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premier with postcards University of Alberta (UofA)students faced Ralph Klein with 26,000 postcards demanding the Alberta Premier and Learning Minister, Lyle Oberg, "cap tuition at two per cent." More than 100,000 of the postcards have been distributed around the province. Approximately 20,000 have just been distributed amongtheuof Acampus. Students' Union president, Leslie Church, deliveredthe massive number of messages to the legislatureonNovember15where sheraninto the premier himself as he was waiting for an elevator. When asked if Klein would talk about tuition increases, the premier remarked that he already did. The elevator doors closed before the students could approach him again. "I hope that he at least takes it inandconsidersit," said Church. "And he should find a big pile of postcards in his office later this morning." Some postcards contained personalized messages, saying "I need to eat," or "I am in Grade 7. Pleasestoptuition increasessothat when I go to U of A, I will be able to afford sthool."

N o results at York yet Negotiations at York University continue between the University and the union representing teachingassistants,contractfaculty and graduate assistants, CUPE 3903. The union is negotiatingwith the universityfor increasedwages, improved benefits, continued tuition insuranceforTA's, improved job securitymeasures for contract facultyand faircontractsforgraduate assistants with competitive wages for one-time-onlypart-time employment. According to York, students taking part in the strike, are "entitled to immunity from penalty, to reasonable alternative access to materials covered in their absence... [and] reasonable extensions of deadlines." The four-weekstrikehasnot yet seen signs of resolution and picketers are starting to become hostile and violent, as some picketers have had signs, banners and other materials confiscated.

n their sparetime this term, somestudentswill take aparttime job; others may volunteer for a campus club or sit on a imiversitycommittee.Fourth year math studentPaul Royston is running for a seat in the House of Commons. UW student votersinthe riding of Kitchener-Centrewill have the opportunity to vote for one of their own on Mondaywhen they go to the pols. "I initially said no," remarked tion is the state of Canada's health Royston, t h i n g back to the day care system, which he feels has detewhenlocal~ew~~mocratssu~~ested rioratedsignificantly.Royston'sown that he put his name forward for the mother has been awaiting a heart NDP nbmination. A few days later, pansplant for four months and has raking the lawn at his Kitchener been told that she couldwait up to 18 home, he realized that there would months. Royston has also witnessed not be any othertime in his l i e when nights in emergency units where 16 he would'have fewer commitments critical patients, includinghis mother, were being treatedby only one nurse. and so decided to give it a shot. "I've alwaysbelieved in the phi- "The answer is not just throwing losophy of cuing,"said Roystoncom- money at the problem," Royston menting on his decisionto attach his warns. Royston and the NDP are name to theNew Democraticparty, both urging a major rethink of the "and not just about money." way that Canada's health care sysRoyston's connections to the party tem operates. Royston also points to post-secgo back a long time. At age 12, he served as a Youth Advisor to Dave ondarv educationand homelessness Barret, NDP Education Minister in as important issues for Canadiansto consider. According to Royston, British Columbia. Royston feelsthatthemost im- Canada is the only industrialized portant issue in thisupcoming elec- nation without a national housing

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Healthcare and educationare majorissuesforRoyston. strategy. The New Democratic Party is polling below 10 per cent in most nationalpolls,andwillprobablywin fewer seats in this election than last time around, but that doesn't deter Royston. "meNDP] isthe only reasonable alternative to the Liberals," argues Royston, pointing out that the Liberals have totally abandoned any connection to the left wing and now sit to the right of centre. "Right now the economy is doing well," he said, adding, "I want everyone to knowthat, not just those with stocks and investments." Royston believes that Canadi-

ans' political shift to the right is primarily due to a healthy economy, but thatthecountrywilleventuallymove back towards the centre. "We have to invest in social services now," he says, "so when the economy turns ddwn we have somethingto fallback on." Royston and the NDP will be challenged to keep their message in the minds of voters as they go to the polls on November 27. The federal election prediction site run by UW student Milton Chan is predicting that the NDP will be a factor in only two racesof the 103in Ontario, and is not predicting that they willwin any.

UW, Acadia and Clarica team up for new program KATIE

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niversity of Waterloo continues to seek new innovations in learning. In striving to keep our country technologically advanced, U W has recently joined forces with Acadia University and Clarica Life Insurance. A new program, entitledThe ClaricaScholars Program, has been established and will begin in the fall of 2001. Thisprogram is targeted to high school teachers and students who wish to take on roles of leadership in advancement of technology integration within the classroom. Ten teams consistingof twostudents and two teachers each will be selected for one-week sessions of classroom study at either Acadia or

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This is the first time a program has been founded th%brings workplace tools into the classroom in order to help both the students and the teachers learn how to work in new ways. To participate in the Scholars Program, prospective participants must submit a proposal outlining a -with files from the ~ 1 o b e a ; r d ~ a i l project they iouid like to undertake. Ideally, there will be a broad

range of subjectsbeing pursued by the teachersinvolved. Studyproposals are not limited to technological subjects, but are open to any field. Accordingto NicholasThomas, a media relations manager for Clarica, the main goal of thisendeavour is "to enable students and teachers to work with information technolow ", in highschools." In contrast with the traditional style of a teacher handing information to S ~ U dents,this emgram will help both teachers and students to learn and work in new ways. Self-educationand interactive learning will be incorporated into the high school level, and students. will be better prepared to enter the work force. While both participating universities are leadersin computer applications,each will have a different focus within the Scholars program. InThomas'words, atAcadia, partia-

pantswillbe "imniersedinallaspects of the hardware portion, incorporating the physical use of technology," while those at UWwill be "designing, developing, and evaluating supportsoftware." Acadia's excellencein liberal arts and Waterloo's excellence in research will create u a well-rounded learningsystemin which continual assistanceanddevelopment can be found. For the twoyear program, Clarica has given $600,000infund,sddow a total of 80 ~ a r ticipants to use the program over

With its own students and instructors, it has been developingtop quality education support software. The different departments within Waterloo are now looking forward to the upcoming interaction withtheirsecondaryschoolcounterparts.New ideaswillbecreatedby the participants, while the university will have the opportunityto share its knowledge with studentsand teachers across the country. As part of the university's knowledge and information technology sectors, the Centre will aid in the evaluation of projects and provide learningsupportsystems for the participants of the program. Continued assistance will be provided by the university after the training weeks have finished, in order to continue technical development and to maintain the sharing of twodifferentsessionsin2001-2002. ideas. When finished, students and teachThe Clarica Scholars Program erswiUberecognizedasCIariEaSchol- will serveto incorporate new learningsystemsintoall aspectsof secondars in Teaching and Technology. At Waterloo,a Centre for learn- ary schoolteaching.Thomassaysthat ing and TeachingThrough Technol- "the overall wish of c~arica'bproogywascreatedin 1999.Thisinstitu- gram is that in secondary school ention is the key point in Waterloo's vironments, teachers and students capability for innovative thought in will not only teach themselves, but learning technology. Waterloo has will be ableto champion their knowllong been a leader in technology. edge with orhers."

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Activist fights for peace John Dear discusses his work in war zones E L L E N KAYECHEVELDAYOFF spenal to Imprint

n the evening of November 17, Father John Dear, aJesuitand activist fornonviolence spoke at St. Jerome's University about his life and his work in war torn parts of the world. Dear has been arrested over fifty timesinactsof oon-violentcivildisobedience for the cause of justice and peace. He isexecutive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (httpll www.forusa.org), the oldest Christian inter-faith organization in the Unitedstates. Before he reached the podium, a moment prayer ,as observed for the Jesuitsand innocent bystandem in n Salvador who were assassinated 11 years ago, for their nonviolentactionsandoppositiontothe death squads who were powerful at that time. Dear has travelled all over the world, from Northern Ireland to South America, andacross the United States. When he decided to become a Jesuit, in his junior year at university, hewantedtovisitthe Holy Land, 12d retrace the footsteps of Jesus. )n June 12, 1982, he was on an alrplane ready to start his trip, when t!~epilot announced that Israel had .waded Lebanon. About half the )eoplegot off the plane. He stayed, ook his trip as planned, and in the midst of a war zone decided to dediate himself to non-violence, peace nd justice. Dear described being on the Sea g f Galilee in a church where it was

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He joked that he was surprised that they were able to bring in a felon in as a speaker. He spoke about hisexperiences in jail, and in the trial process which occured after he was arrested for sneakingontoa UnitedStatesArmed Forces base in North Carolina and hammering on an F-15 fighter jet with the aim of symbolicallyturning "swordsintoploughshares."He faced the possibility of 20 years in prison, butwasreleasedafterspendingeight and a half months in jail. He painted a vivid picture of his trip witha delegationof Nobel Peace Prize Laureates to Iraq, where he

saw first hand the devastating effect ofthesanctionsimposed by the United Nations. He regards these sanctions as anew form of warfare,andpointed out that no one wants to support Saddam Hussein, who has killed 150,000 of his own people, but that the sanctions themselveshave killed over one million people, most of whom were under five years of age. In Baghdad, he met a woman, who wasthe sole survivor of abombing that killed 1200 civilians in the Gulf war. She has vowed to live in that samespot for therest of her life, in order to honour their memory and who showed the delegation the shadows, similar to thcones in Hiroshima, which were the only remains of some people. He shared his experiences with humour, warmth, and an openness that is an achievement, given the sometimes horrific nature of the places he has visited. He joked that he was surprised that St. Jerome's wasabletobringinaconvictedfelon like himself as a speaker. At one point, Dear asked the audience to think about "who is the god that we worship?" Hisgod isone of peace, mercy, justice andlove,and not a god of war, vengeance and hate. He believes that we asasociety, on an international level, are addicted toviolence. Hesaid thatwhen living in a society with systemic violence, simply being in favourof peace is not enough. One must actively work for non-violence, and work against evil through non-violentnonco-operation. He pointed out that Jesus wasa radical who acted illegally on many occasions.

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pidemiology'is generally defined as the branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease. Malcolm Gladwell, famous Canadian staff writer for The New Yorker, presented an innovative approach to the concept of Epidemiology at a lecture he gave at Sigfried Hall in St. Jerome's College on Wednesday. While his book The Tipping Point: How LittleThingsCanMakeaBigDifference, discusses why major changes in our society so often happen suddenly and unexpectedly, his presentation focussed on one such example why crime inNewYorkdroppedso suddenly in the mid-1990s. Gladwell's explanation was rooted in interesting work in social psychology, and pointed to how -against popular opinion New York mayor Rudolph ~ i u l i a n iis notonlyaliberal, buta radical one at that. First. Gladwell described a theory in social psychology known as "crosssituational consistency." This is the belief that people behave consistently - that people who are honest or conscientious are always honest or conscientious. However, it turns outthat people actvery differently given different stimuli -that those who are neat at home are not necessarily always neat, or that those who correct a cashier and give back money are not always honest. The second idea Gladwell introduced was that of the "fundamental attribution error." This concept has to do with a software glitch in humans that makes us want to generalize and believe in consistency. These two concepts of cross-situational consistency and the fundamental attribution error provided a good segue into Gladwell's thesis -that Giuliani is a radicalliberal. From the mid-1990s crime rates in New York have plummeted. Whereas murder rates used to stand at 2,000per year, they are now only 600. Historically, there have beenvarious reasons as to why people become criminals. They grow up in violent homes and environments, hey are geneticallypre-disposed to crime, they Have psychologicalor psychiatricproblems, or :hey are simply suffering from moral failure.

More broadly, rates of crime are supposed to be affected by theeconomy, poverty levels, and other external factors. These ideas led many theorists to concludethat crime is apermanent condition of human life. Then came Giuliani. His New York over the past seven years has been one of rapidly declining crime rates, rates which defy explanation by any of the above traditional means, and rates which also defy New York-specific issues like the crack cocaine link (crack levels had fallen off a few years before crime ratesfell, showing little correlation), the 18-24link (the 18-24 population, which is considered more predisposed to crime, had been actually been rising in this period), and the economiclink(the early '90s were difficult times inNewYork). What did Giuliani do? He cracked down on taxi drivers who were speeding and using their horns too much, on graffiti, on people drinkingin pub~ic,bn litter, and sb on. This was successful becau""y as GGladwell ~ o i n t sout, a e o ~ l e ;aketheira&oi&om environmentalcuesand he argues that those things that Giuliani cracked down on are "invitations to serious criminality." However, because of the fundamental attribution error, people find this tough to believe, sincepeople are inclined to believe that it is someone'snature, not the specificSituation that a person is placed in, that makes the difference. Thus, Giuliani is a liberal because he "cleaned up the environment," and didn't believe in the conservativeassertion about the inherent nature of criminals. He is radical because he concerned himself with the micro as opposedwith themacr0,withlitter andgraffiti as opposed to racism and poverty. This "success story," of course, does not considerthe other side. Accordingto Gladwell, in the 1960s a social contract of sorts was reachedbetweentheliberalsandconservatives -the conservativessupported the liberals in their various initiativesbecause it was thought that addressing racism and poverty and other social justice issueswould result in lower crime rates. Giuliani has, in effect, decoupled social justice issues fromcrime, and while the crime has declined, greater problems still exist.

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n the volatile high-tech economy of the 21st century, businesses succeed or fail in the blink of an eye. Predicting which ventures, aswell as which people will come out on top is a task that can leave even the most seasoned of stock market swamis running around in circles. Four former UWstudents-Greg Stewart, Anil Sabharwal, Marc Rigaux and Mike Zavershnik- have taken on thischallenge and made it the cornerstone of Kickstarts, an innovative startupcompany which plans to give UW students the opportunity and assistance they -need to become high-tech winners. "Kickstartswas born out of a perception of a need," explains Stewart. The need, according to Stewart, was to connect outside investors to the entrepreneurial undercurrent running through UW and its students. Stewart, Sabharwal, Rigaux and Zavershnik see themselvesasbridgebuilders, all trying to connect Waterloo's elite to the resources they need to realize their potential. Just how to identifvthese elite people is the meat and potatoes of the Kickstartsbusinessplan. "At the heart of any organization, large or small, there exists a common vital element people," says Kickstarts' Web site (www.kickstam.com). Unfortunately, identifying the best people can often be more of a guessinggamethan ascience. Kickstarts' plan is to develop a rigorous competition that will require potential entrepreneurs or employees to demonstrate that they have the ideas and/or "soft skills" to be the best people. The Kickstarts EliteVenture Competition will be an open competition for potential student entrepreneurs that will vette not only their businessplan, but their personal potential to succeed. The winners will receive the KickstartsTacticalServicesPackage-a collectionof servicesvaluedatover $50,000 thatwill help get a new venture off the ground. "It isn't

just a cookie-cutter package," says Stewart, rather Kickstarts has assembled many of the most difficultand time-consumingelementsof any new venture into one investment. The package includes legal services, accountingservices, telephone services and leadership training just to name a few. Kickstarts also plans a service that they call the Career Accelerator. The Career Accelerator provides students looking for work within an organization the opportunity to prove that they "have what it takes to become an elite employee." Usingthe same methodology employed in the Elite Venture Competition, Kickstartswill give users the opportunity to prove that they have soft skills, passion, multi-tasking and bigpicture thinking, all of which can be cornerstones of employee success Stewart, Sabharwal, Rigaux and Zavershnik aren't the only ones excited about what they are doing. Early on in their development they approached UW's own guru of all things entrepreneurial, Professor Larry Smith. "I believe that Kickstarts addresses a very high priority need in the marketplace," Smith told Imprint. Smith,who has been offering the Kickstarts team some informal guidance in developing their venture, called their businessplan"distinctivelyexcellent." He also praised the potential of the four team members, all former students of his. "I believe they have both the talent and drive to do the things they wantto do," he said. Professor Smith remarked that he is regularly . approached by employerswho complain about the talent level of their employees, especially those who are young. . Identifyingtalented individuals is a problem that he believes will only increase in the next couple of decades. "[Prof. Smith] has admittedly slept with our business plan," remarked Sabharwal. The first KickstartsEliteVenture Competition will be held in January 2001 and will be open to any individual or team withat least one student fromW,WilfridLaurierUniversityor Conestoga College.

The competition will be an open competition for potential student entrepreneurs that will vette not only their business plan, but their personal potential to succeed.

United Wav surpasses goal NICOLE FAwCETTE Imprint intern

ast Friday sawthe United Way Campaign finish for another year with yet another recordbreaking total of donations. The United Way Centigrade smiled brightly as the University surpassed the United Way's goal of $142,000. "The campaign's gone extremely well," saidJenny Treuleinof the UW United Way office. "On Tuesday, we reached about $157,000," and that's not even the final count, as the United Way will reach a definite total today. This year's donations beat out la~t~ear'sfinal totalof $151,00Oand 1998's total of $117,984. "We're hopingfor $160,000," saidTreutlein, referring to the final count, taking place today. The K-W United Way will continue to take donations, even though the campaign officially ended last Friday. "We got moremoney definitely this year than we did last year from just department-type events," said Treulein. Events like a talent show

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from science, a silent auction, bake salesand booksalesgeneratedalot of interest as well as donations. "Barbeques and the arts chili lunch did really well again,"said Treulein. "The only problem we had was that we wanted the departments to tellus what these eventswere so that we could put themon the Web," said Treulein. She says that if she knew more about what events were happening she could easily put a notice in the Gazette, Imprint or theDaily Bulletin in order to spreadqwareness and interest to even more people. The United Way is an umbrella organization that funds and creates programswithin the community for people of all types. This year's campaign goal was to raise $4.8 million to assist funding for local agencies. Treulein sendsout her thanksto all the volunteers and participants that helped make the campaign such a huge success. "Ryan Eagles deserves a big thank you for getting those undergradsgoing." Congratulations to everyone who has helpedwith yet another successful campaign.

