1991-92_v14,n04_Imprint by Editor Imprint

iiday, June 14,1991 Vol. 14 no. 4

Second Class Registration Number NP6453 Kitchen-, Ontd

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T H E UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO S T U D E N T NEWSPAPER

Session June 24 and 25. Graduating 91192 Co-op students, who will be on a Fail Work Term, Come to Humanities Theatre 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. Career Services will explain “Graduating Students Interviews”. The session will be repeated Tuesday June 25 at Humanities Theatre, 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.

orientation

VOLUNTuRs LJW ho&s Canada Day 1991 on July 1. Students, staff and faculty are needed to nelp organize UW’s Canada Day activities. Celebrate Canada’s birthday on campus 4th members of the K-W community. For Information call Marlene Miles, ext. 3276 or Steve Nason 888-0767.

Volunteer-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. - Environmental conterence, based on sustainable campuses, needs volunteers for organization, accomGreen Conference

modations, fundraising, etc. Career %source Catre - Investigate how you can use and enhance your skilis - be part of several projects currently in progress. Swnds of Summer &stivaI - Interested in reading to children? Help at the Literacy’s Coalition’s tent as part of the Festival Saturday, June 22 and/or Sunday, June 23. If i~~te~~~ted in a volunteer opportunities,

call ext. 2051 or drop by CC 150A. Tutors wmted each term to assist with ConversaBonai and Written English. Contactsheryl Kennedy, International Student Office, NHZOSO.

Canadian Authm Amoc - holds meetings the first Monday of every month at the Kitchener Public Library. For more info contact Lenore Latta 8241225 ; Susan Gibbons 744-0900 ; Dale G. Parsons 742- 1495.

The Heritage

Resources

Centre

at the

University of Waterloo is offering 4 oneweek summer programmes for children age 8 to 12. A combination of educational and physical activities focuses on local historic and natural themes. The 4 themes this

summer are: 1. Exploring tie Grand - July 2 to 5 -cost $85. 2. Niagara Escarpment - July 8 to 12 cost $95. 3. Niagara Escarpment - July 15 to 19 cost $95.

4. Long Point Camp Out - Aug. 12 to 16 cost $140. For further information, please contact the Heritage Resources Centre, University of

Wednesday,

DEADLINE

Doon mw Crossroads opens for summer season on Sunday, May 5 from 10100 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This isa non-profit museum. For info contact Marcia J. Shortreed at 748- 1914. “Antique Car Day” on Sunday, June 16

for Classifieds &Page2 Announcements is Mondays-5 p.m.

Seagram Museum - “The Wine Cellar” opened from May 1 to October 3 1 from IO a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free. For info contact Lynne Paquette at 885- 1857.

UW offers Visitors Attractions - a travelting exhibit from the Canadian Museum of Nature entitled “From Crystals to Gems” at Uw’s Biology-Earth Sciences Museum June 11 to August 6. Biology 1 building rooms 370 and 371 from 9 a.m. to 5 p-m, weekdays. Weekend hours from June 15 to July 14 are Sat. and Sun. 1 to 5 p.m. Admission is free.

must be prepaid

VACANCIES Lots of positions yet to be filled! Come on down to CC140 and volunteer. STAFF MEETINGS are Friday of the week of publication at 12:30 p.m. - All are welcome!!

New Busiaess Classified Rate

for Students and Non-Students $10.00 for 20 words, and 25$ per word Over 20

(Ring) off-road Classic by Fidel Reijeme Fingineerlng Society

WORKSHOP SUHRS FOR mADUATwQ CO-OP SruDmms OFF CAMPW wmrFAu Career Semice~ will conduct workshops to assist the 1992 graduating students to prepare for their job search and graduate interviews. Sign-up sheets will be available in NH 1001 the week prior to the workshop. ALL CLASSES IN NH 1020 unless stated otherwise. Flannkrg for a Career - l hour - the foundation upon which ail job search

activities are based. Tuesday, July 9 1I:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Job &u& - 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 -I:30 to 2:30 p.m.

To all those who have been eagerly awaiting this traditional event, here is the information that you have been waiting for. The Ring Road Classic was booked for Sunday, June 23, but s&e the booking the University has decided to change it to the DingedUp Classic, as they recently informed us that they will be ripping up Ring Road from the Columbia: entrance to south of the PAC, a mere two weeks before our booking date. - This has forced a change in the format of the race this year. In order to accommodate a road race, we would have to go to the municipality. Unfortunately the race date is apprqaching faster than the bureaucratic bungling is being resolved. Due to all of these

factors, the race will not be held as a road race. In place of it, we are organizing a mountain bike / crosscountry race on the North Campus. This is going to be an excellent course, much better than the loop that was set out for last year’s race. It will take place on Sunday, June 23. There will be two levels of mountain bike racing. The competitive category will be the fast to race, folIowed by the recreational class. After the mountain bike races, a cross-country run will be held on the same course. After the events have been completed, a post-mce barbecue will be held at the barbecue pits by Columbia Lake. A volleyball net will be set up and all are welcome to participate in the mountain bike ramp-off into Columbia Lake. If weather does not cooperate, the festivities will be moved to the POETS -pub in Carl

Pollock Hall. My apologito those cyclists that were awaiting the Classic and do not own a mountain bike. To those that do, come on out and enjoy a challenging course, friendly rivalry, prizes, and food. Bring your friends, frisbees, and soccer balls for the afternoon and enjoy the second annual race. Volunteers are needed for race day. Anyone interested in free food and watching an excelIent set of races should contact myself, Fidel Reijerse, at 7254498 or leave a message in my box in the Engineering Society office in CPH. Don’t forget the Friday afternoon CLUB MUD runs at 3~00 pm for all you mountain bikers. The group meets informally at Blue North at the PAC every week for an afternoon of chaos.

Researching Empployers - 1 hour - how to

Waterloo at 885- 12 11, ext. 3066.

locate information about employers to prepare for job selection and interviews.

Growing

Monday, July 8 - 3:30 to 4:3O p.m.

up: The Undiscovered

IMPRINT

publishes every two weeks during Spring/Sumer term, but we still need YOUR help to write articles, take photos, and put the paper together!

SUMMIR HOURS FOR KPL LBBKARY Monday - Thursday 1O:OO a.m. to 8130 p.m. ; Friday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ; Saturday 9:OO a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ; Sunday closed at all Iocations.

Health & w Department - Summer Hours - The Health & Safety Dept. will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday during the months of May, June, July and August.

from organically grown wheat in the Campus Centre only at the Wild Duck Cafe. “Skin on” french fries from organically Food Services).

Skills I - 1 hour - tips on how to prepare effectively for a job interview. July 3 - 11:30 a.m. to 12130 p.m.

Interview

Museum & Archive of Games - UW “Traditional Games You can Make and can Play”. Beginning May 14 to August 18, 1991. Hours - Tuesday IO- 1 and 2-5, Wednesday 2-5 and 6-9, Thursday 2-5, Sunday 2-5. Closed Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays.

mdy grown beef hamburgers and hotdogs will be sewed oh buns produced

grown potatoes cooked in low cholesterol shortening will atso be available. (from

mr WrSng - 1 hour - an important key to get your job, learn how to use them to your advantage. Thursday, Juiy 11 12130 to 1:30 p.m.

Generation and Our Future. The Couchiching institute on Public Affairs 60th Conference at Geneva Park, Ontario, August 8-I I, 1991, will examine the social, economic and educational influences affecting youth today. Scholarshipsand studentdiscounts are available. For information, contact Youth Committee Chairperson at (416)

writing

266-7757. ,

-reading Thursday,

Interviewing/Net-

Informational working

- 1 hour - finding out about jobs and discovering job openings, Tuesday, July 9 - l2:30 to I:30 p.m.

Resume

Writing - 1 hour - techniques for an effective resume. Prerequisite

resume-writing

handout.

July 11 -11:30 a.m. to 12130

p.m. to rid your office or study shelf of ithose Canadian, US or foreign calendars? iThe Career Resource Centre oCcaSiOnally ‘has difficulty getting and keeping SOme I calendars ; your donation could fill a gap. Please send any recent calendars to: CarCentre, Needles Hall, I eer Resource ‘room 1115. W-t

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Housing Office - hours of - located on the roof of the

I Complex isopen from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m* Monday to Friday starting June Village

17 through to August 30, 1991. 0-1 weekends from 1O:OO a.m. to 3:OO p.m. On Saturdays, June 22 to August 24, 1991, inclusive.

When

the office is . closed accommodation lists may be obtained from the Turnkey Desk at CC or the Security Office.

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2 is donated

Interview

Ski& II - 1 hour - “hands-on”

session where you can practice answering questions usually asked in interviews. Prerequisite - interview Skills I and reviewing handout. Wednesday, July 3 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

EVERY SUNDAY Lavmen’s Evangelid Fellowship evening ;e&% 7:00 p?n. at 163 University Ave. ihr. (MSA), apt. 321. All are welcotne. For rr-toie infdrmation, call 884-57 12.

2 l/2 hours - expressing yourself more success,fully and overcoming personal difficulties. Prerequisite - Interview Skiils ! and reviewing handout. Wednesday, July 10 - 3:30 to 6:OO p.m. r00m NH3001.

by IMPiUNT~

includes Eco-calendar

EVERY MOWDAY [SABagelBrunchfrom 11:30 to I:30 in the Campus Centre, room 110. (except holidays - May 20 and Juiy 1) Come nosh with us! M&i&concerns

4 p.m., CCl38A. If you, come out and

recycling share your ideas. Or, if you can volunteer some time, call Patti Fraser at ext. 3245.

and social justice issues

and includes Eco-calendar -l-;tie I IcJ3. mvww

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Electric Gmn - WPIRG Radio Show rebroadcasts at 5:00 p.m. on CKMS 94.5 FM (95.5 cable). Electric Green examines environmental

and Green

WIDWC~DAY

Laymen’s Evangelical Fellowship Bible Study. DC1 304 at 7:30 p.m. All are welcome. For more information, call 884-

KY713

Amnesty International will be meeting ai 7:30 p.m. in CC1 10. Come on out and write for Freedom ! New members are welcome.

and Green Tips.

