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OCTOBER 21, 1998 2 THE LINK NEWS Alcohol awareness week focuses on

Paul Dayson "It will be loud and crazy," said time will be able to discover Link Managing Editor Jervis. "It will rock the house." silly it is to drive when you can' even see straight. his year's alcohol awareness ervis, however will not be in the week should prove to be a Great Hall, instead he will be he glasses will also make a Thighly enjoyable series of J'hurling' from a 60 foot bucket showing on Friday afternoon events. One that could put John crane onto the pavement of the Tfrom 3pm to 5pm at the Travolta to shame. Campus Square outside the SA Elephant. Long time BC Lions The events planned around the Campus Centre. kicker Lou Pasaglia, and possibly slogan "Stayin' Alive!", have incor• Hurling pumpkins that is. other members of the BC Lions will porated a '70s theme and innovative Dubbed "Pumpkin Smashing" by be on hand to sign autographs and to methods of reaching out to students Jervis, it will be a demonstration of help out willing participants who with a message of responsible alco• the hazards of impact and actively can try to 'walk the line' while hol use. encourage the participation of mem• wearing the glasses. "We're going to prove to students bers of the campus community. Information tables will also be set that they can have a good time with• Seventy pumpkins are available up in the Great Hall, some through• out drinking alcohol," said Student to be sponsored and decorated out the week. Participating organi• Association vice president of before being ceremoniously dropped zations include: Mothers Against Student Affairs John Jervis, the to their doom. Drunk Driving, Alcoholics week's organizer. ICBC will be onsite in the Anonymous, BCIT Health Services, The centerpiece of the '70s theme Campus Square with a van provid• The Driving Alternative, BAC• will be a DJ Booth, constructed at ing music. CHUS and ICBC. the north end of the SA Campus There wdl also be prizes for those Centre's Great Hall by members of \oT the more technologically or who get involved such as tickets to Building Tech. electronically inclined Jervis the Canucks, jackets, t-shirts and During the Wednesday three hour F has recruited the SA's vice gifts certificates are available to be break, DJ Avi Shack — an excellent president of PR and Marketing won by participants and volunteers. '70s DJ — will be spinning the Rafael Atienza to run simulated tunes from the booth while a mock- impaired auto racing. Jervis is still looking for volun• tail bar staffed by various members Using the linked Indy racing teers for the various events and can of the SA executive and staff in '70s video games of the Video Arcade in be contacted through the SA offices retro gear will be working the the SA Campus Centre and in the SA Campus Centre Or at 432- blenders to produce free samples of Simulated Impaired Vision Glasses 8600. delicious non-alcoholic drinks. provided by ICBC four drivers at a

Association's Annual General Meeting approves audit

rice Waterhouse Coopers' campus cleanliness, and contin• Winter Term possibly including drawn for in SA operations such audit of the SA's finances uing to look for a recreational a 'Pajama Jammy Jam' at the as the TNT stores and the Brown Elephant and the revival of Bag cafe. Pfor 1997-98 was accepted Paul Dayson property in Whistler. unanimously by Student Council Winterfest as fundraisers. at the Annual General Meeting increases in fundraising for ' The SA will be looking at set• Winterfest, held in February, • The SA is going to be con• held October 19 before the coun• Shinerama, a partnership with ting up course and teacher evalu• previously featured such specta• ducting a Millennium Survey to cil meeting. the institute for the United Way, ations the results of which would cles as dunk tanks. ask students what kind of millen• The auditors said, their audit , increased influence academically be available to the entire campus nium projects they would like to dated August 26th shows the SA through its research into exam community. • The American Marketing see. with a "powerful balance sheet" and testing fairness and progress Association raised concerns and that the organization is "in towards resolving the question • Planning for Student about the need for a policy gov• • The SA's TV information excellent shape." of a fast food outlet in the old Assistance Fund events is under• erning the promotion of events screens are being spruced up and The SA's operations have Annovation computer location. way. A raffle is planned for on campus — particularly 'for given a new look. Watch them proved profitable, according lo This year, Diebolt said, the November with a semester's personal profit' parties — and to keep yourself informed about the auditors, because of the work SA will be working on address• tuition as one possible prize. postering. A committee will coming events. of SA staff and a high level of ing the need for a student com• What Diebolt dubbed, the report back at the next council volunteerism in the organization. plaints policy which does not "Zany and Fun Task Force" has meeting with recommendations. The next council meeting will SA president Stephen restrict the rights of students, also being convened and will be on Monday, November 2 at Diebolt, in his president's report lobbying to obtain a seat on the report back at the next meeting • Pepsi and the SA will be hold• 5:30pm in the SA Boardroom, said the SA made substantial Board of Governors, improving with ideas for Student ing joint promotion with moun• Campus Centre. advances during the year with the Set and Tech Rep system. Assistance Fund events for the tain bikes and snowboards being

