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Kimble Sutherland, the New Democratic Party Member of Provincial Parliament for the constituency of Oxford, spoke to a class of University of Waterloo political science students on July 13 about the issue of same sex benefits. He first launched into a discussion of the historical nature of the issue. Homosexuality was illegal in Canada until the late 1960s--it was taken out of the criminal code by Trudeau’s Minister of Justice in 1968. Provincially, - a 1986 -ar~ndment to the HU- Kimble man Rights Code of Ontario outlawed discrimination based on sexual orientation. This amendment was put. forward by Evelyn Gigantes (now Minister of Housing) and was passed. The NDPs were elected to power in Ontario on September 6, 1990. Sutherland cited the NDP’s strong track record on human rights issues such as employment equity and pay equity. He stated that it has been NDP party policy for more than ten years to provide equal rights to all people regardless of sexual preference. In December 1990 they agreed to provide same sex benefits to approximately 90 000 direct civil servants. Many private organizations already have similar policies for same sex couples in place, including the City of Toronto, Ontario Hydro, the YMCA and YWCA, the United Church of Canada, and the Toronto Sun. The decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada and the federal government limit the flexibility which MPPs at Queen’s Park have in dealing with this issue. Marriage falls under federal jurisdiction. In the Income Tax Act, the definition of “spouse” stipulates that a spouse must be a member of the opposite sex. Thus the provincial government cannot provide survivor pension benefits to same sex couples. Both the Liberals and the PCs advocated their support for some level of same sex benefits in April 1993 during a by-election in St.George-St-David, a Toronto riding which has a very large gay and lesbian population. Macleod stressed her support for a certain level of same sex benefits. A letter fromNancy Jackson stated that PC leader Mike Harris supported “the pur-
suit of this issue.” The Liberals won this by-election. Tim Murphy subsequently brought forward Bill 45, a bill which would pro-
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vide minimal benefits to same sex couples. The gay and lesbian community disliked this bill because they said it didn’t go far enough. Bill 45 stalled part way through the legislative process and Sutherland said he doubted very much that it will be carried forward in the future. PC Chris Hodgins won a byelection on March 17,1994 in the riding ofvictoria-Haliburton. He said that the issue was jobs, not same sex benefits. The PCs made it clear at this time that they would not support same sex benefits. A total of 79 laws need to be changed in order to put same sex couples on an equal footing with heterosexual common law couples in Ontario. Currently, gays and lesbians do not have the right to adopt as a couple, only as individuals. Sutherland said that the number one criteria for adoption should be the ability to provide “a nurturing, loving environment.” Bill 167, the ‘same sex’ legislation which was brought forward by the NDPs in March 1994, included provisions to give same sex couples the right to apply for adoption, and to redefine the term “spouse.” The first reading vote came out 57 to 52 in favour of the legislation but many MPPs who would have opposed the bill were absent at the time of the vote. Bill 167 was defeated on the second reading vote and Sutherland puts most of the blame on the Liberals. Liberal leader Lyri Macleod had previously written letters to Premier Bob Rae and AttomeyGeneral Marion Boyd urging them to go ahead with same sex legislation. She had indicated that a majority of Liberals would support same sex legislation. However, once Bill 167 was brought
forward she took issue with the redefinition of “spouse” and adoption rights. Apparently Bill 167 went too far for the Liberals. Macleod said that the public of Ontario was notready for such radical changes. The NDPs offered to amend the bill aAer second reading so that “spouse” would not be redefined and gays and lesbians would not be given the right to adopt as couples. Sutherland said that Lyn Macleod did not believe the NDP would bring these amendments forward and that is why the bill was defeated 6759 in second reading. This was a “free vote” in which MPPs were not forced to tow the Aparty s line because it was an “issue of conscience” or “morality issue.” MPPs were to vote as representatives of their constituents, not their party.
The NDP has been criticized by people who feel that Bill 167 could have been passed if it had enforced party discipline. Sutherland disagreed that this was a morality issue, although sexual conduct is often linked to a sense of morality. He said that in his opinion, the elimination of one male or one female in a family does not mean the elimination of traditional family values. He stated that “if two people are willing to make a commitment in a loving relationship, that’s what’s important.” Sutherland supports the fact that it was a free vote because the NDPs thought the bill would still get passed in a universal free vote based on Macleod’s commitment. Even within the ranks of the NDP, there were some MPPs who were very opposed to the bill, such as George Mammoliti, who Sutherland accused of bringing forth
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ast week’s im pact of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 into the planet Jupiter gave a group of graduates from the University of Waterloo’s physics department good reason to open the departThis is ment’SobselVatory for public viewing during the evenings of July 16-22. Headed primarily by Ken Laing, the group of graduates was overwhelmed with public interest on the first night when at least 500 people turned out for a look. Although no evidence of the first in a series of collisions were observed during the opening night, most of those who turned out were not disappointed to at least view Jupiter and it’s four main moons. From talking with some of the crowd, it seemed many had never looked through a telescope before, but had become interested from hearing about this once in a lifetime collision on television.
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The turnout dwindled to about 100-200 people a night for the remainder of the week. Those fortunate enough to turn up on Tuesday, July 19, were rewardedwith a glimpse of2 small, inky blemishes resulting from impacts a day prior. It’s expected that these blemishes (some the size of the earth) will last anywhere from a few weeks to a few months. If you missed the chance to catch a glimpse, the physics department has observing sessions on rhe first Wednesday of each month beginning at 9:30 pm, and as the year wears on, observation session times will be changed to accommodate the earlier onset of dusk.
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The partnership is designed to offer professional education and training that will provide a comprehensive program in information technology available through alternative modes of educational delivery. It’s expected the program will enhance the process of creating standards for curricula and learner assessments. The Software Human Resource Council, established in 1992 by industry partners, estimates the skills of 100,000 oftheestimated 150,000 Canadian software professionals are becoming increasingly redundant in light of advancing technology. “Canada must have the most knowledgable workers in the world if we are going to compete in the global economy of the 90s. This project brings us significantly closer to achieving that objective,” said Anne M&ague, chair of the Ottawabased The project will be managed by
The Software Human Resources Council estimates the skills of lOO,OOO of the estimated 150,000 Canadian software prufessionals are becoming redundant
As a result, computer workers and students can learn at home or in the workplace. The enhancement of software training in Canada is a critical element to the success ofboth large established corporations and thousands of small, innovation-intensive businesses that are emerging as the cornerstone of the new economy. “This ground-breaking strategic alliance between the bank and the university will develop for the public domain a model curriculum for training professionals in software techriology,” said Matthew Barrett, chairman and chief executive officer, Bank of Montreal. “As a banker, I see substantial
said that from the university’s perspective, “this partnership provides us with a ‘living laboratory’ in a large and complex multi-national organization with diverse lines of business and a keen interest in the most advanced training technologies.” “It is entirely in keeping with the University of Waterloo’s educational niche and its reputation for equipping its graduates with the highest professional competence,” headed:
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Hey all... as the term winds to a close, and everybody’s tense or crabby with exam schedules that just don’t accommodate enough social time, here are a few things to think about: By the time you return to campus in four long work-term months... things will look a lot different. The Student Centre will be nearing completion; at last rumour, the external construction should be finished by November sometime, and the internal renovations and relocations of businesses and services should be completed by February. So things are a little behind schedule... but not much. Heck, we may even have all of the exits and entrances to the Campus Centre back before too long (well, maybe that’s a little too much tc ask). The PALS Off Campus Dons Programme will have survived its inaugural term. PODS have a lot to look forward to, by way of experience and work this fall. Every POD is expected to be the “resource manual” of their neighbourhood in helping off-campus Frosh find their way to the resources they need on campus, and to smooth the wrinkles in the secondary school-university transition experience. Also in the interests of transition, aI Fresh (and anyone else
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who’s interested) will have received a handbook to guide them through the melee of academic policies: like student discipline and ethical behaviour. There will also be a representation manual to pick up, explaining every position on every committee and every advisory board on this campus that can be filled by a student. (Say that five times fast.) The OAA is also working on other activities to smooth the bumpy arrival on UW’s campus. The Social Issues folks are hot on the heels of sexual harassment on campus. The word is out: it’s got to go. And the current group and discussions will be continued throughout the fall and winter terms in the interests of making sexual harassment on campus a thing of the past. And some fun and games type stuff... by the time 19% rolls around (or rather comes screaming upon us) we’re hoping to have a more effective system in place to publicize concerts and events. Once the results of this summer’s communications survey are in and tallied... we can start getting the word out to you faster, and better, than ever before. So... you can either look forward with dread to coming back to Waterloo in January with blizzards and snow drifts and cold, dark 8:3Oam classes... or you can think of some of the great things to come. Enjoy your exams.
