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Five UW rugby vets suspended Day of practice and partying ends in neck injury by Ryan Pyette special to Imprint

ive members of the University of Waterloo Warrior rugby team have been suspended for five games, as a consequence of incidents related to an unofficial “rookie party.” Veterans Mackenzie Jaims, Jeff Naylor, Lindsay Bast, Paul Moser and Steve Goodacre can no longer wear UW rugby colors this season after a decision reached by the Department of Athletics, in consultation with the University and the rugby coaching staff. The five, who collectively comprise the executive council of the rugby team, were suspended for the remainder of the 1997 campaign. On September 24, 1997 the rugby team gathered for its annual party, deemed a “Veterans Appreciation night” over the more familiar “Rookie Party.” Age-old freshmenwelcoming practices such as head-shaving and drinking games like boat races and “dizzy-stick” took place. Some people believe that during a round of “dizzy stick,” one of the rookies fell and hurt his head and neck. However, no one, not even the injured rookie, has been able to confirm if the injury was sustained during the party games or the team practice. Both remain viable options. After the rookie visited Health and Safety Thursday following practice, Health and Safety contacted UW police, and the rookie was questioned by campus police for

an hour-and-a-half. No charges were or have been laid. However, the decision to suspend the five players stands. This development is the first of its kind since a media furor erupted last fall surrounding rookie hazing tactics at the University of Guelph, particularly with its hockey team. In that instance, a rookie player claimed he was cut because of his reluctance to participate in hazing practices at a rookie party. According to University of Waterloo policy, rookie parties and hazings of any kind or nature are frowned upon, and therefore, the university, the Department of Athletics, and all coaches advise against having them. All teams were warned prior to this season of the school’s notolerance policy, But according to Mackenzie Jaims, the parties are a fact of life for most university sporting teams. “Almost all teams have them. They’re a form of bonding,” says Jaims. “Plus, they’re totally voluntary. Everyone is told that beforehand.” The suspended players are understandably upset with the decision. Bast and Moser will be available for reinstatement next season, but for Jaims, Naylor and Goodacre, this is their last year at UW. “I was captain of the team this season; it was my last year here; I probably would’ve been an OUA all-star in what could be a championship season for our club,” laments Jaims. “This is hell. I feel empty and will remember

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this the rest of my life. Not being able to play for this school is heartbreaking.” Goodacre agrees. “These guys on the team have become my best friends during my years here,‘* says Goodacre. “We could’ve won the Division Two championship this year, but now I won’t be a part of it.” Judy McCrae, UW Athletic Director, was unavailable for comment at press time. All other UW Athletics staff who were contacted refused to comment.

McGill sues over differential tuition Non-Quebec students face $1000 tuition hike by Tasmina Imprint

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new differential tuition fee in Quebec for nonQuebec residents has resulted in a lawsuit. The Student Society of McGill University (SSMU) is suing McGill University and the Quebec Minister of Education on the grounds that the new fee structure is unconstitutional. According to the Quebec and Canadian Charters of Rights, citizens have the rights to mobility across the provinces and to not be discriminated against based on nationality. SSMU believes the new differential tuition fee clearly violates these rights. The official names on the lawsuit are Paul Rue1 versus Pauline Marois, Quebec Minister of Education. Ruel, a political science student at McGill, was asked by the SSMU to be the named plaintiff on the lawsuit. Wanting to get involved, Rue1 agreed. “It’s an issue people don’t know too much about,” comments Ruel. “If it goes unchallenged, a precedent will

be set, other provinces will follow, and in the end, it will cut down on education.” Alberta and some eastern provinces have already started considering the idea. Marois introduced the new differential tuition fee for out of province students at the same time she announced the 1997198 tuition freeze for Quebec residents. Although the announcement was made in November 1996, the actual details were not realized until late July. Full-time students from outside of Quebec are facing nearly a 60 per cent increase in tuition. While Quebec residents are only paying $1,726 for a full year, nonQuebec students are required to pay on average $2,900. The increased tuition applies to 40 per cent of the students at McGill University and 15 per cent of the students at Concordia University, the two largest English universities in Quebec. According to Phillip Ilijevski, Vice President of Internal Communications for the Concordia Student Union, this increase was dropped on students quickly and they did not have enough time to prepare, Many students do not have the extra money and will be forced to apply for a student loan.

At the moment, the Concordia Student Union does not have any plans to sue. However, they do fully support the SSMU’s lawsuit. Adding to the controversy is Quebec’s agreement with France, AIgeria and Haiti. These countries are members of La Francophonie, an international network of French-speaking countries. According to the agreement, French-speaking students from these countries are able to pay the same tuition as Quebec residents. Although both Quebec and Canada are separate members of La Francophonie, Quebec refuses to extend the same agreement to francophones from other Canadian provinces. Jeff Gardner, UW Feds’ Vice President Education comments that, “Quebec has been complaining about having a special status in Canada, this isn’t helping.‘* Gardner believes the,differential tuition fee to be a violation of what it means to be Canadian. The preliminary hearing for the SSMU lawsuit has been set for October 17, where the plaintiff plans to make a motion to stop payment on the additional fee and to refund those students who have already paid.

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Lots flock to hear Jacques talk “Speechlessness not an option for politicians” by Michael Habicher special to Imprint

The ex-premier spoke at the University of Guelph last Thursday, September 25, on a variety of uebec’s past nationalist sovereignty-related issues as a part of his speaking tour entitled 7%e leaders would be rolling their graves, says former Future c+fCunadaandQuebec. ec Premier Jacques Aware that the majority of his Parizeau, referring to the plan put audience did not share his views, forth in Calgary by the nine Engthe address was informal and litlish premiers to recognize Quetered with jokes. At one point bec’s “unique character.” The Parizeau mused, “Speechlessness plan was a disgrace, remarked is not an option for politicians.” Parizeau, for a province that had Referring to his referendum &e~~dy fallen from that of a night comments regarding the rea“founding people” to one with sons behind the “Yes” side’s loss, failed recognition as a “distinct Parizeau explained “I’m a very society.” bad politician... I don’t have much faith in political correctness-in fact, I don’t like it.” Quebec has very stringent Iaws regarding spending on elections and referenda, he noted, adding that in one day, Ottawa and its allies had spent more (on the Montreal unity rally) than both the “Yes” and the “No” sides had spent on the entire campaign. Parizeau also insisted that he had not bhned the loss of the referendum on ethnic voters in Quebec; rather he had simply Those crazy Frenchmen - always talking acknowledged the efwith their hands. ficiency of Montreal’s photo by Mkhael Habkher

Jewish, Italian, and Greek Congresses (all pro-federalist) in convincing their members to vote “No.” On the matter of fraudulent vote-counting however, Mr. Parizeau was uncharacteristically silent. When the talk turned to partition, Parizeau stated that, according to the Canadian Constitution, Quebec cannot be made to renounce any of the territory it now holds. Parizeau also took the time to address some of the more nebulous issues regarding Quebec separation. Even if it meant having no influence on monetary policy, he pointed out, an independent Quebec was free to use the Canadian dollar. He also stressed that since Canada alZu~s dual-citizenship status, the citizens of an independent Quebec would be able to keep their Canadian passports. Referring to the Parti Quebecois’ plan to hold referenda until a successful “Yes” vote, one audience member suggested that sovereignists were like children who will “keep asking mommy until you get what you want.” “Don’t think like that,” replied Parizeau. In the continuing bombardment of questions, the separatists were accused of “dishonesty” with regards to informing Quebecers of the economic im-

pact of separation; to which Mr, Parizeau replied, “every single aspect has been studied at least twice.” He did not mention what the results of those studies were. Although the audience was quick to applaud questions it believed attacked the heart of sepa-

ratism, the overall mood in Peter Clark Half was one of openminded curiosity. For his part, Mr. Parizeau did an excellent job of showing the students gathered a charismatic side that may yet play an important role in the continuing unity saga.

Student group calls for zero tuition by Robert Schmidt special to Imprint

hecanadian Federation of Students created a minor media stir on Monday by reiterating their main platform - that the government should foot the entire bif f forpostsecondary education. A national organization representing roughly 400,000 students from Canadian univeristies, the CFS contends that students are unable to afford a university education. They point to a Statistics Canada report showing that tuition in Canada rose by 86 per cent from 1983 to 1995 after cost of living was factpred in. ‘The CFS says that publicly funded education should be just that, funded entirely by the public like medicare. However, they admit they are not sure exactly how much this would cost. Because the statement does not depart from the CFS’s mandate, Feds VP Education Jeff Gardner speculated that irritation within the CFS ranks over the

lack of progress on ehe tuition issue sparked the statement. He noted how ridiculous the thought of abofishing tuition was. According to figures from CASA, the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (formed two years ago by several universities, including US, as an alternative to the CFS), it would cost the government $16.3 billion per year to fund post-secondary education in its entirety. Currently, students pay $2.2 billion of this sum. CASA responded negatively to the news of the CFS report. Hoops Harrison, National DirectorofCASA, said, “Tuition isonfy one slice of the ‘cost of education’ pie.” CASA also said that the $25,000 average debt load of students is too high and feels the new Millennium Scholarship Fund unveiled by the government will go a long way towards helping students with the cost of education. UW and Western are the only Ontario university members of CASA, which claims representation for 200,000 students.

UW offers culture, too by Candace Baran special to Imprint

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f you’ve ever dreamed about managing an art gallery, mar keting a Broadway musical like Cats or promoting films at the Toronto International Film festival, you can build the skills you need by becoming part of the Cultural Management Specialization (formerly known as Arts Administration Specialization) at uw. Students who specialize in Cultural Management have the opportunity to learn about marketing in the nor-for-profit sector, box office management, sponsorship development and fundraising, programming and publicity. The speciafization includes courses in computing, cultural management, accounting, communications, and economics to prepare students for the entre-

preneurial environment in the industry. Students in 2A Appfied Studies, Honours Co-op are eligible to apply. To date, the program has had ;1 100 per cent placement rate. Students typically spend all four work terms in different areas of the arts industry and usually one work term occurs out of province. Previous Cultural Management co-op students have been placed with prestigious organizations such as the Stratford Festival, thevancouver Symphony Orchestra, the National Ballet of Canada and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. For more information on the program and admission requirements, contact William D. Poole, the Director at the Centre for Cultural Management (885-1211 ext. 5057), or visit the Cultural Management web site at http:// arts.uwatefloo.ca/ccm

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UW Co-op shuns CSs best and brightest by Fiona Hudgins special to Imprint e UW Co-op department will soon undertake a complete revamping T of their software. Though such an opportunity would make many of UW’s Computer Science students giddy with delight, it is a chance they are not likely to enjoy. When UW students Ryan Shillington, Gavin Duggen and Eiad Kassif, co-founders of Attractive Media Internet Solutions (AMIS), learned of the work to be done, it seemed that opportunity could not knock any louder. As senior Computer Science and co-op students, they have a strong understandingofand numerous ideas about Co-op’s needs in a software program. To see their vision become reality would be the chance of a lifetime. Co-op, however, does not seem to agree. Instead, they are seriously considering hiring Academic Software, a Texasbased company, to generate the software. AMIS was founded several months ago, and has had a handful of jobs during this time. They say that they talked to Coop early on in the contracting-out process about what was wanted in the software. At the time, said Shillington, Co-op seemed interested in what their company had to offer. The students were under the impression as recently as this summer that they were in the running for the contract. However, in their most recent meet-

ings with Co-op, they were told that Co-op had been working with Academic Software for quite a while and are likely to hire them. Shillington and Duggen have confidence that they have the know-how and the resources to build the software for this system. Their team of six programmers (consisting of senior-year CS students as well as some arts students), could develop the software. AMIS has also spoken with other universities who are currently using Academic Software’s programs. Duggen says that “not everyone is 100 per cent satisfied (with Academic software).” Despite this, few schools have considered other options, mainly because there are none. AMIS thinks that there is a need for competition. They also think that they have a competitive edge in the sense that, being co-op students themselves, they understand what sort of improvements are needed. In contrast to Academic Software’s “batch job” approach, A!!IS could take into account the unique situations at Waterloo (or any other school). They add that they would also be able to make the software available to students during its development, and take their feedback into account. For Co-op’s part, Dave Thomas, Associate Director of Systems and Operations, says that AMIS has done no work near the magnitude that would be required of them by Co-op. Academic Software, on the other hand, has had significant experience in

designing and building similar software systems. In addition, Academic Software would have four or five co-op students on technical support and 10 to 15 developers behind that to address problems. Thomas says that “Co-op is such an important component of what happens at Waterloo that we’re looking at different levels of risk.” He says that representatives of the Co-op department and Academic Software have been working on a proposal for four months. Thomas claims that there is no one else at this point who would be aware of or meet all of Co-op’s requirements. Duggen and

Shillington are certain that they could handle Thomas’s concerns. Regardless of Co-op’s final decision, AMIS is frustrated by Co-op’s lack of interest in even receiving their bid for the contract. The process appears to be vastly biased in favour of a single company. Duggen wonders, “How far has this University fallen if it can’t even write its own software?” It is ironic, he says, that Coop is traveling across the continent to buy software when it has one of the most revered computer science departments in the country.

