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percentage of the new funding that universities will receive over the next few years will be targeted at specific programs. He looks toward convincing both federal and provincial governments to provide universities with funding for basic, fundamental operations as a major challenge for universities in the near future.

Discussing tuition, Johnston noted that he is a strong believer in “accessible, affordable and attractive” education. “It seems to me [that it is] important that we be sure that there is an accessible place in further education for every qualified student.” He also cautioned that we should be ensuring that every place is a “place of quality.” Johnston didn’t have any firm statements with regards to what an appropriate level of tuition might be, emphasi?ing bursaries, scholarships and loan forgiveness as keys to guaranteeing accessibility.

Johnston also notes that he supports giving universities more freedom to deal with the accessibility of its programs.

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didn’t think I would ever do one of these things again,” said David Johnston just a few hours after moving into the University of Waterloo President’s office. Johnston has been out of the administration businesssince 1993, when he concluded a 15 year stint as principal of McGill University.

After five years of working hard to re-establish himself as a law professor, the lure of innovation and an information technology focus brought David Johnston to Waterloo, Johnston, looking ahead to the next five years, sees a CLmore attractive, more positive” period, regardless of which party forms the next Ontario government.

Johnston cites the elimination of government deficits and the return of strong economic growth as good evidence that Ontario should have more funds to spend on its public institutions for years to come.

Johnston agrees with his predecessor Dr. Downey that a greater

nate financial barriers” for people quality of life in the campus commufrom less affluent backgrounds, while nity . Finding a balance between freesuggesting that those from more afdom and guidance for students and fluent backgrounds might legitimately be asked to pay for a larger portion of their education.

Lack of scholarship support is the number one reason cited by prospective students for choosing not to attend the University of Waterloo. This is an area on which Dr. Johnston wants to give some focus. Johnston noted that finding scholarship support for our liberal arts proRobin Stewart grams which he calls “the core of the university” will be a Johnston in his new digs. difficult challenge.

Johnston also spoke about the between academic and social proimportance of measuring how we gramming would be an important function as a community as somepart of such a process. thing he would like to focus on.

When asked about last year’s Johnston was deeply impressed with cancellation of a student organized attention paid by the Board of Govrave at Fed Hall, Johnston replied ernors and the staff to the renewal of that he had %o views on that subcampus residence space and hopes to ject.” Johnston did note, however, find other similar areas of concentrathat he “sympathized with both partion which will help improve the ties,”

Asked about the publication of course evaluations, Johnston noted that he supported the concept, declaring that “all of us should be accountable for our teaching.”

He added that the publication of that material should be handled with responsibility, suggesting that “how we constructively improve,” and uhow we celebrate the good,” should be the major focus of such work.

Johnstan himself plans to do some teaching during the course of his term as president. Johnston’suggested that computer science and applied health sciences would be the likely recipients of his teaching efforts. Johnston and AHS professor Mike S harra t will be giving a seminar in the near future on the information highway and tele-medicine.

Johnston will spend his first few months in office trying to “come to understand the unique qualities of the University,” and doing “lots of listening.” He will be paying particular attention to how UW stays so strong with relatively little promotion and looking at what makes it such a healthy, civic community.

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produce an annual bound publication available at little or no cost to students containing all the statistical summaries of their course evaluations. Students at these universities can pick courses and, by extension, professors by using an uanti-calendar.” She noted that the Engineering and Math departments already have evaluation results available; however, she said that she didn’t think they. were very accessible to students sitting in a binder in the EngSoc or MathSoc offices.

The course evaluation issue has been around for sometime. InMarch, an academic round table held by the former VP Education Robin Stewart and Feds Academic Commissioner Kemi Atawo brought together administration, faculty and student representatives to discuss the issue of performance indicators, such as course evaluationsSeveral recommendations were made as a result of the round table, including: that ucourse evaluations should be conducted in all undergraduate courses;” that “statistical summaries

tudents could be choosing courses based on the published results of course evaluations within the next year.“We want to make the results from course evaluations available to students so they can make more informed choices,” said Veronica Chau, VP Education for the Federation of Students, whose proposal to do so at the last Senate meeting has stirred a variety of responses. According to Jim Kalbfliesh, VP Academic, “the numbers should be made available,” as they are now in Math, Engineering and Science.

However, “I don’t think that anonymous comments should be made public,” he continued, addingthat “they should only be given to the individual. n Chau pointed out that the term “made available” is ambiguous and not the same as “publish,” in the sense that the University of Toronto and Queen’s publish their course evaluation results. Both universities

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of the results should be made available to students;” and that “student groups should be responsible for the publication of the information” if it is going to be published.

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phasized his concern that subjective comments on professors might mislead other students. For example, he said uyou can get a reputation for being demanding and working students hard .*. people get the wrong impression sometimes and students get scared.”

Many students may wonder what purpose course evaluations serve to date. Currently each professor is given a yearly performance evaluation at which time they may receive a merit pay increase of up to n~o per cent a year. Their evaluation is bsd on three categories: teaching, research and service. Course evaluationsare included in the teaching category, which normally accounts for 40 per cent of the performance evaluation.

The results of course evaluations are also currently used in considering professors for promotions and teaching awards.

While the faculty at UW debate over how in favour they are of the publication of course evaluations, the continued

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Feds “wouldn’t do it [publish evaluation results] if they knew a majority of the faculty were upset about it.”

He added that he also hoped that faculty members could provide persuasive reasons why they were opposed to the idea.

McCourt said he was concerned that the written comments on course evaluations might be biased, based, for example, on a personal grudge against a professor.

Another area of concern is that the more subjective comments would be edited and how this editing was done might also affeet the way students formed opinions on professors.“A.nything that is subjective is difficult,” he summarized. If the Feds were to go ahead and publish evaluation results against the wishes of the faculty, McCourt said he thought that faculties could withhold evaluation information.

The Faculty Association is currently working to determine faculty opinion on the issue of evaluation publication.“We’ve never hadasay,” McCourt said of the Association, “but we have an opinion.”

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RememberingTiananmen Square UW AMNESTY JNTERNMI~NAL SpeaM to /mpm Ten yeurs ugo toduy the n&tar-y in the People’s Republic of China acted to 524pprwspro-democr/rcypotestsbyciviliuns in Beijing. Several hundred&izens died and hundreds more were injured in the cu@t.

The protests were initicrtedbyst~tsacrosstberountty who were seeking political refires. In acknowlegmentoftbeanniversmyof the Tiananmen Squye Massacre Imprintnow Tecoliects the bkttilevent.

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n May 13, 1989, several hundred students began a hunger-strike to demand political reform.

There was widespread popular support for the students, and five days later, an estimated one million people demonstrated in Beijing, the capital of China, in support of them.

Martial law was imposed in the capital on May 20 to “firmly stop the unrest,” to safeguard public order, and to uensure the normal function” of government.

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decision, around one million people again took to the streets.

During the night of June 3, hundreds of armoured military vehicles, escorted by tens of thousands of troops, marched into the capital to enforce martial law. Troops fired into the crowds of protesters, resulting in hundreds being killed and thousands more being wounded. The prodemocracy protests were’ crushed and the protesters dispersed. Official government explanationssuggested that the aim was to Wear” Tiananmen Square of the thousands and to ?estore order.”

They further claimed that a Yzounter-revolutionary rebeilion” had occurred and that a “tiny hand-

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throwing the government. ten years later. Today, these same Arrests and executions continconcerns are being voiced once again, ued after June 4, and those who 1989, with at least voice them 6,000 people offiworkers, farmcially reported arers, dissidents rested throughout and conChina in conneccerned citizens tion with the pro- are already tests. However, the targets of a the number of arnew wave of rests in Beijing repression. alone is believed by Events are ocsometobebeween curring all 8,OQO and around the 10,000.

The arglobe today to rests were wideremember spread and inwhat hapcluded students, pened at peasants, teachTiananmen ers, writers, jourSquare on nalists, artists, acaJune 4. Amdemics, military http://www.june4.org nesty Internaofficers and unemtional at UW, a ployed people.

WPIRG action Eye-witnesses reported seeing progroup, has a small display in the Stutesters being severely beaten by soldent Life Centre with accounts of ten diers and police; some were reported protesters who are still in jail ten long to have died as a result of torture. years later. A wealth of information The Chinese goverhment offiis also available by visiting http:// cially claims 274 people, 3 6 of them www.jl4i?ze4.0?& students, died when the military took control of Tiananmen Square, but several non-governmental groups estimate the number to be much larger. Of the many protesters arrested following the protests, at least 241 are thought to be still in prison continued from page 3

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t’s a time of big decisions. High school students across Ontario are deciding which university to attend as they review offers and information packages from different schools. Something that factors into their decision is the kind of accorrimodation and residence community exists at each school.

A large proportion of first year students coming to the University of Waterloo want to be placed in residence.

Board. One third of students who did not accept offers from Waterloo last year reported that the lack of residence space was the reasonthey did not accept the offer of admission.

Residence renewal will include the,creation of comniunity space in the East Tower of UW Apartments (UWA), formerly the Married Students Apartments, and the conversion of the East and West towers and of the North Court from apartments into suites. *u

bathroom facilities. They will house upper year students who will pay $370 rent per month.

The four phases of renovation in the three areas and the creation of community space will be completed in this and each of the next three years at an estimated cost of $9.8 million.

For first year students, a new building will be erected at Parking Lot F, between Village One and Ron Eydt Village. This new residence, which will be between three and six fIoors. It wiil consist of four bedroom :;: .suites with shared facilities anda Don ’ assigned to each floor of 12 suites.

Kitchens will be included in the suites, therefore students will not be required to buy a meal plan.

The new building will house 3 00 rt-s students at an expected cost of $14.5 million, Rent for a room in this building will be $475 per month and is less than the $5 11 rent at WLWs ‘\ -I. The comparable Bricker Residence. ‘, - - Proposed These five phases will layout for suites in ‘r-k,‘“zC~f..

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Feds are gauging student opinion.

Chau said that through %urveys and focus groups” they are currently determining “how the students want the results published and their feelings on the matter.”

She added that a webpage might be one of the publication options open to them.

Along with the controversy over publication, there is the question of standardizing the evaluations.

Currently evaluations vary widely from department to department and are given by different administrative and student groups. While core course evaluations are administered by the student society in the faculty of Engineering, the evaluations are delivered by professors or not at all in some other undergraduate courses.

Chau said that “the entire process of standardizing them [the evaluations] is so much work that it might not be worth the value? She cited Queen’s as an example of one university which took years to create standardized evaluations that are not entirely standardized even today because of the specific nature of courses.

McCourt said he would like to see evaluations with five common questions and some more specific to faculty and courses as well.

Although Chau describes the Feds progress with the comment uso far, so gobd,” much remains to be decided and finalized. “There have been no decisions made,n said Kalbfleish, who added that he would “be in continued discussion with the Federation of Students.”

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he Federation of Students welcomed Michelle Hilliard on Wednesday, May 19 as the new director of programming and special events at the University of Waterloo.

Billiard, a graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University, was selected over I2 other candidates and is excited about her future at UW.

Hilliard plans to adhere to the interests of all students The position of director of programminglspecial events is a new one for the Feds, as it is a merger of the two previously held positions. Josh Doig, Vice-President of Administration and Finance, explained that last year there was a concern that a position in programming alone would not warrant enough work to require a full-time employee. During the win-

ter term, the role of programmer was &signed to John Workman, a co-op student, and it was discovered that there would unlikely be enough work to hire s6mbone fur a one-year full-time contract.

At the same time, special events have been organized by a variety of people, as there had not been enough work sufficient for a fulltime position. Events have been organized by either the managers of Federation Hall or the Bomber, as well as the bar operations manager and Feds business manager. It was decided that a merger of director of programming and special events

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muchmore sense, and the workload would be worthy of a fulltime position.

