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pepper in your eye I . Here’s Students occupy MP’s office Hall where they held an informal information session on the outside stairs. Citing undue corporate ine’re here to talk about fluence through the IJW Board of Governors on university policies, APEC. A year ago tothe protestors tied issues on camday was the demonstrapus to the contmulng tion against- the APEC APEC controversy. Alconference in Vancouleging that the police ver,” announced undermade the UBC campus a graduate UWstudent Dale “charter-free zone” durWhitmoreas heand about ing the protest, and that 20other student protesters they illegally detained took a seat on the floor of activists for carrying Member of Parliament Andrew Telegdi’s office. signs, the activists demanded that there be a Office staff, although unfull inquiry into the posure of how.to deal with lice’s actions at APEC. the activists, remained Next stop on the calm and heard the “Readthesign!READ~PcotestorsoutsideMPAndrew march was Wilfrid Laurier protestors out, encouragUniversity, where the ing them to make an ap- Tekgdi’soffice. photos by Dave Eby marchers competed with pointment with Telegdi loud techno music for the to further discuss theirconattention of Laurier students. Chris terns. efi t corporations at the expense of The activists were demonpeople; governments and the enSchafer, president of the Reform vironment,” according to the leafParty Campus Club at WLU said strating about a number of issues, let they distributed. The group, “It’s good to see students out takfocusing largely on free speech, originally consisting of about 30 inga stand on stuff.. not just sitting the conduct of the RCMP last year around, but standing up for what in Vancouver at the APECconferpeople, marched from the Student enceand thecontinuingerosionof LifeCentreoncampustoNeedles they believe in. I’m against

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‘SprAyPEG’ too, to have your freedom of speech violated is pretty ridiculous.” The march’s destination was Member of Parliament Andrew Telegdi’s office, where the protestors took over the office and spoke with the staff about their concerns. Krista Lords expressed concerns to the office staff members that “the difference between Canadaand a dictatorship.. . is the separation of police and state,” and that this difference ‘disappeared during the APEC conference in Vancouver.

deomocracy under what they calied “corporate rule.” A specific issue that the marchers wished to address was their displeasure with governments acting to aid in the “forced changing of rules to ben-

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placard waving, chanting group. Speciai assistant to Andrew Telegdi, Moe Hamoodi, said “The demonstration here [in Mr. Telegdi’s office] is an excellent exercise of democracy and I’m very proud of it.” Another of Mr. Telegdi’s special assistants, Dan Emmanuel, seemed to side with the students, responding that, “I don’t see any court records of this, and I don’t see any students charged with anything. . . so why were they [the RCMP] manhandling them iike that?”

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Fourteen remembered women, the Engineering Society Later, a letter was found on Lepine’s body. It contained a vir- . and the Womyn’s Centre will be tual hit list of fifteen high-profile, holding a candle-lighting cerhigh-powered women. Among emony on Friday, December 4 at 4:30 p.m., at Siegfried Hall, St. them were the first woman frrefgh ter in Quebec, the first woman police captain in Quebec, a sportscaster, a bankmanager,and the president of a teachers’ union. Though none of these women were ever targeted after the letter was found, the existence of the list itself brought to further light the rage Lepine ‘bore towards women for daring to be leaders in society. Jerome’s University. The ceremony will include reflections In remembrance of the Monfrom female and male Engineertreal Massacre, and the continuing ingstudents, and women who have problem of violence against

n December 6, 1989, a single man named Marc Lepine sought out the engineering wing of L’Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal,ordering the female students to segregate themselves from the males. He then shot 14 women dead, injuring eigh t more women and four men before turning the gun on himself (he took aim at the men only when they attempted to interfere). The reason he killed them: because they were women. This black mark in Canadian history put a spotlight on the ongoing scorn towards women who push for gender equality. For seeking out non-traditional careers, Marc Lepine accused the female engineering students in Montreal of being feminists, and for that, he sentenced them to death.

achieved prominent positions in their careers. All are welcome. After the ceremony, men and women will have the opportunity to participate in discussion groups on various topits. Areas for discussion include: feelings and reflections on the Montreal Massacre, a male reaction to the Montreal Massacre and violence against women, women in non-traditional careers; the merits of equal opportunity hiring, and the backlash toward feminism. To help raise awareness about violence against women throughout this time of remembrance, the

White Ribbon Campaign is also underway. As most violent acts towards women are committed by men, the campaign is primarily for men, representing their opposition to violence against women. Not all violence against women leaves physical scars, Physical, sexual, psychological, and emotional harassment (including regular subjection to demeaning comments or jokes) all constitu te violence. Wearing a ribbon is a personal pledge never tocommit, condone, or remain silent about violence against women. Ribbons are available in the Student Life Centre. Wear them proudly, for your mothers, sisters, daughters, lovers or friends. For more information about the “Fourteen Not Forgotten” ceremony, contact the Womyn’s Centre, 888-4567 ext. 3457, or fedwomyn@watsexvl.uwaterloo.ca.

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Good education policy! Co-opting the feds by MehIde Kramer /mpdntsfaff

n a recent press release on education, the provincial NDP committed to a 10 per cent tuition rollback and to tuition reregulation. In addition, Howard Hampton, leader of Ontario’s NDP, announced that the NDP will also work toward improving student assistance programs and providing more funding for colleges and uni-: versi ties. These promises involve a commitment of $140 million in increased government funding to’ post-secondary education. The NDP plans to pay for these rollbacks by reversing the Harris government’s tax scheme. It is estimated by the NDP that $1.5 billion could be raised by reversing the T&y tax cut to the wealthiestsixpercentofthepopu-

lation. The NDP would reinvest this money in health care and education. Hampton hopes the implementation of the NDP education platform would heIp to redress some of the significant inequalities between rich and poor. Hampton believes that “improving access to higher education is one important solution to addressing this inequality.” The NDP’s General Policy Statement, issued last May, outlines the NDP’s commiunent to making higher education accessi‘bk to more people. It states their guiding principles in terms of pu blit education suclr as: access for all, opportunity for all, achievement for aI& and value for all. Regulated tuition fees have already leapt by60 percent under the Harris government. Proposed deregulation means these in-

creases could become much larger very quickly, which would delinitely limit access for all. When the recent NDP press release came out, OUSA (Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance) issued its owri statement in support of the general principles contained in the release. They state that it is good that the NDP government is willing to reinvest in the future ofeducation. While they do not specifically endorse the proposed tax cut reversal, they find it encouraging that the NDP show how they will pay for the tuition rollbacks. Robin Stewart, VP education, who is currently UW’s representative on OUSA also believes that this is a good platform on education. Stewart states that, “Mostpeople believe the Tories to be weak in health care and education. Obviously, the NDP have chosen to attack them in these areas. It will be interesting to see ivhich way the Liberals will now swing.” The hope of many is that the Liberals, who will most likely be the main contender against the Tories in the next election, will

take a similar stance to that of the NDP.

This education-friendly approach means that students may incur less of a debt, thus giving more people the option of postsecondary education. And the more people who take up the NDP commitment to education, or one similar to it, the more likely it is that post-secondary tuition will be stopped from spirallingout ofmost people’s reach.

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recent rash of problems concerning university stuldent-run newspapers and their respective student governments has prompted the Canadian University Press (CUP) to issue a press release detailing some problems the papers are having. “Student councils across the country arc abusing their power by silencing- critical news coverage in the campus pfc%s,” -savsTaria - , - ~ -Hassan-Gordon: CUP president. The press release focuses on three specific cases of alleged Dress.” wrongdoing by a student governments against their student newspapers. One was 738 Cadre at the

n wing to provide extra money for students with dependants, the federal government has actually been undermined by the provincial Tories. The money, which was intended to give extra support to students with dependents, will now be recognized by the province as extra income. This means that those students who receive money from the grant wiil have their OSAP cut by the same proportion. This creates an added problem because the grant money is awarded later than OSAP and some students may

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elected position, while all other positions are appointed by the President. Neither student approached Simon to organize the career fair. But, both students continued to use their titles to correspond with companies after Simon assumed presidency of the club in September - without consulting Simon. She explains that “if they had worked with me from the beginning, this would have been a lot more feasible.” Instead, thecareer fair in question has been shut down by UW administration. Reasons for this shut down include severe disorganization and lack of adminis trative support. Because of this lack of support, neither the Federation ofstudents nor the current executive of the Business CIub are comfortable supporting this initiative.

ast week’sImprint ran an article entitled “Career fair in jeopardy,” in which Alvin Chin was identified as the Vice President of the Business Club, Chin, however, is not on the Business Club’s executive this term, and does not represent the views of the Business Club. Shauna Simon, President of this term’s Business Club, approached Imprint, toexpresscontern that the article misrepresented the Business Club. She explains that while Chin was appointed Vice’ President of the Business Club for the summer term, he was appointed by nonelected President Victor Lee. Business Club policy states that the President is a four month

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between the government and the hiring commission (of which the government’s VP Finance was a member) the newspaper hired Ms. Doucette on an interim basis, which meant that she was still an employee of the newspaper, and tbE:efore of the Student Union, Last Sunday, thegovernment had an in-camera meeting and came out with the decision that Doucette should be fired immediately, violatingtheirownconstitution which

tion of Students (CFS) is refuted by Rawlines, who says that she has “repeatedly requested for exam: ples of [Doucette’s] bias,” and has nevermetwithananswer.ShecalIs the council’s position “hazy” and adds that Doucette has not been coveringCFS-related stories for the Cadre. T& Mani~oban at the University of Manitoba and The Voice at Athabasca University in Edmonton have also had problems with their respective

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be left floundering in the meantime. But, the grant is handed out late in the year and is taxable income by the province. This may make many consider the gram more of a burden than a gift. Robin Stewart, VP Education, believes that “the federal government has tried hard to create programs for students with special needs. The Ontario government seems not to respect Ottawa’s right to increase the access of all Canadian students to post-secondary education. Once again, the provincial government has coopted federal dollars to help save money so they can finance their provincial tax cuts*”

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ouncil of Canadians National Chairperson, Maude Barlow, and Polaris C Institute Director, Tony Clarke, raised concerns that Canadian democracy is under assault from corporate powers at the launch of their new book entitled MAI ROUND 2: NW Gh?w~uprd humu?~ Thmm to Canadian ~w~vz&@ on Monday evening. The event, which was sponsored by WPIRG and the UW Canadian Studies Department and held at the Waterloo StageTheatre, was part ofwhat Barlow and Clarke call a “global citizens’ movement” to address and redirect globalization. Barlow began by saying, “We are at a unique time in our history. This is a time of great opportunity, it’s a timeofgreat danger, and it’s a time of great hope.” While the danger lies in the “tidal wave” of globalization and corporatization, Barlow said that the recent global financial crisis and death of the controversial Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI)at the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (0ECD)presentanopportunityforcitizens to “reconstruct the base of the global economy.” Clarke explained that the social welfare state has been dismantled and replaced with a corporate security state. The mandate of the corporate security state is to take power from governments and “reorganize the entire national economy, its cultural, its educational, its environmental systems for profitable transnational investment and competition.” In the process, he remarked, “Northern countries are beginning to see that their citizens and the basic needs of their citizens are no longer being met by the way in which the economy functions.” Barlow maintained that increasing privatization of social and natural resource sectors, massive deregulation, expanding corporate political power and a widening gap between rich and poor in all countries are characteristics of globalization which place people and the environment at risk. She also spoke of the increasing use of state security forces to protect the interest of transnational corporations, using the highly publicized APEC sprayings as an example. The right wing, she said, “has succeeded in aggressively promoting its agenda and its ideology [and now has] turned its sights on democracy, and we’re feeling the assault now as a big part of our lives.” At the front of this new global system was the MAI, which, according to Barlow, would have given multinational corporations “a body of new and substantive rights

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to challenge government laws and policies and regulations that they [didn’t] like under a binding legal system of their creation, one which governments would negotiate, sign, and sell to the public on their behalf.” Features of the MA1 included granting nationstate status to trans-nationals, installing their constitutional rights in international law, establishing rules to which governments would have to abide, and granting legal tools to enforce the legislation. In October, France withdrew from the OECD MAI negotiations on the.grounds that the negative social, cultural, and cnvironmental implications of the agreement

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were unacceptable. Meanwhile, Clarke noted that 15 of the 29 negotiating OECD nations, including Canada, had strong citizen campaigns which opposed the agreement. Barlow said that the success of the movement was the result of both hard work and uncertainty brought about by this year’s financial crisis. “The reality, of course, is that their system is failing, You cannot impose a system that creates these social divisions and theenvironmental devasation that their system has promoted.” Clarke, however, warned that the “MA1 is not dead in other ways, and the pieces of it are going to be carved up and put elsewhere.” The MAI will likely be taken to the World Trade Organization, and Clarke mentioned that a pendG@^International Monetary Fund change to focus on investment, as well as parts of APEC and the upcoming Free Trade of the Americas Agreement, may incorporate MAI features. “We must keep a vigilant eye on what is happening in a number of other fronts,” he said. While increasing income gaps and poverty have resulted in what Barlow called “an entrenched Third World in Canada,” the top 200 corporations have twice as much income as the bottom four-fifth of the world’s humanity. Clarke insisted that capital flows must be redirected to where it is most needed, and an alternative investment treaty to regulate the cultural and environmental impacts of foreign investment is crucial. “There is a growing awareness and recognition that civil society now needs to seize the moment and start toorganize much more effectively in each of our countries and then come together and develop new ways of operating and working globally.” Community organizations such as the Waterloo Global Community Center, he said, are important to a global citizens’ movement.

Tuition does affect accessibility by Kath Grublsic /mpn’ntsiW

overnmental impositions have altered the philosophical and practiG cal approaches to education. The pursuit of higher education has become increasingly limited by financial considerations. UW’s Federation of Students, and the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA), in trying to determine the extent of economic restrictions, found no concrete data on the subject. While most students either live on severely Jimi ted budgets themselves or know others who do, there are no statistics on the changing access to education. UW, along with other USA-affiliated schools, has undertaken a survey to gauge students’attitudes towards accessibility. VP Education RobinStewart hopes the survey will provide a more accurate and substantial indic&ion of students’ financial situation, including considerations of rent, telephone bills, and bank loans, The tenminute questionnaire, which began this week and runs until Friday, December 4, will be administered to a random sampling of UW undergraduates. It contains discussion on motivation for educational pursuits, external financial support, dependents, nontuition expenses and post-graduate expectations. “We’re hoping that people will take the time to complete the stuvey,” Stewart explains earnestly, in order to “paint a real

picture of student debt.” With the dramatic tuition hikes of recent years, says Stewart, students are taking their education much more seriously. Anecdotal evidence shows amuch heavier pantime work load, a drop in volunteerism, and a significant rise in applications to co-op programs, to help students finance their education, and to improve. job prospects upon graduation. There is a tendency towards a more direct correlation between education and employment, specifically income level. In deregulating tuition, universities are making very broad assumptions on the specific employment outcome of a degree. As Stewart points out, the recipient of a law degree, for example, may enter any number of professions, rendering any occupation-specific income estimates extraneous. Schools with deregulated and increasing tuition arc drawing students from higher income brackets. Universities may become upper-middle class elitist institutions, limiting higher learning to the rich, or to those who can concoct one hell of a scholarship application. “Universities are here to offer higher education,” says Stewart. The lofty philosophy of learning as a factor in human developmen t is gradually being overtaken by the influence of future earning potentiai. An unfortunate departure, in Stewart’sopinion, from the “soft skills” that make us a more enlightened society.

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he Relief Kits for Central America were a great success at University of Waterloo. WPIRG and the Federation of Students sent out an appeal to staff, faculty and students to fill 30 “pails” of specified items for the Mennonite Central Committee’s (MCC) Relief Kits. WPIRG volunteers and staff filled all of the pails on hand as well as filling twelve complete “bag kits.” That’s 42 complete kits! Even more than that,rhere were 22 bags which were missing just one or two items.Congratulations to students, faculty, and staff for making this an incredibly successful and heart warming appeal. Thank you so much for responding to our call for aid in such short notice (less than two weeks) - wow, you more than

doubled what we expected! Donations other than what was to go into the kits filled nine boxes with items like diapers, clothes, to-ys, extra soaps, anti-bacterial dish s&p, deodorant, etc. These boxes are going to the Central American group who work out of the Global Community Centre in Waterloo, They have arranged space in a shipment. Our money collection. is also going very well. The tins through-out campus will remain in place until November 27. The money will then be given to MCC at a benefit for Central America. The money collected here will go to buying food, water and medicine. These will be purchased in a neighbouringcountry for immediate delivery into the storm stricken areas of Honduras and Nicaragua. Thanks everyone - sure feels good eh?

by Melissa Choang /mpn’ntst#

n behalf of the Investors Group, George Bollard and George Randle gave an informative presentation on financial planning last week. Although only a few students were present, the two-hour presentation was informative. Using PowerPoint, these financial planners showered the audience with an impressive array ofcharts and facts. Bollard suggested that current methodsofsavings, GICs, Savings Accounts, and T-Bills, are not doing the job. With current rates of inflation, greater risk is necessary in order to make a profit. According to statistics from Garth Turner’s book, After the Boom, 2015, massive groups of people are look-

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it.” He believes that investments must be long term, and that such investments will reap great financial rewards. For example, if someone at age 20 starts putting away $1,000 a year, or just $20 dollars a week towards investments at 10 per cent annually, by age 65, that person will be $442,593 richer. Also, Bollard suggests a portfolio with “safety, liquidity, and flexibility.” Balanced portfolios (such as 60 per cent stocks, 40 per cent bonds) provide the investor with four key things: short-term rescue, income protection, fixed investments, and equity investments. Although this method requires some risk, it virtually guarantees long term rewards. So, isn’t it time you used calculated risk, foresight, and dumb luck to make your million.