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Unfortunately, the past two weeks have been pretty busy over at the UW police department. At the Klemmer Day Care, on campus, a few vandals decided to make havoc of the playground. The lid of the sandbox, the steps and the picnic table were thrown about and the slide was plugged up with a tire. A EraMic sign was pushed over, leaning into the west bound lane on Columbia street, in front of the Village entrance. The parking lots having been suffering from broken gate arms which can cost $30 to $65 to replace. One offender was caught carrying home the gate arm from the M lot, across from Fed Hall. She was picked up by the police and only had to pay for the restitution. Luckily she was not arrested. Things have been getting a bit hot over at the photocopiers at the Davis Centre. A malfunctioning feeder for a photocopier heated up, caused a lot of smoke and could have caused a fire had it not been for one of the UW police officers who safely removed it. Other fire calls have been from the village; one caused by the humidity and the other by smoke blown in from a barbecue outside. The driving skills of one delivery truck driver were called into question when he struck the Bollard gate on the Modem Languages/ ES service road. The cost of the
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damages done to the gate is estimated to be $200. There were no damages to the driver or the truck done. Another Liquor Offence fine was handed out to a student who openly drank alcohol. He was in a parked car on the Columbia Lake green, the fine was $180 rather than the usual $105 because the offender was “in the care and control of a motor vehicle.” There have been numerous bike thefts on campus. A black Asama bike valued at $425 was stolen from in front of the Dana Porter Library, it was not locked. From ES2, a green Raleigh bike worth $600 was stolen. It was locked with a cable lock, which was easily snapped. Close to Math and Computer, a dark blue Vellosport Niagra worth $425 was stolen, it was also locked with a cable lock. A white Norco valued at $150 was stolen from outside ofthe Engineering Lecture hall. Sgt. Wayne Shortt recommends that the best way to lock your bike is with a D lock attaching the bike to a rack. Computer equipment worth $6600 was stolen from the OffIce for Development, Alumni Affairs at South Campus Hall. The equipment included a Roland Data computer, hard drive, printer and monitor and an Ether net card. There is an investigation of this crime underway. If you have any questions or tips do not hesitate to call the UW police, on campus extension 4911, off campus 888-4911.
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Sutherland asserted that the NDP would not have come out ahead by forcing the issue and was skeptical that use of party discipline would have been effective. “I don’t think we could have pushed it through,” he said. Sutherland voted in favour of Bill 167 even though he felt certain that a majority of his constituents opposed this bill because he sees his role more as a trustee than as a delegate. In other words, he thinks he was elected to make decisions for his riding, not to simply vote as instructed. Sutherland represents about 8 5 000 people and likely heard from only 30% of them on this issue. As well, he feels that special interest groups could have a stronger effect on a delegate-type system by crowding town hall meetings and biasing votes. Since he was elected on the basis of his beliefs, Sutherland wants to be held accountable and to stand his ground on important issues. He strongly supported the bill, and “could not continue to support discrimination against same sex couples,” so he voted accordingly. One student asked Sutherland if he thinks that he has alienated many of his constituents, especially the more fundamentalist heterosexuals. Sutherland conceded, “We’ve certainly lost some party members over the issue.” He admitted that members received death threats on both sides of the argument. One of the main issues Sutherland addressed was the responsibility of legislators to be proactive rather than reactive. He is uncomfortable with the courts leading the legislative process and feels that all parties will have to deal with the issue of same sex benefits. Sutherland hypothesized that a good deal of opposition to same sex benefits comes out of what he calls a “bunker mentality”: people want certainty in uncertain economic times and are afraid of anything that might affect their job or their family. Kimble Sutherland is a fairly young MPP. He is in his first: term at Queen’s Park and was elected to the legislature when he was twentyfour years old, fresh from a presidency of the students’ council at the University of Western Ontario. His presentation to University of Waterloo political science students contained the usual amount of party politics and fmger-pointing at the opposition but was nonetheless enlightening and informative. It will be interesting to see which party triumphs in the next provincial election and how it will handle the issue of SUCK SGX belle%. Hopefully the attitudes of progressive, open-minded individuals like Kimbie Sutherland will prevail.
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It’s a glossy (slick?) magazine designed to “subvert the marketplace” and engage in “culture jamming” and other similar counterculture activities. The magazine has a manifesto that runs something like “We will take on the archetypical mind polluters - Marlboro, Budweiser, Benetton, McDonald’s, Coke, Calvin Klein, and beat them at their own game. ” blah blah blah, etc etc.
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issues, the 1995 calendar and the Culture Jammer’s VHS tape all for $lOO! (You can make your cheque payable to the Media Foundation, they also takeVISA, or call their toll-free number.) In the same magazine that has a column called “Guerilla Semiotics” and a three page article on why classical economics is wrong (oh, and the obligatory tip of the hat to Guy Debord) the producers of Adbusters participate in exactly the same market processes that they criticize. The shoddy little article on classical economics helps to explain some of this apparent paradox. Adam
Random acts of kindness, senseless acts of beauty “‘Nu one is uselessin this world who lightens the burdens of someone else. ”
The article “explains” that: “From Smith to Karl Marx to Milton
Friedman, the enduring dream of economists has been to control and manage the economic well-being of nations.” Later, the article goes on to state that “By the 199Os,it had become apparent to many that classical economics cannot really predict or control the economic behaviour of societies.” Economics doesn’t try to control, but it does predict, and explain. A very good example of how classical economics does actually work is Adbusters itself. The advertising mentioned earlier is a straightfonvard market technique. Advertising brings in revenue for you to continue to produce your product (covering overhead, paying you staff, paying your printer, etc.) The price of the magazine on the shelf is reflective of the cost of producing the magazine and of selling on consignment to certain stores. Underlying all of this is the fact that the creators of Adbusters are following
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am tired. I am frustrated. I don’t know A few days ago, thoughts that I had been pondering for a while were firmly embedded into my head. It stems from two incidents that occurred so close together they are almost reflection of this University micro-commuone and the same. As I was exiting the Davis Center Li- nity. Have the students at this university got brary, the person who was walking in front of their heads so far in their textbooks that they me opened the door just enough of a crack so have forgotten what it is like to think about that they could fit through. This individual made no attempt to hold the door open for me. Thit was fine, as * I am a big boy now and can open my It would appear that individuals own do& if I have to. The first in today’s society ure spending incident was over, but I was by no
open for others, I suggestthat you try looking up from your textbooks, and see all the wondertil people that there are in Waterloo, and maybe even do something nice for them. If it is me that receives the kind act, I
assure you I will express my thanks to you. To those of you who do not acknowledge the kind actsof others towards you, I implore you to take the time to say “Thank you”. These two incidents are anything but isolated. They are merely the incidents that have made me think about larger issues. This is not a problem that is unique to U W, rather it is a problem of society in general these days. There is a lot more to it than just doors. Practisingrandomactsofkindness and senselessbeauty is not just something to do. It is a way of making yourself and others feel good about themselves. It is a great feeling to do something for someone and feeling that you may have made their day. In m more time means as disappointed as I was &ter “louking outfor the same vein, I could not bear the the second incident. thought that I hadpossiblymade someA few short seconds after, as I number One ” than anJU%?#g &e one’s day worse. was exiting the actual building itself, It would appear that individuI stopped to hold the door open for als in today’s society are spending two people who were walking about other people rather than course material? more time “looking out for number one” than 15 feet behind me. So I held the door open, Certainly there are those people that do anything else. That is a troubling thought for and when the two of them were close enough to the door to take it from my hand, I let go think about other people, but everyday my someone like me who is merely seeking hapand continued on my way. I did not receive conviction grows stronger that this place is piness. Even though I am doing a pretty good becoming more and more dehumanized. job of being happy these days, when I think so much as a nod from these two people. I will not stop holding doors and practis- about things like the door incident, I find it I don’t hold doors open for people behard to be anything but sad. cause it is my job, or because people are ing similar acts of random kindness. I will continue to do it because I feel good about Happy thoughts. better than me and I feel obligated to, I hold doing so. I would like to say thank you to all doors open for people because - well, bethe people who have ever held a door open for cause I just do. I want to be a good person, me. 1 will, as I always have in the past, tell and inherent in that for me, is to do nice each of you in person the next time I seeyou. - Derek Featherstone things for other people. Granted I cannot do To those of you who do not hold doors 4A Biology/Teaching this all the time, and it is sometimes hard to do what this place is about anymore.
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Jan an antifeminist? Tu the editor, The opinions of Jan Narveson and Judy Wubnig on “The Status of Women at the University of Waterloo 1993” (Imprint, Jul 15 1994) are not surprising, given that these philosophers are well-known across Canada as anti-feminists. What is surprising, however, is that they use information in their arguments known to be false. For example, they state that there has never been discrimination against women in faculty hiring at UW. Yet they know that in science no women at all were hired for many years in the 1960s and early 1970s. I myself was told by the Dean of Science in 1972 that he would never give tenure and therefore a permanent job to a married woman - after all she had a husband to support her. At that time I knew personally six women biologists with PhDs who wanted to be UW professors, but of course none was even considered for appointment because of the unofficial policy not to hire women. It is equally strange that Narveson and Wubnig should refer to the Irvine paper (“Jack and Jill and Employment Equity”) to back up their claims. This paper was shown in 1991 to be based on false assumptions and is full of errors (See UW Gazette Sep 11, Sep 18, Sep 25,Oct 2). Anne Innis Independent Jan Narveson
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1 accept Mrs. Dagg’s claim that there was anti-feminist discrimination in sume parts of this university a good lung time agu. That is very dgferentfrum the claim that there is a general pattern uf discrimination. Her reference to Andrew Irvine3 paper, however, is, to use her words, “strange. ” (“This paper was shown in 1991 to be based on false assumptions and is full of errors (see UW Gazette Sep 11, Sep 18, Scp 25, uct 2)* ” Each and every supposed refutation uf Irvine’s extremely thoruugh paper, aI1 of whose statistics come fvorn Stats Canada, was cure-
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in that series of Lettu reupen it, fine, but us it stands, Iam ready as usual to send a copy of that report tu anyone who wants to see it. The report shuws as conclusively as statistics can show that women have been hired OUT uf proportion to their numbers, not below it, ever since the late 1960 ‘s, and that the gap has been widening in recent years, and widening very sharply in the last few years in particular.