THE LINK 3 OCTOBER 21, 1998 NEWS Education too expensive, could lead to a two-tier society JEFF POWER said Falardeau-Ramsay. read Ihe daily headlines to realize Canadian University Press "There were those who were that human rights violations are able lo get an education, and sdll commonplace in many parts ST. JOHN'S then, obviously, as a result would of the globe." he chief commissioner of be in a position of leadership, to And although Canada is a the Canadian Human be in a position where they could global human rights leader, she TRights Commission says influence things — and people said, il still has a way to go Canada's post-secondary educa• who were unable lo get one and "before the (U.N.) Declaration's tion system should be more had no influence in society." vision is a reality for all accessible to all students who Falardeau-Ramsay's public Canadians." want to go to school. lecture was the second-last stop One major area of disappoint• "I think it's too bad education on a seven-stop tour of Canadian ment has been the recognition of today is so expensive and that universities commemorating Ihe human rights for aboriginal peo• many students get out of school 50th anniversary of Ihe United ple, she said. with such a heavy burden that Nations' adoption of the She pointed to Ihe contrast they can spend a part of their Universal Declaration of Human between Canada's number one working life paying back what it Rights. ranking on a U.N. list of Ihe best cost Ihem to gel an education," The commissioner, who has places to live and a recent gov• said Michelle Falardeau-Ramsay worked for the United Nations ernment report that shows the at Memorial University last and was appointed to the post in standard of living on native reser• week. 1997, focused her speech on the vations is closer to the bottom of She also a system that's not stalus of human rights in the 21st the list, below such countries as accessible lo everybody is unac• century. Thailand and Mexico. ceptable in Canada. She said while there have Falardeau-Ramsay says the "The danger is that we will go been significant progress in the problem corresponds directly back to the days where there area of human rights over Ihe with poverty, anoiher area which were two categories of people," past 50 years, "we have only lo. saw Canada receive a low grade from Ihe UN. "(Poverty) prevents people from exercising their rights in society," she said. Racial harassment and dis• Library implements new crimination and disabled rights are olher areas that require system, Y2K bug a factor action, she said. "Everybody speaks about the CARLOS ASSUNCAO deficii, aboul monetary matters, Link News Reporter but not so much about the well- being of the community," she f you don't know what the Y2K bug is, you've been living under .i said of federal politicians. rock. Y2K means Ihe software Ihe library has been using would nol "The type of democracy we Ihandle dates later than 1999. That wasn't the only problem wilh have is so fragile. We're blessed the old system: il could not interface wilh olher databases, produce to be in a country where we have statistics, no backup in case of system crash and so on. the rule of law, where we have The new system is web-based, therefore il's accessible on any com• all kinds of safeguards and also puter which has access to the internet. To gel lo Ihe catalogue, you where there are many structures must first access Ihe Library's web page at hltp://www.lib.bcil.bc.ca/ that allow for protection of those and Ihen click on Library Catalogue. At this point you'll be at the rights," added Falardeau- Main Menu page where you can search the library catalogue, reserve Ramsay. material, check your record for overdue material, make suggestions or "We have to be very, very, search olher libraries. cautious nol to lose lhal. In order This new system is just one step in a process of moving BCIT's not to lose that we have to make library towards "a sophisticated and integrated state of the art technol• sure we maintain il in the eye of ogy lhal will provide seamless entry to sources of information." To the people, in general. And also, find out more about off-campus access to services or any help using the politicians of Ihe govern• the new system contact the Library Information Desk at 432-8371 ment." Hard. Hit Canada .altavJstacanadaxom

