Seagram Museum - “The Wine Cellar” opened from May 1 to October31 from IO a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free. For info contact Lynne Paquette at 885- 1857. UW hosts Canada Day 1991 on July 1. Students, staff and faculty are needed to help organize UW’s Canada Day activities. Celebrate Canada’s birthday on campus with members of the K-W community. For information call Marlene Miles, ext. 3276 or Steve Nason 888-0767. VotUn&er Tutors needed to provide one to one tutoring for adults and youth who want to improve their reading, writing and basic math skills. If interested, please call Core Literacy 743-6090.
K-W Minor Soccer - opportunities availsble as coaches and assistant coaches for young boys and girls. b& Day - opportunities available in management, program operations, promz$ions, etc. lfin~ti in any of these, or other volun:eer opportunities, call ext. 2051 or drop by SC 150A. RWrs wanted each term to assist with anversational and Written English. Conact Sheryl Kennedy, International Student Xice, NH2080.
Cana& Authors Assdc - holds meetings he first Monday of every month at the <itchener Public Library. Mon., June 3 - Lorraine Williams :or more info contact Lenore Latta 8241225 ; Susan Gibbons’744-0900 ; Dale G. >arsons 74% 1495. &ga&ally gnrwn beef hamburgers and lotdogs will be served on buns produced ‘ram organically grown wheat in the CamXIS Centre only at the Wild Duck Cafe. ‘Skin on” french fries from organically grown potatoes cooked in low cholesterol shortening will also be available. (from %od Services). & &&w Resources Centre at the Jniversity of Waterloo is offering 4 oneNeck summer programmes for children age 8 to 12. A combination of educational and physical activities focuses on local hisoric and natural themes. The 4 themes this iummer are: I. Exploring the Grand - July 2 to 5 -co@ m5. 1. Niagara Escarpment - July 8 to 12 :ost $95. $. Niagara Escarpment - July 15 to 19 :ost $95. I. Long Point Camp Out - Aug. 12 to 16 :a4 $140. ‘or further information, please contact the i&age Resources Centre, University of Waterloo at 885- 1211, ext. 3066. &owing up: The Undiscovered GeneraIon and Our Future. The Couchiching rlstitute on Public Affairs 60th Conference rt Geneva Park, Ontario, August 8-11, 991, will examine the social, economic lnd educational influences affecting youth Dday. Scholarshipsand studentdiscounts Ire available. For information, contact ‘outh Committee Chairperson at (416) 166-7757. hientation iraduating
Session June 24 and 25. 91/92 Co-op students, who
vrill be on a Fall Work Term.
Come to
& Archive
Envirmm+ntaVLifestylyles Fair - on Sunday, June 9 in Victoria Park. Kitchener. Bring a picnic and spend a day wewing displays, demonstration and celebrating with clowns. mimes. music. puppets, a “recycled” fashion show and much more FREE. Rain or shine. For trfo cali 7492965 or 742- 1956.
WORK8HOP SRRIIS FOR ORAOUATIWQ COloP STUPIENTS OFF CAMPUS IN TM FALL Career Services will conduct
workshops
to assist the 1992 graduating students to prepare for their job search and graduate interviews. Sign-up sheets wit1 be available in NH 1001 the week prior to the workshop. ALL CLASSES IN NH1020 unless stated otherwise.
&&h & si;rfety Department - Summer jours - The Health & Safety Dept. will be ,pen from 830 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday 3 Friday during the months of May, June, luly and August. )oon H&age Crossroads opens for iummer season on Sunday, May 5 from O:oO a.m. to 4:30 p-m. This is a non-profit nuseum. For info contact Marcia J. Shoraed at 748-1914. Scats Come Back To Doon” on Sunday, une 2 Seniors’ Day” on Wednesday, June 12 Antique Car Day” on Sunday, June 16
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Friday, May 31 Special Guest: Raffi Armenian. Music Director K-W Symphony. Discussion and recorded highights from “Dvorak’s Carnival Overture”. able for a fee.
publishes every two weeks during Spring/ Sumer term, but we still need YOUR help to write rticles, take photos, and put the paper together!
Coffee and muffins avail-
The Dorothy Shoemaker Ltterary Awards 7:30 p.m. The 20th Anniversary for these
awards. Timday, June S
“Prairie Paradox (film-Prairie Women)” 7:OO p.m. - lecturer: Dr. Pauline Greenhitt. St. Paul’s College. Public lecture.
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Planning for a Career - 1 hour - the foundation upon which all job search activities are based, Tuesday, July 9 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Alternative Titlesfor Madonna’s Truth or Dare:
Jab Search - 1 hour - a look at creative and traditional methods of finding jobs, with an emphasis on the hidden job market of unadvertised positions. Tuesday, July 16 -1:30 to 2:30 p,m, Researching Employers - 1 hour - how to locate information about employers to prepare for job selection and interviews. Tuesday, June ;4 - 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. ; Monday, July 8 - 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. . Informational Interviewing/Networking - 1 hour - finding out about jobs and discovering job openings. Tuesday, July 9 - ?2:30 to 1:30 p.m.
5. A Dish Called Madonna 4. Shanghai Surprise II 3. American Jiggle-O 2. Mo’ Better Flooze 1. Desperately Seeking Somolians
Resume Writing - 1 hour - techniques for writing an effective resume. Prerequisite -reading resume-writing handout. Thursday, July 11 -ll:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m,
Intenriew Skills I - 1 hour - tips on how to prepare effectively for a job interview. Wednesday, July 3 - 1 I:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
‘Traditional Games You can Make and can alay”. Beginning May 14 to August 18, 1991. Hours - Tuesday 1O-1 and 2-5, Wednesday 2-5 and 6-9, Thursday 2-5, Sunday 2-5. Closed Mondays, Fridays hnd Saturdays.
Monday - Thursday 1O:OO a.m. to 8:30 p.m. ; Friday 1090 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ; Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 5:OO p.m. ; Sunday closed ai all locations.
“KPL’sAnnual Used BookSale. 9a.m. to4 p,m. at KPL.Marn.
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Saturday, June 8
titter Writing- 1 hour - an important key to get your job, learn how to use them to your advantage. Thursday, July 11 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
will explain
Zudents Interviews”. zpeated Tuesday June 25 at Humanities ‘heatre, 3:3O to 5:00 p.m. ti~~~m
One (I) graduate student of the University to be elected by graduate students, term May 1, 1991 to April 30, 1993 for the seat on the University Senate. At least 3 nominators re required for each nomination. Nominations should be sent to the Chief Returning Officer, Secretariat, Needles Hall room 3060, no later thar Wednesday, June 5. 1991 at 3 pm. For further info contact the Secretariat. exi 6125.
“Graduating The session will be
tumanities Theatre 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. Carter Services
Want to rid your office or study shelf of those Canadian, US or foreign calendars? The Career Resource Centre occasionally has difficulty getting and keeping some calendars ; your donation could fill a gap. Please send any recent calendars to: Career Resource Centre, Needles Hall, room 1115.
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Interview
SkiUs II - 1 hour - “hands-on” session where you can practice answer-
ing questions usually asked in interviews. Prerequisite - Interview Skills I and reviewing handout. Wednesday, July 3 12130 to I:30 p.m. Int&ew Skills III - 2 hours - practice selling your skills. Wednesday, July 17 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Asserting Yourself in the Job Intiew 2 l/2 hours - expressing yourself more successfu tly and overcoming personal difficulties. Prerequisite - Interview Skitts I and reviewing handout. Monday, June 3 - 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. room NH3001 ; Wednesday, July 10 - 3:30 to 6100 p.m. room NH3001.
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welcome.
Summerfest-
Student centre plan revived by Dave Thomson Imprint staff Following the defeat of the Student Life Building proposal in a referendum late last fall, the new Federation of Students executive has started the same sort of ball rolling once again, but with a new perspective. They have drafted a stage-by-stage description of the student centre (which will be named via a student contest) with time frames for each of the eight stages, the final of which they hope will be a referendum jn late November of this year. John Leddy, President of the Federation of Students, stressed that the new student centre will not be an athletic building, unless students -indicate they desire that during the
numerous consultation stages. The first stage of the project, tihich will be completed by the end of the summer, is to set up a Campus Centre Board that will determine preliminary objectives, and solicit feedback from student, city, and administrative organizations. The Board will have members from design-oriented student faculties such as architecture and engineering and will prepare a preliminary report for campus organizations. Determining what students want in the new centre is to be decided during the second stage by consulting student councils and societies, administration, and an assortment of other organizations on campus. The design of building makes up stages ‘three and, four, which should yield the second draft design by
October 8,1991. Stage five concerns itself with funding issues about the building, such as student fees, external sponsorship, and funding from administration. For the two week period- from October 24 - November 7 an infonnation booth will be set up in the campus centre and be staffed by a member of the Campus Centre Board. There will also be a suggestion box and further surveying of students at this point. Finally, the survey results and suggestions from the information booth will be reviewed and possibly incorporated into the final design. By November 10, 1991, a decision should be made as to whether or not to go ahead with a refkrendum. If it is felt that the final design has a lot of support, and a decision is made
looms
to have a referendum, it will be held in two phases. The first would occur before exams, near the end of November, and another in late January after off-stream students have had a chance to visit the information booth and learn more about the project. Additionally, the Federation of Students would not present the “yes” side if a referendum were to occur. When asked why the Federation would break from the usual role of the proponent of Federation-initiated project, President John Leddy replied that a strong “yes” consensus would have to exist before they decided to go ahead with the referendum in the first place. He said that they want to make sure they have a proposal that the majority of the students agree with before bringing it to a vote.
Math Sot asks for hikke by Peter Brown Imprint staff with MathSoc
Mathematics students at the University of Waterloo will vote on a society fee increase on next Wednesday and Thursday, June 5 and 6. If passed, the proposed increase would bump the fee from $5 to $7.50 as of the 1991 fall term. Campaigning for both the “Yes” and “No” sides of the referendum began on Tuesday, May 29 and will continue until midnight on Tuesday, June 4. The Math Society and the ‘Yes” campaign feel that additional funds are required not only to expand the Society’s social tind service programs, but to simply maintain them at their current levels of quantity and quality.
Kenneth Dye received an honourary Doctor of law degree at Thursday’s Arts convocation. Dye was can8da’s Auditor General. Photo by Dave Thomson
Community by Dave Thomson Imprint staff
This coming
Thursday,
June 4 is
the date for the official launch of the UW Community Campaign, which is a five-year, $89 million fundraising Speeches will start at campaign. approximately 2:30 pm at the Arts quadrangle. The University is hoping to raise $3 million from faculty, staff, and retirees over the five-year period. Organizers are hoping to receive about $22
Services such as photocopying and free use of office supplies represent pure costs to the Society, costs which increase every term. Faiiing passage of this referendum, the Math Society may be forced to seek other sources of revenue such as price increases on photocopier use and charging fees for services currently provided at no charge.
campai,gn
million from the various levels of government, and about $27 million from Canadian corporations. Major private donors, alumni, foundations, and others are hoped to help the campaign meet its target. The largest amount of money, $40.6 milIion, is slotted for the university’s physical resources, including the construction of an Environmental Studies/Engineering building. an addition to the Humanities building 10 house the School of Accountancy, and an Applied Health Studies/ Optometry addition to the
Optometry building. The University will
lower
the studentzteacher
attempt
to
ratio by
devoting $17 million towards new’ teaching and research positions, and $4 million will be used to enhance the scholarship program. $14 million has been set aside for the purchase of equipment, and the Libraries will receive an additional $2 million to buy equipment, subscrip t-ions, and of course, books. A final $11.4 million has been split up for the initiation of a number of University programs.
The “No” campaign feels that the Society has not responsibly managed its money in the past and simply needs to cbge its spending habits to find the additional money it requires. They cite such expenditures as the large percentage of budget spent on mathNEWS, and other spending on volunteers, as examples of this fiscal mismanagement. The Math Society’s budget for the Winter 1991 term was about $12,400, according to treasurer Kevin Boy=. Designed to be a non-profit body, the Society ended the term with a $151 budget surplus. Boyes projects about a $1,000 Ioss on a $9,220 budget for the Spring 1991 term, saying that the Society is tied into certain contracts all year round, such as the photocopier leasing agreement. The Society has a bank balance of “about $5,000,” according to Boyes.
