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My world is a crystal ball; a globe if you will.

I live inside, alone with a thousand faces staring in at me.

I am constantly evaluated and judged.

Those grinning faces waiting to discover another fla,w, roadd to a long list.

I cringe when I feel their fingers aimed at me, pointing.

I close my eyesand then they are gone and I am alone in my world with the only pointing fingers being my own.

By Robyn Fentie

My Speech I can·t find suitable words to express my gratitude for your kind hospitality.

Staying with a family would be a great experience for all of us.

Your campus is a place where students can meet and become acquainted with many people. Friendships cultivated they are great treasure a person can have.

I think, College education may not have a direct effect on my later life.

However, experience I have here, on this campus, certainly enrich my life.

So, let us not be blind to our differences, but, in the final an~ysis, our iµost basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future.

Thank you very much for your kind attention.

Thankyou.

Seijiro Kan

"Ifafree societycannothelp the manywho are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."

(Seijiro ·was an exchange student from Hokkaido College in Japan)

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TOFINO . Hike and Camp on Vancouver Island!

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UCFV Health Update

Exploring the Roots of Student Depression

By Anita Bradford Semester-Onset-Syndrome, hereinafter referred to by it's acronym " S.O.S." is a medically ambiguous condition that seems to manifest itself in young, middle-clas&, scholastically-minded individuals; primarily during the months of September and January.

Noted symptoms, a~ide from extreme depressive swings, include hysteria and/or manic fits of uncontrollable laughter. · Although little is known about this condition, this mild form of dementia seems to be related to the onset of the academic year and it's inherent stressors.

Careful research has unearthed a set of factors common to the incidence of S.O.S. They are as follows: 1. Class schedules that interfere with previously-established soap opera viewing patterns.

Studies of college-aged- individuals have linked both anxiety and premature aging to a sudden reduction in exposure to" The Bold and The Beautiful" and "All My Children."

2. The financial burden of pay-parking. Adverse effects on student resources, which otherwise might have been channeled into restful, restorative activities such as alcoholic bingeing and late-night doughnut eating.

3. The annual used-Levi's shortage.

4. Cafeteria food. After the usual summer diet of day-old McNuggets and Licorice Nibs, even the slight traces of nutrition present are enough to send the vulnerable student digestive system into a state of shock.

5. The initial demands on lucid thought and/or coherent speech: Although generally only an occasional requirement of academic life, the difficult and painful cerebral processes involved can lead to severe exhaustion and feelings of inadequacy.

6. The newly-functioning.clock on "B" building. Just one less excuse for first class lateness.

7. Course material that is increasingly out-of-touch with the pressing realities of collegiate existence can lead to alienation and inattention in even the most dedicated students. This factor could be easily remedied by a more relevant curriculum. We make these initial suggestions: Sociology 142.5-Constructive Social Mingling. Examining Belching; yes or no? if so, when and where? Projectile Horking; misunderstood form of expression or art form? Drawing on instructors from every faculty, discussions might also include Dates for under a dollar, Alternatives to dating (?) and the Problem of Flatulence.

Philosophy 118.2-The Ethics of Sycophancy.

History 111.1-Betty and Veronica vs. Nancy and Tonya; The Hair color Wars.

Physics 133.3-The Dynamics of Sleep.

8. Models, Inc. Although only recently documented, Semester-Onset-Syndrome seems to be an ageold condition with it's historical roots in Classical Greek civilization. It is speculated that Euripides himself was a sufferer.

So far, effective treatments have been in the area of: Beer, and plenty of it, meditation and self-hypnosis, preferably performed to Pink Floyd's soundtrack album "The Wall", more beer, and primal scream therapy. Buttoning up and keeping the head warmly covered also seems to help.

One final, optimistic note: Although there is no known cure, with early diagnosis and diligent treatment of the symptoms, S.OK can be controlled and will eventually go into remission, usually in time for Christmas Break.

Okay, SPEAK! Come on!

You can do it!

Okay! Heel!

I said HEEL!

Costs will vary according to activities parti.cipated in.

UCFV Student Newspaper 21st September 1994 Vol. 2 No. 2 RoomE 242, Abby campus.

33844 King Rd. Abbotsford, BC V25 4N2 854-4529 On the 'Net: Cascade@ucfv.bc.ca The views expressed in The Cascade are not necessarily those of the UGFV Faculty, Administration, students, Student Society, or anyone else's for that matter! They were just slipped underneath our office door.

WHO?

We, the Staff, are composed of dedicated, warpedindividualswhohave come together to produce this crazy publication.

We are: Editor-in-Chief Bryan Sikora Managing Editor Monique Marchant Production Editor Bob Davies '-Production Assitants Deanna Walker Kristi Sikora Sports Director Bryan Sikora Contributing Writers Colleen Mah Michelle Demers Ron Dart Nolan Webb Jeff Tisdale Dallas J. Bob Davies Anita Bradford Robyn Fentie Clare Goldman David Thiessen Camille Fortin Doug Allan Colby Michelle Mallette Len Catling Seijiro Kan Caroline Higgins Photographers Bryan Sikora Pete Hutchison Advertising Director Chris Stier

Do not blame us for anything, for we are only pawns m a much larger game ....

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Sept. 30 - Oct. 2 For Info: 853-7441 Local 4255.

Fido's Human Obedience School

It's back to school, thereby creating the Back to School parties - which were just as good as ever - thereby creating a "back to the porcelain" effect on some of the Student Body.

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News

Wednesday, September 21, 1994

"Don't burn MY wieny"

CRIM NEWS

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Criminal Election to Take Place at UCFV CJSA looking for nominees

By Clare Goldman All Crim students in either program are invited to the first social of the year and the election of a new executive to the Criminal Justice Student Association.

On September 29 at 7:30pm Kings Crossing (Finnegans), nominations will be accepted for all positions on the executive from President to member-at-large. All Crim students enrolled in diploma or degree, in any year, are eligible to nominate, vote and run for any of these positions.

The CJSA represents Crim students, providing a voice to any and all, as well as organizing some great social events from BBQ's to dances to camp outs.

So, get out there on the 29th and have some fun, meet some new people, and exercise your right to vote. Watch the

and voters

bulletin boards for more information and pay attention to those announcements in class. You can also contact me for more info in E244 or just bug me in the hallways.

So remember, Kings Crossing (AKA Finnegans), Thursday September 29, 1994, 7:30pm. Suds (ID required), munchies, door prizes, fun, music, people, etc., etc.

Calling all Crim students suffering through Math 104. Want to start a study group? I have a list going of all those interested, if you want to sign up, it's posted on the bulletin board by Kathy's office (A304a). All we have to do is find some generous math student willing to spare a couple of hours. If you know someone who knows stats and is willing to help out, please leave their name and number at the student society office, E244.

Veteran Writers Share Wisdo1n at UCFV This Fall Travel and humour among the topics to be discussed in upcoming writing workshops Aspiring writers who want to learn from experts will be able to draw on a wealth of experience at the University College of the Fraser Valley this fall.

The UCFV Writing and Publishing Studies program will feature, among others, Helena Zukowski and Paul St. Pierre, both local wordsmiths with decades of experience.

Zukowski, who will teach courses on travel writing and writing for film, TV, and radio, grew up near Abbotsford. Her varied work life, particularly her freelance travel writing, has taken her around the world.

In Everything You Always Wanted to Know About [ravel Writing, a one-day workshop, Zukowski will cover the nuts. and bolts of cracking this glamorous but competitive market. She'll share tips on finding free trips, crafting a good travel story, taking travel photographs, selling stories, and grappling with ethics in a market that's getting tougher all around.

"More and more newspapers are being forced to use syndicated travel stories because of economic factors," says Zukowski. "There are a few good markets left though - one just has to work very hard at it. In the workshop we'll cover how to approach the markets that are left as professionally as possible."

