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Forrest to request $3.50 hike in Fed fees by Mike Brown Implint staff

After describing the Federationof Student's debt load as "substantial", Fed President Scott Forrest has pra sed a Federation fee increase of g.50per student, per term. A fee increase would allow the Federation to reduce i t d e b t and

lated in three forms, all of which are related to Fed Hall. There is an outstanding $160,000 debt which stemmed from cost overruns in the construction of Fed Hall. There is a 20.year mortgage for the large establishment which is gradually being paid off each term with contributions of $7.50 per student for the duration of the mort-

improve services, as well as increase its lobbying efforts. Forrest emphasized that if students prefer the present level of service and feel comfortable with a heavy debt load then they should vote "no" on the designated area of the e l W n ballot February 10 and 11. The Federationdebt has accumu-

Campus host to pair of cults, U.S. specialist tells students by Teni Shewfelt Imprint staff With more than 5,000 different organizations and some 10 million members North America-wide, cults , must be taken seriously and the pub, lic must realize that "everyone is vulnerable", says an American cult specialist. Fr. Kent Burtner addressed these comments to UW students this week as palt of Cult Awawess Week @lkt Federation of Stude& &cation Cornmisslon and hJewish StudentsAssociatlon/HiC W to educate students about cults, and thelr reasons for existence. Burtner is a cult specialist works aWle PositiiAction Centerin Parthnd, Oregon The center is a family education and counseling center which spends more than 80 per cent of its time counseling members of cuh, therr families and excult members on how to come back to "reality" and disassociate themselves from cults. Burtner, in a lecture on Tuesday, sard mat everyone is vulnerable to recrultrnent by cults and the average recrult IS healthy, well adjusted, of above average rntelligence,rdealistlc. As well the cults usually are able to recruit members when they are in a temporary depression or lull due to traumas such as losing a job or breakmg up unth a boy friend. Burtner sa~dthat "people In transition are good targets for cults", partrcularly unrversity students because they are In a form~dablepenod, both willing to learn and be changed. There are two differences between

Hunger Project,which operatesbriefings on campus, Burtner said The Hunger Project is a type of cult, both because it is linked to the California. based cult EST and the pressure it puts on its recruits to take The Hunger Project training. Burtneis second presentation of the day dealt with the Moonies and the concern many people have about this cult. Burtner emphasized the bizarreviews held by the Rev. Sun Myung Mom, who sees himself as the second Jesusdestlnedto wk the world. Burtner warns that Moon is

cults and other religious or political groups, said Burtner,the differences being that cults are deceptive and withhold information about themselves and their purpose when they are trying to recruit people and that cults use systematicabuses and psychological and sociological influence control techniques, otherwise known as "thought - reform" or "brain washing". When questionedabout the Mamnatha Christian Fellowship, which caHs itself a "spirit filled, nondenominational church, and is currently conducting services on campus, Burtner said he consideredMaraw tha a cult, one which poses a grave threat to ttle mitonomy of individual

gage. Lastly, the Feds have extended their $200,000 line of credit to the hilt. This is primarily because of a decrease in campus pub receipts during the spring and summer terms. A large decrease in fee-paying Federation members during the summer terms is the thorn in the Federation's backside. Providing that the fee increase is passed by the student-referendum, Forrest said he believes three things will happen: financial stability will be realized, an increase in s e ~ c e s will be facilitated and continuity will be realized within the Fed executive with the hiring of a full-timeexecutive research assistant. Fiscal irresponsibilityhas not been the cause of the deficit or the p v o cation for a fee increase, said Forrest. Fed Hall is the largestcampus pub in

the country. "It is the biggest pub but has the smallest budget" said FOP rest. The Fed president added that "to haw Fed Hall you have to pay for it." With the existing deficit, he said, other programs cannot be imple mented. Federation Hall has tied the hands of the rest of the budget." The situation can be rectified "all for less than the price of a movie'; According to Forrest who is not running for reelectionthis term, Wa. terloo is the only large institution without a researcher on staff in stu dent government. The consequence of having such a researcher, would give the Feds po cita ll strength to stop fees and policiesthat aren't fair. It (would) make the university administration much more accountable," Forrest said.

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membsrs. ' ing his imry)a, and increasing his aw &tmrnunlst appeal. Burtner said Moon will be around for quite a while longer and he will continue to be a force to be reckoned with, as shown by the Moonies' current support of the Nicaraguan Contras. Cult week continued the rest of the week with films entitled Moonchild and Tlcket to Heaven, as well as a panel discuss~onon What is a Cult, and a lecture Exit Counsellrng by Dave Langlotz.

He considers Maranatha a cult, 4 they P- a grave threat to the autonomyof indi-

vidual members. He went on to say that an evangelb cal church committee In the United States refused to accept Maranatha as a valrd church because of the~r cult-l~kepractrces of "shepherdrng". Shepherdrng or dlsclpllng IS a very authoritative way to structurea group In whlch one person 1s a shepherd, a few other people are followers who dlsclose thew whole life to thew shepherds and pledge to them total obe drence. Burtner, a Roman Catholrc pnest, sard he IS committed to God and hls community but not on the same obedrence level as the followers w~thlnMaranatha. When questioned about The

Outgoing Fed Execs discuss past Ex-Messenjah frontman Errol Blackwood played the Princess Cinema last Sunday. Storygage 17. photo by 8wtt Grrdner

With the Federation of Students elections onlv davs awav. lmmint talked to the &&t top FA&u. live to find out just what trials, tribula. tions and rewards the job invokes and why Scott Forrest (president), Matt Erikson (vice-president - uniuersity affairs) and Carol Goulette (vice-president - operations and finance) all derided not to tun a@a Why are y w not .asking raabctbn?

