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Guelph student protesters at it again by Wendy Imprint
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arly Wednesday morning, students from the University of Guelph occupied the main entrances to the University Library and the McKinnon Building (an arts faculty building). The occupation was a protest against the growing inaccessibility of post-secondary education. Students were also protesting the increasing corporate control of curriculum, which they feel is inevitable as 14 of 24 seats on the Board of Governors are held by corporate leaders. Last March, a similar protest occurred during which the presidential offices of the university were occupied for seven days, and the University Center was temporarily reclaimed as student space. The protest resulted in 37 University and provincial charges against the students who participated in the occupation. This week’s protest, similar to last year’s direct action, was partly to demand that all charges be dropped and that students have a democratic and truly accessible university. The students issued an ultimatum to the administration Sunday, November 2, stating that “the only way to avoid the occupation is to drop all the charges against the Guelph 37, and to announce its intention to take the first steps towards a thorough democratization of campus life by Tuesday, November 4 at 590 p.m.” The ultimatum was not met, and students physically barricaded the entrances. The doors were locked shut and protestors with signs block the way, asking those who need entrance to the buildings to use other entrances as a symbolic gesture. Most complied peacefully. In fact, many students support the occupation and picketed the residence of the University of Guelph President Mordechai Rozanski at 900 a.m. Wednesday. Signs plastered the walls of campus buildings and posts, and students stopped to listen to protestors shouting their message, All actions, however, were not completely peaceful.
heard the police saying that “he (Ibanes) Students protesting arrests born the last protest. got what he deserved,” photo by Wendy Vnoucek When asked why the students were protesting again, Ibanes, who was also one of the 37 students charged in the protest last March, lum and space.” said that “there are no options left open.” He believes that In response to Wednesday’s ccupation, Darlene it is “a waste of time to sit on committees when they [the Frampton, Director of Communications at the University university administration] don’t listen to what we say. of Guelph, spoke of the administration’s consistent policy How are we supposed to stand by? We’re losing profs, of respecting student group opinions and protests, so long we’re losing our education.” as they were identified student groups. She stated that Ibanes recalled that after the occupation in March, the “[the administration] would have no dialogue with uniBoard of Governors were more open to talks. However, he dentified student groups.” There was also concern that lamented that key factors, such as tuition increases and the the occupation was a safe9 hazard, and when a notice of number of corporate board members, were not addressed violation came from the Minister Solicitor General (at the favourably.Thus, the demands this time increased. Among request of the Fire Marshall, the University stepped in and them were that administration and students work toremoved the chains, metal bars, rope and duct tape that gether, that the number of corporate board members is were locking the library entrance. The two students standdecreased, and that tuition fees not rise any further. ing inside the library doors were charged with trespassing The protesters also distributed nearly 2,000 leaflets but were released soon after. According to Frampton, as stating that rising tuition is “making these kinds of actions long as the protest was peaceful and did not interrupt increasingly necessary to defend students against the student activity, the students were allowed to demongrowing corporate takeover of university funding, curricustrate.
Welcome to Watpark: R&D on north campus by Adam Tmprint
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he University of Waterloo’s Board of Governors has approved a motion to begin negotiations on the development of a world class research and technology park on the north campus. The facility, which could span several hundred acres, would be built in phases if an agreement can be arrived at with the developers. The idea for a park is part of the university’s Campus Master Plan. In 1992, a parcel of land within north campus was set aside for research and development purposes. Support for the project gained momentum over the last two years due to a growth in the local science and technology sector. Any future development agreement must follow the
objectives established by the “Guidance Statement for the Development of Lands.” The university wants the park to encourage the creation and relocation of researchbased companies whose interests are compatible with activities on campus. Suitable employment for co-op students and graduates could be provided. “The park will help students work through university and realize benefits when they graduate/said Martin Van Nierop, Director of Information and Public Affairs. Long-term financial gains would be used to improve the quality and relevance of programs, teaching and services. The increased number of agencies hiring highlyskilled individuals facilitates the economic and social enhancement of surrounding communities. The Watpark Consortium is one of two organizations short-listed from twelve submissions to develop the north
campus. The group is primarily headed by Euromart InternationaI Bancorp Inc. in Toronto and Co-operators Development Corp. in Guelph. The other candidate, Manulife Financial, withdrew from the process several months ago. No details of Watpark’s proposal, or how soon phase one of the project may begin, have been released. “The steps that are being taken are being taken very carefully and deliberately because of the important nature of the stage that we’re in right now,“’ reported a UW spokesman. The university studied similar research parks throughout Canada and the United States, including the wellknown facilities in Stanford, California. “There are parks that are successful, and some that have run into difficulty. We want to make sure that this is a positive benefit to the university, and an asset to the community,” said Van Nierop.
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eliminated by January 2000. Users will have to switch to PCs as their old Macintoshes wear out. According to the University Committee on Information Systems and Technology (UCIST), phasing out Macintoshes will save money. For students and faculty who use the machines, it represents a loss of the freedom and competitive edge that character-
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Macintoshes are located. Jim Geelen, a professor of Combinatorics and Optimization, says, “I don’t think universities should be tied to companies,” referring to the Microsoft-Intel PCs that users will have to adopt. Professor Keith Geddes is Associate Dean of Computing and a member of the University Committee on Information Systems and Technology (UCIST) that released the statement on Wednesday. Geddes justifies the phaseout as being related to cutbacks and a move towards PCs in the industry. “The reality of the world Loday is that more and more people want PCs.” According to Geddes and the UCIST, managing the separate Mat and PC labs is more expensive than managing a combined lab of all one type of machine. Two labs of 100 Mats and 100 PCs might require two personnel each while a combined lab of 200 PCs would only require three total. In eliminating the Macintoshes, the committee hopes to
eliminate the costs of multiple platforms. The money saving exercise may fail, though, when applied to individual machines used by administration, of which there are hundreds in Math alone. Dickey cites research which shows that, in a corporate setting, there are no savings associated with having a Windows-only platform. In addition, more Macintosh computers translates to lower support costs. “If we move to PCs we’ll need a lot more support people” says Dickey. “This move will make jobs for computer support people.” Not all of the support staff inside the Math Faculty Computing Facility and Information Systems Technology support the move. Several people who did not wish to be identified characterized the move as “unfortuna te.”
UCIST will hold an open meeting at noon on Monday, November 10 at Needles Hall 3001 to review the phase-out.
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group of countries from around the world are working on an agreement to help protect foreign investors. The Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) is currently being negotiated by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a group of industrialized countries across the globe. The central purpose of this agreement is to give investors protection when investing in foreign countries. Governments will be required to treat foreign investors and investments no less favourably than domestic ones. UW Professors James Brox and James Downey spoke on the matter this Tuesday at St. Jerome’s College. Says Brbx, since such a large part of Canada’s Gross Domestic Product depends on trade, and “Given Canada’s relative size, if such a deal is going
to go ahead, I do not think that Canada can afford to be left out.” Proponents ofthis agreement say that it will mean better efficiency and competition, resulting in economic expansion, new jobs and economic opportunity. The increase in competition will help to create lower prices. Increased trade will mean that products will be manufactured wherever it is cheapest to do so. Opponents of this agreement fear that, while this is supposed to promote growth in the economy, there is very little to ensure this growth will trickle down to the average person; the people who will really benefit are big businesses, only widening the income gap between the rich and the poor. Critics such as Political Science professor James Downey say that the the MA1 is “The latest in a series of initiatives from governmentsactingatthe behestofpowerful interests which has the effect of pulling back the frontiers of the state and unleashing the
flow of market forces.” He adds that taking power away from governments and placing it in the hands of major corporations has had some calling it a “corporate bill of rights.” Critics are alsoconcerned that this deal could prevent governments from prohibiting dangerous products on the grounds that they prevent a foreign company from competing with domestic brands. They fear that it will increase the pressure on all nations to compete for investment capital by lowering labour, environmental and consumer-safety standards, and decreasing wages. While Downey thinks we’re damned if we do go through with the agreement, Brox thinks we’re damned if we don’t, He says that much of what is in this agreement was in NAFTA and that if we had concerns we should have taken them to the table at that time. In any case, for better or for worse, Canada is very close to reaching an agreement on this proposal.
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number of students have approached Students dvising Co-op (SAC) with their frustrations with the co-op system this term. This article should address some concerns. The largest problem is the accuracy and reliability of scheduled postings. This is due to the increased workload on the Co-op Department, caused by increases in the numbers of both students going through the system and employers looking for students. Because Access, the online
resource for job postings was not designed to handle the complexities of the present process, and there are not enough server resources on campus to handle the workload, updates have been slower and logging in has taken longer. Co-op is working on this issue. Although bulletin boards are updated daily by 1200 p.m. (ideally), postings have gone up late primarily because employers have submitted their choices and interview schedules late to the department. There have also been hardware problems with printers and some communication prob-
lems with a few employers. Until Co-op resolves all these problems, a few suggestions: log on to Access early each morning (Access is updated nightly Tuesday to Saturday). In addition, check the bulletin boards in the afternoon each day to see if any changes have occured since checking Access. Be sure tocheck the date of the posting! If an employer was late submitting their interview schedule, Co-op will call or e-mail you to inform you of any interviews, so check your messages each day. Good luck in Continuous Phase!
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compiled by Bruce Lee-Shanok special to Imprint Impressively, there were no crimes of note on October 3 1. “I’d like to congratulate the students on a safe and sensible Hallowe’en,” says Sgt. Wayne Shortt of UW Police.
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On October 10, a knapsack was taken from the South Campus Hall giftshop. On October 13, a cardboard box with photos and other items was lost or stolen from the Fed Bus to Ottawa in the lot outside the SLC. An unattended wallet was stolen from the ninth floor of the Dana Porter Library on October
On October 22, a ring and a Walkman were stolen from Renison College. The offending roommate has since been caught and dealt with. Missing since October 28 is a British passport.
Vehicle Theft October was a popular month forwhite Plymouth Voyagers; one was stolen on the 9th, another on the 13th. The first was recovered while the second, stolen from J Lot with license plate 725 PBZ, is still missing. Also missing is a fourdoor 1991 burgundy Honda Accord, license plate 241 NAH, stolen from 0 Lot on the 29th. Bicycle thefts were unusually high in October, with seven reported across campus.
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Venda benda Starting next term, students’ WatCards will have one more use: photocopying. The Venda Cards which are currently in use will be replaced by the versati!e WatCards. The graphics department encourages people with Venda cards to add only small amounts for the rest of the term. Colette Nevin of the graphics department feels that “the WatCard wiI1 provide a more secure means of providing copy transactions. If lost, a WatCard can be immediately de-activated by any WatCard cash register. . . A lost Venda Card is lost cash.” Pot poll For the first time a majority (a slim 51 per cent) of Canadians favour legalizingmarijuana, found a poll of 1,5 15 people. When marijuana is used for medical purposes only support rises to 83 per cent. Ten years ago, just 39 per cent of Canadians felt that marijuana should be legalized. The shift in social opinion could be due to the changing demographic. In the 35 to 54-year age group, 54 per cent of respondents were for legalization of marijuana. Of Canadians over 55,41 per cent were against legalization. Support was highest in British Columbia, where 63 per cent of the population supported decriminalization. University
education also led to an increase in support; 55 per cent of university graduates are in favour of legalizing marijuana. _
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The husband was thearrested for spousal abuse and matter was later settled by a family friend. In the North Campus L,ot on October 18, two parked vehicles managed to rear-end each other. Harassment was reported on October 20 regarding a female and her ex-boyfriend on the third floor of MC. The dance floor of the University Club saw an injury on October 23, with a person falling over backwards as a result of hyperextending their legs. On October 25, a suspicious individual wearing dark clothing with head and face mask was seen at 10~45 p.m. walking on the foot-
On October 19, five coat of arms plaques were stolen from Renison College. Two have been recovered. On October 20, various computer components were stolen from Chemistry 2. On October 21, an IBM Thinkpad 365 Laptop was stolen from Compuscape on the lower level of the SLC.
Mischief On October 18, graffiti was added to Room 240 of ES 1. It has since been removed. There were attempted thefts of parking boxes in Lots C2 and X on October 20. October 25 saw gIass doors on the University Street side of Engineering 1 kicked in and sprayed with graffiti.