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Travel Writing runs Saturday, November 26 from 10 am to 2 pm at the UCFV Abbotsford campus. Tuition is $36.

Writing for Film, TV, and Radio runs Saturday, November 19 at the UCFV Mission centre. Tuition is $36. Register now at any UCFV centre.

Always aware of how his smokies are cooking, Student Society member Dennis Hal Iiga n pokes and prods at the barbeque during Orientation Week at UCFV.

Paul St. Pierre is another veteran writer who will be teaching for UCFV this fall. St. Pierre has been a Member of Parliament, a Vancouver Sun columnist, editor, novelist, and humourist. He's perhaps best known for his writing about B.C.'s Cariboo region, both for the CBC series Cariboo Country and in novels such as Breaking Smith's Quarter Horse and Boss of the Namko Drive.

Now based in Langley, St. Pierre, a certified curmudgeon, writes a syndicated weekly colu'lln and continues to write books as well, his latest being a Mexican murder mystery entitled In the Navel of the Moon.

St Pierre will be teaching Fiction for Fun and Profit. Students in this course will get a chance to improve their storytelling skills through writing exercises, lectures, sessions on the English language, and general question periods. There will also be tips on marketing your work once you've polished it up. There'll be homework, too, because success comes from writing, not just thinking about it.

"Stu dents won't h;tve to do the work, but they won't get much from the course except entertainment if they don't," notes St. Pierre.

Fiction for Fun and Profit runs on six Tuesdays, from September 27 to November 1, from 7-10 pm at the UCFV Abbotsford campus. Tuition is $130.

The UCFV Writing and Publishing program is offering 20 courses covering a variety of genres this fall. Registration is on now at all UCFV centres. For more information, call Richard Dubanski at 8537441 or792-0025, local 4240, or Catherine McDonald at 826-9544.

Aspiring and Accomplished Poets: the Cascade wants your work.

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Wednesday, September 21, 1994

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Fans Strike Out As Players/Owners Pout

By Jeff Tisdale It has been argued that in general unions have bettered the working conditions of all workers over the past century.

More specifically, unions have helped to bring about more realistic wages, safer working conditions, and the establishment and protection of human rights.

However, I believe that those individuals who were instrumental in bringing about these changes did so without the major leagues of sports' players unions in mind.

If you are a sports fan, then by now you are aware of the labor 'crisis' that has overthrown major league baseball. The main issue which has divided both sides is the idea of a salary cap.

In theory this is intended to make the smaller markets such as Seattle and San Diego more competitive, while restricting the amount of money that bigger markets such as Toronto and Los Angeles can pay their players. Obviously then the salary cap is strongly supported by the owners, while on the other side of the issue itis vehemently opposed by the players.

Recently, New York Yankee third baseman Wade Boggs openly defended the players position on the strike.

"Every state thatl play in, I get taxed on that portion of my salary, because I'm referred to as an entertainer. So as long as he (Bill Clinton) continues to tax me this way I believe that I can demand what ever wage I want. You don' tseeMichaelJackson, or Bill Cosby restricted by some sort of salary cap. The whole idea of limiting my income is unconstitutional."

Well perhaps Wade would rather work for six bucks an hour hocking clothes, instead of the three million per year for playing a gamef The fact that a baseball player can make that much is 'unconstitutional,' and to utter such a beliefis an indication of today's players - arrogant and selfish.

To give you an idea of how absurd the act of professional athletes striking is, New York Mets star Bobby Bonilla stands to lose only $32,500 US per day during the course of the strike, converting that to Canadian is a paltry $42,250.

Hell, I can't see what took him and the rest of those poverty stricken players so long to get off their laurels and do something about the preposterous wage that the owners are paying them.

As for the other major leagues of sport (NBA, NFL, & NHL), the are waiting· iii to see what becomes of the baseball situation.

Presently, there is a salary cap in >, both the NBA and the NFL, but as both sides will tell you, they were "tricked" into signing a bad deal.

Come on .dudes, be cool. Do the Up in the air about his next move, the Okanagan player is watched closely players honestly believe that our intelligence

by Cascade Scott Toop. The Cascades went on to win the game 1 - 0. level is as low as theirs? I will bet you dollars to donuts that they (players) had some of the best sports labour lawyers in America negotiating a settlement for them.

Their only real problem, other than plain, old stupidity, is greed.· Men's DrawWomen's Draw In the NHL, there is now talk of a players walk out or even a strike before the Saturday's Results:· Saturday's Results : season begins.

UC of the Cariboo 3 UCFV 0 UCFV 3 Spqkane 1 The reason? Well it seems that the Community college ~f Spokane 3 UCFV 2 UCFV O Okanagan 0 owners want the players to pay for their own transportation to training camp, as well as Sunday's Results : Sunday's Results : reduce the play off pool money from $9 UCFV 1 Okanagan 0 Langara O UCFV 0 million down to only $2 million. Thus, UCFV2BCIT 1 Okanagan 2 VCFV 1 * cup final begging the question "What the hell is going on?"

Final Standings : Final Standings : Despite all of the bickering between I.Spokane 1. Okanagan UC players and management it seems that the 2. UC Cariboo 2. UCFV fans have been lost in the shuffle.

3. UCFV 3. Langara I believe that both sides honestly 4. Okanagan 4.Spokane forget about who pays their salary. Have 5. BCIT they considered why baseball is more Tourney All Stars : popular than cricket in North America? It Tourney All Stars: Joann Radcliff Rose Phillip - Stewart all has to do with fan appeal. And that in a Brad Peterson Jeff King Jill Horsefield nutshell is who really runs the game, the ------------------------------fans.

As in any business, it's your customers that ultimately pay your bill, and without them, well ...

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Cascade's Soccer Play Delivers a Real Kick

Home games now played at Bateman Park in Abbotsford

By Jeff Tisdale

Photo By Bryan Sikora

Joe Campbell, Joe Leichty, and UCFV instructor Ron Dart "vogue" for the Cascade following a lecture regarding events in Northern Ireland.

We were fortunate, Mon. Sept 12, to have Joe Campbell and Joe Leichty with us for the day.

Joe Leichty spoke about the historic context of the troubles in Northern Ireland; Joe Campbell addressed the present situation, the ceasefire and the potential for peace in Northern Ireland.

Many good questions were asked by students, following the lectures, and a few students had the opportunity to continue the discussion, in a more informal way, after the classes were over.

The content of the lectures and some of the questions will be dealt with in the next edition of the Cascade.

Well, if this is September, itmustbe soccer season at UCFV. Ladies soccer is really an incredible sport, these girls do not play for the glory of winning, they play to kick your ass. It is perhaps the roughest sport I have ever seen, the intensity level and competitiveness is surreal; they attack each other as if the game is a personal challenge to them.

In fact, I recently spoke to a member of our men's team regarding the possibility of playing the ladies team for fun. He replied" Are you #$@&ing crazy, their (the ladies) tactics are way too rough and dirty for a 'fun' game. I hope that I don't ever have to play against them."

If you recall last season, the "Lady" Cascades rolled into the National Championships, only to fall short by tying a game which they should have won. This year they are out to prove that the National Championship is rightfully theirs.

The team has eight women returning from last year including one of the league's

best goalies, Rose Philip-Stewart. However, lost from the mix is our all - Canadian forward Bianca Wilkinson.

So the girls know that they need to pick up the scoring in order repeat.

In comparing last years squad with the current edition, Athletics director Jane Antil stated "There's no doubt that we definitely have a good chance of going back to the Nationals. There are eight players returning which should form agoodnucleus to build from. However we do have one glaring weakness, and that is a lack of finish around the net, with Wilkinson's loss our bench is not as deep. Ideally we need a girl who can step up and start pounding the ball - this will take the pressure of some of the other girls."

A schedule of upcoming games for the Cascades, can be found in the first few pages of your new S.S. handbook.

