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November 8,1990 vol. 24 no. 10

Multiculturalism and individualism is killing Canada By Tanya Wcbking

Multicultural ism and individual­ism arc leading Canada to the brink of disaster, says University of Lethbridge Professor Reg Bibby, in his newly released book, Mosaic Madness: The Poverty and Po­tential of Life in Canada.

"If we continue to insist on indi­

vidualism at the expense of society as a whole, at best we are simply going to coexist and subsist... At worst, wc are going to experience cvcr-incrcasing social disintegra­tion," states Bibby in his book.

Elsewhere in his book, Bibby states that issues such as sexism, racism, abortion, anti-bilingualism and native rights issues have all

turned chaotic due to pluralism in Canada. He says that individuals and interest groups are trying to better themselves rather than Canada as a whole.

The'melting pot'idea put forth in the 1960's, says Bibby, is greatly responsible for the situation in Canada today.

Canada has been encouraging the

Club starts petition against differential fees By Tanya Webking

Foreign students in Alberta might be expected to pay 3.7 times what an Albertan student would pay when tuition fees increase next year.

The Malaysian and Singapore Club have started a petition which remains in the Students' Union of­fice against the proposed differen­tial fees.

Differential fees are the center of some educational controversy, but it appears as though the government is still planning to go ahead with the plan.

Most foreign students say they chose to come to Canada for "the opportunities" they can experience here. With such an increase, how­ever, they feci the opportunities in Canada are slipping away.

Presently, foreign students esti­mate their fees to be about S1300 per semester. With a 3.7 fold in­crease, however, many international students will not be able to remain here. Foreign students said that be­fore they come to Canada, they budget their educational fees for the year. With an increase hike like the one proposed, many international students will be forced back home.

One international student said that she came to Canada because she believed that she would get more educational experience here and that it was beneficial to see and under­stand western culture firsthand. But, she says, the increase in differential fees which the government is plan­

ning will only discourage interna­tional students from coming to Canada.

The Malaysian and Singapore club stationed themselves in the atrium last week in hopes to gain more signatures for their petition and say that the response from the students was tremendous. The pe­tition has more than 800 signatures and is still in the S.U. office.

The international students said that they understand the need for differential fees and fee increases, but feel that the planned increase is too much at one time. They strongly disagree with such an increase and state thatgradual incrcasesarecasicr to handle.

One of the advantages that inter­national students had in coming to a school in Alberta was that the edu­cational cost here is lower than in other provinces. Foreign students said that if fees go up as much as is planned, those students who could still afford the educational fees in Canada, would probably go to a school in Ontario. They said that with such an increase, they could go to a bigger university out cast for the same cost.

International students said that they came to a smaller university for educational reasons, but that perhaps they would go to a larger one with more facilities if the fees were the same. Another student said that he wanted to be able to get the best education that he can, because the

currency from his country is so much less than Canadian.

A student from Lethbridge who signed the petition, Monica Lam­bert, said that she thought the in­crease in differential fees was ri­diculous.

"I don't agree with that at all," she said.

freedom of groups and individuals without laying down cultural ex­pectations. Bibby says Canada felt that by giving groups ethnic free­dom, Canada would somehow con­solidate together. Rather, Canada seems to have diversified to such an extent, that Canada itself is getting lost under all the pluralism.

Bibby says that Canadians need to put aside the idea of "the Just Society" so that we can once again become one culture that works to­gether for the betterment of our so­ciety.

"To encourage individual mosaic fragments may well result in the production of individual mosaic

fragments — and not much more." "It will require Canadians to

pursue the best choices available rather than what's best for them­selves or their specific groups. What virtue doesn't accomplish necessity might." says Bibby.

Bibby continues by stating that the media, the education system, politicians, religion and attitude changes in individuals are "key players" in helping to turn around Canada. He says that "if we cannot effect change the result will be con­tinuing social chaos."

The book was released in October and can be purchased at the U of L Bookstore.

With the increase in tuition fees for foreign students, Albertans will lose the opportunity to be educated along side these students.

The petition will remain in the S.U. office for anyone who wishes to support international students.

International students gathering signatures Photo by Jim Woon

in a time warp - Mitchell

Residence rug rat By Allan Schwartzenberger

On October 10, at 10:46 p.m., the first Residence baby, Sydney Charmagne Pawsey was born to her proud parents, Todd and Tammy Pawscy.

At birth Sydney weighed in at a 61bs-10ounces. Her parents have been happily married since early August '89. Todd

works in the Athletic Department here at the University of Lethbridge. He is in his last year of recreation and administration. He has been games co-ordinator for the winter games in Wainwright.

Tammy attended Trinity Western University for a semester before transferring to the U of L. She now stays home and cares for her. newborn baby, sells Mary Kay Cosmetics in her spare time.

By R.A. Johnson This weeks' edition of the

Chautauqua speaker series, pre­sented by the Southern Alberta Liberal Youth Club (SALY C) and the University of Lethbridge Liberal Club (ULLC), was Liberal Envi-ronmcntCritic Grant Mitchell, MLA for the Edmonton Mcadowlark dis­trict.

Despite the abundance of adver­tising of this event, turnout was minimal, and Mitchell suggested that he and his audience move from the SUB main hall to a location more suited to a discussion atmosphere. The result was a party of twelve in

the Cafeteria dining room. The ora­tion was relaxed, with Mitchell asking the majority of the ques­tions.

Mitchell turned his appearance into a fact-finding mission and gauged the concerns of students on environmental questions. Mitchell stated that he is tired of hearing the Conservative Government debate issues, and tired of trying toconvincc the Government that action is what is needed most. He further stated that the energy wasted on debate and committee development should be channelled into positive action.

Mitchell's personal priority ap­peared to be environmental con­cerns, not politics. While he criti­cized the existing Governmental policies, Mitchell was not blind to the conflicts between the environ­ment and the economy, specifically in Southern Albertan farming.

Mitchell appeared to be very much in favour of actions over words. When questioned about Conserva­tive policy on environmental prob­lems, he said "They're stuck in 1978. They're locked in a time warp, and they don't have the power to envi­sion the solutions."

2 the Meliorist November 8,1990

ampersands Noon Hour Recitals Put a little music into your lunch hour. See faculty. Conservatory of Music members, students and guests perform in a series of concerts held Tuesdays from 12:15 to 1:00 in W550 (Recital HaD). Concerts are free of charge. Nov 12 Musaeus; Nov. 20 UofL Precussion Ensemble; Nov. 27 U of L Studio Class; Dec. 4 U of L Singers Tuesday Night Study Circle Lethbridge East New Democrat Office, 545 B 13 st. N (Opposite St. Basil's Church) 7:30 to 9:30 each Tuesday Night. The Study Circles are a gather­ing of persons from across the com­munity who wish toreflec t on the present state of democratic socialism. Each evening features a short presentation, hearty discussion and refreshments. There is no charge and everyone is welcome. For more info call Gordon Cambell 328-6502. Nov 13 Water management: an issue in search of a policy Owen Holmesjnoderator: Larry Gatner. discussant: Stuwart Rood. Nov 20 Should feminism be euthenized Pat Chuchryk. moderator. Ted Buchanan, discussant: Pat Burm. Nov 27 Aborigi­nal people and the new map of Canada Tony Hall, moderator: Rob Robinson, discussant" Robin Dann. Dec 4.Youth speaks out Virgil Grandfield, Deirdre McKerma, David Grover. moderator: Sylvia Cambell Celebration: pot luck dinner at 6 pm Lethbridge Public Library Documentary Showcase: The once a month presentaiton of documentary Films will feature two award winning produciton s on Nov. 20. Rainbow Wars and A War Story. Showtime is 7:30 in the theatre gallery of the library. Stories and Stuff Thursdays and Fri­days 10-10:30

Toy Library Thursday and Fridays 10:30-11, Sunday 3 - 4 pm. Family Day "Opening the Time Cap­sule" Sunday Nov. 18 at 2 pm. Join us and the former Children's Librarian Claire Isaac for the opening of the Time Capsule which was entomed in Aug. 1985. After the grand opening another time Capsule will be created and stowed away. This capsule will be opened in 1995, in the new Children's Departemnt, Please bring a small article to be included in the new capsule. Friday Night Films Fridays at 7:30. Nov. 9 Teahouse of the August Moon, based on the Pulitzer Prize winning play. Glen Ford, Marlon Brando. Nov. 16 From Here to Eternity.Nov. 23 no programme. Nov. 30 Pygmalion. This is the award winning produciton of G. B. shaw's most famous work. the Fledgling Years Wed. Nov. 14 at 7:30. Based on his book the Fledgling Years, William Macklon will take a warm look at what it was like to grow up

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in a small town in rural Saskatchewan during the 1920's and 30's. Autograph session to follow. Senior Teleconference Music Appre­ciation and Understanding. Mondays form 10 to Noon, the next session of Senior Teleconference will begin on Nov. 19. This 4 week session will look at musical form, format, influences and logic. Recorded and live examples as well as the reasons behind the music will also be explored. Speaker win be R. Duane Hendricks form the University of Calgary. Co-sponsored by the Uni­versity of Calgary. Travel Chat Czechoslovakia. Mon. Nov. 19 at 7:30. Srat Jonas will give a slide talk prcscn taion on Czechoslovakia. Srat has recently returned from a visit to that country. Introduction to the On-line Catalogue Mon. Nov. 19 at 2 and 7:30 pm. These sessions will last about 90 minutes and will include practical instruciton and hands-on experience with the computer terminals which have replaced the cared catalogue. Prercgistration is required, for further details contact Linda McElray at 329-3233. The New You at Any A ge Trapping your potential. Tues. nov. 20 at 7:30. Learn how to manage stress, build self-esteem and be asertive. Library Board Meeting Thrusday Nov. 22 at 7:30. Library Tour Mon. Nov. 26 at 7:30. The tour will last about 1 hour. Please preregister at 329-3233. Your Constitutional Right Tues. Nov. 27 at 7:30. Gordon Leigh, Executive Director of the John Howard Society will talk about your rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. TheCrown Prince Wed. Nov.28at7:30. The Cown Prince is a powerful drama which looks at the real and pressing problems of wife assault. Building Global Security Peac in Eu­rope: the Urgent Need for Disarmament. Thrus Nov. 29 at 7:30. Reverend John Guy will talk about peace. Eastern and Western Europe and the Soviet Union. Law at Lunch Tursdays at 12:05. Nov. 6 Collecting that Debt. Please preregister at 329-3233 or 320-3346 Senior Hour Tues. at 12:05. Please preregister at 329-3233 or 320-3323. Nov. 13 Becoming a Green Consumer. This session will update you on the environmental issues from a global and community level. Nov. 20 CPR Heartsaver. This session will show how to identify the risk factors of heart attack, improve a heart attack victim's chance of survival and perform one rescuer CPR. Nov. 27 Changing Faces of Eu­rope. Dec. 4 Christmas Traditions. Symphony at Noon Fiday Nov. 1612:05. join Musaeus for a pleasant classical noon hour concert.