EVERY TUESDAY

Interview Skills III - 2 hours - practice selling your skills. Wednesday, July 17 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. A,smting Yourself in the Job Interview

Elect&Green-WPIRG RadioShowairsat 11:30 a.m. on CKWR 98.7 FM (97.7 cable). Electric Green examines environmental and social justice issues and

Coffeehouse e 9 to 11 p.m. in in a aavpositive atmosphere. Newcomers %Icome. Call the GLLOW phoneline at R--GLOW for information and cami 1Iunity events. ML104 for informal discussion

EVIRV

FRIDAY

Muslim Students Association: there witI be ‘Salat-ul-Juma’ (Friday prayer) from 1:X to 2:30 p.m. in CC room 135. All Muslims

are welcome.

Lens research reduces need for animals by Lizabeth Pirstl Imprint staff

A University of Waterloo professor’s research with the eye and its lens may eventually result in a reduced dependency on live animals for cosmetic and other chemical testing. Dr. Jacob Sivak, in co-operation with two Israeli scientists, has developed an approach to optical measurement that may have the potential to measure the toxicity of various chemical substances. Originally developed mainly for cataract and other basic research, Sivak said the new approach may be able to reduce the dependency that has grown on the Draize test. The Draize test is an eye-irritancy test, used commonly in cosmetic testing on animals. The agent tobe tested is placed on the surface of the eye of the animal and then the eye is checked periodically for damage. Dr. Sivak uses just the lens of the eye and he gets these lenses from local slaughter houses. He uses the optical properties of the lenses to test various chemicals.

Sivak and his collaborators have developed a computer-controlled device with a laser beam that scans the lens. As the beam passes through the lens at various points, a camera shoots a picture of the different angles at which the beam passes though the lens. This produces a very sensitive measure of the optical state of the lens. If a lens has been damaged by a chemical, then the optical state of the lens will change, explained Sivak. He added that while this is just one of several possible alternatives to the Draize test being researched, it is unique as it is the only method that uses the optical properties of the lens to conduct tests. There are several advantages that this method has over the Draize test. The lenses can be kept alive for up to 40 days, allowing the lens to be given low, realistic doses of an agent over a period of time rather than being subjected to a dose of an agent many times greater than what a person would normally receive, which is often necessary with other tests. This method is not as subjective as the Drake test, which rates the amount of damage done to an eye on

last Tbesday at Services came Photo by C.D. Coulas

Math Sot fee to jump Mathematics students will pay an extra $2.50 at registration as -of this fall. In a referendum last week, 75.1 per cent of participating math students voted to increase the Math Society’s fee from $5.00 to $7.50. A winter term vote saw 65.8 per cent of voting math students approving the fee, resulting in a total of 70.5 per cent of 793 ballots saying yes to the increase, according to a MathSoc press release. There were a total of 3,350 eligible voters, for a turnout of 23.7 per cent. MathSoc’s fee has not increased since 1983, and the increase was needed to improve funding for student services. Some students objected to the increase, calling on MathSoc to manage their budget

more efficiently. “We . . . were pleased with the results of the referendum,” the MathSoc executive - FIarish Pawagi (president), Markus Baumann (viceand Kevin Boyes president), (treasurer) - said in a press release. “We were also surprised at the large positive turnout. Our members have let us know that they are satisfied with our services and approve of our efforts to expand and enhance these services.” The results of the referendum will be presented to the UW Senate on June 17 for approval, and if approved, the new fee will be charged on the fall 1991 fee statements for full-time math students.

Final results: I Total

Count

No Smiled Total Eligible r Turnout%

I559 221 7 793 3350 23.7

28.6 0 9

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Sivak said he hopes to first reduce some of the need for the Draize test by using the lens method to screen out some of the most dangerous chemicals. The Health and Welfare Depart ment of Canada has given the UV Schooi of Optometry a contract tc measure the sensitivity of lenses tc five chemicals. The results will ther be compared to those found with thr Draize test. “I’m hoping this initia1 project wil be successful and attract the attentior of other agencies. Once we havt results we will be able to presen them at meetings and conferences,’ said Sivak. He added that it is a very differen approach and that it has been mei with skepticism. ‘People have been a bit resistant tc the new idea and it has been a bit dis. appointing at times.”

Buddv Blood!

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a scale and which can produce various results from lab to lab, said Sivak. The lens method gives more accurate results as the optical properties have either changed or not,

remembered by Lizabeth Pirstl Imprint Staff

More than 200 people gathered in the Davis Centre last Tuesday to commemorate the June 4 events at Tiananmen Square two years ago. The purpose of the memorial was to remember the massacre, to express concern about the human rights violations in China and to show that there is a strong and growing local about these issues, concerns explained chemistry professor Peter Chieh, president of the Association for Human Rights in China (AHRC). Through slide shows, songs, poetry readings, speeches, an art exhibit, and a dramatic play, Prof. Chieh said he felt that the goals of the evening were met as those who attended learned more about what has been happening during the past two years. Chieh said that local concern for the issues faced by China is very important. “If the various local community pressure their local groups governments, then the local governments will have to take the issues to the federal level and then the concerns will eventually be addressed at an international level,” explained Chieh. Chieh said that the AHRC will continue to monitor what is happening in China and will work with other community groups. He added that the AHRC does not affiliate itself with the pro-democracy movement and that the &roup wants to keep its& independent from any political ties. “Political change must come from within a country. People on the outside hae no right to steer people in another country, we onl .tit + Ihe right to support them.”

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the Fed exec. last Monday.

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sharing

their

veins

with

Buddy

Blood

Photo by C.D. Coda!

Codas staff

Buddy Blood Drop could be seen around the campus last Monday, campaigning for people to role up their sleeves and give the gift of life at the Blood Donor Clinic set up in the Campus Centre. The clinic kicked off the Challenge for Blood Donor Participation between Math and Engineering students which will be running all summer long. At the end of the day, it was the Engineers who had taken the earIy lead in the competition by having 107 members of their faculty give blood. Eighty-five Mathies turned out in support of their faculty. In all, 328 people donated,

surpaz&ng

the orgzu-A.zcrs hupes

lf you missed out on giving this blood, and support your faculty, on Donor Clinic will be set up in the June 19 at the First United Church Organizers extend their heart-felt making the day a total success.

fur participation

by three.

time, you will get your chance to give July 15 when another on-campus Blood Campus Centre. You may also give on in Waterloo. thanks for people waiting in line and

4 Imprint, Friday, June 14, 1991 lviws

Safety Audit Update signs, and possible assault locations. If there is a site on campus which seems unsafe to you, call the Women’s Issues Board to ensure that this site will be considered and evaluatedduring the safety audit. All interested individuals who can volunteer a couple of hours of their time please call Carmel or Kim at the Women’s Issues Board, ext. 6305 or drop by the Fed Office in the Campus Centre, Room 235. Thanks! Let’s work together to make the UW a dsr place to be.

by Kim Creed Women’s ISsueS bard The Women’s Issues Board of the Federation of Students has designated Sunday, July 7 as an evening to determine the level of safety on campus. Students and staff are encouraged to come out and help pinpoint sites which are unsafe. In particular, we will look at lighting, isolated areas (eye and ear distance), available

Campus Ouestion?? A

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What do you do to unwind afler mid-terms??

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superior

balls

(Soccer

Goliftthings. Damon, 3A Math

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Friendly Fed Update by Steve htinad Vice-President,

Fihan~

Federatioxt

our year is to promote operations

and

of Students

In case you missed our first Friendly Fed Update in the last issue of Imprint, our illustrious (but short) president John Leddy explained that this column was devoted to letting you know what the new Federation of Students’ executive is up to. Thisweekitismytumtosayhiand share the ongoing plans from those mysterious upper windows in the campus centre. At the moment, we are involved in two separate stag& of pkt~hg with one common goal. Firstly, the goal of

outside

of the classroom.

student The

life two

stages of planning we are dealing with are the short-term projects (this term) and laying the groundwork for the rest of the year’s projects. shit

Term:

June 14-16 Summerfest Weekend. Entertainers throughout the weekend include Mike Something Friday evening on the patio at Fed Hall while NoMeansNo plavsat the Bombshelter. Saturday evening featiMike Woods on the patio at Fed. other events for the weekend

include a Jell-U diving contest Saturday night, a continuous BBQ Friday through Sunday, beach volleyball and slow-pitch tourneys Saturday through Sunday, and the usual Summerfest prizes and surprises. - June 20-21 Fatstock A play about the dark, often humorous, rituals surrounding the emotional, spiritual, and physical deaths we die daily, Theatre of the Arts, 7:30 pm, Thur. & Fri. Free for UW students with IK& $5.00 without. - June 23-23 Sounds of Summer music festival, Waterloo Park. - July 1 Canada Day. Daily festivities are given grand’ finale by the regions’ best firework display on our own Columbia

fields.

