find the meaty portions and the dance tracks can actually be enjoyed. But near the end of the CD, the real music takes over. This is where the likes of Dave Clarke and Lionrock can be found. Although hard to accept, this album is a reasonable trek through the last six years or so with the many armed beast known as dance music. This album possesses something for everyone into danceable music. Even though many from one arm of the beast would love to rip some of the other arms off and throw them to the dogs, it would be detrimental to the whole, so I guess we’ll just have to learn to live with it.

Rarely, if ever, has a band this decade put out material with such consistency, imagination, and quality as the Boo Radleys, Following the Love-inspired Evmythhg’s Ah’& Forever, 1993’s Giand Steps took ‘60s psychedelia and made it even weirder, producing one of t-A& great albums of the decade, while WakeUp was a more poppy take on the band’s sound, that still maintains a healthy degree of experimentalism. Nevertheless, the latter album suffered much unjust criticism as a watered down version of Martin Carr’s musical vision, an indication that the brass ring of pop stardom was proving too tempting. Well, two points here - one, W& Up still contains its share of strangeness; and two, it’s now ciear it was merely Martin’s attempt to exorcise his pop music demons. Apparently, it workedC’mon Kl’ds is the product of a band trying to be willfully obscure, enacting commercial suicide in the name of art. And the result is easily the most chopped up, strange and just plain gonzo piece of plastic you’re liable to put into your CD player all year. There are times when the experiments become just too obtrusive, where you long for the Boos to just settle down and play a bloody tune ferchristsakes. But such misgivings

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