Thus, along came Hilliard, , the inaugural direcShe'sall that. tor of programming/special events. Her experience as a liaison at Laurier enabled her to create and maintain contacts with promoters, as she was responsible

for organizing events such as helping first-year students adapt to university life. I-Iilliard hopes that her own diverse musical tastes will reflect the wide variety of preferences among the students of such a large university.

She plans to reserve Fed Hall for large, popular events such as Boys ‘n Girls Night on Thursdays and attractions such as Summerfest and Oktoberfest.

The size of the establishment is too expensive to staff for events that aren’t proven financial successes, such as showing films made

by Uw students.

Hilliard plans to use the Bomber for more intimate and independent acts, hopefully encouraging locals to display their talent.

She’s aiso interested in the idea of a festival-like setting with numerous locaf artists appearing on the same bill. The themes currently employed by the Bombshelter such as Hip-Hop Night and Rock ‘n Roll Dave Robins Wednesdays will be continued as long as they remain popular. Hilliard will be challenged to live up to her plans to adhere to the interests of all students during her tenure.

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“I had no idea it would take the form it did,” said Downey speaking of his impressions of the seriousness of the funding situation when he was appointed as president in 1993.

“Such developments made long range planning a futile exercise,” he mused.

Downey’s final thoughts centred around UW’s impressive seven year streak of being ranked as the best overall university in the country by h4ucLeun’s Magazine.

Downey cited four reasons why he felt that UW has continued to top the field.

Industriousness, practicality, ambition, and civility and caring were the characteristics which, in Downey’s mind, have determined the university’s success.

While UW’s students sometimes provide the university with a usurplus of hormonal energy and a defitit of wisdom,” according to Dovvney, he also cited strong student leadership as an impor&t part of UW’S reputation.

Overall, Downey concluded that our clarity of purpose, commitment to high standards and hard work leave the university “whole, strong and well placed to meet a future that looks ever-promising.”

Downey turned over the reigns of the University on Tuesday to David Johnston, whom Downey called “the most accomplished academic leader of this generation.”

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n his final report to the University Board of Governors, James Downey was quick to credit everyone but himself for the continuing strength of the institution.

Downey spent his last afternoon as UWs leader attending the Board of Governors May meeting, on Monday, May 3 1.

Students sometimes provide a %urplus of hormonal energy and a deficit of wisdom.”

Downey drew attention to the “competence and character of the people throughout the university” and the “strong sense of unique and special purpose” of the university as major reasons why UW has continued to thrive through a rocky five years in terms of funding for the university.

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he recent spate of closures in the bottom floor of the Student Life Centre has brought into &cstion the viability of that space for commercial outlets. In the past month we have witnessed the closure of two of its businesses, the Campus Cove, and more recently, Music in Orbit.

According to Brian Robinson, owner of Music in Orbit and its sister store in Guelph, the location in which the store was placed made turning a profit an impossible challenge.

“It’s so tucked away,” noted Robinson warning possible future tenants that making a profit there in the retail business may be difficult, despite competitive rental rates and a large student body. uIt’s going to be tough,” says Robinson, These closures may, however, be indicative of a deeper trend. In the past few years, both the Campus Cove and Music in Orbit have changed hands once, the latter previously known as Dr. Disc.

We have also witnessed the departure of other businesses, namely the Federation of Students-owned Campus Shop, Fed Copy Plus and the Bell Phonecentre, all of which were replaced with university-owned businesses or services.

Ann Simpson, manager of the Student-life Ccntre, has said that the

area previously occupied by Dr. Disc is a “problem area” and may be more suited to another university service. The Feds-owned Variety & Post also does not traditionally make money and has, in fact, taken a small loss each year for the past few years.

Not all businesses in that area fare poorly, however.

The Used Bookstore is the Federation of Students chief moneymaker.

Under these circumstances, it has become necessary to radically rethink the use of space downstairs in the SLC. Josh Doig, WAdministration & Finance for the Feds, has undertaken a number of focus groups to determine what students want to see in these areas.

A survey is also being planned by the SLC management board later this month to gather more information. Proposals are being submitted for new tenants for the spaces newly vacated, With the deadline for submissions being today, the management board will face same important decisions on the direction of the SLC. Will the Campus Cove return as a games site? Will it be split in half to accommodate two new tenants?

Will Music in Orbit be rcplaccd by a university service?

What kind of facilities will bring student patronage in either area?

These and other questions must be addressed in the coming months.

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universities must be connected to the design and the railway iine incorpo*rated. Haldenby said that students are ideal people to contribute design ideas to the area, because “they’re A very aware of the gulf that exists between UW and the town.”

“I think it’s a kind of landmark The idea for the contest was SARAN CRELLIN for the university, for the School of generated by the managing editor of Architecture and Planning, to bei , ,&eK-WRe&d,alsoaspoAorofthe come involved in the development contest, and they passed it along to W Architecture and Planof the community,” remarked Eric the University, First Gulfandtbe City ning students are giving Haldenby, director of the School of of Waterloo.

While hesitant at first, downtown Waterlob a Architecture and Planning at the Haldenby said that both First Gulf makeover, in a competition which university. and the city ubecame extremely will award $20,000 in total to the The space being designed for enthusiastic. n five best designs. Almost 100 student includes Waterloo Town Square and Submissions for the contest must teams or individuals have registered the Seagram land, which is being be in by June 7 and will be judged for in the competition and while the developed by First Gulf deveiopers , five equal prizes of $4,000 each. The teams may consist of students in any who is one sponsor of the contest. categories include two prizes for best faculty at UW or Wilfrid Laurier Haldenby stressed, however, that it is overall urban design quality and one University, the principle registrant %ot only just a space, but a series of prize each for best civic connections, must be in the School ofArchitecture connections back out into the combest ideas for use of the space, and and Planning. munity.”

Waterloo Park and the one award for the best design as judged by K-WI&cord readers. Record readers will be able to judge the submissions in a June 19 Record supplement devoted to the contest.

According to Haldenby, “a meaningful civic spacen for Waterloo would include a safe, interesting and attractive city centre that takes into account all of the festivals Waterloo holds.

First Gulf developers are %aying they’re very, very interested in what the students have to say and come up with,” said Haldenby, commenting that although the developers haven’t committed to anything, student ideas will probably be incorporated into the actual plans for the area Working together, UWstudents and the community could make downtown Waterloo a more prosperous and connected place in the courtesy First Gulf Devetopment Corp. next millennium.

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over last year’s adjusted deficit of source of income for UW at 54 per $2.6 million. With this budget, the cent of total income, a stark contrast accumulateddebtwill beeliminated . to the 70 per cent share the grants ew surprises were found in and the $2 million shortfall will be 1 made up in 1993. Most of the differthe 1999/2000 Operation adjusted and carried forward. ence has been made up by rising Budget passed by UW Board Total income increased by 6.9 tuition. . of Governors on Monday, May 3 1. per cent with tuition income increasOperating Expenses are up by I The $200 million budget is short $2 ing by 13.6 per cent. The provincial 7.3 per cent primarily due to an million, which is an improvement operating grants are still the largest increase of 43.9 per cent in student ~~~~~~~~~~~~-~-~~~~~ support, which brings the total to $8 million. The government required UW to increase student support by 30 per cent of any incrf?se in tuition as a requirement of the Access to Opportunities program.

UW quatified by increasing enrollment in Computer Science and Computer and Electrical Engineering.

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t’s an exciting time to be part of enterprise,” noted T a knowledge 1. David Johnston, addressing the Ontario Universities Computing Conference on May 31, 1999.

Johnston, the newly appointed president of the University of Waterloo, delivered the keynote address at this year’s conference, held at Wilfrid Laurier University.

The conference, held annually, brings together computing staff from a11 of Ontario’s universities.

Johnston called on the assembled delegates to be sure that they “understand the local customs” and “learn to collaborate with [their] colleagues” in delivering computing resources to their own campuses.

Johnston, who chaired the Information Highway Advisory Council and was part of a panel on “smart communities,” has a long list of credits in the information technology arena, He has written extensively on the subject of information technology law and is a special advisor to the Minister of Industry on information technology.

Comparing the current advances in computing to Giitenberg’s invention of the printing press, Johnston referred the current developments in information tee hnology as an “Information Revolution” which could have asmuch impact on humanity as the Agricultural or Industrial Revolution.

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however, warns Johnston, must also be accomanied by a social and political revolution in order for its full impact to be felt. The information revolution, according to Johnston, wiJ1 “transform how we learn and understanding how we learn.” Teachers, according to Johnston, will be required to shift from content providers to coaches and facilitators.

In the 1997 throne speech, the Federal government promised that Yanada will be the most connected nation by the year 2000.”

This socalled “Connectedness Agenda” involves the government’s work towards increasing Canadian Content on-line, developing government and e-commerce resources on-line, and the creation of “smart communities.”

‘The Canadian government has pledged $60 million dollars to turn 12 Canadian communities into smart communities -communities that use information technology in new and innoyative ways to empower their resi dents, institutions and region as a whole. Kitchener-Waterloo is bidding to become one of these communities.

The bid is being chaired by former UW president Doug Wright and current LJW professor Don Cowan.

Johnston believes that Canadians are well equipped to meet the challenges of the “Connectedness Agenda.” He cites the aptitude Canadians have for public/private collaborations and the success of the schoolnet project, which brought every Canadian public school and library on-line, as two major reasons why.

Johnston will use his leadership to try to bring UW the same kind of success.

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fter nearly two years of intense preparation, Uw’s AM idnight Sun Solar Car Race Team is set to unveil its latest creation, Midnight Sun V, to the public on June 4 at 1100 p.m. across from Environmental Studies I, next to Laurel Creek.

Some will .remember the streamlined Midnight Sun IV, which catapulted UW to a first place finish among the Canadian universities and seventh place overall in the last race, Sunrayce 97. Midnight Sun V also promises to be a top contender in the upcoming Sunrayce 99, North America’s premier long-distance solar car race which will be held from June 20 to 29. Some 40 universities will compete in this event, racing on the secondary highways of America on a 2 175 km trek from Washington D.C. to Orlando, Florida. UW will start Sunrayce in the 13 th position following the results of the qualifying round held in Michigan on May 7 to 9.

Sponsors from the private sector, such as Husky Injection Molding, Raytheon Research in Motion, and supporters from the university, including the Waterloo Engineering Endowment Fund, helped make the

vehicle hits the streets construction of this year’s solar car possible. Students from a variety of academic disciplines, from engineering to accounting, also contributed time and effort to the Midnight Sun initiative.

“The success of the Midnight Sun project depends on the enthusiasm of our students as well as support from our donors,” Ruth Allen, Team Manager, remarked.

“We’d like to take the opportunity to show what Midnight Sun can do with their help. We invite all students, faculty and members of the public to view Midnight Sun V on June 4.”

“Who knows?” adds Lukasz Pawlowski, the team’s Business Manager, ‘&we might be looking at a winner.“This year’s Midnight Sun promises to maintain Waterloo’s reputation as a world-wide leader in innovative design.

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Like an acid flashback, several thousand onlookers watched the screen and listened carefully as the voice of HAL spoke. The infamous machine from Stanley Kubrick’s2001=ASpace~~continued: “I think you like your Macintosh better than me, Dave.” The red light pulsated. UThey’re shutting me down, Dave. n After HAL left the screen, Steve Jobs took the stage. The former 60s hippie founded Apple Computers and is now the company’s interim Chief Executive Officer (“iCEOn).

Dressed in blue jeans and a white tshirt, he gave the keynote of the computer geek equivalent of a rock concert, the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).

Amid applause, he proudly announced the attendance figures for this year’s concert, er, conference.

Over 2,500 paid attendees were there, a 40 per cent increase from 1998.

Programmers from over 48 U.S. states and 38 countries were at WWDC. And, Jobs added, over 200 student developers had come.

Reaching into his i-epertoire for a few old favourites, Jobs highfighted Apple’s successes over the past year.

In 1998,Apple introduced the iMac, and since then, 3,106 Mac applications had been announced.