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ing at retirement and 45 per cent of the population is financially dependent. And since the Canada Pension Plan will soon be insolvent, the general population is in the midst of financial crisis. This financial crises was summed up nicely by Bollard when he said, “We don’t own anything, but we owe everything.” Garth Turner has four main suggestions for investing that hard earned cash as to prevent a personal financial crises: 1) don’t save, invest; 2)invest a lot, and invest often; 3) invest monthly, and on a regular basis; and 4) invest for the long term. Investing for the long term was the focus of the seminar. Bollard actually relishes stock market crashes: “If the market crashes, don’t sell, keep it, and buy more of

aterloo Quiz Bowl hosted WatBowl II: The Search for More TriviaonNovember 21 in the Student Life Centre. Ten teams competed for trivia supremacy including the defending champions from WatBowl I, Witness Relocation Program. The field was tough as they battled teams from engineering, math and accounting who were hungry for the title. Questions covered all topics of interest including history, science, sports and entertainment with an ongoing theme of evolution. Each team of four had a shot at a 10 point toss-up question for control. Teams answered by signaling with a buzzer-lockout syst&n. Ifeorr&tly answered, they had a chance at a 30 point bonus question exclusively for them. A new toss-up-bonus cycle then followed. Put in more simple terms, it was similar to the two-part team question in Reach for the Top.

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At the end of round- robin play, the top team in the Australopithecus Division was Witness Relocation Program with a record of four wins and no losses. Ph@ Prvrts topped the Parathropus Division, also with four wins and no losses. The playoff was a survival of the fittest with only the best teams advancing. Extinction occurred rapidly until there was only two teams left for the championship round. Witness Relocation Program and Ph@ Prvrts were left on the evolutionary line for the WatBowl II championship. Both teams were undefeated heading into the fina1, but only one team would end up victorious at the end of the day. The score was extremely close at half-time with a score of 55-50 in favour ofwitness Relocation Program. Witness Relocation Program exploded at the start of the second half, scoring SS unanswered points. Ph@ Prvrts, who consistently made come-from-behind wins in round-robin and earlier playoff Iti

rounds, played valiantly but could not overcome the strong second half of their opponents. Witness Relocation Program defeated Ph@ Prvrts with a final score of 195-75, successfully defending their WatBowl championship. Will Witness Relocation Program be able to three-peat in Winter 1999 at WatBowl III? Maybe you can stop them. For more information about registeringyour team for Wat Bowl III, send a message to the email address at the end of this article. Special thanks go out co Ricardo Catibog, Jr., Zhan Huan Zhou and the members of Waterloo Quiz Bowl for organizing a very successful and enjoyable tourL nament. Waterloo Quiz Bowl participates in university-level academic trivia competitions in Canada and United States. We meet every weekinMC4044at6:00p.m.,and all are welcome to come for a game of trivia. For more information or to register for WatBowl III, email zhzhou@engmail.

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here is a club over at Wilfred Laurier that you have probably never heard of. It is called AIESEC Laurier, and if you are at all interested in international work, you should read on. AIESEC (pronounced eyeset) is the world’s largest studentmanaged, non-profit educational organisation. This is a highly developed organisation that sets up international work exchanges for

students,

while

maintaining

strong

moral principles and goals. It is a little like our co-op process, only on an international scale, and a few minor differences in the administration and selection processes. The only criteria for joining is

that you are a university student, and students from all faculties are encouraged to join. This is not just a club for business students. The member base is a very diverse one, with many members from the University of Waterloo. The way the club works is very simple. A member participates in club activities, such as helping to facilitate outgoing work exchanges, as well as incoming exchanges for foreign students. If the club’s workis successful, which it has been in the past, some members go on exchanges. Upon

return

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change they can benefit theircommunities as well as the club through the knowledge and skills that they have gained. There are numerous opportunities to learn new things or de-

velop yourself as a person in AIESEC. Someopportunities include gaining practical skills and work experience, a better understanding of other cultures, practicing language skills, establishing international business contacts, and learning more about global issues, while here or on exchange. ~ Hopefully, you now know more about AIESEC. If you are interested in international work, I strongly recommend that you check it out. If you want to find out more, there will be a short info-session ar 12:30 p.m. on December 2, in the Student Life Centre, room 2 134/5, Ifyou can not attend, or just want to ask some questions, you can contact myself, Anthony Spick, at acspick@engmail.uwaterloo.ca.

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n the neverending figh t over Quebec sovereignty, commentators reduce the issues to a quarrel between two sides: Quebec and the Rest of Canada [ROC). Them versus us. But who are they? Who are we? Is there a unified ROC? The same problem occurs when people try to talk about Canadian identity. What does it mean co be aCanadian?.What are the aspects of our culture? The trouble is: you can’t define something that doesn’t exist. There is no single “Rest of Canada.” There is no single “Canadian identity.” The Molson Canadian advertising campaign z you know, the one with the monkeys - is p&haps the best analogy I have seen for the Canadian situation, although not for the reasons you might think. We Canadians are like the monkeys. We sir at our individual typewitcrs, devising Dur own definitions of what we aie. Every Dnce in a while, a few of us might type a few words in common. Canada is no more than the big room in which we all sit together. The idea that a single Canadian identity exists is a myth, created primarily by we Central Canadians. Polls show that Dntarians are, by and large, the most committed to the idea ofcanada. Asone moves lut from that center, one finds that the idea 6 not universal. Quebec is the obvious example, but lot the only province to have ambivalent reelings about their place in the union. The provinces of Eastern Canada are :he poor siblings. They have always felt ike their destinies are in the hands of the ich older brothers of Central Canada. The iense of helplessness and lack of control Jreeds resentment. Manitoba and Saskatchewan have a different mindset, due in part to their primarily-agricultural background. As well, the cultural make-up who of the immigrants who first settled the West was far different from thatofother parts ofcanada. Alberta has an independant, individualist nature which closer resembles that of 3ur southernneighbour. Alberta has never Forgiven Central Canada for regulating :he oil industry during the ’70s oil crisis. Phe “let the Eastern bastards freeze in the dark” attitude still lies there, not too deep Deneath the surface. _B.C. is a curious mix of frontier-style ugged individualism and Asian-Pacific 3usiness consciouness. The peripheral provinces are not the mly ones to feel alienated within this ;upposedly unified country, Our native copulation has always been a “distinct ulture.” The proof of our differences lies in )ur political parties. The Liberal parties )f B.C., Ontario and Newfoundland all Bear the same name. They are, however, rastly different creatures. SoletMolson’scry “I amCanadian!” In the end, it doesn’t mean very much. rhere are as many ideas of Canada as here are Canadians. But then, what do I <now? I’m just one Iittle monkey, sitting it my little typewriter and hammering away at my own little definition.

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‘d like to respond to a few articles written recently that I think need to he amen’ded. The first was a letter written by Alvin Rezel in which he stated “the link between por-

Secondly, from the same article the statement was made that “This is a reduction of the woman to a mere body or image.” I’m assuming Mr, Rezel is referring to the nudity on the front of the paper. I’d first like to point out that the man on the front was nude as well. Was he reduced to a mere body or image? One goes hand in hand with the other. Mr. Rezel asks that such material not be presented for the sake of those who feel this i3 a reduction of women. I have a tough time swallpwing the ‘artistic side’ of the front page, however, I don’t feel mydiscomfort should necessiutce the banning of said materials. The trap that this kind ofcensure causes resulted in book burnings. If there was real evidence of the harm such nudity causes, then I would be in stippdrt of not -4e.r presenting it. Thirdly, I’d like to go a week further back, and respond co the statement “Freedom from truth is to perish pleasantly.” I’ll start bygivinga physics example that results directly from the theory of relativity. Imagine a 10 metre-long ship flies by the Earth at a speed near the speed of light. Now suppose there is an observer of the ship on the Earth watching the ship go by. If the person on the ship is in the middle of the ship and turns on a lantern, that person will see the light hit the front and the back of the ship at the same time, but the person on the Earth will see the light hit the back of the ship before it hits the front. Which statement is true? Since these two statements seem to be exclusive of one another, how is it possible that they are both true? In fact they are both true statements. A religious friend of mine

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am writing to express my disgust at Alvin Rezel’s “encouraging lustful thoughts” comment on the inappropriateness of the “unclothed femaie” on the cover of Imprint. Alvin’s argument, based on his numerous quotes from the bible; comes to the general conclusion that it is sexual lust and pornography which lead to the’serial murders and rapes in society. I would suggest that he spend more time studying slightly more reliable and, dare I say, scientific sources about the cause of the ills in society than a book written almost two thousand years ago. I applaud Imprint for having the guts to show some skin in an effort to raise awareness about breast and testicular cancer. I’d also like to note that iflust is a problem ofthe magnitude that Alvin claims it is, I should have’committed a heinous crime a long, long, long tirrie ago.

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true,’ by telling me the relationship with God does not adhere to titles, it is anintimate personal subjective reIationship with God. The world of today is not about absolute truths, and that does not mean you can pick whatever truths you want and live a complacent life of oblivion. You must search your-

self for your beliefs. Science will continue to show us truths, some ofwhich seemscontradictory; nothing is absolute’anymore. We can’t sit secure in our beliefs, we must constantly re-evaluate what we think and search for more truths. By 1imitingyourseIf to an existence of absolute truth, you are forcing yourself into a narrowminded and sadly ignorant life.

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the bare breasts on the cover of Imprint was published. Obviously, he was searching for nothing more than attention. If you are attempting to turn the Imprint letters to the editor section into a half-baked version of the Playboy Forum, then you have succeeded. This all coming at a time when Imprintwasgainingrespectacross campus as a viable source for news and opinions oncampus, I would hope that as journalists, you would be able to discern ridiculous comments such as those of Mr. Dimuantes, from ones which contain actual intellectual content. Please cancel my subscription.

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To the Editur, irst off, I’d like to thank Wendy F Vnoucek and the two models who crafted the November 13 cover of Imprint. It’s heartening to know that artistic impression and high-calibre talent thrives at this otherwise technically oriented campus, where too often we are told chatwe’re just here to get a job, dammit. The photo was very tastefully done, and indicative of the depth and range of students at UW. Second, thanks to the Feds (Meridith Owen et al.) and Imprint for putting together such an informative supplement on breast and testicular cancer awareness. Cancer is one of Canada’s deadliest killers, and the more education we have on thedisease, the better. It’s a frightening prospect that one in four Canadians will contract some form of cancer during their lives. It has already affected some members of my family, including an uncle that was recently diagnosed. Currently, the spectre of cancer looms over several friends who have either faced the disease or face that terrible possibility. No longer is cancer a disease to be watched from the sidelines, at least for me. Like it or not, it will affect every one of us, and we all must draw together for those that need our support. - LhvidHaig.. 4A Mt&nicu~

McPherson’sargumentsinsupport of the Tory government with more dreaded statistics (although easily done, I fill my statistics quota in the MC building). There is one claim McPherson made which makes me wonder: why is he in politics and not the CIA? I understand the CIA have need for McPherson’s type of antidemocratic right-winger for small leftist third-world governments. Mr. McPherson tells us: “the aforementioned [pro-government] advertisements are the only way the Ontario government can get its message out.. and is, therefore, clearly a justifiable expense.” If Mr. McPherson were among those whose Calculus papers I grade, a remark like that would prompt the reply: “no -not clearly justifiable minus five per cent.” TheTorygovernment has the support of some of the wealthiest people in the province and it is the government (giving the Tory party unique access to fund raising schemes). For all that, it is not within the rights or prerogative of our elected officials, no matter if they are high school-drop-outs or Rhodes Scholars to spend tax payer dollars on pro-government advertising. Put plainly such advertising was very capably classified by Aldous Huxley as “Propaganda in a Democratic Society” in Bruve Akw Worc’d Revisited. It is the responsibility of the government to spend tax payer dollars on anything that will contribute in a positive way to the life and liberty of the citizen. It is thus the job of the political party to justify the actions of the government. When the government assumes the responsibilities of the supporting political party, an advantage is given to the governing party that takes away from our collective right to form opinions, enlightened by our education, that ’ are reasonable or at least rational. I hold that truth to be as self evident as anything else John Locke wrote. It may be that the Rae government was a “profligate waster” but this is by no means justification for our present government to spend my tax dollars telling me what a good job the government is doing. Mr. McPherson would be well advised to ponder these points before embarking on future diatribes in support of the “profligate wasters” that we call the provincial Tories. l

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f you stand for nothing, you’ll fall for anything.” This phrase has been scrawled on the bench at the corner of King and Allen. Nevertheless, it’s true! In this age of instant information and political correctness, it is so easy to feel overwhelmed with all of the different viewpoints that are out there. It is also easy to feel guilty for having a solid belief system. It seems that to do so is somehow inappropriate. We should not admit that there are things that we hold sacred. It’s a paradox In the attempt to beopenminded, aceeptingand understanding of people’s differences, we are I almost required to give up our own unique values. I believe that there is a God. I believe that all sixty-six books of the Bible were inspired by Him. I believe that the Bible contains His truth and will always be relevant to each and every person in existence. But wait! Aren’t I forcing my beliefs on others by taking that stand? Shouldn’t I be saying something like: “I have found some truth in the Bible and it was relevant for me, but that may or may not be the case for you” or something along those lines? It would sure make it a lot easier for us all, wouldn’t it? Well, that’s not what I said. That’s not what I meant. I firmly believe in the God of the

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Bible and in His plan for humankind. Does that make me narrowminded? Is it rude for me to insist upon this belief though many would disagree with me? I would suggest that it is perfectly all right for me to hold strong beliefs,. The main issue is how they are expressed. Let’s hear it for open, honest, respectful&assiun! (For example: I dun? think that derogatory remarks about other beliefs, self-righteous letters to the editor, or pot-shots at sundryabortionists are good ways to express one’s beliefs!!!!!) In addition, I also don’t think it is enough to simply have a strong belief about somthkg. Faith should be based on fact. For instance, I could sincerely believe that the moon is made of green cheese, however, NASA would be able to prove that I am sincerely wrong. No matter how committed my belief, there is no changing the fact that the moon is not made of green cheese! Similarly, it is just as important to know “why” as it is to know “what” you believe. So, take the time to ask yourself “the hard questions” and discover their answers. Then, when you meet someone with different beliefs, you will be able to be respectful to them, while at the same time being proud of what you believe in.

Broomand Cauldron ne of the most commonly in their place. It also appears that held misconceptions of someone of the aggressive conWitches is that we worversion school had a brilliant idea. ship the devil. This article is to set . What betterwaytoconvertpeople the record straight. Satan is part of (andtokeepcurrentChristiansfmm Christianity not Wicca! There is leaving the fold, for that matter) 840 d2vii in Wiccu! Interestingly than to convince them the old Gods enough though, followers of older were, in fact, Satan! religions such as Witchcraft have The concept of Witches as indirectly influenced the moderndevil worshippers reached its zenith in 1484, with the publication day concept of this figure. A god or goddess of animals is of the M&‘&s M&%u~m, the one of the most common mythowitch ham&r, This text details logical figures. In much of Europe, themannerinwhich Witchescopulated with the Devil, injured catthe animal that tribes of huntergatherers depended on most for tle, blighted crops, and “whether their survival was the deer. Hence, Witches may work some the image of Cernunnos, or The prestidigitory illusion so that the Horned God, developed: a man male organ appears to be entirely with long flowing hair and a beard, removed. n and the antlers and lower body of a Italsodetailsthetorturemethds used to force them to confess to stag. theirpactwiththedarklord.Sources As time wore on, these nomadic bands settled down and de\iary wildly on exact figures, but veloped agriculture and animal upwards of nine million people husbandry, and the animals that were killed after being accused of figured in their lives changed. WitchcraRThelawsagqinstWitehcraft in England were not repealed Now, Cernunnos was most commonly portrayed with the horns of until 1951. Lucky for us Wiccans, a bull, or (tab-dah) a goat! Is this we’re now legal, and gaining mainguy starting to sound familiar? stream acceptance. Movies like Inabout 597CE,PopeGegroy T~Crzz&andPrzz&&t&, which the Great sent Augustine to conportray spell&sting women as the vert the people of Europe to Chrkgood guys, demonstrate that an understanding and tolerance of the tianity. The methods of this were many and varied, from incorporatCraft of the Wise is developing. ing many elements of the old faith Good thing too. We’d hate to have to start turning witch hunters into Christianity (the Celtic Cross into toads again!! ! is a good example) to destroying - 1vii.l Fumt~ old temples and building churches

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strong corporate influences on campuses and in government. Rather than complain, open your eyes and recognize why this is the case. Politics, like nature, abhors a vacuum. Corporations fill the void in the public sphere simply because we, as citizens, choose not to. If citizens were to take their rightful place in the publicsphere between elections, the influence of corporations would shrink. Further, the “social justice” crowd constantly complain about the practices of various corporations. But what else do they do? More often than not, nothingworthwhile. Rather thanorganizinguseless events like Buy Nothing Day, why don’t they buy a share in each of the corporations they hate so much? Why do this? The answer is that every shareholder has an opportunity to participate in the annual general meeting of the corporation. Corporate leaders are more inclined to listen to the concerns of their own shareholders than a group of unimaginative protestors. Finally, this group must come to terms with the fact that corporations are not inherently bad. Rather, they simply aren’t equipped (nor should we reasonably expect them to be) to right every wrong in society. Paul Baines wrote that “the market [has] no quick fixes for social issues such as poverty, pollution and violence.” This is true. But at least corporations and the market have never pretended to have solutions to these problems. Solutions to these questions must be developed by citizens, not corporations. To say otherwise is simply an abdication of our responsibilities to each other. To conclude briefly, either sign up, get involved and do something worthwhile or shut up.