Longer Term:

from

UW News

B-u

UWaimsforbalancedbudget;boarclOKss&ryincreases The University of Waterloo is anticipating a balanced budget for the current fiscal year that began May 1. The board of governors (on June 14) approved the 1991-92 operating budget and endorsed pay raises for staff and faculty. Board chairman Michael Garvey said the university could run an operating deficit of about $900,000. He expects, however, this will be eliminated by an Ontario government commitment to help cover pay equity costs. There will be a basic increase of 5.2 per cent in non-union staff salaries along with additiohal increases based on merit, and a 5.41-per-cent increase for faculty salaries, both effective July 1. The faculty salary base will increase by an additional 0.55 per cent next Jan. 1. UW has 2,159 staff members and 779 faculty. About 300 members of the Canadian Union of PubIic Employees in pIant operations and food services are covered by a separate agreement. Used @asses keep students

busy

Donations of hundreds of pairs of used eyegIasses are keeping UW optometry students busy. The Brantford Jaycees recently donated 612 pairs of glasses that are being examined by students. They are taking a close look at the process of “neutralization,” working out the prescription to which each pair of glasses was made. The glasses will then be shipped to one of the clinics - in Haiti, Guyana, Jamaica, or the Dominican Republic - where UW students are providing vision care this summer. Glasses are constantly arriving at the optometry lab, says opticiandemonstrator Marilyn Smith, and more such donations are always welcome.

Book borrower

imposes own penalty

An errant UW book borrower paid his fine and then some, says Susan Routliffe of the library’s user services office. A cheque arrived from a Toronto-area correspondence student who owed $40, the maximum overdue fine of $5 on each of eight books. With the money came evidence of a self-imposed penalty - the offender had made himself write out “I will return all library books on time,” 100 times on four sheets of notebook paper. “Now there’s a fellow with self-discipline, one who pays his debt to society,” Routliffe says.

Implement a marketing plan to increase the visibility of Federation activitie, services, and businesses in order to make it simpler for the students to gain information and take advantage of the various University life activities which take p,lace throughout the year. . All in all, get involved. This year is not just another brick in the wall! Love, Steve

Imprint,

Friday,

June

14, 1991

Campus. Centre News Update from the Turnkey

desk

If you always wanted to know when the W&ors Band practices, or where and when these great BBC/Time life films play on campus, your place to be is the Turnkey Desk in the Campus Centre! Besides providing information on future events and meetings, we also are the right place to book a room for a meeting or to organize something big as a group in the Great Hall or to see free movies at Cinema Gratis. Coming up on June 18 is Do the fight Thing from director Spike Lee; the short_is Ku&u. Do you want to catch up on current events? Read our magazines or newspapers, including Harpers, Macleans, Saturday Night, Mother Jones, Time, The Globe and Mail, The Kitchener-Waterloo Record, and L’Actualit plus many more. We also are the last resort for those phone calls which need to reach an extension between Friday at 8 pm and Monday at 8~15 am. If you want to copy something desperately on Sunday, we have the last resort photocopier. And where can you get the off-campus listing if the offcampus housing office is closed? You guessed it - the Turnkey desk! We also like to keep you informed about upcoming events in the Great Hall of the Campus Centre. June 20 is “Celebrate Summer Day” where you can play minigolf and more summer fun! And then there is Canada day on July 1. This big event needs some more volunteers to help out. If you would like to help with organizing this event, please sign up on the volunteer list at the Turnkey desk SECURITY

SERVICE

After a six-month hiatus, a student escort service will be returning to campus this summer, this time under the direction of the UW security department.

This incarnation of the force will be called the Student Security Service (SSS) rather than its old moniker of University Student Escort Team (USET). Like its predecessor, this service will provide escort for pedestrians after dark. The two-person escort teams will have one man and one woman.

LOST: One Big Banner Dishes weren’t the only things to go missing.at the Campaign Waterloo Kickoff. The Office of Development and Alumni Affairs reports that a 3’ by 12’ vinyl banner vanished after the celebration. It is adorned with the Community Campaign shield and coloured black, white, gold and red. Banner, ifyou can read this notice, please come home. . . contact Pauline Cornelius at ext. 2542 with ydur whereabouts.

This program is being funded by the Ontario Work Study Program, which funds part-time jobs for students who are eligible for the On&i0 Student Assistance Program (OSAP). Interested applicants must be full-time students, be eligible for OSAP, and undergo a criminal record check. Applications are available at the Registrar’s Office and the Student Awards Office, both in Needles Hall. Security hopes to have the service running by next week.

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fireside chat by Peter Brown

A mass psychosis has gripped much of thl American people. The Gulf War victoq parades in Washington and New York CiQ this week have convinced me quite firmly tha tens of millions of Americans have contractec some sort of rare neural disease that causes it! victims to cheer genocide, to embrace mur derers, to rape and be glad. To win such a war in such a cowardly fashion, and to throw a party afterward - thi! is the stuff of the New World Order? Eviden dY* Many American liberals have criticizec these events because of their cost, saying tIw the millions of dollars could be spent mart efficiently by paying for the war-related cleanUP* Others have railed against the greenunfriendliness of the ticker-tape parade ir particular, spitting out astronomical estimations of the amount of paper used fol such a frivolous event. Still others have gone so far as to say thal having a parade at all is obscene in view of the destruction resulting from this war, both in terms of human life and environmenti degradation. Whether the US won it or not, these critics say, the tragedy of a war having to Dccur in the first place should be reflected by more solemn proceedings. Myself? I’ve got to tell you that I’m not too Dabbergasted by these parades. 1 recognize that such displays of hormonaI, patriarchal, butt-kicking strength are entirely consistent with Bush’s New World Order. Those who u-e surprised, shocked, or dismayed by this week’s excesses simply haven’t been paying Btiention to the Gulf War, or any event in American federal politics since November of 1980, for that matter. One Vietnam vet at the Washington parade :old reporters that he was happy about the neception given to this generation of foreignwar soldiers because he had been met with mtred and taunts of ‘baby killer” upon his meturn from southeast Asia. Does he think that he American pilots in the Persian Gulf used he laser-guidance systems to direct their Imart-bombs away from toddlers and toward &&? And what about the US’ complete destrucion of Iraq’s infrastructure? One would be ucky to find a thousand points of light from rtificial sources in the entire country. Water lupplies are contaminated witi disease, food wpplies - already strangled by the United dations embargo against a country that mports 70 per cent of its food - are at a nearamine Ievel, and the oil refineries that would Inable the country to purchase food have *en smashed. The label”baby kiIler”may end up being an pt one for this whole affair, but one thing is ertainly clear. While the bombing of Iraq illed 100,000 people initially, the casualties I the aftermath of the war are sure to dwarf lis number. All of this resulting from an ttack upon Iraq in general and upon civilian hrgets in particular that was not mandated by ny UN resolution I’ve ever heard of. Wars are pretty repetitious things - the !chnological tools may change, but the end zsult is the same, in Iraq and Kuwait as in ‘ietnam. The New World Order has the same qerficial novelty as a “new and improved” ish detergent. . . and bears the same resemlance to the old stuff.

Otto Jelinek, federal Minister of Revenue, has admitted that Canadians are overtaxed. Do ya think so? In the meantime, hidden away in newspapers alongside news of socially deviant behaviour (such as wife abuse and sexual assaults), is news about the other “T” word (the first being taxes). Tobacco. The weed that supplied most kids at my high school with summer jobs. The latest thorn to jab the anti-smoking coalition is the fact that Canadian tobacco companies have recently printed forms on the inside of the packages to protest the level of taxation on tobacco. All you do is finish your pack of smokes, tear away the flaps, fill out the form and mail it away to the Honourable (?) Prime Minister. People do such things all the time. The New Puritans somehow think this is more than dishonourable . . . they claim it’s illegal! Can you imagine? Protesting an abnorma1 amount of taxation levied on a legal product, Unheard of! And I do mean abnormal. A tin of tobacco (200 grams) at your average variety store is about $42. If you buy the same thing on an Indian reserve, it’s only $20 - $25, which includes provincial sales tax, but excludes the goods and services tax and federal tax. And in the States.. . Now, their argument, as I understand it, goes something like this: by smoking, people are likely to harm themselves somehow and incur great costs later on in life to the overburdened health care system. Therefore, these taxes will help cover the m cost of taking care of smokers later on in life. (Problem: tax revenue generated from tobacco sales is not set aside for this purpose.) Also, it may discourage young people from starting, since it would be too expensive. (Come on, how many of us, as kids, couldn’t find a way to get something we wanted?) If these crusaders would, for .a minute, expand their narrow field of vision and thought, they might hit upon some other, more worthwhile causes, along the same line, and save a great deal more lives. How about slapping an extra, say, $lO,OO0 tax on the price of a car, to reflect the cost tit driving incurs to the environment and people’s health, and to acknowledge the true value of our natural resources? Since such resources are non-renewable, a drastic increase in gasoline taxes would cause people to realize the value of the resource, and perhaps encourage development of other fuels Or modes of transportation.

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The car insurance industry recognizes the threat that the simple act of driving a car poses to people’s health - that’s partly why car insurance is so damn expensive. How about an “earth insurance” for alI users of its resources? Perhaps a tax on factory-farmed beef and poultry products. Why? We ingest so many antibiotics through eating mass-produced animals thatare own bodies are becoming immune to some of the antibiotics, The tax money could go toward vegetarian campaigns or to developing yet more antibiotics. There are all sorts of politically-correct reasons to tax any product you can think of. And there are just as many reasons to protest obscene levels of taxation. One product that is regulated, taxed, legal, and especially harmful is alcohol. The f&ct that many people become addicted to it, commit crimes because of it, and kiU people or themselves (in larger numbers than smokers) as a result of consuming it is not reflected by taxation, education campaigns, or government concern, So, if you are one of the aforementioned red-lunged crusaders, there’s probably innumerable contradictions in your logic, or perspective. So shaddup. While I’m sort of on the topic of tobacco taxes, I should mention that my roommate and myself came up with a solution to get us out of the recession and keep the economy prosperous forever after. Simply eliminate most, or all of the taxes on tobacco products. If the Ontario and federal government’s tax increases on tobacco can actually affect the inflation rate, that shows

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Sure, the government will immediately be deprived of a great deal of tax money as a result, but the extra money freed up for smokers to spend will go back into the economy at some point, where it is unlikely that it wilI escape some form of taxation. Think long-term. Think rationally.