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ast Sunday, FedHall was filled withabout500 listenerswanting to be part of the live taping of CBC Radio One's Cross Country Checkup. There was a variety of poeple on-hand including seniors, students and members of the general public. This was the third of three special editions of Cross-country Checkup, anationalopen-line radio program, devoted to the federalelection campaign. The first two were in Dartmouth and Calgary. Cross-country Checkup was first broadcast in the spring of 1965 as part of the debate on whether or not there should be a national publiclv-fundedhealthcare svstem. The showhas been broadcastalmostevery Sunday since then. Rex Murphy began by telling the audience that "we are in an Ontario riding that somewhat, we hope, reflects the state of the battleground in Ontario." Murphy began by talkingto the crowd and explaining what would

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vote is defined as a formal expression of a wish, will or choice. Next Monday, Canadianswill choose the party they want to rule for the next four years. The democratic process of voting for candidates and their parties is designed so that the will of the populace is reflected through the government. Butthinkaboutthis-how many voterswill be votingforaparty that they really want tosee in power? How many more will be voting for the least offensive candidate? How can this result in agovernment that's truly representative of the will of the people? During an election campaign, politicians have more contact with the populace than at any other time. They use this opportunity to tell us how the government should be Nn. In ademocracy, the people are supposed to wield power. So shouldn't it be the other way around -ask the people howthey wouldlike to see the country run? As Canadians, we have learned to live with a lot of things - the weather for instance. We accept the fact that we will always be less significant than the Americans. We I can't change these things, sowe just Board of Directors plan around them. President, Kate Schwass One of the little annoyances Vice-president, Janice Jim that we have learned to live with is Treasurer, Rob Van Kmistum party politics. We are used to havSecretary, Durshan Ganthan ing no say in government. We've St& Liaison, Adina Gillian even accepted the fact that a vote cast for anyone but the front-runContributors ning candidates is a vote thrown away. So, often we don't evenvote Wafi Abdulla, C Renee Ammendoha, RachelE. for the least repulsive party, but for Beatt~e,Jeff Bueckert, Lesley Bumett, Irene Camacho, Geoffrey Canre, V W Chan, Ryan the front-runner who isn't the most Chen-Wrng, Carthn Crockard, FloraDo, Daruel repulsive. Dwyre, Chns Farley, Ntcole Fawcette, Brenda Then we get widespread lack Fme, N~gelFlear, KevrnGdl, Davtd Hammond, of interestingovernment,andwonEllen Kaye-Cheveldayoff, Gabe Kempe, Andy der why. Some of us even put on Kemphg, KnsunaMadoiua,Ls.aMam, Jeffrey "Rock the Vote" campaigns to try Maleck~,Heather Mrchaud, M O N CM~hak~uc, ~ to get potential voters, especigly Greg Morey, Evan Munday, George Muam, the young, to actually vote. The Chrrstme Nugent, Marcel P~nhetro, Gord motive is a noble one - t o get the Pollock, Lauren E Schell, Ben Schott, Kate younginvolvedinrunningthecounSchwass, Kyle Sermes, Katre Shafley, Ryan try. The problemisthat youth now Shaw, Paul Souter, Robrn Stewart, Amntha

know the lack of power a vote holds. We don't have to stand for having our country run by an inner circle of power hungry politicians. Sowhy do we?Thevote issupposed to let the people decide how the country is to be run. Choosing from a small selectionof outof-touchcandidates gives the people next to no choice of how the country is run. Then there's the clichC - "If you don't vote, you can't complain." The logic is that by not voting you have given up your say and shouldn't expect a say between elections. Iwouldsuggest the opposite istrue-if you vote, you can't complain. By voting, you indicate that you believe your chosen candidate can adequately represent you. You have given up your say. Your vote was your endorsement of thesystem. If your favouredcandidatedoesn't getin, toughluck-your vote indicatedthat you believed that, over all, your interests would be

considered with theinterests of the majority. If your MP doesn't bother to keep in touch with the reality in yourriding, bows to pressure from lobbyists, or is silenced by the party whip, you can't really complain. Enter the Edible Ballot Society. They. plan on eatingor otherwise destroying their ballots to~rotestthe futilitv of electoral politics. Their Web site gives reasons why they won't be voting, and what can be done instead. Their goal is to encourage thought and discussion about our present pittance of democracy, and how we could improve. They are not opposed to participation ingovernment. Far fromit, their goal is to make democracy more than ameasly vote once every four years. Check it out: edibleballot.tao.ca

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the initiative to get others thinking about their consumer habits (although, I suspect the organizations behind the initiative, like Adbusters, are preaching mostly to the converted). Of course, thesuccessof BuyNothing Day does not lie in getting people to avoid the mall for one day - people can always stock up or wait until later -but in getting people to change the way they consume every day of the year. In spite of my support for the day and itsunderlyingphilosophy,however, I find it

But Imprint'suse of adrevenue to publish articles urging people to ignore the siren song of advertisersisonly oneof many ironiesin the attempt to reform andlor subvert the western capitalistmachine. Take Seattle, for instance. That city once saw a hugely effective protest against world trade initiativesandtheir destructive repercussions. But those who think that the protesters who descended on the city did so spontaneously are deluding themselves. The events in Seattle (and the subsequent protests in Wash-

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Internet that subversives have managed to use to achieve their own ends is the largely result of advertising and other infusions of corporate cash. Without the porn industry development, the Internet would not look anything like it does right now. I don't know, maybe I'm missing the point. Maybe people would rather not have to use the advertising-dependant media to fight the illsof capitalism. Or maybe the pundits are right about this being some kind of "age of irony," and apparent contradictionslike this are simply par for the course. -Scott Gordon,Edit&-in-Chief

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It's not Ralph's fault To the Editor,

anice Jim implies in her forum piece that Green Party presidentlal candidate Ralph Nader is to be blamed for what appears will be a White House win by Republican George W. Bush. At the time of writing this letter, 930 votes separateDemocraticnominee Al Gore from Bush in the Sunshine State. But acloser examination reveals that any of the supposed "fringe candidatesncould have bridged the gap between the two front-runners in Florida. Indeed, Reformer Patrick Buchanan, Libertarian Harry Browne, Natural Law candidate John Hagelin and Official Constitution candidate Howard Phillipsall obtained more than 1000 votes. But Jim raises a further implication-that supporting a "third party" candidate is a waste of a vote. I guess that from the perspectlve of a person who would prefer to see Gore in the White House, the 2.7 million votes cast for Nader, and perhaps theother few hundred thousandvotes cast for other candidates, may seem wasted. But who are we to presume that Nader voters would be prepared to sacrificetheir principles and beliefs and vote for Gore? And who are we to declare that another citizen's vote has been wasted?Surely we can have more respect for the electorate than that. In a few days, it will be each Canadian's turn to visit the polling booth. Once there, you can either support a candidate for hidher ideas and ideals, or else the most likely candidate to defeat the party you truly despise. This is a time when both the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and the New Democratic Party of Canada might ,lose their official party status in the House of Commons for the second time in ten years. Perhaps it's time to take another look at Joe Clark and Alexa McDonough and conslder what kind of Parliament we want for the next few years. Strategic voting can only lead to one outcome: electingagovernment you don't want. -CharlesBergeron 3B SystemsDesign Engineen'ng

n the last Imprint, I wasshocked to read JaniceJim's article, "Thanks, a lot Ralph." Jim cited the presence of Ralph Nader on the presidential ballot as a main factor why Gore may lose the election. To make campaigncriticismsin retrospect is easy, butthere are many reasonswhy Gore's flawedcampaign may lead him to lose thiselection.For starters, Bushisamoron. Why didn't Gore destroy Bushin all the debates? Secondly,inadditiontoignoringmost of his typical democratic base, Gore didn'twin his home state of Tennessee. Thirdly, why didn't Gore ask for Clinton's help in rallyingvotesin the state of Arkansas? With the combined electoral vote totals in Arkansas and Tennessee, Gore would be the president-elect. Don't blame Nader because Gore ran apoor campaign. Throughout the election, I have heard one statement repeatedly: "a vote for Nader is a vote for Bush." No it isn't! Avote for Nader is avote for Nader. Jim cited the policy similarity that has turned so many voters from both of these candidates. Iagree that Gore's standpoint on the environment is better than Bush's, but Jim believesthat the Americanvoters should ignore other issues and vote for Gore out of fear. If Jim is so concerned about the environment, perhaps she should consider that from an environmentalist's standpoint -Nader's stance is better than Gore's. And what about all of the issues on which the two main candidates agree? The death penalty, for instance, orperhapsgay rights?Even on an issue that the candidates apparently disagree, considerAl Gore's "pro-choice" standpoint.Remember, Gore supported the appointment of vehemently anti-choice Supreme Court justicescalia. Icall that hypocrisy. However, Jim maintains that Americans shouldn't have voted for RalphNader, who offeredreal alternatives on all of the issues, because he couldn't win. Don't worry about your integrity, vote for a candidate who can win. The Democratscanblame faulty and misleading ballots (which a Democrat approved) until they are blue in the face, but they have no right to blame RalphNader. Finally,

Iquote theallegedUElectionSpoiler" www.gov.ab.ca/healthfact2/ RalphNader: "Theonly wastedvote h03p3.pdfw I don't care if anyone agrees is one you don't make, or the one in with the provisions or not, but if the which you do not believe." federal politicians are going to cite the bill during their campaigns,then -Peter Chambers we as voters should make sure we 2AEnglish know what it contains.

To tier or not to tier

s the federal election campaign progresses, it has become quite obvious that one of the larger issues up for debate is private health care. Many parties enjoy attacking Stockwell Day and the Canadian Alliance over this issue, often referring to Day'spast influencein the Alberta government.Specifically,they attack his involvement with Bill 11,Alberta's Health Care Protection Act. Every time the issue is brought up, we see Alexa McDonough and Jean Chretien frantically touting their latest pet phrase, "two-tier health care." Of course, the entire "two-tiernideais subjecttointerpretation, but there ismuch misinformation flying around about how private health care is currently being implemented in Alberta, and1 think it is important that it be clarified. Having lived in Alberta during the provincial debate regarding Bill 11, I must say that there are many misconceptions with regards to the act's contents. Day's opponents would love it if everyone would believe that the Alberta government truly is implementing two-tier healthcare. Day's opponents often mention private clinics. But when have Alliance opponents mentioned that Bill 11 specifically states that "queue jumping" is illegal and is subject to penalty?When have they mentioned that private clinics generally hill the regional health authority, not the patient? They do not mention these. things, hoping that voterswill believe that Day will push for a two-tier, American-stylesystem. The Canadian Alliance is not the Alberta government, but StockwellDay's health care policies are being associatedwith his past involvement with Bill 11. Having said that, I feel that it is important for voters toknowwhat is actually being done about private healthcare in Alberta. I stronglysuggest that anyone withconcerns about private health care policies examine Alberta's Bill 11. The actual act is available in PDF format from the Government of Alberta Web site at:

More PCs vs VVPIRG

only to those who support it, or those with deep pockets. Whether talking about Dudley George, health care, education, or the Safe Streets Act, the PC government seems more concerned with deflecting responsibility for current problems and pleasingthe wealthiest citizensthanprovidingabetter place to live for all citizens of Ontario. This is not apartisan argument, but from an individual who happens to volunteer at WPIRG simply for the reason that I want the future to be much better than what I am living in today.

or a year now I have been a volunteer at WPIRG, specifically volunteering with the Amnesty International student group. Through WPIRG, I have met some of the brightest andmost committed individualswho see it as their responsibility to do all they can to make the world a better place. It was with frustration that I read last week's letter to the editor written by Ryan O'Connor, President of the UW PC Association. His concluding remarks about WPIRG, stating it "utilizes statisticsand accusationsto legitimize its partisan, opinionated ends," reveal that Ryan knows little about WPIRG's volunteers, and accusesthem of something he himself chose to do throughout his entire letter. ,Volunteers at WPIRG by no means adhere to a single partisan agenda. To be sure, there arevarying politicalviewsrepresentedatWPIRG and these differencesarewhat makes WPIRG such a special campus organizatton. If we are guilty of any sort of partisan agenda, ~tis to make the world a more decent, liveable place for allpeople. OnSeptember 6,1995 Dudley George, an unarmed man, was shot and killed by OPP officer Kenneth Deane. Deane kept his job and was sentenced to 180 hours of community service and two years probation, despite the fact that the trial judge found that Deane had knowingly shot an unarmed man and had lied on the stand. Furthermore, there isevidence that the Special Investigations Unit's inquiry wasn't cooperated with by those officers involved at Ipperwash. Amnesty International has jolned many others in calling for an inquiry, as there is ample evidence suggestingthe OPP and the PC government abused their power. The responsibility of the government should be to all people, not

Price is wrong!

find Christopher Price's letter to the editor ("No tuition cut for you!") bothshort-sightedand insulting. He asked the question, "How the fuck is giving a tuition break to everyone, including people who don't need it like me, any different from giving tax breaks to bankers who don't need it?" The answer is universality. We have universal health care (ideally, everybody is entitled to the same level of health care regardless of income), and we have universal postsecondary education. We want to ensure that people cannot get a better post-secondary education simply because they have more money to burn. For example, lookat theunited States. Haward, Princeton andYale have a limited number of spots for students without $30,000 a year to pay for tuition. The poorer students go to state universities, which arguably provide an inferior education, while richer students with poorer please see page 9

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marks may go to Harvard because they don't have to compete forscholarships and grants. We hope to avoid this situation. Also, I'm surethat itwould shock Mr. Price to learn that cutting tuition would actually be a "progressive" tax cut. UnlessMr. Price earnedmore than $34,171 last year, he is under the median income of the male workforce (according to Stats Canada). Providing him with a tax cut would indeed be progressive, as it would lessen the tax burden on those who have alesser ability to pay. Mr. Price indicated that he would likely spend his tax cut domestically (unlesshe happens to drinkimported beer), thereby stimulating the national economy. (When tax cuts are given to the rich, it is more likely that they will invest in more profitable foreign investment vehicles). The NDP does not oppose tax cuts, it simply opposes tax cuts to the wealthy. Mr. Rice, andanybody else who is an undecided voter, please think calmlyandrationallyabouttheNDP's policies (which can be found at www.ndp.ca) before being so quick to dismiss theminaprofane diatribe. In fact, the NDP does support the reintroduction of grants,but this would be inaddition to the tuitioncuts. The NDP supports universal, accessible, and publicpost-secondary education. This is not hypocritical. In the 21st century, it is simply common sense.

ing on what I saw tonight. Disturbing images that included spitting in a man's face. Disturbing words of hatred againstJews. Disturbing. And I'm wondering what the director had in mind when he decided to run this play. I am positive that he does not condone antiSemitism. So then, why would he participate in this endeavour - an endeavour that at least one Jewish faculty member declined to attend? One thing Inoticed was the discomfort that the racismcaused inme. I became angry (and sad) several times because of the unashamed bigotry of the "Christiansn in the play. In short, I experiencedavery strong negative emotional reaction towhat I saw. Even now --an houranda half later -I'm still reeling. Isn't that something? Perhaps the fact that I was so disturbed at what I saw meanssomething. - Shakespeare may have written this play to entertain aaowdthat accevtedthese stereotypes. But I do not. Presenting this play does not condone anti-Semitism any more than watchingclips of concentration camps does. I think the purpose of watching both is to alert us to the insidious attitudeswe all potentially hold, and to horrify us into changing them. Seeing such a caricature of prejudice in this play made prejudice look all the more ridiculous. This play made me angry. But I'm glad Ifeel something. Because the audience members of only a generation ago may not have. -SarahKonmth 3BPsychology

Merchant of hate

hen I attended the special presentation of TheMerchant ofVenice onTuesday night, my roommate and I had the honour of sitting next to Robert Kerton, the Dean of Arts. We were escorted to the front row, and there we sat, not quite knowingwhat to expect. I had never even heard of the play until I received the invitation in the mail! Mr. Kerton, ever the conversationalist, wanted to know our reactions to the play during the intermission. I must admit I was shocked by the blatant anti-Semitism. And yet the Dean told me that the main Jewish character, Shylock, was played by a Jewish man, Joel Greenberg. (He's also the director.) So now I'mreflect-

Feds? Hypocrites? No!

nlast week'sImprint, there was an article detailing how the Federation of Students (namely, Chris Farley) had backed out of acontract allowing the Stupid Student Games to be held at Fed Hall, one week before the event date. Somejustification for this was that this event did not meet acceptable standards for Frosh Week events, even though it was not a FroshWeek event -finding the "condom of immunity" in a kiddy pool of jello was one of the games cited as questionable. However, there wassomethingelse from the Feds in the same issue that was hard to miss. A full page ad, half devoted to a picture of some guy gettingsome tongue action, promoting Boys n' Girls Night at Fed Hall

with the caption "Want a free lay?" (sorry, "Lain). Maybe being witty is a good enough excuse for our Feds to sell Boys n' Girls Night with the lure of free, casual sex. But I don't see how they cando that andalso be "morally upright" enough to bring in Frosh Weekguidelines to, say, Stupid Student Games (whichare at least games -fun andnot real) are unacceptable.

