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A new journalism option open to all UW undergraduate major students was approved by the university senate last week. The program, which will entail the completion of both an undergraduate degree and Conestoga College journalism diploma, has been designed to graduate journalists with a broad understanding of global issues and journalism training. According to the proposal put forth by the UW ad hoc journalism committee, which has been studying the idea since 1990, the option will offer students “the combination of a strong grounding in one subject area and the technical skills necessary for journalism,” and will “fill a void in journalism education.” The ten course option, taken in conjunction with the UW major program, will add an extra year of study for general students and two years for honours students. Upon graduation, the student will receive, in addition to the Uv\i degree, a journalism diploma from Conestoga College. Applications for the program will be made at the end of the student’s first year, with one admissions cycle per year. Enrollment, however will be limited to I5 students in initial years. With acceptance to the program, students may choose to complete their Conestoga College portion either during or after their term of study at UW,

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The University of Waterloo issued a community advisory June 22 to be on the alert for people selling consumer items claiming the proceeds go to the university, or to students at the university. The university has become aware of instances recently where two men have gone door-to-door in some Kitchener-Waterloo neighbourhoods selling garbage bags and claiming the proceeds would ‘go to the university. The public should be aware that this is not an authorized university activity. The university does not endorse such community sales activities except for legitimate charitable programs. In such instances, the representative must be able to produce proper identification proving the activity is endorsed by the university, or a legitimate body of the university, such as the Federation of Students, a faculty student society, or other sanctioned group. Please report any instances of people purporting to be from the university and selling items door-to-door to either the UW police at 888-49 I I, or UW community relations, 885-l 2 I I, ext.3276

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differences in team budgets also factored in. Midnightsun II had a budget of around $80,000 -- $30,000 in cash and the rest in material and equipment supplies. The Michigan team, however, had a budget of $575,000 U.S. for their car alone, and additional funds for a large support team. Waterloo’s team called the local radio stations for weather forecasts; Michigan’s team had three members specifically for meterological readings. In short, “Michigan’s team was very impressive,” stated Chris Laycoe, a Midnightsun Midnightsun II team member and recent Mechanical Engineering grad. According to Mark Harnett, one of the eight core members of the team, Midnightsun II encountered two major difficulties during the race. First, their vehicle was slightly heavier than originally anticipated, resulting in the rear tire deflating repeatedly. At best, each tire change took thirty minutes, as three team members, “Jack, Jack, and Jack,” held the car up while others changed the tire. At one point the team ran out of spare tires, and had to spend time shopping for them in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Last week the effort of two years culminated in disappointment: Midnightsun II, Waterloo’s beloved solar-powered automobile, finished thirty-third out of the thirty-four cars which completed Sunrayce ‘93. Over IO0 Waterloo students from physics, math, kinesiology, arts, and engineering were involved in the project Sunmyce is a bi-annual competition among North American universities, and challenges students to build fast, efficient, and reliable solar powered cars. Contestants follow a set, I763-km course from Arlington Texas to Minneapolis Minnesota; the team arriving with the shortest cumulative time wins. This year the University of Michigan team came in first yet again, averaging 27.29 m.p.h., with an accumulative time of thirty eight hours. Midnightsun averaged 10.26 m.p.h. and had a cumulative time of four days, twelve hours, nine minutes+ and eighteen seconds. Second and third place went to California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, and California State University at Los Angela. The Zia Roadrunner, from the New Mexico institute of Mining and Technology, finished behind UW. Waterloo’s finishing place is not quite as bad as it sounds. Midnightsun actually finished in the fourth to last place, as two of the original thirty-six entries were disqualified. The vast

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A preliminary hearing has been scheduled in the second degree murder trial of Kris Eric Warkentin, the UW student charged with the January I, I993 slaying of PhD candidate David Zaharchuk. The hearing is set to begin on July 20 at the Kitchener Frederick St. court house. According to defense attorney Bob Miller, the hearing will allow the crown to present its evidence based on the charge and to set a date for a trial. Miller is hoping to secure a jury trial set some time in the fall. Warkentin did not apply for bail, according to Sgt. Butcher of the Waterloo Regional police. Warkentin was charged with the murder of Zaharchuk after turning himself in to Cambridge police on February 1. He had previously been suspected and interviewed by police at his work-term location of Hinton, Al berta. Zaharchuk was found dead in the Engineering I building by a student security team during the early morning of January I. He had been beaten to death. Zaharchuk was weeks away from completing his PhD in chemical engineering and was granted his degree post-humusly at UW’s spring convocation. Warkentin is an undergraduate student also in chemical engineering.

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Secondly, this year’s contestants faced solar power’s worst enemy: clouds. Four days of overcast conditions turned the race into a strategy game, with the object of anticipating ideal rates for using battety power. Midnightsun II had an advantage in its ability to ‘?-e-gear” its engine to move more slowly, using less battery power. However, this was handicapped by an inadequate charger. There were other minor difficulties for the team. Well into the race Waterloo discovered that some of their electrical connections were

improperly soldered, losing a great deal of power. In addition, the team lost five minutes at the start of the race when their batteries were overcharged, causing a safety mechanism to go off. Despite this, the team had a great time, and won a sportsmanship award. The Waterloo crew were apparently the favourite among the “official observers” for their team spirit and relaxed attitude. Furthermore, Midnightsun II t-shirts are in hot demand south of the border. Better luck next time folks.

Education task-force to evaluate teaching at UW by Ken Imprint

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A student run quatity-of-education task force has recently been set up by the Federation of Students to monitor teaching issues across UW, Organized bythe Federation’s Board of Academic Affairs, the taskforce’s mandate will be to suwey and gauge the quality of UW’s teachingBoard of Academic Affairs chair David Drewe has designed the taskforce to involve students, faculty, and administration in an attempt to open dialogue across the university and draft a report concerning teaching issues. The aim of the taskforce is to evaluate not individual professors or departments but UW’s system of education itself, examining such issues as class size and professors’ availability, preparation, communication ability, and qualifications. “I don’t want this to be a political thing,” said Drewe, adding that he hopes the taskforce will be proactive

out questionnaires on their professors’teachingabilities. Drewe hopes that the process will be welcomed by faculty and students will take the time to complete the surveys, for which the Fed’s will pay five dollars per cfass surveyed. Before distributing the survey to interested students, Drewe is passing the questionnaire by Uw’s teaching resource office to ensure

their concerns. He likened the taskforce to an election in that people will be forced to consider the issues and decide what is important to them. While the forum may not directly generate higher quality teaching, it may provide some insights into how it can be improved, he said. The results of both the survey and forum are to be compiled into a fifty page report to student’s council. As well as being sent to faculty and administration executives, the report will be made available to anyone interested and sent to other university’s student governments for their information. While the university already administers course evaluations, Drewe believes the Fed’s taskforce will be more effective in creating dialogue between the interested par-

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he is both properly informed of the university’s policies and to receive advice on ways to approach individual issues. In addition to the survey, the taskforce will be hosting a forum on July 7 with each of students, faculty, and administration represented. Bringing together a steering committee of students from across the faculties, Drewe has invited both high level administration (including President

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faculty, such as Environmental Studies Dean Jean Kay. By raising the issue of teaching quality, Drewe hopes that both students and faculty will begin to voice

ties. The current course evaluations, he said, are not administered in the same way across the faculties, and thus would be difficult to research for cross university concerns. Beyond teaching issues, Drewe says that the taskforce formula could be useful in determining student and university concerns in other areas, such as the co-op system and funding.

