1996-97_v19,n25_Imprint

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The University of Waterloo Student Newspaper Friday, January 3 1, 1997

Volume 19, Number 25

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Big Sugar w/ Jordan Patterson and the DC Hurricane

mm Thursday, January 23

by Amberlee Howlett

Imprint staff

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anada's &st dressed and loudest band rocked the Lyric last Thursday night. That's right, the Lyric -a great concert-ping alternative from the usual venue just don.:^ the street. "We like our new home in Kitchener," commented the dapper Gordie Johnson who was decked out in his typical Hugo Ross attire, slicked back 'do and shades. Jordan Patterson and the DC Hurricane jammed out their James Brownish bluesy tunes with many ta..ty licks as they prepared the crowd for Big Sugar. Although they were obviously not concerned with their image and appearance (those snake skin cowboy boots have got to go), something the incomparably classy Big Sugar have become known for, Jordan Patterson and the DC Hurricane easily jogged old fans' memories about what Big Sugar used to sound like - the 500 Pounk sound. So what is the Big Sugar sound now? Heavy-duty rock, blues, reggae, hnk, rockabilly, power pop - loud guitar howling through an amplifier on the verge of blowing up. And even louder is what the audience got after Gordie complied to a request to turn it up. A broken string (on one of the six guitars used during the show) and a snapped drum stick didn't even make the boys or audience blink twice. Gordie didn't even take a break until an hour and twenty minutes into the set to swig some ginger ale. Paul Brennan took a short leave from the skins to fan down Kelly Hoppe (touted as the band's multi-instrumentalsecret weapon) and reggae bassist Gany Low was groovin' steadily all night. The precision and tightness of these musicians were astounding as they rocked the crowd for more than two hours. The bombastic rock show left older fans missing the hush of the crowd during "Wild Ox Moan" and the other traditional blues songs that appear on500 PounAr like "Sugar in My Coffee." The younger fans, on the other hand, were overwhelmed by the performance which was dominated with heavy songs from their fourth album Hemi- Vision like "Diggin' a Hole" and "If I Had My Way." They pummeled each other in

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a moshmg fienzy. This crowd was so busy doing its own thmg, no one even noticed when Gordie hinted that "no one paid cover tonight to get kicked in the head." The guy bleeding fiom the corner of-his eye probably wished the crowd had heeded to the hint. I guess the barricades and security guards manning the stage weren't as unnecessary as I initially thought. Well, one security guard's persistence at pissing off a certain press member by intentionallyobstructingthe view of the band and attempting to get his huge head in every picture instead of controlling the damn crowd was a little unnecessary. The stimulating Big Sugar experience should not be missed, but act fast because it won't be long before these guys are arena-bound -they're playing loud enough to be heard in an arena already.

IN PRINT NEWS: Tuition revenues are down this

year,

conmbudng to a projected $9 million deficit next year................................................................. P W ~

FORUM: University System has had it with grip-

ing ex-student..................................................page 10

FEATURES: The Special Olympics: In Canada for the first time ............................................Page 18

SPORTS: Hockey Warriors solidify stranglehold on first place in the Far West...........................page 19 SCIENCE: The hture of computers - is it the death of society?........................................... Page 15

RTS: Our Lady Peace and the return of


ell, that’s too bad. Due to stringent copyright laws, none of these characters will ever appear in IMPRINT, But that’s okay, who needs ‘em? Not us, We know that the next Hank Ketchum or Mort Walker is right here on campus. If you’re interested in having your comic published in IMPRINT, come on down to Student Life Centre room 1116 and you might just be UW’s very own Johnny Hart+

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N EE ss Tuition: revenue down, fees up? by Natalie Imprint

enrollment at UW down by about 15 per cent. A possible explanation for these deciincs is that upgrading one’s education bv. taking correspondence or parttime studies no longer guarantees a salary increase. Fur-

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ecreased enrolment in the 1996-97 school year Gounts fi>r a $1 million deficit in rhis year’s _ thcr, rnanV fxulties have limited the number of courses budget, UW announced last week. Student tuiavailable I$ correspondence, due to the difkulty in gcttion fees were budgeted for $50,144,000 in revenue, but ting facult);memb&-s to teach the courses. For insGncc,&e are now expected to generate only $49,150,000, Although on-campus undqyxduate wrollment is mblc, with even more firs’t year students enrolled this year rhan last, the problem tics in other areas. Approsim&el! one-third of the tuition rc\‘cnuc sfiortM comes from the dccrcascd enrol1mcnt of intcrnxional students. Gow-ntncnt dcregul;Ition of international student fees last year led to a niassiuc fee-slashing competition

highest in Ontario for fixeign students, and less of a competitive edge. A cll-trp in the number ofpart-tinw, distance education Mid students nivcrsit) has also colltributcd to the decline in reventlc”. Said Vice-President Academic and Provost Jim Kalbfleisch, “It’s not easy to csph trends like this. Part time enrollment has really been dropping all across Can& in the last few years.” Distance

education

has seen the

same

trend,

some schools sufI:ring a 40 per cent drop in enrollment.

with B>

Increusinp tuition could

helpfill tie budget gap. Health Studies/Gerontologv Health

Sciences

faculty

dcpxtment in the Applied no ‘longer ofIiirs an?’ courses b)

correspondence. With

regards

to

graduate

enrolhn~nt,

Kalbfleisch

maintains that the decline is onlvw temporaqr, “Last year we had just as nlan~~ d 1graduate student] applications tis we normally do,” he expl;tined, poshilating that the number of professors accepting early retirement packages may have made students a little more hesitant to come to the

Newspaper

A number ofstrate@cs are being developed to combat decreased enrollment, Kalbtleisch noted. The distance education unit will tackle cnrolln~cnt in that particular area, whik individual faculties and departments are being lef‘t to find ways of increasing graduate cnrollmcnt indeAs oflast spring, a portionofintcmational student fees has gone towards a fund created to improve the quality of educxion tix foreign students. Although this strateg&~s not had time to take e&t ~lct, it is hoped that it wiil&lp attract more internation; students. A 1.5 per cent budget cut was implemented earlier this month across departments, saGiig $1,850,000. However, the drop in tuition fee rcwluc, plus salary incrcascs costing the university $3 million, still amoul~t to a $685,000 deficit. Although the 1.5 per cat cut is supposed to be temporary, the budget gab will carqr over into the 199798 fiscal !rear. Including flIrther salary increases and other costs for 1997-98, UW could be looking &Ita $9 million deficit emphasized num her is still very preliminary, with nl~11y unknowns remaining about filrlding for the coming year* One such unknown is hikiOl1 fee levels. If the government orders an increase in fees or deregulates tuition, the added revenue could help fill the $9 million gap. Yf [the gowrnrnent] permits tuition incrcnses, the mivcrsity ~~xki certainly have to consider taking them,” said Kalbfleisch.

fee challenged

U of Guelph students promised accountability by Katie Imprint

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n J3nuary 22, the President oftlic University of Guelph’~ lntcrMl Chkl, Trrtce Hanlon, presented C~uclpl~‘s Centr;ll Student Association (<ISA) with a petition, including the signatures of 1,665 students, proposing a refcrcndum that could result in the loss of student tilnding fix the cnnqws newspaper, the Ontnrion. However, there will be 110 referendum in the immediate fUhlrC. A compromise wts rexhcd after a four hour meeting on January 29. Pending acceptance of the petition by the CSA Board

with concerns about the Ontarion. asked &out spccifi~ concerns, Hanion

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accountability was 11sign&cant issue. Chad Holtum, Vice President bf Interhall Council, said that the petition \VaS organized t0 send IYKSs~Ige. Of major concern to the Oiitarion staff was the catcd

that

indication thx Ontarion would student fee.

studerlts mw have been told not be hurt bv. the withholding

that

the of the

Although the Ontarion is a non-profit organization there is a misconception that it generates revenue. CSA Chair Malv d Williams noted that “it’s unprecedented for one student organization to seek the withdrawal of funding from another student organization.” Hanlon insists that Interhall is not intending to destroy the Ontarion. “We need that paper; it’s a huge part of the community. We just wanted to give students the choice l” Megan Edwards, President of the Board of Directors of the Ontarion says that ‘&the Board of Directors is currently working on a number of initiatives to make the paper more accessible and accountable to students.”

In the future,

the Ontarion

Board

will also be working

on the development of an official grievance policy allowing anyone who has a complaint about the content ofthe paper to oficially voice concerns. The policy is meant to be in pIace

by the end of the semester.

When asked if he believed that Intcrhail had thoroughlv e considered all of the possible ramifications of a j~s’ vote, including the possible death of the Ontarion, Hanlon would only say that when he had approached Drew Edwards to find out the level ofstudeni- funding, Edwards had indicated that he didn’t believe the paperwould dio if that funding was lost. Hanlon admitted that Interhall had never requested to see specific financial records of the Ontarion. Although Interhall rcpresentativcs cancelled a mecting scheduled for January 27, r&sing to participate in any type of negotiation, they later agreed to the January 29 meeting which resolved the issue. The Ontarion Board ofDirectors is now responsible for exploring the possibility of changes and tying to include more students ,in the process. -


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Next year’s entire Federation of Students executive was uccluimed, leauing no need fur an election cumpu&n. Imprint met with the President rind three Vice Presidents tufind out whut the UWstudent body can ex~ectfrom the tucky bustards that will be OUTleaders.

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Mario Bellabarba, President Imprint: How do you feel about the fact that you were acclaimed to the position rather than being elected? I had m>Afall geared up for an c&ion so I’m a littlc disappointed. I’m not disappointed with the people who decided to take on the positions, but I’m a little disappoint4 with the turnout. I think there are a lot mot-c people out’ there who care than seems apparent fi-om the results of this election.

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not wanting to put thcmselvrs through that. The amount ofoutrage that I’m hcGng from people once they’ve realized that all these positions have been acclaimed tells me that there’s got to bc some intcrtx. I’m hearing quite a fc~ people sa\rine; “How can this happun?” which implies undcrstanding of the gravity of the issue.

You said that one of the reasons that you wanted to be President again this term is because you were in the middle of some rejects that you felt should be Frnished by you rather than a new President. What are the* Droiects? L ‘That would imply , a bit of arrogance. I want a chance to finish them; now 1’~ been given it. Things such as the restructuring of Fresh week, which is becoming mot-c and n1ol-c inevitable, due to the administration pressures to reduce the length of&Al We&, and so we’re trying tu presc1Tre what we can. There are a lot of little things like SIX parking which requires a Iot of tinkering with difi?rcnt people, administrators, and commi ttecs . 1’C7e’re also looking into rearranging a bit ofthe t&&s space in the SLC. With the closing of the Campus Shop we ha\rc an interim tenant, but we’d real.l,r like to get some-one permanent ih there. And, ifl was &en a chance to dream, I could see something like a varienr store opening up it the Columbia Lake Town Houses, which is something that would easily take a year and a halfjust to get to the point where we could say ‘Yes, the Feds have the money

to do it, the university is in agrecmcnt with it and WC have the available spa&’ The Federation of Students has lost over $150, 000 in each of the last two years. You have stated that steps have been taken to stop this trend. What steps are you talking about? Well, thcrt?s improvements in some of the tln*an&l management; there were areas that were budgeted a little more CAI-cful1~ this year; Orientation is going & come in $20,000 under budget, programming will come in unricr budget. The Federation of Students is again facing losses this pr, loses of roughly $80,000, and that’s a worse case scenario. This, to me, is a significant irnprovenicnt over $156,000, I t’s not great, I mean we’re still losing mane!‘, it’s still tapping our rcSerbs, luckily we still have the KSCIYCS to tar,, but I think we’ve seen a turn around that will help considering the fact that that 580,000 does include the closing of the Campus Shop, the significant loss of sales because inventory was sold at or in some cases below cost, and the severance pa? i&- the three cmployecs who wet-c down thcrc.

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Imprint: How do feel about the fact that you were acclaimed to the positlon rather than being elected?. It’s not a good thing that no one cise wanted to run, but I think that I \vould have lvon against anyone who was truing to run against me, so T do& really feel bad about being acclaimed.

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Why did you want to be VP Internal as opposed to any other position in the Feds? Well, I started out my Feds career as a Science counselor and I felt that I couldn’t really get as invoiced as I’d like to be. I thought that being on the executive would be a good way to get more involved. I pess I picked VP Internal because it’s the newest job... it

seems to me that fresh

ideas

that’s where can be best utilized.

ear Seein as this is your fist at rrdir do you feel co& B ent that yaL know enough about the organization to be holding an executive position?

I think that over the nest f’our months by working with Julie [Primeaul I will bc full!r qualified to take over the job when Mav comes round and when it’s my turn. That’s the whole point &f halving the election so far in advance of the turn-over is that I can follow her around and learn esactly what she’s doing so that I’m completely prepared to take over the job and I’m not walking into anything I’m not ready for. So what are you doing with Julie right now to prepare for the position? Well, for instance, we went to all the various clubs, societies and services ofices and I basically got a feel for where evenlthing is. Over the next four montks I guess I’ll just be getting in farther and farther into each club, society and service and continuing the work that Julie’s been doing now.

kind of ideas do you have for developing organizations in

What

the Feds?

One thing I’d like to look into, and I’m not sure about it yet,

is I’d like to see about getting outside funding, outside of ttlc school, for an\’ clubs or services where it can bi applicable.

The Fed fee’s not enough? I’m not saving that. I’m ~a\‘ing that that ~:ay we can use &c money in the Fed fee fix other things, fijr more desperate issues. VVhat kind of publicity campaigns do you have in mind? I guess it’s always said that people are onlv loud when the\+e d complaining &d majIbe it’s time to show people esactly what’s going on with Feds. I think that they’ve done a great job publicizing, they’ve got their page in the Imprint, but I guess there could be more done. I’m not exactly sure what yet but in the next four months I’ll be working on it. What would gur campaign en ifvou4 had Dlatform have hda to campaign? I still had my platform in the works and I was developing it l

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0\32- the week and I planned to 1x1~ it rend\7 for the Frida\r I when iamp&nin’g bcg61n but I can’t redly s,y dcfinitcl)? what I would IKWC cnmp3i~ned on hCcausc I don’t have to camp-@ now. I’m already in.

Imprint: First of all, how do ou feel about being acclaimed GP Education? I’m not rcllti~ too happy about

the fact that I was acclaimed. I would have preferred to have gone through an election, because I think it shows a little more support bv the students.. .I kind of start or‘t‘ on a side that’s not as

hxl been clcctcd. Kut I’m happ) to have the job. choose to run for

Of the three vice-president spots.. .the OIICthat realllr struck me was the Vice-President

Edu-

m\r career goals in politics, and it’s &> the one’ that I think has the Inos t impact directly r Of1 students.. .thc f:;ict is that educa-

tion is the most direct inAucncc on our lives as students. It atExts us all, federally And I felt that lnost qualified

and provincially. was the one I was

to do&at

there’s been no election? We will have fiorums over the nc’r;t week. Hopefully, everyone will attend those and actively get

that people had with me when I first decided to run fi>r the Feds was that 1 don’t really have any

Jeff Gardner, VP Education

VVh did you VP VEducation?

are you goin to get input on your position Prom the students over the term? HOW do we know what you’re going to do and how do you know what students expect of you since

How

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I could

How do you think your backround. has prepared you for % t e positron? I think the biggest p-oblem

Federation ofstudcnts eriperience. But the reason is that I chose to focus on my faculty instead of a school level because I felt that it’s easier to learn a job and the responsibilities that it elltails, to accept responsibility, if you start offon a small scale and work your way up through

tht.