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midst the daily push and pull over money/power in Canada’s system of brokerage politics, there exist issues which are kept off the public agenda. Many of these issues impact Canadians in concrete ways, as opposed to the big news standby stories like national unity, the debt and the latest “we said, they said” wrangling in Parliament. In the spirit of alternative media and the tradition of Imprint editors before me, however, I will attempt to bring one of these more human issues to light. Legalize it. This week, a CTV/Angus Reid poll revealed that 51 per cent of Canadians believe possession of marijuana should not be a criminal offence. Eighty-three per cent said the drug should be legal if used for medical purposes only. While results like these could be explained as being the responses of a population bombarded by a popular culture sympathetic to drug use, I take it as proof that Canadians can decide for themselves what is good for them and what is not. Those surveyed obviously weighed years of ‘Just say no’ and other Reefer IWadnRFs-type nonsense against their own experience or that of their peers and decided that the decision to use marijuana is a personal one, just like the decision to drink alcohol or smoke tobacco. The interesting thing about this issue is that it has no easy connection to the usual politics of self interest, other than the fact that pot smokers want to smoke pot and other people don’t want them to smoke pot. There seem to be no ulterior motives on the part of prohibitionists or the pro-pot crowd. In the absence of the usual power and influence politics, this issue should be determined by informed public debate, popular opinion and an appeal to the facts of the issue. The Canadian government has actually looked into the issue of marijuana and its current status as an illegal substance. In 1973, a Senate Committee called the LeDain Commission produced a report on the non-medical use of drugs in Canada which provided data from legitimate scientific studies on the physical, social and mental effects of a wide array of substances. Speaking in terms of %he futility of simple possession as a deterrent co drug use” and “better uses of police resources”, the commission called for the decriminalization of simple possession of cannabis for personal use, traffickingwhere no money changes hands and cultivation not for the purposes of trafficking. In 1995, the federal LiberaIs passed Bill C-8, the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, which expanded police search and seizure powers in drug cases, allowed police to seize the property used to commit crimes (i.e. your house, if you grow) and made it easier to prosecute traffickers. The bill was passed despite a Senate inquiry at which members of the Addiction Research Foundation, the Canadian Centre for Substance Abuse, the Canadian Medical Association and the Canadian Bai Association made a convincing case for decriminalization. They cited the ineffectiveness of prohibition to date, the high rate of youth incarceration for simple possession and the’fact that marijuana is almost harmless when compared to alcohol or tobacco. At the time, Diane Riley of the Canadian Foundation for Drug policy stated, “If we pass this bill, if we do not have a serious reassessment of drug policy and social policy in this country, we will go the way of the United States. We will go to hell in a handbasket in a very brutal and expensive way.” The federal government ignored the input of these groups during the Bill C-8 hearings. They ignored the recommendations found in a comprehensive report written by the LeDain Commission. Now, it seems that the majority of Canadians favor legalization. Whilk the Chretien government has shown signs of softening the legal sanction against possession, -it seems too large a political risk to legalize marijuana outright. Imagine. Fifty-one per cent of all of Canadians favor legalization. A smaller portion of Quebec has been holding the entire country hostage for over 20 years. Maybe pot smokers should declare themselves a distinct society. They can claim a connection to a centuries-old tradition of cannabis use all over the world and 60 years of oppression by an unjust Canadian government. The thousands who were sent to jail and had their lives ruined over marijuana possession could be martyrs of a sort. It won’t happen though, because marijuana smokers obviously come from too many different walks of life to view their identities so narrowly.
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Kudos to the Teachers! To the Editor,
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James n response to McAughey’s letter, “Kudos to Bill 160”, printed in the October 31 edition of Imprint, I offer the following: I grant that Ontario’s education system could be improved to prepare students better for the global economy. Yes, James, I’ve taken Larry Smith classes too. . *Larry’s on sabbatical right now and I think I saw him on a picket line yesterday. Seriously though, Bill 160 is no improvement for anyone. James, . you write a good letter and argue well, but you’ve got your facts ; wrong. Let’s look at them one by one. You stated that “recent na. tional andinternational test scores shown that I have consistently Ontario students are performing 7 average or below average in the I core subjects.” Untrue. The Royal Commission on learning ( 1994) r found no evidence to support the _ suggestion that Ontario students . rank among the lowest in Canada. Internationally? James failed to ’ mention that Ontario students ; scored ahead of Sweden, Germany, New Zealand, England, Norway, Denmark, United States, ’ Spain and others. Most importantly, countries ahead of Ontario, such as Slovenia and Jordan, allowed only hand-picked students to write the tests! In other words, the best students in those nations were competing against average Ontario students. James went on to point out that teachers actually agreed to larger class sizes during social contract negotiations. James, think about it, what teacher in {heir I1 right mind would want a Iarger 3 class? Why was this concession made? Class size increases were in response to large + negotiated funding cuts already imposed! 4 ($533 million to date, another $667 i million to be removed by 98-99) 1 These cuts affected librarians, r special education teachers, and guidance teachers. The only way i to keep valuable programs like ’ Junior Kindergarten was to increase class size in several jurisdictions. The teachers favour reducted class size. What was James’ next point? ‘. Ah yes, time off. He suggested we should all support Bill 160 so teachers those despicable a wouldn’t have so much time off. . School holidays aren’t meant exclusively for the teachers, James. The time off students have from school is meant to allow them such crazy things as personal i growth and learning outside the ; classroom and perhaps even some increased family time. James also - suggested that teaching is no ’ harder than any other profession i or occupation. James, walk a mile : in a teacher’s moccasins. Teachers today are expected to both
teach and parent students. Then they’re asked to coach the basketball team, or the band, or the public speaking club. Finally, once a teacher is home after practice, then he/she gets to mark test papers. Damn teachers! Another of James’ suggestions is that Bill 160 will make teachers spend time with students. He didn’t remind us that the increased time with students could come at the expense of teachers’ preparation time. Both James and Mike Harris have failed to see that, at present, while one teacher is preparing for class, another teacher is with the students. Bill 160 could force teachers to spend more time with students and at the same time reduce the time they have to prepare for class. We’ve achieved ‘trumpets please - lower quality education!!! Next on the list: James endorses Bill 160’s centralization of power because it will bring “negotiations to the provincial level where more public scrutiny can occurand accountabilityisachievable.” In reality, James, Bill 160 will end al1 negotiations and scrutiny. Decisions about education will be made by approximateiy two elected officials and a few unelected bureaucrats behind closed doors. Where is the voice of the Legislature? Where is the parental or community or board involvement expected in a democracy? The fiscal reduction proposed in Bill 160 is not going to lead to quality education. Instead, it’s a smoke screen to allow the Harris government to pay for promised tax breaks. Kudos to the teachers for standing up for education, risking legal action and suffering loss of wages for the sake of the students of Ontario!
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his letter is in response to James McAughey’s letter published in last week’s Imprint regarding the current Ontario teachers’ strike and Bill 160. Despite Mr. McAughey’s assertions, Bill 160 will not assist Ontario’s education system compete in a global economy. All sides, however, involved in the Bill 160 dispute will agree that some reforms are needed to our education system. If change was the only issue, the teachers would not currently be standing on picket lines. If the issues involved were a new curriculum (curriculum in fact has been changed to some degree by each of the seven education ministers in the past 12 years) or a standardized report card, the teachers would not be out on the picket line. The issue is Bill 160
and the power it gives the government to unilaterally change the teaching and learning conditions of the province’s classrooms, First, however, let’s deal with class size. Bill 160 will not cap class size at 25 as Mr. McAughey asserts. The government amendments to the bill, tabled on October 30, 1997, state that school boards will ensure elementaryaerage class size throughout the board does not exceed 25 pupils and in secondary classes, 22 pupils. Not only is this not an absolute limit, the Minister has the power to change these averages every three years and to give approval, at any time, for boards’ to exceed this maximum average. Classes throughout the province will still have less or more than 25 pupils or whatever the government mandates, and no one will be able to challenge this mandate. The most frightening aspect of Bill 160 is the attempt by the government to centralize control for education in the hands of the Minister of Education. Mr. McAughey argues that moving union - government negotiations to the provincial level will allow more public accountability by increasing the visibility of such negotiations. Section 257.40 of Bill 160 places exclusive jurisdiction for all matters under this bill with the Minister of Education. This jurisdiction is not open to review by any court. Bill 160 deals with class size, preparation time, funding levels, education tax rates, in short, regulatory control of education. These items are currently decided at a local level through negotiations by the unions and the school boards. With passage of this bill, the government can regulate any of these items directly with no public input. Their decisions are binding and cannot be appealed. Hardly seems to increase public accountability, does it? In fact, it hardly seems to increase democracy. Section’Z57.38of the bill gives the Minister furl control over education money and it’s application. This allows the Minister control to decide where and how much money should be spent. The government has already- cut $553 million from education and plans to cut an additional $667 million. Where these cuts will occur has not been stated. Under Bill 160, the government has undisputed power to impose these cuts wherever and whenever it feels fit. Public and local input is not necessary for the cuts to be approved. All it will take is the Education Minister and a pen. Section 257.45, however, is t he&oHp u!ectice. This section compels all school board members, officers and employees to comply with all orders, decisions and directions from the Minister in respect to the administration of board affairs. If anyone fails to comply or votes against such orders, decisions or directions, they
are, in the words of the bill, “guilty of an offence.” If a trustee, our elected representative, does vote against a government initiative, Bill 160 gives the Minister of Education the power to fire, fine and ban the trustee from municipal politics for five years. Not exactly powers a democratically elected government usually wields. Bill 160 is the pinnacle of a mis-information campaign that has been waged by the Harris government against teachers and their unions. Government ads constantly tell us that teachers’ unions are opposed to class size limits, new curriculum, and standardized report cards. The government has fanned the fires of some people’s discontent about our education system, unions and teachers. Through this bill, the government is attempting to gain absolute control over our education system. If the bill is passed, our ,only recourse to any government action would be to vote them out every five years. Don’t be surprised, however, if Harris introduces an Election Quality Improvement Act, removing that democratic right also. Education reform is necessary and currently is a joint effort of educators, the governmentand citizens. Bill 160 aims to make “education reform only ‘an effort of the Education Minister, stripping all local, democratic input in the process, Through slick advertising (whose doliars paid for that, Mike?), the government has diverted atten-
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his is in response to the letter to the Editor written by James McAughey, published in the Imprint on Friday, October 3 1,1997. I feel that the comments he has made, demonstrate that he is uninformed as to the contents of Bill 160. He is merely falling prey to Mike Harris’s propaganda. Did you know, Mike Harris has stated at a recent EuropeanTrade Mission that “Ontario’s education system is top rate.“(On the Line Irolume 1, Number 4, October 30, 1997). Why then, is Mr. Harris trying to convince the public at great expense to the taxpayer that cur education system is broken? Could this perhaps be the crisis that John Snobelen was instructed to create? Michele Landsberg of 7Ze Tomntu Star stated *Canada ranked 18th out of a list of 41 nations participating in the Third International Math and Science Study. But we ranked ahead of Sweden, Germany, New Zealand, Engcontinued
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land, the United States, Scotland, Norway and others. (Some countries ranking ahead of us were later discounted because of the way they selected their students.)” McAughey states that “Negotiations will move from the local level to the provincial level still enabling unions to negotiate.” The government is giving itself the power to make regulations affecting all aspects of education reform. These regulations may uvem’de any existing li.m2u from behifld closed duors, with no debafe! This provision strips On tarians of their democratic rights. The constitutional legitimacy of such a provision has only been upheld’in the context of war measures invoked in 1918. With whum is the Hum> gufxnvnent at W&T-?
As far as negotiatingclass sizes - who is likely to become more concerned about large class sizes? A teacher instructing a group of students and the school board for whom she works, or the Minister of Education in Toronto with a cost-cutting agenda. Bill 160 may state that it will limit class sizes, however, elementary students will even tell you that’s impossible. Thinkabout it-fewer teachers (yes, teachers will be laid off) means more students per class and less time for a teacher to spend with individual students. The Harris Government has far surpassed its mandate. It is proving to be detrimental to our very existence in Ontario. If you don’t believe me, take a look at people dying for health care. Do you honestly believe that 126,000 educated people would make such a show of civil disobedience if the lives of future students were not at risk? Fact: Teachen are motivuttdby #htir consa’mce to delj atl unj,,t km.
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e felt it important to correct some misinformation contained in this column. First, student fees collected for the Feds are only used to fund the service side of the Feds -like the Legal Resource Office, the executive budgets, council, etc. Advertising for our businesses are paid for by the businesses themselves, funded only by the students who use them. Mr. Krywaniuk’s assertion that we are wasting students’ money is incorrect. Our decision to cut our Imprint advertising had the effect of using a smaller part of student fees to advertise the activities of the Federation’ of Students. We did so simply because we did not feel we were getting the response
we required for the expenditure of approximately $750 per week. If the decrease in advertising has meant a decrease in Imprint’s size, we are sure Imprint will take steps to acquire new advertising to fill the perceived void. Finally, ACME does not claim to be an official UW magazine, and in none of our conversations has indicated an interest in collecting student fees. The magazine is free. Students who have questions or concerns such as Mr. Krywaniuk’s are more than welcome to ask them of the Feds. In fact, we encourage those kinds of questions so that assumptions, such as those Mr. Krywaniuk has made, do not occur.
