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Friday, July 28, 1995 Volume 18, Number 7 CDN. Pub. Mail Product Sales Agreement No. 554677

IMPRINT The UW Student Newspaper

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888-4048 Friday July 28, 1995 Volume 18, Number 7

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Editorial Board Editor in chief Dave Fisher

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Contribution List Sandy Atwal, Chris Aldworth, Kiyan Azarbar, David Bauer, Nosakhere Bediako Boardi, Kelli Byers, Sean Denomey, David Drewe, Alain Gauldrault, Paul Holloway, Greg Hood-Morris, Brad Hughes, Gerry Kirk, Tasha La&man, Jack Lefcourt, Dave Lynch, Kim Moser, Trish Mumby, Dewey Oxburger, Ray Poirier, Kathleen Ryan, Greg Stephens, Scott Summers, Derek Weiler, and the Parking Lot Is Full gang

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:MPRINT NEWS To senarate or iaot to sevarate...

MP gives lesson on Quebec

field questions about the current state of affairs in Ottawa.

by Sean Denomey eigners see as a “harbinger of a first step in the rebuilding of the the former leader who died sud- Imprint staff country falling to pieces.” PC party on a national basis, and denly of a heart attack. Dumont

Other stabs at the separa- a return to the traditional party will be a key force in the separa-

T hursday July 13th, Profes- tists included downplaying system of the last hundred years. tist movement because he brings SOT Terry Maley’s Cana- Bouchard’ s francophone roots This process, he said, would push essential youth support. dian federalism class was by mentioning that Bouchard’s Reform further to the right and When asked about Ontario

visited by rookie Kitchener M.P. wife is American and his chil- force the NDP to find their place universities’ prospects of dealing and former UW history professor &en were schooled south of the in federal politics once again. with John Snobelen, the new pro- John English. English, a Harvard vincial education minister, who graduate andLiberal backbencher, lacks experience and is also a was on hand to talk about Cana- high school dropout, English re- da’s constitutional troubles and to plied that lack of education is not

necessarily bad, citing British PM (and high school dropout) John Major’s dedication to upper education. He did however express his concern about the choice of Snobelen as Minister, and some surprise that the job did not go to

: i Dianne Cunningham or Elizabeth

i Witmer.

/ Next, English dodged a ques-

i tion about Alan Rock’s proposal 4

: ? that would deal with the same-

I sex benefits by giving benefits to 1 family members that cohabitate. L c He suggested that current defini-

tions of a family are outdated, and

English described the immi- nent Quebec referendum as a “heart agitator.” He attributed recent separatist gains in opinion polls to Lucien Bouchard’s political skills and charismatic nature, Despite giving Bouchard some perhaps deserved praise, English downplayed the separatists’ com- petence, saying Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau is “not very competent in other aspects of (govem- ing) Quebec (except with respect to-the independence issue).” John English, getting agitated about Quebec.

English went through a mini- history lesson, describing the PQ election victory as “bitter*’ because of the split in the popular vote, due mainly to the Liberals running a strong campaign.

Throughout his talk about Quebec, English focussed on the economic impact of the lingering unity question, which he said for-

border. English even suggested that losing his leg to the flesh- eating virus was a main force in the turnaround of the polls.

English also had some comments about the recent Ontario elections that swept Mike Harris to a majority government. He believes that this victory is a

UW mourns loss of student

Chad Cronkwright, 1969 - 1995

by Kieran Green Imprint stti

T he University of Waterloo is mourning the loss of one of its students. Chad

Crankwright died July 9 in an accident at the Skydome in To- ronto. Cronkwright suffered a major fall while setting up a stage for a computer trade show.

Cronkwright was buried and a graveside service was held July 15 in Kirkland Lake, On- tario.

Cronkwright was an anthro- pology major here at UW but, as Bill Chesney, Director of Produc- tion for the UW Drama Depart- ment, put it, “The centre of his work and social life was the theatre, and in particular, this department.”

Friends of Cronkwright organized a memorial service, which was held Monday evening, July 17, in the Theatre of the Arts. Over 175 friends and colleagues turned out for the ceremony.

The Matt Lees Fund, which assists injured theatre techni- cians, is accepting donations in Chad’s memory. Donations can be sent care of: c1T-r

Cronkwright was always very 2500 University Dr. N.W. active in theatre, both locally and Calgary, Alberta elsewhere. He worked and per- T2N lN4

formed volunteer service at such varied places as Kitchener’s Centre in the Square, K-W Live Theatre, the Drayton Festival Theatre, the Muskoka Festival, and right here at UW’s Humani- ties Theatre and Theatre of the Arts.

“He was a tireless, dedicated and cheerful member of any production crew he wprked on,” commented Chesney.

“The quiet good humour and spirit that Chad brought to the backstage embodies all that is best about the theatre and the people who are drawn to it for their livelihood.”

After this brief talk, the floor was opened up for questions. In continuing with the Quebec theme, English was asked why the Liberals were taking a hands- off approach to Quebec and whether or not this strategy would change as the referendum date drew closer. He responded quite candidly by saying that the federal government is unwilling to give Parizeau or the separatist press any ammunition, and due to Jean Chretien’s past association with Trudeau governments, he is not as popular a figure in Quebec as Bouchard. Finally, English made the rise in the polls sound like a fantastic set of bad circumstances that included Bouchard’s ailment and 23 year old Action Democratique leader Mario Dumont taking over for

thus a change was necessary. He spoke briefly about Lloyd Axworthy’s challenges in con- solidating the social safety net and touched on recent same-sex court decisions that suggest gays can indeed form a family unit. He seemed unwilling, however, to address the specific issue of the government trying to please everyone only to please no one.

Other questions asked dealt ‘with Lyn McLeod and the Pro- vincial Liberals’ collapse in On- tario, the recent G7 conference in Halifax, transfer cuts, and the status of embattled Cabinet Minister MicheI Dupuy, who recently eclipsed Shelly Martel’ s record for public political embarrass- ment. English answered most questions quite candidly and seemed rather comfortable talking with students.

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IMPRINT, Friday, July 28,1995 NEWS 3 .

Police take hard line Campuspub on 9ritical .massingvv lef'tleaderless

by Dave Fisher Imprint staff

A short bicycle ride quickly turned confrontational when Waterloo Regional

Police Officers surrounded a group of cyclists on King Street in Waterloo last Tuesday, July 25.

About two dozen cyclists were part of an informal “critical massing,” a term used to describe what happens when the number of cyclists riding together reaches a point where road space becomes a critical factor, in this instance, the mass of cyclists had used one road lane, and sometimes two. Police responded by stopping the rally near the corner of King and Bridgeport Streets, and charged five cyclists.

Unlike the carefully organized massing of cyclists down the same route August 8th, Tuesday’s mass was a more underground, word-of- mouth assemblage. It commenced at 5 p.m. when about 20 people left a WLU parking lot near the corner of King Street and University Av- enue. As the mass proceeded down King Street, other cyclists sponta- neously joined in. Reaching Victo- ria Street in Kitchener, the group then made a loop, returning to Wa- terloo using Belmont, Park and Caroline Streets.

With the exception of six different motorists who sped past the mass, crossing a solid centre line into oncoming traffic, the ride was described by cyclists as “peacetil and orderly.” Police, however, felt differently. Staff Sgt. Nageleisen of Waterloo Regional Police Divi- sion 3 said, “They broke the law.”

Feds get new van by David Drewe special to Imprint

S tudents needing a ride home from the Campus Centre have likely noticed that the Fed-

eration of Students is now operating a new Safety Van.

The new van was leased for three years, at which point the Fed- eration can choose to purchase it, or lease a new van. The deal also provides the Feds with roadside assistance, and a replacement van in case of breakdown. The cost is over $600 each month.

After turning left onto King Street from Erb Street, the mass was promptly brought to a halt by four police cruisers. In all, five people were charged with offenses under the Highway Traffic Act: four people for failing to have a sounding device, such as a bell or horn, on their bicycles (fined $105 apiece) and one person for failing to yield to the right side of the road. The total amount charged to all the vari-

“They broke the law. ‘I - Staff Sgt.

. Nageleisen

ous participants was $525. At least one of those fined intends to fight the charge.

There appears to have been little doubt amongst those charged that the authorities were there not merely to enforce the law but for their own political motivation. One of the cyclists charged, Michael Parkinson, believes “the message fi-om police is to stop participating in critical massings... (police) de- mand roads be kept safe for motor vehicles.”

When asked to comment about the police’s motive for laying “No Bell” charges that are otherwise routinely ignored by police, Sgt. Nageleisen responded, “It’s the law. Those cyclists are covered under

the Highway Act like all vehicles.” When prodded as to why mo-

torists who participate in traffic jams aren’t similarly dealt with, Nageleison reiterated firmly, “The cyclists didn’t have the proper regu- lation sounding devices.”

Another participant charged, Dave Thomson, felt the police’s action was “unnecessary, over the top,” and, “evidence of Inspector Sam Heuchert’s zero tolerance attitude toward harmless acts of civil disobedience.”

Inspector Heuchert had stated previously that such massings would not be tolerated on his beat.

As for any political statement made by the mass, Parkinson feels it’s difficult to say with any amount of certainty. “I suspect that each individual has their own reason for participating. To generalize, I would say that the cyclists, especially those who do or would use the streets for utilitarian purposes, are a trifle dis- satisfied with the dysfunctional and hostile cycling environment in Kitchener-Waterloo.”

Political statements aside, most cyclists felt assured that the mass was an enjoyable and positive experience.

More massings are rumoured for the last Tuesday of each month. Just how critical and confrontational the authorities will be toward the cyclists remains to be seen. Sgt.. Nageleisen defended the police action and said similar charges will be laid next time, claiming there was not much else they could do.

In the interim, massers are purchasing bells and horns in expecta- tion of similar charges.

The old van had clocked over 120,000 km, and was past its prime. Repairs cost $3,400 last year, and were expected to cost more than that this year.

While the old van held-thirteen passengers, the new van will only carry seven at a time, but will make runs more frequently. To accommodate as many students as possible, the current route will be di- vided in half. It will run every half hour or so, alternating between the two different routes.

Although the new van is equipped with air conditioning,

VPOF Mike Suska sees no reason- why it should be used. Any driver or passenger wanting air conditioning should, “roll down the window, you big baby.”

The Safety Van only runs Mon- day through Thursday during the summer, but will return to seven- night service this fall. Suska noted that the service cut was made after drivers reported no usage on weekends. He speculates that students don’t study on weekends during the summer.

Former VPOF Christine Dewhurst had investigated the pos-

, sibility of pursuing external spon- I sormg tar the van, by putting ad-

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vertising on the side of the van. Suska has decided not to pursue this option, as people don’t wanf to ride in a rolling billboard, and the autonomy of the service might be called into question.

The Federation also made some .>: i K!. 2: c I other gains in the deal. The leasing

agmcy will provide free van rentals f&r evknts such as Frosh Week and

The move to a rental van is exDected to save the Federation of

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by Scott Summers special to Imprint

F ederation Hall still has no permanent manager. The last manager, ten-year vet-

eran Chuck McMullen, resigned at the end of the winter semester after presiding over a record-breaking year. Last year Fed Hall lost over $100,000 on operations. Assistant Manager Steve Leddy took over for the interim, but left to pursue a career opportunity.

The Federation of Students is investigating the possibility of not replacing Chuck McMullen, and instead hiring a “Bar Operations” Manager, who would be responsible for both Federation Hall and the Bombshelter. VPOF Mike Suska is

alIow for increased co-operation and synergy between them. Assist- ant managers will be selected on an annual basis from the students, to be present in the bars daily.

He hopes to have a Bar Opera- tions Manager in place for Frosh Week, as it will be a great learning experience for the successful can- didate. Suska commented that “Although I think it’s important to have a manager in place [for fresh week], we can continue to fimction with the existing staff.”

Regarding the fall, Suskaprom- ises a revitalization of Fed Hall, starting immediately with Frosh Week, Last year most first year students didn’t go to Fed Hall during Frosh Week, and so missed seeing it crowded.

Last year Fed Ha22 + lost over $100,000

on operations. waiting to hear from the Universi- ty’s Human Resources Department as to the grading the position would require. If the position is afford- able, the Feds will proceed immediately with the hiring process.

The Federation of Students is bound by university policy on hiring, and therefore must conduct an internal search for applicants.

Suska acknowledged that the pool of potential, qualified applicants will be small. If no satisfac- tory applicant is found internally, the Federation will advertise the position in K-W and in Toronto.

Suska discovered this opportunity while on conference in Al- berta. He believes that having one staff responsible for both bars will

Spirit of the West and the Skydiggers will both be playing in Frosh-only shows, and Emmanuel Patterson, the Feds’ Programmer, is in the process of developing an all-out blitz for concerts in the fall.

Suska believes that when the first-year students have agood time at Fed Hall during Frosh Week, they will see what a great venue it is. Additionally, Fed Hall will continue to attempt to focus crowds downstairs, to make the bar look busier.

When asked if this practice was an attempt to make the bar look more crowded than it is, Suska claimed that it was, noting that “if people wanted to be alone, they’d sit in their living rooms.”

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4 NEWS IMPRINT, Friday, July 28,1995

Cuts coming by Dewey Oxburger’ special to Imprint

citizen by 16 percent. COU also called attention to

the fact that Ontario already ranked

L ast Friday Finance Minister eighth of the ten provinces in terms and political powerhouse of per student Operating Grants to Ernie Eves announced the Universities. During the 1993-94

government’s financial statement. year Ontario spent $6,357 per FTE, The most spectacular announce- while the other provinces’ grant ment therein was a commitment to averages at over $7,000. Ontario’s slash welfare rates by 2 1,6 percent, neighbouring provinces, Quebec and in the face of such austerity and Manitoba, grant $7,646 and measures, few took note of the hit $7,498 per FTE respectively. That that universities took. is over $1,000 more per student

The University of Waterloo than in Ontario. Even public uni- stands to lose $1.2 million, and the versities in the United States re- university system in Ontario will ceive more government support lose $16.8 million. This amounts to than those in Ontario.

Funding cuts V?ad, but not disastrous.” - Downey

a one percent cut. It is believed that funding for the new Environmental Science and Engineering Building remains untouched, despite the fact that the Ministry of Education and Training must cut $40 million from its capital budget.

Universities face dual pressures in the public arena: not only to make do with less, but also to do more with less. Increases in university enrolment generally outpaces the stagnant funding growth. The Council of Ontario Universities announced last year that since the

UW President James Downey referred to the cuts as, “Bad, but not disastrous.”

Pat Adams of the Council of Ontario Universities noted that cut-

,ting ‘spending was part of the Con- servative platform, and that “the Corm-non Sense Revolution is what they intend to do.”

She was unsure, however, whether the government will eventually cut the $400 million it promised during the campaign. When asked if COU would like to see tuition increases make up for any

Preparing for the frosh

Former Fed Hall Manager Chuck McMullen talks to future frosh leaders about the ins and outs of alcohol.