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Women’s Centre responds To the editor, I am writing in response to the July 15th article in the Imprint entitled “Does gender discrimination exist at Uw’?” The article implies that the UW Women’s Centre is funded by the University of Waterloo, which is not the case. In fact, the UW Women’s Centre is funded by UW students through the Federation of Students. The centre in no way diverts money from funds that would otherwise be used for “academic” purposes. I would also Iike to say that I disagree with the ideas presented in the article in general, and especially with the argument that the university’s primary role as an academic institution means that it has no responsibility to create an atmosphere that is “woman friendly.” Of course the “pursuit of learning” is the raison d’etre of the university, but it must be remembered that it is human beings who are trying to learn and that this pursuit can be interrupted or prevented by sexual harassment or the unavailability of adequate daycare for one’s children etc. The idea that “merit” is the only thing that determines one’s success or failure within this institution seems naive. Also, every university is populated not only by professors and students, but also by a large support staff (custodians, secretaries, etc.) The university, as employer, has an obligation to ensure that these people are treated fairly in their working environments. I think that the Status ofWomen report offers many suggestions that
would help the University of Waterloo to create an atmosphere where people are treated fairly, though my ideas about what constitutes fairness are obviously very different from those of the authors of the article. Kura Richardson Women ‘s Centre
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Imprint A-OK! To the editur, I admire the Imprint very much for publishing the article by Narveson and Wubnig on the Report called “The Status of Women at UW: 1993.” It shows the Imprint to be a serious journal and helps make the Gazette look silly. Best wishes for the Imprint being the broadly basednewspaper which UW needs. Jack Edmonds University of Waterloo
Dangerous Delusions To the editur,
The letter, “Free Markets, Free Minds” (Imprint, July 15) presents a welcome rebuttal to my pieceManufacturing Consent: Political Currectness and the Mass Media. (Imprint, June 30) I’m happy that some students can still generate thoughtful and critical responses to current issues. My hat goes off to the author. T am so grateful that he had the energy to lift a pen and write, that I wish I could breath some common sense into his arguments. The author’s argument that free minds andmarkets flourish inNorth America, plainly contradicts the first hand observations of most people. All those “manufacturing consent” theories “remind” him of 1950s predictions that multinational corporations would control the world. We all know that the dreaded corporate takeovers didn’t happen (nudge, wink). According to the author, the competition disarmed powerful corporations like IBM and GM, and we lived happily ever after. In fact, one look is needed to see big business pushing small independents out of the market place. The decline and disappearance of independent family farms is a well documented, and commonly recognized fact. In the food business, big franchises continue to force small operators into oblivion. Sadly, the author’s analysis stumblesawkwardly over a reality we all know to be true. The age where individuals can choose their own independent livelihoods fades into a glorious sunset. Continuing from this general observation, permit me to challenge
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points. If we believe the author, the Free market place continues to flourish in the news business. He comments that newspapers must cater
to the consumer in order to survive in the “free” market place. When big business took over Canada’s last independent newspaper,the Whig-Standard in Kingston, the consumer emerged as the real loser. Causing many heads to roll, Southam Corporation undertook some mighty changes. Readers confronted pages that (full of full page ads) no longer reflected a uniquely Kingston flavour. When Southam corporation decapitated the paper of its award-winning journalists, and foreign correspondents, the quality of news nose-dived. The new paper endured routine criticism in all the local taverns and bars because of the homogenized Southam product it became. Our free-enterprise system became poorer for the loss of this last independent. The author’s approval of the news business runs into another glitch. He states “that if Conrad Black’s papers do not supply the people with the type of information they need and want, somebody else will.” The problem is that a corporate elite now owns most of the countries newspapers (just two corporations now own 60%). Unfortunately, therefore, the only means consumers can determine what they “need and want” is through this elite’s papers. Don’t bet that this elite will supply that means if it means jeopardizing their monopoly. Corporate monopolies have no place in a nations free press. How safe are the computer networks from these monopolies? The author asserts that nobody will never be able to control “all” the information that flows through the computer networks. This assertion rests on the shaky premise that a totalitarian state needs to (or wants to) control “all” the accesses to information? Besides, would computer science
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graduates be willing to stake their careers on the bet that Rogers or the government will never be able to control most or all of the information on the system? Finally, we come to the most debatable point. The author claims that the former U.S.S.R and South Africa now exist as democracies. Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s first comment after he returned to Russia was that their is no democracy. As for free markets, the marketplace in Russia (as well as the former republics) is only free fororganizedcrime. The jury is still out on South Africa. With the inter-tribal warfare, only a fool would rush in and pronounce this nation a stable democracy. Am I “unduly” concerned with Democracy’s fate at the hands of “corporate types?” In Ontario, only the government is as dangerous and unresponsive to the people as the most evil corporations. I was fired from my job as a baker last Sept. for writing a brief letter to a local newspaper. The letter attempted to make people aware of abusive and illegal conditions in a donut shop that has enjoyed the long (twenty-five years) patronage of students. After the letter, my boss threatened the editor in the editors own office about subsequent letters. I can assure the author that I am not “unduly” concerned, but write from first hand knowledge. Let’s throw away the delusion that we can take for granted our free markets and minds. People who lose the ability to fight for democracy cannot keep it. The line that we “are better off watching Cheers re-runs and letting the media run itself’ sounds like a slick excuse for cynicism and apathy. I implore the student population not to listen to this siren song that has claimed the wrecks of so many free nations. Glenn RPW
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by Sindi special Dear Evil One, How are you? I am fine. The weather is fine here in Waterloo, though a trifle too warm for my taste. I guess you of all people could sympathize with me on that one, ha, ha. I started up that atheist column, just as you commanded, and now I sense that my work is done (er, sorry, I mean your work). Ah, religious debate, that endless source of fun and enlightenment. I never thought that I would tire of beating the shit out of that dead horse, but I guess I was wrong. To be frank, I must say that this entire campaign of evil has proven to be a bust. I can’t say that I have enticed one believer to doubt that god exists; even for a moment. Please do not be angry with me oh fiendish one: my only tools were honesty, reason and just a hint of sarcasm, How could I have hoped to pit this meagre bag of tricks against that theistic shield of blind, stubborn, faith? I began with the outrageous claim that I didn’t even have to prove the non-existence of god. I said that the theists had to offer proof of god’s existence before they could be taken seriously. I said that the onus of proof was on them! Can you imagine? Actually demanding some evidence to support what the theists claimed before submitting one’s will to their religious doctrines. Everyone knows that you don’t need to prove that god exists, he just is. It says so right in the Bible (and the Koran, and the Book of Mormon and the Dead Sea scrolls, but no matter, everyone can plainly See which offers the True account of god). Besides, there is all sorts of evidence for the existence of god. Not the type of evidence accepted by mere reason, not the type that you can show to anyone, but the type which
just proves that god exists and that he loves us. Think of all of the sick people that god miraculously heals all of the time. Prayers do get answered. It is not our place to ask why people get sick in the first place, and why many people suffer and die, we must just be thankful and praise god for all of the good stuff in our lives, all the bad stuff is our fault (or yours, oh Infernal Majesty). I also foolishly asserted that it seemed unfair that anyone should roast in Hell forever. It was obvious to the theists that everyone was sinful and richly deserved to suffer eternal torment. In fact, they used this to prove that god loves us because he gave us a choice between obeying his will or everlasting pain. To think, here I believed that people were basically alright so long as they didn’t harm others, when all the time they were sinful monsters who deserved everlasting punishment! The god that the theists believe in is so wonderful and powerful that he can destroy cities, cause plagues and even flood the entire world without this interfering with his perfect goodness. Even in the absence of any empirical data pointing to the existence of god, it is now quite clear why one would naturally want to believe in and worship such an entity. At this time I can only offer my heartfelt apologies for failing you, oh Demonmeister. These theists were far too clever to swallow any blasphemous ideas concerning rationality or human dignity. So now I exit, stage left with a “curses, foiled again.” Your
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It is interesting to compare the Old and New testaments as Christ’s life and accomplishments perfectly complete many Old Testament themes. In the beginning, God created Adam. Adam sinned against God by eating from the one tree God had told him not to. This one sin condemned all mankind as sinners. As our life is a privilege from God to be used for the purpose of serving Him, sin serving ourselves instead of Him - should result in death. Yet, God graciously accepted animal sacrifices for the sins of human beings. But this atonement was temporary and needed to continually take place. The priests offered the atoning sacrifices always standing up, indicating that their work is never finished. Jesus lived a pure, holy and righteous life entirely without sin. Jesus gave Himself as the ultimate, once for all, sacrifice. The sacrifice of Christ’s blood, shed on a cross, was sufficient in God’s sight to completely atone for mankind’s sin so that no other sacrifice would be necessary. The righteousness of this one man justified all sinners; we are now freely offered forgiveness for our sins. Christ, who conquered death by resurrecting, ascended into heaven shortly thereafter, sitting down at the right hand of God. By sitting down, he indicated that His work is indeed finished and atonement for all sins accomplished: “Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God.” - Hebrews
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In the Old Testament, people could not go directly to God. The offerings given to God as atonement for their sins always had to be done through a priest chosen by God. And when the Israelites had built the Tabernacle for God, He dwelt in the Most Holy Place, which was separated from the rest of the Tabernacle by a curtain. It was a physical barrier separating mankind from God. Each temple built for God also had such a barrier. In the New Testament, Jesus became the priest. Through Jesus Christ, we can now go directly to God asking forgiveness for our sins. By offering Himself as a human sacrifice, Jesus broke down the barrier between man and God - we can now have a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ. While Christ was dying on the cross, the temple’s curtain tore in two (see Luke 23:45), thus symbolizing Christ’s accomplishment. Christ’s life also made complete the constant Old Testament theme of salvation through faith. One example is that of the bronze snake. While the Israelites were in the desert, they complained about lack of food and water even though God always provided for them. To discipline His people, He sent poisonous snakes that killed many Israelites. When Moses prayed for the snakes to be taken away, the Lord told him to make a bronze snake and put it on a pole. Anyone who was bitten by a snake would merely have to look at the bronze snake in order to be healed and live. Only faith was required. Faith in Jesus Christ is the only requirement for salvation. The Son of God reduced Himself to human form, becoming a servant to His own creation. He did this so that our sins would be atoned for. Our merely believing this is enough for God to forgive our sins and change our lives to fit His perfect plan.