Call me a prude, but

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wasvery disappointed to open my Imprint last week, only to find a very tasteless ad sitting opposite the front page of the sports section. Not only was I disappointed, but I was also surprised. Not because Imprint was running a tasteless ad fromaK-Wbar (it'scertainly notthe first time that has happened), but because the bar in question was Fed Hall. I had been under the impression that the Feds had more class than to slap together agrainy photograph blown-up way too far and an overused and unimbressive Dun (come on guys -free Lai?)and call it an advertisement. Moreover thou&. - , I was perturbed that they would stoop so blatently low as to promote our bar as a good place to find meaningless sex. Previous Imprint bar ads (from establishments that shall remain nameless here) have featured scantily clad women suggestively posing in Catholic school uniforms (or less). These ads have, in the past, led the Feds to decide that Imprint was not fit to be a part of their Orientation package, issued to first year students during Frosh week. Unfortunately, they seem unable to apply their oh-so-high standardsback onto themselves. The ad that they produced for last week's issue was no better.Come onguys-UWstudents (the people who pay your bills) deserve better. -Name withheldupon request

Church campus style

pulls out this headline from a paper that just about floored me. Basically, it highlighted a particular "brothel"thathadcomp1ained to thelr city council about a Christian church which had proposed to move into the area. They claimed that it would bring "the wrong kind of people" into the neighbourhood. While at first I chuckled, I quickly realized what I was laughing at. Seeing as I am a Christian, one who desires to follow Christ, I had to face the fact that to many in our society, church people are the last kindof people they want to be around. It got me thinking about how many feel this way because of Christians whoact far differently than the One they claim to be following. There islikely no group of individualsin our societythat feels more rejected and despised by Christians than the homosexual community. For a variety of reasons, then, many people living a gay lifestyle have rejected not only the church, but also the One whose name our faith bears. When I think about thelife that Jesus lived, however, I cannot imagine anyone feelmg as though they could not come to Him just as they are. With a lack of love, many churches have figuratively closed their doors to those who may otherwise be interested in exploring the possibility of alife lived with a healthy faith in God. So, as one Christian amongmany whodesire to breakthis pattern, I would hke to extend a hand to those who have been hurt by the homophoblc attitudes they have encounteredin the Christianchurch. It's tlme to take an open and honest look at what God says about a subject that has been misrepresented for far too long. He sayswhat He does for a reason, but He says it to draw people closer to Him, and not push them further away. Join us at The Embassy, church campus style, on Monday November 27 at UW's HumanitiesTheatre, 7:30 p.m., for a message on "The Homophobi~Church.~ Come asyou are -BrandonMalo Pastor, TheEmbassy

Pro-life or anti-choice? To the Editor, ast week on The Tonight Show, ay Leno read through a variety of humorous headlines as he does every Monday night. So there I was, laughmg, wonderinghow people can be so absent-minded, and then he

f elected, a Reform Alliance government would probably hold a referendum on abortion. Any discussionof the abortion issue inNorth America usually includes someone

namingthetwoprindplelobbygroups involvedin the old debate: the "prolife" andUpro-choice"organisations. We North Americanshave become used to associating the phrase prolife with right-wingersandtheir dogmatic political agenda. But are these people really pro-life, or are they just anti-choice? Policies espoused by icons of the Right suggest the latter. Bush and the Allianceboth suvport the construction of a pork-barre1 North American missile shield that would cost tens of billions o f , dollars, might spark a new global, arms race, and which scientists are not even sure will work. Then there's the justice issue. . George W. Bush condones executing criminals, and Reform Alliance supporters are known to be proponents of capital punishment too. Never mind that the root cause of many violent crimes are social and economic inequality and mental illness. not some inherent evil that lies deep within criminals' charcoal hearts, as these politidanswouldhave us believe. Let's not forget environmental issues, as supposed pro-lifers Bush , and Day have done. Bush proposes drilling for oilin one of North America's last true wilderness areas, the Alaskan National Wildlife Sanctuary. He says he's pro-life, but Bush seems to be more interested in cash, the lifeblood of his campaign, than wildlife. Has anyone heard Mr. Day talk much about ~ollution,endangered species, or air and water quality throughout his campaign?Didn't &ink s o . ~ u he t considers'hitnself to be a champion of life. Day sounds more pro-business than pro-life. If Bush and Day really do cherish pro-life values, shouldn't those values be reflected in all their politics?Yestheyshould, butthey'renot. Bush and Day want to build a strategically and scientifically dubious missile shield at the expense of other national priorities even though their religious beliefscompel them to cherish the sanctity of life. Bush and Day condone executing law-breakingcitizensin the name of tough-love. They seldom mention theenvironment, and do so only when their advisors tell them to, or when it is identified as a barrier to "progress" that must be breached. Bush and Day talk the pro-life talk, but they don't walk the pro-life walk. Neither man is really pro-life. Instead, they're just anti-choice. '

-Darcy Makinnon

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FARLPY Feds President

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s the days get shorter and the nights get longer, many of us flock indoors to escape snow and chilly conditions. Wespend our time studying with classmates, socializing with friends in the Great Hall of the SLC, or working out at the PAC. The Federation of Students and the University of Waterloo works hard to provide all students with a diverse range of spaces on campus to socialize and unwind. However, as we all know, asenrolmenthasgrown,space has become tight. Very tight. For example, at the PAC, over 26,800 student-visitsoccureachweek in the falltermandover 20,000visits happen each weekduring the winter term. The North Campus Athletic Complex is used over 1 7hours each day throughout both the fall and winter terms. Approximately eleven hours each day is used for programmed use, like campus rec ball hockey, volleyball, or other intramuralactivitieslikeTai Chi, Irish Dancing, and badminton. Long after the library closes, the North Campus Athletic Complex is still busy. The story is the same at the Student Life Centre. Seating space on the main floor isvirtually all taken during prime usage times. Sometimes it reaches 125 per cent when including those sitting on the floor. Furthermore, many studentsuse the Great Hall for events, like the Hindi Movie Club, Craft Sale, forums, and our cheerleaders and jugglers often use it to practice. Walking around, you'll notice that most of the desks people use for studying are utilized. Over 75 per cent of the time meeting roomsare "block-booked," meaning

that they're unavailable for lastminute use. All of this is before the double cohort hits and we encounter many more students using these facilities. The Federation of Students, together with the university, hasembarked on a process to determine student needs and wants for the next decade. We haveassembledatwentyperson steering committee that represents a w ~ d erange of campus groupsandconstih~enc~es. Thiscommlttee has orgamzed some focus groups and open sessions to hear from students. Estimatesindicatethat adding the necessary space will require a $25 investment from students each term. This investment would require a referendum for approval, and would have to be amandatory, nonstrikable fee. This fee would go towardspaying for 12,000new square feet to the SLC and adding componentsto AthleticsindudingaWehess Centre, made up of fitnessandcardio equipment. It would also add an additional gym to the Columbia Icefield Complex. Athletic componentswould be completedby adding an all purpose field, and adding a new Varslty dressing room to the arena. We want to know if you feel these projects adequately address student needs and are projects you desire. At the same time, we would like to know if students are willing to pay $25 a term to support the construction of these projects. Please come out to a focus group or stop by our offices. On behalf of Shannon, Mark and Desiree, I'dlike to wish you luck as you complete labs, essays, and projects and prepare for finalexams.

n this election, there is a new dynamic that wasn't ~rominentin other elections. This new factor is attackson leadersand parties by their opposition, the media and the public. Attacking opposition policies has always occurred in our elections. These are usually regarding the parties' campaigns and platforms. It is becoming increasingly prevalent that there is a rise in the personal attacksusedagainst party leaders by their opponents, the media, and the electorate. Stockwell Day is attracting the most criticism. He questioned the scientific validity of evolution, and believesin a basis for "creationism" similar to what is outlined in the book of Genesis. Day was criticized for his rebousbeliefs. InTheGlobeandMail, a reader accused Day of ignorance and stated that "Until . Mr. Day agrees to enlighten himself, he should not aspire to leadership of a nation." The writer uses ignorance to repudiate the alleged ignorance of Day, whose only wrong was harbouring an unpopular religious conviction. Jean Chretien has also engendered harshcriticism. Both Clarkand Day requested an RCMP investigation into the allotment of government loans in Chretien's riding. The

harshest rhetoric. however. came from Day, who labelled ~ h r i t i e na "criminal" when he asked for agovernmentloan for afriend. Day'suse of such tacticsin his campaign (especially since Chrttien was cleared of any wrongdoing on Tuesday) indicates the extent of change in this election. Elinor Caplan, the Immigration Minister,described the Alliance as a "hotbed of racists, anti-Semites and people opposed to immigration." Her statementnot only relies on specious factual evidence, but also negates the probable notion that other parties have supporters with similar viewpoints. Thiscampaignhas degenerated into a circus of mudslinging and childish name-calling. Attacks on personal opinions and beliefs of the leaders is never necessary. When attacking one's beliefs, opinions or views, youcrossaline. For one thing, the leader's view is not the party's view. Ifthe leaderisJewish, Hindi or whatever, the party's platform is not necessarily based on these beliefs. Also, the leader isnot the party. Yes, he controls the party; still, he is subject to the party's and the cabinet's riding.

Imprint, Friday, November 24, 2000

20 steps toward a citizen-driven federal government Democratic Voting System

Effectively Enforced Ethics Rules

1. Change the current voting system to a proportionalrepresentation system to accurately reflect the popular support for each political party. 2. Abolish the senate or reform the senate to render it more directly accountable to the electorate.

9. Enact an ethics code for all MPs and Senators (as promised by theLiberalsin 1993, andasexistsfor all legislators in every province and territory in Canada). 10. Establish an independent andimpartial ethicswatchdog agency that has the purpose of investigating all alleged violations of ethics rules that involve politicians, civil servants and lobbyists; has full investigative powers to doso; and reports directly andonly to Parliament (aspromised by the Liberalsin 1993, and as exists in every province and territory in Canada). 11.Require all people covered by ethics rules to report any violations of the rules, and require the ethics watchdog to protect anyone whoreportsaviolationof ethicsrules from retaliation.

Democratic Political Finance System 3. Establish public financingfor political parties based upon the actual popular support parties have in terms of number of party members and votes in most recent election, among other factors (as in Quebec). 4. Prohibitcorporations,unions, and other organizations that do not vote from donating to political parties, candidates and riding associations (as in Quebec and Manitoba). 5. Allow donations from individualsto supplement public financing, but limit donations to alevel that is affordable for the average Canadian (as in Quebec and Manitoba). 6. Require political parties to disclose donations quarterly, as in the US. 7. Require constituencyassociations and MPs to register anddisclose all their donors annually between elections, as in several provinces. 8. Limit spending and require disclosureof donorsin political party leadership contests.

Openness and Honesty in Politics 12. Amend the access to information lawto strengthen the right to disclosure of information and to strengthen enforcement of the law (as in BC and Ontario). 13. Require allgovernment departments to use consultation processes that provide meaningful opportunities for citizen participation, kspecially ~oncernin~hecisidns that affect the lives of all Canadians. 14. Restrict government adver-

tising leading up to and during elections, except for emergency or administrativereasons (as in Manitoba and Saskatchewan). 15. Enact aright to complain to Elections Canada about false advertisiig by agovernment, political party or candidate for public office, with fines and other sanctionsas penalties (as in BC).

Lobbyists Tracked and Restricted 16. Require ministers and senior public officials to disclose their contactswithalllobbyists. . 17. Require lobbyiststodisdose all their government relations activities, whether paid or volunteer, involvinggatheringinside information or trying to influence policymakers (as in the US). 18. Requirelobbyiststo disclose the amount spent on campaigns (as in 33 US states). 19.Prohibitlobbyists fromworking for government departments, and from having business connections with anyone who does. 20. Prohibitlobbyistsfrom serving in senior positions for political parties (as inNew Mexico andMaryland). These steps are being presented by the Coalition for a Democratic Government (of which WPIRG is a member). Visit the Web site; http:// www.dwatch.ca to see how many of the points are reflectedin the federal party platforms.

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What is Buy Nothing Day? B

uy Nothing Day was started in 1992as a day for society to examine the issue of overconsumption. The idea was the brainchild of Vancouver artisdactivist Ted Dave as a "gesture of protest for those of us who feel as if our lives and dreams have been marketed back to US." Originally held in September, in 1997 Buy Nothing ~ a ; was moved to the Friday that follows the American Thanksgiving holiday. This day is the busiest American shopping day of the year and the pre-Christmas purchase bonanzamakes it the perfect backdrop for a day-long moratorium on consumption. Buy Nothing Day first started as an event local to theVancouver area but quickly spread throughout the Western world. The campaign towards reducing consumerism is supported and organized by the Media

Foundation, avancouver-based organization that publishesAdbusters magazine and runs the advocacy advertising agency Powershift. The late 1990s was a time of great economic expansion throughout North America and thus a great time of over-consumption. In this context, the Buy Nothing- Day . concept quickly tookofihth

Last year'^ Buy Nothing Day was celebrated in over 30 countries.

nationally and internationally. M ~ camV paigns began t o appear throughout the United States, England, New Zealand, Holland, and Norway, amongst many other locales. In 1997 major news organizations throughout the United States began to air coverage of Buy Nothing Day events. Also in 1997, both CBS and NBC refused to air Adbusters' 30-secondadvertising spot promoting Buy Nothing Day. CBS's explanation was:

Castro questions our consumerism

idel Castro, responding to Federico Mayor Zaragoza, former Director General of UNESC0,expressingconcernsover freedom of expression and thought in Cuba: "I can guess what you're going to say. First, I wonder if it is fair to discuss freedom of expression and thought in a region where the immense majority of the people are either totally or functionallyillite r n e . . .Alarge percentage of those living in developed societies are told what brand of soda they should drink, what cigarettes they should smoke, what clothes and shoes they should wear, what they should eat and what brand of food they should buy. Their political ideas are supplied in the same way. Every year, a trillion dollars is spent on advertising. This rain pours on the helplessmassesthat are totally deprived of the necessary elements

of judgement to formulate an opinion and the knowledge required for meditating and discerning. This has never happened before in the history of humanity. Primitive humans enjoyed greater freedom of thought. Jose Marti said, "To be educated in order to be free." We would have to add a dictum: freedomisimpossible without culture. Education and culture are what the Revolution has most abundantly offered to our people,muchmoreso than in a large number of the develooed coun-

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tries. Living in a consumer society doesnot necessarily make people educated. It isamazing, sometimes, how their h o w l edge can be superficialand simplistic. It would perhaps be better to wait a while before talking about true freedom of expression and thought because that can never be reconciled with a brutal economic and social capitalist system that fails to respect culture, solidarity and ethics."

2 0 per cent of the world's population consume 86 per cent of the wdrld's resources." UN Development Programme 1998 Report

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Hia.@ my name's Nicole i everyone. . .my name is Nicole and I'm a [cough] - consumer. Yeah, it's true and I can't say I'm proud of it. My friends made me come here; they say I have a "problem." They think that my spendingis starting to "hurt" our relationship. When did it start! [sigh] Well, I remember gettingmy first debit card from the bank in grade seven. Shiny and clean, free of scratches and unworn, unlike my current one.You could still even read my name and number printed on it. It's hard to imagine that the card was once flat, absent of that concavecurve marked

from all those lnterac and ATM machmes. From there ~twas credit cards. Everyone warned me. "Don't get a creht card, you'll max ~t out," or "Nrcole, you know how you are with money," and"You'l1 get bddcred~tl" But I dldn't listen. Istartedwlthtwo cards and it qu~cklytt grew to SIX a just seemed lrke everyone was offerrng me one and I couldn't refuse -I ultrmately got three of them taken away. Maybe it's for the best. My frrends say they knew something was wrong when I quit my job in an office to work at the GAP. Iwas a greeter and I didn't see a problem

wrth rt. I was surrounded by people just like me. They justwanted to look like fashion magazine material. By wearing GAP clothes, we were the GAP models. Everyone envied our $400 dollar suede jackets and $80 vests. I thought I loved the GAP. I also thought guys loved me because of my Tommy Hilfiger jeans; they showed that I had money to spend on a good pair of pants. I wasn't paying for durability, lust the name and symbol. Oh, and my Nike shoes were supposed to scream the lie that I was athletic and in shape. I believed the lies. Commercials talk to me. They tell me to fit in. Drink Coca-cola and be cool. Wear Adidas and be invincible. Drive a BMW and be carefree. Drink Molson to be Canadian. The most frighteningthing is Ilisten. The more I listen, the more I shop. I shop for necessity, not to survive physically, but to survive mentally, emotionally and, most importantly, socially. Electronic heroin feeds my addictron. Televrsed brainwashing, encrypted messages fill mesmerized minds. "Buy me, I'm only available for a limited time.. .I can make all your dreams come true." Never satisfied. Wants disguised as needs stretch the v o ~ dof insecurity with every scripted word. That'swhy I'm here. h e e d help. I am drowning in a sea of plastic money with millions of celluloid-encased mindless mannequins shoutingat - me to "Buv! Buy! Buy!"instead of throwing me a rope. /

"There is enough on earth for everybody's need, but not for everyone's greed." -Mahatma Gandhi \

