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Poet's Corner When I look back, I remember the park down the road where we used to play. And I can still name all of the people who lived on my street. I remember the sleep-overs and birthday parties, and all of the games we used to play. But sometimes I'll remmber the overflowing ashtrays and the smell of cigarette smoke that followed me everywhere. And I remember the empty beer bottles scattered o the floor, or someone staggering in at three in the morning.
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laundry. My dog didn't eat it; however, he is toilet trained and mistook it for toilet paper. A friend borrowed it from me and he/ she moved away suddenly without leaving a forwarding address. I did it on the computer, but radiation from a passing UFO erased all my disks. My car is a conyertible, and the assignment flew off while I was· driving down the highway. Aliens from space took it to study how the human mind works. I was doing it in a park and had just completed it, when a sudden thundershower took place. My assignment was in water-soluble ink and all that was left of it was a big blue smudge. An extremist terrorist group interested in my research took it away from me at gun point. The pile of assignments you received seemed too heavy for you to carry. I figured that I'd just do you a favour and give it to you at a later time. Homework? What Homework? (Develop a facial tic while saying this; mumbling and shouting hysterically at the imagined people standing behind you, foaming at the mouth, and uncontrollable muscle spasms all add to the effect).
The views expressed in The Cascade are not necessarily those of the UCFV Faculty, Administration, stud.ents, Student Society, or anyone else's for that matter! They were just slipped underneath our office qoor.
WHO? We, the Staff, are composed of dedicated, warped individuals who have come together to produce this crazy publication. Weare: Editor-in-Chief Bryan Sikora ., Managing Editor Monique Marchant
Production Co-ordinators Deanna Walker Kristi Sikora Jaimie Davis Pete Hutchinson News Director Monique Marchant Sports Director Bryan Sikora Entertaiment Director Deanna Walker Now Us Director Caroline Higgins Staff Writers Chris Stier Camille Fortin Len Catting Bob Davies Contributing Writers Colleen M;m, Sam Chua, Melanie Glaim, Michelle Demers, Nolan Webb, Dallas J., RobynFentie, Clare Goldman, Cyndi Rubuliak, Bob Campbell, Pete Hutchinson, Buzz & Skeeter, Revolutionary Corroboration Inc. Photographers Bryan Sikora Pete Hutchison Advertising Director Chris Stier Do not blame us for anything, for we are only pawns in a much larger
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On the Cover The Student Safety Patrol is everywhere on campus keeping a watchful eye on· dubious activities. And no, t'hey won't tow your car.
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News Student Patrols Increase Campus Safety
Looking for incidents of unusual nature in parking lots mandate for security patrol By Chris Stier What is the Safety Patrol? This seems to be the question of the day. Although this question is easy to answer, it is an involved one. The student safety patrol draws its members from the UCFV student body. It is made up of students from all programs of study and both genders. Patrollers walk the campus in pairs for both safety and responsibility. Patrollers are familiar with the different areas of the campus and are very approachable if you have any questions about what they do or ~here a key area of the campus is, ie. administration, bookstore, etc .. Ourmostimportantjob,inmyview, is that of escorting people who request an escort to their cars, both on and off the campus. This important aspect of the job is known as the WALKSAFE PROGRAM, one of the key factors in the initiation of the Student Safety Patrol program. To get an escort such as this all you need to do is ask the nearest patroller. You can also prearrange an escort by asking a patrol team to meet you at a given time and building enterance on the campus. Or even give us a call at 855-8176 (Abbotsford) or 793-8176 (Chilliwack). As a patroller I can only say please don't avoid us because we wear a funny looking uniform, we do a serious job. As well, being students you shouldn't hesitate to at least come and talk to us, (besides walking around campus with the same person for four hours can get monotonous.) To address the second most popular
Providing a watchful eye around UCFV is
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question, "Do we monitor the parking?/ Do you hand out the tickets?" N.), the safety patrol is not here to give you tickets. The people responsible for your tickets and for the parking lots here are Execupark Parking . These _people, should you encounter any problems; can be rP-ached at 854-4595 or
795-2845. However, we do monitor the parking lots for incidents of an unusual nature. This basically means that we do pay attention to the goings on within the
boundaries of the campus. Patrollers provide the eyes and ears as a safety feature, not as police or security. Continued. See "Safety Patrol", page 4
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Hall Top Dog Now New UCFV Board chair, vice-chairs, appointed Compilation By Deanna Walker Dr. Noel Hall of Mission has been elected chair of the UCFV Board. He replaces loop-time Board chair Brian Minter of Chilliwack, whose term expired this summer. Hall was appointed to the UCFV Board in June, 1992. He is currently on leave from his position as a professor of industrial relations in the Faculty of Commerce at the University of British Columbia. He has also been Dean of Commerce at UBC. He is co-author of the BC. Labour Code, and has been a mediator/ arbitrator in a wide variety of industrial disputes over a 30-year period. Hall has also been a faculty memberat the University of Singapore, the University of Malaysia, and the Banff School of Advanced Management. "I am very excited about my new position and the upcoming year at UCFV," exclaimed Dr. Hall. "Currently, my top priorities will include pressing the provincial government to fund a full trimester system so that students can study year-round. I believe that a trimester system will take a lot of pressure off students that are trying to get into full courses. The trimester system will allow students more options, giving them room to decide when they'd like to work and when they'd like to go to school." Hall will also be lobbying for the long-languishing Trades and Technology Centre to house current and new trades programs as well as helping to integrate the 50 or so new faculty and staff members.
From his days at U.B.C., Hall remembers the time when students there were very involved at the Board level. With the election of students to UCFV's Committee of the Whole, Hall believes it will improve UCFV overall. "I am very excited about the idea of welcoming students, faculty, and staff onto the Board's Committee of the Whole. I • want to fully involve the students in the meetings to gather their input on the quality of teaching and life on campus." While no other formal setting has been assigned to talk to Hall, he wants to hear what the students have to say. "I'm perfectly happy to talk to any student at any time for suggestions," says Hall, who believes the students hold an important part in the process. Abbotsford municipal councilor Wendy Lee has been elected first vice-chair of the Board. She has been a Board member since 1992. Lee is executive director of the Epilepsy Society and former executive assistant for the Abbotsford-Matsqui Foundation. She has been executive director of the United Way of the Fraser Valley, and
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Ground Turds A Departing Gift For Minter Reception held in Chilliwack to honour outgoing UCFV Board Chairperson By Monique Marchant With the appointment of a new UCFV Board Chair and a new Board Member comes the retirement of those who used to hold the positions. On September 27 a reception was held for Brian Minter and Ron Dinn at the Chilliwack Campus cafeteria. In a memorandum regarding this reception Dr. Peter Jones wrote "I know that it is twenty kilometres from Chilliwack
to Abbotsford but two hundred from Abbotsford to Chilliwack," but that it would be nice if as many people as possible could be there "to show our appreciation for a job well done." · · Perhaps the t;O or so people who lowed up should request the two hundred kilometres on their gas mileage claim forms. The reception provided the opportunity for several people to-get up and make speeches. The late afternoon was filled whith gardening jokes and cow
The Bearpit Session Empty seats were dominant when UCFV President held an open forum. Monique Marchant of the Cascade was only one of 4 students present.
metaphors. Ron Dinn lives on a dairy farm and when he had to go to meetings he apparently left his son to watch over the cows and milk them when necessary. It was questioned if Ron wasn't perhaps doing the same thing at the meetings he was attending. Cheryl Dahl thanked Ron for always going to meetings which she described as being equivalent to "watching paint dry for hours and hours and hours." Ron Dinn is a person who students should be thankful to have had representing their needs on the Board. Ever since he has been a member of the UCFV Board he has been fighting to make used books available in the bookstore. They finally are. Almost everyone had something to say about the gardening tips that Brian Minter was always happy to supply, and so that the people there would always have something to remember him by he had a tulip bulb for all. It is guarenteed that they will smell a lot better than what Peter Jones gave him as a parting gift. An on-going joke/argument between the two of them has been over the productivity of the llamas that Peter Jones raises. As Brian Minter came up to receive his gift Peter Jories announced "!_have here a jar of ground llama turds." Fertilizer for the tulips outatMinter Gardens to enhance the productivity of the flowers that Brain raises. Norah Andrew wa_shappy to share a
story that makes one of those in power seem all the more human than we sometimes think them to be. Apparently when Brian Minter's "car was towed away from the college parking lot he laughed along with the rest of us and wasn't too embarrassed to ask to borrow the money to get his car back." Not everything said was in a humorous tone, however. Brian Minter said that "people are saying congratulations when condolences would be more in order," and in reference to the letter which he received saying that he was no longeron the board he said that "everybody knows the hurt of (being told) you can't play with us anymore." Brian Minter had parting words for every group which he has worked with in conection with UCFV. He had one thing to say to students. "It's like trying to drive a ship without a rudder. We need to know what your thoughts are." Noel Hall is now leading the UCFV Board. As a student make sure you let him know that you are here and tell him which way to steer. The parting words from the students at UCFV to Brian Minter are these: "This institution has come a long ways over the years due to the strong leadership you have provided. The interest you have shown in the student body over the years has been evident and we thank you for it."
Safety Patrol continued ...
