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Transfer payments frozen Tuition fees hikes expected by Sandy Atwal Imprint stun The federal budget announced by Paul Martin last week contained some devastating, although not alltogether unsurprising ramifications to Ontario’s already shaky financial situation. Martin’s declaration that federal transfer payments will be frozen for two more years, payments which have already been frozen for the past four years, will make it even more difficult for Bob Rae’s government to adequately fund post-secondary education in this province. The expected result: higher tuition fees. Ontario education minister Dave Cooke observed that ‘7he implication is that there is going to be a substantial increase in tuition.” The federal transfer payments - $26 billion dollars a year- amount to more than a fifth of Ottawa’s total spending and as such are highly succeptible government

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on its principles one after anorher.” said Jason Hunt, Ontario chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students. Catherine Coleman, president of Uw’s Federation of Students and an important figure in OUSA stated that “the government‘s plan to further reduce its own contribution exposes its intention to shift the funding burden to those who can least afford it - students.” UW’s operating budget for the current year is $ I83 million (85 per cent of which goes to salaries and benefits) but provost Jim Kalbfleisch must now wait until provincial grant figures are known, which may push the budget well past the first week of April. The University has already started some revenue-raising measures to combat lower grants from the provincial government. The UW bookstore raised over $200 000 last year after changing to a for-profit system after years of serving students on a break-even basis.

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Refusing to comment on the allegations made against him, Edward de Gale resigned as president of the U of T Students’ Administrative Council last month. The SAC has since launched a full audit of their finances “to protect rhe integrity of the organiraZion.” - De Gale resigned February 8 atier U of T’s assistant vice president for student affairs, David Neelands, was informed that de Gale had accepted $400 from Cary Moretti, a computer graphics designer, over a computer hardware sale to SAC. Moretti brought the accusation to Neelands himself on January 24, after the computer had been delivered and installed. The evidence apparently includes a bank withdrawal slip and tape recordings of conversations with the former president. Moretti claimed he had initially offered to sell SAC an IBM 486 computer for the council’s Scarborough office for under $1,900, but de Gale agreed to a deal which added over $500 to the

price, He sent a second price quote three days tater for over $500 more, but the only difference was an extended warranty. He claimed the second quote resulted from a phone conversation with de Gale, in which both agreed

SAC’s financial audit is expected next week, though the final report may take some time. Acting council president Marc Tremblay said the audit will cost SAC anywhere from $10,000 to $15,000, and will pay close attention

I 0 the second quote resulted from a phone conversation with de Gale where both agreed to increase the price and give de Gale the difference. . I

to increase the price and give de Gale the difference. Two days later Moretti alleges he gave de Gale $400, as that was the maximum he could withdraw from his bank machine at one time. De Gale returned the $400 on January 30 after being confronted with the charges on January 28. A close friend claimed that “Ed was flabbergasted... He didn’t realize he’d done something wrong.” A preliminary report from

to a recent hiring by de Gale. De Gale signed a five year contract with the Virtual Management Group partner Cy Campbell ta find corporate sponsors for SAC events. The contract gives Campbell a percentageof any sponsorships he brings in. De Gale denied receiving anything from Campbell or Virtual Management Group in return for the contract “SAC was way understaffed

[first term],” he commented. “If I didn’t do the contract, it wouldn’t be done.” He conceded that the position was not advertised. “I signed a lot of contracts all year long and I’m receiving no kickbacks from any of them,” he said, and defended the contract “We felt it was in SAC’s best interest to have sponsorship solicitors with a long-term jnvolvement in SAC.” Another victim of the furor could be the proposed centre for the St. George campus, estimated to cost $IOto$l2million.DeGalewasthe main advocate. Tremblay says that de Gale’s plans for the centre were unrealistic. The user’s committee formed by de Gale to consider the centre has been indefinitely suspended. Most of the funding for the centre, according to de Gale, was to have come from a direct student levy. Students say they were not in favour of it, given current fee increases and costs. The issue will wait for the next SAC, Tremblay said, and stucknt opinion will be solicited on the spring election ballots. WithjileSJfrorn

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tion survey and the symposium. “The male foreskin is a normal and beneficial genital organ providing lifelong protection, lubrication and pleasure,“states Tim Hammand, survey co-ordinator. “Amputating an infant’s healthy foreskin has as yet unstudied longterm physical, sexual, emotional and psychological consequences,” he said. - “A l&t of men are livingwith these effects and are either not aware they were caused by circumcision or are too embarrassed to talk about it.” Hammond says some of the harmful effects being reported by men inelude prominent scarring, skin tone

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sUrveYi Circumcision: begun in 1993, will be released at the Third lnternationl Symposium on Circumcision in May. The symposium draws international expertr from the fields of medicine, law, religion, psychology, history, culturalanthropologyand human rights, together with grassroots activists to share ihformation on the cross-cultural existence and effectsof childhood genital mutilation of both sexes. Noted social commentator Dick Gregory will be the keynote speaker. Other scheduled speakers includelim Bigelow, author of The joy of Uncircumcising!, Robbie DavisFloyd, author of Birth as an American Rite of Pcrssuge, noted men’s psycho-

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The recent banning of five newsgroups by UW has lead to much student discussion and opposition. The Graduate Student Association has now called for a petition to influence the university to reinstate the newsgroups banned on February I, 1994. Among other things the petition stites that a university’s primary mandate is ensuring academic freedom to express one’s views. “Censorship sets a dangerous precedent-as the University is no longer a’llowing precedent for aI exchanges of ideas and opinions which are an essential part of the education process,” reads the petition. ’ Further, it is stated that the Detition “is no; a condonation of the material in the newsgroups. University community ‘members should not have any newsgroup material inflicted on them, however, individuals should have the right to contribute to and participate in the newsgroups of their choice. The petition objects to the method by which the fwe newsgroups were cancelled,” ff

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the world medical community and Hammond charges that only in the U.S. have doctors used weak scientific data to instill fear in the minds of parents about a normal and useful body part. The group also publishes a consciousness-raising primer on the subject. Serious requests for the Harm Documentation Survey and information on the Symposium should be sent to NOHARMM, PO. Box460795, San Francisco, CA 94 146.

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of anger at doctors for performing this medically unnecessary surgery,” states Hammond. Routine circumcision of newborns began in the U.S. in the late 1800s as a “prevention” for masturbation. Hammond notes the practice then became medicalized based on health and hygiene rationale, which still today remain unproven, yet widely and erroneously held. Infant ;ircumcision is scorned by

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The eyes by Indira Geef specia2 to Imprint Some sixteen per cent of adult Canadians do NOT have the necessary reading skills to perform simple daily tasks such as reading a newspaper or filling out a job applicntion(*tisti~ Canada, 1989) Also, at least one in six children has

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the visual system represent an important part of education. This year’s national Vision Awareness Week (VAW) is from March 7- 12. VAW, which is run annually by the Canadian Association of Optometrists, provides an excellent opportunity to improve public awareness of vision and eye care. The theme is “Good Vision and Literacy: There’s a Clear Connertion.” This is UW School of Optom-

region. Students will be educated about vision and eye care. Theoretical knowledge will be practically applied. On March IO, UW Optometry students will set up booths in Fair-view Mall and in Mississauga’s Square One Mall to increase public awareness about vision, eye care, and the professional role of the optometrist. In addition to information pamphlets and eyeball gumballs, a fundus camera, which-takes

As women, our days are plagued with images of rape, abuse and sexism. These images are very real and very frightening. More often than not, these are the images which make up a substanitial pare of the Women’s Movement. The struggle continues however, as we strive to end this violence and backlash. It seems that we inevitably become weighed down by the negative with little focus on the positive. Next week however, we have the chance to celebrate INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S WEEK. Women and men worldwide will join together to recognize the beauty of womanhood, our achievements, our bonds and our sexuality. Here

on campus there is no shortage of events from which to choose. Come out and celebrate! The Womyn’s Centre has a full calendarofactivities ranging from workshops, to films, to drama, and to dances. Check out the International Womyn’s Week Rag in this issue of the Imprint At the beginning of the week, the Gender Issues Board will host Canadian author of Celebrating Anger, Angela Jackson. Ms. Jackson, in recognition of International Women’s Week will speak on “Celebrating Women”. She will discuss our contributions to society as women, women’s empowerment, our strength and how to value ourselves in a world which too often devalues and discriminates against women. She will also teach us how to work

pictures of the back of the eye, will be on display. Presentations will emphasise the finding that most visual problems can be effectively treated and if detected early and corrected, will not hinder a child’s ability to read. The role of the optometrist is to identify existing vision disorders, to determine whether the visual dysfunction is correlated to the partitular learning difficulties of the patient, to counsel the patient and parents and to initiate the most appropriate interventions. This year VAW has been formally endorsed by Prime Minister lean Chretien and by Allan Bacon, the Canadian Teacher’s Federation president. Information booths will be set up in Fairview Mall on Thursday, March IO, from I :3O to 9:30, and in Mississauga’s Square One Mall from 4 pm until 9 pm.

through the barriers we encounter which often stop us from achieving freedom and success. Angela Jackson has dedicated her life to changing the negatives to positives. Come listen and celebrate with her on Monday, March 7 at 7:OOpm in the Davis Centre, room I35 I. This event is free of charge and is wheelchair accessible. For more information on events or on International Women’s Week, please don’t hesitate to call the Gender Issues Board at x6305 or the Womyn’s Centre at x3457. A happy, jubilant, funQ International Women’s Week to all!!!

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Nova Scotia students may soon be left with great disadvantages after possible changes in studentaid, which would etiminate bursaries, are made. Similar cuts took place in Ontario last year. A conference held in the Dalhousie Student Union Building dealt with this issue, co-hosted by the Canadian Federation of Students and the Students’ Union of Nova Scotia (SUNS). New Brunswickand Nova Scotia altered their student aid programs. “In Nova Scotia the bursar-y program is no more,” said Sue Drapeau of SUNS. There used to be a Canada Student Loan followed by a Nova Scotia bursary. This year the Canada Student loan is followed by a Nova Scotia Student Loan. The province handed over the control of the loan program to the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in December. The bank now has some option in turning students down for loans. Out of the 12,000 who applied for provincial student aid this year, 783 were turned down, says Hal Maclean, who represented Dalhousie at the conference. Students may also be denied loans because of careless mistakes made while living away from home for the fi rst time. For example, missed phone bills are taken into account when applications for student aid are considered.

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an o~rerallglobal picture, Campbell says. In the text, all energy sources from fossil fuels to nuclear energy and wind sources are covered. The current state of technology in the energy field, and the advantages and disadvantages oof energy sources is also discussed. The book is an update of an older book written by Campbell, which had been created for one of Canada’s first energy courses. “In the energy field everythirlggoes out of date quickly,“says Hunt. The text which was field tested in the classroom before being published will be sold worldwide, but it does not take a political stand on any issue.

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ing to donate, s/he will still be able to purchase clothing from the exchange. Prices will range from $ I for t-shirts to $ I 5 for winter coats, on a sliding scale. Money received,and all leftover clothing, will be donated to Anselma House and the Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultuml Centre. These organintions were chosen because they operate on a voucher system (expensefree), granting people the dignity of being able to shop and choose, rather than simply receiving hand-outs. The Multicultural Centre is not open to the public, and makes sure that only truly needy people can access the clothes. Organizers admit that the exchange could have served its purpose better had it been held in November, because there is a greater need for clothing in the cold winter than there

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Have you done something to contribute to waste reduction and recycling on campus? Do you know someone who has gone out of their way to promote waste reduction and recycling on campus?If so, we would like to hear about it! Through my ERS 390s project work with Patti Cook(Waste Management Coordinator), we would like to acknowledge and promote the efforts of those contributing to the reduction of waste on campus. The contest is open to everyone on campus. Prizes will be awarded to both students and staff/faculty for outstanding individual and group contributions. Please drop off, a short description of the individual’s or g&up’s efforts, along with the name of their faculty or department, a contact name and phone number. Boxes marked “RECYCLING CONTEST” will be located in the Environmental Studies mailroom(ES1, Room #204), and in the Campus Centre at the Turnkey Desk. Nominations can also be e-mailed to Patti Cook at plcook@icr, or mailed on-campus to Patti Cook, Waste Management, Davis Centre. All nominations must be received by 4:OOpm Friday, March 25, 1994. Questions regarding th+z contest can be answered by calling Christine Smith, 8847430.

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Ken

Bryson

mice this last week i have faced criticicism for failing to follow the syntax of the english language, forcing me to ask myself, why? the short answer is that people understand language to be a mere tool with which we communicate with each other. the tool of these people is entirely rigid - language entails a fixed structure and system of rules, or syntax. by not capitalising words that are conventionally capitalised, the writer, for these people, is breaking rules and must be chastised. he long answer is that people are too engrossed in the structured and rule-proned NorId we live in to accept those that choose anarchy over law. but i don’t want to get into that right now. Nilliam burroughs - /unguage is u virus Amberto eco (in the opening paragraph of his the role of the reader) -the very existence of !exts that cm not only be freely interpreted but

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lurroughs’ quote is self explanatory -- laniuage is alive and uncontrolabte, existing exte*ior to humanity. xo’s quote provides a little more trouble. XO’S whole &esis is based on the premise hat there are two parties to any text, the author and the read&, both of whom must ake equal responsibility in providing the text &h meaning and interpreting each other’s :ode systems. i, in writing this for you, must nke into account the codes with which you .-ead and understand. you, too, must likewise take into account the codes with which i send this message to you. we must both be flexible n our codes in order for language to work the upshot of this has been the historical standardisation of language and its “rules,” leaving the majority of people today with the notion that capital letters belong at the beginning of sentences and on proper nouns. which is not even the case. if i can parlay meaning to you through the Lodes i use, then those codes must be acceptable to the average reader. jeieli nie rozumiecie nego jezyka, nasze kody nie sq wystarczajaco A&one dla zrozumienia. there are, however, many more ways to express oneself than through contemporarily accepted syntax. if i choose not to capitalise ny words, then i am not only coding my nessage in a non-standard form, but i am naking a statement against those who would enforce the rigity of a fluid entity. while everything is undoubtably open for interpretation, forcing the author to stay within some code or syntax if he wants to be understood, the reader must also take some responsibility for their interpretation of that message. in other words, they must be flexible in their interpretation of the authors codes, if meaning is to be parlayed. ;o if you must believe in the importance of strict syntax and semantics, do so. just let me ive in my own Iittle syntactic world, here, Ilong with kd lang and e.e. Cummings.