Interagency Committee on the Pre­vention of Family Violence Thursday evenings, 7:30 to 9 at the Lethbridge Public Library. Nov. 8: Breaking the Cycle. The Inter-Act Theatre Group of Medicine Hat is presenting three stories focusing on Child Sexual Abuse, Wife Assault, and Elder Abuse. Nov. 15: Breaking Silence. This documentary

film on incest and the sexual abuse of children. Nov. 22: A House Divided; Caregivers Stress and Elder Abuse. Discussed arc the many forms of elder abuse ranging from willful neglect and financial exploitation to physical abuse. The Silence Upstairs. This film looks at emotional abuse and neglect of the Elderly. Wednesday, Nov. 28: The Crown Prince. A powerful drama on film looking at the real and pressing problem of wife assault from the per­spective of children. For further info contact Sharon Herman Loran 320-3314 or Rose-Anne Williams 320-6444 or Rene Kosaka 329 3233. Exhibitions Nov. 19 - 21 Gift to the University Collection Exhibit. Gallery Hours: Monday thru Friday, Noon to 4:30 Musk Nov. 22, 8 pm. University Theatre. Chamber Masterworks Series presents Kensington Sinfonia. Nov. 30, 8 pm. University Theatre. Entertianer Scries presents Hagood Hardy in Concert. Dramatic Arts/Theatre Nov. 16,17 and 20-24 University Theatre. Dept of Dramatic Arts presents The Playboy of the Western World by J.M Synge Conferences Nov. 8 - 10 U of L. the Working for People with Difficult Behavior Con­ference. For more info on the above, contact Conference Services at 329-2244 Workshops Nov. 16&17. 9 am to 5 pm. U of L. Faculty of Management's Skills Train­ing Workshop, "Effective Presentations. Fee is 5125. Nov. 17,24 and December 1 8:30 am to Noon, U of L Rm E575. Faculty of Management's Saturday Morning Computer Workshop, "Introduciton to Lotus 1-2-3" fee is $90 Nov. 19 U of L The Alberta Health Communications Workshop. Nov. 23A24. 9 am to 5 pm. U of L. Faculty of Management's Skills Train­ing Workshop "Interpersonal Commu­nication" Fee SI25 Nov. 30 and Dec. 1.9 am to 5 pm. Uof L. Faculty of Management's Skills Training Workshop "Effective Presen­tations" Fee is $125 For more info about the above work­shops call Conference Services at 329-2244 Sports Hockey games played at Nicholas Sheran ice Arena Nov. 9 & 10.8:00 Pronghorns vs. UBC Nov.23 & 24.7:30. Pronghorns vs. U of Saskatchewan Nov. 30.7:30. Pronghorns vs. U of C Volleyball games played at U of L Gym Nov. 9 & 10.7:30 Ponghoms vs. UBC Nov. 16& 17.7:30 Pronghorns vs. Uof C Nov. 23 &24.7:30 Pronghorns vs U of Victoria Sir Alexander Gait Museum The Sir Alexander Gait Museum is seeking nominations for potential indi-v iduals or families who may be featured

in the Family Gallery. The purpose of this Family Gallery Exhibit is to recog­nize a Lethbridge and district individual or family who has made a significant contribution to the history and growth of the community. The exhibit will run for one year and will include artifacts, photographs mddocumentation that tell the story of the family or individual. The first exhibition is scheduled to open in Feb. 1992. For further info on the criteria for selection and on how to proceed with the nomination, please contact Cecile McCleary. 329-7300 ULLC • SALYC present Chataqua: 7 pm C674 John Boras on Public Access and Politics. Thrusday Nov. 22, 7pm C674 Dr. David Elton on Senate Reform. Helen Schuler Coulee Centre Family Nature Walks: Sunday at 2. rain, snow or shine! Nov. 4 Cloven Hooves; Nov 11 Shapes in Nature; Nov. 18 Owl Prowl; Nov 25 Spots and Stripes. Junior Naturalists: for adventurous 6 -11 yearolds. Every other Saturday from 10 am to Noon. Nov. 10 Going in Cir­cles; Nov. 24 Diamonds are Forever. Word Processing Classes Computing services is offering a word processing course for all faculty and staff, there is no charge. To register call 2135 or 2472.IBM-word perfect C464. Advanccd#l Nov. 14, 9am; Upgrade features Nov. 15, 9am; Laser Printer Seminar (Hewlett Pakcard) Nov. 21, 130pm; Introduction Nov 29,1:30. Vax-word perfect C461 Advanced #1 Oct 23 1:30; Introduction Oct 31, 1:30pm; Advanced #1 Nov. 8, 9 am; Printer Seminar Nov 27, 1:30 pm (C464) Southern Alberta Art Gallery As a part of its Tuesdays at Noon film and video series, on Tuesday Nov. 13, the gallery will be presenting Realms of Light: the Baroque. This video presents a commentary on the Baroque art and architecture which predominated in Catholic Rome around the turn of the 17th Century. The screening begins at noon in the Gallery's Turcolte Room. Bowl a bit, keep fit Bowling tournament. Nov. 24, 3pm at the Holiday Bowl. Tarns of 3, max. 16 teams. Guaranteed 3 games. $15 per team, includes social. Bowling shoes free! Social at 9 pm. Prizes to be won. Sign up at Rec Scrv ices or on the posters hanging at the University befor Friday Nov. 16. Lethbridge West New Democrats present Bob SkellyM.P. New Democrat critic on Indian Affairs in a talk entitled "aborig inal and non- aborig inal rel ations - a new direction" on Wednesday Nov. 21 at7pmatSt.Mary*sAnglicanChruch hall, 537, 12 stC North. Volunteer Opportunities For more info call the Community Volunteer Centre at 320-2044 Alberta Lung Association is in need of over 90 volunteers for their door to door canvas campaign in March of 1991. Youth's are welcome and can have some fun working in pairs while helping out for this worthwhile cause. Natural Family Planning Association This new agency is looking for clerical volunteers. Duties would be word processing, filing andwering telephone

and assisting with a quarterly newslet­ter. St. Michael's Hospital is needing cleri­cal volunteers to be assistants to the Diagnostic Imaging Office. Volunteers will be entering the results of the x-ray into a computer. Computer skills and general office knowledge is necessary. Qualified youths are more than wel­come to help out. Lethbridge and Distirct Humane Snaj-ety is searching for animal lovers to assist in a variety of ways such as : the Adopt a Pet Program, taking dogs for walks, transporitng animals to the vet and cleaning kennels while giving the animals much needed love and attention. Youths are invited lo join the team. Native Employment Centre is needing volunteers to help out in these def fercnt areas: clerical and assistant Employment Counsellors. Training is provided. Teen-Ed of Lethbridge and District can make good use of clerical volunteers and also needs a volunteer coordinator to work with the committee. Lethbridge Kidnew Foundation^ arc needing volunteers experienced in tak­ing people's blood pressure for their clinics which are held approximately 10 times throughout the year. Canadian Mental Health Association need caring volunteers in numerous areas such as supervisors for the Drop In Centre, assist with the monthly bin­go's and to provide support and friendship ot those in need. Applied Studies Volunteers For more info on the following and the Applied Studies Program in general, please contact Sarah Amies, C512 or at 329-2722/2420

Life Qualities Staff to assist in the planning and implementation of specific programs for patients in the Special Care Unit for the Mentally Sysf uncional Elderly. To start immediately. Lethbridge Symphony Association rcquries an individual: to format current materials stored on an Alpha Micro mini system onto a dBase IV syste; to recomment and implement the mainte­nance of a filer on a WP 5.1 system; and to instuct office personnel in the use of a dBase IV. To start immediately. Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canadaoffcrs project oriented (NSERQ summer jobs to science and engineering students. Resume deadline Nov. 30. Chaplaincy Church Directory: On campus chapbin: Laurence Deverall—329-5150/381-4394. Off campus chaplains: Angli­can—Keith Dcnman—381-1373; Bap­tist—Jim Erb—391-1888; Christian Reformed—Harry Bier man—381-7744; Chinese Alliance—Peter Ruey— 320-1168; Chinese Mennonite—Ray Wong—345-2785; Lutheran—R. Bjorgan—381-1372; Pentecostal PAOC—E. Martin—381-727; -UP — David Garret—320-7123; Roman Catholic—Jim Hagel—381 8891; United Church—Karl Surber—320 7702. The above churches provide on and off campus ministry, for appoint­ments, times of services, ect. phone respective churches or Chaplaincy Of-

I M P O R T A N T CORRECTION

REGISTRATION SCHEDULE Student Affairs ad of Nov. 1 should read

Monday November 19 - FIRST Year Management Certificate students - All Courses Surnames A-G

( Not third year as previously stated)

Novembers, 1990 the Meliorist 3

Council cancels casino By Patti Macdonald

Six months ago, Students' Union set out to apply for a casino to be held on Nov 28 and 29 as a fundraising event, but recent de­velopments have forced its cancel­lation.

This past summer, counci 1 passed a motion to hold a casino on campus. SU, specifically Terry Whitehead,

worked in conjunction with Digby Foddcn, director of the University's Development Office, in organizing the event. They anticipated raising about $10,000 which would be do­nated to the SU Fine Arts Scholar­ship fund and the Nursing depart­ment.

The problem originated with the second stage of the application. Once

GFC notes By Allan Schwartzcnbcrgcr

General Faculties Council of the University of Lethbridge met on Monday November 5 at 3:00 p.m

In items arising from the minutes it was passed that there should be no reason why members of Academic Assistance should not be eligible for election to GFC.

Executive committee received a report concerning a new Library for the university and expanded gallery space. The report also went into costs of the phase 4 development of the Universities campus. It was also reported that the university is full, and with admission reductions coming from the UofC and the Uof A it is expected that in the spring '91 semester, first year admissions will also decrease because of more stu­dents staying on for their third and fourth years.

A motion was passed, and the Faculty of Education Report was accepted. The Faculty of Manage­ment Report was also accepted.

Recommendations of the Ad Hoc

Committee on Classroom & Com­puter lab Design deal t with the addi­tion of some more two tier lecture halls on the sixth floor. Concerns were brought up about smaller classrooms for senior students but it was decided that there were already plenty of smaller classrooms on the lower levels and with the computer labs moving there will becven more small class space. It was found that the problem was with classroom assignments not the lack of the classrooms.

In latcrdiscussionsitwas decided that "...in order to save some trees..." the large handouts that are usually distributed at the meetings will be made available in one or two copies before the meeting, for those who want to look the article over. The decision is due to the fact that there isn't enough time to read over the material during the meeting and the fact that most of the GFC members don'tread the packets any way, along with the Universitic's lack of a re­cycling program.

Censorship Squashed By Glen Trafford reprinted from the Phoenix (Medicine Hat College)

"Freedom of the press" was the cry from the office of the Phoenix Editor, Sylvia Meadows, earlier this week. Meadows alleges censorship was at­tempted by the Student Association Executive.

A story was written entitled the 'Toga Revicw" (09/28/90). This story was then submitted, in accordance with the cur­rent policy of the Student Association, to the Executive Vice President Dean Wcinkauf. Meadows suggests that "[Weinkauf] then pulled the story."

'This is censorship,"stated Meadows, "and if dial's the way we are going to run this paper we might as well shut the doors."

Several of the Phoenix reporters were visibly upset. "This [censorship] just isn't right," said Marie Davis, former Executive Vice President of the Student Association. "When I was in the office," Davis continued "the Phoenix wrote several brutal stories about the Execu­tive, but I refused to interfere with the freedom of our college paper."

Mr. Weinkauf suggested that he never intended the story to be censored, but rather edited to be equivalent to the article that was written about the "highly successful" Cabaret (09/15/90). "We got a short article, with few statistics or details about the Cabaret." Weinkauf slates. 'The article on the Toga Party took up an entire page." Weinkauf concluded by saying "all we [the Ex­ecutive] wanted was equal treatment of all events by the Phoenix."

After discussing the alleged censor­ship of the Phoenix with Dean Weber, S A President, Weber admitted that "[the Executive] made a mistake in asking

Sylvia, [Pheonix Editor] to change the story. We never intended to censor the paper."

Weber, upon reflection, suggested thal"whenenteringoffice I didn't realize what die Phoenix was. In high school the school paper is very much like a news letter, writing only positive diings. The paper did a lot of damage to the SA Executive last year and we were trying to maintain the momentum the cabaret had given lo the SA. The first time you have to deal with a real newspaper, it's scary, and we panicked. We want the best for the students and wc didn't want the apathy of previous years to return."

When asked what he was going to do about this situation he suggested "changes will occur to the policy of the Student Association with regard to the Phoenix." He went on to promise that "changes will occur to prevent censor­ship from ever occurring again. The student Association Council has passed a motion to increase the freedom of the Phoenix, die only responsibility of the SA Executive from here on in is to guarantee the Phoenix follow die same code of ethics of professional papers follow."