AMIS co-founders Ryan Shillington and Gavin Duggen are not as happy as they look.

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Repairs

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to Mir Space

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Russia-The Russian and American crew on the aging Mir space station began repairing the troublesome central computer on Wednesday, October 1. The computer is needed to keep the space station aligned with the sun in order to gather the maximum amount of solar energy. A spokeswoman at Mission Control said that everything was going as planned, and that the crew hoped to get the new computer up and running by Friday. At the same time, Russian cosmonaut Vladimir Titov and American astronaut Scott Parazynski will step outside Mir in an attempt to plug a hole’in the Spektr scientific module. The damage to the module occurred as a result of a June 25 collision. Despite the collision and a host of other accidents, including an onboard fire and difficulty with the oxygen and power supplies, American confidence in the safety of Mir remains high.

Russian

land mine ban

Russia - One of the largest producers of anti-personnel land mines agreed with Otrawa’s commitment to see the weapons eradicated. The Canadian international treaty banning land mines was approved by over a hundred countries during a conference in Oslo two weeks ago. Although officiaIs in Moscow will not agree to a treaty calling for the complete

banning of land mines, some positive steps towards limiting the use of such weapons have been implemented. Russia’s threeyear voluntary moratorium on the export of such devic?s, set to expire in December, will be exterded to the end of 2002. At this time, Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny ussia, China and Primakov believes that the United States will bRe ready to totally ban land mines.

Detained

Canadian jet crew leaves India

India - The Canadian crew of an executive jet forced to land by Indian fighter planes received permission to continue their jourhey from Montreal to Beijing late Tuesday night. Investigations into the incident suggest that the crew, who were delivering the Canadair CL-60 jet to a Chinese airline, entered restricted airspace over the state of Gujarat while trying to take a short cut from Dubai to New Delhi. Once in Beijing, the jet will be handed over to the new Chinese owners and the Canadian crew will return home by commercial flight. ’

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City trial

Oklahoma City -On Tuesday, September 29, jury selection for a second Oklahoma City bombing trial commenced. The process could take up to three weeks to complete. Terry Nichols, a good friend of convicted bomber Timothy McVeigh, is accused of conspiracy and murder. If found guilty, the defendant could face the death penalty for his involvement in the 1995 bombing of a federal building. Mr. Nichols has pleaded not guilty.

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A tree was planted on Sept. 25 for siblings Alex, Rebecca and Robyn MacDougall at John Darling Public School. The three were killed along with their parents when their plane went down this past summer en route to Prince Edward Island.

Woman pushed into subway’s path A young woman died last Friday after being pushed into the path of a Toronto subway car. The woman was standing on the platform when a man shoved her onto the track. Though the man did not know the woman, he was quoted as saying, “She’s the kind of people that laugh at me.”

Admittal

to rape but not killing

Terry Driver admitted in court that he raped Tanya Smith, but denies that he clubbed her and her friend with a baseball bat. Parents of the victims walked out in disgust.

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to walk

ready

Teachers say they are willing to shut down every school in Ontario indefinitely and risk going to jail in their ongoing struggle against the Harris government’s Bill 160. The Bill will eliminate 10,000 positions at the secondary school level and lead to $1 billion in cuts.

Men won’t pay fees to help hookers Ontario rejected a plan to make men who hire prostitutes finance a program to get hookers off the street. Men can be charged a fee to cover costs of running a “john school,” but do not have to support a program which helps hookers.

Casino

promises

jobs

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will continue to oppose the idea, stating, “Gambling in the U.S. has been destructive because more dollars are spent on rehabilitation, law enforcement and policing and it destroy&..the work ethic,”

Woman bites pit bull to save poodle In Zagreb, Croatia, a bull terrier attacked Dagmar Vidovic’s toy poodle last week. Vidovic jumped to the rescue from a second-storey window, breaking her ankle when she landed. When poking the bull terrier in the eye did not work, she bit the dog’s throat. She then scooped up the poodle and carried him to safety.

Restricted dog saves owner’s life Ann Matthew’s life was saved by her dog Norton, an American Staffordshire crossbreed. Matthews was bitten by a spider and suffered a severe reaction. Norton went and woke up Matthews’ husband Barrie Paul, whocalled 911. An ambulance arrived in time to save Matthews’ iife. Norton was classified as a restricted dog earlier in the year, yet if he had not been there, Matthews would not be alive to tell the tale.

Protests in Mike Harris’ hometown Most bf North Bay’s public services were shut down last Friday, when thousands of unionists and activists took to the streets in protest. Provincial and municipal offices, the psychiatric hospital, and the railway were all closed for the day. John Clarke of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty vowed that “this is just the first step along the road to the Ontario Days ofAction, when the entire province is shut down and Harris is driven out.” However, Mike Harris was out of town on a fishing trip during the protest.

Work

conditions Waterloo

criticized plant

Employees at Waterloo-based Custom Trim Ltd. accused the company of unhealthy working conditions. Workers who suffered injuries could be suspended for not producing their quota and were discouraged from applying for sick benefits.

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Campus Question: by Rachel Beattie Cindy and Hackelberg (photos)

What do you think of the $1000 tuition

increase for non-

residents of Quebecgoing to a Quebecuniversity? Should Ontario follow suit?

“If I was from out of province, I’d feel Iike murder.”

“No, if I wanted to go to school there, I should have to pay moR.”

‘yes, what makes them so special?”

Emily Anttila 2A Psych

Jason Roberts 1AES

Mike Piccin 2A Civil Engineering

Leanne Beer

“Yes, fair’s fair. If they up the ante, we should too.” .

“No, it’s dumb.”

“No, I’m from outside and I don’t agree.”

“You know what? I really don’t care. Quebec, shuebec, I gotta worry about myself.”

Wendy Vnoucek 3N Psych-Sci

Simon Webster 2A Physics

Ada Yee 3B Applied Studies

Amber Neumann 1AArts

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A world of irony

rony: the official literary device of the 90s. It’s everywhere. Everything that is said or done is ironic to someone. Irony (and its snide cousin sarcasm) have become cultural phenomena. “That’s soooo ironic! Can’t you see the irony?” Well, yes. Contradictions between what we expect and what actually occurs persist. It is ironic that Jesus walked around with nothing but the shirt on his back while Pope John Paul II now lives in a gilded palace. It is ironic that we are taught to share and be honest in elementary school when these traits are generally punished in a world that hands out gold stars for capitalist incentives. It is ironic that Jean Chretien said he would scrap the GST and didn’t. No, wait, that was just a pack of lies. Irony informs and misinforms us every day. Public officials charged with serving a particular interest end up harming it. We get what we want at exactly the wrong time. Maybe the ubiquitousness of ironyin our public and private lives foreshadows an apocalypse of communication on the horizon. Ourobservationsabout our lives and the world may become so diametrically opposed to the intended purpose of our institutions and the conventions of our language that there will either be armed uprising or our brains will explode. A friend of a friend once said that we don’t have comedy anymore, we just have irony. This is a very telling statement. Jerry Seinfeld has become rich and famous by pointing out how, despite being otherwise intelligent and rational people, we allow ourselves to dwell on petty, mundane subjects, ultimately thwarting our own happiness. Irony has alsocrept into everythingwe say through sarcasm. A bit in a recent edition of the GZ&~atidltlail said that October 1 is the beginning of Sarcasm Awareness Month. Sarcasm should be made the third official language of Canada, its use is so pervasive. I’m willing to bet that on an average day in Canada, more people use sarcasm than speak French. About a year ago, I realized how deeply ingrained sarcasm had become in my own speech. Taken tcmporarily out of the UW environment, I was seated at a commemorative dinner beside a man, about 65 years old. He was a friendly, down-to-earth, sharp, funny guy, but for the first ten minutes, I found him really difficult to talk with. I realized (after he threw a series of quizzical looks my way) that he was having trouble understanding the meaning of the things I said because I couldn’t shake my habit of describing school (“Oh yeah, I’m learning a lot at school”), my life, and current events with sarcasm. This was a wake-up call. I not only speak this way consistently, I seem to view so much of my life experience in a cynical, ironic way. Irony is a valuable communicative tool. Far from wanting to discourage the use and appreciation of irony in writing or in daily life, I seek only to point out some of the problems with its use+ The first is that irony is most frequently employed to express negativity. You seldom hear it said (without sarcasm) that Mike Harris shut down every hospital in a small town, but medical care actually improved! Negativity becomes a crutch for the discontented who derive perverse, snide pleasure from the irony of any situation. This is slacker disease. These folks get off on pointing their fingers at the ironic; they feel smart because they have found fault with someone else (the easiest thing to do) and showed off their extensive vocabulary to boot. The last bitch I have is that irony is constantly misused and misunderstood. Our conception of irony says a great deal about the perceptions we have about our lives and possibly about the state of the world in which we live. The greatest irony has become that people continue to be so incredulous of the contradictions.

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Die Hards with a death wish

ire! Fire! This is the surest way co get someone’s attention. However, this was not the case this past Tuesday morning. Some of you may have noticed a large gathering of people outside MC earlier this week due to a fire alarm which had interrupted most of our classes.. .not that I’m complaining. Personally, I would take on any excuse to avoid another Computer Science class and spend the hour outside watching iz/1C go up in flames along with all the computers. Correct me if I am wrong, but I was always taught that when the fire alarm goes off, everyone was to rush out of the building for fear that computers and charred bodies would be falling through the roof, and that we would all be engulfed by flames and become charred bodies ourselves in a matter of minutes. At least, that was the impression I was given when I was a child. Instead, I saw people casually pack up their bags, go to the washroom, do a bit of socializing, and even hit the snack machines. Saaaaay, was that the fire alarm? Or was it just an annoying new bell that MC had installed to signal that our classes were over ? While I was pondering this question, nothing was going to prepare me for what I was about to see. It appears that some “Die Hard” CS students refused to leave the building because they couldn’t save their computer programs. I’m doing my minor in CS, and I’ve been there when you people haven’t brushed your teeth in a week, you resort to sleeping in the Math Lounge, you get that nice whiff of 80 about you and it can be smelled throughout the entire building. I can’t say that it has ever happened to me, but hey, I’m just a minor student. But I certainly know what it’s like where you feel that if you hit one more bug in your program, you are going to throw the monitor, and any other person or object that may be at hand, out the window of the third floor. Although, I can’t say that I would ever risk my life to save a computer program. Now, I am not meaning to stereotype allCS students. Hell, some of my fellow CS-ers are actually very cool people, if you can believe it. But you know that you have a serious problem when you want to hand-cuff yourself to a computer terminal when a fire drill has gone off. I think most of us could think of more “productive” ways of putting hand-cuffs to good use instead of attaching ourselves to a Pentium!

Of course, we all knew that there was no ~QZ risk. Some first year student with exam jitters probably just pulled the alarm to get out of writing a mid-term. . .a very common tactic that I have often been tempted to use myself at times when I have had a test the next day and my beverage consumption had gotten a little out of hand at the Bomber the night before. Don’t be fooled, I’m no rocket scientist, but if I had a choice between a computer program and my life, I would be a little more tempted to choose the latter, even if there was no real threat. So, to all you “Die Hard” CS-ers, you know who you are, I really do commend you. Since you are the ones who are going to end up with those $120,000 /year jobs.. .and although I may never be as dedicated as you because I’m not a “Die Hard” like yourselves, at least I will be showered everyday, I’ll smeI1 good, and I’ll have bright white teeth.

A random act of kindness To the Editor,

ast Friday my car broke down in the intersection of Westmount and University. I was stranded for no longer than a few seconds when two students passing by offered to help push my car to the near-by service station. Within seconds another student passing by volunteered his services. What could have been a nightmare turned into a bearable situation thanks to these three people. Even when my car had reached the garage, one of the students offered the use of her near-by phone to call for assistance. I would like to use this opportunity to publicly thank these three UW students who were willing to assist a student in distress. I realize this is small news, but I have no way of thanking these mystery people, and I really want them to know how much I appreciate their consideration and assistance. This small bit of positive news is an encouraging sign for the good nature of people in a world that is too often portrayed as overly negative.