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"I'm not running again for a number of reas.ns...some ofthem selfish . . . some of them to do with the job. Selfishly, Ithink that I've got other things that Iwant to do, speclficalk aet back to school. I'm 23 now.

.+r. Kent Burtner was the keynote speaker at the Federation 'sponsored Cult Awareness Week. Burtner is a cult specialist &om Portland Oregon. photo by OOOn Qardnar ,

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tailing the research work it has been conducting. The institute is seeking to expand and is asking for public support because money is only available from the provincial ministry of colleges and universities for basic research and- not for the specific research performed by the institute. “Other universities have researchers looking into specific risks such as environmental pollution but the UW Institute is the only one stu,dying all types of risks and hazards,‘* said Neils Lind, director of the ins@ tute. The Institute of Risk Research cur-

rently has a budget of $200,000 and a staff of 10, but is hoping within the next 10 years to expand the budget to about $4 million and staff to 20 researchers.’ Participants at the institute’s conference, held January 22, included representatives from the federal ministries of science, health and welfare, transport, and provincial ministries of energy, environment, labour and agriculture. Lind said the reaction of the visiting groups was positive and some representatives said they would recommend a plan of increased g’o vemment support to their ministers.

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by Dawn Aggett Imptint staff Preparations for UWs third annual Cultural Caravan, scheduled for February 6, are undeway. The caravan, modeled after the London Kavalkade and the Toronto Caravan, will consist of six pavilions situated throughout the campus. Each pavilion will represent a different ethnic

group- -. You can enjoy food, dancing ceremonies, folk songs and slides at the regular pavilions from 6 to lo:30 p.m. Afterwards, head over to Fed Hall to sample Caribbean food while watching the evening’s entertainment featuring Errol Blackwood (ex Messenjah), calypso dancing, and limbo contests. Caravan chairman Osford Ogis at-

Career Forum at Saint Jeromeys by, Bridget Maloney Imprint staff The Career Forum ‘87 held at St. Jerome’s College on January 26 pro vided the opportunity for students to speak on an informal basis with St. Jerome’s ar& and math graduates. The event, which was held for the frrst time and organized by Rob b nelson, introduced students to some of the diverse career paths pursued by the graduates of liberal arts and mathematics programs such as law, business, municipal and provincial government administration, journalism, medicine, advertising, media and others. After a brief introduction of each graduate and their current occupation, all were encouraged to mingle and participate in informal

discussion. Literature describing some of the graduates’ current positions was provided. Among the alumni who attended were a special assistant to Ontario premier David Peterson, a medical doctor, the president of H.H. Brown Shoe Co. (Canada) Ltd., a freelance journalist and writer, a lawyer, a planning specialist for Dofasco Ltd., a personnel manager for A & P/Dominion Stores, the principal of lnnis College, University of Toronto and many others. In the past St. Jerome’s has held smaller Career Forums in the form of “Brown Bag Lunch Seminars”. The turnout for this first official Career Forum was moderate with approximately 50 attendees.

tributes the Cultural Caravan’s past success to the excellent opportunity it provides for students to become familiar with the different cultural groups present on campus. Despite its popularity, this years caravan will have fewer pavilions than previous years. Ogis, who also chairs the lnternational Students Board, says the decrease is due to declining enrollment of international students at UW ever since the drastic increase in differential fees in 1982.. The quality of the pavilions how ever, will not suffer. There are still a number of international campus clubs, who, along with the Kitchener Multicultural Centre, have volunteered their time to make this year’s event a success. Tickets are available now at the Federation of Students office. Regu lar tickets, which provide entrance into all pavilions except Fed Hall are $3 for Feds and $4 for non-Feds. Tickets for the feature avilion at Fed Hall are $4 Feds and g5 non-Feds.

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Health alternatives fair next weekat UW doctor. By bringing information on a wide range of topics, such as chiropractic treatment, midwifery and Are you suffering from chronic low sports medicine under one roof, peoback pain and don’t know what to do ple will be able to easily investigate a variety of answers to their health about it? Are you interested in learn ing more about hypnosis? Do you questions. As well as alternative health practiwant to find an alternative to those drugs you take for your migraines? If tioners in the Kitchener-Waterloo so, the Health Alternatives Fair, being area, UWs department of health and held in the Campus Centre’s great safety, sports medicine clinic, the Khall from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. February 3 W hospital and the Region of Waterloo’s public health unit will be is for you. Chris Gordon, a Turnkey and one represented. To date, Gordon says there has of the major organizers of the fair, sponsored by the Turnkey Desk, been a good deal of interest in the fair, both on and off the campus, and says the seminars, demonstrations and films on alternative health me he expects it to generate more comthods may open peoples’ eyes to munication on health issues in the health options other than their family K-W area.

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Waterloo city council again showed its lack of concern for university students this week by rejecting a recommendation from a housing committee to provide the new co-op housing project on Phillip Street with a grant. A grant which was to off set the $114,000 lot levy feeto be charged by the city since the project is not on university land and not eligible for an exemption. Mayor Marjorie Carroll said “a grant would be a very dangerous precedent setting move for one type of housing”, and that “she had received mimerous telephone calls from residents opposed to a grant for the student houses’*. No doubt, Carroll is implying these residents are tax payers and should be listened to and students do not pay taxes and should be ignored. Well, personally I feel that students put a hell of a lot more into this community then anyone gives them credit for! It is true that we don’t directly pay taxes, although we do pay large amounts of rent,‘which are over inflated due to the lack of housing, to our! landlords which inevitably go to pay our their property taxes. As well students directly contribute to the city’s economy by living, eating,, drinking and purchasing clothes and appliances in this fair city. As well different university groups donate time and money directly to various K-W charities, such as the Engineers’ Big Sister bus push. Also no one can deny the jobs the university provides to the community as well as the off-shoot industries which have been spawned by the presence of the university. Oh well I guess all this is really superfluous, and the students deserve nothing for their input into the community. Actually the city council did not exactly say we were going to get nothing they did agree to accept the housing task forces recommendations of standard leases for students and staggered university enrollment to relieve the September housing crunch. But these things are nothing that council has direct control over and can actually change - they are just cheap promises. What the council does have direct control over is money, money which could have been given to the students for their housing. Andrew Telegdi appears to be on of the only one on the council with balls, as he showed by his vehement support for the grant at council meeting. Many people at our school, particularily Matt Erikson VPUA and the housing department’s Ron Eydt has given a lot of time and effort to the city’s housing taskforce. They have attended meetings, conducted housing surveys and research and generally raised the awareness of the students to their place in the community and responsibility as residents. And what do they get for their efforts - talk. WeIl, city council, talk is cheap - and so are you.