Weber concluded by reiterating the fact that the Executive had made a mistake. "This is the last lime, if 1 have my way" Weber said "the Phoenix will ever be censored by a Student Asso­ciation Executive."

Weinkauf confirmed die renovations to SA policy and added his apology for the incident."Wedidn't intend any harm. We misused power that had been given us, and it's lime to take that power away so dial il won't happen again.

Moadows agrees that "if die changes are made then die paper can return to the quality die students deserve."

the casino had been granted, SU had to come forward with a $30,000 float and 30 bondablc volunteers, 60 days before the casino date. The investment was not a concern, but the task of finding volunteers who could definitely commit their time was.

"Somebody was tardy in getting volunteers," said Denise Stevens, SU Manager.

"I was only able to get five vol­unteers," said Whitehead. He had recruited four SU Council members, and was willing to offer his own time. He had also approached some fine arts students who might benefit from the scholarship fund, as well as a few other students. But Whitehead got no definite responses, since few pcoplccouldcommit their time so far in advance. Fodden had difficulties too, only recruiting an additional 14 people.

The only publicity about the event

was an article by Foddcn which appeared mApcrture Weekly during the summer. No recruitment adver­tisements had been placed in any newspapers.

"We had no choice," said Whitehead. But other members of council felt that there were other measures that could have been taken before "it was too late."

At the last council meeting, Stevens had suggested that CKUL could have been approached to provide volunteers as a contribution to SU revenue since their funds arc highly dependent on SU anyway. Whitehead admitted that many groups or clubs could have been approached. None were approached. The decision to cancel the event was never brought to council.

A casino is said to be a sure money-maker. The worst a group can do on such an event, according to Whitehead, is to break even. The

long process to set up the casino date and the hours spent planning it were wasted due to the failure of volunteer recruitment..

Whitehead rcmainsoptimistic that the cancellation will have "no ad­verse affect at all," on the SU's chances to have a casino in the fu­ture, but Stevens disagreed saying that the Gaming commission will probably much sooncrgrantacasino to one of the many other groups that apply for them each year and will actually carry it through.

Casinos arc allocated to non-prof it organizations who arc raising money for an appropriate cause as deter­mined by the Gaming Commission. Only one casino is granted to any organization in a year, so Whitehead is looking at the possibility of re­applying for a casino date in Janu­ary or February.

"Wc can't lay the blame...just try a^ain," Whitehead said.

CFS delegates return from Ottawa By Paul Bond

On Sunday, September 28, the University of Lethbridge Students' Union delegates Heather Tabor, Egbert Jager, Lisa Lambert and Kcllic Ingoe returned from the Ca­nadian Federation of Students (CFS) Semi-Annual General Meeting in Ottawa.

"This meeting reaffirmed my commitment to our ( U of L Stu­dents' Union) continued member­ship in CFS," said Tabor, V.P. External."...it was a very produc­tive conference and all delegates came with a very pro-active frame of mind". Although the meeting seemed, on the whole, to draw a positive response, Tabor com­mented that too much time was spent dealing with issues brought forth by special interest groups.

Issues brought to the forefront included differential voting rights and a restructuring of Canadian Federation of Student Services

(CFSS). As well as discussing these and other issues, delegates set aside a day to lobby the Federal Govcrn-menton issues concerning students.

Differential voting rights, which, due to the respectively small size of the U of L, would considerably re­duce our influence at subsequent conferences, were struck down by a comfortable majority of the schools represented.

Delegates at the conference ap­proved a new set of by-laws in an attempt to make the structure of CFSS more compatible with the structure of CFS. This restructuring should improve the services for stu­dents by making them easier to use and making organization itself more accountable to the people they serve.

On Thursday, October 25 MP's set aside a day on which CFS del­egates could question them con­cerning student issucs."Most of the MP's were from portfolios that were not even remotely involved with

student issues...one MP even sent an aide," said Tabor.

Jager is currently involved with the National Education Plan (NEP) and sat on the CFS NEPcommittce. "This is the only purely academic committee in CFS" said Jager. The committee is trying develop a 'strategy for change' which will outline what CFS wants to see happen in the area of post-second­ary education, and will make the report now on the shelf obsolete.

Lambert, VP Activities, who is helping to organize the next Semi­annual General Meeting to be held at the U of L in May, used this conference to gather information and input from the delegates in at­tendance. Lambert said" I think that we will be able to provide an ex­tremely well organized conference"

On the whole, response to the conference was favourable and everyone is looking forward to hosting the conference in May.

CALL FOR PRESENTA­TION OR SUBMISSION

The Commission of Inquiry on Canadian University Education, an organization whose mandate includes examining the quality of university educa­tion and the relevance of teaching programs, will be holding public hearings in several Canadian cities.

Schedule of Hearings

\ Quebec City October 17 St. John's October 19 Montreal October 22-23 Halifax October 25 Vancouver November 6

Edmonton November 8 Saskatoon November 9 Winnipeg November 20 Toronto November 22-23 Ottawa December 4-5

I n Quebec City and Montreal, the hearings will be conducted in French; in Ottawa, they will be bilingual; elsewhere, English will be used. At all meetings, briefs will be accepted in either official language, and people will be free to make presentations and answer questions in the language of their choice. Thcrr will be no simultaneous translation, however.

The Commission will schedule up to 10 minutes for presentation and up to 20 minutes for discussion with the Commissioner for each confirmed speaker or group. Presenters arc urged to summarize their material rather than read it.

If you have other submissions, please send them to the Commission before December 30,1990, at 280 Albert Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1P5G8. Whe.e possible, the Commission would appreciate receiving your views not only on paper but also on diskette (5 1/4 inch, WordPerfect).

If you wish to make a presentation to the Commission at one of its hearings this fall, please contact Jeffrey Holmes no later than two weeks before the hearing at which you want to appear. Tel.: (613) 238-5778, Fax: (613) 235-8237.

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r Addressing some Meliorist concerns

Thanks to all of those members of The Meliorist Publishing Society who came to the (Almost) Annual General Meeting. Our apologies for not having everything perfect, but we're not.

Those members who participated in the discussion brought forward some valid concerns which may not have been completely addressed. This editorial is an attempt to clarify the publishing policy of the Meliorist.

1. The Meliorist is an open forum for all members of the society to express their viewpoints.

2. The staff of the Meliorist is not omnipotent and wc feel that we have no right to decide who or what should be censored.

3. The Editors' primary responsibilities arc to ensure that submis­sions are within legal boundaries. When a submission is received by the Meliorist which is not well-written, or contains unsupported arguments and statements, the respective department Editor may bring the piece to the staff collective. The collective will then attempt to discuss the validity of publishing that individual's submission.

A question was raised as to what direction the paper is taking. I can only say that the world that is most being changed by the staff of the paper, is the organization of the Meliorist itself. The paper has developed and continues to develop into a larger, cleaner, more factual newspaper. The articles arc more relevant, up-to-date, and more focused toward student concerns.

Admittedly the features section of the Meliorist is lacking and a lot of important issues arc not being addressed, but nobody can force anybody else to write. I do, however, extend an invitation to anyone to submit features on any issue you deem important.

The Meliorist has grown from a paper which averaged 12 pages per week to one which consistently produces 16 or 20 page papers; the student levy has remained unchanged. The old constitution of the Meliorist was workable for a small paper with a small staff, but the Meliorist presently has 15 paid positions and an average of 10 non-paid staff members.

At present, a new constitution is being developed to reflect the increased need for organization and the increased responsibility of individual staff members; where things previously were always done by consensus, there is now the need for increased structure.

The last topic I will address in this space is the issue of columnists. The Meliorist docs not solicit columnists, nor docs it pay people who submit columns. Anyone is entitled to make submissions. A proven commitment is the only necessity to obtaining a comment piece which is tilled similarly each week.

Next week be prepared for an extensive article prepared by an acting news-writer who had no affiliation with the Meliorist in the past. (He is, in fact, a first year student from out of province.) This article will attempt to outline the problems that the Meliorist faces on a day-to-day basis, as well as problems with the organization as a whole.

Egbert Jager News Editor

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Please address all correspondence to Box 6, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K3M4, or drop it off at room SU-166. Correspondence must include your name and address. Deadline for submissions is Sunday at noon. The Melioristreserves the right to edit submissions and will not print libelous material.

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From the e d g e By R.A. Johnson

I was wrong. Of late, I have been ranting that freedom of speech is controlled by one of two things, depending on the column of mine one refers to. Last week it was in­clusive language. Prior to that, it was simple fear.

As I said: I was wrong. The Number One cripplcr of social self expression is that hideous disorder that seems to have infected our fine institution: Apathy.

We all have it, and we all see it in anyone other than Numero Uno.

Apathy is about the only malady of human spirit that can be directionally focused. People can be apathetic about some things, and yet be fanatical about others. As an example, let's take Monday.

When it comes to money that people don't actually see, it is easily provable that the majority (of stu­dents, in this case) really don't care how it gets used. How about that five dollars all you full-time stu­dents paid as a Meliorist fee? Each one of you has paid that amount to support the publication of what has been called 'the conscience of the Students'.and it's why the paper has no news-stand price. In essence

we've all paid five bucks to have a

Jiminy Cricket tug at our collective

ears, and it seems that effectively

none of us care if he's doing it.

Perhaps more background gloss

is necessary. The Meliorist is, in

actuality, not just a newspaper, but

a Publishing Society. Everyone that

pays dues to a society on campus is

considered to be a member of that

society. All students pay Meliorist

fees. Subsequently all students arc

members of the Meliorist Publish­

ing Society.

It is entirely possible that no-one

(or, at least, very fcw)in ibis insti­

tute of garnered intellect made that

small logical leap prior to noon on

Monday, November 5, when the

The Meliorist Publishing Society,

in bold defiance of the laws of apa­

thy, desperately tried to hold its

Annual General Meeting.

Apathy won.

For any Society business on the

agenda to be passed, ten percent of

the student population needed lo be

present or accounted for to vote.

Thai's about four hundred people.

A whopping twenty-five turned

out, and thank-you to those of you

who wasted your lime. Should The

Meliorist acknowledge, then, that

the majority doesn't care what its

doing? Jiminy Cricket is in Big

Trouble.

But there's one facet of the Hu­

man Condition that Apathy cannot

crush. Greed.

Yep, the good ol' need to serve

self remains foremost in our hearts.

A stunning example of all those

previously considered apathetic

student engaging in pure self serv­

ice occurred, as usual, due to Regis­

tration. At six a.m. on Tuesday the

third floor of the Students' Union

Building was awash in a sea of

humanity—people making sure they

got the class they wanted. I guess

that people are concerned more wilh

concrete things like personal wants

rather than abstractions like melior­

ism.

One can almost predict that this

sea of humanity will form again

next January during Add-Drop

week. Perhaps the Annual General

Meeting of The Meliorist Publish­

ing Society should be held right in

the middle of it all. At least quorum

would be achieved.

But then, Who cares?

Margin Note:

If you have something nice to

say, don't say nothing at all.

November 8, 1990 the Meliorist 5

Middle of the road By Rev. Laurence Devcrall

Cows in India arc sacred; they wander where they will and, as the manner of cows is, they leave their droppings behind them. No one can kill a cow, and you can get trouble for harming one, even if you arc trying to get it out of your living room! There arc many cows in India but they arc not used for meat. If it were to come about in Canada that cows became objects of ven­eration, many people in Alberta would be out of work, the province considerably poorer, and Canadians

a lot hungrier. Wc might have to start wearing shoes made from old car tires, and barbecuing nutburgcrs.

It may surprise you to know that we do in fact have "Sacred Cows" on this continent. Once upon a time it was the church; in some states it was, and still is, the government. Motherhood, apple pic and the flag are a few American cows. Wc Canucks also have holy bovincs; like democracy, free speech, multiculturalism, bi-bilingualism and elections-cvcry-four-ycars. In recent years wc have added more sacred cows to our pantheon: ho­

mosexuality, sex education, femi­nism and AIDS, to name a few.

