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free, while bowling alleys, pool and bingo halls would only need to set aside one quarter of their space for non-smokers. However, even if the bylaw is passed by the’ required number of municipalities and the Region, bars would not be required to ban smoking entirely for another four years. But in the mean time, some drinking establishments may decide to offer a smoke free area for its customers. Larry Vaughn, manager of the Bombshelter, said that, should the legislation be passed, he plans to 3vork something out to give people the best of both worlds” for the coming fti term. Vaughn shares the sentiments of other tavern owners who say that their businesses will be hurt by the new bylaw because many patrons smoke. &A lot of our business during the day is people coming down for a drink or coffee and a smoke.” Instead of an outright ban on smoking, Vaughn suggests having a designated area for smokers, but admits there are problems with that approach as well. T3uring the day I can maintain it, but at night [when the Bomber is busy] it’s going to have to be a free for all.” Ifthe bvlaw does evenruaI.ly come into effect in 20’00, one of its major probiems
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could be non-compliance, in the form of bar owners ignoring the law in the interest of profits, The problem would then be that of law enforcement officials. One officer with the Waterloo Regional Police noted that “police officers have a variety of duties that take priority over whether someone is smoking in a bar.”
by Peter Lenardon
The job of enforcing a smoking ban in bars would most likely be handled by city of Waterloo bylaw ofkers, not Waterloo Regional Poke, and even then only OIL a complaint basis. It would be impossible for bylaw 05~ ers to patrol every bar in Waterloo because asof right now, there are only two of them to cover every bar in the city.
Ten storey fall kills toddler by Peter
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n June 29 the Married Students Apartments at the University of Waterloo were the site of a senseless tragedy. A young girl, two months short of her third birthday fell ten stories her death. Mariam Labib was playing by a window in her apartment and had pulled up a chair beside it so she could stand on the window’s ledge. She began rocking against the screened window, which gave way, and she fell out at around 6: 30 p.m., sustaining serious head injuries. Attempts were made to resuscitate the girl, but she was pronounced dead at K-W General at 7:OO p.m.
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The girl’s parents, Dr, Ibraham Labib and Amany Labib, were in the apartment when she fell. Dr, Labib was to be doing
She began rocking against the screen.ed.window, which-gave way.
to
graduate studies in optometry this fall. Her uncle Ibraham Akram, a civil en& neering graduatestudent at UW, was a&o
present. Foul play has been ruled out, and Coroner T. J.S. Atcheson has not yet called for an inquest. She is currently looking into other cases in Ontario in which children have fallen from windows. This is the East such incident at the University of Waterloo and officials here are working toward making it the last. The hospital offerred crisis counselling to the girl’s parents and they have the support of a number of family members and fi-iends. The university has offer-red to assist the girl’s parents in relocating, but it is assumed they have already moved back to Missisawa where she was buried this Past TileSday:
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h the June 28 issue ofImprint, there was an article with the headline Professors receive salav increase.” There was in fact no increase for professors. Rather, the increase went to UW staff. The accompanying article contained tiormation about both the state of prof salaries and the increase to stafFsalaries. We apolo@ for the confusion.
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Local pride day a success to meet each other, have some nibbles and iisten to a wondefi. key note speaker. The evening began with the Rainbow Chorus singing three seiections. Members of this choir come from the area ’
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ver a year ago, a dedicated few gathered to gether to celebrate, yes
celebrate, being gay, les&ian, bisexual and trans~endered in the Waterloo region. Last year the news reports that made it into the news stated that only 30 plus peaple celebrated being homose~ at Kitchener City Hall.
The gay
tal, spoke about what it is like to
be gay in the Waterloo region. His parmer, Doug Sanders, also spoke on the value of accepting the differences within our greater community.
that we have to offer and point out that people do not have to go to Toronto to be gay. The evening ended with an open mike session where membus of the region had an oppor-
wus strengthened through this event.
community
This year, that was not the The evening also had many case. A more dedicated group of md are gaining quite a reputation interesting booths which demonas a fabulous singing group. Their volunteers gathered together songs represented the wide varie- . swated the variety that exis& here months in advance to get a really ties that exist in this global comin the area. The Lesbian Avengers great Pride Day together. On June 27,1996, over 250 munity, which was demonstrated had their booth, stating their mission to decrease Lesbian invisi bilpeople gathered together to cheer - by their piece from Africa md about the fact that we all are gay their celebratory pieces. This year ity. ACCKWA also had a booth, along with GLLOW, the Health and live in this area. People came Dr.Gary Gibson, the Chiefof S&F Unit and WOODS ( Women Out fkom Guelph, Cambridge and KW at Cambridge Memorial Hospithe greater community to see all
nity. The Guelph, Cambridge a~ Kitchener-Waterloo region h: made some amazing leaps a~ bounds in the past year regardir OUTPride Celebration. Our ne step is having a regional pride si on the World Wide Web and central bring house of inform tion regarding gay information i the area.
tunity to express their feelings a&t t#x event. The speakers represented women, gay fathers, army veterans and youth who were eager to sing the praises of the Regional Pride Event. The overall theme was how important it is to stress that there are gay, lesbian, bi-
The gay community w: strengthened through this ever and it wi.Nincrease even more: nc year.If you are interested in gel ting involved in the planning c next yea.15 event and other con: munity building in the regio contact the Regional Pride Corr mittee through the intemet a Pride%@cybervision.com. W welcome ail interested in strength eninn our community.
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Memorial: A tree will be plantedin memory of John A. Lilly, former UW Geography student and Village 2 Residence and Council President (1992,93)on 1 Saturday November 9, 1996 at 11:OO a.m- at Village 2. Ak friends ‘are welcome. Donations may be made in John’s memory at the Cashier’s Offkc in Needles Hall, account # 901-l 151-01 For more information pleasecall Sara Middleton at 884-6726 or Julie Primeau at extension 3780. I l
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or the first time since May 1992, s&members at’UVV are getting a pay increase. Provost Jim Kalbfleisch an. nounced a 1 per cent increase in salary scales for non-union staff and three extra days of holidays this year. The increase is remoactive to September. Thanks to the On. tari government’s Social Contract, s&pay has been fiomn for 0 exactly four years as of that time and reduced through “unpaid days” for some of the time. Staff members will see the money in their pay cheques starting in August (with a retroactive payment for May, June and July included in an August cheque). At least, “we hope” all the paperwork can be done in time, says Catharine Scott, Associate Provost (Human Resources) dThere’s a lot of work to do between now and then,” she added, because the salary increase prcxe~s hasn’t been used since 1992. She noted that individual stafKmemtx& pay increases depend on the results of theirperfbrmancccvaluatio~and urged departmen= to fjnish up any evaluations that haven’t been done yet. a
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increase in Pay The 1 per cent increase ap- review of the comparability of the UW salary structure with that of plies to salary scales. Individual increases depend on a staffmempublic and private sector employbds performance (UmeriY) and ers. In addition, there will be a current saiary, above or below the second look at the pay increase, “job rate” for that position. Avet)r poor performer could get zero and possible change in it in the increase; the increase for an excel- event the financial position of the ient petiormer whose salary is low University substantially changes inthescaiecouidbeashighas6 or in light of s&y settlements per cent. The average, Scott said, reached by the Faculty Associawill be about 2.5 per cent. ?t’s tion of the University of Water100 (FAUW) and Canadian UnsignSkant, I think,” she commented. ion of Public Employees (CUPE) The increase was worked out Local 793. by the provost’s advisory comACCO~@ to UW President mitteeonstaffcompensation, and James Downey, it may be neceswas approved on Wednesday by sary to 3eopen the budget and the executive committee of the squeeze it a little harder.” As apBoard of Governors. Among its proved by the Board of GovernoI earlier this month, the 1996provisions, besides the pay boost, are three additional paid holidays 97 budget includes a $756,000 this year, 30 be used by June 30, contingency fund, which is nor enough to pay for the staff in1997. Departments are encouraged to consider the possibility of creases (and faculty salary negosclecdng a common day of holitiations are stiU to come in Sepday, for exampie, December 23, tember) . 1996? Does that mean there couid There will also be a review of be new losses of jobs as a result of the pay increase? “fhat can’t be the current performance appraisal system to ensure that the systemis ruled out,” Downey said. He one that appropriately recognizes added that negotiators in the st;lff compensation committee underand rewards high-level performsd that possibility when they ance!,a review of the Hay cvaluaagreed on the package that’s now tion program” (by which individual jobs are classified) and a lIxim announced.
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Student group begins new campaign by Katie Ricks Imprint staff he Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) has launched a T :mpa@ to increase student repi~entation on the Board of Govcrnors. Each of the ten member llniversities of CAS& 4nduding he University ofwaterloo, hopes ~0jncrease the involvement of the xudent body on their respective Bard of Eovemors. The decision to launch the ~mpaign was votedon at CASA’s gmeral rn-, which took place xtheUWcampusJune6-9. The successof the University of ,Manitoba in lobbying independ3XIy to increase the representation of University of Manitoba xudents on their Board of Governors encouraged CASA members m undertake a collective campaign 10 achieve the same benefits. The Universit)l of Manitoba now has six students on its Board of Govxnors, twice the number of representatives they had prior to their ~rsonal representation campaign. According to -Matthew Hough, Director Elect of CASA, rising tuition fees and declining diversity budgets are creating ua
formidable challenge to student representatives in their attempts to ensure thar students can continue to attend school and receive the high quality education they deserve.” Hough says that c’only with the involvement of studens at the highest leveis of university ad-
of Governors. The Board of Governors is the senior body of the university, with ficulqr, student, government, and alumni representation. According to the University of Waterloo Act 1972, the provincial legisiation addressing the University ofWaterloo’s governance, %e
Each university k student association will u$@roach the issue from its own $xrspective.
university,” saysFoley. %udentS don’t have accessto that svstem in a meaning@ way.” The most recent budget showed UW studenD connibuting 27% of the University’s operating budget. The Federation of Students also hopes to initiate changes to Policy 1 of the University of Waterloo, which concerns initiation and review of university policies. Presently, policies conceming students do not have to approved by the Undergraduate Student Relations Committee “The most important ding is that changes & made in consuita(USRC), but they must be apby the Staff Relations don with the adminisuation and proved Vice Committee (SRC) and the Facthe students,” says Ws President Education Kelly Foley. uity Relations Committee (FRC) If the proposal is approved by “It is no longer sufficient for p& ties to pass through only faculty Student Council, the Federation of Students plans to lobby interand staf!Fcotittees,” says Kelly nally and externally to have UW Foley. Act 1972 opened, which is c(a The Federation of Students volatile situationn according to would like to see the formation of Foley, but necessary for UW stu- a joht Faculty, Staff, and Student dents to have more control over Relations Committee to review policies. This goal is part of the the policies passed by the Board. Federation of Students’ proposal me system is old and not responsive to the level of fL.nding addressing student representation at UW. that students are giving to the
representation on the Board of Governors, the Federation of Students will have to lobby the provincial government to change the Act, provided that the proposal to increase involvement is approved by the UW Student Council. The Federation of Students will bring the proposal to the council on Sunday, July 14. If cound approve the propsal addressing governance and accoun~biity at UW, lobbying of the provincial government can begin.
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ministration and government can we expect to have the ability of instituting the proactive and constructive change expected by our constituents.”
Although the campaign has been collectively agreed upon by CASA, each university’s student association will approach the issueTom its own perspective. Each of the member associations has declared a goal, or a preliminary goal pending approval of its student council, concerning involvement of students with the Board
government of the university and the control of its property and revenues, the conduct of its business andaf&rs...shallbevestedin the Board of Governors.” In accordance with the Act, three undergraduate students sit on the Board of Governors, including the President of the Federation of Students, by convention. In order to increase student
Marching lesbians.
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n 1991, Kyle Rae organized the first Gay Pride march in Toronto as a response to +ientpolice raids ongay bathhouses UI Metro Toronto. Rae is pres-ntly &e councillor for Wad 6, he gay ghetto. In a recent article m The Ghbc nnd&d, Rae’s politics were discussed. Rae’s attitude washopem because the gay community has at la(;t been acknowl+A by Pepsi and Molson Brewxi%; these corptxations will now 3pcn.l~sponsor evens during Gay Pride Week. T&s year the big :orporations were out (so to <peak). Various liquor companies nave since come out of the corporation closet and are arm wresLLing in olive oil as we speak for a :%ce of the gay positive market. ?oon tuna will not only be dol&in friendly but gay positive. On June 29,1996, the first mual Dyke H&e was held as a mrt of Gay Pride Week. It was a anshing
success.