The struggle in Chiapas continues

1977-78 fiscal year, universities funding shortfalls, Adams stated have received a 12 percent cut per that “I think that our position has by Tasha La&man has a list of thirteen fundamental will not allow them into the Lacadon

student enrolled, while hospitals been very clear for a long time. Imprint staff demands and social necessities, for jungle where most of the people received a 50 percent increase per Tuition rates in this province are a which it is presently in negotiation they are aiming to reach presently patient, and the Government of Ontario has increased spending per

bargain and have been for a very hat has been going on in with the Mexican government. live. Most of these people have long time.‘? W Mexico in the past few These demands include land, hous- been forced out of their villages by

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kidnappings and repression in general,” announced Jorge Gleason of the National Democratic Conven- tion of Mexico.

Gleason contacted the Kitchener-Waterloo Chapter of the Mexico Solidarity Network (MSN) from Mexico to set up a meeting with the organization in order to discuss the recent political and economic situation of Mexico over the

jobs, health, culture, independence, democracy, justice, liberty and peace. These negotiations have been ongoing since the uprisings in Chiapas in January 1994. No headway has been made.

“They have been treated like

remote areas without basic needs such as clean water or food staples.

This violation of human rights in Chiapas and in Mexico as a whole is not new. “They have been treated like animals for generations.. . . Their lands have been robbed and their people have been killed and no one knew,” expressed Gleason, referring to the people of Chiapas who are comprised mostly of Mayan

past several months. Although the situation of crime,

fraud and human rights violations in Mexico is often considered only a plight of the poor, Gleason is an architect and a professor at the Na- tional University of Mexico. He represents a portion of the popula- tion that does not have to struggle for survival in their daily life. He too struggles for justice in his own country.

animals for people. - ‘&In all parts of Mexico,” he

generations.... continued, “they [the police or army] can trap you and put you in

Their lands have been

robbed and their people have

been killed and no one knew.”

jail, even ifyou have a special court order that you cannot be touched.”

Gleason added that the economic situation in Mexico has seriously deteriorated. “The govem- ment accepts that 11 million people are unemployed, but of course everyone knows it is a lie. Eighteen million is the true number.” Sixty- five million people are in very bad shape and 17 million are miserable, which means that they can just barely eat as defined by the United Nations, according to Gleason.

In January 1994, the world knew that the people of Mexico, and especially ofchiapas, the south- em most state of Mexico, were under extreme repression. This was because of the uprisings that began on the first of that month and lasted twelve days. Much of the media coverage of the war portrayed the problems that were addressed as isolated to Chiapas, but in fact it reflected the situation that was being addressed in Mexico as a whole.

The Zapatista National Lib- eration Army (EZLN) of Mexico

“Eighty seven per cent of the people [of Mexico] agree and ap- plaud the movement of Chiapas because they were the ones who had the guts to confront the army,” said Gleason in a meeting with the MSN last Monday.

The MSN is presently organizing a Caravan to Chiapas. The cara-

The members of the caravan

van will be leaving on August 14, and will be gone for a month, The

face the possibility that these troops

aim of the caravan is to distribute medical and school supplies, as well as other items requested’ by the Mexican organizations that are as- sisting the MSN in the logistics of the caravan. The caravan also seeks to raise global public awareness about the political situation in Mexico, and especially in Chiapas, where there are presently 50,000 Mexican army troops.

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has not made things better for Mexico. Sta- tistics show that over 500,000 million small industries have been forced to shut down, and that there are approximately two million that are projected to close. The industrial sector is working at 35 percent, with some industries such as the automobile industry at a mere three percent. For more information contact the Mexico Solidarity Network, c/o Global Community Centre, 89- 91 King St. N., Waterloo, Ontario, N2J 2X3. TEL.: 746-4090.

IMPRINT, Friday, July 28, 1995 NEWS 5

Drugs for cows update The moratorium on Bovine

Growth Hormone (BGH) ended July 1 which means that nothing is stopping Health Canada from ap- proving the product tomorrow, next month, or in the fall.

BGH is a synthetic growth hor- : mone which is injected into cows to

increase milk production. The Eu- ropean Community has banned BGH until the year 2000. New Zealand and Australia have refused to approve it. The only industrial country using BGH is the United States.

The House Committee on Health and the House Committee on Agriculture are calling for a mini- mum two year moratorium and a moratorium of indefinite length to study the unresolved animal and human health issues and the impact on the dairy industry. The over- whelming majority of MPs (including a majority of Liberals) agree that a moratorium on BGH should be legislated.

This opposition to BGH was a result of hundreds of thousands of Canadians telling federal politicians that BGH should not be approved. Almost 350 organizations repre- senting health professionals, farmers, consumers, school districts and processors are calling for an extension of the moratorium.

The twocompanies who manu-

facture the drug, Monsanto and Eli Lilly, are threatening to pull investment in Canada if BGH isn’t approved. The pharmaceutical companies refused a request from the Minister of Agriculture Ralph Goodale to voluntarily extend the moratorium.

The end of the moratorium on BGH means the drug could be

approved at any time.

Call the Prime Minister or your Liberal MP: Andrew Telegdi in

Right now, Goodale aid the Prime Minister are hoping consumer concern about BGH and

Waterloo at 746 1573 and John

media prominence will die so that BGH can be quietly slipped into the

English in Kitchener at 579-0001.

market. It is important for concerned Canadians to encourage their

The phone number for the PM’s

friends, families and fellow work- ers to maintain pressure on the fed-

office is: (6 13) 992-4211, the fax

eral government.

number is (6 13) 957-557 1. All federal politicians can be written to, postage free, c/o the House of Com- mons, Ottawa, ON, KlA OA6.

The general message to convey is this: The end of the moratorium on BGH means the drug could be approved at any time. We need a commitment from the federal government that Canada will not approve BGH and there will be a full and independent examination of the unresolved animal and human health issues and the impact on the dairy industry. Neither Health Canada nor the Task Force on BGH has done this.

By stonewalling efforts for a moratorium, the Liberal govem- ment is shirking its responsibility to protect public health and act in the best interests of our economy. It is sidelining a democratic call from MPs, House Committees, and thousands of Canadians for an investigation into BGH’s risks.

Canada should follow the rest of the industrial world in opposing irresponsible BGH approval rather than bow to pressure from the U.S. government and the pharmaceutical companies.

Submitting to Monsanto’s and Eli Lilly’s threat to pull investment out of the country makes a mockery of our regulatory system and our political institutions.

SAC in review by Gerry Kirk special to Imprint

0 kay, here’s a question I asked you all at the begin ning of the term: Do you

know what SAC is? Well, I hope by now most of you can say “yes.”

It’s time to be accountable to you the students and review what SAC has been working on all term. Has SAC been making a difference? You decide! For a full report on the term, check out the SAC web site, or drop by the Fed office and ask for the SAC term report.

This was a very busy term for SAC. We tried to make ourselves more visible to you, and more accessible. We responded to articles in the news groups uw.general, uw.coop.beef (did you know that one is out there?), to e-mail sent to us, to comments left in our comments box in Needles Hall, and of course to friends and classmates who brought up concerns. Starting next semester, SAC will have office hours in the Fed office as well.

SAC is also getting more information out to you, through things like these articles. Our web site is constantly expanding, and we hope to build a library of co-op information that SAC has been involved in. There are always feedback questions we ask students as well on our web site.

Coordinators. A coordinator

evaluation form, similar to the ones used to evaluate courses, was drawn up, reviewed by students at large, and is now currently being reviewed by coordinators themselves. This form should be in place for the Winter ‘96 term.

It’s time to be accountable to

you the students and review what

SAC has been working on all

term

Co-op Fee. SAC conducted a survey of students to see how well a pamphlet produced by the co-op department answered common complaints; however, most of you didn’t read it! We found that many students didn’t know about the pamphlet at all. Most students who did read it WERE satisfied with how the work report marking fee is set, why it is collected every term, but there was a mixed response on how the co-op fee is calculated and collected.

Work reports. It’s clear that

student satisfaction is directly linked to employer benefit. Many students also complain that the guidelines imposed by faculties force them to write one version of the report for the school and one for the employer, given the employer wants the report. Oh, and let’s have some practical comments on work term evaluations, please! Theco-op committee working on revising work report guidelines will receive a report outlining these and other concerns.

A stronger student voice in co-op. SAC andCECS (co-op dept.) are putting a framework together for the first time to get direct student input into co-op committees. The two groups will work closer together on issues that concern both sides.

Co-op Student Symposium. SAC held an informal session for students to meet and talk with employers about employer’ s perspec- tives on things like resumes and job interviews. Watcom, The Mutual Group, and Link With Work were the employers at the event. About 60 students attended, which is better than past forums, but we deli- nitely need to keep improving.

This is just a quick snapshot of what went on this term. The SAC members deserve credit for putting in a lot of hard work that will benefit students now, and in years to come.

Trish Mumby Sr. Officer, Internal Affairs ik!dwmml,l.ca

Well, time to hit the books. You know what I am talking about. Remember when you lined up for a week in South Campus Hall and spent what could have been your first mortgage payment?

Well, it’s time to open up the books you left with and start studying.

I have some of my tried and true study tips that I thought I would share with you this week. Well, my first tip is not to take classes that require finals, because I prefer to torture myself with huge term papers. Not everyone has this option, however, so...

1) Coffee is your friend. Cheap coffee is

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break in the Student Life Centre.

3) Listen to music. Listen to Jethro Tull when doing technical stuff, The Indigo Girls when writing an essay, James Taylor when unwinding after an exam, and Nine Inch Nails a half hour before the exam (to feel bitter, angry, and cor- rect; “I am right and the rest of the world is messed-up”).

available from every C&D, fancy coffee is available from William’s Coffee Pub in Kitchener, and tre- mendously wonderful and 24 hour coffee is available at the Turnkey Desk.

2) Exercise. Nothing serious or competitive; try air hockey, running to the Second Cup, climbing

. the stairs to the T.V. lounge for a

4) Don’t play Tetris. I have recently learned that Tetris is the devil’s game. I see it when I close my eyes, I see it when I read, I think about it when I try and do anyfhing

academic. Learn from my mis- take.

That’s about all that I know about studying. Best of luck to everyone.

If you are going on work term, good luck.

You should drop by the Fed office to pick up the Watpub numbers, or a Let’s go Co-Op sheet. Actually, if you are going to Calgary, Mon- treal, or London on work term, come and see me if you want to be a Watpub coordinator.

Be sure to drop by when you return to campus in January, pick up the new handbook, say “Hi there, how’s it going,” and have a coffee.

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The commodification of youth culture has long been an on-going affair, and there appears no respite in sight nor anything we can do to prevent it. From where I sit however, this past week has been more remarkable than usual.

On my desk last Friday, packaged in a very handsome 9 by 12 inch envelope without any return address or information labeled on the outside, sat a thick folder courtesy of Molson Breweries. Had I known the source of this package, I presumably would have disposed of it straight to the garbage, where it belongs. The Molson marketing division, no doubt aware of all the cynicism we “Gen-Xers” supposedly harbour, wanted me to open that envelope, which I did, I opened it. The contents and purpose of this particular package.. .? Promotional crap, obviously, but worse it was the sort of promotional crap to get me to buy into more promotional crap, specifically the announcement of the Molsun I Am Online website, or as they otherwise prefer to describe it, “a leading edge virtual community.” That “leading edge” handle is getting lots of abuse these days.

The Motson propaganda sheet goes on to declare their new home-page as “the definitive site for young adults in Canada,” adding that the new technology “is a new and effective way to connect with our customers and to build stronger consumer relationships over the long- term.” Getting past the putrid smell and contentious issue of what place advertising has in a free Net environment in the first place, Molson’s transparent I Am promotional campaign, for all it’s nebulous altruistic rationale, is just another weapon in their arsenal to sell young Canadians a specific brand of an addictive drug.

It was only a short year or so ago Labatt’s was forced to pull their Ice Beer commercials (the ones with highly charged soundtracks featuring the Smiths and Ministry music) on the grounds that the ad campaign was being deliberately aimed at underage drinkers. The same measures were enacted against the Miller Draft campaign featuring Joel the Slacker for precisely the same reason. Molson’s knows that today’s generation of youth, despite all their apparent cynicism, can be just as expertly manipulated as their parents, so they’re implementing new measures to attract a younger market. The website is one such measure, another is the pathetic I Am free concert series featuring The Off- spring. What is Molson trying to tell us... that people with no “self esteem” drink Molson Canadian?

Commercial alternative radio station CFNY is no better. Witness last Sun- day’s Lollapalooza concert. It was bad enough that thousands of young people subjected themselves to the ignominy of being herded through a huge fenced-off pen in order to gain entrance (the scene and control looked like a frame from Schindler’s List), but they were merely fodder for the station billing itself (and paying big money for the privilege) as “The Leading Edge” (there’s that handle again). Cynics have bemoaned the fact that “Alternative” has gone mainstream, yet when the Lollapalooza tour attempts to rectify this and get something ap- proaching a real leading edge, as was the case this year, critics like CFNY’s Kim Hughes slags the show off as “elitist,” then broadcasts Bush and Weezer records “live from the venue.” They fancy themsetf as a conduit or voice for youth, but what is their real agenda?

Anytime you hear the words “Leading” and Tdge,” tell their source to stuff them up into places too dark and impolite to mention here.

See ya next term.

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Voice of the Voiceless 0 n August 17,1995 the state of Penn-

sylvania shall execute Mumia Abu- Jamal. The prosecuting attorney, Joe

McGill, recently wrote in the newsletter of the Philadelphia chapter of FOP (Fraternal Order of Police) “Frankly in my view, death is in.” Abu-Jamal concurs, “There is a quick- ening on the nation’s death row of late - a picking up of the pace of the march towards death. The political prod is sparking a movement, and judges in death cases are beginning to find themselves under increasing pressure to make the final judgement.”

On the morning of December 9 1981, while driving a cab, Mumia Abu-Jamal witnessed two police officers attacking his brother. He rushed to aid and soon after a series of gun shots were exchanged. Abu- Jamal was wounded and officer Faulkner was dead. Witnesses claim that the two men fled from the area. Abu-Jamal was subse- quently convicted of officer Faulkner’s murder, in the first degree. His sentence was death,

The trial was fraught with irregularities. On the defense: Abu-Jamal was denied

the right of self representation, was forced to accept an inexperienced and reluctant coufl appointed attorney, a paltry sum was allocated for the procurement of evidence, jury selection appears to have been biased, and key witnesses ( e.g. arresting officer Gary Wakshul) were not secured to appear at trial.

On the prosecution: identity was not conducted through police lineups, during the penalty phase of the trial, Abu-Jamal’s past political beliefs and journalistic writings were

cited, eyewitnesses evidence was incomplete andcontradictory, no investigation was made to find the other suspects, and Abu-Jamal’s confession was produced three months after the fact, this following his own (Abu-Jamal’s) charge against police brutality.

It appears as if there is ‘reasonable doubt’ as to Abu-Jamal’s conviction. Yet, as “death is in,” Governor Tom Ridge has signed his warrant. Capital punishment is exercised for numerous reasons: deterrence, punishment, or to remove a threat. To Governor Ridge, the FOP, and the elite of Philadelphia, Mumia Abu-Jamal is a threat. They don’t like what he has to say.