The Math Society. offered breakdown of its budget:
this
,7.5 per cent for Council expenses - 19.9 per cent for photocopier maintenance and lease - 8.2 per cent for office expenses - 1.7 per cent for athletic team spon-
sorship - 13.6 - 21.8 - 15.4 funding tees
per per per for
cent for social events cent for mathNEWS cent for supplementary math clubs and commit-
Other points of interest: the MathSoc fee, which has not increased since 1983, is currently the lowest on campus while the Society itself is the second largest. Last term, the Society donated $525 to charitable organizations both on and offcampus. Society financial information is ava@ble to any full-time Math student at any time. The Math Society encourages all full-time undergraduate Math students to vote in the upcoming referendum. The referendum is your chance to convey to those who run the Society how you fell about how your money is being spent.
by Paula Hendsbee Board of Communications The Federation of Students brings you the hottest event of the season Weekend 1991. Summerfest Scheduled for June 14-16, Summerfest will heat up the campus with plenty of sun, sand, and live entertainment. Entertainers include solo artists Mike Something performing at the Summerfest patio on Friday, June 14 at 7 pm, and Mike Woods, performing on Saturday at 7 pm. NOMEANSNO wilI perform for all ages at the Bomber on Friday night, with opening band E-X from Holland. Tickets are $10 and are available at the Fed office, campus centre room 235. Truckloads of sand will provide an outdoor sand dance floor, accompanied by a huge tent, patio, and outdoor swimming pool outside Federation Hall. Slo-Pitch and beach volleyball tournaments will take place all weekend, and you could win one of three $400 mountain bikes that is, if you don’t mind diving in Jello! Your Federation of Students brings you all of these - and many more exciting events absolutely free of charge (excluding tent admission after 6:30 pm of $2). So be sure to reserve.June 14-16 on your social calendar and be here when the heat goes on! For more information and tickets, visit the Fed office.
Next week, June 3-9, is National Environment Week. The Waterloo Public Interest Research Group (WPIRG) is offering tours of “The Urban House of Horrors” a 3dimensional, mobile, interactive display designed to demonstrate and inform the public about environmentally fxiendlier practices for day-to-day living, eating, shopping cleaning and gardening habits. Facilitated tours (maximum 10 people at a time), as well as self-guided tours will be held June 3-7 at Waterloo Town Square. The house will also be on display for self-guided tours, Saturday June 8 at the Cambridge Environmental Fair , Central Public School, 175 Main St., Cambridge, and Sunday, June 9, at the Kkhener Westyks Fair, Victoria Park, Kitchener. Tours of the display are free to the public. Individuals/groups interested in a facilitated tour should contact Wendy at 745-2139, or 8849020. Also, the National Film Board and WPIRG are presenting “Green Screens” at the Princess Cinema between Tuesday, June 4 and Friday, June 7. This series of movies about the wide range of environmental
topics
celebrate
the earth. The propose solutions, They challenge, They provoke. They will make you think. They will make you sad. They will , make you angry. Hopefully, they will make you act. I
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Friendly Fed Update by John Leddy President, Federation
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Having been dubbed the “Friendly Fed,” we - the new exec - have decided to call this weekly column “The Friendly Fed Update.” This space will attempt to inform the students of this friendly university of what exactly the new Federation of Students’ exec is up to. The three of us will rotate as authors of this piece, allowing each of us an opportunity to explain what’s going on with our separate responsibilities. This week is my turn . . .
Prof. Pat Bishop, UW kinesioLog\~ department chair, met from May 13 to 15 on the Waterloo campus with other members of the technical subcommittee of the International Standards Organization (ISO). Much of the research has been done at UW to resolve questions that have arisen with the development of a recom-
The summer term, although often referred to us as a “slow” term, is the most important one for the Federation. Not only do we run events such as Summerfest and Canada Day celebrations, but we are also currently at the crucial planning stage of the goals we would like to implement during the year. Our overriding goal is to promote a more well-rounded student life with more emphasis placed on extra-curricular activities and services provided by the Federation of Students and the university as a whole.
Campus news update
“Sm.mds great, Ftiendly Fe& but how?” We do admit that this vision is vague and perhaps ambiguous. However, all programs that we undertake will be planned with this in mind. We’d like to promote our first rate athletics and co-ret programs, our university traditions, and our excelling academic reputation. We’ve got something to be damn proud of at this university - it’s about time we showed it. in Brief
from
CFS: Lisa Brice and t attended a meeting of the Canadian Federation of Students from May 16 to 22. We were satisfied with the outcome, having been the main movers of a motion passed to direct the organization to define what erectly a student issue is. This was a main concern of ours, as we feel this national lobby group should stay away from issues deemed emotional or too political (for example: abortion, the Gulf War, and the Canada-Mexico Free Trade proposal).
Campaign:
The development office is undertaking a $89 million, S-year campaign. Most of this money will be directed to students. We urge you to support the campaign - come on out to the launch on June 4 at 2:30 pm in the Arts Quadrangle. And finally, we call on you to get involved with student life whether it be with us, your own faculty society, co-ret sports, a club, Imprint, or whatever. Just get involved - enjoy yourself - these are the best years of our
C.C. Trivia The Campus Centre houses a wealth of information that many students, staff or otherwise may not be aware of. The following is a list of five Trivia questions related to the Campus Centre. Should any of the answers elude you, a quick trip to the Turnkey desk will provide you with the information you require. 1. The skill-testing question preventing you from claiming your million dollar prize is, “How many of his own movies has Woody Allen starred in?” Where in the CC can you go to find the answer to this question? 2. What are the hours of the Sexuality Resource Centre? 3. Who can book the meeting rooms in the Campus Centre? 4. What exactly is a Turnkey and what are the origins of the word Turnkey? 5. Where can you go should you desperately need a condom at 3:00 in the morning and your don is nowhere to be found?
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The Association for Human Rights in China (AHRC) will hold a Tiananman Memorial Art Exhibition in the Campus Centre from May 31 to June 4 between the hours of 9:OO am and 6:OOpm. The exhibit will feature works by artists from Vancouver, New York and Hong Kong reflecting on human courage, the nature of freedom and the ideals of human life. For those organizations planning future onlcampus events, this is a reminder that the Turnkey desk is available to assist with the promotion of these events. Poster runs (which, by the way, occur when a number of Turnkeys are assigned different sections of the campus to put up posters advertising a specific event) are an example of the many services offered in this regard. If you are interested in making banners to advertise your event, the Turnkey also supplies poster paper and paints for a small fee. Those interested in tliese services are asked to contact Ann Simpson at the Turnkey desk.
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datory in-amateur hockey in Canada during the late 1970s; by the mid198Os, the National Hockey League said all players entering the teague had to wear’them. The CSA test standard for certify ing helmets is “blunt trauma”and it-is difficult to measure the impact from a puck, Bishop said. Helmets have to meet a standard of 275 G’s (275 times the acceleration due to gravity) at six locations. The test of face masks includes shooting pucks at them. They must qot leave a mark on the headform being tested ic order to be certified. There’s also a new committee looking at establishing standards for goaltender head protection. While helmets have reduced headinjury deaths, concussion-type injuries in hockey are “still too high and should be reduced by cutting down on head checking” Bishop said. There’s also been a “dramatic” reduction in eye injuries among players who have chosen to wear face masks, he added. Bishop has examined two helmets (from the Cambridge Winter Hawks) that cracked because of head checks. Even though the helmets were CSA certified, they cracked because of the excessive force used in checking the players against the glass. While Canadian helmetsdominate the domestic market, there is concern for the need of international standards “with the advent of helmets from the European market and the US influence of what hockey helmets should be,” Bishop said. The IS0 started talking in 1979 about setting a world standard, but it wasn’t until 1987 that a technical subcommittee was formed (and held its annual meeting here this week). The four countries that are the main contributors to the development of the standard are Canada, the United States, Sweden, and Finland. Each country has different standards in some aspects. Bishop believes Canada’s are the best since they are the most stringent for helmets and face guards. The manufacturers have responded to the ongoing research into the level of performance by improving their products, “since you can’t play the game unless you have a CSAapproved helmet,” Bishop said. Helmets can be improved further, “but the trick is to do that and make them light enough to be used in hockey where they’re worn throughout the game.” He believes the setting of international standards for helmets and KI&S is “very close,” but there still remains questions to be resolved, mainly about testing methods. UW has an impact testing laboratory in which helmets are dropped to recreate the forces, and readings are measured by computer. The lab, which is one of only four in Canada, does basic injury-prevention research as well as some research testing for manufacturers.
By special arrangement with a chartered Canadian bank, we can put you into a new Mazda before you graduate. If you have a job waiting for you upon graduating, give us a call or stop by our showroom for details on this exclusive offer for gradu,ates.
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w&d Ssrnd them
Archie,
Open up a “Roast Duck Cafe.”
IQep it the way it is. Who else eat the cafe food?
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Brian Mulroney.
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All about the Federation of Students by Paula He&bee Board of communications
time
on campus, BEnt hires for security, door staff, and stage crew each term. For more information, contact Dave at ext. 6331.
Aside from annual election time and news-breaking issue such as the recent Student Life Building referendum, most students hear and know little about the University of Waterloo’s Federation of Students. This article represents an attempt to dispel the mystery surrounding the Federation’s role on campus and relevance to you as a student at u-w. The motto of the Federation of Students (Ill call them ‘The Feds”) is “Students Serving Students.” The Feds’ role is twofold: they act and speak on behalf of all students at UW, interacting with the university administration, local and national media, and the’local, provincial, and federal governments. In addition, the Feds provide a wide variety of services to the students. The following list will give you an idea of various services available through the Feds. Board
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Board of Internal
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Public Issues Board (PIB) The Public Issues Board organizes and sponsors events and speakers which help increase awareness of important current issues, as well as ongoing issues such as alcohol awareness (BACCHUS) and AIDS awareness. If you have any concerns, contact Nancy at ext. 6299.
Women’s
BIL serves as a link between the Feds and student societies, residences, dubs, and the athletics department. It works with The Committee of Presidents, Clubs Commission, Athletic Commission, and the Residence Commission. If you have any concerns or want to get involved, contact Chris at ext. 6331.
In addition to these services, the Federation of Students is a great place to find a part-time job. All boards hire part-time commissioners for various positions, and tie Feds also have applications for Federation Hall, the Bombshelter,, Scoops ice cream, the Record Store, the Campus Shop, and much much more. Many volunteer positions are also available. In order to keep on top of Federation events and services, the Board of
WIB is responsible for awareness and education regarding women’s issues. WIB can help you with concerns about safety, sexual harassment, political and academic issues as they pertain to women, and related issues, For more info, contact Carmel at ext. 6305.
j?lease checkyour faculties time and sign up AS.2.~: Sign
International
BComm serves as the marketing and publicity wing of the Feds and is designed to handle your communication needs. BComm owns a complete video editing suite and video cameras for student productions and projects. This means that, provided you are a fee-paying Federation member, this equipment is yours to use free of charge. For information on equip ment use, contact Paula at ext. 2340.
Affairs
(BAA)
The BAA represents all students within the academic sector of the community. BAA can help you with questions about academic evaluation, student rights, regulations, and appeal procedures. lf.you have any questions, contact Pat at ext. 6299.
Board of Entertainment
(BEnt)
BEnt works behind the scenes to bring US live entertainment such as
concerts, comedians, ‘and special events. If you are looking for a part-
Students
Board (ISB)
The International Students Board acts as a link between the Feds and international students. Jf you are an International student and have concerns about culture, orientation, language, or finances, ISB can help you. Contact ISB at ext. 6305. Human
Rights Board
Arts Board
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F&t&? Engineering QAMath
May 22 May 28/91 May 30 June
(CAB)
May 21
Any Masters and PHD’s other Any 1991/92 graduating student or fi you missed your
May 28 June 7/91 June 3-7
faculties CAB sponsors and creates dramatic and artistic events and activities, including an annual book of student poetry entitled Online. If you would like to star in, organize, or create plays, or have any “creative” ideas, contact Derikat ext. 2340.