We met at the
519 community centre and went %r a stroll through Metro To:-onto. There were approximately :OOO womyn in attendance. The “oronto R&e Crisis Centre led he hike atop a truck and played iance music. The parade walked mhrough
the business
corridor
at
Yonge and Bloor. The reflection in the buildings of so many lesbians, gathered t ogether, out and wet and smiling, was downright gleeful. Many lesbians carried video cameras. They recorded the first dike hike for herstory! There were womyn in drag, in leather and bondage rigs, urban trash in vinyl pumps and sleazy shorts, buIl dykes and ladies who didn’t leave the strap on at home. There were lesbian moms and moms. There were straight ladies and bi sisters. There were youth lesbians, Jewish lesbians, disabled lesbians, bians,
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&Aim lesbians, lesbians with aids, Christianlesbians,Two Spirited dykes, Southeast Asian lesbians and Mexican lesbians. There were lots and lots O' lesbians. Waterloo lesbians and bisexual womyn were well represented. The streets were lined with men; happy, gay men with happy signs cheering on the lesbian communities. It was so positive and welcoming. When we went by the WeIesley hospital, AIDS victims greeted us with waves and their lovers held signs ofhope and support. It was very moving. The presence of gay/straight/hi/ transgendered men on the koute contiuued to page 7
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Co-op education honours employer UW News Burww Bob Foster, an actuarial scrvices manager at the Ontario Insurance Gxnmission received an employer award for active participation in the Cooperative Education program. The award was presented by University of Waterloo co-op coordkator David Everest on June 26. This is the first time since pioneering co-op education in Canada in 1957 that the University of Waterloo has so honoured an employer. The OK, and the organ&+ tions it succeeded, regulates the
province’s insurance industry and has hired actuariai science and mathematics students as co-op students every year for the past 15 years, a total ofover 45 UW co-op students. For 39 years, UW has placed students in co-op workrerms with more than 10,000 Ontario employers. Co-op education gives employers the opportunity to hire university students, while students get a chance to practice what they have learned in the classroom. Tociay,UW boasts the largest co-op program in North Ameriq with some 8,550 students placed with 2,400 emplo)rers. I
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Students Advising Co-op, advice for Mid summer predictions fkom the FEDS by Julie Primeziu, VP Internal, Federation of Students
special to Imprint Love: Ah yes, a &cult topic to discuss at any time of the year. With Mars in. direct line with Neptune the stars wiU be uniting over Venus.. . but beware, for some will collide. Lf vou are one of the many who experience love gone stale this summer, perhaps you need a hobby. How about volunteering for the FEDS. They have all sorts of great services to keep your mind off of the stars. Try tie PALS Phoneline or Peer Health Education for starters. Or, ifvofunteering isn’t your cup of tea, tty kicking back at one of the oncampus bars. Fed Hall is a great place to check out concerts like The Watchmen or The Tea Party and the Bomber always has cold drinks and a warm patio under the cosmos. The best part is that thesebarsareownedbytheFEDS, which means that they are owned by vou, the student. For more ink, call the FED Office at 8884042. Friendship: With Venus falling in the shadow of Jupiter in the middie of the month and a fU mmn scheduled for month end, trouble could be in the air. Friendihip, especially of the roommate
kind, could be heading for bumpy with study skills workshops as roads. I predict that some of you well as other great tools that will could find yourselves living with a help you “hit the books.” completely different person for Ignorance (is not always the month of August - a T.V. bliss): No matter what the stars dinner eating, non-vacuuming, willbringorhowmanyfullmoons anti-dish-washing roommate there are, there wti always exist look-alike. But do not be alarmed. people who suffer from homoThat stench will soon be behind phobia. I am sure that you may you. If you are really having probhave a roommate or a friend with lems with your roommate, or even this problem. Madame Reemo is with that landlord of yours, the quite pleased to report that there FEDS have places that you can are two fantastic setices offered go. For starters, you could conthrough the FEDS that deal with tact the Legal Resource Offke at this issue. The Womyn’s Centre ext. 4634 or the Ombudsperson and GLLOW ( the Gay and Lesat ext. 2402. bian Liberation OfWaterloo) dediAcademics: Now, not even ‘cate much of their time to being a Madame Reemo’s Powers could resource in our community. They prevent the dreaded foal exaxn. not only provide informative Unfortunately this has nothing to workshops but have been builddo with Venus or Mars but is ing up reference libraries that any quite simply a fact of life. The student can use. If you are interFEDS can offer you some comested in either of these services, fort iri these difkult times. Ifyou please contact the FED of&e at seem to be having trouble with a 888-4042, or GLLOW at 884professor or you are in academic 4569 or the Womvn’s CenIre at distress there are a few options ext. 3457. ’ that the FEDS offer. The VP Thank you Imprint!!! FiEducation is a great place to start. nally, I would like 6 take a moKelly can be reached at ext. 2340 ment to thank the st&atImprint or by dropping by the FED office. for donating over $2000 to the The VP Education will either be FEDS’ Foodbank. This will help able to help you directly with the group reach out to many peayour situation or give you advice ple in the community. If you are on where to go. Peer Academic interested in learning more about Support Services will also be up the Foodbankyoucancoxxact me and running in the fall and is a (Julie Primeau/Madame Reemo) great service that provides you at 888-4567, ext. 3780.
continuous phase by Amanda Wm special to Imptit So, now that you’ve accepted the fact that you didn’t get a job in fust rounds, there are a few things that not all students know that should be noted about the continuous phase. For those of you who attended the meeting, this information is still important since it wasn’t mentioned in detail. As well, for those ofvou who didn’t make it to the mee&-g be&use oflast minute room chtiges or other commitments, here’s your chance to catch up* The biggest difference between first rounds and the continuous phase is the quick tumover for job matches. This means that you have to know whether or not you want to be considered for the job, right after your interview. If’ ncx, then you need to get the job signed off. This is where it gets tricky. blilce first rounds, where you get two “freebies” to sign off with no questions asked, continuous phaserequiresthatyoujustifyyouf reasons during a ‘short’ interview with a placement advisor. If you want to sign a job off, make sure that yougo to the right placement advisor.Leavingitwiththewrong one may leave you with unfinishcd business. Ultimately, ifthe form is not signed off by Co-op, then you will still be considered for the job match.
Another thing to remember is that relying entirely on Access is not necessaxiiyagood idea. Checking the postings in person is your best bet, especiaIly when it comes to Iast minute interviews. This phase is considerably quieter in that there aren’t a flurry of people waiting in the pit for interviews. There will Likely be just a handful of people wait;ng around. Remember to report to Coop reception and not the paging desk, and make sure you get noticed ifthe receptionist(s) happens to be away from the desk. Finally, don’t forget that the last day to hand in twenty resumes and the green Z&ills & Interest Form is July 26. Asker that date, if you still don’t have a job and you don’t hand in the form and resumes, you will be considered
on your own and Co-op will no longer assist you in finding a job. What it comes down to is, basically, stay on your toes and watch out for yourself. Make sure you have all the bases covered when it comes to job sign-offs and postings. And remember, now that many students have already been placed in first rounds, there are still plenty of opportunities outthere.
Stay fbcusedand
good
luck! ! Camments or questions be posted to uw.coop.sac or to: sac@undergrad.math. uwaterloo.ca. Don’t forget next meeting is on Tuesday, 16 at 530 p.m. in NH1029.
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and the law won’t hurt me at all? Kelly Kingdon
Should municipal governments have the tight to make smoking i&gal in bars and restaurants ?
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“Yes: governments should step in because it affects so many people.” Owen Clements 1B Chemistry continued
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gwd because it helped deal with some of the criticism directed at the Dyke Hike that it segregated the gay and lesbian community along gender lines. Other men participated in the march by offering child care, lending suits and tuxes, driving a group of lesbians to the hike and holding barbecues afier the march. There were a variety of ways to participate that didn’t involve marching and all were positive ;md meaningfd. We rhe media suggested that the ksbians wouldn’t come due to the rain, it had the reverse effect and 3000 people showed up. After the march, an outdoor concert was scheduled but was
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CLN~: people have the right to a choice; there should be smoking and non-smoking sectionsIn Melanie Bajar 3B Math/Accounting
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“Yes: they have smoking sections, but the whole place is still smoky.”
“No: people like to have a cigarette when they drink”
Joanne Gingerich 2B Kinesiology
rained out. The Gay Pride parade on Sunday was hut and sunny. It was attended by over 800,000 pec&It was a great day. Stickers were passed out that said ‘I Work At The Front Of The Store’ as a respcmnseto the growing racism, sexism and homophobia caning from Canadian government. The parade included a TTC bus called the Transit Triangle playing dance music, a gay float, the gay/lesbian/hi youth line, and a school bus loaded with queer youth. A bus load of sailors went by but we were unable to ascertain if they had strayed onto the parade route or were actually members of the gay community. Their present whereabout3 is unknown.
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he constant barrage of (mis)tiormation bv doomsayers about the state of OUT p&t pa.imsanextremely distorted picture. Lt would T be a simple matter of polling people to demonstrate that: the enviornrnentalists have sufficiently swayed public opinion in their direction, leading all of us to conclude that unless we start recycling and repaclqing ever)l last scrap of mate&d we use we will d de in sor&hing like the next twenty years. For the most pat-t this is an exercise in exaggerated ethos. Mer all, if noted scientists such as Carl Sagan and David Suzuki tell us we are not iong for this planet uniess we change our wicked ways, who’s going to argue? Well, I am. The apocalyptic scenarios offered to us completely contradict the available facts. Take the United States, generally considered the principal villain when it comes to destroying the ozone layer, contributing to the Greenhouse effect, etc. etc. etc. The facts are that pollution in the United States is on the decline, and has been for many years now. Emissions of sulfur dioxide; nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and other ambient particulate matter have all been decreasing for years. S&r dioxide emissions are down 60 per cent from the 142Os, carbon monoxide emissions have been declining since their peak (shortly after WW II) and nitrogen oxide is now down 10 per cent from its peak in 1980. But this decrease is not loc&zed in the United States. Ambient sulfur dioxide and particulate matter have been declining for at ieast the past twenty years in most developed countries. This is not right wing twaddle reported by some conservative think-tank backed by Union Carbide or some such multinational. These facts are based on a 1992 report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a 1993 report by the Ofice of Air Quality Planning and Standards. Admittedly, these are just facts about certain types of emissions, but they are there to make a point, a point that few are willing to take seriously: things are getting better. The same is true for many aspects of the environment. Take logging. In 1993, how many trees do you think were planted per day? One hundred thousand? Five hundred thousand? One million? Try four million. Four miIlion trees every day. Even though the United States has been the world? number one timber producer six& WWII, W.S, forests have experienced anitzcreasein volume in the past fifty years. The danger of running out of natural resource5 is equally a fairy tale. Proven reserves of vario~ resources, i..ncluding copper, iron ore, lead, nickel coal and gas and zinc have all increased dramatically Copper resources have seen a 250% change fron: 1950 to 1990 while iron ore saw a 663% increase ir the same time period. Such information about our natural resource: and the state of the planet are readily available Writers such as Julian Simon, Ronald Bailey ant Stephen Moore are not generally cited when ir comes to environmental reports, but their book provide a strong, factual counter-attack to the bar. rage of misinformation offered by todays luddites It’s hard to decide who’s more to blame: scien tists who lie for the sake of increased funding or th< media who need bad news to sell their advertising Either way, the facts speak for themselves. We car choose to ignore them, but to do so is to give intc politcially motivated fearmongering and is, ulti. mately, fhitkss.
What I learned from watching five minutes of news T
ast Tuesday night I was half watching an earnest Peter Kent read the news, on Glob~~l of course, and suddeniy 1 paid attention to what he was saying. Peter was reportit@ that AlIDS cases are on the increase in Canada, according to Stats Gnada.MyjobattheFeds deals with issues like AIIWHIV, and so I was listening in Order to learn something. What I got was a lesson in irony. Peter Kent read the script reporting theincreascinAIDScases, and then we watched a gay man (we were told he was gay) talk about being HIV positive. I watched incredulously as shots of Toronto’s Gay Pride Parade flashed on the screen, complete with images of men in dresses and feather boas, images often associated in the public mind with promiscuity and then, of course, the spread of AIDS/HIV.
In all there were 6 or 7 images of gay males coupled with this story, and one quick shot. of a woman using inuavenously injected drugs. The last shot was interesting since I had earlier heard a story on CBC radio reporting &at&e ~ciden~of~~e~o~~
jm d&t h th@kind of thwfl. Peter Kent came back on the screen, bastion of truth he is, and reported that Smts Can took its figures from a particular AIDS service organizadon &he name of which escapes me), the director of which &imedthatADS/HW infections have levelled off. 1 had heard this before, and fkmkly tm ted the man who worked with People Living With AIDS more than I did a &irty second spot on Gbbul news. However, in the same breath Peter reported that AIDS service organizations (ASOs) are com-
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women is on the increase, and in fact &at&&q ~&&efrontpqeof& Tmt;o S&w the following day. Intravenous drue; use is also responsible for many infe&ons, but publicized far less because ordinary everyday people
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An especially insidious form of propaganda To the I2di#, 1 read, with
concern,
Dan
Zachtiah’~
commentary on prejudice, which appeared h he last issue of Imprint. In the first paragraph he rightly critictis those who, Nrhen they describe homosexual behaviour, prefer to use words for their umore sinister connotations.” I applaud his effort. This name calling is an especially insidious form of propaganda. When it is effective it is only because it appeals to maliciousness and prejudice. Name tailing must indeed be challenged every tie it occurs. Then the commentary goes on to describe those opposed to homosexuality as homophobes, as mixed up, living in the wrong time, irrational, medieval, Nazi, ridiculous, dangerous, puritan, tr$ng to control people, damaged, insecure witlr their own sexuality, dictatorial, demented, conformist, mk@ded, pathetic, narrowminded, brain-washed, infested witi prejudice, disrespe&, having a serious problem, advocating ludicrous ideas, and having an inflexible, self-righteous and repressed ideolog)l. Gee whiz, Dan! You are nor helping anyone. Those of us who want gays and lesbians to take their righti place as full and equal members of society are only hurt when OUTanger serves to alienate those we
aretrying
to convince.
In my experience, a.Uwe need to do to achieve acceptance, besides having courage and being honest, is to be diplomatic, tolerant, and willing to accept that even those opposing our goals are basically good people who have just not yet realized that we are also basically good people. So show them what we are, Dan. Don’t tell them what they are.