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World Cup returns to Brazil L by Tim special
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t doesn’t really hit you until it’s over. It’s like having a good thing and not knowing how good it is until it’s gone. Only a soccer fan can truly appreciate what I’m trying to say. I think I feel that way because inNorth America there isn’t really any soccer that a person can enjoy that comes anywhere near the level played in either Europe or South America. This isaverysports oriented continent, but, soccer just hasn’t caught on to the point where one can see a game of this quality; Neveither live or on television. ertheless, I think that’s about to change, especially with the recent success of this latest World Cup. Putting all the controversial incidents aside it was nonetheless a very memorable tournament. It turned out to be a tournament of firsts. First game in the States, first game to be played in a scoreless tie throughout regulation and overtime, the first game to be decided on penalty shots, and the first time that many had a chance to see World Cup action live. As far as the fmal game itself - well - there’s really no better way to win a game than to tease your opponent for the maximum allotted time and then on the last shot break their hearts. That’s exwhat actly Brazil did to Italy on that sunny Sunday afternoon in Pasadena. Granted Italy did kind of do it to themseIves, but after playing for 120 minutes for the sole purpose of reaching a penalty shootout, it served them right to lose the way they did. Whether you like to see a game end on penalty kicks or not, on this particular day the better team won. So then, should I be so bold as to say that the system works? Neither team really surprised anyone with their style of play. Brazil came out strong on offense, as they said they would. They even changed their game plan somewhat form their previous matches. If you noticed, Brazil came out with more long balls and high passes than we are accustomed to seeing f?om them. Perhaps this was their way of showing us that they really wanted to win this thing. They created many a good scoring chance throughout the game, but just like the Brazil of old they couldn’t finish. From a technical perspective the South Americans once again I
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showed the world why they are the best. When it comes to ball control there is no equal. It’s amazing to me how an air ball can travel 30,40, sometimes even 50 yards, and those guys can bring it under such control that it never leaves their periphery by more than a foot or two at the most. This, folks, is talent, some would even go as far as saying that it’s natural talent., the type of talent that has been inbred over many years, and is passed on through the bloodstream, from generation to generation. Italy, on the other hand, did the only thing they really could, and that was to try and contain the Brazilian offense, and hope for a lucky break. From an impartial perspective Italy executed their game plan to perfection. As boring as it may have been they really had no choice. With their star striker Robert Baggio nursing a thigh injury there was really no threat of a potent attack on their part. Italy did create a couple of memorable scoring chances but it just wasn’t anything that had any sustain to it, and eventually proved to be inadequate. In the end, the unthinkable happened - the game went into a penYeah, I’m happy alty shoot-out. because I LOVE SHOOT-OUTS. If you’ve ever been in that situation before, you’ll know what I’m talking about. Anyway, Italy went first and veteran Baresi missed high over the net. Marcio Santos for Brazil shot to the goalie’s and right Pagliuca (Ital-
With their star striker Roberto Baggiu nursing a thigh injury, there was really no threat of a potent attack on their part.
Round-robin action finishes up today at the National Junior Basketball Championships here in Waterloo. Medal and classification games take place this weekend at the University of Waterloo’s Physical Activities Complex and at Wilfrid Laurier University. The men will play on Saturday (tomorrow)at 1 l:OOa.m., l:OOp.m., 3:OO p.m., 6:30 p.m., and 8:3O p.m. in the PAC main gym. Teams have yet to be determined. Sunday’s final round goes as follows, also at the PAC: - 9:00 a.m. 7th place vs. 8th place (Main Gym) - 1:OO p.m. 5th place vs. 6th place (Auxiliary Gym 3) - 2:OO p.m. Bronze Medal (Main Gym) - 8:OO p.m. Gold/Silver Medal (Main Gym) On the women’s side, Saturday’s action takes place at WLU at the same times as the men. On Sunday, the venue switches to uw: - 9:00 a.m. 7th Place vs. 8th Place (Auxiliary Gym 3) - 11:OO a.m. 5th Place vs. 6th Place (Auxiliary Gym 3) - 12:00 p.m. Bronze Medal (Main) - 6:OO p.m. Gold Medal (Main)
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Nova Scotia’s Rita Riesks (14) is guarded by her opposite number Tania Emberley and another Newfoundland player in early round action this past Wednesday. Newfoundland went on to beat Nova Scotia 56-32.