.

What have you been doing since the acclamation to prepare? The Grst thing I did Gas go to the OUSA meeting the day after [the acclamarion] with Kelly Fole!r, and I lcarncd a lot about the new proposal thev have, the

0 UK, and all the organizations, and it really prepares me for the futurr in that I get to meet the pcoplc that are on the councils already . I get to obsenc them over the nest I’m in weekly

three

months

and

transition meetings now with Kelly to make sure that I haIre the full qualitications the job when I start in May.

for

With regard to not having any more tuition increases, you’ve said you want to unib the cm s. How are you gomE to dot K at? OUSA itself is m dlsarray right now... There is a tot ofdi%cult\~ that

and ask lots ofquestions. I like to think I’ve got a fairly good

involved srart

on

we’ve

perceived,

doesn’t really cause I think’I’m

-Personally,

it

matter to me bequalified

for the

position, I’ve done III\’ research, I tvorked ti,r the Fed’s for three !rcars and I was really confident. I kneiv I was going to run back in Dcccmber. Whether I had competition or not 1 was going to run. Maybe because of word of mouth, nobody decided to run against me (laubhs,). I don’t know. A lot of people who know me, a lot of rn)r friends know I can do a good job, so it doesn’t really bother me that I’ve been acclaimed, You emphasize in your mailout the importance of student input. Given the app?re+ a aF or thy and your res onslbrllty publicity for the I;: cds, how do you plan to attract student input? 1 really didn’t look into that

cscept as far as might bc concerned.with the Fed Hall referendum. With publicity, I think what has co be done is it has to go down to the first year students, let it

[studems] there cff&t and grow.

could

be a ripple

You mentioned your involvement with the Fed HaU referendum. What is your position on the referendum questIon? I am pro Fed Hall. I was hcrc

when Fed Hall was making money; but there was student interest involved. I think now with the competition with respect to the Lyric, Revolution, hletropolis, Loose Change Louie’s, Fed H;ill could no longer be considered a bar. A lot of people have thought about it and what it has come down to is that it’s a venue for special ticket events like concerts,Homecoming, Summcrfest, whcrc they know they

wiU

have

a packed’

crowd,

where they can equip themselves with respect to staffing and liquor by the appropriate amounts. They arc usually open Thurday, Friday and Saturday for these special events and once December came

of

lulowing

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that’s happening is by moving forward. 1 think that’s the wa)r that tuition can be an&cd. If you use CASA and OUSA, you can accomplish a lot, you’ve got to make sure that you’re progrcssivc. So what then?

is the plan

for this year

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The reason there hasn’t been any change is because I haven’t be& elected [earlier). If J~OUrcally rant to focus on the steps that are going to accomplish these goals, ~ou’vc got to realize that this poiiclr that we have coming out, ejlen if \rou don’t agree with the entire thing, it’s stili a do-able procedure. No government is going to take you I seriously r unless you have a dimct policy that can bc implemented. That’s what

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OUSA and CASA and the rest:of the organizations are focusing on. They’re trying to get something tllat the government can look at, and if the!r don’t take it in its entirety, they can take comyonents out. You need a polic!r that is direct, that makes sense.

the!: where

in the black.

a lot of Shldcllts

ize what

are intercstcd.

basiq

is still a strong body, and that reall\r has to bc emphasized. I think that those groups do have power, but the]% got to realix that the only w”y to CC a problem

think

tlw ofkx is, who’s in charge, and so t&h. Mg’ ideas are just to attack the first year students to make them aMrare of what the Feds do, whx kind of scrviccs they provide. aSo, if we attack the first year

the

people.. .If I could g’t the word of mouth thing going that would be great, but also just continue what we’ve been doing with the page in dx Imprint and I guess we’ll have to work on a few things.

along,

Raju Patel, VP Administration Imprint: How do feel about being acclaimed as VPAF? I think it’s kind uf‘bad fix the Federation of Students to have positions acck~imed. It shows that

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get out in a new city and make new friends.WatPubs are currently being run in London, Ottawa, Toronto, and Calgary. Typically, the phbne number for the local WatPub is located in the whitepages ofthe local phone book under, surprisingly enough,

ii WatPu b”. Calling this number will provide you with the date, time, and location information for the next Watl’ub in your city. At present, this is the 0~11s’ way to find out where the next WatPub is. Howler, SAC is presently updating their web page (http:i/ watscrv 1 .uwaterlocl.ca/-~edsac/) to inch& this and much more

information. The web page wiil have a totally new look in the weeks to come. SAC can also answer hour questions and look into )rour cornplaints. You can communicate with us through several channels. You Call -c-mail us at: sac@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca, you can diop a note off at the ‘Bear Co-op” box outside of the Co-op office in Needles Hail or post a message to uwcoopsac. Best of all, you can come join us at our weekly meetings, heldin Needles Hall, Koom 1030 (the Employer’s Lounge) at 5 : 30 PN. Everyone is we\corne to share their ideas and concerns.

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a partnership with Barrick Gold Corp., who owns ten per cent of the site. Barrick is owned by Mohamad Hasan, friend and business associate of Indonesian president Suharto. A joint venture between these companies would mean that Barrick would own 67.5 per cent, Bre-X would own 22.5 per cent and the government would own ten per cent of the gold. &e-X may not have to fix-m the venture with Barrick since a letter from the government in response to the proposal instructed them only to work out details. RussiaAlmost 70 per cent ofChechens voted for Asian Masbadov, in Chechy’s first postwar presidential election. Maskhadov, a f‘ormcr Soviet army colonel, was instrumental in ncgotiating the terms for peace that ended Chechnya’s almost two year war with Kussia. He now intends to guild an Islamic state.In a press conference lastweek, Mashkadov cl,Gmcd that Chechnya has been an independent country fat over six years. He contends that future discussions with other countries will cont1rm Chechnya’s independence.Mcanwhilc, Russia, retirses to allow Chechnya to secede in spite of the fact that its arms retreated from the war zone in defeat earlier this month.

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to turn the ctJnmn over to Christy is our Chief’ Returning 0K~er for thi Elections. Basically, this nie;1ns that if read on, you will find out how not to the next boat. So YOU have hc;ll-d the news and YOU i~re Il0t ?! Well, now we have t&e choices: we can sit Sack and throw up our hands stating that, “It’s too late to do xlvthing now. ” M’c ail can see where that iliil get us. We can all gather at Fed Hall or the Hombshelter and complain about the lack of student spirit, wondering “Whv doesn’t somebody do something?” Or wk could stand up tall and proud as Waterloo students should st,uld, and use the resources that are left to hold our new Fed Executive responsible for the positions which they hold. What I mean is that it is not too late to go to the forums that are planned for the week of February 3. We can also go t’o Council meetings and force our representa-

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tives to be accounrable to us. Esscntialhl we c’an use our voices to control the fiiturc, so that a sxi display like whAt happened last W& IIWLT happe& again, Qnc thing for certain is that elected or not, the electorate is account;lble to the student body. So, t;lke action by at-telxling our fi~~nx which have been conveniently formatted to t?rbusy schedules: Monday, February 3, 12:30, KS3 Coffee Shop; Tuesday, February 4,12:00, Engineering CPH Main Foyer; Wednesday, February 5, 7: 30, ALLOW discussion group HH; Thursday, February 6,l:U.J Math Comfy Lounge; Friday, Ftlbruary 7,ll :OO, SK Grcx Hall. There is still 311 oppomlnity to tnkc action and vote for vour senate nxnlbers as well as * Tote in the Fed Hall Referendum. This is an invitation to use your voice! There will bc advance polls in the SLC on February 6 and 7. You may vote in your faculty on February , 11 and 12. See YOU there!


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CampusQuestion:

VCrhatdo you do to relieve those winter blabs?

by Mike OHeeyaxid Niels Jensen (photos)

Blue sky paper on my ceiling. Claire Gilmour, 3A Civil Engineering

John Hohnes, 3A Electrical Engineering

Geeta Ramanathan, ‘IS Applied Studies

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UW students are not as apathetic as they appear

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Caring about not caring

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pathy. It’s a word that appeared 011 the cover of the last edition of this very paper. It’s been tossed round a lot lately, especiallv I considering the recent acclamation of all four Federation of Students’ executive positions. But I just don’t buy it. I’ve been hearing about how apathetic students are since the first year of my university career in 1992. During that There ‘s r;lo five year period, I have been lucky enough to be involved with things iike the Federation Gf Students, clubs, the Turnkey desk, and lots of other things that go on at WW all of the time. I have seen students who put in hours and hours of their own time el’ery week, on top of their classes and course work, to make their time here at UW more fun, more productive. I’ve seen people who volunteer gain skills and create jobs for themselves; I’ve seen people nearly burn out from too much involvemerit. This past year I saw first hand how much hard work goes into Fiosh- Week, how students have railied in sup601~ of unions and against the changes made by our provincial government. These people are far from apathetic, and there are many, many of them. Now, you could say that I h&e been privileged to be part of the most active and interesting groups on campus. I would definitely agree. And to be perfectly honest, I got involved in lots of these things because I enjoyed them; likely that’s why most people do - but they have the benefit of mnking this campus a better place to be for all of their hard work. I also know that some people don’t have time to be involved, even if they really wish they could. Many of US have to work part-time jobs during school to pay for our

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education and lking expenses. Many of us are finding that the work load is getting heavier. Many of us are just plain working harder in order to find something that sets us apart in a job market that we are constantly being told is like a desert. Many of us look at the things we care about and see that there is much work to be done, and feel overwhelmed by it all. A&r aH, if )fou are constantly need to being tyld that students are so apathetic that you are the 0llZy one who cares enouEh to do anv-

gether

to be done.

and this campus

place to be and students or else imagine what things might not

is a great . care lots kinds of

happen

anymore!” It’s more like a comment that the death of students’ interest in everything that goes on around here has been greatly exaggerated. Everyone has the right to decide whether or not to be involved. But as Imprint dearly loves to say, )rou gotta be in it to change it. -If you see something that irks you, or something that you would love to do, make some noise about it. You arc Likely to find that about ten other students feel the same way. And if ):ou want to be apathetic, do it the best way you know how! Refrain from caring about aqthing! Don’t complain that there’s n&itifl to do; that no one ever thinks about what yuzi want; that the administration is dicking you around. Remember, you arc apathetic. That means you just don’t care. As a dear friend of mine says: W7~nt~~r. -

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Hasty Abdication

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To trhe Editor,

Hasty Abdication

# 1

To the Editor,

I have but one wod to say to Mr. Hooman Rowshanbin. Cry. That’s right, ~1’31’.I guess I should apologize on behalf of the entire university for not meeting your standards for education, and that we truely are sorry that our courses are not “fun.” Welctxne to the real world kiddo, not evcr$ling is:ashow you might have wanted.

Guess

Hasty Abdication TO

#2

the Editq

In response to Hooman Kowshanbin’s letter “Goodbye CrUWcl World,” I would like to cstend on the behalf of the entire L.W student population a warm-felt apology and farewell.

But’s what’s worse is that here, unlike at other schools (which were ranked lower in reputation iii a national survey), our instructors

actually

nlakc

us “perform

tests

with closed books.” Closed books? How CrUWel! And experiments - whv should jrou have to pe&rm those remed& tasks?S&ry about the inconvenience. And to top it aU OK, “WC are spending too much time al?d efiort ‘socializing’ in our on-campus bars.” What a tragedy!mOnx again, my heart-felt apologies. What were we ever thinking? Mr. Rowshanbin, if you haven’t yet caught (which

the tone

of this

writing

What you really riced to do Mr. Kowshanbin, is reins, go to the Bomber/ Fed Hall, sit down and buy yourself a beer - things will work out. And if you still don’t think that they will - do you mind at least passing me d&n vour beer? u

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exercise

I suspect you actually might not), I’m afraid you just don’t know what you’re missing. What’s all the fuss about? I’m not even in Environmental Studies, but I know it has a great reputation in both its research and teachings. You were in Co-op, and at a top rated universiv - no other school will math that, or any ofyour other strange expectations. If you had difficulties, you should have sought some assistance.

- Uun Hardy 4l3 Honours

what

number of UW students who happen to go through the same ordeals that you describe, and they don’t seem to bitch and complain to the point where they quit school. So you want to have fun, do you? Go right ahcad, but realize that fun is not a constant in the real world. Hell, most of the students here attend for the education that UW provides, even if the education in question is not “fun.” In the Math Facult\, for example, all Math students are rcquireh to take ten “core” courses. Considering most of us arc in for CS, taking three calculus and three algebra isn’t exactly “fun,” but we get through it one way or another, bitching as we go, but not quiting school becmse of it. And do you know why? Because we know that as soon as we can get through this hell of math, we can get into more interesting topics which we will find “fun.” But like most things in life, we have to take our ccbrusselsprouts” before we can have any dessert. Pity. Other faculties are no exception, but I’m not familiar with them so -1 mron’t trv to make any statements about them. However, in short, I must admit that you obviously haven’t given your education much thought. I mean, if you had, you’d have realized that you have to do some work while you’re in university, if that be in a field lab or reading a textbook to regurgitate it for an exam. It may not seem to be the same thing, but it is, You don’t like that? Too bad. The rest of realihr will pretty much treat you the same way. See, there is a differ&e between an education which will bring- you a good job, and a hobbv which is fun. Life isn’t a hobbjl. It’s time vou realize that. You said you iicked En&mental Studies because irou liked it? Well, you should have looked into what it actually implied in terms of

influence some other first year students to think like you; unclearly. Fresh week isn’t mandatory, and you chose to participate. Co-op is also not mandatory, but you chose to apply, and you choose to enter - stream-eight. The feesbalance out, so there’s no difference in youpaying $800 this term and your friend paying $400. He’ll pay $800 in his last year, where you wouldhave payed $400. Shame, isn’t it. But your choice has already been made; now let’s see you stick

with

it.