Mumia Abu-Jamal is an award winning journalist. His work in Philadelphia, as a writer and radio journalist earned him the nickname ‘voice of the voiceless.’ He was elected president of the Philadelphia Society of,Black Journalists. He began his journalistic career as the Lieutenant of Information of the Philadelphia Black Panther Party. While incarcerated Abu-Jamal wrote a book entitled Live From Death Row, as well as articles in the Yale Law Journal, Prison Legal News, and comics in World War Three Iltustr~ted.

In 1978, Abu-Jamal stood up for the organization MOVE. After a police siege and subsequent gunfight, eleven MOVE members were convicted of the murder of one police officer. Abu-Jamal interviewed MOVE members in jail and reported on their allegations of police brutality, intimidation and racism. In 1985, with Abu-Jamal in behind bars, Philadelphia police again laid seige on MOVE. This time they surrounded

the organization and dropped a powerful explosive on the roof. MOVE members, and their children, burned alive while the Phila- delphia police unleashed at least 10,OOc) rounds of ammunition into the building. Sixty neighbourhood homes were destroyed in the process. (see Attention MOVE! This is America). Would the Philadelphia police work with such impunity had there been an active black journalist around?

Abu-Jamal’s writings are an analysis and documentation of American institution- alized racism. “Only when the cages were full did full recognition dawn that all the caged men were African. Where were the white cons of death row? A few moments of silent observation proved the obvious. The death row block offered direct access to two yards: one composed of cages, the other ‘free’ space, water fountains, full court basketball...”

Politically, racism needs to be seen as periodic, something to do with the individual delinquent elements of law and order. Rac- ism,*or any oppression, needs to be seen as the exception, not the rule. To a society raised on the illusion of universal freedoms {of the press and expression, of religion, of oduca- tion...) this myth is required. Journalists such as Mumia Abu-Jamal undermine this myth by revealing just how broad and deep racism runs. With his death comes his silence.

More information may be obtained at http://www.io.org/-opirg or by calling (5 19)837-2860.

-Al Revesz

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The Living Conditions

of cows To the Editor,

In regards to your July 14 Sci- ence and Technology article “Bat- tling the Bovine Growth Hormone.*’ It seems that this is the second time in as many months that we’ve had a negative article on BST. l guess nobody on campus has a vested interest in the dairy industry and doesn’t care what gets printed.

I happen to be well informed on the issue. There are good argu- ments on both sides of the issue. I feel, however, that some non-issues are presented as if they were issues. Specifically: lactose intol- erance has nothing to do with BST or any other cow injection and has no place in that article. The living conditions of cows has nothing to do with BST.

As an aside (this has nothing to do with.Natalie’s article, don’t read between my lines): It’s not health reasons, or the dairy industry, that will eventually cause the demise of BST. It’s a product from Monsanto. Monsanto has earned itself a very bad reputation. Feminists should be very wary of these folks, who have a poor track record when it comes to evaluating their product impact on females. I can understand a boycott on moral grounds, just not on scientific grounds. If BST should be banned as a result of who is bringing it to us, then I can accept that (I’ll lose some faith in jurist prudence, but I’ll accept it).

-Brian Van Straalen MM&h

That’s Life! It is also insinuated that what’s

injected into the cows can end up in the milk. WelI, that’s a complete non-issue. There have been over a dozen blind lab tests in six countries where they were given milk from a free-range drug-free cow and a BST treated cow. Not a single one could tell the difference between the two samples of milk, The quality of the end product is not an issue here (now in the meat department, I’d be more wary...).

To the Editor,

I’m writing in response to Sandie Edwards’ letter of July 14, 1994 regarding the Fed Handbook. I’ m very sorry that Sandie’s experience with the Feds was so negative, however I feel I must respond because I don’t believe she has been fair to the editor whom I am sure was very hurt by her letter.

‘We already produce more milk than we need...’ The amount of milk produced is not the issue. The dairy board and milk purchasing practices already has a cap on milk production. What the farmer wants is to meet his production level with fewer cows (lower cost). This doesn’t sit well with other factions within the agriculture industry (namely, the support industry for milk production).

I have been volunteering with the Feds in several capacities for the past three years. I understand Sandie’s frustration in that I have spent hundreds of hours on a project to have been asked to redo it. 0r other projects that I have worked on have been cancelled. However one cannot expect that everything one does will be acceptable. I’m sure that volunteers for Imprint have written articles which were axed at the last minute. That’s life!

The adverse health affects on cows is real. What is not mentioned is the incidence rate of these side effects. All of them are very rare (around 1 in 5000; this was one of the criteria for approval in the States). Mastisis doesn’t seem to be caused by BST alone but also unusually unsanitary conditions (The irony is that the study that Monsanto paid for in England ended up showing a positive mastisis correlation, while a study out of their hands showed no correlation).

I for one don’t think that art work is the most crucial element of the handbook. That is what The Phoenix is for (to which Sandie can resubmit her artwork; see Trish Mumby ext.633 1) It’s more important to convey information, (i.e. what to do if you are harrassed, or need to drop a course etc.).

The health affects on humans from milk consumption are also real. But again, this has nothing to do with modem dairy practices. The milk hasn’t changed, it’s our consumption that has become ridicu- lous.

I suggest that Sandie take her- self a little less seriously. Although she admits that being Handbook Editor is a thankless job (and remember he’s a volunteer too!), I don’t think she realizes how hurtful her letter was.

-Kelly Foley 4th year Geography

I could probably live in a world without BST (I don’t know or care about any rich dairy farmers), but the negative aspects of BST are fewer and weaker than most have been led to believe.

Feds Need Volunteers

To the Editor,

The article didn’t harp on the How long would it take to pro- bugaboo of genetic engineering, duce a term’s worth of Imprint if which is what a lot of people fear every writer, photographer, cartoon- about products like BST (keep in ist etc. took the time to slam you mind that over 90 percent of the publicly for EDITING? Might I cheese consumed in Canada is made guess one hell of a long time??? I with genetically engineered renin. first want to say that I personaily

You’ve been eating it for over a decade now). Natalie didn’t drag it around, so I’ll stop on that one.

thought the Barbie photos were hi- larious! ! When I was told about the concept, I loved it. I pictured Barbie sitting in her camper, riding in the corvette, doing a little shopping...not BUTT NAKED! ! ! Even though she was naked, I. still thought the pictures were funny. But working with the campus clubs, I know that many clubs would not have appreciated having naked Barbie covering up what makes little boys blush with their club names. There are many outlets for creative works such as yours, Sandie. One of those is the Phoenix, the winter term publication of photos, drawings, poems, and stories, by the Feds. (Ironically the editor being bashed for creating a “stifling creative environment” is one of two commissioners helping with this project! !!).

I am truly sorry that your volunteer experience with the Federa- tion of Students was negative for you. I am only thankful that this is the last Imprint of the term. The Feds depend and rely on volunteers to council students in crisis, con- flict, loneliness and depression through PALS. Volunteers work hard to collect food for students who can’t afford to buy any. The Fed volunteers run Winterfest, Summerfest, Homecoming, and Canada Day. I could go on forever, but my point is that I am glad that the incoming first year students will not be discouraged by your experience, because this campus needs their volunteering generosity to function. Perhaps you will even decide to volunteer again, and I hope you do.

-Trish Mumby, Sr. Officer, Internal Affairs, Feds

Shock and Disillusion

To the Editor,

It was with both shock and a disappointment that I read of Sandie Edwards’ negative volunteer experience with the FEDS’ Handbook. I had witnessed many enthusiastic exchanges of ideas between Sandie and Chris McGrath, the handbook editor, and I had incorrectly as- sumed that Sandie’s volunteer experience was a positive one. While I was aware of her disappointment with the exclusion of some of her photographs, the friendly repartee that I observed between photographer and editor even after the handbook went to print revealed little of her now obvious sense of extreme unhappiness and disillusionment .

The photographer contributed photographs; the editor exercised his right and his responsibility to edit. Unfortunately, Sandie feels her efforts were “butchered.” Un- fortunately, Sandie disagrees with Chris’ editorial decisions. Fortu- nately, Chris proved himself to be a volunteer dedicated to the task and an editor devoted to a final product of the highest possible quality.

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Fedbook “Butcher” Responds

To the Editor,

If there’s one thing that I’ve learned from all of this, it’s that there are some days when the only thing that goes off as planned is my alarm clock...and that, too, is often questionable.

In response to Sandie Edwards’ letter “Fedbook Butchering” in the July 14Imprint, I would like to say a few words. I was THE EDITOR. Yes, I am the one who chose not to use racy photographs of Barbie. I’m the one who thought the collage would only contribute to the junior-high quality of the FEDS Student Handbook. I’m the one who is responsible for the bruising of creative egos. I’m an asshole, and life goes on,

However, I would like to address Sandie’s concerns with her working environment and treatment as a volunteer on this project. Sandie, as well as the other individuals who dedicated hours of work and support to this publication, were given a lot of creative space. They were given the opportunity to explore their ideas and experiment with writing and pho- tography techniques in hopes of producing artwork and text which would be accepted and used in the publication. That’ they did, and a

large percentage of their work was accepted with appreciation and gratitude. However, certain photos were not used, and that seems to have caused some bitterness. It all came down to the fact that I was the Editor, and I was ultimately responsible for the book’s design and production. If that involves refus- ing to use inappropriate and poor quality “artwork,” so be it. That’s what I volunteered to do.

The energy, ideas and creativ- ity that Sandie and other volunteers was greatly appreciated not only by myself, but also by the Federation. Yet, my concern as a FEDS volunteer is that Ms. Edwards’ experience will taint the Federation’s reputation of providing quality volunteer experiences for students. I have been a volunteer with various services and projects for the past three years; and sure, each experience has its problems. However, volunteering with the FEDS, (as I too, did on this project) provides UW students with invaluable learning experiences which open doors that wouldotherwise remain locked. My handbook volunteers had the opportunity to see how the book was put together and what went on to produce the ten thousand copies of the publication. They also saw that if it weren’t for the last minute, some things in life wouldn’t get done. Sandie didn’t like what she saw. Sandie’s bitter. Sucks to be Sandie.

I hope that everyone will take

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the time to pick up a FEDS Hand- book at Registration and at the FED office in the upcoming 95/96 school year. It is a very professional publication, lacking neither in quality, nor in artistic integrity. The creative energy of all involved is fully reflected on every page of this very useful publication. That is what the handbook is about. It is not a show- case for artwork. It aims to provide accessible information to UW undergrads. It is YOUR handbook. Pick it up. Read it. Look at all the pretty pictures. But most of all, USE IT! I hope Sandie will.

4hris McGrath Editur, 1995-96 FEDS Student Handbook

Continually Amazed

To the Editor,

It continually amazes me that Dave Lynch finds so many ways to annoy and insult UW students and faculty. If he feels his education in the Faculty of Arts is pathetic he has no one to blame but himself and his own arrogance. I am tired of defending my major to people outside of Arts and it makes me cringe to hear an Arts major ridicule his own faculty. Instead of making an entire faculty his scapegoat he should take some responsibility for himself and his education.

If Lynch finds some lectures lacking in quality, perhaps he should stop chatting with his buddies long enough to ask the professor some intelligent questions. The only action Lynch ever takes is to criticize and disparage. He has nearly per- fected his brand of empty-headed finger pointing and tongue-wag- ging.

His concentration on marking schemes and lectures misses the point. A university education is about a lot more than reading, lectures and good grades. Most importantly it is about cultivating a desire to learn. That responsibility rests on the shoulders of each individual.

I resent people who make ill- conceived sweeping accusations while perpetuating the myth that a liberal arts degree is inadequate and meaningless. If Dave Lynch feels his education is failing it is his own failure.

-Krista McCillis 2B English-RPW and Applied Studies

Lynch Lynch

Tu the Editur,

Of the myriad of important notions taught to students within the Faculty of Arts, perhaps the one of most value is the ability, not only to assimilate, but to be critical of material presented to us. To a certain extent, I am pleased to see that Dave Lynch is critical of his education. Yet he cannot simply resort to childish denunciations. He should

at least pretend to provide construc- tive proposals to the situation. If Lynch feels that he is being ill- served by his department and faculty, he Should address his concerns to the professors concerned.

Like many students, I find it very disturbing that Dave Lynch deems himself qualified to make sweeping generalizations regarding an entire faculty. I am no more qualified to judge his personality based on the article he has written than he is capable of judging the Faculty of Arts based on the few courses he has taken.

Education is a very personal matter. Every faculty has its share of students who view their under- graduate years as a necessary mean to an end and that seems to promise financial reward. If Lynch and his friend feel so strongly that by merely spending $4O,ooO in exchange for a diploma they would receive a degree of any value, I advise them to reconsider. Money doesn’t buy everything -- least of all, knowledge.

If Lynch feels that the quality of education at this institution is so pathetic and substandard and that he is being a martyr by “enduring” its unbelievable ineptness, I would urge him to think of the thousands of studentseach year who are turned away from its doors and who are forced to re-assess their options and their futures. By being here, he is part of an elite group that is privi- leged enough to have access to higher education. He should act as though he deserves it.

If Lynch feels in any way, that, by writing his article, he has per- suaded Arts students to bow their heads in shame, he is quite mis- taken. If anything, he has served to reaffirm the faith and pride sensed by most students in the Faculty of Arts.

-Julie Timmermans 2B French Teaching Speciuli&iun

Bickering Works

To the Editur,

This is in response to the article entitled, “Let’s Be Realistic” which appeared in the June 16th issue of Imprint. There are a few statements that Mr. Bryson makes in his article which I would like to address. In this issue, Mr, Bryson refers to UW’s Federation of Stu- dents belonging “to two organisa- tions committed to timidly raising their voices in the quiet back halls of Queen’s Park and Parliament Hill.” He also mentions that ‘&unre- alistic and impractical yelling and screaming does play an important

role in making political headway.” “Mike Harris and Lloyd Axworthy would have us believe that economic circumstances do not allow for a freeze in university tuition fees. It is up to students -- OUSA, CASA, and the Feds -- to prove them wrong. And that won’t happen if student leaders bicker and play partisan politics over the most ‘pragmatic’ or ‘realistic’ way to make their views heard,”

I agree with Mr. Bryson that it is up to the students to “prove them wrong.” However, I would like to note that we do not partake in ‘partisan politics’ and, I will argue that pragmatic and realistic ways to make our views heard proves not only beneficial to the student movement but also, mandatory.

Regulations for Bill C-28 (Bill for Student Loans) were recently written. In this bill, there was a provision allowing the Minister to create regulations by which institutions would be “designated” as able to grant certificates of eligibility for student loans under section 3 of the Act, These provisions would have allowed the Minister of Hu- man Resources to allow the provinces to “de-designate” institutions should the loan default rates of their graduates to rise above a certain level. There are two effects of being de-designated. 1) The institution would no longer be able to grant certificates of eligibility; hence, students attending this institution would no longer be able to receive student loans and, 2) According to section 28 of C-28, which amends the Income Tax Act, students attending the de-designated institution, would no longer be able to claim tuition or educational amounts on their tax returns. The Education Support Branch had not yet named which institutions had the most serious problems, however, it was believed that the Atlantic region was at the highest risk. At this time, the National Director of CASA was given the directive to communicate these concerns to all Atlantic MPs, as well as the Minister of Human Resources, Lloyd Axworthy. At this time, meetings were set up with all the Atlantic MPs. The MPs that Alex Usher, national Director of CASA (Canadian Alliance of Stu- dent Associations), met with were quite upset about the possible implications of the policy for the universities in their area. As a result, Axworthy’s office was contacted. Others that were contacted include the Director General, Stu- dent Assistance and Axworthy’s political aide for student groups. After meeting with a member from AUCC (Association of Universi- ties and Colleges in Canada), a member from CAUT (Canadian Association of University Teach- ers) and the Director General, Stu- dent Assistance, the following has

resulted. Chapter I1 of the Policy someone not open-minded enough Manual (the one on designation) to be able to say without will I\SOT be issued, and will be sent embarassment “I listen to Moxy back for re-examination. Fruvous .”