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earing the end of the term, the ‘busy-ness’ of school life pushes forward. So, too, does theworkof WPIRG, Thistermover 130new students got involved in issues they care about. The WAG(WiidemessActionGroup) team is still busy giving presentations to local high schools on the Lands for Life process. Protecting Ontario’s parks and wildlife can be a full time job! Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Amnesty Action group has not only been sending letters but also This term organizing displays for youi information. They are also organizing events like the Social Issues in Latin America forum held two days ago. The Centre for Compassionate Living is proceeding with the creation of a vegetarian cookbook for humans and pets as well as supporting the development of municipal by-laws relating to the welfare and control of animals. People Against Corporate Power is a new action group started this term. They continue to research and organize around issues related to the increase of corporate powers. BLyQ~~McW~f~:C~~~ngingCOrpo?~~feRub is a video and a workbook used by this group to address globalization. WomenofWhitewash have been showing their video U&VXV~U~S to ent@siastic audiences and are preparing a more formal presentation for community information.

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Propaganda Watch has held a series of video viewing sessions and today are sponsoring Buy Nothing Day, so drop down the SLC and buy nothing!! It would take more than this column to describe ah the action groups and the great work they are undertaking so why not just come up and see for yourself. Next term our radio show will be ready to inform you of our activities on a weekly basis - stay tuned for Radio WPIRG! ! All volunteers at WPIRG are celebrating our 25th Anniver. over

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ell, it was bound to happen. “Dr. Death” has finally been charged with homicide. Dr. Jack Kevorkian was seen on 60 Minufa on Sunday, November 22, helping a man with Lou Gehrig’s diseasecommit suicide. Ofcourse, he was arrested Wednesday immediately after the airing. He was smiling, of course. Why is he smiling? Because he wants to be tried for attempted suicide. He wants to be tried for homicide. This is because he knows that this will cause the medical, political, and religious communities of the U.S. to look at themselves and see what needs to be changed. There is a little oath that all doctors in the U.S, have to say, which is the Hypocratic Oath. To summarize, doctors are promising to help patients using whatever ethical means necessary, co help them ease pain. But, they are also promising to follow the patients’ wishes that if they do not want life support or surgery, they won’t receive it. That is a person’s right. Now, what Dr. Jack is asking is for the governments to try to draw the line on what is ethically right or wrong in this matter. First of all, the charge of homicide can work this time because he actually released the poisons into the patient’s body. Every other time, he gave that to the patient, hence the term “assisted suicide.” He has been charged numerous times for homicide, but none of them stuck because no state had a law against assisted suicide. Michigan now has such a law, which is where the euthanasia took place. Next, the reason why he wants to be charged is so that many questions will come up, such as: is assisted suicide homicide? Is euthanasia homicide? Are either options ethical for a terminally ill patient who a doctor knows will suffer with the disease? If a doctor tries to save a patient’s life and Sucdeeds butusesmethodsapatientdirectly

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The vegan birthday cakes were too fabulous to be real. Tonight, in the Bombshelter, WPIRG presents Rhythm Activism. From Montreal, this ‘rock ‘n roll cabaret’ is known for their stage shows, their pointed ‘news pieces,’ about social issues and their musical dexterity. Combining violin, guitars, drums, bass and sv this group will show off the.ir “intelligent musical buffoonery.” On the same bill we welcome Corduroy Leda. Coming down the controversial Highway 7 (the topic of another WPIRG Action Group) from Guelph, this six-piece all-female band brings a mix of folk, jazz, funk, Latin and rock ‘n roll. So it’s going to be a hot night! Tickets available at the door for five dollars.

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asked against, can that patient sue the doctor? Does a human have the right to his own life, which also gives him the right to end it? Is it ethical for doctors then to even help patients live if they should not interfere by either cutting short or extending life? There are no easy answers to any of these questions. A person will use his own experiences, ethics, and religion to create answers. Personally, I am not against euthanasia or assisted suicide. After all, a doctor’s job is COhelp the patient, but ifthat patient is going to die yayor nay, is it ethical to let him suffer? Yet on the same token, is it ethical to use a videotape of a patient dying as a trump card to get a charge slapped against him, like Kervorkian did? No, it is not ethical for Kervorkian to use the man as a way co push the issue. He went a bit too far on this one, however, these questions need to be answered, now. More and more, people want co die for whatever reason, and suffering is the best reason. The doctors may have sworn to do such things in their Oath, and ifthat is decided, the country is going to be split down the middle or the Oath may be revised. Or maybe Kervokian will go to jail. All t’hese questions will be sidestepped (again) and that will be the end of it. Yet this subject will never end as long as people want to die to end the pain. As long as there is demand, there will always be a supplier. This may seem like a tired point for many, since all of you already know where you stand. I’m not aiming this at you then, I’m aiming at those who are apathetic to the topic. I am asking these questions to make you draw your own lines. You have to pick a side. You have to say what is right and wrong, ethical or not. You have to answer them because this is happening next door and this could happen here just as easily. So you tell me, where do you stand?

Freedom of the -press? by Simon

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UP popular media, while reporting insightfully on Canadian topics, often follows the lead of American media. outlets on issues. g Sadly, the American media is all too prone to conflicts of interest and chronic censorship. A recent talk in San Francisco, given by two former CNN producers and a journalist formerly at the&znJozMern/ly /Vewsclearly revealed just how sick the popular media is in our neighbour to the South. Many people feel that freedom of the press is intended to be a fundamental part of our society, just as media literacy education should be a required part of our public education. In Canada, we take unbiased media for granted. The rampant media coverage of the media scandal surrounding Prime Minister Chretien and the protests in Vancouver demonstrate that our press isn’t holding back on hot topics. On the other hand, many Canadians feel instinctively that most of what we hear from the States is

aloadofrubbish.Tworecentnews reports covering CIA ,and Pentagon scandals were suppressed so quickly and decisively that this feeling may not be very far from the truth. In San Francisco, three career journalists who reported on the wrong stories and lost their jobs gave a talk. The first news report detailed the pentagon’s use of sarin on U.S. army defectors. April Oliver and Jack Smith, both distinguished journalists, discovered yet another act of horror to add to the records of the Vietnam war. Sources in the military informed them that during the war, the U.S. government operated special missions to destroy Vietnamese villages suspected to contain U.S. defectors. The inhabitants were destroyed using sarin, a type of nerve gas. At the time, the United States had not yet signed international agreements banning chemical agents. Oliver and Smith produced a show on the operation, known as “Tailwind,” which was aired in June on a CNN news magazine. Oliverand Smith interviewed retired admiral Thomas Moorer,

chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff in 1970, who actually admitted, on camera, that the story was true. In addition, videotaped interviews with soldiers who had been involved were aired. However, within days of the story being aired, Oliver and Smith were fired from CNN and ousted from the media establishment. They are now facing numerous lawsuits, including one from Moorerwhoclaims they “made up statements [he] actuaily made on camera? CNN, under pressure from the Pentagon, the CIA, Vietnam veterans groups, and respected former Secretary of Sta te, Henry Kissinger (who allegedly said behind closed doors that the broadcast made him *‘ashamed to be an American”), issued a complete withdrawal of the story a week after its airing, claiming it was slapshod journalism and didn’t reflect the truth. The Pentagon categorically denied the allegations. This, of course, is not a surprise; even if they were true, admitting it would cast a shadow over the mightiest military in the world. A WuZASbeet Journaleditorial called Oliver and

Smith “journalistic felons” for their allegedly unconfirmed story. The CNN story was generally condemned as being an invention, as if the Pentagon’s denial andCNN’s subsequentwithdrawal ofthe story nailed that particular coffin shut. Smith explained that CNN is firmly “in bed with the Pentagon” -the network made its name during the gulf war by having up-tothe-minute information it obtained directly from the Pentagon. This is a relationship that would have been jeopardized by the CNN story. In addition, war veterans in the United Statescarry a lot of weight. Kissinger publicly insisted that the story wasn’t true, a strong statement by a respected figure. Reminiscent of the Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) tactics of Microsoft Corp., the Pentagon cast doubt on the reliability and integrity of the journalists and the witnesses involved. Presumably the Pentagon, like Microsoft, doesn’t lie, Journalism is not a court, asserted Oliver and Smith, and people who are interviewed are on the record but not under oath. They

explained that this story had to be squelched quickly before it turned into a national scandal. In the words of a CNN executive quoted by Oliver, the powers wanted to “kill this thing, drive a stake through its heart, bury it so it’s gone.” Apparently, they did, and now we may never know the truth about Tailwi.ld. That is the true tragedy. The second news report dealt with the CIA, reported by the other journalist speaking, Gary Webb, a career journalist with the San Jose Me?zzr$Vm~. Webb stated that he had never imagined that serious censorship occurred in the mainstream media of the U.S., and prior to this year, had never known anyone who had been censored. Webb uncovered activities whereby the CIA was supporting Nicaraguan ex-patriots fighting against the legitimate government by allowing them to engage in the smugglingand traffickingofdrugs in the U.S. In a four part series published in theMmly AGws, he had extensive investigative evidence to back the story. continued

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Neaative on arrirmative action by Dan Zachahh special to /mpni7 t

Hin’ng in C&z&z, Martin Lonev documents affirmative action pol(ties which have dictated employment practices in Canada, At the heart of the equity debate is the assertion that women, visible minorities and other “disadvantaged” groups face pervasive and “systemic discrimination.” In order to redress this alleged bias, public sector companies have implemented policies that target minorities for preferential hiring. These policies have aroused a great deal ofcontroversy and criticism. Loney employs an impressive array of facts to justify his claim that preferential hiring is premised on faulty assumptions and that it fosters resentment amongst competing factions. This resentment, says Loney, has the potential to boil over and create serious fissures in the fabric of Canadian society. His book illustrates how equity bureaucrats emphasize biological traits like skin color and gender as valid criteria for employment. As Loney demon-

strates, there is no evidence that women and visible minorities are underpaid or face systemic barriers in the job market. . Bear in mind that his analysis refers primarily to public sector employment in Canada. The book does not take into account possible systemic barriers in the private sector, or the sad and indisputable record of discrimination faced by oppressed groups- In many developing countries, women are perennial second-class citizens who perform work for minimal compensation. As for the Canadian public sector, states Loney, any attempt to disprove the existence of pervasive discrimination against women or visible minorities is frequently met with strong resistance. It’s easier to dismiss critics of afirmative action as backlashers than to examine the facts with an objective eye and generate the appropriate conclusions. Lbneyshows thatequityadvacates tend to rely on flimsy evidence to sopport their case. Anecdotal evidence and emotional lobbying are often relied upon to

convince government commissions to commit tax dollars to “selfserving” studies and affirmative

those who work in it and it largely depends on public subsidy or the provision of a regulatory regime by the public. This requires private sectorcorporations to become increasingly interventionist in measuring the representation of their work force in terms of designated groups,” said Loney during an interview with Imprint. Hepaintsagrimpicture of gullable govern-

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policies. “This is an expanding area which affords rewarding careers to

ies that have propelled what Loney refers to as, (La culture of grievance and entitlement.” “The willingness of the federal government and increasingly the provincial government to provide public subsidyfor [studies] and the embrace of the universities of this kind of politics creates a fertile ground for people to make a living from this activity in a way that isn’t open to those who want to pursue the more inclusive politics of social class,” he said. ‘There are many examples of the shoddi-

est kind of research funded in part by Canadian taxpayers through organizations like Canadian Heritage or the Ontario Arts Council.” The assumptions that underscore afirmative action policies are seriously flawed, says I doney. “[These policies] assume that in a non-discriminatory world, people will be equally represented no matterwhat theirethnicityorgender in every area of the economy, at every level. And in reality there is no evidence of this whatsoever.” Loney makes reference to hazardous jobs like mining and construction to underline the flawed logic of preferential hiring. “To take the obvious case of gender,” Loney remarks, “the assumption of feminists is that the only reason that women aren’t 52 per cent ofunderground miners is because of something called ‘systemic discrimination.’ But there is in fact no evidence whatsoever that women actually want to become underground miners in the same numbers as men. It is an extremely

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Again, the story was not carried, and was indeed attacked, by other major newspapers such as ThNm York Times, T&e Wdington Past and TZt L.A. Times.The CIA refused to admit that this illegal activity had taken place. Following the denial, the paper issued a retraction of the series, and Gary. Webb was promptly fired from Tke Menrl?yNeraplS.

In this case however, his story wasn’t killed as well as the CIA might have liked. Subsequent reports have backed the story, and Webbcontinues tocover the story in his book, Dud A/hmce (Sms

srories). Black leaders in South Los Angeles say that the allegations against the CIAconfum theirlongheld suspicions, inspired by CIA interventions in numerous drug trafficking trials. Perhaps because people have already realized the extent of the CIA’s illegal and reck-

less meddling in other countries’ affairs, this story is at least now widely accepted to be true. The crowd attending the talk in San Francisco was definitely left-wing, and, surprisingly, the journalists seemed to be the ones more stunned by what had happened to them. As career journalists, they had covered sensitive political stories all their lives. Smith, who described tense political topics he had covered during his editorship at the news desk of 728 C&ago rn&e, including Watergate and the Black Panthers, commented, “I took on City Hall, the police department, the presidency, but I guess I never took on the Pentagon.” The intense crackdown on their stories seems to have shocked them and their belief in the sacred institution of journalism. Many in the crowd, however, seemed shocked, instead, by the journalists’ naivete. To them, American media censorship was no surprise.

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tors for trendy social thought and legislation. These ideas assume that women and visible minorities have been short-changed by an insecure job market where the putative influence of discrimination is ubiquitous. The result is preferential hiring legislation that apparently places group membership ahead of merit. Loney charges that universities pursue candidates possessing the proper biological characteristics, even if they don’t have the proper qualifications. Feminist orthodoxy, asserts Loney, has permeated thecurriculum, resulting in a greater emphasis on ideology and subjective interpretation as opposed to objective inquiry. This is reflected in U of T’s new Equity Studies program which examines equity issues from a pro-affirmative action perspective. “[It’s] extremely harmful co scholarly vaiues,” remarked

Loney. “Women’s studies or equity studies will be premised on a set of assumptions which are extremely controversial but which would never be challenged. In the academic field, you get systematic misuse of evidence to further a bio-political agenda where people are ostensibly prisoners of their race and gender.” Loney’s book isa bit too trusting in the machinations of the free market. He seems to be implying that, if left to its own devices, the market ‘will not discriminate against women or visible minorities. Although the current model of employment equity legislation is clearly inadequate, we should not necessarily assume that women and minorities will be treated fairly by an unfettered job market. Nonetheless, 2% Pulstiit of Dvision is an excellent, if somewhat controversial, expose of Canadian preferential hiring policies. It relies on meticulous research and fresh insights punctuated by a

strong dose of common sense. Perhaps the most important point to emerge from the book is the way preferential hiring benefits primarily middle-to-upper cIass people and therefore ignores the real social problems facing Canada. In a time of downsizing and restructuring, Canada’s poor are facing grim prospects for the future and greater deprivations. Loney suggests that equity policies exacerbate the problem by diverting resources to accommodate the complaints of privileged, well-educated individuals. “Preferential hiring appeals to those whoembrace it because it offers them their own kind of victim status,” said Loney. “Whereas the politics of the more inclusive Left is one embraced by relatively prosperous social groups of a progressive agenda which didn’t afford them a particular advantage in the future, but articulated a vision of a society which would benefit lower income groups.”

Coping with suicide Sociological Suicide stems from the relationship between an individual and his/her social group. If there is a balance in this relationship, the risk of suicide is low; if there is an imbalance, the risk increases.

wo weeks ago, my former neighbour cominitted suicide; he was 23. Approximately 1,000,000 people commit suicide worldwide each year; 3,500 are reported in Canada while 30,000 are reported in the United States. Although white males have a higher percentage of completed suicides (75 per cent), it has been proven that women attempt suicide three times more often than men do. Given these facts, the number one question still remains: Why do people commit suicide? There are three main theories that researchers use to explain why some people contemplate suicide. The three theories are sociology, psychology, and biology.

Psychological Suicide comes from within an individual. I fan individual has conflicting emotions or feels inferior or worthless, he/she may begin to have suicidal thoughts.

Biological Suicideis rooted in the brain. Physical or chemical disorders in the brain may be at the heart of at least some suicidal tendencies. Aside from the broader theo-

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ries, there are many specific factors linked to suicide called suicide triggers. Some of these triggers include depression, alcohol and drug abuse, family and peer influences, and loss (death, failure, unemployment, etc). There is no single cause or reason for committing suicide. Rather, several factors or a combination 0f”factors can trigger it. People considering suicide feel such pain; to end the pain, they end their lives. But pain does not end with suicide; it is transferred onto parents, siblings, relatives, and friends in the form of grief. If you have considered suicide at least once, talk about how you got to where you are with someone you can trust. People will not judge you, argue with you, send you to a hospital, or try to talk you out of how

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badly you feel. They will simply care for you. Many people can and will help. It’s simply a matter of who you are comfortable with: a parent, sibling, friend, minister, rabbi, etc. You may also look in the front of the phone book for crisis lines or dial 411 (or 0) and ask for suicide prevention, crisis intervention, or community crisis centres. Remember, suicide is not chosen - it happens when pain exceeds resources for coping with pain. You are not alone, You are not required to deal alone. Everyone around you is willingto help, so put them to good use and take them up on their offer. Talking about how you got to where you are releases a lot of pressure; it may be just the additionalcoping reassurance you need to regain balance.