But you’ll

be crying

for a

while yet, because you’ll soon learn that not all of life is “fun,” - Tohn Spazic 2N’ Copter Science/Com&inattis Optimization

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In response to the article by Traq Hunt entitled, “I Have A Dream” regarding the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. I must say that MS, Hunt has presented a typically one-sided picture of this man. To read her remarks, you’d think he was a can&date for sainthbod, rcalitv is far difrerent.

when,

in fact, the

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government

ofGals

in the U.S.

were totally opposed to granting a national holiday to this man when not even Washington, Jefferson, or Lincoln have holidays (Washington and Lincoln now share the generic-sounding President’s Da\r). Let’s state some facts about &is man. “Martin Luther King” was born Michael King in 1929. EIis father, a black preacher kr;own at the time only as “Daddy King,” decided to name himself after the Protestan t reformer Martin Luther. He declared to his congregation that the\? \\‘ere to refer to him as “Martin Luther King” and to his son Michael as “‘Martin Luther Ktilg, Jr.” None of the changing of names was ever legalized in court. To this day, he is still Michael King. So, the man never even used his legal name. According to researcher Michael Hoffman, the first public sermon that King ever gave in 1947 was plagiarized from a sermon by clergyman Harry Emerson Fosdick entitled, “Life Is V/hat You *Make It .” This comes from testimony from King’s best friend at the time, Reverend Larry Williams. Many other ofGal documents and biographies of King’s life have proven that King repeatedly indulged in plagiarism in his writings and speeches. Regarding King’s Ph.D, even a leftist academic sympathetic to King named David Garrow statesthat he cheated his way to his Ph.D. using plagiarized documents and states that “King’s academic compositions especially at Boston University were almost without exception little more than summary descriptions and comparisons of other’s writings.” So, this “Dr.” King was a fraud and phony in his academic life. Anyone who isn’t utterly brainwashed can easily find numerous books and fully documented biographies which discuss these facts. So much for this man’s sterling character and sense of morality. As far as “Martin Luther’s” plitical persuasion goes, it is a well-known fact that he was a Communist and Marxist. In 1957 he attended a meeting at an institution known as the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee. The Highlander Folk School was a Communist front, which was founded by Myles Horton (Communist Party Organizer for Tennesse). At this meeting, these “peace lovers” planned their agenda to initiate riots in Southern states in the U.SKing and his cronies could have cared less about nonviolence. The U.S. was ripped apart by violence because of the actions of King and his cohorts, who wanted to undermine the social fabric of the U.S. vi;hile mouthing phony words about “love,” “peace,” and

is of

Lcbrotherhood.” King stood by while cities exploded. In 1957, King founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and packed it full of known Communists, such asReverend Fred Shuttlesworth, who was the president

for an identified

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munist front known as the Southern Conference Educational Fund. King ,was accused of embezzling substantial amounts of money from SCEC to pay for liquor and prostitutes.

If Ring’s political/academic corruparen’t enough to leave a bad taste in anyone’s mouth, his drunken sex parties in hotel rooms which lasted several days should remove the halo from his head permanentlv. According to eyewitnesses, “Dr.” King spent his last night on earth at the Lorraine Motel having sex with two women and physically beating a third. I hope that in the future, when Ms. Hunt goes to write a “puff piece” about “Martin Luther King, Jr,” that she takes into account the whole story, and not just the parts that make her feel warm and cozy. People in the U.S. and around the world were horribly misled about this man, his agenda and what he really wanted. The reality was far different. It is my hope that one day the national holiday for this corrupt, immoral individual will be done away with because he was a blight and a disgrace to the American people. tion

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Racist Overtones To the IGiitur, The persecution of Ernst Zundel must stop! Since the mainstream media offers one-sided coverage of anything to do with Ernst Zundel of Toronto, most of the public know nothing of the political persecution this man has undergone in the last 15 years. He has never been convicted of a crime in Canada, yet CSIS declared him a security threat. The Canadian government has denied his right to Canadian citizenship, while rubber stamping the citizenship applications of just about any criminals, posing as “refugees.” Now the Canadian Human “Rights” Commission is attempting to shut down Zundel’s California-based website. Do you l

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sense. Quite fi*;‘ink.ly, we’d be ;t rather dull lot if we constantly made sense, ma& @Gcinus ;~ld well-thought decisions, and generally acted like machines. BOOO~O~G. Smoking ma) not be a healthy pursuit, but it is

not an evii one, and deserves none of the social stigma it has garnered

in recent years. As for Dr. Downey resigning, perhaps, if he has committed

some gross indiscretion, or violated the law of Queen and country, or suffered mental degeneration. Rut this is simply not the case. Being connected indirectly with the tobacco industry, as EVIL as it is, k not a valid reason to resign or be summarily dismissed. If this was the case, then everyone who works in a convenience store, grocery store, for a freight company, in manufacturing, (yes, who do youthinkmakes the machinery for the EVIL tobacco merchants? > etc., etc., should get sacked. And promptly. That would mean a rather large lot of unemplo)rcd people, wot? My advice to the concerned Terry Polevov is to accept the fact that life is harsh, and not evcqone agrees with him. We are a&Its, and it is our inalienable right to disagree. This is UNIVEKSITY, for God’s sake, we shoutd be bloody , well entitled to disagree bv now. And thank-\rou, we arc ail quite aware of tl;e damage we do to oursel~~es with every pufX And >‘et, we continue unrepcntantllr, in fact, almost belligerently to poison our lungs and destrojr r the atmosphere. Just as the breweries and distilleries continue to pump out mind-numbing biotoxins in comenient bottled form. And automakers continue to mass-produce one-tonne glassand-metal variations on death. And the media continues to level forests in pursuit of “the big scoop.” Etcetera. Etcetera. Had Dr. Downc~ somehow committed some sordid deed, then a case q@st him might be in c?rder. But being a member ofthe board of Tennis Canada is hardly sordid. And as for the suppression of free speech, that notion rankles, for it happened long ago to enterprises like RJR, And Imprint, if anyone remembers the brou-haha that transpired last year about the

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To the Editoq For those of \rou who do not know, there is a referendum being held on February 1 I and 12. Its purpose is to see whether or not rhc majority of students wmt to keep Fed Hall open. I know how easy it is fix j’ou to say “Fed sucks - shut it down,” but before vou put \~ur mouth in motion, &ink at&t it - wcn if ~nl!~ fm n rninur~. Just give a little thought into what life at UW would be like without Fed HA. Start with E’rosh Wwk. Where else can you pack in all the fi-ash to experience social life at UW for the first time? How

Friday, January 31, 1997 many of us, myself included, were underage during first year? Fed Hall is the -only bar/club in the area where under-agers can go to hang out with their friends. Were you ever involved in varsity athletics? Where did you go for Rookie Night? For those of us who are graduating this year, where will we go if Homecoming is not held at Fed Hall? I can’t see

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A Fed Hall Kcfcrendum. What a great idea, in concept. The reality is an embarrassment to student politics. Vote Yes, pay more, who knows what \WI get. Vote No, continue to pay the mortgage, and Fed Hall may be a McDonald’s franchise in the blink of an eye. What kind of choice is that? No wonder no clear supporters IMY come forward for either side. kkr wonder why student apthy . runs rampant &ring clections. We all agree that somcthing hx to be done about Fed Hall. It seems Iike bitching is noiv the num her one uni~~ersity pastime. However, this is not the WAY to go about it. The bar is nou! tu&ing a profit, so why shut it down now? Let’s not stop there, because Fed Hall still remains flawed and Fed 10 1 provides an example of this. Half an hour to get in, while the line continually stopped for no apparent reason. Don’t eve11 bother to tm and check your coat.Couldn’;get a drink because there were usually only two hartenders per bar (not including when they shut down the various bars to get change). The D J, however, remains as the weakest point of the whole operation. “PIay a request? I don’t have nearly enough time.” Yet we heard songs replajred and others that have been bgaten to death. This problem does not require a grand expenditure to correct.


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more than plenty. Continue to provide concerts on a more regular basis. A drink special now and then wouldn’t hurt, but don’t try and make it up bv4 charging a cover, Fed Hall can truly Live.up to its billing as the largest bar in Canada. We are beyond the stage of “Build it, and they will come.” but let’s not throw it all away prematurely. A little common sense and a little lessD J EZ Rock will bring the students back.

SAC to the rescue? To the Editor, Today I was in Needles Hall applying fi)r jobs and noticed one ofthe SAC slogans on the wall, “because if you have a problem, stop whining and do something” or something to that extent. I am interested to know what they expect me to do. I am a 2B knvironmental Science student. Last year was the first year k)r my program as a Coop program, and it was learned rather quickly that the transition had not been smooth. It was discovered at Christmas that the program had not been on the list sent out to employers (i.e. they had no way of asking fi,r us because they didn’t know we existed). This alone is a pretty big deal, but we were aIso presented with an attitudes like: cLwedon’t want your program”, “you can’t get hired, ” “you are too multi-disciplinary, ” and “why even bother?” by the coor-

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dinators who were supposed (and I stress supposed) to be finding us jobs. Not only are we not too multi-disciplinary (we have all the qualifications of most frost year science programs), the environmental field is one of the largest scientific employers in this part of the country. Anyway, tier a few months of being fmtrated md misled by the folks in Co-op, I got fed up and sent e-mail to SAC listing my complaints and concerns (about one person in particular). The SAC response was to forward that e-mail to the very person I had been discussing (even when it was obvious I had not intended for it to be sent there) and let it drop. 1 had a very embarrassing meeting with this person,, who let me know that they had seen my thoughts, and that they were not particularly impressed. A year later, many of the problems with myI program have been solved, but no thanks to SAC, it is the fact that there were so many of us complaining to so many people so often, along with the fact that many new people moved into positions of power in Co-op that helped our program. I would be interested to hear SAC’s ideas on what “getting something done” is. If it is writing them a letter and letting them know of concerns, I’ve already done it, and it got me the shaft. If it is doing something myself and letting them take the credit, I don’t quite think that sounds right. It sounds like SAC works great until they actually have to do something, and then they just get defensive and start insulting their critics.

For the most part, I like the fact that is a pleasant, mild-mannered country, where the worst sort of political violence is shouting in the House of Commons. It doesn’t always make for riveting political commentary, but I’d rather be here than the Gaza strip, China or Northern Ireland. It is because of this that I’d like to see someone on Parliament Hill get some balls for once and deal quickly and harshly with any Bloc QuebCcois MI? who advocates potentially violent treason, Recently, Intergovernmental Affairs IMinister Jacques Brassard strongly advocated the preparation of an Armed Forces for the dav when Quebec secedes, saving d that it would be irresponsible not to have all bases covered. Exactly what he’s planning on doing with a bunch of guvs with guns, Brassard wouldn’t say. * - But he’s not the first, nor the worst, offender. Shortly before the last referendum, then-Bloc defense critic Jean Jacob contacted various Canadian Forces personnel based in Quebec and asked them to be ready to defend their “new country” if the “Yes” side won. His actions were subsequently investigated by a Commons committee, but only after any reference to treason had been omitted from the motion to conduct the investigation. I That’s crap. Try that &anvwhere else in the world and you get one thing: a bullet in Canada

the head. Attempting to incite treason is treason. You don’t have to kill him, but jail would be good. Part of Jacob’s statements may be in response to claims by the Partitionists, who want to secede from Quebec and remain in Canada if Quebec secedes. The Partitionists want the Canadian army ready to defend their Anglophone territories against any attempts by Quebec to enforce their secession. I totally agree. What the he1 use is an army if it doesn’t defend its own territory? Not surprisingly,. Premier Lucien Bouchard disagrees. He said “the only way to stop democracy in Quebec is to do something like partition.” That’s crap too. If Quebec can secede from Canada based on a vote of Quebeckers, then why can’t a part of Quebec secede based on a vote of the people that live there? As always, the debate over Quebec secession will drag on because no one will commit to anything, except the Partitionists who& want their government to commit to defending their right to remain part of Canada. The Feds won’t say yesor no to the idea, and the Bloc won’t even officially admit to their plan to start an armed forces of their own. Ar the very least, the Federal government should commit to dealing with treason as any government in their right mind would - quickly arid severely.

By Kelly Foley, Vice PresidentEducation T’he views in this column don’t necessarily representyou or,me. If you agree or kefole@feds.watstar.uwaterloo.ca

Justbecause the goverhment haselected hot to cut our funding for next vear doesn’t mc‘an we are safe from tuition increases. As &Imatter of fAct, we can espect the government to make an announcement about tuition sonic time in the next couple of weeks. Speculations onannouncements of this kind always range from the optimistic to the absurd. Optimistically, we can expect another lo-25 per cent increase. On tile absurd side, perhaps a freeze. If that is the case,then the university administrators have been singularly unsuccessmi at lobbying the government Their lobby group, the Council of Ontario Universities (COU), has been iiterally begging for tuition increases and deregulations for years. Of course, they didn’t bargain that when they finally got a bit of deregulation they would also get a whopping cut. Nobody was really prepared for this kind of government. Although, if you opened your eyesand looked to the west, you’d see a guy called Klein with remarkably similar tastes to our very own Mike Harris. All the literature and assumptions regarding tuition fees are being pushed to the limit by higher and higher fees across the country. As a society we have come to question the practice of subsidizing education. Generally public funding to PSE can be rationalized based on two functions. Firstly, we expect society to pay for the positive externalities of PSE. The CCOnomic impact of university on the community is significant. For example, CCKJ estimates that for every dollar spent four dollars are generated for the local economy. Additionally, the higher employment rates

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for PSE graduates saves the governnlent money in unemployment. For the most part, we observe PSE as a public investment worth protecting. Secondly, we value accessibilirv. Tuition is regarded by most asa barrier to PSE. The higher the tuition ostensibly the greater the barrier. It can also be argued that if no public funds were spent directly on PSE, a comparable amount would be spent on student aid to maintain accessibility. This second rationale is less tenable and problematic then the first. If we sug~ZX that the government fkd PSE in order to preserve accessibility, then any level of tuition would be arbitrary and would continue to present a barrier. This agreement is often used by the Canadian Federation of Students to support a policy of zero tuition. If we assume that the public shouId pay for the value-added of PSE, it logically follows that students should also pay for their private benefits. It might seem pragmatic to measure _ the proportion of benefits shared by societyI and the individual in order to determine an appropriate cost distribution. This proposition isextremely difficult considering that most of the public benefits are externalities and perhaps virtually impossible to measure accurately. This brings us back to where we started. The Feds have been discussing tuition over the last couple of months, I will be presenting a paper at our next council meeting February 9, 1997 at 12:00 p.m. in the Student Life Center. You can come and speak for yourself! Don’t let .lrour opinions be acclaiked.