If you do have any questions, suggestions or see any problems occurring during encounters with ourpatrols/patrollers, please feel free to send your queries through to Barry Bompas, Dean of Personnel located in B202, Abby campus. The UCFV administration views the safety patrol as a very positive experience for both the students and UCFV. Hand in hand with the positive view of the administration Photo By Bryan Sikora comes the positive reinforcement of the public at large who have sent in compliments to UCFV on the safety patrol, one being from a parent of a student. The parent stated that with her first child in post-secondary institution it makes her feel safer that at night there is Topics that were discussed included: By Bryan Sikora the construction taking place on both someone there to deter those that would possibly cause problems and that the program has The hibernating· season is here! campuses, the increase in Spring Semester helped set her mind at ease. What was supposed to be a forum Student involvement is what was wanted and what resulted with the initiation of the ~urses available, the election of students to with the President ofUCFV turned out to be Student Safety Patrol Program. As an added bonus the drawing base of students came from the University College Council and the an informal "chat" session. Less than twenty a wider variety of programs of study earlier than was expected. Committee of the Whole, among many people turned upat the Abby campus theatre During the interview Mr. Bompas also brought many other significant points. The others. to "talk shop" with Peter Jones on September most important thing is that on the whole people are feeling a little more at ease after evening The next Bearpit Session is 21. Of those, only four were students who classes. scheduled to take place at 2 p.m. in Room just happened to be Cascade staff. Items that required attention for the future are to include more marketing, this is to AG 115 on the Chilliwack campus on Granted, it was the first of a new say improving the public knowledge of the student safety patrol, possibly, through media October 19. experiment to open up communication links (like this!), and having instructors let their evening students know that the program is Make an effort to attend and be between "us" and "them" (take that as you available and that it is easitly accessible to all UCFV persons, staff, student and faculty. enlightened as to what is going on around wish), it was disappointing that more Although I was not able to get a specific statement from local authorities, they did you. Don't be led blindly - take an active students didn't show up. say that they believe the program is very worthwhile and hope that it continues to run much role in your education. the same that it has. To address a point of personal concern, it seems that after talking to students around the campuses, only a small percentage seem to know what the Student Safety Patrol is and the job it does. So if your reading this article please try to get someone else to read it too, or try to discuss it or tell two people about the program. Word of mouth is still the best advertisement and if you tell two friends they'll tell $9 perunit to a maximum of $100. Today we pay ...well, you By Monique Marchant two friends and so on and so on, etc ... know how much we pay, I don't have to tell you. Now that we're in the second month of school, most Perhaps the most significant increase though, can be students have finished dropping or add,ng courses and are found in the number of courses which are available. Each settling into their routines. Some however, are still grumbling semester registration provides students with a booklet full about the classes they couldn't get and how much the ones of our options. that they did get, cost. In 1974-75 FVC students were given one page of Twenty years ago when UCFV first opened (then as options. The top half listed the classes available in the first the Fraser Valley College) the complaints were probably semester and the bottom of the page listed those for the similar, if not exactly the same. The numbers the disgruntled second semester. Classes were once a week from Monday students had to deal with, however, were slightly different. to Friday, 7:00-10:00 PM. This means that students could In 1974 there were 183 full time students and only take one class per day. Students who took any lab approximately 2,300 part-time students enrolled at FVC. sciences were required to attend labs on Saturday mornings. Today UCFV has over 7000 students. The price tag on an education was very different, and Sobe thankfulforwhatweget. We may have to pay Don't be idle in the a lot lower, than what it is now. In 1975-76 senior citizens for it and we may have to compete with other students, but happenings:at UCFV didn't have to pay at all, vocational courses were $15 per at least we have the opportunity to take the courses that are month, and University Transfer and technical courses were available at UCFV.
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Taking Back The Night Thousands march to fight for safety on our streets By Michelle Demers On Thursday September 22, approximately 2000 women of various colour, age, religion, and sexual orientation came together in a peaceful march and rally to promote a safer existence for women in society. As dusk fell on Vancouver, the Take Back the Night rally saw these women congregating o the steps of the Art Gallery to listen to speakers from across Canada and around the world. While each speaker in her own diversity spoke on violence at the personal, physical, mental, and governmental levels, what bonded them and everyone ehe together was the belief in the inherent right of women everywhere to walk the streets safely without fear. As the illegal march proceeded down Burrard street, calls of support came from surrounding buildings, the stopped cars and the many onlookers from the sidewalks. It should be noted t hat while men were not encouraged to take part in the walk, many of those onlookers who were shouting encouragement were
men who made an effort to part~cipate and demonstrate their support for the safely of women. For many of the businesses lining the route the women took, it was a little unnerving to see such a iarge crowd marching down the center of Robson Street, especially in the aftermath of the. Robson riots. The Vancouver Police apparently shared this fear, for along Granville Street, the police and their camcorders were very much evident. 0 n e businessman, who wished to remain anonymous, commented that "one has to wonder why when a bunch of women get together to celebrate, there is no rowdiness or obnoxiousness. It doesn't say a lot for the male species." As the march found its way back to the Art Gallery with music playing and women and children dancing, there was an atmosphere of jubilation. For many women, the night represented a freedom that is not often enjoyed. For others, Aretha Franklin perhaps best summed it up when all she asked for ''was a little respect."
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Sports~~~~~~~~~~~ MEL'S OUTDOOR ADVENTURES By Melanie Glaim We're off to a great start! We conquered the West Canyon Trail on Saturday the 17th at Golden Ears in Maple Ridge. We had a turnout ofl Opeople, ranging from eighteen years old to thirty-something. We rowed, we paddled, we went west, we went east, we canoed!!! Sunday the 25th the sun was our friend as twenty one of us saddled up for a Hatzic lake canoeing extravaganza! This time we even had students from Japan & Mexico. We canoed across the lake to Nelson park and ate from the fruits of the earth (we found some apple trees). Sorry to those of you that we had to turn away, but we only had so many canoes. I have to say that the highlight of the day for me was docking my canoe at the Park. I just love the feeling of silt, mud, debris, and duck dung squishing between my bare toes. Especially when it gets stuck in my toenails so deeply that it stays there for a few days. So if you have similar fantasies, or if you just like to hang out in the outdoors, check us out. However, we are not responsible for any mental or physical abnormalities that may result through your participation! For more information, call Melanie at 856-9085 or 853-7441 Local 4255.
McN ejll New Coach of the Cascades Men's B-ball team under new leadership this season. By Bryan Sikora With the new semester, comes a new season, and with this new season comes a new Head Coach. Mike McNeill, who hails from Abbotsford, has taken over the head coaching position of the Cascades from Tom Antil. Previously, McNeill coached at S.F.U. and U.B.C., with his most recent assignment being at Hatzic Senior Secondary. He has accumulated over 15 years of coaching experience, which will now be passed on to the Cascades. "We have the potential to be a good team," commentedMcNeill. "It's my goal for the team to challenge for top spot of the league this season." Playing in the BC Colleges Athletic Association league (BCCAA), gunning for top spot will put the Cascades up against the defending National Champs Malaspina Mariners. Also in the hunt for first will be the Langara Falcons. Beating these teams will be a must in order for any chance at a very successful season. Returning from last year to play for the Cascades are Tim Bartel, Troy Guze, Ron Tamis, Chris Spence, and Greg Falk. Many more hopefuls have been showing their stuff off to Coach McNeill, but final cuts had not been made at press time.
Photo By Bryan Sikora
The ball's in Mike McNeill's court as he's the new Head Coach of the Cascades. With a new coach and new players, Now if there could only be some there's a chemistry that will have to be chemistry between the Cascades and their created within the team for them to do well. so-called fan base. Check out their first "Being the new guy, I'm just starting tournament at Douglas College on October to get to know the guys. It's a change for all 13 at 6:30 p.m. Keep your eyes open on of us," McNeill later acknowledged. campus for more details.
Men Cascades: League Starts November 18 at Langara - Exhibtion Play: October 28 at Pierce Comm. College
Ikeda Combines Finesse With Education By Camille Fortin
Outstanding in the world of gymnastics, Richard Ikeda has his eyes set on capturing ~e Gold at the 1996 Olympics.