In the last year, Apple has sold over 3,200,OOO Macintosh systems. They’ve led the

two batteries m, Jobs noted, and you can watch hstin Powers on DVD twice.

Next, Jobs talked software. Ap-

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ith the latest hooplaabout MP3sfloatingaroutKlev~ rywhere, many people are asking questions about MP3s. What are MP3s3 Are they legal? How do I use them? Where do I get them? And finally, what’s the future of MP3s3 MP3, short for Motion Picture Expert Group Layer III, is a method to store audio files on the computer in

audio-dictation where the demand for sound quality is lower, storing four to six minutes per megabyte for MP3 is pokible whereas on audio CDs they will still consume an astonishing ten megabytes per minute.

One might wonder how an MP3 is one tenth of the size of the CD format audio and is still at so-called “near CD quality.”

To determine the answer, I took “Baby One More Time”

by Brittany Spears and en-

The sound quality of the MP3 depends highly on the quality of your output device such a way that the resulting file is relatively small. These files, often ending in. MP3, are of various sound qualities that are user-adjustable.

At near-CD quality, one minute of music takes approximately one megabyte of disk storage compared to approximately ten megabytes on audio CDs. Conversely, for voice or

coded it into MP3 and then listened to both very carefully to determinle if there is any noticeable difference in sound quality.

In all cases, there weren’t any distinguishable difference in the sound quality between the MP3 and the original audio CD. However, upon slowing the playing to half speed and listening very care-

Image software runs on Macintosh computers, QuickTin&-4 allows for live streaming, the viewing of video on your computer without the need to downioad entire files.

HBO, Bloomberg Television,

Mac OS 8.7, code-named Sonata.

Although Sonata has %ver 50 new features,” Schiller and Jobs only let two slip out. Sherlock II, animproved version of Apple’s find-anything utility, will now let you search for peopleusing LDAP and do price

fully to the iow tones, some slight distortions were barely noticeable.

Again, the sound quality of the MP3 also depends highly on your output device such as speakers and sound card, or portable MP3 player.

A lot of recent media propaganda and hype has been stirring surrounded the legality of MP3s. Despite what the Radio Industry Association ofAmerica (RIM) says, MP3 is perfectly legal since it is only a file storage format. Its legality depends on the way that it’s used. Both wellknown artists and those starting out will opt to give away free MP3s of their work on the Internet - a legal choice, Making MP3s from tapes or CDs that you own for personal use is perfectly legal under the law, despite claims to the contrary by the RIAA. However, it is illegal to make MP3s from CDs which you do not own, or trade them on the Internet and with friends unless you have explicit permission of the artist.

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puter with sound capabilities and a decent set of speakers. A Pentium Processor with at least eight-megabytes of RAM is the minimum configuration for a PC while for those with Macintoshes, a PowerPC-based system with at least eight megabytes

is the lowest requirement. software are available for MP3s although WinAMP (http://wwU winump.cum) for Windows 95/98/NT, MacAMP (http:// www.mucump.com) for Mats, and x11 AMP (http://~*x1 Zamp.org) for LINUX seem to be the most popu-

comparisons over the Internet. Mac OS 8.7 will allow multiple users to share a Mac, each with their own settings. Users can log on to their Mats with the standard typing of a username and password.

Or, noted Schiller, you can log on with a voiceprint password.

After the oohs and aahs subsided, Schiller told his Mac ?o i&&y and beyonh” and it logged him in. “The other 48 features are just as cool,” quipped Schiller.

The big news for the Mac OS, however, was announcements concerning Mac OS X. Apple, having shipped Mac OS X Server in February, talked up Mac OS X. They made some major changes under the hood (they’re now using the Mach 3.0 microkernel, the EGCS compiler, and replaced the graphics engine), and OS X is now slated for an early 2000 release.

Mac OS X, based on technology acquired from NeXT, will be able to run old Mac applications in “Classic” mode, or new applications in UCarbon” (a modern Mac OS) or “Cocoa” (the NeXT-style development environment, based on Objective C: and Java). Mac OS X uses a new imaging model, Quartz, based on Adobe’s PDF standard.

Jobs and Tevanian showed off some impressive tricks involving antialiased text, semi-transparent effects and a blurred drop shadow, all done on the fly.

At this concert, the poster and tshirt were free. Everyone received a PowerBook C3 poster and developers walked away with CDs of Mac OS X Developer Preview in hand.

responsibility of the user to make sure that she or he only downloads the legal ones.

MP3 is the most widely used audio format on the Internet, and despite the appearance of newer formats that offer some advantages 1i ke AT&T’s a2b format, it still maintains

Making MP3s from albums you awn for your personal use is perfectly legal, despite claims to the contrary lar choices right now. Portable MP3 players, like the Diamond RIO, are becoming more common but still require a computer to transfer music to the player.

Both legal and illegal MP3s are widely available on the Internet. One of the best places to find music from emerging artists as well as information about MP3 is urww.rnp3.com.

The site has gone totally legal in recent years, only giving away MP3s with the artist’s permission.

Something great about this site is that it also has instructions on how to make your own MP3s from CDs you legally own. Another great site to look for MP3s is the Lycos MP3 search engine (~~://~p3.&os.~~), however this one will turn up illegal MP3s as well as legal ones, so it is the

its market dominance.

The reasons for its popularity are the wide availability of both legal and illegal music in this format as well as it being able to be played on any computer.

However, the RIAA has recently introduced the SDMI (Secure Digital Music Initiative) which promises the ’ users the durability of MP3 while eliminating the wide availability of MP3s by implementing various success measures.

This, in theory, will ensure that the artists get paid when consumers buy their music and download it from the Internet instead of the current piracy situation with MP3. However, with the popularity of MP3 right now, it is doubtful that the RIAA’s SDMI, which is still in its infancy, will be a success.

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TWOUW students travel the continent reetings from London. This afternoon I am resting in Russell Square Park, soaking in the sun and recuperating after an exciting, busy, two week whirlwind tour of Europe. For two weeks, my resilient travel partner, Jade Jettson, and myself, Mild Martha have been lodging at camp-sites and synchronizing our bladders to the two and a half hour mark - our bus only made service station stops every two and a half hours. Our Magic Tour Bus had one toilet for 49 people. The toilet was intended to be used only for emergencies, as there were only six emptying spots available during the two week period.

Our peppy, enthusiastic tour manager, Colleen, a native of South Africa, blasted the most annoying song I have heard in my entire life every morning on the bus, “Give it to n No matter how tired me Baby.. we were, we never slept through it!

She told us from day one that our tour would be based on South African time. For example, she explained to us that whenever she said, “lunch-time in 10 minutes” it actually meant “lunchtime - anywhere from 3 0 minutes to-60 minutes.” She was very emphatic that we should not take her South African and Australian dribbles literally. For example, whenever she said, ‘just now’ it did not mean ‘right now’ or ‘immediately.’

Rather, ‘just now’ actually means uwhenevern - or, basically, five minutes to five years. This got contising, especially when our bladders were unbearably full and we had to ask when the next ‘toiletting’ stop was. She would just shrug and tell us, ‘just now.’

This trip, I have to say, is more of an adventure than a holiday or vacation. Why? Because you need a lot of energy, a bottle of vitamins, a pair of

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ear plugs and, even more importantly, good navigation skillsand your own toilet paper.

Our first stop was ‘gay Paris.’ It

doesn’t appear or taste all that different from rubbing alcohol. It is calIed ‘L’eau de Vie’ because after drinking it you are aware of all your organs.

Jade Jet tson and I also spent a relaxing day suntanning in Cannes, which lies on the Mediterranean coastline.

1 was expecting to get a dark tan and to find sandy beaches, not pebble beaches. We eventuaIIy found a sand beach in Cannes, which is bestknownforthe Cannes Film Festival. The city was gearing up towards this Festival during our visit. I snapped a

Cannes also had many topless, female suntanners and therefore many more male voyeurs.

While on the French Kviera, we visited Reiner’s PinkPalace. I couldn’t believe Reiner’s high-tech tunnels!

Upon arriving in Monaco, our Magic Tour bus had to pass through the high-tech security tunnels. These tunnels have cameras that register the barcodes on your passport, which must be pressed up against the window. Your face must also be pressed up against the window, alongside your passport.

If the security cameras don’t catch your head beside the passport you’re holding, they may detain the whole coach from entering Monaco.

Our tour manager Colleen warned us about speaking French while in the high-tech tunnel. If they pick up some Americans/Canadians speaking French, they’ll think you’re trying to be a smartass and detain the coach.

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By theway, the lush toilets in the Casino in Monaco are not the 50 francs it cost to use

them. Basically, the gold and marble toiletsdo almost everything for you.

I did not actually enter because they cost 50 francs. These bathrooms contain all the luxurious ‘unnecessi ties’ we’re unaccustomed to in order to facilitate the whole experience.

Since Jade Jcttson has a passion for the classics, she is one of the few on our tour that actually enjoyed and appreciated Rome. 1 did not fancy Rome or the Roman toilets either (sorry, I cannot get off the topic of toilets -they were unavoidable). The streets in Rome were filthy and dirty and it was incredibly chaotic. Depending on what time of day it is, the food/beverage/pizza vendors sell the exact, same-sized gelatto (Italian ice cream) for anywhere from 3,000 to 19,000 Iires.

Our Italian tour guides were excellent and knowledgeable, which helped bring Rome’s rich history more alive. They led us through informative tours of the Colosseum, the Forum, archeological sites of ancient Rome (several levels into the ground) the Pantheon and other historic sites within the city. The Vatican was unbeIievable.

I was so overwhelmed with the incredible art collections, room after room. Jade Jettson (surprise! surprise!) ran into a friend from Waterloo in the Vatican.

Another highlight for Jade Jettson and myself was ‘Amsterdamage.’

We will not discuss that highlight in this article.

In a word, Jade Jettson and Mild Martha had a very good trip which has left usexhausted.

Two weeks was just enough, and luckily our naps on the coach left us some time to rest.

The rough waters made our ferry ride back from Calais, France to Dover, England quite nauseating.

Mild Martha had to sit on the top deck, focusing on the steady horizon, to keep her Mc Donald’s lunch down.

But now, Mild Martha is well rested and finishing off this entry.

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just stepped off the wrong bus the second time in five minutes. Back on the palegrey concrete sidewalk of Valencia Street, I strap on my rollerblades and skate home the last five minutes of my journey.

Having decided at 9:40 a.m. on that Sunday morning that I was going to buy tickets for

the MountainView Lilith Fair, I threw on some clothes and headed out. I took off north on Fillmore, blading uphill. A right turn takes me onto Fell, where I burn more rubber off my brake.

Now I’m on Van Ness, alternating between looking for the number 42 bus and continuing towards The Wherehouse to pick up my tickets, At precisely 10: 0 1 I arrive, only eighth in line. Fifteen minutes later, I walk out carrying a row Q seat for the centre section of Tuesday’s show.

Deciding to spare my legs on the return journey, lgive the Muni driver a worn-out one dollar bill and hop on the bus. After crossing Market Street, I disembark, and wait for the Mission bus. I show the driver my transfer. The surly woman insists I take my blades off, resulting in a bus Ioad of impatient passengers. About two blocks later, I realize the bus has turned the

corner and is no longer heading west - it’s going south. So I get off, wander north a block and wait for the Valencia bus.

Taking no chances, I have my blades in hand when 1board this bus, The lady next to me is interested in my footwear, and I offer her my left blade to inspect. Across from me, two guys talk basketball and discuss the merits of Kobe Bryant. I look at the window and, ah, shit, this bus is going south too. I pull the cord and get off.

San Francisco is made up of dozens of little neighbourh’oods, or districts. The west part of the cityRichmond and Sunset -offers you the chance to smell the salty Pacific Ocean air.

Head to the south, and you’ll find more signs in Spanish than English in the Mission.

Downtown San Francisco has it share of modern concrete-and-glass office buildings, hugging both sides of Market.