Taxes not a burden

n last week’s Imprint, Baines raises the concern

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UW’s new Master’s program in Taxation is going to be a government-subsidized program which will contribute nothing to the development and improvement of society. As one of the faculty involved in designing UW’s new Master’s program in Taxation, I would like to reassure Mr. Baines that this is not the case. Tax expertise can be put to various uses. Certainly there is a thriving private-sector market. Taxes are an element of business costs, and firms need to minimize costs in order to remain competitive. A firm with higher costs than its competitors may ultimately find itself in financial difficulty and unable to continue in business. However, tax experts are also employed by governments. My experience in developing new tax laws in Ottawa before coming to UW is that in order to raise the amount of money that is intended, the government has to understand how businesses and individuals will respond through tax-minimizing activities. Both the Ontario and federal governments have written to usofferingemployment for Master of Taxation students. The complicated tax laws affecting modern business and society cannot work without tax experts in both the private sector and government. Our new program will help fill this need. Students in the Master of Taxation program will not be taught asfact that current tax levels are “counter-productive”. There is a tax policy course, which I will teach next spring, in which students will be exposed to many perspectives on this and other public policy issues. Finally, the Master of Taxation program receives no government subsidy. The program is financed by tuition and by accounting firms and tax publishers providing teaching services and study materials either free or well below cost.

angry letters to the editor. We11 congratulations Peter, it worked. I strongly disagree with, well. . . everything voiced in his article. To begin with, Mr. Lenardon stated that “Group definitions and activities like nationalism or tribalism have nothing to offer people in a post-modern country, which is what Canada is.” I don’t know what the hell “post-modern country” is supposed to mean, but I fail to see any time when it is futile for individuals to perceive themselves as part of a larger whole, be it country, religion or culture. At a minimum we draw our personal values, customs and morals from such larger wholes, and it is when these institutions are dismissed that scary things start to happen. Canadians seem to possess a very narrow view of what a cultural and national identity really is, The debate over our apparent lack of one is proof of this. Well, simply because Canada can’t be summed up in a tensecond sound bite doesn’t mean that we lack a national identity. As Canadians, we are proud of our freedom and of our constraints, our balance between equity and opportunism, our peacefulness and frankly, of just not being American. Similarly, the Qu6bCcois are proud of their own

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peculiarities. I would even go so far as to say that they (*gasp*) possess their own culture& Unfortunately, I have come to believe that in our insulated, anglophone world we are unable to conceive of another group of people with priorities and values different than our own. Thus we fail to see what all the fuss is about when we roll over in our sleep and squash another civilization. You see, Quebec’s struggle is not only to define a cultural identity, but to defend it against assimilation by a larger and more powerful civilization - us. Yet Mr. Lenardon argues that “linguistic and cultural evolution are as unstoppable as the changing seasons, an inevitable as death.” This is undoubtedly true. But we are not dealing with cultural evolution here, but rather cultural extinction. Although I frequently disagree with their means, I do not begrudge the Qu6b&ois their efforts to preserve their language and culture. Furthermore, should the day come that our values and culture are seriously threatened by another civilization, I am confident that all of us would fight just as passionately and irrationally as our French neighbours. That is not fear of death, it is love of life.

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rPhis letter is written in re1 sponse to Peter Lenardon’s article, “Weasel hunting made easy,” in the September 19 issue of Imprint. In his editorial, Mr. Lenardon asserted that the pursuit of cultural preservation and national identities by Canadians and Qu6becois alike are futile efforts, born out of insecuri ty over our own mortality. These are strong statements, and I am half suspicious that they were made so strong in order to provoke a few

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anything to jeopardize their employment. University of Waterloo Rugby Team by In February 1997, Woolworth reported the Athletic Department. Through the it had completed its investigation and that events of the past week, it appears that the it was cutting off future orders with one of focus of the Athletic Department is to its contractors. To date, Woolworth has not remove rugby from the University of Waprovided any information on the results of terloo campus. their investigation, nor has it offered any In reaction to what they deem as “hazcompensation to the workers whose rights ing” of freshman players, the Athletic DeStudent life Centre R-III 2139 were violated. Woolworth’s irresponsible partment has suspended five prominent Ext. 2578or888-4882 actions not only threaten workers’ employteam members. This is an inappropriate cwpirg@watservl .uwatetrIoo.co> reaction to what was a voluntary night to ment, they also discourage other workers <http://watservl .uwaterloo.ca/-wpirg, from bringing forward complaints. promote team unity. AtnotimeduringthenightofWednesIn addition to the Northern Group and the more familiar Woolworth general merday, September 24, was the well-being of chandise stores once common in the United any person in jeopardy. Every part of the The Woolworth Northern Group is Wool- . States and Canada, Woolworth Corporanight was voluntary, which is shown by the on’t let the wholesome, northern tion also owns specialty store chains, infact that some rookies chose not to particiwoodland images fool you. Those worth’s fastest growing business, with 760 stores, $426 million in sales in 1996 and an cluding: Foot Locker, Lady Foot Locker, pate in any event they didn’t wish to. “proudly Canadian” casual apparel stores operating profit of $42 million. and Champs Sports athletic footwear and The following Monday, Ms. J. McCrae in your local shopping mall - Northern In Metro Toronto, Woolworth conapparel stores, After Thoughts jewelry and Mr. T. Kieswetter from the Athletic Reflections, Northern Traditions, Northstores, Kinney shoe stores, Weekend EdiDepartment met with the team in what ern Elements and Northern Getaway tracts out work to at least eight sewing tion women’s apparel stores, The Bargain! then seemed to be an open forum dediare in fact owned by the U.S. multinational contractors who produce their clothing in Shop and Randy River menswear. Foot retail giant Woolworth Corporation. small factories and/or sub-contracts it to cated to finding a way to overcome the Behind these pioneer and woodland home workers or to other subcontractors. Locker is the largest purchaser of Nike concerns the department had. They had The two Joons on Northern Reflections are products in North America. Nike is also a the rugby team’s full co-operation, and in images hides the ugly reality of sweatshop star of the Sweatshop hit parade. labour. Women in Metro Toronto sewing well known amongToronto garment workturn the team believed them when they clothes in sweatshops and at home for the ers for extremely low piece rates. At peak Worldwide, Woolworth owns 7,750 said it was not a “witch hunt.” Woolworth Northern Group have been paid production periods, women often work up stores in Canada, the U.S., Mexico, GerUnfortunately, this seems not to be many, England, Belgium, Luxembourg, $4.50 an hour, 65 per cent of the Ontario to 12 hours a day with no overtime pay. the case, as the only result of the meeting minimum wage. Some have been paid as They are pressured to work weekends. the Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, Auswas the suspension of the two varsity caplittle as $2.50 an hour. Women have also been denied overtralia, and Hong Kong. It employs 82,000 tains and the executive of the team. The Woolworth Northern Group contime pay, vacation pay, statutory holidays, “associates” around the world, not includThis suspension is extreme and untracts out the production of its clothing to employer contributions to Employment ing the thousands of workers, employed by warranted, and endangers the team’s contractors around the world. On a shopInsurance and the Canada Pension Plan, contractors, who produce clothes under chances of retaining first place and winvarious Woolworth labels. For more inforping trip to your local Northern Reflecand other benefits guaranteed by law. ning the championship. In addition to the tions store, you might find clothes made in In December of 1996, Woolworth mation contact Labour Behind the Label suspension, other restrictions have been Canada, Taiwan, China, India, Hong Kong, agreed to meet with home workers and Coalition at per@web.net. placed on the team which displays the factory workers to hear their complaints. Sri Lanka, and Malaysia. Garment factodepartment’s agenda to remove rugby from ries in Asia are notorious for their exploitWhile WooIworth did not agree to an audit uw. ive conditions. Northern Reflections and of all of their contractors’ practices, they Warrior Rugby has been a strong asdid agree to investigate two contractors. Northern Getaway labels have also been pect of the University of Waterloo for 29 traced to a free-trade zone in Nicaragua. The workers urged Woolworth not to do years, and to see its image tarnished and future threatened by a few members of the athletic department is frightening and unacceptable.

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OutRage by Lauren Craig Stephen

11 prejudice may ultimately be rooted in fear, ignorance, and a desire to hold power over others, Recently, however, numerous social critics have claimed that homophobia has its immediate roots in sexism. The link exists, or so the theory goes, because of the way our patriarchal society defines gender: men are dominant and women are submissive; men make passes and women are supposed to accept them; men fuck and women get fucked. Indeed, it’s widely held among feminists that most, if not all, of what our society calls masculine and feminine is not natural at all, but a cultural construct designed to empower some (men) and oppress others (women). The sexist man hates lesbians because they have “stepped out of line” and openly rejected male dominance. Gay men are despised because they break ranks with patriarchy, thus undermining it. As well, the possibility (however remote) of being sexually dominated by another man is extremely threatening to the sexist, since it

women are generally more accepting of gay people than men. It also explains why gays and feminists often face the same types of cri ticism. Both groups, for instance, have been accused of hurting the “traditional family”. In a sense this is true; feminists and gays challenge the conventional gender roles assigned to men and women in marriages. If the “traditional family” is based on dominance and submission, if it includes domestic violence and rejection of family members who don’t fit into roles assigned to them, then yes, the “traditional family” will suffer. It’s the actual family that will win out. There’s a lot to suggest that feminist organizations and gay and lesbian rights groups would benefit by adopting closer ties. Unfortunately, there are sexist homosexuals just as there are homophobic women, but by adopting these prejudices they are buying into a system that ultimately hurts themselves. Until we as a society stop defining ourselves through

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The Shammid-Lyin’ by Daniel special

DiBenedetto to Imprint

e’ve all received it. That unwanted and dreaded e-mail. It’s not always from the same person, but it’s the same thing: SJ%M! In this age of electronic communication, e-mail has ceased to be the oddity it once was and has become a necessary part of most students’ daily routine. A part to be cherished as much as a letter from a loved one or a quick phone call home. Marring this sanctity of our on-line relationship with our loved ones, however, is the spammer. A spammer, for those of you luckyorcomputer-phobicenough not to have heard the term before, is someone who, using their own e-mail, chooses to promote products or services via a mailing list. Those of you who haven’t experienced this phenomenon might not realize that, unlike junk mail, which simply costs us the time it takes to toss it towards the trash, spam costs us money. We get to pay for every minute of the dubious honour of receiving some anonymous vendor’s self-serving

Money aside, for promotions. those of you with unlimited access, it takes immensely longer to dispose of spam than the casual flick of the wrist traditional junk mail warrants. Sometimes the spammer is just an ordinary person trying to make a buck by using the cheapest and easiest method of selfpromotion available to them. However, more often the spammail’s source has a corporate image. Some companies exist solely to distribute this mail. They make a good deal of money, despite the average person’s aversion to it, because of the sheer volume of material they send out. In other words, if you shovel enough of it, someone will buy it. Why are these companies allowed to harass us? Answer: For the most part, they’re not. Few Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will tolerate a spammer for long. Most have anti-spam regulations as part of their service contract. One notable exception to this rule is AGIS. AGIS is an ISP that does not turn away spammers, but requires instead that they honour a list of users that have e-mailed the ISP telling them that they do

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pam may be unsolicited and annoying, but you don’t have to let it bother you. There are many ways to circumvent the spammer, Some of them are nasty and vengeful; others are just simple precautions. There are several effective techniques for wreaking havoc on a spammer. One common method is to “mail-bomb” the offender by signing him up for a wide array of Internet mailing lists. Likewise, some angry netizens (Internet citizens) have resorted to attacking the perpetrat&‘s ISP with a flood of pings. Have you ever received email from god@heaven,com? The main problem with these counter-attacks is that spammers tend to “spoof” (fake) their e-mail address. Replies to a spam message tend to “bounce” because the recipient does not exist. Advertisements will usually contain a legitimate phone or fax number which can be abused, but prank calls are ofdubious legality at best. The best approach to dealing with spammers is to forward a

copy of the message to the postmaster at the originating server. If the message has been spoofed then the e-mail address will not be correct but you can find the point of origin by viewing the complete message header. Most servers keep detailed logs which can be used to identify mail spoofers. There are a good number of anti-spam sites on the web. www.compulink.co.uk/-netservices/spam provides a program that automatically generates a message to the postmaster at the spammer’s service provider. www.nothankyou.com keeps a master list of people who don’t wish to receive unsolicited e-mail and asks “responsible spammers” (if such a thing exists) to run their mailing list through this filter. One very useful site is pwZ.netcom.com/-rrhain/html/ spammer.html, which contains a comprehensive list of Internet spammers and the companies they advertise. Furthermore, it alsd provides a mail filter for the ’ Eudora e-mail program, which automatically deletes messages from any known spammers’ email addresses.

Spam Explosion

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not wish to receive any spam. This policy has come under fire because it requires an active

rejection of the unsolicited promotion. Time and money. Taking advantage of this open-door

policy is the mega-spam company CyberPromotions. This policy would seem to solve any dilemmas that a spam company might have, right? Wrong. Recently, CyberPromotions, along with two other related companies, were booted off of AGIS. Their dismissal came after a series of hacker break-ins to the companies’ sites and a forced shutdown of the entire ISP’s service due to excessive “pinging.” A ping is a signal sent by one Internet site to see if another site is working properly. However, if too many messages are directed at a site, it can be overwhelmed and it, or possibly even the underlying backbone provider, may crash. The ISP and the spammer are presently squaring off in what may well prove to be a landmark case in how the Internet and Internet commerce are going to take shape in the years to come. Should the case support CyberPromotions’ request to be reinstated on AGIS, the ISP might have to rethink its policy on inhouse spamming. Seeing as they’re in court trying to stop these companies from getting back on, I guess they already have.