In bygone days it was just "not cricket" to kick anyone's sacred cow, but society is changing; it is now fashionable to attack mother­hood, apple pie, the government and religious institutions. We call this freedom of speech. But I have discovered that freedom of speech is not for everybody. While it is still OK to attack religious institutions (but only Christian ones), it is not permissible to comment on any of the new "holy cows" or you will risk excommunication. The last copy of

The clerical rush for social appeasement By Tom Yeoman

Stunning. I can't believe how de­tached people are from God's word. This while claiming to represent it! Reverend George Hermanson... well, let's assay things now: Hermanson slips us a vital giveaway in his ready accept­ance of sexual sin. It's not the Bible his ideology comes full-force from. He's diluted it en route. "Neither homosexu­ality or hetcrosexuality in and of them­selves are sinful," he says, but as for his compromised outlook, Hermanson fails to indicate that sexual acts are not morally neutral.

Secular beliefs holds no basis for things spiritual, but some mindsets try to combine the two. This explains Rev. George when he recommends Foucault's conclusions on adultery. In suggesting this prohibition was just so­cially enforced, Foucault, like George, fails to acknowledge its ultimate source (try Exodus 20:1-17). We sec adultery fracture relationships; itdestroys all trust and intimacy, hurts the children of its participants and leaves lasting heart­break and guilt from well before 2nd Samuel all the way to Ann Landers. This human tragedy is now trivialized as property squabble! God knows what it docs! Hence the prohibition.

"It's instructive to read Foucault." To see how blind materialism disfig­ures theologians? You bet! Now that women aren't property, Rev. George, is adultery okay?

And IF! there are no warrants to view homosexual behaviour as sinful, I'm sure there's a Biblical verse that will plainly say so. Rev. George anticipates this loophole and says Biblical views of same-sex slap and tickle were cultured by "the negative world view of the writ­ers." God's input is glossed over again. It's forgotten that His proscription of homosexuality was not handed down in a gesture of arbitrary hate. Nor docs speaking out against this sexuality (and its results) automatically bespeak hatred of its practitioners. It is the curse of overriding emotion that lumps together sin and sinner when condemnation heats up, but any mind can distinguish be­tween them.

Are you more inclined to hate the alco­holic or the alcohol? Does saying, 'This is wrong" automatically mean you sprout a holier-than-thou attitude and see yourself as the final arbiter? And since when did the sexual impulse ever war­rant being its own justification? A terri­ble lie is being perpetrated, and some­

where along the line the word 'homo­phobia' has lost its exact meaning, and probably when it became a catch-all charge to shoot at someone. I wonder what the dictionary says.

Rev. George: Does ultimate truth re­ally depend on the prevailing social viewpoint of the day? Shouldn't we be looking to the permanence promised in God's word? A close analogy is drawn in Matthew 6:24. Take your pick, but you can give yourself whole-heartedly to only one.

So you tried to run them together, but you left the vitality out of the Word, and your hybrid offers nothing permanent or sustaining. You never consulted with die Spirit and now you tell sinners, "Be happy as you are. Do as your impulses lead. Pander to yourselves, and we will justify you acts." and look at these acts: Gay intercourse is pretty ungainly, part­ners paying oral intimacies and it can get gravitically unstable unless they're men spiking each other...never mind. Surely genital placement suggested something to you, George! At least the partners get to face each other.

And society moves away from God (too fixated on appetite, you know.) And the church imprimatur is to tag along? Put God first! God is holy. For Him lo accept us as we are, we must accept Him as he is. Fair enough? God's love is true, but only part of the truth. And to present a partial truth as the whole truth is no truth al all.

In the face of this, George goes "And when we begin to believe that single people could act morally, and be sexu­ally active..." We overlook that this person is a sinner, and under judgement. There;s a dearth of understanding just how God wants to relate to us; far loo many are blinded to die concept of God being actively involved in human af­fairs. It's time to explain, blinded Rev­erend, what God did to provide us escape from Curse of die Law.

Any grab-bag of Bible quotes is sweeping enough to exempt no one: "There is none righteous, no, not one." "All have sinned, and fallen short of the glory of God.""The soul that sinneth, it shall die." and sin, Jesus repeatedly said, could only bring a hopeless end of 'weeping and wailing, and gnashing of teeth,' to all who refuse God's free offer of betterment.

But when Jesus walked the eardi, many people felt drawn to Him, for His personality was as God's: the Lord made him flesh, and immediately approach-

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able by humanity. Could lofty shows of piety sway Him? He found only one sacrifice acceptable: a humble heart broken with pride. To that lowly stance He could bring healing. In every human heart there's a void which temporal things cannot fill. They may impassion for a while, but their novelty goes and the emptiness remains. Only God can fill that void. To that end He sent a Redeemer.

And this Redeemer is a mediator be­tween man and God, one who could tear down the walls of sin that have cut us off from the Creator. He is the source of spiritual resolution, and all humanity has need of Him, to make the sinner's prayer and accept that we can't justify ourselves without Him. Under the weight of our guilt we have fallen, and the price of sin must be exacted. God is just. Someone must pay for wrongdo­ing. But God is also loving, and to provide us a way out He sent His son to witness for Him and die for us. And if we accept this sacrifice, accept it and accept Him...the guilt of sin is lifted. But there's more: "Behold, I stand at the door and knock." the Holy Spirit enters into the life of the redeemed to guide and lead them. No longer the need to memorize a book's worth of laws; the Presence of the Lord is sufficient. God doesn't leave His children by them­selves.

One more point: this world system is not forever. When Christ returns, He will not seek out more people to receive his grace. He will simply claim all those people who gave their lives to Him freely. To them belongs the Kingdom diat will replace the present evil in diis world. God has promised this, and the one thing He cannot do is lie.

This is the message that has been forgotten in the clerical rush to be a social(ist) appeasement body. I could hold my silence no more.

the Meliorist surprised even mc, when some letter writer called for the impeachment of the paper and demanded that I apologize because the "Road" might have offended someone. It's time we looked closely at what is being perpetrated on our unsuspecting student body and in­deed all across North America. Read and note well what happened in Wisconsin last year as reported in Chronicles: A Magazine of Ameri­can Culture, Rockport, Illinois:

In 1989 three university women graduated and decided to share the expenses of an apartment while working in the city of Madison. Shortly after moving in, one of the young women declared herself to

People like Hay are allowed to ped­dle their blasphemous doctrine with impunity, but when another minis­ter refutes those doctrines, Oh, what noise these empty vessels make. Kick their sacred cow and they are fit to be tied. I am also a biblicist; I am interested in maintaining the purity of meaning of the biblical texts. I am accused of "homopho­bia" because I quoted a couple of texts to refute Hay. If people wish to challenge my thesis, then they should do so from a biblical per­spective, making sure they follow the rules of biblical exegesis.

What we have here is one small Canadian denomination (and getting smaller every day), trying to force

be a lesbian. The other two felt its ideology on thercstofChristcn-uncomfortable about this and very dom— well Christianity is fighting delicately indicated they would like back! Last week in Wetaskiwin, her to leave. The affronted young woman reported their "offence" to the city's Equal Opportunities Commission, who took the two women to court The "offending" pair were taken before the magis­trate, grilled for four hours about their "homophobia", reduced to tears, ordered to pay the lesbian girl "compensation" of SI500, write a letter of apology, and take two hours of homosexual counseling from homosexuals. If this wasn't bad enough they must have their home monitored for two years! I have the names of these women on file if anyone doubts the verity of this information.

There used to be a saying when I was young: "You can't choose your relatives but thank God you can choose your friends". Not any more, you can't! Freedom of choice ? Freedom of association? Freedom of speech? Freedom of thought? Freedom of action? Not in Madi­son, Wisconsin, and this cancer is spreading; every little town and university is enacting legislation so that if anyone reports anything, or thinks anything, or even feels any­thing that certain minority groups fintl less than affirmative, the per­petrator of such thoughts, actions, or reports can be punished. What are we coming to when four percent of the population can hold ninety six percent to ransom? Land of the free? Liberation for women? Only for some it seems!

I am a Christian apologist; I write in defence of the faith once deliv­ered to the church. This was what I was doing when I took the Rev. Dr. Hay to task for preaching heresy.

some liberal minister wrote the same kind of twaddle in the local paper as Hermanson wrote in the Meliorist. You think the "Road" caused a stir? Wetaskiwin is in an uproar; the towns-people are telling him to quit, and calling on his congregation to leave and go to other churches which teach biblical doctrine. In Wetaskiwin, it seems they take their freedom and their culture seriously!

I am also accused of being unlov­ing towards others when I teach bible doctrine. I would ask only one question: Is it loving, when a per­son's house is on fire, to fill the nearest fire hydrant with gasoline? Hay, Hermanson and others should read 2 Peter 3:15-16, where itrecords that the unlearned twist the scriptures to their own destruction. I have always found that those who argue most about the bible are the ones who have read it least, and certainly would never think of living by it. It is well written that the preaching of the gospel is foolishness to those who are perishing.

As regards my apologizing to anyone for teaching bible doctrine, that I will not do. I will never deny the Lord that bought me nor the good news that saved me, "for I an: not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ; for it is the power of God unto salvation for everyone that be­lieves". No one should be coerced, forced or intimidated, into adopting oracccpting any lifestyleorreligion. Thank God we still have freedom of the will, but for how much longer remains to be seen. I may dislike it when you kick my sacred cow, but I will fight to the end to maintain your right to kick it.

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Fundamental rights and freedoms force us to decide To die Editor:

No doubt, widi great sincerity and conviction, Ian Mckcnna engages in an insidious diatributc against Rev. Deverall. There are, in his letter a couple points that I would like to explore, and hopefully conclude with die possible dangers of the views Ian McKcnna presents.

First, and most important, the condemnation of homosexuality is exactly diat. It is not a condem­nation of homosexuals. The Bible is very clear (if that is your authority, and for Rev. Deverall we can assume that it is) that wc must separate the 'sin' from the 'sinner'. Here is an important distinction that often is glazed over in such discussions, by 'condemners' in condemning the 'sinner' and by those 'condemned' in assuming that such is the case.

In this strict sense, those who oppose homo­sexuality do not fall under die purview of our

sexual discrimination policies. Their remarks arc not directed towards 'individuals or groups' but to an action (which has neither of these qualities). An example might clarify my point. By opposing capitalism (marxism, Judaism, Christianity, rela­tivism, etc.) we do not condemn ('oppose') capi­talists (marxists, jews, Christians, relativists, etc.).

Second, certainly if wc are so concerned about harassment about beliefs and actions, we should have a policy for the protection of religious beliefs. Such a policy (1 was unable to obtain a specific U of L policy for this) might look something like: Religious harassment consists of discriminatory remarks which arc directed against individuals or groups who belong lo a religious group.

The question immediately arises as to which policy is the overriding one: Sexual discrimination or religious discrimination. For it is common knowledge that many religious groups condemn homosexuality (not homosexuals), and certainly

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the Bible does so as well. So if the former is to override the latter, wc must close down all these churches and religious beliefs and throw out all our Bibles (with hoorah 's from some, no doubt). How­ever this would be (in the extreme, of course) not so much di ffcrcnt than exterminating Jews because dicy arc Jewish, Bolsheviks because they oppose communism, or anyone else who's beliefs, race, creed is against your own. This is fundamentally what would happen if Rev. Devcrall was exposed to our sexual discrimination policy for his belief diat homosexuality is wrong. I believe that what we want to avoid in these instances is not belief differences as such, but how dicsc beliefs translate into actions against individuals or groups.

If we go to the extreme (as I believe McKcnna might be here) wc must erase all differences of belief, and I don't believe that is his intention (though certainly he might try to convince others to have beliefs similar to his own). McKcnna's intention (if I may be so bold) is that Rev. Devcrall not be allowed to translate his beliefs about ho­mosexuality into actions against homosexuals. If Rev. Deverall's intention was the latter, McKcnna

may have a case. If however, Devcrall's intention was to express the former (and even to persuade opinion) McKcnna may loose out to freedom of religion.