Imprint, Friday, November 24, 2000

BW NOTHING DAY -NOVEMBER 24

A formula for freedom

Manufacturing desire e, as Canadians, are among the luckiestpeople alive today. We have options open to us that few in the Third World can imagine. Our level of wealth is so high that we fall in the 20 per cent of the world's population that consumes over 80 per cent of the world'snatural resources. Even if you don't get that DVD player that you really wanted for Christmas,just lookat all the other things that you already have. Why do we have so much?That question is harder to answer than you think. Maybe it'; because we work so hard (then again there are some people that are born in wealth and hose that no matter how hard they work can never make ends meet). A better answer is that we want dl this stuff. Then the question is, uhy do we want this stuff? This is an even better question. jtudies have shown that levels of lappinessare basicallyindependent ~f levelsof wealth. Overall, rich peo~ laren't e happier than poor people. fet we are taught to believe that if mly we had that DVD player or new :ar, life would be so much better. Who teaches us all this? Obvimly, companies selling the prodicts do: What is more important is he method by which they do so: ~dvertisements.You know, those hings that are literally everywherel creaming at us to get this or that. rhese are the thingsthat force you to :eep up with the Joneses. So we enter the all too familiar at race in life. We work like dogs just to get a .ar (which we believe will save us ime). Yet Ivan Illich once estimated hat after you spent all that time letting the money for the car, insurmce, gas and thee sitting in traffic ams, you could have gone the same listance walking-just think about low many hours you'll work to be ~bleto pay for your car. . Furthermore, people tend to eplace their cars about every two ears when many could last for 10to 5 years. The people who have Ienefitted from people buying cars re those in charge of the car compalies, who are alieady very well off. Food is one of those manufacured desires that one would not

initially consider as one. We are not talking about grapes or bread but rather fast food and junk food. In this fast paced life we lead, these unhealthy foods are offered as a quick meal. This is especiallya problem for young kids. As Ralph Nader wrote, "Children are subjected to a barrage of ads for Whoppers,Happy Meals, Coke, Pepsi, Snickersbars, M&Ms, and other junk foods and fast foods. They are urged by these ads to buy these products directly themselves or, if they are too young, tonagtheir parents. These adsmay contributeto sky-rocketing levels of childhood obesity. About 25 to 30 per cent of Amencanchildrenare now clinically obese. Severe obesity among young children has almost doubled since the 1960s.Similarly,childhooddiabetes is also on the rise." Surely young kids (or anyone) really don't need any of the mentionedproduas.What's worse is that, according to G. Lean in the Atlas of the Environment, "people in the richest countries in the North eat on average 30 to 40 per cent more calories than they need." Not only is this unhealthy for ourselves but it harms the rest of the world. Although weaft commonlyled to believe that the food shortages in the Third World are aresult of a lack of food, this is not true. There is enough food on this planet to feed everyone, however the food supply is far from being evenly distributed, resulting in malnutrition in some places and obesity in epidemic proportions in others. It'snot that we are being blindly swept away in this rat race. Juliet Schor wrote in The Overworked Ammmmn,"Evidence suggests US. workers would trade pay increases for more leisure time but are rarely given the option." Yet in the US alone more than $200 billion is spent each year on advertisingto overcome your desire for the simple things in life and replacing it with all of these manufactured desires. Buy Nothing Day gives y9u a chanceto stepbackandlisten to your true wants and ieeds. Go ahead and read a book, go for a walk or talk to a friend. You'll findfor once you can do more with less.

F = earnings minus spending

e.all want fame, fortune and happiness, right? Well, maybenot fame-those damn papaazzi have been getting to be alittle too much lately. But fortune and happiness? Of course. I mean, isn't fortune what makes you happy? You're forgiven for holding this belief if you come from a culture (i.e. ours)thatcelebratesmoney and materialpossessionsasmuchas we do. Maybe, insteadof fortune, we should aim for freedom -financial freedom to the extent where we are able to set our own priorities and not let money be our master.

We can quantitativelymeasure surplusthat canbe savedinstead of this freedom: take the amount of being spent. Freedom to set your money you earn (income) and sub- priorities straight, not influenced tract the amount of money you by a need for income. spend (expenses). Basically, everyonewouldlike This formula fits with conven- to see a surplus. What we're telling tional wisdom - the bigger your you here is that the second half of saIary, the more free you are (and the equation, how much youspend, the happier youare). ~ u t t h a t ' s o n l ~ is'just as important (if not more so) &how much you earn. And as a one half of the equation-if you're pulling in six figures, but are 'living result of this, if there isn't aproper the life' and spending just as much, balance, or in this case, imbalance, you become pretty dependent on you'll find that you'lllose your freeyour salary. dom. On the other hand, you could You might turn into a slave of be makingagooddealless, but spend- your salary. And that's scary. Or ing an even smaller amount, and so what might be worse - being a have a lot more independence. A slave to your spending.

Consumption and sustainability

eideaof sustainabilityis fairly simple -we need to use our resources no faster than the earth can replenish them, and we need to dispose of ourwasteat arate no fasterthanthe earthcanabsorbit. Unfortunately, our society hasn't quite gotten the concept down yet. Humans have traditionally not worried about sustainability, since the world seemed so vast and limitlessin resources. In modern days, though, we consume resources and churn out shiny new productsand poilutionon a massive scale -massive enoughro cause major disruption to our ecosystems and potentiallywipe out almost every living species on earth, includingowselves. In spiteof thiscrisis,we are making products that will have shorter life spans, so we can throw them out and buy another. consider the toaster. ~ o d awe ~, can buy a $20 space age toaster that

includes a smart temperature monitor to ensure even toasting. In fact, it will do everythingexcept last. This technological marvel will likely be "upgradednwithin acouple of years and replaced withanew one that lets you play videogameswhileyou toast. If you put a durable steel toaster on the shelf with these features and put as200 price tag on it, peoplewill pass it over, and go for the bargain, even though it will cost them more in the long run. Why doesthishappen? Producers produce to maximize sales and profits and do not worry too much about the longterm, except in terms of their companies' profitability. Many consumers go to the stores lookingfor the bargains, and, again, aren't thoughtful about the long term. Some culturestakesustainability seriouslyand look seven generations ahead when making decisions. In our fast-pacedworld, we often don't

think beyond this week. Our polar ice-caps recently melted for the first time in 20,000 years. A popular estimate is that we need to reduce greenhousegas emissions by 60 per cent in order to halt the rise in the earth's temperature. However, when the world leaders came to an agreement on action around climate change, they only called for afive per cent reduction in greenhouse gases. And manufacturers are lobbying against even that! We need to start taking these problems seriously. Only when we make the committmentand sacrifice to changeour personal lifestyles, and seriously start to demand from our political leadersto changetheir focus from tax cuts to creating a sustainablesociety,will we be taking the first steps away from the path of extinction. Only at this time will we be workingto ensurehappier, healthier livesfor ourselves-and the generations to come.

Christmas is coming

ecently, youmay haveheard about a group that egged some retailersfor havingalready putup their Chrisunasdecorationsandsaksaids. The disgruntled, disillusioned people felt that it was criminal to already have Christmas stuff up more than a month before the actual date. But the season of good cheer is almost upon us. And , shopping, a time with ~ tChristmas when we allgo out and buy, buy, buy to let people know we care (and yet

we say it's the thought that counts). Thisyear bedifferent. Subscribe to the idea you can show you care without using money. Don't buy presents for people. Maybe even get them to not buy you any. Sign a "gift exemption" contract,andstickwith it. Limit yourself, not in the amount of money you agree to spend, but in how much unnecessary conspicuous consumption you will engage in. Or, if you are uncomfortable not spending money on people,

there's an alternative - donate money in their name to charities. This will make you feel good, it will make them feel good. I t will help whomever you are donatingto, plus they still get the tax credits. A winwin-win-winsituation.

r h These three Buy Nothing Day pages would not have been possible without the contributions of the followingindividuals: Stuart Duncan Nicole Fawcette GregHines GregMacdougall Kevin Smith Doug Tanner MarkYungblut \

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Can you upset the set-up? Television

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n this week's Imprint, there's a story on UW's head track and field coach. Brent McFarlane. In describing some of his preOlympic preparation, McFarlane discussed a time near to the running of the Hamilton Spectator Indoor Games when a decision was reached to not allow some media accessto Donovan Balley. McFarlane and others representing Athletics Canada and Bailey were addressing what they felt to be unnecessary, uncalled for negative~ r e son s this country'strack and field athletes. Only through drasticmeasures such as cutting off media access to this country's most recognizable sprinter were they able to generate positive press coverage of some of Canada's finest runners, jumpers, and throwers. Other sports, like the 'professional' ones, need not go to such lengths to generate positive press. They get it, in spades. Perhaps this has to do with

their successful, well laid out corporate marketing strategies. Corporations involved in selling things hold slgmficantsway at newspapers. Feature sections on new techn ~ l o g ~ ~ t esuch m s , as the latest e-mail pager, palm pilot, or cell phone, or on 'wheels' (cars), could be very rightly called 'advertising supplements,'but are rarely labelledassuch. Newspapers are dependent upon advertising revenue to keep themselves afloat-circulat~onrevenue is only a very small slice of the pie. So its hard to run an article on the health risks of using cell phones when they have two or three large corporate cell phone client accounts. And it's healthy for profits to run sections that advertisers can use to more specifically target their target audience, and where their ads will workin tandem with the articlesthat accompany them. You have to admit, that'sagood selliigjob.

n November 1969, a researcher named Herbert Krugman, who laterbecame manager of public-opmion research at General Electricheadquarters in Connecticut, tried to discover what goes on physiologically in the brain of aperson watchlngteleviSlOtl. What he found through repeated trials was that within about 30 seconds,the brain-wavesswitched from predominantly beta waves, indicating alert and conscious attention, to predominantly alpha waves, indicating an unfocused, receptive lackof attention: the state of aimless fantasy and daydreaming below the threshold of consciousness. When Krugman's subject turned to reading through a magazine, beta waves reappeared, indicating that conscious and alert attentiveness had replaced the daydreaming state. What surprised Krugman, who had set o u t to test some McLuhanesque hypotheses about the nature of TV-viewing, was how rapidly the alphastate emerged. Fur-

ther research revealedthat the brain's left hemisphere, which processes information logically andanalytically, tunes out while the person is watching TV. This tuning-out allows the right hemisphere of the brain, which processes information emotionally and noncritically,to function unimpeded. "It appears," wrote Krugman in a report of his findings, "that the mode of response to television is more or lessconstant andvery different from the response to print." "That is, the basic electrical response of the brain is clearly to the medium and not to content difference. ..[Televisionis] a communication medium that effortlessly transmits huge quantities of information not thought about at the time of exposure." (P 69-70, Joyce Nelson, The Perfict Machine; New Society Pub., 1992, 800-253-3605). Next time you're watching, try counting the number of ads transmitted your way.

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n average, 27 per cent of any given country's populat~on has gone onllne in the past month, according to a study by market research firmTaylor NelsonSofres which polled nearly 32,000 people in 27 developed and developing countries. Ten per cent of those worldwide surfers have made an online purchase in the last month, 13 per cent have bought goodsor services offline as a result of information found online, and 14 percent plan to buy online within the next 6 months. Korea boasts the largest percentage (67 per cent) of Internet users who have, orwill, shop online or offline based on information found in cyberspace. Italy and the U.S. round out the top three, with 65 per cent and 64 per cent of their online populations engaged in Internet shopping, respectively." FromlGlobal Shoppingspree' by John Fetto, American Demographics, October2000.

Change the focus from the richest to the brokest

o put it bluntly, amere 20 per cent of the earth's population uses over 80 per cent of its natural resources. We consume without thinking, without reflecting and without considering the effects. Yet, our everyday consumer cholcescan have huge ramifications for those in other countries. A large amount of our meat is imported from other countries, notably South America. Grain isgrown there, fed to the cattle, and the meat is exported here. North America accounts for 40 per cent of all world beef imports. Rich countriesimport 40 per cent more protein from poor countries than vice versa. Even the quality of food exports from developing countries is higher (fish meal, Soya beans, bananas) than the protein imported from the rich nations (mainlywheat). In Mexico, where millions of people are malnourished, one-third of the grain produced is being fed to livestock. At the height of the Ethiopian famine in 1984-85, Britain imported $30 million worth of linseed cake, cotton seed-cakeand rape seed meal. During the Sahelian famine of the late 1960s and early 1970s in Africa, almost all Sahelian countries had enough food to feed their populations. In fact, agricultural exports from the area actually increased during the period. In India, where more than half of the populationliveson $1per day, and more than half of all children under five suffer malnutrition, the government pushed to increasemeat exports more than twenty-fold. Not only that, but cattle are inherently wasteful. It takes 2,500

gallonsof water, 12pounds of grain, 35 pounds of topsoil and the energy equivalent of one gallon of gasoline to produce one pound of feedlot beef. If North America reduced its intake of meat by amere 10per cent, 100,000,000 people could be fed using the land, water andenergy that would be freed up from growing livestock feed. Consider how easy this would be when you realize people in the richest countries eat on average 30 to 40 per cent more calories than they need. In South Africa, each ton of gold minedin the country exacts acost of one life and 12 serious injuries. For everykilo of gold produced, fourtimesthat amount of mercury is released into the environment. In the mining dinria of ~1 CaUao in Venezuela, 72.5 per cent of the villagers showed Of symptoms of mercury contamination. Tests from several mining communities in Brazil found that more than 30 per cent of miners examined had mercury levels above the World Health Organization's tolerable limit. Thisisunconscionablewhenyou realize that 85 per cent of gold produced goes to makiig the adornments of the rich and vain. The diamond trade is also rife with human suffering.In SierraLeone, a rebel group has seized control of the diamond mines and is sellingdiamonds on the world market to fund its war on the legitimate government. Its campaign of "deliberate and arbitrary killings, mutilations, rape and abductions have continued

since the signing of the peace agreement. Twenty-two people have so far died after rebel forces opened fire on civilians." Any purchase of diamonds could be directly funding their illegal war. Weimport 6,800,000 barrels of oil daily. All of that is simply burned away in automobiles and industry. In Nigeria, where Shell Oil controls approximately 60 per cent of the domestic oil market, the Ogoni people have been repressed, tortured and murdered. Over 2,000 people have died at the hands of a military that isarmed by andpaid for by Shell, causing over 100,000 internal refu-

lations in Aceh prompted Jakarta to cents per pound of Coffee, when place the regionunder military occu- they need $1.26 per pound to make pation in 1980, and since that time a livingwage. This same coffee retails tens of thousands of people have for $10-12 a pound in gourmet been killed or 'disappeared' by the coffee stores. For example, in Guatemilitary.Aceh provided an estimated mala, only half of the workers on 30 per cent of Indonesia's oil andgas coffee plantationsin Guatemalaearn exports. However the government's the minlmum wage of $3 per day own data showed 40 per cent of stipulated by Guatemalan law. Only Acehnesevillagescould be classified 13 per cent of children of the planas "poor." tation workers ever complete priIn Saudi Arabia, oil revenues mary education. Yet companies like account for around 42 per cent of Starbucksmake $164 million in profthe gross domestic product (GDP) its a year. Even bananas have a troubled and 75 per cent of government income. Their government commits history. On Chiquita plantations in and tolerates serious human rights Central America, pesticides banned abuses. in North America and Europe are In Burma, the United used indiscriminately, threatening Nations, Amnesty Inter- not only the non-unionized worknational, Human ~ i g h t s ers, but also the nearby residents. to World Health OrganiWatch, a n d ~ t h e r ~ r & ~ According s zation estimates, up to 20,000 peohavereported,"Murder, torture, rape, detention ple die of pesticide poisoning in the without trial, massive Third Worldeach year. There is eviforced relocations, and dence of bribery amongst government officials. Chiquita also secretly forcedlabor." Some of the worst controls dozens of "independent" abusesare reported from banana-companies to bypass mosoutheastern Burma, nopoly laws,while still being able to where a billion-dollar pipelme is be- repressunions and keep salarieslow. ing built by aconsortiumofAmerica's onof officials have been murdered, UNOCAL and France's TOTAL oil and in one case the Honduran milicompanies. tary was called in to evict villagersat The irony is thatwe consume oil gunpoint and bulldoze the area on a SO that we can consume more at closedChiquitaplantation.This way, stores-two per cent of all kilometers the huge transnational banana comthat North Americans drove in 1969 paniesare able to keep salariesaslow were to go shopping, by 1983 the as $12 a day. In 1997, some 8,000 figure was 13 per cent. banana plantation workers were sucCoffee is the second largest cessful in obtaining compensation traded commodity after oil. North fromDole afterbecomingsterilefrom Americans spend $5.5 billion a year theuse of the pesticide, DCBP, which on their daily pick-me-up, one-fifth the company continued using on its of the world's market. Coffee farm- banana plantations after the US had ers are among the worst paid work- banned its use. ers in the world, making 30 to 50 Makes you stop and think, eh?