I encourage you to check them out, because women's soccer is incredible.

In fact after. one game you'll be wondering when the next one is, I guarantee it.

Next Home Game Sept. 24 - Women: 12:30pm, Men: 2:30pm

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Wednesday, September 21, 1994

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Shooting For The Top Cascade's

Mix Old and New for '94

By Bryan Sikora A journey commences only when a step is taken foiward. But the Women Cascades h~ve decided to begin the 1994/ 95 basketball season with a running start.

Returning as Head Coach is Sandy Chambers, who led the Cascades toasecondplace finish at the Nationals last year in Lethbridge, Alta. She will be working without an assistant coach this year.

Also returning for their third year, which is something rather new for a UCFV athletic team, are Sue Parke, Carol Vinson, Denise Rehman, and Shandia Cordingley.

Albeit Cordingley will not be in the line-up until Christmas due to a broken leg.

These players will be able to provide a strong foundation on which the team, and the new recruits to the Cascades, can build upon.

Second-year players include Megan Thomas, Paula Begley, Laura Brassing ton, andBrandeeFort. The experience of playing at the National level last year will definitely improve the play of these players.

"The team looks good," Coach Chambers remarked. "We are starting out further ahead than last year. With four players going into their third year, I'm very optimistic."

Chambers has also done her homework during the off-season, recruiting

three new players. Joining the Cascades this season are Martha Craig, Nicole Schubert, and Anne Kranenburg.

Craig, who plays the post position, will add more power inside, while Schubert, with good ball-handling skills, is a point guard.

Kranenburg, who Chambers described as "a tough kid," is very versatile, with a good shooting ability. She will be called upon to help fill the position Cordingley will be vacant from.

The first practices - doubling as tryouts - of the year were held the week of Sept.

12 at the Clearbrook Community Centre.

Judging by the smile on Chamber's face at the end of a practice, she liked what she saw.

"There was a good intensity to the practice. People were diving for the ball and generally playing hard. It's sometimes hard to run a practj.ce and keep the energy high with only one person, but everyone did really well," said Chambers.

A few potential players were still battling for a spot on the team at press time, but it will take some great hustle to crack this year's lineup.

This season should prove to be an exciting one, with the Cascades on the road to another Provincial title.

Don't be left in the dust when the Cascades play, and win; drop by the gym to watch an exciting game of Cascade basketball!

Women Cascades League Starts November 13 at Malaspina Exhibtion Play: October 17 at U. Vic

Photo By Pete Hutchison

Third-year players Shandia Cordingley (seated) and Carol Vinson discuss tactics during a Cascades practise. Cordingley has been placed on the disabled list until late December, while Vinson returns to her position of point guard.

Men Cascades League Starts November 18 at Langara Exhibtion Play: October 28 at Pierce Comm. College

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Wednesday, September 21, 1994

Entertainment

C & P·Danger: A Must See For All Aspiring Politicos

By Len Catling Nothing makes for good movies like bad politics. Clear and Present Danger, the latest Tom Clancy novel to come to the screen, demonstrated this as it swims through the ocean of political treachery.

Harrison Ford once again portrays Jack Ryan, the morally-stricken CIA agent

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who's worst enemy is bis own crusade to decipher right from wrong. Picture Wally Cleaver with a badge and a bureaucratic title.

His persistent investigations uncover a messy bomb-and-sweep-it-under-the-rug mission against the Colombian Drug Cartel, labeled "Operation Repricrocity." It seems those devious cerebrums at the Oval Office decided that the most effective way to fight drugs is with long-range aircraft missiles.

When Ryan threatens to go public with bis findings be attempts to arm-wrestle the U.S.'s invincible, imperial paw. The ensuing events are where the movie begins to intensify. Politicians race to destroy secret files and "defuse the media bomb."

The one remaining cocaine monarch searches feverishly forwbose been screwing him, throughout the film.

Ryan resembles an innocent duckling wandering across a highway where corrupt 18-wbeelers think of nothing but making him a freedom-fighting road kill.

The final cli{IlaXis a bloody mosaic of helicopters and automatic weapons ultimately followed by another media-fueled U.S. scandal.

Clear and Present Danger should be required viewing at CSIS and CIA banquets.

It shows our elected officials the wrong way to fuck the people they are responsible to serve.

Atoucbdry, yetoverallentei:taming, Clear and Present Danger is playing at the newly renovated Towne Cinema.

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Stone spares no effort in this neoAmerican portraiture ofa society gone mad, and an entire culture dying a slow, inevitable death.

Is N. B. K. too obvious? Of course, but that's exactly the point. N. B. K. bits you like a freight train, and never let's you go, dragging you down a hallucinogenic track of child abuse, gutter tabloid journalism, violence and power. · Woody Harrelson' s eerily appropriate role as Mickey, is uncontrolled machismo personified. He demonstrates violence born out of abuse, albeit with a cunning eye for the spotlight.

Mallory (Juliette Lewis, in another ofberCapeFearperformances), is Mickey's lover and murderous sidekick.

In a clever scene (done similarly years earlier by Atom Egoyan in Speaking Parts, by the way), we see Mallory in a sitcom called I Love Mallory, where her childhood sexual abuse by ber father (Rodney Dangerfield) sets the stage for her future, pathological rampage.

Of course, in N. B. K., if we see Mickey and Mallory as evil incarnate, then obviously American media is portrayed as a living bell, with tabloid sleaze bucket

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Robert Downey Jr. as the resident devil.

Downey plays the host of the not-sobizarre (remember 0. J.?) T. V. show "American Maniacs." He frantically tries to track down M. & M., until eventually granted an interview in prison.

Stone's style is definitely over-thetop, employing 8mm, 16mm, video, ·rearscreen projection, and animation. The effect is like watching a steroid induced MTV. Its pace is relentless, and for good reason. Stone is attempting to wake us, grab us, shake us and slap us across the face and say "Hey, Orwell was right," but we're gladly accepting it every day, beamed into our homes, and into our psyches.

Obviously my esteemed colleagues at the Sun, the Province, and (GASP) the Georgia Straight, thought something more subtle, sucn as Peter Sellers "Being There," would do more to influence us. Ya, right.

Ibet50% of Americans think "Cops" is bigb art. Subtlety, nuance and metaphor are lost on a great deal of the population.

So, Stone opts to shock us to our senses. Let's see just bow pretty violence, pain,abuseandstar-worsbipreallyis.

Remy Belvaux went one route in bis mock-doc Man BitesDog. Here S tone'travels another.

The result is stunning.

After all, if you're going to influence a culture, you'd be well advised to speak their language.

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It occurred to me as I sat down to scribble out this article that this is my second year writing for this paper. This observation is really no big deal since lots of other people have been working much harder and much longer for this periodical than I have.

What stirred me is that this is my second session in my second year and I do not know what to write about. I should have learned from my mistakes from the first year, applied them accordingly, and just quit. But I decided that would be too good for most of you so here I am, without an idea.

Do I write another list? How about another review? Or bow about some selfcentred babble that you really do not care about?

Then I was struck with an epiphany (actually a deadline): why not write review two new albums from bands having their second release?

And so it happened: this review will cover Barenaked Ladies' latest release, Maybe You Should Drive (Sire/Reprise), and Jann Arden's Living Under June (A&M Records). Thank you, thank you, please save your applause for later.

Now, I know what some of you are thinking, "Second release? What about EP's? Wbataboutdemotapes?"

To those of you who love to see if reviewers will screw up, I say, "Shut up you bunch oflittle ratboys, I do not care about their nice little yellow-covered demos. I work with major release only!" Deal with it.

Anyway, what bothered me about Barenaked Ladies before was not the fact that everyone sat around singing that one

song from their first album over and over again that almost caused me to pound 3/4 foot spikes through my ears.

No, it was that ."goofiness." That whole "fun band" attitude. When a band tries to write witty and come off cute, the end result is pure irritation.