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Missouri

Death, violence, and racism were not the top three things I was hoping to see on my “relaxing” trip to Missouri during study week lust when I thought I was stressed and having a few major life crises, I took a trip with my boyfriend and realized that the life as a student is a breeze compared to some people. After driving 20 hours straight from Waterloo we arrived in Missouri. Less than an hour later we were driving right behind an old Jeep truckthat ended up losing control, flying over the median and hitting another truck dead on at about I 20 km \ an hour. The first thing we saw when we ran to the scene was a bloodied, motionless middle-aged man in a truck with a steering wheel stuck in his chest In the other truck a man with a bloody face was yelling at his wik who had been driving the truck that caused the accident. His wife, lying on the road had her &ht-leg and hip disjointed and major head injuries. Off to the side of the road lay a toddler surrounded by people. Her face was gray and she didn’t move. A young bloodied baby was writhing and screaming. According to a nurse who was later on the scene, the baby had a hole in his head. The contents of the jeep truck had been strewn across the road. Beer cans, baby toys, clothing and even a gun littered the road. But of all the debris the most noticeable thing was that there was only one car seat It is law in Missouri

mess

right places, but it should be fairly common knowledge that non-qualified people shouldn’t have moved the victims. Following the accident my boyfriend and I freaked out for a while and then decided that there was nothing else we could do and that the trip could only get better. No such luck. When we reached our destination of Branson, Missouri we went to a house where our host was visiting. After indulging in some Canadian whiskey and beer and playing cards we finally felt relaxed. The next thing we know, the man tells us to pack his girlfriend’s bags and take her with us when we

I see him

hit her and

she

there just one week before. We stayed up until 3 am playing clapping games and singing nursery rhymes with the kids to try and get their minds off everything. They didn’t want us to leave and wanted us to take them back to Canada with us. The next morning she took the kids and went back to her fiance. We knew it was her decision and there was nothing more we could do. What made my boyfriend and I almost as angry as we were at the asshole is the fact that during the next two days we met at least ten people who knew about the abuse and said it had been happening for five years. And they said that

goes

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used to beat her to a pulp when they lived in Canada, so her fiance wasn’t as bad. Gee, I guess that it’s okay to beat your girlfriend if it isn’t as bad as she is used to. Why the hell didn’t anybody do anything? His family or her friends could have intervened long ago and the continued abuse could have been avoided. I would hope that if I, or anyone+ was ever in the situation of being able to help, they would. The next night topped the weekend off when we visited the home of the most racist people I’ve ever met. The word “nigger” is said without a blink of an eye. At these people’s house we listened to some really good guitar playing and singing, but never felt comfortable. On our way out, the woman remarked how they get a “Goddarned nigger day off now,” referring to Martin Luther King jr. day.

flying across the room. “Why does this always have to happen?”

that

children

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in car

seas.

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the

accident couldn’t have been prevented, and I’m sure the parents are devastated, but that little two-year-old girl’s life may have been saved if she had been in a car seat Also, not that the people helping on the scene didn’t have their hearts in the

leave. We figured we should leave, if they were going to have an argument Seconds later 1 am standing at the open door of the couple’s bedroom and see him hit her so that she goes flying across the bed. Her six-year-old girl and eightyear-old boy, who we had been playing cards with, started crying and screaming “Why does this always have to happen?” There was absolutely no way I was going to leave those kids and their mother in that house alone. So during the middle of a rainstorm we crammed three adults and two pajama-clad children into a car that had the backseat full of luggage and headed for a hotel. The hotel belonged to the abuser’s parents and apparently the fiancee and children had stayed

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To the editor: Last week in my comment piece, I made a mathematical error. I was trying to come up with other people taking 90% of the blame when I added 40 + 30 + I5 + I 5, not I 00%. I’m really sorry, but it’s not really my fault. I give the educational system 60% of the blame and my calculator the other 50%. jumes

cqnstdered myself “informed,” w!t WIII the rest of the student body think when they realize what services they lose by making the wrong choice about keeping or eliminating Campus Ret fees, First of all, Coleman discussed the athletic fee that is currently part of our tuition. That $33.50 is not an issue right now. It’s not going anywhere. What you should consider is paying a higher fee so that it covers Campus Ret too.

tration, etc. If we lose subsidies from the university then cost will likely go up for these programs, and in other cases, the number and types of programs may decrease. If you indicate that you would prefer not to pay for Campus Recreation through ancillary fees then you will jeopardize the services that you may not have considered a part of Campus Rec. PAC, the new facility, programs, opengym timeand facility hours, equip-

Russell

Fees better than no service To the editor This week we will be asked to fill out surveys about the student services ancillary fees. I attended two forums at which Catherine Coleman attempted to explain how the Student Services Advisory Committee intends to decide what services to include in the ancillary fees. I am concerned that students will make some choices that they will regret once the outcome becomes obvious. Coleman’s explanations about what services are under question were not very helpful, but that may not have been her goal; nevertheless, any student who is really interested in understanding the issues better, and evetyone should be, has to go searching for some informative answers. I am a student assistant at Campus Rec., so I’ve been around to hear what effect ancillary fees will have on the program. I spoke with Sally Kemp who clarified many false impressions I had about both the athletic program and Campus Rec. If I was surprised, and I

cont’d

The Athletic fee, now rumoured as the *‘Varsity Fee,” does not go solely COwards varsity sports. Full-time improvement, equipment like basketballs and golf clubs, and facility rentals are supplied with this money. A new Campus Ret fee would replace the operating grant currently supplied by the university. It would cover the remainder of full-time staff salaries, the equipment centre operation, part-time staff salaries (like fitness instructors, lifeguards, and league convenors), and some program operation costs. Right now the programs are run at a low cost from participants, ie. league registration, instructional regis-

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She then mocked the “I Have a Dream” speech and the entire room of eight people laughed loudly. At the door the husband said he was thinking of coming to play music in Canada and said “You don’t have any Riggers up there or gooks do you?” I felt sick and without saying a word bolted out the door. Afterward we found out that the husband, according to our host, was the first generation in his family not to be a member of the Ku Klux Klan. During our whole trip we didn’t meet one person who was completely

ment availability and quality, and parttime jobs for students might all be limited if we lose funding* Please consider what services may not be obvious and what the circumstances may be if you fill out the ancillary fee survey without knowing what you are voting for. The same types of “hidden losses” may be included in other services like Health and Safety and Financial Aid. The university will be a different place if we sacrifice services that you may not know have such an effect on student life.

non-racist. Once wegot out of Branson we told a bartender about our astonishment at the racism and she seemed to sympathize with us. She said she had no problem with black people - oh, that was except for marrying them. From then on we just kept our mouths shut. With the accident and the assault we did what we could to help, but when it came to the racism we did nothing. Not narmally being one to hold my tongue, I did and I can’t say I’m happy with myself for it. But we were in a strange place and outnumbered and were a bit scared what would happen to us if we said anything. The gun fear also came into play, everyone we met

To the editor:

it’s just that when Imprint pays for you to see every concert that comes to town, you stop appreciating the experience. For those of us that only get to see a few bands a year, a show as good as Concrete Blonde put on is a truly memorable thing. Tim lemieux

2nd year PoliSci I’m writing in regards to Chris AIdworth’s rather shoddy review of the Concrete 8londe concert at Lulu’s. While he is certainly entitled to his opinions, the complaints that he had seemed a bit odd. First, he gripes about how loud it was. Well, concerts do tend to be a bit loud. I’ve never been to one that wasn’t. This one wasn’t any worse than usual. Ask someone who saw Chapterhouse on the weekend what loud really is. And as for the songs not sounding as good as they did on the albums, what did he expect? It’s LIVE for godsakes, they’re supposed to sound a bit ragged. I thought they sounded pretty good. I wonder if this was Chris’ first conceh That would explain his complaints. He never mentioned how much everyone else enjoyed the show. Concrete Blonde played with the energy and intensity of their early L.A. days, Maybe this came as a surprise to Chris, who apparently jumped on the bandwagon with “Joey”, and had never heard any songs b&fore that one. Or maybe

Atheist flounders To the editor= Craig Nickerson’s column “The Village Atheist”, is a cry for help. His floundering cynicism, based as it is upon misinformation and a weak heart, is a case study in spiritual panic. Attempting to analyse spiritualism with the principles of reason which he (kind of) learned in school, drives him even further into the pit of despair. Fortunately for him, this is Gdd’s plan - for only by wrecking his shi) of self upon the rocks of skepticism ‘will he find that, when YOU Pet right down go&, there is no self as he knows it. fhe whole end of man’s suffering is to biing him round to that state. Craig, you’re jealous alright - Balous of those who have let themsebes experience the pain, and in so doing let themselves feel more than UV in the rising of the great eastern sun. I wish you luck and God’s blessing when you meet your monster - and believe pe, you haven’t got the parts to do ij on your own - no one does.

Religious philosoply is for those who already believe, and seek to understand. It is not for the faint of heart. km Cameron

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had at least one gun. I realize that every day people die in t&k accidents, get abused and make racist comments, but it was all a bit much to have to deal with in 32 hours. A lot of the times unless you are involved in it you don’t think about it. Anyway, the moral of the tripfrom-hell story is that if you think you are stressed and student life sucks, be thankful you’re alive, be happy if you’re not in an abusive relationship, and appreciate it if you don’t have to face racism every day.

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place where Islam’s most important duty and worship; namely Salah that is Muslim prayer, is regularly performed. Muslims all over the world turn to face in the direction of Makkah, Arabia at the time of prayer where the First House of Allah (Ka’bah) resides. Five-times daily Muslim prayers are offered in mosques in order to keep Muslims awake and aware of Allah, to inculcate in their hearts a sense of their One True God, and to safeguard Muslim unity. The lines of people performing any congregational prayer include young and old, poor and rich, black and white whose only objective to glorify and worship Allah alone while facing One direction towards His First House. Although essentially a place of worship, a mosque is used for Islamic education, teaching and memorizing the Qur’an and some other social events. The Qur’an gives a ciear warning to any one who tries to stop people from attending their prayers at mosques or disrupt them. The Qur’an says “And who is more unjust than he who forbids that in the mosques of Allah, His name should be celebrated? - whose zeal is (in fact) to ruin them! It was not

fitting that such should themselves enter them except in fear. For them there is nothing but disgrace in this world, and in the world to come, an exceeding torment”[2: I 141. How cowardly is a person who shoots vulnerable worshipers using his machinegun from their back while they prostrate themselves to their Supreme Creator. No wonder, it is a matchless cowardice that left over sixty innocent martyrs, widows and hundreds ofyoung helpless orphans and injured. Any sane person is invited to think a moment about the motives for such a massacre! “Verily Allah will defend those who believe {in Him). Verily, Allah does not love any that is a traitor to faith, or shows ingratitude” [22:38]. For a copy of The Qur’an or for more information about Islam, please call (5 19) 725-4283 or send an e-mail to ksharaf@vtsi.uwaterloo.ca. The Qur’un Speaks is presented by the UW Muslim Study Group. Khuled Sharclfis u PhD candidate in electrical and computer engineeting. The views expressed in this column are those ofthe author and do necessudy rqresent those of every mem&er ofthe UW Muslim Study Group.

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AS the Christian world is in the beginning of its observance ofthe lenten season, a season of penance, contemplation and respect for the sufferings in existence, the world out ofwhich Christianity was born, again finds itself in mayhem, terror, madness and hatred. The holy land appears to us in North America as anything but holy at this moment in history. The season of Lent for the Christian is usually meant to be a time of quiet trial in our inner wilderness or desert, A time when Christians prepare for Easter by coming face to face with their own aloneness. sin and if I The may say so, potential for evil.

Reflections incident of a Jewish man shooting and killing Muslims is not an isolated incident in history. We can not merely attribute such actions to one madman who has lost his mind and has gotten out of control, taking his view of justice into his own hands. The answers are not that simple for the conflicts in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world. Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Holy Land and abroad do indeed share a common history and a common spiritual ancestry. The problems of course are not in the things we share, but in the things we don’t share, and vehemently disagree upon. The murders we have just witnessed last week is a case in point of the outcome of years and years of religious and racial hatred among all three religiousgroups. The inner sanctuary is filled with ambiguities, fears, insecurities, and po-

tential criminals. t recognize that our politicized world does not allow time or even recognize the importance for the time needed to deal with the poisons that seep into the recesses of our personalities and identities. The poisons that shape our attitudes towards others and which eventually lead to some sort of action in the social world. In observance of Lent I weep for the Muslim families whose loved ones were killed while praying. I weep also for all the jews, Muslims, Christians, and others in the Middle East whose hmilies have lived with years and years of sufferings at the hands of religious and political violence and hatred. The views ex/Xessedin thisc&mn ufe those ofthe author ond do not neces-

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HUB.RlS One thing that all theists pride themselves

is their humility. Man’s puny reason, they will assert, cannot come close to understanding the ways of god. First we must believe, then we may

understand. This understanding goes deeper than mere human reason, it comes as revelation from the divine. Who are we mere mortals to question it? It is the will of Landru. Live long and prosper. May the force be with you. So, when I express the opinion that all this

god talk is a load of hooey, I am branded as an arrogant extremist. Who am I to challenge the word of god? Who am I to disagree with Buddha, Muhammad and Christ? What a smug little upstart I must be to even contemplate applying my meagre reason in order to contradict what is written in holy texts. This might wet1 be the case but, I must point out, any theist worth his salt has also been guilty of this.

If you are a Muslim, then you must believe many of the central beliefs held by Christians to be false. Is Christ the only begotten son of god who

provides the only means of salvation? Who are you to disagree with Jesus Christ? Christ Himself said that it was by Him and Him alone that a man might enter the kingdom of heaven, is this claim true or false? Holding a set of beliefs entails rejecting beliefs that are contrary to the ones that you hold. When I present an atheistic view, I contradict many beliefs that are held by Christians and get many angry letters by Christians. When a Muslim presents an Islamic view, he also contradicts many beliefs that are held by Christians. However, I have yet to see any Christian writing angry letters concerning The Qur’an Speaks. Two possible explanations for this come to mind at this point, a bogus rationalization and the really real explanation. The bogus rationalization would be that both the Muslim and the Christian, when it comes right down to it, worship the same god but in

different ways. So the really important thing is that one believe in a single, all powerful god. While this might have some truth in that both Islam and Christianity share a common ancestry with Judaism, I am not convinced those who worship

Allah are worshipping

the same bogus entity as

those who worship Christ and His father. In any case, it would seem that the really important thing would be to discern what god, whatever name he might have, wants you to do and do it Different religions prescribe different means to this end and they can’t all be right. Well

now, if you are going to claim that god sets up different rules for different people to follow then you should have no problem with me. Maybe god is tickled pink when I deny that he exists. Further, I do not think that I would get the negative response that I do if I claimed to be a Buddhist. Now this clearly contradicts Christianity in that Buddhists do not believe in any sort of monotheistic deity. However, at least I would have some unchallengeable, faith-based beliefs of my own... Now the really real reason that theists of any stripe seem more angered by the atheist than theists of different religions, or even religious atheists, is someone who denies all religion offers a challenge to a whole area of claims to knowledge. This is knowledge of the world that must be accepted solely on faith, knowledge that begins with belief rather then that which results from a careful observation of empirical data. Knowledge based on faith cannot be challenged by mere reason or mere physical evidence especially when having faith is regarded as a virtue, perhaps the highest virtue. This is very nice knowledge to have because it allows one to make vast and sweeping claims about the nature of the universe without really having to prove anything. It allows one to be absolutely and unquestionably right in any area that ones particular faith pronounces judgement in. How arrogant.