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The Human Rights Board can help you with any questions or concerns regarding your rights both on and off campus. Contact the Board at ext. . 6305. Creative
Communications creates The Fed Page” (in the center spread of Imprint),the Fed Phone Line (8&6FEDS), a new computer news-group (UW.Feds), the marquee (sign) outside of the Campus Centre, and occasional video promotions shown at Fed Hall and the Bombshelter. If you have any questions about upcoming events, please contact BComm at ext. 2340 or visit your friendly Feds in the campus centre, room 235.
issues Board (WIB)
Communications
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fireside chat by Peter Brown It’s the first hot spell of the summer. Across southern Ontario, thousands of independent truckers have been blocking highways to protest the high cost of doing business in this province. In Ottawa, about 50 drivers and their trucks have clogged Wellington St. and hindered access to Parliament Hill. Some stretches of highway 401 have been completely cut off, ‘while others have been reduced to one lane. Motorists have been inconvenienced in varying degrees, some delayed by only a few minutes and others spending two to three times longer getting to and from work - it could take you all day to get across the top of Toronto. At the borders and on holiday weekends, it’s even worse. A lot of motorists are pissed off, but even more, it seems, say that they sympathize with the truckers’ positions. “Everyone’s getting taxed to hell,” they say. “Our boys can’t compete with the Americans.” Even .in the aggravation of traffic jams, federal civil servants have been honking their support for the truckers in their protest. Last summer, Canada’s news-scape was dominated by the Mohawk standoff at Kanesatake and various blockades by native groups across the country. Like the truckers, these protesting natives were practicing a form of civil disobedience. Of course, to.equate the two is a gross oversimplification. The truckers, though a pain in the neck, have been peaceful, while the Mohawks at Kanesatake were armed with automatic weapons and clashes between them and the Quebec Provincial Police resulted in one police death. Also, the conflict looked Iike it would have gone on indefinitely if the Quebec government had not ordered in the army. In contrast, the truckers have quickly gotten bored of standing around their parked vehicles in the hot summer sun; their action will be over much sooner than last summer’s drama. More telling than these contrasts, however, are those between the demands of the two groups. Taxes are the truckers’ peeve, primarily- those charges that make gasoline much more expensive here than in the US this difference makes Canadian truckers unable to compete with their American counterparts. In short, they arefighting for their livelihood. If they cannot improve their competitive position, many will go out of business - and will be forced to choose alternative employment. What was at stake for the Mohawks? Just a piece of land whose only value was nine holes and well-tended turf? Not quite. Just the land itself was worth more than a golf course. It was ancestral land that represented much more than the mere market value assigned to it. But the land was the least gf what was at stake. After year5 of watching their community disintegrate into alcoholism, unemployment, and, violence and decades of being ignored and lied to by us, this nation, the natives on this reserve were being told once again what would be done with their property, and that there was nothing that they &id do to prevent it. If a trucker has to stop being a trucker, is that such a tragedy? I thought that the post-free trade world was a competitive one where workers would have to move from ailing sectors of the economy to burgeoning ones. But if the first peoples of this continent are deformed into something that they were not, then we are responsible for destroying their cultureThis fact is what indicts our acceptance of the truckers’ civil disobedience as racist, pure and simple. Just ask yourself: what could native Canadians expect if they immobilized Parliament Hill in such a manner? ’
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Selling Airs to the brother man I used to think that the Academy Awards were the worst political joke masquerading as an awards show that the western world had ever witnessed. Clearly, I was wrong. The Cannes Fill-urn Festival ended last week, with he&an entry Bmton Fink winning an unprecedented three major awtids and black fill-urn-maker Spike Lee being “‘snubbed’( by a mere supporting performance award for his Jungle Fever. In the age of mega-schmooze media extravaganzas, why do I single out this mod. es@ffaii on the French Riviera for criticism? To be honest, I’m not sure. It might be that the heady and intoxicating pretensions of the two dominant cultures - French and American - mix just about as well as a fine Bordeaux and a six-pack of Coors, and leave the stomach as nau~ous, the brain as pained. (“Nous ahons Jerry Lewis!“)
The caterers may have been French and most of the fill-urns subtitled, but the mics and cameras were still drawn to the US celebs Iike flies to dim porch lights. The most luminary of these, it seemed, was the ultimate American film celeb of the colour-conscious ‘9Os, the Spikester Himself, whose comments flickered between the inanely obvious and the PUW Lee has made some great movies and even better Nike Air Jordan commercials, but he also has a history of say@ gibberish to the medii in general, and at Cannes in particular. This year, I regret to inform, was no exception. He again demonstrated this disturbing tendency to draw attention to his skin colour while trying his darnedest to telI us aI that it doesn’t matter. I mean, seriously, why does Lee even bother to show up at Cannes anymore? All he does is pout .- almost as much as Isaac JuIien, -...
winner of the Critic’s Prize for the “British black fill-urn” Yuung Soul f&b&. The brothers ain’t gonna work it out, apparently, since Julien refused to be photographed with Lee or Eddie Murphy and called them “homophobic and racist,” according to the Globe’s Jay Scott.
That’s as may be, but what is more important is Lee’s participation in the root problems of race in America and their coroUaries: poverty, drug abuse, and crime. He just fails to see that the materialism, greed, and cornmodification that is capitalism might just have a tad to do with the gap between rich and poor,andforthemostpartwhiteandbLackin America. And he is a wiIling partner in this process - selling movie as product, selling shoes for white masters, while black kids kiII each other to get to each other’s Aii.
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“For the true and living equality we wit1 give up everything. Let the arts perish, if need be! But let us have real equality.“ - Sylvain Marechal, Manifeste des Egaux, 1796
“What can be said at all can be said clearly. We should keep silent on what we cannot - Ludwig Wittgenstien, 1938. talk about.” Hi there. For many months you, the poor spiritually deprived UW student have been subjected to my personal pretentious rants cleverly disguised as little stories. Then these lovely pearls of mine stopped appearing in this most blessed publication. Why? To put it simply, I’m on strike. Artists in all fields around the world are now currently participating in a three year art strike. From January 1st 1990 to January 1st 1991, all cultural workers have been called on to put down their tools and cease to make, distribute, sell, exhibit, or discuss their work. Galleries, museums, agencies, ‘alternative spaces’, periodicals, theaters, art schools, etc., have also been called on to join the art strike by ceasing their operations for the same period. I know what you’re thinking, your thinking, ‘What the fuck!?! Have you lost your
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The assassination of Rajiv Gandhi was followed, as is the assassination of any world leader, with eulogies detailing the former president’s accomplishments and deeds, personal accounts of his relations with other world leaders, and vague accounts that add up to “he was a good man” Completely avoided are any accounts that could in any way detract from the simple one-sided image that the media and friends wish to create of the deceased. When JFK was assassinated, he was mourned as the young handsome peaceloving, apple-pie eating baseball playing president (baseball? Joe DiMaggio? Marilyn Monroe?) not as the man responsible for the blockade of Cuba or the subsequent Bay of
Of course not and to help explain 1’11 some burning and pertinent questions about the self-proclaimed ‘years without art.’ What is the art strike? Art strike is the rough undressing of creativity. What an artist considers to be her/his identity is nothing but a decisive set of schooled, snotty attitudes. What art will be struck? Art strike is an assault upon all cultural activity within the modernist and post-modernist traditions* Strike for what? To dismantle the cultural apparatus. 1s this a joke? Absolutely not. How can you have shows when some people don’t even have shoes? What’s wrong with being an artist? To call one person an artist is to deny another the equal gift of vision. What witI I be if I’m not an artist? Think of how many people have gotten laid without even talking about making art. What’s wrong with making art? We’re living in isolation tank, only instead of warm water we’re bathing in bullshit. Within the information economy, opposition speeds the corpofelliac flow, each statement creates its own negation, context shifts constantly, and the only principle that emerges from the din is the principle of the flux itself, consumption. What is the art strike? Silence. % mind?’
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Pigs fiasco. Likewise Rajiv Gandhi ‘(more by virtue of his name than anything else) was portrayed as a martyr. A martyr who refused to acknowledge any of the legitimate aspirations of either the TamiIs or the Sikh, regardless of the tactics which both were forced to resort to. Any critique of the dead is simplemindedly seen as grave-dancing. Respect for the dead does not demand blinding oneself to the shortcomings of the actions of the deceased. The hypocrisy of detractors is never-ending. Political leaders who could not have agreed with Gandhi on the colour of the sky were falling over themselves trying to find something good to say. It is possible to cross the line of good taste, and the death of anybody is an event that should be marked with some sobriety, however praise from people who believe that India is better off now that Gandhi is dead seems even more sacrilegious than simply admitting the truth.
What do we expect to accomplish? We witI step outside history. Why should I go on strike? Selfinterest. Is this a joke? Sure: a joke, a fraud, the worst idea ever. What is the art strike? In its origins, just another cocky whiteboy spectacle. Now, however, girls are playing too. What’s in it for me? I hope to promote my own car&r. Of course, only the strike’s failure would accomplish this, so you can’t get out of it that way. Why do so many people hate this idea? Because they stand to lose everything they don’t have and wouldn’t+ deserve even if they did have. Will sex be better in the years without art? It goes without saying. What is the art strike? Art strike is the ceremonial mask of a movement away from competitive art and toward a culture without curators.
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Who’s behind it? Better a thousand movements fail than one leader succeeds. Anyone can organize the art strike, many have. Why three years? In the first year the world will be a field of undifferentiated experience. In the second year figures will emerge from a background. In the third year new perceptual methods will arise. Why must you stop making art? Because the refusal of artistic identity is the only weapon left to us and the demolition of serious culture the only way ahead. So now there won’t be any more poetry readings. Nobody will write poetry. Nobody will print pictures or make art videos. NO dance performances will be held, no one witI mingle at art openings. Galleries witI close or be converted to other uses. A great calm witI settle over the world. Former artists witI have more time to cook, correspond. Creativity, freed of traditional coninto straints, will be chanhelled work environments, and relationships, community activities. People who never thought of themselves as creative will no longer be intimidated by talented bullies. Life will become increasingly delightful and unpredictable. The rich will have only the art objects of the past to signify their cultural superiority, and their sense of status will grow more desperate and ironic with each passing day. This is not to say that if some idiot with oodles of cash wants to pay you a lot for some art because he/she feels it will make that art valuable not to take this money. Soak that sucker for everything. That person obviously has too much money and is dangerous to the rest of us. So this is a goodbye, fare thee well and send any donations to: the prisoner, c/o The Imprint, Campus Centre Rm. 140, UW, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3Gl. Se seeing you.
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The day seemed fortuitous. The gate, that complicit barrier of interwoven metal strands denying the interaction between natural and human, was open. I have considered the question of why there is a fence and have answered that maybe it is a means of protecting the natural from the worst of human penetrations. The old farmstead on the northern part of the area, now more of a museum relic, is a haunting reminder of a former time when domesticated nature nudged and browsed at the forest margins before it was curtailed by an expanding agrarian and urban life, As a woodlot, what purpose does it serve humans? As “natural sceneq? An economic parody of a “resource”? A “bank of genetic diversity” that can be withdrawn from when acidic maple die-back reaches epidemic proportions in the region? An educational tool for teaching researching, or philosophical musing? A community living in “a biocentric democracy” for its own intrinsic sake? In one way or another, it is all of these. There are signs everywhere of human techne. The signs nailed into the barks of trees and the human-fashioned signposts guide us to an intellectual knowledge of the woodlot. The - fallen trees are efficiently power-sawed into smaller blocks of wood, allowing expedient resting spots for the weary naturalist. Obversely, it provides a multitude of homes for the beautiful scalloped mushrooms, that seem to yearn for an ocean beach. I must describe another somewhat coincidental event today. The gate was open for a reason. The children stood out in their brightly coloured winter attire: neon green, pink, purple, and day-glo orange juxtaposed against the natural grey, brown, and white of the woodlot. They were Girl Guides out and about, seeking their “Tracker’s Badge.” City children learning about nature, how to muve through it without getting lost, or just getting some fresh air after being enclosed in a stuffy school room all week. I imagined some of what I’d just written, crystallizing into this one day with these girls. . . and then this was tempered by one mother’s comment to me: “some of them don’t want to be out here because it’s too cold.” And I wondered if any of them will have the same chance as me to reflect anywhere in 20 years as ii may all be gone.
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If baseball players are so underworked and overpaid, then why don’t you drop out of university and start playing baseball for a living? It sounds like such a great job. 111tell you why. If you were to look at a list of the average salaries for various professions, you would see jobs such as doctor and lawyer at the top, and baseball players way down on the list. While it is easy to quote high numbers for the average Major League Baseball player’s salary, the average sala for all baseballplayers is much less, For every player making $3 million a year, there are thousands
Aw, ya tobacco chewer! To the editor, One cannot truly say that spring is here until the Imprint has its annual baseball whining article. Rich Nichol is certainly not the first, nor will he be the last to whine about baseball salaries.