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Waterloo Regional Police are now “officially investigating” the Slack Orchid Escort Service, according to Detective Dan Wright. No charges have yet been laid, though police are considering it to be a “criminal matter.” On May 20, residents on Lester and Phillip streets awoke with flyers taped to their doors. advettizing the “Black Orcht’d Escort Service,” and giving a price list for various sexual acts. A phone number and e-mail address were given for prospective clients to set up “appoiritments,“and the flyer detailed how the service operated. The flyer also requested any women interested in a “well paying, flexible job” to contact them about employment. An Imprint staff member contacted a person who identified himself as “Greg.” The reporter was informed that working for Black Orchid would involve “physical contact,” and that clients would use condoms. Solicitation for the purpose of prostition is illegal in Canada, along with procuring a person for prostitution. Imprint, through the course of its investigation, learned that the service was using an apartment in the Married Student Apartments. The phone number for the service, and its bank account were registered to Greg Nikolic, a former UW Math student. The university evicted a student from the MSA on June 9 for obtaining the room under false pretences and operating a business out of that room in violation of the lease. The sublease for the room was in Nikolic’s name. Imprint learned that the service had used the same room. No evidence of prostitution was found by the police when the eviction notice was served. Nikolic has not been available for comment.

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On Tuesday June 29, the Federation of Students’ Board of Academic Affairs Chair David Drewe and the Director of Cooperative Education and Career Services, James Wilson, jointly hosted a reception for co-op faculty, staff, and students. The reception thanked those who help make co-op the wonderful thing it is. About seventy-five people turned out for free food and drinks on the wooden patio at fed Hall. The Feds and Coop Education split the $ 500 bill.

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A University of Waterloo distance education student living in Northern Ontario has received a Canadian studies award for a major report on ornamental beadwork among native people. Ethel Glare, of Fort Frances, was given the “Claude E. Fallis, Q.C.” $300 bursary for her I SO-page report, which among other findings noted that native men are learning the craft, which increasingly is taught at school as more and more native women work outside the home. Canadian studies is offered by Uw’s St. Paul’s United College. “I really enjoyed working on the paper because I could listen to the native people explain what they do, why they do it and where they come from,” says Glare. One native crafter she met had made leather jackets embroidered with beads for Pope john Paul and two former governors general of Canada.

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The University of Waterloo’s “greening” campus has resulted in a special award from the ber of Commerce of Kitchener- Waterloo. UW’s WATgreen project, as well as other initiatives, were given the “Special Recognition eral Ecology”award, which recognizes significant and progress by a company or institution in the general ecology. The award was one of several presented

of the Chamcampus in Genactions area of at the

second annual Environmental Achievement Awards, sponsored recently by the local area chamber of commerce. “The WATgreen program brings together the research efforts of students and faculty in co-operation with university staff with the goal of making the campus environment more ecologically sustainable,” says Brad Wright, waste management coordinator. Among the WATgreen initiatives recognized were a waste audit conducted by students on seven campus buildings, a composting project at the University of St. Jerome’s College, development of a “green business*’ guide and a WATgreen task force on turf grass maintenance. Also, UW has exceeded the provincial waste reduction goal with a 26per-cent decrease in solid waste since 1987. As well, the university has offered local companies a green business course taught by the environment and resource studies department

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Using special text software, three professors of French at the University of Waterloo are editing and analysing the work of female writers in 17th century France. “We’re bringing manuscripts out of obscurity that deserve to be read in the 20th century,” says Prof, Hannah Fournier of the Middle Ages and Renaissance Group of Texts (MARGOT). The project is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Cauncil of Canada. Fournier says the group is producing “a modern critical edition of books that are no longer in print.” The researchers are using software originally developed at UW for the New Oxford English Dictionary.

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As the Ontario government looks to trim $2 billion from the province’s public sector payroll, the University of Waterloo faces the task of reducing its 1993-94 budget by over $ I I million. It is still too early to tell how much of the brunt UW students will bear, according to UW Federation of Students president Catherine Coleman. “There has been no talk yet of

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further tuition increases,” Coleman said. Tuition fees will be seven per cent higher this fall than they were in I99293. “The province probably won’t increase lany more than the seven per cent already planned].‘* Coleman says that she is more concerned aboutanciIlary student fees, ones that universities can approve unilaterally without provincial approval. The university has established a commitTee to examine ancillary fees,

7% tuition rise Phillips, UW treasurer Dorothy Battae, and UW vice-president, academic and provost jim Kalbfleisch. This committee will review existing fees and examine proposed ones, as well as look at

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Community colleges across Ontario are no longer sending out offers of “conditional” acceptance to students applying for classes in September. Fanshawe College VP-academic Howard Rundle said the colleges decided June 4 to Starr sending out regular acceptances in the wake of the provincial government’s failed social contract talks. He said students can’t be expected to wait until Aug. I ( the end of the second round of talks) to find out if they’ve been accepted to college. “We can’t leave students to decide their future until then, so (the conditional acceptances are) being dropped,” Rundle said. Ontario colleges began offering the conditional acceptances in May when budgetary concerns arose from Ontario Premier Bob Rae’s promise to cut $2 billion from the public sector payroll. The offers were accompanied by letters from college presidents explaining the reasons for the decision and warning students that their status as accepted applicants could be revoked. ‘At least one London school Fanshawe College - has noticed a shift in enrolment as a result. _Fewer. students .. . have accepted. _ Fanshawe’s offers of acceptance this

year compared to last, Fanshawe registrar Ron Cummins said, adding that as of Friday, 2 422 students had accepted Fanshawe’s offers of admission. Last year’s number are unavailable. he said, because students must now apply through the Ontario College Applications Service. So far, 5 I 499 students have accepted 125 093 offers of spots at 23 Ontario colleges. Cummins said it is unclear if the decline is a result of the conditional acceptances or the “new way of doing business” for Ontario colleges. In past years, students would apply to a college in person, with no limit on how many applications they could make or how many offers they could accept.

by David Dmwe Chair, Board of Academic Federation of Students

“(Students) are now limited in the number of places they can accept at one time,” Cummins said. “It may be more attributable to caution than to the president’s letter.” But Trevor Massey, registrar for Centennial College in Scarborough, said his school’s first-year enrolment has risen “tremendously” from last year. “Our applications were up over 40 per cent and our confirmations are up as well,” he said, adding that the conditional acceptances which were sent have had no negative impact on students applying to or accepting offers from Centennial. “Some people called in to find out what it meant, but there was no groundswell of negative response,” he said.

the viability of an omnibus fee structure. Although the Ministry of Colleges and Universities controls post-secondary tuition fees, it does not have a total cap on other fees that students pay. The University of Western Ontario recently approved a $50 per student fee, set to take effect this fall, that will go toward the university’s scholarship funds. UW’s staff hope to be a bit more in the light -- about the on-campus ramifications of the province’s costcutting efforts -- next week after Wednesday, July 7’s information session in arts lecture room I f 3 at I2 noon. This meeting, organized by the staff association, will impart a few details on social contract talks and what actions UW may have to take to meet the budget cuts. According to the Social Contract Act, all interested parties at the provincial level must reach an agreement by August I or the government will simply impose the cuts from above. The legislation will attempt to make its public sector payroll cuts without significant layoffs and with a low-income cut-off to protect people earning less than $30,000 per year.

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revived by Andrew Ofeksiw special to Imprint A group of Waterloo students have restarted workon Electric Green, the radio show Workgroup of the Waterloo Public Interest Group (WPIRG). The topical show deals with enviromental and social justice issues in an interesting and informative style, and was aired biwedkly last year on CKMS, until a lackofvolunteers forced it off the air. Previous shows have dealt with solar energy, wind energy, waste, the James Bay Hydro Project, and the education system. The group is working on getting a bank of six half hour shows ready to broadcast in September. Concepts for upcoming shows include a series on hemp, self-sufficient communities, rascism in a global context, sexism, homophobia and rascism on campus. Volunteers are urged to call the WPIRG office (at x2578) if they want to be involved in the research, writing or production of the above shows.