Oh, how we'd all love to have the wonderful, weighted-down feeling of countless metals, won world-wide. The feeling of media attention, a jam-packed schedule, and visions of 1996 Olympic Gold filling our head. I recently had the pleasure of having a iong chat with Richard Ikeda, a 19yr old gymnastica celebrity, who just happens to hailfromgoodoldAbbotsford-he'sattending UCFV in the "Computer Information Systems Degree Program" for the 3rd year. Detailed stats aside for awhile, Richard is a College man as amazingly wonderful and intellectual as any other (no sarcasm here, people). He knows about the things that are truly important in college lifelike Melrose Place: Allison holds a high spot on Richards "Babe-Scale", also, he admires and is amazed with Jake's sexual control. Partying is a part of Richard's life, though it isn't a very regular occurance while he's in town as he says, "It's hard to train with a hang-over, you see double." He is fortunate enough to party in different countries after gymnastics meets-with friends and teammates. From talking to Richard, I could tell that relationships are very important to him. Though his freetime is minimal (his semester is structured around daily training sessions). Richard makes time for friends and even works to keep time for dating in his schedule. This is not to say that he's not extremely focused on his athletic goals. You may have seen Richard standing on the tallest podium at this· Summers' Commonwealth Games, accepting gold, "I felt very proud, it was my first time on the podium for team Canada, hearing the anthem playing. We were the youngest team, the defending champions from last years games." (PERK:lucky boy- he recieved tonnes of
clothing and great "space-aged" Reeboks' at the event!) Ikeda is also the Official Athelete Ambassador for the Western Canada summer Games (Abbotsford '95), aneventhe'sreally looking forward to- but nothing compares to his intense anticipation for the upcoming Olymics in Atlanta '96, "It's scary to think it's so close. I'm not sure if I'm ready for it yet,". But we know he will be. Richard's ability to reach huge goals is amazing. He likes to "get the edge" by closely studying and learning from his world-competitors, this tells him what to focus on and he'll in tum train 'til he meets and beats those in his path. Ikeda excels in his favorite out( out of six)event in gymnastics; he loves to see and hear the crowd cheer when he performs on the high bar " It's high, dangerous-a dare devil event,". He can be seen training tirelessly at Abby's Twisters Gym. After a date with Michelle Pfiffer in a Paris restaurant(by some medium-paced flowing water), Richard's ten year dream is to be a top-notch computer exec., coaching on the side and pleasing a wonderful wife. Butfornow, focused as he is, Richard will be off to Hamilton for a meet, then · Burlington for world trials, luckily,· the Canadian, Gymnastics Federation pays for his trips(Germany's coming up this year too!).He's also looking for a sponsor (Ikeda Jeans is a possibility!) U.C.F.V. Profs. are aware of his schedule which helps Richard in achieving his scholastic goals(no slacking off though) He loves our institution and despite the fact that he feels the great hall couch area should have two levels, Richie feels like he could remain here for a long time. Richard, we're Photos by Camille Fortin all proud of your achievements and we wish With a hectic schedule, Ikeda has been you intense luck for the rest of your alreadyable to keepJJtingss~aight when it comes outstanding life. Smile, your from to his education here ~t UCFV. Abbotsford!
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We're Number One In the Nation! UCFV women's soccer team knock off defending Nat. Champs in fine fashion By Len Catling Picture David versus Goliath, yet instead of wielding a simple sling, everyone's eternal underdog comes to battle with an arsenal that would make Reagan cry for mother. Call it a revolution. Call the UCFV women's soccer ~ team #1. It's a distinction they earned with a 3-0 obliteration of the previously premier team in the nation. Malaspina of Nanaimo, the defending CCAA champions, looked lethargic and uninterested as they were no match for the Blitzkrieg of offence UCFV initiated from the opening whistle. Freshman striker Allison Slane opened the scoring in the 12th minute corralling a rebound, mishandled by the Malaspina keeper, and calmly placing the ball into the corner of the goal. It took five minutes for the Cascades to strike again. Striker Jill Beauchamp, a freshman as well, received the ball on the wing. Facing a moshing swirl of defenders she dribbled, delayed,
Casting a long shadow, a UCFV defender clears the ball out of the zone during their 3 nil romp over the Malaspina Mariners.
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and then promptly fired a seeing-eye pass to Slane 10 yards in front of the goal line. Slane once again showed the finish of an
executioner slicing the ball into its meshmade coffin. Jody Kohls completed the assault
from her midfield position in the 38th minute with a wicked blast from 25 yards out that found the top right corner. Malaspina's counter-attacks ~othe UCFV juggernaut were inadequate at . best. Stymied throughout the match by the fly-paper marking of Cascade defenders, Malaspina never created any clear scoring chances. With the title of number 1 comes added pressure to perform. No matches can be overlooked as every team will be looking to kick the Cascades from their podium. For now, though, brush the cynics aside. How can anyone criticize the best team in the nation? The following day, the team travelled to the Okanagan University College to do battle. Remaining undefeated, the Cascades defeated Okanagan 2-0. Their next home game is Oct. 22 against the Okanagan team again. Show your spirit and come out and cheer our team on as they make their way towards a National title.
Government Was Right Cascades fall to the speedy Mariners By Len Catling
fullbacks whenever he received a pass.
The next time the UCFV men's soccer team plays the Malaspina Mariners, it might be in the coaching"staff s best interest to supply their players with harnesses to use on the opposition.
Flanking linkman Ryan Perry, who has nitros in his boots as well, was also neutralized for much of the game be it by the opposition or lack of support from teammates.
The Cascades were defeated 2 -1 on the 24th of September at Bateman Park, in what was a fast game.
The first true chance UCFV had came midway through the second frame when forward Mike Hoffer turned and blistered a blast from 15 yards out. The shot mercilessly met the outstde of the left post and rolled into touch.
The Nanaimo-based squad's rocket-fueled offence blurred through the Cascades from the outset leaving scorched turf and bewildered defenders in their wake. Malaspina took authority early with two goals in a span of seven minutes. Both came on identical flights by overlapping mid-fielders down the right runway of the field. Both times the ball was driven into the 18 yard box, and both times eagerly smashed into the web. The Cascades, seemingly dejected by the blueclad blurs zipping all over the pitch, could not come up with a final ball to complete their mid-field build-up. The Malaspina coaching staff should be credited with their preparation for the match.
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Star striker Brad Peterson, a veteran for the UCFV team, was greeted by swarming groups of
Top: UCFV player Scott Toop throws in the ball during the squad's 2-1 loss to Malaspina.' Left: In a match against Capilano, the· Cascades waited till the second half to blow the game open, going on to win 3 -1. Photo By
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UCFV did manage to rupture their goose egg late in the game when Jeff Ring let fly from 25 yards and found the short side. Unfortunately there would be no equalizer. I guess all those government manufactured drug pamphlets are correct. Speed kills.
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UCFV Golf Results After 2 Tournam~nts: Malaspina - 1281 Douglas - 1281 1298 1331 UCFV - 1437
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UCFV X-CountryResults At Okanagan U/C, Kelowna: Women (5km): 2nd. Janelle Dick - 18:03 3rd. Jane Lee - 18:09 8th. Amanda Hengeveld - 20:57 Men (7km): 4th. Alexander Goes - 36.58 5th. Darrell Erickson - 36.59 8th. Victor Louie - 40.09
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Wednesday, October 5, 1994
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Free Love? By Melanie Glaim Richard Kurtis and Teresa Hampel are on their way for a glorious evening of dining, theatre and the unknown! They were the lucky winners of the Dating Grune on Thursday the 22nd at noon in the cafeteria. Also competing for the honour of the date were Contestant Number Two Raj Randhawa and Contestant Number 1bree Jitinder "Soup" Herr. With Hostess Manprit Randhawa running the show, each contestantanswered various questions about themselves and their ideas of a romantic evening. Look for the draw box in the great hall (" A" building), because we' re having a double whammy grune on Thursday October 6th, at noon in the cafeteria. You could be lucky and win the chance to ask questions or be asked in order to win a romantic date with a mystery man/woman. As for Richard and Teresa . Congratulations and keep us posted!
A Special Screening of
Calendar 10:30am Oct.12 Abby Theatre (A102)
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Assaulting Your Every Sense Reznor pushes passion into NBK soundtrack By Dallas J. Alright, how many of you misinformed cookie-cutter people out there actually thought thatl would not like Natural Born Killers? With .the story conceived by Quentin Tarantino and a director like Oliver Stone at the helm, there was practically no chance of me not thinking that this would be one of the best movies of the year. NBK is a brutal assault on the media, the public, and most of all the senses. The visuals are-all at once stunning, innovative, shocking, and fascinating; but what really drives this movie experience screruning over the edge is the soundtrack, mastered by the rage/angst/noise meister himself, Trent Reznor. Natural Born Killers: A Soundtrack For An Oliver Stone Film is quite arguably the album of the year; not only does this piece serve as a soundtrack for the movie, but it stands alone as an original and inimitable collage of music, dialogue, sound, and passion. Trent Renzor, who is Nine Inch Nails, has mastered his ability to raise the complete degradation and self-immolation of the human race to an art form, while still maintaining the true ugliness of the animal; as we are fascinated, we are also repulsed. With the skill in check, Renzor combines dialogue from Stone's film with music spanning many different decades and styles that range from country to rap, from folk to industrial to take us into the inferno.