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hank Harris for Bill 142” by Alex Haye presents a distorted view of what the Progressive Conservative agenda is all about. Bill 142 is a good piece of legislation because it attempts to ensure efficiency in our welfare system and it ensures that able-bodied people maintain the skills and drive necessary to eventually fmd and hold work. Although some mean-spirited, neo-conservatives think “if peopie can’t work then they deserve to stdrve,” no part of Bill 142 even suggests this.The bill is not about providing cheap labour for the private sector through workfare. The idea of workfare is to ensure that while people are collecting benefits, they remain active and maintain the skills and sense of accomplishment derived from work. This will make the welfare recipient more valuable to potential employers and increases his chance of getting off welfare. The idea that ‘&welfare cheques will be a loan” is also ludicrous. The repayment of benefits only applies to people abusing the system by using the welfare system to tide them over untilother government benefits kick in. People who collect welfare because they are down on their luck., and subsequently gain employment, will not be asked to repay. Mr, Haye is right. “Criminals should be fingerprinted” and “Fraud is a crime.” Collecting welfare is not a crime, however, and the reason for fingerprinting recipients is not that they are criminals. It is to ensure that the system is not abused. Unfortunately, a small percentage of welfare recipients have fraudulently abused the system in the past. To put an end to this behaviour, the fingerprinting of all welfare recipients may be necessary, *although certainly not ideal. Preventing fraud ensures more funds for those that really need it. The assumption that welfare recipients are criminals or that welfare dollars are “paying for the beers of welfare bums” is disgusting. Please, Mr.
Haye, find some compassion. Also, personal privacy does not breed dishonesty. A combination of a lack of accountability and an underdeveloped sense of morality might result in dishonesty; but personal privacy, give me a break. Finally, disability is not and never has been an excuse. Implying that the disabled use their misfortune as an excuse to collect government benefits is an insult to these individuals. Disability is not an excuse, but it is a reason, and a very good one at that. This bill does not say that “disability is no excuse.” In fact the bill removes disabled persons from the welfare system and gives them benefits out of the Ontario Disability Support Plan. It also extends the definition of disabled people to those disabled by addictions, provided the disability is not related to current substance abuse. In my opinion, this is a very humane way of treating the disabled, entirely different from the ignorant view presented by Mr. Haye. Ignorant statements by neoconservatives like Mr. Haye give the labour unions, WPIRG and others who make it their goal in life to destroy Premier Harris’ government plenty of ammunition. In response to the now predictable claims about Bill 142 I anticipate we all will hear from these groups, I say this: “This legislation is not about abusing the already less-fortunate and f”lnancing tax-cuts for the wealthy.” The immediate goal of this government is to reduce the deficit. This is being done by eliminating ineficiency and abuse. The elimination of inefficiency and abuse ensures that there will be more funds available for those who truly need it. Also, eliminating the deficit, and eventually the debt, will ensure that the money government spends in the future will go towards needed programs, not paying interest. Finally, the government does not need to cut spending to finance tax cuts for the wealthy. The amount of the government tax cuts, in percentage terms, is greater for those with lower incomes. Also, the tax cuts do not need to be financed by decreased spending. Tax revenues increased following the tax cuts, just as economists have preyears. dicted for (See ~.onlapPbpc.on.ca~sec~~u~-#.c to view the Ontario budget, including tax revenues.) Tax cuts lead to growth through increased private investment and consumer spending which, in turn, leads to more employment, higher incomes and higher tax revenues. This be~lpfjfs tnquvzt! Mr. Haye, I am not a “desperate, ignorant welfare recipient.” In fact, I am proud to be a card-carrying member of the PC party because I know the party is about responsibility, fairness and a desire to help the less fortunate. It is not about the heartless, neoconservative contempt for the less fortunate that Mr. Haye speaks of. -Tim
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tephen Craig Lauren’s Qutrage article from October 31, 1997 was an interesting but simplistic description of Toronto’s gay neighbourhood. Some clarity should be brought to the author’s ideas. The present gay neighbourhood inToronto exists in the south mid-town area, with a commercial and entertainment focus in the Church/Wellesley area. Residential sections of Cabbagetown are included in the definition of the gay neighbourhood, as well as more recent residential expansion into the Riverdale area. The creation of the neighbourhood did not evolve as naturally and cohesively as Stephen Craig Lauren describes it. The original neighbourhood focus existed in the Queen West Area in the late 196Os, where known gay bars (called “beer taverns” at the time) and coffee houses formed a social fabric. Many gay people chose to live in newly built single apartment dwellings which were affordable and allowed them access to the newly completed subway system. The movement north to the Church/Wellesley area was largely the result of two progressive real estate agents, Darrell Kent and Bill Joyce. Kent and Joyce felt that Cabbagetown offered a more aesthetic environment, with quaint Victorian houses and short, tree-lined streets. The agents sold properties to gay landlords, who in turn, rented their units to other gay people. The rapid
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gentrification process required commercial and entertainment areas, and eventually developed into a visible and exciting community. The distinction should have been recognized in the O&age commentary between socia1 and physical elements of Toronto’s gay community. The physical elements of the present gay neighbourhood existed long before gentrification. The urban form is characteristic of turn of the century urban planning (i.e., close relationship between built forms and the street, smaller lot sizes, “comfortable” walking distances between built forms, tree lined and grid-patterned streets}. I wouid argue that while the physical space certainly encouraged a sense of community, a unique social cohesion was more important. As a cultural minority, the gay and lesbian community share common history, and have developed a system of cultural symbols, including language expressions. The gay neighbourhood is only vibrant because of its common social and cultural features. Economic development and planning staff at the City of Toronto currently work with gay and lesbian business leaders to actively promote the neighbourhood (through var ious urban design exercises and business development schemes). It is my hope that planners will advocate for the continued viability of the neighbourhood when the megacity is formed. Groups like Gays and Lesbians In Planning (GALIP) of which I am a member, will certainly seek a more active approach.
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by Andrew Krywaniuk ; Pop Tarts, Part 2: The half-baked wafer 3. t seems to me that the movie industry is a lot like the stock market. A lot of traders seem to think that playing the stock market is just a game. Instead of merely searching for undervalued stocks, they try to predict the trends and whims of a fluctuating market. ’ Bandwagon trading provides i$ own justification: it affects the s&k price. If an industry analyst piedicts that a stock price will increase, then it will, if only on the speculation that the analyst is rikht. Earlier this year, Tntel’s smck went up because there were rumours of a new bug in the Pentium II. When the flaw was verified, the price went back down. Say what? Some companies are now valued at over 30 times their annual income. The wealth of baby boom investors who are investing their nest eggs has driven their share prices up. When these people retire and start to “withdraw” their money, they may be in for a surpiise. In the stock market, as in any aspect of life, the real money is made by making better than average trades. Many mutual funds and big investment firms automatically buy shares in the top bracket of the stock exchange. This type of indiscriminate buying is irresponsible because it adds artificial value to these stocks. I remember hearing a Holly-
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he right to organizc and promote boycotts in Canada is being threatened by a landmark Canadian court case brought by the multi-national Daishowa against a small citizens’ group, Friends of the Lubicon. T h e Friends of the Lubicon (FoL) have helped with an enormously successful international boycott of Daishowa. The Friends of the Lubicon don’t want Daishowa to log on Lubicon Land until the federal government negotiates a fair and sustainable settlement with the Lubicon Lake Nation who have never signed away their lands to any government, yet the government has permitted the exploitation of the land in dispute. Over 400 wells have sucked out about $11 billion in revenues and totally unbalanced the Lubicon way of life. In 1989, Daishowa, a multi-national pulp and paper company, got the timber rights to all of the unceeded Lubicon Land from the Alberta provincial government In 1995, Daishowa first moved to shut down the Friends
of the Lubicon using a SLAPP suit (Strategic Lawsuit against Public Participation). Daishowa claimed that they were being wrongfully targeted by the Friends of the Lubicon. But the court ruled that the boycott was legal because the boycott was supporting the Lubicon Lake Nation and wasn’t a malicious act targeting Daishowa for no reason. However, Daishowa was successful in overturning the decision and obtaining a temporary injunction to stop the boycott. Daishowa is now moving to have the temporary injunction made permanent, as well as suing Friends of the Lubicon members for over$l 1 million in damages. If successful, this would be the beginning of the clearcutting of democracy. Organ&g and promoting boycotts could become illegal, and one of few effective tools used by ordinary citizens would be denied. This SLAPP suit will serve to intimidate anyone who needs to resort to using boycotts because they don’twield the same amount of power as a huge corporation.
The Ontario PC Government continues its assault on work, iqg people in this province. We have seen the introduction of work-fare and the removal of tenants’ rights; womens’ shelters are closing and mega-jails are opening up. There have been massive cuts to hospitals and education, deregulation of environmental standards and permanent jobs with higher wages and benefits are being replaced with low wage, short term contract work. Premier Harris himself is suspected of playing a lead role in the OPP murder of Dudley George, an unarmed native protester at Stoney Point. A central tactic of the Harris government has been to break the power of unions. They recognize unions as the most serious political contender standing in the Tay of the Tory corporate plan. As a consequence, unions have suffered major setbacks, compliments of the Tories. Unions have seen their members’ jobs optsourced to non-unionized, cheaper labour and the introductipn of new laws which let bosses use scab labour to put their members out of work. , The most recent attack on unions comes in the form of Bill
160, the Education Quality Improvement Act (is this a joke?). Amongst other things, this bill will allow the government to replace thousands of teachers with unqualified, uncertified “professionals” and remove an additional 650 million froni the education system. To facilitate this regression (which the teachers’ unions would never allow) the government has created legislation that will further centralize control of the education system at Queen’s Park, away from the school boards and teachers. There is more at stake here than simply the quality of education. Rather, the primary issue is how these decisions are made and by whom. Teachers must maintain control of key aspects of the education system if quality is to be maintained and improved. They work with students in the school environment and are unquestionably in a better position-to make decisions concerning education. Realizing that they might lose control of key aspects of education, the teachers have mounted a province-wide strike to force the government to back down on Bill 160. Teachers walked out of schools on Monday, October 27, the largest teachers’ strike in Canadian history. This is just the beginning. The government is
determined and is willing to play hardball by legislating the teachers back to work. The big question then becomes how will the teachers respond? This depends on the objectives of the strike. Teachers have maintained from the beginning that the strike is not only about working conditions, but also challenging the blatantly anti-democratic practices of the Tories. Certainly this fight could not be successful if it were restricted to 126,000 teachers. It must be expanded to include other working people. Already, three unions (Canadian Auto Workers, Canadian Union of Public Employees and Ontario Public Service Employees’ Union) have threatened solidarity strikes to support the teachers. With each additional union that walks, the heat on the government intensifies. The Tories are hiding behind a facade of necessary res tructuring and “economic realities.” These “realities” are dictated by a political reality, and the political reality in this province is nothing more than the old politics of the rich giving the boot to anyone in their path. Organized labour represents a political power with the ability to resist. The teachers strike is a start, but there must be more to come. The spirit of the day had best be solidarity.
Friday, November 7, 1997 Many people seem to think that a group can challenge these SLAPP decisions in court. But Kevin Thomas, spokesperson for the Friends of the Lubicon explains, “In 1995, the courts ruled the boycott legal. When Daishowa appealed, the judges flung the courtroom doors wide open, heard the case and stopped the boycott. When we [the FoL] knocked, the courtroom doors had twice been locked. . .” The keys to that door are not held by the Lubicon and their supporters, but by those who can afford to turn them. Complete resource exploitation of the land while the Lubicon claim is disputed will render any future judgement in the Lubicon’s favour useless and empty. With the destruction of the land, the destruction of the Lubicon people is complete. Kevin Thomas, a defendent in the case and member of the Friends of the Lubicon, will be speaking at WPIRG (SLC 2139) on Tuesday, November llth, at 7:30 p.m. The court case, currently in recess, wili resume later this month.
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On Monday, November 10 , at 7:30 p.m, at WPIRG, come to Columbia: State Terrorism, Social Movements, and Possibilities for Peace with Daniel Rico, President of Fedepetrol (oil workers union). On Thursday, November 13, at 630 p.m, in DC 1304, the film, Manufacturing Consent: Thought Control in a Democratic Society, will be presented.
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n one of my previous articles, I suggested that racism and homophobia are very similar in form. Unfortunately somebody misunderstood and wrote a letter to Imprint’s editor asking me not to “compare gay bashing with the suffering of Jews and Blacks,” since six million gay people were never forced at gun point into the ‘showers’ at Aushwitz [sic]. . *” First of all, I believe the writer missed my point. I never mentioned gay bashing or The Holocaust in my article, I was hoping that the idea that gays prey on children will someday seem as ridiculous as the idea (once widely held} that Jews prey on children seems to us today. Secondly, the letter writer has his facts simply wrong about The Holocaust. An estimated six million Jews were murdered in Nazi concentration camps. So were an estimated 5.5 million non-Jews, including Gypsies, Jehovah’s Witnesses and homosexuals. Concentration camp officials identified gay prisoners &y making them wear pink triangles, a symbol which has come to signify gay pride. Conditions were, of course, horrendous, and death rates were higher for gay prisoners than among other interned groups. Harsh Nazi laws against ho-
mosexualitysurvived inGermany until 1949, making many gays reluctant to tell their Holocaust experiences. This is one of the reasons that gay suffering under Nazism is often overlooked. But if we are to learn anything from the immeasurableagonythat took place, we cannot be selective in our memory. We need to remember all of The Holocaust’s victims, and we need to get our facts straight about it, especially in the fact of those who would deny or downplay it. Again, in The Holocaust we see racism and homophobia taking the same form, justifying my comparison of the two. What I find truly offensive, though, about a request not tocompare gay bashing to The Holocaust is that it implies that nobody has the right to protest injustice unless it is on the same scale as The Holocaust: Yodt9y~nhVea~ yoti up? Just be ghd yoiv wem’t in The Hozoc#ust. Yuu we~strctrazzy mozes&?dussac~i~? well, dun Y complain, your s@ikitlg is nuthing cumpared to The HuhCQiW.