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Under the Board of Academic Affairs, the Federation of Students has formed a Task Force on Teaching at the University of Waterloo. This group has been meeting regularly for well over a month, putting together a programme of research. Upon its completion, this work will facilitate the formation of a report on the subject of teaching quality. The report will target areas for improvement which the Feds will act on. You may be wondering why I’m telling all of you this now, rather than after the report has been written. There is a good reason for this: the report cannot be done without your input Surveys will be sent to classes representing over 75% of full-time students registered at Waterloo for the summer. Fill one out. If your class fills one out while you’re at the Bomb or sick at home, come to the Federation of Students Office, pick one up and fill it out. if there is one particular issue in teaching thast you feel strongly about, such 3s your profs availability, class sizes, Teaching Assistants, or course evaluations, which you want to say something about; send it to the Federations of Students Office, and it will be read. You may even see your name (or an anonymous quote from you) in the report.The Task Force is inviting submissions on the quality of teaching from the students, faculty, and the administration on any topic related to teaching quality. At this time, I would like to thank the people who have sat thrdugh long tedious meetings, putting together these surveys and our other research. They are Mara Bains, Sue Bergen, Carol Berkout, Brian Kalbfleisch, Laura Mitchell, and Keith “The Undead” White. None of this would have been possible without their aid. I would also like to thank Gary Griffin, the Acting Director of TRACE who provided valuable adviceand an open door. Much effort has gone into this, and I hope that you will take this chance to voice your opinions and concerns, and give us the tools to represent you.

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So yesterday was Canada Day, What did you do? I went to Ontario Place. But that is beside the point. What should you have done! Well I’ll tell ya. This past week we here at Imprint received our copy of the magazine Adbusters: a mag out of Vancouver that aims to jam up corporate media by educating us about the extent of corporate control over all of our realities. Adbusters, as well as publishing incredibly succinct mock ads, warns us of all the nasty ways corporations are skulking into our lives - from obvious corporate product sponsorship to controlling the parameters of what we see on our TV, what we read, and what we can buy. And nobody is free from this invasion. Short of moving into a small cabin in the North West Territories and killing squirrels for food, there is no way for us to escape. So what is there to do? Wetl, Adbusters would have us do what they like to term “culture jamming,” that is refusing to buy that which we do not need, revealing corporate sponsorship wherever possible (through graffiti or sticker campaigns), and voicing our dollars and wallets to force over-powerful corporations into changing their ways. For instance, you might want to boycott General Electric for their military contracts, or write letters to the editors of magazines which portray and promote women as needing to be impossibly thin in order to be of value. But above all, Adbusters (and its sister mag Big Noise - edited by former Imprinter J. Hagey no less) wants us to be aware of who controls our options, who puts the products on the shelves (should I buy a Coke or a Pepsi, is there a difference, I can’t tell the difference) as if there were no other options but those right under our noses. Moreover, Adbusters wants us to imagine all the other possible options that aren’t right there, the ones that we might have to look for but, in the end, will be more rewarding. So, back to Canada day. Over the last ten years the Tories under Brian Mulroney have been treatingour fine countryas a huge corporation, which would explainwhy all the rich are doing fine while the workers are getting laid off. SO 1 propose that we begin to realize this and start to treat our country as such. Following the Adbusters formula then, the best way to jam up the state is to ignore it. Don’t go to Canada Day functions, don’t do what the politicians want you to, do send lots of junk mail to your MP. jam up the system, spoil your ballot, vote for the Bloc Quebitcois candidate in your Don Mills riding (make one up if there isn’t one), have fun at the expense of the corporation, oops, the conservatives. Be a true p(m)atriot, love your Canada - your Canada that excludes Parliament Hill.

Old Testament applied to bike seats Gorgeous summer weather is finally here, midterms are (mostly) over, and bicycle seats are disappearing like drinks at this week’s co-op schmooze, And you know what the best thing about that is? UW Police can’t do a thing about it! They sit powerless in their Fortress of Solitude (you know, that drab, brown building with the massive phallus pointing at the sky?), like a squad of Supermen surrounded by a limitless wall of Kryptonite. Worried that you’ll be eating Kraft dinner by midway through July? Why not supplement your meagre income by stealing bike seats, quick release mechanisms, and various other accessories off other people’s vehicles and sell them for cold, hard cash? If you’re anything like me, you probably remember your first view of this campus as being through the windows of a moving automobile travellingaround Ring Road. And even today, if you spent all day driving around that majestic avenue, you’d figure that UWs Police have this campus covered like a blanket, based upon how often you see the Crown Vi& and the Caprices. Of course, you’d be wrong, since the Police are afraid of the dark and like to spend prime time watching their favourite sitcoms over in Plant Ops. As a self-interested fellow student, my advice to you, friend, is to head on out there and start thieving. I mean, if you don’t, others will and you will be left out of the haul. And some of those other entrepreneurs are young kids, for chrissake. A man came down to ol’ CC I40 last week saying that he spotted three kids biking around Ring Road, one of whom was carrying an extra bike seat. Hmmm. I don’t know about you, but I don’t like the idea of IZyear-olds muscling in on my turf, especially when they take off with bike seats that I could have snagged instead. But remember the corollary of this good advice: if you own a bike, watch it like a hawk. This is war, man, and if you turn your back on your bicycle, it’ll be just another statistic and you’ll be dialling49 I I so that you can fill out a meaningless report that isn’t going to contribute to the apprehension of the bike parts pirate who violated your rights to possession. I guess university really can teach us all about the real world.

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To the editor: l am writing this letter is response to Peter Brown’s forum piece entitled “Women” in board name equals “He” in sexist language (june l8). Brown raises agood point in his article. it is indeed true that “for &cie$s treatment of women to improve, men must be educated and men’s attitudes must change,” What I do find objectionable is the statement which follows. Brown writes that “the only environment in which women can reasonably expect men to educate themselves and change their views is an inclusionary one where the problems of women are recognized as problems for society as a whole.” On a surface level, this contention seems to ring true. The underlying assumption, however, is that women have prdblems which need only to be recognized and dealt with by men for society to become a more hunky-dorey place in which to exist. I think this asumption is a false one. Women do have problems. Men have problems as well. While I have heard much heated discussion about the former, seldom have I heard men voice or expound upon the tatter. The very fact that the Federation of Students has had, for years, a Women’s issues Board and a Women’s Center but no on-going comparative center for men seems to me to speak volumes. It says that men have neither seen-the need nor had the desire to

question/examine how they themselves have been negatively effected by societal stereotypes and structures. Lacking this awareness, discussion between the sexes can only be a very lopsided one. Brown feels that the education process for men can only take place within an inclusionary environment. Does Brown mean to imply that women understand the delicate male psyche better than men themselves do? Probably not. Since Brown does not explicitly state that men have problems, save for their ignorance regarding women’s problems, then he is correct - men can only learn within an inciusionary environment because it is not themselves that they are expioring, but rather, the issues of the other. The creation of a Gender issues Board assumes one of two things - either that both women and men are equally conversant with their own issues and can therefore educate each other and work toward a new vision, or that women should impart to men their own concerns and be thankful for a warm-fuzzy type reception. Since our Gender issues Board was founded upon and displaced the Women’s fssues Board, rather than springing from yeak of effort from both women and men on this campus, it seems obvious that GIB aims to facilitate the latter. Those who supported and continue to support the creation of the Gender issues Board appear to be quite comfortable with the notion that though women have spent the last two to three decades doing their own homework, men can bypass this process altogether or expect someone else to do it for them. it is not the responsibility of women to educate men on their own probl”ems. Indeed, it is

highly doubtful that a woman could explain to a man how he himself has been damaged by the status quo. To those men who sincerely wish to educate themselves and other men, I would say why not set up a Men’s issues Board? I would also ask if the self-education of men is necessarily contingent on the dismantlement of already existing women’s groups? Finally, I would like to make it clear that I do support dialogue between the sexes. Personally, however, I would prefer to dialogue with someone who has both a theoretical and active background in the issues to be discussed rather than with someone who is still in the very initial stages of discovery. Helen