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tension mounts even higher. Albertini (Italy) steps up and scores with a well placed shot to the lower left comer of the net. Italy are now ahead by a goal, But, wait Romario evens things up with a good shot of his own. Now it’s Evani for Italy and he also scores. Branco (the left footed menace for Brazil) scores with a beautifully placed shot to the left corner that had Pagliuca going the wrong way on a one way. Once again it’s tied. Now comes one of Italy’s two best strikers, Massaro tries for a shot to the left of the net as well, but it’s lacking in power and it’s waist high, guess what? Taffarel (Brazilian goalie) eats it up like slice of pizza. Now Brazil smells victory. Dunga, captain of the Brazil team, places a shot in almost the identical location as continued
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Massaro’s; however, this one has the pace and it eludes Paglicua. So it all comes down to, who else, but Baggio. Famous striker for Italy! The divine ponytail! A man ready for sainthood! Can he do it? Can he keep Italy’s hopes alive and send it into a sudden death shoot-out? He steps up, he shoots, he’s got the goalie going the wrong way. OH! NO! SAY XT AIN’T SO, ROBERTO. This wasbilled asthe bestpossible matchup that this fifteenth World Cup could possibly have produced. Maybe from a financial perspective, but certainly not from an entrainment one. The game did have it’s moments, and the shoot-out was exciting to watch, even though it’s been receiving a lot of criticism. But, from my point ofview, this match-up could only have been a success from a bean counter’s perspective. The reason I say that is because these two teams have the largest fan support in the world. That translates into a sold out game (attendance for the final with Brazil and Italy was a sell out of 94,194) and even profit for the scalpers; which is something they haven’t
been realizing from other games. The final game itself grossed $43.5 million U.S., the highest grossing gate attraction in sports history. That’s not all though, when you think of the humungous following these two countries have it also means that the venues will reap additional revenue from concession and souvenir sales. As well the local economies will benefit from hotel bookings, restaurant sales, etc. As a matter of fact, this entire World Cup was a financial success. There was a record set in ticket sales with 3.6 million surpassing the previous record of 2.5 million set at the last World Cup in Italy. ABC and ESPN were thrilled with the high ratings throughout the tournament, including the most watched soccer match in U.S. history, the l0 win by Brazil over the U.S. on July 4. That game officially drew ratings of 10.5. Pretournament forecasts had the World Cup pumping $4 billion into the economies of the nine host cities and surveys asthe later rounds began found those projections to be accurate. This was also a World Cup of notable feats. Most notable was the five goal per-
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formance in one game by Oleg Salenko of Russia. He scored five goals in a game against Cameroon in the first round; this is something that has never been done before, and will probably require another Pele to be matched. Salenko and Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria) went on to share the Golden Boot award asthe tournament’s top scorers, with a tally of six goals each. Another noteworthy feat at this year’s World Cup was the scoring of the 1500th goal, scored bY Claudio Cannigia of Argentina in a game against Nigeria. After all was said and done and the teams flew home, there were welcoming parties for both teams, and deservedly so. In Italy it was a rather quiet affair where approximately 1000 flag waving fans greeted the team at Leonardo da Vinci airport. In Brazil it was somewhat different. First of all President Itamar Franc0 declared a national holiday to celebrate Brazil’s victory. Then, to show their appreciation, a crowd of 1.5 million (WOW!!!) welcomed the team as they landed at Guararapes airport. As the players emerged from the jet they climbed onto a fire truck that carried them on a four hour, 25 mile procession toward Boa Vigem beach, where players were showered with confetti in a 4 mile stretch. Fans were waving flags and chanting in Portuguese “Tetracampeao” (four-time champion). SOCCER’S FUTURE IN NORTH AMERICA
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will expand from 24 teams to 32. This change is due in large part to the request of Europe placing seven teams in the quarterfinals. Europe presently has 13 qualifiers in the tournament, South America and Aftica each have three. Asia, North and Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF) have two each. The final placement is determined in a playoff between South Americ a n CONCACAi and Oceania. There is only one continent at this time that has shown Europe any rivalry and that is South America. As a result FiFA is set to make a decision on final allocations during its executives meeting in New York on October 26. Also new for ‘98 will be a change to the World Cup tie break format. Apparently for the next tournament a version of the sudden death overtime is being considered. FIFA general secretary Joseph S. Blatter has announced that changes would be made by 1998. These changes would probably be modeled after the “Golden Goal,” which is a version of sudden death overtime that is presently being experimented with in various youth tournaments. There’s been countless complaints by people all over the world about games that end in a penalty shoot-out. They would have you believe that a shoot-out is a poor and cruel way to end a game. Well let me tell you something, there is no happy way to lose a game. It really itches my butt when theseyoyos from TSN or some hick-town newsstation start proposing different things that FIFA should do. Hey Vie Rauter, stick to curling, will ya. But what am 1 saying I’m probably one of the few people left that likes the system the way it is. In all sports there has to be a winner and a loser. There is no way that I know of that a team/athlete can lose and still feel good. Whether it happens in sudden death overtime or in a penalty shoot-out, it doesn’t make any difference. Actually, when you think about it, a penalty shoot-out doesn’t become sudden death until each team has taken five shots. This means that in the span of those five shotsanything can happen and both teams have an
Certainly with the success that the fifteenth World Cup has brought to the U.S., it has also brought with it an interest in the game that was not there before. When FIFA awarded the prestigious tournament to the U.S. ) it was seen as a money grabbing venture. However, FIFA also promised that America would show commitment to the World’s most popular sport. It wanted a respectable showing by thehome team,which would definitely &id in the launching of a first classprofessional league, something that disappeared in the U.S. in the mid ‘80’s. There’s no question that with the proper marketing of the sport, Therds no qumtimz that soccerwill become marketing a successin North with the PrOper America. After the of the sport, soccer witl success of the
World cu~ytherebecome a success in North are a number of large corporations America
that are now willing to venture into the soccer arena, and expand peoples tastesin sports. It’s quite simple really, now that the U.S. team has spurred so much interest in the sport, all that is required is a quality product on the field. There’s two ways to do that: you can either bring over talented players from Europe and from South America, or you can hire the proper coaches and trainers and build your own system. With the proper coaching, American and Canadian soccer has the potential to reach greater heights than that of Europe and possibly even South America. Compared to the population pool of Canada and the U.S., the European teams really haven’t got much to choose from, FUTURE CHANGES TO THE
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The next World Cup tournament is set to take place in 1998, in France. Already there have been announcements regarding the future ofthe tournament. The 1998 World Cup
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his week, Imprint continues last issue’s feature, a response to the report “The Status of Women At the University of Women: 1993.” Copies of last week’s feature are available at the Imprint Office, CC 140. D. GENDER-NEUTRAL LANGUAGE Also typical is (19) “A university-wide policy requiring the use of gender-neutral language in all aspects of campus life and in all documents and media produced at or for the university”. We note that there are women in this University who object strongly to this major initiative in attempting to alter the English language and themselves refrain from using the so-called “gender-neutral” language that so many males (including myself, I should mention) have felt obliged to employ. But again, the assumption that the “Queen’s English” isn’t “gender-neutral” already is, after all, disputable, as is the more tindamental assumption that any language embodies “theories.” It is contradicted by simple facts. For example, any theory can be discussed in any natural language, including this very theory itself; women have been speaking all languages (including English} since our ancestors began to speak; a great many women have written in English. These assumptions, that the situation of women has been dreadful in English-speaking countries, and that the English language is a cause of this are not selfevident truths but very debatable, extremely coloured, and probably just false. These views about the relation between language and thought and about how to force people to think correct thoughts were splendidly satirized over forty years ago by George Orwell in Nineteen Eighty-Four. Perhaps we need another Orwell for the present time. The complaint that “There is, however, no official ‘policy’ requiring the use of gender-neutral language” should be regarded as a feather in this University’s cap rather than a ground of objection. The external academic world is providing plenty of pressure already for this move toward cumbersome and misleading prose: We suggest that this University would do well to stay out of the field and let those who write prose do what they judge best and see where we come out, rather than laying down a line for them to toe. We note with particular concern the apparent implication that (21) there should be “monitors” of publications “for gender-neutral language” - another potential area in which academic funds - potentially a lot of them - would be devoted to non-academic purposes. Above all, we wish to point out that there is no justification for such an initiative as taken by the Faculty of Environmental Studies’ Ad Hoc Committee on Human Rights, which, the Repot-t informs, “has stated that “Use of inclusive language should be mandatory in all presentations and written materials”, and has recommended that “gender neutral or inclusive language be adopted as common language at all levels within FES”. Our objection is the title, “Human Rights”. That humans as such have a right to a certain special way of incorporating genders into its language is a fatuous claim, one that could only be advanced by politically involved groups. A modest look at the world’s languages would confirm how arrogant and presumptuous such a claim must be considered. Any such policies would, indeed, destroy the University by making it impossible to read anything that has been written before the proposed language-police have gotten to work. E. HARASSMENT The committee has also concerned itself at some length with the politically alive subject of
at UW
bad is it, really?
“WARASSMENT”, very much going on the assumption that there is a real basis in the behaviour of UW students and faculty to justify major concern with this supposed phenomenon. The report refers to the Government of Ontario’s policy of “zero tolerance” of “harassment and discrimination at Ontario’s universities and colleges”, as revealed in its document entitled Framework Regarding Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination in Ontario Universities [hereafter said to be designed to “assist” universities in reviewing and assessing their existing policies and procedures in this area”, etc,l The Committee’s view of the Framework. which it studied before most people at universities in Ontario A were .