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in the minor leagues. Mr. Nichol atso claims thafbascball players are overpaid in comparison to athletes in other sports. He quickly dismisses the irgument that baseball players play twice as many games in a season than hockey or basketball players. Now, I will agree that baseball is- not as physically demanding as hockey or basketbalI, but he is missing the point. Because there are twice as many games, baseball attracts more money than hockey or basketball. Hence, baseball players are worth more to the teams than athletes in other sports. Both Kelly Gruber and Wayne Gretzky attract fans to the games. But Gretzky can only do so 80 times per season, while Gruber can play up to 162 games per season, * Mr. Nichol is concerned that rising salaries ti result in higher ticket prices, and eventually hurt the fan. Mr. Nichol has obviously not researched the matter. The bulk of the money in baseball comes from television, not from ticket sales. If the reverSe were true, the Cleveland Indians would have folded by affornow:1 find mrrent baseball $ck t prices dable, and at 50,000 fans per & e, a lot of people in Toronto must agree. Suppose for a second that baseball salaries were reduced to an average of $30,000 per year. Baseball would fail to attract the level of talent it currently has. The quality of the game would suffer: As well, the salary reduction would only mean more money for the club owners. I personally would rather see the money going to the top athletes who actually do the work, @an watching the owners get richer. I’ve noticed thatwhile people are quick to complati about high salaries in baseball, few people complain about salaries in the entertainment,industry. f3iU Cosby and Michael Jackson both. earn $100 million a year. I prefer to watch Jose Canseco hit home ruris’at onetwentieth the price. Ifsomeonecanmake$3millionayearplaying a kid’s game, let t$e. It’s not c&in& the fans very much, Quit wm and let them pby ball.
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coffee house, and through a generous from the Bombshelter, we managed to raise about three hundred dollars for the Red Cross’ relief efforts in the Persian Gulf. The Students Gulf Relief Fund is grateful to all those individuals who dropped their change in our donation tins and barrels, who attended or performed at the coffee house (especially Linzee Stewart, who donated all of the equipment for the night), and who donated their own time to post SGRF flyers around campus. Thanks to Fed Hall, the Grad House, Food Services, the Arts Coffee Shop and the Bombshelter for giving us places to install our tins. Thanks to Bryan Smith and Simon Ross and the rest of the Human Rights Board’s External Commission for their time and sup port and especially for their co-sponsorship of the coffee house. A very special thanks to the Bombshelter, which contributed over a third of our final total. Bomber manager David Playfair was unbelievably supportive and a real pleasure to work with. David’s and the Bombshelter’s cooperation were invaluable to us. Finally, I’d like to express my personal gratitude to grad student William Buschert. Despite a heavy course load and job comrnitments outside of school, Bill took easily threequarters of the campaign’s burden upon himself - outstripping everyone else in terms of time and personal resources committed to the SGRF, not to mention his deep stores of energy and patience. donation
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To the editor, Although lug-a-mugs have been around for a while now (not to mention the classic china hardware stuff), 1find that many people still use Styrofoam cups, because it is so easy and convenient. In order to make it 1-s convenient for those lazy and inconsiderate people, here is my suggestion: why not charge people extra for the Styrofoam cup? If all the food outlets on campus agreed to charge say 10 cents a cup, that might give people aT: incentive to bring their own mugs. They would also be reminded of doing so every time they buy a coffee or tea. These 10 cents a cup could go to an environmental fund or toward WPIRG. The advantage over banning Styrofoam cups completely would be that even if you forgot your own mug, you can still obtain your much needed beverage (and also reuse Styrofoam cups themselves). Whaddaya think?
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receiveda letteron May 241991 about o$ensive cumments made by a professorduring a lecture. The letter was addressedtu Dr. Doug Wright, and copies were sent to the WomenSIssuesBoard, the prufessur in qltestian, Dr. Eydt, and Imprint. We would like to print the letter, but we rzeedthe author’s name and phone number before we can do so. 7%eauthurh name will not be printed, if he or she requestsit. Imprint
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On April 1,1991, the Region of Waterloo banned clean, corrugated cardboard from all landfill sites. This was done to encourage recycling, reduction, and reuse of a recyclable material which consumes vast amounts of landfill space. In essence, this means the clean, corrugated cardboard can no longer be placed in the University’s waste bins, or 6 the garbage. A number of steps have been taken to alleviate the problems this causes on campus: - University suppliers are beiig asked for alternative shipping methods, or to pick up boxes for reuse. - All students, staff, and faculty are asked to reduce and reuse wherever possible. - Student-run coffee and donut operations are asked to request that companies like Coke, Everfresh, and Hostess take their boxes back for reuse. To recycle in the residences, break down or flatten boxes, tie them in bundles of no larger than 30 inches by 30 inches by eight inches, and @ace them by caddy carts for Regional/City pick-up. To recycle on campus, break down or flatten box&, and place them by white, fine paper recycling bins for pick-up+ This stuff lis recyclable: clean corrugated cardboard (waffled material between two sheets of kaft paper), wet boxes, boxes with some tape (staples okay), and boxes with logos or colour patterns. This stuff is not recyclable: waxed cardboard (from fruit and vegetables); excessively taped (entire surface); greasy, oily, or blood-stained cardboard; cardboard lined with foil, plastics, or Styrofoam; coreboard tube (bolts from textiles and fabric industry); and boxboard (cereal, toy, soap, and show boxes, dividers in boxes). Boxboard can be taken to Caroline Street Recycling depot by individuals.
from UW News Bureau IJW team 7th at Fuelathon The University of Waterloo’s newest entry in the Shelf Canada Fuelathon finished seventh this year, ending a stretch of four consecutive first-place finishes. The University of California at Davis entry, called Shamu, travelled 1,952.S miles per Imperial gallon (0.1477 litres per km) to win this week’s contest held in Oakville. Second place was won by the University of Nebraska while the Universite de Sherbrooke was third. In the mileage-miser competition, UW’s Tornado, a front-wheel-drive, rear-wheel-steer vehicle, travelled 737.5 miles -on an Imperial gallon . (0.3830 litres per 100 km). “I think we did very well, said Prof. Stephan Lambert, noting the team was plagued with some problems including losing a chain in the first run and finishing with a leaky carburetor. The team included UW mechanical engineering students Andrew Glucklich and Misagh Mavaddat, while the driver was Cindy Sypher. The previous UW entry, Astral, was retired after setting a distinguished record of first-place finishes for four years. Astral’s winning numbers last year were 2,478.B miles per Imperial gallon. Shell’s fuel economy competition hosts engineering students from across North America and some international competitors who design and build cars to complete five laps around a track on the least amount of fuel. The competition, now in its 15th year, is held at Shell’s Oakville Research Centre. Tiananmen
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The Association for Human Rights in China (AHRC) will hold a Tiananmen Memorial Night on June 4 at UW on the second anniversary of the massacre at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. AHRC will also host an art exhibit from May 31 to June 4 to commemorate the event. Members of AHRC are from the two universities in Waterloo, and the surrounding communities. “Echoes After the Storm” is a collection from more than 30 artists, most of whom are Chinese Canadians but some are from the United States and Hong Kong. They created the work individually after the spring movement by the Beijing students in 1989. The memorial night to be held in the Davis Centre, room 1351, will include discussitins of human right issues, stories from China, poetry recitals, songs of changing times, images of shxdent movements, and a short play about the trial of dissidents by the Chinese government, say the organizers. It is coordinated by Prof. Gantham Pang of electrical engineering and Mr. B. Ho of NCR Further information is available from Prof. Peter Chieh, president AHRC at 888-4633. UW couple leaving
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Prof. Ronald Marteniuk and his wife, Prof. Christine MacKenzie, will be leaving UW this summer for Simon Fraser University in Bumaby, BC. Martetiuk, who is UW’s dean of applied health sciences and professor of kinesiology, will become SFU’s second dean of applied sciences on Sept. 1. He came to WV in 1973, was named chair in 1977, and in 1982 was appointed dean. He has a distinguished research record in the area of human motion control and learning, using mathematical modelling. “He hopes to continue an active research program, providing leadership to teams of researchers,” SFU said in a news release. MacKenzie, with TJW’s kinesiology department, will become an association professor in kinesiology at SFU. She is als0 the co-author of a new book, 17re Gxasping Hand, one of the first to describe how the brain controls hand functions from experimental and computational approaches.
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A new Canadian Studies course called “Canadian cultural narratives: fact, fiction, truth” has received top marks from University of Waterloo students involved in preparing it for use next year. The course is being developed for use on campus and for delivery in a distance education, or correspondence, mode. It will consider the many complexities of getting at the truth - or truths - behind contern-. I.. * 1 a- nistoncal events m wary ‘cana;la. A novel feature of the course, which is being prepared by Dr. Jeanne Yardley of UW’s Canadian Studies program, is a videotaped panel d&us&on on key issues arising in the interplay of fact, fiction, and truth. It’s this component, designed especially for the distance education version of the course, which has won praise from students. “As a result of this panel discussion . . . I am beginning to identify more clearly the values and assumptions of the people and institutions that lead us,” said one of the students, adding that he has “always been critical” but became “armed with an important new understanding” through the experience. The pane1 brought together UW professors Dr. John English of the history department and Dr. Bill Abbott of philosophy, Kitchener-Waterloo Record columnist John Kiely, novelist Veronica Ross, and about a dozen students from an on-campus class. finelists and students dis&ssed the various nuances, perspectives, interests, biases, and problems 0f r-
objectivity that are inher ‘ent in creat‘j--he+ A-..-,.A IlJLU~~ L.s-...mm-.e L 1IC CUUl3C on such topics ing narratives, whether in the writing as racism and nnarginality in of history, in stories in the media, or in narratives of JapaInese-Canadiar il’l+r---“--L :- rA7-works of pure fiction. ~.~~CIILIllCIll HI vvurId War Two, “I (had) pretty much itiken what I . cultural biases in media accounts oi the read and heard in an acad bmir ______s&lino - _._ .a s1LL hY-.-d-s.lYCWlUUll dland seal hunt, the as fairly truthful and wellabsence of hex moines in Canadian hisn-A AL* researchd” annthm Gttubnt uid “I h-krr~1, QUU LI it: I ise and fall - dependguess I never really thought about ing on whose account we read - of other DeoDle selertinp narticr rlar ( ‘;lpwlLcl h*w -----_-_ vu.~au~~~ IICL~ Des such as flying ace points tZ GLmct a paT;ion~Li G&i Rill. RL-hn* - yet I know I do this my! self.. . I ha& For more details on this course, (now) changed my view 1s on what I contact Dr. Jeanne Yardley at St. read in newspapers, histo. IriP\ .__ , xWPIC- ---, Thl’p a -413 TUIllCFU T-ihd College 1 at 885-1460 or and many other forms of MIAMI tp.” fax 885-6364. -----------,
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ticularly involved in developing models of the weld beads. His model permits conditions to be optimized even before the welding begins; thus it helps eliminate or minimize conditions that could lead to a defective bead being produced. Bedi’s expertise is in computer graphics and solid modelling. He and his students developed the computer models that determine where the pieces should be joined. They depict the two pieces of metal to be joined, including curves, and show beforehand the
Reseurchersfmdways tu improve automation
The next generation of advanced workplace robots is being developed by University of Waterloo researchers. Industry has used robot welders for years. Rows of them can readily be observed in automotive plants in Canada, the United States, Japan, Germany, and elsewhere. Robots do monotonous, repetitive work and they do it flawlessly. They function amid noise and toxic fumes. They take no coffee breaks and operate 24 hours a day, even without illumination. Until now, however, robot welders in automotive plants have also had to be confined to fairly simple, pre-programmed tasks. Many of them are “spot welders,” a very different process from gas metal arc (GMA) welding. Existing robots cannot see what they are doing so they can only weld curved pieces of metal or deal with other complexities of shape along pre-programmed paths. Similarly, variation in welding speed or allowances for variation in the thickness of the pieces being joined must be programmed into the robot prior to welding. The workpiece be must correctly positioned and, very often, held in place by clamps or jigs. In short, robots cannot begin to
path the robot will follow.
Research is continuing to make it possible for one to be able to tell beforehand exactly how the parts are to be joined. ‘This can all be attended to in the preoperation, before the welding begins,” Huissoon stresses. His own contributions include the part of the system that permits the tracking of a seam as it forms, including the software that permits the robot to control the torch. He has drawn on his knowledge of image processing and
vision analysis to develop the algorithm enabling the computer to know exactly where everything is. Lab tests in one of the robotic labs on campus show the Waterloo system works. It really does weld curved pieces of metal and at the same time exercises close control to minimize the need to grind the weld bead afterward. Its
match human welders in terms of the complexity of the work they can undertake. Several UW engineering professors and graduate students are changing that They are developing a new system for GMA welding that enables a robot to do much more complex things.
ability
control quality is particular the researchers believe. They are confident their system will handle many complex welding jobs, such as welding
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shielding gas between a wire electrode and the pieces themselves. This creates an electric arc between electrode and joint The heat generated by the arc causes the end of the electrode to melt and transfer to the pieces being welded. It also melts the edges of the metal being joined, creating a molten pool of metal, the weld pool, which m&es along the seam to meat6 a “weld bead” - a solidified ridge of metal remaining after the two pieces have been joined. Essentially, a weld bead consists of a mixture of filler metal from the electrode and the parent metal from the pieces fused; it provide
a strong.