The Moscone Centersits between Third and Fourth Streets.

SoMa, the South of Market Area, is filled with auto repair shops, industrial buildings, graffiti, a giant FedEx depot and the offices of a few web developers.

Head northwest a couple of miles, and you’re in the Civic Center, where the federal and state government building rest, along with the library and city hall.

I live a block south of Haight Street, and a mere ten blocks from the famous corner of Haight and Ashbury streets-the ’60s hippie mecca. Haight’s full of cafes, clothingstoresand costumes shops.

Head to the north part of the city, and you’re In the Marrna.

Upscale and u-endy, you’ll find a never-ending supply of great restaurants, a few bars, asmall book shop, acookic bakery and a great bagel place. You’re only minutes away from sticking your feet in the sand. And only a short bus ride from Jowntown.

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any photographers find that taking wildlife and landscape pictures can be very rewarding when taken right in their own backyard.

Undoubtably, this is a great way to get more experience. Eventually, the time comes when you just feel the need to go into the wilderness and take some pittures of animals in a more natiral setting.

There a variety of ideal places to go in Ontario, but the size of Algonquin Park (7,725 square kilometres) has placed it at the top of the list for over 300,000 campersinature enthusiasts annualy. The park’s vast number of lakes, rivers, valleys, combined with amazing views, also make it an ideal spot for photographers.

In terms of camping, Algonquin Park is often viewed as an ideal place for hardcore campers to spend some

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time.Yet it doesn’t have to be beyond the reach of the everyday car camper.

Highway 60 crosses the southern portion of the park creating an area called the Parkway Corridor.

Along either side of the Parkway Corridor is a series of trails

An ideal spot for photographers that range from just a few kilometres in length to over 30 kilometres.

This means that no matter how experienced a hiker you are, chances are you will find several trails that suit your style.

Also spatteredsporadically along the highway is a series of established camp-sites.

All you have to do for a night of tenting is pay your $20 site fee and set up your tent.

Each site also has a small fire pit and park attendants occasionally visit the grounds with firewood for sale. Be sure to make sure that a fire ban is not in effect before bringing out the butane.

Each trail is designed to give the traveller an insight into the many different aspects of the park. For example, the Western-most trail, Whiskey Rapids Trail, is a short two kilometre trail designed to give park guests insight into the history and ecology of the Algonquin River. Thin guidebooks are available at the beginning of each trail for you to take on your hike. If you would like to take the guidebook home with you, you can leave a small fee behind in the refeptacle at the end of the trail.

If you are looking for more souvenirs, you can visit the Algonquin Visitor Centre and Bookstore near the Eastern end of the park. There is also a cafeteria-style restaurant where you can purchase a hot meal when you don’t feel like cooking for yourself.

One of AIgonquin’s main attractions is the abundance ofwildlife.

Mizzy Lake Trail was designed specifically for wildlife enthusiasts. The Park guide advertises this trail as having “some of the best chances to see wildlife.”

There is also a board, displayed at the Visitor Centre, listing many of the areas where wildlife has ‘been spotted recently. This is a good place to check if you’re looking for animals while visiting the park.

One of the best places for catching a moose sighting is right along the edge of the highway. Often the moose will venture out right onto the road.

Regular visitors will tell you to just look out for groups of cars pulled over at the side of the road. Other people suggest driving back and forth along the highway until a moose steps into view. Other animals commonly seen in the park include deer, foxes, beavers, and, of course, chipmunks.

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If you are a landscape fanatic then Lookout Trail is for you. This is another short trail that is definitely worth the hike. Near the end of the trail is a fantastic view of several hundred kilometres of parkland. This is also a terrific place to watch the sunset- Another great view can be experienced from the balcony at the Visitor Centre.

If you are looking for a trail that is alittle bit more challenging then Alrronauin Park offers a 35 kilometr&aiifor backpackers and another trail for people interesting in bringing their bikes along.

With everything the park has to offer, it is important to remember that you don’t have to be a highly experienced camper to enjoy it allAlmost everythingthe casual camper could want can be found along the Parkway Corridor.

For more information about the park, visit the Ontario Parks web,site at http:// www. OntarioParks.com or for reservations, call l-888-668-7275.

sighting. These grizzly guys don’t seem to visit the campsites anytiore but it is still not a good idea to leave food lying around before calling it a night. Regardless of what animal you have your heart set on sighting, the best time to view wildlife is really early in the morning, especially during May and June.

Getting up at sunrise gives you the most comfortable time of the day to spend by yourself.

Most of the other campers are usustill ally asleep while many of the ani-, mals are out feeding.

The best place tosee is moose is right

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urely you’ve heard it all before - UW students are apathetic about everything.

We don’t care what goes on at school: the election turnouts are pathetic, everything is. going under because the students don’t support anything. . . and it’s true. The last Feds election was decided by a whopping 16 per cent of the student population, five services in the Student Life Centre have closed down in three years due to lack of funds, tuition fees are climbing steadily with no real opposition and most groups on campus are almost to the point of begging students to volunteer (including Imprint).

Sure, we all do our fair share of complaining to each other and discussing the fact that we’re being screwed in many ways and from many directions, but we never really do anything about it. The odd person might write a letter here or there or show up to a meeting, but for about 90 per cent of the student population, we just don’t care enough todo something about our problems.

There are reasons for our apathy though.

When you think about it, there are five positions on the Feds executive, most (if not ali) of which very fewjndividuals are aware of their purposes, and for an average election, there are usually three teams of candidates.

So, five positions multiplied by three candidates equals fifteen people that students are expected to know about. That’s not even considering the fact that we would have to first figure out the duties of each position.

We’re students.

We have lots to do what with that class thing and the ever necessary social tradition of partying.

We don’t have time to read up on the biographies of fifteen complete strangers just so that we can vote in an executive that we never see or hear from.

As for the closing of stores and services in the Student Life Centre, we just don’t have the money. The average student can barely afford

t’s over and I couldn’t be more relieved.

How could something so short seem so painMy long? And without substance?

There have been disappointing election campaigns before, but this was the first in which the ‘issue was the television ads.

to support him or herself for four months, never mind supporting a business with a $9,000 monthly rent to pay. And we all know tihy we don’t have money. Because our tuition fees are ridiculously high. And why are our tuition fees. ridiculously high? Because we here at UW are too apathetic to fight the higher powers. There are reasons for apathy as well. We are quite aware that us measly students mean nothing to the Board of Governors and certainly not the Provincial or Federal Government.

Sure, we are the reason that UW exists but that’s beside the point. We give them money to run our academic lives and as long as we’re still shelling out money, there’s really no reason for them to pay attention to us and our petty little complaints about how we have no money so we can’t eat and we’re living in boxes on the street because we can’t afford rent.

The student groups on campus have also noticed the “Who cares?” attitude of many students. Once again, this problem is a result of the lack of time in the average student’s day.

Imprint, for example, is widely read across

campus and is an excellent forum for student voices, yet most students cannot be bothered to even write a letter to the editor (hint, hint), never mind an actual article about something (hint, hint ) .

Now, you may have noticed a pattern here. Services for students are closing down because we can’t afford to support them. We can’t afford to support the services because all our money is being sucked up by the tuition bill that no one does anything about. Yet, no one does anything about their tuition bill because they don’t know who to ask for help. Students don’t know who to ask for help because they haven’t joined any groups and don’t know who their executive is. And why don’t they know who their executive is? Because they didn’t vote or even bother to find out the results of the election.

So there you have it: UW student apathy in a nutshell.

Not that you care.

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iss Veronica Chau, the Federation of Students’ VP (Education), is quoted in Imprint, the Gazette, and in UW’s Daily Bulletin as saying: “The Federation of Students has an obligation to remain nonpartisan; we can’t endorse or come out against a party.”

All I can say in response to her is that if US, students took sucha weakkneed stance back in the 1960s, the U.S. would still be fighting the Vietnam war. The provincial election is a window of opportunity for changing government policies on education. If you miss this window, you will have four more years of gradually deteriorating education while tuition fees rise yet again and again. The Student Federation should not be such a passive observer in this demise of quality education, The tuition increases at UW are a direct result of Harris government policies. The tax reductions for the wealthy cost money which might Do the otherwise go to universities, math. In the first year of the Harris mandate, the 15 per cent cut in government funding to universities in-

jured UW deeply. The university’s only alternative to declaring a “financial exigency” (a form of bankruptcy) was the emergency creation of the “Special Early Retirement Plan” for faculty and staff, which saw about 350 faculty and staff leave the University of Waterloo.

Since the Faculty and Staff Pension Fund was the only pot of money available, about 35 million dollars was paid out from the fund to make early retirement attractive and thereby reduce the salary budget. The faculty and staff are still helping the university to balance its books, even today.

For the past two years, the university has taken a pension contribution “holiday” so that it could save six or seven million dollars that would usually be contributed to the pension fund. This internal sacrifice cannot go on much longer.

These crises and inequities for students, staff and faculty are the result of misplaced priorities of the Harris government.

They see university education as an expense, not as an investment in the future. The coming provincial election is a sort of intelligence test: Do the people of Ontario have the brains to see past the half-truths, greed and dogma which Harris offers, and see the real

bjection: Anyone who ralistic macro-evolution is true. doesn’t believe the theory (See also Johnson’s Defending of evolution isn’t rational. lhwinism

by Opening Minds [ 19971 Reply (Part 1): Yes, and no. and Objections Sustained: Subversive Yes, if by “evolution” we mean Essays on Evolution, Luw &Culture micro-evolution: i.e. the actual, lim[1998].) ited evidence for adaptation and vari(2) J.P. Moreland, ed., The Creaation in living things. tion Hypothesis: Scientific Evidence No, if by “evolution” we mean foran Intelligent Designer (1994). In naturalistic macro-evolution: i.e. the this anthology, chemistry professor theory that life accidentally arose Charles Thaxton and engineering from non-living matter and energy, professor Walter Bradley argue that and somehow transformed into the just as human languages are the prodvarious phyla (etc.), all without intelucts of intelligence, so too the lanligent input or design. guage/code found in DNA can be Here is a short annotated list of ’ reasonably understood to be.; the books which make a very reasonable product of intelligence. case for the thesis that naturalistic (3) Michael J. Behe, Darwin’s macro-evolutionary theory has some Black Box: The Biucb~icaLCbu!tenge significant iimitations. to Evolution (1996).

Biochemistry Note: None of the authors of professor Behe (pron’ounced beethe following books are Iiteral sixhee) argues that because of their day Uyoung earth” creationists; all extremely complex, finely calibrated have respectable academic credenand interdependent parts, the chemitials; all are calling students to engage cal machines which inhabit the bioin serious critical thinking. chemical world are “irreducibly com(1) Phillip E. Johnson, Danvin plex.” Their parts are so complex on Trial (I 993). Johnson, a law proand so systems-dependent that, to fessor interested in logic and its abuses, work, they must be assembled simulargues that the inference, from the taneously. Thus, argues Behe: (a) the limited evidence for micro-evolution macro-evolutionary gradualist’s acto the grand theory of naturalistic count of life’s origin is extremely macro-evolution, is weak. Moreoimprobable; and (b) the hypothesis ver, Johnson argues, this weakness of intelligent design is reasonable.

(See also Behe’s work in Jon often goes unnoticed by scientists who assume the truth of MetaphysiBuell’sDanuinti: ScienceorPbilosocal Naturalism (the worldview or pt-ry [1994] and in William Dembski’s Mere Creu tion: Science, Faith &Intelfaith position that only the purposeZ@ntDesign [1998].) less forces of nature ultimately conIt very much seems, then, that stitute reality). one can disbelieve naturalistic macroWhy this blind spot? Because the assumption, not the evidence, evolutionary theory and be quite rational in doing so. provides their assurance that natu-

damage which is occurring to our society? Do the students of our universities (who by definition, are better-educated than the average person) not see this damage? Shouldn’t your student leaders be taking a more decisive and active role at this critical time?