Monkey see,menkey do by Steve Kannon Imprint staff Anyone who disbelieves the Theory of Evolution needs only look to Georgia for the definitive proof of Darwin’s hypothesis. Located in Cumming, Ga. is a race of people visibly indistinguishable from ourselves, but possessing the brains of a much lower species -the proverbial missing link. Some 1,000 white supremacists lined the streets of that Forsyth County community-last weekend to protest the very presence of blacks on their precious white soil. Bigotry is not uncommon, but rarely will you see such rampant idiocy - not only are these people bigots, they’re proud of it. Forsyth County, a predominantly rural and blue-collar area, has not had a black resident since 1912, when the last black inhabitants were run out of town in a true display of stereotypical Southern justice. The weekend’s confrontation was brought to d cad when some 20,000 blacks and supporters marched through the streets tVP vindicate 75 marchers who were driven off a week’ earlier by Ku Klux Klan members hurling stones and bottles. The 75 were participatini in a “walk for brotherhood” commemorating the birthday of civil-rights leader Martin Luther King. The irrational behaviour of a large chunk ‘of the areas white community is indicative of , the pervasive racism that has prevented true advances in the civil-rights battle being fought by many minority groups. As long as such obviously discriminatory attitudes exist, each successive generation will inherit racist tendencies - Forsyth County is a perfect example of hateful ideas being passed from generation to generation. Such public displays of bigotry serve to somehow make legitimate the ’ racist attitudes of others, both in the States and in Canada -you can be sure there were more than a few people sympathizing with the “plight” of those poor whites whose flag-waving antics and hateful comments were featured in the media across North America. It is this outcome of the protest which is most damaging to the efforts of civil-rights workers. A group of non-thinkers in Georgia is one thing to deal with; the spread of racist ideas which such an event generates cannot be dealt with by organizing a march. It is-to be hoped the average person, being of relatively sound mind, will see these white supremacists in the proper light and take the time to analyze his or her own attitude toward people of other races. Anyone who finds himself/ herself in agreement with these bigots should, in all fairness, step ’ forward in the interest of Darwinian research.

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Union tries to cove? their cover-up in custodial affair up

by Doug Thompson Imprint staff’ There is a distinct foul odour of cover-up in the executive of CUPE local 793. This week Imprint learned first-hand about the bullying and intimidation many UW night custodians have been complaining about. On Tuesday evening union president Bill McLana.han denounced Imprint before a closed meeting of union members. Last week’s stories about a Human Rights Commission investigation into sexist hiring practices and allegations of intimidations by custodial staff were described as “untrue”, “false”, and “lies”. We get that information from custodians who were present; custodians who are terrified of having their names used. On Wednesday morning Bill McLanahan both denied and confirmed this in a rather extraordinarily convoluted interview with Imprint. He didn’t like the story, but when asked what was wrong (that would lead him to call it “untrue”), he would only say “no comment”. When told that if there had beenany inaccuracy, we were eager to see the record set straight, he replied “no comment” and then added that “Imprint is not the sort of paper to deal with this matter”. Asked what sort of paper he felt would be appropriate, he replied “no comment”. When asked why he called the story a “lie” he denied having done so, then added “we’re investigating this”. It’s quite unclear whether investigation is into how the union’s dirty laundry got out to the press, or into the charges by staff of intimidation. “You’re not allowed to talk to union members about what goes on in a private meeting” he told me. When informed that the Canadian Charter of Rights pretty well permits any Canadian to talk to any other Canadian about pretty well anything he wants - this is not, after all, Russia -

he replied “I’d rather not comment on that”. Later, talking to more custodial staff, I found out that the union brass is hopping mad. “They want blood”, said one. “They’re gunning for you now” said another. It’s odd, when you are accused on the one hand of somehow misrepresenting the facts, and on the other, given no evidence or information to substantiate the claim. But then there’s a lot of odd things in CUPE local 793.

It’s odd when a union president slanders you in private and then refuses to talk to you to your face. But then this union seems to thrive on secrecy and back-biting behind closed doors. It’s odd when a union president reacts to reports of abuse of his members based on statements by those members by first denouncing the report as untrue, and then refusing to provide even a shred of evidence to back up that serious charge. Does he work for the members or the company? Bill McLanahan, I challenge you to refute so much as a single word in any piece that Imprint has published about your union, or about the working conditions of some of your members. Further, I challenge you to explain why you are so quick to go to bat for your boss, and so incredibly slow about going to bat for your members. We’ll give you equal space Bill. You’re in public now. Secret meetings, bullying and threats don’t work out here in the daylight where everybody can see you. And Bill McLanahan, everybody can see you now! If you’ve got nothing to hide, tell your story. And if you do have something to hide you better bury it very, very deep because we’re not gonna stop digging until we find it all.