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Three of four principal robotic welding researchers in University of Waterloo campuslab. They are (kfttoright) - Jan Huissoon, Hugh Kerr, and David We&man. Lab tests show the robot is capable of welding curved metal to flat sheet as shown. Photo by Chris Hughes
Thus the torch follows the sensor unit and adapts to the conformity of the metal, even if it is curved or wavy. The speed at which the torch moves can be controlied, as can the amount of wire melted into the weld. “Control of the torch position, wire, feed, voltage, and travel speed, all are automated,” Huissoon
summarizes.
problems. These included problems arisii from the first laser camera unit finding the seam two inches ahead of the torch, so the system ‘must allow for this continuous twoTinch delay. “Our system provides complete control of torch position, orientation, and travel speed while continuously tracking the seam,” des-
The successthe team has had is, at least in part, attributable to the comprehensiveblendsof talents.
connection.
A key feature of the new UW system is a unit that combines a laser and camera to guide the robot, and in turn positions
an elliptical collar on a cylinder - something that until now could only be done manually be a highly-skilled worker. So confident are they that they would look forward to working with a Canadian manufacturer, or more than one, interested in
that funds
welding, pieces of metal are fused an electric current through a
and regulates
the welding torch. The camera images are analysed using a microcomputer that can work out the profile of the edges to be joined. it can sense a curve or twist in the metal much as human eyes do. When it completes its calculations, it feeds inform&ion into a second computer thatcontrols the functioning of the robot=controUed welding torch. I
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Thesystemwill by no meansdisplaceall The system, a computer-integrated robot welding cell, will by no means displace all skilled workers. But it promises to replace those in competitive jobs where the volume of production is sufficient to cover set-up 33sts. The principal UVV researchers are Sanjeev Bedi, Jan Huissoon, Hugh Kerr, and David We&man. All are mechanical engineering professors and members of UW’s’ Centre for Integrated Manufacturing (WATCIM). As well, they all are members of the Manufacturing Research Corporation of Ontario
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The system includes a second camera unit that provide& additional data by viewing the weld pool - the pool of liquid metal that
tribes H&soon. “It determines each new set point for the welding torch as it moves along by taking just the right length from the queue
remains,
of points
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the weld bead when
the
torch moves
on. A special circuit board has been developed to analyze the information
from the second camera and feed this analysis back into the system.
Developing the UW system involved finding new solutions to a numb3 of challenging
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“Most robots have six degrees of freedom that is, six joints,” explains H&soon. “Our new research is intended to provide perhaps two additional degrees of freedom, through the movable turntable coordinated with the robot. If we can do this, we would expect to achieve a great increase in the latter’s ability to deal with complexity.” -
location.”
The success the team has had is, at least in part, attributable to the comprehensive blend of talents. Kerr is a metallurgist with Iongstanding interests in welding processes. We&man is a specialist in ftnite element (computer)
moving the system into the marketplace. Their hope would be that some day it can be manufactured in Canada, for sale not only here but around the globe. If this happens Canada could have a considerable impact on the machine tool industry worldwide. UW team members have made presentations at conferences and to industry. Their sponsor, MRCO, approves. (One of MRCO’s is technology transfer to objectives industry.) MRCO is trying to identify companies that might be end users of the new UW technology. It is aware, for example, 6f one Ontario company that is currentIy producing welded metal boxes, yet faced with very heavy costs grinding off the weld beads so the finished surfaces will be smqoth. The UW system might reduce such costs tremendously. The researchers have had four graduate students working with them. A new group of three students is expected to take the research a step further. One of their tasks will be to develop a movable turntable on which pieces to be welded can be placed. The hope is that the complexity of the tasks the system can handle will be vastly improved by changes in the position of the turntable. This will add complexity to the way in which the pieces and the torch itself relate
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M0st varsity athletes train during the summer to keep their skills sharp, but there are some local rugby players who figure that the only way to do so is to play. This summer, players from both the University of Waterloo Warriors and the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks are coming out to play for the Waterloo County Rugby Football Club, formerly the Cambridge Pirates. The team, which plays in the Niagara Rugby Union (NRU), is still looking for players to fill its three sides, though, according to team president and former Warrior Sion Jennings. In fact, this was the motivation for moving the team’s focus from Cambridge to Waterloo, a more cen-
coverage. “We wanted reflect
Seven
am. My alarm rings, I sleepily knock it onto the floor, where ,t continues to ring and I am forced to get up. The smell of stale beer does Nonders for the dull ache in the back >f my head. I begin to wonder if it’s dly worth it. We make our way iown to the trailer, load up oursure% and we’re off to the big TO. Thus began this term’s Windsurfng and Sailing Club’s first road trip to Zherry Beach in Toronto Harbour. Myself (vice-president), our presiient Mike Gorun, and members sven Budzisch and Ron Butler were he lucky four to make the full trip. he Toronto board-sailing Club :TBC) had organized an instructional ’ racing weekend featuring Jeff 3orgmeyer (a top Ontario circuit zompetitor and Fanatic / ART repnesentative. So Saturday dawned hot, overcast, md fairly calm. Perfect weather for practicing the basics, which is what Me were there for. Jeff spent the norning expounding a wide array of cnowledge on every aspect of boardjailing from learning how to rig your mard to playing cloud formations t0 your best advantage in a racing sihxation. A quick lunch, and then we hit the water for the practical part of our lesson. Jeff was great, spending time with each of us from rank beginners looking for their balance to the experts looking for tips on how to get that extra air or a smoother plane at hi& speck. We have to respect the professional who doesn’t forget about the beginners and will come right down to our level to help us out. This was
a fantastic
learning
accurately
our
team’s demographics,” Jennings said. “Most of our players are present or former Warriors or
Hawks. But the name also includes Kitchener and Cambridge, rather than being cities.”
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Waterl0o County plays tomorrow (Saturday) in a tournament in Niagara Falls, and next weekend heads off to New York state for another competition. The list of Warrior luminaries on the team is almost endless: last I season’s MVP Paul Toon and rookie of the year Edsen Castilho, this fall’s UW coaches GlennHarperand Brian Quistbe~alongwithWtir&4nni DougMiIburn,MichaelFischer,Peter
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But Jennings wants to see more community involvement as well, since the NRU playoffs start in the fall, just the time that university athletes return to their varsity teams. The Pirates formed in Kitchener and then moved to Cambridge in the early 1980s before coming to Waterloo this year. According to Jennings, although they’re moving to Waterloo, they’re still maintaining their contact with the Cambridge Pirates Old Boys Club which is still operating out of Cambridge’s Roger’s Field.
Former Warrior great Glenn Harper willcoach Waterloo County this summer and UW this fall. Imprint file photo Kier, and Jennings. And the list and Jeff Bender are all Warriors who doesn’t stop there: Dean Percy, Keith are on this summer’s Waterloo Buck, Eric Ciezar, Mark Cameron, County side.
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take a special interest in US throughout the day. We were approached by a cruiser who told US to move in closer to shore because a storm was coming through. When we explained that was the reason we were out there to begin with, they shook their heads and moved on. Later, one of our members was “pulled over” for failing to wear a lifejacket, and was slapped with a mandatory court appearance in Toronto, and a $50-$100 fine. When we patiently explained that a poor universi student simply. couldn’t afford
travel to Toronto for the sole purpose of payinga fine, we were told that these officers hadn’t made that partitular law. Myself, bold in the selfknowledge that my lifejacket was being put to proper use but foolish enough to cruise over and inquire what all the fuss was about, got immediately accosted and reprimanded for the incredible oversight of forgetting my whistle. There must be a room full of incredibly bored law-
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with a twisted sense of somewhere. a full day of surfing and empty stomachs under our belts, we headed out for some Greek cuisine at the Astoria. A few Heinekens, some great hospitality, and some wonderful souvlaka later, we were treated to a fine display of Autobahn-honed European driving technique by our chauffeur Sven through a snaking SO, with
experience
for all of us, and we all brought home many tips that will keep us busy for a while to come. Jeff also lent us one of his boards to play with, a Fanatic turns Viper, and we all took experiencing what it would be like to be able to afford the high-end equipment. John Darling, president of the
downtown traffic jam. Sven, by the way, earned the MOCTC award
(Most Obnoxious Characteristic in a Travelling Companion) for his imitation of a wrong-answer game show buzzer whenever he didn’t agree with something. Sunday dawned (or rather, didn’t) with cold, driving rain and high winds. Adding to our general impression of surfers as very friendly people but living in a different world, we found the beach crowded -- people rigging up in the rain, wearing every variety of wetsuit, drysuit, running shoes, and even toques in an attempt to stay warm. Bob Hartai, another one of our members, showed up to check out the wind. Most of us braved the elements to get out and managed to hold our own against the elements for a while, but the wind took its toll and we were eventually content to watch the resident board-sailing gods work their magic out on the water. It is incredibly inspiring to watch an expert at work, and this was no exception. Boards planing with only the rear foot or so actually touching the water, screaming down a beam reach to whip around in a lightning-fast gybe, gouging the turn out of the water. After it was all over, we loaded up Barry Bond’s (our treasurer) truck and headed home. Barry had managed to mangle his knee in a cycling accident and unfortunately couldn’t surf. We’re very thankful to him, though, for playing taxi all weekend. If anyone is interested in joining the Windsurfing / Sailing Club, we are aimed at all levels of experience. Many of our members are qualified instructors and are willing to help out beginners and many are also experienced surfers who just want access to the club’s equipment. Membership is currently $20 per term, for which you receive instruction in rigging and sailing techniques, and after you pass a basic proficiency test you are allowed to sign out the boards for your own use. Contact Mike Gorun (president)
TBC, was also really friendly and a great help. He got us set up, helped US rig up, and lent us a few of his boards
and sails. After our lessons, we were free to roam the harbour and practice our new skills. The Bay Watch seemed to
Waterloo will be operating with two senior teams in the NRU B and C divisions, and an under-19 team. Jennings hopes to attract the 45 players necessary for three 15-man sides. Interested players can contact Jenningsat 747-1116 or Doug Milburnat 570-1855.
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And they call Toronto fans fickle! After attending two Montreal Expos games last week, I have come to understand the reason that they are: 1) losing a ton of money, 2) are always the subject of sales/moving rumours, and 3) should be moved from Montreal. The Expos have the worst fans in the world. Despite the fact that the Expos are playing fairly mediocre ball at the moment, there is no excuse for the dismal crowds which have (not) been filling the Big 0. , The first game was attended by a little over 16,000 fans, barely half the number which attend the average major league basebaIl game, and about one-third as many as attend Blue Jays’ or LA Dodgers’ games. That wasn’t as wretched as things would get, though. The second game I went to was a Thursday afternoon affair, designed to appeal to students. To this end, there was a deal on whereby you
bemuse
their team was trailing!
could get tickets for a two-for-one special by wearing the colours red, white, and blue (a stipulation enforced so laxly that my blue, orange, and white San Diego Padres hat was accepted as a substitute). How many people turned up to take advantage of this great deal - a baseball game for as little as $2.751 - 8,800. That’s right, less than 9,000 Montreal residents bothered to drag their sorry asses to the stadium. As one of the few in attendance, I enjoyed watching the Philadelphia Phillies’ Tommy Greene pitch a nohitter, an event which most baseball fans are never lucky enough to see. Were the Expos fans even aware that they were witnessing a special moment, a magnificent sporting achievement? Apparently not. Peapie were leaving the stadium in the eighth inning, after the Phillies had padded their lead to 2-O. I repeat:
The 5,000 or so who bothered to stay in the stands didn’t even acknowledge the achievement until the ninth inning. I was one of the lonely voices cheering during the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings. What’s the point of all this Expo fan-bashing? Well, I hope that the Expos are sold and moved as soon as possible- It’s an embarrassment to Canadian baseball fans when a major league team in a city of mbre than three million people is outdrawn by two minor league teams (the Vancouver Canadians and the Buffalo Bisons). The sooner the Montreal Expos cease to be, the better. We’ll see how Montreal fans much spol-@ appreciate the thrill of the NHL and WIAF off-seasons, while major league baseball fans are enjoying summers of great ball.
Expos fans were leaving the stadium in the eighth inning of a no-hitter
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The weather was beautiful and the fastball/slopitch season got off to a promising start. In the fastball loop, the Squeezers, Northstars, and Men’o’PAS were winners with easy victories. Hurler Steve Malinowski showed some impressive pitching, recording nine strikeouts over four innings. In the slopitch loop, the defend&g champions Pre-schoolers continued their ;yinning ways with a 14-5 victory over the U&an Destroyers. Oth& winners included North 3/6 Brewers, Need a Better Name, Trojans, Gl Geos and Moist.