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as inseparable from industry, and eventualk from society in general, as the compute; is today. As wc’go back in histor!r we find man? instances of new technology becoming acceptable and then indispensable for society. The loom, the printing press, iron, bronze and the creation offire with flint are esampies of technologies that have fundamentally . changed the way we live our lives. Like these other technologies, the computer is a tool to be used by society for self improvemm. In tiiis sense, the computer is no difrerent than many previous technologies. Where the coliputer dif%rs from other transforming technologies is its global scope and potential for personal interaction. The initial discovery and use of iron and bronze were limited to a fairly small geographic area around ancient Mesopotamia. The industrial revolution primarily took place in Britain. The wireless radio ser\.red to make the world seem smaller, but it was not until the development of giant computer networks that the world became truly accessible to all by allowing us to interact with others on a global scale. This does not suggest that computers are a utopian solution to the many problems that society faces. Any tool can be used for purposes that are counter to the interests of society. Iron can be used to create a sword just as it can be used to create pots and pans for cooking. Gunpowder can be used to construct weapons of destruction,

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dane tasks and allow LIS to work in MYKS that we find most satisfjring. The question then is not what can we do with the computer; it is where we as a societ\rII n’ant to progress, In our evolution as a society, if you Fvill, the computer is the vehicle, but we are the ones in control. We do not know our exact destination, just as the first humans who used fire for warmth had no concept of using fire to smelt ores and create steel; nor any concept of harnessing the kinetic energ!; of fire and sending advanced spacecraft millions of miles through our solar system. While wc do not drive a straight and-true path to utopia, we are at least moving in the right direction, During the industrial revolution we discovered how to produce goods more efficiently than was previously possible. In the early 18OOs, Luddites banded together to destroy machinery in the testiIe industry. This backlash against mechanization in industy was partly due to the investment in capital the machines represented and partly due to the number ofworkers each machine reDlaced. ’ The information revolution is similar in many respects. Computers and technology represent a tremendous amount of capita1 investment, and the rationalization used to computerize the workplace is the efficiencies that it allows - particularly when it aUows businesses to employ fewer workers. Should we fear that jobs will be lost, in the long term, as society becomes more

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No, we should not. The industrial revolution helped to create the powerful and prosperous market economies in Europe and North America. We no longer make our own clothes or rely on the local blacksmith to craft our metjl tools. Instead we buv shirts that arc made in

But &h tlxx jd3 losses come w-tcount,lble oppormnitics for tlx flihirc. The kc\7 OpprhiJiiti~S ofthc infi)rnlation revol&on arc fin* those who crcntc ;VK~ provide the information that travels on our digital networks. Tcchnolog~~~‘~~~~n~elists talk eloqucntly ;Ibout the 500 clianncl digital television systc’ms that will soon lx a\xitable, but few q~~cstion what sa-\kes IIII~ entertainment products will be available. As Coin~~uterizfltioIi gives us ac’c’css to larger and larger digital networks, thcrc will he increased demand fix those who can create reference mxt’rials, cllt~rtainmcnt products and other scr~iccs. The opportunities available xc limited only 1 b\vr our collective im,lginations. “What about privnclr in the information age? ,” some would ask. Indeed, as computer systems store more and more information about LIS this is a valid concern. But is the threat of loss of privacy an) greater than the dehumanization of workers present in factories during the industrial revolution? Societ\r came to understand that child labour, long working hours, low wages, discrimination and lack of benefits were ultimatety harmful. Conditions have improved as society adapted to the changing environment, and such flagrant abuse of power is rare today. The threat of “Rig Brother” is very real, but concerns about privac\f , and other dehumanizing aspects of computers will be resolved as society matures. Awareness of the potential problems is the first step towards finding acceptable solutions. “May you live in interesting times,” the Chinese philosopher Conticius once said to a disciple. While the times are certainly interesting, the underlying threat of change accompanies the rapid acceptance of computerization. The computer must adapt to the demands of sociey as society adapts to life with the computer, Like those earlv humans who stood in awe of fire, we rc&gnizc the computer as a powerfU1 tool. We know not where it will take LIS in the future, but we do know that it will bring us to a better place. ‘. . . the esselz tiaf stmctwe ofsociety has nmer nhwd. Ellen af?er emm~~o~~s qd’em~h md semziqgfy iwmocabfe charges, the same pattern has nhays reassmtcd itserf; just ns a flyroscope will dwry~ ret-m% to equilibGiq however fci r it Is phed am wy or the 0thw. ” - Gcorgc Orwell, 1984


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games have been The Opening Ceremonies wilt take place on Fcbrux-y 2 at Skydome. The games incorporate five regular eventsand two demonstration events, Each event is sub&\&d into different levels to match the comyetitors

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The Special Todalp, movement

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physical activity as those without mental disabilities. He began to scorch fijr ways to dc~lop a mtional sports progr3m for mentally handicapycd people. His work came to the attention ofthe Kennedy foundation, and helped to lead to the creation of the Spccial Olympics. The first Special Olympics was held at Soldier Field Tn Chicago in 1968. The following year, the Grst Canadian Special O&m pits event was held in Toronto, largely thanks to the ef?or-ts of Harry “Ked” Foster. Foster was an outstanding and successf~~l sportsman, broadcaster, businessman, and humanitarian. Foster had grown up with a brother who was blind as well 3s mentally handicapped which deeply afkted him. From earlJ in his career he began to devote much time, ef‘fbrt, aid money to addressing the problems faced by the mentally handicapped. In 1968, Foster accompanied the floor hockey team to Chicago alld upon his return began to lay the foundation for the Canadian Special Olympics movement.

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m-as are%1 comt;lunica;ion, selfcare, home living, social skills, health and safety, self directing, fiindaniental academics, comniunity use, and work. l’eoplc with mental disabilities make up the largest group of citizens with disabilities in the world. An estimated 156 million people worldwide art’ livirig with some kind of mental disability. Mental disabilities cut across overt race. culture, educ&ionai, social and economic background. Over 350 causes of mental retardation have been identified. However, in three out offour cases, the cause is unknown. The three major known causes are Down’s syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome, and fragile X syndrome. Every day people with mental disabilities face incredible obstacles. The Special Olympics gives them a chance to use their natural abilities that may have otherwise been overlooked.

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at all skill levels. Single skaters will perform challenging prc-determined routines. Pairs sompetition will also be featured with competitors skating in compul~013’ and freesnrle programs. kc da&ing is beink offered as well. Speed Ska tin8 Varsity Arena at the Universit-y of Toronto will feature 182 athletes from 28 muntrius compcring in a wide variety of speed skating events ranging from 25 to 1500 metrcs in length. Athletes will be encouraged to compete in at least three of the six events being oRered.

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and 250 ski patrol members who will be watching out for the safet) of the athletes throughout the competition.

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Cross-coun try Skiiw. Highlands Nordic in Duntroon, not far from &llingwood, will host roughly 350 athletes from over 40 countries for cross-country skiing. Athletes can compete in a variety of events, including the 1 On1 glide, the 1Okm race, -and the 3s lkm relay race, Athletes m,-ty JISO

Snowshoein!! At these games, this is a demonstration sport. Races range from 50 to 10,000 metres in length and

of Floor hockey is don’t need ice to play it, opening the door for anybody in the world to play the only team sport offered at the Special Olympics Winter Games. This year’s entries include teams from Africa and the Carribean,

get as lll~lll\’ I “StrKks” as close to the “daubc,” a mo\~~blc target, as possible. Math3 arc sis rocds long, making it a shorter game than curling in terms of Icngth. The “stocks” themselws are about three-quarwrs tl Ie weight ofa curl ing rock. Eisstocksport can bc plqed on any surfice as the %mks” hwc interchangeable sliding disks on their underside that can be switched to accommodate whatever sutiace that they arc being used on. This, like floor hockey, enables athletes from any count9 to compete. to

An interesting aspect of the Special Olympics is the Unified category, where Special Olympians train and compete with an athlete without mental disabilities. Unified events arc offered in all of the sports except snowshoeing, The athlctc without mental disabilities serves as both a peer and a mentor to the Special Olympian, and a bond is formed that will continue to exist long afier the competition. Admission to all events are free (except for the Opening Ceremonies) and scats are available on a first come, first served basis. Come out February 2-8 and support some very special athletes as Canada goes fix the gold.


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Sfeud, last seusvn>Srookie of the yeor, leuds Pw Lmxws into WW. Last lime these two met (Junrrmy 22), rhe Lmcers won by 20. U,@I. The Warriors are lookilzg for revenge, and whaf betfer place tu get it than on tie CHCH Game of the Week. Come on out and get on TV.

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fter a promising 2-1 start to the season, the Univerit\/ of Waterloo Warrior basketball-team has come crashing to earth with three straight losses, including a 67-56 rollercoaster on Wednesday night at the hands of the University of Guelph Gnrphons. * “We’& just tying to get better,” said UW head coach Tom Kieswetter. “ [Our record] is a sidebar to what we’re qing to have happen. We’ve got to pla! well fur 40 minutes first before we can expect to win.” The Warriors didn’t make it easy on them&es Wednesdq night, scoring just 22 first-half points and falling behind by 13, 35-22, early in the second half. But keyed by tough d&xc, UW reeled off a 16-2 run that finished with third-year point guard Mano Watsa &aling the ball and going in alone for the dunk to take a one-point lead, 3837. Warrior second-vear forward Mike Crosby tied the game at 56 56 with 3: 16 to play, but Guclph’s Steve Krajcarski hit a three-pointer seconds later and the Gryphons I

scored the last 1 I points, capped off with four straight free throws from Geoff MacNeii after UW rookie forward Mike Zavershnik was called for intentional and technical fouls. “It was a great second half, but at the finish, we let it get awa)$’ said UW head coach Tom &&wetter. “For about 19 minutes there, we battled and we had a chance. In the second half, we got the ball moving, we were the aggressor, but we just couldn’t finish .” Marc Rigaux had 10 points for the Warriors, and Derek Maat added 7 rebounds. For the Gryphons, four pIayers found double figures, led by MacNeil’s 14 points. Last Saturday, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks upset the VVarriors at Laurier, 85-80, just the second win over their crosstown big brothers in the past eight seasons. “We haven’t had a lot of fbn around here, so you’ll have to escusc aUthe excitement,” Laurier head coach Garv jefti-ies said. “There are some’ teams that we have to be able to not just compete with, but get wins against. l

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Warriorhockeyreboundsfrom loss by Ryan “Pucks” Pyette Imprint stdf t this point in the season, the Waterloo hockey WarA iors deserve to be metaphorical&d. The team’s the T,ondon Symphony Orchestra. Waterloo suffered a disastrous beating at the hands of the mediocre Yeomen of York where every note turned sour, the pla! appeared disjointed and the sound of a 6-2 rout was unpleasing to the ear. Afterwards, the orchestra returned home and performed sweet melodic music, ringing in the ears of the philharmonics from Western and Windsor. The two perfbrmances earning plaudits and bravos, a 5-3 mesmerizing of the Mustangs and a 4-2 encore over the Lancers, corrected the loud, unsavoury noise emitted during the York fiaSC0.

The key for Maestros McKee and Cressman now is to create a

consistency that ensures all Warrior performances would earn Ijeethoven’s approval. In the Western match Friday eve, always a hard-hitting, teethgritting affair, the Warriors jumped out to an early 2-O lead and then matched the Stangs goai for goal. Mike Chambers scored two power-play markers, including the game winner seven minutes into the third, and single biscuits went to Chris Kraemer, Dave Pfohl, and Danny Mundell. Mundell’s goal appeared particularly pleasant, as he accepted a pass from Kraemer and rifled a bullet past a stunned C.J. Denomme to put the game on ice. Againsr

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t’s srarting to get a little repetitive, but there are no cornplaints from the Waterloo Track and Field team members on that account. For the fourth straight meet, the Warrior and Athena athletes have put on a record performance. This time, there were 30 personal bests and five varsity records, including the women’s &20Om relay team, who shattered a 15 year-old record, set by a team comprised of three Qlympians and a Commonwealth Games team member. TWo of the McGill tjcldhouse and meet records fell aswell, as the Athenas took second place overall and the men put up their best pcrformante yet, dl the prestigious Rencontre McGill Invitational Track Meet. Coach Brent McFarlane had this to say about the team’s perf<>,rmance: “Outstanding is the only way co describe our team’s performance this past weekend. One outstanding pe&rmance was followed bv another, resulting in 30 person;1 bests.” The storvr of the dav. was the women’s 4x200m relay team. Thev set a varsity record, breaking ;he previous 1%year-old record held by former Canadian Qlvrnpians Sylvia Forgrave, Andrea Page, Leslie Estwick, and Commonwealth Games team member Fave Blackwood. Their time of 1:41,04wasaMcGilltnectrecord and earned them a number one CIAU ranking. All this despite a botched handoff on the final exchange! Heather Moyse, Latoya Austin, Jill Bennett, and Rachel Nickie all possessthe kind ofblinding speed that could net Waterloo a CIAU gold medal. Mope, Austin, and Nickie teamed up with

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Sarah distance superstar Dillabaugh to set yet another varshy record in the 4x4OOm. The top perfixmers from the distance team were Dillahaugh and Judith LeRoy. Dillabaugh was named “Female Athlete of the Meet” for her winning performance and meet record in the 3000m (942.85, a UW varsity record, and the top time in the CIAU this year), She then ran a PB in the 4x800m rela\fr (2: 13.7), and followed that up with tin incredible PB in the 4x4OOm, to help set the UW varsity record, and vault the team to a number two ranking in the CIAU. It is noteworth?r that this superb performance, one of man} this school )~ar in both track and cross country, came one year to the day tier Dillabaugh ga\rc:birth to her first daughter! Saraa is truly an amazing woman, and an incredible athlete. Dillabaugh’s closest competition this year will come from te;lmmate LeRoy. LeRoy won the 1500m in 4:32.73, which puts her in the top three nationally. Judith also ran a PB in the 4x80Om relay (2:X3), and came from behind in her usuti aggressive fashion to secure second place, ahead of all other Canadian schools. John Lofranco ran an unbelievable PB in the 1500m, finishing up with a time of 4:09X. Lofranco also achieved a PB in the 4x8OOm (2:06), helping the team to a fifth place finish. Lynn Coon and Stephan Drew both can a PB in the IOOOm, and Brian Horgan and Cliff Johnson pushed each other to personal bests in the 600m. In the sprints, Chris Bastie set a varsity record in the men’s 300m of 35.67. He also led the 4x2OOm and 4x400m teams to third and fifth place performances

respectively. Rachel Nickie and EIeather Moysc were third and fourth in the women’s 6Om, and Kachel won the 300m, edging out teammate Latoya Austin, who was second. Jill Bennett was second in the 60m hurdles and Bill Miller was third in the l~ole vault. Along with all the grear performances on the track go great peiformAnccs at practice. Despite the fact that our closest competitors all have hill time coaching staffi and great indoor trackfasilitics, Waterloo has still managed to be, on the men’s side, fierccl) competitive and on the women’s side, in the hunt f& a national title, The Athenas arc’ ranked number two in the country, just hv0 points back of the Uniwrsity of Toronto. Coach Brent McFarlane has done an outstanding job with the sprinters, and John Swarbrick and Jason Gregoire have been instrumental’with this ycds toy notch distance squad. The support of’ the ~oachcs has led to the outstanding atmosphere with this year’s group. The last word this week got> to coach McFariane, who jvill be in Japan this weekend speaking at the Japanese National Coaches Conference: Wu~standingTE:AM athletes like Sarah Dillabaugh, Judith LeRoy, Rachel Nickic, Heather Moyse, Latoya Austin, and Jti Bennett, who ran three CO five races within four hours at McGill showed what it takes to succeed as a team and individually. It was amazing to watch these athletes perform over and owr again at this high level. I was veq proud of our entire men’s and women’s team attitudes, hard work and performances.” The team competes at U of T tomorrow, and has next weekend Off.