A Conservative government bu&bencber wonts Of Mice tind Men, John Steinbeck’s &sic novel about two di$ers during the Depression, banned from libraries in Alberb schools. Doerksen, re/xesentative for Red Deer South udmitted he hasn’t &ad the book, which is listed r~s reading material fir some high school literature ck7sses. - The Globe and Mail, Wednesday March 2 TV Ontario

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nights called Imprint. Hosted by Daniel Richler for many years, it’s gone through a series of hosts

and I can’t really remember the name of the one who was hosting it last Monday. Among the topics of interest in last Monday’s show were some Montreal poet and the issue of zero tolerance and academic freedom. The panel discussing academic freedom consisted of three people, which was laughably set up like a typical politically correct situation. On one side was sensitive new age guy Sikh (complete with ponytail) who sat on some sort of gender equalit)c committee at a university. Alongside him sat a coricerned student a female who simply would not answer any questions put to her, and pushed her own agenda of power structure in the university throughout the discussion. Finally we had an elderly matriarchal type who came off much like Waterloo’s own Anne Mlnas. Pitted againstthese three defenders of equality and justice sat “tired bloated old man.” A professor at Trent University+ this was supposedly the man that the three Avengers were supposed to show up for the patriarchal woman hater that he was. Now I’m surethatanyone who saw the show will have a slightly different picture than myself, granted, but the ensuing argument in the show, 1 must insist, was one of the most disconcerting displays of ignorance I’ve seen in a while. The argument concerned the Ministry of Education and Training’s Framework Regarding Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination in Ontario Universities. The Trent professor maintained that this was a matter of academic freedom, and that the guideline’s suggestion that it will not tolerate

“offensive speech” at the university restricted what professors could teach. The professor maintained that this argument was a primarily an abstract one that had to do with the ideas of free speech and limits on what could and could not be taught at the university. The rest of the panel, however maintained that this argument should be brought to a much more practical level, and that this was not a question of “ideas” but one of not being called a paki or a nigger. Without going through the entire debate, it seemed clear that the failure to communicate was a result of differing perspective and a failure to expand one’s scope. It would be easy to side with the professor, since I do agree with his position, but it was clear that neither side was quite right in representing their positions. The problem with the politically correct side was that they failed to see beyond the issue of making sure everyone was treated f%irly and equally and that no one’s feelings were hurt They failed to explain how this massive govemment document was actually going to affect anyone’s real life, beyond the few people who went through the long arduous process, and they failed to explain why the government needed to hand down this legislation rather than each university setting it’s own guidelines. On the other hand, the professor, while I think he was generally right, didn’t manage to make his point quite clear. His inability to explain how this was an issue of academic freedom made the debate unneccesarily long, and the underlying antipathy to the debate made it more a matter of scoring points than understanding the other side’s points. Like the MIA who wants of Mice and Men banned, yet has not read the book, this antagonism delays the rational argument structure that is need to deal with a topic like this. So long as we continue to @merit ourselves, we will continue to debate issues with blinders on. A lack of communication is a lack of information, and it is impossible to debate any issue intelligently without knowing what your debating against

ISo, who’s’keeping So did you hear that Conrad

Black blew into

the Windy City last Monday and picked up the Chicago Sun-Times for a paltry $180 million? Recession? What recession? Conrad really knows how to make headlines. He’s the consummate media overlord. In addition to being an internationally recognized multi-millionaire newspaper mogul, his wife is a big name columnist (Barbara Amiel), and his company - Hollinger inc. is giant. How giant is giant you may wonder? Well, American Publishing Co., Hollinger’s subsidiary in the United States, controls more than 280 newspapers including its flashy new flagship. This paper alone has an average daily circulation of 535,793 and has been owned by the notorious likes of Marshall Field Ill, William Randotf Hearst, and Rupert Murdoch. This is not a tiny purchase. This is a big empire becoming a huge empire. Also prominant in Hollinger’s information stable is London’s The Daily Telegraph, The jerusalem Post, and large holdings in both Canada and Australia. In acquiring the Sun-Times, Black and Co. picked up an additional 41 weekly and 19 biweekly papers published in and around Chicago. Talk about indecent exposure. So why should you care? Well, for starters, you should care because you are (probably) a student. Hopefully implicit in this title is at least some fundamental interest in learning about the world. Also, you should care if you believe in the need for critical discourse on the validity of those things that people consistently present as desirable or inevitable. How can we hope to maintain the free exchange of ideas in the ‘cultural marketplace’ if we allow such a small handful1 of influential people to control most of the mainstream media to which people have the easiest access. This isn’t just a newspaper thing either. The Chicago SunTimes story, which I read in The Globe and Mail, was followed by a report on the current court battle between Rogers Communications Inc. and its hostile take-over prey, Maclean Hunter Ltd. This recurring pattern of media amalgamation can be seen all around you. Corporate concentration is endemic to the media indusuy. In North America, a small collection of media conglogmerates control most ofthe news that is then filtered down through wire services to smaller, local media. In fact, close to two-thirds of the national or international news that you get in local media comes from one of three international wire services. Another sizable chunk of it comes form government news releases.This is what passes for unbiased news?

It’s funny really, but when you discuss the problems inherent in an overwhelmingly concentrated mass media with a staunch liberal (like our resident ‘raving lunatic’ Sandy Atwal), you are seen as a ‘left-wing, pony-tailed bed-wetter’. (I hope I didn’t misquote him). “What do you mean?“, a liberal will demand. Are you an enemy of capitalism! The state cannot be allowed to meddte in the ‘cultural marketplace’, and so on. There exists in these worried responses a certain philosophical irony. Liberals support selfdetermination in the context of the ‘neutral state’, claimingthat the state should only serve to protect freedoms, and ensure that people are granted their civil and personal liberties. They feel that people should be allowed to ‘lead their

the inside’ in accordance with their personal beliefs, and that they should be free to question those beliefs. It follows therefore, that people must have the resources and the cultural conditions as well as the liberties needed to acquire an awareness of different views about Itlie good life’. Also, people must be encouraged to acquire the ability to lives from

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scenity. Likewise, the fact that ownership of the media is so concentrated that a number of viewpoints get systematically silenced is a more serious threat to the free exchange of information than restrictions on hate literature’. Obviously, some will argue that the freemarket allows the consumer to dictate what viewpoints are heard based on the economic power they wield in choosing which media they wish to consume. However, this argument has three internal flaws. First of all, it assumes some prior knowledge of what choices there are to be made. (Unfortunately, many smaller publishers and broadcasters do not have the budget to compete with the narrow views of the highly concentrated, corporate lap-dog, mainstream

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cern for education, artistic freedom, freedom of association, assembly, and the press.) These attributes are central to the belief that each individual should have the right to be self-determining without the burden of undue state interference. So where does the narrowing of the parameters of public discourse fit into the equation? Kymlica touches on this issue when he says that, ‘Liberals have often operated with confused priorities in the area of

culture’. As an example, he points totraditional liberal organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union which have long been preoccupied with threats to the right of free speech, like restrictions on hate literature or obscene material. ‘But surely the Fact that over IO per cent of the North American

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ally illiterate is a more serious threatto people’s unfettered participation in the ‘cultural market= place’ than restrictions on ob-

press). Secondly, it overlooks the fact that the consumer is limited to the choices that exist in the marketplace and does not have the power to create new choices without the benefit of accumulated personal wealth and/or mass solidarity in their outcry for the provision of a certain new viewpoint (Unfortunately, organisation of the necessary

social pressure

an issue that you feel to be of social or personal interest. This is also obviously true of access to newspapers. Those people (like Conrad Black) who have the money to promote certain aims which are particularly beneficial to them, ensure that social discourse is as limited as possible in these areas. Why do you suppose that the middle class is so firmly convinced that it is the poor that are causing their taxes to increase? Most people believe that it is a drain on our social system, caused by a morally degenerate class of welfare recipients that is to blame for our soaring national deficit What about the fact that hundreds of high-income earners in this country continue to enjoy a tax-free joy ride on the backs of the working class? took at the U.S. example where anti-poverty sentiments are equally universal. Annually, $229 billion is spent on welfare. Already, $87 billion has been wasted on the bailing out of bank presidents at failed savings-and-loans. Know your enemy. If we are to respect people as equals by guaranteeing them their fundamental right to selfdetermination, we need to begin by ensuring that all citizens are provided with an arena for national public discourse. This forum would allow for the free exchange of ideas in a venue that was not dependent on external commercial support for its continued existence- As such, it would ensure that our perceptions of reality were formed by our personal evaluation of diverse options, and not simply through a process of repetitive dictation of a mandated truth. This doesn’t seem like such an unreasonable demand does it? All that would be required is the devotion of two minutes per half-hour of radio and television programming as well as one page per newspaper to advocacy messages. These messages could be collected and evaluated by an outside source and would give individuals as well as groups+ local, regional and some national coverage. Oh, I hear the liberal purists again, “You can’t force private enterprise to accept these restrictions on their right to publish or broadcast whatever-they see fit Ok then, tax me and pay the media their regular advertising rates for their devotion of this space. The amount of education that could be fostered by the creation of such a forum would be a very efficient use of my tax dollars. Besides, the media and the corporate interests they represent owe me a few favours anyway. Why is it their inalienable right to consume nonrenewable resources in their quest for profits in which I will not share anyhow? Who sold them the land rights? My government? But wait, isn’t that me? Well then, I want airtime to promote

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is difficult without prior access to the very tools of communication that are being lobbied for change.) Finally, it is not mentioned that in the case of non-print media such as radio or television, there is a valid question as to who should have access to the airwaves. Because the number of frequencies on which a broadcaster may transmit their signal, we need to ask ourselves if society, as the ‘owner’ of the airwaves, does not have some in herent right to the guarantee that they will be used for the dispersement of a wide range of viewpoints. Presently, access to this media is extremely limited. To establish a television channel requires a large initial capital investment as well as regulation by the CRTC which is difficult to obtain at best. In addition, existing stations that rely on massive corporate advertising revenue for their financial viability have restrictions on what sort of material they will accept for their broadcasts. I am not merely speaking of the editorial control that television stations (and their sponsers) wield over programming. Major networks also cater to these corparate interests by legislating that they will not carry ‘advocacy ads’ that might question the lifestyles which are being sold by the network‘s advertisers. This means that you, as an upstanding, self-determined Ii beral, cannot buy

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ralism to collapse. Rawls attempts to answer this charge by hypothesizing. ‘in a free market, good ways of life will be recognized and supported.’ But this alone is insufficient My interest in a valuable social practice may be best promoted by depleting the resources which the practice requires to survive beyond my lifetime. It therefore follows, that even if people can identify ‘the good life’, future People are not ensured a diverse range of options. It is here that we must demand public debate over the proper role of the state in issues of conservation. Otherwise, selfdetermination may not be self-sustaining, Don’t look to Conrad Black for the provision of this forum. He, like many vocal supporters of the democratic, capitalist, neuuaktate h& too much to lose to a changing of the status quo. Such is life. Hopefully however, it will be possible for the less wealthy supporters of a libel-al Political philosophy to recognise that a rejection of highly concentrated ownership of mass media is not necessarily a ‘farout, tree-hugging endorsement of undue state interference.’ Actually, this position is a byproduct of the liberal desire for ‘individual, informed selfdeterminism.’ Hmmmmmmm.

by Elena Johnson Imprint stag Monocultures are violent. The establishment of monculture results in poverty, scarcity, unemployment, malnutrition and even starvation -the very problems that monoculture advocates claim to be attempting to solve. These facts were the basis of the passionate speech given by internationally acclaimed ecofeminist Vandana Shiva at Ryerson Polytechnical University last Wednesday. Shiva, born in India, has been an environmental activist since she returned to her homeland after obtaining a PhD in Physics at the University of Western Ontario. Her latest mission, which brought her to Toronto and Hamilton international tour, is to preserve natural and biological diversity in developing countries. Her most urgent goal is to counteract the trend of establishing monocultres in the developing world. Monocultures are exactly what they sound like - groups of identical species. Examples include single-crop fields, single-species forests, and even

single-race human societies. Although the Green Revolution (a scheme of the 1970s which introduced commercial hybrid crops to developing countries and resulted in mass environmetat degradation and social injustice) is now seen as a mistake of the past, monoculture field crops are the equally harmful trend of today. ‘*Miracle” hybrid crops, such as the most marketable varieties ofwheat, are brought into developing countries. They take over precious field space, reduce biodiversity, and introduce pesticides and fertiilirers to the soil, water and ecosystems.

Threats

scarcity...and a mind that is able to accept the illusion of abundance.” She also speaks of the “monoculture mind” - a way of thinking that incorporates a fear of diversity and animosity towards differences. She claims monocultures are inevitably imposed accordingtothestandards and preferences of one race, gender, or other particular groups of people.

Future

“weeds”

On Wednesday, Shiva told admirers the story of the Indian butvak plant. Butvak was once grown plentifully in Indian fields, providing essential vitamin A to the people who harvested it. It is now eradicated by herbicides, because it is seen as a threat to wheat crops. Whereas Indians could once collect butvak from the field, they cannot afford to buy vitamin pills now to supplement their diets. The butvak story is a classic exam-

Indian Violence

Ecofeminist Vandana of Monocultures,”

pie of the decimation of local species, seen by outsiders as “weeds,” to make way for monoculture crops. Shiva says, “What are seen as weeds by distant agencies... are precisely the most useful species locally for ecological and economic reasons.”

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For many of us in Environmental Studies, ENVS 200 - Field Ecology - is more than just a requirement of our programs. It is an oppportunity to directly Iink our academic disciplines to the natural environment. The field research associated with ENVS 200 deviates from the monotony of the classroom setting and allows students to develop a practical sense of the workings of natural systems. It is with this consideration that many of us elect to take ENVS 200 in either spring or fall terms. By doing this, students can derive the most benefit from a favourable climate which enhances the occurrence of various plant and animal species. While it is true that species occurrence is most evident in spring and summer months, something should be said for the unique opportunities in field ecology provided by research during the winter terms. To the avid naturalist, a mixed conifer-d&iduous habitat enshrouded with knee-deep snow and cool crisp air, can truly be a “winter wonderland.” As students learn, there are several benefits ro field reserch in winter climates.

Trucking Even in the most rural of natural areas that might be explored, the actual observation of wildlife is not necessarily guaranteed in winter. In fact’ the amateur naturalist may often be discouraged by this unfortunate circumstance. Snow provides an excellent medium to assess wildlife utilization in a given area. This is because animal movement through snow creates identifiable and distinguishable tracks. Typically in Southern Ontario, most

tracks will be of white-tail deer, grey or red squirrel, and rabbit. If you wish to endeavour on animal tracking, fresh snow that has not melted is ideal. Otherwise, speties-specific identification may not be possible. Conifer bows create a dense shade that preventssrtowfrom melting, so conifer forests are good places to attempt tracking. It might also be a good idea to learn about scats, browsing and aminal beds in the snow. (Any credible field guide on tracking should have this information).

Finding

nests

In Southern Ontario in particular, the mixed deciduous forests have lost most of their foliage in late October, exposing the habitat of nesting birds. Stick nests, leaf nests, and tree cavities comprise the majority of nest distributions. Winter provides the opportunity to explore and observe these nesting sites with relatively less difficulty than in summer, when the thick foliage may disguise them. Research can be focussed on nesting sites that correspond to various species of birds. Raptors such as red-tailed hawk, cooper’s hawk, broad-wing hawk and great horned owls are just some of the magnificent species whose nests may be discovered by a patient naturalist

Deer

sightings.

In addition to nests, deer and other such animals may be sighted more easily during the winter months. Again, the enhanced visibility is due to the lack of foliage in conifer forests. A winter ecology course can be a refreshing experience. Only after taking a course such as ENVS 200 in the fall or winter terms can a student begin to understand the most exciting aspects of natural field ecology.

monocrops

The monoculture paradigm began in the field of forestry, in which natural, diverse forests were considered “abnormal” for production purposes. “Normal” forests were to contain one predominant species of tree which would be harvestable and marketable. This is still being practiced today in many countries including Canada, where replanting after harvest is done in single-species, column-like fashion.

Violence

and

Shiva discusses at Ryerson.

One such example is polycropping, which is a traditional method in India and many other countries. It involves planting between two and twelve different crops in one area, with excellent growth results. Together, the crops manage themselves. Farmers merely need to know the right combination of seeds to plant. Cereals and legumes, for example, complement each other perfectly. Shiva says that’ in many regions, traditional agricultural methods are overthrown when monocrops are planted. A system is implemented on which farmers must buy their seeds from corporations. This results in poverty, as well as biological scarcity, which in turn results in mass malnutrition and even starvation. Shiva says, “Monocultures create

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Shiva describes monocultures as “violent,” for diversity always exists in freedom, be it political or biological. She claims that this violence is manifested as monocultures render other species extinct, and also when traditionally useful, natural species are reengineered. Biotechnology comes into play here as well, for it is the tool for this “re-engineering” of species. Until recently, only genetically similar species could be cross-bred. Today, biotechnology bypasses the old methods by making it possible for genes to be transplanted between very different species; even between animals and plants, Biotechnology is often what creates the species which become monocrops. In “Our Country, the Planet”, author Shridath Ramphal writes,“Our science and technology, our genius, must be harnessed to ethics if human society is to survive. At present, (we)... show little appreciation of such ethics.” Shiva feels that ethics must play an important role in the fight against monocultures.