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Domestic squabble about . Fed Hall serviize is, acid-killed lakes; etc .a w m questionable .

To the editor, 1 am writing this letter in response to a point made by one of my roommates last weekend when a few of the guys in the house partook of an interesting conversation. The discussion was political in content and, as usual, failed to bring about any significant change in the ways any of us thought. When we began to discuss the issue of government spending practices 1 asked this r.oommate in question (who is, by the way, an ES student here at UW) whether he thought it fair that the United states administration allocate only- $275 million toward the acid rain problem. He, stating that military expenditures were far more important than those directed toward environmental reparations, said that acid rain is not a problem, for him. Asked why, his reply was something like

“even if 30,000 Canadian lakes are dead right now it wouldn’t bother me because, after all, how many lakes will 1 use in my life?” So, essentially, his argument was that since he would co*me into contact with only a few lakes in his life it is no concern of his if all other Canadian lakes were to die as a result of acid rain emissions. Well roommate (and suspicious reader), you may well be wondering if Imprint is the appropriate forum for such an isolated incident to be commented upon. The reason 1 decided to write this letter and make the feelings of this roommate known is because that embodied in his succinct reply to my question was a selfishness which 1 fear may exist in the convictions of others. Yes roommate, 1 was utterly appalled by your vainglorious statement and the realization that your kind of opinion

may exist in other minds moved me to write this letter. If there was the slightest bit of doubt as to the seriousness of your belief 1 would not have written this. Since you expressed yourself- earnestly and, 1 believe, honestly I’ve taken it upon myself to expose this case and make it known that there is a person out there who actually thinks the way you do. 1 have come to the conclusion that if there are many more poeple like you (especially in an ES program) in the country we would soon be without a drop of clean water, except of course in those lakes fortunate enough to be used by you. You tell me and everybody else roommate, how can you possibly justify what you said? Peter Babiak, 3rd Yr. English

Home, xcompute, home? To the editor, So the university is thinking of having each student buy her own computer, are they? Probably not a good idea. It’s got potential . to do

good, but enormous potential for harm. The up-side is reduced need for computing power on campus, and a slightly greater computer literacy

rate in a university already renowned for its unusually high computer usage. (The Toronto. Star mentioned that there were “more computers than telephones” here.) Administration would also be happy because the extra $1,000 to $3,000 spent by each student on a computer reduces the computing costs on campus, effectively becoming another “computer fee”. But without extremely competent organization and preparation, 1 can see each student becoming the proud owner of a multi-thousand dollar pocket-calculator-cumpaperweight. A computer is useful to a student for three things, in roughly this order: 1) Access to common information (assignments, prof’s notes, USENET) 2) Word-processing and laser printing 3) Calculation Note that without a well-thoughtout scheme for connecting each student’s computer easily and regularly to the school’s mainframes, only 3) remains possible. A rather expensive calculator looms on the horizon. . . Amongst all the hype about students owning useful personal computers, I’ve heard nothing about how they will be connected to the real facilities. 1 sincerely hope that this is an oversight on the part of the publicists, not the planners. If the committee takes the “first get the computers, then we’ll worry about the fancy stuff’ attitude, then the idea should be scrapped immediately. If, on the other hand, the committee spends their six months investigating ways to link personal computers to the school mainframes tightly and effectively, in a reasonably standard way, then we may become a positive example to other universities of how limited resources can be advantageously used. There are many knowledgeable folks in Computer Science and Engineering who would be glad to give more technical positive suggestions. ln summary, do it right, or not at all, folks. Half measures will be disastrous. Steve Rapaport 4B Computer Science

To the editor, Fed Hall always impressed me with the quality of their food, however the service leaves a lot to be desired. My latest dining experience there was absolutely pathetic. Upon arriving at approximately 4:45 p.m. on a Tuesday with three other friends the waiter proceeded to take our order. 1 ordered the special (fingers & ribs). Five minutes later 1 was informed it was sold out. How you can run out of the daily special before 500 is beyond me. (Good organization!). 1 then ordered chicken wings which were also sold out (1 wonder who runs their inventory). Finally 1 decided on a Fedburger.

About 10 minutes later three orders were served, the Fedburger was “on its way”. Fifteen minutes passed before 1 flagged the waiter down. The Fedburger was on the grill, “Five more minutes” he said. Bullshit! Ten minutes later 1 went to the cook who explained that the cash register’s printer was malfunctioning and some orders were misplaced. Good excuse! What the hell is the waiter there for? 1 refused to pay for the meal that eventually came, which delayed processing of the bill (15 minutes). Total time wasted = 1hr, 25 minutes. Wild Duck, here 1 come. Ken Magee 3B Math

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which are currently applying for Federation recognition limit their membership either to men (fraternities) or to wornen (sororities). If they are to be recognized under existing policies which address clubs, each group would have to open its membership to members of all sexes. The fraternities and sorority are reluctant to do this. They have suggested creating new Federation policy, which would recognize an inter-fraternity council, made up of members of established fraternities and sororities, which would in turn recognize individual fraternities and sororities that apply for membership. This new policy would also ‘allow these groups booking privileges for Federation and South Campus halls. The Women’s Commission is not in favour of the creation of such a policy. Recognition of an inter-fraternity council would allow fraternities and sororities to regulate themselves, and it still does not resolve the problem of sex-discrimination by individual member groups. In addition, we believe there is no clear reason for granting the special status implied by the proposed policy. We have instead suggested two alternatives. The first is that fraternities and sororities accept recognition as clubs. This will offer them the

same rights and privileges of other recognized student-organized groups on campus. Consequently, they would have to become co-ed , and to ape\ themselves to all Feder*ation members who apply. Although, co-ed, open-member fraternities do exist, the groups applying for recognition are reluctant to go this route. The Women’s Commission recommends that these groups, if they choose to retain their , exclusive status, do so without Federation recognition. This option would allow them booking privileges for Campus Center rooms, and the right to organize and exist on campus. However, as long as they continue selective membership,.they will not be able to receive Federation funding for their activities, or be able to use the Federation’s name. This issue, in the past term, has been controversial. Hopefully, my letter has clarified misconceptions and added to your knowledge on the issue. Student council is expected to vote on recognition on February 22 and should welcome your input. I suggest that students with opinions <on the issue speak or write to the councilors who represent their faculty. Councilors can be reached through the Federation Office (ext. 4042). Sharon Chimming Women’s Commissioner