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he Athena Figure Skating team skated at the Brock Invitational competition on Friday, January 24. The Athenas were in the hunt for a medal early in the day but dropped to fifth place overall. The competition was won by a very strong team from Queen’s, with Guelph taking second and the host team, Brock, winning the bronze medal. The team got a strong start with a personal best performance

by Helen Atkinson in the Senior Solo Dance event, taking a third place finish in the first event of the day. Atkinson later paired with T&auraVanderheyden to place second in the Intermediate Similar Dance category. In the Original Set Pattern dance, the team of Nancy Ford, Lisa Guch, Sandy Lee, and Meghan Tcrnoway danced their way to a third place finish, The Athenas also delivered some terrific freeskate programs. Sharlene Sister jumped her way to a second place finish in the

Short Program. Slater earned another second place in the Senior Similar Pairs event with partner Jill Thomson. In the Intermediate Similar Pairs event, Gina Cervini and Courtney Gill had a strong skate to earn third place. Although the team didn’t win a medal at this competition, they arc yracticing

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hc Varsity Swim Team trav&d to London on S’aturday to meet their long-standing rival, the Western Mustangs. Western tried to siow down the W~I-riors l-qr pulling a few tricks before: the competition even tqan. This did not phase our swimmers since man)I top pet-f&-mmccs were achieved. Coats’11 Carttidgc felt that after putting together a strong line-up, he stifl necdcd to sue cvcryone rxe hard and runlain tough. He would soon be very impressed by the strong swims from both the men’s and woni~n’s teams over the course of the meet. The Athenas, although outnumbered, swam personal bats and took down some Il;lustangs along the way. Kookic superstar Valerie Walker came away unbeatable in the 200 Individual Mcdlq, 100 Freestyle, iud 200 Rrcaststrokc. Amy Jarvis also left the Mustqs in her wake winning the 200 b-rccshk, 200 13utterqrand 400 Frwstyle. I)istar;ce swimmer Tcros;l Mace1 took the 800 I+-ccstyle, md came away with the bronze in the 400 Free-style. Shcryl Sanders has shown that her training is paying off placing SCCOII~ in the 200 Backstroke an4 third in the 200 Individual Mcdlep. Jen Pclls added to the point score with third place finishes in the 50 I+ccst$c and the 200 Butte+, Dorris Ho placed third in the 200 Backstroke, showing grtxt prrmise after o&r returning to the pool in Janu:xy. The relays wcrc rcprcscnt~d by Laura Anderson, ‘Heidi Borgmann, E&l Campbell and lixlcnc IXxx~ll. G-cat improvcmcnts ,u*c being seen b!l these Athenas with every rxc.

Warriors’ top swimmers absent from the meet. This was not a problem as many of the Warriors rose to the occasion with winning perti>rmances. Among these first place performances was ironman Nenad Mini& two first piact: finishes in the 200 Butterfly and the 200 Freestyle as well as a third place finish in the 400 Freestyie. His outstanding performance in these demanding events earned him the title of UW’s Athlete of the Week. Andrew Moffx finished with twu first place finishes in the 200 Individual Medley and the 200 &caststroke. Anthony Tham showed his vcrsatility as he finished first place in the 200 Rackstroke and second place in the 800 Freestyle. Ian “does anyone have a pair of goggles?” Wahs brook finished second in the 50 Frxst$ and rebounded with a come from behind win in the 100 Freestyle to gain wluabk poin.ts for the Warriors. Other strong finishes for the Warriors , included petiormances by HJ Kohman, who had key placing in ;he 200 IM and 200 Breastrokc (second and third resyectively), James Rjlans (third in 200 Free, and second in 400 Free), John Secord (third in 200 Backj, Greg Stump (second 200 Fly, and the 400 Medley relay team of Sccord, Shanbhag, Stump, and Palin (second). At the end of it all the Warriors led the Geldings by ;t score of 85-80, breaking a ten year st&qhold that the ‘Stan@ had over the Warriors and starting a new eta of Warrior domination in the water.

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We’ve been competitive for the past couple of years, but we just couldn’t seem to get over the hump.” With Laurier rookie guard Jcf‘f‘Zdrahal on the bench after committing three fouls in the first five minutes of the game, off guard Greg Sandstrom had to take control with his fearless &of- 10 three-point shooting, finishing with 25 points. The Hawks hit 12-of-25 on treys as a team. Both Zdrahal and Watsa found thcmselves in foul trouble earlv on. “Those early fouls re& got both ofus out of our gpnc, ” Zdrahai said of Wats~ and himself. “I played with Mano on the proGncia1 team arm’ we both like to run the ball up and down the floor. Qur game plan was to stop him. My job was to distribute the bati because I knew the prcsswc ws going to be really tough.” True to fori, Laurier’s first thrc’c baskcts were from bqond the arc as they . gained an early 9-5 iead. The bTarriors responded with a 32” 1 S

run that started with three straight treys of their own, from Mike Downing, Marc Rigaux, and Mike Crosby, mci a total of 6 three-pointers, including 3 from Rigaux. In the last 4:00 of the first half, WISJ outscored UW 15 -4 to pull within three at the half, 41-38. The momcmum swings continued in the second frame cvith Waterloo sprinting to a 57-49 lead before 1,aurier scored eight straight to tie the game again. Then the Hawks, powered b)r another spurt of three pointers, took a 77-71 lead b&Ire the Warriors stormed back yet again. Mark Eys’ basket tied the game at 8080, but Kevin R\lan put the Hawks up fixgood at 82-80. Waterloo missed two shots and then throw away an inbound pass bcfor~ the Hawks hit three free throws to clinch the WlIl.

Waterloo tomorrow at televised on Warriors will son-opening

hosts the Windsor Ilancers 2 p.m., and the game will be Hamilton’s CHCH-11. The be looking to avenge a sea73-53 loss at Windsor.

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her& a dcfini tc corrclatioll between the amount of snow in Waterloo and the success of the University’s Nordic Ski team this year, Winning m&Is cm-y weekend has given the team great sonfidencc ;1s the major end-of-season races approach. This past weekend the team traveled to North Bay to compete. Both the Athenas and the Warriors again demonstrated that thcv are heavy favorites to rake home mcdals it the OUAA/OWIAA Championships on Feb 23-24 in North I+~. Thus, the race doubled 3s both ~1preview of the OUAA/ OCVIAA courst’ ;lnd ;1s ;1 ch,~n~e to rax against sonic of Central Ontario’s best skiers. The fact that the IXC was open to c~~l\~o~~c, not just UniVcrsitv , skiers, added to the lu\d (If cc m1pcri tim.

was sixth and Jenny Northan in seventh. In S<lturday’s 5km skate, Maicr was the top Athena in seventh. Leanne Wortle~ was a ma-c 30 seconds back of Jessica in &ghth. Joanlie Murray and Wendy Corriveau-were dso in the top 10. With the absence of their two biggest rivals, Carleton and Lakehead, the Warriors had their way with the competition placing five men in the top IO of Saturday’s lOkm skate and six in the top 10 of Sunday’s &m classic. The Warriors were led b! ISrent Curry and David Climie. Curry, who has take11 the Universityski world by storm this )Tear, was the olrerall champion in Sunday’s cvcnt and took bronze on Saturday. Climic received r-natching silver medals: one fix each race. There were man\ . other notable performances by the vex-~, deep men’s team including Steve Danicls’ fourth place in the skate and rookie Ian Mu~-ra\“s fX11 in the classic. On the strength of their solid season so far, the Nordic t&m n& heads to the final University races this wcckcnd. The team will travel to Clttawa to partake in a pursuit event which will be their final tune-up be&e the championships.

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have taken some wind out of sails. Wcdncsday in Windsor, UW battled the much-improved Lti~ers to a 25-25 stanclofi at half-time, but the home team began the second half with a 16-O run that decided the game. Windsor won with a 65-42 final count. Saturday at Laurier, the Athenas lost a nail-biter as the Golden Hawks hit the winning basket with 1.2 seconds left on the clock to prevail 54-52, UW’s Jodi Hawley had hit two pressure fret: throws to tie the score wit-h elc\fen seconds remaining. Jacalvn White led UW in scoring against Lauhcr with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Adrienne Cillis contributed nine points. The Athenas host Windsor on Saturday at 4 pn. the last week the Athena

Wum’or

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Poor pcrfixmances down the stretch led to losses away from the PAC ti>r the Wa.rriar basketball team last week. Trailing 38-33 at half-time in Windsor last Wednesday, the Warriors kept it as close as 54-48 for the Lancers. Waterloo ran out ofsteam, however, and wcrc plagued by poor f&l shooting the rest of the way, losing 7333 in the end. Mano Watsa led UW scorers with 15 points. Kern) Donaldson and Mark Eysadded 11 and 10 points respectively.

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Roundup

Saturday against Laurier, the Warriors were again in the game at half-time, trailing 4 1-38, but a second-half defensive collapse did them in. The Golden Hawks prevailed 85-80. Derek Maat had a good of5ensive game, scoring 17 before fouling out. Kemp Donaldson added 15 point and Mark Kigaux added 13. The Warriors host Windsor on Saturday at 2 pm. 1 Roth Athena and Warrior curling teams placed second when they hosted the West Sectional bonspiel at the Westmount Curling Clrlb on Saturday. The Warrior team dropped a meeting with Western but beat McMaster and Lauricr. Both Waterloo and Western tinishcd with 2-l records but Western was given the nod due to its head-to-head win. On the worn&s side, Waterloo compiled a 3 - I record, good for second place in the five-team draw. Brock took top honours with a 4-O mark. Western, M&laster and Lauriur placed third through fifth, As was-the case in the outdoor season, the 14tllena indoor hockey team showed it is the best of the bunch - save for the traditional powers from U of T and York - when the team hosted the first OWIAA tournament at the PAC this past weekend.

One win, two draws and two lossesleft with four points, good for third spot in the six-team round-robin tournament. U of T and York both finished with nine points, while Western and Queen’s totaled three. Guelph placed sixth with two points. The Athenas, missing a few key rcgulars, could manage only draws with Guelph (5-5) andwestern (4-4),butputupagood fight against York and lost 5-4. Waterloo beat Queen’s 1-O and fell to the strong Toronto squad 7-2. Top Athena scorers at the tournament UW

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enth of eight teams competing. Against the Lancers, one of the teams that the Warriors are fighting with for thu fourth and final playoK spot in the West Division, Waterloo came Out strong and took the first hyo games from the dazed Windsor team. But the young Warriors could not maintain their composure. ,4 quick loss in the third game, 15-2, swung the mrlmentum decidcdls in the Lancers’ &vour.

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surged from behind to win the nest rwo games and the match, 3-2. In Halif=, the Warriors faced injury trouble as well as some ofthe best teams in the country. Waterloo drtjpped matches on

Friday to Montreal, 3-0, and host Dalhousitl Tigers, 3-0, b&xc recovering on Saturda) to defeat Laurentian, 3- 1. In the consolation semi-finals, Watcrloo repeated its fast start and led 2-O. Onctr again, however, a 6-O lead in the third game did not hold up. The Warriors dropped the set 15-S and lost the next two games 1 S- i 1 and 15 13. UW closed out the tournament with a 3- 1 win over Laurentian for seventh place. This Friday Waterloo hosts the McMaster Marauders (8 p.m. in the PAC) in another key regular season match. L

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is cool. Sure, a lot of people, including man\’ of those surrounding me as I &rite this, say“That stuf!fis shit! It’s all fake!“To them I say,“Hey stupid! People still pay to go see it, buy the merchandise and shell out for pay-per-view shows .” * So on that note, it was with amused anticipation that Jeff Peeters and I ventured to the Skydome Monday, January 27 for the WWF press conference to promote tonight’s Toronto Tri ple Threat match at the Skydome. When

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of the delighrfully

insipid

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Ta~unto got chairs. Just like the kind that wrestlers tend to get hit with. So the press conference begins at 10 : 15 with Vince McMahon, president of the !VWF hosting. This was an obvious attempt to make up for the fact that of the

three wrestlers in the TorontoTriple Threat match (Shawn Michaels, Sycho Sid and Bret Hart), only the Hitman showed up The first wrestler introduced was a relative nobody, or if you will, the hot new wrestling sensation Rocky Maivia. Joining Rocker in kis corner are local radio pcrsonalit& (?) Jesse and Gene of 4107, who were once again whoring themselves fc>ra little publicity. Next up came Brett “The Hitman” Hart, bragging about how he was going to win the title on Fridav night, though I thi& wi all know-he won’t. As a special bonus, George Chuvalo was presented as the special @est referee for the match, and he made sure we all knew he was authorized to use force to keep the match even. Gee, I wonder

if he’ll have to

resort to that? >*. Then, -- Tiger *__ Ah, son 00Bmed Canadian wrestler Tiger Jeet Singh was introduced and we were told he would be signing his first WWF contract in the ring during the Friday card. Wllor,p-dcy

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Legs. Mike Chambers, of the Hockey Warriors, has joined all-world centre Russ Tupling to lead the Thrown Togethei- squad. The defending A champs boast a fine lineup including hard shooting Matt Heroux and lanky defenceman Mike Tchiakrusky. The Chiefs have added depth and aggressiveness to an already proven lineup, Darren Zink (I&10=28) and Sanjay Krishnan (13-9=22) will again sutiace as a dominating force, and the signing of power forwards John Haley and Kob Vastag should add size to the team. Wily veterans Blair Mackey (23) and Steve Curich (28) bring experience, while the defence is anchored by sophomore sensation Steve Goodacre, and first round draft choice Josh Newby. Kegs with Legs, who pulled out a lIarrow victory in the B Division last season, are led by Warriors pivot Marc Cardiff and mobile defenceman Duane Johnson. The Legs strength rests with their physical play, and the addition of Tony Garland could add much needed depth to the lineup. The Kegs with Legs have an outside shot at a championship but the question mark is their ability to fill the net. Other long shots in A division are The Shockers and Ninja Banshees. The B division has been watered down by expansion and the departures of the Wiggum Chiefs, Shockers, and Kegs with Legs. The from runners include The Craz)r Pablos, Red Riders (who are led by last seasons scoring champ Tom Enright who had 32 points j> and the Beached Whales. Other teams to be considered as contenders are

Tuesday, at the Bombshelter, at 11 a.m., the debut screening of the Waterloo Warriors 1996highlight reel and musical show will be shown for all to see. It only costs a loonie to get in. If you like what you see, you can order a copy from the players or the coaching staff.