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In the impending era of globalization, Shiva predicts that control and power will be far removed from individual communities. She says, “People will have no idea what structure or person is causing the insecurities they are feeling. There will be no person or thing to confront. Thus, they will begin to fear diversity... to fear what is different from them.” This is where such issues as racism and ethnic cleansing can fall into place, further manifesting the violence of monocultures. Shiva argues that we must learn from mistakes of the past, and celebrate diversity. She encourages people to protest the imposition of monocultures in all societies. She says “A new divide and rule policy is emerging, and pitting the North and South against each other...for economic survival.” Her sense of hope lies “in the small places and the small people, where hopefully the politics of diversity will emerge and start to rebel against the politics of monocultures.” Her ultimate feeling about the importance of diversity is ‘I... no person, no region, no plant’ no animal and no seed is too small or insignificant to have an important role to play in the world.”

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GRYPHSSTUNWARRIORS Hopes for final-four berth dashed as Guelph upsets UW 79-71 in quarterfinal Death and taxes may be sure bets, but don’t count on homecourt advantage to hand you a victory in elimination playoffs. That’s the lesson the sixth-place Guelph Gryphons taught the Waterloo Warrior basketball team on Tuesday night as they upended the Warriors 79-71 in an OUAA West quarterfinal game at the PAC. “The difference between third and sixth in this division is so small, it’s almost of no significance at all,” said UW head coach Tom Kieswetter. The loss eliminates Waterloo from the playoffs and sends Guelph to Hamilton tomorrow to take on the Western Mustangs in one semi-final of the OUAA Wild West Shoot-out at Copps Coliseum. The Brock Badgers are set to meetthe McMaster Marauders at I 2100 p.m. after beating the Lakehead Nor’Westers 83-47 on Tuesday, while the Guelph/Western game will be at 2:OO p+m. The championship game will be on Sunday at 200 p.m., and CHCH TV channel I I will broadcast both 2:00 p.m. games. On Tuesday night, both teams played with a fevered intensity, with emotions flairing throughout the game and finally ending up in a near-brawl as time ran out. “It was a war out there,” said Kieswetter. “Both teams were playing with great intensity. We have to be proud about our effort, but Guelph

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came through large.” The Gryphons rode the inside scoring of Rob Henry and Michael Wilson to an I I -point lead with six minutes to play, but the Warriors stormed back with a 13-3 run to be down by one, 72-7 I, with I:21 left “Henry and Wilson were unexpectedly successful,” said Kieswetter. “They came up with the best game of their season.” Sean Van Koughnett scored three baskets in just over a minute and Mike

“The difference between third and sixth...is almost of no significance at all. ‘I Quarte showed his defensive prowess with steals on two consecutive Guelph possessions to help spark the Warrior comeback. After Henry scored to put Guelph up by three again, he grabbed a defensive board, fell to the floor, and was able to call timeout to prevent a jump ball with 41.8 seconds left Chris O’Rourke took control then, bringing the ball down unscathed and hitting four free throws in the final

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seconds to cap off a perfect 8-of-8 performance at the charity stripe. Waterloo’s usually reliable outside shooting looked like it was practicing for a McDonald’s commercial as the team went 3-of-21 from treyland, including I -of- I I in the second half and O-of-8 for Van Koughnett in the game. The second half saw the worst of the drought as the team shot only 33 per cent from the field. For the entire game, Waterloo shot 41 per cent to Guelph’s 50 per cent Tom Kieswetter attributed Uw’s lack of success from outside to Guelph’s pressure defence. As well, the Cryphons executed their inside game plan perfectly. “We knew that we could go four or five deep with our big men, while Waterloo could only go two or three deep,” said O’Rourke. “We just kept pounding it inside and it seemed to work.” Down by five at the half, Waterloo stormed back in the opening minutes of the second frame, led by Alex Urosevic, who scored six straight to put the team ahead after 1~35. Urosevic led the team with 21 points on 9-of- I8 shooting. Along with Duarte, VanKoughnett was the Warrior’s defensive sparkplug with I4 rebounds, including eight on the defensive glass. For O’Rourke, the game’s end was a perfect vindication of Guelph’s 83-79 loss in their regular-season visit to the PAC in which he missed the front end of a bonus free throw that could have tied the game late. “Actually, that was the first thing that came into my mind when I walked into the dressing room hereJ’0’Rourke said of the missed free throw. “This is probably the sweetest win in my five years at Guelph because we were not as good as we wanted to be this year and we weren’t expected to win this game.” Waterloo had three other players in double figures: VanKoughnett with 17, Tom Balfe with I 3, and Chris Moore with 12. O’Rourke led the Gryphons with 25 points. Henry and Wilson were the only others in double figures with I8 and I4 points respectively. Both shot well from the field: Henry shot 9-of- I3 and Wilson 7-of-l 1. Henry also CO!lected I I boards. For Urosevic, fouling out of his last career game as a Warrior seemed to be a strangely appropriate way to end his Warrior career. Through streaks hot and cold, Urosevic always battled to the end. Tuesday night’s heart-breaking

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loss brought to an end a season which saw the Warriors go 8-3 after an O-3 started and host their first playoff game in three seasons. “At the start of the season, we were not playing well and were not optimistic about this season,” said Kieswetter. “But we played well enough throughout to get that home playoff game, which is what we were counting on because we had played so well at home.” It was a shame to see the Warriors revert to their outside shooting ways when it was their inside attack, bolstering by Tom Balfe switching from forward to centre, that made the difference this season. This third-year mass of intensity has blossomed i Ato one of the best 6’6’

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centres you’ll ever see. Balfe was the team’s third-leading scorer and had a 60.4 shooting percentage, tenth best in the nation. The real threat of an inside game, something Waterloo has lacked in recent years, opened up the passing game and the scoring lanes for UWs offence. Balfe’s position change allowed Kieswetter to add experience, cool savvy, and accurate outside shooting to the starting lineup in the person of fifthyear forward Chris Moore. The change also opened up the court for scoring workhorses Sean Van Koughnett and Alex Urosevic, who were free to pick and choose between driving to the hoop and spotting up outside, knowing that they had Balfe to pass to in the paint and to clean the offensive glass.

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Last-chance meet big success for track team as it tunes up for OWOWIAAs in Windsor by Kregg Fordyce Imprint sports Friday night was a long one for the UW Athena and Warrior athletes. Arriving in the late afternoon at the University of Toronto for what is usually a really pathetic competition, UW was surprised to find a host of new and invigorating competition. Schools from the United States, as well as a lot of Canadian regulars who do not usually show for the Last Chance meet, were present. The meet did not start until 500 p.m., which is unusual and hard on athletes who are not used to running, jumping, or hurdling into the evening hours. However, UW persevered and here is a brief account on the personal bests and qualifiers for Canadians that occurred. In the 60-metre sprint events, Tory Locker ran a personal best of 7.59 seconds, while on the Athena side of things, the duo ofVal Lingard and Teresa Kindree also personal bested in there races. One of the highlights of the night was Alicia Steele’s performance in the 60-metre hurdles. Steele qualified for CIAU competition in Edmonton, running a personal best of 9. I 3 in the finals. Steele’s performance ranks her in the top five, women to compete in OWIAA competition tomorrow in Windsor. Brent Forrest also had a good race in the 60-metre hurdle event,

T. J. Mackenzie is ranked 11 th in Canada after his 1,OOO-metre run at the University of Toronto last weekend. He will need to continue to run well at the OUAA finals this weekend at the University of Windsor to qualify for the CIAU championships. photo running a time of 8.77 and just shy of CIAU standard. In the 300-metre sprint, Val Lingard personal bested again in a time of 45.3 I seconds. Mike Ready, in the 3,000-metre event, also personal bested and ran a competitive race,

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the previous week by fractions of a second. This particular race was an excellent performance by Mackenzie but unfortunately left him even closer to standard than the previous attempt. Mackenzie ran a time of 2:29.24, which ranks him I Ith in Canada and puts him in good position for next weekends OUAA finals in Windsor. The second I ,OOO-metre race of the day was by Julia Norman, Sarah Brown, and Judith Leroy; all three ran Athena personal bests. The big win was by Brown, who also attained CIAU standard with a time of 256.47. That puts her fourth in Canada at the moment. Finally, it was 1 I :OO p.m. before the relays took to the track. Everyone seemed a little skeptical about running fast this late at night. Both the Athenas and Warriors had come to qualiv two teams for CIAU standard and put the teams in the race for medal contention next weekat OUAAs and OWlAAs in Windsor. First, the men’s 4-by-800-metre team consisting of Jim Mylet, Mackenzie, Kregg Fordyce, and Jason Gregoire (running in that order). The competition was there, eight teams competing, and a lot of cheering and support from the rest of our team. The race belonged to Waterloo most of the way with excellent runs from all four runners. However, there were only two personal bests of the group (that being

Mylet’s gutsy starting leg and Mackenzie in the second leg). The end result was a ftrst place and a time of 7:s I, I 3, a full second a bit under the CIAU standard. The Athenas were hot too. They ran a truly tough race where both Sarah Thompson and Cindy O’Carrol personal bested, putting the team that much closer to CIAU standard. The dynamic duo of Brown and Leroy,after both havingrungreat I OOOmetre races, did r?ot quite make their personal bests, which left the Athenas a mere second off the CIAU standard. However+ next week, in the heat of the competrtion at Ontario Finals, we are sure to get All-Canadian results from this team of great potential. The Last Chance meet was a completely new meet this year and the University of Toronto should be commended on its effort to increase the level of competition. Although it is a late meet and physically tough on athletes, UW came out with another 2 I personal bests on the team, sending our total this season so far to I79 personal bests That mark is well over the total season peak last year and there is still much more to come. So, if you are in Windsor today or tomorrow and want to see some of the fastest, strongest and highest jumping people in Canada compete. Come out and give a cheer for the Waterloo Athenas and Warriors who will be competing with the heart and dedication of true Waterloo athletes.

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Have you ever looked at your cunt? I mean really felt it--located your clitoris, vaginal opening, spread apart your labia to get a closer look, pulled back the hood of the clitoris to expose the glan? If you haven’t, I encourage you to do so and learn how unique your cunt is...no two cunts are similar; there are many different overall shapes; the colouring varies in each as does the design. Some have complex folds, some have clean lines and symmetry. Some clitoris’ are close to the vaginal opening, some are far away. Some glans of the clitoris are large jewels, and some are shy buttons that hide in the shaft... Whatever your cunt design, it is important to create your own genital imagery informed by self-knowldege, not the patriarchal version of pussy and beaver. In my experience, most womyn at some time or another have been quite modest about their cunts

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and have tlekleveci that their cunt either looked bad, smelled bad, tasted bad, etc. Where has all this cunt hatred and fear come from? If you don’t think the cunt is hated or feared, think of the millions spent persuadingwomynto”stayfresh,““s~~~e,” “douche away that embarassing odour,” from what are we being saved from... our own sense of womynhood! I use the word cunt, an AngloSaxon noun, because it refers to female genitals. I prefer to use cunt because it is not so clinical sounding as female genitalia. Vagina, vulva, pudenda are words which are often used to refer to the cunt but are not inclusive to the totality of a womyn’s sexuality. Vagina is the passageway leading from the external genitalia to the uterus. Vulva and pudenda refer only to the external genitalia Cunt and female genitalia are the only words that incorporate al reproductive organs of a womyn.,.so please womyn and men reclaim this word--let it be empowering, not shameful. A cunt is made up of several parts. Externally, the clitoris, thevaginal opening, the labia, and the opening of the urethra. Internally, the vaginal passage, the cervix, the uterus, the fallopian tubes, and the ovaries. The clitoris is also made up of

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est in the world”. The Nazis under Hitler fully exploited modern technology in order to document their twisted medical experiments and executions, but they also employed the visual technology of the time to publish sexually explicit, anti-Semitic hate propaganda. In the last half century, pornography has firmly found its niche not only within, but also outside the context of war. With technological advancements, the production and distribution of pornography has escalated proportionately and become more sophisticated. The Serbian run “rape theatres” that exist in BosniaHerzogivina are exemplary of how misogyny has become central in a political battle. In the july/August 1993 issue of Ms., Catherine MacKinnon describes these rape theatres as a part of the Serbian military force’s campaign of “ethnic cleansing.” What were once brothels, prison cells, animal stalls, arenas, factories and schools in peacetime have become the stages for wartime rape/death camps. Here, Croatian and Muslim women are forced to be sexual slaves to Serbian soldiers. Here, women consider themselves lucky when they are “only” raped and not tortured or murdered. MacKinnon’s article quotes a report from a witness of a gang rape in which a woman was prostrate, suspended above the ground, and tied to four stakes. “While they were raping her, the soldiers said ‘that Yugoslavia is theirs...that they fought for it in World War II, partisans for Yugoslavia. That they gave everything for Yugoslavia.* The national politics are fused with sex.” What have these civilians done to become victims of a political war? They are Croatian and Muslim, women. MacKinnon states, “Xenophobia and misogyny merge here; ethnic hatred is sexualised.” Other borders are obscured in this war as well. Pornographic material was already so widespread and accepted in Yugoslavia before the war that it had become as comIndeed, monplace as the news. Bogdan Tirnanic, a Yugoslav critic,

One of the country’s major news magazines, for instance, had a similar format to Newsweek, similar politics to The Nation, and similar photos and centrefolds to Ployboy. Actual filmed rapes were shown on the evening news. One televised rape showed a 35-year old woman on the ground, hands spread and tied to a tree, legs to her hands. Clearly, there is a correlation between the pornography available to the general public (especially to soldiers) and the sexual crimes performed on Croatian and Muslim women. Asja Armanda ofthe Kareta feminist Group stated that earlier in the war, a news report showed tanks which were on their way to “cleanse” a village, plastered with pornography. Piles of pornographic magazines were found in the bedroom of a captured Serbian soldier who, without remorse, admitted to committing countless rapes and murders. One woman reported having seen what was done to her also done to a woman in a pornographic magazine. These and many other repotted incidents confirm the fact that pornography is used to “build the morale” of the soldiers. It motivates them because they gain pleasure when they carry out orders. It fuels their hatreda hatred made sexy through the filming of rapes and murders and the distribution of these pornographic films. “Pornography is the perfect preparation-motivator and instruction manual in one--for the sexual atrocities ordered in this genocide,” writes MacKinnon. Furthermore, the manipulation of such films to depict the soldiers as Croatian and the victims as Serbian has contributed greatly to the disinformation about the war and to the ethnic hatred surrounding the war. Pornography is being used as war On a September 1992 propaganda. news report which showed a woman being raped, the soldiers’verbal abuses were unmistakenly dubbed into Croatian. They cursed her “chetnik” mother. (“Chetnik” means Serbian fascist collaborator.) The woman wore a Serbian cross around her neck. Many other reports clearly reveal this switching of ethnic labels as a standard Serbian technique.