OCTOBER 21, 1998 4 THE UNK NEWS Students glum about Sprint's unlimited calling plan Consumer's organizations criucal of company's lack of client noUf Icatlon, continued TV ads KAREN RAWLINES Canadian University Press "If a company offered some• thing, and better demands than they were expecting followed, CHARLOTTETOWN then they would be expected to print Canada's decision to bite the bullet," Hilliard said. "It's cut off its unlimited-calling like they've offered steak, and are Splan isn't ringing well in the giving the customers beans." ears of students and consumer rights groups, who say they She also says the adaptation of weren't given proper notice the the plan was not properly plan would be cancelled. announced, so Sprint Canada should offer some kind of con• The enormously popular plan sumer redress to those who didn't entitled subscribers to unlimited receive notice of the change. calling minutes after 6 p.m. on "Customers have to be notified weekday and all day on weekends before running off enormous to anywhere in Canada for $20 bills." per month. Purves, who has decided to For student customers study• return to his local provider for ing far away from family and long-distance service, says if it friends, the Sprint Canada deal "It was nice to have a cheaper due to network congestion. j Sprint is now offering cus• weren't for reading about it he offered a way to stay in touch for way to stay in touch with friends "The unlimited savings plan i tomers a plan with a similar con• wouldn't have known he was less. and family ... to stay in close resulted in a new competitive j cept but different bottom line. paying for a different service. "It really made a difference," contact with people I wouldn't marketplace, with all of our major Instead of unlimited minutes per have otherwise had that kind of competitors announcing similar month, customers may now talk "If we didn't have a newspa• said Melissa Doucette, an English per subscription we wouldn't student at the University of Prince close contact with," he said. plans to ours," wrote Philip Bates, to anyone in Canada for up to 800 But despite high customer president and chief operating offi• minutes under the $20 charge, have found out about it," he said. Edward Island. "I could talk to "I think they (Sprint) could have these people every day." demand — or rather because of it cer of Sprint Canada, in a pre• with additional rates of 10 cents — Sprint Canada discontinued pared statement. added per subsequent minute. phoned us — they have our num• Clay Purves, a University of ber." the plan and replaced it with a "These plans have shifted resi• Jennifer Hilliard, vice presi• Winnipeg history student, also Critics say the fact Sprint got a lot of mileage out of the modified version effective Oct. 5. dential calling patterns and the dent of policy and issues of the Early into the offer, which was overwhelming response to these Consumers' Association of Canada continued to air television plan. He used it to speak with his commercials for the unlimited brother in Alberta and with introduced last July, customers plans has meant some customers Canada, is not impressed by were met by busy signals or have experienced difficulty when Sprint's decision to end the deal plan close to the time the plan friends who went to school in was cancelled added to the confu• Ontario and BC. recorded messages when dialing they have tried to make long dis• after only a few months of offer• through to long-distance numbers tance calls." ing it. sion.

A bright new place to sweat advanced education,

CARLOS ASSUNCAO Link News Reporter

fter six years, the spot once home to the old 3CIT pub. Taps, is open• ing again, this time for the pur• pose of getting in shape. The new weight room in the student Call (I -877-BC-) , T activity centre (SE16) has been open for a few weeks and is free we want to I from you! to students of BCIT. Check out(www.youth.gov.be.ca) The new 6500 sq. ft. weight room is a considerable improve• A ment to the old weight room. In addition to being wheelchair accessible, it's much brighter and has 16 new pieces of equip• ment: four new treadmills, ten new bikes, two new rowers and ©id you know B.C. has frozen tuition fees three years in a row. the most comprehensive much more than I'm willing to student financial assistance programs in the country and substantially increased funding list here. The equipment room to advanced education in our province over the past five years? will also be moving to a room adjacent to the weight room. The ©ere working to make advanced education better and we intend to do more for students. open hours of the weight room Qor more information and to help us move forward, please visit our web site at are 6:30am to 10pm Monday to www.youth.gov.bc.ca or call I-877-BC-YOUTH, and we will send you a package on Thursday, 6am to 8pm Friday B.C.'s advanced education options. and 9am to 4pm Saturday, Sunday and holidays. (I need to know about~) '^yi/OTBBO^ The room where the weight room used to be is now being • student financial assistance used to facilitate activities like aerobics and ballroom dancing. • career choices for the new economy • academic, vocational and ^ PremiersYouthOirice.Prem,erGlenClark To find out more about what the [3R1TISH Ministry of Ad,ranced Education. Training & activity centre has to offer call apprenticeship programs COUIMBIA Technology.Mimster Andrew Pcttcr 432-8287 or just drop in.