-Dr. Gordon C.‘AndrewJ 4 Professor Of~echanicalEng~~ee~~g andMe&eroftbe UWBourdc#Couemors (I 995 to 1999)

Woman

in Math

To theEditor,

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n the May 20 Imprint, Katia Grubisic spends the first ten paragraphs of her essay, “Educated Estrogen,” pointing to the presence (and lack thereof) of women in various fields of study, and then bemoans the fact that “all the sloganeering, employment procedures and directed tutelage cannot instantaneously make a gender-blind society.”

This should surprise no one.

Sloganeering, employment procedures, and directed tutelage cannot instantaneously make a gender-blind society because sloganeering, employment procedures, and directed

tutelage are the very antithesis of a gender-blind society.

I would love to have a genderblind society and never am I more aware of the fact that we do not have one than when attention is called to the fact that I am a woman in Math.

Ironically, the only people in academia who seem to pay any attention at all to my gender are those who, like Grubisic, want people to stop paying attention to it. I have never been sexually harassed by a faculty member; I have never been denied assistance by a professor who mysteriously found time for his male students; I have never been discouraged from pursuing my traditionally male goals. Many of my female friends in the Math faculty have had similar experiences.

Meanwhile, I have been told that if I pursue a degree in English, as was once my intent, then I am a victim of patriarchy, passively stuffed into a more female-traditional field of study; and if I enrol in the faculty of mathematics, then I am an ambassador for my gender, an icon of female achievement - a woman first, that is, and a mathematician second. So much for gender-blindness.

Certainly, we all need to work on becoming gender-blind.

But this

applies no more to the instructor who neglects his female students than it does to the feminist who tries to sway women, including those who seemingly voluntarily choose to pursue arts degrees, into fields that “need” more females.

-Brenda Fine PuteMatbematics

Vacancy?

To theEditor,

I

came to Waterloo for the weekend to visit my friend who is subletting my apartment.

You see, I am in Co-op and I sublet so I would not have to find a new place next year.

Sure, it costs more, but I thought it would lower the hassle.

Well, I just got a letter from my landlord saying I have to get out at the end of December because they are going to turn my one-bedroom into a two-bedroom.

This makes financial sense, as they can charge double, but why not wait until the end of the school year so I don’t have to spend my Christmas break moving instead of planning my wedding in Fredericton.

I understood that, as a continued

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StudentsAgainst Sweatshops

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ave you ever looked at the volved in a campaign calling on the label on your shirt, pants federal government to convene a or shoes? It won’t tell you task force to find solutions to the much but there is a lot of hidden growirig problem of sweatshop labour behind that label. Most of it abuses in Canada and internationsweated out of low wages and bad ally. On May 11 of this year, a meetworking conditions in Canada, the ing was convened by the federal govU.S. and in many other countries. ernment. Representatives of iabour, The struggle faced by the peoreligious and non-governmental orple who sew our clothes and make ganizations met with retailers and our shoes is part of a global economic manufacturers to discuss how to enpicture that ‘sweats’ people and counsure that consumer products sold in tries for the lowehage, the longest Canada are made Under humane working hours, the highest exports conditions.

The most important outall in the name of greater profits for come of this meeting was the formaa few, tion of a joint civil It is a world‘society/industry wide problem but It is a w&l-wide working group to one that has a global I I develoD a basic code solution. All over the of 1abo;r practice for world, people are getting together to Students demand an end to across North Amestarvation wages and inhumane working rica have also been environments.

Last year, WPIRG’s organizing on this issue. Students action group, 10 Days for Global Against Sweatshops have ensured Justice, worked on a nation-wide that their university’s name and logos campaign called Fashioning Freearen’t on caps,‘sweatshirts and jackdom. They organized educational ets made in overseas sweatshops for events, information booths and alpennies a day. Harvard, Brown, ternative fashion shows. Last term, Princeton and Duke are a few of Propaganda Watch Action Group prestigious colleges that have passed codes of conduct.

With the help of held a fashion show in the Student Life Centre. One model, Heather, the Maquila Solidarity Network, the wore I5 ike runners that cost $4.90 Ontario Public Iriterest Research for labor and were sold here in WaGroup held a provincial conference for students last February on camterloo for $350. paigns against sweatshops at CanaOver the last.two years, thousands of Canadians have been indian schools. Just one day before the

problem but one that hasa global solution

student conference, the University of Toronto agreed to set up a joint task force of students, administration and faculty to develop a new code, starting with a draft code provided by OPIRG’s (Ontario Public Interest Research Group) Students Against Sweatshops.

WPIRG’s action group Students Against Sweatshops is just getting underway for this term. If you are interested in joining this dynamic group please drop by or give us a call.

The Forum Section enables members of the University of Waterloo community to present views on various issues through letters to the editor and longer comment pieces.

Letters should not exceed 350 words inlength.

They can be submitted to: ~~teTs@~m~~t.uwu~r~.ca.

Ail material is subject to editing for brevity and clarity.

The editor reserves the right to refuse to publish letters or articles which are judged to be kbellous or discriminatory on the basis ofgender, race, religion or sexual orientation.

The opinions expressed through columns, comment pieces, letters and other articles are strictly those of the authors, not the opinions of Imprint.

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building which was run by the university, they should take into account that students live there, and the majority of students who live in my building are undergraduates who are in school until May. They are always going to inconvenience people, but couldn’t they have let us know so we could apply for a transfer when everyone else was applying to move in?

Oh, they told me that they will try and fit me into any vacancies in their other buildings. Why do I think that there is not enough room for my entire buildingit would be interesting to find out if they lowered the mmber of people they let in this fall.

One last thing I- I am paying a hundred more dollars a month to sublet, again, presumably so I can have less hassles in the falf. It is funny that they didn’t mention the fact that I would have to move out in December when I was writing them their cheques,

fall of my terms here at Waterloo, the past two have undoubtedly been the dirtiest: I liave a simple request for those of you who are limering on campus: Stop it. And this includes you, even if you’ve only once decided not to walk over to the recycling bin with your empty pop bottle. Or not chased down that one chocolate bar wrapper that blew away while you had lunch outside.

Or not bothered to pick up your wad of paper the one time you lobbed it at the garbage can and missed. There are ten thousand people on campus during an average term.

If each person justifies just one item, then there are ten thousand pieces of garbage littering our sidewalks, hallways, and computer rooms.

T’m not your mother.

I’m not some kind of eco-freak.

I’m just tired of having to wade through your trash as I go about my daily life.

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beer for thirsty postsecondary students in need.”

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his edition of the World Cup of Cricket has provided fans, pIayers and administrators with many surprises and disappointments in the past 20 days. From the highflying squads of South Africa and Pakistan to the whipping boys from Scotland and Kenya, this tournament has been entertaining. And this is just the first round! Now with Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and Zimbabwe in the Super Sixes, it is very obvious that cricket fanatics will be in for a treat, especially when India gets to tangle with Pakistan.

Looking at the World Cup of Cricket, there have been several items that have amused, vexed and just plain bewildered this hardened veteran of sports.

So, without further delay, here are the surprises and disappointments of the first round.

Zimbabwe: If one recalls the May 7 issue of Imprint, this team formerly known as Rhodesia was selected to be fifth in this group. Basically, yours truly did not give the Zimbabweans any hope whatsoever.

Well, nobody is perfect. Andrew Flower, Grant William Flower and Neil Clarkson Johnson really racked up the runs for thissquad, giving Zimbabwe 182,161 and 156 runs respectively.

As for bowling, Grant William Flower dominated the other bowlers with a stingy 3.57 economy.

Neil Clarkson Johnson helped thecauseofthisAf&nnation with 10wicketsanda4.33 economy. Other notable bowlers include Henry Khaaba OIonga (4 wickets, 5.70 economy) and Heath Hilton Streak (8 wickets, 4.37 economy).

Together, Zimbabwe is one tough squad that has upset India and South Africa. Count me in on the Zimbabwean Band Wagon, for they have earned my respect, Courtney Andrew Walsh of West Indies: It seems that news

of his retirement has been grossly exaggerated.

True, injuries have taken their toll, ashasbeen proven by his batting. But make no mistake, Courtney Andrew Walsh led this tournament with a miserly economy of 2.29, a milestone that nobody has even come cIose. Now, if his batting was better, the West Indies would have certainIy made it past thi first round&ill, a valiant effort from Mr. Walsh and the West Indies Cricket Club.

Ridley Detamore Jacobs of West Indies: Another West Indies player who has distinguished himself as a fine batsman.

His batting average of 102.50 is the best in this tourney.

Mr. Jacobs has contributed 205 runs (164 runs behind india’s Rahul

Count me in on the Zimbabwean Band Wagon, for they have earned my respect for the only representative from the Western HemiAlongwith Courtney Andrew Walsh, Ridley Detamore deserves praise for his performance in this World Cup. to see him in more test matches, for he is worthy of a spot squad.

England: One expected the hosts to do a lot better than this.

After al, this nation is the home of cricket and is renowned for some of the best grounds in the game. But after wins against KenyaandSriLanka,theEnglishlookedflatagainstSouthAfrica and had trouble against Zimbabwe.

The loss to India was the final nail inthe coffin. The bowling was very good, with Alan David Mullally taking ten wickets and providing a 3,52 economy. Darren Gough (11 wickets, 3.94 economy) andMark Alan Ealham (10 wickets, 3,75 economy) were also dominant.

The batting wasnot bad either, as Nasser Dravid) sphere.

Jacobs Expect on this

Hussain, Graeme Ashley Hick and Alec James Stewart gave England most of their run production.

However, England needed to produce more runs from their other players, not just from the three mentioned above. Maybe this is why they will be watching the Super Sixes on the telly.

Scotland: The “Thanks for Coming Out, Boys” award easily goes to the Scats. With a combination of pathetic batting, a sievelike defense and horrid bowling, it is little wonder that the men in tartan were the worst team in this tournament.

Gavin Mark Hamilton tried to rally some offense by providing 217 runs in five matches, but the rest of his squad just did not perform. The bowlingwas led by Asim Butt with an economy of 4.00. John Angus Rae Blain sent ten opponents out, but had a generous 5.45 economy.

Basically, when a team bats 75 runs and are all out, you are not going to win (m)any games.

Crowd Control: Watching the games from the first round gives one the impression that security is a thing of the past. After every game, there is always a massive pitch invasion. in the game between West Indies and Bangladesh, the fanatics decided to run rampant on the pitch with three balls left in the fiftieth over of the Bangladeshi innings.

The color commentators of Sky T.V. looked upon this scene in utter disgust. This journalist could not agree more. I mean, really! One would not expect this type of behaviour after a game in the Stanley.Cup playoffs. So, I implore to all the fans who will be attending future matches, please refrain from this pitch invasion and celebrate in a bar afterwards, if you do want to celebrate.

Overall, this tournament has been quite interesting.

So far, 30 games have been played. But worry not, for there are 13 games remaining and they should be classical and epic in nature.

In other words, folks, enjoy the Super Sixes and support your squad to the cup (if they’re still in it, of course).

Leaders of. the Week

Spirit

of Competition

s of September 1998, the Spirit of Competition was implemented in the Campus Recreation competitive A, eagues. The Spirit of Competition is based on the fair play principlesof integrity, fairness and respect. The goal of the program is to encourage participants to respect the rules, officials and opponents before, during and after the game.

Everyone is given a chance to give feedback as the officials rate the teams and the teams rate their opponents and the officials.

Teams who violate the fair play principles risk losing their performance deposit. Awards are given to teams who exhibit good sportsmanship.

The Fair Play Award is given to one team in each sport for demonstrating the principles of fair play. The Rusty Whistle Award is given to teams who play penalty free games.

Since the Spirit of Competition began, the number of Conduct Review Board cases has drastically decreased.

It has also eliminated almost all of the abuse against the officialswhich was a major trigger for the initiation of the program in the first place.