To what extent do these kind of sexual atrocities digress from everyday rape? In this war, as in “everyday” sexual aggression, victim is often equated with aggressor. What happens to women in Bosnia-Henogovina is not only an extension, but also the epitome of the violations women everywhere experience everyday. This war pornography goes futther than “everyday” pornography. It is “both continuous with it and a whole new departure, a unique atrocity yet also a pinnacle moment in something that goes on all the time. ...The world has never seen sex used this consciously, this cynically, this elaborately, this openly, this systematically, with this degree of technological and psychological sophistication, as a means of destroying a whole people.” Unfortunately, as in the case of the Nurenberg trials where sexual forms of torture were certainly documented but not published, it is unlikely that the gender-specific crimes in the former Yugoslavia will be fully recognised by the United Nations war crimes tribunal. In UN Secretary General Butros Ghali’s proposal for the war crimes tribunal, he neglected to outline a clear procedure for prosecuting rapists or compensating victims. Many feminists fear that because rape in the context of war has so often been viewed as extracurricular (a product rather than a policy of war), the atrocities that Muslim and Croatian women have experienced will go unpunished. How are women in what was called Yugoslavia meant to respond when the horrors of rape, other sexual abuses and murder are minimised internationally because they exist within the context of war? What are the repercussions when these or any women resign themselves to the fact that pornography is simply a “male thing”? Only after we liberate women will we be able to disarm men. Only after we address the human violations will we be able to end the political war.

based on “Turning Rape into Pornography: Postmodern Genocide” by Catherine MacKinnon in MS: CJulylAugust 1993)

several parts. Theglan, which often resembles a small bulb peaks out from the clitoral hood. The hood is actually a shaft that runs along internally to the vaginal opening. The glan and shaft are covered in nerve endings which are highly sensitive. Direct pressure or rubbing on the glan itself can be experienced as painful. The clitoris also connects to an interior system of branching erectile tissue that runs through the cunt. When aroused, this tissue fills with blood and becomes engorged in the same way a man’s penis becomes erect It is import;lnt to recognise the function of the clitoris and incorporate it into sexuality. The clitoris is a womyn’s principal sex organ. Sex researchers know that all orgasms for a womyn depend at least in part to clitoral stimulation. Imagine this...a man trying to orgasm without touching the head of his penis. If a cunt is behaving effectively it puts directpressure onto the clitoris. Cunts have amazing abilities, expanding and contracting in extraordi-

nary ways. Problems with fit, like tightness or looseness, means that the muscles are not responding in their natural way4 liberation of muscles repressed since infancy should follow, states Germaine Greer. One way is through daily masturbating with no hands. Developing the muscles of the cunt by contracting the buttocks rhythmically while thinking about something nice until you come. In time, different functions and sensations will differentiate themselves and a broader variety of sensations wilt result Female sexual repression is one of the longest revolutions towards womyn’s liberation--so to all womyn become connoisseurs of cunts and communicate openly with your partner(s) about your sexuality. If your partner is a man, it is just as important to be cock positive. Sexual repression affects both sexes. It is International Womyn’s Week though--so...celebr your sexuality, womyn, and be proud of your cunts.

by Louise

sexuality. Becoming a lesbian could potentially allow one to subvert the social order in an unjust society in a number of ways. In a society that did not treat heterosexuality as the norm, the incidence of marriage, an insitution that still allows men to be free white women take care of the shit would decrease enormously. Even without marriage, heterosexuality often enacts the male/ female dichotomy that pits men as active and women as passive. Being a lesbian could prevent one from slipping into the male/female roles that heterosexuality still often depends on, despite the feminist movement and the good intentions of many. It means refusingthe life ofwife, mother, cook, housekeeper and full-time employee just because your male partner never learned how to do household things Being a lesbian also means not being determined by the one of the foundational u-ad&ions of a society that you know to be unfair. It means having some say about the terms of your own sexuality in a society where the institution of heterosexuality is coercive (i.e. there are political, emotional, personal and even financial penalties for being homosexual, whereas there are rewards, but no societal disincentives for being heterosexual, thus people are not in situation where they can freely choose when or if they ever consider how they want to enact thei t sexuality). In a society where heterosexuality has been the “norm” seemingly forever, one fairly simple way not to be coerced into this institution is to counter this determining norm by being a lesbian. I think that the institution of heterosexuality is especially problematic for young women. If you disagree, think back to highschool or to last friday at the Bombshelter. The way some women and men act in order to be heterosexually successful reflects their inculcation into that devastating pit of “false consciousness” : romantic love-- and all the date rape and shitty prom dresses that go with it Also, if the “norm was for women to be dykes until age 25 or so there would be a great decrease in teenage pregnancy and out sociev’s failure to deal with this situation adequately would not be so devastating. These are a few of the reasons why being a lesbian would resist our social order and why it might be a good way to deal with sexuality at least for a time. I suppose this tests on the assumption that one can choose to be a lesbian. While it could be argued that sexual orientation is not as flexible as I present it to be, it is definatefy far more fluid than our rigid social norms would indicate.

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This is not a treatise on the moral superiority of lesbians, dykes or women who love women. Rather, it is an argument for the role that being a lesbian could play in aiding any woman in our society in resisting the dominant ideology of that society. However, I will first address what I consider to be the dominant ideology of this sociev and why I think that it is in the interests of a lot of women to resist that ideology. In a technocratic, advanced-capitalist society, the foundational value is individualism. This ‘ism’ describes the belief that humans are innately self-interested and that the role of the social order is not to restrict this nature, but to mediate between its self-interested members so that my self-interest does not detract from your self-interest Unfortunately, the history of individualism tells us that it only works in a situation where some people get to be individuals and others get to stay home and raise the kids. Traditionally the former have been men, especially white, bourgeois men, and the latter have been women. Thus, the institution of heterosexuality has been invaluable for the establishment and maintenance of this technocratic, advanced-capitalist society and has made realisable the concept of the “free individual” ( a male), while at the same time ensuring that those things that can be barriers to freedom i.e. children and caring for others in geneal are still looked after. The aim of much of the work of Simone de Beauvoir was to argue that it is possible for both sexes to attain the lofty status of self-defined individuals. In this century a woman’s chance at becoming a “‘free” individual has theoretically become fairly good. After all, she has birth control, access to education and (sort-09 the to abortion. So why should women continue to resist the patriarchal-capitalist ideology? Because the state of affairs produced by this ideology still sucks from the point of view of various social groups(many of which include men). The feminist movement is committed to the interests of all women and it has found that equality rights within the existing society will not be enough to aid the cause of women in general. Thus, the women’s movement addresses class, race, age, sexual orientation and other factors that prevent members of many social groups from pursuing their own interests in a society that, in theory, should not prevent them from doing so unless they are going to harm others. Even though liberal feminism has achieved much for some women, the individualistic ideas on which it is based still make it possible for everyone to be a “free individual.” And this individualism is as dependent as ever on the institution of hetero-

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Vanessa’s husband was a pillar of the communit)r. As such, he and his wife were often invited to formal dinners and balls requiring elaborate dress and impeccable manners. Vanessa had been born wealthy, so she was accustomed to having very little to do besides plan for these decorous occasions on which she was responsible for displaying through her person the moral worth of her husband. Vanessa was happy with her life, apart from one thing. She hated going to her dressmaker. She hated being prodded and poked, measured and then measured again, just to be sure. Sometimes the dressmaker dug her straight pins right into Vanessa’s skin. The dressmaker was sincerely sorry for the lapses of attention which caused her hands to slip, but frankly she had a lot of things on her mind. Like rent. Like food. Vanessa felt herself to be unusually fragile, as transparent and flimsy as rice paper, in the strong presence of the dressmaker. She hated this weekly ritual, but it was her duty and she did it with her customary smile and detached tone of politeness. In fact, she would only cancel an appointment if she thought she had

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gained a few pounds. Van careful about her figure. caloric content of all the carrots, brown rice,

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age and exactly her height and weight, The woman was delighted to get the job, especially as she was paid well and given a room and her only duties were to visit the dressmaker once a week and to occasionally take walks with her mistress. Also, she was to eat every

refused to do her duty. Sh go to a ball. Vanessa’s because the lady-in-waiting was : ould not yell at his wife, so he first person in her life with whom she .>” bullied the lady-in-waiting instead. The was able to share ideas and confilady-in-waiting had never liked him any-

way, and she responded to his yelling by saying, “You are nothing but a selfish, bourgeois pig.” Thus, she was banished from the premises. In one day Vanessa had gone from an intense state of happiness into a frightening abyss of immeasurable depth. She stopped eatingforawhile and took to moping around the house and watching soap operas. Nothing her husband could do or say would console her. After a few months of this, Vanessa starzed reading her French novels again and out of sentimentality and sadness she returned to her formerly joyful ritual of picnics in the park. She ate the same food as she had with the lady-in-waiting and took some comfort in the memories this provoked. Sometimes she would imagine her friend was there and spend the afternoon discussing art and music and life with her. One day a startlingly real voice responded to one of her queries about the meaning of a poem by Renee Vivien. Astonished, Vanessa looked up and saw her friend. Without hesitating, Vanessa said, “I love you and I want to run away with you.” The lady-inwaiting agreed and they packed up the picnic basket and boarded the next plane for France.

A FEMINIST SPIRITUALAWAKENIN by TX.

LXAgostino

The Feminist movement is slowly gaining recognition for its contribution to spiritual growth. Indeed, it is interwoven with the Environmental movement’s goal to reconnect with the Natural World and to live in harmony with Earth’s resources. Women’s control of their own bodies and lives, and the Environment’s protection and consetvation are part of a life preserving movement I even venture to call it a feminist spiritual awakening. The oppression of women and nature around the world is not some isolated cultural crime, it is deeply embedded in patriarchal religions and their societies to dominate other Beings. Overt and systemic sexism is a product of a pro-male/anti-female constructed society. It is derived from the supremity of the male father/son god and its divine license to dominate the OtherNVomanlNature. This spiritual construct is also witnessed in the human species suffering of Consumerism and Materialism by exploiting and destroying nature, and the scientist’s quest to invent pseudo-life in the form of genetically altered living organisms and sophisticated machines. So much of our physical and spiritual energy is spent on death/ war research instead of life/ecstasy projects. But how can we change our current path of de-evolution and destruction into one of evolution and conscious spiritual groti? We need to incorporate the sacredness of all life-bearing/life-nurturing/ mystical/sexual/wise women orfeminist perspective into our personal spiritual journey. The long path begins with reanalyzing the legacy of human communities and their ‘civilization.’ The Herstory of Human life. Matriarchal communities were peaceful, loving Women’s bodies and egalitarian. were considered sacred and mysterious in their power to bear children. They were symbolic of the Great Earth Mother or Goddess who created all life. Women were the first herbal healers, and used their ‘potions’ to treat women’s health from menstrual problems, birth control and labour pains. They

were the first to domesticate animals and begin agriculture. The bond between women and their children was the perfect ground for the development of sound, music and speech. Both women and men took active parts in rituals to honour the Great Goddess. Yet, something happened in circa 3,500BC to end this peaceful era, And why this negation of life-giving sources? The transformation to the male god, brought war and the domination of women and nature through the guise of inherent male superiority: Patriarchy! For centuries afterwards, and even up until this very day, the male-constructed society has used every means to deny the right to independent life for women: the burning of witches to the repressed female sexuality in the Victorian era; the domestication and pacifying of women to the objectification and splitting of women’s Selves. The male community’s fear of the female community’s powerful erotic energy and life-bearing potential motivated them to developmeans of controlling, subduing and dividing women. Woman’s ability for ecsatic sexual and spiritual experiences were vilified, her biological rhythms degraded, her life devalued. Women, like Nature, were simplistically characterised as chaotic, unpredictable and wild. This is still present Men have harnessed nature’s and women’s energy for their own use, from the damming of wild rivers to the monopolisation of women’s sexuality by the sex industry, patriarchy has distorted the relationship between human beings. Current Western culture is the product of patriarchy, although patriarchical societies exist elsewhere on the globe. just took at Africa, India, China; many women still lack any legal title to land, are still considered their husbands property, and in extreme circumstances suffer physical mutilation, slavery, or death in order to satisfy patriarchal demands. The dominant male culture has strived to recreate life through mechanical means: from complex computerised robots, to the ability of creating life from a woman who has never even been born. Technological inventions are regarded as the supreme product of all human endeavours with very little regard for the social and psychological impact it has on human, animat, and plant communities* These

are all examples of this pathological desire to defy and control the power of nature/life. In becoming so highly mechanized, we have lost our original relationship with the earth, the sun, the moon, the seasons. We have forsaken the mysticism and the ritual of life and death as well as all other events in between. We humans were meant for a more spiritual lifestyle, one of reverence for nature and worship for life. Instead, we have slowly managed to block out this

very important part of our Selves and we have insisted in stunting our need for spiritual growth. I’m not talking of organised religions (for many are patriarchal in structure and praise male domineering qualities as ‘godly’ and female qualities as seductive and evil), I’m mean personal self-love and love for other living creatures. As a result, many humans have substituted physical, outer growth in personal possessions: cars, money, clothing and other physical ‘things’ in order to satisfy their need for inner spiritual growth: dedication to reality, openness to truth, delaying gratification, responsibility, and the evolution of consciousness. These are the tools

to confronting the problems of our planet Yet many are willing to satisfy their nominal concern about social discrimination, violence in society, economic injustices, environmental degradation with one simple phrase: I’m not responsible, so why should I care? There also seems to be a rather liberal useofthe word’inevitability’!AHHHH! (These are the same people who are proponents of FreeTrade and NAFTA) These people lament that it is too difficult to create significant change since the world’s problems are so far gone and complex. Yet, who is ultimately responsible for this inevitable death of life/peace/equality? We all are. And this is where the Feminist./ Pro-feminist spiritual awakening begins, with the realisation that all this is not inevitable, that is it possible to make changes within our own communities. AH issues are inter-related: economic, political, social and environmental injustices are all tied into the need of one group of people to dominate, have power-over and create a hierarchical structure in order to create a class of slaves/servants. The god of patriarchy is at war on the female, nature and human labour. “To define human begins as functions, or exploitable means, rather than as sacred end in ourselves, is to create by definition a perpetual state of war.” ($00 and Mor, 1987) We, women and men, need to reclaim the image of the Goddess. The path of environmentalism is helping us to re-discover our relationship with the Earth Mother. People are developing stronger relationships with the plant world and alternative natural medicine. Women themselves are continuing their worldwide struggle for reipect, equality, independence. Their traditions and knowledge are seeing a resurgence through the feminist movement. Many women, myself included, are rediscovering the religion of the Earth. Goddess wonhipping and Witch’s Covens are coming out of hiding from hundreds of years of violence and abuse. “Isis, Mawu-Lisa, Demeter, Gaia, Shakti, Dakinis, Shekhinah, Astarte, Ishtar,

Rhea, Freya, Nerthus,

Brigid,

Danu--call Her what you may-- has been with us from the beginning and awaits us now. She is the beauty of the green earth, the life-giving waters, the consuming fire, the radiant moon, and

the fiery sun. She is Star Goddess and Spidemoman; she weaves the luminous web that creates the universe. As earth, the great planetary Spirit-Being, She germinates life within Her dark womb.” (Sjoo and Mar, 1987) Unfortunately, only a small portion of individuals are taking on the responsibility to challenge the existing unequal spiritual balance of power. This is absolutely critical as our society is primarily based upon the supremity of male-centred spirituality. Yet, women’s spirituality is flowering as women look for their own inspiration, not in paternalistic characters, but in holistic representations of the Goddess in her many forms. She is at once spiritual and sexual, maiden, mother and crone, the creator of life and the bringer of death. Roth women and men need to reconcile themselves with the female divinity. The goal of equality between the genders, between all ethnic groups and between hetero and homosexuals is only one aspect of Feminism. The movement involves questioning our patriarchal heritage, examining issues from different women’s perspectives, and unifying all aspects of womanhood. With the incorporation ofthe Goddess in spiritual growth, we can hope to harmonize our relationships with the Earth, with ourselves and with each other. References: Merchant,

Carolyn,

The Death of and the Scientific Revolution, 1980. Shinoda Bolen, M.D., Jean, Godornm 1984. Sjoo, Monica and Mor, &bat-a, The Great Cosmic Mother, 1987 Starhawk, Truth or Da, 1987. The GoddessTrilogy film seupstairs at the Grad House 7pm. On Monday Goddess Remembered, on Wednesday-The Burning limes andThursday --FullCircle. It is spansored by thewomen’s Issues Committee of the UW Grad SA. ries will be shown

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BEAUTY ANDTHE by Nicole Kippert Six years ago, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. After> traumatic realisation that perhaps she could die, she underwent a radical mastectomy. This meant the loss of her breast Breasts are so symbolic; for a womyn to lose her breast, it is seen as a form of losing her identity as a womyn. Unforeunately, breasts define our sexuality. Society honours womyn’s breasts as commodities--posing with a pretty face in front of cars or with beer bottles to sell products. Society is obsessed with breasts. Womyn in the pursuit of the male defined version of perfection seek cosmetic surgery to become the “ideal.” It is no wonder cosmetic surgery has become a billion dollar industry, more interested in profits than their patients. Womyn are taught to accept the submissive role and to trust

what the “experts”, usually men, have to say about our health and our bodies. This has lead to the lack of awareness and research of breast diseases, especially cancer. It is im-

tided to For the fear breasted,

remain “as is” after surgery. most of these womyn, it is not of being one breasted or nobut the fears and reactions of

take control over their bodies, to take care of them and above all,

mastectomy, doctors do not discuss the options open to womyn--or if they do, it is talk of breast reconstruction. what if a womyn prefers not to undergo PETRO DA aXX24A the dangerous and painful surgery, in or’ der to gain male approval and societal acceptance? Well, they can discuss the use of a prosthesis, “an artificial external substitute.” Yet, there is rarely talk of not doing anything--no talk of being one breasted or no-breasted and no support groups for womyn who de-

other people to their cancer and to the loss of a breast or both breasts. Womyn are encouraged to “cover up” so that they will look whole again. There is a struggle by both the patients and the doctors to return womyn to the pre-cancer look Womyn faced

BREAST with the loss of a breast(s) undergo low self esteem and self worth, thus to choose to stand out in a socially unacceptable manner by remaining one breasted or no breasted would be especiaily difFicult for a womyn, given the fact that there are few role models or support groups womyn could look to. Feminist Audre Lorde is one of these courageous . womyn who decided to live the remainder of her life onebreasted. Womyn have to redefine *‘acceptable beauty” and claim the reality of womyn as who they are, not by their breasts. Breasts do not define our sexuality, our femininity, our self-esteem. We are womyn because of our lives, not because we have two breasts. As Shirley Masuda, a survivor of breast .