My point? Lobbying the government and not “impractical yell-

- ing and screaming” is the way to “play an important role in making political headway.” If CASA did not “bicker” in this “‘pragmatic’ and ‘realistic’ way,” students at some university institutions would not be able to receive student loans or claim tuition or educational amounts on their tax returns. Could you just imagine what it would be like if that happened here on our campus?

Please - you reviewers who are guilty of these atrocities, stop. You have your right to an opinion, but I’d much rather have the option of forming my own.

-Andrew Nethertun

Specific Arts Rant

To the Editor,

-Jane Pak

General Arts Rant

To the Editor,

“Have you heard the new album by the Cure. 3 It sucks. Have you heard the new album by Blue Monday? I don’t know if there is one, but if there is... it sucks. You know how I know? ‘Cause I’m a Doors.. . fan!”

-- “The Doors,” Kids In The Hd.

I must ask - is there a radio in the Imprint office? If so, there must be a veritable brouhaha over the controls at any one time - if it hasn’t been destroyed by one of the Imprint music critics.

Off and on for the past few years I’ve read the new release reviews that the Imprint publishes (supposedly for the reader’s benefit), and have come to the conclu- sion that as a rule, the reviewers hate music. Period.

It is a rare find nowadays, or so it seems to my untrained eye and ear, to see an album review that is not negative in the extreme. I will concede that there are favourable reviews published on some albums - however, I must note that these are usually RAVE reviews, leading me to think that the reviewer is just spewing more worship on their fa- vouri te band, or proclaiming, “This is disturbing and nothing like anyone has ever seen and will make 95% of the music-listening public physically ill, so IT MUST BE GOOD! !”

Whatever happened to impar- tial judging of music? I would Eove to see a review of a new album put out by a fairly mainstream-and- currently-popular group that agrees that people could actually like it! Or just says that it’s mediocre with some high points. Or that it’s a step in a new direction for the group, which some fans may or may not appreciate.

Personally, I volunteer at CKMS 100.3 FM, where we’re getting in all sorts of new music all the time. In fact, that is what comprises most of the show that I put on -a 3- hour music show. Now, if I can find 10 to 15 new songs every week that DON’T suck by new and existing bands, why can’t the Imprint new album reviewers do the same? It’s not that hard - really.

I think it’s time that Imprint got some impartiality back into its album reviews, so the general public can get a clear view of what new music is out there, and not just the exaggerated personal feelings of

Re: “Argh...Fuck...Kill! ! !“Cri- tique (Imprint June 30, Vol. 18, No. 5).

I’m writing in response to the rather poorly written article that was published in Imprint at the end of June.

I found the article in question to be short-sighted, narrow minded, uneducated, fabricated dribble that was just plain biased.

Proof of the bias is in the second paragraph where it states that Mr. James Russell had “hoped for something good like the ill-fated Strange Days.” Now I hate to beef with “Strange Days,” but what kind of DOLT would hope to see a “Tragically Hip cover band” open for the Dayglo Abortions?

Mr. Russell proves to be short sighted when he describes “the lead singer” of Pablum, when in fact Pablum has two, not one vocalist (not counting the two songs sung by the guitarist). It is also interesting that Mr. Russell failed to mention the mosh pit for Pablum, or the fact that they all but sold out of merchandise that night. His reference to “Death Metal” was completely moronic and I don’t think he has the simplest comprehension of different forms of music. To say “all stereotypical critiques of this kind of music applied to Pablum that night” shows how uneducated Mr. Russell is. For the stage show is all in fun; with backlights, big costumes, and niost importantly you can see the band is having a blast while performing. The music is based on old punk riffs, with the modem edge of special effects on the vocals.

To further show how poor a reporter James Russell is, is that he fails to mention that the Dayglo Abortions have a new singer as well as two new guitar players. He talks about trivial facts like Jimbo’s (the new singer) hair style, and gets facts wrong like the beer that was thrown and hit the bouncer, not the singer. His quotes of the guitar player (who was Spud, one of the two original members left, and plays bass) talking about “taking a shit in the girls bathroom” was a waste of space and could have been better spent by asking the band personal questions like “Why the change in the line up?’

In a democratic society, one of your rights is free speech. Mr. Russell has dcmonsuatdhi~ rights. The only problem with the right of free speech is that anyone can talk on any subject, whether educated on the subject or not. When Russell writes about Pablum or Dayglo Abortions, almost nothing of it is fact which is a great disservice to

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I knew it wouldn’t last. This week the Premier of Alberta, Ralph Klein, made a statement saying that Canada would not agree to political or economic ties with Quebec should the province’s coming referendum produce a Yes vote. There it was, on the front page of The Globe a& Muil. Everything was going so well.

Until now, the federalist politicians were keeping quiet and saying virtually nothing on the subject of sovereignty. Meanwhile, the separatists were making speeches and shooting themselves in the foot at almost every possible opportunity. Lucien Bouchard’s martyr status didn’t last long, Quebec City didn’t get the Olympic Games and the separatists have had to make new alliances as they continue to watch the polls’ indication of support for their cause fluctuate below the 50% mark: Their campaign has slowly deteriorated from a call for complete independence to a negoti- ated- sovereignty-association and contrived referendum questions. If we give it a little more time, the referendum will come and go with a minority separatist vote and the whole issue will be settled for at least another, uh, year.

All this without a word from the federalists. Sure, they have some help from The Globe and Maif and frequently released studies that predictably warn of the myriad of difficulties that would result if Quebec were to separate in one form or another. The federalist politicians have just ignored the issue and let it slip from the public’s consciousness. The strategy is ingenius. Best.of all, it’s working.

This is why 1 was not impressed when i saw that Mr. Klein had opened his mouth to call attention to the issue. Staring flatly that Canada would not cooperate is exactly what the separatists want - some federalist creating an image of an overbearing, inflexible country. It also fails to add anything new

to thedebate. Maybe hejust doesn’t understand the federalists’ strategy. Maybe he felt he wasn’t getting enough press about his provincial budget surplus. Whatever the motivation, his comments may open the floodgates allowing any number of our politicians to contribute similarly inane remarks that will give the separatists ammunition in their campaign.

In an effort to bring about this eventuality, Mario Dumont, leader of the Parti de 1’Action Demo- cratique, made a reply to Mr. Klein. He issued the dire warning t,hat slowly all of the provincial leaders are ‘I . ..going to become involved, one by one.” He also referred to Mr. Klein’s comments as “a threat” and launched into the familiar separatist rhetoric. Now on equal footing in the separatist arena with Jacques Parizeau and Lucien Bouchard, Mr. Dumont’s remarks were reported by The Globe and Mail the next day, although somewhat more in- conspicuously on the fourth page. Fortunately,Dumont doesn’t yet get the media play of other politicians.

Hopefully, this is an isolated incident and the rest of the provincial premiers will keep quiet. Then maybe, just maybe, Quebecers will recognize that these politicians are remnants of a bygone era. The fact is that independence is neither wanted by the majority nor worthy enough to justify its negative consequences (I’ m going to be accused ofgetting “emotional”again). Most of the driving force behind the movement now is simply inertia. The politicians cannot admit to themselves that something for which they have been fighting for decades is a waste of time-They need to be humoured once more, but only once more, because this charade is getting tiresome and ex- pensive.

Canada has by many accounts the highest standard of living in the world. Don’t mess with it. That means you too, Mr. Klein.

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fun-loving guys they’ve always been and they put on a hell of a show.” True, but they’re not the same guys. It’s because of people like Mr. Russell that Canadian music is finding it so hard to get anywhere. My only consolation to this article is: THANK GOD the only time someone reads Imprint is when it comes blowing down the street after it missed the garbage!!

Bricks and Mortar

To the Editor,

I am currently working in Saint John, New Brunswick. It was just recently announced that Microsoft had chosen New Brunswick as the first Canadian test site for its new technology, and now they are trying to convince people,that it will automatically improve anything it’s applied to. Such is the attitude in our society; a new technology

comes down the line, and we automatically use it with little regard for its implications.

My fears were realized when the general manager of Microsoft Canada, Frank Clegg, announced “Down the road, you may decide.. ,the cost structure of putting a virtual school in electronically would be significantly cheaper than putting up bricks and mortar.” Later he backtracked, but the cat was out of the bag. Despite the attempts at damage control, I think it’s clear that Microsoft’s true agenda is to computerize everything and make money doing it, regardless of the consequences.

And that would be a shame, because traditional schools offer a lot. Kids are focused to interact with each other; some fight, some become friends, but ultimately, a kid learns from them all. Kids see a lot of teachers as well; some become role models, some are mere therapy fodder, but they all have something to contribute. Going to school gives kids a sense of community and purpose. It’s like a rite of passage; a sign they’re growing up. Their lives are enriched, and this can not be replaced by virtual classrooms or state-of-the-art electronic links.

Think about what happens if microchips and plastic replace

bricks and mortar. It creates a two- tiered education regime. City kids will get a traditional education, with real teachers and real kids and real school experiences. Since rural schools have become obsolete, only those country kids who can afford the. new system can get an education, and the rest either move to the city or do without. Sure it will save money for the province, and bring New Brunswick to new heights of technological grandeur, but at what cost?

Techriology should be viewed as a tool. It’s at its best when its used to automate repetitive and tedious tasks, thus improving working conditions for employees, and simultaneously providing greater efficiency to employers. It’s at its worst when its used to totally automate processes with no regard for its consequences, or the welfare of the employees.

If you are going to work for Microsoft, or for any other company where you have a design role, I strongly urge you to not be sucked into following the dual paradigm ofgrowthand computerization. Let your priorities be for the system as a whole, with people included, and view technology as a means, not an end.

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Could the Tories be the CAUS of student demise? by Dewey Oxburger special to Imprint

arett Pustun is President uf G he University of Alberta Students ’ Union, He is alsu

Chair of the Cuuncil uf AIberIa UniversiQ Students. He was in Suu th western Ontario examining structmz uf lucal student unions

fur a possible restructuring at U uf A when he took sume time out tu talk 10 hprint.

What kind of restructuring were you looking at to make you travel halhay across the country?

We’re looking at everything: from the roles and responsibilities of our VPs, our committee structure, what services we offer to students, to the business we provide and our revenue generation.

What made you decide to take this on?

Mainly because we hadn’t taken a good look in a couple years. We’ve been making additions, but some of our policies aren’t up to par. Basically, every time we go to Council meetings, anotherproblem comes up. We’ve never taken a good look at whether we should maybe get rid of some the things we have. Our nominations policy isn’t quite up to par, our confidentiality policy isn’t quite up to par, our VP structure isn’t quite right-.-there’s always something we’re missing or something that’s falling through the cracks.

After meeting with the Feds’ executive board, how would you improve our structure... what struck you as absolutely stupid?

The most glaring difference right off the bat is their executive committee structure. The fact that you have a President and two VPs, and then three people occupying offices, and they’re not elected. At Alberta, we have four elected VPs and I’m looking and thinking that on my campus, someone who’s hired won’t carry the same kind of legitimacy with their students or administrations. I’ve seen it at all schools, they have a President elected by the student body, but then all their VPs are elected by students’ council.

What’s the mood like on campus at U of A right now?

Over the summer we have only one to three thousand students, but we have 26,000 during the fall. It’s a very small, quiet proportion.

It’s a fairly positive mood. We’ve already experienced most of the cuts that Ontario has yet to take, and we’ve emerged unscathed. We’ve done a lot of restructuring, amalgamating and merging several departments and faculties. We’ve gotten rid of some of our older

plans through buyout plans, and we’ve had a lot of money cut from our budget, but I can’t say we’ve noticed any decrease in quality.

Tell me more about the Council of Alberta University Students.

CAUS is very similartoOUSA, in that it has the same political out- look. I’ve very much a conserva- tive-type student group focused only on the issues of accessibility, funding, and quality. It’s really a smaller organization, because Al- berta is obviously a smaller province. We have in total six member associations, that together represent just under one hundred thousand students. We represent all the university students in Al- berta; the colleges have their own organization.

Is it true that Ralph Klein is going to end tenure?

No, it’s not. He talked about it like Mike Harris talked about it here, but was convinced instead to force universities to implement a re- dundancy clause, so that iftheDepa.rtmentofEco- nomics was eliminated, we wouldn’t need to keep all the Economics Professors.

Have you ever met Ralph Klein? What’s his support like on your campus? Have you ever burned him in ef- figy?

Yes, I have met Ralph Klein. He wouldn’t remember me, but I’ve met him. Sup-

ing made. But you can be pretty sure that all boards of governors will implement that maximum increase amount.

Ontario universities have faced significant funding cuts over the past years, and it looks like we’ll be getting some more in the near future...

Really? What gives you that idea? . ..How have Alberta universities fared, and what’s upcoming for you?

In terms of provincial cuts, we don’t have much to fear. We

port for Ralph is pretty This guy ain’t no used car salesman. high. A majority of students like what he’s doing. They’re not in favour of massive tuition hikes, but we haven’t experienced massive tuition hikes. We actually won a commitment from government last year to limit tuition increases to $200 per year. Students recognize that we all have to pay the price to pay down the deficit.

Jack Ady [Alberta Minister responsible for Universities] has announced that while tuition may increase substantially until the year 2000, he has also promised students a &clear rolen in setting tuition.

Assuming students don’t want to pay more, how do you see these two commitments recon- ciled?

That’s an interesting comment the Minister’s made. Students will be consulted at the Board of Gover- nors level prior to any decision be-

wcmy more about the federal government cuts, although we’ve convinced our government to treat transfer payment cuts a5 a cut to general revenue, rather than as a cut to post-secondary education and health care.

The way we’ve dealt with the cuts; we have merged several departments and faculties: we now have a faculty of forestry, agriculture, and home economics *. . I don’ t know how they fit together, but we’ve eliminated much of the ad- ministrative costs, such as department chairs and secretaries. The Faculty of Science now has five departments instead of fourteen.

I don’t believe that quality has been affected, however. His- tory and Classics have been merged, and that makes a lot of sense. We used to have History professors teaching Greek and Ro- man stuff, and we’d have Classics

professors teaching the same course in their department. Now we’ve pooled resources. Some of these changes you’d just hope would have been made regardless of the cuts, because they make sense.

Minister Ady also announced that student aid amounts will be tied to tuition levels. This is the first such commitment in Canada. How is it developing?

We don’t know exactly what he meant. You can guess what

-position we’re going to take: a dollar for dollar increase. Maybe the compromise will be an equal

percentage increase.

Wouldn’t that work out more in your favour, because of the allowance for living expenses on top of tuition? Actually, yeah.