Who better to lead us into Hell than Leonard Cohen? "Waiting for a Miracle" slides in with an ominous bass-line and, oh, that voice! With Juliette Lewis' rhetorical question of, "Are you flirting with me?" the strains of L7's "Shitlist" slams into your headphones with an effect reminiscent of getting your redneck head put through a table. As a gunshot finishes the childish selection of who should live and who should die, a lonely country twang provided Dan Zanes' "Moon Over Greene County" takes over as an interlude. Only about eight minutes in and already we have crossed three songs that would never appear beside each other anywhere else, and yet they work great together. Another high point is Flood's remix of "Rock N Roll Nigger" by Patti Smith (No, not the one who sang "The Warrior," it is the other one, the cool one, awww, forget it...). Mickey and Mallory's declarations of love, no matter how demented (ain't it always?), are complimented and validified by Cowboy Junkies' rendition of "Sweet Jane." "Burn" is the only new Nine Inch Nails song to be included on the soundtrack and is one of the most powerful pieces ever conjured up by Reznor: any song that screams, "I'm gonna burn this whole world down," and can make me air-guitar like a madman to a synthesizer solo qualifies.
to everyone's delight The creepiest moment of the whole piece occurs when "Sex Is Violent" by Janes Addiction is mixed with Diamanda Galas' rendition of "I Put a Spell on You" as we listen to Mallory seduce and cancel a too-eager, hormone-drunk, would-be lover. Listening to this track would inspire even the boldest philanderer to step back and think before rushing any "opportunities." To go track by track and give an opinion on each one cannot be done in this space that I have been so graciously given (hey, there are 27 tracks on the album and many more important articles in this paper, so do not push). I was thinking of complaining about the fact that the album does not include the Rage Against The Machine tracks that were present in the movie during Mickey's jailbreak scene, but the CD clocks at 75:37 and the record company would not go for a ' . two-CD set for an alternative soundtrack Besides, if you had "Bombtrack" and "Killing In The Name," you would not need to go out and buy the RA TM' s album (a wise investment, regardless). So to wrap up, let me just say that this album will not sway you to like the movie, nor will repeated viewings of the movie make you like the soundtrack. You will either love it or hate it; there is no c~ance for apathy with this project. Ask Ollie. Ask Trent. Best of all, ask Mickey and Mallory: is not passion what it is all about? Besides, where else can a Patsy Cline song scare the Hell out of you?
This Will Make You Smile, Just Doesn't Nolan Webb takes us on a No Fear tour of the arcade to Ur and back Some thoughts on ...
No Fear Merchandise
and enjoyable sampled tracks here, "2 punks, a dad, and a snowboard" and "can't get to sleep." The re'st will have to be donated to non-judgmental punk fans.
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with these fucking shirts and stickers, anyways? With slogans like "Second Place is First Loser'' this whole phenomenon seems to promote the antithesis of what we, as modern, non-prejudicial, non-stereotypical males are supposed to portray. These shirts seem to say that it's not alright to be sensitive and emotionally balanced and awai:e of our natural feelings such as fear, sadness and vulnerability(" Absolutely no fear, not even a little bit"). And it always seems to be these stupid looking Cro-Magnon-males that are wearing these shirts and sticking these stickers on their vehicles. It is almost as if the are trying to compensate for their own male inadequacies (read into that as you wish) by pasting these arrogant grunt-statements on themselves.
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Rymes With Orange Trappedin the A talented follow-up to their popular debut. This album featuresmoreofleadsingerLyndonJohnson's lightly-textured vocals ovei:top of a guitarbased sound with a noticeable absence of most of the keyboards. My only qualm bere is that there is less of the fast-paced energy and general funky bass, drum, and guitar solos present, showing the influence from producer John Webster. The first single, ''Toy Train," the title track and "Time" all stand out for me as exceptionally good tracks and there's a great acoustic number hidden at the end of the album.
Machine (Plum/A+M)
Photo By Bryan Sikora
Does the activity of plugging quarters into machines contribute to the educational atmosphere here at UCFV?
Cafeteria I assume that this is more of college's grunt-subculture that is supporting these great educational tools. I guess it would be too much to ask to have a few more desks or couches and tables be placed there so that more people could take advantage of a learning atmosphere. Instead we get to walk by and observe Husqvuarna-hat-wearing males staring pmiooately at the machines of generations past with their oommoo straddled and open-legged stance. And you wonder why so many people in this community laugh at the aedll>ility of our University-College?
Some reviews ... Furnaceface This Will Make You Smile. (Cargo) After religiously listening to their last release, Just Buy It, and creating an entire subculture ofFurnaceface fans, I was most disappointed to find that they have strayed from their sampling, satirical, fun-loving selves. They've attempted to play actual music here and it has turned out to be for the most part, just another pile ·of punk-based, Canadianindependeotcrap. There are oniy two moderately-intelligent
Salvador Dream Ur (Warner) This Vancouver band's debut album, on a major label no less, represents the cutting edge of the Vancouver distorted-guitar-driven music scene (I promised myself that I wouldn't use the words altemati ve or grunge). It has all that you can ask for in an album: grea~ vocals, experimental riffs, and a general emotional sound. A lot of bands should look to Salvador Dream as a prototype for bands that should ease up on the keyboard and "ooh baby" vocals that made the eigh~es so disgustingly memorable. Songs like "Brajn" and "Move On" have the groove and flavour that shou1d -leave·them on the cutting edge Qfthis industry for years come. . . . .
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Trapped With Rymes with Orange New direction comes with new producer for Vancouver group. By Nolan Webb One of Canada's most popular "independent" bands, Vancouver-based Rymes With Orange, is back with a recently released follow-up to their debut album
Peel. Trappedin the Machinerepresents a more focused effort which can in part be credited to the production of Tom Cochranecounterpart John Webster. The band originally went into the studio with nine songs, while only one of them made it to the album. As lead singer and songwriter Lyndon Johnson states, "We started with the idea for a heavier, more industrial sound, bet he (Wybster) didn't like the vibe". The result? A fresh start and twelve songs written in three weeks, reflecting more of a guitar-oriented sound and less of the Manchester beat of their first album. A recently signed deal with Plumb Records, with distribution by A+M, has opened new doors for the band, while still leaving them their artistic control. "We have all theadvantagesofbeing independent, just now with great distribution too. We have a lot of control over what we do, and that in itself is very enjoyable. We
Vancouver-based Rymes With Orange have a new sound as they prepare for their Canadian tour this month. like doing our own promotions and working our own videos. We're very much independent in that way." This independent strength has led to what Johnson describes
as "a more concentrated and mature effort. There is more of the band as a whole within this album." With a cross-Canada tour planned
for October, Rymes With Orange is out to prove that Trapped in the Machine win continue to build on the tremendous excitement created by their debut album.
"Cotnedy to Stir Your Soul"
BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL
Campus Crusade For Christ provides early morning comic relief By Cyndi Rubuliak
If you think eating at home on some form of a budget is difficult, try eating out.
chicken/tofu section. (Remember- go light here.) You then mosey over to the sauce bar, the ginger and curry sauces with a dash of oyster and garlic sauces are partic,ularly yummy. By now you are at the end of the line in which case you hand your bowl to the guy in the white hat and he chucks it on the hugest slab of hot stone that I have ever seen. He tosses it around while you wait and voila, the tastiest stirfry you may ever experience.
As their is only so much Kraft Dinner and ketchup one person can ingest, I'm here to offer a bonafide cool healthy place to chow down at that doesn't have a drivethru. (Special thanks to Jill B. andherGood Eats for inspiring me.)
My own frequent visits suggest that the average bill for one person, excluding drinks, is a measly 7 bucks. If you eschew animal flesh, you get 20% off. The comic relief of the cooks is free, as are the fortune cookies.
Moni:olie Grill ...... This place is a must for those who are broke. The whole concept here is to pay by the weight of your food. Very smart. However, you won't be if you load up on the meat and skip the veggies and noodles. So the key here is balance. You also get a lot of free stuff. Like bowls of Hot and Sour soup and enough rice to put out any fire in your mouth. For first timers though, I should explain what exactly it is thatmakes the MG so cool. You start with a bowl. You fill it with veggies of assorted oriental variety before proceeding to the meat/seafood/
You can find the Mongolie Grill in Richmond (never been), on Broadway at Cambie (also never been), and on Denman, which is now a personal favorite. Oh yeah, they do have forks.
By Michelle Demers This week's topic is food. Good, c;heap, healthy food. For many stude1_1ts,food tends to fall under the categories of Kraft, instant, condiment, beer or what ever else you can scrounge off those around you.
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Hey - keep those entries coming in for the "Name Michelle's Cat and Win Some Beer Contest", because my cat still doesn't have a name. As I don't contribute to the delinquency of minors, you must be.i9. And the name C-A-T is out of the running.
On Monday, September 26, a hilarious ventriloquist held a performance in the cafeteria. The perf9rmer was David Pendelton, and his act entitled "Comedy to Stir Your Soul'' was a knockout. David stole the attention of each student that watched, and he kept them entertained with his amazing ventriloquism~
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His act included; "Otis," "Beauford the Dog,"" AuntTilly ," and several students participated. Although David's act was funny, he sent out a very serious message; Jesus loves and cares for us all. Thank you David Pendelton for getting involved on our campus, and for making a cloudy Monday morning a little brighter.
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A look at Canada's OTHER group, the Rheostatics By Bob Campbell Hey kids, do ya like the Rock and Roll? Well then it's about time you checked out Canada's other best group. O.K., the Tragically Hip are, without a doubt, the best our country has to offer, but for a change of pace pick up the new disc Introducing Happiness by The Rheostatics. Evolving from the slimy depths of Etobikoke, Ontario, The Rheostatics released their debut album GreatestHits in 1987. With tracks like "The Ballad Of Wendel Clark" and "Ditch Pigs," it's easy to see how this band has denied the trappings of the Much Musjc generation and have made their slow assent purely on their musical talents. Perennial favourites, The Barenaked Ladies, enlisted the foursome to tour Canada as opening group on their 1992 Gordon tour and gave the boys a boost in popularity and exposure for their third album, WhaleMusic. " ActualJy, it may now be told that
The Rheostatics set was actually better than the Ladies, with guitarist Martin Teili's guitar/whale sounds echoing throughout the Pacific Coliseum perplexing many a Ladies fan expecting to be entertained with clever ditties like If I Had A Million Dollars. With their new disc, The Rheos have created an album that requires multiple listenings to understand its true brilliance. The Georgia Strait defines it as the band's watershed, likening it to the Beatles 1967 classic Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The band balances the many music genres it has mastered with tracks ranging from the ballad, "Clai.re" to the pop/ thrash cover of Jane Sibery' s "One More Colour." While it may be a bit premature to label this album the band's best, it is safe to say that Etobikoke's favourite sons with a healthy Canadian obsession for hockey are on the road to deserved recognition.