Important announcement Readat your own risk

This week’s section introduces a hot new feature in Imprint science: Hot New Technol~ ogy. The Hot New Technology articles will introduce the reader to some of those exciting scientific developments that have fallen by the wayside on the road to history.

This week’s article discusses the “combustible gasses” theory of lightning, a farmer’s report of flying hay and a more down-to-Earth explanation of planetary distances. If you have information about any crazy inventions or wacky theories, then e-mail me: science@imprint.uvjaterloo.ca

DoesRonaldlie to children? by Ted Whidden special to Imprint

n 1990, McDonald’s started the longest trial in British history by slapping two Greenpeace (London) activists with charges of libel over a six-page fact sheet. After 313 court days and US$l6 million spent by McDonald’s, the judge decided in favour of the burger giant based on legal technicalities and arguments over exact meaning of the text and rhe satirical banner headlines (such as “McDollars,” “McCancer” and “McDeadly”). The defendants, who defended themselves, contended that the decision was meaningless because they tiere denied a trial by jury. The judge did find, however, that McDonald’s is cruel to animals, mistreats workers, unfairly targets children with seductive ads intended to pressure their parents and that McDonald’s nutritional claims are deceptive. The information brought out by the case has inspired the celebrated “McSpotlight” website (www.Mc Spotlight.org), which acts as a repository for exposing information for the many people and organizations critical of McDonald’s over a wide range of issues. The site has been heralded as the archetype for future Internet campaigns against: the rich and powerful, and as a watershed in on-line activism.

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McDonald’s has been implicated in many incidentsof food-poisoning@regon, 1982;Michigdn, 1982;Preston,l99l;Gaceshead and Liverpool, 1996; London, 1996) caused by the bacterium E. Coli. 0157, which is found in undercooked hamburger. Meat is responsible for 70 per cent of all food poisoning, with chicken and ham-

burger being the worst offenders. When animals are slaughtered, can be contaminated with gut c fetes and urine, leading to bat tion. In an attempt to in their animals, far them with doses

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sitting in a “Makadonaldo try no.7), a “Mai Dang (Country no.%) or flying on McDonald%-themed Swiss C line “McPlane,” the sun never se McDonald’s empire. Not to be accused of lack of variet?,..,; cultural insenstivity, some markets off&~~...p.~e&‘; British McSpokesperson Peter one or two local items in addition to the Wiiiow said, “It’s a registered trademark, standard menu. Why not try an all-iamb but we’re just interested in restaurants. So “Maharaja Mat” in India (country no. 95); yes, we own it in theory.. *we have millions a “McHuevo” in Uruguay (countr$ no. 57); of pounds invested in our reputation and a hamburger with a poached egg on top, a we have to be vigilant.” Fortunately, he “McLaks” in Norway (country no. 31); a conceded that the word “happy” as in

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Fun McFacts l Between 1984 and 1996, Ronald bfcDonald House Charities gave more than US$lSO million to organizations around the world geared to children, The US$30 billion a year giant spends over US$1.8 billion every year worldwide on advertising and promotion. US$16 million was spent on the McLibel case alone. l On average, McDonald’s opens a new restaurant every three hours. This is nearly as fast as the estimated rate of species extinction in Amazonia due to destruction of natural habitat. McDonald’s have admitted to using beef reared on ex-rainforest land. There are some 100,000 beef ranches in Amazonia. l Since its founding in 1955, McDonald’s has sold well over 100 billion hamburgers. It takes 10 pounds of grain to produce one pound of beef. On a plant-based diet almost every region in the world could be self-sufficient in food. l More than 50,000 students worldwide have graduated with “Bachelor of Hamburgerology” degrees from McDonald’s “Hamburger University” in Oak Brook, Illinois. Soon, a B.A. won’t even be enough.

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The annual World Day of Action against McDonald’s takes place on Thursday, October 16th, with pickets and demonstrations at restaurants a11over the world. The UW anti-McDonald’s group will meet this Thursday, Oct. 9 at 515 p.m. in the WPIRG office (SLC 2139, above Brubaker’s). So come out if you agree chat Ronald lies to children.Check out www.McSpotlight.org for tons of antiMcDonald’s information and action plans.

Doing what it takes to be Creative by Jessica Kwik special to Imprint

ta kes creative risks? A supportive environ ment is idealized to me in the form of summer camp. While f school is such a stimulating environsome recognize camp as a co-op nightmare ment for the creative individual, why that pays below minimum wage, I found a do we tend to feel so bogged down by place welling over with support for creativwork? Why do we think, “let’s get this 1ty. assignment over with” more often than At camp, people don’t question why “Wow, who knew?” you’re wearing boxers on your head; they Well, maybe it comes down to what we want to see boxers on your head. Your ideas need to think creatively. According to Sally aren’t just heard, people join in to make a study skills advisor and fibre Melville, them fly. A participant at the creativity artist, we need the following: role models, seminar summarized a supportive environa ?upportive environment and practice. ment as somewhere where “no question is :I The role models of creativity at school a stupid question.” may be your eccentric roommate who writes I learned the most from the young kids love letters to him/herself or the lecturer at camp who come up with some crazy who researches something that you know ideas. I realized that the idea can be realnpthing about. The professors who do stand ized without the permission of my boss, out in my mind are the ones who make the without grant money, and without a detailed report afterward. attempt to be creative. It may be that their Kids practice creativity for the fun of lectures are peppered with bad jokes, props it. They notice small things that are differand wise cracks about your hair; but you ent. If kids were gGi,ng our day, rea%Bbmh&&%5e%r that =e ~Y~-e*~a*r#etb~rQtr~ * - - - * through

they’d see details that we woul d miss. They would imitate the whir of the drills in front of the Dana Porter library. They’d find shapes in the smoke of your friend’s cigarette and they’d notice the six shadows around them after walking home from a night class. Could these little things in our day help us find more inspiration? Sally Melville, who lead a creativity workshop last week, outlined the process of creativity, crhere we begin with a first insigh t; where we define a problem. Then we go through a period of saturation where we feed our mind with information and we break our problem down into pieces. What ideally should follow is a period of incubation where we just let the creative side of ourselves fit the $eces of the puzzle together. I’ve heard study skills advisors say that students don’t leave enough time for incubation. We write our papers at the last minute, and the result is something we aren’t totally satisfied with. If we do sueteed in letting our ideas settle, we’ll get to

the illumination stage where we feel the “A-Ha!” experience of inspiration. The last stage is che elaboration or verification stage, where we commit to do the work involved to make that vision a reality. Most of us are pressured to finish our papers’and midterms in a set amount of time, so what is cut out is usually the incubation stage and some of the refining that goes on at the elaboration stage. What we can do to keep our creative flow going is to ta ,ke a kid’s perspective where everything changes, - but it’s still cool to notice it. We can try out the creative process in our hobbies, where time is not a factor. Melville suaests that some of the “most important forms of creativity happens at the interface of subjects.” So take things that you learned from your hobbies and see how they can be used in your assignments. Merge and meld ideas from different disciplines. Maybe then our academic lives will feel less segregated from our creative ones.

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Nahwegahhow-Chovas with Marketing and Network Director Don Daynes. continued. The centre will also act as a liason between the native community and services dealing with employment and training.

photo by Ali Smith The Outreach also deals with educational issues, because there are no aboriginal students unions at UW, Wilfrid Laurier, or

the winner of the second Imprint Frenzi Hair contest, Kevin Saliba. He wins a free cut, style and shampoo (not necessarily in that order) from Frenzi Hair and- Skin of Waterloo. Thanks to those who entered. You are all winners to us.

The changing face of AIDS by Heather Calder special to Imprint

kay, pretend that you’ve been living with HIV for about eight years. When you first learned of your diagnosis, you froze, unsure of what to do or think or feel. But you knew that the sooner you sought treatment for your status, the better it was for you. You got involved with some counselingtalking to your counselor helped you deal with your diagnosis. At the time, it felt almost like your HIV status was the equivalent to a death sentence. You had to go through telling your sexual/injection drug use partners that you were HIV positive. As if that weren’t hard enough, you had to explain to your family that you were sick, or might soon be sick, because of something that you did. You tried not to blame yourself, like the counselor said-but you knew that if you had just used a condom/cleaned your needles with bleach every time, you might have been able to avoid this disease. You learned everything you could about HIV, joined a support group and started to take

large doses of vitamins. You worried about money, and tried to decide how far you would go to treat this disease of yours. Sometimes you were sick, spending time in hospitals and feeling tired and dehydrated. You put your “affairs in order,” making out a will even though you are twenty-something, and tried to escape the feeling that you were making decisions under the gun of time and death. You bought a car even though you didn’t know how long you would use it. You had to give up your job. You started to lose hope. A doctor told you that you have AIDS, and you knew that this is the last stage of your life. You grew depressed and anxious, worried about the threat of bodily deterioration or dementia that you have seen in friends. You started to liquidate your things to pay for treatments, and gave away your belongings to friends to remember you by. You came to terms with the fact that you would die before your parents. But then something happened. Your doctor started you on a new “cocktail” of drugs, a course of treatment using several new and as yet unproven drugs.

At first you were skeptical, but then you started to get better. At first it seemed like this was a temporary reprieve in your illness, just part of the quirky nature of the disease. More and more, you and your doctor realized that you were really getting better. Now, most of us would assume that you would be thrilled to learn this. And you were. But what of your will and financial arrangements? What of the belongings you have already given away? How are you going to pay for being alive? What about the emotional toll of having accepted death and then having the mat pulled from under you, so to speak? As this happened to more and more people, you learned there was a name for it: the Lazarus Effect. Those who were considered dead arc being brought back to life. As it develops, you are learning to deal with it better each day, even though you never thought you would see yourself in these shoes. SowhenyouseetheNational AIDS Awareness Week theme during the first week of October, you know that people like you make up “The Changing Face of AI IDS.”

Conestoga College (which is rather amazing when one considers the number of student unions that had displays in the SLC last weekjAboriginal people still face many obstacles in the labour market, so one of the goals of the Outreach is to eliminate and/or reduce those barriers wherever possible. Some of the services at the head office are job boards, a resource library, daily newspapers, computers, telephones, typewriters, photocopiers, and assistance with government and social agencies. Information is available on a wide variety of topics, such as employment, post-secondary and high school education, training

and apprenticeship programs,’ funding sources and health and welfare. Personal assistance in employment counseling and drug and alcohol counseling is also offered. Having been open for only four months, the Anishnabeg Outreach is only just beginning to achieve its goals. Ms. Nahwegahbow-Chovas has indi-, cated that they hope to imple-” ment a mentor program, with’ Aboriginal post-secondary students acting as role models for their younger counterparts. ’

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Who is Miss Oktoberfest anyway? ‘m a little confused. I just can’t seem to wrap my mind around the whole idea of a beauty pageant. I’ve been thinking about this quite a bit lately, seeing as how Oktoberfest is fast approaching, and so is the Miss Oktoberfest Pageant. Who is Miss Oktoberfest anyway?

from which are presented and questions on stage. This goes along with all the singing and dancing required of the contestants, and the talent portion of the con test. Winning results in being part of Oktoberfest-related events and prizes like trophies and scholarships. But what does all this mean? What is the purpose of a beauty pageant and what

To enter the contest, a woman must first have won a regional beauty pageant, for example, winning Miss K-W. However, there are a number of other qualifications. The contestant must be between the ages of nineteen and twenty-five. She must also have at least three years of high school education or the equivalent thereof. She can’t be married or divorced or have had a marriage annulled. She also cannot have ever had children. The contestant must also agree that in the event of winning, she will be available for personal appearances, television interviews and Oktoberfest festival events. Within the contest itself, there is a preliminary interview, held in private, the

do all the qualifications amount to? What are they, or we, judging? Think about the list again. Nineteen to twenty-five, young women. The qualification fits the whole “Miss” title, right? Then there’s the education requirement. All right, so they want someone on stage who is reasonably articulate. I don’t know why three years of high school is how they define this, but I guess I can see their point. Next on the list is the stipulation that the contestant must be unmarried, never married at any time, period. This is where things start to sound odd. So she’s Ms. instead of Miss, who cares if she’s been married? For that matter, why is there a

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know women in their thirties and forties who are articulate, talented, moral, and look great in sequins. Why can’t they enter? I guess my whole point is about the pointlessness of it all. What does all this have to do with Oktoberfest anyway? Shouldn’t a festival celebrating German culture, choose a woman with German blood as their Miss Oktoberfest? I don’t see that anywhere in the rules. It’s all very confusing and it’s giving me a headache. Maybe I’m asking too many questions, Whydon’tyou thinkabout it for yourself? Let me know ifyou come up with any answers. If you are sick of people using a checklist to judge beauty, protest theoktoberfest Beauty Pageant. On Thusday October 9,

with the shiny tiara and pretty sash. It’s the only explanation that fits. Yes, I know. You’re thinking that the “beauty” in beauty pageants is about beauty from within. That they’re using the qualifications to find someone with upstanding morals and whatnot, Okay, so why limit the age? A fortytwo-year-old woman can’t be beautiful? I

come to the Womyn’s Centre at 500 p.m. We will be going to the Centre in the Square at 6:00 p.m. (If it is more convenient, then meet us there.) We will provide the placards and banners. For more information, call the Womyn’s Centre at 8851211, ex. 3457, or come and visit us during our regular hours. You can find us right above the Bomber.