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what monetary power smokers have. Taxes aren’t going to convince most smokers to quit - nicotine is an unbelievably powerful drug. We simply reapportion our income to support our habit. Our theory is that if these taxes are removed, someone who smokes a carton a week, for example, wiI1 have an extra $25 to spend elsewhere in the economy - every week Multiply that by the millions of Canadian adults (about 30 per cent of them) who smoke regularly, and think of the possibilities.

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I;he Rhythms by Phillip Chee For many in the twilight of our century, nature, if it confronts them at all, loses all sense of diversity. It becomes a blur, passing by the child’s eye of Henry Ford and modernism, on the road to forgetting. And as the winter months cover the forest floor in uniform blankness, one might mistake nature’s silence as a confirmation of Nietschze’s legacy. But life is not static in February among the beech and maples. The more time one spends meandering through the saplings, a sense of home develops and objects take on the essence of familiarity. A warm speIl gains significance with time, uncovering a dynamic winter; the receding snow unveils newly sprouted wintergreen leaves and bears witness to one of nature’s ebbing rhythms; the cyclical freeze and thaw tells me nature does not hibernate, And so do the two grey squirrels that lead me to their home, high in the empty branches. Their presence was new to me, though I am sure they have been observing me since the first week, just like they do nowWith familiarity also comes an enhanced perception The perception is that of a stronger sense of place. Yet, I know I can never simply be an ordinary aspect of nature, otherwise I reject my complexity, my humanity. I am not simply interchangeable with that squirrel, but I intuit that we are both inextricably linked by Watson and Crick’s universal code. But what is my humanity? Ah, the ultimate question of human nature that we have all been gras ing with for thousands of years through stories, myth, metaphysics, religion, and science (eacKsubsequenttoolusedincreasinyattheexpenseofthenaturalworld).FornowIcanonlysay that it is what allows us to transcend the concept of a mechanical world that Descartes constructed for us. I can’t change places with that squirrel because he makes his own world, a squirrel world, and my world is by nature a human one. Though, they are not mutually exclusive. Not that that makes me any better. Far from it. Think of it as worlds within worlds, each a part of the other. And if I allow myself to become arrogant, nature challenges me with another rhythm. That rhythm, delimited by day and night, teaches me to see the distinctions in the woods that we take for granted, Especially the night; its darkness does not diminish my ability to d.iscem the individuality of trees and rocks. And once again I no longer accept a blurry nature, one that can be frozen as an iconographic image, Iost in Ansel Adams’ portfolio. Rhythms teach us that nature runs in cycles, with a right time and a wrong time to do things. When night falls and exhaustion tells us to sleep, we should, rather than fight it with a cupof coffee. The changes in the season tell us not to plant our crops in the snow. It says that death, like a compost pile, is not really an end, but the means for further life.

We need help from the campus community! Over the years, the Department of Food Services has lost countless plates, trays, coffee pots, etc. The cost of these losses can be staggering. Most recently, during the UW Community Campaign Launch, over 12 dozen plates wandered away. The cost to replace these plates will be well in excess of five hundred dollars ($500.00). Similar losses occur frequently. In an effort to encourage the return of Food Services property from all of those nooks and crannies (and window ledges as plant holders) the Department of Food Services will offer a prize to every person returning lost or misplaced items to any Food Services location. The prizes wilI include free food, travel mugs, Campus Mess Kits, and a grand prize of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) worth of catering services or value plus meal points. Ballots for all prizes may be picked up at any Food Services location when retumin items to the managerfrom June 17 to June 2 %, 1991. If any officer on campus has assembled a large quantity at items, pick-up can be arranged by calling extension 2751. Food Services appreciates your help in returning -lost or misplaced items. MarkMuido& Director of Rmd serviceg

women. If you have any information, please contact the Women’s Issues Board at ext. 6305 or come by the Fed office in CC 235. Any assistance you can offer in this matter will be greatly appreciated. Carmel Greene Women’s Issues Board

To the editor, Your last edition contained the most stupid thing you have printed since your puerile “Pornography edition.” I refer to your request for the name and phone number of the sludent who had sent you a letter of complaint about offensive remarks made by a professor in the course of a lecture. You managed to word it in such a way that Dr. Eydt is now tainted with the charge of sexism. Your thoughtful sensitivity to the anonymity of the complainant is in glaring contrast to your complete lack of respect for the reputation of a professor. The issue of sexism is too serious a matter to be left in your incompetent hands. In an increasingly polarized and hostile utuverslty environment you snoula r>e aware that for many the mere accusation of sexism is often considered tantamount to conviction. Whether the complaint proves to be accurate or not your behaviour remains pathetic. Justin Me&t Theology Graduate

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From Wasteland to Disneyland They say the system is bankrupt. System? Which system? Capitalism? The nation-state? The Police? The Ivory Tower? Even Science has been flirting with Chaos. (A&e: puliticdt)-

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In 1976, Manitoba Hydro diverted the Churchill River into the Nelson River and built hydroelectric reservoirs. Southern Indian Lake, the main reservoir, became an out-of-control flood. The flooding melted the permafrost and the shoreline slumped into the reservoir. The water then consumed more forest, more permafrost melted, and the shoreline slumped again. This chain reaction may continue for centuries before it stops. Manitoba Hydro did not predict it. In 1984,10,000 caribou drowned in a single incident on the Caniapiscau River in Northern Quebec from water released by a hydroelectric reservoir. The Quebec government’s reaction was to call it an “act of God.” In 1984, two-thirds of the Cree Indian community of Chisasibi in northern Quebec learned that it had been poisoned by mercury from eating fish, a mainstay of their diet, downstream of the first phase of the La Grande hydroelectric complex. Some elders developed numbness of limbs, loss of peripheral vision, shaking and neurological damage. The Cree had fought the project and lost.

incorrect metaphor that reinscn*bes masculinity with the g$s of reason; intelligence, and mind and likewive femininity with disorder, irrationalip, and the sexual stimulation of embracing the primeval Oneness.)

The Waterloo Public Interest Research Group is presenting “Land of Our Children”, a film about the James Bay II project from the perspective of the Cree nation. May, June 18, 750 p.m., DC1302, no admission charge. Followed by discussion. To provide additional water to increase hydroelectric output, Hydro Quebec diverted three rivers into the La Grande River, This is the largest water diversion by volume on Earth. The fdling of the La Grande hydroelectric reservoirs in the 1980s caused mild earthquakes at these locations.

Many ecological impacts will not be known for ye&s. The& tragedies have all taken place in a northern Canadian area known a’s the Hudson Bay bioregion (see map on this page). If all future, planned, and proposed hydroelectric developments in the bioregion, and those now under construction, are compteted, an area twice the size of Texas will be affected. Of the three provinces within the bioregion, Ontario has had the least hydroelectric development, but six new dams are nearing the construction stage. New hydroelectric production is being increasingly financed by American and Eur(~ pean loans and growing amounts of this electricity is exported to the United States.

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The megaprojects have become the focus of mounting opposition, intensely focused around the scheduled 1991 start of construction on the access road to the Great Whale project, the next phase of development in Qubec. Already the environmental and aboriginal peoples’ opposition against the projects has become a public issue in the northeastern US states that are purchasing the power, and in Qubec. Development of hydroelectric megaprojects is being undertaken by three utilities: Hydro-Qubec, Manitoba Hydro, and Ontario Hydro. Each is controlled by its respective provincial government and each is a political tool to create jobs and extend political sovereignty into remote northern areas.

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This is all reminiscent of the environmental horrors and the aboriginal genocide in the Amazon. Large-scale water diversions and hydroelectric mega-projects in Brazil have had their funding cut because they are so environmentally destructive and no longer justifiable on economic grounds. Yet, here in Canada we continue pressing ahead with mega-projects, even accelerating them, as is happening in Ontario. The north is being “conquered” by the same mentality of big business, mega-project mania, and environmental oppression that has led to the destruction of the Third World. Canadians believe that it can’t happen here. But it is happening. We have already seen environmental destruction in the aftermath of completed projects. It is not a prediction. It is fact. We must take action now. .

Fin-de-siecle ennui commiserating with the futurologist’s once-in-a-life time millenarian shopping mall extravaganza? Wait, lessee . . . In a heart-deadening. postliterate world, maybe I should paraphrase: of all the gin-joint centuries 1 have to be trapped in, how’s Nintendo gonna keep me from. getting bored when I ain’t gonna have a job so that I can buy dem snazzy CD’s or a Jimmy jeep, or spend my hard-earned dough in a choice of five Disney Land theme parks? Now, Nietzshe said God was finally buried six feet under sometime about one hundred years ago. (I’m pushing it I bet, but no one under 21 can remember past their last exam, so who am I kidding?) For what it’s worth, I declare that *‘humanity is dead.” I think it hap pened similar to how, and about the same time, blues man Robert Johnson died, somewhere between the Two Great Wars (not Vietnam and Kuwait/Iraq for those who care); no one noticed until four or five decades after the fact. The death of humanity just don’t compare to the injustice of Johnson’s murder, but hey, in our fragmented society, who cares as long as you’re happy and you don’t step on anyone’s toes. Yeah, right. But, I can’t lay my morality on anybody -New Left. New Right.