No pride in Triangle Unity D aY TotheEditar, I noticed when I was perusing the last edition ofImprint that there is no mention of the Triangle Unity Pride Day that took place on Thursday, June 27. I realize that production takes place on Wednesday, but since
I mentioned
the event
to the news
editor I thought there xnigfit be a few small words about it happening, even a quote from Sarah Nicol, who was one of the volunteers. In caseyou missed it, the Pride gathering was quite successful. The event was held in Kitchener City Hall Rotunda. Over two hundred people attended, more than doubling last year’s attendance. There were two speakers, an open mike session in which people talked abut their experiences coming out or their hopes for the cornrnunity. There were rainbow flags, and f&, and tables fuli of information about
Les/bi/gay/trans
organizations in and Waterloo. Imp&t writes for its readers, and the stats show that one of every ten people is gay, lesbian, or bisexual. That means that of the around 5000 people on campus, 500 les/bi/gay/trans people missed out reading that their community gathered together to celebrate themselves. That’s too bad. Kitchener,
Cambridge
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The case of homosexuality revisited To the Editm, As’ a justification of the homosexual practice of Yisting” as well as CLotherforms of sexual acts,” a recent letter-writer to the Imprint set forth the following maxim: “If someone enjoys something different, accept it, and get on with your Me” (Sarah Nicol, “Against Ken again,“ImpG.nt, June 14,1996), It seems to me, however, that in a secular, liberal society such as ours, a few questions need to be askedbe we accept this maxim. (Note: I suspect that at this juncture some individuals wiil be all too eager to label me a “bigot” or “homophobe” for even countenancing the possibility of questioning homosexual acts. With the hope of avoiding any misunderstanding that might arise out of such a labelling, I suggest to these persons that they take a look at my third postscript before reading fix&r. Ok. Now let’s get back to thinking about the above rn+ as an alleged justifkation of variant sexual lxhaviours.) We need to ask: “Does the behaviour in question unjustly infringe on the interests ofothers?“The maxim, in other words, ignores the fact that the “something different” that someone else enjoys might be something that adversely affects me, my family, and others, thereby making it ciif& cult or impossible for us to Uget on” with our lives. In the case of that sexual ativiq characteristic of homosexual males, i.e. anal intercourse, there is harm that is caused to another person. Physical damage occurs to the rectum (since the tissue of the anal passage is weaker th an that of the vagina, and, unlike the vagina, the tissue of the anal
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passage lacks protection against abxasion). Also, dis~ction of the anal sphincter muscle may occur (which may lead to incontinence). In addition, increased infections and sexually-transmitted diseases occur. (For a substantiation of the previous point see Thomas E. Schmidt’s S~a@#t CWVUYmw?Co?npti
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ali9 Bbatg ( 1995) ; see especially his chapter The Price of&3ve.“) But of come, if the partners are consenting to the intercourse and if they are afEecting the interests of no innocent third party in any seriously adverse manner, then it seems that a se+ liberal society should allow the behaviour in question. Presumably, homosexuai partners wz consenting to the intercourse, But, we should ask: ‘% it really the case that the interesof BO innocent third pa&s are affected by such intercourse in any seriously adveme manner? According to Schmidt (on page 128 of the above-mentioned book), %e evidence [concerning homosexual-related health problems, especially that of homosexual males] indicates a health crisis of multiple
facets and epidemic proportions.” As far as I can tell, the evidence to which Schmidt appeals is solid (of course, the sceptical reader should check this out for hi.m/herself’). There arises then, some reasonableto-ask questions concerning the predominantly male homosexual activities of anal intercourse, fisting, etc. Question 1: In terms of health care dollars and the efEectsof redirected health care resources, what is the cost of these activities to Canada’s larger population (which does not indulge in such sexual activities)? Question 2: IAx3 this cost seriously infringe upon the interests of the larger population? Question3&hiswstftiorunf%rto the larger population? It seem to me, then, that these sorts of questions should ix carefklly addressed in the discussion of homosexual as well as other variant sexual behaviour bc@e we blindly accept the maxim Yf someone enContinued
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P.S. For the record, I think it is WRONG to hate and/or hurt peaple because they are homosexuals. My intention in writing this letter is nut to hate or hurt anyone. Rather, my intention is to obtti and encourage an accurate understandingofThomosexu.alandother statistically deviant sexual behaviours in terms of their impact on society. P.P.S. I muSt admit that my writing of this letter is partly motivated by my sense of justice being somewhat disturbed by the following fact: in 1992 heart disease killed 83 times as many Canadiam as did ADS, yet in 1994 cardiovascular research received less than half the public health dollars that AIDS research received (for substantiation, see Susan Martir~Ls title in Citizen, III4, April 25, 1994, p. 3). Interestingly (as Martinuk also points out), 94% of all AIDS victims in Canada are males and homosexuality is related to 37% of these cases. (PLEASE NOTE: My pointing out that this distribution of public health care dollars strikes me as possibly unjust is not an attempt to incite hatred toward homosexuals; rather, it is an attempt to encmwa~c faiwlcrr, and this fairness hopefully will diffuse any anger arising out of the apparent injustice of having a loved one suffer and die from heart disease because medical resources were pmydwP m&muteCyallocated to take care of diseases which stem from anal intercourse, fkting, etc. Also, my pointing out this apparent injustice will hopefully encourage someone to make public any good reasons that might exists for this disproportionate allocation offbnds, thereby difICng possible anger in this way too.)
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P.S. Don’t worry Dad, I won’t be peals merely to prejudices (mine or yours>, but becuure it a.~& to signing up for any of Professor Narvaon’s classesany time soon. the best reusms. Name-calling, then, is an imDediment to the achievement of , his end. (In other words, my data and my reasoning may be mistaken; if they are, don’t call me names, rather, please share accurate data and good reasons to the contrary. If my data and reasoning are not mistaken, perhaps that’s significant.) Tu the Bditur,
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P.P.P.P.S. For some tier data reasoning concerning homosexuality, see Larry Burtoffs Sett-by the &cord Sm@t (1994) and Jeffrey Satinover’sHiwnosRrmaliT end the Politics of Truth and
(1996).
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Re: Jan Narveson’s letter As I reflect upon your letter to the editor concerning your l.& tle posters, I think of something my parents told me on the day they dropped me off here in Waterloo before my first year: Yfyou don’t understand something, don’t be afraid to ask. Go directly to the source.... Your professors are some of the most sensible, intelligent people in the country2 Wow! I can’t wait to show my mother this ridiculous rant of yours and ask her how she feels about my professors. I was amazed when I read this ignorant piece and astonished when I found that it was written by a professor. It seems that you have made no effort to find out what the reasons are behind such policies and thus, in my opinion, you have no right to criticize. During this terrible suing of incidents, rather than calling someone in the Fed office to ask why, you continued to post: P.P.P.S.IalsothiAitisVVRONG things where they clearly don’t to call people “bigots” or belong. You remind me of that cLhomophobesn when they are at- dull gerbil that we had in my tempting to understand homograde 4 classroom that just never sexual and other statisti~y deviunderstood that the shocks were ant behavior from a rational point not a reward for his txhaviour of view. The attempt to reason (this was before the days of khdwith care and to examine evi- ness to animals... Sony Spa&y). dence (regardless of the direction When I read about your misit points) is not usually a charac- fortune I called the Fed office. teristic of bigots; but name-callSomeone there gave me a satisfacing is. Also, the Greek word “photory reason for this policy in less bia” demta an imtional fa; than five minutes. But, as much as but, we should all realize, it’s very I appreciate that you probably possible to have a r&-wzi fw or don’t have the tjme to m&e such. concern. Rationally-grounded a hgthy calJ Pm not going to fears or concerns are usually ex- share the reason with you. You tremely important aids to indisee I am a student with a cowe vidual as well as corporate surload and three part-tie jobs. No vival, good health, and longevity, tie... sorry. You’ll just have to Therefore, even if one (such as look up the number yoursdfand myself) m&uke7zly thinks his/her give them a shout. Maybe in the concerns are rationally-grounded, fixure you can take the advice of it is important to tolerate as well my parents: before making an ass as encourage veasoneddiscussion of yourself, go to the source. of these concerns. Hopefully, the view that will win at the end of the davd will do so not because it ap-
It was with great sadness that 1 read The lunacy of prejudice” (Imprint, Friday, June 28) by Dan Zachariah. Myselfand many of my Christian fiends are very disturbed by the view of homosexuality that is presented. Mr. Zachariah asks: %.ady how is homosexuality immoral?” God clearly tells men: “Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable” (Leviticus 18:22).Irealizethatmany people won’t be convinced by this, even though the Bible is the source of ultimate uuth, However, this is not a matter ofwhat is %atural” or “unnatural,” it’s a matter of what is right and what is wrong. Mr. Zachariah also expresses his view that consenting adults should be permitted to do whatever they want in the privacy of their own homes (overlooking the fact that homosexuals don’t c&n- fine their activities to their own homes). This would work in a perfect world, but unfortunately we can’t ciaim that of Earth. What ifamanwantsafriendofhistokill him? I hope that vou can see that society has a resp&ibi.lity to prevent this, since human Life is precious. Granted, this is an meme example, but it illustratesthe lunacy of ietting people do whatevertheywantintheirownhomes. It would be fmlhardy to assume that things done in the home won’t affect things done in public. Am 1 a homophobe? Yes, I most definitely am. I am very afkaid of homosexuality, and its effect on our society. However, I have nothing againsthomosexuals. Similarly, I do not hate murderers, although I am against *murder. It is important to separate the person from the action. And don’t: think that homosexuality is the only immoral sexual action. There is a great deal of immor&ty in the heterosexual population aswell. God, the&xtar of all, has set the standard for - sexual relation, which are meant only for a man and a woman within the bond of marriage. Why is it that those who promote equality seem to be the most likely to have prejudices? They - cdl for equal trment of a& regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, etc., yet they eagerly attack me for my Christian beliefs (and this letter will no doubt cause so&e more). 0urso&ryhasbecomeonewhiCh . is far too tolerant. We must stop satisfying our own selfish desires and instead live by God’s standards of right ani wrong. T&e heart, I will be praying for you.
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cation here is that ASOs need to prove that they are being &iective in order to maintain their level of The equation is simple, in the minds ofthosewhoconsider ccommli~ of primary imporlxnce: one person, infktcd with HIV and evemudly developing AIDS, coststhehealthcareandsocial services system, on average, about $100 000 per year for the duration of his or her l&time. Iftiections are leveling off, the cost to the health care and social services system will decrease, and ASOs will continue to receive funding to work towards prevention. It got worse, One story later, Peter detailed the presentation of a study on hate crimes and discrimin~tion. The study found that
discrimination against gays and lesbians was the worst among a.L minoritygroups,andthatgaymen were in the most danger of physical harm. One of the authors said that only 10% of hate crimes and chsmmmation were reported, anti that those reports were largely met with silence by management and p&e. The final quation? AIDS is on the increase; gavd are spreading the infection; infection costs a lot of money; money is scarce; if we beat gays so char they are scared and go away, the> won’t report it; even if they dc .reprt ir nothing wi.U happen. That’s what I learned in tht space offive minutes of television For some reason, I still don’t ge it. l
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up the lives of Canadians. No surprises there, but I want to focus on two issues that have gained national prominence recently. 1. The natives of Davis Inlet. \‘ou’ve probably heard of Davis Inlet. It became a household name a couple of years ago when it was revealed that the government had settled this native community at Davis inlet in 1967 with promises of nice houses and the chance of a decent life. What’s the big deal? Well, the natives never got what they were promised. Even today, water and they have no running no sewage system. A large percentage of the youth of Davis Inlet sniff gasoline on a regular
basis, so many that a treatment centre was finally built within the community. They live in shacks, and throw their human waste
outside because the clay soil prevents outhouses from working. Alcoholism and suicide rates are also very high.
Now, the natives are being offered (pending cabinet approval) a chance to relocate to a place called Sango Bay, which is near traditional
hunting
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and a pientifZll supply of fish. Why the sudden change of heart on the pm of the government? Cash. A mining company wants the land cfaim settled. So? Move the natives. The Premier of Newfoundland doesn’t try to deny this. “Voisey’s Bay [mining company] is very much a factor in all of this,” admitted Brian Tobin recently. The natives have little choice at this point. They can’t stay at Davis Met. I only hope that the government lives up to its word for once (die, Sheila, die! ) . 2. Since 1935, western Canadian farmers have been forced by law to sell their wheat to the Canadian Wheat Board (e.g. the
government). Now, a federal panel has decided that up to 25% of all wheat should be sold at market prices (farmers can decide whether or not they want their wheat sold this way or stay with the “average price” pavrnent they currently receive). * My God!! Selling stuff at market prices ? What will they think of next! Believe it or not, some farmers actually want to scrap the CWB
completely, and be able to sell their wheat to whoever they want. The price thefll get depekis on not just qua&y, but when they deliver. Right now, under the government’s svstem, farmers get paid merely oh the amount of wheat delivered, regardless of when they get it in. I find it mind-boggling that today, the government th&s it can help out anyone by inhibiting the free market. The only people
they’re helping are inefficient farmers who would go out of business in the free market, which pretty much ing everyone
means they’re else. Wake
screw-
up Ottawa. The government has no business being in business. p-s. If’ you’re not married, don’t have six in Idaho. One state prosecutor, worried about “family values” has started charging (and getting convicted) pregnant teenagers (and their boyfriends) under a 1921 law that says unmarried people having sex-“shall be found guilty of fornication.” Fuck him. Sex is good clean fun (especially in the shower), and the government has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.
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There is no shortage of proof that it costs less to prevent poUution than to pay for damage later. That’s true for smokestack scrubbers which reduce acid rain, and for tie1 efficient cars which reduce smog and greenhouse gases. It’s equally true when our government recycles paper and offke equipment, and reduces energy consumption in offices, hospitals, schools and libraries and large vehicle fleets. The province pays for a large share of both provincial and municipal building operaring costs
for roads, sewer systems and public transit. It makes good business sense for Queen’s Park to develop policies and invest money to reduce long term cost.Yet the government is doing exactly the opposite. In addition to removing planning policies that would have controlled the excessive costs of urban sprawl, the Ontario government has announced it will: -No longer contribute firnds to Ontario’s 18 Green Communities. Last year, trained staff conducted almost 50,000 home visits that helped people save energy and water, reduce waste, and make other environment and moneysaving improvements. Provincial spending of $9.1 million helped to generate about $75 million in renovation spending, thousands of jobs, and net tax revenues.