Thinking along these lines robs victims of their right to feel injured, and it encourages the kind of complacency about intolerance which Holocaust educators are working against.
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ocaine firstcame intocommon use when a German army doctor issued it to Bavarian soldiers in 1883. However, cocaine’s most important ally was the Austrian neurologist and psychologist Sigmund Freud. Freud was an early advocate of cocaine. He gave it to his sisters, his friends and his colleagues. He even prescribed it to his patients. He was, in essence, the world’s first coke pusher. The effects which Freud observed were for small doses of cocaine, which he used on himself. Having heard about the use of coca leaves in the Andes mountains, he thought that small doses of cocaine might cure his depression and his chronic fatigue. His personal experience was 100 per cent positive. He described a “lasting euphoria, which in no way differs from the normal euphoria of a healthy person.” Based on his results, Freud was quick to publish a series of essays, praising the’ drug and dispelling the slander which had been written about it. But the experience of his first
patient led Freud to eventually change his mind. He had prescribed cocaine as a replacement for morphine, as the patient experienced constant pain from a series of tumours. But his patient went on to develop a full-fledged cocaine psychosis, contradicting Freud’s original belief that cocaine was completely non-addictive, and Freud was forced to abandon his prized medication. Perhaps you have tried drugs - you have almost certainly considered it. Even if you haven’t experimented with illegal drugs, the use of legal drugs, such as alcohol, nicotine and caffeine, is accepted in Western cultures. There is widespread belief that illegal drugs are addictive and harmful. Similarly, there is widespread belief that the government exaggerates the dangers of drug use in order to control its citizens, just as it imposes an arbitrary age at which young people are suddenly allowed to drink and smoke. In evafuating the dangers of drug use, it is perhaps valuable to consider how drugs work, and how they manage to affect the operation of our brains. Nature has endowed us with a large number of
regulatory processes the operation of our notifies us when part has been damaged,
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match. We become increasingly sleepy as the night progresses, but we experience a “second wind” if we manage to make it
“Chop your breakfast on a mirror.” drug paraphernalia serves as a conditioning reflex by preventing us from repeating a dangerous action. Drowsiness reminds us that it is time to fulfil1 our bodily need for sleep. But both of these sensations can be overcome by an adrenaline rush. Thus, we often don’t feel the soreness of our muscles until the day after our sportin]
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past our normal wake-up time. This is because our body’s arousal pattern remains cyclic, even when our sleeping patterns don’t. Both of these effects have evolutionary advantages. The adrenaline rush ensures that we are never too incapacitated to run away from a predator. The cyclical arousal patterns attempt to keep us awake at consistent times each day, much to the chagrin of many overworked students. Psychoactive drugs work by altering the brain’s normal operation Neurotransmitters are used to communicate between a pair of neurons. When the neuron fires, it releases chemicals called neurotransmitters into the “synapse,” the gap betweenh a pair rons. Some of these molecules will bind on to the receiving neuron, but most are reabsorbed by the sending neuron. firing neuron and inhibits this process. Thus, the excess neurotransmitters remain in the synapse, where they tend to prolong and enhance the normal effeet ofthe transaction. In cocaine’s case, this produces a rush of euphoria. Unfortunately, the lack of a reuptake process causes the brain’s supply of these chemicals to be depleted. This, in turn, interferes with the brain’s normal use of the neurotransmitters and produces an anti-euphoria (i.e. depression) while the brain recuperates. This explains cocaine’s withdrawal symptoms and the need for more cocaine. The severity of the crash is dependent on the speed with which thecocaine is administered. Chewing on coca leaves, a practice of many Native South Ameri-
cans, releases small amounts of cocaine into the bloodstream over agradual time period. Thus, these people are able to chew coca leaves for the whole duratio? of their lives without suffering gny ill effects. There is also the possibility that natural selection has made these people immune to cocaine psychosis. Indeed, yertain people seem to be genetically predisposed to cocaine addiction. The differences between the many varieties of psychoactive drugsare the strengths with which they enhance or inhibit the v+ous neurotransmitters and the methods they employ. Prozac, for example, is similar to cocaine, which makes it a suitable drui for curing depression. The difference is that it only affects the neurotransmitter serotonin, whereas cocaine affects twoothers. Indeed, drugs do not give us new sensations - they merely heighten existing sensations by manipulating pre-existing brain structufes. The drug heroin (and other opiates) operates by mimicking the brain’s natural painkillers, the endorphins. Rather than suppressing the reuptake of endorphins, heroin acts as an artificial endorphin, thus producing blissful effects. This makes heroin seem like a rather harmless drug compared to cocaine, but it is not. Flooded with opiates, the brain’s regulatory mechanisms inhibit the production of natural endorphins, so when the heroin high wears off, the user is again confronted by a dearth of neurotransmitters, resulting in harrowing withdrawal i symptoms. The search of euphoria is nor: such an abnormal cause. We
their built-in goals. Keeping u$ in aconstantstateofeuphoriawould interfere with our survival atiilities. Pleasure is reserved for rewarding survival-based accdmplishments: eating good food or having sex (and potentially producing offspring). We are held back by our bodies, and it is human nature to w$nt to circumvent this. Some peohle use plastic surgery to enhance their looks. Others dream of a day when we will transplant our minds into computers that will never grow aid. Still others are drawn in by the allure of drugs. These wishes are not naive, and they tire not inherently evil. But before we attempt to overrule our body’s natural desires, we should always be aware of the consequence&
Muslim Awareness W eeK by Shahid Constantino Rania Lawendy special to Imprint
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oday, Islam is the world’s fastest growing religion, with adherents in every country and from every walk of life. It is imperative that we properly understand Islam, a religion which has shaped much of the history of the West, and will play an ever-increasing role in shaping the world of tomorrow. Islam Awareness Week (IAW) is nationally coordinated across university and college campuses throughout North America. We encourage you to visit the displays and events being organized at UW next week. The aim of IAW is to present true Islam and provide a forum for its discussion and analysis. This article is intended as a starting point.
The Basics Islam simply means “submission to the will of God.” in this case, “submission” actually suggests freedom by acknowledging one’s existence as interconnected to society and the physical world. Islam is derived from the Arabic word salam, which means “peace” - peace of mind as well as peace between individuals and
nations. Islam entails striving for peace through a struggle for justice, equality of opportunity, mutual caring and consideration for the rights of others. Islamencourages continuous research and acquisition of knowledge to better protect and utilize the resources of creation. The message of Islam is not new; it is the same as that taught by all prophets throughout history, including Adam, Abraham, Moses and Jesus.
Muslims A Muslim is a person who is in a state of Islam. Muslims accept the Qur’an as the complete word of God, and therefore believe in and follow its teachings. Muslims live in every country and region on Earth from Norway to Malaysia and Morocco to Mexico. Muslims form a large percentage of the population in India, China and Eastern Europe.
There are over one billion Muslims in the world, with six million in North America. Demographers say that Islam is the largest religion on earth, and the second-largest in North America.
not need humans; mankind is in need of God. God is Merciful, Compassionate, Forgiving and Just. All humans, male, female, rich or poor, are held equally accountable to God for their own actions.
integrity of the text. To this day, Muslims of all nationalities read the Qur’an in Arabic in the exact form it was revealed.
Ishrn Awareness
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God The Qur’an AI1& is the Arabic word God. God is the Almighty, Creator and Sustainer of the verse, It is God alone who serves to be worshipped. The
for the unidelim-
The Qur’an is the last revealed word of God and is the ultimate source of Islamic teaching and laws.
its of human comprehension prevent us from understanding God entirely. The Oneness of Allah is the ideological foundation of Islam. God is One, without equal. God has no parents, no children, no partners - nothing is comparable to God. God alone must be worshipped, no one and nothing else is worthy. God is Eternal and Everlasting. God was not born and will never die. God is All-Knowing, All-Powerful and Independent. God does
It consists of 114 chapters dealing with a variety of knowlege, the God-man relationship, as well as inter-human relations. Comprehensive teachings of social justice, politics, economics, legislation, jurisprudence, law and international relations form an important part of the Qur’an. The Qur’an was recorded and compiled by Muhammad’s follow&s in Arabic as it was revealed. As it is the word of God, Muslims have been keen to preserve the
Islam Awareness Week will take place November 10 - 14 in the Student Life Centre. Visit our display in the Multi-Purpose room for information on Islam, book sales, food saIes and a chance to win a copy of Islam in N01%4 Amersi-a by John Espostio. Also, keep an eye out for these upcoming events: Monday, Nov, 10 - An Introduction to Islam: a lecture by Moustaga Elqabbany in MC 2066 at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1 lcrisis in Bosnia: a lecture by AbdulRehman Lawendy in MC 2066 at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12 - My Path to Islam: a speech by recent converts to Islam in DC 1302 at 7:00 p,m. Thursday, Nov. 13 - The Concept of a God in Islam: a lecture by Dr. Mohamed Elmasry in MC 2066 at 7:00 p.m.
Single parents, angelsand habitat Single Parent Support Group by Gabrielle Daly special to Imprint
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ttention all sole-support parents: a single parent support group is being established here at UW. There will be a meeting for all interested parties on Tuesday, November 12 at 11:30 a.m. in the office board room at the Federationofstudents. This initial meeting will be an informal introduction and discussion session about creating a flexible schedule for future meetings. If you can’t make the meeting, please call Heather Calder, Vice President of Student issues (ext. 6331) for more information. Habitat
for Humanity by Alan Tse special to Imprint
Thursday evening, Habitat for Humanity held a benefit concert at the Bombshelter Pub. Admission was by donation, with pro-
ceeds going to fund the construction of a low-cost housing project in the Kitchener-Waterloo area, tentatively set for fall of 1999. Habitat for Humanity is an international, non-profit, nongovernmental, Christian-based organization whose goal is the elimination of substandard housing and homelessness throughout the world by ensuring that everyone has, at least, a “simple, decent place to live.” Habitat encompasses 57 countries, with more than 60,000 homes built in the past 21 years. With volunteer labour and tax-deductible donations of money and materials, Habitat builds and renovates houses with the aid of the future occupants. These dwellings are sold to partner families at no profit, financed with a no-interest mortgage. The payments are recycled into a fund that is used to build more houses. Furthermore, the families are required to put in at least 500 hours of “sweat equity” labour. The University of Waterloo Campus Chapter works directly
with Habitat Waterloo Region, Habitat Canada (which, incidentally, is based in Waterloo}, Habitat International, other affiliates, and Habitat home-owners, In so doing, we aim to do three things: (1) increasing awareness of Habitat for Humanity, housing issues, poverty, and other related issues; (2) fundraising to build and renovate houses; and (3) participating in these builds. In the past two months, Habitat for Humanity, University of Waterloo Campus Chapter, has been involved in several builds throughout the region, including ones in Kitchener, Cambridge and Hamilton. Fundraising activities have included bake sales and the benefit concert this past Thursday, where several local acts played, including Matt Osborne, Mark Stuttman, Rob and his Jazz Band, Anxious Blue and Phil. Another benefit concert is planned for the new year. From November 10 to 22, a “tent village” will be held to raise money. Provided it is cold enough, several Habitat members will be
camping out, as Ian Stokes Reeves did last winter, outside Conrad Grebel College. The chapter treks south every reading week to participate in a “Collegiate Challenge” held by another Habitat affiliate. In 1998, we plan to go to Columbus, Georgia, to work with the local Habitat affiliate. This past February, the chapter traveled to the wonderful city of New Orleans and help construct two houses.
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kid? Remember the thrill of running downstairs to discover a pile of brightly-wrapped presents waiting for you under the tree? Well, for many children in Waterloo Region, Christmas morning is a lot less exciting, be-
cause there are no gifts waiting under the tree. This year, as in past years, the Angel Tree program will be seeking to address that need. The Angel Tree is a very important and long-standing tradition in Kitchener-Waterloo, acting as the single largest gift collecting program for the Salvation Army in the area. From now until December 24,1997, residents and corporate citizens are invited to buy a new toy and brighten the day for a child who is less fortunate this holiday season. Last year, over 6,800 gifts were collected, and the goal for this year is to collect 7,500 gifts. The Angel Tree Opening Ceremonies will be held on Friday, November 14 from 7:OO to 7:30 p.m. at Westmount Place, after which
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The history of the Naismith Classic Thirty years of the finest basketball tournament in Canada
Sean VanKoughnett, a star for the Warriors from 1991-95, including particpation in five Naismith tournaments by Greg Imprint
Picken staff
he University of Waterloo has always done things a little differently than most schools. Most post-secondary schools in Canada base their Homecoming weekend around one of their regular season football games.