Victoroo

former

co-coordinatorofthe

Women’s

Center

Hate and respect To the editor, Before we begin, let us state the facts: both my friend and I are female and visible minorities. With those facts in mind, now we can begin to tell a story of enormous hate and ignorance. On June 6th. my friend and I walked over to the Pizza Pizza at Parkdale Plaza. After ordering, we decided to sit and wait for our order. Unknowingly, in a few seconds we were going to be subjected to an enormous amount of hate and ignorance. Totally unprepared, we were on the receiving end of an unwarranted and totally unprovoked verbal attack by two so-called “superior white raced males.” Here are some of the excerpts from their lewd comments: “don’t hire blacks because they are dumb” and don’t hire orientals either because they are useless- and when I mean orientals it includes Japanese, Chi-

nese, Koreans, and FOBS.” This last statement just goes to show how ignorant these guys were. If I’m not mistaken, FOBS are the equivalent to people who are of the Chinese race. So now we ask ourselves, “why didn’t we say anything at that moment?.*’ First of ail, we were shocked, it had been a long time since we had found such blatant prejudice and harassment. Obviously, what has been happening lately with N&o Nazis and white supremists in our world gave those two ignoramus’ the guts to come out with these comments. Also, it came to our attention that they chose two tone females for the target of their harassment. Would they have dared to have said all of that nonsense in front of two tail hulking visible minority males? Secondly, we were afraid. We want to point out that it is sad that these two ignoramus’ are students of this university and that’s one of the reasons why we were compelled to write this letter in the hope that those two insecure and ignorant individuals will see themselves profited in living colour and in the full bloom of their narrowmindedness and crualety. It was quite obvious that they took it as a joke because both of them were smiting as they left. Instead of amusement, what was left behind was only anger and hurt. We felt violated and abused as if they had slapped us across the face. We know we can’t change the minds of those two ?#!@‘s but we want others to become aware of what prejudice can do to those on the receiving end. WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS WHO DESERVER THE SAME RESPECT AS ANYBODY ELSE IN THS COUNTRY> If the colour of our skin doesn’t let you see that, if the sound of our language makes you think otherwise, and the differences in our cultures makes you feel superior, you are no better than those two ignorant, pathetic “human beings.” Conception Corletto Zerlinu Wong

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(GOD) shall show them (the unbelievers) OUR Signs in the horizons and in themselves until it becomes clear to them that This (The Qur’an) is the Truth, 2’ -translation of the meaning of part of the Qur’anic verse [“I I :53]

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From the moment ancient human writings enter into detail (however slight) on the subject of reproduction of humans, they inevitably make statements that are inaccurate. in the Middle Ages, and even in more recent times, reproduction was surrounded by ail sorts of myths and superstitions. How could it have been otherwise, considering the fact that to understand its complex mechanisms, humans first had to posses a knowledge of anatomy, the discovery of the microscope had to be made, and the so-called basic sciences had to be founded which were to nurture physiology, embryology, obstetrics etc. Up to the middle of the 18th century, it was widely believed in Europe that the embryo (new being) is present in the gamete (a sexual cell, later discovered to unify with another for reproduction) in a miniature form (Preformation Theory). The idea that the embryo passes through stages of developments was not discovered until the end of the 19th century. During the same period Muslim scholars had something different to offer from the Qur’an which was revealed during the 7th century! The Qur’an mentions precise mechanisms and describes clearly-defined stages in reproduction, without providing a single statement marred by inaccuracy. Everything in the Qur’an is explained in simple terms which are easily understandable to humans and in strict accordance with what was to be discovered much later on! See for yourself the following Qur’anic verses: “WE (GOD) created man from a quintessence (gentle extraction) of clay; w WE then placed him as a drdp (of sperm) in a place of rest firmly fixed (i.e. the womb); w Then WE have fashioned the drop into something which clings (leech-like); then of that thing which clings WE fashioned a chewed lump (of flesh); then WE

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made out of that chewed lump bones (skeleton) and clothed the bones with (intact) flesh; then WE caused him to grow and come into being and attain the definitive (human) form. Blessed be ALLAH (GOD) The Best to create!” [23: i2-

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in a video-taped lecture that was held at the University of Toronto few years ago, three Professors of Anatomy talked about Embryology in the Qur’an. Dr. M.]ohnson, the Chair of the Anatomy Dept. (Memorial College, Philadelphia), admitted that the stages of human development described in the Qur’an are precisely defined. He added, ‘In fact, the Qur’an provides us with some stages which we have not been aware of before!’ Dr. T. Persaud, the Chair of the Anatomy Dept. (U. of Manitoba), commented on the above Qur’anic verses by saying, ‘Here, we see not only a description of the stages but names given to the stages that accurately characterize the features of those stages as we know them TODAY!’ Dr. K. Moore, the Associate Dean of Basic Sciences (Faculty of Medicine, U. of Toronto), agreed that the sequential order and the precisely defined description of the various stages of human development, mentioned in the Qur’an, are in full agreement with contemporary embryological observations. in another lecture, which was held at University of Waterloo about two years ago, Dr. Moore said, ‘I have no doubt that the Qur’an is the Word of GOD’. For your FREE copy of the leaflets ‘The Developing Human .. according to the Qur’an, the Hadith(the recorded sayings of the Prophet Muhammad), and Modern Embryology,’ please call 725-8779 or drop by room CCI IO any Friday between I :45 p.m. and 2: I5 p-mThe Qur’un Sjmks is fmsented by the UW Muslim Study Sameh E Rehon is a ?hD candidate in electricaland computer engineering.The views expressed in this column are those ofthe author and do not neccessorily represent those ofevery member ofthe UW Muslim Study Group or

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Spirit

by Earl

of National

Identity

Wayne

“The children of God should not have any other country here below but the universe itseif...that is the native city to which we owe our love.” - Simone Weii This past weik has been difficult for me as “Canada Day” has come and gone. I have been flipping through the pages of my life as a Canadian citizen and I have come to the decision that I cannot identify myself as both a Canadian and . a Christian. The conclusion I have come to brings with it much pain, for it involves an honest look at myself and how I have erred greatly by too easily accepting the socialization of myself as a Canadian - by the school system, the media sources, and sadly enough my own religion. The opinion I offer is that the spirit and message of Christianity is diametrically opposed to that of any nation, regardless of what that nation may say of itself. A fundamental tenant of Christianity (as well as some other religions) is that humanity, in spite of peoples’ different colours, languages and social realities, essentially One - as we ail share the same identity as children of God. For the Christian this Truth is best expressed in the theology of St. Paul who says that in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, stave nor free we are all recipients of the breath of God. is

the

contrary,

a main

tenant

of the

nations and politics (in my atlas Canada is a hot pink colour, while the United States is a grass yellow resembling a drunk high school student’s vomit). This artificial structuring of our planet into countries would appear comical if the affects of such a combative organization had not been so destructive throughout human history. Whereas my Christian identity empowers me to love ail people with boundless love, my national identity forces me to livewithin guarded borders that surround my spirit, making it impossible to truly love those who do not share in the reality of my particular nation. The eventual consequence of dividing our world into nations is War. This always has and always will be the outcome of identifying ourselves ultimately with our Nation. Wars, of course, come to us in many disguises today. Wars are fought with such weapons as economic competition, the so-called Olympic games and International Sports, (which is the same as economic competition), and of course the old reliable direct military combat. Christians, believing in One God must reject ideologies and wortdviews that lead to war, as war is an invalid expression of our humanity, for all wars are the greatest denial that we are all children of God. it is my opinion that Christians (and peoples of certain other religions) must make a choice between being people of their faith, or people of their nation. it is time we put away our silly Mapte Leaf Flags come “Canada Day”, and work and pray for the end of the barbarism that is part and parcel of identifying one’s self with one of the greatest of idols - the nation.

nation

is that there is a fundamental disunity in humanity, along the lines of the political divisions ofthe world. Any look inside an atlas or at a globe will highlight for us the basic spirit of division of