Certainly wc want to maintain differences in beliefs, for those differences may well be the starling point to the development of knowledge (and the prcventation of clones). What we may want to discourage, however, is to let those beliefs translate into actions that restrict or condemn in-dividuals or groups in our world. To assume die

latter when the former takes place hints of a lack of confidence that your view is correct.

It is ihe sticky area between beliefs, as such, and how those beliefs (aboutccrtain actions or morality) are exercised against individuals or groups that often causes much of die problems for discrimination cases of the nature presented by McKcnna. How­ever, a fundamental part of our society (freedom of expression and religion) forces us to make those distinctions,

Sincerely. Ken Bossenkool

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There are a few problems with the pub To the Editor:

We would like to comment on the state of the Sub Pub. It looks like a frcakin' cafeteria guys! Get a life! Wc sit in school all day long (well some of us anyhow) yet when we go out for a drink we feel like we're still in school. Don't do this to us. Life's rough enough. Lets make it look like a pub Kay? Thanx guys. P.S. The name "Lighthouse" has to go. Suggest "Stumbling Distance". Change the stupid name goofs!

concerned andperturbed pub goers Robin Scott William Northgrave, Kim Wellings, Pam Oliver, Jodi Schcller, Wendy Singer, Kirstcn Armstrong, Charmaine Labouchnc, Dave Webster, Dan Nappcr, John Hatfield, Gordie Szpak, Brian Millis, David Grovor, John Konctt, Barb Wobiek, Joe Harrison, Michelle Brain, Jay McBain, Brent

Button, Jeff Nichol, Tony Reimcr, Kelli Rudd, Kelly Riblin, Shaune Neighbour, Sybil Babkirk, Norman Knaus, Andrew Pawlowski, Tom Mclncrey, Neil Quinn, Barry Giesbrent, Erin Porteous,

Jodie Suitor Ed. note: The Meliorist apologises for any misspelled names but you people have really bad signatures.

Staffing the Lighthouse To the Editor: This letter is written on behalf of all of those students who are dry in the afternoon. It has been published that the Pub is open Wed, Thurs, and Friday at 3:30 pm. But to my dismay it might have only been a rumour, because on Friday Nov. 2 the Pub had no staff. It was open but no staff. Is diis not our Students' Union Building built and operated for us not for the convenience of those employed here by us?

Is it only a question of staffing problems? Well diat easy to solve. There arc a lot of unemployed students. Put 2 + 2 together and voila, you have staff.

As an 'afternoon' only patron of die Pub, I resent coming in second lo the evening crowd for staffing priority. We arc a diverse body of students. Not all of us go out in the evening to bars.

Please pay attention Rhonda Sillito

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comment Government must allow individualism in Canadian mosaic By David Graver

It is perhaps not ironic, given the history of the modem slate, that a country which started out as a con federation and which has histori­cally claimed to be federalist, should so viciously use its central i/ed power against its "marginalized" groups. In the last six months, Canadians of all ethnic backgrounds have gone from apparently believing whole­heartedly in the primacy and moral supremacy of a powerful central government, to honor at the lunacy of a system which has no real con­nection to those rare issues which result in a 'popular' opinion and which can doas it damn wcllplcascs.

For example; whether you believe that Native civil disobedience across Canada this summer was justified or not, several things about the gov­ernment become clear. First: the Indians have demonstrated beyond a doubt that finding which of the various conflicting rules the various levels of government happen to be using at the movement is far more important than having any moral legal claim to 'justice'. The defini­tion of 'lawful* obviously varies now (although it always has); it is unlawful for the Lonefighters So­ciety to divert the Oldman River on their own land when they have a valid Band Council permit techni­cally recognized by every level of government in Canada, but it is not unlawful for the Alberta government to divert the Oldman River when neither the provincial or federal government has ascertained the le-galily of the Alberta government's diversion and it is not unlawful for the Alberta government to ignore the Federal requirement that an en­vironmental impact assessment to be done on their diversion, and it is definitely not illegal for the pro­vincial government to send the RCMP onto the land where the Al-bcrta government has nojurisdiction to force the Peigans to wait for a court decision to determine whether the Peigans are justified in their own diversion. The Loncfighters cannot, of course, say that the Al­berta government is breaking the 'law' because the law is in fact, if not by definition, what the govern­ment wants it lo be. The only thing the Peigans can do is express shock and horror that the government would act so inconsistently—but after 120 years of horrifying incon­sistency , there is only somuch shock the Peigans can muster.

And after the Mohawks of the Kahnawake exhaust all legal means of pressing a claim on ancestral lands in the township of Oka (lands which the township claims were effectively ceded to it by the King of France—the acts of which the Ca­nadian government has never rec­ognized for the simple fact that, if they do, Quebec automatically be­comes a sovereign stale and the Canadian government has abso­lutely no jurisdiction in Quebec), and attempt to stop the township form ignoring tin-' issue, running roughshod over ihe Indian's his­torical and legal rights—rights which are, incidentally, daily claimed and used by every other

Canadian—and building the damn golf course, after trying to slow down the rush to develop so that the con­tradiction in government policy can be resolved or at the very least ex­plained, the Prime Minister and the Premier of Quebec send the army and the SQ after the Mohawks, at­tacking them for not pursuing the legal procedure for pressing their claim and assuring them that the truth always wins if the courts are used. This after constitutional ex­perts point out that the use of the army against the Mohawks was probably unconstitutional and ille­gal, and at the very least its legality should have been debated in par­liament. The same court system which the Prime Minister recom­mended refused to even recognize the contradiction. The message is clean if the government's mecha­nism for determining ""truth"—the courts—acts inconsistently, there is no way to resolve that inconsistency, and if you don't have the political power to force a resolution that in­consistency will be maintained by force of arms if necessary and the price for pointing it out is probably life imprisonment. (To paraphrase the British journalist who said of pornography "must we go to the barricades, prepared to die for Ms. X's right to take off her clothes in front of men, again?"; "must we go to the barricades again to die for the right of upper management to play another nine holes of golf?").

The very same Prime Minister who attacked the Mohawk for working outside of a legal system which refused lo admit ihem villificd Elijah Harper for working in ac­cordance with the system and using the spirit of the Mccch Lake Accord to kill that same amendment—the whole idea of the Accord being that a province which does not like a constitutional amendment can stop the amendment, and ihis is exactly

what Harper did. And yet the Prime Minister of Canada thinks that Harper acted immorally by acting against the wishes of the Canadian government, and by implication, the wishes of the "Canadian people". If the Accord was not meant to be used that way, why was provision made for that sort of thing in the first place? The very same Prime Minis­ter will cynically pack the Senate to push through his own vastly un­popular agenda, but apparently not immorally.

The message here is clear again: manipulation of the rules to suit your ends or the ends of your social group is "immoral" unless your aims agree with the establishment and the government (remember that technically the Prime Minister's party only ever represented 47% of the popular vote—about 25% of all Canadians—and now represents somewhat less than 20%). All lev­els of government in Canada and around the world behave the same way and always ha ve, but it has only been this summer, with the Canadian government's vicious response against the politically powerless and heretofore demoralized people that the illusion of where governmental authority comes from has become blatantly obvious. The Canadian mosaic,or"confederaiionof peoples and ideas" as it were, is forcibly held together by glory seeking po-liticos. Groups like the Canadian Indians, who weren' t asked whether they wanted to become part of the mosaic and who were practically forced at gunpoint to invest in it are now supposed to feel pride in what "we" have created, and they are not allowed lo question the wisdom of the mosaic or why they occupy the place they do—but then again, nei­ther can white conservatives in Pic­ture Butte or Sikhs in Toronto. In all cases, groups are told where ihcy belong and are not allowed to find

their own place within the "confed­eration".

We cannot look to the "fathers of confederation" for the answer ei­ther; contrary to the practice of most founders of confederations, the Ca­nadian fathers of confederation re­served all rights not explicitly stated in sections 91 and 92 of the BNA Act to the central government, leading one to the perhaps justifi­ably paranoid conclusion that the fathers of confederation really didn't want such a thing in the first place, and only sought to cloak their centralist tendencies with the illu­sion of mutual cultural understand­ing and respect for personal choice.

What is needed is a radically dif­ferent direction for Canadian his­tory. Wc need to do what we claim we do; that is, it's time for a real Canadian confederation and it's time

lo allow groups to find their own place in the Canadian mosaic. Con­trary to what the politicians tell us, wc would get along much better and thus be much stronger if we didn't have anybody forcing any culture down our throats, whether that be the farmer in Picture Butte forced to pay for dual-language services, the student in Brocket forced to read the English canon of "great literature" or the Sikh in Chilliwack forced to look and dress like a Caucasian if he wants to get into the national police force. What we have to do first, however, is remove the largest im­pediment to our unity and the great­est contributor to our misunder­standings: a governmental structure which insists that there is only one possible answer and which will throw us in jail or even kill us if we don't agre*

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November 1,1990 the Meliorist 9

Vladmir Levtov provides outstanding show By R.A. Johnson and

Slaccy Barrctt-Dowcy

The University of Lethbridge noon hour recitals, held every Tues­day in the Recital Hall, showcased Vladimir Levtov on this past Tues­

day, Nov. 6th. Levtov is currently on the Piano Faculty at the Univer­sity of Calgary.

Originally from the Ukraine, Levtov trained at the Moscow Conservatory of Music, and has since "visited nearly every nation in

White Palace: a sexy, steamy show By Greg Hlady

White Palace, a movie starring Susan Sarandon and James Spader, is a film about love, the class system and sex. Max Baron (James Spader) is a workaholic yuppie type that is into proper conduct, and the making and keeping of money, and, as a result, has become quite a boring person. After being invited to a stag party, in which he is to bring ham­burgers, he finds that a few of the boxes are empty, and returns to the White Palaccfa grocery store of some sort, I assume. Ed.) to get his $2.94 returned. Nora Baker (Susan Sarandon) is the employee who returns his money, calling him a few names in the meantime. Max goes back to the stag and hits the bottle.

On his way home he spots a dirty little corner bar, with the best part of this bar being the fact that the bar­tender has a Grateful Dead t-shirt on. He goes in and orders a scotch, looks over and sees the woman from the White Palace sitting there. Nora comes over and talks to Ihc drunk young profcsional. When they're leaving they find out that they have nothing in common except the fact that they both have had a loved one die. Nora asks for a ride home, Max abligcs. (Drinking and driving is had, kids. Ed.) On the way home, a trip on which Max would have defi­nitely blown over (a tree?? a house?? Nora?? I don't know, ci­ther. Ed.) , he runs over Nora's mailbox. (See, kids? Bad, Bad! Ed.) They go inside, where Max pukes and passes out. When he awakens, he finds Nora "taking advantage of him", much to his delight.

A few days later Max comes by lo fix Nora's mailbox, they talk, fall to the ground and embrace in passion. Max now spends alot of time with

Nora, and they seem happy, but because every movie needs a con­flict, it is provided for you in the form of the class system. Max, embarrassed of his new found love, who happens to be several stops below him on the rating scale of society, will not introduce her to his friends. Eventually she traps him into bringing her to a Thanksgiving cvcntatThc Horowitz. Nora doesn't end up feeling accepted, in fact, she feels uncomfortable and manages to get herself drunk. After drinking too much in an attempt to feel comfortable, she has a fight with the host about not being a member of the upper class, and walks out of the parly. Leaving Max, she heads to New York City. Max, of course, follows her and finds her with the help of her sister, who is a psychic. They arc reunited at Nora's new job where they hop on Ihc table and do the "dirty deed" (Kind of makes you wonder what the job was, huh? And what's this world coming to? Ed.).