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Hany Malek and Mark Fournier arc the Campus Recreation Leaders of the Week. Hany is in his 6th term as a squash instructor. As a player and manager on the squash team Hany has used his skiUs to set up tournaments for his civil engineering class. Mark has worked as an umpire-in-chief, convener, coordinator of convunors and coordinator of referees. At a CIRA student conference Mark presented information on the WWW league homepage at UW. If you would like to nominate ti Campus Rcc participant, volunteer, and/or staK, you can pick up a n’omination form at the off-ice for athietics and recreational services department, Campus Recreation I,eadcrs of the Week set thcm~~lw~ apart by doing that extra deed that makes Campus Recreation programs better for evcnrone. r

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Thank God for sports? 1 don’t know about you, but I’m starting to get tired of all of these athletes praising God every chance they get. Now, don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with having religion in your life, but some of today’s athletes are

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hear players yelling obscenities? Quite a bit. What was really funny was seeing these sameguys (Green Bay, I’m talking about you) rejoicing in their victory and saying how much God has meant to them. Don’t these people realize that FOX’S super duper sound equipment was picking up every single blue-streaked tirade? Ifthese people are such good Christians, then they shouldn’t be saying that stuff out- on the field. It makes them look hypocritical, and just plain stupid . Does religion even have place in sports? Religion is a sensitive issue that, whets taken an estreme, has caused many problorns the world over. Sports is a form of escapism where, for a short while, we can forget about all of the problems in our lives and il

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Women’s basketball is thriving globally, with professional leagues in man\’ European countries. Howev& in the US, the women’s game has been significantly overshadowed by men’s basketball. In the past couple of years, significant strides have been made to establish a pro league for women. That effort has produced two leagues, the American Basketball League (ABL) which is currently playing, and the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBA) which begins plalri I ng this summer. Women’s basketball is not, and will never be a mainstream sport in North America. In the end, one league may win out, or both mav die. Refdre I delve into this argument, let me take a moment to point out the positives in women’s pro leagues. The VVNBA is an off-shoot of the NBA, giving it an instant legitimacy that the ABL doesn’t have. With the NBA’s already established marketing and promotion genius, there’s a chance ;his league- could sunrive. The WNBA is composed of eight franchises, all of which are owned by the league; the players are all employed by the league, not specific franchises *The AB L? Who knows. The primary reason why women’s basketbd won’t work is that North American audiences are so attuned to the NBA game

that they won’t accept the differences between the two st&s of play. The men’s game is ali about fllash,with thundirous dunks, fast breaks and trash talking. The women’s game is much more precise emphasizing the half court game, high percentage shooting and better fundamental play. If the men’s game is the sizzle, then the women are the steak. Now, before anyone starts giving me flack, allow me to say this. I like women’s basketball much more. All the crap that’s normally associated with the NBA gets very tiring. And the play, even between evenly matched opponents is often dreadful and lopsided, In my admittedly limited experience with women’s basketball, at the NCAA level, I’ve liked what I saw. As someone who actually appreciates the basic fLlndamentals of a sport, I like to see a team actually make 50 per cent of their shots from the field. So why do I foresee doom? Well, aside from the style of play, the fact that there’s two leagues obviously says one will die. That will be the ABL. First, they are playing their games at the same time as the NBA. Do these people have a death wish? The WNBA is intentionally running its season during the summer, when the NBA action is limited to free agency and labour strife. Second, look at the franchise

locations: the AI3L has franchises Columbus, Richmond, Atl;lnta, New England, Colorado, San Jose, Portland, and Seattle. The ABL has franchises in New York, Houston, Cleveland, Charlotte, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Sacramento, and Utah. The WNBA has strategically placed their eight teams in markets with fairly popular NBA teams and in cases like Houston and Utah, little else. The ABL ?Well, the word ‘leftovers’ comes to mind. It comes to my attention that no other major league has a franchise in Columbus or Richmond. hid likely never will. #?he third factor going against it is the lack of name recognition. There are hundreds of thousands of people, who on any given day, could tell you the third string point guard with the NCAA’s Kentucky Wildcats. Now, find ten people who can name a single female college player. You’d be hard pressed to do it. There are no household names in women’s basketball and the could-be stars like the WNBA’s Rebecca Lobo, Lisa Leslie (who is billed as the only woman in the league who can dunk) and Shcryl Swoopes will never reach the same level as ‘Michael Jordan or Grant Hill. One final thought for the plus side, maybe Dennis Kodman could be convinced to play. He might fit in a little better. in


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and the f&t that the stage w;is ~a empty did not seem to bother them at ill. The crtjwd was buzzing with anticipation and the human traf‘fic jam threatening to drive right through the bar and the bartenders right out of their minds dispersed quickly as soon as the lights dimmed. It had been quiet around Our Lad) l%xce since their mega-successful debut NalJced in 1994 and the crowd was starving tr 1get an earful from their upcomingC&qv album. And the band didn’t disappoint as their opening songs included “Automatic Flowers” and the already-popular “Supern1311's l~ead.” hmts,

Naturally though, the moshpit grew considerably in size and intensity once the better-known tunes from their debut album resonated through Fed Hall. “Supersatellite,” “Hope,” “Starseed” and especialy ‘&Birdman,” with a vibrating guitar-driven finale pushed the fans into a frenzy. Although the bouncers had their hands full keeping the surfers off the stage, the crowd kept its cool and remained peacefui throughout the night. The band continued to mix old and new pieces atid offered some promising new tracks such as “Big Bad Rocket,” “Clumsy” and “Shaky.” The variety of a genuine sound accentuated by Raine Maida’s powerfd and zealous vocals had the crowd enjoying ever)7 second of the show, Between songs, ,Maida made a good etr‘ort of including

and addressing

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ence by offering some profound insight into the genesis of many of their songs : “. . . this next one’s called ‘Carnival’ ‘cause it’s about a carnival.” Similarly, Maida introduced “Four a.m.” with the exDlanation

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that “it ivas written at four a.m.” Once “Julia” rang through the speakers though, most of the crowd willingly abandoned such abstract thoughts and devoted all their attention to the band’s solid petiormance. Adding a nice touch, Maida declared that the band would spare their fans the usual “rock ego” routine of leaving the stage, listening to the crowd roar for a couple of minutes, onl!r to subsequentl)

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n a bitterly cold Saturday night in the middle of a typical Canadian winter, a strange thing happened. A concert was held at the Volcano. Now that wasn’t the strange thing. The strange thing was that Fishbone played their entire set. A couple of months back, Fishbone was at the Volcano and, angry at the feedback from the sound system, trashed the stage and left. The fans were disgruntled. Race, the band that opened for Fishbone on that fateful evening previous, again opened to an enthusiastic crowd who immediately closed in on the stage and began to dance. Angelo Moore came out and danced in front of the stage to the island beats of Race, encouraging the audience to do so as well. Race, sounding like a cross between Maxi Priest and Ice T, were able to excite the crowd

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hyped for Fishbone’s appearance. Moore, frontman/singer/saxophonist for Fishbone, crawling on hands and knees, recited poetry to the crowd while the stage hands finished setting up. Wearing a very loud but stylish ensemble (an orange and yellow island-style suit) he stood up, the

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reappear for an encore. Instead, the band stayed on, thanked the crowd for their support in this, “only our third show in eight months” and closed the night with the highlight of the show, the eagerl) awaited “Naveed .” The moshers gave it their best and in underlining Maida’s good rapport with the fans, he held the mic deep into the crowd which enthusiastically took advantage of the chance to howl along.

band came out and he announced, “Tonight we will play an entire set!” And play they did. With horns, bass, drums and guitars, Fishbone put out a little bit of ska, some rock steady, some rock ‘n’ roll and some funk. Opening with “Fight for Nutmeg,” a term they use to describe their musical style, the evening took off with power, energy and enthusiasm. Fish, the band’s drummer, sitting with his back to the crowd, pumped out funky beats while showing off his highly tattooed back. Playing most of the songs from their latest album, Chillz Chim’s Badms Revettge, and some old favorites from previous albums, Fishbone made the crowd forget the minus one million degree temperatures outside. When Fishbone played ‘Ma n’ Pa” the frontman from Race began crowd surfing with some other awkwardly shaped members of the audience. The punk-infUsed Y3eergut,” the ska-seasoned %I the Cube” and “Sourpuss,” and the satirical “Psychologically Overcast” all had the crowd dancing and drinking and smoking pot, to the urgings of the band. When they lefi the stage after nYentytwo songs the crowd erupted into the traditional cheering and waiting for the band to return. They did. Coming back out they played “Freddy’s Dead,” and from the last album Give R Monkey A Brain und He’ll Swear Hi+ the Centre ofde Wnivtme,"Swim" closed the marathon night of moshing, crowd surfing, dancing, and bleeding ears.


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changes in the mood of the entire country as it has evolved over the past ten years. However, despite one’s expectations that they would overlap in numerous areas, the two books share little more than the same publisher. The leader of Ontario’s first (and for the forcsecable future, last) NDP government has taken a lot of abuse over the past few years fl-om all corners of the political realm. After winning an election more or less by surprise, Bob Rae and company went on co make thenxclvcs among the most hated governments in the country. Never again, say most. What went wrong? Apparently, not much. Although Rae acknowledges that mistakes were made and inexperience made the job diff’cult, the primary message coining out ofthese memoirs is that the NDP made the best of a bad situation and made enemies of everyone because no one else was grounded in reality. It’s believable, but it’s a generous ass&sment that is still tough to swallow. For instance, tho well-publicized section of the book in which Rae, Romanow and Harcourt face off against Bob White and his suggestion that the government default on its debt pa\rments leads one to believe d

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that ifnothing else, Bob Rae was dealing with verv radical elements among his tiaditional supporters. Similarly, his critics seemed to have little credibility when it came to making reasonable suggestions. RX tells of a leading investment banker coming into his ofice and asking Rae both to keep the deficit down, and to not reduce funding to the hospital with which the banker was involved. The banker was oblivious to the contradictions in what he was saying. Thus, there is a casefor Rae, but the admissions of inexperience make it hard to put the I>!lrne solely on unrealistic expectations. Kae also does a fair bit of blaming the Liberals before him for the high deficit, and then takes credit for programs that suddenly flourished when the econom\’ improvied. This attitude is understandable in an election platform, but not in what is supposed to be a personal, candidly written autobiography. Rae likes to pretend hc scparatcd himself from his party’s rhetoric more so than many, but he still has quite a way to go. This desire to bc seen as being separate from the rhetoric or the socialist stance on issues leads to 3 muddled message. In one section, Rae complains that the media was unfair when the NIX? was trying to spend its way out of the recession. Rather than justifying what he did (which was just that), he talks about how his government used the first budget to merely %often the blow” of the recession. The book would be far more interesting if he simply stood up for himself and said that there was nothing wrong with increasing spending to keep people’s heads above water. He hints at this, but he never gets up the nerve to say it. This is the most u&ortunate aspect of the book. He doesn’t spend enough qualiq time on an$~ing to make the reader understand why Rae did what he did. You never rcallv know what makes him tick. The first half Aims over his childhood, universiq days and early political career, interspersed with the occasional political or personal insight. The second half is a defense of his time in power, from his support of the Charlottetown Accord to the design of the Social Contract and ‘&RaeDays.” He offers few philosophical reasons for his actions, preferring to chronicle them and the circumstances under which he performed. In the end, there are two half-finished books here - one about Rae, and one about his government. Maybe in time he’ll get around to finishing both of them. Then there will be something really interesting and insightful to read. Rae and his government do not figure prominently in The Canadian lttmltition. Newman spends no more than three pages talking directly about Rae and his government. But in those pages, he captures the general sense of what happened as well as Rae did during his 300 pages: “In of&e, [Rae] was preoccupied with issues of social justice, which left no common ground with the Bay Street Gang who regarded social justice as an unaffordable

l~~xury and were primarily concerned with the creation of wealth, not its distribution. It never occurred to either side that you couldn’t have one without the other.” One tidbit that was common -to the two book was the joke about the Bq Street executives talking about how to get the Premier’s ear, a task they had not found a challenge under previous administrations. Mer deciding that their traditional professional connections will be of little use, one of them says, “Let’s use my cleaning lady. She’s in the Cabinet!” Hcrc Rae’s constant comments about politics being as much about impressions as anything ring true. This bit is also representative of Newman’s gift: the abiiit)l to .capture the mood of a province or country through well-chosen anecdotes that act as more than interesting little stories. While this technique loses something in substance when used as often as it is by Newman, it more than makes up for it in style and sheer fascination for the reader. For example, Newman’s analysis of Toronto, the country’s economic, social and political centre, comes across as that of a society columnist. The chapter about the city comes as part of a look at the “economic revoIution,” but it is more of a psychological profile of the business elites and their wives. Very interesting to read, but short on substance if you’re hunting for the real economic issues. Newman takes a similar approach to every other topic in the book: the Mulroney years, the startling rise ofthe Reform Party, the country’s loss of faith in God, the Royal Family and the banking system, the plight of the First Nations, et cetera. Much needed historical background is provided to put the events in context, which helps someone our age understand what it was like before and just afier we arrived here. So was there a revolution? The grudging answer is yes, and in Canadian style: long, drawn-out, and with little far&we. Newman wears down your scepcicism through profiles of boardrooms and cabinet meetings, the occasionat statistic and poignant anecdotes that capture critical events over the past decade. It’s a great read, and I found myself laughing out laud in numerous parts. Ultimately, if you want a foggy but (especially nowadays) unorthodox view of Ontario, read Rae’s book. But if you want to better understand your country, you have to read The Canadian Rtzmlu tion .


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a venue complete with ushers to show you to your seat, any audicncc’ interaction hindcrc~ other than gawking at the rock stars up on stage, tapping w vour foot and grooving your neck. There

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mer Don Kerr contributed much with sticks and stones and a handful of your old stand-by funny to the band’s precise rhythm and faces. The Kheostatics thrive in jazzy intrusions into their primasuch a venue, and those who at- rily pop-rock material. tended the Humanities Theater The show highlighted the concert seemed tobe prepared for band’s new aIbum The Bltie Nysthe sit-down atmosphere, waitWI% with occasional tunes coming from past albums. The “gaing in silence as the bands took the stage. rage rock” - the kind of stuff The show opened with Pco- which recei\les play on mainstream ple from Earth, the Rheas miradio, such as “Bad Time To Be nor-league band, complete with Poor”was played, as were the similar tune arrangements and Rheos’ ballads, most notable in style, and perhaps most disconthe show being Tim Vesley’s beaucerting, the iroice of Rhea’s lead ti ful tune %I OfEer.” singer Martin Tielli coming our One criticism stood out after of all four of the band’s singers the Kheos finished their one and (h$Toofwhom were Tielli’sbrothonly set - the fringe material lost ers). While they were one of the out to the pop-rock-ballad matemost precise and practiced openrial. While, for the most part, ing acts I have seen in a long time, even their most straight-ahead I found myseIf trying not to listen material encompasses more variatoo closely for fear of overdosing tion than most pop bands. Two on the actual Rheostat& wrhen of the Rheostatics’ more experiII . they took the stage. mental . albums were under-repreWhen thcvI did, thcvi sented, including both hztrodwmanaged to showcase the iflg Napp~~~~ss(the ultimate in bitypical Rhcostatics quirky zarre and quirky) and their recent pop-rock, doing it f5r be;primarily instrumentai album ter (as one would hope) Music hspiwd by The Guoq of 7, than their opening act. ;I brilliantly evocative and varied The brilliance of a piece of music. Rheostatics live show was In the end, it seemed that the evident as the band played show met the fans’ expectations. many tunes, switching in The venue was filled though the and out of 4/4 time and balcony remained closed - the letting their tight sound Rheostatics commenting to the and musical talents keep audience that one day when they the crojvd entertained. make it big the balconjt might be Lead-singer Tielli’s open, complete with stage-diving powerful and at times fans. After numerous albums and haunting vocals and lezd an opening act with the Tragically guitar drew most eyes in Hip, time will tell if, on their next the venue to stagetright trip through Waterloo, the while (as befits the Rheostatics will planr to the balKheostati~s style) the bass- ‘cony. Those who saw them this ist Tim Vesley, stood center timi around seemed to be imstage andrhvthm guitarist pressed with the talented musiDave Bid& shared the cians and songwriters from where fronting duties. Drumthev, saw them.