As flat as a postcard The idea of a flat tax is in fashion these days, highlighted most recently by the Reform Party Convention. Two motions containing the phrase “a simple, visible, flat rate of taxation” were passed there, each getting over 87% ofthedelegates’votes. While the Reform Party’s motions (as well as its other literature) were quite vague as to what flat taxes would actually mean, Steve Forbes was much more direct. He proposed ftig income tax on a form the size of a postcard.
Both represent a desire in America for a fz simpler tax sysrem.People are fed up with incomprehensible personal and small business income tax laws, and so they should be. In this era of downsizing and other euphernisms, people would iike to see some policies that will make their lives simpler. The question is, will a flat rate income tax do that, and if it does, would it be justified? To start, the tax svstem is not North
merely mind-bogglin~l~~ complex; it’s worse than vou thikk. First, there is the Income Tax
Act, a light read at 2400 pages. One might recognize some of the words, but the end result is cer-. tainly not English. Specialists use this, but they often prefer their Upractitioners’ handbooks”, which are slightly watered down versions of the Act. Accounting students in turn use a detailed text which flllters the Act still fLrther and uses English frequently. But to the lay person, it would still be incomprehensible, as are the guides that are sent out by the government. To reallv understand your tax situation, iou will find yourself buying anv number of guides written (hop&y) in English from your local bookstore. That’s four - count ‘em, four - levels of translation from the original document, and that is to say nothing of all the other docu-
mechanisms are all designed to influence particular activities and industries, such as saving and research and development. And to treat everyone fairly on one level (that is, treat all in similar circumstances the same way), these laws have to be as ironclad as possible. Loopholes still exis~though., and it is &ese loopholes that t&d to get the most press. Most people rarely see the complexity benefitting them directly, and the larger purpose escapes them. So come the calls for a flat rate tax. No doubt, tax professionals
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So why the complexity? For one, tax is argued in the courts, so the legal system can shoulder much of the blame. But the main reason for it is that taxes influence the economy. Tax subsidies, credits, deferrals and other
Government infrastructure costs have been dramatically reduced. - Cut $50 million in urban public transit funding by 1997. This wiU increase pressure to use
private autos, increase pressure to invest in road infrastructure, and increase the 200,000 per year accident rate. Subsidizing cars and trucks means more pollution, more road costs, and more costs
for health and emergency services: a $9 billion annual bill urhich citizens ultimately pay, - Cut funding for provincial building energy audits, as well as for commercial and industrial operation. Funding for developing energy efficiency standards for buildings and appliances was terminated. Grants for renewable energy development and green in-
dustry research and development were also wiped out while a program to foster industrial recycling of toxic chemicals was frozen. - Cut $10 million from the budget of the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission; reducing bus, train, plane and ferry services in northern Ontario. It scrapped NorOntario plane semice. As service and schedules deteriorate private vehicle use increases, and with it the demand for high cost highways. - Reverse a decision to spend $4.7 million to clean up rural beaches, and help farmers reduce agricultural runoff. Another $3.5
million
was cut for a program
intended to clean up polluted beaches in cities. This unloads the cost of clean up on to municipal
government just asthe province is reducing overall grants to them. Isn’t it better to prevent pollution than to try to clean up the mess after it happens?
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he University of Waterloo Depamnent of Athletics and Recreational Services has added three full-time staff members in recent months: Tony Martins, Men’s Volleyball Coach and Publications Coordinator; Bob Copeland, Marketing, Promotions and Alumni Development; and Rebecca Boyd, Campus Recreation Fitness and Aquatits Coordinator, Martins, 30, is a former Warrior Vollevball player (1986-91) who joineh the Deparment fdltime on May 1. He coached the Warriors on a part-time basis during the 199596 season, when the team compiled a 9-3 OUAA West record., good for second place over the regular schedule. Martins was named the division Coach of the Year for his efforts. Martins completed a Masters degree in Lange and Profes-
sional Writing at uvCT in 1992. This and subsequent experience as a newspaper journalist and magazine editor have prepared him for the publication duties he will carry out for tie Department. Copeland, 3 1, is also a Waterloo alumnus and a former varsity football player. He joined the Department on July 5. Copeland graduated from UW with a Masters in Recreation in 1991. He worked for the better part of the next six years with Branada Sporrs Communications in Toronto as Account Director/Event Manager. Copeland will coordinate the Department’s increasing emphasis on marketing, sponsorships and alumni development. He has published several articles on sports marketing and brings a wealth of experience to this key position. Boyd is a Physical Education graduate from York University who has experience as Acting Director of YMCA programs in
The three newest members of the Department of Athletics aad Reavational Services’big, happy famUy. From left to right : Rebecca Boyd, Campus Recreation Fitness and Aquatics coordinator; Tony Martins, Men’s VoUeyball Coach and Publications Coordinator; and Bob Copeland, Marketing, Promotions and Alumni Development. photo
Toronto. Boyd also completed a Spurts AdministrationGxtificate while at York, and was most recendy operating her own personal training business.
Boyd wti join the Campus Recreation team at the Department on July 22. She will be responsible for the highly popular aquatics and fimess programs.
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These three additions come in the wake offive s&departures in 1996, includingthe retirements of Assistant Athletic Directors Paul Condon and Sally Kemp.
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. Windsailing through life by Patricia Wcdcoti special to Imprint
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ave you ever wondered what it would be Like t0 battle the wind and waves on.a sun swept hot afternoon? Perhaps you have imagined yourself’ testing your own skill, balance, and strength against the perils of the ocean with a sail board as your only safe haven. Probably, at some point in every student’s life, during some stressfid week of midterms and interviews, we have aI.if;intasized about windsutiig our troubles away in
some exotic corner of the world. However, there are a few problems with this picture, as much as we would like to windsurf, one has to learn the technique first and, secondly, getting to a place like Australia when there are only a few weeks of school left might be difficult. lfthis dilemma describes you, why not try the Campus Recreation Windsurfing Club? The Windsurfing Club currently consists Of about thirty members, most ofwhom are beginners. Sailing is done at Columbia Lake and, most preferably, Guelph Lake.
The Club has five instructors to assist club members. Instruction usually takes place in one of the five windsurfing clinics held throughout the year, Clinics are arranged when club members are free and the weather is appropriate, However, personal arrangements can also be to meet with an ir&uctor whenever suitable. Beginners usually begin sailing with wind travel.@ at five km/hour. By the time a participant has been out around five times they are usually able to start sailing at higher winds. Instructors coach memberson the basic
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running more smoothly than ever at the A PAC Equipment Desk these days. Like many services on at the University, Campus Ret is turning to the WATCARJD. Use of the WATCARD b\ Campus Recreation began at thk beginning of spring term. At that time, the WATCARD was used to register Campus Ret members
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or two and a half months now, swimmers inthe training swim and triathlon group at the PAC pool have been making great achievements. The group meem three times a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. Workouts last one hour. Each is structured around three basic principles: the energy system of the body, the skill level of in&vidual athletes in the program, and the ability to be fun, interesting and enjoyable. Swimming driiis work on fimess, endurance, technique and correction. By working on each of these components,
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for instructional courses. Now, Campus Ret members will also be asked to swipe their cards to receive towels at the equipment desk and after returning their towels. This means that the white Physical Activities Cards wili no longer be valid. Periodic spot checks will also occur. hy Campus Ret member may be asked to swipe their cards as they pass by the equipment desk. This leads to one of the many benefits of using the
WATCARD...to cut down on illegal use of athletic facilities by non-members. Where will use of the WATCARD lead? Campus Ret anticipates that nearly all equipment sign outs, court bookings and hockey reservations will eventually be made using the WATCARD. Systems for this should be in place by winter. Maybe in the future people will be able to pay for instructional activities using the WATCARD.
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joh the club because the!- ar interested in learning how tl windsurf. Yet, they do not hav the cash to invest in a sailb~ar~ when they’re not sure if they we enjoy the sport. If this is you, tit Windsurfing Club is a great way for you to get vour feet wet. . ‘To fmd o& more informa tion on the win&&g club, COTtact Eric Yoon through e-mail a; eyoon@science. Cindy Koo ma) also be contacted through e-mai at cjkoo@science. The club Alec has T-shirts and hats for sale ii anyone’s interested. They are botir under $15 and they look great!
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wi.ndsurfing skilIs. This means uphauling the sailing and making smooth transitions benveen up wind and down wind positions. Windsurfing is definitely a tot harder than it looks. It requires technique, balance, and strength to sail successfully. Regardless, once your sail board stanx moving it is well worth the rush. The club costs $30 to join for the summer and $10 to join in the fall. This includes free instrucdon, free use of equipment and plenty of fun meeting new people. The club 0wn.s two sunfish and two sailboards. Most people
swimming
speed
comes
with practice. The group is coached by7 Albert Burgund. Albert is &rently enrolled in KIN at Waterloo and is a former national swim coach of Malta. More recently, Albert has worked with the
C$pry Lions swim team. AS coach, Albert sets his goals on “making individual corrections for each swimmer during workouts, offering praise an! ensuring that the group maintains a positive attitude.” Maintenance of a positive attitude by all those involved in the group is part of what makes the group fun and rewarding. Group members consist of people who are training for tiathlons andothers who are looking to stay in shape. Basically, people are divided into lanes according to their individual skills. Optimum workouts are designed. However, adjustments are made along the way depending on what swimmers need to work on. One of the key elements of the FOUP is individual goal setting. At the beginning of the term, swimmers were asked to f& out a questionnaire to identify their goals. These personal goals have been used to push individuals through the workouts. Aithough workouts have been set by Albert,
it is up to the individuaf as to how hard they want to work. Not surprisingly, many participants have exceeded their goals, A second key to the group involve-s the energy with in the pd. The group is very positive. Competition is not stressed but personal achievement is. This sets the stage for group members to encourage each other and have fin with it. As students cornpeting for marks and co-op placements, it is refreshing to be able to try your hardest in some endeavOUTwithout worrying about beating the person next youThe camaraderie in the pool, the opportunity to work hard and feel rewarded makes the swimMing group a fantastic experience. Swimming is an excellent oppommiry to keep in shape and relieve schoo1 stress. &Wmt had his way the pool would be jam packed. Late registration is still being accepted for tie group. Check at the PAC reception desk for more information.
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Gyfninal
Stupidity by JEFFPEETERS some that3 all ere is to The operations ofti Mickey Mouse outfit have time and time again angered viewers, especially sports fans.
anything goes except for murder. A participant wins by knocking out their opponent or by forcing them to Yap out,” which is when a person taps the ground in subrrksion. These events have become increasingly popular and hence have come under intense scrutiny. They have beenoutlawed
When~th9asttirnecableti~ers saw a RJZAL Super
in cert&n places, heavy regulation
R, it. ogers
Cable
needs
COmpetitiofl,
commany times have Bowl
mercial-? How sp0rtsevent&eencut0ffifEXpli-
cably
because
that
the Canadian
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tion thatissi.mdC.asdng it(usually Global) lxts to air another sh6w at that time, even though you are watching the American station? Give me a break. I-n their never-ending quest to decide what WE want to watch, Rogers Cable and Viewers Choice have decided not to air Ultimate Fighting Championship events on paj-per-view. For those of you not familiar with a UFC, it is basically a combat sport where
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Friday, July 12, 1996
and come under in others. While there is no questioning UFC’s are a violent and bru-
tal form of entertainment, let’s look at some of the things that Rogers and VC do offer on the pay-per-view agenda. Every single day you can purchase movies, some of which are extremely violent. Every night, pornography is made available which, frankly, leaves nothing to the imagination. From time to time ,YX~ can aiso purchase boxing, professional wrestling (it’smpposed to be real), and other combat events. These things are just as violent, if not
more so, than a UFC, which has a fighting style similar to what pro wrestling should be. So why not offer UFC’s? This pathetic attempt at cen-
This week: Big Brother is watching you while
you are watching him wh& the Shark uses bad balls sorship by Rogers and VC is shameful, but at the same time frightening. Who knows what they could decide to ban next? Apparently Big Brother seems to
think that they know what is best for the Canadian public to watch. Meanwhile, it is also hypocritical to ban one type of combat sport fi-om the airwaves while allowing others. All Rogers and Viewer’s Choice are accomplishing is denying the viewing public someth.ing that they want to see,which is something that they’ve shown they can do quite we& thank you.