If all of this ends up sounding quite predictable and boring, well you are right. From the very start of the movie one can tell exactly what and where things are going to hap­pen. Sex and liquor, great combina­tion to usciviliansjustdocsn'twork in this movie. The main characters, coming from different backgrounds, have very different ideas about life. Their portrayals do not grab you or make you interested in what they mean or want. James Spader has lost the edge that made "Sex, Lies and Videotape" a good movie. Too much emphasis is placed on the fact that they come from different back­grounds. Movies like this can be fun and enjoyable, as long as they are perceived in the right light. White Palace trys to make people walk out of the movie and say "I am going to

the world", thanks to his musical abilities. It is these talents which brought him to the University of Lethbridge, and his performance was certainly one to sec.

The first selection he played was Haydn's "Sonata in A Major", one of Haydn's unknown sonatas. This is a fast-moving piece, and Levtov played it with nourish and colour. He succeeded in presenting it with intensity, at times, and in highlight­ing its occasional unexpected twist.

Levtov's second piece was a more dramatic sonata, entitled "Sonata # 8, written by Prokofiev in 1944. It is one of Prokofiev's largest works, and is seldom performed due to its length and difficulty. It was into the second movement that the battle being waged between pianist and piece became evident. The music accelerated and then increased in volume and power, almost to the breaking point. It was, simply put, amazing. The third movement broke in more delicately, as if flowering. It served to bring the audience down from the crescendo of ihc second movement.

The fourth movement of "Sonata # 8" was quick but sounded as if

save the world", (I don't know why it would do this, somebody enlighten me. Ed.) but it doesn't succeed as well as il could.

Choose Cineplex-Odeon Park Place Theatres for viewing some of the best movies in town. Located al 501 1st Ave. South, Cineplcx will be showing the following movies for the week of Nov. 9 to Nov. 15:

Theatre 1: Marked For Dcalh(RA) 7:15 + 9:30, matinees 2:30

Theatre 2: Sibling Rivalr\(PG) 7:30 + 9:30, matinees 2:30

Theatre3: White Palace(M) 7:15 + 9:15, matinees 2:00

Theatre4:Ghost(M) 7:00 + 9:20, matinees 2:00

Theatre 5: Child's Ptav I KM) 7:00 + 9:00, matinees 2:15

Theatre 6: Kin% of the Knkboxers(M) 7:15 + 9:30, mati­nees 2:15

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something was ending; rather like a train pulling into the station, with the passengers getting off. Nearing the end, it fluctuated between lcnto(slow) and allcgro(fast), inter­mingling a variety of sound, tone, and volume. Lcvtov's hands began to blur near the end of ihc move­

ment, astounding the audience. Noon hour recitals occur every

Tuesday, held in the Recital Hall, in section W, level 5. They last about an hour, and arc a really nice way to spend lunch. Even if you don'i like culture, you may find yourself in for a pleasant surprise.

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10 the Meliorist November 1.1990

Semi-local writer proves talent once again

Breathing Water

By Joan Crate Review by Michel Dcmycn

The main character in Breathing Water is Diane, who wanders in and out of reality throughout the entire book. Diane came from a lower-class society and always had to struggle to survive. Her father, Elijah, who was a West Coast In­dian, grcatly influenced her way of thinking for years after he had left Ihc family. Diane always relied on her Indian ancestors to help her make it through life. Her life has become fragmented after having a baby very young in life, as well as a marriage of questionable scruples.

The novel is very fast-paced, flick­ing in and out of a fantasy of Indian

legends. Diane has left herself in this fantasy and can no longer dis­tinguish reality from dreams. She has no iden lily any longer and imag­ines herself as a part of the under­world, surviving on what she feels is real, and yet wc realize that Di­ane, unfortunately, will never be­come real unto herself.

On a personal basis, the book was thoroughly enjoyable, though some­what confusing, and yet each of us is, to a point, like Diane in that wc arc always grasping that which is not real only to find it is reality in itself. I found this novel intriguing and very speculative regarding our true identities.

Joan Crate was raised in Ycl-lowknife, NWT. She was a high school dropout; however she did

graduate with an honours B.A. and an M.A. in English, both from the University of Calgary. Joan was the first person to do a creative writing masters thesis at that institution. She has written several poetry pieces and short stories in the magazines Grain, Secrets From the Orange Couch, Red Dress Anthology, Canadian Author and Bookman, Blue Buffalo,Quarry Magazine, and the Calgary Herald.

In 1988, she received the Banff Centre's Bliss Carmen Award for Poetry, second prize in the 1988 Alberta New Fiction Competition, and placed third in the Kalamalka New Writers Poetry Competition in 1987. Ms. Crate is a member of the Writers Guild of Alberta and the Dandelion Society. She now resides in Calgary.

Stu and Paul's Gorp Corner By Stu Leech and

Paul Bond, with special surprise chef Chen, and

lab rat Katheryn Opus No. 2 Ingredients:

Garlic (fresh) 1 clove or so 4 tbsp butler 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 lb "fresh" fish (we used a Perch,

very yummy) - make sure it's dead 1 cup rice Breading

MO. Prepare rice as per directions, use

common sense (if normal rice - start it first, if 'minute rice' start after fish, Duh!) Some people (Chcri) add lemon juice and butter to make it fluffier.

Mash garlic, saute garlic in buitcr,

salt + pepper to taste, add lemon juice. Marinate fish with garlic butter mix­

ture, men flow it (bread it with what you like)

Fry fish until flaky, then place art­fully on a bed of rice. We recommend some cheese sprinkled on top.

mow down and belch! Comments on Dinner Kathcryn the Great: I don't know what lo say. I used to go out with that fish. Paul: A most delightful endeavour into student cuisine, actually I was surprised it was edible! Chcri: Next time take the head and tail offl Stu: Not bad, I agree with Paul, belter than 1 thought it would be as well. Paul: Could have used more pineapple.

Chcri: What pineapple!?!? Paul: I tasted the pineapple, man! Kathcryn: Ha ha, wheel What was in those brownies? Paul: Gee, that's a nice pen, Stu. Chcri: Gak! Choke! Next lime, buy fish without bones, you twit! Kathcryn: How about the jelly fish in the sink? Stu: Next time wc should go a little easier on the 'space cakes'!

Note: We thank both of our guests, Chcri the Chef and Kathcryn the Great Next week our focus will most likely deal with some form of egg dish as prepared by Napoleon. Note: This rec­ipe is not dogamatic. man.

"Living with Aids"

Lethbridge Aids Connection with the University of Lethbridge Students'!, fnion and

University of Lethbridge Student Health Centre

Presents:

Ken Ward

speaking on November 9 at 12:15

in the Recital Hall

HORRORSCOPES aquarius: Your day is loaded with tots of imcxpcctcds. From the invisible sheet of ice on your doorstep to the unreliability of your car battery, the cold snap will surely catch you by surprise. The rock and the hard place? Well, I'd hate to inform the entire reading populous about how your Saturday went. Lets leave well enough alone.

pisces: The crown jewels are coming your way, and they are by no means plcasanL Sec last issue for details. Keep away from exams, or suffer the consequences. Only one ray of sunshine for you—the textbook you lost in September will be found i I soon.

arks: Don't worry, your journey will commence soon. A member of the press will want your autograph. It's belter to say no, unless of course you want to suffer the horrible, demeaning fate of a rock star.

taunts: Headache over yet? While you were laying unconscious on the atrium floor, after running into ihc concrete wall, you imagined a beautiful man/woman of-your-dreams type resurrected you with a kiss of true love. Unfortunately, she disappeared, and her identity will be revealed this week. Rcmebcr that aoocarances are alwavs better through closed eyes.

gemini: It's a good thing you listened to my advice last week. Don't worry, the ridicule of your friends will end soon, or you'll find the person of your dreams turns up claiming you resurrected them with a kiss. There's nothing nicer than a fairy-tale come true, is there Oh yeah, one more thing-lhe seven dwarfs will start coming kilo your lives soon.

cancer: Let mc ask you something. When was the last time you took a bath? Don't worry if your study notes get wet in the tub. Unless you do something about your present situation, you won't have anyone around to party with after the finals.

Jeo: Pack a bag—move quick! Your house will be flooding from the torrential monsoon that's headed this way. Oh, you didn't know we suffered monsoons, especially in November. Oh yeah, sorry— I got the horrorscopc for Bankok by mistake.

virgo: The romance so evident in the stars last week is even more evident this week, but it'll pass you by if you don't believe my words. When 1 said take it slow, I didn't mean this slow! Come on, this is the nineties now, and we're into the FAX era. Thai's a thought—send that person a FAX letter containing the most neo-structuralist pre-nuclear war poem you can find. Come on, they'll love it!

libra: Nothing is more evident on you now than that neon pink shirt you wore the olher day. WOW! If it wasn't you wearing the shirt, could it have been neon pink hair? That sounds better. Dancing in the Lighthouse? Good idea—meet you there.

scorpio: I'm glad you could be trusted. Did I ever have I hard lime with that one. Someone asked me to do the horrorscopes, and 1 examined the futures of every person on campus. More than that, I told everyone, and screwed up 3429 innocent lives. (The rest were guilty). Anyways, this week YOU will be asked to fortcll someone's future—don't do it, man, you're bound lo gel massacred!

Sagittarius: P.M.S. wracks your body, and you aren't even female! And I thought I had problems. If you're a female, and a blonde or a scmi-blondc(artificals count), your services arc requested in a dangerous liason. Don't fall too easily, but make sure you have fun. After all, you're in University, studying Life Skills 1000, aren't you. Every other sag has no horoscope, for you will mysteriously drop off the Earth for a week. Have fun!

Capricorn: Too bad your car exploded this week—your month looked so good for awhile ihere. Oh well, join the rest of us hope­less cases, and get some studying done, will you? Life's going lo pass you by if you're not careful. Ignore the sun on the fourth day of Ra, you'd only gel a terrible sunburn, and a rash of unsightly coldsorcs.

Join the Meliorist! There's movies to review, theatre events to go $j, horrorscopes to write, and a guy to hug or twpf

Gome up to <SU 166 and get your fill todayf:

November 1, 1990 the Meliorist 11

musical notes THEE HYPNOTICS

"COMEDOWN HEAVY*'

(SITUATION TWO/ BEGGAR'S BANQUET)

By Steve Marlow Credible band or Led Zeppelin

wanna-be's? This is the question that ran through my mind during every play of the latest Thcc Hyp-notics album "Come Down Heavy". It certainly docs come down heavy but original it is not.

Thcc Hypnotics hail from Brit­ain and arc the brainchild of vocal­ist James Jones and guitar-wickicr Ray Hanson, who also wrote all the songs on the album. Both must have listened to a lot of Plant/ Pagc/Jorics/Bonham music and it left an impression:on them. So much so, they sound amazingly like them but,of course, they don't come remotely close to being them.

Actually, the whole genre of slow, powerful guitar work is on

an upswing with bands like Soundgarden and Alice in Chains, emerging from Seattle. Thcc Hypnotics have that Seattle kind of sound. In fact, some of the al­bum was recorded in Seal lie, but Soundgarden do it much better. But all this has been done before and is getting a bit tired. Thcc Hypnotics have simply come loo late with the sound and lose out in the long run. With long mastruba-lory guitar munching, like in the nine and a half minute "Revolu­tion Stone", itall sounds very self-serving. ;Evcn the cover art looks like a bad attempt at recreating the cover of Kiss' "Rock and Roll Over". I find this band hard to take seriously.

If you arc into long guitar solos a la Led Zcppclin.you'll probably love this band to death. I found it all very unoriginal and I sec no need to spew out more Zeppelin/ Scallle-csquc sounds, especially with the new Led Zeppelin retro­spective just released.

An alternative type of music

By Miriam Jensen ::

This week, Pm presenting a re­view of several artists from, again, the NARADA RECORDS label. October was a stressful month - I jjptyouean relate to that-and I find this New Age music category fits my need for relaxing music. As well, as a person who chose Mu­sic 1000 I find I can now identify which instruments are being played, more than before.