THELINK 5 OCTOBER 21, 1998 ARTS & CULTURE

A comedic action adventure in post-apocalvMi America

HAL JORDAN Lance Mungia met Jeff Falcon, and Link Arts & Culture Reporter their twisted imaginations began to brew something of the unusual. This is Lance's oes Vegas need a new king? Well, feature film, on a shoe-string budget, and apparently Lost Vegas, the post- all together with a real eclectic class of Dapocalyptic city of t^s Vegas does. actors, Six-String Samurai evolved from This is Lance Mungia's latest film, an the cameras. Lance began Ihis film as his HSX Films Production. Here is a mysteri• undergraduate thesis and has recently grad• ous sword slinging, guitar strumming hero uated from L.A.'s Loyola Marymount who happens to be on a journey to Lost University and has written several screen• Vegas to become the next King of Rock plays. He has released two shorts, A and Roll. Garden For Rio and Wilted. A Garden For Rio has won many awards, at the FILM REVIEW Temecula Valley Film Fest, the Fort Six-String Samurai Launderdale Film Fest and from the Opens in Theatres October 30 Chicago International Film Fest. looks like Elvis Costello or Buddy Holly) American Samurai and still picks his 1957 There will be a soundtrack released by This film is a hilarious farce, where the is infected by this whining 'kid' who dis• strata fender guitar. Russian-born rock'n'roll artists The Red Russians conquer America and the King tracts our hero's concentration and cool. Buddy, alter-ego Jeffery Falcon, has Elvises. This is a real slap-stick comedy, Elvis dies. So every guitar picking, sword There's a cracker surprising twist when starred in over 15 other HK martial arts and if you may get a little twisted maybe swinging loner, including Death himself (a our hero, the kid and Death meet their final action flicks and has over 20 years of mar• you'll laugh all along the way through the Rob Zombie look-alike) venture across the match. Buddy is so cool in his tuxedo and tial arts training. He is a multi-talented deserted wastelands of Death Valley with wastelands with Lost Vegas in their sights. blue-suede shoes as he manages his infec• writer, actor, director and production this samurai. Along the way, Buddy (our hero who tion, swings his sword like the new design. This is his American film debut.

In tlie know pop aficionados pack Hatfield show ANDREW DENNISON Link Arts & Culture Reporter

his was Juliana Hatfield's first appearance in Vancouver in at least a year and she was still Table to bring a respectably sized Tuesday night crowd into the dark confines of the Starfish.

CONCERT REVIEW Juliana Hatfield At The Starfish Room October 6

Hatfield and her band males (I didn't know that Harry Connick Jr. plays the drums!) put in a full length set of songs played lo perfection. A good por• tion of the material was off of her new release "bed", but there were also plenty of older hits and more obscure gems including a Blake Babies cover. This was a worthwhile show for any in-the-know pop aficionados out there. ______„

OCTOBER 21, 1998 6 THE UNK ARTS & CULTURE

Plan to drink? Plan ahead.

Have a GiUnEPLAII for a safe (m/ertet tin Cafe ride home ERIN GARLICK who was subliminally pro• was broken. There were also a lot Link Arts & Culture Reporter grammed with Elvis music while of obvious lighting problems with in utero, I knew a lot of the tunes spotlights appearing in odd places here the heck is and those I didn't I did find quite at strange times. The second half Smokey Joe's Cafe? amusing. Even when I couldn't of the show was a lot better than You know the place, sing along, my foot kept tapping the first, with more dancing and W to the infective beat, and I was overall believability. A nice small but cozy, filled with ciga• rette smoke and familiar music. entertained by Ihe dancing and change from the norm in musical Songs like "On Broadway", costuming. Smokey Joes Cafe theatre was the live band, situated "Hound Dog", "Lxive Potion #9" was in no need of fanfare or out of the orchestral pit and aclu• and "Stand by Me" are nightly many props; the music carried the ally on the stage, sometimes in favorites in this cafe, which is show through its entirety. plain view, but mostly behind dif• ferent set pieces. Numbers like currently stationed in the Ford "Love Me Don't" and "Teach me Center in Vancouver. The tiny cast of only 9 actors did an amazing job of rapid cos• How to Shimmy" really captured tume and character changes and I the 60's esque feeling of the THEATRE REVIEW show. Smokey Joes Cafe believed I was in Ihe cafe for At the Ford Centre most of the show. But there were Tuesday, October 6 a few glaring technical problems. The icing on the cake hap• Terrible sound was a significant pened during the finale bows, Smokey Joe's Cafe is a musi• disappointment. When the male when Stoller himself took the cal production of oldies favorites, lead enters the stage to the initial stage to acknowledge the show all written by Jerry Lieber and notes of "Stand by Me" every and thank the cast for their Mike Stoller. 1 had the interesting woman in the audience is waiting efforts. 1 think with a few more pleasure of seeing it on opening to hear the all important lyrics.... nights of practice and time to' night, Tuesday October 6. I "When the night has come", and work out Ihe technical kinks, this didn't really know what to we were all in for a major let• show could be a very entertaining expect, but I was. mostly down. His mic wasn't working! evening out for an older crowd i impressed by this new experi• We missed the first few words like Mom and Dad. ] ence. Being one of those kids and the magic of the cafe illusion Fantomas' needs lyric sheets