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gees. Between 1982 and 1992 Shell has spilled 40 per cent more oil than the Exxon Valdez. The Sudan operation of Canada's largest oil company, Talisman, has been allowing human rights abuses and has played a role in the African country's civil war. There have been atrocities on both sides of the conflict.Governmenttroops have "killed male villagers in mass executions, while women and children were nailed to treeswith iron spikes." The rebel forces have "carried out a series of attacks on civilians in an attempt to capture the oil fields." Attackson the Mobil Oil instal-

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his week, we introduce the Marxist Leninistand the Canadian Actioncandidates for Kitchener-Waterloo. Imprint asked the candiadates five questions: 1.What experience can you bring to the position? 2. Is "brain drain" a myth or a reality? If it is a concern, what can be done to fix the problem? 3. How do students factor into your party's platform? 4. Is the rising cost of tuition an issue your party plans to address?What's your solution? 5. What do you see as the key issue in your riding?

force our employer to honour the very con- 4. "The solution to the rising cost of tuition is tracts they sign with the workers. On four that the rich should pay. The youth of working occasionswe have had to go onstrike to achieve families and the poor cannot afford to even improvement. The most devastating was the attenduniversity. I have two sons inuniversity strike last year. It resulted in Bell Canada suc- and one attending next year. We all workvery ceedinginclosingmany offices. Bell operators hard in our family. My husband and I have either losttheir jobsorwere offered a jobat the three jobs, my sonsworkas well.Yet there will American-influencedcallcenter, Nordia, here be thousands of dollars we will owe in the next five years or so. in Kitchener. "Post-secondary education in North "This is why I have come here. At this workplace we have no rights to our union. We America. where there issomanvriches. should have lost all our wagesand ~orkin~conditions. be free. The banks and the big businesses are This is political in that the government is sup- able to pay. The problem is we have no politcal porting the big corporations and allowing the power and are not able to govern ourselves. thrust of globaliztionrule. All of this rich expe- Political partiesin power are gatekeepers. he^ rience is very relevant to many Canadians. service the banks and big corporations." There should be more worker politicians." 5. "There should be a Riding Association in 2. "When I think of "brain drain," two things Kitchener -Waterloo which consists of one come to mind. First, students accumulatemas- elected person for every 1,000 people. These sive debts in order to get post-secondary edu- representatives would be selected and elected cation. I don't understand the attraction of from our workplaces, educational institutions living andworking in the United States.Personally, the US isthe last place on thisearth I would go. Perhaps there is a need to make money to pay these debts. "Wecanmost certainlyaffordin thiscountry to provide free post-secondary education. We are not apoor nation.There is far too much ews: The persistent debate over the re of our money going to the rich corporations. moval of "alt.*" newsgroupstakes a welSecondly, why shouldn't they pay the student loans of the graduates they hire? These large coming U-turn for many students. Vice Presicorporations have no shame in draining the dent (Academic) and Provost Alan George brainsof graduatesfortheir ownuse.They get announces that all "alt."" newsgroups will be restored, with the exception of "alt.sexn reto drain your brain for free." lated newsgoups. Newsgroup supporterJohn 3. "Our party's program speaks to the issues Vellinga declares that "The administration facing yduth and students. They have their underestimated the amount of political weight own issues. Education, police harassment, students were willing to bring to this issue." homelessness, poverty and the environment. Imprint remembers the 14 women killed The party's program is Empower Canadians! at the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal. The Build Citizens Committees for Democratic Universityplansamemorialservice for the first Renewal (CCDR). anniversary of the brutal attack. "For students and youth this means that we have to smash the old form of party politics orum: News editor Peter Brown writes governing. The rich back a party or two, prop about the Student Life Building's growing them up with the help of the media and they NO committees that have been littering the rule on behalf of the financial oligarchy. We campus with posters and "pestering people don't govern or provide input to the program waiting in line to vote [on the referendum]." the MP takes to Ottawa. We are not consulted WritesBrown, "There'snoexcuse for attemptfor another four years.We can't recall them if ing to influence voters at the polling booth." they don't take up our issues. "Across this country, partiesare in power cience: Darcy Brewer writesabout the "satuputting in place all sorts of damagingpolicies, ration problem," whichspeaksto the growlike Free Trade, cuts in health, education and ing needs for university departments to exanti-worker legislation,whichiscontraryto the pand their facilities. Brewer addresses the need will of the people. for a new science building, saying that admin"This is not democracy and the students istration is planning an 80,000 square foot and youth should take up this program for the building that would house 75 per cent earth sake of building a democratic country." sciences and 25 per cent engineering.

Christine Nugent 1."My past experience as apolitician has been varied and exciting. I, and many other Canadian youth, were protesters against the Vietnam War. There were lively discussions and debates in the universities about the Necessity for Change. I participated in these and other political activities of the day. I have run in two federal elections, one in the 1970sand once in the 1980s. "I ama worker politician. We do not have workers as politiciansingovernment andthisis a serious breach of democracy. As a worker, I have had to deal with many political issues at the workplace and in the community, especially around education issues where my husband and I have raised three sons. There is no shortage of issues facing the working class and people everyday of our lives. "The experience I have has been as a union representative for 24 years. I have filed hundreds of grievances at the workplace on behalf of the workers, mostly women, to improve our wages and working conditions, to

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and communities. This RidingAssociationcan then take up the issues of the riding, invesitgate solutions to problems and put forward a program for the member of parliament .This all inclusive riding association would then put forward candidates for elections. The power would not be in the hands of parties and individuals.If our interests are not represented we could then recall that MP. "At least to start we should begin with forums for discussineu these solutions now. Workers are doing thisand so shouldstudents. Elections should be continous and politics embraced in our everyday lives. Not once every four years. In this way, we will particpate in democracy. We are robbed of this. Our society is facingacrisispolitically. The governmentsare legitimizing the disempowerment of the people. This is the key issue in the riding. "I encourage you to read more on our Web site http://www.cpcml.ca and come forward to build the new."

eatures: SandyAtwalwritesabout the growing market for comic books in the 1990s. Atwal explains that he hopes to "introduce the new reader to some of these [comic writers], and give those familiar with their works a source of some new information about these same authors." In his article, Atwal discusses little-known comics, such as "Big Numbers," "Watchmen" and "Miracleman."

ports: The Warrior men'svolleyballteam's 30-match unbeaten streak against OUAA teams comesto halt with a3-210s to McMaster. The Warriors are fourth in the CIAU national rankings, but reporter Rich Nichol predicts that McMaster, who ranks eighth, will switch places with Waterloo in the next week. Paul Done reports that the Warrior men's hockey team climbs into the CIAU rankings at the 10th spot and first place in the OUAAWest division.

rts: In "New Revolutions" (record reviews), Rich Nichol reports that Rush's Chronicles is "evidence of [the group's] phenomenal career; FloodLindala saysthat 10.000 ~ a n i a c s ' ~ chest o ~ e is "a recordLompanyploy to k e e the ~ fans interested in the band until its next release;" and Trevor Blair admits that "after first impression, notmuchscreams out as 'hit single'" on the Pet Shop Boys' Behaviour.

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The gift of life What is the value of my ideas that I do not express And emotions that I do not cherish, Like lessons I've forgotten through time; They come back to haunt me. What is the value of my talents that I do not harness And opportunities that I do not seize, Like my dreams that I have abandoned; They come back to haunt me. What is the value of my wavering faith And goals that I have not attained Like loves left unspoken; They come back to haunt me. There is no value in being alive but not really living, T o squander my potentials, And to sacrifice the gift. I will be haunted no longer. Adrian Chin First vearKinesiolw

Not Talking Thinking, Not talking But silently blocking Your stupidity is showing In your eyes it's growing. It soundsshocking But I'm not talking, Just silently observing What you're not deserving In my mind I'm joking Your shallowness I'm mocking Don't come at my door knocking; I won't be talking. Just silentlywalking My thoughts unlocking. Thinking, Not talking.

Sonnet Number Two You are the only one for which I yearn, Like soil parched by drought longs for the rain, So franticly my thoughts of you now churn, Oh how much longer must I feel this pain? I shall, if separation takes its toll, Go crazy as desire's flame consumes My self-control, my sanity, my soul. My desperation grows as this fate looms. In search of you I shall set forth with speed, No matter what the journey should entail, And I will flush with joy when my eyes feed On you, my precious jewel, my Holy Grail. Then sitting on your seat I shall with haste Serenely rid my bowels of their waste. ~ l l e Kaye-Cheveldayoff n 1ASystemsDesign

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Filling the void She stares deep into herself With a new philosophical approach; Womanhood seems attainable Struggling for an understanding of a World beyond her reach She slowly opens her eyes and sees it for the first time

Our friendship has been a giftbox of time. tied together with an unending ribbon of pleasure i like to wrap myself in.

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The sun has set, the wind has blown Into the breathing night. When larks will hide, when ravens fly, I dance on rays of light. The dew of night, the tears of day Will lay upon the earth. But I will sing the song of life, With fire, from my birth. All that I know are the woods, the plains, their humming and magic sound. The wind of the mountain sings on my lips, My soul laughs and spins, unbound. And then I am covered by shadows and leaves, Eternity and soul. I listen to silence, wind and night's breath, Even alone I'm whole. Geo7geMunin Physics 2A

Monica Mihalciw Artsand Business

Signal trust me i won't leave you alone for long wait for the signal for the light to change i'll be there face down on the pavement staring at the core of the earth its red glow draws me inside to vanquish my fears

Flora Do 2AApplied Studies, Econ [untitled] I dedicate this to my first human bone with marrow to spare for men on the streets who talk to sparrows and burn down the sheets. Ryan Shaw 3B Sci. Bus.

working with water the air hot filswith blue someone whistles from their balcony eight or ten floors up i make my own blackenedmusic

You You are out of my reach, I can't quite grasp your hand, As you fade from my memory, But you will be back, To ease the pain I feel, And make me smile again.

We were sitting in the Berkeley Cafe.. .you were talking about narrative theory. You expressed your appreciation for the second person point of view. I wasn't sure what that was. I didn't want to Hsk. ~ o i w e r my e first really hipgirlfriend. Yousaid thatthe second person removed thesentimentality of "I" but had moremeaning and insight than "he said." YOU didn't it, but I figuredthat all that was left was "You." But, as I said, I didn't want to ask. I remember being in the process of falling in love with NOW magazine. It seemed that for the first time I could appreciate the writing in it. I had thought of it assort of biasedandnot partkuMy interesting. An article on the IMF protests in Washington was changingmy mind. Ibegan to see thatthese authors knewwhat they were doing, that they were more concerned with spreading their message than telling the truth. Their conviction was overwhelming. You took the NOW away from me, and sipped your tea while skipping ahead a few pages. You eventually sealed on an article on masturbation. ACD wasplayingin the background. It sounded like Radiohead'sTheBends. I asked you for confirmation, but you were too immersedin the article to hear me. I strainedtolisten, eventually hearingaline that Irecognized, "You doitto yourself, andthat'swhat really hurts." I thinkthat it was from the song "Just." I ate your soup. You didn't notice.

The Maiden's Sin You told me we are Goddesses inside And I rejoiced in Heaven's laws until My altar forrn'd my deathbed from my pride For Goddesses can't sin as mortals will. For though that woman's face is not my own, In Figure flaw'd lies yet my tarnish'd soul And while one man's mistake is his alone The Maiden's sin is bought with Woman's toll. You tell me Jesus was a falt'ring man While dying daily deaths for Mary's Sin And with your first, your suicide began For Worship is Contempt's more humble twin. Eve ate the apple; you, though, drank the wine God made her weak, but you made her Divine.

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A Picture The tip of my cigarette glows red as I draw the soothing smoke deeply intomy lungs. Awisp of smoke streamsupwards, curling upon itself as it reaches for the ceiling. Outside my window, above the trees and houses, the setting sun paints the sky awonderfularray of pinksandblues. Alone, I have survived through another day. As I watch, the sun slowly descends, leaving this world in blackness. Icountthe seconds asthey drift by. In this perpetual cloudof smoke, Imeasure time in cigarettes andalcohol; in this perpetual haze, nothing means anything except you. Your picture, covered with an oily layer from the smoke, still sits on the table where you left it. It still sitson top of the letter you left as explanation for your disappearance. The letter is still unopened; Istill donot knowwhy you left. It nolonger matters. Everythingis still as it was, and I stillwait for you to return although I know you never will. My scotch empty and my cigarette has burned down to butt; another hour has passed while I stare out my window. Yesterday blurs into the alcoholic smear of the last four years; tomorrow is another day of gazing out the window at people I do not know. Today is another day of living in dulledpain. Another hour passes as I drift in my loneliness. I saw you through my window; you were walking through my unkempt lawn towards the door: through the weeds, down the overgrown walkway, onto the porch. Your dress fluttered around your anklesin the lightbreeze; you were wearing the same sandals as when you left, though they areconsiderably more worn now. The smile from the picture had vanished from your face; fatigue weighed in your eyes, replacing the happy glimmer I once knew so well. I lit another cigarette and inhaled deeply to calm my nerves. You did not come back the same way you left; you traded your enthusiasm in favor of resignation. With your rucksack on your shoulder, you walked up to my door and knocked three times. Frommy window, Iwatched you set down your rucksack, run your hands through your hair, fix your dress and smile. Things have changed in four years; I do not know if I could handle the joy of havingyou around again. I watchedas you glanced around, peering at the windows, looking for signs of life. You knocked on the door three more times. I pouredmyselfanother shot of scotch; thingshavechanged toomuchin these four years. Who have youbecome? Who have I become? I watched as you picked up your rucksack and continue( down the road; there is never rest for the weary. Exhaling t h ~ noxious smoke, I watched asyou walkedaway; I watchedas yo1 left again. Your letter still sits unopened on the table, thougl it no longer matters. Your picture, grimy from the persisten haze, still watches me as I drink myself unconscious every day Amid the sedating, slowly strangling smoke, your smiling face frozen forever in laughter, reminds me that somewhere in thi crazy, suicidal worldthere is a reason to keep living.

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he Voice I heard it late at night. Three o'clock. Actually, threeghteen to be exact. I was lying in bed on my back, staring up the ceiling. The room should have been pitch black, but my reshad adjusted to the little bit of light that managed to make through my curtains from the street. Insomnia. "What was that?" I said to myself when I heard the noise. vas about to sit up, but then I heard avoice in my head: "Don't ok out the window," it warned. "Don't look out the window?" I thought. "Why wouldn't ook out the window?" The thought paralyzed me in my bed. The noise was odd, it what couldbe the harm in investigating?Ibegan to analyze hat it could have been. Was it someone dragging something? I thought I heard some footsteps. Then again, maybe nor. It was more of asharp, scrapingsound. Could have it been the Grim Reaper scrapinghis ickle along the ground? I laughed a at that thought; it's funny how e dark can bring out your childhood fears. But what if itwasa murderer? My heart began to beat faster. Maybe it was just acat, or a racoon or something. My palms started getting sweaty. 1 was trying to convince myself that it wasnothing to worry about. Curiosity killed the.. .but I was never one to listen to clichb. One little look never hurt anyone. I sat up. My stomach quivered. There was nothing to be afraid of. Pulling in a long breath, I decided to look out the window. I took a moment to compose myself, then plantedmy feet on the floor and stood up. My legs were a little shaky. I walked across my room to the window. I peeled the curtain away and looked down into the street. I gasped for air. I felt tears filling in my eyes. I let go of the curtain and back-pedalled towards the bed. Tripping on my feet, I fell to the floor. I sat there curled up in aball, my chin touching my kneesand my armswrappedaroundmy legs. The tearsnow fell freely from my bulging eyes. Irockedbackand forth, andshookmy head indisbelief. The whole time I had to remind myself to keep ,eathing. Finally, I just tipped over on my side, still clutching y legs. I didn't sleep at all that night, and honestly, I haven't ally slept at all since. All I can see when I close my eyes is that oment of terror. I should have listened. rul Souter zglish RF'W ttersweet iy heart raced as my gaze lay upon her face ly eyes settled and met with hers. nce again I was lost in her eyes. it this would be for the last time lad fallen fast and I had fallen deep ~tI knew this was coming to an end )r her eyes could speak and speak they did ley told me I meant nothing to her :t I could never understand why. ;athered what strength I had l d I turned away, ny delicate beads tumbled from my face ; I rushed towards eternity lrian Chin rst year Kinesiology

Erg Chebbi Sunrise Dust and stale windworn insects settle like used friends on windshield winding roads and beside the dirt of your boots, laces untied, panting on the vinyl of the dashboard. We shift and I -drive at twilight while clumps of scorched frost and stingy cacti suppose themselvesto tufts of grass, to feather-dancing trees grazing under the moon now undecided, as if someone placed a piece of paper down the middle of it. As if someone hid its other half. We won't see stars in the desert You say this to me so sure, so matter of fact. The moon, now half, was full that night, and I Hate how you look so subtle in the mornings, how you always happen to be right, when I want you simple and imperfect. In Merzouga, while the others choke sleep in Berber tents. We creep wordless towards the dunes dozing in the light of your moon, so bright that the stars have given up. We dodge conversation and slumbering camels, or so you say while I -in the near darkness, think, they may be tall grasses ones that just happen to smell like tired camels, soft-pawed and gangly, nestled in the quiet speeches of sand. Kat Wrobel Fourth yearEnglish

Broken Hearts Broken hearts do not emerge Out of rejections nor denied love But simply out of ignorance of truth For it wipes out the respect, admiration One holds for you deep down In the holy temple Views do differ, my love We are only human But let them not be your master For they do change The truth, it never dies out Though it may take an eternity T o tear the mask of lies I beg you, do open your eyes Seek the truth that awaits

TheBogeyman I have a lot of hostility towards the bogeyman the way he hid in my closet then under the bed then took to the streets I called him up one evening asked him out for coffee but his excuse was he couldn't bear to be seen I think he sensed confrontation C. ReneeAmmendolia Arts

PoliticalFabrication Every street cor ner buzzingwith names and colours. NDP Liberal PC campaigners singing promises to the ALMIGHTY registered voter LOWERTAXES MORE JOB S E C W lesswelfare campaigns fueled by the ALMIGHTY[dollar] Driven over the bodies of the poor Everyone guaranteeing change Noonerealizingthecost, untilitisseen in hindsight lowerstandards MOREMONEY.. .inpoliticianspockets lesshealthcare Party leaders all SINGING the same refrain The opposition's mistaken WE'RE the party who'll MAKE the change the same song of change everytime. MarcelPinheiro First yearBiology Gypsy Girl You already know what you are in this world, You have been told what you wanted to know. You have everything; you don't need to work. You are one happy and sweet gypsy girl. You already know what you want to do, Your dad has paid the shopping bill for you. He mapped out your life long ago for you. You are the prom queen, what else do you do? You're the most famous gypsy in your class. You live in Hollywood in a large house. What else do you really want from life? Besides all those things you don't have.. . MonicaMihalciw Arts and Business TheDays when We were Children Gone are the days When we were the children of tomorrow Gone are the ways We used to play in the sand Gone are the times We ran around free Like the birds in the sky! MonicaMihalciuc Arts and Business

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How can I write you out of me? You've painted yourself inside me like Icave markings beautiful but mostly indecipherable. Your hieroglyphics creep up on me at: night wake me up in an angry sweat and an epiphany. How can I write you out of me? When across the country I don't know how to react here. I chase you out of me with my ink laden pen which sometimes is too heavy to write one more word and too empty to stop. How can I write you out of me when your words fill in my script? Jan GuentherBraun Fourth yearEnglish Literature

Seasons Sitting on the front porch on a windy day, feeling my clothes flutter against my skin. Listening to the tinkling of laughter like little chimes set off by a slight breeze. Seeing fragile translucent bubbles floating in the sky lemonade with clumps of sugar Lying lazily in a glade unhurried, making a chain of wildflowers Collecting freshly fallen leaves from the ground Smelling cookies.baking in a warmed up &en Singing Christmas carols on a snowy street corner Enjoying the embrace of a loved one by a heated fireplace.