Maybe that’11 be our opening position instead.

In Ontario there’s a committee developing a system of performance indicators for universities, and they’re pretty far along; but I understand that Alberta’s government plans to tie funding to how well a university meets government- imposed goals. What is the CAUS position on this topic? Our position is that

we’re not sure where the government has come from or where its going with it. It seems to be a very long, tedious process,

but I think the important thing to keep in mind is that we’ re not against performance indicators. , We think there should be something out there to measure how well we’re preparing our graduates. Not necessarily for work - there’s a lot more to a university education than employ- ability, but indicators would be good. We just want to make sure that they employ the right criteria, and use them properly,

Who’s more right-wing, Mike Harris or Ralph Klein?

(laughs) I’d have to say Mike Harris is, but that’s because we’ve already been through all of the cuts and we’re seeing the light at the end of the tunnel now. Two years ago I probably would have said Klein.

From what I understand of your university, students are a lot more empowered than they are here.

Can you tell us a bit about the roles students play at U of A?

Our Senate has 150 members, 50 of them are students, and our Board of Governors has 18 members, and three of them are students. Beyond that, in every other university committee, we have at least 10% representation.

At Waterloo, it pretty much falls to the six Deans and the VP Aca- demic - and maybe a couple other bigwigs - to develop budgets, and then the budgets are recommended for approval by committees which are composed of largely the same people all over again. There’s been disatisfaction expressed with that process here. How does the budget get devel- oped at U of A?

I’m pretty happy with our budget process. Around January or February the VP Finance comes out with the Budget Primiples and Prospects, which outlines new challenges, and the philosophy around which the budget should be devel- oped, where he think more resources should be allocated, where resources should be taken away, and stuff like that. That’s discussed at Senate, where we have a significant voice, and then the department heads develop a budget which is discussed by the Planning and Pri- orities committee, and we have a very strong voice at every stage of the process. The process is totally public.

Is U of A a member of the Cana- dian Federation of Students (CFS)?

No, it’s not, U of A helped form CFS in the early 80’s, then pulled out the next year. We already didn’t like the slant CFS was taking towards issues that we felt wasn’t our place. These issues are important, but we weren’t comfortable having a student-lobby group taking positions on all of these issues.

Is U of A a member of CASA? We were one of the driving

forces behind founding CASA; the reason was that we feel students have been lacking a credible voice on Parliament Hill, as CFS has been tied up by its internal squabbles and some focus on issues that aren’t related to quality and accessibility.

From your knowledge of it,what’s your opinion of OUSA?

It seems fairly effective. I don’ t know much about the positions ir takes. I know Mike Bums [OUSA Director], and he’s a hard worker, but. it just strikes me as effective. I hear a lot of talk about OUSA, and whenever you hear a lot about a group three provinces away without hearing anything negative, then it must be doing something right.

SCIENCE&~ECHNOLOGY 1 A question of ethics in+ playing God

by Natalie Onuska Imprint s?aff

P ulling the plug. Three small words that could change your life. Three small words that

could end your life. Euthanasia or mercy killing can

be active or passive, and of course there are always the grey areas in between.

The administration of lethal drugs, or a lethal dosage of a drug by a physician at the patient’s request is considered to be active euthanasia. Assisted suicide occurs when a physician prescribes a lethal drug or dosage of a drug, which the patient in turn takes her or himself. Passive euthanasia is the result of withholding and/or withdrawing any treatment that will prolong life.

The Canadian Medical Asso- ciation Code of Ethics states that “an ethical physician will recognize that a patient has the right to accept or reject . . . any medical care recommended.”

How many physicians are ethical? By whose standards are they ethical? Most importantly, do their ethics correspond with that of the patient’s?

Physicians are real people with real lives, real problems and real belief systems. They donot have all the answers and they are not gods, as much of society believes them to be.

There are good doctors, there are bad doctors, and they all have some days that are brighter than others.

With the onset of the dispos- able-camera-drive-through-insta- tellers-instant-cup-a-soup society it is not surprising to see medical- walk-in-clinics becoming increas- ingly popular and abundant. This is not a matter of sheer convenience for you, the customer. (Yes, you are a customer in this prescribe-your- life-away-pi~ls-will-relieve-all-my- ailments-and-keep-pharmaceutical-companies-grossing-millions-

“The Canadian Code of ethics states that an ethical physician will

recognize that a patient has the right to accept or reject...any medical care recommended,”

annually-and-when-this-liver- goes-on-the-fritz-from-too-much- boozn’-I’ll-get-a-transplant. You are not just a patient, you are a customer).

It is unfortunately a matter of economics. Hospitals simply do not have the space, staff, times or supplies to provide the care they once could. There is a shift taking place. It is one that is moving away from hospitalization and moving toward in-home care, in home birthing and in home dying. This is a positive

step away from institutionalization. be questioned. And why shouldn’t medical

care be provided in the home? ‘Home is where the heart is.’ Hos- pitals are where home sickness sets in. Home is not packed with air- borne viruses and other unhealthy people.

Our society may breath consum- erism and isolation but the odd trip to the medical walk-in-clinic may be appropriate, The important thing is to make an effort to cultivate and maintain an open and communica- tive relationship with your physician where trust can develop.

This is the first step to ensuring control over your mental and physical well-being and the process in which you choose to die.

“A recent study by the Dutch government, as reported by Kass, has shown that almost one third (1,000 of 3,300) of the reported deaths were cases of active invol- untary euthanasia,” reports Kass, according to The Canadian Medi- cal Association (CMA) Journal in October 1994,

The CMA journal also reported the same study found “61 per cent of 8,100 deliberate overdoses of morphine were given without patient knowledge or consent because

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of perceived poor quality of life or family distress.”

In taking the liberty to accept this responsibility, th?se physicians as- sume their own insights should take precedent over the wishes of those in their care. All beliefs and insights can not escape personal subjectivity; made blatantly obvious in these cases. For

. this very reason it is the personal responsibility of the patient to ask if their physician is ethical and by whose standards are they ethical?

The CMA Code of Ethics also states that “an ethical physician will recommend only . . . therapy that is believed necessary for the well-being of the patient.”

This is another example of a situation in which the personal subjectivity of the physician can overtake the will of the patient. This is depend- ent upon what the physician believes is necessary.

“Clinical experience indicates that terminally il l patients rarely request euthanasia when they receive good palliative care from an attentive physician and team, their symptoms are controlled and they are in a care setting that is appropriate to their wishes and needs,” states the CMA journal.

With the Canadian health care system facing major financial cut- backs it is unclear whether adequate palliative care can be offered for the terminally ill. Presently only a small percentage (five) of dying patients in Canada receive palliative care, and the quality of this care provided should

The Department of National Health and Welfare (now Health Canada) defines palliative care as *‘a program of active compassion- ate care primarily directed towards improving the quality of life for the dying.”

A program of this nature must provide not only for the physical needs of an individual, but also the emotional and spiritual. Fam- ily and friends of those that are terminally il l need to be accounted for as well.

“The full continuum of services includes 24 hour access to a fully staffed interdisciplinary palliative care team in the home, cancer centers and other clinics, hospitals (acute and long term care), nursing homes and other settings. It also includes a readily accessible system of hospice fa- cilities or palliative care units for the management of symptom crisis, and the provision of respite care and care in the latter stages of illness,” reports the CMA journal.

If an individual is suffering and is mentally competent, should that person not have the right to choose to take their own life? If an individual does not have that choice because of societal standards and laws then whose life is it? What about patients who have been given “x” amount of time to live?

How can anyone possibly de- termine the amount of time someone has left to live?

3 SPORTS m Campus Ret

by Kathleen Ryan special to Imprint

T his column marks the end of another fun-filled spring term for Campus Recreation.

The following are highlights of the term provided by various Campus Ret personnel.

Bill Rosehart, the Head Life- guard, reported that most of the lifeguards recently participated in a spinal and head injury clinic. The course’s instructors were all experienced paramedics who shared their skills and experience with the participants. While the lifeguards have already received some training in this area of emergency first aid, Rosehart commented that the course added greater depth to how he would deal with a head injury emergency situation.

The summer’s warm tempera- tures didn’t melt Stephanie Baker’s spring skating program. As Cam- pus Ret’s skating co-ordinator, Baker was very pleased with the level of participation this term. Participants in the skating programs were enthusiastic and eager to improve their skills. In the fall term, look for a new skating program: advanced power skating for figure skaters. The program will comple- ment the existing power skating course for hockey skaters and provide a great way to keep fit! Baker thanks all the skating instructors

for their hard work and great effort throughout the term.

By this time, most Campus Ret competitive leagues have finished their seasons. According to ball hockey convener De Ann Durrer, the final games were electrifying, despite a power failure during the last game! The Division 1 champions were Thrown Together, with finalist Elite Fleet. In Division 2, Moving Targets were victorious, with Lowest of the Low finishing well out of the division cellar. The Cedarbrats took top honours in Di- vision 3, with the Hangovers finishing second.

The soccer, volleyball and basketball final standings were reported by convener Charles Nahm. In soccer’s Division A, the Cardill Crushers were champions, ahead of finalist CSA Sprangers. Incom- petent defeated Individuals in Divi- sion B 1, and Chemvicted triumphed over Oasys and Co. in Division B2. In Division C, Chem Socks held onto frost place, followed by Lickety Split Again.

The volleyball Division A champion was Jerky Boys, with the Rift Raft as a finalist. In Division B, the Blockers placed ahead of Slick, while Eq triumphed over the Beancounters.

In basketball’s Division A, after going to a tense triple overtime, Groundskeeper Willy sprinted past Slow Runnets. In Division B, the

Portuguese National Team claimed victory over the Pheasants. The Pheasants, the only all-faculty team in Campus Ret, were the Division B3 champs in the fall 1994 term, so the victory for the Portuguese Na- tional Team was an impressive one. Finally, in Division B2, the Gun- ners were overcome by the Boys in the Fume Hood.

Another successful ice hockey season was also ended. After a long and gruelling regular season, all eighteen teams were in high gear for two weeks of exciting playoff hockey. In the B (non-contact) championship game, the Slough Sharks played a great game and defeated Butch Goring’s Helmet. The A {contact) champions were the Bandits, who came from behind to edge past the Beached Whales. Thanks to all the referees who did an excellent job this summer.

Just a reminder that exam fit- ness classes taught by your favourite instructors continue until Au- gust 3rd. Drop by Studio 1 in the PAC at 9:oO a.m. or 215 p.m. for hour-long classes that are a mix of step and aerobics. No registration is necessary, just bring water, wear a good pair of running shoes and bring a friend! Thanks to all participants in Campus Ret programs this term and to loyal readers of this column. Thanks also to Jane Varley for her help with the program. Good luck and stay active!

Fences Make Good Neighbours by Kiyan &arbar special to Imprint

I n an effort to appease the influ- ential provincial associations of the prairiesand westerncanada,

the Canadian Fencing Federation granted the right to host the 1995 Canadian National Fencing Cham- pionships to the Saskatchewan Fencing Association. The four day event was held in Saskatoon from June 2 to June 5.

Despite several setbacks, the tournament was a success, The venue was the Physical Education Building of the University of Sas- katchewan. Two gymnasiums were needed to accommodate all events.

The choice of Saskatchewan was reasonable in that it enabled many athletes from Alberta, Sas- katchewan, and Manitoba to attend without the need to fly completely across the country, The majority of Quebecers and Ontarians could not complain, since the last few championships had been held in Mon- treal, the cradle of Canadian fencing.

Saskatoon, however, was a ter- rible choice in terms of comfort. Of necessity, nationals are held in early June to bring an end to the fencing season which runs from September to May. At an average of 35 de- grees, the Saskatoon climate was very unforgiving, especially to the fencers who competed in the upper gym which should have been equipped with sweat gutters along

the sides of the metallic pistes. The directors and judges also appeared uncomfortable in their double- breasted suits and assorted formal attire.

The tournament organization was marred by the lack of profes- sionalism involved in the decision to exclude the Women’s Sabre fencers from competition with the men. According to CFF rules if six or more women enter the competition in sabre, they must fence a separate women’s event. This rule is often stretched, bent, and sometimes ignored.

Women’s Sabre isvery mucha fledgling sport, existing almost entirely in Ontario, and due to the small numbers of competitors the women very often fence with the men in the pools and are separated for the direct elimination tableau. This allows everyone the opportunity for more fencing, and specifically enables the women to acquire more experience in fencing different opponents (as opposed to the same fifteen sabreuses every tournament). This approach was used at several Elite level competitions this year, and it made no sense for it to have been rejected at Nationals. At the very least, the decision should have been made in advance in case more than six sabreuses showed up to the competition. There were seven present, and the tournament committee delayed the sabre event by two hours’ worth of useless de- liberation, resulting in bitter feel-

ings, impatience, and the ongoing alienation of the Women’s Sabre community.

To the credit of the judges and organizers, another potentially ugly situation was dealt with appropri- ately. Maitre Henri Sassine of Chibougamau, Quebec (the master whose dedication to fencing and Men’s Sabre in particular, has resulted in an Olympic national team composed entirely of his pupils) is a very contentious personality. His antics while watching his own students in competition are tradition- ally deplorable and dishonourable. During a bout in my pool between his son, Sami Sassine, and Y. Bernard, Henri vehemently con- tested a call by the director. The director refused to change his decision and a verbal battle ensued. Several organizers attempted to subdue Sassine to no avail, and the fiasco resulted in Sassine’s threat- ened withdrawal of the entire Scaramouche club from the touma- merit. The judge was eventually replaced but during another bout (in a team semi-final) between Leszek Nowosielski (formerly of Ottawa) and national team member Evens Gravel of Chibougamau, Sassine was justly red-carded for interfering with the operation of the bout.

The R,A. “Les Spadassins” Fencing Club based in Ottawa, as well as several Montreal-based clubs, are bidding for the right to host the championships in 1996.

Waterloo’s Academic AWCdZBddianS

by Kimberly Moser Imprint sports

T he Warriors and Athenas are sending aclearcut message to all those who doubt

them: Waterloo’s athletes are among the elite students at this institution and to prove it, twenty- eight of them became Academic All-Canadians.

The Academic All-Canadian honour is given to those athletes who achieve an A+ standing in their courses over both the fall and winter terms.

Waterloo’s athletes should no longer be doubted as to their academic ability. They are a group of very talented people who have the ability to balance both a gruelling game and practise schedule with an even more gruelling academic schedule.

The Basketball and Swim- ming teams top the Academic All-Canadian list with six selections each, Ironically the Basket- ball and Swimming seasons are among the longest around the OUAA.

Laura Anderson (French & Applied Studies), Noelle Aplevich (Honours English), Edward Furs (Rhetoric & Pro- fessional Writing), Amy Jarvis (Math), Christopher Paliri (Civil Engineering) and Greg Stump (Electrical Engineering) all ac- complished the feat while still competing weekly in swim meets.

MarkEys (HonoursPsychol-

ogy), Nadia Gosgnach (Applied Physics teaching), Jodi Hawley (Kinesiology), Lobi Kraemer (Kinesiology), Sean Van Koughnett (Environmental Stud- ies Masters) and Matthew Williams were named from Wa- terloo’s Basketball teams.