It's Only the First Draft; Many More To Go Today, October 5, is the HUGE day that we, the student body, get to flex our muscle and let the group known as the UCFV student society know what we desire. The UCFV student society is holding their Annual General Meeting today in Room E245 (a.k.a. The Board Room) on the Abby campus. Time of the opening gavel drop is 3:00pm. It is -at this meeting that the proposed Constitution and the proposed Budget will be accepted or rejected. · Unbeknownst to most, the student society at this institution hasn't had a registered Constitution since 1988. But the current student society has "rewritten" the previous one, and is now putting it to a vote.
But a warning must be issued: the proposed Constitution is not sound. This first draft of the document is a good start, but there are still problems to be worked out. In many instances, it just doesn't make sense. With this document being the permanent blueprint· which future UCFV student societies will base their business around, it must be totally sound. We are setting the ultimate precedent with this document. But we can't allow this particular draft of the Constitution to be accepted. It is not something that could be proudly passed on to the next student government. It is ambiguous and inconsistent, and sorely needs to be reviewed by a
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VOTE 1B Elections of students to the U.C.C. and the Committee of the Whole will be taking place Oct.13 -15 at any Admissions and Records Office. Thefollowing is an explanation of the Committee and the Council.
Mandate of the University College Council (formerly
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The pur.pose· of the University College Council (UCC) is to advise the UCFV Board on all matters of educational policy as well as on policy issues which affect the educational and professional environment of the University College, to- review and recommend to the Board policy and programme proposals received from the Programme Advisory Committee and the Admissions and Standards Committee, and to give advice and make recommendations to the President on matters relating to the overall management of UCFV affairs.
Mandate of the Board Committee of the Whole The Committee of the Whole comprises all Board members and meets approximately one week prior to each Board meeting to discuss issues. Recommendations on these issues are then sent on to the Board meeting for final decision. The affairs of the University College shall be managed by the Board, the members of which shall be appointed pursuant to the College and Institute Act.
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person proficient in Constitutions and By-laws. This person should have a detailed knowledge of the workings of the student society here at UCFV. For the sake of the future UCFV students, not to mention us now, let yourself be heard at the Annual General Meeting; let it be a resounding "NO!" to this first draft of the Constitution.
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But one must look to the bright side of these situations. Just imagine all the beer that will be spared from being spilled all over the floor. Without those gamewinning goals, no one will be leaping from their chairs in celebration knocking over and spilling beer in the process. It will also open up another evening (Sat.) to, ah, indulge in some nocturnal activities. And there will be one less reason to riot! But who am I kidding? We need our hockey. It's our national pastime. The haves (owners) and the haves (players) should allow Wayne and Garth to settle the squabble at hand. They would have it cleared up before Don Cherry could say "Schwing!"
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On a lighter· note, it seems that we will not have a hockey season this year. The players and the owners 1 are arguing over a religious matter - . each thinks they are God while the other disagrees. Once again, the low person on the totem pole is getting screwed: the lowly fan. No baseball fix, and now no hockey fix.
Letters To Ed.~ The CASCADE welcomes letters to Ed. All l~tters must be typed and double spaced, and include your name, phone#, and student#. All letters will be published verbatim. Pseudonyms will be published, but only if actual name is known to the CASCADE.
More Communication Needed? Dear Ed.
it is not wise to promote too early, that is why we followed our legal jurisdictions. (Persons wishing for more information on this reason are welcome to contactmyselfat #4613). As for using the CASCADE as a way of "giving notice", perhaps you would like to expain why the attached article produced by myself was never included in the paper, when it was never communicated to myself that it was too late. I hope that in the future you will recognize the need for integrity, and do more research and interviews before you m3:ke such hard judgements. Especially considering that one of your main jobs as editor of the CASCADE is to inform the students on issues from all angles.
It always easier to complain about something, than to do something about it. It is just as easy to state ones opinion after the fact, than when one would have been openly listened to in time to make a difference. I agree with many of your comments in regards to where the funds raised went, in retrospect going local would be a great idea. It is too bad that you couldn't take the personal responsibility of expressing your feelings at a time when you could have seen that change happen. With a public phone number, twelve open office hours and an intertwining agenda, I find it disappointing that you never approached any of us on this issue. I also find it hard to respect an editorial that has been done with absolutely no interviews of his or her subject, but considers it appropriate journalism to comment on their actions. One last interesting point is the fact that the CASCADE put it's name on this event in it's own paper. In regards to the lack of announcements of the up and coming annual general meeting on October 5th, I wonder if you have read the constitution. It states that two postings must be up two weeks prior to the meeting. When your editorial was written it was over three weeks before the meeting, and we actually had "twelve" postings up one day before we were legally expected to. If proper journalism practices were used you would have learned that there was a reason why we were not putting up signs beforehand. We would have explained to you that through our experience,
YOURS TRULY, Melanie Glaim West Campus Chair
Ed's Note: Glad to see a response to the musings of the Cascade. It appears, though, that the author of this letter needs an explanation as to the role of an editor and the editorial. An editor, according to the Oxford English dictionary, is one who edits. Definition 2: one who prepares the literary work of another person, or number of persons for publication, by selecting, revising,· and arranging the material. Definition 3: one who conducts a newspaper or periodical publication. 'An editorial is written, or ostensibly written, by the editor of a newspaper, distinct from news items. It's merely an opinion.
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Pain vs. Pleasure in the Twili ht Zone Cascade's main Ad-man marks his muscle By Bryan Sikora "It's great," commented Chris Stier, as he sat in a chair resembling an oldfashioned barber's chair. But this definitely was no shave and a hair cut. Chris was getting a tattoo on his right shoulder. This particular tattooist's chair was situated in Twilight Zone Tattoos, in downtown Chilliwack. The artist working on Chris this particular day was Ronnie Danicki, a co-owner along with Lori Chestnut. Darryl, an employee of Twilight Zone, minded the phones and the front desk while Chris, Ron, and myself settled into the zone. The atmosphere of the shop awoke the senses of any newcomer like myself. Black walls covered by dozens - nay, hundreds of various tattoos contrasted sharply against a white floor splattered with red and black paint. A small lounge took up the front half of the zone, while the back was the designated working area in which Health Regulations kept free of pesky onlookers. Onthe stereo system, Pearl Jam blasted out their songs from their first album. Before Chris - a Master Corporal in the Royal Westminster Regiment - could take a seat, an explanation had to be given so Ron knew what to tattoo. Chris showed Ron his operational parachutist's wings,
Photos By Bryan Sikora
Doing the nasty is Ronnie Danicki, while Chris Stier, right, sits pretty. There was no blood lost, and no hurt feelings - but is that a smirk, or a grimace on Chris' face. Maybe the shorts were riding up while waiting for the task at hand to be completed.
and before Elvis could eat another hoagie, a perfectly drawn stencil was placed on Chris' shoulder. "I always wanted one (a tattoo), but not something stupid," Chris later said. "Something with prestige and --honourlinked to it that I earned that I was really proud of." Hence his wings. Reassuring both Chris and myself, Ron extremely emphasized the fact that "everything (needles, swabs, etc.) is single use only!" during the pre-tattoo discussion. As Ron steadied his halld for another application, I recalled the last words out his mouth before he went to work: "Don't tense up, or it will hurt like hell!" Despite the possibility of slight discomfort, or even pain, Chris actually seemed to be
With his operational parachutist's wings permanently placed on his shoulder, Chris Stier will always stand proud.
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enjoying the procedure as the annoying little machine "Bzzzzzzzzed" away at its task.
"Out of all the guys who whine and bitch and pass out, it's the fucking army guys," Ron retorts when the pain principle is brought up. Chris causally resp<;>nded "It's like a really annoying mosquito bite. That's about it." But we must remind ourselves that there are various places on the human anatomy that aren't as receptive to tattoos as the shoulder. "That's the place where it hurts the least, if at all," quips Ron. "Knees and elbows are pain places, but guys still get · 'em there." While one lifestyle was taking place in the Zone, others were taking place just outside the front door, on the sidewalk. Numerous pedestrians walked by the open doorof the Twilight Zone, with loud, intense music screaming and a moderately highpitched noise lurching out of it. I watched these so-called upright, outstanding, supposedly politically-correct citizens as they made a bee-line to the next safe store-front. I watched their eyes, all focused either straight ahead or on the ground in front of them. All the while reaffirming my thinking that some people still judge a book by its cover.
The only exceptions were the "young people," as we are called by some, who looked with interest to see who the next one to be marked was, or even to stride in and say "Hey!" As the two main components of this transaction did their thing, I gazed around, noticing quite a few stickers and slogans pasted on Ron's equipment storage area. One sticker which caught my eye, with a white background and black letters - very plain, yet amid everything else, very prominent- shouted "Tattoos get you SEX." Will our buddy Chris be a testimonial to this message? We'll talk to Chris in the future to find out if tattoos really do get you SEX!