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ScareTactics thereis aneuromuscular area for me to hide. but i disappear every time you reach out. it doesn't matter it's grey matter that'sall. i thought about becoming an electron. revolving around a crooked sphere. then the world slipped and cracked it hip that's all. on my feet i feel safe, alone. it's walking that blanks me out. that numb thought of movement lost that's all. a tree's leaves are its roots. our soil is their soul. it's after the fact your heart attack that's all. Eric Wilkens 4AHistory

There is no difference between you and I hada4 a.m. drink with the moon last night. He told me that he saw my head fly away, the day i planted my heart in your garden. Flora Do 2AApplied StudiesEconomics

King of theDonkeys- AParable A man, who had smooth clever hands, said, "I am the king of the donkeys." And he brandished a bullwhip to prove it. I watchedas he walked to the center of a long oblong chamber, whose floorboards under his step cried out, creaking menacingly. And there I beheld a chair surrounded by a herd of stunned little donkeys. They trotted backin trepidation making way for the man. Leaping up he mounted the chair.

Falling to Pieces I feel like a fallen leaf, Whose bright colour -dulled and grey, Drying to a crisp, crumpled, To be carried awayin pieces-by the wind. VWChan 4BCS,C&O

Setting one foot on its back he leaned forward. When he'd balanced on two chair legs, he lashed the air. Hiss and crack. "I am a Roman," he did shriek. And the donkeys too stood up on their hind legs. And I sawthem begin to speak the single word they know in the manner of men's speech. And the whip cracked. And the evening wore on. I wept. Geofiey Canie Fourth-year ClassicalStudies

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ne of the things that really amazes me when I'm at a gathering of queer people is just how many of them are vegetarian. Is it a coincidence that many of my friendsmake the moral decision not to eat animals for food? Or is there some sort of correiation between being gay and having a sense of social consciousness? I am not avegetarian, but my boyfriend is (sounds like something that should be on abutton). When we started dating a year ago, it was Steve who raised my awareness of the whole issue of being vegetarian. NOW it seems I run into vegetarians all the time.I'msuretheywere around before, I just never really noticed. Now that I have been noticing, it seems to me that most of the vegetarians I know are gay; moreover, all the vegans (strict vegetarians) I know are gay. And those vegetarians who aren't gay are exceptionally accepting of gay people. I've taken too many statisticscourses, and therefore know enough not to claim that one factor causesthe other. Itwouldseem, though, that "awareness of queer issues" and "awareness of animal issues" are positively correlated. I would even go so far as to say that those two factors are also highly correlated to awareness of women'sissues, cultural issues, environmental issues and othir social issues.. As evidence of environmental awareness, I submit the number of queers who choose alternate forms of transportation over cars. I

have come across some absolutely dogmatic people who 1)will never own a car 2) bike everywhere, even in the winter, and 3) use public transit only when they have to. I have a tremendousamount of respect for these people because their lifestylechoice contributes to the environment, makes them healthier people and saves them tonnes of money. And, of course, it shouldn't be a surprise that most of these people are also vegan. Before I get too heady, I ably concede that most gay people are not vegetarian or avid environmentalists. M O S ~hive cars even when they should be walking. Many wear leather clothes. A small number of gay people are really sexist; likewise, so are a small number of lesbians. Many queer people are intolerant of religious and cultural diversity. Many queer people don't reduce, reuse, or recycle. My point is not to make the generalization that gay people and their allies are altruistic or perfect. Most do seem, however, to generalize their appreciation of queer issues to other social concerns. I'm not sure why there would be a relationship between queer awareness and social awareness.It would be really interestingtosee a study which either confirms or denies my theory that they are correlated. Certainly, socialchangeoccursmuch faster when people of different causes can come together and share a common understanding.

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ere is the scenario: a girl in Illinois takes what she believes to be ecstasy. After an hour, nothingreally happens. Believing the pill to be weak, she takes another, then another. Finally, she is feeling something. She begins to dance.Thensweat. Now sheisfeelingill. Her body temperature begins to rise. It climbs to 108,109,110, She is literally being cooked fromtheinside out. Shehas a seizure. All her organsbegin to shut down from the heat and she starts bleeding from everywhere. At this point thereis nothingthat doctors can do except try to make the girl as comfortable as possible as she dies.

There is a new reason to be worried if you are using the popular rave drug ecstasy. Now, when users buy what they believeisecstasy,they may in fact be buying pills that have PMA (paramethoxyamphetamine), adrugthat is far deadlierthan MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine), the chief ingredient in ecstasy. PMAre-emergedinCanadaearlier this year. Its spread to Canada and North America has been linked to its re-emergence in Australia in 1994. At that time, drug enforcement officials found that six suspected ecstasy deaths were actually the result of PMA. At the time, pills tested by drug enforcement agencies worldwide were able to confirm that PMA was isolated to Australia. In the past year, PMA has been turning up in Europe, the United States, and more recently Canada. EcstasytabletstestedinToronto have been found to contain PMA. In October, York Regional Police announced that PMAwas, in fact, back on the streets of Toronto. Andin the last fewmonths, at leasttwo ecstasyrelated deaths in Ontario have been attributed to PMA.

Paramethoxyamphetamine (PMA) is a methoxylated phenethylarnine derivative that has been used illicitly in Australia since late 1994, but claimed its first victims, nine people in Ontario, in 1973. Currently it issold as "ecstasy."This has a wide cross section of the dance, rave, medical and law enforcement communitiesworried. PMA can lead to hyperthermia (extreme overheating of the body), intracranial hemorrhage (brainswelling and bleeding), raises the blood temperature, affects the heart rate, causes dehydration, increases the risk of convulsions and raises blood pressure, in some instances causing strokes. Meltdown can last up to 10dreadfulhours before inevitable death. Dr. Stephen Kish, a scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)in Toronto, sees first-handthe damage that PMA can do. He works in the Human Neurochemical Pathology Laboratory in the CAMH, studying the brains of chronic users of amphetamines, includingPMA, MDMAandmethamphetamine. "Due to the extreme level

of hyperthermia that is brought on by PMA, decompositionof the body is accelerated to a great degree," he says. "In some cases, the brain actually begins to liquefywithin hours of death, since the core body temperature can stay elevated at 108 or 109 degrees, five or sixhours after death." Among ecstasy users, the reaction is mixed. For many users, finding out what PMA does and how hard it could be to detect has made themwary. "Iwas

tional organizationswhich promote responsible drug use, advocate the use of EZ Test Kits which users can buy. The kits test pills for the presence of MDMA-like substancesand amphetamines. If apill testsnegative for either, stay away. The problem with these kits, however, is that neither can confirm the presence of PMA in a pill that tests positive for MDMA or amphetamines.Accordingto Kish, "Only an analyticalchem-

effect, and a slight elevation in energy levels. But since ecstasy cancreate strong euphoric effects with increased energy levels and has extremely low death rates compared with PMA, the question arises as to why PMA is even out there. It is a widely held belief among the dancelrave community and law enforcement that dealers andmanufacturers have been adulterating or substitutingPMA for ecstasybecause it's easier and

know what's in Someofthese pillscontainPMA, some MDMA, and some have both. scared users the pills they are Can you tell thedifference? away from selling. Ecstasy PMA." Kish and related drugs oftencome in pills ist with a mass spectrometer could hopesthat public education and this stamped with a logo that acts as a tellyouwhetherapillcontainsPh4A." drug will again help to reduce debrand name for a particular underThoughPMAcloselyresembles mand for it. ground drug lab and are meant to ecstasy in appearanceand effect, exThisis one case where allsidesensure quality. Just as in theclothing pertswarn that the newer drug is far police, government and the dance and perfume industries, rogue facto- more deadly. PMA has very few de- communities agree there is a probries will put out knock-offs with the sirableside-effects. Ecstasyincreases lem. Hopefully, there is a solution. same logo but lower quality. In this your pulse rate and gives you this For unbiased medical informacase, it's a recognized brand with a warm feeling, but is rarely f a d , tion aboutPMA, visit: www.ncbi.nlm poison as the main ingredient. though it has other long-term ef- nih.gov/PubMed/. For discussion Within the dance community, fects. With PMA, the effects that it boards, EZ Test kits and/or pill remeasures are being taken to help does have are most easily character- ports from the dancelrave commumake ecstasy use a little safer. ized as being the same as weak ec- nity, visit: www.blue1ight.n~ or Dancesafe and Bluelight, interna- stasy. There is a very mild euphoric www.dancesafe.org.

Behind the scenes in Svdne UW Track 8, Field coach fills us inhis week at UW Volleyball The women had all they could handle In agame onNovember 15~nWindsor agamst the Unlvers~tyof Windsor Lancers, yet the Warriors won out 27-25,26-28,25-22, 19-25 and 15-12. Forthe team, th~swasa great wm that hopefully starts them on the path to the playoffs. As for the men's vollevball team. riors a t the Guelph Gryphon at~onal.The first game sawwaterloo

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Basketball etter and h ~ men s made the the 49th parallel to take on r College and Daemon Colweekend. Unfortunately for rriors, the trip resulted in two Westminster won the first game 9 1le Daemon took the secondmatch As for the women, who are continutheir regular season, the Warriors &l?layeda great game as they humiliated the Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks 71-56 at the PAC. ~ i c o l kConsitt led the way with 16pointsfortheWarriors.Much to the team's disappointment, they could not sweep the weekend games when they hosted the McMaster Marauders. Despite the spectacular play of Leslie Mitchell, Kristen Eisler and Nicole Consitt, McMaster powered their way to a 85-78 victory.

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they don't even meet the poverty line," says McFarlane. He also deecently, I was able to sit down and talk scribed the treatment of to Brent McFarlane, a man with some our Olympic medal winvery impressive credentials. He has ners as poor compared to coached trackand field in 5 Olympicgames, 3 other countries where Commonwealth Games, 3 Pan Am Games and successful athletes are 3 World Championships. He has authored 4 given significant financial books on the science of hurdling and speed, and rewards and other benconducts clinics and workshops all over the efits. world. He is also a Waterloo grad in Funding issuesaside, Kinesieology, and continues to coach track at Brenttookanew philosoUW on top of his coaching at the Kitchener- phy with him to Canada's Waterloo TrackandField Club and his full time Olympic track team. His job as an elementary school phys-ed teacher. philosophy - one team Brent was the HeadTrackand Field coach and one goal. Brent creat this past summers' Olympic Games in Syd- ated a handbook for ney, Australia. Our chat focusedspecificallyon coachesandathletes, aptly his experience with the team at the Games. titled Canadian Aussie Brent encountered both successesand failures Rules 2000, as a code of on the road toSydney. The Games themselves conduct and expectations were also a mixed bag of boch positives and for the games. Brent disnegatives for Brent. cussed with me his feeling With a budget of $111,000 for the entlre that teams in the past track team, McFarlane d~dn'thave a lot of haven't focused on the money to work w~th.This money had to cover common entity of the transportation, housing, food, everything for team. Instead, the focus the athletes. "We treat our athletes as ~f they was on the individual and Brent and Baileydoingpromotionalwork. wereiivlnginthe~dWorld,"saysMcFar!ane. their own performance. "The polit~c~ans and the government don't In a sport as individualistic as track and attending a function to raise money for Canaunderstand what it takes to wm an Olymp~c field, it was hard to get complete buy-in from dian athletics, not to have a night of "fun," 2s medal." McFarlane compares Canada's ath- the athletes - McFarlane's team approach portrayed in the media. letics program to other countries such as Aus- was met with mixed reaction from Canada's One might wonder, why does a coach ot traliaandtheUS as peanuts to steaks. "We feed team. In contrast to what one might have Brent'scalibercontinue to teachphys-ed, coach our athletespeanutswhile thecompetition are expected, McFarlane cited Donovan Bailey as at UW and coach regionally in K-W? eating steaks," he says. anathlete who waswillingtoworkaspart of the one team towards the one goal. Bailey attended a general team meeting in Sydney, a notable change from past behaviour. On the subject of Bailey, McFarlanepaints a different picture of the star than has'been found in our mainstream media of late. "DonovanBaileygives back to the sport in Canada, he raisesmoney, andraisesawarenessyet isstill McFarlane,who personallyraised $20,000 treated negatively in the media and in the US for the .Sydney discussed how most Canadianpublic." If you remember the articles Canadian Olympic athletes have to work full- in our major newspapersduring the Olympics, time on top of their training in order to make Bailey wasmalignedfor his "night of drinkingn endsmeet. "These athletesreceive $1,100 per during the games. McFarlane was with Bailey month from the government to sustain them, that night and describesthe situation as Bailey

His philosophy one team, one goal.

"These athletes receive $1,100 per month from the government to sustain them, they don't even meet the poverty h e . " - McFarlane

This week for the Warriors Kingston is the place to be for the Warriors, as the figure skating team and the ice hockey team will take to theice. The figure skaters will represent the university on November 24 at 7 bleeping o'clockin the bleepingmorning. As for Cressman's side, they will take on the Royal Military College Paladins on November 25 at 2 p.m. and the Queen's University Golden Gaels the next day at 3 p.m Closer to home, the PAC willhostthe swimming team as they take on York on November 25 at 2 p.m The squash team will also be hosting the West sectional at the PAC on November 24. Finally, the men's basketball team will play George Brown College on November 25 at the main gym.

McFarlanewiththeCanadianmen's4x IOOm relayteam(L-R) ~ d r i a ~n o o d l e yh, a d ~ c ~ u apierre i ~ ~ro&,andGlenroy , Gilbert.

Well, McFarlaneexplained that he likes to teach athletes the importance of sport and he "loves the teamatmosphere at the University of Waterloo." He describes our track team as a group of people working as hard as possible to succeedas a team. "Whenit's time for the relay, it is a matter of picking those athletes that are still standing," describes Brent. "I love the team unity at Waterloo." Brenthasrecentlyreleased his fourth book, TheScietlceofHurdlingandSpeed.Hecontinues to teachphys-ed full time. Brent coaches track two timesa weekfor UW and forthe KitchenerWaterloo Track and Field club. As for the future, he will release a strength training book, continue to coach regionally, nationally and internationally, and tirelessly continue to try and improve the lot of Canadian athletes. We wish him the best of luck.

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Toronto. But she also feels that the vegetarian choicesareoften bypassed by students, "cause they lookat it and think, what's in that -they're suspect." There've been a lot of changes over the past few years and they've beenwellreceived by students.Barton receives feedbackthrough comment cards and at the seminars she presents:"itused to be very negative material -you're doingthis wrong, we hate this - but now it's good educated nutritional decisions, and material .. .the students were really doingnuaitionalco~dtingandsemi- upset, they didn'tlikethe poor choice nar work with various departments ...nowIamnot hearing any ofthat." By popular request, Barton is of the University - Food Services, HealthServices,ResidenceLife,and currently working on a nutritional information project to let students Athletics. She sits on the Food Advisory know the nutrient composition of Board, acommittee that meetsevery the food they eat. Individual food two weeks to deal with issues around fact cards are being introduced to food planning and delivery through replace the existing nutritional broFood Services, "but Health Services chures which contains information pays for my seat there. ..I think its on a wide selection of menu items. One concern Barton has is the a nice way to be in the meeting with lackof fibreinstudents' diets-"Isee FoodServices." She is involved in the planning that there's too little fibre in the done to determine what foods are cafeteria food and this is a common offered by Food Services, as well as fact -many young people are not getting the message out to students. eating enough fibre -it's not a UW She has been part of the behind-the- fact. .. but I'd like to see UW do an excellent job of providing students withchoiceswith more fibre." But the onus isnot only on Food Services. "It's to do with the fact that students want high fat food. That's what they want, that's what they were programmed to eat." Other primary messages that Barton is trying to find some space in students' heads for, include following the 1-2-3 Energy strategy, getting the timing right on eating, and includingsnacks ("mini-meals") into scenes work over the past few years daily eating patterns. 1-2-3 Energy is asimplifiedway in making changes to the food availof remembering to eat a balanced able to students on campus. "FoodServices, Istillthink, does meal. One, for vegetablesand fruit, not do a good job marketing their which provide about an hoursworth product to campus.. .There'vebeen of energy. Two, for grains, that dechanges, so it's too bad people don't liver two hours worth. Three, for know more about it." One change protein, energy which will last three she identifies is the introduction of hours. The idea is, every time you eat, goodvegetarian selectionsprovided by Commensal, acompany that also eat for energy and include each of provides food for some five-starveg- the three foods in your meal / snack etarian restaurants in Montreal and to keep you going until your next

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t this Universitythere's alot of choice offeredintermsof what you can eat. The thingis,it ultimatelycomes down o what you select-the choice you make, Food services canprovide the healthiest food possible for you, but if you choose to grab a donut and coffeefromliim Horton's everymorningfor breakfast. .well, its your choice.