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Gwynne Dyer, Canadian journalist,‘film-maker and historian, presented a 4%minute address to a capacity crowd at the Humanities Theatre on January 20, featuring a comprehensive history of terrorism. His talk centered around the false distinctions made between terrorist acts and violent government acts. According to Dyer, terrorism can be traced to the late 19th Century when frustrated revolutionaries began to use terrorist tactics to bring about the overthrow of governments. The years between 1914 and 1945 saw few terrorist activities by independent, non-government groups. With the advent of nationalism in the Third ‘World, terrorism was used. to expel colonial rulers. Terrorism, in the form of hijackings and bombings, began with urban guerrilla warfare in the late 1960s. Groups such as the Red Brigade and the Bader Meinhof Gang, used terrorism in hopes of destabilizing their respective governments bringing about their downfall. ; But as Dyer noted, this never occurred. Throughout Dyer’s historical survey of terrorism, he emphasized the point that we must keep the recent upsurge of terrorist activity in perspective.Due to heightened security measures in Europe and Latin America, most urban terrorism has been eradicated. According to Dyer, terrorism today is not nearly as large a problem as it was in the 1970s. Terrorism is a

by Alan Vanderhoek. Imprint staff Over the past 10 or 15 years there has been a sinister trend developing in the universities of North America. ,I’m talking, of course, about the English proficiency exams administered at most institutions of higher learning, and the propensity of professors grading them to fail something like 87 per cent of the examiners. Why, you may well ask, is this happening? Take a look around and ask yourself if 87 per cent of the people you know are really functionally illiterate. I personally am acquainted with zero persons who fit into this category. So why this almost venal crucifixion of innocent freshmen on the crosses of academia? The answer came to me one night in the middle of a dream, or nightmare rather, in which several thousand mouse-sized English Profs had tied me down, stripped me, and were busily danghng my participle in such a manner as to suggest possible physical dismemberment. Waking in a burst of sweat, I came to the unpleasant realization that there’s just too damn many English degrees floating around and not enough niches to stick them in.

red-herring used by these governments to divert peoples’ attention from domestic concerns. Dyer sees groups such as the Contras as “surrogates for states” used by external powers for political purposes: The false distinctions Dyer spoke about were between legitimate violent state actions and terrorist group actions. Both actions have political purposes yet one is sanctioned by the state and the other is condemned. Perhaps the most crucial point Dyer made was regarding nuclear warfare. ylf you think killing innocent people (through an act of terrorism) is wrong, then you should be concerned with the 50,000 nuclear missiles (currently existing).” In other words, Canadians, by belonging to NATO, are contributing to state-sponsored terrorism. We must ask ourselves, whether we as Canadian taxpayers should subsidize an alliance whose aim is to wage a nuclear war, which in Dyer’s perception, is equivalent to a terrorist act. Gwynne Dyer’s talk was followed by an hour-long question period that proved to be informative and provocative. The audience’s questions revealed the complexity of the issue of terrorism, which he capably handled. Further information on terrorism and disarmament can be found at the Waterloo Public Interest Research Group (WPIRG) resource centre in the General Services Complex (under the large smokestack), room 123.

An English grofessor I knew at another university detailed for me the typical plight of graduates in the field - too few jobs, low pay, saturation of the job market,,etc. Given these sad realities, it becomes apparent that failing large numbers of students on proficiency exams is nothing more than a tricky plot to repeatedly ,remind society of its need for English professors, lest we forg&&&~mt&@$3 - ., s Now there is nothing at all personal in these remarks. In fact, I know several people in the faculty of English, aI of whom are fine, upstanding, intelligent human beings. (Actually that’s a lie; I d,on’t know a single Artsie .’ and thus feel perfectly free to publicize my libellous opinions. Also, I want revenge on those mice.) I do have, however, a vested interest in criticizing the English proficiency exams. Having successfully completed almost six years of post-secondary schooling, I am now being required by the University of Waterloo to ‘write one of those exams, to prove to God-knows-who’s satisfaction that I am indeed functional in the English language. Given the scary proportion of .failures, I’m afraid I shall have to politely and respectfully decline their invitation. /

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SFibre is a major component in our diets, but often the fibre is removed from the food we eat to make it more appealing or more palatable. Cellulose is what we are discussing here - a form of carbohydrate somewhat similar to starch in chemical make up, but different in the way that our bodies cannot break down this cellulose. ., Ruminant animals such as cows and goats can eat cellulose (grass, straw, hay, etc.) and the bacteria. in their stomachs break down the cellulose to form a usable product for the animal to digest. As for us, cellulose will pass through our digestive tracts unchanged. It therefore has no calories either. Foods high in fibre tend to be low in calories. Many vegetables and fruits fall into this category. Whole grains are also high in fibre. Since these foods contain indigestible cellulose, they move quickly though the digestive tract. Their bulkiness also helps to move aIong other food residues in the digestive tract. Foods high in fat and protein take two to three times

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longer to digest and be absorbed by the body: Often, when they are not moved along by cellulose material, they will decay in the intestine. This can lead to toxic end products causing stomach aches. Excessive lack of cellulose over and extended period of time can lead to appendicitis and diverticulosis and well as cancer of the colon, and constipation, due to foods staying too long -. in the intestine. Bulky foods containing cellulose also tend to make the stomach feel fuller more quickly. For the calories, less food is consumed. Fruits and vegetables also have a higher vitamin and mineral content than protein foods,and the need for vitamin supplements can be eliminated. Some especially notorious foods containing a great amount of fibre are: bran and whole grain cereals, citrus fruit with the membranes still intact-(consider peeling your grapefruit), lettuce, carrots, celery, apples, dried fruits such as prunes, and most leafy and green vegetables (consider eating them raw or steaming vegetables so as not to lose the water soluble vitamins to the water you boil them in).

