The Cord Weekly (October 22, 1997)
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News Sports Entertainment .... BACCHUS Playoff Symphony shocks berth for performs Laurier Men's II TP students %> Soccer Jl S Benton 20 "The tie that binds since 1926" WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22,1997 WIU Student publications the volume xxxvm • Issue Eleven Cord Too much Foo for you DAVE SCOTT guest guitar turn by Afghan Whig Greg Dulli, on Special to Cord Entertainment 'X-Static', with guitarist Pat Smear, bassist Nate Foo Fighters made a welcome stop in Kitchener Mendell and (now former) drummer William last week as part of their Foo Fest tour. Goldsmith, joining later. The Color and The Shape It not only brought a world class band to town is a truly collective effort. but also offered somewhat of an antidote to The set at the Lyric began with "This is a Call," Oktoberfest. "Alone and Easy Target" and "Monkey Wrench," It would seem like a hard act to follow, but by which time the highly appreciative audience since the unfortunate demise of Nirvana, Dave was moshing around quite happily. Grohl has been managing quite nicely thank you, Rhythm and noise and melody continued in and has silenced any skeptics with two great varying proportions, with songs such as "Big Me," albums. and "Everlong." The new album The Color and The Shape is For added interest, a second drum kit was something of a musical journey. "The album real- used sporadically by Grohl to accompany drum- ly tells the whole story" as Dave explains. mer Taylor Hawkins on several tracks. "It begins with 'Doll,' which is a song about This produced the rare phenomenon of a rock entering into something that you weren't pre- drum duet Cozy Powell would have been proud pared for and being scared of that. Then you go of. through 11 songs that have to do with guilt, love, Returning to stage front, Grohl continued the and the pain of losing someone. lead guitar/vocals role to great effect. "It runs the course, the whole thing, until you The sheer joy of the live performance while get to the end, to 'New Way Home,' which is blurring the tedious boundaries of meant to be the resolution." punk/metal/alternative/pop was uplifting. The Color and The Shape is everything the With the final encore "I'll Stick Around," Dave first full length, full band recording for the Foo bid a fond farewell to the great unwashed. SCOTT Fighters should be. DAVE The first Foo record was essentially the Dave Cord Entertainment always waits eagerly for Grohl project. Dave to show up with his concert photos. Many For those out of the loop: Grohl sang and an unsuspecting visitor has slipped andfallen in PHOTO: played everything on the first album, with the a puddle ofour Dave Scott drool. Upholding international law and order PETER EGLIN greater than that of Cambodians themselves. Paradise: the Sell-Out of East Timor arrest and have him charged with Special to Cord Features whose deaths were caused by Pol In this sordid history Canada has (see A-V). It details especially the war crimes, crimes against peace On November 24, one of the centu- Pot's Khmer Rouge. played its usual junior partner role, complicity of Canadianbusiness and and against humanity, and geno- ry's great mass murderers - General Despite ten U.N. resolutions con- supporting US policy and grabbing academia. cide. Suharto, President of Indonesia - demning the atrocities in East Timor what spoils it can. Responding to the With a few exceptions academics We should do this (a) because arrives in Vancouver for the Asia- no attempt has yet been made to 1965-66 slaughter. The Globe and have been silent, not least because there is an overwhelming case Pacific Economic Cooperation bring Suharto to justice. The oppres- Mail found it 'encouraging and many universities, notably Guelph against him, (b) to clean the blood (APEQ summit. sion continues as you read this. remarkable that responsible leaders and Simon Fraser, have had or still off our own hands, and (c) because The case against Suharto is over- It persists because the US wished have emerged in Indonesia' as have development projects involving we can. Blood gets on our hands if, whelming and well-documented. He and worked for things to turn out as Indonesia became 'a paradise for Indonesia. What should WLU stu- knowing about such a genocide, and is guilty of two genocides. In their they did. The Department of State investors.' dents, faculty and administration do being in a position to do something History and Sociology of Genocide, desired that the U.N. prove utterly The story of Canadian complicity about this? We should seek his about it, we do nothing. ineffective whatever measures it in the East Chalk and Jonassohn include the in /highland 1965-66 slaughter that killed 'many undertook. This task was given to Timor genocide v Inside more than one million' (Amnesty me, and I carried it forward with no is told in Sharon PORTRAIT STUDIO International) of Indonesia's own inconsiderable success.' This is soci- Scharfe's News .. 3 people as Suharto began his reign. ologist Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Complicity: Grad International. *.... 7 The second genocide began on then United States Ambassador to Human Rights PJjotos j December 7,1975 when Indonesian the U.N., in his 1978 autobiography, and Canadian Opinion .. ...... ~81 — JjO forces invaded the decolonizing A Dangerous Place. Foreign Policy: 5x7 2x3 I Studen&ife . 1 " Sxto Two Six Portuguese-administered territory US policy since 1945 has viewed The Case of East For Only I Feature .14 (Black of East Timor. 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CORD NEWS A history of helping students News Bites Organized WLUSA halfway to bursary goal labour closes Windsor STERLING LYNCH school—particularly with the recent Cord News tuition hikes." 20 000 auto workers, teachers, On Monday, October 20th, the The centrepiece of the fundrais- health care staff, and others effec- Wilfrid Laurier University Staff ing effort is the annual Yuletide tively shut Windsor down last Association [WLUSA] was pleased Treasure Craft Show which is held Friday. to announce that they were already the third week of every November. In what is described as the half way to meeting there $10 000 Money is raised from the proceeds most successful Day of Action, dis- student bursary fundraising goal. of tablerentals to local artisans. gruntled workers shut down 160 The fundraising effort is in con- "It's a great initiative by of 200 targeted businesses. The junction with the Ontario Student [WLUSA] with a great cause," said walk-outs were in response to Opportunity Trust Fund. If WLUSA David McMurray, Assistant Vice- what many see as uryust govern- raises $10 000, the Ontario President: Student Services/Dean of ment cutbacks. Government will match the money. Students. "One of the greatest Gord Wilson. Ontario Feder- All money raised will go towards issues in student life is costs and ation of Labour leader; comment- creating a permanent student bur- debts." ed at a post-march rally: "Indeed sary named after WLUSA. Watson-Crowther wanted to it's a great day for democracy" "We are excited and passionate- make it clear how important the ly dedicated to the project," said students are to WLUSA. "Without Poet medals Sheila Watson-Crowther, Chair of the students we wouldn't have jobs. the fourteen person WLUSA Plain and simple, there would be no to be sold Donation Committee. "We are very faculty and staff." confident we will meet our goal." In addition to the regular craft HERTEL It.