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League A basketball action saw the Wet Goats From Hell Again lose a close game to Kiwi Sunrise 45-44 while the Eclectic Hogsmen continued to dominate with a 59-48 decision over Macker Maniacs. B-league games saw some one-sided victories including a 58-20 romp of the Wolverines over Ohmnipotent and a 61-25 victory for Watball over the Runnin’ Blue Pineapples.
However, the most impressive win of the week belonged to the Chiefs as they smoked Davinci 90-20. In other
Will CFL interest noWJ sky-Rocket? With the Canadian Football Hague training camps only one week away, everyone is wondering what the status of its eight teams will be this season. ’ While league administrators look at ticket sales and, thusly, the allmighty dollar as the main indicator of its survival, I prefer to look at the game itselfFirst of all, the biggest question so far is “Will one player (new Toronto Argo Raghib “Rocket” ismail) be the saving grace .of the league and boost interest in the CFL?” Maybe he will be the saving grace temporarily. But the novelty of the Rocket will pass in three or four years, unless of course he spearheads a $ring of Argo Grey Cup championships similar to Warren Moon’s achievements with the Edmonton Eskimos dynasty of the early ’80s. Sure, the Rocket will certainly draw larger crowds at SkyDomeand the Argos will once again be in the black But for the other teams in the CFL, the Rocket will only appear once at the West division stadiums and either once or twice at the Eastern fields (excluding playoff appearances). Therefore, he wiII not have a huge impact on ticket sales for other teams in a 17-game schedule. Secondly, while the CFL must try and maintain an original and traditional format to differentiate its game from that of the NFL and the WLAF, some changes must be made to solidify its survival. One single rule change that would make the game much more exciting and optional would be to add a fourth down. With the present threedowns format, a team only gets two chances at ten yards before having to punt the ball. Sure its more challenging even with the larger Canadian football field, but for some teams it is too challenging. CFL teams will commonly have drives of three or six plays, but rarely do you see a New York Giants-style, nine-minute, ten-play touchdown drive. Ball possession in the CFL is about as long as it is in tennis, so how can the fans get excited when there is virhmlly no momentum building. Thirdly, why is there a single point awarded to a team that misses a field goal attempt but puts it through the back of the endzone? That is, simply, points awarded for failure, thus lessening the importance of accuracy. Finally, removing blackouts from all local TV stations would also be advantageous. Sure, some tight-fisted fans are going to save themselves the $15-20 and sit at home to bratch their local team. But won’t the extra.TV coverage draw more advertising revenue for the teams and also develop inter+ from fans who for various reasons can’t make it to every home game? Only two CFL franchises made money last year - maybe three or four will be above even over the next couple of years - and, unless some major rule changes are implemented, the Ieague will go down hill from there, die bv 1995, and Canadians will have to wait for an NFL franchise some&e after the year 2000. To sum it up, the CFL needs more fan support, that’s a given, but the league office has to take a serious look at its present format. See you at the game. Rich Nichol Sports Editor
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No matter how silly it seems, Dread Zeppelin is really a good idea: a band that does Zeppelin standards to a reggae beat witban Elvis impersonator as lead vocalist-cum-focal point. A good idea, but even good ideas can go sour when made manifest.
Judging the band by the standards that they’ve set for themselves namely, their oft brilliant recorded renditions of Elvis/&p - the Twist show was a washout. Dread Zeppelin’s two albums are inspired discs that entertain masterfully with their irreverant arrangements and Tortelvis’s Elvis jockeying. And at least once, they pull off the seemingly impossible: doing a song which is independant of being god humourous - “Your Time is Gonna Come”, a song that they do straight. But live, at the Twist, they failed to entertain. Even with a huge treasure chest of Elvis Presley-revue type antics from which to draw from, Tortelvis seemed more like a role-actor than he intended. Instead of being funny, or even - gulp - pointing out how Elvis became a poor specimen of human life, Tortelvis gave a clinic on how to put on a tired, workman-like show. His polished antics and contrived banter with Charlie, his personal assistant, had
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for some reason, the crowd loved them, including close friends of mine. If, I guess, you look p&t the band’s far-too-obvious humour, humour which appearently even lack5 the virtue of being hamfisted when they play live, they are entertaining as spectacle. And spectacle they were, and I did enjoy that for the first song (‘?mmigrant Song”). They lost me after that with their staid staging and assembly line proficiency. Mojo Nixon, on the other hand, put on a damnably fantastic show. He andhis new band - the Toad Lickers set back the clock to a time when “politically acceptable” meant only that you could get a government job, and took ample opportunity to point out the root of rock and roll: sex. Sex with Nancy Reagan, sex with sheep, sex with Mojo: it was all there in its naked truth. Mojo used “hck”as a comma, and “mofo” as a semicolon. Hence, his show was at times a bit puerile, but always great. Mojo sweated himself through a frenetic proformance that was peppered by his trips into the crowd and by the truly amazing sounds of his pianist - a dude reminscent of a young Jerry Lee Lewis. Mojo is an Elvis fanatic too, just like Tortelvis. But Mojo’s Elvis is the boyish, slim Elvis, the Elvis on the US stamp. Tortelvis follows a later, Vegas Elvis. Mojo’s Elvis is a sex machine; Tortelvis’s a jelly donought eater. Who do you think would put on a better show? Rock and roll.
Strange Days gig around a fair amount, so check them out next time they play. Their guitar-based sound
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Star quality - that’s what makes or breaks a band in image conscious 1991. Or in any period in the relatively short time line of rock and roll, for that matter. And Strange Days certainly have star quality: long hair, cool clothing, etc., etc. Yet, they are far from being simply clothes-horses: this quintet knows how to rock, And it seems that knowing and doing are the same word in Strange Days’ vocabulary. Playing to a full house at Phil’s in support of their justcompleted CD Lz@ Ain’t Easy, the band showcased their rootsinfluenced sound, but also demonstrated that such a sound still ha5 viability and vihlity. Having a sound does not always mean that your songs must all sound alike, and Strange Days pen them without rehashing them. They have evolved their ballad-like “Iohnnie” to a particularly fine form, nicely setting off their harder edged numbers, like “Don’t Bring Me Down”. Such subtlety does not often show in a live performance, but between the sound man and the band, they walked the tight-rope of loudness and clarity without falling into the depths below. But their show was not without its flaws: for one, they huddled after every song never playing more than one song in a row all evening. Such hesitancy did much to lessen the intensi& that they had carefullv built up; if the crowd hadn’t have b&en so partisan, the band might have lost them early in the evening. This behaviour points out another flaw: the band has opened up for some big names in their infancy, such as the Skydiggers, and they always seem to have enthusiastic crowds, but it is always the same people. Thus, smugness could become a vice, as could stagnancy. Performing more professionally in the future couldn’t do anything but good for them, and will be the only thing that safeguards a long and fruitful career a5 a band.
“Back
off, caped
crusader!
This
shares same indescribable appeal with the Tragically Hip, but Shannon Lyon’s voice is arguably more emotional. Decide for yourself, The band (Larsen Leibig bass; Lyon, voice/guitar; Bricker, drums; Paul Martin, guitar; and Mike Alviano, guibr) worked on their CD at Kitchener’s Sound on Sound studio with Nelson McCrossan behind the controls. That product will be reviewed in these very pages next issue,
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by Kevin
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to Imprint
Ah,
springtime!
A young
man’s
into writing a review of this year’5 edition. Probably the first question you have is “why should I bother to read, let alone bu-v, a collection of poetry e student body, *en I could
ents of this school do have thoughts of poetic verse. dine rest of the unwashed masses. is an annual collection of the written The second question is probably rumblings of the students of the UW “Yeah, but is this year’s online worth campus, and yours truly was duped reading?” Well, yes. And no.
As far a&I’m concerned, there is a lot of crap in onhe. I’m no big fan of college poetry to start with, mainly because the poets usually take themselves way too seriously. (Hint for
because
it looked
cool on the page.
online is just chock full of this kind of
self-conciously
earnest
poetry.
Among the more glaring examples: Shirley Moore’s ludicrous and embarassing “I’m not stoopid”, J. Hagey’s pointless impressionistic exercise (and it doesn’t even have a
prophetized an end to come.” Indeed. The above examples are just the gkwingiy bad entries: there are more
that are just, well, bland. Poems that just sit there and offer the reader
nothing
to interest
him or her.
Final verdict? *Not thought, but room improvement,
as bad as I for lots of
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Local bands rock Maryhill hampered the live performance. Lindsay performed Nonetheless, some interesting tunes, most notably a great cover of “A Day in the Life.” The second band of the even@ was Gord’s Ramble, conskhg of two men, two guitars, and a harmonica. Sound like a recipe for slow COU~Q/ folk music? It was, and Cord has a great voice for it. It’s not my cup of tea, but I’ve heard plenty of stuff from that genre (at my parent’s place) that sounds far worse. took over Ramble and woke the crowd up in a big hurry, starting with a rousing instrumental tune. Being somewhat of a hardcore band, their sound reminded me of, well, no one .m particular . + . hard and fast with shouting vocalists. You know, loud guitar and bass, intense vocals . . . all at 3000rpm.,They left the stage after doing Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” sped up to about double tempo. Napoleon from Gord’s
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our life away.
Photo by Dave Thomson
Next came Random Order, an allfemale band from that overpopulated city on the lake, Toronto. I would have e&.ly payed six bucks just to see this band. They were perhaps the most original and diverse band there they can’t be pigeonholed into any particular musical category. After a couple of songs I gave up on try&
to
cateemize
tbm
and
iilst
started writing down comparisons. what, you ask, is this Giant Leap Of They started off sounding like MonFaith thing? It is the recorded efforts treal band Me Mom and Morgantaler, of a dozen talented bands from the who bill themselves as be& a little area, on one compact disc that is bit of all musical genres. &ndom being sold at a &per low price. Order, in a similar Fashion, describe Elev& of the bands-that themselves as a “hip-hoppin’ reggae, the disc also appeared at rockin, skalysonian, blues band.” mercial Tavern in Maryhill last Friday Very danceable and entertaining and Saturday evening to celebrate the stuff. release of the CD. The vocalist and guitarist Lyn It was sometime after ten before we Phillips has an intense,-mesmerizi& made it Maryhill, so we missed the voice that must span four or five Diamondcutters and Roland Hoffer, octaves - I scribbled down somethand sat down about halfway through ing about her sounding like Sinead the Proles’ set. However, I was told O’Connor with a cold. that the Diamondcutters ‘were great” But unfortunately, even with all and that Roland Hoffer smoked a lot our technological knowhow, no band of cigarettes and kept the crowd sounds the same on a CD as in a bar. amused. The vocals just don’t stand out as First thing I noticed was the great much on the disc, no matter how loud sound system. Loud..,. and clear. you turn up your stereo. NevertheThen I noticed the Proles’ vocalist. He less, a veq talented trio that I hope was trying to produce that throaty, will return to the area soon. growling sound during some of the They were followed by An April choruses, but ended up sounding like March, which Ian described as the Forbidden Dimension, who sound “most psychic gothic band”... I was like their recording mike was i&de a also told that they were missing a 45 gallon drum, under water. But that “kickass”vo&st who is on their tape. aside, the Proies cook. They reminAn odd but entertaining bunch ded me - just a bit - of Tragically Hip, but with more rock and less rocthese are: a guitarist about nine and a half feet tall, a vocalist who was drowkabtiy.
ned out by the instruments, and a drummer. Together they produced great tunes, but do l.ittk more with their stage act than tap their feet. odd but entertaining. Last up were the Matriphiles. This is another band that’s tough to categorize . . . it’s suffice to say that they rock. Sometimes they would start out sounding like some standard commercialized stuff, but would then take the songs far beyond that. The combination of beautifully harmonizing vocals with talented appendages churning out melodies brought the dancers out of the crowd, even though such space is limited at the Commercial. A thoroughly worthwhile and pleasing evening. I was once again able to stand up unassisted bv early Saturday afternoon, so we were back in the tavern just after eight. The first two bands of the evening were quite a change from Friday night and although talented, didn’t quite meet expectations built up the previous evening.