To the editor I am writing in response to the letter, “Is Waterloo the First Pro Life Campus? which was in last week’s Imprint Sarah Donelly appears to be against abortion 100 percent and believes that everyone else should feel the same way. I personally could never have an abortion but I feel that each case should be decided on its own merits. Pro-Choice does not mean pro-abortion. There are some women who will choose to have an abortion regard-

less of whether it is illegal or not. These women may risk going to incompetent doctors or even try to abort the child themselves. As wrong as I feel abortion is, I don’t feel that desperate womenshould be subjected to such potentially life threatening conditions. In her letter Miss Donelly only spoke of people attending Students for Life to learn about “the biological facts of Fetology and the procedure of abortion.” I believe that there are many people our age who do know what is involved in an abor-

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tion, but have made their own private decisions on the matter. Perhaps Students for Life could attract more students by providing information on certain methods of birth control or the alternative of adoption, as ways of alleviating the abortion problem. To simply state” that abortion is wrong because it is murder and not offer any alternatives is a waste of the knowledge and facts available. Cathy Sherk 3rd year Economics

h-Education Carnegie Report: The recently released Carnegie Report : The Undergraduate Experience in Amkrica (1986) is an enormous document, several years in the making, that presents a massive indictment of what passes for university education today. lts major thesis: students are not getting a coherent educational experience. The report outlines eight points of tension, from inadequate highschool preparation for college, to a lack of connection between the campus and the world. ,Between these two failure-points, it criticizes university curriculum, faculty priorities, the quality of campus life and government, and the lack of any overall evaluation of a student’s achievement. Faculty blames students for passivity, the report charges; while students are primarily concerned with passing tests, tests that have little relation to higher educat’on ‘The mission of higher education has been lost to the demands of thelL/marketplace, and no one knows what or how much is being learned. Never, concludes the Carnegie Report, has the quality and relevance of university education been lower that it is today. In other words, what we suspected, but weren’t sure of, is in fact&e situation - in spades, and across the boards! Often l’ve heard people say, here at U W -both faculty and students 2 “The only way to get a ‘liberal education’ is to enroll in Independent Studies, Women’s Studies, Religious Studies, Canadian Studies, -or Peace and Conflict Studies.” Fringe programmes give students the freedom to pick and choose, and a chance to educate themselves. But, let’s face it, these options aren’t for everybody. On the other hand, UW does boast a strong co-op program, which alleviates the lack of connection between campus and the world. (It also reduces student debt.) The central failure, it seems to me-no less at U W than elsewhere-is the lack of overall coherence in the educational experience offered to students. And this is not a flaw that can be solved with better funding. More funding simply means more of the same. As it now stands, the various faculties of UW, and the professors in them, are like Stephen Leacock’s young man, who “jumped on his horse and rode off in every direction.” The Carnegie Report makes 14 major recommendations toward improving the undergraduate experience. Some of these are very specific, ‘e.g., a short-term credit course ,on the university and how it operates; others are very broad, e.g. the university should identify its intellectual and social goals. The recommendations that relate to student life and classroom quality are these: - intellectual engagement should replace note-taking and tests. - Students should be trained t-o spend as much time in the library as in the classroom. -. Faculty should encourage student participation in campus cultural events, and should themselves participate. - Teaching should have priority over research (for faculty). - intercollegiate sports should serve the students, not the university. - Student assessment of teachers should have some effect on faculty renewal (and, presumably, removal). - Students should have more say in campus decision-making, more representation in the senate which defines academic goals. - A senior thesis, drawing on historical, social, and $thical perspectives of the major, should be presented in a senior seminar, or a more public forum. - Students should prepare a portfolio of their engagement as campus citizens, and all students should complete a volunteer service project. - 100 hours of voluntary service should be an admissions requirement. - Residential life should be improved, with closer contact between administration and residents. Probably the most far-reaching recommendation is one that seems a throwback to the Fifties: an “integrated core” should introduce essential 1knowledge, inter-disciplinary connections, and applications to life beyond the university. But the areas this “core curriculum” embraces are different from their Fifties’ counterparts; such things as “social web,” “ecology,” “ living past,” and “identity/ meaning” were not part of university curricula a generation ago. ln its analysis of university education today, the Carnegie Report ’ defends the student and indicts the administration much as the Berger Report defended the Eskimo and indicted the government some years ago. Everyone concerned with university education should read it, and not only read it, but heed it! (me Rev. Dr. Tom York is United Church His office is in St. Paul% College.)

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took less courses when 1was running for president, less courses while I was vice-president (in the previous Flanagan administration). “I’m also applying to go to France next year on an exchange program.. “I really feel, though, that having new people in these jobs is good, and it’s healthy for the organization: it takes a new direction. “I’d be concerned about myself being burned out next year, if 1 ran again. I’ve worked really hard, and I’m proud of what we’ve done up here, but if I kept up at this pace, I could see something being not good - maybe my personal life, my job so, 1 think it’s probably best for eve. ybody if. . . I Fove on.”