Right behind them were five members of the Track and Field team: Kevin Ramchandar (Hon- ours Physics), Allan Runstedtler (Mechanical Engineering), Alicia Steele (Kinesiology), Cheryl Turner (Arts) and Steffan Watson (Geography).

The Hockey team was also well represented with Dean MacDonald (Honours Kin- esiology), Geoff Rawson (Kinesiology) and Captain Geoff Schneider (Kinesiology).

Academic All-Canadians from the Cross County team included Jeff Irwin (Math), Daren Paoux (Math) and Sarah Thompson (Arts).

Members from the Football team were Martin Barta (Hon- ours Economics) and Ryan Luvisotto (Math).

From Volleyball, Cameron Macleod (Honours Kinesiology) and Kent Piete (Optometry).

Last but not least was Leanne Dietrich (Honours Psychology) from the Field Hockey team.

These athletes should be very proud of their accomplishments. It is their hard work and determi- nation that will bring them success in the future.

1995 Canadian National Fencing Championship Results

MEN’S FOIL Spadassins) Gold: Maxime Saucy (QUE/ Bronze: Levinia Botez (QUE/ Mousquetaires) Duellistes) Silver: Nicolas Bergeron (QUE/ Bronze: Heather Landimore (NSIHali- Mousquetaires) fax FC) Bronze: Mathieu Brouillet (QUE/ Motisquetaires) MEN’S SABRE Bronze: Cameron Smith (ALB/Edmon- Gold: Evens Gravel (QUE/ ton FC) Scaramouche)

Silver: Jean-Paul Banes (QUE/Brebeuf) WOMEN’S FOIL Bronze: Leszek Nowosielski (ONT/ Gold: Jujie Luan (ONTIRyerson) Spadassins) Silver: Lavinia Surdu (SASAI of S) Bronze: Jean-Marie Banos (QUE/ Bronze: Sandra Sassine (QUE/ Brebeuf) Scaramouche) Bronze: Marie-Francoise Hervieu WOMEN’S SABRE (QUE/Mousquetaires) Gold: Donna Saworski (ONT/Ryerson)

Silver: Tracey Storms (ONT/ MEN’S EPEE Spadassins) Gold: Janusz Kalina (QUE/ Bronze: Pascale Aubin-Rheaume Mousquetaires) (ONTIExcalibur) Silver: James Ransom (ONT/ Spadassins) MIXED SABRE TEAM Bronze: Danek Nowosielski (QUEI Gold: Brebeuf “A” (QUE) Mousquetaires) Silver: Spadassins “A” (ONT) Bronze: Cooper (?) Bronze: Brebeuf “B” (QUE)

Bronze: Scaramouche (QUE) WOMEN’S EPEE Gold: Renata Grodecka (ONT/Ryerson) Silver: Alexandra Wawryn (ONT/ (Other team results unavailable)

Three UW students participated in the tournament. PMATHICS graduate Michael Buckley placed 23/55 in Men’s Epee and 53/77 in Men’s Foil. Kirsten Ball (1 B Science) competed in Women’s Epee and Women’s Foil (results unavailable). Kiyan Am-bar (ZB Comp Eng) placed 38/48 in Men’s Sabre. Michael Buckley finishes the season at 27/273 in Men’s Epee, Kirsten Ball at 31034 in Women’s Foil, and Kiyan Azarbar at 82f178 in Men’s Sabre.

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Another Hip Attraction Another Roadside Attractictn

Cayuga Speedway Thursday, July 20

by Chris AIdworth llzqwint staff

V’s nut the band I hate, it ‘s their fans ” - Sloan, “Coax Me”

F or all the hype surrounding the newest version of Roadside Attraction, the whole event came off as less of the

festival it was meant to be, and more of a Tragically Hip dominated spectacle. One only has to note the vast number of tailgaters and their widespread ignorance about the festival. Slugging back brewskies in the parking lot, oblivious to the other bands on the bill, the general concert attendee were blissfil in their lack of knowledge. Com- ments overheard in the parking lot like “Who’s playing right now? Who cares, the Hip only go on at eight, we got lots of time,” and the drunken slur of “I’m only here to see the Hip,” add plenty of fuel to this argument.

With talented Canadian acts on the bill like Eric’s Trip and the Rheostatics, and well known international acts in Matthew Sweet and Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers this should have been a much celebrated event. For those that did tear themselves away from their brown stubby bottles and made it onto to the Speedway tarmac to catch an opening act or two, their efforts were well rewarded.

While my confidence was not restored in Tragically Hip fans (due to the countless

number of drunken meatheads everywhere) the day was not a complete loss. Matthew Sweet and his Big Star influenced power pop provided a rousing set of guitar based feel good music. Although Sweet, clad in jeans, ball cap and dark sun- glasses through out the entire set, was as visually exciting as a stone (or was that stoned?) the music was bang on. Sweet powered through poppy numbers like “Sick Of My- self’ and “Girlfriend” and even managed to coax a few members of the lean crowd to bounce around. Un- fortunately the same could not be said of Sweet who remained firmly rooted to the stage and did very little to acknowledge the crowd. Hiding behind his shades, Sweet’s reluc- tance to greet the crowd eye to eye dampened any possibility of con- necting with the audience, leading to a somewhat uninspired set.

As an honorary member of the holy hippie trinity (occupied by the Allman Brothers, Phish and the Gratebl Dead) BBes Traveller did little to hold up their end of the bargain. Extended jams and harp solos aplenty, Blues Traveller man-

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aged to take the wind out the sails of many a concert goer with a set wrought with bland barefoot rock. ‘Nuff said!

Spirit OfThe West were, well...Spirit Of The West. Churning out that special brand of Celtic rock like only they can do, SOTW romped through a set of old and new material

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that had the crowd rigging and reeling. Showcasing a number of new songs from their latest release, Two Headed, they managed to endear themselves to the throng of Hip fans slobbering their way to the stage area. Managing to keep the energy level high, through intermittent showers, these westerners were easily the cream ofthe opening acts. .

Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers vied their respective reggae trade to mixed results. Jammin’ out similar reggae music that his father made famous many years ago, Ziggy and his crew managed to do a good job converting many a Hipster into a token Rasta for the hour long spot. The whole set was typical reggae fare with very little innovation musically. The fairly uncreative sounds emitting from the stacks led more that a few people to feel that it’s time Marley stop riding on his father’s coat tails. Puffing through a Wailer’s tune to close the set, Ziggy and his entourage just couldn’t shake that big loom- ing cloud of unoriginality. Although their version of “Could You Be Loved” did manage to draw an exuberant response from the crowd, it was too late to salvage any credibil- ity.

As Gord Downie put it, it was quite

fitting that the Tragically Hip play the Speed- way in Cayuga. With a history behind it for loud all day rock concerts, car races and typically rough looking clientele, the King- ston natives must have felt right at home. Cranking out the crowd favorite “New Orle- ans Is Sinking” to kick start the proceedings, Downie was the consummate court jester, precariously walking the line of insanity that have made the Hip such an acclaimed live draw. In characteristic fashion the Tragically Hip flawlessly incorporated one of the many new songs on the night midpoint through “New Orleans Is Sinking.” In a wise move that propelled them forward, what used to be the band’s opus has now evolved into a fitting opening number, keeping them far ahead of the stagnating past.

Happy to jam away on stage and una- fraid to risk alienating their loyal following, the band was content to play a slew of new material that has yet to grace an album. Re- gardless, if it was brand new stuff or the old favorites like “Twist My Arm” and “Blow At High Dough,” the Hip were stunning on stage. While detractors will point out that the Hip have yet to break it internationally, this is one band that is deserving of their exhaulted position among Canadians, as they do put on a damn fine performance.

Seemingly choosing songs at random, the Tragically Hip melded the set into a cohesive unit through shear intensity. Whether it was the slower “The Last Of The Unplucked Gems” or new songs like “Grace, too” and “Nautical Disaster,” the Hip had the crowd in the palm of their hand and worked it for all it was worth. A crack about Preston Manning introduced “Wheat Kings,” and added a somber moment to the set, but they soon had it rocking again with “Fifty-Mis- sion Cap,” “Nautical Disaster,” “At The Hun- dredth Meridian” and my personal favorite “The Wherewithal.” With the less of a spot- light on Downie than usual, the rest of the band was able to step it up a notch and came through in spades.

Despite a wide range of musical talent selected as opening support, the idea of an all day festival seemed lost on the crowd. Un- like a Lollapalooza crowd who seem to understand the concept of a festival and treat it as such, those chanting “Hip, Hip, Hip” during the break between songs of many of the opening bands just didn’t seem to get it. It was just too bad. Crowd bashing aside, the Tragically Hip came to the rescue and sal- vaged a rather dull afternoon with quite a solid performance. Out at the speedway indeed!

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but his voc teriorated sharply, and i;‘,

live performance suffers because of it. While his voice is mostly clear and well-defined, it lacks the ability to reach and sustain the high notes required of many of the Mar- tin-era Sabbath tunes.

Of course, for those who are only familiar with the classic lineup featuring Ozzy Osbourne on VQ- cals, Martin’s rendition wasn’t &8- tirely disappointing as he is suffi- ciently able to handle Ozzy’s limited vocal range.

Despite the vocal shortcom- ings, Black Sabbath still managed to give fans their money’s worth, and the band looked like they were having a good time. Iomrni was even seen smiling as he threw the occasional guitar pick to the audience. All in all, a good performance and a great show.

Black Sabbath Lulu s

Saturday, July 22nd

by Main Gaudmult special to Imprint

T he moment I heard Black Sabbath would be making an appearance at Lulu’s in

Kitchener, I picked up the telephone and put another dent in my Visa bill. It was a glorious Saturday night as Black Sabbath, Motiirhead and Swedish death metal act Tiamat took the stage. Unfortunately, Tiamat’s set was cut short for unknown reasons. Motijrhead kicked the crowd into high gear with their relentless brand of metal, showing all that they have truly shed their once common moniker of “worst

band in the world.” The highlight of the evening was nonetheless Black Sabbath.

Tony Iommi has the uncanny ability to send shivers down my spine with only a few strokes of his trademark Gibson SG. The opening riff to “Children of the Grave” was like a jackhammer to the head. Before I had time to recover the band moved on to Dio-era material with “Neon Knights,” followed by selections which spanned the group’s 25-yearcareer. Along with Sabbath classics such as “The Wiz- ard, ” “Paranoid, ” “Iron Man” and “The Mob Rules,” the band also played tracks from their latest album, Forbidden; “Get a Grip,” “Rusty Angels” and “Can’t Get Close Enough,” while solid slabs of modern Sabbath, were somewhat

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Black Sabbath’s entire cata- logue welcomed songs such as “The Shining” and “WhenDeathCalls”despite their relative obscurity.

Now for the harsh realities. Iommi has assem- bled a fine lineup with rock and metal veterans such as Cozy Powell on es, Neil Murray on bass, and Geoff Nichols on keyboards. Un- fortunately, he’s main- tai1;c.d his alliance with Tony f&&k as lead vocalist. Martin has recorded some phenomt.- loat albums with Sabbath in i?e Ptyp _ __ _ _ _-- _ v-x

Lemmy Worship You!

No Ace of Bass jokes or he’ll kill you

Mot&head The War&use, Toronto

Tuesday, July 18th

by Sean Denomey Imprint staff

I t can’t be said enough: Lemmy Kilmister is God. No self-re- specting metalhead would dare

miss an evening with the pearance. In between classic brain- power trio known as bleeders such as “I’m So Bad (Baby Motiirhead. Add the fact I Don’t Care),” “Stay Clean,” that Black Sabbath is “Nothing Up My Sleeve,” and touring with the mas- “Killed By Death,” Lemmy talked ters of noise, and you’ve it up with the capacity crowd of ex- got yourselfone helluva cons and bikers. At one point, he leather-laden bash. commented that the band “kept

As the roadies were blowing up Black Sabbath’s equip- setting up, it was easy to ment,” referring to the impossible spot Lemmy’s mic: the volume they were playing at. When

band littered the stage and main floor with replica playing cards as Lemmy croaked and choked and hacked his way through a vintage rendition of this timeless classic.

Not surprisingly the real treat of the night was simply being in the presence of Lemmy, who has more charisma than you might imagine desnite his rough and tumble ao-

the finale of “Overkill” four tities to the delight of fist-pounding fans. Lemmy and company definitely know how to have a good time. If you can ever get the chance, go see this man, no matter what you think of heavy metal.

If you don’t have an amazing time, you certainly won’t have the band to blame.

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Megadeth Mu&son Amphitheatre, Toronto

Friday, July 12th

by Sean Denomey Imprint staff

T his show seemed to be To- ronto’s version of a heavy metal Lollapalooza, with

three openers of ‘$ery different styles, and a headliner, well, to die for. Sporting a s?tipped down stage and a killer sei, Dave Mustaine and the bqys. eclipsed the mediocre zPeE:ng acts with a show that was alr;ltOsi a hot as the .syeltering 45 degree humidex they played in.

The crowd seemed to double in size while crews worked to clear the equipment from the stage in preparation for Reckoning Day 1995. By the time Megadeth came on, the crowd was on its feet, in a&us a&@ipation. The band surprised most by opening with “Skin 0’ My Teeth,” the starter for the last tour. They continued with the old stuff as they blistered through “Hangar 18,” and *‘Wake Up Dead.” By this time the crowd was worked into an absolute frenzy, and “Reck- oning Day” seemed to put them over the edge. Clearly the highlight of Youthanasia, it will definitely stick with live sets for years to come. The band took a bit of a break at this point, as Mustaine put in a plug for “Hidden Treasures,” a collection of b-sides and soundtrack songs. To drive home the point, the band played “Angry Again,” a song Mustaine descibed as “a tune that deals with my favourite emotion.”

stirring rendition of “0 Canada,”

The band paused again to beat the heat, while lead guitarist Marty Friedman treated the crowd to a

that got as good a response as any song they played all night. Next was a bit ofa suicide medley as they played “A Tout Le Monde” followed by “In My Darkest Hour.” The crowd got a bit of a surprise with the somewhat obscure “Tor- nado of Souls,” followed by some more good guitar and drum solos leading up to a heart-stopping performance of “Holy Wars.” The band said a quick goodbye after only an hour and left the stage. After letting the crowd go nuts for a couple of minutes they once again took the stage and stormed through an extended version of “Symphony of Destruction,” followed by the anthem “Peace Sells.” After another goodbye, the lights went down once again. This time, it looked like they were finished, as some members of the crowd began to file out. Finally, after much screaming and banging on seats, the band returned to close with their version of “Anarchy in the U.K.”

On this night, Megadeth showed why they are still one ofthe premier metal acts in the business. They played the crowd perfectly despite sweltering heat, and a short set that only included three songs from their latest offering, Youthanasia. Part of the reason for their success had to be the excel lent sound at the Amphitheatre, which is, to say the least, an impressive facility.

much alive and well.

At the end of the night, Mustaine had a few words for the crowd: “A lot of people are saying that heavy metal is dead. Well, if I’m dead, then it sure is taking a long fuckin’ time for the rigor mortis to set in!” Megadeth proved once again that heavy metal is still very

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Yo La Tengo Lee’s Palace, Toronto

Thursday, July 20

ing instrumental vein that is “I Heard Entwistle, while Georgia Hubley You Looking,” which seemed to go made for a superb drummer, touch- on long enough to circle around the ingfy self-effacing vocalist, and sun and slingshot back home. solid visual focal point.