Someone must have suggested that they try not to be so adorable on this album because Maybe You Should Drive is a far more satisfying piece of work than Gordon.

Sounding more like a band, their music has matured while the lyrics have gained meaning by grounding themselves in identifiable situations, as opposed to planting themselves in the poor soil of the quaint jest.

In the lead single "Jane," is a wonderful tale of desire, lack of communication, and unconvincing pursuit that sports the killer line, "No Juliana nestto my Evan." The confused r-elationsbips continue with "Intermittently" and "These Apples" while the albums travels into darker aspects of human relationships with "EverythingOldlsNew Again." Tbelyrics arestill clever, and while the instrumentation is more studio-oriented, the feel of the band has not been destroyed.

Instead, this album feels more like a maturing process that the band needed that may win them new fans without losing the old. Hey, I might go see them if I could go get a drink while they played that song about wanting a lot of money. Just me, you know ...

I picked up Jann Arden's Living UnderJune because I remembered seeing a poster in a friend's house promoting her first album, Time For Mercy. Whenever I would ask him about the album, be would

look stunned, smile, and have trouble describing it.

Wby? Because, as I found out later, it was so damn good! The second album follows suit as a great follow-up and a great stand-alone. Jann' s voice is rich and soulful, hurting and robust. The obsessiveness and self-worthlessness that is prevalent in "Could I Be Your Girl'' is almost overwhelming, and results in one of those songs that the listeners can truly feel as they close their eyes and take a deep breath.

"Insensitive" is an identifiable account of a failed relationship that seems to leave the character with not only a grasp on what happened, but also a better understanding of what intimacy can cause, all with that feeling that they should have known better.

All is not just tears of regret, for with "Wonderdrug" the listener is treated to the optimism given to a new relationship and we are allowed to see the potential that come from within and from an involvement with someone else. those of you who feel that they are too jaded to listen to "hearts and flowers crap" should listen to Living Under June where weary can still allow themselves feel. By far, one of the year's best (and it has been a good year).

Both of these albums are fine examples of bands that have been able to beat that old sophomore jinx and they are definitely worthy of your purchasing percentage designated to music. They also both provide two. great tunes, "Great Provider" and "Good Mother" (Barenaked ladies and Jann Arden, respectively) that will make you feel infinitely guilty about your relationship with your parents. And is it not guilt that life is all about? Do not answer, I'mjustglad that I'm done this part.

UCFV Cascade

Entertainment

Wednesday, September 21, 1994

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BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL

Even More Free Stuff What do beer, cats, and tattoos have in common?

Only the Blue Light really knows for sure

By Michelle Demers Fun, thrills and frivolity that won't cost you your left arm. · Beer for only pennies a glass. For studentswhosepockets are bare but whose spirits are aching for adventure.

That's right! We managed to pay our electrical bill and the Blue Light has been turned back on weekly by your host Michelle and the wacky bunch at the Cascade.

For those of you new to our hallowed halls of UCFV, the Blue Light Special is your guide to the wonderfulworld of frugal fun - student style. The Blue Light shines on those bastions of cheapness, from beer parlors to tattooparlors, from coffee houses to house parties.

Tips are given freely on how you, the student. can get the most bang for your

buck. Call it what you want but cheap is where it's at.

So, in the spirit of frugality, I offer you this gem of stuff-for-nothingness: My cat needs a name. You need some beer.

Come up with a cool name for my cat and a six pack could be yours. Extra marks will be given for creativityand I will be the final judge. (Though I am easily persuaded) Drop your entries off at the Cascade office and the deadline is October7. GoodLuck!!!

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On Sunday, Sept. 25 cool people willbe walkingfor AIDS Vancouveraround the Seawall. It's free to enter and you' IIfeel good about yourself. If you need a ride, call me - 854-4529.

Blue Light Roving Reporter Turns Up In Box In the search for a winner of the free parking spot, our very own celebrity, Chad Schmidt (left) finds a head, instead.

Returned to the Cascade "cooler," it was later matched to its

rightfull owner, Michelle Demers.

The real winner was Louis Wagner, who did not lose his own head in the excitement.

Watch for details for the next parking spot raffle.

RANTS, RAVES, AND ASSORTED REVIEWS

Tip-toeing through the universe (in Guess jeans)

By Nolan Webb Let me begin with a few thoughts on...

The1994MTVMusicAwards If you missed them, then you were

them with all the cash they need. These are the same students that attend college for the solereason that they wouldn't survivelife if they couldn't just hang out and look cool around o_therpeople. A piece of advice for this particular crowd: Go home and leave this institution to those of us who at least have the intelligence to choose our own clothing without requiring GQ and Vogue to command us what to buy (Like real studentscould affordany of that overpriced shit anyways).

lucky. I forced myself to watch them so that I could offer to you my own summary: 1. Pathetic and obnoxious hosts and presenters. 2. What other show would give a vocal forum for a god-damned double murderer? 3. Terrible nominees for videos, most of which were released well over a TheU.C.F.V.ChristianClub I am puzzled by the purpose of this year ago. 4. Endless exposure for old, club. Is it their intention to set aside certain washed-up rock artists (Yes, I'm sorry to say to all you losers out there who cim't. . hours of the day to discuss issues with people who have equally-closed minds? seem to let go of the 70' sand 80' s that Tom This is not to say that I am judging those Petty and The Rolling Stones are pathetic who would wish to be a part of this, but versions of their past mediocre selves) don't you think such an exclusive club is 5. The most ass-kissing I have seen since detrimentalto basicintellectualprogression? the fucking Queen came to town. 6. A lame Wouldn't there be more benefit from a tribute to Kurt Cobain 7. Queen Smut Religious-DebatingClub that would offer a Madonna and KingLoser-of-Past-Decades voice to the various beliefs?

Steven Tyler offering sexual innuendoesto People of these beliefs apparently each others. My conclusion: The worst feel strongly enough about their own crap that I have seen on television since the personal spirituality that they don't need almost-as-patheticJunos. other people to "bold their hands" and offer them constant assurance. Perhaps when in 90210I MelrosePlace large groups and clubs together, Christians PrototypeFirstYear Students can somehow make sense of the centuries Ibelieveyouknowwhol'mspeaking of terror that Christianity has offered, of. Those so-called-students who can be including the thousands slaughtered in the overheard discussingsuch importantissues Spanish Inquisition and the thousands of as their Guess Jeans, their Doc Martens and indigenous people of our own country held their great financial stability due to the fact as prisoners to be brainwashed by "Godthat Mommy and Daddy Dearest supplies

fearing" missionaries.

Bob Da,·ies' artistic contribution and the Politically-Correct universe I First of all I must say that I was

happyto seea contributionfromthis talented artist in the last issue of the Cascade (Vol. 2

for this recording. A harder side comes to the forefront in the most radio-friendlytack on this album, 'Ride Like Hell', while honest, kicked-in-the-head-by-love blues is at heart in another sweet track. 'Wild Ox Howl'. Altogether a great album.

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What I do question is the caption that was printed below Davies' art which read, "The intention of these cartoons are not to promote neither racial nor gender discrimination,nor violence,theyare merely artistic expression." I am not certain who was responsible for this but I could not disagree more with this statement. Do we need to affix such a note to every piece of expression today? Has the world regressed to the point where we need to walk on our tiptoes every time we print a poem or a column or a piece of art, or every time we open our mouths?

We should commend those who feel the need and have the gumption to express themselves, whether it be in the form of art or literatureor by any other means. As long as we are not supportingblatantlyprejudicial work, then we can only benefit from free speech, expressionism and individualism.

Some reviews...