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For example, Western alumni spent their homecoming weekend watching our football Warriors put on a defensive clinic in defeating the Mustangs. At Waterloo, we like to do things a little differently from the rest of the pack. So, we celebrate our homecoming with an actionpacked weekend featuring some of the best Canadian university
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basketball you’re likely ever going to find: the Naismith Classic. When the University of Waterloo staged its first basketball tournament in November of 1968, it was dubbed the Tip-Off Tournament, marking the grand opening of the Physical Activities Complex (PAC), and the beginning of a fast-paced, exciting event. For the second year, thenWarrior basketbalI coach Mike Lavelle renamed the event the Naismith Classic, after James Naismith, the Canadian teacher who invented basketball while working at a YMCA in Massachusetts. Since then, the tournament has remained relatively unchanged. It went from a two-day format to its current three-day form, but otherwise, very little has changed; it remains a classic. The Naismith Classic brings together eight of the best teams the CIAU has to offer, and over its 30 years has seen many of the best players to ever lace up a pair of sneakers in Canada. Waterloo players such as the legendary Mike Moser, Peter Savich, Sean VanKoughnett, Jamie Russell have all made an impact in Naismith history. One of the best to her play in the tournament was Brian Heeney, once an NBA player and currently a basketball commentator with TSN. In his days with Acadia, Heeney was one of the top players in Canada, and could
take control of a game like few others. Current Waterloo Warrior coach Tom Kieswetter has been to all 30 of the tournaments, in the beginning as a player, then a spectator and fmally as a coach, Over those three decades, Kieswetter has seen some of the finest moments in UW athletic history: Mike Moser’s CIAU record 52-point performance in the 1973 final game; the Warrior team winning the title the following year, despite the tragic death of Mike Moser as a result of a heart ailment; and even his own on-the-court heroics. Well, at least, that’s the story he gave us. For fans, coaches and players alike, the tournament has a very special meaning. When the Athletics Department held a twentieth anniversary celebration for the 1974-75 CIAU championship team two years ago, the former players, coaches and staff in attendance could all vividly remember their Naismith and var-
sity experiences. Said VanKoughnett with a smile, “My best memories of playing with the Warriors was the Naismith tournaments, and I know it’s something many former players come back for. It brings back a lot of good memories, because it is the best tournament in Canada.” Waterloo claimed its first Naismith title in 1971, in the fourth iteration of the tournament. That success was followed by further victories in 1973,1974,1981, 1983,1984and 1985, but the Warriors have since gone twelve years without another title, and would like nothing more to end that drought this time around. The Warriors will be facing stiff competition this year, but with the right breaks, who knows? They’ve got a good mix of experienced players, skill and raw talent, and like championship Warrior teams of old, they’ve got the desire to win that drives you to exceilence.
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Mark Eyes Mano Watsa Marc Rigaux T.J. Grant Dan Schipper Adam Kras R. Donaldson P. Kwiatkowski John Quinlan Mike Stroeder Derek Maat Mike Zavershnik Conrad Kreek K. De1 Pasqua
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Memorial Sea-Hawks (from Newfoundland)
Narc Chisholm Greg Marenick Isaac King Damon C%le Fred Perry Jordan Croucher Jason Dayman Krzysztof Stach David Langille Andrew Tyler Marc MacKay Jeff Piers Tom Kennedy
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10 Kevin Bakker 14 Fraser Veevers 21 Youri Toussaint 22 Rob Lawlor 23 Wes Oswald 24 Gavin Musgrave 25 John Boccabella 30 FaisaI Dotter 32 Robert Hakaj 33 Marvin Johnson 40 Se bas tien Laduc 42 Guy Lucien 44 Justin Aman 50 Steve Chapman 52 Shawn Cross
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These Warriors are ready Fiesty young team takes on all comers by Greg Imprint
Picken staff
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ntering into homecoming, and the thirtieth Naismith Classic, the Warrior basketball team has to feel pretty good about themselves. Sure, the team is young, but they’re hungry, they’re talented, and most importantly, they’re deep. And conventional thinking is, you can never have enough depth on your bench. The Warriors are led by fourth-year point guard, Mano Watsa, who returns to take command of the team. Despite being only SlO”, Watsa can knock it home from downtown, drive to the basket, and even stuff it if necessary. Add to that quickness, leadership and a deft passing game, and you can see why he was an All-Canadian last season. Veteran forward Mark Eys will be counted on to provide not just points and rebounds, but veteran experience to a very young team. The fourth year co-captain will go chest to chest with the league’s best. The biggest. boost for the Warriors comes in the form of Mike Stroeder. After leading the team in scoring and rebounding two seasons ago, he was forced to take a year off for financial reasons. But now the big man is back, and ready to play. Stroeder can be slotted in at shooting guard or either forward spot, providing the team with the
versatility to match up against any team. The Warriors will rely on a quartet of big men to provide a strongpresence around the basket. DerekMaat, Mike Zavershnik, Kieran De1 Pasqua and Dan Schipper, 6’7”, 6’8”, 6’9” and 6’9” respectively, will cover the big men, block shoes and put back a few of their own. Forwards Remy I[)onaldson and Paul Kwiatkowski will be counted on to swish a few from the outsideDonaldson is the team’s leading three point threat. First-year players T.J. Grant, John Quinlan, Conrad Kreek and Adam Kras are all blessed with talent, but will get most of their minutes in mop-up situations. They will be the keys to this team’s future. And if any of them shows they’ve got what it takes now, the Warriors may just have a secret weapon or two. Second-year players Josh Holden and Jeff Fox will miss the tournament with injuries, while defensive specialist Jon Awad is taking this term to focus on his grades. All three should return, and have significant impact, in the new year. When the regular season gets underway, Kieswetter predicts that McMascer, behind the outstanding play of guard Titus Channer, will be the class of the OUA, and maybe even Canada. More importantly, he feels the Warriors have what it takes to go toe-to-toe with the best. That may or may not translate into wins, but they won’t get blown out, and they’ll be entertaining to watch,
Waterloo Warrior fans will once again be treated to their Warriors driving to the basketball and slammin’ home that bad mamajama. Imprint
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Devil’s night out by Rob Van Imprint
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n Devil’s Night, Another Evening of Fashion, Music and Whimsical Entertainment was presented at The Strand in Kitchener for the benefit of St. Mary’s Place. The evening began by showcasing Annissa Bellinnie’s line, Steatth. Sold at Surf Paradise, the line is a funky mix of raver and boarder fashions. The show was entertaining with its myriad of fun fabrics, crazy colours and lighthearted playfulness, Next up was Kerci Best, a new local designer who showed her first line ever in K-W. The clothes were youthful and playful, emphasized by the wearability of the women’s fashions by
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the male models. The highlight of the evening was the presentation by Delirium. The sisters, Annissa and Lydia Bellinie, coordinated this show with inspiration from Vivienne Westwood’s Crazy Ladies show earlier this year. The evening showcased some beautiful gothic fashions for women from elaborate evening formal wear to beautiful clubwear. Between designers, the crowd was entertained with music by Laura Wiebe. With half of the proceeds going to St. Mary’s Place, this all female production showed that the women in the fashion industry aren’t all catty. They all worked together to present their new lines dazzlingly and even donated money to help out other women.
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o much for the vaunted Andre Batson. York’s AllCanadian receiver/returner, the man who tore apart the Warriors’ special teams in their first meeting this season, looked like a rabbit on the highway every time the Warriors punted the ball to him. Actually, York spent much of the game in that state: it seemed that their other return man, Eric Spalding, couldn’t have held onto the football if it had been duct taped to his hands. The Yeoman dropped the first two punts he handled, both times falling back into the endzone and being forced to concede single points. On the day, the Yeomen turned the ball over nine times, and dropped the ball at least a half-a-dozen more times. Once again, the Warrior secondary stepped up when called upon, as defensive back Tory Locker intercepted three York passes in the fourth quarter, stunting the Yeoman offensive every time they got near our endzone. A Jason Tibbits interception on the goal line in the final minutes ensured that the Yeoman would go home, not just disappointed, but really disappointed. Though the cold, wet weather was not really conducive to a passing offense, Ryan Wilkinson had his best game of the season, completing four out of six passes for 35 yards, including a potential TD pass that slipped through Chris Amey’s fingers. Wilkinson added 46 rushing yards, including a couple of first downs, to total his best overall game of the season. By comparison, York’s quarterback, Fabio Busco, had an awful day, hitting on only seven of his 17 pass attempts, constantly scrambling to avoid the Warrior pass rush, and
himself off the turf every time he got dropped, which happened quite often. York’s offense was further hampered by losing 1996 CIAU rookie of the year in the first quarter with a pinched nerve in his arm. Johnson returned in the second half, but aside from turning a halfback option into Tory Locker’s first interception of the game, he didn’t do much. Of course, that sums up the entire York team. For the third straight game, Jarrett Smith had a sub100 yard game, gaining 98 yards on 26 carries. Eddie Kim bulldozed 43 yards of turf on 15 carries, while Doug Haidner made the most of his two carries, converting a key first down late in the game and scoring the game’s only touchdown on a one-yard plunge in the sceond quarter. The main reason for Waterloo’s last two wins is the sheer dominance of the defensive unit. Waterloo’s defense hasn’t been scored on in over ten quarters, shutting out Laurier for a half, Guelph and York for the entire game. The front seven have shut down the powerful running games of York and Guelph and kept a constant pressure on the quarterbacks, The defensive backs limited the receivers, becoming even more effective in the red zone, shutting down two of the top passing teams in the league in the
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process. This weekend, the Warriors make their second straight Yates Cup appearance. After last year’s heart-breaking loss to Guelph, Waterloo will look to beat the crap out of the Western Mustangs and advance one step closer to college football’s greatest prize, the Vanier Cup. If you can’t make it down to London, you can catch the game on OnTV Saturday afternoon. It should be the kind of game that legends are made of, so feel really guilty if don’t watch it.
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Leaders of the week by Niki Vandark special to Imprint successful Waterloo rowing season has come and gone. The OUA Championships were held in St. Catherines on Saturday, November 1. Lucky for the team, there was no snow shoveling or ice cracking required. The river was calm and the athletes were ready. The men started the day with the heavy men’s four heat, where they showed McGill who’s boss and made the finals. Our German connection in the single sculls finished his Canadian debut in fine form. The heavy men’s double came in seventh in their final, as
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did the light men’s double in their most successful race of the season. The heavy women’s four came in sixth in their final, neckand-neck with both Trent and Ottawa. The women were very happy with this result, considering only three weeks ago, Trent beat them by almost two boat lengths. The light women’s double has a problem with a neighboring crew taking a “short
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cut” through their lane, but managed a great finish nonetheless. Despite a few obstacles this season, mainly injury and crowding from other crews, Now that the 6 a.m. practices are over and the team no longer has to run through sleet and snow, they are looking forward to six months of dry land training on the rowing machines and the Florida training camp during Reading Week.
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n October 31, prior to Hallowe’en night festivities, the UW swim team was at WLU contesting the Golden Hawks and the Guelph Gryphons. In the end, the Eryphons narrowly escaped defeat, but Laurier was not so lucky, suffering a merciless loss at the hands of the Warriors.
The men dominated the sprinting events, highlighted by a l-2-3 finish in the 5Om freestyle. The race ended in a first place tie between Anthony Tham and Ian “El Nino Sensation” Washbrook; Craig Wills rounded out the sweep, finishing in third place. El Nino also came second in the 1OOm freestyle and anchored the 4 x 50m medley relay in which he came from behind to out-touch Guelph and win the event. Other
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Warrior victors included Tham in the 1OOm backstroke and Aian Lee in the 1OOm breastroke. After a night of Hallowe’en fun, the team traveled to York University to duel the Yeomen. The Dalhousie Tigers also participated in the competition via email. Devastation continued as the Yeomen could not even amass half of the Warriors’ points. Dalhousie, a Maritime powerhouse, was given a pummeling by the Warriors as well. Impressive performances were registered across the board, including wins in both the 4 x 5Om medley and freestyle relays. The Athenas did not fair as well against the powerful women’s teams at the meet. Val Walker continued her domination in the pool, with three wins over two days. Sheryl Sanders took the 2OOm backstroke on Saturday, and Leslie Dowson finished second only to teammate Val Walker in the 200m free style. Tomorrow, the Warriors meet former UW swimmers at the annual Alumni Meet.
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Mundell. Mundell intercepted a pass and scampered down the ice where he then put the puck upstairs. Joe Harris once again gave the Warriors strong goal tending, while the Warrior defense held
. lowed by Dave Pfohl’s quick shot in the third put the game into overtime. The Warriors were hoping to escape Windsor with a point, but fell short when Windsor scored with 38 seconds left to play. The Warriors continue to struggle with goal scoring, having scored only II goals in four games. On the plus side, they have only given up 10 goals. Their next challenger will be Laurier, on Sunday, November 9. The team is looking to better their record, and fans are welcome.