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Trulv true Canadian facts by Lisa Johnson /mpr/nt s&UT

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September 6, 1977: Highway signs are changed to the metric system. . . Twenty1, 1969: Postal reforms

end Saturday deliveries . . so now postal’workers can only have nervous breakdowns between Monday and Friday (excluding holidays, of course). l

July 9,1969: English and French are both recognized as official languages by the federal government . . . Now neither the French-speaking nor the English-speaking population can understand the bastardized language of our leaders.

two years later, people still have no idea that they aren’t supposed to be driving 160 kmlhr in the slow lane.

world record and wins the gold medal at the Seoul Olympics . . . Two days later, Johnson loses his metal after testing positive for steroids, A short-lived victory for Canada - the only kind we know.

June 27, 1980: “0 Canada”

is officially adopted as Canada’s national anthem , . , No official law is passed to mandate teaching school children that the actual words are not “ . ..when all are suns come in.”

December 15,1988: The Supreme

September 23,198l:

December 21, 1998: Finding a loophole in the Charter of Rights and Fre:edoms(the “notwithstanding” clause), the province

signs in English October

5, 1984:

Quc5bec bans public . . . “What-lingual???”

Hitching

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December 1, 1969: The breathalizer is U.S. shuttle Challenger, Marc Garneau put into use to test for drunken drivers. . S becomes the first Canadian in space . . . Now after drunks have run innocent peoSee? We’ve been hitching rides with ple off the road, they can say: “Shit, man! America for quite some time now. I didn’t

think

I was that wasted!”

April, 1976: The Eaton Company discontinues catalogue sales after 92 continuous years . . . now people have to actually walk into the store to gasp at the outrageously expensive price of their useless gold lam6 accessories.

January 31, 1986: The Canadian dollar hits an all-time low of 70.2 U.S. cents on international money markets.. . Woo-hoo! Our generation has put that record to shame!

September 24,1988:

Liberte, 6galit6, and all that jazz

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transform&. Deux langues qui existent paralltlement depuis si longtemps commencent g former une langue hybride. as Qutbecoise, mais je suis C’est assez ironique, do&you &ffAc, que le francophone tout de m&me. Ayant francais de France contient plus grandis dans une famille d’anglicismes que le franr;ais qu&b&ois, francophone, au Nerd de I’Ontario, j’ai eu qui a cr& 61Gfi c/raud, smi~ au vohit et la chance B la fois d’apprendre mu& soufllk le fran$ais, et d’absorber “C’est une langue belle, avec l’anglais (J’en ai telletient des mots superbes,” comme matre que les gens me le dir Yves Duteil. Malgrt la beaut6 po&ique de la langue demande toujours en premier les jurons). En plus que $a frangaise, certains termes conviennent desfois mieux. m’a don& un avantage incroyable dans mes tours de Je rigole de parler & d’autres fran$ais cadre g l’&ole polyglotes; nos conversations secondaire anglaise, le sont en general des melanges assez originaux d’expressions bilinguisme distingue le Canada. idiomatiques creativement Le franqais La culture Canadienne . assembl&es. I CM?*” est tr&s particuli&e, enrichie n’enrichit pas seulement la par la dualit historique, culture Canadienne. Le politique et linguistique. bilinguisme ajoute une diLe bilinguisme, par exmension entitire B nos vies quocidiennes. ample, nous permet de comprendre les fineries des politciens dans L’opinion coliective sur le bilinguisme sem ble posi tif. “Urn,.. you can talk, an’ nos deux langues officielles, directement de la bouche de 1’5ne en question. “I tink people don’t understand.“On peut sufyer shopping cart eez too full...” (Jean fisament mutiler n’importe quelle langue pour la rendre incompkhensi ble. Insultes Chretien, 1997) ne se traduit vraiment pas. et engueulades sont bien plus amusantes Du c6t6 en@fl&pnen& la sup&iorit& envers un petit morveux qui n’y comprend continue. Dans la chanson 0~ Weddes ricn. Barenaked Ladies, seuls les angles “I like French,” de dire I’un de mes Canadiens (qui se plaignaient de devoir coll&gues “‘cause it’s the language of love.” prendre le fransais 2 Mcole) peuvent Bien sGr, $a doit &re la raison pour Iaquelle vraimcnt comprendre “Watching X-Files j’ai une vingtaine de beaux anglophones with no lights on, we’re Jans la maison.,.” qui se foutent i mes pieds jour et nuit. Si ce n’est pas un avantage, qa... “‘You only need to know one French word,” IX bilinguisme nous donne le droit de d’ajouter quelqu’un d’autre, toujours sur ridiculer l’accent Quebecois, avec toutes le th&ne amoureux, “OT_JJ!” ses syliabcs machees ct ses anglicisme

“I like French,” de dire I’un de mes collegues “‘cause it’s the language of

Court strikes down Quebec’s Frenclh-only sign law . . . So the word bilingual does mean something to the Canadian government after all.

reinstates the law . . . Oops, spoke too soon. Damn that “notwithstanding” clause, damn it to hell!!! 1989: One-dollar bills are replaced by the one-dollar coin (the “Ioonie) . . SIby the year 2010, the hope is that all money will be turned into coins. But then the government will have to hike up taxes to deal with the increased medical expenses of people entering hospitals with back injuries from carrying around thirty kilogram sacks of foonies, tenoonies, and twenoonies. At

least our dollar weighs

sumething.

January 1, 1991: The GST comes into effect . . . People are enraged at having to

spend $1.37’ for a penny candy. 1992: The Miss Canada pageant is scrapped . . . Canada ends this obvious display of the

objectification of women, despite the fact that one of our most famous Pamela Anderson. Doh!

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September 1992: Toronto’s

Blue Jays bethe first Canadian baseball team to win the World Series . . . Too bad every single player on the team was foreign. come

September 1993: Ditto. June, 1993: Kim Campbell replaces Brian Mulroney, becomingcanada’s first woman Prime Minister.. . For about six and a half minutes. November, 1998: Imprint publishes its first ever Canadian supplement, setting a new standard for patriotism -a la tongue in cheek.

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Timothy Eaton’s legacy The rise and decline of a Canadian institution Tired of the limited opportunities in the small environment of St. Mary’s, Timothy moved in 1869 to Toronto (population “Eve?ythingpu.ss~. ffmtaday meum 70,000) and bought out a small dry gone tuma~~w. Among tempud things, hwevef, mne work fur good goods enterprise on Yonge Street. undsume fur ilL andtheds m quesIt was here that Timothy set two tion on which side of thutgalfEutun ‘s policies that were revolutionary belongs. In the &nds t9fCattadiun for the retail industry of the time. The first: Timothy eliminated the hiness, it hzs hem a definite good. practice of haggling over prices Andfor tens of tiuusunds of us,of a m%uin place andtime, everythinge6!se and set fixed prices for ail his goods. wus an hitu?ion.” - L&k Byfied, He promised fair and affordable prices, the same for both rich and AIbem l&port poor. The second policy became a anadians have a strong aftrademark of the Eaton’s Comfection for institutions pany, copied by all its competi tors: those things, be they busi“goods satisfactory or money refunded.” nesses, organizations or simply traditions, that have been around as Timothy never Iet his comlong as anyone can remember, and pany fall behind.ln 1883, the store will surely remain for moved to a larger loca.A.: : ::. ,.__ . ...,._. . . :..:: _ 5.. .:. “::‘,.,. ;;,&::$.~; *f”’.c:.:,I. ..I&:+: . .I,%. A...::..P.._ tion further up all time to come. There are, how ever, very few institutions which are truly pan-Canadian. One of the few is :::.::>:;:.*y :.y+:.:<. ::,:g:;:~: the Timo:.:+x.:.:<. y::::<;::. :...::y$.: ._.....,. :.’ ; ::::::q thy Eaton .:.:::‘:y:.:: c o m 1 ;$gj by Kieran

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panyknown to us all simply as Eaton’s. In 1854,a \ Z&year-old Irishappren tice shopkeeper named Timothy Eaton arrived the Dominion of Canada. Ele joined family members already here and set his roots in SouthernOntario. In 1861,with the help of his brothers Robert and James, Timothy set up his very first business-a bakery-in the town of St. Mary’s (not far from what is now Kitchener-Waterloo). The bakery survived only a few months before being forced under. Timothy responded by opening a new store, this time selling dry goods.

Since Timothy, the Eaton Company has remained privately owned - a legacy passed down through the Eaton Family. Timothy’s first successor, John Craig Eaton, was knighted for his contributions to the WWI war effort. The family has developed a reputation for secrecy, both in their personal affairs, and in the company’s business dealings. Eaton’s hit its high point during the Second World War, when its employee count stood at 30,000. Since then however, Eaton’s light has continued to fade. Starting in the 196Os, Eaton’s began losing ground to its main competitor, Simpson’+Sears. The advent of specialty stores like Canadian Tire took large bites out of Eaton’s market share in specific product areas. More recently, the invasion of the American big-box store has further drained Eaton’s customer base. As of 1997, Eaton’s held only 11.4 per cent market share of department store sales, less than half of that share which Wal-Mart holds. It ranks fifth in

Canada behind the Bay, Sears, Zellers and Wal-Mart. Finally, in early March 1997, having lost $120 million and having defaulted on a bank loan, Eaton’s surprised the nation by declaring that it was seeking bankruptcy protection. The company devised a major restructuring plan, and the courts approved, Already 22 of Eaton’s 86 stores across the country have been closed, with more closures possible, and the company has undergone a radical image makeover. Eaton’s is remolding itself from an everything-here department store to a high-fashion clothing outlet. The new ad campaign paints Eaton’s as hip and movin’ with the times. But Eaton’s troubles are by no means a thing of the past. On November 16, 1998, Eaton’s announced the resignation of George Kosich, the President and CEO who had guided the company through the restructuring. The company claims that Kosich’s departure is simply “a further step in the evolution of our corporate

leadership.” Observers are less positive about what the move means. And while Eaton’s total sales for the second quarter of 1998 were up 7 per cent, market analysts stil1 believe that the company is weak, and ripe for a potential takeover by American concerns, U.S.-based chain J.C. Penny has long expressed an interest in Eaton’s. While probably few of our generation have done any shopping lately at Eaton’s, no doubt most of us have memories of childhood shopping trips with our parents at the venerable department store. Even if one never shops there, there is still a feeling of comfortable permanence - a Canadian-ness - about Eaton’s. Wherever one goes in Canada, one can expect that an Eaton’s is not too far away. The potential loss of Eaton’s is the potential loss of a Canadian institution, and a piece of Canada’s history and culture.

goods. “Eaton’s Mail Order System covers Canada from sea to sea” bragged the cover ofthecatalogue.TheEaton’sCompany catalogue holds a place in Canadian cultural history like that of the Sears, Roebuck Company catalogue in the U.S. By the time Timothy Eaton passed away in 1907, his company had opened a second store in Winnipeg, owned two factories, had offices in Europe, and employed 9,000 people.

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For this week’s Canadian supplement, I will tackle the stereotype of the submissive, polite Canadian, by looking at my bike riding habits. A friend of mine recently told me that I was crazy on my bike. He thinks I take undue risks, like riding beside him on King Street in the middle of traffic and such. I tend to think of a bike as a mode of transportation, but not exactly a vehicle. It’s more like an extension of myself. This is despite the fact that I only learned to ride when I was in grade nine, Rampant neighbourhood bike theft left my childhood sates &y~tte. When my cool blue BMX bike was stolen right off my front railing, despite being chained up, I was bikeless for a while.

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Then, for my twelfth birchday, my dad bought me the bike I ride today. It is a big, red Canadian Tire special, with a kickstand and all. The problem was, it was too big for me. It took me until high school to get up to the size needed to get on and off the thing. But now, I can barely live without my bike. I know that I am terribly wrong in my assessment of a bike as “not exactly a vehicle.” I know that it is supposed to be a vehicle, and I am supposed to obey all the laws of the road. I run red lights and I ride on the sidewalk. I have no bell, or light for night riding. I have a helmet, but I only wear it around little kids. Now this isn’t a very typically Canadian way to be is it? The stereotype of the submis-

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sive, polite Canuckcertainly does not apply. But then, that is a ridiculous stereotype to begin with. We all know people who are jerks, just as we know polite, quiet people. There are good folk and bad. I biked to school pretty much everyday this term. I think I locked my bike about four or five times in- total. Between classes, outside buildings, in front of restaurants, my bike was ripe for the picking. I took it back to Toronto this weekend, so any potential bike thieves can stop drooling. There is always going those who steal, or vandalise, It can’t be helped. But I am willing to take the risk, and bet in favour of the general good nature of the community here at UW, that my bike will be there

when

I get back, I don’t claim that this near blind trust is a Canadian trait per se. I knalw plenty of people who think I’m nuts for leaving my bike unlockeld. There are probably plenty more now. The fact that our army is small compared to our neighbours to the south, shows that as a nation, we do have trust. If anyone got mad at us, we’d be screwed! We’re a pretty easy target for any unfriendly, manifest destiny minded state (if t hey still exist these days). Maybe our size would help us? Oh well. I’m no military strategist. If I was, I would probably have my entire fleet stolen be-

cause I wouldn’t lock them up. Bikes doget stolen, especially when they are not locked up. Just this week I had a friend lose her bike. It was left unlocked and unwatched outside of a building for several days mind you, but that doesn’t really matter. It just met with one of the unfortunate few who can in good conscience take what is not theirs. That’s too bad, and the people who do it are assholes. But maybe if we showed a little more trust these people wouldn’t be so insecure that they needed to steal. It’s all about karma, man. Be nice to each other, like good Canadians.

A Cold Canadian Road On A Cold Road - Tales Of Advetiture In Canadian Rock Dave Bidini McClelland & Stewart Inc. 278 pgs. by Frank Yang Imp/in t stdf

ew are more qualified to write about life in a Canadian rock band than Dave Bidini. As rhythm guitarist for E tobicoke’s Rheostatics, Bidini has tasted all facets of rock life. He’s toured across Canada both in a van and in a tour bus as part of the Hip’s Trouble At The HenHe’s played the house tour. indie game and been signed to a major label. And most importantly, he’s absolutely devoted to the cause of Canadian music. This is the man who relentlessly tracked down Stompin’ Tom Connors during his selfimposed exile from music in the l%Os, and helped convince Tom to return to music. He’s been a long-time music journalist for the Toronto Star, among other publications. He’s one of the few Canadian rockers who can honestly say he’s played hockey against the Tragically Hip and stopped a fellow named Gretzky in the same game. Bidini takes a doubleedged approach to documenting the experience of being in a Canadian rock band. He alternates between details ofhis own experiences in the Rheostatics, and anecdotes from scores of Canadian musicians from the past. These road warriors, who Bidini dubs ‘The Chorus,’ offer anecdotes detailing their experiences with venues, fans, travel and groupies. Their tales are both hilarious and poignant, leaving the

reader with a real feeling of what it was to be a Canadian rock musician before anyone knew that such a thing could exist. Their tales are uniquely Canadian. Interestingly, Bidini speaks mainly to artists from the late sixtiesand early seventies whom history has long forgotten. Members of the Stampeders, Goddo and Trooper offer their memories, as do the Guess Who, Max Webster and April Wine, The selection of such obscure K-Tel compilation artists is intentional on the part of Bidini. It was these acts that conducted the first cross-Canada tours. They were the first to learn

first-hand the hardships of trying to cross the Prairies in the dead of winter to play a run-down bar in northern Saskatchewan to a crowd of four. They were the first to attempt to learn of the folly and futility of trying to break into the ,4merican market. These were

the trailblazers who allowed Canadian music to become the force it is today. They were also the bands Bidini grew up with, so it’s natural that he would try to turn the spotlight back on those who served as such an inspiration to him, Bidini’s own experiences are similarly fascinating. He details the early days of the Rheostatics and gives real insight into the dynamics of being in a band. Ott A C&d Road is structured such that it follows the Henhouse tour from British Columbia across Canada and into the US until finally ending with the Rheos’ triumphant homecoming at Maple Leaf Gardens. Along the way, Bidini details hisexperiences with record execs, the media and the dark side of Hip fans (Daniel Lanois would have a few words to add to this topic). Hip fans looking for300 pages of Hip tour stories should look elsewhere - the only insight Bidini offers is that Gord Downie is a rather graceless goalie. Perhaps the most emotional moment in the book is when Bidini details the turmoil surrounding the departure of original Rheos drummer Dave Clark from the band. Written in a warm and engaging manner, On A Cdd Road is a remarkable document on several levels. It sheds light on what could be considered the lost years of Canadian rock, reminding us there was more to it than Neil Young and the Band. It offers an insiders perspective on the music business. Perhaps most importantly, it offers the reader more reasons to take pride in the maple leaf. An invaluable addition to the far-toosmall cannon of Canadian rock literature.

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nadian musicians are quickly coming a force to be reckoned with. Currently, three of the biggest female artists topping charts all over the world are Canadian. Alanis Morissette, Celine Dion, and Shanai Twain are the big three, with Sarah McLachlan making herown waves with Lilith Fair. Also, there is The Barenaked Ladies, which began as an unknown Canadian band with a funny name, but are now enjoying much success south of the border as welt. It is not easy to forge your way in music when you come from Canada-our population is a mere drop in the American bucket. Artists who choose to remain in Canada and attempt to make it big will not get very far. Many people do not understand this and call artists such as Bryan Adams and Alanis Morissette sell-outs and unpatriotic. This is far from the truth. Alanis Morissette, for example, oozes patriotism and can even be called a flag-waver. Just because she foresaw the limitations of the Canadian music-buying public and moved to the U.S. does not mean she is any less Canadian.