Big Sugar Five Hundred Pounds (Hypnotic/A+M) One of Canada's topblues performers, Gordie Johnson, bas put together a very respectable follow-up to bis self-titleddebut. This album allows him to explore bis own talents, as revealed by the facthe playedthe majorityof the instruments

Merlin A Noise Supreme (Channel 3/Cargo) This is innovative and exciting rock-hip hop fusion from a young and very talented Montreal musician. He's easy to respect because, for one thing, be uses real musicians on the majority of the tracks. He leans a little too much towards the rap end of the scale, but songs like 'Pusher' exude the potential that bas made Merlin a buzzword in the music industry.

Slowburn Sparked (Independent This is the first full-lengthrelease from this home-grownVancouverband. Anexcellent group, their sound can be describedat times by comparisons to such diverse groups as The Grapes of Wrath (As in the songs 'Fall All Over' and 'Seems This Way') and Moist('Whatever'). Many of the songs such as "Frenzy', 'Trash', and 'Shuffler' exude more of a punk-like high-energy, possiblyinfluencedby Vancouver'sD.O.AJ No Means No genre. Keep your eye out for this band playing live in the city and let them impress you as much as they have me.

As usual, feel free to leave your comments and angry retorts in print at the Cascade office, and I will see to it that your opinion is acknowledged.

Looking for a Date? Play the Dating Game, Sept. 22 in Abby's Great Hall!

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UCFV Cascade

Wednesday, September 21, 1994

Letters To

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A Trade Embargo, or a 32-Year Grudge?

The CASCADE welcomes letters to Ed. All letters 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.

By Bob Davies

Listen up, folks!

The Cascade is here to enlighten/ humor/annoy you, the reader. If something in our ·paper interests, concerns, or irks you, the "Letters to Ed." section is for you.

It's our way of providing a forum to discuss your opinions on everything from the Cascade to spam to Yo-yo Ma. Feel free to drop your "Letters to Ed." off at the Cascade office (room E242), the Student Society offices, or send it via Email to Cascade@ucfv.bc.ca.

Or, ask Student Services to please send your contribution to the Cascade through the internal mail service.

- Ed.

Next Deadline: Monday, Sept. 26 for non-stciff submissions

The uncontrolled flow of defecting Cubans - about 20,000 in August and an average of2,000each day in early September - is not a result of alleged political suppression; it is the result of economic hardships brought on by the 1989 collapse of the Soviet bloc, as well as a thirty-two year old trade embargo which has been enforced by the U.S ..

In 1961, Cuban forces repelled a U.S.-sponsored attack which was led by Cuban exiles - the Bay of Pigs. In the same year, the once admired and abhorred Fidel CastrodeclaredhimselfasaMarxistLeninist - and announced a socialist single-party system.

U.S. support of Cuba ceased when nationalization of American business began; American aid to Cuba was cut off - and the U.S. ended diplomatic relations with the island through a trade embargo.

As relations between Cuba an the U.S. worsened, Cuba looked to the Soviet Union for assistance. In 1962, the U.S. and the Soviet Union became entangled in a stand-off when U.S. President John F. Kennedy learned that Soviet missile bases were being installed in Cuba; an event which almost led the world to nuclear war.

After the confrontation, military conflict ceased; however, an embargo aimed at the island remains as U.S. policy.

For nearly three decades, communist Cuba relied primarily on trade with the Soviet Union, however, commerce with the countries of the former socialist community has nearly ceased since the 1989 collapse.

While visiting the country in 199293, the writer was able to experience a first hand look at the symptoms of a deteriorating centralized economy. In an attempt to prepare the people of Cuba to survive with

less and less, austerity measures were announced through the censored press, and new slogans ~d propaganda were spread throughout Havana; beside billboards reading "Socialism or Death" are dictums addressing "Survival Without Aid". There was evidence of unmet consumer demand everywhere. Even in the largest department stores, the shelves remained empty; at the best of times, they were hardly stocked.

Most goods that were available were rationed. Cubans stood in long queues, on designated calender days, to purchase limited amounts of items. By May of 1993, no meat or dairy products have legally been sold for the intention of adult consumption - strict government regulations labelled these items as being available only to children under the age of seven. If it were not for purchasing through the black market, the average adult would have only the 1 occasional egg.

Since, the situation has only become worse. For the majority, there is almost nothing; the government cheques that they receive each month for about 200 pesos are now only worth about two American dollars.

For most, hopes of a better way of life in Cuba are dying hard; therefore, it is not difficult to understand how the 'Great American Dream' - only 90miles across the Straits of Florida- has become the desire of so many that are doing :without.

While Cuban President Fidel Castro is hoping that the United States will reconsider its 32-year economic embargo, the Clinton Administration refuses to budge; however, there has been word of U.S. proposals to increase legal immigration up to 20,000 Cubans per year - a considerable increase from the previous 2,600 per year.

Yet, this attempt to alleviate the exodus of Cubans does not undermine the remorseless hostility of the U.S.

Editorial Look Closer To Home When Donating$$ It's fun to make money, and even better yet is to give that money to a non-profit organization in search of funds.

But in the case of the UCFV Student Society deciding to donate the proceeds from the recent "Back to School Bash• to AIDS Vancouver, an alternative organization may have been a better choice.

Over $400 was raised through beer sales at •the Bash" in Chilliwack.

This money, to be matched by the management of Greg's Place Night Club, was then sent to Vancouver to be used by the Lower Mainland group.

The crowd at the club the night of "the Bash" was predominantly UCFV students, as it was highly publicized on campus. It was these students, who live here in the Fraser Valley, that forked over the majority of the money raised.

Considering the Student Society is based in the Fraser

Valley, and represent students - generally speaking - from the Fraser Valley, it would have been much to the Student Society's advantage to give to an organization that is situated here in the Fraser Valley; not to mention the benefit to the chosen organization.

The Student Society could have used the donation as a great public relations tool: alerting local media outlets that UCFV has an active Student Society that is DOING things to help the communities of which we all belong.

Also, the money would remain in the local communities, with the potential of helping a UCFV student, or someone near and dear to one.

The'UCFV Student Society has shown they have a heart, but closer to home is where the heart should be when it comes to choosing worthwhile beneficiaries.

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As the Semi-Annual General Meeting (S.A.G.M.) approaches, it is interesting to note that there has been no publicity surrounding this momentous event.

This meeting will be the blue-print of the coming year, as well as the years to follow.

It will be at this meeting that a new Constitution is put forward by the UCFV Student Society for approval by you, the student body.

For the better part of a decade, the Student Society has been operating without a valid Constitution.

But the existing Student Society has re-written the Constitution.

They have claimed to have up-dated and improved it. At press time, the Cascade has not seen a copy of this elusive document.

It will be at this S.A.G.M. that the Constitution will be revealed to the masses for their approval.

Ideally, the more students that attend this

meeting, the more input will be received regarding it, perhaps improving it.

How will you, the student, know about this meeting, though, if there is no advertising regarding it. No insertions into this newspaper, no posters on campus - nothing to date.

Also being tabled at this meeting, is the budget for the Student Society.

This, too, needs to be approved by the student body.

The Society has stated that they want to communicate with the student body. Letting the masses know when a critical meeting, such as the S.A.G.M. is occurring, wo.u Id be instrumental in "communicating."

Notice must be given well in advance of events if student attendance is required. That's what the Cascade is here for: giving notice.

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C.I.D.A. and the Fallacy of Canadian Compassion ■ An

Essay by UCFV Instructor Ron Dart

The Canadian International DevelopmentAgency(CIDA)istheofficial development organization in Canada. CIDA is, in principle, supposed to represent the humanitarian, merciful and just face of Canada to a world that is starkly divided between wealth and poverty, indulgence and survival.

Canadians tend to see themselvesasbeingamiddlepower,astate, historically concerned with peacekeeping and, at best, a peaceable kingdom. We need, though, to uncover some of the hidden facts so we can see ourselves more clearly and honestly. The mirror of facts holds up to us the real picture of who we are rather than the image we like to see ourselves as, hence this paper will look at some of the hard facts of Canadian development and the fallacy of Canadian compassion.