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to the people - saying things in English. It’s used worldwide now: the surtitle, a little projection screen above the opera stage that projects an English translation siby Patrick Wilkins Imprint stkff multaneously with the foreignlanguage text. Berg, who has been pera doesn’t have a very in opera for over twenty years, good reputation with the credits the surtitle with opera’s newfound popularity amongst the general public and, common folk. frankly, it doesn’t deserve one. Hours of people singing in a Events like PO~WLZhelp, too. The annual concert presentation strange language, people running back and forth in absurd costumes, of “opera’s greatest hits” takes place tonight at Centre in the mortally wounded women singSquare. A fleet of well-known ining for hours before expiring. For centuries operatic excursions re- ternational opera singers serve up a selection of the genre’s best arias, mained the domain of the upper duets and overtures. The usual class. Even if the rich couldn’t understand what was going on, suspects are included: a bit of Kossini, Puccini, and Donizetti, a the snob appeal was enormous. few composers whose names do On the phone from his office ;lt the University of Western Onnot end in vowels (Offenbach, tario, Theodore Baerg talks about Massenet, Meyerbeer), and, natuthe recent crossing-over of opera rally, a heck of a lot of Mozart. Operatic arias are divided into into popular culture. Vancouver’s Three Tenors’ performance, ac- three groups: songs about getting cording to Ctlcr-rt magazine, was drink, son@ about love, and songs the largest-grossing concert KP~Y. about dying (typically occurring It’s bad, says Baerg, because peo- in that order within the opera). This year’s Pupma has plenty of all plc are paying too much attention to the suI!&stars and not enough three, but specializes in love songs. to the music. But it’s good, one None are in English, but the might add, because at least thcv’re surtitles will ensure that the audipaying attention. ence can understand every .word. The biggest aid to opera, Even better news for the poor Baa-g says,was a Canadian invenuniversity student: rush tickets to tion. Back in the early eighties, Popern are available at the door someone came up with a simple the day of the show for only $5, concept that brought opera back with official student ID Cmtre in the Square Friday, January 31

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ast Thursday night, the Bombshelter played host to some of the KitchenerWaterloo area’s best independent bands. Corduroy Leda and Squirm helped Reson ceiebrate the release of their debut CD, Messilag with dw Muses. Five dollars, collected at the door by members of the various bands, treated the entrant to almost four hours of Live music, and the proceeds provided over four hundred dollars for Multiple Sclerosis, The live music started at 930 with Corduroy Leda. At 10:30, Squirm took the stage. The almost-standard configuration included guitar, bass, drums, vocals and keyboards played by Tim, Ian, Baron, Elaine and B’,J: respectively. B. J. also

played trumpet, especially when the keyboard experienced some technical dificulties for the first few songs of the set. This was no problem as the group altered its play list to accommodate. The sound produced by Squirm was powerful and captivating and the music was varied and entertaining. Elaine’s vocals soared through the confines of the Bombshelter and the guitar, trumpet and keyboards filled the room. Their unique musical style demonstrates a wide variety of influences and could be described as Jazzy Funk-Rock. It was definitely music to move to and, if you like, as the band name suggests, squirm to. In between bands and sets the Bomber returned to its normal social atmosphere. During these little breaks the music that was played was all by some of Canada’s independent artists. This provided a chance to meet and talk with the various members of the bands, one of my favorite aspet ts of smaller, independent con-

certs. The atmosphere was excellent and the crowd diverse. At I1:30 the guests of honour, Reson, took the stage for two sets to perform the songs from their album. Sludge on drums, Bass on (of course) bass, Steve on lead guitar and Mark and Jimbo sharing vocal and rhythm guitar duties started solidly and continued to build. By the end of the third song there was no room in front of the band to stand as the crowd rushed up to get a better look. The band responded to the crowd and gtined their energy and playfulness as the evening continued. Reson piayed all of the songs off their alternative rock debut during their two sets, including “Injustice, ” a favorite of the band. The varying complexities of the songs showcased the group’s songwriting and performing talent. The tunes were catchy and the vocals were solid. The last set finished around one in the morning and, afier two excellent sets, no one left disappointed.

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Fashion by formula by Sandy Atwal Imprint stafi How To Write a Record Re1. Begin review with broad, sweeping declaration about the state ofpopular music. 2. Discuss band’s previous albums to estab-

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don’t know too manv other bands that I know is that Cake haIre descrvcdlv taken over the airwaves with “The Distance” and fortunateljr, the rest of the album contains even more songs worth) of some heavy du t>’ airpln!~. A \x “The Distance” demonstrates, part of Cake’s appeal lies in lead singer John McRea’s abilitv to f~isc rap vocals with rock instru merits. Not that this hasn’t done before ‘, obviously, but singer John McKea doesn’t tr?l to pretend he’s black. He appropriates the rhythmic, syncopated st\rlc of rap without any African:American overtones. Rather than rhyme “nigger” w ith “trigger,” McKea chooses to rhyme “doubt and remorse” lvith “monster truck force.” The album contains a few coxrs, most notably Gloria Gavnor’s “1 Will Survive.” White

the origin4 was something of a lame quasi-feminist disco ~anthem, Cake updates the song so that it sounds like it was written yesterday. McCrea’s vocals also adapt the song for men who have been shafted by women Those two elements alone make this one of the best covers I’ve ever heard. To top it alI off, the obligatory guitar solo is onlv one note. There-is, perhaps, something of a slacker aesthetic about Cake; man)’ of the songs are sung in that lazy, a1oof voice favoured byI so manv lead vocalists in the nineties. But Cake bring a musical intelligence to their songs. They’re not interested in sloppy power chords locked into a verse-chorus-verse structure and the presence of a trumpet helps to flesh out their sound. In fact, if the band has a problem, it’s coming up with clever hooks. Songs such as “Dar&” “Open Books” and “I t’s Coming Down” are all escellent until you get to the chorus. Fortunately, the songs are so strong that thev can withstand the occasional we&ness. Rumour has it that Cake are on the verge of breaking up - or rather, they did break up but reunited for Fnslllion Ntimet. With luck, the success of this release will assure that Cake are around for at least one more album.

by Mike Owen Imprint staff Eighties rock is a style that has complete1y died out in the past few years, so it’s a bit of a surprise to hear a new band coming out with this style. However, this is exactly what Eventide has done. An unusual choice to say the least, but I guess old habits die hard. So what sounds eighties about this album? The guitars scream “hair gel” at the top oftheir lungs with very direct and predictable chord progressions. The rock of a decade past tended to be like this, but thev cou1d have gone crazv and trieh at least one or two different chords. Randv Steppler, the guitarist for the ‘group, has apparentlv not done much listening to music beyond Poison and Def Leppard, and it shows in the refatively carbon-copied playing he does from track to track.

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Hutthcad, if you’re’ a chick band, it’s ok to suck. A.JI~, for the most

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There’s nothing fancy about Fluftjl. The standard four-piece line-up, simple songs, and some decidedly unadorned lvrics, but that doesn’t mean anything. The question is, do vou want to play it again? You’re ioddam right I do! These four girls bash out some solid 90s punk with cnrhusiasm and style. The lyrics have been done before. You know, the whole independent woman/rape/drugs/ sour relationships bit, and it’s not like punk is something new, but Fluffy does it well, with some excellent guitar harmonies and great rhythms that other aspiring punk bands would do well to notice. Get it and play it loud.

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The best thing about these albums is that thev ire ideal material for “The Cover Show,” Fridays from 6 to 7 p.m. on CKMS. ’ Shameless piug for a friend aside, these albums arc unnecessary, superfluous and other words that mean the world wou1d keeD rotating without them. That said, I’m kind of glad to have them. The greatest bonus for me is that my Bauhaus discs were stolen over the summer and now, thanks to Mumcr Told Me Not To Come, I at least have their cover of Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust.” Only about three dozen more songs to go* Otherwise, these two discs are a fairly decent mix of songs with the usual trichotomy: a couple ofgreat numbers, some decent ones, and the rest falling somewhere between mediocre and skip past it. Without a doubt, the best song on either disc is the Cardigans’ interpretation of the Thin Lizzy classic ‘“The Boys are Back in Town.” What was once a rocking male anthem is now a tender, lounge-esque swoon. Emasculation at its finest. Other highlights

The vocals are the biggest giveaway in this album - when was the last time you heard a singer draw out the word “yeah” for three or four seconds about twenty or thirty times in one track? It might simply be that nineties music tends towards- a much rougher sound, but I couldn’t get over Em-e’s vocals, which simply seemed to be lacking something called impact. If Randy ever gets out to listen to some new music, he should drag Enre (the vocalist) along with him. Given all of this, I’m realI} surprised to say that I liked bits of this album. The only problem is that they were very small bits, and constituted lessthan half the playing time. Most of the songs lacked any real edge, and mellowed or dragged to the point that I was worried about passing out while Tping this review. But some of the songs are actually fun, in that sort of cheesy eighties rock sort of way. You won’t catch this band doing aqrhing groundbreaking, but they can petiorm reasonably well in their chosen, if outdated style.

on the alternative camp are the suddenly hot Red House Painters, covering Simon and GarfLnkel’s “I am a Rock,” actuall)7 managing to add to the vocal harmonies inherent in any Simon and Garfunkel song. In “the $cond catagory lie songs like “Ball of Confusion,” not quite a coup, but still good, Frank Black redefining a Brian Wilson tune into YIang on to your Ego” and the omnipresent Spirit of the West teaming with the Wonder Stuff’ on the timeless classic “May the Circle Be Unbroken.” The Beatles camp. manages to avoid a lot of the most popular Beatles songs, instead looking at the better songs that didn’t manage to become immortal. None of the songs are really interesting interpretations, but more or less straight-up covers. Really, if I wanted to listen to songs that sound just like covers of Beatles’ songs, I think I’d be better off just listening to the Beatles. The Christians do a ver)rExdible version of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” and Monsoon put an Indian swing on “Tomorrow Never Knows.” There are also contributions from Men Without Hats, Hothouse Flowers and two tracks with Paul Weller, one solo, one with the Tarn. Otherwise, not nearly as interesting or eclectic as the Alternative camp. If you were going to buy either ofthese albums, get the alternative one. If you really think it’s worth it.


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strut,” This is exactly what the title track of Grover Washington, Jr.‘s album Soulfitl Stnrt makes you want to do. The first song makes you want to strut; the second, “Can You Stop the Rain,” does the exact opposite. It’s an emotional song that makes you remember the last time your heart was broken, not just by a relationship going south but by any loss. Grover is a saq$one player whose plaving and svle put Ktmly G and John T& to shame: He plays soprano, alto and tenor SXKthroughout the album to spcctacular ctyect. Through his playing, he doesn’t just pland music, but creates moods that the listener can experience. In combination with the funky bass lines of Gary “Headman” Haase, Grover creates a range of grooves from coqky strutting to tribal rhythms. Hut he is riot limited to c;ltchJr funk; his style encompasses mournful ballads and th~>ught-provokinlS social commcntarics asin “~1ystical Forct.s and “l~~~~cher Man.” R&t-e this album, I could almost believe that there were no good sax plavcrs left recording out there. But now my bnlv thoughts on this is an old cliche - cLThat!s good sas.”

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For those who know me as a snobbish yet staunch supporter of the Canadian independent music scene, it may come as a surprise to learn that my favourite band is, in fact, a @am-rock outfit from Oklahoma. Why the band that T most identify with should sing about drag queens and bisexual orgies is a matter for the psychiatrists, but even if my fmdom is twisted, I’m in good company. The Chainsaw Kittens’ latest self-titled album was released on Scratchie I&cords, owned by James and D’arcy from the Smashing Pumpkins, and the Kittens regularly get a nod as Billy Corgan’s favourite group (second only to the Frogs). The Chainsa~v Kittens’ 1989 debut album ViulentR&+P~, on the ultra-cool Mammoth Record label, was probably the height of their career: the jewclqr-adorned Kittens, fronted by the heavily-mxcara-ed Tyson Todd b!eadc, screamed through t-w&c of the coolest giam rock songs ever. Butch Vig produced their 1992 follow-up, Flipped

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energy he brought toNm~er~~ri& A couple EPs followed, most notably AjlcrjEl my11 the Rm2~e, with an underaged nude on the cover and seven gorgeous tunes, ranging from silly to scary, inside. ’ 1994 brought Pop Htkw, a disappointingly . accessible crossover of the glam rock method into the pop-rock universe.

The Chainsaw Kittens, however, never lost what makes glam great: the clothing and makeup, for starters, but more importantly, the unabashed energy present in every chord, whisper, or scream. It was a minor disappointment, but the release of Tyson n/lcade’s 1996 solo Muturcyclc Chihhood made up fol his band’s previous shortcomings. The acoustic album was glam without the overblown chords or gratuitous screaming p UK, unfiltered emotion. Whilt W;~S the band doing betweenpup Heiress and 1996) Getting old, app~~rently. -There is no screaming on the Chainsaw Kittens’ latest self-titled release. Th& makeLIP has been washed off. There are strings ever\Tvherc. Not that it’s at all bad - the dragqueen anthem “Dorothy’s Last Fling,” a moving tale of homosexual rape in

“Mouthful of Glass,” and standard acoustic closer “Speedway Oklahoma” are all &sic Chainsaw Kittens - but it’s not great, and greatness is what 1’1~ COIIIC to expect. When I finally saw the Kittens in some recent Canadi;ul shows, I realized that, just as in ever\’Mman’s life comes d time to put away childish things, in every glam rocker’s life comes a time to wipe otr the pliI)l

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FRIDAY,

LJW Stage 8and rehearsal at 7:009:00 pm in Conrad Grebel College Great Hall Rm 156. Every Monday and Wednesday Chapel Choir rehearsal 3:30-5:OO pm in Conrad Grebel College ChapeL 0uters Club regular meetings are at 7 p.m. in room ES1 -221. Come out for social events and updates.