One person who's had a role in ensuring that healthy choices are available to you is Linda Barton. In her position as consulting dietician with the school, Barton sees one of her goals as raising students' awareness and education regarding the food they're using as their body's buiIding blocks. "Because actually, I think people aren't thinking at all about what they're eating. ..and something so important as the fuel you're putting in your body, you don't even think about it? It's on the shelf because some company wanted to make money, and you'reeatingit? ...like, just wake up. Whatever choice suits you, but make a choice."

nourishment. This relates to Barton's second emphasis, getting your timing right. Try for every three or four hours. "Extremely hungry people binge." Instead, you "should be loolunglooking for consistent behaviour patterns.".

private practice, located beside the SwissChaleton Weber. Her rates are $85 per visit for the general public, but offers a student rate of $60. UW students have another option available to them: "Health services does offer nutrition consults with the nurses that I work with, so there's

Eat for energy - easy as 1 - 2 - 3. Have balanced "mini-meal" snacks. Eat every 3 to 4 hours. The third message, eatingsnacks (or "mini-meals), also tiesin. Limiting yourself to three meals a day is not compatible with eating every three to four hours. So plan to have a couple of balanced mini-meals (1-23) along with your regular meals. Barton offersacouple of suggestions of stand-alonefoods that "offer your body basically the right nutrient balance," such as yogurt. Along with her duties at the university, Barton operates her own

Linda Brogdan and Sheila Wilson, and you can go in and do a nutritional consult ....they have all these resources, we've set them allup over the years, so that they can take a student through a very nice look at their eating habits -because I cost money and not everybody wants to pay sixtybucks (student fee) to talk to me." Nextweek, we'll lookat some of the issues that she deals with in her practice.

One culinary choice offered to Villagers comes from Commensal, a company that makes vegetarian dishes for five-star restaurants in Toronto and Montreal. "It's really my job to provide information to you that's accurate, teach you how to get more, and encourage you to think about what your choice is-what your choice is. I don't like telling people that meat is no good, or milkis better than soy. I don't like to tell people that. I like to tell them the facts about milk, the factsabout soy, and encourage them to make a choice." Barton's role at the university is two-fold: helping students to make

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Toronto and $$ cuts makes Waterloo sing the Blues JOHN SWAN Imprint sports

oals, in the game of ice hockey, are the most critical part for any team. If you aren't scoring, it doesn't matter if you have Supermanin net. And while the goalies for the University of WaterlooWarriors have been doing their thing well, the offense needs to step up if the team wants to return to the playoffs after a one-year hiatus. On November 19, the University of Toronto Varsity Blues paid a visit to the Columbia Icefields to contend with the Warriors. With the Golden Hawksnot playingthisweekend, thiswasaprime opportunity for Waterlooto tiewithhurier for thud in the OUA Far West. Of course, to get to that spot, Dave Cressmanand his men had to beat Darren Lowe's Varsity Blues. Jake McCracken, a rookie goaltender, started in net for the Warriors, while David Lemanowiczwas in between the pipes for thevarsity Blues. Forthe sold out crowd at the ColumbiaIcefields,they were in for a very tough, physical battle. The first periodwasprettymuch controlled by the Warriors, although Toronto showedabit of offence now and then. During the firstthree min-

Toronto 2, Waterloo 1. uteH of the game, f or onto wasgiving the Warrior defense a bit of trouble. but McCracken was right there to

close the door on the likes of Steve DiRenzo, Michael Hutchison and Tyler Middlebrook. Once the Warriors weathered the early storm, Cressman's squad leaped into action, blasting mid and long distance shots at ~emiikowicz.In the fourth minute, Waterloo's tenacity was rewardedwitha stunninggoalby Brett Turner, with assistance from Mike N i o n . Sean Fitzgerald and rookie Tyson Brown also contributedto the Warriors' offensiveefforts,but could not capitalize because of Lemanowicz's fine play. After one period, the Warriorshad a one-goal advantage. Unfortunately for the Warriors, the downfall wouldcomein the second period. The first sign offalteringcame within the first two minutes of the period, when the Warriorsdefense wasbreachedby Brandon Barbowski. His shot was saved by McCracken's chest and the Waterloo goalie had to fall upon it to prevent Toronto from rebounding the ~ u c andslamrningthe k puckintothe net. But the real tragedy came four minutes later. It all started when Middlebrook charged Fitzgerald right into the boards, resulting in a two minute penalty for the Varsity Blues. H a h a y through the power play, Toronto snatched the puck from a Warrior and started to try and clear it. ScottJohnson obtained the puck; found-he Warriorsout of position and made the Warriors pay dearly with a great short-handed goal. Justlike that, it was now tied at agoal apiece. To addinsultto injury, GeorgeTrifon caught McCrackenin asprawledpositionand neatly placed the puckinto thebackofthe netwith

38 seconds left in the period. When the buzzer sounded to end the second, it was Toronto who held the edge by a goal. The third period just certified the hard luck of the Warriors. Cressman'smen knew thatthey had to score agoalif they wanted achance at tying Laurier for the third spot in the division.However, Lemanowicz wouldnotallow any talkabout yielding another goal to the Warriors. Mark Robson tried to score, but Lemanowicz dove to save the puck.

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The downfall would come in the second period. Phil Willard tried with three consecutive long distance shots, but the Torontonianwould have nothing to do with it. Nixon tried, but his sThot rang off the left-side post. For the Warriors, it wasone of those days, as the Varsity Blues left town with a 2lvictory. . After the game, Darren Lowe expressedhijoy for winning against a tough team. "Waterloo has been playingwell asof late," Lowe stated, "and we've had a few gamesin overtime this season, so thisisa good win for ustoday." When askedaboutthe letdown in the third period, Lowe responded, "It's a natural reaction sometimes when you are ahead. We also had two guys injured during the game." Overall, Lowe praised Lemanowicz, the line of Trevor Gnybowslu,BrandonBarbowskiand Robert Frankovic, and George Trifon. On Trifon, Lowe quipped, "He was the top scorer last year, but he'sstruggled a bit. I talkedwith him this week and he's doing much better." As for the team itself, all Lowe had to say was, " I just think that they're a good, young team." The mood of the Warrior head coach was a bit more downcast. "We're not scoring, we're having trouble putting the puck into the not," was what Cressman boiled the problem to, "The people that need to be scoring, aren't. It was a good effort, but a very disappohting result." On his rookie goaltender McCracken, Cressman stated, "He played well and has done what he's been asked to do." So far, things are much better on the injury front than lastyear. 'Right now, we're inabit of a doldrum," summarized Cressman on the team's current state. Due to budgetary problems, the Warriors will be forced to bus their way to Kingstonon November 25 at an ungodly hour to play the Royal Military College Paladins, the traditionalwhippingboys of OUAhockey, at 2 p.m. The team will stay in Kingston to play the Queen's University Golden Gaels on November 26 at 3 p.m. If you're in Kingston, come on out and root our boys to victory.

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A first-year pre-health student from Melbourne, Ontario, Jake has been solid in goal for the Warriors when called upon this season. This past Sunday vs. Toronto, Jake made 40 saves in a tough 2-1 loss. Jake, a former Sault Ste. Marie Greyhound, made critical stops throughout the gamein keeping the score close. Jake has been very impressive for the Warriors and will be abigpart of the Warriorsdrive to the CIAU Championshipstobe heldinKitchener,March 21-25. The Warriorsare nowon the road for four important games before returning home on January 7 to face their cross-town rivals from Laurier.

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student from Nepean, Ontario, Kristen led the Warriors to a 1-1 record last week in regular season action in games against Laurier and McMaster. In36 minutes playedvs. Laurier, Kristenscored 13po&tsand added five assists. She also collected five reboundsin the Warriors7146 victory. In a tough game against McMaster, Kristen racked up 14 points, sevenassistsandfiverebounds, in33 minutes, losingaclose one 8578 to the Mauraders. Kristen has displayed outstanding leadership from her point guard position and will be counted on to continue her strong play throughout the season.

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But the owner of the WWF buying 2 0 percent of The Score? Granted, what McMahon gives is very popular amongst the 18-35 demographic and is a lot better than "professional" boxing. Still, the WWF is sports entertainment, is very trashy and does not belong on The Score. Vulgarity, promiscuity and raw violence festers any WWF show. Parents' groups and politically correct, anal retentive wahoos are amongst the fiercest criticsof this sports entertainment. While I personally support McMahon'sview by sayingthat these nuts should try a little invention called the off button, I believe that Raw is War and Smackdown. which are entertaining in a crude way, should not be shown on a sports channel. That sort of degenerate thing is what Fox is for. What frightens me the most is the thought that corporations will start buying up leagues. In England and Scotland, you have beer companies and insurance agencies sponsoring cups and even divisions. Could you imagine that here? In the future, you could end up having to watch the Toronto Tim Horton's Maple Leafs face off against the Buffalo Mighty Taco Sabresatthe Air Canada Centre foraNational HockeyLeague game, sponsored by the Canadian BloodServices.Or see a CoorsLight Major League Baseball match at the Rogers Skydome. But when the TampaxU.S. women's soccerleague or the Vagisil figure skating series comes out, I will personally see to it that the Messiah comes to take me away from this lunacy. Ladies and gentlemen, I have seen the future and it is scary. Mr. McMahon has made the first step towards a future where the line between sports and sports entertainment has disappeared. Corporations are still placing their sickly tentacles on teams, and it appears that there's no stop to it. Be afraid, people, be very afraid. I know I am. Hope to see you next week on Raw is Desportivos Internacionales. Now know your role and shut your goddamn mouth!

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an-Fit-Pro (Canadian Fitness Professionals) is staging its annual holiday kick-off sessions on Saturday, December 2. This leading fitness organization is hosting cutting edge fitness workshops for fitness professionalsand the general public across Canada on this day. Here in Waterloo, the Columbia Icefields Gymwillbehostinghdy Dumasand Jamie Somemille and their "onetwo punch" program - a fitness boxing class that will provide you with the experienceof training like a boxer. The session is being held from 1 0 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. andall fitness instructors, participants and interestedpersons are welcome to attend. Register by calling 1-800-667-5622 ext. 221. Can-Fit-Pro members are Day. only free. all non-members $IO:OO.R e ~ s t enow r and learn the techniques of motivating your participants,teachingtraining skills and instructing boxing moves in a real contender's workout.

Fall 2000 bonspiel a success The Curling Club heldthe Fall2000 edition of its bonspiel at the Ayr Curling Club on Saturday, November 11. A total of 12 teams participated in two draws. The day was a great success and very enjoyable for all. The winners of the early draw were "The Knights of Ni" with skip Stephen Thorne and teammates ScottMacLeod. SteveUtzandAndrea Postma. " ~ l u e ~ e x u swon " the late

draw with skip Andrew Ward and teammates Craig Stait-Gardner, Doug Suerichand RachaelShhan.

Competitive soccer This term's soccer season ended on Saturday, November 4. In the "A" division, league one was won by Steaua in an ovemme game against Q.G.F.C. The FlyingButtresseswon in league two and LaNazionalewon in league three. The "B" division was divided into five 1eagues.TheIndividualteam won the top league, with FUPA United, Vasian, Waterlogged and Chem Grads mastering the other leagues. In the "Cn division, the CS Guys won the top league and the Fodswon the finalsagainsttheMech Dogs in their league. After some intensematches,theSPUCBeaniecame out of fifthplace in regular season to win the "Dmdivision. Every teamalso enjoyedaspirit of competitiongame.The RustyWhistle Award went to the Waterlogged for their excellentsportsmanshipand having aperfea spirit of competition score in the regular season. Chris Dube receivedthe Captain's Choice Award for the most popular official.

Competitive football Well, it's been another exciting season in the competitivefootballleague hereat UW.Our championshipgame was played on November 6, where Love Gravy squared off against Seminoles. It was a tight game, but Seminoles came throughwith the

extra touchdownneeded to win the game, 13-7. In the other divisionwe had an even closer game, with Renison College beating out The Mighty Llamas in a close game, with a final score of 21-18.

Badminton tourney The U W Badminton Club proudly hosted the legendary "Survival of the Fittest" BadmintonTournament for this term on November 17 and 18. The event, known for itsimpressive prizes and tremendous amounts of food, attracted 182 participants from all over Ontario, includingvarsity players from Uof T andYork. In total, 200 litres of Powerade, three cases of bananas, 300 wings and 30 pizzas were consumed. Generously sponsoredby Yonex andcourts Plus, thetournamentprizesincludednine Yonex racquet bags andT-shirts. After 18 hours of hard-fought matchesandlots of muscle aches, the "fittest" players emerged to claim victory. Congratulations to Bob Led David Kue for winning the Men's Doubles for the fifth time straight. They defeatedthe team of Oscar Lei . and Eddy. Kung. In the women's singles, Karmen Too defeated Mei Dent. In the men's singles, Bob Lee defeated Stephen Docking. For the women's doubles, Maria CheahLinda Kawahara defeated Doris WongKarmanYip. Finally, the mixed doubles had Sin Jin CheaWMaria Cheah defeat Dennis TheIMei Dent.Thanks to everyone who came out to this tourney and congratulations to the winners.

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clear. The interaction that Jesus and the ensemble was going to shine. They were a group of people of Judas had was also very well develdifferentageswhosevoicesblended oped, especially in their exchange seamlessly andsoaredwiththeamaz- about Judas' betrayal in "The Last ing orchestra. Their spirit came Supper." It was obvious that both LAUREN E. SCHELL through in the upbeat "Hosanna" men felt the uncertaintv and the fear special to lmprint and "Superstar." hat's the buzz? Tell me The ensemble provided a solid backwhat's happening. . ."I'll tell you, Kitchener-Wa- ground that compterloo Musical Productions per- limentedthe princiformed Andrew Lloyd Webber's pal characters. D a r r e l l powerful rock opera based on the last seven daysofJesus' life to anearly Kuwabara, who full house for last Saturday's closing played Jesus, had a pleasingvoice, even night show. Jesus Christ Superstar is the end though it seemed of Jesus' life told through the eyes of like the orchestra the apostle who betrayed him, Judas overpoweredhim at Iscariot. Judas sees Jesus not as the times. The anguish omniscient messiah, but as a man of Jesus' last days who has stirred up quite a lot of on earth clearly controversy. He feels Jesus has too showed on his face. many inconsistencies, illustratedes- Mary Magdalene pecially in hisrelationship withMary was well played by Amanda Brunk who Magdalene. You'reasu~erstar,that iswhatYOU are. The show is not so much about had a beautiful, Jesus himself, but about the feelings strong voice that that God's message inspires in oth- soared in her touching rendition of of what was tocome. The dream was ers: doubt in Judas, an all-encom- "I Don't Know How To Love Him." comingto an end and soon the harsh passing love in Mary, extreme loy- She conveyed the feelings of confu- reality of day would wake them all. The "badguys" in the show did alty in Peter, and even moments of sion anduncertainty that Mary must their job with conviction and skill. uncertainty in Jesus himself. K-W have felt for Jesus with honesty. The shining star of Jesus Christ The High Priest Caiaphas, played by conMusicalProductionssu~~e~~fully veyed the wide range of emotions SuperstarwasJay Davis, who played Doug Sheppard, had a wonderful this musical inspires. From the first Judas. He had an amazingvoice and bass voice that was accented pernote they sang, it was obvious that the passion he evokedin the role was fectly by his tenor "sidekick" Claude

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Massicotte who plays Annas. The villainwithaconsciencewas Pontius Pilate, portrayed by Robin Habermehl. He had a lovely voice with agood range and one could see the trepidation he had in condemning Tesus throughout th; $ay. The scene where Jesus isscourgedat the pillar was cleverly done, with members of the ensemble dipping their hands in red paint, then slapping Jesus as Pilate calls out the 39 strokes. Finally,Jesusisbloodied and broken. Pilate takes him in his arms and, in a tender moment, sings, "Where are you from Jesus?/What do you want Jesus?/ Tell me/ You've got to be careful/ You could be dead soon, could well be/ Why do vou not weak when I have vour life in mv hands?/ How can you stay quiet? I don't believe you understand." Frustrated, Pilate hands Jesus over to be crucified. He has done all that he could and now his earlier premonition from "Pilate's Dream" will no doubt occur: "Then I saw thousandsof milliondCrying for this man/ And then I heard then men-

tioningmy name/Andleavingme the blame." We must not forget the comic relief that comes in the form of King Herod and his Roaring Twenties rendition of "King Herod's Song," complete in bright - .yellow suit and flappers. Stephen Young, who was a gooddancer aswell assinger, played Herod. Assoon as the sign proclaiming "Herod's Place" was lowered, it was clear that he was going to be a lively guy. The show was staged on a construction of wood with various ladders, platforms and a cross at the centre. The cast used the set well, changing~tfrommarketplace totemple to garden. Judas' death waspoignantly staged with the lowering of a noose, while the crucifixion was equally well done with Jesus believably "nailed" to the cross. All in all, Kitchener Waterloo Musical Productions did an excellent job withJesus Christ Superstar. It is nlce to see that we have such a wealth of local talent who are willine to share their gifts. This ismore than just a musical, it is a story of the whirlwind of complexities surrounding perhaps the most famousman mall history, Jesus Christ. However, it 1sthe music that tells the story with such power and drama that it touches everyone who experiences it.