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Carok “Well, it goes along the same lines as Scott: part selfish, part the job. I am a little bit closer to graduating than Scott - my class is graduating this year. Because of the job, I took less courses, so I’ll have one more term than they will. “I think I’d be -burned out of I stayed with the job. Any job is really. what you put into it and I like to work ’ really hard - I tend to get myself’ involved in more things than most of * the time I should, and then I’m sorry for it later. That’s just a characteristic of me, so, for me, any job would be a burnout... and this one in particular, since there are so many things you can get your finger in to.

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“Well, I think that a lot of my focus over the past year has been on hous. ing. I think that just trying to handle that whole scene, the .battle of the townhouses (on the corner of Westmount and Columbia). Getting those constructed - it’s 99 per cent sure, we’re just waiting for the tenders to come in on budget now - that was at times exasperating, and frustrating: things depended on other things - you really couldn’t see the light at the end of the tunnel. That was ex. tremely challenging. “That, combined with the housing task force, numerous rent cases, the whole housing scene; people have a good view of what that’s all about, an in-depth view, and that was challenging to say the least ! ‘Construction of the townhouses

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An Al information k0t.h in the Campus Centre next week, from February 4 to 6, will be hosted by Group 118. Items such as t-shirts, posters, buttons, and Conspiracy of Hope records and tapes featuring the music of Peter Gabriel, the Police, and others, will be sold for fLnd-raising purposes. Information regarding Amnesty International organization and more details on Dimitri Alexiou’s plight will be made available.

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Other activities the group will be undertaking in February along with their weekly meetings (every Wednesday, 7:30, CC 138) are a coffeehouse conducted in conjunction with the Folk arid Blues club (Februaw 6, 8:30, HH), and a movie night featuring Kiss of the Spider Woman (February 9, 7:30, CC 110). Admission is free and open to all for both events. Amnesty lnterantional sees “human rights as a human responsibility”. A letter written, a petition signed, or paflicipation in a Al group all aid in protecting human rights around the world as evidenced by the fact that five prisoners of conscience are released each day. A man like Dimitri Alexiou deserves this kind of protection, and the work of Al Group 11.8 will hopefully prevail in his unconditional release. NOTE: Group 118 needs persons to help translate letters in Greek in order to communicate with the prisoner and officials. Those interested can attend the weekly Wednesday meetings or phone 578-2472.

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St. Paul% version, the letters of an acronym are hunted down and the reward is hot chocolate for all. Copies of the book TrapPer by York will be awarded to the winning posse members. Snow football and snow baseball games are schedule for the afternoon. A Monte Carlo night is set for the evening. Play money will be used on the seven or eight casino games to be operated. St. Paurs is also planning for its 15th annual Black Forest Coffee House. The event is one of the highlights on the college’s year, a talent night for all musici&, comedians, magicians and other Performers. It takes place in MacKirdy Hall on February 27 and 28.

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Waterloo city council last Monday rejected a housing committee recommendation to provide the Phillip Street co-op housing project with a grant. The $114,000 grant would have helped offset the cost of lot levy that will be applied to the property. City council felt they would be setting a prKedent by giving’ the stu-

dents a grant, and they rationalized that other low income groups in the past had not received grants. The city council did however accept other recommendations of the task force such as the creation of a housing committee, the adoption of a standard lease for tenants and landlords, and the staggering of university enrollment to alleviate the housing pressure, especially in Sep tember.

Engineers may alter traditional by Chtis Denholm Imprint staff The Engineering iron ring stag, a tradition at Waterloo for more than 15 years, will take place on Februarv 18 this year. While direct criticism of the stag from within the Engineering department has been minor, the Engineering grad committee is considering alternative events for students who don’t want to see “people taking their clothes off in front of .an audience.” So says Joe Natale, co-chairman of the committee, along with Frank Adams. The committee of 12 is responsible for organizing social events such as the grad ball (in March) and the stag, but also decides on the graduating gift, traditionally a $5,000 to $10,000 project to assist the disabled on campus. In a referendum last year, a majority of engineering students voted in favour of continuing the stag: Attendance at last year’s stag was high, with 460 of the 550 graduating engineers attending. The grad committee wants as many people as possible to attend the sponsored events - whatever they are. Says Natale, “we don’t want people not to go.” Last year, the stag was held at the Coronet, but the upper floor of Grad , House was also rented, and several students went to another party. “We’ve had people say that they don’t want to go off and see strippers after the serious iron ring cerem-

any,” says Adams, “but we haven’t had any real complaints.” “It’s not like we’re condemning the stag,” says Dave LeBlanc, a member of the committee. He adds that a

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Reprinfed from the Charlatan Canadiafi University press SDA 2000 arrived without fan. fare on Canada’s doorstep early last year. The U.S. government was inviting Canada to participate in a long-range Defence study called Strategic Defence Architecture 2000. It proposed the integration of the Canada-US. North American Aero. space Defence Command (NORAD) with the U.S. anti-missile Strategic Defence Initiative (“Star Wars”) and anti-satellite weapons. At the time, Bill Robinson was working for Operation Dismantle as a researcher. He had first stumbled onto SDA 2000 in a passing reference in Aviation Week magazine in 1984, and began tracing its significance through records of congressional testimony in the U.S. Despite Canada’s equivocating about official participation in Star Wars, the Departments of National Defence, External Affairs, and the Standing Committee on External

% wasn’t demonstrations by the peace movement that stopped Canadian participation. It was the research work done ahead of time to pre.empt the issue.” Robinson is just one of a grow. ing body of people who have become perhaps the peace movement’s biggest asset - professional peace activists. Robinson is now a research associate for Project Ploughshares in its Waterloo head office. Having worked for the country’s two biggest peace groups, “I feel like I’m the first careerist in the peace movement,” he laughs. Ploughshares research staff has grown from two to five in the past year. It reflects what Robinson sees as growing appreciation for the impact of a solid command of the facts can have on politicians and the public. John Wilkinson is another professional peace activist. The executive director of Operation DismantJe, he says the biggest difference between the peace movement of today and of a few years ago is its professionalism.