CIDA began in 1968, and it is under the authority of the Department of Foreign Affairs; this intimate connection between CIDA and foreign affairs should make us suspicious about the freedom of CIDA to be a truly humanitarian agency.

And, inevitably, becomes linked to national security, when any development agency is primarily responsible to the Department of Foreign Affairs. The UNha:s urged states to spend 0.7% of their GNP on development.

Canada has, in the last decade, ·given less and less to development, and at the present time, we give about 0.4% of our GNP to development; this amounts to about 2.5 billion dollars. We spend, in contrast, 12 billion on the military. The fact that we give so little to development (in fact we are the one of the lowest givers in the 1st world) should prick our conscience, since we been regularly considered one of the most developed states (of 190) in the world.

Obviously, we tend to be rather stingy about the way we share our wealth; a developed (or overdeveloped state) is not necessarily a compassionate state.

CIDA, at the present time, employs about 1,300 p~ple, and it is involved in about 115 countries in different parts of.the world; it is not responsible to Parliament for the 2.5 billion it spends each year, hence a public review is rarely ever done. The fact that CIDA is under the authority of the Department ofForeign Affairs means that it is internally divided between a humanitarian perspective, Canadian commercial interests and foreign PQ,licy directives. Although 1,300 people work for CIDA, only 125. work overseas. The amount of money CIDA spends on sustaining it's bureaucratic weight and the ominous fact that most of CIDA finances go to hiring Canadians should cause us some alarm. In fact, 60% of CIDA's foreign aid is spent in Canada to support Canadian businesses. The Cairn paper (1992) argued, most explicitly, that CIDA should be used to enhance Canadian interest and financial concerns in different parts of the world. The Cairn report (although it was never implemented) encouraged CIDA to donate to fewer countries and direct more finances to wealthier states. The Cairn report highlighted the way politicaleconomic interests can, if not checked, marginalize humanitarian interests. But the facts are there for all to see; serious humanitarian interests stand a low third when political and economic interests demand their exacting due. It is generally believed that Non-government Organizations (NGO' s) understand the meaning of aid and development in the

"lVhy were we SO concerned about the Iraqi

invasion of Kuwait but are mute when Indonesia slaughters the East Ti A h h morese, C e and Papuans?" most meaningful way, yet only 9% of CIDA's budget is directed to nonprofit NGO's. TheWinegaargreport(1987)called Canadians to see CIDA as a humanitarian organization that would not be taken captive

by Canadian commercial and national security issues, but the more responsible recommendations of the Winegaard report have, predictably, fallen on ears that have other interests. The Winegaardreportraised the question of 'For Whose Benefit?' was the development industry created, and the answer, when prioritized, became rather obvious. The Cairn report is, in reality, the modus vivendi of Canadian development.

In short, a not so subtle form of tied aid dominates our development perspective.

There is, though, a more troubling question about CID A. If we ask the irritating yet necessary question about the human rights record of the recipient countries, we find CIDA has few answers. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, The UN Development report, Freedom House and the Humana report describe or rank countries, annually, on their human rights record. Bangladesh, India, China and Indonesia, each year, are some of the worst states in the world when it comes to protecting and ensuring basic and fundamental human rights.

And yet, Bangladeshreceives40%ofCIDAfunding, and China, Indonesia and India have 'consistently been the largest recipients of CIDA funding. The fact that we generously give to states that conscientiously brutalize their citizens, and we refuse to ask or act on well-documented facts, means we are also responsible for the mistreatment of citizens in other parts of the world. When Prime Minister Jean Cretien was recently asked about our commercial and aid investments in China, he insisted we have no right to interfere in the internal matters of another country. Yet we do it all the time when our interests are concerned. Why do we make such a fuss about Haiti but say nothing about China? The brutality and level of oppression in China is much worse. Why were we so concerned about the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait but are mute when Indonesia slaughters the. East Timorese, Acheh and Papuans? Why do we get selfrighteous about the human rights violation in Cuba but ignore the much worse Turkish treatment of the Kurdish people? Why are we eager and keen to send peacekeepers to Bosnia but keep them a safe distance from Northern Ireland? As I mentioned above, CIDA gives 40% of its funding to Bangladesh, yet we hear nothing of the brutal treatment of the Chittagong Hill people. I could go on and on listing our political prejudices, but the point has been made.

It is important that we reject the argument of internal security, even though this argument is used a great deal of the time to justify state brutalization of its citizens.

None of us, I would hope, would welcome an entrepreneur into our city or town, even though the business person brought great prosperitytoourtown,ifthepersonregularly beat, t_orturedandkilledtheirchildren.

Itis afascinatingironythatwedoacceptthisin theworldofintemationalrelationsandworld politics. We would not allow a prosperous business person to argue that people have no right to interfere in his family or domestic affairs if he was obviously mistreating his children, but we do allow heads of states to use the internal security argument to silence our opposition to their deliberate human rights violations. When CID A and Canadian business interests willingly and eagerly engage in trade and commerce without asking probing questions about the human rights record of the state we are involved with, we numb our conscience for the profit motive, and in any meaningful sense become less than human.

In sum, CIDA has little to do with humanitarian aid or compassion; ithaseven less to do with justice. It is an organization that primarily exists to shore up Canadian industry and buttress national security and foreign policy interests. It is only in the smallest and most marginal sense that CIDA is seriously concerned about compassion.

The failure oLCIDA to be consistently concerned about the compassion and justice means-we need to tum to other organizations that are wtlling to walk a more arduous and higher road.

Mental Illness in the Family A free Public Forum Sat. Oct. 1/94 10am-3pm Abby Campus Theatre Sponsored in conjunction with Mental Illness Awareness Week Oct. 2- 8

By Abbotsford's Mental Health Community

1/2 Block West of UCFV's King Rd. Entrance 10:30am - 4:30pm Rain or Shine, Monday - Friday __

50¢ off Bavarian Smokie

* Free Cheese for September * Come and meet Big Bear.

He might even sing for you (if you have enough nerve to ask!).

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UCFV Cascade

Wednesday, September 21, 1994

Now Us

The Moose Inquired, 11 Where to go, oh where to go?" ,._ I-E-R·-,. ·

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Counterfieting Trouble Spots - the booger in the Queen's nose - 6-pack and 2 large pizzas in Coat of Arms

- nude person walking through halls of the Parliament buildings Queen's pearl necklace

- Moustache on Queen

lnadreamcametomearatherupsettingyetintriguing thought. Sleepwalking through my backyard, a sudden rush of animals (deer, coyotes, rabbits, birds and even one moose) sprinted past me in panic "Where to go, oh where to go?" the moose inquired.

I live in an urban part of Abbotsford where every last spot of nature's green is being hastily destroyed so that prosperity can be brought to our town through development.

There used to be pheasants and deer across the street from me - but there are now homes. Next to me, progress towards construction has begun.

I ask you, where do the animals go when their homes are taken from them? Already the deer are eating my back yard flowers and the coyotes are peeing on my fence.

What do the construction companies do - take a walk into the forest one day and ask politely, "Hey rabbit family, pleaserelocate!"? DotheycollecttheanimalsinaU-HAUL and·dump them off at the nearest "forest-like" area? Why the hell must we strip every natural space left here?

Oh yah, I know why, it's because we are in desperate need for more humungously decadent churches - and we most certainly can not stop building new retirement highrises and complexes - if we didn't, where else would every elderly religious person migrate to?

A friend of mine made a wonderful point - "Where are all the tree buggers now?" he said. As if our own back yard isn't sacred enough to fight for. As if Abbotsford wildlife are anymore capable of adapting to their habitat distruction than in the old growth forests up north! I am slightly digging myself a hole here in that I'm too damn lazy to get off my ass and protest - which must make me a hypocrite. I suppose it's because we are truly unable to bring construction here to a halt, as money makes the world go 'round - and I personally don't have enough pull to out power money.