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cancer writes, ‘We have never stopped being beautiful. We are still mothers, daughters, sisters and lovers. We are the same as we have always been. Womyn without breasts. but no less iomyn.” Currently, statistics show that one in eight womyn will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their life time. What is still more frightening is the fact that breast cancer has fallen victim to the misogyny in our society, and in particular in medical research. It has not been given the priority it needs because it is a womyn’s disease. Less than 6 percent of the funding that tie Canadian Cancer Society receives goes towards breast cancer research. On Friday, March I I ,at 1230 pm in the Davis Centre, room I 30 I, the Womyn’s Centre is sponsoring a noon time information workshop on breast cancer featuring a speaker from the Canadian Cancer Society.

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York captures women’s volleyball crown by Anne-M&e Mcuais Athena Volleybdl Student Munager If you went home for the first weekend of reading week, you really missed out on some of the best volleyball in the province. The Ontario Women’s Interuniversity Athletic Association’s volleyball championships were held here at the University of Waterloo that weekend, the top four teams from each of the East and West divisions participating in the tournament. The teams from the West were: the Windsor Lancers, the Lakehead NorWesters, the Brock Badgers. and the Western Mustangs. From the East, there were the York Yeowomen, the Toronto Varsity Blues, the Ottawa Gee Gees, and the

Queen’s Golden Gaels. All eight teams played extremely well, but only one team could win top spot and go on to the CIAU championships starting today (f riday, March 4) at the University of Winnipeg. That team was the York Yeowomen, who played the Varsiv Blues in an exciting gold-medal match. The two teams refused to give up and accept defeat

Fighting to the very end, York defeated Toronto 3- I (I S-6, I5 I I, 615, 15-7) in an exciting I OOcminute match. lakehead battled Queen’s in the bronz+medat match, beating them 3-I (I 5-5, 14-16. I6- 14, 15-9). Queen’s came into this tournament in fourth position in the East division. In order to get to the bronze match, they had to beat the numberone team in the West, the Windsor Lancers, to advance to the semi-final championship round. They were then defeated by Toronto in a semi-final match 3-O (I 5-5, 15-3, 15-9). The other four teams finished in this order: Brock, Windsor, Western, and Ottawa. The entire weekend ran smoothly, thanks to all those who pitched in and offered their help. 1 would like to thank each of the Waterloo Athena volleyball team for their help and support throughout the weekend. The team did an incredible job and I couldn’t have made it through the

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forged by that experience, the Marauders have put together an altogether dominating season this time around. Ranked numbcrone in the ClAU’s top-ten list for the past couple of months, Mac finished up 12-2, with its only blemishes coming late when it had already clinched first place its opponents were scraping for playoff spots. Lakehead dumped Mac two weekends ago in one half of a doubleheader, and Cuelph edged them 87-86 last Saturday. This week, the CIAU bumped McMaster down to number two after those two losses. Unlike last year, McMaster’s winloss record is deserved. The Marauders have had only one close victory this season, blowing out pretty much everybody and hammering the sadsack Witfrid Laurier Golden Hawks by as many as 50 points. Jack Vanderpol has had much to do with Mac’s success. He is head and shoulders above the rest of the nation in rebounds with I 6.5 boards per game as he chased Tim Mau’s OUAA career

rebounds title. More than five boards per game behind Vanderpol this year is Ryerson’s Alex Beason at I I -4. (Nobody can touch Beason for scoring, though, as he led the CIAU and broke the OUAA’s single-season scoring record with 33.4 points per game.) Of course, no 12-2 squad is a oneman team. The hot shooting of Mark Sontrop and lane-cutting of Titus Channer give Mac’s offence a wealth of diversity. Predictably, the Western Murtangs have taken no one by surprise this year. With the decline of Guelph and Brock, Mike Lynch’s repeat division scoring title, and the emergence of John Vermeeren as one of the division’s best centres, UWO has stepped up to secure the second seed in the final-four tourney. Lynch was hobbled with injuries late in the season, but returned for the team’s last two games. Still, he led the CNJAA West with 2 I .7 points per game. He also finished fifth in rebounding

John Vemeeren (44) hopes to lead his Mustangs West title. But this year, the McMaster Marauders Western coming.

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definitely underachieved

in the regular

season.

Fans are in for a treat if, like last year, the two semi-finals are upsets and Guelph and Brock meet in the final. Why?

end. “We’ve had a lot of nagging injuries,” said Western head coach Craig Boydeli. “A lot have been just general wear and tear. But 1think we’re a lot deeper than last season and we’ve had some role players step up their play.” Boydell feels that the injuries have tested the maturity of the Mustangs. “We revised roles and changed our rotation because of (injuries),” he said. Despite McMaster’s 12-2 record, Boydell doesn’t see a real favourite going into the Wild West Shootout. “They were more dominating early on, but they’ve lost to Lakehead and Cuelph and their wins late in the season were just not as dominating. When they beat us by IO, we were leading by 15 with seven minutes to go and just collapsed.” If the Guelph Gryphons can pound the ball down low tomorrow against Western iike they did against Waterloo this past Tuesday, they have a legitimate chance of playing in the OUAA West championship game on Sunday.

with 7.5 per game.

The Mustangs have struggled lately, losing last weekend 89-77 to the Brock Badgers, but Vermeeren’s 70.0 shooting percentage leads the CIAU. Just when the ‘Stangs are getting Vermeeren and Lynch back, Brad Campbell may be gone for this week-

to another OUAA should see

Because that game would feature the tournament’s most exciting threepoint shooters: O’Rourke and Brock’s Allen McDougall. Both men like to scrape off defenders on a screen and then launch a Hail Mary from long range. You just can’t keep the bock Badgers

tenth nationally early in Badgers were blown out and then lost brilliant Dave

Picton to injury

to begin a slide.

B But the Badgers finished strong and leap-frogged past Lakehead for the first-round home-court advantage with an 89-77 thumping of the Western Mustangs last Saturday. The Badgers finished up 7-6, the same record as Lakehead. But these two teams played onfy one game against each other, a four-pointer forced by a weather cancellation. Brock is not exactly a two-man team, but Picton and shooting guard Allen McDougall must play brilliantly for the team to have a chance at the division

Combine their pitbull mentality on defence with the precise courtgeneralship of fifth-year guard Chris O’Rourke and you have a team that

down.

Ranked January, the by Waterloo point guard mid-season

title.

These two both landed in the top five in scoring in the division. Picton averaged 21.3 points per game, while McDougall weighed in at 19.5.

OUAA

BASKETBALL

Feb. 23

Brock McMaster Guelph 25 Brock Windsor Guelph East Division Laurentian Ryerson

Mar.

1 OUAA Brock Guelph

RESULTS

94 84 90 89 99 87

Laurier Western Windsor Western Laurier McMaster semi-finals: 79 York 72 Toronto

West Quarter-finals: 83 Lakehead

79 Waterloo

78 73 76 77 90 86 68 52

67 71

FINAL S7ANDINGS

BASKETBALL

West Division McMaster Western

GP 14 14 Waterloo 14 Brock 13 Lakehead 13 Guelph 14 Windsor 14 Laurier 14 * Denotes 4-point win Eust Division Laurentian Ryerson Toronto York Ottawa Queen’s Carleton

W 12 9 8 7 7 7 5 0 over

GP W 12 10 12 9 12 8 12 6 12 4 12 3 12 2

Feb. 22

L PF PA 2 1215 997 5 1108 1026 6 1156 1117 6 1087 1025 6 990 934 7 1013 1021 9 1103 1229 14 939 1259 Lakehead Jan. 30

fts 24 18 16 16* 14 14 10 0

L PF 2 1024 3 1023 4 905 6 923 8 927 9 904 10 912

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HOCKEY

24 Western 27 Western (Western

6 Laurier 5 Laurier wins series 2-O)

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Mid West: Feb. 25 Brock 27 York 28 York (York wins

3 York 4 Brock 2 Brock series 2-l)

2 3 0

Mid East: Feb. 24 Guelph 5 Toronto 26 Guelph 5 Toronto (Guelph wins series 2-O)

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Far East: Feb. 24 UQTR 26 UQTR (UQTR

5 5

Ottawa Ottawa wins series 2-O)

2 3

AK 33.4 28.0 26.3 22.2 21.1

OUAA

West Rebounding Leaders P Iuyer GP OR DR TR AV. Jack Vankerpol/Mac 14 93 141 234 16.7 Shawn Roach/WLU 14 37 103 145) 10.0 J. Vermeeren/West. 14 37 92 129 9.2

Tom Balfe/Waterloo

63 101

7.8

Mike

7.5

West

OUAA VOLLEYBALL RESULTS Feb. 26 OUAA Final York 3 McMaster (17-16,15-7,11-15,15-4)

Mar.

WEEK

IN THE OUAA

BASKETBALL-West West Division Final Four at Copps Coliseum, Hamilton 5 Brock vs McMaster 12:OO p.m. vs Western 2:oo pm. Guelph 6 West Division final 2:00 p.m.

BASKETBALL-East Mar. 5 East Division Final at Laurentian Ryerson

Mar.

8:00 p.m.

HOCKEY CXJAA Final Four at Guelph 2:00 p.m. 5 Western vs York

GP 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

THIS WEEK

W L 12 0 10 2 7 5 6 6 5 7 2 IO 0 12

PF 929 856 803 788 696 606 469

Mar.

UQTR vs Guelph 6 Championship

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VOLLEYBALL CIAU Championships at Dalhousie vs Alberta 12:OO Mar. 4 Calgary Manitoba vs York 2:00 Winnipeg vs Dalhousie 5:00 Lava1 vs McMaster ZOO 5 Consolation Semi-finals Championship Semi-finals 6 Consolation Final Championship Final MUDOOR TRACK& Mar. 4 UUAA Finals - 5 at Windsor

p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m.

FfELD 6:OO p.m. 1:OO p.m.

PA 576 596 720 769 752 803 931

Pts 24 20 14 12 10 4 0

IN THE OWIAA

BASKET&ALL OWIAA Championships at Queen’s Mar. 4 Quarter-final round: Game 1 Laurentianvs Lakehead 2:OO p.m. Game 2 Windsor vs Ottawa 4:OO p.m. Game3 Brock vs Toronto 6:OO p.m. Game 4 Western vs Queen’s 890 p.m. Mar. 5 Consolation Semi-finals: Losers of games 1 & 2 2:OO p.m. Losers of games 3 & 4 4:OO p.m. Semi-finals: Winners of games 1 & 2 6:OO p.m. Winners of games 3 & 4 8:OO p.m. March 6 5th /6th-place game 1O:OO a.m. Bronze-medal game 12:OO p.m. Gold-medal game 2:OO p.m.

OUAA West Rebounding Leaders Pklyer GP OR DR TR AV. Alex Beason/Rye. 12 56 81 137 l-l.4 Taffe Charles/Carl. 12 34 91 125 10.4 Chris Fischer/Ltn. 12 41 65 106 8.8 Clarence Porter/Ott. 12 39 61 100 8.3 David Reid/Ottawa 12 33 57 90 7,5

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East Division Laurentian Toronto Ottawa Queen’s York Ryerson Carleton

/NDOOR HOCKEY OWIAA Championships at York Mar. 5 York vs Queen’s Toronto vs Western

OUAA

Lynch/

vs Queen’s vs Guelph Waterloo vs Queen’s Toronto vs York Awards Presentation

RESULTS

Sectional Finals: Far West:

OUAA West Scoring Leaders Player fg Fga Ft Fto AV. Mike Lynch/West 110 226 42 57 21.7 Dave Picton/Brock 87 219 57 75 21.3 Patrick Osborne/Win80 211 106 141 19.8 A. MacDougall/ Br. 84 203 34 41 19.5 Peter Kratz/Laurier 85 217 57 71 19.4 S. VanKoughnett 98 190 56 71 19.1

Eust Scohg Leuders Player fg Fga Ft Ftu Alex Beason/Ryer. 149 277 77 113 Taffe Charles/Carl. 106 220 122 147 DaveSmart/Quee. 101 220 81 109 Shawn Swords/Ltn. 93 217 43 66 Chris Fischer/Ltn. 96 190 61 73

Toronto Western

OWIAA BASKETBALL FINAL STANDINGS West Division GP W L PF PA fts Western 14 14 0 1038 700 28 Windsor 14 9 5 853 746 18 Brock 14 9 5 778 698 18 Lakehead 14 9 5 776 690 18 McMaster 14 6 8 855 811 12 Waterloo 14 6 8 744 756 12 Guelph 14 2 12 698 872 4 Laurier 14 1 13 493 963 2 OUAA

OUAA

OWIAA BASKETBALL RESULTS Feb. 23 Guelph 72 Windsor 62 25 Western 70 Brock 50 26 McMaster 53 Guelph 42 Windsor 85 Laurier 46

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200 p.m.

Western Waterloo Guelph

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9~00 a.m.

vs Guelph

IO:00 a.m.

1l:OO a-m, 12:OO p.m. 1:OO p.m. 2:OO p.m. 3:OO p.m.