Kate B. & th,e Beggar was a one& man show on Saturday night, but there are definitely two people singing on the disc. The track on the CD sounds great, and 1 think that the. absence of half the band definitely
Blownaparte
Next came Noisefloor, five guys who weigh less than their guitars, and who tie with N. Blownaparte for my vote of best track on the CD, if that counts for anj&ing. This fiv&person group has one drum set, three guitars, and bass.. . and it shows. They started their first song with a guitar kicking out a tune my friend recognized as a Wilcox one (I have my doubts), which was quickly rubbed out when the rest of them got their guitars plugged in and cranked up to 11. That song lasted at Ieast 20 minutes with most of the attention being given to the music, adding a dash of singing every now and then. The vocals were a bit muddied and weak, which might be explained by the fact that Robin (lead guitarist) had to ask for the monitor speakers to be turned on about four times, although they never were. Great band, regardless. The No Pagans couldn’t make it to the show, so the last band of night was the Grope Toads. There are four welldressed, regular toads, with a guest toad on Saturday night infusing a bit of jazz via his trumpet. These crowdpleasers have a well-polished stage act and play straightforward, likeable, danceable rock with a tit of rockabilly and, as I mentioned, a dash of jazz. As well as playing stuff from their cassette and the track on the cd, tliey did a great job with a medley of songs by Neil Young, DeeeLite, and Zep.pel.in, to name just a few.
Noise Floor Photo by Dave Thomson
Credit for the production of the CD and the evening go to Frank Fowley, who co-ordinated the whole project, and also to numerous members of CKMS 94.5 FM (w’s radio station) and CKWR 98.7 FM (a Waterloo community station). The CD is just chock full of talent and selling for some ridiculously low price, somewhere . the neighbourhood of 12 or I fiollars, I think. It is also being distributed to Canadian, American, and Australian radio stations to give these bands more exposure and hopefully the recognition that they deserve.
Band before time by Lance Manion
Imprint
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Considering Dinosaur jr’s legendary laziness, I guess it’s not surprising that their Toronto show last week was such a lacklustre affair. The temptation
now
is to &AIow the lead
of frontman J. Mascis and simply leave the review at that, but given that they did,play for ninety minutes or so, I guess they deserve more than a sentence, So: after a band named Die Kreuzen (as in “die cruisin’,” I wouId
like to think) warmed the stage for ‘em, the three members of Dinosaur Jr came out and played. A few things should be established early on. First of all, th$.bassist and drummer were obviously never intended as anything more than sidemen to J.‘s savage guitar. Secondly, J.‘s guitar is actually not all that interesting live. The best thing about Green Mind and Bug was the layering of acoustic and electric six-strings. This is lost on stage, as directionless noise spills all overthe place. The third important thing is that the songs just don’t sound that good. Only ‘They Always Come”and ‘The Wagon” approach the excellence of the LP versions. Othetie, a selection of fine songs are clogged with sonic sludge, -obscured by volume. (Oh, did I mention that this was a very loud show? I’ve never seen a bunch of society’s-fringe types so happy to wad toilet paper into their ears.) The biggest disappointment is “Freak Scene,” one of the band’s finest songs, which here has all the finesse and
subtlety of, of , . . well, of something with not much finesse and subtlety. (Listen, if Dinosaur Jr can be drab and unimaginative onstage while collecting everyone’s 15 bucks, this is the kind of drab and unimaginative review they’re gonna get. You get the Imprint writer you deserve, ylcnow. Gee, what does that say about someone like Dylan?) And a couple other things. The band’s stage presence was laughable. They hid in semi-darkness for much of the show, stood frozen in their shoes for the rest. And far be it from me of all people to say this, but that boy J. needs a haircut and a good scrub. And finally, it wasn’t really necessary to begin every song with navel-inspired guitar-noodlings. Given that I love this band’s albums so much, I’d like to find something worthwhile in their stage show. But I search in vain, so I’m left playing my records very loudly while picturing a skinny shaggy beast putting on a great
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eight minutes ot swooshing guitar effects that make up “Safesurfer,” the pancake-flat vocals on “Pristtren,” or the dirge-!ike “Promised Lnd” “S&surfer” in particular is completely out of control - it sounJ~ like a teenage guitar novice’s experiments with his new effects pedals. For rock‘n’roll excess, it even tops the Sisters of Mercy. Stylistically, Yr;~&Qrit+k~ is illI ovc,‘r the map. In the space of a single side, Cope can toss off a Skqes-clone like ‘Hanging Out an Hung Up On The Line” and swing through a piece of thoroughly ’90s B&-pop like “Double Vegetation.” Likewise, he can produce concise, focussed song like ‘Beautiful Love” and onto as schizophrenic and wandering as ‘Hung Up and Hanging Out To DI$’ with its epic sub-Zeppelin cymbal bridge. The linking factor is, if course, Cope’s dementia. Occasionally, this isn’t enough to connect the jarring changes -.. ” in musical approach.
ry Paul Done imprint staff Julian
Cope
inhabits a strange regions of pop music. As a member of the legendary reardrop Explodes, he established his kooky genius credentials, and during his solo career he has had sporadic moments of artistic accomplishment, like “Sunshine Playroom” 3r most of Fried. Lhwbe, he has had moments of popular success, most recently “World Shut Your Mouth,” md ‘7irampolene” from 1987s St
place in the nether
Wkl?l.
In fact, he.has had just enough of ach to keep island records footing he bill for each successive album hey- know that the)/re always guaranteed a certain number of units mid based on his cult appeal. Sam-elow, despite all this, Julian Cope has wver broken through to either proiuce the great album he has stored sway somewhere inside him. Nor has te managed to catch the general pblic’s ear sticiently to sell a millon copies. Despite the epic vision of m Suicide, Julian’s recent double-album set, it’s not hii masterpiece. Nor is it 3oing to sell like crazy. In fact, the mly breakthrough this album signals is the untethering of Cope’s always bgile sanity from any binding ties of reason. It’s pretty safe to say that, from concept to completion, m Suicide is a testament to one man’s lunatic vision
of the planet.
With some merciless pruning, this have niade a very good single Lp. That kind of discrimination is never in the equation for oddball genius types like Cope, though, and we get what we are given.
would
The photos on the sleeve feature Julian (1) shaking the hand of an alien-looking bighead and (2)posing with said bighead with a Stonehengelike arrangement in the frame. What are we to make of these images? My first instinct was to assume thatthe ISD had f&lly gotten the best of Cope’s brain cells, and that he was completely fucking insane. In lieu of a lyric sheet, we are a& to Julian’s track-by-track ramblings. So, we find out that “Beautiful Love” is about swimming with Fungie the dolphin, and that ‘You” is a “dialogue behveen the Conscious mind and the Unconscious mind.” Further, we are enlightened to discover that “Hanging out and Hung up to Dry” is a “psychic driving song.”
The title, Peggy Suicide refers to a vision that Julian had of our Earth Mother “standing at the edge of the highest cliff of infinity - and was about to leap off.” Of course, we humans would all be killed in the process. Hence, this album serves as a plea, a warning to us unworthy humans, to straighten up, save the planet and . . . blah blah blah.
Do you believe my claim now that he’s insane?
It’s very difficult to give this a fair hearing, given the utterly rous cover art, which features ible painting of a Mother Earth
Despite the all-pervading dementia of this album, Cope’s brand of madness is a harmless, winning one. There are a few fine moments -
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“East Easy Rider” jumps the Groovy Train and swings in a pleant pop funky way, “Beautiful Love” harkens back to ‘The Greatness and Perfection of Love,” and ‘Qperskin” rocks quite nicely, if you pleasf2. Then again’ there are moments of unrepentant self-gratification: the
Even it Julian Cope never produces his masterwerke, there’s a killer double&P of his best solo stuff just waiting to be released. One could certainly grab “Double Vegetation,” “East Easy -Rider,” “Hanging Out,” and a couple of other from this album. To this you’d add a few tracks from each of Fried, WorZd Shut Your Mouth, St. .?ihn, My Nation Undepwtd, the odd single or B-side - and then you could title it Jdiun ‘s J&w?s. about how words that his persona, dwindling
by Trevor Blair Imprint staff As difficult a second album as Kill Uncle is, Morrissey continues to cull good singles from perplexing platters, and white Uncle unquestionably pales next to the Bona Drag compilation’ the Moz’s 45 successes area nod in the direction of a &queL “Dance music has killed the poi star,” sez Moz, and he is a pop star with a capital P. “Sing Your Life,” the most upbeat thing from Uncle, is an obvious choice for the follow up to “Our Frank.” Droning almost joyfully
“any fool can think of rhyme,“Moz has a poke at perhaps reflecting on his fame.
The fun continues with a rendition of The Jam’s ‘That’s Entertainment,“a true early ’80s classic. Resident Moz/ Jam Scholar/Historian Paul Done, while insisting Weller’s version supreme, nonetheless places his stump (sic) of approval on this. Johnny Man; embarking on another life with the imminent Elecfronic album, has apparently not spoken to the Moz for a few years. Smiths stragglers can fancy “The Loop” as an open invitation to both fans and bandsmates of old. In a sense it’s both exciting and annoying when album out-takes are more interesting than the LPs themselves. That “The Loop” and “That’s Entertainment” were passed over is a shame, but then they couldn’t really expect you to shell out 12 smackers otherwise, could they?
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In 1991, any new British troubador with a guitar must be compared to those holy names from the past, Costello and Bragg. John Wesley Harding seems to tacitly encourage such comparisons: his voice sounds eerily like Elvis’, and the attitude of slightly wounded bravado he cops fairly mks of Billy. Ultimately, though, he comes up short of his influences. On the surface, there’s a lot to recommend Harding’s second LP (which is almost interchangeable with his first). The record is full of well-crafted pop hooks, and Harding’s backqp band the Good Liars plays tightly and well. The songs both ballads and uptempos - are much more solid than anyone wouId have a right to expect, and as a performer Harding exudes confidencem So why does it all add up to an album that is basically a dud? Well, first of all there’s the vocals. While powerful and confident, Harding’s full-throated bellow is ultimately a little bland. He sounds almost too sure of himself, and his vocals lack any edge that might be provided by a little self-doubt or fear or guilt. Same goes for the!ytic3. While the songs are for the most part apolitical, Harding is still annoyingly didactic. The people he sings to are always the misfits and the fuck-ups, never Harding himself. It’s always Harding’s job to show them the error of their ways, him being so much wiser than everyone else, y’know. A glance at the sheer volume of the liner notes gives away the extent to which “Wes” is high on himself, just in case you haven’t seen him blow his own horn in concert.
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(Oh, and anyone who aspires - as Wes clearly does - to the heights of Costello’s wordplay and wit is going to have to do a lot better than pearls like “1 can teI1 when you’re telling lies.“) Lastly, the music mirrors the vocals - full of strength, but not very interesting. The more propulsive tunes - like “The World (and All Its Problems),” with its peppy horns manage to sustain a little interest, but the slower songs in particular sound bloated and ponderous. The whole thing winds up with an unforgivably boring cover of Tommy James”‘Crystal Blue Persuasion” that does nothing for the song. and nothing for John m tape or compact disc? comesthe reply. Stop in today and check out our selectionof obscure, hard to find used vinyl, independent cassettes, soundtracks. and vintage rarities from decadespast. (We also stock CDs, posters, mags, T-shirts etc). 146 King St. W.,Kitchener, open 10 to 10 MonaSat.,
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Arts Brurkrk& using
exhibits slightly
by Rich Nichol staff
The Doobie Brothers have had a moderately successful 19-year musical career with hits like “China Chve” and ‘Taking - It To __ ‘T’k Sm&’ setting the precedents in the early days. The departure troubadour Michael
veteran of MacDonald has
For as long as I have been acquainted with the Butthole Surfers, I have always thought that never before has there been a band which has betrayed its talent so completely. This theory of mine has been loosened somewhat by this band’s last two long playing albums. Their previous album, Hairway to szebwl, disposed of, or downplayed, the copious use of cacophonous effects upon all of the instruments and Gibby’s vocals. To date this has been, and still is, the band’s most solid offering. Their latest release, piouhgd, is a continuation from that work. This album contains a sprawling five-part
a broad virharder than
But don’t expect any mentally challenging lyrics. Almost every word ending in “ing” becomes in’ (er’, kinda like yer typical chin-waggin’ and gum-flappin’ with the missus at the bowlin’ alley.)
“Rollin’ On,” the best track on the album by far, is a patented Doobie Brothers cut reflecting past ventures along with ‘This Train I’m On.” And what’s an album without love sonEs? “Divided Highway” comp&es relationships between people to that of a forking road, while “Showdown” on a two-timing plots revenge girlfriend, and “Our Love” describes the potential of a budding romance. The latter, a leisurely ballad, is the onlv enjoyable one of the three.
Brutherhmd is spearheaded by the meaty single “Dangerous,” written solely by guitarist Pat Simmons with well-integrated brass arrangements.