CARRIE PL.AMONDON (Mr.Bungle), Dave Lombardo (ex The performance lasted for Link Arts & Culture Reporter slayer), and Buzz "King Buzzo" only an hour but that was long Osborne (The Melvins). enough. The performance lhat they put Don't get me wrong because bet you're probably wonder• on was, to say the least, interest• I'm a big fan of Faith No More ing who this is. ing. The overwhelming talent of but Ihis is nol for me. I'm mostly I Mike Patton, also known as Vlad alone on this one because the CONCERT REVIEW Drac, really came Ihrough on concert was enjoyed by many and received many great reviews. FANTOMAS Saturday night. 1 heard words, Everyone came to the concert not at the Starfish Room more like sounds, come out of his knowing what to expect and from October 17 mouth that not only have 1 never heard before but also could not my observation many seemed DRINKING DRIVING shocked and amazed. FANTOMAS is a new hard- understand. The rest of the band COUNTIRAnACK FANTOMAS does not have rock band started up by Mike also did an excellent job. an available right now but Patton, lead singer of Mr. Bungle The music seemed lo revolvej should shortly. Let's just hope and former lead singer of Faith around Dave Lombardo, the they add some lyrics to thatj No More. The other band mem• drummer, who also did an excel• bers are Trevor Dunn lent job. OCTOBER 21, 1998 THE LINK ARTS & CULTURE