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HOCKEY the Mustangs to only 17 shots. On Sunday, the Warriors fell behind on a goal just 1: 15 i&o the game. They were two goals behind for most of the second period, but a late goal before the half by defenseman Sean Otiver, fol-
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who scored 19 points and pulled down three offensive rebounds. The next game against the Brock Badgers was a see-saw battie up until the buzzer, with the Athenas coming out on top 71-69. Jodi Hawley again had a great game, posting 13 points, while post player Jacalyn White stepped up
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but the Vees managed to pull away to a 67-56 victory in the second half despite the Athenas best efforts. Hawley had her third outstanding game in a row with 14 points and four rebounds. The day belonged to Jacalyn White, however, who managed to post 22 points and 14 rebounds. A combined
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Cathy.Herzog Athena Volleyball A second-year student, Herzog was named MVP as the Athenas captured the Ryerson Invitational tournament this Saturday in Toronto for her excellent play the week- - throughout end. A key passer and outside hitter, Herzog is a Fine Arts student from Kitchener.
Markin won the singles title and teamed with Marc Johannsen for the doubles silver at the OUA individual finals played this weekend in Hamilton. Markin lost only one singles match this season. A third-year Physics student, Markin was the OUA bronze medallist last season.
BASKETBALL to the spotlight with 21 and 14 rebounds. The victory over Brock led the Athenas into the final against the Laurentian Lady Vees. The score was tied 30-30 at halftime,
rebounds over three games made her good for a spot on the tournament all-star team. This weekend, the Athenas are off to Kingston for the Queen’s tournament. They hope to improve upon their current preseason record of 3-2.
Hello, first division! by Ryan Chen-Wing Imprint staff
the Carleton Ravens. This allows the Warriors to move up to the first division. For the first ten minutes of the game, the Warriors attacked the Carleton line keeping the visiting team on the defensive. Strong kicking by stand-offCory Richards
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Clarke was chasing a grubber kick into the endzone, and a Carleton player tackled him before he reached the ball. A penalty try was awarded which Dale Finlay easily converted to capture a 7-3 lead. At half time, and only four points up, the game was far from won+ After the half, Dale kicked another penalty which was the last scored and raised the Warrior’s score to ten and dislocated Trevor Clarke’s shoulder, forcing him out of the game. The Warriors who played in the championship game share their victory with all of the players in the club. Everyone played with great heart this season and all contributed in helping the team get to the champio&hip. A special thank you goes to the coaches, Nigel Price, Ian Pryde and head coach, Derek Humphries, for their time and dedication. The Warriors would also like to thank Coach Humphries for successfully completing his twenty-fifth season.
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A truly orgasmic experience Gettin’ it on with Holly McNarland Holly McNarland The Bombshelter Thursday,
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he Holly McNarland that many people have probably been subjected to is the snarling, moddy, tattooed woman whose picture has graced many a magazine article and television promo. However, in the media, more often than not, you only see what the record company wants you to see; the image they want to project. If you happen to get the opportunity to see Holly McNarland live on stage, you will discover a different side to the artist: sweet, funny, smiling, and kind of kooky. Holly McNarland’s lyrics are avant- garde to say the least. They are emotional, sexy, and uninhibited. At a time in music when :many voalists blend into one another with indistinct voices, hers is unique and unmistakable. She sears with gutsy shrieks, and emotes with passionate whispers. One of many interesting
tidbits about Holly McNarland is that she seems to treat the stage almost as a shrine, removing her shoes before she steps up (on this night revealing one black and one white sock!). Even when she returned for the encore, the’shoes came off. Holly began the set with energy, but didn’t really come alive until she shed her bulky sweater to reveal a tank top which prominently displayed her tattoos (one on her arm and one on her back). A charismatic and enigmatic performer, Holly delivered a thirteen-song set beginning with two of the most powerful songs from her debut full-length albumStsrfi “Box” and “Coward.” Of course, the night would not have been complete without the inclusion of her two current singles, “Numb” and “Elmo,” to which she received astounding applause. With eyes rolling back in her head, veins in her forehead popping;.back arching, and body convulsing, Holly seemed to be having an orgasm on stage. And she may very well have been -- the music seemed to have that affect on her. It is refreshing, after tour-
I fel numb.. .too much is not enough. photo ing in support of this album for a year now, that she can maintain that energy and pure enjoyment of the music. At one point, Holly asked for the audience’s cooperation in order to perform a new song (called “new song” on the set list). She
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announced: “I have a new song. . .but you have to promise me you .wdt talk. If one person talks, then you won’t hear the song; it’s really, really quiet. So you promise to smack the guy behind you if he talks?” As if under her spell, the obedient audience was so si-
lent that a pin drop couId surely be heard. The song was very slow and mellow; not really in the grand tradition of Holly’s previous work, with the exception of “Stormy” from her EP Solrr Pit. Responding to a s&earning demand for an encore, Holly returned to the stage for an eight or nine-minute cover version of Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight.” A guitar-driven musical introduction to the tune lasted for over two minutes. Starting the song off quite traditionally, Holly and the band eventually degenerated into a quite unconventional version which dissipated into an impromptu jam session. However, perhaps it’s time for a new encore, Holly, this one’s been around for far too long and does little to highlight your talent. Audience interaction was in abundance. Holly chatted with the crowd on many topics, such as her dog Owen, a.od his annoying habit of peeing everywhere, and the fact that her hair is getting too long. The audience and Holly fed off one another, making this one high energy and memorable show.
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oogie AJYghts has it all: sex, drugs, violence, beautiful women, and porn; lots of porn. Starring Mark Wahlberg and Burt Reynolds, it is a throwback to the seedy seventies porn industry. It captures your attention much the same as a portio movie does; it’s entertaining for a while, and then you just lose interest. The beginning of the movie captures your attention quite well, however, with some hilarious scenes. It portrays a young Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg) as a polite, naive kid who can’t do anything right but please the ladies, with the aid of his enormous manhood. He ends up meeting porno movie producerJack Horner(Burt Reynolds) through his part-time job at a night club, and quickly rises to the top of the porno industry. Thecontrast between the two characters provides some great
scenes, such as when Dirk is introd-d to a potential movie financier by Jack, and has to drop his
pants to show him just why he is the next upcoming mr, Most of the humour revolves around the
size of his manhood, but you have no actual idea until the end of the movie. The supporting characters provide some funny scenes as well. From the homosexual stage hand Scatty, to the dippy fellow porno star Reed, to wanna-be porno star Rodriguez, they all add to the existing humour generated by the main characters. And who could forget the loveable loser Bill (played by William H. Macy of ER and Fargo fame), whose hot-to-trot wife continually embarrasses him by having extramarital sex. The first half of the movie is totally comedic, as Dirk screws his way to the top, but then the film takes a left turn when he decides to start experimenting with drugs. In turn, his life starts to fall apart, (as well as all of his costars) and so does the movie. He rises to the top so fast, that there is only one place that he could go; down. This made the plot all too predictable; you could see this development ccmhg fmm a mile away, and mosi of the audience
did.The latter half of the movie turns into a bad ripoff of Pa/p Fi&n, complete w,ith brain smattering and shotgun violence. It drags on and on until Dirk and his fellow co-stars hit rock bottom and try to put their lives back together. They try to claw their way back, but ai’this point, you don’t really care what happens to any of them, because so many other things already have. You end up praying for this movie to end, when no end is in sight. Boo,& Nights has a funny premise, but a more uniform plot would have helped this film achieve the hilarity that it had in the beginning, instead of ignoring it throughout the latter half. What is so remarkable about this movie about porn was that it was done without excess nudity, a rarity in Hollywood today. If you really want to see how big a plastic prosthetic penis can be (hint: big), gp see this movie. If you want to see an amusingly accurate portrayal of the 70’s porn sqzm leave as soon as Dirk starts winning awards.
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Bunnymen. KS: So how’s the tour going? L: It’s going great. I think it was only New York where it was a bit dodgy - a real touristy crowd. And the sound was crap. It was this union job where they had to use the PAS and it was all going a bit wrong.Other than that, they’ve been great. KS: Do you iike Toronto? Do you like being here? L: We like it better than Montreal. But Montreal was great, we
played a good show, but it’s always dull. Will: They don’t say anything really. We went up the CN Tower about 10 years ago.. . it’s a fun thing. L: Does it sway? KS: It does, when it gets really windy. KS: I’ve heard via a friend of mine who’s a fan of yours that there is tension between you (Will) and Ian (MacCullough, the band’s singer). Is there any validity to this? W: Surface tension.
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he’s doing is crap, what you’re doing is crap.. ..“, that sort of attitude. Which it wasn’t, but you know, that’s the way they saw it. It’s like, this is a bit stupid, so I phoned him up, and we started doing this thing calle’d Electrafixion, kind of a heavy version of the Bunnymen, and it became apparent that we were trying toavoid anything Bunnymenish. And I’d be speaking to fans, asking them if they’d rather we be Electrafixion or the Bunnymen, and every one of them said “we’d rather you’d be the Bunnymen.” And that matters to me what the people think, and you trust their judgement. and did a bit of a rehearsal and came up with about five new things right there and then and everybody was buzzing, like, “this is great!“, and we could be like the Bunnymen. Because the Bunnymen encapsulates a lot of different styles, like “the Killing Moon” isn’t the same as “Crocodiles”, or “Heaven Up Here” as “Turquoise Days”. Whereas Electrafixion was down to really a big fuzzy guitar thing and it was becoming really boring.
kind of changing a bit. There’s still the loyal ones, hardcore ones, and new ones turning up, I suppose it’s that way with any band that manages to go on as long as we have. L: But they’ll be Oasis fans, and Blur fans, who come to check us out. People that are interested in music, they aren’t just interested in one band’s image. W: That dance thing in Britain has become terribly tired and wretched. That’s why I like the likes ofProdigy, Chemical Brothers, and Underworld, people like that who are standing out head and shoulders above the rest of the dross. It’s all the morons that are into it now. Like when we started, and we were like punk rockers, the big thing was Saturday Night Fever, and it was all the knob heads were into - Saturday Night Fever and disco music, which has kind of come around and is hip again in a cheesy kind of way, but it was all the divvies that were into it, and it’s the same divvies that are into it now. It’s just kids in sports gear looking for fights later. L: Some things never change.
KS: What sort of fan demographic do you have now? W: There’s a lot of younger ones; ones who couldn’t have seen us when we started, cause you look at them and it’s like, “You were two when we started.” How old are you? KS: 21 W: You were two. [laughs]. It’s
KS: Do you find it hard to get your style of music out these days? L: Yeah. We find it hard, but that’s just sort of the way it is, record companies and that.
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by nothing. Song goes directly to soundtrack. Girl calls boyfriend, gets wrong number, song playing in background at wrong number’s house. Song ends up on soundtrack. Guy flips through radio stations, hears about five different songs. All five make it on soundtrack. Or, in most cases, song is never even in the movie, but it’s pretty cool. Song ends up on sound track. And, of course, what dissertation on movie soundtracks would be complete without mentioning the grand bastard of them all: Empire Records. It was marketed as the “hip” soundtrack to a “hip” movie. The problem was, the movie sucked, Nobody wanted to see it. It went straight to video, which meant that when you rented it, you saw the premiere! But the soundtrack sold multi-million copies, and spawned two hit singles for Edwyn Collins and the Gin Blossoms. A recent survey conducted
by Imprint indicated that an overwhelming majority of the respondants who had purchased the album had never seen the movie. But wait, there’s more, Take Butman: t,e Movie. The entire movie had a total of two song snippets from the soundtrack, which amounted to a total of five minutes during the movie. Which is still okay, because the rest of that album, by the Artist formerly known as the guy Scott really, really hates was terrible. Or, how about when you rent a movie, and have to sit through seven minutes of shameless promotion of the movie that you’re just about to watch? For ideal reading pleasure, we suggest you pick up the official soundtrack to Pain in the Arts, featuring new material from Bush, Everclear, Dishwalla, Better than Ezra, the Corporate Whores and a brand-new, soon-to-be-hit single from the Spice Girls. It’s available at a record store near you.
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n the last few years, the Art Gallery of Ontario has put on severalspectacular shows for the art-hungry public of Toronto. The Keith Hating Retmpedve was originally organized by the Whitney Museum in New York City; it was in the Big Apple that Haring achieved his fame. From 1980 until his premature death from AIDS-related causes in 1990, Haringproduced an unbelievable amount of work in various media and captured the imagination of the public. Indeed, Haring’s brand of pop-art was meant to be readily accessible to everyone, not just corporate stuffed shirts and pretentiousart historians. Kids adored him and even helped him out on occasion, most notably with the execution of the gigantic wall mural in Chicago one year before his death. For Haring, the importance of his art lay in random incident, subconscious impulses and the level of performance inherent in its construction. His motifs and subject matter are rendered using simple bIack outlines and bright, saturated colors with virtuatly no illusionistic perspective.