This sell-out phenomenon aside, there is great music coming out of Canada. Amanda Marshall enjoyed much success with her debut album a few years ago, from which at least seven hit singles were released; The Tragically Hip is a band known all over North America; Chantal Kreviazuk re-

cently toured with Lilith Fair and went world-wide thanks to her rendition of “Leaving On a Jetplane” fmm the Anmzgtddtm Sou~~ti& Our Lady Peace is a name synonymous wi th Canadian Music; and Bif Naked’s fan base is spreading throughout Canada and the U.S. thanks to the success of her latest album, I S$a$. It is important to support Canadian music so that it may continue to flourish. Canadian content laws have come into ef-

feet dictating that 40 per cent of the music played on Canadian radio stations and music video stations must be Canadian. Many people were outraged by these laws, believing that they are a form of censorship. But in actuality, they are a saving grace. If not for can-con laws, ninety per cent of the music Canadians hear would be by the Backstreet Boys. Thus, no one would have the opportunity of being introduced to such great artists asJann Arden, Blue Rodeo, Emm Gryner, Great Big Sea, Killjoys, KD Lang, Odds, Moist, or Weeping Tile. Compare the situation to multinational corporations like Wal-Mart that come into Canada and force smaller Canadian companies out of business. If we do not make an honest effort to protect and nourish our Canadian artists, then they will fall by the wayside and Canadian music will cease to exist. Let us not forget how important our music is, and how many very talented artists come out of Canada: Bryan Adams, Holly Cole, Holly McNarland, Gordon Lightfoot, Leonard Cohen, Guess Inbreds, Who, Loreena McKennitt, Treble Charger, Philosopher Kings, Kim Mitchell, Jane Siberry, Stompin’ Tom Connors, and Terry Clark-just to name a few. Canadian music is a national treasure, and it can only get better.

A man usque ad mare l

in ceiluloid by Rachel

E. Beattic

/mpn’ntstaf e’ve all heard the cliches, Canada has a crappy film industry. All Canadian films are substandard and obscure. These driticisms are just not true.

Canada has an awesome film industry. There are the directors you have probably heard of, like

Bruce McDonald (&ghwuy 61, whose cutting edge dramas have put a very Canadian face on the classic Road Movie genre; Atom E goyan (Exo&u, T/reSweetHereHufdCo~Logo),

afrer),

whose

movies are intricate puzzles on topics such as forgiveness and voyeurism; and of course David Cronenberg (Cfush, M. Brr#etfly, Scanner) whose movies always skate between fascinating and grocesque. There are also many talented filmmakers you probably haven’t’ heard of. There is John Greyson, who, with the film Peru P&ence, became the first person LO ever make a music31 movie about AIDS, and went on the win the 1996 Best Picture Genie (Cana-

da’s equivalent of the Oscar) for the beautiful film G/&s, a gay romance setin 19% Quebec. Clement Virgo broke onto the scene in 1995 with his feature debut,&& which featured the stories of severa1 residents of a slummy apartment complex connected by Rude, a pirate radio DJ who broadcasts from the neighbourhood. Robert LePage made a successful jump from theatre to film

1989. Recently, McKellar is delighting both critics and audience with his directorial debut Last Night, which is probably one of the best Canadian films in recent years. That is quite a compliment &&idering ing out

the quality

Friday, November 27, 1998

Frontier College integrates by Melmlt huner Imp//nt staff

Aside from these obvious examples however, most of these workers remain invisible to the ost of us in Canada general population. think we have a fairly While the Canadian governclear idea of what is ment allows them to work and going on, if not in the whole coun- live under often less than desir-. try, then at least in our small cor- able conditions, it also supports a ner of it. .literacy program out of Frontier What most people do not College, Canada’s oldest literacy know is that every year, thouorganisation, that helps to teach sands of migrant workers, primaand support these workers. rily from Mexico and the CaribFrontier College’s “labourerbean, come to Canada to work on teacher” program began many farms across the country. years ago when they placed peoThis cieates a whole subculple on rail gangs. ture within Canada, of which These labourer-teachers (Lmany people are only marginally Ts), aswith the L-Ts now placed aware, if they are aware it exists at on farms, work alongside the all. It isa workers subculduring ture in the day. Frontier provides a source of which In the information and a friend. workers evenings, often do they ofnot speak ten help the same language as their boss, tutor those workers who wished live in crowded trailers, work long to improve their English, or do hours, often with few breaks, and other things such as help write a all for near minimum wage. letter, figure out a bank stateThese factors, as well as the ment, or read directions on prefearofbeingsent home,canmake packaged food. it difficult for these workers to The L-Ts become more than communicate any needs or prob- just tutors of English; in many lems with their boss, or others in cases they become a source of the community. It is a large and information, and a friend. complex subculture which noneIt is frequently difficult work, theiess remains invisible to most and the L-Ts experience all of Canadians. the same conditions as the other Sometimes it is impossible to workers. be unaware of their presence, FriIt is an amazing experience; day nights in the town of Simcoe, one that helps barriers to fall, befor example, attest to the fact that tween the workers and the farmer, there are many tobacco farms and the workers and the environnearby, mostly employing mi- merit around them. grant workers. Frontier College gives L-Ts It is Friday nights when these a job and a chance to make a workers go into town to buy their difference. This is one way in groceries, and maybe havea drink, which more people in Canada can depending how tired they are and come to realise that Canada is at what time they must begin made up of more than what is working the next day. visible to us everyday.

filmscom-

of Canada such as 7X@ Hanging Gardetr, Kissed and Hud con? Logo. Canadian

cinema

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wonderful diversity of our country* ‘We have Quebequois films, films made by and about Native Canadians, Chinese Canadians, East Indian Canadians,

Italian Canadians, East and West Coasters. It’s true that some Canadian movies suck. During the Canadian film has its share of nudityseventies, the government photo courtesy of Toronto came up with a tax shelter if businesses International FlJm Festival scheme whereby funded films, they would get a with the brilliant Le Confessional, huge tax break. This wellwhich jumps between Quebec intentioned policy resulted in movies like Heme~L’ Bodies, a City in the present and in the Flashdance-style opus starring ‘SOS, when Alfred Hitchcock was filming his movie1Coa$ss. And of Cynthia Dale as a plucky exercise course who could forget Don instructor (don’t ask). McKellar who has been writing I lowever, to say all Canadian and acting in kick-ass movies since movies blow is not only grossly unfair but stupid. he wrote-and acted in Roadkill in

CITY OF WATERLOO OVERNIGHT PARKING RESTRICTION The City of Waterloo Traffic By-Law #83- 19 restricts vehicles born parking overnight on all City streets year round between the hours of 2:30 a.m. to 6:oO a.m. and is strictly enforced from December 1st through April 1st each year. Signage for this parking restriction is posted at the City limits of Waterloo along dl major roadways entering the municipality. There are no zxemptions to this by-law. Your cooperation

the adherence of this by-law is appreciated.

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Before vour time by Theresa

Wolf

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oday we take for granted the simple pieces of tech noldgy that the ancients have provided for us. Could you imagine a world without basic amenities, time keeping devices or vending machines? All the basic things we use in our everyday lives have either been invented by, or derived from people who lived hundreds and even thousands of years ago. It is important to recognize that, even though humankind has advanced phenomenally over the last 100 years, many of the most integral devices in our society were invented long before we were even libidinous urges in our parents minds.

ing. The circumstances surrounding the first flush, however, remain shrowded in mysteryThe Minoans had,a complex system of terra cotta piping underneath the palace that supplied both hot and cold water to its toilets, fountains and faucets. Unfortunately, for the ancient world this valuable sanitation technology was lost for centuries until Rome resurrected the concept of the sewer; and Sir John Harington invented the “washout” closet that was based on principles similar to those the Minoans used. (htcp:l/www.theplumber.com/eng.html)

First “Calculator” Alien Origin?

it is a device that the ancients used to monitor the movement of astrological bodies. The notion that a species advanced enough to travel across space gave the Greek’s a wooden box full of cop-

planes. These gears rotated on two separate shafts at different speeds, allowing the ancients to keep accurate astronomical and calendrical information simultaneously. The Anti kythira’s

Vending

The “Loo” The toilet, contrary to popular belief, was not invented within the last 200 hundred years. The Minoan palace of Knossos, in ancient Crete, contained the first flushing toilet that was known as a “water closet.” This latrine came complete with a wooden seat and a small reservoir ofwater for flush-

Moving

the goalposts

The New York Mets have come up with a novel way to protect the grass in their new stadium during concerts and other Their events - take it outside. stadium, scheduled for opening in 2002, will be the first to sport a grass field on wheels. The field will be suspended on a steel superstructure about six feet from the ground and the drainage system will be incorporated into the tray-type structure in which the field will be contained. When not in use the field can be rolled out through an opening in the stadium and stowed outside,

Dirt that cleans Recent discoveries have shown that soil is effective at sibsorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Experiments carried out on an eight-acre plot in Pennsylvania showed that different soil types all had some capacity to absorb the gas blamed for

The Antikythira’s early as the third century T’hefirst calculator. Niftyr mechanism, also known as B.C. Ctesibius, a Greek wvw.ancientgr.cmn/unknown~hethe first calculator, was engineer who worked in Ilenic_history/tng/andent manufactured in 80 B.C. Alexandria, created the .- tech.htm by an unknown Greek arfirst clock that ran on flowtisan. Even though it has been per gears is ridiculous. As crazy as ing water. The basic principle of argued that the Antikythira’s the theory that the pyramids were the clock was that as water flowed mechanism came from an exuaconstructed by little green men. at a fixed rate into its main chamterrestrial origin, because of its The mechanism is composed of ber, a float topped with a metal level of sophistication, the genover 30 copper wheel gears varyindicator pointed to lines which era1 archeological consensus is that ing in size, placed on parallel were carved on the inner shaft;

global warming. The amount of carbon dioxide absorbed depends more on farming techniques than the soil type. Scientists say that adopting these techniques could have a hugely positive effect, soaking up millions of tons of the greenhouse gas each year.

Dizzy Heights

ity found in almost all of the body’s other muscles. When cardiac cells are killed, by a heart attack, _ the heart is considerably weakened as these cells are never replaced. Scientists in North Carolina though may have found the answer. Inexperiments on rabbits with damaged hearts, skeletal cells, which ehc body can replace, were injected into the rabbits’ hearts. In more than half the rabbits, the cells took on the functions of heart cells and improved the heart’s pumping action. The study which only lasted six weeks will be repeated on a long-term basis to see if the technique may have other uses.

Nasa’s ER2 research aircraft set a world record, flying at almost twice the altitude of most other medium weight airliners. The aircraft soared to a height of almost 69,000 feet on a research flight to obtain information about atmospheric components. This was the first official measurement recorded for the plane which regularly flies at these heights. The previous record of 62,500 feet was

The U.S. government has agreed to the use of a second type of bomb-detection system for use at luggage check-in points in airports. Like existing systems they will scan luggage with X-rays but

ser by a Canadian

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Heart health The heart muscle is unique in lacking the self-repairing abil-

these lines represen red hours. This cumbersome design made it impossible for wide-spread use, and impractical to develop a version of the clock for the wrists of chc ancients. (*Mysteries of the Past p.140)

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or cross-section images of baggage contents, for more precise detection of objects that may contain explosives. Seventy-five of the devices have been produced from the manufacturer ‘InVision’

and will be installed end of the year,

Deafness

before

the

gene detected

Scientists have traced _- _ __ the gene which causes hereditary deafness among Jews from Eastern Europe. The discovery is a step forward for medical researchers, now more fully informed about the workings of the inner ear and they may also be able to formulate genetic treatments for hearing problems. Having identified the gene, it may be possible to carry out prenatal screening to tell whether or not a newborn will also develop hereditary deafness. AOL

acquires

Netscape

The stench of acquistion has swung back to fill Microsoft’s nostrils for once. AOL, the Internet provider with 14 million members, has made an all-stock deal worth *approximately four billion dollars to bring Netscape into the fold, The deal provides for the current CEO of Netscape, James Harksdale to have a seat on the board of directors. The new company will have the marketing muscle of AOL and the brand-name recognition of Netscape, Internet portals, the sites that rirany surfers start their

Machines

Unlike our friendly campus chocolate and potato chip slinging machines, the first version of the vending machine was nothing but a Drachmaguzzling water dispenser. Hero, another Greek engineer, invented this strange device. With the insertion of a Drachma, a stopper was lifted, thus dispensing an exact amount of holy water. This device, unfortunately, did not catch on. Had it caught on in later times, it w&Id have been very useful in the Roman circus. Gladiators between matches of maimingand blood letting, would have gotten thirsty! Besides, it could have been an extra source of revenue for the Republic and later the Empire. (*Mys fen+.. of the Pusf p. 144) *Casson, Lionel et al. MJLWYGV the Pa~f. New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., 1977.

Webexploracion at, will see a great deal more competition. This is because Netscape’s Netcenter is one of the most popular sites on the Net. You can bi: sure that AOL will be taking advantage of this. AOL and Netscape had been in talks of the same sort before. A few years ago, AOL and Netscape talks fell out because Netscape would not give in to the points AOL deemed essential. AOL’s CEO, Steve Case, remarked that AOL would wait for a “kinder, gentler Netscape” to emerge. The deal becomes a bit muddled when Sun Microsystems is factored in. Sun is going to pay some 350 million dollars to AOL for marketing and so forth. In return, AOL has agreed to buy 500 million dollars worth of merchandise off of Sun, It looks like everyone is getting in on the party. Netscape uses Java extensively, and the new relationship could crack the Microsoft operating system monopoly. To add spice to the mix, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer bundling deal with AOL is set to expire in January. It is thought that Microsoft’s lead in browser share is due primarily to its contract with AOL. This deal could revitalize the software industry. It needs it.

We almost beat Western byKerryo’Brlen /mpn’ntstM

Western hit the floor running and went on a 10-S tear, thanks more than in part to their Z4-point phenom, Jen Haylor.Waterloo settled in and returned fire, bringing it as close as 56-55 at one point. A crucial foul in the last ten seconds did them in, however, and Western went on toclose out the game. The rookies put on an extra-special show last Saturday. Second high-scorer for the Warriors was frosh Kristen Eisner, who had nine points and six rebounds despite being a starting guard. Greener Meg Clancy has earned her stripes in a bigway:ninetcenpoints andtmrebounds! Has somebody toid the Raptors about this girl? The Warriors are gaining momentum with every game they play, and I don’t doubt that they will be a force to contend with when the playoffs roll around. Both the veterans and the rookies are pulling their weight and getting the job done. Captains Maxx Lapthome and Adrienne Cillis were leaders on and off the

t’s shaping up to be a Cinderella-type turnaround season for the women’s basketball Warriors, After toppling last year’s CIAU silvermedalist Manitoba a month ago, the Warriors came up against their next big challenge on SaturdayNovemberZl:thegreatPurpleSatan,thePurpleHorsey People, the shatterer of Gold and Black dreams: The University of Western Ontario Mustangs, who are consistently ranked among the top teams in the province. To say it was a battle would be a horrendous understatement.Tosayitwasa battleofapocalypticproportionswould be nearer to the truth. And although the Warriors came out on the losing end, 61-57, this fact does not diminish in any way their intensity and spiritThe first halfsee-sawed back and forth, with the Warriors alternately attempting to gain and maintain a lead over the more experienced ‘Stangs. Both teams played ferociously all over the court, with the Warriors committing ten fouls in the first half and Western committing fourteen. The Warriors kept their cool, however, hitting an even 40 per cent from the floor while the

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‘Stangs shot a wild 25 percent. At the end of the first haIf the score stood 30-27 for the Warriors.

The Wairiors take a well-deserved break until January 1 weekend, when they host the annual New Year’s ShootAround tournament. Tickets are available by calling the Athletics Office at 888467 ext. 5869.

Men’s and women’s volleyball review Women’s Vdleyball by UW Volleyball special to imprint

Team

he UW woman’s volleyball team went to Nippissing last weekend and blew the competition away. Going into the match with a O-5 record, the Warriors were determined to change things around. After this weekend, the Warriors did just that. They beat the Nippissing Lakers in three straight sets on both Friday night and Saturday afternoon. The five hour bus ride did not tire these Warriors out at all, The Warriors have one more league game before the semester ends and it’s going to be played right here at the PAC on December2 at 7 p.m. against the McMaster Marauders. Why not come out and support your team? Why should you come out to our game on Wednesday, December Z? 10) It’s free with your UW Watcard; 9) You’ll get a neat looking stamp on your hand at the entrance; 8) The PAC is just ten steps away from the Wednesday night Bomber; 7) Get away from some of your pre-exam stress; 6) You’ll get to see some great volleyball action; 5) It’s better than watching the 6:00 news; 4) It’s our last home game of the semester; 3) You can try the ‘Warriors Challenge’ after our second set, to win fabulous prizes; 2) Where else can you see girls in spandex in the month of December; and finally, 1) You can finally witness the Wfarriors frrst home

game win! Here is one athlete’s view of the game: As athletes, we are devoted to attend practices, play our hardest and give it all that we’ve got in games and tournaments. In the end, the ideal result would be to come out on top. There is also another meaning to being an athlete and that is the relationship you make with your fellow teammates, coaching staff and trainers. For those who know, the UWwoman’s volleyball team has had a rough start. With a record of 2-5, it looks pessimistic for making it to the playoffs. In this year’s division, most of the teams are close in calibre, We’ve had three matches that went to five sets (one was against the University of Guelph who is seeded second in our division) but unfortunately could not take the win. Thispastweekendturnedoveranewleafandisjustthe first step of making - our goal - to the OUA playoffs. To tell you the truth, even though we’ve had some tough losses, our team can only learn from these experiences. It’s kind of amazing to have so many first year players add so much to a team, There were only fourveterans that returned and we have double the number of rookies. This team has potential.