NEEDED: Willing & Unwilling Students to fiJI space at the Cascade. Drop by Room E242 or call us at 854-4529.
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Talking Furniture: West Chair's Message I had an interesting experience over the past few weeks when meeting some of our new international students. When you talk to someone who speaks english as a second language, they can sometimes take your words very literally. No sooner bad I begun to introduce myself, did I realize that these people were envisioning me as some kind of furniture representative, and quite
understandingly weren't too interested in what I had to say. Luckily they were kind enough to explain their confusion and give mea chance to rephrase myself. The students that I met seemed to take the word "head cheese", which I am not too fond of for obvious reasons.Student society is just that, a society .It's not one person running a show, although the person who is incharge of
leadingthe group tends to have some additional responsibilities. So I explained to .them why I don't like to be referred to as the "president". I expressed to them that we all work as a team, and that we all work just as hard. I believe that's why we are having the success that we are, and I would like to thank everyone who is an official member for their help in the last few weeks, as well
as the many volunteers. I would also like to · thank the international students for all of their insights and involvement. Keep up the enthusiasm, and if you' re a student who has yet to help out come and see us! We will always appreciate you, no matter what piece of furniture you are! Mdanie GJaim W.C.S.S. Chair
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LIFE'S LITTLE CORNER My personal Selection of Wit, Humor, and General, Bitter Sarcasm. By Colleen Mah
Topic# 442: ''You're Drivmg . M" 1ss D rusy... . Crazy.'" Is itjustme, or have you also noticed that every member of our society with a psychotic, neurotic or overly-aggressive disposition, bas been able to obtain and RETAIN a driver's license?! A mere trip to the grocery store can become an experience, when you have some little jerk (equipped with a noticeably powerful boom-box), apparently binged to your rear bumper. Perhaps its not actually the PEOPLE at fault. Ob bell ...wbo am I kidding?! Of course it is the people! We have made the "middle finger" and otber similar band signals a universal part of driving. Is it fact or fiction, that when the average person gets behind the wheel of a vehicle, their personality goes in to "overdrive" towards the brink of insanity? It is speculated tbat tbe bumper sticker slogan "I Own The Road," is invisibly tattooed on the back of every driver's bead. (Onlyvisibleofcourse, to the driver behind). Careful observation of family and friends, reveals that this theory of "insanity" is not too far off. I myself, am not excluded from this category. Itisnotnecessarilytbe "new" drivers that cause ALL of the havoc on the road. (Although it is a bit annoying seeing those lowered cars/ trucks packed full of kids tbat I could be babysitting). Many times you can catch sight of a tboroughly frustrated driver, delayed behind and elderly driver, who apparently· cannot tell tbe difference between tbe gas pedal or the brake pedal. It's not that I lack a respect for the elderly, yet I remain a bit skeptica.I of one's ability to drive SAFELY, if that person reacts in an overly-cautious, hesitant manner while
Photo By Bryan Sikora
Where did YOU get your driver's license from? Only the ICBC adjuster will know after a fender-bender or two. operating a vehicle. This skepticism applies to all drivers, regardless of age. Yet perhaps I am biased, since last year I was involved in a hit-andrun accident with a local senior citizen. After ignoring a stop sign and hitting me (on the driver's side) be drove off and merrily went home. How lovely! Too bad for him, that upon impact his front license plate ripped off and was left at the scene of the
crime.
Apparently after driver's Ed. it all goes downhill. Pedestrians are no longer people, they are vertical speedbumps, and neighborhood cats are just "Persian" rugs waiting to be made. (Insert subliminal message here: If you drink, don't ride your bicycle, don't lace up your roller blades, and definitely DON'T drive your vehicle!
Is that l.aminated card a symbol of your "power" on the road? Think again. In reality, its just a picture of you on a "badhair day" which you have to show to authority figure~. In light of tbe (above) opinions, I think that everyone's license should be ...REVOKED. Except for mine of course. Why?! Well, I DO own tbe road you know.
Remembering Canada's Worst Decade The Decade That Was Responsible for What Was To Come By Bob Davies The "Roaring Twenties" were not as roaring as the phrase may lead one to believe; however, for most, life was serene and tbere was the presence of post-war peace. There were not tbe sophisticated technologies that are present today. People were content with what they bad. Radio bad not yet become the popular source of entertainment that it would be during the next decade, and automobiles were still much too expensive for tbe "average-incomed" family to purchase. While women were "socially restricted" to the home, men seemed content in attending their daily jobs. While there was room for contentment, the country remained what it was - isolated and unadventerous. During the 1920's, Canada bad become a very productive country in the economic arena by exploiting its resources through forestry, mining, and agriculture. Both primary and manufactured goods were being exported to foreign investors. Each industry was expanding; however, it was doing so on "borrowed credit." Toward the end of the decade, the stock market was beginning to be fueled by borrowed capital. People were beginning to become frightened of the "credit-based" economy and refrained from spending. Rather tban continuing to buy stocks, they began to sell. By October of 1929, full panic bad struck - the New York stock market crashed and global trade collapsed. Nobody was prepared for what was
to come. Businessmen could do little more than watch as their corporations folded, grain farmers could do nothing as the prices of wheat plummeted, and others could only wonder as "yesterday's" dreams became memories.
filled with transients, wandering with no place to go. The Department of National Defense controlled government-designed relief camps which were planned to remove thousands of unemployed young men from the streets; however, they were operated like labor camps - overbearing and demeaning. After several years of drought and hunger, 1937 would bring the much needed rains to the prairies. Canada declaring war in 1939wouldmeanjobsforeverybody. As men joined up to be shipped overseas and as women found employment in munitions factories, parts of tbe economy began to revive. The Depression would soon be over; however, the memories of it would linger for decades to come ...
The streets of cities like Vancouver and Winnipeg were filled with transients, wandering with no place to go.
The Decade of Disaster: The Great Depression of the 1930' s bas been regarded as the most disastrous decade that Canada experienced during the twentieth century. The economic downswing which commenced during the summer of 1929 lasted for three years, ending in the spring of 1933. Recovery did not come until 1939 with the onset of the Second World War, which was considered by many to be a favourable alternative to starvation. Common reflections of the Depression include soup houses, hundreds lined up to apply for government assistance (tbe dole), and men leaving their families to "ride the rods" in hopes of finding jobs which did not exist. Witb tbere being more applicants tban positions to be filled, employers could pick and choose. If someone was fortunate enough to find work, every effort was made to keep it- even at the cost of abandoning one's pride. The streets of cities like Vancouver and Winnipeg were
A First Hand Account of the 1930's by Mr. Harvey Baldwin (interviewed by the writer) "Iwasbornin1915. By1931,Iwas out of school - only sixteen years old. There was no work to be found. I was trained as a bookkeeper, you see, but I sat around and did notbing throughout the winter of '31. Then, an old friend of the family, an Englishman, was going back to England and be needed someone to look after bis
farm. Well, be had abousekeeperthatlooked after the house, so I worked for room-andboard, but no wages. Every Saturday night, when it was time to bitch up tbe horse team and ride into town she'd slip me fifty-cents and that would take care of my tobacco and a beer or so. When the farmer came back in the spring of '32, I stayed on tbe farm and got paid twenty dollars a month, besides roomand-board- a pretty good deal. I left that fall and rode the rods back to Saskatchewan to find work. I was one of the few to find work through tbe Saskatchewan Labor Board; I was paid a dollar a day to work at harvest time in a little town just north of Saskatoon. This kind of work, harvesting, became quite popular. A few friends and myself would ride the boxcars back and forth between Saskatchewan and Alberta to find work at harvest time. Whenever we couldn't find anything, we'd fill in the gaps by finding odd jobs along the way; one day I knocked on a woman's door and offered to cut some firewood for her if she'd make me a sandwich. By the winter of '34, I went back to Saskatoon and worked in a grocery store owned by the Codville Company. By the time 'S9 rolled around, I was signed up with the Saskatoon War Infantry to go overseas. It wasn't really a "tough life"; it was just that nobody ever bad any money - you just made by with what you could get." -many thanks to Mr. Baldwin for bis invaluable information.
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Criminals: What To Do With Them? By Clare Goldman You can hear them screaming from one end of Canada to the other. "Lock em up!; Throw away the key!". Ah, yes, Canada ...champion of the underdog, so long as they don't live in here. So, where am I going with this you may ask? Well, it appears that the vitriolic diatribe continues in our fair city, in fact, across the nation. The banner of fascism is being carried by so-called fair-minded Canadians against all levels of criminals. So, what? They deserve to be punished you say. OK, that's true, but to what extent are we willing to go. Randy White, my least favorite politician, next to Preston Manning, suggests imposing longer sentences . . the reintroduction of a system geared at punitive action versus rehabilitation. The argument supporting this tact suggests that the recidivism rate implies that current jail terms are not punishing offenders harshly enoughthey are released and re-offend. So, the best way to truiy punish them and force them to see the error of their ways is to lock them for a longer time. Sure, and pigs might fly!!! If an offender re-offends after five years how is ten years going to prevent him from re-offending? It isn't. Why? Plain and simple ...ask yourself these questions. If after five years he is not equipped tc handle life on the outside, how is five more years going to make a difference. That's five more years without education, five more years without social interaction, five more years of resentment, five more years of criminal learning etc, etc. The current initiatives underway by the right-wing activists include increasing jail terms, limiting access to education support services, increasing the social deprivation of prisoners, eliminating the cascading of prisoners through the system, building more prisons and hiring more prison guards.