INDOOR TRACK & FlELD 0WIA.A Championships at Windsor Mar. 4 Track Events: 6:15 p.m. 4by-200-m (sections) 1,000 metre (sections) 6:40 p.m. 60-m hurdles (heats) 7~05 p.m. 3,000 metre (sections) 7~20 p.m. 60 metre (heats) 7:45 p.m. 600 metre (sections) 8:05 p.m. 60-m hurdles (semis) 825 p.m. 1200 metres 8:45 p.m. 60 metres (semis) 9:00 p.m. 300 metres (sections) 9140 p.m. 4-by-BOO-m relay (timed final section) IO:00 p.m. Field Events: Shot put 6100 p.m. High jump 6100 p.m. Long jump 700 p.m. Triple jump 900 p.m. Mar. 5 Track Events: 60-m hurdles (finals) I:10 p.m. 1,500-m (section) I:30 p.m. 600-m (section) I:55 p.m. 60-m (final) 2:15 p.m. 300-m (2 sections) 2155 p.m. 1,000-m (section) 3:15 p.m. 3,000-m (section) 3125 p.m. 4-by-400-m relay (timed sections) 4100 p.m. Field Events: Shot put 1~00 p.m. High jump I:00 p.m. I:30 p.m. brig i*P

CIAU VOLLEYBALL CHAMPlO/VSHlfS at Winnipeg Mar. 3 Quarter-final Winnipeg Lava1 Calgary Montreal Mar. 4 Consolation Consolation Semi-final Semi-final Mar. 5 Seventh-place Fifth place Bronze Gold (Broadcast on TSN)

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to avoid sounding like a heavy metal cliche. The screaming guitars of Sean Willamson and Adam Alex along with the solid drumming of Dan Fila combined into a superb metal furry that riled up the crowd on the dance floor. Unfortunately, live, the lead vocals of Joe Varga were typical heavy metal fare. This proved to be one of the few drawbacks to the show. The vocals sounded like any other heavy metal aa, which may have been a good thing for some people, but it would have bee6 nice to have

Varga

Phil’s Grandsons February 23, I994

Hamilton is not usually known as a creative mecca of music in North America, It is hardly on par with such other notable cities as Athens, Geargia or the birthplace of grunge, Seattle. Even so, there is a vibrant music scene emerging in Steeltown. This scene has witnessed the emergence of such bands breaking onto the Canadian scene as Junkhouse, Crimson limson.- The Foraotten Rebels and Varga. Theri is no p common sound to this scene like in Seattle. Ranging from punk to heavy metal to roots rock, Hamilton bands seem to be getting increasing airtime on the radio. The heavy metal outfit Varga is just one of these bands hailing from Hamilton that are getting airplay. Their major label debut, Prototype is selling All hail well and they are 0-1 the verge of making it big. Th2 video for “Freeze Don’t Move” has been picked up by MuchMusic and has been placed in -_-.-. heaw, ----rotation. With all this hype surrounding __ L. .I. A I Varga, the show at BIII~S bra1 msons Place ended up being high in in tensity but far too short in duration’ . The

’

HighI&& the night included the grungy “Unconscience”, the Ministry sounding “Freeze Don’t Move” and a &ashy number off the album “Bring The Hammer Down”The major drawback to the show was the fact that it was such a short set Varga seemed in a rush to play their music and then get out of Phil’s. It would have been nice to see Varga play a longer set Atthough they rushed out muter qulcrCly, the snort set aIo not seem to affect the rest of the crowd. Grarrted, the band did - - I

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songs from the new album. It was great to see a heavy metal act up close and personal in such a small venue. Varga’s IA. I” ..I uwc;a A..,-- am UFWL Aah+ va ,A 61 arr+&,,As frr CIIW +hP Jvullu PWCUY+CY likes heavy metal bands like Black Sabbath and Metallica but they did manage

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Montreal

after

the

show for the next nights gig but that is no excuse for selling short the audience. I’m just hoping this is not a common event at all Varga shows. Otherwise it was a fine night of heavy metal music.

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4, 1994

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No, it’s not some funky French name, it’s not some flaky dessert found in Pastry Plus. It’s not even a single woman with long hair, big teeth and supermodel looks. Julia Propeller is actually a five piece band based in London, currently touring Southern Ontario and beyond. Self described as “folk-rock-funkblues”, this great band is comprised of guitarist/vocalist Brenda McMorrow, vocalist Samantha Wells, bassist Paul Erennan, fill-in drummer Ted Peacock and Mitch Zimmer who had the enviable position of playing all the interestingtrinkets suchas Harmonica, Cantelli, Conga, etc. 5etween polished songs Ii ke “Way Later”, “Waiting for You” and “You Should Know Me”, the band managed to jab in some jokes about possible new Olympic events like ‘rude nude luge’, ‘bisexual biathalon’ and ‘crossdressing crosscountry skiing’. 5ut these are just a few of the many things that made them fun to watch and gave the band a stage presence that made it seem like they had been together for years. However their first album “Go On Back” on Sabre Toque Records was only released in July of ‘93. They also have a song on the album “London Underground”, which was put

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out by London’s campus radio station (Is there a school in London?) and will be working on their next album this summer. The songs may have not been the most socially relevent pieces of art in existence but I was having too damn much fun to notice. The band performed flawlessly and the way McMorrow and Wells can harmonize might make you think they’re sisters. Anyway, the next time Julia Propeller plays the Commercial Tavern in beautiful downtown Maryhilt, and I’m sure they’ll be back, don’t miss it. The second band, Mighty Train Review, came onto the stage with a burst of energy and broke a sweat by the end of the first song, Although I was sitting near the front for photographic reasons, I pondered moving

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farther back for moisture reasons. The band was very energetic, almost epileptic at times, but there was no subtlety to the songs. The words, “She dropped a pretzel at my feet. I took it as a sign she would be mine...” from the ‘love’ song “Too Many Times” made my heart pound with lust and my cheeks glow with embarassment at what I was thinking. Oh, sorry, that was my stomach convulsing and my face flushing from the beer. Okay, maybe they weren’t all that bad, but the lyrics were cheezy and I was suprised that the guitarist didn’t have a whammy bar on his mandolin. Stage presence is important but the music should come first. Mighty Train Review does have an interesting rock sound but it’s a shame that they don’t develop it.

Skydiggers stop nothing Skydiggers

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February

Watertown 25, I994

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chorus which repeated the lines “Run to me and I’ll run to you,” punctuated with melodramatic weepy expressions from the lead singer. This band provided a perfect contrast to . the Skydiggers’ tight tyrical style and musical ability.

Although I’ve been afan for quite a while, I somehow never got around to seeing a live Skydiggers concert. I must admit it was nothing like I imagined. I expected a very mellow performance, naively assuming their acoustic nature might not thoroughly incite a crowd. But alas, I did not account for certain...peculiarites on the part of lead vocalist Andy Maize. Let me just say few singers are brave enough to puff their Digging the sky fantastic cheeks and begin swimming into the The first few minutes after the crowd. This Gone antic along many. Skydiggers’ arrival on stage were spent p&&&g “Men against Male Viole&e,” Overall, his spasmodic style that cakried the Skydiggers through an enerwhich the concert benefitted. From getic and thoroughly enjoyable show. here they began with the crowd faThe evening began with a horribly vourite “Slow Bumin Fire.‘, From the very beginning, it was obvious that mediocre perfonnaice by Watertown. theie v& some friction between Andy This Edm&ton band hi been kicking around forever - I remember seeing Maize and the rest of the band. Both guitarists kept exchanging nervous their “Breakthrough” video on glances as if they were conspiring to off MuchMusic about six years ago. They him right there on stage. I hate to dwell sounded suspiciously as if they began on his personality quirks, but the mantheir career as a Blue Rodeo cover ner of Maize did become tiresome. He band. Even The Tea Party could muster had a tendency to talk a lot between more originality. One song boasted a Y

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songs - beyond the limits of normal stag; chat&. He also slipped into the Gordon Downie habit of repeating every sentence three times. However, despite his oddities, Andy Maize really was the life of the show, and much more interesting than guitarist Peter Cash, who cracked nary a smile and remained nearly comatose throughout. The Skydiggers’ played to an obviously loyal crowd of fans, and did not disappoint They performed several songs from their new CDJust Over ‘This Mountain includingthe title track, and my personal favourite, “I’m Wondering.” But it was the old popular tunes which really bolstered the crowd. Even the mellow favourites “1 Will Give You Everything” and “A Penny More” were energetic, and of course “Monday Morning” and “ACCUsations” brought a loud response from the audience. Not to say that there was any body-surfing happening, (which gets annoying when you’re just trying to watch anyway - my little sermon) but everyone went away happy. ihe Skydiggers hav6 been around for a while, and still haven’t broken into the massive Am&an market But 1 can’t say I’m sorry. Their style is suited for smaller venues and any fans out there who still haven’t seen them, you might want to catch them before it’s too late.

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was only there tocause trouble. Larry asked him what hisproblem was and whohe was trying to impress, but the punker wouldn’t answer and gave my boyfriend a dirty look. Then, after several attempts at finding out whether he was there to fight, the punker became violently derranged (sic) and they had to hold him from attacking them. When Larry tried to grab hold of him, the punk punched him several times in the face and kicked his friend in the kidney area. Larry was obviously

set-up. I saw him leave the building without any questions from the bouncers. Larry ended up in the hospital that night with a badly brokennoseand several stitches under his lip. His friend almost had broken ribs. We went to the police and they said nothing could be done because the punker was outnumbered and that it sounded like Larry had been at fault for harassing the punker into fighting, I know that Larry and his friends would not start a

fight, and, that punker had better know that we are in the process of taking legal actions If someone is reading this to you, punker, it is only fair to warn you that if my boyfriend ever sees you again at Fed Hall or the Turret, he and his friends will make you pay dearly for this. I can only hope, foryoursake,thatyouhavethe temporary intelligence to stay away from there, for good. Concerned Gi@iend

March 1985.. Freedom of expression and personal individualism was challenged at Fed HaIll A ‘punker” was picked on by three WLU students because he looked different, After provoking a fight Larry proceeded to assault the “punker” as his buddy’s held the punker down. Yet Larry resulted in suffering from u broken nose,

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by Andrew curon specicd to Imprint Truck Stop R&bows opens with the line, “Life is a one-way dead-end street with no stopping or standing.” This credo nicely sums the novel: it moves from the outset at a highway’s pace, straight towards your heart. The novel takes place in late 1980s Czechoslovakia, in the run-dow rn suburbs of Prague. But twenty-five-year-old Fia Ika, Iva Pekarkova’s brash heroine, manages to fin rd the proverbial rainbo W that lies in such unlike ‘Y places as a dead-end strel et or a highway truck stol Pm She is reckless and will 4 dedicated more to hitcl lhiking than to her unive, rsity degree,

vs Iells me story 0T flalKa and her friend Patrik who struggle in their bleak landscape to find satisfaction. Things get complicated when Patrik learns he has rapidly-developing multiple sclerosis. The state promises him a wheelchair in five to ten years. Fiaika sets out to get him a wheelchair any way she can. This is Pekarkova’s first novet. It was originally published in Czech in 1989, giving it a unique historical significance: a look at Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia before it regained its independence in late 1989. Soviet control effects everything from Fialka’s psychology class, where all the relevant texts are banned, to Patrik’s library of cassettes hidden inside his couch, recorded off illegal Radio Free Europe broadcasts. But the

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quality of the music is awful, full of humming and crackling static: a result of the radio jamming towers Patrik can see from his apartment window. It is a country of cramped apartments, running in countless identical blocks; of smuggled Marlboros and illegal Pink Floyd tapes. Czechoslovakia is at the crossroads where the worst of the USSR meets the worst of the West. Pekarkova’s writing is shot through with acrid humour. Fialka buys her grandmother a TV set, and she becomes addicted to it. The grandmother watches everything; Fialka even catches her watching a buzzing test pattern. And she offers more television humour: “I think television with two channels--on one a political speech, on the other a Russian film--must be the cheapest and most inhumane means to effectively make people stupid.” A major theme of the novel is environmental degradation. Fialka makes extended treks into the countryside to photograph the wide variety of biological monstrosities, the result of the pollution that seems to be a quintessential element of Czechoslovakian life. This is an impressive first novel. Pekarkova’s writing is simple yet well-textured, full of poetic moments. It is intensely personal, and is full of rough eroticism. The pain of Prague is artfully interwoven with the distress of her inhabitants. The pace does slow periodicatty through the novel, and there are a few rough passages; this may or may not be the result of the translation. Nonetheless Truck Stop Rainbows is irresistible, sardonic yet touched with an undeniable positivism.

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Yeah I know these guys just played our beloved Fed Hall and I’m sure that you’re tired of hearing about Lowest Of The low. Frankly even I’m tired of hearing about these guys and I really like this band. But hey, you can’t have too much of a good thing. They do put on one hell of agreat show. This show at the Volcano was no exception as the Low played their hearts out. The night consisted of a healthy dose of new material from Hullucigenia combined with ail the great songs from their first release, Shokespeore My Butt. Lowest Of The Low, if you have never been privileged to see them, in my estimation have a live sound similar to that of Soul Asylum. Hard driven acoustic guitar songs that really get you moving. They have also drawn comparisons to early Elvis Costello which also helps to describe the Low style of music quite well. If that isn’t enough,

thrown in along side the crash and burn guitar and drums are heart tugging slower ballads. The kind that make you want to snuggle up with you lover. Lowest Of The Low bring forth a raw intensity on stage that propels the songs. The punk intensity cannot be mistaken on stage. The wailing guitars combined with sing along lyrics make a pairing that is hard not to enjoy. Songs like “Salesmen, Cheats and Liars” and “For The l-land Of Magdelena” had the crowd on their feet stomping away, lowest Of The Low like to perform live and it was evident on this particular evening+ The talent exhibited spoke volumes about why Lowest of The Low are going to be the next band to crack the big time. The Low even found time to tease the crowd by introducing “Rosy And Grey” a number of times. Instead of playing the big hit they broke into a number of other songs from their collection including the bop around number “Henry Needs A New Pair Of Shoes” and the pumping beats of “For O’Ctock Stop”. Call them roots-rock, call them pop punk the Lowest Of The Low throw a hearty dose of rock and roll in your face and still leave the you wanting more.

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One of the final performances by Uw’s Dance Department will take place this weekend as the department stages its annual concert While the program is currently being phased out of UW, the dancers are determined to prove that they have not allowed the death of their department to stifle their creative abilities. This year the performance is titled “Spirit” and reflects the enthusiasm and energy that still abounds within the Dance department

Directed by Susan Cash, “Spirit” is an eclectic mixture of performances, ranging from simple, minimalist pieces to complex numbers with elaborate costumes and lighting effects. Some of the pieces are very short, achievingtheir message in only two and a half minutes, while others are more expansive, unfolding over seven or eight minutes. The mood of each performance is uniaue as well. Many are serene and spiritual while othek are Stop! In the name of Iow?... tense and dramatic that leave you feeling exhausted from the sheer energy of the to audition their pieces beginning of the year to performers. Indeed, there is “something for everybody,” as Cash points out. cem The dancers have The student choreographers were required their dances throughout

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To call this her worst work could be accurate, but even if it is, it’s like eating double chocolate chessecake instead of triple; it still has much to offer. Love for one Kate album or the other is a very subjective thing, depending on personal taste, andThe Red Shoes should assuredly not be factored out of the equation. A great album, for sure,

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Ever since her first album at age IV, Kate Bush has had one of the most unique fan bases in pop music. She releases albums about as often as leap years occur, she never tours (partly due to a fear of flying), and does very limited promotional work Yet she is one of those artists that only casual observers of music pay attention to, ones that could count the number of bands they seriously follow on a couple of fingers. Between albums she hides herself away in her hometown in England, emerging every so often with a work entirely put together by her perfectionist self, which EMI promptly releases to an almost rabid listening audience, as with The Red Shoes. However, then people listened to the album. They cried foul, said Kate had sold out’ made her worst album’ lost her poetic flair, and so forth. I, on the other hand, don’t agree. This is a very different album for Kate. All her albums previous to this had their inspiration from art, poetry’ literary works, but here she is writing about personal experiences for the first time. Since fhe Sensuul World two events, the death of her mother and the breakup of her I I year relationship with her bassist Del Palmer, have combined to make Kate’s world a rather sad one, manifesting itself on this album. It starts with the single “Rubberband Girl”, with Kate longing for the ability to be “bouncing buck to life”, set to a relentless one chord beat and typically Kate effects. It’s silly, just like the other single “Eat the Music”, with its airy Caribbean feel, and while this is a little different for her why should one criticize her for this? Kate has a sense of humour too, and here it’s a bit of her showing it for a change. The melancholia sets in soon enough though, with the fourth track “Moments of Pleasure”” Here we have Kate circa “This Woman’s Work”, and the pain she’s feeling is very evident “Just being olive/It con real/y hurt”, she sings in the chorus, and you feel that hurt with her. “Song of Soloman” has areturnappearanceoftheTrio6ulgarka from her last album, and their singing in the bridge raises the proverbial hairs on the back of the neck Gorgeous stuff. The keystone of the album comes with the title track. Here is what people look for in Kate’s music: complex musical structures, choral interludes, and lyrics about an old movie from the forties about enchanted ballet shoes. Classic stuff. There’s more sense of loss in “Top of the Cityl, and booming choral responses to Kate’s queries in “Constellation ofthe Heart’“’ (where she laments “without the pain there’d be no learning”). “Why Should I Love You?“, a simple love song set to a niggling keyboard riff and guitar work by Prince of all people, would make a good single choice. It all finishes off with the heart-wrenching ‘You’re the One”, which captures the pain of her breakup with Del. “k’s dright f know where I’m going” she sings, “/‘m going to stay with my friendfMmm yes he is very good lookinglrhe only trouble is/ He’s not you/...He can’t make me laugh and cry at tie same time””

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It’s bad enough having one Whitney Houston. But two? What is this world coming to? The sad thing is that papple are going to buy this crap. This self tided album by Toni Braxton was (and probably still is) listed on a top ten list of a major record chain. I’ve never been a Whitney Houston fan, but it seems that there are lots of people who listen to shitty music out there. If you are one of those pathetic souls out there who have the soundtrack to the Bodyguard in their collection then this is for you. I’ve got to give credit where credit is due,Toni Braxton is a dead ringer for that female singer who sings “I Will Always Love You”” I’d call it a cheap rip off but is actually a really good rip off, if you can say that. This album is utter shit. Your money would be better spent buying Corey Hart’s greatest hits.