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rule about not having had children? If this is a “beauty” pageant, what’s with all the extra guidelines? Why not just have them dance on stage in their dresses and such? And who needs talent to be beautiful? Once again I have to ask, what is being judged? It’s not merely some magazine ideal of beauty (not that that’s a healthy ideal either). If it were, the organizers would be looking for models, not unmarried women who have never borne a child. The pageant is looking for an ideal all right, but it’s not just about physical beauty. It’s about stereotypes. They want a beautiful young woman to stand up to the world and be little more than a cardboard cut out of the womanly ideal. They don’t want a real person, they simply want someone that fits the image. The sweet and pure girl

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I) ?Vhen h7vingAo?ne inthetnoming YOU: a) might go back to get your umbrella, just in case. b) lookat the pavement and think about that time you dropped your mother’s vase when you were two years old. c) on your 17th return to your place, realize that this time you forgot your key. 2) Your first childlroud ?m?hwy is: a) your fifth birthday party when Jane Doe sat on your cake. b) breaking through that tough wall into the ovum. c) “childhood memory? I have trouble remembering my name.”

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hen the York Yeoman defeated the Waterloo Warriors, it should have served as awake-up call to the team. When they lost to the Toronto Varsity Blues 21-15 last weekend, it was nothing less than an embarrassment. The Blues celebrated their homecoming by shutting down the Warrior offense, picking holes in the Warrior defense, and generally out-playing a Waterloo squad that may have been looking past the Blues to the Mustangs, who they play this weekend. The offense star for the Blues was running backJames Baskin. Last year’s OUAAsecond team all-star back racked up 132 yards on 19 carries, including a beautiful 90 yard sideline sprint that saw him elude the defense all the way to the promised land. On top of that, he added a one yard TD scamper, and a 27 yard tailback option toss to the endzone. For the most part, the Warriors offensive game played out as always - strong running and weak passing ieft them struggling for yardage before ultimately having to punt the ball away. The potential hero on the day was backup quarterback Ryan Butler, who entered the game with 6:3O left in the fourth quarter, with the Warriors down 21-7. He led the team Warriors downfield with precise passing, cumulating in a three yard plunge by Jarrett Smith. Ryan Wilkinson took the two-point conversion dropped back over twenty yards and floated one to Arek Bigos, who ran into the end zone to narrow the gap to 21-15 When the Warrior defence forced the Blues to give up the ball with around three minutes left, Butler once again marched the team down the field, before the drive stalled k

and brought up third and six from the fourteen. The called play was a screen, and since Wilkinson had practiced the play more, he went under centre. On the snap, one pass rusher forced his way through the line and Wilkinson dropped back more than fifteen yards before to loft a pass to Jarrett Smith, who was immediately set upon by four Blues, to effectively end the game On the day, Butler finished B-of-9 for 128 yards in six minutes of play, white Wilkinson finished a disappointing Z-for-8 for only five measly yards through the rest of the game. Jarrett Smith continued his assault on Tom Chartier’s Waterloo rushing record with another good performance, carrying the ball 24 times for 119 yards. His longest run on the day was an uncharacteristically low 17 yards, and he .

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other big run of the day, dashing 45 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter, easily his top offensive contribution. The Warriors head off to London to take on the always tough Western Mustangs this weekend. Waterloo knocked off Western last year for the first time ever, and this year, they could certainly do with a repeat. The team that was picked as the pre-season best in the nation before the season could leave Western with a Z3 record and find themselves in a fight with cross-town rival Laurier for a playoff spot. Or, they could defeat Western, get a 3-2 record and be in contro1 of their destiny. WARRIOR PLAYBOOK: Safety Shawn Dyson an Ontario All-Star in 1996 has been lost for the season with a broken ankle. Super-sub Ted Siountres will step into the starting lineup to replace him. . .Ryan Wilkinson’s knee is acting up on him and he’s listed as questionable for this weekend against the Western Mustangs. Backup Ryan ButI:! f”c”,y s;y;: if Wilkinson is unable to. $9 on Saturday. - .rq; ‘%‘*I,, II * :‘;-,~,rr2 7 ’ 1 *.,J

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Warriors trounce Trent’s Excaliburs by Ryan Chen-Wing and Bill Cole special to Imprint

ecisive wins over Trent by both of the Waterloo Rugby teams continued the Warrior dominance of Division Two rugby last Saturday. In the varsity game, the ball entered Warrior territory on only one occasion on the undersized field. This left the rest of the game in Trent’s half, and much of that time was spent in their end zone. Jamie Heer, making it a habit of stealing strum ball, had five wins against the head. Mike Lippert scored three tries, which is rare for a prop. Mackenzie Jaims, Adam Donald, Jeff Naylor, Trevor Clarke, Hugh Adams and Joel

Doherty each contributed tries which, in combination with Steve Goodacre’s deadly kicking accuracy, led to the 55-O victory. The game was called with ten minutes left due to excessive injury of the Trent side. This maintains the Warriors’ unbroken tryline this season. The junior varsity match saw a nearly as successful score of 466. Joel Dunlop scored two tries and Dustin Hunt scored one, and strong kicking by Tim Finlay helped raise the score. Near the end of the match, Ryan ChenWing scored a try off a pass from Tom Tuszynski, who had all but run in the try. This Saturday the Warriors travel to Kingston to play R.M,C., the only team they’ve not faced.

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t’s October and baseball season-yes, baseball season is in full swing again at Waterloo. The Warriors are in the midst of their second year as a team, and are poised for growth. As part of the Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association, they faceother universities within their west division, including McMaster, Guelph, Western, Brock and Laurier. After finishing their inaugural season with a 5-l 1 record, the team is looking to rack up more wins in their sophomore year. The team consists of a strong nucleus of nine veteran players and a deep pitching staff of eleven

tacular diving catch in right field was surely the play of the day. In the bottom of the seventh, an extremely controversial call by the umpire halted the Warriors’ comeback. The Warriors exploded out of the gate in the second game, scoring nine consecutive runs before the Gryphons managed a single out. After Matt Ware led off the game with a walk, Langevin, Jeff Sommer, and Mario Germana hit three consecutive singles. Two batters later, Sommer stole home, and Lindsay smacked a two-run double, shattering the center-field sign. Pat Turner had a steller performance, going Z-for-3, scoring twice, doubling, knocking in four runs and making a great play at short. In

Guelph 4, WARRIORS 3 WARRIORS 12, Guelph 6 BASEBALL hurlers. Warriors’ head coach, J.P. Soucie boasts an impressive .710 lifetime winning percentage, and looks to improve that during his tenure at UW. “I realize that a winning team starts with a winning program,” Soucie noted. “The plan is to make this team part of a whole package. Right now, the program is stronger than the team, but time is on our side.” Last Friday, the Warriors split a double header against Guelph. The Warriors lost the televised game 4-3. Mate Lindsay went the distance, allowing only one earned run in the loss. Warriors’ outfielder Eddie Langevin’s spec-

the end, the Warriors enjoyed a 12-6 victory. This Friday, come out and support the Warriors as they seek revenge against the Laurier Golden Hawks. Aditionally, it’s also Extreme Chips giveaway day, and of course there will be the usual Warriors Baseball Trivia for baseball

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Down the Rideau we go by Niki Vankerk special to Imprint

uf nation’s capital was invaded by Warrior and Athena rowers this past weekend to compete at the Head of the Rideau regatta. This is a 5.25 km race, starting near the Parliament Buildings and ending in Dow’s Lake. If you’ve skated on the canal, you know how twisty and narrow it is in places. You’ve also got a feel for how long it is the race generally lasts 20 to 25 minutes.

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There were seven crews competing in the regatta. The Varsity women’s fours crossed the f’lnish line fourth out of eight, only one minute behind the leaders. Next up, the Novice women’s fours had a great first race, coming in seventh. Their male counterparts, the Novice men’s fours, also had their first race, coming in fourth out of four. Our lone member of the Germancontingent, representingwaterloo in the men’s single sculls, was narrowly defeated in his Zboat race. The lightweight men’s doubles, competing in an open-

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The heavy men’s doubles decided to cool off with a swim after 500 meters, and didn’t dry off in time to finish. The lightweight women’s doubles did not compete due to injury, but hope to be back on the water soon. Next weekend, the rowers will travel to the Head of the Trent regatta, part of Trent’s homecoming weekend. With all the “festivities” going on, hopefully they’ll be able to get some rowing in as well.

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erate headache, slight nausea, moderate tinnitus (ringing in the ears), and dilated pupils. Additionally, patients may experience nystagmus, which is involuntary eye movement. As well, the trainer must be aware of retrograde amnesia as well as other neurological signs possibly characterized by disorientation and a marked unsteadiness lasting more than 10 minutes. Athletes with a Grade 3 concussion should not participate for one month following at least two asymptomatic weeks. Grade 4 and 5 concussions are associated with a complete and prolonged loss of consciousness and, in the Grade 5 concussion, are accompanied by convulsions and dilated pupils. Additional signs of a Grade 5 concussion include the cessation of the heartbeat due to the injury of the cardiorespiratory centres; CPR

should be administered immediately. Also, extension of the legs with flexion of the elbows, wrist, and fingers, termed decortication, or extension of all four extremities, termed decerebation, are positive signs of a Grade 5 concussion. If a Grade 4 or 5 concussion is suspected, the patient should not be moved, for any furtherdisruption of the brain and/or spine could result in irreversible neurologic damage. Patients require immediate medical attention. Concussions can occur in any physical activity and should never be taken lightly. Despite an athlete’s willingness to return to the game, proper care should be taken to assess the extent of the concussion. So, the next time you jump in the pool or hit the birdie around, remember to strap on your helmet; it may just save your life.

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rek Bigos, all 5’9” and 173 lbs. of him, stands alone on the sidelines, silently kicking one of the 9,457 practice field goals he’ll attempt this season. FA-WHUMP!! And as the ball perfectly splits the uprights, helmets nod in appreciation. Every football player, every coach, every fan knows you can study film and write up a perfect game plan, but a football squad’s most precious commodity is still its kicker’s leg. “I think football is l/3 offence, 113 defence, and l/3 special teams, so kicking is very important to that equation,” says Warrior head coach Dave “Tuffy” Knight. “And with Bigos, we have

the best kicking game around. For 95 per cent of the time, he can do what the other kickers in the country can’t.” A native of Gdynya, Poland, Bigos immigrated to the Maple Leaf nine years ago with his family. Armed with no English but a strong leg, Bigos prepared to earn respect by taking the Ontario soccer scene by storm, having loads of experience as a young striker in soccer-mad Europe. Canadian soccer was a disappointment. “It was a total culture shock,” remembers Bigos. “I wanted to play something popular, and here, it’s hockey or football. I guess that’s why I was interested in football and didn’t pursue cricket or something.” As a freshma; Economicsstudent here at Waterloo, Bigos

showed up at the Warriors’ doorstep, ready for a kick at the “can.” With continued success primarily as a kicker of field goals and kickoff man, Bigos took up the punting duties last season, and after only one year experience, leads the country in that department. “Before Arek showed up; we’d been to 15 high schools to recruit a kicker and punter, and couldn’t find one,” points out coach Knight. “He’s definitely special.” Special and surprising. Even to himself. “I can’t believe punting’s working out so well,” says Bigos. “I expect to do well at kickirlg since I’ve worked so hard at it over past years, but punting is so much harder, much more practice than kicking. I don’t enjoy it as much as kicking.”