My main concern is about the defenseless animals.

I feel very, very sorry for them. I want to help them and I can't.

The fact that we need an animal crosswalk on Maclure Rd. makes me cry. "Wheretogo,ohwhere to go?"

Yoga classes are now being offered at the Abby campus.

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Dmitri Goritsas shows the proper follow-through for a volleyball volley.

It was decided at a recent student society meeting that the best way to attract students to various activities is to offer that beer is being served. So we thought we'd take it one step further and offer free beer at all functions put on by student society.

Headlining the events for September in Chilliwack, sponsored by your East Campus Council, is a surprise guest comedian who will be performing all over Canada, and will offer his insights on college life. As well, throughout the month and the rest of the term we will feature"T-ShirtWednesday." Every Wednesday of the month your East Campus Student Society members

will be hocking raffle tickets for a chance to win one of two new UCFV T-Shirts to be given away.

Currently, the East Campus . council is comprised of four students, with vacancies for three more.

Council members include Ula Vicktor, social co-ordinator; Kashi Tanaka, secretary; Derek Nuttal, treasurer; and Jeff Tisdale, chairperson. If you wish to join or would like to drop by gur office behind the cafeteria, listed below is our tentative office hours: Monday 1-4 Tuesday 1-3 Wednesday 10-12, 2:30-5 Thursday 1-3 Friday 2-3

UCFV Cascade

Now Us

Wednesday, September 21, 1994

uBravo-One, Prepare To Copy The Details on a S.D!" ■ Bob

Davies goes on a "ride-along" with the long arm of the law.

It is about two-thirty on a cold and rainy November afternoon. After seven hours of uneventful patrol, we recieved a 'S.D.' call; a Sudden Death. Cst. X (name cannot be released) pulls the cruiser over and I write down the details. An elderly woman has collapsed in her house at a trailer court and the paramedic's attempts to revive her proved unsuccessful.

When we arrived at the address, we are met by two paramedics. Before leaving the residence, they provide us with the details of their findings: "Mrs. McMillan was reported to have collasped for unknown reasons prior to going into full cardiac arrest, and attempts at reviving her proved to be unsuccessful". After exchanging words with the departing paramedics, we enter the residence.

An elderly gentleman, Mr. McMillan, is seated in an evening-chair: a woman, much younger, stands over him and offers words of comfort. Cst. X removes his hat and introduces himself to the woman: "Hello, I'm Cst __ , I'm sorry about what has happened here. You are ... ?"

"Mrs._, a neighbour from accross the way," the woman explains. "Mr. McMillan called for me when ... " Okay ... how's he doing?" Cst. X asks.

The woman shrugs her shoulders.

Cst.X approaches the elderly gentleman and places a hand on the man's shoulder. "I'm sorry, Mr. McMillan. You just take iCeasy for a bit... ano maybe in a few moments we' II talk.'' The man sits

quietly, neither crying or saying anything.

He stares blankly out into the rain.

Cst. X takes the woman into the kitchen and attempts to obtain some information from her; I remain in the room with Mr. McMillan. Feeling uneasy about the situation, I sit down on the sofa accross the room, in silence and as strangers, I wonder why destiny chose such a time for us to cross paths. When I look around the room, I see family portraits and personal keepsakes-all a part of the home that Mrs. McMillan had helped make. When I look down the corridor,! see Mrs. McMillan; her legs enter part way into the doorway. I can see that lividity has set in by the bluish discoloring and the bruising of the skin. I could not help wondering what her face looked like.

When I looked back at Mr. McMillan, he had joined his neighbor and Cst. X in the kitchen. I could hear Cst. X talking in a soft voice, and Mr. McMillan crying while he said: "She just lay down and died!"

A few moments later, a younger man and his wife entered the trailer. The man appeared to be in a slight state of shock and his eyes were swollen from crying; he was the son of the deceased. I watched as the man walked into the kitchen and joined his father. A few moments later, I heard the same words: "she just lay down and died- I couldn't do anything.''

When Cst. X was satisfied that there was no foul play involved in the death, he suggested to the helpful neighbor that she

take the relatives for a walk so that they would not have to witness the removal of the body. She agreed, and soon it was just the three of us in the trailer: myself, Cst. X and Mrs. McMillan. About five minutes later, the Watch-Sergeant attended the scene and Cst. X outlined the details and the tentative conclusions he had arrived at after his investigation: Death Without Evidence of Foul Play or Assistance. The sergeant, satisfied with the investigation, left the scene. Shortly after, the coroner arrived.

The coroner provided Cst. X and I with rubber gloves and the three of us proceeded to prepare Mrs. McMillan for transport. The coroner instructed us to each 'grab' an ankle and move her 'on three'.

Her body felt cold - much like one would imagine death to be; her face moved like jello, with the muscles completely relaxed.

After we placed her on the gurney, we moved her out of the trailer and into the wagon.

Later on in the afternoon, a'> we patrolled the area and stopped traffic violators, I wondered about Mrs. McMillan; more so, I wondered about Mr. McMillan.

I wondered whatkindofChristmashe would have this year- what kind of New Year's.

And what would Mr.McMillan do on their anniversary?

And as we continue to patrol, and as it continued to rain, I said a silent prayer for the victim of the day - Mr. McMillan.

I don't know who or what I prayed to- but I do know why.

Hang in there Mr. McMillan.

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LIFE'S LITTLE CORNER My personal

Selection of Wit, Humor, and General, Bitter Sarcasm.

By Colleen Mah

Topic # 386: Media The summer of 1994 (and part of spring) has been a jungle of media-covered events. For starters, who didn't get at least one glimpse of the O.J. Simpson trials?

Right or wrong, innocent or guilty, the only "l,10wn" fact is that the sales for white Ford Bronc9s have gone up. Coincidence? I think not. Who else, but a celebrity, would have TV coverage of their MURDER trial?

And seriously, what do you think the "unpartial" jury was more concerned with?

1) Solving the case. OR 2) Beating the odds of getting on TV. The unexpectedmarriageofMichael Jackson and Lisa-Marie Presley hit the Enquirer tabloids with an ear-shattering "Owww !". The shy pop legend apparently chose "white over black", and the unlikely pair was spotted traveling thrnughout various countries. I wonder what her daddy, the King of Rock & Roll, would have to say about this... perhaps a chorus or two of "Only Fools Rush In"?

The baseball strike, a couch-potato's nightmare, leads up to the not as notorious incident of the outfield (baseball) player, who had a most "shocking" and lethal encounter with a bolt of lightening, while sportingmetalequipment. Needisaymore?

And lastly another WOODSTOCK. Not even held at the original site, one had to be a "former-happynow-successful-lawyer'' to even get through the gates.

And how were your RA TINGS for this summer?

Fall Leaves and Empty Wine Glasses

By Michelle Mallette Summer is over, and r spent most of it bitterly lamenting the months of study I have invested at this institution.

I am a Bachelor of Arts Student, with a double extended minor - my sweetheart says it sounds like a fancy dive - in history I and geography. It is the geography in particular which served to ruin the four months ofhiatus I so naively referred to in April as a summer holiday.

Perhaps I should begin by explaining Bob and I rejoined the mortgage-burdened masses this summer. As is the case with most homes built in the early 1970' s, it was in desperate need of cosmetic surgery. · Purple bathroom fixtures. Ora11geand green translucent plastic panels in the walls. Gold shag rug in the bedrooms. 1'~ 70' s, I regret to say, can only be described as a pimple on the historical happy face of home decor.

Cheerily, the garden served to more than make up for interior inadequacies. Oh, to be sure, it too was in need of tender attentions, but the structure of the garden is, to my inexperienced (dare I say green?) horticultural eye, without reproach. All that it required was a general cleanup.