olf is a very picky sport. Of all the major North AmeriG can sports, it is probably the one that most strictly follows its own mks, almost to the point where it becomes ridiculous. In baseball, no umpires call the real book strike zone. In basketball, a lot of pushing and shoving goes on for a supposedly noncontact sport. Hockey of course has the neverending saga of the clutch-and-grab. But golfis pure. Golfis vigilant. Golfis really tightassed. There are so many ways to screw up in golf You can play too slow and get two strokes tacked on right away, you &only remove certain items from the ground by your ball in certain situations, and heaven forbid you should touch your club to the owners realize how stupid they look in the eyes of the fans? Pm sure the players realize, in fact, I’m quite certain of it. I really wouldn’t be at all surprised to learn that there was some sort of conspiracy
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. irst off, I want to mention that I saw Independence Day last week, and it appears as though I’m not alone in my views on the upcoming Olympiad. Those aliens apparently felt the same way and toasted Atlanta. You know, just when you start to think that maybe, just maybe, the sporting world has settled down, and we ciulallstart to look forward to the games, and not the off-field shenanigans, WHAMMO, they turn right around and quite soundly Stu-
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was All-Star week this week andabouttheonlythingmore predictable than the appearance of Cal Ripken at short was the annual debate over the selection of players.Baitimore's Rafael Palmeiro made waves by insisting that he has been one ofthe game’s most productive hitters in the past five vears, and consequently, he shodd have been there. Toronto’s Ed Sprague has beers among the top offensive AL
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pefy. This week, hell, Tuesday provided me with not just one, but two significant reasons to question my love for sport. First, I was actually looking fonvard with a great deal of intrigue to the lifting ofthe moratorium on Tuesday, to see who was going to have &e honour of paying tens of millions of doll& to pis who, by all rights, don’t really deseme it. Then, all of a sudde& an hour before the signing binge would begin, the owners announced that ncgo&ions had broken down, and they were lock-
third basemen this year, and has certainly performed better than Travis Fryman, the Tiger who went instead. But each team needs to be represented, and Sprague became the victim of the shuflle. One suggestion for correcting these so-called panding the rosters
errors
is ex-
for the teams. Bad idea. First, it’s hard enough for managers to get all the plavers into the game. An expanded ioster would mean we would see even kss of the very stars the game is meant to showcase. And in any
ing the players out. Now that’s nothing- unusual. Labour stoppages are more frequent in athletits these days that no-hitters, hail m@sandcriminalcharges.However, the firn is just starting. This lockout was ended about two and a half hours later. Two and a halfhours!?!? Was the issue of TV money disbursements that &cult to agree on, that the situation went brn hopeless to solved in less that three hours? This is taking the whole of labour negotiations to a whole new low. Does no one think anymore? Do the
case, the number doesn’t matter. Wherever you draw the line, there will always be someone next in line, someone who deserved to go just asmuch assomeone who did. Put Palmeiro in, and Cecil Fielder thinks he should go. Put Fielder in and there’s Tino M&ez, and so on. The second common suggestion is to eliminate fan-balloting. If the fans didn’t select the starting line-ups, managers could take just those who realiy ou$t to go. This too, is overly optimistic. Even
by the players’
union
ground in a sand trap on Ameriian soil. While perhaps petty at times, these rules make golfa ver)’ respectable sport. But at what cost? Greg Norman, arguably one of the best golfers in the world, was forced to disqualifir himself from the Greater Hat&&d Open recently for a rules i&action. What was his crime? He used an improper ball. This souncis reasonable. The problem is, the ball fit PGA standards and didn’t give him an unfiir advantage over the competition. So what was wrong with it? It wasn’t smmped properly. Apparently players’ txallshave to have a certain precise code stamped on them br aren’t allowed. Norman
else
they
used
an
improperly stamped ball. Shameful. Norman probably lost a bit ofcash thanks to this error, which was made at the manufacturing level. Was the DQ reaily necessary? According to the des of golf it was. Unfortunately, an inhdent of this nature lo&s silly and probably isn’t doing wonders for golfs reputation. How many people are going to see this and think how utterly stupid this DQ reallv was? It would seem that the
against the selling of stadium names to private corporations (TheFleet Center,GMPlace,The Core1 Centre), but now, the possibility of selling team names is outrageous. Early rumours have the Mirage
Hotel
in Las
Vegas
to embarrass the owners. How better to have the fans overlook the fact that the players are just as greedy as the owners? Second comes a topic out of Vancouver that just seems to me like the latest sign that the Apocalypse is upon us. The new owner of the B.C. Lions, Nelson Skalbania, announced that the Lions were considering a name change. Ok, thafs not too unusual, but listen to the terms of the deal: if a sponsor comes forward to put up some money, they can choose the name of the team. Now, I railed quite vehemently
and the brewers of Red Dog Beer as possible front runners. So, this is how the CFL can save its sorry ass, eh? So, by the end of the season, we could see the Vancouver Red Dog’s squaring off against the Labatt Blue Bombers for the right to play for the Tetley Earl Grey (Tea)Cup. Where would be the best place to stage such a historic Molson Canadian Football League game? Maybe just down the road from the Maple Leaf Wiener Gardens. When will it end? Probably as soon as the aliens decide it’s time to wipe us out.
if managers had free rein to take whoever they pleased, there would still be debates, and disgruntled players. There are simply too many top-notch guys out there, But the best reason not to tamper with fan-balloting is that to do SO would be to misunderstand the nature of the annual midsummer nights dream. The gameisnotmeanttobearanking of the best players at each position. It is meant to lx a time for f&s to enjoy watching great players from each league compete against one another. That’s what it was started for. It’s the All-Star Game because every player is a star, not because every star is a player.
themselves and only themselves, at that time of the season when managers stm to fear the ringing
A Touch ofC&w the days is thought to be out for I nbaseball when
everyone
in
of even the simplest of telephones, I want to tip the IL cap
to Milwaukee BreweA manager Phil Garner. On Sunday, the Brewers were forced to give up an out when Matt Mieske batted out of order. Garner could hardly fault Mieske, though, who was simply following the posted line-up card. But he could have blamed thirdbase coach Chris Bando who copied out the card incorrectlv in the first place. Instead, Garner insisted that he himself-was ultimately responsible for making sure the list was prepared properly, and took ail the blame. 7 didn’t review it.,” Garner said. “I don’t know whv.d It’s just my fault.” And they say baseball has nc> role
models.
Libertk, Egali tk, -Fraternitb to invest in projects (like infrasUuCture) that will produce rewards in the fkature, they are going to need to be able to run a deficit to do so. On the other hand, governments have m up enormous deficits in the past and we need to protect against this. History has shown that simply electing politicians who promise not to increase the deficit is a total waste of time (I’ll see Sheila Copps in hell), so such legislation might actually be a godsend. going
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n the last issue of Imprint, Jeff Robertson commented on several of the issues raised at the Reform Party convention held Last month in
Vancouver. A cruci;il event for Reformers, the resolutions presented at the convention are to form the party’s election campaign in 1997. This week, James Russell presents his views on some of the part@ policy resolutions
Resolution 43 The h&of this resolution that passed was that tax increases must be approved in a national referendum (another one). This has the potential to ensure that there can nmer be another federal tax increase sounds god to me. The halfthat was deleted in an amendment was that legislation be introduced that would contain ministerial salary penalties for the Prime Minkter and cabinet ministers if interim deficit targets are not met.” Considering that Reformers insist that thev can meet these targets, and the pomp ad circumstance surrounding Ml? Deborah Gray’s opting out of her MP pension, it seems more than a little hypocritical to delete this part of the resolution.
Government
restructuring
24.A Though the Reform Party wana to be as financially prudent as possible, they strongly believe in national referenda. With this resolution, they are effectively saying that they will hold a referendum on any propsed constitutional amendment “that would tiect all of Canada” (it’s difkult to think of one that would not afkt “ail of Canada”). This is a difEcuIt and costly process. The time, labour and resources required to conduct even one national referendum will probably cost milbns. Nonetheless, their commiunent to @.linp; the electorate on important matters is admirable, if not very practical Resolution
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Quebec Re~ohtion 25 Reformers want negotiations with seceding provinces to be guided by law, democracy and the primacy of Canada’s intcress. This resolution is interesting for the breakdown of the vote. Only 58.6% were in favour of the resolution, which leaves me wondering what principles the other 41% of Reformers would like a Reform government to be guided by in negotiations with seceding provinces. Resolution 26 If there is one thing Reformers are fdly in support of, it’s national referenda to hd out what they should be fully in support of. And this resolution is no exception. But wait! This one failed! Reformers dottot want a referendum to decide if provinces should have the right to sccede,What are they saying then? Ifthere is not goingto be a referendum to decide this crucial issue, Reformers seem to be indicating that the matter is not subject to debate, But is this because there is no question that provinces have the right to secede, or because they defmiteiy do not?
Economics Resolutions 38 & 39 Reformers want a flat rate of taxation to replace the GST. Is this good or bad? No one can say. There are about a billion different ways that the government taxes
people, so which one is going to be replaced with the flat rate? Income tax seems likely, considering that wealthv, people pay
a higher percentage of their earnings in income tax than poor people, and a lot of Reformers seem to&e fairly wealthy, but the resolution doesn’t specify. It will be interesting to see what becomes of these resolutions* Resduticm 40 The Reform Party wants to cut income taxes, so long as it doesn’t interfere with their deficit reduction plans. I like this resolution. Income taxes desperately need to be cut; Canadians can’t continue to pay 54% of their taxes towards the interest on the debt. The sooner the deficit is gone, the sooner we can start paying off the debt and reducing that percentage. Resohtion 41 The Reform Party wants no special treatment for any industry or size of industry over another. Sounds great, but this seems to directly contradict Principle #9 in the Reform Party Blue Sheet, which states “that governments have a responsibility to . . .protect an environment” where business can flourish. When the government says protect, it means interfere. There is no other way. To protect small business A from big corporation B, you are giving small business A special treatment, andvice versa. The Reform Party needs to reconcile this and many other inconsistencies in their economic policies in a major hurry, or they are going to become just another party that tries to be all things to all people.
kcsolution 32 -* Reformers do no; want to give foreign aid to “governments which suppress basic human rights.” It seems likely that the only people who are going to sufFer f&n the implementation of this policy are the peaple who are being oppressed. Ifthe intention is to apply praure to governments thatcommitthm human rights violations, I think it is misguided. I can’t really see governments that don’t care for the human rights of their citizens being terribly upset that the same cidzens are no longer receiving foreign aid, JUStice Resolution 9 The Reform party wants to make federal judges accounmble through democratic methods, i.e. theywant to elect them. Bad
Resoiution
42
The Reform Party wants @i&&on to compel the federal government to have a balanced budget. Whether this is a good idea or not depends on the role of the government. If the federal government is
idea.
The
justice
system
must
not
be.
subjugated to the will of the majorityFederal judges become federai judges only after many years of uypcficnce, and the decisions they make will be based on that experience. To introduce democracy into this system will result in judgez4 making
decisions based on what the public wan The problem with this is that ;he public c be pretty damn stupid. Does anyone rea wants to see people with 7 or 8 years post-secondary education wiLl of the masses? I know
bowing I don’t.
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Resolutions 11 & 12 No parole, ever. As I said in my cc umn two issues ago, there is the chance th it might be in everyone’s (society’s and tl convict’s) best interests to release someoj from jail before their full sentence has bet sewed. I don’t see any reason to limit i justice system in this manner (not to sz that I think the parole system is perfect) Resolution 16 ReformerswanttoeliminatetheYour Ofknder’s Act and establish ccadeflrnitic of a juvenile offender within the crimin code? lf they still plan on treating youn offenders differently than adult offenders, really don’t see the point of changing ti name of the system under which they a~ prosecuted. And ifthey want to treat youn offenders as adults, they are really, real stupid. Children are not the same as adult It would be a huge mistake to punish ther as if they were.
Radutions 48.A & 48.B The Reform Party has committed ir self to referenda on abortion and capic punishment. Not surprisingly, Reformer are gung-ho for the Capital punishma, one, voting 89.2% in favour of a referen dum. Many of the Reformers I talked ti want to take a hard line on crime, and toasting people is just part of that plan (no that I necessarily disagree with that). The support for the abortion referen dum was 22% lower, with the resolution just passing. I suspect this is i~cause 0 another strong feling in the party, that 0 a strong Christian morality that coincide with a lot of the pro-life movement (life fo. fetuses, not crimin&, that is).
Party constitutional ments
amend-
Amendment 1 Provincial Reform Par&s? Not gonnz happen. At least, not yet. 38.5% of the deiegata wme in favour of this proposed amendment to the pa.@ constitutior. (probably the most important resolution. or amendment debated) though, so it is not an issue that is going to go away. Was it the right decision? Rick l?erkins, theTreasurer of the federal PCs (present as an observer by invitation) told me that he thought L was a ciisastrous move, citing the example of the federal Tories who have only been kept alive by leeching (not his word) support Tom popular provincial Torv govemmerits (e.g., Alberta and Ontar&). However, many Reformers believe that provincial parties at this point would drain energy away fkom the drive Ministefs Office. Next
issue
Ml
towards
covemge
the PrinG of the
anti-
Refo~piotestduringthe 1~convmtion, and some insighthl commentary from Robertson and Russell on the htuteoftheRefomO’arty
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IMPRINT,
FEATURES
Friday, luly 12,1996
by=@-
Imprint staff
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here is nothing about the island of Alcatraz today that should attract visitors and It is a lonely scar of sandstone in the middle of San Francisco B?y, tourists. unnen4r& &se to the city for a one-time prison that housed the most iA.mous criminals of its day. Just over a mile from the teeming tourists at Fisherman’s Wharf, the island itself is largely populated by unsightly, crumbling buildings or ruins that mark where buildings once stood. In fact, most of the island is inaccessible to the public rather, simple length of chain suggest that visitors stay away from parts of the island. And vet, there is simply no denying the allure of Alcatraz. The island is as much a part of San F&&co as any of the city’s landmarks. It exerts a poweti attraction, luring 750,000 people each year to the most famous prison in the world. Fort
Akmaz
Although the reputation of Alcatraz is host exclusively on its use as a federal prison,& delclhtr~es (nmd by built
Spanish island)
explorers for the pelicans on the ws hhkdly settled as a military
post office and a bowling alley. The prison launch took the children to school every day and carried the adults to the town for an
evening’s entertainment. Although such an existence seemsobviously tiaught with peril, no families were ever harmed by any of the
Security was clearly the prison’s numtxr fortress to protect the bay. But this fmt, brief chapter in the history of Alcatraz is one concern, and the prison took immense just&ably forgotten. Although soldiers a~-- precautions to ensure it maintained a reputation of being escape proof. A tear gas rived on the last day of 1859 to garrison the system was built into the ceilings of the cell fan, along with over a hundred cannons, blocks, and metal detectors, wire tiesh, not a single shot was ever fued in defense of guard towers, high intensity lights, tool San Francisco Bay. The fort was evenmdy proof bars, electric doors and gun galleries converted into a military prison in 1861, were all introduced during the conversion and received its first prisoners during the of the island to a prison. However, it was Civil War. the icy water with its strong tide that proved Until the Spanish-American war, the ultimate obstacle to the prisoners who A.lcatraz’s inmate population was small. During the summer of 1898, it held fess managed to avoid the manmade traps. than 25 prisoners, but the Spanish-American war boosted the population to over No Escape fkom Alcatraz four hundred, and over the next twenty During the 29 years of the prison’s years, Alcatraz became too crowded and expensive a prison for the military to run. operation, there were over 14 escape atIn 1933, it was transferred to the newly tempts, in which 34 different men risked created Federal Bureau of Prisons. their lives to flee the rock. Almost all of the men were either killed or recaptured. Only The Rock two escape attempts could have been successfill. The combination of the Depression The first ofthese was the second escape and prohibition created a perfect climate attempt by Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe. for the growth of organized crime in the The afternoon ofDecember 16th was foggy, United States. The country’s most egreeven for San Francisco, when Roe and Cole gious criminals were more than the prisons of the day could handle. Even when incarcerated, the more notorious gangsters transferred their criminal activities to
with
F.B.I. With this type oi chaos, Alcatraz offered a viable solution: isolate all of the nation’s most powerful and influential crimi-
nals in a maximum security, minimumpritiege environment. Alcatraz was designed strictly for it+ punitive capabilities, with no real notion of rehabtitation. This was the new home of criminals l&e N Capone, Machine Gun Kelly and Robert Shroud (the i..darn~u~ BirdMan 0fAlcam.z who, contrary to popular myth, never had any birds while at Alcatraz).