and rhythms carry you police radio transmissions. mm Ihrough to the end of Ihe Cypress Hill rap and rhyme album. The opening track aboul rumbles, skunky Get Higher is a very catchy since, guns and egos. dance pop-rock song, wilh Named afler Cypress Ave, a impersonations of Ronald street lhal runs through and Nancy Reagan lalking Soulh Central LA. Nothing about drug use. It can be but hardcore gangsia rap, very humorous and is an and that's what they're best overall excellent UK dance at. Here's a quote from 'Steel Magnolia', "...that ADDICT HOOVERPHONIC party album to play wilh lakes a 14 shot clip, you Stones Blue Wonder Power Milk many friends hanging out expecting an army?..No, (BMC Music) (Sony Music) indulging in the delicacies jusl a division...' Marlt, James and Lulce Hooverphonic. Even the of life. HalJordan Apocalyptic punches of are improbable biblical name sounds dreamy and cross-cultural references names for three of the surreal. A lot like the feel• that blend logether like members of the group ing Ihe songs communicate hashish and BC flowers. called Addict. With the on their most recent album, Tracks like 'Looking release of their first album, 'Blue Wonder Power Through the Eye of a Pig', "Stones", Addict establish• Milk'. When Alex Callier, 'High Times', es their sound as a well (chief songwriter of 'Dr.Greenthumb', 'Dead versed British band. These Hooverphonic) dreamed up Men tell No Lies', and four talented guys are less the milk expression, he 'Clash of the Titans' are just influenced by The Beatles simply liked how the words a few hits of this chronic and more by Canada's sounded, nothing more. But release. Cypress Hill lakes Screaming Trees. Addict during production in EMBRACE on sounds of hip-hop, rap, has a very Soundgarden Belgium, Alex decided that The Good Will Out punk, skate thrash and esque feel, and the groupis Blue Wonder Power Milk (Universal) metal, and always return to tunes really gel well togeth• was a magical elixir, a sort In February 1998, their true hip-hip roots. Lift er. The band writes songs of metaphor for anything Embrace received a Brit this release and inhale some exploring the human psy• fi/vtii! .ili-w^cKioi l>ni:-J you enjoyed focusing on in iyvti award nomination for best chronic smoking legends che, balancing an equal life. It became a healthy, new British band, and wilh and lest Ihe limits. number of darker and posi• rejuvenating potion that lhat nomination came noto• www.cypresshill.com tive cuts. Addict communi• helps an individual tran• riety lhal Ihe band members cates the sense that life scend whatever il is that BIG BAD VOODOO JOCELYN themselves had not exactly David Lai. isn't all dark and painful drags Ihem down. This- DADDY MONTGOMERY anticipated. Embrace is a while maintaining a grungy album does much of the] Self-tilled WITH DAVID LYNCH new band from England, feel. Mark Aston, lead same. Very reminiscent of | (Coolsville) Lux Vivens (Living Light): attempting to reach the singer, says, "As for the older Depeche Mode! This is the band and The Music from Hildegard acclaim of fellow Brit America, we intend to sound, Hooverphonic is a! music from the movie Von Bingen bands like Oasis and The spend a lot of our time spacey, airy group, who; Swingers. This type of (Mammoth/Attic) Verve. Embrace's debut there. Not to sound like have added live elemenlSr music is presently getting a Sometimes you jusl have album, "The Good Will we're ass kissing, but we like trombones, strings and lot of attention and becom• lo take that step, and try Oul", is a passionate entry really do enjoy America. drums to Iheir mostly pre- ing very popular and trendy something totally new. onto Ihe music scene. Their Try keeping us out!" Jocelyn's voice is beautiful• produced music. 'Blue emotional, realistic portray• again. Those that it's Wonder Power Milk'. It's Erin Garlick infecting are buying right ly angelic and gothic. It has al of the trials of life is the softness of a mother and good for what ails you plus effectively conveyed with POSSUM DIXON into the culture of the '50's a whole lot more. style, attitude and appear• eerie-ness of a dark angel, this effort. Their sound is a New Sheets ance. Swing is coming in that is enhanced and height• Erin Garlick mix of power-chord (Universal) again, making that full cir• ened by David Lynch's melodies and ballads built This album screams cle, a kind of revival, like of haunting soundscapes. wilh strings, horns and 80's. Not that that's a bad the '30's, '60's or '70's and Jocelyn's dark soprano decent vocals. Embrace had thing, it's jusl very appar• even the '80's. BBVD are melodies intertwine with a tight new sound that will ent that they listened to old all about having fun, smok• David's ambient sound• take them far in the music alternative bands during ing cigars and drinking mar• scapes, to create music for a business. The disk debuted Iheir formative years. The tinis with olives. church or holy place. The at #1 in Ihe UK, and pal 1 listened lo Ihe album Sometimes 1 think it's very drones in the background although they're no Spice with couldn't repress the excluding, it reminds me of were originally supplied by Girls, 1 Ihink we'll be hear-! 80's flashbacks he kept ARNOLD a richer class, and those monks. ing more good things from! attempting to prevent. The Hillside without money or attitude Embrace in the fulure. 13 new songs on "New (Columbia) The music can recall Ihe could never get into the sounds of the heavens, or BLACK GRAPE Erin Garlick Sheets", Possum Dixon's A fairly mellow 3-man clubs or join a kind of 3rd album won'l change band named Arnold. A bring you into a state of Stupid, Stupid, Stupid scene. The music is sly, quiet darkness. The songs (Radioactive) your life, bul they may jusl basic name for a basic band slick and groovy, play the give you the itch to return that made me feel a bit comprised here are modem Shaun Ryder is the seed game and you're in. The interpretations of work by inside Black Grape, from that vacuum cleaner you sleepy. Their sound ranges piano twinkling away, the just bought in exchange for from Radio Head to Pink the 12th century feminist, England. He has produced horns beltin' it out and this Hildegard Von Bingen. She an album that merges the a remote control airplane. Floyd to Beck and they ultra-cool, ultra-lounge Or maybe not. Think about have a fairly soothing qual• was a German nun, who hardness of rock with the singer, all giving it person• was highly respected for her thrill of dance culture in it for a second and forgive ity to the majority of the ality and rhythm. If you yourself. This could be ballad like tunes on their power and knowledge as an Peter Gabriel's Real World like the swing culture, expert in herbal medicine Studios in Badi. It is a slick good and maybe a revela• "Hillside" album. They you'll sure to pick up this tion in its own way. Or kinda reminded me of a and natural science. She is production of profane sonic release. BBVD have visited a controversial cult figure, maybe not. In any case. bunch of drunk guys jam• vocals, with hard beats, ele-, CYPRESS HILL Vancouver before and are and an inspiration to many. Possum Dixon won'l drag ming around a campfire. ments of dub and pop-rock. TV sure to return, it's primarily This rare release breathes It sounds like a traffic jam you down, even if the What else can 1 say about aboul just having a good (Ruffhouse) cheesy name turns you off. Arnold? They weren't very modem life into Hildegard's of samples and sounds, a! See no Good, Hear no lime and not worrying about work from die past. blender of noise and confu-' And in Ihe immortal words original or distinctive in anydiing, letting it \oose. Good, Speak no Good. This of my mom, don'l judge a David Lai sion. If you listen carefully any way, but they did have HalJordan, fall's release is produced by book by its cover! a cute cartoon bunny on you hear a sample of the DJ Muggs from the Soul their CD cover. Magical Mystery Tour, ele• Assassins. Known and best Erin Garlick ments of the Stones for their samples from Erin Garlick (Lonely), and feel die beats THEUNK OCTOBER 21, 1998 8 ARTS & CULTURE