So, after softening up their style in the past five years, it is nice to hear the Doobie Brothers heading back in the right direction.
western country and epic, “Lonesome Bulldog” a two-part pop culture tour de-force, “Revolution,” a rip-off of the Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Never Understand,” “Something,” and an almost straightfonvard rendition of Donovan’s “Hurdy Gurdy Man.” It serves as a veritable mixed grill of the varying styles and sounds that are the Butthole Surfers. “Lonesome Bulldog” continues the vein which was mined for the Surfers’ song “John W. Smoke” from fiuinvuy ta Steven. This time the song’s pr* tagonist is Mahatma Gandhi, a young Lndian boy spawned by a white mother and rastafarian father living in Johnsonville. The musical influence is not seventies g&ar bands, a~ it wan for “John W,,” but rather old style country music of the “get along little doggie” school. The versions of this song are spread thoughout the album and thus offer a refrain similar to Andrew uoyd Webber’s continuous repetition of the same musical score within the same play to breed continuity. Although differing from Webber, their continuity is not an expression of a lack of creativity.
penchant for storytelling come across in his lyrics. The Surfers songs always have a purpose or have some semblance of meaning. They do not create disposable pop songs or use those tired themes.of love or success which would guarantee them greater acceptance. “Something”‘s lyrics are quite disturbing as they paint an .episode of domestic violence over jangling surf guitars. One wonders if the escaping woman within ‘PSY” is in anyway connected to this previous scene as the track follows “‘Something.” Overall “piouhgd” is quite good. Its name is in some ways inconsistent with the music on the album. Upon first receiving this album, I thought
Ed touches Torte and pulls back
by Bernard
Imprint
Keamey
staff
.
To see ‘em is to believe ‘em. If you were lucky, you satisfied your curiosity last Monday, when Tortelvis, Jah Paul Jo, Ed Zeppelin, Putt Mon, Fresh Cheese and Cheese, and Charlie Haj (the guy who brings Tortelvis his towels on stage) rolled their parody wagon into The Twist, wielding their special brand of “Zeppelin music inna Reggae style”. If not, you’ll have to settle for a copy of their latest album, 5,ooO,m. What I like most about Dread Zeppelin is the many facets of appreciation they evoke. One sitting through .5,~,,ooo* will induce cacophonous guffaws, the next will have you karaokeing your way along trying out
Once
again
Gibby
Friday,
May 31, 1991
thatanalbum
title which phonetically
spelt out the abbreviated form of “pissed off” would lead the band back to the days of the angrier Lxust Abw
tion Tthnican or even the (Eating) Cream Corn jbm the SQcker qf &zmmy) Davis albums. However, this is not the case. The Butthole Surfers progr63s with this album rather than regress. The band continues to reved their talents rather than cover them
up. Thus their betrayal recedes as they allow their mu& to succeed.
Hanes’
a stump
_. similar piece, a spaced-out relates the seedy tile of her with two guitar players and constantly at awe of the baby and the magic of Pussy.”
Not for the faint of heart or the closed of mind, Bongwater gets right down into the gutter where all the fun is. Magnuson explores the various sex roles that popular society have placed on women and exposes the absurdity of them all. Throughout is her determination that women define their own sex lives and that they demand the right to enjoy whatever gets them off.
“I am Woman, hear me roar, do you come and fancy more? Ill get down here on the floor” - Ann Magnuson,
from lI4 ??~wpr of A4sg.t
Here it is, the latestfrom New York’s post-pornosexual porn panderers, Bongwater. The sweet heart siren/diva of the underground, AM Magnuson, and retro-electric music master Kramer have created 17 tracks
of deconstructed
Behind this are Kramer’s clever samples of everything from Lenny Bruce to wrong numbers on answering machines, The music ranges from folk to blues to heavy thrash, depending on the needs of &e sow Magnuson’s various stereotypes that women receive through the modern
social de-sleaze.
Oscillating between the contra&ction of contemporary love lives and scathing critical commentary, ‘“The Power of pUssy”is the funniest album yet from the sperm&c due. Nothing
seems wrbonen
or excused
from
groupie group sex a chicken, chicken’s “Chicken
media romp through the platter, from the hutch country momma on “Mys-
a
proper sodomizing. Art critics, rednecks, car salesmen, Playboy, folkies, Hollywood, even fellow musicians, ranging from Nick Cave to Canned Heat, are valid targets of their stingin& salty spoc~c?> Unlike most attempts at this kind of sexually grounded satire, every song is distinct, cutting, and hilarious. Bongwater’s cyber-cynical sarcasm is polished just enough to bedazzle, harsh enough to offend. Just look at *is sampling. On “Obscene & Pornographic Art,” Magnuson relates the story of one women’s adventure in the Museum of Modern Art and her quest to satisfy maddening urges, with a slbw-burning funkscape and a highly excitable nymph moaning and shrieking in the background. In a
tery Hole” to the politically correct, spiritually lost neo-hippie on “Trolk Song” (who reveals that Jesus is much easier to accept when he looks like William Defoe and that a woman’s existence is just sucking and shopping) to the easily excited, harshly satiated slut “Connie.” This album is most cool; Bongwater champions the voices of those who are marginalized by the New Right, the New Left, and mainstream feminism. These women’s experiences speak volumes on how these special interest groups have only been interested in furthering their own power at the expense of those they continually cite as trying to help. Heavily subversive and plenty fun for all the post-illiterate our there in music land, 77~ Power of Pussyis the feel-good album of the summer.
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your best Elvis impersonation; Once the initial phase of amusement has subsided, j7ou can sit backand enjoy it for what it is, a damn fine musical effort by six damn fine musicians. In the way only they can do it, the Dreads include on 5,iW,,ooo* “The Son Remains the Same,” a fabulous cover of Bob Marley’s “Stir it Up,” a highlight of which is Tortelvis ordering a light snack at the drive&u. Other nifty tracks - like the perversion of “Dazed and Confused” (called “Do the Claw”) and “Misty Mtn Hop” further exemplify Dread Zeppelin’s ability to uniquely resuscitate a band 1 had thought long dead.
Arguably, the best tune on the whole album (and I cringe when admitting this because normally, I really, really, really hate this song, but - gulp! - here goes anyway. . .) is “Stairway to Heaven.” There, 1 said it. This version, combining the vocal talents af both Tortelvis and Ed Zeppelin, should encounter no problem in replacing the original at high school dances from Memphis to the Misty Mountain. The name of the album ii 5,@@iXW5 The + refers to an explanatory footnote: 5,000,OOO as in “Five million Tortelvis fans can’t be wrong.” Ned I say more?
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Another potential hit “Under The Spell” contains some impressive guitar vamps and also inventive keyboarding from guest musician Dale Ockerman.
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What Madonna does not realize, at least did not realize at the start of this uridertaking is that to tell the truth about herself is to reveal the truth about everyone around her. Thus Sheila Watson’s Duuhk Hook is proven in a modern context: “that YOU can’t catch the gIory on a hook and hold on to it. That when you fish for the glory you catch the darkness too.” She exposes the truth about others with the same cavalier candidness which is her film’s raison d’etre. In her . :I. -jrj:.:,;.,. .. r::!:;.. ;: ( enthusiasm for the truth, Madonna i discloses her brother’s alcoholic tendencies, the rape of her hairstylist
Lagoganis was busy)..At first, these films were to be her private videodairy of this Herculean tour during which she traversed the globe performing her own - rock opera. However, the focus of this footage soon escalated to become a major motion picture. Truth or Darlj portrays the many faces of Madonna. We witness her multifaceted religious, regal, righteous, and racy personas. In relation to the various dancers who made up her entourage for the duration of the tour, Madonna first takes up the role of star-maker but ultimately becomes a matriarchal figure to this her tour family.
interesting enough for a good movie? Obviously Jim Morrison’s plummeting demise was not - well, at least not when it was placed in the hands of Oliver Stone. In fact most star docudramas involve the self-destruction of said star as the crux of the film. You witness it in the movies made about the despondent lives of the likes of Billie Holliday, Chet Baker, Charlie Parker, and the list goes on and on. The same mentality that makes people slow down to watch traffic In the beginning of the film you get accidents must compel them to watch a sense of Madonna as “The these melancholy movies about the Millionaire” just like on the television side effects of being a celebrity. Judge show of old where a rich benefactor how many peopIe watch movies like would make people’s dreams reality T32e Doors and Sid arld ikrtcy versus by giving them a million dollars. Not the turn-out for the sunnier and more that Madonna is paying these dancers positively charged celebrity movies millions of dollars, but rather she is such as Listen Up (remember it was acutely aware that she is making their about Quincy Jones . . . well, I think it dreams become reality by granting was about Quincy Jones). them their Warholian 15 minutes. I am sure there are a lot more In this instance, Madonna’s celebvultures then there are virtuous rity status grants her a heady attending these films with the mindeuphoria. However, by the end of the set of “give me a good Hollywood film, the interdependent relationship celebrity snuff film over a Horatio which has developed between this Alger rags-to-riches movie any day.” touring extended family is quite visThus, we evoke the platitude: “why ible. It becomes clear that Madonna that’s the price of being a star.” The needs the attention of those around cost of “having to take the crunihy her as much as they need the refuge with the smooth” (peanut butter that Madonna offers them in “the metaphor compliments of Billy haven of her bed” among other Bragg). places. So what can the stars do? Do they At one point Madonna refers to her have no say whatsoever? Well, no. Ihere are options available - they tour clique as the Partridge Family, if m&i act like, or actually be, a totally so, this is a Partridge Family for the ’90s with Rueben Kincaid being boringperson, they could stop being 3celebrity, or they could commission, played by Warren Beatty in absentia, Jr make, their own movie. Madonna Madonna being the farthest thing :hoose the last. possible away from Shirley Jones, with the inception of her Blonde and with the entire family itself living hbition tour, Madonna appointed out their various alternative lifestyles. ln this sense Danny would not be a an unknown, Alex Keshisian, to be her personal “cinematographer” drug addict, but rather a drag (gee..,1 guess Muchmusic’s George queen. your
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During what is widely considered his most productive and brilliant period, Bob Dylan released lhree albums that shaped the entire genre of popular rock music. At the same time, Dylan was working equally hard to create a personal mythology which would adequately accompany his revolutionary musical work. Looking back on his 3O-year career, his endeavour to create such a persona was as successful as his eclectic forays into the various personal interpretations of human emotions. This perpetual
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on the performing aspect of Dylan, and as such, live performances and out-takes receive the most attention. Of a triumph like Lksolation ROW, Williams devotes only a short paragraph, stating that he is “in awe of it.” While this doesn’t seem to be adequate treatment of such an “important” song it’s better that Williams devotes more time to songs that most music fans haven’t heard, since to read about what someone thinks about a song you have your own opinion about seems more than a little self-gratifying. This allows fans to if not hear the songs, at least give them some idea about what to bother looking for. Such is the case with “She’s Your Lover Now” also known as “You’re Her Lover Now” or “Just a Little Glass 0f Water No. 89210.” Williams describes this song as the one which started him searching for Dylan bootlegs, and he describes the song in such a WY that has me ready to sell my soul for a copy.
Dylan’s words, are just that, words, and if “How Does it Feeeeeeeel?” didn’t sound right to him, he would have substituted any number of questions. Dylan’s power comes from his ability to manipulate sounds to create an experience. The music, the words are completely inseparable. Abok * all, this process had to be pure and automatic, not specified for a predetermined outcome. . TO be able to convey this in literary form is what Williams has been able to achieve in his book. No small task since his topic is the chameleon of rock. In the 13 years that this book covers, Dylan goes through three careers, and it is all Williams can do to keep up.
Volume two, which covers Dylan’s wanderings from 1974 t9 the present is due out sometime early next year. That book may even be a more interesting read than the chapter of Dylan’s life covered in the firstbook, since everyone is generally in agreement with the magnitude of Dylan’s achievements prior to his motorcycle are literally accident. There thousands of hours of Dylan waiting to be heard, and no doubt WiUiams will tackle them with the honesty and love for Dylan’s music that he has shown in this tome.
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Fortunately, Dylan fans can experience this for themselves on the Biogmph box set which contains this specific version. For other recordings, however, we are not so lucky. One of the (dis)advantages of this book is that because Dylan’s official recordings repreent onIy the tip of the iceberg in terms of his productive output (some estimate at roughly ten per cent), most of Williams’ references are to works which only the most relentless of Dylan collectors will ever experience. As the title of the
the language fills in the spaces. Those specific symbolic who perceive references in Dylan’s songs (this stands for that) are almost always barking up the wrong tree - they assume that discovered meaning must necessarily have been encoded by conscious intellect. Dylan’s technique skips steps. His ‘symbolic’ language is intuitive, not rational, felt not preconceived. The perfoting artist isn’t interested in whether we understand what he’s saying. He wants us to listen to the way he says it+ What we feel while we’re listening is what we get.”
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