Inspiring story of one woman's journey Chrissy directed by Jacqui North TVOntario November 29 at 10:00 p.m. December 3 at midnight L I S A JOHNSON lmprint staff

he story of Chrissy May Napier, Chrissy is a documentary that begins with Napier family home movies. The audience sees the very normal and fun childhoodof thiswoman they will come to know so well through the course of the film. It would be an understatement tosay that Chrissyhad adifficultlife, but this is not the remarkable story of anyone famous; it is not a story that is unlike many other people's, but it is one that has an inherently powerful message. Chrissy was raped at the age of 17, and as a result she had to have a hysterectomy and could not have a baby as she hadalwayshoped.There were other negative repercussions as well. Chrissy became seriously depressed and took refuge in self-mutilation; she would burn andcut herself as a means of coping. But this isn't the worst of it. It is

laterrevealedthatChrissyhadAIDS, family is remarkable. At first, they "We'll get her better and running and was diagnosed with HIV at the were ignorantthat Chrissy waseven around and feeding the ducks." age of 17-the age at which she was sick. When they did finally learn the Chrissy's slsters also had diffiraped. It is never explicitly revealed news, they went onwith their livesas culty accepting reality; her younger by whom Chrissy was raped or how thoughnothingwaswrong. Eventu- sister tried to convince herself that she contracted HIV, but the correla- ally, though, Chrissy's health dete- "Chrissy is going to grow old with us."Thisunwation between vering optithe rape and mism borders the diagnosis on naiveti and speaksfor itself. is one of the Chrissy hid saddest aspects the news of beof this docuing a lesbian as mentary. well as being The story' HIV positive of Chrissyis not from her family completely defor eight years. pressing-it is She felt she had interspersed to keep everywith courathing to herself because she geous spirit, didn't want to humour and hurt her family, love. O n the lighter side was make them sad, Chrissy's obsesor have them sive love of reject her. But Madonna. when Chrissy fi, Throughout nally confessed ChrirsytellstheheartbreakingyetupliftingstoryofChrissyNapier'sstruggle. the film we see her lesbianism, her family said they had already riorated so much that her family shots of Chrissy's apartment, known for alongtime. And thenews couldnot deny her illnessany longer. adorned with Madonna posters and of her illness brought the support At this point, the family turned to photos, and we see her receive gifts bright-eyed optimism to help pull fromfriendsandfamily-Madonna and compassion of her family. The evolution of the Napier themthrough. Chrissy'smothersaid, CDs and posters.

In the final stages of her illness, Chrissy suffered a massive heart attack and had a pacemaker installed. Her family tried to let Chrissy know that she did not have to fight on for them anymore if she wanted to be at peace. Chrissy finally conceded and died in a hospital bid, holding her mother's hand. The documentary is directed by JacquiNorth, one of Chrissy'sclosest friends. Although it covers many issues from rape to homosexuality to family andillness, the story is mostly concerned with the final year of Chrissy'slife and how she, her family and friendsdeal with Chrissy'sinevitable death and make peace with their own lives. As was said by a woman at Chrissy's memorial service: "[Chrissy] was a real person, not a saint, and that is why she was so special." Indeed, this film documents a real person's struggle, and it is because Chrissv was so real that this story has universal value for nearly everyone. The filmendswith Chrissy's memorialservice,whichisconcludedby playingherfavouriteMadonnasong, "Live to Tell." Through this documentary, Chrissy May Napier does live to tell.

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When Nicole Hughes, Mark Holman, Jeff Depew and Phil Zeller took the stage, - they. rimed right - into one of the new songs off their latest release, "This Tlme It's Personal." The crowd received thls opening well, and the energy level was high. The band played for about an hour andnever missed a beat. Nicole's -

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hen the director is playing one of the lead characters in a play, it puts a bad taste in my mouth. Luckily,Joel Greenberg is not only a good director, he also pulled off playing a very unlikeable character with his portrayal of Shylock in UW Drama's production of William Shakespeare's TheMerchantofVenice. The UW verslon of the play is set In the 1950s, but why this is done is unclear. I guess UW Drama just wanted to be a little different. The play takes place on a beautifully created set-verysimple, but painted extremely well with silver paint and other colours to create a "marble" look. Set designer William Chesney did a wonderful job of creating asimple set that allowed for the characters to use their surroundings in any way necessary while professional lighting designer Glenn Davidson stuck with the simpleblues and whites to complement the set. The programsthat were handed out had aninterestingdesign tothem. On the two pages where the cast and crew names were written, there was a bit of a background that included grey-scaled words. On the cast page, the words "love" and "friendshipn were written. On the crew page, the words "hatred" and"revengen were

the wordsof choice. Perhapsthere 1s a bit of resentment between the cast and crew - or perhaps ~twas just something someone not~ced.In either case, itwasaninterestinglayout. The play ran for about two and a half hours. Many of the players were veterans to the UW stage. Excellent performances were given by Trevor Martin (Bassanio), Emily Boutet (Portia), Brad Goddard (Graziano) and Erin Brandenburg, (Nerissa). Although he held a small part, Jef Gagnon also did an excellent job, performing several minor but key characters. There was only one player who did not live up to the UW Drama standards, and-that was one of the female servants who was unable to deliver a single line convincingly. It was a shame, because all the other performers did a wonderful job. It is doubtful that anyone with U W drama could have fixed one of the play's glaring downfalls: the famous speech by Shylock that begins with "Hath not a Jew eyes," is one that has been abused by so many people, that now, seeingitperformed in the correct context, seems like a bad joke of sorts. It is hard to take seriously,but Greenbergtries and he must be given credit for that. The production wasatypical for UW Drama: there were a few flaws and flubbed lines, but most people leftthe theatre satisfiedthatthey had seen a great production. The play runs until November 25, so you still have achance to catch it if you haven't already. You can purchase tickets at the Hagey Hall Box Office.

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oUyJean Harvey has just released StononesfTom the City, Storieshm the Sea, her fifth proper album and one that harkens back to her beginnings as a singer-songwriter with a pocket full of catchy guitar riffs and energetic melodies. She'scome fullcircle, away from tortured blues-influenced crooning and eerie, spare instrumentationback to straightforward rock. But along the way Harvey has picked up a tension that is strung through all her songs, giving them an extra layer of depth that makes her one of the best songwriters around. In 1991, Harvey released her debut,Dty. Thisisanalbumof simple songs that are made extraordinary by her vocal delivery -a compelling altothat easilytravels from agrowl to a high-pitched squeal. Her particular brand of feminismisrevealed in the lyrics; Harvey often repeats and distorts clichCs about women in relationships. In "Dress," she sings about meeting expectations about appearance ("youpurdy thangmy man sayslbut I bought you beautiful dresses"). Dry madealot of critics, if not the buying public, stand up and take notice of Harvey's raw talent. After Dry came an even more raw and louder album, produced by Steve Albini. Rid of Me buried Harvey'svocals beneath guitar feedback and angry choruses as she again railed against gender expectationsin

songssuch as "Man Size" and "5OFt. Queenie." An album of demo versions, 4-Track Demos, was released the same year and featured the same distortedvocals, but strippeddown, accompanied only by Harvey'selectric guitar.

Dry made a lot of critics, if not the buying public, stand up and take notice. A complete change of musical direction came with 1995's To Bring YouMy Love. IfRidofMeisloud,fast and angry, this albumis itsopposite, slow and tortured. Harvey took on the theatrical persona of a woman dangerously close to the edge, anguished by a love gone wrong. Listening to the eerie, loping guitar of "To Bring You My Love" or the hushed percussion of "IThink I'm A Mother," one almost becomes concerned for Harvey's safety. ToBnngYouMyLmeteIlspartof the story, the breaking point, and makes the listener wonder what kind of fate will befall the character that Harvey has created. Harvey leavesher listenershangingon IsThisDesire?,her 1998album

that was met with lukewarm critical resoonse. Perhaps the critics were expecting more theatrics, but this record is all about restraint, pushing things evendoser to the edge;hrou& spare electronics and calm singing. Harvey also focuses the attention away from herself, creating mini piecesof fiction andcharacterswithin each song. "ElectricLightn features barely audible drumming and a single bass line that creeps around ominously. On "Catherine," Harvey delicately sings "I damn to hell every second you breathe." And the last part of "My Beautiful Leah" cuts off with "Leah" thinking, "I'd be better off dead," leaving us all in suspenseonce again. Now a resolution of sorts has come. Harvey'snewest, the result of a six-month stay in New York City, breaks out into loudness again, but it's apositive moodthistime. Well, as positive asHarvey gets, anyway. Lines like "thisis love that I'm feeling" are balanced with "you can't touch me." this push-and-pd feelingworks to great effect, throwingthe listener into all-out rock tunes like "Good Fortune" and slow-burners such as "This Mess We're In." Harvey may have touched down to acomfortable place, but she holds on to the everpresent tension in her songs that make them so compelling. We can only guess where she'll take us next. Caitlin hosts Subsonic Filter every Thursday morning from 10-12 on C M F M 100.3.

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A taste of new music under the sun

Alex Baird Ish Independent G R E G MOREY

damn disease1It'scalling, enthralling/Too late, you're backon your knees," thissongstands out as a relatively bleak and emotionally draining composition. This seemsto be Alex Baird'sreal strength: writing soul-banng, heart-breakinglyrics that fit well with catchy, up-tempo pop music. Because of this, she harmonizes well with her band members, which include former Wild Strawberry Andrew Aldridge, because they all seem to understand the power of an uncluttered pop tune. Bottom lime: Irecommendlistening to this CD at least twice. For more information on AlexBaird, visit www.akxbairdcom.

since thevare anew band. But in order to break onto the incredibly competitiveCanadianmusic scene, a more polished album is required. Still, the album has it's virtues, namely "Try" and "Under the Sun." These tracks are the strongest, both lyrically and rhythmically, on the CD. Isawthisband inconcertwhenthey opened for the Mathew Good Band at the Warehouse; they are not a "live bandn and their show was disappointing. Templar has the talent to progress in the music industry, they just need time to find their sound and explore it. The CD isgood, but it is not the best CD under the sun.

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Let's not split hairs: Alex Baird is an attractive singer-songwriter with a quirky sense of humour and exceptionally strong pop sensibilities. Those three facts are going to skew my review towardsthe positive, soyou shouldtake the followingpara&aphs witha poundof salt. At f i s t listen, Alex Baird'ssongs are mainly vapid, slickly produced pop tunes that would offend only Jerry Falwell. Producer Iain McNally obviously spent hours in the studio fine-tunkgthe &loops and the arpeggiated background -guitar riffs to create a sound that makes your molars ache. This is not to say that Alex Baird, Iaii McNally or the various band members are not talented musicians. In fact, they all seem to worship at the altar of minimalism, whichcreates arelatively bare sound for acandy-coated pop singer. Asecondlisten reveals alotmore subtlety and depth. While the bulk of the songs are about flawed, failed or faltering relationships, there are afewthatbreak from thattheme. The song "Hide Away," for example, is about an addict who is figuratively consumed by their h "Loose thegrip of the addiction. W ~ t lineslike,

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This is the debut album from Templar: 12 songs, plus the extended version of the single "Here We Go." I'll be honest, the first time through the CD, I was not very impressed. Upon further review, I found it grew on me. Templar has an I-Mother-Earth-meetsThe-Age-of-Electricsound. The album is a mix of half decent tunes with. . .well, let's face it, filler music. This is not entirely unexpected,

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The prolific "Elevatorngroup-in quotations due to their mercurial moniker, whichseems to

chqewitheach lunar cycle. ElevatorThrough Hell became Elevator Through which became Elevator -have released anew album, which, while not too divergent stylisticallyfrom past offerings, represents a more coherent vision for the band. Elevator is one of the groups begat by the unfortunate demise of Moncton's lo-fi ind~e godfathers,Eric'sTrip,and have retamedmany of the elements of their classic sound: simple, dream-drenchedmelodies;boy/girl harmonies; eerie guitars. A brook babbles and birds chatter for the first one minute and 37 seconds of "Driftwood" before scattered chords signal the introduction of chugging bass and drums, which continue as singer Rick White rasps about his resemblance to forgotten wood pieces. Stereophonic separation plays prominantly in "Oh Traveller Beyond," as Rick and Tara White's vocal exchanges float from one ear to the other. "Two Peoples" highlights chunky guitar play and the visceral drumming of Mark Gaudet. Songs melt (although sometimes crash) into each other throughout this record, creatingacoherent musical expression of the band's dark, psychadelicvision. There is a discernible oneiric quality to A Tmteofa NewPersbective,a feeling - like.you're enterinithe fan&c, albei&metimesgloomy, labyrinthof aband's inner mind. And, while the nameissomewhat of amisnomer in termsof the band's sound, the album flows together so nicely that you won't mind a bit. For more information on Elevator, visit www.tee~ge~llremrdings.com. Q

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Blast from the past - bad and good

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special to Imprint With their debut album, Spice, the Spice Girls became apop sensation. Portrayingthemselvesashighly sexed artists, the Spice Girlswere accepted by teens everywhere. Gradually, however, the majority . . of their fan baseshiftedto the "tween" age group.

It was obvious that the Spice Girls decided to capitalize on this shift in their audience on their second album,Spicmrld. Withthis decidedly lessadultset of songs, the popularity of the group dwindled. Afterwards,.the SpiceGirls took a break and each of them pursued a solo career. Now the Spice Girls have returned with their third album, Forever. It would seem that, with thisalbum and the release of the first single, "Holler," the girls are trying to regain the popularity they once enjoyed with older fans. If you've been to Philthy McNasty's, Fed Hall, or any other club recently, you have probably heard "Holler." This single is a departure from their othersinglessuch as "Say You'll Be There" or "Stop," which have more of a pop influence andless of the club feeling-. present in "Holler."

If you expect the other tracks on the album to maintain the quality found in "Holler," you'll be disappointed. The only other song on this album that is at alevel even remotely close to "Holler" is "Tell Me Why:" After listening to the entire album, I wasleftwlth amixedlistening experience. With the first two tracks "Holler" and "Tell Me Why," I was expecting the rest of the album to carry on the same dance beat. However, I was then exposed to "Let Love Lead the Way" and "Oxygen," wh~chcan only be descr~bedas easy listening (although "Let Love Lead the Way" does grow on you). The rest of the tracks seem to findthemselvessomewherein limbo between these two genres of music. None of theremainingsongs had the same quality of backbeat as "Holler" or "TellMe Why," nor didthey have the slow, soothing rhythm of "Let Love Lead the Way." In addition, these other tracks overuse the line "Spice Girls, dark child" which is always said by the same, mysteriousmalevoice. Moreover, the lyrics in these songs seem to be rather juvenile, such as in "If You Wanna Have Fun." The chorus is "winkwink, nudge nudge." Furthermore, many of these tracksare marred by Me1 B's attempt at rapping. I suppose if these songs had to be labelledwithacertain style, itwould be apoor attempt at combiningfunk and dance. Perhaps this is because the girls were allowed to help write all of the songs on the album. The Spice Girls should have let their careers die with the little respect they had left from their fans.

Besidestrackslike"Holler," "TellMe Why" and "Let LoveLeadthe Way," the album is full of songs that are of b-side quality at best.

Cocteau Twins Stars and Topsoil 4AD RACHEL

BEATTIE

Imprint staff The Scottish band Cocteau Twins may not have reached superstar status in North America, but they have developed a loyal fan base here. Although the band officially broke up in 1998, their originallabel, 4AD, has just released Stars and Topsoil, a collection of songs spanning the CocteauTwins'careerwith thelabel. Formed in 1982 in Scotland, the band was an influential musical force duringthe '80s. The bandconsisted of vocalist Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie, who wrote and coordinatedmostof the backing music and programming and bassist Simon Raymonde, who replaced cofounder Will Heggie, after Heggie left the group in 1983. Elizabeth Fraser's vocals are really the centre of the Cocteau's mu-

sic. Her voice is hauntingly beautiful asshe singsthe often indecipherable lyrics, leaving listeners wondering what languagethey are in-perhaps one known only to Fraser. Fraser's voice melds with the wall of guitarsandprogrammed beats, acting as another instrument. Listeningto the Coaeau Twinsis sort of like looking out the window during a snow storm: if you take in the whole scene, it is beautiful and hypnotising, but trylng to see individual elements leads to frustration because, just as the scene is about to become clear, a gust of wind comes along and blows a fine mist, obscuring your view. The Cocteaus themselves purposefully kept their lives out of the press, causing them to be portrayed as fey and ethereal creatures not quite of this world. This erroneous assumption, along with the mysterious nature of their music itself, has made the Cocteaus almost impossible to pin down in terms of style or genre. Which, when you thinkabout it, makes for great music. In their heyday, the Cocteau Twins'style wasincrediblyuniquethere was simply no one else doing what they were doing. Since that time, the band has spawned many imitatorssuchas Delirmm, Enya, and Be1 Canto. For those, like me, who are just beginning to love the Twins' music, StarsandTopsoil is agoodintroduction. However, there is no new material except for an essay on the band by British music journalist Alan Warner. So if you already have all the Cocteaus CDs, you can probably live without Starsand Topsoil.

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