OK, what's wrong with this picture. If you lock up someone who lacks the
educational and social skills to function in society without allowing them access to environments and experiences that would allow the development of those skills what do you end up with. A person who has spent five years sitting in a cell doing nothing to increase his or her chances of making it upon release. In fact, it is not unreasonable to suggest that such a person would be less equipped to function in society after spending several wasted years doing nothing than when they first went in. Not too many positive role models in the prison yard, I would think. Eliminating the cascading system, where a prisoner moves down through security levels upon proof of positive personal initiative to improve the self, is ridiculous. You think guys getting out of minimum have problems, imagine letting some guy out of maximum after he• s spent 25 years on the inside. He won't have a clue how to function. I remember an ex-inmate who spent almost his whole young adult life in jail (20 years), telling me that upon his release, he didn't even know how to work an automated teller m~chine, he'd never even seen one. He said it was like he got caught in a timewarp and woke up after 20 years to find a different world. And what about building more jails ...I'm sure the tax payer wants to fork out more cash so we can lock up more people for a longer period of time. How about investing $10,000 in each inmate to educate and train him/her how to function in society and gain job skills over a two year period? Is locking him/her up longer at a cost of $40,000 a year with no education or training going to create a person able to function appropriately in society? Not likely .. Oh, yeah, almost forgot .. "Not in my -backyard".. hear that one an awful lot
when they talk about building more prisons. More prison guards? Recently met a guy who just completed a study on the ratio of guards to federal prisoners- 6700 inmates; 4700 guards. How many more do we need? l_t~eems that a punitive system is all any one wants. Has it worked in the past? Doesn't appear to have ...crimes are still being committed. Ask yourself this ...If society spent as much energy ridding itself of the social ills of poverty, child abuse, wife abuse, racism, hatred, drugs, war, disease, etc.,
etc., as it does on punishing people, then perhaps the negative environment conducive to criminal behaviour would be considerably reduced. Instead of paying attention to people after the dirty deed is done .. pay attention to them before ...it's called compassion, it's called caring. And for all you people who say what if that doesn't work? Then punish, but offer opportunity, offer support. And for the truly evil people out there, never give them a second chance, but don't classify every one by the actions of a few.
What the Hell?!
As the earth stops revolving, Fluffy, in this moment of self-discovery, finds her innerpersona. Photo By Bryan Sikora
Drunken Debate The almighty buck really stops here~ By Pete Hutchinson I just sat and discussed heated environmental issues with a friend of mine for over an hour. The discussion was loud, the dozen plus beer we drank helped in keeping the discussion to a dull roar. In the end we agreed on two things: 1. something has to be done and 2. we were fucked if nothing is done now. The issues ranged from the Kemano Completion Project to over-forestation of B.C. We never even touched on issues that are outside of our beautiful province - I consider myselflucky for that one because I would have missed my morning class the following day. It really scares me to think that my grandchildren may live in little plastic bubbles on extended life support system on Mars. I lookaroundnowandseeclearcuts, but I would prefer that my grandchildren see what I see now, instead of some hydroponically-grown rain forest. It occurred to me and my friend that B.C.'s forest practices are a decade late. If we were logging like companies were in the 70' s and 80' s in Oregon or California our forests would be like theirs, depleted to the point of near destruction. It is by luck that environmental awareness has started to roar in the 90's for B.C.'s forests and forest
lovers. It is unlucky that the global community has to thrash our province for our current logging practices. It is unfortunate that such a discussion had to take place after dulling our senses, maybe if we all got pissed up and started discussing this shit and stayed pissed up some intelligent people might get off their asses and start in their own back yard before conquering the worlds problems. If we were to take all the clear-cut areas and plant Hops and Hemp on them, I'm sure I would have enough paper to write on and enough beer to keep me comfortably numb. We also agreed that there is a new " God" in town, it is made of paper and has pictures of the Queen and dead Presidents on it. Once people realize that money is nothing, but something to keep your wallet fat, and pull their heads out of their asses, the world will return to it's full glory. I truly believe that the strong do survive and the earth decides who lives or dies and the final control is not some fucking honky in the White House or some dope smokin' Clayoquot-blocking environmentalist-hippie. If we do not treat the world like a living entity it will be sure to brush us off its back, for we are only parasites sucking every little bit of life out of this hunk of living rock.
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TheWorldSucks,ButThisColumn'sCool By Buzz & Skeeter I can hear it now, the moans and groans (and occasional cheer) from all of our returning students, as they see the title of this article of astute commentary. Yes, read on in disgust (or ecstatic optimism) to discover what I think about societal trends and philosophies, in this North American culture of greed, materialism, and general putrescence. Here it is ...this editions Cool.
1. Day for Night - Yes, the new Tragically Hip Album. I've been waiting for this for a while, and man, it was worth the wait. It rocks. That Hip Hip style with a harder edge. Buy it. Well that about sums it up, I'd say.
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IDIOTIC rock stars. Now I won't
To the U. K. and Back Again One of the students to travel on the England Study Tour 94' last Summer was Geography/English graduate Michelle Huber. One of the first seven BA Arts students to graduate through the UCFV and Simon Fraser partnership, Huber experienced many of the scenes and landscapes familiar to her through her studies over the past four years here at UCFV. The study tour was organized by Ian Fenwick of the Theatre Department, AllanMcNeilloftheEnglishDepartment and Doug Nicol of the Geography Department. Designed to be a multidisciplinary event, the tour was the obvious follow-up for Huber who was also a graduate of UCFV' s unique Graduation Seminar or IDS 400. Specializing in the "Literary Cartography" of Thomas Hardy's Mayor of Casterbridge, Michelle put the finishing touches on her thesis paper after visiting the countryside illustrated in many of Hardy's novels. "Hardy's landscapes are an intrical part in the development of his novel's themes and witnessing them firsthand was a wonderful addition to my studies", Michelle claims.
Still active in one English course at UCFV, Huber also adds that "Graduation Seminar course is a excellent opportunity to bring together the many disciplines we study at UCFV". If you are interested in taking the IDS 400 course, contact Rory Wallace at local 4305 or in office A344. The course is to be offered in the Winter semester and the pre-requisite are 60 credit hours in any Arts courses.
mention any by names here, Kurt Cobain, but when an influential rock and roller pops his head off with a shotgun because he can't identify with his audience, you gotta wonder about how big a loser he was. He not only left a wife and daughter behind, but several adoring Nirvana fans have decided to emulate him and join him in that emptiness we call hell. WHAT A LOSER!
2. Man-Hating Feminists. Equality is one thing. Hey I can dig it. I even support
it. But th o s e "men are
a q,pres&ve, sexist, racist, macho, bastards" women out there need a big
R.JCKlNG enema. Get a life! For every man out there who is a bastard, there is a woman who is a bitch. If you actually knew how to treat a man with respect, he would treat you with respect as well. Until then, all you'll be doing is diddling yourself and lezzing out with like-minded women. Enjoy it, because a Dildo is the closest thing you' 11
get to a man.
3. Self-Righteousness. To all those people out there who think that God exists only in yourself! have only one thing to say: When you can ~ with your bare hands - raise people from the dead and heal people with incurable sicknesses, give me a call. Until then you can live in your little fantasy world. And now on a more musical note (possibly Am 7 sus 2). Here is a list for all you fresh out of High School College Students of cool music you must listen to: 1. The Hip 2. The Pixies 3. Green Day 4. Sex Pistols 5. Pink Floyd 6. Led Zepplin 7. Rollins Band 8. Mudhoney 9. Smashing Pumpkins 10. Catherine Wheel P.S. Rap Sucks.
The Eclipse of the Autonomous Self By Revolutionary Corroboration Inc.
"Cow corn here • is cow corn, butwhat is it in the global underground?''