The New Age style is mellow & relaxing with a somewhat emo­tional lone. Soft guitars are com­monly used, If you enjoy wood­winds, you may want to give these particular albums a listen:

"Heart + Beat" by Rail- Illcn-

bergcr; whose background gui­tars are like Fleetwood Mac,

"The Great Wall" by David Ark-. c.nslon; a definite Oriental tone presides, with chimes and flutes,

"Even Love" by Trapezoid; with saxophone and seductive female vocals, or

"Homeland" by Eric Trinaptad and Nancy Rumble; this is the most emotional of all of these, with haunting oboes and pianoac-companiment as well.

I hope this may give you an awareness of a few more alterna­tive music choices, as Christmas is coming and these selections would please all ages and those with varied tastes.

The Top "10" From CKUL

1. Jello Biafra and DOA - "Last Scream of the Missing Neigh­bours" 2. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - "Savvy Show Stoppers" 3. Bootsauce - "The Brown Album" 4. Soundtrack - "Pump Up The Volume"

5. Slompin' Tom Connors - "A Proud Canadian" 6. Lava Hay -"Lava Hay" 7. Jr. Gone Wild - "Too Dumb To Quit" 8. Mocv - "Head Down" 9. Suicidal Tcndancics -"Lights, Camera, Revolution" 10. Dread Zeppelin- "Un-led-ed'

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Stratford stage re-named News Release, November 1, 1990

David William, Artistic Director of the Stratford Festival, today honoured the Founder of the Strat­ford Festival, Tom Patterson, by re­naming the Third Stage, the Tom Patterson Theatre.

An innovation of the Festival's 1971 season, the Third Stage was a small, modestly equipped theatre in the Casino (win tcr home of the S trat-ford Badminton Club) on Lakeside Drive. It has been used for work­shops, the presentation of original Canadian plays, music programmes

CKUL early-bird draw winners

By Tara Elder The CKUL Radio Station, located

on campus in the Students' Union (SU 180), drew the winning names for their early bird draw on Novem­ber 1st, 1990.

Excitement was high when CKUL members Miriam Jensen and Adrian Brown entered the pub, which is where the drawing took place. Up for grabs were a $50 gift certificate at B. Macabcc's Books, and a Sony Sports Walkman.

Winning the gift certificate was Leslie Holland. As she has not yet been contacted regarding her prize, this article may prove to hold an unexpected note of good fortune.

The Walkman winner was Blair McDonald, pictured at left, second from left.

CKUL is still offering some great prizes, as their grand draw is still approaching. First prize offers you a CD Portable cassette am/I'm sys­tem phis 1 OCDs, while second prize is a CD Walkman plus 8 CDs.

Tickets are only $2.00, and are available from any CKUL member or at CKUL. Get your tickets soon, as only 300 have been printed up, and the draw is on Dec. 7th, 1990.

Pictured at left are (1 to r): Ron DeJong, security guard who drew the winning ballots, Blair McDonald, Miriam Jensen, and Adrian Brown.

Photo by Jim Woon.

and chamber opera. In thcl980's it became the home

of the Stratford Festival's Young Company with a new stage designed by Desmond Heclcy in 1983 and a modular stage created by Robin Phillips in 1987.

The 1990 season saw the return of the Festival Company actors to the Third Stage where Canadian plays were again presented alongside experimental and risk plays and the Young Company's annual produc­tion.

In recent years, this theatre has been upgraded to include air-condi­tioning and comfortable seating for 500 around the remodeled thrust stage.

The Stratford Festival is held in Stratford, Ontario. For further in­formation please contact: Ellen T. Cole, Director of Communications or Keith Courtney, Media Relations Manager, at The Stratford Shakespearean Festival Foundation of Canada, P.O. Box 520, Stratford, On. N5A 6V2.

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12 the Meliorist Novem her 8, 1990

Horns volleyball getting ready for home opener

Basketball team has adequate weekend

Meliorist file photos Pardoski and McAleese played solid in Edmonton over the weekend.

By Doug Simpson The University of Lethbridge

Women's Volleyball Team were in Edmonton last weekend playing against the University of Alberta. Coach for the Pronghorns, Kelly Kano, felt they played well in the first set but was disappointed with the second set. She said the girls didn't get into the game until it was too late and feels that in order for them to be successful all of the players have to be at their best, at the same time. Their blocking, which had been suspect before, has now improved tremendously although she thought the statisticians at the U of A were off on their count of only 5 stuffs for the U of L.

Communication on court was gocxl during the prc-scason and it has upgraded to excellent now that league play has begun. This means that the team is functioning well and the players still take a positive alti­tude into the games. Three of the games were very close with the

Horns matching the U of A point for point and taking a good lead in one game, but were unable lo finish off their opponents.

The U of A were surprised at the improvement of the Horns' play over the weekend. Knowing the U of A had video tapes of the Horns in play, Kano changed tactics and put in her reserve setter which was somewhat successful. Saturday the Horns recorded 27 kills with Shauna McAleese nailing 8, Shawna Pardoski 6, and Jennifer Daniels 5, McAleese also lead the team in blocks. Sunday they racked up 19 kills with Pardoski pulling down 7, McAleese 5 and Erin Leahy 4. The Final scores for ihc weekend were: Sat. 0/15, 7/15, 10/15 - and Sun. 10/15, 2/15, 2/15. The team will be practising hard all this week to tunc up for their homc-opener against the University of British Columbia Thundcrbirds this Friday and Saturday at 7:30p.m. both nights in the U of L gym.

By Paul Bergcn-Hcnengouwcn

The U of L Men's Basketball squad went through a scries of ups and downs this weekend against Ihc visiting Northern Montana Col lege Lights, but managed to escape on a positive note Saturday after a dis­appointing loss on Friday.

The first game of the weekend proved to be a thriller as the Horns foughtback from an 18-point deficit with three minutes to go in the first half. They finally came to tic it on a three point shot by Dan Tudor midway through the second half. The two teams exchanged leads many times but the Horns were unable to hang on as they fell to an 80-75 defeat. Harbir Baincs led the Horns with 17 points while Brian Kannckins added 16. A definite bright spot for the squad was Rob Blais who forced three turnovers late in the game to keep the Horns in reach.

On Saturday night, the shoe was on the other foot as the Horns fought to a heated and controversial 90-85 victory. Tied with 3 minutes left, the Horns went up for good after a

Photo by Robert Cusack Kannckcns and Finnic watch team-mate Keith Pushor go for a lay-up.

scries of technical fouls and an in­tentional foul to the opposing Northern Montana College. Harbir Baincs was again the top scorer with 23 points while Todd Vandcr Burg had an outstanding game con­tributing 16 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. Keith Pushor was also a

standout with 14 points and 6 re­bounds.

Horns are in action again this weekend as they travel up to Ed­monton for the University of Alberta Golden Bear Tip-Off prc-scason tournament.

Yes, there is a swim team

Pronghorns Home Games Volleyball vs. UBC

Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm Hockey vs. UBC

Fri. at 7:30 pm and Sat. at 2:00 pm

The University of Lethbridge Swim Team competed in its first meet of the season this weekend at the Max Bell Aquatic Centre.

The team consists of eight swimmers who attend the University and arc from all over Alberta and one swimmer from British Colum­bia.

The swimmers performed very well all weekend, each attaining times that were well deserved. The team trains four nights a week for two and a half hours each night and also four mornings a week.

The top U of L swimmer for this weekend is 19 year old Justin

Wclbourne. He broke four of his personal record times: (57.3 sec­onds) 100 meter Freestyle, (27.9 seconds) 50 meter Butterfly, (25.58 seconds) 50 meter Freestyle, and (1:04.89) 100 meter Butterfly.

Jeff Bath had a great race in the 100 meter Brcaststrokc breaking his best time by four seconds with a 1:10.7, and he was two seconds off his best time with a 59.6 second swim in the 100 meter Butterfly.

Other swimmers that broke their own personal bests were Nancy Schoonhovcn in the 200 meter In­dividual Medley with a 2:49.4 and Jennifer Reidl in the 50 meter But-

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tcrfly with a 34.8. A former swimmer rejoined the

team a week prior to the meet and swam outstanding for having only one week of training. Ian Amundsen is looking forward to the upcoming speed meet in Calgary to break his own records.

Coach Uriy Toudjarov was very pleased with the overall perform­ance of the team and he added, "Right on, totally bogus man!"

The next meet scheduled is the Cascade Speed Meet on November 23,24 and 25 in Calgary.

| Weekend Scores | Soccer w Lethbridge 1 Alberta 2 Beth Coward m Lethbridge 1 Alberta 5 David Legg Basketball w Lethbridge 83 LCC 46 m Lethbridge 75 NMC 80 Hockey Lethbridge 2 Regina 4 Colin Baustad, Dan Malheson Saturday, November 3 Soccer w Lethbridge 2 Saskatchewan 0 Carmen Lonson (2) m Lethbridge 0 Saskatchewan 2 Basketball >v Lethbridge 64 UofL Alumni 52 m Lethbridge 90 NMC 85 Hockey Lethbridge 4 Regina 5 Dana McKechnie (2) Kevin Yellowaga (2) Volleyball Saturday LethbridgeO 7 10

Alberta 15 15 15 Sunday Lethbridge 7 2 1

Alberta 15 15 15

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Horns drop a couple of close ones By Greg Gillette

The Pronghorn hockey team is coming off two tough losses to the University of Regina Cougars.

Friday night the Horns lost a 4 - 2 decision to the Cougars in a game thnt lacked excitementand emotion. They should have handed out pil­lows and blankets at the door for the fans to catch up on lost sleep. The Horns looked tired and sluggish the whole game. There was very little body contact, and the Horns never really put any significant pressure on the Regina goaltender. By the same token the Cougars were no bolt of lightning cither, and worked just enough to get them die win.

Saturday night was a much dif­ferent story. The two teams played a hard hitting fast paced game which ended in a 5 - 4 loss in over time for

the Horns. The winning goal in over­time resulted from a scramble in front of the Horns' goal. Cougars' forward Lcn Ncilson somehow managed to squeeze the puck past Horns' goalie Derek Babe. Ncilson had an awesome game for the Cou­gars, his over-time goal marked his fourth of the night. The Cougars also received outstanding goaltcnding from Rod Houk who kept Regina in the game during the second and third periods when the Horns badly out-shot the Cougars.

Forward Dana McKechnie had an exceptional game Saturday night notching 2 goals to give him a total of 4 goals and 3 assists early in the season. For his efforts McKechnie has been named the Pronghorn ath­lete of the week. McKcehnic is cur­rently second in scoring for the Horns and is among the league

leaders for rookies in point totals. McKechnie also shares the lead for power play goals in the league with a total of 3. This is a promising sign for the Horns since McKechnie is in his first season.

The Pronghorns' next home games arc this Friday and Saturday. Friday night's game will be a 7:30 pm start while Saturday's game is slated for 2:00 pm. Both games arc al the Nicholas Sheran Arena. The Horns will be facing ihc fourth place UBC Thundcrbirds who arc com ing off a tight 3 point weekend against the Manitoba Bisons. The T-birds will be tough to beat and should provide an exciting game to watch, with their traditional wide open style of play. Lets hope the Horns will show up both Friday and Saturday nights and come away with a couple of wins.

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of the Week Dana McKechnie -Pronghorn Hockey Position: Center 5'9" 165 lbs McKechnie scored 2 goals in the Pronghorns' 5-4 over­time loss to the University of Regina this weekend. These 2 goals give McKechnie 4 goals and 3 assists in his last three games. McKechnie is a first year member of the Pronghorn Hockey Program and he's one of the top rookie point getters in the league.

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Chiefs lose their first game By Greg Gillette

Before I continue any further I would like to print a retraction to the November 1 article on the Chiefs Hockey Club. The statement refer­ring to Perry Kazeil's re-occurring bouts with lhc"26ouncc flu", should have read "24 hour flu". I apologize for the mix-up and I trust Mr. Kazeil understands that I had no intention of defaming his character (he docs that well enough himself).