Various Yenues, Utta wa July 14-23

by Derek Weller special to Imprint

by Ray PoirIer special to Imprint

ost bands are content to M finish up their sets with Showstopping Marathon

T here are a lot of Jazz Festi- vals popping up out there, like annual beds of hipness,

Freakouts. But as anyone who caught Yo La Tengo’s tour-ending Toronto gig last week can testify, this mindbending, skullscraping trio prefers to endandbegin its shows with them. And also include a half-dozen in the middle. And one in the encore for good measure.

Before this degenerates into essentially an annotated set list (and know this: it will), it’s worth com- menting on Yo LaTengo’s singular stage presence. As always, I spent half their set shaking my head in amazement that a mere three per- sons were generating this roomful of noise. Ira Kaplan is not only a

Throughout the healthy 90-plus minutes of the set (which was, incredibly, Yo La’s career first head- lining gig in TO), they concentrated, naturally enough, on the sparkling new EZectr-O-Pura album, veering from gonzo feedback seizures to lovely scented bouquets, as well as such inbetweeners as “Decora” and

the punchy single “Tom Courtenay.” Pain@ was also well represented, with “Sudden Organ,” “Nowhere Neai-” 2nd ’94s coulda- sh%lda-been hit single

, %om a Motel 6” all checking in. Other than that, it was compiled ephemera: EP tracks (the bitter stomp “Shaker” and the heart- warming Beach Boys cover “Farmer’s Daughter”); requests (the Flamin’ Groovies’ “You Tore Me Down” appeared by special pe-

grooveness, and time-keeping, all promising the best and biggest of names and events, at a variety of participation costs, and with more or less industrial intrusion (what beer and cigarettes have to do with music is beyond me).

But lucky for us there is Ot- tawa, and the best thing about the Ottawa International Jazz Festival is its accessability and the good feeling that in all ways, the music, the mood, the people and performances themselves are there for you to enjoy. Whereas at other Jazz- Fests, grown overly large, preponderous with urban glamour and sophisticated subsidies the listener is more or less kept in their place by setting or expense ‘ticket’ participation, Ottawa lets you live, partake, relax and enjoy.

No mere noise mon- gers, though, lra Geor- gia’n’James also have a way with wispy, candlelit melodies and heart- shakingly whispered dec- larations of affection and I doubt. So faced with the laughable task of captur- ing on print the spirit and shape of such a multi-fac- eted, nigh schizophrenic stage show, one can perhaps hope for no more than a scattered collage of impressions and mo-

I ments. To umbrelta the random jumble that fol- lows, then, let me simply say this: Yo La Tengo is the whole package, authors of arguably the most complete and exhilarating live show Toronto is likely to host in I 995.

They took the stage Setting the controls for the heart of the sun.

with a shambling crack at Neil Young’s garage-band anthem “Pris- oners of Rock and Roll,” which Ira fittingly dedicated to Rod TorfUsons’s Armada Featuring Herman Menderchuk, thereby af- firming Kids in the Uall as Cana- da’s hippest cultural export. From there, no time was wasted tapping deep into the inexorably heartbreak-

terrific instinctive guitar player but also a master contortionist, flop- ping and twitching all over the stage to wring electric laments from his guitar or organ. (As with a snakecharmer and his boa, it was sometimes thrillingly unclear who was really controlling what, or vice versa.) James McNew held down stage right as the group’s sturdy

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; (Blondie’s “Dreaming” 1 brought the night down

in flames). Further highlights?

The awed silence for “Paul Is Dead” allowed plenty of room for Ira’s strained lead and James

, and Georgia’s re- strained whoa whoo’s, and the juxtaposition of warm commitment and

brittle shards of anger in “My Heart’s Reflection” seemed to make sense (for me, at least) for the first time when Ira let his voice crack and sprinkle live.

Like the show as a whole, “Re- flection” was a mesmerizing simul- taneous distillation of all the different things Yo La Tengo does so well.

Some claim heritage and longevity{ 15th annual, longest running, etc.. .), some purport to offer more than the usual, with everything from Big+Bigger+Biggest Band, to Be-bop, to sensy-feely- touchy piano solitudes, to the newer and newest fashions-in-jazz, the avante-funk, grunge bop, mutant acid-jazz and even solo-plasma, self-same mature-type-hype rock-

jazz (what?). As well, all offer the sort of free-wheeling, crafty, foody, good-time, no pain, no exertion, no problem good time that “all-ages” can and must (to be hip) enjoy (screaming babies grooving -check it out).

But very few deliver. High prices, impossible crowds, poorly chosen sites, and visitor info struc- tures that could allow only the very wealthy tourist or a local the priviledge of enjoying, a week to ten days of jazz, prevail.

So, at best it’s all touch and go, a day here or there, buy a T-shirt, see a band, check out a CD, and come home again, thankful for both your groove adventure, and the sanctity of one’s place in the consumer-listener chain - “easier to listen at home anyway.”

And ironically, the 500th What- ever for Festival de Jazz etc... both attracts and detracts, calls and pushes away, beckons and repulses the very people who would most prefer to do just one thing - Iisten to the music!

With eleven sites (including the National Gallery of Canada, the National Arts Centre, etc) offering a variety of themes (On the Fringe, Pianissimo Plus, Great Canadian Jazz, Voices in the Night, Work- shops, Late-Night Jams, etc) and including nearly one hundred different bands, duos, trios, soloists, ensembles, collectives, quartets, quintets, sextets, etc etc, one can easily come and go and enjoy the likes of: -T.S. Monk 111 - drummer, son of Thelonius Monk - hard be-bop -Woody Herman Big Band - Thun- dering Herd, thundering soloists -The Willem Breuker Kollektief - a Holland based ten-piece chaos ag- gregation - shades of Instant Com- posers Pool; vanguard European free-jazz conglomerate. -Medeski: Martin and Wood - American trio, Brooklyn “down- town” scene, ace players from John Lom, Lounge Lizard, Bob Moses bat kdrop. -Dave Douglas Tiny Bell Trio, New York City-Seattle, Torn influenced super player, super happy, almost lost it free form trio - incredible. -Philosopher Kings - Toronto jazz/ pop soloists -Aki Takese - japanese improvisa- tional pianist -Oliver Jones Trio - Montreal based, Oscar Peterson piano compatriot

All this and more for twenty dollars advance - Capitol Region access, walking distance campgrounds, Green belt hidea- ways etc. It was much enjoyed! ! !

The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

Tom Paterson Theatre, Stratford until Sept. 15th

by Greg Krdchick Imprint staff

N ow in its second year, Strat- ford’s production of Corn- edy of Emxs has every-

thing Richard Monette seems to want to foster at the cultural event. There’s lots of visual humour, bathroom jokes, bumbling about the stage, and generally anything to make Shakespeare digestable to the common person.

Mind you, this isn’t entirely out of line with the intent of the original text. After all, Z%e Com- edy ofErrors is arguably the Bard’s most fluff-like piece of work, and as such lends itself to some pretty base humour. Three’s Company for the seventeenth century anyone? If this is the case, then we run

into the problem that Three’s Com- pany was never a good TV show, with the extension being that this isn’t a very good production.

The visual symmetry of the production worked well, with the two Dromios and Antipholi looking quite like one another, and their clothing complimenting their characters well. In addition the extremely simple movable wall set pieces were used in some inventive ways that showed such a production can be done on a very small scale. Plus they made for some good sight gags. The Syracusan Dromio (played by Kevin Bundy) was the strongest presence in the cast, his manic energy rubbing off on the rest of the cast in the scenes he appeared in.

But so many things in the production didn’t work, and that’s what you come away remembering. The acting was acceptable but far from strong, and this was thrown into especially sharp focus when John

Robinson’s Ephesian Dromio couldn’t match his more manic counterpart. Mainly though, it was the pointless, junior-high type humour thrown in that really dragged things down. For instance, did we really need to see Dromio mime taking a whiz in the second act for no apparent reason? Or what exactly was the point ofhaving Emilia talk like Elmer Fudd, offewing sanctuwawy for the sewvant Dwomio? These are two examples of many cases where laughs were grabbed for at any expense, including our respect for director Richard Rose’s tastes.

As stated before, The Comedy of Errors wasn’t really Shake- speare’s pinnacle ofhigh art. At the same time any sort of subtlety or intelligent humour in the play was dispensed with, leaving the thrust of the story more of a pelvic one than anything else. Vaguely enter- taining, but hardly worth the drive to Stratford.


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The Velvet Volcano

John Gale Volcano, Kitchener

Saturday, July 15

by Derek Weller special to Imprint

prefatory bit of upfrontness is in order: it wasn’t really

nything John Cale has

done for the past decade or so that had me waiting outside the Vol- cano for an hour two Saturdays ago. Rather, it was the cred he amassed at the very beginning of his long career, first with the Velvet Underground (no Velvets, no rock and roll as we know it) and then as a budding soloist and producer of the Stooges, Patti Smith, and the

Damn I’m good looking.

The Information out along the way, Amis attempts to by Martin Amis reverse the role of these two literary

Knopf Canada, 374 pp. elements - with limited success.

by Sandy Atwal special to Imprint

0 ne of the most respected of contemporary British nov- elists, Martin Amis is the

type of writer that reviewers can’t wait to gush over. Adjectives like “gifted” and ‘dazzling” are ban- died about, along with compari- sons to Dickens, Joyce and Waugh (and that’s just the dust cover of this book.)

The only book Ilrn personally familiar with is last year’s Visiting Mrs. Nabokov, a collection of articles from various magazines and newspapers w.hich was brilliant.

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“backwards” (plot- wise that is) and one of his earlier novels, The Rachel Papers, suc- cessfully made into a film.

This time, Amis turns himself to the literary world and (his own?) mid-life crisis. The main character is Richard Tull, father, husband and failed novetist. He is also the best friend (and se- cretly, worst enemy) of Gwyn Barry author of two shit novels (and best sellers) Am&or and Amelior Regained.

While most novels use the plot of a book to move the story along, with pithy prose to help

Tull hates Barry. Tull tries to fuck Barry up, but it fails. Tull thinks he’s going to be successful so backs off Barry. Tull and Barry go to America, where it turns out Tull isn’t going to be successful. Tull tries to fuck Barry up again, but it fails again, all in just 374 pages. If “slow” leaps to mind immediately, you’re fifty pages ahead of me.

While this is going to sound like I’m giving Amis too much of the benefit of the doubt, it’s possible to enjoy the book if you stop waiting for things to happen. It’s only because so much of the book is incredibly well written, that this is at all possible. As a brief sample, here’s Amis’ take on books and

Modem Lovers. Further, my im- pression slash hunch is that the majority of my fellow attendees were of much the same frame of mind.

That said, Cale put on an excellent show, nothing like the worst- case scenario I had envisioned (avant-garde amusical soundscapes A lu Cage) and in fact better than the best-case one I had dared hope for. Cale’s wellspring of recent, unfa- miliar material was tight and powerful enough to work wonderfully even for those who hadn’t heard any of it before, and it was consist- ently presented with both class and vigor.

Except for a brief stint on acoustic guitar during the encore, Cale seated himself at an imposing grand piano for the duration of the set, with slide guitarist (and apparently sometime Orb collaborator) B.J. Cole adding texture. The promised string quartet soon appeared as well, but was a far sight from the neo-classical snore one might have feared, serving instead as a kind of rhythm section and working their instruments with passionate aban- don.

The material, though drawn from a wide breadth of obscure (to me, anyway) sources, was uni-

airports: “Some junk novels were ad1

about airports. Some junk novels were even called things like Air- port. Why, then, you might ask, was there no airports called Junk Novel? Movies based on junk novels were, of course, heavily rehant on the setting of the airport. So why wasn’t one always seeing, at airports, junk novels being made into movies? Perhaps there really was a whole other airport, called, perhaps, Junk Novel Airport, or with a fan- cier name like Manderly Xntema- tional Junk Novel Airport, where

Even when they found themselves in airports, characters in junk novels didn’t read junk novels.”

One of the most interesting subplots of The Infurmation lies in Tull’ s book, astutely titled Unlitled. The hook causes an acute mipraine

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formly tuneful and evocative. Wrong Way Up, Cale’s collabora- tion album with Brian Eno, was well-represented, but much of the show seemed to be made up of new stuff, including theatre tie-ins and the like, There were gentle adapta- tions of two Dylan Thomas poems, including the famous “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night,” and new songs on a variety of subjects: Salman Rushdie, Carmen Miranda, and the great Billy Wilder film Sunset Boulevard.

Though dressed in black and looking aloof, Cale was actually relaxed and friendly throughout, always forthcoming with song titles and thematic descriptions. The crowd thickened and grew more appreciative with every song, and Cale even seemed slightly unset- tled by the repeated yells of some

buffoon requesting “Gun.” (And to be fair, the yells probably weren’t really intended for Gale’s ears any,- way, likely being directed instead at the buffoon’s fellow concertgoers as a sort of “Hey, look at me” alarum.)

Judging from unconfirmed reports of the Toronto stop on Cale’s tour as being something of a non- event, Cale may well remember the Kitchener audience with appreciation.

And with such high water marks as “Style It Takes” (from the 1990 Songs for Drella song cycle written with Lou Reed), the deconstruction of “Heartbreak Ho- tel” (which has been a Cale staple for twenty years) and a harrowing take on “Paris 19 19” to close the show, he ensured that we’ll have lots to remember as well.

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As a museum piece it could have been really interesting, with its catchy melodies andNieve-esque organ playing coming off of any Elvis Costello album before Get Happy. This group ofnineteen-year- olds (or so their publicists can’t tire oftelling you), has plundered musical history right back to, well, the musical generation immediately preceding the one they grew up in. Isn’t this always the case? What- ever goes around comes around. It all depends upon what becomes undetached from our own memo- ries, hence entering the realm of nostalgia.

With groups like Elastica leading the fray, a bunch of British bands are running around with a

. fury akin to a chicken with its head cut off. With the blind-faith that is a paragon of British music press, Supergrass, along with These Ani- mal Men, are being hailed as the

next big thing in British pop. Ho-y- ever, when the public appetite for all things New Wave subsides these bands with side-burns and greasy hair are going-to look pretty silly.

However, back to I Should C&o. All of my instincts tell me that I should hate it for all of its slavish imitations, and lack of anything new. However, I can’t. From start to finish, I Should Coca is catchy as hell. With songs like “Al- right” being the perfect tunes to play in your Volkswagen van on the way out to B.C. to harvest the fall crop. Another standout is “Strange Ones,” which pretty much invites the party dancer to skank or pogo in the prerequisite fashion for the duration, which is, of course, 259; perfect pop length. I think Elastica already knows this.

Just like Madness, the Stran- glers and B londie, I Should Cm-u is a lot of fun to dance to, and to play at top volume at all hours of the night.

As I said before, in ten, or even two years this album may sound empty or trite. But what the hell. Live for the moment. Play it until the laser wears out, and then don’t buy another copy.