a
referred to is that pertaining to “harassment.” ln an area where clarity is out of the question, coming up with anything but bogus statistics is likewise virtually out of the question. And we wonder whether the committee even considered the possibility that the reason why no such survey has been taken is that there is no perceived occasion to do so. We note with wry amusement that the relevant committee has had several meetings to consider what to do about the fact that it has received hardly any complaints from the people it was formed to help! The very evidence it cites shows this - it says that between November and April 1991 there
March 1993 31. The re-
aware
of it in Februa r Y 1994, conflicts with the position
and ofthe Arts Faculty Council (Resolution of March 8, 1994: “That the Arts Facultv Council of the demns for the ‘Frame ventior Discrir Univer guideli demic society”), not to speak of fatm ulty at Tl RECOMMENDATION: I (23) “The University of Waterloo should promptly commit itself to, and widely publicize, a Zero Tolerance policy in order to make it clear to all members of the community that sexual harassment will not be tolerated, and that confirmed instances of sexual harassment will be subject to disciplinary action,” We submit that any committee that could seriously issue such a policy has thereby rendered itself incredible. The very meaning of ‘harassment’ - had they considered it - would show why. Try the OED, which I have looked into, and according to which Harassment is a matter of an ongoing, prolonged series of annoying or damaging actions. The very idea of defining “zero” in a supposedly “precise” manner - which is what is needed to have a policy of “zero” harassment - is, obviously, out of the question here. The report goes on to talk of (24) “A sexual harassment policy which features: I) a clear definition of sexual harassment, understandable by all, describing types of harassment and penalties.” What we will necessarily get from any such policy is a plenitude of penalties, all ri@t, but IW definitions that are both clear and sensible. They point out, what we are sure is true enough, that “There is no regular survey of all groups of women on campus to assess the climate within the University.” We take it that the aspect of “climate” being
offewer
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What should be
formed on the assumption that UW Ire exceptionally impolite nasty rable foulmouthed and generble people. We suggest that the Administration of this University should ask itself seriously whether it wants to go on public record as accepting any
major problem, claims that it is such a major problem on campus that it makes eleven recommendations to deal with it, including the establishment of a special Sexual Harassment Office. It justifies this by saying that several independent studies have shown that about 30% of female students experience sexual harassment without even evaluating those studies. What has been called sexual harassment on many campuses is not sexual harassment. For example, Professor Richard Hummel at the University ofToronto was accused of sexual harassment because he was supposed to have ogled at a woman while swimming in a pool. Even if he had ogled, that is not sexual harassment on any remotely reasonable definition. And Professor Heinz Klatt at Western Ontario was supposed to have harassed students because he called a student Lucky Lucy - which happens to have been that student’s well-known nick-name! (An article about this is available.) Both ofthese academics were subject to enormous pain and expense, and that does amount to harassment. It is just the sort of thing that a pdky billiq itselfas aiming for zero harassment will inevitably get us into. Do you seriously wanf this sort ofthing on our campus. 3 Is it the remotest part of an academic environment. to have such things taking place? Again, we express our concern that aca-
demic resources will be wasted, in the form, for example, ofhours and hours and hours of valuable academic time spent in committees pursuing witchhunting in the public domain, instead of doing what they came here to do and are very well capable ofdoing, to wit, scholarly research and teaching. Lengthy preoccupation with the similarly bogus issue of sexual harassment in particular prompts the committee to come up with these RECOMMENDATIONS: that (25a) There should be a full-time Sexual Harassment Officer at UW, preferably a woman; the Sexual Harassment Officer should have investigative powers as is the case at other Canadian universities; (25b) The position of Sexual Harassment Officer should be incorporated into Policy 33; (25~) The Sexual Harassment Officer should report directly to the President of the University (as is the case for example at the University of Toronto) - holding up the U of T as the very paragon in this area, instead of holding it up to the kind of ridicule it deserves - reporting to the President sends a clear message that sexual harassment is not a minor matter - and so on. And indeed, we agree that the main hnction of such an officer - supported again at the expense of teaching and research, as well as at the expense of the many innocent victims of the Sexual Harassment Officer’s vigilance that are bound to be spawned by it is, indeed, to send a clear message to the President that sexual harassment is not a minor matter. That’s just the trouble. For the fact is that harassment actually is a minor matter, from all indications - a possibility not even considered by the Committee. It is in the air nowadays to make a big to-do about such things. But we submit that this is sheer auntyism, and that the track record of such committees in receiving virtually no complaints, and those complaints almost entirely from politicized students rather than ones with a genuine complaint, is completely unsurprising. We strongly recommend that this aspect of the Report be scuttled - along with virtually all of the rest of it. In fact, we suggest that the students and faculty of the University are by and large reasonable, normal people, just as one would expect. And that they have come here to study and teach, which by and large is precisely what we and they are doing. We note that the committee does not propose to deal with other serious problems in the same way: plagiarism, cheating, theft, vandalism, assault, or murder. (29) The committee also makes fi-ee to delve into another area of current Political Correctness concerns without showing awareness of the relevant literature or having any evident notion of genuine problems on this campus, viz., pomography. They will find a walking refutation of every single one of their ideas, such as they are, in F. M Christensen’s Pornography: The Other Side (Praeger, 1990), if they are interested in pursuing the matter at depth. Meanwhile, while it is no doubt true that students and probably others are using university resources for the display/dissemination of pornographic materials that have nothing to do with bona fide academic activities via electronic media on campus, it is also true that this is both a tempest in a tea-pot, of nothing like the level of importance to justify administrative intervention, and almost impossible to control without doing very extensive damage to the free use of informational systems. We suggest that this is the tone the report should adopt, instead of the ill-informed, moralistic treatment of the matter actually taken. Not surprisingly, what they suggest is - again - potentially destructive oftbe academic concerns thy do express agreement with. continued
to page 13
Imprint, continued
Friday, from
FEATURES
July 29,1994
page 12
F. SAFETY Concerns about safety, and the like, are also generally not of a level to justify the kind of response proposed by the committee. The University already has a department responsible for this, the Security Department. Does the Committee fmd its work unsatisfactory? Why? Some of the recommendations, like those for publicizing sexual assaults, conflict tiith the advice given to Arts Faculty Council by Mr. Peter Hopkins, Associate Provost for Student Affairs, and Mr. Al MacKenzie, Director of Security (meeting of January 11, 1994). (See the report of the UW Personal Safety Committee, revised August 30, 1993,) If, as the Report proposes, (32) A survey of aI1 women on campus (faculty staff and students) should be undertaken by the Personal Safety Committee not only to determine their perspectives ofthe safety of the campus but also to elicit suggestions on ways personal safety might be improved, we predict that they will get scant
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treatment against women is a committee that has Each department is interested in servicing the not bothered to acquaint itself with the real world. maximum number of students. My own departMore seriously, the committee assumes that it, or rnent, for example, at the cost of considerable offices it would establish, would be omniscient, inconvenience to staff and TA’s, schedules many, able to determine whether evaluation of faculty (or many courses at odd times (for us) because we staff), including evaluation of experience or pubknow the demand is there. It is not obvious that a lications is biased. Since the committee its@ ‘c+tralized policy is needed, and again, not obviadvocates bias in student admissions, ew&&+ %.+@$&~&is has any specific connection with sex. ment, and evaluating ideas on the l~&&$&@.~,:~ 1. %$&$Y$@;~ because Universities should reason b-u.vu., . ,~&:~&l&j#f#~~wh t race, physical state, and sexual beh~@$~#ra is relevant rather than what is &uIar, advocating the establishm@&$$$vha~ not;jI$*&&&@$he University’s purpose to equalize amounts to systemic discriminationag&st w&e e ou&@ ~~f!emale and male students in any or all me& its recommendations ,s&~,uld be roun~y resubjects. It is i&purpose to educate those who can jetted. benefit f?orn an education. In light of this, it may A
part of its mandate q
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Graduate &&ncil should tudent leave provisions of n order to minimize distion. We do not pretend to n for such disparities, but not obviously have anyrices of sex. On the other able that different
containing pamphlets onpersonal tion penalties, etc.,wouldhave wasted a great deal of valuable money that might have been s as more and better computer a
pline, over the last ten years; the results of this study should be foMrarded to ACAHR. Again the assumption is that ifthere is a discrepancy in merit increases it must be due to sex bias rather than to a discrepancy in merit. In fact as all students of these matters should know the typically lesser wages for what superficial observers suppose is the same work of men and women invariably is due to the women in question consisting considerably ofmothers whose domestic involvements keep them - often enough voluntarily - from doing as much as their male counterparts and that when corrections for this are done, e.g. by looking at career women with no families it is revealed that there is simply no discrepancy at all. The authors of the report, however, do not encourage any investigation into this factor. Why not? We note that the University has already had two studies about this matter in 1975-77 and in 1986-88. Why yet another study? Why more time and money to be expended on this every year? If the committee really wanted scrutiny about fairness in salaries it would have to study every single individual as such not just men and women as such. But no committee could do this any better than the present setup going from departments to faculties and tdthe administration. We hate to bring up points like this but we must also note that affirmative action policies consistently - and inevitably of course - tend to bring less-qualified women into a given post. Of course the employment policies here insist that this does not happen but does not take a lot of reflection to see that if you’re going to insist on a certain proportion of employees being of one sex and if the’ proportion of the other sex seeking employmerit is much larger then it’s very likely indeed in practice certain - that you’re going to have to draw from farther down in the smaller than in the larger pool. If all hiring were strictly on perceived merit on the other hand then it is likely that starting salaries would likewise be similar. J. HIRING
course the University must not tolerate it. But this is a matter of common knowledge, not a special problem unique to Universities, which indeed are justly noted for their typical lack of precisely that kind of behavior. It is front-page news when acts of genuine violence occur on campus, campus police are rightly and promptly brought into any such cases, and there is no good reason to think that these very rare cases have much of anything to do with the low-level awareness phenomena that the committee takes so much concern about. (Nor would the proposals be useful even where there is much violence.) G. RECOGNITION OF WORK EXI’ERIENCE The area of hiring of academic personnel is of very special concern to us all in academia, for this is the heart of our operation as an institution. The committee proposes, in this area, that: All policies dealing with the hiring and promotion of faculty and with the hiring and advancement of staff (e.g. Policy 53, Policy 46, and Policy 18) should be reviewed to ensure that there is no bias against those who have followed different or ‘non-traditional’ career paths and it makes special reference, as usual, to women with such unusual career paths. But the inclusion of any such recommendations obscures the central phenomenon of concern in the academic world now: namely, the systematic bias against males, a bias promoted by university policies and by the provincial and national governments, and of course not even considered by this Committee, which instead is concerned about measuring excellence by examining the quality of the journals in which publications appeared and expressing concern that a publication in a non-traditional journal would not be given equal weight as the same publication in a traditional or mainstream journal. The Committee presumably has no expertise in more than a small fraction of the areas in which academic journals are published: how are they in a position to assert that non-traditional ones should have equal weight? And they are enormously concerned, of course, to examine the recognition given feminist scholarship - but not a word about the systematic discrimination against males that has become so prevalent in these times. We submit that a committee whose going assumption is that a, or the, main concern in Academia today is discrimination or various other forms of differential
’ I. SALARY EQUITY of Salary equity, the from males, None of this should surpri&+~y- ...& ,,i.iiji body, and to make it a cause for adnGiistrat~&~;~ ss a discrepancy be,,,,:,. :g.:.:f .*.:<::Qf alarm is both absurd, offensive, ~~~~~~ female academics at stimulate policies that, unlike the situations deemed UW continues to exist. - although all they actually objectionable, are genuinely and outrightly objeccite in this connection are, again, statistics about tionable. the pay levels of Professors at Canadian UniverThe report notes that there are severe restricsities, showing that the mean salary for Assistant tions on part-time study and that: Professors at UW stood at $56 509 for males and at $52 543 for females; the median figures were Of the large number of part-time students in $55 700 for males and $50 400 for females, that the Faculty of Arts most are mature women with at the Full Professor rank the mean salary for men family and/or paid work responsibilities. Likewise that: was $93,733, and that for *women $90,056 and so At the graduate level students wishing to on. They do admit that discrepancies at the Full pursue a master’s degree on a part-time basis must meet higher admission requirements than those or Associate Professor level could conceivably be applicable to full-time students and the maximum due to time in rank -- and a quick look at UW
We express our concern that academic resources will be wasted in committees pursuing witchunting in the public domain, instead of doing- what they cume here to do, to wit, schoiur!y reseurch and teaching. time limit for the completion of degree requirements is fifteen terms (5 years), etc. Here again, the inference from statistical differences to biases in the institution seems to be in the offing. There are also plenty of males seeking part-time degrees, and many of them have till-time jobs. The regulations work, prima facie, equally hard with them. Perhaps the regulations are a mistake - the real discrimination, if that concept is to be employed here, is not sex-discrimination but rather, discrimination between part-time and full-time students. I don’t know what the basis of it is, and for all I know there may be perfectly good reasons for it; but it is not obvious that it has anything to do with sex. A small point: There appears to be no university-wide policy on scheduling courses for parttime students; the initiative basically rests with individual Departments/Faculties. But perhaps that is where it should lie.