His so-called “radiant-child” is an instantly recognizable artistic device. The AGO exhibit presents a highly comprehensive chronology of Haring’s oeuvre along with a vast array of personal items, pictures, and informative videos that explore histechniques and approach to art. The show starts off with several large paintings from the early 80’s that demonstrate his “all over” technique, which he gleaned from Jackson Pollock. Contorted figures, dancing foxes, and black squiggIes fill up the picture-field of a splendid Untitled piece from 1981. A series of his famous chalk compositions are included. These works were hastily executed on the billboard spaces of New York’s subway system andfrequently earned Haring trouble from the police. There is an entire room filled with dozens of small to mediumsized panels depicting many of the themes that obsessed Haring throughout his career: homosexuality, death, birth, and pop-culture icons, These works are primarily ink on paper or vellum. Although charming at times, I found them a little too raw. The next room contains, among other things, some large paintings on a vinyl tarp which demonstrate Haring’s skill at manipulating symbols and figures to create socially-inspired messages about sexuality and how technology controls our everyday lives. Moving on, the spectator enters
an enclosed room with various displays, It is impossible to miss +the fibreglass replication of the Statue of Liberty, with its wild colours and frenzied graffiti. Several terracotta vases and wall sculptures with dense surface articulation point to Haring’s versatility in the use of different media. The show’s biggest attractions are eight large compositions that show Haring at the peak of his abilities. Some of them, like “Michael Stewart-USA for Africa”are political statements, meant to serve the cause of social justice, while others, like an Untitled from the same year, depict grotesque monsters with huge genitalia devouring hapless victims within a truly nightmarish entanglement of bodies and fires. Here, one can readily see the influence of the Renaissance painter Bosch. The powerful imagery, bold colours, and raw energy of thesepaintings allowed Haring to communicate his activist politics in the most creative manner possible. Keith Haring’s remarkable art was informed by his homosexuaky, a love of life, and an awareness of social issues. His terrible
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tragedy for the art world. The AGO exhibit isan excellent show that gives us concrete evidence of Haring’s abilities. The price tag however, ($11 for adults, $8.50 for students) is just another example of the AGO’s unjustified greed when it comes to big shows.
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Rest in peace by Pete Zakrzewski Imprint staff The Pixies, led by frontman Black Francis (a.k.a. Frank Black), and supported by bassist/vocalist Kim Deal, guitarist Joey Santiago and drummer David Lovering, changed rock music forever. They were the original grunge band, the band that even Nirvana admitted they were trying to sound like. Though they were never universally known or recognized, as they created their unique brand of music through the late 80’s and early 90’s, Francis and his band still became the stuff of legend. None of their songs were ever smash singles, however songs such as “Monkey Gone To Heaven” and “Here Comes Your Man” became cornerstones of alternative radio. Over a decade after the band came out of Boston, 4AD Records, the label which originally signed the Pixies, has released this album that contains a 17-song “best of collection of Pixies’ standards such as “Monkey Gone To Heaven,” “Here Comes Your Man,” “Dig For Fire,” “Wave Of Mutilation,” “Debase? and “Gouge Away.” Also avaiiable is a double-album
with the second CD containing live releases. Since the break-up of the Pixies, Black Francischanged hisname to FrankBlackand released three solo albums. None of these ever had anything close to the oomph of Pixies’ releases, and it would probably be better ifBlack would just fade away from the music scene. Kim Deal has had success since the break-up, being in The Breeders and The Amps. Despite the fact that Frank Black is probably just looking for a little cash grab by releasing this album, it would still be a good purchase for anyone who is a fan of today’s “alternative” music and doesn’t own any of the Pixies’ previous albums.
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Formerly known as Magnified Plaid, these twenty-year old punkveterans (y-up, I said veterans) have two albums and a substantial following already to their credit. Their latest release, Life in G~~~ul, is 17track offering of traditionally-styled punkrock bliss. The only disappointment is the first five tracks, which are monotonous and unoriginal. But tracks six and on really kick. “Cristalena, ” “Today is My Way,” and “Doing Time” are in-your-face, purepunk shots to the head. The walking bassline and scat vocals of “Chick Magnet” and the hometown anthem of “Move to Bremerton,” show a lyrical sense of humour and some musical diversity. Slap this record on the old turntable and crank it.
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Once a lead man of early eighties punk bands the Minutemen and fl REHOSE, Mike Watt is back with his latest release, Contmphting theEq$ze Room. After his solo release &&hog of Tagboat? was recorded with everyonefrom Eddie Vedder to Evan Dando from the Lemonheads, he has released in album of just himself and his band, Stephen Hodges and Nels Cline. The album starts off with a deep bass lick and sets the tone of the album, which is dark and brooding. The album is superimposed over a twenty-four hour day inside of a navy vessel. “Every song represents one piece of the day, starting before dawn and ending twenty-four hours later,” Watt explains. Sounds from the sea are interspersed, giving the feeling of being at a sea port. Latin tinges appear throughout the album, creating some interesting grooves. Watt’s band sounds unlike any other trio that have garnered any airplay recently. Very few of the songs are performed in the standard 4/4 rock and roll time that has become so overdone. Songs vary from straight-out rockers (“The Bluejackefs Manual”) to calm, gentle grooves (“No One Says Old Man(to the old man).” It’s amazing how much variety this album
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Hotly Cole’s latest is a pop album, a move that is apparently intentional. The songs are a mixture oforiginals (although not a one was penned by Cole-they’re usually by her bandmates, Aaron Davis and David Piltch) and covers. The originals are OK, but it’s the covers that save the album (barely) from being tepid pop. The one exception to this rule is her version of the Beatles’ “I’ve Just Seen a Face” which is an example of how a determinedly radio-friendly sound can waste a voice like a Cole’s, At her best, Cole has a smokey, effortless sound, best backed by a deep bass and wrapped in velvet. She rarely achieves that on dark &urReati, as is to be expected when covering a song by Sheryl Crow. The songs are pop, but without the catchiness of good POP* Also, because the songs are so low-key, they don’t sound like they’re using the full potential of Cole’s voice. There’s a big difference between an effortless sound and a sound that makes no effort at all. Unfortunately, most of da& dear/reart falls into the UW
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“Paul Durham is a seeker. A seeker of knowledge, of love, of himself.” This is what is said of the lead singer and creator of the band Black Lab. And yes, that description does describe him and the music of Black Lab. The lyrics to the songs really tell you what the song is about; there’s no hidden meaning, no symbolism, no depth. The band is incredibly one-dimensional in its songs, and this simplicity stretches into the music. I’m not saying that simple isn’t good, and that symbolism is needed for a song to grab the listener; quite the contrary. But listening to Black Lab made me think of, well, of nothing. The music wasn’t stirring and never
connected to the listener. It was like the whole band, especially lead singer Paul Durham, were playing for themselves and couldn’t be bothered to allow anyone else inside the music. The music is light rock/light alternative or whatever ir. is labelled these days, basically meaning that it’s completely run-of-the-mill. No flair, nothing ear-catching. In fact it is difficult to identify which songs are which, even after hearing them five times in a row, with the CD case in front of you. And as far as lyrically, the songs are all about searching for who you are, but mostly about searching for who Durham is. Yes, you may relate to the situations, but the songs don’t necessarily associate themselves to you. Black Lab is tee hnically good, the songs are basically well written, and the singing of Paul Durham is pretty good and controlled. Yet overall, the album fails because it is too disconnected from anyone outside of the band.
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Progressive metal hasendured a fair bit of ribbing in the pages of Imprint lately. But as the old adage says, “Those who can, do. Those who can’t, become critics.” Eternity-X do both: Not only have theydeliveredacomplex,yetsubtie album that is immense in scope, they have also given the music industry a slap in the face. The Edge is a concept album that explores the torment of characters who are strugglingwith divisions: the border between religion and hypocrisy, the edge of sanity and the transition from dream to
reality. The title track, a fourpart saga, is distributed across the album, providing the thematic glue that meshes everything to-
sions, including a clip from Camrina Burana and an odd arrangement of Beethoven’s 9th.
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gressive band is its transitions, and Eternity-X does nor shortchange us in this respect. There are no simple verse-chorus formulas on T%e Edge; the music flows languidly from beginning to end, changing tone to reflect the varying moods of the lyrics. The guitar work is fast and precise, but every note is meaningful. There is no “wanker” in this group (except maybe the drummer). The Edge wiii not be coming soon to a radio station near you. The songs are far too long and complex for the eMpTyV generation to handle. Fortunately, you can get a free demo CD, available at www.etefnlty-x.com.
But Eternity-X is not above a sly dig at the superficiality of teenage angst. “The Rejection” takes the male point of view in responding to Alanis Morrisette: “Isn’t it ironic, you oughta know. . .Stop your suicidal faking. Oh, you’re so persecuted.” Fittingly, this song was placed in the “insane” section of the album. Like ali progressive metai bands, Eternity-X’s roots can be traced back to Rush. But theirsound is most reminiscent of early Dream Theater or Ope~~?tion: Mindtimera Queensryche with occasional Savatage-style piano interludes. The musically Iiterace will appreciate the number of short allurecord
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Quite a bit has changed since the Skydiggers last released an album. Gone is guitarist, singer and songwriter Peter Cash, along with his heavy cloud of depression. The remaining members have struck out in a new direction, leaving Warner and starting their own
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label, Hip City Records. So begins the tale of Desmond’s Hip My. It was actually a record store on Brixton High Road in London, a place over which Josh.Finlayson lived for 12 months. It now not only graces the cover of the album, but also is the title of the lead track, and a very interesting one at that, as the usual roots-rock style is permeated with a slow drum and bass loop. The best thing is, it comes off as a good song, The album continues to build with upbeat, aggressive songs to
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the climax, a song entitled “Dear Henry.” Featuring Sarah Harmer of Weeping Tile in a duet role on vocals, as well as guest appeafantes by Lewis Melville on Pedal Steel and Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy on piano, this song is mu-
sically and lyrically superb. With Desmond’s Hip C@V, the Skydiggers have proven that change is good, and this change is better than most. There is no doubt that they will continue to grow and explore their style for a few more years yet.
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are being accepted during the Fall term. Refer to Section 4 of the Undergraduate Calendar for further criteria. Application forms are available in the Student Awards Office, 2nd floor, Needles Hall. Ail Faculties: Doreen Brisbln 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 I)on Hayes Award - for involvement & contribution to athletics and/or sports 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 Q/98 Faculty of Applied Health Sciences: Mark Forster Memorial Award - available to 3rd or 4th year Kinesiology. Deadline: JAN 3W98 Michael Gelfner Memorlai Scholarship - available to 38 Kinesiology or Health Studies. Deadline: MAR 31/98 Robe14 Hawurth Scholarship - completion of 3rd year in an honours program in resource manageAppllcationr
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Club Award - available to 3rd year & Slavic. Deadline: JAN 31/98 FacuIty of Engineering: Andersen Consulting Scholarshipavailable to 38. Deadline: MAR 31196 Environmental Scholarship I available to 3rd year Environmental Chemi&. Deadline: MAY 26/96 OPE Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship - available to all 28 8138 based on extracurricular and marks. Deadline: NOV 28/97 Marcel Pequegnat Scholarship - available to 38 Civil, water resource management students. Deadline: MAY 26/98 Faculty of Envtronmental Studies: Regular or 3A Co-op Germanic
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Saturday, November 8,1997 COREL Word Perfect Applied Health Sciences HoqTcoming 5KM Fun Run. It will be taking place on Ring Road, UW, therefore runners will b8 on the inside lane, traffic on the outside lane. The Run begins at IO:1 5 a.m. until 1130 a.m. Do something to help homeless youth. Come out to an art, drama and dance-a-thon called ‘Eight Hours For The Homeless” from 6 p.m. until 2 a.m. at the King Centre Mall, downtown Kitchener. Transportation home can be arranged. CalI 571-0913 for more info. Sunday, November 9,1997 KW Chamber Music Society presents ‘Nicholas Tuilliez, harp” at the KWCMS Music room, 57Young Street, W., Waterloo at 8 p.m. Call 886-1673 for resenrations. Monday, November lo,1997 “The Colombian Conflict” induced by drug wars or a war on democracy? A discussion with Daniel Enrique Rico Serpaat WPIRG, Student Life Centre, room 2139 (3rd floor) at 730 p.m. For more info call 888-4882. Tuesdav. November 11.1997 “Lest We Forget”: Remembrance Day Ceremony at 11 :OO a.m. in CPH Foyer. Everyone welcome to attend. Ceremony conducted by Engineering Socif3tv~ Tile Lung Association is offering a public information session from 7 to 9 p.m. at th8 Cambridge Mermoriai Hospital Auditorium, on ‘Breathe Easy”. Call 886-M 00 for more info.