Wouldn ‘t be prudent. No use being a radical; surf-print California beach shorts and pubescent-mutant samurai reptiles are radical, dude. The proletariat likes it in the bourgeois house fine, thank you. I can’t say much about the sub-proles in the soup kitchens since St&Can has not officially labelled them yet. Nor can I decry the milieu of mediocrity we live in without some scoundrel calling you an elitist, dead, white, European male. The latter category I must exempt myself from on biological, racial, and geographical grounds. I wish I could believe that the global marketplace will be the new realm of human freedom, a carrot dangling from a stick that Bush and Muldoon tempt the masses with, ready to pull it away if we don’t let Mexico in on the secret. Besides the fact that humanity is already dead, better dead than Club Med, I say. This is not to be confused with the ecofascist rhetoric of hardline Earth I&t! acolytes. Surely I can attain my sense of empowerment, status, and security while all the while exercising my freedom of choice without resorting to the commodified potentials of my being. What would I do with all those selfhelp books and cassettes after 1 have dispensed with their shallow, self-serving brand of hucksterism and pop psychology? Recycle them? We have been brainwashed by so much patriarchy, hierarchy, and domination that the seven or eight deadly sins should expand and open some franchises. It would fit in nicely with the Rollerblade boutique down at your generic strip plaza. Actually, it is more likely that when the oppressed are finally granted liberty and claim a piece of the apple pie, the ones who baked it have already gorged themselves silly. So, who is to blame? Voltaire rubs me the wrong way. ovLy us C&unF;;maM%nE suJ.o;~~;~ nightmare in the fall of 1992. Well, I’m going to resist like a naive Arawak. The perfect metaphor for Generation X.)

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Culminating a decade of growing public demand, continual study, and planning. the long-awaited Waterloo Recreational Complex is now on its way to reality. The multi-use $21 million building scheduled for completion in December 1992, will feature: a 3,500seat arena for hockey, competitive figure, speed, and recreational skating and public concerts; an aquatic facility with a 30-m&e pool for both pleasure and competitive swimmiig a 550seat community banquet hall with dividers; four 30-seat meeting rooms; and a proposed licenced 16unge and refreshment concessions. Also, throughout the facility the s needs of the physically c r llenged will be accommodated.

The property currently occupied by the Canbar storage depot, adjacent to Silver L&e, was determined to be the best location, citing, such critical factors as a central location, ample pdcing, and ease of expansion. To acquire the site the City of Waterloo executed a land exchange.

hr more than a decade, Waterloo and teams have coped with a shortage of available time in arenas with sufficient seating capacity. Home teams, like the Junior “B” championship Waterloo Siskins, have had to host their competitors in the outdated, substandard Memorial Arena. When the roof over Memorial Arena was condemned in 1987 and replaced the following year with a temporary, air-supported bubble projected to last only five years, an

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urgent problem became critical. In addition to the lack of an adequate arena, the shared-use agreement between the twin cities at Kitchener’s indoor Breithaupt Pool has stretched that facility’s resources to the limit. Swim clubs currently must arrange their training schedules to suit the requirements of primary users at the Waterloo Family ‘Y” and Wilfrid Laurier University.

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60 hours per week will be allocated to public swimming in the first and only municipal indoor pool in Waterloo. Similar to the community-wide subscription used to finance he 1947 conkruction of Memorial Arena, which the Waterloo Recreation Complex will replace, a $2.5 million fund-raising campaign is now underway. A similar amount is being requested from the provincial government and the remaining funds have been allocated by the City of Waterloo from its -pita1 budgets. public

The 30-metre pool will have eight lanes with movable, variabltiepth flooring. Also featured in the aquatic facility wiil be an on-deck swir~pool, tot pool, springboards, diving boards, and a recreational slide. As many as 400 spectators will be seated in a gallery- Families will be able to change together in special stalls. Fully

A three-lane running track with jump pits will encircle the seating area of the arena and will be used by track and field clubs as well as recreational joggers and runners.

The ice surface in. the ?uture complex will be of international class with removable boards. Four change rooms, two team rooms, and two visitors’ rooms will satisfy the needs of skaters and players. The 3,500-seat capacity, which is triple that of Memorial Arena, will qualify the City of Waterloo for a future Junior “A” hockey franchise, which could present some local competition for the Kitchener Rangers and welcome news for hockey fans throughout the region. Users of the arena will include the general public, the Waterloo Siskins, the Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks, the K-W Skating Club, and the Waterloo Minor Hockey Association. Community skating will be an essential part of the program. Three dedicated offices and a box office will accommodate the administrative requirements of competitive teams.

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a good magazine or book to fall into our lap the way we flick through channels, we would be disappointed at the amount of mediocrity in print. By the same token, theatre is plagued by light diversions and glitzy vacuousness both on Broadway and at regional theatres everywhere. Since it’s more spread out than TV, though, these eyesores are hidden. We can’t say that television generally accomplishes what the boy at the beginning of this piece claimed. But we overlook its genuine achievements. Sometimes television actually does increase vocabulary: I am often glad that my dictionary is handy when I watch Late Night With David L.etteman or hter u/irh Bob Costas, and before them there was Dick Cavett. From time to time, TV does take flights of imaginative fancy, as in 734 Muppel Show, lwav Headroom, and Ralph Bakshi’s Mighty Mouse. Paradoxically, the idiot box also struggles, now and then, with the rhythms of real life, as it did with the hectic and monotonous daily tribulations of the Hill Stmet Blues. Sometimes TV deals in the mindboggling strangeness of individual

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“I watch a lot of television,” said the >oy, beaming as his father proudly Mtted hii shoulder. The other >arents in the room oohed and aahed md one mother spoke up: “If only my laughter were more like you. I can’t ;et her to turn the set on at all.” The boy was upset *to hear this. ‘Television is important!” he “It’s stimulating and exclaimed. mlightening and its devotion to both he truth and the impossible consisently challenge me.” His auditors vere not surprised to hear such big lrords coming from such a small boy. le watched a lot of television - it lyas only logical. Such a scenario, of course, is pure

iction.

Science fiction,

most likely;

he story would probably have to go )h to present either a startling maginative utopia where television lctuaIly is stimulating and challengng or, what would be more believIble, a u’ystopia where television has o altered the populace’s perception hat they can’t even tell it’s bad anynore. (They could be a race of yborgs, dehumanized by genfrations of TV-watching.) But why is it so ludicrous to ssociate any positive characteristics tith TV? Why are we so intent on jroving that the medium in and of tself is harmful to society? Psyhologists seem to be enamoured tith research on the effects of TV on hi&en and, to some extent, on dul& as well. Studies investigate, not just the mpact of television violence, but also natters like the difference between bur brain waves when we’re reading nd when we’re watching TV. We’re ssentially told that television viewng is a passive and therefore useless ctivity. We never hear any distinc-

tion made between quality television fare and drivel Nor do we hear much about our brain waves when we’re attending a ballet or opera, though surely these too are passive activities. Perhaps our society does watch too much television. Perhaps television addiction is a serious problem. However, the question seems rigged from the outset; because we have already made up our minds that television has very little to offer. The early history of film was marred by a similar disdain for what the upper classes perceived as a shallow, frivolous entertainment for the masses. ft took some doing before film scholars, critics, theorists, and historians managed to earn cinema respectability. There are still people who look down on movies, who consider theatre or literature inherently

these

lives, as it did with the parade of eccentrics encountered by Barney MZer. OccasionaIly, the boob tube

usually compare the best in theatre and literature with the worst in film or TV. No-one compares those thick paperbacks at the check-out counter with Antonioni films or episodes of Masterpke Theatw. But it is easy to point the finger at the trash that is most visible and most familiar: television is so f&miliar to us we even refer to it by its initials. Television is the most accessible form of entertainment we have. Round-the-clock programming at our fingertips, it’s an electronic library in our living-rooms (bedrooms, kitchens, dens, sometimes even cars). I’m not about to defend Per$kct Strangers, Full House, Head uf the Class, who 1sthe Boss.“, Am&a lv Funniest Home fideos, Geraldo, 20/2U, or even Mwhart or LA. LAW. But if we went to a public library and expected

beven makes us think differently about issues, as WKRPin Cincinatti did frequently and searingly, or it sheds light. on people we might never have understood otherwise, such as WKRYs Les Nessman and Herb Tarlek. Once in a while, TV actually ravages the culture’s myths, as it does with the iceberg-lettuce America of 7%e Simpmns. In addition, the “plugin-drug” can be aesthetically creative: witness the ingenious plotting and pacing of the early Chum episodes; the bittersweet, poetic timbre of a number of installments of The Wonder Y&KY; the vivid, unique characters Tracey Ullmann fleshed out; the winking mockery of TV conventions which Gany Shandling shared; and the tiny details of everyday existence which Jerry Seinfeld pinpoints.

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When we’re really lucky, the elements even combine, as they did in the eloquent dialogue, playful cinematic and theatrical devices, and painstaking scrutiny of human relationships which brightened thirpsomethi@s tenure. Furthermore, because television has the capacity to reach countless minds in one fell swoop, its sociological and political potential means that TV is, sometimes, just what that fit titious kid suggested - “important’ An event like Roots is to be remembered for decades, while even flawed series give exposure to significanl ideas and attitudes: consider thr feminist path-making of Rhoda, Katt and Al/k, and Designing Women, OI the belief system preserved in Room 222 - its 60s philosophy of “free schools” and peaceful co-existence.