In what seems the most bizarre aspect of l&e on Alcatraz, the guards’ wives and children lived on the island. A small community stived, with a grocery store, a
acres of helL Alcatraz shuts down
Ironically,
Francisco Bay,
the vicious waters of San which proved to be the
ultimate barrier against all escape attempts and ensure the prison’s essent.iaIly perfect record,
were
ultimately
its downfall.
As Frank Morris had proved, the saltwater was eating its way into the walls of the prison, allowing prisoners to dig in weeks what once would have taken years. Combined with the exorbitant cost of running the prison (its budget was twice that of any other Federal ptison), this caused Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary to be closed in 1963 by U.S. Attorney Generai Robert Kennedy.
The Occupation In 1969, the most bizarre and perhaps overlooked event in Alcatraz’ history took place. On November 9, a small group of Native Americans landed on Alcatraz to symbolically claim the land for the Indian people. Led by a young college student, Richard Oakes, a Mohawk Indian, what most
VVien I wasjinish~id looking around, I did
only
prison
breaks instead of bootlegging. The more notorious the CriminaI, the more likely that he would be sprung from the prison. While on parole in 3 933, John Dillinger masterminded the esc;ipe of ten inmates from the Indiana Stare Prison - all of them former members of his gang. Several months later, three of r&e escapees helped Dillinger escape from an Ohio prison, shooting a sheriff. Later that same year, Americans watched as an attempt by gangsters to release Frank Nash turned into a shoot-out
‘Ikehe
what most inmates would have killed me foT... I left Alcatraz a free man. escaped from the mat shop on the island. An etiensive search ensued, but they were never found. The only other possible successfL.l attempt was, ironically, the 13th such attempt, and also the basis for the Clint Eastwood movie Escape jxm A&atraz, Clarence and John Angiin and Frank Morris escaped by chipping away at the waiis in their cells, which had rotted away after years of exposure to the salty sea air. Morris andtheAngl.in brother&adcarefuUycrafted false heads, made out of soap, cement and hair gathered from the barbei’s shop. They were never found, and it was presumed that they
perished
in the bay.
The final escape attempt, proved
however,
that the bay was not an invincible
foe. John Paul Scott escaped iater in 1962, and managed to make it as far as the Golden Gate who
Bridge.
He was spotted
by teenagers
alerted the police. When Scott was found, he was suffering from hypothetia and was near death.
was initially a symbolic demonstration turned into a fLl.l occupation which lasted until June 11,197l. The occupation force was largerly made up ofIndian college students, led by Oakes. Almost immediately the native Americans organized themselves, establishing a council to facilitate sanitation, day-care, schc@ housing and cooking. They demanded the deed to the Island, a cultural center, a
university and a museum. By 1970, many of the students who part of the initial occupation Hi to return to school, and two groups rose in reaction to Oakes. Many non-Indians from the area also began taking up residence on the Island. The f&l blow to Oakes occurrcd m January 6, 1970, when his 13 year old stepdaughter fell down a stairwell to her death. Following her death, Oakes lef?theIslandandthetwocompetinggroups manoeuvred for control of the island.
were
Meanwhile, the government shut off all electrical power and removed the barge
which had provided
fresh water to the Indians. Three days iater a fire broke out on the island, destroying three buildings. The government blamed the Indians, the Indians blamed undercover infiltrators. As the social organizxion of the island fell apart, the Indian occupiers were forced to resort to drastic measures to stive. In an attempt to raise money allegedly began stripping
to buy food, they copper wiring
and copper tubing from the buildings for sale as scrap metal. Three of the occupiers were
arrested.
The press, which had been largelysympathetic toward the Indians, turned against them and began to publish stories of alleged beatings and assaults. Support for the Indians fell cirasticaliy. In January 1971, two oil tankers collided in the entrance to San Francisco Bay. Although it was admitted that the lack of light from Alca~az had no effect on the accident, then-President Nixon initiated a plan to remove the remaining protesters. On June 10, 1971, federal marshals, FBI agents and special forces p&cc removed the fifteen remaining men and women from the island. Although in terms of the initial demands of the Indians, the occupation could be considered a fdure, this event was a watershed of the American Indian protest movement in the Unired States. During the occupation, 48,000 acres of land were
returned to the Taos Indians and, later, a Native American university was established near the University of California at Davis. Alcatraz as theme park fier
Alcatraz’s
history
as a military
installation, a prison and a demonstration site, America did the only thing it knew to do: they started selling tickets to it. It is now a tourist attraction on the list ofWings to do in San Fran&con along with visiting Fisherman’s wharf, looking for drag queens and finding hippies in Haight-Ashbury. Ironically, the attracdon of Alcatraz is tha& unlike the any other tourist trap, there is no happy side to it. People died here, and what lives they lived were mostly, if not exchxively, miserable. In total, I spent less than three hours on the island - a short scnrencc indeed. When I was finished looking around, I did
who spent time killed me for. I handed over my return ticket to a park ranger, walked onto a boat and left the island of Aicamaz a free man.
what
most of the
on the island
inmates
would
have
byJameshsseU Imprint staff
L
ollapalooza ‘96. Who would have thought that the little alternative music festivai could have lasted so long? I’ve got news for you; it hasn’t. ‘l’he bands at Lollapalooza ‘91 expressed the hope that the tour generated a revived spirit of awareness and actitism,” so says the Lollapalooza web site. Today, the “awareness and activism” consists of one comer of one tent being devoted to a little -board with stats about toxic waste and rain forest destruction. The rest? Consumerism at its fmest. What else can you say about a concert where the one band that wants to sell its shirts for lessthan $30 is exiled to the farthest comer of the site? Rancid shirts were available at one little stand, beyond the second stage, beyond the myriad booths selling hempwear, bongs, and a wide assortment of peasant-made goods, for only $17. Every other band raked in the big bucks at the large, lit T-shirt stands strategically placed around the high trafiic areas. Not exactly alternative. Anyway, enough ranring. On with the show,
One word= Rock.
Psychotica opened up to a small crowd (it never really got that big -- rrn guessing most Metallica fans either grew up or died in farm machinerv-related accidents) witfi lead singer Patrick Briggs enveloped in clouds of yellow, red and green smoke. A strange punk,/ new wave halfbreed, Psychotica are actually pretty good, consideriq I had& heard anything by them prior to the show. After Psychotica, the soundman obviously had orders to drive people into the bazaar, and promptly accomplished that by putting on Oasis. The bazaar is only getting more boring. How many different stands of earrings and tiedyed t-shirts can one person reasonably appreciate in one tiernoon? One notable exception was the Marginal Distribution stand, selling various publications such as ‘The Re/Search guide to bodily fluids,” and “Screw the Roses, Send me theThorns: the romance and sexual sorcery of sadumasochism? Also of interest to some were “I*he Practid Guide to LSD Production,n and Indoor Marijuana
Horticulture.” The organizers
thou&&l
were also enough to add the
“Lost&Found, Information, Cigarettes” booth, where a pack of smokes could be had for a mere $5. The Screaming Trees were up next.
Another
old, well-estab-
lished act (like evervone else on the main stage except Rancid, Psychotica and those crazy monks), they proceeded to play a boring set, spruced up only by the extremely drugged bass player who insisted on mumbling incoherentlv into the mic andswearing a lit. Finally, an act I was eagerly anticipating, the Shaoiiq Monks. This is not a funny name for a band, these guys are real monks, from somewhere’ in China (Shaolin perhaps?), and they’ve got the Hari Krishna robes to prove it. An announcer explained that they harness energy that they get from either heaven above or the earth below which lets them withstand incredible forces, The act was broken into several parts, with the Crst guy doing some incredible acrobatics that need to be seen to be believed. Man, these guys can jump so high and move so fast, they would kick ass in the NBA While they’re at it, they could teach. Dennis Rodrnan a few manner& Other monks did wapons demos, and then one -of &em comes out to break a cast-iron bat over his own head. He meditated for a minute, and the veins start popping out in his head and his face, and then Wham! Monks 1, iron bar 0. Rancid came out to choke on the dust of the huge mash pit that star&up. (Note:-donotfaildown in the Molson Park mosh pit. The grass has been replaced with usertiend.ly gravel, and’cablesto and fkom the sound board and the stage have been buried in a concrete tube that is topped with currugated iron!) By f;ir the liveliest band there (perhaps because theyke the you&x),&e members ofRa&id were airbornemost of the the, while’ pumping out some fuckin’ A pt+ik rock. Not surprisingly, they dedicated a song to the Ramones, their idols and the only reason hey joined the Lollapalooza be-up this year (according to Lars Frederiksen). CkAngwith”Ruby SoHo,“Rancid left the crowd sweaty, tired and hungry for more. Despite being scheduled next, the Ramones didn’t come out. Instead, it was the fmystery acq”
Toll can never unwtimate Fen, Randd which turned out to lx the Violent Femmes. IXmmrn, what happens when you take a bunch of punks, work them up with a little Rancid, lead them to believe the Ramones are next, and toss out the Violent Fexnmes instead? Three
guesses,
and the first
two
don’t count. They get pelted with water bottles, and, like parents on vacation, they threaten to turn around and go home. Personally, it wouldn’t have made a lot of difference to me. I’ve heard all the old ones before (yes, they phyed “Add it up”) and they didn’t seem to have anything new to offer the crowd, Finally, the Ramones. ccOnetwothreefour!n Playing a solid set of old favourites and a f&7 more recent numbers (Yet Sematary” and 5pider-Man”) the Ramon= rocked hard. With little or no discernible pauses between songs,
their
40 m.inute
set cun-
sistfxi of about 40 dif5xent songs. Somehow,
&spice
the
seeming
physical impossibility, they actually play f;lster live than they do in the studio! Welcome to the shrine of beer!said Chris Cornell, as Soundgarden took the stage at Ulapalooza again (they played in ‘92 as well). I sincerely hope
a
they had been drink& because tbeonlyotherexp~tionfortb& assholishbehaviourwouldbtti. thcv’rc assholcs. ‘Playing every single frorr Badmotlrrfinp, Soundgardcr worked hard at boring the crowd They did this mostly by corn. p1etelystandingstil& atthoughthq shook it up a bit by wandering around lethargically and occasionally turning their backs to the audience. The bass player went so far as to spit at the crowd! Hcv guys, ifit’s so much damn trouble being rock stars, don’t bother. The show dosers were Metallica. James Hetfield came on stage and regaled the crowd with his acid wit. “Yeah? Yeah? So fuckin’ what!” One has to wonder, are these guys really so stupid, or do they just play up to their stupid audience? Either way, the crowd (those who remained) loved it. “Repeat after me,” says Hetfield a little later. Y don’t g&e a shit! No, I don’t think you mean it. One more time! I don't give a shit!!”
Despite some band members’ black eyeliner and nail polish, Metaka really haven’t changed where it count; the music. The!still haven’t realized that Spinal TRp w a joke. Bitch.3 ~010s anyone?
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bangers and bike gang members there to checkout this yeah hadliner, Metallica. Lollapalooza ‘96 is a very different beast from previms incarnations, andthings may never be the same again. To start with, the ticket price jumped this year from an almost reasonable $35 to a whopping $50 Admittedly, you do get eight main stage acts, six second stage acts, and various other sundry ata-actions and distractions for that price, but it still feels like a lot of money when you’re standinglooking at your meagre bank baiance. Ifyou want to add a T-shirt to your memories of the event, that will cost you another $30 for any of the main stage acts or the generic Loliapalooza event shirts. Second stage acts were permitted to sell their fan-ware for closer to half that price, averaging around $17 pershirt. Main stage act Rancid decided that, in keeping with their punk upbringings, they didn’t want to gouge their fans, and so asked to be able to seU their shirts for less than the $30 of other main stage aa. They were allowed to do this, but only ifthey restricted their sales to the stall beside the second sfa%e, on the fx side of the park from the main stage. Lollapalooza organizers apparently have a rather skewed view of the concept of fair play. Equally perturbing was the discovery that, in order to obtain any food inside the park, you first had to exchange your real money for Lollap&oia food tickets. While this may seem to be a perfectly reasonakle practice, it 1;ads to certain situations in which onlv the fan can lose. If you were tti buy, say, 10 food tickets, and then only use 8 of those tickets during the event, you would be left holding the other two tickets, which are effectively uselessto you, while the event organizers hold on to your money,‘for which they have given you nothing at all. Doesn’t this just give you a warm fuzzv feeling of well-being towards the forces behind Lullapalooza? This year’s main stage line up was an odd ti of acts. In keeping with Lollapalooza tradition (and&G was aboutthe only thing that did), attempts were made to provide sotiething of at least vague interest to everyone. Here, then, are the highlights and lowlights of this year’s festival. First, the art-rock band Psychotica from New York. Not very impressive, they came across like the musical equivalent of an Arnold Schwarzenegger f2m: lots of flash, but very little real content. While this isn’t always a bad thing, it made. for a very dull opening act, which became easy to ignore price the concert attendees got beyond the bizarre appearance of the lead singer and the profusion of colo& smoke bombs. It’s very hard to take a guy striding around on stage in a silver jump suit and body paint very seriously. The act which will undoubtedly become the surprise hit of the tour were the Shaolin Monks &om central China. R.an@ng in age from 6 years to 76 years old, l
James
Hetfield;
ah-native
to intelligence.
by AJ Kelly special to Imprint rice again, the forces of Corporate Rock stomp forth. to bludgeon the minds of youths all across North America. Yes kids, it’s time for another fun-filled episode of
0
Loilapalooza, the annuai aitemative rock romp for fms and freaks eveqwhere. This year’s episode, though, contained onlv a fraction of the traditionally large quota of freaks. Where could all of those deLightMy gloomy souls have gone? Well, they were probabl) scared away by the crowds ofhead
soundg;ltQn’s Ben Shepherd takes a ~RAC from spitting at the mwd to do something entertaining for once.