Reality. What the hell is it? There's more of it in the bottom of the drawer. Was that a red or a white bite? Expressing yourself, I don't know why. I'm the asshole that everyone's laughing at. Just want to watch the World Series. I'm pretty sure I was looking at reality on the last front page of the Cascade. What is normal? I'm normal, while everyone else is abnormal. If man was made in the likeness of God ... I could kick him really good from here. But, ha ha, why not! Umbrellas going up, going down. If only minds could be washed and re-washed. Pass the hootch. But nobody inhale, or was that exhale? It's possible. It would have to be done properly. Rightside up, with a twist of lime on the side. Stirred, not squeezed, but please watch the nails. I know they're manicured, but the fumes are much too much for me. Not too mention by sore, poor back. Pass it around, pass it around. Don't ever let it go. Still eighteen, so, I'm sorry to say, no fun for you . . . until the Patrol arrives with their big flashlights. Hey, why, you have r
tomorrow off. When ... that's really, again? So what are you .doing tonight. We can stay up and ... ya right! At least they hit it right on the nose. Sleep is only a temperate state, where everybody comes and everybody comes some more. Hot temperatures, ice cubes, so you can't complain. Another sip .. .well, take it easy. Clank, clank goes the chimes, alerting the hedonisticinhabitants to an intruder. Or was it just a sound? Maybe a dream, but what are you doing here. Cow corn here is cow corn, but what is it in the global underground? Long, silky manes, with bright yellow niblets bursting through the green husk. Always being half way to ecstasy. Looking back through the shower curtain, only to see the tail of a bunny. Jumping, hopping mad. Oh my God, my bra strap has come undone! It's all over .. .everything's coming undone. •
Friends, there never home in the afternoon but always in the morning. Would you like to be called or nudged, but I can't find my keys. And they are not up my ass. lthoughteveryoneleft,but they 're still laughing at me. When does it ever end? Kobain checked out earlier. I just don't know.· I have no fucking clue ... Suzie ... where did she come from? Must be aMaritimerfrom the open seas. Totally devoid of excitement, it's only an attention grabber. Triangles are cheaper than diamonds, but get the_ same reaction. The pillow is getting softer, my feet are warming up, slide down, bitch. My drink is under your clothes, the condoms are in the drawer, a little higher, a little higher, there oh god. I don't know, I just don't know, they're all bastards. Jive baby jive. Faster, play it harder, the music is getting to the deepest soul. Move it. Come on and groove it. Throw some shrimp on the compost and barbecue the rainbow. Only fuck, the day is just beginning. . .. how do we end it. It's just so out of control. .. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
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And Your Nominees Are ... With the upcoming elections of students to the Committee of the Whole and the University College Council, here's a little something about each of the candidates. Candidates for the position representing students from the western region on the Committee of the Whole: Nan·cy Barrett My hope in gaining a seat on the Committee of the Whole is to learn what the student body needs and try to fulfill them. I believe that the University College of the Fraser Valley's needs are growing and expanding. To accommodate these expansions I feel the students should voice where they feel growth is needed. Suggestions and comments would be heard and listened to as my part of the committee.
Candidates for the position representing students enrolled in Arts Programs on the University College Council:
Candidates for the position representing students enrolled in Math, Science or Technology programs on the University College Council:
Gwen Coates
Jeannette Hruby
As a third-year student at UCFV, I am aware of the general workings of the institution. It is important that students are listened to in the decision making process. As a representative, I would be a voice for student concerns, an ear for student opinions and would report on the process to students. It is Melanie Glaim critical that students are actively represented in the decision-making process for if we do As a student ofUCFV for the past three years not take responsibility for ourselves these and as the Chairperson of the Student Society, I ask you to consider myself for the West decisions will be made for us by faculty and voting position. I have been attending these as administration. I am concerned with the learning environment, quality of education well as other meetings whenever possible and instruction, equal treatment for all and over the summer, and regularly since school course offerings. As a UCFV student and has started. There are many prese_nt issues being discussed that I have had the opportunity · community member my interest is both in the to comment on while in attendance. One issue present and future shape of UCFV. that is of particular interest to me is the . allocation of the 2% increase in tuition: I Terry-Lynn Stone would like to see a more equal split between student employment and scholarships, so that I am a mature student returning to the it is fair for everyone. I'm also very familiar classroom. after a quarter of a century as a with the immunization conflict in the nursing home-maker. I am currently taking 5 courses, program, as well as the up and coming towards what I anticipate will be a major in Rawanda Raffle. I feel that my background, Psychology, wh!ch I hope to complete at this previous experience, and knowledge of how university college. I would like to see this UCFV works,'will. be a rewarding asset for a institution continue to grow and expand, while voting seat. · not attempting to imitate other large
Robert James Ormiston - Strongly stand for the continuing development of the University Degree programs including the programs already implemented. - Pursuant to insure proper facilities are offered to single parents (Day Care) and the handicapped (access). - Try to make sure all plans and projects stay within UCFV' s budget. - And above all, represent the UCFV student in all matters and keep them a priority in all decisions.
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universities, such as UBC or SFU. We have an unique environment here that needs to be preserved. However, it is important that the· university college continue to expand to include new disciplines, as well as majors in current disciplines. I am an active member in many local community groups, particularly 4H. I am a club leader and also President of the Langley Oistrict Senior Council. I enjoy working with people, and would welcome the opportunity to represent the student body of UCFV and to work cooperatively with other members of the University College Council.
I would like the opportunity to represent the students and their concerns. As well as be able to notify the students of any issues directly pertaining to them. I am a second- year student in Psychology and Biology who is interested in the development of the University College for present students as well as future students.
Baldeep Sekhon I'd like to see Kinesiology as a separate department. Right now this program falls into either the arts or science category. Maybe a name for the program could be Health Science
Candidates for the position representing students enrolled in Career programs on the University College Council: Ron Hardy Since moving to the Upper Fraser Valley 3 years ago, I have taken a very proactive role in the Agassiz-Harrison area (Corrections, RCMP, Search & Rescue, ESS). I expect to continue my education (Social Services Diploma > B.S.W. > M.S.W .) for the most part, here in the Valley. I think that it would be beneficial and rewarding for me, and other Fraser Valley residents, for me to become involved in issues relating to the major postsecondary educational facility serving the Fraser Valley. Without involvement, knowledge can't be acquired. Without knowledge, ignorance is maintained.
Dennis Halligan I would like to see UCFV continue to grow in a manner that will benefit the student body.
VOTE: Oct. 11 - Oct. 13 9am - 7:30pm at any Admissions and Records Office
The Bible, Tradition, and the Modern World An Essay By Ron Dart I cannot praise a cloistered virtue that never sallies forth. -J. Milton The Bible has, without question, played a significant role in shaping the contours of Western civilization. In fact, it is virtually impossible to understand the West without a thorough acquaintance with the Bible. Those who have never read the Bible, those who read it selectively or those who use itin an authoritarian manner do a disservice to themselves and the broader culture they have inherited. In fact, I would suggest . that those who lack a grounding in the Bible and the Western tradition, regardless of their education, are culturally illiterate. The culture wars of the last few years, unfortunately, have been waged by those who simplistically damn the west or those who triumphantly idealize it; both perspectives are tribal, and they tell us more about the dangers of selective memory and cultural amnesia than they do about an informed approach to Tradition and how it works. The Bible has, historically, been viewed by Christians as an important sourceofauthority, but how the authority of the Bible is understood varies from one tradition to another within the broader context of Christianity. "Bibliolatry", as Coleridge coined the term, or the Bible as a "paper pope" tends to attract some on one extreme; such a position holds that the Bible can be mined for answers on any sort of
troubling question. There are the extremists on the other side that view the Bible as an interesting and curious cultural artifact that should be studied as a museum piece; such a position holds that the Bible has little or no relevance for the modem world. Both
abuses of the Roman Catholic church, but many Catholics, such as Erasmus and Thomas More, were doing the same sort of thing in a more reasoned and nuanced way. Luther, unfortunately, set in motion a dubious precendent that has in many ways, hindered the way we
of these stances reveal the devotees limited understanding of a much more complex issue, and such simplistic attitudes do little to enrich or deepen our understanding of a much more complex issue, and such simplistic attitudes do little to enrich or deepen our understanding; in short, there are crude and sophisticated fundamentalists milling about the town, and each in their different ways, proclaims a "cloistered virtue".
understand how the Bible is to be viewed as authoritative and how it is to be interpreted. Luther, in a more cautious way than some of his more zealous followers, exposed the weakness of traditionalism, but the deeper questions of the relationship between the Bible-Tradition has, for the most part, left many in the 1st world with little or no memory about 1500 years of Western history and culture; it was in these crucial years that the BibleTradition dynamic was carefully and slowly worked out.
The Protestant tradition, following Luther, tended to foolishly pit the Bible against Tradition; this combatitiveeither--0rapproachhashad questionable results. Luther was right. or course, when he questioned the may
1be Bible has rarelybeen viewed, except by some fringe groups, as an authoritative tablet to be unquestioningly heeded on all issues;
the task of interpretation is much more subtle. It is important to note that the church, in its earliest years, did not have the Bible; it was centuries after Christ's life that the Bible was formally canonized. It is the church, at its best, that has worked out, through much trial and error, critical and thoughtful ways to interpret the Bible; educated reason has always played an important role in this process. The modem worldweliveinhas its own prejudices, notions and agendas, but the world view of modernity has called into question some important aspects of the Bible and Tradition. This, I would affirm, is as it should be. Just a$ the Bible has been used to critique traditionalism, and authentic tradition has been used to prune the cultural limitations of the Bible, so the modem world, if it is going to have integrity, must be open to critique and be critiqued in the same· way as the vitality of the Bible-Tradition process. Ifmodern secular people refuse to do this, they merely exhibit their own narrow mindedness. But, whenreligious people hide behind either the garments of the Bible or the Bible-Tradition and refuse to interact with the legitimate claims of the modem world, they deny the very tradition they claim to represent. Serious dialogue begins when both sides can see the beam in their own eyes, and willingly, in a civil and chll!itable way, stand their own ground but be open to learn from the insights of others. In short, all tribes need to be smoked out from their cloisters so they can engage in the public task of discerning the common good. If this task is not undertaken, we will revert to a new tribalism that does little to open our minds to authentic virtue.