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Ontario currently ranks ninth in Canada in government support for postsecondary education. Levels of funding for post-secondary education have decreased by 30 per cent since 1972. These cutbacks show the erosion in quality of education being faced by students. The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) believes that a partnership between students, government, and the private sector is the only way to the recovery of our ailing postsecondary education system. A partnership which would inject $360 million into the post-secondary education system is a realistic solution to the problems facing our universities. The benefits of post-secondary education have been demonstrated in the successes in both the public and private sectors of Canadian society, particularly during the I %Os, when the federal government injected large sums of money into post-secondary education. The partnership between the student population, government, and the private sector must be reflected in the funding contributions of each. Increases in student tuition costs by $200 (approximately a 10 per cent increase} for each of three years would provide a base injection of $160 million by the

end ofthis period. This would be implemented only in the event of a reformation of the current student aid program. (see Imprint, Friday, june 18, 1993.) OUSA proposes that, in addition to the tuition increases incurred by the students, government would increase transfer payments to universities in the amount of $200 per full-time student per year over and above the currently promised levels for each of the next three years. This represents a total increase of eight per cent, or $160 million, and equals the student contribution. The combined $320-million injection provides money for student loans, grants and bursaries. After the contribution of students and government, there remains $40 million. OUSA’s proposal suggests two ways this money could be raised. Firstly, by implementing a system of corporate educational training levies, whereby firms of a certain minimum size would be required to spend a regulated amount of their profits on education. This would be achieved by sending employees to training sessions, sponsoring students, or direct donations to educational institutions. Secondly, the money could be raised through the active pursuit of

Gay/Les Come out! Come out! IO0 000 of us listened to this call and turned out for the annual Toronto Lesbian and Gay Pride Day. More than just a march, Pride Day has evolved into a week long celebration of homosexuality. Speakers, seminars, dances, protests and the march all contribute to this annual pilgrimage that attracts people from across the

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It is depressing to exist in a society that so unrestrainedly marginalizes so many people. This monolithic society not only discourages the individual from creating his or her self, but also persecutes those who defy societal norms. To me Lesbian and Gay Pride Day is a protest against societal structures that prevent all of us from freely expressing ourselves. Lesbian and Gay Pride Day gave me a sense of validation and of being accepted that are unfortunately necessary in this society. The train for the Isle of Lesbos leaves at 6:00!

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first on June 19. On a humid Saturday afternoon, Germany’s national team tined up against the English side inside a

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valuable player as well as top scorer. The two miilion dollars spent putting real turf into the Silverdome was reportedly worth it to the play ers, who said that the field played just like a natural pitch. 1,988 hexagonal frames of sod were placed in the dome two

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Captains must attend! The campus recreation calendar of events for July has been prepared. Take note of these events and plan to take part in some of the events as a participant or a spectator.

on July 2 I in PAC IO0 I. Mark this date on your calendar and plan to attend. We would like to hear your ideas and opinions about the program. All are welcome. Looking for a part-time job? Campus Recreation is looking for convenors and ref-in-chiefs for the competitive leagues for the fall and winter terms. Apply now in the Athletic office, PAC 2039. League playoffs are just around the corner! Some meetings to note: floor hockey captain’s playoff meeting will bejuly 5 at 4:45 p.m. in CC I 35. The captain’s meeting for soccer playoffs will be July 8 at 4:45 p.m. in CCI 35.

Things are getting very busy in Campus Recreation with league playoffs getting ready to start. There are only a few weeks of instuctional, fitness, aquatics programs left. Try to relieve some pre-exam stress by picking up an activity with campus recreation. There are a few things to note this week. The Mixed Beach Volleyball Tournament that had been planned for July has been cancelled due to a lack of entries. There will be a general Campus Recreation Advisory Council Meeting

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place also. After the warm up, try out your country attitude with a little country line-dancing with real cow-girts . . . yee haw!! Finally, to top off this action-packed workout, there will be some lower and upper body muscle conditioning exercises to leave you feeling energized and pumped. Hope to see you there! Once again, fitness classes will be offered at the end of term. This is a great opportunity to stay fit during exams, experience a fitness class for the first time or relieve some stress. These classes are free and are offered three times per day. See the schedule in the PAC and plan to attend some of the classes. Step classes as well as regular aerobic classes will be offered.

Badminton

by Peter

Women’s Doubles: Wanniappa & Kanika Vicki Arra & My-Linh Women’s Singles: Waanniappa; second Congratulations ners and thanks to all the tournament.

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Waterloo’s badminton club is a well-structured club that provides an opportunity for students to both learn and improve on their playing skills. Instruction is provided by the club leading up to tounaments so that new players can try out their skills. The club was very fortunate this term to be alloted five nights of gym time per week. Besides playing time and tournaments, the club generally plans two social events per term. They have a casino night in the Campus Centre on May 27 and are in the process of planning a barbeque. The badminton club hosted a tournament last weekend, June 26 & 27. There was a great turn out of approximately 45-50 players and a great time was had by all. There were five events during the weekend. Special mention goes out to the winners of the tournament: Men’s Doubles: first- Cliff Tao & Rahul Vaidyanath; second- Ching Yen & Alex Li Men’s Singles: first- Jason Wang; second- Rahul Vaidyanath Mixed Doubles: first- Cliff Tao & Vicki Arra; second- Chlng Yen & Ging La

Competitive League Standings (win-tie-loss) Men’s Floor Hockey League I: Not Frog 4-O-O; Waterloo Wednesday 3-O-2; Chemvicted 2-O- I Men’s Ice Hockey League A: Make Beleafs 5-I-O; Don’s Cherries 4-O-2; Individuals 2-3-I League B: Spanked Penguins 6-O-O; Betty Crackers 4-O-2; E4 4-O-2 Men’s & Women’s Soccer League A: Club International 3-O- I; Dynamo 2-O- I League B: Wet 4-O- I ; Civ Grad Sieves 3-O-O League C: B SD-lives 3-O-O; Basement Boys 3-O-O; ASYD 3-O- I Men’s Basketball League A: Enigmatic Hardwood S-O- I ; Untouchables 4-O-2 League B 1: Lady Grizzlies 6-O-O; Bitter Boys 5-o- I League B2: Czars of the Tefstrator 6-O0; D&W Meat 5-O-l League C 1: Cement Heads 4-O-O; Caped Crusaders S-O- I League C2: Man Sci Maulers S-O- I ; jeff Gardner’s Posse S-O- I

Sounds of Summer The kmdshelt, Waterloo Park Saturday, June 26

by Peter Imprint

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The Lord saved up all the photons He had withheld from the Sounds of Summer festival for the last two years and poured them down upon us last Saturday at Waterloo Park. Of course, The Lord is not beyond teasing, as He did Friday night on King Street when he dumped buckets of precipitation all over Sounds of Summer’s opening street dance, mere seconds after The Rhinos were “Praying for Rain.” Of course, organizers had a contingency plan. Strange Days and the Groove Daddies soon set up shop in a nearby warehouse adjacent to the Huether Hotel. He saw what He had wrought. and it was good. But back to the miracle of Saturday. The Lord also used his power of creation to throw acts as diverse as The WaItons and Sweet Jones on the stage on the same afternoon. Unless you were there, you simply don’t realize how much of The lord’s holy power was chewed up by this seemingly simple act. The Waltons provided what proved to be the highlight of the entire

weekend, playing a lively and inspired set that had the whole audience hopping, even those of us who noticed their similarity to Crowded House. Sweet jones, however, came out of

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by Bernard Keamey Imprint staff It is u prerequisite that you read the article on the left prior to this one in order to he/p you envision the vantage point from which I defive my review. With each passing year, my hairline recedes a foot, and the Sounds of Summer music festival inches one foot closer to Live-Aid proportions. This year was marked by the addition of that useless aesthetic tressing to provide the “artists” with a little shade from the merciless wrath of the malevolent elements. We mere peons of course, are left to fend for ourselves. Next year, the organizers should simply turn the hHeadliner park into one big spit and provide us all with CHY M “DEEEEP 97.7 turkey basters. (You’ve got to love us here at Imprint Arts. If there’s nothing to complain about, we’ll find something). OK, enough about the weather and staging. Missiles pointed full on vendors. Can’t those grease bubbles sell anything else but fecal dogs and

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nowhere and went straight back in that direction. Nothing but guitar noise and hard rock posturing, this gang of losers made me kick back with my copy of MEAT magazine and shine my chain mail girl dfe instead of paying attention to the show. In fact, The Waltons lead singer’s spoof of Mr. Sweet Jones boasting about having a few beers before the show made my life worthwhile. The grunge of T.O.‘s hHead didn’t quite fit with the lazy summer day they found themselves in, but the band was able to work against the imperfect atmosphere and win over the crowd. The Rheostatics wailed with the best of ‘em, Bowie included. Edith Bunker, look out. The Lord deviated from the scripture a tad when He placed the zany Mijxy Frcivous as the headliner, but they left the audience worshipping their sandals, espe-