Of a young man lJYing to get ahead for his criticisms ofNigeria’s power and to meet his responsibilities in elite, His words led to violent con- the face of government corruption frontations and an eventual and pow& mongefing, “trumped-up” currency charge in

Maximum respect is due to 1984, which led to a two year jail by Nosakhere Bediako Boardi special to Imprint

Femi for taking such a daring stance term. against the much more powerful 1978 Nigerian government. Fetii Kuti band,

Femi Kuti cannot be described as empty. Neither his sound nor his lyrics. His Afrobeat sound is full, orches- trated and very “live.” He is billed to be one of Nigeria’s premier musicians and after ear tasting a few of his tracks you’ll understand why.

Femi, who had quit school by to play alto sax in his father’s , filled the void as band leader

for the next two years. When Fela returned in 1986, Femi formed his owned band the Positive Force. The new band is composed of a six-piece horn section, two string per- cussionists, a guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and four singer/dancers.

To ears not of the African continent his music would sound like “big band calypso,” possessing brassy, perfectly or- chestrated polyrhythms. With my own culture as a reference, his music can be compared to soca with its driving beat and “sweet-sweet”melody. His lyr- this standard length. How- its are also full. Heavy with social walks in the shadow of his father’s ever, because of the depth of his commentary and consciousness. success. He is the son of Fela Kuti, lyrics and the liveliness ofhis sound, His song “Frustrations” I think is a Nigerian musical superstar. Fela, a half-hour song by Femi Kuti would the lyrical treasure of the album. In who pioneered the big band sound still remain penetrating and capti- this song he talks about the worries called Afrobeat, is also well known vating from start to end.

Femi’s style can be criticized as repetitive at times. The average song on the album is seven minutes long and it feels as though choruses are being repeated over and over on some tracks in order to achieve

by Brad Hughes Imprint staff

Claw Hammer has created a virtual county fair with this album. The band has created a certain am- bience that excites you. Unfortu- nately you get weary as the day goes on and all the rides seem the same.

The album does start brilliantly. The opening track, “Superthings,” provides some exceptional punk music. By the time you hear the vocalist scream “I’ve got some superthings” a couple of times you know he means it and the album turns into a haunted house of sounds. Instruments leap out at you from nowhere to both shock and delight you simultaneously.

“Superthings” features some savage harmonica right after a scorching guitar solo. A ghostly piano inhabits “When Dan’s In Town.” During each verse a terrific piano run appears then drifts off into the unknown, This piano also rattles its wires behind the vertigo inspiring guitars and phaseshifted voice of “Sweaty Palms.” The in- strument finaIly makes its presence known during the slow opening to “Five Fifths Dead.“ Just as piano

starts to cook it transforms into a killer guitar riff and it disappears again.

A ghoulish sax with its grave- yard wail wanders into the scene after the piano vanishes. It’s ac- companied by a devilish harmonica for an extended jam tag during “The Bum’s On The Floor.” Once you walk out into the light, however, the tricks no longer affect you.

At the midway point this album seems to lose its fun. The final six songs are all solid rawkin’ tunes with more sax and harmonica but it

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the twists and turns ahead oftime. Those first

five songs just kind of spoil the listener. Not only do you get some finely crafted tunes but those little extras add the cotton candy to your experience.

“Blind Pig” is the standout track of the second half. It was co- written with Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion (he also produced the album). This track doesn’t stand up to the magic of the those first five songs though. I must reiterate: the second half isn’t bad, it’s just disappointing.

There’s no doubt that these guys can really play. Special mention should go to drummer Bob Lee who’s superb drumming holds the whole concept together.

All the songs emit the feeling that the band members are master musicians who are slumming with the punks. Their cohesive playing along with the arty pretensions of the extra instruments really give them away. Call it Mahavishnu PUIlk.

by Greg Stephens Imprint staff

It’s a shame that young bands find it necessary to write songs matching the sound ofpopular stuff at the time instead of letting their own true sound come out. It is especially a shame since Gwen Mars’ own sound is really good (songs like “Shrink” and “FisherKing” rock).

The first three songs off Magnosheen you’d swear were sampled from a Smashing Pump- kins b-side collection: guitar effects, drum beats, voice, and voic- ing effects are truly Billy Corgan. Besides the Crashed Pumpkinheads clone-job, other influences include Bush (“Stick B”) and old NIN (“Stuck to the Sun”). “Dragster” is extremely Nirvana-esque. Actu- ally there is a lot of Nirvana influ- ence here but that is true of most new alternative bands these days.

Aside from obvious musical influences Gwen Mars lead singer Michael Thrasher apparently seeks wardrobe advice from Robert Smith of the Cure (mug shots from the insert look like a Wish photo shoot).

This album has a Parental Ad- visory warning sticker advertising Explicit Lyrics, however, I didn’t find the lyrics offensive or too coarse, in fact I couldn’t see why this album had a sticker at all--there is no language stronger than what Imprint uses, so unless you find Imprint offensive (vocabulary only) you won’t find Gwen Mars offensive (lyrically).

This album is really quite good and worth picking up: there is a lot of energy here and the quality ofthe music (ifyou can stand the frequent rip-off imitations) is great. Gwen Mars are capable musicians as is proven by the multiple style changes necessary to maintain the styles of their influences. Future Gwen Mars productions will be worth checking out after they’ve settled with their own sound.

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by Brad Hughes rock ‘n’ roll’s early heroes. Jerry Imprint staff Lee still manages to acquit himself

nicely though as this is still a qual- It’s easy to see the marketing ity release.

angle on this album, Tony Bennet This recording was placed in has become hip again and Rick the hands of producer Andy Paley. Rubin resurrected Johnny Cash’s He appears to be the one with the career by introducing him to the creative control and not Jerry Lee.

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The songs are mostly classics from other artists. Hank Williams’ “1’11 Never Get Out Of This World Alive” is a great rockin’ opener. Other covers are Bobby Darin’s “Things,” Leiber and Stoller’s “Young Blood,” and Don Raye’s “House of Blue Lights.” Jerry Lee only has one songwriting credit on any of the-four brand new songs.

Of the new ones “Goosebumps” is the real gem. Paley lets Lewis loose on the piano and he responds with some classic ivory pounding. The new “Crown Victoria Custom ‘5 1” also deserves a mention for Jerry’s piano playing. While the piano is prevalent in all the songs, Paley does well to control Jerry’s playing. He’s allowed some short solos and fills but it never becomes a complete piano wank-fest. Paley also manages to fill in some nice guitar work on a lot of the tunes.

This is a decent effort by Lewis and his handlers. There’s nothing like “Whole Lot of Shakin’ Goin’ On,” but what is these days.

by Sandy Atwal special to Imprint

Reissue! Reissue! Repackage! Marketing whoredom is never

a pretty sight, but it rears its ugly head with calculated regularity all the same. So on the fifteenth anni- versaJy of Ian Curtis’ death, Lon- don records released Permanent, a thoroughly uninteresting and redun- dant Joy Division compilation.

Replete with pretentious liner notes by rock critic Jon Savage (“The power of Joy Division lies. . in an intuitive navigation between darkness and 1 ight .“> Permanent adds one “new” song - a remix of “Love Will Tear Us Apart” pre- ceded by fifteen other songs - six of which appear on Substance.

by Paul Holloway special to Imprint

Coming only a year after Marillion’s previous release, Brave, expectations for Afraidof Sunlight were mixed. Many fans hoped the album would receive critical success comparable to Brave. But how much could the creative juices have fermented in a year? After listening to the a’lbum, it sounds like the band needed some more time.

Most of Marillion’ s albums play like conceptual works: moody, deep, and dynamic songs, all held together by structure or through the underlying theme of the album. AoS fol- lows suit, yet throws a few crow- bars into the wheel that make you wonder if these guys think they can do anything and get away with it.

The first track, “Gazpacho,” opens up the album quite well, with Steve Hogarth proving without a doubt that if he’s not the best vocalist in the genre, then he’s defining his own. The first single, “Beauti-

by Dave Thomson Imprint staff

Somebody Down There Likes Me marks this little-known Cana- dian punk act’s second-ever CD release, following up on two seven- inch’s that came out in the late 1980s.

Older material from these Calgarites sounds like it was recorded in an empty basement, while the singer hollered into a large tin can, but their sound has definitely been cleaned up since then. Stylis- tically, however, they remain con- sistent.

These guys scream for com- parisons to the Cramps, so here goes: the Cramps meet Motorhead; theCrampson(insertdrugofchoice here); the Cramps with . . .

One final comparison can be made to short-lived groups like

The stench of expedient op- portunism permeates this release. The emotions expressed by Curtis’ lyrics are betrayed by another piece of plastic designed only to make money. The liner notes even alert the reader to “Touching from a distance” a book written by Curtis’ widow. Commemoration, especially in the case of Joy Division, should at best be a solemn affair, but with Permanent, it is only an opportunistic cashgrab.

That having been said, the songs retain their brilliance all the same. Tracks like “isolation,” “Nov- elty” and “Something Must Break” represent some of the saddest most despair-ridden songs ever written, and a play of the original “Dead Souls” should make anyone with even the slightest musical taste hope and pray for Trent Reznor’s imme- diate death.

Very little of ,Joy Division’s oeuvre can be considered inconse-

ful,” begins with a guitar line that screams radio play, which usually spells doom, but the band saves this one with a marvelous chorus and a typical ‘sweeping’ Marillion performance. “Out of This World” and “Afraid of Sunlight” are typical Marillion material: emotional and moving. Steve Rothery’s guitar work is sparse on AoS, which is too bad, because his playing is the technical focal point of the band. Al-

Moxy Fruvous, Dread Zeppelin and others that wear out a successful idea after a couple albums. Forbid- den Dimension have always been stuck on making light of death and related subjects.

Thus songs are given titles such as “The Ghoul Next Door,” “A Cof- fin Named Desire,” “Big Black Hearse, ” “Martian Graverobber,” etc. I hoped “Bloodshack” might have been a B-52s cover, but it was not to be.

Plugging this theme has worked well for them to date, largely because they crank out enough great tinky foot-tapping rhythms that Pavarotti and Bryan Adams could even sound good accompanying on vocals.

Jackson Phibes, Carl Pagan and Lars Bonfire won’t likely be playing stadiums in the near future, but Somebody Down There Lib Me can’t do anything but help their reputation.

Oh yeah - they’ve got some of the best jacket graphics I’ve seen this year.

quential, so any selection will omit somebody’s favourite song (another problem with a release of this type.) The remix of “Love Will Tear Us Apart” is not dissimilar to the Sub- stanceversion, but has a nice guitar part brought out towards the end (bringing the total to four or five versions of the song.)

If there is any redeeming quality to this release, it is the obvious fact that perhaps some high school kid will see this as an opportunity to discover a band he has heard so much about, and that fact alone saves this release.

For that kid 1 am immensely envious. To discover a work of such despair, and to hear someone robbed of all hope and joy may be depress- ing in one sense, but such honesty can also expand one’s view of the world - a truly remarkable quality that extremely few bands manage to express as honestly and as well as Joy Division.

Then come the crow bars. “Cannibal Surf Babe” is just plain weird. The song is a play on ‘60’s beach tunes, complete with the bouncy synth and clappy percus- sion. The music is so intricate and polished (maybe they’re being serious), yet the melody and lyrics so half-baked (guess not), that it ends up just filling space. You can catch up on the sleep you missed this morning during “Afraid of Sun-

rise” (basically the same as “. ..Sunlight,“but without the life), as well as the album closers. Sure, the performances and dynamics may never have been better, but something must be said for variety and raw energy - which the album lacks in a lot of spots.

With only a few exceptions, Afraid of Sunlight sounds too similar and unworkably mellow to just@ a release from a band as talented as Marillion. Where long, moving passages and subtle, float- ins melodies worked on Brave, they only fill space onA& Inter- estingly, on the back of the case is

though not as much recently, the small type: “This album was Marillion has always been key- knocked out .” board-heavy. Fans of Mark Kelly’s One can only hope this is true, work won’t be disappointed, as most and that it won’t be long until we of what happens on the album bases hear something with more substance itself around his variety of key- from Marillion. Or just to be safe, board sounds and melodies. let them take their time.

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due to a ictions, Regional Addiction Counselling is offering a IO week Chemical Abuse Prevention Pro- gram this Fail. lntenriews will be held this week. Call 743- 6951 for info.

Thursday, August 24 The Wate1I00 w Carnival is “Takin it to the Streets” xpin this summer from August 24 to 27. Don? miss out on this dazzling array of lie, out&r family entertainment fe$ufing jugglers, musicians, acrobats, x7s children’s area and much more. For info

5 rooms - 8 month lease, $240.00 plus utilities. Washer and dryer, 2 fridges, clean house close to everything. Call Joe 884-5277 after 5 p.m. or weekdays 888-4567, ext. 5693. Exceptronal shared accommodation - P. Eng. on educational leave from work, looking for 2 housemates to share m Me&wood home, 15 minute walk to university amenities. Elegant 2-sto- Y rey, 4-bedroom air-conditioned house with furnished common areas, 2 kitchens, family room, rec. room, 2 bathrooms, deck with BBQ, swimming pool and tennis courts. Large rooms available $395./month inclusive. Contact Rob 886-5749.

Software Capital Available. Seed capital available for promising new software package(s). Fax t&uti and brief descriptionofbusinesspian toCharleswoodCapi- tal (416) !50444%. Someone good in mathematics and enjoys writing softwam. smali but prestigii lot+ company offers mdmv4m$i &al-al and offers a nK;8 resume.*

joy lengel Cad 578-l 241. Attentkall3rd&4thyearArchitectwlstudents.~ exbaincomeandjobem.N&ganm de&lforolderVicto&nhome-fofre!aildfice.Call To+ 623-3737. TheTumkeyDeskisnowacceptingappIkationsfor the Fail term. Applications must be returned to the Desk by noon Friday, August 4,1995.

The International Student Office (ISO) is accepting applications for the position of Volunteer Assist- ant for the Friday afternoon English Conversation Class from September to June ‘96. Submit resumes to the ISO, NH2080. For more info contact Darlene Rvan. ext. 2814-

Conrad Grebel College -Ontario Mennonite Music Camp . . . runs from August 13 to August 25,1995 at Conrad Grebel College. 8rochures about Ontario Mennonite Music Camp have been distributed to the CWlStitUeflt churches of the Mennonite Conference of Eastern Canada. If you wish a copy, call Eleanor Dueck at Conrad Grebel College, 885-0220, ext. 226.

Singlng lessons: openings availabte Septem- ber. Beginner to Advanced welcome. 742-7599. Kim’erley Enns-Hildebrand, BM, OpDip, MM, ATCL, LTCL. Experienced performer/teacher/coach. 1986 Astro Van: P/S, P/B, 4 passenger, running

boards, extra lights accessory, 205,000 km. $2,900.00 as is. Call 576-9583. Laptop Apple Mac 18OC - 8OMB Hard Drive, 8MB Ram, Internal Fax Modem, MS Office Software & Carrying Case. 1 year. l/2 price - $2,800 PLUS HP Deskwnter 560C Colour - 600 x 300 DPI. Under Warranty. $600. PLUS Laptop & Printer - $3,100. Contact John, weekdays: 746-0737 or evenings 473-l 181.

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