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The Rose Chronicles, or Sarah McLachtan meets a garage version of the Smashing Pumpkins, is one of this year’s new groups from Nettwerk. The four member ensemble, Richard, Judd, Steve and Kirsty have a four (or five) song EP out called Dead and Gone to Heaven. The last track is just the sound of rain and other cool noises, great if you are a Solitudes fan I guess. Their big hit single, “Awaiting Eternity”, has received quite a bit of air play on CFNY. Kit-sty’s operatic vocals are framed with echoes, cymbalsand slightly hypnotic guitars. The chorus crashes in with powerful drums, bass and Kirstyshrills. It is the most balanced and polished track on the CD. After hearing “Awaiting” I was a bit disappointed with the rest of the tracks. The other three songs do not provide Kirsly with an opportunity to display her talents as well as “Awaiting” did. The garage band really comes out in “Echoes of Angels” and “Hollow Sea”” The juxtaposing of thrashy noise and celestial vocals doesn’t mesh so well in many sections of those tracks. But not to despair, the last song before the title track rain storm saves the day. “Clouding Doubt” is swimming in a wonderful swirling sea of distorted chords and mournful melodies. Deud and Gone to Heaven is a good effort, and the Rose Chronicles show a lot of promise. I’m looking forward to their next release.

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The depths are on the second-last track which is a bastardization of’]ingle Bells” that becomes another pseudopolitical rant that is at once redundant and repetitions. Cool, eh? The last track is a bad Trent Reznor composition called “Suck”. Appropriate? But Pigface isn’t all bad because they’re supposed to be bad aren’t they? It’s what you want to hear. The best part of the project is Genesis O’Porridge, the American Bjork. Beavis would have something good to say about her too. Fast, slow, good, bad, boogie, don’t, the mix verges on cool occasionally, but before you know it, it’s over and you’ve been listening to ftieen minutes of aggravating stuff. 8ut even industrial should be better than this,shouldn’t it?

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Based on these two CDs, as well as their first Gub release, I’d have to say that Pigface kinda bite industrial boners. Pigface seems to be a loose incorporation of industrial screamers and sound-mixers from a variety of bands such as PI1, RevCo, Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, Skinny Puppy, KMFDM, etc., where the whole is ceminly not as good as its parts, the cooks spoiling the soup with half-baked ingredients, rendering it undrinkable. Too bad. I was even told by someone that the only way to listen to them is in a tacky bar drinking cases of No Name beer with young guys wearing Brown Shirts. Washingmachine Face is an EP of sorts, a remix of songs that appear on the Fook CD, also released this year. They’re remixed from sounds that were originally also remixed - re-remixed. Admittedly, these sorts of remix albums are for fans only, and it’s rare that you find anything really interesting on one. This one stops at two songs -the spooky “Flowers are Evil” and the soundwarp “Cutting Face - Gas Mask Mix”” ‘Truth Will Out” is reminds one of boring...ness, bor-ing-ness, repetition, redundancy’ redundant’ redundant’ boring redundant redundancy, too long, and - did I forget to say redundant I’ve heard that taking too much acid doing mixes makes one forgetful, which tends to heighten the appreciation of all things redundant.. and... all things redundant. Cool, eh?

3-5 When I met Tim Burgess a few weeks ago and told him the new album sounded great’ he nodded to me and kept dancing around. His obvious pride in the Charlatans’ new work definitely shines through on the first single from the soon to be released “Up to Our Hips,Can’t Get Out Of Bed.” Although I would have released about four other songs instead of this one first as the single had I had that power, I can still see why they choose to do so. The song is f%rly catchy, and clocks in at just over three minutes. It also contains an instrumental B-side, “Ou&” which is also quite catchy and makes a good tune to hum along to when you’re running to your firstperiod class. The Charlatans are at their best in instrumentals, there’s a great one on the new album called “Feel Flows .” The second B-side is a funky song called ‘VVithdrawn.” Tim is at his best here, with his distinct voice peneerating, yet adding to the continuity of, the music.

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“Laid” is the second single released by James from the album with the same name. It’s a good song with great lyrics (“This bed is on fire with passion and love, the neighbours complain about the noises above, but she only comes when she’s on top.“) It is definetely acoustic-orientated, the result of their unplugged tour with Neil Young. Two of the B-sides are very i-nediocre. “Wah wah kits” and “The Lake” seem like a waste of time to me. Program your CD player to skip tracks two and three. “Seconds Away” is a pretty happening song, though. Tim Booth gets out the old megaphone for this one. James is a great band, period.

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Beck is the young man who makes it cool to be a loser, drink excessive amounts of alcohol and dream about filling your car with nitrous oxide. Kind of sounds like fun doesn’t it? This single from the coming Beck releaseMellow Gold is chock full of rejects and previous unreleased songs.lf these songs that describe a day in the life of Beck are the throw away tunes, then I can hardly wait for the album. This one is up but the tracks like “Fume” and “Alcohol” are just superb. The songs on this release combine hip hop beats and messed up lyrics from the king slacker himseif into a bizarre combination. It’s surprising that no one else thought of itThis k fun music for the lethargic drug crowd.

As I was doing my song by song notes, a few words and phrases kept cropping up, and these words pretty much sum up the sound of The Adventure Babies: Happy, happy, happy, perky, happy, light, happy, feelgood, happy,

happy, cheery, happy, happy, happy. I can guarantee that if you listen to this you will not want to commit suicide or random acts of violence, or even treat somebody badly. Most happy music just grates on my nerves, and brings out my cynical, sarcastic, evil side, but this band balances the perkiness with a good touch of realism. It is to the real world that they are responding, with their solution to the troubles of dealing with reality being happiness. What The Adventure Babies do is couple really happy music that make the Partridge Family sound like depressed Pink Floyd, with surprisingly honest and realistic lyrics. This is a combination that is not commonly found in modern music, but it works well with this band. Eight people constitute The Adventure Babies, and they are based out of Manchester, England. Vocals are covered by three people, just like Three Dog Night used to do, but one person in particular does the majority of the singing. Steve Lillywhite produced Lough, but if you try to compare this to anything else he has produced (ie. U2, The Pogues), you’ll find that this is a radical departure for him as well. Listen to this. It can’t hurt you, and chances are it will cheer you up if you need it Especially good are the tracks “Captain Scarlet”, “Wheelaway (Mr. Yesterday)“, and “Travis and Perkins (Plumbing and Building Supplies)“. If I, a grumpy old man wannabe with a mean streak a mile wide, like this release, then anybody can iike this.

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For those ofyou that haven’t heard d All, they consist of three former members of a pop-core band called the Descendems, plus a singer. The trio of bassist Karl Alvarez, guitarist Stephen Egerton, and drummer Bill Stevenson are the founding members of All, Their history consists of singer Dave Smalley (from Dug Nusty and other projects), an album with former Descendents member Tony Lom bardo (called TonyAll), the last few albums with singer Scott Reynolds, including their last release Percolator, and now Breaking Things with new voice Chad Price. Another pleasant surprise is the addition of the former singer for the Descencfents, Milo Aukerman, doing backing vocals. Now that we’re all experts on the band, Breaking Things is definitely one of Airs best efforts. Chad Price’s voice is a little rougher than Reynolds’ or Smalley’s, but the energy and the music make it totally appropriate. It would seem that Cruz has upgraded their production, since the album sounds more professionally mixed than previous releases from this label. Breaking Things is a refreshing new sound for the band. Most of the music sounds very different from the previous release: the guitars and bass don’t go into the same cheesy riffs like in “Egg-timer” on Percolutor, and we have more of the sound of “Simple Things” and “Frog” from Allroy Saves. The first track, “Original Me” is a perfect beginning, and is one of the strongest and most refreshing songs on the album. Since this is the first chance we get to hear the new vocals, the song leaves a lasting impression. The All style still comes through in the guitars and bass, but with new energy and the ever-consistent great percussion by Bill Stevenson (whose goofy picture is on the back of the album, for those in the know). A/f still loves their love songs, with a world of difference from the topforty bubble-gum crap, and the third track “Shreen” is another interesting example of this penchant for teenybopperish romantic sentiments. Some of the songs have the old &xendenk influence with a harder sound, like the fifty-two second “Bail”, a song abOut going somewhere more excitingthan where you are, and “Horizontal”, one minute and twenty-two seconds about what you can do in that position. The rest of the album doesn’t stop once, and every song is great for those that enjoy pop-core without the commerciality of the Doughboys. The last song, “Politics” echoes the sentiment (and the t-shim) that has been prominent at All concerts as of late: Keep your politics out of my music!

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Shonen Knife and the Boredoms represent diametric opposites musically. Although both are from Japan, and are both alternative legends (of sorts), the former is a collection of weird pop while the latter is an anarphous mess ofguitar rifi, screams, and drunken studio diddlings. To begin with the Knife, who are Nirvana and Sonic Youth’s Japanese * novelty mascots and the subject of their very own 1989 tribute album (Every Band Has A Shonen Knife That Loves Them) that would win an award for “most bands nobody’s ever heard Of.

Their new album is more and more of a pop exploration than anything that they’ve released previously. To be blunt, this album is not as interesting as their most recent release “let’s Knife”, either in the music, the lyrics, song names, or even the album title. After all, didn’t Heart have an album called “Rock Animals”? Or is this intentional? It lacks the jagged edges of ice-cream weirdness and

Tetsuan Atom cuteness, and ends up falling somewhat flat. The group that was supposed to have formed in perfect isolation in Osaka, Japan, is starting to take on more and more of the aspects of 17, Nirvana, the Smiths, Iron Maiden, or whoever. BUT, it’s easy to luv these cute groovsters, especially in “Butterfly Boy”, “Catnip Dreams”, or “Brown Mushrooms”. Songs like “Another Day” and “Music Square” are musically very stirring, while “Tomato Head”and “Cobra Versus Mongoose” are weird and wild rockers, although the latter bears some superficial similarity to their best song “Antonio Baka Guy”, a song that has appeared four times in three previous albums. The Boredoms, on the other hand, are one of the most bizarre things I’ve come across in many years. The seventeen tracks on the CD are difficult to describe using conventional musical terminology. Imagine the Stooges playing in Sarajevo during heavy shelling, and Nirvana storming the stage regularly and being beaten back. Imagine also hand-to-hand combat happening in the audience, and you have an approximate summary of the Boredoms. Although there’s over 60 minutes of music, they never do the same thing musically for over 30 seconds, and they’re atready doingsomething different, I,ike running high pitched sounds, screaming their heads off, conversing in gibberish, or whatever. Cool stuff for people who like avant garde, anarchy, dada, and such things. Apparently, they’ve put on apocalyptic/suicidal live shows opening for Nirvana and Sonic Youth (see Shonen Knife, above), so even if you don’t want the CD, remember the name in case they ever play Fed Hall. Notable is the fact that lead screecher/ squaker Murakami Eye, who’s screamed on John Zorn’s Naked City project. Tatit+, by the way, is Japanese for “bad intergenerational karms,” or something. I personally dig it, although I think I’d be hard pressed to find anyone else who’d share my opinions. Go ahead, I dare ya.

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by Andrew Caron special to Imprint This is the first major label release ~JI Monster Voodoo Machine, and it is definitely no sell-out MVM was picked up by BMG music on the strength of their I992 EPBurn, released by Epidemic Records. Their blend of metal guitars and hard-core drums is stronger and louder than ever. What once leaned towards industrial dance is now pure industrial hardcore. This EP has eight tracks, three of which are remixes. Included are two versions of ‘Voodoo #I”, one of their more popular songs from Burn. That release had two dance remixes, one of them done by B.K.S. The three remixes onStdte Voodoo; State Control are far better than those on Burn. The regular songs are harder and heavier, and the remixes are dancier. The “Detox” mix of “Born Guilty” is extremely funky. Everything is tighter and stronger than ever. State Voodoo/State Control shows how a band can successfully mix keyboards and programmed elements without sacrificing the strength of the

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Intro ta Career Planning/Jab Search: Tuesday, March 8 11:30-12:3Opm. Information Interview: Tuesday, March 8 12:30-l :30pm. Intro to Self Assessment: Wednesday, March 9 11;30-12:30pm. Researching Occupations: Wednesday, March 9 3:30-4:30pm. Resume Writing: Thursday, March 10 11:30-l 2:30pm. Letter Writing: Thursday, March 10 12:30-l :30pm. All are held in NH 1020

Female volunteers 20 years of age or olde;, K-W and area Bicj Sisters needs you to develop one-on-one relationships with girls (aged 7-16) and boys (aged 712). Next training session commences March 7, 1994. Call 743-5206 to register. Valuable career experience! Volunteer as a Student Career Advisor and learn to counsel other students on career related issues. Priceless benefits! Applicat ions and info available in Career Services. NH 1001. Safety Audits- Volunteers are needed to help assess safety on campus. The next audit is on Wednesday, March 9th from 5-7pm. in MC 4021. Only a couple of hours of your time is required. Make your concerns known. Call Todd 7259382, Scott 884-9538 or Dawn 888-7355. Energetic, responsible volunteer required for Board of Directors for Operation Go Home: a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting runaways to go home. Please call Louise at 743-9265. Volunteer Board Members are needed for the Sounds of Summer Music Festival. Positions include Arts & Crafts Coordinator, Director of Administration, Director of Merchandising, and Director of Fundraising. The Board meets once a month, time commitment increases for most positions as the Festival date draws closer. Info call City of Waterloo, Volunteer Services at 579-l 196. Volunteers needed to assist disabled adults with computer work. Knowledge of WordPerfect and Lotus anasset. Contact Vivian at 665-4842 (8am -4pm) Volunteer required to assist a blind man by reading newspapers etc., and light exercises (going for walks). Please call 745-6763 and ask for Ken.

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