Outdoor

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t’s 3 :3 0 pm, and you have been waiting all day to play soccer, or attend your golf lesson. One problem exists: the weather is iffy. What if you are not sure if your activity will run? What should you do? Dott’t panic -stay calm -all you need to do is phone the equipment centre near you for your up to date program report. That’s right! Phone extension 5871 for the PAC equipment centre, or extension 5822 for the CIF equipment centre, and the staff will be more than willing to answer your questions.

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ne week to go! Hurry up, get your team and pledges ready.

Hoops for HeartisSaturday, June 12,1999, from t-5 pm.

The UW Rowing Club is hosting this event.

The proceeds will be going to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

For more information contact Patty Mah at ext. 2259, or pick up a pledge form in the stand outside the Athletics office.

Summer

Active!

C ummer

Active is underway.

Prizes are available! All you need d to do is 30 minutes of activity, four times a week, for two weeks. The first weekisalmost over, but you can still participate.

Sign up at the Athletics office today.

Do not forget to record your.&vities in the log book acruss from the Equipment Centre in the PAC.

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News fkum the Pool

his week is the NatiomzlLhming Prevention Week. With sutimer fast approaching it is time to fine tune your drowning prevention skills. Check out the Aquatic Bulletin Boards and keep yourself safe!

Whether you are looking to fine-tune your lifesaving skills, or if you are interested in competing this summer, the UW Lifeguard Team wants you.

The UW Lifeguard Team practices every Thursday at 6:Mp.m.

If interested meet on the pool deck. This is a great way to gain experience, improve-your skills and have a good time.

For more information go to the pool and speak with one of the lifeguards.

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here is still room available in the fitness classes, Whether

want step, skipping, aquafit, or TNT, thing for you. If interested in registering, office. It’s time to get up and move!

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n July, Campus Recreation will be hosting a Golf Tournament and the Badminton Club will be hosting a Badminton Tournament.

More information will beprwidedirz the next hnprint.

Eva King and Shawnah Staples The aquatic duo of Eva and Shawnah have once again made it safetoswiminthepool!Thishardwork.ingpairhavespentmany hours this term organizing the aquatic program.

From swimming lessons to ret swims, the aquatic duo have ensured that the staff are prepared to do their best.

Eva and Shawnah have put in many late hours interviewing, screening training, and scheduling&e aquatic staff for the Spring 1999 term. If this is not enough, both Eva and Shawnah are training with the University Lifeguard Team, with hopes of attending the Provincial Competition later this summer.

It appears that this dynamic aquatic duo are unstoppable!

Brian Gallant Brian is a “spunki, ftiendlyguy, n as quoted by Joe Cascagnette.

This term Brian holds multiple positions with Campus Recreation. Brian is the Referee in Chief for the basketball program and a first time golf instructor as well. We is very organized and a strong leader.

Brian assisted in the organization of the training clinic for the referees last month and works hard each week to prepare his golf lessons.

When Brian is not putting in Iong hours at the PAC he also finds time for school, as he is an AHS student. Congratulations Brian!

Tea Party talks of triptychs, touring and Thai food Recently, Imprint% Keny O’Brien talkedtoJeffB#~wsuft~eTeaParty.

TheypLizyd~~s~eTmetonMay 23 us a preview of their soon to be released CD, TZWtych.

Imprint:Your sound has really changed a lot over the years, So what can we’expect from 7RZPQch? Tea Party: It’s very much Tea Party, I mean all of the albums are very Tea Party. I guess on some of the songs, more Middle Eastern.

I: Okay, now TRlPtych, what does that mean?

Tl?: In visual art form , . it’s three pieces of art that collectively combine to make one image or one idea.

So it doesn’t necessarily have to be the same landscape cut up, but it c;in be three that combine to make one idea, rather than one picture.

I: Moving back to Alhardmz.

There was a little bit more multi- media on there. So, is that an aspect of the new CD? TP: Not orGEM@&, we’ll probably do something between this album and the next album. We’re very much into it. I can’t see us ignoring it, but l

I know that it’s not definite.

At the moment, we’ve got so many things., We’ve got a live album in the works from Australia that we haven’t even listened to, there’s so much stuff that we could do after this album.

I: I would like to talk to you a bit about the industry in general, first about Edgefest,, .

TP: Yeah, they asked us but I mean this would be our third year in a row, and that’s kind of silly, There’s a lot of other bands that can do a great job and that deserve a chance to’be in front of that many people.

You know, share the wealth. . JeffBurrows I: One of the biggest complaints a lot of people this year are having about Edgefest is that a lot of the bands are American.

How do you guys feel about that?

TP: I’m very pro-Canadian music industry. I think it’s just the organizers trying to give people more vatiety. There’s nothing wrong with being a proud Canadian and being able

to accept and absorb music from other countries. Music is about sound and you feeling good and self awareness, it’s not about nationality.

So many people are just like that, they want to be nationalistic about some-

ably be our biggest Canadi;m jaunt at one time we’ve ever done. You know it’ll be east to west or west to east, either way it’ll be huge and southern Ontario has so many cities and we’re going to hit every one.

I: Getting back to the multi-media aspect of the industry, what do you guys think of the whole MP3 thing?

TP: No comment.

No, I don’t like it. No comment. I don’t like it. It’s an amazing thing but I don’t like it.

I: A lot of your fans are very Internet-oriented.

Have you ever thought of doing maybe an Internet show?

EMI Music TP: Oh yeah, well, we’ve (right) sat for a chat with Imprint. done that many times.

We did the last album thing and if music’s their thing, they live, it was in Los Angeles want to take pride in it. But there’s Troubador out of Los Angeles. That more out there, man. It’s like eating was amazing man, Kenny Aranoff a hamburger every day. Fuck - try was in the audience; Jesus and Mary some sushi or try some Thai food.

Chain were there.

I: Are you guys planning on swinging I: I was on your web site today. I was back through K-W any time during noticing that I clicked on the new the fall tour? album and it said yyou missed the sneak peak.” What was that ail about?

TP: Oh yeah, the fall tour will prob-

A tuste Of the Tect PUtiy The Tea Party May 21,1999 TbeTumt

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ne of the things that the Tea Party is best known for is their ability to put on an excellent live show. Their performance on May 2 1 at The Turret was no exception.

The concert was part of the Pepsi Taste tour and its intimate setting was an ideal opportunity to perform some of the new songs from their forthcoming album TRIPtych.

Bassist,Stuart Chatwood.

Four new songs were performed for the show: “Touch,” “Great Big Lie, ” “Underground,” and their latest single “Heaven Coming Down”.

The new songs clearly show a devel-

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TR Oh yeah, well Stuart, the techie in the band, took some of the tracks that weren’t mastered or anything like that and he took about four songs, and he had &second snippets of them, and he threw them on and the record company found out and they had a conniption.

Their lawyers wrote us and it was yanked off immediately.

He put it on Friday night and it came off Monday momingataround eight. Yeah, the hits on it were huge. We got in so much shit man, it was so funny. We had no idea.

I: What other kinds of projects are you guys involved in? Any work for charities or anything else like that?

TP: Yeah, we are very much a part of Men Against Violence Towards Women.

We did a single release of the song called “Release” on the last album, and all the proceeds of that helped with the housing and the shelters and so on.

Onthisalbumwe’redoingsomething with them again and I believe the Cancer Research Foundation, and probably, I’d like to do a benefit something with Sick Children’s Hospitals.

I: Thank you very much Jeff, hope you have a good show.

TP: Okay, ‘bye.

mat the world needsnow is folksingers.sweetfolksingers

/ u opment from their earlier work, but them in directions never before travthe emphasis on a variety of acoustic elled. AN too often, bands will end up instruments or heavy percussion is playing their songs live the exact gone. Instead, these songs have a same way they sound on the album.

May 27,1999 much more distinct rock sound.

Although this does have its merits, me Horsesb Tuw??a IexpectZN&y~willbetoT~~~hearing an old favourite in a new mission what EarthZing was to Outway is always entertaining.

Not only ELIZABETH TURNER tiforl)avidEowie. does it prevent suema/ 813lmmht Although Transold material mission was a huge from sounding olk singer Dar Williamsgave a success, it was very stale, but it also riveting performance to her dark in tone. Hopeshows that the fans last Thursday night. fully, the playfulband is con- rf tiene Bishop, with a candid acoustic ness the Tea Party stantly evolving sound much like Williams, opened demonstrated at and getting betthe show, while fans continued to the concert will also ter. pack into the crowded bar. By the be found on the As the night time Williams began with one of her new album. In any progressed, Jeff most popular songs, “The Christians event, they’re not let on that his and the Pagans,” most of the audigoing pop, which votce was wearence Gas seated contentedly at her should make longing thin. Howfeet on the floor of the pub. fans very ever, he still Armed with only her guitar and happy. Could you sounded fine to the occasional plunk from her imagine the Tea the audience, keyboardist, I thought Dar Williams’ Party at a festival whose ears had gentle voice would have sounded with The Spice - been blasted like a stripped down S hawn Colvin. foe Palmer Girls? into pulp for But her vocals were powerful and lie sings and plays guitar!

Other songs over an hour effortless as she delivered old songs performed that and a half. By such as, “As Cool as I Am’) and new night include a mixture from each of the end of the last song, the audience ones like, “Spting Street.” Despite the previous albums. Old favourites was thoroughly overjoyed with what her energy, however, she possesses were enjoyed, including “The Bawas a concert never to be forgotten. an innocent, childlike identity that zaar, n 5ister Awake,” “Save Me,” The Tea Party should definitely not comes through in lyrics frequently and amazingly, “The River.”

It was be missed when they return later this centred on childhood (as in, uWlnsn while playing these older songs that year.

I Was a Boy” and “The End of the The Tea Party will start the Summer”).

She even chose to play the musicianship of Jeff Martin, Jeff 7RlRych tour sometime in Novemtwo cover songs about children by Burrows and Stuart Chatwood reber while the album will be released other folk bands. Her audience, a ally became apparent.

They manin stores on June 8. laid-back, diverse mix of old and aged to take these songs and stretch

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young, seemed to appreciate her wholesomeness, perhaps as a refreshing change.

One of the highlights of the concert was the singer’s entertaining banter with the audience between songs. She often explained, in detail, the meaning of each song and her reasons for writing it. Unlike many folkartists, and with the exception of a plug for hemp crops, she stayed away from political issues, preferring to warm the room by sharing personal tidbits about herself.

Once or twice, she ventured out on a limb by attempting to play some very new songs (&new- as in completed a few days before). While it was interesting to get a glimpse of the song writing process, she probably should have reworked them a little more; the unfinished sound made her appear down-to-earth, but somewhat unprofessional.

Dar Williams released her third album in 1997. She has since generated a great deal of new material, so another album is likely coming soon.

Herfirsttwo,~eHotzesty~a.nd Moe1 C~Q soId quite well, but her talent is most apparent when she is playin+ive.

Her current tour expand her audience to carve out a much nent place among folk music industry.

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In a resort in the Catskills, housewife Pearl Kantrowitz (Diane Lane) is feeling bored with her traditional life and her even more traditional husband Marty (the incredibly talented Liev Schreiber). The spirit of the age comes to Pearl in the person of Walker Jerome (Viggo Mortensen), a seductive hippie who sells blouses to the women of the resort. Eventually, a relationship develops between Pearl and Walker, bringing chaos to the Kantrowitz household.

In stories like this one, the temptation is usually to make one of the characters into the villain. The husband is an overbearing jerk, or the lover is a manipulative snake, or the wife is immoral and selfish. Director Tony Coldwyn and writer Pamela Gray don’t choose any of these easy answers. Instead they present All the characters as real people with both faults and virtues.

Although most of the performantes in A Walk on the Moon are good, a few stand out as excellent.

Liev Schreiber is a revelation as Marty.

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time is lovable enough to make you grandmother and protective Mama root for the marriage to stay to-.