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“The instep of my foot is parallel to the ground when I strike the ball,” reports Bigos. “It’s very original, but it’s what I feel comfortable with.” “Every kicker dreams of those times when your team’s

down by ~two, and is called on to win the game,” says Bigos. “Otherwise, why be a kicker?” Bigos is a born kicker. Perfect examples are the playoffs or theVanierCup final at SkyDome, a kicker’s paradise. In London tomorrow, Waterloo takes on the Western Mustangs for the Purple Satan’s homecoming game. Watertoo will need determination to overcome the advantage of home turf and a pumped-up crowd. The 2-2 Warriors need Bigos in a groove to stop their hideous two-game losing streak and regain some Waterloo momentum. Picture 12,000 Western alumni in the stands, screaming for your hide, not wanting you to ruin their day. Could you kick a 40-yarder then? Arek Bigos wants and will get that chance. I

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edncsday, September 24, Waterloo’s female Field Hockey team traveled to Guelph to play their last grass game of the season. After sufferinga heart-breaking2-1 loss to Western the last time the ladies hit the turf, Waterloo was. determined not be beaten by the grass again. Guelph scored the only goal of the first half. A refreshed and refocused Waterloo squad walked onto the field for the second half and took it by storm. Amy Adair, Alison Krokosyznski, and rookie Lucie Charron alf scored quickly, putting Waterloo up 3-1. The fourth and final goal of the game was scored twice on a penalty stroke. It was awarded to Waterloo when a Guelph player fell on the goal line, blocking the shot with her body. (No part of the body is ever allowed to touch the ball in field hockey.) Veteran Bernice Willemse took the stroke for Waterloo, a beautiful lift over the goalie’s right shoulder. The goaltender contested the call, claiming she wasn’t ready, so once again Willemse Undaunted, stepped up. Willemse put what the umpire called, “the nicest stroke at the Varsity level” into the exact same spot.

On Saturday, September 27, Waterloo traveled to Ottawa. The first game was against the number three team in Canada. U of T came out strong, scoring twice within the first twenty minutes. Strong defense by Samara Berger and Irene McConville left U of T fighting for even a chance at the net. Sweeper Sara Creighton played the role of “wall” and shut down any chance of scoring when U of T did get close to the net. Toronto was turned away repeat-

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October 17 before they meet in the finals. The following Sunday, Waterloo played a much weaker team in Trent. The team’s goal was to play Trent with the same intensity that they had showed against the Toronto Blues the day before. Waterloo wasn’t able to match the intensity, but they did manage to blank Trent 5-O. Adair hit out on a penalty corner and rushed into the play for a return pass from Creighton. Dawn Culverson ended the scoring for the first half, putting Waterloo up 2-O. After halftime, the Athenas shut down Trent’s rushing sweeper and added three more goals. Carolyn Stark redirected a pass from Adair past Trent’s goalie, and Krokosyznski chipped in a goal through a scramble in front of the net. Willemse finished Waterloo’s scoring with thirty seconds temaining on a perfect pass from Kate Mason. The last game of 6, day, despite the victory, was ntit well played by the fatigue-sticken Waterloo squad as they squeaked by Carl ton, 1-O. Waterloo will play Trent again tomorrow at 3:45. Goaltender Leslie Alexander will be looking for her seventh shutout of the season, and Trent will be looking for blood, so it should be an exciting match.

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FIELDHOCKEY edly on penalty corners due to the quickness of defender Adair. Waterloo carried the ball well in the midfield, giving the Toionto defenders their best workout of the season. The Waterloo forwards were given the blues by a strong, experienced fourth year Toronto goalie. After the game, Coach Sharon Creelman summed it up in two lines, “The bad news is the first twenty minutes count, and we lost. The good news is that we can beat these guys.” The Athenas will face U of T again on

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Aquatics) over the Internet. She accepted and is now a fitness leader, teaching aerobics classes for free. Lauri will be gracing us with her presence for the short span of a month, but she’ll be a regular sight around the PAC teaching six classes - Step, hi/lo cardio, slide, sculpt - in her own words “you name it, I teach it.” Lauri is also certified in Spinning, which is an aerobic workout on stationary bikes, and Afrobics, fitness set to African rhythms. For those of you who want to try, there will be a fitness workshop held sometime next month. Stay tuned for more details!

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Fitness served up sushi-style Lauri Rudach is the most recent addition to the Campus Recreation Fitness Leaders. Lauri has come to us from Japan where she received her schooling to become an aerobics instructor, In an effort to obtain more training and experience, Lauri has taken her fitness on the road. She has been on a three month North American fitness tour with stops in California, Washington, Florida, Chi-

cago, Atlanta, and her most recent stop, right here in Waterloo. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Lauri has been active in her native America, attaining a black belt in Karate, as well as overseas in Japan, receiving aerobics certification. Lauri is a firm believer in sharing different culture and her dedication to fitness is a prime example of her philosophy. After her fitness tour, she plans to return to Japan to teach aerobics. ’ Lauri came to us through an invitation from our very own Rebecca Boyd (Campus Ret and

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Dandy Du-A-Duathlon The Du-A-Duathlon was held last weekend here at the University of Waterloo. The Du-A-Du, as it isaffectionately known, wasoriginally the Try-A-Triathlon, but due to construction on Ring Road, the cycling component was omitted. The event was coordinated through the UW Swim Team and Campus Ret, with sponsor support from Speedo, Runner’s Choice, Powerade, and Diane Greene Massage Services. The race turnout was similar to last year’s attendance, but some people didn’t enter due to the elimination of the cyclingcomponent. Participants came out to challenge their physical and mental capacities. The event had three race catagories: Women, Men, and Relay. The final standing for the women had Valerie Walker claiming first with a time of 37:43.7. Second and third places went to Deanna Hlywka (39: 19.5) and Veronica Stephenson (41:33.14), respectively. There was close competition for the men with Tom Lokody (30:48.26) coming out ahead of Ed Furs (31:19.5)-and Andrew Mofatt (3 1:48.26). In the Relay category, Amanda Ferris and partner placed first (3OQ4.26) just beating out Tereza Mace1 and Ryan Eagles (30:44.10). Melissa Bond and partner came in third with a time of 3925.25. A great time was had by all, and there’s a chance to do it all again next year! Slo-Pitch Saturday Campus Ret’s annual Slo-Pitch Tournament was held this past weekend at the Columbia Recreation Complex. Saturday, despite several last minute drop outs, was an action-packed day with eight teams advancing to the semifinals on Sunday. In the competitive part, the championship went to the Brew Jays ted by Corey Krummer edging out Naeem Alarakhia’s Pub 3-1. On the coed side, Kim Pitt’s Guys and Dolls were named the champions, beating out CCFI lead by William Wong 7-4. A special thanks to Curtis Ryan for all his hard work at the tournament. Thanks to all the teams who paticipated in the tournament. Hope you had fun!

One of the many active participants in the Campus Ret Du-A-Duathlon last weekend. See how happy he is? He’s smiling! photo

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Leadersof the Week

ChrisMonterroso Chris is the Referee-in-Chief this term for flag football. He has demonstrated his commitment to his position by training and scheduling the referees for flag football. Additionally, Chris has organized the umpires for the SloPitch Tournament. Chris has always been active as anumpire or referee in Campus Recreation -specifically flag football, soccer (indoor/outdoor) and Slo-Pitch (both league and tournament).

DarinCooper Darin has been actively involved with a number of activities through the last two weeks clinic session at the Referees general meeting, Ball Hockey Captains Clinic, Ball Hockey in Class Clinic, Ball Hockey on Court Clinic (while sick!), and finally a numberofgamesonthefirstnight of the Bali Hockey season. He has done a good job at all of the games and in fulfilling his duties as Referee-in-Chief.

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hat happens when you get hammy actors, a buring,prediccable script, no plot at all, and throw in some special effects? You get T&e Edge. The basic story revolves (Anthony around Charles, Hopkins), a millionaire married to a beautiful mode! (Elle Macpherson), A photo shoot in the Alaskan wilderness area goes terribly wrong and Charles and Bob, the photographer (Alec Baldwin) who just happens to be screwing Charles’ wife on the side, are stranded in the wilderness. What follows is an epic struggle of &an versus nature, man versus man, and the audience versus sleep. The plot of this movie a lame

Bear on a stick. Onions extra. excuse to get Hopkins and Baldwin in the wilderness where we are treated to bits of trivia such as “Did you know you can make fire from ice?“, “Did you know you can make food seasoning from gunpowder?” Do we care? There is nothing here we haven’t seen before. Sweeping

shots of beautiful mountains and valleys, jealous rivals forced to work together, psychotic animals (in this case a bear) that have nothing better to do with their time than stalk some scrawny humans, to name a few. i% E&e seems to be trying for the ‘Most Anti-Animal movie

of the year’ award. If they don’t get that they can always try for the closely related ‘Stupidest plane crash scene in a movie’ award. The plane actuaI!y crashes because it hits a flock of migrating geese, The screenplay by respected playwright David b1amet (he should have known better) is horrible. The story is so predictable that you could leave after the first 15 minutes, go dosomethingproductive, come back at the end and amaze your friends by telling them everything that happened. What little dialogue there was is embarrcssing. One character actually says to another, “You know what Charles? You’re alright.” Characters emphasize important dialogue by repeating it. For example when faced with the above mentioned ‘man killin’ bear Anthony Hopkins proclaims “DO you want to die? Do YOU want to DIE. You can die. I’m going to kill the bear, I’M going to KILL the BEAR.”

This movie could have been so much better than it was. Director Lee Tamahori who showed so much promise with his first film Once Whe Il/atiors falls on his face in this movie. Anthony Hopkins has shown his ability in award winning performances, this will not be one of them. And as for Alec Baldwin, well bad choice in roles must run in the family. The acting in this movie runs the gamut of mildly bad (the bear) to horrible (everyone else.) Early on in the movie Anthony Hopkins tells his fellow crash victims that those stranded in the wilderness die, not of hunger, psycho bear attacks, killer geese attacks, hammy acting attacks, but of shame. If shame does indead ki!I, let’s all pray that anyone involved in this movie never sees it. In the end, 7Xe Edge leaves one longing for the desolate beauty of Alaska. Or at least longing to be anywhere but in the theatre watching this horrible movie.

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UR GUVERNMEN-I' HAS BEEN INVADED BY 'I‘ki~ BRITISH.There is no escape, resistance is futile, so you might as well sit back and enjoy the show. There is no doubt that the l ;;Guvernment is a great club to see a show in, especially if the act is from the U.K. Over the past year this venue has brought us its fair share, but the line up on Friday night was sorted, the icing on the cake. The Dandies and the Charlies with Tim Burgess up front on the same bill, all within +hree hours of each other was almost too much. The Dandy Warhols started off the show fairly early, warming up the crowd with their “psychedelic electronic guitar pop rock” -Style of music. All together it was a good performance, and enjoyed by most of the crowd. The lead vocals were slightly overpowered by the music and *the constant “bouncing” of the

female keyboardist was kind of distracting. But what can one do? Perhaps a more careful sound check and putting that extra support bra on next time might just do the trick, The Charlatans, on the other hand, are quite familiar with the music business, having put out five major label releases and touring worldwide. In turn, they have developed an astounding fan base throughout mostofthe world. Toronto has a loyal following who all showed up tosupport their modern day fab four. Whilst waiting for the Charlies to embrace the stage, there was an air of excitement, anticipation even, permeating the club. During a thorough and torturously long sound check, the hoards crowded, pushed and shoved to squeeze that extra inch closer to the stage. When the five piece finally walked onto the stage, waving to the crowd, they were greeted with a wave of applause, whistles and cheers. As soon as they began to play, the masses began to move and frolic about. Ok, there was no room to frolic, but they would have if they had the chance. They performed song after song, with the odd briefcomment

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about the song, or its origins. The material for the show was drawn mainly from the last two albums, their self titled release and TXin’ &WY&, which was released this past spring. Everyone’s favourites were played including: “Just Lookin’,” “ Crashing In,” “North Country Boy, ” “One to Another”

and “Tellin’ Stories.” Some surprises were the playingof “Toothache” and “You’re a Big Girl Now,” during which we received a harmonica solo from Tim Burgess, of one prolonged note. The band played a nice set and took a break and then returned for a generous encore be-

fore calling it a night. In the end, that lengthy sound-check was well worth it, allowing the band’s amazing sound and vocals to blend and not compete. The Iight show itself was fun to watch; fancy lights, strobes, and even Christmas lights hung from the roof. There was alsosome cheesy dry ice fog,which managed to shut off the entire stage from the crowd. This wasn’t what the crowd came to see, it was over- kill. It was the Charlatans relaxed and playful stage presence that ended up keeping the audience on their toes, rather than the bad light show. For the entire show, Tim Burgess was constantly moving and dancing around the stage, waving the fog into the crowd or running from it, or pulling his hood upand stumblingabout. He even took a chance to shake some hands and interact with the people crushed against the barrier. What a bunch of lucky bastards. It was obvious that they appreciate their widefan support, which in an era of “bigger than Jesus, bigger than the Beatles” mentality, it is refreshing to see a band fake appreciation at least , let alone the real thing, case in point.

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ich the recent release of the death metal meets electronica SPUWl2 movie soundtrack, and its predecessor, the musical bastardJtidgemerit Night, it started us thinking about some music acts that, when paired together would take music to a higher level, Once thought of as “hip” and “cool” bands, these musical grave diggers have been unearthed to show that they deserve a second chance. We here at Imprint are here to see that these bands get the credit that they deserve by pairing them with their musical soul mates. Jewel and Prodigy: a thoughtprovoking mix of contemporary American folk with bad ass English electronica. TheRollingStonesandOzzy Osboume: work has already begun on a soundtrack album to Jurassic Park 3. Backstreet Boys and WuTang Clan: a phat ghetto groove that only 16 year old mallrats from the suburbs can understand.