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afterbirthburgers? How about a little fresh fruit. You don’t have to be a treehugging, flower-sniffing granola-loving vegan to appreciate the beauty of a crisp Mutsu apple over a Styrofoam cup full of boiling oil. And could somebody please tell me where the body piercing/

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nail carving tent was? Kicking off their set with the dubious track”HereComes the Rain”, local home brew the Longfellows were an unsettling omen for the rest of the day. Straight ahead Can Con rock of t)le meat and potatoes bluecorlar variety did not bode we/l in this vegetarian’s body. Mae Moore and her band of two, are too good a group of musicians for this untrained ear. And it’s not exactly the kind of music that makes you want to get up a dance, wiggle, and wag like a delirious fool under the catering wings of the billowing summer clouds. But she did have the nicest smile of the week. The Watchmen provided Waterloo with by far one of the more memorable performances of the weekend. Anyone in attendance will testify to the unbridled fulminating energy of their forty-five minute set. They are set to be in at Phil’s within the next two weeks. Get an eraser and rub a big W in your forearm to remind yourself of this. Crash Vegas followed, and I’d really like to say something favourable about this band, but I didn’t really get a chance to listen since I was too busy lugging around the fifteen guitars that guitarist Colin Cripps deems necessary to tour with. (I wouldn’t mind if he was getting some different

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but I suspect he’s just doing it for the aesthetic factor). Pete loved them though. And that says it all right there. Headlining the whole weekend was Barney Bentall.

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At her Spectrum show last Tuesday, Polly Jean Harvey allowed herself precisely one cheesy rock ‘n’ roll cliche: she saved her big hit for the encore. (Oh wait, there was one more: the ridiculously over-priced T-shirts.) Other than that, it was pure Pj all the way -- a short set with no silly crowd banter, just superb music played with bracing intensity. Halvey’s trio took the stage with “Rid of Me,” the title track from their sophomore album (released a mere eight months after their attention-grabbing debut D/y). For about fifty minutes, they highlighted both albums and seemed to preview some new (at least, to me) stuff. Polly, for those who care, was decked out in her trademark red dress and gold-lame platform shoes. She was the inevitable onstage focal point, but make no mistake, PJ Harvey is a power trio in every sense of the term. Polly’s commanding voice and astounding guitar work defined the sound, but her rhythm section also distinguished itself as exceptionally talented. They can rock hard and loud with the best of them, but what was most impressive was their subtlety. They were intense without being punishingly loud, and they understand that ferocious volume means little if it doesn’t play off quiet spaces within the songs. (And the same cannot be said for, say, Gallon Drunk, the opening act) Much has been made of Polly’s spiritual kinship with the Riot Grrrls and other “new women in rock,” although supposedly she downplays it herself. Nonetheless, her lyrics are as powerful and uncomfortable explora-

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tions of sexual politics as anyone’s With song titles like “Dry” (sexually speaking, that is) and “Rub ‘Til It Bleeds,” Polly makes even vicious songwriters like Kristin Hersh sound like Patti Page. That she does so in a traditionally “male” rockist context makes her all the more mesmerizing. “50 Ft. Queenie,” the current hit, typifies Polly’s stance. With its great guitar raunch, an accessible chorus, and brutally funny lyrics that parody cockrock (“C’mon and measure me, I’m 20 inches tall”), it desewes to make Pj Harvey a household name. In the latest Details, St. Etienne call the song a “SOfoot art wank.” Fuck them. Unfortunately, at times Harvey’s songs do lean more toward being “good for you” than “tasting good.” This was especially true of the drawn-out closer. For the most part, though, it was a thrilling show, and promises a long and fruitful-career for Polly jean.

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When English pop sensations The Smiths disbanded in the late 1980’s, British music lovers, fans, and journalists were busy tripping over each other in the search to find a new band to pin their hopes on. Out of this wild-eyed quest came bands, highly touted as being “the next Smiths,” like the La’s and the Trash Can Sinatras. Jumping ahead to present day, the La’s can be found pictured on the side of milk cartons, the Trash Can Sinatras are touring to support their second album, I’ve Seen Everything, and another English band, Suede, have the unenviable position of being “the next Smiths.” With the ascendancy of Suede as protector of British pop music, it would seem that the pressure would be off Scotland’s Trash Can Sinatras. Not so. The Trash Can Sinatras still have their past to contend with. Arriving in Toronto, the band found themselves in front of a respectably-sized crowd of fans -- fans built up on the strength of their quietly successful debut Coke. Cake updated Morrisey and Roy

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Orbison-styled songs for the lonely, with lush production values and lyrical wordplay that stayed fresh after repeated listening. It seemed that, Smiths comparisons aside, Coke heralded the Trash Can Sinatras as a budding talent Qn stage, in support of their disappointing new album, the band came off like another British pop band, Blur, or maybe even Suede. Lyrical wordplay had little room at this rock and roll show. Nor did dream-pop production values. Like I said, this was rock and roll m- raw, energetic rock and roll that reinterpreted the band’s mini-hits like Coke’s “Obscurity Knocks,” and Everything’s “Send For Henny.” But something was missing. Cake’s ‘lanuary’s Little Joke” was a terrible embarrassment. Gone was the delightful ear candy of the produced version, leaving only the spent wrappers. But that was just one bad song in the wake of a good performance. Something else was wrong. It wasn’t the band’s refusal to play “The Best Man’s Fall,” even though it was being heavily requested by the audience, either. When the Trash Can Sinatras recorded their paeans to love’s magic and lost, and called it Cake, they had its number. But now, in performance years later, they were just blowing someone else’s hot air.

The Love of Hopeless Causes New Model Army: The Imprint interview

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If one were to monitor the English weekly music magazine trade, they’d start to get the impression that as entertaining as the journals often are, they can just as often be quite fascistic in their loathsome narrowmindedness. Certainly the Bradford, England power-trio New Model Army believe as much. The New Model Army are a longstanding underground post-punk band with one of Europe’s most slavishly

selective coverage of more fashionable bands such as Suede then? My personal feeling is that Suede aren’t a bad band -- they’re quite good -- and l’vegot absolute!y nothingagainst them. 1think between Radio One, which has a monopoly in Britain, and the music press...between the two of them they’ve almost killed the British music scene. If you look at actually what’s happening world-wide, there’s very, very, very few British bands making any real impact today. And the press is quite responsible for a lot of this and has managed to kill a fair bit of music because they won’t back their best assets. Instead, they try to he, and are, very self-important and cannibalistic.

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self? Not at all. We start first and foremost with the music. We’re actual!y more popular in countries (Germany, France) where the people don’t understand what we’re talking about. If you listen to some opera, you don’t need to speak Italian to understand what it’s about. It’s just the passion comes through. What’s important to me, as the writer, is that the lyrics make sense, so I can go up on stage night after night after night and deliver them with the same kind of passion and conviction with which I wrote them. I know that lyrics do appeal to many of our fans, but I also know a lot of New Model Army fans who don’t understand

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025 by Elizabeth Chestney special to Imprint Remember the ’80s Dancehall of Fame? “How Soon is Now,” “Enola Girl,” “I Just Can’t Gay, ” “Nowhere Get Enough, ” “Add It Up,” “Rain,” etc. etc.? Those were the days when New Order dominated the dancefloors with “Blue Monday, ” “Perfect Kiss” and “Bizarre Love Triangle.” Well, welcome to the ‘9Os, folks; the ’80s freak has matured into mainstream martyrdom, and Morrissey has been replaced by Rage. It’s 1993, and New Order has just released their latest project, RepLdblic. Ironically, the album’s first single is entitled “Regret.” Musically, the song begins brilliantly: harmonious strains transcend a spicy guitar riff. The drum machine pounds into familiar thuds and thumps. So far so good, A little bit of