Rake and glass of wine in hand, I gamely attempted to clear the underbrush in the front garden. Leaves from at least two autumn denotations were removed. Weeds pulled.

Dead twigs tossed on the growing pile. Unrecognized greenery underwent instant judgment as to its aesthetic value, and was either left to blossom or rudely yanked from its bed.

This process took considerable time. (I must admit to being a little foggy on the precise duration. Interesting, isn't it, the inverse relationship between a pile ofleaves and the level in a wine bottle.) Finally, I sat back on my heels and surveyed the result. The rich black earth was again visible around each of the bushes and plants. My labors had unearthed a lovely stone birdbath, a cluster of dianthus about to bloom, and a trillium bed.

It was then that my education began to haunt me: I just removed valuable detritus. How can the soil enrich

itself? Adding fertilizer to compensa~ will destroy the ground water. And what of the snails amt slugs and insects which call this brush home? What have I done to this .ecosystem? Surely the world will end.

I looked skyward in search of heavenly inspiration.

Uh oh. Those cumulus clouds are beginning to gather ominously, like dark members of a rain gang. Quickly, in a futile attempt to dodge knowledge, I looked back down, where my eyes fell on a granite rock. Andesite? or granodiorite? Which is the lighter colour? Why I even asked myself the question is beyond me - after all, I failed to correctly answer the identical question on the final exam.

I must point out these unwanted intrusions of my education are all too common. An innocent oil can. can conjure memories of great frustration trying to design a one-

litre container using the least amount of material. Show me a bag of apples and I start figuring out the odds of finding spoiled fruit.

But I digress. In this instance, it was geography which was causing me grief. Musing over the environmental propriety ofmy clean-up efforts. I wandered, wine glass in hand, to the back yard where Bob was struggling to mow rather damp grass with an electric mower. (Gas mowers are out of the question, I intoned piously when the purchase was made; an hour of operating a gas mower pollutes the equivalent of 10 hours driving a car.) I tripped over the extensions cord, and both the glass and I went flying in separate directions. Clearly, it was time for a break.

I spent all of it pondering the merits of a career in dental hygiene.

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A Challeng I hate, I reject your festivals, nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies, even though you offer up to me burnt offerings, I will not accept them ... but let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everlasting stream.

- Amos 5:21,24 ■ By David Thiessen It seems difficult to deny that religion (spirituality), including Christianity, is beginning to once again be embraced by people from all walks of life. The failure of scientism/ materialism to adequately fill, in any substantive sense, the spiritual void its advent created is becoming increasingly apparent; as Simone Weil so prophetically warned (1930), materialism, in any of its various forms, did indeed herald the brutal uniformity that left little room for thought, and thus in the end, for justice. Slowly, and cautiously, the quest for fulfillment seems once gain to be turning towards the rich spiritual heritage much of moderni" rejected.

Yet while more and more Christians are struggi;. the process of shedding many of their fundamentalist mi-_,, many others are reacting strongly to what they perceive as a serious threat to the foundations of their faith. These Christi~ . ,1ain incredibly frightened, and sometimes for good reason, o. ;he dogmatic (absolute truth) relativism inherent in much of post modernist thought. This kind of cultural relativism, as the 1992 Human Rights Conference in Vienna clearly demonstrated, is precisely what countries like China and Indonesia use to justify their horrendous human rights abuses. It is one thing for us, in the comfort of our "ivory towers", to declare with Foucault and Derrida that "justice" does. not "exist". The question would, I think, be approached very differently if someone were to walk into our homes and begin to randomly slaughter our children.

What this briefreflection proposes, however, is that the general (?) Christian trend to counter the prevalent western loss of faith in even conceptual moral paradigms by resorting to the black and white polarizations of "right" vs. "wrong", or "good" vs. "evil", is perilously flawed. The growth and persuasiveness of the New Right Movement (Moral Majority), and other groups like it, are a clear rejection of one of the gospel's mostbasic premises: before we can attempt to remove the splinter out of other's eyes, we must be prepared to take the log out of our own.

TheresponsivenessofbookslikeRichardViguerie's Ready t0 Lead , Jerry Falwell's Listen to America, and Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind all reflect, in their different ways, not only the mood and temper of a very frightened, and incredibly unreflective Christian public, but also one that makes a mockery of this central Christian principle.

Draping themselves in the robes of Jesus Christ, while frantically waving the national flag, many of these outspoken preacher's ideas embody a fanatical irrationality that not only "legitimates" the worst kinds of cruelty and injustice, but also, in the process, perpetuates the lack of serious dialogue between "Christian" and "non-Christian" so necessary to the spiritual revitalization of both.

These fanatical preachers stand as beacons, or signposts, warning us of a dangerous contemporary

to the Christian Co unity undercurrent, the most notable being a frighteningly dogmatic nationalism. For example, many of these reactionary groups are once again beginning to link the massive wealth of North America with its apparently "hard-working" Protestant roots. Even if we ignore the fact that the wealth of the industrialized nation was built upon colonization and various forms of slavery (both of which continue, in a different form, to perpetuate it), whenwediscoverthatonly6.3%oftheworld'spopulation consumes over 50% of the world's wealth, and !}lat despite tremendous increases in technological capacities, more than half the world continues to live in conditions that would make us cringe if we saw our pets forced to endure it, we should be willing to ask some serious questions.

Who, or what, for example, do we really worship?

The fact that the western Church today - Protestant and Catholic - tends to universally, and uncritically, marginalize all those involved in acts of "civil disobedience" - and are utterly unconcerned about participating in acts of "uncivil obedience", is evidence that we today are involved (worship) in little more than civil religion. Prophetic Christians only become "heroes" after it is safe, after they are dead (Dorothy Day and Martin Luther King). Contemporary prophets (like the Catholic Berrigan brothers who have and continue to spend the majority of their lives in prison) are as abused by the Church today as King was in his day.

Whether we know it or not, and whether we choose to believeitornot,howeverpervertedlytheBiblehashistorically beeninterpretedtheChristiantraditionbeganas"revolutionary" concerned with equality (economic, ethnic, and gender) and, perhaps most importantly, as a prophetic and "illegal" sect.

The Sabbath, Jesus revolutionarily told his listeners, was made for the human, not the human for the Sabbath. While the Apostle Paul, in one sense, recognized the need for civic order, thelifeheactuallylived (running from the law mostofthetime) seems ample evidence that he (as with Jesus and all the Apostles) saw the law as a valid instrument only in terms of its justness. An unjustlaw, if we take the time to really unpack our Christian tradition, is simply no law at all.

Jesus repeatedly called his listeners towards a universal vision. He also called them to a life of serious simplicity and by far his biggest condemnations were saved for the hypocrisy of the wealthy Pharisees who "clean(ed) the outside of the cup" but fill(ed) the inside with "robbery and self-indulgence" (Math.23:25). We desperately need to ask ourselves what these words might imply. Did these pious religious teachers really "steal" or "rob: in the same sense we arrest people for today? Hardly. Self-indigence is defined, by Jesus, as literal robbery. What Jesus condemned in the Pharisees seems little different than our way of legitimating theft through our "legal" conventions: we justify our self-indulgence (in reality, the denial of self-interest) through laws and our "measure of charity" in the same manner the Pharisees did.

In short, while conflict between Church and State is nothing new to the western experience, what is new, and frighteningly uncritically accepted, is the current lack of tensions, the cozy and comfortable relationship, that today exists betwen Church and State. The Church must - if it is to have any positive influence at all in the tumultuous years to come - begin to not only reclaim its political and social heritage, but also do so in a way that regards the "prohibited" prophetic spirit of the Hebrew prophets, as opposed to the modem "isms" of the twentieth century, as the plumb line by which it measures how to think and act. Whatever fear Christians have (regardless of significance) will only be perpetuated as long as the Christian community refuses to assess the depths of its own idolatry

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