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Clay: a biblical bruhaha! Or as we like to think, kill ‘em all , and let God sort it out! Bush and David Hasseihoff: artists tragically unappreciated in their homelands. Bush sings “breathe in, breathe out,” while Haselhoff practices it every day. Pat Boone and Deicide: cuz someone has to scare the shit back

intO Pat Boone. In a metal mood my ass! Depeche Mode and KMFDM: Put ‘em together in a studio, and if Dave Gahan walks out alive, we know that rumours aren’t true. Meatloaf and Salt “N” Pepa: this pairing has a similar taste for bacon and FAT grooves! Anne Murray and Henry Rollins: they’d get along, doncha think? Milli Vanilli and a guy from a Chinese karaoke bar: wait a minute, the guy in the bar can sing! Barry White and Madonna: this could be, quite possibly, the nastiest album ever produced. Motley Crue and the Spice Girls: Rumour has it Tommy Lee’s going Mormon. Danzig and Shania Twain: midriff baring at its best! Michael Jackson and Hanson: known around the world for their fist-pumping anthem “Come on feel the Boyz” On a completely unrelated note, is there any term more oxymoronic than progressive metal?

emale Parts by Franca Rame and Dario Fo will be playing October 8-l 1 and 15-18 at Studio 180 in Modem Languages. &ne Magennis, Heather Roberts, Vicki Sloan, Claudine Aolbreish and Rhonda G&on-Deer play in this aggressive, inyour-face comedy which spares no one.

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he star ofPoaefl,won Best Actress at the 19% Venice Film Festival. Since the film’s North American release this summer, some critics have protested that, despite an incredibly moving and truthful petformante, she doesn’t deserve the honour. The reason is an unusual one: Victoire Thivisol, who plays the title role of Ponetre, is four years old. Perhaps it is because her portrayal of a child grieving for her dead mother seems so heartfelt that reviewers have called the film manipulative. No one wants to see a child in that much pain and Pune#eis difficult to watch at times because it is a reminder of how quickly we forget what it’s like to be a child, to think and feel like a child. An adult audience may find it difficult to identify with the small girl, first shown sucking her thumb in the hospital after the car accident that takes her mother’s life. Her thumb barely protrudes from the cast covering her broken arm; she is a pathetic figure and the gut instinct of anyone with a heart is to fee1 indignant that a

child has been subjected to such an experience and, by extension, that a four year old girl has been directed to convincingly imitate that experience. It doesn’t seem possible to an adult that a child could react so emotionally without having to confront painful emotions herself. ’ However, the point of the film is not to evoke pity for Ponette or Thivisol. The actress’ impenetrable expression frustrates because it conveys so much of what she feels yet so little of what she thinks. This is not an easily-categorized, cute child performance.

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WhateverThivisol was thinking, she displays an innate understanding of what it is to lose, grieve, and struggle to understand. Perhaps she is merely irnitating the director’s understanding, but if so, she does it flawlessly. Because the film focuses on the in&actions between Ponette, her cousins and other children, the audience is spared the overdone speeches and contrived

weeping that too frequently result when adults grieve on film. The film has also been criticized for not showing enough of the adult perspective on Ponette. The few adults in the film seem locked in their own thought processes and incapable of understanding what the little girl feels. This is precisely the point: Ponette understands the purer implications of her loss and is incomprehensible to the adults who attempt to pacify her with religious justification and statements such as “You shouldn’t be so sad.” “Yes, I should,” she replies with certainty. Ponette firmly believes that her mother will come back, a belief begun w hen her well-meaning aunt confuses her with stories of how Jesus came back to earth. Her cousin tries to lure her away from her vigil by pointing out that his grandfather didn’t return from death. Ponette replies that that may be because no one waited for him. The horror of the adults on screen over what they see as misplaced faith is similar to what the audience may experience. Ponette leaves us with a sense that there is something wrongwith us for accepting useless consolation, for not feeling as deeply and as truthfully as she does.

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pigeon-hole their sound or make vague comparisons. They are a definite must-see live band. Do not sell yourself short by restricting your interpretation of them to their poor-quality cassettes. Corduroy Leda was not an easy act to follow, but Fh.~x was certainly up to the challenge. Beginning with the title (and hidden) track off their EP L&y &~en, Flux was in fine form. Their sixteen song repertoire for theeveningconsisted of typical Flux-flavoured tunes in the grand tradition of toe-tapping, finger-snapping, headbopping, all-out guitar rock. Frontwoman Julie MacDonald surprised all by pulling out a flute for the latter half of new song “Chemical Girls.” However, not until a loss of power to the keyboard on stage did the full magnitude and star power of Flux become evident. MacDonald proclaimed that they were experiencing technical difficulties, while the

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here are some shows that you just don’t forget. LastThursday’s Flux/ Corduroy Leda concert at the Bombshetter was one of those. 1, Before the show even began, the presence of bongos and a cello on stage piqued one’s interest. Corduroy Leda, though masked in obscurity, is a band that runs the gamut of punk, rock, folk, and blues. Make up your own string of catch-phrases and describe them any way you want. The fact of the matter is, their talent, versatility, and stage presence is undeniable. Opening with “Hangnail,” Corduroy Leda promptly won over the crowd with their downright infectious energy. The highlight of their set had to be “Shortest Distance.” It wasn’t until this song that members of the crowd got up and began to dance. The seven people on stage were groovin’ and rockin’ to the music which they genuinely seemed to be enjoying as if it was being played for the first time. Corduroy Leda’s music is diverse, but xit is the inconsistencies that hold the band

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band (sans keyboard) responded by striking up a rousing rendition of a marching band-esque polka during the interim. Julie invited the audience to dance, stating “The rest of our set is just going to be an instrumental polka rock!” The crowd responded positively with not only the members of Corduroy Leda (who had been dancing throughout Flux’s set), but other audience members, and MacDonald herself, joining in on the festivities. Fans will be happy to hear that Flux is heading into the studio in October, and should await with anxious anticipation the band’s first full-length album, due sometime in the new year. A kick-ass, top-quality show was enjoyed by all. Be assured, Flux and Corduroy Leda are two bands with staying power -you will be hearing a lot from them in the future, so catch either of them any chance you get.

ere’s an equation you’ve probably seen before: Need money+Crazy scheme to get it=Funny movie (or so the theory goes). Like many movies released today, The Fdi MO~QJ follows this formula,yet somehow, it manages to make me forget I’m watching a comedy that is so predictable. This British film (directed by Peter Catteneo) follows the troubles of maincharacter Gaz (played by Robert Carlyle, last seen in i?.uinspot&z~, who has recently lost his job due to the closure of his town’s steel plant. He’s not alone in this situation; half the community of Sheffield is unemployed for the same reason. Gaz and his friend Dave are spying on Dave’s wife one night, when they follow her into a strip club. Gaz begins reflecting on the ladies’ nights these clubs hold regularly. Wouldn’t it be great, he muses, to put together a show of strippers and make big bucks? The logical thing to do (besides getting an actual job, that is-but that doesn’t seem to register with Gaz and his friends) would be to gather up a few Chippendales types, or at least people who know how to dance. But Gaz decides stripping doesn’t take

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mates can do it as well as anybody. The requisite mishaps ensue, like the group being caught practicing their routine, hurting themselves, etc. These are the focus of the movie and while they are at times predictabie, they are also quite funny. This comedy is handled differently than

your usual Hollywood fare--the director doesn’t insult the audience with inane slapstick and toilet jokes. There are some amusing subtle moments, handled excellently by the cast and the camera, which simply focuses on the characters’ expressions. The ridiculous notion of six ordinary blokes awkwardly putting together a sexy dance number is what carries most of the movie. When attempts are made to flesh out the characters, however, this is where it fails. We are shown glimpses of each of the characters’ personaI lives, and they are pathetic at best. From Gerald (Tom Wilkinson), who can’t bring himself to tell his wife he lost his job, to David (Mark Addy), who is so insecure about his wife’s love for him he nearly loses her, these little vignettes do little to enhance the enjoyment factor of the film. It seems like they’re there to make us feel for the characters more, but it ends up making us pity the poor sods in between the funny parts. It isn’t a very smooth ride from sympathy to hilarity-1 felt guilty at times for laughing at these down-in-theirluck guys, and their stories are left up in the air at the end. But Robert Carlyle is an outstanding actor, managing to make us alternate between cringing and giggling at his loser behaviour and proving his good intentions at the same time. The.supporting cast is excellent as well, though sometimes the characters slip into stereotypes-Gerald, for instance, is the older, conservative one, while the job of the nerd is handed to actor Steve Huison, who portrays the pasty-faced Lomper. It seems trivial to complain about this, however, because ultimately these characters make the film worth checking out. Out ofall the tired crazy-scheme-for-money movies I’ve seen, T/le FulllVonty is fresh and original by comparison, and very funny.

Strike out! World Series Baseball ‘98 by Greg Imprint

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The difference between a slam and a shallow pop fly is the smallest fraction of an inch. That miniscule amount can ulcimately decide between victory or defeat. Sega’s World Series Baseball ‘98 misses by the smallest fraction. The third installment in the World Series Baseball series, ‘98 makesanumberofimprovements on the last version. This time out,

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Sega has changed the gtaphics now utilizing polygons to draw all of the players. This has both an upside and a downside, as the animation is incredibly smooth, but the graphics look somewhat dirty. What is particularly sloppy occurred during a certain match at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium. The outfield wall is covered with team logos but when the view zooms in they become formless blobs of colour, actually, this happens somewhat frequently. The game’s announcer used to be a pretty slick advancement, but in the edition by the fifth inning of the first game the

phrases became sorely repetitive. In terms of game play, ‘98 suffers from a lack of simplicity. To bat you can choose ‘*power zones,” though no one ever did, and that alone clutters things up. Overall, the interface isn’t too bad, but could be a lot easier, Plus, I don’t know haw many times I’ve had to make this point, but having throw and jump/dive as the same button is rather irritating. Very irri tating. To once again delve into baseball metaphor, World Series Baseball ‘98 is iike a ground-rule double: it goes over the wall, but still needs help getting home.

Thisbike ain’t no Schwinn Manx TT Superbike Sega Saturn by Scott Imprint

Preston staff

Picture hurtling down a highway at over one hundred eighty miles an hour, when all of the sudden you fail to negotiate a turn, and send yourself tossed into a guardrail. Even with modern medical technology, you still cannot be revived and never regain consciousness, falling into a coma for the rest of your life. There is no need to lose your life just because you want to ride a motorbike fast. There is Mans TT Superbike, however, where you can bounce off guardrails with no physical damage to either

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or your bike. Simulator games are always game player favorites, for one simple fact: you don’t die when you crash! Superbike offers two player mode, which splits the screen in half for each player, or a computer challenge mode which pits you against seven other bikers. The only problem with the two player mode is that there are no other bikes involved in the race. Isn’t that the whole point of competitive racing games, to run your opponents off of the road? It’s usually more fun than the racing. Another big limitation of this game is the course offerings, There are a total of 4 courses for this game, and it is really only two, with the other two being the reverse image of the first two!

This makes for a fun game for the, first couple of plays. Thereafter, it’s only fun when playing against inexperienced players and kicking their ass. If Mario Kart can offer 16 different tracks, why does this game have a grand total of four? The game also offers eight different motorbikes to choose from, but after getting to know each different one, it becomes obvious that there is one superior bike, the green one. Hint: take the higher top speed over handling every time! The game is fun, but to a point. With some improvements, this could be a spectacular game. As for now, unless it comes with your system, save your cash for bomberman.

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Bomberman Sega Saturn by Rob Van Imprint

Jhistum staff

Just released, for the Saturn system is the Bomber Man. This game, which at first seem like a huge waste of CD technology, is cute, simple-minded, silly, incredibly addictive and at later levels

exceedingly challenging. The game offers many different levels of play. It can be a game played by one or two players who, as a team must clear maze-like levels by blowing up Soft Blocks and Crystals. This is one of the most addictive methods. The player can get stuck for hours trying to figure out the strengths and weaknesses of the creatures on each level. This is

also generally the first level that should be played. After conquering all the levels and their guardians (watch out for Crater. . .he is one evil head) you can move on to Match Play. This is simply head-to-head play where the point of the game is now to destroy your enemies on a single playing field by blowing them to smithereens. This level can be made easier by making teams and stacking them in your favour, but watch out. It isn’t always as easy as that. The third method of play is the Master Game. It is a solitary game where the point is to advance from level to level by destroying all the enemies (which look like one dollar coins). It seems easy at first but quickly degrades to mind-numbing madness. Disgustingly addictive, this game is highly recommended for people who are trying to keep their grades down or keep a handle on their procrastination. Happy bombing.