Stepping upon the starting line up are KristynSt-Onge showing in recent years. Without Captain Jason Hubbard, Lori Brubaker who have only increased their talents as the team played hard in front of an encouraging home crowd matchgoes by. Then there is setter Heidi Richmond, and advanced to the finals against York. A strong performis a versatile player. Not bnly can she set but she can also ante by Jason Greene, along with a the high adrenaline the power position, She gives me a run for my money. hitting of Jeff Lingard kept the Warriors close, but York SaraRossandStephanieSumarethecheerleadersofour proved to be the stronger team and won the gold. Waterloo team. Youcan hearthemconstantlypushinguson thecourt. power hitters Phil McKee and Paul Frayne both earned I’m surprised they didn’t lose Tournament All&tar honours. their voices by the end of the The Golden Hawks from match, There is also Rebecca Lauriervisited the followingweek, Earl, Michele Peng and Kim bringing with them big hitters and Hargrove who are not as loud as This confidence bigger egos. their fellow teammates but bring pushed the Hawks to win the first encouragement on and off the two games. The third game quickly courts.These girls always show became theTSNTurningPointas excitement on the bench and Waterloo seemed to have forgotare ready to share their talents ten the first two games and was when needed by their fired up to win, Games three, four, teammates. and five were by far the most excitTo get so much enthusiingvolleyball matches I have seen asm, young talent and combine in the PAC as the Warriors rallied to it with the experiences ofveterwin the match. ans Ami Barqas$ the hitting maOn Wednesday night the Warriors hosted the McMaster Maraudchine, Agnes Magolon,the blocking machine, and captain ers. Waterloo was all over the MaCheryl Dance with her years of rauderdefence right from the start playing, talent and leadership and frequently came up with big can only mean good things. defensive plays. After ldsing the second gamethe Warriors bounced I’mproud to beon this team back to take a commanding 11-2 even with the slow start. We lead in the third. Despite having have an incredible the relation..Andformynextti*watdlmeswallowthiseu~ ship witheach other. To bring troubleputtingthegameawaythey twelve individuals from differplayed solidly and held on to win. photo by Mtam Da& The fourth game featured more ent backgrounds and have the great defence and Waterloo won convincingly by four points. relationship we have is amazing. We have not only develStepping up in every game is the outstanding rookie oped closeness on the court but off the court. Paul Frayne. Frayne, a first year Science-Business major, is So for a final note, I hope to see you at the game because spoken of highly by his teammates. “He has nerves of I guarantee it’s a game you won’t want to miss. “and he is an excellent passer.” steel,” states Lingard, Frayne is part of the two man passing system that requires Men’s Volleyball him to pass half of the semes. Despite that pressure Frayne says, “I feel great out there.” He is comfortable with the by P&am Dade1 and each who play

fmpn’ntstti

players

need to work a bit on my passing and hitting bad sets.” Frayne may be too hard on himself as he has consistently given 110 per cent and has played beyond everyone’s expectations. Watch for the high-flyingnumber eight in Januarywhen the Warriors continue their season.

he Waterloo Warrior men’svolleyball team is looking sharp at the end of the first half of the season. Here’s a quick review of their last few weeks: At the Overkill Warrior Classic in early November, the Warriors looked at the top of their game as they had their best l

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Friday,

November

SPORTS

2‘7, 1998

Taekwondo kicks someass by the Martial Arts speda/ to fmpfint

Club

aturday, November 14, members of the Taekwondo team from the University of Waterloo Martial Arts Club participated in the Ontario Classic Championship Toumament at Humber College in Toronto. It was a very successful weekend for the participants, who overall took home a stunning 17 medals. Dave Smyth won gold in sparring and silver in poomse (patterns). Tanya Hintz won bronze in sparring, as did Alethea Arnaquq. She also picked up a gold in

poomse. Michael Smyth, Indranil Ghosh and Jamie Benson all won bronzes for sparring. Matthew WaltnerToews won silver in sparring. Christi Slomka and Kelly Shipp took gold in sparring as did Kathryn Preuss. Kimey Richmond and Kathy Tan picked up a silver each for sparring, and Kathy also had a silver in poomse. Janna Bulmer also grabbed a silver in poomse and bronze in sparring. They are coached by Master Julio Vasquez of Vasquez Olympic Taekwondo inKitchener. His experience as a five time Canadian Heavyweight Cham-

Ho&v

pion allows h?m to pass on excellent skills to his athletes. Thanks, coach! On thesunday, someof the elite athletes from the Taekwondo Club, participated in a qualifying tournament for the Provincial TaekwondoTeam. All five members participating qualified for the Final Provincial ChampionshipTournament to be held in Sarnia, in February 1999. Jill Adams won gold in the Women’s Feather. Ian Schultz brought home the gold in the Men’s Middle. Silver medal winners were Cesar Orantes in the Men’s Light and Andrew Mak in

Warriors

get big road win Windsor goes clown 3-l by the UW Hockey specrh/ to hnpfint

Men’s Feather. Martin Pravda won bronze in the Men’s Welter. After the final provincial tournament, these athletes will go on to participate in the National Team Trials to be held in Winnipeg in March 1999. With dedication and training, we could be seeing some of our own Waterloo students at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. For the first time, taekwondo will be an official Olympic sport. If you’re interested in joining the club, check us out on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Red North Activity area at 7:30 p.m.

Team

fter a disappointing road loss to Western on Friday, the Varsity Warriors knocked off the Windsor Lancers 3-l in Windsor. The team played a tremendous sixty minutes of hockey and took a 2-O lead into the third period. After a scoreless first period Sean Fitzgerald tapped in a rebound to give the Warriors the lead. Rookie Brett Turner kept his hot streak alive when he was‘sent in on a breakaway.

He made no mistake with a shot to the top corner. Senior goalie Joe Harris played his best game of the year. He would have had a shutout except for a Lancer power play goal that entered the net after breaking through the webbing of his glove. Sean Fitzgerald salted the game away with a great goal in the last minute. It was the Warriors’ fiist regular season road win and ended a three game losing slud.

In London on Friday the Warriors were tied at fou;

after the second but gave up an early third period goal and ended up losing 5-4. Brett Turner scored twice for the Warriors; fellow rookies Rob Kirkley and Mark Robson also scored for the Warriors. Waterloo finishes their first half of the regular season with two games next weekend. They travel to Toronto to play the much improved Ryerson Rams on Friday and play Brock at home on Sunday. Two victories would put the Warriors back in the hunt for a playoff spot.

Athletes of the week *

Cheryl

Dance

Cheryl, a fourth year Retreation and Leisure Studies student from London Ontario, led the volleyball Warriors to their first victory of the season. With 20 kills and six serving aces, Cheryl helped her team beat Nippissing three sets to none, both Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. As team captain, Cheryl demonstrated strong leadership and outstanding defensive play. She rallied the team from a lo-14 deficit to win the final set 17-15.

Peter Londry . Peter,afnstyearComputer Science student from Sudbury, led the way to a Warrior 122-87 victory over the Laurentian Voyageurs on Friday. He had wins in both the 400 individual medley and 400 freestyle along with helping the 4 x 50 free relay defeat the Voyageurs in a very close relay 1:31.77 to 1132.53. On Saturday Peter set a new varsity record of l&22.34 in the 1500 free which qualifies him for the CIAU championships.

Women’s football and other exciting news by John Lofranco ImpnittsW

ere are a few quick but important sports items from the local and varsity file. First of all, on the university fron t: Ladies! Are you tired of hearing about the guys’ football team? Then come out and join the frenzy of the girls’ Flag Football team! No experience needed, just dedicated and hardworking females who have a love for the game. The first practice was scheduled for Tuesday November 24, but there is plenty of room at today’s practice. Me&+at the PA@ main gym at 500 p.m. Fur.,

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ther practices are Wednesday December Zat 8:OO p.m. and Wednesday January6 at 7:00 p.m. Practices may be indoor or outdoor, so bring appropriate clothing. This is yet another sport ‘inwhichwecanbeatLaurier, Guelph and Western! In boxing news, local resident Sidney Vanderpool was to fight for the WBO world title, in Cardiff, Wales on December5 This would have been a great opportunity for Syd, but unfortunately the fight was cancelled by his opponent. No rescheduled date for the fight is known. Cross country season is not over yet! Terry Goodenough, coach of the

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varsity team here at UW, is leading a group of local junior runners tovancouver this weekend for the National club championships. The race will take place at Jericho Beach Park. Representing the Laurel Creek Track Club in the l2k senior race are Wacerloostudents Stephen Drew and John Lofranco, as well as the OFSAA senior champion Antony Lokinyen. Pete Collison, a first year Waterloo student, and local high schoolers Josh Morrison, Simon Lewis, Kyle Desormeaux and Derek Nakuski are in a position to win the national junior team title.Thejunior race is run over 8km.

SPORTS

Jump Rope Raises Major Moolah!!1 The UW Rowing Club organized a fundraising event “Jump Rope for Heart” that was held on Saturday, November 2 I, at the Great Hall in the SLC,This event was a great opportunity tore-live those fond memories and help raise funds to support the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, The UW Rowing Club had sent a challenge to all Fed Clubs, Campus Ret Clubs and the student body community to come out and jump rope for heart and to out-jump Laurier! WLU had jumpedacoupleofweekends before, and was able to raise approximately $1,200, UW’s Pounce de Lion and the UW Cheerleading team volunteered their time to come out to start the event off with a bang! An awesome demonstration by one of UW’s professional jumpers, Louise Gariepy, showed all participants whatjumping rope was all about! Although the total number of participants was not what was expected, those who did come out had a great time and many won door prizes. The door prizes were generously donated by the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Play It Again Sports, UW Campus Ret, Williams Coffee Pub, UW Book Store, East Side Mario’s and Mongolian Grill. UW met the challenge and we were able to raise close to $Z,oOO!

The Grand Prize of a Team Party, donated by McGinnis Front Row, went to the team that called themselves “Heart Park,” who.were able to raise over $l,ZOO! The Badminton Club came in second raising over $300. Congratulations to all the teams that came out and individuals who joined in the fun. A special thanks to Coca-Cola, the Math Coffee and Donut Shop and the Old Kitchen Cupboard fordonatingrefreshments for the event.

IMPRINT,

Langois rounded out the top four seeds in order. In the first round of the playoffs, Stephanie pulled off a stunning upset over Eric to advance, while in the other semifinal, Andrew eliminated Lawrence in a very competitive match. The B division championship was a testofthe players’ physi-

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cal and mental endurance. Stephanie almost completed her “Cinderella” string of upsets before eventually losing to Andrew in another three-set mamthon. Congratulations to everyone on a fine performance in this swan-song for theCampus Recreation tennis tournament.

Leaders of the Week

Grand Slam Action in UW Tennis Tournament This past Sunday, the Waterloo Tennis Club was the scene for the Campus Recreation Openrumoured to be included in the near future as a stop on the ATP and WTA tours. In the A division, Lynn Michaud displayed some solid ground strokes in dominating the preliminary round robin. After Lynn defeated him 8-4 earlier in the day, she and Xavier Commeinhcs met up again in the final. All eyes were focused on these two base-liners as they slugged it out for almost two hours. This time Xavier prevailed in a grueling test of skill and court savvy, winning 6-4 in the third and deciding set. At the conclusion of round robin action in the B division, Eric Leveille emerged at the top of the six-player field. Andrew Newell, Lawrence Wong, and Stephanie

Patty Mah

Erin Sutherland

Patty is the president of the UW Rowing Club. This term, Patty organized and participated in the Jump Rope for Heart. She got sponsors, promoted the event and coordinated the pledges, location and volunteers. Patty helped to raise $1,500 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Patty is an energetic, enthusiastic, well organized individual that worked hard to make the Jump Rope for Heart successful.

- Erin is a dedicated and encouraging instructor at the UW pool this term. She went out of her way to create an “Under the Sea” theme for her learn to swim class. All of her participants thoroughly enjoy themselves and seemed to be inspired to try new things in the water. Erin recognizes and appreciates the courage her students have to learn to swim and be comfortable in the water. Great work!

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Imprint: Last year the Humanities Theater seemed to be the ideal venue for you. Do you prefer bars or theatres, given the tendency of some audiences to talk during the quieter parts of your set?

n my last record.. , there’s the odd song about taking it easy, but I guess I get to take it easy so little these days that when I get to relax I get so excited I write a song about it . ., . I’m not a slacker, [That label is] a pain in the ass but I understand why the people write that about me, because they’re not on tour with us, they don’t see what I do every day, they just listen to the record and it’s relaxed it’s photos by David Eby mellow, sometimes talkingabout relaxing. So it’s cool, I mean,. what can you do?” Hayden: “In a pia& like this said singerlsongwr riter Hayden [Fed Hall] it’s somewhere in beduring an interview withImprint tween. We’ve been able to shut before his show at F ed Hall. Here up a pretty rowdy university crowd are some of the bes )t parts, before, and other times, playing

the same songs, the same way, we just haven’t been able to do it. It’s just, it’s in the air. After we come off of weeks on end playing bars, especially if we’re opening for a band and we’re playing a fortyfive minute rock set and that’s it, we get to a theater and we feel like we’re on display and we don’t know what to do with the silence. There’s always a weirdness too, last night the PA was really bad, the audience was kind of odd, I couldn’t hear anything I was singing, I was angry during the set, and because of the anger, apparently, we almost got into it more, cause we were just like ‘Fuck it’ and it made it better for us, and we just had a really good time. The audience, there were many people that were weeping in the audience, but we didn’t do

,Musical chairs directed by Franqois Girard iztthe~~a?a#9zu Nov.

27 - Dec.

by Rachel E. Beattie fmpfint stafi

he Red Violin follows the “life” of z beautiful violin, made in Italy in the 1600s. The violin travels from Italy to Vienna to Oxford to Shanghai and finally ends up in an auction in Montreal. The film shows the lives of those touched by the violin’s power and beauty. Like any movie made up of different stories there are some parts that are better than others. The Italian and Chinese stories are the most touching. The Chinese story is about conflicts between culture and political beliefs. A communist party member, played by Sylvia Chang, cannot allow herself to admit she loves the beautiful music of the West because she loves “the people”

more. The Oxford story is probably the weakest link, it tells the story of a pretentious self absorbed violinist and his flaky author mistress and their over the top love affair, which en& tragically (of course.) The modern story serves as the link for all the other stories but manages to be compelling all by itself.

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The cinematography and editing are amazing. The film shows the passage of time in interesting and ingenious ways. One scene shows the violin being passed on from gypsy to gypsy as they whirl around madly playing it. In another scene the-camera floats towards the counter in a

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Imprint: How is the media, like MuchM,usic or CFNY responding to your new album, now that you are on a major. l ? Hayden: “You know what, the truth of it is . . . no one is to blame except maybe myself, but I got more radio play and video play when I was independent than, since I signed, but I wouldn’t blame that on the record company, perhaps it’s the videos or the songs, or something. If anything, being on a major label has meant something as basic as my recordl, once it’s in a store and someone buys it, it’s back in the

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Girard handles the complex material masterfully. It is also his second collaboration with Canadian cinema icon, Don McKellar. Their script is subtle and moving. They

crowd

Chinese pawn shop as it gets closer the merchandise changes from typewriters to cameras to movie cameras, showing the passage of time. The performances in T&Y&~ Vdin are generally good. Samuel L. Jackson is amazing as a modern day appraiser who discovers the Red Violin. In one scene the camera focuses on Jackson’s face as the red violin is played. Jackson shows how his character is mesmerized by the violin and instantiy falls in love with it. T’.e Red ?%tin is Frangois Girard’s follow up film to his critically acclaimed film Tlr2~-Twa

manage

to move

the

story

from time period to time period without confusing the viewer. The Red lrior’in is a magnificent film about the beauty of music and the power that it can hold over any one around the world.

store quickly and on the shelf the next week. Whereas before I’d sell a record and it would take a month and a half to be restocked. And that’s the best thing about it.” Imprint: Do own videos?

you

do a.l,l your

Hayden: “I did ‘Bad as rhey Seem’, there’s another one, I did a video for ‘In September’ that’s a blackand whitconeofaguychopping up a big piece of meat and then having a heart attack on a water bed, but that got played once and people complained, it was pretty disgusting. I had trouble editing it, it was so disgusting.”

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feel like I’m fighting far your attention,” said an obviously frustrated Hayden lastThursday night at Federation Hall; the sad news is that he was right, the worse news was that he wasn’t really fighting. The crowd at Fed Hall was clearly more interested in the social action that was to be had at the bar rather than the musicians at the front ofthe stage. This attitude obviously frayed the nerve:s of Hayden and his backing band, resulting in a less than spectacular set. There was a good sized crowd at Federation Hall, with conservative estimates of attendance ranging fmm 400 - 500 people. Juliana Hatfield, perhaps best known for her work with the Lemonheads, or her track on the Red+y Bites soundtrack, opened the night. She played a fantastic set involving some inspired covers including the Jayhawks’ “Blue” and the ’ “Ride with Me.” Lemonheads Her delicate voice did absolute justice to the covers and to her own songs, like her semi-hit “My sister.” Unfortunately, she was almost totally ignored by the

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see Hayden. Hayden and his band covered a most of the tracks from Tkcp G/oser I Get including “The Hazards of Sitting Beneath Palm Trees” and ‘Better off inside” (the two video tracks) along with

excellent versions of “Two doors” and the title track “The Closer I Get.” The backing band alternated with a cello player and Hayden going solo throughout the night. The cello was absolutely beautiful, but was practically drowned out by the background noise of the audience. Hayden on his own was great, if somewhat out of it, but the crowd clearly got to him later on as he begged on three separate occasions for people. to quiet down. Even threats like “I don’t know when the next time is I’ll be here, honestly,” didn’t seem to work. Of his solo material Hayden played “Neil Young Song” from the Now We are 5 Sonic UnyoR compilation. He also played, to the delight of the group of fans at the front who were into the show, the title track from the soundtrack to Trees Lounge. Despite shouted requests, the band didn’t play “Bunkbeds” although Hayden did play “Bad as the:; seem” and “In September” to the delight of the portion of the crowd that was into it. The question of blame for the lack of audience attention should be shared between the band and the crowd. Hayden and company shouldn’t be playing shows of over JO0 people outside of a theater environment, although people going to a Hayden show should expect to be quiet and respect the delicate melodies and stirring vocals of his ballads, not just the pounding chords of his rock tracks. Hopefully, Hayden will return to the Humanities theater next time, where he, and the audience, were obviously much more comfortable.