&tnci& they didn’t whine, swear or spit on the crowd, and they wanted to sell their shirts for a reasonable price. Obviously, they’ve got a long way to go before bcxoming rock stars. they put on an absolutely breathtakingdisplayofku.ngf&.ndgymnastics that impressed even the most jaded concert goers. Highlights included a monk shatteringa cast iron bar across his head, another monk leaning his full weight on two spear points centred at his throat while his fellow monks broke a granite slab on his back, and a M.l cast demonstra-don of the traditional weapons of these kung h monks. An additional neat was seeing the oldest monk wandering around later with his camera, having his picture taken with some of the stranger audience members. Extreme culture shock as a form of entertainment. LollapaJooza marks the final tour for punk grandparents the Ramones, and it’s obvious that a lot of people were there to catch a last glimpse of these three-chord icons. Long before they even stepped on stage, the crowd was pressing eagerly against the security barricades. While they played for just under an hour, this was sufficient to run through most of their back catalogue. If you got distracted for a second, you probably missed two or three songs right there. The set included such
iected long before they debuted any of their new material or appeared in public sporting their new alternative rock credibility hair cuts, so why, oh why, were they chosen to headline this year’s tour? Were The Who asking too much? Was Neil Young busy? While they don’t quite qualify as the most pretentious band in the world (yet), they certainly aren’t far txhind the current title holders, their good friends Oasis. The long hair may be gone, they may be sporting pier+ and eye liner, but they are still the same old metal band, the sort of commercial .pap that Ulapaboza was meant to be separate from. A few thousand sheep-like headbangers shaking their fists in the air does nothing for any attempts the band may be making to shake the label of corporate trash rock. In the dictionm that festival founder Perxv Far&l looked in,
long
recent
absent
songs
as “Chinese
Rocks” and U53rd & 3rd,” but curiously Iacked anything from their
last three albums. The headliners for th.k year’s fatival were Metaka. Just who in the hell chose them, anyway? Bear in mind that they were se-
Lollapaboza’had
two
meanings
:
something different or unique. and a rea.Uybig sucker (loLlipop, . While he undoubtedy intended that &e annual to&& festival should be associated wi& the first definition, it is becoming increasingly clear that the big record Label money behind the incarnations
of
Lollapalooza would prefer the second definition. Tune in next year when we can expect prospective headliners to include the retumof&eDavidIzRothhnted Van HaIen the reunited BeatIes, and Michael Bolton.
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Closer totheEdge Edgefest ‘96
Rod Stewart makes a surprise
appkrance
at Edgefest ‘96. photos
E&efest
format
where
people
are not rel-
M&m Park Sunday, June 30
egated to individual seats. On the second stage, the only groups I saw were Weeping Tile and Rusty, who put on decent by Peter zakxzewski performances. The second stage’s special to Imprint sound quality was disappointing when compared with that of the main stage; the hss ws turned up too high and often drowned olsonPa.rkinBtiewas the home this year’s to out the bands’ vocals. gathering of some of The first band to hit the main Canada’s premier %l-ter-nafiven stage was Big Sugar. Unfortuaa at Edgefat ‘96. Hosted by nately, the only song that I recog102.1 the Edge, the 32,000 fm nized was their set closer, “Ride who withstood the humidity and Like Hell.” sweltering heat were treated to an Next up was one ofthe crowd okay show. Groups such as The favorites of the day, Ashley , Tea Party, Our Lady Peace and Ma&ax, who managed to main5440 were the headliners of the tain his up-tempo show for the event, but in the Canpop music entire 50 minute set despite wearscene, with its predictable, oneing long pants and a hooded dimensional so&i, I a barely sweatshirt during the hottest petell many of the lesser-known riod of the day. For his second groups apart. I3 Engines, Killjoys, song, he was joined by Canadian Rusty, they all pretty much sound folk singer Mary Jane Lamond to the same to me. One group notaplay his current single, Weepy bly absent from the show was Maggie.” One surprising addition Sloan, who have one of the largest was a cover of The Bee Gees’ following of all the Canpop “Stavin’ Alive.” His version had groups. It shodd be noted that no &cals, but the high-pitched there were no American bands vocals of the original were emuthis year, a change from Edgefests lated nicely by the violin. He ended ’ of the past. the set with a high-energy version
M
Considering
that
last year’s
show at the Molson Atnphitheatre had a much lower attendance, it should be obvious to the show’s : promoters that this tvpe of concert should remain i&he festival
of “The
Devil
in the
Kitchen,”
which left the crowd buzzing with excitement. That excitement was quickly squelched with the dull, standstill act of the Killjoys, followed
by Scott Preston
by the even duller 13 Engines. Both groups played a collection of their past hits as well as songs off their most recent albums. For me, these two groups define the Canpop sound -- catchy hocks and simple lyrics, but Lacking any real substance or talent. I Mother Earth provided a more up-tempo Mood, coming on stage and diving into a rockin version of their current single, “One More Astronaut.” Later on, the group played what I think is their best song, “Not Quite Sonic,” from the albumfit& The songwaswasperformedinaHiplike fashion, with IME dividing the song in halfand playing a new song in the middle. They didn’t pu.llitoffaswellastbeHipdo with their songs wew Orleans Is Sinking” and CCAC the 100th Meridian” at their live shows. This was because most people weren’t expecting IME to start back into “Not Quite Sonic” -- most had assumed the song had tihed. A song that uses a loud-soft-loud progression, such as “Rain Will Fall,” would have been a better choice for integrating a song into the middle. The band finished their set with an excellent version Of"Levitaqn also fiomD@. 54-40, a group whose albums have gotten progressively worse over the last few years, were next on the main stage. The band made a good choice in playing a lot of
their older songs, such = setopener Y Go Blincd,““Baby Ran,” and “One Gun,” instead of playing mostly new material as most groups are apt to do. Our Lady Peace had the biggest foLlo&g of all the bands, and they didn’t disappoint. From the first chords of uHope,” they had the crowd jumping, and kept it in the palm of their hand throughout the rest of their high energy set. They decided to use the rather large crowd to test out their new material, which went over relatively. well. Two of the new songs played were TrapezP and “Car Crash,” which will probably be included on their next album. As with all ur&miliar materid, it was hard for the crowd to be excited when they couldn’t sing along, but the songs garnered decent applause. A definite crowd pleaser was a cover of Neil Young’s “Needle and the Damage Done.” This was a perfect interlude to their closing “Naveed.” During the song, singer &tine held the microphone out to the crowd to sing the Yt’s gone, it’s gone, it’s gone” part for a good minuteortwountilthebandbroke back in with reckless abandon. They ended the sp43ztacuIa.rset withthefinalchocusofWaveed.* Thisbandwasdefhitelythehighlight of the day. The final group of the day
was the Tea Patty. They rock4 through their 80 minute set, as bycombiningtheirDoors-ishlcn and Zeppelin-esque sound, cx ated a different ambience fro hat of the other groups. Thei was a bmodkg, mysterious moo was highlighted &ectively by pulsating and mcsmcrizir lightshow. The opener, uA Cp tain Slant oflight,” from+W S&s, provided an eerie previe for what was to folow. As tt song gained momentum, the Tc Party hit their groove, which ca ried through the rest of the se and included songs such as ‘? Bazaar” and “Fire in the Head bothfiomtheirlatcstrele2se. The pre-encore set came to a clos with one of their oldest and mc eclectic songs, “Save Me,” whit clocked in around nine minute An enthusiastic crowd brc~@ them back on stage for one h song, “Sister Awake,” which w; delivered with a small twist. In a unqect3Ximovc,theysmrtadkrt Vhrt.,” by Nine Inch Nails, the finished off the restof their song Ina&itwasagoodpchrmanc byagroupthatscemstobc@ i.ng a stroqx and more dcha sound as they mature. The night ended with a shor minute flfeworlcs display to ccl ebrate Canada Day, and the gath ering went home knowing ti they had fkll value for their $25
You can tell by the way he fiddles that he’s a woman’s
man
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How I learned to stop worrying and love Independence Day Inde endence Day din-m
B ly Roland
Emme&
playing at Waterloo Cinema by Sandy Atwval Imprint staff rested with a penchant for quantity over quality, the Holly-wood Blockbuster C has sadly, but undeniably become the bread and butter of the American film industry. Masterful directors who managed to atuact both critical acclaim and box office receipts have largely gone the way of Wilder and Welles and we are barraged every summer with the same unimaginative, formulaic summer dross. However, there are always exceptions to the rule. tion,
TmSaatm as was
2 was an excepAliens, and now
frlmgoers can add Itidtrpendence Day to that list. These aren’t wellscripted films about the human condition with a social conscience, these are films with a sense offlash and style in a constant battle of
oneupmanship, trying to prove that sometimes, bigger is better. Those who dismiss Independmcc Day on the basis of its atig or its plot are truly missing the forest for the trees. To witness the convincing destruction of the Empire State buiiding and complain about Will Smith’s acting is to ignore the satire of Dr. Strangelove and complain that the scene of Major Kong riding a nuclear warhead “looks fake.” It’s akin to bemoaning the lack of nutritional content in a slice of chocolate cheesecake. Tobesure,thefilmhasmany, many strikes against it. The acting
ranges from barely tolerable to unbearable. Bill Pullman as President of the United States is, shall jve say, not a total af%ront to the senses,but Jeff Goldblum’s hackneyed scientist-with-a-conscience character (i lane Fly, Puwder and Jwassic Park) is difficult to watch without wishing that one of the aliens would rip his sermonizing head off. However the movie quu movie (as opposed to special effects vehicle or American propaganda) is not totallywithout merit. The inclusion ofthe Roswell, New
Mexico myth is wholly apt, even clever, and Brent Spiner is well cast as Roswell’s head nerd. The initial half hour of the film is surprisingly suspenseful. As the colossal ships (classic flying saucers, of course) move to hover over the earth’s major cities, and the foolish
humans
slowly
come to terms with what’s happening, the audience feels a genuine sense of excitement as the moment of mass annihilation ap-
. . .and there was much nzjoicing.
proaches.
(using a PowerMac, no less) is in many ways the typical ending. This is Luke Skywalker on his final run to destroy the Death Star in a “there’s only a one chance in a milLion that this will work and if we faii it’s the end of the world” sort of way. But at the same time, there’s a subtle race consciousness surprising in this type of Holly-
Sensibly, most of the inhabitants of the selected cities get the hell out of Dodge; the ones who stay behind out of stupidity or anticipation are, bf course, obliterated. The only truly original variation in this War of the Wwlh remake (the film’s obvious -- but unofficial -- surrogate mother) is the replacement of the virus that afflicted Wells’ mart&s with a computer virus. Cute, but getting this virus on board the mother ship tends to stretch the emaciated plot even thinner. This final suicide run to infect the alkns with the computer virus
graphic by Sandy
wood
McNarland w/ Jcratching Post Voicano Friday, July
5
by Patrick W&s Imprint stafr Surprising number of indie-types lefi the club A mn tier Scratching Post fished. Perhaps M&k&r& status as“MCA recording artist” gave bad vibes. It’s not:McNarland’s fault that she’s become somewhat of a commercial radio favourite. She’s earned it; the twenty-one year old Vancouverite has been playing the club scene for over five years, and to her credit, her debut EP Sour Pie holds back nothing. MCA thinks it can sell, while her fans are attracted co McNarland’s honesty. Still, whenever her band goes
electric, it leans suspiciously towarhs a sound not unlike that of Alanis.Alanisbutwithactualmed&i&y, mind you, but the electric songs stiU had that “Hey, lo&, grrrls can be pissed off too” ait.rawk attitude. Fortunately, acousticallydriven songs like first single “Stormy bring out the best in McNarland: the acoustic guitar has an unsynthesizabk vulnerabilitv, and her voice was released into a SOL&I drawl, like a stormy bayou wail. Like Nicole Hughes from Scratching Post, McNarland is a woman confronting her insect& ties by exposing them in public. The two, however, take d.ifFerent tacks in the same struggle. Hughes’ voice belies her words; even while screaming “Motherfucker!” she sounds like a child struggling to be heard
We’re not watching the blonde hair, blue eyed hero save the day. This time, it’s the dynamic duo of the black Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum the Jew. While it is easyto dismiss this as another shameless ploy, it’s also dif5cult to think of any American film in
overtop of her band’s eardrumslamming metal attack. Scratching Post’s music strikes like a knife point; Hughes’ vocals ensure that the blade doesn’t sink too deeply. McNarland is more straightforward. Her music, her voice, and her lyrics all build on her mood. a Me
She sounds
d+73d0a~e Day, about evil aliens attacking the planet, must be slightly brain damaged to not expect the typical jingoism and hu-
bris evident in most . things American. XT xes, we wq au tne -rmportam characters live, there is much shouting and rejoicing and the last scene evokes that Superbowlwinning spirit (handily ignoring the mass carnage &at the film f-es on for the previous ninety 11.1
schiock.