Back to mc "on-icc" story. The Chiefs lost a heart-breaker last Monday, Oct. 29 to some team wearing white jerseys. The team with white jerseys' winning goal resulted from a questionable clear­ing attempt by stalwart defenscman Scott Tennant. Tcnnant's pass was somehow miraculously picked out of the air by the team with white jerseys' forward, Brad Anderson.

Anderson then proceeded to weave his way through the remainder of the Chiefs team and beat Chiefs' goaltender Ray Hoppins. Tennant commented after the game that it was Anderson's birthday so he didn't feci as bad about having his pass picked off.

The Chiefs redeemed themselves on the following Wednesday night defeating a team wearing grey jer­seys. The Chiefs' record now im­proves to 6 wins and 1 loss. Team manager Greg Smith is pleased with the Chiefs' performance this year and is quite happy with the goaltcnding theChicfsarc receiving, despite now having eight different players taking turns in net. Smith says the goaltcnding situation just goes to show the depth of the Chiefs' line-up. For more information on the Chiefs contact Recreation Services.

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before you now. If there is an enormous demand for this

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with the Club Executive. Bear with us as we try this new

service for the students.

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what priority all submissions will be published, if at all.

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ORS Coulee Clean-up was a big success By Paul Bond

On Sunday, November 4, members of the Organization of Residence Students embarked on their second annual 'Coulee Clean-up' in and around the University Hall and Apcraturc Park residences.

Close to twenty-five students participated in the event on Sunday afternoon and collected approximately fifty bags of refuse.

"Rcz students get blamed for a lot of the mess down here and wc think that this is a good way to clear our name," said Mark Thompson, ORS Co­ordinator. "There was a lot of construction waste."

Among the more interesting items found was child's wading pool and a eight foot section of concrete sewer pipe which had to be dragged out of the river.

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Canada's youth still putting selves at risk for AIDS by Leah Winter Reprinted from Canadian Science

Canadian youth arc fairly knowl­edgeable about AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) but continue to put themselves at risk and need more information and support services to help change their norms, two national studies have found.

According to the Canada Youth and AIDS Study and ihc Street Youth and AIDS study, nearly 25 percent of Canadian youth arc sexually ac­tive by the time they reach grade 9; by grade 11 this percentage has doubled. Of the college level stu­dents and dropouts surveyed, nearly half were having sexual intercourse "often", but less than 15 per cent used a condom each and every time. Approximately 45 per cent used a condom occasionally, and 25 per cent never used one.

In North America the most com­mon risk behaviours in contracting AIDS are unprotected anal sex be­tween men and the sharing of intra­venous needles. According to the studies, however, there is also growing concern about the increase of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV infection (the fore­runner of AIDS), in young women. In particular, more women arc con­tracting HIV through heterosexual sex.

The studies say Canadian youth are potentially at risk because of increased pressure to "use drugs, especially alcohol, that impair judgement and ability to make deci­sions at a time when they arc begin­ning to be sexually active." They also say the increasing rate of AIDS in 20 to 25 year olds probably re­flects infections contracted in the victim's teens, since the incubation period for AIDS can be in excess of seven years.

Why then arc young people putting themselves al risk when they know the possible consequences? The studies' co-author, Dr. Alan King of Queen's University's So­cial Program Evaluation Group, says "A lot of kids value sexual activity as a measure of status." He added "It's expected that young people will engage in sex before marriage and its acceptable," to the kids and to a large percentage of society.

The Canada Youth study surveyed more than 38,000 respondents - stu­dents in grades 7 to 11, first year college students and recent drop­outs from full-time school attend­ance. The Street Youth study had 712 subjects broken into sub-groups of prostitutes, homeless, drug-abuscrs, unemployed, and youthful offenders.

Somewhat surprising was the amount of knowledge all the groups had about AIDS, says King. "It's been a priority with young people around the world," he says. "So they know what it is, they know how its transmitted, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're going to act in a safe way."

The studies say that the highest risk is on the street where there is more sexual activity and greater al­cohol and drug use. Although only one per cent of all AIDS cases in Canada are attributed directly to drug use (infection by sharing nee­dles), it is a risk factor that must be dealt with. Nearly half of the street kids surveyed had weekly drug or alcohol habits, the drugs of choice being marijuana, hashish, cocaine, and acid.

At greatest risk on the streets are the prostitutes and drug users. But, as King says, "there's so many other risks in their environment that the idea of AIDS is less of a conse­quence." He adds that "they tend to interact with themselves, sharing themselves as well as their ciga­rettes".

The studies culled information on the subjects' backgrounds, sources of information, knowledge, attitudes, concerns and perceptions of the media. "We're looking al commonalties across the country," says King, the aim being to "help change the norms and provide in­formation" that will encourage young people to lake fewer risks in their lifestyles.

The studies may have been indi­rectly responsible for the changes in AIDS-rclatcd programs, such as needle exchanges, condom ma­chines in schools, and new educa­tional materials. King says the "studies seem to be cited as the basis for many initiatives... they're using the studies to illustrate the level of activity of the kids and the need for these kinds of initiatives."

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Remember, loo many cooks (i.e. too much help) spoils the broth.

Baloo: who needs a bed? I remember conversation about a "dark" room. Let's start a tradition!

Dave: where were you at 10:00. Now I will miss Blue Rodeo. I'm hurt. The Gal who shoukt've danced.

Glenn: miss you? kick buttf Nicki.

Commodore64c computer,disk drive,game, lots morc!S270call 381-1947 Allan or 345 5433.

U of L Student Body: take note that we are in the presence of a true renaissance man of the 90's. L.H.

WILL: I keep ending up in places where your footprints are etched. N o one means more to mc. I love U. Your Better Ml.

What is worse than a non-smoker? Paul- the ex smoker. Young smokers of Canada.

To all the girls we'll love in the future: Don *t scorn us because we have fun. The new and improved Toxic Twins IFAH.

Dcvil-in-Disguise: Arcyou naughty or nice? Santa scz "name the time and place" (no costume required) H. Claus.

Blonde disciple: Karma is only as bad as you wany it to be. Breath and enjoy life. Guru

For Sale: One small male child. Virgin birth ready for basting. Offers.

According to Brueghel—when Icarus fell, it was spring; when we drink, we drink at the captain's table. Toxic Twins.

Dope will get you thru times of no money, better than money will get you thru times of no dope. Free- wheelin* Franklin.

Air Force CF-1 on final approach. Request for landing instructions. Any turbulence? Mav and Goose.

Air Force CF-1 - you can land on my runway. Steve.

Jubal: Your smile is fantastic, and you looked great, even with hot pink hair. Let's do it again. The Roman.

Conny: Who was that couple in yourparent's bed? Define the word 'libido'.

Bluto- you're an asshole. Can I borrow 5200. Royster.

X-ANW: I would never confuse you with a cat in heat Your much cuter...but your claws are as long. E - i n - C

RC:The power gained can never be lost. Keystone almost understood. Help from Shibniggurath impending. Pnakotic found.

Blonde # 1: time to go supersonic. Where are you? I have no positive visual sightings from scouting of you. Mav.

Mav. I can give you a visual sighting. Steve.

Club Execs: Your club financial statements arc now overdue. C.C.

Dear Dukes Babe: Button, button—who undid the buttons? Fun, Hey? Love, Duke.

To Mowgli: I love you? Let's run away and forget this circus. My bed is only one wide, but it's two deep. Baloo.

WW: Thanks- pact w/Gugs attained! RC is lost? We must bring "It"to life soon! Do not underestimate RC? CDW + Ghouls

Dear SU: Please check into Mountain Standard Tune. Pissed off Pub Patrons.

Bluto: I want my sheep back. Farmer Tom.

The Meliorist is a great paper, but who wants lo read it for weeks later on their fingers? Dirty-fingered Boy.

Liberal, bureaucrats and administrators beware—I've lost that loving feeling, the Hellion.

Husband: PU PF.ERLS O H O TO TOM ARE. You can show me any time!! Wife.

Reality Hackers: Heads up? Movie and role playing events coining up. New members still welcome.

I will marry the first woman I meet who can sing like Joni Mitchell. PRMB

PMRB-1 know a girl who can sing like Joe Cocker. Does she count? Heino.

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Patti: I Love you. Creepy guy with open sores.

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Coming soon to blow youaway... The cabaret that time forgot Fri. Nov. 16 The Ski Club presents the 16th annual—

HairbaQ: Want to meet you. I need love scabs. Steve.

Spa2: Get rid of the hairspray and the gcl-you are turning into a pretty hoy. Slim

Maverick and Goose want to get you pumped! Come gel sweaty with us. Blondes #1 and #2. Monday al 7pm.

Hey Mav and Goose- can I get pumped? Steve.

Sagitarius: I love the way you crinkle your nose. Cute's not so bad. Gemini

One man- seeks two women looking for Mr. Right Please define "Mr. Right". I could be him.

Orange "Juice": I heard that you need a new gun and holester for top notch. Remember, make love not war. the Lion.

Lost: Fundamental Accounting Principles Textbook. Big Book w/ blue cover please call 320-1120. No questions

Yes Doma, even now I am recruiting more disciples to aid my quest for world dominance, the Rubber Chicken.

Mr. Mcndcs: You can make a pair of sweats look sexy. How many others have been melted by your eyes? ME

Youri: Chill out! You were never this tense when you worked at Wendy's.

Gemini: My karma is much better this week. I can not understand you. There is nothing to forgive. N o pain, no gain.

Patii: I'd like to lick the back of your knees. Tongue.

Bluto: I'm the boy in your history class with the lonely eyes, please fill my colon. I have lots of money. Squirrel.

"Bowl a bit keep fit" Holiday Bowl- Nov. 24/9O3:0Opm. Sign up at rec services.... Oh yeah, we fogot Free bowling shoes?

Sisters?

Wallet lost fri night at the hallow e'en cab in das SUB. Desperately need ID back! REWARD for return 381-8212.

Gay + Lesbians on campus. None of us are alone, so let's hang out together. Fanatics k i rn to live and let live already?

Paul - the ex ex-smoker. Nice try, big boy.... and thanks for the smoke.

Fear not—poetry and romance will never die. What I want lo know is 'when will they legalize marijuana?'

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E-in-C: Sambuca's not the issue here, it's what you drink it from that is? EE

PB: I love you, I need you, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you? LPII p s . ask TS, he'll tell you?

RC, CDW: Run you fools, run! - Insane One.

Roommate wanted for January 1991. Rent is $2 ! 5/month includes utilities, west side. 381-1758

Virgil: R U really the 90's Don Juan or just a reasonable facsimile? 2 hot lusty women ncced to know. Buffy+Marie.

TAS: Wake up? D+ D is boring and outdated? Try some Ice someday? Eru.

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Hey Goose, can I join your flight plans? Steve.

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Dear Condom Owner. Rumour has it Bluto hangs out at the Lodge... and he prefers french ticklers. Good Luck, tlfed.

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Yuori: Relax, dude. You should bring Rantmastcr Larry D. down to Wendy's for a burger.

Fly- Boys have to stay in shape! Check it out! Maverick and Goose

Crisis girl: Together wc can vanquish all the evils in the world (especially loneliness). Nice

Hey, Fry-Boys- can I check it out? Steve.

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Bluto: I wailed in the steam room, but you never showed up. Sweaty, Lonely Lover.

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Bluto: How can I love you if you won't come back to the Lodge? Lover. Lover.

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EE: I'm not sure you can be trusted on Sambuca. Convince mc some more. E - in -C

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MC: It's not the size that counts, its good looks and an attitude, the Barbarians.

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have fun. Patti: Can I join you guys? Sieve.

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Bluto: Squid. Think about it?

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A Secret Admirer.

(Bluto • the Lodge) + $250 = KY Farts. can't be solved, too many variables, ttfed

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