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continue to be published during International Women’s Week, from March 8- 12 this coming year. Deadline for al1 submissions is Friday, December 4, by 4~30 p.m. in the Federation of Students office. All contributioris must be accompanied by a separate page listing the contributor’s nami= and phone number as well as the name of the piece. Written contributions must be submitted on h,ard copy or via e-mail (cchen@engmail.uwaterloo.ca). Floppydiskswill not beaccepted. Artists and photographers take note: *V’icd is published in black and white only. All artwork -and photographs will be returned upon publication. For more information, or to help with the production of’%ic~s of WumynX,contact the Womyn’s Centre (888-4567, x34.57) of email Christine Cheng (ccheng@engmail.uwaterloo.ca).

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womin 0f women - however you spell it, it’s still your voice, and the Womyn’s Centre wants to hear it. *Voicesof Woqw”, published yearly by the Womyn’s Centre, is a collection of essays, short stories, poetry, artwork and photography by women in the UW community. Submissions for this year’s issue are now being accepted. Originally conceived tq draw attention to ‘the oft-unheard voices of women on campus, aVoi~eP continues today as a celebration of the literary and creative achievement of Waterloo’s women. In hopes of increasing its resonance, this year’s+Vo&# will be published in book form, a departure from the tabloid (newsprint) issues of years past. It will

Friday,

November

27, 1998

Lonnie meets Jane

Calling all womyn, by the Womyn’s

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Ex-SuperfHendz member plays M/aterloo by David

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and Glenn Milcheni, drummer from Blue Rodeo. “Iym not just dropping names here, these are my friends. . . [Glenn] lives down the street from me, and he just happens to be one of the best drummers in Canada. So I feel so

standards, that’s like, a deli tray to some other bands. It doesn’t matter how much you spend, I’m not was home about a week [from saying that. I think it’s going to be touring] when Matt Murphy OK, I have a good feeling.‘* called me up and said ‘I’m James is philosophic about quitting the band and I’m sethng his independence, “Sometimes I the van . . . that’s just really miss being in a what he felt, you group, and being able know, sometimes you to throw ideas off peoWho: Lonnie James, The Mean go out with a girl and ple, and not having to Red Spiders, Neck she goes ‘I can’t go out be responsible for the with you anymore, see whole thing, but at the Where: The Jane Bond Cafe you later,’ shit hapsame time those are the When: Tomorrow (Saturday) pens. A relationship things that I gain was separated.. .” says strength and inspiration ex-Superfrienhz from, that I’m the only member Lonnie James when regrateful, I have one of the best person responsible for things,” flecting on the break-up of the rhythm sections around.” Lately Lonnie has been playgroup about two years ago. We promises that the new .ing around southern Ontario, and album will be much better than Since the break-up, Lonnie was selected for, but ultimately has released his own CD on the the last album (which didn’t suck) bumped from, the CMJ festival because “it’s going to be a little Teenage USA label, also home to in New York. Cecil Seaskull (Nerdy Girl) more rocking, it’s going to have He was at the Jane Bond among others. James is a singer/ more of a reald band sound as opabout four months ago with Julie songwriter who writes “rock” posed to a guy just playing to Doiron where they played to a music for one. His next album is himself. . . I’m going into a better full house. He returns to the Jane due out by March, also on Teenstudio this time. It’s going to cost Bond this Saturday with about $3,ooO, which is a lot for age USA, featuring Johnny Borra, labelmates Neck and the Mean ex-bassist from Change of Heart, me, but is nothing by industry Red Spiders.

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meant to be read phrom cover to cover (although it cah). It is more along the lines of “eye candy” phor connoisseurs who prepher something slightly phishy. Inside the book (or perhaps more appropriately “between the pictures. . . “) the reader will be

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about the historic Hallowe’en performances or the New Year’s eve bonanzas, then you will be constantly drawn to the top of the phish bowl phor another pheeding. If on the other hand, you are more interested in reading personal anecdotes by (and about) the band, weil, you’re in luck too! This book is packed with stories right from the phish’s mouth. If you’re not a phan, but you think you might be interested in Phish, go to a concert: don’t read the book, I won’t even suggest listening to an album because to phully appreciate Phish you need to have a live experience. This book may be a good accessory to phlip through as you listen to Phish, but on it’s ownit’s like a phish out of water. -

his book was well designed for Phish phans (yes, I’m allowed to assume this because I phall into that category). It is philled with seemingly “useless” information, and tons of high gloss,. coiourful, bright and pretty pictures. This book may strike the average human as poindess, but to Phish phans everywhere it’s a little piece of heaven. Essentially, what Phish has produced is a coffee table book for Phish-heads. It is not

delighted with Phishy trivia, Phishy stories, did I mention $IZ Phishy pictures?, and lorsof other. Phishy stuff. If you are a phan, and you’re interested in reading

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stage show is so energetic and fun that they instantly win over firsttime listeners, Fans of the bacd have been anxiously awaiting the release of Corduroy Leda’s de-

orduroy Leda and Rhythm Activism will be performing at the Bombshelter this Friday, November 27. wh0: The show is a celebration uf WPIRG’s twenty-fifth anniverWhere: sary. When: Corduroy Leda is a six-piece, all female but, band that hails from Guelph.

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Rhythm Activism is a Montreal band, billed in their bio as (deep ‘breath): “a pro-active, theatrical rebel news orchestfalrock ‘n’ roll cabaret/giant musical cartoon” (whew!). The band’s cur-

rent CD is entitled Jam WQ~ Gay, which may give readers some indication of the political leanings of the band. At the very least, it piques one’s interest This should prove to be a great night of music and celebration. It will give many people the opportunity to experience the live sensation that is Corduroy Leda, and the potential mayhem of RhythmActivism. Doors will open at 9~00 p.m. Tickers are three dollars for WPIRG members, and five dollars for non-members-they will be sold at the WPIRG office upstairs in the Studen!: Life Centreand at the door. Call 8884882 for further information.

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friendly; a well-loved young Duke

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Puck’s already potent abilities as a mischief maker. All three occupy the stage during Puck’s scenes, all three share in the lines, and all three cause inordinate

in the play, and they do not disappoint. Special mention to Jay D’Aoust and his fabulously flaming Starveling the Tailor. As is his custom, however. Norm

Friend

made each and every scene he is .part of riveting. His Bottom (really, it’s the character’s name) is overbearing, overconfident, and overreaching to the point of idi-

ocy; in short, perfect. Sets are traditionally a problem in the strangely-plotted Modern Languages Theatre, which makes the already-stunning set that much more unbelievable. Clever use of ultraviolet lights coupled with a trapdoor mid-stage creates a stage that seemed much bigger than it actually is. The actors used every inch of space in the theatre, running through the aisles at least ten times during the play and further bringing the already-enthralled crowd into the show. As for layers and nuance, find them for yourself. I was particularly partial to the doll, Although &e&m’s run at UW is just about over, there are stilt performances tonight (Friday) and Saturday evening. As of press time the shows had not sold out, but tickets are going fast. Call the box off& at 888-4908 to reserve.

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Method to his madness but the track is a nice change from the raw edge of the album. The RZA shows his versatility on “Retro Godfather,” a tight cut with a tasty 70s flavour. “Spazzola” is one of those can’tmissWu collaborations, laced w&h lyrics by Meth, Inspektah Deck,

It’s hard to believe that it’s been four years since Method Man first blessed us with a solo effort., and it’s even harder to believe that this is just his second full-length al bum. But what’s hardest to believe is how good this album actual is. In the past couple of years, Meth has strayed from the style we fell in love with on “36 Chambers,” but he’s recently showed us that he is indeed back (peep his duo with Heitah Skeltah). The album starts off strong with the RZA-produced “Perfect World,” and gets betterwith “Cradle Rock,” which features a surprisingly raw Left Eye (from TLC). Some of you may have already heard “Sweet Love,” which features the always smooth Cappadonna and the up-andcoming Street Life. The beai’s a little annoying,

fierce lyrics from Meth, Havoc, Street Life, and the Wu’s supreme lyricist, Inspektah Deck. EPMD’s Erick Sermon shows up with his usual bangin’ beats on “Step by Step,” a head-bouncing track with an unrecognizable Tupac sample. The album wouldn’t be complete without a Meth-Redman duo, and “Big Dogs” is a blazing track that shows everybody how high these cats can get. The nineties version of Marvin Gaye, D’Angelo, drops in for “Break Ups 2 Make Ups,” a soulful, smooth track that should make the girls happy. I The only real disappointing l track on the album is a skit by ~ Chris Rock, but even the skits with Ed Lover, Meth’s son Shakuan, Janet Jackson, and Donald Trump( !) are worthwhile. As hard as it is, this is ati album Raekwon, Masta Killa, Killa Sin, that should please everybody. It and Sweet Life. is clearly better than Method On “Party Crasher,” Meth Man’s first album, and the best rips it over a wicked beat from Wu-Tang effort since Ghostface True Master, describing what a Killah’s Ifvnman. Make sure you typical night out with him is like. pick it up, and on a final note, “Play IV Keeps” is the highlight respect to the Turnstylez crew of the album. The production, out of Toronto. for coming secfrom Mobb Deep’s Havoc, is al- ond (in the world!) at the recent most too ill, and it’s matched by ITF DJ Championships!

fortlessly the tremendous work ’ put into the production and mix was made to sound. It defantIy took great recording talent. I, of course, discovered these facts esby T&s

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hpnht staff There were two songs on this CD, “Enjoy Yourself’ and “Up Top New York.” “Enjoy Yourself” features background music by Beethoven. This CD is well planned and successful in its execution. It is not something I envision your hard core rap listener to engage in, but it was nonetheless,something that the ‘cool ones’ amongst us would listen to. Remember MA$E? I could see him listening to it but also singing it. Obviously, the song was a reproductionofMichae1 Jackson’s “Enjoy Yourself,” Of course, in a world that everything is unbarred to reproduction, the song was the target. What I found astonishingly creative was how well Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony was blended with the rap version of the song. You could hear how ef-

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Christmas is here! Every year h.undreds of Christmas albums are released. We’ve heard groups from Boyz II Men singing traditionai carols to Kenny G’s instrumental renditions of these carols, Well, add Jazznsamba’sC.&m~ Cud to the list. I love this CD by the South Shore Nova Scotia jazz trio, because it features my favourite car-

you feel like cozying up by a warm fire by yourself, with your significant other, or even with your fam~~~~~~~ ily, staring out the window as you watch the snowflakes flutter to 9 ing To Town.” It also includes the ground. You can feel Kathie their own ballad, “The Best of Claire Shaw’s voice travel through Christmas,” which is about being you as she brings Christmas alive. home for the holidays and spend-. ’ a-.’--“Jingle -BeHs,” and “Santa ing wonderful times with family, Claus Is Coming to Townn *take The songs are presented as slow- on a faster samba rhythm. When groove samba jazz, a fipt for- a these songs come on you feei like dancing around and acting silly, Christmas album. “We Three Kings,” “Let It as you did in your childhood, and Snow,” “Have Yourself A.Merry hopefully, f&m time to time, still Little Christmas,” and “The Best do. . _- I highly recommend Chn>tof Christmas,” are all slow and &&Card; if you like jazz, samba mellow, taking on a more jazzy and Christmas, I guarantee you’ll feel to them. These songs make like this CD.

Sun mucking is the debut CD from Morley. Morley Kamen grew up in Parsons Boulevard, a multiethnic community in New York City. Morley’s background is obvious through her multi-textured sound. The music on sun mucliine mixes a jazzy-blues feel with a funky-international sound. “Just Like You” starts off the CD with a middle Eastern flavour. Other arrangements include violins, cellos and various percussion sounds. Her sound is rich and varied. She sounds like a funked up version of Sade with the same smooth and ethereal voice. Morley Kamen started her

pecially in the instrumental version of “Enjoy yourself.” I don’t quite know what to say about “Up Top New York,” Not that the song was bad, I liked it, but outside that it didn’t do anything for me. This is not to berate the song, but I am really getting tired of new artists that sound like old artists. Don’t people hear themselves when they sing? What about the producers? Was no one awake when the CD was produced? None of them thought, “Wow you sound like Puffy.” Actually this song sounds like Puffy’s song “It’s all about the Benjamins.” I loved the mix, and the variations of the songs- from the radio edition, to instrumental. I don’t know what to say because I am not given much to work with, especially where originality is concerned. It is, however, not a bad CD to own. career in dance, yoga and music. Her songs are rife with love, pain and pleas for peace. She explains, “The goal of each song is growth aand..transfbrrnation, I believe in people’s capacity to change.,’ Her lyrics feature interesting images and turns of phrase. In “Dessef;t Flowers” she sings, “I’ve known too many thieves/ who try to steal my power/ Just to sell it back to me.‘, Many of the songs are about love. In “Sin of Reason” she despairs, “I’m not here I’m just a dream/ your soft movable machine.” And in “Losing my sleep” she exalts, “Texturous tones bring fire bones from caressing/We capture the wind the oceans within have direction.” Morley blends interesting lyrics with innovative musical arrangements. If you are looking for a soft smooth CD to discover your inner harmony or plan world peace to, give Morley a try.

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Before typing this piece about the CD sampler, people kept asking me one question: Was it good? Well, it was uh . . . polished. The instrumentation on “The by Cldre M. Francis Burning Bush” and “The Chariot Race” Impdnt staR seems impeccable. As for the pieces with lyrics they remain charming and memoraWith a release date of December 18, Dreamworks is counting on P&x of Egypt ble (And no, I can’t compare the music to something by Disney. The Dreamworks’ to be the hottest thing since Disney’s ZZ style seems more down to earth). Lion King. Thus the hypefest has begun. If you’re wondering about the Mariah Critics are eager to see if the film turns out and Whitney union, listen to your radio for to be little more than an animated Tm C~mmandmenx~. As the public’s curiosity “When You Believe.” Contrary to past grows, three compact discs will herald the debates between fans, the ladies don’t Prince’s arrival:Ptiflc# of&gypt~mp~rutiozral,sound alike. featuring Christian musicians; Pn’nce of As for Tb Prrirce of EgyBr the motion picture, this is one movie that had better be Egypt N&&$‘i& where country artists strut worth the hype. Thus far it’s all good their stuff; and Pnmmf&yptTAtOriginal in fact it’s almost a little too good. Let’s just Mohn Pictrrm Soandmuck. Among the artists featured on these hope for Dreamworks’ sake that when it disks are Jars ofClay, Faith Hill, Vince Gill, hits theaters, everything ends up being CeCe Winans and of course, the highlyDW.

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by VIctor Newnmn s@ tv the lmpnrnt MCs and DJs everywhere recycling and reusing classic songs has become a tired charade, and Ice Cube has decided to take his samples from a virtually untapped sample source classic Russian literature. His sample is taken from Leo Tolstoy’s 1869 War ‘ad * Ptaap. Thk origin& novel was published in six volumes, and Cube has opted to release his remake in two volumes, The War Disc, and the early 1999 release of the Peace-- Disc. The main theme of Tolstoy’s novel was the Napoleonic War of 1812 against Russia. Cube has updated the theme to be the ongoing war in South Central Los Angeles. Cops have taken over the role of the hated French army led by Napoleon. Ice Cube plays the part of Prince Andrei, but instead of dying in the war, he is crippled and then sent away to the peni-

by Tokslawose lmprlnt s&f What can one say about RAW to sufficiently explain what an experience it was to listen to the CD? There were basically two songs on the CD. There were, however, different productions of these songs. Let’s start with the song “RAW,, itself. I loved the tempo. The beat and acoustics incorporated in this songwas “right online.” I basically don’t think there is anyone who will not appreciate the talents of the artist themselves; this is not to say in any way that RAW must be loved by all; let’s give the outmost credit where it is due, that’s all I’m saying. I couldn’t help but dance, I

by Maat Feldman Imp&t stti Brit Pop has come and gone, but what is left in its wake is more exciting than the original waves itcreated. This Manchester quartet has a solid sound, that while firmly rooted in modern Brit Pop, has undergone a mutation that giving it a feel that is, well, distinctly original. Borrowing their stylings from rock, dub and hip hop amongst others, Audioweb pulls it all together in a unique hybrid. Their second album released on U2’s own label, Mother Records, is a veritable we&l of singles. Not that this is a band whose sound begs of Top 40 radio airplay with some kind of phoney, mass-appeal

architecture, but this stuff is just so damn good. From the outset, it a collection of wellwritten songs that actually have something to say. “Policeman Skank...” is a prime example. The story of a wrongly accused man, its psychedelicguitarand effects make it an exciting, if unpleasant, tale. Highlighting this album is “Try,” with its sweeping guitars and impassioned vocals. A microcosm of the entire album, it conveys a subtle and relaxed power, buried amid snippits of Caribbean-style bass and scratching. While drawing comparisons to Radiohead for lead singer Martin Merchant’s vocai styles, Audioweb is on a much more energetic plane. The cocky and fun “Out of Many” is an upbeat blend of sexy beachfront reggae and straight-edged rock. The result is a fine album that dares to challenge your idea of genre-blending and will leave you looking for more. But for now, Audioweb has the market cornered.

vide the army/first we flick ‘em/then we stick ‘em/I outrank ‘em” whili Korn wails away with their brand of award winning heavy metal music. R.F. Christian noted in 1962 about Tolstoy: “One is surprised at times by his inability to distinguish the gerund from the participle,” and this is still true about Cube’s remake. In ‘Greed’

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mean really dance with the crazy dance steps you do when you suddenly realize that you are the only one at home, and no one is coming home soon. Talking about production, there was also a great instrut mental version of ‘2Aw”. Then came the Brooklyn funk R&B bounce mix to “RAW”. This version of the song made it evident how easy it is to listen to a CD when the artist(s) themselves want you to understand their message. The only thing about hearing the words was how suggestive they were. RAWwas about attraction. Proceeding to “High Heels you, Hiih Heels shoes,,, this song was about modern feminism. It is about who you are Knowing why you believe as a woman. what you believe, and remaining unmoved, yet sensi tive. It’s your typical no-nonsense song. “High heel shoes” was about refusing to be taken advantage of, no matter who you are, or where you find yourself.