- Scratch on,this! Holl
which a black and a Jew saved the day, and the f3m deserves some credit for that. - Anyone walking into an American film in 1996 calledIn-
a little bit rock,
bit “alternative,” a little bit foIk and country and punk, and covers everything with a powerfid voice. She’s angry at men; she isn’t satisfied with her life; she wishes she could be better. Etc. The point i.s,that tier watching McNarland for an hour one first pit& her, then likes her, and finally, respem her. That’s the highest goal a musician can aim for, andMcNarland accomplishes h. If she can sell a few albums along the way, so much the better. The major label hdustry deserves a shot of credibility.
minutes>.
Novel edihg,
character de-
Atwal
velopment, acting style and plot twists are all valid points of discussion for most films, but that’s just not whacI&+&ncc Day is about. It’s about blowing up the Empire Sate building and desctoying the White House and aliens and lasers and rockets and huge explosions and death and destruction
on an unprecedented
1 ‘I scare. It may tx mature, 1
be unimaginative
l
but@Azmn
it may it
looks good. To complain about the other aspects of the movie is to state the bloody obvious and engage in faux movie-critic posturing; an activity unnervingly common among university students.
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Ghosts Machine in the Garden w/State of Grace suvdypf Gurden Sunday, by Klaus Imprint
T
he black-clad
June Stedea staff
hordes
had
been waiting for this show for ages. The Machine in the Garden was finally in Toronto. On a rainy June nighg the air thick with the smell of Cloves and eyeliner, the morbid muhitudes crowded into Toronto’s Savage Garden to finally witness the Machine in the Garden. For those of you u.nf&niliar with the band, they are a duo Out Of the US consisting of one Roger Fraci and one Eartha Harris, and one of
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the best things to cross the border in the last ten years. They are fresh, passionate, real, and quite simply, brilliant. One fact I should preface this review with is that this show was promoted primarily over the Internet. I first heard about it there; it was posted to more than one net.goth mailing list; there were people at the show from as far away as Boston. (And 1 thought Deadheads were dedicated!) Local Ministry wanna-be’s State of Grace hit the stage at about 10 o’clock. Although they sufFered from sound mouble (incompetent sound man), that still didn’t excuse them from being noisy, too loud, and generally irritating. Though they do get some redemption points from me for playing a decent Joy Division
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cover. MerAlly, they didn’t occupy the stage for more than fortyfive tiutes. Then, fmally, after the whole weekend, the anxious moments at the border, various Other delays and distractions, the Machine in the Garden took to the stage. I’ve never had the pleasure of seeing them before, but given the opportunity again, I’d be there in a second. They put on a great show. The Savage Garden, despite being designed remarkably like a corridor, is a good venue as far as sound goes, and the club’s ambience speaks for itself’. Dark and spooky, the walls coveredwitll Giger-esque collages and disturbing photos, it is the petiect atmosphere for a guth band. The Machine stage was adorned with white wrappings, like a mummy
had exploded there the night before, with Roger and Eartha lurking amongst the veils and shadows. Despite being a self-described studio band, they work well as a live act. They played some of their old stuff, including the superb “Touch of Heaven,” “Sleep of Angels,” “Cry Gocls,” “Cut Me,” and “Heavenly Air,” but they played mostly new material. Actually,
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officially released one El? and one compilation tra* most of the show was new material to a large part of the audience. Sadly, they did nOt play two songs that 1 really wanted to hear -- “Bloody Murder” and “Machinery” -- but then, tha<s the breaks. As for performance, Eartha did most of the voca.k~ with Roger limiting
himself to just a few songs 3, back-up vocals. And while she does have stellar voice, one that ranks wi Siouxsie Sioux or Gitane Demo, Roger is no slouch either. T; harmonies worked well, rernifll cent of the legendary March Vi lets. He has great stage presenl as well, stalking about the stal and in the audience, menacig like Dr. Frankenf&ter’s young and spookier brother. The crowd was very muc into the whole thing, swaying I the slow sm.& and dancing to t’ upbeat stuf!F. They closed with piece fiorn Roger’s MFA thesi I?nvnetbm und IO, 70’s Depa ture,” once again demonstrati Eartha’s vocaI prowess and lea1 ing their audience in breathle: silence.
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pprotiately two weeks ago, on the urging of a A ‘end acting in the Blythe Theatre festivalm I went to see Barndarrce Liw, a production abOut famed local radio station CKNX whose 1950’s heyday was achieved through its exposure of local musical talent and weekend broadcasts from various regional dance halls. Started by entrepreneur and radio lover LLD~~n Cruickshank, CKNX enjoyed massive popularity turning the small news station into a list&g mecca for country lovers all over the region. Surviving members from the era were interviewed by the cast whowrotetheplaysixweeksprior Live or Barndance Ime?? to its opening. Bum&act LtpG Is that Earndance has enjoyed massive popularity photo by James %&ing hrn audiences who recall the days of CKNX. This I tes* to personfblly enjoying the show. Yet con brdering on the sentimenti. dy, as I was the youngest audiAn absence of script among sidering the great job that the cas ence member in attendance by thecast -- who chose to sketch the did to recreate a long forgotteabout 50 years. The performance and other wise dead time era, les: play mentally -- has led to a conof the play by mostly Toronto of the music would have given tit stantly changing version of the actors and first time Blythe peropportunity for more audience play, the only drawback being formances was both comedic and occasional flubs in lines. The main generated emotion other than nos. f&h, though many of the jokes fault in this play exists with the talgia. All told, though, this show if were lost on audience members abunciance of music over dialogue. unaware of of the history of Though strung musical per- worth seeing if you are open CKNX. Strong performances minded enough to allow yoursel: formances existed (espedallyhir~ were made by the cast who pre- local to be transported back into an er: fiddle player Anne dominantly assumed the characLedexman, who expertly recrethat is foreign to most of us. I. ter roles of the country musicians you’re not a big fan of old-ti. ated the sounds of fiddle legend who worked for the ~v~lling ra- Al Chemey), and the feeling of country music, hopefully you car dio show. see a performance that consists o: being an audience participant durMany comedic situations inless music than the one T sauring the original shows also exXf this pla\r sets the standarc volving the musicians who strugisted, the music overload degled to maintain careers and notracted fkom the show for me. for the My&e festival’s othel shows, then the sleepy village o: toriety were both amusing and That could be because, unlike the Blythe is definitely in a leagut entertaining, as were the various audience, I was unaware of the love interests which helped create songs and the history attached to with Stratford and other theatrl, many. touching scenes without Cal towns. them, which prevented me from
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he night began with a set of musical spasms from a band called Squiml. Elaine Secord, lead vocalist, sent the crowd into fits of ear-kissing musical frenz\r as she belted out tunes. Squirm’s best quality is their abilin? to shift from soft soothing music to pumped-up jazzv * hvste” ria without falrering. Even without kevboardistand trumpet piaver, B.J. Everhart, the band managed to please the crowds with their creative encrg! and captivating sound. Days tier the c0ncert 3 can still hear the appreciative cat calls of one especialk . enthusiastic Squirm fan as
she religiously ftied out the spaces between SC&S with her cheers. By the time the Wild Strawberries came t0 the stage, a diverse crowd of university-goers and youngish working profession-
als had filled the bar. Lead vocalist, Roberta Carter Harrison? greeted the crowd by launching right into “Careful” and “The Way It Goes.” Afterwards, she remarked, ‘Thanks very much for coming out on this hot summer evening.” She then went on to add that she wouldn’t be able to do her moves due to the tightness ofher Lme green f&e leather pants. IMost songs performed last Saturday were from The Wild Strawberries’ newest albumHeroinc. The title track from this album began with an ear-pleasing, quasi-vacuum cleaner extended mix. Then Roberta proceeded to WI-& a vacuum cleaner from backstage before an intense session of vacuum-cleaning as she sang. After the song ended, the band members exchanged knowing smirks and evervone thanked Roberta
The animated stage antics definitely made up for the lack of grooving bodies on the dance floor. Nearing the finale of the concerr, Roberta actually ordered a martini and had the drink handdelivered to center stage. For the encore, the band plaved “Ever\rone Loves You
for cleaning the stage. The Wild Strakvberries engage their audience bvI interacting nfittr them in creative and curious ways. For example, half waj through the show, Roberta shared an anecdote from the last time the band was in Waterloo. She men-
I&en You’re .Dead” as well as covers of “JoIxuw Come Home” from the Fine Y&ng Cannibals and “It’s the Night Life Baby” b! the Cars. As the crowd hollered for more, Carter Harrison politely thanked the crowd for coming out and urged the crowd to
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Tuesday, June 28 by Klaus Skden Imprint staff
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t’s not every day a band with this big an underground fol~&.ng shows up in Kitchener. It’s not every day I go see one, either, but that’s beside the point. When I first saw the promo poster, I seriously doubted the veracity, but signed up to do the gig anyway. And if you weren’t there, you really missed something. Before I stop and tell you how the show was, I’d like to’say a few words about moshing. I am, by now, %o cool to mosh,” but I’ve noticed in red:ent years the return of the usurvivaI of the fittest” mosh pit ethic. It starred out that way, witb the toughest surf punk still star&rg, but over the years evolved into a place where folks other,
weren’t out to kill one anbut rather bounce around
and have fun. However, the last few times I’ve been anywhere near a pit, I’ve starred to see the “hefell-down-SO-I’Il-step-on-him-at-
titude” making a comeback. It used to be that the person beside you was vour buddy; if he fell down, the pir stopped while vou hauled his ass back up, and&e same with YOU.These days,. this is not the case. Even so, I wasn’t in mosh wear (try mashing in a skirt sometime, people!) anyway, so that’s why I’m sitting and bitching about it. This was an interesting gig to
tioned a fan who brought her a painting of his perfect heroine. After telling this story, she catapulted into the next song by saving, ‘You’d better tell that g& not to touch me where my thinking turns to circumstance.” It seems that Roberta not only likes to incorporate lyrics into her banter with the crowd but she ;ilso enjoys trying to shock the audience.at every oppotity. Surprisingly,
“pick up a tube top on the way out. n This finale characterizes the essence of the band’s philosophy.
The Wild S~awberriesnever seento take things too seriouslv ahi they aIu,avs cajole the audicnci in& having fun with their music
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point Chris Randallstepped down be at. There were the hardcore god-u, the industrial kids, the from the monitor and paused to punks, the teenyboppers, and say hi. There was much rejoicing. even a few aider folks. The introThe promo posters said this was the Vurn: Loud” tour. The duction of the bands was a bit surreal; I thought I was watching promo posters were right. De“Bad Lieutenant” for a second... spite showing off his virtuosity on %0’s got a tattoo on their ass? the keyboard, Chris Randall spent C’mon, first one to show me their most of his time purring as much ass wins a t-shirt.. .” but that was adrenaline into this one as he over quickly. Thank God. could, with exceUent versions of Drill hit the stage first, bringyour favourite SMG songs like “Addiction,” and “Nothing,” as ing with them a lot of hair, The guitarist, drummer, and bassist well as stufTfrom the new album, all had hair down to their nipples. “Bum,” “I3etter Than Me,” and The lead singer, however, was a Visease,” and even paused to go strange character. Her on-stage crowd surEng a few times while presence was incredibly sensual, Pat Sprawl showed us exactlyhor~ and sexual. Dressed in leathrr good a guitarist he is. pants and a glittery skin-tight Af&r they played “Nothing,” blouse, she spent the set singing, Chris paused once more to to screaming, cooing, and seducing the crowd, this time about&&& the audience. She reminded me Ibnbat, and show off “Deeper of a sexier Lesley Rankine, and Down,” the song they have on the had she not spent the set telling us soundtrack to the upcomi.ngMli: their stuff was on sale over at the n. merchandise, Drill probably As the show proFessed, he would have been more firn to spent more time bantering with watch. the crowd, ranting a bit about But then, I wasn’t there to see Mu&Music (‘You may see this Drill. video on Mu&Music if you’re Based on SMG’s studio stuff, real fLckin’ lucky!“) before launchI was expecting a machine-driven ing into “Hole in the Ground.” two man band; I was a bit surAt this point, they stopped. prised to see four band members The lights, the samples, everyall plaving real instruments, no thing. It just stopped. Ail eyes m&&es, the electronics limited now on him, Chris Randall began to only the light show and the odd a discourse on industrial music. sample. To those of you who know nothThis band rakes no prisoners. ing abut Wa.x.Irax! records, all When Sister Machine Gun hit the of its signees were there because of their deep committment to stage, it begged for mercy. They stormed right at the excited crowd, music, and their dislike for the starting with “Overload,” then music industry. right into “Not My God,” not Sister Machine Gun is one letting up for five songs, at which such a signee. He began to discuss
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the “success” and LLmainstream crossover potential” that indusuiai music now (according toBillbocwd magazine) has, given the successof bands like Gravity Kills and Stabbing Westward, whom he roundly dissed. Heclidn’tins&Filter(“Ihave a buddy in Filter... so... they’re, they’re.. . okay.. .“). He continued his tirade, (to the displeasure of a few anxious mashers) adding that “industrial music is dead,” and that (again, according to BtDhard) “the next ‘big’ music scene
will be rap? So, it was time for them to sell out,
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all the kids. Atwhichpoint, totheamusement of some and confusion of others, they played IL C&l J’s u (Mama Stid) Knock You Out.” The song over, the lights killed, they lefi stage, ieaving the crowd listening to Devo &d hoping for the encore that didn’t happen. Still, in spite of this, it was an excellent show and I expect tosee you d there next time, dammit! going
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