With One Day at a Time. All in the Family, and Good Times, writer/ producer Norman Lear placed a number of phenomena in the public eye which the culture had been diligently ignoring. And let’s not forget that even Sesame StM sprung from a political concept: that disadvantaged inner-city children ought to be given a head start on schooling and that minority toddlers needed positive images of themselves, the eventual goal being changes in the social and economic structure. Now, several of these programs were or have recently been cancelled by the networks. ABC’s entertainment president, Brandon Stoddard, terminated three intelligent dramas this season - thirtystlmething, Twin Peaks, and China Bach - dwpite the fact that each had a devoted following. The boardroom Brand&s (NBC’s entertainment president is callea Brandon Tart&off) can be infuriating in their disregard for audiences. They seem to care oniy about maintaining a consistent number of viewers every night, viewers who will watch TV for the sake of watching TV. It almost appears to irk execs when bands of loyal viewers tune in fbr the specific purpose of watching one cherished show.

Spike Lee still fighting the power y Bernard Keamey ltprint staff

Chances

are you

are aware

that

ipike he’s latest cinematic offering, ‘uBg/c Fever, did not win the coveted iilver Sow award at the recent Artichoke and Tractor-Pull Festival in ‘illsonburg, nor did it claim the !qually sought after Palm D’Or in Iannes. Chances are that you have heard of Ung/e Fmer, Lee’s difficult fifth film, put not the Coen Brother’s (creators If such fine, fine movies as RuLGq Arizona and MNPLY Crossing) Burton ‘ink, the actual blue ribbon. Spike nay have thrown a tantrum for being lassed over at Cannes this year, but fhen it comes to the box office, his heesy little goatee must be stretched -om ear to ear. Ironically, the

apparent injustice of not winning has _ only served to champion Lee’s cause in establishing himself as one of the great filmmakers. It must be said that Spike has an admirable ability to ruthlessly attack the jugular vein of the social injustices that we, the regular cogs, fail to acknowledge as reality. What makes Spike so unique is how he induces the apathetic masses to sit mesmerized by actions on the screen, tirelessly hammering home his message, but (sea) salt and peppering it lightly enough with humour and sensitivity to hold our attention for the required ~0 hours or so. With Jungfe Fmer, Lee examines the effect of fusing two diametrically opposed cultures, the Aft-icanAmericans of Harlem and the ItalianAmericans of Bensonhurst, in order to show how the famous melting pot of America is laden with contradicting ingredients.

however,

while physically we can this return to the beginning, we are blatantly aware that the situation, psychologically, is not the same. JungZe Fever is a film without resolution. It has a beginning, a middle, but no fairytale ending. In this sense, it is a film more real than anything I have seen before. The story is inspired by the death of Yusif Hawkins, a black man murdered in Bensonhurst because he was suspected of dating one of their women. Flipper Purify (Wesley Snipes, recently of New Jack Ciry fame) is a happily married black architect who indulges in the sins of extramarital flesh. Number two in this little tango-ing twosome is Angie (Annabella Sciorra, let’s just say a vision not too hard on the eyes) his white secretary. The ramifications that result thanks to this “taboo” tryst far surpass both of their wildest expectations. Before he

acknowledge

As with MO ’ Better f?ks, he utilizes the cyclical cinematic device of ending exactly where he began. This time

knows it, Flipper is on his front lawn pleading with his frantic wife to refrain from chucking all his personal items out the window. Angie too, faces wrath, her punishment in the form of her ignorant, prejudiced father who, in a blind rage, physically beats her. This was to be only the start of their problems. Interwoven both meticulously and magically is the story of Gator, Flip per’s brother, a crackhead whose life disputes Howard Jones’ little ditty “Things Can Only Get Better.” In the past, Spike has carefully avoided statements on the drug issue, but the statement he now makes is powerful. Cinematically, he has captured the essence of a problem that plagues our society. Jungle Fvvvr is humorous, sexy, violent, sickening, sensitive, and stark. Pretty good value for a hard earned eight bucks, wouldn’t ya say?

the coin. Instead of trying to recreate the impossible on tape they have applied their demented funk -and energy to the various stylings of the

studio. The fave four demonstrate an uncanny understanding of how to utilize the tape machine, producer @

EtncFEL.&Fg no sma’ So what’s on it? Well. it starts out with their catchy “If I I&d A Wife,” which bounces and bops along. Then the moody “Drop The Bomb” followed by the inspired insbmen-

by K, Trout Imprint staff Yet another daring Kitchener bnd has produced their own recording, pulled from its guts. This seven-t cassette serves notice that quality music can still be produced independently, if you have what it takes. And the Rhinos have it. Of course, there have been many resenrations. Sure, these boys play fine in a bar, dancing around and entee all the girls, but can they translate their joyous play to tape? Can anyone? I must admit that I

doubted it was possible at first, but, pleasantly, I am wrong. In typical Rhinostyle, the lads have inverted our assumptions of what is possible and revealed the third side of

taI jam they call ‘W6msaurus Rex.” The selections provide the uninitiated with the rich spectrum that is the Rhinos. Of my favourite are when the two1

trail along with the party loyals from gig to gig) reveals some exciting and original turns on the usual fare pop poetry embodies. Bizarre and conflicting images appear throughout, drawn from the mundane in life to the fanciful. Stories are told and characters created for the amusement and consternation of all. After it’s over, the Rhinos continue to

leer out at you, knowing fulI well you’ll spend all day in bed with them again, once you recover f+om the first time. And the criticisms? Well.. . knowing the variety of material that the

that mix like oil and vinegar. Mighty tasty! The lyrics fur ‘Dancing With

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My Dog” warm a special place in my heart, and the silly and surreal worlds of “Secret Place” and “Jacka Dandy

tend with the bad acoustics or slurred sound of the live environment (forgetting the difficulty in having

away there. Anyhow, just tiny picky points really. The tape is rumoured to be available downtown at Encore and Dr. Disc, and a mysterious number appears on the tape that we got, 7481115. lust call and order. - I mess. It’s v that simple.

Jock-o-Rama .

lead vocalists, Danny and Mike, get it going on “Green RairP with voices

Rabbit” take me back to the simple, lively home of my youth. A chance to review the verse the songs employ without having to con-

Rhinos breed in their repertoire, I would have made different selections. Maybe a couple more of the snappier tunes, like “Eight Items Or Less,” would have spiked the mix. More would be nice. More songs, more selection, more spunk, more, more, more! 00~s. Got a Iittle carried

The title for this album is more appropriate than this New Orleans blues outfit could have imagined. Over-production sucked the life and passion from this material and muddied the direction of the album. The poppy tunes are lame and the bluesy tunes lack grit or feeling. If the money men had stayed out of the studio this may have been a quality effort. Instead we have Downschild meets Cdndi. I’m sure the Radiators would be

(l%e top 5 things about Chieapo) 1. da Beers 2. da Black Hawks 3. da Bears 4. it’s da town dat Billy Sunday couldn’ down 5. da Bulls (dub)

worth seeing it they ever play live in this area but they come off too clean

recorded.

Two tracks which managed

to slip through the filters and compressors and retain some Me are ‘You Can’t Take It With Deep.“

You” and “Soul

“Such a Shame” and “Happiness Is Easy” does this project approach the creative force felt on The Cure’s recent A4ked Up platter. The bulk of

heightening interest in the overall work while still seeming fresh, new,

Revisitedis akin to Shriekback’s

good paintings. I guess it’s a question of what to focus on -lush rhythms or plodding backbeat? I love Talk Talk. Even so, I can only listen to about six or seven of the ten mixes, and while I’m doing so I can’t help think about the other, ignored mixes. Such a shame.

ing Years, where

excellent

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mat. I see good remixes as being analogous to detail plates from paintings; subtle nuances of texture and style are enhanced, preserving and

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by Trevor Blair Imprint staff It’s a shame: remixes, remixes, remixes. It seems like just yesterday I was writing a review of Talk Talk’s splendid

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These songs and their subsequent remixes capture more of the soul side of Happy Mondays as compared to the stellar acid house club mixes which have characterized the last couple of single releases.

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This is the second single rele&e from the Happy Mondays’ latest album h’lls ‘N’ i%rills andl?ehfyuches. 11 offers remixes (three on the CD for-

“Loose Fit” is Shaun Ryder’s encapsulation of his fashion code of haute Madchester. Never before has so much time been spent explaining how to “dress like Shaggy from Scooby Doo” (an appropriate estima-,

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“Bob’s

Yer Uncle”

is the Happy

Mondays in soul sonic force. The groove is unrelenting the trance is ever present, and Bez (the Mondays’ singular sensation Deny Terrio on drugs impersonator) must be, although you obviously cannot see him or even hear his maracas, in full effect. In both lyrical content and musical accompaniment, this is as close to vintage Barry White that anyone has come, including Barry himself, in this decade. The soul has been “stole” back by both the quality of the remix and the cat o’ nine tails swinging back-up singer. Smooth, soulful and sexy - “Bob’s Yer Uncle” in this package jumps from mediocrity to masterful. The CD bonus trax is a “euro remix” of “Kinky Afro.” This track is more anomaly than anything else- It offers a pared down version of the single which focuses more upon muted bass beats and dub lyrics. It is an interesting version but overall is not worth the price of admission. The single remixes are original unrivaled.