Bear, always looking out for her son gether, Marty may not be the life of. ‘. becaqe he has always looked out for the party, but he tries very hard to her.Herstrongsenseoffaimessmakes look after his family. There is a scene up the moral centre of the movie, A Walk on the Moon is Tony in the film where Marty tries to be hip and cool; he goes into his daughter’s Goldwyn’s first feature; he is better room, puts on a Bob Dylan record known as an actor.He played the and tries to villian in dance.

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Each Monday much effort he is putting morning, the into keeping husbands his family toleave for work and do gether.

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Paquin Mo&hardly “I knowwhatyou did thissummer!” shows the a new one . feelings of We haveseen pain and confusion that Alison faces the whole bored housewife’s sexual as she struggles to make sense of not awakening story before. However, only her own tempestuous feelings, thanks to Goldwyn’s sensitive direcbut also the anger-and hurt that her tion, Gray’s even- handed script and parents are inflicting upon one ansome very strong performances, the other. film rises above the cliches of it’s Another solid performance genre. comes from Tovah Feldshuh as A Walk on theMoon is a sympaMarty’s mother, Lilian.

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hen I first picked up the _book I laughed. It seemed too cheesy, the cover graced with a beautiful naked woman and little cherubs flying around her, and the title. So I decided to check it out.

I expetted it to be a silly book on how to love better or how to pick up guys. It’s not that bad. It’swritten in a very expansive style, with flowing words and long graceful sentences, which matches the topic: Love and yourself.

The focus of t-he book is teaching one’s self how to be a ‘goddess’: someone who transcends normal expectations and.ways of life in order to love freely and without guilt or guilt tripping.

The book is laid out according to the four seasons: winter, spring, summer and fall. In each chapter, the emotions, colours and highlights of each season are explained, along with the important goddess-inspired figures, such as Mary, Athena, Luna and many other world goddesses. As well, the chapters describe hints, spells

and things to help heighten and highlight your relationships.

Summer, where we are now, is the time for new love and fiery romances, lust and carousing in the grass, enjoying and living for the moment.

In fall, the goddess must inspect her comance and determine whether it is to be, to judge it, and if it doesn’t work, let it go. Winter is the time to inspect your life, your love, to plan, to enjoy, and spring brings the promise of love and new love. There are a lot of neat, fun facts and things squirrelled away in this short book. The author is obviously well-read, as she refers to countless sources, which are listed at the end.

Quotes are included, as well as highlights about modern reIigion and their sources, recipes for love food, spells to begin and end relationships, tips on how to lay out your love den and so much more.

While the goddess-inspired author writes about love and enjoying it and moving on, there are also good words about commitmerlt and safe sex. The book is well-written, interesting, yet it flows and there is never monotony in it. Rather-it moves around, keeping the reader’s interest. I think it’s a fun book for someone who is slightly interested in the natural/alternative styles and ways of life, but it is also good for someone interested in an almost feminist way of looking at love.

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Have you made your plans yet? If you haven’t, you’re still in good company. However, as each day passes your opportunities will dwindle. The M&znilsm Guide by Richard Knight provides some insight into many of the world’s biggest parties, from the first sunrise in the islands of the South Pacific to the famous ball drop in Times Square or one of the world’s newest New Year’s tradition, the egg drop in Paris from the Eiffel tower.

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In my opinion, your best bet for finding information on the celebrations for the new millennium is through the Internet.

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Go!Go!Go! Within the few minutes it took me to pick out my CD and go to the counter, I had overheard three separate groups of people ask about the Vengaboys CD. Telling them to try again tomorrow, the clerk turned to me and sighed, “Man, we just can’t keep enough of them on the shelves!”

After luckily snatching a copy for myself, I can see why!

Originally formed by two DJ’s touring in their schoolbuses across Spain from I E&97, the Vengaboys organized numerous illegal beach parties.

During one of these wild summer bashes in ‘96, they hooked up with four independent artists and expanded their parties across the world. With the release of their first single uUp And Down,” they soon made deals with strong independent

dance labels and word spread fast.

The Vengaboys are the party people.

And after several successful achievements, like ranking I on the Billboard Dance Chart and winni.ngdd3estNew Group” Award at this past Winter Music Conference Dance Awards, they went on to release their debut album, The Party Nlncm.

The I&track album opens with “We Like To Party!” and 200n+ Boom, BOOM, Boom!!” which, with their tremendous air play on dance stations everywhere, are probably the most recognizable and definitely most popular. The first 11 songs are all catchy, energetic, and just plain fun! With upbeat songs like cLWe’re Going To Ibiza, * UMovin’ Around,” and “To Brazil!,” you can’t stop yourself from

and vocals. Their now released gle “Lit Up” has been doing well over the States and is now played Mu&Music (you may have seen

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“moving around” to the music and going off to a happy place.

Although I recT& enjoyed almost three-quarters of the CD at this point, near the end, I either began to lose interest or the energy began to fade, as the last five tracks (except for “Superfly Slick Dick”) seemed to be lacking. But, in the Vengaboys’ defense, being only a moderate fan of dance, to have captured my attention for as long as they did (11 whole tracks of pure dance, people!), that is pretty damn impressive.

Overall, I’d have to say The Pam Album is a great buy for all. And to those die-hard fans who like to party and live to dance, if you see the ’ colourful Venga-bus drive by, hop on, you’re in for a pretty sweet ride!

Buckcherry are an old time rock band, inspired by the likes of Kiss, Prince and AC/DC among others.

Sounds like an odd bunch - Prince and Kiss in the same sentence? It all combines for a smooth version of old Aerosmith or the Black Crowes.

From their start doing demos on a four;-track in an L.A. basement, to their recent tour opening for Kiss, the band offers a sound rarely heard today on the radio - rock, guitar,

HMV ads). Their sound may not only be.due to their idols, but due to their producer who worked with White Zombie and Soundgarden.

The self-titled album is mostly rock,

but offers a softer side cn track six “For the Movies,” a gentler song, with a stick-in-your head melody.

Some of the tracks, “Dirty Mind”are a little hard-core for my taste, raw and lacking the polish that makes for hits.NowasIlistentoitagain,itreally sounds like Black Crowes.

Not a bad CD, but from the sounds of it, an even better live band, as the quote goes: %fter they play a club once, the demand is that they play there again.”

So folks, keep your eyes open for a Kitchener-Waterloo drop by, or the cover band that does their songs. Otherwise I would recommend the CD for a ro&alternativetype music listener.

This is the closest I have ever seen a plastic jewel case come to emulating a temple. The meditative Moonsung is poetry, academia and sincerity.

The British-Indian Sheila Chandra at times venerates, then implores, or celebrates, or mourns - in her voice are woven such universal human ailments that to listen is at once an archeological and prophetic discovery.

Moonsung is comprised mostly of re-releases from Chandra’s previous albums, including one track from her work as the lead singer of Monsoon, an Asian pop fusion band of the 1980s. The album also features two new tracks. “Blacksmith” and “Lagan Love” are extremely

tielodic, built upon drones, random, unrepeatedmusicalpatternsofwhich the mind tries to draw melodies, and the fixed note scales of ragas, common elements in both Vedic and Gregorian chants. Cbdra’s music, however, defies Earth-boundcategorization. The album is only sparsely instrumental; Chandra’s beautiful clear voice soars well above the necessity for accompaniment.

Components of Latin, Irish, Islamic, and English fo~musicaltraditionscollide and fuse to express eternity, ancestry, disquiet, love, promise, regret, .

The singular abrupt percussion of “Speaking in Tongues” is no less thick with interpretive possibility.

Chandra’s a cappella staccato sytlables,based on theteachingtraditions for classical Indian dancers and percussionists, roil and echo, liberating internal chatter.

The layered texture of the music makes listening almost interactive.

Chandra lures the listener into hearing surprising, changing melodies. Introspective, this

album exemplifi?? the Eastern belief of self-realization through any means.

Wherever your voice lies is where you’ll find the ever-sought truth, and from where it will be shared. One does not merely listen to this music, but rather journeys through ih.a willing participant in academic and spiritual development.

The listener becomes a part of the . creative process.

Chandra’s versatility is irnpressive; she moves from frantic to playfultoconsolingtolamentingwith&e ease that defines Eastern spirituality.

Released on Virgin Records’ Real World label, which was founded by Peter Gabriel, Moomung is part of a growing musical movement to rectify the common bias against nonmainstream new age music, allowing growh and stimulation beyond geegraphic or cultural borders.

Artists share an empathy with music in general, rather than a common cultural background.

This album is pacifying, hopeful; an altering experience.

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I found that I had to listen to Electric Honey a few times before I really got the feel of the songs. The CD starts off strong with the energetic “Nervous Breakdown” and “Ladyfingers.”

Both make good use of the band’s guitarists, but the chorus of “Nervous Breakthrough” consists of “Thanks to you/ I had a nervous breakthrough” repeated four or five times. The CD makes use of a varie& of sounds, they don’t vary much from the standard beat set in the first few songs. The song “Friends,” although not ready to

become the anthem of a television series, is a little “cheesy. n The chorus, being somewhat sappy, adheres to the age-old UW here would I be/without my friends?/ I would be nowhere/ and I would have nothing.“Yeah, it’s cute, it’s meaningful, but it’s also been done before.

Some of the songs sound as if they belong on certain movie soundtracks. “Fantastic Fabulous” has slight Grease undertones and “Fly” definitely sounds as if it would be more at home on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack. Not that that’s a bad thing.

They’re just mixing things up a little.

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Jazz artists of the bebop era knew about %oul.”

These were players that poured all their sorrows and painsinto the very instruments that they might sell the next day at the local pawnshop.

The recordings we hear of a young Charlie Parker or Dizzy Gillespie will never approach the experience of hearing them busk in the streets or play the clubs of their time. I’m not saying that recordings never capture the “soul” of the music (there are brilliant recordings that make my spine tingle), I’m saying that what live performers shares with their audience almost never makes it on to the recorded media, because the goal of the recording business is first of al1 to sell a polished product, not to connect with the audience.

We need to change our understanding of what makes good music.

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Instead of flocking to stores in search of perfectly produced hit CDs, why not congregate in our streets, clubs, and living rooms in search of buskers and friends who live for that moment when their music resonates amongst their audience, As artists, why not fill our clubs, and living rooms with inspiring music - not with music that has been processed like a piece of plasticbut with real, alive, personal, soulful music. We need to p?lt the %oul” back into our music so that when we feel moved to connect with artist or audience, we play guitars and keyboards instead of stereos and CD’s.

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Applications for the following awards are being accepted during the Spring term.

Refer to Section 4 of the Undergraduate Calendar for further criteria. Application forms are available in the Student Awards OfFice, 2nd floor, Needles Hall.

ALL FACULTIES: Undergraduate Bufsary P mgfam - available to students with financial need.

Deadline: as soon as possible but no later than July 2, 1999.

Paul Berg Memorial Award - available to students who are involved in extracurricular MUSIC activities on campus; must have minimum “B” average, Deadline: October 29, 1999 Douglas T* Wright Award - available to all who have participated in a UW international work placment. Students to apply upon return to full-time study at UW. Deadline: June 15, 1999.

FACULTY OF APPLIED HEALTH SCIENCES: Ross and Doris Dixon Award - available to all 28 and 4A for financial need and academic achievement.

Deadline: October 15, 1999.

Andrea Fraser Memorial Scholarship available to 3rd or 4th year Kinesiology.

Deadline: October I5, 1999.

Kate Kenny Memorial Award - available to 4A Kinesiology with an interest in rehabilitative medicine. Deadline: October 29, 1999.

Warren Lavery Memorial Award - available to Year 2 Kinesiology. Deadline: October 15, 1999.

Ron May Memotial Award - available to 4A Recreation and Leisure. Deadline: October 15, 1999.

FACULTY OF ARTS: Arts Sfudenf Union Award - available to all Arts students. Deadline: June 30, 1999: Robin K. BankslPacioli Fellowships available to 2B and 3B Accountancy Studies based on marks and extracurricular involvement.