TUESDAYS 6eginning Jan. 7 to March 18 the Christopher LeadershIp course wilt begin. This course covers effectivecommunication skills and self-confidence. To register & info call Joanne at 7446307.

University Choir rehearsal, 7:00-9:30 p.m. In Conrad Grebel College Chapel. Any questions call Eleanor at 885-0220 ext. 226. Every Tuesday and Thursday 3:305:00 Pam. Chamber Choir rehearsal. Tuesdays, CGC Rm 151 and Thursdays, CGC Chapel.

FRIDAY English Conversation Class in Needles Hall 2080. Sept. to June from 2100 to 4:00 p.m. Students, faculty, staff and spouses welcome. For info call International Student Office at ext 2814

I St. Paul’s United College has rooms available for Winter ‘97 and Spring ‘97 terms. Please call 885 1460 or drop by for application forms and a tour! Guided Self-Change of alcohol use: for individuals who may have concerns about the amount they are drinking and want to cut down. Call Counselling Services (ext. 2655) to find out more. Now available “What in the Wodd is Going On: A Guide for Canadians Wishing to Work, Volunteer, or Study in Other Countries.” For info/cost call Christine at (613) 237-4820. Attention Bluevale Alumni! BCl’s 25th Reunion is May 30 - June l/97. The Reunion committee is presently compiling a mailing list. It is important that they receive your address now. Please write the school c/o 25th Reunion, 80 Bluevale St. N. Waterloo, N2J 3R5, call the Hotline at 650-0569 or email at http:iwww.sentex.net/ -dabrykys/bci.reunion. Renison’s 10th Annual Haircutting Charity Pub! All #ormer residents are invited back on Feb. 7 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. for this event. Call Kelly 7257489 for info and tickets Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Oscar Arias, Peace Jam Youth Conference which aired Jan. 11-I 2 will be available for Internet access on Jan. 17 at http:/ /www.uconline.edu Nomination deadline for UW Distinguished Teacher Award is Friday, Feb. 7/97. For more info call the TRACE office at ext. 3132. The Endowment Fund is now accepting submissions for funding. The submission deadline is Friday, Feb. 7, 1997+ Submission forms can be picked UD at the Fed Office. Canadian Federation of University Women Used Book Sale will be in April this year. To donate books please call 747-5854 or 746-5649 or 886-7427 until Saturday, Mar. 29, 1997. Getting married? Congratulations! The UW and WLU Chaplain’s Associations invite you to participate in a Marriage

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28 from 7-9:30 p.m. and Sat., Mar. 1 from g-3:00 p.m. Cost is $75. per couple for anyone UW associated - $100. for non UW associated. For more info calI UW 888-4567, ext. 3633 or WLU 884-l 970, ext. 2240 or call any one of the Church College Chaplains at Renison, Conrad Grebel, St. Jeromes or St Pauls.

JAN.

31,1997

Evangilistic Meeting “God, Are you there?” organized by Chinese Christian Fellowship with speaker Pastor Kai Mark, songs, sharing and skit. Come to MC2066 at 7 p.m. Everyone welcome. Details: Grace ext 3512CTRL- FREE Japanese Animation Shbw - Engineering Lecture Hall, room 201 from 4:30 to IO:30 p.m. Check out the web page: http://www.cslub.uwaterloo.cti clu bs/ctrl-a/

WEDNESDAY,

FEB.

5,1997

Blood Donor Clinic at the University of Waterloo, Student Life Centre Multi-Purpose Room from 12:OO p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Call (519) 744-611 Cl for more information. Amnesty International of UW presents guest speaker Phit de Gruchy. A long time A.I. member, de Gruchy will be speaking about his experiences wi?h AI, including his work for human rights in Eastern Europe. The meeting starts at 5 p-m. in the Student Lffe Centre, room 2136* For information call 578-4655. Gay and Lesbian Liberation of Waterloo coming-out discussion group. Topic: “What Do I Want In A Relationship” at 7:30 p.m. Social follows at 9 p.m., HH 378. Meet old friends and make new ones. All welcome, Details: 884-3982. Attention 1st Year Art Students: time to pre-register. Having problems picking a major? Visit us at Arts Information Day from 10:30-2:30 in Arts Lecture Hall. Talk to professors and undergraduate advisors about your academic choices. lnexpensive lunch will be orovided. St. Jerome’s Reading Series: 3130 p,m., Sylvia Legris, Saskatchewan poet in the Common Room 221 SJC, or contact Charlene 884-8111, ext. 223.

THURSDAY,

FE8.6,1997

Join us as FASS pokes musical fun at Arthur, Merlin and the whole round table in “1001 Arthurian Knights: a musical romp from Waterloo’s campus to King Arthur’s court!” You’ll see knights in shining armourq damsels in distress not to mention the great song and dance numbers! 8e there, or weI have to send Merlin after you!! Humanities Theatre, Feb. 6 - 8, tickets $8. (FASSFone 884-4093, http:// math.uwaterloo,ca/-fass) PGSA (Philosophy Graduate Student Assoc.) Book Sale. II a.m. to 2 p.m+ Student LifeCentre, Multi-Purpose Room. Philosophy, literature, history, etc .. ..-. German Cinema - 7 p.m. in East Campus Hail Auditorium 1219, foreign-language films with English subtitles - “Hungry Years” 114 min.

SATURDAY,

FEB,

8,1997

The FASS Theatre Co. celebrates 35 years of musical comedy, friendship and fun! Join us at Fed Hall for this celebration. Call for details 884-4093.

Big Sisters needs you! Inquire about our short term match program. Get trained now to begin in September 97. Training date on Saturday, March 22/97. Call now to register 743-5206. Learn about a different culture while you show a new immigrant how to be parl of your community. For more info call KW YMCA Host Program aI 579-9622. Waterloo Minor Soccer needs reliable coaches and assistant coaches. Do you have Ihe Borne and talent to share from May to July? Please call 578-9680. K-W Sexual Assault Support Centre needs volunteers for crisis line work, public education and office support. Interested people can get more information by calling 571-0121. Women only. The City of Waterloo Volunteer Services, 888-6488, is currently recruiting for

the following positions: Snow Day; to assist with Family Playing in the Snow Day, Volunteers are needed in the hot chocolate hut, to judge events, and assist with registration. officials for snow activities are also needed. Must enjoy family situations and winter weather. Receptionists: duties such as answering phones, assist day time users, filing and processing mail. Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age, reliable and enjoy working with the public. Atimecommitmentof l-4 hoursession per week for 4 months is required. Sessions are on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday afternoons or Wedneday mornings or afternoons. Sounds of Summer Corporate Sponsorship Volunteer: assist Oirector in attaining new sponsors and followup with past sponsors. Must have an interst in finance and public relations. Telephone Callers: needed to call older adults on a regular basis to ensure safety. Calls will be made daily or on alternate days depending on need. Must have good communication skulls and pleasant telephone manner. Volunteer Drivers: needed to drive seniors to doctor appointments, social events, etc. within Kitchener/Waterloo. Volunteer tutors needed to tutor students on a one-to-one basis in written and oral English. Tutors meet students on campus> usually once a week for I 2 hours for 1 term. For more info calI ext. 2814. Attention Journalism students and Hockey Buffs! Hockey KW maazine is looking for voIunteers to write articles fora Regional hockey magazine. Great way to build your portfolio. 7459124, leave message. The Sexual Abuse Treatment Programme of Community Justice initiatives is holding its training workshop forvolunteergroupfacilitatofsofgroups for sexual abuse survivors and offenders. Training for group facilitators will be held on Tuesdays 4-6 p.m. from January 28 to April 15, 1997. For info call 744-4095. In Home Support Volunteers to provide support to families of newborn children. Duties include providing emotional support, linking families with community resources and providing practical help. Call Cathy at CradleLink 7490226.

For the following volunteer positions contact Verna Keller at vkeller@ watservl .uwaterloo.ca Food Service Assistant - needed at Women’s Shelter in Kitchener, #I25 1126. You can be a Big 6rother in our shorl term group recreational program for boys. Ideal for students with limited time. Transportation necessary. For more information call 579-5150. Women and Tatooing: I need women currently with tatoos, willing to be interviewed regarding your experience with tatooing. Non-intrusive. If interested call Leslie at 725-5083#

1 SCHOlARSHIM 1 Applications for the following scholarships are being accepted during the Winter term. Refer to Section 4 of the Undergraduate Calendar for further criteria. Application forms are available in the Student Awards Office, 2nd Floor, Needles Hait.

ALL

FACULTIES:

Doreen Brisbin Award-available to third year Regular or 3B Co-op female studentsin an Honoursprogram in which women are currently under represenled. Deadline; April 30/97. CUPE Local 793 Award-available to Union employees? their spouses, children or grandchildren for extra-curricular/community involvement. Deadline: Jan. 31/97. Ron Eydt Travel Award-available to undergraduate students who are planning to participate in one of the approved exchange programs. Based on financial need, leadership and campus involvement. Deadline: Jan 31/97.

Douglas T. Wright Award - available to ail who have participated in a UW international work placement Students to apply upon return to full-time study at UW. Deadtine: Ott 15/97.

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Health

Mark Forster Memorial Scholarshipavailable to 3rd or 4th year Kinesiology, Deadline: Jan 31/97 Michael Gellner Memorial Scholarship-available IO 3EI Kinesiology or Health Studies. Deadline: Mar. 3l/97 Robert Haworth SchoIarship-completion of 3rd year in an honours program in resource management related to Park Planning and Management, RecreationT Natural Heritage or Outdoor Recreation. Deadline: May 31/97 RAWC@available to 2nd,3rd or 4th year Recreation and Leisure Studies. Deadline: Jan 31/97

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of Arts:

Concordia Club Award-available to 3rdyearGerman studies. Deadline: Jan 31/97. Arts Student Union Award -available to all Arts students. Deadline: Feb. 28/ 97p James C. McKegney Memorial Award-available to upper year Arts students with outstanding performance and/or extra-curricular activities in the Hispanic Area - one in Peninsular Span&h Studies and one in Spanish America Studies. Deadline: Feb. 28/97.

Facultv of Enqineerinq: Andersen Consulting Scholarshipavailable to 3B. Deadline: Mar. 31/97 Canadian Hospital Engineering Society’s Scholarship-available to 3B Deadline: Mar. 31/97 Consulting Engineers of Ontario Scholarship-available to all 3B. Deadline: Mar. 31/97 John Deere Limited Scholarship-available to 3B Mechanical. Deadline: Mar. 31/97 Delcan Scholarship-available to 48 Civil. Deadline: Feb. 28/97 Randy Duxbury Memorial Awardavailable to 3B Chemical. Deadline: Feb 28/97 SC. Johnson & Son Ltd. Environmental Scholarship-available to 3rd year Chemical. Deadline: May 31197 Marcel Pequegnat Scholarshipavailable to 3B Civil,Water Resource Management students. Deadline: May 31197. Canadian Posture and Seating Centre Scholarship-available to all. Deadline: Oct. 14/97. Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Award-available to al Civil and Mechanical students with an interest in Building Science. Students to contact Dr. Eric Burnett Keith Carr Memorial Award-available to 3rd or 4th year Chemical. Deadline: Mar 31/97. Co-operators Group Ltd. Awardavailable to 3A Envjronmental Engineering based on financial need and extracurricular involvement, Deadline: Jan 3li97. Ontario Hycfro Engineering Awardsavailable to 1B Chemical, Electrical, Environmental or Mechanical. Eligible candidates will be women, aboriginal (native) Canadians, persons with disabilities or visible minorities. Deadline: July 31197. Ontario Professional En ineers Foundation Undergraduate f! cholarship-avialable to all lB,2B,38 & 4B based on extracurricular and marks. Deadline: Jan 31 i97. Alan W. Shattuck Memorial Bursaryavailable to 4th year Civil. Deadline: Jan 31/97. Suncor 8ursaries-available to atl Chemical or Mechanical. Deadline: Jan 31 i97. Jack Wiseman Award-available to 3rd year Civil. Deadline: 0ct 31/97.

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Recreation, Natural Heritage or Outdoor Recreation Deadline: May 31/97. Marcel Pequegnat Schoiarship-available to 3rd year Environment & Resource Studies, Planning, Water Resource Mgt. Oeadline: May 31/97

of Environmental

Studies: Robert Hawotih Scholarship-comp!etion of 3rd year in an honours program in resource management related to Park Planning and Management,

Faculb of Mathematics: Andersen Consulting Scholarshipavailable to 3B Math. Deadline: Mar. 31/ 97 Electrohome 75th Anniversary Scholarship-available to 36 Computer Science. Deadline: Mar. 31/97 Certified Management Accounting Bursar-y-available to full-time studen?s in Mathematics-Business Administration/ Chartered Accountancy/Management Accountancy. Preference wilt be given to students who attended high school in COUnbeS of Perth, Waterloo or Wellington. Deadline: Jan 31/97. Co-operators Group Ltd. Award-available to 3A Actuarial Science based on financial need and extracurricular involvement. Deadline: Jan 31/97. K.C. Lee Computer Science Scholarship-available to 2nd year regular CO~Iputer Science. Deadline: Ott 31/97. Sun Life of Canada Award-available to 2nd year Actuarial Science. Deadline, Nov 30/97. Faculty of Science: J.P. Bickell foundation Bursariesavailable to upper year Eat?h SciencesA Deadline: Jan 31/97. S.C. Johnson & Son Ltd. Environmental Scholarship-available to 3rcl year Chemistry. Deadline: May 3 l/97 Marcel Pequegnat Scholarship-avaIlable to 3B Earth Science/Water Resource Mgt. Deadline: May 31/97 Dow Canada Scholarship-available to 3A Chemistry. Deadline: Mar 31/97 Science Society Bursar-y-available to alI.

Queen Elizabeth Siluer Jubilee AwardsSeverat $5,000 scholarships are being offered to undergraduate students across Canada to study at another Canadian university in their second official language (French or English). Candidates must be Canadian citjzens or permanent residents, currently enrolled in the second or third year of their first undergraduate university program* Students must have sufficient ability in their second official language. Application deadline; Jan. 31/ 97. For more info and application forms, contact Student Awards Office. Datatel Scholars FoundationApptications are now being accepted for the Datatel Scholars Foundations. The awards have avalue of up to $2,000 each and are available to full-time or Dart-time students, graduate or undergkduate, in any discipline. Applications witI be evaluated based on academic merit, personal motivation, external activities including employment and extracurricular activities and on letters of recommendation. Application deadline is Feb. 10197. lnterested students should contact the Student Awards Off ice or the Graduate Studies office for an application form, Terry Fox Humanitarian Award Program -The Terry Fox Humanitarian Award Program provides renewable scholarships valued at up to $4,000 annually to undergraduate students currently studying towards a first degree. The awards are intended to encourage Canadian youth

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high

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by Terry Fox. Selection will be based on a dedication to community service, humanitarianism, perseverance and courage in the face of obstacles, and the pursuit of excellence in fitness and academics Application deadline is Feb. I/ 97. For further information and application forms, contact the Student Awards Off ice.


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