for the documentary life of a hobo. You've got 60's stuff, wacko crappy 90's stuff, and weird stuff that really just isn't music. Apparently the diverse compilation was an effort by Jesse Peretz (the motion picture's writer) to have the soundtrack consist of songs PRIMUS his female lead would Rhinoplasty choose from her singles col• (Interscope) lection as expressions of the Supposedly just a filler shifting moods of her infat• between , uation. Uh, yeah. There are Rhinoplasty is an intense, songs with some pretty suspenseful filler of thick, sweet vocals by stars like phat basslines and intertwin• The Pumpkins Billy ing lyrics and rhythms. Les Corgan, The The's Matt Claypool (from San Johnson, The Cardigans Francisco) is still releasing Nina Persson and Liz Phair, some excellent material for but the mix just doesn't sell your ears and stomach, even as the eclectic sound it was the theme song for meant to be. Maybe it SouthPark. Bass beats you would all make sense to me not only listen to, but also if I had seen the movie, or feel. This is an enhanced even heard of it, but unfor• CD, sure to bring you to tunately I haven't, so this Snot, appearing w/ith Soulfly, your sense's knees, craving album didn't work for me. and praying for more, or less. Why has Primus Erin Garlick released this album of cover tunes? Has he lost all cre• ativity and originality? Oct 22, Thursday Projekt Four Nov 1, Sunday Nov 3, Tuesday They are all excellent songs Sinead Lohan (members from Stephen Fearing Firewater that you can just groove to with guests King Crimson) At the Vancouver East At the Starfish Room with the flow of tight phat At Ihe Starfish Room At Richard's On Richards Cultural Center bass notes and rhythmic Nov 5, Thursday beats. This gave Primus an Oct 24, Saturday Oct 30, Friday Nov 2, Monday Dave Matthews Band with guests easy opportunity to go into Southern Culture Henry Rollins Marcy Playground with guests Pure At the Pacific Coliseum studio and just have fun cov• on the Skids (spoken word night) At the Croatian Cultural At the Rage ering material by their At the Starfish Room EDNASWAP Center Nov 16, Monday favorite artists that have Big Sugar Wonderland Park Oct 25, Sunday influenced Primus's sound At the Rage and this also gave something (Mercury/Polygram) DJ Spooky Sounding like a real At Sonar to their long awaiting fans.. Rob Zombie Listen to these covers of: blend of pop melodies and rock muscle, Ednaswap is a Soulfly with guests XTC, Peter Gabriel, Stanley] Monster Magnet Clarke, Jerry Reed, Thej going to be a band to be with Snot and reckoned with. Since form• day in the life and Fear Factory Police, Metallica, there's, At the PNE Forum also a couple of original ing in LA in 1994, the At the Palladium Primus tunes and bonus; group has toured with everyone from Local H to Oct 26, Monday Nov 22, Sunday tracks. Extra extra enhanced The Chieftains CD for your buck. No Doubt to Weezer, and Barenaked Ladies has proved themselves as a At the Orpheum Theatre with Ashley Maclsaac David Lai very tour worthy band. One and the barra macneils night, while on tour, bored Oct 27, Tuesday Al the Orpheum Theatre in a sticky motel room, they Jann Arden composed the first song for Al the Orpheum Theater Nov 27, Friday this album called Laura Smith "Wonderland Park." Over Jon Spencer At the Wise Hall the last few years, Blues Explosion Ednaswap's songwriting with guests Add N To X Dec 4, Friday skills have been discovered At the Rage Depeche Mode and put to use by other with Stabbing Westward artists. Madonna has cov• Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, appearing at the At the Pacific Coliseum ered them ("Sanctuary" on Rage on October 27. VARIOUS ARTISTS Bedtime Stories) and most Music from the Motion recently, Natalie Picture "First Love, Lasl Imbruglia's cover of their Rites" Shudder lo Think song "Torn" has been a (Sony Music) worldwide hit. Now with "Shudder to Think" Ihe new drummer , soundtrack for "First Love, the band is preparing to take The Unk L^st Rites" reminds me of this album on the road. the last time 1 hit my head Don't expect them to stay is ioolting for writers, really hard and knocked quiet for long. myself unconscious. Not Erin Garlick that it sucks, it just leaves photographers you with a stunned feeling. We voted that it would be €811432-8974 THE LINK an appropriate soundtrack