Deadline: July 15, 1999.

Quarry Integrated Communications Coop English Award - available to 4A English. Deadline: September 30, 1999.

UW-Manulife Community & World Service Award - available to students who have completed a work-term in the service of others, locally, nationally or abroad who received little or no remuneration.

Interested students should contact Arts Special Pro rams, HH. FACUL f-Y OF ENGINEERING: Canadian Posture and Seating Centre Scholarship - available to ail. Deadline: October 15, 1999.

Keith Carr Memo&l 4 ward - available to 3rd or 4th year Chemical. Deadline: June 30, 1999.

Ontan’o Hydra Engineering Awards available to IB Chemical, Electrical, Environmental or Mechanical. Eligible candidates will be women, aboriiinal (native) Canadians, persons with disabilities or visible minorities. Oeadline: July 30, 1999.

Ontario Professional Engineers Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship available to all IB & 2B based on extracurricular and marks. Deadline: July 31, 1999.

Shell Canada Scholarship - available to 3A, 3B 8 4A Chemical, Mechanical, Civil and Electrical 8 Computer who have a demonstrated interest in the oil and gas industry. Deadline: June I5, 1999.

Jack Wiseman Award- available to 3rd or 4th year Civil. Deadline: October 29, 1999.

FACULTY Os;;;W;ONMENTAL

MONDAYS UW Outers Club - hiking, camping trips, canoeing, kayaking, rock climbing, bouldering and outdoor activities of all kinds. General meetings are at 6:30 p.m. in ESl-350.

TUESDAYS Parents Without Partners -Cambridge Chapter #978 meets the 1 st and 3rd Tuesday of each month. Call Mike at 740-2155 for more info.

Free lawyer question & answer discussion - first Tuesday of every month.

Sign up sheet on Legal Resources Office door (SLC) or phone 725-6758.

WEDNESDAYS Feel like getting involved this summer but are not sure what to do? Are you in Co-op? Are you hungary? If so, read on. Come out to the Co-op Student Advisory Group (CSAG) meetings.

Make the difference you need to improve the Co-op process. The meetings are at 4:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room in the Student Life Centre.

For more info contact Ranil at rsnsanda@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca Tamara at iLhiore@vorter.uwaterloo.ca Grace Christian Fellowship - a gathering of Christians and those interested in Christianity, meets at 4:30 p.m., St. Paul’s United College, McKirdy Hall.

Details: Graham E. ,Morbey, ext. 3633 or g2morbey@watservl.

Office: SLC 2126.

The following seminars are free to all students, sign up for sessions on our bulletin board beside the elevator, Needles Hall, first floor. For more info visit the Career R&source Centre in NH 1115 or call ext. 4047 or email Pam at pmartin@uwaterloo.ca

John Geddes Memorial’A ward - available to ERS, Geography & Planning.

Deadline: October 29, 1999.

I. 0. DE. Applied EcologyA ward - available to students in 4A. Deadline: September 30,1999.

Lome H. Russwurm Memorial Award available to Year 2, 3 or 4 Geography undergraduates or graduates; preference to those who began their studies as a mature student; based on marks and financial need. Deadline: October 29, 1999.

FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS: Bell Sygma Computer Science A ward availabe to 4A Computer Science. beadline: October 29, 1999.

Friar Luca Pacioli Fe//owships - available to 2B & 3B Accountancy Studies based on marks and extracurricular involvement. Deadline: July 15, 1999.

KC. Lee Computer Science Scholarship - available to 2B Computer Science. Deadline: October 29, 1999.

Shell Canada Scholarship - available to 3A, 3B and 4A Computer Science and Businesswho haveademonstrated interest in the oil and gas industry.

Deadline: June 15, 1999.

Sun Life of Canada Award - available to 28 Actuarial Science. Deadline: November 30,1999.

FACULTY OF SCIENCE; Dow Canada Scholarship - available to 3A Chemistry Teaching Option. Deadline: June 15, 1999.

Call Sue Coder at the Volunteer Action Centre, 742-8610, for more details on these opportunities. Be sure to quote the number associated with the opportunity... * SHELTER VOLUNYOUTH TEERS...#084 Your good listening skills and ability to be supportive and non-judgmental are needed by Safe Haven Shelter, a shelter for 12- 15 year olds. Weekend, evenings and overnight are especially needed.

FUN LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY...#004 The Arthritis Society organizes special events every year. Motivated volunteers who can help plan, organize, and make an event are needed.

MANULIFE RIDE FOR HEART VOLUNTEERS...#052=*** are needed Sunday, June6 in the morning by the Heart and Stroke Foundation for this annual event for a great cause.

GOLF TOURNAMENT ASSISTANTS...#004This golf tournament is during the afternoon of Wednesday, June 18 to help support The Arthritis Society.

WELCOMETHE WORLD...#051-1606 as a receptionist at the Multicultural Centre this summer. Four hours a week, Monday to Friday.

CONSTRUCTION HELPER...#O553024 Ray of Hope/OASIS is looking for volunteers to help with demolition, cleanup and construction of apartments and a bakery/cafe.

Flexible position, mornings or afternoons.

Not just for the law school bound!!

Volunteer for LEGAL RESOURCES. Do homework at a desk and occasionally answer questions.

Training provided. Contact: office located in SLC or phone 725-6758.

Volunteer tutors needed for Math, Science and English with the Waterloo

Region Roman Catholic Separate School’s Board Summer School Program for grades 9-OAC. School program is from July 5-23. Resurrection High School or St. Benedict’s in Cambridge. Phone Alan Green 7451201.

The City of Waterloo Volunteer Services (888-6488) is currently recruiting forthefollowing volunteer positions: Yolunteer Kitchen Assistants” are urgently needed to assist with a senior meal program during the summer months of June to September.

Wednesdays or f ridays 9 a.m. to I :30p.m. “Ofice Volunteer is needed to assist with scheduling of volunteer drivers for a transportation program Monday and Tuesday mornings.

English Tutor Program - volunteer tutors are need to tutor students on a oneto-one basis in written and oral English.

Tutors meet students on campus for 1 term, usually 2-3 hours per week. If you have a good working knowledge of English, are patient, friendly, dependable, and would like to volunteer, register at the International Student Office, NH2080. For more information call ext.

2814 Of e-mail darlene@watservl .uwaterloo.ca The International Student Office needs Shadows (Student Hosts and Designates of Waterloo) for new international students arriving on campus for the Fall ‘99 term. Application forms are available at NH 2080 or call ext. 2814 or email darleneawatservl .uwaterloo.ca Learn about a different culture while you show a new immigrant how to be a part of your community. For more info, call KW, Y.M.C.A. Host Program at 5799622.

Volunteers always welcome! Truckfest ‘99 is always on the look-out for individuals who believe that supporting childrelated charities is a worthy cause. For info call Dori Horst 743-2202, fammy Blackwell 578-7040 or Mariette Haras 888-9070.

For more lnfo about HopeSpring Cancer Centre, contact Betty at 43 Allen Street W., Waterloo. 742-4673.

St. Jacob’s Farmers Market Bus begins May 8, 1999. Tickets for students maybepurchasedattheTumkeyDesk for $2.00. Enjoy an opportunity to shop for fresh foods, crafts and flea market buys. Buy tickets early, as space is limited.

You can borrow a personal safety alarm from the Turnkey Desk. For details contact Nancy at ext. 6283.

Come join the Theta Psi Chapter, of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, the only fraternity at the University of Waterloo.

The Rush period is from May 11 until May 31. If you missed us at the SLC during Club Days this past week, you can contact Andre (Rush Chairman) at 746-2890 or Drew (President) at 886-9938.

The Math C 8 D’s b&weekly BBQ’s have begun! Check us out Tuesdays and Thursdays from I I:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in MC’s outdoor courtyard (southwest corner of building) Great food at truly student prices!

The Univetsity of Waterloo Campus Response Team is looking for members for the Spring Term. Further inquiries can be addressed to Barb Bertram through the Turnkey Desk located in the SLC. Application forms are also available at the Turnkey Desk.

Legal concerns?

Tenant/Landlord problems? Visit UWs Legal Resources Office, Monday to Friday or phone 888-4634 and leave a message. located in the Student Life Centre. Sign up for free lawyer Q & A. Guided Self Change of alcohol use: for individuals who may have concerns about the amount they are drinking and want to cut down. Call Counselling Services (ext. 2655) to find out more.

Parents Without Partners - Membership Info: friendship and support for you and your children. Custodial and non-custodial parents welcome. Call: Cambridge chapter 896-305817402155 : Guelph chapter 8364997 ; Kitchener chapter 745-4551 ; London chapter 471-5899.

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“Create Your Own Future: The Enterprising Edge” - attend this interactive session and discover the benefits of developing an enterprising approach to work whether you will start your own venture or work with an existig organization. Facilitator: Business Advisor, Business Enterprise Centre, NH 1020, 2:30-4:30 PATI. TUESDAY, JUNE I5...

“Successfully Negotiating Job Offers” increase the odds of getting what you want when negotiating salary and other details related to the job offer. NH 1020, 10:30-12:OO. THURSDAY, JUNE 17...

“Resume Writing” - techniques for writing an effective resume. NH 1020,2: 3O3:30.

TtlURSDAY, JUNE 24...

“Interview Skills: Selling your Skills” proving your skills in the interview is a must. Are you ready? NH 1020, I :303:30.

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For more info call Gordon at 519-8569534.

SATURDAY, JUNE $1999 Garage/Bake Sale, Bridgeport United Church, Bridge and Woolwich Streets from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, rain or shine.

Free Saturday Composting Workshop from 1 to 4:30 p.m. at the Waterloo Landfill, Waste Management Administration Building, 925 Erb Street, W., Waterloo. Call to reserve 883-5150, ext. 245.

More great music at Grebel - “Da Capo Chamber Choir” (16 singers specializing in music of the 20th Century) at 8 p.m. at St. John Evangelist Anglican Church, Duke & Water Streets, Kitchener.

8th AnnualTruckfest ‘99 -June 5 and 6 at Bingeman Park, Kitchener.

For more info about the two day event call Ken Sharp 624-24 II, Tammy Blackwell 578-7040 or Mariette l-laras 888-9070.

KWC4hamberMusicSocietyand WLU present “Intensive Chamber Music Workshop Concerts”, June 5,6,10 & 11 at the KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young Street, W., Waterloo at 8 p.m..

Phone 886-1673 for info.

The Run 8 Gun 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament is today and Sunday, June Bfrom 10 a.m. to4 p.m. at Mill-Courtland Community Centre, 216 Mill Street,

Kitchener. For info and registration Alex Urosevic at 741-2492

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SUNDAY, JUNE 6,1999 Heel & Wheel-a-Thon - registration is at 12 noon with event time beginning at 1 p.m. at Bingeman Park, Kitchener.

Presented by the Waterloo-Wellington Chapter Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada. For info call 745-0959 or 748-2 195.

Music Society presents Workshop Concerts on June 6, June 13, June 19 at KWCMS Music Room,, 57 Young Stret, We, Waterloo at 8 p.m. For info calI 8861673.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9,1999 KW Chamber Music Society presents “Steve Larson, viola” at 8 p.m. at KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young Street, W., Waterloo. For info call 886-1673.

Gays and Lesbians of Waterloo Coming Out Discussion Group. Topic: “LGBT People in the Workplace and School.” 7:30 p.m. Social follows at 9 p.m. HH 378. Meet old friends and make new ones. All welcome. Details: 884-4569.

SUNDAY, JUNE 13,1999 Music, song and dance was the basis for every church, home and social at the turn of the century. Come and enjoy musical entertainment from the past at Doon Heritage Crossroads.

Call 7481914 for more info.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE t6,1999 Gays and Lesbians of Waterloo Coming Qut Discussion Group. Topic: “Famous LGBT People: Who Are They and How Have They Influenced Me?” 7:30 p.m. Social follows at 9 p.m.

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