salary policies which for the past many years have been practically locked into time in rank. But they claim it is more difficult to apply that explanation to Assistant Professorships. Now their RECOMMENDATIONS (45a, b, c) call for a study (45a) to determine if the salary discrepancies between male and female faculty are decreasing or increasing, ACAHR should be charged withmonitoring the wage gap annually -- nothing whatever in there about the possibility that those who get more have actually done something to deserve more! And of course they call for. . . (45b) A study . .. of the starting salaries for new male anti female assistant professwra, discipline by discipline, over the last ten years; the resultsofthisstudyshouldbe forwardedto ACAHR as well as: (45~) of the average merit increases for male vs. female faculty members, discipline by disci-
AND TENURE
In recent years UW has been active in trying to attract more women academics. For example, in response to federal legislation, each department/ academic unit was required in 1990 to set a target _.. for the riumber of women in its complement by 1999. Meeting these ‘targets’ would result in a complement of 148.5 women professors at UW in 1999; in terms of percentage, this would translate into 18.5% women in faculty positions (cf. the 1993 figure of 14.7%; it should be noted that the actual ‘equity level,’ i.e., the number that would match the PhD pool, would be 230 women, or 28.4% of the faculty). Comment: This reflects a statistical howler of a major order. Obviously the correct translation is that the coterie of new employees hired currently or recently (i. e. since the time when the fhD pool did become 28.4% on average) would be expected to be about 28.4% women. But since most employees at UW and most universities were hired many years ago when the proportion was much less it is illegitimate to call for a target of more than that figure for the entire deparhnent within any near period We must first look at the structures of the hiring pools from which the older members were drawn and see whether there is a reasonable relation between them and the composition of the department’s current set of people in that age group. The above excerpt COMPLETELY IGNORES THAT FACTOR. And, as a result, the usual has happened: a policy that is in fact wildly biased against men is trumpeted as being still rather biased for them - ts imperfectly making up for a disparity! This does not follow to put it mildly. I might add that I have queried the figures before and both times got the sense that the University administration supposes that the targets now set do conform to these specifications. They do not in most cases. The policies and targets have the usual effect and are intended to have it: in order for the targets to be reached hiring of women must typically be far in excess of the incidence of women in the relevant hiring pools. Were it not so no policy would be needed other than what has always been understood to be the proper procedure namely to hire as nearly as possit>lc the best purple #I& oan b got for the post in question. This is a fallacy so serious that we submit that this most important of alI parts of the report would have to be rejected even if other parts were accepted. Which +ey certainly should not be anyWaY*
Sabbath I Mother
by Chris Imprint
Earth wl Our Lady Phil’s Bar and GriIl Wednesday, July 27
Peace
Aldworth staff
"Ifyou don ‘t think our songs are drug i@uenced, then you ‘t-e cruzy... mushrooms, acid, ecstacy. . . ”
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ou know it is going to be a loud show when they sell earplugs at the door. Loud was the key word on the night and the suggested earplugs would not have been a bad idea if1 would have had the brains to buy a pair. There was cranked up guitar aplenty- way past the Spinal Tap number eleven. Surprisingly though, i? wasn’t the guitar that was the highlight of the night but the drums and percussion that really hauled ass. There was a strong latin influence on the music which had wrapped around it a heavy throbbing beat. I Mother Earth is trippy metal music. They sound like a bizarre combination of Carlos Santana meets Black Sabbath. Weird as that sounds, it works. This was Gratetil Dead/Allman Brothers music for the heavy metal crowd. This fact is easily substantiated by the equal number of heavy metal and hippie type patrons at Phil’s checking out the Toronto band. There are not words to describe the awesome rhythm and percussion of I Mother
trippy
Sabbath
Earth on this parstrummed out ticular night. The some fantastic only regret is that it riffs, was not done jusI Mother Earth tice on the band’s wove an intrisuperior release cate web of Dig. This is someheavy music thing that must be complete with experienced live to some great fully understand. psychedelic inHenry Rollins terludes and look-a-like Edwin wailing guitars. was pumped up as Vocalist, Edwin he belted out songs sounded like 1ike”No One” and Perry Farrell on “Basketball” to the more than one delight of the occasion as the crowd. Throughband cranked out the show there out some new were a great hits. The heavy number of fists betone of the new ing pumped in the material, in air by the longhairs keeping with tightly packed at the Dig, will no front of the stage. doubt continue Those in the sweat to appeal to I pit not pumping Mother Earth their arms in the fans and came were avidly giving across great in a the devils horns to “Why live setting. The do birds suddenly appear, the band members. new stuff was everytime you’re near. . .‘I Bruce Gordon was super but it was superb on bass and guitarist Jagor Tanna was hits like the trippy “So Gently We Go” that looking mighty evil in his fu manchu moushad the crowd mesmerized. It is definitely a tache, shaking his long black locks as he drug song even without the admission to the
crowd by lead singer Edwin. Even he was craving “‘a big fat joint”. Although the song title reads ‘Not Quite Sonic” this was indeed the most sonic number on the night, rivalling a jet plane taking off. This high spirited number had the building structure shaking as well as the mosh pit going till tilt. This was quickly followed up by an excellent rendition of another full throttle song “Rain Will Fall”, by far the best song of the night. Again the latin influences came into play. In this song as well as the single encore number, drifty, atmospheric parts graced the songs and brought the crowd to new highs. For such a heavy band the use of bongo drums flushed out the sound superbly. I Mother Earth put on a great night of music which included some pleasant surprises. Opening the show was another Toronto band, Our Lady Peace. This foursome showcased material from their new release Naveed. Lead singer Raine Maida had a psycho look in his eye and a stage presence that. brought to mind Eddie Vedder as he attacked the mic on a number of occasions. Our Lady Peace held their own on stage and were surprisingly harder edged than expected. This should be a band to watch out for. On their second tour with I Mother Earth, it was a pleasure to see how easily they filled the bill as the opening act. Our Lady Peace was much more than an opening act though, but it was a separate show unto itself. A damn fine one at that.
To the PovVer of one One Phil’s
Bur md
Wednesday, by Chris Imprint
Grill
July 20
Aldworth staff
lot has happened to One since the release of their independent CD A A Matter Of Truth way back in 1992. This reggae/ska/rock hybrid has replaced their drummer and one of their guitar players, was a finalist in the 1993 CFNY New Music Search, and also inked a deal with Virgin Records at the start of this year, The eight members have indeed been busy. It seems that while competing in the New Music Search their high energy show caught the eye of record executives at Virgin, who offered One a recording contract. For the past few months One has been locked away recording a new album. Out of the laid back recording sessions comes Smkin’ The Goats, the first major label release for the Toronto band. Smokin ’ The Goats picks up where A Mutter Of Truth left off, with a major boost in the area of production. More rock oriented and containing a much more layered sound, the material still holds the reggae groove to keep you shakin’ it on the dance floor, It is this album which the energetic crowd was given a healthy dose of Wednesday night at Phil’s, and shake it they did. Although the majority of the night was given to celebrating the new release and the new music, time was given for crowd favourites like “Time For Change” and “Today”. The eight members of One kept the groove going and the energy high for the receptive crowd. The audience bounced to and fro to old favourites “All For One” and
Smokin’
more
than
goats.