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About ten years ago, when Roxy Music was still a thing of the present if not the immediate past, I had an ongoing argument with my best friend over the vocal abilities of Bryan Ferry. Of particular debate was Ferry’s versionofJohn Lennon’s”Jealous Guy”+ Being a good classic rocker, then, I sided with Mr. Lennon’s version while my friend championed Mr. Ferry. Well, if I still knew where my best friend of grade IO was, then we’d probably have some debate over Ferry’s latest release of cover tunes, Taxi. According to Ferry, in a recent Details magazine interview, he has a hard time writing his own songs because he is so much of a perfectionist that he can never consider them finished. So, taking some time out from recording his real, upcoming album, he laid down some cover tunes and has released them as Taxi. While Ferry proves his diversity of interest in the songs he chooses to cover, he lays bare his lack of musical ability by transforming all the songs into his characteristic slow groove (drone?) melody and rhythm. From Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ “I Put A Spell On You” to the Velvet Underground’s “All Tomorrows Parties” to, no no please no, “Amazing Grace,” Ferry manages to kill any previous lives the songs may have had. Though, I must admit that, had all these songs been written by him, they might make up a half-decently soulfu! - though nearing easy-listening -- album. As it stands, however, Taxi is a buffet of boring borrowed music. I guess if I could find my long lost friend, we would have something to argue about, though I don’t know if Tclxi would pass even his test. Bryan Ferry can sing, but that’s about it.

Echo’s “Seven Seas” melodies here. But uh-oh, enter Bernard Sumner’s tremolo song, and what started with a bang ends with a whimper. Here’s the damage. New Order seems to have atrophied into the ’90s. Where’s the muscle in the music? The combination of timid vocals and weak melody spells doom and gloom for Republic. Lyrically, New Order does “believe in the land of love” (zzzzz). The chorus in “World’ speculates “That’s the price of love -- can you feel it? If we could buy enough, how long would it last?” The lyrics throughout Republic are dull, and simple even beyond cliche. In “Special,” words are wimpy, not wise: “Life is a dream covered by the sky.” Huh? Republic is not a progressive album. It contains nothing as compelling as the Technique single “Fine Time.” Its innovation consists of borrowing that PWEI Eurobeat in the song “Times Change.” Republk challenges no-one, not even New Order themselves. Even fellow dancehall faves Depeche Mode have advanced successfully into the ’90s. Diehard fans may be disappointed by Republic. It’s more of the same and destined to be lost in the wake of bands like Stereo MCs, 25th of May, and even, dare I say it, Prince. (At least he is funky...)

by Derek Weiler Imprint staff We are constantly told that “pretension” is one of pop’s cardinal sins, but I think the term needs to be redefined. /f it means self-importance or pomposity, than it is intolerable indeed. But when “pretentious” is used to refer to musical ambition, to elaborately intellectual or arty ideas-- well, I’ve never thought that these are necessarily bad things. Game Theory, the southern U.S. outfit that put records out throughout the I98Os, is a case in point. Their best albums, like the ‘88 double L&to Nation, were long on pretension and ambitious studio trickery, while their more boring efforts, like ‘89’s Tivo Steps from the Middle Ages, threw over the ideas in favour of cliched songwriting. The debut album from the Loud Family (brainchild of former Game Theory frontman Scott Miller) effectively merges these two extremes. From the smirking pop culture references in the band name (from the PSS “real life TV” prototype An American Family) and album title (from America’s “Horse with No Name”), to the spoken-word overdubs, to long-winded song titles like “Some Grand Vision of Motives and Irony,” Plants & Birds & Rocks & Things finds Miller as eccentric as ever. But it also features some of his most accessible songwriting yet. “Take Me Down (Too Halloo),” “Jimmy Still Comes Around” and “The Second Grade Applauds” are all catchy without being overly predictable, compelling without being cliched. , Admittedly, the album is a tad overlong, and it’s not without its fair share of filler. But even the filler is usually interesting filler. In fact, much of the throwaway studio gimmickry is more fun than the “real” songs. On the whole, this record displays everything Game Theory did right. A welcome comeback for Miller.

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In a fashion not unlike the crucial California outfit Pavement, Buffalo’s Mercury Rev possesses an uncanny ability co dredge rock’s past and create a sound that’s both fresh and distinctive. Boces is the highly anticipated follow-up to their shimmering debut Ye&f Is Steam and it’s likewise another cracker. The songs are again maddingly diverse; long, short, hard, docile, and often just downright weird. Whereas the material on yerselfls Steam usually came across as a tense

“everyman-for-himself’ Battle Royale however, most of the newer songs play out as carefully developed arrangements. Incredibly, none of their initial spirit seems in any way lost. Regardless of which direction they happen to be heading, they simply defy convention and invent great music. Some of the material (the ten-minute epics “Meth Of A Rockette’s Kick” and “Snorry Mouth”) might be pretty well for diehard5 only, and “Girlfren” seems customdesigned for a CD players Skip function. But “Bronx Cheer” and “Something For Joey” are suprisingly broad in their appeal, and the rest of the album is uniformly gorgeous. It’s worthy of mention that Suzanne Thorpe’s flute features more prominently on &es than in the past, and axe-god Jonathan Donahue’s guitar seems to have comparatively disappeared. None of this deters though...the album’s every bit as captivating and vital as it’s predecessor. Thumbtail: For those unaware, Mercury Rev were warm-up to Dinosaur jr. on that band’s past tour until J. Mascis unceremoniously tossed them the evening prior to their Toronto show. Apparently, the Buffalonians had been carrying hockey sticks around with them to loosen up before gigs by playing ball-hockey and J. (a noted bourgeois skier} thought rhis was way too uncool so he gave ‘em the thumb. Sounds like bullshit to me, and I’m sure those who’ve seen both bands can rationalize the real reason for themselves easily enough...Mercury Rev were blowing them off the fucking stage!!!

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Against Perfec&ion is Coventry, England, Adorable’s first album and I immediately loved the whole thing! It’s full of hypnotically repetitiveguitar riffs and heavy bass lines. Groovy bass tines usually introduce each song, such as “Sistine Chapel Ceiling” which reminds one of Ned’s Atomic Dustbin and is one of their best tracks. Meanwhile, there’s a strong aura of Echo and the Bunnymen. Not just musically, but lead singer Piotr’s voice is reminiscent of Ian McCulloch, especially with “I Know You too Well” and “Homeboy.” But not always. On “Still Life,” it goes from lanish twang, through a deep, raspy scream, to a soft -- but stilt rough -- croon. Happily the songs don’t drone on and on, although the tempo’s pretty much the same for most of the atbum (which gets a little tiring by the end). The songs’ compositions too, are atmost all similar, beginning with bass intros and ending with soft guitar feedback. “Still Life,” the first song that varies in style and tempo, is slow and mellow. Piotr’s vocals are more emphasised here than on the other tracks. My favourite track is “Homeboy.” It combines all the best qualities of the band’s musical talents, and present Adorable’s future as one of considerable promise.