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RAISE Home Support needs volunteers with car and time during the day to drive elderly clients to medical and other appointments. Flexible position. Mileage reimbursement available. Call 744-7666. Ths City of Waterloo Volunteer Services, 888-6486, is currently recruiting for the following volunteer positions: New Years Eve Volunteers-are needed to assist with the City of Waterloo Annual New Years Eve Party December 31, 1998, held at th8 Waterloo R8Cr8ation Complex. Volunteers are requiared for two to three hour shifts betw88n the hours of 6 p.m. and 12 midnight. Positions that need to be filled includeG&em, Room Monitors, Face painters, Decorators and Crafts. Volunteers are encouraged to join the party after scheduled shifts are complete. Volunteer Newsletter Reporters: needed for a quarterly seniors newsletter, Volunteers must be creative, imaginative and able to attend monthly meetings. Walking Track Marshails needed for the indoor track at the Watetioo Recreation Complex. Hours Sat. and Sun. 8:OO a.m. to 8:OO p.m. and Mon to Fri from 7130 a.m. to 9:OO p.m. Waterloo Community Arts Centre requires a custodian and attendant. The custodian is needed for approx 2 hrs per week. The attendant is needed to perform receptionist duties for 4 hrs in the evenings. Tutors are neuded to tutor students on a one-to-one basis in written and oral English. Tutors meet Students on campus for 1 term, usually once a week for l-2 hours. If you have a good working knowledge of English, are patient, friendly, dependable and would like to volunteer, register at the International Student Office, NH 2080. For more information about the pmgram, call extension 2814 or e-mail darlenea watservl . Big Sisters Is laoking for female volunteers to develop one-on-one relationships with girls (aged 4-17) and boys (aged 4-l 1) years. Training sessions are Saturday, November 21 st and 28th. from 9:oO am to noon. Call 743-5206 and register. Teen Esteem is a flexible, volunteer program that gives women of all ages and walks of life the opportunity to directly affect the lives of young girls. Call Cathy Tassone at 621-61 IO for more information. Big Brothers of K-W needs students to provide a group recreation program for little brothers - training provided. Call Mike Tyrrell at 579-5150. Hopespring offers oneon one support for cancer patients by appointment or drop-in from 1O:OOam. to400 pm. Workshops like Y0ga, therapeutic touch and guest speakers are available to cancer patients and their caregivers. For more info call 742-HOPE (4673). We need your support! The Waterloo/ Chapter of Wellington the Crohn’s and Colits Foundation of Canada is seeking volunteers to join itsCake and Cookie Campaign team. If you have a knack for sales and want to be part of the team that helps coordinate this campaign call the chapter hotline at 748-2195 or Sylvie at 1-800-387-l 479 ext. 18. Other volunteer opportunities are also available. Hetp us find the cur8 for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative Colitis! BE A FRIEND Are you available to volunteer, a few hours per month, during the school day? The FRIENDS Service of CMHA unites adult volunteers with children who need additional support in their school setting. Do you have a keen interest in children and their well being? Are you reliable, patient, sincere and have a trusting spirit? Please call today to make a lifelong difference by befriending a child. 744-7645 ext. 317 or visit www.cmhawrb.on.ca, A child will be glad you did! Love Babies? Volunteers needed to provide support to families with newborns. Duties include providing emotional support, linking families with community resources, providing practical help. Call Bonnie at Cradlelink, 749-0977 Ext. 230. Childcare volunteers needW’V8dneSdays from 9:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. for young children while their mothers participate in a “Crafts for Hope” SUPPOSE group. Call CradleLink, 749-0977 Ext.

230. Interested in Arts? The Waterloo Community Arts Centre has numerous volunteer opportunities available. Call 6664577 or drop by at 25 Regina Street South, Waterloo. !f you are inter&sd in any Of’Ch8following opportunities, please call Sue Coulter at the Volunteer Action Centre at 742-6610 and quote the number foilowing the position title. Find out more about the Volunteer Action Centre at http:#www.wchat.on.ca/public/kitchen8r/ vacfile&ac.htm Court Liaison/ Court Watcher #0172226 Community Justice Initiatives is i00king for volunteers to attend court and watch for court cas8s suitable for mediation. As a court volunteer, you would maintain contact with the Crown Attorney’s office and summarize court proceedings. You must be an assertive person who has good communication and listening skills. This is an excellent chance for you to learn about court processes and the legal system, Please call for all the details. Be a Snow Gnome! 6101-2505 Volunteers are needed tho help raise awarenessabout the importance of snow removal. Gnomes will make a one-time commitment to shovel snow; the call for Gnomedutywill come from a team leader after the first significant snowfall of the season. The only requirement is the ability to shovel snow and complete the task within 24 hours. This is a great opportunity for friends or family to do a good deed together. Office Position Available #169-2094 The Salvation Army requires a volunteer receptionist in their Parent Child Resource Centre off ice to handle incoming calls, make appointments forclients, and record statistics. A volunteer with good telephone skills, who enjoys working with people, and has a knowledge of office procedures is needed. If you can spare a morning or an afternoon a week to help, please call. Become a Part of a Fun and Challenging Committee #128Volunteers are necessary to plan and prepare fundraising activities for the AIzheimer Society of Kitchener-Waterloo. Fundraising Committee members will work as a team to brainstorm creative new events to raise money to support the work of the agency. If you have s0me knowledge of fundraising to share, pleas8 call for more information. Outreach/Off ice Assistant #046-546 is needed to assist the Literacy Council with poster/brochure distribution, computer work, answering phones, and mail outs. This is a great opporlunity for you to develop skills in many areas; the position description is flexible according to your interests. As avolunt8er, you should have g00d communication skills, and be personable and dependable. Call for more details. Calling All Card Players #O6$-2492 Residents in a local senior’s home would love to have you come and visit them and play euchre or soio for a couple hours a week, Patience is a must, as some residents may require assistance. This is an important social activity for many of the seniors, so if you are familiar with these games and are an outgoing, friendly person, please call. Heart and Stroke Foundation needs volunteers to organize Hoops for Heart and Jump Rope for Heart fundraising campaigns. Minimal time commitment. No door-to-door. Great on resume. Cmtac! Jordan 581-l 139. I?40 Crty of Waterloo Volunteer Sewim is currently recruiting for the following volunteer positions. For more information, please call: Volunteer Services, City of Waterloo, 088-6488. Volunteer Dance Assistants: volunteers are needed Monday or Wenesday nights for about an hour and a half. Volunteers must be a minimum of thirteen years old and like working with children. Seniors Outing Day Program: is recruiting a Volunteer Program Assistant for Tuesdays to Fridays, about three hours a week, to assist with s8niOr’S day programs consisting of a variety of organized and supervised group activities designed to meet participants’ needs and capabilities. They are also looking for DishwashersforTuesdaysandThurs-

VoiunteerShoppersareneededtoshop for older adults unable to do their owh grocery shopping. The hours are ftexible. Must have your own reliable car. The City of Kitchener Parks & Recreation Department needs volunteers for the following jobs. Call Debbie at 7412226 for more info. Want to gat wet? Aquatic volunteers are needed to assist adults and children with a disability. Will adapt to your schedule. Receive frea pool pass. Volunteers needed at Waterloo Swimplex, Breithaupt Centre, and Lyle Hallman Pool. Volunteers sought to assist individuals with a disability at recreation programs. Be a Leisure Support Volunteer. Gr8at for course requirements or job experience. Walker0 needed! Assist a teen with a disability to walk Weekly at the track at the Waterloo Recreation Complex. Flexible day time hours available. Kitchener-Waterloo will hoat the 1999 Ontario Games for the Physically Disabled next July! Athletes with a disability will participate in track and field events,boccia, powerlifting and golf. Assistance is required for sponsorship/ fund-raising, volunteer recruitment, media &promotions, accommodation, transportation and athlete services. Join a committee now or sign up to help at the Games, July 15-l 8. Over 300 volunteers ar8 needed to make this event a

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Seeking volunteers interested in asssisting women and children in poverty. We need people to research the current National Child Tax Benefit and the consequences of the recent Provincial removal of the benefits of low income parents. P@asecontacteitherCathy5763346 or Mary Ann 744-2617.

Datatei Scholars Foundation Applications are now being accepted for the Datatel Scholars Foundation. fhe awards have a value of up to $2,000 ea ch and are available to full-time or parttime students, graduate or undergraduate, in any discipline. Applications will be evaluated based on academic merit, personal motivation, external activities including employment and extracurricular activities and on letters of recommendation. Application deadline isJanuary 22,1999. Interested students should contact the Student Awards ‘Office of the Graduate Studies Office for an application form. Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee Awards for Study in french Several $5, 000 scholarships are being offered to undergraduate students acros& Canada to study at another Canadian university in their second official language (French or English). Candidates must be Canadian citizens or p8rmanent residents, currently enrolled in the second or third year of their first undergraduate university program, Studetns must have sufficient ability in their second official language to pursue studies in that language. Application deadline is January 27, 1999, For further informationand application forms, cOntact the Student Awards office. Tarry Fox Humanitarian Award Prol gram The Terry Fox Humanitarian Award Program provides renewable scholarships valued at up to $4, OOO annually to undergraduate students currently studying towards a first degree. The awards are intended to encourage Canadian youth to seek the high ideals represented 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 February 1st, 1999. For further information and application forms, contact the Student Awards Off ice.

Friday, November 27 The University of Waterloo Fine Arts Department presents its Second Annual Open House and Miniature Art Sale from 4-7:30 p.m. at East Campus Hall, Phillip Street. Finnigan’sTongue, special guest: TOronto’s Greg Bonnell. The Grad House at U of W, located behind South Campus Hail (University Ave. entrance), 1O:OO pp. Saturday, November 28 The Waterloo Community Arts Centre cordially invites you to the launch of the cookbook ‘Our Particular Pleasure: A Collection of recipes, poetry and iliustrations form the members and friends of The Waterloo community Arts Centre’ Admission is free. Afternoon includes poetry readings, live music and a taste of the receipes featured in the codrbook. Call (519) 866-4577 for more information. The University of Waterloo Fine Arts Department presents its Second Annual Open House and Miniature Art Sale from l-5 p.m. at East Campus Hall, Phillip Street. “Dance up a storm” - help rebuild after the storm. Cairde is having a Ceili with The Grand River Ceili Band & Maureen Mulvey at St. Louis’ Hall, cOmer of willow and Allen Streets, Waterloo. 830 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Tickets available at KW Bmkstore & Exchange, Reader’s Ink Bookshop, Second Look Books and Videos and Words Worth Books. Proceeds to aid the victims of Hurricane Mitch in Central America. Sunday, November 2g Association of Caribbean Students presents: Island Br88z8: Semi-Formal Dinner and Dance at Cocktails restaurant and lounge, Kitchener at 6:30 p.m. Tickets on sale next week Q SLC. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 0 7:30 p.m. Post-Reception Q 930

p.m. at the St. Agatha Roman Catholic Church 1639 Notre Dame Dr., St. Agatha. Please bring a donation of a children’s book, new or old, which will be donated to “Nutrition for Learning”. Adults: $20.00 ($25X@atdoor),Youthunder 16:$10.00 ($12.00 at door). Available at: Royal Bank branches or 519-746-KIDS (543Q Twaday, December 1 “Imagine” Salon Ceiebmtes Anniversary of Opening with Fundraiser for HopespringCancerSupportCentrefrom 9:OO a,m. to 6:OO p.m. They will be offering cut and blow dry for a minimum $40 - All revenues go to Hopespring. To participate in the fundraiser, call for an appointment - 746-3650. Booking are being accepted immediately. Get FESKed! Final Exam Survival Kits are coming Dec. 1 to 3rd. Are you on the list? Find out in this week’s IMPRINT. K-W Chamber Music Society presents Beverly Johnston, percussion; Michael Amowiitt, piano. KWCMS Music Room 57 Young St. West, Waterloo. Students, $10; Seniors $15; others $20. Resewations 66&l 673. rnurrday, December 3 ‘Sharing the Gift-A CelebrItyReading Night”, 6:30 p.m. to 8:OO p.m. at Conestoga Mail’s Food Court. This FREE event for children highlights th8 Waterbo Region ‘Books for Kids Book Drive”. Friday, December 4 Christmas Concert for Cancer featuring “imaginary heaven.” First United , Church, King & William Street, Waterloo. Tickets available at HopeSpring 7424673, Words Worth Books, and First United Church. All proceeds to benefit HopeSpring Cancer Support Centre. For details call Betty Recchia at 742-4673. IMPRINTS LAST PAPER - have all your classifieds, announcements, etc. into OUToffice by Monday, Nov. 30 at 5 p.m. in the Student Life Centre, room 1116.

Applications for the following schoiarships are being accepted during the Fatt term. Refer to %ction 4 of the Undergraduate Calendar for further criteria. Application forms are available in the Student Awards Office, 2nd Floor, Needles Hall. Ail FacuIties:

able to 38 Mechanical. Deadline: Mar. 31/99. Randy Duxbury Memorial Award -available to 38 Chemical. Deadline: Mar. 31/ cm Robert Haworth Scholarship - available to 38 Civil with interest in resourc8 management related to park planning and management, recreation, natural heritage and planning. Deadline: May 31/99. SC. Johnson & Son Ltd. Environmental Scholarship - available to 3rd year Environmental Chemical. Deadline: May 311

-bin Award - interested females entering 4th year in Spring or Fall 1999 in an Honours program in which women are currently underrepresented. Deadline: Apr. 30/99. Don Hayes Award - for involvement & contribution to athletics and/or sports therapy. Deadline: Feb. 15199. . Leeds-Waterloo Student Exchange Prooram Award - students to contaa John bedley, Mechanical Engineering. Mike Moser Memorial Award - available to 3rd or 4th year based on extracurricular and financial need. Deadline: Feb. Faculty of Applied Health Sciences: Michael Gellner Memorial Scholarship available to 38 Kinesiology or Health Studies. Deadline: Mar. 31199. Robert Haworth Scholarship completion of 3rd year in an honours program in resource management related to park planning and management, recreation, natural heritage or Outdoor recreation. Deadline: May 31199. RAWCO - available&o 2nd, 3rd or 4th vear Recreation and Leisure Studies. bbadline: Jan. 3OI99. Faculty of Arts: Concordia Club Award - available to 3rd vear Reaular or 3A Co-op Germanic & Slavic. ceadline: Jan. 29i99. UW-Manulife Community & World Service Award - available to Co-op students in 1B or above who have completed a work-term in the setvic8 of Others, locally, nationally or abroad who received little or no remuneration. Students to Contact Arts Special Programs office, m-l. Faculty of Engineering: Atidersen Consulting Scholarship -available to 38. Deadline: Mar. 21/99. Consulting Engineers of Ontario Scholarship -available to all 38. Deadline: Mar. 31199. John Deere Limited Schotarship - availl

OPE Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship -available to all 2B & 38 based on extracurricular and marks. Deadline: Nov. 30/98. Marcel Pequegnat Scholarship - available to 38 Civil, water resource management students. DeadlIne: May 31/ 99. Fatuity of Environmental Studbs: SheHey Ellison Memorial Award - available to 3rd year Planning. Deadline: Nov. 30/98. Robert Haworth Scholarship - available to 38 park planning and management, recreation, natural heritage & planning, ;;;i;or education I Deadline: May, . Marcel Pequegnat Scholarship - available to 3rd year Environment C Resource Studies, Planning, Water Resour08 Mgt. Deadline: May 31/99. Faculty of Matkmaticr: Anderson Consulting %holarship-avalE able to 38. Deadline: Mar. 31/99. Electrohome 75th Anniversary Scholarship - available to 3B Computer Science. Deadline: Mar. 31199. Sun Life of Canada Award - available to. 2nd year Actuarial Science. Deadline: Nov. 30198. Faculty of Science: David M. Forget Memorial Award in Geolaav - available to 2A Earth Sciences, se6 department. SC. Johnson 8 Sons ltd. Environmental Scholarship-available to 3rdyearChemistry. Deadline: May 31/99. Marcel Pequegnat Scholarship - available to 38 Earth Sciences/Water ReSOUrcB Mgt. Deadline: May 31/99.

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