Tuesday, November 11,1997 “Paper or people?” Oaishowa vs. Friends of the Lubicon, Kevin Thomas, defendant, will be speaking at WP IRG, Student Life Centre, room 2139 (3rd floor) at 7;3O o.m. For more info call 888-4882. Toyfair - Christmas shop early! Presented by Hildegard Marsden Co-op Day Nursery from 8% a.m. to 4:45 p.m. in the Davis Centre, room 1301 (CR Lounge), UW. November 12 will be the last day. Wednesday, November 12,1997 Gay and Lesbian Liberation of Waterloo Coming Out Discussion Group. Topic: ‘Internalized Homophobia: From Within Ourselves and our Community.” 730 p.m. Social follows at 9 p.m. PAS 3005. Meet old friends and make new ones. All welcome. Detai ts: 884-4569. Holocaust Education Lecture by death camp survivor Henry Melnick; followed by a slide presentation of a UW student’s trip to Poland. 7 to 9 p.m., MC 2065. Presented by the Waterloo Jewish Students Association. The Lung Association is offering a public information session from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. at the Freeport Health Centre, Grand River Hospital Auditorium, on “Is Your Home Making You Sick - What You Can Do”. Call 886-8100 for more info. UN Club meets again in MC 4064 at 530 p.m. Food and drink will be provided. We are planning trips to Harvard, Chicago, Toronto and Brussels. New members welcome! Thursday, November 13,1997 Stress Management Through Relaxation Training - this workshop gives you instruction and practice, Come to Counselling Services, NH 2080 from 5 to 7 p.m. (3 sessions) For more info and sign up call ext. 2655. Friday, November 14,1997 Videos and film presented by the Department of Germanic & Slavic Languages & Literatures will show “The Nazi Concentration Camps (1945)’ in ML 117 at 6:30 p.m. For more info call 888-4567, ext. 2260. Angel Tree Opening Ceremonies, hosted by Westmount Place, will be from 7:00 to 7:30 p.m. All residents are invited to buy a new toy to brighten the day for a child less fortunate this holiday season. For more info call Kim at 886-6260. Saturday, November 15,1997 UW Curling Club Fall Bonspeil will be held at the Elora Curling Club. Two draws are available. Registration fee inClud8S three games, lunch and prizes. Call 896-6045 to register, or e-mail earltifsOkw.igs.net. Check our webpage on UW Info for more details.
Rooms for rent in a 3-bedroom house. Near universities, gas heating, basic amentities. $325$400/month/roam. Call 7255348. 3 beclroOm house to rent to share wrttr working people/mature students. Available now. $355 +. Call after 4:30 p.m. 746-7227.
Has school torn you away from the one you fove?Read “Loving Your LongDistance Relationship” by Stephen Blake and find out how to stay in love while being apart. Only $9.99! Ask for it at your bookstore, campus Chapters, Smithbooks, Coles, or on the internet at www.sblake.com. Somewhere along the way you may be pregnant and n88d help. Reach for hope. For free and confidential help call Birthright 579-3990.
The Lyric Nightclub in downtown Kitchener. Bus trips, special events and birthday parties every Saturday. We offer recession prices, FREE concerts, Free VIP lounge, FREE food, FREE prizes and free access to Metropolis Night Club, located across the street. You, your organization or choice of charity can make lots of cash! Call 749-2121 -ask for the Manager and we will help you organize your event. Are you taking german? Would you like some extra help in speaking, learning and practice. Price is $8.00 per hour. Please call Claudia at 576-1227.
Free shuttle bus to the Lyric Nightclub on Saturday nights. Leaving from University Plaza at lo:45 p.m., 1 I:40 p.m., 12:30 a.m.. Returning I:45 a.m. and 2:lO a.m. if you don’t hear us on the radio ... hear us at www.eyerhyme.com. New progressive rock!
The Ret PafsPro ram iscurrently looking for volunteers Por wheelchair hocke on Saturdays at 2:30 p.m. at the sma YI m of the PAC. For more info. call 6% arina at 746-4039.
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Older Adult Drama Festival Production Volunteers: are needed to assist in the reduction of a Show to showcase cplder Adult Performing Arts. Positions available include Artistic Coordinator, Stage Manager, Choreographer, Technical Coordinator and more. Experience an asset. Must be willin to articipate in the development oP an & lder Performing Arts not-for-profit company. Wonders of Winter Volunteers: are needed to assist at the Christmas light festival at Waterloo Park. Positions avaifabte include: Chair of the Volunteer Committe, Secretary,. and Advertising. Call for other poisltrons. Commftee Member: are needed for the S.A,L.T. committee which is a crime prev@lon pro [am. Tasks involved ma rnclude he Pping with presentations an J makin phone calls to book presentation. hfust have good communication skills. Telephone Security: one regular and one spare tele hone caller are needed to phone isola r ed seniors. A 2.5 hour per week commitment is required. Program Vofunteers: are needed to assist with a senior da away ro ram. Volunteers are need8 J Tue scfaay o Friday afternoons. Learn about a different culture while you show a new immi rant how to be a part of your cornmum % : For more info on this volunteer posItIon call K-W Y.M.C.A. Host Program at 579-9622, Volunteer tutors are needed to tutor students on a one-to-one basis in written and oral English. Tutors meet students on campus, usually once a week for 1-2 hours for 1 term. If you have a good workin knowledge of English are atient, Priendl , dependable, and wou Pd like to volun Yeer, register at the International Student Office, NH 2060. For more info about the program, call ext. 2814 or e-mail darlene 8 watsen/l . Bi Sfsters requires female volunteers dY ears and older to make a ositive difference in a chil d s life. Next Yrainin sessions commence Nov. 8197. Caff 743-5206 for info/register. Leisure Support Sefvicesrequiresvolunteers for exciting new track and field team for athletes with disabilities. One evening/week for 8 weeks. Call 7412228. Waterloo Girl Gufdes wants ener etic, enthusiastic young women to be 98ad8rs for a,ll ages (5-14 years), within the universlt vicinity. No ex erience needed! J or info call Ann at P46-2662.
Will adapt to your schedule. Receive free pool ass. Waterloo Swim lex, Breithauot 8 entre and Lvle Hallman B 001. call Deb’ 741- 2226. ’ Volunteers sou ht to assist individuals with a disabili a9 recreation programs. Be a Leisure 2i uaoori Volunteer. Great for course requi$ments or job experience. Call Deb at 741-2226 Assist a 4 year old boy with a disability to participate in a craft and playtime program. Saturday morning 10:00 am noon. Trainin and support provided. Call Deb at 7 8 t-2226. Gain valuable work experience. Explpre leisure activities with roup of adults with developmentaf disa %ilites. Friday nights 7-l Opm Call 741-2228 Inner Ci Neighbourhood Assocfatfon nee Bs volunteers to distribute, col!ect and analy?e 60 surve)is for space Inventory, asstst with Drop in Program for pre-schoolers/parents/care ivers, and to assist with dro in spa 4 s rofl~y~s for teens. Call fh ary Ann, Q44LU
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Prueter Public School (Union-Lancaster ar8a) needs volunteers to work in classrooms or with individual students. Call Jane Home 578-0910. Boy Scouts of Canada needs ypu! Letider and volunteers are r?guired to help run our weekly events. it you enioyed the Scoutin movement, please call Sonia at 88 B -4744 and- help our young kids! Big Brothers of Kftchener-Waterloo needs volunteers for one-to-one matchin of roup activities. Call us today at &l%O. Lexington Public School is looking for volunteers to help in classrooms and to work with individual students. Please Call Brigitta at 747-3314. Interested in the arts? The Waterloo Community Arts Centre has numerous volunteer opportunities available. Call 886-4577 or drop by at 25 Regina Street, South, Waterlob. Volunteer needed to spend couple hOurs/w88k with elderly ‘women with Alzheimers. (very meaningful study break) In exchange for a meal. Please calt Jennifer at 883-5377. if you are interested in any of the following volunteer opportunities, please contact Sue Coulter at the Volunteer Action Centre at 742-8610. Quote the position
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Caregiver required in my home Lakeshore Village - for a 3 and 6 year old. 22 hours weekly - after school and 2 evenings. Car required. Call Chris 746-6589. Company in Toronto is looking for a 3rd or 4th year mechanical engineering student to work part-time during the week or weekends. We are looking for a student who is interested in designing and redesigning existing equipment. The successful applicant must be motivated and flexible. Travel opportunities may be available. Please forward your resume in confidence by fax (416) 2332300 or mail to “Mechanical engineering position”, 55 Six Point Road, Toronto, Ontario, M8Z 2X3. Spring Break & New Years! Travel FREE by organiring small groups to Montreal, New Orleans, Florida and Mexico. We also have great ski trips! Call Breakaway Tours at l-800-4654257, ext. 310 for FREE promo kit. www.breakawaytours.com. Relief staff to work with individuals with d8VelOpmental challenges. Experience, minimum B-month commitment.
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number at the end of the description when you call. Please visit the Volunteer Action Centre’s website at: http:// www.wchat.on.ca/public/kitchener/ vacfiie&ac. htm . .. Dedicated Driver: #191-l 833: A young woman with a developmental delay requires transportation to be able to attend a day program. She needs to be picked up on Kingsway around 2~30 p.m., Monday to Friday. Mileage will be reimbursed. Volunteers must be responsible drivers with $1 ,OOO,OOO liability coverage. Gfve Your Part to Pioneer Park: HO1 2130/2131: Volunteers are n8eded to plan and coordinate social and fundraising events and develop program budgets. Individuals with experience organizing activities for children or youth are also required. These positions require 2 to 8 hours a month. Weekend Helpers: #065-2135: Patience, kindness, and 3 hours on Saturday or Sunday are all that are required of you. The Sunnyside Home, Alzheimer Weekend Program, n88dS volunteers to assist staff with participant recreational activities such as baking, bowling, and singing. Training is provided. Saturday Mornings Have Never Been Better: #lOl-2084: A great group of children, ages 5 to 7, needs votunteers to help with their playground every Saturday from 1O:OO a.m. to 12 noon. If you are 15 years of age or older, and enjoy working with children, they would love to meet you. Creative Cleaner: #104-2134: Keep us clean. A community arts group needs a person to join their team of volunteers performing maintenance and cleaning tasks. Training is provided, Special Reception: #088-l 553: Mature, caring volunteers with good listening skiIfs and a sense of humour are needed for a special community progam. The agency supports people with developmental challenges who have recently moved to the area. Duties include reception and computer work. A Treasurer with a Sense of Humour: #lOO-2115: This is an opportunity to get involved with the Region’s living history museum. Duties include keeping track of revenues, receipts, disbursements, maintaining the general ledger, and preparfng 8nd of year statements. Knowledge of financial accounting principles and computerized spreadsheet pro-
SUNDAYS Outer Club Kayaking - presented by the Outer’s Club members in PAC pool from 8 to 10 p.m. Boats, eqiuipment provided ; beginners welcome ; $3.00. Practice strokes, rolls, get wet, have fun! 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. CHECK US 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 WEDNESDAYS Pascal Club meets at 12-lpm in SK 2133. A faculty, staff, & graduate stu-
dent reading club with a Christian orientation. We will be reading “the Act of Bible Reading, A multi-disciplinary Approach to Biblical Interpretation.” Other faiths and undergrads also welcome. contact: Chaplain Graham E. Morbey at Chaplains office SLC 2126, ext 3633 or Cali 884-l 970 8Xt.2739. THURSDAYS Students Advising Co+pweekly meetings are at 5:30 in Needles Hall, room 1029.
GONE MISSING: Sandi McGiver alias the Dancing Turkey Flower has been abducted. Last yesr our turtle went missing. Needless to say that we would like them returned to the Turnkey Desk, no questions asked. If at any time someone has the need to spend time with the turtle or Sandi McGiver just let us know ...we can lend our prize possessions out. Contact Nancy O’Neil at the Turnkey Desk. If you don’t hear us on the radio ... hear IJS at www.eyerhyme.com. New proares&e 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 tocut down. Call Counselling Services, ext. 2655 to find out more. The KW Sexual Assault Support CenJIB 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, Cal571 -0121, 5th Annual “Edna Staebler Research Fellowship” competition includes a $1 ,OOO.OO research stipend. lnformation and application forms can b8 obtained by calling 742-7752. Competition closes 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 17, 1997. 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. Third Year abroad at Coleraine, Northern Ireland, General info meeting for students in the Faculty of Arts at 4:30 pm in HH334. Details from Prof. Jim Walker, HistoryDept.,3706, jwwalkerQwatarts.uwaterfoo.ca Canada World Youth is a nationall, non-profit organization offering youth , exchange programs between the ages
of 17 & 29. We are now accepting applicationsforprograms beginning the summer of 1998. Deadline is Nov. 21 1997. For more info: 317 Adelaide St W, suite 404, Toronto, M5V 1 P9 (416) 596-9702, Fax 5959642, cwy@cwy.ca Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee Awards for Study in a Second Official Language. several $5,000 scholarships are being offered to undergraduate students across Canada to study at another Canadian university in their second official language (French or English). Candidates must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents, currently enrolled in the second or third year of their first undergraduate university program. Students must have sufficient ability in their second official language to pursue studies in that language. Application deadline is January 30, 1998. For further information and application forms, contact the Student Awards Office. Waterloo Community Arts Centre located in the Button Factory offers classes &workshops in Visual Arts, Dance, Music and Writing for adults and children. Call 886-4577 for info.
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