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by Paul Done Imprint staff Somewhere, lost between his days as the lead singer for Them and the release of Rrtral Weeks, Van Morrison recorded a series of session for Bang Records. While Atral weeks began his unbroken stint as a critical darling, Van Morrison’s sessions at Bang produced by veteran dial-twiddler Bert Berns, were nothing short of epochal. Never before or after did Morrison manage to combine his deep roots in r’n’b with his artful pop sense. The original material from the sessions was released across three albums Blowin ’ Your Mind, The Bmt of Vun Murri’so~, and TB Sheets. Each of these combined the better-known tracks “Brown Eyed Girl” and “Spanish Rose” with various tracks from the sessions. fin Bang Sessions is the definitive release of these sessions, combining the fina songs with two extra tracks, a different version of “Brown Eyed Girl” and a rare demo “I Love You (SmiIe you Smile).” The pristine remastering from the origina tapes is

a revelation as compared to the original vinyl. In particular, slower material like “Who Drove the Red Sports Car?” and “He Ain’t Give You None” have their majesty unveiled. It’s the tension between the various V&n Morrisons - the bluesy garage rocker, the unabashed popster, and the introspective artist which makes The &fig Sessions unique. “Midnight Special,” for example, sees him digging deep into his blues bag, where “Chick-a-Boom” is as light and breezy a piece of pop as he ever recorded. At times, the disparate elements combine themselves in strange ways, like “Send Your Mind,”

which combines hippy ’60s senti- . ment with a greasy garage groove. The album’s best moment is undoubtedly “TB Sheets” - almost ten minutes of claustrophobic blues agony. Van, in the first person, recounts a visit with a tuberculosisstricken friend, during which he keeps trying to avoid the spectre of illness: “I can smell your TB Sheets, baby, I gotta, gotta, g-gotta go.” Van’s Bang work also looked forby Rich Nichol ward to Van’s next phase, containing Imprint staff versions of two songs which were to turn up on later albums - “Joe Harper Saturday AM” and “Madame “Wayne’s World! Wayne’s World! George,” which was the centrepiece Party on! Excellent! Party on, Wayne. of Astral Weks. Each of these was Party on, Garth. Hey dudes, listen completely different in the later verup!” more sions, and is revealed When you try and think of a city in thoroughly by having the previous the Unit&d States that has produced version to refer to. the lion’s share of hard rock and The unreIeased track, “I Love You heavy metal bands over the past ten (Smile You Smile)” is a rough acousyears, the clear-cut winner would be tic guitar and voice demo submitted Los Angeles. But if you surf up the by Morrison to Berns before these Pacific pond a bit to Seattle you11 find sessions, and is a rare gem. Among another evolving group, Metal Morrison’s best ballad performances, Church. And now, 11 years and four the song is perhaps only equalled by albums later, this quintet have “Crazy Love” as a paean to the pure established a US sales base of 3CQjoy of romance. 000. In light of Morrison’s recent return to his r’n’b roots, the release of this Those figures should increase with definitive version of The Bung their latest effort The Human Fuctor, Sessions is even more revelatory. It this time with Epic records. The tenmarks the opening of a nearly track set is dedicated to the memory for quarter-century-long cycle of Gary Arrington, brother of drumMorrison, during which he has gone mer Kirk Arrington. Working the from pop to the extremes of introspuppet strings is producer Mark pection and self-gratification, back to Dodson (Suicidal Tendencies, artful pop. This is completely brilliant Anthrax).

some parents who are suing Judas Priest claiming that its music caused their child to commit suicide. One verse states: “Maybe if you’d listen then you’d know what I just said / If you think the words I’m singing are why your kids are dead / Maybe co;ld.it be no one was there to hear / Did you pay attention to their angers and their fears / You’re trying to find someone to blame who can’t be put on trial / The enemy you’re looking for is laughing all the while.” The group even challenges the listener to make use of their right to voice a political opinion in “The Final Word.” But the only song that really kicks ass is the title track which will be released as the Churches new single and lead video. Lead vocalist Mike Howe co-wrote all but one song on the album along with the talents of Kurdt Vanderhoof. Howe sports a similar sound to that of Rob HaLford of Judas Priest. But he just doesn’t have the voice to sing rock balIads as is evident in the opening verse of “In Harm’s Way.“

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Rain Tree Crow is, in essence, the reunion of the British art-popsters Japan. However, Rain Tree Crow has little in common with their hearty precursor except perhaps for providing a natural enlargement of the band’s lexicon. The members (Mick Karn, Steve Iansen, Richard Barbieri and David Sylvain) last worked together as an entity on the last Japan album Exorcis‘ng Ghosts. Although the band m&nhers, a11 save Mick Karn, toured together to support David Sylvain’s !Secrets of the Beehive album in 1987. Rain Pee Crow was recorded in 1989-90 after three years of attempts to unite the band again to produce a new but different record. .Jf~;yo;;

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such as “Life in Tokyo” and “Genl tlemen Take Polaroids,” as well as memorable cerebral ballads such as “Nightporter” and “Sons of Pioneers.” Their demise has lead to a situation where only David Sylvain has released albums with any sense of quality, consistency, and significance. Ihe trickle of Japan members and Japan splinter groups, such as the Dolphin Brothers and Dali’s Car, have had little success except for a smattering of critical acclaim amongst the zries of “oh, this is nothing like Japan.” Well “this is nothing like Japan”. . . $0, buyer beware! It seems that, desJite the fact that the majority of the Gongs on the album evolved out of mprovised recording sessions, Iavid Sylvain had dominance over :he critical expression of the band. The “musical wallpaper” songs on the album are great if you have enjoyed he instrumental “sound excursions” If the David Sylvain albums, in paricularly Pi&$~ and Premorlition. The zight vocal songs, including the ;ingle “Blackwater” and “Every Zolour You Are,” are more akin to sylvain’s earlier solo work (Brilliant Fees and Gone to Earth). With this record, it becomes apparent that David Sylvain has masered his own form of new-age/anti-

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pop. The single “Blackwater” has been well received especially in radio-play; yet, it is somewhat misleading as it is not indicative of the norm of the album. The dulcet tones of Rain Tree Crow are more so “a little night music” as opposed to the perfeet summer album.

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Rumour has it that there’s a huge wealth of unreleased REM songs from the Outof 7ime sessions. Which makes their new single ail the more frustrating, given that Peter Buck is still insisting on filling his B-sides with half-assed tunes. The A-side will probably be all over the radio in a matter of weeks, so if you haven’t heard it, you will soon. Despite the deadstop string flourishes, “Shiny Happy People” is a

born summer single, dominated by Buck’s playful guitar work and the big, big harmonies of Michael Stipe and B-52 Kate Pierson. It’s either hopelessly naive or hopelessly cynical, but either way it’s irresistably fun. On the B-side there’s an acoustic take on “Losing My Religion” that differs very little from the existing version. Another “rarity” that isn’t really. It’s always disappointing to see bands so cynically willing to sucker in complensts without making much of an effort. The other B-side is actually pretty nice. Sure, it’s another knockoff - its title, “Forty Second Song” seems to indicate the time they spent writing the thing - but with its “Endgame”like vocal and bubbly instrumentation, it’s actually worth a listen or two. (if you’re a completist like me, anyw4 Not a total writeoff, but I’m still waiting for REM to start putting real songs on their B-sides again.

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head” senses to keep Bobbie abreast family activities even after II&d from the fold of the he is e family r er their summertime Seder meal turned sour. This expulsion sends Robbie into a tailspin. It’s these chaotic events which inevitably lead Robbie Bookbinder into discovering just who and what he really is, just in time to pull back and gain control.

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Richler has a good sense of character and setting. His references to elements of pop culture, the geographical environs within which the novel takes place, religion, and personal points of reference all consolidate to create a well-rounded and believable read.

At first glance, Daniel Richler’s first novel seems to be merely another disposable modern work to be lumped into the overcrowded pile containing the likes of, among others, Bret Easton Ellis, Jay Mclnemey, and Tama Janowitz. However, Kicking Tumomw is much more cerebral in nature than the work of such novels as Ellis’h.ss Ran Zero. Not content to modern culture, merely capture Richler adds more than a little critical commentary into his cultural vignette of 1970s Montreal. The novel follows the trials and tribulations of teenager Robbie Bookbinder coming of age in a city which is simultaneously bursting at the seams due to language differences and stagnating in the mire of malaise that was the pre.-punk 70s. The protagonist refers to the decade as “The Great Hangover,” while Richler aptly connects the entire age with a scene from the ending of the movie Woodrock which shows the field of garbage left behind after the festival. had ended. The festivities were over and all thatwas left behind was the heaps and heaps of trash. Trash, garbage, and the environment all play a large role in the text of the novel. RichIer takes a hold of crea-

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Richler uses just enough of these cultural allusions to add another strand to his web of words without becoming the entire narrative. Unlike other nyw writers, Richler’s novel reads like a novel and nut a Saks Fifth Avenue folio which is as concerned with what characters are wearing as much as it is concerned with what the characters are doing. These characters, painted with Richler’s allusions and references, all ’ assume individual identities and become distinctive in their roles within his framework of fiction. In fact, even the most disparaging character portrayals carry with them at least a grain of positive identity with which the reader can connect

tive license and updates the 70s decade by adding in the environmental awareness of modem day society. Robbie’s mother is the radical host of

the environmental awareness show “Hello World,” which she uses as a forum in which to preach her crusade to &e masses. Her job as a ‘+,a&-q

Four situations I have experienced: the instances, and that of the Mter? a demonstration outside the PAC Well, the first three situations are several years ago by pro-lifers seek-‘, _,j&erdly. regarded ‘unfavourably by ing to prevent members of the comthe’ gi.dlians; of “political correctmunity from listening to a speech by ness” (sorry, I really didn’t want to Henry Morgentaler; a demonstration use that term). On the other hand, by offended Christians protesting ignorance is acceptable in the last outside a cinema in which L-M case. Temptation of Christ was playing an argument with Moslems who sup+ In the context of the swirling conported the death order for Salman troversy, it’s nigh on impossible to Rushdie as a result of Satanic Verses; approach a book such as Ameri’can and finally, an argument with some !%ycbo without a degree of prejudice. friends who thought that American The constant media coverage means Rycho should be banned: that one instinctively forms an opinion- of the book. In the case of the The common element between reviewer for 77~ GA& and Mail, it’s these four scenarios was that the peaquite evident that their predisposiple calling for suppression had not, tion was to dislike the book - hell, and were unwilling, to actually they didn’t even bother to finish readapprehend the material in question. ing the thing before panning it. What is the difference between the blindered unwillingness in the first IIIUS, the process of honetiiy reviewing American Psycho is as much an exercise in self-examination as well as a process of examining the work. L&s get my biases out in the open - as you might have guessed, I’m staunchly against censorship in any form. Censorship seems, to me, the most counter-productive possible method of producing socia1 change