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Writer's he air in the Lower Mainland billion by 2005. EU blocks radioactive has become so lethal that it's The researchers found that the shrooms wanted: killing 900 of our neighbors number of hospital asthma cases of The European Union is blocking the T children have jumped 28 per cent for every year. The total number dying in import of radioactive mushrooms from boys and 18 per cent for girls in the BC from bad air is 2,100 a year, and central and eastern European Countries. past decade. If you've got an angle across Canada the death toll is 16,000 The European Commission is planning to annually. The research and writing of the issue a new regulation after 19 notifica• These stats come from a new report report were conducted by Dr. John tions of contaminated mushrooms from on the environment, Last from the University of Ottawa, sponsored by the David Suzuki Austria, Germany, and France. Although Health Canada epidemiologist Dr. Foundation that will be used to urge the new controls will not be in place in and like to write, Konia Trouton, and David Pengelly of politicians to step up the commitments time, EU countries are being asked to take and timeline to battle greenhouse gas McMaster University in Hamilton, we'd like to talk. Ontario. voluntary steps to improved screening the emissions. mushrooms. The radioactive mushrooms According to Jim Fulton from the The BC Medical Association, the have been traced to Ukraine's Chernobyl Foundation, the annual cost to human BC Lung Association and Canada's nuclear disaster in April 1986. The points College of Physicians and Surgeons health alone in the Lower Fraser of entry for the products are: Poland, Call Greg at 451-7060. have all endorsed the findings. Valley was $830 million in 1990, and Lithuania, Romania, and Ukraine. is rising ata trend that will reach $1.5

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ANDREW SUNSTRUM ence in post-secondary education. "We also want your advice — Canadian University Press "The government is trying to for you to tell us how we can help "If education becomes support your initiatives," Marchi you best," he told the gathering a commodity, there will TORONTO said of the advisory board, which of about 400 business and educa• be a control by those who \ he federal government will will ask businesses for ideas tion leaders at the Toronto begihe n consulting business• about how to forge links between Convention Centre. fund it." ' Tes about how the education Canada's schools and corpora• Marchi says the initiative David Clipsham . sector can build ties with indus• tions. spells good news for schools and Canadian Association try, the Minister of Trade has the private sector since Canada's of University Teachers announced. "There is still work to burgeoning education industry Sergio Marchi unveiled the has the potential to be profitable. But not everyone was pleased Education Market Advisory be done and money to be "Not only is it good business with Marchi's endorsement of Board at an education summit made." — but definitely big business," corporate-school links — or his • last week amid delegates who Sergio Marchi Marchi said. presence at the meeting. called for a loosening of restric• "There is still work to be done Student and union activists j Minister of Trade i tions around private sector influ-: and money to be made." condemned the minister's atten- j "Those companies that ride dance at the second annual this wave will enjoy, clearly, the Canadian Conference for the benefits and profits beyond any• Investment in the Education-for- i thing we've ever seen before," he Profit industry. said. "His presence gives a kind of Promotional material for the authority to this," said David conference asked delegates to Clipsham, of the Canadian _ "continue to explore a $700-bil- Association of University lion growth industry for the Teachers. finance and investment commu• "I'm horrified by the direction j nity." of this conference and specifical- ; Delegates at the conference ly by the presence of a federal i echoed Marchi's call for more cabinet minister," the York I Opportunity ties between the private and edu• University English professor said. cation sectors. Elizabeth Carlyle, national i "In the U.S., there is more chair of the Canadian Federation money and eagerness for installa• of Students, said she too was tions and partnerships, but offended by the fact that Ottawa Think CGA Canada tends to take the condoned the conference. Kumbaya approach," said Myles "It's horrible that the federal McGovem, president and chief government is interested in giv• executive officer of MC2, a tech• ing education away to the private nology-based company that has a sector so they can tear it apart CGAs are in demand. Top employers from partnership with Simon Fraser and make money out of the ' University. pieces," she said told reporters ( every field regularly and actively seek CGA Margot Northey, dean of during the conference's lunch ! Queen's School of Business, break. students and members. With your CGA agrees. Carlyle says the summit's lack j "The system we have in of concern for accessibility, qual- ] designation career opportunities are endless. Canada is very slow in moving to ity and diversity in the education ; change," said Northey, who system is a clear indicator of i "Our clients depend on us to supply the spoke at the conference to pro• what is to come. "The complete I mote Queen's executive master's lack of consideration of the ethi- { highest quality professionals for their of business administration pro• cal implications of the conference i gram. The two-year degree is really scary for students." * employment needs. Our expenence has charges students $60,000 tuition. And she and other critics also I "We need to link business say the link between education consistently shown that the CGA Program needs to knowledge and research and the private sector will only i in a responsive way," said lead to a lack of diversity in the curriculum of students. provides the knowledge, skills, and practical Geraldine Kenny Wallace, man• aging director and vice chancellor "If education becomes a com- ' of British Aerospace Engineering modity, there will be control by ' training demanded in today's business world." University. those who fund it," said 1 The university has partner• Clipsham, who fears research i Bill Schuiz, Partner; Holloway Schuiz & ships with many post-secondary will soon be geared solely to the | schools in Europe. interests of the private sector. • Partners, Professional Recruiters

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