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Or. this, the Trio’s third release, they continue their pleasant habit of reinterpreting -- no, remaking -- old jazzand pop standards into stand-alone pieces of art. As usual, the sultry Holly Cole is joined by the incomparable Aaron Davis on piano and David Piltch on string bass and percussion. Atthough this project features more accompanists than did Girl Tulk or B\c~m? It On My Youth, it lacks the couple of more experimental tracks that gave her first two releases their stroke ofgenius (“On the Street Where You Live” springs to mind). This is small criticism for another masterpiece from Cole, from the soulful tones of “Tennessee Watt2 (it gives you the same spine tingle as “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”) to the rambunctious “Everyday Will be Like a Holiday.” Thankfully, they use the string section sparingly, just in places that beg for it, such as the climax of “I Can See Clearly Now.” Two songs are written specifically for

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their complex meanings. Me Entertain You” goes from doll-child Babyjune’s kiddie-act specialty to Louise’s signature for her striptease. And as for another famous song, only cheery on the surface, Sondheim himself acknowledges that “dialogue couldn’t do what ‘Everything’s Coming Up Roses’ does at the end of the first act.” Repeatedly, Gypsy’s characters don’t know themselves as well as the audience does. Louise has no idea that she’s a beautiful woman, or that she has any resentmerits toward her mother; Rose is in complete denial as to her own motives for relentlessly pushing her daughters toward stardom. Rose’s climactic solo, “Rose’s Turn”, brings this phenomenon to a head. That explains the shivers down our spines. This year’s Stratford production of Gypsy is directed by Brian MacDonald, the man behind the musicals that have brightened the Festival’s repertoire over the past decade. He has staged this witty, lively musicat expertly. He doesn’t pull bask on the razzmatau or undercut the performers’ vital @-though the numbers Rose invents are cheesy and the characters’ life on the road is seedy, MacDonald doesn’t insult us by winking too hard in the campy bits. He lets the zest and colour balance themselves with genuine interplay between characters. The combined effect of the entertainment values and the psychological undercurrents leave us open-mouthed when the house lights come back up. Hell, that’s just Act One. Monique Lund is the most impressive person on-stage; with a strong background in dance but minimal acting credits, she guilelessly embodies a

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Offbase Ofbase Various venues around campus July IO-2 I

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The inexhaustible wel I of benevolence we’ve all come to know and love as the Ministry of Eduacation and Training (whoooof, now that’s a mouthful), has actually parted with few shiny coppers, in aid of generating a campus-wide awareness of the reality of date/acquaintance sexual assault. When handed free money, understandably, the instinctual impulse is to spend fool hardily. This is usually realized in the form of useless pamphlets and ineffective posters. The wise keepers of the torch at Health and Safety, in conjunction with the mystical druids at the Drama Department, have decided to buck tradition by utilizing the valuable stipend in a fashion both

not been solved satisfactorily, however. Peter Donaldson takes the loyal, smitten Herbie’s mousiness a little too literally, and he starts to blend into the backdrop. Similarly, Sandra O’Neili, in the ostentatious pivotal role, allows Rose’s Vaudevillean mugging to preclude the more ephemereal layers of her part. When Herbie leaves her, we don’t believe her reaction. The idea may have been for Rose to hunger after the spotlight as monomaniacal ly as Madonna-remember Warren Beatty’s comment that Madonna “doesn’t want to live off-camera”--but this is a work that is meant to get past such posturing to Rose’s psyche. We’re not surprised by the power she summons for her finale, we’ve seen it all along. Furthermore, the terribly important scene that follows between her and Louise is muddy. We’re not sure of the intended dynamics. Nevertheless, Stratford’s Gypsy is a sparkling concoction. It leaves no doubt as to the heights attainable by the musical form.

ontrack enterprising and creative. They caIl it O@clse Beginning Saturday July IO, and continuing through to Wednesday the 21 st, Offbase, an original theatrical production examining violence, both mental and physical, in relationships, begins an extensive tour of the Legoland we call UW. Showcasing the production at venues including Seigfried Hall (St. jerome’s) the Carl Poliock Hall Pub, and the Environmetal Studies Courtyard, the play was written and directed by the very students who perfom in it. Topics cover a range of controversial situations from date acI quaintance sexual assault to violence in homosexual relationships to sexual harassment in the workplace. Darlene Spencer, the theatrical co-ordinator for this collective theatre group, is inordinately tall, and also pointed out the similarities between Of%ase and Single and Sexy, (usually performed during Frosh week). Did I mention how extremely tall Darlene is? Oh yeah, and the most attractive feature of this play is its price. $0.00. There’s value for ya.

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To believe it you have to see it. You have to see)mmic Park to believe that dinosaurs didn’t necessarily trudge along stupidly, but were just as animated and intelligent as those animals that live today. Steven Spielberg’s latest achievement brings the extinct as close to life as they can appear with his usual knack for epic settings and special-effects mastery. Based on the bestselling book by Michael Crichton, who also co-wrote the screenplay, Spielberg’s movie never loses focus as a good science fiction tale to its unbelievable dinosaur animation. The themes of potential danger in the rapidly advancing field of genetic engineering and the sheer complexity and beauty of Earth’s evolutionary history are kept alive. When all of this is set to the musical scoring of John Williams,]urussic Park delights and fires the imagination. Richard Attenborough was well chosen to portray the billionaire protagonist whose well-meaning efforts to bring living dinosaurs to an African Lion Safari-like situation go terribly awry. The heroic entourage headed by ]eff Goldblum and Laura Dern are somewhat lacking in depth, as in the book, but they’ll make great action figures. The Amblin EntertainmentIUniversa1 Studios production is rumoured

Applications are now being accepted for the following awards. The application deadline is June 25 unless otherwise stated. Detailed information on these and other awards can be found in Chapter 4 of the Undergraduate Calendar. Applications are available from the Student Awards Office, 2nd Floor, Needles Halt. Faculty of Engineering Canadian Posture and Seating Centre Scholarship, available to all engineering students. Deadline: September, 30, 1993. Shell Canada Ltd. Award, available to 3rd or 4th year engineering students. Deadline: September 30. 1993. Faculty of Mathematics Shell Canada, available to 3rd or 4th year computer science students. Deadline: September 30, 1993, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences Mark Forster Memorial Award, available to 3rd and 4th year kinesiology students. Deadline: January 1994. Ron May Memorial Award, available to 3rd or 4th year recreation students. Deadline: October 15, 1993.

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Like the wilderness it worships, filmmaker Nikita Mikhalkov’s Wose to Eden has its own inexplicable rhythms. Mikhalkov and Roustam lbraguimbekov thought up a story to

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set in a utopian steppe in Mongolia, and lbraguimbekov eventually got around to scripting it: mostly, however, Mikhalkov tried to fly by the seat of his pants. He wanted to discover, not impose, and indeed, much of Close to Eden feels like found art. Director-of-photography Villenn Kaluta doesn’t chase after his subjects; if characters insist on rushing out of the frame, the camera lets them, deciding that grass and sky are much more interesting anyway. It’s the mellowest cinematography you can imagine without a funny cigarette, and it suits the picture’s very loose narrative. Mikhal kov and Kaluta almost convince us that they didn’t manipulate any part of the imagery, that it just came that way. Though this is no documentary, and most of the principals have acting experience, much of this lyrical film unfolds as naturally .and unassumingly as Robert Flaherty’s Nunook #he North. We watch as sheep-farmer Gombo (played by Bayaertu) and his wife Pagma (Baderma) patiently and silently do their chores. They have scuffled over sex and Pagma’s logic has won out -- they can’t have any more children because the Chinese government will penalize them -- yet the tenderness between the couple is still evident. It’s there in the way she looks at him, and the way he doesn’t look at her. They are also close to their children, and Mikhalkov allows the very young Bao Yongyan and Wurinile to be full partners in this landscape; he neither enforces cuteness nor fears scenestealing. Occasionally these kids, simply because they are children, create extraordinary moments: Yongyan cheerfully plays an accordion more than half her size, Wurinile believes he has caught a buzzing insect in his fist and has his family listen. The power of such images can’t be planned. Perhaps the distributors should have kept the original title, Urge. This

refers to the Mongols’ multipurpose pole with a lasso on the end, a tool with which they capture escaped animals and which they also thrust into the ground as a “do not disturb” sign

back.) Meanwhile, a roving neighbour, Bayartou (Baoyinhexige), holds up a movie poster and swears Sylvester Stallone is his brother. Films about the country usually make a bitter statement about encroaching civilization, and this subtitled French/Russian/Mongolian venture is no different. It ends with a ringing phone as relentless as the baby’s cries in Edward Bond’s play Saved. Mikhalkov is restrained in his de.piction of the loss of Eden, however, and along the road there is much humour and fantasy: the steppe engenders daydreams, anything is possible. &se to Eden is sweet and strange and free.

when they make love outdoors. It is a part of their identity, and one of the movie’s themes is how modern, chaotic technology muddles identities. Condoms and televisions confuse Gombo, making him feel removed from his Genghis Khan roots, but even Russian city-dweller Sergei (Vladimir Gostukhin) gets weepy when he realizes he has forgotten his great-grandfather’s name. (He tries to hold onto his past through a folk song tattooed to his

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