The title assumes different meanings throughout the novel. Its meaning is never static as it kinetically mutates from having specific character references to a general moral which is manifest in the denouement. In fact the novel’s ’ denouement becomes a denunciation of human

- of affecting peoples’ atituda. It’s the intellectual equivalent of tossing the homeless in jail - merely removing societal ills from sight, rather than correcting them. Most of the reviews of Americun Psycho and the calls for its ban seem to draw the mistaken conclusion that Ellis does not judge the murderer, Patrick Bateman. Instead, these reviewers say, the entire book is an unending diatribe against the venal materialism and superficiality of the yuppie socioeconomic group to which Bateman belongs. It would not be a great act of interpolation to posit that Ellis uses Bateman’s murderous acts as merely the logical extension of the general attitudes and behaviour which surround him. The social setting in which Bateman exists reviles and taunts the homeless, judges men and women on the basis of wealth and looks, and encourages material avarice and competition. The final abandonment of human values is signified by the litany of brutal murders. There’s a leap of faith required to follow Ellis’ line of reasoning: is mur-

kind’s treatmegt of the environment. It is in this light that the novel’s epitaph “Do you like this garden of yours? See to it that your children do not destroy xt. * I”, culled from Malcolm bvwy’s Under the Volcano, connects with the sentiments of the novel. Within this fiction, Robbie matures from the rebellious destruction of ptink to the did&i&m of performance art. In essence, he survives his 4m B1uw.s and learns “to cultivate his own garden.” Richler’s first novel is fiction ternpered with reality and relevance. Kicking Tomorrow comes across with the weight of a hip National Film Board vignette. In a mire of substance abuse, imperfect relationships, rock ‘n’ roll, and biker gangs, Richler manages to evoke a modern take on the morality play.

The author uses his past and present experiences as host on The New Music, an arts reporter on the CBC, and Head of Arts Programming on TV0 in liberal doses to add another level to his multiplex work. His novel proves to be an enjoyable read, which is worth reading if only for the hilarious send-up of the classic rock ‘n’ roll band as represented by his incarnation of the infamous Strolling Bones.

However, there is much more to 7iimor7~w than merely Spit Swagger. Much more indeed. Whether Daniel Richler will join the ranks which constitute the canon of great Canadian writers, which includes his step-father Mordecai, remains to be seen; however, his first work appears to be a step toward canonization.

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der, especially the brutal, ritualistic murder contained herein, rhat closely related to raging avarice? Not an easy question to answer. The scenario of American Psychu is fairly believable; the soul-destroying greed is so persuasive that the act of murder is potential - though the utter dep ravity of the acts themselves is diffkutt to cope with. There were times that I was forced to put the book down and pause before completing the more grisIy scenes. In the wbrld of American hycho, no object exists in and of itself. Each one is identified by brand, by model - by any of the tools and trademarks which drive commerce. If anything, Ellis is heavy-handed in documenting (and decrying} the incessant materialism of the characters. Unlike, say, rock video, this world cf brand names and platinum Amex is not romantic. That alone should tip us off to Ellis’ intention. There are three chapters in the book entitled “Genesis,” “Whitney Houston,” and “Huey Lewis and the. News” which document Patrick Bateman’s musical taste. It’s pretty obvious that Ellis uses these chapters to examine the trite banality of much of pop culture - a point not mentioned in many reviews. Could anyone seriously believe that the irony isn’t being slathered thickly when Huey Lewis and the News are described as “the best rock group of the ’80s”and when3’Vhitney is called “the greatest jazz voice of the ‘~OS”?

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While there remain questions about Amerikun Aycho’s literary merits, it - contrary to the claims of many who have called for its ban does certainly judge. From his portrayals of their rank material consumption to the superficiality of their interpersonal relationships. Ellis makes no bones about the bilious feelings he has for the yup ies. If nothing else, Americtrn Rsyc K o is a brutal reminder of the depths of depravity which still exist in the human soul.

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production uses the death other cultures to of different ways of demonstrate expressing grief: from “a him-lit funeral viewing parlour, to an East Indian wailing, to a purification ceremony, and back to the church basement with squares, sandwiches, and gossipy old ladies.” rituals

Four people who met here at UW have got together to create a play about the spirited, stark, contemplative, and humorous aspects of death. It’s called Fatitock - a death quattti and is showing at the Theatre of the Arts in the Movdem Languages building on June 20 and 21. The play has been written, produced, and performed by four women who met as undergraduates through UW’s drama department, Darlene Spencer is an acting instructor and director for the drama department, her most recent directing role being for March, 1991’s Z+tu& (she will also direct this fall’s production of Romeo and Juliet.); Christine Brubaker has had many roles in UW productions and is currently at t& National Theatre School; Anne Hoselton is a secondyear acting student at Ryerson; finally, Anita MacFarlane is a founding member of the Horizontal Eight Theatre Company in Toronto. The women describe fitsf& as “exotic exploration of the different practices surrounding our emotional, s iritual, and physical deaths. Wk die & ily as women, men, students, children. . . and just plain people.”

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Spencer reluctantly described the play as “performance art-ish,” saying that it incorporated text, movement, music, and slides but was still accessible. '?%e~bvcamefrom discussions about dia& that we (the collective) had had,” she said. “We found that we were all afraid of death, and that’s why we wanted to produce this play.” She also said that much of the group’s motivation stemmed from what they saw as society’s obsession with achievement and fear of failure.

The on-campus performances are sponsored. by the Federation of Students’ Public Issues Board. The play will also be showing at two venues in Toronto: from June 26 to 29 at Horizontar Eight Studio (8:30 pm) and on June 28 at the Theatre Centre (1030 pm). Admission for both of these shows is $6. Full-time UW students can get into the shows on campus for free, while others must

Well, that much-awaited Costello with Replacements show has already come and gone, so what else is there tv talk about? Tonight, tonight, won’t be just any night _. _ From BC they come, the hardest of the hard, power trio NUA~PUKSNU, hitting the Bombshelter tonight. Opening up is a (supposedly) acclaimed band from Holland, E\I, in Canada for the first time ever. The Central Ontario Exhibition opens tonight at the Kitchener Auditorium with the country rock of B/UP Rn&o leading the way.

Toronto’s Apocalypse Club brings us the man who invented bluegrass, or at least who plays it better than anyone else. lt’s Bill 1!4~r~t)r~ on June 20. A few days later, the same place hosts sgme cajun zydeco supreme in the guise of f?lrc~k~~tl~~r Z&U) (June \ 24 iid

Over at the Albion in Guelph tonight, it’s TO hopefuls Gr~gtrp~ Huskim arrd rhr Stickpplc. If you miss ‘em in Guelph they’re also playing at the Commercial Tavern in Maryhiil tomorrow. I special friends the ImIi& Girls are playing the Kingswood Music Theatre over at Canada’s Wonderland. You can go check ‘em out and if you can’t make it their new live LP is probably the next best thing. Also

And finally, the acclaimed Canadian classical guitarist Lio~t 3~~~1 appears at the Ontario Place Forum tonight. .

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Waterloo’s very own annual music festival takes place in only one week - will ,VUUbe ready? It all kicks off on Friday night, June 21, with a public street-dance on King St. (between Erb and Btidgeport). Music will be provided by zydeco hipsters Lucky 7, who are purpor-

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Just quickly, now: on Saturday, we’ve got smoky jazz (HO/& CO/P ‘! &) , janglepop (str~~~~~~~~~~~in,?.s), folkrock with big vocals (S~~&~&, and electric power pop (Putwit @Gjpims.~). Not bad for one afternoon. It starts in Waterloo Park at 12:30 pm and goes ‘til 6:30. Same place, same time, one day later. This time, it’s blues (Thv Phmrperformance art (M~n~rt &IX), traditionalist sounds (LP.& Spit/ Trw-0. T#wrztm Ttio, and theRL-Y!

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and the .Mdlc~ Pjqjxy). And it al1 winds up with the hot pop-funk-rock of Montreal band Bootsrru~~, currently riding high with their Hot Chocolate cover “Everyone’s a Winner.” Gee, this article looks like a suitcase: labels plastered all over the place. Sorry about that, folks. Anyway, on the afternoons in question, bands will be appearing either in the Bandshell (Waterloo Park West, near the fire station) or in the Oval (across from the Lions pool). In the event of rain, hit either the Waterloo Arena or

the Seagram Stadium Gymnasium. For mre info, give the Feds’ own Manny Patterson a call at 885-1211, ext. 2358. Have fun.

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E’lecGcG~WPIRG RadioShowison the air at 5:OO p.m. on CKMS 94.5 FM (95.5 cable). This.week “Landscraping the University of Waterloo”, -Larry Lamb discusses on-campus environmental management.

1991 Sunshine Chamber Music Recital - in memory of Simon A. Gibson (former UW student) - 12:30 p.m. at Conrad Grebel College Chapel. Admission is free. 400 CC Yamaha Maxim - 1984, 20,000 km, excellent conditon. $800. obo. Call 884-74 11. Futon & pine frame . $250. or best offer, Call 669-5155 days or 669-4076 evenings. Ask for Shirley.

FATSTOCK - a play -“a death quartet dark, humourous, dance, slides, masks, sides o’beef”’ at 7:30 p.m. at the T of A. Feds - Free ; Non-Feds - $5.00. Also playing on Friday, June 21.

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