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‘*We’re not talking with megaphones,” says Neir Reeder, public affairs officer for the Department of External Affairs’ disarmament div. ision. The “emotionalism of a few years ago,” he says, “has given way to a much more reasoned approach.” Reeder credits this move to the mainstream mostly to an improved climate internationalty for disarmament, in the wake of the Stockholm East-West security accord on troop movements, and the Reykjavik summit. ’ Still, having dealt with delega. tions from a wide spectrum of groups concerned with arms and security for several years now? Reeder does note a welcome ! change in the tactics of peace i activists. Wkh Star Wars, he says, “their approach was much more serious,” taking their arguments to : the Parliamentary committee set up to look at the question. But Reederl also points proudly ’ to steps the government has taken i to improve dialogue with the peace .’ movement. In particular, he refers to the Consukative Group on Disar. mament and Arms Control, a group of 60 representatives of non-governmental organizations, academics and concerned individuals.

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ment has to play a delicate baianc. ing act, between the doves of the peace movement like Dismantle and Ploughshares, and the hawks, like the Royal Canadian Legion. Besides, the group isn’t a,recommendation.making body, he says, but simply “part of the process of dialogue between opinion-makers, politicians, and the public.” External Affairs also created the Disarmamqt Fund in 1979 to finance private sector peace efforts. In 1984-85, it paid out $753,000 in contributions, grants, and con. tracts, such as $1,700 to Carleton for a disarmament speaker’s pro. gram in the technology, society and environment studies program. While acknowledging the in. creased professionalism of the peace movement, Reeder still doesn’t see a change in their outlook The research they do, . though impressive, is “mostly to promote their own views.” And they haven’t lost their “obsession with the nuclear threat,- a., l focus Reeder finds a bit narrow. ’ “Granted the nuclear threat is too horrible to imagine. But in many developing countries, there is very serious conventional war which is wreaking real havoc. You don’t see people in the streets saying, ‘let’s ’ get the Iranians and lraquis to stop fighting’ or ‘let’s get the Soviets out of Afghanistan.’ And that’s a tragedy, because that’s where the moeny’s being spent.”

a Affairs and National Defence (SCEAND) enthusiastically en. dorsed SDA 2000. “It was a nightmare as far as the peace movement was concerned,” says Robinson. Nonetheless, Operation Dismantle had armed itself with enough research to make a presentation to SCEAND in the fall of 1985, explaining what they saw as a dangerous integration of Canada’s national defence with Star Wars. Earlier in 1986, the U.S. corn. pleted its SDA 2000 study, without Canada’s involvement.

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“The only explanation for why they declined to participate,” says Robinson, after the endorsement of DND, DEA, and the SEAND, “was, the peace movement had started to complain about this thing and gone in and gotten congressional testimony about what, this was all about.

Even further back, he recalls living in Fort Myers, Florida in 1968 at the height of U.S. involve. ment in Vietnam. “In Florida in ‘68 there was no speaking out against the war. Florida didn’t have the radicalism that may have existed in the norther states. 1 don’t remember an anti-war movement in Florida . . . 1 was the exception. But 1 was also the Canadian nut who knew who won the War of 1812.” As a landed immigrant, Wilkin. son says he couldn’t vote against the war, but he was eligible to be drafted. “When 1 realized what was hap pening, and friends of mine were being drafted,” he says, he packed his bags and came back to his native Ottawa. It was the beginning of Wilkinson’s politicization. Wilkinson now directs an organization with a budget of $400,000 and a full-time staff of eight including Wilkinson, who is a political scientist, a ~ researcher with a law degree, and another with a --masters degree in

“There is still a need for volun. teer people who are working from the heart,” explains Wilkinson, “but in terms of working at the national level or within a large group . . . our credibility is on the line.” In the past, the peace movement has been predominantly negative in its thrust, says, Wilkinson. “In 1983, we said ‘no’ to the cruise missiles. We didn’t say what we wanted instead. “If we want to be able to speak to these people that live in that building” - he gestures toward the Parliament Buildings “we have to be able to say, ‘no, we don’t want it, and here’s what we can do about it’ . . . What do we do with the people in the jobs that are involved with building weapons? We have to be able to come up with a plan for them, and we’re working on it.” From the government’s point of view as well, relations with the peace movement seem to be

The group is chaired by Canada’s disarmament .ambassador, former Tory MP Douglas Roche. It meets at least once a year so that Canadians can send their concerns about disarmament through Roche to Parliament.

a new detente But despite the participation of key figures like Canadian representatives of the Geneva disarmament conference, the Stockholm security conference, and the Vienna forces reduction conference, the impact of the group on foreign policy is hard to see. A list of 21 suggestions coming out of last fail’s meeting was met either with explanations as to why the government couldn’t follow them, or assurances that it already had. But Reeder explains the govern- -

But the streets are becoming a less popular place for the peace movement to make its points, as more and more activists appear to prefer appearing before Parliamen. tary committees or mailing detailed Ro. briefs to bureaucrats instead. binson, a former militia man who doesn’t see a contradiction in belonging to the armed forces and working for the peace movement, says he was “never much of a. demonstrator, but I participated because I felt I should make a statement.” He says demonstrations “are important.” And, he adds, research is only as effective as the relevance it has to the general public. “But it always ,annoyed me how the media and the government judged the [peace] movement on how many people it turned out into the streets. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce doesn’t have to turn a million people out into the streets to have the government listen to its opinions.-

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