It For The Money” and “So Rude”. Lead vocalist Chris Taylor was his funky self , slinking around the stage like a cat in time to the music. Dressed in Dot Martin boots, a baggy T-shirt, a pair of baggy shorts and a black cap adorned with the Blunt logo, Taylor was the centre of attention as he delivered his
Not to be outdone, the horn section of Dave Hedge (trombone) slnd Matt Watkins (trumpet) were superb. It is this live horn section which really adds to the stage presence of One. Unlike fellow ska band King Apparatus, One is able to tour with live horns, creating an even more intricate live sound
and a far more interesting live show. Tncidentally both horn players helped out on the last King Apparatus’ album, Marbles. One reached back during the show to their first independent cassette, 199 1 ‘sBeQjj Tustada for the crowd favourites “Bully On The Dance Floor” and “Wide Load”. Both can be found in their new and improved format on Smokin’ The Gouts. Each provided a solid pulse for the dancing crowd as they bounced up and down like pogo sticks to the lively beat. “Wide Load”, the first single for the new album is beginning to receive airplay on CFNY. Both songs have been mainstays of One’s live show for quite some time and were in no way new to the One fans in attendance. The individuals in the crowd seemed to move to their own vibe, some moshing semi-violently, others wrapped up in their own world dancing by themselves. Lead.guitarist Robbie Dee, found wearing his trademark leopard skin tophat pounded out a substantial beat on guitar. Finishing off lifetime beer number 10,000 halfway through the show in no way effected his fine playing. An ode to the recreational use of that leafy green plant, “Kind Bud” had the crowd moving and grooving but it was the big hit “Magdelin” that really had the crowd going insane. Even trumpet player Matt Watkins joined in for some fun on the dance floor, zestily bouncing around through the crowd. It was a night to get down and groove, to get sweaty and bounce up and down to some upbeat rhythms and reggae grooves. One provids a high energy show that is tough to match.
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Lulu ‘s Roadhouse Friday, July 22 by Alison Hargreaves special to Imprint
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ad Company took the stage and the crowd at Lulu’s was ready to rock. Opening with “Rock (from
With only two original band members (Mick Ralphs - lead guitar and Simon Kirke - drums), some have commented that this current collection of musicians are a cover band for the original act. In actual fact, Ralphs can be credited with contributing to many of Bad Com-
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Desolation Angels, 1979), most of the music that followed came from three albums: Bad Company, 1974;StraitShooter, 1975; and RU~I with the Pack, 1976. The play list reads like a collection of
When the sound system cut out not once, but twice -- first during new song “Gimme Gimme” and the again two songs later during “Honey Child” -- it was Howe’s stage presence, and Kirke’s constant drum beat that pulled the crowd through the unexpected lulls. The audience adored Howe, passing him notes (or whatever!) whenever he neared the edge of the stage. Ne even leaned into the audience to collect a few hugs and kisses from some amorous fans at the end of the night! Rick Willis (bassguitar) and Dave Colwell (rhythm guitar) made the old songs their own and rocked through the
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our Weddings and A Fu neral is a romantic Brit ish comedy that follows the emotional ups and downs experienced by a group of London friends in their personal search for true love. The story concentrates on Charles, played by Hugh Grant, and his thwarted pursuit of Andie MacDowell’s Carrie. Their relationship is riddled with near hits and misses, as they try to come together. We laugh and cry with him over his frustrations and chronitally bad timing, yet still hold on to hope for him. Grant’s strong performante in his role of Charles was very enjoyable for the audience to watch. His nervous ramblings were endearing as were his witticisms and situations he
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live the Queen found himself in with his past girlfriends. MacDowell’s character is believable and bearable until the last few minutes of the film. Some truly vapid lines quickly went flat, and I couldn’t wait to see her leave. She should try putting more emo-
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and great to watch in the role of Lydia. Her wedding is quite entertaining to say the least! At the funeral, W.H. Auden’s poem “Stop The Trains” is recited, Charles and his friends are reminded that love does not last forever, They wonder aloud if true love really does exist, or if its better not to ask for much in life. The music throughout the film is quite varied, and lends itself nicely. The flowers are beautiful asare the wedding attire, suiting the very middle-class atmosphere. Four Weddings and A Funeral is a good film, and one people should definitely take a look at. It has become quite popular with North American audiences, which is amazing for a foreign production and one coming from a small studio. A nice, lighthearted stress reliever for those of you with assignments and exams due!
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A quick glance at the song titles on the back cover of this album will tell you two important things about this band: they like to drink and they like to write about drinking. In fact, that is the one theme constantthroughout the twelve songs that make up this rather impressive debut from one of the best new Canadian bands of the year. Some might even argue that lead singerand songwriter, Husker-Du inspired Fintan McConnell has the talent to become the best songwriter this country has yet to produce, for his songs truly have that quality ofenduving appeal about them that so few other Canadian bands seem to be able to capture on more than just one song. Formed on St. Patrick’s day in Kingston, Ont. four years ago when a local pub owner needed a band that could play Pogues and Waterboys covers, the Mahones not only share the same Celtic punk rock sound and attitude as their namesakes, but they also seem poised to become the natural succcssors to that (late) great band. From the opening McCowanesque squeal oi’ “A Drunken Night in Dublin” to the “Broad Majestic Shannon”-like chord progression of “Back
Home”, there can be no mistaking of the Pogues’ influence on this album. This is what the Pogues used to sound like. What is more, if you get a chance to see them live, on a good night and in the right place, it’ll be one of the best times you’ll ever have, for the atmosphere at atypical Mahones’ concert is more of a celebration than a performance, in which the band will usually match its audience drink for drink. You’ll also get to hear the recent addition of well-known Toronto violinist Dave Allen, who is not on the album but whose fiddle lends a senseof completion to their Celtic sound, and who probably should have been there in the first place. This release is particularly noteworthy for its consistency; there is not a single weak track on the album. Standout numbers, apart from the two already mentioned, include the title track, “Drunken Lazy Bastard” (which is a favourite among fans), an excellent version of the traditional Irish folk song “Raggle Taggle Gypsy”, and the remarkable “London”, a song which
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by Greg Imprint
The album is slipped into the disc player. knows what will come out? Maybe the staccato organ ldop starting off “Leave The Who
All Behind”, maybe the cymbals and feedback of “Seagull”.
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If your CD library includes 808 State, Utah Saints or the Orb and you find you listen to those discs often, then Orbital (also from the UK) is strongly recommended. As far as Techno discs go, this one is very well put together, and, of course, as with most recordings from digital sources, this recording offers a full range of sounds which will delight those tweeters and .excite your sub. Diversions (their third album) is a six track CD of remixes and peel sessions. It’s typical of Orb CD’s to have most tracks over ten minutes in length. Although the band name has the word orb in it, this band should not be confised with the Orb as the sound is somewhat different. For the most part this is a upbeat CD with
What better guise then Classic Rawk? What better guise than heavy guitars, and cheesy organs, and pointless lyrics, and rehashing the decade that gave us Nixon and disco. There are a couple of pretty good songs here, most notably drummer Loz Colbert’s summery “Natural Grace”, and ex-frontman Mark Gardener’s ballad, “Only Now”. However, Andy Bell is now indisputably the leading Ride man, and is indeed a turn for the worse. Gone are the wash of guitars, the long drawn out harmonies, and the achingly beautiful melodies. Now they are all pastiches, not of the originality of Ride past, but of your folks’ favourite records.1 mean Bell’s fixation with Rod Stewart even went so far as to him marrying a beautiful Swedish Country and Western singer, named Idha, who is the inspiration behind all of Bell’s songs. One final note. The last song, “I Don’t Know Where it Comes From”, is so obviously the Stone’s “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”, you wonder why they don’t bother to sue. Probably because Carnivul uf Light will be Ride’s last album. I can’t see’Mark Gardener, Steve Queralt, or Loz Colbert continuing this Classic Rock farce. tracks that are...well dance quality if not for their length. The lack of vocals on the tracks and the overall length means you will probably never hear Orbital played at the Twist, at least not a full track. Track 1, Impact USA, starts the CD off on a high energy note which is carried on throughout the CD. Track 3, Semi Detached, is the exception as it is a slower track with some interesting low and high frequency sounds. Track 2, Lush 3 / Walk About, is a John Peel session recording that for some reason was released on the CD and not on a John Peel session ep as most of these BBC recordings are. Overall the CD does not have many sampled tidbits, there are a couple voice and instrument samples but mainly the music is completely synthesizer created making it similar to LFO who also use very little outside samples in making their music. This is a very good techno CD and it reflects a similar sound to most of the techno music which comes out of the UK. The roomate report: “Its good for all you Mustang drivers out there with big subs.”
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