Size isn’t everything by Scott Imprint

Preston staff

Since 1989, Matador records has always been a label who puts out quality releases, while never limiting the scope of the artists. From taking a listen to this release, it becomes obvious that this

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Ten years ago, World Party’s Bang was released and it won much critical acclaim. It featured their biggest single “Is It Like Today,” which drove the album to the number two spot in the United Kingdom. Their new re-

company does not sign flavour of the month bands while looking for a quick cash grab. Some of the bands have achieved some sales success, and have small pockets of highly devoted fans scattered throughout the world. Some of the names may sound familiar; Liz P hair, Pavement, Superchunk, Guided by Voices and Jon Spencer all make their home on this label. Before they were signed to DGC, Teenage Fanclub were also signed to Matador. There is no lack of talent here by any means. This release is an amazing showcase of the vast expanse of talent and sounds that Matador has to offer. It contains two CDs, the first one filled with twenty four of the label’s favorite tracks, the second one contains twenty unreleased tracks. This disc is a must buy for any collector. There are a few forgettable songs, but this is to be expected from a re-

lease that contains over one hundred and forty minutes of music. Usually, quantity doesn’t always equal quality, but on this disc, the great number of tracks makes for a very solid release. From the loungy sounds of Pizzacato five to the low4 pop of Liz Phair, all songs on this disc work together wonderfully as a whole. Some of the bands who may not sound so familiar, like Bettie Serveert and Yo La Tengo contribute some of the most outstandingwork on this album. Matador is an indie label by some regards, but many of the artists featured sound better than anything that is played in heavy rotation on the radio or television. A record label is only as strong as its lineup, and if Matador’s lineup is any indication of their strength, they will putting out incredible music that doesn’t suck for many years to come. Remember, size isn’t always everything.

lease &~~$ology (with Karl Wallinger on vocals, guitar, bass, drums and probably a few other things) has the astounding high quality sound of Karaoke and the Beatles, all mixed up in a bucket with a big stick. There’s a beat, there’s some music, there’s some singing, but how it all fits together is another thing. Many of the tracks on Egyptology have a very choppy and prepackaged sound to them. Egyptology’s sound ranges from Pink Floyd-esque drones to some-

thing sounding sort of like Steely Dan. In all fairness, World Party doesn’t seem to have any style of its own, Overall, their fourth fulllength aIbum is disappointing. One or two good, catchy melodies on the background of thirteen bad tracks. There’s only so much of this type of mind-numbing repetition one can take. World Party has evidently suffered from Wallinger’s self-inflicted “Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb.”

by Darryl Kelman special to Imprint Arcwelder has a definite garage-band sound. This trio of rockers doesn’t use many filters or sweeteners to purify their sound; they just let it all hang out. It works well for _, them, as their newest release Entropy shows with each track. None ofthe songs are extremely original but for the most part they are all pretty good. Standout tracks include the straight ahead rock sounds of “Unknown” and

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Hmm, a new release on the Projekt label. Well, let’s examine the essentials; dark, out-of-focus cover art? Check. Melodramatic sleeve notes? “Arcanta is music as purgation.. .Arcanta strikes a timeless chord, capturing an essence that is as primal as it is profound.”

“And Now,” the catchy riffs in “Know” and the slower, more pensive “Ash.” The whining vocal harmonies are almost annoying at first, but they grow on you and add to the feel of the album. The musicianship is there for Arcwelder too, as each member rotates through guitar/bass/drums/ piano and vocals on different tracks. This aspect makes the album a better exerience also with different vocal stylings on dif. ferent styled cuts. Arcwelder is above most bands out there, but they are probably not going to achieve superstar status off this group of songs. They probably don’t deserve it yet either.

Check. Superficially, everything seems to be in order. On to the music. The voice behind Arcanta is Thomas-Carlyle Ayres (he’s also the creator) and is apparently the first new artist in three years to be signed to Projekt (must be a dearth of bands with “love” in their names out there). To get a good feel of what this release sounds like, picture the This Mortal Coil folks adding a Gregorian monk who’s spent a lot of time in Sam Rosenthal’s recording studio to the lineup. Then, imagine Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard helping out with the musical arrangement. This is not to say, alas, that the quality usually associated with those names is present here, merely that the sound aimed for is, in a word, bigG goth. In striving for that feel, two things often emerge. It can be cheese, or it can be quite beautiful. The majority of the Projekt catalogue ranges between those two and this CD in no way deviates from that pattern. Songs like “Bodhisattva” contain lyrical travesties Iike “So lift this veil of tears / Why weepest thou my friend?” over a New Age-chanting, dulcimer-led, background horror. Conversely, “Awake As If From Slumber” has some lovely dark layering of vocals and synth lines. That said, there’s not much new here: it’s very reminiscent of the Black Tape For a Blue Girl I Canto Gregorian0 / This Mortal Coil / Dead Can Dance sound. Take an atmospheric background track, weave a baritone voice over a church organ and hey-presto! there it is. Instant Projckt material. Just add angst.

Friday, October 3, 1997

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by Klaus Imprint

Steden staff

In the world of music, a band like the Stone Roses happens maybe only once every fifteen or twenty years. Although it would be daring to compare the two bands, the pairing of John Squire and Ian Brown is comparable to the Beatles’ Lennon and McCartney. Not necessarily for longevity and temperament, but in terms of raw talent and songwriting ability, the Stone Roses were certainly one of the best pop bands of the 80s. Then came contract disputes, and it looked very much like the Stone Roses would never record again. Well, they did, although they probably shouldn’t have. Second Coming was more or less a last gasp of a band whose zenith had been five years before. The

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Roses broke up ignominiously, and most of the band faded into obscurity. While God only knows where Ian Brown is right now, John Squire got himself a new singer, a new label and a new band, the Seahorses. This album is not a bad piece of work. It’s nothing revolutionary, like the Roses were, and not altogether dazzling, but nonetheless a fairly solid album. It is painfully clear that John Squire is not as complete a songwriter without Brown; sure, he can knock out a decent tune, but the sugary vocals and punchy lyrics just aren’t there anymore. Chris Helme is an okay singer, but it just doesn’t work as well, and he spends a lot of his time trying to sound like he was part of the Stone Roses. Although this review may sound more than disparaging, this is actually a decent album; but if you’re a big Stone Roses fan, you might find it a bit of a disappointment if you were expecting the never-delivered second Stone Roses LP. Still, it stands up on its own, just not necessarily as what some of us wanted to hear.

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Olley staff

In June of 1996, after four years together, Rob Szabo and the rest of the Groove Daddys parted ways. Since then his life reads like an inch worm measuring. . .well you know. After writing a few songs and meeting a few members of other Southern Ontario rock groups, Rob decided to get everyone together and recorded five songs at

Cedartree Studios here in Kitchener over the summer. And now, this Friday, October 3, 1997, Marigold will release their debut E.P. at Mrs. Robinson’s. The five songs that appear on Bunt range in style from hard rock to restless ballads, and all in all make up a solid base on which they can build. IIowever, don’t just dismiss them as “another rock band.” These are very good songs with a few interesting changes, just like the CDcover. The *‘cover” photo is actually on the back of the CD while the list of songs is on the front cover of the booklet. So if you are into straight rock with a little variety, check out the E.P., or even better meet them first hand on Friday.

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Doreen B&bin Award - interested females entering 4th year in Spring or Fall 1998 in an Honours program in which women are currently under-represented. Deadline: APR 30/98 Don Hayes Award - for involvement 8 contribution to athleticsantiorsports therapy. Deadline: JAN 30/ 98 Leeds-Waterloo Student Exchange Program Award - students to contact John Medley, Mechanical Engineering. Mike Maser Memorial Award - available to 3rd or 4th year based on extracurricular and financial need. Deadline: JAN 9/98 Douglas T. Wright Award - available to all who have participate in a UW international work placement. Students to apply upon return to full-time study at UW. Deadline: OCT 15/97

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or 4th year Kinesiology. Deadline: OCT lo/97 Mrchael Gellner Memorial Scholarship I available to 38 Kinesiology or Health Studies. Deadline: MAR 31/98 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 28/98 Kate Kenny Memorial Award - available to 3rd or4th year Kinesiology with an interest in rehabilitative medicine. Deadline: OCT 31197 Warren Lavery Memorial Award - available to 3rd or 4th year Recreation. Deadline: Ott lo/97 RAWCO - available to 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year Recreation and Leisure Studies. Deadline: JAN 30198 Marion J. Todd Memortal Award - available to 3B Co-op Health Studies with interest in healthrelated research. Minimum 75%averacre reauired. Deadline: OCT 31/97

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Arts Student Union Award - available to all Arts students. Deadline: OCT 31/97 Robin K. BanksIPacioli Award - available to 2A Accountancy Studies (Arts only). Deadline: OCT 15/97 Concordia Club Award - available to 3rd year Regular or 3A Co-op Germanic & Slavic. Deadline: JAN 31/98

Faculty of Engineering: Andsrsen ConsuIting Scholarship - available to 38. Deadtine: MAR 31/98 JP. BickelI Foundatron Bursaries - available to all Chemical students. Deadline: OCT lo/97 Canadian Posture and Seating Centre Scholarship - available to all. Deadline: OCT 10197 Consulting Engineers of Ontario Scholarship available to all 38. Deadline: MAR 31198 John Deere Limited Scholarship -available to 36 Mechanical. MAR 31/98 DelcanScholarship-availableto4JUBCivil. Deadline: FE6 28/98 Randy Duxbury Memorial Award - availableto Chemical. Deadline: MAR 31/98 S.C. Johnson & S9n Ltd. Environmental Scholarship - available to 3rd year Environmental Chemical. Deadline: MAY 28/98 OPE Foundation Undergraduate Schofarship available to all 2B & 38 based on extracurricular and marks. Deadline: NOV 28/97 Marcel Pequegnat Scholarship - available to 3B Civil, water resource management students. Deadline: MAY 28/98 Jack Wiseman Award- available to 3B or 4A Civil. Deadline: OCT 31197

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John Geddes Memorial Award - available to ERS, Geography and Planning. Deadline: OCT31/ 97 Robert Haworth Scholarship - available to 3B Park Planning and Management, Recreation, Natural Heritage & Planning, Outdoor Education. Deadline: MAY 30/98 Marcel Pequegnat Scholarship - available to 3rd year Environment & Resource Studies, Planning, Water Resource Mgt. Deadline: MAY 31/97

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Friday, October 3,1997 Videos and Films -wilt be shown by the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages & Literatures. “The Architecture of Doom’. Come to ML 117 at 6:30 p.m. For Info call 888-4567, ext. 2260. Sunday, October 5,1997 Outers Club Kayaking Seminar - presented by the Outer Club members in PAC ~1 from 8 to 10 p.m. All equipment provided, no experience nece-fy, $3.00. Wednesday, October 8,1997 Csnadlan Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI) is pleased to invite you to the ISU Roadshow at 730 p.m. in the DC 1302. Gay and Lesbian Liberation of Waterloo Coming Out Discussion Group. Topic: “How Can I Meet People?” 730 p.m. Social follows at 9 p.m. PAS 3005. Meet old friends and make new ones. All welcome. Details: 884-4569. Thursday, October 9,1997 The Peau Soeq presents .. . a presentation by “The Netvuorr, a collaborative national organization that promotes non-violent forms of conflict resolution. 12:30 p.m.in the Blue Room at Conrad Grebel College.

If you don’t hear us on the radio ... hear us at www.eyerhyme.com. New proaressive rock! Rooms in the Village Residence are available for immediate occupancy. Inquire at the Housing Office, Village I or phone 888-4567, ext. 3704 or ext. 3705 for further info on the villages. Guided self-change of alcohol use: for individuals who may have concerns about the amount they are drinking and want to cut down. Call Counselling Setvices, ext. 2655 to find out more. Recent processing changes mandated by the Ministry of Education and Training have created a severe backlog in the workload of the Student Awards Office. In order to deliver financial aid programs to students accurately and on time, the office will be closed on the following Wednesdays: Sept 24, Oct. 1, Ott 8, Oct. 15. The KW Sexual Assault Support Centre is holding a series of 6 workshops on “Anger: part of the healing path” for women survivors of child sexual assault. Tuesday evenings from October

28 - December 2/97. Offered in a rural location and free of charge. For more info or to register, call 571-0121. Scholarship funds are available through the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America’s PROJECT: Learn MS ‘98 Essay Competition. June 5, 1998 is deadline. To obtain registration form and info call l-800-LEARN MS.

MONDAYS Outers Club Meetings - Environmental Studies 1, room 221 at 7 p.m. Discuss and plan outdoor adventures. Get help with organizing and equipment (rentals available). Day trips happening every weekend. CHECKUS OUT! WEDNESDAYS Come to Grace Christian Fellowship for an at cost supper, singing & Bible study, 4:30 p.m., McKirdy Hall, St. Paul’s College. Call Tim Uyl883-0435 THURSDAYS Students Advising Co-op weekly meetings are at 5130 in Needles Hall, room 1029.

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